Title
SAFE Charlotte Professional Consulting Services
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract for $600,000 with RAND Corporation for SAFE Charlotte professional consulting services for a term of five months, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to amend the contract with possible price adjustments consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved, and
C. Authorize the sharing of specified CMPD personnel data and records with RAND Corporation for the purpose of research and analysis in support of the SAFE Charlotte Plan.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Victoria O. Johnson, City Manager's Office
Explanation
* On October 26, 2020, City Council adopted the SAFE (Safety and Accountability for Everyone) Charlotte Plan which includes six public safety recommendations for the city to reimagine the approach to policing and violence prevention.
* SAFE Charlotte recommendations #2, 3, and 4 call for the city to work with an external partner to:
* develop recommendations to convert low-risk sworn duties to non-uniform units;
* expand the Community Policing Crisis Response Team (CPCRT) and develop a non-sworn officer responder model for mental health and homeless calls; and
* provide an independent analysis of police-civilian contact, including police calls and responses.
* Some of the data required to carry out these analyses includes CMPD personnel records, which may be released by City Council pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 160A-168(c2), for statistical, research or teaching purposes when the institution certifies that no information will be released which would identify employees.
* CMPD and the City Manager's Office will work with RAND to ensure that personnel name data remains anonymous, and the executed agreement will include a required certification similar to the attached sample certification to safeguard personnel data.
* On December 4, 2020, the city issued a Request for Proposals (RFP); 11 respons...
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