File #: 2012-0110    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/12/2012 In control: Government Accountability, Oversight and Financial Performance Committee
On agenda: Final action: 3/19/2012
Enactment date: 4/2/2012 Enactment #: 17284
Title: AN ORDINANCE making a technical correction to the process for appointing members of the citizens' committee on independent oversight; and amending Ordinance 15611, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.36.050.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson, Kathy Lambert
Code sections: 2.36.050 -
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17284.pdf, 2. Staff Report Proposed Ordinance 2012-0110 OLEO Correction.docx
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AN ORDINANCE making a technical correction to the process for appointing members of the citizens' committee on independent oversight; and amending Ordinance 15611, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.36.050.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. Through Ordinance 15611, the metropolitan King County council established a system of civilian oversight to monitor ongoing investigations of misconduct, help resolve cases, implement methods for increasing the level of public trust and transparency, and identify systemic issues within sheriff's office and offer recommendations for reform.
2. This system of civilian oversight was subsequently modified through Ordinance 16511.
3. Through the establishment and initial staffing of the office of law enforcement oversight and specifically related to the appointment process for members of the citizens' committee on independent oversight, a technical issue in the form of an extraneous reference has been identified for correction.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 15611, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.36.050 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. ((Using the process prescribed in K.C.C. 2.28.0015, t))The executive shall appoint, subject to council confirmation, a citizens' committee on independent oversight to advise the director of the office of law enforcement oversight, which is created under K.C.C. chapter 2.75, on policies, procedures and practices relating to officer misconduct, discipline and other responsibilities of the director of the office of law enforcement oversight.
B. The committee shall include eleven members of the public who represent the geographic, ethnic and economic diversity of the sheriff's service area. The committee shall consist of three members representing cities that contract with the sheriff for law enforcement services, four members shall represent unincorporated King County and four members shall be selected at-large. The committee members sh...

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