Youngstown city council's safety committee plans to propose the creation of a "citizen review board" that would review any complaints made against the city police department.

Cities across the country have formed citizen review boards who review any complaint made against police officers or the department as a whole.

Some Youngstown city council members believe now is the time to get their own. It already has the support of the police chief and the mayor who says the law director is already working on a draft of legislation.

"We don't necessarily need to reinvent it. We will go to other cities and look at their legislation and then craft it to what we specifically believe to be beneficial to Youngstown and to Youngstown residents," said Mayor Tito Brown.

Members of Youngstown minority community say it's a move that's long overdue.

"I think it's an excellent idea! I think a citizen review board will, number one, further police accountability and also improve community relations," said James Brown, Youngstown/Mahoning Co. NAACP.

City leaders are still looking at the details of who should be on the board and what kind of power they could have.

Buckeye Review Editor, Mike McNair says it should be made up of people with a broad variety of backgrounds and experience.

"There should be people with a law enforcement background but there also should be people with a human services background and people with social service background and people with an understanding the history of the development of social policy," said McNair.

City leaders say they would like to have the board on board within the next few months.