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2022-12-08-Agenda-PEACE CommissionREGULAR MEETING AGENDA Meetings are being conducted in a hybrid format with in-person and remote options for attending. Remote Attendance: Members of the public may attend this meeting in person or via Webex or by calling +1-415-655-0001 and entering meeting number 2463 764 9311 Additional Remote Meeting Location: Due to out-of-state travel, Commissioner Quimby will be joining via Webex in accordance with Minnesota Statutes § 13D.02 from the following location: •Mesa County Central Library Study Room F, 443 N 6th Street Grand Junction, CO 81501 1.Call to Order 2.Land Acknowledgment: We acknowledge and honor the Dakota nation, on whose ancestral land the City of Golden Valley is built, and whose land resources we use. We commit to counteracting the erasure of the cultural practices and presence of the Dakota people and through education and by amplifying a wide range of indigenous voices. 3.Attendance/Roll Call ☐Randy Anderson ☐Madeline Ryan ☐Shelli Bakken ☐Andrew Wold ☐Henry Crosby ☐Loretta Arradondo ☐Alicia Dang ☐Roslyn Harmon ☐Trey Gladney ☐Janet Frisch ☐Charlie Quimby Staff Present: 4.Approval of Agenda 5.Approval of Minutes 6.Acceptance of Subcommittee Reports December 8, 2022 – 6:30 pm Council Conference Room Golden Valley City Hall 7800 Golden Valley Road 7. Processing Circle 8. Adjournment Community Engagement Subcommittee December 2022 Report The release of the independent investigation into complaints against police has added a new layer to our community engagement work. Although the PEACE Commission was not a participant in the investigation, it is clear we have an expected role in helping the community react and give input as a result of the findings. Our focus in the coming months should be: Development of community meetings sponsored by PEACE in collaboration with the GVPD and DEI Commission. Joint planning and meeting design is so far lacking, and adding more meeting run by PEACE may just add to the noise and confusion. • We should set a date and begin preparations for a series of public engagements that encourage trust-building and point people and local institutions to concrete ways in which they can contribute and take action. • The first meeting format and its objectives should be re-evaluated and expanded the beyond initial, tabled plan to hold a smaller stakeholder-group focused meeting first. • We are exploring whether a new meeting format, based on a method called Creative Tensions, might be more impactful than “listening sessions.” We have some exciting thoughts about this that need more time to cook given recent events. Restorative Circles training for Commissioners will be conducted by Vice Chair Harmon. Commissioners should see their active participation in restorative work is an expectation. • We should set a date for the initial training. After it has been held, we should evaluate how such training might benefit other community members, such as block captains, police, and city staff, and make recommendations to the Council on how such training would be conducted and budgeted. Launch of a PEACE e-newsletter as a regular and targeted means of engaging and informing the public. • Schedule a meeting with Communications Department and PD to work out process kinks and plan topics for future editions. 12.5.2022 Report of the PEACE Commission Recruiting, Training, and Development Subcommittee The purpose of the Recruiting Subcommittee: Support the identification, hiring, and onboarding of new police officers. One of the tasks outlined in the Work Plan for Q4 is to “Develop interview questions for the hiring of police officers.” The measure for this task is that PEACE has developed 5 interview questions to be added to the interview template that is used. The Recruitment, Training and Development subcommittee proposes these 5 questions: 1. When was the last time you asked for help? 2. We all know that people hold implicit biases. In what ways do you work on a daily basis to acknowledge and confront your implicit biases? 3. What is most frustrating for you when dealing with difficult people? 4. How do you handle your personal trauma? 5. How would you reconcile these 2 goals of policing: "crime fighting" and "serving community". The subcommittee will submit these questions to Kirsten Santelices to add to the interview template. The hiring process is on “pause” due to workload constraints related to onboarding and will resume soon. PD leadership has been focusing on the onboarding of 3 new officers, promotional process, and coverage of existing shifts. With the task of “Identify restorative leaders to support officer training”, Airrion Williams has requested that Chief Green and Assistant Chief White consider individuals on the GVPD and put forth members who would be well suited for this responsibility. Shelli Bakken REGULAR MEETING MINUTES 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:33 pm 2. Land Acknowledgment: We acknowledge and honor the Dakota nation, on whose ancestral land the City of Golden Valley is built, and whose land resources we use. We commit to counteracting the erasure of the cultural practices and presence of the Dakota people and through education and by amplifying a wide range of indigenous voices. 3. Attendance/Roll Call ☒ Randy Anderson ☒ Madeline Ryan ☒ Shelli Bakken ☒ Andrew Wold ☒ Henry Crosby ☐ Loretta Arradondo ☒ Alicia Dang ☒ Roslyn Harmon ☐ Trey Gladney ☐ Janet Frisch ☒ Charlie Quimby Staff Present: Staff Liaison Airrion Williams, City Attorney Maria Cisneros, Councilmember Kimberly Sanberg, Police Chief Virgil Green 4. Grounding Exercise (Airrion and Roslyn lead) 5. Approval of Agenda MOTION to approve agenda by Commissioner Bakken, 2nd by Commissioner Anderson. Approved unanimously. 6. Approval of Minutes MOTION to add the word “certain” to minutes by Commissioner Quimby (located in section 7). The sentence will read “Quimby shared that it’s more beneficial to gauge the community’s availability before picking dates for ‘certain’ events. 2nd by Commissioner Ryan. Approved unanimously. November 10th, 2022 – 6:30 pm Golden Valley City Hall 7800 Golden Valley Road City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Regular Meeting November 10th, 2022 – 6:30 pm 2 7. Workplan Updates Commissioner Quimby shared that the executive committee met with Chief Green and had a productive meeting. Quimby said that he asked Chief Green if giving police officers voting rights would be beneficial. Quimby stated that Chief Green said that giving officers voting rights wouldn’t be helpful or increase the chances of getting officers on the commission, the issue is capacity. Commissioner Anderson said that he wanted Chief Green to know the reasoning for why he and others desired for officers to have voting rights. Councilmember Sanberg directed the commission to focus on what’s on the agenda because the public has not been given proper notice of this conversation. Commissioner Dang shared that the equity policy consultant has been selected. They are called Aviellah Curriculum and Consulting. The Data Subcommittee will soon start to meet with Aviellah to review the police policy manual with GVPD. Commissioner Quimby shared that the Community Engagement Subcommittee met last week. Quimby shared that the subcommittee is still planning to have a listening session in collaboration with the PD. The subcommittee discussed giving restorative facilitator training for not only PEACE Commissioners, but PD, and willing community members. Vice Chair Harmon shared that the commission needs to all be trained in listening sessions and restorative practices as we function as a restorative entity. Commissioner Anderson gave examples of how he’s facilitated listening sessions and suggested training block captains in listening sessions. Commissioner Crosby shared that Harmon gave the subcommittee the idea to use diversion as a technique for conflict solution. Quimby stated that this would get the idea of Neighborhood watch away from a crime focus and more of a values and community focus. Quimby says he wants to budget for an arranged training and would like to take a vote. Commissioner Bakken asked what the cost would be. Quimby said that both Harmon and Dr. Raj are resources to train us. City Attorney Cisneros proposes that the commission allow staff to get numbers together and draft a plan for paying for this training and then report back to the community engagement subcommittee, who will then share with the commission. Bakken asked for more advanced notice on training dates. Quimby asked for the commission to determine a date for the next listening session. Crosby shared that we already voted to give sub-committee chairs the ability to spend funds for a listening session. Cisneros shared that staff will do better to communicate dates of events. Harmon stated that she is volunteering her time to train PEACE on restorative approaches, so it will have no cost. Commissioner Bakken gave an update for the Hiring Subcommittee. Bakken shared that PD currently has 20 sworn officers with 5 in the academy and 11 non-sworn officers. An application posting was closed for police officers and there are 19 applications pending. Bakken said that she reminded Deputy City Manager/HR Director Santelices that PEACE would like to be included in Police Officer interviews. Chief Green shared about the Field training process. Green stated that there is a 5 stage process that officers go through with a training officer and sergeant. Those trainers make the recommendation to Chief Green on whether an officer in training will be promoted to full time staff. After this recommendation, new officers are still on a probationary period and will continue training. City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Regular Meeting November 10th, 2022 – 6:30 pm 3 Green shared that a fully staffed GVPD consist of 32 officers. Chief is thinking about cutting officer shifts to less than 10 hours to improve officer wellness, an idea from 21st century policing. Commissioner Wold asked how many officers can be onboarded at a time, given the PD’s capacity. Green shared that the PD could currently train 3 officers at a time, no matter how many qualified candidates applied. Commissioner Dang asked if lateral hires needed to go through field training. Chief Green says that they will, but they will complete training faster. Bakken asked if lateral hires need to come from near the twin cities. Chief Green shared those lateral hires can come from anywhere in the country. 8. Listening Session update 9. PEACE Newsletter Staff liaison Williams gave an update on the communications department’s capacity. Williams shared that this PEACE Newsletter cannot create an access of work for the communications department. Wold asked if every communication needed to go through communications department. Williams answered that official commission business being shared with the community does need to be approved by the communications department. shared that he would attempt to schedule a monthly meeting with the communications department. 10. Police Department Update Chief Green invited PEACE Commission to a ceremony promoting 3 officers to Sergeants at the City Council meeting next Tuesday, November 15th at 630pm. There will be food and refreshments afterward. 11. Collaborative Solutions Grant Update Williams shared that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager Kiarra Zackery no longer works for the city of Golden Valley. Vice Chair Harmon shared that Dec 1st the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Commission will be hosting a “Building a Greater Golden Valley Forum” at Brookview from 630pm-8pm. 12. Adjournment MOTIONED to adjourn at 7:54pm motion by Vice Chair Harmon. 2nd by Commissioner Anderson _______________________________________ Trey Gladney, Chair _______________________________________ Airrion Williams, Staff Liaison City of Golden Valley PEACE Commission Regular Meeting November 10th, 2022 – 6:30 pm 4