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CLK-Yessika Dominguez <br />From: Emil Hansco <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 4:03 PM <br />To: GRP -City Council <br />Subject: Public Comment: POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS - Agenda Item 3 <br />Categories: Red Category <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments <br />or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. <br />Good afternoon, <br />I am writing about tonight's Police Advisory Committee interviews. In light of national events, I am urging the council <br />members to select community members who have been directly impacted by poor policing policies in the past, <br />supportive of police defunding or reform, and/or have shown strong dedication to civil rights initiatives. <br />Given both the purpose of this committee and the events that drove its creation, I don't believe it is appropriate to have <br />current/former law enforcement officers on the panel. The panel is already tasked with working directly with RCPD; if <br />officers are on the committee itself, then the committee becomes nothing more than an extension of the police <br />department and members will not be able to exercise independence. Panel members should also display empathy to our <br />unhoused, non-white and neurodivergent residents because they are much more likely to be impacted by law <br />enforcement. <br />I urge you to appoint the following community members to the panel: Rocsana Enriquez, Hanna Haddad, Clara Jaeckel, <br />Gregory Trimble and Mary Winfield. <br />Thank you, <br />Emil Hanscom <br />