MEMORANDUM
TO: Pasadena City Council Public Safety Committee
FROM: Chair, Raúl Ibáñez; Community Police Oversight Commission RE: Recommendation to Public Safety Committee; Appointment of Community Based Seats of Community Police Oversight Commission
DATE: 06/08/2022
On behalf of the Community Police Oversight Commission, I, Chair, Raúl Ibáñez recommend that the Pasadena City Council Public Safety Committee reappoint all Community Based Organization Commissioners to a second term. All commissioners feel that our current Community Based Organization Commissioners are invaluable contributors to our body, our current work, and losing them now would be a terrible blow to the Commission.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Chair Raúl Ibañez
Community Police Oversight Commission
HARAMBEE
June 13, 2022
Harambee Ministries
1609 Navarro Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91103
City of Pasadena
100 N. Garfield Ave
Pasadena, CA 91109
Attn: Public Safety Committee
Dear Public Safety Committee Members:
My name is Tina Williams, I applied for the Community Police Oversight Commission's nonprofit representative position. After speaking with a friend about the Commission and was informed that all three of the former nonprofit representatives were reapplying for their previously held positions. I was under the impression that they had to take a one-year leave before they could reapply.
All three representatives are highly qualified, and I believe they will do an excellent job representing the nonprofit community; therefore I withdraw my application for consideration.
Tina Williams
Director of Community Engagement | Harambee Ministries
Hello Everyone,
I am sorry I could not Zoom in to be with you for the Police Commission Interview, but I am down in Orange County taking my mom to a doctors appointment.
Am guessing the two questions you might have are:
Why do you want to be on the commission and what can you bring to the table.
I have lived in District 4 for close to 25 years. In that time I have seen many changes in our city and I would like to be a part of the ongoing changes and help provide input.
What I can bring to the table is being a former officer with the Santa Monica Police Department and thus provide perspective from an officers point of view and also as a long time home owner in Pasadena. Over the years, I have had several interactions with our police department and usually stay informed on police activity/crime in our city.
I am considered to be a very fair & level headed individual who is well educated & has a good sense of humor.
If you have questions you would like to address I am listing my email & phone number.
All the best,
Kim
Sabha, Tamer
To: Colin Bogart
Subject: RE: Public Safety Committee June 15 Agenda item #1 From: Colin Bogart
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 10:46 AM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>
Cc: Hampton, Tyron <[email protected]>; Bell, Cushon <[email protected]> Subject: Public Safety Committee June 15 Agenda item #1 Dear Committee Chair Gordo and Committee Members,
I'm writing to express my support for the reappointment of the current Community-based Organization members of the Police Oversight Commission. I'm also very pleased to see that the Community-based Commissioner terms are being extended to 3 years from now on. One year is too short and should not have been the term limit in the first place.
With regard to the application from Ms. Santell, while I appreciate her willingness to contribute, I'm not sure the perspective of a police officer is something that's missing. We have an entire police department from whom we can obtain an officer's perspective. I believe the whole point of the Oversight Commission is to ensure a voice and perspective from the community, which is not directly connected to law enforcement.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Colin Bogart
District 1 resident, 91103
Sabha, Tamer
From:
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:55 PM
To: Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]>; Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]> Subject: Police Oversight Commission
Please reappoint community representatives Florence Annang and Alexis Abernathy to the Community Police Oversight Commission.
Danny Parker