Notice of Public Meeting of the Arizona State Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION:

Announcement of public meeting.

DATES:

Wednesday, June 8, 2016.

Time: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Arizona Time).

SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that a meeting of the Arizona State Advisory Committee (Committee) to the Commission will be held at 11:30 a.m. (Arizona Time) Wednesday, June 8, 2016 for the purpose of discussing whether the Committee should hear additional testimony from community advocates before completing its report on police practices in minority communities. The Committee will also discuss and vote upon a report outline.

This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-free call-in number: Toll-Free Phone Number: 888-455-2263; when prompted, please provide conference ID number: 2891492.

Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number.

Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-977-8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and conference ID number. Hearing-impaired persons who will attend the meeting and require the services of a sign language interpreter should contact the Regional Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

Members of the public are entitled to make comments during the open period at the end of the meeting. Members of the public may also submit written comments within thirty (30) days of the meeting. The comments must be received in the Western Regional Office of the Commission by Friday, July 8, 2016. The address is Western Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 300 N. Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Persons wishing to email their comments may do so by sending them to Angela French-Bell, Regional Director, Western Regional Office, at abell@usccr.gov.

Records and documents discussed during the meeting will be available for public viewing prior to and after the meeting at http://facadatabase.gov/committee/meetings.aspx?cid=235. Please click on the “Meeting Details” and “Documents” links. Records generated from this meeting may also be inspected and reproduced at the Western Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission's Web site, http://www.usccr.gov,, or may contact the Western Regional Office at the above email or street address.

Agenda for June 8, 2016

I. Introductory Remarks

II. Discussion of Additional Testimony

III. Discussion of Report Outline

IV. Vote on Report Outline

V. Public Comment

VI. Adjournment

Public Call Information

Dial: 888-455-2263

Conference ID: 2891492

Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, the notice for this meeting is given less than 15 calendar days prior to the meeting because of the exceptional circumstances of planning to have a committee meeting to hear testimony prior to the end of fiscal year 2016. Given the exceptional urgency of the events, the agency and advisory committee deem it important for the advisory committee to meet on the date given.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela French-Bell, DFO, at (213) 894-3437 or abell@usccr.gov.

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