Police chief hiring and equity in policing

I was curious if the racial equity tool was used cuz there were several issues that the group brought up

the recommendations to strengthen support resources for officers of color

And for the police union complaint to say that police uh professionals, police department uh members are leaving the city.

the NWACP chapter are dissolving also because she wanted to hire the chief of police

In my last few moments, I want to say we should never have hired police chief

I was really excited to be at the um swearing in of uh our chief of police

could you pull out those key takeaways again? You might. You might have gone through them.

I believe he will be um he cares deeply about the community and will be an excellent police chief

this couple wanted to better understand their daughter's case and share with the current police Administration the ways they had felt overlooked

But to me it's a really good opportunity to meet the the candidates for the chief of police.

the police chief interview process. And there's actually 2 parts to this.

we should not hire a chief of police that came from a police agency with such a terrible history of treatment of black people

about my significant concerns about the hiring process for the next chief of police and Boulder

regardless of precise answers it's clear that the main thing Boulders residents want and a police chief is someone who is transparent engaged and able to be held accountable

But have we had an update on our involvement in the chief of police hiring process?

With the selection of our next police chief. We're hoping to post the position by early May.

We have an interim police chief. And the question that I get more often than not is,

when I first got the job description for the chief, there's a lot of red in my editing of that description

And I wonder where does the chief of police search fall into?

consistent with the city of Boulder's dedication to racial Equity.

They were adamantly open to bring, being the next chief of police.

I have the honor of being your interim police chief I want to briefly discuss Boulder PD's involvement with I utilizer program

we have police chief is outgoing and an interim police chief who has been under a lot of public scrutiny.

but personally from coming from Chicago. the the chief of the Independent Oversight Agency and the chief of police they were. They were hired by the mayor.

the city manager asked if I would be willing to step up into that role for yet to be determined amount of time

so this is going to be one of the questions on any input from Council and we'll get to that in a moment once we're done with the section

the city man man um and the police chief will have to make a recommendation for additional uh police officers

instead of leaving space for healthy debate about the future policing

there are no racial Equity there's been no racial Equity

basically the 30 by 30 initiative um is targeting the year 2030 to have 30 percent women recruits

right now we are down 29 police officers and I think that what you're hearing

that shows that hiring more police will not affect crime rates stop the insanity

the police data on the impact of more police and city staff dedicated to this issue in boulder

and see more engagement with the police chief, who seems to be supporting these kind of activities by default

was hired in the first place by boulder after I think something like 80 incidences in Denver

we do know that people have lower incomes people with darker skins more marginalized

evaluating what has changed since the start of the first police chief to help kind of

we hired one of the most reform-oriented police chiefs in the entire country the entire country

the choice by some who choose to only seek out and listen to the input of police Chiefs and law enforcement agencies

our police chief is quite concerned about this as is the police Chiefs Association and now the county sheriff's Association

i understand it would be used for hiring and internal decisions but are we also um going into this with an eye on data

a lot of our policies and practices in housing in land use management in policing is actually racially inequitable

the problem we tried to find racial Equity data on who's getting these tickets

so now i get to introduce our new police chief

they're the introduction of our new police chief and a consideration of a motion to approve council rules

police chief was actually going to come to boulder and the answer is yes her first day is april 20th

we will have a new police chief coming in so it's probably a discussion worth revisiting

I'm also really excited about the new police chief and you know having a culture in the city

the way that we were seeking applicants was not clearly not effective in getting a much more diverse population

the chief appoints the boulder Police Department half the Chief of Police and the city managers solicits and selects the civilian members for the civilian half

PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE REPORTING TROUBLING CONTACTS WITH OFFICERS WHO ARE KNOWN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BE PROBLEMATIC

I have already written to the chief of police and asked him to listen to the presentation made this evening

THIS IS TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN AND THE OUR JOB TO SEARCH FOR IDENTIFYING TIRELESSLY DISMANTLE THE MECHANISMS OF SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT EVEN WE IN BOULDER HAVE INHERITED.

WE REVIEW OUR HISTORY IN TERMS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT RACISM

WE BELIEVE THAT'S RACIAL EQUITY OR RACIAL INEQUITIES WERE INTENTIONALLY CREATED HISTORICALLY AND THAT GOVERNMENT PLAYED A ROLE IN INTENTIONALLY CREATING THOSE DISPARITIES AND INEQUITIES.

what happens to that does it go to resource so carry working past its lifetime carry one our deputy chief of police