File #: O-378-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 9/10/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/22/2020 Final action: 10/6/2020
Title: Amending Toledo Municipal Code Section 129.09(b) "Right to Know Act", to change the phone number on Police business cards from Civilian Police Review Board to Internal Affairs Section; and declaring an emergency.
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Amending Toledo Municipal Code Section 129.09(b) "Right to Know Act", to change the phone number on Police business cards from Civilian Police Review Board to Internal Affairs Section; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ord. 201-20, passed June 16, 2020, required the business cards for Police Officers to contain the phone number for the Civilian Police Review Board. City Council now desires for the business cards to contain the phone number for the Internal Affairs Section.

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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code Section 129.09(b), which reads as follows:

129.09. Right to Know Act

(b) During a law enforcement activity, a police officer shall:

(1) Identify himself or herself to the person who is the subject of such Law Enforcement Activity by providing his or her name, rank and assignment;
(2) Provide to such person an explanation of the reason for such Law Enforcement Activity, unless providing such information would impair a criminal investigation;
(3) Offer a business card to such person at the conclusion of any such activity containing at a minimum:
(i) the police officer's name, rank and assignment; and
(ii) phone number for the Civilian Police Review Board and an indication that such phone number may be used to submit comments about the encounter between such police officer and such person.

is hereby repealed

SECTION 2. That Toledo Municipal Code Section 129.09(b) is hereby enacted to read as follows:

129.09. Right to Know Act

(b) During a law enforcement activity, a police officer shall:

(1) Identify himself or herself to the person who is the subject of such Law Enforcement Activity by providing his or her name, rank and assignment;
(2) Provide to such person an explanation of the reason for such Law Enforcement Activity, unless providing such information would impair a criminal...

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