About the CPRB

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Description

The purpose of the board is to increase public trust, increase accountability, ensure that police operations reflect community values, and, in cooperation with the Independent Police Auditor, ensure prompt, impartial, and fair investigations of complaints brought by members of the public against San Leandro Police Department employees, including but not limited to complaints under California Penal Code section 832.5. 

Member Roster

The board shall consist of nine (9) members. The membership shall include one member from each of the six (6) Council Member Districts, an at large member appointed by the Mayor pursuant to Section 1-3-110 of this Code and two Student Members (18-22), as defined by San Leandro Municipal Code section 1-3-110. 

Requirements

1. Each member shall be a resident of the city.

2. Subject to the receipt of enough qualified applicants, the Council must appoint a majority of members to the board who reflect the diversity of the City, by including members who represent the City’s diverse geographic areas and socio-economic, cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and age differences, and who have differing personal backgrounds, education, occupations, and life experiences.

3. To ensure the board’s independence from the San Leandro Police Department and other law enforcement agencies, no current or former employee of a police department or other law enforcement agency may serve on the board. In addition, no immediate family or household member, defined as the parent, spouse, domestic partner, sibling, child, or cohabitant, of a law enforcement officer, who works or worked for a law enforcement agency, may serve on the board. For purposes of this prohibition, law enforcement agencies include police departments of all cities, as well as all public agencies, county, state, and federal law enforcement officers, and city, county, state, and federal prosecutors and public defenders.

4. Practicing attorneys who handle, or are members of firms or entities that currently handle criminal or civil matters involving law enforcement agencies are ineligible to serve on the board. 

Commitments

Membership to the Board requires a time commitment that includes:

1. The completion of 34 hours of training within the first 90 days after appointment including:

a. Participation in a ride-along with the police department in a four-hour minimum shift; and

b. Receiving 30 hours of training in relevant subject matters.

2. Monthly in-person meetings

a. Two unexcused absences or three excused absences for any cause in a calendar year may result in removal from the Board.

The initial terms of Board members who are District Members from Districts 1, 3, 5, and the Mayor’s at large appointment shall expire December 31, 2023 and the terms of District Members from Districts 2, 4, and 6 shall expire December 31, 2024.

Vacancies                                                           Size: 9 Members

2 Current Vacancies                                             Term Length: 4 Years

0 Terms Expired                                                  Term Limit: n/a