Dear neighbors

The Police Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on March 28 at 6pm, Contois Auditorium. The meeting will be hybrid. The zoom link for remote participation is:
https://zoom.us/j/91976200068

The following are highlights of our upcoming meeting:

1. One of the Commission's roles is to review and approve revisions to any Burlington Police Department policies (called Department Directives or DD). The CNA consultants recommended changes to several policies. We will review changes to DD03 Fair and Impartial Policing. This will be reviewed early in our meeting and before Public Comment.

2. We will have a report from Acting Chief Murad, including an update on the recent training the Burlington Police Department had with the Center for Policing Equity.

2. We will review for a second time DD43 Reporting Corruption and Misconduct.

3. The Commission will discuss mechanisms for its input into the Charter Change and Ordinance Committee work of the City Council regarding the oversight role of the Police Commission.

4. The Commission will begin a discussion on the CNA report recommendation that the " BPD should work with Burlington community members to set up a re-occurring opportunity to engage in conversations that enable all involved parties to be seen, heard, and understood. Consideration should be given to recruiting, outreach, shared agenda development, participatory meeting formats."

5. The Commission will be reviewing use-of-force reports for February and March. The reports describe of all use of force incidents since our last meeting. The Commission will discuss these reports, which are posted to Board Docs, and will determine if these incidents require further and more in-depth review. In those cases, we will request BPD to provide access to body-worn camera videos of the incidents.

We welcome your input either during public comment or via email to the co-chairs of the Commission: Stephanie Seguino, sseguino@burlingtonvt.gov and Shakuntala Rao srao@burlingtonvt.gov.

Event Info

Nov 27, 2024, 9 AM to 1:30 PM

Nov 29, 2024, 2 to 6 PM

Dec 2, 2024, 1:15 to 2:15 PM