January 7, 2025, Meeting Minutes

City of Chandler — Regular Meeting (2025-04-01)

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CITIZENS’ PANEL FOR REVIEW OF POLICE COMPLAINTS AND USE OF FORCE SPECIAL 
MEETING MINUTES 
 
January 7, 2025 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL 
Chairperson Diefenbacher called the meeting to order at approximately 6:02 PM 
 
Members in Attendance: 
Chairperson Jason Diefenbacher 
Vice Chair Flor Martinez 
Panel member Sam Enoch 
Panel member Allen Leibowitz  
Panel member Dawn Vukadinovich 
Panela member Laurie Fagen 
Panel member Gina Giammona 
Panel member Jeff Jones 
Panel member Hilary HC Jenkins 
 
Members Absent: 
Panel member James Bogert 
Panel member Carlos Lozano 
Panel member Debra Schinke 
Panel member Jill Slavin 
Panel member Josh Whitaker 
Panel member Joseph Yang 
 
Staff in Attendance: 
Assistant Chief Melissa Deanda 
Cmdr. Daniel Shellum 
Det. Danielle Stein 
Ean White, Assistant City Attorney 
Pamela Leon, Staff Liaison

2. SCHEDULED/UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES/CALL TO PUBLIC 
a. None 
 
3. Approval of the Minutes 
a. Minutes of October 1, 2024 
Panel member Fagen moved to approve the minutes of the October 1, 2024, 
Citizens’ Panel for Review of Police Complaints and Use of Force meeting. 
Panel member Enoch seconded the motion.  
The minutes were approved by all Panel members present.   
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS 
a. Newly appointed Panel member Jeff Jones introduced himself to the 
panel.  
 
b. Newly appointed Panel member Hilary HC Jeff Jones introduced 
themselves to the panel. 
 
c. Det. Dani Stein introduced herself to the panel as the new staff liaison. 
She has replaced Jeff Fox who has since been promoted to Sergeant.  
 
5. ACTION AGENDA 
a. Presentation by Robbery|Homicide Unit on East Valley Critical 
Incident Response Team 
 
Lt. Dykstra is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigation Bureau. Lt. 
Dykstra explained what The East Valley Critical Incident Response Team is 
which is an agreement between Chandler and other agencies to investigate 
officer involved shootings and critical incidents. Each investigation is 
independent to ensure transparency to the public.     
 
 
b. Discussion regarding the Use of Force Summary for the third quarter 
of 2024 
 
There were questions and discussions, but no questions specific to the use 
of force.

Panel member Vukadinovich moved to approve the Use of Force 
Summary Quarter 3 2024. Vice Chair Martinez seconded the motion. The 
motion was approved by all Panel members present.  
 
The motion carried unanimously.  
 
6. Discussion 
a. The Panel requested for future presentations or trainings to include levels 
of less lethal weapons and possibly review use of force policy. Commander 
Shellum and Det. Stein will facilitate any trainings that will be presented to 
the Panel.  
 
7. CALENDAR/FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 
 
Next meeting will be Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 6:00 pm.  
 
8. INFORMATION ITEMS 
Vice Chair Martinez informed the Panel of the Fallen Officer Memorial run on 
March 2, 2025. The event will be held in Downtown Phoenix and will begin at 
0800 for anyone interested in participating.  
9. ADJOURNMENT 
Panel member Vukadinovich moved to adjourn, seconded by Panel 
member Leibowitz. The motion was approved by all Panel members 
present, and the meeting adjourned at approximately 6:36 p.m.