TOLEDO, Ohio — Three different procedure policies passed Toledo City Council Tuesday.
The first one is called the Right to Know Act. Multiple community members, lawyers and activities worked on it while Toledo City Councilmember Nick Komives introduced it.
The policy requires police officers to carry business cards with their names and a phone number people can call if they want to talk about their interaction with police.
This was the most contentious legislation to be discussed with councilmember Gary Johnson asking for more time.
"This particular item has had zero public meetings, I'm simply trying to put everything on the right foot trying to make sure everything's at the table so we don't start building adversarial relationships," Johnson said.
Other councilmembers, including Yvonne Harper, say the legislation is already overdue.
"I have constituents texting me right now asking what is the matter with Toledo City Council, so lets call for a vote or do whatever we have to do," Harper said.
The resolution finally passed after more than 40 minutes of discussion.
Council also approved two proposals from councilmember Larry Sykes, including the banning of chokeholds and neck restraints by police. The polices are already procedures TPD follows, but the resolutions make them city laws.
The final resolution passed was the duty to intervene and report. If an officer sees another officer using excessive force they need to intervene, and if that isn't possible, then they need to report what happened to a superior.
Two other different resolutions were introduced as well and would increase the power of the civilian review board. A civilian review board is an independent body that investigates reports of police misconduct.
One of the resolutions would provide additional funding for the board while the other would give the board subpoena power, meaning they can force someone to show up for a hearing.