Allegheny County Council - File #: 11762-21

• File #: 11762-21
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 2/19/2021
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• Final action: 4/27/2021
• Title: An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances through the establishment of a new Division 9 entitled “Conduct” and a new Chapter 905 entitled “Independent Police Review Board” to establish an independent citizen board to receive and review allegations of misconduct filed by members of the public against police officers within Allegheny County.
• Sponsors: DeWitt Walton, Olivia Bennett, Paul Klein, Anita Prizio, Tom Duerr

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/29/2021	1	Chief Executive	Signed by Chief Executive
4/27/2021	1	County Council	Passed for Chief Executive Signature	Pass
4/20/2021	1	Committee on Public Safety	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
4/7/2021	1	Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee
3/11/2021	1	Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee
3/4/2021	1	Committee on Public Safety	Held in Committee
2/23/2021	1	County Council	Referred by Chair

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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amending the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances through the establishment of a new Division 9 entitled “Conduct” and a new Chapter 905 entitled “Independent Police Review Board” to establish an independent citizen board to receive and review allegations of misconduct filed by members of the public against police officers within Allegheny County.

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The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:

SECTION 1. Establish New Division 9 in the Allegheny County Code of Ordinances.

The Allegheny County Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to add a new Division 9 entitled “Conduct” and the following Chapter 905:

Chapter 905
Independent Police Review Board

Section 905.1. - Short Title.

This Ordinance shall be referred to as the Allegheny County Independent Police Review Board Ordinance.

Section 905.2. - Legislative Intent; Purpose.

The purpose of this Ordinance is to create a mechanism for external independent fact-finding and dispute resolution concerning allegations of misconduct filed by an individual against: (i) Police Officers employed by Allegheny County; and (ii) Police Officers employed by a Municipality in Allegheny County when that Municipality has enacted an ordinance as provided in Section 905.16 below agreeing to become subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be liberally construed to accomplish these objectives.

Section 905.03. - Definitions and Rules of Construction.

a. Definitions

The following words, terms and phrases, where used or referred to in this Ordinance, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the content clearly indicates a different meaning:

“Appointing Authority” means the elected officials within County government who select an individual to serve on the Board. Depending on the context, the “Appointing Authority” shall refer eith...