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B
Good
morning,
I'm
vice
mayor,
shanika
smith
and
the
chair
of
the
public
safety
committee.
I
would
like
to
welcome
you
to
our
february
23rd
meeting.
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council
members
and
staff
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engagement
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page
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city
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will
be
taking
public
comment
after
the
staff
and
council
introductions.
B
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right
now,
as
I
mentioned,
we
will
start
with
public
comment
staff.
Is
there
anyone
in
a
speaker
queue.
B
B
E
E
So
we
have
two
layers
that
the
fire
department
has
related
to
emergencies
within
our
community
and
we
often
think
about
the
second
layer,
which
is
our
fire
stations,
our
fire
trucks
and
emergency
response.
When
someone
calls
this,
this
many
have
heard
an
ounce
of
prevention
is
worth
a
pound
of
cure
from
benjamin
franklin
back
in
the
1700s.
E
E
Outcomes
are
so
much
better
if
an
emergency
never
happens,
then
trying
to
respond
to
that
emergency
and
repairing
damage
that
has
been
done,
and
so
our
firefighters
do
an
amazing
job
at
minimizing
suffering
and
loss
when
someone
calls
9-1-1,
but
our
goal
is
to
prevent
someone
from
having
to
call
9-1-1,
because
that
is
the
best
possible
outcome
is
for
the
emergency
not
to
occur.
So
with
that
in
mind,
I
wanted
to
share
some
of
the
activity
that
we
have
had
in
the
last
12
months,
related
to
our
community
risk
reduction
approach.
E
Jenny!
If
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
please
so
to
to
find
out
how
to
prevent
fires,
we
first
must
know
what
is
causing
fires
in
our
community
and,
as
you
can
see
over
the
last
four
years,
the
number
of
fires
that
we
investigate
have
been
steadily
increasing
and
also
the
number
of
fires
that
we
have
determined
to
be
intentionally
set.
Incendiary
fires
also
is
trending
upward.
E
We've
also
had
a
significantly
increased
coordination
with
nashville
police
department,
so
we
meet
every
single
month
with
our
fire
investigation,
fire
education,
folks
with
the
police
department's
folks
who
are
in
investigations,
and
that
coordination
is
at
the
highest
level
that
we've
ever
had
in
my
tenure
as
fire.
Chief,
an
example
of
of
the
benefits
of
that
increased
coordination,
the
the
fire
that
we
had
last
year
on
hilliard
the
apartments
that
were
under
construction.
E
E
So
that
education,
clearly,
the
pandemic,
has
created
significant
challenges
for
us
to
educate
our
community.
Our
in-person
training
has
decreased
obviously
through
this
pandemic.
So
we've
we've
shifted
gears
as
have
so
many
of
our
functions
in
our
world
in
2021.
We've
shifted
gears
to
do
as
much
outreach
as
we
can
virtually
so
that
we
can
do
it
safely
during
this
pandemic
and
so
over.
E
A
hundred
thousand
folks,
not
only
folks
that
are
living
in
our
community
folks
that
are
visiting
our
community,
we've
been
able
to
reach,
and
we
have
restaurants,
homes,
businesses,
we've
created
materials
that
we
can
share
with
our
restaurants,
on
how
they
can
prevent
fires,
keep
their
their
restaurants
safe,
as
well
as
homes
and
in
business
as
well.
E
We're
utilizing
the
neighbors
app,
which
is
a
free
app
that
allows
us
to
increase
our
reach
to
our
community
by
being
able
to
push
out
in
every
avenue
that
we
know
how
virtually
on
different
items
of
interest
and
in
our
community
as
it
relates
to
higher
education,
fire
safety,
health.
F
E
So
our
inspections
and
permitting
is
one
way
that
we
significantly
decrease
our
fire
problem
and
again
just
like
our
education.
The
pandemic
has
been
a
significant
challenge
with
our
inspections,
and
so
our
periodic
inspections.
We
have
performed
less
of
those,
obviously
during
the
pandemic
than
we
would
in
a
normal
year,
but
we
still
have
done
over
a
thousand
periodic
inspections
of
our
business
and
commercial
properties.
E
The
the
new
construction
permits
almost
three
thousand
930
plan
reviews
of
of
new
projects
and
what
what
that
allows
when
we
are
still
able
to
do
those
inspections,
we
had
183
fires
in
properties
that
were
not
inspected,
and
only
19
fires
in
inspected
buildings,
and
so
certainly
our
history
shows
us
that,
as
we
inspect
properties
and
buildings,
the
chance
of
them
having
a
fire
goes
down
significantly.
E
Another
exciting
improvement
that
will
help
us,
especially
as
this
pandemic
continues,
is
the
utilization
of
streamline,
which
is
a
software-based
application
for
our
inspections
and
so
rather
than
an
in-person
visit,
where
we
are
doing
our
inspection
on
on
paper.
The
fire
inspector
can
enter
all
that
information
on
a
tablet
and
it
just
limits
the
the
amount
of
interaction
with
the
the
employees
in
in
the
building.
But,
more
importantly,
it
allows
us
to
to
have
a
database
of
the
where
the
risk
is
in
our
community.
In
the
the
built
environment.
E
Another
exciting
opportunity
that
we
have
with
with
a
free
app
that
folks
can
can
have
on
their
phones
is,
is
the
thing
called
pulse
point,
and
there
is
no
cost
for
for
this
and
we're
going
to
be
pushing
out
communication
soon
to
to
our
community
about
this.
But
what
pulse
point
does
is
when
somebody
calls
9-1-1
and
someone's
having
a
heart
attack
or
their
heart
has
stopped.
If
that's
the
report
from
9-1-1,
then
a
notification
goes
out
to
anyone
who
has
this
pulse
point
on
their
phone,
and
that
shows
a
couple
of
things
one.
E
It
shows
that
there's
somebody
that
needs
help
in
that
area,
so
if
they're
close
by
they'll
know
that
that
one
block
two
blocks
away
when
their
neighbors
needs
help.
E
Also,
it
shows
where
the
aeds,
the
automated
external
defibrillators,
are
located,
they're,
publicly
accessible,
and
so
in
this
example,
we
put
a
mark
here
at
the
fire
station,
and
so
if
someone
were
to
call
911
and
report
that
someone
was
having
a
heart
attack
here
at
the
fire
station,
then
anyone
who
who
had
this
free
app
on
their
phone
would
be
notified
and
it
also
shows
the
locations
and
so
there's
a
there's,
a
pub
two
publicly
accessible
defibrillators
in
city
hall,
and
so
it
shows
a
picture
of
where
that
is
located
too
second
floor
by
the
rear
elevator.
E
If,
if
the
person
actually
does
cpr,
then
it
goes
up
to
almost
a
third
and
that's
real
data
from
from
here
locally,
and
so
we're
excited
about
this
opportunity
to
be
able
to
alert
those
that
we
have
trained
in
cpr,
who
have
had
cpr
training
on
their
own
that
there's
somebody
that
needs
their
their
help
here
in
our
community
close
by
they
can
they
can
help
and
respond.
E
So
our
focus,
the
the
the
remainder
of
this
third
quarter
and
in
the
fourth
quarter
for
the
remainder
of
this
fiscal
year
within
the
fire
department,
is
implementing
our
equity
and
inclusion
strategies.
E
So
this
summer,
all
of
our
chief
officers
participated
in
some
training
and
several
workshops
on
what
can
we
do
to
move
forward,
equity
and
inclusion
with
the
asheville
fire
department
and
from
there
we
identified
four
focus
areas
that
we
wanted
to
improve
in,
and
one's
recruitment,
selection
retention,
culture,
contracting
and
purchasing,
and
in
the
fourth
community
engagement
we
assembled
an
equity
and
inclusion
implementation.
Team
paulina
mendez
has
helped
us
with
that.
E
She
is
she's,
helping
leading
that
team
and
we've
got
a
team
which
I'm
a
very
active
part
of
to
to
move
forward
our
strategies
within
those
four
different
focus
areas.
Also,
our
budget
development
for
fiscal
22
compensation
benefits,
obviously,
is
a
big
focus,
not
only
within
our
department
but
our
city
as
a
whole
and
our
facilities.
E
That's
that's
a
big
big
challenge
that
we
continue
to
move
forward
with
our
aging
fire
stations.
The
pandemic
response
will
continue.
Your
fire
department
is
a
big
focus
with
the
pandemic
response.
We,
the
emergency
operations
center
county-wide.
The
county,
has
asked
one
of
our
employees
to
be
the
the
manager
and
he
continues
to
be
the
emergency
operations
center
manager
for
the
pandemic
response,
and
then
also
we
have
about
10
folks
every
day
that
are
working
at
the
mass
vaccination
sites.
F
D
E
That
that's
correct
and
and
so
and
and
when
somebody
and
it's
really
just
based
on
how
that
is
reported.
So
if
somebody
reports
and
says
you
know
this,
I
think
somebody's
having
a
heart
attack
or
you
know
someone
is
in
cardiac
arrest
and
that's
that's
when
that
will
be
pushed
out
tied
to
our
cat
and
alerted
to
this
folks.
E
That
is
correct,
and
so
when,
when
we
have
that
live,
we
will
certainly
work
with
our
folks
within
community
and
public
engagement
to
push
that
out
as
widely
and
broadly
and
would
love
council's
assistance
as
well
pushing
that
out
to
to
all
of
y'all's
connections
so
that
we
can
get
as
many
people
possible.
C
A
question:
okay!
Sorry,
I
just
wanted
to
ask:
is
it
a
requirement
for
all
the
firemen
to
actually
have
this
access
to
this
app
or
is
it
required
for
them
to
have
it.
E
So
what
so
we're
we?
We
are
notified
through
our
cad
system
and
we're
actually
dispatched,
and
so
we
already
have.
We
already
have
that
notifications
and
yes,
everything
that
is,
you
know
when
somebody
everyone
in
the
department
is
alerted
when,
when
that
occurs,
and
somebody
has
any
kind
of
a
medical
emergency,
so
this
would
just
be
for
the
communities
for
the
people.
E
Computer
computer-aided
dispatch
apologize
for
that.
Thank
you
for
that's.
That's
our
computer
system
at
the
public
safety
answering
point
where,
when
someone
calls
9-1-1
and
that
information
is
entered
into
that
computer,
it
notifies
and
dispatches
the
closest
resources.
D
And
then
I
had
one
other
question
and
I'm
open
to
hearing
like
what
you
think
is
the
best
analysis
for
this.
But
instead
of
seeing
percentage
points,
I
was
thinking
it
could
be
helpful
for
the
community
to
see
real
numbers,
whether
it's
a
bar
graph,
so
that
we
could
turn
a
number
into
like
a
neighbor,
not
with
their
name.
D
Obviously,
but
with
just
like
seeing
numbers
like
how
successful
this
is
and
not
just
as
a
percentage
but
like
nine
people
were
helped
this
way,
and
then
we
did
some
outreach
and
some
more
trust,
building
and
community
information,
and
then
12
people
were
helped
in
this
way.
It
might
help
to
personalize
it,
but
I'm
that
may
not
be
the
best
answer
at
this
time.
It
just
came
to
mind.
G
And
I
think
we
should
also
possibly
do
a
map
to
see
where
we
have
some
concentrations
so
that,
as
we
work
in
collaboration
with
mission
and
mayheck
and
others,
we
can
direct
education
or
some
types
of
effort
actually
linked
to
our
reimagining
public
safety.
Thinking
of
public
safety
in
a
broader
context.
So,
thank
you
kim.
I
think
we
should
have
numbers
and
try
to
geographically
locate
that
information.
D
I
also
had
a
question
about
just
to
make
sure
I
fully
understand,
because
I've
participated
in
some
of
these
inspections
and
the
awesome
staff
is
very
thorough
and
helpful
and
informative.
So
what
I'm
understanding
is
that
we're
from
a
paper
process
to
a
digital
process?
Is
that
correct.
D
And
so
then,
we'll
have
more
data
sets
that
we
can
pull
from
quickly
instead
of
having
to
review
paper
forms.
E
That
is
correct,
yes,
and
so
it'll
it'll
streamline
is
the
name
of
the
the
software
and
it
does
exactly
that
it
will.
It
will
allow
our
inspectors
to
be
more
efficient.
They
allow
them
to
spend
more
time.
Educating
rather
than
processing
paperwork.
C
E
Yeah
absolutely
thank
you
for
asking
and
so
the
the
fire
department
we.
We
have
historically
been
a
service
that,
if
you
need
our
assistance,
call
us
and
we'll
come
and
we'll
be
there
in
five
minutes.
That's
kind
of
our
been
our
approach
and
approach
of
all
fire
departments.
E
Rather
than
having
that
reactive
strategy
that
we've
traditionally
had-
and
so
so
us
just
to
summarize
what
that,
what
that
looks
like
is
just
being
being
a
more
more
part
of
our
community
in
every
aspect,
every
time
there's
a
gathering
every
time
there
is
a
meeting
anything
where
our
community
is
coming
together.
We
want
to
be
be
part
of
that,
so
that
we
can
be
engaged
with
our
community
and
hear
from
our
community.
How
can
we
serve
you
better.
C
Okay,
well,
the
one
thing
I
was
concerned
about.
I
noticed
that
in
a
lot
of
cities
they
have
such
programs
as
say,
for
instance,
you
may
have
some
type
of
recreational
activity
where
people
are
more
relaxed
in
that
type
of
environment
and
say,
for
instance,
you
had
something
like
a
little
basketball
league
for
the
fire
department,
basketball
league
for
the
police
department
and
the
basketball
league
for
the
community
to
put
together,
and
we
have
sort
of
a
you
know
some
type
of
little
sport
activity
going
to
in
the
community.
C
E
Yes,
ma'am,
it
absolutely
is
and
it
is
occurring
and
will
will
continue.
E
The
the
pandemic
clearly
has
has
slowed
that
down,
but
pre-make
our
firefighters,
we're
working
with
our
parks
and
recreation
department,
and
we
had
firefighters
out
there
with
our
youth
playing
flag
football,
coaching
soccer,
flag,
football,
basketball,
and
so
that
you're
exactly
right,
that
is,
has
been
very
successful
for
us
and
we
want
to
ramp
that
up
significantly
once
it's
safe
to
do
that
and
those
programs
return
so
that
we
are
in
that
relaxed
atmosphere
and-
and
it
becomes
a
much
more-
a
relational
type
interaction
rather
than
a
presentation
or
question
and
answer
session.
E
H
Good
morning
again,
everyone
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
once
again
address
you
all,
give
you
kind
of
a
idea,
what's
what's
happening
internally
in
the
police
department,
but
also
how
we're
working
within
the
community
and
also
give
you
a
bit
of
a
snapshot
on
crime
as
it
pertains
to
the
city.
So
you
can
move
forward.
H
As
you
know,
we've
started
our
community
engagement
division
in
november
of
2020.
We
currently
have
15
officers
assigned
to
that
division.
Since
its
inception,
the
division
has
handled
87
complaints.
That
are,
you
know,
mostly
your
quality
of
life,
neighborhood
issues
we've
been
able
to
close
out
21
of
those
complaints.
H
We
were
able
to
we've
been
able
to
attend
six
meetings
so
far
and
clearly
what
you
can
see
here
is
is,
what's
on
the
mind
of
of
our
residents
in
homeless.
Camps
certainly
are
something
that
we're
asked
about.
Frequently
you
can
see
40
47
of
the
people.
We
talk
to
that's
their
primary
concern
so
again
we're
just
out
there
listening
and
trying
to
get
a
better
understanding
of
what
concerns
people
most
next,
please.
H
When
we
do
talk
about
the
camps
and
the
ones
that
we're
addressing
and
working
with
our
partnerships
on,
you
can
see
kind
of
the
breakdown
here.
When
we
get
called
you
know,
33
percent
of
the
time,
it's
it's
for
a
concern
on
private
property,
8
on
dot
property
and
really
only
66
on
city
owned
property.
Those
are
the
the
concerns
that
that
we're
addressing
and
where
the
complaints
are
are
generated
from.
F
H
Big
topic,
as
we
all
know,
is
the
attrition
rate
that
we're
currently
contending
with
here
at
apd.
Our
sworn
in
january
of
2020
was
238
officers,
that's
what
we
were
budgeted
for
and
since
january
20
we
have
lost
69
of
those
officers.
So
that's
a
significant
number
when
you
take
into
account
the
other
various
leaves
whether
it's
military
leave.
Sick
leave,
reassigned
for
administrative
purposes,
light
duty
assignments
on
any
given
day.
H
H
Currently
we
do
have
eight
replacements
in
the
pipeline,
who
are
at
their
basic
law
enforcement
training.
Right
now
we
did
have
164
total
applications
that
we
were
receiving
the
last
couple
months
when
we
posted
for
invites
to
come
back
to
to
do
the
written
test
in
the
full
application
pro
only
24
people
actually
came
back
when
we
start
looking
at.
H
You
know,
then
who's
a
valuable
candidate.
After
that,
you
know
whether
it
was
you
know
they
weren't
able
to
pass
the
physical
assessment
or
trouble
with
the
written
test.
There
were
problems
during
the
panel
interviews
that
that
were
unearthed.
Only
seven
applicants
were
even
qualified
to
move
forward
and
what
I
can
tell
you
with
that
is
historically
when
you
look
at
that
that
seven
just
get
to
the
next
phase
of
the
background
investigation
in
the
next
phase
of
testing
that
usually
you'll
lose
three
or
four
of
those.
H
So
as
far
as
replacements
for
our
next
class
in
july,
best
case
scenario
is
seven,
but
in
all
likelihood
it's
going
to
be.
You
know,
perhaps
only
half
of
that,
so
not
a
lot
in
the
pipeline
right
now,
but
of
course
we're
working
on
that
next,
please.
H
What
I'd
like
to
just
kind
of
cover,
real,
quick,
something
that's
really
the
staffing
crisis
has
really
created,
is
an
increase
in
our
response
times
for
virtually
all
calls.
But
of
course,
I
think
what
everybody's
concerned
most
about
is
our
priority
calls
and
our
priority
one
calls
these
are
the
most
serious
calls
that
we
go
on,
so
you
can
kind
of
see
a
list,
a
partial
list.
The
lists
are
more
expanded,
but
there's
only
so
much
that
we
can
fit
in,
but
you
can
see
the
priority
calls.
H
H
So
what
you
see
and
we're
using
may
of
of
20
20
as
our
guideline,
because
that's
when
we
were
still
fully
staffed,
as
we
know,
we've
seen,
the
most
loss
of
people
in
june
is
is
when
our
attrition
rate
really
started
to
ramp
up.
So
if
you
use
that
may
as
your
baseline,
you
can
see
over
the
last
several
months
from
november
december
and
january
response
time
is
continually
creeping
up
so
for
our
highest
priority
calls
it's
taking.
You
know
us
27
longer.
H
What
that
means
is,
is
roughly
two
minutes
longer
for
us
to
get
there
on
our
highest
priority
calls
when
someone's
in
danger
when
someone
is
in
need
of
immediate
police
service,
it's
taking
us
two
minutes
longer
to
get
there
now
and
when
you're
in
trouble
and
when
your
life's
in
jeopardy
that's
a
lot.
Two
minutes
seems
like
a
lifetime,
so
that's
very
serious,
but
it's
27
percent
longer,
but
the
calls
for
service
are
down
25.
H
We
know
these
numbers,
as
you
hit
may
june
july.
Calls
for
service
are
going
to
be
much
higher,
they're
going
to
be
at
that
may
level,
so
we're
anticipating
these
call
times,
and
these
response
times
on
high
priority
calls
to
get
much
much
higher.
The
traffic
will
be
greater
there'll,
be
more
tourists
in
town.
H
We
know
we're
going
to
see
a
probably
return
to
commerce
and
you
know
more
business
being
open.
So
again,
just
the
traffic
and
the
call
volume
is
going
to
go
up
significantly,
but
we're
already
seeing
lengthened
times
to
respond
with
calls
being
down.
So
we're
very,
very
concerned
about
this.
Our
low
priority
calls
you
can
see
the
time
for
us
to
respond
has
gone
up
dramatically.
H
These
are
your
basic
report,
calls
or
maybe
just
you
know,
a
parking
complaint
so
on
and
so
forth.
It
is
just
taking
us
far
longer
to
get
there
and
again
call
volume
down
45
when
the
call
volume
goes
up
to
normal
summertime
levels
that
wait
time
is
going
to
increase
drastically.
H
There's
there's
just
no
way
around
that
next,
please
what
we're
trying
to
do.
What
I
can
tell
you
is
we're
doing
as
much
as
possible.
This
is
this
is
a
day-to-day
issue
for
us
here
where
we're
having
to
make
adjustments
constantly.
H
What
we've
done
so
far
is
we've
had
to
reassign
some
detectives
to
patrol
work.
Of
course.
Now
that
means
we're
triaging
cases
that
we
can
investigate.
Those
investigations
are
going
to
take
longer
if
we're
able
to
assign
cases
at
all
to
certain
crimes.
It's
it's
we're
triaging
that
we've
had
to
reduce
our
number
of
school
resource
officers
from
five
to
three.
H
We
are
currently
I
met
with
the
school
district
last
week
and
we've
even
informed
them
that
we
cannot
promise
that
we'll
always
have
three
available
depending
on
how
attrition
either
stems
or
continues.
H
We
are
now
assigning
just
designated
report
cards.
That's
all
they
do
and
we're
leaving
our
other
officers
and
our
other
cars
available
just
for
those
higher
priority
calls.
So
that's
kind
of
creating
the
wait
time
on
the
report
card
report
calls
because
we
have
to
have
those
officers
available
to
respond
to
an
emergency
if
necessary.
H
We've
we've
cut
back
on
our
patrol
districts
because
we've
had
to
spread
our
resources
thinner,
so
we've
taken
it
down
from
four
districts
to
three:
we've
had
to
eliminate
all
of
our
bike
and
foot
patrols.
City-Wide
we
just
no
longer
have
that
luxury
to
have
officers
on
bikes
or
on
foot.
Next,
please.
H
One
of
the
things
we
have
done
just
to
kind
of
speed
up
report
times
is
we're
trying
to
encourage
people
if
possible.
We,
especially
in
south
asheville.
You
know,
we've
opened
up
in
in-person
reporting
we're
using
non-sworn
personnel,
so
people
can
just
come
up
and
file
a
complaint
down
to
in
our
south
district.
H
They
don't
have
to
come
all
the
way,
downtown
we're
continuing
to
promote
our
police
to
citizen
report
online
reporting
and
that's
where
we
really
need
help
from
our
city
residents
to
to
really
utilize
that
tool
and
go
with
online
reporting
for
minor
again.
Your
report
calls
things
of
that
nature
to
use
that
tool
as
much
as
possible
because
it
just
keeps
our
officers
freed
up
for
the
more
vital
tasks.
So
we've
had
some
success,
but
we
could
certainly
use
a
lot
more
relief
there,
but
we
continue
to
to
promote
that
tool.
H
But
you
know,
as
we
find
just
sometimes
and
more
often
than
not,
even
if
it's,
what
might
be
a
minor
nature
to
us,
people
still
want
to
see
that
police
officer.
They
still
want
to
talk
to
the
officer
and,
of
course,
the
the
online
tool
is
rather
impersonal,
because
they
still
need
advice.
They
still
need
direction
with
our
special
specialized
units.
We
have
kind
of
reassigned
certain
patrol
tests
to
those
specialized
units,
so
we're
using
them
in
a
different
manner.
H
We're
looking
at
our
deployment
every
single
day,
we're
looking
for
hot
spots,
we're
looking
for
areas
that
seem
to
be
most
affected
by
crime
and
we're
just
shifting
resources,
sometimes
hour
by
hour
day
by
day
week
by
week,
we're
moving.
H
H
Most
and
again
we
will
just
you
know
as
far
as
attrition
goes:
we
don't
know
where
we're
gonna
be
another
month
or
two
from
now,
so
we
just
will
continue
to
triage
as
best
we
can
with,
of
course,
the
priority
being
those
priority
and
priority
one
calls.
So
we
are
in
a
little
bit
of
a
mode
where
we
we
really
have
to
triage
and
and
make
sure
that
we're
getting
to
those
emergency
calls.
H
First,
please,
as
far
as
you
know,
where
we're
at
with
with
crime,
especially
violent
crime,
really
we're
holding
steady
right
where
we
were
at
in
2020.
H
2021
is
continuing
down
that
path,
so
you
can
see
with
our
aggravated
assaults
homicides.
Fortunately,
we
haven't
had
any
rape,
armed
robbery,
common
law,
robbery,
we're
right
at
the
totals.
We
were
at
this
time
last
year,
so
violent
crime,
especially
on
those
most
violent,
offenses,
really
hasn't
been
affected
or
hasn't
changed
much
it's
on
the
rise,
but
we're
steady
right
now
with
where
we
were
at
in
in
2020.
H
As
far
as
gun
discharges
again,
you
know
we
know
we
had
well
over
600
gun
discharge
calls
in
the
city
last
year.
So
we
monitor
that
as
well,
and
you
can
see
through
the
first
two
months
of
the
year,
we're
still
seeing
that
high
amount
of
gun
discharge
calls
and,
of
course,
the
victims
of
shootings
as
well.
We
are
very
close
to
our
numbers
from
a
year
ago,
so
this
is
something
that
is
of
great
concern
to
the
police
department.
Of
course,
our
community
is
that
we
have
to
work
harder
to
stem
gun
violence.
H
I
was
asked
a
little
bit
about
this
recently
and
just
an
update
on
where
we
were
at
for
written
consent
to
search
on
motor
vehicles.
This
policy
was
implemented
back
in
october
of
2019
and
we're
talking
about
in
2020
with
well
over
5
300
stops
only
21
times
was
you
know,
did
we
request
a
written
consent
for
search?
So
it's
it's
not
a
something
that
happens
very
often
it
does
happen,
but
again
those
searches,
not
only
are
they
documented
by
the
officer's
body,
worn
camera,
but
also
by
the
written
consent.
H
So
it
doesn't
happen
often,
but
it
does
happen
year
to
date,
just
in
the
first
two
months.
We've
only
done
three
so
again,
just
not
a
very
often
occurrence,
but
it
does
happen
next,
please
just
moving
forward
what
we're
going
to
just
continue
to
pound
away
at
is.
We
we've
got
to
continue
to
try
and
develop
a
gun,
violence
reduction
strategy.
H
You've
heard
me
talk
about
that
a
little
bit
so
hopefully
in
2021.
We
can
really
have
that
long-term
strategy
in
place
and
get
past
the
talking
stage
and
get
into
the
actual.
H
Implementation
of
that
strategy-
staffing
again,
this
is
a
day-to-day
thing
that
we
have
to
look
at
and
we
just
have
to
keep
coming
up
with
contingency
plans
for
that,
especially
as
call
volume
increases
as
we
get
closer
to
the
spring
and
summer
months.
We
know
the
traffic's
going
to
increase.
We
know
that
most
likely
crime
will
increase
and
also
our
cause
overall
calls
for
service.
So
we
have
to
plan
for
that
constantly.
H
One
thing
that
we
have
rolled
out
recently
is
this
whistler
training.
It's
a
non-escalation,
de-escalation
and
crisis
management
communication
course.
I
was
very
familiar
with
this
course
from
my
time
in
in
new
york,
and
it
was
very
effective
not
only
with
how
an
officer
engages
with
the
community
members,
particularly
on
traffic
stops,
but
also
that
it's
been
very
effective
in
reducing
use
of
force
and
really
those
contentious
encounters
by
giving
our
officers
some
better
communication
skills
and
strategies,
especially
when
dealing
with
someone
who
might
be
non-compliant.
H
So
we've
got
our
our
trainers
in
place.
We
had
the
our
who
we
contracted
with
they
were
in
here
last
month.
We
trained,
I
believe,
like
10
officers,
to
train
the
entire
department.
This
training
will
now
roll
out
in
march
of
this
year
and
it
will
be
mandatory
for
all
of
our
sworn
officers.
D
Is
it
possible
to
pull
up
the
presentation
again?
We
we
did
just
get
these
slides
at
9
33
this
morning
right
and
less
an
hour
and
a
half
before
the
meeting.
So
I
hope
you'll
be
gracious
with
me,
as
I
kind
of
just
look
at
this
as
a
quick
response.
So
this
slide
tells
me
two
things
just
on
preliminary
analysis.
D
One
I'm
concerned
that
we
might
be
overstating
the
harm
when
we
have
less
homicide
and
rape
on
this
chart.
So
it's
not
just
the
same
now
I
am
not
discounting
the
harm,
that's
done
with
aggravated
assault
or
armed
robbery,
but
at
the
same
time
we're
in
a
pandemic,
and
so
many
of
our
residents
and
folks
are
in
an
economic
crisis.
D
I
also
just
to
my
colleagues
here
on
this
committee.
I
wanted
to
remind
us
that
on
june
19th,
if
we
can
go
to
the
slide
about
written
consent
to
search
on
june
19th
of
2018,
the
then
seated
council
passed
three
resolutions:
one
implementation
of
written
consent,
policy
for
vehicular
searches
and
searches
of
the
person
of
personal
property
associated
with
the
person.
D
So
as
we're
looking
and
analyzing
the
outcomes
of
those
resolutions,
I
think
we
should
have
an
update
at
this
committee
level
with
the
data
analysis
to
this
committee,
and
then
we
would
need
to
recommend
action
to
counsel
and
we're
only
really
going
to
be
able
to
do
that
if
we
look
and
see
how
the
policies
resulted
in
outcomes
in
our
community
now.
I
know
this
is
hard
because
so
many
things
have
changed.
D
I
get
that
we
are
going
to
have
to
review
this
with
just
a
careful
analysis
that
this
is
different
than
other
years,
but
until
we
really
look
at
like
where
we
are
and
keep
an
eye
on
where
we're
going,
we
won't
have
enough
information
just
looking
at
one
snapshot
at
the
time.
So
this
is
both
a
request
for
a
data
analysis
that
goes
further
than
just
the
slides
that
we
have
here
and
also
a
request
for
a
future
agenda
item.
I
hope
that
we
can
consider
that.