[CPRB] City of Urbana & Urbana Police Dept. reach 4-year agreement

[Matthew Gladney]

I'm curious about the confidentiality clause. Does
this mean that CPRB meetings would be closed session?
When and how does the confidentiality come into play?

Thanks,

Matthew Gladney


--- Esther Patt <epatt at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> Two of the three restrictions are already part of
> the Citizen Police Review Board ordinance that the
> task force forwarded to the council -- that the
> police department will investigate any complaint
> brought against an officer and the confidentiality
> requirement for members of the Board.   
> 
> The only restriction that is different from the
> proposed ordinance is the specific permission for
> officers to refrain from appearing before the Board.
>  However, we expected this would come out of
> negotiations with Fraternal Order of Police because
> it's provided for in the Police Officers' Bill of
> Rights in Illinois.
> 
> Next step is to find out (after the first of the
> year) when this will be back on the council agenda
> and make sure supporters know so they can attend and
> speak at council meeting.
> 
> Happy New Year,
> Esther Patt  
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:40:24 -0600
> >From: "John W." <jbw292002 at gmail.com>  
> >Subject: [CPRB] City of Urbana & Urbana Police
> Dept. reach 4-year agreement  
> >To: cprb at lists.chambana.net, C-U Citizens for Peace
> and Justice <announce at lists.communitycourtwatch.org>
> >
> >	
> >The story is in today's News-Gazette.  Here's what
> the article has to say 
> >about the Citizen Police Review Board:
> >
> >
> >
> >The contract includes a provision that the city
> "may adopt and maintain a 
> >civilian police review board."
> >
> >But the city also agreed in the contract that
> police officers are not 
> >required to appear before such a board and that any
> appearance is optional.
> >
> >Other stipulations:
> >
> >* Any complaint brought against a police officer
> shall be investigated by 
> >the department in accordance with department
> policy.
> >
> >* The results of the police investigation could be
> shared with the civilian 
> >police review board, but that board members "shall
> maintain confidentiality 
> >of any and all officer records, files and medical
> information."
> >
> >The city council is considering creation of a
> civilian police review board. 
> >The issue was put on hold, however, during contract
> negotiations.
> >
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