July 2024 PAB Meeting

• Dr. Myers-Small’s priority has been to establish relationships with Board members and staff.  In addition, she is meeting with various city departments, such as human resources, that work with PAB.  In addition, she is familiarizing herself with policies and procedures.

• Progress is being made on filling vacant positions in Operations.  Interviews will be held for language access coordinator and web master positions which are both part time.  A position for operations and training specialist will be posted soon.
• A meeting is scheduled with the City Council to discuss charter mandated training for the Board and staff.    
• Case management has received new 14 cases and closed 2 cases.   The Board has closed 5 cases.  The last case management position has been filled.
• Investigations has begun sending statement requests and final reports directly to police officers after it was learned that they were not provided with PAB correspondence.  Some previous correspondence will be provided also.
• Staff were trained in internal affairs basics by a national law enforcement expert.  Staff will receive additional training in investigating officer-involved shootings.
• The Public Affairs collaborated with the PAB Alliance to hold a meet and greet event.  They are also working on a right to know campaign and with a consultant to create a survey.
• The Community Engagement team sent out the latest newsletter by email.  The mailing list sign-ups have increased by 40%.  A communications platform focusing on our Latinx community is being developed.    The team is participating in local public events.  More than 80 applications have been received for the community engagement specialist openings and we hope to fill those roles by September.

• Sherry Walker-Cowart was thanked for her work and contributions. 
• Two candidates for the east district Board seat are being considered by the city council.  A new Board member is anticipated to join the PAB next month, which will bring the Board to a full nine members.
• Barriers to obtaining information necessary to PAB work continue to exist despite numerous attempts to improve access.  A meeting is scheduled with City Council next week to discuss these and other issues.
• Staff are working with Albany and New York City Boards to develop training present at the nest NACo conference in the Fall.

• Thanks to the search committee in their work to hire a new Executive Director.
• The Training Committee work was covered earlier in the meeting.

• The city is still looking for a new location for PAB offices.
• Board members are citing problems with updating their laptops.