HomeMy WebLinkAboutCitizen Review Board - Minutes - 11/19/2003Citizen Review Board ORIGINAL
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
City of Fort Collins CIC Room
Present: Maria Martinez, Becky Richardson, David Evans, Jim Butzek, and Monica
Garcia.
Absent: Brian Carroll and Harry Edwards.
Staff: Lt. Broderick, Staff Liaison, Greg Tempel, Assistant City Attorney, and Vicki
Mesa, Secretary.
Call to
Order: The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. Review of the October minutes
were tabled until the January meeting as a copy was not available to review at the
meeting.
Voice
Mail
Message: Becky Richardson stated the voice mail password was not working last week.
She questioned the need for continuing the voice mail, stating there had only been
1 message in 2 years. After a brief discussion it was the consensus of the Board
the voice mail would remain in place.
New Business:
Lt. Broderick reported that when someone is contacted by an Officer, they are
given the Officer's business card which includes a number for citizens to call to
report racially bias policing. Lt. Broderick stated he was responsible for checking
the messages on the line designated for those particular calls. He asked the
Boardmembers if they would like to receive monthly report of the calls received.
After a brief discussion the Board stated that they would be interested in receiving
that information.
Becky Richardson asked about the letter from Greg Walker, which was discussed
at the October 2003 meeting. Lt. Broderick stated it was not received within the
time limit, therefore it was not subject for review.
Lt. Broderick stated that the Chief could not attend an Executive Session of the
Board, but was available to attend an open meeting.
Becky Richardson stated the December meeting is normally cancelled due to the
Holiday.
Jim Butzek made a motion to cancel the December 2003 Board meeting.
Maria Martinez seconded the motion. The motion carried 4-0.
Becky Richardson asked Lt. Broderick to invite the Chief to the January 2004
meeting.
Jim Butzek made a motion to table Case 2003-16 to the January 2004
meeting. David Evans seconded the motion. The motion carried 4-0.
Becky Richardson reported Case 2003-25 is currently undergoing a criminal
investigation and that the Board would be given an update on the Case in the
event that it would come to the Board for review.
Becky Richardson presented the 2004 Work Plan and asked Boardmembers for
their input on any additions or deletions.
After a brief discussion it was decided to strike the 5`h bullet as follows:
The Board discussed other training opportunities and Lt. Broderick noted that he
would forward a copy of the training information to the Board.
Becky Richardson spoke of previous training attended by Boardmembers, e.g.,
Citizen's Academy, Defensive Tactics, Shooting Range. She suggested observing
a staged scenerio where the officer need to perform "use of force". She stated
"excessive use of force" appears to be the majority of the cases received by the
Board.
Lt. Broderick spoke of the possibility of "ride alongs", stating if Boardmembers
were interested to email him with dates and times. He stated that anytime use of
force is exercised, it is documented in a Police Report. He spoke of the
possibility of developing a field report, which would be a separate report process.
He stated that it would be possible to create data documenting how often use of
force is applied in comparison to the number of cases that come before the
Board.
After a brief discussion the Board agreed that it would like to see those statistics.
Monica Garcia made a motion to accept the 2004 Work Plan. Jim Butzeck
seconded the motion. The motion carried 4-0.
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New
Cases: Lt. Broderick delivered case 2003-16 to the subcommittee.
A meeting time for the 2003-16 case would be set at the conclusion of the
meeting.
2003-22 was to be delivered on the date that 2003-16 was scheduled as the
membership of the two subcommittees is the same.
Old
Business:
Lt. Broderick reported that Case 2003-24 would be presented to the board after it
had gone through the usual process, which he believed to be after Thanksgiving.
Adjournment:
Monica made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Maria seconded the motion.
There was no discussion and the motion passed 4-0. The meeting adjourned
at 6:33 p.m.
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