The Case for an Independent Police Accountability System 2.1.17 FINAL
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Case</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>an</strong> <strong>Independent</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Accountability</strong> <strong>System</strong>: Tr<strong>an</strong>s<strong>for</strong>ming the Civili<strong>an</strong> Review Process in Rochester<br />
12) Four (4) members of the Board shall be elected by the public to represent each<br />
district of the City.<br />
13) <strong>The</strong> Board shall provide <strong>for</strong> voting in subsequent elections via the internet as the<br />
Board sees fit.<br />
14) <strong>The</strong> provisions of Article 23-a of New York State Correction Law shall apply to <strong>an</strong>y<br />
election or appointment to the Board.<br />
15) <strong>The</strong> provisions of Article 2, Section 5 <strong>an</strong>d Article 3, Section 30 of the Public Officers<br />
Law of the State of New York, regarding vac<strong>an</strong>cies, shall apply to all members of the<br />
Board.<br />
Section Six. Appointment, Election, Vac<strong>an</strong>cy, <strong>an</strong>d Removal.<br />
1) Appointments to the Board shall be made as follows:<br />
a) One (1) member shall be appointed by the Mayor. When <strong>an</strong> appointment by the<br />
Mayor has not been made, <strong>an</strong>d a vac<strong>an</strong>cy exists <strong>for</strong> more th<strong>an</strong> sixty (60) days<br />
from the date of the notice of vac<strong>an</strong>cy provided to the Mayor by the PAB<br />
Administrator or Chair, such appointment to fill the board vac<strong>an</strong>cy shall be made<br />
by City Council.<br />
b) Four (4) members shall be appointed by the City Council, with each district<br />
Councilmember nominating one member who lives in the district they represent.<br />
c) If <strong>an</strong> appointed member moves out of City, they must resign immediately.<br />
d) Should a Councilmember fail or refuse to nominate a prospective member of the<br />
Board, <strong>an</strong>d a vac<strong>an</strong>cy exists <strong>for</strong> more th<strong>an</strong> sixty (60) days from the date of the<br />
notice of vac<strong>an</strong>cy provided to the Council by the PAB Administrator or Chair,<br />
then the Council as a whole may make such <strong>an</strong> appointment.<br />
e) When the Board vac<strong>an</strong>cy has existed <strong>for</strong> at least sixty (60) days from the date of<br />
the notice of vac<strong>an</strong>cy provided to the City Council <strong>an</strong>d/or the Mayor by the PAB<br />
Administrator or Chair, <strong>an</strong>d the City Council has not acted to make <strong>an</strong><br />
appointment to fill that vac<strong>an</strong>cy, the Board, by a simple majority, shall have the<br />
right to nominate person(s) <strong>for</strong> review <strong>an</strong>d appointment by the City Council.<br />
2) Elections to the Board shall be made as follows:<br />
a) Four (4) members shall be elected by the residents of the City of Rochester,<br />
representing each district of the City, as well as two (2) at large elected seats,<br />
serve on the Board.<br />
(i) C<strong>an</strong>didates <strong>for</strong> the Board shall be elected in a non-partis<strong>an</strong> election every<br />
four (4) years at the same time <strong>an</strong>d place that elections regularly occur.<br />
(ii) <strong>The</strong> signature requirement to be nominated on the ballot <strong>for</strong> election as a<br />
district Board member shall be 300 signatures of the residents within the<br />
district in which they live.<br />
(iii) Elected Board members may not serve more th<strong>an</strong> two (2) consecutive<br />
terms.<br />
(iv) <strong>The</strong> nominating petition shall state that the c<strong>an</strong>didate seeks nomination<br />
to election to the <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Accountability</strong> Board from the district in which<br />
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B. Lacker-Ware & T. Forsyth
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