Sacramento Municipal Code Ch. 2.110 City of Sacramento Community Police Review Commission

The City of Sacramento Community Police Review Commission is hereby established. (Ord. 2024-0038 § 1)

The commission is established for the following purposes:

A. Providing community participation in reviewing and recommending police department policies, practices, and procedures; and

B. Monitoring the implementation, evaluation, and sustainability of city policing initiatives and programs. (Ord. 2024-0038 § 1)

The powers and duties of the commission are as follows:

A. To advise and make recommendations to the city council regarding police policy, procedures, and best practices, including those related to community relations, hiring, and training best practices.

B. To review quarterly reports prepared by the Office of Public Safety Accountability consistent with California Penal Code section 832.7(c), relating to the number, kind, and status of all citizen complaints filed against police department personnel, to determine whether there are patterns of misconduct that necessitate revisions to any police policy, practice, or procedure.

C. Annually, report to and make recommendations to the mayor and the city council regarding the activities of the commission and the Sacramento Police Department's efforts to strengthen bias-free policing and community-police relations. (Ord. 2024-0038 § 1)

A. Number of members. Until such time as the seat described in subsection A.3 below sunsets, the commission has 12 members; thereafter the commission has 11 members:

1. Each councilmember shall recommend one member for appointment (eight members total);

2. The mayor shall recommend two members for appointment;

3. The mayor shall recommend one additional member for appointment, which seat sunsets on January 1, 2025, or when vacated, whichever comes first; and

4. The Personnel and Public Employees Committee shall recommend for appointment one member, who must be at least 16 years old and not older than 22 years old at the time of appointment.

B. Qualifications. In addition to any requirements or restrictions in chapter 2.40:

1. Past and present peace officers are ineligible to be members of the commission. (Ord. 2024-0038 § 1)

Unless specifically provided otherwise in this chapter, the provisions of chapter 2.40 apply to the commission and its members. (Ord. 2024-0038 § 1)