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File Number: 22-190 The City Council held a work session on February 22, 2021, where a presentation was given by the OIR Group on alternative oversight model options, strengths and weaknesses of those models, best practices and frameworks. At the conclusion of the meeting Council directed staff to move forward with the hybrid model, which consisted of two critical and highly integrated parts: a Community Police Review Board (CPRB) and an Independent Police Auditor (IPA). These two parts create a cohesive partnership that focuses to evaluate concerns about policing and examine police policy. Community Police Review Board (CPRB) The proposed CPRB will consist of nine (9) members. The membership will include two (2) student members between the ages of sixteen (16) and twenty (22), one (1) member from each of the six (6) Council Member Districts and an at large member appointed by the Mayor. The CPRB functions include: 1.Receive community feedback and complaints, and refer them for further review, as appropriate, to the IPA or the internal affairs function of the police department. 2.Receive reports from the IPA regarding personnel discipline and complaints, critical incidents, police department policies, and other law enforcement matters. 3.Evaluate police department policies of compelling community-wide concern based on trends and data, as deemed necessary by a majority of the CPRB. 4.Make recommendations to the City Manager on the job requirements, application process, and evaluation criteria of candidates for the Chief of Police. 5.Create and implement an annual work plan that consists of a community outreach plan to assure all members of the community have an opportunity to share concerns about policing. Independent Police Auditor (IPA) The City Manager will appoint the IPA on a contract basis. The IPA will at a minimum have professional experience, certifications, and other qualifications specifically related to law enforcement agency personnel investigations, and California law related to the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act. The IPA functions include: 1.Participate in internal affairs and administrative review processes conducted by the police department. 2.Serve as the law enforcement subject matter expert to the CPRB. 3.Make expert recommendations to the CPRB and the Police Chief on police department policies. 4.Assist the CPRB with the preparation of their annual report including workplan. 5.Recommend, with the Police Chief’s and the specifically affected police department personnel’s written consent, referrals for voluntary and confidential mediation of specific complaints to community-based mediation services provided by trained or certified mediators. Summary of Public Outreach On October 16 and 21, 2021, City staff and the OIR Group hosted community forums to discuss the proposed hybrid model elements. Community members were able to gain a more complete understanding of the model’s eight elements while providing important feedback on their preferences. Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/16/2022