Police oversight panel and its independence

I am concerned that the city man that the attorney hasn't been brought in and there hasn't been more public uh comment or or review of that process.

the police oversight panel is compo composed of 11 volunteer community members including two dedicated student student panel spots

In 2025, there were eight allegations uh when the chief and oversight had a disagreement.

Um I for example I think about um police oversight or some of our smart rags those are codec created.

There have been numerous complaints about the process as well as the independent monitor and there has been limited changes to that.

the code does talk about the community engagement function of the police oversight panel

continued concern by um members on the Boulder Police Oversight Panel and community members

There's a meeting of the police oversight panel happening right now.

I believe, they'll take public comment on this matter as well at the police oversight meeting

the Boulder Police Department, the Boulder Police Oversight Panel, um the court

It's great to see the both police oversight Panel evaluation coming up

it is intended to, um, meet with, uh, police oversight panel members

because the, um, police oversight Panel was having a meeting today, and we're asking on an update

The panel reviewed and updated its bylaws to ensure they remain clear, transparent and effective.

if you would like to submit a complaint or know anyone who would like to submit a complaint or contact the panel outside the meeting

you can submit complaints about the Boulder Police Department or contact the panel for any reason outside of this meeting by emailing us

The panel needs to be able to see every case and have real power to hold the department accountable.

the city attorney's office is taking away the the authorized um duty really of the police oversight panel

As per the BRC Chapter 11, Section 211-12, POP appointments will be made by the City Manager.

and again I want to remind the panel that this is the police oversight panel meeting.

there does not seem to be a basis in ordinance to make this change especially removing the police oversight panel into an advisory body

and um I'm going to remind the panel members to uh have uh the ones that are joining online to have the cameras on

can do a review not of the panel, not of the ordinance, but the of of the oversight system.

speak about our concern about the sealed records and how that impacts police oversight

you can submit complaints um to the panel or contact the panel at any time for any reason

are just not going to be something that the police oversight panel is able to review

the Colorado statute does not allow for a police oversight panel to see a sealed record

the police oversight panel or for the Boulder Police Department in general, you can do that any time on our website

looking at uh case file review data for May 2025, there were zero case file uh reviews completed in May

because the panel has recently received complaintants who've reached out directly to the police oversight panel

Well, the police oversight panel is now no longer a boarding commission. Correct.

we have been working to integrate the police oversight panel where it makes sense into those experiences

were your comments on the police oversight panel.

there is one piece that is missing from all of this and that is our um Boulder Police Oversight Panel.

please save any bigger questions you may have on panel business or policy for public comment.

I also want to remind briefly our panel members of the agreements we made at our retreat earlier last year.

the panel provided additional recommendations which is BPD is advised to develop training

if you want to make a complaint there are two ways to do that

welcome everyone to our February uh police city of Boulder Police oversight panel meeting

you can contact us outside of this meeting at police oversight panel

a reminder to the panel members of our agreements made earlier at our retreat this year

extend some of those offerings to our Boulder Police oversight panelists who also um

uh housing numbers that Laura was asking about so just wanted to add to that great uh Laura I saw your hand pop up

you can email the panel directly at police, oversight panel. all one word at bouldercolorado.gov.

this is the October 2024 Boulder police oversight panel report from the Independent Police Monitor and Case review data

as a former inaugural member of the Boulder Police oversight panel

you can speak with our independent police monitor we have a police oversight panel

city police oversight panel recently updated it bylaws um including some modifications to its process

this particular issue is not necessarily A substantive issue about the police oversight panel

I don't know if that is within the scope of a police oversight panel

welcome to the August meeting for the city of Boulder Police oversight panel

There is only one case for pace that the panel has reviewed, that we're waiting for the police department's disposition on.

you can email us to our panel email, police oversight panel at Boulder, Colorado, Gov.

this is the police oversight panel meeting for the month of August

We also just wanted to share again the web page. For the. Police oversight panel.

These meetings will also be available and posted to our website.

This is also reminder to panel members of our agreements that we made during our retreat earlier this year

You can go to our website, Boulder, Colorado, Gov forge, slash services, forge, slash police oversight, or you could send them directly to our panel

So welcome to the June meeting of the City of Boulder police oversight panel.

overwhelmingly the majority of cases that the police oversight panel reviews which are all complaints against our staff

the biggest uh one of the biggest is the police oversight p panel

they were describing the police oversight system, and I was there to add some input about the civilian aspect of it

we're going to be talking about this particular section of the bylaw

If you want to submit complaints or contact the panel outside of this meeting.

And both these oversight panel is another 5, 3 type group.

We have several new members. The police oversight panel. and I've already seen in the last week

A chair, and. And vice chair. Of the police oversight panel. Those answers were in your.

directly to the panel or contact the panel outside of the meeting.

Welcome to the March meeting of the Boulder police oversight panel!

the oversight panel recommendations to assess what they receive as outdated high-risk traffic, stop tactics

We also have our website. If you want to. Some submit complaints or just contact the panel outside of these meetings.

Thank you everyone for the panel for being here. Those online welcome as well.

while non-traditional this program is also a form of police reform by reducing the number of potentially contentious interactions between our police officers

as a former member there is in institutional knowledge that current members don't have and that is why I think

Boulder chose to use a different model of oversight, which is also very common across the country.

the ordinance also clarifies that the panel not only makes the the disposition and disciplinary recommendations on individual cases that they review

if you need to submit complaints. you can go to our web site

probably one of the only means for community members to feel that their voice can be heard with policing

I didn't see how the Boulder Police oversight panel was going to be engaged in this effort um I think the conversation and topic of safety had been raised

I'm not aware of them as an whole entity, saying, we feel one way or another about the police oversight panel

if you do have any complaints regarding boulder any interaction you need had with Boulder police department

But I believe the ones that are coming to the police oversight email are now going to everyone.

And each of those avenues will have ways that you can submit a complaint for for review by this whole process

amending the moratorium on the police oversight panel in the city of B and setting forth related details

there's still no appeals process the chief still makes the final decision no matter how upset people are

that the intent of this is to include the voices of community of excluded communities

And you know, like you said, well, if we come and we want transparency. if we are building something real

And thank you for bringing up police oversight. That is one of the

It's an article world by somebody about the Bouver police oversight.

we are looking at doing some website updates for the entire police oversight system.

I'll share with you the Independent Police Monitor's report for the October 2,023 Boulder police oversight panel meeting.

First, we will approve the September thirteenth, 2023 police oversight panel meeting minutes.

one on Three F which is the police oversight um Boulder Revised Code 1981 in our packet there were two versions

the open Independent police Monitor and the boulder police oversight panel docket is 15 cases, including those pending

so this is the September 2,023 Boulder police oversight panel meeting.

I'm also a founding member of the police oversight panel and the co-chair of the Communications Committee.

when we were discussing uh the police oversight panel and there were members here who claimed that there were uniform police in the chambers

the panel is formed by community members and then the independent police monitor

because there is a police oversight panel an independent monitor

talk to the Boulder Police oversight panel there's some mechanism

and we share anything we get with the panel at large

I know police oversight has been a topic in our community and amongst Council uh for a while now

it's really a police oversight is very specific to the community um and and you don't necessarily want to

in collaboration with the police oversight panel and the city

if you'd like to submit a complaint against an officer of the Boulder police department

the land on which the police oversight Panel and Boulder police department operate

update on the police oversight panel ordinance work particularly the post oversight ordinance work group

the police oversight panel ordinance change is recommended by the independent consultant later this month

the stated reason for the work stoppage and the moratorium is so that two of the panel's 11 members can serve on a Community Committee

the police oversight panel has not um asked for a moratorium from Council

they will not be discussing the specifics on the police. oversight panel of anything like that.

this is the person who will be supervising the police oversight panel.

the police oversight panel is a panel of community members that serve in their capacity as volunteers.

for the police oversight panel to pick it up um but there was a moratorium in place

the common thread in each case is that the board and the panel are the ones proposing these changes

Thank you for coming to our police boulder police oversight panel meeting for June

Well, I'm really excited to report, because I feel like it's taken as a while to get here

and then there's also a link to our panel email, which is police oversight panel at Boulder, colorado.com.

and then we'll have our discussion this evening about continuing how we continue the voter police oversight Panel's operations

you guys need independent counsel as part of the boulder revised Code on the police oversight panel

keeping your seats on the pop, but refusing to continue to do work on active cases

council when we were finalizing the pop ordinance I fought for city council to not weigh in on oversight panel selection

the police oversight panel has a very important role to play in our community there's enormous value in continuously examining and optimizing our policing practices

your decision is a much bigger one the decision you are actually making is whether you will increase Community involvement in police oversight

I expect the police oversight panel to hold the police accountable therefore I expect panel members

for several months now have been I've seen the purpose of the panel be at best ignored

we're extremely concerned that the recommendation of the special counsel undermines the independence of the pop

we can't expect all the members of a police oversight panel to be police cheerleaders. I believe it's a 9 member panel.

city council appointed a a special counsel, an an attorney. to investigate the process. and whether there were problems with the process as a whole

there were still some a couple of open seats on the police oversight panel. and that city council was in the process of figuring out who should be

Following that, the intention is to record both of those trainings. so we can also post those on the police oversight panel website before we start diving into community engagement

helping to work primarily the updates to the the police oversight panel ordinance

Do you know who are all members of the panel and shoes panel.

Just another note about the police oversight. Panel. Q. A. That you had kind of in in the meeting

you might have no applicants at all first others remember how police oversight board applicants

rest of you panelists hands in the air uh vote to approve

I am one of the original uh members of the oversight which was started out being a task force

if you would like to contact the police oversight panel our web address is bouldercolorado.gov forward slash Services forward slash police hyphen oversight

the priority area of police oversight that that shouldn't be new right we want to strengthen our police oversight

which I believe was around the folder police oversight panel's role in the complaint and disciplinary process

We like to remind the public to submit complaints and contact the panel outside of the meeting at our web address

I'm grateful that Boulder's police oversight panel can now move forward however I was dismayed

I'd like to thank those council members who voted to approve the police oversight panel last week

the police oversight committee and what power they have first of all they're just advisory

nearly all of us on Council have expressed concern over how the new police oversight panel has functioned during its two-year life

I am voting against the appointment to the police oversight panel of the Slate of nominees recommended by the selection committee

councils faced with the need to appoint new members to the police oversight panel to replace those whose terms are ending

i'm going to be asking the police oversight panel to be engaging this group

So the police oversight panel was another mechanism of oversight that came forth from that initial ordinance

I've been taking the lead since the inception of the police oversight panel

having a police oversight panel filled with police antagonists and abolitionists not only is in direct violation of your ordinance

the charter of the police oversight panel requires you to seat the pub tonight

the members of the bpoa have serious concerns about the subcommittee's lack of transparency and disregard for the provisions of brc2116

as the place to support, be member onboarding and training in collaboration with the Monitor and the City

If you have a a complaint against an officer of the Boulder Police Department in order to submit that complaint for this panel and the Independent Monitor to review

awareness that the mission of the community LED police oversight panel is for police accountability

I've been following the multiple articles now about the oversight panel and its challenges

it would also undermine Community Trust and confidence in the work of the police oversight panel

several articles written about the police oversight panel as well as the Boulder Police

People don't know what we here, what we're here to do so just to clear that misunderstanding

they have police, oversight committee, they they put out a call for applicants

founding member of Boulder's police oversight panel resigns in protest

checking in with some of our colleagues for just kind of several questions and discussion possibilities regarding the oversight panel

to be a permanent feature with some police oversight because what they found is like these

understanding what the status is what the police oversight panel um I I read a I read an article

we will get a status report on the member application and selection process for the police oversight panel

we have received a lot of communications and a lot of advisements in the last week that have made our work extraordinarily challenging for us

reaffirming the value of the police oversight panel to the community yeah if I can Echo

the police oversight panel has not issued any commendations from the panel and very intentionally so

And that was super powerful to see the way that some countries are structuring. It from the bottom up, right?

Selection committees shall be composed of two members of the police oversight panel and representatives from two local nonprofits

If you are a member of the Boulder community, and you need to submit a complaint of an officer in the police department.

start and origins of the police oversight panel, so the task force is in it

I think a police oversight water water bottle will be some cool swag and I also would be great

welcome to the August 2022 boulder police oversight panel meeting

thanks again to the oversight panel for the incredibly hard work that they're doing and glad we can get you all some assistance

so i'm coming to you tonight with a request to increase the number of police oversight panel members from nine to 11

we're going to have a discussion of our quarterly meeting with the chief

the police oversight panel i think has done a really good job with that as they found their way

if we've received a complaint and we feel that the investigation is not thorough, or we would like some more information

our jurisdiction as the boulder police oversight panel the boulder police department.

for everyone being here to make time and space for this essential work for our Community

The police oversight panel recommended to sustain the allegation against the officer and to provide training through supervisory counseling.

Maintaining our independence as an oversight panel, and so the ability to hire consultants for our for support

one of your duties that include that the police oversight panel shall evaluate the work of the monitors office

We just want to, of course, get the bylaws approved, so we can start using them

this is the one part of the police oversight panel that isn't open to the public

I did send around some best practices and. Case studies and all kinds of different ways that current panels, please oversight panels work with Community.

commission studies from both the police oversight panel and human relations commission before even considering an indefinite agreement

Reforming and revising existing oversight panels and operations, and it was based on I think

I am going to pop in just with a couple of updates I know before the holidays, we were talking about the panel retreat

has concentrated on ensuring retention of volunteers of color on the police oversight panel and this panel was established this past february

the top five were advancing racial equity coveted recovery homelessness housing and police oversight

and additional support of our police oversight program in finance

police oversight after passing the ordinance to implement a police oversight model in 2019

of the work that is being done has been done by the task force and is being done by the oversight panel

around police oversight the further refinement of evaluation materials and review criteria uh needed to transition to civilian uh oversight panel members

of the top five priorities we heard shareds having the most impact on communties of color were advancing racial Equity uh housing police oversight Co recovery and and homelessness

the last two categories around police oversight as well as CU South and South Boulder Creek flood mitigation with two key actions related to those

the boulder police oversight uh task force implementation team the greatest team on earth

i'm speaking on behalf of the boulder police oversight task force initially then implementation team

i hope the new police oversight panel together with a new police chief will steer away from enforcement and towards service

the police oversight held its first meeting on February 11th 2021 and their work is now actively underway

the Boulder City Council approved the appointment of the first first nine members of Boulder's new civilian all civilian police oversight panel

particularly after working with the police oversight task force over the past couple of years and just the challenges

the police oversight Community uh committee you can give the committee real power to hold Bad actors accountable

that we have seated a police oversight panel independently

the selection committee for the police oversight panel um the interviews had been completed

ASAS FARAR A AS THEHE POLICE MAR PLANAN DEVELOPMENTNT GOESS A ASL AS NEWEW POLICE OVERSIGHT

i just wanted to mention police oversight i don't know that it belongs here

the key action being to implement the police oversight model and that is on track with the panel

the upcoming police oversight panel that we are going to be starting to recruit community members for

the police oversight panel is nothing more than political theater that gives the thin pretense of Reform while changing nothing

this police oversight panel is synonymous with the Boulder toce Police Department that's essentially what it is

we know this was kind of a bigger concern for Council in regards to how members of the police oversight panel will be selected

specifically creates two new entities the police oversight panel uh and the office of the independent police monitor

I'd like to voice my opposition against the police oversight board at the last meeting

a name for the panel other than police oversight panel i believe now the name is community oversight panel

we've decided on a full-time independent police monitor with a community police oversight panel

We trust that Council will expand our mandate to incorporate police reform because we can't wait for 2021

It is in that as a member of this community and a member of the police oversight Task Force

The police oversight Task Force has been working to build oversight institutions that will ensure equality and justice.

getting the right representation group in the police oversight panel and

2020 police oversight implementation team progressed to date which includes reimagined police oversight panel

I had initially proposed tacking it on either to our police oversight broadening that part of our work plan too

police oversight is absolutely track um the team has been meeting via Zoom since March

City Council gave unanimous final approval to recommendations from the police oversight task force to install an auditor monitor

implement police oversight so that's the action of updating the ordinance hiring the auditor monitor and seating the Oversight Committee

the racial equity resolution that we just passed and the police oversight task force

the police oversight we hopefully will have the outside auditor hired by then

most of the members of the police oversight task force have decided to continue on with the work

that's what it took to finally get Boulder to look at police oversight and reform

so in designing the police oversight panel we want to make it as accountable and as accessible to the community

classification of complaints for police employees makeup and manner of appointment of the Oversight Panel selection committee

the city will hire an auditor monitor to accept complaints involving police employees monitor internal investigations

IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMEONE ON IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE PARTICIPATORY IN SELECTING THE TASK FORCE

BY PASSING THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWING THE OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE ITS GOOD WORK

READING OF THE MOTION TO ORDER PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY. A ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A POLICE DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT BOARD

there's the oversight panel or are we imagining any kind of oversight of the oversight panel

the selection committee that selects the members for this police oversight panel will strive to include

the police oversight panel we believe that having a community panel is incredibly valuable to the police oversight process

THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO ESTABLISH OF POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD

a presentation from three representatives from the police oversight task force and this is an update to provide you with information about what they've been talking about

the council held a special community meeting to reflect on the March first incident between boulder police officers and mr. Atkinson one of the key requests by community members was to improve community oversight of the department

HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON THE POLICE OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE AND WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS

I would like to get a motion from Council to amend the agenda adding the following three items at an AE police oversight task force

so you can just put it on for June 4th so police oversight task force amendments

THE NEXT ITEM ITS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE

IF THERE WERE A COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT PANEL IS THAT IT'S POSSIBLE

THEN THE REST OF THE TIME WILL BE ON RESEARCH AND REPORTS AND DISCUSSION WITH REGARD TO A POLICE OVERSIGHT PANEL

TO SUMMARIZE FOR THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE ARE IN ESTABLISHING THE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD

latest and we think final version of the police oversight task force charter so earlier this week our subcommittee

I'm also part of the boulder and the OACP and I support their measures on police oversight