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Training Advisory Council Streamlines Process for Recommendations, Commenting on Race and Force
Perhaps turnover prompted the newfound action on the TAC's part: Captain Bob Day, who took over for Brian Parman in July 2016, was promoted to Deputy Chief, leading to the May appointment of former Internal Affairs Lt. Erica Hurley as Captain of Training. Co-chairs Sushanah Boston and Rio Rios were termed out that month, and Shawn Campbell was elected as the new Chair. (Rios resigned months earlier for personal reasons.)
At the May meeting, the Bureau talked about its recruitment process and an on-line "dashboard" where they are now posting Use of Force data. As usual, they did not talk about the data in recent publications-- the annual and Q1 2018 force reports were available at the time. For the record, the The Q1 2018 Report showed African Americans received a high 31% of force despite being just 6% of Portland's population. It also showed "transients" made up 47% of those subjected to force, while it is said they are just 3% of the population (article). Again, TAC members asked probing questions about potential racial bias in both the recruitment and force data discussions. The TAC's 2017 recommendations included suggestions about the Taser policy, learning processes, and recommendations about the Force reports, some of which did not get implemented. One such proposal was that the Bureau should include force data for crowd control in quarterly reports. The annual Force Data report for the 2017 includes force at crowd incidents, but not, for instance, pushing people around with batons (see PPR #72). The separate 2017 Force Audit report lists specific incidents which were found out of policy, but most were technical errors such as improper reporting. |
September, 2018
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