Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess on Tuesday introduced two more bills that he said are designed to improve public safety and boost public confidence in the police department.

One bill would require the department to produce an annual public report on staffing levels, retirements, number of officers on disability leave and workers compensation and number of officers who have been subjected to complaints, lawsuits, disciplinary action and arrest. The report also would include data about call volume and response time and provide a breakdown, by race and gender, of people arrested and stopped for traffic violations.

Some of the information would have to be reported zone by zone.

The other bill would reinforce council's intention to have the Citizens Police Review Board investigate every incident in which a police officer's use of force resulted in death or serious injury. It would encourage the department's cooperation in board investigations and require the police chief to delay final personnel decisions in those cases until the board submits its findings.

John Warren, executive assistant to police Chief Nate Harper, said the department already produces regular public reports with some of the information Mr. Burgess would require.

Mr. Warren said some sensitive information, pertaining to staffing and operations, is kept out of the reports. However, he said the department has provided council with that information.

As for the other bill, Mr. Warren said a consent decree with the federal government requires that the chief delay making final personnel decisions in serious cases until he receives a report from the Office of Municipal Investigations. Mr. Warren expressed reservations about waiting for a report from the citizens board, too, in part because the findings of the two groups could conflict.

Last week, council held a public hearing in Homewood on three other bills Mr. Burgess has called the "Jordan Miles Public Safety Reform Agenda." Those bills, which would put video and audio equipment in all patrol cars, among other changes, are named for a Homewood youth whose run-in with police in January has raised questions about how to patrol troubled neighborhoods.

Mr. Burgess said the two latest bills are "companion" pieces to the Miles legislation. He said he did not immediately attach Mr. Miles' name to them because he hadn't spoken to him or his family about the measures.

"We have to be honest that at times, there's a disconnect between parts of our community and the police," Mr. Burgess, who represents Homewood, said. "We have to do everything in our power to reunite those two parties in a way that is proactive and confidence-building."

Mr. Miles, a student at Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12, said he was stopped for no reason and beaten by three officers on a special crime-preventon detail in January. The officers said he was acting suspiciously and resisted arrest. The officers' conduct has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights groups.

A district judge has dropped charges against Mr. Miles; the three officers remain on paid suspension pending a review by the Office of Municipal Investigations and a decision by police brass on whether disciplinary action is warranted.

Mr. Miles and all three officers have passed lie-detector tests, according to their attorneys.

Mr. Burgess said his bills look beyond the Miles case but said, "I'm not sure we would be having the discussion without it."

Elizabeth Pittinger, executive director of the citizens board, said she's pleased that Mr. Burgess wants to reinforce the board's investigative role. The board sometimes clashes with the department over its jurisdiction and role.

The annual report Mr. Burgess is seeking would require the department to provide data on the number of women and minorities in uniform.

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