(A) Members of Community Policing Councils shall serve on a voluntary basis.
(B) Community Policing Council members must live or work within the boundaries of the Area Command to which they request membership.
(C) Each Community Policing Council must include diverse membership reflecting a broad cross-section of the demographic of their respective Area Command, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical ability; and, for example, representatives of social services providers and diverse neighborhoods leaders in faith, business, or academic communities, and youth.
(D) Persons will not be disqualified based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, membership in any protected class, or for having a criminal history; however, current active felony warrants or active felony charges will disqualify a person from membership.
(E) Each Community Policing Council shall strive to have a minimum of five members. No Community Policing Council shall have more than eleven nor fewer than three members at a time.
(F) Terms.
(1) Members shall serve a maximum of two terms.
(2) Terms shall be staggered so that the term of no more than four members expires each year.
(3) Each term shall be for three years.
(4) The Community Policing Council shall begin reviewing applications for members at least two months before the expiration of a member's second term, and shall strive to select a replacement member at the meeting concurrent with the expiration of the incumbent member's term.
(5) If there are no eligible candidates to replace a member on the expiration of the member's term, that member may remain on the Community Policing Council until an eligible replacement is selected.