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City council places Police Community Engagement Board on nine-month hiatus

5746368 · August 27, 2025
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Summary

The city council has decided to pause the Police Community Engagement Board (PCEB) for nine months, citing difficulty keeping membership and the police department's expanded outreach; the board's web page and contact routing will be retained pending a future decision.

The city council has put the Police Community Engagement Board (PCEB) on a nine-month hiatus, citing ongoing difficulty sustaining membership and saying many of the board's original aims are now being met through expanded police outreach, members were told at a recent meeting.

The council's decision was conveyed in a letter from Mayor Laurel Arnold read at the meeting. The letter said the PCEB's "rationale for this decision was twofold": challenges maintaining enough members to ensure regular meetings, and increased direct engagement by public safety leadership that…

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