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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2025.
IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBER AND BRING IT TO THE COMMITTEE CLERK.
UH, AND I'D ALLOW LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE ONE.
WE ARE MISSING ALBERTA AND MACIAS.
UH, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO LEAD THE, UM, COMMITTEE ON THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
UH, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, DURING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO MAKE COMMENTS ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST THAT ARE WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION 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 ADJUST.
THE COMMITTEE TIME WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EQUAL SHARES TOTALING NO MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK IF WE RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THEN AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA.
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UH, FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF MARCH 26.UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS.
UM, IF NONE, THE MINUTES WILL BE DEEMED AS APPRO APPROVED, AS PRESENTED, NO CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OUR MEETING FOR MARCH 26TH.
AND OSLER, YOU GOT, YOU HAVE A YES.
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THANK YOU.UH, THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION PRESENTATION OF THE PETALUMA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
PROGRESS ON THE 20 22, 20 25 STRATEGIC PLAN AND DISCUSSION FOR THE 2026 THROUGH 2031 STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PRESENTATION ITEM AND ASK CHIEF MILLER AND STAFF TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC.
UM, JUST TO GET STARTED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HADN'T HISTORICALLY PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE, UH, THE, UH, 20 22, 20 25 STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, THE ORGANIZATION HAD NEVER HAD A STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO, WHILE WE HAD GOALS, AND WE HAD PRIORITIES THAT WERE, UM, MOST OFTEN FOUND IN, IN THE CITY'S BUDGET WORKBOOK, UM, AND INITIATIVES THAT WE WERE FOCUSED ON, WE FELT THAT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A MODERN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE STRATEGIC GOALS AND, UM, THINGS THAT WERE MEASURABLE AND THAT WERE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE, WE WORKED INTERNALLY WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO DEVELOP THAT DOCUMENT.
BUT, UH, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED AND WHAT WE'VE, UM, FOUND FROM THAT PROCESS AND WORKING THROUGH THE THREE YEARS OF THAT PROCESS, IS THAT ONE OF THE MISSTEPS WE MADE WAS WE DIDN'T DO NECESSARILY A ROBUST OUTREACH PROCESS OF SOLICITING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS IMPORTANT.
AND WE FOUND VALUE IN THOSE ACTIONS, UM, THROUGH THE DISTRICT POLICING MODEL THAT WE USE TO GATHER INPUT AND FIND OUT ABOUT CITY PRIORITIES AND THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, WE RECENTLY FINISHED THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND, AND DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN AND LIEUTENANT AVIANO ARE GONNA BE, UH, PRESENTING TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT THAT PLAN INCLUDED, WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THAT PLAN.
UM, MAYBE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK ON, BUT ALSO AS WE LEAD INTO THE THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE PRIORITIES
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FOR US? AND WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AND AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE FURTHER AND WORK WITH OUR INTERNAL TEAM AND CONTINUE, UH, SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO, TO DEVELOP THAT PLAN.SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MY TEAM TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, WE REALLY WELCOME YOUR INPUT ON AREAS OR GAPS THAT YOU MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED, OR AREAS THAT MAY WARRANT CONTINUED FOCUS.
UH, THANK YOU CHIEF AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UH, SO WE WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THE PLAN AND, UH, AS CHIEF STATED, THIS IS, UM, KIND OF A REPORT OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT ALSO, UM, TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PSAC COMMITTEE AND OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT GOING FORWARD.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT FROM ALL OF YOU.
UH, SO OUR FIRST GOAL REVOLVED AROUND, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS AND DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IN SETTING THE GOAL, WE RECOGNIZE THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON OUR MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE, UH, WHICH IS OUR STAFF, AND THEN OUR FACILITY AND THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY OPERATE IN, UM, EVERY DAY.
UM, SO SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT GOAL, UM, FOCUSED ON OUR TRAINING EFFORTS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE SEVEN HOURS, 7,000 HOURS OF EXTERNAL TRAINING, UH, AND OVER 5,000 HOURS OF INTERNAL TRAINING.
SO A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT WAS PUTTING INTO AND ENSURING THAT OUR, OUR STAFF IS PROFESSIONAL.
THEY'RE PREPARED TO DO THE TASKS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO.
UM, THE EXTERNAL TRAINING, A LOT OF THAT REVOLVES AROUND TWO AREAS.
WE HAVE A CORE COURSES PROGRAM, UM, WHICH IS PRETTY UNIQUE IN TERMS OF, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COURSES THAT WE SEND OUR OFFICERS TO EARLY ON IN THEIR CAREER TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED.
UM, EXAMPLES OF THOSE WOULD BE, UH, INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATIONS, DUI INVESTIGATIONS, UH, NARCOTICS INVESTIGATIONS, UH, RIGHT, RADAR AND LIDAR CERTIFICATION, CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING, DEESCALATION TRAINING, AND RACIAL PROFILING.
UM, SO AS WE SPEAK TODAY, UM, A COUPLE NOTABLE, UM, ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR PATROL STAFF IS CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINED, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
88% OF OUR STAFF IS DEESCALATION TRAINED.
UM, AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY, THEY RECEIVE IN THE ACADEMY.
SO THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE 22% THAT HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING DO HAVE SOME BASIS OF KNOWLEDGE AND DEESCALATION.
UM, AND THEN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR ST UH, PATROL STAFF HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING IN RACIAL PROFILING.
UH, SO THAT'S ONE BUCKET OF THE, UH, EXTERNAL TRAINING.
THE OTHER BUCKET, UM, COMES DOWN TO OFFICERS THAT WE VEST WITH ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TERMS OF A SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENT OR A COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENT IS, IS A DETE SIMILAR, UM, WOULD BE A DETECTIVE OR A TRAFFIC, UM, OFFICER THAT'S ASSIGNED TO A, UM, SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR DETECTIVES, UH, RECEIVE COURSES SUCH AS 40 HOURS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS, 40 HOURS OF CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS, UM, AND 80 HOURS OF HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS.
SO IT'S SOME EXAMPLES OF EXTERNAL TRAINING THAT WE SEND THOSE DETECTIVES TO, TO PREPARE THEM FOR WHAT THEY MAY FACE IN THOSE, UH, COMPLEX AND SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIONS.
A COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICERS DO.
SO THEY'LL BE A PATROL OFFICER, BUT THEY'LL HAVE OTHER ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT MAY, THEY MAY TAKE ON, SUCH AS A SWAT OFFICER, A CRISIS NEGOTIATOR, OR A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, A TRAINING OFFICER.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AN EXTERNAL EXAMPLE OF EXTERNAL TRAINING FOR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS WOULD BE A 40 HOUR, UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICER COURSE, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT, AND THEN ALSO A MINIMUM OF EIGHT HOURS OF CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING.
SO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE THAT ARE TRAINING OUR NEW OFFICERS HAVE THOSE SKILLS AND ABILITIES AND CAN PASS THEM ON, UH, WHERE APPROPRIATE.
UM, STICKING WITH TRAINING FIVE THOU 5,000 HOURS OF INTERNAL TRAINING, UM, REALLY EQUATES TO, UH, THE WAY OUR SCHEDULE'S, UH, BUILT, WHERE WE HAVE A NINE HOUR TRAINING DAY EVERY, UH, SIX WEEKS.
UM, AND WE USE THAT TRAINING DAY TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OUR LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED TRAINING AND ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE WE BELIEVE TRAINING WILL HELP US ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION IN THE MOST PROFESSIONAL WAY.
UM, THE TRAINING PART OF THE GOAL WAS TO, UH, ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PE A HUNDRED PERCENT POST COMPLIANCE.
UH, POST IS THE CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICER STANDARD AND TRAINING, UH, WHICH GOVERNS LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE STATE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THEIR TRAINING, UH, REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, PART OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS.
UH, OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE 18, A MINIMUM OF 18 HOURS OF TRAINING EVERY TWO YEARS.
UH, WE FAR EXCEED THAT IN MANY AREAS, UM, BUT JUST TO, TO, UH, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT THEY REQUIRE.
UM, IT'S FOUR HOURS OF AN ARREST CONTROL, UH, TRAINING, FOUR HOURS OF DRIVER TRAINING AND AWARENESS, FOUR HOURS OF TACTICAL FIREARMS, FOUR HOURS OF USE OF FORCE TRAINING, AND TWO HOURS OF, UH, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION.
SO THAT'S REQUIRED EVERY TWO YEARS BY THE CALIFORNIA PEACE OFFICER STANDARD IN TRAINING.
AND AGAIN, WE, WE FAR SURPASSED THAT, UM,
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IN MANY REGARDS, UH, WHICH SPEAKS TO, UH, OUR EFFORTS TO INVEST IN OUR, IN OUR STAFF FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY.UM, ALONG THE LINES OF WELLNESS, WE WERE AWARDED, UM, WHAT DEEM THE POWER GRANT.
UM, SO ESSENTIALLY WE RECEIVED, UM, WE, THROUGH THIS GRANT, WE WERE PARTNERING WITH UC, SAN DIEGO, IN THEIR SEVEN, SEVEN, UH, HUNDRED AND 20 DEGREE HEALTH PROGRAM, WHICH IS AIMED AT PROVIDING HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN RESILIENCE TRAINING.
UM, SO THEY CAME IN AND DID AN EIGHT HOUR TRAINING DAY WITH OUR STAFF, UH, WHICH INCLUDED THE EFFECTS OF STRESS, HOW TO DECOMPRESS IN RESILIENCE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN DEALING WITH, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE FACED WITH.
UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF WEARABLE OR IN, UH, WEARABLE DEVICES SUCH AS A FITBIT, UM, TO TRACK HOW THE JOB AND WHAT, WHAT, UM, EFFORTS THEY'RE MAKING TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES IS AFFECTING THEM.
UM, AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM TO SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP US, UH, HELP OUR OFFICERS IN BEING MORE RESILIENT IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD.
UM, ANOTHER NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ANOTHER PART OF THIS, UH, STRATEGIC GOAL WAS TO MAINTAIN, UH, GREATER THAN 95% STAFFING LEVELS.
UM, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED, UH, FOR 70 POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS AND 11.6 DISPATCHER POSITIONS.
UH, THE 0.6 EQUATES TO, UM, WE HAVE THINGS SUCH AS JOB SHARES, WHERE TWO PEOPLE WILL SPLIT A POSITION, UM, AND A PERMANENT PART-TIME EMPLOYEE, WHICH EQUATES TO THE 0.6.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 68 POLICE OFFICERS, UH, SO WE'RE TOO SHORT AT THE MOMENT AND 10.6 DISPATCHERS.
UM, WHAT'S KIND OF DECEIVING IN THAT NUMBER IS, UH, ARE FUNCTIONAL STAFFING.
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OFFICERS, UM, THAT ARE OUT ON INJURIES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT ON LONG-TERM INJURIES, FOUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM, AND SEVEN OFFICERS IN THE ACADEMY.
SO OUR FUNCTIONAL STAFFING, INCLUDING THE VACANCIES, UH, AT THIS POINT IS 52 OFFICERS.
UM, SO THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES, UM, AND KEEP SPECIALTY POSITIONS IN COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENTS OPEN.
UM, BUT WE, WE ARE MAINTAINING, UM, THE GOAL OF GREATER THAN 95% STAFFING LEVELS AT THE MOMENT.
AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, FOCUSED ON TRYING TO, UH, CONTINUE OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE WORKFORCE DIVERSITY, UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSITY AND THOUGHT, UM, AND IN, AND IN, UH, STAFF HELPS US RELATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND ALL OUR HIRING DECISIONS AND RECRUITMENTS, UH, ALL JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS, STRESS, UM, INCLUSIVE, OUR INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE, AND HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
AND WE'VE DONE THINGS IN THE PAST, SUCH AS, UM, ADVERTISING OUR BILINGUAL INCENTIVE PAYS, UM, AND DIRECTED RECRUITMENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THE NATIONAL LATINO PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
SO, THE SECOND, UM, THE SECOND GOAL REVOLVED AROUND CRIME AND COLLISION REDUCTION.
UH, SO THIS GOAL WAS FOCUSING ON DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING.
UH, THERE WERE FOUR PRIMARY, UH, OBJECT OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GOAL.
UM, AND WHAT WE, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF, UH, THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UH, WE SAW A REDUCTION, A 13.1 REDUCTION IN 2000, UH, 23 AND AN 18.2 REDUCTION IN 24 WITH CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS.
AND WE, UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, UH, IN THE ANNUAL REPORT, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF CRIME, WHICH IS, UH, BASED ON THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM, OR NI NIS CATEGORIES.
SO THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS ARE THINGS SUCH AS ASSAULTS, HOMICIDES, OR SEX OFFENSES.
AND REALLY IT COMES DOWN TO WHEN THE VICTIMS AS AN INDIVIDUAL, UM, UH, OR THE INDIVIDUAL IS, IS A VICTIM IN THOSE CRIMES.
UH, WITH PROPERTY CRIMES, WE SAW A 2% INCREASE IN 2023, UM, BUT A BUT A 10.6, UH, PERCENT REDUCTION IN 2024.
AND THE PROPERTY CRIMES ARE THINGS SUCH AS ARSON, THEFTS, VANDALISM, UH, ANYTHING WHERE, UH, THE OBJECT OF THE CRIME IS TO OBTAIN MONEY, PROPERTY, OR OTHER BENEFIT THROUGH THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY.
WE SAW A 9.3, UH, 9.3 INCREASE IN 2023, UH, BUT A 27% REDUCTION IN 2024.
AND THESE REPRESENT, UH, PROHIBITION AGAINST ENGAGING IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, TYPES OF ACTIVITY, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TYPICALLY VICTIMLESS CRIMES IN WHICH, UH, PROPERTY IS NOT A, AN OBJECT.
SO DRUG OFFENSES, UH, WEAPON POSSESSION OFFENSES, AND THE LIKE,
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UH, THROUGH OUR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES, UM, PROACTIVE PATROLS AND DUI PREVENTION, UH, DUI HAS BEEN A, UH, A PROBLEM THAT HAS PLAGUED THIS COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT THROUGH STATEWIDE SAFETY CAMPAIGNS IN THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC AND SAFETY, UH, FUNDED OPERATIONS.
WE ALSO SUPPORTED SLOW THE FAST, UH, A CITYWIDE EFFORT AND SLOW THE FAST DOWN SLOW THE FAST DOWN CAMPAIGN, UH, WHICH WAS AN, A CITYWIDE CAMPAIGN WORKING TO ENSURE EVERY DRIVE IS A SAFE DRIVE, UH, BY REDUCING SPEEDS, UH, AND PARTICIPATION ALSO IN SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, UH, WHICH IS A COUNTYWIDE PROGRAM, UM, THAT I BELIEVE WAS FUNDED THROUGH MEASURE M.
UM, AND OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT, UH, REALLY WORKS TOWARDS, UM, WALK, WALK, AUDIT, AND, UH, SITE ASSESSMENTS AT OUR SCHOOLS THAT INCLUDE NOT ONLY OURSELVES, BUT SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
AND YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE, THERE'S ALSO BEEN LEGISLATION PASSED THAT WE'VE WORKED TO IMPLEMENT, UM, AB FOUR 13 OR DAYLIGHTING, UH, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY, UM, ON THE APPROACH TO INTERSECTIONS.
UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE A, UH, 20 FOOT BUFFERING PERIOD TO INCREASE VISIBILITY, UH, AND HELP TO REDUCE COLLISIONS.
AND THEN AB 43 IS A SPEED REDUCTION, UM, INITIATIVE, WHICH ALLOWED, UM, JURISDICTIONS TO REDUCE SPEED, SUCH AS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA, WHERE THE SPEED HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
AND THEN, UH, ALONG SOME SCHOOLS, UH, 15 MILES AN HOUR, WHERE APPROPRIATE.
UH, OUR 2022 TO 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN MAKES IT CLEAR PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT JUST ABOUT RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES.
IT'S ABOUT HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SAFETY IN THEIR HOME SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, PARKS, AND ON THE STREET.
ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS IS OUR RECOGNITION THAT SAFETY IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN THE POLICE, RESIDENTS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
OUR ROLE IS TO LISTEN, COLLABORATE, AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
IN THIS EFFORT, WE STRENGTHEN TRUST THROUGH COLLABORATION.
ONE OF THE WAYS IS THROUGH OUR DISTRICT POLICING MODEL AND REVITALIZING THE APPROACH.
ONE OF OUR MOST VISIBLE EXPRESSIONS OF THIS GOAL IS OUR DISTRICT POLICING MODEL IS DIVIDED INTO 15 NEIGHBORHOOD ZONES, EACH SUPPORTED BY TWO OFFICERS.
THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS OFFICERS TO BUILD FAMILIARITY WITH RESIDENTS, UNDERSTAND LOCAL DYNAMICS AND FOSTER ACCOUNTABILITY TO SUPPORT THIS MODEL.
WHAT WAS INTRODUCED DURING THIS DISTRICT, OR DURING THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS.
UH, EACH QUARTER UPDATES FROM ASSIGNED OFFICERS THAT HIGHLIGHTED LOCAL SAFETY TRENDS.
RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, THROUGH EMAIL CONTACTS AND AT PUBLIC COMMUNITY EVENTS TO INFORM RESIDENTS, UH, OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION TO THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS, UH, IN 2024 ALONE, WE HOSTED MORE THAN 50 COMMUNITY OUTREACH REACH EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED TOWN HALLS, SCHOOL FORUMS, COFFEE WITH A SHOP, AND YOUTH LED DISCUSSIONS.
THESE EVENTS ARE DESIGNED FOR MEANINGFUL TWO-WAY CONVERSATIONS, NOT JUST UPDATES, BUT REAL-TIME INPUT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
WE ALSO PARTNER CLOSELY WITH PETALUMA CITY SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN.
UH, THIS WAS TRULY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, BRINGING TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, COUNSELORS, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, UH, TO PRIORITIZE PREVENTION READINESS, AND COORDINATED CRISIS RESPONSE.
ON THE FRONT OF EQUITY FOCUSED INITIATIVES, WE IMPLEMENTED THE LIGHTS ON PROGRAM, WHICH YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY HEARD ABOUT.
UH, THE LIGHTS ON PROGRAM PROVIDES REPAIR VOUCHERS INSTEAD OF CITATIONS FOR BROKEN VEHICLE LIGHTS, UH, IN A SMALL CHANGE THAT MAKES A BIG IMPACT, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY FACE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.
THIS PROGRAM REINFORCES FAIRNESS, EQUITY, AND THE IDEA THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN BE A SUPPORT SYSTEM, NOT JUST AN ENFORCEMENT BODY, UH, FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE SAFETY COLLABORATION.
TO FURTHER ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR VOLUNTARY SECURITY CAMERA REGISTRY AND ENHANCED CITYWIDE SURVEILLANCE THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, ALWAYS WITH COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY AND PRIVACY PROTECTIONS IN MIND.
AND THAT'S THROUGH OUR, OUR CAMERA, CAMERA REGISTRY SYSTEM.
UH, SAFE SPACES ON THE OTHER HAND, SPEAKS TO THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE.
ONE WHERE ALL, ESPECIALLY YOUTH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND THOSE IN CRISIS FEEL PROTECTED, WELCOMED, AND RESPECTED IN EVERY CORNER OF THE CITY.
SAFE SPACES, UM, IS REALLY ABOUT CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE EVERYONE FEELS PROTECTED.
ONE AREA THAT WE'VE EXCELLED IN IS OUR SAFE TEAM, WHICH IS SPECIALIZED
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ASSISTANT FOR EVERYONE, WHICH IS A HUMAN-CENTERED CRISIS RESPONSE.OUR SAFE TEAM CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH COMPASSION AND A RESPONSE TO BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND HOUSING RELATED CRISISES.
IN 2024, THEY RESPONDED TO OVER 5,300 CALLS, WHICH WAS A 7.4 INCREASE IN OUR, UH, IN EMERGENCY ROOM DIVERSIONS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY HAVE ENDED UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WERE PROVIDED CARE, UM, FOR EITHER CHRONIC ILLNESSES OR SET UP APPOINTMENTS, AND ULTIMATELY DIVERTED FROM UTILIZING EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES, WHICH EQUATES TO OVER $500,000 IN SAVINGS, UH, TO OUR HEALTHCARE PARTNERS.
UM, BUT THE REAL SUCCESS AND THE DIGNITY, UH, AND DEESCALATION, THESE RESPONSES BRING THE SAFE TEAM CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS TO CARE RATHER THAN CUSTODY, AND THAT'S BETTER LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.
SO, COMMUNITY IMPACT AND TOOLS FOR SAFER PUBLIC SAFE SPACES.
UH, UNDER THIS INITIATIVE OR THIS GOAL, WE'VE CREATED THE COMMUNITY IMPACT RESPONSE TEAM, A SPECIALIZED UNIT THAT FOCUSES ON ADDRESSING CHRONIC LOCATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT REPEATEDLY IMPACT COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
THIS TEAM WORKS WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BALANCE INTERVENTION WITH ENFORCEMENT AND TO REDUCE REPEAT CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UH, IN THIS SAME AREA, UM, WE HAD, UH, FIREARM SAFETY.
SO FIREARM SAFETY REMAINS A CORE FOCUS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE JOINED THE NATIONAL PROTECT PROJECT CHILD SAFE INITIATIVE AND SUPPORTED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL SAFE STORAGE ORDINANCE, PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP, AND REDUCING THE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL INJURIES.
UM, OUR STAFF HAS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC EVENTS AND SCHOOL FORMS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT FIREARM SAFETY AND DISTRIBUTED FREE GUN LOCKS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED.
UH, ANYONE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING A GUN LOCK IS ENCOURAGED TO VISIT US AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, ANOTHER AREA THAT WE, UM, FOCUSED ON IS WE IMPLEMENTED AN EXPLOSIVE AND FIREARM DETECTION CANINE, UH, THAT CANINE WORKS, UH, WITH OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS IN THE EVENT OF A THREAT.
UH, IT RECENTLY DID, YOU KNOW, AREA CANVASSING AT THE BUTTER AND EGG DAY, UM, PRIOR TO THE PARADE AND, AND, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERING FOR THE EVENT.
UM, BUT IT TRULY IS, UH, A, A MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SPACES ARE SAFE AND ENJOYABLE FOR EVERYONE.
UH, THESE TWO GOALS NOT ONLY SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATIONS, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT MISSION, OUR DEPARTMENT'S MISSION, WHICH IS WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE, UH, PROFESSIONAL POLICE SERVICES AND TO ROUND OUT THE, UH, THE FIFTH GOAL HERE.
SO, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO THIS GOAL WAS GEARED TOWARD BUILDING TRUST WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND ACTIONS.
AND SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THIS AREA, UH, REVOLVE AROUND OUR, OUR WORK HERE WITH THE PSA AND THE, UH, INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR, WHICH WE'VE, UH, DETAILED IN THIS FORUM, UH, A FEW TIMES ALREADY.
UH, SO WE, UH, SORRY, I SKIPPED OVER.
SO THE, THE, UH, 41 WAS THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS, WHICH, UH, WE DID PRESENT TO THIS BODY AND WILL BE DOING AGAIN ON JULY 23RD.
UM, SO THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN JUNE OF 2022 PER THE, PER AB 41.
UM, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, SINCE OUR MILITARY EQUIPMENT POLICY WAS ADOPTED, WE HAVE NOT SOUGHT TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL ASSAULT WEAPONS, UM, SINCE IT'S BEEN ADOPTED.
AND OUR POSSESSION OF THE EQUIPMENT SPEAKS TO OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, UH, WHILE THE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT IS CLOSELY REGULATED BY OUR OVERSIGHT PROCESS.
AND THEN LASTLY, OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY.
SO THE REGULAR PUBLICATION OF ARREST DATA, ANNUAL USE OF FORCE DATA, TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UPDATES.
AND WE ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, UH, WHETHER IT BE ANNUAL REPORTING, UH, REPORT OUT THROUGH THE IPA, UH, 41 REPORTING, UM, AND PERIODIC UPDATES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE BROUGHT BACK THE COMMUNITY POLICE ACADEMY, UH, WHICH WAS WE HOSTED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018.
UH, WE WERE THANKFUL TO HAVE 19 COMMUNITY PARTICIPANTS, UM, INCLUDING, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBER, UH, KEARNEY, AND, UH, CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBER QUINT.
THOSE ALSO THE 10 WEEK PROGRAM, UM, OFFERED IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
IT ALSO INCLUDED A, UH, TRIP TO THE POLICE ACADEMY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FORCE OPTION SIMULATOR, AND IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS SUCH AS CRIMINAL LAW AND USE OF FORCE.
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TO, UH, HAVE ANOTHER ONE, HOPEFULLY THIS FALL, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL, WE'LL HAVE MORE FOLKS JOIN, JOIN US.UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ENLIGHTENING EXPERIENCE, UH, FOR ALL I'VE BEEN TOLD.
SO, UH, IT'S WORTHWHILE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT AGAIN IN THE FALL.
THESE EFFORTS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICERS TO MOBILE CRISIS TEAMS, FROM TRAINING INVESTMENTS TO TRANSPARENT OVERSIGHT, ALL REFLECT OUR CORE BELIEFS.
PUBLIC SAFETY STARTS WITH PEOPLE, NOT JUST POLICY.
THE FIVE GOALS OUTLINE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UM, AND THEY'RE NOT JUST CHECK BOXES.
THEY'RE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT SHAPE HOW WE SERVE, CONNECT, AND EVOLVE AS A COMMUNITY.
WE'RE PROUD OF OUR PROGRESS, BUT WE KNOW THE WORK IS NEVER DONE.
AS WE BEGIN TO LOOK AHEAD, WE ARE SOLICITING INPUT FROM THIS COMMITTEE ON AREAS YOU BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE DEVELOP OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN.
YOUR INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVES ARE VITAL TO ENSURING OUR PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE NEEDS AND VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.
YEAH, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A REMINDER ON KIND OF THE CHARTER OF, OF EVEN THE BODY JUST FOR RECOLLECTION, IS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, INPUT ON PROGRAMS, PREVENTION INITIATIVES.
UM, NOW I'LL, I'LL TEMPER SOME OF THAT TOO.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN EXERCISE WITH THE COUNCIL IN, IN THE COMING WEEKS ON CITYWIDE GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
SO I ALSO DON'T WANNA, I WANNA MANAGE SOME EXPECTATIONS ON, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO, UM, WORK WITHIN THE PARAMETERS WITHIN CITY BUDGET AND OTHER INITIATIVES.
BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT OUR INTENT HERE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU HEARD, IS WE HAVE, HAVE AREAS OF EMPHASIS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCRETION OF HOW WE HAVE, WE DEPLOY OUR STAFF, WHAT THEY FOCUS ON, AND HOW WE SERVE.
AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON HOW THAT'S WORKING.
WHERE IS IT? MAYBE NOT, HOW ARE WE BEING EFFECTIVE? UM, AND WHAT TYPE OF PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT TO US AS A COMMUNITY? AND SO WE'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO CHAIR MILLER TO, TO HELP US IN GUIDING THE CONVERSATION AND PROVIDING INPUT TO STAFF.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, CHIEF MILLER, AND, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU, UM, GENTLEMEN FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, IN, IN REGARDS TO TRAINING, UM, I THINK IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, THEY'VE CREATED A COUPLE DIFFERENT POST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON OFFICER COURSES.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE SOME OF OUR OFFICERS GO THROUGH THAT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S ONE SPECIFIC TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY, UM, AND I THINK ROANOKE PARK PUBLIC SAFETY SENT A COUPLE FOLKS THROUGH IT.
UM, BUT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE, AND I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN I SAW IT ADVERTISED, IT WAS EVEN PAID FOR.
SO IT WAS JUST THE SALARY COST FOR THE TRAINING, UM, TO, TO ATTEND.
SO IF THERE ARE, ARE POST CLASSES OR ANY OTHER CLASSES LIKE THAT TO HELP, UM, UH, EXPAND THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN STARTED ON, ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR RIGHT NOW.
UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, STATEMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OH, UH, I'LL RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER OBSTACLE.
UM, I, UH, UH, JUST, WE GOT A LONG COMMENT FROM ERIC LELAND.
I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SAW IT.
AND I, I THINK THAT A LOT OF IT IS GREAT.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY, UM, I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS, BUT ABOUT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPARENCY THAT SET A GOAL TO STOP ACQUIRING MILITARY ASSAULT WEAPONS.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANYBODY FEEL SAFE.
I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE SAME THING REGARDING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
AND, UH, TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW, UH, GOING ALONG WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST SOMETIMES IS NOT MAKING ANYBODY SAFER AND IS NOT, IS, IS DECREASING TRUST RATHER THAN GAINING TRUST.
UM, AND ALSO TO BE DOING, UH, MORE, POTENTIALLY DOING MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH, UH, MOST AFFECTED GROUPS RIGHT NOW, UH, FROM THE NATIONAL SCENE, WHICH IS OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY AND OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, TO JUST, UH, TALK TO THEM TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY NEED AND WANT AND, AND HOW TO INCREASE TRUST AND BETTER POLICE
UM, WELL, I AM GOING TO, UM, GO BACK TO ERIC LELAND'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
HE TOUCHED ON CRIME AND COLLISION REDUCTION, AND WE HAD ON MONDAY NIGHT
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A LENGTHY CONVERSATION ABOUT E-BIKES, AND WE NEED TO PUT E-BIKES IN THERE.SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT, UM, IN EUROPE, EVERYONE DRIVING E-BIKES OVER A CERTAIN SPEED LIMIT MUST BE LICENSED AND INSURED, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A LICENSE PLATE ON THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT E-BIKES.
THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL'S VERY AWARE OF WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE, AND WE NEED TO SEE WHAT LEGISLATION COMES FORWARD, BUT WE NEED TO REALLY PUT THAT IN OUR GOALS.
AND I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE UNDER CRIME AND COLLISION REDUCTION, BECAUSE AS, UM, I THINK E-BIKES ARE GONNA BE, UM, STOLEN.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE ONE, BUT I'M SURE THAT SOMEONE KNOWS THAT IT'S STEAL ONE AND, UM, THEY'RE, UM, GIVEN TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGES OF 16 WHO AREN'T LICENSED DRIVERS, AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE COLLISIONS.
SO THE REDUCTION PARTY'S GOTTA BE EDUCATION.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA EDUCATE AND, AND SEE HOW THE STATE IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS NEW, I MEAN, THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T REALLY EXIST A YEAR AGO.
AND I THINK THAT EVERY CHILD AT CHRISTMAS GOT ONE, I THINK, AND THEY'RE NOT WEARING HELMETS.
THEY'RE NOT, WE, WE NEED TO GET THE IN FRONT OF THAT EDUCATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF TO DO IT IN THE SCHOOLS, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE SECONDARY, BUT YOU GOTTA DO IT AT ELEMENTARY.
BUT ALSO THE PARENTS, AND I'M THINKING THE BIKE SHOPS, SO I, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE EVEN BUYING THEM.
AND FROM THE COMMUNITY, HEY, I'VE GOT A, A QUESTION, UH, SORT OF REFERENCING MR. LELAND'S PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL.
I, I'M, I'M SORT OF ASKING YOU AS SORT OF OUR, OUR SORT OF REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO SOMETHING HE BROUGHT UP WAS THAT, UM, WHAT IS IT, UH, SPENDING CAN BE SPENDING TO IMPROVE ROADWAY DESIGN RATHER THAN SPENDING MONEY ON ENFORCEMENT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING SORT OF A BUDGET FOR ROADWAY DESIGN AS A WAY TO SORT OF MANAGE, UM, TRAFFIC BETTER AND SORT OF PUT LESS PRESSURE ON SORT OF, UM, POLICE OFFICERS TO SORT OF, UH, ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS? WELL, WE LOOKED AT THAT ON MONDAY, OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
AND THERE IS SOME ROADWAYS THAT, UM, ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVED SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS, UM, TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, HOW THEY'RE DOING THE BULL BOUTS, HOW THEY'RE DOING THE DAY LIGHTING, THOSE KIND OF, UM, PROBLEMS WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND WE ARE ADDING IT TO THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHIEF WANTS TO ADD SURE.
SO, UM, A FEW COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, MANY OF OUR STAFF HAVE A TRAFFIC BACKGROUND.
WE HAVE A TRAFFIC SPECIALTY UNIT THAT, THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY WORKING ON TRAINING AND DEVELOPING OUR TRAFFIC OFFICERS FOR THOSE TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
BUT MUCH OF THE TRAINING SURROUNDS AROUND THESE CONCEPTS THAT THERE'S COMPONENTS THAT ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT, BUT ALL EFFECTIVE IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES FOCUS AROUND EDUCATION ENFORCEMENT AND ENGINEERING.
AND SO WE FIND THAT EDUCATION, WHICH IS WHY, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE DID A DUI CHECKPOINT AND ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI, WOULDN'T YOU HAVE BEEN WAY MORE EFFECTIVE IN HAVING ALL THOSE OFFICERS PATROLLING? AND TO SOME DEGREE, WE, WE MAY BE, BUT THE INTENT IS EDUCATING THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WENT THROUGH THAT CHECKPOINT THAT NIGHT ABOUT THE DANGERS OF IMPAIRED DRIVING.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW EDUCATION WORKS.
UM, THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL IS A COMPONENT OF THAT.
WE DO BIKE RODEOS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TALKING ABOUT THE HAND SIGNALS AND, AND MAKING SURE YOUR BIKE IS INSPECTED AND SAFE AND THE RULES OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, AND THEN CLEARLY ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE WHERE THAT'S APPROPRIATE IN OUR STAFF, HOPEFULLY THROUGH OUR APPROACH TO POLICING, UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE WHERE, UM, A WARNING AND A COUNSELING, OR AS YOU'VE SEEN WITH THE LIGHTS ON PROGRAM, WE, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DIVER CERTAIN OFFENSES INTO ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS. AND THERE'S OTHER TIMES WHERE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, ENFORCEMENT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TOOL OR PEOPLE NEED THAT, THAT, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIORS.
UM, AND LASTLY, THE EDUCATION PIECE.
SO WE HAVE A, AN APPROACH THROUGH VISION ZERO, WHICH IS A, UM, TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM WHERE MAJOR INJURY COLLISIONS OR FATALITIES IMMEDIATELY, UH, ARE, ARE IDENTIFIED.
AND WE THEN ACTIVATE OUR CITY TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS
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OF POLICE, UM, AND PUBLIC WORKS TO LOOK AT THE ROADWAY DESIGNS AND SEE WHAT INITIATIVES COULD BE CHANGED.THEY'RE WORKING ON QUICK BUILD PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE CITY HAS A, A MORE CONDENSED RESPONSE AND TO BE ABLE TO, TO REMEDY THOSE THINGS.
OUR COUNCILS WORKED HEAVILY ON THOSE PROGRAMS, AND IT'S NOT OFTEN THAT WE DON'T MAKE, UM, MODIFICATIONS.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF LANE STRIPING AND, AND CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND DELINEATORS, WHICH ARE THOSE, THOSE, UH, REFLECTIVE POSTS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE'VE LOOKED AT COLLISION DATA AND WORKED AND PROVIDED INPUT IN THAT.
AND, AND THE ONE EXAMPLE, AND I THINK I'VE SHARED IT UP HERE BEFORE IS, IS, UH, WE WERE GETTING A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS OVER IN FRONT OF CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL FOR LEGAL PARKING AND PEOPLE PER PARKING OUT FROM THE, UH, PARKING ALONG THE CURB AND THEN DOING U-TURNS INTO TRAFFIC.
AND SO OUR, OUR TRAFFIC TEAM, UH, DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO DO ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA AND HAVE TO WRITE TICKETS TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS THAT ARE DOING ALL THE RIGHT THING, WHICH IS ATTENDING THE SCHOOL.
UM, AND SO THEY WORKED WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THEY MADE SOME SIGNAGE IMPROVEMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY TURN RIGHT OUT FROM THE PARKING LOT.
YOU RECENTLY MAY HAVE SEEN ONE THAT'S NO U-TURN RIGHT THERE AT CROSS CREEK BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DOING U-TURNS IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC, UH, HEAVILY, UH, TRAVELED TIMES.
AND THEN THEY, UH, DID A LOADING ZONE BY THE BUS AREA.
AND SO WE, UH, WENT FROM DOING HEAVY ENFORCEMENT TO ZERO ENFORCEMENT AND ARE WORKING ON JUST GETTING COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE FOR THE ENGINEERING APPROACH.
SO, UM, IT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, APPROACH, WHETHER IT'S OUR APPROACH TO OUR UNHOUSED POPULATIONS, WHETHER IT'S OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.
I, I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING THAT WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE MODEL.
IS THERE LIKE A RESEARCH THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO PULL FROM IN ORDER TO SORT OF MAKE SOME OF THOSE, UH, DETERMINATIONS, LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL RESEARCH THAT WOULD, I'M USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT? NATIONAL RESEARCH THAT WOULD SAY, ARE ROUNDABOUTS ACTUALLY SAFER THAN FOUR WASTE STOPS? OR, I KNOW LIKE ON RAINIER THERE WAS SORT OF THE, THE PROTECTED BIKEWAY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DID THAT IMPROVE OR HARM TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THAT AREA? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THE CITY IS, IS LOOKING TO ROLL OUT TO OTHER AREAS OR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I, I THINK IN SAN FRANCISCO, I KNOW IS A BIG DEAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS STATEWIDE INITIATIVE ABOUT SORT OF EXTENDING THAT SORT OF NO PARKING AREA WHEN APPROACHING SORT OF FOUR-WAY TURNS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY.
I'M WONDERING SORT OF HOW DO YOU GUYS INCORPORATE THAT SORT OF RESEARCH AND SORT OF USE THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT, UM, ROADWAY ENGINEERING? I TRIED TO PRIME YOU, TELLING YOU I DIDN'T HAVE A TRAFFIC BACKGROUND.
YOU'RE REALLY TESTING MY LIMITS ON, UH, MY EXPERTISE.
NO, I THINK, SO THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYS TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.
SO THEIR BACKGROUND IS FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, BUT MOST OF OUR COLLISION DATA IS SHARED THROUGH, I BELIEVE IT'S UC, BERKELEY, AND THEY, UH, GATHER AGGREGATE COLLISION DATA FROM THE BAY AREA.
UM, ANYTIME WE LOOK AT SPEED SURVEYING, WHAT, WHAT ESTABLISHES SPEED LIMITS IN AREAS, UH, THE RECENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SAFETY CORRIDORS AND HOW THOSE ARE DESIGNATED, UM, WHAT LED INTO THE, THE RESEARCH AND THE ANALYSIS THAT I KNOW, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR STUTZMAN USED IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THE SPEED REDUCTION ZONES, WHICH WERE EFFECTIVE IN SCHOOL AREAS.
AND YOU MAY HAVE RECENTLY SEEN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 15 AND 20 IN THOSE AREAS.
THOSE ARE ALL BASED IN, IN RESEARCH.
AND, AND, UH, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND OUR BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE.
HOWEVER, OUR ENGINEERING PEERS ARE WELL VERSED IN THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE MUNICIPAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY OR, OR, UM, ENTITIES RESEARCH AND DATA THERE AND BEST PRACTICES THEY'RE GOING TO TRAININGS IN THOSE AREAS.
AND SO THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WE, UH, WORK WITH CLOSELY.
AND OUR TRAFFIC SERGEANT AND OUR TRAFFIC LIEUTENANT PROVIDE, UM, INPUT ON REALTIME FIELD, UH, OBSERVATIONS, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN, IN THE AREA OF ENFORCEMENT AND COLLISION DATA.
AND THEY, THEY HELP US IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN THERE'S THINGS CALLED WANTS AND WARRANTS.
AND NICK, NICK, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF MCGOWAN HAS A, A MU MUCH BROADER TRAFFIC BACKGROUND THAN I DO.
BUT THOSE THINGS HELP US ESTABLISH, LIKE, IS A CONTROLLED INTERSECTION APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA? IS A ROUNDABOUT APPROPRIATE, IS A FOUR-WAY STOP APPROPRIATE.
AND THERE'S CERTAIN GUIDELINES AND PARAMETERS WITHIN THOSE CONDITIONS THAT, THAT JUSTIFY THOSE LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT WE MEET, UM, QUARTERLY, IF NOT MONTHLY, WITH OUR TRAFFIC, UM, UH, PLANNERS ON AND TRY TO IDENTIFY THOSE.
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AND JUST TO ADD TO THE CHIEF, UM, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.UM, WE ALSO HAVE A NOMINATE YOUR STREET.
AND SO, UM, FOR AN EXAMPLE, FIFTH STREET STREET IS NOW A GREENWAY, AND IT'S FOR SLOWING DOWN COMPLETELY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE SPEEDING DOWN FIFTH STREET TO, UM, I GUESS 'CAUSE IT'S PARALLEL TO THE BOULEVARD.
I DON'T KNOW, THEY, BUT NOW IT'S A GREENWAY, SO IT'S A CALMING NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO PEOPLE, UM, KNOW THAT THERE'S SPEEDERS ON THEIR STREETS OR PEOPLE DOING DONUTS ON THEIR, UH, ON THEIR, YOU KNOW, FOUR-WAY STOP AREA.
AND THEY'RE NOW REPORTING BACK TO OUR, UM, OUR ENGAGED PETALUMA APP AND TO, UM, THERE'S A CITY WEBSITE AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE LINK IS THAT YOU CAN GO TO NOMINATE YOUR STREET.
AND THEN WE GIVE THAT DATA TO THE POLICE AND TO PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEY WORK TOGETHER.
AND WE GET FEEDBACK AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, ON LIKE THE SPEED READERS THERE.
UM, I JUST SENT ONE TO YOU TODAY.
THE, THE NEIGHBOR, UM, THEY'RE, THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPEEDERS ON THEIR STREET, A SPEED READER WAS PUT UP.
AND HOW WE COLLECT THAT DATA, IT COMES FROM TWO SOURCES, THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS, SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR HOW FAST PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON THOSE INDIVIDUAL STREETS.
UM, SO FOR BOTH OF YOU, SO ABOUT THAT LIGHTS APP PROGRAM, WHICH I JUST THINK IS SO SUPER COOL AND ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, ABOUT, UM, REPORT, UM, NOMINATE YOUR STREET, I READ THE, THE CITY MISSIVES THAT COME OUT WEEKLY, AND I FEEL LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I READ THE NEWSPAPER LIKE, I'M KEEPING UP, BUT FOR SITTING HERE, I WOULD NEVER KNOW ABOUT EITHER ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO JUST MAYBE GETTING THE WORD OUT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, I DON'T WANNA CALL IT AN EXERCISE, BUT THIS DISCUSSION, I THINK FRAMING THOSE TYPE OF COMMENTS IS, YOU KNOW, UM, IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS TO EXPAND, UH, EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH ON CURRENT INITIATIVES.
RIGHT? I, YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING TAKEAWAYS ON A VARIETY OF THESE THINGS.
AND, AND IT'S INTERESTING TO ME AS WE'RE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY AND BUILD GOALS, YOU ALL HAVE A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS THAT I THINK ARE, ARE INHERENT TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THAT WE, WE, UH, ONE LOOK TO YOU ALL IN HELPING US WITH THAT OUTREACH AND CARRYING THOSE MESSAGES BACK WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I THINK THAT'S A VALUABLE POINT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE BUILD, UM, AND, AND IMPROVE OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES BY EXPANDING THE OUTREACH MODEL AND COLLECTING BETTER DATA, RIGHT? I THINK THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE'RE IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC GOALS OR OBJECTIVES AND TRYING TO SHAPE THEM IN THAT MANNER, UM, IS REALLY WHAT THE DIRECTION STAFF'S LOOKING FOR TONIGHT.
UM, SO HAPPY TO CONTINUE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND MAYBE THAT DIALOGUE WILL ALSO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.
BUT CLEARLY I THINK IF WE WERE TO, TO PROVIDE, UM, A PULSE CHECK ON KIND OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING, WE'RE HEARING THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY'S IMPORTANT.
WE'RE HEARING THAT ALTERNATIVE, UH, STRATEGIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WAYS TO, TO LESSEN ENFORCEMENT THROUGH, THROUGH PREVENTATIVE PROGRAMS IS, IS RESONATING AS WELL.
CHAIRMAN MILLER, SO THE STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF PULLING UP THE SAFE STREETS WEBSITE, AND BOTH OF THE PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE ARE EXAMPLES OF, UH, INTERSECTIONS IN WHICH THE TRAFFIC TEAM, I THINK IT'S SERGEANT SPILLER WALT NOW IT'S OMI, BUT IT WAS WALT, UM, THAT HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY INTERSECTIONS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAD AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF, UM, ACCIDENTS AND HAVE WORKED WITH THE ENGINEERING STAFF TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS.
AND BOTH OF THESE EXAMPLES WERE PRESENTED DURING THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
UM, AND, UH, THIS TRAFFIC SERGEANT WENT THROUGH TWO HOURS-ISH, UM, GOING THROUGH AND EXPLAINING SOME OF THESE EFFORTS, UM, IN DETAIL ABOUT, UH, HOW THEY PARTNER WITH ENGINEERING STAFF WHO HAVE MASTER'S DEGREES IN, IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND, AND DO HAVE ALL THE RESEARCH AND DATA.
UM, AND THEN, BUT THE, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S STREETS LIKE LAKEVILLE WHERE UNLESS WE DO ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE REDUCTIONS IN, IN SPEEDERS THAT, YOU KNOW, I TRAVEL THAT STREET EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK, AND IT, NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY, YOU'RE GONNA SEE PEOPLE GOING 15, 20 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE LIMIT.
AND AS A RESULT, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FATAL FATALITIES AND SERIOUS,
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UH, INJURY ACCIDENTS, UH, BOTH IN OUR CITY LIMITS AND THEN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS ON LAKEVILLE.UM, AND, AND SO SOMETIMES YOU JUST, LIKE, THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION OTHER THAN ENFORCEMENT TO CHANGE SOME OF THE BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY GIVEN, UM, STREETS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T REALLY CHANGE LAKE PHIL'S DESIGN TOO MUCH.
AND IN SAN FRANCISCO, UH, 19TH AVENUE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID THERE, UH, IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UH, THEY MADE A SAFETY CORRIDOR AND CREATED DOUBLE FINE ZONES, UH, IN FRONT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO STATE AREA, UH, BASED ON HOW MANY ACCIDENTS THAT THEY, THEY WERE HAVING.
IT WAS A, A STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER THAT PUT FORTH THE BILL TO GET THAT CHANGED.
AND THEY SAW A HUGE REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS IN THAT, THAT SAFETY CORRIDOR STRETCH.
UM, AND SO IT'S, YOU CAN DO A, A BELT AND SUSPENDERS APPROACH WHERE YOU'RE DOING MORE EDUCATION AND TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS, BUT ALSO, UM, TARGETED ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
AND JUST TO ADD TO THOSE, UM, LAKEVILLE COLLISIONS, WE DID DO, UM, WELL NOW I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF KAISER THAT YOU NO LONGER COULD MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN OR A LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF THERE.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME OF IT.
ANYWAY, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT THE CITY COULD DO TO REDUCE, 'CAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY COLLISIONS COMING OUT OF KAISER, FARTHER DOWN BY ERNIE TIN BAR, UH, SUPERVISOR RABBIT.
UM, THEY ARE DESIGNING A, UM, COUNTY ROUNDABOUT, AND ANOTHER ROUNDABOUT IS GOING IN ON OLD REDWOOD HIGHWAY AT, UM, WHERE THE PALS OF FRUIT, THAT INTERSECTION, UM, IS THAT, IS THAT ELI OR, UM, AND AND OLD RED YOU AN OLD RED.
YEAH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A ROUNDABOUT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT IT SLOWS TRAFFIC DOWN AND MAKES PEOPLE MORE ALERT WHERE THEY ALSO, THE WAY THEY PAINT IT, UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HAVE EXPLAINED IT CO IT, IT REDUCES THE SPEED 'CAUSE THE CARS GO WITH THE PAINT.
TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME.
MAYBE THE CHIEF CAN UNDERSTAND
IT'S THE WAY THAT IF YOU GO DOWN MCDOWELL THE WAY THAT THE YEAH, SO THE LINES ARE DRAWN.
SO, SO PART OF THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE ENGINEERING IS THERE'S, THERE'S WAYS THAT OPTICALLY YOU CAN CHANGE PERCEPTION THROUGH TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, UM, NARROWING THE WIDTH OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, THERE'S THINGS CALLED SHEROS, WHICH ARE FOR BIKE SAFETY, WHERE IT DESIGNATES THE ROADS TO BE SHARED.
UM, AND JUST BETTER, BETTER INDICATORS TO, TO THE MOTORING PUBLIC AND TO THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ON WHAT AREAS ARE APPROPRIATE AND WHERE, WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, UM, DOING, DOING THINGS AS IN THE, THE LANE OF TRAVEL WILL SHIFT, UM, AND NATURALLY CAUSE THE DRIVER TO SLOW TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THAT, THAT MOVEMENT.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF APPROACHES THAT OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ARE UTILIZING THAT ARE COST EFFECTIVE, THAT, UM, THAT SEEM TO BE, UM, RESULTING IN MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WITHOUT HAVING TO TOTALLY RESTRUCTURE A ROADWAY OR REPAVE IT OR DO DO PHYSICAL BARRIERS INTO IT.
AND ALSO WITHIN THE PARAMETERS WE'RE FINDING IN AN, IN AN OLDER AGING CITY, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES ON YOU'RE LIMITED ON WHAT YOU COULD DO BECAUSE THE ROAD'S THERE AND THERE'S NOT MUCH LATITUDE ON EITHER SIDE TO MAKE MAJOR SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES WITHOUT IMPACTING PROPERTY OR RESIDENCES OR OTHER DESIGN ISSUES.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE'RE, I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I, I KNOW AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER IS, UM, I'M LEARNING OF A LOT OF NEW, NEW MARKINGS THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND, WHICH I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED TO ADMIT AS A, AS A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER THAT I DON'T HAVE THE BROADEST UNDERSTANDING.
SO I, I COULD IMAGINE THAT EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC AND, AND THOSE THINGS COULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT.
AND WE KNOW THAT'S ALSO A CONVERSATION IN OUR OPEN SPACES, OUR PATHWAYS WITH WAY FINDING AND JUST THINGS TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE CITY ITSELF AND TO SAFELY NAVIGATE OUR ROADWAYS AND RIGHT OF WAYS.
AND THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED, UM, I KNOW TO MYSELF WHEN MCDELL THE ROUNDABOUT, I THINK IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST ROUNDABOUTS IN PETALUMA, AND IT WAS, UM, ALSO WITH A ROAD DIET AND THAT OPTICAL PAINTING, AND THAT WAS EXPLAINED TO US, AND THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
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THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS ARE JUST IMPROVED ON IT MORE.AND I WAS SKEPTICAL ON THE GREEN PAINT, UM, BECAUSE I, MY GREEN MEANS GO, BUT THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT REFLECTS BETTER, UM, TO KEEP THOSE DRIVERS, YOU KNOW, FROM HITTING THE BICYCLISTS THAT ARE GOING DOWN MCDOWELL.
'CAUSE BALLERS DON'T REALLY, I MEAN, THEY JUST BOUNCE, IT'S NOT A PROJECTIVE BIKE LANE, BUT IT IS A VISUAL REMINDER TO DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN.
SO THAT'S, WE'VE DONE THAT A A LOT IN PETALUMA IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND MAYBE, MAYBE I, I, I WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL FOR STAFF THAT'S TRYING TO BUILD THE NEXT PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA MAYBE SHIFT OUR FOCUS BACK TO THE PRIOR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND SO THE OVERARCHINGLY, THERE WAS FIVE GOALS THAT WE IDENTIFIED OR AS SUBJECT AREAS, SO ORGANIZATIONAL WELLNESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND THE BUILDING.
UM, WE HAD CRIME AND COLLISION REDUCTIONS.
WE HAD ACTIVE, UM, ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS, SAFE SPACES, AND TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABILITY.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE STARTING BACK THERE, DO THOSE RESONATE WITH THIS COMMITTEE? ARE THOSE AREAS THAT ARE, ARE STILL OF, OF IMPORTANCE? ARE THERE AREAS OF BROADER ARCHING KIND OF INTERESTS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING? AND THEN WITHIN THOSE, YOU KNOW, VERY CLEARLY I'M HEARING A PASSIONATE RESPONSE ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES AND EDUCATION.
UM, BUT THERE'S THINGS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS ARE FOCUSING ON WITHIN THOSE AREAS, OR MAYBE THERE'S AREAS OF EMPHASIS THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED THAT SHOULD BE INCORPORATED AND WE CAN BUILD INTO, INTO THE NEW PLAN.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE, THE SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING OVER TRAFFIC SAFETY, I THINK JUST SORT OF HIGHLIGHTS HOW I THINK COMING FROM A COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE, RIGHT? AND, AND SORT OF SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED AT, AT EARLIER MEETINGS ABOUT HOW THE VOLUME OF SORT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY DOES COME IN THE FORM OF, OF SORT OF THE TRAFFIC STOP, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UM, THAT, UH, WE SORT OF HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SORT OF ACHIEVE SORT OF OUR COMMON GOALS OF WANTING SAFE STREETS AND, AND SORT OF REDUCING COLLISIONS, BUT ALSO TRYING TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SAFE INTERACTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, BOTH FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW HIGH ANXIETY AND STRESSFUL A TRAFFIC STOP CAN BE, BOTH FOR THE POLICE OFFICER AND FOR THE DRIVER WHO'S BEING STOPPED.
SO I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THIS GROUP IS SORT OF, IS SORT OF, IS A TOPIC THAT, THAT SORT OF GENERATES A LOT OF, A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
UM, I WILL SORT OF, SORT OF PIVOT THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT.
UH, ONE THING I DID, UH, SAW IN THE ACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WAS ABOUT THE, UH, DISTRICT POLICING.
AND I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE IS A PLAN TO SORT OF REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, GET SORT OF FEEDBACK REVIEW ABOUT SORT OF HOW THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING ABOUT DISTRICT POLICING.
HAS IT BEEN POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, OR IS THERE SORT OF LIKE, OH, ONCE IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR A YEAR OR TWO YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO DO A, SOME SORT OF FORMALIZED STUDY TO SEE, UM, HOW, HOW THAT'S GOING.
WE'RE, UH, CONSTANTLY EVALUATING HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO GET THAT, UH, FEEDBACK LOOP, UM, FULLY BUILT OUT.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST INITIATED THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS, WE, UH, ENCOURAGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO RESPOND TO A GOOGLE DOC, WHICH HAD A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES IMPACTING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF? UM, AND IT REALLY WAS, UH, A KIND OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEY.
UM, WE OUGHT QUITE A FEW COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT DID RESPOND.
UM, WE RESPONDED BACK TO THEM WHEN, WHEN A RESPONSE WAS NECESSARY.
AND THEN WE CONTINUED TO USE THAT TO BUILD OUT OUR COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN WE ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INTERACT WITH THEIR, THEIR DISTRICT OFFICERS TO RELAY THOSE SAME SAME THINGS.
WHAT, WHAT DO THEY NEED? WHAT DO THEY WANT, UH, WHAT ARE THEY INTERESTED IN, UM, FROM THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO, UM, BECOME MORE INTEGRAL IN POLICING.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE OTHER PLATFORMS THAT WILL HELP US, UM, HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THIS FORUM IS FOR, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE SOLICITING INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ASSURE THAT OUR GOALS ARE ALIGNED WITH WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS AND WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES THAT THEY WANT.
FROM A POLICE PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH, YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE DISTRICT POLICING IS, IS SO FAR BEEN A SUCCESS.
YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY, UH, FEELING LIKE IT'S, IT'S ALLOWING YOU GUYS TO FEEL MORE CONNECTED TO THE DISTRICTS AND THE COMMUNITIES YOU'RE POLICING.
I I WOULD SAY, I KNOW THAT'S A BIT SUBJECTIVE.
I'M, YEAH, I KNOW I'M ASKING FOR OPINIONS, BUT
UM, I, IT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER, YOU KNOW, MODEL THAT WOULD WORK IN ANY CITY.
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TAKEN TIME TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AND REALLY CREATE, UM, STEWARDS WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, THAT KIND OF HELP USHER THE WORD.WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE IT AND EXPAND, UH, HOW WE PROVIDE SERVICES.
YEAH, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL OFFER AN OPINION.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM THAT.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN DOING COMMUNITY POLICING FOR FUNDAMENTALLY ALMOST SINCE THE EXISTENCE OF THE PETAL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? WE, WE INHERENTLY TALK ABOUT THAT BEING PART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, FOR OVER 150 YEARS.
BUT REALLY WHEN WE'VE, WE'VE RELAUNCHED DISTRICT POLICING, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR JUNIOR STAFF.
AND IF YOU WATCH THE IPA PRESENTATION, UH, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT JUST HOW MANY OF OUR YOUNG STAFF HAVE JOINED US IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND, AND I CAN OFFER THAT FROM MY EXPERIENCE BOTH BEING A COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A CITY EMPLOYEE, THAT THE DISTRICT POLICING MODEL ESTABLISHES RELATIONSHIPS AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, JUST LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH EACH OF YOU TAKES TIME AND THEY'RE DIFFERENT AND, UH, THEY'RE TO DIFFERING DEGREES, RIGHT? AND IT TAKES TIME AND INVESTMENT TO CULTIVATE THOSE.
AND SO OUR STAFF ARE DOING THAT.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT OVER THE LAST YEAR.
I THINK IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE ONGOING BENEFITS FROM THOSE AS THOSE RELATIONSHIPS GO ON.
AND WHEN THEY HAVE 20, 25 YEARS ON AND THEY'RE WELL ESTABLISHED AND PART OF THIS, THIS COMMUNITY, WE'RE REALLY GONNA SEE THOSE, THOSE BENEFITS AND DIVIDENDS FROM THAT.
AND THAT COMES BACK TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED ABOUT HOW WE ESTABLISH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE AND, AND REALLY THE FUNDAMENTAL OF WHAT WE REFER TO AS IS PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND POLICE LEGITIMACY, RIGHT? AND THAT'S ABOUT HAVING VOICE, UM, DIALOGUE, TREATING THE PUBLIC RESPECTFULLY, UM, AND, AND BEING ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I THINK THAT, THAT THE MODEL SERVES TO BE THE MEDIUM FOR ALL THOSE THINGS TO COME TOGETHER.
BUT WITH ANY RELATIONSHIP, IT TAKES TIME AND, AND TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IS BUILT OVER DURATION OF INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, INCREMENTAL CHANGE, AND WE'RE VERY MUCH IN THE MIDST OF THAT.
BUT WE'LL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN OUR NEXT NEWSLETTER THAT WILL BE ISSUED IN JULY, WE'LL BE DOING A ONE YEAR KIND OF SYNOPSIS OF THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE WORKING ON SOME TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS TO INCREASE THE FEEDBACK AND THE RECEIPT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS THE DIFFICULTY IN THE COMMUNITY FEELS LIKE, I THINK THEY HAVE VOICE ON PROVIDING INPUT.
I DON'T THINK THEY FEEL LIKE THAT VOICE IS ALWAYS HEARD AND THAT THEY'VE SEEN THE ACTION.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DUDE, IF YOU DOESN'T, IF YOU DIDN'T SEE A POLICE OFFICER DRIVE THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WEREN'T PATROLLING.
YOU JUST MAY NOT HAVE SEEN US, OR WE MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE NEXT STREET OVER.
BUT WE WANT TO HEAR THOSE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND BE ABLE TO REPORT OUT THROUGH EITHER THE DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS OR SOME, SOME TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE? WHAT WAS ACTIONABLE? DID WE SEE WHAT YOU SAW? DID WE, ARE WE AT THERE AT THE RIGHT TIMES? UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING? AND WE'RE VERY MUCH IN THE MIDST OF THAT EVOLUTION, BUT I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE DEMONSTRATED OVER THE FIRST NINE MONTHS IS SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON SPECIFIC REPORTABLES OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT YOU'VE REPORTED TO US IN, IN THIS NEW BATCH THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, SOME, SOME CLEARLY IDENTIFIED ACTIONS THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO THOSE.
SO I THINK THAT DIALOGUE'S HAPPENING.
I THINK, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATISTICS THAT WERE IN THE SLIDE DECK THAT THE STAFF PROVIDED THIS EVENING, THE AVERAGE DOWNTIME OR OR TIME WHEN THE OFFICER'S NOT ENGAGED IN A CALL, I THINK WAS 25%.
RIGHT? DID I GET THAT RIGHT FROM THAT SLIDE? AND SO IF, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THAT MEANS THAT 75% OF THE TIME THE OFFICERS ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN DOING WORK THAT'S RESPONDING TO CALLS OR, OR OTHER INCIDENTS.
AND SO THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM ACTUALLY DOING THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT FACES WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, SOME OF THE STAFFING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS, UM, IS THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, UM, IT WASN'T ONE OF THESE SLIDES,
AND I THINK THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT, UM, THAT THIS DEPARTMENT FACES AND I THINK OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE FACING AS WELL.
UM, PARTLY, UH, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO RECRUIT NEW FOLKS TO COME INTO THE PROFESSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, AND THEN
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BE COMPETITIVE ONCE YOU DO GET THEM TO KEEP THEM AND NOT HAVE THEM GO TO ANOTHER LARGER AGENCY, UH, THAT MIGHT PAY MORE OR, UH, HAVE BETTER, UM, CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.SO, SO TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, UM, I DON'T, I DON'T SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER IT BEING IN THE SLIDE DECK OR THE STAFF REPORT, BUT WE, WE FOCUS AND WE'VE HISTORICALLY DONE, UM, WORKLOAD ASSESSMENTS.
AND AS THE, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEARNEY REFERENCED, ONE OF THE MODELS THAT WE LOOK TO IS LESS ABOUT OFFICERS PER CAPITA AND POPULATION METRICS BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN, AND SOME RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THERE'S AN OVERSATURATION IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES OF POLICE OFFICERS PER THE POPULATION.
AND SO THE METRIC THAT'S BEING STUDIED AND, AND USED THAT WE MODEL IS CALLED THE 60 40 RULE, THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, THE, THE BEST AMOUNT OF TIME OR THE MOST APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME IS TO HAVE YOUR OFFICERS DESIGNATED TO TASK, WHETHER IT'S TRAINING, REPORT WRITING, UH, ASSIGNED TO CALLS FOR SERVICE AND REACTIONARY.
60% OF THEIR TIME AND 40% OF THEIR TIME SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO BE PROACTIVE POLICING, TO BE WORKING ON CRIME PREVENTION, TO BE ENGAGING WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AND SO IF I'M HEARING THE COMMITTEE MEMBER CORRECTLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE SUGGESTION MAY BE IS TO WORK TO INCREASE OFFICER AVAILABLE TIME, WHETHER THROUGH STAFFING, THROUGH, UH, EFFICIENCIES, THROUGH DIVERSIONARY PROGRAMS LIKE THE SAFE TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ADEQUATE TIME FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OR THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? YES, SIR.
AND, AND I FOUND IT'S ON THE, IT WAS PART OF OUR PACKET THIS WEEK.
IT'S IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN 22, 20 22, 20 25.
IT'S 23% OFFICER AVAILABLE TIME AS OPPOSED TO THE 25 I QUOTED.
BUT IT'S THE SECOND PAGE OF THE ATTACHMENT ONE FROM TONIGHT'S PACKET.
SO THAT'S WHERE IT STATES AND SO, YES, I, IF YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW IT'S A, A BIG LIFT, BUT IF WE CAN INCREASE AND GET TO THAT GOAL OF 60 40, I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THE DISTRICT POLICING MODEL AND, AND GET THE OFFICERS OUTTA THEIR CARS AND ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY MORE AND BUILDING THAT TRUST.
HAVE, HAVE WE HEARD OF THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM? THEY HAVE IT IN SAN FRANCISCO WHERE RETIRED COPS WORK FOR THE CITY AND THEY DON'T CARRY GUNS AND THEY'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE EVER THOUGHT OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO YOU WOULDN'T BE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU WOULDN'T BE PAYING THEIR PENSION, THEIR HEALTH SERVICE, AND IT WOULD BE JUST RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THEY USUALLY WORK IN A PAIR AND THEY'RE IN LIKE DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN AREAS OR BUSY NEIGHBORHOODS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY WALK AROUND AND THEY TALK TO PEOPLE AND YEAH, IT'S WORKING OUT REALLY GOOD.
YEAH, SO WE, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
IT'S NOT AS ROBUST AS IT ONCE WAS.
UM, WE HAD TO, TO SEPARATE FROM A LOT OF OUR STAFF DURING COVID FOR SAFETY RISK MM-HMM
BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVE, UM, POPULATIONS THAT WERE GENERALLY FOUND IN OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
BUT WITH THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP WITH BLUE ZONES AND FINDING, UM, CIVIC DUTY AND, AND WAYS TO, UH, PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM.
I THINK THAT THAT REESTABLISHING, UH, A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT'S ROBUST, UH, WOULD BE INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, A SMALL BUT MIGHTY GROUP RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S ONE THAT COMES TO MIND, UM, WHO'S DOING PATROLS.
HE ACTUALLY, UM, HUMOROUSLY RECENTLY GOT A, A, A, UM, A COMPLAINT FROM A CONCERNED CITIZEN 'CAUSE THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS A, AN UNMARKED OR NOT A NOT A POLICE OFFICER DOING TRAFFIC SAFETY AND DOING RADAR AND, UH, THAT THE VOLUNTEER WAS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN COMPLAINTS THROUGH OUR DISTRICT POLICING MODEL ABOUT SPEEDING.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WHAT TIME IS THE SPEEDING UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS.
AND SO OUR VOLUNTEER WAS GOING OUT THERE AND IDENTIFYING THOSE APPROPRIATE TIMES WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE OFFICERS AVAILABLE, AND THEN REPORTING THAT BACK SO WE COULD STRATEGICALLY PUT OUR OFFICERS AT THOSE DESIGNATED TIMES FOR THOSE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
BUT THEY DO NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS SCAM PRESENTATIONS TO OUR SENIORS, UM, HAVE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN PATROLLING OUR SENIOR, UM, MOBILE HOME PARKS.
AND SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE OTHER RESOURCES TO IMPROVE.
INCREASE AS COMMITTEE MEMBER, UM, KEARNEY REFERENCED THE AVAILABLE TIME OF OUR OFFICERS SO THEY'RE READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OR, OR THOSE CRIME AND SAFETY INITIATIVES THAT NECESSITATE A POLICE OFFICER.
AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION TO ANY OF THE POLICE OFFICERS HERE.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ON HOW, UH, YOU ATTRIBUTE THE 27% DROP IN CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY.
HOW, WHY DID IT GO DOWN? DO YOU HAVE ANY
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IDEA? OR IS IT, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION.SO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU'VE SEEN INCREASES IN STAFF, UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA REFER TO MY TEAM TO, TO HELP AN ASSISTANT ANSWERING THE QUESTION FURTHER.
HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT, THAT YOU CAN ATTRIBUTE TO THAT.
I, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING I WOULD OFFER WAS, WOULD REALLY BE ANECDOTAL.
UM, AND TOO MUCH TO CHAIRMAN'S MILLER POINT TO HIS QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DATA WE HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE STRUGGLE WITH CRIME ANALYTICS, UM, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHY THAT MIGHT BE, OKAY, I'M GONNA THANKS.
BUT DIDN'T, DIDN'T IT HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE, THE, UM, LIKE WE HAD THE PROTESTERS AT THE VETERAN EGG DAY PARADE.
IS THAT CRIMES AGAINST THE SOCIETY WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE ACTIVELY PROTESTING AND WE HAVE TO JUST LET THEM HAVE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? OR IS IT LIKE GRAFFITI OR WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY IS CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY? SO WITH REGARDS TO CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THOSE NON, UH, THOSE, THOSE CRIMES THAT AREN'T IMPACTING OTHER PEOPLE, LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WHERE THE CRIMES AGAINST THE GENERAL SOCIETY, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY PERPE PERPETUATED AT A PARTICULAR VICTIM.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO WHY WE SEE A DECREASE, YOU CAN LOOK AT CHANGES IN POLICING, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE, UH, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE SAFE TEAM, UM, DIVERSIONARY SERVICES RATHER THAN ENFORCE ENFORCEMENT, UH, OPERATIONS.
BUT AS LIEUTENANT AVIANO SAID, UM, WE CAN SAY THERE'S A CORRELATION.
WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA TO SAY THAT IT'S A CAUSATION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ACTUAL, LIKE ANALYTICS, WE CAN SHOW TRENDS AND ANALYZE THOSE TRENDS AND, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL WAY TO ADDRESS THESE, THESE ISSUES.
UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA YET TO SAY AFFIRMATIVELY THAT THE SAFE TEAM HAS A DIRECT CAUSATION TO, YOU KNOW, A REDUCTION IN OFFENSES FOR SAFE SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
WITH PROPOSITION 36, WE MAY SEE AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT.
SO THERE, THERE'S LEGISLATION THAT CHANGES ANNUALLY THAT IMPACTS SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.
THERE'S ALSO ENFORCEMENT MODELS THAT, THAT IMPACT THESE NUMBERS.
WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT OUR STAFF IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.
UM, AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT, UM, BY ADDRESSING THE SMALL ISSUES BEFORE THEY BECOME BIG ISSUES.
AND HEY, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A, A LONG DISCUSSION, BUT SINCE ONE OF OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE GOT A TWO FOR ONE HERE.
UM, I'M GONNA PIVOT US AGAIN TO SORT OF SAFE SPACES ONE MORE TIME.
DOES THE DEPARTMENT EVER ORGANIZE OR PARTICIPATE IN ANY SORT OF GUN BUYBACK OR ANONYMOUS, UM, ANONYMOUS GUN SURRENDER PROGRAM? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE CITY OR THE DEPARTMENT SORT OF PARTICIPATES IN ANNUALLY? OR, OR HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT SORT OF STUFF COME ABOUT? YES.
WE, WE ORGANIZED, I BELIEVE, WHAT WAS THE COUNTY'S FIRST GUN BUYBACK, I BELIEVE IN 2021.
UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE THEN, BUT YEAH, WE, IT WAS, UM, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, DRIVE IN AND, UH, IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D BE OPEN TO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A LARGE DONATION OR A GRANT THAT WAS OBTAINED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS.
SO IT WASN'T TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAT WAS DOING THE BUYBACK, CORRECT.
SO WE, WE USED, UM, UNCLAIMED PROPERTY FUNDS, SO IT WAS NOT, UH, TAXES OR GENERAL FUND, UH, EXPENDITURES, BUT WE HAVE MONIES THAT WE COLLECT OR FOUND PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN JUST SITTING IN, IN OUR EVIDENCE PROPERTY ROOM FOR YEARS.
I THINK, UM, FROM RECOLLECTION IT WAS ABOUT 15 OR $16,000 TOTAL.
I THINK WE COLLECTED OVER 400 OR OR SO FIREARMS. UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE INTENT IS, IS, UM, ALSO I THINK THAT WE WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A SUSTAINABLE MODEL TO DO IT IN PERPETUITY AT A, AT AN INTERVAL THAT'S APPROPRIATE.
BUT WE'VE ALSO, AS THE DEPUTY CHIEF AND LIEUTENANT ACKNOWLEDGED, WE, WE'VE DONE SOME PREVENTATIVE MEASURES THROUGH GUN LOCKS AND, AND, UH, SAFE STORAGE ORDINANCES ALSO TO REDUCE HARM AS A RESULT OF FIREARM SAFETY.
IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE IF WE WANTED TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SORT OF SOME SORT OF REGULAR BUDGET FOR A GUN BUY BUYBACK, PREVENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMITTEE COULD SORT OF PROPOSE
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I THINK CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALSO ALWAYS SOLICITING INPUT ON, ON HOW THEY CAN GUIDE CONVERSATION AND GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF FOR BUDGETARY CONSIDERATION.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL DEFER TO THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYOR NOW FOR FURTHER ON THAT.
WELL, THEY PRESENT US THE DRAFT BUDGET AND THEN WE GO THROUGH AND WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT DRAFT BUCKET BUDGET.
BUT IT COMES DOWN FROM THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET.
THERE'S NOT USUALLY VERY MUCH ROOM TO GO EITHER WAY AS, UH,
AND, UM, I WAS CRITICIZED PRETTY MUCH, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR, WE NEED MORE MONEY INTO THE BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN GIVE IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THERE, I THINK THEY'RE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR BARE BONES WHEN I AM, YOU KNOW, WISHING WE COULD GIVE YOU MORE.
BUT YEAH, I THINK, I THINK MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE CAN ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR MORE DOLLARS.
AND I THINK THE CITY'S WORKING ON WAYS TO, TO WORK ON CONTINUED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO HOPEFULLY HELP FUND A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, UM, OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE AND PRIORITIZATION.
I THINK MAYBE, MAYBE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A PRIORITY IS GUN FIREARM SAFETY AND, UH, IDENTIFY OR EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO HOST THOSE.
I THINK WE DID, WE DID ONE AND IT WAS EFFECTIVE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO DO MORE AND THAT'S OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AND, AND REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE, THEN WE'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO DO IT.
AND WE CAN, WE CAN WORK WITH OUR ELECTEDS AND WORK WITH OUR CITY, UM, UM, DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY THE FUNDING AND THE MECHANISMS NEEDED TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE.
BUT THE PRIORITIZATION PIECE OF, OF IT, WHETHER IT'S A GOAL OR AN OBJECTIVE, IS I THINK THE, THE, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF IT.
AND IT, I THINK, UH, SORT OF STEALING THE, UH, EXCELLENT POINT YOU MADE ABOUT, EVEN IF YOU ONLY ARREST ONE PERSON FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE ALL THOSE PEOPLE MAKES IT VALUABLE.
I THINK THESE SORT OF PROGRAMS SORT OF HAS THE SAME EFFECT WHERE IT'S LIKE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY FOR GUN BUYBACK, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON GUN SAFETY AND ABOUT HOW TO SORT OF SAFELY STORE FIREARMS OR ABOUT THE, SOME OF THE SERVICES, UH, FOR EXAMPLE WITH GUN LOCKS THAT YOU HAVE, I THINK IT COULD BE REALLY VALUABLE.
SO, BUT I UNDERSTAND BUDGET'S ALWAYS TIGHT, SO I I WAS, I JUST WANTED TO ADVOCATE FOR YEAH, I THINK THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A, A VALUABLE USE OF, OF, UH, OF TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OKAY.
UH, WHERE ARE WE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHIEF MILLER.
THANK YOU, UH, GENTLEMEN, THANK EVERYONE WHO SORT OF PRESENTED, UH, IN, AS PART OF THIS.
UM, AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PRESENTATION ITEM AND ASK SPEAKERS TO BRING THEIR SPEAKER CARDS TO THE CLERK'S DESK IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK CLERK IF THEY RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
WE RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE MEETING FROM MR. LELAND, AND THAT HAS BEEN POSTED TO THE AGENDA PACKET ON THE WEBSITE.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE READ THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.
[COMMITTEE COMMENT]
OKAY.UH, SO NEXT WE'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH WAS PSAC MEMBERS CONTINUE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH DISCUSSION.
UM, I'LL INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY TOPIC.
ARE THERE ANY SORT OF QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ANYONE FROM THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO BRING UP IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH? DID ANYONE GO TO THE, TO THE BUTTER AND EGGS PARADE? DID ANYONE SORT OF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS SORT OF, HEY, I'M ON THIS POC COMMITTEE.
I THINK THAT'S THE, THE TENSION POINT BETWEEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT? SORT OF, UM, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T, THAT I'M SORT OF NOT RUNNING A FOUL OF THOSE LINES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY I SORT OF BRING UP, YOU KNOW, CITY EMAIL ADDRESSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SOMETHING THAT IT SORT OF ALLOWS US TO
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SORT OF WORK IN MORE OF AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND SORT OF PUTS LESS ONUS ON SORT OF OUR, OUR PERSONAL IDENTITIES IN THAT REGARD.UM, BUT ANYWAY, IF THAT'S, UM, THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WAS THINKING OF, UH, COMING INTO THIS MEETING WAS SORT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WENT TO BUTTER EGGS AND IF ANYBODY WAS THERE I WAS SHAKING HANDS AND SAYING, HI, I'M YOUR LOCAL PSAC MEMBER
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE.
I'M SORT OF CURIOUS WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE THINKS.
UM, AND I KNOW THE DECISION'S BEEN MADE OUTSIDE OF THE CHIEF'S PURVIEW, UM, BUT NOT HAVING ANY MATERIALS OR LIKE A, JUST A SIMPLE ONE PAGER TO SAY LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN THE, UM, IS IT THE CITY MANAGER STAFF OR THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON FOR THE CITY OF PETALUMA WHEN THEY DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THAT WOULD, THAT TOOL, THAT SIMPLE TOOL HELPS START THE CONVERSATION AND, AND, UH, WHEN YOU'RE AT A PARADE OR WHATEVER AND YOU CAN JUST SAY LIKE, IF HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, IT'S HELPFUL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED THE CHIEF, THE CHIEF WENT AND MADE THE ASK, AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT, THAT TO COME BACK TO US.
UM, UH, AND THEN JUST CONTINUING TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS, YOU KNOW, I THINK IS, IS HELPFUL.
UM, BUT JUST THE PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY, JUST EXPLAINING WHAT IT EVEN MEANS.
'CAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE NAME ACTUALLY LIKE WHAT WE DO.
SO I THINK IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT, I THINK SOME OF US HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK COMMUNITY MEMBER OFFICER DID A GALLIAN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF FOLKS AND, BUT YOU, YOU CAN ONLY LEAD THE HORSE TO WATER.
YOU CAN'T MAKE 'EM DRINK, RIGHT? SO, SO, UM, WE CONTINUE, I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT EACH OF US CAN, AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MATERIALS IN THE FUTURE THAT CAN, WE CAN, UH, USE AT THE FARMER'S MARKET OR CHURCH OR WHEREVER WE GO, UH, TO DO SOME OF THAT OUT OUTREACH WORK.
SO LAST WEEK, NOT LAST, LAST MONTH WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AND WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW PEOPLE WHO DID TRY TO DO THINGS TO NO AVAIL, I THINK, I THINK YOU SAID, UM, THAT WHEN, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT'S WHEN IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE HERE.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE LESS, LESS CONCERNED THAN I WAS PREVIOUSLY ABOUT NOT DOING FORMAL ENGAGEMENT.
'CAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE HERE AND IF, IF, UM, GOD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT ANY, OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING BIG TO HAPPEN, BUT JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE, WE'RE, WE'RE INTACT.
YEAH, I I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, IN THE PARADE, I THINK THE ONLY COMMISSION WAS PROBABLY THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION THAT WAS RIDING THEIR BIKES AS, UM, UH, THE SAFE STREETS.
AND THEY ARE QUITE A MASS, UM, ENTRY IN THE PARADE.
UM, THAT SAID, THE ONLY BOARDING COMMISSION I THINK THAT REALLY HAS A PUBLIC FACE IS THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE.
UM, THE OTHER ONES ARE PRETTY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING THEIR THING AND THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS AND THEY HAVE THEIR AD HOC COMMITTEES.
BUT, UM, EVEN THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE, THE DISPLAY DAY AT THE AIRPORT IS PUT ON BY, UM, THE PAPA, WHICH IS THE, UH, PETALUMA AREA PILOTS ASSOCIATION.
IT'S NOT EVEN THE AIRPORT COMMISSION.
AND YOU DON'T SEE PARKS AND RECS, UH, COMMISSIONERS ADVERTISING THAT THERE ARE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSIONERS WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.
I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYBODY SAY THAT.
SO, UM, AND ONE OF THEM IS STARTING HER OWN BUSINESS IN A PLAY ON KENTUCKY STREET IN ONE OF THE, UM, WHERE A ROY DONKEY USED TO BE IN ONE OF THOSE SPACES, AND SHE'S KATE'S ON THE PARKS AND RECS COMMISSION, AND IT WASN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THE PAPER, IN THE, THE NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT HER BUSINESS.
SO WE DON'T REALLY GET OUT THERE AND TALK ABOUT WHO WE ARE ON A COMMISSION EXCEPT FOR THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN COMMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS, BUT, UH, THIS WEEK YOU REALLY DON'T WANNA BE A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER EITHER.
SO I WOULD JUST OFFER MAYBE FOR THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION.
SO PETALUMA NIGHT OUT IS COMING UP IN AUGUST.
IT'S GONNA BE IN OUR NEXT DISTRICT NEWSLETTER.
IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY EVENT ABOUT MEETING YOUR NEIGHBORS, BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A, AN A INITIATED BY A NONPROFIT.
WE INVITE OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF THERE.
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IT'S ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SHARING WHAT SOME OF THE RESOURCES WE ARE HAVE.UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE HAPPY TO, TO COORDINATE WITH THE COMMITTEE AND HELP ASSIST YOU IF, IF THERE'S AN INTEREST IN TABLING AT THAT EVENT AND BEING PRESENT.
WE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE STAFF THAT ARE PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY PREVENTION MATERIALS.
WE BRING OUR GUN LOCKS OUT THERE.
WE HAD WATER BOTTLES AND BIKE HELMETS LAST YEAR AND SO, AND DRONES.
YEAH, SO THERE'S SOMETIMES YOU GET TO SEE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE.
UM, YOU CAN TALK WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD HERE AND SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK OR HELP WITH PASSING OUT MATERIALS.
AND I, AND I WOULD JUST OFFER THAT MAYBE ONE SUGGESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ISSUE THE NEXT DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS, PASS 'EM OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOLICIT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION AND I GET THAT'S THAT FORWARD FACING PIECE, BUT YOU, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HEY, HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS AND, AND HELP US MAYBE JUST EVEN INCREMENTALLY SHARE THE WORD ON THAT NEWSLETTER PROCESS BECAUSE THERE'S A FEEDBACK AND INPUT MECHANISM THERE.
OR MAYBE THEY'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE PROVIDING DIRECT FEEDBACK TO YOU ALL THAT YOU CAN BRING BACK TO THE COMMITTEE AS A REPORT OUT.
ALL, ALL REALLY GREAT POINTS AND REALLY GOOD INPUT.
UH, I'M GONNA, UH, I'M GONNA SORT OF SKIP OVER THIS RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY, AND I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, UH, TOPIC.
ARE THERE ANY SORT OF ADDITIONS, UH, CHANGES THAT ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO MAKE TO THE LONG RANGE CALENDAR AT THIS TIME? NO.
THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS THE,
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UM, IPA COMMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MONTHLY STATS CHART.AND I'LL CALL ON THE IPA TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE MONTHLY STATS AND INTRODUCE IPA DENISE LEWIS.
AND I WANNA ALSO GIVE YOU A CHANCE IF THE IPA WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON ANY OF OUR OTHER TOPICS, UM, YOU ALSO HAVE THE FORM TO DO THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU CHAIR MILLER, AND GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, FIRSTLY, JEFF SLANER SENDS HIS APOLOGIES.
HE HAD A CONFLICT THAT HE COULD NOT RESOLVE, UM, BUT THAT'S WHY HE HAS A DEPUTY AND WHY I'M AN IN ATTENDANCE WITH HIM.
BUT HE'LL SEE YOU IN MAY FOR SURE.
SO YOU SHOULD HAVE THE MONTHLY STATS REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU.
I WON'T, I WON'T, UH, READ EVERY NUMBER.
BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT THESE, UM, STATS THAT WE'RE REPORTING ARE FOR THE MONTH, MONTH OF MARCH.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
SO WITH REGARD TO USE OF FORCE IN MARCH, UM, THE FIRST COLUMN IN THE THE GRADE OUT COLUMN IS THE INCIDENTS PENDING REVIEW FROM PRIOR PERIOD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE TWO, AND THAT'S THE INCIDENTS THAT WERE NOT, UM, PENDING FROM THE CURRENT MONTH IN MARCH.
UH, BUT RATHER THOSE THAT WERE OCCURRED BEFORE MARCH.
SO THERE WERE ONLY TWO IN THE BACKLOG.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WERE 14 USES OF FORCE DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, WHICH IS QUITE AN INCREASE.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE GOING FORWARD DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL AND FORWARD, THE NUMBER THAT WERE REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, BY MANAGEMENT AND THEN SENT TO US WERE SIX USES OF FORCE.
AND WE REVIEWED SEVEN THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN THAT NUMBER IS WE TYPICALLY WILL REVIEW EVERYTHING THEY'VE SENT TO US AS LONG AS THE WE'RE ABLE TO WITHIN THAT MONTH AND ANY THAT WERE IN THE, IN THE QUEUE, IN THE BACKLOG.
AND THEN THE OPEN ACAS, UH, REMINDER THAT THE ACA STANDS FOR AGREED UPON COURSE OF ACTION.
SO WHEN WE DISCUSS THESE CASES WITH THE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND THERE'S ANY KIND OF ACTION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN, WHETHER IT'S REMEDIATION, TRAINING, MENTORING, UM, WE HAVE THAT AS AN OPEN ITEM UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED.
SO THERE IS A CORRECTION TO THIS REPORT.
IF YOU SEE, LOOK AT THE, UH, TOTAL OF 18 AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT COLUMN, THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T A TOTAL, IT SHOULD NOT BE A TOTAL BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHAT WE'RE REPORTING THERE IS THE NUMBER OF OPEN ITEMS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN JANUARY THERE WERE SEVEN OPEN ITEMS. IN FEBRUARY THERE WERE FIVE OPEN ITEMS. SOME OF THOSE FIVE WERE THE SEVEN.
SO THIS IS NOT A COLUMN THAT SHOULD BE TOTALED.
SO WE WILL CORRECT THAT GOING FORWARD.
GOING, MOVING ON TO PURSUITS, THERE WEREN'T ZERO IN THE QUEUE PENDING.
THERE WERE FIVE NEW PURSUITS AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THREE AND PUSHED THOSE TO US TO REVIEW.
AND AS I SAID, WE REVIEWED THOSE THREE AND THERE WERE NO, UM, AGREED UPON.
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WERE NO NECESSARY COURSES OF ACTION THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THOSE THREE.MOVING ON TO COMPLAINTS, YOU CAN SEE THERE WERE SEVEN THAT WERE PENDING.
NOW WITH COMPLAINTS THEY DO TEND TO TAKE A LITTLE LONGER AND THESE ALL, IT WILL INCLUDE, UM, ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPLAINTS.
SO MORE SERIOUS AND MORE MINOR COMPLAINTS.
THOSE ARE ALL LUMPED TOGETHER.
OBVIOUSLY THE SERIOUS USE OF FOR OR COMPLAINT WOULD TAKE LONGER.
IT'S A LONGER INVESTIGATION TIME.
SO THERE WERE FOUR NEW COMPLAINTS AND AGAIN, THOSE INCLUDE COMPLAINTS FROM THE, UM, COMMUNITY, FROM A CITIZEN, BUT ALSO INTERNALLY GENERATED COMPLAINTS.
THERE WERE FIVE REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND TWO WERE REVIEWED BY US.
SO THERE WERE SOME PENDING COMPLAINTS AS YOU CAN SEE.
UM, AND THAT, THAT REALLY COVERS THE ACTIVITIES OF, OF THE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS HOW MANY OCCURRED, HOW MANY WE'VE REVIEWED AS, UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD, WE MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT REGULARLY, THE EXECUTIVE STAFF TO DISCUSS THOSE, UM, CASES THAT WE'VE REVIEWED TO COME UP WITH ANY AGREED UPON COURSES OF ACTION.
SO WE CONTINUED TO DO THAT THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH.
WE ALSO ATTENDED THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN PERSON AND PRESENTED OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH WE HAD VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON.
THAT WAS ALL OF OUR REPORT THERE.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CHART OR, THANK YOU DENISE.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT 14 NEW USES OF DISPLAYS ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG JUMP.
I MEAN, KNOW, LIKE FROM ONE SIX TO 14.
UM, AND I'M ALSO CURIOUS WHETHER WHEN YOU ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, ARE YOU GETTING RIPA DATA WITH IT? LIKE ARE YOU KNOWING WHO THE, WHO ARE THE, UM, IS IT CALLED RECIPIENTS WHO IS ON THE RECEIVING END OF THE USE FOR DISPLAY OF FORCE? WE WOULD KNOW THAT NOT NECESSARILY CORRELATE EXACTLY THE RIPPA ENTRY BECAUSE WE DO THAT ON A SEPARATE KIND OF AUDIT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL WAYS WE LOOK AT THE RIPPA DATA, BUT WHAT WE DO IS LOOK AT THE BODY-WORN CAMERA THAT GOES WITH THESE.
SO Y SO THE ANSWER IS YES TO YOUR QUESTION.
WE DO GET TO SEE WHO THE RECIPIENT IS.
UM, AND ALSO I, I, I KNOW THAT IN THE, UM, JUST FROM THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, THE ARTICLE ARGUS ARTICLE THAT THERE WAS SOME UNDER REPORTING OF RIPPA DATA.
SO, UM, THAT WILL JUST TAKE CARE OF IT BECAUSE OF THE BODY-WORN C CAMERA.
LIKE YOU, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AS FAR AS THE BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE INCIDENT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
EACH OF THOSE USES OF FORCE OR DISPLAY OF FORCE, AND I, I HAVE TO NOTE THAT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S VERY CLEAR.
UM, USES OF FORCE AND DISPLAY OF FORCE ARE COMBINED IN THIS CHART, RIGHT? SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE 14 USES OF HANDS-ON FORCE, COULD BE A DISPLAY OF FORCE.
UM, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.
WE MIGHT WANNA CALL THAT OUT SO THAT YOU ALL GET THE EXACT INFORMATION.
BUT AS FAR AS THE RIPA DATA AND THE REPORTING AND YOU KNOW, AT WE, WE OBVIOUSLY FOUND THAT WAS AN ISSUE IN UNDERREPORTING.
AND SO WE ARE DOING, UM, DATA AUDITS.
THAT DATA IS THE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF TOUR ACTIVITY.
JEFF SCHLANGER LOVES ACRONYMS,
AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHETHER RIPA DATA OR THE RIPA FORM WAS COMPLETED ON ACTIVITIES THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE.
SO THIS CHART REPRESENTS USES OF FORCE PURSUITS AND COMPLAINTS, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW TRAFFIC STOPS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR PP STOPS WHEN REP REFORMS ARE NEEDING BE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
SO THE, THE DATA AUDIT WILL REALLY BE THE PLACE WHERE WE'RE GONNA CHECK FOR THAT IS MY, IS THE POINT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THIS TOPIC? I MOVE, DO WE ADJOURN ON TIME? MM-HMM
WAIT, AND IT'S 7 31, SO WE WILL NEED TO VOTE TO EXTEND.
IT IS ALREADY SE IT, IT IS ALREADY SEVEN 30.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN ON TIME.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? THIS IS THE LAST AGENDA ITEM.
YEAH, WE DID HAVE STAFF COMMENT AFTER THAT.
THIS, IS THERE ANY STAFF COMMENT? UH, STILL AVAILABLE? NO, I CAN KEEP MY REPORT OUT CLOSED.
OKAY THEN, THEN I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE MEETING AT SEVEN 30.
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UH, REALLY APPRECIATE UH, YOUR THOROUGH REPORT AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS THEN I WILL SKIP TOO.WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:30 PM THANK YOU ALL.