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�pJTR8� <br /> o� `1d <br /> tj CJ <br /> PEACE 1 <br /> y e <br /> 1865 <br /> OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br /> KAREEMAH FOWLER,CITY CLERK <br /> INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY AUGUST 14, 2017 4:30 P.M. <br /> Committee Members Present: Tim Scott, Gavin Ferlic, Dr. David Varner, Randy Kelly, <br /> Derrik Campeau(citizen member), Charles Barbour <br /> (citizen member) <br /> Committee Members Absent: None <br /> Other Council Present: Regina Williams-Preston, Karen White, John Voorde, <br /> Oliver Davis <br /> Other Council Absent: Jo M. Broden <br /> Others Present: Bob Palmer, Graham Sparks <br /> Presenters: Scott Ruszkowski <br /> Agenda: SBPD Body Cam Briefing-Chief Scott Ruszkowski <br /> Committee Chair Tim Scott called to order the Information and Technology Committee meeting <br /> at 4:30 p.m. He introduced members of the committee and proceeded to give the floor to the <br /> presenter. <br /> SBPD Bode Cam Briefing- Chief Scott Ruszkowski <br /> South Bend Police Department Chief Scott Ruszkowski, 701 W. Sample Street, stated, Going <br /> back to 1997, we were one (1) of the first, if not the first, to have video cameras and audio <br /> recording capacity. Since then and presently, we have those as well as the body microphones. As <br /> we move forward, we are looking at body cameras. I need to be careful because the bidding <br /> process is still under way and I cannot disclose details that pertain to the decision making <br /> process. We are looking at approximately seven(7) different companies. They vary between <br /> many different factors. We are pretty confident we can move forward with the car cameras and <br /> body cameras. Right now we are using four(4) different brands of car cameras and we have been <br /> having issues with those. There has been a lot of rhetoric pertaining to police conduct. We had <br /> 103,183 calls for service in 2016. Of those, we did roughly 26,000 case reports. There were <br /> 2,600 arrests,not counting warrants. And out of those 2,600 arrests,we used force seventy-two <br /> (72)times. Out of those seventy-two(72)uses of force,we had only three (3) complaints. I will <br /> compare those numbers to any department in the country,per capita. I think our officers do a <br /> phenomenal job and I don't think they get the credit that they deserve. That being said, we know <br /> 455 County-City Building•227 W.Jefferson Boulevard•South Bend,Indiana 46601 <br /> Phone 574-235-9221 •Fax 574-235-9173•TDD 574-235-5567•www.SouthBendrN.gov <br /> JENNIFER M.COFFMAN ALKEYNA M.ALDRIDGE JOSEPH MOLNAR <br /> CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br /> OPERATIONS <br />