11/19/2014 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 19 2014 79 APPROVE CHANGES TO DUTY MANUAL GENERAL ORDERS — UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS Assistant Chief Scott Ruszkowski stated there were a lot of hours put into this uniform policy to create a more professional appearance. Upon a motion by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Collins, the Uniform Requirement and Regulations policy was approved. APPROVAL OF SPECIAL POLICE. COMMISSIONS — CODE ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS Police Chief Ronald Teachman recommended that a Special Police Commission for Code Enforcement Officers be issued until revoked for Greg McGowen and Tom Anderson and a Fire investigator be issued for Matt Beebe. These Commissions are issued for the purpose of writing citations for Ordinance violations where such violations have fines set by Superior Court Judges. The Commissions will also empower the individuals to enforce the Snow Route and Residential Snow Emergencies and to tow vehicles found to be in violation of these Ordinances. The Commissions for the Code Enforcement Special Police Commissions do not authorize the powers of arrest nor the carrying or use of a. weapon. The Commission for Mr. Beebe for Fire Investigator authorizes the carrying of a weapon, but not the powers of arrest. The aforementioned individuals have met the Commission requirements of the South Bend Police Department. Upon amotion made by Mr. Jones, seconded by Mr. Taylor and carried, the Special Police Commissions were approved. ACCEPT AND FILE DONATION TO SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Teachman, Police Department, advised the Board of a generous donation of S 1,000.00 from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weiss to be used for the purchase of a K9 ballistics vest for the Police Department K9 unit. There being no further discussion, the donation was gratefully accepted and filed. FILING OF MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT — OCTOBER 2014 President Vasquez stated that unless there were questions or objections by members of the Board, the statistical analysis report for the month of October 2014, as submitted by the Police Department, would be accepted for filing. Chief Teachman explained that the statistics contain FBI categories that go back forever and don't include shots fired. He noted the month of October had a 4% overall decline, and through their own monitoring at the Police Department, persons shot declined 38% since May 15, 2014. There being no objections, the following report was accepted for filing: ADDITION TO THE AGENDA Attorney Cory Hamel stated he would like to add to the agenda the Police and Fire Department working agreement changes and get the formal agreement to the Board once it is done. He explained it is not quite complete and he is just asking for the Board's tentative approval at this time, and will bring back the complete agreements to sign at their next meeting. APPROVE TENTATIVE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE WORKING AGREEMENT Upon a motion by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Collins and carried, the Fraternal Order of Police Agreement was tentatively approved. FIRE DEPARTMENT OCTOBER OCTOBER YEAR TO PART I OFFENSES 2013 2014 CHANGE DATE 2013 2014 CHANGE 0 1 RAPE RAPE 6 + I 6 14 + 8 ROBBERY 26 10 + 4 74 86 + 12 AGGRAVATED 21 32 + 6 286 255 - 31 ASSAULT 23 + 2 167 198 + 31 BURGLARY RESIDENT 131 88 BURGLARY NON - 43 925 724 - 201 RESIDENT 27 39 + 12 257 246 - ll LARCENY 295 290 - 5 2592 2597 + 5 MOTOR VEHICLE 35 35 THEFT 0 271 258 13 ARSONS '3 2 - 1 24 25 + 1 GRAND TOTAL 544 520 - 24 4602 4403 - 199 ADDITION TO THE AGENDA Attorney Cory Hamel stated he would like to add to the agenda the Police and Fire Department working agreement changes and get the formal agreement to the Board once it is done. He explained it is not quite complete and he is just asking for the Board's tentative approval at this time, and will bring back the complete agreements to sign at their next meeting. APPROVE TENTATIVE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE WORKING AGREEMENT Upon a motion by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Collins and carried, the Fraternal Order of Police Agreement was tentatively approved. FIRE DEPARTMENT