Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board — Skokie, IL
Date: 2025-10-08

SKOKIE POLICE USE OF FORCE REVIEW BOARD
 AGENDA

 Wednesday, October 8, 2025
 SPD Chief’s Conference Room
 7:00-9:00PM

Members of the public who wish to comment as to an item on the published agenda or to comment
during public comments must submit their statement or question in writing to Cindy Pechter,
Administrative Specialist, and all properly submitted statements or questions will be presented to
Board members and made part of the record. Written comments also may be submitted by email to
citizencomments@skokie.org OR by mail to the Skokie Police Department, 7300 Niles Center Road,
Skokie, Illinois 60077; or via the Village’s drop box located by the public entry to Village Hall. Members
of the public wishing to attend the meeting should contact Cindy Pechter cindy.pechter@skokie.org or
847-982-5921.

 I. Opening
 a. Call to Order and Roll Call.
 b. Approval of 11/12/2024 meeting minutes.

  II. New Business
 a. Introduction of new members.
 b. Reality Based and Use of Force Tools training opportunities.
 c. Plan for 2024 use of force data review.

 III. Old Business
 a. Review and discussion for completion of the 2023 draft Use of Force Report of Findings
 and Recommendations.
 b. Determine date for submission of final draft to Mayor.

 IV. Closing
 a. Determine possible new meeting dates and next steps.




Document Number: 595369
9/26/2025

Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board
 Meeting Minutes



Call to order

A meeting for the Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board was held on Wednesday, October
8th, 2025. The meeting started at 7:05pm. Chair Dennis Rizo called the motion to start the
meeting to order, second motions by Casey Diers and Michael Nelson, we took role call and a
quorum was not established due to lack of majority of the members.

Attendees at the meeting included Chair Dennis Rizo, Casey Diers, Michael Nelson, Trustee
Kimani Levy and new member Harriet Jacobs, who was attending the CPA, stopped in to
introduce herself at the beginning of the meeting and then left. Alecia Wartowski, Anthony
Agee, Judge Edward Bobrick and Abel Figueroa did not attend the meeting. Also present was
Chief Jesse Barnes and Administrative Specialist Cindy Pechter.


Motion -Approval of minutes

There was a motion to approve the meeting minutes from the November 12, 2024 meeting by
Chair Rizo with a second motion by Casey Diers and Michael Nelson. The meeting minutes
have been posted to the VOS public website.


Presentations/Old Business

There was no formal presentation at this meeting. The meeting started with introduction of all
members and to the new member Harriet Jacobs. Chief Barnes discussed opportunities for the
board members to participate in a department RBT (Reality Based Training) session and
refresher training on Use of Force tools that the police department uses. He will determine a
future meeting date for interested members and will set that up. Chair Rizo discussed the draft
of the 2023 Use of Force Report that was sent out to the board members for review. He
determined that there were some modifications to the verbiage to be discussed with the board
members. Due to no quorum having been established, changes were not able to be voted on at
this meeting.

New Business & Next Ste]3s

Chair Rizo will work with a sub-group of Casey Diers and Michael Nelson on the suggested
changes/re-wording of the report to present at the next meeting where if approved can move to
a final stage with a deadline of early December to provide the report to the Mayor.
The 2024 data/statistics have been completed and are currently under review by Chief Barnes.
The use of force reports and body worn camera videos where there were incidents resulting in
injury or complaints are in the process of being redacted. A suggestion was made by member
Casey Diers to initially provide the reports/general narratives and supplementals for those that
are ready for review at this time. The board will determine which body worn camera videos
they would like to see after this review.


Adjournment


A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Chair Rizo with second motions by Michael
Nelson and Casey Diers. The meeting adjourned at 8:09pm




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Date of Approval




 Document Number: 595640


 10/08/2025