The Ann Arbor City Council met in Larcom City Hall Thursday evening to discuss updates from the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission and listen to public concerns regarding the Arbor South Development Project.
The ICPOC, a commission of members nominated by the Mayor and approved by members of the, aims to improve the relationship between Ann Arbor residents and the local police through community-oriented policing. ICPOC Vice Chair Mohammad Othman said during the public comment portion of the meeting several members of the organization attended the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement conference in Minneapolis from Oct. 26-30. Othman said the presentations he attended gave insight into potential updates to the Ann Arbor Police Department’s record management systems.
“I had the chance to sit in on two presentations on record management systems — or RMS — vendor services and reviewed all four systems,” Othman said. “I provided my feedback to AAPD from the City Council meetings. It showed that the RMS was received and filed. I hope that the system will be acquired pretty soon, as the current system that it is using is outdated and needs to be replaced. New RMS will generate better data for better statistical analysis.”…