POLICE RESPOND TO BOARD POLICY ADVISORY
SDPD says 15 of 31 recommendations adapted; 11 partially
SAN DIEGO
In May, a citizens advisory board recommended San Diego police make 31 policy changes, some sweeping in scope and some narrow, to address public concerns about some aspects of police recruitment and how officers interact with members of the community.
Police officials rolled out their response in a 28-page memorandum and two public presentations: on Dec. 2 to the City Council’s Public Safety and Livable Neighborhoods Committee and on Dec. 16 to the Citizens Advisory Board on Police/ Community Relations, the body that made the recommendations.
According to the report, police officials consider 15 of the proposals fully implemented, declared five not applicable and said the remaining 11 were partially implemented, still being analyzed or both. Those assessments were made by a working group commissioned by Police Chief David Nisleit in June and tasked with evaluating the recommendations and assessing the viability of implementing them, police Capt. Jeff Jordon told the City Council committee Dec. 2.
“SDPD considers these recommendations an opportunity to assess its current operations, participate in an open dialogue with CAB ... and provide clarity to its decisions and ongoing efforts to meet community expectations,” Jordon wrote in a summary of the department’s response.
However, members of the Citizens Advisory Board, members of the community and the local chapter of the NAACP have expressed concern that the department has not gone far enough in addressing the complaints that prompted the board’s recommendations.
“Where I have questions for Capt. Jordon is in cases where the department said there was full implementation. Is there evidence for the board and the community?” board member James Halliday said in a phone interview earlier this month. “And with regard to partial implementation, what part and how much? And how much more needs to be
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