Several community members addressed the Police Advisory Committee during public comment on Dec. 17, urging significant edits to the draft annual report and calling out a working group that they said sought to undermine the PAC’s May 21 recommendations.

Tammy Edmondson of MV Free told the committee the statement attributed to her at a prior meeting was "in fact false. But I never said it," and she urged the body to correct the record. Speakers from MV Free argued that the draft report minimizes the racial disparities that underpinned the PAC’s May 21 equitable policing recommendations and instead elevated a so‑called RIPA working-group report that they describe as illegitimate and prepared behind closed doors.

Edmondson and other commenters asked the PAC to remove references to the RIPA working group and to accurately present the data and evidentiary basis for the May 21 recommendations on pretext stops. An MV Free speaker said the draft failed to mention that "more than 95% of the SRPD pretext stops find no evidence of criminal conduct," and requested that the annual report include the statistics and rationale that supported the PAC’s recommendations.

Committee members split on how to handle the contested language in the draft. Some urged stripping or shortening the working-group section and placing SRPD responses in an appendix; others said the working group’s activities did occur and should be summarized, though not given disproportionate weight. Staff agreed to take the committee’s feedback and produce a revised draft for the January meeting.

What’s next: Staff will return an edited draft in January. Community groups said they will submit proposed revisions before the meeting and urged the PAC to ensure the final report accurately reflects the committee’s recommendations and supporting evidence.