Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board
Regular MeetingAthens-Clarke County, GA · October 26, 2022
Minutes
Athens-Clarke County Unified Government
Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board Meeting Minutes
Meeting Name: Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board Meeting
Meeting Date: 10/26/22
Meeting Called to Order: 5:42 PM
Location: City Hall, Room 301
Virtual? No Public Input Requested or Received? No
Voting Member Attendees:
X Cassie Evans X Kiana Sims X Timothy Pierce-Tomlin
X Sarah Halstead X Felix Bell X Lane Pratt
(Virtually)
X Devante Jones X Jocelyn Crumpton Omar Reid
Voting Members Leaving Before End of Meeting & Time of Departure (if applicable):
Devante Jones arrived at 5:58pm. NACOLE Cameron joined virtually at 6:00pm
Staff / Ex-Officio Attendees:
X Commissioner Patrick X Sherrie Hines Warden Covington
Davenport
X Chief Jerry Saulters X Josh Edwards
Chief Mark Pulliam Sheriff Williams
Items Discussed:
1. Chair Cassie Evans opened the meeting.
2. Attendees gave introductions
3. Board members gave feedback on AADM event from 10.25.22
4. Announcements/Community Events:
a. ACCPD Trunk or Treat 10/28/22 from 6-8pm Eastside precinct
b. Latinxfest 10/30/22 from 11-6pm downtown Athens
5. NACOLE Camme McEllhiney lead the board in a discussion about the Auditor/Monitor
job description
a. Discussion of the title of the position and who it might bring to the job → chose
“Monitor”
b. Discussion on the board’s involvement in the hiring process. Never happened
before in the past, but worth adding it to the official recommendation to M+C.
PSCOB would like to have a representative in the interview as well as the
discussion around hiring.
c. Discussion around how to include professional certifications in the qualifications
d. Potential for ACC HR to come to the next meeting to answer specific questions
6. Future community event brainstorming
a. ACCA, new ACCPD graduates
b. People who previously filed a complaint
c. Social media: Can be complicated
i. Josh/Sherrie will talk with HRC
ii. No other BAC has its own website
iii. Board members' emails aren’t listed on accgov website
Votes Taken with Motion / Second / Results (Unanimous or Number of Yes / No Votes and
names) (if applicable):
● Cassie Evans made a motion to amend the agenda to move NACOLE to 6pm. Felix Bell
seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
● Cassie Evans made a motion to amend the agenda to add a section to approve minutes
from AADM meeting. Jocelyn Crumpton seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
● Lane Pratt made a motion to approve the 9.28.22 minutes. Timothy Pierce-Tomlin
seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
● Jocelyn Crumpton made a motion to approve the 10.25.22 minutes. Kiana Sims
seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
● Lane Pratt made a motion to move the next meeting to 11.16.22. Timothy Pierce-Tomlin
second. Motion approved unanimously.
● Felix Bell made a motion to move December meetings to 12.21.22. Devante Jones
seconded. Motion approved unanimously.
Motion to Adjourn made by: Felix Bell
Seconded by: Devante Jones
Result: Unanimous
Meeting Adjourned: 7:40 PM
Minutes Drafted By: Jocelyn Crumpton (signature required)
Agenda
The meeting will be streamed and broadcast live. Interested members of the public can watch live
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AGENDA
Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board Meeting
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
City Hall, Room 301B
A. Introductions
B. Approve September 28, 2022 Minutes
C. AADM Event Recap / Announcements
D. National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
• Job description
• Bylaws
E. Future Community Event Brainstorming
F. Logistics
Note: The Public Safety Civilian Oversight Board Meeting is open to the public. However, public
comments are not received unless the Committee Chairperson requests that an individual
provides information to the Committee.
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