Item A: Perspectives on Profiling

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Workshop: Perspectives on Profiling Meeting Date: November 29, 2006 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Human Resource and Risk Services Staff Contact: Lauren Chouinard www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5663 ISSUE STATEMENT This is a workshop designed as an overview of training given to Police personnel regarding the subject of profiling and ethical decision making. Workshop participants will include City Council, members of the Human Rights Commission, and members of the Police Commission. BACKGROUND In August 2005, the council adopted an action plan for the City Council priority on race. Action plan items include enhancement of the council’s knowledge base and awareness of issues associated with race in the community. Trainings and workshops have been made available to the council on various topics of race and diversity issues over the past year. Several police lieutenants and sergeants were certified in 2005 to instruct a course on profiling titled “Perspectives in Profiling.” The course was developed by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in partnership with the Museum of Tolerance’s Tools for Tolerance for Law Enforcement, Strategic Business Ethics, Inc., and WILL Interactive, Inc. Although the course focuses on criminal and racial profiling, the broader focus is on ethical decision-making in law enforcement. Sworn and other Police personnel were given the full-day training as part of their 2006 “in-service” training. The workshop on November 29 has been designed as a three-hour overview of the full-day training given to Police personnel. RELATED CITY POLICIES This workshop is related to action plan items in the Council Priority: Enhance Understanding of Race Issues and Improve Race Relationships. COUNCIL OPTIONS None. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION None. L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M061129\S061129A.doc