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Community Police Review Board
Tuesday July 09, 2024 — 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
• Draft minutes of the meeting from June 11, 2024
• ICPD Quarterly Summary Report IAIR/CPRB — 2"d Quarter 2024
ITEM NO. 3 NEW BUSINESS
• None.
ITEM NO. 4 OLD BUSINESS
Legal Counsel Ford suggested that the board discuss the wording used in the
online complaint forms.
ITEM NO. 5 PUBLIC COMMENT OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
(Commentators shall address the Board for no more than 3 minutes. The Board
shall not engage in discussion with the public concerning said items).
Community Police Review Board Members cannot engage in discussion or
debate in accordance with open meeting laws. Comments can be sent to the
Community Police Review Board to be included in the next meeting packet via
CPRBna iowa-city.orq.
ITEM NO. 6 BOARD INFORMATION
ITEM NO. 7 STAFF INFORMATION
ITEM NO. 8 MEETING SCHEDULE and FUTURE AGENDAS
• August 20, 2024, 5:30 p.m. — Helling Conference Room
• September 10, 2024, 5:30 p.m. — Helling Conference Room
• October 8, 2024, 5:30 p.m. — Helling Conference Room
• November 12, 2024, 5:30 p.m. — Helling Conference Room
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Connie McCurdy at (319) 356-5043, cmccurdy@iowa-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged
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ITEM NO. 9 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. 10 ADJOURNMENT
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Connie McCurdy at (319) 356-5043, cmccurdy@iowa-city.org. Early requests are strongly encouraged
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DRAFT
COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW BOARD
Minutes — June 11, 2024
CALL TO ORDER: Chair Jensen called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Melissa Jensen, Ricky Downing, Orville Townsend,
Amanda Remington, Jerri MacConnell, Saul Mekies
MEMBERS ABSENT: Jessica Hobart
STAFF PRESENT: Staff Connie McCurdy, Legal Counsel Patrick Ford
OTHERS PRESENT: Police Chief Dustin Liston, City Council Liaison Laura Bergus
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL:
• None.
CONSENT CALENDAR:
• Draft minutes of the meeting on May 14, 2024
• ICPD Policy #330 Major Incident Notification
• ICPD Policy #331 Death Investigation
• ICPD Policy #347 Response to Workplace Incidents of Sexual Misconduct, Domestic Violence
and Dating Violence
• ICPD Policy #702 Vehicle Maintenance
• ICPD Policy #1015 Commendations and Awards
• ICPD Use of Force Report/Review — January 2024
• ICPD Use of Force Report/Review — February 2024
• ICPD Use of Force Report/Review — March 2024
Motioned by Remington, seconded by Townsend to adopt the consent calendar as presented.
Motion carried 6/0, Hobart absent.
NEW BUSINESS:
Legal Counsel Ford suggested that the board discuss the wording used in the online complaint
forms.
Ford asked if the online CPRB complaint form could say something like "does the incident involve an
officer employed by the City of Iowa City". Ford also thought that it might help if the title at the top of the
page said, "Iowa City Community Police Review Board". Ford mentioned that it might be a good idea to
have the website say, "Iowa City Community Police Review Board".
Chair Jensen commented that "City of Iowa City police officer" seems clunky the way it's worded and
maybe the structure of it could be changed. Commissioner Remington mentioned that maybe having
the complainant check a box "who the officer is employed by" such as Iowa City, Coralville, Johnson
Co., etc., so if they check anything other than Iowa City, the response to them would be to contact that
jurisdiction. Jensen was not sure she liked Remington's idea because she does not want complainants
expecting that the Iowa City CPRB would forward non -Iowa City complaints to the proper jurisdiction.
Commissioner Mekies asked if the title of the complaint form could be changed to include Iowa City.
Police Chief Liston commented that unfortunately the changes that were made a couple of years ago to
make filing easier did not seem to make a difference.