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safely and effectively accomplish their objectives. Mr. Prozanski said the recommended changes <br />would require some modification to existing policies to reduce the health and physical risks to <br />suspects and officers, and would refine the criteria for use of less lethal weapons and pepper <br />spray. <br /> <br />Mr. Prozanski concluded his remarks by saying the commission recommended that the <br />department implement a reporting form to track the use of force and provide statistical information <br />to help assess department training needs. He invited questions. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey clarified that the purpose of the work session was not to make changes to the <br />commission's recommendations, but was an opportunity for the council to express its opinions <br />about the recommendations. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~, a member of the commission, thanked the Use of Force Committee. He noted the long <br />hours Police Commission members had spent reviewing the policies. Mr. Pap~ thought the <br />community would be well-served by the policies. He said that the policies had also been reviewed <br />by the Human Rights Commission (HRC), which was comfortable with them. He noted the <br />presence of Andrea Ortiz of the HRC and said that he would welcome her comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ thanked the members of the commission for their service. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman also thanked the commission for its work. She asked Mr. Denner to distinguish <br />between the recommendations in the findings and the policies. Mr. Denner said the findings <br />represented the consensus of the commission as a whole. The policy recommendations target <br />the day-to-day operating proceedings of the department. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly also thanked the commission. He thought it had done much good work. He endorsed <br />the use of the Community Values Statement, the focus of some policies on de-escalation, the <br />option to bring a situation into compliance, and the key of proportional response. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly was concerned that the words of the Community Values Statement and some of the <br />words in the policies would not translate well in guiding day-to-day operations. He said that he <br />had asked Dr. Katul and Chief Jim Hill what effect the policies would have had on the April and <br />June 2000 protests had if they had been in place the previous year. Dr. Katul had responded that <br />it would be difficult to speculate what would have happened. He said that Chief Hill did not think <br />the policies would have fundamentally altered what happened. Mr. Kelly found that "very <br />troubling." <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly cited policies he believed would have changed the police response to the June 17-18, <br />2000, incidents, such as matching the level of offense with the appropriate response and <br />considering the urgency of the situation and immediate threat to public safety. He said those <br />policies seemed to argue against what he termed the "serial arresting" and the rather urgent <br />actions he viewed in the video tapes of those incidents. Mr. Denner responded that the <br />commission had not evaluated department employee performance in any specific situation as it <br />was not a review board, making it difficult for him to evaluate the policies in terms of the difference <br />they might have made. However, he thought changes had been made that addressed the <br />situations raised by Mr. Kelly. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 29, 2001 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />