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06.10.24 POP MinutesBoulder Police Oversight Panel (BPOP) June 10th, 2024 Minutes In attendance: Panelists: Victor King, Bwembya Chikolwa, Mylene Vialard, Lizzie Friend, Jason Savela, Bill de la Cruz, Abigail Franke, and Luna Rosal. City staff: Sherry Daun (IPM), Sterling Ekwo (BPD), and Selena Duenas (CMO). Consultant: Farah Muscadin. I. [00:00:21 – 00:02:10] Land acknowledgement/Community Agreements a. Mr. King read the land acknowledgement. He also would like the panel to acknowledge the agreements that they made during their panel workshop. He hopes that they can post them on the website for the public to view. II. [00:02:12 – 00:02:38 and 00:25:26 – 00:26:03] Approval of minutes from May 13, 2024, minutes a. Mr. De la Cruz motioned to approve, Ms. Franke seconded, approved. III. [00:02:45 – 00:03:35] Invitation to communicate through proper channels a. Mr. King would like to clarify the proper channels to communicate with Panel regarding panel business or questions. He would like the panel to encourage community members or other entities who are reaching out to them individually to use the group email address, policeoversightpanel@bouldercolorado.gov . IV. [00:03:35 - 00:05:25] City Council request for Panel/IPM Briefing in late 2024 a. Ms. Daun mentioned there was a recent City Council Study Session on Public Safety, and there was a request for the panel and Independent Police Monitor (IPM) to provide some updates. Ms. Daun expects there to be an invitation to give that update later in the year at either a Council meeting or Study Session. She will keep them posted. b. Mr. King mentioned that this is a chance for them to present and answer questions that Council or the public may have. V. [00:05:38 – 00:08:21] Subcommittee Updates a. Community Engagement & Communications Committee i. Ms. Vialard gave the update for the subcommittee; they did not meet at their regular meeting time. She does not have any updates. Mr. King asked when this committee will meet next, Ms. Duenas mentioned that it hasn’t been rescheduled as there is some conflict but will be working with this committee on getting it rescheduled. b. Legacy Committee i. Mr. Chikolwa gave the update for the subcommittee that they met on May 24th, 2024, and were looking through the data that BPD provided to them. ii. Ms. Friend mentioned that they did sort of an initial exploratory analysis of the data they got from BPD. She found it very interesting, and they are working on getting it into a sort of dashboard tool that they will all be able to use and explore. They were going to share tonight but they are working on technical issues with getting into city infrastructure to allow them to share it. They may share it next month and share a link so the panel can explore it on their own. VI. [00:08:24 – 00:22:23] Update on bylaw working group a. Ms. Muscadin gave the update for the bylaw working group. She sent an email to the panel last Friday, June 7th, 2024, regarding a brief update. b. Ms. Muscadin shared that the subcommittee has been working on updating the bylaws including Ms. Diaz, Ms. Franke and Ms. Muscadin. They have had three meetings and have confirmed their schedule. They will continue to meet weekly through August 2024. They started by giving some structure to what they think the bylaw s should look like. Then they are updating the obvious changes in the current bylaws so that they are consistent and compliant with the new ordinance. An example that Ms. Muscadin gave was the terms of the panelists and other sections of the bylaws that they are currently working on. Ms. Muscadin mentioned that it was easy for her to pinpoint the areas that were inconsistent as she is very familiar with the ordinance. To start their work, she did a side-by-side comparison and analysis of the current ordinance with the bylaws. c. She mentioned areas that they have proposed draft language. Their approach has been a lot of conversation, brainstorming and writing down their thoughts. She mentions that as they work deeper into the text, they will work further into the content. d. They have been looking at other examples from other cities and their bylaws, other boards and commissions within the city of Boulder bylaws. She continues to speak through the key topics. e. Ms. Muscadin listed the topics that are currently being discussed. Her example was the subcommittees, and they are rethinking their purpose and need. f. Ms. Muscadin shared how important it was to the panel to have a public component. The bylaws public meetings are June 25th, July 30th, and August 20th from 6-7PM (MDT) via Zoom. The public and the panelists are invited to attend the open conversation to give feedback. g. Their goal is to have this completed by the September All Panel meeting and would be voted on by the panel. h. Ms. Muscadin would like the panel to reflect on the order of business specifically where public comment should be on the agenda and how they feel about the setup with subcommittees. She also invites them to share their feedback via email. VII. [00:22:32 – 00:22:54] Confidential Case Review a. Ms. Vialard motioned to approve, Ms. Franke seconded, approved. b. The panel broke out to a confidential case review for twenty minutes. VIII. [00:26:17 – 00:26:39] Break a. The panel took a break for ten minutes. IX. [00:26:45 – 00:34:26] Case Review Voting a. Case assignment status i. Mr. King reminded the panelists of the status of what cases they already volunteered for and to be mindful of maintaining a balance for the next few months. b. Assignment for new cases i. MI2024-027, NO 2-6 ii. MI2024-028, YES 8-0 1. Mr. Chikolwa, Mx. Rosal, and Ms. Franke volunteered for this case. iii. MI2024-029, YES 6-2 1. Ms. Vialard, Ms. Friend, Mx. Rosal and Mr. King volunteered for this case. iv. MI2024-030, YES 5-3 1. Mr. Savela, Mr. Chikolwa, Mr. De la Cruz, and Ms. Vialard volunteered for this case. v. MI2024-032, NO 1-7 vi. MI2024-034, NO 1-7 X. [00:34:28 – 00:52:24] Chief of Police Q2 meeting, June 24 a. The panel will meet with the Interim Chief of Police on June 24. 2024 from 6:30 – 8:30PM (MDT). This meeting is live and recorded. This meeting is closed to the public. b. Mr. King asked if this meeting was going to be in-person or virtual? c. Ms. Vialard answered that she prefers to have it in person. d. Ms. Daun mentioned that this item was on the agenda so the panelists could format the meeting. e. Mr. King asked if there were any other BPD staff they would like to attend and if they had enough questions to ask the Chief. f. Ms. Vialard added that Mr. Ekwo is always in attendance. g. Mr. King added that if there are questions about SWAT, detectives and homeless outreach teams that they would be a great resource. h. Mx. Rosal was asking who a good point person is for answering questions regarding the Reimagined Policing Plan. i. Mr. Ekwo shares that the Interim Chief can answer those questions. j. Ms. Duenas asks how they want to submit questions, whether they want open Q&A or public comment so she can post on the website accordingly. k. Ms. Vialard shares that she thinks public comments and Q&A are great as the community does not get to ask questions often. l. Ms. Franke agrees that opening the public comment/Q&A to some capacity would be useful. m. Ms. Vialard would like the panel to address Interim Chief Redfern as interim as he is not permanent Chief. n. Ms. Duenas asks a few more questions regarding the logistics of this meeting. An example she gives is the agenda and the time. i. The panelists spoke over concerns and suggestions regarding public comment and other logistics of the meeting. o. Mr. King asks for the panel to vote on whether there should be public comment at the Chief of Police meeting. i. Ms. Friend asks if they voted if it becomes an issue, then if they can adjust it in the future. p. Mx. Rosal asked if there were any other boards & commissions or groups of the city that use a signup mechanism to approximately envision how many members of the community would want to comment. Ms. Duenas added that the City Council uses a public comment mechanism for their meetings and will do some research for the panel. q. The panel voted 4-4 which caused them to organize offline. XI. [00:52:30 – 01:08:11] IPM Report a. June 2024 Independent Police Monitor’s Report i. Boulder Police Oversight Panel Full Case File Review Data for May 2024 1. Full case file review(s) completed in May 2024: 3 2. Full case file review(s) completed and pending BPD disposition: 3 3. Cases awaiting Panel review: 13 4. Cases that have been completed since May 1, 2024: 4 ii. May 2024 Monthly Case Statistics 1. Number of complaints that IPM classified: 8 a. Misconduct: 7 b. Serious Misconduct: 0 c. Community Inquiries: 1 d. Community Feedback: 0 e. Conflict Facilitation Process: 0 f. Interviews IPM observed: 5 g. Critical Incident Scene response: 0 h. BPD investigations IPM deemed thorough and complete: 4 i. Case investigations BPD closed: 4 2. Open Docket a. As of June 5, 2024, open IPM-BPOP docket: 37 b. Classified Cases: 32 c. Pending IPM classification: 5 3. 2023 Open Cases: a. MI2023-033, Chain of Command Review b. MI2023-034, Chain of Command and Panel Case Review c. MI2023-035, Chain of Command and Panel Case Review 4. December 17, 2023, Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting a. Ms. Daun has been provided with a hard drive that contains the investigative file but currently the Force Review Panel has not been scheduled. She anticipates that it is going to occur sometime in the month of July 2024. 5. Listening session debrief a. Ms. Daun worked alongside Co-Chair Mr. King and met with the Boulder County Public Defenders. b. Ms. Daun cohosted the Public Safety Listening Session on May 18, 2024, with the Center for people With Disabilities along with follow-up meetings. c. Ms. Daun attended and presented at five BPD briefing sessions to patrol officers to describe the civilian police oversight system and answer any questions they may have. 6. NACOLE annual conference a. Ms. Daun shared that the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) annual conference is open for registration. She thinks they can send two panel members. The dates will be October 13th through 17th in Tucson, AZ. 7. Budget reminder a. Ms. Daun reminded the panel that the budget deadline is June 14th, 2024, and if there were any requests to get them to her as soon as possible. b. Mx. Rosal asked if there was a working document for the requests. Mr. King answered no but to consider that there are items that are automatically included in the budget. He also added to consider what the panel wanted to do in the next year. XII. [01:08:19 – 01:15:42] Items not submitted in advance of agenda a. Ms. Vialard added to discuss about the response of what was said at the last City Council with the police report with the Interim Chief of Police. She added that there are two co-chairs for City Council to reach out to, and why should the panel contact/report back to City Council members. She would like to have clarity on what they should do about that. b. Mr. De la Cruz added that Mr. King at the beginning of the meeting that all communications should go through the co-chairs or general email address. c. Mr. King clarified that to was more about like City Council members texting panel members to grab their attention instead of sending them an email. He clarified that the meeting Ms. Vialard wanted to talk about was never mentioned to the panel. d. Ms. Daun added that the idea the City Council is interested in their work and wants to hear from them thinks it is a great opportunity to meet. e. Mr. De la Cruz asked if that was Ms. Daun’s role to alert the panel that they will be on the City Council’s agenda. Ms. Daun said yes as the agendas are done months in advance. Ms. Vialard shared that she felt it was asked for the panel to be available to the City Council as they are volunteers and the amount of time they have should be focused on case reviews and community outreach. XIII. [01:15:45 – 01:19:33] Public comment a. There was one member of the public present. i. Lynn Segal shared that she is not impressed with the panel and Boulder Police Department. She shares that Boulder has a corrupt police community. She is upset about her property being stolen. She believes Boulder needs community policing and restorative justice. She speaks on the police involved shooting that occurred in December 2023. She shares that the situation was wrong and BPD did not use de-escalation in this case.