Committee sends two PCCEP nominees to full council after brief questioning and public comment

The Community and Public Safety Committee on June 24 voted to forward two mayoral nominees for the Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing (PSAP, sometimes referred to in documents as PCCEP) to the full City Council with a recommendation that the appointments be confirmed.

Dori Brubinski, program manager for the Portland Committee on Community Engaged Policing, told the committee the panel was created as part of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and is intended to bring community voice into police oversight and reform. Brubinski said PSAP is a 13-member advisory committee with two-year appointments, reserved seats for youth and special consideration for people with lived experience of mental illness or addiction. She said the recruitment for these slots received about 40 applications and that mayoral staff interviewed…