Please be advised that the Police Hearing Board Ordinances/Civilian Review Board Ordinance listed above are in draft form and are NOT legally binding documents.

The purpose of placing these Ordinances online is to give citizens and residents of Springfield an opportunity to provide feedback to the City Councilors on these Ordinances.

Please feel free to ANONYMOUSLY submit any recommendations that you feel would help improve any of the Ordinances.  Please be sure to specify which Ordinance you’re making your recommendations to.  When making your recommendations please reference the section number.

In addition to online feedback the City Council Public Health & Safety Committee and the Civil Rights and Race Relations Committee will be holding 4 meetings throughout the City in a similar fashion to the School Committees district representation.

In other words there will be one meeting for Wards 1 & 3, one meeting for Wards 4 & 5, one meeting Wards 6 & 7 and one meeting for Wards 2 & 8.  These meetings will be posted on then City’s website as soon as they are scheduled.