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CITY OF RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION of completing Stage L D. Stage IV- Deliberation_and _Findina_Proces 1. Immediately upon completion of Stage III, Policies and Procedures Process, the Chair gives notice to the Commission that each Commissioner is responsible to develop a rationale for a finding on whether the Involved Officer's actions were consistent with RPD policy. Commissioners are encouraged to be specific in reference to facts and policy as a basis for a potential finding. Every rationale should rely solely on the facts of the case, investigation, and training, and Commissioners should be prepared to discuss their rationales for their findings. Commissioners will submit completed rationales to the Manager. 2. The Chair will call for all Commissioners to publicly offer their rationales and findings as a starting point for discussion. Commissioner rationales will be used to construct the Commission's summarized findings in the Commission's OID Public Report. 3. Commissioners will commence discussion of rationales and findings upon conclusion of all of the above steps. Commissioners discuss whether one unified rationale is sufficient to cover Commission positions, views, and concerns. Commissioners with dissenting points of view, if any, will articulate and discuss their specific areas of concern by identifying and applying facts from Stage 111 and IV using RPD policies in existence at the time of the OID. They then analyze, through Commission discussion, whether actions taken by any Involved Officer leading up to or causing the OID was within RPD policy. 4. Any Commissioner may decide to submit a dissenting opinion regarding an OID. The name(s) of the author(s) of the dissenting opinion(s) will be clearly identified and included following the principal text in the final approved OID Public Report. The dissenting opinion(s) shall be included in its / their entirety without edits, unless such edits are approved by the author(s). An italicized statement will be added following the dissenting opinion, indicating, "The dissenting opinion and analysis may not be cited as precedent related to the Commission. " 5. After all rationales have been discussed, a Commissioner makes a motion as to whether the actions taken by the Involved Officers leading up to or causing the OID, were within RPD policy. The Commission should strive to Policy and Procedures Page 13 of 20