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Present:
Staff:
Absent:
Citizen Review Board
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, May 17, 2000
City of Fort Collins Human Resources Conference Room
Brian Carroll, Monica Garda, Maria Martinez, Becky Richardson and
Mayor Ray Martinez.
Karen Carlson, Wendy Hartzell, and Greg Tempel
Rick Aulino, Donald Colby, and Carole Stanfield
Call to order: The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. The April 15 meeting
minutes were reviewed and corrected. Maria Martinez made a motion
to accept the April minutes as corrected. Brian Carroll seconded
the motion. No discussion and the motion carried 4-0.
Case
099-50: There was some discussion about the memo that was sent regarding
this case and whether or not it could be considered confidential. The
balancing act is difficult in order to be specific without crossing the line
of breaching confidentiality. This case is now considered closed. Brian
Carroll distributed an article from the 5/7/00 Washington Post regarding
a similar case.
Voice
Mail
Availability:
Becky Richardson will record a message that will include meeting
dates, times and location, plus the location of the Police Department.
The message will also be recorded in Spanish. The Board agreed that
each member will have access to the password. Also, it was agreed
that the voice mail box will be checked daily and Board members will
take turns checking the voice mail box. Becky will take responsibility for
the month of June. Becky will inform Lt. Carlson when the message
has been recorded and is in use.
Training:
The Board discussed additional training topics such as:
❑ Investigative/interviewing training
o Conflict management/dispute resolution training
o Robert's Rules of Order training
o Diversity training
❑ Firearms Training (FATS)
❑ Silka Hansen from Justice Center
The Board discussed having training sessions quarterly if its work load
allows. Topics will be approved by the group and scheduling will be
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done by Board members on a rotating basis. Brian Carroll made a
motion to set up a calendar such that every third month a portion
or all of the meeting time will be spent for training purposes and
will be arranged by Board members on a rotating basis, starting
with the upcoming third quarter. Becky Richardson seconded the
motion. There was discussion regarding budgetary funds available for
training purposes and that meeting time spent with Silks Hansen would
be considered Board input. The vote was called and the motion
passed, 4-0.
Changing
Board name: The Board has been requested to change its official name. This would
require a Code amendment. Tabled for further discussion.
Board
Social: Tabled for scheduling at next meeting. Please bring your calendars.
Bylaw
Revision: Tabled for next meeting also, as two-thirds of Hoard must be present to
revise Bylaws.
Pending
Cases: Lt. Carlson stated that a new case should be ready for review in the
next few weeks.
Other
Business: Brian Carroll distributed another article for the Washington Post
regarding a police citizen review board.
Adjournment: Maria Martinez made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Brian
Carroll seconded the motion. There was no discussion and the
motion carried 4.0. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
Next
Meeting: Wednesday, June 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the HR Conference Room.
Agenda items will include review of Bylaw revision; scheduling CRB
social; discussion of CRB proposed name change; web site update, if
any; pending cases; and additional training status update.
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