Item B: Police Commission Annual Report and Work Plan

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Eugene Police Commission FY09 Work Plan A. Police Long-Term Staffing Plan This item is carried over from the 2008 fiscal year’s work plan, however, much of the ground work has been completed. An in-depth review of the Magellan Staffing Study by the Police Commission occurred between February-June 2008. These discussions entailed assessing the assumptions made in the study regarding the amount of staffing needed to maintain a basic policing service level. Several police division managers presented information and statistics to the Police Commission during their monthly meetings. During the May 3 Police Commission work planning session, the long-term staffing plan was chosen as a possible topic to be continued through the FY09 Work Plan. At the June 2008 Police Commission meeting (last meeting of the 2008 fiscal year) the Police Commission focused on specific next steps to take with the long-term staffing plan. The commissioners decided to aid in the facilitation of a community conversation on police service levels, as well as formulate policy recommendations around ongoing staffing decisions. The following tasks are suggested to assist the department in the development of a long-term staffing plan: ?Develop a public report that summarizes the history of staffing at EPD to include draft findings and options for future solutions ?Develop a public opinion survey to evaluate the root causes of low police staffing and use as a recommendation to prioritize the FY10 budget B. Committee Projects Four main committees were suggested during the May 3 Process Retreat for inclusion in the FY09 Work Plan: Policy Screening and Review Committee, Special Needs Populations Committee, a Public Outreach Committee, and the carried-over Use of Force Committee. The Policy Screening and Review Committee (PSRC) was originally created as a ‘Policy Screening Team’ in FY08. This was designed as a multi-year effort to assist in updating the police policy manual, utilizing the Lexipol structure as the framework for a comprehensive policy review process. During the past fiscal year, the commission reviewed the domestic violence policy and helped with the development of a Taser Pilot Project policy. The newly transformed PSRC will review prioritized policies to be revised, as well as assist in the development of new policy topics. During the last fiscal year, the Police Commission was briefed on the policy development process and will use this protocol when working on this committee. Some of the policies the Policy Screening and Review Committee has chosen to review in FY09 (from both the May 3 process retreat discussion and from staff recommendations) include: ?Mentally Ill policy ?Crowd Control policy ?Missing Persons policy ?Child Abuse policy ?Medical Marijuana policy (new) ?Limited English Proficiency Services (new) ?Hearing-Impaired/Disabled Communications (new) JULY 28, 2008 DRAFT - 4 -