Boulder oversight panel kicks off five-year review with facilitator Yolanda Greer

The Boulder Police Oversight Panel on Monday began a mandated five-year review with consultant Yolanda Greer, who said her role is to listen, synthesize interviews and convene structured group sessions to identify where the ordinance or processes may need to change.

"I have completed 12 1 on 1 interviews, and there's about 11 pending," Greer said, describing the current data-collection phase and stressing anonymity and psychological safety for participants. Greer told the panel she will triangulate interview input, produce trend data and an executive-level report, and bring recommendations for areas that should be maintained, refined or created.

Co-chair Nuria Diaz told the panel the review was intended as an internal audit under the ordinance's five-year provision and that council members, current and former panelists, the police department and the city attorney had been invited to participate in elements of the process. Greer said the larger group session on Friday will include an Emergenetics profile overview to help the panel establish shared norms for future work.

Panelists asked how new recruits will be included; Greer said all current members were invited to interview and new members will be briefed on progress and norms when they join. The panel reiterated plans to pursue community engagement as part of the review, limited to stakeholders with proximate oversight involvement, and asked Greer to return with trend findings after interviews are complete.

The panel closed the discussion by agreeing to receive Greer's trend report at the next convening and to incorporate her recommendations into the five-year review process as appropriate.