The Community Police Oversight Commission (CPOC) will begin discussing on Thursday, December 2, its work plan for the remainder of 2021 up to June 2022.
The city’s municipal code requires the commission to submit an annual report and work plan to the City Council every year.
The work plan sets up the focus areas of the commission for the year ahead.
According to city staff report contained in the CPOC’s Thursday agenda, the objectives of CPOC listed in the draft work plan, expected to be adopted by the commission, are the following:
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Trainings for commissioners and the police department
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Key Pasadena Police Department policies for commission to review and make recommendations
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Officer involved shootings/use of force review
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Police complaint/investigations tracking and reporting
In its upcoming meeting, the commission is also expected to discuss and adopt the proposed rules and regulations for the conduct of its business.
The commission will also receive a presentation from Independent Police Auditor Brian Maxey on reviews of previous police investigative reports.
The CPOC’s meeting this Thursday will be the third public meeting of the commission since its creation.
In its meeting held last November 4, the commission’s role and oversight authority related to officer-involved shootings and use of force incidents were discussed.
The commissioners also discussed further training opportunities and voted on a motion to request the city to financially support the commissioners’ participation at the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement annual conference.
The CPOC was created in 2020 but the city council completed the appointment of the commissioners earlier this year. The commission’s first meeting was conducted in October.
The ordinance which created the commission states that the role of the body is to strengthen community-police relations and make recommendations regarding ongoing operations of the police department to the chief of police and to the city council.
Among the functions of the commission, as stated in the ordinance, is to receive community feedback and complaints; monitor reports from the police department on hiring, training and promotions; monitor and publish statistics on complaints against the police; and provide input on the police department’s policy recommendations prior to adoption.
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With this first time ever civilian oversight body of PPD, Pasadena Now has the opportunity to play an important role in bringing more transparency and accountability to our police department by including in your stories of meetings the link to the meeting and public comment. I remember 12 years ago or so when there were few to none citizens in the audience of the Public Safety Comm. meetings and the Department said they had to erase personnel complaints files for some 10 to 20 years and the Committee went for it. The next time the Chief said they had to erase more files due to lack of physical space, several in the audience reminded the committee of computerized filing space and the practice stopped.
It’s the press’ responsibility to help keep the light shining on government and this is another opportunity to be of service.
Thank you for asking,
Kris O.