Ursula Price

• Developed an agency infrastructure including but not limited to policies & processes; organizational infrastructure & equipment; staffing structure, hiring and onboarding; developing MOU and agreements with other county departments and the Police Department; organizational mission, vision & business plan including guiding the development of outreach & communications plans.
• Exercised appropriate cost control to meet budget restrictions.
• Worked closely with a panel of civilian appointees, training them, organizing them and preparing them to act as a quasi judicial body.
• Publicly represented the organization in community outreach, media and in preparing investigations and reviews for public presentation in a monthly hearing.
• Recruit, train and supervised policy analysts, investigator, administrator and communications specialists.
• Designed data analysis, review and audit projects and supervised staff in executing detailed plans.
• Monitored compliance with laws and regulations, particularly the enabling ordinance, public records law, and Florida's open meetings laws, to protect organization from legal liabilities and penalties.

Responsible for organizational structure and risk management including IT infrastructure, policies, staff development and discipline, reputation management, and fundraising:

• Oversaw both foundation and direct donor fundraising and maintained budget of $1,700,000 with $1,000,000 reserve.
• Equipped team with more functional physical and virtual infrastructure including but not limited to server upgrade, introducing technology tools
• Recruited, trained and re-engaged Board of Directors.
• Established organizational policies, salary bands with promotional opportunities and equitable professional development practices, including personnel performance metrics
• Through strategic planning process, aligned organizational vision, goals and objectives with organizational values in order to advance organizational mission
• Developed democratic decision making processes for workers, including membership and leadership election processes.

Lead NOWCRJ in campaigns to unite black and brown workers for a more just economy.

• New Orleans Office of the Independent Police Monitor Operations Management: Lead organizational planning and development; draft and manage budget; recruit, train and supervise staff of 12, including contractors; set and adjust organizational strategies; lead stakeholder and governmental relations.
• In-House Technology Support: Supervise IT contractors; develop organization's data architecture and security schemes; train staff on use of equipment and software; IT purchasing; Devised plan for public data transparency through partnerships with academic and nonprofit institutions
• Complaint Intake, Monitoring and Review: Direct complaint intake and review processes for over 100 complaints per year; monitor approximately 25 investigations and 25 disciplinary cases per year; review additional 20 investigations per year; design and deliver both internal training and training for NOPD officers and community members; monitor disciplinary process including investigations review, hearing preparation and participation, drafting memos and briefs, monitor appellate outcomes
• Analysis and Reporting: Design and conduct data analysis and write or supervise report drafting and publication; develop and implement “open data” strategy and necessary technological tools. Wrote and supervised writing of OIPM annual report from 2009-2018
• Crime Victim Assistance: Intake, training, advocacy and problems solving for crime victims
• Use of Force Monitoring: Crime scene monitoring and analysis; investigation monitoring including but not limited to review of autopsies and scientific evidence; reviewing use of force investigations. Through OIPM's work, NOPD dropped from average of 24 officer involved shooting per year to none in 2017.
• Formed Families Overcoming Injustice, organization for loved-ones of those killed by NOPD. FOI drafted and, through OIPM, provisions in their Family Members Bill of Rights were adopted into NOPD policy.

• Created framework for OIPM's community relations program. Implemented comprehensive program of outreach, media, public education, and complaint intake, including designing mediation program. Met goal of contact with over 500 civilians and officers, covering every council district at least four times per year.
• Designed complaint intake program that more directly addressed civilians' concerns about the complaint process: a) created intake script to include more probing into precipitating circumstances and the encounter itself, b) system for complainant confirmation and updates c)direct intervention with Internal Affairs before investigation is complete d) created a complaint referral memo template to include specific citations to law and NOPD policy, recommended allegations and analysis of accused officer disciplinary history and, at times, follow-up communications regarding patterns of internal affairs investigators findings and outcomes.

• Worked with directly impacted people to strategize and win policy campaigns that improved conditions in their community e.g. Won campaign to create independent police oversight in New Orleans.
• Lead organization's policy research program and preformed administrative functions like Fundraising, budgeting, grant writing and donor development
• Investigated and exposed human rights violations, governmental malfeasance in order to advocate for justice system involved individuals and families

• Investigated for defense evidence and prepared mitigation on 22 capital cases by conducting research, investigations and interviews to form psychosocial history for client
• Specialized experience in Defense Initiated Victim Outreach and preparing psycho-social histories for Atkins v. Virginia motions. Successfully supported three victim's families in fighting death penalty for person who killed their loved one.
• Assisted in administrative tasks including grant writing, intern recruitment and supervision, and agency development