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Dear Portlanders,
The Police Accountability Commission is a City advisory group consisting of community members developing a new accountability system for Portland police, including a new investigatory and disciplinary structure and oversight board. This email is an updated public meeting notice for the Police Accountability Commission for February 2023.
Public Meeting Notice
The Police Accountability Commission's sub-committees for the Structure and Details Phase will start meeting next week, with additional meetings to be scheduled throughout March:
- PAC Sub-Committee on Reporting and Transparency:
Thursday, February 27, 7-9 PM - PAC Sub-Committees on Board Membership and Oversight Agency (joint meeting):
Thursday, March 2, 7-9 PM
The Police Accountability Commission generally meets on Thursday, with sub-committee and other meetings occurring on Monday. Occasionally, the full commission will meet on Monday. Meetings are held from 7-9 PM or 6:30-9 PM.
As more information is finalized for each meeting, it will be posted at the links above. The links include Zoom connection information and in-person viewing sites for members of the public to observe the meeting and participate with public comment, agenda items for the meeting, and other documents. Meeting reports will also be posted at this link after the meeting.
Accessibility Information
To help ensure that community members can observe these meetings, the City of Portland will provide ASL interpretation, closed captioning and Spanish interpretation. If there are other ways we can help you more fully participate in this process, please contact the Police Accountability Commission support staff at PoliceAccountability@portlandoregon.gov. Use City TTY 503-823-6868, or use Oregon Relay Service: 711
Para ayudar a garantizar que los miembros de la comunidad puedan observar estas reuniones, la ciudad de Portland proporcionará interpretación en ASL, subtítulos en ingles e interpretación en español. Si hay otras maneras en que podemos ayudarle a participar más plenamente en este proceso, por favor comuníquese con el personal de la Comisión de Responsabilidad Policial en PoliceAccountability@portlandoregon.gov. Utilice el TTY de la ciudad 503-823-6868 o utilice el Servicio de retransmisión de Oregón: 711
More information on the Police Accountability Commission's work can be found at the Commission website, which has new information posted to it regularly: https://www.portland.gov/police-accountability
If you have any questions, please email PoliceAccountability@portlandoregon.gov.
Get Involved!
The PAC website includes a page with more information on how to get involved in the commission's work, including how to watch meetings, give public comment during meetings, and give advance public comment to the PAC as well.
Thank you!