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Police Advisory Commission
Minutes – March 1st, 2017
Aquila Room – City Hall
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:00.
Commissioners Present: Steven Hansen, Kevin Curry, Michael Howes Tom Kukuk, Jay
Arneson, Charlie Kelly, Vladimir Sivriver
Staff Present: Lieutenant Harcey
II. Approval of Minutes
The minutes from the January 4th meeting were approved with the addition of
Commissioner Hansen as being present at the meeting.
III. Body Worn Cameras
The Commission had further discussion on the issues related to the implementation of
body worn cameras. A draft memo to Council was discussed. Commissioner Hansen
agreed to make some revisions to the memo and share with the rest of the Commission by
email.
IV. Citizens Academy
The Community Outreach group will be scheduling the next Citizens Academy in
September and October of 2017. Commissions are encouraged to attend or assist with
the program.
V. PSA
A) Texting and Driving PSA was completed and released on the City Channel
and by Social Media.
B) Traffic Stops – Commissioner Arneson agreed to work on the project with
Officer Skog.
VI. New Business
A) Commissioner Hansen led a Neighborhood Meeting on the Vision 3.0
process with the Commission.
B) Lt. Harcey updated the Commission on the Chief of Police recruitment
process.
C) New Commissioner interviews are being scheduled with Council for May
8th.
D) Commissioners discussed possible initiatives for 2017. Ideas included
continuing at looking into the Body Camera issue and assisting the Police
Department with policy input.
E) Commissioners Hansen, Kukok, and Howes attended the Boards and
Commissions Council Appreciation meeting on February 27th.
Commissioner Hansen presented the 2016 Annual Report to Council and
the 2017 Goals and Initiatives planned.
F) New Chairperson. Commissioner Hansen explained that his term expires
in May of 2017 and he will not be able to attend the May meeting.
Commissioner Hansen nominated Commissioner Arneson for the Chair
position. Commissioner Arneson accepted the nomination. The
nomination was seconded and approved.
VII. Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM.