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Council to host compliance-audit overview; chair says audit validates police work and signals changes
Summary
Council members said an upcoming compliance-audit presentation will summarize findings and next steps. The chair said the audit validated police department work and noted plans for a captain position to oversee investigations and accreditation implementation.
Council members said they will receive a high-level compliance-audit presentation and that the city will release the audit report to the press and on the city website once a press release is finalized.
"Art's gonna give us a high level overview," the chair said, and added that "Commissioner Cole and I are gonna be releasing the audit report either sometime today once the press release is finalized. We're gonna give that to the press, post it to the city website so everybody has the ability to read it." The chair further said, "the audit itself validated some great work by the police department and a commitment to change."
Council members discussed next steps, including budgeting for a proposed captain’s position to manage internal investigations and help implement accreditation. One council member noted that such a staffing change aligns with the attorney general’s recommendations. The chair said the presentation will outline findings and proposed next steps, and that the council will follow up in public sessions and through posted materials.
Council members did not vote on policy changes at this meeting; they scheduled the presentation and said they would discuss detailed recommendations, budget implications and implementation timelines at upcoming sessions.
