Item 4: PH on Ordinance Concerning Police Auditor and Civilian Review Board

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employees and may develop recommendations to improve the complaint intake and handling process. (7) The civilian review board shall oversee and evaluate the work of the auditor’s office. In that regard the civilian review board: (a) Shall establish criteria by which to evaluate the work of the police auditor; (b) Shall review, comment on, and assist in maintaining policies, procedures and operating principles for the auditor’s office and the civilian review board; (c) Shall monitor status reports from the police auditor; and (d) May conduct periodic evaluations of the complaint intake and handling system to identify process improvements and/or ensure complaints are being treated fairly and with due diligence. (8) The civilian review board may provide a forum to gather community concerns about incident-specific police actions and may receive and forward complaint information to the auditor’s office for processing. 2.246 Civilian Review Board – Officers, Meetings, and Procedures. (1) The civilian review board shall annually elect from among its membership a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall serve in that position for no more than three (3) consecutive one-year terms. (2) The civilian review board shall nominate one of its members to serve jointly on the civilian review board and the police commission, which nomination shall be subject to the approval or rejection of the city council. (3) The auditor’s office shall be liaison to, and provide staff support for, the civilian review board. (4) The civilian review board may appoint from its membership committees as necessary to perform its duties. (5) The civilian review board shall hold regular meetings with an opportunity for public comment at least quarterly, and the civilian review board and its committees may hold additional meetings as necessary. No business of the civilian review board shall be conducted at a meeting without at least a quorum of three (3) members on a five (5) member board or four (4) members on a seven (7) member board present. All actions of the civilian review board shall be made upon a simple majority vote of the members present. (6) Meetings of the civilian review board shall be open to the public except when executive sessions are authorized by law and the civilian review board has determined an executive session is necessary or desirable in order to carry out its business. To facilitate the transparency of the civilian review board’s activities, the police auditor will develop and present case summaries and Ordinance - 5