> ...I joined an ad hoc committee formed by our city council to address police policy. "We'll form a citizens' committee to discuss this and present recommenda

> ...I joined an ad hoc committee formed by our city council to address police policy. "We'll form a citizens' committee to discuss this and present recommendations" in municipal politics is a polite way of saying "we're not going to do anything about this issue". The committee is not intended to "work" in any meaningful sense. Maybe they'd be better off self-organizing and presenting fully thought-out recommendations to the city, although the city would more easily get away with totally ignoring their recommendations in that case.