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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017 November 30 Minutes1 CALL TO ORDER: 5:08 pm ROLL CALL: Present: Norma Cazares, Takisha Corbett, Jose de la Garza, Henri Harb, Peter Mabrey, Ternot MacRenato, Gerry Sablan Not Present: Ray Aragon, Martin Barros, Gustavo Bidart, Patty Chavez, Marla Kingkade, Anthony Millican City staff present: Kennedy, Reber, Thunberg, Collum, Alegre, Trujillo, and Miller PUBLIC COMMENTS: No public comments. Chief welcomed committee members and introduced the captains. Captain Reber oversees Patrol; Acting Captain Collum oversees Operations and Acting Captain Thunberg oversees Investigations. Captain Turner is out of the office on medical and Captain Sallee is at the FBI training academy for three months. 1. Approval of minutes of the April 18, 2017 and October 16, 2017 minutes were made by CAC member Sablan and seconded by CAC member Cazares. All approved – none opposed. 2. Chief’s Report: Updated the members with upcoming events: - Dec 19, 2017 will be the holiday meal giveaway (1150 Broadway – 7 am to 9:30 am) which will include turkey meals from Walmart and Athletes for Education. Mr. and Mrs. Claus will be there along with a sleigh with toys. There will be a bike raffle and media coverage. Members are encouraged to participate. Usually 1,000 families are served. - May 10, 2018 – save the date for the Awards and Recognition Ceremony – please RSVP to Cathy Miller. - June 30, 2018 will the Evening with Heroes at the Easton Archery Center (formerly Olympic Athlete Training Center) – start time at 4:00 pm. Wine vault and silent auction items will be available. Last year $235,00 was raised. The event highlights officers and professional staff’s achievements. There will be a video presentation and K9, Mobile Field Force and SWAT attractions. ASM Alegre will forward the information. MINUTES A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT Community Room 315 FOURTH AVENUE November 30, 2017 CHULA VISTA, CA 91910 5:00 PM Roxana Kennedy Chief of Police MEMBERS: Ray Aragon Martin Barros Gustavo Bidart Norma Cazares Patty Chavez Takisha Corbett Jose de la Garza Henrietta Harb Marla Kingkade Peter Mabrey Ternot MacRenato Anthony Millican Gerry Sablan STAFF: Captain Fritz Reber Captain Phil Collum Captain Eric Thunberg ASM Jonathan Alegre DCA Carol Trujillo SAS Cathy Miller 2 2. Chief’s Report (continued) - City Council requested a staffing report on police response to calls for service. Captain Sallee’s 2017 response report was given to CAC members to review. The report showed the average from 2007 on staffing and population. - City response deemed staffing as a crisis and hoped to increase the sales tax by ½ cent. CAC member de la Garza asked if a committee should be formed to become active in this measure. This was left to each member’s discretion. 3. Nomination and election of Chair and Co-Chair – Captain Collum discussed the focus at today’s meeting was for CAC members to bring formality and structure to the meeting and define a mission statement. A committee member was needed to be the primary conduit between the other committee members and police department as well as the community. The committee chair would help craft the agenda and assist with the police department. Bylaws needed a formal structure. The Chief or her representative will be the Chairperson and a committee member will be the Co-chair. CAC member de la Garza nominated CAC member Cazares to be the co-chair, seconded by CAC member Harb. Motion passed – all in favor. 4. Consideration and adoption of Bylaws – Captain Collum thanked DCA Trujillo and ASM Alegre for the draft of the Bylaws. Members were asked if they wanted to make changes and bring to the next meeting have a subcommittee have a special working group to discuss with community or vote during this meeting. Members decided to discuss the Bylaws tonight. CAC member Corbett asked about the termination of membership (page 2) and if the Bylaws were adopted would it start after the acceptance of the Bylaws. It would be effective once the Bylaws were accepted. CAC member de la Garza suggested going paragraph by paragraph. - Article 1 Mission and Purpose: - Section 1 and 2 - accepted. - Article 2 Membership: - Section 1 Eligibility – suggestion for those appointed may have deep roots in the community however, if they retire or move out of city, are still able to serve. - Section 2 Minimum Qualifications – interviews should be with Chief and Co-Chair. Nominations can come from the committee. A question was raised on background and fingerprinting and was to be added if required. - Section 3 Desired Qualifications – accepted. - Section 4 Appointments – accepted. - Section 5 Number of Members – the larger the group, the harder to get together. 7 is needed for a quorum of 13. 3 - Section 6 Terms of Office: Requested review of the two-year term limit since some members have been on the board for 10 years. - Section 7 Vacancies – accepted - Section 8 Termination of Membership – remove “reside” (sub 5). Also discussed last line on expelling for failure to attend (3) consecutive regular meetings. If there is an illness, there is nothing in the Bylaws stating they cannot come back. - Article 3 Officers: - Section 1 Required Officers – accepted - Section 2 Co Chairs – accepted - Section 3 Assistant Chair – clarification of assistant chair civilian or department – add in front of Chair - Section 4 Secretary – accepted - Section 5 Election of Officers - accepted - Section 6 Vacancies – discussion on term limit of civilian co-chair; election of term 1 year or can they be elected again with no term limit of calendar year. - Article 4 Duties and Responsibilities: - Section 1 Education and Experience – Shifts are 10 to 12 hours, 6 hours required per year for members – CAC member Cazares discussed the night hours to see the challenges officers can face. Virtra Firearms training or use of force training and active shooter training is suggested to attend. Stipulate after 18 months refresher training should be included. Opportunity for volunteering at the Evening with Heroes is recommended. - Section2 Meetings – accepted - Section 3 Quorum – accepted - Section 4 Duties – accepted - Section 5 Failure of Duties – accepted - Article 5 Working Groups - Section 1 Establishment of Working Groups – subcommittee ad hocs can be amended in the future. - Section 2 Meeting of Working Groups – Brown Act versus minutes and quorum in standing committee. Any committee would take minutes, reports and present to greater group. Ad hocs are better – once goal is accomplished the ad hoc committee would disbanded. Captain Collum suggested two special ad hoc groups – one to review the Bylaws which seemed to be acceptable once several changes were made and the second ad hoc group was to review the immigration policy draft and make suggestions. CAC members Cazares, MacRenato, de la Garza and Corbett formed the immigration review ad hoc committee and will be presenting at the next meeting. 6. Proposed Tobacco Retail Ordinance – Captain Thunberg and Deputy City Attorney Megan McClurg presented the current tobacco retail ordinance and the desire to draft guidelines for an ordinance for 149 retailers regarding vaping and other tobacco issues to keep from minors. All establishments will be required to comply and a fee will be charged. Several community forums were favorable and the next step is to submit to council. Staff anticipate that the ordinance will go before City Council in the first part of 2018. Enforcement of the ordinance will include making undercover purchases by minor decoys. First 4 violation will be a warning to businesses who do not comply with the ordinance, with either suspension or license revocation if further violations occur. 21 is the legal age limit to smoke. CAC member Cazares asked if there appeared to be any resistance at the forums. No negative response at forums. Participants asked about the fee - it will be approximately $322 to pay for administration, inspections and undercover stings. CAC member Corbett asked if that was a yearly fee, which it is. CAC member MacRenato asked if a sting operation is a form of entrapment. It is not when the legal age is 21 and the companies are aware of state law. CAC member Harb asked about juvenile chronic pot smokers and if there is a law to fine them. There is not. Any additional questions can be forwarded to DCA McClurg. 7. Update on Department’s Proposed Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Program – tabled for the next meeting 8. Member Comments – CAC member de la Garza asked if the department sends a team to larger employers for a tactical review on the increase in the work place. Special Investigations Unit Sergeant Mike Varga and his team have prepared several active shooter trainings. Captain Thunberg relayed the Special Investigations Unit and SWAT are active in training or presenting at community forums and larger businesses. CAC member de la Garza suggested the team reach out to formulate a team to go to different municipalities to obtain intelligence on the larger buildings. Members were invited to attend the community Active Shooter training on 12/11/17 at 6 pm in the Council Chambers. Captain Collum informed the School Resource Officers and both School Districts are also working together in preparing for active shooters on campus. CAC member MacRenato asked about the second amendment – the right to bear arms. Chief Kennedy explained there are many challenging pros and cons on both sides. In closing - Chief Kennedy thanked the committee members and concluded the meeting at 6:38 pm. The next meeting will be determined later.