[Cprb] CPRB meeting minutes2/10/04

[Ricky Baldwin]

Thanks, Gabe-

One clarification: Feb 24th is a meeting to start
planning a forum for people to tell their experiences
with the police, not the actual event.  The meeyting
will hopefully be at the IDF.  The event will
hopefully be at the Douglass Branch.

Just wanted to make that clear.  Thanks again.
Ricky
--- Gabriel Stanton <ggstanto at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Facilitated  by Jennifer Walling
> 
> 10 people were in attendance
> 
> 
>                                                   
> Citizen Police Review 
> Board proposal
> 
> 7 people , volunteers with power to recieve
> complaints and hire 
> investigators. They can evaluate patterns of
> complaints as well as police 
> policies and recommend policy change.
> 
> There would need to be a CPRB panel for every Police
> Department (Parkland, U 
> oF I, Urbana, Champaign)
> 
> Each city council member would get to pick three
> candidates and of those 
> three the mayor could select one.
> 
> Board would be funded by tax revenue. Expense will
> be offset at least in 
> part by fiscal savings of reduced lawsuits, internal
> affairs investigations.
> 
> Now is a time that we should try to increase public
> interest in the proposal 
> escpecially in Urbana. The first way to do this is
> by telling individuals 
> about the resolution and getting groups to
> co-sponsor it.  we can do that by 
> calling and distributing pamphlets and flyers asking
> for support. Secondly  
> members can get testimonies of people who
> experienced police brutality 
> incident. Finally, concerned citizens can organize
> public forums either on 
> the radio or in public places to discuss these
> incidents. And  of course 
> protest.
> 
> Once the process of setting the board up has begun
> there is still much work 
> to be done to keep it working
> I agreed to call to ask for sponsorship of AMASONG,
> VORP, NAMI and Bethel
> 
> For other assignments  contact Jennifer Walling
> 
> Next meeting  March Eigth.
> 
> Ricky and Mort are organizing a couple of speakers
> tentatively at the 
> Douglas Branch Library on February 24th.
> 
> Dave of the Prarie Greens announced that Chuck D of
> the influential rap 
> group Public Enemy was scheduled to speak on campus
> on April 7 and 8th.
> 
> Pamphlets, Sponsorship flyers and Incident reports
> should be available on 
> the website (address?)
> 
>
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