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Recommendation to Accept Report from the Community-Led Committee on Police Reform and Racial Equity and Provide Staff Direction on Next Steps. (City Manager)
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To: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The community-led Police Reform and Racial Equity Committee ("Committee"), appointed by the City Manager, is bringing forward a number of recommendations which include specific recommendations in five topic areas in addition to overarching recommendations. The Committee's recommendations are attached as Exhibit 1 to this report. In addition to the recommendations by the five topic organized subcommittees, the Steering Committee has outlined of "initial steps" recommendations for the City Council to consider. . Due to the uniqueness of this report, staff, including the Police Chief, is offering some general perspective to the various Committee recommendations. On March 16, the Steering Committee will present its h report to the City Council. Staff is requesting City Council direction regarding next steps in the City of Alameda's (City) Police Reform and Racial Equity efforts.
BACKGROUND
Steering Committee and Subcommittees
The Committee on Police Reform and Racial Equity ("Committee") is a quasi - community-led group developing recommendations for changes to policing and methods to address systemic racism in Alameda. In August 2020 the City Manager appointed four community members to the Steering Committee to lead this work: Christine Chilcott, Al Mance, Cheryl Taylor, and Jolene Wright. The Steering Committee then recommended approximately 60 people which the City Manager appointed to serve on the Committee on Police Reform and Racial Equity. In the initial month of the Committee, five subcommittees were created comprising individuals of the "Committee" to address the following topics:
* Unbundling Services Currently Delivered by the Police Department
* A Review of Laws that Criminalize Survival
* A Review of Police Departmen...
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