The Council hereby finds that:
(1) annual civil judgments and settlements by the City of Philadelphia have exceeded a total of over ten million (10,000,000) dollars for the past five (5) years in cases involving alleged incidents of misconduct or abuse of civil rights, including over three million (3,000,000) dollars in settlements of such cases in 1992 alone; and

(2) it is just as important that falsely accused police officers be exonerated by a credible, independent investigative board as it is that those properly accused be investigated by a credible, independent investigative board; and

(3) most major cities in the United States of America have established permanent independent review boards to investigate allegations of police misconduct; and

(4) allegations of police abuse have been a source of urban rioting and unrest in Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, and other major cities in the United States of America; and

(5) it is important to the maintenance of public confidence in public safety and law enforcement to investigate allegations of police misconduct and prevent police misconduct in the future; and

(6) the appointment of a Police Advisory Board will work to prevent future incidents of police misconduct and abuses of civil rights, reduce the amount of money needed to satisfy judgments and settlements based upon allegations of police misconduct, promote public confidence in law enforcement, and lessen the possibility that future incidents of urban unrest will occur; and

(7) it is clearly within the power of the Council and the Mayor by ordinance to create advisory bodies within Charter created offices, departments, boards and commissions which are mandated to conduct investigations and make recommendations regarding matters within the jurisdiction of the agencies which they advise; and

(8) many examples of the creation of such advisory bodies by ordinance exist, including but not limited to the Minority Business Enterprise Council, the Recycling Advisory Committee, and the Vacant Property Review Committee; therefore: