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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-03-01 | 7 | analyzed; the FBI and Crime Analyst is key; when talking to the Interim Police Chief about gathering better statistics, he was the one who actually suggested adding a Crime Analyst and purchasing the related software; the Committee is hoping the new Chief will be in favor of keeping statistics; one of the Steering Committee members will be participating in the new Police Chief interview, so the questions will be asked of the incoming candidates. Commissioner Reid inquired whether it would be possible for the public to review the research documents related to the draft recommendation. Mr. Mance asked for clarification about which specific documents Commissioner Reid is referring to as the Committee has put about 3,000 hours into looking at a lot of different sources; he personally did not keep a list of the sources, but is happy to share what some of them; he has been a lawyer for a while and a lot of his knowledge of California law is based on his work; he can research issues pretty effectively; if there is interest, each Committee could probably compile a list of sources used for the City to publish on the website. Commissioner Reid stated that would be great; requested that the Committees indicate where they received the information to give the public an idea of how to be able to research information; transparency is helpful to the public. Mr. Mance stated regarding the information specific to the APD, the Committee had three meetings with APD leadership which were all announced on the City's website and other social media and were open to the public; the meetings are still up for viewing on the City's website; the other information is available on Google Docs and all the requests for information are public. Mr. Fraser stated every Subcommittee's requests to the City is posted on the City's website with a link from the website; all the information is available to the public and is organized in a way to be efficient for City staff to be able to respond to requests; in the final recommendations, outside research is footnoted. In response to Commissioner Reid's inquiry, Mr. Fraser stated any data the Committee requested and received from the City is on the website. The Transportation Planner stated the City sent 80 documents from various Departments, mostly APD; not all 80 documents have been posted online, but there is a list of the requests. Commissioner Reid inquired how many years of data did was requested and researched, to which Mr. Fraser responded the Committee requested data from 2018 through 2020. Commissioner Reid inquired whether the Subcommittee meetings were recorded and if the public could go back and watch the meetings, to which Mr. Fraser responded in the negative; stated none of the Unbundling Subcommittee meetings were recorded. Meeting of the Open Government Commission March 1, 2021 7 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-03-01.pdf |