12.09.21 POP Meeting NotesBoulder Police Oversight Panel
Meeting Notes
December 9, 2021
I. Completion of panel by-laws
The panel continued their discussion and review of edits to the panel’s
draft by-laws.
II. 2022 meeting dates
The panel discussed preferred meeting dates for 2022 and decided to
continue meeting on the second Thursday of each month. Adjusting the
meeting time to 7-9pm was proposed. The panel set a Dec. 17 deadline
for panel members to provide feedback.
III. Panel retreat – date, location, tasks
The panel discussed date options and locations for their upcoming panel
retreat. Panel members expressed concern about the ongoing pandemic
and when it would allow them to meet in person. Ms. Amaru
volunteered to coordinate a Doodle poll to identify a date for the retreat
and to gauge the panel’s comfort level with meeting in person.
IV. Monitor’s report
a. Upcoming panel meetings
i. Chief of Police – doodle poll sent
ii. City Manager – awaiting dates
b. NACOLE conference
c. MOU on notification to monitor of critical incidents
d. Report on outcome of case reviews – two cases were resolved since
the last meeting
i. One was a Rule 6 Use of Force allegation involving a juvenile.
The panel’s initial review of the case resulted in the panel
recommending further investigation and raising two additional
concerns regarding the subject officer’s verbal interaction with
the complainant and a bystander. PSU conducted additional
investigation and the panel reviewed the case file again. The
panel ultimately recommended sustaining the Rule 1 allegation
along with two counts of Rule 8 Conduct. The panel
recommended retraining through supervisory counseling and a
one-year letter of reprimand in the officer’s file. The panel also
recommended that BPD develop enhanced training for officers
on interacting with youth who may have behavioral or
developmental challenges. The Chief of Police reviewed the
recommendations from the panel, PSU, and BPD command
staff and came to a determination of exonerated on the
allegations. However, a supervisory conveyed to the subject
officer that the verbal interactions should be handled more
professionally in the future. The department has also
transmitted the panel’s training recommendation to the BPD
training team for further consideration. The monitor and the
panel will follow up with the department on the training
recommendation and publicly report any enhancements made
to BPD training on interacting with youth.
ii. The second case involved a Rule 1 allegation against an officer
for making an inappropriate comment over the police radio.
The panel recommended that the allegation be sustained and
that the officer receive retraining through supervisory
counseling. The Chief sustained the allegation and imposed
discipline.
e. Monthly case statistics
i. Six complaints were filed in November (and two community
inquiries)
• Two were reviewed by the panel at last month’s
meeting, and three will be reviewed tonight. The sixth
was just entered into IAPro and will be available for the
panel to review next month.
ii. So far in December, no complaints have been filed
iii. There are currently 11 active investigations that are in progress
(up from 10 last month)
iv. So far in 2021, 53 complaints have been filed and 10
allegations have been sustained against officers
V. Panel selection of cases to review
The panel voted on the following cases to determine whether a panel
committee would conduct a full case file review of the case:
• MI2021-050 – no
• MI2021-053 – yes
• MI2021-051 – yes
VI. Public Comment