THIS WEDNESDAY: City Council to consider changing PAC deadline to August 31
The Portland City Council agenda for March 22 includes a resolution which would change the Police Accountability Commission's deadline from June 9, 2023 to August 31, 2023.
The additional time would be used primarily for additional community engagement. It would also allow for deeper consideration of legal and technical issues around the implementation of the new Oversight Board, and ensuring that the PAC's proposals fit with each other and are known and understood by the City Council and the public.
Community members can sign up to testify on this resolution using agenda item 240.
Dear Portlanders,
The Police Accountability Commission is a group of twenty community members developing a new accountability system for Portland police, including a new oversight board and a new investigatory and disciplinary system. This email is an updated public meeting notice for the Police Accountability Commission for March 2023.
Public Meeting Notice
The Police Accountability Commission is now in its fourth phase of work (Structure and Details), and has three sub-committees: Reporting and Transparency, Board Membership, and Oversight Staff (formerly Oversight Agency).
The scheduled public meetings of the Police Accountability Commission are:
- PAC Sub-Committee on Reporting and Transparency:
Thursday, March 23, 6:30-9 PM - PAC Sub-Committee on Board Membership:
Monday, March 27, 7-9 PM - PAC Sub-Committee on Reporting and Transparency (may be canceled on March 24):
Tuesday, March 28, 6:30-9 PM - Police Accountability Commission Meeting:
Thursday, March 30, 6:30-9 PM - PAC Sub-Committee on Oversight Staff:
Monday, April 3, 7-9 PM
The Police Accountability Commission will host a community forum on Wednesday, March 22, from 1-3 PM, in person at Concourse Coffee.
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.
Full Event Calendar
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 written public comment to the PAC as well. Written public comment is circulated to the commission in advance of each meeting.