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From YouTube: Groton Citizen and Police Committee - 5/2/22
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Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting - Citizen and Police Committee May 2, 2022. Click on the link below to view the agenda.
https://www.agendasuite.org/iip/groton/file/getfile/64287
A
I'll
quickly,
just
recap
that
I
am
tammy
dela
cruz,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
committee.
I
did
speak
briefly.
I'm
president
of
community
speaks
out.
I've
been
doing
this
work
with
the
police
department
for
a
long
time,
helping
individuals
who
struggle
with
addiction
and
getting
the
help
they
needed
without
being
arrested.
So
we
did
some
really
great
work
with
them.
One
thing
I
failed
to
mention
I
wasn't
going
to
mention,
but
I
think
it's
very
important
one
of
my
passions.
A
Why
I'm
here
is
that
my
son
was
murdered
in
2016
outside
of
ryan's
pub
in
groton,
and
my
son
is
a
direct
result
of
what
goes
wrong
when
you
do
not
call
the
police
and
you
ask
a
patron
to
go
out
and
check
on
somebody.
So
I'm
wanting
to
make
a
lot
of
change.
I
want
to
stop.
You
know
people
not
feeling
like
they
can
reach
out
to
the
police
departments
when
they
want
help.
I
want
things
to
change
in
the
area,
so
that's
kind
of
my
passion.
Why
I'm
here?
B
C
D
A
Awesome,
thank
you
so
on
next
on
agenda
is
communications
received
by
the
committee
and
at
that
point,
if
you
don't
have
any
communications,
you
would
just
say
nothing
to
to
report.
I
do
have
some
communication.
I
did
on
april
7th
receive
a
letter,
letting
me
know
that
I
was
appointed
to
this
committee
on
april
21st.
A
They
were
reached
they
reached
out
to.
Let
me
know
that
I
was
appointed
as
the
chair
by
mayor
juan
melendez,
and
then
I
did
go,
get
sworn
in
at
the
town
hall
and
was
able
to
on
april
19th.
I
was
able
to
get
information
on
all
of
your
applications,
so
I
can
get
a
little
bit
more
familiar
with
who
you
are
and
that's
all
I
have
for
now.
Oh
I
did
want
to
mention.
A
E
A
I'm
not
sure
if,
like
the
town
council,
has
a
mission
statement
already
that
they
came
up
with,
I
didn't
hear
that
part
of
it
and
some
of
the
meetings
that
I
was
watching,
but
I
always
think
it's
really
important
that
you
know
we
get
together
and
kind
of
have
some
kind
of
like
mission
statement
so
that
we
can
have
a
guidance
on
what
we
want
to
achieve.
I
had
just
come
up
with
something
just
generalized.
It
just
says:
to
strengthen
community
relations
between
the
groton
town,
police
department
and
our
community.
A
A
A
F
A
A
E
A
A
A
F
F
A
Thank
you,
and
so
all
those
are
in
favor
of
people.
Today
we
should
probably
mention
who's
also
here
today
again
that
voted
right
just
to
clarify
there
was
no
everyone
voted,
so
scott,
eric
erickson,
randall
ortega,
tammy
de
la
cruz,
dana
parfit
and
chief
risaro
just
to
have
make
sure
that
there's
no
confusion,
awesome
so
second
monday,
every
other
at.
F
A
F
F
A
A
A
F
A
F
A
All
hear
that
too,
so
something
that
we
can
probably
kind
of
comb
over
if
you
have
a
better
idea
of
what
we
want
to
be
called,
we
can
just
put
it
on
our
next
on
the
agenda
and
we
can
discuss.
You
know
a
name
change
if
we'd
like
to
in
the
meantime.
How
does
this
I
mean?
I'm
gonna
put
this
out
as
far
as
communications
with
robert's
rules,
we
can
communicate
via
email
if
we
have
ideas
or
is
this
something
we
just
bring
to
the
meeting
itself
if.
F
A
A
D
So
the
about
a
year
ago,
let
me
let
me
back
up
a
little
bit,
which
I
I
think
it
kind
of
paints
a
picture
for.
Why
we're
here
today
right,
you
know,
I
think
we
all
know
about
the
events
of
2020
as
a
result
of
some
really
bad
things
that
happened.
Unfortunately,
in
other
parts
of
the
country,
there
was
a
cry
for
some
police
accountability
and
that's
why
we're
here?
D
Some
of
our
responses
in
this
department
have
been
in
a
variety
of
different
ways,
but
one
of
them
most
recently
was
the
involvement
and
hiring
of
a
police.
What
we
called
originally
a
police,
social
worker
we've
recrafted,
that
name
and
it's
a
public
safety
community
outreach,
specialist,
lorena
clark
was
recently
hired
brought
on
board
she's
hit
the
ground
running.
We've
sent
her
to
a
bunch
of
training.
In
fact
this
week,
she's
at
crisis
intervention,
training,
she's
a
civilian
I'm
going
to
have
her
come
to
one
of
these
meetings
in
the
future.
D
To
give
her
a
little
give
you
a
little
bit
more
of
her
background,
but
the
idea
was
to
take
her
and
put
her
in
a
position
where
we
could
off-ramp
some
of
the
things
that
are
brought
to
the
the
door
of
the
police
department
right.
Our
officers
are
asked
to
respond
to
a
whole
bunch
of
different
things,
some
of
which
are
not
criminal
in
nature.
For
instance,
homelessness
is
not
a
crime
problem
right.
That's
a
societal
problem.
D
Mental
health
we've
dealt
with
people
in
in
hoarding
situations
and
a
whole
bunch
of
different
avenues
which
really
they're
not
they're,
not
crime
problems
they're,
not
police
problems
in
as
much
as
they
are
part
of
our
community
caretaker
function.
Now,
that's
not
saying
the
police
department
advocates
any
responsibility
for
that
stuff.
We
we
certainly
get
involved
in
it,
but
when
there
are
these
outreach
and
and
outcries
for
hey,
why
are
police
taking
care
of
this
a
lot
of
times?
D
D
I
don't
want
to
share
her
story
I'd
rather,
she
shares
it
with
you
at
the
time,
maybe
at
the
next
meeting,
but
she
has
a
lot
of
experience
and
has
has
become
educated,
not
just
through
formalized
training,
college
education,
but
through
life,
and
a
lot
of
the
things
that
she's
dealt
with
over
her
time
and
how
she
got
into
this
and
helping
other
people.
So
she's
been
a
great
addition.
I
mean
she's
she's
still
fairly.
New.
D
D
She's
just
that
training
for
this
week,
yeah
yeah
last
week
she
was
in
the
police
department.
We
sent
her
to
crisis
intervention
training,
which
is
training.
We
actually
sent
our
officers
to
so
that
we're
they're
dealing
with
situations
that
maybe
require
some
some
additional
intervention
on
police
part
it's
more
of
a
different
approach
to
handling
certain
issues
when
people
are
in
crisis.
So
it's
it's
40-hour
training,
so
she's.
Just
there
this
week,
we've
got
a
whole
bunch
of
different
training
set
up
for
her
as
well.
D
I'm
sorry,
oh,
I
was
just
gonna
dovetail
into
some
other
things.
I
know
we've
got
a
lot
of
we'll
have
a
lot
on
our
agenda.
What
I'm
hoping
to
do
is
get
everyone
over
to
the
police
department
to
expose
you
to
some
of
the
training
our
officers
receive
to
do
some
q,
a
with
some
of
our
officers
that
provide
training.
I
know
use
of
force
has
been
a
big
issue,
accountability
which,
which
I'm
proud
to
say
and
for
those
of
you
who've.
Well.
D
D
I
will
tell
you
that
we've
had
officers
where
they've
had
complaints
levied
against
them
and
we've
utilized
the
body-worn
camera
to
bring
people
in
from
the
public
to
say.
Okay,
here
is
what
you
reported:
here's
what
actually
happened,
and
it's
been
it's
been
useful.
It
shows
our
officers
doing
the
fine
job
that
they
do
all
the
time.
The
other
part
is.
I
brought
this
this
with
me
when
I
walked
into
the
department
back
in
2015.
This
was
our
department
manual,
and
this
was
what
we
what
I
fell
in
on.
D
There
were
a
host
of
other
policies
that
the
department
had,
which
were
in
various
incarnations
of
development
and
fielding
since
that
time,
and
really
as
a
as
a
credit
to
the
effort
of
deputy
chief
gately
and
the
captains
and
a
few
others,
but
really
through
his
efforts,
we've
worked
on
a
wholesale
recrafting
of
our
department
policies.
If
you
look
at
this
book,
there
would
be
volumes
of
this
right
now.
It's
all
done
through
a
platform
called
powerdms,
which
is
an
online
digital
management
system.
D
Unique
to
us-
and
I
know
we
get
into
this
in
future
meetings-
that
the
deputy
can
go
over
all
of
the
stuff.
That's
in
there,
it's
all
vetted
by
a
law
firm
that
we
utilize
called
the
daigle
law
group
I
think
last
year.
Maybe
it
was
two
years
ago
I
had
their
their
principal
attorney
eric
daigle
on
one
of
the
meetings
with
the
town
council
in
the
rtm
and
with
that
is
also
another
effort.
D
That's
been
underway
for
for
some
time
now,
it's
becoming
a
internationally
accredited
law
enforcement
agency
through
the
commission
on
accreditation
for
law
enforcement
agencies
commonly
referred
to
as
kalia
again.
Another
effort
that
has
been
under
the
auspices
of
the
deputy
chief
we
initiated
that
before
it
was
required
by
the
police
accountability
bill.
So
a
lot
of
the
things
that
have
been
published
in
law
in
the
last
couple
of
years
are
things
that
we
had
been
already
had
our
foot
in
the
door
and
had
been
moving
in
that
direction
if
not
fully
implemented.
D
So
I
hope
to
share
a
lot
of
that
with
you
and
then
give
you
the
opportunity
to
offer
insight
and
advice
on
things
that
you
think
may
be
important
that
we
can
bring
back
to
the
department.
But
again
I
know
when
I
I
saw
the
chair
kind
of
perk
up
when
I
said
this,
but
I
hope
to
get
everyone
over
to
the
pd
expose
you
to
some
of
the
training
that
our
officers
do,
particularly
the
the
the
the
training
that
has
been
implemented
in
the
last
couple
of
years.
D
F
And
just
to
mention
in
representative
councillor
kasiri
submitted
two
referrals
today.
One
is
to
overall
get
training
in
a
robust,
robust
education
program
going
to
to
update
people
on
what
services
are
out
there.
What's
going
on
with
opioid
crisis,
that
type
of
thing,
but
also
during
the
budget
process,
it
was
looked
at
getting
into
some
sort
of
addiction.
Specialist
for
human
services
ultimately
was
decided.
F
That
was
probably
not
the
right
location
in
exactly
the
right
position,
but
there's
a
referral
to
look
at
in
the
police
department
doing
something
like
that.
She
sent
an
article
out.
We
can
send
that
out
so
in
norwich,
they're
doing
a
substance,
abuse
recovery,
coaches
to
we
will
go
out
and
help
people
so
some
exciting
things
there
seems
to
be
a
lot
of
interest
in
getting
more
going
at
the
police
department.
D
D
We
have
had
some
vacancies
occur
over
the
last
year
year
and
a
half
and
now
we're
looking
to
fill
them.
So
that
might
be
something
that
you
this
panel
can
assist
with
as
well
trying
to
identify
people
in
the
future.
That
might
be
good
officers.
If
you
know
anybody
now,
that's
looking
for
a
position
as
a
police
officer
dispatcher,
please
send
them
our
way
and
certainly
we'll
give
you
my
my
contact
information,
but
that
was
my
recruiting
pitch
for
right
now.
A
Awesome
so
I
do
have
a
question
I
may
ask,
and
I'm
not
sure
I'm
trying
to
read
through
the
bill
and
try
to
understand
exactly
like
some
of
our
duties.
But
you
just
mentioned
you
know
recruitment
of
police
officers,
and
you
know
anybody
out
there
looking
for
her
job
but
like
if
we
find
a
situation
where
there's
some
concerns
about
maybe
someone's
homeless
and
living
and
say
an
rv
somewhere
or
whatever.
Is
that
something
that
the
social
worker
would
then
get
involved
in
that's.
F
I
think
the
first
step
they
specialize
in
that
they
go
out
every
week
to
meet
with
all
the
homeless
in
the
town,
sometimes
more
than
once
a
week
actually
than
me,
and
the
public
works
director
just
went
to
two
of
the
camp.
We
have
two
camps
plus
individuals
around.
We
went
and
visited
two
of
the
camps
last
week,
we're
looking
at
trying
to
get
a
robust
program
going
to
help
people
yeah.
F
Know
try
to
get
them
out
of
those
camps,
so
if
you
report
it
to
me
and
I'll,
let
the
police
know
what
I'll
get
you
know.
The
first
step
is
to
have
them
come
and
they
actually
meet
with
the
people.
The
human.
You
know
a
lot
of
these
people.
They
were
even
they
wouldn't
come
out
of
the
tents
with
me
and
the
public
works
direct
over
there.
They're
not
gonna,
come
out
as
easily
for.
E
F
D
Yeah
yeah
absolutely
counselor
caseri
is
referring
to
is
in
addition
to
our
law
enforcement
role,
I
mean,
is
a
commonly
established
community
caretaker
function,
that's
codified
in
law.
It
really
it's
the
role
the
police
play
as
the
community
caretaker
like
if
there
was
an
abandoned
piece
of
property
left
on
the
somebody
was
getting
on
the
bus
and
they
left
their
purse
there
and
didn't
know
what
to
do.
It's,
not
a
crime,
they
could
call
the
police
and
the
police,
as
a
community
caretaker,
would
take
that
just
like
the
homeless
issue.
D
You
know
we
don't
want
people
to
feel
it's
criminalizing
homelessness.
So
that's
where
we're
you
know
really
trying
to
be
careful
with
that.
Could
could
our
our
public
safety
community
outreach
specialists
intervene
in
that
sure
and
provide
additional
resources,
but,
like
the
town
manager
said,
there
is
the
homeless
hospitality
center,
which
is
out
of
new
london,
but
really
it's
a
regional
resource
for
people
that
are
homeless
and
we
work
closely
with
them
and
a
couple
of
other
groups.
D
F
F
E
F
Always
check
those,
for
instance,
I've
had
a
few
calls
on
one
particular
person
and
this
homelessness
hospitality
center
specialist
already
knew
where
this
person
was
and
they're
not
actually
homeless,
they're
just
out
collecting
for
a
court
that
you
know
he'd
see.
You
know
he
knows
a
lot
of
what's
happening
with
each
of
the
people
you
see
around.
D
If
I,
if
I
might
add
to
just
so
I
don't
channelize
our
social
worker
and
forgive
the
moniker
social
worker
she's,
a
public
safety
community,
outreach
specialist,
we
have
other
duties
for
that
individual
to
do
too,
which
is
to
do
outreach
to
maybe
some
of
our
community
community
public
safety,
community
outreach
specialists
and
it's
kind
of
a
more
global
when
we
first
crafted
this
we're
trying
to
make
it
global.
But
we
want
her
to
follow
up
on
domestic
violence,
fixing
victims.
D
They
weren't
really
crimes,
and
so
much
as
there
were
people
that
we
were
interacting
with
under
a
specific
general
statute
that
allows
officers
to
commit
someone,
who's
a
danger
to
themselves
or
others
to
a
local
emergency
room
and
to
do
follow
up
with
that.
You
know
when
the
officers
are
going
from
call
to
call
they
oftentimes
don't
have
an
opportunity
to
follow
up,
so
this
provides
another
resource
to
the
department
to
say.
D
F
Example
of
something
last
week
was
kind
of
a
neighbor
feud,
so
she
called
one
of
the
parties
up
who
was
who's
reluctant
to
have
the
other
party
know
that
she's
talking
to
anyone,
but
she
wouldn't
talk
with
her
and
made
some
headway
and
working
on
that
issue.
So
sometimes
yeah
not
a
uniform,
can
inflame
things.
Yes,.
D
I'll
just
hit
two
highlights
if
I
could,
because
I
should
have
said
it-
sorry-
I'm
not
sure
how
these
meetings
are
going
to
shape
in
the
future,
but
I
do
want
to
tell
you
about
some
great
work
recently,
our
canine
officer
alyssi,
who
was
dispatched
to
a
call
and
actually
assisted
the
city
of
ground.
I
got
a
nice
email
correspondence
and
maybe
this
would
have
been
the
maybe
correspondence
would
have
been
her
communication.
D
A
And
my
last,
I
guess
question
would
probably
be
just
to
kind
of
kind
of
get
an
idea
like.
Well,
our
responsibilities
are
gonna
be
or
how
it
works
out.
It's
like
say:
there's
are
we
gonna
get
some
kind
of
like
a
packet,
or
should
I
make
a
packet
or
like
just
to
kind
of
understand
exactly
how
the
process
happens?