Civilian Police Review Board Meeting

APPROVED MINUTES OF MEETING _____________________________________________________________________________________ URBANA CIVILIAN POLICE REVIEW BOARD DATE: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 TIME: 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Urbana City Council Chambers Urbana City Building 400 South Vine Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 _____________________________________________________________________________________ MEMBERS PRESENT: Ricardo Díaz, Scott Dossett, Mikhail Lyubansky, Darrell Price, Darius White MEMBERS NOT PRESENT: Megan McGinty Grace Mitchell, STAFF PRESENT: Preston James, Deputy Chief Richard Surles 1. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND DECLARATION OF QUORUM Mikhail Lyubansky called this meeting of the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board to order at 5:30 p.m. Roll was taken. A quorum was present. 2. APROVAL OF AGENDA Scott Dossett moved to approve the agenda as presented. Darius White seconded the motion. The Agenda was approved. 3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Christopher Hansen addressed the commission with concerns about the Police complaint process. Emily Close shared concerns about the police complaint process. 4. STAFF REPORT Preston James presented the staff report. Mr. James reviewed current complaints and answered questions in regards to those complaints. Darius White and Scott Dossett both asked about the possibility of more information being included on the staff report in the future. 5. Old Business There was none. 6. New Business a. Review of Recent Taser Utilizations There was one Taser discharge presented for review. Details and video of the event were provided and discussion ensued. Scott Dossett made a motion to approve the proper use of a Taser in incident EUI 900579 with the contingency that if squad car footage is available, the Board would like to see it. Mikhail Lyubansky seconded the motion. The  motion carried by roll call vote as follows: Diaz – yes; Dossett – yes; Lyubansky – yes; Price – yes; White – yes. b. CPRB Annual Report City staff is working on details for the annual report. c. Taser Use Policy Preston James reviewed possible changes to the reviewing policy that were discussed in the last meeting. d. Reporting of Complaints The Board discussed changes to the reporting of complaints as well as the process for a citizen to file a complaint. 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS There will be a training session next week open to all City Board and Commission members. The Immigration Integration Plan will be finalizing its recommendations for the next several years for the integration of immigrants to the County. Anyone who is interested in viewing those recommendations and providing feedback is invited to contact Ricardo Diaz. 8. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to come before the Board, Mikhail Lyubansky called for a motion to adjourn. Scott Dossett made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Darius White seconded the motion. With no objections, Mikhail Lyubansky declared the meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Tamra Jane Corbin Recording Secretary 2