Police Policy Committee

Cleveland Community Police Commission (CPC)

Criminal Justice

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023
6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. EDT

3631 Perkins Ave Cleveland, OH 44114 (Directions)

Community Police Commission office (or watch on YouTube), 4th Floor

The Police Policy Committee is a committee of Cleveland Community Police Commission members. It is responsible for the oversight of General Police Orders and audit of performance of general police orders, according to the commission’s rules.

Committee members:

Piet van Lier, chair
Shandra Benito
Kyle Early
Alana Garrett-Ferguson
Teri Wang

Find livestreams of this meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/@ClevelandCPC/streams

Agenda: When we see an agenda, we will update the assignment information. But, keep an eye out for an agenda closer to the meeting here and beneath the “News and Announcements” section on the commission’s homepage.

Find Documenters coverage of past Community Police Commission meetings here.

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Cleveland - OH Documenters Team

Live reporting by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell

Plans for upcoming panel on involuntary hospitalization taking shape

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell

Good evening, Cleveland! I’m live-tweeting today’s Community Police Commission @216cpc Police Policy Committee meeting starting at 6 p.m. for @cledocumenters & @signalcleveland. #CLEDocumenters

04:56 PM Sep 20, 2023 CDT

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 2/10

Think we got something wrong? Send any enquiries on the meeting or these tweets to @cledocumenters or email us at cledocumenters@gmail.com

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 3/10

@cledocumenters Here's the link if you'd like to watch for yourself on @216cpc's YouTube channel:

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 4/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc The Police Policy Committee of CPC meets the third Wednesday of every month. This committee is chaired by Piet van Lier, a Senior Researcher on justice reform and education for @PolicyMattersOH.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 5/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc @PolicyMattersOH Pictured: Commissioners Shandra Benito, Terri Wang, and Piet van Lier.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 6/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc @PolicyMattersOH Benito is updating the group on her work, including obtaining data on care-response for mental health crisis calls through MHRAC [Mental Health Response Advisory Committee].

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 7/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc @PolicyMattersOH Benito wants to create a panel to explain what mental health hospitalisation looks like. Commissioner Terri Wang is asking for details about the proposed panel guests. She wants to see people with a variety of clinical & life experiences with the subject.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 8/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc @PolicyMattersOH Wang wants to see more diversity & more people with lived experience with mental health hospitalization on the panel.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 9/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc @PolicyMattersOH Earley says it's the "best of both worlds" to have professionals with clinical experience on the panel as well & backs up the proposed panelists. Benito says Wang is welcome to bring her own suggested panelists.

Gennifer Harding-Gosnell @GenniferwithaG_ 10/10

@cledocumenters @216cpc @PolicyMattersOH The purpose of the panel is to explain "pink-slipping", or emergency hospitalization of persons in a mental health crisis. In the UK we called this "sectioning". . www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs…

www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs…

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Note-taking by Barbara Phipps

Panel interested in surveillance technology, crisis intervention efforts

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Attachments

3 attachments

Cleveland Documenters Assignment Best Practices and Style Guide

By Lawrence Daniel, Cleveland - OH Documenters Team ⋅ December 7th, 2022

Cleveland Documenters Glossary of Civic Terms

By Lawrence Daniel, Cleveland - OH Documenters Team ⋅ December 7th, 2022

By Lawrence Daniel, Cleveland - OH Documenters Team ⋅ September 26th, 2023

Agency Information

Cleveland Community Police Commission (CPC)

See meeting notes for details

See Documenters reporting

Watch the livestream on the CPC’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ClevelandCPC/streams

The Cleveland Community Police Commission (CPC) was established in 2015 as part of the terms of the Consent Decree between the City of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Following an investigation, the DOJ determined there was a pattern of excessive force used by the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP). The Consent Decree outlined the work that needed to be done so CDP policies, practices and procedures comply with Constitutional law.

Cleveland voters approved amendments to the city’s charter in 2021 that gave the CPC final say over police discipline.

The CPC was mandated under the Consent Decree to provide community input on needed policing reforms from the many diverse communities in Cleveland:

Faith-based organizations

Civil rights advocates

Business/philanthropic community

Communities of color

Advocacy organizations

Academia

Youth and student organizations

Homeless

Those with mental illness

CPC Commissioners consist of individuals that represent the diversity of Cleveland and a representative from each of the following police associations: The Black Shield, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and The Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association (CPPA).

The CPC works to empower the community’s voice in the reform process. It works with the community to develop reports and recommendations on ways police policies can better reflect community values. Better policies will help ensure policing in Cleveland is safe, effective, and that people’s civil rights are upheld.