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ACP forms ad hoc community‑policing subcommittee to study DOJ COPS definition and assessment tools
Summary
The commission agreed to form an ad hoc subcommittee to review the DOJ COPS definition of community policing and an assessment tool, digest the materials and report back; commissioners debated whether to send an initial letter to MCPD asking how it operationalizes the DOJ definition.
Commissioners spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing whether the Advisory Commission on Policing should adopt the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (DOJ COPS) definition of community policing and use it as an evaluative framework for MCPD. Francisco (speaker S1) summarized the DOJ framework, saying it centers on “three key components: community partnership, organizational transformation, and problem solving,” and argued the ACP should adopt the definition as a touchstone for oversight.
Members debated approaches: some favored sending an open, targeted letter to MCPD asking how the department operationalizes the DOJ definition and what assessment or training tools it uses. Others preferred first forming an ad hoc subcommittee to read the DOJ guidance and a related 2020 assessment tool, synthesize findings and recommend whether to send a specific letter. The commission voted to form the community‑policing ad hoc subcommittee (six commissioners signed up) and asked the subgroup to prepare a synopsis for the full ACP in the coming months.
