At the time, there was no civilian oversight of the police force.

That adds weight to the already strong argument for expanding civilian oversight of big city police departments.

It also contains articles that give the army the final say in its budgets and allow no civilian oversight.

The agency is accountable only to the prime minister and has little civilian oversight; even the size of its budget remains a secret.

"I have no confidence," she said, "that civilian oversight is taking place."

Currently, about 35 of the nation's 50 largest cities have some form of civilian oversight, although each board works differently.

Someone's worried that the work you're doing is too important not to have civilian oversight.

While many community leaders wanted more civilian oversight, police officials generally said discipline should come from within the department.

Taiwan also has a weak system of civilian oversight for military planning.

If they haven't done something wrong, the civilian oversight of the court should say so.