My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
Item B: FY07 Police Commission Work Plan
COE
>
City of Eugene
>
Council Agendas 2006
>
CC Agenda - 08/14/06 Work Session
>
Item B: FY07 Police Commission Work Plan
Metadata
Thumbnails
Annotations
Entry Properties
Last modified
6/9/2010 1:13:21 PM
Creation date
8/10/2006 3:14:46 PM
Metadata
Fields
Template:
City Council
City_Council_Document_Type
Agenda Item Summary
CMO_Meeting_Date
8/14/2006
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
34
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
View images
View plain text
In May, a memo was sent to the City Council describing four recommendations, three of which <br />reiterated strategies contained in the original downtown safety plan. The fourth recommendation was a <br />new strategy recognizing a growing interest among downtown stakeholders to utilize security cameras <br />as a cost-effective safety measure. <br /> III. Civilian Oversight Model Implementation <br />A. Planned Activities <br />After presenting its civilian oversight recommendations to the City Council in July 2005, the <br />commission’s work on this project was on hold pending the outcome of the November election. The <br />commission took advantage of this lull in activity to convene a joint task team to develop <br />recommendations on the role of mediation and advocacy in the new complaint system, an activity <br />reflected in its oversight recommendations and contained in its FY06 work plan. The Mediation and <br />Advocacy Task Team (MATT), consisting of members of both the Police and Human Rights <br />Commissions and mediation practitioners, was charged with: <br />evaluating the city’s existing mediation program and reviewing other programs in place <br />nationally, using this information to develop recommendations to optimize the use of <br />alternative methods of resolving complaints against police employees; and <br />identifying key issues and developing options or recommendations for addressing the issues <br />areas; <br />drafting a report to both the Police and Human Rights Commissionsthat if accepted, could be <br />forwarded to the Police Auditor as a framework for future program redesign. <br />After several months of model research and discussion of the key issues identified, MATT released a <br />draft report and presented an overview of its preliminary findings to the Human Rights Commission in <br />March. The report expressed appreciation to the Human Rights Program for initiating and maintaining <br />the existing program, which has had many successful complaint resolutions over the years. As such, <br />many of MATT’s recommendations formalize current practices or clarify procedures to improve <br />consistency. Recommendations for change were largely based on a review of model programs and/or <br />were framed as suggestions for consideration upon resolution of other aspects of the complaint <br />process. Some key recommendations included: <br />retaining both a mediation and facilitated conversation as voluntary alternative complaint <br />resolution options, but clarifying the distinction between the two processes; <br />establishing broader case eligibility standards so that with the exception of a few categorical <br />exclusions, complaints would be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine where <br />mediation would offer the best chance of a satisfactory resolution to both parties; <br />contracting for professional mediation services and providing compensation for those services <br />to elevate perceptions that the process is credible, neutral and safe; case assignment, <br />coordination, and program evaluation is proposed to occur through the Auditor’s Office; and <br />recognizing that getting both parties to agree to mediation is often the greatest barrier to a <br />successful program, MATT recommended several incentives for participation to incorporate <br />into program design. <br />Page <br /> 4 of 7 <br />2006 Police Commission Annual Report <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.