FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 20, 2012 CONTACT: Ronda Goldfein, Chair (215) 680-1305 Commission resumes

public meetings, announces plans for improvement of investigations and policy recommendations After a brief hiatus, the Police Advisory Commission will resume its monthly public meetings on 6pm on Monday September 24th meeting at the Commission Office, 990 Spring Garden St, 7th Floor. Were excited about many of the suggestions for improvement youre going to hear from our staff, noted Commission Chair Ronda Goldfein. Our Commissioners and staff are determined to create a more vigorous conversation about police-community relations through partnerships with community groups, academic institutions - anyone who has an interest in improving policing in our city. Weve spent the last few months fine-tuning our approach to complaint investigations and considering several areas of police policies and procedures which deserve our attention as we move into 2013, said Kelvyn Anderson, who was appointed as Interim Executive Director of the Commission in July. Some of these innovations, such as our comprehensive Complaint Map, are designed to increase transparency around the inner workings of the disciplinary process. In a few months, youll be able to view basic information about citizens complaints - (Age/Race/Sex, type of complaint) by district, neighborhood, council district etc -on a web map just like crime stats. The Commission was created to improve police-community relations and decrease civil judgments against the city. The Commission may initiate fact-finding investigations on complaints or request by request from a member of the public or of its own initiative. The Commission makes recommendations to the Mayor, Managing Director and the Police Commission regarding discipline, policy issues or training of Police.