Akron's police oversight board may welcome new members. Who are they?

Several new faces could be joining Akron’s Citizens’ Police Oversight Board this year.

Akron officials have nominated four people to the board to fill three open seats and one seat that will be vacated later this summer.

The nine-member board makes policy recommendations to the Akron Police Department and oversees the police auditor’s office, which reviews citizen complaints and use-of-force incidents.

The two-year terms of board members Bob Gippin, Donzella Anuzskiewicz and Crystal Jones expired earlier this year. Board member Beverly Richards is planning to resign in August, Board Chair Kemp Boyd told Ideastream Public Media.

According to the city’s charter, city council picks six of the board members while the mayor’s office appoints three. Jones and Richards were picked by the ma