Committee Members
Karen Hiller, Sylvia Ortiz (Chair), and Michael Padilla
Committee Tasks
On August 25, 2020, a Special Meeting of the Governing Body was held to hear from members of the community about matters regarding the Topeka Police Department. The video for that meeting can be found, here. At the September 1, 2020 Governing Body Meeting, Mayor Michelle De La Isla requested Deputy Mayor Tony Emerson to create a special committee of City Council members to continue the conversations of topics brought to the Governing Body about areas of policing. The goal will be to present concerns from community members, as well as to allow for educating the community about the various aspects of the Topeka Police Department, in order to become more aware of what Topeka currently has and where more change is needed.
- Final Recommendations - Approved by Governing Body July 12 2022
- FAQs from Committee member Hiller 6-29-2022
- Final Version: Recommendations 6/29/2022
- Clean Summary of Draft Recommendations version 3 with changes from 6-17-22
- Redline Draft Summary Police & Community Recommendations V2 – created 6/10/22
- Clean Draft Summary Police & Community Recommendations V2 – created 6/10/22
- DRAFT—Summary of Recommendations 6/3/2022
- Defunding the Police 3/24/22
- SAVE Program 2/24/22
- Juvenile Procedures 12/17/21
- KS-CPOST Training Overview Presentation 11-12-21
- Field Training Officer Program – Revised – 8/27/21
- Qualified Immunity Explained 8/27/21
- Progressive Correction Actions Presentation 11/12/21
- Community Operations Bureau 7/30/21
- Field Training Program Overview 7/30/21
- Field Training Program Presentation 7/30/21
- CSI Presentation 7/30/21
- District Attorney’s Cold Case Investigations 6/29/21
- ABLE Overview – 5/28/2021
- Peer Support Presentation – 5/28/2021
- Drug Take-back Presentation – 5/28/2021
- Policy 6.21 Prescription Medicine & Medical Sharps Drop-Off Safes
- SCECC Dispatch Presentation – 4/30/2021
- Recruiting & Hiring Presentation – 4/30/2021
- Customer Service Presentation
- 6.19 Front Desk Procedures – 3/19/21
- 6.30 Investigative Services – 3/19/21
- Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity & Justice 3/19/21
- Deployment of Officers for Special Needs Populations Presentation – 2/19/21
- Strengthening Police & Community Partnerships 2020 Community Survey
- Presentation –2/19/21
- Special Unit Evaluation Criteria 1/26/21
- Presentation 1/26/2021
- 1.3 Values, Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives
- 2.8 Authorized Weapons
- 3.15 Professional Standards
- 4.2 Use of Force
- 4.3 Use of Force Reporting
- 4.4 Deadly Force – Incident Procedure
- 4.6 Arrest Procedures and Prisoner Transport
- 4.9 Rules of Conduct
- 4.11 Vehicle Operations
- 4.24 Preventing Bias-Based Policing
- 4.30 Patrol Function & Calls for Service
- 4.73 Limited English Proficiency and Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- 6.40 Foot Pursuits
- 7.0 Training Academy
- 2017 Pursuit Board
- 2018 Pursuit Summary
- 2019 Pursuit Data
- 2017 UoF year end – public version
- 2018 Bias Based Review UoF CALEA
- 2019 Bias Based Review UoF CALEA
- 2020 Bias Based Review
- Annual Report to AGs office 2016-2017
- Presentation 11/30/2020
Meetings
2022
- June 29, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- June 17, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- June 10, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- June 3, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- March 24, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- February 24, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- January 28th, 2022 Agenda | Minutes | Video
2021
- December 17th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- November 12th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- August 27th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- July 30th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- June 29th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- May 28th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- April 30th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- March 19th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- February 19th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video
- January 26th, 2021 Agenda | Minutes | Video