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Package 23,668 funds the PX FITCOG Program through the Office of the Public Safety DCA Director. It allocates $197,327 in General Fund Discretionary resources to establish a Community Oversight Group (COG) Analyst/Project Manager position supporting the Focused Intervention Team and gun violence reduction efforts. The position coordinates community oversight, manages COG administration, conducts research, and serves as liaison between the COG, FIT, PPB, and community stakeholders to improve police accountability and community trust.

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Total General Fund Discretionary funding: $197,327 (p. 1062)
External Materials and Services expense component: $23,479 (p. 1062)
Personnel expense component: $173,848 (p. 1062)
Package establishes COG Analyst/Project Manager position providing administration, planning, and direction for community oversight activities supporting the Focused Intervention Team (FIT) (p. 1062)
Position responsibilities include recruitment, orientation of COG members, elections management, research to inform proposals, and liaison work between COG, FIT, PPB, and community stakeholders (p. 1062)
Upcoming initiatives include assessment tools to measure COG outcomes and FIT impact, and survey to determine community confidence in COG and awareness of FIT (p. 1062)

💰 $197,327 · $23,479 · $173,848 · 📋 PX FITCOG Program · Focused Intervention Team (FIT) · Community Oversight Group (COG) · 🏛️ Office of the Public Safety DCA Director

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23,668 - 091: PX FITCOG Program Service Area Public Safety DCA Mike Myers Bureau Name Office of the Public Safety DCA Director Mike Myers Funding Type Name General Fund Addition Status: Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total FITCOG plays a vital role in coordinating and managing the community oversight activities that External Materials and Services $23,479 directly influence the Portland Police Bureau’s strategies for gun violence reduction. The Community Personnel $173,848 Oversight Group (COG) Analyst/Project Manager position provides administration, direction, and stability to the group through planning, organizing, and directing [all] events and projects to support $197,327 their efforts to alleviate police-community tensions and fears, engage with the Focused Intervention Team (FIT)-served communities, and ensure transparency and improve accountability of the FIT, to Revenue Recommended Total impact gun violence and public safety in Portland. Additionally, this position performs research to inform proposals and recommendations, manages recruitment and a robust orientation of new General Fund Discretionary $197,327 members and elections, and serves as a liaison between the group and the FIT, city leaders, $197,327 community stakeholders, and partners. Corrective steps are identified periodically to ensure the group is achieving its objectives. Service Impacts Communication and collaboration are significant in this work with harmed communities and law enforcement. Relations have been strengthened between the COG and the FIT, which extend to the community and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) and can continue to occur. The community listening session strategy and aggressive question/answer opportunities shed light on structural and procedural flaws that make real accountability possible in the PPB and empower the COG and community to address their concerns around racial violence. Success has been achieved, to some extent, in demystifying the police, their approaches, and investigations and improving trust and legitimacy. Significant upcoming initiatives include: 1) an assessment tool to measure COG outcomes, 2) a tool to measure FIT impact, and 3) a survey to determine the level of community confidence in the COG and awareness of the FIT. Equity Impacts Although cost is not a measure of effectiveness, police oversight still should be clearly understood and continue to be a high priority. This work is complicated, and there continues to be a gap between how specific communities view the police. Portland’s African American community essentially have low confidence because of past harm. However, securing safe strategic spaces for hybrid public meetings ensures transparency and accountability and listening and annual sessions enable broader public participation and input with the COG and the FIT, as well as community stakeholders. Additionally, continuous training has proved valuable and is evidenced by numerous informal recommendations to the FIT about stops, searches, and using force when encountering subjects in the group’s effort to support the FIT, advance equity, and uphold the law.

Parent: Package Details · PDF: p. 1062