Item B: Annual Meeting with Police Commission

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Eugene Police Commission FY 2007 -2008 Work Plan Background The Eugene Police Commission is a twelve-member volunteer body that acts in an advisory capacity to the City Council, the Chief of Police and the City Manager on police policy and resource issues. The commission’s enabling ordinance, adopted in December of 1998, requires that it develop a yearly work plan for City Council review and approval. Work plans follow a July 1 – June 30 Fiscal Year (FY) schedule. Major accomplishments over the past eight years include: Development of strategies to address street level prostitution, including adoption of the prostitution free zone ordinance (FY 2000) Crowd control and use of force policy recommendations (FY 2001) Media access policy recommendations (FY 2002) Recommendations for next steps in community policing implementation (FY 2002) Vehicle pursuit policy review (FY 2003) Recommendations to reduce speeding and red light running (FY 2003) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and related policy review (FY 2004) Report on strategies to improve police and community interactions (FY 2004) Social Security Number policy development (FY 2005) Complaint handling and civilian oversight recommendations (FY 2005 - 2006) Patrol In-Car Video policy development (FY 2006) Assistance with oversight model implementation (FY 2006 – 2007) With the City Council’s decision to move forward with an oversight system consistent with the commission’s recommended model, and the hiring of the Police Auditor in September of 2006, last year’s work plan began transitioning away from a concentration on civilian oversight. While the previous plan did include continuing support of oversight model implementation, several new projects were added mid-year. Some of these were prescribed in the FY07 work plan, while two new activities were added in response to emerging issues. In large part, the projects begun in the prior six months will continue into the next fiscal year. These tasks, coupled with a continuing commitment to assisting the City fully implement the civilian oversight system and monitoring departmental systems changes, form the majority of the FY08 work plan. The projects proposed for the commission’s FY08 work plan are described in more detail in the following sections. A Gantt chart showing tasks associated with these projects and estimated timelines is also attached. An annual report, documenting the group’s achievements and challenges encountered in meeting its work plan commitments, is provided separately.