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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-12-2017 Community ForumAGENDA COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD COMMUNITY FORUM APRIL 12, 2017, 6:00 PM IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, RM A 123 South Linn Street, IC ITEM NO. 1 CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL ITEM NO. 2 INTRODUCTION OF BOARD ITEM NO. 3 CONSIDER MOTION TO ACCEPT CORRESPONDENCE AND/OR DOCUMENTS ITEM NO. 4 MEET THE NEW POLICE CHIEF, JODY MATHERLY ITEM NO. 5 PUBLIC DISCUSSION WITH COMMUNI T Y POLICE REVIEW BOARD ITEM NO. 6 ADJOURNMENT bUIVI1r1 U lv 11 ll UMIL L1 The Community Police Review Board will be holding a Community Forum for the purpose of hearing views on the policies, practices and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department. QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: Send your questions or comments you'd like addressed at the forum to the following by Tuesday, April 4, 2017: Please include full name and address. (All correspondence is public) Ca7:r? City of Iowa City 410 E Washington St, 52240 April 12, 2017 Or e-mail to CPRB staff: kellie-fruehling@iowa-city.org [M1111101 Kellie Fruehling From: City of Iowa City <CityoflowaCity@public.govdelivery.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 9:45 AM To: Kellie Fruehling Subject: Community Police Review Board Community Forum © SHARE Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. °��°� 10WACITY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 03/21 /2017 Contact: Kellie Fruehling Phone: 356-5043 Community Police Review Board Community Forum The Community Police Review Board will be holding its Annual Community Forum for the purpose of hearing views on the policies, practices and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department. Meet the new Police Chief, Jody Matherly. WHEN: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 TIME: 6:00 PM WHERE: Iowa City Public Library, Rm A 123 South Linn Street, IC Questions & Comments: Send your questions or comments you'd like addressed at the forum to the following by Tuesday, April 4th: Please include full name and address. (All correspondence is public) CPRB City of Iowa City 410 E Washington St Iowa City, IA 52240 Or e-mail to CPRB staff: kellie-fruehl inaO.iowa-citv.org The Board will attempt to address all correspondence received. The forum will be taped and rebroadcast on the City Channel 4 Kellie Fruehling From: City of Iowa City<CityoflowaCity@public.govdelivery.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2017 2:07 PM To: Kellie Fruehling Subject: Community Police Review Board Community Forum © 5HRRE Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. City of IOWA CITY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 04105/2017 Contact: Kellie Fruehling Phone: 356-5043 Community Police Review Board Community Forum The Community Police Review Board will be holding its Annual Community Forum for the purpose of hearing views on the policies, practices and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department. Meet the new Police Chief, Jody Matherly. WHEN: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 TIME: 6:00 PM WHERE: Iowa City Public Library, Rm A 123 South Linn Street, IC The forum will be taped and rebroadcast on the City Channel 4. About the Community Police Review Board Questions? Contact Us C111' Of 10%VA CI1V 0%45000" Of InMAIUM STAY CONNECTED: f llI k, inr,, SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences I Unsubscribe I HeID Kellie Fruehling From: Kevin Crawley Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:26 AM To: Ty Coleman; Kellie Fruehling Subject: Re: CPRB Community Forum Notice Hey Kelli! In case you want a copy of this for your records... AM COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD COMMUNITY FORUM for the purpose of airing views on the policies, practices and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department. ; QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS: Send them here by April 4, 2017 CPRB, City of Iowa City 410 E Washington 52240 kellie-fruehling@iowa-city.org Kevin Crawley Communications Technician City of Iowa City, Cable TV 319-356-5048 kevi n-crawl ev(cD i owa-city. org Watch our programs at citvchannel4.com On Mar 20, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Ty Coleman <Ty-Coleman(o)iowa-city.org> wrote: Care to work your re -working magic on this for channel 5? Thanks! Ty From: Kellie Fruehling <Kellie-Fruehling@iowa-city.org> Date: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:48 AM To: Bob Miklo <Bob-Miklo@iowa-city.org>, Janet Dvorsky <Janet-Dvorskv@Iowa-c!ty.org>, Jessica Bristow <Jessica-Bristow@iowa-c!ty.org>, Karen Jennings <Karen-Jennings@!owa-city.org>, Kellie Fruehling <Kellie-Fruehling@iowa-city.org>, Kristopher Ackerson <Kristopher-Ackerson@iowa-citv.org>, Kellie Fruehling From: Mike Brau Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 9:43 AM To: Kellie Fruehling Subject: Police review program on City Channel 4 Hello Kellie- Our programs featuring the police review forum is scheduled for playback on City Channel 4 on the Mediacom cable TV system on: April 17, 2017 April 19, 2017 April 20, 2017 April 21, 2017 April 22, 2017 April 23, 2017 @ 11:00 PM @ 03:00 AM @ 07:00 AM @ 10:30 AM @ 03:30 PM @ 08:00 PM The City Channel 4 program schedule can be found at: citychannel4.com/tv The program," Community Police Review Board Annual Community Forum 2017", will be available over the Internet early next week at http://citychannel4.com/cqi-bin/vdb/vtp.pl?id=F17547, All of our streaming video offerings are available at: citychannel4.com/video. 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Thanks from the team at City Channel 4, Ty Coleman, Media Production Services Coordinator Jack Brooks, Special Projects Coordinator Kevin Crawley Communications Technician Joel Bouwers, Production Assistant Mike Brau, Administrative Aide COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD COMMUNITY FORUM April 12, 2017 PLEASE PRINT YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE OPPOSITE SHEET WHEN YOU ADDRESS THE BOARD NAME: z%14 C--�bm I LL Ian ot-�...- C= I-,+ ovxio- � L-7 —eDri-le-rYou-S ken KPfli2 Fruehlinn From: Jody Matherly Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 7:56 AM To: Kellie Fruehling Subject: RE: Police review board question... Harry, Thank you for contacting us. Here are the answers to your questions. 1. Why are police officers allowed to watch their body cam video while writing their report? This seems somewhat bias and can influence their. Answer: Much has been written on the pros and cons of officers viewing body camera video prior to writing reports. While body cameras are a new concept in the past few years, in -car video has been used for over 2 decades and officers viewing the in -car footage has never been an issue. This and other related video issues will undoubtedly continue to be discussed as body camera implementation and research on their effectiveness develops. 2. Why is it that when the policies for body cams were written up there wasn't any input from citizens of Iowa City? Answer: There is not a mechanism in place at our police agency to get community feedback on police policy. Although, it is generally recommended to do so by many groups. The Iowa City Police Department is looking at such a procedure. 90di.L 5�Sath;rry Chief of Police Iowa City, Iowa i 319-356-5271 Far 91 Rtspolrvx Drufauf,uoa From: Kellie Fruehling Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 11:51 AM To: Jody Matherly Subject: FW: Police review board question... Here's one of the first questions received. If you want to provide the info to answer the questions, I will respond back to him. We will also read at the forum. Thanks Kellic Fnrchlirk;, Of,v ollowa Oly C'iq' CYcrks 011icc 110 E 11 a'51ii11glon St Iowa 067 IA 529,10 019) IN6_5013 V ap Ctl Y OI' 10WA CI IV LNf1{O CiIAST3 E�f#'�Aitaa From: Harry03 [mailto:Harry03@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:21 AM To: Kellie Fruehling Subject: Police review board question... 1. Why are police officers allowed to watch their body cam viedo while writing their report'? This seems somewhat bias and can influence their. 2. Why is it that when the policies for body cams were written up there wasn't any input from citizens of Iowa City? Harry Olmstead Sent from my Galaxy Tab-Dt A Kellie Fruehlin From: Pauline Tyer <ptyer44@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 11:01 AM To: Kellie Fruehling Subject: IC Police No question, just kudos for the job you do! r Thank you ❑ Pauline Y)i r Sent from my Wad FINAL/APPROVED COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD COMMUNITY FORUM April 12, 2016, 6:00 P.M. IOWA CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY 123 South Linn Street, IC CALL TO ORDER: Chair Joseph Treloar called the meeting to order at 6:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Orville Townsend, Mazahir Salih, Monique Green, Donald King MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Legal Counsel Patrick Ford and Staff Kellie Fruehling INTRODUCTION OF THE BOARD CONSIDER MOTION TO ACCEPT CORRESPONDENCE AND/OR DOCUMENTS Treloar read the correspondence received into the record. Motion by King, seconded by Green to accept correspondence and/or documents. Motion carried, 5/0. MEET THE NEW POLICE CHIEF, JODY MATHERLY Chief Matherly gave some background information about himself personally and professionally. He also spoke about the department, other City departments, and the community working together. The Chief feels that the CPRB is a positive thing for the community. He also reported on number of officers, average calls for service and number of arrests per year. PUBLIC DISCUSSION The following individuals appeared before the CPRB: Mary Gravitt 2714 Wayne Ave #6, Iowa City Maria Conzemius 2833 Sterling Dr, Iowa City Roger Goedken Lone Tree Harry Olmstead 1255 Shannon Dr, Iowa City Jackie Reger 1215 Santa Fe Dr, Iowa City ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 6:48 P.M. (Forum Summary and transcriptions are attached) COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD ATTENDANCE RECORD YEAR 2016-2017 (Martina Il.f.1 TERM 4126 5/18 5/23 6/7 r 8/17 9/13 10/1l I1/7 I1/15 12115 1I10 2/]4 3/14 4/] NAME EXP. Joseph 711/17 X O/E X X X X X X X X X X X X Treloar Mazahir 7/1117 X X O/E O/E X X O X O X X X O/E X Satih Donald 7/1/19 X X X X O/E X O/E O/E O/E O/E O/E 0 E X X Bing Monique 7/1,20 X X X X X X X X X X Green Orville 7/120 X X X X X X X X X X Townsend Melissa 9/1116 X X X X Jensen Royeeann 9/1/16 X X X Porter _ -- --- --- KEY: X = Present O = Absent O/E = Absent/Excused NM = No meeting --- = Not a Member COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD A Board of the City of Iowa City 410 East Washington Street Iowa City. IA 52240-1826 (319)356-5041 May 9, 2017 Iowa City City Council City of Iowa City 410 East Washington St Iowa City, Iowa 52240 Re: Community Police Review Board Annual Community Forum The Iowa City Community Police Review Board (CPRB) held the annual Community Forum, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Members at the forum were Joseph Treloar (Chair), Orville Townsend (Vice Chair), Mazahir Salih, Monique Green, and Donald King. Legal counsel Pat Ford was also present. The forum opened with a roll call vote and an introduction of members. Correspondence received prior to the forum was read and accepted. Treloar read a brief summary of Board duties and responsibilities. Treloar then introduced and welcomed Iowa City Police Chief Jody Matherly. Chief Matherly gave some background information about himself personally and professionally. He also spoke about the department, other City departments, and the community working together. The Chief feels that the CPRB is a positive thing for the community. He also reported on number of officers, average calls for service and number of arrests per year. Following the above, Treloar opened up the forum for public discussion. The following people spoke during public discussion: Mary Gravitt regarding traffic on Clinton/Madison and proposed gun legislation, Maria Conzemius regarding the noise ordinance and barking dogs, Roger Goedken regarding mental illness, Harry Olmstead regarding an upcoming legislative forum on mental illness and Chief Matherly, and Jackie Reger on the types of complaints received since the start of the commission. Board members spokebriefly about complaint forms, the Johnson County Citizens Police Academy, and having goad relationships/communications between residents and the Police Department. At the conclusion of comments from the public, the Board thanked the audience for their input. Treloar called for the meeting to be adjourned at 6:48 p.m. Joseph Treloar, Chair Community Police Review Board (Transcriptions of the forum are available on the City website.) Page 1 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Members Present: Joe Treloar (Chair), Don King, Orville "fownsend (Vice Chair), Monique Green, Mazahir Salih Staff Present: Pat ford (legal counsel), Jody Matherly (Police Chief) Call to Order & Roll Call: Introduction of Board: 1reloar/ ...to order. Um, we'll do an introduction and roll call vote at the same time. Urn ... Monique Green. Green/ Present. Treloar/ Donald King - King/ Present. Treloar/ IJh, Mazahir Salih. Salih/ Yes. Treloar/ Orville Townsend. Townsend/ Here. Treloar/ And I'm Joseph Treloar and I'm present. Consider Motion to Accent Correspondence and/or Documents: Treloar/ I'll go ahead.... why don't I go ahead and read correspondence first, but .... so, am, we received two questions. (person speaking from audience) Oh! Okay! (person speaking from audience) (noises in background) Is this one workin' or is that .... (talking in background) All right! IIow bout that? Okay! All right. (talking in background) Um... (several talking, noises on mic) We'll wait till we make sure we have everything workin'! (testing of microphone) (several talking) All right, well we'll go ahead (coughing, unable to hear speaker) Uin, we had two questions from Harry Olmstead, uh, the first .... and these were responded to by Chief Matherly. Um, why are police officers allowed to watch their body earn video while writing their report? This seems somewhat bias and can influence their answer. Urn ... much has been written on the pros and cons of officers viewing body camera video prior to writing the reports. While body cameras are a new concept in the past few years, in -car video has been used for over, um, two decades t-Ills represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 2 Community Police Review Board Community Forum and officers viewing the in -car footage has never been an issue. This and other related video issues will undoubtedly continue to be discussed as body camera implementation and research on their effectiveness develops. Uh, second question is why is it that when policies for body cameras were written up there wasn't any input from citizens of Iowa City? Answer, there is not a mechanism in place in our policy... police agency to get community feedback on police policy, although it is generally recommended to do so by many groups. The Iowa City Police Department is looking at such a procedure. Actually, urn .... there is a policy in place. Uh, the Community Police Review Board did review those policies and is open to input from the community, and we actually did receive some input ... from the community. It was after the policy was in place, buL ...yeah, the mechanism's there. That's part of what we do. So .... uh,_ the motion to accept correspondence and/or documents. (several talking) Green/ Second. Treloar/ All in favor. All opposed same sign. Okay. It's accepted. All right —.just read a little brief introduction as to who we are, what we do, kind of what we're all about. The. CPRB reviews reports prepared after investigation of complaints about alleged Iowa City police misconduct. (mumbled) It then issues its own written reports that contain detailed findings of fact and conclusions that explain why and the extent to which complaints should be sustained or not sustained. The CPRB maintains a central registry of complaints against sworn officers and prepares annual reports to the City Council, The CPRB reviews police policies, procedures, and practices, and may recommend modifications to them. The Board shall hold at least one community forum each year for the purpose of hearing views on the policies, practices, and procedures of the Iowa City Police Department. The CPRB only has limited civil review powers and has no power or authority over criminal matters or police discipline. It is not a court of law and is not intended to substitute for any Conn of legal action against the Police Department or the City. Um, the Iowa City Community Police Review Board is the only board of its kind in the state of Iowa. I am personally proud to live in a community that has One the extra mile to develop an active process with a goal of constantly enhancing the professionalism of its police. department. We're often reminded of the important role police offi... police have in our community. hi Iowa City, just knowing that role is not enough. We have become actively engaged in a process of providing feedback from the community to the police to assist them in their goal of being the best they can be. At tonight's annual forum we're very happy to have with us our new Police Chief, Jody Matherly. This is an opportunity to get to know Chief Matherly and for him to better know you. After Chief Matherly speaks, we'll open up for discussion. We would ask that you limit Your cent ... uh, comments to five minutes so that everybody has an opportunity to speak. And —with that being said, no further ado, I'll open the floor up to Chief Matherly. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 3 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Meet the New Police Chief, Jody Matherly: Matherly/ Thank you very much! Good evening! As he said my name's Jody Matherly. Uh, I've been a police officer for 34 years. Uh, from —as a matter of sequence I was actually born in Grinnell but when I was five -years -old we moved to Michigan, so I was raised in Flint, Michigan and was a police officer there, uh, for 20 years, after getting my..,.my undergraduate degree in criminaljustice and my master in, um, technology, with an emphasis in police administration. Uh, after that amount of time in Flint I was looking for a chief sjoh and to and behold Grinnell opened up. And being from there and wanting to move back to Iowa, I applied and got the job and was there for nine years. Um, at that time, Altoona opened up. 'then 1 was looking to move back towards the metro area, little larger department, so t applied there and landed that job. till. and I wasn't lookin' to leave. I'd found my home and —and thought that that's where I was gonna retire and then Sam Hargadine decided to retire and I had, uh, thought about applying in Iowa City back in 2003 when I applied for the Grinnell job. Sam came right after me, about 2004, and I didn't. Ijust started Grinnell. I wasn't going to make the change. So when this opportunity arose, uh, I .... I jumped at it. Um, I've been here since January and I'm havin' a blast. It's a great town. Uh. Pm gettin' to know a lot of folks. What I'm linding is, for every challenge we have solutions, uh, and the folks here, uh, are part of that solution. I just was over at the Rec Center, uh, introducing myself to the Park Board at 5:00 tonight. Uh, and I told `em I said, you know, no matter what piece of the puzzle you're involved in in Iowa City, the .... the Parks Department, the Rec Department is just as important as the Police Department, as important as the Community Police Review Board, all the pieces of the puzzle fit together, uh, and the end result is to .... to make this a really dynamic, safe, and .... and, uh, fruitful community, um, that.... especially with the ree programs that brings our youth up as .... as mature adults and makes them, um, you know, uh, contributing members of society. Without these pieces together, the Police Department gets really busy, and the Police Department doesn't succeed without all these pieces of the puzzle. So, I'm enjoying that aspect of Iowa City. There's a lot of support here. There's a lot of constructive criticism, which we're open to. Um, he mentioned this is the only, uh, police review board in the state. Um, there's a lot of pride with that. I've had chiefs call me, `Whatdaya think?' I said, `It's a great mechanism for us.' Uh, folks are sometimes more comfortable approaching the ... the Police Review Board than they are, um, the Police Department itself, uh, and for the right reasons! Um, if they've had problems, we sometimes are the last people they want to talk to. So, this is a nice segue into the system to find out if we're doin' things properly when there's questions. I Ie mentioned that they do review policy and that's another mechanism that's very important, to make sure that... that, urn .... that we're, you know, doing things according to Hoyle, if you will, according to best standards, and This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Paae 4 Community Police Review Board Community Forum really according to what's acceptable to the local community. What maybe good in Grinnell or Flint or Altoona may not be right for Iowa City. So we need those checks and balances, and this is a great panel to .... to do that. So ... um .... I have three children. I have a wife named Laura. She hasn't.... she's a nurse, but she hasn't decided to go back to work. I think she's in retirement mode, uh, which is fine too (laughs) So, uh, but... but we're settled in and we're lovin' the community, so.... That's it about me! Let me add this. Treloar/ Sure! Matherly/ It's always about me! Uh, the Police Department, let me tell you a little bit about the Police Department itself. How many officers do you think the Police Department has? Sworn police officers in uniforms, how ... how many do you think we have? (unable to hear response from audience) Good guess. No, the Rec Board just guessed 50 so.... We have 83, uh, sworn officers right now. That's from the Chief down to....we have four in the Academy right now. They're graduating this Friday. I'm excited to go see that, but, um, there's 83 of us. Uh, we also have about 30 civilian staff, from animal control, um, shelter, the Animal Shelter, to our clerical staff, records, and .... and community outreach. Henri Harper and the CSO's, they're called Community Service Officers. They do help with towing vehicles or parking tickets or, uh, running support for us. So, um, we've got a staff of over 120 folks down at the Police Department, so it's good size. So, you know our staffing, so how many calls for service do you thin]: that we run each year annually on average? That is someone's ringin' the bell and sayin' I need the police. How many times? Anybody? Ten thousand? Eighty thousand? We average 65,000 calls for service per year, and so with 82 officers that keeps us really busy. These guys don't have time to, uh, sit around (laughs) very often. Um ... we .... we run around 6,000 arrests per year as well. So, A we stay busy. But .... I wanted to say just a little bit about the Police Department itself, so.... Public Discussion With Community Police Review Board: Treloar/ Yes, um, we'll open it up for questions or comments. We ask you to come up, sign in so we can correspond with ya later. There was a lady right behind ya just getting up. If you (unable to hear person from audience) (laughter) It's important that you come up here and speak into the mic because like 1 said, this is gonna be viewed on local access TV and, uh.... yes, please! Gravitt/ I have a complaint. I've been complainin' about this for about three years, or more. You can come up from Madison to Clinton. That's legal for a car to come up. But it's illegal to go from Clinton to Madison, but yet... and still cars still go down there, and This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 5 Community Police Review Board Community Forum that's very dangerous.. especially for the Chinese students cause they're always testing and never looking up. And as ... and you know and ... it can he unexpected, cause cars are not .... there's a sign on the corner, cars are not supposed to go down from Clinton to Madison. Now I used to go to City Council and I complained and complained. Didn't do any good, so 1 haven't been down there since, oh; it was maybe .... oh, six or seven months. Cars are still goin' down .... liom Clinton Street to Madison, and one day we're gonna have a horrible accident down there, and it's gonna be one of the foreign students is gonna get hit, and it's gonna be just like it was in 91. You're gonna have all this massacre and all this stuff and nobody seems to care. And another question f waima ask, how many police cars do we have? if it was the police. _.uh, just, you know, for a few months, a police presence on that corner, givin' out tickets. And that's why I'm in favor of givin' out tickets there because it's so blatant that a per —that they feel that they can go down that way when they know that you shouldn't go that way. So that's my only complaint now. Thank you. Matherly/ Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I haven't heard that complaint. Uh, I do drive by there quite often, uh, and haven't seen a violation. However, I'm sure they do occur. Uni, what we'll do, ma'am, I'll get with the University Police as well, uh, Chief Beckner over there, and we'll talk about extra enforcement in that area and see if we can't slow that down a little bit. We have 22 marked police. cars. That doesn't mean they're all out at once. We have anywhere between seven and 10 officers per shift out at any given time, and then the University also has their personnel out. So what we do is target enforcement in those areas where it's known traffic violations. Uh, we certainly don't want to see accidents, uh, and so with strict enforcement, and not necessarily tickets, but at least stopping and reminding them —they may, you know, the officers have discretion to write tickets; but at least visibility and increased enforcement, and that'll usually slow things down. It's certainly marked well. So, either folks aren't paying attention or ... they're seeing the, uh, sign and disregarding it, which makes it even worse. Uh, but we ... we will focus on that. I appreciate you let —letting me know about that. Oravitt/ Okay. Thank you. Treloar/ Thank you! Yes, ma'am! Conzemius/ I'm concerned... as Chief Matherly knows I'm Maria Conzemius, about the noise ordinance and the enforcement of the noise ordinance. We have a whole lot of dogs in our neighborhood and 1 just listened to a dog bark for three straight hours today. I called Animal Control three times alter the first hour of the dog barking. Uh, they said they'd come out. Well, actually they said an officer was on another call and would come out, and I listened to it bark for another hour and I called again and she said, `Oh, I'll be out This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 6 Community Police Review Board Community Forum right away." And ... the dog barked for another hour and so the dog barked for three solid hours and, um .... if anybody came out I'm not aware of it. If they did and the person wasn't home, then there's nothing they can do. They can't impound the dog i f nobody's home. So basically we're in a situation where there is a noise ordinance. A dog is not supposed to bark more than 20 minutes during the day, and at no time after 10:00 P.M.. um, but we've got neighbors with, um, two pure bred dogs who wait until our lights are off at night and then throw their dogs outside. Now the one cotnman theme in all these neighbors is that they don't walk their dogs. They just throw `em out in the yard to bark. And. —the dog, the neighbors who do walk their dogs, we don't have that problem with. So I would walk the dogs mysell'if they would let me, but I doubt that they would. My husband has to get up to go to work —he's a City bus driver — at 4:15 in the morning. He rides his bike to work, but he gets up at that time whether he drives or rides his bike to work. So we go to bed fairly early, and it really is noise pollution. Now when I left New York state in 1974, I had the right to the peaceful enjoyment of my premises. We have a yard. We have a garden, and I can't go out there and work because I can't enjoy myself in my own yard because I've got all these dogs barking at me, and it's .... it's really a problem. It's been a problem ever since we've lived there. We used to have five dogs living next door to us and those people finally moved, but a nice family moved in with one dog and that's not really a problem, but it gets loose and cones to our deck and eats all our cat food for the stray dogs. Not realty a problem, but the people behind us and the people over there and the people over there all have dogs, and uh, they throw `em out in the yard and let 'ern bark and I'm not sure if Animal Control ever shows up. It's hard to tell. Matherly/ The Director of Animal Control, Liz Ford, i know she emailed you back when you asked the process, when you had emailed me, mmurnn, three weeks ago I think it was. Urn.... Conzemius/ I don't remember getting that. An email back (both talking) 1 got one from von. Matherly/ Okay, maybe I forwarded hers. Did you get the information on hers? Showing the process? Conzemius/ 1 got.. _.I got one from you. I didn't get one from her. Matherly/ Okay. What time did you call today? Conzemius/ Today I called at, una—well the dogs started barking at 11:00. 1 called at 12:00. Matherly/ Okay. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 7 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Conzemius/ And then I called again at 1:00. I called three times in call. Matherh/ Here....here's what we'll do. Um....there's a couple options. When there's a barking dog and if nobody's home, we can still follow up. Doesn't mean we're going to go on premise and like you said take the dog. We can document that it's occurring. We've got a valid eomplaint. We'll go back when the homeowners... homeowners are there, the residents, and mu, and deal with the ... the issue then. You certainly have a right to be free from three hours of barking. You know, dogs are dogs; however, when it's as consistent as yous... yon ve mentioned and this isn't a...just a week, but it's been many times and you're getting very frustrated. We need to give that some attention. I'll contact Liz. Have her contact you, and let's look at something a little more strategic, little more long- term than ... than just, uh, saying, 'Well, it's a one-time thing.' So, uh, we need to talk to those homeowners, um, and let `em know that it's not acceptable and they need to do somethin' about it. Uh, if that means pulling the dogs inside while they're gone at work, then so be it. Um, but they need to do something. Conzemius/ Can 1 say who it is? Matherly/ Well, we'll follow up with you. Conzemius/ Okay, cause one time I talked to Animal Control and complained about another neighbor who lives right next door to Frankie and, um, they said, `Oh we haven't been out there in years,' and I've called for many, many times about those two dogs. Matherly/ And just so everybody knows the process, when Animal Control's not available, then our police officers will respond. So it's not like you have to call Monday through Friday. If at 3:00 A.M. you've heard three hours of barking and you're thinkin' `I'm just not gettin' to sleep,' give us a call! We'll respond and, uh, usually when we tell a resident that calms it down, but if it's ongoing like this, we need to think of something .... we need to look at the bigger picture. Um, so we'll work with you on that. Conzemius/ Thank you so much. Matherly/ You bet! Conzemius/ Thank vcu. Treloar/ Ma'am, unfortunately I can attest to the ... the police does act on these things. We have a little Shill Tzu and they're an alarm dog, and it lets us know every time that evil postal This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 8 Community Police Review Board Community Forum worker's attacking our house (laughter) and he's so proud of hinrselfwhen he's chased that evil postal worker away (laughter) so, you know, anybody who comes by, he lets us know. Evidently one day when we were gone, I don't know if they were working in the street or what but something must have been out in front of our house and he barked and we received a notice from the City that we needed to keep our- dog under control. You know, a neighbor had complained, which they should of, but uh, yeah. They .... they do take action (laughs) Conzemius/ Well I've been told that the police have been told before Chief Matherly came on board that the police were not to deal with my problems with my barking dogs, that only Animal Control could, but if Animal Control doesn't, then I'm out of luck. Now that Chief Matherly is on board, so I hope that policy will change. Treloar/ Yeah, this was before Chief Matherly came on board, but yeah. Conzemius/ Yeah. Treloar/ It was embarrassing! (laughter) Conzemius/ Well we used to have a dog but he didn't bark unless somebody came to the door. He was a good boy. But.... Treloar/ Thank you so much for your comments. Conzemius/ Thank vou. Goedken/ Hi, my name is Roger Goedken. I'm the Director of Successful Living, which is a human service agency in town here. Um, first I want to offer appreciation for the people who are on the board. 1 appreciate your time, um, and your expertise, and welcome, uh, Chief Matherly, um, to Iowa City, And I'm glad you're having a great time here and hopefully this, uh, board and everything works out great. So I guess my .... my questions are more .... more broad and general, i...working at a human service agency I wanted to have an idea of what your thoughts are, perspectives are, goals maybe even with, out, the mentally ill population in the Iowa City area. Um, we ... our agency has had a, more than it's fair share of experience with the Police Department. Not all .... not bad in fact. A lot of it very positive. Um, but Ijust was curious where .... what direction you kind of were heading with ... with that or (mumbled) broader goals with, you know, what do you see the ...the larger issues and how you're planning to address those things. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 9 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Matherly/ Well that's a good question and .... and to be honest with you, that's probably one of the top five issues in every city in the nation, unfortunately. Uh, as resources have been cut in the social services side and human services, that has increased enforcement and ... and problem... dealing with problems on the police side. So they're telling our officers... get out of the police academy; you've got a side ann; you've got .... taser; you've got a baton; you've got a badge and a uniform; and go deal with every problem that there is, that nobody else wants to deal with. And unfortunately folks that have mental illness that have no place in prison, uh, wouldn't be there if we could get help on the front end of it, and uh, you know, they're.... they're left to fend for themselves. Families are frustrated. They're fending for themselves. And they're.... they're doing everything they can within their resources, but at the end of the day, we end tip, um, putting these folks in jailor in prison, because there's nowhere else for `em. It's a nationwide problem. With that being said, I will tell you that, uh, Iowa City, Johnson County, is.. ..and Linn County, are taking the lead on training our officers, uh, better, and working with social services in, uh, crisis intervention training. And we're teaching the officers, uh, how to identify, um, mental health issues. (several talking) Um, how to identify mental health issues, recognize that that's.... that's the root of the issue here. It's not somebody upset. It's somebody that ... that's having difficulty and is in crisis mode, um, so identify what it is, and then identify how to handle that in a safe and... and patient and prudent manner, uh, and get the person the help they need. Um, it takes more time to do that. Uh, the officers said, `Chief, you understand if we do this .... what would have been a 20-minute arrest, you know, last month is now a three-hour process to .... to get help.' I said, 'But ... but it's the right thing to do!' At the end of the day, there's less resources on the criminal justice side if we get help appropriately. Um. —and that program is going to continue to expand, uh, and I don't know if anybody's ever heard of the prora...program, but the ... the crisis intervention training comes from a bigger piece of the puzzle, and I'm sure you've heard of this, but uh... we went down to San Antonio. I say `we' -- the Police Department and Johnson County and .... and some of the, uh, I think - some of the Councilpersons as well, and urn... they've got a very holistic look at this, including from the initial intervention to a referral service, where there's, um, kind of a stepping stones for these individuals, uh, to get help, and, you know, they have a facility to handle that. That's really where we need to be to help these folks and get `em back on their feet and make sure that they're.... that they're functioning good in society and not hurting themselves or others. Um, so it is a problem. We are part of the solution, uh, within our resources. 1 think there's enough need and .... and I think the .... the, uh, County and the City and ... and the surrounding cities are saying `Let's prioritize this the best we can.' Uh, I hope the solutions continue. But for now, we're training the officers, you know, at least take `em to the emergency room, at least try to get referrals there and see if we can't find a bed, um, and see if we can't keep `em out of the jails and out of the prisons, um, and do the right thing. So ... does that answer your question? This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 10 Community Police Review Board Community forum Goedken/ That pretty much does, and I guess I'm curious where you kind of want to see things in a few years. I know there's the training and then there's other resources that, you know, we have more locally, I guess (both talking) Matherly/ You know from everything I've studied and read, uh, it...it would be to have a facility to ... to deal with these folks and put `enr in the right place. That's where 1'd like to be in a few years, and um, and get `em the help they need. Uh, our .... I've been doin' this 34 years and I can't tell ya the number of times where I'm frustrated goin'....I have nowhere to put this person butjail, and unfortunately the families are... .axe doin' the best they can, but their hands are tied. Goedken/ Right. Matherly/ It's a bad situation for everybody. It's unfortunate. Um, but society .... not just us.... Goedken/ Yeah. Matherly/ ...this nation needs to....to take a better look at our mental health services and, uh, we need to put more emphasis on that. We have failed in that area, in my opinion. And I say we the nation. Goedken/ Right. Right. Yeah, and I commend the training that....oh, I'm sorry (both talking) Go ahead! Townsend/ I had a question. Uh, we —we have Henri and the service officers. Will they be working in the schools, and if so, I think they'll be able to help with this area too because they can identify, you know, students — mentally ill and, uh, especially students that basically are vulnerable. So hopefully we can kinda get some assistance from that area. Matherly/ Sure, and you know, the folks in the school are well trained in this area too. Um, and I can't speak for the school system, but, uh, that collaboration, that partnership, when we get called there for an out -of -control student; we need to make sure to work together, um; you know, and not have it be a pipeline to jail for this student and see if there's alternatives. We have some juvenile programs, diversion programs, in place, like Ladders, and .... and some things like that where if a .... it's a disorderly conduct charge. Let's see if we can't get that student; that juvenile some.... some help, uh, as opposed to just puttin' `ern in the juvenile criminal justice system. So, that's a good point. I'm glad you brought that up because I ... I think that's a, for the _youth, it's a ... even, uh, more important. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 1 1 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Goedken/ Yeah. I like (mumbled) approach there, so ... if you don't mind I'll give ya a card (both talking) be in touch. Matherly/ Absolutely! We'll trade. Thank you very much! Goedken/ Thank you! Olmstead/ As way of the (mumbled) Uh, this Saturday in Linn County at Mercy Hospital the League of Women Voters are putting on a legislative forum and the topic is (mumbled) so ... it'd be good for some of us (mumbled) Matherly/ What is the topic? I'm sorry, Olmstead/ Mental illness. Matherly/ Oh, gotcha. Okay. Olmstead/ Which has become quite a topic in our state because we've had three cases of mentally ill children that killed family members, and in one ease a whole family. My name's Harry Olmstead and um....(mumbled) started talking about this (mumbled) talk further but I'd like to see, uh, the Police Review Board get involved, and that is that we have a (mumbled). It's a law in probably every state in the nation, but we don't enforce it. And that is jaywalking. I say if we're gonna have it on the books, enforce it or get it off the books! Because what's sort of message, particularly to college students are we sending? You know, we won't bust `em for jaywalking, but we will bust `em for underage drinking or smokin' marijuana or whatever else it may be. So that's a concern. Green/ (mumbled) ...forum, um, you said it was Saturday at Mercy? Ohnstead/ Saturday, Mercy, 10:00 (both talking) ...11:45 (mumbled) (several talking) Gravitt/ (speaking away from mic, unable to hear) Treloar/ Would you mind comin' up to the mic though so the people that watch this on TV can hear ya? (laughs) I know it's (mumbled) but it's.... Gravitt/ (speaking away from mic, unable to hear) (laughter) What I'm really concerned about is that new law that the Governor's thinking about signing — 14-year-olds packing guns and, uh, you know, when you're 14 you .... your hormones are working and you know, This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 12 Community Police Review Board Community Forum this 14-year-old with a gun is not gonna go over well, because like we talked about, you know, the families that.... families are bein' wiped out ... by teenagers, underage people. So the Governor's thinking about signing this thing. But is there anything that can be done about that ... to .... to show him that we're not in the wild, wild west any more! I'm froin Philadelphia, and what is known as crime out here to me is ajoke because, um... nothing is .... is, crime out here is more of a nuisance. People annoying each other. But real... when you ... in a real situation, even in Philadelphia, nobody's think -in' about parkin' a gun! You know there's guns there but nobody .... any reasonable person, they don't want that, and I don't ... I live in Iowa City. I don't want that for Iowa, because .... I came out here and it's peaceful. So why give a child a gun? That's all. Thank you. (several talking) Matherly/ Uh, the best 1 can speak on that, I haven't the final product; but i did follow the bill as it was .... having, uh, amendments put on. The 14-year-old provision was not to, um, give `ern a .... a concealed carry permit, uh, a license to carry, but to have access to the gun through weapon's training and... and urn .... you know, be able to, A shoot the gun and handle the gun, uh, with some parental guide, but not .... not to walk the streets with it, so the law wasn't intended for that. Um, just for clarification. Gravitt/ But it's unintentional! If..if your child knows where a gun is, the child knows where the gum is. Guns are for policemen. Matherly/ Sure! Um.... Gravitt/ ...and not for children! Matherly/ Yeah, and it's.... that's..... you know, I can't speak for the legislators or the lobbyists or the, you know. the interpretation of Second Amin ... of Second Amendment of the Constitution for right to bear arms but um ... thaf s....that's my understanding of it, so.... um, that's the best I can tell you. Thank you. Reger/ Hi there, my question.... and Pin not sure if you're able to answer this, but what kind of issues are people coming to you with? Like in the past year. -Ireloar/ What kind of complaints? Rcger/ Yeah! Uh huh. Treloar/ Oh..... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 13 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Reger/ And I was wondering if..if several of you have been on this for several years, if you've seen a change in the kind of complaints you're getting from people. Treloar/ In the past year we've had, uh. ...um, allegations about questionable interview and interrogation techniques, u111, unlawful seizure of cell phones, uh, unlawful entry into residence, unnecessary use of force, failure to activate body cameras, um ... pretty much anything you can imagine. You know, people get upset and.... they.... they make a complaint. It's pretty much everything you can imagine somebody would complain about, so .... um, I....1 can .... there are a few more if you want me to keep goin' or..., Reger/ No. I was just wondering if (both talking) Change (several talking) Treloar/ Oh! Okay! Um.... Reger/ (mumbled) ...if things have ... I don't know, have you been all on this committee for a while or.... Green/ My name's Monique Green. I've been on the board since August, so i (both talking) like a lot of scope and scale yet, but I'm still, you know, kind of learning what type of cases that we (mumbled) Treloar/ Um, people complaining that their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech or, um, improper detention or arrest, (mumbled) or verbal identification, um .... failure to inform reason for arrest, uh, improper search after arrest, improper handcuffing, use of profanity, fabricated probable cause, and you know, bear in mind, that's a list of complaints. That doesn't mean that those complaints were all founded and sustained, but that's the complaints that have been made. Um.... King/ It hasn't changed much over the years. Treloar/ No. King/ I've been on the board, uh.... oh, probably six years, um, I was on the board and then I was off and then I came back on. Um, but the complaints.... basically follow the same thing. Urn ... a lot of `en are, Lim .... well, some of `em that we look at like the body cams, that's an internal police policy that when an officer responds he's supposed to have his body camera on. Um .... maybe during an incident he didn't have it on, and that was, uh, sustained complaint. There was no film or....video to .... look at, because the officer didn't have it on. That's a department policy. Um .... but other complaints, like I said, it ranges, um .... a lot of `em are, you know, excessive use of force or things like that, so... This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 14 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Townsend/ I've been on the board a short period of time but during that time what I've realized is that, you ]<now, we've gotta look at the whole picture, you know. 'there are many, many views. You got the view of the are... officer tryin' to do a job. If it's a situation where a family member',; involved, you know, emotions run real high, and basically I think, you know, it's good that we have our group because we can look at it and we can kind of separate that, but uh, personally I feel that our officers do a very good job under those circumstances, and a lot of times the people feel that they were bein' treated unfairly, but that's mainly because they really don't understand the law. 1'reloa.r/ The body cams have really helped.... really, really helped with our investigations, cause, you know, people do. ... it's a highly emotional situation and sometimes....your perception ofhow things are going ... is kind of based on your emotional state. I mean, when you look at the camera you can see that the person's upset and might see something a certain way, but sometimes it's not that way! (laughs) So, I really appreciate the body cameras and it's my understanding that with officer,; not having body cameras on, um, primarily older officers. That's not their first thought when they're going into a tense situation — is my body camera on? You know, they were trained a different way. Newer of licers, they grew up with that. That's... that's usually not a problem for them (laughs) but .... so .... I mean.... Reger/ And how do people find you, to complain, like do they call the police office and (several talking) 1 mean I've seen the, yeah, what's the process? Trcloar/ Um .... we have these brochures at the Police Department, and I believe we have some here at the Library. There are several places around town. Um .... you can contact the Police Department to make a complaint. Contact us directly to make a complaint. Contact the Police Department to make a complaint, you know, find out how to make a complaint through us. Uh, we meet every month at .... over here at City Hall, and we have our agendas posted and our meetings posted. Those are all open meetings. We welcome, you know, the citizens to come and, um, give their input or complaints. There's literature on the back desk there too that spells out, uh, the complaint process on the... in that literature. This is how it appears online, so if you want to access it online, and it's even online in Spanish. So.... Reger/ Si! Treloar/ (laughter) Yes! I mean....we're, like I said, we're the only .... we're the only review board in the state of Kowa, and .... we really try and work hard to make sure the people utilize us and use us because ... it.just makes things better for everybody! This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the —Community Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 15 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Reger/ So are there... these boards in other states? freloar/ Some ... yes! Some states have boards like this, um .... uin.... there 're just none other in Iowa! Reger/ Yeah. Treloar/ You know...,.. Reger/ Thank you. Treloar/ 1....I, like I say, I'm proud that Iowa City is a community where people want the best, and they work for the best, and they make sure that they have process in place, so if there's a problem, they can get a result, and get the best of whatever they can get. Yes, sir! Olmstead/ (speaking away from mic, unable to hear) 1 think we owe a big round of thanks to the City Manager and the City Council for approving the hiring of Jody. Jody has been out there. He's very visible... at neighborhood meetings and all around. We. rea11y.....L....1 (mumbled) and I'm sure everyone else does. (applause) (several talking and laughing) Townsend/ Harry, I'd just like to add to that that, um, you know, sort of like ... like forming. You know, the first thing you gotta do is you gotta identify the (mumbled) then you gotta plant it, and later on it will yield. Well I think we're at that point where we're beginnin' to get the benefits of the yield because, you know, uh, the City is hirin' minority officers, uh, a lot of programs. The Mayor has got a monthly, uh, roundtable where, you know, people come and express. Human Rights is doin' a heck of a job, so .... you lorow... live years ago, I have to be honest, five years ago, Iowa City was no place close to bein' in..in the, to where we are now, but a lot of work, people workin' together. I think we're at a point where we can really take off and make some good things happen. Olmstead/ (speaking away from mic, unable to hear) Townsend/ Oh, well I .... I won't go that far! (laughter) Green/ And I'd like to add that a wonderful thing that, um, Iowa City has is the, Lill, Johnson County Citizens Police Academy. I'm taking that currently. I know Mazahir took that previously and so it really gives you some insight into what the, uh, Johnson County Sheri ff s Department does, um, the, uh, University Police, and their Coralville, North This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017. Page 16 Community Police Review Board Community Forum Liberty, and um, Iowa City. So (mumbled) attendance as well, so (laughs) I really enjoyed that! Salili/ (mumbled) ....for like, this is my last year, but I be like almost four years, uh, but most of the complaints that I saw were excessive use of force, and if you (mumbled) exactly why (mumbled) and you will say like .... then using it like the right time, yeah. Treloar/ I served in law enforcement and other agencies and years ago a sheriff told me that the way you solve .... you solve more crimes over a cup of coffee than any other way. You know, the meaning in that was it's the citizens that let ya know whaf s goin' on, what's goin' on right, what's goin' on wrong. And if you don't have that relationship where you can sit down with your citizens over a cup of coffee, have a good conversation, you're not gomra be as effective as you can be. And Pm really .... I'm really glad that we're moving in that direction of, you know, communicating with our citizens and .... feeling like we can come together and talk and share our concerns. (unable to hear person speaking from audience) (laughter) Salih/ (unable to understand) good thing about somebody, maybe (unable to understand) like he met yesterday with our members at the Center for Worker Justice and so they have like a lot of questions that they need to be answered, and it was a very good meeting, and uh, I guess Chief made promise to have this kind of meeting with the community and I encourage like all the community and Iowa City residents (unable to understand) help of the community and support of the Chief (unable to understand) have like, uh, I mean like (unable to understand) an issue about the policing in this community, and I thin]( (unable to understand) we need to support our new Chief so we can have really good communications between the residents and the Police Department. Treloar/ Any other input, concerns, questions? Well I'd really like to thank you all for coming. Uni.... like I said, we meet every month. We're your board! Please use us! Urn ... we're there, um, contact us. We're all in this together to .... for the same end. We want the best police department we can possibly have! So .... thank you again for coming and .... I'll, uh.... I need a motion to adjourn. Adiournment: King/ So moved. Townsend/ Second. Treloar/ Moved and seconded. We are adjourned! Thank you so much. This represents only a reasonably accurate transcription of the Community Police Review Board Community Forum of April 12, 2017.