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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: City Council Priority Issue - Complete and Consider Police Department Reviews and Implement Appropriate Changes Meeting Date: June 22, 2005 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Eugene Police Staff Contact: Robert M. Lehner www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5102 ISSUE STATEMENT The purpose of this work session is to update the status of the proposed work plan to address the City Council's 2005 strategic priority issue to complete and consider police department reviews and implement appropriate changes. The proposed work plan addresses one of the City Council's eight strategic priority issues. BACKGROUND In February, the Mayor and City Council met to develop strategic priorities for the community. Out of that session emerged eight priority issues. Each priority issue was then assigned to one of the city's executive directors with an identified project team. The priority issue, "Complete and Consider Police Department Reviews andlmplementAppropriate Changes," was assigned to the Police Chief. The recommended action plans for each strategic priority are now under development and are scheduled to be presented to the council during this summer for discussion, input, and adoption of the plans. The police department review and implementation plan is included as Attachment A. This action plan includes recommendations from a major review of the Eugene Police Department's (EPD) hiring, selection, training and supervision practices conducted by the International City-County Management Association (ICMA) and the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF). The City Manager received the ICMA-PERF report on March 9, 2005, and the Police Chief and Human Resources/Risk Services Director responded to the review with a preliminary action plan on May 9, 2005. The ICMA-PERF report and the preliminary action plan response were previously distributed to the Mayor and City Council and are presently available online at the City's website: http://www, ci. eugene, or. us/. A related review covering EPD's complaint handling systems is currently being conducted by the Eugene Police Commission. The Police Commission is scheduled to present its findings to the Mayor and City Council on July 25, 2005. The police department is presently engaged in a strategic planning process to provide a framework for prioritizing and implementing initiatives resulting from these reviews as well as the consideration of needs associated with existing programs and future agency goals which are outside of the scope of the reviews. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050622\S050622B.doc