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OpenGovernmentCommission | 2021-03-01 | 9 | progress through the meeting more efficiently and get to public comment. Commissioner Shabazz stated that he will transform his questions into comments; since he already submitted his questions in advance of the meeting, he will prioritize his questions and not ask all of them; he has two questions but will yield back his time for now. Commissioner Reid inquired whether the racial statistics could be classified to be consistent with the census; i.e., should Hispanic be treated separately as an ethnicity rather than as race; and whether the Committee is recommending hiring a professional consultant from the Police sector, the non-profit sector, or other. In response to Commissioner Reid's second inquiry regarding hiring, Amy Gong Liu stated the Committee recognizes that the initial recommendations are drafts but did everything to make them as clear as possible; in the final set of recommendations, the Committee will be taking and compiling all of the suggestions to produce the most clearest and logical path; with regard to the third party analysis, the recommendation came from a meeting with Interim Police Chief and several APD Captains; the Interim Police Chief stated APD is interested in starting a partnership with an organization called COMPSTAT for Justice and the Center for Policing Equity; due to the current situation, many Police Departments were driven to reach out to third party organizations that offer consulting services for free; they maintain a temporary and short working relationship with Police Departments, produce documents for the Departments and the public; the Committee wants to encourage APD to continue this kind of relationship; the Center for Policing Equity are inundated with requests, but stated is working towards creating the possibility to partner with APD; the Committee will continue to check in with the APD about feasibility. Commissioner Reid inquired whether community members or the Police would be on the Board for internal accountability and oversight, to which Ms. Sercan responded the Accountability Board would be strictly a civilian board; stated there would be no sworn Police Officers, Police Department or City employees; the idea is specifically for community oversight because the Police already have Internal Affairs and their own internal management structure. Commissioner Reid inquired how group affiliation would be determined for the General Conduct Affirmative Code, social media likes or membership in a group; and whether the five districts are based on census tracts. Mr. Mance responded the APD informed the Committee that for policing purposes, the City is broken up into five districts; the districts are a policing designation and he does not think there is any significance outside of that. Commissioner Reid stated she would like the public to have clarification about the districts; stated she has a few more questions but does not want to take up all the time. Chair Tilos stated Commissioner Reid could submit her questions via email. Meeting of the Open Government Commission March 1, 2021 9 | OpenGovernmentCommission/2021-03-01.pdf |