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From: Yuen on 01/04/90 COMMITTEE REPORT ON POLICE DEPARTMENT The Charter Commission has heard forceful testimony from the police commission and the chief of police that the present Charter provisions on the police department should be revised. Your Committee addressed four major topics in its discussions over the police department: (1) the power of the police commission to investigate public complaints of police misconduct; (2) the responsibilities and powers of the police commission and the police chief; (3) the procedures for removal of the chief; and (4) political activities by police officers. Your Committee has prepared a draft revision to the Charter, with alternative provisions, for the consideration of the full Charter Commission. Because Charter language is necessarily brief and general, your Committee has also prepared this report •to give the full Charter Commission a fuller understanding of the considerations that underlie the draft revision. If the Charter Commission chooses to recommend a revision of the Charter to the voters, your Committee suggests that it also adopt a report of the reasons for the changes. Such a report will educate the public as well as provide a source document in case of future questions over the interpretation of the Charter. 1. Investigate Public Complaints. Your Committee concurs with the recommendation of the present chief and of the present police commission that the police commission be given the power to investigate charges of police misconduct brought by members of 759 EXHIBIT C (11 pages)