Signed MOU

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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING PARTIES: The following are the parties of this Memorandum: CITY OF ROCHESTER, a municipal corporation with offices at City Hall, 30 Church Street, Rochester, New York 14614, and the ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT (together, the “City”); and COALITION FOR POLICE REFORM - COMMUNITY JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD, an unincorporated organization with offices at 121 North Fitzhugh Street, Rochester, New York 14614 (“CPR’), (collectively, the “parties” RECITALS: WHEREAS, the City of Rochester and CPR share a common interest in the improvement of relations between the Rochester Police Department (‘RPD") and the residents of the City; and WHEREAS, the parties agree that public safety can be strengthened by the open and transparent exchange of information regarding police procedures and the City’s body-worn camera (‘BWC’) program; and WHEREAS, the parties intend to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. The City recognizes and welcomes CPR as a voluntary organization with an interest in the BWC program and in promoting the open exchange of information 2. The City and CPR agree to meet on a quarterly basis to discuss the BWC program. The City's representative, Deputy Chief Wayne P. Harris, shall be a non-voting member of the CPR governing body. 3. The City’s open electronic portal, _http://data-rodny. opendata.arcgis.com/, provides immediate access to all major crime data from 2011 through the present. These crimes include murder, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The portal includes among other things, the date and time of occurrence, location of the crime, case number, patrol beat, RPD section, weapon description (if any), and maps of where the crime occurred. The City generally does not immediately release names of arrestees because some may be minors and thereby protected by New York law. Information is updated on the portal within approximately 24-48 hours of an incident. 4. The City will not disclose birthdates, social security numbers, telephone numbers or addresses. The City also intends to include information respecting use of BWC's in specific instances on its open portal within the year. 5. The City will make available via electronic request by CPR any records not contained on the portal that are avaiable for public disclosure as provided by the Freedom of Information Law, Public Officers Law Article 6 (FOIL) and applicable City policies. CPR shall fill out an electronic FOIL request at www.cityofrochester.qov/FOIL to submit such requests for information. CPR’s requests will be fulfiled on an expedited basis with consideration to the complexity and volume of the records at issue. 6. Subject to periodic availability in individual training sessions, the City agrees to enroll up to ten (10) members of CPR in the City’s Police Community Training Advisory Committee program intended to educate citizens on the Police Department's utilization of BWCs, including recording procedures and retention and release of BWC recordings. 7. RPD will, post BWC reports online, as available, on its site: http:/Awww.cityofrochester. gov/article.aspx?id=8589968261 Programmatic information, including the BWC Manual, can be found at: http:/Awww.cityofrochester.gow/RPDBodyWornCamera/, 8. When a citizen complaint has been filed with the City alleging a serious incident that involves a use of force (as defined in the RPD's BWC Manual), CPR may exercise its right to submit a FOIL request seeking information regarding the status of the BWC recordings of that incident, and shall be entitled to receive a copy of the recordings to the extent that those recordings are publicly available pursuant to FOIL 9. All disclosures will be provided to CPR in the form that they would be disclosed to the public pursuant to FOIL, including BWC video in a minimally blurred format with audio redaction. Any video or other records that require additional preparation or frame-by-frame video redaction will be provided at the same costs charged to all FOIL requestors, and in the same amount of time considering the complexity and volume of the request. 10.The City may terminate this Memorandum of Understanding at any time by giving at least thirty (30) days’ written notice mailed or personally delivered to the CPR contact person listed below. CPR may terminate this MOU in the event the City fails to provide quarterly or annual reports, fails to attend quarterly meetings, fails to make disclosure on requested BWC issues or fails to timely respond fo FOIL requests. 11. The following persons are designated as contact persons for the purposes of this MOU and shall be the points of contact for scheduling of meetings, and questions regarding this MOU: City of Rochester: Name: Deputy Chief Wayne P. Harris Contact information: wayne. harris@cityofrochester.gov Coalition for Police Reform: Names: Co-Chair: Rev. Lewis W. Stewart, President UCLM Contact information: Kerygma1964@gmail.com IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Memorandum of Understanding Date: November 28, 2017 CITY OF ROCHESTER By: - ovely A). Warren Mayor Date: November 28, 2017 COALITION FOR POLICE REFORM - COMMUNITY JUSTICE ADVISORY BOARD By: W.- Rev. Lewis W. Stewart Co-Chair FREE, Community Repr¢sentative

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