Also wanna quickly note that an item has been moved from tonight's meeting to Feb. 1. It involves BPD and the FBI, some work on counter terrorism.
Councilwoman Speer raised some concerns, so council will be getting a confidential memo about it.
Councilwoman Speer raised some concerns, so council will be getting a confidential memo about it.
That means it won't be public, to you or the press. We might get a short presentation about it Feb. 1, and I'll read what's already been shared to see what it's all about. (You can, too, in this week's agenda, available here) bouldercolorado.gov/city-council-a…
From the scheduling meeting this morning, Chief Herold said she might "speak to the nature of the work and how much time is dedicated to this position, which isn’t a lot since our staffing is in the state it’s in."
And that the memo to council with more explanation has to be confidential "because it does involve intelligence information" including surveillance and data collection.
Here's what was in the council packet:
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has authority to pay overtime for police officers assigned to the formalized Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and the expenses necessary for the detection, investigation, and prosecution..
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has authority to pay overtime for police officers assigned to the formalized Denver Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and the expenses necessary for the detection, investigation, and prosecution..
...of crimes against the United States. This agreement also authorizes the BPD Officer to receive information from the FBI concerning sensitive or secure intelligence.
In the agreement the FBI JTTF Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) states that the Boulder Police Department ...
In the agreement the FBI JTTF Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) states that the Boulder Police Department ...
...will assign officer(s) to the FBI JTTF and will be reimburse for overtime payments while the officer is working full time on JTTF matters."
Reading through the notes rn and found this: "All members of the JTTF must certify they have not failed a FBI polygraph at any time. If a potential JTTF member has at one time failed a FBI polygraph, they are not eligible to be in FBI space" or the task force.
Aren't polygraphs like a totally junk science?
I mean, maybe the FBI uses them for measuring something else (stress response?) but in general... seems silly to have a polygraph-specific requirement in the Year of Our Lord 2022.
Anyway, I'll follow up as I can with info on this, but again, a lot of it may be in a non-public memo.
To recap: This is an agreement that council has to OK for the FBI to use BPD officers on counter-terrorism work, and to reimburse the city for any overtime as part of that work.
More info (maybe) coming Feb. 1
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