2026-10-06 - Community Public Safety Advisory Board
Summary
- The board met at 2 pm and read its charge: an independent committee that reviews completed police complaint investigations, including use-of-force complaints, and gives the chief of police recommendations on policy and complaint procedures.
- The minutes of the September 8, 2026 meeting were approved.
- Two residents spoke in public comment. Both described their own contacts with the police and complaints they had filed, and asked about the status of those complaints; the board did not discuss them.
- The board then went into closed session, which ran about two and a half hours, to review five cases from the September 8 meeting and five new cases from October 6. The recording has no audible discussion of the closed session.
- On returning, the board deferred three cases (090804, 100601 and 100603) to its November meeting and issued letters of support for seven others (090805, 090806, 090807, 090808, 100602, 100604 and 100605).
- The meeting adjourned without further comment. See Community Public Safety Advisory Board Case Reviews.
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This is an automatic speech-to-text transcript; names and numbers may be misheard. The closed session is not on the recording.
Transcript
03:24Good afternoon. Welcome to the two o'clock meeting of the Community Public Safety Advisory
04:59Board. We will call the meeting to order. The purpose of the Community Public Safety
05:04Advisory Board is to serve as a permanent independent committee in Oklahoma City that
05:09will review the complaint investigative process and results of completed investigations involving
05:14Oklahoma City Public Safety officers. The objectives are to review the investigative
05:20process and results of completed departmental investigations of formal complaints, to review
05:26the investigative process and results of completed administrative investigations of complaints
05:32alleging excessive use of force, to review the investigative process and results of any
05:38other incident involving public safety employees that are of public concern, to provide comments,
05:44suggestions and recommendations to the Oklahoma City Chief of Police on Oklahoma City Police
05:50Department policy, procedure and rules, to provide comments, suggestions and recommendations
05:57to the Oklahoma City Chief of Police regarding Oklahoma City Police Department procedure
06:02for receiving, investigating and reviewing complaints, and to participate in periodic
06:09public forums designed to establish and exchange with the community, promote public awareness
06:14of contemporary policing issues and provide comprehensive education regarding the work
06:21of the board. While there is a public comment section on the agenda, residents are reminded
06:26that while they are welcome to speak regarding a specific complaint or compliment regarding
06:32the police department or any particular case, there is a formal complaint process to address
06:38those specific issues. Board members should refrain from dialogue with the speaker unless
06:43asking a specific question for clarification. This time on the agenda is not intended for
06:49discussion between the board member and the speaker. Our next item on the agenda is approval
06:57of minutes from the September 8th, 2026 forum. Do I have a motion? Second. All those
07:06in favor? Any opposed? Minutes are approved. We have two individuals signed up for public
07:15comment. The first one is Marilyn Perriam. You'll step to the podium, please.
07:21>> Hello. My name is Marilyn Perriam. I was here last month to talk with you all. And
07:33just a recap, I had had an incident with OKCPD in December of 2025 while I was doing
07:43ICE rapid response and I was putting back in the back of police car for 30 minutes.
07:50I made a formal complaint in March. I received a call from Captain Esau from OKCPD. We met
07:56for coffee in April. He gave me many reasons to be afraid of being charged with felonies
08:03and put in prison. This is the sheet he gave me highlighted with prison time and specific
08:13things highlighted. When I chose not to drop the investigation, he never responded to me
08:21again after having said that we would have lots of conversations no matter what I did.
08:27And he had been texting me regularly before that. Six months after my complaint, I came
08:35to your last meeting. And then two days after that, I received a letter from -- or two days
08:41after that, Deputy Chief Baldurama wrote to me letting me know that their investigation
08:45was complete and that no -- I forget the wording, but like no harm was found. I have
08:54since made an info request for the audio recording of my conversation with Captain Esau. Two
09:00days ago, I received an email saying the conversation had not been found in the archive. I'm following
09:06up with them to see if there's another way to find that because he had -- we had both
09:11agreed to record and he had said a copy of this will be made available to you afterward.
09:17So I just wanted to give you an update on that. Apparently, their investigation has
09:21been completed, so I assume that it will receive you guys -- you guys will receive
09:25it very soon. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. The second individual
09:34signed up to speak is David Terrell. If you'll step to the mic, please.
09:42>> How are you guys doing? I'm David Terrell. >> Is it Terrell?
09:48>> Yes, ma'am. >> Okay. Sorry about that.
09:50>> I'm just here on complaints I found on them as well. It was actually a couple of
09:56different occasions. I feel like most time I'd be targeted just because maybe the crowd
10:01I'm with, the family members I have, they pulled me over coming from a funeral. I wasn't
10:08the only one, but they pulled a couple of people over coming from a funeral. Took a
10:13couple of my passengers away. I had firearms in the car. I do got a carry and conceal license.
10:18But they took them away. But after that, they -- in this report right here, they have
10:25me as a gang affiliated, okay? I own an HVAC company. I also work HVAC. I've never been
10:34in a gang. I've been arrested many times -- well, not arrested, but pulled over many
10:38times before. And that tag was never put on my record. I guess I'm really just here
10:45because I feel like they target me a lot. They pull my cars over with. So this is what
10:50I look like 10 or 16 hours a day. And I feel like when they see me the three hours of
10:56the nighttime, I got gold on. So I'm targeted. I feel like just because of my culture, the
11:03people I'm with maybe, we can say that's the excuse for the reason. But that's what's
11:08going on. Every time, like I said, I have carry and conceal license, they take my guns
11:13and take them and lock them up for years until the case is dismissed with the passenger.
11:23And I'm waiting on them to get back with me on an incident in 2023 on the report,
11:31and footage, but they never did as well. Mr. Terrell, have you filed a complaint? I did.
11:37This is my second complaint I found. Thank you very much. I said thank you. The second
11:50complaint that you filed, when did you file that complaint? Maybe a month ago? Okay. Thank
11:59you so much. I don't show that we have anyone else signed up to speak. So at this time,
12:10we will enter into closed session to review cases. We will review case 2026-09-08-04,
12:182026-09-08-05, 2026-09-08-06, 2026-09-08-07, 2026-09-08-08, and cases 2026-10-06-01, 020-30-3,
12:36'04 and '05.
2:51:47Okay, we are back from closed session. So we are going to defer cases 090804, 100601,
2:52:01and 100603. Those three cases will be deferred to the November meeting. We are going to issue
2:52:08letters of support for the following cases. 090805, 090806, 090807, 090808, 100602,
2:52:26100604, and 100605. Are there any comments from the Board? If not, we are adjourned.
2:52:40Thank you guys so much.