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Citizen Oversight Committee

Purpose

The purpose of the Citizen Oversight Committee is to become familiar with the Columbia Police Department's present system for reviewing complaints, to understand the feelings of those within the Police Department and the various interest groups that might have a concerns, to obtain general citizen comment, to study the various systems of citizen oversight and to provide a report with recommendations to the City Council.

Upcoming Meetings

• May 15, 2008, Evaluation Subcommittee, 6:30 p.m., 4th Floor Conference Room, 701 E. Broadway
• May 15, 2008, Citizen Oversight Committee, 7:00 p.m., Mezzanine Conference Room, 701 E. Broadway
• May 29, 2008,Citizen Oversight Committee, 7:00 p.m., Mezzanine Conference Room, 701 E. Broadway

Minutes & Agendas

• Minutes and Agendas from previous meetings

Committee Members

• Rex Cambell (Chair), Ward 4
• Jeffery Williams (CoChair), Ward 4
• Diane Booth, Ward 5
• Joseph Carrier, Ward 2
• Chris Egbert, Ward 6
• Wynna Faye Elbert, Ward 1
• Stacy Ford, Ward 2
• Virginia Law, Ward 3
• Ellen LoCurto-Martinez, Ward 3
• W. Keith McLaughlin, Ward 5
• Jeffrey Milyo, Ward 5
• David T. Smith, Ward 2
• Joan Sullivan, Ward 5
• Albert Swanegan, Ward 2
• Todd Wait (UMC Student) Ex Officio

Additional Information

• Civilian Review Board Powers and Duties (Missouri Revised Statutes)
• Kansas City Office of Community Complaints
• Sample Citizen Review Board Model from the ACLU
• "Building Better Civilian Review Boards" from the FBI
• "Investigating Citizen Complaints is Different" from the San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints
• City of Stuart Civilian Review Board
• Chicago Independant Police Review Authority
• A Review of Civilian Review (John Chasnoff)
• Citizen Review of the Ashton Police (Robert E. Worden)