Neither the community police advisory review board nor any member thereof, except as otherwise authorized by law, shall:
(a) Incur city expense or obligate the city in any way without prior authorization of the mayor and council.
(b) Except for the chairperson who is the official spokesperson for the board, make any written or oral report of any committee activity to any individual or body other than to the mayor and council.
(c) Independently investigate citizen complaints against the police department or individual police officers by questioning witnesses or otherwise.
(d) Conduct any activity which might constitute or be construed as a quasi-judicial review of police actions.
(e) Conduct any activity which might constitute or be construed as establishment of city policy.
(f) Violate the confidentiality of any information related to matters involving pending or forthcoming civil or criminal litigation.
(g) Review or comment on the investigation of a citizen complaint where criminal charges are under investigation or pending until the case has reached a final disposition, except in those instances where the police department has determined that the citizen complaint is not related to the investigation or prosecution of the criminal charge against the citizen and has completed action on the citizen complaint and any other criminal charges have reached a final disposition.
(Ord. No. 8843, § 1, 3-24-97; Ord. No. 9928, § 1, 1-26-04; Ord. No. 11537, § 2, 4-3-18)