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WORKING COOPERATIVELY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Human Rights Commission members and staff continue to work Racial Profiling Task Team: After the release of the Racial with the Eugene Police Department (EPD) to aid the department Profiling Data Collection Project report, the task team, led by Ret. in its efforts to work with the community. Police Chief Jim Hill, met to develop next steps. In Spring 2004, the team divided into four sub-groups to focus on various topics The Human Rights Commission held a joint meeting with the illuminated by the report. Commissioners and staff continue to Police Commission in April 2004. Topics of the meeting included serve on the team throughout the process. a report from the Police Auditor, a report from the Internal Affairs Racial Profiling Task Force Members: Norma Dominguez, staff, and a discussion of the upcoming examination of the EPD Francisca Leyva-Johnson, Marcy Middleton, Carmen Urbina complaint process ordered by Police Chief Bob Lehner of the Police Commission. Strategies to Improve Interactions Between Police and Community Members: Commissioners, EPD officers and In April 2004 the commission co-sponsored a "Meet the Chief" command staff met to discuss and prioritize methods for event put on by the American Civil Liberties Union. The event improving relations between police officers and community was held at the Eugene Public Library and was attended by members. Task group suggestions were grouped into categories approximately 70 people, focusing on 1) the complaint process, 2) workload/resource issues, 3) international/external communications, and 4) relations Members of the human rights and police commissions and with the public. The group continues to meet regularly. interested community members formed task groups on a number Interaction Between Police and Community Members Task Group of topics during the reporting period, including: Members: Andrea ©rtiz, Sara Rich, Greg Rikhoff, Neil Van Steenbergen Social Security Number Task Group: Task group members studied practices of other police departments and developed a EPD Commendation/Complaint Form Review Group: Human draft policy to recommend for adoption. The draft policy was Rights commissioners and staff were asked for their feedback on adopted and took effect July 1, 2004. The group also whether EPD Internal Affairs staff should ask for gender, age, recommended the acceptance by EPD personnel of the Matricula race, and ethnicity data on forms used to collect complaints. Consular (Mexican ID card) as a valid form of identification. Feedback indicated that the data was important but it needed to Social Security Number Task Group Members: Francisca Leyva- be collected separately and not linked with the specific Johnson, Mary Martinez-Wenzl, Andrea ©rtiz complaints. EUGENE HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM REPORT AND WORK PLAN PAGE 17