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Council meeting to include Vanderbilt focus groups; legislative push will center on law-enforcement training for interactions with people with IDD
Summary
The council’s upcoming meeting will feature needs-assessment focus groups led by Vanderbilt researchers and a public-policy agenda focused on proposed law-enforcement training about interactions with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Council staff presented a draft agenda for the next full council meeting that will prioritize a needs-assessment and a full public-policy session focused on law-enforcement training for interactions with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Ashley reviewed the draft day plan: a welcome and business items in the morning, an executive committee and audit committee report, member headshots and a group photo, then three committee-style focus groups led by Vanderbilt researchers to dive deeper into themes from a statewide online survey. The focus groups will separate participants into people with disabilities, family members, and professionals so the researchers can capture distinct perspectives for the council’s needs-assessment report.
After lunch the council will dedicate the afternoon to public policy. Staff identified one likely priority bill — legislation to require law-enforcement training on interactions with people with IDD. Staff said a leader of law-enforcement training in Tennessee, who is also a parent of a child with autism, is currently in a position to help implement training, and Clay Doggett, chair of the House Criminal Justice Committee, indicated he would carry the bill for Chrissy Hood. Staff planned to meet with those partners the day after the committee meeting to refine details.
The agenda includes a public-policy update from Emma, council member project highlights, and a wrap-up with public comment. Staff said the January 30 executive-committee meeting will be held in person at 3:30 p.m. before the full council meeting and that the public-policy specifics would be finalized by January 31.
The committee also confirmed logistics: the audit committee’s annual fraud, waste and abuse reminder and enterprise risk assessment update will be included in the morning, and staff will provide a memo from the audit lead to members ahead of the meeting. Members were asked to bring local, Tennessee-based examples of law-enforcement interactions gone wrong if available to support legislative outreach; staff said national examples also inform the proposal.
No policy vote occurred at the executive-committee meeting; staff framed the session as preparation and outreach for the upcoming council meeting and legislative work.
