Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board — Skokie, IL
Date: 2025-11-19

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 SKOKIE POLICE USE OF FORCE REVIEW BOARD
 AGENDA

 Wednesday, November 19,2025
 SPD Chiefs Conference Room
 7:00-9:OOPM


 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
 publiccomments@skokie.orfi OR by mail to the Skokie Police Department, 7300 Niles Center Road,
 Skokie, Illinois G0077; 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.ore or
 847-982-5921.


 I. Opening
 a. Call to Order and Roll Call.
 b. Approval of 10/08/2025 meeting minutes.

 II. New Business
 a. Board member information/new member introduction.
 b. Review and discussion for completion of the 2023 draft Use of Force Report of Findings
 and Recommendations.
 c. Review of 2024 use of force data reports submitted by Chief Barnes to the board on
 10/29/2025 and determine which reports the board would like to view the body worn
 camera videos for.


 III. Old Business
 a. Reality Based and Use of Force Tools training opportunities dates to be established.
 b. Determine date for submission of 2023 final Use of Force report to Mayor.


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




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Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board
 Meeting Minutes



Call to order

A meeting for the Skolde Police Use of Force Review Board was held on Wednesday, November
19th, 2025. The meeting started at 7:o6pm. Chair Dennis Rizo called the motion to start the
meeting to order, we took role call and a quorum was established.

Attendees at the meeting included Chair Dennis Rizo, Michael Nelson, Trustee Kimani Levy,
new members Harriet Jacobs and Muhammad Habib, Alecia Wartowski, Anthony Agee and
Abel Figueroa. Casey Diers did not attend the meeting. Also present was Chief Jesse Barnes,
Deputy Chief John Oaldey and Administrative Specialist Cindy Pechter.


Motion -Approval of minutes

There was a motion to approve the meeting minutes from the October 8, 2025 meeting by
Trustee Levy with a second motion by Abel Figueroa and all board members present. The
meeting minutes have been posted to the VOS public website.


Presentations & Old Business

The meeting started with an introduction of all members and to new members Harriet Jacobs
and Muhammad Habib. There was a presentation by Chair Rizo on the review process and
timeline for board activities, goals and participation. 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. There
was active discussion which resulted in a consensus on possible changes to the report.

New Business & Next Steps

Chair Rizo will work on the suggested changes of the report to present at the next meeting
where if approved the final 2023 Use of Force Report can be distributed to the Mayor, Village
Manager and Chair of the Public Safety Commission.

The 2024 data/statistics have been completed and were discussed. The use of force reports
where there were incidents resulting in injury or complaints have been redacted and provided
to the board. The board reviewed the reports/general narratives and supplementals for those
reports and determined which body worn camera videos they would like to see. Chief Barnes
will get any additional reports and videos that were requested ready for review at the next
meeting.
Chief Barnes will determine future meeting dates or continued discussion on RBT (Reality
Based Training) sessions and refresher training on Use of Force tools that the police
department uses.


Adjournment


A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Chair Rizo with second motions by Muhammad
Habib and Harriet Jacobs. The meeting adjourned at 9:npm




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Date of Approval




 Document Number: 595640


 11/19/2025