(a) There is hereby created the technical resource panel to be composed of three members appointed by the city manager.
(1) The technical resource panel is not a board or commission subject to Chapter 8 of this code or Chapter XXIV, Section 13 of the city charter.
(2) The director shall assist the city manager in the recruitment of qualified members.
(b) Each member of the technical resource panel shall be an individual with at least 10 years of law enforcement experience in a recognized local, county, state, or federal law enforcement agency and, to the extent possible, appointments to the technical resource panel will be representative of the ethnic diversity of the city and will include individuals with substantial patrol officer experience.
(c) Active law enforcement professionals employed in Dallas County by the state, the county, or any local government may not be members of the technical resource panel. In addition, former city of Dallas police officers may not be members of the technical resource panel. Members of the technical resource panel are not required to be residents of the city nor qualified voters in the city.
(d) Members of the technical resource panel shall serve three-year terms, shall be subject to the same conflict of interest and confidentiality restrictions as are applicable to members of the board, and shall be subject to forfeiture of membership on the same basis as members of the board.
(e) Members of the technical resource panel shall attend and participate fully in all meetings and deliberations of the board, and at the board's discretion, attend and participate in closed sessions, but shall not be entitled to vote as members of the board.
(f) The technical resource panel shall use its expertise and experience in law enforcement matters and procedures to assist the board to the fullest extent possible in the review and investigation of all incidents and complaints coming before the board.
(g) The technical resource panel shall not have any oversight responsibility or oversight authority with respect to the board.
(h) Nothing in this section prohibits the director or the board acting through the director from seeking additional outside technical expertise and advice as necessary. (Ord. Nos. 19818; 19983; 31192, eff. 10/1/19)