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community and did not want to sit in an ivory tower and have discussions with no connection to <br />reality. Dr. Katul noted the commission's close connection to the Human Rights Commission, <br />which provided another avenue to address policy questions related to complaints about specific <br />incidents to the Police Commission. He said the issue was complicated by a lack of staff <br />resources and by the tight work plan time line. Dr. Katul did not think the commission had <br />completely resolved the issue. <br /> <br />Mr. Prozanski briefly described the commission's efforts at reaching out to the community, which <br />included a Web site, status reports, and press releases as appropriate. <br /> <br />Responding to Mr. Kelly's comments, Mr. Prozanski said the commission recognized the special <br />situation raised by protests while also recognizing that such events made up five percent of the <br />incidents where the use of force was applied. The commission was working to ensure its policies <br />were applicable to more than one setting, while examining whether there should be different <br />guidelines for the use of force in police response to protests. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ agreed with Dr. Katul's remarks about the commission's approach to incidents. He said <br />that the commission took incidents into account as it formulated its work plan and reviewed <br />police policies. <br /> <br />Responding to Mr. Rayor's comments, Mr. Meisner said it was important that the commission <br />was recognized as an input point for the community, but he did not want to create false <br />expectations that the commission would investigate personal situations or allegations. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said that the commission had made recommendations related to video taping that <br />were forwarded to and adopted by the department; it intended to forward its recommendations <br />related to use of force to the commission and council. He reminded the council of the motion it <br />adopted the previous year, which called for the commission to make recommendations to the <br />police chief and City Council. He asked how the commission decided what should go to the <br />department and what should go to the council. <br /> <br />City Manager Jim Johnson suggested that as part of the work plan approval process, the council <br />determine what policies it wished to review. <br /> <br />Mr. Laue had not anticipated the council would want to discuss all the commission's policy <br />recommendations, adding that the issue was up to the council. He thought the council should be <br />informed of any commission recommendations regarding policy. <br /> <br />Mr. Prozanski agreed with Mr. Laue, adding he had expected that the two council representatives <br />would be aware if the council wanted to review a policy. If that was not the case, he suggested <br />the council establish a process by where it could review commission recommendations. <br /> <br />Ms. Newbre said the commission was still evolving and had just firmed up its own processes at <br />its August retreat. She said council feedback on the issue would be helpful. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner clarified that he did not mean the council would have a work session on every <br />commission recommendation, but he thought that should be an option. He acknowledged Ms. <br />Newbre's remark that the commission was evolving. He thought that future issues might be of <br />more concern to the council than the video taping issue. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 11, 2000 Page 4 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />