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Home My WebLink AboutMN-PCR-1992-10-19 POLICE-COMMUNiTY RELATIONS TASK FORCE CITY HALL,ITHACA,NY 14850 Unapproved minutes from the Steering Committee meeting held on October 19, 1992(4:23 -5:40 pm). Present: Coordinator Alvin Nelson,Mayor Ben Nichols,Chief Harlin McEwen, Sara Shenk, John Johnson,Marilyn Ray,Irene Stein,Amy Lewis, Clay Hamilton Absent: without notice-Rick Williams,Gerald Dumay,Jose Montanez,Drew Martin 1. Minutes of the meeting of September 28, 1992 were amended to say:that the PEER program was separate from the mentoring program,that the idea of mentoring involving only police officers had been dropped,and that PEER stands for Police Efforts to Enhance Relations. The minutes were approved as amended. 2. The committee discussed the 10/15/92 draft of the cover letter and made a last round of changes. a. In¶2 the name"Community-Police-Board Committee"is changed to"Police-Community Involvement Committee". b. In j 4 a type"-ed" is dropped. c. Under"Jury Selection"M. Ray questioned whether(6),the recommendation for state legislation to implement the rest of the recommendations should be included,since it would seem to question the legality of the preceding recommendations. I. Stein countered that it had been a basic committee recommendation and the question would be raided anyway. All agreed to leave it in. d. Under"Involvement"the name"Police Efforts to Enhance Relations" will be spelled out. e. Under"Training"another sentence is added at the end: "The final recommendations on training await the results of surveys of both police and community. To oversee the implementation of the above recommendations and to coordinate the continuing work of the committee,the Steering Committee will continue. f. Under"Community-Police Board" "First"Chief McEwen pointed out that he was not in favor of recommendations II (for a seven-member board)or VI(to staff the board separately from the Police Dept.);hence he disagrees with the word"unanimously". It was agreed to say, "the voting members of the Steering Committee unanimously endorse..."The Chief can write his own letter responding to the report. The cover letter can have a sentence saying that the Ex- Officio members may be submitting their comments separately. g. The Chief also pointed out that he wants to add Police to the list of community organizations that may participate in training lay advocates in Recommendation XI; such a sentence will be added to the cover letter. h. "Community-Police Board" "Second"and "Third"will not be changed. i. At the bottom of the cover letter will be a list of the Steering Committee members,indicating voting members and ex-officio members. The lists will have names,not addresses,and will be 1 in alphabetical order. A list of the four subcommittees follows. Note that Laura Branca is Vice Chair of the Training Committee. j. The cover letter will be addressed to Mayor and Common Council from the Task Force. 3. M. Ray will complete final revisions to the cover letter and bring in the final copy to the Mayor's Office the next day,October 20. Alvin Nelson will come in to read it. 4. Members of the Task Force Steering Committee may want to be at the next Human Services Committee meeting,where the Report will be presented 5. Distribution of the report,which will be a public document as of October 20,will be through the Mayor's Office. a. It will be mailed to all task force subcommittee members and all members of the Community Police Board. It will be put in all Council members'boxes. b. Ben Nichols and Alvin Nelson agreed to hold a press conference on October 26 at 2:00. The Report will be distributed to the press at the press conference and will be available to the public after the press conference. c. A subcommittee consisting of Ben Nichols,Amy Lewis and Sara Shenk will make plans for a public meeting to present the report to the community and get comments. Meeting adjourned at 5:40 pm. The next meeting of the Steering Committee will take place when needed. 2 , — ''s WM/72_ Police-Community Task Force STEERING COMMITTEE Name Address City Phone (home/work) Alvin Nelson 502 S. Albany St. Ithaca 273-8259/277-4500 Coordinator Clayton Hamilton Wholesale Depot 2255 N.Triphammer Road Ithaca 273-8367/257-9234 FAX 257-9237 Amy Lewis 305 S. Plain St. Ithaca 753-0073/273-4190 C - z I Irene Stein 207 Ithaca Rd. Ithaca 272-3167/277-0148 Sara Shenk 816 S. Meadow St. Ithaca 272-4849/257-1551 Gerald Dumay 314 1/2 S. Plain St. Ithaca 277-7621 Jose Montanez 318 N. Albany St. Ithaca /272-3622 John Johnson 946 E. State St. Ithaca 272-8442/255-7736 Marilyn Ray 96 Besemer Road Ithaca 539-7474/539-7778 Harlin McEwen 272-9973 (day or evening) Police Chief Mayor Ben Nichols 273-6523/274-6501 Richard Williams GIAC. Ithaca 659-4276/272-3622 Drew Martin PBA Office Ithaca /273-7757 Police-Community Task Force Subcommittee: COMMUNITY POLICE BOARD Name Address City Phone (home/work) Richard Williams(Chair#1) 318 N. Albany St. Ithaca. 659-4276/272-3622 Sara Shenk 816 S. Meadow St. Ithaca 272-4849/257-1551 Cynthia Telfair 533 West Green St. Ithaca 272-6743/273-4190 John Johnson 946 E. State St. Ithaca 272-8442/255-7736 Marilyn Ray(Chair#3) 96 Besemer Rd. Ithaca 539-7474/539-7778 Alfredo Rossi 409 Lake St. C-21 Ithaca 277-3855/277-3855 Alvin Nelson 502 S. Albany St. Ithaca 273-8259/277-4500 Gregg A. Thomas 215 N. Cayuga St. Ithaca 564-7096/273-3666 Lillie Tucker 318 S. Plain St. Ithaca 277-1832 Birthe K. Darden 144 Midline Rd. Sltrvl Spr,NY 14881 539-6829 Lee Carter 306 S. Plain St. Ithaca 272 8371 Vi Scott 310 Center St. Ithaca John Marcham(Chair#2) 414 E. Buffalo St. Ithaca 273-5754 Irene Stein 207 Ithaca Rd. Ithaca 277-0148/272-3167 Police-Community Task Force Subcommittee: POLICEICOMMUNITY TRAINING Name Address City Phone (home/work) Clayton Hamilton (Chair) 111 Hyers St. Ithaca 273-8367/257-9234 FAX 257-9237 Ed&Camilla Lisbe 302 Jake Ave. Ithaca 272-1884 Sally Sumner 555 Warren Rd. Ithaca 257-1551 Marie Johnson 501 N. Tioga St. #7 Ithaca 272-8024 Kirby Edmonds PO Box 321 Ithaca 14851 272-7137 Shauna Guidici 136 Hudson St. Ithaca 277-0541 Ellen Grimm 109 Cook St. Ithaca 273-2679 Neil H. Golder 203 College Ave. Ithaca 273-8025 Kenny Grant 214 N. Corn St. Ithaca 272-0989 Kris Miller 269 Coy Glen Road. Ithaca 272-4915/277-3401 Emma Johnson 2250 N. Triphammer Rd. 43D Ithaca 257-5760 Barry Langerlan 10 Judd Falls Rd. Suite 55 Ithaca 272-8689 Dede Lobe Moved away to Philadelphia 272-8024 Laura Branca 502 S. Plain St. Ithaca 272-1590 Hope A. Hart 206 Stewart Ave.,Basement#3 Ithaca 256-4915/277-9343 M&W 2-3:30 255-7696 Police-Community Task Force Subcommittee: POLICE INVOLVEMENT (MENTORING) Name Address City Phone (home/work) Amy Lewis(Chair) 305 S. Plain St. Ithaca 753-0073/273-4190 Jacquie Bailor 301 S. Green St. Ithaca 272-0346 Darrell Barrett 644 Troy Rd. Ithaca 277-7424/273-8364 Marlon Byrd 321 Center St. Ithaca /272-3245 Nick Celia 717 Court St. Ithaca /277-2469 Frances Eastman 302 S. Plain St. Ithaca 272-6765 John Efroymson 435 N. Geneva St. Ithaca 272-1034/274-3242 Ron Gilliam 328 W. Seneca St. Ithaca 272-4426/277-4580 Belinda Hughes 606 N. Tioga St. Ithaca 277-5071 /274-1692 Sandy Larkin 1 James L. Gibbs Dr. Ithaca 277-3187/273-8364 Vern Smith 108 Sapsucker Woods Rd. Ithaca 257-6325/272-3622 David Speller 122 Brookway Ithaca 257-3392/273-8629 Pete Tyler 1240 Trumansburg Rd. Ithaca /272-3245 Arthur Watkins 800 S. Plain St. Ithaca 272-2063/272-2433 Randy Haus PBA Office Ithaca /273-7757 Rod Howd PBA Office Ithaca /273-7757 Police-Community Task Force Subcommittee: JURY SELECTION Name Address City Phone (home/work) Irene Stein(Chair) 207 Ithaca Rd. Ithaca 272-3167/277-0148 Marilyn Ray 96 Besemer Rd. Ithaca 539-7474/539-7778 Nick Celia 717 Court St. Ithaca /277-2469 Charles Guttman /274-6504 Benjamin Darden 539-6829/273-0617 James Kerrigan