The City of Longmont announced this week that the city manager is accepting applications until September 5 for the Longmont Department of Public Safety Professional Standards Review Panel, which “reviews highly confidential information, including internal investigations and allegations of misconduct, and makes findings to the public safety chief,” according to the city.
The city said that the review panel is made up of five Longmont citizens, each of whom is a qualified elector of the city who serves without compensation. Longmont Police Services said that this citizen review panel is an “excellent reflection” of its motto, “policing in partnership with the people.”
Position openings include five regular member citizen terms, ending December 31, 2029; and five alternate member citizen terms, ending December 31, 2027.
According to the city’s description of qualified candidates, “citizen appointees shall have no felony convictions, have no misdemeanor conviction within five years of the date of their appointment, have no current employment with any law enforcement agency, have no immediate family member who is a police department employee, and be willing to make a five-year commitment to the panel which may meet on a weekly basis.”
Applications must be turned into the city clerk’s office, located at 350 Kimbark Street, by 5 p.m. on September 5.
