Require police review board to investigate all deaths and serious injuries from police actions
In Plain English
The city's police review commission currently decides whether to investigate incidents involving police. This change requires automatic investigations whenever police actions result in death or serious bodily injury. The commission would lose discretion over these cases and must assign an investigative officer to every incident.
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Votes
Motion · Official minutes
Said ordinance received first reading and was laid over for two weeks for second reading with direction to staff to define 'serious bodily injury' in the ordinance as 'requiring immediate hospitalization for a minimum period of 72 consecutive hours'
5 aye · 1 nay
Why This Vote Matters
The city council passed the first reading of an ordinance requiring automatic investigations when police actions result in death or serious bodily injury, with Councilmember Butt casting the lone opposing vote. Currently, the Citizens Police Review Commission can choose whether to investigate these incidents, but this change would eliminate that discretion and mandate investigations in the most serious cases. The council also directed staff to define "serious bodily injury" as requiring at least 72 consecutive hours of hospitalization. The ordinance will return for a required second reading in two weeks before it can take effect.
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