Item B: Police Commission Annual Report and Work Plan

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Annual Meeting with Police Commission Meeting Date: July 28, 2008 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Eugene Police Department Staff Contact: Randi Zimmer www.eugene-or.us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5852 ISSUE STATEMENT This is a work session with members of the Police Commission to discuss the commission’s annual report and approve its work plan for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. BACKGROUND Each year, the City Council meets with the Police Commission to review its annual report and approve a work plan for the upcoming year. The Police Commission FY08 Annual Report (Attachment A) describes the commission’s accomplishments and challenges in completing the tasks outlined in the FY08 Work Plan. One of the activities completed this year was assisting in the design of a Taser policy which resulted in a final recommendation to the Eugene Police Department and Chief Lehner. The department is currently testing out this less lethal weapon in a year-long pilot project. Another project completed this year was the recommendation for a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training that the Mental Health Crisis Response Committee spent several months working on. Attachment B is the commission’s proposed FY09 Work Plan, adopted at its July 12 meeting. The major committee projects are to: ?Continue the Police Operations Manual (POM) update and standardization process; ?Identify improvements for police response and interactions with people with special needs and disabilities; ?Implement a public outreach committee to better engage the public in community policing; and ?Complete policy revisions that deal with use of force. The commission has also selected to continue its work on the Police Long-Range Staffing Plan. In FY08, the commission spent several months evaluating the Magellan Comprehensive Staffing Report and its assumptions on staffing levels relevant to the department. Following this lengthy review, the commission discussed what role it might have in facilitating a community conversation on police service levels and formulating policy recommendations around long-range staffing decisions. Commissioners decided to spend more time on this in FY09, specifically to facilitate public discussions and conversations, and identify policy recommendations which may serve as a formal recommendation for the FY10 budget process. Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080728\S080728B.doc