The City of Knoxville Police Advisory & Review Committee (PARC) will meet Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Community Room of the Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave.  

Established in 1998, PARC is the City’s citizen review board and the longest continuously running citizen-run police advisory board in Tennessee. PARC provides an independent review of police activity and makes recommendations to the Chief of Police. 

At the meeting, PARC members will present information on cases received by KPD’s Internal Affairs Unit during October, November and December of 2022. The agenda (posted at www.KnoxvilleTN.gov/PARC) also includes committee business, speakers who have requested to address the committee, and a public forum, limited to five minutes per speaker. Guest speaker Denise Dean, Executive Director of East Tennessee Freedom Schools, will speak on achieving race equity through community. 

Residents who would like to speak during the public forum can sign up online. Confirmed speakers will receive a confirmation email from PARC. Speakers may also sign up in person the day of the meeting between 5:30-6 p.m. For any issues or questions about public forum, contact Tiffany Davidson at 865-215-3869 or [email protected].

Knoxville Community Media will post video of the meeting at CTVKnox.org for on-demand viewing approximately 24 hours after the meeting.

The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services.

To request language translation services, contact the City’s Human Resources Department at [email protected] or 865-215-3100. For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator Stephanie Brewer Cook at [email protected] or 865-215-2034.