08-29-18 Personnel and Finance (#5)

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK we talked about that. We also talked about the increase in applicants with that three hundred percent (300%) increase this ye . We have many community outreach initiatives. The Back To School Cookout, for the record, five hundred (500) hot dogs, four hundred and seventeen (417) chips, 2,000 bottles of water and 2,500 popsicles, that we have given out. Lexipol is our duty manual and it should never be completed. It should be looked at and improved every single day. He went on, For vehicle replacement, I think we have about a dozen 2012s left and those will be gone. We are moving forward with hybrid vehicles. One (1) of the big things is idling and we are trying to look at ways that no one has looked at before.We have,currently in house,HR and Legal. That is something we didn't have in the past. We have a civilian media liaison. That was a position a police officer was taking. We asked why and we switched it. We instituted the Civilian Crime Analyst and that has been a huge help putting our police resources where they are needed. The SFU is part of the reorganizing and restructuring, which is the Strategic Focus Unit that also includes the Strategic Intel Unit. Celebrite helps us download phones and get the social media tips. Armadillo deployments, we have thirty-one (3 1)to date. In 2017 we had fifty-one (51). He continued, Goals and challenges include cameras monitoring City streets, viaducts and parks. We want to have the capacity to identify persons. This is not Big Brother watching, this is where people have the right be and so do those cameras. There aren't recording voices and conversations but we hope it is a deterrent. It is kind of like the body cameras as it focuses on mutual accountability. One (1) of the challenges we have, which has been alluded to, is additional Notre Dame Football games, specifically night games. With the way shifts work, I've had to mandate a specific'amount of officers. That is more money. Also concerts and other events increase our work load. There is also a Notre Dame Hockey game that falls on a holiday. So that is holiday and overtime pay. He went on, We want to be partners with everyone, absolutely, but it is taxing and it takes a toll on our officers and our budget when we do that. We want to see reductions in shootings and aggravated assaults. Until it is 0, 1 will never be happy. Truly integrated body cameras, yes, there are still a couple kinks to iron out but overall the officers are glad to have these. We are working on acquiring an electronic drug sniffing device. We would like to have that in the evidence room but it is between $25,000 and $50,000. The reason I say this is you grab a package with a white powdery substance and you don't know what it is. I don't want to subject people to harm and that device would mitigate that risk. Tasers have to be replaced and are about $1,100 each so we are going though the whole process. The AFIS thing has already been explained but another analytics thing we are looking at is our internal operations. We are looking at how we are doing internal investigations,how we track, monitor and initiate prevention measures. We are working on grants to fund all of these. We are also looking to expand ShotSpotter. He continued, You already heard about performance reviews, evaluations, career path development,promotions and transfers. That is all going to be living in 2019 and you will see it in 2019. I'm hoping we come up with a Special Event policy. We are so very close to that and we are very optimistic for that. We are in the process of issuing new radios and new uniforms. That is all integrated. Everything wasn't perfect back in the day but it also wasn't all bad. We need to not forget where we came from,good, bad or indifferent, and move to where we need to be and where people want us to be. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TM 574.235.5567 i www.southbendin.gov 15