HomeMy WebLinkAboutPolice Advisory & Accountability Committee 2024-01-17 Agenda Packet
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POLICE ADVISORY AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024 AT 6:00 PM
In-Person:
San Rafael Public Safety Center
Emergency Operations Center
1375 Fifth Ave, San Rafael, California
Virtual:
Watch Online: http://tinyurl.com/PAAC-2024-01-17
Listen by Phone: (669) 444-9171
Meeting ID: 898-5264-7245#
AGENDA
How to participate in the meeting:
• You are welcome to provide comments in-person at the meeting. Each speaker will have 2-
minutes to provide public comment.
• Submit your comments by email to PAAC@cityofsanrafael.org by 4:00 p.m. the day of the
meeting.
CALL TO ORDER – 6:00PM
MINUTES
1. Approve regular meeting minutes from the meeting of December 20, 2023.
OTHER AGENDA ITEMS
If necessary to ensure completion of the following items, the Chairperson may establish time
limits for the presentations by individual speakers.
2. Other Agenda Items:
a. Feedback on Draft Bylaws
Recommendation: Provide feedback on draft bylaws
b. Development of the 2024 Work Plan
Recommendation: Review and provide input on the first four-month work plan for 2024
STAFF LIAISON REPORT
3. Other brief program updates or reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars
attended by staff.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
4. Other brief reports on any meetings, conferences, and/or seminars attended by the
Committee members
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OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION
The public is welcome to address the Police Advisory and Accountability Committee at this
time on matters not on the agenda that are within its jurisdiction. Comments may be no
longer than 2 minutes and should be respectful to the community.
ADJOURNMENT
Any records relating to an agenda item, received by a majority or more of the Board less than 72 hours before the meeting, shall be available for
inspection online and in the city hall large conference room, third floor, 1400 5th Avenue, San Rafael, California placed with other agenda-
related materials on the table in front of the location prior to the meeting. Sign Language interpreters may be requested by calling (415) 485-
3066 (voice), emailing city.clerk@cityofsanrafael.org or using the California Telecommunications Relay Service by dialing “711”, at least 72 hours
in advance of the meeting. Copies of documents are available in accessible formats upon request. To request Spanish language interpretation,
please submit an online form at https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/request-for- interpretation/.
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POLICE ADVISORY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE
AGENDA REPORT
January 17, 2024
Item #2A
TITLE: FEEDBACK ON DRAFT BYLAWS
RECOMMENDATION:
Provide feedback to staff on the draft bylaws.
BACKGROUND:
At the December 20, 2023, meeting of the Police Advisory and Accountability Committee, the
Committee decided to continue this item to the next meeting to allow more time for Committee
members to review the draft bylaws and to consider what feedback, if any, would be provided
to City staff.
Once the Committee makes its recommendation, City staff will prepare a report to the Council
that will include staff and the Committee’s recommendations. Final approval of the Board,
Commission, and Committee bylaws is at the discretion of the City Council.
DISCUSSION:
City staff composed the draft bylaws based on the direction provided by the City Council in
Resolution No. 15225 and feedback received on public safety themes and concerns identified
by the community. Information regarding those themes may be found here:
https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/community-feedback-on-policing-in-san-rafael/. This feedback
was organized into the following themes:
• Build trust and improve relationships with the community;
• Improve transparency, communication, and accountability;
• Increase diversity of the police department workforce;
• Increase cultural competencies, increase empathy, and customer service skills; and
• Improve the feeling of safety and security.
City staff recommends that should the Committee provide any feedback, it should align with
public safety themes expressed by the community (documented in the web page linked above)
and with the resolution adopted by the City Council that authorized the creation of the
Committee.
In addition to providing feedback on the draft bylaws, the Committee will be asked to approve
its 2024 work plan. The proposed work plan will narrow the focus of the Committee's work for
the remainder of the 2024 calendar year. Outside of the foundational training presented to the
Committee, there will be additional work product for the Committee to review based on public
safety concerns gathered during the community outreach conducted in 2022 and 2023. This
work plan will be presented to the City Council, City Manager, and Police Department for
consideration.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
Any other action as determined by the Committee.
Submitted by:
Angela Robinson Piñon
Assistant City Manager