The San Rafael Police Advisory Committee on Wednesday voted to make Vice Chair Davide the committee chair for 2026 and elected Member Ruiz as vice chair, after a nomination and roll-call votes recorded by staff.

Member Camino moved to elevate Vice Chair Davide to chair; the motion was seconded and passed in a recorded roll-call vote. Later, the committee moved and seconded a motion to appoint Member Ruiz as vice chair; that motion also passed by roll call.

During public comment on the draft annual report, representatives of the group MV Free and multiple community members criticized the staff draft’s treatment of a small working group that reviewed elements of the PAC’s May 21 equitable policing recommendations. Tammy Edmondson of MV Free said the draft “fails entirely” to reflect the substance and evidentiary basis for the PAC’s May 21 recommendations and argued that the working-group material should be removed from the report or substantially reduced. Frank Cinnamon of MV Free urged the PAC to defend its May 21 recommendations and seek independent expert presenters going forward.

Several commissioners told staff they shared concerns about the report’s emphasis, asking that the staff shrink or reframe the working-group section, present PAC recommendations up front, and consider moving SRPD’s response into an appendix. Staff acknowledged the public and committee feedback and said they would revise the draft and return a final version for committee review and adoption in January prior to presentation to the City Council.

The committee also approved a procedural motion to defer finalization of the 2026 meeting calendar to a previously scheduled special meeting on Jan. 10, 2026, so the PAC could focus on annual-report edits tonight. No formal policy changes were adopted; staff committed to incorporating the committee’s edits and public-submitted revisions for the next draft.

The meeting also included routine business: staff had no monthly liaison report, committee reports were heard, and the minutes of the Oct. 15 meeting were approved by unanimous roll-call vote earlier in the session.