Community Advisory Council (CAC) Meeting

Members of the public are free to address the CAC.
Public comments:

• Should fall under the subject matter jurisdiction of the CAC (as noted in the founding documents).
• Are time limited. Time limits are at the discretion of the Chair and may be adjusted to accommodate all speakers.

In addition to oral public comment at the meetings, the community is invited to communicate with IOLERO staff and CAC members through email. Members of the public who would like to make statements that may exceed the time limits for public comment, suggest topics to be placed on future agendas, or suggest questions to be raised and discussed by CAC members or staff, may send an email addressing these matters to CAC@sonomacounty.gov.

CAC members may not deliberate or take action on items not on the agenda and may only listen and respond briefly in limited circumstances. Should CAC members wish to deliberate on an issue raised during public comment, that issue may be placed on a future agenda of the CAC for discussion and possible action. Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the CAC after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the IOLERO office at the above address during normal business hours or via email.

Purpose

An IOLERO community advisory council is hereby established to increase visibility for the public into the delivery by the sheriff-coroner of policing and corrections services, to provide community participation in the review and establishment of sheriff-coroner policies, procedures, practices, training, and initiatives, and to engage the public to better understand the role of IOLERO and of the sheriff-coroner.

All are encouraged to engage in respectful, non-disruptive communication that supports freedom of speech and values diversity of opinion. We, the members of the CAC, have adopted a list of norms referred to as our “Designed Team Alliance”, which describes the way we want to show-up and be in community while modeling collaborative behavior. We request that CAC members, staff, and the public follow the CAC’s agreed upon norms, which are:

• Be tough on the topic not on people
• Respect all participants in the meeting
• Respect others’ perspective, even when you disagree
• Respect each other’s time 
• Stay within the meeting’s time and content parameters
• Practice active listening
• Listen with an open mind to all information, including dissenting points of view
• Speak to others as you would like to be spoken to
• Allow others to speak without comment or intrusive sounds
• Honor freedom of speech
• Call each other “in”

Agendas and Materials: Agendas and most supporting materials are available on the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach’s website.

Due to legal, copyright, privacy or policy considerations, not all materials are posted online. Materials that are not posted are available for public inspection between 08:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 3333 Mendocino Avenue, Suite 240, Santa Rosa, CA  95403.

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