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Commissioner Perea commented on the accessibility of police oversight matters, <br />requested a tab on the city's website main page, data, policies, designated place to <br />submit complaints, revisions to the policy related to the use of military equipment and <br />surrounding cities models, and asked whether the police department has had or is <br />planning on having community forums regarding the military use equipment. <br />Commander Sorenson reported the lack of prior community forums and the intention <br />to organize one in the future. <br />Commissioner Said requested crime rate data of surrounding cities, spoke regarding <br />other cities military equipment policies, and expressed concern regarding the use of <br />other cities military use equipment policy with higher crime rates as it may negatively <br />affect residents. <br />Commissioner Mejia requested clarification regarding the definition of force as it was <br />used in the presentation. <br />Commander Sorenson stated the use of force was defined as military equipment being <br />used as a means to take someone into custody. <br />Commissioner Mejia spoke in support of a public forum, and requested data on types <br />of incidents that lead to use of equipment and more information on how crowd control <br />is being defined and managed. <br />Commissioner Gawronski thanked Commander Sorenson for the presentation. <br />Vice Chair Carpenter expressed concern regarding the use of military equipment and <br />long-range acoustic devices as force options deployed in civilian environments. <br />Chair Vega asked whether the military equipment is visible during peaceful protests. <br />Commander Sorenson spoke regarding the procedure with military equipment during <br />protest and clarified the equipment is kept at the command post out of sight. <br />Commissioner Mejia expressed concern regarding the lack of a crowd control policy. <br />Commander Sorenson spoke regarding crowd control incident action plans with <br />priorities being protection of life and allowing people to peacefully protest. <br />Vice Chair Carpenter expressed concern regarding maintenance cost of armored <br />vehicles and stated he would rather see funds be used to hire additional officers. <br />Commissioner Perea asked whether there has been any missing equipment in the last <br />15 years. <br />Commander Sorenson stated there had been no instances of missing equipment. <br />POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION 4 APRIL 10, 2025