Ballot Question No. 3 -

Summary

The City’s Home Rule Charter is like the City’s constitution; it sets up the rules for City government. If you vote “Yes” on this ballot question, it means you want to change the Charter so that it creates a Citizens Police Oversight Commission. The City currently has an oversight body called the Police Advisory Commission, created by the Mayor, which the Mayor could eliminate. With this Charter change, the Citizens Police Oversight Commission would be a permanent part of City government. City Council would determine how members are selected for the Oversight Commission and would establish the Commission’s specific powers, consistent with its mission, which could be substantially broader than the advisory role of the Police Advisory Commission. The Commission’s mission would be to: Evaluate and work to improve police officer conduct, including by improving investigations of alleged misconduct; Make clearer the officer disciplinary process and the process for submitting and considering citizen complaints of police misconduct; Help hold the Police Department accountable for officers’ actions; and Improve communication between the Police Department and the community.

A "YES" vote on Ballot Question No. 3 is a vote to change the Charter so that it creates a Citizens Police Oversight Commission, which would have a mission of evaluating and working to improve police conduct.

A "NO" vote on Ballot Question No. 3 is a vote against changing the Charter so that it creates a Citizens Police Oversight Commission, which would have a mission of evaluating and working to improve police conduct.

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