06.09.22 POP Meeting NotesBoulder Police Oversight Panel
Meeting Notes
June 9, 2022
I. Approval of last month’s meeting notes
II. Committee reports
a. Community Engagement & Communications Committee
• Panelist’s, please review the plan and respond to Doodle Poll
• Working with Communications department to align with engagement work already being
done.
• Engagement Spectrum gives many ways to engage public, meeting them where they are.
b. Governance Committee
• Guiding principles are being finalized
• June 15th next meeting
c. Legacy Review Committee
• Dates and times were finalized for future meetings 4th Thursday of the month
• Topics discussed include case review items, treatment of youth with special needs and
mental health, transgender community members, use of force, data maintenance, creation
of comment box on the website.
• Gather topics from community and then gather data from legacy data
• Committee could use administrative assistance with scheduling and planning
• Panelist survey may be needed to identify administrative needs and need for additional
panelists
• Panelists voted on Legacy Review Committee to research past data of juveniles with special
needs and mental health.
III. Discussion on increasing the number of panel members
• Approach city council to increase panel from 9 to 11 panelists.
o Given number of cases, meetings and need for quorum
o Currently one open seat
• Governance Committee will create onboarding and off-boarding process
• How-To Manual for basic process and procedures for future panelists
• Count Me in data is vital – thank you for submitting time
IV. Discussion on opening of panel application process
• Selecting nonprofit organizations can proceed now
• Vote passed to have Monitor approach city council to increase panelists from 9 to 11 with 4
alternates.
V. Retreat planning/media training
• Doodle poll sent out for July and August – please complete by Wednesday June 15.
• Please submit topics or team building ideas for the retreat agenda
• Media training needs to happen in July
• Social time is needed and valued, try to rearrange your schedule
VI. Discussion of quarterly meeting with Chief Herold
• Panel would like to increase the number of questions answered, need to keep answers short
• Discussion on unhoused community and the resources needed to support the effort
VII. Monitor’s report
a. 2021 Annual Report Highlights
• The monitor provided an overview of the 2021 Annual Report
b. Report on outcome of case reviews
• MI2022-004
o Allegation: Rule 5 Police Authority & Public Trust
o Fact Pattern: Warrant arrest of unhoused individual, verbal and physical resistance,
leg-restraint applied, officer’s hand on back of arrestee’s neck.
o Panel Recommendation: Exonerate, with concern raised over officer’s hand on back
of neck. Reiteration of recommendation on clarification of “neck restraints” in BPD
General Orders.
o Department Determination: Exonerated. BPD indicated that they are in the process
of revising the policy on neck restraints.
c. Monthly case statistics
• Number of complaints filed in May: 4
o Misconduct: 3
o Serious Misconduct: 1
• So far in June, one complaint and one community inquiry has been filed.
• Current open cases: 16
VIII. Panel selection of cases to review
The panel reviewed the summaries of the complaints filed. The panel voted on whether to conduct a
full review of each case. The panel elected to conduct a full case file review of MI2022-011 and
SM2022- 003. The panel elected not to conduct a full case file review of MI2022-012 and MI2022-
014.
IX. Public Comment
no questions