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[2024 Community Police Review Commission Commissioner Selection on November 18, 2024. ]
ALMOST TWO O'CLOCK SHARP.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AT THE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION, UH, SELECTION TODAY.
I'M THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MARKETING MANAGER FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT.
RIGHT HERE IS GAIL MCCANN, OUR DIRECTOR.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY IS WE'RE GOING TO START THE RANDOM SELECTION FOR THE COMMISSIONER SEATS FOR THE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION IS A VOLUNTEER BOARD MADE OF 11 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE SELECTED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
UM, THE CPRC IS INDEPENDENT AND SEPARATE FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND LAW, THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT HAS BEEN WORKING TO REESTABLISH THIS COMMISSION IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT OR CITY CODE TWO 15, WHICH WAS PASSED IN MAY, 2023, UH, BY VOTERS.
SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PULL NAMES FROM RANDOMLY SELECT NAMES FROM THE ELIGIBLE POOL OF APPLICANTS, UH, AS DETERMINED BY THE, UH, CITY AUDITOR, UM, BY THE AWESOME POLICE OVERSIGHT, UH, ACT, UH, ELIGIBILITY RULES.
ALL THE RULES FOR ELIGIBILITY ARE IN THE POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS CITY CODE TWO 15.
SO OF THOSE, OF THOSE APPLICANTS, 31 OF 31 PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE AND CONFIRMED INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMISSION SELECTION PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS, UM, GALE'S GOING TO ROLL THE ROLLER, THEN RANDOMLY SELECT ONE NAME.
I WILL READ THE NAME, AND THEN THEY'LL, THAT PERSON WILL HAVE A SEAT ON THE COMMISSION.
WE WILL SELECT 11 NAMES AND THEN, UH, FOUR ALTERNATES.
ALL NAMES WILL BE PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE@ATXPOLICECOMMISSION.ORG.
UM, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO PARTICIPATE TODAY OR TO BE SELECTED.
AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLINE, INCLUDING A LINK TO THIS VIDEO.
ARE YOU READY TO GET STARTED? LET'S DO.
THE FIRST NAME IS DEMARS JACKSON.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE, UH, PRESENT TO PARTICIPATE.
SO THE NEXT NAME IS JOHN BESKI.
THE NEXT NAME IS LAURA CORTES FRANCO.
THE NEXT NAME IS CHRISTOPHER HARRIS.
THE NEXT NAME IS IAN WARREN BROCK.
SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE THAT LAST ONE.
AND APOLOGIES IF I MISPRONOUNCED
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THAT.THE NEXT NAME IS ROBERT CORONA.
THE NEXT NAME IS DEREK EUGENE.
SO THAT CONCLUDES ALL 11 COMMISSIONER SEATS.
NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE ALTERNATES.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE WE'LL SPIN, PULL THE FOUR NAMES OF THE ALTERNATE.
SO IF FOR ANY REASON A COMMISSIONER CANNOT SERVE, THIS PERSON CAN SUB IN KATHY RUSSELL.
KATHY RUSSELL FIRST ALTERNATE.
THE NEXT ALTERNATE IS TERRY FLOOD.
THE THIRD ALTERNATE IS STEVEN FEIST.
FOR THE FINAL ALTERNATE, IT WILL BE DONNA WALSH.
DONNA WALSH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THE CPRC SELECTION.
FOR THE FULL LIST OF NAMES, WE'LL POST THEM ONLINE@ATXPOLICECOMMISSION.ORG, ATX POLICE COMMISSION.ORG.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE FULL LIST OF NAMES PROBABLY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
I HAVE TO GET TO THE OFFICE AND PUT THEM BACK ONLINE.
UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED, UH, WE WILL SEND YOU AN EMAIL WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, IF YOU WERE NOT SELECTED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER APPLYING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.