Attorney: settlement compliance report will be compiled, circulated to commissioners and sent to mayor

Attorney Cockneyback told the Police Commission that staff is compiling a one-time compliance report required by a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice and that he has interviewed commissioners and the superintendent as part of that work.

"That is a requirement of the settlement agreement with the Department of Justice," Attorney Cockneyback said on the record. He said he is assembling commissioners’ comments and will send a draft to each commissioner individually for feedback. "When I have a draft ready, I'm gonna send it to each of you individually and ask you what you think about it. Once I get feedback from everybody, I'll put together a final product. And the final product will be going to the mayor to review. The mayor will have 3 months to review it and then decide whether or not he wants to make any changes," he said.

Cockneyback said he interviewed the compliance evaluator and the superintendent as part of the process. He told commissioners the final materials will be public but described the draft as a compilation rather than a record attributing specific remarks to named commissioners: "The materials will be public, like, the final report. Like, I'm not saying commissioner Fanon said this and commissioner Nares said this. It's more like a general compilation of everybody's thoughts."

Commissioners asked whether there would be a public hearing on the report; Cockneyback said the mayor will review the final report and decide whether to make changes and that the final report will be public. Cockneyback said the Department of Justice and the compliance evaluator are aware of the timing and have indicated they are satisfied that the work is now being done.

The commission did not take a formal vote on the report during the meeting; Cockneyback described the process and timeline for circulation and mayoral review.