Appoint members to the Community Board for Police Accountability

This legislation appoints three alternates to full membership on the Community Board for Police Accountability (CBPA), to fill three vacancies. It also requests that administrative staff supporting the CBPA begin the process of re-evaluating previous applicants to provide Council with options to appoint previous applicants as alternates. The CBPA has 21 member and 6 alternate positions; following this legislation, all 21 members and 1/6 alternates will be filled. This legislation also adjusts the term lengths of remaining members to align with the meeting dates of the CBPA, which will hold its first meeting on February 11, 2026. This body was established per Ballot Measur e 26-217, which was approved by 82% of the voters on November 3, 2020. It amended City Charter, establishing a new oversight system. The Police Accountability Commission (PAC), appointed by City Council, spent two years gathering information from community members and made recommendations to the former City Council. Using existing federal, state, and local laws, the former City Council took some of the PAC's recommendations and directed that bargaining occur with Portland Police Bureau's two unions, Portland Police Association (PPA) and Portland Police Commanding Officers Association (PPCOA). In order for the City to be in compliance with the Department of Justice (DOJ)'s settlement agreement, the City must establish "a new Community Police Oversight Board to replace IPR for investigations of certain complaints of police misconduct and to replace the Chief of Police for imposition of discipline." (195) Staff in the City Operations Service Area for the Community Board for Police Accountability worked with the Office of Civic Life to conduct an open recruitment for applicants to serve on the CBPA, with applications open for 45 days and closing on April 14, 2025. A 10-member nominating committee defined in City Code 35.20.010.B.2 reviewed applications and forwarded finalists to City Council for appointment; the nominating committee included: Two members from the Citizen Review Committee (CRC); One community member from each Council district as designated by the Council members of that district; One representative from the Office of Equity and Human Rights; One representative designated by the Chief of Police; One representative from the Portland Police Association (PPA); and One representative from the Portland Police Commanding Officers Association (PPCOA) 121 individuals applied for the Board, representing 4.4 applications received for each Board position available, including: 118 applications were initially deemed eligible and reviewed and scored by the Nominating Committee. An application was ineligible if the applicant did not meet one of the membership requirements outlined in City Code. 77 applications received a passing score from the majority of Nominating Committee of 60% or higher. The Nominating Committee debriefed each of these 77 applications in their meetings. At the end of each discussion, that application was voted on. If an application received majority support, six or more votes, it was recommended to Council. 43 applications received the majority of votes that were needed to advance further in the process, though one applicant withdrew prior to the next step in the review process for personal reasons. The next step was a conflict-of-interest check. Two applications were removed because they were identified as having a conflict-of-interest and/or failed to meet another eligibility requirement. 40 applicants were presented to Council; and Council eventually chose 21 individuals to serve as the Board's initial membership and 6 additional individuals to serve as alternates. Council appointed 21 community members as members, and 6 community members as alternates , to the CBPA on June 18, 2025, pending background checks and other administrative requirements. The first meeting of the CBPA is scheduled for February 11, 2026.

This resolution does not change CBPA appropriations. The $500 stipend for each member of the CBPA will continue to be issued to the updated membership, and the $500 stipend for the alternate members' stipends will remain budgeted for future alternate appointments. The total cost of $13,500 will come out of the oversight system's budget, which is required to be equal to 5% of PPB's operating budget and which was budgeted in the FY 2026-2027 fiscal year.

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During the application process, the Administrative and Onboarding Coordinator for the Office of Community-Based Accountability sent over 250 emails that advertised the volunteer opportunity to the following community partners: 1000 Friends of Oregon ACLU All Hands Raised Alliance for a Healthier Generation APANO Basic Rights Oregon Black Parent Initiative Black Reliance Fund Black United Fund Building Power for Communities of Color Business for Better Portland CAIR Oregon CAIRO Coalition of Communities of Color Community Investment Trust Cultivate Initiatives Disability Rights Oregon Division Midway Alliance Dress for Success East Portland Action Plan Educate Ya Friendly House Inc. Health Justice Recovery Alliance Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Karios PDX Latino Network League of Women Voters Lewis and Clark – Gender Studies Lewis and Clark – Health Studies Lewis and Clark – Latin America and Latino Studies Lewis and Clark – Political Science Lewis and Clark – Sociology Mercy Corps Multnomah County Public Health Advisory Board Multnomah County Reach NAACP Neighborhood Associations - All Our Just Future Oregon Justice Resource Center Oregon Walks Partners of Diversity Police Accountability Commission (PAC) - former members Portland Chamber of Commerce Portland Community College – Alcohol and Addiction Counseling Portland Community College – Communications Portland Community College – Criminal Justice Portland Community College – Paralegal Portland Community College – Political Science Portland Metro Chamber Portland Public School Principals – All Portland Public School Parent Teach Organizations – most Portland Community College- Race, Indigenous, Nations, and Gender Portland State University – College of Urban and PUblic Affairs Portland State University – School of Social Work Prosper Portland Q Center Reed College – Political Science Reed College – Sociology Reimagine Oregon Rosewood Initiative Safety and Justice Oregon Street Trust United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Urban League Venture Portland And attended the following public meetings to share the volunteer opportunity: Citizen Review Committee meeting - March 5, 2025 PCCEP meeting - March 26, 2025 Citizen Review Committee meeting - April 2, 2025 East Columbia Neighborhood Association meeting - April 8, 2025 Irvington Neighborhood Association Meeting - April 9, 2025 Social Media Outreach: Rose City Connection - sent to 4,000 recipients on March 11, March 18, March 25, April 1, April 8. City Insider Employee Newsletter - sent to more than 6,800 recipients on March 11, April 1, April 8. Our City in the News internal news roundup - sent to more than 850 subscribers on March 5. CivicLife newsletter – includes 4,144 subscribers. Posted to many City Councilor's newsletters and social media posts. The City’s social media websites – posted twice. Statistics from initial posting below. Second posting beginning April 4, with boosts on platforms through April 11 Instagram: First post Post interactions: 94 likes Likes: 41 Saves: 16 Comments: 2 Second post Post interactions: 115 Likes: 57 Shares: 41 Saves:17 Comments: 0 Facebook: First post Views: 369 Interactions: 2 1 share 1 comment Second post Views: 474 Interactions: 1 Link Clicks: 1 X: First Post Views: 343 Interactions: 5 2 reposts 2 likes 1 comment Second post Views: 420 Likes: 3 Shares: 1 Comments: 3 Next Door: Impressions: 2,133 LinkedIn: Impressions: 3,581 Total Engagement: 63 Likes: 46 Reposts: 15 Comments: 2 The community impacts of this legislation are largely the same as the impacts of the initial appointments and the report from February 3, 2026 regarding resignations and removals; moving three alternates to membership status will not fundamentally change the impact of the CBPA's membership and structure.