Sec. 20-14. Phoenix Civilian Review Board established; selection process; terms.
A. The Phoenix Civilian Review Board (the “Board”) is established and shall be comprised of nine voting members.
1. All voting members shall either reside or work in the City of Phoenix. Members must be at least 21 years of age. No current or former sworn law enforcement officer is eligible to serve as a voting member of the Board. No individual who has a pending claim or lawsuit or who within the ten years preceding appointment has filed a claim or lawsuit related to actions by the City of Phoenix Police Department as stated in Section 20-6, Mandatory oversight by the OAT, is eligible to serve as a voting member of the Board.
a. Member Responsibilities.
(1) Each member shall conduct themselves at all times in a manner that will maintain public confidence in the fairness, impartiality, and integrity of the Board and refrain from making any prejudicial comments with respect to the Board or the cases subject to the Board’s review.
(2) Each member shall review cases on an individual basis and make decisions based only upon the facts and the evidence before them. To ensure all Board members have access to the same evidence in making their determination, a request for additional or supplemental information is treated as an item requiring action under Section 20-15 and must receive the affirmative vote of five members before it is to be provided. All information received therefrom must be shared with all members of the Board.
(3) Each member shall be subject to and bound by the provisions of the City’s ethics and gift policies and shall excuse themselves from participating in the review of any complaint in which they have a personal or financial interest.
b. Failure to comply with the member responsibilities may constitute grounds for removal from the Board.
2. Pursuant to Section 2-50, the Mayor shall nominate the nine voting members, with an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the City Council approving members for three-year uncompensated terms in staggered sequence of: three members for two years, three members for three years, and three members for four years in their initial terms; all eligible to serve a three-year term thereafter, which will serve as their second term. Members to serve no more than two terms.
3. Upon the expiration of any voting member’s term, an appointment will be made to their position by the Mayor for a term of three years. Each member may be reappointed to a three-year term but may serve no more than two consecutive terms on the Board. If a member is unable to complete their term for any reason, the Mayor shall nominate a new member, with an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of City Council approving the member, to complete the term. Such new member shall then be eligible to be reappointed for no more than one additional full consecutive term if the member has served 18 months or more of the original term, and no more than two additional full consecutive terms if the member has served less than 18 months of the original term. (Ord. No. G-7258, § 3, 2024)