HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-09-2001 Minutes POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD
MINUTES - December 12, 2000
CALL TO ORDER Chair John Watson called the meeting to order at 7:00
P.M.
ATTENDANCE Board members present: Leah Cohen, Paul Hoffey, Loren
Horton, John Stratton, and John Watson. Staff present:
Legal Counsel Catherine Pugh and PCRB Assistant Sandy
Bauer. Captain Tom Widmer, Captain Matt Johnson, and
Sgt. Kevin Hurd were also present.
CONSENT
CALENDAR Motion by Stratton and seconded by Hoffey to adopt the
Consent Calendar, as amended, to include "n" and "o."
a. Minutes of 11/7/00 meeting
Standard Operating Procedure - Arrests
c. Standard Operating Procedure - Evidence and Property Handling
Procedures
Standard Operating Procedure - Internal Affairs Investigations
c. Standard Operating Procedure - Domestic Violence
f. Standard Operating Procedure - Vehicle Crashes
g. ICPD Use of Force Report - September 2000
h. ICPD November Training Report
i. ICPD Training Newsletter
ICPD Training Bulletin - 01-27
ICPD Training Bulletin - 01-28
|. ICPD Training Bulletin - 01-30
m. ICPD Training Bulletin - 01-31
n. ICPD Use of Force Report - October 2000
o. ICPD Department Memorandum 00-67 regarding July-October
Use of Force Review.
Motion carried, 5/0, all members present.
RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL - The PCRB recommends that its By-
Laws, Article V, Section 1, Regular Meetings: First
sentence be changed to read: The 8oard's regular
meeting will be held the second Tuesday of each month.
PRESENTATION Captain Johnson, Sgt. Hurd and Captain Widmer from the
ICPD gave a presentation on the issue of ARREST
PROCEDURES. A question and answer period followed.
ICPD PPP The Board confirmed that it has requested a presentation
from the ICPD on January 9, 2001, on the issue of
INTERNAL AFFAIRS and DISCIPLINE. A possible subject
for the February meeting is GOALS & OBJECTIVES of the
ICPD. A selection of further topics will be discussed at
the next meeting.
COMMUNITY
FORUM Watson stated that the March forum should have a theme
and be a learning experience to the community. Various
themes were discussed, including the role of police in
crime prevention and community policing. Captain
Widmer suggested that the Board speak with the Chief on
what he's doing and what his philosophy is with
community policing. Watson appointed a subcommittee,
Cohen (Chair) and Hoffey, to meet with the Chief and
bring back to the next Board meeting the ideas from that
meeting. Bauer was directed to work on the location and
dates for the forum, some time after spring break which
ends March 18.
Discriminatory enforcement will be a theme for a future
forum.
MEETING The draft of the letter to City Council Members regarding
a joint meeting was approved and staff was directed to
send it to the Mayor during the first week of January.
NEW BUSINESS None
OLD BUSINESS
· PCRB Goals - Chair Watson distributed the updated
PCRB Goals for 200-2001. Following discussion,
Motion by Hotton and seconded by Stratton to accept
the document, as amended, as a working paper for
the Board. Motion carried, 5/0, all members present.
· By-Law Change - Following discussion, Motion by
Cohen and seconded by Horton, to change Article V,
Section 1, Regular Meetings: First sentence be
changed to read: The Board's regular meeting will be
held the second Tuesday of each month. Motion
carried, 5/0, all members present.
· PCRB Videotape - The list of possible interviewees for
the videotape was discussed. Marian Karr also
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provided a list of the people who had comments on
the proposed ordinance. The Board made no further
additions to the list already forwarded to Bob Hardy.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION None
MEETING SCHEDULE
· Regular Meeting January 9, 2001 (Hoffey absent)
· Regular Meeting February 13, 2001 (Horton
absent)
· Regular Meeting March 13, 2001 (Cohen and
Horton absent)
BOARD
INFORMATION Watson - reported conversations with Ernest Lehman
and Dee Vanderhoef in which the subject of the Board
continuation came up. Watson also reported that
Douglas Russell, past PCRB legal counsel, made a
presentation on Winston Churchill to the Rotary Club;
Russell extended his greetings to board members.
STAFF INFORMATION None
ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Hoffey and seconded by
Cohen. Motion carried, 5/0, all members present.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M.
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