Boulder announced it has selected finalists for its role as an independent police monitor, vacant since last fall.
According to a city press release, there are four candidates in the running: Sherry Daun, Chris Duerr, Tonya McClary and Dwight White.
Daun is currently the director of research for Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. Prior to this position, she had been a supervisory investigator for that agency and its predecessor, the Independent Police Review Authority. She received a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.
Duerr is a freelance film, TV and podcast producer, researcher and writer who previously spent 16 years with New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board. For the last three years of his time there, he served as Deputy Executive Director and Chief of Investigations. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
McClary serves as a police monitor and director of the Dallas Office of Community Police Oversight. Previously, she was chief monitor for the Office of the Independent Police Monitor in New Orleans and assistant state attorney in Texas. She received a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
White is the inspector general in Sacramento, having previously been an investigator for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and an investigator for Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability. He holds a law degree from the University of Chicago School of Law.
Boulder’s Independent Police Monitor works with the Police Oversight Panel, Boulder Police Department, and city leaders and is responsible for receiving and reviewing complaints against the police. A full job description can be found at bldr.fyi/police-monitor-job-desc.
Former Independent Police Observer Joey Lipari resigned in September 2022. Boulder announced in early January that it had identified three finalists for the position, but in mid-February the city sent out a press release stating that “none of the candidates had the mix of skills necessary for where Boulder is in his oversight journey.”
The city will hold a candidate reception for the community at the Penfield Tate II Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway, Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The candidate forum that follows from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm is in person, but there is an option to participate virtually. A moderator asks candidates questions of community members. Questions can be asked during the forum or in advance via bldr.fyi/police-monitor.
There will be personal Spanish interpretation. Interpretation into American Sign Language is also available if requested before 10am Monday. To request this service, please contact Manuela Sifuentes at sifuentesm@bouldercolorado.gov.
The forum will be streamed live on tinyurl.com/39ex83j4and a virtual join link will be shared online 24 hours before the forum.
Sign up to get crime news delivered straight to your inbox every day.