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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK
<br /> the Mayor's Office,the FOP,Diversity and Inclusion, Human Capital and Danielle,as usual. This
<br /> is one (1) of the many projects she was involved in. Is it flawless? No, but it is pretty darn close.
<br /> Again, this is a two (2)-way street. I had a supervisor today email us and ask if they could do a
<br /> survey to find out from each direct supervisor, Lieutenant, Captain, Division Chief and even the
<br /> Chief of Police a critique of some sort. Nobody minds that but it's not going to be an exacerbated
<br /> hallway rumor either. It will be legitimate critiques to make it better for everyone. If we get it right,
<br /> we will definitely get it right out on the streets where we are expected to be perfect.
<br /> He continued, I already talked about the Riley High School class. Social Media, so, as you can see
<br /> and if you don't already know, we've been really good doing our positive community outreach,
<br /> but it only takes one (1) person to get one hundred (100) likes not knowing what they're talking
<br /> about, saying how much cops suck. We know that is not true but by then, the damage is done. It is
<br /> already through the community that we did something that totally did not happen,and we still have
<br /> rules,laws and regulations that we have to follow before we come out and rebut or at least put that
<br /> truth out. There are a lot of measures that take place in the interim but that,probably by far, is the
<br /> biggest obstacle we have to overcome. That is why I talked about the community in-reach
<br /> component. People step up and say, look, if we screw up, we will tell you we screwed up and we
<br /> will fix it, so it doesn't happen again. But to be constantly lambasted again, and again, whether it
<br /> is social media or other media, it is totally a disservice to our service.
<br /> Committeemember White asked, Can you share more about the work from your department,going
<br /> to schools and talking about social media? And the different workshops and things that go on?
<br /> Chief Ruszkowski replied, We just went to Riley today and after that, we were invited to their
<br /> Engineering Fair at Riley, then all the schools will be having one (1) and we were invited to that.
<br /> When we have our newer officers that are more versed in technology,that is what the kids want to
<br /> hear. That is what they are looking for. We have all that stuff, we just don't get it out. But again,
<br /> you can get everything we have online. The disclaimer we have is a lot of the stuff we are doing
<br /> now, getting rid of the police positions and hiring non-sworn civilians, we will be further and
<br /> further into that. So,when the time comes we get that hair fiber that does catch that bad guy,they'll
<br /> send out the cops to get that bad guy so he's not hurting anyone else.
<br /> Committeemember White followed up, I was also thinking about the workshops and presentations
<br /> you've done with female students that talk about the use of social media and all the dangers it
<br /> causes. It doesn't go away.
<br /> Chief Ruszkowski replied, At Penn, that's right. Ken Garcia and Mitch Kaizer. Mitch Kaizer, if
<br /> you didn't know, was an officer shot in the line of duty. He is now a Masters PhD with Notre
<br /> Dame in the cyber-crimes unit. He does a lot of the stuff still with us that he will incorporate our
<br /> people, specifically Ken, on the safeties that should be taken concerning social media. The kids
<br /> were freaked out today when they found out that they may have privacy settings or may have
<br /> deleted something, but it never goes away. They were surprised to hear how many of our volatile
<br /> situations come from social media. That is how it is started usually and certainly how it's fueled
<br /> over time. They had no clue. They thought you hit send then it's done. That is the furthest from
<br /> the truth.
<br /> Councilmember Williams-Preston stated, The work I do in schools deals with transition. So, kids
<br /> tell me what they want to do afterwards. I have tons of kids that love watching those forensic
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