Item B: Update on Implementation of Measure 20-106 (Police Auditor)

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ATTACHMENT A Police Commission Work Plan March - June 2006 Background Eugene City Code requires the Police Commission to submit a yearly work plan to City Council for review and approval. Over the past two years, the approved work plans have focused almost exclusively on an extensive review of internal affairs and civilian oversight processes. The commission presented its recommendations for civilian oversight of the police complaint system to the City Council in July 2005. The commission also reported on other work plan projects, such as policy development for a new digital patrol car video system. The commission’s accomplishments over the last year are documented in its FY05 Annual Report, also presented to the Council in July. The Police Commission normally develops a new work plan for City Council consideration during its June and July meetings. This year, the commission’s attention was devoted to completing the conceptual police oversight model and associated procedural recommendations. Recognizing the on-going and evolving body of work related to the police complaint system and its own meeting time constraints, the commission requested a nine-month work plan extension. An updated version of its existing work plan was presented and approved by the City Council. The interim work plan, spanning July 2005 through March 2006, covered three main areas: continuing work on the complaint process and civilian oversight model; o initiating the joint Police and Human Rights Commission Mediation and Advocacy Task o Team to develop recommendations around alternative complaint resolution options; and, providing input into the development of police department strategic plan and monitoring o implementation of the ICMA/PERF recommendations. A status report describing progress on these items during the September through December 2005 time period has been provided to the City Council under separate cover. The projects proposed for the remainder of the year are largely a continuation of the work already in progress. However, the commission was able to refine some of the project tasks in this iteration of the work plan, as several outstanding issues related to the civilian oversight project have been resolved (most significantly the governance issue and a determination that the City Council will move forward with implementation of the proposed model). Work plan projects fall under three primary categories described in more detail on the following pages: 1) Civilian Oversight Model Implementation; 2) Committee Projects; 3) EPD Strategic Plan; and, 4) Work Sessions. Attachment A is a Gantt chart showing the anticipated timeline for project completion.