The 16-person panel chosen by Missouri's governor to help find long-term solutions after the Ferguson police shooting meets for the first time Monday.
The Ferguson Commission has scheduled a five-hour public meeting set to begin at noon at the Ferguson Community Center. A public comment session is set to start at 3:45 p.m.
The panel includes a Ferguson construction supply company owner, two pastors, a university professor, two attorneys, a 20-year-old community activist and a St. Louis police detective who is also president of the state chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The commission's task is to study the underlying social and economic conditions — from failing schools to high unemployment— underscored by sometimes violent unrest following the early August shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson.
