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Objective & Guidelines of the Citizens' Advisory Committee

The City Council has appointed 25 citizens to form a Citizens’ Advisory Committee (CAC) to the review services that the City of Clovis Police Department provides with the existing staffing and funding along with the spending and staffing patterns within the Police Department over the past 15 years. The CAC will also evaluate how the City maintained the “Safest City in the Valley” position and the level of resources that would be needed for Clovis to remain as the “Safest City in the Valley”. After the CAC’s review and evaluation of the Police Department’s current status, the CAC will report recommendations to the City Council regarding the issues mentioned above. For all questions regarding the CAC, please contact the City Manager’s office at (559) 324-2060.

Tentative CAC Meeting Schedule:

January 26, 2022
February 9, 2022
February 23, 2022
March 9, 2022
March 23, 2022
April 6, 2022

The Citizens’ Advisory Committee is tentatively scheduled to meet on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month  from 6:00-8:00 p.m. starting from January 26, 2022, through April 6, 2022, at the California Health Sciences University campus located at 2500 Alluvial Avenue, Clovis, CA 93611.

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November 8, 2022
Workshop – Consider Update from the Clovis Police Department on the State of the Department.
Watch Recording at 0:26:20

November 15, 2021 
Consider Request from Matt Basgall for the City Council to Create a Citizens Advisory Committee for the Purpose Evaluating Police Officer Staffing.
Watch Recording at 1:11:15

December 6, 2021
Consider Various Actions with the Development of a Citizen’s Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Police Department’s Funding, Operations and Staffing Levels, and Report back on Recommendations on Services Provided, Efficiencies, Operations, and Funding:
a. Confirm/amend consensus direction provided to staff at the November 15, 2021 meeting;
b. Consider options regarding facilitation the 25 member Committee Meetings through the process;
c. Approve the draft calendar for the Committee meeting timeline
d. Receive and File an analysis of expenditures and staffing within the Police Department over the past fifteen years
Watch Recording at 1:58:26

January 10, 2022
Consider Appointment of Citizen’s Advisory Committee to Evaluate the Police Department’s Funding, Operations and Staffing Levels, and Report back on Recommendations on Services Provided, Efficiencies, Operations, and Funding and Consider Approval of Committee Guidelines
Watch Recording at 1:40:31

How to Participate

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to access the California Health Sciences University (CHSU) campus to participate at this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (559) 324-2060 (TTY – 711).  Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the CHSU campus.

The Clovis Citizens’ Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public at the physical address listed above. There are numerous ways to participate in the Citizens’ Advisory Committee meetings: you are able to attend in-person; you may participate virtually by joining the WebEx meeting (see “WebEx Participation” below); and you may view the meeting which is webcast and accessed at www.cityofclovis.com/cac. 

WebEx Participation

Members of the public will be able to make verbal comments via WebEx by raising their hand in the virtual meeting or messaging the Host to join the queue to speak. Participants desiring to make a verbal comment via WebEx will need to ensure that they accessed the meeting with audio transmission capabilities. To participate in the WebEx meeting, click on the Join Live Meeting button at the top of this page.

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