April 4 Meeting Minutes

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2023-07-11)

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CITIZENS’ PANEL FOR REVIEW OF POLICE COMPLAINTS AND USE OF FORCE REGULAR 
MEETING MINUTES 
 
April 4, 2023 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL 
Chairman Fagen called the meeting to order at approximately 6:12 pm.  
 
Members in Attendance: 
Chairman Laurie Fagen 
Vice Chair Tamra Ingersoll 
Panel member Sam Enoch 
Panel member James Bogert 
Panel member Dawn Vukadinovich 
Panel member Aaron Harris 
Panel member Josh Whitaker 
Panel member Bill Wallace 
 
Members Absent: 
Panel member Christopher Heo 
Panel member Carlos Lozano 
Panel member Jen Rooney 
Panel member Shadow Asgari 
 
Staff in Attendance: 
Assistant Chief Melissa Deanda 
Cmdr. Travis Feyen 
Lt. Robert Dykstra 
Lt. Michael Prendergast 
Det. George Arias 
Sgt. Nicole Vasey 
Officer Ronald Bromund 
Ean White, Assistant City Attorney 
Pamela Leon, Staff Liaison

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES 
a. Minutes of January 10, 2023 
Panel member Fagen moved to approve the minutes of the January 10, 2023,  
Citizens’ Panel for Review of Police Complaints and Use of Force meeting. 
Panel member Ingersoll seconded the motion. 
The minutes were approved by all Panel members present. 
3. SCHEDULED/UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/CALL TO PUBLIC 
a. None 
 
4. ACTION AGENDA 
a. Presentation by the Training Unit on the BolaWrap 
 
b. Review, discuss, and approve the Use of Force Summary of the third 
quarter of 2023 
 
 
There were questions and discussions, but no questions specific to the use of 
 
force.  Panel member Wallace moved to approve the Use of Force summary, 
 
seconded by Panel member Enoch.  
 
 
The Use of Force Summary of the third quarter of 2023 was approved by all 
 
Panel members present.  
 
c. Review, discuss, and approve the Use of Force Summary of the fourth 
quarter of 2023 
 
Panel members asked a number of questions regarding the use of a sage gun 
and what a sage gun is. Cmdr. Feyen described what a sage gun is which was 
in reference to Summary 9.  
 
Panel members asked a number of questions regarding body worn camera 
usage, with particular attention to incidents in which an officer’s camera fell 
off their person. Det. Arias described situations such as that in Summary 11, 
in which the officers’ camera is still picking up demands and recordings even 
though it was no longer attached to their person. Cmdr. Feyen stated the 
department is currently researching better mounts to avoid cameras falling 
off.

Panel member Harris moved to approve the Use of Force Summary of the 
fourth quarter, seconded by Panel member Bogert.  
 
The Use of Force Summary of the fourth quarter of 2023 was approved by all 
Panel members present.   
 
 
5. BRIEFING ITEMS 
None 
6. ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
None 
 
7. CALENDAR/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 
 
Next meeting will be Tuesday, July 11, 2023.  
 
8. INFORMATION ITEMS 
 
Panel member appreciation for outgoing members Shadow Asgari, Bill 
 
Wallace, Jen Rooney, and Aaron Harris Sr.  
 
9. ADJOURNMENT 
Panel member Ingersoll moved to adjourn, seconded by Panel member 
Bogert. The motion was approved by all Panel members present, and the 
meeting adjourned at approximately 6:57 p.m.