Commission extends RIPA ad hoc committee to meet with RPD on data, sets reporting plan

Commissioners voted to extend the ad hoc committee that drafted RIPA recommendations for an additional six months to meet in person with Riverside Police Department staff and civilian technology analysts to clarify data elements and report back to the commission. Commissioner Teichert moved the extension, saying he was "pretty shocked" that follow-up conversations risked being held out of public view and that the work "shouldn't be done in backrooms." The motion instructed the same membership to meet with RPD (including the technology information services unit, a lieutenant and Captain Demmer) and return to the full commission with findings.