3/10/2022 - Meeting Materials Racial Equity in Policing Commission Agenda
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Racial Equity in Policing Commission
Salt Lake City, Utah
Regular Meeting
Agenda
Thursday, March 10, 2022
5:30 p.m.
This meeting is a discussion among Commissioners and select presenters. The public is welcome. Items
scheduled may be moved or discussed during a different portion of the meeting based on circumstances or
availability of speakers.
This meeting will be an electronic meeting pursuant to the Chair’s determination that conducting the
meeting at a physical location presents a substantial risk to the health and safety of those who may be
present at the anchor location. The Commission Meeting will not have a physical location and all attendees
will connect remotely.
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1. Welcome and Public Meeting Guidelines
Read the determination of the Commissioners to meet electronically because meeting at a
physical location presents a substantial risk to the health and safety of those who may be present
at the anchor location.
2. Open Dialogue (5 minutes)
During this portion of the meeting, Commissioners may raise topics and discuss current events
that may impact or influence the Commission’s overall work , discussions, and deliberations to
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provide recommendations to the Mayor and City Council regarding the Salt Lake City Police
Department’s policies, budget, and culture. No action will be taken during this section of the
meeting. Matters discussed during this section of the meeting may be scheduled on a subsequent
agenda for follow-up.
3. Public Comment (limited to 15 minutes)
● Attendees may be provided one or two minutes of time, determined by the number of
attendees and the time available determined by the Commission. Please observe the time
limit stated at the beginning of the public comment period so everyone may have a
chance to speak.
● Per the public meeting guidelines, keep comments free of discriminatory language
referring to a person or group based on their religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color,
descent, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or other gender identity factor. Items
or comments that disrupt the meeting, intimidate other participants or that may cause
safety concerns are not allowed.
4. Approve and Adopt Minutes
February 2022 Minutes
5. SLCPD Community Diversity and Inclusion Training Update (15 minutes)
Chief Brown and Lt. Zayas will briefly update commission on the SLCPD Community Diversity
and Inclusion Training process.
6. New Education Senior Advisor for Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office (5 minutes)
Jennifer Newell will introduce herself to the commission and her scope of work as it pertains to
the commission.
7. School Safety Resource Officers and the Memorandum of Understanding Update (20 minutes)
Sgt. Teerlink will provide updates on SRO team and the status of the MOU.
8. Legislative Update (~ 6:15pm; 15 minutes)
Mark Kittrell will provide an overview of 2022 Legislative Session and its impact on policing and
Salt Lake City.
9. Subcommittee Chair Updates (5 minutes)
Priorities for 2022
Policy & Practices – Second Monday of the Month at 4-5pm
Training – Needs to Change
School Safety – Third Monday of the Month at 4-5pm
Application Review – Meets as needed
10. REVIEW NEXT Meeting AGENDA (2 minutes)
Review the tentative schedule for next meeting.
11. TENTATIVE Closed Session
The Commission will consider a motion to enter into a Closed Session. A closed meeting
described under Section 52-4-205 may be held for specific purposes including, but not limited to:
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a. discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or me ntal health
of an individual;
b. strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;
c. discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems; and
d. investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct.
A closed meeting may also be held for attorney-client matters that are privileged pursuant to Utah
Code § 78B-1-137, and for other lawful purposes that satisfy the pertinent requirements of the
Utah Open and Public Meetings Act.
CERTIFICATE OF POSTING
On or before 5:30 pm on March 9, 2022 the undersigned, duly appointed Equity Manager, does hereby
certify that the above notice and agenda was (1) posted on the Utah Public Notice Website created under
Utah Code Section 63F-1-701, and (2) a copy of the foregoing provided to The Salt Lake Tribune and/or
the Deseret News and to a local media correspondent and any others who have indicated interest.
MOANA ULUAVE-HAFOKA
SALT LAKE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE
Final action may be taken in relation to any topic listed on the agenda. People with disabilities may
make requests for reasonable accommodation, which may include alternate formats, interpreters, and other
auxiliary aids and services. Please make requests at least two business days in advance. To make a request,
please contact City staff at REPCommission@slcgov.com or 385-707-6514 or relay service 711.
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Racial Equity in Policing Commission
Salt Lake City, Utah
PENDING Regular Meeting Minutes
Thursday, February 10, 2022
5:30 p.m.
The Racial Equity in Policing Commission met in an electronic meeting pursuant to the Salt Lake City
Emergency Proclamation and determination of the Chair. Minutes are provided in conjunction with the
video/audio file.
Meeting Materials
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Commission Members in Virtual Attendance: Commissioners Romero, McDonald, Salazar-Hall,
Anjewierden, Johnson, Davis, Hawkins, Eldridge
Commission Members Absent: Commissioners Oommen, Sagato-Mauga, and Solovi.
City Staff in Virtual Attendance: Moana Uluave-Hafoka, Equity Manager; Mike Brown, Salt Lake City
Police Chief; Yvette Zayas, Salt Lake City Police Lieutenant; Allison Rowland, Salt Lake City Council
Policy Analyst; Scott Mourtgos, Salt Lake City Police Deputy Chief; Lance VanDongen, Salt Lake City
Police Deputy Chief; Hassan Abdi, Salt Lake City Council Liaison.
Guests in Attendance: Director Jonathan Puente and Public Outreach Coordinator Valeria Jimenez
The meeting was called to order at 5:38pm
1. Welcome and Public Meeting Guidelines
Chair Salazar-Hall conducted the meeting and read the determination.
2. Open Dialogue
C. Davis asked for subcommittee information.
3. Public Comment (limited to 15 minutes).
Beverly Hawkins asked how to support the two budgetary items from December meeting
Allison shared the budgetary process and points public can enter comment.
4. Approve and Adopt Minutes
December 2021 Minutes -- Adopted
January 2022 Minutes -- Adopted
5. Mayor’s Staff Update
Moana Uluave-Hafoka, Equity Manager, will provided update from the Mayor’s Office.
Jennifer Newell selected as Senior Education Advisor for the Mayor’s Office and will
Chair Salazar-Hall noted bipartisan support on bill sponsored by Senator Iwamoto.
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6. City Council Update
Allison Rowland, City Council Public Policy Analyst, provided an update of City Council’s work
relevant to the commission.
- Introduced Hassan Abdi who will be a liaison for this Commission.
- FY21-22 Budget (ask Allison and Hassan for list)
o Chief Lieb
o 2 Resolutions: Ceremonial Juneteenth Freedom Day 22 and Racism a Public Health
Crisis
- Park Rangers – still in budget amendment 6
o Hassan Abdi answered C. Davis’ question:
Last December, the Council funded the creation of a park ranger pilot program with 19
new full-time employees in the Public Lands Department with nearly $1.65 million. This
includes two sergeants, 16 rangers and one support position. The goals of the program
include the following: Serving as law enforcement officers in parks (not POST-certified
like police officers); Providing services and information to park users; Assisting with
homeless outreach efforts; Making people feel welcome and safe in parks; Deterring
inappropriate activity; Gaining voluntary compliance of park codes and rules; Reducing
the number of annual vandalism incidents and associated costs for repair/replacement.
7. Utah State Courts Office of Fairness and Accountability
Director Jonathan Puente and Public Outreach Coordinator Valeria Jimenez provided a
presentation about their Office in the Utah Courts.
- Utah Task Force on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in Legal System in 1996-2002
- Shelfed since 2002
- Office of Fairness and Accountability (OFA) established in 2020 out of this report
- Task Force Report major findings: Racial and Ethnic Disparity & Perception of Bias
- Weak Points: District and Justice Court unreliable but Juvenile Court is reliable
- Getting Around Gaps: Algorithms and Self-ID through MyCase app and worked
w/Community-based Organizations (demographic) markers i.e. not AAPI conflated
experience and separate to NHPI; demographic info not be part of public record and not
impact their case—this information provides a better understanding of who is going through
the Utah Courts.
- Director Puente formed committee to address systemic issues: district court, justice court,
CCJJ, law enforcement, sentencing.
- Community Engagement and Voice—identifying community-based organizations to sit on
working group; limited large engagement due to pandemic
- Where do the juvenile courts fit into this? Juvenile courts started this process a year ahead of
OFA and other courts.
- What about Civil Cases? On the criminal law side, we had a starting point but on the civil
side, we do not have demographic information and will start to work there after this first
phase.
- OFA seeks to provide fairness
- C. Eldridge – How are indigenous groups identified in this? Disaggregated and not
categorized as Other. How are you identifying people who are part of more than one group? –
OFA uses the same ethic and racial identifiers as the census and Indigenous is one of them.
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- C. Davis is delighted that the report is finally ‘un-shelved’ and creation of the OFA. He also
asked, How are you defining community-based organization? Director Jon Puente states the
list he presented was of the internal working group and agency in the institutions because he
believes the responsibility to change the system must come from within.
-Director Puente asks if there are missing Community-based organizations in their list.
C.Davis offers to help.
-Director Puente’s contact info 801-578-3974 and email jonathanp@utcourts.gov
-Utah is 1.5% African American—6.5% of prison population, indigenous and Latinx
communities as well.
- OFA has only five FTE including the director
8.Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown Update
Chief Brown updated the REP on these three topics from the Phase I Report:
1.Recruitment
1.The Commission was very pleased to see in the most recent cohort that there are
many women and BIPOC trainees.
2.Training – working with HR and Mayor’s Office to hire local BIPOC trainers and
curriculum builders.
3.Community Relationships – meeting with local faith leaders and listened to their
concerns.
9.Subcommittee Chair Updates
Policy & Practices – Second Monday of the Month at 4-5pm
Training – First Monday of the Month at 4-5pm
School Safety – Third Monday of the Month at 4-5pm
Application Review – Meets as needed
10.Schedule for 2022
Reviewed the tentative schedule for the year.
11.TENTATIVE Closed Session
The Commission will consider a motion to enter into a Closed Session. A closed meeting
described under Section 52-4-205 may be held for specific purposes including, but not limited to:
a.discussion of the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health
of an individual;
b.strategy sessions to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation;
c.discussion regarding deployment of security personnel, devices, or systems; and
d.investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct.
A closed meeting may also be held for attorney-client matters that are privileged pursuant to Utah
Code § 78B-1-137, and for other lawful purposes that satisfy the pertinent requirements of the
Utah Open and Public Meetings Act.
Item not held
Meeting adjourned at 6:50pm
Minutes approved through consensus: March 10, 2022
MOANA ULUAVE-HAFOKA
SALT LAKE CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE
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This document is not intended to serve as a full transcript as additional discussion may have been held;
please refer to the audio or video for entire content pursuant to Utah Code 52-4-203(2)(b). This document
along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the Racial Equity in Policing
Commission Regular Meeting on February 10, 2022.
Commission on Racial Equity in Policing
Chief Mike Brown
Update on Consultant Training –Phase I Recommendations
•Letter of Intent has been drafted for local organizations to review to
become consultants.
•Deadline for consultants to submit training proposal is May 27,
2022.
•SLCPD hopes to start consultant training ASAP and will incorporate
it into in-service department training.
CALEA Update
•SLCPD was awarded a basic Law Enforcement Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) on March 21, 2020.
•SLCPD successfully reaccredited in April 2021 and is working toward a second-year reaccreditation in May 2022.
•The reaccreditation program is a 4-year program that consists of 3 remote/digital assessments and a remote/digital and onsite assessment in the final year.
•SLCPD has 162 applicable standards that cover nearly every aspect of policing that must we must demonstrate compliance annually to remain accredited.
Recent Funding Requests
•SVU Sergeant position.
•Thank you, C-REP, for support.
•City Council approved this position.
•Thank you to the C-REP support on V-CAT.
•Thank you, C-REP, for support.
•We are waiting on City Council Decision.
•Community Outreach Officer
•SLCPD seeking C-REP support and funding for a Community Outreach Officer