Item A: Annual Meeting with Police Commission

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Eugene Police Commission FY 2012 Work Plan Police Commission Mission Statement The Eugene Police Commission recommends to the City Council, the City Manager, the Eugene Police Department, and the people, the resources, preferred policing alternatives, policies and citizens' responsibilities needed to achieve a safe community. We strive to create a climate of mutual respect and partnership between the community and the Eugene Police Department that helps achieve safety, justice and freedom for all people in Eugene. 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 the following highlights: 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 – FY 2006)  Patrol In-Car Video policy development (FY 2006)  Assistance with oversight model implementation (FY 2006 – 2007)  Recommendations for a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and related steering committee (FY  2008) Policy on Taser Pilot Projects (FY 2008)  Recommendations on several significant policies including Mental Health Crisis Response and  Communication with People with Disabilities (FY 2009) Development of a Public Outreach Committee to strengthen the relationship between the  public and the Police Department (FY 2009) Review and recommendations on all force-related policies, including the Taser policy (FY 2010  - FY 2011) Reviewed and made recommendations on the downtown exclusion zone ordinance (FY 2011)  Worked extensively with community around closure of Monroe Street Public Safety Station (FY  2011) The projects proposed for the commission’s FY 2012 Work Plan are described in more detail in the following sections. Police Commission Goals As spelled out in the adopted bylaws, the Police Commission has five goals, which guide the Commission’s annual work activities. The FY 2012 work plan is organized along the goals. Under each goal are the proposed work plan items that the Commission will work on during FY 2012. Goal 1 – Ensure that the policies and procedures of the Eugene Police Department protect the civil rights and liberties of everyone in Eugene. Work Plan Objective 1.1 – Working with other commissions and boards, organize a hate crimes conference to be held in FY 2013. Work Plan Objective 1.2 – Create a Hate Crimes Conference Committee to address details related to conference.