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ANAHEIM Response to Police Review Board POLICEOctober zoig Report ' December zo, 2019 Since zoiq, the Anaheim Police Department (APD) has welcomed and benefited from civilian oversight of its operations. The only agency in Orange County with civilian oversight, APD's commitment to innovation and transparency serves as a model in self-critical, progressive policing. Building on the groundbreaking work of the Public Safety Board, the current City of Anaheim oversight committee, the Police Review Board (PRB), was seated in 2oi8 and is the second iteration of civilian oversight in Anaheim. With similarities and certainly differences from its predecessor, the PRB has been diligent in its commitment to critical and holistic review of department operations as an additional layer with the purpose of further improving APD's capabilities in delivering the highest level of public safety service to the city's residents, businesses and 25 million annual visitors. Since the inception of the civilian oversight component in Anaheim with the initial Public Safety Board examining both police and fire operations, the PRB recently produced the first report of its work summarizing its first year of service. The report included the following sections: • Introduction of the board members; • Introduction of the Office of Independent Review (OIR) and explanation of their role; • Welcome message from the PRB; • Overview of the PRB and its role; • Mission Statement; • Overview of PRB's role in the complaint process: specifically, hearing or receiving complaints from members of the public; • Training: specific training the PRB has received along with a summary of their attendance at the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement (NACOLE) Conference; • Discussion & description of PRB's participation on department hiring and promotional panels; • Discussion & description of PRB's field response to critical incidents; • PRB's role and activity related to community outreach; • Overview of key department statistics including deadly force, use of force, complaints, internal administrative investigations; • Areas of study: specific topics for which the PRB received more in-depth information via presentation from subject matter experts; • Recommendations • Looking forward: future topics of study for the PRB With additional training, greater capabilities and expanded access, the PRB possesses a more robust ability to influence department direction than did the previous model. Further, with a seat on critical hiring and promotional panels, the PRB now has the ability to weigh in on those selected and those promoted within the ranks of APD. The department has made it a priority to be responsive to requests from the Office of the City Manager, and has provided relevant training, 65D-69