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City Council Work Session

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 · Government meeting record

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The Greensboro City Council held a work session to review police department policies regarding consent searches and body-worn camera usage. Council members directed staff to draft policy revisions, including a simplified consent form available in multiple languages, and requested further research into peer city practices.

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The City Council is initiating changes to how Greensboro police officers obtain consent for searches and document interactions, which directly impacts the procedures residents encounter during police stops.

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Melvin Municipal Building

300 W. Washington Street

Greensboro, NC 27401

City of Greensboro

Meeting Minutes - Final

City Council Work Session

2:00 PM VIRTUALTuesday, August 11, 2020

VIRTUAL

I. Call To Order

This virtual City Council work session of the City of Greensboro was called to order at 2:00 p.m. on the above date.

Councilmember Marikay Abuzuaiter explained Mayor Vaughan's request for her to preside over the meeting.

Councilmember Abuzuaiter took a roll call to confirm Councilmembers in attendance. The following members were

present: Mayor Nancy Vaughan, Councilmembers Marikay Abuzuaiter, Sharon Hightower Nancy Hoffmann, Mayor

Pro-Tem Yvonne J. Johnson, Michelle Kennedy, Justin Outling, Tammi Thurm, and Goldie Wells.

Also present were City Manager David Parrish, City Attorney Chuck Watts and Assistant City Clerk, Victoria

Howell.

II. Presentations

Councilmember Abuzuaiter recognized City Manager David Parrish; spoke to a previous presentation on the

Greensboro Criminal Justice Advisory Commission (GCJAC).

City Manager Parrish called on Assistant City Manager Trey Davis to provide a review of the Greensboro Police

Department written consent policy; and GCJAC recommendations.

1. ID 20-0562 Consent to Search Review

Assistant City Manager Davis made a PowerPoint presentation (PPP) spoke to the GPD policies; to consent

search policies; Body Worn Camera searches (BWC) on person, vehicle, house and building; explained probable

cause searches; and documentation of BWC footage.

Discussion ensued regarding the consent search form; BWC occurrences; retention of BWC footage; written

documentation of evidence/confiscated items; current police policy and forms; and GPD policies compared to peer

cities.

Assistant City Manager Davis continued the PPP; explained verbal consent; the GCJAC recommendations; spoke

to transparency; to modifications; to language form; to withdrawal options; and to notification of citizen rights.

Discussion continued regarding search complaints; consent search data; probable cause searches verses consent

searches; standardized language; officer accountability; viewing of BWC; and racial training.

Councilmember Hightower requested staff to research peer municipalities consent search policies.

Councilmember Thurm requested staff to draft a simplified consent search form; and to include translation in the top

five languages.

Discussion took place regarding staff recommendations; and next steps.

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It was the direction of Council to move forward with policy revisions. Councilmember Abuzuaiter voiced concerns

with the discussed revisions.

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