[CUCPJ Announce] [CPRB] When to meet to discuss CPRB?

[Ricky Baldwin]

Oh, yeah, sorry - January 9 ... OK?

--- Laurel Prussing <vote at LaurelPrussing.com> wrote:

> Hi, Ricky,
> 
> How about January 9?  (We know what you mean!)
> 
> Laurel
> 
> At 01:56 PM 12/31/2006, Ricky Baldwin wrote:
> >I spoke with Esther yesterday at the post office,
> and
> >if there are no objections, I'll reserve a room at
> the
> >IDF for 7pm TUESDAY December 9 at 7pm - OK?
> >
> >Hopefully that allows supportive City
> Councilmembers
> >like Danielle to attend - well, and the
> unsupportive
> >ones, too, if they like...
> >
> >Ricky
> >--- Esther Patt <epatt at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > I think it would be a mistake for us to oppose
> the
> > > Citizen Police Review Ordinance.  Criticizing
> the
> > > way it will be watered down is certainly
> legitimate.
> > >  But saying it isn't worth it to even bother if
> the
> > > Board can't hire an Independent Investigator is
> > > unwise.   Let's take a step back and remember
> why we
> > > want a CPRB.
> > >
> > > Without some type of CPRB, every citizen
> complaint
> > > against the police would be kept secret, as they
> are
> > > now. There would be zero oversight of complaints
> and
> > > if the PD refused to accept complaints or
> otherwise
> > > discouraged complainants from following through
> with
> > > a formal complaint, there would be no monitoring
> of
> > > that happening.
> > >
> > > That's the basic problem that we started out to
> > > address: no one is monitoring the way police
> handle
> > > citizen complaints other than the police
> themselves.
> > >
> > > Even watered down, what we'd get from having a
> CPRB
> > > which we don't have now are:
> > >
> > > - CPRB would be informed of every complaint
> filed
> > > against the police
> > >
> > > - Complainants could file their complaints with
> the
> > > Human Rights Officer instead of the PD which
> will
> > > protect against people with legitimate
> complaints
> > > being talked out of filing
> > >
> > > - There will be brochures and other promotional
> > > material inviting people to file complaints --
> all
> > > materials developed and approved by the CPRB,
> not
> > > the police -- and these will be distributed
> widely
> > > in the community.
> > >
> > > - Police would have to report to CPRB the
> results of
> > > their internal investigation of each complaint
> and
> > > what action, if any were taken against an
> officer or
> > > officers for misconduct.  The Board would not
> have
> > > the authority to overturn the Police Chief's
> > > decision but would have the authority to appeal
> that
> > > decision to the Mayor.
> > >
> > > - CPRB would be able to track patterns of
> complaints
> > > against the same officer or on the same beat or
> > > demographics of people filing complaints.
> > >
> > > - CPRB would be a standing body whose purpose
> would
> > > include studying police department policies
> > > (independent of formal complaints or in response
> to
> > > them) and making recommendations for changes.
> > >
> > > Let's not dismiss all of this as insignificant. 
> A
> > > judge has more authority than a watchdog, but a
> > > watchdog is a valuable role -- and we have no
> > > watchdog for the police now.  That's essentially
> > > what CPRB would be.
> > >
> > > Also, an important strategy issue is: if we
> trash
> > > Urbana for watering down its CPRB, that will
> > > undermine our efforts to get Champaign to do
> create
> > > one.
> > >
> > > Let's talk more when we meet.   Are people free
> > > January 8 at 7:00 p.m. to meet at IDF?
> > > Esther Patt
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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