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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-05 PD CAC MINUTESRoxana 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 Anthony Millican Gerry Sablan STAFF: Captain Vern Sallee Captain Phil Collum Captain Eric Thunberg ASM Jonathan Alegre DCA Carol Trujillo SAS Cathy Miller AMENDED MINUTES A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHULA VISTA POLICE DEPARTMENT 315 FOURTH AVENUE CHULA VISTA, CA 91910 CALL TO ORDER: 5:00 PM ROLL CALL: Community Room December 5, 2019 5:00 PM Present: Ray Aragon, Norma Cazares, Patty Chavez, Takisha Corbett, Jose de la Garza, Henri Harb, Marla Kingkade and Anthony Millican Not Present: Martin Barros, Gustavo Bidart, Peter Mabrey and Gerry Sablan City Staff Present: Roxana Kennedy, Eric Thunberg, Vern Sallee, Jonathan Alegre, Joseph Walker, Carol Trujillo and Cathy Miller PUBLIC COMMENTS: No public comments. 1. Approval of minutes of October 2, 2019 minutes. Motion to approve the October 2, 2019 was made by CAC member de la Garza and seconded by CAC member Cazares. CAC member Aragon and CAC member Chavez abstained. Motion tabled due to lack of quorum after abstention. 2. Chief's Comments: Welcomed members and discussed: Update on Open Data Initiatives: Since December 2016, the chief is pleased to announce the hiring of 72 officers; 24 laterals; 36 professional staff and 62 promotions. She introduced Supervising Public Safety Analyst Joseph Walker who has created the open data initiative to build community trust through transparency. Included in the data is demographics, citizen complaints, press logs, crime and disorder, transient activity, traffic collision and much more. Working on a School Resource Officer page and adding the domestic violence protocol. SPSA Walker and his analyst team also uses this as an outreach tool to the councilmembers so they can distribute to their constituents. The GMOC website also includes response times and educating the public. Response times have decreased with Priority One calls being answered within 6 minutes. 1 The School Resource Officer dashboard will highlight how the department can serve the community better; and what their mission is. The data will be built around growing trends. Included in the dashboard will be Youtube resources (videos on bullying etc.). CAC member Cazares thought it would be beneficial to a community forum, along with social media blasts and the school district. She recommended most schools have a parent night where an app or information could be shared. If an app is available, it would be beneficial to include resources should a homeless student access it. CAC member Millican could be a liaison to the schools to share a paragraph in the district letter regarding this information. It could also include P3tips, the anonymous hotline which has proven successful. P3tips is monitored through SDPD and will be forwarded to the right agency. Within the agency it might go to the SRO unit, dispatch or the watch commander. SPSA Walker continued with the presentation on multiple dashboards and discussed maps that pinpoint complaints. CAC member Kingkade asked if 290s are shown on this map, which they are not. CAC member Cazares asked about the domestic violence data is on webpage. General rather than specific details will be on the webpage. The department demographics are updated once a month. The press log is now available which shows calls for service. CAC members were asked to practice accessing information and giving SPSA Walker feedback. CAC member Aragon asked to include a link so suggestions could be made. SPSA Walker will review to see if a link could be included for suggestion feedback. Update on UAS (Drones): Captain Sallee thanked the CAC for being a vital part to reach out to the community regarding the drones and how successful the program has become. CVPD has flown 1144 missions. CAC members were shown 2 videos on how vital the Drones as First Responders (DFR) is, as well as using it as a de-escalation tool. One was a national video depicting a tragedy because first responders who did not have enough information, and the other was a CVPD response to a call for service to a gun call where the suspect was taken into custody without incident. With the use of the DFR, Officers are able to be staged in areas; PERT is able to respond; and outcomes are better because there is more information available to officers, which decreases the need to use force. The drone pilots are experienced officers who can set perimeters and work with responding officers. CAC member Aragon asked how high the drone was flying regarding the gun call. Drones usually fly 100' to 200' and can go as high as 400'. Drones are more accessible and less expensive for smaller cities to deploy since helicopters are limited due to cost ($5 million) and flight cost ($1 thousand). CAC member Corbett asked who the opposing groups were for police surveillance and if they have watched the drones as first responders' video. Opposing groups have included ACLU and Black Lives Matter. CVPD is working with Assembly Member Weber's office to showcase the program. Chief Kennedy and Captain Sallee have recently presented to the International Police Chiefs Association with great success. This valuable program helps the community and officers stay safe. CAC member Kingkade asked if the drones can be flown by cell phones. The program has one pilot and one drone observer. The equipment is computer based with a dispatcher's headset 2 and foot pedal. Other countries such as Norway and Brazil are using the drone programs and the hope is to show the positive effects with police response when using them. CVPD has the support of FAA. Website captures every flight from the past 24 hours. Community can review to see best practices. CA Trujillo reminded CAC members that at the start of the drone program in 2015, CVPD interacted with the ACLU for transparency and get input. CAC Corbett discussed that over time, members of the community had concerns and apprehensions about the potential abuse of this program and that there may be history of similar abuses. CAC member Corbett suggested the police department invite different organizations and advocacies to dialogue with the police department to acknowledge and address those concerns and apprehensions so the Chula Vista Police Department could prevent any abuse of this particular program. CAC Corbett said this was a great program. Captain Sallee encouraged CAC members to use their voice if they hear opposition and share their insight. CAC member Kingkade suggested a presentation to the National Alliance on Mental Illness so families and advocates can understand. CAC member Chavez mentioned how she could understand how some community members would think they were being watched by law enforcement. Captain Sallee reinforced the program is used as a drone as first response to calls for service. CAC member de la Garza asked what happens when the program expires and if you can hear the drones. CVPD would like the program to continue (ends 10/2020 with the FAA). The drone can be heard up to 150' in the air. CAC member Corbett expressed how well CVPD works with the community and if the department could share with other agencies. CVPD is reaching out to Dr. Weber's office to show drone usage. CAC members also were encouraged to be advocates to the community on the way the department uses the drones. Update on news articles: CAC member Cazares was thanked for forwarding an article from the Sacramento Bee stating CVPD misused CLETS a government database in 2018. The article stated backgrounds were run on retired sworn personnel who requested a CCW. The department was running checks on all requests to ensure there were no felonies for applicants. The violation was corrected, and the department is in compliance. The second article was on becoming a welcoming city, which Chula Vista is now certified as #2. CAC member Cazares shared meeting a Turkish family who spoke highly of the department and the city. The chief reminded members about the holiday meal giveaway on 12/17/19 and all are welcome to attend. 500 families will be able to have food, bicycles and toys. The meals will be a full turkey dinner. The award ceremony will be 05/07/2020 at 11:30 and a fundraiser golf tournament is scheduled for 06/08/2020. 09/26/2020 will be Evening with Heroes and additional information will be sent on location and time. Chief Kennedy will be the president of the San Diego County Chiefs' & Sheriff's Association as well as a member at large on the CAL Chiefs board of directors. 3 3. Officer Wellness: Captain Thunberg discussed a tool the department uses "Cordico", purchased by the Police Foundation and the City which is a wellness app as well as the department having a peer support team that is available 24/7, 365 days a year to help with officers' emotional and physical needs. The Foundation also purchased a BBQ Pavilion to encourage camaraderie and wellness. 4. Crime Stats: SPSA Walker displayed available dashboards and showed east side activity in the mall (cell phone theft). Aggravated assaults have increased due to the expensive phones carried by youth. Hope to reestablish the satellite office to decrease crime and have a CSO available for reports. $950 is the value limit for misdemeanor theft, which is a citable offense. Measure A has increased officers and will increase with 4 additional traffic officers, 4 school resource officers and 2 more patrol officers. Next Door is a social media platform for sharing information in community neighborhoods. Although it is a community platform the community is reminded to call police to report a crime. The meeting concluded at 6:27 hours and everyone was wished an enjoyable holiday season. Next meeting will be 03/05/2020. Cathy Mill , Sr. Administrative Secretary :i