Community Police Review Commission (Special Meeting) 12/9/2024

The City of Sacramento Community Police Review Commission held a special meeting on December 9, 2024. No contracts, bids, vendor selections, or purchasing approvals were identified. The Commission discussed the Office of Public Safety Accountability’s quarterly reports, staffing constraints affecting review of Sacramento Police Department complaints, and the need for additional resources to improve oversight. Its proposed 2025 work plan included strengthening the Commission’s relationship with city agencies, setting timelines for responses to recommendations, holding community forums, and reviewing SPD resource allocation and performance measures; no specific budget amount or funding allocation was approved.

The Commission approved the consent calendar and voted to include prior recommendations in its 2024 annual report. It approved the 2025 work plan, with one abstention. For the annual report, it approved recommendations on civilian oversight and Commission operations, with direction to align one recommendation’s timing with the work plan. For military equipment use, it removed proposed recommendation 9 for further research and approved recommendations 10 and 11. The Commission also approved the annual report for finalization by the chair, vice chair, and a subgroup of commissioners. Discussion included SPD’s compliance with California Assembly Bill 481 and proposals to clarify oversight roles, but no change to the military equipment policy was adopted at this meeting.