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November 10, 2020
Iowa City-City Council
City of Iowa City
410 Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
RE: Community Police Review Board Annual Community Forum
The Iowa City Community Police Review Board (CPRB) held the annual Community Forum on Monday,
September 21, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Due to the Covid Virus the program was held virtually via Zoom.
Board members participating in the forum were Vice Chair Orville Townsend, Jerri MacConnell, Latisha
McDaniel, Amanda Nichols, and David Selmer. Staff participants were Legal Council Patrick Ford, Staff-
Chis Olney and Kellie Fruehling
The Vice Chair opened the forum to the public and the following individuals participated:
David Drustup, Leslie Carpenter, Amel Ali, Margaret Fuller, Angie Jordan, Sabri Sky, Anna Blaedel
Aaron Page, Meredith Chen, Eric Harris, Tammy Nyden, Temple Hiatt, Caroline Dieterle, Rich Mathias.
The following topics were discussed:
• Remove funding from the police and have trained professionals respond to calls in the
community
• Having trained mental health professionals accompany police to mental health calls
• Make the Community Police Review Board’s availability better known to the public
• Inquiry about the type and level of information that is provided to the CPRB from the Police
Department
• Schedule CPRB meetings more regularly for public engagement
• A member of “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America” inquired and commented on
services available to victims and observers of gun violence.
• Inquiry about the tear gas incident in June and the City Council’s hiring of and independent firm
to investigate it.
• Discussion of the escalation of violence that we’re seeing in this country.
Final Topic
The Vice Chair shared information related to the Community Police Review Board’s functions and the
services available. The Vice Chair thanked everyone for participation and mentioned that the program
would be available on TV Channel 4.
The forum was adjourned at 6:53 pm
Orville H. Townsend, SR., Vice Chair
(Transcriptions are available at ICgov.org)