Q&A
Council Member Farías and Deputy Commissioner Gerber discuss reporting frequency for POST Act bill
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Council Member Amanda Farías and Deputy Commissioner Michael Gerber discuss the frequency of reporting for a proposed bill related to the POST Act. They debate whether quarterly reporting is necessary or if semi-annual reporting would be sufficient, considering the Department of Investigation's (DOI) annual audit schedule.
- Farías initially proposed quarterly reporting, mirroring what she believed to be DOI's current practice
- Gerber suggested semi-annual reporting would be sufficient, citing DOI's annual audit schedule
- They agreed to discuss the matter further offline to reach an alignment on the reporting frequency
Amanda Farías
2:03:52
Thank you chairs.
2:03:54
I'm very simple today.
2:03:55
I appreciate the support generally on the bill and working together to get to a place where you feel comfortable with timelines.
2:04:04
If it's not every quarter that it seems like based off of DOI's reporting on the post act is quarterly, which I think we tried to mirror here, what would be a time frame if you folks have a time frame at all?
Michael Gerber
2:04:16
Well, my thinking was this.
2:04:18
The DOIs report is annual.
2:04:22
So I think it could be either we do it once a year or, you know, if that if the I do want make sure DOI has what it needs when it needs I certainly think if it was twice a year that would be sufficient.
2:04:34
And if you timed it such that, you know, if every if they're getting the data you know six months before they're doing their report and then you know six months after and then six months.
2:04:45
So I think that from where I'm sitting I think that would give them more than enough time.
2:04:49
It's not obvious to me given that it's an annual audit why you would need it quarterly, you see what I mean?
2:04:56
That just seems like it's additional work without really much of a payoff in terms of the work they're doing.
Amanda Farías
2:05:00
DOI seems to be doing quarterly reports already.
2:05:04
I mean they do have their big annual but in terms of what gets reported to us and what's publicly reported on their website, it seems to be somewhat quarterly.
2:05:12
It doesn't look as regular quarterly but I think that's why we initially drafted the language the way we did but I understand your line of thinking of their larger audited report reflective on analysis is annual.
Michael Gerber
2:05:26
Yeah.
2:05:26
And I can say I can't speak to what I can't speak to what DOI communicates to the city council obviously.
2:05:30
But in terms of the reports, there was one there was a report for 2022, and then I I think this is correct.
2:05:40
I think the 2023 report got delayed until May of twenty twenty four, and there was another report in December of twenty twenty four.
2:05:48
But I think it is roughly on annual schedule.
2:05:51
If I'm wrong about that, someone will tell me.
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But I'm pretty sure
Amanda Farías
2:05:53
that's
Michael Gerber
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I
Amanda Farías
2:05:53
just went through the OIGNYPD reporting and scheduling.
2:05:58
I we just did a quick I just did a quick post act search, and it seems to be, like, December, May.
2:06:03
It was, like, a couple months.
2:06:04
Regardless of it, I just wanted to hear your thoughts on, yeah
Andrew
2:06:07
Yeah.
Amanda Farías
2:06:07
On what where you folks would be open to where do you see
Michael Gerber
2:06:11
the time If it if it were twice a year, I have we'd we'd have no objection.
Amanda Farías
2:06:15
Okay.
2:06:16
And I'd love to just talk offline just to make sure we're all in alignment.
Michael Gerber
2:06:19
Yeah.
Amanda Farías
2:06:19
Okay.
2:06:20
Cool.
2:06:20
Thank you.