BART Police Citizen Review Board (BPCRB)

BPCRB Overview

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BPCRB Notices, Agenda and Minutes

All agendas and attachments for the BART Police Citizen Review Board (BPCRB) are available on Legistar only. For past BPCRB agendas and attachments from 2011 to April 2021, please visit the Notices, Agenda and Minutes Archive (2011-2021) section at the bottom of this webpage.


The BART Police Citizen Review Board shall have the authority to exercise its duties and responsibilities as outlined in the BART Citizen Oversight Model, with regard to law enforcement and police activities or personnel operating under the authority of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.

Members of the BPCRB will work to increase the public’s confidence in BART’s policing services by:

  • Reviewing, recommending and monitoring the implementation of changes to police policies, procedures & practices
  • Receiving citizen allegations of on-duty police misconduct
  • Advising Board of Directors, General Manager, Independent Police Auditor and Police Chief
  • Participating in recommending appropriate disciplinary action
  • Meeting periodically with representatives of the BART Police associations
  • Participating in community outreach

Contact the BART Police Citizen Review Board

The best way to get in contact with the BPCRB is to come to a monthly meeting; information about these meetings is posted below. You can also contact the BPCRB through the District Secretary's Office at [email protected] for contact information.

File a Complaint or a Commendation Regarding the BART Police Department

If you have a complaint against a member of the BART Police Department, you may use the following form to submit it:  
BPD Complaint Form - English  
BPD Complaint Form - Spanish  
BPD Complaint Form - Korean  
BPD Complaint Form - Chinese  
BPD Complaint Form - Vietnamese

If you would like to make a commendation about a member of the BART Police Department, you may use the following form to submit it:  
BPD Commendation Form - English  
BPD Commendation Form - Spanish  
BPD Commendation Form - Korean  
BPD Commendation Form - Chinese  
BPD Commendation Form - Vietnamese

Members of the BART Police Citizen Review Board

There are eleven members of the BPCRB:

BART District 1 - Toren Fischer 

BART District 2 - Sonja Shephard

BART District 3 - William C. White 

Picture of CRB Member William WhiteWilliam C. White was appointed to the BART Police Citizen Review Board in March 2011 representing District 3, by BART’s former Board President Bob Franklin and has been since reappointed by Director Rebecca Saltzman. The Stations he represents are Bay Fair, Downtown Berkeley, Hayward, North Berkeley, Rockridge, San Leandro of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

He has served as the Staff Accountant of the Alumnae Association of Mills College, Business Manager for the California Shakespeare Theatre and Director of Operation for the Berkeley YMCA. He is currently a small business owner in Emeryville California.

Mr. White has served as a City of Berkeley Commissioner on the Cable Television Board, Personnel Board and from 1996 to 2013 sat on Police Review Commission (PRC) where he served as Chair three different terms.

Mr. White has also given leadership as Board Chair of Building Opportunity for Self Sufficiency (BOSS), Chair of Berkeley Salvation Army Advisory Board, Board Member of the South Berkeley YMCA, member of the Berkeley Lions Club and Past President of the Alameda Flying Club and Board Member of the Bay Area Black Pilots Association (BABPA).

Mr. White attended Florida A & M University earning a BFA in Fine Arts with a Business Administration Minor.

BART District 4- Dana Lang 

Dana Lang

Dana Lang was appointed to the BART Police Citizen Review Board in December 2021 by BART Director Robert Raburn to represent District 4, which includes parts of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda. Ms. Lang has 20 years of experience in transportation, including securing federal and state grants for transit systems and police departments, and outreach to engage local businesses in transportation-related contracts. She has worked for the Oakland Mayor’s Office (Mayor Elihu Harris), the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the San Francisco Police Department, the San Francisco International Airport, and serves as a consultant to Luster National, Inc.

Ms. Lang is currently a small business and grants consultant and serves on the boards of the AIMS K-12 College Prep Academy and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO, Norcal Chapter). She is Alumni Co-chair of the Cal Berkeley African American Initiative (AAI) and is Wellesley Alumnae Class Treasurer. Dana Lang received a B.A. degree from Wellesley College (Economics) and an M.B.A. from the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business. She has earned a 3rd degree black belt in Tae kwon do and continues to train in martial arts.

 BART District 5- Todd Davis

Todd Davis was appointed to BART Police Citizen Review Board in July 2020 by Bart Director John McPartland. He is a mediator for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office: Consumer, Environmental, Worker’s Protection Department. He sits on the Board for the Eden Youth center and currently holds the executive position as secretary.

Todd serves as Youth Advisor for the Hayward NAACP Youth & College Unit. This group works not only to impact and improve the lives of youth and young adults within the community but also equips them with the tools and skillsets needed to become civic-minded and socially engaged leaders of tomorrow dedicated to equity and social justice. 

His public service record includes serving approx. 10 years on the Community Services Commission for the City of Hayward and participating in multiple tutoring and mentoring organizations such as Big Brother/Big sister, Eden Youth Center, and various other programs.

Todd attended the University of California, Berkeley for his Bachelor of Arts. While at Berkeley, Todd received a double major in Political Science and Rhetoric and a minor in African American Studies.

Todd is extremely dedicated to community engagement and activism. He currently uses his time to improve the political, social, and economic conditions of the disenfranchised within his community.

BART District 6 - Lester M. Mensinger  

BART District 7- Currently Vacant  

BART District 8- David W. Rizk    
Photo of BPCRB Member David Rizk

David Rizk was appointed to the BPCRB in July 2015 by BART Director Nicholas Josefowitz.  

Mr. Rizk is an Assistant Federal Public Defender who lives in San Francisco and commutes to Oakland on BART. He was previously in private practice at the San Francisco law firm of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP. Mr. Rizk is a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Criminal Justice Task Force, which promotes reforms in the criminal justice system and within the San Francisco Police Department. Mr. Rizk is also a member of the Board of Governors of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Mr. Rizk studied law and public policy at Stanford University; he holds a B.A. from Harvard College. Mr. Rizk served as a law clerk to Judge Richard Seeborg on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and Judge Jacqueline Nguyen on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

BART District 9 - George D. Perezvelez 

George D. PerezvelezBoard member George David Perezvelez served as the first Chair of the BPCRB for the 2011-2012 and elected again for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 term. Mr. Perezvelez is a current NACOLE executive board member (National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement) where he serves as treasurer and Chair of the Policy Committee and served in the Berkeley Police Review Commission for 14 years. Mr. Perezvelez brings to the BPCRB 20 plus years of police oversight experience and has been involved in policy recommendations on subcommittees addressing Office Involved Shootings, Use of Force, Impartial Policing, Crowd Control, Mutual Aid Pacts among many others. Mr. Perezvelez currently works as a Director of Operations for a hospitality group in San Francisco.

 

 

Erin Armstrong - Public-At-Large                                                   Photo of BPCRB Member Erin Armstrong

Erin Armstrong received her Masters in Business Administration and Public Policy  (MBA/MPP) from Mills College in 2018, following a decades long career in social and  community welfare. She currently works on Special Projects and Policy for Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley's office, with a focus on issues such as Early Care and Education, Public Protection, and Social Services.

As the first openly-transgender YouTube blogger, beginning in 2006, Erin has had a global impact in raising awareness of issues facing the transgender community, and has had her work featured in Rolling Stone Magazine, Huffington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. In 2013 she was recognized for her activism in the Inaugural Trans 100 List.

 

Gabriel Rodrigues - BART Police Citizen Review Board seat filled by the BART Police Officer's Association

Meeting Location and Time

The BPCRB usually meets in the BART Board Room, which is located in the BART Board Room, 2150 Webster Street, 1st Floor, Oakland CA 94612. Regular meetings are generally scheduled for the second Monday for each month at 4:00 PM. In case of an occassional change to the meeting schedule and/or meeting location, it is advisable to check the agenda of the meeting you plan to attend. Agendas are posted prior to each meeting on the "Agenda & Minutes" section of the Board of Director's webpage. All agendas and attachments for the BART Police Citizen Review Board (BPCRB) are available on Legistar only https://bart.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. 

Pursuant to Govt. Code §54953.5, the audio recording of the open session portions of this public meeting shall be subject to inspection pursuant to the California Public Records Act (CPRA). Requests for information under the CPRA should be filed with the BART Office of the District Secretary.

Resources

Download the BART Police Citizen Review Board's Bylaws

Download the BART Police Citizen Review Board's Reports to the BART Board of Directors:

2013 2nd Quarter Report  
BART 2013 3rd qrt (Final)  
BART 2013 4th qrt-final  
BART 2013 annual rpt.3.10  
BART 2014 1st qrt-final  
BART 2014 2nd qrt-final  
BART 2014 3rd qrt rpt (FINAL)  
BART 2014 4th qrt  
BART 2014 annual  
BART 2015 1st qrt  
BART 2015 2nd qrt  
BART 2015 3rd qrt  
BART 2015 4th qrt  
BART 2015 Annual Report  
BART 2016 1st qrt  
BART 2016 2nd qrt  
BART 2016 3rd qrt  
BART 2016 4th qtr  
BART 2017 1st qtr  
BART 2017 2nd qtr  
BART 2017 3rd qtr  
BART 2017 4th qtr  
BART 2018 1st qtr  
BART 2018 2nd qtr  
BART 2018 3rd qtr  
BART 2018 4th qtr

Use of Force Data 2017-2019:

Pursuant to a request from the BART Police Department Citizen Review Board, on October 13, 2020, the BART Police Department produced internal data concerning all use of force incidents from 2017-2019 in three spreadsheets, which are available for download below. This data was collected, maintained, and produced by BART Police Department personnel. The BART PD Citizen Review Board takes no responsibility for the accuracy of this data. 

2017 Use of Force Data  
2018 Use of Force Data  
2019 Use of Force Data



 

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BART Police Citizen Review Board Agenda Minutes
BPCRB Policy Standing Committee Agenda
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Special BART Police Citizen Review Board Agenda Minutes
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BPCRB Public Outreach Standing Committee Agenda
BART Police Citizen Review Board - Cancelled Notice
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