by Dennis Hart
The City of Fresno officially responded Thursday to a grand jury report that was critical of the independent police auditor position.
City Councilman Larry Westerlund summed up the status of the police auditor position saying it's been suspended because their is "no funding for it right now."
The city says it has temporarily cut off funding for the auditor because of budget problems, but hopes to bring it back.
This after the Grand Jury's report months ago that said the city should either increase the auditor's power or stop funding the position.
The report also said the auditor needed to be able to subpoena and to conduct his own investigations.
The city's official response, approved by the council Thursday, disagrees with that saying it's more appropriate for the district attorney - not the auditor - to conduct investigations into police actions.
The DA, however, has stopped doing that because of money problems.
Meanwhile, the man who held the police auditor position, Eddie Aubrey, left the city to pursue other jobs.
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