Meg Britton-Mehlisch is reporting for The Berkshire Eagle all but one of the members of the Pittsfield, Mass. Police Advisory and Review Board resigned in recent days after learning the board would not be permitted to review the result of the police department's internal investigation into the use of force in the fatal shooting of Miguel Estrella. Former board Chair Ellen Maxon said that she, Michael Feldberg, Erin Sullivan, Dennis Powell and Marie Richardson had tendered their resignation in an email to Mayor Linda Tyer, the Pittsfield City Council and police department. Lt. Col. Thomas Grady, with the Berkshire County sheriff's office, recently joined the board as its law enforcement representative, and is the last remaining member. “My hope would be that the institutional pressures on forming a board like this would allow for important input from the community,” Maxon said. Tyer said that while she understands the board members’ frustrations, she said they should not have been under any illusions about what was within the panel’s powers — and what was not. Maxon said that while the mayor's response to the group resignation was short, she hopes the city council will look into the reasons for the resignations and speak with the former members. The city solicitor's office determined that the advisory board did not have the authority to review the police department's Force Investigation Report in the Estrella case, taking the position because a formal complaint on the shooting was never filed with the police department. Estrella was shot and killed by a Pittsfield police officer in March after police were dispatched twice to his apartment building. Estrella had been injuring himself. Friends said he was suffering a mental health crisis. City residents have indicated they want answers and systemic change following the Estrella killing. Read the full story in The Berkshire Eagle.