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MEMORANDUM
CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD
A Board of the City of Iowa City
DATE:
September 4, 2014
TO:
CPRB Members
FROM:
Kellie Tuttle
RE:
Board Packet for meeting on September 9, 2014
Enclosed please find the following documents for your review and comment at the next board meeting:
• Agenda for 09/09/14
• Minutes of the meeting on 08/12/14
• ICPD Department Memo #14-17 (July 2014 Use of Force Review)
• ICPD Use of Force Report - July 2014
• Office Contacts — August 2014
• Complaint Deadlines
• Memo regarding Viewing video of complaints
Other resources available:
National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
NACOLE provides information regarding civilian oversight in law enforcement nation wide. For more
information see: www.NACOLE.org
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CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD
September 09, 2014 — 5:30 P.M.
HELLING CONFERENCE ROOM
410 E. Washington Street
ITEM NO. 1 CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL
ITEM NO. 2 CONSIDER MOTION ADOPTING CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED OR
AMENDED
• Minutes of the meeting on 08/12/14
• ICPD Department Memo #14-17 (July 2014 Use of Force Review)
• ICPD Use of Force Report - July 2014
ITEM NO. 3 OLD BUSINESS
• Charter Review Update
• Video
• Video Review Process
ITEM NO. 4
NEW BUSINESS
• Select Nominating Committee
ITEM NO. 5
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
ITEM NO. 6
BOARD INFORMATION
ITEM NO. 7
STAFF INFORMATION
ITEM NO. 8
CONSIDER MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION based on Section
21.5(1)(a) of the Code of Iowa to review or discuss records which are required or
authorized by state or federal law to be kept confidential or to be kept confidential as a
condition for that government body's possession or continued receipt of federal funds,
and 22.7(11) personal information in confidential personnel records of public bodies
including but not limited to cities, boards of supervisors and school districts, and 22-7(5)
police officer investigative reports, except where disclosure is authorized elsewhere in
the Code; and 22.7(18) Communications not required by law, rule or procedure that are
made to a government body or to any of its employees by identified persons outside of
government, to the extent that the government body receiving those communications
from such persons outside of government could reasonably believe that those persons
would be discouraged from making them to that government body if they were available
for general public examination.
ITEM NO. 9
MEETING SCHEDULE and FUTURE AGENDAS
October 14, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
November 11, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
December 9, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
ITEM NO. 10 ADJOURNMENT
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CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD
MINUTES — AUGUST 26, 2014
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Joseph Treloar called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Melissa Jensen, Royceann Porter, Maxime Tremblay
MEMBERS ABSENT: Mazahir Salih
STAFF PRESENT: Staff Kellie Tuttle and Patrick Ford
STAFF ABSENT: None
OTHERS PRESENT: Captain Doug Hart of the ICPD; Marian Karr, City Clerk
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
(1) Accept CPRB Forum Summary
(2) Accept CPRB FY14 Annual Report
(3) Accept CPRB Report on Complaint #14-05
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by Jensen, seconded by Porter, to adopt the consent calendar as presented or
amended.
• Minutes of the meeting on 06/11/14
• ICPD Memorandum #14-05 (2nd Quarter 2014 Use of Force Review)
• ICPD Use of Force Report — April 2014
• ICPD Use of Force Report — May 2014
• ICPD Use of Force Report — June 2014
• ICPD Memorandum (Quarterly Summary Report IAIR/CPRB, 2nd Quarter 2014)
• ICPD General Order #95-04 (Administration of Department Training)
• ICPD General Order #99-01 (Police Vehicle Pursuits)
• ICPD General Order #99-05 (Use of Force)
• ICPD General Order #99-09 (Vehicle Crashes)
• ICPD Rules and Regulations
Motion carried, 4/0, Salih absent.
OLD BUSINESS
Community Forum — A draft of the forum summary was included in the meeting packet. After
review there were no changes by the Board.
Moved by Jensen, seconded by Porter, to forward the forum summary to the City Council.
Motion carried. 4/0.Salih absent.
August 26, 2014
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Video — Karr reported that one remaining issue needed to resolved for completion of the video,
and addressing all the questions previously distributed in the February 11, 2014 meeting
packet. The final question "why the Board can't do more" could be addressed by legal counsel
or a Board Member. Treloar noted he would like to focus on what the Board can do. The
Board requested to view the partial video at the next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Charter Review Update — Karr referenced the proposed changes to Article V, Section 5.01 of
the City Charter in the packet that were being discussed by the Charter Review Commission
regarding the Citizens Police Review Board. Karr stated that if the Board wanted to make any
other recommendations that there was plenty of time to do so. Tuttle reminded the Board of
past discussions by Board members regarding the language for the purpose of the forum, and
the concerns that it focused on police policies, practices, and procedures without required
police representation. It has become a practice of the Police department not to be a participant
since it is a Board forum and not a Police forum.
CPRB FYI Annual Report — A draft of the annual report was included in the meeting packet.
After review there was one amendment by Legal Counsel.
Moved by Jensen, seconded by Tremblay, to forward the CPRB FY14 Annual Report to the
City Council. Motion carried, 4/0.Salih absent.
Video Review Process — Tuttle inquired whether the Board wanted a policy on reviewing
complaint related videos. Previously videos have ranged in time anywhere from 10 minutes to
4 hours. In the past the videos were either watched in executive session or members made an
appointment to watch the video at City Hall during business hours. Tuttle asked if they wanted
to continue with those options or look at having a 2 member committee review the video and
prepare a draft report or if there were any other options. Legal Counsel Ford asked if it were
possible for members to take the videos home and watch them. Tuttle stated it wasn't a
practice they had used in the past and several Board members agreed that it wasn't something
they were interested in doing. The Board did agree that all members should watch video
provided whether in executive session or by appointment, and not by a committee.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
None.
BOARD INFORMATION
Porter mentioned that she got the opportunity to go to Ferguson, MO and met the Police Chief
and Mayor.
STAFF INFORMATION
None.
August 26, 2014
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion by Jensen, seconded by Tremblay to adjourn into Executive Session based on Section
21.5(1)(a) of the Code of Iowa to review or discuss records which are required or authorized by
state or federal law to be kept confidential or to be kept confidential as a condition for that
government body's possession or continued receipt of federal funds, and 22.7(11) personal
information in confidential personnel records of public bodies including but not limited to cities,
boards of supervisors and school districts, and 22-7(5) police officer investigative reports,
except where disclosure is authorized elsewhere in the Code; and 22.7(18) Communications
not required by law, rule or procedure that are made to a government body or to any of its
employees by identified persons outside of government, to the extent that the government
body receiving those communications from such persons outside of government could
reasonably believe that those persons would be discouraged from making them to that
government body if they were available for general public examination.
Motion carried, 4/0, Salih absent. Open session adjourned at 6:09 P.M.
REGULAR SESSION
Returned to open session at 6:20 P.M.
Motion by Jensen, seconded by Porter to summarily dismiss CPRB Complaint #14-05 due to
the complaint not being filed within 90 days of the alleged misconduct.
Motion carried, 4/0, Salih absent.
TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE and FUTURE AGENDAS (subject to change)
• September 9, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
• October 14, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
• November 11, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
• December 9, 2014, 5:30 PM, Helling Conference Rm
ADJOURNMENT
Motion for adjournment by Jensen, seconded by Porter.
Motion carried, 4/0, Salih absent.
Meeting adjourned at 6:23 P.M.
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CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD
A Board of the City of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240-1826
(319)356-5041
August 26, 2014
Iowa City City Council
City of Iowa City
410 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Re: Citizen Police Review Board's Annual Community Forum Conducted May 13, 2014
To: Whom It May Concern
The Iowa City Citizen's Police Review Board held its 2014 Public Forum on May 13, 2014. Members at
the forum were Melissa Jensen (Vice Chair), Joe Treloar (Chair) Royceann Porter and Mazahir Salih.
Staff present was Legal Counsel Patrick Ford.
The forum opened with an introduction of members and staff and a roll call vote.
The Board voted to accept correspondence and it passed unanimously. Treloar read a letter the Board
had received from Adam B. Sullivan. Treloar reported that Mr. Sullivan's letter was submitted to the
Iowa City Police Department. Jensen read a letter from the Iowa City Police Department in response to
Mr. Sullivan's letter. Mr. Sullivan was present at the meeting and indicated the letter from the Police
Department addressed his concern.
Jensen also read a letter from an inmate at the Johnson County Jail.
Following Jensen's reading of the correspondence, Treloar opened up the forum for public discussion.
Rod Sullivan, of 2326 E. Court Street, Iowa City addressed the forum. Mr. Sullivan began by thanking the
Board members for their service. Mr. Sullivan said that the Ad Hoc Diversity Committee had made a
recommendation concerning police traffic and pedestrian stops where no citations were issued but no
data was collected on these stops. He was concerned that since people were complaining about the
police having a disproportionate number of stops with minorities that this should include all police
stops, whether a citation was issued or not. His point was that there was data collected on stops
resulting in the issuance of citations but no data was kept on stops where citations were not issued. He
wished to see data collected on stops where citations were not issued.
Mr. Sullivan said that "it would make sense to work with Johnson County, Coralville, North Liberty,
University Heights, etc., to make sure everybody was collecting the same data. "
Mr. Sullivan spoke to how disproportionate minority contact was not just an Iowa City or Johnson
County issue but there were statistics showing that this was a national problem. He said he would like
to see a plan to use the collected data to address the problem and improve the statistics.
The next person to address the Board was Fatimah Omar. Ms. Omar voiced a complaint about how her
sister was treated by the Police when she was crossing the street and was struck by a vehicle. Ms. Omar
said that her sister was a person of color and the driver of the car was white. Ms. Omar felt that the
treatment her sister received was different from the treatment the drive of the car received. She felt
this was due to the race of the people and the officers involved.
Ms. Omar said that many African American parents feel that their children were being racially profiled
by the police. Ms. Omar cited the curfew that was imposed on the East side of town, and in particular,
the Broadway neighborhood area as an example of the double standard that existed in police practices
in Iowa City. Ms. Omar said that African American and Latino youth were nine times more likely to be
arrested than white youth. Ms. Omar cited other statistics indicating a racial disparity in arrest rates for
African American and Latinos. Ms. Omar said African Americans and Latinos were less likely to get oral
reprimands or interventions that did not include charges or legal consequences than their white
counterparts. Ms. Omar suggested that we need to "step up our game", make our minority residents
feel more welcome. She suggested we need to take action to stop illegal searches and Fourth
Amendment Rights violations and have equal legal practices and procedures among the different races.
Adam Sullivan was the next to address the Board. Mr. Sullivan said that military surplus equipment was
coming back from the mid -east as US involvement in the conflicts there was winding down. Mr. Sullivan
expressed concern that some police departments have received tank or armored personnel carrier type
vehicles. Mr. Sullivan was concerned that we should have "really strong rules for when that equipment
is going to be used" and when we were going to have a military type response. Mr. Sullivan said he
appreciated the response from the Police Department but the instances where such equipment could be
used seemed very broad to him.
Reverend Doyle Landry was the next to address the Board. He expressed concerns that problems
concerning race issues have been brought up for many years but nothing seems to be happening to
address these problems.
Mr. Terrell Fulwiley was the next person to address the Board. Mr. Fulwiley was concerned about
synthetic drugs in Iowa City. He was also concerned about a Herky statue being placed within 15 feet of
a known drug area in downtown Iowa City. Mr. Fulwiley said that this statue has been vandalized by
having someone pour a can of soup on it. Mr. Fulwiley said parents will stop and take pictures of their
children standing with this Herky statue. He felt that this was not safe as the children were in a drug use
area and were subject to dangerous situations by being there. He would like the statue to be moved.
At the conclusion of the comments from the public Treloar thanked the audience for their input and
called for a motion to adjourn. The motion was seconded and the meeting was adjourned.
Adjournment 6:37pm
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Joseph Treloar
Chairperson
Citizen Police Review Board
Transcriptions attached.
Forum agenda, minutes, transcriptions, correspondence, and handouts are all available on the
City website. (www.icgov.org)
May 13, 2014 Iowa City Citizens Police Review Board Annual Community Forum Page I
Members Present: Melissa Jensen (Vice -Chair), Royceamr Porter, Joseph Treloar (Chair),
Mazahir Salih
Staff Present: Patrick Ford
Introduction:
Treloar/ Well, let's go ahead and call this meeting of the Citizens Police Review Board and
amoral forum to order. Roll call vote. Jensen.
Jensen/ Here!
Treloar/ Mazahir.
Salih/ Yes. (mumbled)
Treloar/ Porter.
Porter/ Here.
Treloar/ Treloar, here. Um, hi, I'm Joe Treloar, I'm the Chair of the Citizens Police Review
Board. I'm the one making all kinds of feedback noise. Um, with me I have Melissa
Jensen, Royceann Porter, and our legal counsel.
Ford/ I'm Pat Ford.
Treloar/ Urn ... just very briefly, the Citizens Police Review Board was established to, um, review
complaints on the citi... on the Iowa City Police Department, and review policies and
procedures (noises on mic) (mumbled)... getting feedback. Um ... okay.
Correspondence:
Treloar/ At this point I'll consider a motion to accept correspondence and/or documents.
Jensen/ Do you, uh, want to read `em first? Do we need to do that first or we're good to go?
Treloar/ I think we're good to go.
Jensen/ Okay. All right. So moved.
Salih/ Second.
Treloar/ Moved and seconded. All in favor say aye. Opposed same sign. Okay! We did receive
(noises in mic, change in recording sound) an email question. (several talking) Might
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be! (several talking, change in recording sound) Um ... this is from Adam B. Sullivan.
(reads correspondence) And we submitted this to the Police Department and they
responded with what kind of equipment they have and Melissa Jensen, Co -Chair, will
read their response.
Jensen/ Okay. Um, as Joe mentioned this is, uh, response from the Iowa City Police Department
to answer the question. (reads correspondence)
Treloar/ Like to thank Adam Sullivan for his question and...
Jensen/ He's here.
Treloar/ Hope that answers... (several talking) Did you want to...
Jensen/ We did receive another correspondence, just prior to the meeting. So I'm going to go
ahead and read it. Please bear with me because this is the first time I've read it. Urn,
request is to please read at the hearing. (reads correspondence)
Treloar/ Okay. Well, at this time we'll open up to the floor for public discussion. We ask if you
want to ... address the Board, use the microphone, as this is televised for later broadcast
and they can't hear you if you don't speak into the mic. Give your name and sign in,
please! (unable to hear female speaking away from mic; feedback sounds)
Forum:
Sullivan/ Good evening. My name is Rod Sullivan. I live at 2326 E. Court Street in Iowa City.
And let me start by thanking you all for your service. I know that, uh, it can be kind of
thankless at times serving on a board or commission. I appreciate the fact that you're
willing to step up and do that. Uh, so I have two related issues that I want to bring up for
you folks just to ... to take in and perhaps to make recommendations with. Uh, you may
recall that when the Ad Hoc Diversity Committee was ... was, uh, formed for the City of
Iowa City, there were a number of recommendations. Uh, there was one in particular that
was made regarding, uh, policing, and I've never heard anything about it since, and I'm
hoping you folks can follow up. And that is that we had, uh, asked questions about, uh,
stops, be it traffic stops or just stopping pedestrians, where there are no, uh, citations
made. Uh, it seems as though there are good statistics kept in terms of, uh, the race of a
person when there's some sort of ticket issued. But if there's no ticket issued, we don't
have that data, at least that was my understanding at the time. And it seems to me that
when, uh, people are complaining about disproportionate minority contact, that includes
all contact, not just contact where there was some kind of violation, and so ... uh, I think it
would be very important that that data be collected. Uh, I also think it would make sense
to work with, uh, Joluison County, Coralville, North Liberty, University Heights, etc., to
make sure that everybody's collecting the same data. Uh, so that we can ... call compare
and make sure that we've got ... you know, we're a small enough area that we should
have... have, uh, good data there. I think the whole data set. So, uh, I would love to see
you folks follow up with that and see if there's not something we can do on that issue.
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Uh, secondly, and related to that (clears throat) uni, I think we can all acknowledge that
we have, uh, issues throughout our criminal justice system, not just in Iowa City and
Johnson County, in the whole U.S., with disproportionate minority contact, and I think
we've already got some... some, urn... statistics that bear that out. We need to do a better
job collecting data. I think that data will probably prove that to be the case, as well, and
...and so then we have to say, once we've collected the data, what are we going to do
with it, and I think it's also important to have a very clearly set out goal to, uh, do
something to improve upon that, and that's another thing that I think we haven't really
heard is, uni, although occasionally folks will admit that there's an issue, we haven't
really heard, okay, we know it's an issue. Here's how we're going to try to improve the
statistics. And so I would also like to hear a concrete plan of some sort for improving the
statistics. I understand it's not something that'll happen overnight. I understand it might
be difficult to do, but I think it's something we should at least show that we're striving to
do. Thank you. (several responding off mic)
Omar/ Hello, my name's Fatimah Omar. I'm an undergraduate student at William Penn
University and I've gro... I've lived in the Iowa City community my whole entire life and
I decided to come here today to ... um, well I have decided to come here because I've had
some unjust experiences with an Iowa City police. Uh, as a biracial individual and
minority, and this happened about nearly ... two and a half years ago, um, a person with a
clean record, no arrests or anything. My sister got hit by a car and the guy who hit her
was white and the police was white, and the police showed no sympathy for my sister,
but instead he spoke to her as if she was incompetent and said, "You have to be careful
when you care ... when you cross the street nest time," and he spoke to my dad in the
same mariner and he said, "Your daughter has to be careful when she crosses the street,"
and this guy's a clean... decent guy. He has no records, but little did he know there's a
thing called the internet, and we found his public arrest records. The man had, um, three
charges of assault and ... um, he had two or three 0... OWN and on top of that, I have a lot
of minority friends who said they have felt as if they've been racially profiled by Iowa
City Police. So with that being said I will continue. Many minority community members
in the Iowa City area feel as if the police practices, polices, and laws are a double -
standard for minorities, especially towards African Americans and Latinos. Many
African American parents in the community feel as if their children are being racially
profiled by police. One of the reasons why many minority community members feel as
if the police practices, policies, and procedures are a double -standard for minorities is due
to the curfew law which was established for the east side of town. This curfew was
established due to the concern of the Broadway and Lakeside neighborhoods, where
many African American families live. There were many neighborhood complaints about
loud music, loud noises at night, and fighting among African American children. This
has sparked resentment towards the African American community. Many of the white
residents who reside in the Broadway and Lakeside neighborhood are at a discomfort
with African Americans because of the cultural adjustment of having a wave of African
American families move in within the last recent years. Those African American
families were recruited to move in by housing and realty recruits. Rumors speculated in
the community about gang activity, supposedly a gang called "The Broadway Goons."
Matter of fact, most African American children in these neighborhoods do not associate
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with the title of the Broadway Goons and deem it as a joke and say it's nothing compared
to the gangs in Chicago. Not only did the ruckus and disputes among African American
children create paranoia about gang activity to community members, but also to the
Police Department. The Police Department established the curfew because they thought
they could regulate illegal activity, specifically in these neighborhoods, but what they
don't realize is all they have done is nothing but stereotype African American children as
gangsters and harass them. Interestingly enough, most of the drug suppliers and people
with drug arrests in the Iowa City community are... in the Iowa City area are white, so
if... it makes no sense to harass and nitpick African American children over everyday
basic kid issues. If anyone should be monitored, it should be the drug dealers and not the
supposedly obnoxious and fighting African American children. And justice and the
police practices, policies, and procedures are highly significant because it is a racial
disparity that can affect the learning of minority children, especially toward African
American and Latino students. There are far more African American and Latino students
facing suspensions and police refeffals. African American youths are nine times more
likely to be arrested than their white counterparts. African American and Latino students
are less likely to get oral reprimands or intermissions before facing charges or legal
consequences. This affects graduation rates of African American and Latino students. In
addition, African American residents make up 4.8% of Iowa City's population, but
account for 28% of non -traffic arrests by Iowa City Police in 2011 and African
Americans made up 42% of the Johnson County jail's average daily population in 2010.
The dispro... the disproportionality and arrest correspond with the sociological theory of
the conflict perspective. Not only does this issue translate to the conflict perspective, but
it also applies to the interactionist perspective. Because there is a huge disproportion in
arrests between ethnic groups, mainly between whites and blacks, this creates stereotypes
in the community. The stereotypes can heavily affect many minorities in the community
by making it difficult for them to get jobs, unfair legal practices by police, and ... it can
cause African American and Latino children to live up to stereotypes. Tire Iowa City
Police Department and community needs to step their game up. We boast about how
liberal and diverse our community is, but yet we are one of the states in the nation with
the biggest disproportionality when it comes to arrests, and yet we don't make a lot of our
minority residents feel welcome, and yet there have been more unfair illegal searches and
seizures towards African American youth, impeding on their Fourth Amendment right.
In order to be ... a diverse community, we need to treat everyone equal and we can start
with the Iowa City Police Department by practicing equal legal practices and procedures
among the different races. Thank you.
Sullivan/ Hi, I'm Adam Sullivan. I submitted the question about the special response team, um,
and I just wanted to follow up, um, with a brief continent. Um, as everyone's aware, the
conventional wars in the Middle East are winding down. Um, because of that the federal
government has a ton of equipment they don't need, and they're willing to make that
available to police forces, um, for free, uh, with some ... uh, some surcharges involved,
and so that equipment is coming here. We're going to have assault rifles and body armor,
um, and things that the military calls something else, but you and I, if we saw them on the
street, we'd call them a tank. Um, those things are coming back to the United States and
they are going to end up in police departments, like ours, um, and I think it's really
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important before we get that, uh, that deluge of new equipment in Iowa, in our
neighborhoods, that we have really strong rules for when that equipment is going to be
used. I'm not sure if you're familiar with the event that happened in Ankeny earlier this
year, but um, if you see the footage, I think it's troubling! I think these are ... these look
like, you know, military -style men, um, breaking into a home, um, and it's over ... it was
over credit card fraud, for people who didn't even live in that home, and so for me, I
don't think that's an appropriate response. And so I think we need to set up really clear
rules for when we're going to use a military -style response. Um, I do appreciate the
response from the Department, um, but that list of instances, um, where that equipment
might be used seems really, really broad to me. I can think of very, very few situations
that wouldn't fall under one of those, um, categories. So, I just think it's an issue to ... to
be aware of, and I do appreciate you, uh, hearing my thoughts.
Treloar/ Thank you.
Jensen/ We're having some microphone issues so Joe and I are going to share a microphone
here.
Landry/ Good evening (several responding) the Reverend Doyle Landry. Um, Positive Vision. I
think it's serendipity that I come behind Mr. Sullivan, simply because sometimes people
who have been born and raised here, who can see things clearly, um, nothing good grows
in denial. I say that as University Alumnus. I say that as someone who, um, would
prefer to light a candle versus curse the darkness, but if it quacks like a duck and walks
like a duck, you can't call it a chicken. At that being said, how honest are we being about
race? I mean, at the end of the day, race can be enlightening or it can be threatening. But
it's our choice, and I say that repeatedly because some of these same review board, I
don't know your age, but it's like same conversation, year after year, and we just get
older and more deeper in denial, and unfortunately, you can see with wave of violence,
not just internationally but locally, that people get tired of being ignored. There's a price
to pay when people are marginalized, and deemed invisible. I say that because on the
record, I would like to think that the efforts that are being made by the Police
Department, I'm not an enemy or one of those individuals who believe that police
officers are enemies. I have had individuals, um, that come through my Positive Vision
program who, at a young age, decided that they wanted to be officers, both, uh, young
men and young women who are members of police force, um, police departments around
the country. But this is Iowa City, and it ... again, at the end of the day, the same
reoccurring theme about race and law enforcement, we're just getting older, and so it
would be ideal to see concrete solutions which work. Um, sometimes it means being
uncomfortable with individuals who we have gone to, elementary and middle and high
school and maybe even the university, either Kirkwood, the University of Iowa, but
racism is racism, and wrong is wrong. So ... are we going to continue to get older with the
same comments and just remove the dates in terms of 1972, 1992, 2014, or is it going to
take a tragedy where what might grow out of misunderstanding between ... law abiding
citizens who pay taxes and... officers? Cause all you have to do is look in other cities and
see what grew out of a misunderstanding. Eventually large forums where people are
pointing fingers. It's corning to that point here in Iowa City. I say that as a former full -
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time journalist. I say that as...(clears throat) someone who has lost, um ... younger people
who, again, wrong place at the wrong time. I say that because it's Iowa City and I don't
know if it's 2014 or again, 1982. So are we going to be honest about what really needs to
be done in terms of the power that you have as a board to effect change, because the
matter of racial disparities, that's a fact that can be pulled. Once you have a fact, what do
you do with it? What do you really do with it, and again, there's a discomfort in
confronting individuals who you may have known all your life, and I'm not just saying
you as a board, but this is Iowa City where everybody knows everybody, but as I remind
people, Richie and Fonzie are dead. So, with that being said, it would be ideal if there
was concrete timelines in terms of this is what will be, uh, enforced, in terms of looking
at what other cities of similar populations have done, with regard to effecting change.
It's not about pointing fingers. It's not about casting blame, but again, at the end of the
day, racism is racism and it's easy to pull it out around January 15"i, 16°', 17t11, 18t1',
depending what day Martin Luther King birthday comes along, but we go back to our
normalcy that's increasingly discomforting, especially for children who have grown up in
this environment, who are now young adults, and they're talking the same problems
when people my age were children were younger. So that is my suggestion, because
again, at the end of the day, should tragedy occur, this room would be overflowing with a
lot of anger and we're getting to that point, as it gets warmer. Thank you very much!
Jensen/ Thank you!
Fulwiley/ Hello! My name is Terrell Fulwiley. That's T-e-r-r-e-1-1. Last name F-u-1-w-i-l-e-y.
I've been in Iowa City for about 12 years. I've been a transient for eight yearns in this
city. I love this city and I want to, uni, gotta couple different issues, and it's really...
Jensen/ ...could we just ask you to (both talking)
Fulwiley/ ...sign in, okay, cool! All right (both talking)
Jensen/ ...hated to interrupt you...
Fulwiley/ All right, cool! Yeah, um ... I know more people in this state than anybody here. Um, I
meet a lot of students. I talk to `em about they problems when they out there drinking.
They meet me, they celebrate, they have fun, they go home. This is every night for years.
Um, the problem I have, the issue, is that ... I ... it's a lot of...it's urbanism in this state,
and there's more urban style coming to this state, and it's a lot of people listening to the
hip -hop in the chubs here and ... we organized it on the internet. That's what I took it upon
myself to organize the events for hip -hop in the state of Iowa. And that's caused me a lot
of problems here. My hip -hop page end up getting more likes and more attention than,
um, from the community Iowa, than the University of Iowa newspaper. And um, as part
of my understanding, and like there's a lot of stuff I don't want to talk about, but I'm
going to open up and talk about it. (mumbled) mechanism, which is a form of
anthropology if you understand that, and it alerted certain authorities to how much
attention that I'm gettin' out here. Um, I don't steal. I don't sell drugs. Nothing like
that. Um, so ... there synthetic in this neighborhood. It's everywhere, and I'm a very
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educated person. I got great references. Had ... teachers (mumbled) me to take courses at
the University of Iowa for business. I'm always studying. So I want to point out that...
most people would see the synthetic out there and think, hey, this is happening because of
the homeless out here and that issue, and um, I want to bring up that me and a lot of
people that's dealing with me as far as being, um, administrator of this page and
(mumbled) administrator of that knows that hey like ... hey, Terrell, this is really about
you. This whole synthetic epidemic you ... they want to now if you got ADHD or
anything like that, and I want to point out something that happened last summer is, on
June 7t1i y'all had the Art Fest. It was the June, um, 5111, 011, and 7"', if I think... sure it
was. City granted me a permit to have, um, event in downtown Iowa City and um, so
(mumbled) before said event, they contacted me, the Arts Fest people, like hey, what are
you doing? Your event page is getting too big. How did you get a permit? I'm like I had
a permit; they like can you fax me your permit; I'm like ... fax me your permit. And so I
went to the City; we talked to them. They said, hey, we made a mistake. We gave you a
permit to have a show down here and they had a Arts Fest, and I said, hey, it's all on the
internet. Not only the event page there, but the word of mouth is everywhere, cause
that's how we promote. So they say, okay. We're going to give you the Chauncey Swan
right here, and I'm like ... the people that's comin' to see us really don't want to be across
the street from the Police Station. Is there anything else you can do? They say okay, you
can have the College Green Park. They wanted to work with me, cause they knew they
made a mistake. So once we got to the College Green Park, the issue ... they said, okay,
well now you gotta pay for the permit. You gotta pay for the generators for electricity. I
said hey, we ... that ... we didn't (mumbled) with this so ... came down here and urn, I let
everybody know, hey, we um ... I let the City know, hey, even though we gonna alert
people that this event's not going on, they're still going to show up while y'all got all
these tents here. They took it the wrong way and um, so me being in the street, Sunday
came, and that was the last day of the, um, Arts Fest. So, um, they let us have a little
event out here, no disturbances. They said, hey went great, went smooth, y'all didn't
disturb nothing. We had a little group. We did it, and it was (mumbled) Well Sunday I
went to the Salvation Army and I came back downtown. When I got down here that day,
this was June 9t1i I'm think. They had the whole street taped off, blocked off from here,
around this whole block, and as soon as I walked up here I said whatever this is, they
gonna blame me for something! So, it was a bomb threat on the corner, and urn ... later
that night the authorities came up to me. The detective was like can we talk to you, and I
want it on record that they took a saliva sample from me that day. They said .... cause I
was like sure, you know, I didn't want no problems. I'm like sure. I know I'm not doing
nothing. So, um ... with my studies, I'm looking at ]low ... now a lot of people don't
understand this. I do a lot of studies, and it says that for ADAD, adult deficit attention
disorder, that the University just had a study for this, and they would collect a saliva
sample from you, cause wasn't anybody else on the internet understand. They like,
Terrell, why would they take a saliva sample from you to study HDHD. So when I saw
the study on HDIID and they was asking for a saliva sample, with the study they do, I
was like that's it right there! They was testing me or something to see if I got ADHD.
Now, I never graduated high school or any of that, but I constantly study, you know,
cause I want to get into business. And um, make a lot of money in media. And that's the
problem I think that I brought to these people here because they look at my page as being
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arbitrary for a guy in the street having such a big influence throughout this university,
through the community, so and that's just one point and I'm like, um, like there's a lot
going on here so ... with the I-Ierky statutes is what I'm going to bring up is ... one of the
Herky statues on the corner of, um, Washington and Dubuque, on the north end of
the ... the ped mall is within 15-feet, and I brought this up the other day, is within 15-feet
of a known drug area, where they congregate and they smoke synthetic marijuana and
they sell synthetic marijuana, and I brought this up and I've got a lot of, um, got made a
petition. I got over a hundred signatures here within five hours yesterday, within ... I got
these signatures within 25-feet of the statute. This past Sunday we had a problem
with ... the guy out there that goes by the name of Frank with (mumbled) motorcycles
took a can of Campbell soup and put it on top of the Herky head. So we get over there,
we like, hey, what is this? And then when nobody say nothing, there was over 10 people
over there, within 15 feet of it, wouldn't none of 'ern say nothing. Once we tried to
remove the ... the Campbell's can off it, he got really aggressive. He keeps a lurife on
`enr. The police know this. They got constant calls over the last three years for him, and
um, there was a lot of parents there, trying to take pictures. Like you can't put this here,
so I'm, um, get the petition I want them to put the Herky statute in a safer place for
parents and kids to take a picture, or they would ask for them to remove the two benches
that's right there at the north end of the pedestrian mall. I got, uh, even Connie
Champion signed this, um, one of the guys that owns the men's wear, uh, store over
there. I think that's, um, Clinton Street; he signed it, and uni... I'm just trying to find out
how with this whole epidemic going on, with the synthetic out here how can I be safe,
knowing I'm not a drug dealer, um, I'm not robbing nobody. You won't find no cases
like that in my record, and um, things like that. But, my concern, and with my family and
my friends concern, it's like, hey, Terrell, most of this is guides towards you. This is
kind of protocol for people that's gettin' too big out here, so I want to know what type of
procedures I can take to protect my interests in like hip -hop and ... in this community
because we took all events in the state and we put it on one page and made it easier for
people to see. So not only am I getting a backlash from, uh, for what I'm doing and
promotions from rich people where the artist is rappin', I'm getting a backlash from
everybody from the poor people doing synthetic when I fight it. A couple last summer I
held a sign out there said don't give the people out here money to buy synthetic
marijuana, and they may have read it, you know, and a lot of people was coming up to
me. My internet page is pretty big, and um, I'm always communicating with people. So
I just want to ... the City to understand like that... that's what I do. That's what I want my
job to be, so understand I'm not here trying to fight you guys but ... I don't want a war
being started around me, them accusing me of things and ... you know, it's a lot of
blacklisting going on with me, even with the clubs out here and things like that. So, I
gotta be very careful and document everything that's going on in my life, even with the
police down here. The people that go to the synthetic stores. I gotta have all that
documented in case I pass away or something, cause I don't want these people belittling
me here, the community, the police, like he's just some bum out here, um, and when I'm
working really hard to try to, um, provide for my family, make sure that, uh, somebody
here at this university actually invest in media because there's a lot of people listening to
hip -hop in this community, and they need to understand that that's a huge influence
(mumbled) that everybody communicate here, and so I want people to know when it was
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just in the newspaper that the Cheba Hut was talking about, hey, it's affecting our
business. We got synthetic. People doing synthetic coining here. It not only affects the
people there, but it affects unknowingly affects the whole community. You know, people
that's having dinner. It's affeetin' them. They just don't know it yet. It's going to affect
and it's going to keep snowballing. So I want to find out how can I go about protecting
myself and be out here and, you know, do I suppose to be quiet about the synthetic, cause
it seems like everybody is. I'm, uh, really is there an anonymous class? People seem to
walk past. There's no like an alcoholics anonymous class, there's none for the synthetic.
There's nowhere for these people to go. There's nothing for them to ... no class for them
or nothing. So I'm like, hey, is there anything that the City can do to cover their butt with
this, because them knowingly... or the University, knowingly putting a statue that close to
a known drug area is a problem, and that is kind of...emits a lot of guilt. So that's why I
say I talked to `em and say hey, I'm going to wait a couple days before I go public with
my papers, with my documents, they ... they gonna be protected in case something
happens to me, you know, I study MK Ultra and a lot of things that go on throughout the
country and I'm sorry to say that, but I study a lot because I feel like illy life is in danger,
from me investing in media, and um... so ... I just want that to be on record, so in case
something happens to me you guys know that I'm definitely looking to be protected, um,
I'm looking at all the stuff that's going on out here, cause I've been out here and I've
seen the changes and I see how it's affecting the people so I think the city should
actually... whatever they doing, they should have some type of measure to help the people
that don't want to go out like that, because it is an addiction that people are facing, the
synthetic marijuana. You know, it's a lot of people targeting them, which is unfair and
um, that's all I want to be (mumbled) awareness to.
Jensen/ Thank you, Terrell.
Treloar/ Anyone else? If we have no one else who would like to speak, I think we're going to go
ahead and adjourn. Thank you all for your comments, uh... make a motion to adjourn.
Adiournment:
Salih/ Moved.
Jensen/ Second.
Treloar/ Motion made and seconded. All in favor. Opposed same sign. We're adjourned.
Thank you so much!
Jensen/ Thank you!
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CITIZENS POLICE REVIEW BOARD
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Established in 1997, by ordinance #97-3792, the Iowa City Citizens Police Review Board formerly
known as Police Citizens Review Board (hereafter referred as the CPRB), consists of five members
appointed by the City Council. The CPRB has its own outside legal counsel.
The Board was established to review investigations into claims of police misconduct, and to assist the
Police Chief, the City Manager, and the City Council in evaluating the overall performance of the
Police Department by reviewing the Police Department's investigations into complaints. The Board is
also required to maintain a central registry of complaints and to provide an annual report setting forth
the numbers, types, and disposition of complaints of police misconduct. The Board shall hold at least
one community forum each year for the purpose of hearing citizens' views on the policies, practices
and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department. To achieve these purposes, the Board complies
with Chapter 8 of the Iowa City Code and the Board's By -Laws and Standard Operating Procedures
and Guidelines.
In FY2014 the following changes were made at the recommendations of the Diversity Committee and
adopted by the City Council: Complaint brochures were translated into Spanish, translations in
Korean and Chinese are pending, an educational video is -being prepared, the Equity Director is
available to provide information to the complainant about the process and to assist in understanding
the process, the City Manager will participate in the interviews with the involved Officer(s) on a
complaint, and an exit survey will be offered after the investigation is complete and a decision has
been rendered. The Board also recommended the following changes that were adopted by the City
Council: Changing the name from Police Citizens Review Board to the Citizens Police Review Board,
removing language regarding formal mediation within the City Code and from the Standard Operating
Procedures, and changing the 45-day reporting period to 90-days.
ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014
Meetings
The CPRB tentatively holds monthly meetings on the second Tuesday and special meetings as
necessary. During FY14 the Board held twelve meetings and one Community Forum.
ICPD Policies/Procedures/Practices Reviewed By CPRB
The ICPD regularly provided the Board with monthly Use of Force Reports, Internal Investigation
Logs, Demographic Reports and various Training Bulletins. The Department also provided various
General Orders for the Board's review and comment. A senior member of the Police Department
routinely attended the open portion of the CPRB meetings, and was available for any questions Board
members had regarding these reports.
Presentations
In May of 2014 the Board held its sixth Community Forum as required by the City Charter. The Board
did introductions and the forum was opened to the public for questions. There were five members of
the public that spoke at the forum. Topics of discussion included the following: disproportionate
minority contact, racial profiling, military surplus equipment, race issues, and synthetic drugs.
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Board Members
Joseph Treloar was re -appointed to the Board in July 2013 and Mazahir Salih appointed in August
2013, both for a four-year term beginning September 1. In October 2013 officers were nominated with
Joseph Treloar as Chair and Melissa Jensen as Vice -Chair. Maxime Tremblay was appointed in June
of 2014 for an unexpired term.
COMPLAINTS
Number and Type of Allegations
Six complaints (13-04, 13-05, 13-06, 13-07, 14-01, 14-02) were filed during the fiscal year July 1,
2013 — June 30, 2014. Five public reports were completed during this fiscal period (13-04, 13-05, 13-
06, 13-07, 14-01). The remaining complaint filed in FY14 is pending before the Board (14-02).
Allegations
Complaint #13-04
1. Officer used excessive force when arresting complainant's son -NOT SUSTAINED.
Complaint #13-05
1. Complainant alleges that Officers violated his rights by not reading him a Miranda warning
after he was arrested - NOT SUSTAINED.
2. Complainant alleges excessive force — NOT SUSTAINED.
3. Complainant complained that the officers threw his bag into the patrol car -NOT SUSTAINED.
Complaint #13-06
1. False arrest - NOT SUSTAINED.
2. Assault - NOT SUSTAINED.
3. Excessive Use of Force — NOT SUSTAINED.
4. Failure to Complete a Use of Force Report - NOT SUSTAINED.
5. Failure to Use a Body or Car Camera - NOT SUSTAINED.
6. Withholding Evidence — NOT SUSTAINED.
Complaint #13-07
1. Excessive Use of Force - NOT SUSTAINED.
2. Improper Conduct — NOT SUSTAINED.
Complaint #14-01
1. Lack of Professionalism - SUSTAINED.
2. Harassment - NOT SUSTAINED.
Level of Review
The Board decided, by simple majority vote, the level of review to give each report, selecting one or
more of the six levels specified in the City Code per complaint:
Level a
On the record with no additional investigation 0
Level b
Interview or meet with complainant 0
Level c
Interview or meet with named officer 0
Level d
Request additional investigation by Chief or 5
City Manager, or request police assistance
in the Board's own investigation
Level a
Board performs its own additional investigation 0
Level f
Hire independent investigators 0
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Complaint Resolutions
The Police Department investigates complaints to the CPRB of misconduct by police officers. The
Police Chief summarizes the results of these investigations and indicates in a report (the Chief's
Report) to the CPRB whether allegations are sustained or not sustained. (If complaints are made
against the Chief, the City Manager conducts the investigation and prepares and submits the reports.)
The Board reviews both the citizens' complaint and the Chief's Report and decides whether its
conclusions about the allegations should be sustained or not sustained. The Board prepares a report
which is submitted to the City Council.
Of the fourteen allegations listed in the five complaints for which the Board reported, one was
sustained.
The Board made comments and/or recommendations for improvement in police policy, procedures, or
conduct in one of the reports:
Complaint #14-01 —Allegation (1) Lack of Professionalism
Pursuant to City Code section 8-8-7(B)3, the Board believes discipline is appropriate.
Name -Clearing Hearings
The ordinance requires that the Board not issue a report critical of the conduct of a sworn officer until
after a name -clearing hearing has been held. During this fiscal period, the Board scheduled one
name -clearing hearing, but none were held.
Complaint Histories of Officers
City ordinance requires that the annual report of the CPRB must not include the names of
complainants or officers involved in unsustained complaints and must be in a form that protects the
confidentiality of information about all parties. In the five complaints covered by the FY14 annual
report a total of seven officers were involved with allegations against them.
ICPD Internal Investigations Logs
The Board reviewed the quarterly ICPD Internal Investigations Log, provided by the Chief of Police.
COMPLAINT DEMOGRAPHICS
The following is demographic information from the five complaints that were completed in this fiscal
year. Because complainants provide this voluntarily, the demographic information may be
incomplete.
* Category/Number of Complainants
Age: National Origin: Color:
Under 21 0 American 0 White
Over 21 1 Dominican 1 Black
Unknown 0 Neutral
Sexual Orientation: Gender Identity: Sex:
Heterosexual 1 Female 0 Female 0
Unknown 0 Male 1 Male 1
Unknown 0 Unknown 0
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Marital Status:
Religion:
Single
0 Unknown
Married
0 Jewish
Unknown
0
Divorced
1
Physical Disability:
No 1
Yes 0
Unknown 0
* Information is reported as presented by the person completing the form.
BOARD MEMBERS
Joseph Treloar, Chair
Melissa Jensen, Vice Chair
Royceann Porter
Kingsley Botchway/Mazahir Salih
Donald King/Maxime Tremblay
Mental Disability:
No
Yes
Unknown
IN
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CITIZENS POLICE REVIEw BOARD
A Board of the City of Iowa City
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City IA 52240-1826
(319)356-5041
CPRS REPORT OF SUMMARY DISMISSAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Re: Investigation of Complaint CPRB #14-05
CPRB Complaint #14-05, filed August 5, 2014, was summarily dismissed as
required by the City Code, Section 8-8-3 D and 8-8-3 E. The complaint was not
filed within 90 (ninety) days of the alleged misconduct.
DATED: August 26, 2014
DEPARTMENT MEMO #14-17
TO: Chief Hargadine
FROM: Captain Doulas S. Hart
RE: July 2014 Use of Force Review
DATE: August 28, 2014
The "Use of Force Review Committee" met on August 28, 2014. It was composed of Captain
Hart, Sgt. Gaarde and Officer Terry Tack.
For the review of submitted reports in July, 24 Officers were involved in 23 separate incidents
requiring use of force.
All issues or concerns were identified and addressed at previous levels of review. Of the
incidents reviewed over the three month period, a Taser was discharged on one occasions, and on
one occasion a Taser was displayed which resulted in compliance without deployment. There
were no SRT call outs where officers displayed assigned weapons towards multiple people. In
three other incidents officers responded to calls where their firearm was displayed. In two
incidents officers fired their sidearm to destroy injured animals. OC spray was used in one
incident. Of the 23 incidents two suspects were injured as a result. No Officers were injured.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Copy: City Manager, CPRB, Watch Commanders, Review Committee
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Inc #
Incident
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48,24
07/05
2014007241
Domestic
A takedown and compliance -technique was
used to take a resistive subject into custody.
65
07/07
2014007313
Traffic Stop
Pepper spray was used on a suspect who
attempted to pull away from officer and
refused to place his hands behind his back.
62
07/07
2014007323
Armed subject
Officer threatened the use of pepper spray and
used a compliance method to take the suspect
into custody.
40,
07/09
2014007396
Wanted Subject
Officers performed a felony stop on a wanted
37,32,
subject known to go armed. Side arms and a
64
patrol rifle were deployed.
2,20
07/10
2014007409
Loud Party
The subject attempted to slam the door on
officers. A take down technique was used to
gain custody of the suspect. Compliance
techniques were used to take the suspect into
custody.
24,11
07/11
2014007442
Medical Call
The passed out subject become assaultive
when informed he was under arrest.
Compliance techniques were used.
24,11
07/11
2014007444
Burglary in
Active car burglar took off running upon being
progress
observed. Suspect was placed on ground to
affect custody.
52
07/17
2014007487
Fight In
Intoxicated subject in custody refused to get into
Progress
the back of the squad car. A compliance
technique was used to place the subject in the
back.
30
07/13
2014007525
Fight In
Active assault in which the Officer used a taser
Progress
on the aggressor.
11
07118
2014007717
Other Agency
Officer assisted the UIDPS in a foot chase by
Assist
using a take down measure. A compliance
technique was used as the subject continued to
resist.
24
07/19
2014007757
Out with
The subject was carrying an open container and
Subject
fled on foot from the officer. A takedown
technique was used with further compliance
techniques as the subject continued resisting
upon contact.
36
07121
2014007826
Animal
Rabid raccoon dispatched by officer using his
Dispatch
service weapon.
9
07/21
2014007837
Animal
Sick/injured raccoon dispatched by officer using
Dispatch
his service weapon.
60,10
07/23
2014007880
Trespass
Officers used compliance methods to (1)
remove two subjects refusing to leave and (2)
to take the subjects into custody as they refused
to be taken into custody.
18
07/23
2014007906
Animal
Dispatch
Sick/injured deer dispatched by officer using his
service weapon.
40.48
07/23
2014007907
Domestic
Abuse
Officer used a compliance technique to take the
suspect into custody with injury.
66
07/24
2014007948
Fight In
Progress
Suspect kept attempting to walk/pull away from
the Officer despite verbal commands and
already hands on. Officer used a takedown
technique to take the suspect into custody.
11
07/26
2014007998
Intoxicated
Subject
A compliance technique was used to take a
resistive intoxicated subject into custody.
24
7/27
2014008049
Fight In
Progress
Compliance method used to take subject into
custody who was actively fighting with bar staff.
67
07/27
2014008052
Shots Fired
Officer displayed his sidearm at suspect who
had just fired shots in the ped mall.
24, 8 ,
45
07/27
2014008052
Shots Fired
Officers displayed their sidearm at suspect who
had just fired shots in the ped mall. In addition,
all three approached the area where the shots
had been fired.
16,21
07130
2014008167
Arrest Warrant
Service
Hands on techniques were used to take the
resistive subject into custody. As the subject
continued to resist, a taser was displayed.
68,10,
59
07/31
2014008186
Domestic
Two officers displayed handguns at the suspect
who was reported to be armed. One Officer
displayed a patrol rifle.
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OFFICE CONTACTS
August2014
Date Description
08-08-14 Individual called and wanted to know the process for filing a
complaint.
08-26-14 Individual called and wanted to know the process for filing a
complaint.
September 9, 2014 Mtg Packet
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CPRB Complaint #14-02
Filed: 05/22/14
Chief's Report due (90days): 08/20/14
Chief's Report filed: 07/30/14
CPRB Mtg #1 (Review) 08/26/14
CPRB Mtg #2 (Review) 09/09/14
CPRB Report due (90days): 10/28/14
CPRB Complaint #14-03
Filed: 07/15/14
Chief's Report due (90days): 10/13/14
Chief's Report filed: 08/26/14
CPRB Mtg #1 (Review) 08/26/14
CPRB Mtg #2 (Review) 09/09/14
CPRB Report due (90days): 11/24/14
CPRB Complaint #14-04
Filed: 07/23/14
Chief's Report due (90days): 10/21/14
Chief's Report filed: ??/??/14
CPRB Mtg #1 (Review) ??/??/14
CPRB Report due (90days): ??/??/14
CPRB Complaint #14-06
Filed: 08/12/14
Chief's Report due (90days): 11/10/14
Chief's Report filed: ??/??/14
CPRB Mtg #1 (Review) ??/??/14
CPRB Report due (90days): ??/??/14
CPRB Complaint #14-07
Filed: 08/29/14
Complaint Withdrawn: 08/29/14
TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE
October 14, 2014
November 11, 2014
December 9, 2014
January 13, 2015
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Date: September 4, 2014
To: Citizens Police Review Board
From: Marian K. Karr, City Clerk
Kellie Tuttle, Adm. Secretary
Re: Viewing video of complaints
At the August 26, 2014 meeting there was discussion of options for viewing of complaint videos.
CPRB decided to view in executive session, or make an appointment to view during business
hours in my office. After discussion with the City Attorney and Police Chief an additional option
is available. If a CPRB member wishes to view the video after my office is closed they can
make an appointment to view 24/7 in the Police Department. Please call Police Lt. Hart
(between 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM) at 356-5272 and make an appointment.
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