HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-10-06 PDCAC Agenda Packet
Date:Thursday, October 6, 2022
Time:9:00 a.m.
Location:Chula Vista Police Department, Community Room
315 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
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Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.ROLL CALL
Community Advisory Committee Members: Aragon, Barros, Bidart, Chavez,
Corbett, de la Garza, Harb, Kingkade, Lampkin, Navarro, Sablan and Chair
Cazares
3.PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons may address the Committee on any subject matter within the Committee’s
jurisdiction that is not listed as an item on the agenda. State law generally prohibits
the Committee from discussing or taking action on any issue not included on the
agenda, but, if appropriate, the Committee may schedule the topic for future
discussion or refer the matter to staff. If you wish to speak on any item, please fill
out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the meeting or
submit an electronic comment per instructions on page one of this agenda.
4.ACTION ITEMS
The Item(s) listed in this section of the agenda will be considered individually by the
Committee and are expected to elicit discussion and deliberation. If you wish to
speak on any item, please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the
Secretary prior to the meeting or submit an electronic comment per instructions on
page one of this agenda.
4.1.Approval of Meeting Minutes 4
Recommended Action:
Committee to approve July 7, 2022 minutes.
5.CHIEF'S COMMENTS
5.1.Introduction of New Captain
5.2.New Captain Roles
5.3.Live 911 and Campus Alert
5.4.Recruiting and Retention
5.5.Proactive Policing
6.PRESENTATIONS
The following item(s) will be presentations given to the Committee. Action on these
item(s) is typically limited to the Committee receiving the presentation and providing
direction or feedback to staff, as appropriate. If you wish to speak on any item,
please fill out a "Request to Speak" form and submit it to the Secretary prior to the
meeting or submit an electronic comment per instructions on page one of this
agenda.
6.1.New 2022 Legislation (Discussion and Possible Recommendations)
6.2.Use of Force and Officer Training (Discussion and Possible
Recommendations)
7.COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS
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8.ADJOURNMENT
to the regular meeting on January 5, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
Materials provided to the Police Department Community Advisory Committee
related to any open-session item on this agenda are available for public review
by contacting the Police Department at PDCAC@chulavistaca.gov.
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
July 7, 2022, 9:30 a.m.
Chula Vista Police Department, Community Room
315 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
CCAC Members
Present:
Martin Barros, Patty Chavez, Takisha Corbett, Jose de la Garza,
Henrietta Harb, Marla Kingkade, Norma Cazares, Jesse Navarro
CCAC Members Not
Present:
Ray Aragon, Gustavo Bidart, Shante Lampkin, Gerry Sablan
Staff Present: Chief Roxana Kennedy, Captain Phil Collum, Captain Eric
Thunberg, DCA Carol Trujillo, SAS Cathy Miller, Captain Dan
Peak, Captain Miriam Foxx
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1. CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the Police Department’s Community Advisory Committee of
the City of Chula Vista was called to order at 939 am in the Community Room,
located at the Chula Vista Police Department, 315 Fourth Ave. Chula Vista,
California.
2. ROLL CALL
Secretary Miller called the roll.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
4. CHIEF'S COMMENTS
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Chief Kennedy spoke at the First Friday Breakfast (hosted by the Mayor)
regarding Live911 and the incident in Uvalde and what Live911 can do to help
officers respond to calls such as that. The importance of tactical drones could
have helped with the Uvalde incident could have saved lives. Chula Vista Police
Department uses drones for keeping the community safe.
Chief Kennedy will be attending an International Association of Chiefs of Police in
October. Chiefs from all over the world will attend. Chula Vista Police
Department will have a videopresentation to show the DFR program and the use
of technology for the good of the community.
Chief Kennedy has hired 109 recruits, 32 laterals, 98 profe ssional staff and gave
142 promotions since she became chief in January 2017. Sixty percent of the
personnel have five years or less with the department. CAC member de la garza
asked how many sworn are on the department. With Measure A increases,
which added additional positions, the department increased their sworn staff to
281. There are 28 vacancies. She hopes to have a continued over hiring of 10
which will help when there are retirements or separations. There will be no
compromise on the quality of character when hiring. CAC member de la Garza
asked if all the critical spots in the department are filled. They are, but there
needs to be a balance of patrol and the specialty units (traffic, HOT,
investigations). Once fully staffed the hopes is mo re proactive policing and foot
patrols getting back into the community and building relationships. Hopes to hire
additional community service officers to help with the administrative reports
freeing officers to return to the respond to the calls for service.
CAC members were given information on the September 10, 2022 Evening with
Heroes event.
4.1 Introduction of New CAC member
Newest member Jesse Navarro was introduced to the CAC members and
gave a brief overview of his attributes. CAC member Navarro came from
the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego County DA's office
as a liaison. He prides himself as being a voice between the community
and the police department and has been very active with community
issues.
4.2 Introduction of New Captain
Introduced Captains Foxx and Peak. Captain Redmond retired and with
the support of Measure A, another captain's position was added.
4.3 New Captain Roles
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Captain Dan Peak will oversee Investigations which includes both the
Criminal Investigations Units and the Special Operations unit. Criminal
investigations include crimes of violence, family protection, property
crimes, forensic services, evidence control and digital evidence. Special
operations include the special investigations unit, task forces, narcotics
team and auto theft. Captain Miriam Foxx will oversee Support
Operations which includes the drone program, Professional Standards
Unit, Jail and Dispatch. Chula Vista Police Department was recently
recognized at a Norway conference and Chief Kenn edy was a keynote
speaker.
4.4 New Division and Focus on Strengthening Community Engagement,
Partnerships and Transparency
Captain Collum moved from Patrol Operations to Executive Support and
Community Engagement Captain. He will oversee the Homeless
Outreach Team (HOT); the Real Time Operations Center and Community
Relations. This role is vital for police transparency and engaging the
community in different ways such as media posts and social networking.
The primary role is to reach the scholastic, businesses and
underrepresented groups and leaders to continue to build relationships
and share accurate information. The department has a social media team
now which includes a fulltime Public Information Officer, Sergeant Molina
and a Public Information Specialist, Cait Clark.
Upcoming community events will include the July LGBQT parade in San
Diego with Mayor Salas marching, Coffee with a Cop, Tacos with a Cop,
etc. This will help with discussions of technology and transparency and
any concerns the community might have
4.5 Update on Future of the CAC
The Chief's Community Advisory Committee will continue to meet until
further notice. The Police Department will continue to take the lead with
the community and move forward in engaging in community forums now
that COVID has subsided. Chief Kennedy would like to see CAC
members take on a more active role in reaching the community by
participating in these forums.
5. ACTION ITEMS
5.1 Approval of Meeting Minutes
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Moved by Member Martin Barros
Seconded by Member Jose de la Garza
Committee to approve the October 7, 2021 minutes.
Result:Carried
6. PRESENTATIONS OR DISCUSSION
6.1 Technology & Privacy Task Force, Overview (Discussion and
Possible Recommendations) - Captain Collum
The City has created the Technology & Privacy Task Force to assist with
the development of comprehensive policy recommendations on
technology oversight and privacy for City Council in the fall of 2022.
Policy technology has been addressed. Both Captains Collum and
Thunberg answered over 100 in depth questions from the Technology &
Privacy Task Force.
Captain Collum discussed the different ways to reach the community and
discuss the different technology. This includes having orderly community
forums in the four sectors as well as recording and streaming meetings.
Also do a massive push on media channels to educate preparedness and
staying safe. Media sites include Facebook, Instagram, ur@chulavistapd,
instachat; chatbook; coffee with a cop, pizza with the police.
CAC member Chavez asked if the opening of city events will impact the
police department. The recent block party allowed the department to
interact with the public and will use not only sworn personnel but
volunteers such as the cadet program and senior volunteer program to
highlight the department with community activities.
CAC Harb discussed the Montecito Park problems and using drones to for
viewing illegal activities. Chief Kennedy discussed the balance of those
who believe drones surveil versus those who advocate drone use fo r the
good of the community. The department uses technology for the good of
the community and to solve crime. There is no instance of surveillance.
When drones return from a call for service, the camera is pointed up on
the return to home base.
CAC member Kingkade shared she loves the diversity of CAC and
encouraged members to represent the department and the use of
technology for good if they are in social groups or groups like the Rotary
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and Sunrise clubs to broaden people's awareness of the program and
what it is actually used for. If other departments had the DFR program,
incidents might not have escalated.
Chief Kennedy did received a congratulatory letter from the Grand Jury on
the use of our technology programs.
Captain Collum encourages community feedback on the positive and
negative. That is where forums will help. CAC member Kingkade asked
about training in these forums and show a film the PIO can put together
for social media. Many people seem to go online to view video training
rather than attend forums and this was a good idea. Captain Collum said
the department website should be bolstered with information for people
who might not be able to attend the community outreach training on active
shooters which will be given soon. City libraries are another option to
show videotaping on a quarterly basis. All trainings should offer it in both
English and Spanish.
6.2 RIPA Data Collection (Discussion and Possible Recommendations -
Captain Thunberg and Captain Foxx
Spoke briefly on RIPA (Racial Identity Profiling Act) which requires law
enforcement agencies to collect data relating to police stops and racial
identities. The police department is currently collecting the first year of
data and the first public report will be released sometime in ca lendar year
2023.
7. COMMITTEE MEMBERS' COMMENTS
Comments can be found in individual topic discussion.
8. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 a.m.
Minutes prepared by: Cathy Miller, Secretary
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Cathy Miller, Secretary
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