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Home My WebLink AboutCity Council Committees - Operations and Public Safety Committee - 10/05/2021 Approved Operations and Public Safety Committee CC Ops and PS Regular Meeting Minutes October 5, 2021 Date: October 5, 2021 Time: 4:02 p.m. Place: Chambers Attending: Toni Troutner, Chair Bill Boyce, Councilmember Brenda Fincher, Councilmember Satwinder Kaur, Councilmember Marli Larimer, Councilmember Zandria Michaud, Councilmember Les Thomas Councilmember Agenda: 1. Call to Order 4:02 p.m. Council President Troutner called the meeting to order. 2. Roll Call Attendee Name Title Status Arrived Toni Troutner Chair Present Bill Boyce Councilmember Present Brenda Fincher Councilmember Present Satwinder Kaur Councilmember Remote Marli Larimer Councilmember Present Zandria Michaud Councilmember Present Les Thomas Councilmember Present 3. Agenda Approval 1. I move to approve the agenda. RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Les Thomas, Councilmember SECONDER: Bill Boyce, Councilmember AYES: Troutner, Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas 4. Approval of Minutes A. Approval of Minutes dated September 21, 2021 MOTION: Move to approve the Minutes dated September 21, 2021 Page 1 of 4 Operations and Public Safety Committee CC Ops October 5, 2021 and PS Regular Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Les Thomas, Councilmember SECONDER: Bill Boyce, Councilmember AYES: Troutner, Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas 5. Business A. Payment of Bills - Authorize MOTION: I move to authorize the payment of bills received through 9/30/21 and paid on 9/30/21 and approve the checks issued for payroll 9/16/21-9/30/21 and paid on 10/5/21, all audited by the Operations and Public Safety Committee on 10/5/21. RESULT: MOTION PASSES \[UNANIMOUS\] Next: 10/19/2021 7:00 PM MOVER: Les Thomas, Councilmember SECONDER: Bill Boyce, Councilmember AYES: Troutner, Boyce, Fincher, Kaur, Larimer, Michaud, Thomas B. INFO ONLY: Community Immersion Law Enforcement Program Police Chief Rafael Padilla provided the Council with details on the Community Immersion Law Enforcement Program. Chief Padilla discussed historical struggle to hire diverse candidates. Most ckground of working with our varying cultures and perspectives and do not live in the community they serve. The challenge was to determine how we get them connected and develop a sense of guardianship. Chief explained how the CILEP works: · The first assignment of newly hired Kent Police recruits will be to serve as volunteers in community based organizations for 320 hours (2 months) · Community organizations will apply to host police recruits and will assign them a mentor for their service experience · Police recruits will interact with their community mentors, non-profit employees, and a wide range of community members · Community Immersion is loosely based on the Police Corps model but has never been applied in this capacity Why community immersion? · New oficers will recognize serving the community to be the foundation of their role as Kent Police Officers · Community members and organizations will help shape our officers from the ground up and empower them with their perspectives · New officers will learn about and interact with cultures other than their own. This will expand their worldview and inform their interactions and decisions Page 2 of 4 Operations and Public Safety Committee CC Ops October 5, 2021 and PS Regular Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes on the street · New officers will learn about local organizations and how to connect community members to resources in their time of need · CILEP will give us the ability to evaluate recruits cultural competency prior or becoming officers and will attract recruits who value the ethic of service Chief Padilla expressed appreciation of the stakeholders that include Councilmember Fincher, the Kent Police Department, Rep. Tina Orwall, the University of Washington Tacoma and Community Organizations in Kent. Chief commended Commander Grove for all of the work he has done coordinating this program. The design of the program includes: · Newly hired entry level police officers will participate in the project · First 3 weeks Kent PD Orientation and Training-120 hours · Community Immersion w/organization and on-site mentor-320 hours · Kent PD re-integration and debrief-40 hours · Total project hours 480 Chief Padilla provided an overview of how the program is going with the first recruit, Krishan Kumar and his experience at World Relief. Padilla indicated Organizations need participants: · Community organizations in the City of Kent will apply to host a recruit for community immersion · On-site mentors will be interviewed and vetted · Recruits will complete a pre-immersion survey and be matched with a community organization · The recruits immersion schedule will be overseen by the training unit · We hope to partner with organizations like Catholic Community Services, YMCA, Living Well Kent, World Relief, Sound Cities, KYFS, and many others! Program Goals include: · Community organizations in the City of Kent will apply to host a recruit for community immersion · On-site mentors will be interviewed and vetted · Recruits will complete a pre-immersion survey and be matched with a community organization · The recruits immersion schedule will be overseen by the training unit · We hope to partner with organizations like Catholic Community Services, YMCA, Living Well Kent, World Relief, Sound Cities, KYFS, and many others! Chief Padilla advised that this pilot program is currently for new recruits, but Page 3 of 4 Operations and Public Safety Committee CC Ops October 5, 2021 and PS Regular Meeting Kent, Washington Minutes there is a plan to integrate laterals into the program. C. INFO ONLY: SPIDR Technology Police Chief Rafael Padilla provide the council with information on the SPIDR Tech software program. SPIDR Tech enables law enforcement agencies to automatically send one-to- one text messages, emails and mobile surveys to crime victims, reporting parties and other members of the community. These messages are triggered by the records management system and CAD data. SPIDR Tech fits around your communications and investigation workflows. The current modules include one for patrol, investigations and insights. SPIDR Tech acknowledges your callers, informs your callers of delays and closes the loop with your callers by providing follow-up details. SPIDR Tech is designed to service your crime victims - Once an officer submits a crime report into the RMS, the platform will automatically begin sending follow-up emails and/or text messages to crime victims to keep them informed as their investigation continues. Chief Padilla indicated another feature of SPIDR Tech includes a data platform where information regarding statistics of contacts with victims in addition to survey results. 6. Adjournment 4:25 p.m. Council President Troutner adjourned the meeting. Kimberley Komoto Committee Secretary Page 4 of 4 COMMUNITY IMMERSION LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM (CILEP) how – Historical struggle to hire diverse candidates Kent’s diversity makes it unique, and most candidates don’t have the background of working with our varying cultures and perspectives Most officers do not live in the community they serve do we get them connected and develop a sense of guardianship At their core, officers must have a heart to serve others CONCEPT BEHIND CILEP profit - The first assignment of newly hired Kent Police Officers will be to serve as volunteers in community based organizations for 320 hours (2 months)Community organizations will apply to host police recruits and will assign them a mentor for their service experiencePolice recruits will interact with their community mentors, nonemployees, and a wide range of community membersCommunity Immersion is loosely based on the Police Corps model but has never been applied in this capacity HOW DOES IT WORK? New officers will recognize serving the community to be the foundation of their role as Kent Police OfficersCommunity members and organizations will help shape our officers from the ground up and empower them with their perspectivesNew officers will learn about and interact with cultures other than their own. This will expand their worldview and inform their interactions and decisions on the streetNew officers will learn about local organizations and how to connect community members to resources in their time of needCILEP will give us the ability to evaluate recruits cultural competency prior or becoming officers and will attract recruits who value the ethic of service WHY COMMUNITY IMMERSION? On 08/04/2021 our first recruit, Krishan Kumar, began his Community Immersion experience at World Relief. Krishan has been with World Relief full time and supporting a variety of important initiatives and projects. Krishan completes CILEP on 09/29/21 and begins the academy in October. HOW IS IT GOING? WHAT HAS KRISHAN BEEN DOING? Helped newly arrived Afghani families fill out documents to enroll their children in schoolHelped locate host families and/or apartments in the area for program participantsMoved families into their new apartmentsHelped complete immigration documentsDriven participants and their children to dental appointmentsDelivered home goods to newly arrived participantsAssisted teaching an ESL class to community membersDrove a community member from Cameroon to first job interview and helped him prep for questions (the job was offered!)Supported people released from the ICE detention center and provided transportation KRISHAN HAS STATED:“IT FEELS GREAT HAVING SOME OF THESE INTERACTIONS WITH THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS AND SEEING HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE FOR THE SMALLEST GESTURES.” QUESTIONS? SPIDR TECH L6 flo 4 .K 0 flu "Y' C, »i j (N C 7. "'T, C, CN J (71, 1:11 r', """, �0 , AD rr IN"t rl) C C 0 7'f a