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Adjourned Joint Workshop
City Council and Public Safety Commission
July 25, 1991 - 7:00 p.m.
Tri-Communities Conference Room (Plaza Lovell
10500 Civic center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, California
A. Call to Ordaz
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call City Council:
Buguet Alexander Stout williama _, Wright
Ro11 Call Public Safety Commission:
Amodt , Curet alp Glass Ketaily
Quintana , We9t Yankovich
B. Item of Diacuasiov
Discussion of Law Enforcement Study.
0. Commieatioaa from the Public
Thic is the time and place for the general public to address the City Council and
Publ ie Safety Comisaion. State law pxohibita the Council and Comiasion from
addreceing sny issue not previously included on the Agenda. The Council and
Comiasioa may receive testimony and net the mttez for a aubcequent resting.
Convents nre to be limited to five minutes per individual.
D. Adiournaent
I, Debra J. Adams, city clerk of the city of Raneho cueamonga, hereby certify
that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda wan posted oa Julp 19, 1991,
¢eventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 56953 at 10500
Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucarvga, California.
- CITY OF RANCHO CiJCAMONGA
STAFF R~:g~RT
DATE: July 25, 1991
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TO: Mayor and Members of the Cit ~ounetl
FROM: Jack Lam, AICP, City Manager
SUBJECT. Law Enforcement Studv
At the joint City Council/Public Safety Commission meeting of March
27, 1991, the Public Safety Commission presented to the City Couucil
a recommendation regazding law enforcement in Rancho Cucamonga.
After some discussion, the City council requested the Commission
provide greater elaboration on its recommendation. Since the date of
the last meeting, the Public Safety Commission asked its members to
submit their individual comments to the chair who in tum would
consolidate the comments into a single submittal package, which is
enclosed for the Council's review.
Backcround
In fiscal year 1989-1990 the City Council authorized the funding of a
law enforcement study to evaluate the financial impact on Rancho
Cucamonga of providing its awm police department as compared with
the contractual law enforcement provided by the County. The basis
of the evaluation would be an analysis of the current levels of law
enforcement as provided at the time by [he Sheriff and the costs
associated with providing a comparable Ievel of service in-house.
In July, 1989, the Council appointed a law enforcement study
subcommittee comprised of former Councilmember Brown and
Councilmember Alexander to work with a subcommittee of the Public
Safety Commission comprised of Commissioners Glass, Yankovich, and
Amodt. These subcommittees reviewed the proposals and
recommended selection of the firm of Hughes, Heiss and Associates to
perform the study. The subcommittees also met with the consultant
after each of the three major phases of the study were completed.
The purpose of these meetings was [o be able to review [he study
and provide feedback while the study was still in progress. Once the
study was complete, the subcommittees recommended it to the full
Public Safety commission and City Council for their review.
The Public Safety Commission conducted four workshops beginning
in September, 1990 to study the report section by section. The
Commission completed its examination in March, 1991 which
culminated in the recommendation to the City Council.
Attached, please find the prior reports originally establishing the
study and the required scope of wgrk. The Council already has in its
possession a copy of the final report. The conclusions reached by the
consultant are contained in the executive summary at the be¢innin¢
oi' the report. Joha Heiss will be present at the meeting to
summarize the report and to answee any questions you might have.
If you have any other questions about this matter, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
attachments
~tiachrne~its
Attachment I Law Enforcement Study Scope
of Work
Attachment 11 Motion of the Public Safety
Commission
Attachment III Submittal Package from the
Public Safety Commission
Attachment I
Law enforcement Study
Scope of Work
E;<eer•pt f-om Cout~set with
Hughes, Heiss and Associates
B. Scooe of Service
Listed below are the services to be provided by the
consultant. Any suggestions for modification to these
services should be included in your proposal.
In general, the consultant will be required to advise the
City and otherwise coordinate and complete the following
services:
1. Prepare an in-depth analysis of the City's current level
of law enforcement service as provided by the San
Bernardino County Sheriffs Department, including an
identification of its service components.
2. Prepaze a complete accounting of all costs incurred by
the City on an annual basis for such contractual law
enforcement services, including liability insurance and
other administrative charges.
3. Prepare a detailed cost analysis of all factors required
for the creation of a city police department based upon
the same level of operational services as that of the
present contractual services. Separate from the start-
up cost and transitional costs, a detailed analysis of the
annual operating costs of such a department should be
completed. Included should be liability insurance
issues and cost. In addition, the cost analysis should
list the specific staffing levels, recommended
organizational structure and service components,
equipment and other operational reyuirements on
which the costs aze based.
4. Review current law enforcement service costs from
the County Sheriff and compare to those costs
associated with
level of service. a city police department for the same
5. If the cost for a city police department with equivalent
service levels to [he current contract is greater, what
would be the recommended organizational structure
and operational requirements for a direct service
option, should the City opt for its own police
depaztment, utilizing the same level of fundin¢ as that
utilized in our torten[ law enforcement contract.
6. Based on the data collected and the consultants
experience, indicate the amount of time that would be
required to transition from torten[ law enforcement
services to directly provided services without
experiencing a major lapse in law enforcement service
levels.
7. Compare and contrast contractual law enforcement
services with direct provision and identify the
advantages and disadvantages of both approaches
from a fiscal and non-fiscal viewpoint.
8. Review and identify new financing methods to provide
for the growing needs for law enforcement services in
the community.
9. Prepaze a report and discuss findings and conclusions
of the law enforcement analysis and comparison with
City staff, Law Enforcement Subcommittees, Public
Safety Commission, and City Council as appropriate.
C. Stn y~onroach
The proposal shall describe the firm's approach and time frame
for completing the law enforcement study as outlined above.
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II. PROPOSED PROJECT WORE
PLAN AND WORN SCHEDUI.]
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II.
Tlie aecrioa which follows p»wnes a detailed description at how we would
• rnnduM the law eatoresmeat teuibility study for Rancho Cucemon~a. Wo have
structu»d our approach to addsees each of the iesues eataed is your Request For
Proposal. However, rre would suasest ow nwdllintion to the work approach u
outlined in the RFP.
• The RFP reques4 the comultant W conduct the Hadbility analysis from
two parapeetives.
• To atrnctu» m ia•honp Departmeat sad utimate iU cost to
provide the aaaa lard of wnia y the current eoatraet aysGm.
• if the cat of as iahoues Dapaetoeent ezcesds the set of flu cur~+c!
contnet, structures a Dewrtm.~!r•,• :l:waaa aevica lords
m~.c~ -quid oa acbiarad it an in•honsa Deparemeat we»
established at the same lard stood u the t+ttatrac antraet system.
• We beliwe thou b an additional issues which slauid ba oonddered is the
aaalyda and that Inrylres rho adsgtucy of cureent aeerica lweb
compared to the Cib Conaeii's sspsebtions sad to bask standards for
oalyata iodkafaa that than an Taal {aaroasaodatedD
current systeee, ehr- me world rwosmmaod that the aodyata include a
comparatiry eraltutloa of the ooatr+aot approach and an in•houes
>~Pa*tmwt U achiaslnf preta:rad ser-ia Laois.
• Since the aama data dsmanq era required to aaalya the dtarnatives you
requesUd, this additioarl and important Brady compownt an be accomplished
anth IitW aipniBpnt impact on project cat or elapsed time. As a result, wa have
inrnrpo»ted thu clamant is the task desaiptlaos whkh tonow.
Tank I ~ Ilnenmrr! Suter r~..l rw~ awA la~wtaMe {a Ran he
The purposes of tbia >f»»t task b to t>sorsnihly uada»tand iesnes and
ucpactations whidt Nary t:iporsd the Lw soAwssmaot a{aoey (ltasibinty Bendy to
ensu» flue study eaados an totally oeosiseena with the aaeda at the Cigr Conocil.
the Public gay Caoniasiao, std top maaadsmane• To develop this laud of
undo»tandLU. w win:
• +md~a D1b' Afaord~ and ipp~op fasts mambera of his ~o~
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• lnUrviswa will fates ne dstsrminins attitudes sad uauu in the
iiawia~ a»aa;
Isawa »lated to cornet wrvice levels pprovided by the San '
Bernardino County $heriB9 Depaetmentiaeludioa:
• • Timdinstt of rnpome to community QenereNd calls for
service.
• • Pro-active crFme aupprxsion approaeha.
• • Crime prwsatioa prodrama.
IdaatiIIcatioo of ShsriiTa rwnasl wleh sad ree~~ei~:n::: w
various o~ponsnta o! tti. ~_;,; ;;, Cucameap oommuaity.
• lleapoaainasu of tba Sharma 17spartmene to law enforamattt
conarna of the Clty ConodL
• Finaatisl issaa surrouadiap tba dalinsy of law enforcement
teevicea, both sow sad is atoitK yaan.
Oan thaw initial interviews ban bean oompbt+d. ws wiU prapan an isaw
Litt which will provide tba hasL [or wbaaquaat aoalytkal eIIbets.
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To nta68ah a beta for sentetttrtat< m Lrhotta Dapareo-sat, it is neceswry
to develop a detailed portrait of currant workload and sarria damaad for lsw
eafornment we+icw is Itaoeho Caamoada. '1'ttoo~t an~yda of dLpateh and
other appropriaq docvmeab mtiatainad by the 3harifft Depsremant, wa will
document workload is tetma a<tha 6
• Community ncteratad niL bar aarviw (CFS) by lima of dq and day of
weak.
• handle all C}S, qma (primary »apoaN sad Daeknpl raQuird to
' Resporar t(mas h! priority oe uryaoey of sail.
• 0@icar iaitiatad satldties currently aetompliahad by ilald patrol
pereoaael.
• Arrseta and 6oektop iaalndla~ oi'dar iliac r'a4drad far tram to
detantim hdUtlse.
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• M•ug~sr o%zepirts writian Ey Add patrol personnel attd awrap amount
of tiros demoted to esmpletins iaddwt npotte.
• Number of ceps forwarded to iavudpd~e eta!! for fopow•up •
invptleatloa br o8itaee typo,
Tratflc enforcement workload.
These dell will be proAled is sutlatical Corm and wiA aubepueatly be
employed to structu» an iu•houee Polip Depattmeak
Concurnat with our analyda o! workoad, ws wlll document how the
Sheriffs Departaunt eurnntl! ur-u Rancho Cnpmonpa throudJt inurview.
with appropriaq command and sngrvison eta!- ~.^a .: '.w aaa analrreu of
rslewnt opentin: A~+~•~;,;,,, is ettff7at aarHa gatom wi11 he pro!lled in
arms of•
' A°ar>~a doph+7mant of AaW Pesamml M time a/d4 std dq of wwk.
• How traffic enforcement L handled indndioa ~aation of tapoasiblltt!
betwua rKular Add patrol units aeui dodi bd traffic enforcement
uni4.
• Whether or not calls lee ssnla an aeraaned at dispatch and handled
wJthout teh o! a sworn patrol oAleer iudndin~ the trpu of cells
screened or baodllad Da attaaatlte mum.
• Nature sad eaope of crime pee~eatiea programs cttrrendr provided in
the aommuoit~ each ae:
Nei~hhorhood Watch
3choci Itaisoa and/ar'eehod amoaae
Coheeldrt[ dewlapmeot plain Ar eaoudtP~padderatlam
Othes oaeamuoit~ oriented peo~eame.
We will thin svaltutta woehlud sad eer+ica dale m estahWh a bae4 for
structuria~ as is-heow Pallca Dapartmaek Phis will ia~oirs sdderedop each
incase u the tdlowloF
' M reopoeu timaa to oaiL Atr urda canaiateat with service level
e:pattatlaah Aer a dy ll><.s Raodts Coummpf
Gicea staff ds toyed undo the contract and call foe aeevia workload,
what lNel o[ o~ar/deputy time is awilable For pro-aetiw patrol or wlt-
initiaUd aetlrities? Ice then as aDDroDriate balance between
uncommitted time and time rpuired to handle cslls, arrnte end
booldnp, and sport writLta? To what estent does an imbalance eniet
and dose chic result in call overlord foe sold patrol penomd with
negative imPaM on nepenee times. or does it result is ttdd pateol
oventafflna dusind some time penode with neultins low ftdd patrol
penonnd utill:atioa?
• An crime pnvwtion pndrams coruiateat with rnsemuaity needs? An
exietia~ pn`nwe comparabb a spproaeha taken by other proQreuiw
lsw enforpment apatiu elww6en in California and the IJnited
Sat.a?
• An aw•n-orn perwaad amployd a haadla lower priority workload?
Haw CF9 manyement techoiquu bow employed to focus sworn o@Icer
time on high priority Lw eafomment activitla?
Upon completion of the steps outlined show, we trill document the rnulu in
a narntiw and satiatical report which we will reHew with the pnjeet etNtin~
trommittee to mnErm wt+la lard objactiws which can ba employed u a bade for
structuritt~ as in-house Police DepartmsnR
Tadt $ - 1>~ncumant_tha 1Fn11 Ceata et t1r C.nwrn! lwwew,.! T .. a!w16..w.,,.~.•
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Consieteat with the •e:,uiremeat outlined in your RFP, we will conduct a
detailed analysis of current contractual Lw ealbteement eeeaicu to ensure ehn
is an acttirate buU for somparin~ the costa of aO is-bouts Department in
subspwne study work tasks. TMa wlll itteletds:
• Reviewing eaiatlos sad hisWrieal oeatraet docamna a determine the
basis for ch+t'da[ Rancho Cuoamoop Qor 4w enforamant eerTicw by
the 9aa Rernasdlao Cooaty 8huiss Daparement
• Conductla~ follow-rep aaalysia a doeamwt all c~r~ for she most
resat 11 mweha for which data an a~ailabla. '1'Lis will include
atamptlot a re.a mace a seevioes readeead u well u the lord of
a ttn ~. Aodyda will iaeluda idaatiIIatioa of epeeiAe
coat edleatlon apDroachu employed a sharp for each arvice
compawot d tall u aotna! mw okaeRed sad paW.
• Identifying potentld taeteaass is aoaa ekaly a ba ezpeeieoeed ors the
Hart 1Z soontha cwsddarittr mat saoakstan pew-leioaa allowabL ender
the ~roateact sad mat tteada Y peq~adad 14 Ban 8naae'dim County.
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Tce results of ihfa wk will ba documeatd in the form of a namtive and
atatdatical coat analysis. To tle oxunt that .ay iaaua an iden4Eed, the aaalyaie
will include idealilltaHon o! nor ineonsiateadn is currant contract cost ,
allocation and ~rt'~i approachaa-
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We will review tba multa of flu Ant three taelu and develop • ut of service
level objectives whie6 care be employd u a basis for structurip` and coating an
in•houae Police Department. M noted at the bapnoiad of thin work plan, these
objectivaa mq or may ant ntlect current savia bvels prnidad by the San
Bernardino 3heriSa Department. Recommended uania level objaeeive. w~.~ia
deviau livm current seevia le.da is ebn.. ~_o r,,;:; ;a woKp ~ympt srviees
t'aH bato.~ !-r~::~ l..w p»iarnd by the City or blow raauonabL wrvice IevaL
typically obarrvad in pmpaain urban and suburban oommuaitla. 9etvia level
objectives would ba tbemulatad dtr.
• Raponae limas.
• Uncommitesd, pro-ae!{ve patrol time.
• Traffic eatorament emphaala.
• Call for wrv[a maaapmant polidea.
. Vw o(aen•ewaen Daraooael m band(e lower pr{ority calls.
• lavartiaativa follow-up by ease type-
9mpa of alma Prevaatton pr+o~tammiiod desired.
Once thaw recomtneaded objaetiw lava bean A-rmuLtad, we w111 setiaw
cham in detail wlth the pegjeot atwriod oammittae at a asaise ptop+sas maetioa.
Based on anidana provided b the caseittaa, raeommamd olJaetivsa will be
adjwtad as a yy and once AnaBaad, wiG tla baaie for atracturin~
an in-house Poliq~~)gattaaant is aabsaqusnt attt taaka.
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rota a thiawmlt~ ~ ~~ ~ ' amd as mat t A~om
Do P1aa we w01 attneoare m ia•houw Police
thna penpaMives;
• ormultia~ ~t~an~rad and ataflbd ee tWAR td aarvfaa level objeetivp
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' R depariment orQaai:ed anti eta8'ed W npliute current arvieas
• provi by the 9heritTe Department, if those arvicae dlaa from the
seevia level ohleedwe formula4d in Task 4.
• [f the t~no variations deseiibed above coat mare than the currant
contract. a depaRment oraaaiaed and ataHad at a lend puivalent to Lfia
current contract and clear identiliutloa of awp betwaan eervia feuds
such a department said provide and aMce level ahjactiva established
in Taek ~ sad current service buds providd under eha contract.
The basic analytical eub•tasb rpvired to develop and evrlwa each of these
variadonr an summarized in the paretitraphr which follow.
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The workiwd sad rartda lanl data davelopad is Tarkr Z and 4 will be
converted W eha perwnhoun or pereoayaan required to handle them. To make
this ceaverrioa, we will need to oearider sad detarmiae the Adlowit~:
• The avara~e_amouat of time whkh anld ba eapaetad Por as otaur W
handle a CF9, as well er provide Dackup for aW~ report writin`~ amst
and bookht~.
• The a~era~e amount of time which ahoald be anUabb for a patrol
o@!ott to enpie in pro•actlw crime antral work (which ie a utvia
. fwd dedeion).
• The nlationehip which could aziet batwNa CF9 workloads and
reeporw times to uUa. Thin nLticorkip will he aleniated throua6 use
of the PAT80LPLAN computer model Por aaalysiot patrol operation
and reroura needy.
` The petpntap of CP8 whidt could ba 'saeetrd' and handled tither by
a non•awom poaitim or by a aomplaiai deck.
The traffic dtatloo kevel which aald ha azpaetad (lute traffic rolumea
aroma a~ amatotamatot of time aeedad to L[aw a tratilo dtation or
The peraotap o[raportsd aims which era Ukel~ to nequire PoUow•up
invaat[yatlen aed eha atwraAa amount a[ tlora nwded Air iavatlptioa.
• The amotmt of Aret•Noe aapaevlaka middlaltep maaapmmt neawry
to phm and tanteal varbtn 'bark' palip aanteea.
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• The yeraaa•4oun or yaws of lima which may t» assdsd w provide other
• prodrama not ditaetly nlatad to patrol, iarastiptlon gad traffic
anforamant, such u commuoieadona, raentitmsat gad aalaetion. ,
training enanapmaat, rtaareh and plaoaiaE gad tba likes.
• 1'l:a amount of timer to mauurad by arson-boon) arailabla for aaclh
sworn gad aoaawora amployaa, for work, attar lima losers occur
baesuaa of vacations, sick lnra, bolidap, beaks gad squipmaat
sstvicias.
Tha prodtut of thin work Cult will ba a mats(: which thowa, by t4tun time
period, the paraon•hotirs a parsonyaas of lima assdsd to provide "basic' polio
services baud on fotaeaalsd workload and dssind aaerior lavsls to bs provided.
Tank Si! - A wln.~.--.s ..d 8hA1..~ Ihr RnVldler'~B~~t.~"
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Ice thin work task. the nsoateae eroded. u maasatad by parsoa•yaan of
eRort raquind, wilt bs omratad into flu samba and typo of podtlou raquitad for
a Polies Dapartmsnt is eha City a[ Rane6o Cunmoop. However, bsfon this coo
M dcas, tlu oonadtant• is as~nnctlan with the ProJset S~att Committsa, will
nand to dslsrmino cha philosophy apoa which this department wou18 ba
atahliahsd. It to likely that elu or~an~atloaal philosophy for a munidpaUy
opsntsd peNos dapartmsot world bo t-Lat ota'NMa' and'paan omead sender
ethers than the rose traditlonal law soforament eondptsatloa. This would
S moan, is psrR that Nun world be a aatbinatloa of sworn and aon•aworn
paraonasl providiot "buie' polls aawiew and that lhs mat s~eisnt delivery
syaama now known would 1N ssaploysd is tbo Ctty o[ Rancho Cuamon~a In
short, trained polio oman world sot ba psrlbrmia~ work Wks which could bs
handled by naaaworn pessortnal: modern CPS eseaealns and eve mana{amsnt
techniques would ba ampioyad; aAbR wonW be ntada tie atfmnlata the oommturity
to aaist in •policln; thsmulwa'• and, is deaenl, thb mnaidpsl police
departmaat would follow smdanc nerd s~ietlw polidnP peaetless applicable to tlu
Rnancial :salitiaa a~f the 1pY0's.
In thin wont lark veer would ales sat tart6 the kq doidatiosa which we feel
should bs utilised is dasalopirt~ a snooldpd polio ogaaisaWoa for elu Ci~j of
Rancho C asid its ssrtdas ddlwsry syatsm for Lw aolbramsat It is
likalY that Wes atoand which a plea o[ oetpotsatloa gad atolMR an
based. could bs u f6llowe
• MatdmiaioS the nee a[ peadteaisaale gad maswora psssounsl
such u Comattu>iq 8eerla Aides. to 6aodUnd vaeiow- waklaads sadt
u tmttlaa and noo•haandooe catleddbr sarNoae and toatina and papa
orimtad ibllow•np inaetlptlvo work,
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' ~finimizinQ the militaristic ~'ararchy iouad is many police a~eneiss to
faciitay deeiiion maitiaa at the lowest Paeibb orpeisadoaal level.
® Thin inidsliae eoudd be utilized to reduce the auntber o(di14idnc ranks
rrquired is the police department aced, posribiy, employing the "police
aQeat• concept
• Redudna paper work, proaseia~, gad storage,
• UainQ one Porsoa patrol uni4 gad the more eRlciaat SJ(i work week
rather than the e/10 plan.
• Tailoring the polio services delivered Dy the department to eha unique
crime coatrd and service seeds otdiBi»at fipta of the community.
• Developins gad urinf information N !~• ,.;...w servtces can be
•IRet...H- .-~ ~uemv
_-~ --• ep' maaa`ad oa as aa~oio~ beau.
The speoitlc plan of ortatdtttion and star developed Trill be rerietnd with
the Prgiect 9trerin~ Commitue to obtain their aidgw before tlu plan u Realized.
Teak R•9 ~ 1>•tereeiee the ifs' aiee.ee! ed t~iHly Nra' air a Ik'n 1 ' tl
Ice thin work teak. the types and camber a<eipdpmeat will be detsrmiaad for
the yrovieion of'basio• polio eervieq Y well Y other aupportltK limctioaa which
would be mat ecoaomiially performed b1 • polls department in the City of
• Aandto Cunmoada. Also, apace aseds will be assessed. Ice this teak, we wiU:
• DeNrmine the typo gad aumbe:s at abides needed (utia~ poelina
conaph>, ineludlnd thow squired Rtr hadtup to cover downtime.
• Deurmiar radio and other commemioatlon agaipmeat eomparia~
'!toad alone nay with oonbraetaai sentw and other aeraia needs.
both 'stand alone' gad shared with other a0sadee. The ealuatioa
would include casddention of the fiadbility of joittios C+ntario'e Pee-
polia diapa~r ~ pCW Y an aitor>oathe f0 a'ataad doM'
• tslidul wl~deh ah nl od be netmbers of nrious egaipmeat (e.s. haadia
ptvrided y sworn and goo-swore persomeL
' D~termtoe required otna eQttipmrat and other typo of egnipmeat
app:Vpeiay.
• Detrrmine thr amount gad types of bedldin~ and land spay needed to
house a muaidpslly operated Prlioa dspaz~tsot, sad compare that with
epee to 6e a~vaWiiasWWr is the Yw pnblio Yfity Rtdltq. l! additional
and tlmay a~ifa. s~ u ~~~ ~~ ~ boa
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In chic work tack, the coHeultiaaa team ad11 dwslop a pmpoesd opeeatiHs and -
capital outlay budge for the asb6liehment of a Cigopented poUp
Rancho Cucamonga. This badpt would Mt forth; department in
• Salary and frinp behest wets for various typq of perwnnal.
• Material and supply costa for flu daparfineat.
• Vehicle sad sQuipment operation coe4.
• Contractual wrrice mm !•.-
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.H r -stand alone' Dania).
• Capital outLya tequtred for epaipment sad fidlitles. indudia~ debt
service where Handed.
• Other coact eaaodated with the operatloa of a municipal police
department each o liabllity iHauranoe sad other iannranp casts.
Oche: additional cash whie6 would need to be e~alnsesd and eetlmstd
t!u Ct ~admiaiWetlw a ~' ir-houw Polias Daparmoent oa
b support ia~aetewobare iadudlaF
• Finaaoe - PsRd1 p[aoraiHd and other Aaaodal control ata~
- Penonad - recruitia~ sad selection impact oa esiatias
department etsd reaouraee.
• Vettide mniatenenn fm tbs Polio Department Qwe and impact of
thin incremental woskiad oA egnigmeat maiatsnaace atatr end
fualitia rgniremwtr,
In thin tank we trlll ales prat PadDle twrantwa whirrJs would be reaiesd by
the City to dehq, is per, its poNa ssrrla assts. Thaw raesnup arould include:
reimbursement hem PO!!1; tralRa craw and taefiitttres, y~o grants which
may be araileDlr, aLrm tires; repast keadtioi bs« and as ae.
The prododa d tFda sat of Wks world iadudae
• deeceab~at tlr~bediadH~d ~~ ~ tech of the ndae[om
A capital a:DeoM. afar!-ap badpt Ibr eeah raeiatlest.
(~
Teak 8 -
Perbapa tlu most agniflcant challenge uwaatad with movie= from a
contact law enforcement egeum to an in-house Police Department involves
service eraneftion. Cant5tl plaaniag is critlca! W avoid anq deteriontioa in Lw '
anForcymeae eervieu to the ootprmunitq end W moderaG dupptladop in costa. Rey
transitim none which wW need to be analysed include the following:
• How to brigs • basic cammaad inhaetruMUre op board to accomplish
thou steps neceuary to develop an ip•houu Police Department
including:
Coordinating and directing the rseruitint sad adaction program
which wUl be enquired to atais swoea sad noa•ewora Goeil+n~. !~
tiu new departmam.7
Derelopiag operating policies and proddures For the new
dapartmaat.
hfapagiag equipment aequ{dtlon.
Coordiaatins orrice traadtion lxom the San Bernardino Sherilfe
Department.
• Worldag with the Cteq Couadl, the Pubik 3aGeq Communion, and
Cltq ntaQ to dnrdop programs conaisteat with community
• espac4tioas.
• How W transtion teawfir of aarrta napoaaibi$tq from the 3heeiffs
Department to the new Polip Dapartmaat to aoau» wrrica an
maiataiaed, qt duplication o[ ataR and aeeria meta an minimised.
• How to Rsertit slats to toiaimiaa atarFup ~ydn~ eats and to enaun
that . oadn of road paraonaal antrava bile 4 to prorida polio
serrieea. Coaddseiag alit oomyntltivn market 16r polio ol5an acraa
California, enrntdting and edaetloa map 6a the moat dgntAeaat
b ~a ~aCawaLtd wtth atabliakipg as ia•kouaa PoHa Dapartmeat
In accompiisking Tank S, we w(B idanet!} all teaaaitian etapa aaaesaarq to
addrnu the Iowa noted above and prepare • detailed transition and
impumeatatlms plan which wiL eaaaiat of eha Pollowing oompaoaata
• Detailed daadptian of oae6 teaneitim atop inehadiag atimata of tJu
atafi time required to aeaeatpilah each.
• Raeomimaadd dmiag of sack atop.
ffi
/3
• Responsibility for accomaliar~in$ sect step.
SpedBc cosy aaeociated with uch sop.
Ouz recommended transition plea sad budder will be doeummeed is the
form of a outior proereu report which will tv reviewed with the Project 9teedna
Committee.
Teak 7 -
The results of ueh of the pncedia~ work Wlu will )» documented is the
project final report which will:
• Provide a detailed evaluation of carrier lent and cu4 as.nr+•te•! -;:.;
the cursat contract urvin .v.~.;
• Establia6 clear ssrviee lard objective to provide • bade for structu:ine
as is-house Polia DepartmenR
• Structure sad display costs sad revenue related W operatics as in•
house Pdia Department iacludia~ multiple or~n~~tiecal and coat
variations as required br your 1iFP. This will iadndetnn.depeh analynfe
of the consiateacy of each orpnisatiocai nriatiaa with 4w eafoeeemeat
asrvia level objetives.
• A detailed trrodtioa sad implemeatatloa plan iadndtt~ identitintion
• Dep~irtsm~at p eoets aasociatsd wtN a hind as is-kouae Police
• Althou`6 not spaci!lally squired is your Itequat For Proposal, the
8aa1 report will also include identiAratian d which could be taken
to rseoive any ideatidd wwia level isauea within the structure of the
eristin~ contract indndinq cute, reosptivtly of the Sea Seraardino
County SharilTa Deparlmeaq to neossmeaded adjastmenta, and
tromparadra enltutlaa with the itthoue department sad the esiatitip
cootraet aituatioa.
The report wi11 be rwdewed is drait lbrm with the pmt stesrin~ oommittaa
Once apprepefate modlAaatlaos noel clariAngoaa have bew based oa the
committee's rnLw, we will b• prepared to pretest the cod sport at yon deem
appropriate.
The erdtibit which lbllosre thin pep ahowa a tlme eehsdnle !be oompletlnp the
taeka outlined in this sretlao. Hoard as oar enrewt mdeeatapolo~ of sbuit soopa,
we expect the project will regnis 19p der is osaaplrN.
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Attachment II
Motion of the
Public Safety Commission
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA r~xAMn. '
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MEMORANDUM ~`' ~~
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O n , A
U v D
1977
DATE: March 13, 1991
TO: Mavor and Members of the Citv Council
FROM: Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager C,~
SUBTECI': MOTIf~N REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT STUDY
Attached please find a copy of the motion made at last night's Public
Safety Commission meeting regarding the law enforcement study. Should
you have any questions, please contact me.
JBF/pr
Attachment
Public safety a-eotiseirn Workshop Miiutas
Iaw Ehfoxtament Spu9y
McP'di 12, 1991
ADPICN: Moved by Yankovidl, seornded by dn-atalo, after careflll considetatirn
of the misultant's law IIiPoro~t Arelysis, Public Heetirgs, acd ~nmiseirn
discussirn, atd in order tc provide effective law enPomaomlt sensitive to local
ootm4mity reeds and an 1~'eased level of service and anxent eoot>omic grorhh,
the Public Safety Coamissicn reoommenls to City the City ~xuicil as follows:
1) the city Council remgnia~s that Panda Cucamotxla is a leader atd role model
in the valley's West IIrl, with a populatirn eittg 100, ODO people a!d cgowirg
at a rapid rate. The citizere of this caavuuty deserve a level of service
consistent with other services prwided within the City; (2) the City Coun:il
9nooort the A,hi ir. CafMv fvwmiaei...:n i~,a ,avaa...i..e4l.-. 4y,.w ., _
Fhfox+oement Agercy is locally staffed acd locally ourtrolled; (3)µthe City
Coun:il support the Public Safety amaiasian in it's Pir,dings that the City atd
it's citizere deserve the j c®itmerit acd dedication that career
officers provide; (4) the City 6amcil sctppart the Public Safety Ca~issirn and
take immediate acorn to begin the establi and impl~ta-tirn oP a Ci
in-ha~se Pniice Department, to irolude it's own Dispatt3i Center acd dediaata
Dispatdieis: (5) if the City Cwmcil, after oonsideratirn of the can-rent ea:axmic
situation, determines that the formation of a City Police Department is rot
an-.p..fiy fusible, that the City Cbtuccil take steps to
alternative futility saaroes to firerre and impianent an i ty PoR lines
Departoertt; (6) during the interim, vdtile a City Police Depariment is being
forded aril i~l~^~~, the Public safety C~issirn reo®oetds that the City
~uncil take action to recognize the notable deficienciss associated with the
Sheriff's ausent contract aril take immediate steps to correct aril elimirete the
follariry, to include tut not limited tn: (a) exi:essive rotation of personnel an3
staff, (b) the lack of local contxvl in settiry policies aril regulation„ (e) a
Resolution of an-reirt dispatch problems. Motion carried 6-1-0 (Amedt no).
MC7i'IQi: Fkrved by cl,; nta„a~ s~`(ii'si y~, yet end the City (btmcil feel that
Cf1e City c:an afforri aril in-haise Police Departmnt or should not have a Police
Departxnertt, reommerd as an alternative that the City oo,mcil lock at the
Contract Iaw l}rforo~wnt Services provided aril incorporate reanmendatiore made
by the Nf>SUltattt, Mr. John W. Reiss, rn pages 82 aril 83 of his report. Motion
carrisl 6-0-0-1 (Iwndt a~tairnd) .
Attachment III
Submittal Package from
the Public Safety Commission
DATE:
TO:
PROM:
SUBJECT:
July 17r 1991
C1't'Y OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
IvIEIVIf7~AN1)iJM
Hayor and members of the City Council
Daniel Glace, Chairman
Public Safety Commission
INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC SAPETY COMMISSIONER RESPONSES IN RSGAADS TO THS
LAW 6NFOHCEMENT STUDY ISSUE
Per your requeetr et the Commission's leaf workshop concerning the law
enforcement feasibility study, you will find attached the six memorandums from
each Commissioner of the Public sefety Commission responding to their concerns
and thoughts in regards to the law enforcement feasibility study. For your
convenience, I am attaching the six individual memorandums along with a copy of
the Pu611c Safety motion and recamoendation to the City Council, and a copy of
the minutes from our workshop meet inge. Also for your convenience, on Paga 2 of
thin cover letter I am attaching a list of the subjects that concerned ua ne
Commiaeionera that should assist you in the ;ommiaeion'e consideration of this
issue. We ae Cowsiseioner'e are looking forward to our workshop meeting, at
which time the Commission will stand ready to answer queetione which will assist
you in your coneiderationa of thin issue.
DG amm
Attachments
i.nir air e`vRC'uHe.riY' PenSiR iL iTy 5'Piiui
List of Important Pointe
1• ban Bernardino County Sherlff'e personnel turnover rate.
2. Diepaich concerns.
3. Proactive time.
Q. Station employees Yelationship and commitment to the City.
5. San Bernardino County overhead caste considerations.
6. Financial considerations.
~. Liability coats coneidaratione.
S. Replacement of undesirable employee and training coneiderat ions.
9. Vser att Ltude survey.
l;l'1'Y VN' KANGriU GUGAMVNIiA
~iE~ti~~F~~:~ Fii;1~I
DATE: June 12, 1991
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Daniel Glae e, Chairman
Public Safety Commission
EURJECT: j~AW ENFORCEMENT RECOMl~kNDATION
In the following you will find my personal thoughts and concerns ir. regards to
the law enforcement issue and the recommendations made by the Publ le Safety
Cammieeion.
Since my appointment to the commission in 1987, I have been continually asked
about a police department and whether the City of Rancho Cucamonga will be
implementing a police department of their own some day. When the City Couneil
assigned the Public Safety Commission the reeponsib it ity of studying this issue,
and to make a recommendation after considering the coneultante study, I have
endeavored to seek Community opinion in regards to this. I am involved in
several community groups, am active in my church, and have spoken to numerous
citizens including my neighbors and friend e, along with the citizen contacts at
our public hearings of the Public Safety Commission which have helped to form my
opinion in regards to a sense of community opinion on this ieaue.
I feel that the community, while generally sat iefied with the San Eeznardino
County sheriff's Department, desires a higher Level of service that a city
operated and controlled police department can offer. While talking with several
cit izena that desire to et ay with the current Sheriff's contract, I realize
their main concern gravitated to the economic ieaue n =-a than the service
level ieaue. When talkiny to citizens that favored a Aancho Cucamonga Police
Department i found that, while they were Concerned about the economic ieaue, they
were mostly concerned with making Aancho Cucamonga as safe of a community to live
in as possible.
At thin point, I would like to addreae the six points that were included in the
Public Safety Co~mnieeion motion forwarded ae a recommendation to the City
Council.
In regards to point number one, I believe that many cities and citizens that live
elsewhere era looking to Rancho Cucamonga to see what type of community it will
evolve into, when I talked to people outside of the City about Rancho Cucamonga,
T find that most people are impressed with the high etandarde that Ranoho
Cucamonga has set for i.taelf. In talking with the citizens that live here, I
£ind that moat cit izena have decided Go move here because of those same high
etandarde. Ir too, feel that the citizens of this community deserve a high level
9t service from ire police department, and that the services rendered by the
police department be consistent with other etandarde that the City has eat for
itself within the other departments of the City.
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Law Enforcement Aecommendst ion
.Tuna 12, 1991
Page 2
In regards to point number two, I believe that a locally controlled end staffed
police department can be more efficient in rendering the type of service that the
citizens of our community deserve. I feel by locally staffing and controlling ~
a City police department Can yield the type of service that ie tailored to the
needs to our community in tega~de to eexvice levels and special programs.
In regards to point number three, i Gel ieve that a long-term commitment ie
needed, end that officers that tlevote their career to the citizens of Rancho
Cucamonga era more effective in stopping crime in our community.
In regards to point number four, I believe that a city of this size needs its own
police department and especially iia own dispatch center. A community needs to
have officers that are coum~i~ied ~ c......._.. •^ well ae dispatchers
cpnssitted to more daily knowledge of the City in order to rend¢z moxa effective
service and officer safety.
In regards to point number 5, I realize that our City, ae well ae our County and
State, are experienciny tough financial times which may not allow the City at
this time to go to its own poi lca department. i feel that at this stage of our
cone ideration of this ieaue, we need to simply decide if we want to stay with the
sheriff's contract or if we want to move in the direction of forming our own
police department. After the consideration of moving to our own police
department ie made, then I feel the City can take steps towards funding the
police department.
In regards to point number six, T feel if we are to either temporarily or
permanently et ay with a Sheriff's contract we need to take steps to eliminate
def is ienciea within the contract and to monitor the contract closely to make sure
the City ie getting what it Baye for and also to procedural problems that arise.
In regards to our second motion made by Commissioner Pat Quintana concerning the
recommendations made by Hughes, Heise & Associates on Pages 82 and 83 of their
report, I Aad voted in tavcr pf paopicy the mnt.ion because I believe the City
Manager, or hie designee, should have some tole in decidiny key command staff at
the Rancho Cucamonga Station. I feel that the City should have some input in
interviewing perspeci ive candidates and having the decision tc veto oz approve
a candidate. I disagree with the r¢comme nded 35 to 40 percent range for
proactive time; I feel that 48 percent range or the highest range that this City
can obtain or afford should be maintained to afford the highest degree o£ safety
and service availability to our citizens. I also die agree with referring to the
Sheriff's Department ae the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department and outfits ing the
unite, station and officers with the uniforms, patches and logos indicating that
they ors City police cff icere. I feel that if we decide to stay with the
Sheriff's contract that the Sheriff's Department personnel feel more Comfortable
being referred to as Deputy Sheriffs. I also haves a sense that there ie some
con£uaion in our community in regards to the labeling of the Sherif t'e Department
ae the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department. I do agree with the last point made
on Page 83 of the study that a target percentage of 10 percent or lase ba
established for turnover rate et our Station.
Law Enforcement Recommendation
June 12, 1991
Feaa ~
The points of interest in Cha Hughes, MBiee 6 Aeeoclates Law Enforcement Study
that interested me or concerned me the moat were:
1. The turnover rate from approximately 30 percent par year - I believe
Chia turnover rate diminishes the affectiveneae of an officer in hie
ability to fully understand the needs of our community
2. Dispatch Center concerns - I believe oy having our awn dispatch center
staffed by our own dedicated dispatchers will offer a higher degree of
public safety due to the fact that the diepatehere will, like the
officers, have a higher degree of commitment and expert lee in what happens
here Ln Rancho Cucamonga. Having dispatchers that know the varvr.=..~.: ~-±
_~ __ ..: __ ac y..:..iwus spots nn the area, will also lend Stae1F t0 a
hlgher'degree of officer safety. I also believe if we ere to go to our
own dispatch center, that during the implementation of the dispatch
center, the possibility of combining the Police Department and Fire
Department dispatch centers could be obtained realizing the poeeLDle cost
of savings. I do not recommend the use of PRECOH due to the open-end
unknown costa variance due io tit iee coming into end going out of using
the PRECCM eyeteni. I also believe that by the use of the PRECOM system we
would lose some local control ae wall ns the commitment and familiarity of
the dispatchers to the City.
3. The proactive time ratio - I would like to see the City stay at a
minimum of 95 percent or higher proactive time to allow officers ample
time to actually do preventative patrol. This is what prevents the crime
that couid occur in our City and holds down the crime rate. If we become
a city that simply reacts to radio calls, our crime rate will rise and
become uncontrollable.
4. The officer relationship to the City - while it is true that the
Sheriff's deputies are committed to their department and to working for
the City while they a.a here, the turnover and the availability of
promotions and lateral movement within the Sheriff's Department ie the
incentive for the depot iee to leave our City. While certain Sheriff's
deputise have returned to the City for a second time arountl to work here
in a special position or promoted position, I feel that the movement in
and out reduces the commitment and the knowledge that is necessary to do
a top quality job within the City. It has been said that currently, iF
there is an undesirable deputy that has a problem within the City, that
the Sheriff's Department can quickly remove the deputy from the eubetation
and administratively assign the deputy to souther place in the County,
thus relieving the City of any burden ae a result of the deputies actions.
while this is temporarily convenient, it has been known that the same
deputies have rotated back through the eubetation once agnin working
within the City. Likewise, it ie true that if we had our police
department and a poi ice of £icer was undesirable and had problems within
the City that it would take a long termination process to get rid of such
a person = do not believe that thin poses a great burden on the City and
that these incidents are far and few between.
S
Law Enforcement Aecommendetlon
June 12, 1991
5. Overhead costa from the San Bernardino County Administration - the
Hughee, Hsies & Associates report advisee that a poeeib le percentage o'f
31.9 of overhead costa could be charged to the City that is currently not
being charged. If the overhead coats were applied, the Sheriff'8 contract
would approach the same coats of that to implement an in-house police
department. In these times of budget crises and financial short-falls, it
is easy to zealize that the county will take some action Ln regards to its
contract clt is s. While it is probably ea t'e to assume that the County will
not charge the ant ire 31.9 percent, I feel that any overhead costa that
would be charged at this time would be detrimental to the budget which
will be monitored very closely.
_.-. ~.y~.,:e iw ws pose able raising of our dispatch fees, I feel this ie
ono area the County 19 starting to raise the overhead coats.
In regards to the jail booking fees, this is another way in which the
County is being allowed to, by law, raise funds to offset their overhead
costa. It ie argued that the booking fees are not part of the County•e
overhead coats, however, the County has always paid for the jailing of
prisoners within th¢ County at the County jail, and any charging of fees
for each prisoner and the use of the jail can only be translated into an
overhead cost of operak inq that jail. I might add that it has always been
the County end State's responsibility to incarcerate prieonete pending
court hearing and convicted criminals.
6, Financial consideration - Although in the original aealgnment of this
issue to the Public Safety Comm.i esion, the Commission was not specifically
designated to look at the financial impact to the City, one cannot
disregard thin as a major consideration in this issue. Although the
figures would be inflated since the time of the Hughee, Holes 6 Aasociatea
report, the report indicates Chat a City police departmenk would cost
between $7.5 and $e,d million annually. Thera would be a one time car ~al
cut lay of batty=-en $<.G and $a.0 million, which the City Hanager, Jack Lam,
indicated could be capitalized and paid over eevecal years, thus reducing
the financial impact. Theta would also be a one time transition coat that
would also be needed. These transition come are eubatantially less than
what would normally be needed to at art up a police department due to the
foot that Rancho Cucamonga currently has a public safety facility built
and currently being operated.
There have been alleeat ions that the Hughee, Heias 6 Associates report
stet ietically is unsound and unconf irmable. While talking to MY. Heias at the
Commiaeien'e workshop meetings, it was clear that Mr. Heias was gathering
statistics from the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department to the beat of hie
ability. I believe Lhat the Hughes, Heias 6 Associates consultant report is as
comprehensive as it can 6e, given the parameters that were outlined by the City
Council/Public Safety Commission Subcommittee on law Onforcement alternat ivee.
one point in the law enforcement study chat I am concerned with in regards to
Hughee, Heise d Aasociatea, is the law ar,forcement user attitude survey. A
survey like this was not specifically desired 6y the City Council/Public Safety
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Law enforcement Aecommandation
Juno 12, 1991
Paaq
Cwmniaeion Subcommittee. Due to the fact that this survey was not desired, I
feel that the survey should not have been included In the report. Ths survey is
very narrow in ecope~ and if requested, the survey should Nava hsen a
comprehensive survey of zotal citisene• att itudee in regerde to their currant law
enforcement agency.
Also of interest, during the Commission's public hearings was the response by the
Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce. After listening to their preesntation and
reading their summary of findings fray their subcommittee in regards to this
issue, I feel that the Chani6er of Commerce Le basically concerned with the
financial impact to the City and being able to attract new buelneeeee to our
City. I would have liked to have eat in and listened to eomw ,.F ~Fe+~
,.-_-o.. ~ „wv~iuyn and neam some of the discussions and concerns from same
oE`the local business community. However, I feel that the overriding factor in
their report was concern with money and not safety. While I do behove ihaC moat
of the business community ie concerned with safety, I could not feel comfortable
with the overriding financial concern in reyarda to this ieeue.
It has been my experience the[ there are Ceep feelings on both sides of this
ieeue of whether to contract long-term with the Sfln Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department or to etert our own police department, and I am sure moat of you On
the Council have heard these concerns. This ieeue particularly concerns the
quality of life here in Rancho Cucamonga, and I would like Co see a commitment
of the highest quality of law enforcement that can be maintained fox our Clty.
I feel that this highest level of law enforcement commitment to the community can
6e beet obtained by the implementation of our own City Pc lice Department.
I hope that this memorandum has shed acme light on those eubj eCte that are of
concern to me in regards to this ieeue. I stand ready to answer any other
questions that you may have of me at any time.
Respectfully submitted,
Daniel Glaea, Chairman
Public Safety Commieaion
DG:emm
9.
If Rancho Cucamonga decides !o defer establishing an ia•houw police
department until tittua yeah, several medificatioss should 6e incorporated into
the eristing contact system. They include the following;
' The City Manager or hie designee should have wme role in deasione
elated to seeigning key commend staff to the Rancho Cucamonga
station. Thin should include:
Interviewing psrspectiw randidatss.
- Having wme veto power if candidate are not consistent with
community stpachtions.
The approach employed to determine basic field petal staffing
requirements should ba modified to iacorpoate the system employed by
the project team during the courw of this study. This includes
establishing a recommended target for pro•actlvs time (time availab4
for preventive patrol and a~pr initiated activities) in the 9b96 tp i0%
range, and employing the PATROLPLAN model to determine basic
deployment requiremsnU neceswry to achieve these wrvico level
the City sand the San Bernardino County Shhenff De ~artment during
the course of this study.
• Increase the identifiatioa of contrail psrsoanal w Rancho Cucamonga
Police. The preferred approach should include:
Identifying field Patrol uaita as Ranho Cucamonga Police.
Provide uniforms, patches, end logos which clearly identify
deputies u City Police Officer.
Title the Captain in charge of the Rancha Cucamonga station ae
City Chief of Police.
Modify signs and other logae to identify the contract law
tea.°orcemeni operation as the Rancho Cucamonga Police
Department rather than.the Ban Bernardino Connty Sheriffs
Department and 36eriffs station.
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CaatraMUally commit the 8herigs Department to maintaining stability
in stag to pnivida arvicu under the coatraM to avoid sttg
turnover problenn ssperienad in Uu :anal Wat. While dt is clear that
the Sheriffs Department is taldag steps to strut turnover at the Raachn
Cucamonga station, this commitment should be formally utablished in
the contract. It is recommended that s maximum aaaual turnover rate
far lice stag of 10% be established u ^ target in the new contract. This
would present ^ level of stag tueaover oomparsble to those seen in police
department's eLiewhere is Southern California.
Analysis presented in this chapter indicates that an in-hauow ?~~~~-
Department would coat A.u~. a+.R •„ ~,{ ,,,;,;;~ amuauy to operate, and would
regnii'e an additional up-boat, ona time iaveetmeaL of ~.0 to f,9.0 million to cover
capital and trantition coats.
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INITIAL SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AEPORT SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE
GARY CHRISTIAN OF COMMONWEALTH UNITED MORTGAGE,
CHAIRMAN
-BACRGROUND-
The Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce undertook in the Autumn of
1990 a study of the June 1990 Heiss 6 Associates Law Enforcement
Delivery Systems Report currently being studied by the Rancho
Cucamonga Public Safety Commission. A subcommittee of the Chamber's
Government Relations Committee was formed and has operated as an
open forum. In lieu of a final report, we reguest that the Public
Safety Commission in drafting a substantive analysis of the report
consider the following points raised during the subcommittee
meetings.
-SUMMARY-
The primary function of the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Comunerce is
to promote and ensure the most positive possible economic climate
for the community and to attract the highest quality businesses and
industries to our City to mitigate a current imbalance in our
jobs/housing ratio.
In attracting new job- and revenue-generating businesses to Rancho
Cucamonga rp mitigate that imbalance, one of the most important
factors we communicate to potential businesses is our City's
visionary and innovative approaches to maintaining the highest
quality of life for our community. This approach, and the City's
willingness to communicate and cooperate with quality businesses,
is evidenced by our City's exercising considerable business acumen
and cost-effectiveness in it's utilization of existing contract law
enforcement delivery systems through the San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department - a fact which major employers will find
extremely attractive when considering relocation.
Our study of the Heiss Aeport indicates that the City's current
ability to deliver the highest level of service at the lowest
possible cost through contract services is a critical component in
Rancho Cucamonga's ability tc attract those quality businesses
which will attract greater discretionary spending and job
generation while allowing ouc residents to enjoy greater time at
home and with their families.
In addition, time has been spent by our Government Relations
Committee in «orking to promote greater local influence
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over that of more distant legislative bodies such as County and
state agencies. Our review indicates that cities are the most
trustworthy and efficient spenders of tax revenues. Utilization of
existing services are another example of that cost-ef Eieciency.
-CONSIDERATIONS-
Due to the major impacts on our economy - particularly the
recession, a disputed census count and the Persian Gulf War - which
have elapsed since the delivery of the Heiss report in June of
1990, we urge the Public Safety Commission - when budgetary
constraints permit - to commission a supplementary or secondary
report which will study the following factors in greater detail:
THE OVERHEAD ISSUE: After our discussions with Ban Bernardino
County Sheriff's Capt. L. Ray Harper and Contract Services
Coordinator Bob Tremaine, we feel that there is currently no real
or immediate threat of the County's levying overhead costs to the
City which would raise the cost of maintaining existing services to
a higher level than implementing comparative city police services.
We feel that the matter should be addressed by the Commission in
greater detail than that provided in the report.
THE IDENTITY ISSUE: A more intensive study of community attitudes
towards the maintainance of existing services as opposed to an in-
house police department is absolutly required before any
comprehensive recommendations can he made to our City Council. our
studies indicate that, as more and more cities are considering
disbanding in-house police forces in favor of contract services,
the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is exhibiting a
heightned sensitivity for the need for community identity and for
the specific services which are of importance to our community.
E¢UITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS: As our subcommittee determined
that no particular business, commercial or industrial ?and use
generated an inordinate law enforcement service requirement; we
feel that any efforts to fund any improvements in existing services
or implementation of local services consider that law enforcement
costs should be borne by the community as a whole, with no
excessive burden on any segment of the community. Assurances that
any additional and long-term costs can be successfully absorbed by
the community as a whole must be provided to the community before
any steps are implemented.
THE AFTER-COST ISSUE: A Study of the long-term impacts on the City
budget of police pensions and potential tort liabrlity must be part
of any Yi nal, comprehensive recommendation to the City Council.
These projected costs should be computed as per-capita costs and
included in any comparison between contract versus in-house costs.
THE 'TENOR OF THE TIMES' ISSUE: Our review indicates that more and
more L'alifornia cities are implementing or considering contract
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services in lieu of in-house services. We suggest that any
comprehensive recommendation to the City Council contain testimony ~
from these cities' officals as to why this route was taken by these
cities. in addition, any cities which have eschewed contract
services in favor of in-house services should be polled as well.
THE HIDDEN COST ISSUE: While many of the Sheriff's services, such
as the Homicide Bureau, Detective Bureau, Mounted Posse, SWAT team
and Helicopter Division would be made available upon specific
request by a local police chief, we feel that contract services
will - and do - provide an economy of scale as the various
cepartments rnvolved are already 'networked' for greater and more
immediate coordination in the event of major crimes. We feel that
departments which are already well-aquainted with one another and
working towards a common goal result in a time economy of scale as
it automatically resolves the frequent miscommunications which
often hamper cooperations between sheriff and police departments in
those cases. This should be addressed as a cost issue.
THE CHAMBER PERSPECTIVE: In assessing the Chamber's perspective on
this issue, it should be noted that, while we tried diligently to
approach our study of the report with a dispassionate, 'dollars-
and-cents" mindset, the vast majority of our member businesses,
their employees and the Chamber's directors are also residents of
Rancho Cucamonga. It was also noted that even those businesses
operated by non-residents are dependent for their livelihoods upon
the quality of life in Rancho Cucamonga and when they require law
enforcement services, the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department
responds whether it is a contract or in-house service. A great
sense of personal satisfaction with existing services and a
tremendous sense of pride in our City pervaded the discussions.
-THE CITY WITH A VISION-
In closing, we feel that the City's cost-effective use of existing
contract services, particularly in an era in budget deficits and
revenue shortfalls, demonstra t,es a City with courage, vision and a
tremendous sensitivity to the entire spectrum of it's residents'
public safety needs. We applaud the City of Rancho Cucamonga
elected officials and staff and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department in it's joint effort to make Rancho Cucamonga the Finest
city in California. We feel that this dedication to quality is of
inestimable value to the City and tF,e Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of
Commerce in attracting quality businesses and industries worthy of
our City and citizens. We applaud the City's foresight and
leadership in utilizing the San Bernardino County Sheriff's
Department for services. The subcommittee humbly offers it's
services as an information resource to the City and the Commission
in this endeavor.
Submitted this 6th day of March, 1991.
Gary Christian, Chairman
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l%1'1'Y UN' HANUHU UUUAMUN(iA
IVY~MURANDUM
DATE: July 16, 1991
TO: Daniel Glass, chairman
Public Safety Commies ion
FROM: George Yankov i ch, Vice-Chair ~~
Public Safety Commies ion `
SUBJECT: IeAW BNF ORCEMEN T RECOMMENDAT}O~i
Approximately two years ago the Aancho Cucamonga City Council asked the Public
Safety Commission to undart ske a study and look at the lsauee surrounding an in-
houee police department. A subcommittee was formed and a proteaelonal consultant
was hired. Upon complat ion of she Hughes, Heise 6 Associates law enforcement
study, numerous meet inge and public hear inge were held. The Public Safety
Commies ion completed its study in Jenuery, 1991, and recommended to the city
Council, by a 6-1 vote, to establish the "Rancho Cucamonga Police Department".
On March 27, 1991, the City Council and Public Safety Commie aion met again to
discuss a number of ieauee regarding the law enforcement study. Tha City Council
asked the Commisaioner'e of the Public Safety Commission for a list of concerns
we had and how we arrived at our decieion(a~. the list of concerns that were
brought up are ae follows:
1. Excessive rotation of personnel,
2. Local control,
3. Pro-active time,
S. Uae of reserves,
5. n:.. ~r ~h .,,:,i omo ~..d dedicated d:..p-. she.-"
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b. Comparison of Aancho Cucamonga to the cities of Palmdale and
Oceanside.
The motion made by the Public Safety Commission was our recommendation to the
City Council. It was based on a year-long study which included numerous meet inge
and public hearings. After listening to the pros and cons and gathering all the
facto the Public Safety Commission made their decision to recommend that an in-
house police department would better benefit the cit izene of Rancho Cucamonga.
one big concern was the coat of implementation and operation and maintenance
costa of our awn police force. N.oat residents agreed they would be wi Lling to
be assessed the additional amount each year in order to pay for their own police
department.
The Public Safety Commission is fully cognizant of the current economic situation
and the obstacle that entails, however, the Public Safety Commission based their
decision on the best quality of service for our citizens and that almost every
citizen the Commies ion spoke with said the issue should be placed on the ballot
to let the voters decide. Therefore, I feel the majority of the voters would
favor an in-house police department along with an additional assessment to pay
for all public safety relatetl services.
Law Hnforcemsni Aacommendation
July :g ..
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Ever since the voters approved the City incorporation in November, 1877, the City
Fathers have conskantly improved its services. Xear eftet year more and aq[a
services came under local control rather than contracting them outp the latest
and biggest service is our own Fira DeFartment, and the final step ie our own
police department. The City o£ Rancho Cucamonga ie rapidly approaching the
325,000 population mark, antl this City ie a roll-model city and leader of the
valleys west-end. Our citizens deserve the long-term commitment, dedication,
loyalty and support that only career officers and dispatchers provitla.
You, the elected officials of Rancho Cucamonga appointed seven citlxene to serve
on the Public Safety Commission and out of the seven Cammiseionere, eiz voted in
tavor of e9tabliehing the "Rancho Cucamonoe nn~:..e °c8 ,,,,,e,,,, ,
Respectfully submitted by: George W. Yankovich, Jr., Vice-Chairman
Public Safety Commission
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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ~
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GATE: April 23, 1991
TO: Daniel Glnae, Chairman
Public Safety Commission
FROM: Pat Quintana, Commissioner
Pu61ic Safety Commission
SVBJECT: LAW 6NlORCBMENT STUDX
At its inception the Public Safety Coomission was assigned to explore "whether
or not the Ciey intends or should malue future plane to form it's own police
department" (1-21-87 memorandum), and Hughes, Heise and Associates ware aelsctad
to conduct a law enforcement study. A subcommittee composed of Publie Safety
Casmieaionera and City Council members met with the consultant, defined the terms
of what was to be studied, periodically mat with the consultant to discuss
progress, and ultimately the study was completed on June 21, 1990. The report
was presented to the Public Safety Commission ae a whole at public workshops the
last being held on February 26, 1991.
At that time the Chamber of Commerce presented the Commission with an oral state-
ment regarding its interest in this Sasue and one week later the chamber followed
its oral input with a written analysis. The Chamber suggested that it was
premature of the Commission to render a recomnrendat ion to Council.
Considering the fact that the Public Safety commission had been directed to
provide the Council with a recommendation regarding law enforcement, and that the
P.ughes "Analysis of Law Enforcement SeYVice Delivery Options" was based on data
collected in early 1990, it appeared inappropriate for ue to prolong this issue
any further. i suggested to my feLOw Ccr._icsion ccr,bem t.*.at «s cake a raccc-
mendation to Council based on public input, the consultant's study and indepen-
dent investigation, and anticipated that the council would inform ue if it
desired coneiderat ion of additional items.
The Heieq study bee ically covered three areas:
Quality of service (ae measured by a consumer survey),
Projected coats of an in-house police department with recommended
standarae,
Coate of contract services.
Heiea also, on Pages 82 and 83, made recommendations with respect to contracted
services ehou ld the City opt to continue contracting with the Sheriff's
Department which included:
A 30 percent target on turnover rate,
Provisions for city Nanager selection of key personnel,
Identifying the Captain as the Chief of Police,
Providing logo's and uniform's which identify deputies ae City
police off icere.
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Law Xnforcement Study
April 23, 1991
Page 2
The Chamber also, on Page 3 of it's analysis, ra£arred to the feet that the
Dueineee community ie dependent upon law enforcement services from the "Rancho
Cucamonga Polioe Department enforcement servicea•, be they contract or in-house.
At present acme of the Heiss recommender ions have been put in place: the Captain
ie called "Chief", when a telephone call is made to the Station the receptionist
answers "Rancho Cucamonga Pollee Department", and the City hoe directional signs
which advise citizens of the locale of the Police Department.
If one reads between the lines of the study end the Chamber's analysis, as well
ae the City admtnietration•s actions, it would appear that all parties would
prefer a city run police department were it not for one major Factor - coat.
coat ie indeed a telling fnctor ae many, many fiscal uncerteintiee taco the City
with respect to the provision of law enforcement: will the City be financially
a61e to support en Ln-house police department? On the other hsnd, will the
County Board of Supervisors continue to approve a contract baaed upon a 7.4
percent markup when our consultant indicates that ae much ae 31.9 percent Could
be charged? (Page el, Heise)
The report talks about proactive patrol, free time for the deputy or officer to
initiate action. Law enforcement adminietratore also need proactive time to do
proactive planning and adroinietret ion.
We would desire the Traffic 8ngineer to do planning with the Traffic Law Enforce-
ment Administrator. We would also like to set goals and objectives such ae those
expressed Sn the Ontario Police Department budget. For example: we could set
en objective of reducing 6utglaries by X percent, we would want to measure
yisl .y of service by not only response time and customer eat iafactioa, but by
other means ae well, effectiveneee could be measured by the quality of arrests -
do felony and misdemeanor arrests result in convietion7 Questions ouch as these
ace more easily posed by a City Manager to a City Police Chief.
Ae I pointed out on Harch 12, 1991, the issue at hand is not one of pro-Sheriff
of anti-Sheriff, this ie a pro-Rancho eucamonga iaeue. The Ctty of Rancho
Cucamonga now boasts a population way in excess of the 101,000 reported by the
census. Our city hoe adopted a subsidiary fire district to service this large
population, therefore, City formation of ire own police department is the next
logical atop in the City•e maturation process. If the Council is opposed to thin
concept, then I eirongly urge the Council to adopt those proviaiona made by
Mr. Heise on Pages 82 and 83 of hie report in order to strengthen existing
contracted law enforcement services.
Aespoctfully submitted by Pat Quintana
April 22, 1991
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 23, 1991
TO: Daniel Glaee, Chairman
Public Safety Cammice ion
FAOM: 6lvira west, Comniseioner
Public Safety Com:aieeion
SVBJSCT: LAW aN PORC6lBNT 6TUDY
Aa I look back at the review of the Law Enforcement Study it was fair iy w..y i..a
an overage person like myself to understand. Juat a couple of points that I
would have liked to have had different: 1) a survey of the citizens in general,
(2) a survey of those who have had contact with the Sheriff's Department, other
than those who called for service. There were, in my opinion, Coo many aseump-
tione made in the report and other than that L found it quite informative.
After a study of the enalyeis of Rancho Cucamonga'e eptione of law enforcement,
I believe the main concern ie lack of local control. Ae our City grows it is
important that the Clty government has control of the agencies within the City,
who else but our own City government knows the needs of Rancho Cucamonga better.
Another concern ie the exceaeive rotation within our Station, there again St
would fall under local control. The report states •30 percent ae a target for
annual turnover", our Station•e turnover ie way above this. Also Mr. Heise has
not made it clear on the proactive time within our City, there were a lot of
aseumpt ions made and not clear-cut. After reviewing public input, I alao feel
that this is a citizen's opinion too.
I also feel, before we can have a resolution to our dispatch problems, we need
our own diepatchere and this ie why I was in favor of our motion tc the City
Council. I feel it would be a benefit to our City to place this issue on a
ballot for our cif izene to decide.
I hope this will help state my position.
Respectfully submitted by Elv ire Waet.
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DATE: April 23, 1991
TO: Daniel Glaea, Chairman
Public Safety Commission
PROM: Pete Amodt, Conmiee inner
Public Safety Commies ion
6UBJSCT: LAN ENPOACElgNT STUDY
I have placed my evaluations of the Pcl ice Department Feasibility Study as
follows:
1) The "Study", ae made by Nughea, Heise 6 Associates, was very
comprehensive. gany items covered in the report were difficult to
comprehend by a lay person. Terminology used in the report, i.e.,
"unearmittad time^, ^eelf-initiated activity", eke., can ba
confusing. "Analysis of the Structure" and "coat of Law
Enforceroent", etc., could be complicated to persona if they are not
familiar with the fiscal area of city government.
2) The co et of beginning an "in-house Police Department" (according to
the "Study"), 1 feel, ie not feasible at this time.
3) The reasons I voted "no^ on the beginning of an "in-hauee Police
Department" are ae follows:
(a) IIagirnlrg co eta are hf nh, i.e., waaee and benefits for the
off icere; and
(b) Operational and equipment coats will be hioh; and
(c} Coet of Liability Insurance and/or Liable Suite that could
exceed the City's budget; and
(d) Transferring of replacing personnel who are having personnel
problems.
To begin a City Police Department, how will it be financed? To operate and
maintain a City Police Department? Nill these two aforementioned comments be a
creation of new tercet Property? or what2 Nayba five or six years "down the
road" the City of Rancho Cucamonga will be ready fcr a City Police Department.
I am null supportive of the contract with the San Bernardino Sheriff's
Department and Aancho Cucamonga.
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_ CITY OF RANCHn Ci1CAMni~ir A ,.~
MEMORANDUM
DATE: April 16, 1991
TO: Daniel class, Chairman
Public Safety Commission
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Publie Safety Commission
SUHJECT: LAN ENPORCENENT RECOMY.BNDATZON
After having read the Nughes, Heiea 6 Associates Analysis of Law 8nforcament
Service Delivery Options report, I discussed it with other Coswissionere and
attended a number of workshops on the subject. Also, serving ae a Public Safety
Commieeionar I have heard the concerns of citizens of Rancho Cucamonga.
eased on all of the above, I have formed an opinion which is expreeaed in the
reconuoendation of the Public Safety Commission.
Aeepectfully submitted by:
JVC:eMn
JameB V. Cutatalc, COmmiB8ioner
Public Safety Commise ion
Public Safety Camtission Workshop Mitxrtes
law Fhforraoent Study
March 12, 1991
MOTiQ7: Moved by Yankovith, seootdad bi' Curatalo, after careful coreidemtion
of the oorsultant's Iaw FY~faroement Analysis, Public Hearings, std Rmnission
discussion, std in order to provide effective law enfora~ent sensitive to local
crnmmity needs std an irrseased level of service aid aarestt ecaatomic cgowth,
the Public Safety Commission reo:~nnds to City the City Catncil as follocas:
1) the City Couroil recognize that Patrlfo Ctramaga is a leader std role model
in the valley's West Frd, with a population exceeding 100,000 people and growing
at a rapid rate. 'ihe citizere of this oomamity deserve a level of service
cotsistent with other services pzovide3 within the City; (2) the city Council
•+..~.rvi •M n.bl '.. caP~.. /1....: ooi.... i i~lo .inFO.+ni n~Vi.w iFat a eJlnnFi.o rx.
PYtforoamltt Agency is locally staffed arcs locally mrttx+olled; (3) the City
axanil st~wrt the Public Safety W®tission in it's firditgs that the City and
it's citizero deserve the jQ~ o:meitment and dedication that career
officers provide; (a) the City Cotmoil the Public Safety Cc~issian std
take inmate actin to begin the establishment std iaplementa-tin of a City
in-horse Police ~a*+r.+^t, to include it's am Diapat~ Oenter and dedimted
Dispatdwss; (5) if the City Ccamcil, after aonsideratim of the cement ecmmic
situation, deterntitres that the formation of a City Police Department is rot
currently feasible, that the City ~mnil take steps to identify std pursue
alternative futdirg sour+oea to finarre std implement an in-house City lblice
Department; (6) durirg the interim, vhile a City Police Department is beitq
finfded and implemetrtell, the Public Safety nr~esion reoo~da tFat the City
~xtncil take actin to recognize the txrtabla deficieroies associated with the
sheriff's ascent contract and take immediate steps to correct and eliminate the
follavirg, to include but rot limited to: (a) excessive rotation of pexscevtel arcl
staff, (b) the lack of loml control in settitg policies std regulatioro, (c) a
Resolution of ascent dispatch problems. Motion carried 6-1-0 (Amodt no).
MdfIQ7: Moved by Quitttata, seaaYled bi' West, should the City Caatcil feel that
the City can afforl and in-horse Py2ice [apartment cr should nct tv3ve 3 Police
Department, recmrrerd as an alternative that the City Ctxmcil lock at the
Contract Iaw ~fnrrxarc+..f Services provided and irnsporate reoasretdatiais made
by the Cortsultaift, Mr. Sohn W. Reiss, on Pages 82 std 83 of his repc2t. Motion
Carried 6-0-0-1 (P.londt a1x*airvxi),
Public Safety Commission Minutes -23- October 3, 1989
Staff report presented by Jack Lam, City Manager.
Commissioner G1ase stated that the public Safety Commission Law Enforcement
Subcommittee had met with Couneilmembere Deborah Brown and William Alexander to
"~ °=_-==t `_= P_oi.cJ~:, o,,,: Li,wy wncurreo wrcn the Proposal presented
to the full Comm Laeion, and would recoamend it be forwarded to the City Council.
commissioner Quintana inquired iE what she is reading is a coat analysis of the
present level of eervlce through the Sheriff's Department vereua the same level
of service through other manna.
Jack Lam, City Hanager, atatad that ie the primary ob)ect iva of the Proposal.
There ass a couple of other areas in the Proposal that oak the question it we
make that comparison, what would be the atructute of an organization having its
own police department, should that decision be made. The other issue le that
regardless of the fiscal iaeuee, you are faced with a policy decision, what
ahculd be the organizational atructute of a police department should a decision
be made anyway.
Commissioner Quintana asked if the subcommittee discussed what is the optimum
level of service for this community, regardless of who provides it.
Jack Las, City Manager, stated no. There was some dlecueaion of looking at
comparative analysis of other communit tee, but it was felt that from a management
perapactiva, that wan not a very effective way to deal with the lsaue in this
type of study. The law enforcement budget in Reecho Cucamonga is based on an
evaluation of what the Public Sefaty Commission and the Clty Council feel the
level of service should be, based on various information and input of people
involved in that area.
Commissioner Quintana stated that it seems that what ie discussed or approved
in the budget sessions ie based primarily on what the Sheri£f'a Department and
the city Hanager's office indicates to the Cp~mleaion what ie needed. She felt
that if we were going to invest the money for an analyaie of a police department
versus the Sherift'e Depnrtment, that did not seem ae important ae to identify
what the law enforcement needs of the community are now, and what they will be
in the future.
Jack Lam, City Hanager, stated the money budgeted for this study was for a
comparison at present levels of service only. Determining what the needs of the
community are La a separate matter.
Commissioner Quintana asked why i[ was being brought before the Commies ion.
.. Review o` L f rt m t St d IR t 2 l~
?ubLrc Safety Comm iae ion Minutes -24- October 3, :Se9
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated it ie 6acauae the City Council had asked that this
study be done, and spec ifieaLly asked that the two subcommittees review thin
particular ob}ect ivw of the study and determine whether th ie Request for Proposal
reflects that goal. ~
Commies inner Glees stated he had also brought up the same question at the
subcommittee meeting. He felt that the City Council wag not limiting ue, but
wanted the scope of the study to focus on whether or net to change aver or noi.
She City ccuncil tlid not want the scope to be ion wide.
Jack Lam, City Manaqar, stated that it is not that the question asked tonighc
is invalid, but that it could be the scope of a whole other study.
Commissioner C1aea elated he wnuld 1:Le «,. ass
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after it ie decided which way the City will go.
Jack Lam, City Hanager, agreed that there are permutations and other aspects of
chat type of study that really need Co be taken a look at. It ie felt that for
any specific analysis of long-term needs in the community, the atutly has to look
at specific issues of demographics, size of the community area, type of terrain,
and would also look at polity, philosophies, etc. Ha et sled there are many other
issues that sou Ld bs looked at in that study.
MOTION: Moved by Claae, seconded by Yankovich to recommend approval of the
Request for Proposal, and fur the City Council to go forward with the atutly.
Motion carried 6-0-1 (Gracie absent).
Chairman Boyd aske~
officers and reassign
Lieutenant Zeiner stated no`
capability to take traffic report
get involved in the traffic Bide
Chairman Boyd stated the last
tell by the radio calla that
and answer reports. Ne i~
Lieutenant Zeiner
a call, depend in
primary funet
Sheriff's.
all deputies have the
but they do not normally
with a patrol unit, ha could
`being assigned to do patrol,
~phing error.
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The Co this idea merited ee~
referred that Hana
current atata of our hir
is coneietent with tl t e
alleviating that
received and filed.
December 5, 1989
hairman Hoyd
consideration of what the
if eomeGhing can he done that,
~pp~p~ consideration to
F. Recommendation to the City C '1 f C 1t t to Conduct the Law
Enforcement Studv.
Staff report presented by Jack Lam, City Hanager, who introduced Hr. John Heiss
from the consulting firm of Hughes, Heise G Aseoelates.
John Heise gave a brief overview of the proposal, and stated Ghat though
the majority of the proposal dealt with starlet ice and quantifiable
measures, he felt the proposal went beyond to quality issues that would
be covered in-tlepth in the study, such ae understanding what the community
want a, and the perceptlona the community has of what law enforcement
should be. He stated these issues would ba identified through interviews
with various people, each ae members from the Sheriff's Department, and
Cauncilmembera.
Ccmmiaa loner Quintana stated she was concerned that if they only interviewed the
Sheriff's and members of the Administration, the community's expect atione would
not be identified. She asked how they would go about getting the public's
input.
John Hei9a stated they would start by talking to various community
leaders, and also would be conducting telephone interviews with oeople who
have had recent c„..,.c,. _ith the Sheriff's Department and qet their
feedback on that contact. He stated they would al eo do a lot of ride
al Dogs and observe how the Sheriffs interface with the community. Ha
stated that they probahly would not be doing a random survey, because they
have found in the pas*_ that unless eomecne has had actual recent contact
with their law enforcement agency, they do •rot provide adequate
information.
Commissioner Quintana asked how many reaidente would they be contacting in this
survey.
Sohn He isa stated they would try to contact a couple of hundred people.
Commissioner Quintana stated she felt the proposal was limited in terms of cost
because it didn't mention as a requirement identification of what our desired
level of service should be.
Jack Lam, Clty Manager, stated that when the Su6commltteee reviewed the various
proposals they discussed this matter, and this proposal was the only one that
included a discussion of future needs, and determining what future costs might
be, while still meeting the budgetary conetrainte of the City.
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Public Safety Comnlaeion Minutes -15- December 5, 1989
commies loner Quintana asked iE when the consultant contacted the Sheriff's
Department for analyzing eha workload, would he be contacting the personnel at
the local substation, or the personnel in son Bernardino.
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John Heise stated they would be contacting both. He et ated they would
neetl to spend a lot of time talking to personnel in the local substation,
but that they would also need to have input from the people who make the
management decielone that affect our area.
Commissioner Quintana aeketl in Taek 5.1 on page 8 of hie proposal what his
definition of "Ba91c" Police Services Wag.
John Heise et ated essentially that meant field patrol pereonne 1.
Commieaioner Quintana expressed that she was pleased that an outside agency
would be conducting this study in an objective manner, that they would not be
swayed by any political factors.
Chairman Boyd asked Mr. Heise to clarify his answer to the Subcommittee during
the interview about if they had had ary contact with City personnel prior to the
proposal, and all the coneu ltante stated they had not.
John Heise thought the question was have you been contacted by anyone from
the City. He stated that they responded that they had talked to people
from the City, because his aeaeciate made a vie it to Che City to obtain
some basic information to help them with the preparation of the proposal.
Chairman Boyd openetl the meeting Eor public hearing. Addressing the Commission
wd5:
Mark cutglueck, 11983 Sherville, stated he had seven concerns he wished
to pass on for the Commies ion to consider. 1) He would like to see
emphasis on the proper loyalty up and down the chain of command. Ha
referred Co Penal Code Section 149 relating to the as eau It of cif izena
under the color of authority by police officers. He asked what the root
was to the law enforcement agency or the community if you have dif Eerin9
emphasis on following through on Section 149. 2) He referred to an
incident on April 7, 1987, and Ee1t if a dog had been properly used the
incident would have been avoitled. 3) He referred to vice enforcement,
and asked if we are fated to accept vice activity locally, as part of the
price of having law enforcement protection. 4) He asked whether citizens
mu et accept political activity on the part of the Sheriff's Department.
5) He asked whether citizens mu et accept that the local law enforcement
agency has the authority to develop dossiers on community members that are
rot part of a criminal investigation. 6) He referred to the community of
Sunnyvale where police and emergency personnel have interchangeable
skills, and felt the feasibility of thin for Rancho Cucamonga should be
explored. 7) He referred to possible coat trade-offs we could receive
far allowing the Sheriff's Department to use our facility.
Greg Thompson, 9834 Cerise Street, aeketl how many studies similar to the
one proposed has the consultant done in the past, and asked if tl~e City
chooses to have ire own police department, will they be self-insured.
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Public Safety Commies ion Nlnutee -16- December 5, 1989
John Heise replied they have conducted 62 studies for different police
departments.
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Commissioner Quintana stated that the insurance issue was one of the cost
factors that will be cone idered In the study.
There being no further response, the public hearing waa closed.
Chairman Eoyd stated he was impressed with this consultant and would recommend
to the City Council to hire their services.
MOTION: Moved by Amodt, seconded by Glass to [ecommend to the City Council to
hire the eery ices of Huahea. W„i.. z a......: .«ee __ ____ ___ __
Enforcement Siudy. Hot ion carried unanimously, 7-0. t yy~
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Annual Review and 1990 Coale f0 al Dle i )
ACTION. le workshop set far December 11, 1989 nt 5:3 with the
location to etermined.
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E. ID CATION OP ITENS POR ME INOS
1. Commissioner Quintana sated a re on [he traff ir, aituat ion at
Sapphire and 19th, and how it i acted a new housing project in Upland
on 19th, for February 1990.
2. Commissioner Yankovich request rt on opt Iona for curb mark inga at
the ent.rancea rn rity parY.s.
3. Commissioner Yankovich sated a repo etailing the large rotation
rate of deputies at the loco et at ion, and an a anal ion ae to why there is
such a large percentage of nsfere.
Jerry Fulwcod, beputy Manager, stated this issue wa iacueeed in a joint.
meeting between the Council and the Undereheriff, a that a follow-up
meeting is being ar ed for January 1990.
Jack Lam, City ager, stated the City Manager•e Office will b repaying a
list of disco n items for the Sheriff's to respond to the City ncil on,
and [hen at meeting in January, the undeteheriff can express hie osophy
and/or new ect ion in regards to this particular problem.
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eirman Boyd asked He. Chavez if one has seen Police Reserves in t.`.e arHa
t weekends.
. Chavez stated yea.
Chairman asked Ms. Chavez iE the 9e teenagers et 111 Lhinge she ~
previously m oned when the Police are around.
Ma. Chavez efl no they leave when they see Police but tAey come
right back aft ha Police have gone.
Chairman Hoyd stated he confident the ce will be looking into this
eituationr and that this its ill be br back on the next agenda for a
status report.
Me. Tejae stated she felt ih area needs more lighting.
Chairman Boyd stated thet Ste on this da is to request City Council to
divert money for improvement Southwest Cuc a Ln terms of lighting, curbs,
and gutters, etc. He et that request will on the City Council agenda
within the next couple sake after the Commies ekes set SOn on it,
Ne. Tej as at the teenagers are also drag ra on the residential
streets in a Brea.
chairman Boy pressed to Ms. Tejae, and to all residents, t 11 the Police
Department he time any euepected illegal activ It iee ace going cause the
Police h that as a high priority antl will respond right away.
ry Dano, 8'!30 Vinmar Avenue, confirmed the Conunente made her
ne ighhora.
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(oral Report)
Hr. .TOhn He iee, Principal, of Hughes, Heise 6 Aeeocintes Lntzoduced hie
Aeeociate, Markus ALlen and then gave a brief overview of the Ana lyeie of Law
Enforcement Secv ice Delivery Options.
Chairman Boyd stated, because of the work the consultant and the eubcommittee
did, moat of the Commission and Staff ate fait ly we 11 versed on this item.
chief Hruce Zeiner, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department, etnted ha end hie atatf
has enjoyed working with the consulting group of Hughes, Heise fi Associates and
thanked Hz. Heise and hie associate for all their work.
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Public Sa[ety Commluion Nlnutee - 2 - October 16, 1990
Cynthia S ~nbane Street, stated she sting aepreeentinq
herself and bar n ~oncerna r » traftic signal at the
intersection of Roeheeter Blvd. She wanted to know Lf the
signal Item was on the Nova eion agenda.
Chairman Boyd et ihic item will ba on t afety Commiesion•a
November S, da and ovary month therufNC until installed
and re oneerne have been met,
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Dl. ~o,f~11e f C'rre t taw B!)f cement odiat ions. rsre a traces za vr, app
A al i f 5 a Lev 1 tPacee 60 - SD 1.
Chairman Bcyd ateted the review of the Analycie of Service Levels tonight will
be up to Page 43, and the discussion of the users survey will W discussed at
the third Public Safety Commicsicn Norkehop meeting which will M held on
Tuesday, December 11, 1990, at 6:30 p. m. In the Tri-Comtounitles conference Room
(old name: Haven Conference Aoam).
Gerry Fulwood, Deputy City Manager, stated ha wanted to moot ion that the chamber
of commerce hoe setup a Law Enforcement Subcommittee who will also be tracking
what is taking place at 4he Public Safety meetings regartling this issue eu they
may have repreeentativee here. Therefore, they era very interacted in what the
eublic Sef sty Comaiae ion is considering and what the Commission's ult icnate
recommendation will be to the City Councii. He indicated that notice was given
to the chamber for tonight's meeting.
Chairman Ebyd noted for the record that there were no aaambera of the Chamber
present ai tonight's meeting.
consultant John Heise, Hughae, Heise 6 Aeeoclatea, gave a brief overview of the
profile of current Law enforcement operat LOne.
Commissioner Quintana naked Hr. Haies for clari'. ication on etandactla used to
project Che number of staff positions neceeeary to meet field deployment needs.
Hr. Heiea stated the Yormula he used is a standard measure used in police
administration.
Commissioner Quintana questioned the validity of this standard and teat it
appeared to Look solely at position for measure of land without looking at other
factors such ae population, density and crime patterra.
Mr. Heiea stated the standard used does not measure anything, it allows the Ciiy
to measure staffing and monicor ditferart situations and ie a valid way to look
at a large area.
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Commies inner qulntana asked Hr. Ha Lea tt ha could explain what is meant by
unconunitled time ae far as management is concerned,
Hr. Heiee atatsd almost all patrol staffing modals rolate atnffinq to ea12 foc
service workload [o determine field lnw enforcement staff ing naada for some
target level of time available for either pro-active patrol or active act ivitiea.
He stated the service level provides amore coat-effective approach Co delsrmin-
ing patrol staffing needs which can deliver good response time and still have
adequate time for pro-active patrol and referred to Pagm 53 of the study under
the Proactive Time section. Hs stated that relationship determines the city's
ability to dal ivory reasonable responaa time whenever there ie uncommi[ted time.
He etatad having uncommitted time is important because thnt is lima available
foc 6rietLng, report writing, etc, Hs ststad there are vary £ew supervtaore paid
sor wd... t.: ••^•~ eontrset which means the station is eaaentially 2lmited to
a captain, Chief of Police, thrN Lleutensui., :c.. ~ v ~tmited number of
Sergeants, theretore, in the dolly operation wrgeante were also serving ne watch
commanders in the office. Hs elated u a result ofGn times there was only one
sergeant ouC in the field, therefoxs, investing a lot of patrol time so that the
City hoe people available not only [o respond to call^ but to do pro-active
things and on the other side of the coin the C!ty needs to invest in somebody
to direct the community Bids of the time.
chairman Boyd felt thin converea[ion was get<inq a little bit ahead of what was
to be tliecueeed this evening. He than asked Hr. Hsiea if he had any specific
suggestions for the Commiaaion if the City doss keep the cutran4 Contract. He
asked if the City would ba able to write contract provisions that relate to the
amount of staff turnover that occurs.
Hr. Hsiea etatad that theca era contracts in the stets that etipula[e the amount
of turnover.
chairman Boyd asked Hr. Heiee if a contract could stipulate the experience level
of the personnel.
Hr. Hsiea stated ours ie not atypical she[1ft'a Stailon competed [c ma et Sheriff
scat ions just because the way moat people come new to a Sheriff's department and
moat of them have done their initial tour of duties in the jail.
Commissioner Curatalo etatad Hr, Heiee referred to the 45 percent pro-active
time Cut what he was concerned with was that recently he discovered that th0 City
has Reserve patrol Officez^ out in the fieltl, particularly on weekends. He then
asked Hr. Heiee how did hie model different tats between sworn personnel and
Reserve Officers.
Hr. Heise etatad the Reserves were not counted in this survey although they are
very valuable.
commissioner Curatalo felt Cammunica[iuns consider th0 Reserve Officers when
Communicatlona need to dispatch a call and they esy there are two or three unite
available how would Communications know i£ the unit was a Reserve Officer or a
sworn Officer.
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Mr. Helen stated the calla per service ware counted for paid Officer only
because, based on hie undsr/tanding on how procedures work on the way calls era
see igned, the Reeervee ate not the first assigned units for moat of the high
pr iotity calla.
chief Bruce 2einer, Rancho Cucamonga Police Stai ion, stated a Reeerve unit is
not normally assigned a call because moat cells are assigned to reqular unite
and the computer knows whether they are a "Dear" unit or a reserve unit.
Commissioner Glaea asked if a Reeerve Officer ever works a "beat^.
Chief 2etner stated no, Reeetvea ar/ not auigned se n primary unit to a call.
- ;,,,~„ a _-- __-_ _ ..n n...rvw off leer he wants them to be in a certain
unit, but ne far as the computer is concerned, the Polies Department doe/ not
ace ign a Reeerve in lieu of a Patrolman to /alely handle a call.
Mr. Heise stated available unit/ in thi/ study was based on whatever amount of
work load per hour the Police Department had and whatever number of paid deputise
that were deployed during that hour. He stated the Reeerve unite always need
to be treated an compliment to the patrol force and should not be counted ae part
cf the regular paid force.
Commies loner Curatalo naked if a Ree9tve Officer i^ on a call and hsndling that
call, ie the sworn officer amenable for a cell at any time.
Chief zeiner et ated in a lot o! Lnetancee the Reeerve Erase up n regular Officer
to handle another call. Ha elated the problem/ are that you ennnot schedule n
Reeerve, typically they are heavy on Friday and Saturday nights, so that is the
reason the Reeervee were not counted in this study.
Mr. Fu lwood et ated during this study the basic approach teat waa taken was a very
conservative approach eo when the levels of service were looked ai the only
factor cone ideted wan iha actual deputies within the Atat ton that the City
contracted for service. He stated if the Reeervee were counted than it would
have inflated the levels of service and may have also meant that maybe the City
should look at reducing the number of deputies.
Commissioner Curntnlo stated ha ie concerned with the eontteet, if the City
contract• for soma 45 percen[ and than all of the sudden the Reeerve program
was ihtown out of the window then theca deputise would have to answer all these
calla, and than this 45 percent ie going to drop down to 30 percent.
Mr. He19e stated that would not happen because of the wap this survey wee done;
he guaranteed that would not ba the ce/e.
Chairman Boyd referred to the staff cpepoeition Ltems tleecr ibed on Page 36 and
stated he had some concerns that the contract should address the issues of
promoting personnel out of the Station. Ha stated it was hi/ opinion [hat whet.
there are people promoted that the pramotione, if appropriate, be mntle from
within the Station, eo that this Station does not continually lose people to
promotion/ and then get someone from another part of the County that le eat
familiar to this area.
Public safety Coamission Hinutse - 5 - October 16, 1990
Chairmnn Boyd stated when it cornea time for this Commiuion to make a xseonnwnda-
tion to the city Council he wanted this Commission to consider not only the
initial composition of the staff nrd [ha turnover Lswss, but part of the
turnover issue ie the promotion issue. Ne proposed that this bo one of the
reconnrendntlone.
Commissioner Quintana etaied on Page 3S, Item 2, it states that "etatE compoei-
tion ie generally comparable to that Bean in city police tlepartmente serving
communlt iee like Rancho Cucamonga". She asked Hr. Hsies which communit iee were
used ae a comparison.
Nr. Heise etatetl Oceanside, 61 Cnjon, Baeondido, and National City.
Commissioner Quintana asses nuw .ae :...,........c c--"cr____.
Nr. Heise etaied because they were comparable in si:e, population and
characterietice.
Chairman Boyd et ated in a contract city, particularly if the contractor le the
county Sheriff, it ie szpected that a certain percentage of the street Deputise
have prior ezpexlenea working in a jail. He stated Ln thLS City's case, at least
at the time this study was done, about 50 parcani of the city's Patrol Deputy's
only azperience was working in a jail. He felt that was a particularly critical
factor because he was of the impression that the City La paying a good price for
Police service to the County. He etaied hs was not aura that the Ciiy should
be the training ground [or the County's Deputies once they have come out of the
jail system, because the City and ire citizens nave to train Lhe Deputise ae to
how to be Street Off LCere, and he felt this should be addressed with the
Sher iff'e Department over time.
He then referred to the Communicat LOne and Dispatch Services section on Page 37,
and stated in the peat citizens have had queetione and complaints ae to how long
it took to respond to calla placed to Dispatch. He stated the report indicates
that there are a number of officer's at the city's Station who are avaiiabla tc
handle these calla that come in, but that there ie good reason to believe that
there are some problems in the Dispatching Center due to a variety of tninge;
not the least of which ie a inadequate number of call taker's antl dispatcher's.
Hr. HeLae stated the perception that the calls era held in the dispatch center
and that off Scare are not diepatchetl is not supported 6y the response time
numbers that he saw on Page 21.
Chairman Boyd stated on Page 00 it elates that "response times for all priority
levels fall below levels generally accepted as high service levels in law
enforcement literature and in communities of comparable size and charncterietica
to Rancho Cucamonga". Therefore, he felt Lt was an acknowledgement of what the
study determines that the problems in the Dispatching center adversely effect
the level of service that the Polies Department is providing; not because there
are not eufficisnt Deputies to respond to the calls, but because the calls that
are going to the Dispatching Cenisr, through whatever occurs there, they are not
getting them distributed to the field in a timely and thorough manner.
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Hr. Helve stated hie point i• that the circle ie not completely filled because
Lf there were serious problems in [arms o! not being able io properly dispatch
calla then these response times would be higher than what they are on Page 21~
Ha stated there maybe problems and Lndividual instances but that the major Leeue
involved the organlzatlon and the staffing of the varLoue dLapatchlnq centers.
He felt that once the 800 HHZ systems ie in Lt will allow the reorganization of
call taking !n di epntch responeibil it iea.
Commissioner Glees felt this was a strong issue which should ba looked at because
it there ie a dispatcher that does not have a real connection to the geographical
area there ie a lot missed In the relay to the Officers in the field. He Eelt
this sheu ld be a tletached issue because he felt the major issue ie what service
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~"c-= -•`•_ -_'^ .+.~: ~... e, ro, ~ snrv ues mould be for this City. He added he would
like to see the Sheriff's Department have their own dlepatching center in Honcho
Cucamonga and employed with dispatchers who know the area.
Chief 2einer etatetl hie underetanding was that once the 800 HHZ eyetem Se
installed and running the City will have [hair own dispatch group at the Rialto
Dispatching Canter.
Commissioner west stated she concurred with Commissioner Glace.
Chairman Boyd stated the commies ion's job ie to make a recommendation to the City
Council on what the future structure of the of the City's law enforcement
services should be, regard lees of who provides it.
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D2. Statue Uodate f T S_loeura o£ the P 11 ce---t t e t t~
re of 7:00 P.M. d :00 Staff report presented by Jerry Fulwood, De
C ~anager, and Chief 2e inet, Aanche Cucamonga Police Department.
Mr. euiwo area based on the last Public Safety Commies ion m f October
2, 1990, et was directed to adtlteee a number of L and take the
Comm ieeion's rec da[ion to City Council, which Le uled Co occur on
October 17, 1990. er, a number of major occu did happen prior to
that meeting, therefore, f wouid like to brio oemleeion up-to-date with
those changes. He eiat view of rho ogee, staff would like tl,e
Commieeian'c input in terms o the C n still feels that it warrants
taking the packet ae it was otigl ndsd to City Council. He stated
if that is the Commission's wishes be brought to City Council at their
November 7, 1990 meeting.
He stated Lhe three Leeue ueeed were: 1) ty of the Facility - the
unlocked door behind th ter in the lobby; a to om another door in the
station hoe been ins on this door na a temporar sure. (2) On Duty
Armed Personnel - re woe en emergency at the Station t uld be someone
to render eery t was determined that, based upon the city a Ch iet of
Police raga the Clty hire n Lieutenant above current contra of and
managnme staff, there be an armed Pollee staff person who would b he
stati percent of the tLse. (3) Alerting system - having a eyetem Snare
wh' ultl alert et aft in the Stai ion when someone enters the station, ouch a
zer sounding off throughout the whole building; also to have an intercom
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February 28, 1991
workshoo Meetinc
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAHONGA
Public Safety Commiae ion Minutes
8. CULL TO ORDER
A workshop meat ing of the Public Safety Commleeion met on Tuesday, Pebruary 26r
1991, in the Aaina conference Room located at the Rancho Cucamonga Civic Centex,
10500 Civic Center Dzive, Aaneho Cucamonga, California. xha meeting was called
to order aC 6:30 p.m. by Vice-chair George Yankovich.
Present were Commiesionere: Wayne RaLaily, James Curatal0, George YenkovLch,
Patricia Quintana, Pete Amodt, Elvira Neat, and chairmen Daniel Glass.
Also present were: Jerry Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Duane Baker, Assistant
to the City Hanagert Chief Dennis Michael, Rancho Cucamonga Pi re Protaetion
District; Chiet Bruce 2einer, Aaneho Cucamonga Police Departmsnti and Bva
Merritt, Secretary.
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B. COMMDNICATION6 PROM T86 PUELIC
There was no communications from the public.
No items euhm}tted.
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Cy CONSENT CALfiNDAR
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D. COMMI88ION EUS INBSS - OAfERAL
01. Discussion of Law Enforcement Study, Part III, to Discuss the Analysis of
Structure and Cost of Law Enforcement Alternat ivee (Pages 43 to 83).
cary'Christeneen, Chairman of the Government Relations Committee, and Rent
Crawley, 5taffinember of Relations of Economic Development, were introduced as
representatives from the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce.
Jerry Pulwood, Oeputy City Manager, elated at the last Law Enforcement Study
workshop and the issue of Reserves was an outetandinq question, that to their
time being spent in the Field, also general ing reporter and haw that Lmpacte this
formula antl levels of service. He etatad at that time John Heise, Coneu}tent of
Nughee, Heise 6 Aeeoc iatee, tried to answer thaC question but if the Commission
has any furcher questions he is present to try and answer them.
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Publle Safety Cummleaian Hinutes - 2 -
Hr. Heise gave a brief overview pf the 1+_+t workshop.
February 26, 1993
Coarnlselonar rSetaily caked Mr. Heiea what would he conalder a daf ittltiva survey.
Hr. Haiae stated that this was not a definitive study, it is noc serving to
provide a final solut ipn but a study to provide Plnainga and options. He stated
there ware three or four issues that initially created the whale study in the
first place which were should the City haMla the patrol issue or shoultl the City
have its own Police Department. He stated the questions were could the City do
it mare cheaply oc Eot the same price and is the City getting a reasonably dacenC
service or could the Ctty give betters service.
Commies ianec Yenkovich asked rir. Heiea iP he felt this fs a fairly goad survey.
Mr. Heiea states r.:=, for what it was purported to do, it is reanonable.
Commiaetoner Ynnkovich stated the reason he wo.: _oking if this was a rel Ltively
good survey oz net ie bemuse of the approximately 115,uuv rv~~te that are in
[his City, Mr. Helas end hie staff epok8 to 120 people and out of that m,
49 it is broken down to the different reapondente replies. He stated ff his
cal cu latione are correct ell those numbers adds up tp Ts people out of 100,000,
ha then asked Mr. Heise where era the other 42 people that make up the 120
people.
Chief Zeiuos stated those were eomment• over and above the survey comments.
Mr. Nalsa stated everyone contacted responded to questions where there ere
percentage breakdowns and it represents the frequency with which people said
things.
Commi9eioner Yenkovich stated then 78 people made comments above and beyontl the
queetianafre.
Nr. Heiea stated yes, in addition to the basic eat of questions.
Cartmiaeioner Xeiaily in a nar.^.:a1 random survey what did Hr. Neiae feel was the
percentage or the net ratio,
Hr. Heise stated ha ie not a professional poll taker, therefore, it was only
based on hie awn aimpliat is appoarch ha figured if ha could talk to maybe tan
percent of the people who had Ln fact called for service during this period
during the survey- Ne stated he and hie staff did canaomly selected ten percent
of the callers to contact Eor the survey, and it ie a piece of informnt ion, it
.~,"' is not a valid consumer survey.
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` Commies loner Curatalo asked Nr. Halae if this study was based on the opinion of
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~ 126 people that had called for service and nothing more, nothing more about the
;~~ community attitude or anything.
`-'~ Hr. He;aa stated yes, certainly not about general community attitude.
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Commluioner Curatalo stated ao Mr. Raise 1e not trying to project any Idea that
this ie what the community teals, It is suet a select number.
Mr. Reie6 stated correct, based on one issue and that ie conteneion that the
deputies were not dealing with people Who called foe service in a eourteoua,
thorough and professional manner. Ha felt this survey euggaeted chat that ie not
the case. He then went on to overview Pages 43 to 83.
Chairman Glace asked Mr. Reiee it the etaf£ing plan took into account a computer
aided eyatem or ju0t a C.A.D. system.
Mr. Heise stated yea, this iC predicated on the C.A.D. eyatem.
commies inner Yankovieh asked Mr. Reiee, when referring to ata£f in9 of
uiwy.~..L.a, __ ..^ a^~~ in mind Cell Takers.
Hz. Reiee stated yea, staffing is suggested for a complete cammunica<ione
op¢ration Centex.
Commissioner Ya.^,kovich asked Mr. Reiee if PRECOM Se used at other cities who have
their own Police Department.
Mr. Reiee stated ye e.
Commie6ion¢x Quintana elated that Chino's Police 6apartmant is one of the
departments using PRRCOM but they are pulling out. She stated that Duane Baker,
Assistant to the city Ranager, ie asking the City of Chino for a report ae to Why
they pulled out. Therefore, she £elt there are more fire departments then there
are police department a.
Chief Dennis Michael, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District, staled theca are
two police departments, Ontario and Chino.
commissioner Quintana stated since the coat Le one of the options and the study
was baaeU on :~F.at was availahle at the time, this is a nuianca that has occurred.
She etatetl in one of the perspectives, looking at what the start up coats srou ld
be for a police departm¢nt, there are options given ae far ae having your own
dispatch center or going Chrough PRECOM. She felt it was important to get this
information from the City of Chino for ti:ie Commission to make an informed
decie ion after the commission looks at everything.
Commies inner Yankovieh caked Mr. Ne ice if theta five agent ie0 involved in pRECOM
and the City ie paying one-fifth and if one of the agent Lee pulled out would the
City end up paying one-fourth of the coat e.
Mr. Reiee stated yae, that the principal aeeumpt ion here ie that the City would
pay a lilt le bit above market average eo that the City coultl attract ae many pxe-
qualified office re ae pose ihle.
Commissioner Yankovieh asked if it would really take an adait Tonal five to eight
City staff people to run the 120 person police department.
Mr. Pulwood stated yae, staff felt five was reaeonablo
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Cammiaaloner Weat asked Mr. Heise i[ air patrol equipment was considered in the
camperetlve coats of law enforcement service alternatives for in-hauee capital
and start-up costs, Ezhiblt %%CIII, Page 79.
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Hr. Heiee etatad no, thnk wne not provided for.
Mr. Baker etatad the County provides air patrol eervLcee ae part of their
contract services.
Commissioner Curatalo asked if there are other servlcee that the County ie
reeponei6le to other communities without requirement of a contract.
Mr. Baker etatad the Chamber of Commerce had a meeting with repreeentat Luse from
the County end ae a concrete example the County used in the services that they
provide by mentioning the fact that they provide certain servlcee ne pert of what
<S'y do whether or not a city contracts for eervicea.
Chief Zeiner etatad the criare laboratory ie part of their servlcee to cit iee in
the County of San Bernardino.
Commissioner Curatalo etatad eo there are a lot of eervicea provided by the
County to comaunitt iee whether they era contract or not.
Mr. Heiee stated ye e.
Commies inner Retaily asked Chief gainer in dealing with a non-contract city and
n hasleide occurred in that city dose the County have a policy to be involved in
that.
Chief Zeiner etatad no, unless there was a specific request foz some reason or
another.
Commissioner Retaily asked Chief Zeiner Lf the County hne a S.W.A. T. team that
le on call that would assist ell aaenciae in the County.
Chief Zeiner etatad ye e.
Commissioner RetaLly stated even if the City had its own Police Department the
County's S. W.A.T. team would at ill ba on call for the City.
Chief Zeiner etatad yes.
Nr. Neies eteted the only point he wanted to make about coeie ie on Page BO
regarding ^if San Bernardino County moved to allocated overhead costs to Law
Entotcement Contract Services, the costs differential between an in-house
department and contract eervicea would be narrowed". He etatad he did not know
i[ things had changed since this study was done but the City needs to remember
Lhat the way that the Sheriff's Department charges for service, at least the way
they did at the time, i• not really a bed deal. He states in perspective in wha!
the CSty would ba paying for overhead both in terms of eervicea provided by Snn
Bernardino County which covers the City ae well ae the potential fot paying for
part of the Sheriff's, adminiatrative and Board of Supervisors salary, etc.
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Mr. Heine stated one of the coat advantages, Ln addition to the feat the City hoe
a spread of people that ie relstLvely small, the city still hoe a pretty
eubetnntial coat break. Ne stated the flip aide L• if the County toreW the
Sheriff to try and move to a greeter cast overhead antl a greater cost overhead
allocation approach could in fact narrow the[ spread. He stated that is one
financial per. spective, along with the way the contract structure ia, Le of
advantage to the cities and if the advantage changes it tends to narrow the costa
dif£erentail.
chairman Glace asked if there hoe been any diecuaeion in this vien.
Mr. Pulwood stated 6aeically no, that Nr. Baker hatl attended a meeting tar Aim
at the chamber of Connierce Subcommittee, and part of their diecusdon was going
Mr. Baker stated that basically they were not going to give a 100 percent
guarantee but they were Baying no they had no intention of tloing that.
Commissioner Aetaily asked Mr. Baker couldn't the County apply that under the
overhead other than under SB 25.
Mr. Baker stated yea but they could not perdict for that, but ,the Sheriff'•
intention was to continue under the came vien.
Commies inner Quintana asked what about contact on the Board of Supervisor's
itself, hoe the City had any inquiries.
Mi. Baker orated no, none that he ie aware oF.
Commies inner Quintana stated if the County knows that the City of Rancho
Cucamonga has done this study antl if they are aware of that then she Se surprised
the study on Page 81 is talking about a 31.9 percent overhead rate. That ie a
nice sum of money and she was surprised that the Hoard of Supervisors would not
be irtereata3 in c.`.a^.qi.^.y that.
Mr. Baker stated he was not sure they were aware of that aspect of the study.
Y.r. Fulwood stated that basically there hoe been some diecuealon that involved
the Board of Supervisor's and the City Manager on this particular issue. He
stated Larry walker had approached Jack Lam, City Manager, awhile ago and stated
that hie general feeling is that he wished that Aancho Cucamonga and acme of the
other contract cities would form their own Police Department because he felt very
strongly that it was coating the County more to provide the service to the City
because of the overhead type coats. xe stated out of the County's Adminiatrativa
Office, Harry Mae•e, hoe also communicated to Mr. Lam that hie feeling was that
the cities were not paying their fare share, and in hie opinion if hs can do
anything about it he will try to make aura that the cities do pay their fare
share. He stated then there are other Supervisors, like Jon Mlkels, who hnve not
vocalizetl that cams concern. Me stated it ie also hia untleratanding that the
Sherift•^ Department has not vocalized their committment to raising the costa
because of overhead, and as they see it they feel comfortable with the way things
currently are.
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caamlealonar Quintana asked does the City have a choice, if the Board of
supervieor'• wente to collect money that they feel ie due, in times whsn county
government end municipnlit les are Ln need of funds, she could not ses now the
County could pass up an opportunity Eor addit ionel revenue. ~
Mr. Pulwood stated that poeeibil ity does ezlet, and that other contract cities
heva been somewhat quite on this issue beceuea the issue can be raised sod can
suddenly be hit by a big bill and have to pay it. Therefore, he felt the cit tee
generally feel that this ie a benefit that they are receiving eo why ^rook the
boat^, He stated it was hie underetanding that the City Councii ie also aware
of the potential increase of Booking Peee in the future ana they will have to
consider it. He believed that ins general feeling ie that if the City ie not
currently paying for it, and if in the future the City would have to eav for ft
¢na a coat costa equal/ whet the City is currently paying, then the Council has
a serious dscieion to make at that point which ie whsther or not to etert Rancho
cucamonga'• own Pollca Department. Ha stated another thing that the city
Heneger'e otfice ie concerned with right now ie EB 2957 which has implemented e
Booking Pee, and technically speaking it is only part of the overhead coats, and
the fee will be retroactive from Suly 1, 1990.
chairman Claee asked chief Zeiner if the Reserves are allowed at any ties to act
ae a "Bent Unit".
Chief Zeiner stated no.
Chelrman Ghee asked Chief Zeiner if Lha Police Department would utilize a
Ae6arve Deputy as a Deputy on the days that the Police are short of staff.
Chief Zeiner et at ed no, he did not believe eo and if they did it would be on very
rare occasions.
Comm issLoner West asked Chief Zeiner what Type of things do a Reeervea do.
ChieF Zeiner stated they ride as a second man in the Pollcn unite, they do a lot
of backup call e, and a lot of them write a lot of tickets.
Cortmieaioner Yankovieh asked Mt. Heie• since the C.A.D. computer ayetem con
differential between an Officer and a Reserve
Conmiaeionsr Quintana referred to AppendlA: E(lj, PATAOLPI.AN Model, and eteted
that Mr. Hates indicated that the components that ware used in the computer modal
were the basic component a, and then asked Mr. Heise Lf there were factors !n
addition to these that are listed which were used to coma up with your
measurement.
Hr. Heise stated what Le shown on the page ie 1t, there were no additional
factors.
comzl eeioner Quintana stored then 6nck on Page 82 and on Page 1 in the lost
paragraph ehs asked Mr. Reiss in these two areas was he making a reconmsndation
that Lhe PATROLPLAN model be utilized.
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Mr. Hails stated the way the sheriff's Department has approached this in the peat
is that first of all they project what the workload i^ going to W by taking
combination of calla for service and how much rims that takes, than they ralste
to that other thinge that this generates which includes arrests, reports, etc.a
Mr. Haile stated they then add that up which indLcates so many hours, and this
ie where this study parts company with their theory, then they also add on to
this some officer initlatetl stuff which ie not calls for service. Ns stated the
way this ie done based on the research, etc., ie predicated on theca kinds of
things which are lumped into the Lime calculations they use are Ln fact things
that the City needs to use ^uncommitted" time for eo that those are for proactive
kinds of things. Ne et ated this officer initiated component tends to overstate
uncommitted time.
Camm leaimner Quintana awkwtl Mr. Mwlw. vb.n bw ..: u,.. :^ ~:......: .w,.. w.... w
in an agreed upon desired response tiew as she was wondering what variables~he
used to plug into hie model.
Mr. Heise etaied he uaetl a variety of things such ae time required to do thinge
which ie based on what time it actually takes.
Commissioner Quintana asked Mr. Haile eo the variables he threw in are on actual
time.
Mr. Heise stated yea.
Commissioner Quintana asked Mr. Helve if he would have the information available
to this Commission which li et the variables he plugged in.
Hr. He ire stated yea. they ace all in Chapter 1 of this study and he will pull
them out and write them tlown to submit to the Commission.
chairman Ol see called a rwcewa at 8:15 p.m. The meeticq reconvened at 5:3D p. m.
with all members of the Commission present.
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Chairman G1aee etaied rho Commission will take into consideration tonighte
discussion and report study and the next workshop will be in two weeks.
Hr. Baker asked the Commission if they wished to have the Consultant at the next
Law Enforcement study workshop.
N.r. Fu lwood stated that the Consultant plarta Lo attend the nett workshop to
finish the study and to answer any questions that the Commission may have.
Chief 2einer stated for the record that the sheriff's Department dose not agree
with the PATAOLPLAN model antl that they use a similar but different model to
project patrol County-witle.
ACTION: Report received and filed
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Peppier stated there is often cease where the station will gqL Lhat
h 2 to 2 years street experience and the Station him/her
ineoc just to get them familiar with the Cit policies and
procedures. here ie a Deputy that comae t Lon who already has
1-1/2 to 2 yesra a and knawe how to Ee Olficer, that is a blg~
asset to the Clty bscau the stet as someone who can go to work
almost immediately.
Commissioner Yankovich ae Pep ut of the depot iea that were
transferred in, how mn ee came dire the jail.
Lt. Peppier et of those Officers came from the ja
MOTIONt by Amodt, seconded by Quintana to receive and toff
repo~tion carried unanimously 7-0.
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O1. Discuss icn of Law Enforcement study, Part SV, to Diecuea the other
Coneiderat ions Relnted to Law Enforcement services Alternattvee end Discussion
of Recommendations for City Council Consideration. (COntieued frDe lebruary 26,
1991)
Jerry Pu lwood, Deputy City Manager, stated over the last 4 menthe the cammiesion
hoe been reviewing the Law Enforcement Study, and during the Commission's last
workshop had completetl going over ail of the information. tie stated the
consultant, Mr. John Ne iser was present to answer any questions the Commission
may had.
Commissioner Yankovich et ated that in the Law Enforcement analysis Mr. Xeiae
etatetl that ha perceives a maximum turnover rate at 10 percent. He then asked
Mr. Heise how he arrived at Chet figure.
Nr. Xeiee stated that was based on what was typically seen in a Polies Department
over the last 3 or 4 yearn in terms of the work hie off Lce had done. He stated
a 10 percent turnover rate really is not unueunl and eo hie office suggested they
should iry and target that rata Eor the city operation, whether having an in-
houee Police Department or contracting through the SheriEE'e Department.
Commissioner Yankovich aeketl Mr. Xeiee Sf he felt that anything over 30 percent
would then be excessive.
Mr. Heise etatetl it was not excessive, but it ie more than 30 percent. Xe felt
that one of the other things that the Commission may want to look at in the Law
Enforce-ment Study ie Che experienced distribution of officers assigned here in
the Rancho Cucamonga Station. Ne felt that it might ba interesting to look at
again, in addit Lon, just for the absolute turnover factor because ha thought the
real turnover rate was about 17 percent for deputies. Xe thought that was what
the commission was really looking at and was approximately half Of what it wee
last year. He felt ae long ae the City hne a contract, then the City le going
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to have the •i[untion where ofiicare are going to promote and the city cannot
keep them here forcibly to do that. He stetad it seemed to him that the tsend
waa posit ive but it sure would be ales to shoot !or a laver rate if the City
could keep doing that. He stated the 30 percent is not a magic number, it rsally~
la sort of what is eoamen experience right now end the rotation numDars are all
over the place. He stated the 10 percent !s based on ell of the Departments hie
offico studied over the last 2 Or 3 years and probably reflects about 20
Depattmante.
Commissioner Smodt stated on Paga 75 of the Law Enforcement Study regarding the
800 MHz eyetem it states ^...capital costa would inc[eaee by $162,000.00,
reflecting a higher unit coat aeaociated with 800 MHs equipment.", and then in
the following paragraph it states •Depsndinq on the variable costa associated
..-... ,,.,...... ..... u uiepaccn, capicu coats associated with establishing an
Ln-house Police Ospsrtment would range from $960,856.00 to $1,786,966.00
with. ..". He asked Mr. Hails, going back to the first paragraph, to set up tAis
500 lHts system it would cost n eapitel outlay of 5162,000.00 if the ctty had an
Ln-house Police Department.
Nr. Helae stated in addi[lon to the other costa the Study eatimatad there L a
bottom level in the report which Le the $900,000.00 number. He stated this was
touched on at the Commissionee last Law Enforcement Study workshop, it was
predicated on the city going with PRECON and net having to set up Lie own
Dispatch Center, but euentially having to equip mobile unite to bs able to
comounicate with PRECOM which was the cheapest option. He stetad the moat
expensive option was to set up the City's own in-house Dispatch Center put then
go with an 500 NHZ eyetem because of the frequency avnilabilliy iaeue and that
waa the top level number. Ne stated the other $162,000.00 gate added to the
other capital coat estimate which waa to eeeentiaLly to epopletely equip the
Department with a normal communication eyetem. He felt the real comparison wne
probably the 51,756,966.00 versus the $960,856.00 associated with PRECON.
Commieeianer Amodt asked Mr. Heise if the $1,75fi,966.00 coat was based on a
yearly ec[t.
Hr. Haiea stated no, that !a et art-up coats and, fo[ example, the mobile unite
Ln the patrol care theta Se some annual coats aaeocleted with that Aecauea the
you would need to set aside some dollars for replacements.
Commiaeloner aox,dt asked Nr. Neise iE the $1x786,966.00 coat included Sn Che one-
time investment for an Ln-house Police Department of $2,000,000.00 to
$3,000, 000.00.
Hr. Heise stated yes.
Chairman Glaee opened the meeting for public heerin9• addressing the
commieaioner was,
Reno Crowley, Stnf£ Coardinetot/Cavetnment Relations of 8conomlc
Developnant, Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce, 8250 Utlce avenue,
Suite 160, he stetad on behalf of the Officers, Dlractors and Members of
the Reneho Cucaawnga Chamber of Commerce he wanted to thank the Commission
Public Safety Cammiaelon Minutes -7 - Harsh 12, 1993
for allowing them to contribute to the Clty their participation !n this
Study. Ha elan thanked the City Hanagar, Jaek Lam/ Deputy City Manager,
Jerry hlwood/ aeeietant to the City Hanagar, Duanm Baker and Captain
Bruce Eeiner for their particlpetion and contribution of their time, Lnput~
and materials for this Study. He stated, ae preliminary copies of the
Chamber's initial survey findings were delivered to the Commluion and
City Staff through the office of the Deputy city Hanagar, h. simply wanted
to take this opportunity to thank one and all and commend on. and ell on
the story of this issue. Ns stated he is otfering an adtlltlonal copy of
the ^Initial summery of Pindinge of the Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of
CommeYCe Law Enforcement Report Subcommittee of the Govornniant Aelet ions
Committee" to the Secretary and requested it •e inclusion ae part of the
record of tonight's meeting. Hs stated he would like to remind one and
all that the Rancho Cucamonga chamber of Commerce, it •• dovernmest
as ~acaone Coaw.titN, and the Chamber'' Law Enforcement 6ubcommitCN is at
the Caanisrlon•• Nrvice.
Commissioner Quintana stated that Mr. Crowley has presented all this information
to the Commission and the Commission Ss vary anxious to receive Lt prior to this
meeting. Sha then asked Mr. Crowley why ha has not made a public summation of
the points the Chamber wanted to address, which she felt ware pretty Important
points.
Mr. Crowley asked camnieeioner Quintana iF she could tell him exactly what
points she was referring to specifically.
Commissioner Quintana elated for one, because she had prepared reeponaee, that
the report had pointed out the Eactore that are spelled out in Hr. Haiae' Study,
namely; quality of service and price of service, impact law enforcement has on
the business sector of the community, which is a very important section of the
community, and additionally matle recomnendatione for an additional study.
Therefore, sae thought the Commission should afford Hr. Crowley the opportunity
once more to bring that up, and was curious as to why he has chosen just to
present a written recommendation and not orally give the Chamber's reasons why
Ef,n public ie here oho have not been privy to this information.
Mr. Crowley stated that ie a goad point, the Chamber was under the
impression that haeically this Se essentially a shopping list of the items
that are of concern to the bueln6ee community. Ha stated the Chamlwr felt
this would conetiiute the Chamber's input at this stage and make them-
selves available to the Commission beyond that. He stated the Committee
ie still standing and essentially are at the Commiasion'e service, then
again the Chamber's Summary ie just for the Commieaion'e cons iderstion and
beyond that the Chamber ie here for the Commission.
Mta. Susie Jacobson, 8219 Jennet Street, felt City needed it's own Police
Department because the City is now too large to be serviced by the County.
Hr. Phil Talleur, 10967 Santa Clara Court, toncurred in tAe city having
it's own in-house Police force and supported any tax incrsaes nwessery.
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Chairman Glaae called a rscesa at 7:49 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at
8:01 p.m. with all Coemiselon members present.
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Chnlrman Olaea continued the pu6lie hearing.
Mr. George Bennett, 5167 Silver Mountain Way, felt the current Police
Department hoe done an outstanding job, and also felt that havLnq our own
Police Department would be excessively expensive, the coat would ba very
prohibit Lve, would lose the proficiency end quality that the Cfty now gate
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responeLVaMto the community end when people hnve complaints brought to the
Ponca Department, he felt confident Ghet the Police will meat with the
community and resolve them. Ha couldn't nee what more the coeotunity could
ask for wish thfe kind of Police Department.
Mr. Dnn Shelley, 7988 Henbane Street, stated he became nwara of thin ieeue
by nttendinq certain meetings on another issue and wan alarmed that an
ieeue of this magnitude can W debated without the majority of the
coamunity being aware of it. Ne asked that iha Public Safety Cammlaalon
recommend to the Clty council that this ieeue W placed on the Dellot.
Mrs. Cynthia Shelley, 7988 Henbane Street, atnted sae became aware of this
ieeue Dy coming to the meetinger attended eeero of the Commission's
workshops, and also hoe reviewed the Law Bnforcement Study. Sha stated
she has called other cities chat have their own Police Department and how
Lhey went about !t. She concurred that the Public Safety Commission
recommend to the City Council that this Seeue De placed on the ballot.
Hr. Genes Ullrichr 10410 Lemon Avenue, felt the co®unity nestle Lo hear
more at this point about thin ieeue battle it goes to Uie City Council.
He felt this ieeue ehou ld ba continued ae he wanted the opportunity to
review the Study and recommended that the commission hold a public heating
on this ieeue.
Mr. Michael Parer, 13245 Victoria, felt iha question here is 1E the City
goes to their own Police Departure:' can the City prevent the typo of
Lncidents heard this evening from occurring. Ha stated ha did not foal
that having our own Police Department is the answer. He felt another
question ie; ie [hate a viable source or method where people can go to
when they do not hove a response fray the Sheriff •e Oapartment. He felt
this commission Se [het avenue and felt it needs to be more available,
more known. He tell the Commission should look at the case load
standards, it that Officer does not Aava tM time to respond bateau of
workload or other eituat lone, Lhan the ca®Seelon neada to look at those
case loads and respond to that. Ha stated either tea CommLelon puts more
Oollera on the table to provide the Officers that opportunity to handle
that tees or commission says sorry individual citizen you era not on our
priority. He did not feel that this should be placed an the Off leers
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because it ie hie understanding that if the Polies DepartmenC Could ask
for 100 Officers they would, but the restraint is put on the Clty
contract ing those services. Ne stated ae for transfers, he felt that the
City gets the beet of both worlds but sometimes we do not get the beat] ~
sure the City will lose some good officers. He felt Chic ie a greet
community but hs oleo believed that instead of picking Pram 5 the City ie
picking from 30 or more well trained Officers. Ns felt there Le some
Ganef its with the transfer policy; if we have a "bad apple" do we
termtnate him in a eicy Polies Department or in a Sheriff's Department can
we transfer him to the jail where he does not want to ba and change
hie/her attitude. Ne felt the coat of the Sheriff's Department ie
reasonable and Eelt this City needs to ask for funding to the citliene,
just like the Pire Department did with the Paramedics issue (asking for a
Mello-Roos District for public safety). He Eelt that every new home that
yoae rn enouid nave a Mello-Roos where they ere paying for a Police
station or a small Sub-Station out by their Brae. Ha stated looking at
[he bottom line, the crime rate here is the lowest here than the Polies
Departments compared [o population and dollars.
There being no further Public response, the pu6ltc hearing was closed.
Commissioner Ketai ly etatetl he was at ill concerned with the turnover issue. HB
felt it takes 2 to 3 years working the same area and to get to understand the
area and to understand the naeda. He stated with a high turnover rate the Police
Department woultl never have stability, Officer awareness and intelligence of whet
the City ie alt about, community Feeling and understanding of community needs.
Commissioner Curatalo felt that the Sherif f'e Department policies for County-vide
operation are often in conflict with our local needs and intereete.
Commissioner Yankovich concurred with Commies toners Ketaily and Curatalo and also
felt the Commission needs to consider the Dispatch problem. He felt if the City
had dedicated Dispatchers, and Dispatch Center within our City, these dedicated
people would know exactly where certain streets are an6 which car to Bend. He
felt the reeitlents and bueineae community in this Clty deserve the boat of a
higher level of service than what the City to currently getting. He etatad this
Commission of 7 members cannot solve all the problama. He stated one of the
requests from the public waa that this should 9o to the public for a vote; the
City Council did not aek this Commission to do that, Ghat ie the Council's
decision.
Commissioner Amodt stated the public present tonight have made come very good
comments and the one way thia Commission can find out if the Sheriff's Department
ie doing chair job ie by hearing from the public. He etatad this Coemieeion Se
an advisory group to the City Council; the Commission listens to what the public
hoe to say then compiles the information and forwards their recommendatlone to
the City Council. He et ated the City Council gives the final word on any
decieione going to effect this City. He etatad it overwhelms him when he hears
about the costa of setting up an in-house Police Department compared with the
coats that the city ie currently paying to contract with the Sherif['s
Department. He etatad to get the eervicee that era given by the Sheriff's
Department; each ae alt patrol, forensic lab with soma vary well trained staff,
and school programs (such ae D.A.R.E.). He personally felt very eat ief tad with
the Sheriff's Department eervicee nntl, at this time, ditl not feel that the City
could afford an in-house Police Uepartment.
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Commie loner Curatnlo stated that many of the Sheriff's services, regardless if
it's a contract city or not, upon request by the local Police Department the
SAeriff Department must provide homicide bureau, detective bureau, 3•W.a.T. Teem,
and air patrol to the cities within the County. ~
commies loner kbet concurred.
Commieeioner Quintana gave a brief background of the Commission to the public.
She stated members of the public, including the Chamber in their written
summation, have suggested that li ie too premature to go to Council at this point
Ln time with a recommendation. she stated the pub! to indicated that there was
not enough preen and the public has not been afforded an opportunity to address
their concarne before the Public safety Coemleelon, make a recommendation to the
City Council. Sha stated Lhi. r,.mm~.. (.... __ __ __,- y„ylj„ waringe
regarding this end several public workshops and quite !rankly, axcspG "f or the
last workshop that this Co®leeion had, thr only r~preaantative that had shown
up has bean the Chamber of Comoerce which was at the last workshop. She stated
she was surprlsetl, due to Lhe polLt ical eeneitivity of thin subject, that this
hell is not caopletely filled up. She stated this Commission has been assigned
a task and that Lt is now up to the City council to decide on this lases. She
stated there will ba plenty of opportunity [or the public hers tonight and any
other people who want to make their feelings known, to pass sham along to the
City Council. She felt the Commission cannot prolong this any longer, the 6tudy
L dated June T1, 1990, end part of the racammsndetlon thL Caamiseion in making
thin evening i• based upon data that was collected, collated and presented in
Chia Study. She suggested, before thin data Se further out of date, that this
Commission proceed this evening with making a recommendation.
Chairman Glace concurred with CommLeaioner Quintana. He oleo believed that there
would be ample opportunit tee Erom this point on for public hearings. He stated
he waa almg9t posit Lvw that the Council ie going Lo eek for or Nnve public
hearings on this matter. He stated his concarne have been ref lectatl in the
previous comments made by tae Commieeionar's: (1) turnover rate ie n major point
with personnel coming end going, whether th«y are experienced or inexpe: Senoed
personnel, (2) proactive time was exceselvely high and if tae City wants the
service to remain high which he felt, ns a parent, it is important that there ba
plenty of proactive time whLeh ie important for crime prevention, (3) DSepstch
Service problem, that currently the Dispatchers are not familiar with the Cityr
and telt if the City council does feel Chet the City should have it •e own Police
Department then the city shoultl have it's own operated and run Dispatch center
would be advisable, because you get that relatlonehip between the Dispatchers and
the Of £iearst knowing haw the Officers work nntl the relationehLp to the
community, knowing whets tY.inge era, where the problems areasr being familiar
with how the City is evolving crime wise.
Hs stated he dose not recommend going to PRBCDM for the reason that it hoe nn
unknown coat variance and certain titles sa getting out of PR6C0M which would
cost the City more to pt ay in PRECOH. He stated lE the City dose go to its own
Police Department that the Officer's rsletionshlp and commitment to the city, ha
bel ievad, would in ices!! reduce the City's turnover rate. He stated if the
city's Police Department or even It the sheriff's Department had a docuarnied
^bad sppla• both agendas would go through the process of getting rid of Chet
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person. Ne stated h@ was confident in the Sheriff's Department's ability to deal
with their disciplinary problems. Ha stated the overhead cost' ieeue that the
City dose not currently pay which Se approximately a 31.9 percentag@. H@ stated
these are things that come out oY the County that the Clty dose not pay for,
services that are provided to the city such ae undercover drug tank foxes, air.
patrol, etc..
He stated the Study etatae that if the Sheriff's contract was applied It would
approach $8.1 million and also etatae that the City Police Department would eoeG
$7.5 to $S.d million, which would be a difference of $300,000.00 or lees and did
not feel that was a euraquntable amount. He stated at whet point the Sheriff or
the County would implement some of these overhead coats ie unknown, the City done
not have control of that. Therefore, the City mny go under contract ulth the
county for several years or even a decode and th@ City may never be charged sn
overhead cost. However, the County Board of Supervisors as waa as une county
Adminietrnt inq Officer have been discussing this for several yearn and urging the
implementei ion of certain overhead coats to th@ contract cities which would
include this City.
He stated at this time there Le an ieeue of the jail Booking Pees; every tams the
Police Gepnrtment books someone into the County facility the City has to pay a
fee for each person, and if that ie not overhead costa what 18. He stated the
ieeue of the capital one-tLoe costs to start-up an in-house Police Department of
$2.0 to $3.0 million Mhich he felt was quite a bit of money ns wll as $B.e
million each year to maintain the Police Department. He stated although the
Commission Se not burdened with the task of deciding money issues the Clty
Council will have to consider. N¢ stated if the overhead casts ie applied and
the Police Department and Sheriff's Department are close in proximity, then the
ieeuea are really what ere the advantages of a Police Department type of system
to the sh¢tift'e Department type of system, and what are the tlieadvantages of
those, and the costa would not be of great importance.
He stated the Conmission asked the question of City Manager, Jack Lam who
indicated at that time, granted this ie a year agor where nou the City ie
economically pressed, that he wee not ae concerned with capital costa as he wee
with the each year coats of maintaining a Police Department. He stated these ore
some of the things hr considered in the Study and some of the quest loos and
feelings heard from the public tonight and has eoroewhat of an understanding Erom
that type of interaction ae to formulating a personal opinion of what people
think, although it cannot b¢ exactly everyone's personal opinion. He felt it
would be great to go to a ballot measure and whether that is feasible or not,
once again back to the City Council. He stated in hie view there ere 3 ways of
forecaetin9 public opinion; (1) go to the ballot measure, (2) to commission to
go to another eompreheneive study, and (3) how the public votes. He stated he
concurs with Commiseiener Quintana in that the Commission needs to make a
recommendation tonight.
Commies inner Curatalo felt strongly that Rancho Cucamonga should be making their
own policies rather than having san Bernardino making policies for Aancho
Cucamonga.
CcmmLesioner Amodt concurred with commissioner Curatalo and alec felt it i• up
to the tit itene now to Look into the future and get the besC possible public
safety protection.
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cammiss loner Yenkovich alto concurred wLth Co®iesiones Curatako.
Commlesioner Quintana stated she thought this wne [oppose to be the final work-
shop on this study, therefore, felt it would be appropriate for the Commies LOM
io comment on the recommendntione that ware made by Mr. Heise in hie study and
then perhaps move forward fxao there. She stated Nr. Heise studied what the coat
would be, what the current costa for the 1989/90 contract year for the SheriEt'e
Department, looked at low, mid and high ranges of what an in-house Police Depart-
ment would coat[, outlined start-up coat[ with very specific rocommendatione of
whether the City should qo in-house ae far ae what the traneltion would be,
outlined liability insurance, and made lots and lots of [pacific recommendations.
Therefore, felt that Mr. Xelee had made a very thorough study and has looked nt
operating malntenanee and proactive patrol. Shs stated on Paga 82 and 83 of that
a~uuy wnere nz. Heise inalcacee wnac the city should do Lt the contract Law
sn[oresarnt wrvice approneh is maintained by the City, Hr. He1u made several
recommendations end indeed said that esvaral important contract madlticatione
ehou ld be required. She stated she could see that some of these requirements
have already been negotiated with the Sheriff's Department and come have Dwn
implemented, ana then gave a brief review of Page 82 and 83.
she stated that Chairman class brought up that the city hoe been raceivinq
eervicee at a rate which Le much lees expensive than what Lt should be. she felt
that Chairman Glace' point Se on target In thst tM City L currently being
charged with a markup fee of 7.4 percent and that the Mr. Hsiee indicated that
the markup fee coulA ties to 31.9 percent. She stated that the Chamber, in their
report, pointed tc this and indicated that there should be soma further study.
She [fated if you're making budgeting decieione it 1a very difficult io know how
much money you're going to neetl to provide for eervicea~ be they an in-house
PolLce DepnrtmenG or contracted eervicee, if theca Ss eo much uncertainty ae to
a group of political decision makers and if the county should come and say that
they should be charging more. she stated if the Eull markup were eppi Led, ea
Hr. Haiee pointe3 out, the costa would rice to $e.l million.
She stated on Page 3 of the Chamber's report, wnere St et 6tee •The Chamber
Perspective^, they have looked at the issue and are very concerned with dollars
and cents and coat effectiveness, and they have discussed this issue with not
only bueineeeee who have owner[ who reside in Rancho Cucamonga but non-reeldents
ae wel i, and who are ^...tlapendent for their livelihoods upon the quality of life
in Rancho Cucamonga and when they require law entorcemeni eervicee, the RenCho
Cucamonga Polies Department reeponda whether it is a contract or Ln-house
eervice.^ She [farad so on Pngee B2 and 83 of Mr. Heiss• Study and on Paga 3 of
the Chamber report we have reference to ^Aencho Cucamonga Pollee Department^.
She stated in the survey that was done by Mr. Hells [hers was satisfaction with
the eervlce that was being provided by the Sheriff•• Department.
She stated she wanted to bring up the lesue ns Commiesloner amodt did that this
ehculd not be n matter of pro-Sheriff or anti-Sheriff or pro-Polies or anti-
Pollce, this Ls a mniter of pro-Aencho Cucamonga. Shs stated the Clty has a
population in excess of 100,000 people, we ors a progressive City, the City wants
to move to have our own style of Pire eervicee, which the City has dons through
e eube Ldiary District, and she thought if the coats were not nn ieeua then eha
did not think this Commission would be arguing this as much.
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Commissioner Quintana stated apparently there is s perception that pewpla fell
more caofortable thinking that they have their own Police Department; if not, why
would the City 9o through the trouble of calling the head o! <M contracted
services s Police Chibf, why identify our squad care ae Rancho Cucamonga Police,
why have a sign that points to Rancho Cucamonga Police Department.
she stated based on that she will move ahead and make a recoamendation on the
basis of the Study that if monies ere svailable that the City should W looking
far their own police Department and further make a racommendetion if that Se not
feasible that the City Council seriously inks into consideration the
recommendatlone found of the Study for et iffening the contract between the City
of Rancho Cucamonga and san Sernartlino County Sherif f'a se fer ae contract law
enforcement Se concerned.
Chairman Ola0e concuzzw: .. _. ^~~^^mr Quintana if the City has the
opportunity to meet costs that the City a0tablish their own Pot Lce Department i...
local control, to cut out one of the bureaucratise Ln controlling our own fate
here in the City, we are a visionary City antl a City that LB very proaotivs what
we are doing. He stated there ere problems with the contract with the sheriff's
Department, not ineurmountabl0, however, they are problems that need to ba worked
out. He stated if the City Council tloee not see their way clear for the City to
start the City's own Police Department then he felt that serious negotiations to
change som0 of these things should occur.
Commissioner Curatalo concurred with Commissioner Quintana.
Commissioner We9G concurred with Commissioner Quintana also and stated it her
ideas were put into a form of a motion that would satisfy her. She stated ehs
has the same concerns a0 the okher Commiseioner'e and was not positive that if
the city had their own in-house Police Department that it would solve all the
Commissionee cancerne, but it le a start and if the monies are available then
that would be the way eho would want to go.
Commissioner Curatalo stated that if a motion ie made he would like everyone of
Commissioner Quintana'e concerns inclcded in that motion.
Commies loner Quintana etatedr to reiterate, the things that she brought up are
exactly what is in the Study.
MOTION: Moved by Yankovich, seconded 6y Curatalo, after careful consideration
of the consultant's Law 8nforcement Analysis, Public Hearing a, and Commission
d iecusaionr and in order to provide a more effective law enforcement eeneit ive
to local community needs and an increased level of service and current econgsic
growth, the Public Safety Commission recommends ae follows:
1) The City Council recognize that Rancho Cucamonga ie a leaser and
role model in the valley's Weat End, with a population exceeding
100,000 people and growing at a rapid rate. The tit izene of this
community deserve a level of service cane ietent with other services
provided within the City; and
2) The city Council support the Public Safety Commiesian in its
determiner ion that nn affecilve Lau Enforcement Agency ie locally
staffed and locally controlled; and
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3) Tho city Council support the Public Safety Commission Ln Lts
findings Chat the City and it• citizens deeerva tae long-tam
commitment and dedication that career officers provide; and
4) The City Council support rho Public Saioty Commisa ion and take
immediato action to dagin the eatabliohment and implementation of a
City in-house Police Department, to include ire own Dispatch ConteY
and dedicated Diepatchere; and
5) If the city Council, after coneiderat ion of the current economic
eituat ion, determines that the fornnt ion cf a Ciky Police Department
fie not currently feat ible, that the City Council take steps to
identify and pursue alternative funding sources to finance and
implement an in-house Ciiy Police Department; and
6) During the interim, while a City Police Department Le beinc fnnde.i
ana implemented, the Public Safety Commission recommends that the
City Council tako act ton to reeognlzo the notable daticlenciee
suoeinGd with rho Sheriff's current contsect and take immediate
etepe to correct and allmina[e the Following, to Include buC not
limited Gof
a) Bxceesive rotation of personnel and staff,
b) TAO lack of local control in setting policies and regulations,
c) a Resolution o£ current dispatch problome, and
^) The utilization of Rancho Cucamongs ns a training ground for
personnel at our tax payers expense.
Cortmieaioner Quintana etnted the would like to modify Commieeioner Yankovich'e
motion that subjectivity be removed from it eo the Commiealon can be ae objective
ae possible in the motion. Therefore, she aekOd that Item fb, Subsection d, be
removed ae part of the motion because the felt the Commies ion, ae an advisory
group, should attempt ae much as possible, although it fie difficult to devoid the
Commission of anything that could be perceived ae an evwtionally reaction, take
ae an objective of a viewpoint ae possible, and felt that it could Da perceived
ae an emot tonal reaction.
Commissioner's curatalo and Yankovich concurred to delete Item /b, Subsection d.
Commleeioner Retaily asked Commieeioner Quintana if her concern was just with the
phrase ^...at our tax payers expense.^
Co®iceioner Quintana etatod her point fie tact her intent here fie not to
criticize the Sheritf's Department, this should not be an issue of pro-Sheriff
or anti-Sheriff, this fie what Se good for Rancho Cucamonga or at least this Se
what the feal• is good for the CLty ae a whole. Taerefore, ehs was not
comfortable with the motion end would like to refer beck to the Study and the
recommendation ae ouil fined on how the Clty should ^beef up' contract law
enforcement if a Police Department is found not to be feasible by the City
council.
Chairman ales concurred.
Crnmieeioner Quintana asked Commieelonor Yankovich if ha had a target in hie
motion or if he was incorporating the target that Mr. Sa1ee expressed ae far as
the 10 percent cap on turnover.
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Commisaioner Yenkovich atatad ha hatl thought about that but felt it woultl ba
carting policy for iha sheriff's Department and the Commleaion is not here to eat
the policy for the sheriff •e.
Commissioner Weat caked couldn't the Commiaeion make the recommendation that the
Sherif £'e Department go along with the Study and use the 30 percent ae a guida-
line.
Commissioner Yenkovich asked Commies loner West if she was talking about a maximum
guideline.
Commissioner Weat atatad yes.
r•~w..i eel n..e ._...__.__.. -.,1»,. ...o. was Cww with ham.
Commieeioner Curatslo stored he thought that Commieeioner Yankovich'a motion did
state generally that the pzo6lam waa excessive rotation of personnel.
commies TOner Yenkovich stated under Item f6, 5ubsect ion a, ie Meted "2xceeeive
rotation of personnel and staff", antl suggested that he could add not to exceed
a maximum of 10 percent.
Commieeioner West asked Commieeioner Quintana whet was she thinking of, was it
inserting a percentage in that section of the motion.
Comma ee loner Quintana stated on Item t6 during the interim, while it ie being
funded, it eounde like to her that Commieeioner Yenkovich is recommending to City
Council that the City support a Polies Department and that if there is not money
available that alternative sources of funding be identified and pursued,
Commieeioner Yenkovich stated yes, that is correct.
Commieeioner Quintana et ated then ae those alternatives are being pursued that
the et.ty looks agsir. at the co.-.tree and ^tiyhtan" it up or do whatever to modify
it to correct it.
Commieeioner Yenkovich atatad year that ie correct.
Commieeioner Quintana asked Commieeioner Yenkovich if he also wants to make a
proposal to the City Council in the event they elect not to go with an in-house
Police Department, because the thing that he mentioned in Item t6 eounde like an
interim measure. sae etatetl shoo ltl the City Council not support an in-house
Police Department, would he want an alternative for the City Council to look at
ae far ae formulated contract control.
Chairman Glaee stated baeicnl Ly what ie stated in the interim part except make
it, more or leas, on a recommendational baste in the event that the City Council
stays with the Sheriff's contract, solely 6y itself.
Commieeioner Quintana stated she would amend Commieeioner Yankovich'e motion to
include that if the City Council opts to maintain contracted eervicea, chat the
concerns that have been outlined on Pages 82 and 83 of the Study, which were also
outlined in hie motion, be Ldent if Ted antl that the City Xanager's office puzeue
strict contract compliance and adhere to the recommender lone ae outlined by
Mr. Weise.
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Commisllonor Yankovich stated it to good is Ldsnt ify somewhat but to start to put
patches end logos an the Officer's sleeves and on the car, as long as they era
san eacnardino sheriff •e Deputise, he would have to disagree. ~
Cammiceioner Quintana asked Commieelaner Yankovich if thst were feasible would
he recommend it.
Commissioner Yankovich asked Commissioner Quintana along with the patche9 and
logos, etc.
Commissioner Quintana stated yes.
Commieeionsr Yankovich etatwd n tie •~ _ _ _:c -,: .. scanc as is and Lf
the Commission wanted to make another motian.that wouldVbs~fina.
Commleelonsr Quintana stated she had no problem with making another motion, but
felt that the Coaotissian needed an altsrnatlvs course of action to make should
the City Council not apt for an Ln-house Pollee Department.
Cammissioner Yankovich stated yes but just by eeyinq o.x. the Clty is not going
to have our Police Department but lets give everyone Rancho Cucamonga Police
patches, and lets put Aancho Cucamonga an the Police doors, he felt ii lust did
not seem right. He stated it Se not a Police Departarnt and at ill fwla some
resentment now, being Ln law enforcement himself for 15 years, being associated
ae n Police Department or n Sheriff's Department, the sheriff's want to ba ended
a Deputy Sheriff and Police Officers want to be culled Police Officore. He
et at ad you would have to be a Police Officer to know.
Commissioner Ketaily stated you are also dealing with a pulley issue that arises
with the shexiff'e Department or any orgsnization that there are firm guidelines
that you will wear certain patches, certain badges, certain epaulets, whether
they are sewn or uneewn certain stars on your •laeva if you have a certain amount
of time in. He stated the guldel inee for a uniform me rosy strict ao that would
be a policy issue with the Sheriff's Department.
Chairman Oleee stated he kind of ease whero Commte9ioner Quintana ie coming from
in the tact that our motion le euggeeting the Smplemantation of nn In-house
Police Department in the event that the Council decides not to do that for their
coneidereiione and reasons, then that leaves this commission without a racommsn-
dation ee to what the City Council should do if they shoultl decide to do that.
He asked would the Commission need to formulate a separate cation for that
evenivallty to make it comprehensive.
Comnlee toner Yankovich stated he felt it would be a good ides to formulate a
separate motion but he would like hie motion to stand as ie and since St is on
the floor and has already been seconded.
Commissioner Quintana stated ae long as the Commission is going to provide e
comprehensive approach end Lf the Commission wants to do it 1n the form of 2
motions, then that would W fine with her.
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AN0ID6D MOTION: Moved by Yankovich, seconded by Curatala, after careful
consideration of the coNUltsnt'• Law Enforceaunt Malys L, Puhlic Hearings, an0
Commission discussion, and Ln order to provide a more affective law entorcemsnt
sensitive to local community needs and an increased level of service and current
economic growth, the Public Safety Commission reeommsnds na followse ~
1) The City Council recognize that Rancho Cucamonga ie a leader end
role model in the valley's We9t End, with a population exceeding
100,000 people and growing at a rapid rate. The citizens of this
community deserve a level of service cone Latent with other services
provided within the City; and
2) The Clty Council support the Public Safety Cammiaaion In it's
determtnatlon that an effective Law 8nforcament Agency L^ locally
scarred and locally controlled; and
3) The City Council support the Puhllc Safety Caemlee ion Ln it'•
findings that the City and it's cltizem deserve the load-term
commitment and dedication that career officers provider and
4) The City Council support the Pu611c Safety Commission and tske
immediate action to begin the eetabliahment and implementation of a
City in-house Police Department, to include it•s own Dispatch Center
and dedicated Diepetchere; and
9) if the City Council, after consideration of the current economic
situation, defarminee that the formation of a City Police Department
ie not currently feasible, that the Clty Council take steps to
identify and pursue alternative funding sources to finance and
implement an in-house City Police Department; and
6) Dur Lng the Lnterim, while a City Police Department is being funded
and implemented, the Public Safety Commission recommends that the
City Council take action to recognize the notable defldiencias
aeeociated with the Sherif f'e Curren[ contract and take immediate
steps to correct and eliminate the following, to include but not
limited to:
a) Excessive rotation of personnel and staff,
b) The lack of local control in setting policies and regulations,
c) A Aeeolut ion of current dispatch problems. ~--anA
peeeenee~ ~ _ _ _ __. ___ __~ __
AYES: curet alo, Glaae, Ketaily, Quintana, Yankovich, Waet
NOES: Amotlt
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Motion carried 6-1-0 (Amodt no).
Commissioner Quintana moved that the Commies ion recommend ae an alternative
approach to the City Council, incorporetinq those recoamendations made by the
Consultant, Mr. John W. Heiea, on Pages B2 and 83 of hie report? the Ldeniiti-
cation, in reference of the points that were made 6y commieeionere Yankovich and
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Natally who pointed out that there are policy decisions to be mode at the
8herlff's Department. Shs stated that part of the reason that the Commise ion is
here ie because yes indeed there are policy decisions to be made and the Clty
Council ie a group of policy makers, therefore, if people Ceel comforiabls with
having a polka force, she did not understand why it ie a problem to at least
move forward in idant ifyinq unite as Rancho Cucamonga Police and to have patches,
ae we already have logos, ident ifyinq that ae well. She asked Lt. Peppler what
does St say.
Lt. PappLer stated there Se nothing on the uniform or the badge but the vehicles
have the logo.
Commieeioner Quintana stated although that may preliminarily present n problem,
in the variaua diecuaeione Ghat have token place between the City Manager, the
City Council and the ehezif f'e Department, the Commission has came a long way and
have overcome other ieeuee and did not eee why thin ie something that cannot be
overcame ae well.
Chairman Dlaee eeked Commissioner Qu intone to clarify her motion.
MOTION: Moved by Quintana, seconded by Meet, as an nlternal ive if should the
City Council feel or vote that Lt is impossible to go forward on an in-house
Ponce Department or feel chat the Clty should not have an in-house Police
Department, it Ls than recommended that the Clty Connell look at the Contract Law
Enforcement Servieee provLded and incorporate recommendetione made by Mr. Heise
on Pages 82 and 83 of hie report.
Commievioner Meet stated when the Commission went on the tour, it aeesw:d to her
she remembered eee ing pitta rea and some diecu aeion of other tit ies that are using
the Sheriff's Department and they were able to paint their care and wear their
logos, she than asked Lt. Peppler if that was not eo.
Lt. Peppler stated many o£ the cities that the Sheriff's Department provides
contract law enforcement to have Opted io have a certairt Color scheme or
different logo on their vehicles.
Commissioner We at asked Lt. Peppler what about the uniform.
Lt. Peppler stated no, the only identifier on a uniform ie a epecitic name tag
that eee the City logo on it, and maybe Hr. Fulwood could address this, as the
City is in the process right now of looktng at vehicle daeign, but thought what
they were waiting for wa• the results of this Study Lnetead of expentling funds
unnecessarily.
Hr. Fulwood stated yes, the staff has been working with the Police Department on
the daeign of a Police vehicle and the City Council has reviewed that daeign,
howeverr currently it ie in a holding pattern because theca is a lot of other
ieeuee such ea this one which Se still outstanding. He stated, in Nrms of the
uniformr the Clty hee had dieeueeiona on that part lcular issue and there is a
great deal of eeneitivity in the Sheriff changing their uniform. He stated, ae
meat Soned, there were a lot of items in the past, each as City staff actually
being involved in [he selection of key Sheriff personnel end that has changed eo
a lot of changes have taken place over the last year and who ie to eey what ten
or cannot happen over the next year. He stated currently !hat is one area that
the 8herlff'e Department uncomfortable with changing the actual uniform.
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Commissioner Yankovich stated there ware a residents who got up end spoke to the
Commies ion thin evening, which includes Rant Crowley of the ChamWr, and ha has
down 4 of those people who have said that they would want this to qo to the
public for a public vote. He then asked commi.aaioner Quintana is it going to
contuse the citirans of Chia City Sf 1 year from now or 2 years from nou, etc.,'
the Dlty finally mske^ the transition or wants to make the transition and they
put this before the voters, and everyone ie wearing Rancho Cucamonga Police; they
put it on the police carer printed in the newspaper, on oulletina, on flyers, era
they going to get confused; don't we already have a Police Department, what are
we doing.
Commissioner Quintana stated she thought when there is a cell for service, the
service ie Ldentlfied ae Rancho Cucamonga police, eo she thought that an informed
vntw~ wnnld 4nn .uhah is Fuse v1AM ...A •we~n _ _
stated someone did point it out that some residents already think that tharacia
a Rancho Cucamonga Pol ice Department, ao yes there ie confusion.
Commissioner Yankovich stated if they just put Police and Sherif E'e on the
6a llot, they era just going tc say we already have Police.
Commissioner Quintana stated with any ballot Seaue there ie nn eaplanation, both
pro and con, that ie put forward and Lf the informed voter takes the time to read
their ballot and to see the position on both aides they era golrg to know that
there ie not a Police Department.
Commissioner Amodt stated in talking with Aeaietent Sheriff wickum who asid that
if the people in the community want to have the logos changed on the care than
he felt that would be fine. He stated the converaat ion did not get to the
uniforms specifically but the logos themselves. He eeenied to think that was
alright. Commissioner Amodt stated he could not see what the big problem ie
because it sounds like a college, university or some high school debating their
uniforms. Ne felt when a Police Off ieer ie doing hie duty ae an Officer the
people he ie after are not going to worry about what he looks like and the pecple
that call him ere not going to eak !f he Le wearing a uniform or has a particular
logo. He felt if he places a cell Eor service he wants the Officer(6) to take
care of hie aced (e) antl ae far ae 6iokering about logos and uniforms to him it
is very childish.
Chairman Claee concurred with CommLesioner wmodt that this ie really not the
heart of the issue, the issue ie whether the commission wants to go with our own
Police Department or do we want to stay with the Sheriff's Department. Hie
feeling Se if the City does stay with the Sheriff's Department that they ors the
5heriff'e Department and the City should not be calltng them the Rancho Cucamonga
Police Department. He stated ha inquiretl where this term started oz originated
and whether the City had wanted this and really did not receive a def Lnllive
answer, therefore, felt there waa a lot of confusion about it. He stated the
other points Chet Commissioner Quintana'e motion made regarding Hr. Hsiss'
cecomnendat ions on Page 82 and 83 and felt there were good point e.
He felt if the City Council decides to stay with the Sheriff's Department that
sane of these issues Rave already Seen mitigated and soars are in the process of
being mLt igated. He stated one issue in particular, the turnover rata, Sa a
sort inuoua source of tliecueeion that should be dealt with and felt those are the
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more major issues that should he dealt with. Ha stated, since this i• kind of
a •st lcklnq• point with the Commission tAis evening regarding the uni[orms and
patches, he felt that particular point should De flecided upon at the City Council
lwel if they decide to stay with the sheriff's. Ne stated i! the Commiulon
mode the recommendation to go with our own Police Department and i[ Council ~
dacidse not to, then the commission should let the council decide soma of thaw
other Seeues, which they will receive all the input from the study. He stated
he concurred with Commissioner Amodt and was not uncomfortable with Cammiesiorter
Qulntnna'e motion. other than that, hie personal views 1a that a sheriff Sa n
Sheriff, a Police officer ie a Police officer and Highway Patrolman ie a Highway
Patrolman. He felt they should go with what the commission detesminee they want
for service9 here In Aancho Cucamonga, therefore, this is a minor point and may
cause confusion if the City goes to their own Po1!.ce Department but felt tAat
-- - ~„~ ,~~_._ __ _ _-. «,.,,e wo stated the Coemiselon can
paseualong their views and the Commission's minutes era going to W passed along
upon request to underetantl the Commission's feelings end concerns arse by
idea[ lfication. Hw stated he would not have a problem voting for Commissioner
Quintana•a nation because the other Seeues on Pages 82 and 83 of tAs study are
considerably more major than patches and logos.
The commission now voted on the motion as follows:
AYES: Curatalo, 61aee, Retaily, Quintana, Yenkovich, Waet
NOBS: Nona
ABSBNT: None
ABSTAINED: AglOdt
MDTioN: Moved by Quintana, seconded by West ae an alternative if should the City
Council feel or vote that it Le impossible to go forward on an in-house Police
Department or feel that the Dlty should not have an in-house Police Department,
it ie Chen xeco,umendad tF.at the ~ ~y Council look at the Contract Law 6nforcanant
Serv ices provided and incorporate recommendations made by Mr. Heise on Pages 82
and 83 of hie report. Motion serried 6-0-0-1 (Amodt abstained).
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comnieeioner Neet left the meeting at 10:00 p.m.
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Chairman Glass called a recess at 9:53 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at
10:03 p.m. with all Commission members present (West absent).
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Chairmen Class stated, if the Commission deems it to be appropriate, staff will
bs making a staff report to the city Council along with the Commission's
recommendetians concerning what the commiulon bee talked about end studiW up
until this point. He stated with the Co®Seeion'e approval he will also draft
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n letter basically staring that fhb Commina ion nee satisfied the raqu irement
given to the Cc.~„iani~n t„ acuay the program up until thle point and that the
Cu,mnieaicn will remain open for any further input to the Counc ll if they shoo ld
so deem that it be neceeeary.
Commission concurred.
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Coneiderat ion of AeexaminLnq the Paramedic program and study for
is for all Public Safely areas. ~
Jerr ulwood stated that this is commissioner yankovich'e item whi a brought
up at a Commies ion's gcala meeting ao etaf£ has brought thin i back to ~-t
the Comm aion'e dlzection as to how the Commission would +=.l;c t to approach
this iesu
Cn.m~; `_c:iwner kovich et et ed the reason that he brought item back to the
commLee ion for cueelon ie because he felt that the edit Fzogram is an
excellent idea a also felt that L} would Ganef' a cikizene and the
community. Therefo he wished to dLecuae it Eurt nd would like to refer
to Chief Dennis Aich Rancho Cucamonga Fire P etion District, for hie
input.
Chief Hichael stated back i arch, 1989, ther a paramedic master plan that
was developed and conclud¢ hrough a atu commieeloned through the then
Poothill Fire District Hoard v Directors. stated that particular study of
that master plan was considered t that by the 2ubl is Safety Commission,
approvetl by the Fire District's B d o tectora, and then the Public Safety
Commlaeion reviewed and made recomme ns for support with the City Counc L"e
concurrence for carrying forward to lent ion. He stated in November, 1989,
at which time it waa sent to a vote people, on the ballot it was a m¢aeure
which assent tally stated that for zoxi iely $4.10 a month the District would
be able to provide paramedic a of a ice and pae¢ life support to the
community) the election fails t required 3's voter aopravai.
He stated there are a nua other alternat iv unding sources other than the
one prep. aeC to the vot However, it was a felt that maybe the Fire
District could have do a much batter job in a acing the general puhlic
because there ie aril number of people in the publ who think that the City
alreatly hoe a param level of service provided by a Fira Diet tier. Ha
e[atetl the Eact is the paramedic service is provided the private sector
and there are no ranteee that level of service will he to when any majoc
catastrophe occ Decau9e Chey are not the City's resource they are private
reaourcae. He red the fire aervicea, ae it evolves nationall and ie not just
in this area r advanced life support (that being Fire District Paramedics)
ie the hiq level of service and probably Lhe moat affective le of service
in provi emergency medical care to victims in our community the pce-
hospita re level of service.
He ed it becomes poeaibly even more important for the City to toner r It
ri now because in November of this year the Fire District will be coneid ng
ng 30 new fire fighters. He stated the Fira Otatrict ie currently goin
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CITY O! RANCHO CUCAHONCA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Joint Meet inc of the City Council
and the Public Safety Commies can
A joint meeting of the City Council and the Public Safety Commlasion of the City
of Rancho Cucamonga waa hold on Nedneeday, Marsh 27, 1991, In the Tri-COmlounit lea
Conference Aoom of the Civic Center, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho
Cucamongar Cnl ifornla. The meeting waa called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Mayor
DennLe L. Stout.
Present were Councilmembere: Nilliam J. Alexander, Diane Williamsr Pam01a J.
Wright, and Mayor Denni• L. Stout.
Absent wne Councilmember: Charles J. Buquet II.
Present wore Commiaaionere: Pete Amodt, James Curatalo, Wayne Eetai ly, Elvi ra
West, George Yankovich, and Chair Dan iei Glaea.
Absent waa Commissioner: Petricca Quintana.
Also present were: Jack Lam, city Manager; Jerry 6. Fulwood, Deputy city
Reneger; Marti Higgins, Diaaeter Preparedness Manager; Chief Dennis Michael,
Aencho Cucamonga Pire Protection District; Capt. Hruce Feiner, Rancho Cucamonga
Police Department; end Jan Sutton, Deputy Clty Clerk.
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H• ITd9 OP DISCUSSION
B1. piecuaeion of De L R 1 ti c to La E f t d
Mayor Stout requested to meet in Execut iva Seeeion with the Council regarding
this item before they started the joint diecueaion. The Council recessed to
Executive Session at 7:06 p. m. The meeting reconvened at 7:20 p. m. with all
members of the council present (HUquat absent).
Hayor Stout orated thet Councilmamber Alexander asked to have thin Ltsm on the
agenda becauu the Council fall this might be the apportunLty to begin nuking the
Commiulon about their analyaie that lad to their decision on this study.
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Count ilmember Alexander etatad ha wanted to get the Commission's feelings and ~
thoughts behind how they arrived at [hair motion. As an exempla ha cefatrsd to
[halt statement ^C itisans of this community deserve a level of eetvlce conaietent
with other services provided within the City^. Xe asked if they cone Stlered the
service level to be unequal at the present time.
Chair Glass stated the general thought woe the issue of local control, since the
City has under its juzisdict ien presently fire service and emergency
preparedness, along with the other Facets of the City, and the Commission Pelt
Chat the Clty having its owr, police department would £aciLLtate earv;cea.
count ilmember Alexander asked whet they meant by local control because he felt
they had that nlceady thrcuyh their contract with the County, or it they meant
complete control oust the egancy by a body of people, because there was a
dlf [stance.
commissioner Curatalo disagreed that the City had local control because he felt
that policies set by the County Sheriff's Department tot County-wide opacatione
were not sensitive to local needs at all times, and were sometimes in conflict,
such as with the booking teas.
couneilmembers Alexander and i7right felt the booking fee issue could not ba used
ere a valid exempla, ere that wa• County policy, and not Sheriff's Department
policy, and Lt of Eected sit iee Chet atao hed their own police agencies.
choir class etatad maybe that was not a good example, bui in the case of booking
fees, the ntate are provided out of the substation of streets matle, and in many
cities with police departments they can set the criteria under which a person
would actually be booked or released in the field on citation, or proceenad Ln
another way, rather than being booked at the stet ion. Ns felt the sheriff's
Department hatl a set policy about eontluctlnq those Lnvaetigat lone, and if the
City had their own police department, they might have more control over that.
Councilmembet wrLght asked it eha City of Upland had to pay booking fees it they
book someone Into the County facilities, and didn't they use those faeil itiee.
commieeioner Curatalo stated yes, but the City of Upland Ls considering Seauing
citations rather than incur bookings.
Councilmember Nright felt ihet LE Aancho Cucamonga wanted to go in Chet
direction, that' could also.
Jack Laro, City Manager, clarified the booking fee Lssua, that it cams about due
to state butlget problems, and felt ihie Lssue could only W settled through the
court process. He sieted every city Ls looking for ways to decrease the cost of
these fees, end tae main Ldee wee to reduce the numbers of bookings. Ha stated
the sheriff's Department L working on a list of oftsnsn that could possibly be
handled by tits/release rather then booking to give to their eontceet cities.
Aa etatad the system the CAO of the County hoe sat up Ls such that they claim 1E
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the number of bookings L reduced, the amount for tae par booking coat will qo
up, eo in susnee tM amount owed will never change, se that L why hp felt this
matter would have to be mottled in court. He felt that issue was independent of
whether the City was contracted vita the Sheriff's or not.
commiee loner Curatalo stated another concern moss the sxceaeivs rotation of
personnel.
Councilmember Alexander staNd the Hughes, Haiss 6 Aalocleie6 report states "6y
moat quant itatiw measures employed to svaluaG law enforcement adequacy, currant
service Levels era high. Aa.mna. Hm.. ... ..n. s.... ~_ ,- - -- --- r -_ .l.r
laveL era equivalent to or batter than urvics level standards •EOr urban and
suburban communit iss of comparable sire and make up a Rancho Cucamonga...ws
found no cgepellinq svidsnp that there era quality problems associated with the
exieeLng law enforcement wtviees...the wrrent contract service costing system
providai a financial advantage to the City by charging the City only for the
direct co et of eervicss deliwrsd..." He felt the study indicated one thing and
the motion made by the Commission indicated another and toga Ltsd why.
Commissioner Yankovich stated the comparative cLtLs were Oceanside and Palmdale
or Laneastsr. Ths Commiuion felt Rancho Cucamonga might haw been compnrsd to
a city with the same population, but not with the same structure. They did not
agree with the cif US they wars compared with.
Commissioner Curatalo felt that generally there ware a lot of assumptions Ln the
report teak the Commission disagreed with. He stated an sxemple was a Eigurs in
the study that the department currently, at 104 personnel, hoe 49t proactive
time. When questioned about ihie, the consultant euggaatetl they only needed 30-
35! to be efficient, and when asked how hs arrlvetl at 49t, tea consultant was
very vague and did not give a clear answr. Tha Commission asked Lt this figure
included tiros from the tesetws since tMea were over 13,000 hours eantributsd
by that group, antl the consultant stated they dttl not include that in the stutly,
ao he wondered how they could negate that figure and not consider it in the
study. Ha felt this indicated the study wee inaccurate.
chair Olaes stated the consultant Lndiceted the proactive figure was probably a
few percentage points high, that it was shouinq about 41t, but would have been
about 38-39t, because the statistics were gathered from the CAD system, and that
system did not split out reserves, it just lists etatietics about the calls, eo
some reaerw time was probably in there because they handle a certain amount of
calla, etc., and that would bs in the cAn eyetma.
councilmembar Alexander thought the Subcommltlse from the Council and Commission
tried to keep up all these aspects with the stutly during 14 dwslopmsnt, and did
a good job of it, but maybe it would have been beneficial to catch some of these
things beforehand.
Commissioner Amodt felt they wars doing a critique o[ the study itsal[. Hs Lalt
Lt was originally planned that the consultant would conduct the study, and than
afterwards it would be up to the City to decide if they mould accept all or some
of the points covered 4n Lt.
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Hayor stout stated whether the City has a ponce department or a contract, the{s
are issues shat need to bs addressed. An example would bs the issue of a severe
deflc isncy of higher ievel mnnagemsnt positions in tae substation, where the
consultant recommends there be a lieutenant an each shift just llko every other
police department. He stated tho study wne also indicating theta were Goo many
patrol people based upon tae proactive formula, when he did not believe twat to
be correct. He stated to accept this document at face value without a review,
which ie why they asked the Commission to do eo, would have been folly. He
stated whether everyone agreed or not, the final deeie ion will be made 6y the
council. He stated he would like the opportunity to have a workshop on this,
giving the Commission the n ......~...u ~ . _ -ccva~al ~„ uiaowa wnat their
evaluation process was. Ha ~etatsd this moss ar long process, anA swan it the
Council maker a decision, it will be two to three years before they could make
any changes, eo he did not sN any pressure tc do something immed Lately. Na
asked staff to set up a workshop to disease this subject in-depth. Hs stated he
tlld not know how thi• ieeue would be resoived, but that it would need to be
resolved one way or the other.
Commie sinner Weet felt that part of the Cammieeion's recommendation was that if
the funds were availabU, they should have their own pollee department, othetwile
they should fix what they have. 9ha stated they Deead their decision not only
on the report and informat ion provided, but also an public input at their
meetings.
Mayor Stout felt it wne important to have the publte adtlreee the Clty Council on
this ieeue.
Commieeioner Aarotlt stated the two quastlone asked of him by citizens were fLret,
where would the City get the money to start and maintain a police department,
then secondly, what about the liability insurance. He statetl he was pleased with
the work the Sheriff's Deputment moss doing Ln the City.
Commies inner Carat alo stated another problem he had with the report moss because
when the consultant manCloned costa, the current contrast ie $6.5 million, and
he felt it wne not vary oleaz because Lt was based on 104 personnel. Teen when
the consultant says !t mould be $7.2 to $8.4 mill ion if they were to have their
awn police Department, the report refers to 120 personnel. He felt this was not
comparative because of the difference Ln personnel counts.
Mayor stout stated the point the coneultani was trying to make there was that by
utilizing Che Sheriff's contract personnel there are esrtaln services that ere
provided through the larger organization which would have to b• duplicated for
a smaller organization, i. •., homicide, forensics, etc. On the otnsx hand, the
coneultani is crying there are some deficiencies Sn his mind regarding upper
management levels. It was felt by Couneilmember Buquet and others tact they need
to adtlree• having higher ranking individuals making supervisory decisions on
midnight shifts and eo forth.
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ACTION: Worbhop to W held on April 22, 1991 at 7:00 p. m. to diwuu the law'
enforcement study, with Chair Olaw to prepare an overview of the points tM
Commiealon had cancerna about and information on how they arrived at their
motion, to bo provided to Cho Council prior ee thv weting.
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2. Discussion of Items of Muc~ 1 e n
C lesioner Nright caked about DLastsr Preperednua.
Mart igglna, OiseeUS Paparednue Nsnager, Lelt Lhey did wll d Cha
recant lnatorma, wish the major problems oecurinq during rush h attic.
she stet they had considered opening the EOC during one of the _ hours to
help coot to ruponw with soar of the ua getting stuck. Sh i that waa
a positive becauo it meant Che system wan working.
Mayor stout oak hunt Nleheel LE they kept el at latLcs on Lnq deaths due
to llooainq, bete ha felt many paopL who waa new to t ty were not aware
of the flood hiato the city, and do not always un and the problem an0
why then hen been eu an emphaaia on flood control at It waa not done to
just keep the etreels r.
Chief Michael, Fire Dletr stated shay do n eve those flqurea readily
available, but that it has n a long Lima ce they had a death due to
drowning during a flood. Ne • sd they cou back and manually check some
of the older records for that in Lion.
councilmember Wright askW what waa step !n Dieubr Prepaadneu.
Marti Higgins, Oieeeter Preperadnenn r, atatad they have £inali:ad [hair
disaster plan end it Sa being non th tinter. Shs stated tM nut phue
they are entering 1• a program t waa roved lent budget cycle for the
Comounity Emergency Reaponw T ing (eBRT hich taken them a atop further
then the inLtial praparedne Thia progr sins groups in industry, or
schools, or neighborhoods, eby they have a acing the incident command
eystam and teaches them h deal with tFw organs onal nepect• of surviving
a dteaatar.
Mayor Stout ukad it re wes tome method to check the exo provided by the
schools to ma]u • hat tMy are updated.
Marti Higgins, aster Preparedneea Nanagsr, stated they ar t provided any
information the schools in the sense of nn annex. She ^ the annexes
are the re ^ibil it sea the City hoe in general.
Councl r Williams naked if they followed-up with the schools ke curs
they still prapnred, or is it left up to them. She etetW she wa ntaetad
by ocher who was concerned that Mr mhool was negllqut in the[ a.
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