Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Opd Reporting topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee to finalize OPD template; public raises concerns about proposed constitutional policing administrator and budget
Summary
Members agreed to bring an OPD reporting template to the June 11 full commission and debated whether to include detailed racial-disparity metrics on the template or rely on OPD's confidential quarterly reports. A public commenter objected to a proposed constitutional policing administrator with a $400,000 salary; the IG said the city administrator's budget appears to set aside $700,000 for a unit, raising concerns about duplication and possible redirection of funds to the IG office.
The NSA ad hoc committee on June 1 moved to return an OPD reporting template to the full commission at its June 11 meeting, with the goal of finalizing the template before that date. The Chair and members debated what level of detail to include on the public template and whether OPD’s existing confidential quarterly reports could supply metrics such as walking-stop data, handcuffings and detention lengths.
Committee discussion focused on balancing public disclosure with operational practicality. Some members proposed removing or reframing sections of the template (administrative leave, juvenile information, military-reservist status and certain cost breakdowns) or placing them elsewhere in the commission's reporting cadence. The Chair said OPD had indicated the requested information was close to final and that a meeting between the Chair and DC Osmus could resolve outstanding items.
Public comment: Miss Sada told the committee she was concerned the city council was discussing a new "constitutional policing administrator" and said the council referenced a $400,000-per-year salary for that position. Sada and representatives of the coalition for police accountability suggested that the inspector general's office might be better placed to handle the work and urged investment in the IG office rather than creating a potentially redundant new position.
Budget clarification from the IG: the Inspector General (speaking for the office) said the mayor mentioned creating a constitutional administrator unit at the CMC and that the city administrator's budget appears to have $700,000 set aside for that unit; the IG framed that as a potential redundancy and recommended considering redirecting funds to audits in the IG office.
Next steps: the committee will bring the OPD template to the full commission on June 11 and, separately, members discussed whether to create a new sustainability-focused ad hoc group or continue the work within the NSA ad hoc. The Chair asked members to gather options and agreed not to cancel the immediate upcoming meeting so the committee could reconvene if the city moves quickly on budget or staffing decisions.
