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A
A
Each
a
leader
in
public
safety,
chief
of
police,
Mike,
decoff,
director
of
community
and
family
resources,
department,
Beverly,
calendar
Anderson
and
fire
chief
Jason
Moore
I
recognize
we
have
some
elected
officials
in
the
office
good
to
see
city
clerk,
Nicole
Bolden
glad
to
see
you
here,
I
see,
city
council,
member
Isabel,
Piedmont
Smith
am
I
missing
any
others.
Thank
you
for
being
here
as
well,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here.
A
So
this
annual
state
of
Public
Safety
report
is
important
because
it
provides
our
community
fundamental
data
points
on
how
we
are
doing
with
keeping
our
community
safe
and
safety
is
a
most
important
part
of
the
quality
of
life.
People
in
Bloomington
know
and
enjoy
sharing
this
data
publicly,
since
2017
is
part
of
the
accountability
that
we
Embrace
and
it
helps
us
together,
identify
patterns
and
progress,
as
well
as
persistent
problems,
residents
and
other
interested
parties
can
keep
up
to
date.
B
B
So
we're
going
to
start
today
off
with
just
some
what's
happening
in
Bloomington,
so
I'm
going
to
present
a
bunch
of
Statistics
first
and
then
we'll
go
into
the
second
part
of
it,
which
is
the
men
and
women
of
the
police
department
who
are
responding
to
all
these
calls.
So
this
is
a
snapshot
of
calls
for
service
over
the
last
several
years
and
you'll
notice.
B
In
2022,
we
had
54
000
calls
for
service
come
into
the
Dispatch
Center
for
the
police
department.
It's
an
increase
from
the
last
couple
of
years,
but
28
and
21.
We
were
dealing
with
covet
related
circumstances,
and
so
there
were
fewer
calls
for
service,
but
we
are
back
up
in
22
with
numbers
that
we
had
seen
prior
to
covid.
B
This
is
just
a
comparison
of
all
of
the
agencies
that
the
Monroe
County
Central
emergency
dispatch,
Center
dispatches
for
you'll,
see
the
Bloomington
Police
Department
is
at
the
top.
We
are
the
largest
agency
with
the
most
calls
for
service,
and
then
we
go
down
to
the
other
law
enforcement
agencies,
the
fire
departments
and
the
ambulance
service.
B
B
B
Neglect
was
UPS,
just
slightly
burglaries
were
down
actually
quite
a
bit
from
previous
years.
The
previous
year,
larcenies
were
slightly
down,
so
property
crime
has
actually
decreased
from
the
previous
year.
Is
what
we're
seeing
at
these
numbers
as
well
operating?
Well,
intoxicated
those
those
calls
were
up
more
public
and
talks
with
slightly
down.
Some
of
the
reasons
for
that
is
the
state
changed
the
law
on
public
intoxication.
B
So
there's
a
there's,
a
variety
of
different
reasons
why
some
of
these
are
up,
and
some
of
these
are
down
looking
at
the
traffic
stops,
starting
in
in
2012,
we
have,
we
have
those
numbers
have
dropped
until
we
got
to
2016,
which
there
was
a
slight
increase
and
then
started
back
on
a
downward
Trend
and
started
back
up
in
2022
and
again
more
people
were
out
from
the
last
couple
of
years.
Driving
and,
and
so
those
numbers
are
slightly
up
motor
vehicle
accidents.
B
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
violent
crime,
so
in
20
throughout
2022
we
had
611
incidences
where
weapons
were
involved.
Now
a
weapon
could
be
a
gun,
it
could
be,
a
knife
could
be
a
pipe,
so
we
we
saw
a
slight
decrease
in
the
number
of
of
calls
involving
weapons
from
the
previous
year,
but
what
I
want
to
focus
on
is
the
one
with
Firearms.
We
had
132
incidences
last
year
of
those
132
70
incidences
involved,
firearms
that
were
actually
fired
at
a
person.
B
So
when
you
hear
in
the
news
about
shots
were
fired
at
a
house
or
shots
were
fired,
you
know
from
a
moving
vehicle.
That's
those
are
the
types
of
incidents
that
we
are
talking
about
and
we
have
seen
a
significant
increase
in
firearm,
related
type
calls
which
is
concerning
Indiana
recently
within
the
last
year
or
so
changed
the
Firearms
licensing
requirements.
B
Changing
the
firearm
regulations
and
that
was
opposed
by
law
enforcement
leaders
throughout
the
state
a
little
bit
more
about
gun
violence,
one
of
the
things
we
started
doing
a
lot
more
frequently
in
2022,
as
we
partnered
with
our
federal
law
enforcement
agencies,
and
we,
when
we
had
an
incident
involving
a
gun
where
we
either
recovered
a
gun.
We
recovered
bullets
or
we
recovered
shell
casings.
B
So
you
can
see
in
the
slide
we
submitted
over
70
weapons
to
advance
forensic
examination
process
which
helped
us
connect
the
dots
with
guns
that
are
used
not
only
in
Bloomington
but
in
other
communities
and
tie
those
people
to
other
crimes
so
that
we
can
make
arrests
in
those
cases,
salt
and
battery
up.
There
is
the
definition
of
what
a
battery
is.
We
had
an
increase
in
2022
over
21
Levels
by
seven
percent.
B
So,
overall,
look
at
crime.
The
crime
rate
for
the
city
decreased
by
one
percent
in
2022.
Violent
crime
was
up
by
almost
six
percent.
As
I
stated.
It's
important
to
note
that
violent
crime
is
not
random,
that
in
80
percent
of
the
the
crimes
victims
know
their
assailants,
and
we
continue
to
work
with
a
variety
of
different
social
service
agencies.
Advocacy
groups
to
bring
attention
to
this,
so
that
we
can
try
to
focus
on
de-escalation
so
that
these
crimes
don't
escalate
into
violent
situations.
B
So
now
on
to
the
people
that
that
investigate
these
calls
and
respond
to
these
calls,
this
is
our
organizational
chart.
It's
also
a
snapshot
of
our
Personnel.
We
are
authorized
105
sworn
officers.
Our
staffing
is
currently
at
88.
We
have
17
openings,
which
I
can
report.
We
just
hired
five
new
people
that
will
start
at
the
end
of
February.
B
B
B
That's
not
immune
to
us
as
well.
We
we
struggle
to
do
that.
We
have
put
in
place
incentives
to
try
to
help
lure
people
to
become
police
officers.
Here
we
have
hiring
bonuses
for
for
officers.
With
previous
experience
of
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
for
new
officers,
we
have
three
thousand
dollar
signing
bonus.
We
have
a
take-home
car
program
for
officers
who
live
in
this
city
last
year.
We
we
did
quarterly
bonuses
or
of
a
thousand
dollars
before
the
contract
that
we
just
renegotiated.
B
That
gave
substantial
raises
to
the
officers
which
took
effect
in
January
of
this
year.
We
have
a
rental
assistance
program
that
I
don't
know
of
any
other
department
in
Indiana.
That
does
this.
We
do
a
750
a
month,
rental
assistance
for
an
officer
to
live
within
the
city
limits,
and
we
do
up
to
an
eighteen
thousand
dollar
one-time
down
payment
to
assist
for
officers
buying
houses
in
this
city.
B
In
2022,
we
hired
six
officers,
but
we
had
11
officers
who
either
retired
or
left
the
department
and
Assad
employment
elsewhere.
B
The
hiring
it
continues
to
be
a
challenge
for
us,
but
another
thing
that
happened
in
2022
was
that
there
was
a
specific
position
put
in
the
budget
in
the
HR
department
to
assist
with
police
and
firing
fire
hiring
and
so
we're
in
the
process
of
interviewing
for
that
position,
and
hopefully
that
will
be
online
shortly
to
help
us
with
this.
With
this
issue
talk
about
training,
we
do
a
lot
of
training
at
the
Bloomington
Police
Department.
B
B
We
do
a
lot
of
training.
You
can
see
the
topics
of
instruction
there
on
the
right
of
the
screen,
but
one
that
I
want
to
talk
about
is
the
icat
training
and
icat
stands
for
integrating
Communications
and
tactics.
It
is
a
evidence-based
de-escalation
police
training
program
that
the
Police
Executive
Research
form,
which
was
is
a
international
leader
in
police
training
and
policy,
helped
develop.
We
have
instructors
at
our
department,
we
are,
they
just
went
to
a
recertification
training
in
January,
we're
looking
at
adding
instructors,
because
this
training
is.
B
Is
it
it
it's
de-escalation,
but
it
takes
into
account
a
lot
of
other
things
and,
as
you've
probably
read
in
the
in
the
in
the
media
recently
about
police
culture.
It
also
addresses
police
culture
and
and
brings
that
into
to
training.
Another
thing
that
I
want
to
highlight
is
all
the
training
that
you
see
on
the
right.
B
If
there
is
a
way
for
us
to
work,
de-escalation,
training
into
that,
we
do
that
so
with
our
firearms
training,
with
our
our
physical
tactics,
training
all
that
types
of
training
we
we
are
always
looking
at
how
we
integrate
de-escalation
tactics
into
that,
so
that
we
can,
we
can
do
everything
we
can
to
de-escalate
a
situation,
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
records
division.
These
are
some
statistics
and
some
of
the
things
that
they
do.
B
What
I
want
to
one
thing
that
I
want
to
highlight
is
you'll
see
handgun
permits
in
2022.
There
were
only
168,
because
you
don't
need
a
handgun
permit
anymore
in
Indiana,
which
is
again
that's
something
that
I'm
concerned
about,
but
you
can
see
that
the
number
of
case
reports
that
they
do
the
the
number
of
supplemental
case
reports,
which
are
supplements
that
are
added
to
an
original
report.
B
B
The
Monroe
County
Central
emergency
dispatch,
Center,
is
is
ran
by
the
Bloomington
Police
Department.
We
are
authorized
32
dispatchers,
you
can
see
there.
We
have
vacancies
as
well,
but
they
dispatch
for
almost
all
public
safety
agencies
in
the
county.
The
only
ones
we
do
not
dispatch
for
are
state
agencies
such
as
the
state,
police
and
conservation
officers,
and
for
the
University
Police
Department
and
Indiana
University
Affiliated
law
enforcement
agencies.
B
We
we
have
a
lot
of
those
types
of
calls
and
we
were
looking
for
ways
to
lessen
the
load
on
sworn
officers,
and
this
was
something
that
we
we
came
up
with.
We
have.
We
just
recently
visited
Columbus
Ohio,
where
they
have
a
program
like
this,
and
they
they
we
saw
for
ourselves
as
well,
but
they
talk
about
the
successes
they
have
when
people
who
have
a
mental
health
issue
call
in,
they
can
divert
it
to
a
social
worker
to
help
provide
services
other
than
sending
police
officers
accreditation.
B
This
is
something
that
I'm
very
proud
of.
We
were
initially
accredited
in
2018
by
Kalia,
which
is
the
commission
on
accreditation
of
law
enforcement
agencies.
We
received
our
reaccreditation
in
March
of
2022,
where
assessors
were
sent
and
they
reviewed
all
of
our
policies
and
procedures
did
interviews
and
we
received
our
our
re-accreditation
last
year,
which
is
about
five
percent
of
the
law
enforcement
department.
Population
in
the
country
is
accredited,
so
this
is
a
pretty
big
deal
in
Indiana.
There's
roughly
15
agencies
that
are
Kalia
accredited
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
police,
social
workers.
B
You
can
see
the
chart
on
the
right
has
the
year's
2019,
20,
21
and
22..
We
started
the
program
mid-year
and
19
with
one
social
worker.
We
expanded
it
to
three
social
workers
in
2021,
so
you
can
see
the
referrals
that
they
get
and
then
the
actual
client
interactions
and
it's
a
significant
increase
from
the
very
first
year
to
last
year,
with
the
addition
of
a
forced
social
worker
that
will
be
working
in
dispatch.
B
You
could
see
the
numbers
we
had
over
130
people
from
24
different
states.
I've
come
to
this.
This
was
an
idea
that
that
the
social
workers
and
I
came
up
with
because
we
are
always
getting
phone
calls
from
police
departments
around
the
country
asking.
How
did
you
set
your
program
up?
How
does
it
work?
So
we
thought
well,
let's
just
have
a
conference,
and
so
it's
been
quite
popular.
B
We
we
had
three
days
of
training
and
we,
this
last
year's
was
was
even
better
because
we
had
a
lot
more
people
from
around
the
country
that
have
expertise
and
and
in
these
areas
participate
in
doing
the
training,
and
so
it's
it's.
It's
become
a
very
popular
training
conference
for
people
who
are
interested
in
starting
police,
social
work
programs
or
continuing
the
programs
that
they
have.
B
Our
community
service
specialists
are
non-sworn
members
of
our
agency
that
respond
to
incidents
like
traffic
accidents,
traffic
direction.
They
take
minor
reports
on
low-level
crimes
where
there's
no
investigation
needed,
they
do
building
checks.
For
us,
it
has
become
something
that
we
started
in
2000
or
in
2020
that
started
off
small,
but
they
currently
take
almost
five
percent
of
the
call
volume
that
we
get
on.
Those
minor
calls
that
would
not
necessarily
require
a
sworn
police
officer
to
respond,
which
again,
then
frees
them
up
to
deal
with
more
serious
stuff.
B
Public
engagement,
as
you
can
only
imagine
the
last
couple
years,
we
didn't
do
much
of
any
public
engagement
because
of
covid.
We
started
back
up
in
2022
and
had
an
almost
300
percent
increase
over
the
previous
couple
of
years.
Some
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
in
the
past.
With
public
engagement,
we
host
a
teen
Academy
for
for
middle
school
and
high
school
students
that
might
be
interested
in
a
career
in
law
enforcement.
We
do
the
public
safety
Cadets,
which
is
again
geared
towards
high
school
kids
that
have
an
interest
in
in
policing
careers.
B
We
have
done
programs
at
Banneker,
we
have
done
rate
progression,
defense,
which
is
self-defense
training.
A
lot
of
neighborhood
meetings,
Department
tours
with
different
groups,
and
so
we
Community
engagement,
is,
is
something
that
is
is
extremely
important.
As
the
mayor
frequently
says,
the
more
the
public
knows
about
the
police
and
the
more
the
police
know
about
the
public,
the
better
things
will
be,
and
so
that
is
something
that
we
try.
B
We
try
to
practice
all
the
time
with
our
with
our
Outreach
and
engagement,
and
so
it's
last
two
years
was
difficult,
but
we're
back
into
it
now
and
it's
it's
something
that
we,
the
officers
enjoy
as
well,
because
we
get
to
meet
people
and
kind
of
in
different
circumstances
than
what
we
normally
would
on
calls.
B
Transparency
and
data
sharing
the
mayor
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
be
clear
portal,
but
we
also
provide
information
to
the
police
data
initiative.
You
can
see
the
the
website
is
Public
Safety
dataportal.org.
The
the
bullet
points
on
the
right
are
all
of
the
different
data
sets
that
we
that
we
provide
information
to
both
of
those
data
portals.
So
anybody
that
that
wants
to
know
anything
about
you
know,
officer,
involved,
shootings
or
complaints
or
use
of
force
or
hate
crimes.
B
Whatever
can
get
on
these,
these
public
data
portals
and
see
what
types
of
things
are
occurring
here
in
Bloomington.
This
is
something
that
we
we
constantly
are
reviewing
and
looking
for.
Other
data
sets
that
we
can
present
and
it
gives
P
it
gives
the
public
an
opportunity
to
get
in
there
and
look
around
and
see
what's
what's
actually
happening
here
in
Bloomington.
B
Board
of
Public
Safety,
the
mayor
mentioned
this
a
little
bit.
It's
a
five-member
civilian
board
that
oversees
both
police
and
fire
and
Personnel
matters
and
in
and
they
approve
claims.
You
can
see
on
the
right
some
of
the
topics
of
the
reports
that
they
get
every
month
and
those
meetings
are
open
to
the
public.
B
Anybody
can
come,
they
have
started
to
be
carried
on
cats,
I
believe
as
well.
So
it
just
kind
of
gives
you
an
overview
of
of
what's
going
on
with
Public
Safety,
we
present
statistics
monthly
to
them.
They
approve
claims,
and
so
it's
it's
a
very
active
board
that
that
has
regular
meetings
every
month.
B
Officer
Wellness
is
something
that
that
we
are
really
paying
a
lot
more
attention
to.
If
we
have
healthy
officers
they
they
make
less
mistakes
and
do
their
jobs
better,
and
so
we
it
is.
It
is
also
one
of
the
pillars
in
the
President
Obama's
21st
century
policing
report,
but
our
social
workers
are
actively
involved
in
this,
and
you
can
see
some
of
the
other
programs
and
things
that
we
do,
such
as
the
peer
support
team,
police,
chaplain.
B
We
also
have
in
there
the
covet
vaccine
incentives
that
the
city
provided
so
that
more
of
our
more
of
our
officers
are
vaccinated,
2023
goals,
again
we're
going
to
continue
to
provide
a
high
level
of
community-based
policing
Services.
We
want
to
continue
to
address
violent
crimes
by
working
with
with
others
to
to
adjust
it.
The
criminal
justice
system
can't
do
this
alone.
We
have
to
include
Community
Partners
to
do
that
in
a
community.
The
Recruitment
and
Retention
is
also
going
to
be
a
a
major
focus
in
2023.
B
Another
major
Focus
this
year
will
be
the
new
police
headquarters
at
showers,
which
is
on
the
back
side
of
this
building.
The
city
purchased
it
kind
of
a
long
process
in
into
22
into
23,
but
it
is
now
in
the
possession
of
the
city,
and
we
will
we
are
already
starting
to
work
on
the
design
and
construction
which
is
expected
to
take
most
of
23
and
into
24..
B
C
Thank
you
chief
for
that
report.
It
was
it's
a
great
report,
as
he
said,
on
Beverly
calendar
Anderson,
director
of
the
community
and
family
resources
department
before
I
get
started.
I
want
to
tell
you
much
of
what
you're
going
to
hear
in
my
report
would
not
be
possible
without
the
members
of
the
community
and
family
resources,
department,
non-profit
agency
staff
and
community
volunteers.
So
I
just
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
all
of
those
people
and
everyone
who
is
committed
to
advancing
Public
Safety
in
the
city.
E
C
I,
don't
know
what
I
did
okay,
so
looking
back
to
where
we
ended
our
report
last
year,
I'd
like
to
bring
you
up
to
date
on
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
done,
and
so
last
year
we
talked
about
Charles
Cub,
who
was
our
new
after
hours,
Ambassador
at
the
time,
so
he's
been
on
the
job
now
for
about
a
year
a
little
over
a
year
and
has
become
established
as
a
downtown
fixture
and
a
resource
for
visitors,
business
owners
and
people
in
need
of
services.
C
We
are
looking
at
and
we
were
looking
then
at
increasing
his
capacity
and
I'll.
Tell
you
a
little
bit
more
about
that
later.
In
the
report
we
also
talked
about
helping
Bloomington
Monroe
last
year,
which
is
an
online
portal
for
resources.
It's
a
partnership
between
Bloomington,
the
Bloomington
Health
foundation
and
the
city
of
Bloomington.
It's
a
24
hour
seven
day
a
week.
Resource
Hub
provided
provides
much
needed
resources
for
people
in
need
things
like
Housing,
Shelter,
Health,
Care,
food,
clothing
and
more.
C
It
is
available
to
people
who
are
service
providers
for
people
who
directly
need
Services.
They
can
access
it
online
and
places
like
Faith
communities
and
everywhere
else
that
people
go
to
get
services.
So
as
managers
of
this
resource
Hub,
our
staff
also
provides
training
and
support
to
non-profit
agency
staff,
because
staff
can
go
in.
They
can
update
their
information
like
if
a
telephone
number
changes
or
a
staff
person
changes.
They
don't
have
to
come
through
us
to
update
that
information.
C
Last
year
we
started
the
future
of
policing
task
force
and
that
task
force
was
created
to
help
develop
a
vision
for
policing
in
Bloomington
that
was
Forward,
Thinking
and
responsive
to
community
needs,
and
the
task
force
consisted
of
10
community
members.
We
had
three
supports
three
staffs
supporting
them
with
a
goal
of
developing
a
vision
for
policing,
like
I,
said.
That's
word,
thinking
and
responsive.
Some
of
the
activities
they
participated
in
were
surveying
three
thousand
randomly
selected
households
researching
community
policing
programs
in
other
communities
participating
in
ride-alongs
with
the
police
department.
C
They
conducted
focus
groups
with
local
nonprofit
agency
staff
and
clients,
Chamber
of
Commerce
member
businesses
and
unhoused
residents.
They
also
met
with
our
police
departments
social
workers,
to
learn
more
about
what
they
did
as
well,
as
did
research
on
less
lethal
forms
of
response
in
April,
uh-oh.
C
Okay
in
April
of
last
year,
they
issued
a
report
with
initial
recommendations
and,
as
we
look
through
these
initial
recommendations,
you
will
see
some
overlap
of
these
recommendations
and
some
of
the
information
that
police
chief
decaf
shared
with
you.
They
asked
for
an
increase
in
salaries
and
incentives
to
ensure
that
BPD
could
be
staffed
up
to
par,
increasing
social
and
personal
interactions
between
police
officers
and
the
public
annually,
convening
public
meetings
to
gauge
citizens,
perceptions
of
the
day-to-day
practices
of
the
behavior
of
police
officers.
C
We
looked
at
sustaining
required
diversity,
training
annually,
something
that
the
police
department
always
does
but
already
does,
but
they
wanted
to
sustain
that,
as
well
as
having
the
police
social
workers
coordinate
with
stride
and
Centerstone
in
our
community
care
specialist
in
2020.
Well,
in
the
at
the
end
of
2022,
we
updated
our
what
was
called
the
homeless
resource
guy.
We
rebranded
it
as
the
downtown
resource
map
and
guide,
because
what
we
realized
is
that
whether
people
were
unhoused
or
not,
they
could
use
the
resources
and
services
found
in
the
sky.
C
This
is
available
in
many
downtown
locations.
It
has
resources
for
food,
shelter,
Health,
Care,
public
restroom
locations,
it's
free.
We
have
since
the
beginning
of
January,
distributed
over
2
500
copies
of
this.
We
have
other
copies
available
if
people
are
interested
and
anyone
that
is
interested
can
call
the
community
and
family
resources
department
to
get
some
for
their
location,
and
that
number
in
case
you
don't
have,
it
is
812-349-3430.
C
So
this
is
okay.
That's
fine.
I
spoke
earlier
about
helping
Bloomington
Monroe.
This
graph
shows
a
three-year
usage
of
that
resource.
What
you
can
see
from
the
graph
is
that
housing
or
shelter
has
always
been
the
most
searched
topic.
C
It
is,
but
it
has
increased
every
year
that
we've
had
the
Hub.
So
in
2022
there
were
8
979,
total
searches
performed
on
helping
Bloomington
Monroe
and
that's
an
increase
of
44
percent
over
2021.
C
C
C
So,
each
year
the
city
allocates
250
000
for
downtown
Outreach
grants,
which
we
also
administer,
and
from
this
page
you
can
see
that
every
year
our
grants
exceed
our
grant
request
exceed
the
amount
that
we
have
allocated
in
2022.
We
received
requests
for
three
hundred
and
forty
thousand
one
hundred
and
forty
five
dollars
and
in
23
the
grant
request
went
up
to
544
861
again
it
just.
C
It
shows
the
need
of
what
the
nonprofits
are
dealing
with
each
and
every
day,
and
so
we
hope
that
the
money
that
we
do
have
allocated
that
we
are
able
to
Grant
out
helps,
but
we
know
that
it
doesn't
solve
the
problem,
but
it
does
help
these.
This
is
a
list
of
our
2022
grantees
and
they
change
from
year
to
year,
but
Beacon
the
Bloomington
Homeless
Coalition
Centerstone
hotels
for
Hope
middleway
House,
the
Monroe
County
Humane
Association
New
Hope
sojourn
house,
wheeler
Mission.
C
Those
are
where
the
grants
went
talked
a
little
bit
earlier
about
the
after
hours
Ambassador,
and
so
we
because
he's
been
around
for
a
little
over
a
year.
Now
we
are
able
to
compare
one
year
of
his
activity
to
the
other.
What
we
have
been
able
to
determine
is
that
this.
C
This
position,
which
is
a
new
position
very
new
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
is
really
needed
in
the
downtown
area
and
has
really
become
a
staple,
and
it's
it's
become
important
to
downtown
residents,
visitors,
students
and
people
in
need
of
services,
and
so
you
can
see
from
the
first
year
that
that
gold
25
was
basically
him
getting
to
know
folks,
downtown
him
getting
to
know
the
businesses
and
the
residents
and
how
the
culture
of
the
downtown
really
worked.
C
When
you
get
to
2022,
you
can
see
that
that
part
of
it
has
decreased,
because
now
people
know
him,
and
he
knows
them,
but
where
it
has
increased,
is
the
services
to
unhoused
people
or
assistance
for
people
in
crisis,
and
that's
gone
up
from
10
to
25
percent
of
his
time
over
the
year.
The
other
player
that
is
increases
at
just
a
little
bit.
C
Five
percent
is
his
support
for
downtown
activities,
the
festivals,
the
all
of
those
activities
that
happen
downtown
and
getting
people
from
one
place
to
the
other,
getting
giving
directions,
giving
recommendations
on
where
to
eat
or
whatever.
If
you
have
visitors,
but
also
there's
an
increase
in
the
amount
of
activity
to
students
as
well
working
with
students
who
are
downtown,
and
so
we
do
look
forward
to
not
only
that
continued
work,
but
also
developing
a
core
of
people
who
can
increase
that
impact
that
he's
having.
C
We're
going
to
coordinate
a
second
round
of
QPR
and
Mental
Health
First
Aid
trainings
for
community
members
and
front
lines,
City
staff,
probably
Frontline
local
government
staff
could
be
city
and
county.
For
those
who
don't
know.
Qpr
is
question
persuade
and
refer,
and
those
are
the
three
steps
that
anybody
can
take
to
help
prevent
suicide.
And
we
know
that
our
Frontline
staff
come
into
contact
with
any
number
of
people
all
the
time
and
so
to
have.
Those
skills
would
be
a
plus
and
an
investment
in
in
their
ability
to
do
the
work
that
they
do.
F
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
that.
As
she
said,
I
am
Jason,
Moore
I'm,
the
fire
chief
for
the
city
of
Bloomington,
and
we're
going
to
be
going
over
last
year
and
a
little
bit
of
what's
to
think
about
for
this
upcoming
year,
I
like
to
start
all
my
presentations
by
reviewing
our
mission,
the
fire
department
is
very
Mission.
F
But
that's
where
we're
at
now
so
looking
at
last
year,
our
operational
call
types
you
can
see
the
percentages
I
will
point
out
that
in
2021
we
saw
the
largest
single
increase
from
year
over
year
of
calls.
We
saw
another
increase
in
2022
and
some
of
the
things
that
Chief
decoff
discussed
and
the
mayor
discusses
about
how
we
need
to
start
diverting
calls
is
becoming
very
important
because
running
this
many
calls
is
becoming
a
really
strong
burden
on
not
only
the
sworn
police
officers,
but
the
sworn
firefighters.
F
So
again,
our
mobile
and
grade
health
care
is
one
of
those
programs
we've
put
in
place
to
help
divert
some
of
those
calls
going
from
year
to
year.
You
can
see
that
we
went
up.
330
calls.
You
know,
looking
back
even
back
to
2016
we're
almost
double
that
call
volume
from
2016
until
now,
but
biggest
changes
we
had
a
few
of
them
are
from
administrative
changes.
Rescuing
EMS
went
down.
We
also
saw
that
our
service
calls
went
up.
We
reclassified.
What
a
lift
assist
is
so
that's
going
out
helping
somebody.
F
F
Other
things
are
some
of
the
the
things
that
we
see
year
to
year,
just
fluctuate
back
and
forth,
but
for
us
it's
really
concerning
to
start
seeing
again
the
increases
in
false
alarms,
which
in
2023
we
do
have
a
few
things
that
we're
going
to
work
on
that
with
we
also
like
to
report
out
with
IU.
They
are
a
big
part
of
our
community.
You
can
see
that
other
than
the
years
of
covid,
where
there
was
some
abnormal
statistics,
we're
kind
of
on
track.
The
bigger
Peaks
come
when
the
students
start.
F
We
do
actively
engage
programs
when
students
do
come
to
IU
and
that's
where
you
start
seeing
some
of
those
decreases
right
after
they
get
there
so
from
year
to
year.
Looking
back
we're
almost
even
to
what
we
were
back
in
about
2016.,
so
a
lot
of
our
prevention
efforts
that
we
started
kind
of
fizzled
out
with
covid
and
we're
bringing
all
those
programs
back
to
hopefully
help
drive
those
call
volumes
back
down
again-
and
here
again
you
can
see
from
the
year
to
year.
F
They
are
up
70
from
last
year,
but
again
overall,
they're
fairly
steady
from
from
the
time
that
I've
been
the
chief
here.
One
thing
we
do
need
to
talk
about
is
our
response
times.
So
every
time
someone
calls
9-1-1,
they
generally
don't
care
what
color
the
truck
is
they
don't
care?
What
emblems
on
the
truck,
but
they
just
want
someone
there
quickly.
We
are
reporting
against
the
national
standards
for
our
our
agency.
F
You'll
see
the
boxes
that
are
up
there,
there's
three
of
them
labeled
for
fire,
there's
turnout
time,
which
is
from
the
time
that
dispatch
notifies
us
of
the
call
until
we
are
on
the
truck
and
actually
leaving
the
station.
There
is
the
first
arriving,
which
is
from
the
time
we
leave
the
station
until
we
arrive
on
that
scene
and
then
the
last
one
is
what
we
refer
to
as
total
response
force.
F
That
is
based
on
the
standards
for
ISO
and
the
national
standards,
which
is
when
we
get
the
two
first
two
engines
in
an
aerial
truck
on
scene.
The
goal
is
to
be
there
90
and
you
can
see
we
are
well
below
those
goals.
Knowing
that
we've
looked
into
this,
we
have
several
things
on
the
side
that
have
affected
it.
We
do
expect
the
numbers
to
bounce
back
quite
a
bit
once
we
finally
get
back
into
our
fire
station.
One
operating
out
of
a
lawyer's
office,
that's
been
converted
to
fire
station
was
useful.
It's
helpful.
F
We
maintain
a
presence
downtown,
but
it
is
not
designed
to
be
a
fire
station.
The
next
set
of
boxes
are
ems,
which
is
emergency
medical.
We
also
track
that
for
the
turnout,
which
again
is
from
when
we
receive
the
alarm
until
we
get
on
the
apparatus
and
then
the
first
arriving,
and
then
there's
not
a
national
standard
for
all
other
calls.
But
if
we're
going
to
track
everything
else,
why
not
just
track
that
last
one,
which
is
everything
else?
F
F
Oh
no,
what's
going
on
the
city's
unsafe,
but
we're
not
seeing
poor
outcomes
and
I
think
that's
really
important
to
talk
about
is
not
just
the
data
itself,
but
the
outcomes
that
we
see
so
even
with
not
quite
meeting
these
goals
because
of
poor
station
design,
poor
placement,
the
construction
activities,
you
know
the
damage
that
was
caused
by
the
flood.
We
are
not
seeing
poor
outcomes,
which
is
a
lot
of
deaths
or
other
things
that
that
would
happen
if
we
were
not
getting
there
in
time.
F
Unfortunately,
in
2022
we
did
have
our
first
fatality
since
2017..
It
was
a
preventable
Fatality
and
we
have
been
actively
engaged
in
the
area
and
those
types
of
facilities
that
are
similar
to
the
one
where
that
fatality
happened
to
prevent
future
fatalities.
Of
that
that
nature,
there
are
very
cities
in
the
U.S
that
could
go
back
and
say
that
we've
had
that
many
years
of
no
fatalities
and
as
directly
related
to
all
the
prevention
activities
that
we
accomplish
going
out
and
ensuring
smoke
detectors
are
installed
getting
out
in
front
of
students.
F
You
know
teaching
people,
you
know
cooking
things,
and
this
is
actually
even
more
important
now,
with
their
mobile
Integrated,
Health
Care,
of
getting
into
homes
and
seeing
hazards
before
they
become
a
fire.
I
will
point
out
that,
even
though
we
had
a
slight
increase
over
the
past
couple
years,
overall,
the
slant
we
are
still
on
an
overall
decrease
as
a
city
for
the
number
of
fires.
F
So
the
mobile
and
grade
Healthcare
I'm
pleased
to
announce.
We
had
a
goal
which
we
we
failed
miserably
trying
to
get
it
done
in
the
first
quarter
of
2022,
but
it
was
so
new
in
the
state
that
we
actually
were
trying
to
build
this,
as
they
were,
building
all
the
requirements
for
a
program
like
this,
we
did
get
it
established
in
the
fourth
quarter.
You
can
see
here
in
the
picture.
These
are
our
first
two
mobile
integrated
healthcare
workers
and
they
spent
the
first
first
quarter
of
their
Employments
the
last
quarter
of
last
year.
F
Building
those
relationships
so
very
similar
to
the
nighttime
Ambassador
the
first
little
bit.
They
have
to
actually
learn
how
to
connect
people
and
what
resources
are
out
there.
They
also
had
to
complete
new
requirements
for
training,
which
was
not
a
requirement
when
they
were
first
hired,
but
the
state
made
it
required
and
I
would
like
to
point
out
that
we
are
the
only
Firebase
program,
South
of
Indianapolis.
Currently,
that
has
one
of
these
programs
in
prevention.
We
talk
about
the
three
E's
for
us,
which
is
education
enforcement
engineering.
F
Obviously,
education
is
one
of
the
biggest
components
you
know
if
we
can
teach
them
all
the
way
from
grade
school
up,
they
generally
do
not
engage
in
unsafe
behaviors.
Just
like
the
police,
we
are
seeing
a
bounce
back
to
pre-covered
interactions,
but
we're
still
not
quite
back
to
where
we
were
at
Peak
right
before
covet
hit,
but
again
major
improvements
in
the
amount
of
community
contacts
getting
out
into
schools.
F
We
do
have
several
departmental
goals
related
to
getting
out
to
the
K-12
schools
direct
work
with
Indiana
University,
and
then
you
know
again
just
providing
that
educational
resource
and
smoke
detectors
and
all
those
things
enforcement.
That's
that's
us
getting
out
whether
it's
a
complaint,
whether
it's
just
getting
out
preventatively
to
find
issues.
You
know.
Looking
at
the
fire
inspections,
we
currently
employ
a
fire
marshal
Deputy
Fire
Marshal
in
23.
We
are
adding
another
deputy
Fire
Marshal,
so
we
should
be
able
to
get
close
to
our
goal.
F
We
have
ever
reach
the
goal
of
being
in
every
business
every
year,
the
pre-plans,
you
know
we
talked
a
little
bit
at
Council
and
some
other
things.
The
fire
department
spends
a
lot
of
time,
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
deal
with
things
before
it
happens.
So
again,
these
are
not
back
to
pre-covered
years,
but
we
were
out
doing
a
lot
of
pre-planning
on
buildings
engineering.
This
is
where
we
try
to
do
all
of
the
preventative
work
before
a
building
is
even
built
or
as
they
remodel,
that
building
the
plan
review
process.
F
Training
is
the
Pinnacle
of
what
we
do.
You
know
we
have
to
respond,
but
we
have
to
also
be
prepared
to
respond,
so
we
are
pleased
we've
set
a
goal
back
in
2016.,
we've
constantly
pursued
that
goal
and
we've
made
it
last
year
was
no
different.
We
made
103
percent
of
that
goal.
That's
43
almost
43
477
hours.
F
F
So
all
the
other
categories
of
things
that
we
train
on
you
know
just
as
city
employees,
we
have
to
do
HR
training
and
all
that,
but
that's
where
all
it's
captured-
and
that
is
a
lot
of
hours
that
we
spend
preparing
to
do
our
jobs
for
administration.
We
did
have
an
increase
in
our
budget
for
2021.
I
want
to
point
out
that
of
that
increase.
Almost
all
of
it
went
to
starting
remodeling
projects
at
these
stations
that
have
not
been
funded
by
the
bond,
so
the
bond
that
was
just
passed
was
huge
for
our
department.
F
You
know
they
had
a
10-year
Capital
Plan
and
there's
always
this
magical
11th
column
and
those
were
the
unfunded
needs.
So
the
bond
is
taking
care
of
those.
What
we
did
was
put
significant
resources
into
these
stations
that
were
outside
of
the
bond
capacity
to
improve
the
lives
and
safety
of
our
firefighters.
F
This
is
just
a
few
pictures
of
some
of
the
conditions.
Again,
just
you
know,
broken
broken
equipment.
The
counters
you
know
broken
tile
water,
that's
gotten
inside
the
building.
All
these
are
things
that
our
firefighters
are
dealing
with,
and
these
are
all
things
that
are
currently
being
managed
right
now
with
last
year's
funds,
but
with
the
construction
delays,
it's
actually
in
progress,
as
we
speak
right
now,
so
for
goals
I'm,
not
one
that
likes
to
report
that
we
fail
at
anything.
But
it
is
honesty
and
we
have
failed
at
several
of
our
goals.
F
So
we
did
meet
our
training
goals,
but
the
meeting
the
one
occupancy
or
one
one
time
for
every
occupancy.
We
only
got
to
66
percent.
That
is
way
up
from
covid
years,
but
we're
also
going
to
be
initiating
some
new
programs
in
23.
In
addition
to
the
new
Deputy
Fire
Marshal,
to
help
reach
that
goal,
we
did
continue
to
replace
outdated
equipment
apparatus
replaced
several
Vehicles
last
year.
We
did
not
meet
all
of
our
response
timeline
goals,
but
I
do
want
to
point
out
again.
F
So
who
does
this?
These
are
our
Personnel
again
our
work
chart.
We
did
add
new
positions
in
2022.
We
did
add
a
part-time
administrative
assistant
and
two
full-time
mobile
integrated
healthcare
workers,
so
our
total
is
114,
which
is
up
from
I.
Think
it's
one
of
the
first
increases
we've
really
had
over
the
several
several
years.
F
I
always
point
this
out.
One
of
the
national
standards
we're
held
to
is
NFPA
1710,
which
is
the
National
Fire
Protection
Association,
and
it
kind
of
gives
a
guideline
of
how
many
firefighters
should
be
on
a
call
for
single-family
homes,
strip
malls
or
what
we
consider
high
rises,
which
is
seven
or
plus
Stories.
The
grayed
out
helmets
is
where
we're
short,
but
again
I
want
to
point
out
that
not
every
Community
could
handle
every
emergency
on
their
own.
F
We
do
have
mutual
Aid
agreements
and
in
fact,
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
had
a
very
large
apartment
fire
and
the
fire
district
did
provide
several
engines
with
a
staff
to
help
us
out.
So
we
are
still
meeting
the
needs
of
our
community
and
that's
why
prevention
is
so
important
because
some
of
these
buildings,
if
it
did
start
up,
we
would
be
behind
the
ball,
and
so
we
need
to
make
sure
sprinklers
work
and
everything's
up
to
code
so
that
we
have
the
best
chance.
We
we
do
of
dealing
with
those
emergencies.
F
Looking
at
our
diversity,
so
we're
about
seven
percent
female.
We
did
not
have
anyone
identifying
as
any
of
the
other
genders.
We
have
4.3
percent
people
of
color
biracial
people
of
color
and
lgbtq
is
0.8
percent.
So
it's
one
person
in
our
department
I
want
to
point
out.
These
are
all
self-reporter
statistics,
so
it's
it's
whatever
they
wanted
to
report.
We
don't
have
anything
that
we
dug
into
to
figure
out.
If
it
was
anything
different
for
stations,
we
do
have
technically
six.
F
We
have
one
that's
out
of
service,
that's
the
one
that
is
with
the
red
with
the
the
line
through
it.
That
is
the
old
station
one
used
to
be
referred
to
as
the
old
headquarters.
That
was
the
one
that
was
damaged
in
the
flood.
It
is
also
the
number
one
priority
from
the
bonds
that
were
just
issued
to
go
ahead
and
get
started
on
the
remodel
so
that
we
can
move
back
in.
F
We
are
in
a
temporary
station
again
thanks
to
the
city
Administration,
for
letting
us
take
over
a
nice,
lawyer's
office
and
somehow
convert
it
into
a
fire
station,
and
then
you'll
see
the
others,
the
ones
that
are
identified
by
stars.
That's
our
training
and
Logistics
facility.
If
you'll
remember,
we've
talked
about
at
the
bond
hearings
and
some
other
things.
F
That
is
a
leased
facility
and
it
is
in
the
city's
best
interest
to
build
one
that
we
own,
which
is
another
Bond
project
that
will
be
starting
in
23
and
then
there's
the
fire
training
Tower,
which,
where
that
star
is,
is
hopefully,
where
that
training
Logistics
facility
will
move
to
talking
about
ISO,
which
is
the
insurance
service
office
in
2022.
We
actually
received
this
rating.
F
We
made
the
announcement
in
21
when
they
let
us
know,
but
it
went
in
effect
in
February
of
22.,
we
were
moved
to
an
ISO
11x
which,
for
those
that
you
do
not
know
fire
departments
Across,
the
Nation
are
rated
on
a
scale
of
one
to
ten
ten
means
no
fire
protection.
One
is
the
best,
so
everyone
here
in
Bloomington
has
the
best
Fire
Protection
Service,
based
on
those
standards.
Now
it's
not
just
the
fire
department
and
I
need
to
make
sure
we
give
credit
where
it's
due.
F
It's
about
half
of
the
the
scores
from
the
fire
department
about
40
percent
of
that
is
from
city
of
Bloomington
utilities,
with
the
water
system,
hydrants
and
then
10
of
that
comes
from
central
dispatch
on
how
they
handle
our
calls
and
get
us
out
the
door,
but
as
a
combined
effect.
We
are
actually
one
of
the
best
rated.
F
We
were
the
first
city
in
Indiana
with
this
rating,
not
to
be
confused
with
the
first
ISO
one
in
the
state,
but
the
first
city
in
the
state
that
had
that
rating
and
I
think
we're
the
fourth
overall
in
the
state.
I
will
point
out
with
this.
A
lot
of
this
comes
down
to
support
from
the
administration
on
Staffing,
but
it
also
gets
into
those
response
times,
training
hours
and
everything
else
that
we
have
that
we
need
to
do.
F
I
want
to
finally
touch
up
on
one
thing
of
our
2023
goals.
We
have
a
lot
of
reoccurring
goals
that
stay
the
same
from
year
to
year,
but
for
us,
I
just
want
to
point
out
a
few
things
that
are
different.
Knowing
that
we
are
not
meeting
the
goal
of
getting
to
every
building
every
year.
There
are
some
buildings
that
don't
need
to
see
us
every
year,
so
we
are
looking
to
identify
and
start
an
online
self-inspection
program.
Similar.
To
what
hand
does
you
know?
F
There's
not
a
clear
definition
of
what
that
is,
but
if
they're
calling
number
one
a
lot,
those
are
the
people
we're
focusing
on
so
that
we
can
start
eliminating
those
calls
and
not
continue
to
go
to
them.
And
then
again
we
do
have
new
positions.
So
two
more
Community
EMTs,
which
is
our
mobile,
integrated
healthcare
workers
and
a
new
Deputy
Fire
Marshal,
and
that
person's
focus
is
going
to
be
working
on
the
false
alarms.
F
A
Thank
you
we'll
try
to
wrap
this
up
quickly.
I
do
want
to
thank
all
three
of
you
for
your
reports.
Your
leadership
I
also
I
believe
there's
another
elected
official
who's
coming
into
the
room.
County
council,
member
Jennifer
Crossley.
Thank
you
for
being
here
good
to
see
you
here.
That
is
a
lot
to
digest
from
our
Public
Safety
officials.
It
reflects
an
extraordinary
set
of
professionals,
their
commitment
and
the
service
that
we
all
benefit
from
every
hour
of
every
day.
A
The
2022
reports
we
just
heard
indicated
overall
crime
down.
One
percent
but
steady,
including
steady
annual
reductions
and
reductions
in
robbery
aggravated
assault,
burglary
and
theft,
but
overall
violent
crime
increase
of
almost
six
percent
and
the
number
of
crimes
involving
Firearms
continues
to
threaten
Us
in
Bloomington
as
it
does
nationally.
A
You
heard
our
police
department
has
taken
specific
efforts
to
address
this
very
real
issue,
as
well
as
Community
Family,
Resources
Department
I
will
note
I
can't
say
the
same
for
our
state
government
I
wish
they
would
take
that
on,
as
as
we
are
locally
and
gun
violence,
particularly,
we
do
appreciate
some
of
the
steps
at
the
national
level.
On
that
locally,
you
heard
our
efforts
about
working
with
federal
agents
and
more
forensics
keeping
Firearms
out
of
the
hands
of
people
that
can't
legally
possess
them.
A
Also,
we
do
have
a
plan
gun
buyback
program,
getting
gun
locks
into
the
community.
I
want
to
thank
Moms,
Demand
Action
for
their
work
on
that
and
a
new
grant
program
focused
on
gun
violence.
As
you
heard,
we
hired
six
new
officers,
but
lost
11
in
the
police
department
to
retirement
or
transfers.
I
will
return
to
this
challenge
shortly,
in
addition
to
the
new
positions,
new
positions
and
social
work,
etc.
We
have
a
long
tradition
of
progressive
policing
that
we
continue
to
see
work.
A
Our
fire
department
exceeded
training
hours
with
ample
Community
engagement
and
despite
an
increase
in
calls,
as
was
mentioned,
the
first
Vitality
in
six
years,
an
unprecedented
record
for
our
fire
department
over
that
period,
And
also
the
Integrated
Health
Care
Program,
you
didn't
hear
directly,
but
we
do
see
increasing
Staffing
levels,
raising
concerns
in
our
fire
department,
I
believe
there
are
nine
vacancies
in
the
sworn
officer
ranks
of
99.
So
that's
been
a
number.
That's
we've
that
we've
seen
increasing
now.
I
want
to
put
all
this
in
context
just
briefly
and
we'll
get
to
questions.
A
All
of
this
progress
has
been
supported
financially
by
this
Community
First
in
2016,
with
a
public
safety,
local
income
tax
of
a
0.25
percent
added
to
the
county-wide
tax.
That
is
very
significantly
supports
dispatch
in
all
county-wide
police
and
fire
needs.
That
was
a
critical
step
also
in
2022,
our
community
added
Economic
Development
local
income
tax,
a
portion
of
which
has
been
dedicated
to
Public
Safety
about
four
million
dollars
new
Revenue
per
year.
Just
last
month
we
saw
the
adoption
and
appropriation
here
in
this
room
of
32
million
dollars
in
new
Public
Safety
facility
Investments.
A
The
new
police
headquarters
and
co-located
fire
Administration
to
be
in
the
showers
hall,
building
right
behind
us
here,
which
will
be
a
very
important
unification
of
Public
Safety,
with
City
Hall
in
general.
That
will
allow
for
very
significant
growth
and
Improvement,
supporting
all
these
Progressive
efforts,
in
addition
to
the
showers
project,
several
new
fire
stations
and
Facilities
underway
new
improvements,
downtown
station,
one
North
Woodlawn
station
three
and
as
mentioned
a
new
Fire
Department
training
and
Logistics
Center,
so
a
lot
of
things
are
underway.
A
Among
all
of
this,
probably
the
greatest
challenge
continues
to
be
personnel
nationally
nationally,
every
city
and
state
in
America
seems
to
be
struggling
to
hire
and
retain
sworn
police
officers,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
seeing
increased
pressures
in
fire
personnel
as
well.
We
have
taken
very
significant
steps
to
address
this.
Already
some
have
been
mentioned.
We
negotiated
a
police
contract
with
significant
increases
in
compensation
effective
this
year.
Building
on
the
federal
American
Rescue
plan
act,
supported
increases
provided
last
year.
A
We
have
created
new
housing
incentives.
Eighteen
thousand.
These
have
been
mentioned:
signing
bonuses
down
payments,
rental
assistance;
currently,
three
firefighters
and
11
police
officers
are
using
those
incentives.
We
have
added
take-home
cars,
as
mentioned
with
several
dozen
receiving
take-home
cars
in
the
police
department,
but
we
need
to
do
more.
A
As
mentioned,
we
have
a
new
position
this
year,
a
full-time
position
that
will
focus
on
recruiting
new
officers
for
police
and
fire.
We
have
also
activated
a
9-1-1
review
task
force.
This
is
a
collaborative
county-wide
effort
to
review
how
we
respond
to
emergency
calls.
Can
we
do
it
more
efficiently?
A
First,
we
plan
to
enhance
compensation
at
the
Bloomington
Fire
Department.
Now
they
have
a
labor
contract
that
extends
through
next
year,
2024
adopted
by
the
union
members
in
2020.
outside
that
contract.
We
have
already
increased
several
enhancements
with
a
thousand
dollar
bonus
this
year,
780
matching
for
pension,
Investments,
increased
investments
in
health
savings
accounts
and
others.
Today,
I'm
announcing
additional
support
for
current
and
new
firefighters
outside
the
existing
negotiated
contract.
We
will
offer
additional
bonus
compensation
this
year
to
bring
their
compensation
increases
to
a
five
percent
level.
A
This
reflects
the
concept
that
having
First
Responders
live
in
our
city
is
valuable,
it's
valuable
to
the
city
and
to
the
neighborhoods,
where
they
live.
It's
valuable
to
Public
Safety
by
bringing
and
building
deep
and
Broad
Community
connections
throughout
our
Public
Safety
efforts.
Therefore,
beginning
today,
in
a
pilot
program,
we
will
be
offering
each
of
up
to
10
firefighters
and
10
police
officers.
A
one
hundred
thousand
dollar
no
interest
down
payment
loan
to
buy
a
house
in
the
city.
Each
loan
will
be
forgiven
ten
thousand
dollars
per
year
over
a
10-year
period.
A
A
For
the
long
run,
we
plan
to
fund
this
program
with
a
combination
of
one-time
American
Rescue
plan
act,
funds,
the
federal
funds
that
we
so
appreciate
from
the
Biden
Harris
Administration
and
Congress,
as
well
as
ongoing
annual
budgets
from
the
two
departments.
We
are
collaborating
with
local
banks
and
financial
institutions
to
implement
the
program
which
can
be
combined
with
any
existing
external
homebuyer
Sports
already
available.
A
If,
as
we
hope,
the
pilot
demonstrates
success
in
retaining
existing
and
attracting
new
sworn
officers,
we
will
explore
with
city
council
ways
to
expand
it.
Bloomington
is
very
well
served
by
highly
trained
Public
Safety
professionals.
Every
hour
of
every
day,
dedicated
people
put
their
lives
on
the
line
for
us
every
time
they
put
on
their
uniforms.
A
Our
world
is
changing
in
public
safety,
Technologies
and
techniques
are
evolving,
expectations,
evolve,
challenges
continue
and
our
report
today,
I
hope,
demonstrates
the
high
level
of
Public
Safety,
but
also
the
con.
The
importance
of
continuing
to
invest
and
to
innovate
I'm
very
pleased
to
share
these
announcements
and
the
full
state
of
the
public
safety
report.
Today,
I
may
ask
the
other
three
of
you
to
come
up,
and
any
of
us
will
be
happy
to
try
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
may
have
thanks
very
much
any
questions.
A
A
E
The
outside
world,
in
connection
with
the
transition
from
the
first
three,
the
showers
building
and
the
Reconstruction
of
the
fire
station,
so
are
we
going
to
see
construction
activity
or
at
least
demolition
fee
for
the
fire
station
here?
E
A
Let
me
take
a
crack
and
I
may
ask
Chief
Moore
to
talk
about
the
fire
station
schedules
and
chief
decaf.
If
you
want
to
add
too,
we
have
a
request
for
qualifications
on
the
street
for
an
architect
to
work
on
the
showers
building.
We
expect
that
to
be
resolved
in
the
next
few
weeks
and
that
the
planning
and
design
process
for
the
showers
building
will
begin
in
short
order.
A
I
would
expect
within
60
days
that
will
be
a
multi-month
process
and
we
do
expect
in
the
showers
building
to
see
construction
beginning
this
year
this
calendar
year,
I
expect
it
will
conclude
next
year,
but
we'll
know
more
about
that.
Once
we
get
the
detailed
architecture
work
going,
that
process
will
definitely
involve
all
of
the
interested
parties.
Frontline
police
officers,
fire
administrators
and
the
other
folks
will
be
using
the
building
will
certainly
be
involved
in
the
design
process.
F
Thank
you
for
the
question
Dave.
So
for
fire
station
one.
We
were
actually
in
the
process
of
remodeling
that
building
Before
the
Flood.
So
we
have
resumed
that
process.
We
would
anticipate
contracts
going
out
for
the
full
engineering
designs
within
the
month
and
then
at
that
point
we
would
be
able
to
to
start
putting
a
timeline
on
actual
deconstruction
and
reconstruction
of
that
building
station.
A
F
Time,
actually,
it's
another
great
question.
So
the
thing
that
I
can
point
out
is
there's
a
lot
of
communities
that
do
exception
reporting.
So
when
they
don't
meet
their
goal,
they
start
tracking
it.
For
us,
we've
started
tracking,
why?
You
know
it
seems
very
silly,
but
a
great
example
I
can
give
you
not
from
Bloomington
but
Chicago
that
did
this
realized
by
adding
more
restrooms
that
their
nighttime
response
times
were
improved.
You
know
if
everyone
gets
up
and
then
has
to
use
the
restroom,
not
enough
facilities
was
causing
delays
for
us
looking
at
station
one.
F
Currently,
the
poll
that
goes
from
the
third
floor
down
is
the
fastest
way.
That's
how
that
building
was
designed
to
meet
our
goals.
It
is
also
not
used
by
everyone.
So,
looking
at
the
future
that
pole
design
is
no
longer
allowed
under
current
construction
guidelines,
you
have
to
go
down
a
floor
and
come
across
because
someone
can
really
get
hurt
going
down
a
40-foot
pole.
Other
things
you
know
I
know.
F
The
police
chief
will
tease
me
about
this
a
little
bit
because
they
he
does
often
but
there's
other
things
you
can
look
at
as
like
slides.
It's
a
lot
safer
than
doing
a
vertical
drop,
so
these
are
all
things
that
we're
considering
in
the
new
design.
But
ideally
you
would
want
a
one-story
station
that
doesn't
work
in
all
locations.
When
we
look
at
station
three
making
sure
that
everything
is
centralized
around
the
vehicle,
a
lot
of
stations
Start
Spreading
further
out,
and
then
you
have
to
go
further
travel
distances
to
get
to
those
trucks.
F
A
G
D
F
G
B
Thanks
for
the
question,
so
over
the
years,
we've
done
a
lot
of
joint
training.
Together
we
have
a
combined
critical
incident
response
team
with
city
and
county
officers.
So
we've
done,
we've
done
different
training
things,
we've
done
different
operational
things
together
and
I.
Think
continuing
those
and
then
looking
at
how
we
police
in
the
future
are
things
that
we
can.
B
We
can
look
at
there's
a
new
sheriff
he's
he's
new
to
County,
Law,
Enforcement,
so
I'm
sure
he's
really
overwhelmed,
but
at
some
point,
probably
in
the
next
couple
of
months
I'm
sure
we
can
sit
down
and
look
at
different,
different
things
that
we
both
do.
That
will
benefit
both
the
city
and
the
county
and
try
to
make
it
more
efficient.
B
F
Thank
you
and
I
I
know
that
County
Government
doesn't
necessarily
oversee
the
county
departments,
but
we
do
have
the
fire
district
Ellettsville
and
there's
still
one
volunteer
department
that
is
still
in
operation
Bean
Blossom,
so
we
continually
work
with
our
partners.
In
fact,
it's
part
of
our
annual
goal
to
constantly
try
to
improve
those
relationships
over
the
years.
We've
done
things
like
we're
on
the
same
radio
system.
You
know
we
do
similar
training.
F
We
have
a
lot
of
the
similar
training
requirements
for
positions
and
then
we
also
go
out
and
we
do
trainings
as
we
can
into
their
area
and
they
come
into
our
area.
So
when
we
have
things
like
the
apartment,
fire
I
discussed,
they
came
in
integrated
into
our
system
and
we
just
all
work
together
and
resolve
the
issue,
so
I
think
on
the
fire
side,
we're
constantly
making
progress
towards
that.
But
again
we
could
always
do
better.
So
thank
you.
A
You
want
to
add
anything
you
don't
have
to,
but
okay,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Councilmember
Crossley,
one
General
point
I,
do
think
it's
as
mentioned
important
for
the
public
to
know
there
is
in
a
deep
and
long
and
exceptional
amount
of
of
collaboration
at
First,
Responders
among
County
city
and
Regional,
and
that's
a
great
thing.
Mutual
Aid
in
fire,
responding
to
needs
in
in
police
encounters
at
such
working
together
on
specialty
teams.
So
that's
a
really
important
and
good
thing.
A
Two
specific
things
I'd
mentioned.
The
911
review
is
a
very
broad
county-wide,
look
and
I.
Think
is
a
a
really
important
way
for
us
to
think
about.
How
do
we
respond
to
emergencies?
There
are
communities
around
the
country
that
are
quite
significantly
changing
that
and
I
think
that's
something
that
we
can
do
together
and
that
that
team
that
that
several
folks
are
leading
but
involving
everybody
who
responds
to
9-1-1
will
be
really
important
and
then
the
last
thing
is
a
more
General
point.