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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-07-07 PDCAC Agenda Packet REGULAR MEETING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting Minutes October 7, 2021, 9:30 a.m. Chula Vista Police Department, Community Room 315 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista CCAC Members Martin Barros, Patty Chavez, Takisha Corbett, Jose de la Garza, Present:Henrietta Harb, Shante Lampkin, Marla Kingkade, Anthony Millican, Norma Cazares CCAC Members Not Ray Aragon, Gustavo Bidart, Gerry Sablan Present: Staff Present:Chief Roxana Kennedy, Captain Phil Collum, Captain Eric Thunberg, Captain Don Redmond, DCA Carol Trujillo, ASM Jonathan Alegre, SAS Cathy Miller Others PresentJoseph Walker _____________________________________________________________________ 1.CALL TO ORDER the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 9:43 a.m.intheCommunity Room, located at the Chula Vista Police Department, 315 Fourth Ave. Chula Vista, California. 2.ROLL CALL Secretary Miller verified the roll. 3.PUBLIC COMMENTS 1 4.CHIEF'S COMMENTS Chief Kennedy introduced Cait Clark, the new Police Information Specialist who is handling all social media. Chief Kennedy also invited Assemblymember Weber to visit the police department to interact with officers and see the culture of the department. A brochure of "Who We Are" was created for community information. All of these tools are used to further communicate with the community. Chief asked CAC members to continue to reach out to the community that the department may not be able to reach. Remember that CAC is the voice of the community. 4.1Introduction of Facilities Financing Manager Kimberly Elliott With Development Services Department Chief Kennedy introduced Finance Manager Kimberly Elliott with the Facilities Financing Division of Development Services. FM Elliott attended ment Program. With the additional officers afforded by Measure A revenue, the PDs authorized staffing now totals 280 officers and 111 professional staff. The police department has met the Priority 1 threshold for the first time in 10 years by respondingto Priority 1 calls for service in an average of under 6 minutes. The department has met the thresh hold for Priority 2 calls for service for the first time in 21 years, responding in an average under 12 minutes. Response times are measured annually as part of the Growth Management Program. Finance Manager Elliott discussed how the Growth Management Program is implemented currently and that the Growth Management Oversight Commission (GMOC) and staff are currently undergoing a comprehensive review of the program. The program was originally designed to make sure infrastructure is constructed when needed. GMOC reviews each of the thresholds annually and evaluates how it can be impacted by growth. The GMOC would like to ensure the decision makers are keepingup with the needs of the community in providing things like parks and libraries. The community's needs have changed over the past 30 years since the inception of the Growth Management Plan. We are now in a housing crisis and the city is near build-out. ways to measure quality of life including: the arts, recreation, housing, road maintenance, safety and transportationthat are more outcome based instead of the thresholds. They would also review food insecurities, pedestrian related traffic collisions and healthy aging. 2 Another interest in school safety concerns. CAC member Kingkade asked if the data shows the loss of officers in the School Resource Officer program. Because there are less officers, there are less reports being taken. Chief Kennedy explained how important the School Resource Officer program is. Enforcement is the lowest level of concentration. The School Resource Officer program is about education, prevention and interaction. It is about building positive relationships with the youth in our community. It was asked if dashboards can capture the value of the program. They are revising the dashboards to show information not captured and will be available at a later date. CAC member Kingkade discussed the upcoming gun buyback program at the courthouse hosted by SDSO. She asked if there will be information on capturing the count of how many guns were taken off the street. The amount will be captured. Satisfaction surveys are being sent to the community regarding calls for service, dispatch and officer response. Survey responses go through a third party and are reported monthly. The same system will explain the wait time for lower priority calls for service (Priority 3, 4 and 5) and also explain how people can wait at home. This service keeps the community informed. FM Elliott wanted CAC feedback and will be meeting with the City manager at the end of October to receive direction on how the Growth Management Program will proceed. It is important to review growth impacts, quality of life and to see if anything has been overlooked. She can be contacted by email: kelliott@chulavistaca.gov. Her number is (619) 409-5955. CAC member Cazares asked if the data is collected weekly. Calls for service data is collected daily. Survey updates are monthly. 4.2Update on Staffing Since January 2017, Chief Kennedy has hired 84 recruits; 29 laterals (coming from other agencies); 83 professional staff and made 113 promotions. The PD is authorized to have 280 sworn positions and is currently seeking to fill has 39 sworn vacancies. The PD is also authorized to have 111 professional staff positions and is currently seeking to fill 15 vacancies. 5.ACTION ITEMS 3 5.1Approval of Meeting Minutes Members accepted the June 17, 2021 minutes after correcting Dr. Corbett's name and verifying the January 6, 2022 meeting. Moved byMember Martin Barros Seconded byMember Shante Lampkin Committee approve the minutes for June 17, 2021. Result:Carried 5.2Setting Regular Meeting Time for Future CAC Meetings The CAC members present voted to keep the quarterly meetings to the first Tuesday of each quarter (January, April, July and October) at 9:30 am, at the police department community room. 2022 meetings will be January 6, 2022; April 7, 2022; July 7, 2022 and October 6, 2022. Moved byCo-Chair Norma Cazares Seconded byMember Marla Kingkade Committee discuss and set regular future meetings. Result:Carried 6.PRESENTATIONS 6.1Presentation and Information about the Real Time Operations Center Chief Kennedy introduced Supervising Public Safety Analyst Joseph Walker to speak on the Real Time Operations Center (RTOC). The RTOC brings a variety of pre-existing sources of information into one central location to aid in the response to real-time situations. The RTOC was approved by City Council on 12/03/20. It is the hub for crime analysts, watch commanders, dispatch, etc to work together on a major incident, saving valuable time and providing better information for the officers in the field. CAC member Kingkade asked if it is possible for the schools to stream footage of an active shooter on a campus straightto the police to help. There is no capability at this time. It is up to the business and school to choose if they want to have security cameras, and to choose if they want to share footage with the police. 4 Technologies will change over the next to five to ten years and the City is actively working on a new policy so that new technologies will be vetted through forums and/or community discussions and through the City Council. 6.2Presentation on Procedural Justice and 21st Century Policing Overview Chief Kennedy introduced Officer Jeff Pace. Officer Pace has been with the Chula Vista Police Department for 6 1/2 years, after coming from the San Diego Police Department after 30 years. Officer Pace is assigned to the Community Relations Unit and presentedon a five hour training given to officers on 21st Century Policing. Chief Kennedy requested Officer Pace to create this curriculum to instruct officers with the 21st Century Policing philosophy. This curriculum serves as a "refresher" as to how modern policing fits into society and why one becomes an officer. Officer Pace briefly touched on several key components of the training with CAC members. A cross cultural component was added to the training to ensure officers had a better understanding of the communities they police. For that portion of the curriculum, members of the community come to share with officers. The 2014 Obama Administration Executive Order created a Taskforce on 21st Century Policing and six pillar task was recommended: 1. Build Trust and Legitimacy -foster trust and build relationships over time. 2. Policy and Oversight -align policies with community values (for example -banning the use of the carotid restraint hold). 3. Technology and social media -embrace new technology and innovation such as Drones as First Responders, Live 911 and real time information to de-escalate. 4. Community Policing and Crime reduction -prioritizing community engagement. Getting out of the car and engaging with the community. 5. Training and education -invest in training which includes mental health crisis, and procedural justice. Duty to de-escalate. 6. Officer Wellness and Safety -cultivate well-being of officers. 5 Officer Pace touched on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution ofthe United States, and discussed why the people give police the power to protect the institution of democracy. Officer Pace discussed why these documents are important to the job, and how the preamble, articles and amendments all are crucial to society. Officer Pace also discussed how policing is established to protect the culture of democracy against those who deviate from accepted minimum standards of conduct for society as expressed by the people through the legislative process (laws). Chief Kennedy reiterated that uncomfortable conversations must take place in order to achieve compassion in policing. The training is given to all employees. Officer Pace requested the help of CAC to reach out to him with either members of the community they know orif they would like to come and address officers in the future trainings. CAC member Harb asked Officer Pace how an officer handles verbal or physical threats. Officers are trained in verbal confrontations as well as physical confrontations. CAC member Cazares asked if the department could present on the 8 new laws Governor Newsome signed last week. Chief Kennedy will make sure that will be discussed in the January 2022 meeting. 6.3FY 2021-22 Police Department Budget Due to time constraints this item will be tabled until the January 6, 2022 meeting. 7.COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS CAC member Cazares asked if it was possible to ascertain the Chula Vista Police Department's vaccination rate.Currently 72% employees in the department are vaccinated.New hires are required to be vaccinated. The meeting concluded at 11:22 hours. 8.ADJOURNMENT _________________________ Cathy Miller, Secretary 6