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POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD
MINUTES - September 10, 2002
CALL TO ORDER Chair John Stratton called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
ATTENDANCE Board members present: Loren Horton, John Stratton, John
Watson, and Bev Smith; board member absent: Bill Hoeft.
Legal Counsel Catherine Pugh and Staff Kellie Turtle also
present. Also in attendance was Captain Tom Widmer of the
ICPD and Kellie Casino of the Daily Iowan.
CONSENT
CALENDAR Motion by Horton and seconded by Watson to adopt the
consent calendar as amended.
· Minutes of the meeting on 07/09/02
· ICPD Use of Force Report- June 2002
· ICPD Use of Force Report- July 2002
· ICPD Department Memorandum 02-36
Motion carried, 4/0, Hoeft absent.
OLD BUSINESS
· NACOLE Membership Renewal
Stratton informed the Board that associate membership is
$100 a year and gives the Board a listing on NACOLE's
organization membership list, access to the list, and the
privilege of attending conferences. Watson and Stratton are
in favor of it for another year in order to contact other
organizations. Smith questioned how much use the Board
has made of the service on average. Stratton said not a
tremendous amount; however, he felt that it was worth
another year.
Motion by Watson and seconded by Smith to renew the
membership for another year.
Motion carried, 4/0, Hoeff absent.
·Mailing for Service Clubs (video showing)
Stratton informed the Board that this item is in relation to
sending a letter to service clubs regarding lending out the
PCRB video to the clubs for presentations, The Board
needed to define "service club" because of the vast amount
of clubs/organizations listed at the Library. The Board
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agreed to have Horton generate a list with Turtle and have a
draft by the next meeting.
·Peace Officer Appointment
Watson questioned whether Hoer had decided to move to
Coralville and referred to the memo on residency
requirements. Hoer currently resides in Iowa City. If Hoer
does move, the Board or Hoer would then make a request
to council to waive the residency requirements.
NEW BUSINESS
·Nominating Committee
Next month the Board will select a chair and a vice-chair.
Stratton asked if Watson and Smith would serve on the
committee, both accepted.
PUBLIC
DISCUSSION Captain Widmer informed the Board that there are 2 or 3
pending complaints right now that the Chief may request
extensions on. The complainants' legal advisors are telling
them not to meet with the ICPD and not to take part in any
internal investigation until after the cases are taken care of in
court.
MEETING
SCHEDULE and
FUTURE
AGENDAS The meeting of October 8th has been rescheduled to October
22nd to provide opportunity for the Police Chief to file his
reports for review.
· October 22, 2002, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room
· November 12, 2002, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room
· December 10, 2002, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room
· January 14, 2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room
BOARD
INFORMATION Stratton received a call from a City Council member
regarding items submitted for the board packet by the public.
Stratton had stated at a previous meeting that he would view
all items closely and decide whether the items should be
included in the packet. The Council member stated that
everything submitted to PCRB should be looked at by
everyone on the Board just as the City Council does. All
correspondence will be provided to the Board in the future.
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Horton attended the August 19th council work session to
report the findings of the traffic stop data study. The study
will be included in the next packet for discussion, along with
other correspondence concerning the study. Horton cannot
attend the October 22nd meeting and will prepare a written
summary of the report given at the council work session.
STAFF
INFORMATION Tuttle stated that the Board packets are now being scanned
so that the public can access them at the City's web site:
icgov.org. All public portions of previous packets dating from
1997 forward are also available on line.
Tuttle also informed the Board that the brochure/complaint
form is in the process of being put on the web site so that the
public can have access at all times.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION Motion by Watson and seconded by Horton to adjourn into
Executive Session.
Motion carried, 4/0, Hoeft absent. Open session adjourned
at 7:32 p.m.
REGULAR
SESSION Returned to open session at 8:50 p.m.
Motion by Watson and seconded by Horton to grant the
Police Chief a 45-day extension to October 18, 2002 to
complete his report on Complaint #02-01.
Motion carried 4/0, Hoeff absent.
ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Smith and seconded by Horton.
Motion carried 4/0, Hoeft absent.
Meeting adjourned at 8:53 P.M.