Spring 2013 the Good Life in Salt Lake City
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT www.nacole.org Spring 2013 The Good Life in Salt Lake City By Rick Rasmussen There are numerous muse- ums to visit including the EGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER OR SEASON, Utah Museum of you’ll discover dozens of wonderful things to do Contemporary Arts, the year-round in Salt Lake City and its surrounding Natural History Museum of R Utah, and the Utah area, from festivals to farmers markets. However, autumn is the best time to visit, as the leaves on the Museum of Fine Arts. trees reach their brilliant peak color in the mountains in NACOLE attendees can mid to late September, perfectly timed to coincide with take a stroll down gallery the NACOLE Conference! row, visit the Living Planet The fall weather is also usually drier and warmer Aquarium, Utah’s Hogle than spring, with comfortable temperatures ranging from Zoo, the Tracy Aviary, Red 45° F to 80° F (7-27°C) during the daytime. Visitors Butte Gardens, the Clark can travel the 20-mile Alpine Loop Scenic Byway wind- Planetarium, and the Great ing through the rugged alpine canyons of the Wasatch Salt Lake, or tour Historic Range for stupendous views of Mount Timpanogos and Temple Square. There are other glacier-carved peaks, while enjoying the grandeur several theaters offering of the fall colors. The Salt Lake Metro Area in its entirety has over a Salt Lake City Skyline. Photo credit: Douglas Pulsipher million people and is one of the largest cities in the US Please turn to Southwest, offering a range of cultural experiences. “Salt Lake,” page 6 OUT for Justice: A Call for Civilian Oversight Outreach in LGBTQ Communities By Nicole S. Junior, Esq. Cleveland police officers. The police, again, arrested them. This time for assault on a peace officer. Simcox N APRIL 2011, JONATHAN SIMCOX AND HIS asked the reason for their arrests and was answered by partner Steven Ondo engaged in a lovers’ quarrel repeated punches to his face. Simcox’s brother asked upon leaving a Cleveland, Ohio nightclub. The cou- police if he could get the couple pants and shoes. An I officer responded, “You can get them shoes, but faggots ple’s neighbor, an off-duty Cleveland police officer, con- fronted the couple, shouting, “Shut up, you`re disturbing don’t deserve to wear pants in jail.” the peace.” Simcox attempted to push past the officer. Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. During his 2013 The officer slammed him to the ground before unleash- inaugural speech, President Barack Obama prompted ing blow after blow to Simcox’s body. Within minutes, national discourse about police misconduct against les- more Cleveland police officers arrived. The couple was bian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) arrested, only to be released without any charges. No individuals by equating Stonewall to other his- more than a week later, the couple was awakened at Please turn to their home by loud banging at the front door. Dressed torically significant, in underwear, the couple answered, only to see course-changing events “LGBTQ,” page 6 Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day March In this issue: NACOLE, Salt Lake City Page 1 Citizens’ Coalition Page 3 Out For Justice Page 1 Canada’s High Court Page 4 Message from the President Page 2 NOBLE Conference Page 5 Do-it-Yourself Civilian Oversight Page 3 San Diego Wrap-up Page 5 Greetings From The President By Ilana B.R. Rosenzweig awarding NACOLE’s highest honors: the Flame Award and the Achievement in Oversight/Contribution to REMEMBER MY FIRST COUPLE OF NACOLE Oversight Award. The process, published on our web- conferences - Denver in 2001 was the first. I would site, makes transparent how awards decisions are made. Isee members of the NACOLE Board of Directors The nomination process is now open to any NACOLE introduced at the Sankofa Reception. They were some member. We have established specific and uniform cri- of the most open and welcoming people I have met and teria to be applied by a sub-committee of Board and really helped me feel supported as a new entrant in the NACOLE members, including past award recipients, field of civilian oversight. But I had no idea what the who recommend recipients to the Board, which makes Board did or how they did it. the final decision. There are so many deserving mem- Bringing more transparency to NACOLE gover- bers of our community and no shortage of remarkable nance has been a focus at least since I joined the Board accomplishments in civilian oversight. In the spring, and continuing those efforts is one of my primary goals you will receive an invitation to nominate colleagues for as President. Your Board and committees are currently recognition this year. I hope you will consider nominat- addressing this from several directions at once. First, ing someone. we are increasing our communication with the member- This will also be the inaugural year for the ship and past conference attendees. Second, we are con- NACOLE Annual Conference Scholarship. I want to tinuing our efforts over the past several years to normal- thank Brian Buchner and Jayson Wechter for their work ize and add transparency to various NACOLE policies establishing our scholarship fund. I would also like to and procedures such as the budget and NACOLE thank Ainsley Cromwell for leading the effort to create finances, selection of conference workshops, awards our first application and selection process, one that will decisions, and Board travel. Third, we hope through the be open to broad participation and transparent in how new Annual Conference Scholarship Fund to reach out recipients are selected. I especially want to thank the 39 Ilana B.R. Rosenzweig, NACOLE President to people who might join NACOLE and continually find Founding Donors who contributed more than $3,300 for new ways to support our current members. the Scholarship Fund. Their names are posted on the We have already begun to communicate more fre- website. Board from overcommitting. But that enthusiasm is To those who want a greater voice in NACOLE, if vital to NACOLE and is what makes NACOLE special. quently. You received an email wrap up after the 18th you really want to know how NACOLE operates, partic- I hope to see each of you in Salt Lake City, Annual Conference in San Diego. All members should ipate in making decisions about our future direction, September 22 to 26, 2013. The Board and Conference have received the 2011-2012 Annual Report. In return- help plan the annual conference, or shape the future of Planning Committee have already committed countless ing to the practice of publishing an annual report, we the annual scholarship fund and awards, then I invite hours to thoughtfully selecting a cross-section of presen- have added new information about the work performed you to join a committee. The committees are where the tations that will cover the Core Competencies identified by each Board committee over the preceding year, as work of NACOLE is done – all by volunteers. It is also by the NACOLE Board and you, as well as other areas well as the committee goals for the 2012-2013 year. a great place to learn how the Board functions and meet of vital interest to practitioners of oversight. The Board When you read what has been accomplished, and stop to oversight colleagues from around the country. and Committee will put in hundreds more hours work- think about the amount of work and thought that goes As the Board met for its mid-winter meeting in Salt ing to ensure that the quality of the training at the con- into these efforts, it is remarkable that all that work is Lake City in January, I was struck by how lucky ference continues to meet the high standards we have all done by volunteers. We are also exploring other means NACOLE is to have so many people - on the Board, on come to expect. of communication and hope to try to host either a webi- committees, and as active members - who are commit- I look forward to working with you as we continue nar or similar virtual membership forum soon. ted to NACOLE flourishing. The enthusiasm and desire to promote civilian oversight of police and help Over the last two years, among other NACOLE pro- to do more, take on more projects, advance NACOLE NACOLE mature as an organization. cedures, we standardized the process for nominating and further faster, had at times to be checked to prevent the NACOLE Board of Directors Officers Members at Large President: Ilana Rosenzweig, Chicago, IL Cristina Beamud, Medford, MA Immediate Past President: Kathryn Olson, Brian Corr, Cambridge, MA Seattle, WA Joyce M. Hicks, San Francisco, CA Vice President: Brian Buchner, Los Angeles, Charles Reynolds, Dover, NH CA Dawn Reynolds, Dallas, OR Secretary: Karen Williams, Kansas City, MO Jayson Wechter, San Francisco, CA Treasurer: Ainsley Cromwell, Detroit, MI 2 NACOLE Review / Spring 2013 Efforts to Establish Oversight in the Eastern and Western United States Do-it-Yourself Civilian Oversight: A Report from Bainbridge Island, WA By Kim Hendrickson over police department opera- law enforcement personnel—and a tions. Under a city manager community that works with its police N LATE 2010, A MENTALLY ILL MAN ON form of government in will, over time, come to trust and Bainbridge Island called 911 and asked for assistance. Washington (at least as under- value them. We also assume that the The man, Doug Ostling, was shot and killed by one of stood on Bainbridge Island), quality of policing services will be I councilmembers cannot criticize improved if our police work actively the responding officers.