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Petition for Subsnission =< ¢- on _ To the City Council of the Cilf of ‘Berkeley lat Section 3, in section 30: Delete Chief of Police" and substitute five Police Commissioners m We, the undersigned, registered and qualified electors of ‘the Siate of ¢ Califoriiia, secidedt of the City of Berkeley, pursuant to Section 8 of Article XI of the Constitution of this “Sate to the City Council of the City this petition and request that the following proposed amendment: the charter of the City be submitted to the registered and qualified electors of the City for the adoption or rejection at an election on a.date to be determined by the City Council at - The proposed charter amendment reads as follows: ; _ Qe eer ee 140n EP Ua Ss . ” se organize and maintain fire departments, erec( the necessary buitdings and own al implements and apparatus required therefor, and to provide funds for three police departments. All contro! exercised by the City Council, the Mayor, and the City Manager over the composition, powers, duties, responsibilities, and fanctions of the , Folice is hereby terminated, except as may be hereinafter provided, Section Z, in section 20: Delete "The Chief of Police" and substitute HA Police Commissioner", Section 4: Add a new article xvii: re i, For the purpose of providing police services to the people of the hese ae ests bhiinbead theeze esntiang Aann vin amt fae a.4t of aL ther SB ole SStaoiisnisa co poucse GE partments, one 204 Tate fF Lic : . into which the City is divided as hereinafter set forth o~? described, . Police Departments: Each Department of Police shalf be administered by a Commission. - Tor Comets sioner] ac hereinafter set forth, Each Commissioner shalt be selected by a . Division Council as hereinafter provided. The Commissioners shall fix the policies of tha police within the Department, shail punish police officers for violations of said policies and for violation of the law, shall determine qualificatians of members of the pclice Cepartment, and shall fix compensation of all employees of said Department. They may - enter into negessary agreements with other police departments and other government. agencies pad generally conduct the affaire of the police department. Each Commissioner . shall bring before the full Cotomission any matter or proposal which his Council instructs — him to place before the Commission, and shall vote as his Council instructs him. The Police Commission shall hold regular public meetings at a time when the residents of the Department District are most able to attend, The Police Commissioners #hati serve ona fulltime basis and shall be compensated therefor, Compensation shall be set by the respective Division Councils, The Departments may enter into agreements with each other for the operation, maintenance and staffing of certain facilities in which there is 2 common interest, including, but not limited to laboratories, vehicle repair aod communications, The Departments may cooperate together in the requisitioning of equipment, inctuding vehicles and weapons, Funds for the Departments shall be appropriated annually for the City of Berkeley by the City Council and shall be disbursed to each Department on the basis of the number of people residing in each Department District on the last preceding election. 2, Neighborhood Divisions: Each Police Department has a Neighborhood Division(s} described below. 3. Folice Council: Each Neighborhood Bivis ion shall be divided into fifteen Police Gouncil Precincts, by the City Clerk; the population of each such Precinct is not to exceed that of ee any other Precinct by more than 10% of the population of the entire District divided by fifteen, The registered voters in each Precinct shall elect a Police Councilman who will ot Dias serve in that capacityfora term of two years, unless recalled. The Councilmen shall vee serve 00 a part- -time basis and will be compensated for the time spent in the performance — ef their duties . ; 4, Qualifications of Councilmen: Any person who has resided in the Precinct for 1 oix, months next preceding the election and is of voting age at the time of elections is qualified to perve as Councilman. There shall be no other quatifications established for the office, §. Duties of Council; The Neighborhood Council shall, within ten days of its own election, select a Commissioner. In addition to seiection of Commissioners, the Counciis shali review the policies of the Police Department and will recommend changes or modifications of such policies when such poticies no longer reilect the needs or will of the populace of ee the Neighborhood represented by the Council. The Councilmen of each Neighborhood shall have the power, exercised by a vote of the majority of that council, to remove and replace their Commissioner when he is no longer responsive to the Council. Each Council shall establish procedures necessary to hear and process complaints made against too individual members of the Police Department by persons residing within the district or oo concerning police practices within the district, and thall have the power to discipline ; members of the Department for violaticns of law or policy occurring within that District, = | 6. Meetings: The Neighborhood Council will meet regularly at a time convenient to the Councilmen and at a time when interested (persons may attend, Special meetings may be called when requested in writing by 20% of the Councilmen, In a Department having more than one Council, a Neighborhood Gouncil may, by a majority vote, call a meeting of all the Councilmen of the Department, * which shall meet within tea days, Such a mecting may, by majority vote of both Councils, change, institute or modify any Policy of the Department, upon which the Commissioners fail or refuse to act, 7 Reesti af Councilmen: The neople of a precipet may recall their Councilman by a a —_ petiticn bearing the signatures of residents 8 equalling 20% of the number of Peupic ‘voting’ within ths precinct in the last preceding general election, Upon certification of the requisite number of signatures an eleciion shall be had not later than 30 daya thereafter, - Notice of intention to recall a Councilman must be given not more than 30 daya pi ior to.. . seeking certification, of the requisite aumber of Signatures by the City Clerk, “4. 7 see