Ombudsman

The City of Boise is taking applications for a new ombudsperson to help oversee the Boise Police Department. But unlike in the past, the person hired for…

Public records from Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's office show that an executive order creating a new public records ombudsman had to be scaled back at…

Boise said goodbye last week to its ombudsman. For 14 years, Pierce Murphy served as a third party check on the city’s police department.One of his last…

The City of Boise’s longtime ombudsman is officially off the job. Tuesday was Pierce Murphy’s last day. He was recently hired to serve in a similar…