Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee

Researcher's note: Convened for each Panel recruitment. Under BRC 2-11-6 (Ord. 8361/8430/8543, 2019-2023) a selection committee nominated Panel members for Council approval; since Ord. 8609 (October 19, 2023) BRC 2-11-10(c) has the city manager form an advisory committee (called the Community Advisory Committee in January 2024) that recommends applicants to the city manager.

Legal basis

• BRC 2-11-10(c) (2023-10-19) · governs · Police Oversight Panel: advisory committee for Panel selection source source
• Ordinance No. 8609 (2023) (2023-10-19) · transfers · Repealing and reenacting Chapter 2-11, Police Oversight: the city manager appoints Panel members, assisted by an advisory committee source source
• Ordinance No. 8361 (2019) (2019-10-29) · creates · Adding Chapter 2-11, Police Oversight, B.R.C. 1981 (former 2-11-6(a)(1): panel members nominated by a selection committee) source source
• Ordinance No. 8430 (2020) (2020-11-10) · amends · Amending Chapter 2-11: composition of the initial and later selection committees source source
• Ordinance No. 8543 (2022) (2022-08-04) · amends · Amending BRC 2-11-6: the selection committee selects eleven panel members and four alternates source

Appointed by

City Manager. Since October 2023 the city manager forms the advisory committee (BRC 2-11-10(c)). Under the former BRC 2-11-6 (2020-2023) the Implementation Team chose the two nonprofits for the initial committee, and later the Police Oversight Panel chose two of its members and two nonprofits. source source as of 2024-01-19

another source differs

Former BRC 2-11-6(a)(1): later selection committees were two Panel members plus representatives of two local nonprofits selected by the Panel (the initial one: Implementation Team members plus two nonprofits chosen by the Implementation Team). source source

Ordinance 8609 (October 19, 2023) repealed former 2-11-6 and gave the city manager the selection role.

How

The city manager seeks community input on the selection process and forms the advisory committee, striving to include people with community ties and people most affected by policing (people with disabilities, lived experience of homelessness, people of color), and must include current and former Panel members and the monitor in the selection process; members take civilian-oversight training before selection begins. The committee reviews applications, interviews, and recommends applicants to the city manager. · convened for each Panel recruitment (e.g., January-February 2024) · party:city-manager (appoints the Panel members it recommends) source source source as of 2024-01-19

another source differs

Former BRC 2-11-6 (2020-2023): nonprofits applied to the Panel and were chosen by Panel vote; the committee held public interviews and confidential deliberations, selected members and alternates by majority vote, and sent a written summary to Council, whose approval motion went on the consent agenda (call-up possible). · city-council source source source

Repealed by Ordinance 8609 (2023); Council no longer approves Panel appointments.

Seats

not applicable: BRC 2-11-10(c) (2023) sets no number of seats; the city manager forms the committee for each recruitment. Under the former BRC 2-11-6 (2020-2023) later committees had four seats (two Panel members and two nonprofit representatives); the initial 2020-21 committee was the six-member Implementation Team plus representatives of two nonprofits. source source source

Seat types

• Current and former Police Oversight Panel members designated
• The independent police monitor ×1 designated
• Community members and representatives of community organizations, striving for those most affected by policing qualified

source source as of 2024-01-19

another source differs

Police Oversight Panel members; Representatives of local nonprofits serving the Boulder community, a population with significant or difficult contact with law enforcement, and a historically excluded community source source

Former BRC 2-11-6, repealed by Ordinance 8609 (2023); under it the monitor was barred from the selection process.

Term

not applicable: Members serve for one recruitment cycle; neither the current nor the former code sets terms for the committee (under the former code it reconvened whenever no alternates remained). source source

Term limit

not applicable: No terms are set for the committee, so there is no limit (BRC 2-11-10(c); former 2-11-6). source

Staggering

not applicable: No terms are set for the committee, so none are staggered (BRC 2-11-10(c); former 2-11-6). source

Powers

advisory. Decides: Reviews applications, interviews and chooses which applicants to put forward as Panel members and alternates.. To council: Since 2023 its recommendations go to the city manager, who appoints; nothing goes to Council. From 2021 to 2023 its nominations went to Council's consent agenda for approval or rejection by majority vote (approved February 2, 2021 and, 6-3, in January 2023). source source source source

Council liaison

not applicable: No council liaison: under the former code Council received the committee's nominations and voted on them; since 2023 the committee advises the city manager. source source

Staff liaison

City Manager's Office (Equity Program) · Aimee Kane source source as of 2023-01-13

Relations

• City Manager appoints Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · the city manager forms the advisory committee (since 2023) source
• Police Oversight Panel appoints Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · former code (2020-2023): the Panel chose the two nonprofits for later selection committees source
• Police Oversight Panel member of Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · two Panel members sat on later selection committees (former code); current and former Panel members take part in selection under BRC 2-11-10(c)(3) source source
• Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee recommends to City Council · former BRC 2-11-6(a)(15), 2020-2023 source
• Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee recommends to City Manager · since Ordinance 8609 (October 2023) source source
• City Manager's Office staffs Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · staff (Assistant City Manager, Equity Program Manager, Independent Police Monitor) source
• Office of Equity and Belonging staffs Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · staff (the Equity Program Manager, with an Assistant City Manager and the Independent Police Monitor) source source
• Office of the Independent Police Monitor staffs Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · staff (the then monitor, with an Assistant City Manager and the Equity Program Manager) source
• Police Oversight Task Force succeeded by Police Oversight Panel Selection Committee · Task force members formed the 2020 Implementation Team, which became the initial Selection Committee. source

History

• 2019-10-29 · created · Ordinance 8361 provided that Police Oversight Panel members be nominated by a selection committee whose composition the implementation committee would recommend. source
• 2020-11-10 · transitioned · Ordinance 8430 set the composition; the Implementation Team became the initial Selection Committee with the Islamic Center of Boulder County and the NAACP of Boulder County, reviewed 53 applications, interviewed 18 (January 14-20, 2021) and chose nine members and three alternates, which Council approved February 2, 2021. source source
• 2022-09-08 · re-established · The Panel formed a new Selection Committee (two Panel members, NAACP Boulder County and El Centro Amistad) for the 2022 recruitment; Council delayed its slate in December 2022 and approved it 6-3 in January 2023. source source
• 2023-10-19 · transitioned · Ordinance 8609 repealed and reenacted Chapter 2-11: the city manager now appoints Panel members, assisted by an advisory committee the city manager forms. source source
• 2024-01-08 · re-established · The city manager's advisory committee (the Community Advisory Committee) met January 8, 2024, reviewed applications and asked to reopen recruitment (January 19-29, 2024). source source