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June 9, 2025 Community Commission on Police Oversight
Minneapolis City CouncilFriday, June 6, 2025
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[0:15] >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS LA
[0:20] TO TONYA REEVES, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON
[0:25] POLICE OVERSIGHT. THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PARTICIPATION.
[0:31] THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REALTIME CAPTIONING AS A METHOD TO FURTHER INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS
[0:36] TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS
[0:44] CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST.
[0:49] ADDITIONALLY, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH OUR ROLL CALL, I'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS WITH US TODAY. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR FOUR
[0:59] NEW COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I SAY IT WRONG. IS IT McELHINNEY?
[1:08] McELHINNEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SEAT ONE. CHRIS BAKER FOR SEAT SEVEN. ERIC BARTZ FOR SEAT 11.
[1:14] AND LEAH INDRELIE? INDRELIE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SEAT 12.
[1:20] WELCOME TO THE CCPO, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING
[1:27] FOR MONDAY, JUNE 9TH, AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO
[1:33] VERIFY A QUORUM. >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY?
[1:39] >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER SCHANFIELD IS ABSENT.
[1:45] NEWMAN? >> PRESENT. >> CLEMENT. >> PRESENT. >> SMITH-KOOIMAN IS ABSENT.
[1:53] BAKER? >> PRESENT. >> STEWART IS ABSENT.
[1:58] GURIAN-SHERMAN IS ABSENT. CANADAY? >> PRESENT.
[2:03] >> BARTZ. >> PRESENT. >> INDRELIE.
[2:08] >> PRESENT. >> WILLIAMS-JOHNSON IS ABSENT.
[2:13] SMITH? >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR REEVES. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE TEN PRESENT.
[2:19] >> THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. COMMISSIONERS, THE AGENDA FOR
[2:24] THIS EVENING'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE
[2:30] AGENDA FROM COMMISSIONERS? >> MADAM PRESIDENT.
[2:37] >> SMITH. >> I WOULD AMEND TO MOVE UNDER NEW BUSINESS TO THE COMMUNITY
[2:43] ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, CLERK IF YOU CAN CALL
[2:50] THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE
[2:56] AGENDA? >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY? >> AYE.
[3:04] >> COMMISSIONER NEWMAN. >> AYE. >> CLEMENT. >> AYE. >> BAKER.
[3:09] >> AYE. >> CANADAY. >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE.
[3:16] >> INDRELIE. >> AYE. >> SMITH. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN. >> AYE.
[3:22] >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE TEN AYES.
[3:28] >> ALL RIGHT THAT ITEM WILL BE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA?
[3:37] ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONER, I MEAN CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
[3:42] >> MADAM CHAIR, JUST TO CONFIRM ON THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? >> YES, AS AMENDED.
[3:48] THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY. >> AYE.
[3:53] >> NEWMAN. >> AYE. >> CLEMENT. >> AYE. >> BAKER.
[3:59] >> AYE. >> CANADAY. >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE. >> INDRELIE.
[4:05] >> AYE. >> SMITH. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN.
[4:10] >> AYE. >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE TEN AYES.
[4:20] >> COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN IS PRESENT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT. >> I APOLOGIZE.
[4:26] COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE RECORDED FOR THAT ROLL CALL TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED?
[4:31] >> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ABSTAIN SINCE I WASN'T HERE, BUT THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY TO BE LATE.
[4:36] THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE MEETING
[4:42] MINUTES. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MEETING MINUTES. THE FIRST IS FROM THE MARCH MEETING, AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION
[4:49] AND SECOND TO ACCEPT THAT SET OF MINUTES FROM THE MARCH MEETING? >> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
[4:55] >> SECOND. >> THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?
[5:01] ALL RIGHT, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
[5:07] >> I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU LIKE A ROLL CALL OR A VOICE VOTE? >> ROLL CALL FOR THE MARCH.
[5:14] >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY? >> PRESENT.
[5:19] >> I APOLOGIZE -- >> AYE. >> COMMISSIONER NEWMAN.
[5:25] >> AYE. >> CLEMENT. >> AYE. >> BAKER.
[5:30] >> ABSTAIN. >> GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> AYE.
[5:37] >> CANADAY. >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE. >> INDRELIE.
[5:44] >> ABSTAIN. >> SMITH. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN.
[5:49] >> AYE. >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE.
[5:58] >> WE HAVE NINE AYES. >> THANK YOU. THE AYES HAVE IT. AND THE MINUTES FOR MARCH HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
[6:04] MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE NEXT SET OF MINUTES FROM MAY 13TH SPECIAL MEETING. >> SO MOVED.
[6:09] >> AND A SECOND?
[6:16] IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MINUTES FOR MAY 13TH. ANY DISCUSSION?
[6:23] COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> YES, I NOTICE IN THE MEETING MINUTES THAT WE WERE TOLD AT THE
[6:29] LAST MEETING ON MAY 13TH, THE CCPO ANNUAL MEETING, THAT THE NAMES OF THE STAFF WOULD BE PUT
[6:39] IN THE MINUTES SO THAT THEY COULD BE IDENTIFIED. I ASKED THAT THE STAFF IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY NAME, TITLE, AND
[6:46] AFFILIATION WHICH WE HAD DONE AT MANY MEETINGS BEFORE WITHOUT OBJECTION. YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SAID THE NAMES
[6:52] WOULD BE IN THE MINUTES, BUT THEN WE HAVE A REPLY THAT SAYS THEY WON'T BE IN THE MINUTES. SO IT TURNS OUT NOW THAT THE
[6:58] STAFF THAT WERE PRESENT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THE MINUTES AND
[7:03] THEY'RE NOT IDENTIFIED ON THE
[7:12] VIDEO. SO I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION. AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO PUT
[7:17] VERBATIM INTO THE MINUTES THE DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE WHERE VICE CHAIR PAUL OLSEN OBJECTED
[7:25] TO THE SUGGESTION OF THESE NAMES GOING IN BECAUSE HE SAID QUOTE, THERE'S NO REASON TO EXPOSE OUR
[7:30] STAFF TO POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EMAILS, MESSAGES, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
[7:38] IT GOT ROUNDLY DISPARAGED BY THE PUBLIC AND BY OTHERS.
[7:43] I THINK IT'S A REALLY UNFORTUNATE SENTIMENT TO MAKE OF OUR COMMISSION THAT IS GEARED
[7:48] TOWARDS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
[7:55] SO THE WHOLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE STAFF NAMES AND TITLES STARTS AT 32:33 ON THE VIDEO
[8:01] THAT'S IN THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL. AND I WOULD MOTION THAT THE
[8:07] VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT GO IN FROM THAT POINT ALL THE WAY TO THE 35 MINUTE MARK. >> IS THERE A SECOND TO THE
[8:15] MOTION? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO SECOND, THAT MOTION FAILS. IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FOR THE
[8:23] MAY MEETING? >> I DO. >> COMMISSIONER OLSEN. >> COULD WE REFLECT THAT I WAS
[8:30] NOT A MEMBER ABSENT? >> YES, THAT WAS A CLERICAL
[8:37] ERROR, THAT WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED. >> MY APOLOGIES, THAT WAS MY FAULT. >> ALL RIGHT.
[8:47] SEEING NOTHING ELSE, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE
[8:52] MAY 13TH MINUTES. COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY. >> I'LL ABSTAIN. >> NEWMAN. >> AYE. >> CLEMENT.
[8:58] >> AYE. >> BAKER. >> ABSTAIN. >> GURIAN-SHERMAN.
[9:05] >> NO. >> CANADAY. >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE.
[9:12] >> INDRELIE. >> ABSTAIN. >> SMITH. >> AYE.
[9:17] >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN. >> AYE. >> AND CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE SEVEN AYES, ONE NAY,
[9:25] AND THREE ABSTENTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, MR. CLERK, IF YOU COULD NOTE THAT SMITH-KOOIMAN
[9:31] HAS ARRIVED AS WELL. ALL RIGHT THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR MAY 13TH FOR THE
[9:37] SPECIAL MEETING. NEXT IS THE ORDER OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC, GIVING
[9:42] EACH SPEAKER TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. WE'LL TAKE SPEAKERS IN THE ORDER
[9:47] THEY REGISTERED. IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION TONIGHT AND HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, YOU MAY REGISTER WITH THE CLERKS AT THE
[9:56] SIDE OF THE DAIS. IF ANYONE HAS PRINTED MATERIALS,
[10:01] PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE TO THE CLERK. WE'LL ALSO ALLOW WRITTEN NOTES
[10:09] TO BE INCLUDED AS OPPOSED TO SPEAKING. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
[10:14] THAT UNFORTUNATELY THE PUBLIC COMMENTS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CCPO AND THOSE SPEAKING.
[10:20] IT IS NOT THAT THE BODY IS TRYING TO INFRINGE ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IT IS THAT THOSE ARE THE RULES OF THE MEETING.
[10:26] IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FUNCTION WITHIN THE RULES OR PROCEDURES OF THE CCPO. WE WILL COLLECT THE QUESTIONS
[10:32] THAT ARISE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO ADDRESS THEM TO OUR BEST ABILITY AT THE NEXT MEETING.
[10:37] WE VALUE THE INPUT AND QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WANT TO REASSURE YOU THAT WE TAKE YOUR COMMENTS SERIOUSLY.
[10:43] WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER TONIGHT IS RICH PETERSON.
[11:00] >> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PARDON, I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.
[11:05] I LIVE ON LAKE STREET. I LOVE LAKE STREET. >> I'M SORRY -- CAN YOU SPEAK
[11:10] CLOSER TO THE MIC. THANK YOU. >> I LIVE ON LAKE STREET AND I LOVE LAKE STREET.
[11:19] RECENTLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHOWED UP TO
[11:25] THE STREET MUSCLE FOR A BUNCH OF UNIDENTIFIED GOONS, UNIDENTIFIED GOONS WHO SHOWED UP AND PUT OUT
[11:36] OF BUSINESS A SMALL BUSINESS AND PEOPLE OUT OF WORK?
[11:42] FOR WHAT AND WHY? NOT ONE PERSON WAS A HUMAN TRAFFICKER. ALL THEY DID WAS SHUT DOWN THE
[11:47] BEST BERRIA PLACE ON LAKE STREET.
[11:54] IF YOU WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN HITLER'S GERMANY, WE'RE DOING IT NOW. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE
[12:00] MINNEAPOLIS POLICE SHOWED UP TO BE THE STREET MUSCLE FOR A BUNCH OF PROUD BOYS. THIS WAS AN ACT OF TERROR AND
[12:05] THE POLICE PARTICIPATED.
[12:13] >> NEXT UP WE HAVE CHUCK TURCIK.
[12:20] >> HEY, CHUCK TURCIK, WARD SIX. WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBERS.
[12:27] I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE -- I'VE BEEN
[12:34] FOLLOWING CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS SINCE 1990. AND FREQUENTLY, I WOULD SAY, THE
[12:39] BEST COMMENTS AND THE BEST INSIGHTS THAT HAVE PRESENTED COME FROM NEW MEMBERS. SO DON'T FEEL CONSTRAINED AND
[12:47] NOT RAISING YOUR VOICES HERE.
[12:55] SECOND THING IS I'VE READ THE RULES TOO, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY PLACE IN THE RULES THAT YOU
[13:00] CAN'T RESPOND TO COMMENTS MADE FROM THE PUBLIC. IN FACT, THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS
[13:07] RESPONSE THAT EVERYONE, INCLUDING POLICE OFFICERS --
[13:14] THAT PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE PCOC, A TWO
[13:20] MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONERS HAD ALL SORTS OF
[13:25] QUESTIONS THEY WANTED TO ASK CATHY WHO PRESENTED THAT PROPOSAL. SO THIS IS WEIRD THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND TO QUESTIONS.
[13:31] AND I DIDN'T READ THAT IN THE RULES. AND I READ THE RULES.
[13:37] THIRD THING IS THANK YOU SO MUCH
[13:42] FOR FINALLY GIVING US THE CASE SUMMARIES.
[13:47] ALTHOUGH NOW YOU CALL THEM BOTH CASE SYNOPSES AND CASE SUMMARIES.
[13:53] THEY'RE LABELED ON THE OUTSIDE CASE SYNOPSES, THOSE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
[13:58] IN THE PREVIOUS ERA WHEN WE GOT BOTH CASE SYNOPSES AND CASE SUMMARIES. BUT THANK YOU FOR FINALLY
[14:03] GETTING THEM. AND I THINK THEY RAISED ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOUR PROCEDURES WILL BE IN
[14:10] REVIEWING THOSE. WHETHER YOU'LL REVIEW THEM HERE IN A DISCUSSION, WHETHER YOU'LL REVIEW THEM ONLY IN COMMITTEE
[14:16] AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK. AND I DON'T THINK THE FIVE MINUTE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT YOU'VE ALLOTTED WILL COVER THAT.
[14:22] THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[14:27] WE'VE COMPLETED ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AND WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THANK YOU. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS REPORTS.
[14:32] >> MADAM CHAIR, POINT OF INFORMATION. COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE SECTION IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
[14:37] THE BYLAWS OR SOMETHING ELSEWHERE IT SAYS THAT WE ARE
[14:43] PROHIBITED FROM HAVING DISCUSSION WITH PEOPLE WHO COME FORWARD FROM PUBLIC COMMENT. >> EXCUSE ME, I'LL HAVE THE
[14:49] CLERK'S OFFICE ANSWER THAT.
[14:56] >> CHAIR REEVES, COMMISSIONERS, I AM THE NEW CHIEF ASSISTANT
[15:01] CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
[15:07] THIS IS MY FIRST TIME CLERKING TONIGHT. BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND GET IT TO YOU IF
[15:12] IT EXISTS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND COULD THAT GO TO ALL OF THE
[15:20] COMMISSIONERS? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS REPORTS. I'VE ALLOCATED 15 MINUTES TO EACH OF THE STAFF REPORTS.
[15:26] WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR FUJISAWA.
[15:33] WELCOME, DIRECTOR.
[15:48] >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW.
[15:53] JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR THE REPORT, TONIGHT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THE
[16:00] BACKGROUND OF THE CCPO SINCE THERE ARE NEW COMMISSIONERS JOINING US THIS EVENING. PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON THE CCPO
[16:07] RECRUITMENT. OUR USUAL INTAKE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT UPDATES, WHAT I HOPE TO BE OUR FINAL STAFFING UPDATE FOR
[16:14] THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW FOR SOME TIME. AND THEN A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON REVIEW PANELS FOR THE PAST MONTH.
[16:25] JUST A BACKGROUND ON THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEW COMMISSIONERS. THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW OR OPCR IS A NEUTRAL
[16:34] AGENCY THAT INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT MADE BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.
[16:41] OPCR IS A IS DIVISION OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. OPCR IS MANDATED TO REVIEW
[16:48] PUBLIC COMPLAINTS INCLUDING ALLEGED MISCONDUCT BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT COMMUNITY CONCERNS ARE
[16:53] TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THAT ALL COMPLAINTS ARE INVESTIGATED FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP BUILD A
[16:58] STRONGER, MORE ACCOUNTABLE SYSTEM THAT BOTH RESIDENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN TRUST.
[17:06] AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS THIS EVENING AS OUR CCPO RECRUITMENT HAS
[17:16] CONCLUDED WE HAVE FOUR NEW COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED THIS EVENING AS WELL AS THREE COMMISSIONERS REAPPOINTED TO THE
[17:22] BODY. CANDIDATES FOR SEATS 6 AND 9 ARE AWAITING APPROVAL VOTES FROM BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
[17:30] MOVING ON TO OUR INTAKE UNIT, I THINK JUST BEFORE WE DIVE INTO NUMBERS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
[17:35] TO NOTICE THE TREND THAT WE ARE
[17:42] SEEING IN THE FIRST QUARTER INTO THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. YEAR TO DATE, OUR OFFICE HAS
[17:49] FIELDED 131 COMPLAINTS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT FOR OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
[17:55] CURRENTLY, IN OUR QUEUE FOR OUR OFFICE, SO THERE ARE 93 OF THESE
[18:00] COMPLAINTS. OF THESE 93 COMPLAINTS, 59 ARE CURRENTLY OVER 30 DAYS OLD.
[18:09] 21 OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO OUR CASE INVESTIGATOR STAFF.
[18:20] I WILL NOTE THAT WE ARE SEEING ROUGHLY A 4 TO 5 X INCREASE OF
[18:29] COMPLAINTS FROM 2024. THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS WE HAD IN MAY OF '24 WAS 23.
[18:38] AND IN 2025 WE'RE AT 110. BECAUSE OUR OFFICE IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE AND VET EVERY
[18:46] CONTACT, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A LARGE BODY OF WORK FOR OUR OFFICE AND A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY
[18:52] TO IDENTIFY AND VERIFY COMPLAINTS OF MISCONDUCT. I WILL SAY, AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAM, WHILE WE
[18:57] ARE WORKING THROUGH OBVIOUSLY A NUMBER OF INTAKE CASES AND COMPLAINTS, OUR INVESTIGATORS
[19:02] ARE COMPLETING THEIR REVIEW OF CASES IN THE INTAKE PHASE WITHIN
[19:10] 23 DAYS. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRED THE INTAKE PHASE TO
[19:16] TAKE NO MORE THAN 30 DAYS. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE
[19:21] WITH THE DURATION. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT NEED TO GO
[19:26] THROUGH THE FRONT-END OF THE COMPLAINT INTAKE PROCESS. BUT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE'VE
[19:31] CLEARED ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE TIED TO THE BACKLOG. THAT IS COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED PRIOR TO MAY 23, 2024.
[19:47] WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. AND WHILE WE DIDN'T CLEAR THE ENTIRE BACKLOG FROM YEAR ONE,
[19:54] WE'RE ON TRACK TO CLEAR ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BACKLOG COMPLAINTS BY AUGUST OF 2025.
[19:59] AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE ARE 0 PENDING ASSIGNMENTS. MEANING THAT ALL CASES THAT WERE PART OF THE BACKLOG THAT MOVED
[20:07] TOWARDS ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE EITHER BEEN COMPLETED AS IN OPCR
[20:13] INVESTIGATIVE WORK HAS FINISHED AND IT IS IN THAT SUBSEQUENT REVIEW PERIOD WHETHER THAT'S SUPERVISORY REVIEW WITH THE
[20:23] REVIEW PANEL OR WITH THE CHIEF'S OFFICE FOR HIS DISCIPLINARY DECISION.
[20:30] WE HAVE JUST 54 REMAINING INVESTIGATIONS. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY, AS I SAID, ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THOSE BY
[20:35] THE END OF AUGUST 2025. AND THAT MEANS FINISHED OR COMPLETED IS THE OPCR
[20:40] INVESTIGATIVE WORK. WE KNOW THAT OUR INVESTIGATIONS
[20:47] SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PANEL PROCESS AND WITH THE VOLUME THAT OPCR WILL
[20:53] BE SENDING TO REVIEW PANEL, OBVIOUSLY THE FULL INVESTIGATION WON'T BE CLOSED THROUGH CHIEF'S
[20:58] DISCIPLINE BY THE END OF AUGUST 2025, BUT INSTEAD THE
[21:05] OPCR INVESTIGATIVE WORK. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THIS CHART IS 107.
[21:11] I THINK THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT TWO SLIDES FOR THE DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS FOR WHICH
[21:18] WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS. FOR COMPLAINTS RECEIVED MAY 24,
[21:25] 2024, EXCUSE ME THROUGH OCTOBER 28, 2024, WE HAVE A
[21:32] TOTAL OF 21 ADMINISTRATIVE
[21:38] INVESTIGATIONS THAT FALL INTO THAT WINDOW. YOU CAN SEE TEN ARE ASSIGNED,
[21:43] EIGHT ARE PENDING ASSIGNMENT, AND THE REST ARE IN EITHER A SUPERVISORY REVIEW INTERNALLY WITHIN OPCR OR WITH THE CHIEF'S
[21:51] OFFICE. AND FINALLY INVESTIGATIONS AT
[21:58] OUR COMPLAINTS RECEIVED AFTER OCTOBER 28, 2024, WE HAVE A
[22:03] TOTAL, EXCUSE ME, OF 34 INVESTIGATIONS. AND 22 OF WHICH ARE PENDING
[22:10] ASSIGNMENT. AND THESE ARE, THIS IS THE BUCKET THROUGH WHICH COMPLAINTS
[22:16] RECEIVED AFTER OCTOBER 28, 2024, MOVE INTO THIS BUCKET OF CASES. AND SO I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS
[22:21] ONE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE WORK THROUGH THE BACKLOG. BUT OUR OFFICE IS WORKING
[22:27] OBVIOUSLY OLDEST TO NEWEST, BUT PRIORITIZING A MIX OF CASES THAT FALL IN BOTH OF THESE BUCKETS SO
[22:34] THAT WE CAN GIVE THE OFFICE A CHANCE TO STAY COMPLIANT WITH
[22:39] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TIMELINES AS WELL AS TO UPHOLD OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC AND OFFICIALLY HANDLE COMPLAINTS
[22:45] UNDER THE CAPACITY -- EFFICIENTLY HANDLE COMPLAINTS URN THE CAPACITY OF OUR OFFICE.
[22:52] STAFFING UPDATES, I'M VERY HOPEFUL AND GRATEFUL THAT THIS IS LIKELY THE LAST STAFFING
[22:57] UPDATE THAT I'LL BE PROVIDING FOR SOME TIME. THE POLICY AND RESEARCH COORDINATOR BEGAN WITH OPCR, THE
[23:03] OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW IN MARCH. AND SHE DIRECTLY SUPPORTS A LOT OF THE WORK AND EFFORTS OF THE
[23:09] CCPO AND ITS COMMITTEES.
[23:16] THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST WITH OPCR BEGAN IN APRIL. AND THEN OUR FINAL CASE
[23:21] INVESTIGATORS STARTED WITH THE OFFICE IN MAY. THIS HAS US FULLY STAFFED.
[23:27] AND I THINK THE RATE TO WHICH WE ARE COMPLETING OUR CASES AND OUR DIRECT SUPPORT OF THE CCPO, OF
[23:33] THE COMMITTEES, OF THE LOGISTICS AROUND SCHEDULING TRAININGS, REVIEW PANELS, AND THE PUBLIC
[23:41] HEARING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER WORK PRODUCTS, THE SUPPORTIVE AND PROACTIVE WORK THAT POLICY AND RESEARCH DOES, I THINK THAT
[23:48] HAS ALL BECOME VERY CLEAR TO COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE ALREADY WITH THE BODY. BUT THEN I HOPE THAT IS QUICKLY
[23:54] SEEN AND IS EVIDENT WITH THE NEW COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER JUST BASED ON THE CASES THAT WE
[24:01] REVIEW, AND THE CASES THAT COME THROUGH OUR OFFICE AND USE THAT AS BODIES OF EVIDENCE AND TO
[24:07] HELP DIRECT RESEARCH TO ALIGN WITH BEST PRACTICE NOT ONLY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, BUT ACROSS THE
[24:12] COUNTRY WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, CITIES, DEPARTMENTS UNDERGOING REFORMS.
[24:19] I THINK THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT WILL TAKE US FROM BEING RESPONSIVE AND REACTIVE TO
[24:25] WHAT WE SEE IN THE CASES AND FILINGS OF MISCONDUCT TO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY NOT ONLY WITH
[24:30] THE CCPO, BUT WITH THE CITY ENTERPRISE, WITH MPD, TO
[24:36] IDENTIFY POLICY GAPS, PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSALS,
[24:41] CODEVELOP PROGRAMS, AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS WHERE WE SEE FIT. OR AT LEAST PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT.
[24:47] SO VERY ENCOURAGED BY NOT ONLY THAT WE'RE STAFFED, BUT HOW WE'RE STAFFED.
[24:52] SO THAT'S DEFINITELY A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT DIRECTOR MICHELLE PHILLIPS LAID IN HER
[24:58] ARRIVAL WITH THE CITY AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEEDED, ONE, BOTH SEPARATION OF INTAKE
[25:03] AND ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS, BUT ALSO MORE PROACTIVE POLICY AND RESEARCH RESPONSE TO THE BODY OF WORK
[25:08] THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY. JUST VERY QUICKLY, ON REVIEW PANEL UPDATES, JUST LOOKING AT
[25:17] MAY, WE HAVE AS OF ACTUALLY THE 2nd OF JUNE, WE HAD 11 PENDING CASES TO BE REVIEWED OR
[25:24] SCHEDULED WITH THE REVIEW PANEL.
[25:33] 11 PANEL SESSIONS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.
[25:38] WE'RE ALREADY BEGINNING TO LOOK AT JULY AVAILABILITY FOR COMMISSIONERS. WE HAD ONE CASE SCHEDULED AND
[25:46] FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS. FOR OPCR WE HAD ONE COMPLETED,
[25:54] 11 SCHEDULED, SEVEN WERE COMPLETED AND FOUR WERE RESCHEDULED DUE TO CONFLICTS.
[25:59] WE HAVE CONSISTENT PANEL DATES, CONSISTENT REVIEW OF CASES. YEAR TO DATE WE HAVE REVIEWED
[26:04] MORE CASES IN 2025 THAN WE DID IN THE ENTIRETY OF 2024. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE ARE
[26:11] ANYWHERE NEAR COMPLETE WITH THE BACKLOG IN THE REVIEW OF THOSE CASES, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT MORE WILL COME FROM OPCR, MORE
[26:17] WILL COME FROM INTERNAL AFFAIRS. SO JUST ALWAYS WORKING TO OPTIMIZE THAT PROCESS AND MAKE
[26:23] SURE THAT WE'RE APPROPRIATELY CAPTURING TIME THAT WORKS FOR
[26:28] COMMISSIONERS, MAKING SURE -- WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE HICCUPS IN TERMS OF THE MATERIALS AND
[26:34] HOLDING REVIEW PANELS, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY AND PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING THOSE WORK AS WELL AS
[26:40] THEY HAVE SINCE WE PUT SOME OF THOSE NEW PROCESSES IN PLACE. AS ALWAYS, HERE IS THE OFFICE'S
[26:48] CONTACT INFORMATION. AND OUR LINK TO FILING A
[26:53] COMPLAINT WITH OUR OFFICE. AND WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. >> THANK YOU.
[26:58] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. I WANT TO START WITH WHAT YOU
[27:04] SAID AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESSES WERE THE CCPO HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED.
[27:15] I NOTE THAT WARD SIX AND WARD NINE AS YOU NOTED ARE VACANT.
[27:20] I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? >> I WILL DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
[27:37] >> I CAN FIND OUT THE EXACT ANSWER, BUT I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THEM WAS EXTENDED AND ONE OF THEM WAS REOPENED.
[27:44] BUT I CAN FIND OUT THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALL CLOSED NOW, 6 AND 9? YEAH. >> WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE CLOSED
[27:50] NOW, YOU MEAN THERE ARE GOING TO BE NOMINATIONS PUT FORWARD? >> I BELIEVE SO, YES. >> AND WILL THAT BE AT THIS
[27:57] WEDNESDAY'S PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING SO THAT THEY CAN BE VOTED ON AT THE
[28:03] JUNE 19TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING? >> CHAIR REEVES, COMMISSIONER, I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW SINCE I'M
[28:09] ALREADY GOING TO BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU ALL TOMORROW, I'D BE HAPPY TO INCLUDE THAT ANSWER AS
[28:14] WELL. >> OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THAT PROCESS IS.
[28:20] OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO GO TO A COMMITTEE AND I WOULD ASSUME IT'S PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THAT IT HAS TO GO TO A VOTE.
[28:25] SO YES, IF YOU COULD GET THAT IN. FREEZE FR-- ALSO, I WOULD JUST
[28:32] LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE THREE OF YOU, WHO IS IT THAT MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ABOUT WHO IT IS TO NOMINATE?
[28:38] IS IT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY CLERK, THE CHAIR OF THE CCPO? WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION TO
[28:45] PUT FORWARD A NAME FOR NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT?
[28:52] >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. MY ANSWER WOULD TYPICALLY BE THE COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT VOTES,
[29:02] THEY MAKE THE DECISION. THEY GO THROUGH A NOMINATION PROCESS THAT IS WELL DEFINED, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS GROUP.
[29:07] SO IF THEY MAKE IT THROUGH TO THE END, THEN THEY'RE PUT FORWARD AND IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THAT
[29:15] NOMINATION. >> IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU. SO IF A NOMINATION IS PUT FORWARD, THE CITY CLERK AND NO
[29:21] ONE ELSE CAN BE AN OBSTACLE TO THAT, IT'S ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE ALONG WITH THE MAYOR
[29:26] THAT CAN VOTE UP OR DOWN? >> CORRECT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I LOOKED
[29:35] AT THE CURRENT LIST OF THE COMMISSIONERS TODAY. AND I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT EIGHT MEMBERS ARE LISTED AS
[29:42] EXPIRED. THREE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND THREE REAPPOINTED COMMISSIONERS. SO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT
[29:48] MEANS ON THE PUBLIC LIST SO THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC GOES TO LOOK WHERE THE CURRENT MEMBERS, THERE
[29:53] ARE EIGHT MEMBERS THAT ARE LISTED AS EXPIRED, WHY IS THAT?
[30:01] >> CHAIR REEVES, COMMISSIONER, THAT IS BECAUSE THE TERMS TECHNICALLY HAVE ENDED, SO THEY ARE EXPIRED.
[30:07] HOWEVER, IT DOES SAY IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED THIS GROUP THAT COMMISSIONERS ARE
[30:12] WELCOME TO CONTINUE IN THEIR REPRESENTATION UNTIL THAT SEAT IS FILLED. SO UNTIL A NEW COMMISSIONER
[30:18] FORMALLY COMES ON BOARD, COMPLETES ALL OF THE ONBOARDING,
[30:23] ET CETERA, THE POSITION WILL BE LISTED AS EXPIRED AND THE COMMISSIONER THAT'S CURRENTLY IN
[30:29] THAT SEAT HAS THE ABILITY TO STAY IN THAT SEAT UNTIL THE SEAT IS FILLED. >> THE PROBLEM IS THAT APPLIES
[30:35] TO ME IN WARD NINE SINCE I DIDN'T REPLY AND TO COMMISSIONER -- THE COMMISSIONER
[30:41] IN WARD SIX. BUT THERE ARE THREE NEW COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE LISTED AS EXPIRED.
[30:49] SO IT WOULD MEAN ACCORDING TO WHAT MR. TURKIC AND OTHERS HAVE PUT IN EMAILS TO US AND WHAT WE SEE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLY.
[30:56] THERE SEEMS TO BE THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF COMMISSIONERS LISTED AS EXPIRED,
[31:01] THOSE WHO REPLIED TO REUP THEIR TERMS ARE LISTED AS EXPIRED. THEY'RE NOT IN A POSITION WHERE
[31:07] THERE ISN'T SOMEBODY WAITING FOR THEM. EITHER THEY -- THEY CAN'T JUST BE REAPPOINTED WITHOUT REPLYING.
[31:14] IS THERE GOING TO BE A WHOLE NEW APPLICATION PROCESS? SAME WITH THE THREE
[31:20] COMMISSIONERS, WHY WERE THEY APPOINTED FOR JUST A FEW WEEKS? >> COMMISSIONER, I'M NOT 100%
[31:28] SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY
[31:33] REPLIED AND ARE BEING REAPPOINTED, WHETHER THEY'RE EXPIRED AND ARE WAITING FOR THAT SEAT TO BE FILLED, OR WHETHER
[31:40] THEY'RE NEW, IF THEY'RE IN THE SEAT, THEN IT'S NOT EXPIRED.
[31:45] IN YOUR CASE, YOUR TERM HAS ENDED, THE SEAT HAS NOT BEEN FILLED, SO THE TERM IS IN FACT
[31:51] EXPIRED. THAT DOES NOT NEGATE YOUR ABILITY TO BE HERE. >> I GET THAT. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT SIX OF THE
[32:00] EXPIRED SEATS HAVE BEEN FILLED EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY EXPIRED TO THE PUBLIC?
[32:05] >> NOT NECESSARILY, NO. THERE'S NOT ONE ANSWER IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. >> EXACTLY, THAT'S WHAT I'M
[32:10] GETTING AT AS WELL. SO COULD I GET SOME MORE CLARIFICATION FROM YOU ON THAT IF I SEND THAT LIST TO YOU?
[32:17] >> SURE. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD MOVE TO EXTEND DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER FIVE
[32:23] MINUTES. >> IS THERE A SECOND? ANY DISCUSSION?
[32:30] ALL RIGHT CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY.
[32:41] >> ABSTAIN. >> NEWMAN.
[32:46] >> NO, ONLY IF IT PERTAINS TO THE REPORT THAT WE JUST HEARD.
[32:56] >> CLEMENT. >> NO, UNLESS IT'S ABOUT THIS
[33:05] REPORT. >> SMITH-KOOIMAN. >> AYE -- >> BAKER.
[33:15] >> ABSTAIN. >> HAVE WE BEEN JOINED BY STEWART? >> I'M FINE WITH IT.
[33:21] I'M GOING TO SAY YEAH, EXTEND IT. >> GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> YES, AND I WOULD SAY THAT
[33:28] WHEN THE DIRECTOR SAYS THAT HE BRINGS UP THE COMMISSIONERS AND THAT THE APPLICATIONS HAVE CONTINUED, THAT'S PART OF HIS
[33:35] REPORT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HAVE NO WITH A QUALIFICATION SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A POINT OF
[33:42] INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ACCEPTED AS A STRAIGHT NO OR IT'S CONSIDERED AN
[33:48] ABSTENTION? >> YES OR NO, PLEASE. >> I SAID YES, BUT WITH AN EXPLANATION AS PEOPLE DID.
[33:53] >> I'LL JUST SAY THE MOTION, PLEASE. YES OR NO ON THE MOTION JUST TO KEEP IT GOING. THANK YOU.
[33:58] >> COMMISSIONER CANADAY. >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE. >> INDRELIE. >> AYE.
[34:04] >> SMITH. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN.
[34:09] >> AYE. >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE NINE AYES.
[34:16] TWO NAYS AND THREE ABSTENTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[34:21] COMMISSIONER SMITH-KOOIMAN. >> I WASN'T FINISHED WITH MY QUESTION. >> WE GET TWO MINUTES PER DISCUSSION. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION?
[34:27] >> YES, AND IT PERTAINS TO THE REPORT. >> IF I COULD HAVE COMMISSIONER
[34:33] SMITH-KOOIMAN TO ASK ONE. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S IN A SIMILAR VEIN AS WHAT COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN
[34:39] HAS BEEN ASKING. WE SAID THERE'S A VERY EXPLICIT NOMINATIONS PROCESS FOR CCPO. BUT THERE'S NOT A VERY EXPLICIT
[34:45] APPROVAL PROCESS. AND I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN IS GETTING AT, AT LEAST FOR MY SEAT, I HAVE HEARD
[34:53] THERE ARE CITY CLERKS HAVING AN OPINION ON WHO SHOULD FILL THIS SEAT WHEN I LEAVE AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WRONG. I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT.
[35:00] SO I'M SAYING IF THERE IS NOT A PUBLIC AND TRANSPARENT APPROVAL PROCESS, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND
[35:05] THAT FOR THE BODY AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT IT'S INAPPROPRIATE TO HEAR THAT THERE
[35:10] ARE CITY CLERKS HAVING OPINIONS ON WHO GETS TO REPRESENT THE WARD. >> DR. FUJISAWA, DO YOU HAVE
[35:17] COMMENTS ON THE PROCESS? BECAUSE OPCR -- HOW DOES THAT
[35:23] WORK? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY, NOT SPECIFIC DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE.
[35:28] BUT WITH PARAGRAPH 338 OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WE DO HAVE A LETTER OF COMPLIANCE FROM MDHR
[35:35] AND ELEFA IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY WE OUTLINED
[35:40] IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITMENT TO SOLICIT APPLICATIONS. WHEN WE'RE PUTTING FORTH GENERALLY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
[35:47] PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, THEY ARE JUST THAT. IT IS AS THE INTERVIEWING BODY
[35:53] AND THE PANEL MAKING THE DECISIONS AND THE EVALUATION BASED ON CRITERIA THAT WAS SET PRIOR TO INTERVIEWS AND
[36:00] DISCUSSIONS AND DEBRIEFS THAT WE HAVE AFTER THOSE INTERVIEWS JUST WITH THE INTERVIEW PANELISTS AND
[36:07] NONE OTHERS. THEN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PUT FORTH TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE.
[36:12] ONCE THOSE IF THOSE ARE APPROVED, THEN THOSE GO ALONG TO COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR FOR THEIR VOTE.
[36:21] SO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ARE THE DECIDING BODIES IN TERMS OF WHO IS APPOINTED TO THOSE SEATS.
[36:27] >> AND COULD YOU ALSO ANSWER THE QUESTION THEN, WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THE SETTLEMENT
[36:32] AGREEMENT, WHERE DOES IT STATE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU DO THE RECRUITMENT JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE?
[36:40] >> IN TERMS OF WHAT WE OUTLINED AS OUR ROBUST -- TO BE
[36:48] REPRESENTATIVE TO ADDRESS AND SEEK APPLICATIONS AND INTERESTS
[36:54] FROM AS MANY GROUPS ACROSS THE CITY, ACROSS WARDS, ACROSS DEMOGRAPHICS, ACROSS LIVED
[36:59] EXPERIENCE AS POSSIBLE. THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE A
[37:05] REPRESENTATIVE BODY AND WE WERE IN EVERY WARD DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS. I WAS ON A NUMBER OF THE
[37:11] CULTURAL RADIO SHOWS THAT THE CITY HAS. I WAS IN WARDS AND COUNCIL MEMBER MEETINGS PROMOTING THE
[37:24] APPLICATION. WE ULTIMATELY GOT ROUGHLY 40 APPLICATIONS. WE INTERVIEWED EVERY SINGLE PERSON WE GOT AN APPLICATION
[37:30] FROM. AND WE EVALUATED BASED ON THE CRITERIA WE SET PREVIOUSLY AND PUT FORTH THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THAT'S GENERALLY THE
[37:36] PROCESS.
[37:43] >> CHAIR REEVES -- IT'S ME DOWN HERE. >> OH, YES. >> I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK
[37:50] BRIEF COMMENT, IF I MAY, AND
[37:56] JUST STATE THAT TAGGING ALONG WITH HIS EXPLANATION, I WILL SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT THE CLERK'S
[38:01] OFFICE, THE CITY CLERK, ANY OF THE CLERKS THAT WORK FOR THE CITY CLERK HAVE NO INPUT
[38:08] WHATSOEVER ON WHO ENDS UP IN THESE SEATS. WE SHEPHERD THE PROCESS, THAT IS
[38:18] IT. WE PROVIDE NO INPUT OF ANY KIND ABOUT WHO SHOULD BE IN THESE
[38:23] SEATS. ALL WE DO EXECUTE THE PROCESS, PROCESS THE PAPERWORK, GIVE THE
[38:31] OATH, AND BRING THINGS FORWARD TO COUNCIL. THAT'S IT. WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH WHO GETS IN THESE SEATS.
[38:37] >> I WOULD NOTE THAT THE CLOCK WASN'T STARTED FOR THE DISCUSSION TIME FOR THE FIVE MINUTES, BUT I DO HEAR WE HAVE
[38:43] TWO MORE MINUTES PER THIS DISCUSSION TOPIC. >> SMITH-KOOIMAN STILL HAS A
[38:48] QUESTION. >> JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP QUICKLY, YOU SAID THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW PANEL THAT PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE
[38:53] EVALUATIONS ARE BASED ON A CRITERIA. DO WE KNOW WHO IS ON THE INTERVIEW PANELS AND THE CRITERIA THAT IS USED TO
[39:04] EVALUATE SUBJECTS IN PUBLIC? >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> I CAN FIND OUT WITH YOU.
[39:10] I NEED TO CHECK WITH THE GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT AND GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT. >> FOR BOTH OF THEM?
[39:16] >> THE FIRST ONE IS THE PANEL -- YES, ABSOLUTELY, I WILL DO THAT. >> COMMISSIONER OLSEN.
[39:22] >> I WOULD JUST NOTE IN ADDITION TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE CCPO ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE
[39:28] CIVIL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT TO HAVE
[39:33] A ROLE IN THE SELECTION TO ENSURE THAT EVERY PERSON APPOINTED HAS A DEMONSTRATED
[39:40] COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE AND NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING AND HAS NOT TAKEN ACTIONS THAT WOULD
[39:47] UNDERMINE PUBLIC TRUST. BUT THEY DO HAVE A ROLE IN OUR
[39:52] ORDINANCE. >> SMITH, I'M SORRY, GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> WERE YOU PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN SITTING ON ANY OF THE PANELS
[39:58] FOR THE APPLICANTS? >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE CITY
[40:05] ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> DID YOU SIT ON ANY OF THE PANELS FOR THE APPLICANTS? >> YES. >> DID YOU ASK OR WERE YOU
[40:11] PRESENT WHEN IT WAS ASKED -- DID YOU EVER MAKE ANY NEGATIVE OR
[40:17] DISPARAGING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE POLICE OR THE CCPO?
[40:23] >> THAT WAS NOT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, SO NO THAT WAS
[40:29] PRESENT WHEN I WAS EVER ASKED. >> AND YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO BE AN INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION BECAUSE IT'S FREE SPEECH WHICH
[40:35] IS DISTINGUISHED FROM ACTIONS WHICH IS IN THE ORDINANCE. WOULDN'T THAT BE RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.
[40:41] IN THE INTAKE, YOU HAVE ABOUT 70% OF THE 131 COMPLAINTS ARE IN
[40:47] THE QUEUE. JUST SO FOR THE NEW MEMBERS AND FOR THE PUBLIC WATCHING, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE QUEUE?
[40:53] BECAUSE I NOTICE UNDERNEATH IT YOU HAVE 21 ASSIGNED TO INTAKE
[40:59] INVESTIGATORS. SO DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE IN THE QUEUE AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OR THEY HAVEN'T YET STARTED? >> WE'VE IDENTIFIED THEM AS
[41:05] COMPLAINTS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT SO IT WENT THROUGH AN INITIAL
[41:10] VETTING TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE REFERRED OUT TO A DIFFERENT AGENCY TO CONCLUDE
[41:15] THERE WAS IN FACT AN ALLEGATION OF POLICE MISCONDUCT AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS THAT OUR
[41:21] OFFICE HAS. WE'RE DOING THAT AT A FASTER RATE NOW THAT WE'RE STAFFED UP. BUT IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL, AND IT
[41:27] ALWAYS WILL BE, AND I THINK THAT IS A PRODUCT OF OUR ENHANCED
[41:32] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OVER THE LAST 6 TO 7 MONTHS, BEING IN COMMUNITY, BEING AT WARDS,
[41:38] SPEAKING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND THE PUBLIC AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE
[41:44] RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ANECDOTALLY, I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS COME
[41:49] ACROSS MY DESK RECENTLY THAT ARE ALLEGING MISCONDUCT FROM YEARS OR DECADES PAST.
[41:55] AND WHILE THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR OUR OFFICE TO HANDLE AN INCREASED VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS,
[42:01] IT IS A POSITIVE SIGN THAT THOSE ARE COMING TO LIGHT AND THAT OUR OFFICE HAVE HANDLING THEM, BECAUSE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
[42:07] AND WE NEED TO FACILITATE THAT COMPLAINT PROCESS. AND SO WHILE IT CREATES
[42:13] ADDITIONAL WORK AND IMPACTS THE TIMELINESS OF OUR RESPONSE,
[42:20] THERE IS THAT ONE SMALL SILVER LINING. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FUJISAWA. WE'VE EXPIRED TIME ON THIS
[42:26] DISCUSSION TOPIC. I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. NEXT UP IS THE MONTHLY REPORT
[42:31] FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION. I INVITE MS. HASTINGS TO COME UP
[42:39] AND PRESENT.
[43:03] >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M ONLY HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
[43:09] I'VE BEEN WITH MPD NOW FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS ON THE 11TH,
[43:16] SO IN TWO DAYS. I AM THE NEW BUREAU CHIEF OF
[43:21] INTERNAL AFFAIRS. SO I JUST CAME TO SAY HELLO, TO OBSERVE IN PERSON THE FIRST CCPO
[43:27] FOR MY TENURE. BUT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. HASTINGS WHO I UNDERSTAND HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB
[43:34] PRESENTING ON THE DEPARTMENT'S MATTERS IN THE PAST. >> WELCOME, THANK YOU.
[43:48] >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE
[43:56] HERE TONIGHT. AS MENTIONED, I AM CASE MANAGER LILY HASTINGS. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT
[44:01] INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS VERY SIMILAR TO OPCR. INTERNAL AFFAIRS, HOWEVER, TAKES
[44:08] INTERNAL COMPLAINTS OR INTERNALLY-GENERATED COMPLAINTS, UNLIKE OPCR WHO TAKES EXTERNAL
[44:15] COMPLAINTS. SO INTERNAL AFFAIRS WE TAKE COMPLAINTS MADE BY MEMBERS OF MPD, CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
[44:21] EMPLOYEES, THINGS THAT COME FROM MPD PANELS, INTERNAL AUDITS,
[44:26] COMPLIANCE CHECKS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS WHAT'S ACTUALLY COMING INTO OUR OFFICE.
[44:32] AND THEN AGAIN SIMILAR TO OPCR, WE ARE MADE UP OF CIVILIAN AND
[44:40] SWORN, OPCR IS MADE UP OF JUST CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.
[44:45] SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO COVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT OUR TRAINING. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR BACKLOG UPDATES SINCE
[44:52] OCTOBER 2024. AND I WILL REFERENCE WHY OCTOBER 2024 IS RELEVANT FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS IN JUST A BIT.
[44:59] I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CURRENT BACKLOG AND NONCOMPLIANCE STATISTICS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH
[45:08] SOME CURRENT TRENDS. SO JUST OVERALL, IA TRAINING, WE HAVE DONE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TRAINING IN MAY AND ARE STILL
[45:14] WORKING THROUGH IT IN JUNE OF 2025. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A TRAINING
[45:21] PLAN WHICH IS VERY, VERY EXTENSIVE. IT HAS TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM OUR S.O.P., OUR NEWLY
[45:28] DRAFTED S.O.P. TO WHICH WE'VE MENTIONED THAT WENT FROM A SERIES OF ABOUT TEN PAGES TO
[45:36] ABOUT 200 PAGES AFTER PUTTING IN ALL OF THE WORK TO COMPLY WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND
[45:42] CONSENT DECREE DRAFT IN THAT FORM. IT IS NOT YET APPROVED, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR APPROVAL FROM
[45:49] ALEFA ON THAT S.O.P. WE ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE EVERYTHING ON
[45:56] THE MPD 2-100s POLICY. THAT IS OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS POLICY. INFORMATION ABOUT THE
[46:01] DISCIPLINARY PROCESS, THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROCESS, ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE 2-100s AND ALL OF THAT IS BEING
[46:08] DRAFTED AND REVIEWED AS WELL. ALL OF OUR AI STAFF, BOTH CIVILIAN AND SWORN HAVE ATTENDED
[46:14] MPD'S FIRST DAY OF THE USE OF FORCE TRAINING IN 2025. THIS IS THE BRAND NEW USE OF
[46:20] FORCE TRAINING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE BRAND NEW POLICY THAT IS SET TO RELEASE IN AUGUST OF
[46:25] 2025. ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF ATTENDING DAY TWO OF THIS TRAINING.
[46:30] THERE'S THREE TOTAL DAYS, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH DAY TWO, AND THEN DAY THREE IS OCCURRING, I BELIEVE,
[46:38] IN JULY OF 2025. OUR IA CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS ARE ALSO WORKING THROUGH
[46:43] COMPLETING SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONLINE MODULES FOR MPD TRAINING. THIS INCLUDES INFORMATION LIKE
[46:49] EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATIONS, BODY-WORN CAMERA, TASERS, ENGAGING WITH MINORS WHICH IS A
[46:56] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT. AND THEN OUR SWORN INVESTIGATORS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THIS, SO OUR
[47:01] CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS ARE JUST SLIGHTLY DELAYED IN GETTING THIS INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN GET
[47:07] PROPERLY TRAINED. WE WILL ALSO BE JOINING OPCR TO DO A TRAINING PROVIDED BY NACOLE
[47:13] IN THIS COMING WEEK, TWO WEEKS, RUSSELL JUST STEPPED OUT, SO I'LL JUST SAY IN A COUPLE OF
[47:20] WEEKS WE WILL BE ATTENDING THAT TRAINING WITH OPCR. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN BUSY
[47:26] PROVIDING UPDATED AI TRAINING TO THE LATERAL ACADEMY AND TO TWO
[47:32] DIFFERENT MPD NEW SUPERVISOR ACADEMIES. THIS TRAINING, THE LAST TIME IT WAS UPDATED WAS SEVERAL YEARS
[47:40] AGO. SO PUTTING IN THE EFFORT TO UPDATE THIS TRAINING TO COMPLY WITH OUR NEW KIND OF IA POLICIES
[47:48] AND PROCEDURES, IT WAS A PRETTY BIG LIFT AND WE WERE HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO
[47:53] THOSE THREE DIFFERENT ACADEMIES. IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE ALSO GOING TO THE RECRUIT ACADEMY,
[47:59] THE CADET ACADEMY, AND ADDITIONAL LATERAL ACADEMIES AND NEW SUPERVISOR ACADEMIES.
[48:05] ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR IA BACKLOG.
[48:13] SINCE OCTOBER 2024, LIKE I MENTIONED I WILL EXPLAIN THIS OCTOBER 2024 DATE.
[48:18] THAT IS THE DATE THAT WE FIRST INSTITUTED OUR BACKLOG PLAN IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS. SO THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE POINT
[48:24] BACK TO AS OUR HISTORICAL BACKLOG NUMBERS. I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT WE DO
[48:29] HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS THAN OPCR WHEN IT COMES TO BACKLOG,
[48:34] NONCOMPLIANT AND CURRENT. BACKLOG IN IA MEANS ANYTHING
[48:40] THAT WAS OVER 180 DAYS OLD AS OF ALEFA'S START DATE WHICH IS I
[48:48] BELIEVE MARCH 17, 2024. NONCOMPLIANT MEANS ANYTHING THAT HAS BECOME OVER 180 DAYS AFTER
[48:54] ALEFA'S START DATE. AND THEN CURRENT MEANS ANYTHING THAT'S CURRENTLY OPEN THAT'S
[48:59] UNDER 180 DAYS. SO HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE THE
[49:05] DOWNWARD PROGRESSION OF OUR ADMIN INVESTIGATION CASES.
[49:11] ADMIN INVESTIGATION CASES FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS IS CASES THAT GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE
[49:16] INVESTIGATION PROCESS, THESE ARE CASES THAT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY SEE IN THE REVIEW PANEL AND WILL
[49:22] GO TO THE CHIEF'S OFFICE AFTERWARDS. SO AROUND THE TIME OF OCTOBER 2024 WHEN WE FIRST
[49:27] INSTITUTED OUR BACKLOG PLAN, WE HAD 112.
[49:36] AND AS OF THE END OF MAY, MY
[49:41] APOLOGIES, THERE WERE 21 BACKLOG INVESTIGATIONS LEFT OPEN. NOW I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGE OF BACKLOG CLEARED.
[49:47] AGAIN, LIKE OPCR, IA HAS DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR WHAT
[49:52] CLEARANCE MEANS VERSUS COMPLETED AND CLOSED. COMPLETED MEANS OUR WORK AS AI
[49:58] IS DONE AND IT'S PASSED OFF TO THE NEXT BRANCH THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT.
[50:04] SO COMPLETED WOULD MEAN THAT OUR INVESTIGATION IS DONE, OUR SUPERVISORS HAVE REVIEWED THE INVESTIGATION, AND NOW IT'S BEEN
[50:11] FORWARDED EITHER TO CHIEF'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW OR THE REVIEW PANEL FOR REVIEW ACCORDING TO OUR PROCEDURES.
[50:19] CLEARED MEANS THAT THE CASE WAS CLOSED AND IS IN ITS FINAL CLOSURE STATUS.
[50:24] AS APPROPRIATE. SO THIS INCLUDES ANYTHING THAT'S IN OUR BACKLOG, NOT JUST ADMIN CASES, NOT EXPEDITED, ANYTHING
[50:30] THAT WAS IN OUR HISTORICAL BACKLOG THAT IS NOW IN THE FINAL CLOSED STATUS.
[50:40] SO OUR CLEARANCE RATE RIGHT NOW AS OF THE END OF MAY WAS AT 45%. YOU'RE SEEING A VERY SLOW RISE.
[50:46] JUST A REMINDER, THAT MEANS IT HAS TO GO THROUGH REVIEW PANEL IF THAT'S THE CORRECT PROCEDURE,
[50:52] GO THROUGH THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, AND THIS COULD ALSO INCLUDE THE GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCESS. SO THINGS CAN STAY OPEN FOR A
[51:02] VERY, VERY LONG TIME AND THIS IS WHAT THAT CLEARANCE IS ACTUALLY TRACKING IS WHEN IT'S FINALLY,
[51:07] FINALLY DONE. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH SOME STATISTICS. SO AS OF THE END OF MAY, OPEN
[51:15] INTAKES WE HAD 23 CASES. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THOSE CASES WAS 27 DAYS. WHEN I'M SAYING AVERAGE AGE
[51:21] HERE, THAT MEANS FROM THE DAY THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS RECEIVED BY OUR OFFICE UNTIL THE CURRENT
[51:27] DAY. SO OUR AVERAGE WAS 27 DAYS FOR THOSE OPEN 23 CASES. AND THEN OUR AVERAGE DURATION TO
[51:35] COMPLETE THE INTAKE PHASE MEANING FROM THE DATE THAT THE INTAKE INVESTIGATOR IS ASSIGNED TO THE DATE THAT THE CASE IS NOW
[51:42] ROUTED OUT OF INTAKE IS AROUND 23 DAYS. AS RUSSELL MENTIONED, WE HAVE 30
[51:48] DAYS PER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO DO INTAKE, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO STILL BE UNDER OUR 30
[51:54] DAYS FOR SEVERAL, SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. MOVING ON TO ADMIN
[52:01] INVESTIGATIONS, WE HAVE 49 ADMIN INVESTIGATIONS. THE AVERAGE AGE, SO AGAIN DATE THAT THE COMPLAINT WAS RECEIVED
[52:09] BY OUR OFFICE UP UNTIL CURRENT DAY, SO THE AVERAGE AGE IS 201.
[52:15] AS MENTIONED THERE'S 180 DAYS THAT WE HAVE TO DO INVESTIGATIONS. SO WE ARE GETTING CLOSER.
[52:23] I BELIEVE TWO MEETINGS AGO, THIS AVERAGE WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO ABOUT 300 DAYS, SO WE'RE REALLY
[52:29] EXCITED TO SEE THAT NUMBER CONTINUE TO COME DOWN. OF OUR 49 CASES, FIVE ARE
[52:35] CONSIDERED PART OF THE BACKLOG. 15 ARE CONSIDERED NONCOMPLIANT
[52:40] MEANING THAT THEY'RE 180, BUT THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE BACKLOG. AND 23 ARE CONSIDERED CURRENT
[52:48] CASES. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE 47 OF THOSE 49 THAT ARE ASSIGNED CURRENTLY AND BEING WORKED ON
[52:55] AND TWO ARE UNASSIGNED AND WILL BE ASSIGNED SHORTLY.
[53:00] REGARDING EXPEDITED DISPOSITIONS, JUST FOR AN EXPLAINER, AN EXPEDITED DISPOSITION IS A VERY, VERY
[53:06] QUICK ADMIN INVESTIGATION. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
[53:11] EXPEDITED DISPOSITION, THE ALLEGATION HAS TO BE MINOR ENOUGH THAT IT DOESN'T INVOLVE
[53:17] SEVERE ALLEGATIONS SUCH AS TRUTHFULNESS, USE OF FORCE TYPE
[53:23] ALLEGATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT CAN'T GO THROUGH AN EXPEDITED
[53:29] DISPOSITION. WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE CONCRETE EVIDENCE THAT IT DID OR DID NOT OCCUR. MEANING IT'S ON VWC, IT WAS
[53:37] SELF-REPORTED, IT'S WRITTEN IN THEIR REPORT, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THE OFFICER HAS TO AGREE TO GO THROUGH THE EXPEDITED
[53:42] PROCESS. AT THE END OF THE EXPEDITED PROCESS, THE VERY LAST THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS THE OFFICER NEEDS TO AGREE THAT THEY
[53:48] VIOLATED THAT POLICY. SO IT IS JUST A SHORTER VERSION OF OUR ADMIN INVESTIGATION.
[53:58] IT SKIPS PAST THE REVIEW PANEL. ONCE IT GOES TO AN EXPEDITED, IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF'S
[54:04] OFFICE. SO FOR EXPEDITED CASES AT THE END OF MAY, WE HAD 40 CASES. 15 ARE CONSIDERED BACKLOG.
[54:11] 11 ARE CONSIDERED NONCOMPLIANT. AND 14 WERE CONSIDERED CURRENT
[54:17] CASES. AND THEN THE LAST THING FOR STATISTICS IS OUR INVESTIGATION CASES AND SUPERVISORY REVIEW AT
[54:23] THE END OF MAY, WE HAD 144 CASES. JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS NUMBER
[54:30] INCLUDES BOTH ADMIN INVESTIGATIONS AND EXPEDITED. I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE WERE ONLY INCLUDING ADMINS IN THAT NUMBER,
[54:37] BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR NOW, THIS ONE INCLUDES BOTH EXPEDITED AND
[54:44] ADMIN INVESTIGATIONS. THEN WE ARE GETTING INTO OUR TREND DATA. SO WE'VE GOT OUR INTAKE DATA.
[54:50] LET ME SEE BECAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL ON THE SCREEN.
[54:59] SO I THINK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT PREVIOUSLY HAPPENED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THIS INTAKE
[55:05] TREND DATA IS THIS IS A CONTINUOUS CHART. THE INTAKES ROLL OVER.
[55:10] IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED IN ONE MONTH, THEY ROLL OVER AND THEY MIGHT GET COMPLETED IN THE NEXT MONTH.
[55:15] SO THAT IS WHY SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AREN'T GOING TO MATCH NECESSARILY TO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE IN THE REPORTS.
[55:22] SO WE HAD 18 INCOMING COMPLAINTS THAT CAME IN IN MAY AND THEN WE COMPLETED 20 OF OUR INTAKES THAT
[55:29] WE HAD IN OUR QUEUE IN MAY. AND JUST AS A REMINDER AT THE END OF MAY WE STILL HAD 23
[55:35] SITTING IN OUR QUEUE.
[55:41] SO WE STILL HAVE THOSE 23. TOTAL NUMBER OF OPEN IA INVESTIGATION CASES, THIS IS THE
[55:47] SAME DATA THAT WAS JUST SHOWN A COUPLE SLIDES AGO ABOUT THE
[55:55] ADMIN INVESTIGATIONS TO EXPLAIN BACKLOG, NONCOMPLIANT, AND CURRENT.
[56:00] WE ALSO HAVE OUR INTAKE CASES. SO THESE ARE INTAKES THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS AS OF MAY 30,
[56:08] 2025. SO THIS IS THOSE 23 INTAKE
[56:13] CASES. WE HAVE THEM SEPARATED OUT BY INCIDENT DATE. I CAN SEE A QUESTION ALREADY OF
[56:21] WHY IS THERE A IS SEPTEMBER 2023
[56:26] INCIDENT IN THIS MIX IF WE HAVE AVERAGE OF 27 DAYS? I WOULD REMIND YOU THE AVERAGE AGE IS FROM THE DATE THAT OUR
[56:32] OFFICE RECEIVED THE COMPLAINT. SO IT'S COMING FROM WHENEVER WE ACTUALLY GOT THE COMPLAINT. SOME OF THESE CASES THAT WE'RE
[56:39] GETTING WERE SITTING IN A BACKLOG ELSEWHERE IN MPD.
[56:47] INTAKE DATA AGAIN, WE ALSO HAVE THIS SEPARATED OUT BY PRECINCT, SO YOU CAN START TO SEE HOW MANY WE'RE GETTING AND WHAT WE'RE
[56:56] GETTING FROM WHERE. SO YOU'LL SEE RIGHT NOW PRECINCT ONE HAS THE BULK OF OUR CURRENT INTAKES.
[57:05] FOR INTAKE DATA FOR OUR ROUTING DECISIONS, THESE WERE THE CASES
[57:11] THAT WERE COMPLETED FROM MAY 1, 2025, TO MAY 30, 2025. WE ROUTED NINE CASES TO A ADMIN
[57:20] INVESTIGATION. WE REFERRED ONE, WE DISMISSED FOUR, WE EXPEDITED FOUR, AND WE
[57:27] REFERRED TWO OVER FOR NONDISCIPLINARY CORRECTIVE ACTION, MEANING EITHER COACHING OR TRAINING. I ALSO HAVE OUR INVESTIGATION
[57:35] DATA SPLIT OUT BY INCIDENT DATE. YOU'LL SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INCIDENT DATES RANGING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2021.
[57:42] HOWEVER, WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO NOT HAVE ANYTHING IN THAT 2020
[57:47] CATEGORY ANYMORE AS IN PREVIOUS REPORTS. SO THAT WAS A BIG WIN FOR US.
[57:56] INVESTIGATION DATA SEPARATED OUT BY PRECINCTS. AGAIN THIS IS FOR OPEN ADMIN INVESTIGATIONS AS OF MAY 30,
[58:03] 2025. AND THESE ARE THE INCIDENT LOCATION PRECINCTS. JUST TO CLARIFY OUTSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS JUST MEANS IT'S
[58:09] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES. NA IS THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE
[58:14] AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL LOCATION, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ONLINE, SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OVER A COURSE OF DAYS AND VARIETY OF
[58:24] DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. AND THEN THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[58:29] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> THANK YOU.
[58:34] APPRECIATE YOUR THOROUGH REPORTS, MS. HASTINGS. IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE.
[58:40] I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
[58:47] MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE WILEY LIEBER
[58:59] LAW FIRM. HAVE THEY BEEN PART OF REDUCING THE CASE WORK IN INTERNAL
[59:05] AFFAIRS? >> NO, IT'S SOLELY BEEN OUR CIVILIAN AND SWORN INVESTIGATORS
[59:10] WORKING ON THE BACKLOG. >> BEFORE WE GO ON, IS THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND THIS REPORT? >> I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO
[59:16] EXTEND BY ONE MINUTE? >> THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND.
[59:23] >> ALL RIGHT. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION?
[59:29] CAN WE JUST DO VOICE VOTE? WOULD THAT BE OKAY? >> ALL IN FAVOR. >> AYE.
[59:35] >> ANY NAYS? ANY ABSTENTIONS?
[59:40] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> THANK YOU, TO MY COLLEAGUES. HAS THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT
[59:46] USED ANY EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG THAT
[59:54] YOU'VE HAD? >> NOT FOR OUR MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE ANY EXTERNAL CONTRACTORS.
[59:59] THE REFERENCE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS AN EXTERNAL CONTRACTOR FOR OUR FORCE
[1:00:04] INVESTIGATIONS TEAM WHICH IS A DIFFERENT UNIT UNDER OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS BUREAU, BUT THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE MISCONDUCT
[1:00:11] INVESTIGATIONS. >> AND IS INTERNAL AFFAIRS FULLY STAFFED AT THIS POINT FOR DOING MISCONDUCT CASES?
[1:00:17] >> WE ARE, I BELIEVE WE ARE FULLY STAFFED RIGHT NOW. BUT WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL STAFF
[1:00:22] AND WE HAVE MADE REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF DUE TO THE BURDEN THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. >> THE WHOLE TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN
[1:00:28] ON THIS COMMISSION, IT SEEMS THAT INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS BEEN UNDERSTAFFED AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THIS BACKLOG
[1:00:35] SIGNIFICANTLY WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL INVESTIGATORS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT.
[1:00:40] OUR STAFF USED A VERY, VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME IN ORDER TO GET THESE NUMBERS TO
[1:00:47] DECREASE. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, I'LL LET THE CLERK
[1:00:52] RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. NEXT UP IS THE MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
[1:00:58] IMPLEMENTATION UNIT. I'LL INVITE LIEUTENANT ROBINSON
[1:01:04] TO BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION.
[1:01:23] >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS BRYCE ROBINSON.
[1:01:28] I'M A LIEUTENANT IN THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE IMPLEMENTATION UNIT. MY AGENDA TODAY IS WE'RE GOING
[1:01:36] TO GO OVER PREVIOUS REQUESTS WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS MONTH, KEY UPDATES ARE GOING TO
[1:01:41] BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, POLICY, TRAINING,
[1:01:46] DATA, AND THEN OUR NEXT STEPS.
[1:01:52] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS WE CREATED IS A CITIZEN
[1:01:59] MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WHERE COMMUNITY MEDIATION TEAM COMPRISED OF A BUNCH OF CIVILIANS, THEY PICK MENTORS FOR
[1:02:05] OUR NEW OFFICERS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE
[1:02:12] COMMUNITY AND EDUCATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF MINNEAPOLIS.
[1:02:19] WE'VE SENT OUT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE COMMUNITY SURVEY REPORTS. YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT ONE SENT TO
[1:02:24] YOUR PHONE. THERE'S NUMEROUS QUESTIONS, BUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ARE HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT POLICE REFORM CURRENTLY IN THE CITY, DO
[1:02:30] YOU FEEL SAFE, WHAT ARE SOME CURRENT ISSUES YOU'RE HAVING. AND YOU RESPOND, THAT DATA GETS COMPILED AND GOES TO THE COMMAND
[1:02:36] STAFF AND THE CHIEF. WE'VE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE
[1:02:41] CCPO POLICY SESSIONS HELPING ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT POP UP AND THEN ALSO HELPING GET SOME
[1:02:47] OF THAT FEEDBACK FROM THE CCPO.
[1:02:54] I'VE ALSO ATTENDED VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE HAVE A FOLLOW-UP COMMUNITY
[1:03:00] ENGAGEMENT PRESENTATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION UNIT THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR JULY 8TH AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER AT
[1:03:08] 5:30 P.M. ALSO THERE'S PEER
[1:03:15] SUPPORT TRAINING. WE HAVE 21 SWORN AND CIVILIAN MEMBERS NOW GOING THROUGH TRAINING FOR THE PEER SUPPORT
[1:03:21] TEAM. THAT'S BASICALLY SO IF THERE'S OFFICERS THAT ARE STRUGGLING WITH THINGS AND THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE NECESSARILY GOING TO
[1:03:27] THERAPY, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO EITHER A CIVILIAN IN THE DEPARTMENT OR AN OFFICER AND
[1:03:32] HELP TALK ABOUT IT. I ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN MPD SUMMER FIELD DAY, THIS
[1:03:38] ACTUALLY STEMS FROM ONE OF
[1:03:44] COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN I PRESENTED.
[1:03:51] SHE SAID WHAT'S MPD DOING, WE'RE FOCUSED A LOT ON OFFICER
[1:03:56] WELLNESS, BUT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY? SO I BROUGHT THAT BACK TO THE
[1:04:03] TEAM AND WE CREATED THIS EVENT. IT'S GETTING OFFICERS NOT ONLY
[1:04:08] OUTSIDE INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE. WE'RE DOING ACTIVITIES LIKE
[1:04:17] YOGA, A WORKOUT, BIKING WITH THE
[1:04:24] S.W.A.T. TEAM, INTERACTING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY LIKE WE SHOULD BE. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE FACE
[1:04:29] PAINTING, A RAFFLE, AND FOOD TRUCKS. AND THIS COMMUNITY EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
[1:04:36] POLICY UPDATES, SOME OF THE RECENTLY COMPLETED POLICIES ARE THE USE OF FORCE, CRISIS
[1:04:44] INTERVENTION, AND MVG, WHICH IS MISSION, VISION, VALUES, AND
[1:04:51] GOALS AND THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE. WE HAVE NO FORMAL POLICIES OUT FOR ENGAGEMENT.
[1:04:58] BUT THE COMMUNITY CAN COMMENT ON ANY POLICY ON OUR WEBSITE AND MAKE COMMENTS FOR WHEN WE
[1:05:03] REVISIT THAT POLICY, WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK. I WON'T TOUCH ON THE OTHER
[1:05:09] POLICIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, BUT SOME OF THE MAIN ONES ARE BODY-WORN CAMERA, ENGAGEMENT
[1:05:17] WITH MINORS, SOCIAL MEDIA USE, AND THE MAIN ONES THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OFFICERS
[1:05:23] STOP, SEARCH, CITATION, AND ARREST. I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE A QUESTION SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER IT RIGHT NOW, FOR
[1:05:28] INSTANCE THE POLICIES THAT WE RECENTLY COMPLETED, THE FORCE POLICIES, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO
[1:05:34] BE POSTED ONLINE, HOPEFULLY SOON. WE'RE ALSO STILL WORKING ON GETTING ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FROM
[1:05:41] THE COMMUNITY CCPO, COMMUNITY'S
[1:05:46] AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, GATHERING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE IT TO YOU GUYS AND ALL OF THE OTHER
[1:05:53] STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY SO YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FEEDBACK HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.
[1:05:58] I'M HOPING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET THAT FEEDBACK TO EVERYONE. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, IT'S A TON OF FEEDBACK, WE ALSO WANT TO
[1:06:04] MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ANONYMOUS. SOME OF THE COMMENTS, PEOPLE DON'T LEAVE THEIR NAMES, BUT THEY MIGHT LEAVE THEIR ADDRESS
[1:06:10] OR DESCRIBE THEIR HOUSE OR AN INCIDENT, IF THAT INCIDENT IS DESCRIBED AND SOMETIMES IT'S A
[1:06:16] COMPLAINT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FEEDBACK ON THE POLICY, WE SEND THAT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS, OR
[1:06:21] ACTUALLY OPCR BECAUSE THEY HANDLE THE EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS.
[1:06:33] TRAINING UPDATE, AS LILY FROM INTERNAL AFFAIRS MENTIONED, OUR DEPARTMENT IS GOING THROUGH USE OF FORCE TRAINING.
[1:06:39] DAY ONE AND DAY TWO CURRENTLY. WE'RE EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE
[1:06:46] SCHEDULED FOR DAY THREE TRAINING. SOME POLICIES WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON FEAR ON IMPARTIAL
[1:06:54] POLICING, AND SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.
[1:07:01] DATA SYSTEMS UPDATE, WE'VE RECEIVED APPROVAL ON OUR DATA SYSTEMS PLAN. WHAT IS OUR DATA SYSTEMS PLAN?
[1:07:11] IT'S ABOUT DATA MODERNIZATION, DATA GOVERNANCE, AND DATA COLLECTION.
[1:07:18] WE'RE WORKING ON IMPROVING SOME OF THE TRANSPARENCY AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND HOW WE UNDERSTAND
[1:07:24] THE DATA BY LOOKING AT IT AT A GLANCE. WE'VE ALSO PUBLISHED OUR USE OF
[1:07:31] FORCE VIOLATIONS IN APRIL WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS ONLINE.
[1:07:36] SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS, WE CONTINUE THE HARD WORK FOR
[1:07:42] POLICY COMPLIANCE. YOU SAW EARLIER, THERE'S A TON OF POLICIES THAT OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON.
[1:07:48] WE HAVE THREE POLICY WRITERS, SO WE'RE NOT ONLY WRITING POLICY, BUT WE'RE GATHERING THAT FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS GAVE, THE
[1:07:54] COMMUNITY IS GIVING, AND WE'RE DRAFTING THAT UP. IT'S A TON OF WORK.
[1:07:59] WE'RE ALSO DRAFTING TRAINING AND SOME OF THE GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION WORK.
[1:08:04] WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO REFINE BOTH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REPORTING AND WE'RE
[1:08:10] STILL WORKING ON MERGING THE CONSENT DECREE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ACTIVITIES.
[1:08:16] THANK YOU, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?
[1:08:23] COMMISSIONER CANADAY. >> THANK YOU. LIEUTENANT ROBINSON, WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SUMMER
[1:08:29] FIELD DAY ACTIVITY, YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE BERT TEAM I THINK
[1:08:36] YOU CALLED IT. I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT IF YOU COULD
[1:08:42] TELL US BRIEFLY WHAT IT IS. AND MY GUESS IS IT'S THE BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE?
[1:08:48] >> NO, IT'S BIKE RESPONSE TEAM SO IT'S BIKE OFFICERS.
[1:08:54] >> OKAY THERE'S ANOTHER ACRONYM I WAS CONFUSED BY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
[1:09:00] COMMISSIONER SMITH-KOOIMAN. >> YEAH, SO MY QUESTION KIND OF GOES BACK TO YOU WERE TALKING
[1:09:08] ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN REVIEW, I THINK IT WAS, OR YOU'RE GETTING READY TO PUT SOME
[1:09:15] MORE -- I'M SORRY -- >> THE TRAINIS? >> YES, SORRY, THE WORD WAS ESCAPING ME. THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON SOME MORE
[1:09:22] TRAININGS THAT WERE COMING UP. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AND IT'S VERY TIMELY, I BELIEVE, IS JUST WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE
[1:09:30] MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FEDERAL OVERREACH BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING IT PLAY OUT RIGHT NOW IN L.A. WE SAW IT A LITTLE BIT ON TUESDAY AND I'M WONDERING IF
[1:09:36] THERE'S GOING TO BE A PLAN IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT THE MPD IS NOT CAVING TO FEDERAL OVERREACH
[1:09:43] FROM CURRENTLY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BUT BEING TOLD TO DO THINGS THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF LOCAL LAW
[1:09:49] ENFORCEMENT? >> I KNOW THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT THE CURRENT POLICY
[1:09:55] INTERNALLY CURRENTLY. AND I WOULD, I GUESS, ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO LEAVE ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK ON THAT POLICY ONLINE
[1:10:02] SO THAT WHEN WE DO VISIT THAT POLICY LIKE WE CURRENTLY ARE, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON WHAT THE
[1:10:07] COMMUNITY WANTS. >> WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT CURRENT POLICY THAT YOU'RE
[1:10:12] REVIEWING? >> LET'S SEE HERE, I JUST WROTE IT ON THE BACK OF MY SHEET. I BELIEVE IT'S AUTHORITY AND IMMIGRATION MATTERS AND IT'S
[1:10:19] UNDER 9-401. AUTHORITY IN IMMIGRATION MATTERS
[1:10:25] AND IT'S UNDER 9-401. >> AND JUST ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP
[1:10:31] FROM THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT THIS POLICY -- AND YOU CAN WAIVE
[1:10:39] THE QUESTION, BUT DO YOU THINK THIS POLICY IS ENOUGH? WE JUST HEARD THAT 700 MARINES
[1:10:44] ARE GOING INTO CALIFORNIA NOW. SO ONE THING I JUST NOTICED IS
[1:10:50] THAT ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE'RE FACING AND SEEING HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW? >> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION,
[1:10:55] BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR SOMEBODY HIGHER THAN MYSELF. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[1:11:01] COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW UP ON
[1:11:07] THE ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL BEING. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR
[1:11:13] THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING SUGGESTIONS FROM THE CCPO AS WELL AS FROM THE PUBLIC.
[1:11:20] SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE
[1:11:26] AND WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT. IT SEEMED TO ME FROM WHAT THE JUDGE SAID, HE WAS NEVER GOING TO SIGN ONTO THAT.
[1:11:32] SO NOW THE MAYOR, THE CHIEF, AND OTHERS INCLUDING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID WE'RE GOING TO
[1:11:38] IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING IN THE SETTLEMENT IN THAT AGREEMENT. I DON'T SHARE THAT.
[1:11:43] THERE'S ONE PROVISION IN PARTICULAR THAT CONCERNS REVIEW PANELS WHICH I THINK WEAKENS THE
[1:11:50] PUBLIC'S INPUT AND THIS PARTICULAR'S COMMISSION'S ROLE IN THE REVIEW PANELS AND I'D
[1:11:55] LIKE TO GET YOUR OPINION ON IT. IT BASICALLY SAYS IF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE REVIEW
[1:12:01] PANEL DIFFERS FROM THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE IAD COMMANDER AND OPCR DIRECTOR, THE
[1:12:07] REVIEW PANEL SHALL PROVIDED A DETAILED WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE BASIS FOR THE
[1:12:12] RECOMMENDATION. WHAT THIS DOES IS BEFORE WE WOULD REVIEW A REVIEW PANEL, THE IAD DIRECTOR OR THE DIRECTOR OF
[1:12:19] OPCR WOULD WEIGH IN ON THE CASE. AS A FORMER CRIMINAL DEFENSE
[1:12:24] ATTORNEY, THIS IS SHOCKING TO ME. IT'S LIKE THE JUDGE SAYING TO THE JURY, HERE IS MY OPINION OF
[1:12:31] THE EVIDENCE, AND IF YOU COME IN WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT. I FIND THAT TO BE INTIMIDATING
[1:12:38] AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO PUSH OR THE PERCEPTION IS THAT THAT COULD BE ABUSED TO
[1:12:43] PUSH FOR A CERTAIN RECOMMENDATION WHETHER IT'S FOR DISCIPLINE OR AGAINST IT. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW FROM YOU, DO
[1:12:50] YOU FEEL THAT THAT WEAKENS OR STRENGTHENS THE REVIEW PANELS? >> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
[1:12:58] LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN'T NECESSARILY GIVE MY OPINION. BUT I THINK I REALLY HEAR WHAT
[1:13:04] YOU'RE SAYING, I THINK YOU SHOULD TYPE UP THOSE CONCERNS AND SEND THEM TO OUR UNIT AND THEN WE CAN BRING THOSE FORWARD
[1:13:10] TO ALEFA ANDS AND MDHR AND WE
[1:13:21] CAN REVIEW THAT WHEN WE DO LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES BECAUSE WE WANT FEEDBACK LIKE THAT. >> GREAT. AND TWO MORE POINTS, BACK ON
[1:13:28] MAY 21ST, HENNEPIN COUNTY
[1:13:36] ATTORNEY MORIARTI SPOKE.
[1:13:42] AT ONE POINT SHE WAS ASKED WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW, AND SHE SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT THE
[1:13:48] CASES OF DAVIS MATURI WHO IS A GENTLEMAN WHO MADE NUMEROUS
[1:13:53] COMPLAINTS TO MPD AND THEY WEREN'T ADDRESSED AND HE ENDED UP BEING SHOT AND ENDED UP BEING
[1:13:59] BLAMED FOR BEING SHOT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHIEF. AND THE OTHER CASE SHE BROUGHT UP WAS ALLISON LUCIER, AN
[1:14:07] INDIGENOUS WOMAN WHO FOR YEARS HAD BEEN PUTTING IN 911 CALLS
[1:14:13] FOR PROTECTION AND SHE WAS MURDERED BY THE ASSAILANT WHO MPD KNEW AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ARREST AND PHYSICALLY LET HIM
[1:14:19] GO. AND THE COMMENT SHE MADE WAS STARTLING, SHE SAID THIS IS WHERE MPD IS RIGHT NOW. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
[1:14:29] >> I GUESS I DON'T REALLY HAVE NECESSARILY A COMMENT ON THAT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHERE I WORK
[1:14:34] IN MY UNIT, WE ARE HEADED TOWARDS A POSITIVE DIRECTION. WE ARE TRYING TO REFORM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE IT THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.
[1:14:41] AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN LAST QUESTION IS I SEE MR. JAMISON -- HERE.
[1:14:50] I WOULD ASK YOU TO COME UP BECAUSE THE QUESTION I HAVE IS IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN ESPECIALLY TO
[1:14:55] THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MPD IMPLEMENTATION TEAM AND THE
[1:15:00] IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY? >> YEAH, I'LL TAKE THAT
[1:15:05] QUESTION. I'M SAMANTHA, A CITY ATTORNEY, I'M ALSO ON THE IMPLEMENTATION
[1:15:11] TEAM, AND I'M THE NEW ADVISOR TO THE CCPO.
[1:15:16] THE DIFFERENCE IS THE WORKERS ARE IMPLEMENTING THE ACTUAL WORK, THEY'RE WRITING THE POLICIES, THEY'RE MAKING THINGS
[1:15:22] HAPPEN. OUR UNIT IS MORE SO JUST REVIEWING FOR COMPLIANCE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL
[1:15:27] RUNNING THE TRAIN HERE, MAKING THINGS HAPPEN, IT IS HIS UNIT. AND THEN OUR UNIT IS COMING IN, MORE SO FROM BOTH THE LITIGATION
[1:15:34] PERSPECTIVE OF MAKING SURE THINGS ARE CARRIED OUT IN THE COURTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TIMELY SUBMITTING COMPLIANCE
[1:15:40] WITH MDHR AND ALEFA AND OBVIOUSLY REVIEWING FOR ATTORNEY COMPLIANCE.
[1:15:45] SO THEY ARE SEPARATE UNITS BUT WE DO WORK AS PARTNERS. >> AND IS THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S IMPLEMENTATION UNIT
[1:15:52] SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED OR AUTHORIZED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT? >> THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS
[1:15:57] THROUGHOUT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, YES. >> BUT IS THAT IMPLEMENTATION
[1:16:03] UNIT THE SAME AS THE MPD A
[1:16:09] IMPLEMENTATION UNIT? >> I CAN CHECK THE LANGUAGE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I'M NOT SURE. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
[1:16:17] >> THANK YOU. >> REGARDING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU'RE DOING, I DIDN'T RECEIVE A TEXT MESSAGE
[1:16:23] YOU WERE MENTIONING EARLIER IN THERE. HOW WOULD ONE BE LISTED ON THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO
[1:16:28] RECEIVE WHEN YOU GUYS ARE HAVING UPCOMING EVENTS? IS IT AN EMAIL? DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
[1:16:36] CITY AND TAG ON ADDITIONAL -- >> SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT -- I MENTIONED A SURVEY THAT'S
[1:16:42] BEING SENT OUT. THAT'S JUST A RANDOM, IT'S A COMPANY THAT'S HIRED AND THEY SENT OUT RANDOM SURVEYS TO THE
[1:16:49] PHONE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT, THE TECHNOLOGY. BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY GETTING NOTIFIED OF
[1:16:55] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, IS THAT WHERE WE WERE GOING,
[1:17:00] COMMISSIONER? >> PRETTY MUCH BOTH. FOR THAT SURVEY AS WELL, HOW DO YOU GET ON THOSE LISTS TO BE INVOLVED ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
[1:17:05] FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE AS WELL AS GETTING INFORMATION ON WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT DOING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE
[1:17:13] TO BE IN ATTENDANCE? >> IF I COULD JUST PAUSE, WE
[1:17:19] HAVE THE TIME IS OUT, AND I'LL ASK YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
[1:17:24] >> FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE ACTUAL TEXT SURVEY, THAT'S COMPLETELY RANDOM. YOU CAN'T REALLY SIGN UP TO GET IT, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE
[1:17:30] POINT. AND IT'S ALSO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANOTHER ONE IT SOUNDS LIKE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU
[1:17:36] GET ONE AND THAT'S IT. THEY SAMPLE THE COMMUNITY
[1:17:41] THROUGH MINNEAPOLIS. AS FAR AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, IS KEVIN HERE? THERE HE IS. >> COME ON UP.
[1:17:50] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KEVIN KERR, I'M THE MANAGER OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
[1:17:56] FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION UNIT FOR MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE QUESTION WAS PERTAINING TO
[1:18:02] THE FOLLOW-UP EVENTS, OR ANY EVENT? >> HOW WOULD ONE BE PUT ON A
[1:18:07] LIST OF POLICE COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN BE -- >> IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET IT, I
[1:18:18] SENT THAT OUT TO EVERYONE THAT'S ON THE COMMISSION HERE. IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, PLEASE
[1:18:23] LET ME KNOW AND I CAN RESEND IT TO YOU. WHAT I TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE
[1:18:29] YOU GUYS ARE ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN WE HAVE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS SO YOU GUYS CAN ATTEND.
[1:18:36] >> AND JUST BRIEFLY, THE COMMUNITY, HOW DO THEY KNOW? >> SO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT WE DO
[1:18:44] IS WE HAVE AN EMAIL, WE ALSO HAVE FLIERS WE PUT IN COMMUNITY
[1:18:49] CENTERS AND PEOPLE THAT ARE RANDOMLY IN THE COMMUNITY TO TELL THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE HAVE HARD COPIES, WE USE
[1:18:56] EMAIL TECHNOLOGY, WE ALSO PUT IT UP ON OUR WEBSITE THAT GIVES INFORMATION TO PEOPLE AS WELL.
[1:19:01] >> THEY GO ON THE WEBSITE TO SUBSCRIBE? >> CORRECT, WHEN YOU SUBSCRIBE,
[1:19:07] INFORMATION IS SENT OUT AUTOMATICALLY. >> SO WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE IN THE
[1:19:13] PUBLIC TO GO TO THE MPD IMPLEMENTATION UNIT? >> YEAH, SO WHEN WE DO OUR
[1:19:19] EVENTS, WE PUT OUR INFORMATION ON THERE AND IT GOES OUT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SUBSCRIBE PUT
[1:19:26] YOUR EMAIL TO KEEP UP TO DATE INFORMATION. IF YOU GET TIRED OF IT, YOU CAN ALSO SAY I DON'T WANT TO KEEP
[1:19:32] RECEIVING IT ALSO. YOU CAN BE ADDED ON OR TAKE YOUR INFORMATION OFF AS WELL. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> IF YOU CAN RESEND THAT, WE
[1:19:39] APPRECIATE IT, KEVIN. BECAUSE I DON'T SEE IT. >> NO PROBLEM, I CAN DO THAT. >> THANK YOU.
[1:19:45] SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
[1:19:50] NEXT UP WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE POLICE POLICY RESEARCH AND
[1:19:55] RECOMMENDATIONS COMMITTEE. THAT WILL BEGIN WITH THE COMMITTEE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER OLSEN.
[1:20:04] COMMISSIONER CANADAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. FILLING IN FOR COMMISSIONER SCHANFIELD TONIGHT.
[1:20:10] SO THERE'S A THREE PAGE SUMMARY IN THE DOCUMENTS FOR THE MEETING. I'M GOING TO GIVE A PARTICULARLY
[1:20:15] BRIEF UPDATE FOR THE SPECIFIC REASON THAT THIS IS THE SUMMARY
[1:20:20] OF OUR APRIL ACTIVITY WHICH WAS IN PREPARATION FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE HAD IN MAY.
[1:20:25] AND SO THE SUMMARIES THAT YOU HAVE HERE FOR THE REPORTS OR EXCUSE ME FOR THE DRAFT POLICIES
[1:20:32] THAT WE COMMENTED ON WHICH ARE THE CITATION AND ARREST POLICY,
[1:20:38] NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING, AND THE PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND PROFESSIONAL POLICING POLICIES, THOSE WERE THE POLICIES THAT
[1:20:44] WERE THEN USED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY TO SOLICIT PUBLIC
[1:20:49] COMMENTS. SO I KNOW BETWEEN THE WORK OF THE PPRR COMMITTEE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE,
[1:20:56] AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ITSELF, MOST OR ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE SEEN THE
[1:21:02] POLICIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND YOU HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. I'M ALSO JUST GOING TO OFFER ONE
[1:21:08] ADDITIONAL COMMENT, BUT LET ME GIVE A CAVEAT HERE THAT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE COMMITTEE ON
[1:21:13] THIS, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A COMMITTEE MEETING SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY. SO I JUST BECAUSE THIS QUESTION
[1:21:19] CAME UP AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY FOR MYSELF AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER COVER ONE
[1:21:26] ADDITIONAL TOPIC. SO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY ABOUT WHICH POLICIES THE PPRR
[1:21:32] COMMITTEE HAS BEEN REVIEWING. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME DIALOGUE
[1:21:37] WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I KNOW THAT IN MY VIEW HAS BEEN POSITIVE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE
[1:21:42] TO KIND OF ENGAGE ON WHICH POLICIES WE'VE CHOSEN TO REVIEW IN OUR PROCESS.
[1:21:48] THE COMMENT I WOULD JUST MAKE IN INVITING ANYBODY TO ATTEND OUR
[1:21:54] PPRR HEARINGS IS THERE'S TYPICALLY A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE MPD
[1:22:01] IMPLEMENTATION UNIT, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IMPLEMENTATION
[1:22:06] UNIT, OTHER CITY STAFF ABOUT WHICH POLICIES ARE AT WHICH POINT OF THE PROCESS, WHICH
[1:22:12] POLICIES WOULD BE MOST IMPORTANT FOR US TO WEIGH IN ON, WHICH ARE MOST TIMELY FOR US TO PRIORITIZE FOR REVIEW, ET CETERA, SO AGAIN
[1:22:19] SPEAKING AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER, I WANT TO PROVIDE MY ASSURANCE THAT WE THINK THERE IS A METHOD
[1:22:25] TO THE POLICIES WE'RE PICKING IN THE ORDER THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN. WE HEAR THE COMMENTS WE'VE
[1:22:32] RECEIVED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DATES THAT THE PUBLIC HAS RECEIVED ABOUT THE DEADLINES FOR COMMENTS ON THE SAME POLICY AND
[1:22:38] WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S MULTIPLE PIECES OF THE PROCESS HAPPENING ALL AT THE SAME TIME. SO JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT
[1:22:45] INFORMATION. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE WHO WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT UPDATE, HAPPY TO OFFER THAT.
[1:22:53] >> ANYONE ELSE? >> I'LL JUST ECHO THAT
[1:22:58] INVITATION. IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC AT THESE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND THERE'S A DIALOGUE WITH
[1:23:05] LIEUTENANT ROBINSON AND OTHERS, AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL AND
[1:23:11] PRODUCTIVE. ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP DURING THE MAY 13TH HEARING WAS A
[1:23:19] QUESTION ABOUT OUR PLANS OR INTENT TO FOLD IN SOME OF THE
[1:23:26] ISSUES THAT WE LEARN ABOUT IN REVIEW PANELS AND THEN BRING THOSE INTO A POLICY DISCUSSION
[1:23:33] AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC PLANS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THE COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED AND WE
[1:23:39] ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IDENTIFYING ISSUES THAT ARISE IN REVIEW PANELS AND MAKING
[1:23:46] POSITIVE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS RATHER THAN JUST REVIEWING THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AHEAD OF TIME.
[1:23:53] SO THAT'S ON OUR SCREEN FOR THE FUTURE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
[1:24:02] ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I'D ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT.
[1:24:08] THE NEXT ITEM IS A RECEIVE AND FILE OF THE OPCR CASE SYNOPSES
[1:24:13] FOR JUNE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE 172.30C, THE
[1:24:23] SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE -- OPCR POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM
[1:24:30] HAS ASSEMBLED CASE SYNOPSES FOR CLOSED CASES STARTING IN JANUARY 2025. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE
[1:24:37] COMMISSIONERS REGARDING THOSE? COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> MADAM CHAIR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I JUST WANTED TO
[1:24:44] EXPRESS APPRECIATION THAT WE HAVE THESE, THAT THEY EXIST. I WILL AFFECTIONATELY REFER TO
[1:24:51] THEM AS THE TURKIC REPORTS. BUT I THINK THIS IS PROGRESS.
[1:24:56] THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM? AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME
[1:25:02] COMMENTS ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ASK THAT WE DEVELOP THE PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE MORE
[1:25:08] THAN A FEW MINUTES TO RECEIVE AND FILE THEM, BUT BUILD ON OUR PARTICIPATION IN DISCIPLINARY
[1:25:13] PANELS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS INFORMATION TO INFORM OUR COMMENTS ON POLICIES, BUT PERHAPS OTHER THINGS TOO.
[1:25:19] >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
[1:25:24] ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY.
[1:25:29] I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT AS WELL. THE NEXT ITEM IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE OUR SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY
[1:25:34] QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE CCPO TRACKED THE QUESTIONS AND COLLABORATED WITH CITY STAFF TO PROVIDE RESPONSES.
[1:25:40] THOSE RESPONSES WERE COMPILED INTO A REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON THAT REPORT?
[1:25:48] >> POINT OF INFORMATION, IS THIS ABOUT THE MAY 13TH? >> IT IS. >> YES, I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR
[1:25:55] COMMENT. >> COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW
[1:26:00] THIS WEEK THE KSTP STORY ABOUT HOW THEY WENT TO ALEFA TO ASK
[1:26:06] FOR WHERE THEIR $1.5 MILLION WAS BEING SPENT, THEY DID A DATA REQUEST AND IT GOT 200 PAGES
[1:26:11] BACK OF REDACTED MATERIAL. NOW ONE ITEM DESCRIBED WHAT THE
[1:26:17] $2 FOR THE PARKING WAS OR THE $3,600 WAS.
[1:26:22] SO THEY MADE QUITE AN AMOUNT OF PLAY ON THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND BY THE END OF THE DAY, KSTP
[1:26:28] GOT WHAT WAS BASICALLY A REAM OF PAPER, 200 PAGES WITH EVERYTHING
[1:26:35] UNREDACTED, AND ALL OF THE EXCUSES THAT WERE GIVEN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND OTHERS FELL BY
[1:26:41] THE WAYSIDE. I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT TOOK PUSHING TO GET AN ANSWER. THE CITY'S FIRST RESPONSE WAS TO
[1:26:47] NOT BE TRANSPARENT, TO HIDE BEHIND FALSE ALLEGATIONS AND
[1:26:54] FALSE STATUTES ABOUT THAT THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. ONE OF WHICH IS $3,600 FOR A
[1:27:01] 1-DAY DRIVE ALONG FOR ONE PERSON ON THE ALEFA STAFF.
[1:27:07] I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IN OUR MINUTES FOR THE MAY 13TH MEETING
[1:27:12] WHICH NONE OF YOU WOULD PASS HAVE A SECOND TO, WE COMPLETELY HID THE STATEMENTS OF VICE CHAIR
[1:27:18] OLSEN. I FIND THAT TO BE UNBELIEVABLY LACK OF TRANSPARENT.
[1:27:24] WE ARE THE ONLY ENTITY IN THE CITY THAT PROVIDES OVERSIGHT OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE
[1:27:30] COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT. AND NOWHERE IS IT SEEN WHERE THOSE STATEMENTS WERE MADE.
[1:27:36] AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MARKED AGENDA FOR MAY 13TH, UNLIKE THE MARKED AGENDA FOR A YEAR AGO AT
[1:27:42] THE ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING, THERE IS A QUICK LINK TO THE VIDEO. THERE IS NO QUICK LINK TO THE
[1:27:49] VIDEO IN THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL MEETING. THERE'S A QUICK LINK TO
[1:27:54] YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE'S COUNCIL MEETINGS. THAT LINK IS GONE.
[1:27:59] I THINK VERY STRONGLY THAT VICE CHAIR OLSEN, YOU DO OWE THE PUBLIC AN APOLOGY FOR MAKING
[1:28:06] REMARKS THAT SOUNDED AS IF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE ENEMY COMBATANTS AND THAT IF THE STAFF GAVE THEIR NAMES, THEIR TITLES,
[1:28:15] AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS, THAT SOMEHOW THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO NEGATIVE COMPLAINTS AND
[1:28:22] MESSAGES. WE JUST HEARD FROM A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO SAID THAT COMMENTS THAT I MADE THAT
[1:28:29] WERE CRITICAL ABOUT NOT INCLUDING THE PUBLIC WERE TAKEN
[1:28:35] TO HEART AND IT RESULTED IN SOMETHING POSITIVE. YOU ASSUME THE WORST OUT OF THE
[1:28:40] PUBLIC THAT MAKES A POINT TO COME TO THESE MEETINGS THAT CAME TO THAT ANNUAL MEETING AND I
[1:28:46] ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT YOU OWE THE PUBLIC AN APOLOGY. AND IT'S A SHAME THAT NO ONE ON THIS COMMISSION DECIDED TO GIVE
[1:28:52] A SECOND SO THAT WE COULD EVEN DISCUSS IT. SO I'M BRINGING IT UP AGAIN AND I FIND IT TO BE A LOW POINT IN
[1:28:58] THE TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
[1:29:07] >> I JUST WANT TO COMMENT MYSELF -- COMMISSIONER NEWMAN. FROM THAT MEETING, THE COMMUNITY
[1:29:15] MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS SOME STUFF. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WHY THOSE PARTICULAR POLICIES WERE
[1:29:21] IN QUESTION, SO JUST WANT TO SEE
[1:29:26] IF THERE IS SOMEONE HERE ABLE TO RECEIVE LIGHT TO THAT, WHY WE ONLY SELECTED THOSE TWO WHEN THERE'S A MAGNITUDE OF POLICIES
[1:29:34] THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED. AND THE OTHER THING THAT THEY WERE QUESTIONING WAS THE RESULTS OR THE OUTCOME OF OUR PANELS AND
[1:29:40] WHAT THE CHIEF AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, THE RESOLUTIONS, WHAT THEY BECOME, AND THOSE OPTIONS
[1:29:46] TO BE SHARED PUBLICLY, THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES WERE BASED OFF OF THOSE PARTICULAR CASES THAT WERE
[1:29:52] HANDLED. SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT DISCUSSION PIECE FROM THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO LIGHT.
[1:29:58] >> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE AFTER ACTION REPORT WHEN YOU SAY RESOLUTIONS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN.
[1:30:04] >> YEAH. >> I THINK THOSE ARE STILL ONGOING. SO THE FIRST QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE POLICIES AND HOW THEY
[1:30:10] WERE DETERMINED, VICE CHAIR OLSEN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION. >> I CAN GIVE IT A TRY.
[1:30:17] COMMISSIONER SCHANFIELD IS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND SHE
[1:30:23] HAS TAKEN THE -- ON SOME OF THAT. BUT IT WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION
[1:30:29] WITHIN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WHERE WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF FACTORS SUCH AS WHICH POLICIES
[1:30:36] HAD DUE DATES THAT WERE EITHER RECENTLY ENDED OR WERE ABOUT TO
[1:30:43] END AND WE PRIORITIZED THOSE. AND WE ALSO PRIORITIZED POLICIES
[1:30:50] THAT SEEMED MORE IMPACTFUL, USE OF FORCE, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO
[1:30:58] PRIORITIZE AND DEAL WITH 2 TO 4 POLICIES PER SESSION. AND AT THE END OF EACH SESSION,
[1:31:04] THEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHICH POLICIES WE WOULD PUT ON FOR THE NEXT SESSION. SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF AN
[1:31:12] ORGANIC PROCESS. >> OKAY. >> CHAIR REEVES, IF I MAY, THE FIRST QUESTION AND ANSWER THAT'S
[1:31:19] AVAILABLE IN YOU GUYS' PACKETS CALLED THE 2025 CCPO PUBLIC
[1:31:27] HEARING QUESTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS, WHY WERE THESE POLICIES CHOSEN, THERE'S AN ANSWER PROVIDED THERE AS WELL.
[1:31:34] >> WE HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL TIME ON THIS DISCUSSION ITEM. SO I'D DIRECT THE CLERK TO
[1:31:39] RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CCPO STRATEGIC PLAN FOR
[1:31:46] 25-26. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? >> MADAM CHAIR.
[1:31:51] >> COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I DO NOT SUPPORT APPROVING
[1:31:58] THIS PLAN THIS EVENING AND HAVE A FEW REASONS. IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE THIS BODY HAS EVEN LOOKED AT
[1:32:03] THIS DOCUMENT OR POWERPOINT. I BELIEVE IT WAS NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. AND AT THAT MEETING HAD SOME
[1:32:10] VERY BRIEF DISCUSSION, BUT NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT, ROBUST INPUT. TO ME, THIS IS A SIX PAGE
[1:32:17] POWERPOINT WHICH HAS ONE PAGE OF SUBSTANCE.
[1:32:22] I DON'T THINK IT REFLECTS A STRATEGIC PLAN. I THINK A STRATEGIC PLAN SHOULD REFLECT STRATEGIC CHOICES THAT
[1:32:28] THIS COMMISSION MAKES. IT SHOULD INCLUDE SOME MEASURABLE GOALS ABOUT OUR
[1:32:33] PRIORITIES, AND IT SHOULD INCLUDE ACTIONABLE STEPS TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. AND MOST OF ALL, IT SHOULD
[1:32:38] REFLECT MEANINGFUL ROBUST DISCUSSION OF THIS BODY. AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE
[1:32:44] CRITERIA ARE MET. I THINK IT WOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH WORK TO GIVE THIS AT LEAST ONE
[1:32:49] MORE ROUND OR CYCLE OF INPUT FROM OUR COMMITTEES AND FROM ALL
[1:32:55] COMMISSIONERS. TO ME OUR PLAN COULD INCLUDE A COMMITMENT TO MONITORING THE COMPLAINT BACKLOG AND COMMITTING
[1:33:01] THIS BODY TO PARTICIPATION IN PANELS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CURRENT IN ADVANCING PROGRESS ON
[1:33:07] THE BACKLOG. IT COULD INCLUDE A PROCESS FOR REFLECTION ON WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE PANELS, INCLUDING THE
[1:33:14] SUMMARIES OF THE DISCIPLINARY CASES WE'RE RECEIVING. IT COULD INCLUDE SOME MEASURABLE GOALS ON POLICY REVIEW THAT I
[1:33:21] KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO WORKING ON. IT COULD INCLUDE COMMITMENT
[1:33:26] GOALS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING CCPO PRESENCE AT EVERY
[1:33:33] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING IN THE CITY IN THE NEXT YEAR. THOSE ARE BUT SOME EXAMPLES, AND I'M SURE OTHER COMMISSIONERS
[1:33:39] HAVE IDEAS. SO I JUST THINK ESPECIALLY WITH OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS IN THIS
[1:33:46] BODY, IT BEHOOVES US TO DISCUSS THIS AND DO BETTER WORK THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
[1:33:52] SO I WOULD MOVE TO TABLE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, I GUESS I DON'T WANT TO PUT A MOTION ON
[1:33:58] THIS, IT'S NOT DEBATABLE, SO I'LL WAIT TO DO THAT. >> SECOND. >> THERE'S NO MOTION.
[1:34:05] COMMISSIONER SMITH-KOOIMAN. >> I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH. I LOOKED THROUGH THE PACKET, AND I USED TO BE AN INTERN AT A
[1:34:12] NONPROFIT, AND I WATCHED THEM GO THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS. IT WAS A MONTHS LONG PROCESS
[1:34:18] WHERE EVERY MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION MYSELF INCLUDED WERE ON THESE CALLS TALKING
[1:34:23] THROUGH THE ACTION ITEM AFTER ACTION ITEM OF HERE'S OUR LONG-TERM GOAL AND THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TO GET TO THAT
[1:34:30] LONG-TERM GOAL. AND HERE'S OUR SHORT-TERM GOAL AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP US GET TO THAT LONG-TERM GOAL.
[1:34:36] I LOOKED AT THAT PACKET AND I SAW NONE OF THAT. AND I ALSO SAW I DON'T KNOW
[1:34:45] WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS IN THE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS BODY TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE
[1:34:51] OVERHAULED COMPLETELY, ESPECIALLY HAVING NEW PEOPLE BEING SWORN IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. I WOULD AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER
[1:34:56] SMITH THAT THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE AND MORE DETAIL TO BE PUT INTO HOW THE CCPO MOVES
[1:35:03] GOING FORWARD ESPECIALLY WITH TWO CONSENT DECREES, MORE AND MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
[1:35:08] WE HAVE A SHIFTING POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN ESPECIALLY AROUND POLICING AND HOW PEOPLE SHOW UP IN THE COMMUNITY.
[1:35:13] SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE WE CAN APPROVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.
[1:35:20] >> ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> I WILL ADD TO THAT THAT IF WE
[1:35:28] ARE GOING TO TABLE IT, THAT WE PUT AN ACTUAL DATE BEHIND IT FOR
[1:35:34] WHEN IT IS TO BE COMPLETED. >> I WILL ADD COMMISSIONERS HAD
[1:35:40] THIS STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR CONCERNS FORWARD. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE
[1:35:46] DISCUSSION AND I AGREE WE CAN DO SOME WORK. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WE CAN ALL DETERMINE. BUT YES, THIS PLAN WAS PRESENTED
[1:35:51] I BELIEVE IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. SO DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT, LET'S PROVIDE SOME
[1:35:57] FEEDBACK, AND I AGREE WITH THE DATE AND MAYBE BRING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE HELPFUL
[1:36:02] AND YOU CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I'LL JUST MAKE A POINT OF
[1:36:08] CLARIFICATION, THAT I WAS NOT SWORN IN UNTIL DECEMBER 2024. >> THANK YOU.
[1:36:15] COMMISSIONER STEWART. >> I WOULD ASK THAT THE COMMITTEES LIKE REALLY WE TALK ABOUT IT IN OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING, I WOULD
[1:36:22] REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO BE PREPARED SO LIKE COMMISSIONER NEWMAN SAID WE'RE NOT
[1:36:28] CONTINUING, BECAUSE IT KIND OF AT THIS POINT SOUNDS LIKE A STALL TACTIC FROM OUR POINT FROM
[1:36:34] THE PUBLIC STANDPOINT. AND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR LAST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEFORE WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THIS HAVE
[1:36:42] SOME LEGS AND START TO WALK AND MOVE. SO IF THE OTHER COMMITTEES COULD YOU PUT SOME EFFORT BEHIND IT?
[1:36:48] >> THANK YOU. WE'RE -- I'M SORRY?
[1:36:53] >> I WAS GOING TO SAY JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON IT, IF MAYBE WE COULD AGREE TO LET THIS BE A
[1:37:00] STARTING POINT, POST IT TO LET IT BUILD IN THAT MANNER AND THEN ALLOW IT TO JUST CONTINUE TO BE
[1:37:06] UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. >> YES, STRATEGIC PLAN CAN BE UPDATED AS WE SEE FIT AND AS
[1:37:13] APPROPRIATE WHEN NEW COMMISSIONERS COME ON AND THINGS CHANGE. SO WE HAVE ABSOLVED ALL TIME ON
[1:37:18] THIS TOPIC. I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO EXTEND CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT A MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION TO EXTEND?
[1:37:26] >> I MOVE TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THREE MINUTES. >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[1:37:33] >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
[1:37:41] COMMISSIONER SMITH. >> MIC. >> MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD MOVE
[1:37:46] THAT WE TABLE THE STRATEGIC PLAN
[1:37:52] TO BRING FORWARD FOR OUR NEXT MEETING AT LEAST FOR A STATUS REVIEW BUT ASK BOTH COMMITTEES
[1:37:57] AND ALL COMMISSIONERS TO REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT AND BRING COMMENTS TO OUR JULY MEETING.
[1:38:03] >> IS THERE A SECOND?
[1:38:08] >> I WOULD -- SORRY. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
[1:38:14] ANY DISCUSSION. >> MY DISCUSSION WOULD BE I ALMOST WOULD WANT TO SEE OUR COMMITTEES TAKE UP THIS WORK IN
[1:38:21] SOME WAY. STRATEGIC PLANS IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT'S US IN A ROOM HUDDLING BEING LIKE WHAT ARE OUR
[1:38:27] LONG-TERM GOALS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO ACHIEVE THEM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF US GOING OFF IN
[1:38:33] 13, 15 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND COMING BACK IS THE WAY TO DO IT. I WOULD WANT TO DEDICATE COMMITTEE TIME OR SEPARATE TIME
[1:38:40] FOR US TO BE TOGETHER AND TALK THROUGH WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE MAPPING OUT FOR THE CCPO AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR WORK
[1:38:51] DONE. YES. >> COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BECAUSE OF QUORUM ISSUES.
[1:38:57] BUT MAYBE THE CITY CAN HELP US FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY FOR EVERYBODY TO PROVIDE INPUT AND
[1:39:03] BE ON THE SAME PAGE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH QUORUM.
[1:39:08] COMMISSIONER GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS BY MY COLLEAGUES. I THINK COMMISSIONER SMITH
[1:39:14] YOU'RE SPOT ON FOR WHAT THIS IS. AND EVERYBODY IS SPOT ON HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. I THINK THE PUBLIC REALLY WANTS
[1:39:21] TO SEE SOMETHING. AGAIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUORUM LIMITATIONS WOULD BE, BUT TO ME IT WARRANTS EITHER A
[1:39:30] COMMITTEE, A MEETING OF THIS COMMISSION THAT IS DEVOTED JUST TO THIS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT LIMITED BY 15 MINUTES AND TWO
[1:39:36] MINUTES, WE ARE HANDCUFFED IN WHAT WE CAN SAY. ONCE SOMEBODY TALKS FOR TWO MINUTES BECAUSE OF THESE ABSURD
[1:39:42] BYLAWS THAT WE PASSED, THAT COMMISSIONER IS CUT OFF. SO THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU HAVE 15
[1:39:48] OF US AND YOU HAVE AN HOUR OF DISCUSSION, YOU LITERALLY CANNOT TAKE UP AN HOUR OF DISCUSSION ON
[1:39:54] THIS BECAUSE YOU WILL VIOLATE THE BYLAWS THAT YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES PER TOPIC. SO WE EITHER HAVE A JOINT
[1:40:01] COMMITTEE OF THE PUBLIC POLICY AND RESEARCH TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND EVEN THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
[1:40:10] I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN GO AROUND THE QUORUM EXCEPT THAT WE MAKE IT A PUBLIC MEETING, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[1:40:17] BUT THIS REALLY WARRANTS EVERYBODY BEING AT THE TABLE AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK FOR MORE THAN TWO MINUTES AND HAVING AN
[1:40:24] HOUR AT LEAST TO DISCUSS THIS PROBABLY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. AND THEN ONCE YOU GET IT DONE,
[1:40:32] EACH MEETING YOU CAN PUT WHAT THE PROGRESS IS WHICH IS A FANTASTIC IDEA. LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT'S OUT
[1:40:38] THERE, AND THEN PEOPLE CAN COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND BE READY TO TALK ON IT. AND YOU CAN TAKE THEIR COMMENTS
[1:40:45] AND THEN BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT. I DON'T SEE HOW THIS WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 2 OR 31 H-- 2 OR 3
[1:41:00] ONE-HOUR MEETINGS. BUT IT WOULD BE WORTH THAT. >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD IT BE
[1:41:05] POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT A SPECIAL MEETING TO WORK ON THE STRATEGIC
[1:41:12] PLAN, SO EVERYONE CAN BE PRESENT AND NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC? JUST CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
[1:41:17] >> YOU ALL ARE CERTAINLY ABLE TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING, WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW THE PRESCRIBED
[1:41:22] NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND AGENDA, ET CETERA, LIKE WE WOULD FOR ANY OTHER MEETING.
[1:41:27] IT'S PRESCRIBED BY OPEN MEETINGS
[1:41:34] LAW. >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO ALLOW THE TIME FOR THE REST OF THIS REMAINING WEEK AND NEXT WEEK TO REVIEW THESE THINGS.
[1:41:40] AND THEN AT THESE TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK MAYBE HAVE FIVE MINUTES OR SO DEVOTED TO COMMENTS OF THAT AND
[1:41:48] THEN SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL SO WE'RE NOT LOSING TRACK OF THIS
[1:41:54] CONVERSATION? BECAUSE THESE ARE MANDATORY MEETINGS WE'VE GOT NEXT WEEK, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HAVE QUORUM IN THESE MEETINGS,
[1:42:01] BUT IT'S AN URGENCY TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF AND TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND WE JUST CONTINUE TO DRAG.
[1:42:07] WE HAVE TO USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COME TOGETHER. >> I THINK IT MAY BE HELPFUL IF
[1:42:14] WE SELECT A DATE FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE AND THEN NOTICE THIS TO
[1:42:22] THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF US
[1:42:27] ALLOWED TO BE PRESENT IS TO HAVE IT BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. THAT MAY BE THE BEST WAY TO DO
[1:42:34] IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PICK THE DATE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I WANT EVERYONE TO WEIGH IN BECAUSE TWO
[1:42:39] COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT HERE INCLUDING THE CHAIR OF PPRR. THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. BUT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE
[1:42:45] FLOOR. >> COMMISSIONER SMITH CAN SPEAK ON THE NEW BUSINESS ORDER FOR
[1:42:51] LATER AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND ADD THAT PIECE TO IT. >> MR. SMITH. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT
[1:42:57] THAT TO ME IT WOULD BE CONCEIVABLE THAT WE DEVOTE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR ALREADY SCHEDULED JULY MEETING
[1:43:03] TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH ARGUABLY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF BUSINESS IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
[1:43:17] >> OKAY. >> THE CITY ATTORNEY'S HERE,
[1:43:22] ANYONE WHO'S MENTIONED IN THE ORDINANCES ARE HERE, ANYONE WHO'S MENTIONED IN THE CONSENT
[1:43:29] DECREE IS HERE. WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION OF HERE'S WHAT WE'RE OBLIGATED TO
[1:43:36] DO. >> I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE TIME THAT IT WOULD TAKE IN THAT ONE MEETING.
[1:43:41] BUT IF THERE WAS A TIME CERTAIN FOR THAT DISCUSSION, MAYBE THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT. ANYONE ELSE?
[1:43:47] ON THIS MOTION? COMMISSIONER SMITH, WILL YOU RECEIVE THE MOTION, PLEASE.
[1:43:57] >> MOTION WAS TO DEFER APPROVAL OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ALLOW INPUT BY BOTH OF OUR COMMITTEES AND ALL COMMISSIONERS TO AT
[1:44:03] LEAST OUR NEXT MEETING AND THE SPIRIT OF THAT WOULD ALSO BE PERHAPS THE AGENDA OF OUR NEXT
[1:44:11] MEETING COULD CREATE A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME TO DEVOTE THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING TO THE
[1:44:18] PLAN. >> ALL RIGHT. CAN YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE A TIME WHICH WOULD BE
[1:44:24] HELPFUL? I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT DATE OF THE JULY MEETING, I'M SORRY, WHATEVER THE JULY MEETING DATE
[1:44:32] IS. >> JULY 14TH, I BELIEVE. >> OKAY, JULY 14TH. SO THE MOTION IS TO TABLE UNTIL
[1:44:37] OUR NEXT MEETING AND HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND IS THERE A TIME CERTAIN THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? >> LET'S PUT IT AT THE TOP OF
[1:44:44] THE MEETING AT 6:00 AND GO FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR AND A HALF. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO THE MOTION ON THE
[1:44:53] FLOOR. DOES THE SECONDER APPROVE OF THE ADDITION OF LANGUAGE? >> I DO.
[1:44:59] >> AND WE HAVE DISCUSSION. CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THAT DISCUSSION. >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY.
[1:45:06] >> AYE. >> NEWMAN. >> AYE.
[1:45:12] >> CLEMENT. >> AYE. >> SMITH-KOOIMAN. >> AYE. >> BAKER. >> AYE.
[1:45:17] >> STEWART. >> AYE. >> GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> AYE. >> CANADAY. >> AYE.
[1:45:23] >> BARTZ. >> AYE. >> INDRELIE. >> AYE. >> SMITH. >> AYE.
[1:45:29] >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN. >> AYE. >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 13 AYES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:45:38] ALL RIGHT. THE NEW BUSINESS, OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CCPO POLICE POLICY RESEARCH AND
[1:45:43] RECOMMENDATIONS MEETING CALENDAR FOR THE YEAR. I'LL INVITE COMMISSIONER CANADAY TO SPEAK TO THIS AND TO MAKE THE MOTION.
[1:45:51] >> THIS IS A HOUSEKEEPING MOTION TO CHANGE THE DATES OF OUR MEETING. I'M GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION AND AFTER THE KINDNESS OF ONE OF MY
[1:46:00] FELLOW COMMISSIONERS SECONDING THE MOTION, I'LL EXPLAIN SLIGHTLY MORE THE BACKGROUND. I MOVE TO AMEND THE 2025 CCPO
[1:46:06] CALENDAR TO ALLOW PPRR MORE TIME TO REVIEW AND COMPOSE THEIR POLICY FEEDBACK REPORT FOR THE
[1:46:12] CCPO. THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE POLICE POLICY RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
[1:46:21] RESCHEDULE JUNE 16TH MEETING TO JUNE 23RD. RESCHEDULE JULY 21 MEETING TO
[1:46:27] JULY 28. RESCHEDULE AUGUST 18 MEETING TO AUGUST 25.
[1:46:33] CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 3RD MEETING AND RESCHEDULE THE NOVEMBER 24TH MEETING TO DECEMBER 1ST.
[1:46:39] COULD I HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOTIONED AND
[1:46:45] SECONDED. COMMISSIONER CANADAY. >> BRIEFLY THE BACKGROUND HERE
[1:46:51] IS COMMISSIONERS WILL RECALL THAT THE CCPO CALENDAR FOR 2025, THE PPRR CALENDAR, AND THE
[1:46:56] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR WERE ALL SET IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER AT THE END OF 2024, ILL.
[1:47:05] -- I BELIEVE. THEREAFTER, SOME CHANGES WERE MADE TO I BELIEVE AT LEAST THE CCPO SCHEDULE IF NOT ALSO THE
[1:47:10] COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, QUITE HONESTLY NOW THAT I'M EXPLAINING ALL OF THIS, I'VE
[1:47:16] LOST TRACK OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MOVING PIECES. BUT THE PPRR COMMITTEE DATES WHICH WERE LOCKED IN AT THE
[1:47:22] BEGINNING OF THE YEAR HAVE REMAINED LOCKED IN TO SOME OF THOSE ORIGINAL ASSUMPTIONS AND
[1:47:28] SOME OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS HAVE SHIFTED. WE'VE BEEN WAITING A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO DO THIS CORRECTLY,
[1:47:34] WE'VE MAINTAINED OUR OLD SCHEDULE UNTIL WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE THIS ADJUSTMENT.
[1:47:40] IT'S ESSENTIALLY TO MOVE THE MEETINGS ONE WEEK LATER THAN SCHEDULED, THE REASON ONE OF
[1:47:46] THOSE MEETINGS WERE CANCELED IS I BELIEVE THERE WERE TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN NOVEMBER
[1:47:53] AND NOW WITH HOLIDAYS, ET CETERA, WE ARE IN NEED OF CANCELING ONE OF THE MEETINGS.
[1:48:00] THIS IS JUST SIMPLY TO SHIFT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITH THE REST OF THE DEADLINES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MEET. >> THANK YOU.
[1:48:07] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION?
[1:48:14] ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY. >> AYE.
[1:48:20] >> NEWMAN. >> AYE. >> CLEMENT. >> AYE. >> SMITH-KOOIMAN.
[1:48:26] >> AYE. >> BAKER. >> AYE. >> AYE.ART. >> GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> AYE. >> CANADAY.
[1:48:31] >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE. >> INDRELIE. >> AYE. >> SMITH.
[1:48:37] >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN. >> AYE. >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 13 AYES.
[1:48:43] >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE CALENDAR IS AMENDED.
[1:48:48] NEXT UP IS THE ITEM OF CCPO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS. WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS WHO
[1:48:54] MAY BE INTERESTED IN JOINING ONE OF OUR COMMITTEES. >> MADAM CHAIR, WE ADDED AN
[1:48:59] AGENDA ITEM TO BE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. >> WE DID. MY APOLOGIES.
[1:49:04] I WROTE IT DOWN AND STILL FORGOT TO SAY IT. LET ME GET BACK TO IT.
[1:49:11] MY APOLOGIES HERE. REMIND ME WHERE, BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND IT. >> I THINK IT'S RIGHT AFTER THIS
[1:49:17] ITEM. >> REMIND ME WHAT IT WAS. I CAN'T FIND WHAT I WROTE IT ON.
[1:49:22] >> THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH ATTENDANCE AND HAVING CHECKED
[1:49:28] WITH A FEW OF THE MEMBERS, I WANTED TO PROPOSE MOVING THE SCHEDULED DATE OF JANUARY 24TH
[1:49:35] -- >> JUNE. >> OF JUNE. SORRY. >> THAT'S OKAY.
[1:49:40] >> FROM JUNE 24TH, MOVE IT TO THE NEXT NIGHT JUNE 25TH. >> JUST FOR THIS MONTH? >> JUST FOR THIS MONTH.
[1:49:47] >> THANK YOU. THAT'S BEEN MOTIONED. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION?
[1:49:55] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER McELHINNEY. >> AYE.
[1:50:00] >> NEWMAN. >> AYE. >> CLEMENT. >> AYE. >> SMITH-KOOIMAN. >> AYE. >> BAKER. >> AYE.
[1:50:06] >> STEWART. >> AYE. >> GURIAN-SHERMAN. >> AYE. >> CANADAY. >> AYE. >> BARTZ. >> AYE.
[1:50:11] >> INDRELIE. >> AYE. >> SMITH. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR OLSEN. >> AYE.
[1:50:17] >> CHAIR REEVES. >> AYE. >> WE HAVE 13 AYES. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME ON MY
[1:50:23] TOES. NEXT UP IS THE ITEM OF CCPO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS.
[1:50:29] WE HAVE POLICE POLICY RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PPRR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT KNOWN AS
[1:50:35] CE, PPRR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESEARCHING, REVIEWING, AND
[1:50:40] EVALUATING POLICE POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PRACTICES, PROPOSING OR UNDERTAKING PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH AND STUDY
[1:50:46] ON SIMILAR MATTERS, PREPARING FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE CCPO AS
[1:50:52] SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHIEF OF POLICE OR OTHER APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS AND OTHER FUNCTIONS OF
[1:50:59] A SIMILAR NATURE WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF CCPO.
[1:51:04] THE CE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, COORDINATING
[1:51:10] OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES AND PROMOTING GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC
[1:51:16] IN THE WORK OF THE CCPO. ALL OF WHICH IS FOCUSED ON ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN POLICE
[1:51:23] OVERSIGHT. CURRENTLY WE ARE UP TO SEVEN, SO IF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ONE, NOW WOULD BE
[1:51:31] THE TIME. I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT. PLEASE LET US KNOW. COMMISSIONER CANADAY, DID YOU
[1:51:37] HAVE -- WERE YOU BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD REGARDING MEMBERSHIP? >> I HAVE A MOTION THAT IS
[1:51:42] PREPARED BUT I HAVE BLANKS IN IT PENDING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST,
[1:51:48] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED BY LETTING THE NEW COMMISSIONERS EXPRESS THAT THAT
[1:51:54] NOW OR IF WE'LL DO THAT LATER. >> DOES ANYONE HAVE INTEREST IN
[1:51:59] EXPRESSING THE COMMITTEES? >> A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. >> YES. >> CAN WE JOIN IN A MONTH OR TWO
[1:52:07] AFTER WE GET OUR FEET UNDER OURSELVES? >> YES. YOU CAN ALSO ATTEND ONE IF YOU
[1:52:15] WANT TO OBSERVE AS WELL.
[1:52:21] >> OKAY. >> COMMISSIONER BARTZ. >> I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
[1:52:27] >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER INDRELIE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE
[1:52:33] POLICY RECOMMENDATION COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU. YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN ONE RIGHT NOW OR HOLD OFF.
[1:52:40] >> I'M GOING TO HOLD OFF. I'M GOING TO SEVERAL OF THESE, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:52:48] COMMISSIONER CANADAY. >> I'LL BEGIN BY MAKING A MOTION TO UPDATE THE POLICE POLICY RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATION
[1:52:54] ROSTER BY ADDING COMMISSIONER BARTZ. >> SECOND.
[1:53:00] >> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS AS QUICKLY LOOKING AT THE TIME IF WE CAN DO A YES VOTE,
[1:53:06] THAT WOULD BE GREAT. DOES ANYONE OBJECT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. >> AYE.
[1:53:12] >> ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARTZ. >> MADAM CHAIR.
[1:53:18] >> YES. >> I MOVE TO ADD COMMISSIONER INDRELIE TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE. >> IS THERE A SECOND?
[1:53:24] >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE?
[1:53:30] >> AYE. >> ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[1:53:36] APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, WE WELCOME THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO COME AND OBSERVE AND JOIN, PLEASE MAKE SURE THERE IS NO QUORUM.
[1:53:43] IF FOR SOME REASON THERE IS QUORUM, PLEASE LEAVE. ALL RIGHT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION
[1:53:49] TO UPDATE -- SORRY I ALREADY DID THAT. THE AYES HAVE IT, THE MEMBERSHIP IS UPDATED. WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL
[1:53:55] ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, THE COMMISSION STANDS ADJOURNED.
[1:54:00] THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NEW COMMISSIONERS, FOR BEING HERE. IT'S A FULL ROOM HERE. THIS IS NICE.
[1:54:08] THANK YOU.