From the article: "Q: How are city department staff involved?
A: When a department is being studied, the department head and his/her designees assist the team by providing information about their own department, sharing information they know about what other communities do, adding their own ideas for changes, discussing barriers that may impede changes and speaking up about concerns they may have with potential recommendations. The department representatives work with the Advisory Team as a resource and are not members of the team.
Head facilitator Dominique Johnson from the Center for Policing Equity has led most meetings during the first segment of this project. Johnson was chosen for her experience working with police departments to review data, identify policy areas for improvement and build trust with communities to build more racially equitable systems. (You can learn more about CPE at www.policingequity.org).
The city’s community engagement facilitator, Michelle Leise, is staff support for the Advisory Team and is present at all meetings to take notes and assist in some facilitation."
By Republican Eagle
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