Public Safety Partnership Recommendation No. 15

Recommendation No. 15:

The City should engage in an education campaign to highlight the work and authority of the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB).

OKC should engage in a comprehensive education campaign to highlight the work and authority of the CAB.

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Many lamented that their constituents and members of the general community had no idea what the CAB was or what authority it had. As such, the City should breathe life into it with a strong information campaign.

This campaign should include a public education process that gives citizens a clear understanding of how they may make a formal complaint against the OKCPD and its employees.

Similarly, the CAB should publish regular updates on its activities and findings, including recommendations to OKCPD or the City. This work should be facilitated by the staff position recommended above.

This recommendation was supported by ninety-four percent of respondents who opined on this issue. The racial breakdown was Black/African American (96%); Native American/Alaskan Native (88%); Asian (95%); White (84%); Latinx (84%); and Other (87%).