Good evening everyone. Welcome to the November 4th 2024 Sacramento Community Police Review Commission meeting. This meeting is now called to order. Will the clerk please call the roll to establish

court. Thank you chair commissioners if you could please unmute your microphones commissioner sample commissioner J Johnson

Commissioner Z Johnson is currently absent commissioner Carter Martinez is currently absent Vice Chair Bill and Roestrel

Commissioner Griggs your commissioner Landeros present commissioner Smith your commissioner Castillo crings

your commissioner Salazar here and chair Bliss

here thank you we have Quorum. Thank you all I would like to remind members of the public and chambers that if you would like to speak on a

agenda item please turn in a speaker slip when the item begins to provide greater trans greater community participation

our commissions work we will also allow for more time for members of the public to give comments and we'll ask the clerk to accept

speaker slips until the final speaker has concluded their comments. For matters not on the agenda you will have five minutes to

speak once your name is called and for matters listed on the agenda you will also have five minutes to speak once you

are called upon additionally we will also allow for you to wish for you to share written or visual

documentation so do you choose by utilizing the overhead projector for this meeting possible. That is not

available for the public. Okay then we will now proceed with today's agenda please stand for the

opening of the public. I will turn it over to Commissioner Landeros.

To the original people of this land the knees and on people the southern Maidu and the planes

Miwa the wind wind to peoples and the people of Wilson Ranch area Sacramento's only

federal new recognized tribe may we acknowledge and honor the native people who came before us and

still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing together together today in the

active particip practice of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sacramento's indigenous peoples history

contributions and lives thank you miss not forget today's November is named of American history map.

Thank you Commissioner and with that I will turn it over to the vice chair to read the pledge

of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands

one nation and under God the indigenous will liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. Our first I would like to just note that there have been several I would like to

actually open it up for the city assistant city manager and the police department to introduce

our newest liaison to the commission. Thank you. Good evening commission members.

Mario Lara assistant city manager I would like to take an opportunity to introduce Blake Norton

who is chief strategy officer with police department that's a new position that was recently

created and filled. Blake is a civilian who carries the rank of the equivalent rank of deputy

chief within the department and she comes with extensive law enforcement background but I'll have

her introduce herself and talk to you a little bit about the experiences she brings over the next

couple of meetings. Blake will be transitioning into the role of liaison to the commission. Thank you.

Good evening commissioners. My name is Blake Norton. I'm the chief strategy officer at the

Sacramento police department. I have been in law enforcement since 1988 where I started my career

at the Boston police department and I worked on youth engagement strategies, community policing,

and violence reduction. I then had the opportunity to leave Boston and go to Washington D.C.

to work for the justice the council of state governments justice center where I worked on local

government and police work doing criminal justice reform and then I worked for the national

policing institute where I did a fair amount of work on organizational excellence and police

and reform oversight in cities like Baltimore, North Charleston. I did a fair amount of work

across the country looking at police practice and police policy and then I joined the Philadelphia

police department in April of 2020 and spent four and a half years there as the chief strategy officer

overseeing best practices, evidence-based strategies and police reform initiatives and then about

14 weeks ago I moved to the city of Sacramento and I am now working in the office of strategy

and compliance and I'm responsible for internal compliance on making sure that our operations align

with legislative mandates looking at best practices and risk management. Thank you. It's a pleasure

to be here. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Norton and Assistant City Manager for joining us with

this. I am hoping that this will be a a fresh start in terms of continue in terms of our collaboration

between the police department and the Sacramento Feast Rear Commission. It's important to acknowledge

that there have been several frustrations that we have dealt with over the years but

being that you are new and entering into this role for the first time I'm prepared to give you

the benefit of the doubt and I hope and encourage other commissioners to do the same and look forward

productive engagement with you going forward. Thank you. With that before we jump into our agenda as

well I'd like to give recognition and of the dedication service to members of the committee

police review commission. Several of you who are reaching your term limits and may or may not

continue on so just wanting to acknowledge the as we enter in our term limits which include

include myself just to acknowledge particularly commissioners on well Ben Rostro,

Commissioner Castillo Castillo Crenes who was reaching the end of her term limits. Commissioner

Jay Johnson for your first term here and Commissioner Landeros, Commissioner Smith and

wishing you all including myself a well like happiness and well wishes as you go forward and