Item B: FY07 Police Commission Work Plan

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Eugene Police Commission FY 2006 -2007 DRAFT Work Plan I. Background The Eugene Police Commission is a twelve-member citizen body that acts in an advisory capacity to the City Council, the Chief of Police and the City Manager on police policy and resource issues. The commission is one of five standing City Council boards and commissions, and was created by City Ordinance 20136 in December of 1998. The enabling ordinance requires the commission to develop a yearly work plan, to be reviewed and approved by the City Council. The work plans follow a July 1 – th June 30 Fiscal Year (FY) schedule. Major accomplishments over the past seven years include: Development of strategies to address street level prostitution, including adoption of the prostitution free zone ordinance (FY 2000) Crowd control and use of force policy recommendations (FY 2001) Media access policy recommendations (FY 2002) Community policing outreach and education project; development of recommendations for next steps in community policing implementation (FY 2002) Vehicle pursuit policy review (FY 2003) Development of strategies to reduce speeding and red light running (FY 2003) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and related policy review (FY 2004) Report on strategies to improve police and community interactions (FY 2004) Social Security Number policy development (FY 2005) Complaint handling and civilian oversight recommendations (FY 2005 - 2006) Tasks associated with the last item spanned over two work plans, culminating in the July 2005 report to the City Council on recommendations for civilian oversight of the police complaint system. With the council’s decision to move forward with an oversight model consistent with the commission’s recommendations, work plan activities for last fiscal year centered around assisting the City Council with several immediate next steps to necessary for model implementation. While a significant amount of work remains to be done, the commission’s role in the program development process is nearing completion. The proposed FY07 work plan reflects this transition, incorporating several new projects in addition to continuing to review and provide input on new and modified policies necessary for a redesigned complaint handling system. The projects proposed for the commission’s FY07 work plan are described in more detail in the following sections. A Gantt chart showing tasks associated with these projects and estimated timelines is also attached.