Skokie Police Use of Force Review Board — Skokie, IL
Date: 2022-10-26

SKOKIE POLICE USE OF FORCE REVIEW BOARD
 AGENDA
7300 Niles Center Road
Skokie, Illinois 60077
Phone (847) 982-5900
 Wednesday October 26, 2022
Fax (847) 982-5978 In-Person
www.skokie.org Skokie Police Department Training Room
SkokieVision Municipal Cable
1660 AM Skokie
 7300 Niles Center Road
 7:00PM

 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
 Mayor George Van Dusen writing to Cindy Pechter, Administrative Specialist, and all properly submitted
 Clerk
 Trustees
 Pramod C. Shah
 James H. Johnson
 statements or questions will be presented to Board members and made part of the
 Khem Khoeun record. Written comments also may be submitted by email to
 Ralph Klein
 Alison Pure Slovin citizencomments@skokie.org OR by mail to the Skokie Police Department, 7300 Niles
 Keith A. Robinson
 Edie Sue Sutker
 Center Road, Skokie, Illinois 60077; or via the Village’s drop box located by the public
 Manager John T. Lockerby entry to Village Hall.
 Counsel Michael M. Lorge



 I. Opening
 a. Call to Order and Roll Call.
 b. Approval of Minutes from May 9th meeting.
 American Public Works Association
 (APWA) Accreditation II. Old Business
 Commission on Fire Accreditation a. Review of information requested at May 9th meeting.
 International (CFAI)
 b. Continued discussion of 2021 use of force data and reports.
 Gold Level Clean Air Counts
 Community
 Government Finance Officers III. New Business
 Association Budget Award a. Working group to create draft report.
 Government Finance Officers
 Association Certificate of
 Achievement for Excellence in IV. Closing
 Financial Reporting a. Next regular meeting schedule to be determined.
 Illinois Law Enforcement
 Accreditation (ILEAP)
 Insurance Services Office (ISO)
 Class One Fire Department
 State of Illinois Certified Health
 Department
 Tree City U.S.A. Distinction




Document Number: 595369
8/30/2022

Skolde Police Use of Force Review Board
 Meeting Minutes


Call to order
A meeting of the Skolde Police Use of Force Review Board was held in person at the Skolde Police
Department on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. The meeting started at 7:oopm. Chairman Evans called
the meeting to order and stated a quorum was established.

Attendees included Chairman Will Evans, Elizabeth Demes, Alecia Wartowsld, Judge Edward Bobrick,
James Boehm, Dennis Rizo, James Speaker and Karen Sherman. Abel Figueroa, Casey Diers, and
Trustee Alison Pure Slovin did not attend. Chief Brian Baker, Deputy Chief Jesse Bames,
Administrative Specialist Cindy Pechter, Director of Marketing and Communications Ann Tennes was
also in attendance.



Motion -Approval of minutes

There was a motion to approve the meeting minutes of the Monday, May 9th meeting by Chairman
Evans which was 2nd by board members. The meeting minutes have been posted to the VOS public
website.



Presentations

There was not a formal presentation at this meeting.


Reports

Chief Baker had provided demographics of the use of force incidents and b-affic stop data which had
been added to the box account for review. A request for additional information on how many use of
force incidents started with a traffic stop was made.


Unfinished Business
The Chief provided some answers to the previous questions from the May 9th meeting. There were
discussions on how data is collected and statistics on the reports.


New Business

Chairman Evans requested that a report draft be provided by the end of the year or early next year
based on the information that has already been provided.

Ann Tennes will be involved in helping to prepare the draft report. The issues of importance will be
addressed, and an outline will be created.




 Document Number: 595640


 U/08/2022
A survey will be sent out to board members which will help determine the most important points for
report development.


A sub-group consisting ofAlecia Wartowsld, James Specker and Karen Sherman will meet with Ann
Tennes in November to review the survey results and begin the development of the outline.

An additional request for the Public Safety Commission Use of Force Policy Final Recommendation
report was made which will be added to the box account.


Announcements

The next meeting will be scheduled in January and possibly will be via Zoom.


Adiournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:20pm.




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