The Novato Police Advisory and Review Board will meet for the first time since its vice chairman, Jeremy Portje, was arrested in Sausalito for resisting arrest in a dust-up that injured a police officer.
The District Attorney elected not to prosecute Portje.
The board meeting is a teleconference only beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3. Portje’s arrest is not on the agenda.
The Police Advisory & Review Board welcomes anyone to attend its meetings. People may participate and provide comments to the Police Advisory & Review Board as follows:
– Written public comments may be submitted by email to hr@novato.org. Written public comments, however, will not be read during the meeting.
– Spoken public comments will be accepted through the Zoom meeting platform and via telephone. To address the Police Advisory & Review Board, please read the following instructions.Join via direct link: https://bit.ly/3KMJ4sx Or
Select the ZOOM Meeting link Meeting ID: 892 9859 8812 Password: PARB2022!
Should the links above not work, please go to www.novato.org/agendas to find updated link information.
Among the items to be discussed include:
– Introduction of Interim Police Chief Hank Schreeder (Assistant City Manager Deakyne).
– Update on School Resource Officer Program (Captain D’Amico)
– Presentation on the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) (Lieutenant Howard)
– Review of Department Activity and Citizen Complaints Filed Since Last Meeting (Chief Schreeder)
You should be ashamed for the way you present information it’s one-sided did you know for a fact the police officer that roughed up Mr. Portje has nearly a dozen complaints filed against him for brutalizing citizens.