The proposal for "civilianization" of OPD Internal Affairs involves all citizen complaints against OPD going to the CPRB, whereas now only about 10\% do; CPRB hiring ten new civilian investigators for itself, which would free up ten OPD officers from Internal Affairs to be reassigned and actually do criminal investigations which have been historically understaffed; while the new Internal Affairs department would only investigate officer-initiated complaints, police work accidents, and so forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indybay newswire] Reference

However, while the Mayor, the City Council and the Police Department have all expressed verbal support for the "civilianization" concept, it doesn’t look much closer to coming about than it did when Dellums took office.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland] Reference

I was reading an old story from April 1981 by James Fallows about the civilianization of the Army.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Recruit] Reference

Perhaps the most important is the completion of the “civilianization” of the defense bureaucracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

Instead, Grinage puts much of the blame for slowing the civilianization proposal on City Administrator Dan Lindheim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland] Reference

OPD representatives also frequently refer to the 2003 Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) as an obstacle to full "civilianization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland] Reference

Even if that succeeds, it would be a Pyrrhic victory and, in the end, be unlikely to change the course of Turkish politics 'steady civilianization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turkey's Political Revolution] Reference

It's tough for a candidate to talk about police civilianization when your opponent is running ads all over the place that blast your "record of failure.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Jarrett Murphy: Back to the Future With Mike Bloomberg] Reference

But that delay took months, and putting off a vote on the civilianization proposal meant that by the time it was approved, several grant deadlines had been missed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland] Reference

But I'm still open to discussion, if anyone wants to make a decent argument for the civilianization of development, aid, and reconstruction in Afghanistan specifically, and failed states in general.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second verse, same as the first...] Reference

The purpose behind this is to, in fact, address equipment needs, technology needs, overtime needs, civilianization kinds of opportunities that exist in law enforcement organizations to help them take existing police officers who are there currently in these organizations and move them out onto the street where they'll be more effective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reno And Others Briefing On Police Officers Funding] Reference

The 'civilianization' of the U.S. military.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics & The Nation] Reference

Rather, it is the civilianization of the military, an inevitable consequence of nation-building.    From Wordnik.com.  [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference

You can fill out a speaker's card online to reserve time to support the civilianization program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indybay newswire] Reference

In the 1990's there was the civilianization of defense technology and the possibility of a "new economy.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely] Reference

Baykam said it was incorrect to suggest that the increasing civilianization of Turkish politics will result in more democracy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

Particularly troublesome for us is the 350 cut in civilian personnel because they were dedicated to our civilianization program, which means that they ….    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

On Oct. 26 last year the Taraf daily published a letter by Gen. Mustafa Bıyık, head of the JGK, to the Interior Ministry that opposed the full civilianization of the internal security duties.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News] Reference

Infusing into the defense establishment "best practices," including civilianization of the department and the hiring of subject-matter experts to provide knowledge, competence, and expertise in carrying out reforms in the defense department.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Insider Online] Reference

The 'civilianization' of the American military.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE] Reference

Joyce Hicks, the former director of the CPRB from 2003-2007, says the civilianization proposal would be both "financially prudent" and "better for the community.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland] Reference

But Grinage says Lindheim has characterized the police, CPRB and community advocates as so far apart on the civilianization idea that the City Council shouldn’t move forward on providing or seeking funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland] Reference

The Partnership for Peace is an effort to begin to engage eastern militaries in the following sorts of programs: First, to get staff officers from eastern countries into shape, to get representatives from these countries engaged in political discussions on a regular basis at NATO Headquarters, to begin to move towards the civilianization of defense ministries and military organizations in the East, and, I think critically, to begin the process of internationalizing military forces in the east.    From Wordnik.com.  [Background Briefing On Nato] Reference

These developments are very important as they mark Turkey's process of civilianization, "Bayramoğlu told Today's Zaman.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News]