[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [CPRB] Urbana police contract and side letter

[Brian Dolinar]

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From: Brandon Bowersox <bowersox at prairienet.org>
Date: Jul 16, 2007 10:19 PM
Subject: [CPRB] Urbana police contract and side letter
To: cprb at lists.chambana.net

Dear CPRB coalition,

At tonight's Urbana City Council meeting an important question was
raised about the ability of people with a prior felony conviction to
serve on the Civilian Review Board.  This issue was raised by a
number of speakers.

I want to publicly share with you the contract the City signed with
the police officer's labor union, the Fraternal Order of Police,
through June 30, 2010:
http://www.city.urbana.il.us/urbana/executive/human_resources/
contracts/fop_contract.pdf
( or http://tinyurl.com/26en3a )

Within this contract, section 22.1 (page 42 of the PDF) is the start
of the section on the CPRB within the contract; after the attachments
is the Side Letter (page 52 of the PDF) which contains the most
significant limitations.

This contract limits the ability of the City Council in enacting a
CPRB, including the issue of felony conviction.  As you advocate for
changes to the proposed CPRB draft, you should be aware that the City
Council can only enact a CPRB within these limitations, at least
through June 30, 2010.

Late last year, on December 30, 2006, there was a more complete
discussion of the contract and side letter on this email list when it
was first publicized:
http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/cprb/2006-December/000440.html

Thank You for your energy and enthusiasm for enacting an effective
ordinance that will improve the community-police relationship.

Brandon

Brandon Bowersox
Urbana City Council
http://ward4.org/, bowersox at prairienet.org

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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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