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Public Safety Committee

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 · 2:30 PM AM · Teleconference

TL;DR

The Public Safety Committee held a teleconference meeting to review lessons learned from recent protests and vandalism in Long Beach, and to examine police policies on use of force and misconduct reporting. The committee approved receiving reports from Police and Fire Departments and voted to continue discussions on internal police practices and the possibility of a special prosecutor for police misconduct cases at a future July meeting.

Key Decisions

  • Approval of previous meeting minutes Passed
  • Report on police and fire department response to May 31 protests and vandalism Passed
  • Report on police use of force policies, bias training, and community policing practices Continued to July 14, 2020
  • Report on special prosecutor models for police misconduct cases Laid over to July 14, 2020
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Agenda

  1. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
  2. THE CIVIC CHAMBERS WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC
  3. PUBLIC WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO USE eCOMMENT TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. WRITTEN COMMENTS MAY ALSO BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO CITYCLERK@LONGBEACH.GOV
  4. CALL TO ORDER
  5. ROLL CALL
  6. REGULAR AGENDA
  7. 1. Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Public Safety Committee meeting held Friday, May 8, 2020.
    Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Chair Price, seconded by Vice Chair Supernaw, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

  8. 2. Recommendation to receive a report from Police and Fire Departments on lessons learned from recent protests throughout the City, and specifically incidents of vandalism and violence on Sunday, May 31.
    Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Chair Price, seconded by Vice Chair Supernaw, to approve recommendation. The motion carried by the following vote:

  9. 3. Recommendation to receive a report from Police Department on current internal use of force/abuse of power incident reporting processes and opportunities for additional training on topics of implicit bias, use of force and community policing practices.
    Agenda Item
    Action: approve recommendation Passed

    A motion was made by Vice Chair Supernaw, seconded by Chair Price, to continue the item to the Public Safety Committee meeting on July 14, 2020. The motion carried by the following vote:

  10. 4. Recommendation to receive a report from City Prosecutor on different prosecution models throughout the state, including the feasibility of appointing a special prosecutor for cases of police misconduct in local jurisdictions, and specifically the City of Long Beach.
    Agenda Item
    Action: laid over

    A motion was made by Vice Chair Supernaw, seconded by Chair Price, that the item be laid over to the Public Safety Committee Meeting on July 14, 2020.

  11. ADJOURNMENT
  12. I, Tamela Austin City Clerk Specialist, certify that the agenda was posted not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting.
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  14. CALL TO ORDER (2:31 PM)
  15. ROLL CALL (2:31 PM)
  16. ADJOURNMENT (4:34 PM)
  17. 5. eComments received for the Public Safety Committee meeting of Tuesday, June 23, 2020.
    Agenda Item
    Action: received and filed

    This Agenda Item was received and filed.

  18. FINISHED AGENDA & MINUTES
  19. REGULAR AGENDA (2:32 PM)
  20. Also present: Monica Kilaita, Deputy City Attorney; Robert Luna, Chief of Police; Xavier Espino, Fire Chief; Robert Smith, Commander, Long Beach Police Department; Tamela Austin, City Clerk Specialist