City of Philadelphia - File #: 040923

• File #: 040923
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/21/2004
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/21/2004
• Title: Urging the Mayor to fulfill his responsibility under Executive Order 8-93, and fill the vacant positions of the Police Advisory Commission including the seven City Council designees and two City Council alternates.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Cohen, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Council President Verna, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill
• Indexes: POLICE ADVISORY COMMISSION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/21/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/21/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
10/21/2004	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED

Title
Urging the Mayor to fulfill his responsibility under Executive Order 8-93, and fill the vacant positions of the Police Advisory Commission including the seven City Council designees and two City Council alternates.
Body
WHEREAS, In 1993, the City Council overrode the veto of then-Mayor Edward Rendell and established the Police Advisory Board as the official civilian oversight agency for the Philadelphia Police Department; and

WHEREAS, In response to the City Council's override, the Mayor negotiated with Council, and thereafter issued Executive Order 8-93, creating and establishing the Police Advisory Commission as the official civilian oversight agency for the Philadelphia Police Department; and

WHEREAS, In June 1994, the Police Advisory Commission, consisting of eight direct mayoral appointments and seven mayoral appointments from a list of designees supplied by the City Council, and four alternate members: two mayoral appointees, and two City Council designees, having been duly appointed by the Mayor pursuant to the terms of the Executive Order, conducted its first meeting and officially commenced operations; and

WHEREAS, There are currently only eight serving Commission members out of the requisite 19, only six of whom are active, and all of whose terms of office expired by October, 2003; and

WHEREAS, The City Council during November, 2003 pursuant to the terms of the Executive Order, approved and forwarded to the Mayor a list of designees for appointment to the Commission; and there being no Executive Order prerequisites for the Mayor's naming of his nominees; and

WHEREAS, The Commission has been in continuous operation since June 1994, and since that time has processed more than 1500 complaints, has handled tens of thousands of inquiries from the public concerning police and police-community related matters, has conducted more than 45 public heari...