Aurora lawmakers will discuss the creation of a police oversight office in Monday night’s City Council study session as the police department’s consent decree with the attorney general’s office nears its end.

Aurora’s Community Advisory Council will brief the council Monday on the consent decree’s progress and future, then councilmembers will make an initial decision on establishing the office of police accountability, which has been in the works since the consent decree started.

The consent decree, which the city entered into to implement sweeping changes to Aurora Police Department policing, notably in the use of force and how officers engage with residents, was envisioned to last about five years, according to Independent Monitor Jeff Schlanger.

The latest report, covering Aug. 16, 2025 through Feb. 15, was the tenth of 12 total reports the monitor is expected to produce and marks four of five scheduled years for the monitorship.

Aurora’s consent decree is expected to end on Feb. 15, 2027.

When the decree began, the City Council also approved $330,000 in funding for the creation of a police oversight office, but held off while the decree moved forward so as not to have two such bodies simultaneously, according to officials.

As the decree enters its final year, a renewed push for the oversight body is being spearheaded by two of the city’s new councilmembers: Amy Wiles and Gianina Horton.

The office will serve as an “independent function reporting administratively to the city manager and functionally to the public safety policy committee,” according to the ordinance on Monday night’s council agenda.

Aurora police will be required to notify the office of any critical incidents within 30 minutes of the incident and the office will assign liaisons to family members of anyone killed or injured in a critical incident, according to the ordinance.

Office members will also get unrestricted access to employees, information, records, body-worn camera videos, property, equipment and facilities required for reviews and oversight.

The full ordinance can be read in the City Council meeting agenda documents.

Also in Monday’s study session, the council will discuss an ordinance updating emergency and disease response requirements for detention centers.

The ordinance language states that any detention facility must notify city officials of health hazards on the premises within 48 hours and the APD and Aurora Fire Rescue must be granted access to the facility to respond to service calls and conduct criminal investigations.

In Monday night’s regular council meeting, lawmakers will vote on a resolution that, if passed, would direct the city manager to develop a policy requiring APD to coordinate social media communications with city communications to “ensure consistency and transparency.”

The policy would bar the APD from posting mug shots and suspect names on social media until the suspect has pleaded guilty or been convicted.

Monday’s study session starts at 3:45 p.m. and the regular meeting will follow at 6 p.m. The regular meeting will take place in the Paul Tauer Aurora City Council Chamber, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, and the study session will be livestreamed in the chamber.

Both meetings are available to watch online at AuroraTV.org and YouTube.com/TheAuroraChannel and on cable channels eight and 880 in Aurora.

The full meeting agenda is available on the city’s website.