GCJAC Annual Report 2020-2021

GCJAC SUBCOMMITTEES

POLICE COMMUNITY REVIEW BOARD (PCRB) The purpose of the PCRB is to determine whether GPD officers conducted themselves according to established department directives. The PCRB’s goal is to provide positive advisory determinations and/or recommendations of how residents are treated in interactions with officers and how that can improve in the future. PCRB does not conduct investigations but does review how GPD handles complaints and how opinions based upon those reviews are managed. The PCRB will not make administrative determinations or recommendations on individual personnel matters of sworn members of the GPD. All complaints against police officers are first investigated by the police department’s Professional Standards Division. If individuals do not agree with the division’s outcome, they are offered an option to have their complaints presented to a certified City-contracted mediator. If they do not choose that option, they are eligible to refer their complaint to PCRB. The PCRB can make the following types of determinations about a complaint: • It can sustain the complaint if PCRB agrees with GPD’s Professional Standards Division. • If PCRB disagrees with the Professional Standards Division’s findings, PCRB may schedule a conference with the chief of police to resolve the disagreement. • If no resolution or a partial resolution is achieved with the chief of police, PCRB will request in writing that the City Manager review the case and make a final decision on all unresolved issues. During FY 2020-21, the PCRB received three requests for review of disposition from complainants who were not satisfied with reviews conducted by GPD’s Professional Standards Division.

SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Tom Phillips Chair

Kay Brown JayeWebb Quentin Brown Franca Jalloh Nadine Malpass D.J. O’Brien

Date Complaint Received

PCRB Review Date

Outcome

08/26/2020

10/02/2020 Agreed with Professional Standards Division.

08/04/2020

10/02/2020 Agreed with Professional Standards Division. 12/15/2020 Disagreed with GPD. Referred to City Manager.

10/29/2020

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