Item B: Police Commission Annual Report and Work Plan

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III. Challenges A. Membership Changes The Police Commission experienced a fairly significant change of membership and staff this year. Members with a long-term history on the commission who served since its inception have departed, leaving the commission with new faces and new ideas. Four of those original members completed two four-year terms: John Brown, Maurie Denner, Carla Newbre and Angie Sifuentez. Four new members joined the commission on November 1: Brooke Dodge (position 3), Timothy Mueller (position 8), Juan Carlos Valle (position 2) and Marilyn Nelson (completing the term for position 7). In November, Charlie Zennaché resigned from the commission due to his appointment to the Circuit Court of Lane County as a Judge, thus Ms. Nelson was appointed to complete his term. Also in November Hugh Massengill, liaison from the Human Rights Commission, finished his term and was replaced by Mary Otten. However, just before the end of this fiscal year, the commission learned that Mary would be leaving the commission due to scheduling conflicts. A new Human Rights Commission liaison will be selected in the next month. Because of the change of membership, new leadership was chosen. Joe Alsup was elected as Vice Chair, effective July 1, and Tamara Miller was elected Chair, effective November 1. In addition, Jeannine Parisi, staff liaison to the commission for the past eight years, left the commission for a one-year position in another city department (and later left the organization). Randi Zimmer replaced Ms. Parisi as the staff liaison to the commission on October 22, 2007. B. Work Plan Adjustments Two new work sessions planned for this year’s plan did not reach completion. The In-Car Video (ICV) one-year evaluation was delayed due to persistent technology problems. Staff estimates that a full year of the project implementation will probably not be reached before fall 2008. Also, plans for a joint meeting between the Police Commission and the Civilian Review Board (CRB) were delayed. Following attempts to plan a joint meeting, staff of the CRB decided to delay this work session until more urgent issues were available to discuss. However, the Police Commission is provided with monthly updates from the CRB via their liaison at regular Police Commission meetings. In December, the commission revisited its work plan in an attempt to balance existing commitments with new priorities. New members were also asked to choose committees on which to participate. A month-by-month schedule was organized to ensure enough time was spent on each of the work plan’s projects. No major changes were made during this discussion except for a suggestion to add a new committee on the special needs population and their interaction with law enforcement. Due to the amount of work yet to be completed, the commission decided to just hold a scoping meeting on the topic this year, and include it as a committee for FY09. The scoping meeting was held in March and was well-received by several community members who participated in an open discussion. Page 6 of 7 2008 Police Commission Annual Report