HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-12-2000 Minutes POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD
MINUTES - November 7, 2000
CALL TO ORDER Chair John Watson called the meeting to order at 7:00
P.M.
ATTENDANCE Board members present: Leah Cohen, Paul Hoffe,/, Loren
Horton, John Stratton, and John Watson. Staff present:
Legal Counsel Catherine Pugh and PCRB Assistant Sandy
Bauer. Captain Tom Widmer was also present.
CONSENT
CALENDAR Motion by Stratton and seconded by Hoffey to adopt the
Consent Calendar as amended, to include 'k," and 'h"
a. Minutes of 10/10/00 meeting
b. ICPD Use of Force Report - July 2000
c. ICPD Use of Force Report - August 2000
d. Racial Profiling: The Civil Right's Issue of the New Millennium,
Sgt. Sid Jackson
c. General Order 00-09 - Organization
f. ICPD October Training Report
g. ICPD October Training Newsletter
h. ICPD Training Bulletin 01-21 - Supplemental Accident Reports
i. ICPE) Training Bulletin 01-24 - WT 00-17 HAZMAT
.~. ICPD Training Bulletin 01-26 - WT 00-16 10-50 PI
Correspondence from Chief Winkelhake regarding December 12
meeting
].Traffic Stop Demographics from the ICPD
Bauer was directed to respond to Winkelhake's
correspondence requesting that he designate an officer to
make the presentation on December 12.
Motion carried, 5/0, all members present.
RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL - None
PCRB GOALS The objectives/strategies to accomplish the Board's
goals:
Action Step
Measure (evidence that the goal is accomplished)
Date
Responsibility
Resources (time/money)
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1. Board Education
· Continue to streamline board procedures - identify
specific SOP the board wishes to improve (address
as needed); make recommendation to City
Attorney; date; assign responsibility; resources
would be time.
· Brief new board members - the Chair and PCRB
Assistant will meet with new board members to
orient within 30 days of appointment.
· Encourage continuation of PCRB - request a
meeting with the City Council; Chair/Vice-Chair will
send a letter in January requesting a meeting by
March 1, 2001.
· Actively pursue more diversity in future board
members - pursue diversity through guest
editorials, media interviews, classified ads, and
recruitment by current members; commencing in
the month of May when a vacancy is determined;
responsibility will be the Chair, PCRB members,
and city staff.
2. Community Education
· Hold forums - determine specific issue-oriented
forums, with the first forum in early March.
· (Following discussion with Captain Widmer, the
second bullet was eliminated.)
· Develop a videotape about the PCRB - Chair will
follow through with city staff (Bob Hardy, Cable
TV) to commence development of videotape by
November 2000.
· Make presentations to civic and service clubs -
Prepare presentation and schedule meetings with
service clubs, etc. (Bauer directed to obtain list of
service clubs from the library.)
3. Policy/Procedure/Practice (PPP) Review
· Continue to review general police policies,
procedures and practices - schedule a policy
review at each monthly meeting; Board will select
topics. Publicize the PPP reviews.
· Address the perception of discriminatory
enforcement -Support the ICPD's efforts to collect
traffic-stop data regarding racial profiling. Review
and analyze traffic-stop data supplied by the ICPD
on an annual basis in conjunction with local
community experts.
· (Following discussion, the third bullet was
eliminated.)
Cohen commended Sgt. Sid Jackson on his paper on racial
profiling.
NEW BUSINESS Bauer advised that applications are presently being
accepted through January 5 for the Citizen's Police
Academy, commencing February 1, 2001. Application
forms were distributed to Horton and Stratton.
OLD BUSINESS None
PUBLIC DISCUSSION None
MEETING SCHEDULE
· Regular Meeting December 12, 2000
· Regular Meeting January 9, 2001
BOARD
INFORMATION Paul Hoffey - reported a telephone conversation with
Chief Winkelhake about the Iowa Police Executive Forum.
STAFF INFORMATION Bauer recommended that Board members hold onto
General Orders which are distributed in the packets as
they may be used during presentations regarding ICPD
policies, procedures and practices.
Bauer also advised the Board of the City Council January
Meeting and Budget Schedule.
ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Hoffey and seconded by
Stratton. Motion carried, 5/0, all members present.
Meeting adjourned at 8:10 P.M.
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