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Community Police Board demands direct access to emails and records; clerk to send member contact list

5924275 · August 28, 2025
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Summary

Public commenter and board members said city staff were filtering communications to the board; members asked the clerk's office to forward raw messages and establish direct distribution so all members receive communications simultaneously.

Board members and a public commenter raised persistent problems with how emails and public submissions to the Community Police Board are handled, saying messages sent to the board’s public inbox were not always reaching all board members.

Todd Kurzweil, a Commons business owner and public commenter, told the board he had repeatedly tried to send information and that he believed the mayor had “censored” distribution of his messages to the board. Kurzweil said he had asked the clerk whether his emailed materials were forwarded; he said he received no clear response and asked the…

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