06/13/06 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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~~~ ?) .., PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION JUNE 13, 2006 Stop and Frisk, Missing Persons, and Film: Digital, Polaroid and Video. Older Sections of the Duty Manual are being updated. Traffic Citation Accountability and Film are new. Chief Fautz indicated more General Orders will be forthcoming in the next few Board meetings. Chief Fautz discussed the process of policy changes, and the method of "training the trainers" to understand the intent of policy changes. Once the Duty Manual is updated, it will be electronically available for access and review to the Board of Public Safety and police officers. - Monthly Statistical Analysis -April and May 2006 -Police Department Mr. Bodnar stated the Monthly Statistics for May 2006 would be discussed along with the Apri12006 statistics. Chief Fautz commented that the national trend for robberies, rape and aggravated assaults are on the rise. South Bend is seeing an increase in rapes and robberies, and a decrease in assaults. Chief Fautz noted that Crime Prevention is playing a great role in educating the public on methods to decrease crime. - Request for Retirement -Police Department Chief Fautz indicated this individual has been employed by the South Bend Police Department since 1968. In addition, there will be quite a few retirements in 2007. Fire Chief Luther Taylor presented an overview of the operations and services of the South Bend Fire Department. An organizational chart was presented, as well as explanations of duties of Fire Department personnel. A five-year outlook for budgeting was noted. Chief Taylor briefly presented a forty-acre design at the Michiana Regional Airport for a training facility for Fire and Police Departments, which would be utilized for Region 2 District. ADJOURNMENT There being no fiirther business to come before the Board, President Rodriguez declared the meeting adjourned at 8:48 a.m. A TEST: k ~ rat... Angela . Jaco ,Clerk EXECUTNE SESSION JUNE 13, 2006 The Board of Public Safety met in Executive Session on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, at 8:49 a.m. The meeting was held at the Central Fire Station, Main Floor Classroom, 1222 South Michigan Street, South Bend, Indiana, for the purposes specified in I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b) (2) (B) and (b) (6) (A). President Jesusa Rodriguez and Board Members Juanita Dempsey, Donald Alford, Bruce J. BonDurant and Patrick Cottrell were present. Also present were Police Chief Thomas Fautz, Fire Chief Luther Taylor and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar. City Attorney Chuck Leone was also present. Board members did not discuss any subject matter other than the subject matter as specified in the Public Notice. The meeting adjourned at 9:14 a.m. ^ ^ ^ ~~. Bruce J. BonDurant, Member