Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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City Manager Ruiz noted the progress being made on various projects in the downtown area. B. WORK SESSION: Report to City Council from Police Auditor The council was joined by Police Auditor Mark Gissiner. Mr. Gissiner provided a PowerPoint presentation entitled Police Auditor 2010 Annual Report. He reported the following:  99.2 percent of arrests and citations generated no use of control report (119/14,626)  The average turnover time for Internal Affairs reports on allegations was 79 days  The average turnover for service complaints was 23 days  62 percent of service complainants satisfied with outcome  The Eugene Police Department (EPD) had a 27 percent sustained rate, compared to 10 percent in Boise, 10 percent in Cincinnati, 13 percent in Berkeley), and 10 percent in Los Angeles Mr. Gissiner discussed taser use by the EPD and compared it to taser use in other United States communities, reporting that tasers were deployed by EPD officers at a rate of 1.3 times per 10,000 residents, the lowest rate of the various cities used in the comparison. He was unable to find a city of a similar size with lower taser use. Mr. Gissiner noted that the Police Auditor’s Office would return about 12 percent of its budget to the General Fund because the Deputy Police Auditor position had been vacant for part of fiscal year 2011. He had hired Leia Pitcher to fill that position and he commended her work as well as the work of Senior Administrative Assistant Vicki Cox. He noted that the Police Auditor’s Office had done intake on more than 300 complaints in 2010. Mr. Gissiner reported that he continued to place focus on policy revisions related to search and seizure, ‐ vehicle pursuits, use of K9s, and processes for officer-involved shootings. Mr. Gissiner shared a flow chart of the complaint process to demonstrate its complexity. He then shared trends in complaints for the years 2008-2010 and data for 2010 regarding complaints by classification and by month. He provided data on 2010 allegations, noting that 27 percent were sustained, and shared the adjudications for 2010 allegations by complaint classification. Mr. Gissiner also shared a graph showing disciplinary actions taken in 2010 for each sustained allegation. Mr. Gissiner provided data on service complaints in 2010 and reported that service complaints in areas of concern had decreased. He noted the increase in policy complaints and inquiries between 2008 and 2010. Mr. Gissiner shared a graph showing a decline in police vehicle accidents and pursuits between 2008 and 2010. Mr. Gissiner concluded his presentation by noting that police commendations were down but had been on an upward trend since 2002. Mayor Piercy briefly reviewed the mission and duties of the Police Auditor’s Office and expressed appreciation to Mr. Gissiner for his work in fulfilling the duties of his office as well as for his work in identifying trends that the EPD wanted to reverse. MINUTES—Eugene City Council May 23, 2011 Page 3 Work Session