§ 16.75.030. Composition and duties of advisory committee.

A.

Chairpersons. The Anchorage Police Department Chief of Police shall designate one representative as co-chair along with a domestic violence victim service agency director or his/her designee. The domestic violence victim service agency director will be designated by the advisory committee to serve a two-year term.

B.

Members. The advisory committee shall be comprised of:

1.

Chief of Police, Anchorage Police Department or designee; and

2.

A domestic violence victim service agency director or designee, appointed by the advisory committee for a two-year term; and

3.

Municipal Attorney, Municipality of Anchorage, Department of Law or designee; and

4.

Director, Municipality of Anchorage Health Department, or designee; and

5.

Director, Alaska Office of Victims' Rights, or designee; and

6.

Director, Alaska Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, or designee; and

7.

Attorney General, State of Alaska, or designee; and

8.

Chief Justice or Administrative Director, Alaska Court System, or designee; and

9.

At-large members, not to exceed three, appointed by the advisory committee to serve two-year terms, may include representation from civil rights and public defense advocacy groups.

C.

Quorum. A quorum shall consist of a majority of members present and shall include at least five members.

D.

Duties.

1.

Develop and implement appropriate protocols and policies, according to local needs and resources; and

2.

Meet at least quarterly to choose cases of fatal incidents of domestic violence and incidents of domestic violence involving serious physical injury for review, to designate advisory committee members, to designate participants for individual fatality review teams, to oversee the fatality review team process, to gather and disseminate necessary information to team members, and to destroy confidential information at the close of fatality reviews; and

3.

Collect and maintain data as appropriate; and

4.

Review individual team reports to identify trends and to make recommendations; and

5.

Prepare a preliminary report to he assembly on the work of the advisory committee for the first nine months one year after the effective date of this ordinance, the report covering status of work and the overall effectiveness of implementation; and

6.

Based on these reviews, write and publish a report to the public every two years; and

7.

Distribute the public report to the Office of the Mayor, the Anchorage Municipal Assembly, and the Anchorage Women's Commission.

(AO No. 2007-55, § 1, 4-10-07; AO No. 2018-118 , § 2, 1-1-19)