Commission Origin
Resolution No. 2022-31; Resolution No. 2023-21 (student & student-affiliated appointments)

Commission Purpose
Establishment of a Policing Commission is intended to further community participation and engagement regarding policing policy and procedure. The Commission may make policy recommendations to the City Council and receive all legally public complaints from the Albany Police Department to determine whether to recommend that such complaints be referred to an outside consultant for investigation consistent with California law.

Commission Composition 
The Commission will consist of a total of seven members. Five of the member seats shall be appointed by each of the Council members, individually. Two of the member seats shall be appointed by City Council as a Whole (one for a high school student and one for a high school student or an adult who is affiliated with students). Applicants for the City Council as a Whole appointments need not be residents of Albany.

Commissioners should not (1) be an active Department officer or employee, (2) have been employed by the Department within the past five years, (3) have direct business interests with Department employees, or (4) have an immediate family member (partner, parent, or child) who fits any of the foregoing criteria

All appointments to the Commission shall be ratified by the City Council. The appointment term runs until the next Municipal Election after Council ratification.

Applications for the Policing Commission must include the following:

1.  Advisory Body Application
2.  Policing Commission Supplemental Questionnaire

Member

AppointedBy
Rebecca Dupuis Hansen-Romero
Justin Lock Jordan
Brian Johns López 
Peggy McQuaid Miki 
Greg Downs Tiedemann
Vacant Council as a Whole
Vacant Council as a Whole

(Roster updated  7/30/2024)

Contact Policing Commission
Correspondence sent to the Commission is part of the official public record and will be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.  If you do not want your e-mail address or any other contact information to be made public, you may deliver communications via U.S. Postal Service or in-person to the address listed below.

City of Albany Policing Commission
c/o City Clerk
1000 San Pablo Avenue
Albany, CA 94706

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