06/17/2015 Board of Public Safety Meeting

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 17, 2015 47 APPROVE FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION — DENY GRIEVANCE — WAYNE BOOCHER Upon a motion by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Miller and carried, the Board approved the Findings of Fact and Decision to deny the Grievance filed on January 27, 2015 by Sergeant Wayne Boocher. Mr. Jones abstained from the vote. The Board determined that Article 14 of the 2015 -2016 Working Agreement was not violated. The Board determined that Sergeant Beecher was never called in while on -call; the Fraternal Order of Police did not support Sergeant Boocher's grievance; and the only portion of Sergeant Boocher's grievance that does not deal with an ordinance of policy is the question of overtime pay for being called in while on -call. APPROVE FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION —DENY GRIEVANCE —DAVID BEATY Upon a motion by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Taylor and carried, the Board approved the Findings of Fact and Decision to deny the Grievances filed on March 8 and March 11, 2015 by Sergeant David Beaty. Mr. Jones abstained from the vote. The Board determined that Article 3 ofthe 2015 -2016 Working Agreement did not apply to Sergeant Beaty's Internal Affairs Investigation. The Board determined that the South Bend Police Department continuously worked to complete the internal investigations related to Sergeant Beaty; Sergeant Beaty did not communicate immediately with his commanding officer, as required by the grievance procedure in Article 8 of the working Agreement; and all five investigations were completed and sustained before the time of the hearing and before Grievance *1 and 42 were filed. APPROVE REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY DEMOTION TO PATROLMAN 1sT CLASS —JUAN LORA In a letter to the Board, Police Chief Ronald Teachman requested the Board honor the request for voluntary demotion to Patrolman I "Class from Sergeant Juan Lora in order to return to the Uniform Patrol Division. Upon a motion made by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. J ones and carved, the request for voluntary demotion was approved as outlined. ACCEPT AND FILE DONATION TO SOUTII BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Teachman, Police Department, advised the Board of a generous donation of $1,000.00 made to the South Bend Police Department K9 Unit. He stated this is the tbird monetary donation received from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weiss to purchase equipment for the K9 Unit. Chief Teachman stated the Police Department is extremely grateful for their support. There being no further discussion, the donation was accepted and filed. FILING OF MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT — MAY 2015 President Collins stated that unless there were questions or objections by members ofthe Board, the statistical analysis report for the month of May 2015, as submitted by the Police Department, would be accepted for filing. There being no objections, the following report was accepted for filing: MAY MAY YEARTO DATE PART I OFFENSES 2014 2015 CHANGE 2014 2015 CHANGE MURDER 0 2- 2 7 8 + I RAPE. 11 4 - 7 44 28 - 16 ROBBERY 29 23 - 6 98 136 + 38 AGGRAVATED 21 39 + Is 89 101 + 12 ASSAULT BURGLARY RESIDENT 87 71 - 16 301 311 + 10 BURGLARY NON RESIDENT 31 31 0 96 96 0 -- LARCENY 295 319 + 24 1106 1246 + 140 MOTOR VEHICLE 22 30 + 8 110 137 + 27 THEFT ARSONS 5 1 - 4 9 9 0 GRAND TOTAL 501 520 + 19 1860 2072 + 212 JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT APPLICATION Division Chief Gary Horvath stated be is requesting that today's meeting be used as a public forum to fulfill one of the steps necessary for the application for the Justice Assistance Grant. He stated the portion the City will receive, $60,000.00, is to be used for computers for the squad cars. He