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Home My WebLink About01-21-2003 Minutes DRAFT POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD MINUTES - December 10, 2002 CALL TO ORDER Chair John Stratton called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. ATTENDANCE Board members present: John Watson, John Stratton, Loren Horton and Bill Hoeft; Board member absent: Bev Smith. Legal Counsel Catherine Pugh (7:05 p.m.) and Staff Kellie Tuttle present. Also in attendance was Captain Tom Widmer of the ICPD. CONSENT CALENDAR Motion by Hoeft and seconded by Horton to adopt the consent calendar. · Minutes of the meeting on 11/12/02 · ICPD Use of Force Report- October 2002 · ICPD Monthly Liquor License (Off Premise Sales) Report- October 2002 · ICPD General Order #89-04 (Civil Rights) · ICPD General Order #95-01 (Emergency Operation of Police Vehicles) · ICPD General Order#99-02 (Alarm-Open Door Response) · ICPD General Order #99-03 (Prisoner Transport) · ICPD General Order #00-02 (Harassment and Sexual Harassment) · ICPD General Order #01-05 (Officer Involved Shootings/Lethal Incident Investigations) Motion carried, 4/0, Smith absent. Watson commented that the Use of Force Report was longer than usual. Captain Widmer said that he would compare the report to last year's report. Watson asked if there was anything significant in any of the General Order changes. Captain Widmer said that there is nothing significant. Captain Widmer had all the changes highlighted in the reports that were viewed last time and those in the PCRB's current packet available for the Board to review. Stratton noted the Monthly Off Premise Sales Report. He thought that these businesses seemed to be more effective than the bars in the control of alcohol sales to minors. OLD BUSINESS No old business. NEW BUSINESS Hoeft publicly congratulated the ICPD on their fine police work on the bank robbery. Hoeft wanted to discuss the procedure of the City Council possibly filing a PCRB complaint. Pugh stated that the City Manager, the Police Chief, the City Council or the Board itself may file a PCRB complaint based on reasonable belief that police misconduct has occurred regardless of personal knowledge. Stratton said he didn't think the Council would file a complaint even if there were interest until after the civil action had been dealt with. He also thought that Mr. Kanner's concern was more with police procedure than with excessive force, per se. (See further discussion later). BOARD INFORMATION Watson had a call from a Dm reporter regarding the incident that Mr. Kanner wanted the Board to review. Watson didn't have any information for the reporter as he didn't think that the complaint had been referred to the Board. Horton and Stratton also had received calls from the DI reporter, however, neither actually spoke to the reporter. Stratton also had a call last week from a man from Mexico, Missouri who is interested in creating a police review board there and wanted discuss the constraints that the Iowa City PCRB operate under. The man also wanted to know the appeal procedure for a Board decision. Stratton informed him that there is no appeal. The Board's decision is referred to the City Council who reacts to it one way or another. It appears that the Mexico City Council wants the City Attorney to represent the Council and have Council do the mediation instead of having an independent board. The man also mentioned a report that the Board might be interested in, "Revisiting Who is Guarding the Guardians" published by the Federal Civil Service. The report can be found at: www.usccr.qov/pubs/,quard/main, htm. Horton mentioned having conversations with three people who were misinformed about what the PCRB can and cannot do. Horton is concerned about educating the public. Stratton suggested that the next time they get a phone call from a reporter that they should suggest the reporter write a story about what the PRCB can and cannot do. Hoeft inquired whether there was information on the City web site regarding PCRB. Tuttle informed the Board that the Staff is in the process of putting the PCRB brochure and the complaint form on the City's web site. STAFF INFORMATION None. PUBLIC DISCUSSION Captain Widmer gave the General Order reports with the highlighted changes to Watson to review. He informed the Board that every report is reviewed either every year or every other year. Captain Widmer stated that he would no longer be attending the PCRB meetings. He is changing positions January 4th and will be the Captain of Operations. Captain Matt Johnson will be taking over Captain Widmer's duties as Administration and will take his place in attending the PCRB meetings. NEW BUSINESS (cont.) Horton moved that the Board approve the Chief's request for a 15-day extension for 02-01. Hoeft seconded the motion. Motion carried 4/0, Smith absent. 2 MEETING SCHEDULE · January 14, 2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room · February 11,2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room · March 11,2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room · April 8, 2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room Horton will not be at the January 14, 2003 meeting or the February 11,2003 meeting. ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Hoeft and seconded by Horton. Motion carried, 4/0, Smith absent. Meeting adjourned at 7:29. DRAFT POLICE CITIZENS REVIEW BOARD MINUTES - December 20, 2002 CALL TO ORDER Chair John Stratton called the meeting to order at 1:16 P.M. ATTENDANCE Board members present: Loren Horton, John Stratton and John Watson; Board members absent: Bill Hoeft, Bev Smith. Staff Kellie Tuttle. CONSIDER A MOTION GRANTING POLICE CHIEF AN EXTENSION FOR PCRB COMPLAINT #02-01 Motion by Horton and seconded by Watson to grant the Police Chief an extension on PCRB Complaint #02-01 to January 17, 2003. Motion carried, 3/0, Hoeft and Smith absent CONSIDER A MOTION GRANTING POLICE CHIEF AN EXTENSION FOR PCRB COMPLAINT #02-02 Motion by Watson and seconded by Horton to grant the Police Chief an extension on PCRB Complaint #02-02 to February 3, 2003. Motion carried, 3/0, Hoeft and Smith absent BOARD INFORMATION Horton mentioned that he could possibly be at the January meeting if a quorum is questionable. He will be leaving town the week of the 27th of January and returning the week of March 3rd. The Board also discussed the meeting schedule in conjunction with the deadline dates of the Chief's reports. The Board rescheduled the meeting of January 14th to January 21Stand did not change the February meeting on the 11th, STAFF INFORMATION Tuttle questioned the procedure the Board wanted to follow regarding extension requests. It was confirmed that the Board would like Staff to contact the Chair or Vice-Chair when a request is filed and the next board meeting is more than a week away. The Chair or Vice-Chair will decide whether or not a special meeting is necessary. MEETING SCHEDULE * January 21,2003, 7:00 P.M., City Attorney Conference Room · February 11,2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room · March 11,2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room · April 8, 2003, 7:00 P.M., Lobby Conference Room ADJOURNMENT Motion for adjournment by Horton and seconded by Watson Motion carried, 3/0, Hoeft and Smith absent. Meeting adjourned at 1:28 P.M. 1