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§ 9-4-6-6 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
   Each Community Policing Council shall:
   (A)   Facilitate communication, collaboration, consensus-building, and cooperation between the Albuquerque Police Department and the community.
   (B)   Hold each of a quorum of Community Policing Council meeting open to the public and provide notice of the meetings by publishing agendas and minutes on a City of Albuquerque affiliated website, at a minimum. This provision does not create any obligations under the New Mexico Open Meetings Act nor does it create a cause of action for violation of this provision.
   (C)   Create its own guidelines for establishing operational processes and procedures.
   (D)   Provide advice and recommendations to the Albuquerque Police Department in areas including:
      (1)   Reviewing and assessing the propriety and effectiveness of law enforcement priorities and related community policing strategies, materials, and training;
      (2)   Reviewing and assessing concerns or recommendations about specific Albuquerque Police Department policing tactics and initiatives;
      (3)   Obtaining information from the Albuquerque Police Department and conveying feedback from the community to the Albuquerque Police Department;
      (4)   Advising the Chief of Police on recruiting a qualified, diverse workforce.
      (5)   Advising the Chief of Police on ways to collect and publicly disseminate data and information, including information about the Albuquerque Police Department's compliance with the CASA (while it is in effect) in a transparent and public-friendly format to the greatest extent allowable by law; and
      (6)   Advising the Chief of Police on support for constitutional, community policing.
   (E)   Accept recommendations and concerns relevant to the operations of the Albuquerque Police Department from recognized neighborhood associations whose area of coverage corresponds at least in part with the respective CPCs area command, and shall submit recommendations or concerns so received to the Albuquerque Police Department. Community Policing Councils shall share all responses from the Albuquerque Police Department with the neighborhood association that submitted the recommendation.
   (F)   Each Community Policing Council shall memorialize its activities and initiatives undertaken pursuant to duties and responsibilities prescribed by this section in an annual report.