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In regard to a follow-up question from Mr. Clark, Ms. Reynolds said the EPD always sent an officer to the <br />CRB meetings and they encouraged people to come to them and see how they functioned in order to see the <br />seriousness and thoughtfulness they brought to their review. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor, seconded by Ms. Bettman, moved to establish a council subcommittee to de- <br />velop recommendations for the supervision and management of the Police Auditor and regu- <br />lar communication and coordination of the Civilian Review Board. <br /> <br />In regard to a question from Ms. Solomon, Ms. Reynolds stated that she was an attorney with a background <br />in criminal law, having served both as a prosecutor and a public defender. She had also worked in <br />administrative law for many years. She planned to take an American Bar Association (ABA) sponsored <br />Criminal Law Enforcement (CLE) course on excessive force. She said she had taken all of the courses <br />available at the NACOLE conference necessary for certification and she also had been asked, and agreed to, <br />serve on a professional standards committee for NACOLE. She related that she also was taking the Citizens <br />Police Academy. She noted that two of the CRB members had completed the course and the rest planned to <br />do so. She spoke glowingly of the training available at the EPD, and the classes in Ethics and Racial <br />Profiling in particular. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon asked if there was any required training for the CRB. Ms. Reynolds responded that they were <br />developing their work plan and NACOLE had an outline for training modules for the CRB. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon said, regarding the survey, she was curious as to how the information would be used that <br />would be gained from the question that asked to what extent the different entities involved were supportive <br />of the oversight system. She asked who would be taking the survey and how the information would be <br />useful. Ms. Reynolds replied that the survey sought to establish a baseline because it was a new system. <br />She said the survey had not been sent out to anyone at this point, but after it was approved she hoped the <br />council would also respond to it. <br /> <br />Ms. Solomon said she would be interested in how broadly the survey would be circulated. She wanted to <br />know how both people who touched the system and people who did not touch the system felt about it. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka thanked the CRB members for their time and service. He felt that the entire council should <br />supervise the Police Auditor. He said he would like to see the subcommittee’s work completed by a date <br />certain. <br /> <br />City Attorney Jerry Lidz stated that the other thing to consider in the motion would be the number of <br />councilors on the subcommittee and who they would appoint to it. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman liked the motion because the charter mandated that the CRB oversaw and evaluated the work <br />of the Police Auditor. She did not think it would be consistent with the charter if the CRB did not have a <br />“major role” in the process. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark offered a friendly amendment to delineate that the subcommittee would be made <br />up of four councilors. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor agreed that the intent of the motion was to have it consist of councilors only. He said he had <br />envisioned three councilors serving on the subcommittee but he was amenable to having the number be four. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 10, 2008 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />