Title
Approval of the Community Oversight of Law Enforcement Recommendations
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The Social Justice and Equity Commission recommends approval of the Community Oversight of Law Enforcement recommendations.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Community Oversight of Law Enforcement recommendations.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Community Oversight of Law Enforcement recommendations.
Staff Contact:
Stacey Ray, Interim Assistant City Manager, 360.753.8046
Presenters:
Stacey Ray, Interim Assistant City Manager
Chrissy Carroll, Community Work Group Member
Olivia Hickerson, Community Work Group Member
Mark Hodgson, Chair, Social Justice & Equity Commission
Robin Rosen-Evans, Vice-Chair, Social Justice & Equity Commission
Background and Analysis
In November 2021, The City Council accepted a recommendation by a Founding Member Work Group to establish a new Social Justice & Equity Commission. The final recommendation was informed by listening sessions with historically marginalized and underrepresented community members. In addition to an overall mission and scope of work for the Commission, the work group also recommended that the City establish a separate board or commission to oversee complaints specifically related to policing.
In December 2022, the Olympia City Council also accepted a set of recommendations from a community work group on how to reimagine public safety for the City of Olympia. To develop those recommendations, the work group listened extensively to the community over the course of a year, and then developed strategies and actions that reflected the needs and desires of a diversity of residents. One of the strategies they identified was to expand the community's role in the City's public safety system.
The City Council asked that the newly formed Social Justice & Equity Commission (Commission) include in their 2023 work plan development of a recommendation for City Council's con...
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