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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOPCAB 2017-07-13 Minutes July 13, 2017 6:30pm-8:00pm Members Present: Jerry Thornton, Kim Karns, John Lindsay, Jan Bolerjack Staff Present: Chris Partman, Chief Villa Guest:  Minutes for 6/8/17 meeting approved as amended  Chief’s update  Body cameras have been to committee and a Council as a Whole meeting, th hopefully will be approved Monday, July 17.  This is the Axon System which includes in car cameras, body cameras and Tasers  Video will be stored in the cloud rather than in on-site servers  Contract will be $100,000/year  Seizure funds will help defray initial equipment costs.  The unknown is how the body cameras will change the number of public records requests.  There will also be software to assist with blurring out faces for privacy, such as juveniles.  Also on Monday the Criminal Trespass for parks or other City property will go before Council.  This will allow officers to trespass people from public property, where they cannot do anything about it right now.  The intent is to use this to prevent criminal behavior on public property.  Each park/City Property will be a separate trespass warning/order  DLR has been selected for the architect for the new facilities.  Next COPCAB meeting will be to attend the Public Safety Plan Open House. th 1.August 10 5:30 -7:30pm th 2.Fire Station 54, 4237 S 144 St 3.Free food  Next meeting the Chief will be attending, and competing in the World Police Games in Los Angeles. Several Officers will attend and compete. Title or Addressee Date Page 2  Staffing –  Promotions, Todd Rossi to Commander, Sgt. Lund to Acting Commander  At 76 officers, budgeted for 79 1.Of the 76, 3 are entry candidates 2.One in background 3.We have been looking for laterals, but it is hard to find the highest quality lateral officers.  Question about what TPD is doing for de-escalation training.  Supervisors are attending training with SPD. The Chief went to a class out of state.  We have an officer who is very well educated in de-escalation training and dealing with persons in crisis.  TPD is putting on a force options training for all officers.  This training is heavily based on scenarios  There will be guidance/policies developed to assist officers in making those decisions.  th July 4 summary  Prior to the event there was education  Officer paired with fire fighter to go into areas with high numbers of complaints.  This was the second year for this type of pro-active patrol  Boards and Commissions Handbook – Ethics training, as specified in the handbook at Sept. meeting. Chris will check the date COPCAB did the Open Meetings and Public Disclosure Training.  Good of the Order  Jan – Had a great visit with Sgt. Boyd and Officer Valdez about number of calls at the Church. It was a good problem solving session and she appreciates how they helped with ideas.  Chris – Squatter bill summary  Jerry – Hours for Touch a Truck – answer: 9am to 1pm Sat, July 29. Add link to City of Tukwila website about inaccurate “most dangerous cities” list. http://www.tukwilawa.gov/truth-inaccurate-dangerous-cities-list/ Talk at a Council meeting to use lodging tax to counter some of the “most dangerous” image. Meeting adjourned at 7:32 pm Next meeting will be on Thursday, 8/10/17 from 5:30pm-7:30pm at Fire Station 54, th 4237 S 144 St at the Public Safety Plan Open House. Please contact Chris Partman at Chris.Partman@tukwilawa.gov or call 206-271-6069 if you’re unable to attend.