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<br /> needs, it's great. I see what they're doing, and I am confident we can make it even better. The
<br /> objective of our Police Department is not to have to make arrests. One(1)of the main components
<br /> of this besides the geofencing and all of the analytical things that go into it, is that we hope to be
<br /> aware of the situation that may be happening somewhere on social media, or that might be making
<br /> its way to social media, and getting to whomever may be involved to stop that disaster from
<br /> happening, no matter what type of violent act it would be. That is our ultimate goal. Here is some
<br /> really good news that the Council did not know, we are participating in a fellowship program out
<br /> of Notre Dame called the Young Leaders of the Americas. We have a young lady from Peru who
<br /> will be working with us. It doesn't cost us anything, and she will be refining the parameters and
<br /> everything else involved in this position. She'll be working with our crime analyst, and she will
<br /> set top to bottom and side to side what is specifically needed, whether it is Instagram, Facebook,
<br /> or any other social media. She will determine how that is received, recovered, maintained, stored,
<br /> and more importantly, disseminated to officers or our outreach teams that will go out and facilitate
<br /> these stopping measures before bad things happen. The dividends will hopefully be zero (0).
<br /> Monetarily and statistically,when we don't have people shot or hurt in any other form,that optimal
<br /> number is zero(0), and we can all celebrate.Until then,we will continue our work. We moved our
<br /> Alarm Specialist to the Data Entry Specialist,they still do the alarm billings and vetting,but we've
<br /> incorporated the Data Entry Specialist. We would like to add new shift premiums for the Data
<br /> Entry Specialist and the records specialist, this came most importantly from the Council. When
<br /> you have employees at the Police Department 24/7, 365 days a year, not just police officers, who
<br /> are making things continue to work, they are away from their family and family functions they
<br /> would normally attend when they are there in afternoons and midnights. We think the fair way to
<br /> compensate them is to have shift premiums for afternoons and midnights. Through 2019, we'll
<br /> also be looking at a tier system. Right now, when someone is hired in the Police Department in a
<br /> records position or an entry position,they will make the same pay on day one(1) as someone who
<br /> has been there for thirty (30) years doing that job. We're going to look at it, and hopefully with
<br /> the Council's blessing and input,we'll be able to resolve that. The last is the Assistant Director of
<br /> Civilian Services, we want to get that closer when the Director of Records is gone, you can see all
<br /> of their responsibilities.
<br /> Committee Chair White asked, Your budget is based on how many police officers again?
<br /> Chief Ruszkowski answered, Two hundred forty(240).
<br /> Committee Chair White stated, I did receive a call, and this has nothing to do with the salaries,but
<br /> I thought I'd ask you while you're here. The boxing program has not been eliminated, has it?
<br /> Chief Ruszkowski stated, No, it has not. In fact, it had almost six hundred (600) kids go through
<br /> our summer program. It's not just physical, it is tutoring too, every aspect of mentoring.
<br /> Councilmember Sharon L. McBride stated, I got a call too,the funding decreased.
<br /> Committee Chair White asked, Did the funding decrease?
<br /> Chief Ruszkowski replied, For PAL?No,there's multiple components to PAL. There is a national
<br /> program, because we have to be involved with the name, but we still operate our boxing program
<br /> primarily on donation. The funding increase was the personnel involved in PAL when it came to
<br /> the summer, so we had tennis, boxing, soccer, swimming, football, and one (1) or two (2) others.
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