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Police Review Commission (PRC) <br />July 8, 2020 <br />Dee Williams -Ridley <br />City Manager <br />2180 Milvia Street <br />Berkeley, CA 94704 <br />Dear Ms. Williams -Ridley, <br />I am pleased to present to you the 2019 Annual Report for the Police Review Commission. The <br />purpose of this report, provided in accordance with the PRC's enabling ordinance (Ord. No. 4644- <br />N.S.), is to furnish statistical data regarding the number of complaints received, their general <br />characteristics. and manner of conclusion. <br />For cases that have proceeded to Board of Inquiry Hearings, the data also includes the number of <br />hearings, the various categories of allegations heard, and whether the allegations against an officer <br />were sustained, not sustained, unfounded, or exonerated. This report also contains data on the <br />ethnicity, gender and ages of complainants, as well as comparisons to statistics from the previous four <br />years. <br />Finally, this report describes the other work the Police Review Commission and staff took on in 2019. <br />The full Commission and a subcommittee devoted substantial time to reviewing the Police <br />Department's conversion of its general orders and other directives into the Lexipol policy system, work <br />that started in 2018 and will continue into 2020. The Commission began an inquiry into the practices <br />of asking detainees about their probation and parole status and of searching those on probation or <br />parole. And, the Commission completed its review of the policy governing the use of body -worn <br />cameras. <br />As you know, staff devoted considerable time working on responses to Public Records Act requests <br />for records newly releasable under SIB 1421. And, staff helped plan and execute a highly successful <br />regional conference of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Katherine J. Lee <br />Police Review Commission Officer <br />65D-16 <br />