@annie_mehl reported last week @bouldercolorado hired @farahmuscadin as a POP consultant to guide the panel in a variety of matters. 
@farahmuscadin recently resigned from her POP post in late last year after returning from maternity leave citing her desire to focus on family and care for her our-of-state parents: thetexan.news/wp-content/upl…
In 2021, a Houston arbiter found she “improperly conducting investigations into officer misconduct and dictating the questions that could be asked of witnesses during interviews to assess whether an officer had acted inappropriately.”
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Initially @farahmuscadin role with the #Boulder POP seems pretty standard: help with annual reporting, ordinance revisions, trainings etc. but @annie_mehl reported she will review “how” a community-led selection committee chooses candidates and issues. I.E. will this be private?
Curious about this I asked @bouldercolorado Equity Officer Aimee Kane who would oversee the POP because recently CC Rachel Friend seemed to want council to take laissez-faire approach.
Aimee responded right away (per usual) suggesting city council is really the only governing body to oversee #Boulder POP activity
Given the #Boulder POP has been beset with internal struggles and community transparency issues AND is part of a current investigation, it would behoove them to work closely with city council while @farahmuscadin onboards, given her overreach issue in Austin. Cc: @AaronBrockett12
It is a great paradox but the best way for the POP panel to endure—something most of #Boulder wants—is to bake transparency into their process as it is congruent with what they are asking of all police reform.
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