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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THE JUNE 24TH MEETING OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
TODAY WE'LL BE RECEIVING PRESENTATIONS ON THE MOST RECENT REPORT OF THE SITE RELEASE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS AN UPDATE ON THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW PROJECT.
UM, JUST A MOMENT, UH, JUST A MOMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK ON THE HAND RAISE BUTTON TO BE CALLED ON, AND EACH MEMBER WILL HAVE SEVEN MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS.
CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND CHAIRWOMAN KEO.
[1. 21-4518 Approval of the minutes from the Public Safety Committee meeting on May 18, 2021]
UM, THE FIRST ITEM IN OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR MAY 18TH MEETING.DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED.
UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? WITH A MOTION? WITH MOTION.
AND SECOND, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
I'M SORRY, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A TECHNICAL PROBLEM.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? UM, CAN YOU HEAR AN ECHO? AN ECHO? A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO COUNCILWOMAN.
A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO COUNCIL.
IT SEEMS THEY HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT.
UM, WE'LL NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
WERE, WERE THERE ANYBODY, DID ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, MA'AM.
[2. 21-4517 Briefing and possible action on the Cite and Release Quarterly Report [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]
WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO ON OUR AGENDA, A BRIEFING ON THE SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UH, THIS REPORT ON SITE AND RELEASE IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM.
WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN JULY OF 2019, SO WE ARE ON OUR SECOND YEAR.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRAM AND THE SECOND AND THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT, UM, WE ALSO HEARD, UM, FROM YOU CHAIRWOMAN, THE DESIRE OF PROVIDE MORE DESEGREGATED DATA AND A MORE INTERACTIVE, UH, TOOL AND MANNER WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS IS GONNA GO OVER THE REPORT, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MARIAH MEDINA WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INTRODUCE A DASHBOARD THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, INTRODUCE IT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND THIS TOOL WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO OUR PUBLIC.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION.
MARIA? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
SO, FIRST SLIDE PLEASE, OR NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN JULY 19, AND THAT'S, UH, THE BEGINNING OF OUR FIRST QUARTER, UH, STARTING IN JULY OF 2019.
AND OUR INVOLVEMENT, SAP D'S INVOLVEMENT WAS SITE AND RELEASE.
IT STARTS WITH THE INITIAL CONTACT BY THE OFFICER, WITH THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, TO CITE OR POSSIBLY ARREST.
AND AT THAT POINT, ONCE THE CITATION IS ISSUED, OR ONCE THE ENCOUNTER WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL IS COMPLETED, THEN OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH SITE AND RELEASE IT ENDS AND THE COUNTY BECOMES INVOLVED.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU.
UM, SO THE, THE, THE SECOND STEP IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CITED WILL REPORT TO THE REENTRY CENTER WITHIN, WITHIN ABOUT A MONTH, WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND THE DA AT THE REENTRY CENTER WILL REVIEW THE CHARGES AND DECIDE WHAT PROGRAM THE PERSON WHO WAS CITED WILL BE EN ENLISTED IN, IF AT ALL.
AND THEN THE, UH, ONCE THE PROGRAM IS COMPLETED, COUNTY DOCUMENTS COMPLETION.
AND IN IF, UM, UH, THE CITED PERSON COMPLETES THE PROGRAM, THEN AN ARREST RECORD DOES NOT APPEAR, UH, FOR THAT PERSON.
SO, THI THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE 11 CITABLE OFFENSES THAT ARE LISTED IN THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, UM, CLASS A AND CLASS B GRAFFITI.
UH, WE DO NOT WRITE CITATIONS FOR THOSE BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT ON BUSINESSES, HOMEOWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND
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THE BLIGHT THAT IT CAUSES TO OUR CITY.AND IF YOU, UH, LET'S SEE, 1, 2, 3, THE THIRD, UM, UM, ELIGIBLE OFFENSE DOWN CLASS A POSSESSION OF SUB PENALTY GROUP TWO A, THAT IS, AND, AND THE NEXT ONE DOWN AS WELL.
CLASS B, THAT IS FOR SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE SUDDEN RELEASE ENCOUNTERS, UH, BETWEEN YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO, THIRD QUARTER.
AND IT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO THE COVID, UH, PANDEMIC AND THE WEATHER RELATED EVENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE THOUGH, THE RELEASE RATE, IT REMAINS FAIRLY CONSISTENT BOTH YEAR ONE AND YEAR TWO IN, IN THE THIRD QUARTER, DESPITE THE REDUCED NUMBERS OF ENCOUNTERS.
SO, COMPARING RACE AND ETHNICITY, UH, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO, WHO WERE CITED, UH, THE PERCENTAGES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2021, THEY TREND ALONG THE SAME LINES AS THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020, UH, 67% VERSUS 66% IN 20 21, 15 VERSUS 17, 16 VERSUS 16, AND THEN TWO VERSUS ONE.
SO THOSE TREND LINES REMAIN PRETTY CONSISTENT BETWEEN BOTH YEARS 20 AND 21.
SO, LOOKING AT AGE AND GENDER COMPARISON, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AGE AND GENDER, UH, WE SEE THE SAME AGE RANGE TREND AS WE DID IN THE THIRD QUARTER, UH, OF 2020.
THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE DIFFERS ONLY BY THREE POINTS, AND THE BULK OF OUR ENCOUNTERS IN BOTH 20 AND 21 WERE WITH INDIVIDUALS 40 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER.
AND THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ENCOUNTERS WERE WITH MALES AT 74%.
SO HERE WE SEE THE, UH, PERCENTAGES AS THEY APPEAR IN ALL THE DIFF IN ALL THE, UH, SIX SUBSTATIONS.
UM, WEST HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS FOLLOWED BY CENTRAL, FOLLOWED BY SOUTH.
AND ALONG UP THERE WITH THEM, YOU'LL SEE THE SITE RATE IN EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SUBSTATIONS.
SO, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS THAT WE SEE BY FAR WAS FOR CLASS B POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
THE HIGHEST RELEASE RATE WAS FOR CLASS B THEFT.
SO THE SECOND HIGHEST WAS FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
CLASS B HIGHEST RATE WAS FOR CLASS CLASS B THEFT.
THE SECOND HIGHEST RELEASE RATE OR CITATION RATE WAS FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA.
THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF ARRESTS ARE DUE TO MULTIPLE CHARGES AND WARRANTS, AND THESE ARRESTS ARE MANDATORY AND THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CITATION 72 ARRESTS OUT OF OUT OF 591.
WERE DISCRETIONARY AND THE REASONS ARE ENUMERATED ON THIS SLIDE.
SO, OUTTA 591 PEOPLE WE ARRESTED 72.
AGAIN, THOSE REASONS ARE LISTED ON THE SLIDE HERE, AND THAT WOULD BE VICTIM, UH, CUSTODIAL ARREST AT THE A DEMAND, OR, UH, BY, BY A VICTIM, UH, UH, A MEDICAL REASON OR SOMEONE WHO IS THREATENING SELF-HARM, UNCOOPERATIVE SUSPECT, UH, UNSPECIFIED.
UH, THOSE COULD BE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS THAT WERE NOT MENTIONED IN THE REPORT.
HOWEVER, UH, UNDER THE NEW MARK 43, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT WILL BE AN OFFICER WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT BOX IN ORDER FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, FOR THE REPORT TO BE COMPLETED.
UH, WE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER THAN THAT IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, PREVIOUS QUARTER, BUT WE'VE REDUCED IT TO SIX, UH, THIS TIME AROUND.
AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, UH, GOING FURTHER INSUFFICIENT ID SUSPECT OTHER THAN, UM, OF OTHER CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THEN NOT A BEAR COUNTY
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RESIDENT.AND ALL THOSE ARE, UM, DISCRETIONARY BY THE OFFICERS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE RACIAL AND ETHNIC BREAKDOWN OF DISCRETIONARY ARRESTS, UH, GOING DOWN THE LIST.
UH, THE NUMBER, THAT NUMBER WOULD BE 47 15 FOR WHITE, OR 21%, 10 ARRESTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, OR 14%.
AND THEN OTHER WOULD BE, UM, 0%.
THIS QUARTER, THE AVERAGE TIME SAVINGS EQUALS 1.3, JUST UNDER JUST OVER ONE OFFICER, WHICH IS DOWN FROM THE 2.7 POSITIONS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020.
SO WE STARTED OFF WITH 2.7 POSITIONS, AND WE DECREASED TO, UH, 1.3 OFFICER POSITIONS.
AND FINALLY, GOING FORWARD, WE WILL POST EACH QUARTERLY REPORT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF THE FINAL DAY OF THE QUARTER.
AND THEN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAARD, IN THE PAST, YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE MENTIONED, UH, AND RECOMMENDED IMPROVING THE MANNER IN WHICH OUR SITE RELEASE DATA IS PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN RESPONSE, WE'VE DEVELOPED THIS, THIS DASHBOARD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND I WANT TO ASK MARIA MEDINA TO PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE DASHBOARD.
AND MARIAH, UH, FLORIDA'S YOURS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
AND AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, WE ROUTINELY PUBLISH ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY SITE AND RELEASE REPORTS.
THE INFORMATION ON THIS DASHBOARD IS WHAT'S REFLECTED IN THE REPORT THE CHIEF PRESENTED.
SO THAT'S JANUARY 1ST THROUGH MARCH 31ST, UH, KEVIN, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD BRING UP THE DASHBOARD? PERFECT.
SO OF COURSE, AS AGAIN, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, IN AN ONGOING EFFORT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, WE'RE GONNA BE PUBLISHING THIS DASHBOARD, FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, TO GIVE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT.
THIS EFFECTIVELY ALLOWS THEM TO INTERACT WITH THE DATA AS THEY PLEASE TO A PRETTY CONSIDERABLE DEGREE OF SPECIFICITY.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH GOING OVER THE VARIOUS COLUMNS.
WE HAVE THE DATA MAPPED OUT, BOTH IN PLOTTED POINTS AND THE HEAT MAP.
BELOW THAT, YOU HAVE A FREQUENCY BAR GRAPH WITH THE DATES OF ENFORCEMENT.
AND THEN THE NEXT TAB LAYS OUT A BREAKDOWN OF WHY AN OFFICER MAY HAVE CONDUCTED THE CUSTODIAL ARREST.
IN THE NEXT COLUMN, WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY, BOTH IN THE NUMERICAL FORM AND IN A GRAPH BELOW.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO THAT'S AGE, RACE, AND GENDER.
NOW, HERE'S WHERE USERS CAN GET HYPER-SPECIFIC WITH THE DATA.
IF YOU PULL OUT THE TAB TO THE LEFT, KEVIN, YOU CAN BREAK DOWN THE DATA BY SS A P D DISTRICT, SUBSTATION AND COUNCIL DISTRICT.
SO, KEVIN, CAN YOU SELECT THE SOUTH SUBSTATION? SO YOU'LL SEE THE MAP HIGHLIGHTS THE SERVICE AREA, AND, AND IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE HOW ALL THE DATA HAS CHANGED, HAS CHANGED TO REFLECT THE DATA FOR THAT SPECIFIC SERVICE AREA.
AND YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT ANY OF THE SEARCH CRITERIA.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, KEVIN, CAN YOU CLICK MALES BETWEEN THE AGE OF 21 AND 30, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW THE MAP RESPONDS TO THE INQUIRY AS HE SELECTS VARIOUS CRITERIA.
AND NOW FINALLY, IF YOU CLICK ANY OF THE POINTS ON THE MAP, YOU'LL GET A SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN.
SO KEVIN CLICKED ONE THAT'S SITE AND RELEASE AT THE TOP.
IT INCLUDES THE CASE NUMBER, CHARGE, LOCATION, DATE OF THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY.
AND IF THE INDI INDIVIDUAL IS ARRESTED, WHICH ARE NOTED BY THE GREEN DOTS, IT'LL TELL YOU WHY WE INTEND ON SENDING OUT A PRESS RELEASE TODAY, AS WELL AS POSTING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS NEW TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND, UH, THIS WILL LIVE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, I BELIEVE UNDER THE, UM, OPEN DATA TAB.
CHIEF, I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
THAT WOULD BE THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DASHBOARD.
UM, JUST A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT THE CHIEF PRESENTS SITE AND RELEASE DATA TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
USUALLY QUARTERLY, WE TRY TO DO IT QUARTERLY, BUT NOW WE HAVE A DASHBOARD.
YOU CAN VIEW IT AT YOUR OWN CONVENIENCE, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO REQUEST PRESENTATIONS, UM, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, OF COURSE, AND, UM, AND TO ASK QUESTIONS.
BUT I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT DASHBOARD.
I THINK IT'S A BIG LEAP FORWARD IN, IN, UM, COMMUNICATING WITH THE, THE PUBLIC, THE DATA THAT, THAT WE'RE COLLECTING
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AS, UM, AS A CITY.AND, AND OF COURSE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHEN I WAS FIRST MADE CARE PUBLIC SAFETY, I RECALL ASKING WHY THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARRESTED COMPARED TO THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR CITY'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION.
DO YOU MIND BRINGING UP THAT SLIDE CHIEF? SURE.
SO, UM, BOTH THE HISPANIC AND WHITE DEMOGRAPHIC, I'M SORRY.
SO, BUT, SO THE GO AHEAD COUNCIL MEMBER.
I, I, WELL, I JUST WAS GONNA ASK YOU TO DISCUSS THAT, THAT THOSE NUMBERS GO AHEAD.
SO, SO, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DEPLOYMENT IS CENTERED AROUND FOR BOTH PATROL AND FOR, UH, SPECIALIZED UNITS IS CENTERED AROUND CRIME MAPS AND AROUND, UH, COMPLAINTS, SPECIFIC COMPLAINTS FROM, FROM CITIZENS, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, WHAT HAVE YOU.
UH, THAT'S HOW WE DEPLOY, THAT'S HOW WE WIND UP IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
AND, UM, THOSE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON THE ENCOUNTERS THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE ON THE STREET WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS TO, AS FOR A SPECIFIC REASON WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT, UM, OTHER THAN WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU, I, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU ANOTHER REASON.
BUT THE, I I, I WILL ADD THAT, THAT THE, THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE THE PERCENTAGES, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE, THE, THE NUMBERS, THE, THE PERCENTAGES KIND OF SKEW WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY.
AND THE, THE NUMBERS ARE THAT NOT THAT MUCH HIGHER, UM, BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS PERCENTAGES MAKE IT LOOK HIGHER, BUT THEY'RE NOT THAT MUCH HIGHER.
BUT AGAIN, OUR, OUR DEPLOYMENT AND COMPLAINTS DETERMINES WHERE WE GO AND PRETTY MUCH WHO WE ENCOUNTER.
SO, UM, UH, IT SAYS NUMBER OF ARRESTS, AND I SEE, UH, IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ROW 10, BUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT WERE THE TOTAL, I MEAN, 10 OUT OF WHAT IT WOULD BE 10 OUT OF THE 72.
AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS HERE YOU HAVE THE LITTLE STAR ON DEMOGRAPHICS.
I DON'T SEE THE FOOTNOTE TO IT.
WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT'S THE, WHAT IS THE QUALIFICATIONS TO THAT, THAT DEMOGRAPHIC? UM, UH, WHICH, WHICH SLIDE ARE YOU? UH, THE SAME SLIDE COUNCILWOMAN, IF I MAY.
I, I THINK THAT THE CHART IS OVER THE SOURCE OF THE DATA, WHICH IS A US CENSUS.
OH, THAT, FOR PURPOSE OF POSTING IT ON THE OH, I WEBSITE, SEE? OH, OKAY.
SO IT, IT JUST SAYS IT'S FROM THE US UH, CENSUS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, I, I'D LIKE US TO LOOK INTO THAT, UM, MORE IN DEPTH CHIEF, UM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND HOW WE CAN REDUCE THAT, THAT, THAT PERCENTAGE.
UM, I, I WANNA, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITHIN STATE LAW AND WITH OUR CITY CHARTER, EXPANDING THE, THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES THAT, UH, CAN BE CITED VERSUS RELEASED RELEASE.
UM, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE DATA SHARING.
UM, WHAT DATA SHARING WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND, AND METRO HEALTH? THE, THE INFORMATION, AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER IS PUBLIC.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE SPECIFICALLY SEND THEM A COPY OF THE, OF THE, UH, REPORT.
UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY DIRECTION THIS COMMITTEE SETS IS BASED ON RELIABLE DATA, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT WITH ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW OF REPORTED DATA.
WHAT TRENDS ARE WE SEEING GONNA ADDRESS POLICY CONSIDERATIONS OR BUDGET ENHANCEMENTS? BRADY, DO YOU WANT TO FIELD THAT? MARIA, DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO? SURE, CHIEF, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION.
SO, COUNCILMAN, I THINK YOU BRING A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS LOOKING AT THE DATA PRIOR TO SITE AND RELEASE BEING IMPLEMENTED, AND SEE HOW THE PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED TO DIVERT, UM, A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM THAT ARE BEING, UH, CITED, UH, RATHER THAN, THAN ARRESTED.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO THIS COMMITTEE AT A FUTURE, UM, MEETING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUDDEN RELEASE AGAIN, SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE TRENDS TO YOUR POINT, UH, BEFORE THE PROGRAM AND NOW THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE TAKING THIS DATA, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
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GONNA FIGURE OUT THE TRENDS, AND WE HAVE HARD WORK AHEAD OF THIS.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GUIDED BY CLEARED EYE DIRECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON THIS, UM, AND CONTINUING TO COLLECT THE DATA AND, AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL MOVE ON TO MEMBER QUESTIONS.
DO YOU SEE IT NOW? SORRY, I TOGGLED IT TO SEE IF IT CAME UP.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE INVESTMENT IN, IN THE DASHBOARD.
CAN YOU TELL ME THE INVESTMENT IN THE DASHBOARD, IS THAT DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL OR DID THE STAFF, UH, OR FROM THE COMMITTEE, OR DID THE STAFF MAKE THAT DECISION, UH, TO, TO PURSUE THAT COUNCILMAN? WE HAD HEARD FROM THE CHAIR FROM COUNCILMAN KHARA A DESIRE TO SEE MORE DESEGREGATED DATA.
SO, UH, WE, UM, UTILIZE, UM, THE SAME TOOLS THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN WE DEVELOPED WITH DASHBOARDS RELATED TO TESTING ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THIS WAS AN EFFORT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LED WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP THIS TOOL.
UM, COULD, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DO ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION? I WANNA SEE HOW, HOW TO GET CERTAIN INFORMATION FROM, FROM THE DASHBOARD.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, KEVIN, CAN YOU PULL THE DASHBOARD AGAIN? SO LET'S SAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS QUARTER'S DATA OF THE, I BELIEVE THERE WERE 377, UH, OFFENSES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE, SORRY, PEOPLE AND OFFENSES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR SITE AND RELEASE.
WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, UM, FOCUS ON THOSE? HOW, HOW WOULD WE DO THAT? SO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, OF THE, UH, DASHBOARD COUNCIL, AND YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL ENCOUNTERS, WHICH WAS 896, AND THEN YOU SEE THOSE THAT WERE ARRESTED VERSUS CITED, AND THEN THE OLDER.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO SEE ONLY THOSE THAT WERE GIVEN A CITATION, SO IF YOU CAN CLICK ON
ONLY THE ONES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR CITATION.
SO THERE WERE, SORRY, I BELIEVE YOU SAID THERE WERE 500, UM, OR SO THAT HAD WARRANTS OR OTHER THINGS MAKING THOSE OFFENSE, THOSE PEOPLE INELIGIBLE, EVEN THOUGH THEIR OFFENSES WERE ELIGIBLE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE, WERE NOT ELIGIBLE.
I WANNA SEE THE ONES ONLY WHERE WE HAD, WHERE OUR OFFICERS HAD DISCRETION.
AND I'M GONNA ASK EITHER JOE, FRANK OR BOBBY, IF, IF, UM, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED.
I THINK I SEE IT ON THE VERY TOP, KEVIN, ON THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS, INCLUDING MANDATORY ARREST.
NOW THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT, UH, WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
AND, AND THEN IF WE WANTED TO SEE THE ETHNIC, THE, THE ETHNICITY AND RACIAL BREAKDOWN FOR, FOR THIS POPULATION, OKAY.
AND THEN, THEN I COULD NARROW DOWN AND LOOK AT WHO WAS ACTUALLY ARRESTED AND WHAT THAT ETHNICITY LOOKS LIKE.
SO, SO TO ME, THE REASON THIS QUESTION IS IMPORTANT IS, UM, IS, IS BASICALLY ARE WHETHER OR NOT IT, IT CAN BE A DEMONSTRATION OF IMPLICIT BIAS, RIGHT? OR, OR SOME SORT OF DISPARITY HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IF, IF THE ARREST NUMBERS ARE OUT OF LINE WITH, IF THE, IF THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF THE ARRESTS ARE OUT OF LINE WITH THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF THIS SUBPOPULATION, OF THESE 3 77.
SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT I WAS INTERESTED IN SEEING.
SO COULD YOU NOW FOCUS ON THE, UM, 75 THAT WERE ARRESTED, IF WE JUST WANTED TO LOOK AT THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF THOSE
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GIVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO THAT, BUT CAN YOU LOOK AT THE FILTERS ON THE FIRST TAB? SEE IF THERE'S, UM, OPTION THERE.IT'S IN YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT? RIGHT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, UM, GET IT FROM, FROM YOU ON THE MATH COUNCIL WOMAN'S.
SO I GUESS TO YOUR POINT, OF THOSE 70, 75 INDIVIDUALS, I DON'T KNOW, WE CAN GET IT FROM, FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE DASHBOARD.
FROM THE DASHBOARD, BUT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD, COUNCILMAN.
IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND THE, UM, OH, I THINK WE GOT IT.
AND I, I, ARE THESE NUMBERS MORE UP TO DATE THAN THE ONES IN THE PRESENTATION? BECAUSE WE HAVE 72 ARRESTS FOR THE QUARTER THAT COMES FROM, I WILL CONFIRM.
I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF, IF SOMEBODY FROM YOUR TEAM CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT, UH, MARIA.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT, SO IT, IT, IT, IT SHOULD BE THE SAME.
SO WE'LL GO BACK AND CHECK THIS UPDATED, UM, SINCE THE TIME THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THE PRESENT, PUT TOGETHER THE PRESENTATION 72.
AND JUST TO, TO CONFIRM, I, I WANNA SEE IF I'M READING THIS PROPERLY.
THE RACIAL, THE RACE BREAKDOWN THAT WE SEE THERE IS FOR THE 75 PEOPLE? YES, MA'AM.
SO IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM, FROM WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PRESENTATION AS WELL.
AND THAT IS FOR THOSE, UH, THREE, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN.
SO FOR INSTANCE, TO YOUR POINT, THE HISPANIC BREAKDOWN ON SLIDE 10 IS 65%, AND ON THE DASHBOARD IS 64.
SO ONCE WE, UM, UH, WE CAN UPDATE THE PRESENTATION AND WE ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL RECORDS SINCE, SORRY, I WAS READING THE WRONG COLUMN.
SO, SO JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON, ON THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S, UH, COMMENTS, I THINK ULTIMATELY WE WANT SITE AND RELEASE.
CAN I HAVE MORE
COUNCILMAN TERRY? ALRIGHT, GREAT.
UH, MARIA, LOT OF DATA AND STATISTICS.
I'M LOOKING AT, UH, BACKUP DATA, AND THAT'S JUST CHOCK FULL OF NUMBERS.
UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH IT THAT THOROUGHLY YET, BUT JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE ON SOME OF MY QUESTIONS.
UM, ON THE SITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE, WE HAVE, UH, FOUND? DO WE HAVE A WAY TO TRACK THAT ON WHO ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE'RE CITING AND RELEASING? 14 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, 14 OUT OF WHAT, WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? 70? WELL, 72 ON MY 2 72.
SO WE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, CONTINUING TO DO THIS AND JUST GET CITED, THEN LEAST, UM, AREN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO GO IN AND GO THROUGH SOME KIND OF TRAINING AND THAT KIND OF THING, UM, UH, SET UP BY THE DA OR THE, THE JUDGES DON'T THEY HAVE TO GO AND APPEAR SOMEWHERE AFTER GETTING THEY'RE, THEY'RE RE THEY'RE, THEY'RE RE THEY'RE EVALUATED AT THE REENTRY CENTER, UH, WITHIN THAT 30 DAY REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTING.
AND IT'S WHATEVER THE, THE, UH, A D A WHO, WHO INTERVIEWS THEM, UH, BESIDES, OKAY.
WELL, UH, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO GET A LOT OF DATA FROM THE DA ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR SIDE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS.
SOME OF 'EM AREN'T JUST, UH, UH, MISDEMEANOR CHARGES EITHER.
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DATA OUT THERE THAT I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE US GET AS WELL ON THE OVERALL THAT, ON THE OVERALL PROGRAM THOUGH, WE, UH, I SEE THAT, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN WE VERY STARTED THIS PROGRAM.WE'VE GOT HOW MANY OFFICERS OUT THERE THAT ARE, UH, UH, PATROLLING, UM, OUT, OUT AND ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM.
UH, YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, PROBABLY AROUND, UH, I DUNNO, 14, 1500 IF YOU TAKE OFF PATROL AND SOME OF THE SPECIALIZED UNITS.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, UH, ON THE SAVINGS HERE.
THE LAST NUMBER WAS 2.7 F T E.
SO OUT OF THAT 1500 PEOPLE, ONLY TWO PEOPLE, WELL, 2.7 PEOPLE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS THAT WE'RE SAVING, THAT NUMBER HAS GONE DOWN TO 1.8 NOW.
SO LESS THAN TWO OFFICERS WERE SAVING WITH THIS PROGRAM.
AND I, AGAIN, I'M NOT SO SURE THAT, UH, LOOKING FROM THAT ANGLE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS WORTH IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE ONLY LESS THAN TWO OFFICERS.
UH, THAT, THAT AMAZES ME THAT WE'RE ONLY SAVING THAT MUCH AND WE'RE PUTTING THIS MUCH EFFORT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND ONLY SAYING THAT.
SO IN YOUR OPINION, CHIEF, IS THIS PROGRAM WORKING THE WAY YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD? WELL, I, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE, WOULD BE MORE, UH, TIME SAVINGS, BUT IT, UH, APPARENTLY ISN'T, UH, ISN'T WHAT, UM, WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE.
BUT IF I COULD, IF I COULD JUMP BACK TO YOUR, ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS, UH, COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'D LIKE TO FLIP IT OVER TO, UH, BACK TO MARIAH.
UH, SHE HAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A, UH, A DA THE DA'S, UH, DASHBOARD.
MARIAH, DID YOU, DID YOU, UM, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ON THAT? YES.
CHIEF, UH, KEVIN, IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN BRING UP THE DA'S DASHBOARD? UM, COUNCILMAN TO YOUR, ALRIGHT, IF, IF, IF I CAN, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS ONE QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TO YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF IS A PROGRAM, UM, WORKING AS INTENDED, COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE REFLECTED ON THE REPORT, THAT IS ONLY FOR, UM, THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE SECOND YEAR, THERE WAS LESS ACTIVITY, AS YOU PROBABLY SAW AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS, THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE OF C OVID 19 AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE WINTER STORM.
SO, UM, AS MARIAH UH, ANSWERS THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PULL THE ANNUAL SAVINGS FROM LAST YEAR ON THE OFFICERS AS ONE OF THE, THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, ASSISTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
UM, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER INTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM HAVING, UM, A RECORD ON THEIR FILE FOR MINOR OFFENSES.
SO, SO THAT IS THE OTHER BENEFIT OF, OF THE PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT, UH, UM, MARIAH, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR QUESTION.
UM, WELL, OUR DASHBOARD HAS DATA FOR A DIFFERENT PERIOD.
OUR DASHBOARD SOMEWHAT COMPLIMENTS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S DASHBOARD.
THEIRS COVERS, I BELIEVE, UM, JULY, 2019 WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED.
AND THEN THROUGH DECEMBER OF 20 20 20, UH, KEVIN IS THE DASHBOARD BROUGHT UP.
THIS KIND OF INFORMS THE DISPOSITION DATA FOR THE SITE AND RELEASE, UM, ASPECT OF, OF, OF THIS, OBVIOUSLY WE DO THE ARREST OR ISSUE THE CITATIONS, BUT I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS? SO, UM, OKAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY REPORTED RECEIVING 3,530 CITATIONS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE TOP.
AND YOU CAN SEE THREE THINGS CAN HAPPEN WITH THOSE CITATIONS.
THE CASE IS REJECTED, REFERRED TO DIVERSION, OR REFERRED TO COURT.
WHILE THEIR DASHBOARD DOESN'T HAVE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REJECTED CASES, IF YOU DO THE MATH, APPROXIMATELY 1300 WERE, UM, REFERRED TO DIVERSION OR COURT.
SO THAT WOULD LEAVE APPROXIMATELY 2200 CASES THAT WERE REJECTED.
THEIR DASHBOARD STATES THAT 99% OF THE REJECTIONS WERE FOR MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA REJECTION MEANS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS, UM, NOT, NOT PROSECUTED.
AND THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF DATA THAT, UH, WE NEED TO BE REACHING OUT TOWARDS AND FINDING OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHY, UH, FROM THE DA'S STANDPOINT AND, UH, WHERE, WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ARE THEY COMING BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM AGAIN, LIKE THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS, ALL OF THAT
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NEEDS TO FIGURE INTO THIS.BUT CHIEF, I, I, I GO AS FAR AS THAT GOES, BUT I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE NUMBER OF FTES THAT WE'RE SAVING HERE, WHICH IS MINUSCULE COMPARED TO WHAT, UH, THE FORCE STRUCTURE IS AND HOW MUCH EFFORT WE'RE PUTTING INTO THIS PROGRAM.
AND I'M, I'M, LIKE I SAID, WHEN I'M, WHEN THIS PROGRAM KICKED OFF, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH IT AS FAR AS MANPOWER SAVINGS, THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER, THERE'S OTHER THINGS TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR BIG EXPECTATIONS WAS WERE WE GONNA BE SAVING ALL THIS MANPOWER AND WE, WE CAN PUT 'EM BACK ON THE STREETS MORE QUICKLY AND, AND, UH, FIGHT MORE CRIME.
BUT, UH, UH, I'M LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND THEY, THEY'RE WOEFULLY BELOW WHAT EVERY, I THINK EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS WERE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ACTUALLY.
IF, UH, IF THIS, THE, THE DASHBOARD IS NOT REAL TIME, AND I THINK WHAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WAS ASKING, UM, IS IF IT'S POSSIBLE, COULD WE MAKE IT A REAL TIME, I MEAN, AS CLOSE TO REAL TIME AS WE CAN, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN UPDATE THE DATA, BUT, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE IT, UH, AS CLOSE TO REAL TIME AS POSSIBLE, IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
THE OTHER THING I WANNA JUST BRING UP, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT IT TWO YEARS, I THINK WE'RE JUST SORT OF GETTING IT REALLY ROLLING.
UM, AND SO I HOPE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE, THE NUMBER OF MANPOWER, UM, OR RETURN TO MANPOWER HOURS.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA JUST MAKE REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT FOR ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CITED INSTEAD OF ARRESTED, IT'S A HUGE IMPACT ON, UH, POTENTIALLY A HUGE IMPACT ON THEIR LIFE, YOU KNOW, ON ON, ON KIND OF THE TIME SPENT AND THEIR MONEY SPENT, AND, UH, KEEPING THEM OUT OF, OF OUR, OUR JAILS, YOU KNOW, IF, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN, BUT I THINK WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED AND, AND HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THOSE HOURS.
AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL, I THINK YOU WANTED TO GO AGAIN.
I THINK, UH, YES, WE DID IN THE PAST TALK ABOUT TIME SAVINGS AND, UH, THE TIME SAVINGS IS NOT NEGLIGIBLE.
WE DID EXPECT MORE, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT NEGLIGIBLE.
BUT I THINK FAR BEYOND THAT, UM, AT LEAST THE REASON I I SUPPORTED THE MOVE TO SITE AND RELEASE WAS THE HUMAN, UH, EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR, OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S, I DON'T THINK WE CAN EASILY, WE CAN'T SEE THE FULL VALUE OF THAT WITH THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
UM, IF WE CHOOSE TO DO A STUDY LATER, IF THERE'S TIME AND MONEY, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION.
UM, I, I ALSO DO WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE, UH, TO UNDERSCORE COUNCIL THE CHAIR'S POINT ABOUT THE VERY CLEAR DISPARITY WE SEE IN THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DENY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UH, THAT THE IMPACT OF OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS A DISPARATE IMPACT ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AND NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT CONSISTENTLY, CONSISTENTLY OVER A YEAR, WE, WE HAVE TO, TO ASK WHY, JUST LIKE THE CHAIR DID.
AND WE HAVE TO BE AGGRESSIVE ABOUT ADDRESSING THAT AT THIS POINT.
UH, WHAT IS IT? KNOWLEDGE COMES WITH THE BURDEN OF, OF HAVING TO TAKE ACTION? UH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL, UH, AND, AND IGNORE THAT FACT.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THE BEST WAYS OF FINDING THE ANSWER.
I KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE AN OFFICE OF EQUITY, UM, AND PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT PERHAPS AN EQUITY IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UH, I, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE, UH, A HUGE PROJECT TO TAKE ON, UH, BUT I, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, AFTER A YEAR OF DATA, WE, WE SEE IT AND WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE, UH, FOR, FOR DISCUSSION FURTHER ON DOWN THE LINE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE REVISIT, UH, THE ROLE OF GRAFFITI AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR SITE AND RELEASE OR FOR SOME SORT OF DIVERSION PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF THE COURTS, UH, SOME, UH, SORT OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACH.
UM, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE THAT IF, IF
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POSSIBLE.COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I'M, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND I'M TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE, PUTTING OUT, PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON LINE EVERY DAY.
UM, I, I'M, I'M HAVING TROUBLE LOOKING AT, UH, MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS ABOUT THE RACE AND ETHNICITY ON THIS.
YOU KNOW, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING THEIR JOB, THEY'RE ENFORCING THE LAW.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER, EVER RUN INTO, UH, THIS ISSUE CHIEF, WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TARGETING, YOU KNOW, A PARTICULAR RACE OR ETHNICITY.
UH, IS THAT CORRECT OR INCORRECT? OH, THAT'S CORRECT, COUNSEL.
SO I, I'M, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING THAT.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS AND READ INTO THE NUMBERS, IT'S NOT FAR OFF OF WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE CITY ARE.
SO, UM, HAVING HARD TIME WITH THAT, BUT, UH, MOVING ON, UM, IT'S MORE THAN JUST, UH, UH, CASES OF MISDEMEANORS WITH MARIJUANA.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, CHAIRWOMAN, IT'S, LOOK AT THE THEFTS.
HOW MANY THEFTS HAVE WE HAD IN THE CITY? AND WHO IS THAT AFFECTING? AND THE SITE RELEASE, UH, THEY GO AWAY.
THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN SHOW BACK UP TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND I, I LIKE THAT NUMBER ALSO.
HOW MANY ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS IN THE THEFT CATEGORY? SO, I MEAN, LOOK AT, LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THERE.
THEY'RE WAY OFF THE CHARTS AS FAR AS THEFT.
AND AS SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT'S PAYING TAXES INTO THIS CITY FOR PROTECTION OF THEIR WIVES AND PROPERTY, AND WE'RE NOT IN, WE'RE NOT HOLDING ANYBODY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS STUFF.
AND I, I'M SORRY, FROM A TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR.
AND, UH, WE'LL GET INTO THIS LATER ABOUT THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN THE CITY, BUT, UH, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE DOING, UH, DISSERVICE TO A LOT OF FOLKS BY NOT ENFORCING THESE LAWS MORE THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE TO RECOVER AND MAKE RESTITUTION AND ALL THAT STUFF TO THOSE FOLKS, PARTICULARLY IN THE THEFTS THAT WE'RE SEEING A HUGE RISE IN, UH, HERE ACROSS THE CITY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MA'AM.
UH, WITH NO FURTHER COMMENT, WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM THREE HERE.
CAN I MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON THE, UM, YES, SIR.
I, I WANNA REINFORCE, UH, IF I COULD, THE, THE POINT THAT COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL WAS MAKING THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, FROM A, UH, DISCRETIONARY STANDPOINT, UH, WE'RE NOT, UM, FAVORING OBVIOUSLY ONE RACE OR ETHNICITY OVER ANOTHER.
AND, UH, AS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, OBVIOUSLY, AS THE CHIEF POINTED OUT, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHERE ARE THE CALLS COMING FROM AND WHAT IS THE UNIVERSAL DATA? UH, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS WE MADE TO, UH, THE, UH, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM IN MAKING SURE THAT OUR DATA, UH, WAS DRIVEN SO THAT, UH, WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD HAVE THE DATA SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE RED FLAGS, SO TO SPEAK, IN PLACE IN CASE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE DISCRETIONARY NATURE OF THE PROGRAM WOULD, UH, WOULD LEAD TO A DISPARATE IMPACT.
SO, UH, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE IN THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND LOOK AT THE DATA VERY CLOSELY TO DO THAT.
MADAM CHAIR, I WANTED TO ADD ALSO TO, UM, WHAT ANDY JUST MENTIONED.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO DO A RACIAL PROFILING REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ON TRAFFIC STOPS.
AND, AND WE DO THAT AND COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.
AND, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE, THE, THE METRICS AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE USE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S NOT A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON OUR, UM, MINORITIES.
SO TO THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S POINT, UM, HAVING PERHAPS AN EXPERT TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM, NOT JUST TO TRAFFIC, UH, STOPS, BUT ALSO TO SITE AND RELEASE, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND, AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE EXPERTISE TO LOOK AT THE DATA, UH, WILL, WILL BE HAPPY TO EXPAND THAT.
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THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GONNA TOUCH ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW.SO I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF THOSE, UH, AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND PERFECT SEGUE, MARIA, WE'LL
[3. 21-4516 Briefing and possible action on the Update of the Police Services Review Project [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager]]
GO INTO, UM, THE THIRD ITEM, THE, UH, POLICE SERVICES REVIEW, UM, PROJECT.SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DO THIS AFTERNOON IS PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW PROJECT, UH, AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT, UH, LINE.
SO WE'LL DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE.
UH, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY SINCE, UH, FEBRUARY WHEN WE STARTED COLLECTING INFORMATION, UH, FROM COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AS WELL AS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY COMMITTEE, UH, RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.
AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE A RECOMMENDATIONS FRAMEWORK.
UH, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE'RE NOT ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT RATHER GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK ON A FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, SO THAT WAY WE CAN WORK IN THE MONTH OF JULY TO COME UP WITH PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
SO, JUST TO REMIND THE, THE COMMITTEE, UM, THE FRAMEWORK THAT THE CITY MANAGER LAID OUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, TO, TO REVIEW THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY INPUT AND RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES AND, AND FUNDING.
SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM NEXT.
SO STARTING WITH FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING HERE ARE AREAS ABOUT DISCIPLINE, UH, TRANSPARENCY, HIRING AND TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO IN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IS DISCIPLINE AND TRANSPARENCY, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE, THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS WITHIN OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THIS PROCESS, WE HAVE, UM, WE STARTED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION BACK IN FEBRUARY.
WE HAVE MET, UM, ABOUT 11 TIMES, UH, SINCE, AND WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN SOME AREAS OF DISCIPLINE, UH, INCLUDING OUR 180 DAY RULE THAT, UH, IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE CHIEF CAN APPLY DISCIPLINE, UM, 180 DAYS FROM THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.
SO, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE REACHED CONSENSUS TO BREAK MISCONDUCT BETWEEN MINOR MISCONDUCT AND MAJOR MISCONDUCT AND FOR MAJOR, UM, MISCONDUCT.
UM, WE HAVE AGREED THAT 180 DATES FROM THE TIME THE CHIEF KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, UH, IT'S IS WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE, UM, BOTH, UH, PARTIES RECOMMENDING ALSO AREAS THAT WE HAVE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS IS, AND TODAY, AND AS PART OF THE DISCIPLINARY, UH, PROCESS, WHEN THE OFFICER GETS, UH, CALL TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS TYPICALLY 48 HOURS BEFORE THAT, UM, FIRST INTERVIEW.
UM, SO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE REDUCED THAT TO 24 HOURS.
I WILL LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, UH, UNDER THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, THE OFFICER DOESN'T GET TO SEE ANY EVIDENCE, UH, PRIOR TO THAT FIRST, UH, INTERVIEW WITH, WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
AND THEN THE OTHER AREA THAT WE HAVE, UM, MADE PROGRESS IS THAT THE OFFICERS WON'T TAKE HOME INTERROGATORIES.
SO UNDER THE CURRENT PROCESS, UM, THEY COULD TAKE HOME THOSE INTERROGATORIES.
UH, BUT AGAIN, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE REACHED CONSENSUS THAT THEY WILL ADDRESS THOSE INTERROGATORIES AT INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
NOW, THE AREAS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON IN OUR NEXT, UM, NEGOTIATION MEETING WILL BE NEXT WEEK.
UH, STARTING WITH THE ARBITRATOR'S AUTHORITY.
UH, THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AS TO WHERE THE CITY'S POSITION IS, THAT THE CHIEF SHOULD BE THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR DISCIPLINE, UH, GIVEN THAT THERE'S DUE PROCESS TO OUR EMPLOYEE, AND OUR EMPLOYEE IS ABLE, OUR POLICE OFFICER IS ABLE TO HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS TO A THIRD PARTY.
SO MUCH WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE IN, IN THAT AREA.
UH, ALSO CONSIDERING PAST CONDUCT OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS IS AN AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND LIMITING THE REVIEW OF EVIDENCE, UM, BY THE POLICE OFFICER PRIOR TO THE INTERVIEW WITH
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INTERNAL AFFAIRS TO EXCLUDE OUR WITNESS STATEMENTS.SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL RESUME OR WE CONTINUE WITH NEGOTIATIONS NEXT WEEK.
UH, NEXT IS OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS.
AND THIS IS THE AREA WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS WITH ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE OFFICERS? SO TO ABLE TO, TO ADDRESS THIS, WE HAVE TAKEN A APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, UH, FOR THIS POLICE ENCOUNTERS, WE STARTED WITH A POLL OR A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY TO GET A PULSE OF THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEIR, UM, EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW SAFE THEY FEEL AND, AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY CALLS THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE WILLING FOR THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A SECONDARY ROLE, UH, OR PERHAPS, UM, AND NOT TO HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THOSE CALLS.
SO WE CONDUCTED NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, WE HAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
UH, WE HAVE TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETINGS AND MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
UM, FOR OUR RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES, WE, UH, WILL BE ENGAGING NONPROFIT PROVIDERS IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
ARE THERE THREE AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? SO WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR, UM, POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU TODAY.
NOW, IN TERMS OF THE CALL, UH, OF THE POLL THAT WAS TAKEN, THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY, JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF, OF THE RESULTS OF, OF THIS POLL.
THIS WAS CONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY 15, UH, TO MARCH 19.
AND, AND OVERALL, BASED ON, ON THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE POLL IS THE SATISFACTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HIGH.
UH, MOST RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN THE CITY, UH, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT THREE AND A PORTION OF DISTRICT FOUR, WHERE RESIDENTS DO NOT FEEL SAFE.
UH, MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS THINK THE VISIBILITY OF POLICE AND NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE INCREASED, AND THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE WILLING TO HAVE S A P D SHARE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
NOW, IN TERMS OF THE GOALS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WILLING TO HAVE, S A P D HAVE A A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE SURVEY AND IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE, UM, A TOTAL OF 16 CALL TYPES OF NINE ONE ONE CALLS, AND THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE RED BOX, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THE COMMUNITY INDICATED SOME LEVEL OF AGREEMENT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSE.
AND THAT INCLUDES FIREWORKS, PARKING VIOLATIONS, GRAFFITI ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH, NOT INVOLVING A WEAPON AND ANIMAL RELATED CALLS.
UH, WE ALSO ASKED THE COMMUNITY FOR, UM, HOW CAN WE BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR RESIDENTS? AND WHAT WE HEARD, UH, FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDENTS THAT THIS WAS CONFIRMED ALSO WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, IS MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH SCHOOLS AND WITH YOUTH, UH, COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR SAFE, UH, PROGRAM AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
NOW, IN ORDER TO INFORM, UM, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL BE DEVELOPING IN THE MONTH OF JULY, WE ASKED U T S A TO DO A REVIEW OF 9 1 1 CALLS, ALL CALLS THAT COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT ARE THE SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY ARE REQUESTING, THE FREQUENCY OF THESE CALLS AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALLOCATED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THOSE GOALS OF SERVICE.
SO, U T S A, UH, TOOK A PERIOD OF TIME, UH, OF, UH, ALMOST THREE YEARS OR 34 MONTHS, AND REVIEW OVER 4 MILLION RECORDS OF CALLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND, UH, BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS, UM, THEY CAME TO, UM, THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS.
SO THEY, THEY, ON THE, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THEY INDICATED THAT OF ALL THE CALLS THAT, THAT WE, UH, ADDRESSED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THERE ARE CERTAIN CALL TYPES, UM, INCLUDING ANIMAL RELATED CALLS AND, AND LOUD MUSIC THAT DON'T RESULT, UH, NECESSARILY IN AN OFFICIAL POLICE REPORT.
AND, AND THEY'RE OFTEN DISPATCHED TO A SINGLE OFFICER.
AND THOSE CAN BE HANDLED RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
SO, SOME OF THE GOALS AT U T S A, UM, REVIEW, THEY'RE AMENABLE PERHAPS, TO HAVE A RESPONSE BY A NON-SWORN PERSONNEL.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, UM, OF IDENTIFYING THESE GOALS, WE'RE GONNA BE USING THIS INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO, TO HELP US WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF, OF THIS,
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OF WHAT THE CHANGES COULD HAVE ON CALLS.NOW, ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OR CONSIDERATIONS THAT U T S A INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE CALL WOULD BE IF THERE'S A NON, UH, UNIFORM, UM, ADDRESSING THOSE GOALS.
SO THEY JUST MAY, THEY PROPOSE THAT IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING A DIFFERENT CITY UNIT OR DEPARTMENT ADDRESS THOSE GOALS, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'RE ADEQUATE RESOURCES, TRAINING, AND OVERSIGHT TO MAINTAIN RE RESPONSIVENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, WITH THIS INFORMATION, UM, WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS CHART THE DIFFERENT METHODS THAT WE ENGAGED THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.
WE HAD NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UH, WE HAD 20 OF THOSE MEETINGS, AND ALL CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE HAD COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS, UM, FIVE IN TOTAL, UH, TWO TELEPHONE TOWN HALL MEETINGS.
UH, WE HAD ROUGHLY ABOUT 12 STAKEHOLDER GROUP MEETINGS, AND WE ALSO MET WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO GET THEIR INPUT.
SO IN, IN SOME, UM, 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS, CLOSE TO 1100 RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED AT THIS MEETINGS, UH, 12 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH 62 DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED.
AND, UH, AND WE DID A SURVEY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO, UM, A MEETING, A MEETING WITH ROUGHLY ABOUT 60 OFFICERS TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THIS PROJECT.
SO STARTING WITH THE 27 COMMUNITY MEETINGS BECAUSE OF COVID, ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WERE HANDLED IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAD, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE MEETINGS PER COUNCIL DISTRICT, PLUS THE COMMUNITY-WIDE MEETINGS.
SO WHAT WE DID AT THIS MEETINGS IS THAT WE REVIEWED THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF, OF THE PROJECT, AND WHAT THE GOAL WAS.
THE INTENT WAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO IF THERE WERE CERTAIN CALLS THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT SHOULD BE HANDLED BY, UM, ANOTHER ENTITY OTHER THAN SS A P D.
SO THESE ARE THE RESULTS THAT, THAT WE HEARD.
AND THESE ARE SUMMARIES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RESULTS.
A REPORT, UH, THAT WE PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS ALSO POSTED ON OUR, UM, WEBSITE, INCLUDE ATTACHED TO THIS ITEM ON THE REGISTRAR, UM, AGENDA, SO THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE ALL THE, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY IS HOW CAN SS A P D BUILD BETTER COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS? AND, UM, THE THREE TOP, UH, COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD BACK WAS, UH, THROUGH OUR SAFE PROGRAM, OUR SAN ANTONIO FEAR FREE ENVIRONMENT, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING PROGRAMS, AND FOR SS A P D TO HAVE INVOLVEMENT WITH YOUTH.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE, YOU MAY RECALL THAT IN THE SURVEY AS WE ASKED RESIDENTS IF THEY FELT SAFE AT NIGHT ABOUT, UH, ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT OVER 50% SAID THAT THEY DID.
BUT THERE WERE SOME AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE THEY, OUR RESIDENTS SAID, WE DON'T FEEL SAFE.
SO WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE AT NIGHT, THIS WERE THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED.
WE HEARD QUESTIONS ABOUT BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, KNOWING THEIR NEIGHBORS BETTER, UH, DOING A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, UH, AND ALSO PERSONAL SE, UH, PERSONAL SECURITY SYSTEM.
ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE, WE ASKED AS WE WERE HAVING THIS, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THE SURVEY INDICATED THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS WANTED TO INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WHAT WE HEARD IS, UM, AS A TOP THREE, UH, AREAS TO CONSIDER IS FOR SS A P D, TO HAVE MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BY ATTENDING NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND GATHERINGS, JOINING COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND GETTING TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD, AND THIS WAS IN DISTRICT 10, UM, A RESIDENT INDICATED I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO KNOW MY, MY, UH, POLICE, UH, PERSON, LIKE I KNOW MY, MY MALE PERSON.
SO THAT'S HOW CLOSE OF A RELATIONSHIP THEY WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP.
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS INDICATED MORE PROACTIVE PATROL AND MORE POLICE PATROLS ALSO BIKE PATROLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, OR WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
NOW, UM, ALSO, UM, ANOTHER AREA THAT WE ASK IS WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL AREA TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE WHERE POLICE WOULD SERVE AS BACKUP? AND WHAT WE HEARD, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY
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AND INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY AND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WAS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE CALLS THAT DON'T INVOLVE A WEAPON.THERE'S A DESIRE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR US TO ADDRESS THOSE CALLS IN A DIFFERENT MANNER.
UM, HAVING ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONALS IN, IN THE CALLS OR JUST A DIFFERENT MODEL.
UM, AND THE THIRD ONE WAS NO CHANGE TO, TO CURRENT SERVICE.
NOW, THE, THE OTHER, UM, FACET OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INVOLVED STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
AND IN THE REPORT THAT WE PROVIDED, WE LISTED ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT ATTENDED THESE VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT, THAT WE HOSTED, UH, TO ALSO GET THEIR, THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECT.
SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD IN TERMS OF ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE, UH, MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE, A TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FRAMEWORK, THAT'S WHAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES.
WE ALSO HEARD HAVING A SPANISH CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, ASSISTING OFFICER OFFICERS AT CALLS, AND ALSO ADDRESSING 9 1 1 CALLS SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT RELATES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT, UM, HAVING A, A SYSTEM BY WHICH WE ARE EVALUATING ARRESTS AS A WARNING SIGN AND A CALL FOR SUPPORT.
AND TO THAT END, TO, UM, GROW OUR ABILITY OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, UH, TO SERVE THOSE, UH, JUSTICE, JUSTICE INVOLVED YOUNG PEOPLE, AND TO HAVE THE DATA NEEDED TO DO SO ON DATA AND TRANSPARENCY, WE HEARD FROM, UM, OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY TO HAVE INFORMATION, THE SEGREGATE DATA BY AGE, SO THEY COULD SEE BOTH, UM, VICTIMS OR PERPE PERPETRATORS BY AGE ON A RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.
UM, THERE WAS A DESIRE TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK RELATED TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE IN THIS REPORT, LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND DO MORE IN-DEPTH DATA ANALYSIS.
UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I GOT FROM, FROM ONE OF THE, THE GROUPS THAT I MET IS, FOR INSTANCE, TODAY ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE, WE REPORT THE NUMBER OF USE OF FORCE, UM, INCIDENTS ON AN, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT IT'S JUST A NUMBER.
SO THE DESIRE IS TO INCORPORATE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE TYPE OF USE OF FORCE.
SO THE TAKEAWAY IS MORE DESEGREGATED DATA, UM, TO, TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER HIGHLIGHTS, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I, I FOUND THIS VERY INTERESTING THAT THE DESIRE TO HAVE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS ENGAGE OFF DUTY, NOT IN UNIFORM FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO KNOW THEM AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SOMEBODY SAID, LIKE ANY RELATIONSHIPS GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND EACH OTHER DIFFERENCES, COMPASSIONATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS. UM, ON, ON TRAINING, UM, THERE WERE SOME, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO DRAFT PROTOCOLS FOR OLDER ADULTS, UH, TRAINING TO POLICE OFFICERS REGARDING THE INTERACTION WITH OLDER ADULTS, AND ALSO, UM, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND TO THIS END, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED, UH, WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT OUR, UH, COMMUNITY WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THAT IS INCORPORATED AS PART OF OUR CURRICULUM.
NOW, THE NEXT FACET OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS TALKING TO OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND ASKING THEM FOR THEIR INPUT.
SO WE DID A SURVEY INTERNALLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD OVER 800 RESPONSES, AND WE ALSO HELD A MEETING WITH, UH, 60 POLICE OFFICERS REPRESENTING ALL OF, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RANKS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE ASKED THEM A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO WE ASKED THEM WHAT WAS THE LEVEL OF AGREEMENT, THE POLICE OFFICER LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES, FIVE CALL TYPES FOR SS A P D, NOT TO HAVE A PRIMARY ROLE.
AND, UM, FOR FOUR OF THE CALLS, UM, MORE THAN 50% OF THE OFFICERS SAID, WE AGREE, WE AGREE THAT ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, UH, SHOULD BE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.
ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS, PARKING VIOLATIONS, AND MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, NOT INCLUDING A WEAPON.
WE ALSO ASK THE OFFICERS, WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE CALLS THAT YOU THINK, UM, SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY OTHER THAN SS A P D? AND WHAT THEY TOLD US WAS, UH, CALLS RELATED TO LOUD MUSIC, UH, CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION VIOLATIONS, AND FIREWORKS.
WE ALSO, AS THE OFFICERS, IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER CALLS THAT THEY THOUGHT, UM, POLICE SHOULD NOT HAVE THE PRIMARY
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RESPONSE RESPONSIBILITY.SO THAT WAS AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION.
AND WE DID THIS, UH, WORK CLOUD, AND YOU'LL SEE THE, THE WORDS THAT ARE, UM, WITH THE BIGGEST FUN, SIZE, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ANIMAL RELATED CALLS, DISTURBANCE, LOUD MUSIC.
NOW MOVING ON TO THE AREA OF, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND DATA.
WE DID A SURVEY THROUGH OUR SA SPEAKUP PLATFORM, AND THAT WAS ADMINISTERED FROM JUNE 7TH TO JUNE 21.
UM, THE RESPONSE WAS NOT WHAT WE HAD EXPECTED.
WE, WE ONLY HAD 113 RESPONDENTS, SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO MORE ENGAGEMENT, BUT WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT THE TOP THREE PREFERRED METHODS TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE THE WEBSITE, TEXT MESSAGES, AND A COMBINATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. UH, WE ALSO, UM, ASKED THEM WHAT WOULD BE THE TOP THREE INFORMATION CATEGORIES THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED IMPORTANT, UH, OR, OR THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO.
AND THAT INCLUDED INTERACTIVE CRIME DATA MAPS, UH, REAL TIME POLICE, EMERGENCY TEXT ALERTS, AND DAILY UPDATES ON MAJOR PUBLIC SAFETY INCIDENTS.
WE ALSO ASKED WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THE TOP THREE INCLUDED SS A P D OFFICER, UM, DISCIPLINE RECORDS AND INTERNAL AFFAIR, ANNUAL REPORTS, AND CLEARING RATE CLEARANCE RATES, WHICH ARE THE RATIO OF ARREST TO KNOWN OFFENSES.
SO, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SECTION ON OUR PRESENTATION.
THIS IS A RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
AND JUST TO, TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT, ON JUNE OF 2020, THAT WAS A CHARGE FROM THE MAYOR TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE BEST POLICING PRACTICES TO HELP PROMOTE RACE AND GENDER EQUITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND REVIEW MENTAL HEALTH DEESCALATION MEASURES.
SO THE, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY COMMITTEE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAY 28TH TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN THREE CATEGORIES, MENTAL HEALTH, RACIAL EQUITY, AND GENDER EQUITY.
SO IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, THIS REPRESENTS SOME HIGHLIGHTS, UH, OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE, UM, ADDED THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO SEE THEM, UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH, UM, WHICH AS WE REVIEW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY ALIGN WELL WITH OUR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODEL THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY BY THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION.
AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE, UH, CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO RESOURCES, EXPLORING, INTEGRATING OUTREACH SPECIALISTS LIKE PROMO TOTA OR OTHER PROFESSIONALS, AND EVALUATING OUR CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE STAFFING AND OPERATING, UH, MODEL WITH A GOAL OF AN, OF INCREASE IN RESOURCES TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS CRISIS GOALS, UH, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN THE AREA OF RACIAL EQUITY.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IS, UM, EXAMINING BENEFITS OF OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS VERSUS PATROLLING.
AND THIS IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HAVING, UH, POLICE OFFICERS MORE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MORE COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS, EVALUATING BEST PRACTICES FOR PROMOTING, UM, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
AND THIS IS, UM, BEING ADDRESSED IN OUR HEALTH STRATEGIC GROWTH, UH, PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COMMUNITY HEALTH INEQUITY AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FULL COUNCIL, UH, THIS COMING FRIDAY AT, UH, BUDGET GOAL SETTING.
ALSO EVALUATING OUR POLICE BUDGET THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS, UH, REVISITING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MAYOR IVY TAYLOR'S COUNCIL ON POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO INCLUDE EXPANDING OUR SAFE PROGRAM, WHICH IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH WHAT, WHAT WE HEARD WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO LOOKING AT OUR, UH, POLI, UH, SS A P D EXPLORER PROGRAM AND HOW THOSE PARTICIPANTS, UM, MOVE POTENTIALLY INTO CADETS AND, AND TRACKING THAT, THAT, UM, AS WELL IN TERMS OF GENDER.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON HOW CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AND, AND LGBTQ PLUS ARE HANDLED, UH, FOLLOWED UP AND, AND HOW THEY'RE RESOLVED.
UH, DISCUSSING HOW, UM, SOME OF THE CITY FACILITIES CAN BE USED AS HOS TO FOSTER CLOSER RELATIONSHIPS, RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SAPD AND LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.
UM, REVIEWING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY FOR INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OFFICERS AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS FOR POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPING METRICS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
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POLICE ACADEMY LGBTQ PLUS, UH, TRAINING.SO AGAIN, THESE ARE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, FROM FROM THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
NOW, UM, THE NEXT, UH, PORTION OF, OF THE PRESENTATION, NOW THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A FRAMEWORK FOR POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IT'S JUST TO HEAR THE COMMITTEE'S INPUT ON US MOVING FORWARD TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY.
COLLEEN BRIDGER, WHO'S HERE, UM, IN THE CALL, AND SHE HAS BEEN THE LEAD IN ADDRESSING THIS ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODELS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND HOMELESS CALLS.
SO, UM, I WANNA, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE, UM, DIFFERENT REASONS FOR 9 1 1 CALLS, BUT I WANNA MAKE THE POINT THAT THE FRAMEWORK WE'RE DEVELOPING HAS A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN HOW WE RESPOND TO THESE CALLS.
SO FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT USING A TEAM APPROACH THAT COULD INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND ADVOCATE, UM, PERHAPS E M SS AND PERHAPS POLICE.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HAVING THE ON SCENE ADVOCATES TRAINED IN HOW TO TRIAGE, UM, THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH AND HOUSING.
UM, AND EACH OF THOSE HAS EVIDENCE-BASED RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS THAT, UM, ARE VALIDATED, UH, TO DO THIS TRIAGE.
UH, THE THIRD, UM, CORE COMPONENT OF OUR FRAMEWORK IS A FOCUS ON CRISIS DEESCALATION.
WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE TWO LANES OF SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO DEESCALATE THE CRISIS AND DEAL WITH THAT, THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THOSE LONGER TERMED NEEDS, UM, WHICH WOULD BE THAT WARM HANDOFF TO SERVICES TO MAINTAIN THAT SUSTAINED SUPPORT.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT CONNECTING PEOPLE TO THE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, THROUGH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.
WE'VE DONE A REALLY NICE JOB OF IMPROVING BENEFITS, UM, AND NAVIGATION IN HUBS, BUT WE NEED TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THOSE, UM, SERVICES.
AND THEN FINALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT PILOTING ALL OF THESE CHANGES IN ONE SUBSTATION SERVICE AREA.
FIRST, MAKE SURE WE WORK OUT ALL OF THE KINKS BEFORE WE WOULD, IT WOULD EXPAND IT TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
UM, SO SPECIFICALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH, WE DID HAVE A UPDATE, UM, FROM MEADOWS TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE WILL GET THE FINAL REPORT AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS IN AUGUST, WHICH WE WILL HAVE THEM BRING TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT WE CAN SAY THAT THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO EMBED EITHER ON SCENE OR THROUGH PHONE CONSULTATION, UM, CLINICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTISE INTO THE RESPONSE.
THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THE COUNTY THAT, SO JUDGE WOLFS TASK FORCE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH, THEIR FIRST REPORT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS DUE, UM, IN AUGUST.
AND SO A LOT OF THESE DOMINOES ARE BEING SET UP RIGHT NOW, BUT WE RECOGNIZE A REALLY STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT WORK AS FAR AS THE STRONGER PRE-CRISIS, UM, SYSTEM AND THIS WORK.
SO SPECIFIC TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AGAIN, THIS ON SCENE, UM, KIND OF CRISIS TRIAGE WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP.
AND THEN A REALLY STRONG FOCUS ON CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE COMPLICATED NATURE OF THE SYSTEM THAT, UM, THESE VICTIMS NEED TO NAVIGATE.
AND THEN FINALLY, ON HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE WILL FOLLOW THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, WHICH HAS A STRONG FOCUS ON FOCUS PREVENTION AND DIVERSION, AND REALLY TRYING TO KEEP AS MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, UM, AS, AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UM, TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN, UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN, INCREASING THE OUTREACH CAPACITY, AND AGAIN, FOCUSING ON THE NAVIGATION TO OTHER SERVICES, UM, AND LOOKING FOR THE MOBILE HOMELESS HUB TO BE LOCATED IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THINKING AT THAT AT THIS POINT.
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UM, AND WE WILL BRING YOU THE FULLY BASED RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN AUGUST, BUT WE'RE ALSO AVAILABLE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS AND TAKE, UM, ANY QUESTIONS.I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO MARIA.
SO AS WE CLOSE THIS PRESENTATION, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE FRAMEWORK THAT DR.
BRIDGER RECOMMENDED, WE HEARD ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY, OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE EVALUATING.
SO OUR FRAMEWORK IS TO FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND DATA ENHANCING OUR WEBSITE, HAVING MORE INTERACTIVE DATA TOOLS, DESEGREGATING DATA WITHIN EXISTING REPORTS, THE TIMELINESS OF OUR INFORMATION AND OVERALL, UM, WORKING ON, ON THE INFORMATION ON, ON THE WEBSITE, ON ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
IN ADDITION, IN ADDITION TO THE THREE AREAS THAT DR.
BRIDGER MENTIONED, UH, WE ALSO WANNA ADDRESS OTHER CALLS.
WHEN I MET WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD IS THAT TODAY WHEN WE GET A CALL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOMEBODY SAYS, I FOUND A BICYCLE ON MY FRONT YARD, WE SEND A POLICE OFFICER TO PICK UP THAT, UH, BICYCLE AND BRING IT TO THE PROPERTY ROOM DOWNTOWN.
SO THE OFFICERS WERE INDICATING IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST USE OF OUR TIME.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO EITHER, DO WE HAVE, UM, A NON-SWORN PERSONNEL TAKE CARE OF THAT PARTICULAR CALL, OR POTENTIALLY HAVING, UM, STORAGE FACILITIES AT THE POLICE STATIONS TO BRING THOSE, THAT PROPERTY AND THEN BRING IT TO OUR PROPERTY ROOM DOWNTOWN.
SO THAT IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, UM, AREAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE BASED ON THAT FEEDBACK IN THE MONTH OF JULY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, ENHANCING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO HEARD, FOR INSTANCE, I HEARD FROM OUR SAFE OFFICERS THAT, UM, THE EXPECTATIONS FROM OUR, FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS TO CALL THE SAFE OFFICER WHEN THERE'S A LEGAL DUMPING, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THERE'S HIGH GRASS ON, ON A, UM, UM, VACANT LOT.
SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ON, ON HELPING OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THOSE TYPE OF CALLS NEED TO GO TO 3 1 1 RATHER THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND MAKE, UM, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE FOCUSING ON THE WORK, UM, THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO DO, UH, MORE COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE EVALUATING THOSE.
UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO HEARD FROM THE MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IS THAT THEY WELCOME THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH THEM, AND THEY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN A, IN, IN A MORE FREQUENT BASIS.
SO THE NEXT STEPS IN THE, IN THIS PROGRAM IS TO UPDATE OUR CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY AT GOAL SETTING ON AN APP AND OVERALL UPDATE OF THE PROGRAM.
THIS, UH, WE STAFF WILL BE WORKING ON RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN EARLY AUGUST.
WE HAVE A TENTATIVE MEETING ON AUGUST THE SECOND, AND THEN, UM, WE WILL MAKE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON AUGUST THE 12TH.
AFTER THE BUDGET IS PROPOSED, WE ARE GONNA HAVE, UH, MANY BUDGET WORK SESSIONS TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET.
WE'LL HAVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE'RE SET TO ADOPT THE BUDGET ON SEPTEMBER 16.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, UM, CHAIRWOMAN, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST, UH, REAL QUICK, LEO, WANNA POINT OUT, UH, COUNCILMAN TERRY HAS ASKED FOR CRIME DATA TO BE PRESENTED TO THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE, UH, THIS A REGULAR AGENDA ITEM THAT, UM, I THINK WE'VE RECEIVED SOME, SOME OF THAT DATA.
UM, AND I, I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE TECH COMMITTEE AND CHAIRWOMAN SANDOVAL FOR SENDING OVER POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING POLICING AND GENDER, RACE AND MENTAL HEALTH.
MY STAFF AND CITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONTINUING THE REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES.
SO I PERSONALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK.
WITH THAT SAID, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
IS, IS, WAS THERE A SIGNIFICANT, EXCUSE ME, VARIANT IN COMMUNITY PRIORITIES OR REQUESTS ACROSS THE CITY? DID YOU SEE POCKETS OF, OF, UM, OF AREAS THAT WERE ASKING YOU FOR MAYBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN, THAN THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY? UM, WHAT WE SAW COUNCILWOMAN IS, IS YES, THAT WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL SAFE AT NIGHT, UM, IN, IN OUR DISTRICTS, FOR INSTANCE, DISTRICTS TWO, DISTRICTS THREE,
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UH, FOUR AND FIVE, WE HEARD MORE, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT STREET LIGHTING, UM, ABOUT BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO OTHER DISTRICTS WHERE THEY WERE INDICATING MAYBE MORE POLICE PATROL, UH, MAYBE NOT POLICE AT ALL.SO THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE BIG DIFFERENCE THAT WE SAW BASED ON THE, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH STREET LIGHTING, BE ONE OF ONE OF THOSE, UM, DIFFERENCES THAT WE HEARD FROM, DEPENDING ON, ON THE SIDE OF TOWN AND HOW ARE WE RECONCILING THOSE, UH, DIFFERENCES GIVEN OUR, OUR EQUITY LENS.
SO AS WE DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN JULY COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGN WITH OUR BUDGET EQUITY TOOL.
SO, SO WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE DO THAT.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU, THAT WE'LL FALL WITHIN OUR EQUITY, UM, GUIDELINES FOR THE CITY.
UM, COUNCILMAN TERRY, COUNCIL, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
UM, APPRECIATE, UH, THE PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, A LOT OF DATA AND A LOT OF, UH, UH, ANALYSIS HERE.
UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BEING REFINED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, PARTICULARLY THE MENTAL HEALTH.
I MEAN, WE GOT, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, AND WHAT I'M KIND OF GLEANING FROM THIS, MARIA, IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE MONEY FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL RESPONDERS OTHER THAN POLICE.
UH, I'M CERTAINLY ADVOCATING FOR MORE POLICEMAN, POLICE AUTHORIZATION AS, AS THAT SURVEY SAID.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM AROUND THE CITY THAT THEY WANT TO SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHICH REQUIRES DOLLARS.
AGAIN, I'M ASSUMING THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END OF THE DAY WILL ALSO HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS WHAT'S IT GONNA COST THE CITY TO PROVIDE THESE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, UH, CHIEF, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ON A MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESPONSE.
DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY TRAINING, UM, ON A YEARLY BASIS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ON HOW TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH COSTS? SIR? WE DO.
UH, EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THAT 40 HOUR, UH, BLOCK OF C I T AND IT'S, UH, IT'S REVIEWED AGAIN, AND, UH, THERE'S BLOCKS OF IT IN, IN SERVICE TRAINING EVERY YEAR.
SO, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS THEMSELVES ARE TRAINED IN HOW TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CRISES, OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT.
AND WE, AND WE CHANGED THE POLICY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO PROVIDE FOR AN ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALL WHERE, UH, A AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS IN HAVING A CRISIS, UH, IS ARMED OR IS VIOLENT.
THE ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALL IS MEANT TO, UH, PREVENT A, A, A, AN ENCOUNTER, AN IMMEDIATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE PURCHASING PERSON IN CRISIS WITHOUT MEETING UP WITH A SUPERVISOR AND, UH, AND, UH, POSSIBLY A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN PRIOR TO ANY CONTACT BEING MADE.
SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED HERE WHERE, WHERE WE'VE GOT TRAINED POLICEMEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY, BUT NOW WE'RE WANTING TO SHIFT MORE PERSONNEL, UH, SPECIALISTS, IF YOU WILL, TOWARDS RESPONDING TO THIS.
AND, AND I, I'M SORRY, I, I SEE SOME CLASHES THERE IN THE FUTURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT A SWORN OFFICER RESPONDING AND THEY RESPOND AND IT ESCALATES AND SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET KILLED OUT THERE.
AND I, I, I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I THINK OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE BEING TRAINED IN THIS.
AND LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU, DR.
BRIDGER, ARE THEY NOT TRAINED WELL ENOUGH TO RESPOND? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE? IS THIS, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH HERE? UM, WHAT WE ARE SEEING COUNCILMAN FROM, UM, EVIDENCE FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IS THAT SAN ANTONIO'S POLICE OFFICERS ARE EXCEEDINGLY WELL TRAINED IN HOW TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH CALLS WHEN YOU COMPARE THEM TO OTHER POLICE OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, THERE IS STRONG EVIDENCE TO THAT SHOWS THAT CLINICIANS WHO, WHO HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, TENS OF YEARS OF TRAINING
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AND EXPERIENCE, UM, ARE MORE QUALIFIED TO DEAL WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE FIELD, AND THEN APPROPRIATELY CONNECT THESE INDIVIDUALS TO THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.SO, JUST LIKE I KNOW YOU'RE A BIG FAN OF THE OUTREACH WORKER FOR HOMELESSNESS, UM, RECOGNIZING THAT THE POLICE CAN'T BE THE, THE PERSON WHO SOLVES EVERY PERSON'S PROBLEM, UM, THIS ALLOWS THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO CONNECT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS, UM, TO THOSE LONGER TERM SERVICES.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT AT ALL A CRITICISM OF THE POLICE.
THEY DO A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
THE OTHER THING I WILL SAY IS THAT THESE ARE FOR CALLS FOR MENTAL HEALTH WITHOUT A WEAPON.
SO, UM, IF SOMEBODY CALLS ABOUT SOMEBODY BRANDISHING A FIREARM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THE, THE POLICE WOULD BE, UM, THE FIRST RESPONDERS ON SCENE.
AND WE STILL THINK THE POLICE WILL BE THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO SECURE THE SITE AND MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY WILL GET HURT, JUST LIKE THEY DO WITH SOME E M S CALLS.
UM, BUT THEN RELEASE IT TO THE, THE EXPERT TEAM WHO CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU TALK ABOUT NATIONAL STATISTICS HERE, AND I, I ALWAYS CRINGE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DATA COMING UP FROM NATIONAL STATISTICS, WHAT ARE THE STATISTICS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO OKAY, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT? HAVE THEY HAD ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE HERE? AND I, I'M, YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DOUBLING UP ON SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DON'T NEED TO, IN, IN MY VIEW.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A POLICEMAN THAT'S FULLY TRAINED.
THEY, THEY USE IT ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE, THE ISSUE AND THE INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO I'M GONNA BE VERY INTERESTED IN, WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET TIME, HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BETWEEN THE POLICE RESPONDING ON ALL OF THIS AND THEIR TRAINING THAT IT'S COSTING, UH, 40 HOURS A, UH, A YEAR.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF, THAT'S A LOT OF MANPOWER RIGHT THERE.
AND, UM, AND THEN BRINGING ON ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO HELP WITH THAT, IS THAT REALLY REQUIRED? WHAT ARE THE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT? SO I'M JUST, UH, AGAIN, I'M A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL ABOUT THIS AND WHAT, WHAT ARE WE, WE REALLY GOTTA GET IN RETURN WHEN I, I HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE ISSUES WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE, AT LEAST NO ONE'S BROUGHT UP TO ME, UH, PROBLEMS OR EXAMPLES OF PROBLEMS THAT WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE PAST.
AND THAT, UH, I GUESS I, MAYBE I SHOULD BE ASKING THAT, GIMME SOME EXAMPLES WHERE WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY HAS NOT WORKED OR WON'T WORK IN THE FUTURE.
CHRIS, THAT'S ALL I GOT, MA'AM.
AND THANK YOU, MARIA, FOR SUCH AN EXTENSIVE AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE, UH, IN GETTING TO THIS, TO THIS POINT.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE JUST DONE SO MUCH, SO MUCH WORK, UM, AND WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE LEFT TO DO OF, OF COURSE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THE, THE CHECK RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND DOING THAT AND, AND DOING THAT, THAT SYNTHESIS.
AND, UH, I WANNA THANK THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR, FOR RECEIVING THOSE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE FOCUS GROUP, UH, THAT YOU HELD WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND, UH, 60, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.
UM, WAS IT VOLUNTARY OR WAS IT, I GUESS, HOW DID YOU SELECT THE, THE PARTICIPANTS, IF I MAY ASK? CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? IT WAS, YEAH, COUNCIL MAYOR WAS, IT WAS PRIMARILY VOLUNTARY.
UH, THE, UH, I DO HAVE ONE, ONE REQUEST AND, UH, AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS AT, AT THE BUDGET MEETING.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SAFE AND COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING, AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, UH, COUNCIL COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT.
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I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A WORTHY APPROACH TO POLICING.SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PROTECTED, UH, NOT JUST IN THE BUDGET, BUT ADMINISTRATIVELY, AS YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, THAT MANY OF OUR SAFE OFFICERS ARE AT TIMES PULLED AWAY.
UH, SOMETIMES IT'S FOR, FOR OTHER, UH, ACTIVITIES.
SOMETIMES IT'S FOR ONE DAY, SOMETIMES IT CAN BE FOR WEEKS AT A TIME.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A TREMENDOUS DISSERVICE TO THE TYPE OF WORK THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ADVANCE, THAT WORK, BUILD ON ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS AND AN ONGOING AWARENESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU SEEK AN ADMINISTRATIVE ALTERNATIVE TO A STAFFING.
THOSE, UH, THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT THEY'RE PULLED AWAY FOR.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO AS YOU DEVELOP THE BUDGET COUNCIL A MINUTE? I'LL START THE, THE RESPONSE, AND IF CHIEF WANTS TO, TO JUMP IN, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, AS WE MANAGE THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND WE NEED TO PULL RESOURCES FROM OTHER AREAS, OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL.
SO IF WE ARE SEEING, UM, VACANCIES OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, THAT WE MAY SEE SOME SHORTAGES, WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO FIRST IS PULL FROM OTHER UNITS AND SAY, IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THOSE UNITS THAT WILL BRING THEM IN TO HELP US FILL GAPS IN NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL.
UH, WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, THAT WE DON'T IMPACT THAT.
UM, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT I'M AWARE OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE SOMETIMES PULLED AWAY.
UM, I'LL HAVE THE CHIEF, UM, UH, ADD TO THAT IN, IN TERMS OF THE NEED, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PULL, UM, OFFICERS FROM SAFE, THANK YOU, MARIA, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE, THERE ARE THE TIMES THAT OFFICERS ARE PULLED AWAY FROM THE SUBSTATIONS.
SAFE OFFICERS ARE PULLED AWAY FROM THE STATE.
SUBSTATIONS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
THE LARGEST GAP THAT WE MAY HAVE WHEN WE'RE MISSING A SAFE OFFICER IS WHEN A SAFE, SAFE OFFICER PROMOTES FROM SAFE, UH, OR I'M SORRY TO, TO THE, TO THE NEXT RANK, BUT I, I, I'M TRYING TO RACK MY BRAIN RIGHT NOW THINKING ABOUT, UH, OFFICERS WHO ARE PULLED FROM THEIR ASSIGNMENTS.
AND, UH, IT HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A REGULAR OCCURRENCE.
I'VE REQUESTED AN AUDIT OF THIS.
IT IS IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR PLAN, UH, WITH THE PANDEMIC.
IT DID NOT GET CARRIED OUT YET, SO IT WILL STILL BE CARRIED OUT, AND THE AUDIT MIGHT FIND EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UH, NONETHELESS, IT MEANS A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR ME TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS.
UM, MY, MY OTHER, UH, THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER, BUT AT MY VERY FIRST, UH, BUDGET RETREAT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POLICING, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAD TO DO WITH UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS.
RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE DOING? SO THAT, OH, I LOVE THAT MARIA IS AT LEAST ACTING LIKE SHE REMEMBERS MARIA
UH, AND, AND SO, SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE WE DOING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY POLICE ALL THE TIME ARRESTING PEOPLE? WHAT ARE OUR UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LATER ON I LEARNED ABOUT, UH, STANDUP, UH, AND THE, AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN TERMS OF INTERRUPTING VIOLENCE.
I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT PROGRAM, UH, EXPAND.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO ALSO, UM, POSE TO STAFF, AND, AND THIS IS BASED ON A CONVERSATION, UH, THAT I HAD WITH COUNCILMAN MCKEY RODRIGUEZ, IS WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING TO PREVENT CRIME? MAYBE NOT JUST, UH, VIOLENCE, BUT OTHER TYPES OF, OF CRIME THAT REALLY TIES UP OUR, OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
SO, UM, IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AT THE BUDGET RETREAT AND POSSIBLY SEE HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS A BETTER SERVICE TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND LASTLY, I WOULD, UM, MARIA, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME THE, THE SURVEY BROKEN DOWN IN, IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS.
UH, THE SURVEY THAT E T C CON CONDUCTED, UM, YOU ALL MAY HAVE READ, UH, IN THIS WEEK'S PAPER, KIRIN BAINS FROM ESSAY 2020 DID, UH, BASICALLY STATE THAT WITHOUT SEEING THAT SURVEY BROKEN DOWN BY RACE, YOU MAY NOT REALLY BE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS, WAS REALLY ASKING ABOUT WHEN THEY LEFT THEIR HOMES IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC TO PROTEST
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WHAT THEY SAW HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH, WITH POLICE.UM, AND I, I TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT, AT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SENT US, AND I, I THINK THERE ARE SOME CONCERNING TRENDS.
UH, WHEN WE SEE THE RESPONSES BY, UH, ETHNICITY, I'LL, I'LL HIGHLIGHT THREE OF THEM.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT BY RACE, UH, PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CALLING SS A P D, UH, OR BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, A BAD INTERACTION WITH THEM, BY FAR, THE HIGHEST NUMBER IS AMONG THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
UH, ONE IN FIVE MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SAMPLE POPULATION STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO CALL S A P D BECAUSE OF CONCERNS, UH, WITH INTERACTIONS WITH THEM.
UH, THEY ALSO HAVE THE LOWEST SATISFACTION RATE, UH, IN THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH S A P D FOR THOSE WHO DID, UH, INTERACT.
AND IN TERMS OF WHO FEELS SAFE BY DAY OR BY NIGHT, THERE'S A, THERE'S A TREND WHERE, UM, HISPANICS FEEL THE LEAST SAFE, UH, FOLLOWED BY AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THEN FOLLOWED BY, BY WIDES.
NOW, THAT'S JUST A CURSORY, UH, ANALYSIS THAT I DID.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE SAMPLE SIZE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WAS STATISTICALLY VAL, YOU KNOW, LARGE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DRAW THESE CONCLUSIONS.
NONETHELESS, I THINK IT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK INTO, UM, THOSE TRENDS.
UH, MAYBE EVEN GET MORE, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL, I CAN'T RECOMMEND A WHOLE OTHER
I'M SURE WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT BEFORE THE BUDGET, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE POSSIBLE TRENDS WHEN WE ARE, UH, CONDUCTING THIS REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE BUZZED IN, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
THERE'S NO ACTION TO BE TAKEN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I'M, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING, AUGUST 2ND, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 2ND.
UM, I HOPE THAT, THAT, THAT WE GET SOME, WELL, WE'LL PROBABLY BE IN PERSON ACTUALLY NEXT TIME AROUND.
SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEETING.
AND, UM, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, OF COURSE, THIS NEXT MONTH AND MEET AGAIN IN AUGUST.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AGAIN THEN.