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Police Commission begins moving to update disciplinary-trial rules, seeks draft and sets timetable
Summary
Commissioners directed the city attorney to circulate a draft of proposed updated rules governing police disciplinary hearings (informed by recent fire commission rules), discussed timeline goals (examples: hearing start within 60 days, decision within 120 days) and asked for commissioner comments ahead of a follow-up meeting in early February.
Commissioners on Jan. 13 took a formal step toward updating the Police Commission—s rules governing disciplinary trials, which the meeting record notes have not been comprehensively revised since 1991. Commissioner James Hammer, who placed the matter on the agenda, said the change is intended to reduce a backlog of cases and create clearer timelines and procedures.
The City Attorney (referred to in the meeting as "Miss Blitz") described the fire commission—s recently revised rules as a model, noting that those rules introduced time limits for commencing hearings and…
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