0:30
Kameron Perez-Verdia
9:59 - 10:29
"It does not create an investigative body, a personnel review body, subpoena authority, or another internal affairs process. If the assembly wants to create investigative commission, that's an important conversation for us to have. It's just not the conversation that we're having."
“It does not create an investigative body, a personnel review body, subpoena authority, or another internal affairs process. If the assembly wants to create investigative commission, that's an important conversation for us to have. It's just not the conversation that we're having.”
- Speaker
- Kameron Perez-Verdia
- Timestamp
- 9:59 – 10:29
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- July 14, 2026
From the transcript
It does not create an investigative body, a personnel review body, subpoena authority, or another internal affairs process. If the assembly wants to create investigative commission, that's an important conversation for us to have. It's just not the conversation that we're having. Today. As members, we want you to consider your amendments, and I'd encourage everybody to come back to this question: does my amendment strengthen the commission, or does it fundamentally change its purpose to something different?
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