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Dockets # 0600, 1005, 1051, 1053, 1300, 1377 - Various grant appropriations for the Boston Police Department
A
A
We
will
take
public
testimony,
so
if
folks
want
to
testify
about
any
of
these
grants,
we'll
do
that
at
the
end.
I
just
ask
that
folks
sign
in
and
check
the
box
saying
that
they
do
want
to
testify
and
when
you
do
come
up.
I
will
ask
that
you
limit
your
comments
for
a
few
minutes
and
state
your
name
and
affiliation.
A
We
have
a
total
of
five
grants
this
morning,
we're
going
to
start
with
docket
number
zero
600
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
the
amount
of
forty
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
twelve
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
awarded
by
demand
abolition
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
city's
empowered
against
sexual
exploitation,
Network
phase
2
for
law
enforcement
interventions
technology
in
research-based
innovations.
This
matter
was
referred
to
the
Committee
on
April
26
2017,
rather
than
read
through
all
I'll.
B
B
So
right
now
we
have
three
efforts.
We
have
a
law
enforcement,
focused
effort,
which
is
an
effort
to
reduce
demand
by
deterring
buyers
through
the
use
of
technology
in
partnerships
with
other
law
enforcement
groups.
We
have
a
faith,
engagement
piece
which
is
really
about
organizing
the
faith
community
and
educating
them
and
teaching
them
ways
to
reduce
demand
within
their
congregations
and
staff,
as
well
as
a
business
engagement
effort
in
partnership
with
the
Attorney
General's
Office,
in
which
we
will
be
working
with
the
business
community
to
work
on
human
resource
strategies
and
policies
to
reduce
demand.
B
This
particular
grant
was
given
to
us
to
help
us
coordinate
those
three
strategies.
It's
forty,
one
thousand
four
hundred
and
twelve
dollars.
It
pays
for
a
part
time
coordinator
to
help
staff
all
three
efforts.
It
also
pays
for
overtime
for
the
human
trafficking
unit
to
do
stings,
reverse
stings
through
Facebook
and
Google
ad
campaigns,
and
to
go
out
and
basically
increase
risk
for
buyers
of
sex
and
the
indirect
cost
that
goes
to
the
city.
B
Those
are
the
three
efforts
that
we're
supporting
and
in
partnership
we
are
working
with
the
mayor's
office.
The
attorney
general's
office
hunt,
alternatives,
which
is
the
funding
agency,
demand,
abolition,
which
is
the
national
and
international
network
and
cease
network
partners
which
is
about
another
I,
think
there's
another
12
now,
because
they've
increased
the
numbers.
Since
we
were
originally
given
the
funds
and
ceased
Boston's
planning
an
implementation
team,
which
is
citywide
leadership
from
different
sectors
and
communities
in
Boston,
how.
B
Applying
applying
for
more
funding
through
other
foundation
sources,
the
hunt
hunt,
alternatives
are
moving
their
efforts
to
Washington
DC,
right
and
they're,
trying
to
set
up
more
of
a
policy
and
lobbying
arm
to
get
legislators
in
both
the
House
and
the
Senate
in
DC.
To
understand
why
demand
reduction
is
that
is
the
route
to
take
to
sort
of
reduce
this
exploitation.
B
The
beauty
of
working
with
hunt,
alternatives
and
demand
abolition
is
that
you
we
work
with
these
partners
all
over
the
country,
and
it
just
so
happened
that
the
cease
people
have
done
a
lot
of
work
around
the
technology
piece
it's.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
deep
data
mining
early
on
that
showed
us
the
size
and
the
scope
of
the
problem
in
the
Boston
area
and
then
around
last
January.
We
did
a
series
of
campaigns
where
we
disrupted
purchases
online
through
google
adword
campaigns
which
allowed
us
to
do
reverse
stings.
B
B
A
You
and
thank
you
to
team
fall.
You
guys
thanks
now,
moving
on
to
docket
number
one:
zero,
zero
five.
This
is
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
police
commissioner,
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
of
250
thousand
dollars
from
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center
its
fiscal
year,
17
allocation
awarded
by
the
Executive
Office
of
Public,
Safety
and
security.
A
This
grant
will
provide
will
provide
upgrades,
expansion
and
integration
of
Technology
and
protocols
related
to
anti-terrorism,
anti-crime,
anti-god,
a
anti-gang,
an
emergency
response
and
today
to
testify
in
docket
number
one:
zero:
zero,
five
david
caribbean,
whose
assistant
chief
of
the
Bureau
of
intelligence
and
analysis
and
the
director
of
the
BRIC.
Thank
you
for
being
here
this
morning.
E
That's
software
licensing
as
well
as
project
management,
technical
assistance
and
training,
and
the
purpose
of
the
software
is
related
to
our
efforts
to
increase
the
efficiencies
of
Boston
police
departments,
internal
data
systems.
As
you
may
know,
there
are
numerous
data
systems
that
information
is
collected
and
placed
into
on
a
daily
basis
from
police
reports
to
different
interactions.
E
There
are
a
lot
of
inconsistencies
in
the
way
that
the
data
is
placed
in
there,
which
makes
analysis
sometimes
well
always
very,
very
complicated,
especially
when
we're
dealing
with
very,
very
large
volumes
of
data.
So
what
this
data?
What
these
systems
are
meant
to
do
is
provide
more
precise
formatting
of
the
data
so
that
we
can
search
across
systems
and
get
faster
responses
and
more
efficient
responses,
deduplication
of
duplicate
records
and
ultimately
be
able
to
provide
analysis.
It
helps
police
deployment
more
precisely
and
more
accurately.
E
E
Currently
right
now,
in
order
for
us
to
provide
background
on
any
types
of
criminal
investigations,
we
have
to
go
through
dozens
of
systems,
retrieve
records
back
analyze,
that
information
draw
connections
between
people
places
and
things
we
refer
to
them
as
entities
and
then
provide
information
back
to
the
investigators
that
are
that
are
working
in
the
street
in
the
case
of
shootings
oftentimes.
This
is
to
prevent
retaliatory
violence
based
on
information
that
we
have.
We
might
be
able
to
deploy
officers
to
certain
areas
of
the
city
where
we
expect
there
to
be
retaliation.
E
So,
ultimately,
what
this
analytic
interface
will
do
is
it
will
provide
some
streamlining.
It
will
process
data
automatically
it'll
go
through
an
old
process.
Data
will
look
for
what's
called
entity
resolution,
so
when
officers
are
entering
data
into
freeform
fields
oftentimes,
there
are
different
ways
to
represent
the
data
so
Boston
Police
Department.
For
example,
you
could
put
Boston
Police
Department
as
the
location,
one
Schroeder,
Plaza,
1199,
Tremont,
Street,
so
on
and
so
forth
and
with
names
I
could
be
Dave
carob
and
David
carob
and
Devi
Caravan
D
carob,
and
you
name
it.
E
What
it
does
is
it
looks
to
streamline
those
entities
for
faster
response
and
more
accurate
results.
We're
looking
at
approximately
I
believe
around
16,000
new
entities
go
into
the
system
on
a
monthly
basis,
so
we're
dealing
with
a
lot
so
back
to
the
platform.
It
will
allow
for
the
analyst
to
get
quicker
and
more
accurate
results
deduplicating
that
data,
and
it
will
also
provide
visualization
tools
so
that
we
can
do
some
link
analysis
and
see,
connections
between
people,
places,
incidents
and
things
and
ultimately
be
able
to
draw
conclusions
on
things
that
are
going
on.
My.
A
E
E
A
You
anything
else,
you
want
to
add
no
ma'am.
Okay.
Thank
you
moving
right
along.
This
is
docket
number
one:
zero,
five
one
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
of
three
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
three
thousand
three
hundred
and
seventeen
dollars
for
the
FY
18
public
safety,
answering
point:
support
and
incentive
grant
awarded
by
the
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Executive
Office
of
Public
Safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
will
fund
the
costs
associated
with
providing
enhanced
911
services.
A
This
matter
was
referred
to
the
Committee
on
august,
2nd
2017
and
then
the
second
one
is
docket
number
one:
zero,
five
three
message
and
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expand
agree
of
six
hundred
in
eighty
four
thousand
one
hundred
and
twenty
one
hundred
and
twenty
one
dollars
for
the
FY
18
state
911
in
grant
awarded
by
the
Massachusetts
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
This
grant
would
fund
training
and
certification
of
enhanced
911
telecommunications
staff.
A
The
matter
was
referred
to
the
Committee
on
august,
2nd
2017
here
to
testify
on
docket
number
one:
zero,
five
one
and
one
zero
five:
three
deputy
superintendent
commander,
Michael
Cox
of
the
Operations
Division
Bureau
field
services
from
the
police
department.
Is
that
correct?
Okay?
Take
it
away!
Thank
you.
F
18
public
safety
answering
point
grant.
Basically,
it's
a
formulated
grant.
That's
comprised
of
call
volume
for
the
city
and
the
number
of
population
in
the
city
and
it's
given
by
the
state
and
i1
Department
to
help
the
front
defray
the
costs
associated
with
running
an
eye
on
one
department.
This
year,
our
funds
will
be
utilized
by
both
the
police
department,
Fire
Department
EMS,
to
defray
the
cost
associated
with
maintenance
in
upgrade
to
our
CAD
system.
Our
computer-aided
dispatch
system
intended
to
basically
increase
our
efficiency
and
accuracy.
F
Also,
the
funds
will
be
used
to
cover
both
Boston
Fire
and
EMS
maintenance
fees
associated
with
the
number
one
operations
of
the
CAD
system
as
well.
Also,
we
were
using
some
of
the
funds
to
upgrade
our
nice
system,
which
is
an
a.1
recording
system
for
all
the
9-1-1
calls
and
operations
and,
additionally,
the
funds
will
be
used
it
defray
the
costs
associated
with
nine
one
one
communication
personnel
and
including
dispatchers
and
some
of
the
sitter's
supervisors.
That's
that's
for
docket
one
zero.
Five
one.
A
F
Five
three
is,
basically
our
training
grant
the
one
office
I'm
a
division
that
we
have.
We
are
all
the
people
employed.
They
are
certified
by
the
state
level,
one
department
and
they're
responsible
for
getting
16
hours
of
continuing
education
credits,
and
this
covers
the
cost
of
those
credits
for
all
the
individuals
that
work
for
both
Boston
Police
Fire
EMS
in
the
nine
1
division
portions.
A
F
The
grants
have
gone
up,
certainly
over
the
last
six
years,
as
long
as
I've
been
in
operations
and
it's
likely
to
be
renewed
for
the
next
couple
of
years.
Again,
it
is
based
off
of
our
call
volume,
which
is
kind
of
going
up
over
the
past
few
years
and
the
population
size
of
the
city.
As
far
as
the
9-1-1
calls.
B
A
Thank
you
for
being
here
this
morning
and
thank
you
for
all.
You
do
and
David
I
didn't
tell
you
that
the
same!
Thank
you
for
all
you
do
moving
right
along.
This
is
docket
number
one:
three:
zero
zero
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
expend
one
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
eight
hundred
and
seventy
two
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
FY
17
port
security
grant
program
awarded
by
the
US
Department
of
Homeland
Security
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
G
A
A
A
H
C
C
H
As
long
as
you
mean,
you
paint
the
bottoms
to
keep
growth
off
of
them
and
as
far
as
electrolysis
problems
in
water,
you
have
sacrificial
metals
like
zinc,
that
you
have
to
annually
change
those
out
because
they
get
eat.
Those
would
be
the
first
when
you
have
there's
electric
currents
in
the
water
and
they'd
eat
the
aluminum
house.
If
you
didn't
have
these
things
on
there
and
you
painted
so
that's
something
we
do
annually
and
just
you
probably
have
somewhere
and
the
lungs
was
properly
maintained.
A
25-year
like
wow.
D
G
Do
put
contracts
out
every
year
or
so
for
for
maintenance.
So
that's
there's
a
maintenance
schedule
and
that's
that's.
That's.
You
know
designed
to
optimize
that
the
life
of
the
equipment,
but
it
is,
it
is
basically
a
number
of
hours
run.
Eventually
the
machineries
going
to
wear
down
so
the
boat
might
be
fine,
but
the
engines
need
to
be
replaced
periodically
and
that's
either
built
in
through
a
grant
or
the
maintenance
is
built
in
through
a
through
a
bit
process
and
we
have
a
couple
of
different
entities.
A
A
Last
docket
is
docket
number
one
377.
This
is
a
message
in
order
authorizing
the
city
of
Boston
to
accept
and
expend
a
grant
of
two
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
forty
four
dollars
for
the
FY
2017
DNA
capacity,
enhancement
and
backlog
reduction
program
awarded
by
the
National
Institute
of
justice
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
The
grant
would
fund
two
criminalist
positions,
lab
supplies
and
continuing
education.
A
I
Morning,
yes,
I'm,
testifying
on
the
DNA
backlog
reduction
grant
this
morning.
This
grant
is
primarily
to
fund
to
criminalist
positions
that
we
have
in-house
in
the
laboratory,
one
in
the
criminalistics
unit
and
one
in
the
DNA
section.
We've
maintained
this
grant,
or
a
version
thereof
for
at
least
12
years.
So
we've
been
very
fortunate
to
increase
the
staffing
level
of
the
of
the
Crime
Laboratory
in
general
by
two
positions
for
a
number
of
years.
In
addition,
we
do
have
much
like
the
deputy
mentioned.
We
have
continuing
education
requirements.
I
These
are
requirements
that
are
put
forth
by
our
accreditation
guidelines,
so
each
DNA
analyst
must
maintain
or
participate
in
at
least
eight
hours
of
continuing
education
each
calendar
year.
So
this
grant
does
allow
for
travel
and
registration
costs
for
continuing
education,
and
we
have
been
successful
in
utilizing
that
for
the
DNA
analysts
to
allow
the
operating
budget
to
train
the
other
members
of
the
Crime
Laboratory
that
are
not
in
the
DNA
section.
D
E
I
So
the
let
me
just
see
the
the
grant
does
ask
about
that.
So
I
can
tell
you
that,
as
part
of
our
grant
application,
they
do
ask
us
for
the
backlog
as
of
January
1st
2016,
and
that
was
six
hundred
and
seventy
nine
cases
and
so
bringing
additional
staff
into
the
lab.
Obviously
it
allows
us
to
process
more
casework,
and
so
that
helps
us
to
reduce
the
backlog.
There
is.
I
There's
probably
no
acceptable
standard
really,
however,
based
on
my
experience
of
going
to
nationwide
conferences.
It
varies
widely.
However,
as
far
as
the
grant
is
concerned,
they
define
a
case
as
being
in
backlog
if
it's
been
in
30
days
since
the
commission
of
the
crime
or
reporting
of
the
crime
excuse
me
and
if
there's
no
report
at
that
point
within
30
days,
it's
considered
a
backlog.
So
it's
a
30-day
timeline.
I
There
are
laboratories
that
have
tens
of
thousands
of
cases
in
their
backlog.
There
are
other
laboratories
that
have
a
14
day,
turnaround
time
overwhelmingly
talking
to
labs
across
the
country.
At
the
conferences,
more
people
have
a
longer
backlog
or
a
larger
backlog
than
we
do.
Given
the
number
of
analysts
we
have
so
we
we
have
two
fully
trained
case
working
analysts
in
the
DNA
section
right
now,
and
we
have
three
in
training,
including
one
of
our
grant
funded
analysts.
So
we
do
have
a
plan,
a
strategic
plan.
I
I
D
I
I'm
just
I'm
fascinated
by
it,
because
I
think
that
in
Boston
we
should
have
zero
and
I'm
also
curious,
always
about
our
relationship
with
the
State
Police
and
their
crime
lab
and
the
work
that
they're
doing
for
us
and
whether
or
not
we
could
be
doing
a
better
job
at
a
quicker
job
and
a
more
efficient
job,
I
suppose.
What
of
those
six
hundred
nine
cases?
Is
there
a
particular
theme
on
why
they
might
be
backlog?
So
is
a
particular
analyst
that
does
a
particular
task
that
we're
short
of
I
see.
I
I
I
Correct,
that's
correct,
yes,
and
one
other
piece
of
information,
I
think
might
be
helpful.
Is
you
know,
in
order
to
reduce
the
backlog,
many
crime,
labs
and
DNA
sections
will
focus
their
efforts
on
things
like
homicides
and
then
more
violent
crime.
Certainly
violent
felonies.
Our
Crime
Laboratory
has
the
philosophy
of
if
a
case
requires.
If
DNA
testing
can
assist
a
case,
we
will
process
it.
So
we
will
process
a
threatening
letter,
homicide,
sexual
assault,
any
type
of
case
and
and
certainly
with
the
the
database,
the
convicted
offender
database
CODIS.
I
D
Higher
return
on
those
those
efforts,
and
then
so
we
hope
that
adding
two
more
positions
will
reduce
the
number
of
clogged
cases
correct
and
their
other
limitations
other
than
staffing
that
create
that
you
know
lead
to
backlog,
whether
it's
space
or
other
technologies
that
aren't
necessarily
human
capital.
Certainly.