* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. RECORDING IN PROGRESS. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE THIRD MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024. IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER CARD IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE. CLERK. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE ROLL. UH, MILLER. PRESENT. PRESENT OSLER. HERE. FOX IS ABSENT. VERDE. HERE. SULLIVAN? HERE. POSTY. K HERE. AND KEARNEY HERE. OKAY. WE'RE ALL SET TO GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO, UH, LEAD THE COMMITTEE ON THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. DURING GENERAL PUBLIC [GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT] COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, AND THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE CURRENT AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED UP TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE. TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES. UH, CLERK, DID WE RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING? MM-HMM. ? YES. UM, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, WE DID RECEIVE ONE, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. ASK ANY SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK AND INVITE THE CLERK TO READ GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS. SORRY, I'M TOTALLY NEW TO THIS. SO I DID THAT. I JUST FILLED UP MY NAME. WE ALL ARE . OKAY. OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY'VE NOT ALREADY DONE SO. SPEAKERS ARE REMINDED TO BE RESPECTFUL IN THEIR COMMENTS. THAT'S OF VIOLENCE AND OBSCENITY ARE GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM THIS MEETING. A COUNTDOWN WILL APPEAR FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE SPEAKER AND VIEWERS. UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND INVITED TO SPEAK WHEN THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS. THANK YOU. MAY I, I'M SORRY. I HAPPEN TO KNOW WHY BETSY IS HERE. AND THERE'S TWO AGENDA ITEMS. ONE IS ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND THERE'S ALSO A PRESENTATION ABOUT ALL THE POLICE ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. SO I'M NOT POSITIVE YOU ACTUALLY WANNA BE GIVING JUST A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. I DON'T. OKAY. I'M HERE TO LISTEN TO THE MARTIN. OKAY, COOL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THEN, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SKIP THE PUBLIC SPEAKER COMMENT CARD. YEAH. IF, UM, BETSY, CORRECT? YES. JUST LET STAFF KNOW. WE'LL OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE APPROPRIATE AGENDA ITEMS AND IF THERE'S ONE OF INTEREST, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE WILL CALL YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENT. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY. AT THIS POINT THEN I'LL MOVE TO CLOSE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA. UH, MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR [APPROVAL OF MINUTES] THE MEETING OF AUGUST 28TH, 2024. UH, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? IF NONE, STATE THAT THE MINUTES ARE DEEMED APPROVED AS PRESENTED. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? NO. UH, THEN I WILL STATE THAT THE MINUTES ARE DEEMED APPROVED AS PRESENTED. OKAY. UM, ALBERTA? AYE. ALBERTA AYE. OKAY. KEARNEY, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN 'CAUSE I WAS ABSENT. OKAY. MILLER APPROVED. OSLER APPROVED. SULLIVAN APPROVED POST. OKAY. YES. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. [LONG RANGE CALENDAR] UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO OUR, UH, FIRST AGENDA, AGENDA ITEM, UPCOMING MEETING DATES AND OR POTENTIAL AGENDA. UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK CHIEF MILLER TO INTRODUCE THIS TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION. SURE. UH, YEAH, SO WE, WE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING [00:05:01] FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION FROM THE COMMITTEE AND SOME, SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN WORKING AS STAFF TO, TO PREPARE, UH, WHAT'S BEING REFERRED TO AS A LONG RANGE CALENDAR. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE NOTABLE DATES IN HERE THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED. THIS WAS ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA PACKET. UM, BUT THE NOVEMBER SCHEDULED DATE AND THE DECEMBER SCHEDULED DATE ARE BOTH CITY HOLIDAYS. UM, AND SO WE'RE REQUESTING AND HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVE DATES IF THE COMMITTEE, UM, WOULD CONTINUE TO WISH TO MEET IN THE THOSE MONTHS. UM, AND THE COMMITTEE CAN ALSO ELECT IF THEY CHOOSE THAT THOSE DATES AREN'T CONVENIENT OR AGREEABLE TO, UM, TO CANCEL THAT MONTH'S MEETING. BUT STAFF'S, UH, HAS SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE TWO REPLACEMENT DATES, UM, BEING INSTEAD OF NOVEMBER 27TH, UH, THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE SA TIME ARE AVAILABLE AT, ON THE 21ST, NOVEMBER 21ST, AND IN PLACE OF DECEMBER 25TH. THE ALTERNATIVE DATE PROVIDED IS DECEMBER 19TH. AND SO I THINK WE WOULD ASK, UM, FOR POTENTIALLY A ROLL CALL VOTE. UM, AND MAYBE JORDAN, YOU CAN ASSIST ME IF WE NEED TO DO THOSE INDIVIDUALLY, UM, FOR EACH DATE. OR IF BOTH THOSE DATES ARE AGREEABLE, WE COULD PROBABLY ACCEPT A MOTION FROM THE COMMITTEE, UM, OR WHATEVER DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS FOR US, IF THOSE DATES ARE ACCEPTABLE. UM, AND THEN FROM THERE WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT TOPICS AND AGENDAS AND GOING FORWARD DIRECTION FROM THE COMMITTEE ON TOPICS OF, OF INTEREST AND PRIORITIZATION FOR US. SO CAN YOU REPEAT THOSE TWO DATES? WE WANNA MOVE TO IT ONE MORE TIME. YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO, UM, NOVEMBER 27TH IS OUR SCHEDULE DATE IN NOVEMBER, AND THAT IS A CITY HOLIDAY. AND SO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND THIS ROOM AT TIME AT THE SAME IDENTICAL TIME IS AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 21ST. AND MAY, I'M LOOKING THAT UP RIGHT NOW. I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AND THEN THE SECOND DATE FOR DECEMBER, WE'D BE, UM, RESCHEDULING FROM DECEMBER 25TH TO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19TH. THAT'S ALSO THURSDAY. CORRECT. SO, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJUST OUR MEETINGS TO REFLECT THAT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE'LL MEET ON THE 21ST AND ON IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER WE MEET ON THE 19TH. I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. ALBERTA. I SECOND IT IF, OH, SOMEBODY. OKAY. SO WE HAD, UH, KEARNEY MADE THE FIRST MOTION AND THEN ALBERTA SECONDED. YES. OKAY. UH, FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. WE HAVE ALBERTA KEARNEY. YES. YES. MILLER? YES. OBSER? YES. SULLIVAN? YES. AND POKAY? YES. VOTE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL BE PREPARED FOR THOSE MEETINGS. AND THEN I, WE DID WITH SOME OF THE DIRECTION AND SOME FORECASTING BASED ON, UM, ANTICIPATED TIMES TO BRING CERTAIN REPORTINGS OR CERTAIN SCHEDULES FOR, FOR ANNUAL REPORTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WE PREPARED A LIST OF THE, THE MEETING DATES THROUGH JULY OF 2025, ADDED SOME ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION. UM, AND THEN AS WELL IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, JUST A VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AND WE FULLY WELCOME ANYTHING NOT INCLUDED ON THAT LIST. UM, REALLY I THINK THAT WHAT STAFF WOULD APPRECIATE FROM THE COMMITTEE IS SOME DIRECTION ON PRIORITIZATION ON THE THINGS THE COMMITTEE WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT. UM, I WOULD, UH, MAKE ONE SUGGESTION. UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS IN HERE, AS MENTIONED, UM, THE PRESENTATION ON THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITORS REPORT, UM, FOR THE YEAR OF 2024. WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULED IN FEBRUARY AS WE ANTICIPATE COMING TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH. UM, SO THAT WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, JANUARY WILL LIKELY BE TOO EARLY FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THEIR REPORT. SO FEBRUARY WOULD BE THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO SEQUENTIALLY COME INTO THE COUNCIL WITH FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THIS COMMITTEE. UM, AND SIMILARLY, UM, THE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN JULY OF 2025. UM, WE NORMALLY DO OUR RENEWAL [00:10:01] IN, UH, THE FOLLOWING MONTH. SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO REVIEW THAT IN, IN TO, UH, ADVANCE. AND THEN OCTOBER, UM, FOR THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, WE HAVE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT, UM, FROM AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION THAT IS PREPARED TO PRESENT AND HAS LIMITED AVAILABILITY, BUT IS AVAILABLE ON OCTOBER MEETING TO SPEAK ON RIPPA. UM, WHICH WE HEARD FROM THE LAST MEETING AS BEING A POTENTIAL ITEM OF INTEREST. SO WE HAD TENTATIVELY ADDED, UM, THEM AS A POTENTIAL PRESENTER FOR THAT EVENING. ALL THOSE THINGS SAID, UM, YOU HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO GIVE US FEEDBACK AND INPUT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF WILL DO OUR BEST TO, TO PREPARE PRESENTATIONS ON THOSE TOPICS, ON THOSE DATES, UM, AS BEST WE CAN ACCOMMODATE. IS IT A A THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I HAVE A, A FEW KIND OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. UM, I, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PRIORITIZE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. I SEE THAT IT'S NUMBER EIGHT ON THE LIST OF TOPICS. UM, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE THE COMMUNITY ARM OF OVERSIGHT AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE MUCH HIGHER PRIORITY. OUR CURRENT FORMAT MAKES IT PRETTY DIFFICULT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE KIDS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY HARD TO GET DOWN HERE. AND, UM, I NOTICED, UM, I WENT ON THE CITY OF DAVIS POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION AGENDA. UM, THANK YOU DENNIS, FOR TELLING US THAT IT WAS A SIMILAR BODY TO OURS. AND, UM, THEY ACTUALLY, HOW THEY DO THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACHES BY HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING. THAT'S AN IDEA. UM, IT MIGHT ALSO MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO REACH THE PEOPLE. YOU WANT TO JUST SAY ONE TIME. ANOTHER IDEA IS TO OPEN THIS UP AS A, AS A ZOOM MEETING AND ALLOW COMMENTS. 'CAUSE WE'RE NOT LIKE CITY COUNCIL AND I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET THE, THE, THE ZOOM BOMBS THAT MADE IT. SO WE STOPPED IT WITH CITY COUNCIL. BUT JUST TO TALK ABOUT IDEAS OF ACTUALLY GETTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE SECOND, UM, ITEM I WANTED TO BRING UP IS, WE TALKED LAST MONTH ABOUT WANTING SOME DIRECTION IN HOW TO FULFILL OUR ROLE. UM, AND I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATIVES FOR US THIS TIME. UM, I DON'T SEE THOSE ALTERNATIVES, BUT, UM, AGAIN, I WAS LOOKING AT THE DAVIS WEBSITE, UH, UM, AND THEY, THEIR VERY FIRST COMMISSION MEETING INCLUDED DISCUSSION ABOUT TRAINING OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES. UM, AND THEY TALKED ABOUT RECEIVING DIVERSITY TRAINING AND HOW BEST TO DO OUTREACH AND THEN ALSO ATTENDING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EVENTS AND CONFERENCE. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T CARE HOW WE WIND UP DOING IT, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO GET SOME DIRECTION FROM, UM, AS ERIC LELAND WROTE, UH, IN HIS PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HE SUBMITTED, THAT WE GOT EMAILED TO US, THAT IT'S SOMEONE WHO'S OUT OUTSIDE OF OUR GROUP. SO IT MAKES IT LIKE TRULY INDEPENDENT. SO WE, WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND I WAS THINKING HOPEFULLY THAT MAYBE WE GET SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF AERO TO COME SPEAK TO US. BUT AGAIN, TO GET IDEAS ABOUT THAT. AND I'M SORRY, I'M GOING ON AND ON, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. UM, IN DAVIS'S AGENDA EVERY SINGLE MONTH THERE IS THEIR INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITORS COMES AND, AND GIVES A REPORT. AND I WOULD LOVE THAT. THAT IS EVERY TIME ON OUR AGENDA. 'CAUSE I WONDER ABOUT JUST GETTING A, YOU KNOW, A REPORT, ONE REPORT, YOU KNOW, FOR A WHOLE YEAR LONG, IT FEELS LIKE THAT'S NOT COLLABORATIVE AND WORKING TOGETHER. SO IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE IF THAT WOULD, IF OTHER PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN IT. AND I KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE A NO-BRAINER, BUT THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME ON THE AGENDA WE COULD BE A COULD. WHAT, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS AS A AGENDA ITEM? SO, FOUR THINGS. SORRY, . SO CAN I ASK A COUPLE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR? YES, GO AHEAD. SO IN, IN LOOKING AT THE ITEMS OR IDEAS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LONG RANGE CALENDAR, I DON'T SEE THOSE AS A PRIORITIZED LIST. AND SO I, I I JUST THINK THAT'S JUST THE STAFF CAME UP WITH A LIST. UM, AND SO COULD I GET MORE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY PUB PUBLIC MEETING? 'CAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING. OH, UM, SURE. SO THEY ACTUALLY, I I, UM, YOU PROBABLY WERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN, WHEN YOU HAD PEOPLE COME IN AND DO A PRIORITY SETTING, UH, MEETING LIKE SO YOU'RE TALKING MORE LIKE A TOWN HALL, LIKE A YEAH, YEAH, EXACTLY. LIKE, LIKE MORE OF A, LIKE REALLY A FOCUSED LIKE, COME ON IN, TELL US WHAT YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT. BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE TOO MUCH TO, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T NECESSARILY AT ALL THINK THAT THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. I JUST, I SAW THAT THAT'S HOW DA WHAT DAVIS DID. AND I THINK REALLY LIKE JUST HAVING AN OP, LIKE A A, THIS MEETING BEING MORE OPEN. 'CAUSE THAT ZOOM STUFF WAS SUPER EASY. YOU'RE AT HOME, YOU HAVE YOUR KIDS AND OH, HOLD ON A SECOND. LET ME, THIS IS A TIME FOR ME TO MAKE A COMMENT. IT'S LIKE, IT'S JUST [00:15:01] EASIER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I JUST JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT, WHAT YOU MEANT BY THAT. THANK YOU. AND, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE, UM, ORGANIZATION, ARE YOU A MEMBER OR HAVE YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THE TRAININGS THAT THEY HAVE A AVAILABLE? OH, UM, NO, I'VE GONE TO THE CAC MEETINGS OF AERO AND NO, I MEANT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. NO. NO. OKAY. I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T. SO I'M A MEMBER. IT. OH, AND THERE'S GREAT INFORMATION ON THAT SITE. UM, GREAT CA CASE STUDIES FOR YOU TO REVIEW. UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE A LITTLE HARD FOR US TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE 'CAUSE IT'S IN LIKE TWO WEEKS, UM, FOR THIS YEAR. BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT, UM, IDENTIFYING ONE OR TWO FOLKS FROM THE COMMITTEE TO GO NEXT YEAR. UM, JUST 'CAUSE I DON'T, I MEAN, IT'S A HEAVY LIFT FOR STAFF, SO STAFF TO PUT TOGETHER. UM, I THINK IT'S THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER. UM, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THEY, IF THEY PROVIDE ANYBODY THAT GOES AND TRAVELS AND, AND SO WE, WE COULD LOOK AT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET IS FOR THIS COMMITTEE, BUT THERE WE COULD GET AN INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP, WHICH I THINK IS A $500 A YEAR, UM, PRICE TAG. UM, OR IT'S $150 PER PERSON, UH, TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION. AND THEN THROUGH THAT YOU GET TRAININGS AND CASE STUDIES, AND THEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH, UM, AND GET CERTIFIED AS, UH, UM, I FORGET WHAT THE CERTIFICATION IS, BUT IT'S, IT, IT'S CERTIFIED AS SOMEONE THAT DOES THIS WORK. RIGHT. SO YOU, YOU'D HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, TAKE, TAKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRAINING CLASSES, ATTEND CONFERENCES, UM, AND, AND, AND REVIEW CASE STUDIES THAT THEY PROVIDE. BUT YEAH, AND I, I WOULD ALSO OFFER, I I'M A MEMBER OF NICOLE AS WELL, I BELIEVE DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN IS, I KNOW OUR INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR IS A MEMBER, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THEY MAY HAVE PRESENTED AT SOME OF THEIR CONFERENCES. UM, I THINK TO THAT DEGREE WE ANTICIPATED, AND I KNOW THE POLICE AUDITOR, I I, I AM ASSUMING THEY'RE ON THE ZOOM LINK TONIGHT, UM, AS A POTENTIAL PRESENTER, UM, THEY'RE FULLY WILLING AND ABLE AND TO, UM, UM, PREPARED TO PROVIDE TRAININGS. I THINK THE, LIKE STAFF WILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS ARE. UM, AND AS THE POLICE AUDITOR, I THINK THEY'RE, THAT'S FULLY, UM, BUILT IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION FOR THE COMMITTEE AND AN EXPECTATION, UH, OF THEM TO BE FACILITATING THE, SOME OF THOSE INDEPENDENTLY TO THIS, TO THIS WORK GROUP. SO IT'S NOT CITY STAFF OR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, ALWAYS OFFERING THAT. YEAH. BUT, UH, AND I WOULD WELCOME THAT. I THINK WHAT WE'VE ENVISIONED, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE MEETINGS IS, IS, UM, HOPEFULLY KEEPING A, AN ITEM OF PRESENTATION, UM, TO A LIMITED 20 OR 30 MINUTES AND HAVING 30 MINUTES OF DISCUSSION. UM, THAT PRESENTATION CAN BE A TRAINING ITEM, IT CAN BE A TOPIC DISCUSSION. SO IF THERE'S ITEMS OF TRAINING INTEREST, UM, CATEGORIES, I, WE'D WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL. UM, IT'S JUST, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION TO US. UM, AND, AND, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEARNEY WAS CORRECT THAT THERE IS, THIS IS JUST A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. WE'VE PULLED THINGS FROM DAVIS'S EXAMPLE. UM, WE'VE BEEN MODELING, UH, MUCH OF OUR DISCUSSION ALSO AFTER THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, WHICH IS WHERE OTTER ASSISTED AND CREATED ANOTHER SIMILAR COMMITTEE. UM, AND SO WE'VE BEEN DRAWING SOME TOPICS FROM THERE, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY WOULD, WOULD WELCOME AND ARE ARE PREPARED TO PRESENT ON ANY TOPIC OR BRING ANYTHING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AS TO, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD TO THAT, 'CAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S A COMMITTEE COMMENT SECTION THAT SORT OF IN OUR MEETING AGENDA AND THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR IF ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE HAS FUTURE ITEMS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE AGENDA OR TOPICS THEY'D LIKE TO BRING UP, THAT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND A SPACE FOR US TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD TO A FUTURE AGENDA. HERE'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE LIST TO GET IZED LATER THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO THAT AT EVERY MEETING. YEAH. I THINK THE ONE ASK FROM CITY STAFF IS, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE, WE TAKE A REALLY CONCERTED EFFORT TO PREPARE, UM, WELL AND PRESENT WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE STAFF OR PERSONNEL TO DO THE PRESENTATION AVAILABLE. AND SO IT'D BE REALLY WELCOMED IF WE CAN ALMOST FORECAST A MEETING OR TWO AHEAD SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT PREPARED IN ADVANCE, UM, WITH PRODUCING THE AGENDAS. WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT THREE WEEKS BETWEEN MEETINGS TO REALLY GET THE MATERIALS TOGETHER AND PUBLISHED. SO THEN I HAVE A PROCEDURAL QUESTION ON THAT. HOW DO WE IN OPEN FOR THE COMMITTEE, RIGHT? LIKE IF ONE PERSON BRINGS UP AN AGENDA, HEY, I'D LIKE THIS TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. HOW DO WE AS A COMMITTEE DECIDE TOGETHER, HEY, YES, WE ALL COLLECTIVELY AGREE, OR NO, WE DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO BE ON A FUTURE AGENDA. IS IT JUST SORT OF A MOTIONED AND SECONDED FOR EACH ONE? IS THAT SORT OF THE PROCEDURE? YEAH, SO WE DO ROLL CALL VOTES THAT ARE KIND OF A MAJORITY VOTE. SO I THINK IF YOU HAD [00:20:01] SOME THOUGHT THAT THERE'S A CONSENSUS, UM, ON AN ITEM, MAKE A MOTION AND THE COMMITTEE VOTES AND STAFF WILL TAKE DIRECTION BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF THOSE, THOSE PROCESSES. YEAH. MR. CHAIR. OKAY. UM, I MAYBE IT COULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS. UM, AND JORDAN, IF YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IN THIS, BUT, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE COULD HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH A MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE. SO NOT A QUORUM OF THE COMMITTEE. SO THREE MEMBERS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOME, UM, IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN DO OUTREACH. AND THEN THAT SUBCOMMITTEE CAN COME BACK TO THE, THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE AND PRESENT, THESE ARE THE OUTREACH IDEAS THAT WE HAVE OR, OR, OR, OR LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF TO BETTER ADVERTISE OR GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE ITSELF. UM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE CAN'T HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE, CORRECT JORDAN? NOT THAT I RECALL. I WANNA DOUBLE CHECK AND RESPOND EVERYONE. YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ENABLING LEGISLATION. I, I, I THOUGHT THERE ACTUALLY WAS, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, 'CAUSE THE HOPE WAS THAT THE WORK, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, BEING PUBLICLY CONDUCTED, RIGHT? THE GOAL IS, AND I THINK EVEN THE, THE CONVERSATION OF THE PRIORITIZATION AND THE TOPICS DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL, APPROPRIATE ONE THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE INTEREST HEARING. WHAT ARE THOSE AREAS OF INTEREST FROM, FROM EACH OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEN HEARING WHERE THAT GOES. BUT I DEFER THAT QUESTION TO, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE CAN ALSO, UM, TAKE THAT, UH, COMMENT AND, UM, RESEARCH IT AND, AND COME BACK TO IT. UM, ONE OTHER THING I KNOW ALSO 'CAUSE BETSY'S IN THE AUDIENCE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I I, I KNOW SHE'S HERE IS ABOUT THE CANINE POLICY. DO WE HAVE THAT AS LISTED AS AS, UM, AS AN ACTUAL AGENDA ITEM? UM, WE HAVE THE POLICE CANINE TEAM ON HERE, WHICH COULD DISCUSS THEIR POLICY AND USE. UM, YEAH, IT'S, IT'S AN ITEM IN THOSE LISTS, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY ITEM REALLY UNDER THE PURVIEW OF OPERATIONS SAFETY INITIATIVES, UM, UM, MATTERS OF INTEREST I THINK ARE, ARE WELL WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THINGS THAT CAN BE DIRECTED TO STAFF. YOU PRINTED OUT SO SMALL HAVING MY TIME. SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. IF IT'S HELPFUL, I CAN, I CAN READ THOSE OFF. UM, WE HAVE RECRUITMENT AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS. WE HAVE THE DEPARTMENTAL AND CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND OUR TRAINING OVERVIEW, UH, BODY WORN CAMERA REVIEW, REVIEW AND POLICY SERVICE TO THE UNSHELTERED AND RESOURCE REVIEW, DEESCALATION AND USE OF FORCE POLICY REVIEW, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT STOPS SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, UH, IMPLICIT BIAS AND BIAS BASED POLICING POLICIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. AND I THINK BY THAT, UM, WE WERE INFERRING WHAT, WHAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH DOES THE DEPARTMENT DO IN PART OF OUR SERVICE? OH, DELIVERY MODEL. I DIDN'T WHAT, SORRY. YEAH. UH, OUR UAS AND DRONE OPERATIONS POLICY FROM OUR FIRST MEETING, UH, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS ENCOMPASSES SWAT, CRISIS NEGOTIATIONS AND TACTICAL DISPATCHING THE RIPA AND STOP DATA ANALYSIS, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, POLICE, CANINE TEAM, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, PEACE OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS, COMMUNITY MEMBER COMPLAINTS AND PROCEDURE PURSUANT TO 8 32 0.7 PC, THE SONOMA COUNTY CRITICAL INCIDENT PROTOCOL INVESTIGATION OR REVIEW OF SHOOTINGS AND IN-CUSTODY DEATHS AS A TOPIC. UM, CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, RULES OF CONDUCT FOR OFFICERS, SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND OUTREACH ETHICS TRAINING, UH, PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1, 2, 3, 4, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, ALERT AND WARNING, PUBLIC ALERTS AND MEDIA RELEASES, LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SERVICES, THE CALIFORNIA VALUES ACT AND GUIDELINES FOR INTERACTING WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS AND FIRST AMENDMENT ASSEMBLIES. JUST TO, UH, OFFER A FEW. I ALSO WOULD PREFERENCE THAT THE, THE OTHER AGENDA ITEM, THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT REALLY ISN'T MEANT TO BE A REALLY HIGH LEVEL AND GIVEN OR ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORKS THAT MAY PROMPT, UH, SOME INTEREST IN SOME OF THESE CATEGORIES BASED ON THE PRIMER. SO THEN I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS, I THINK THE INTENT IS THAT WE WANT TO START TO FIND HOMES FOR A LOT OF THESE SURE TOPICS INTO FUTURE MEETING AGENDAS. AND PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO FIND A WAY TO PRIORITIZE, TO HAVE THE COMMITTEE PRIORITIZE, HEY, THESE ARE THINGS THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DISCUSS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER TO SORT OF THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING. WHAT DO WE FEEL IS THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT? DO WE WANT TO SORT OF [00:25:01] SORT THINGS INTO BUCKETS AND SORT OF HAVE, HEY, THIS IS A PARTY ONE, TWO, AND THREE. AND THEN WE CAN SORT OF START TO, UH, PUT THE HIGHER PRIORITY THINGS INTO THE MORE RECENT, UH, UPCOMING MEETINGS. LIKE WHAT DOES THE COMMITTEE THINK IS THE BEST WAY TO SORT OF START TO PRIORITIZE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CURRENT LIST. SO, UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, UH, LOOKING AT THE KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN PLANNED OUT SO FAR FOR NO, UH, FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, UM, DO FO DO FOLKS ON THE COMMITTEE FEEL THAT THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE THINGS OR IS THERE SOMETHING FROM THE LIST THAT'S MORE HIGH PRIORITY? I THINK WE START THERE AND, AND MAYBE TRY AND GO THROUGH JANUARY WOULD BE A GOOD START. AND THEN, UM, MAYBE, OH, IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO DO THAT ON A ROLLING BASIS. SO EACH MONTH WE LOOK THREE OR FOUR MONTHS IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING ON, ON COURSE OF WHAT WE THINK ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES OF, OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO ADDRESS. UM, BUT IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE FOR THE MOST PART, WE HAVE MARCH. WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNED OUT ALMOST ALL THROUGH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH MARCH. UNLESS WE, WE FEEL THAT WE WANT TO MOVE ONE OF THESE THINGS OUT OF NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, OR JANUARY. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. HOW MANY, UM, HOW MANY TOPICS DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET THROUGH PER MEETING? LIKE, IS IT, YOU KNOW, DON'T PUT MORE THAN THREE OR FOUR OR, WE DEPENDS ON, I THINK THAT DEPENDS ON THE TOPIC. . YEAH. IF I WAS TO OFFER BASED ON, I THINK WHAT OUR INTENT AND WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE FOLLOWING THE FIRST MEETING, REALLY ONE ITEM WOULD BE IDEAL. AND WE'LL TRY TO KEEP STAFF LIMITED TO A REALLY NICE STAFF REPORTER PRESENTATION. 15 TO 20 MINUTES OF, OF STAFF DISCUSSION OR WHOEVER THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN YOU GUYS AS A, A COMMITTEE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH TIME AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS, ASK QUESTIONS, HAVE THAT DIALOGUE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOSTER IS THAT TIME MAY MAYBE ONE SUGGESTION, UM, OR, OR HEARING WHAT COUN, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEARNEY SUGGESTED. UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS EXPRESSED, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION WE'RE HOPEFUL TO KEEP ON THE OCTOBER CALENDAR ON RIPA, WHICH I DO THINK IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, TOPIC. UM, IF, IF THAT'S AGREEABLE, MAYBE WE CAN SET THAT OCTOBER DATE AND LOOK AT NOVEMBER. AND, AND WE DID HAVE IN A DECEMBER, UM, PLAN, UM, A DISCUSSION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN LED BY THE, THE POLICE AUDITOR. MAYBE THE AUDITOR COULD OFFER, UM, A STRATEGY TO THE COMMITTEE ON HOW TO NAVIGATE SOME TOPICS IN A, IN A SEQUENCE THAT THEY MAY FEEL IS, IS HELPFUL. WOULD, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, I KNOW YOU SAID ONE TOPIC IS, IS IDEAL. YEAH. BUT IF THERE'S RELATED TOPICS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH RIPA TO HAVE, UM, THE ALSO A, UM, A PRESENTATION ABOUT IMPLICIT BIAS AS, AS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ALL PART OF THAT, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ON THE LIST AND THAT SEEMS LIKE THEY KIND OF GO TOGETHER AND WOULD, UM, ELICIT A SIMILAR CONVERSATION. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE CAN DO WHATEVER THE DIRECTION IS. I THINK THAT WHAT I'VE FOUND WITH PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE STRUCTURE AND THE AGENDA REVIEW, THE HOUR AND A HALF MEETING GOES REALLY QUICKLY. AND SO I, I I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT OVERPROMISING UNDERDELIVERING, AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HURRYING ANY CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW THAT IN REFLECTION, OUR FIRST MEETING FELT VERY ABRUPT AND QUICK AND LIKE THERE WASN'T OPPORTUNITY TO DIALOGUE. SO, UM, WHAT WHATEVER THE COMMITTEE'S DIRECTION TO STAFF IS, UM, I THINK YOU SET THE AGENDAS. WE WANNA BE VERY CLEAR. YOU, YOU TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE AGENDAS. WE WILL WORK TO THE, OUR BEST OF OUR ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STAFF OR IF WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE SCHEDULING OF THOSE ITEMS. BUT WE WANT TO TO BE RESPONSIVE AND ADDRESS YOUR, YOUR REQUESTS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. I LIKE THE IDEA OF TRYING TO, I LIKE, I LIKE YOUR IDEA OF TRYING TO AT LEAST PLAN OUT THROUGH JANUARY RIGHT NOW AND SEE IF WE CAN AT LEAST GET, GET THAT ON THE BOOKS. WE CAN ALWAYS ADJUST IT AT THE NEXT MEETING IF ANYBODY FEELS LIKE SOMETHING ELSE NEEDS TO COME UP. BUT THEN AT LEAST WE'VE GOT A, A BIT OF AN IDEA. OKAY. SO NO, NO, NO TRAINING OF US FOR THE NEXT, AT LEAST FOUR, THREE OR FOUR MEETINGS. WELL, I MEAN, I'M TAKING THE TRAINING PART ON MY OWN, LIKE OUTSIDE OF HERE. SO I, I DID ASK, LIKE I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON WHAT, WHAT ARE GOOD BOOKS THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR US TO, TO READ AND I JOINED, UH, IS IT KNACKLE? I DON'T KNOW. HOW DO YOU SAY THAT, NICOLE? YEAH, NICOLE. UM, I JOINED THAT ON MY OWN AND I'M, YOU KNOW, DOING RESEARCH ON THAT AS INDEPENDENTLY ON, YOU KNOW, AS MY, MY ROLE. I, I FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER TO DO THAT ON MY OWN. [00:30:01] AND THEN I'M ALSO, UM, DOING THE, THE CITIZENS COM, UH, ACADEMY, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S A LONG WEEK AND IT'S ONLY WEDNESDAY. UM, BUT THROUGH THAT I'M LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO I'M BETTER FAMILIAR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY OPERATE. SO AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'VE TAKEN ON TO MYSELF TO DO TRAINING OUTSIDE OF THE MEETINGS. SO THE MEETINGS ARE, WE'RE ADDRESS, ADDRESS, WE'RE ADDRESSING THE TOPICS AND HEARING FROM THE COMMUNI COMMUNITY ON ISSUES THAT, THAT THEY FEEL THAT ARE OF, OF CONCERN OR, OR, OR, OR ARE PERTINENT. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S JUST ME. I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER IS DIFFERENT. RIGHT. UM, I, AND I, I, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING. 'CAUSE FOR A WHILE I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ON HERE, UH, FOR A MINUTE. BUT, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, OF NEW STUFF THAT COMES UP, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT ON HERE. LIKE, LIKE, I MEAN, UH, UH, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'VE GOTTEN A LOT AND MAYBE, 'CAUSE I'M ON THIS COMMISSION AS WELL, A LOT ABOUT THIS ARTICLE IN THE CHRONICLE, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK. AND, UH, I, I, AND I, I HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE DISPOSED OF IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, MAYBE AT, AT A FUTURE MEETING. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TOUCH ON THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY TONIGHT, BUT BY THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH. AND, AND, AND CITY ATTORNEY, UH, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY GREEN IS PREPARED. AND I THINK SHE SHARED A RESPONSE FROM, UH, CITY MANAGER FLYNN TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE. UM, AND, AND IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, UM, SHE'S PREPARED TO ADDRESS THOSE IN STAFF COMMENT TONIGHT TOO, AS IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT ELLEN'S SORT OF POINT IS SORT OF DISCUSSED AND WE AT LEAST GET TO SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION ON THAT. DOES THE COMMITTEE FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM TO HAVE SORT OF TRAINING HERE? OR DO WE FEEL LIKE THAT TRAINING IS MORE APPROPRIATELY DONE AS, UH, CHAIRMAN KEARNEY SAID, SORT OF ON OUR OWN TIME WITH THE COMMITTEE AND THE CITY STAFF SORT OF PROVIDING RESOURCES, LINKS, HERE'S PLACES TO GO, BOOKS TO READ, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. LIKE HOW DO WE WANNA, YOU KNOW, I, I WANT TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME DESIRE FROM TRAINING FROM SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WHAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT THAT? WELL, I WOULD APPRECIATE, I, I DON'T MIND TAKING IT ON. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR US. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AROUND AND I MIGHT BE GOING TO THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO IF WE CAN FOCUS ON, UH, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING THAT WAS NA CALL, UH, CITIZENS ACADEMY, SOMETHING TO THAT THAT'LL BE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE NEED TO START ORGANIZING AND UNDERSTANDING. I WOULD LOVE TO, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF OUR TIME. YEAH. YEAH. AND AGAIN, I MEAN, UM, OUR INTEGRU, JEFF SCHLANGER IS OUR PRINCIPAL INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR, UH, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED IN THE FIELD. UM, HE'S DOING OVERSIGHT WORK HERE. AND RELEVANT, I THINK WHAT WE'RE INTENDING WITH THE COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS IS BOTH BEING TOPICAL OF MATTERS OF INTEREST, BUT AS WELL AS THESE, THESE ARE TRAININGS, RIGHT? UM, I THINK THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL PIECE OF THE PRESENTATIONS ARE INTENDED TO BE, UM, IN INFORMATIVE AND THEN HELP US GUIDE ON PROVIDING A, A CONTEXT SO THAT YOU ALL CAN HELP WITH HAVING A, A, A, A CONVERSATION AND DIALOGUE ABOUT THOSE THINGS. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, VERY MUCH WE, YOU KNOW, RIPPA I THINK IS A GREAT EXAMPLE. UM, WE'RE BRINGING IN, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S, UH, WHO'S, UH, AN ACADEMIC RESEARCHER IN THE FIELD OF RIPPA. UM, WE'RE USING IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STAFF TO RECEIVE SOME TRAINING ON THE TOPIC. AND THEN WE WILL BE ANTICIPATING IN THE SPRING WHEN OUR ANNUAL REPORT'S COMPLETED, RIPPA IS A COMPONENT OF THAT. AND THEN OUR POLICE AUDITOR WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK, UM, DETAILED AND ARTICULATELY TO OUR SPECIFIC PETALUMA RIPPA DATA. AND SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT CONTEXT AND THAT TRAINING KIND OF COMING IN ON THE FRONT END OF THAT. UM, YES, JORDAN, WE DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A MICROPHONE HERE. WE HAVE TO HEAR ME . UH, I JUST WANTED, I WAS JUST LOOKING OVER THE ENABLING LEGISLATE. I WAS JUST LOOKING OVER THE ENABLING DEPARTMENT AND IT ENABLED OUR, THIS WONDERFUL PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE THANK YOU TO REALLY HELP US AND THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANS, WITH COMMENTING AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, ASSISTING [00:35:01] IN KIND OF BEING THAT MEDIUM BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE IPA. BECAUSE THE IPA IS AVAILABLE FOR COMPLAINTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY HERE INTERACTING WITH EVERYONE IN THE COMM IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH YOU ARE. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE LOOK FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK OR LIVE IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA, IS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE EYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND IN ADDITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING TO A POLICE OFFICER. AND SO WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU TO HELP US BRIDGE THAT GAP AND BE THOSE EYES AND EARS AND HELP US FORM THE STRATEGIC PLANS AND PROVIDE COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE NEEDS FOR SERVICES AND DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT ARE THERE. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAININGS OF WHAT THE LEGISLATION IS REALLY INTENDING FOR YOU IS TO HELP US WITH THE GOALS AND OUTREACH AND BE THAT MEDIUM TO HELP US SERVE THE CITY. AND BY US, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOO, THAT, THAT'S WHY I STARTED WITH THIS. YEAH. LIKE WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT US TO BE FOCUSING ON? AND THAT'S WHY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOME WAY TO MAKE IT SUPER EASY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THIS, OR HAVE CONCERN EXACTLY ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW LIKE 20 PEOPLE HERE, . BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I, I I, I, I WOULD FEEL SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IF THERE WAS A REAL COMMUNITY INPUT, RIGHT? SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK TO AGENDIZE MAYBE THE NEXT MEETING OR THE FUTURE. ONE IS TO REALLY BRAINSTORM AND SELECT IDEAS, AND WE CAN COME WITH IDEAS OF HOW TO BETTER ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY USE THIS RESOURCE HERE. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL RESOURCE IN ALL OF YOU, AND WE WANNA FIND A WAY TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND BETTER COMMUNICATE AND GET THAT INPUT. AND CHAIR MILLER, MAYBE. NO, THAT WAS ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, IT STARTED OCCURRING IS, AND I WILL BE GLAD IF IT'S SOMETHING I CAN DO, IT'S APPROACHED SOME OF OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, BECAUSE MANY OF THEM, LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, BUT LEGAL, THEIR CONCERN AS TO WHAT TO SAY, WHEN TO SAY IT AND WHO TO SAY IT TO. AND, UH, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A FEW RELATIONSHIPS THAT, UH, THEY TRUST ME AND I CAN GET THEM TO ORGANIZE A GROUP TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN FEAR ON THE CONTRARY, UH, BE SUPPORTIVE. SO IS THAT OKAY? THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? EXACTLY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IS OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO HELP US. AND WE COULD AGENDA IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS THE WAYS THAT YOU COULD HELP BRIDGE THE GAP. UM, ALSO, UH, FOR EVERYONE, WE HAVE JEFF SCHLANGER, WHO IS, UH, THE IPA AUDITOR IS IN THE ZOOM MEETING AND WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SPEAK. OKAY, GO AHEAD JEFF. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY VIDEO WON'T TURN ON FOR SOME REASON. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, IF, IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A, A READING LIST, WHICH COULD GIVE EVERYBODY THE SAME POINT OF REFERENCE RELATIVE TO A BASIC UNDERSTANDING, UH, OF WHAT COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT, UH, MODELS ARE OUT THERE AND, UH, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT GROUPS ARE, ARE DOING. UH, I AM A MEMBER OF DAY CALL. I PLAN TO ATTEND THE, UH, THE CONVENTION, UH, IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND, UH, THEY CAN BE A TERRIFIC RESOURCE AS WELL FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL LEARNING MATERIALS. SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. I I WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME THAT AND KNOW, I WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME THAT. ALSO, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE HEARING, UM, EARLIER ON WHEN I WAS LIKE JABBING AWAY THAT, UM, I NOTICED THAT DAVIS EVERY TIME, EVERY, UM, MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, A COMMUNITY BODY LIKE US, THEY HAVE A REPORT FROM YOU, JUST LIKE A, A QUICK REPORT. THEY BASICALLY TALK ABOUT, UM, A CURRENT CASELOAD, ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS, OTHER PROJECTS OF RELEVANCE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY YOU'D BE WILLING TO DO AND IF THE COMMITTEE, IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO DO THAT, JUST SO IT'S NOT JUST, WE'RE JUST NOT WAITING FOR A ONCE A YEAR REPORT FROM YOU GUYS? YEAH, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO DO THAT. IF, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMITTEE WANTS, WANTS ME TO DO. I WORRY THAT WITH THE AGGRESSIVE AGENDA WE HAVE, TRYING TO DO THAT EVERY MEETING MIGHT REALLY PUSH OUR TIME. I WONDER IF THERE'S A COMPROMISE THAT'S MAYBE ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT IS SORT OF NOT DELAYING IT UNTIL ONCE A YEAR, BUT ALLOWS US [00:40:01] TO REALLY AGGRESSIVELY ATTACK SOME OF THESE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND ALSO THOUGH, IT'S, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE DAVIS ONE, THEY GIVE THAT KIND OF TIME PERIODS AND THEY, THEY SCHEDULE FIVE MINUTES. IT'S NOT LIKE A BIG THING, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A FILL IN. BUT I, I'M HAPPY WITH EVERY THREE MONTHS. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, I, I THINK THAT, UH, ONCE WE LEARN AND GET SOME OF THE GUIDANCE THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING, WE'LL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO FIGURE OUT AND ALLOCATE TIME FOR WHAT, UM, I, I WOULD GO WITH MICHAEL AND, AND IF WE CAN DO IT IN THREE MONTHS, 4, 5, 10 MINUTES, JUST TO GIVE SOME PATH, MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH, AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO OFFER THAT WE CAN JUST ADD IPA COMMENT TO EVERY STANDING MEETING AND THEN WORK WITH THE AUDITOR TO DEVELOP AN INTERVAL POSSIBLY ON THAT QUARTERLY BASIS TO PROVIDE A, A ENSURE THERE'S AN UPDATE IF THERE'S NOT OTHERWISE AN UPDATE. BUT I, I'M SURE JEFF CAN SHARE ANNOUNCEMENTS SUCH AS THE NICOLE, UM, CONFERENCE THAT MAY BE OF SOMETHING OF PUBLIC INTEREST AS WELL IN SHARING THOSE RESOURCES AND THOSE TYPE OF COMMENT REPORT OUTS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS VENUE. MR. CHAIR, JUST FOR SAKE OF TIME, FOR THE, FOR OCTOBER, DO WE ALL FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE, OUR, THE RIPA PRESENTATION AND THEN MAYBE A FIVE MINUTE FOLLOW UP FROM THE EMAIL FROM THIS MONTH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO KIND OF CLEAR THAT UP FOR THE F UM, I'M SORRY, , THE ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT WE GOT. YEAH, I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE COMMENT FROM ERIC LELAND ABOUT THE, SO, SO WE CAN HAVE LIKE AGENDA IS THAT FOR THE NEXT, FOR OCTOBER, GET HER JUST A, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THE EMAIL WAS VERY THOROUGH EXPLAINING, BUT HA HAVE IT SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR IT AS WELL. 'CAUSE WHILE WE MIGHT NOT HAVE PEOPLE, UM, IN THE ROOM, THEY MIGHT BE WATCHING OR MIGHT WATCH AT A LATER DATE, UM, SO THAT WAY IT CLEARS UP, UM, SOME OF THE CONFUSION THAT THE ARTICLE MIGHT HAVE CREATED. UM, AND THEN MAYBE IF WE MOVE THE PSAC WORK PLAN FROM DECEMBER UP TO NOVEMBER, THAT MIGHT BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US. AND AT THAT TIME, WOULD YOU WANNA DISCUSS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WE COULD AGENDIZE THAT AS WELL. YEAH, I LIKE THAT IDEA OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN NOVEMBER AS WELL. OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, NOT THE DEPARTMENTS COMMUNITY. CORRECT. YEAH. BY THE WAY, ARE WE ON ZOOM? LIKE PEOPLE COULD BE LOOKING AT US RIGHT NOW. YES. IN PUBLIC. YES. OH, BUT THEY JUST CAN'T COMMENT. YES. I DIDN'T EVEN, I SEE. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT. SO, OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. . AND THEN IT'S ARCHIVED AS WELL, SO THEN YOU CAN, LIKE, LIKE I WAS ON VACATION LAST MONTH, SO I WATCHED WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL DID LAST MONTH. YEAH, I, I, I THINK, UH, THAT'S VERY CLEAR DIRECTION FOR STAFF. UM, IF, I THINK WE'D JUST WELCOME A, A MOTION AND A VOTE ON THAT. BUT IF, FROM WHAT I HEARD, WE'D BE, UH, RIP A PRESENTATION AND A RESPONSE TO THE SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENT AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MEETING, AS WELL AS, UM, BASICALLY REMOVING THOSE OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE TENTATIVE NOVEMBER SCHEDULE. WE'LL FIGURE OUT A TIME AND PLACE IF, IF APPROPRIATE EVER, UM, AND ADD THE DISCUSSION OF THE PSAC WORK PLAN, UM, WITH THE IPA AND OUTREACH. AND I THINK THE IPA, UM, WILL HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD GUIDANCE ON HOW TO DO BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR, FOR THE COMMITTEE. AND WE CAN HAVE A, JUST A COMPLETE MEETING DISCUSSING THE PRIORITIZATION, THESE TOPICS, UM, SCHEDULING OF THOSE. AND REALLY THAT WOULD BE IMMENSELY HELPFUL TO, TO THE PD TEAM ON, ON DETERMINING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE WONDERFUL TO MAP OUT THE YEAR IN ADVANCE. THAT'D BE WELCOMED. OKAY. I WOULD OFFICIALLY PUT THAT FORWARD FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER MEETING BASED ON THE PLAN WE JUST DISCUSSED. OKAY. I'LL SECOND THAT. UM, SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION, BUT DO WE NEED TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE DO ROLL CALL VOTES? SINCE IT SEEMED LIKE THE COMMENT WAS RELATED TO THIS AGENDA TOPIC? AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION ITEM AND, AND ASKED SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY. MM-HMM. , WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE A COMMENT ON THIS? UM, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING, MA'AM. WHAT? OH, . JUST SO THE FOLKS AT HOME CAN HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S OKAY. I CAN'T HEAR YOU EITHER. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO THIS IS BRAND NEW TO ME. I'M JUST HERE TO LISTEN AND LEARN. UM, I PARTICULARLY CAME BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT [00:45:01] DOGS, YOU KNOW, IN THE CANINE FORCE. AND I HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST IN THAT. I, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO SAY I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE DAY, THE MONTHLY, UM, PUBLIC AUDITOR HAVING INPUT. UM, BUT MAYBE IT COULD BE PRIORITIZED. SO ONLY, ONLY EVERY MONTH IF, IF THERE'S SOMETHING MAJOR, RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE STRICTLY BY THE TIMING, BUT RATHER SEVERITY. SO THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY, UM, PRIOR COMMENTS FOR THIS SPECIFIC AGENDA TYPE, UH, TOPIC, UM, JUST FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL ON WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER? YES. YOU NEED, UM, IF WE COULD DO THE MOTIONS AGAIN AND THE SECOND, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY. UH, THEN I WOULD PUT FORWARD A MOTION THAT WE, UH, ADOPT THE PLAN THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED FOR THE OCTOBER NOVEMBER MEETINGS COMING UP. JUST, JUST SAY AGAIN. SO I'LL SECOND THE CHAIRMAN'S MOTION IN WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS AND RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON RIPPA AND FOLLOW UP ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THIS MONTH'S MEETING IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION ON THE PSAC WORK PLAN, UH, WITH THE IPA AS WELL AS A, UH, DISCUSSION ON THE COMMITTEE'S OUTREACH EFFORTS. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. OKAY. VERDE. OKAY. AYE. MM-HMM. FOX. YES. KEARNEY? YES. MILLER? YES. OSLER? YES. SULLIVAN? YES. AND POST. OKAY. YES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. [PRESENTATIONS] UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE, UH, RECEIVE PRESENTATION ON INTRODUCTION TO DISTRICT POLICING, COMMUNITY POLICING, POLICE SERVICES PRIORITIES, AND PROVIDE OVERVIEW OF THE PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS. AND I INVITE CHIEF BRIAN MILLER AND DEPUTY CHIEF NICK MCGOWAN TO PRESENT. GREAT. AND WE'LL WAIT FOR THE, THE SLIDE DECK JUST TO, TO CATCH UP TO US. BUT YEAH, AS, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK WHAT WE'RE REALLY ENVISIONING FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION IS A HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS LIKE EXPERIENCE ON, ON PUBLIC SAFETY TOPICS AND OVERSIGHT MODELS. THERE'S VARYING DEGREES OF FAMILIARITY WITH, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, UM, DIFFERENT TEAMS AND WORK GROUPS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE IN PRIORITIES AND FOCUS AREAS. AND THEN, UH, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP, UM, GUIDE YOU AND CREATE SOME, SOME AREAS OF INTEREST OR SOME FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATIONS. AND I'M ENTHUSED FOR OUR PUBLIC COMMENTER. WE WILL HAVE A SLIDE ON OUR CANINE TEAM AS WELL. UM, SO, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE'VE, WE'VE GROWN, YOU KNOW, THIS ORGANIZATION AND THIS COMMUNITY IS, IS A, UH, UH, OVER 150 YEARS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE LONGEST STANDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE 103 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, TOP TO BOTTOM, THAT'S PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND SWORN POLICE OFFICERS. UM, JUST A REAL HIGH LEVEL, UH, STRUCTURE OF OUR POLICE ADMINISTRATION AND DIVISIONS THERE. UM, AND WE SERVE OUR, OUR COMMUNITY WITH OVER 60,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE ANNUALLY. NEXT SLIDE. AND I APOLOGIZE, WE'RE GONNA GO PRETTY QUICK THROUGH THIS, BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO DISCUSSIONS. SO I THINK, UH, WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME AS YOUR POLICE CHIEF AND AS A MEM, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A LONGSTANDING, UH, MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT IS, UM, WE'RE DIFFERENT. WE SEE OURSELVES DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. I THINK WHAT DISTINGUISHES US IS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT RELATIONSHIP STA STARTS WITH THE, THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER IN OUR OWN ORGANIZATION, HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER. AND THAT EXTENDS INTO THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, I FIND MUCH LIKE EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS, THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS HELP US NAVIGATE, UM, A LOT OF THE CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT RE SURROUND PUBLIC SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE. UM, WHAT AND HOW OF POLICING IS VERY DIFFERENT. UM, WHEN I STARTED MY CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT FOCUSED ON ENFORCEMENT. BUT NOW WHAT WE DO IN THE, UH, CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING IN OUR DEPARTMENT IS, UH, WE TALK ABOUT POLICING AND HOW WE CONDUCT THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT. [00:50:01] IT'S IN, IN THE CONTEXT OF POLICING TO US, TO ME, IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE FROM HARM. AND IT, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN ENFORCEMENT SINGULARLY, THAT IS A TOOL, BUT, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN MITIGATE ISSUES. UM, AND IT REALLY COMES FROM A PLACE OF WHAT IS THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S BEING IMPACTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND HOW DO WE BEST ADDRESS THAT NEXT SLIDE. UH, WHAT WE VALUE, JUST SOME OF THE COMPONENTS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ANY ORGANIZATION TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR VALUES, UM, VISIBLE. SO WE TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM, HOW WE CARRY OURSELVES, HOW WE REPRESENT AND SHOW UP. WE PRIDE OUR OURSELF ON TEAMWORK. THIS IS A REALLY CHALLENGING JOB THAT'S, THAT'S FOCUSED ON PATROL TEAMS, UM, DIVISIONS. WE WORK TOGETHER. WE OFTEN HAVE PARTNERS THAT RESPOND TO CALLS WITH US. UM, IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRUST AND IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. UM, ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE. UM, WE CONTINUE TO PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING A, A REALLY FORWARD THINKING ORGANIZATION. UH, LEADERSHIP. WE TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON A DAILY BASIS. THOSE THINGS ARE SO FUNDAMENTAL FOR US. UH, OUR COMMUNITY IS IMMENSELY IMPORTANT. THAT'S THE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN ENTRUSTING US WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE YOU ALL. AND WE, WE DON'T WANNA TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED. AND HAVING A WINNING ATTITUDE, UM, HOW WE SHOW UP OUR MINDSET AT WORK IS SUPER IMPORTANT. OUR WELLNESS IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND IT REFLECTS IN HOW WE DISPLAY, UM, EACH AND EVERY DAY. NEXT SLIDE. UH, THIS IS OUR FULL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART. IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE, ON OUR, ON A POLICE DEPARTMENT PAGE. BUT IT GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA OF ALL THE CATEGORIES, TRAINING DIFFERENT TEAMS, CRISIS RESPONSE, COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH, THE SAFE PROGRAM OR COMMUNITY IMPACT RESPONSE TEAM. UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, DISPATCH RECORDS, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION, SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF GET A FULL WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN THERE. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT HAPPENS EACH AND EVERY DAY. NEXT SLIDE. UM, AS MENTIONED, ONE OF THE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION IS INPUT AND GUIDANCE ON THE POTENTIAL FOR CRAFTING A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. WE'RE AT THE CULMINATION OF A THREE YEAR PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2022. AND THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL GOALS THAT WE OUTLINED WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL OBJECTIVES WERE, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S PREFACED WITH ORGANIZATIONAL BECAUSE THOSE WERE FOCUSED ON ALL OF OUR STAFF, NOT JUST SWORN STAFF. CRIME AND COLLISION REDUCTION, WHICH IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. THINGS THAT FOCUS ON REDUCING CRIME AND IMPACTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE KNOW THAT MORE, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN PETALUMA LOSE THEIR LIFE AS A RESULT OF TRAFFIC COLLISIONS THAN VIOLENT CRIMES. SO WE FOCUS HEAVILY ON TRAFFIC SAFETY, ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS. UH, TO ME THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR LIGHTS ON PROGRAM, OUR SAFE PROGRAM. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS HERE TO REALLY MAXIMIZE AND OPTIMIZE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY TO THIS COMMUNITY AND LEVERAGE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO OFFER, UH, REALLY ROBUST AMOUNT OF SERVICES AND PROGRAMS LOCALLY. UH, SAFE SPACES. SO OUR SCHOOLS, OUR PARKS, OUR OPEN SPACES. RECENTLY, OUR WORK ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. WE WANT OUR AREAS TO BE VIBRANT, ACCESSIBLE, AND OPEN FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE. AND WE FOCUS HEAVILY IN THOSE AREAS. AND TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH I THINK WE'RE LIVING IN THE MOMENT, UH, AS THIS COMMITTEE'S CONVENING. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK FROM, UM, ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC, UH, PUB, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION, UH, EMBARKING ON AN INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR ESTABLISHING THIS COMMITTEE. AND THOSE WERE ALL STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES. UH, AGAIN, THESE ARE THOSE INDIVIDUAL FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. DEVELOPING OUR STAFF, VIOLENT CRIME AND COLLISION REDUCTIONS, STABILIZING OUR WORKFLOWS, WHICH I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MEASURE YOU FOR ASSISTANCE IN THAT. UM, FOCUSING ON EVIDENCE-BASED POLICING THROUGH DATA, WE ARE MORE AND MORE RELYING ON DATA, INCREASING OUR AVAILABLE TIME FOR OUR OFFICERS TO FOCUS ON OUR SERVICE PRIORITIES. AND WE COMPLETED AN ORGANIZATIONAL WORKLOAD AND FACILITY ASSESSMENT. NEXT SLIDE. UH, HOW WE DESER DELIVER SERVICE IS SUPER IMPORTANT. SO WE HAVE A BEAT STRUCTURE THAT DIVIDES THE CITY. IN QUADRANTS, WE HAVE BETWEEN FOUR TO SIX OFFICERS ON INDIVIDUAL SHIFTS, SO EVERYONE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO A BEAT. BUT ON A LONGER STANDING BASIS, WE HAVE WHAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE FAMILIAR AND WE'VE SHARED OUR NEWSLETTERS, UM, WHICH ARE DISPLAYED ON THE RIGHT. WE HAVE THESE INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS. UM, THERE'S 15 DISTRICTS. THEY GENERALLY HAVE TWO OFFICERS ASSIGNED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, AND THEY'RE A POINT OF CONTACT FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO WE SOLICIT FEEDBACK, INPUT COMMUNITY CONCERNS FOR NON IN PROGRESS, NON-EMERGENCY [00:55:01] SITUATIONS. SO THINGS THAT AREN'T ACTIVELY OCCURRING BUT HAVE STOOD OUT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND YOU JUST HAVE A QUESTION, YOU WANNA SHARE THE INFORMATION. THESE ARE THE OFFICERS IN THOSE AREAS THAT YOU CAN REACH OUT TO, AND THEY CAN WORK WITH OUR BROADER TEAM ON BEING ATTENTIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO THOSE ISSUES. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING OUR SECOND, UH, DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT IN OCTOBER, SPEAKING TO THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SOLICITING MORE FEEDBACK AND CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE. UM, CHIEF, REAL QUICK, SORRY, CAN I INTERRUPT? YES, SIR. UM, IS THERE ROOM IN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER TO MAYBE HAVE A LITTLE PARAGRAPH ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THAT IT EXISTS AND WHEN WE MEET? YEAH, YEAH, WE'LL WORK ON THAT. AND, UH, IF, IF WE CAN'T GET IN THE NEXT ONE, WE'LL DO IT IN THE THIRD ONE. AND WE'LL ALSO WORK ON, UH, SHARING, UH, MEETING INFORMATION MAYBE ON OUR, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. UM, THE, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE MY LAST SLIDE BEFORE I SHIFT TO, TO DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN, BUT EVERY DAY WE TALK ABOUT OUR PATROL SERVICE GOALS. I THINK AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AS YOUR POLICE CHIEF, THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT SLIDES. 'CAUSE THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ASKING OUR OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO WHEN THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO A CALL, WE ASK IN THEIR DISCRETIONARY TIME THAT THEY, THEY WORK ON ONE OF THESE FOUR AREAS. SO THE FIRST AREA IS THINGS THAT ARE REDUCING CRIME. THAT CAN BE, UM, YOU KNOW, PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CAN BE CHECKING AREAS THAT WE HAVE HIGH CRIME. IT CAN BE A VISUAL DETERRENT. IT MAY BE DOING THINGS LIKE, UM, CHECKING UP ON HABITUAL OFFENDERS THAT ARE ON PROBATION, UM, WHATNOT. UM, SECONDARILY, INCREASING TRAFFIC SAFETY. SO, UM, BEING VISIBLE, WORKING TRAFFIC, UM, INTERSECTIONS, WORKING RADAR, DOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, UM, WORKING WITH CITY ENGINEERING TO REDESIGN ROADWAYS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THE THIRD IS IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE, WHICH IS A HUGE, HUGE BUCKET. UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF CRIME THAT WE EXPERIENCE IS PROPERTY CRIME RELATED, IS QUALITY LIFE NUISANCE RELATED. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S WORKING WITH OUR, OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO, TO LESSEN THE IMPACTS FROM SOME OF OUR MOST CHALLENGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CONTRIBUTE AND TRYING TO, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE, BOTH FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THE IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE, THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THOSE. AND THE LAST ONE, UM, AS THIS COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED AS IMPORTANT IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. AND SO WE ASK OUR OFFICERS TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN NONCRIME SITUATIONS SO THAT WE BETTER BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTER, UM, THOSE OPEN DIALOGUES AND COMMUNICATION PLANS. AND DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN WILL TAKE IT FROM HERE. THANK YOU. UH, IF YOU RECALL THE SLIDE EARLIER, UH, WHEN YOU WERE BASICALLY THE OVERVIEW OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS IS THE FIELD SERVICES DIVISION. UM, THIS IS THE LARGEST DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND CONTAINS ALL OF OUR FORWARD FACING STAFF. SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING FIELD SERVICES, YOU'RE THINKING PATROL OFFICERS, OUR INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, OUR TRAFFIC TEAM, OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT RESPONSE TEAM, OUR CANINE UNIT, UM, THOSE THAT, THAT FOCUS ON GANG CRIMES. AND THEN OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS SWAT AND HNT. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR, THE PATROL DIVISION, SORRY, UH, IS THE DIVISION THAT YOU SEE MOST FREQUENTLY DRIVING AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, PATROLLING THE PARKS, RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. UM, THEY WORK THREE SEPARATE SHIFTS. UM, THERE ARE DAY SHIFTS, SWING SHIFT, AND GRAVEYARD SHIFT. UH, THEY WORK OBVIOUSLY 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR, AND THEY ARE PREDOMINANTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR RESPONDING TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT COME IN THROUGH OUR DISPATCH CENTER. UM, THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM LAST YEAR. SO, UH, 2023, WE HAD SIX THOU, OR 61,753 CALLS FOR SERVICE. UM, SO AS YOU CAN TELL THAT, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CALLS FOR, UM, A CITY OUR SIZE. UM, MOVING DOWN THE LIST, UH, YOU SEE TOTAL CASES. UM, SO WE TOOK JUST OVER, UH, SO WE TOOK 4,766 CASES. WE HAD 2051 ARRESTS. UM, I THINK PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS ON THIS PAGE IS 415 DUI ARRESTS, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE AVERAGING MORE THAN 1D UI ARREST PER DAY. UM, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE, ARE HAPPENING DURING YOUR, YOU KNOW, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS AND SO FORTH. SO, UM, THE NUMBER OF DUI DRIVERS ON OUR ROADWAY IS, IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, BASED ON OUR POPULATION SIZE. AND THEN, UH, TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. [01:00:01] UM, TRAFFIC COLLISIONS ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IMPACTS EVERYONE. UM, ALL OF US IN HERE EITHER KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC COLLISION OR WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC COLLISION THEMSELVES. UH, SO OUR STAFF IS RESPONDING TO THOSE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS. ONE, TO ENSURE SAFETY, AND TWO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE'S INFORMATION EXCHANGE, ANY INVESTIGATIVE STEPS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN. UH, AND THEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR CITY ENGINEERS TO ENSURE THAT IF THE ROADWAYS NEED TO BE EVALUATED FOR SAFETY, IF THERE'S IMPROPER MARKINGS, IF THERE'S TREE LIMBS, BLOCKING SIGNS, UH, IF THE VEHICLE SPEEDS ARE TOO HIGH, AND REALLY WORKING AS A TEAM TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO MITIGATE AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC COLLISIONS IN OUR CITY. AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS, UM, BY ISSUING CITATIONS, IT'S OFTEN BY EDUCATION AND LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM. UH, AND THEN THE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS 4,502, UH, THOSE ARE SAFE TEAM CALLS. THOSE ARE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE OFTEN DIVERTED, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY'RE, UM, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER ON IN THE SLIDE DECK, BUT THEY'RE CALLS THAT EITHER POLICE OFFICERS OR FIRE IN EMS WOULD'VE RESPONDED TO, BUT THE SAFE TEAM'S ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE CALLS WHICH FREEZE UP, UH, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR OTHER DIFFERENT, MORE SERIOUS CALLS. NEXT SLIDE. NOW, OUR CANINE TEAM, UH, AND I KNOW THIS IS A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE ROOM. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE CANINES. UM, TWO OF THE CANINES THAT WE HAVE OUR DUAL PURPOSE DOGS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THOSE, UH, PARTICULAR CANINES THEY WORK FOR, UM, BASICALLY SUSPECT APPREHENSION, UH, AND FOR NARCOTIC DETECTION. SO THOSE DOGS ARE UTILIZED IN VERY SPECIFIC MANNERS, UM, BY THE CANINE HANDLERS. AND THEY GO THROUGH, UH, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAINING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF NOT ONLY THE, THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE HANDLER AND THE, THE CANINE ITSELF. AND THEN OUR THIRD DOG IS A FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVE DETECTION DOG. UM, PINKY, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE PINKY THROUGH, UH, A GRANT THROUGH UI. UM, SO WHICH, SO IT'S A REGIONAL ASSET THAT WE USE. UM, PINKY IS VERY FRIENDLY. WE, IT'S KIND OF A WELLNESS DOG WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. YOU CAN APPROACH IT, UH, IT LOVES SNACKS. UM, BUT PINKY HAS, HAS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE, UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NICKELS AND SOME OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THREATS AT OUR, OUR SCHOOLS, UH, AND OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES. AND WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE OUR CANINE TO GO IN AND DETECT IF THERE'S ANY FIREARMS OR EXPLOSIVES ON THOSE CAMPUSES TO HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE STRESS, NOT ONLY TO THE PARENTS, BUT TO THE SCHOOL FACULTY AND TO ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR INSTITUTION. SO, UH, WE, WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS AND, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THAT RESOURCE HERE IN THE CITY OF PETALUMA. WE ALSO UTILIZE, UM, PINKY FOR EVENTS LIKE BUTTER EGG DAY, UM, THE VETS PARADE, CRU AND THE BOULEVARD, YOU KNOW, AND SO FORTH TO ENSURE SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE. UH, OUR COMMUNITY, UH, YES. AND WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BRING PINKY AROUND CITY FACILITIES? ABSOLUTELY. . THANK YOU. UH, OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT RESPONSE TEAM, THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW TEAM. UH, WE LAUNCHED THIS TEAM A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, AND IT CONTAINS TWO OFFICERS THAT, UM, FOCUS REALLY ON PROBLEMS THAT ARE FACING THE COMMUNITY THAT REQUIRE MORE ATTENTION. UH, MO MOST RECENTLY, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN ADDRESSING ARE PROBLEMS DOWNTOWN. SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, AS INDICATED BY OUR PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE DO HAVE A DUI PROBLEM. UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN ASSISTING OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WITH ADEN, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF THAT, UM, THOSE ISSUES. AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, UTILIZE THEM TO ASSIST US WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. SO, UH, THE CITY OF PETALUMA HAS A SERVICE FIRST MODEL, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT WE TRY TO ADDRESS THE, THE ISSUE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE. UM, SO WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, IT'S REALLY USEFUL TO GET THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED TO HELP, UH, FIGURE OUT BETTER PATHWAYS THAN ENFORCEMENT. UH, AND OUR CERT TEAM IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ENSURE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS WITH THE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, FOLLOWING OUR, OUR MODEL. NEXT SLIDE. OUR TRAFFIC TEAM. UH, SO OUR TRAFFIC TEAM IS VERY SMALL IN COMPARISON TO OUR PATROL TEAM, BUT THEY CARRY A VERY LARGE LOAD. UM, THE TRAFFIC TEAM CONSISTS OF ONE SERGEANT, UH, FOUR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS, 2D UI OFFICERS THAT WORK OPPOSING SHIFTS. SO ONE WORKS SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY, AND THE OTHER ONE WORKS THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UM, AND WHAT, WHAT THEY DO IS [01:05:01] THEY WORK SWING SHIFT HOURS WITH THE SOLE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING DUI DRIVERS, UH, THAT WE HAVE TWO PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ONE VEHICLE ABATEMENT OFFICER. UM, THE TRAFFIC TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RESPONDING TO THE VEHICLE COLLISIONS, UH, RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY COMPLAINTS FOR UNSAFE DRIVING, UM, WORKING WITH CITY ENGINEER AS WE EMBARK ON SOME OF THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND PERFORMING EDUCATION AT SOMETHING LIKE A LOCAL SCHOOL. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO BICYCLE SAFETY. RIGHT NOW, A HOT TOPIC IS THE E-BIKE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DO WE LAUNCH, UM, SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILES THAT ARE RIDING ELECTRONIC BICYCLES, UM, THAT ARE VERY FAST AND DO POSE A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. UM, SO OUR, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THOSE OPERATIONS, AND THEN THEY ALSO MANAGE OUR OTS, WHICH IS OUR OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANT, UM, WHICH FUNDS A LOT OF OUR, OUR OUTREACH AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TO ADDRESS IMPAIRED DRIVING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING. NEXT SLIDE. UM, KIND OF BRIEFLY DISCUSS THIS ALREADY, THE THREE E OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. UM, THERE'S EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, AND ENFORCEMENT. AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN THAT ORDER BECAUSE SIMILAR TO OUR SERVICE FIRST MODEL, UM, WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH. SO THE TRAFFIC TEAM IS BIG ON EDUCATION, UM, AND THAT IS THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SAFE STREETS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITY ENGINEERING, PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND REALLY WORKING ON FORWARD FACING EDUCATION TO ENSURE THAT THE PROBLEMS DON'T EXIST OR THEY DON'T OCCUR. NOW THEY DO OCCUR AND THEY, AND THEY WILL HAPPEN. SO THEY WORK WITH ENGINEERING TO HELP MITIGATE THAT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SPEED SURVEY SIGNS, PUTTING RADAR TRAILERS IN LOCATIONS, UM, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADDRESSING, UH, HOW CAN WE BEST RESPOND TO THOSE AREAS. AND THEN ENFORCEMENT IS THE LAST AREA. UM, IF WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CRASHES, THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MITIGATE THAT, AND THEY WILL GO OUT AND HAVE ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS WHERE THEY'RE PULLING PEOPLE OVER AND ISSUING CITATIONS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, AND THEN OUR INVESTIGATIONS TEAM, UM, OUR INVESTIGATIONS TEAM HANDLES THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT PATROL, UM, DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO HANDLE. UH, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS PATROL OFFICER IS THE PRELIMINARY RESPONDER OR PRIMARY RESPONDER. THEY GO OUT, THEY GET THE INFORMATION, THEY ESTABLISH THE CRIME, UH, SPEAK TO WITNESSES, ISOLATE THE CRIME SCENE. UM, BUT WHEN THINGS LIKE SEARCH WARRANTS NEED TO BE WRITTEN, WHEN CRIME SCENES NEED TO BE PROCESSED AND SO FORTH, UH, THE INVESTIGATIONS TEAM HAS MORE TIME TO RESPOND TO THOSE AND, UH, PROVIDE A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, UM, TO FREE UP PATROL TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE OTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE COMING IN. NEXT SLIDE. AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SKIP THIS ONE AS WELL. UM, OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, UM, THIS MAY BE A TOPIC TO DISCUSS AT A FUTURE, UM, MEETING, BUT THIS ENCOMPASSES OUR HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM AND OUR SWAT TEAM. UH, WHAT THEY, YOU KNOW, THE AB 4 81 REPORT THAT YOU REVIEWED ON YOUR VERY FIRST MEETING. UM, THAT IS THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS USED BY OUR CRISIS RESPONSE UNIT, UM, TO RESPOND TO, TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS. UM, OUR TEAM IS ALL PETALUMA STAFF. UM, IT'S NOT A, A REGIONAL TEAM. IT'S A LOCAL TEAM. UM, AND THEY WORK, UH, IN TANDEM WITH OUR, OUR PATROL TEAMS TO HELP PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF RESPONSE TO, UM, SOMETHING LIKE A BARRICADED SUBJECT TO AN ACTIVE, UH, INCIDENT WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A HOSTAGE, UM, SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, SUICIDAL IDEATIONS WHERE, UH, PEOPLE ARE INSIDE THE LOCATION WITH THE INDIVIDUAL. UM, SO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT REQUIRE MORE RESOURCES THAT A REGULAR PATROL OFFICER CAN'T HANDLE. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE SWAT. SO IT'S A 15 MEMBER TEAM. UM, ALL OF OUR SWAT TEAM MEMBERS ARE COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENTS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY WORK BOTH, UM, PATROL OR INVESTIGATIONS OR TRAFFIC. UH, AND WHEN THERE'S AN INCIDENT, THEY WOULD BE CALLED ON TO CHANGE THEIR ROLES FOR THAT, THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT. AND THEN THEY WOULD, UM, MOBILIZE AND, AND WORK AS A, AS A UNIT FOR THE SWAT TEAM. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN I'LL, UH, TURN THE MIC BACK OVER TO CHIEF MILLER. YEAH, SO, UH, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY FITTING THAT THIS CAME RIGHT AFTER OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE PROGRAM HERE WITH PETALUMA ADOPTED AND WAS THE, UH, ORIGINATOR FOR THE SAFE TEAM, SPECIALIZED ASSISTANCE FOR EVERYONE THAT'S NOW SCALED TO RO PARK, TATI, UH, SONOMA STATE AND SAN RAFAEL, AND POTENTIALLY OTHER, SORRY ABOUT THAT, AND POTENTIALLY OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. UM, BUT IT'S A MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM [01:10:01] WORKING ON FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS FOR SHELTER, LISTLESSNESS, UM, DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL, UM, OR THAT ARE OTHERWISE IN CRISIS, UM, FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MATTERS. UH, SO THERE'S A PARA CLINICIAN AND CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST. WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS THEY'RE 24 7, SO THEY'RE FULLY INTEGRATED WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND EMS. UH, WE DO A CO RESPONSE MODEL FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS WHERE THEY'RE OPERATING ON OUR RADIO AND WITH THE POLICE COMPUTER. SO THEY SEE THE CALLS, THEY HEAR THE CALLS, THEY'RE DISPATCHED THE SAME WAY. THEY CAN ANSWER UP TO GO INDEPENDENTLY. THEY CAN ANSWER TO GO WITH OFFICERS, THEY HEAR SOMETHING THAT IS SUITABLE FOR THEM, THEY CAN GO WITH US. AND WE'VE USED THEM ON A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS NOW WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHERE THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM OR PATROL OFFICERS ARE NEGOTIATING WITH AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE SAFE TEAM WILL HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. OR WE'VE DONE DUAL NEGOTIATIONS AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WITH A, A CRISIS RESPONSE WORKER AND THE SAFE TEAM. NEXT SLIDE. UH, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, WE'RE JUST TOUCHING ON SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS FOR FAMILIARITY, BUT ARE, WE HAVE A-A-A-C-S-I TEAM. SO OFFICERS ARE TRAINED IN BASIC FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN THAT CAN COME OUT AND PROCESS HOMES, CRIME SCENES FOR, UM, BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE, FORENSIC EVIDENCE, LATENT PRINT EVIDENCE, UM, AND THEY HAVE A HIGH, HIGH DEGREE OF TRAINING. AND SO THEY'RE ON CALL 24 7, AND WE'LL GO OUT TO OUR MAJOR INCIDENTS. SO YOU'LL SEE JUST SOME EXAMPLES. WE GET A NUMBER OF BANK ROBBERIES. WE HAVE FINGERPRINTS FROM RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES. UM, WE HAVE SEXUAL ASSAULT CRIMES WHERE THERE'S FORENSIC EVIDENCE AND PROCESSING THAT ASSIST IN THOSE. AND IF WE HAVE SHOOTINGS OR HOMICIDES OR FATAL COLLISIONS, THEY OFTEN HELP WITH THOSE INCIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, AS MENTIONED, AND PART OF THIS, UM, ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS COMMITTEE WAS ALSO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION. THIS DID NOT EXIST ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO. UM, WE CREATED THIS POSITION. WE ADDED A PROFESSIONAL CIVILIAN MANAGER, UM, WHO IS NOW MANAGING OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER. PREVIOUSLY OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND OUR RECORDS TEAMS WERE MANAGED BY A POLICE LIEUTENANT, NOW, A PROFESSIONAL CIVILIAN MANAGER, TINA THOMPSON. SHE'S THE MANAGER FOR THOSE WORK GROUPS. AND THAT PRIOR POLICE LIEUTENANT NOW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION THAT ENCOMPASSES RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, UM, OUR OVERSIGHT, AND THEY WORK INDEPENDENTLY WITH THE IPA AND WE MEET REGULARLY DISCUSSING ALL THOSE MATTERS WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW. NEXT SLIDE. UH, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING AND OUR COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POST REGULATIONS ON OUR MANDATORY TRAINING. SO THERE IS A ROBUST AMOUNT OF LEGISLATIVE REGULATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE TRAIN TO THE STANDARDS, THE REVIEW, UM, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING ACTUALLY REVIEWS OUR TRAINING PLANS AND, AND AUDITS THOSE. THEY AUDIT OUR BACKGROUND, OUR, OUR, UM, APPLICANTS TO THE DEPARTMENT, UM, OUR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND OUR TRAINING STANDARDS. AND THEN WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND AN ONGOING BASIS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET THOSE METRICS. AND THEN THIS DIVISION'S ALSO, UH, ENSURING OUR COMPLIANCE WITH MATTERS LIKE SB TWO, WHICH IS REGULATING PEACE OFFICER CERTIFICATION. AS WE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN YOUR CERTIFICATION TO BE A FULLY EMPLOYED POLICE OFFICER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. NEXT SLIDE, REAL QUICK CHIEF. SORRY. YEAH, SO JUST, CAN WE HIGHLIGHT THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE FOR POST IS 24 HOURS OF TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS. YEP. AND OUR DEPARTMENT DOES SIX TIMES THAT AT LEAST. YEAH. SO THAT'S AMOUNT OF TRAINING. SO ONE OF THE, THE MOST IMPACTFUL THINGS, AND WE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU SEE A HIGHER LEVEL PRODUCT OR YOU RECEIVE A BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE FROM HAVING HIGHLY TRAINED, HIGHLY SKILLED, HIGHLY SPECIALIZED INDIVIDUALS, BUT THE MINIMUM IS 24 HOURS. AND WE ARE NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT'S ALSO REFLECTIVE IN, UH, LOW USES FORCE, LOW LITIGATION, UM, QUALITY INTERACTIONS WITH OUR STAFF, AND JUST THAT COMMITMENT TO ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. UH, OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY, AS MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDUSTRIES ARE IN A PERPETUAL STATE OF RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING AND HIRING. AND SO, UH, WE HAVE A POST CERTIFIED FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM. SO YOU GO TO THE POLICE ACADEMY FOR 20 WEEKS [01:15:01] OF TRAINING THERE, UM, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME. THAT'S A FULL-TIME ASSIGNMENT. ONCE YOU GRADUATE FROM POLICE ACADEMY, YOU COME TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AND YOU HAVE ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING WITH A SENIOR OFFICER, UM, FOR 16 ADDITIONAL WEEKS. THEY WILL DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN EVERY CATEGORY AND AREA BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO ON INDIVIDUAL PATROL BY THEMSELVES. SO THEY WILL BE SHADOWED BY A, THAT SENIOR OFFICER CRITIQUED, EVALUATED ON A DAILY BASIS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND PROPER SAFETY SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE JOB. SO AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TRAINING, UH, ESSENTIALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT CAN GO LONGER THAN THAT 16 WEEKS IF NEEDED. BUT BETWEEN ACADEMY AND THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, IT'S ALMOST A YEAR OF CONSECUTIVE TRAINING BEFORE THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREET INDIVIDUALLY. NEXT SLIDE. UH, AND ALSO WITHIN THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IS YOU ALL THIS EXACT GROUP. SO AS MENTIONED, WE, WE COORDINATE WITH THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR AND, UH, NOW LIEUTENANT LAVIANO, WHO YOU'VE MET HERE BEFORE. HE'S AWAY AT TRAINING, UH, THIS WEEK, BUT HE GENERALLY IS ONE OF THE LIAISONS AND THE STAFF WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO PREPARE FOR THESE MEETINGS. NEXT SLIDE. UH, COVERING FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES, UH, MANAGER THOMPSON. BUT AS MENTIONED, HER DIVISION, UH, ENCOMPASSES DISPATCH, RECORD PROPERTY, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON. SO WE FOUND IT SUPER IMPERATIVE FROM, UM, CRIME MESSAGING TO PUBLIC ALERTS AND WARNING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST. WE ALSO HAVE A VOLUNTEER AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. WE, UH, HAVE AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING US. UH, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM HOW MUCH, UH, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THAT HELP US WITH EFFICIENCIES. BUT WITH THAT AND THE COM, THE SENSITIVE NATURE OF MOST OF OUR RECORDS AND THE PERSONAL INFORMATION, THERE'S IMMENSE AMOUNT OF SECURITY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE AND MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEMS ARE PROPERLY, UH, KEPT UP. AND WE WORK WITH OUR BROADER CITY TEAM, OUR VEHICLE FLEET, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES TO RESPOND AND CONTINUE TO DO OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. OUR FACILITIES, WE HAVE A TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITY IN OUR BUILDING. IT'S BEEN DECOMMISSIONED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T, UH, NEEDED IT IN ORDER TO HAVE, HAS OUR FACILITY BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, SHE OVERSEES OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER COORDINATION WITH OUR BROADER CITY TEAM. NEXT SLIDE. UM, OUR RECORDS TEAM, SO WE HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF, OF RECORD TECHNICIANS AND A SUPERVISOR. THEY HANDLE AND PROCESS ALL OF OUR REPORTS, CITATIONS, PUBLIC INTERACTIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE LOBBY, OUR PRAS, ALL OF OUR STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL REPORTING, AND OUR DOJ REQUIRED ANNUAL REPORTING CRITERIA. NEXT SLIDE. UH, OUR DISPATCH AND COMMUNICATION CENTERS. SO JUST AS THE PATROL OFFICERS ARE WORKING 24 7, UH, WE HAVE 24 7 DISPATCHERS, TWO DISPATCHERS ON A MINIMUM OR ON DUTY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. UH, THERE'S A LOT LESS DISPATCHERS IN TOTAL THAN OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFICERS. WE AVERAGE ABOUT 12 DISPATCHERS IN TOTAL THAT MAINTAIN THAT FUNCTIONALITY FOR US. BUT THEY ARE HOUSED WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHICH WE FIND IMMENSELY VALUABLE 'CAUSE THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR AREA. THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN PEOPLE ARE REFERENCING POINTS OF LOCATIONS BETTER THAN A DISPATCHER WHO'S LOCATED, YOU KNOW, MILES AWAY AND HAS NO FAMILIARITY TO DO OUR AREA. THEY HANDLE OVER 5,000 CALLS WITH THE SAFE TEAM. WE INITIATE ON OUR OWN AMONGST OFFICERS. OVER 20,000 CALLS. ABOUT 40,000 CALLS ARE GENERATED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THAT BROADER 60,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND THEN WE'RE HANDLING ADMINISTRATIVE CALLS THAT COME INTO THE DISPATCH CENTER THAT DON'T END UP ELICITING A RESPONSE. AND THOSE SOMETIMES ARE UNDER REPORTED, BUT THEY'RE WELL INTO THE THOUSANDS OF CALLS. SO YOU SEE IN TOTAL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WELL OVER 70,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE ANNUALLY. NEXT SLIDE. UH, YOU ASKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM THIS COMMITTEE'S PERSPECTIVE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON. UM, REALLY WHAT WE FOUND AND WHY THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS INTENDED TO BE IMPACTFUL IS THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S DOES THE DEPARTMENT DO? WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, WHAT ARE YOU INVOLVED IN? WHAT HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW DO WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION? HOW DO WE SHARE CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES, PUBLIC AWARENESS OF INCIDENTS OR AREAS OF CONCERN? AND SO WE HAVE DONE A, A MUCH BROADER JOB OVER THE LAST DECADE OF SHARING THAT INFORMATION THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS. UM, WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE PRESENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, NICKOL. WE ISSUE PRESS RELEASES. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN COMMUNITY INITIATION THROUGH SAFE SPACE, SAFE RETURN PROGRAM, OUR CAMERA REGISTRY PROGRAM. [01:20:01] WE DO OUTREACH, UH, UH, MUCH MORE THAN OUR COUNTERPARTS AND MANY OF OUR OTHER REGIONAL AGENCIES ACTIVELY RESPONDING TO SCHOOLS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, ANYONE THAT BASICALLY ASKS US TO GIVE A PRESENTATION OR SPEAK WITH THEIR GROUP ABOUT PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR OUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE, UM, ARE WELCOME THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE HEAVILY ENGAGED IN OUR DISTRICT POLICING MODEL AND HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AND DISTRICT POLICING MEETINGS. UH, AND THEN WE FIND ONE OF OUR MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES IS, IS THROUGH OUR VOLUNTEER AND INTERN PROGRAMS, WHERE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE OFTEN MORE OF A COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR AND HELP SHARE SOME INTRICACIES OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM THEIR, THEIR ON-HAND LEARNING EXPERIENCE. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO I THINK, I APOLOGIZE, THAT WAS RUSHED AND HURRIED, BUT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS MAY PEAK SOME INTEREST IN OTHER AREAS. WE O DEFINITELY WANT TO OPEN IT TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR FOLLOW UP OR, OR ANYTHING THAT WE MAY HELP, UH, ANSWER. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE NOW FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHIEF MILLER AND DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE, UM, DISTRICT POLICING, ARE THEY ALWAYS IN THEIR VEHICLES OR DO THEY GET OUT AND LIKE, WALK THE BEAT EVER? YEAH, SO, SO SOME OF IT'S, UH, IT DEPENDS, RIGHT? UH, SO THOSE 60,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE COME AT VARYING DEGREES OF FREQUENCY AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR STAFF TO BE OUT IN NEIGHBORHOODS IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUT ON FOOT PATROL. UM, WE RECENTLY, AS, AS DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN, UM, WE HAD APPROVAL AND, AND HAVE FIVE E-BIKES. UM, WE RECENTLY PATROLLED THOSE OUT ON LYNCH CREEK TRAIL. UM, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN OUR RESPONSE MODEL IS IF YOU GET YOUR PART OF THE PATROL OPERATION STAFFING PLAN FOR THE DAY, AND YOU GET TOO FAR FROM YOUR VEHICLE, UM, AND AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS, YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOUR VEHICLE. SO SOME OF OUR OPEN SPACE AREAS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROBLEMATIC FOR US, BUT DOWNTOWN AREA, YEAH, WE ENCOURAGE WALKING BEATS. WE CREATE TIME FOR OUR STAFF TO THE BEST OF OUR AVAILABILITY TO DO THAT. AND WITHIN THE DISTRICT MODEL, UM, WE ENCOURAGE THEM, WE CALL IT SHOWING SOME DOORS. SO DRIVING SLOWLY, HAVING YOUR WINDOW DOWN, UM, DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, STOPPING, SAYING HELLO TO PEOPLE, UM, ASKING THEM WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, INTRODUCING YOURSELF, ASKING WHO THEY ARE, UM, REFERRING THEM BACK TO OUR DISTRICT POLICING NEWSLETTERS. UM, AND TRYING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN FIND THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE OUR BEST RESOURCE. THEY SEE AND HEAR THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT OTHERWISE. WE KIND OF JUST PASS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS. UH, EVERYONE ELSE LIVES THERE, SO WE WELCOME THAT FEEDBACK. I HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S A LITTLE OFF OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY POLICE CHANNELS YOU HAVE HERE. YEAH, SO WE HAVE TWO, UH, RADIO CHANNELS. MM-HMM, , RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A PRIMARY CHANNEL THAT IS WHERE WE DO ALL OF OUR PRIMARY RADIO TRAFFIC, AND THEN WE HAVE A SECONDARY CHANNEL, UH, TO KEEP THE FIRST ONE OPEN FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DOING TRAFFIC STOPS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THE SECOND ONE IS A RECORDS CHANNEL. SO IF YOU'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF SOMEONE HAS A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, YOU GO TO THE SECOND CHANNEL. RIGHT. NOW, DO YOU HAVE A CHANNEL CONNECTING, LIKE IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE WATER DEPARTMENT, PG E SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFFS, DO YOU HAVE ONE WHERE YOU GUYS WOULD ALL BE TOGETHER? YEAH, SO, UM, GENERALLY EVERY AGENCY CAN, UH, TRANSITION OVER TO ONE OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT'S CHANNELS. THEY HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT CHANNELS, AND ALL THE AGENCIES HAVE THOSE. WE ALL HAVE INTEROPERABILITY GENERALLY TO GO TO THOSE DIFFERENT CHANNELS. UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FREQUENTLY COMES ONTO OUR RADIO CHANNEL WHERE THEY'LL SAY, HEY, WE JUST SAW A TRAFFIC COLLISION HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. UM, CAN YOU SEND AN OFFICER HERE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL? SO, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH SOME UNFORTUNATE, UM, NATURAL DISASTERS IN YEARS PAST ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEROPERABILITY. UM, ONE STRUGGLE FOR US IS WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ON THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL CHANNEL. WE CAN HEAR THEM, WE CAN SCAN THOSE FREQUENCIES, BUT WE CAN'T TRANSMIT WITH THEM. AND WE HAVE DIFFICULTIES WHEN WE GO INTO OTHER COUNTY AREAS. SO, AND, AND WHY IS THAT, UH, DIFFERENT CI WELL, EVERY CITY CAN BE ON ESSENTIALLY THEIR OWN RADIO FREQUENCIES AND HAVE THEIR OWN RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE. SONOMA COUNTY'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB TO WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE AND USE SIMILAR EQUIPMENT. UM, BUT YOU CAN GO INTO NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS AND THEY USE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT, AND SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS DON'T TALK. SO THERE ARE PROGRAMS WE, WE ARE WORKING, UM, AND AT THE COUNTY CHIEF'S LEVEL, I THINK WE'RE ANTICIPATING [01:25:01] A PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME RADIO IMPROVEMENTS AS WE, WE SEE THE VALUE OF REGIONALIZATION THAT'S BEYOND, UM, YOU KNOW, JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND COUNTY, COUNTY DIVISIONS. SO, THANKS. I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, IS THERE A, UM, POSTMORTEM OR REVIEW OF ANY SORT OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE POLICE CANINE UNITS AND THE COMMUNITY? AND AS SORT OF A FOLLOW UP OF THAT, WOULD THE DEPLOYMENT OF A CANINE UNIT SHOW UP AS A 'CAUSE SOME MEMBERS ARE A COMMUNITY, ARE, ARE REALLY AFRAID OF DOGS. DOES THAT SHOW UP AS A SHOW OF FORCE, AS A USE OR AS A USE OF FORCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR? YEAH, SO UTILIZATIONS OF OUR CANINE, UM, ARE USES OF FORCE. UM, I NEVER IN MY CAREER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANYTHING WHERE THERE'S A POSTMORTEM INCIDENT WHERE THERE'S AN INJURY TO THAT DEGREE. BUT ANY, UM, AS A COUNTYWIDE PROTOCOL, ALL THE AGENCIES IN SONOMA COUNTY HAVE A COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT THAT IF WE HAVE ANY INCIDENT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, SERIOUS INJURY WHERE THE PERSON'S AT RISK OF PASSING AWAY OR HAS PASSED AWAY AS A RESULT OF AN INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT, IT IN, UH, ACTIVATES THAT INVESTIGATION AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND A DIFFERENT, UH, UH, POLICE AGENCY WILL INVESTIGATE THAT INCIDENT. UM, SO THE INCIDENT WHERE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT OCCURRED HERE IN PETALUMA, WE WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE THAT INCIDENT. ANOTHER AGENCY WOULD INVESTIGATE IN COORDINATION WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UM, CHAIR, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, I JUST WANTED TO, SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. IT'S, WE, IT'S THE CLERK. UM, WE ARE AT SEVEN 30, AND IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL NEED TO DO A, UH, A MOTION TO EXTEND BY 15 MINUTES. SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. I HAVE SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. UM, AL VERDE FOX. YES. KEARNEY. YES. MILLER? YES. OSLER? YES. SULLIVAN, YES. POST K. YES. BUT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE CHAIRMAN'S QUESTION. I THINK HE MEANT JUST LIKE AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF THE USE OF FORCE SURE. AS OPPOSED TO LIKE ACTUAL POSTMORTEM. THANK YOU. YEAH. UH, TWO, TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. I WOULD SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE, IF THERE'S EVER A FATALITY FROM AN EVENT, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY CLEAR TO THAT PROCESS THAT I EXPLAINED. BUT GENERALLY, ANY APPLICATION WHERE WE USE ELI, A DOG TO APPREHEND SOMEONE, IF THE DOG WAS TO BITE SOMEONE, UM, THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT'S REVIEWED. WE HAVE A REVIEW WITHIN OUR CANINE TEAM, OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TEAM, AND ALL THOSE ARE INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED BY THE POLICE AUDITOR AS WELL. WHAT IF THE, WHAT IF THE DOG WAS JUST USED AS A SHOW OF FORCE, JUST SORT OF HELD AND BARKING AT A SUSPECT? YEAH. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SHOW OF FORCE WOULD THEN BE REPORTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS OUR SHOW OF FORCE, JUST IF WE WITHDREW AND DISPLAYED A FIREARM. UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. ONE IS, SO THERE WAS 61,000 PLUS CALLS FOR SERVICE AND FOUR 4,766 CASE REPORTS. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OTHER 50? I CAN'T DO THE MATH, BUT, YOU KNOW, 55, 50 6,000 PLUS. DO THEY JUST 'CAUSE NOTHING CAME OUT OF IT OR, YEAH, SO THOSE CAN BE THINGS THAT WE CREATE A CALL FOR SERVICE. SO THOSE ARE CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND THOSE CAN ESSENTIALLY ENCOMPASS A TRAFFIC STOP, UH, CALL FOR SOMEONE'S NEEDS ADVICE. UM, UH, YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION TO ON WHETHER YOU WANT A POLICE REPORT. IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES PEOPLE REPORT CRIMES, BUT SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, UH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED THIS DOCUMENTED IN YOUR SYSTEM, AND WE WILL DOCUMENT IT AS A, AS A CALL FOR SERVICE. UM, THEY MAY NOT WISH TO HAVE A FORMAL POLICE REPORT. OVERWHELMINGLY, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE POINTING TO IS THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WE RESPOND TO THAT MAY NOT BE A CRIMINAL VIOLATION. UH, FAMILY DISTURBANCES, NOISE COMPLAINTS, UM, JUVENILE DISTURBANCES, UM, SPEEDING. UH, THOSE THINGS DON'T RESULT IN A CRIMINAL CASE REPORT. A CRIMINAL CASE REPORT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS GENERALLY A MISDEMEANOR VIOLATION OR A FELONY VIOLATION. MM-HMM. , UM, THAT WE ARE EITHER INVESTIGATING OR DOCUMENT WITH THE INTENT TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE PROSECUTED, UM, CRIMINALLY FOR THEIR ACTIONS IN THAT CASE. SO IT'S A FORMAL PACKET. UM, IT NORMALLY INCLUDES THE POLICE REPORT, AN EVIDENCE REPORT. UM, IT'LL HAVE A COMPLAINT FORM REQUESTING CRIMINAL CHARGES AND WHAT THOSE CHARGES ARE THAT WE'D SUBMIT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THERE'S A PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT OR AN AFFIDAVIT THAT AN OFFICER, UM, UH, BASICALLY TAKES AN OATH [01:30:01] TO UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, THAT EVERYTHING IN IN THE REPORT IS COMPREHENSIVE, ACCURATE, AND TRUTHFUL. AND ALL THOSE THINGS GO INTO THAT VOLUMOUS DOCUMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT A POLICE REPORT CONSISTS OF, A TRAFFIC COLLISION REPORT, THAT INVESTIGATION, THE DIAGRAM OF THE COLLISION, ALL THE CONTRIBUTING STATEMENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT CAN ALSO BE CAPTURED IN A POLICE REPORT. UM, NUMBER. SO, UM, GENERAL THINGS, UM, THAT WE, WE RESPOND TO. THEY'RE LOGGED IN OUR COMPUTER DATABASE AS A CALL FOR SERVICE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO REFERENCE AND SEARCH THOSE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S 58,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED IN THERE. THERE'S NOTES, THERE'S THINGS THAT'S JUST NOT A FORMAL DOCUMENTED, UM, WRITTEN REPORT AND STRUCTURE. AND, UM, ONE MORE THING. I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THIS, OUR FIRST MEETING ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, AND JUST SO HAPPENS, NOT LAST WEEK, BUT THE WEEK BEFORE I WAS DOWNTOWN AND I SAW A, A, A BIG VAN WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER GOING BY. IS THAT, IS THAT A SPECIAL NEW PROGRAM? IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN PATROL OFFICERS IS? YEAH. UH, SO IT'S A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER IS A DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENT THAN A POLICE OFFICER. IT'S A NON-SWORN POSITION. UH, SO THEY HAVE LESS, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ARREST, UM, AUTHORITY LIKE A POLICE OFFICER. THEY DON'T CARRY A FIREARM. UH, THEY CAN'T TESTIFY IN EVERY SINGLE CASE. THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, UH, IN YOUR DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE A, THEY'RE A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT A POLICE OFFICER. UM, THEY'RE A NON-SWORN PROFESSIONAL STAFF EMPLOYEE. AND SO THEIR ROLE IS THEY CAN TAKE POLICE REPORTS FOR CASES THAT WE CALLED COLD CASES, UM, NOT LIKE A COLD CASE HOMICIDE LIKE WE SEE ON TV, BUT LIKE A COLD CASE WHERE THERE'S NOT SUSPECTS. UM, THEY MAY, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO STOLE A PA A PACKAGE OFF YOUR PORCH, BUT THERE'S NO VIDEO EVIDENCE, NO ONE SAW IT HAPPENED. THEY CAN COME OUT AND THEY CAN TAKE A, A BASIC POLICE REPORT. THEY OFTEN WILL ASSIST US WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL. THEY CAN ISSUE, UM, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, PARKING VIOLATIONS OR MINOR, UM, CODE ISSUES. UM, AND THEY CAN ALSO HELP DO BASIC, UM, COLLISION INVESTIGATION REPORTS IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT EITHER WILL HAVE A SUSPECT, UM, INTERACTION OR INVOLVE SOMEONE POTENTIALLY BEING, UM, INTERACTED WITH WHO'S SUSPECTED OF A CRIME. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS DON'T HAVE THE TRAINING, THE AUTHORITY OR THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO ENGAGE IN THOSE TYPE OF SETTINGS, BUT THEY HELP, UM, UH, ADDRESS AND INVESTIGATE A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS THAT WE RESPOND TO, TO KEEP OUR LIMITED NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE FOR THOSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YES. UH, REGARDING, UM, DO YOU DO A CASE NUMBER FOR EVERY INCIDENT? OR LIKE, SAY SOMEBODY CALLS UP AND SAID, OH, SOMEBODY STOLE MY AMAZON PACKAGE. WOULD, WOULD YOU DO ACTUALLY DO A CASE NUMBER OR WOULD YOU DO LIKE JUST A COMPLAINT AND HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? UH, SO WHEN THEY CALL, WHEN YOU CALL IN A DISPATCHER WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE WILL CREATE A CALL FOR SERVICE FOR EVERY ONE OF THOSE CALLS, UM, WHETHER THEY ASSIGN AN OFFICER AND WHETHER THE OFFICER GENERATES A POLICE REPORT WILL DETERMINE, WILL BE DEPENDENT ON WHETHER THERE'S A CRIME THAT WAS COMMITTED AND WHETHER PROSECUTION IS WARRANTED IN THAT CASE. SO YOUR QUESTION IS, IT COULD BE, UM, THE PERSON MAY SAY, HEY, I'VE JUST HAD A NUMBER OF PACKAGES STOLEN. I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION. WILL YOU JUST KEEP A RECORD IN YOUR SYSTEM IN THE EVENT THAT YOU FIND THE PACKAGES DOWN THE ROAD, I'D LIKE TO BE CALLED, OR I WANT TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICERS AWARE, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T NEED A POLICE REPORT. DON'T, DON'T, UM, EXPEND YOUR ENERGY ON IT. AND THEN OTHER TIMES, UH, PEOPLE NEED IT FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES OR FOR CLAIM NUMBER, OR THEY'D PREFER TO HAVE A FORMAL POLICE REPORT. AND WE ENCOURAGE THAT THROUGH OUR ONLINE CRIME REPORTING. UM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS WOULD COME OUT AND TAKE THAT REPORT. OR IF THERE'S NOT ONE ON DUTY, A POLICE OFFICER WOULD COME TAKE THAT REPORT. I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. SORRY. I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION. ONE QUESTION. OH, GO AHEAD, DENNIS. UM, IN TERMS OF, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND I, I SAW A MENTION THERE SOMEWHERE OF COFFEE, OF COFFEE WITH A COP COUGH. I SAW COFFEE WITH A COP ON HERE. I'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT, UH, TIME WAITING TIMES TO GET INVOLVED. SURE. UM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR, UH, UM, STATUS IS WITH SOME DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR OBVIOUSLY NOT ALL THE GROUP, [01:35:01] BUT FOR TWO OR THREE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, TO GO OUT TO A COFFEE SHOP AND ANNOUNCE THAT SOMEWHERE. IS THAT SOMETHING YEAH. TO DO IF, IF, IF IT WANTED TO? YEAH. SO WE, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT, UM, WAYS TO DO THAT. I THINK WE CAN FORMALLY HOST, UH, ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ANNOUNCE AND INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. I THINK ANYTIME YOU SEE OUR OFFICERS OUT, THEY, THEY GENERALLY FIND COFFEE ESTABLISHMENTS OFTEN. AND, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ENGAGE WITH THEM. EVERY OPPORTUNITY CAN REALLY BE FUNDAMENTALLY A COFFEE WITH A COP EXPERIENCE. UM, WE HAD ONE PATROL TEAM WITH THEIR YOUNGER GENERATION OF POLICE OFFICERS ARE MORE INCLINED TOWARDS ENERGY DRINKS, AND THEY, AS A TEAM DECIDED TO GO TO A DIFFERENT CONVENIENCE STORE EV AS A TEAM, UM, IN A DIFFERENT QUADRANT OF THE CITY ON A ROLLING BASIS BECAUSE THEY'D MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT WERE FREQUENT THOSE BUSINESSES. AND SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A PRETTY CREATIVE WAY. UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOST OF US ON THE FORCE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS, AND WE SEE PEOPLE AT VARYING DIFFERING OPPORTUNITIES AND WELCOME ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES ALWAYS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, I THINK I SAW ON THE SLIDE IT WAS THE CERT TEAM OR, OR ANY OF THE TEAMS THAT DEAL WITH NARCOTICS CALLS. ARE THEY ALLOWED TO CARRY, UM, OVERDOSE REVERSAL MEDICATIONS? LIKE, UM, I THINK IT'S NALOXONE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. IF THE POLICE ARE ABLE TO CARRY THAT, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THAT, IF THEY RUN, IF THEY SEE SOMEONE HAVING AN OVERDOSE OR IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY CAN MINISTER. AND IF PARENTS OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD BE SOURCING THEIR OWN, WHAT THE, WHAT'S THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY ON THAT? YEAH, SO WE, WE WERE THE FIRST AGENCY IN SONOMA COUNTY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, TO CARRY AND INITIATE A NALOXONE PROGRAM. SO SINCE 2014, EVERY ONE OF OUR PATROL OFFICERS HAS A DOSE OF NARCAN. UM, WE'RE NOW EXPERIENCING THAT AT TIMES. UNFORTUNATELY, IT TAKES MULTIPLE DOSES, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH FENTANYL. UM, THE SAFE TEAM HAS NALOXONE, SO INDEPENDENT, UH, BASIC FIRST AID KIT. ALL OF OUR OFFICERS IN THE PATROL VEHICLES HAVE AN A ED. THEY HAVE NALOXONE. UH, DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN RECENTLY JOINED THE MAYOR AND A NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AT THE PHOENIX THEATER, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO ON A FACING FENTANYL EVENT. I'LL LET NICK SPEAK TO MORE OF THAT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES LOCALLY RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO CARRY NALOXONE. UM, THE, WE ALSO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH AND HELP PEOPLE, UM, OBTAIN, UH, NARCAN OR, OR, UM, THE ANTAGONISTS SO THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY HAVE IT AT THEIR RESIDENCES IN THEIR CARS, BUT IF THEY'RE PART OF THE UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY THAT THEY ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO IT. UM, THEY CAN GET IT FOR FREE. UM, WE DON'T HAND IT OUT AS A DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DO ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF HAS IT, UM, READILY AVAILABLE IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NEEDED. AND THEN WE REPLENISH IT REGULARLY BECAUSE WE DO, UM, SAVE LIVES, UH, AS A, AS A NORMAL COURSE OF DUTY. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, ALL THE QUESTIONS AND, AND EVERYONE'S RESPONSES. UM, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION ITEM. OKAY. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY CAME UP TO ME WAS THE QUESTION OF, UH, ON THE AGENDA OR I GUESS WHEN, WHERE AND HOW WOULD EITHER THIS COMMITTEE OR THE SAFE TEAM ALSO BE INVOLVED IN AN, AN INCIDENT IN INVESTIGATION? AND WOULD THAT BE REAL TIME OR AFTER THE RESULT? SO THE SAFE TEAM, RIGHT? THE MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM. I JUST, SORRY, THE MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM? YES. YES. SO THEY OPERATE ON OUR POLICE RADIOS. UM, THEY HAVE A COMPUTER. THEY SEE EVERY SINGLE CALL FOR SERVICE OUR DISPATCHERS. SO LET ME REPHRASE. 'CAUSE I THINK I DIDN'T SPEAK VERY CLEARLY. I LIKE A, AFTER SOME SORT OF INCIDENT, A MAY, MAYBE A POLICE OFFICER SHOOTING OR SOME OTHER INTERACTION, AND THERE'S AN INVESTIGATION. MM-HMM. . UM, WILL, WOULD THE SAFE TEAM ALSO BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION AND OR WOULD THIS GROUP BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OR REVIEW? SO, SO IF THE SAFE TEAM WERE ON THE SCENE, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION. IF THEY WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THAT EVENT, UH, THEY WOULDN'T, THEY WOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THAT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME CONFIDENTIALITY, UH, OR REQUIREMENTS ON CERTAIN MATTERS. UM, THE INCIDENT, THOSE TYPE OF INCIDENTS WOULD BE REVIEWED BY OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS TEAM, UH, WOULD BE PURSUANT TO THE COUNTYWIDE PROTOCOL FOR A CRITICAL INCIDENT. UM, IT'D ALSO BE REVIEWED BY THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR AND OUR CITY, UH, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND THEN THE, THE POLICE AUDITOR, UM, IN THEIR ANNUAL REPORT [01:40:01] PROVIDES AGGREGATE AND INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS, UM, THINGS THAT WERE NOTABLE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM IT. UM, SO THE IPA WOULD RE REVIEW THE RESULTS? YEAH, THERE'S, OR THERE'S A QUAL SORT OF THE QUALITY CONTROL OF THE INVESTIGATION. CORRECT. YEAH. THERE'S MULTITUDES OF, OF LAYERS OF THOSE REVIEW INDEPENDENT OF, THERE'S AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ON ANY CRITICAL INCIDENT. UM, THE POLICE AUDITOR REVIEWS THAT THERE'S A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ON ANY CRITICAL INCIDENT OR LAW INVEST A LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOOTING, UM, THAT IS IN INCLUDED WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO THERE'S, THERE'S ALMOST THREE, THREE DIFFERENT PARALLEL CHANNELS OF REVIEW SIMULTANEOUSLY. OKAY. AND THIS COMMITTEE HAS NO ROLE IN THAT WHATSOEVER. THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UH, ON MATTERS THAT THE, THAT THE POLICE AUDITOR REVIEWS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE, UM, DIRECT, UM, UM, ABILITY TO REVIEW A SINGULAR INVESTIGATION, UM, AS THERE'S CONFIDENTIALLY REQUIREMENTS IN THOSE CASES. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID A PRESENTATION IN OUR FIRST MEETING OR SECOND, SECOND MEETING ON, UM, UH, 8 32 0.7 OF THE PENAL CODE AND SOME OF THE PERSONNEL INVESTIGATIONS AND THE CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS. AND THEN JUST SORT OF OUTTA CURIOSITY AS A LEARNING TOOL, WILL YOU USE, SO YOUR BODY CAM FOOTAGE OF, SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP. THERE'S A THREE MINUTE AND THERE'S CERTAIN, USUALLY THERE'S NOT A RAPPORT, THERE'S USUALLY JUST A I KNOW. QUESTION. IT'S, I'M, YES. SO NOW WE'RE JUST OPENING, UM, THERE WAS NO, UH, PREVIOUS, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, ONLINE AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE MINUTE TECHNICALLY LEFT FOR, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE LAST MINUTE TO OPEN UP FOR [COMMITTEE COMMENT] ANY COMMITTEE COM COMMITTEE COMMENT. UM, THIS IS A TIME FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, REPORT OUT ON EVENTS, ATTEND, ATTENDED, OR BRING FORWARD FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS. I'LL BE SUPER, SUPER FA FAST . UM, I DID A POLICE RIDE ALONG THIS PAST MONTH. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ONE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CRITICAL OF ANYTHING, I LEARNED A LOT FROM IT. I DID THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT. IT WAS AWESOME. I LOVED IT. I DID LIKE SIX HOURS. I WAS THERE TILL LIKE THREE IN THE MORNING. UM, IT WAS SUPER INFORMATIVE. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ONE, YOU SHOULD REALLY DO ONE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING THERE. IT WAS SO EASY TO SCHEDULE IT. GREAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. I, WE, THERE WAS, I KNOW 'CAUSE OF THAT SAN FRANCISCO, UM, REPORT AND YOU SEND OUT A THING, DO, DO WE WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL? I MEAN, IT'S COMPLETELY, I THOUGHT IZED THAT FOR NEXT MONTH. SO IT WAS NEXT MONTH. YEAH, YEAH. SORRY. THE, THE VOTE WAS TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA. IT'LL BE, UH, PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT AND THAT, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE FORMAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT MATTER. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND AT THIS TIME I'D [STAFF COMMENT] LIKE TO CALL OUT TO THE STAFF IF THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE. I THINK OUR, OUR UPDATE AND I'LL ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEARNEY, HE'S CURRENTLY ENROLLED, AS HE MENTIONED IN OUR COMMUNITY ACADEMY. WE'RE HAVING, OUR SECOND SESSION WAS JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK, SO THEY'RE MEETING FOR 10 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. WE HAVE 18 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, RANGING FROM, I THINK OUR YOUNGEST IS 19 YEARS OLD TO, UM, MUCH OLDER. UM, EVERYONE FROM DIFFERENT SIDES OF TOWN, DIFFERENT, UM, DEMOGRAPHICS AND PROFESSIONS AND SOME INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS IN BECOMING IN INVOLVED IN, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS WONDERFUL AND OTHERS THAT JUST HAVE AN INTEREST IN, IN THE PROGRAM. SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND, AND, UH, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING ON DEVELOPING CONTINUED EFFORTS TO CREATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT AND SOME OTHER CITY CENTRIC PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE. GREAT. I JUST WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE STAFF AGAIN FOR ANOTHER LATE NIGHT. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, HANGING IN THERE WITH US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR COMMENTS AS WELL. AND, UH, WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:48 PM THANK YOU VERY MUCH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.