Join the Community Police Review Board
The Alexandria City Council is seeking applicants to fill the eight vacancies for the Independent Community Policing Review Board. These will be the inaugural appointments for this newly approved board.
The purpose of this Alexandria Independent Community Policing Review Board is to enhance policing legitimacy and to increase and maintain trust between and among the police department, city council, city manager, and the public.
City Council will take final action on appointments to the inaugural Independent Community Policing Review Board at the December 18, 2021 City Council meeting.
The following vacancies are available for appointment for the Board:
Three members from historically, racially, or socially marginalized communities that have commonly experienced disparate policing in Alexandria or in the Commonwealth of Virginia, who will initially serve an 18-month term.
One member who represents an organization, office , or agency that seeks racial or social justice or that otherwise advocates on behalf of historically, racially, or socially marginalized communities, particularly communities that may have experienced disparate policing, who will serve a three-year term.
Three at-large members, who will serve a 3-year term
One nonvoting, ex-officio member who shall have past experiences in law enforcement. This member shall not have been previously employed as a law enforcement officer within the City of Alexandria, shall not be a current employee of or an immediate family member of a current employee of a law enforcement agency and shall be at least three years honorably removed from service, who will serve a three-year term.
Applicants who meet the criteria for more than one seat on the Community Policing Review Board may indicate this on their application and will be considered for each seat for which they qualify. This is a volunteer board so its members do not receive compensation except for travel and training reimbursement.
All applicants must complete a Personal Data Record form electronically via the City’s website no later than 5:00PM, November 12, 2021. Applications received after this deadline will not be forwarded to the City Council for consideration