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A
B
C
Of
the
city
council,
I
believe
you've
all
had
a
chance
to
review
the
ibc's
in
your
packet.
So
I
can
just
stand
for
questions.
E
A
Hi
council
president
pro
tem
weddings.
This
is
kathy
we're
hoping
to
launch
the
small
business
grant
program
tomorrow
and
so
we'll
have
the
application
go,
live
on
the
website
tomorrow
morning,
pending
the
approval
of
the
interim
budget
change
this
afternoon,
and
then
the
grants
will
be
funded
on
a
first
come
first
serve
basis
and
the
timeline
that
we've
been
told
by
the
state
is
about
a
week.
E
E
Let's
see
where
is
it
it's
on
item
two,
the
procure
to
pay
software?
It
says
it's
a
one-time
expenditure,
but,
madam
mayor,
it
says
something
about
three
contractor
positions
and
I'm
just
wondering
about
the
duration
of
those
positions.
C
G
F
Hi
there,
so
the
request
is
one
time
we're
doing
this
a
little
bit
different
than
the
city's
done
in
the
past.
Previously
we
haven't
been
real
strong
on
internal
resources
and
this
one's
fully
staffed.
So
it's
going
to
be
one
of
the
most
successful
projects
in
the
city's
history.
F
E
F
Yes
and
we
had
a
half
an
fte
position
within
the
procure
to
pay
team
and
we're
going
to
use
that
to
fund
any
ongoing
support
within
it.
So
after
the
initial
startup,
the
ongoing
maintenance
is
150
000
a
year,
and
I
strongly
believe
that
the
system
is
going
to
more
than
pay
for
itself.
I
was
very
conservative
in
my
estimates.
F
H
H
So,
council
matter
weddings
asked
my
question
about
the
small
business
grants
and,
yes,
I'm
excited
to
get
those
going
as
well.
I
just
wanted
to
note
not
a
real
question,
but
for
the
public
that
the
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
also
coveted
related
and
it's
all
of
the
actions
that
the
city
has
taken,
especially
to
serve
those
of
our
neighbors
who
are
most
in
need
and
make
sure
that
they
were
healthy
and
safe
during
the
this
crisis.
So
just
wanted
to
send
kudos
to
the
staff
for
the
good
work
on
that.
I
So
so
I
have
a
question
about
if
folks
need
act,
need
help
completing
these
grants.
If
there's
a
language
barrier,
perhaps
are
we
doing
any
work
to
make
sure
that
folks,
who
don't
speak
english
as
a
primary
language,
would
be
able
to
access
these
grants.
C
A
I
Is
there
a
way
we
can
make
sure
like,
for
example,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
today
is
hispanic
heritage
month,
the
very
first
day,
and
so
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
connect
with
whether
it's
the
commission
on
hispanic
affairs,
idaho,
hispanic
chamber
of
commerce,
some
of
these
organizations
to
make
sure
these
folks
know
about
this
resource.
Thank
you.
E
E
May
I
just
answer
that
real
quick
councilmember
sanchez
when
we
first
started
talking
about
having
this
opportunity-
and
this
has
been
something
I've
been
advocating
for.
Basically
since
kovid
started,
shutting
businesses
down
in
boise,
one
of
the
first
things
that
kathy
and
I
had
talked
about
when
we
had
the
opportunity
was
which
community
partners
we
can
work
with
like
the
hispanic
chamber
and
janus
is
another
one
through
their
economic
opportunity
program.
E
So
we
it's
my
understanding
that
kathy's
been
working
with
a
lot
of
those
really
great
community
partners
to
make
sure
that
this
gets
out
to
our
communities,
who
are
most
in
need.
Thank
you.
I
H
J
K
K
So,
in
brief
overview
of
what
we're
going
to
talk
about
tonight
is
the
current
allocation
of
the
sworn
staff
of
the
police
department.
The
comparison
of
our
officers
to
the
peer
cities
based
off
a
per
capita
comparison
allocation
of
officers
discretionary
time
as
well
as
time
that
they're
assigned
on
calls
an
overview,
a
very
high
level
overview
of
the
different
divisions
and
units
within
the
police
department,
the
demographics
of
the
police
department
and
then
some
issues
with
training
in
education.
K
K
When
we
compare
the
city
to
the
the
pure
cities
that
were
established
by
the
city
of
boise
for
us
to
look
at
when
we
compare
it
to
our
peer
cities,
you'll
notice
that
we
are
on
the
lower
end
of
that
scale,
you
know
little
rock,
with
2.86
per
thousand
citizens
we're
at
1.28
the
only
one
of
our
peer
cities
that
has
a
lower
ratio
of
officers
per
thousand
citizens
is
lincoln
nebraska,
although
from
a
criminal
justice
and
policing
standpoint,
it's
not
a
very
good
comparison.
K
City
for
us
lincoln
has
a
large
draw
away
what
they
call
a
diffusion
of
crime
to
the
major
city
in
the
state,
which
is
only
a
couple
hours
away,
which
is
omaha
substantial,
draw
away
from
most
of
the
major
criminal
activity.
It's
also
a
much
slower
growing
city
than
the
city
of
boise.
It's
got
a
1.3
growth
rate,
estimated
over
the
last
decade,
where
ours
is
at
2.78,
so
pretty
pretty
substantial
difference
in
those
challenges,
but
despite
what
should
be
advantages
for
lincoln
looking
like
it
should
have
a
lower
crime
rate.
K
So
for
us
to
get
near
what
would
be
the
mean
average
for
the
benchmark
cities,
it
would
require
us
to
increase
the
current
authorized
staffing
level
of
the
boise
police
department,
somewhere
in
the
neighborhood
of
40,
to
50
officers
to
put
us
to
the
average,
not
the
high
end
of
the
bar,
but
just
average
for
that
representation.
K
If
we
start
to
look
at
the
demographics
as
they
break
down
for
the
boise
police
department
in
comparison
to
many
other
police
departments,
we
actually
reflect
the
community
fairly.
Well,
although
there
are
clear
areas
for
improvement,
the
green
bar
represents
the
demographic
by
percentage
representation
for
the
city.
The
blue
bar
represents
the
police
department,
you'll
notice
that
there
is
room,
statistical
room
for
improvement
in
the
hispanic
or
latino
community.
K
There
is
also
room
for
improvement
in
the
asian
community,
but
you'll
note
that
we
actually
are
over-represented.
African-Americans
relative
to
the
population
of
the
city
in
the
police
department,
with
that
said,
some
of
the
numbers
to
give
a
little
bit
better
context:
african-american
population
city
of
boise,
2.1
police
department
at
about
three,
so
that
can
kind
of
help.
Give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
scale
in
your
minds
as
you
look
at
that
chart,
the
hispanic
or
latino
population
in
the
city
of
boise
is
about.
K
Nine
percent
in
our
police
department
is
sitting
at
about
four
percent,
so
recognizing
the
fastest
growing
demographic
in
the
state
is
the
latino
hispanic
population.
K
K
Some
of
that
is
to
reach
out
to
the
hispanic
youth
summit
and
other
similar
relationship
building
opportunities
and
really
mentor
and
filter
in
people
into
the
organization.
We've
seen
a
substantial
increase
in
our
academy
classes,
our
last
academy
class
was
well
over
half
its
representation
was
hispanic
or
latino,
so
we're
making
efforts
to
close
that
gap.
The
biggest
gap
which
is
not
reflected
there.
That
frankly
causes
me
some
pause
is
that
the
female
representation
of
the
boise
police
department
is
only
about
11
percent.
The
benchmark
city
average
is
at
13.1
percent.
K
The
national
average
in
the
policing
profession
is
only
at
about
12
percent,
though,
but
I
think
that
there
is
both
for
my
profession
at
large,
as
well
as
our
specific
city
room
for
substantial
improvement
in
that
we're
going
to
make
targeted
efforts
to
recruit
and
attract
women
into
the
profession
as
well.
K
Part
of
that
is
to
sit
down
and
look
at
our
hiring
process
our
filtering
process
and
to
include
conversations
with
the
idaho
post,
the
accreditation
body
for
policing
to
look
at
the
standards
are
required
to
see
if
there
are
any
unintended
consequences
that
may
be
filtering
women
out
from
the
profession
as
well
as
specifically
trying
to
for
lack
of
a
bear
description,
market,
the
profession
to
different
demographics,
but
particularly
women.
Demographics.
K
K
H
Mayor
chief
lee,
why
don't
I
ask
this
question
here?
Instead
of
trying
to
come
back
to
it
so
first,
the
number
of
hispanic
officers
does
that
include
this
recent
graduating
class,
because
it
did
have
a
high
number
in
it.
K
H
K
That's
absolutely
true:
I'm
president,
it's
not
just
to
look
at
the
potential
barriers
for
entry,
but
it
could
be
unintended
consequences,
so
we
could
be
not
in
the
classic
barrier
like
it's
a
true
obstruction.
You
can't
get
past
this
obstacle,
but
it
has
consequence
of
say
diverting
people
out
the
profession
all
used
as
an
example
idaho,
post
standards,
so
one
of
the
physical
assessment
standards
is
the
ability
to
do
22,
push-ups,
21
or
22
push-ups.
K
That
is
regardless
of
gender,
is
regardless
of
age.
For
many
men,
21
or
22
push-ups
may
not
pose
a
substantial
physical
challenge
for
many
women
in
the
population.
That
could
be
a
barrier
that's
hard
to
pass,
and
I
have
never
seen
a
situation
in
my
policing
career
where
I
was
able
to
solve
it
by
the
number
of
push-ups
I
did
so.
It
seems
like
we
could
probably
adjust
that.
K
So
the
next
thing
that
we
need
to
consider
when
we're
starting
to
look
at
the
the
police
department.
It's
present
staffing
levels
to
really
look
at
the
expected
growth
that
we
have
for
the
city
and
the
mayor
has
commented
on
the
fact
that
we
need
to
look
at
boise
as
the
community
rather
than
just
the
city
and
its
citizens,
because
there's
a
vast
number
of
people
they
come
and
either
recreate
or
work
here
in
the
city.
So
we
drew
information.
Obviously
it's
accredited
to.
K
We
know
boise,
but
it
was
information
that
was
drawn
from
the
community
planning
association
of
southwest,
idaho
or
compass.
You
can
look
at
the
projected
growth
trends
on
the
screen
for
the
metropolitan
area.
You
know
we're
sitting
at
about
the
700
000
rounding
it
down
700
000
number,
but
you
can
see
by
2025
just
five
years
away
we're
jumping
up
to
825
000,
a
large
number
of
those
people
are
going
to
live
within
our
city
proper.
You
can
imagine
the
impact
that's
going
to
have
on
police
service
and
police
demand.
K
It
is,
it
is
very
realistic
to
think
that
we
will
find
ourselves
in
the
300
to
400
000
category
as
a
city
proper
within
the
foreseeable
future,
within
a
decade
or
two,
and
I've
made
comment
before
that
in
those
cities
in
north
america.
That
is
the
magic
marker.
We're
also
seeing
exponential
demand
in
police
services
that
outpaces
the
linear
growth
model.
So
that
causes
me
some
concern
that
there's
going
to
be
an
increase
in
demand.
Metamer.
D
D
K
K
So
what
happens
in
north
america
is
around
and
it
happens
about
the
us
and
canada
there's
a
variety
of
different
factors
that
influence
it.
So
the
homogeneity
of
the
population
based
off
of
say,
race,
religious
influence,
other
things
that
would
be
likely
variables
that
could
indicate
some
degree
of
social
friction
that
would
occur
so
there's
a
multitude
of
different
factors
that
go
into
it.
That's
why
there's
not
a
hard
number
like
at
335
you'll
experience
this,
but
between
300
to
400
000.
K
What
you
see
under
that
benchmark,
you'll
see
in
most
cities
in
north
america
a
fairly
predictable
increase.
If
the
population
increases
about
x
amount,
you
will
see
a
commensurate
increase
in
calls
for
service
demands
for
police
service.
In
that
bandwidth,
at
300
to
400
000,
you
see
a
departure
where
it
becomes
exponential.
K
You
can
control
that
exponent
with
heavy
investment
community
policing,
but
the
the
demand
for
police
service
begins
to
increase
at
a
rate
faster
than
you
see
the
population
growth.
So
if
again,
you're
thinking
about
that
wiggle
on
the
line,
you
suddenly
see
the
lines
start
to
steeply
depart
upward,
and
so
that's
when
we
start
to
look
at
the
population
of
the
city
of
boise.
K
That's
part
of
the
concern
about
the
staffing
level
we
have
is
that,
where
we're
and
I'll
show
you
in
a
minute
the
amount
of
discretionary
time
we
have,
while
the
officers
are
now
competing
and
functioning
in
the
environment
that
we
have
frankly
in
large
part
because
of
a
good
community
and
a
heavy
investment
in
community
policing,
that's
going
to
become
more
challenging
as
the
population
density
and
the
actual
number
of
the
population
increases
in
the
city.
Does
that
help.
D
K
K
To
be
frank,
with
you,
that's
part
of
the
challenge,
we're
we're
getting
at
that
magic
number
and
then,
knowing
that
it's
in
a
bandwidth,
because
there's
very
there's
different,
there's
different
variables
that
influence
we
may
see
that
the
lower
end
of
the
bandwidth
we
as
a
city
may
survive
that
exponential
growth
too
we're
at
the
higher
end
of
the
bandwidth,
so
it's
hard
to
target,
but
well
within
a
decade.
K
I
think
that
we're
going
to
start
feeling
that
impact
and
as
we
talk
about
the
degree
of
mobility
we
see
in
the
community,
most
of
these
models
were
built
off
of
single
large
cities.
That's
where
the
research
comes
from
we're
talking
about
much
more
metropolitan
areas.
Now,
where
that
tipping
point
is
going
to
occur
and
how
early
is
hard
to
predict,
we
just
know
that
it's
coming
in
the
imminent
future.
Thank
you.
I
Madam
mayor,
thank
you
chiefly
so
with
the
anticipated
growth
of
our
city
and
the
increased
need
for
this
type
of
personnel.
What
do
you
believe
are
the
issues
that
we're
going
to
be
seeing
increase
with
that
growth.
K
Generally,
you
see
individual
person
related
crimes
or
whatever
viewed
as
those
part
one
type
crimes
I
spoke
of
earlier.
You
see
a
higher
report
rate
of
those.
You
also
see
a
higher
increase
in
general
calls
for
service
for
disorder
type
crimes
that
may
not
or
disorder
type
calls
that
may
not
constitute
a
crime
as
well.
So
some
of
it
is
the
for
lack
of
a
bear
description.
K
The
social
friction
you
have
of
more
people
interacting
there
will
be
a
higher
demand
on
police
service,
but
again
until
police
officers
go
and
investigate
an
individual
call,
we
can't
always
determine
whether
or
not
that's.
This
is
two
neighbors
are
not
agreeing
with
each
other.
There's
an
actual
crime.
I
Madam
mayor,
just
a
follow-up
to
that
with
those
types
of
crimes
anticipated
that
they
would
increase
with
the
growth
of
our
city.
Are
there
community
remediations,
for
that?
Is
there
something
that
we
outside
of
the
police
force,
can
be
doing
and
funding
to
address
those
before
they
become
problems.
K
I
think
if
we
recognize
that
the
major
drivers
of
crime
in
america
are
poverty
and
addiction
related
issues,
I
think
investment
in
services
that
address
those
two
issues
will
help.
I
think,
also,
as
a
police
department,
heavily
investing
in
a
community
policing
approach
to
help
mitigate
that
social
friction
ahead
of
time
and
help
make
those
connections
with
the
police.
That's
been
shown
to
keep
the
exponent
of
the
increase
to
a
smaller
exponent,
but
we'll
still
have
that
struggle
there.
K
I
mentioned
earlier
that
we
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
amount
of
discretionary
time
officers
have
the
cleanest
data
that
we're
able
to
get
goes
back
to
about.
2017
that
we
could
scrub
to
make
sure
is,
is
vetted
and
accurate.
If
you
look
at
the
2009
sample
the
green
bar
being
the
percent
of
time
that's
available,
so
an
officer
is
not
physically
assigned
to
a
call
the
orange
bar
being
the
amount
of
time
that
they're
on
a
call
for
service.
K
You
can
see
that
in
the
difference
the
eight
year
difference
between
august
of
2009
and
july
of
2017,
you
can
see
the
substantial
difference
that
there
is
less
than
20
percent
of
time
for
an
officer
based
on
what
would
be
discretionary
time.
So
that
would
be
the
opportunity
for
a
patrol
officer
to
reach
out
and
do
community
outreach,
work,
investigative
case
follow-up,
simply
non-enforcement
related
activities,
discretionary
enforcement
activities,
which
would
include
traffic
and
other
issues
that
concern
the
community.
K
So
you
can
see
that
at
the
current
staffing
level
that
we
have,
we
have
a
diminishing
amount
of
that
time.
That
officers
can
dedicate
to
often
what
the
community
asks
for
the
most.
The
northwest
research
group
was
asked
to
do.
A
survey
in
2018
and
boise
residents
indicated
to
us
that
there
was
a
strong
desire
for
us
to
increase
our
non-enforcement
interactions.
K
D
Madam
mayor,
I'm
not
a
policing
expert,
but
this
is
really
kind
of
concerning
to
me
right.
If
our
officers
are
spending
most
of
their
time,
responding
to
calls
engaging
in
what
most
people
think
of
as
policing,
then
they're
not
spending
their
time
doing
other
things,
networking
with
the
community
being
people
in
the
community
building
relationships,
building
trust,
doing
the
things
that
I
think
our
community
expects
of
our
police
department
and
as
a
non-expert
in
policing.
D
K
K
We've
also
structurally
designed
the
police
department
to
have
a
community
outreach
division,
which
is
not
necessarily
tied
to
calls
for
service
why
they
may
choose
to
support
calls
for
service
that
helps
mitigate,
but,
frankly,
sort
of
to
your
point
that
personal
connection
with
with
the
officer
that
may
respond
to
your
911
call
at
two
in
the
morning.
It's
much
more
challenging
for
us
to
do
that
with
this
diminishing
model,
and
really
it
is
a
matter
of
either
responding
to
less
types
of
calls
which
generally
the
public
is
not
receptive
to
or
increasing
the
staffing.
K
Levels,
so
to
kind
of
illustrate
that
a
little
bit
as
to
part
of
the
challenge
with
the
staffing
that
we
have
is
I'll
use
an
anecdote
recently
on
august
13th
at
about
5
30.
In
the
morning,
we
had
officers
from
the
boise
police
department,
respond
to
a
shots,
fire
call
in
the
area
of
fairview
and
chendon.
K
The
challenge
with
that
event
is
that
to
manage
a
crime
scene
footprint
that
largely
required
us
to
dedicate
11
patrol
officers,
a
canine
to
sergeants,
to
supervise
the
different
aspects
of
the
event
and
what
it
functionally
did
was
drain
all
police
allocation
resources
for
the
entire
city
to
manage
that
one
event
as
we
grow
as
a
city.
The
potential
for
two
critical
events
like
that
to
occur
and
the
need
for
us
to
rely
on
mutual
aid
to
manage
through
those
increases.
H
Matamira
chiefly,
I
guess
my
question
about
this
last.
The
last
slide
is
a
little
different
with
your
experience
in
community
policing
as
a
city
reaches
the
size
boys
he
is,
and
especially
with
the
growth
that
we're
facing
and
the
sort
of
changes
in
the
demands
that
will
be
put
on
our
officers.
H
Is
there
a
model
anywhere
where
allocating
a
lot
of
time?
To
that
non-enforcement
time,
the
community's
outreach
time
pays
off
in
less
enforcement
need.
K
The
the
two
examples
are
our
city
and
omaha
nebraska,
so
both
of
those
cities
are,
we
have
an
incredibly
low
crime
rate
relative
to
our
population
because
of
the
structural.
Well,
let
me
back
up
a
little
bit
in
large
parts,
because
we
have
a
wonderful
community
of
people
here
beyond
that,
our
structural
commitment
to
community
policing.
We
are
structurally
designed,
even
with
the
vacancies
that
we
have
and
the
community
outreach
division
which
we've
had
to
reallocate
to
to
meet
the
demand
for
9-1-1
services.
K
Prior
to
my
arrival,
it's
difficult
to
go
through
the
records,
but
it
looks
like
we
moved
roughly
32
officers
from
community
outreach
into
patrol
operations,
even
with
that
we're
still
weighted
much
more
heavily
to
do
community
outreach
to
a
dedicated
division
than
almost
any
other
police
department,
the
united
states,
the
only
exception
being
omaha
nebraska
both
of
those.
We
know
that
that
community
outreach
approach,
the
community
engagement
approach
substantially
drives
down
part
one
type
crimes,
omaha
nebraska.
As
the
example
over
a
very
short
time
frame.
K
He
was
able
to
lower
it
so
that
omaha
nebraska
became
the
lowest
violent
crime
rate
of
the
major
cities
in
the
midwest,
and
so
we
know
that
that
approach
works.
It
helps
control
the
variable.
So,
instead
of
an
exponent
of
four
or
six
and
the
curve
being
very
steep,
we
can
flatten
the
curve
a
little
bit.
But
we
know
that
there's
going
to
be
that
growing
gulf
as
we
get
to
that
population
density.
Point.
H
Follow
up,
if
I
could
so
over
the
next
few
years
as
we
respond
to
growth
without
you
know,
knowing
yet
how
everything
is
going
to
play
out,
it
seems
to
me
what
you're
saying
is.
We
should
focus
on
actually
doing
more
community
outreach
trying
to
keep
the
enforcement
at
the
level
we've
got
it
in
hopes
that
not
just
hopes,
but
with
evidence
showing
that,
if
we're
able
to
do
that,
we
will
not
drive
up
the
need
for
more
enforcement.
K
That
would
that
would
definitely
be
what
the
evidence
would
indicate.
The
advantage
also
to
committing
resources
to
a
community
engagement
approach
is,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
with
the
officers
in
community
outreach
division,
they're
not
generally
responsible
for
calls
for
service,
but
if
they
were
at
a
community-
and
they
heard
the
bank
robbery
in
progress,
they
can
pull
away
and
still
support
and
return
to
that
work.
So
it's
you
get
a
little
bit
of
both
out
of
that
and
it
does
help
to
mitigate
that
risk.
K
K
There
there
can
be
some
of
that
outreach
and
there
can
be
some
of
the
low
priority
calls
for
service
that
can
be
cleared
through
non-sworn
personnel.
But
again
when
we
start
to
look
at
potential
needs.
For
example,
our
our
ncos
are
neighborhood
contact
officers.
They
spend
a
large
portion
of
time
examining
chronic
criminal
events
that
are
occurring
in
the
neighborhood,
whether
that's
a
series
of
car
prowls,
a
house
that's
affected
by
drug
trafficking
activity.
J
Thank
you
chiefly.
I.
My
question
is,
you
know,
we're
certainly
in
a
county,
that's
surrounded
by
five
other
cities,
and
while
several
of
them
are
quite
small
cunanans
are,
we
certainly
have
some
others
that
are
growing
as
well,
meridian
and
garden
city
and
eagle,
and
our
my
question
is,
as
the
the
you
know,
the
biggest
the
biggest
city
of
the
sixth.
J
Certainly
do
we
attract
more
of
the
crime
or
or
challenges
that
may
come
from
these
other
cities,
so,
in
other
words,
we
may
have
to
pick
up
some
of
not
I'm
called
slack,
but
it's
just
not
going
there
because
it's
coming
here,
even
though
it's
in
different
cities
is
that
a
challenge
we
face
or
or
no.
K
However,
when
we
recognize
that
addiction
related
issues
in
poverty
are
leading
drivers
of
crime
in
north
america,
we
often
see
for
lack
of
a
bear
description,
lower
housing
cost
rates
in
some
of
the
further
out
suburban
areas,
actually
drawing
populations
away.
That
may
be
more
affected
and
influenced
that
way.
So
it's
a
we
gain
some,
but
we
also
lose
some
if
that
makes
sense.
Councilmember.
E
Chiefly,
I
just
have
one
quick
question
so
as
we're
expecting
our
police
officers
to
be
out
more
and
they're
having
less
time
to
give
us
the
kinds
of
reports
that
we're
asking
for
as
we
try
to
gather
more
data,
so
we
can
make
better
data-driven
decisions.
Do
you
think
that
that'll
impact
the
level
and
quality
of
data
we'll
be
able
to
get
about
our
current
state
of
policing
so
that
we're
able
to
improve.
K
I
think
some
of
that
has
to
do
with
how
we
design
the
data
collection
instrument.
So
there's
there
are
ways
that
are
not
time
intensive
for
the
officers
to
capture
information.
You
know
for
lack
of
a
better
description,
some
of
the
key
things
that
we
want
to
know
about,
say:
racial
demographics,
location,
demographics.
K
Things
like
that
we
can
set
up
so
they're,
very
simple
line
entries
that
are
gleaned
in
the
way
the
report
is
written
or
that
there's
checkbox
stuff
at
the
top,
so
that
information
can
be
captured,
quickly,
verified
and
that
data
can
be
presented.
So
there's
there's
the
ability
for
us
to
improve
some
of
our
systems
to
capture
that
information
more
quickly.
It
still
does
require
the
officers
to
have
the
time
to
be
able
to
input
proper
data.
K
The
slide
that
you
see
on
screen
talks
about
the
allocation
of
detectives
assigned
to
the
criminal
investigative
division.
It
may
come
as
a
bit
of
a
surprise
for
people
to
realize
that
violent
crimes,
which
would
be
all
person
type
crimes.
We
have
a
sergeant
six
detectives
in
the
entire
city
assigned
to
investigating
that
or,
for
example,
financial
crimes.
The
sergeant
between
financial
and
property
crimes,
splits
their
time,
there's
only
five
detectives
investigating
property
crimes
for
investigating
financial
crimes.
K
The
remainder
of
the
detectives
are
either
assigned
to
other
investigative
units
or
they're
assigned
to
the
special
victims
unit.
You
can
see
the
general
cases
assigned
per
detective
on
the
side
and
they're
in
bandwidth,
because
those
numbers
move
up
and
down,
but
you
can
see
for
violent
crimes,
for
example
50
to
60
cases
assigned
per
detective.
K
So
it
gives
you
an
idea
that
even
we
were
previously
looking
at
the
patrol
workload.
This
kind
of
captures
that
information
for
the
investigative
workload
when
we
look
at
the
office
of
internal
affairs,
you'll
notice
that
there's
half
a
captain
assigned
that
two
civilian
investigators
and
civilian
administrative
assistant.
That's
the
bandwidth
that
we
have
to
handle
all
of
our
internal
affairs
investigations
in
a
timely
and
accurate
manner.
They
do
do
quality
work,
but
again
it's
a
fairly
heavy
workload
and
lift
for
those
folks.
K
Year,
community
outreach
division
has
a
captain,
four
lieutenants,
seven
sergeants
and
84
officers
assigned
to
it.
So
a
substantial
portion
of
the
organization
is
dedicated
to
community
outreach
sort
of
to
the
points
I
mentioned
earlier.
It
would
include
a
variety
of
assignments,
so
everything
from
airport
division
to
behavioral
health
to
a
special
event
sergeant
that
coordinates
all
special
event
activities
such
as
concerts
in
the
park
and
whether
or
not
there's
going
to
be
police
resources
for
that
boise
state
football
games,
a
variety
of
other
things.
K
You
can
also
see
that
it
houses
all
of
our
liaisons,
our
neighborhood
contact
officers,
the
bike
unit
that
people
on
the
greenbelt
love,
as
well
as
our
ability
to
do
intelligence-led
policing
oops,
my
apologies,
so
the
behavioral
health
unit.
We
can
look
at
them
as
a
small
specialized
unit
of
one
sworn
officer
at
present.
One
mental
health
coordinator.
I've
already
mentioned
the
council
that
will
be
doubling
the
capacity
of
that
unit
by
adding
a
second
officer,
a
second
mental
health
coordinator,
part
of
the
rationale
behind
that.
K
As
you
can
see,
the
number
of
calls
that
they
handled
in
2017
relative
to
the
number
of
calls
they're
handling
in
2019.,
so
those
would
be
both
calls
that
they
were
tasked
with
for
follow
up
as
well.
Self-Initiated
calls,
but
you
can
see
that
there
is
a
substantial
body
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done
in
that
area.
K
When
we
talk
about
intelligence-led
policing,
that's
the
ability
for
us
to
meaningfully
identify
crime
trends,
threats,
hazards,
risk
and
potential
resource
allocations
to
address
them.
It's
an
intelligence
unit,
that's
using
intelligence
and
information
to
lead
the
policing
efforts
to
help
inform
you,
know,
executive
level
and
leadership
level.
Decisions
is
a
standard
in
most
major
state
police
departments.
K
The
last
thing
that
I'll
mention
since
I'm
running
along
is
our
training
and
evaluation,
because
there
are
frequent
questions
about
the
number
of
training
hours
we
have
so
in
the
boise
police
department,
patrol
academy,
there's
roughly
22
weeks,
40
hour,
work
weeks
worth
of
training
that
they
receive
there.
There's
an
additional
14
weeks
of
field
training
before
an
officer
certified
to
be
on
their
own,
where
it's
close
mentorship
with
a
senior
officer
for
40
hour
work
weeks.
K
As
we
look
at
ways
to
improve
that,
there
needs
to
be
a
strategic
pivot
to
look
at
both
training
and
education
to
stop
delivering
and
strictly
a
training
model.
I've
mentioned
that
before
to
council,
but
there's
also
a
need
for
us
to
sit
down
and
do
a
training
needs
assessment,
which
is
on
our
way
now
to
look
at
where
we
may
have
gaps
where
we
could
improve.
I
I
I
Madam
mayor
just
to
follow
up,
I'm
so
sorry
that
I'm,
I
don't
think
I'm
being
clear
cheaply,
for
example,
for
the
city
of
boise,
we
are
actually
working
with
the
dignitas
agency
to
do
our
larger
strategic
plan
for
diverse
inclusion
and
equity,
and
so
we're
using
their
system.
They're
actually
doing
the
needs
assessment
for
us.
So
I
guess
that's
what
I'm
asking
is:
what
system
are
you
using?
Is
it
a
recognized
system
within
your
vocation?
That's
what
I'm
asking.
K
They're
they're
using
the
recognized
system
in
our
vocation
that
I
I
borrowed
from
my
previous
employer
and
employed
there.
D
A
Sure
I
think
why
don't
we
go
with.
D
Councilman
bajan
first
then
thompson
and
go,
and
we've
got
to
be
mindful
of
time.
We've
got
a
minute
or
two
left,
because
we've
got
an
executive
session
item,
that's
necessary
to
cover
the
good
news.
Is
it's
not
a
question?
It's
just
a
comment,
fantastic
that
you're,
starting
by
asking
the
men
and
women
in
our
department
what
they
need
the
right
way
to
start.
I
think
and
thank
you
thank
you.
B
G
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
Chiefly,
you
had
a
slide
back
there,
where
you
were
talking
about
some
of
our
liaison
officers
and
also
our
behavioral
health
response
team
teams,
as
the
city
grows,
and
we
see
what
you're,
showing
as
an
increased
need
for
officers.
Are
there
additional
liaison
teams?
Are
there
additional
teams
that
we
don't
have
yet?
Are
there
additional
people
that
need
to
be
on?
You
know
those
types
of
units
like
where,
where
do
those
areas
need
to
grow.
K
I
think
the
simple
answer
council
members,
that
they
need
to
grow
reflective
to
what
the
community's
changes
will
be.
So
I
think,
as
we
see
an
increase
in
the
population,
it
makes
sense
for
us
if
we're
investing
heavily
in
community
policing,
to
invest
in
those
liaison
units,
we
need
to
recognize
what
communities
are
coming
here.
There
may
be
a
demographic
that
we
need
to
outreach.
That
is
an
incredibly
small
demographic
now,
but
could
explode
based
off
of
you
know
international
factors
that
we're
not
aware
of
at
this
time.
K
So
some
of
that
is
a
what
is
the
need
in
the
community
for
us
to
dedicate
those
resources,
outreach
beyond,
say
just
a
refugee
liaison,
there's,
obviously
a
need
to
probably,
as
the
city
grows,
to
increase
the
number
of
liaisons
assigned
to
the
specific
category,
so
increasing
the
number
of
liaisons
they're
reaching
out
to
the
lgbtq
community
as
an
example
there's
room
for
growth
in
all
of
those.
I
don't
know
if
that
answers
your
question,
but
hopefully
it
does.
Sir.
G
Yeah,
madam
mayor,
just
a
quick
follow-up,
so
yeah
that
does
answer
my
question
in
part
of
those
areas.
Are
there
teams
are
there
teams
that
we
don't
have
that
you
see
us
needing,
as
the
city
grows
larger,
that
you've
seen
another
city,
so
we
just
have
the
one
and
now
two
behavioral
health
response
teams.
Are
there?
Are
there
additional
types
of
teams
that
the
city
of
boise
hasn't
invested
yet
that
you
have
experienced
other
larger
cities
needing.
K
Services
coordination
would
make
sense.
I
mentioned
that
before
the
council
to
look
at
addiction
side
issues
as
well
as
mental
health,
related
issues
as
an
example,
but
we're
constantly
looking
outward
to
other
major
cities
to
see
what
has
worked
well
for
them
as
they
expanded
and
have
previously
gone
through.
What
we
will
be
going
through.
E
Madam
mayor,
yes,
I
just
have
a
real,
quick
comment.
I
want
to
thank
chief
lee
for
his
extremely
thoughtful
approach
in
coming
to
boise,
as
our
new
police
chief.
I
think
that
there
would
be
a
lot
of
temptation
to
just
kind
of
make
knee-jerk
changes,
but
I
really
appreciate
the
thought
and
care
with
which
he's
really
helped
us,
I
think,
as
a
community
as
a
council
understand
the
current
state
of
the
boise
police
department
and
then
scanning
the
periphery,
so
that
we're
able
to
make
really
strategic
decisions
going
forward
based
on
that
information.