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Description
At Wednesday's Board of Supervisor meeting, Chesterfield County Police Chief, Col. Jeffrey S. Katz provided the Board a Supervisors with an annual Chesterfield County Police update.
A
Chairman
members
of
the
board,
the
audience
behind
me
and
the
public
viewing
us
welcome
to
our
afternoon
session
of
the
board,
as
we
start
as
a
tradition
for
every
meeting,
it's
recognizing
the
value
of
our
employees
and
the
excellence
that
they
provide
every
day
we're
in
a
unique
position
today,
because
the
first
presentation
after
everyday
excellence
is
our
police
departmental
update.
So
it's
fitting
actually
that
they're
one
and
the
same
today
so
colonel
katz.
A
I
like
to
call
him
forward
to
begin
his
presentation
and,
as
part
of
his
presentation,
there's
a
lot
of
recognition
to
be
had
and
earned
amongst
his
people
and
personnel.
So
we
will
start
with
his
presentation
and
there's
a
couple
of
other
niceties
of
some
other
police
activities,
especially
our
relationship
with
virginia
state
university
and
some
recognition.
We
recently
received
that
I'll
be
talking
about
later
today.
Under
my
county
administrator
update,
colonel
katz,
colonel.
B
C
Welcome
mr
chair
distinguished
board,
dr
casey
fellow
citizens,
it's
my
privilege
and
honor
today
to
recognize
two
of
some
of
our
our
best
personnel
master
officer,
rob
wilson
and
senior
detective
chris
leaf.
I
could
ask
them
to
to
join
me
because,
I'm
not
going
to
say
nice
things
about
them,
while
they're
sitting
behind
me.
I
want
them
up
front
so
that
they
can
have
the
the
attention
they
deserve
and
they
I'm
sure
they
don't
want.
C
C
He's
led
the
chester
county
police
department
in
total
traffic
stops
and
arrests
for
the
last
four
years,
and
when
I
give
the
update
you'll
understand
why
that
is
so
important
officer,
wilson,
also
volunteers,
for
the
gracie
program.
That
partners
with
vcu
health
and
gracie
is
the
get
real
alcohol,
drug
choices
and
consequences
for
you
program.
This
partnership
takes
young
adults
who
have
been
charged
with
certain
driving
offenses
and
puts
them
through
a
scared
straight
style
program
in
december
of
2020
officer.
C
Wilson
had
the
idea
to
honor
the
memory
of
victims
of
crashes
that
have
occurred
in
chesterfield
county
officer,
wilson
presented
the
idea
via
his
chain
of
command
and
began
coordinating
with
various
parties
that
have
a
vested
interest
to
determine
the
design,
the
cost,
location
and
much
more
offshore.
Wilson's
idea,
after
months
of
planning,
turned
into
a
major
traffic
safety
campaign
that
was
called
in
memory
of
and
we'll
cover
that
in
the
update.
C
But
it
was
a
valuable
public
safety
and
traffic
safety
message
for
education
in
our
community
and
also
it
honored
the
memory
of
people
who
have
tragically
lost
their
lives
on
our
roadways.
After
several
months
of
work,
the
campaign
was
launched
at
the
end
of
march
of
2021
resulted
in
several
local
news
stories,
as
well
as
a
tremendous
feedback
on
social
media,
his
dedication
and
to
the
preservation
of
life,
protection
of
the
vulnerable
development
of
personnel
and
the
building
of
problem-solving
partnerships,
which
is
the
core
of
his
work
ethic.
C
His
nomination
for
office
of
the
year
was
described
as
being
he
was
described
as
being
the
best
of
the
best.
His
unparalleled
work
ethic
commitment
to
his
community
and
passion
for
public
safety,
keep
chesterfield
county
a
first
choice
community.
I
should
also
say
that
he
hails
from
our
beloved
sheriff
carl
leonard
buffalo,
new
york,
so
officer
wilson.
Congratulations.
C
Also
standing
beside
me
is
senior
detective.
Chris
lee
senior
detective
christopher
lee
was
transferred
to
the
special
victim
section
of
the
criminal
investigations
division
in
the
fall
of
2018.
as
you've
known
from
previous
presentations.
I've,
given
the
board
and
discussions
I've
had
with
you.
The
special
victim
section
is
of
particular
value
and
interest
to
me
and
in
the
three
years
that
he
has
emerged,
he's
not
only
been
one
of
the
most
skilled
and
capable
investigators
in
the
persons
unit,
but
also
an
informal
leader
of
the
special
victims.
C
Section
detective
lee
is
incredibly
thorough,
diligent
and
resourceful
he's
team
oriented
he's
an
effective
communicator
he's
the
epitome
of
professionalism
and
possesses
a
remarkably
dogged
work
ethic.
All
these
qualities
are
ever
present
in
his
impeccable
case
work
as
a
as
a
detective,
it's
very
easy
and
frankly
understandable,
to
become
fixated
on
individual
pursuits
and
his
own
personal
performance.
C
But
what
makes
detective
lee
an
ideal
representative
of
the
investigations
bureau
is
that
he
has
shown
time
and
time
again
that
he
doesn't
view
himself
as
merely
a
detective,
only
concerned
with
investigating
his
endeavors,
but
is
a
member
of
the
police
department?
Who
will
do
whatever
it
takes
to
help
other
department
members
fulfill
their
mission?
C
Chris
is
also
a
member
of
our
aus
or
unmanned
aerial
systems,
aircraft
systems,
team
and
he's
training
this
evening,
which
is
why
it's
so
remarkable
that
he's
actually
joined
us
today
and
in
a
suit
because
he
was
supposed
to
be
in
training
gear.
So
I
don't
know
how
he
got
out
of
that,
but
I'm
sure
you'll
be
having
a
discussion
with
blaine
davis.
C
C
C
So
as
you've
heard
me
talk
about
before,
and
I
won't
belabor
the
point
we
exist
for
four
reasons.
I've
actually
touched
on
it.
In
this
everyday
excellence
we
exist
to
preserve
human
life,
to
protect
the
vulnerable,
to
establish
problem-solving
partnerships
and
to
procure
develop,
train
and
retain
top-tier
talent.
C
Everything
we
do
in
our
organization
is
geared
toward
those
endeavors
one
of
the
things
that
we
did
this
last
year
as
an
executive
staff.
As
we
sat
down
and
answered
some
fundamental
questions
that
we
believe
that
every
organization
should
answer
in
its
leadership
team,
so
that
everybody
in
the
organization
is
on
the
same
page,
those
questions
are
again.
Why
do
we
exist?
How
do
we
behave?
What
do
we
do?
How
will
we
succeed?
C
So
you
know
how
do
we
behave
ethical,
purposeful,
intentional
and
customer-centric?
What
do
we
do?
We
serve
protect
and
lead?
We
will
succeed
together.
I
think
that's
important.
What's
most
important
right
now
are
smart
goals.
As
you
know,
we
quantitate
our
goals
every
every
year
to
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
actually
hitting
measurable
goals
and
who
must
do
do
what
we
must
be
dependable
and
we
must
depend
on
one
another.
These
are
all
things
that
are
essential
to
who
we
are
as
an
organization
and
how
we
perform
next
slide.
C
C
We've
asked
people:
what
is
it
like
to
work
in
the
department
and
we've
been
we've
captured.
Some
of
those
statements
included
them
in
our
annual
report
and
some
of
the
things
that
we've
heard
our
staff
say
is
that
the
culture
is
undoubtedly
different
compared
to
this.
This
one
officer's
time
in
the
military,
consistently
being
praised
for
hard
work
and
they've
never
experienced
that
before,
which
is
really
good.
I'd.
C
Thank
you.
Another
member
of
the
department
said
they
noticed
that
ccpd
supports
not
just
the
sworn,
but
the
civilians
as
well,
which
is
very
appealing,
and
it's
not
visible
with
other
agencies,
not
not
always
visible
with
other
agencies.
Our
work
culture
is
one
that
they've
never
experienced
before
in
any
other
job.
The
department
is
one
of
the
most
inspiring
and
engaging
work,
work
environments,
ccpd
leadership
not
only
motivates
employees
towards
success,
but
also
holds
their
members
accountable
to
the
highest
standards
of
excellence.
C
I
mean
the
the
comments
go
on
and
on
again,
this
will
be
articulated
in
our
in
our
annual
report,
but
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
key
statements
that
some
of
our
staff
has
made
about
the
culture
that
we
work
together
every
day
to
build
next
slide.
Please
so
some
of
our
successes
for
this
year
and
I'll
spend
the
majority
of
the
time
on
this
particular
slide.
Again,
we
talked
about
the
in
memory
of
campaign.
C
In
april,
we
transitioned
to
our
three
division
deployment
system.
I'm
happy
to
share
with
you
that
our
falling
creek
division,
which
borders
richmond
and
is
our
busiest
area
of
the
of
the
county,
actually
experienced
a
10
increase
in
response
time
last
year,
so
we're
getting
to
where
we
need
to
get
faster
and
so
and
that
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
our
our
modified
schedule
that
we're
we're
piloting
in
the
falling
creek
division.
C
We
pre
transitioned
to
premiere
1,
cad
and
mobile
system.
In
may,
we
became
the
first
agency
in
virginia
to
implement
the
spider
tech
system.
I've
talked
about
that
in
the
past.
It's
essentially
a
customer
satisfaction
survey
I'll
share
with
you
some
of
the
results
in
future
slides.
We
ranked
sixth
in
the
overall
national
night
out
engagement
for
communities,
300,
000
or
more,
and
that's
we're
consistently
in
the
top
10
in
that
particular
area.
So
we're
very
proud
of
that.
C
We
invited
volunteers
to
join
in
our
hiring
process,
both
sitting
on
oral
review
panels,
evaluating
potential
candidates
and
evaluating
background
investigations
simply
asking
members
of
the
community.
Do
you
feel
comfortable
with
this
person
patrolling
your
streets?
We
feel
like
there's
an
opportunity
there
to
partner
with
the
community.
We've
done
that
and-
and
it's
been
a
very
successful
program
and
a
good
partnership.
C
We
developed
a
new
civilian
audits
and
inspections
position
in
ops.
We
repurposed
a
position
in
records.
One
of
the
features
I
think,
of
a
of
an
excellent
organization
is
that
we're
continually
measuring
our
performance,
this
person
eric
he
has
complete
autonomy
and
latitude
to
go
wherever
he
wants
in
the
organization.
Look
at
whatever
he
wants
inspect
it,
evaluate
it
he's
not
a
sworn
police
officer,
but
he's
our
eyes
and
ears
and
organizations
do
best
that
which
they
frequently
measure,
and
we
don't
know
what
we're
going
to
be
measuring.
C
We
made
international
news
with
our
smart
water
csi
program
for
apprehending
someone
in
the
that
was
breaking
into
the
etric
delhi
that
was
being
hit
on
numerous
occasions.
We
were
very
upset
about
that
because
it's
a
beloved
business
in
our
community
and
we
were
really
really
excited
when
we
were
able
to
snatch
this
gentleman,
who
may
or
may
not
be
wearing
a
ben
roethlisberger
jersey
in
his
shirt
in
his
picture.
C
But
we
were
very
excited
about
the
fact
that
that
we
were
able
to
catch
capture
him.
We
also
arrested
more
than
40
suspects
during
an
online
chatting
or
during
online
chatting
operations
this
year,
people
that
felt
that
they
were
going
to
come
to
chesterfield
county
to
exploit
underage
youth
and
violate
them
sexually.
C
C
Please
just
a
couple
of
highlights:
these
are
a
lot
of
numbers
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
anywhere
go
anywhere
near
covering
them,
but
I
do
want
to
highlight
again
to
rob
wilson's
contribution
and
our
general
contribution
in
terms
of
traffic
safety.
As
you
know,
we
have
over
8
000
miles
of
roadways
in
chesterfield
county.
C
C
Our
overdose
deaths
remain
steady
over
2020
and
2021,
and
the
national
average
increased
from
78
000
to
over
a
hundred
thousand,
which
is
the
most
number
of
people
who
have
died
of
drug
overdoses
since
recorded
history
in
this
country.
So
we're
doing
a
lot
with
traffic
safety,
we're
doing
a
lot
of
with
narcotics
we're
doing
a
lot
with
attacking
the
issue
of
sexual
predators
and
people
trying
to
violate
our
juveniles.
C
C
That's
a
pretty
remarkable
number,
considering
the
fact
that
nobody
calls
us
when
things
are
going
well
in
their
lives
when
we
leave
93
of
the
community
is
satisfied
with
the
work
that
we're
performing.
So
we're
really
happy
with
that.
We
don't
rest
on
that
laurel,
we're
going
to
try
to
get
that
number
up
even
higher,
but
we're
pleased
to
have
some
sort
of
way
of
quantitative
satisfaction
in
our
community
and
one
of
the
other
things
that
we're
doing
that's
very
unique
to
this
program
is
we
we
take
the
data
that
we
get
from
spyder
tech.
C
We
actually
map
it
out
in
a
heat
map
and
we
look
to
see
where
trust
is
high
or
satisfaction
is
high,
where
it
is
low
and
where
it
can
use
improvement.
And
then
we
can
just
like
we
deal
with
with
deploying
people
based
on
crime
rates.
We
can
deploy
our
community
policing
and
community
engagement
units
to
those
locations
where
satisfaction
isn't
as
high
as
we'd
like
and
try
to
build
relationships.
C
One
overall
we
experienced
a
10.8
reduction
in
crime
where
we
saw
an
increase,
was
with
weapons
violations
with
auto
thefts
and
with
sexual
batteries.
Those
are
the
the
three
areas
where
we
saw
increases
everywhere
else.
We
saw
decreases,
particularly
with
property
crime.
We
are
seeing
an
increase
in
gang
activity
out
of
the
city
and,
unfortunately,
a
lot
of
our
violent
crime.
C
Victims
are
our
young
folks
and
and
it's
really
wasteful,
but
that's
where
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
our
weapon
violations
and
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
our
robberies
and
our
homicides
as
well.
Next
slide.
Please
I've
touched
on
this
before
and
I
think
it
merits
bringing
up
again.
Our
use
of
force
incidents
fell
41
since
2017,
where
we
had
593.
C
C
C
B
You
know
back
when
I
did
criminal
defense.
I
could
tell
you
that
the
judges
seemed
to
have
a
certain
ear
out
for
those
types
of
charges
and
it
did
not
go
well
at
any
point
in
time
for
any
of
the
defendants
that
I
was
representing
when
that
charge
came
up.
So
I
guess
I'm
a
little
bit
alarmed
on
that,
and
do
you
see
that
across
the
country
as
well
that
that's
happening
across
the
country
and
where
do
we
stack
up
on
those
numbers
across
the
country?
We.
C
D
Mr
chair,
and
also
do
we
see
a
correlation
between
the
pursuits
and
the
assaults,
so
the
fact
that,
for
instance,
folks
are
not
being
respectful
of
a
stop,
then
also
evidences
itself
in
combative
responses
I
mean
is
there
even
if
the
correlation
is
in
per
incident?
I
guess,
is
it
the
tone
of
again
the
respect
for
law
enforcement
and.
C
But
what
we've
also
seen
is
that
the
you
know
bad
actors
in
the
in
the
community
who
feel
as
though
they
they
are
in
a
position
to
challenge
a
law
enforcement
authority
and
and
put
us
in
a
bad
light.
When
we
exercise
that
authority,
we
are
seeing
people
act
out
more
boldly,
that's
making
our
jobs
more
dangerous,
but
our
folks
are
handling
themselves
quite
well
and
I'm
very
proud
of
them.
And
that's
why?
C
One
of
the
reasons
I
want
to
bring
this
up,
because
you
know
every
time
you
have
an
incident
where
there's
a
a
controversial
use
of
force
or
or
you
actually
have
an
unfortunate
use
of
force.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
want
to
sit
back
and
they
want
to
point
fingers
and
say
this
could
have
been
done.
That
could
have
been
done,
but
very
rarely
do
we
ever
spend
the
time
to
actually
highlight
before
there's
an
issue
that
you
know
we're.
C
We
are
operating
in
an
environment
that
is
more
hostile
and
we're
using
a
greater
level
of
strength
restraint
than
ever
before
and
and
I'm
proud
of
our
people
for
doing
that.
Of
course,
I
encourage
our
folks
to
protect
themselves
and
protect
the
public.
I
don't
ever
want
to
see
our
people
put
themselves
in
a
position
where
they're
going
to
be
harmed
because
they're
concerned
about
ridicule
or
scorn.
C
C
Yes,
we're
actually
going
to
touch
on
that.
We
we
are
I'll,
do
it
right
now,
since
you
brought
it
up,
we've
instituted
the
pit
maneuver,
which
is
a
pursuit
intervention
technique.
It
was
actually
developed
in
fairfax
years
ago
and
we
have
found
it
to
be
an
effective
way
of
ending
pursuits.
We
feel
we
have
a
moral
obligation
to
end
a
high-speed
pursuit
before
it
starts
and
when,
given
that
opportunity,
we're
going
to
execute
that,
I
can
tell
you
that
this
past
weekend
we
had
two
police
pursuits.
C
C
C
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
for
this.
We've
talked
about
our
new
deployment
strategy,
but
our
calls
for
service
have
increased
by
19
over
the
last
five
years.
So,
of
course,
it's
consistent
with
the
growth
of
the
county,
but
but
it
is
important
to
point
out
that
we
are
handling
more
calls
than
before.
C
The
narcotics
seized
during
this
investigation
is
believed
to
be
the
largest
narcotics
operation
in
our
department's
history
and
again
you
know
we
make
these
in.
We
make
these
impacts
and
I'd
point
back
to
the
output,
which
is
that
our
we
had
two
more
drug
overdoses
in
2021
than
we
did
in
2020
and
nationwide.
Again,
we
had
a
huge
increase
about
a
30
percent
increase
in
overdoses,
so
we
are
making
an
impact,
a
positive
impact
and
again,
as
I
always
say,
money
guns
and
drugs
they're,
always
together.
C
Money
guns
and
drugs
again
wanted
to
point
out
our
efforts
to
capturing
those
who
would
exploit
our
children.
We
went
very
public
with
child
sex
offender
warnings
and
we're
gonna
continue
to
do
that.
In
fact
this
year
our
commitment
is
to
double
the
number
of
our
operations
that
we
do
so
next
slide.
Please
and
finally,
everybody
loves
pets,
so
I
figured
right
before
dinner.
C
I
would
just
end
with
letting
you
know
that
we,
our
animal
shelter,
experienced
an
86
save
rate
last
year
and
we
were
able
to
adopt
621
pets,
return
496
fur
babies
to
their
owners,
which
is
you
know
if
you're
an
animal
lover.
That's
a
priceless
gift,
so
very
proud
of
really
proud
of
everybody.
In
our
in
our
agency.
There
were
a
lot
of
people.
C
B
F
F
Radar-
and
I
greatly
appreciate
that
so
thank
you
thanks
for
mentioning
fallen
creek
area
as
well,
which
is
part
of
my
district.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Yes,
certainly
your
efforts
in
that
area
and
what
you
can
do
please
continue
to.
Let
us
know
what
we
can
do
as
a
board
to
support
you
and
your
efforts
and
and
all
the
officers
who
work
for
us
and
chelsea
and
our
sheriff
as
well.
F
E
E
Use
every
day
a
lot
of
work,
and-
and
so
you
know,
we
were
very
fortunate
to
to
be
in
a
car
with
one
of
our
most
excellent
driving
instructors.
Where
many
times
I
thought
we're
gonna
wreck
right
now
and
he's
like
yeah
whatever
you
know,
it's
no
big
deal,
so
I
commend
all
the
officers
that
have
gone
through
the
training
so
far
and
have
passed.
E
Who's
probably
done
something
bad
to
our
community.
So
I
commend
you
for
the
policy
change
for
the
opportunity
for
the
officers
to
receive
this
valuable
training
and
and
understanding
myself
how
valuable
this
is
going
to
be
for
our
community.
So
I
wish
everybody
the
best
of
luck.
I
don't
know
if
I
could
pass
it,
but
it.
It
certainly
is
amazing.
G
We
spend
our
whole
life
learning
how
to
avoid
hitting
another
car
and
to
take
an
unnatural
step
to
bump
into
another
car
on
purpose.
Is
it
definitely
takes
a
different
mindset,
so
the
officers
that
passed
did
a
fantastic
job
and
some
of
them
that
didn't
pass
actually
did
a
decent
job,
just
not
a
good
enough
job,
and
that
was
what
impressed
me
was
that
it
wasn't
quite
good
enough,
even
though
it
was
okay.
G
D
If
I
just
might
add
to
that,
you
know,
I've
been
a
huge
advocate
of
the
fact
that
you
know
if
we
don't
give
our
folks
the
tools
they
need
to
to
do
the
job,
then
it's
hard
to
hold
responsibility,
and
I
think
that
you
know
I
commend
you
and
your
entire
command
staff
for
always
looking
at
making
sure
that
they
have
the
tools
and
the
training
they
need.
You
know
so
that
they're
not
only
going
safely
into
the
community
and
know
how
to
protect
themselves
but
know
how
to
best
implement.
D
You
know,
law
enforcement
within
the
community,
because
when
I
see
some
of
these
stories
from
across
the
country,
I
always
look
first
through
that
lens
of
you
know
what
real
training
and
tools
did,
that
officer
have
available
to
them,
and
we
know,
especially
in
some
of
these
smaller
jurisdictions
than
it
may
have
been
a
significant
amount
of
time
since
that
officer
had
any
amount
of
training
and
had
any
real
tools
to
implement.
And
so
I
I
think
that's
one
of
the
really
important
things
that
you
know.
We
love
hearing
these
stories
about
the
new.
D
You
know,
policies
new
trainings,
that
are
that
we're
you
know
engaging
in
to
give
our
folks
every
tool
and
every
opportunity
they
need
to
be
sharp
and
be
you
know
the
best
they
can
be
when
they're
out
there.
So
you
know
that
comes
from
your
leadership
and
the
culture
you've
created
and
your
command
team,
and
so
thank
you.
We
can't
thank
you
enough,
because
that
really
does
you
know,
speak
to
all
of
the
information
you've
given
us
today.
Thank
you.
B
A
I
can
just
take
a
personal
privilege,
while
I
was
going
to
do
it
later
on,
but
seeing
all
the
very
capable
men
and
women
behind
us
that
they
may
not
hear
in
the
first
person.
I
just
like
to
recognize
the
police
department
that
the
virginia
state
university,
as
you
recall,
being
the
first
for
historical
black
colleges
and
universities,
of
building
bridges
among
regional
law
enforcement,
professional
community
leaders
and
faculty
and
students.
You
know
started
this
program
last
year
and
they
had
their
first
appreciation
and
award
ceremony,
and
it
goes
without
saying.