AGENDA
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING NOTICE
JUNE 21, 2023
PUBLIC MEETING 4:00 P.M.
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Victor M. Gordo, Mayor
Tyron Hampton, District 1
Justin Jones, District 3
Steve Madison, District 6
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Javan Rad, Chief Assistant City Attorney
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CITY OF PASADENA
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2023
PUBLIC MEETING: 4:00 P.M.
PASADENA CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the regular meeting of the Public Safety Committee, will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 4 p.m. in the Pasadena City Hall Council Chamber S249.
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REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2023
Public Meeting: 4:00 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249
PUBLIC MEETING – 4:00 P.M.
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OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
INFORMATION ITEM
1. AB 481 MILITARY EQUIPMENT REVIEW*
2. REVIEW OF SHOTSPOTTER SYSTEM*
3. 2023 PROACTIVE FIREWORKS MITIGATION EFFORT*
4. FOLLOW-UP REPORT - URBAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HUMAN-COYOTE INTERACTIONS*
ADJOURN
INFORMATION ITEM
1. AB 481 MILITARY EQUIPMENT REVIEW*
2. REVIEW OF SHOTSPOTTER SYSTEM*
3. 2023 PROACTIVE FIREWORKS MITIGATION EFFORT*
4. FOLLOW-UP REPORT - URBAN WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HUMAN-COYOTE
INTERACTIONS*
AB 481 MILITARY EQUIPMENT REVIEW
* * * REVISED * * *
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Military Equipment Use Policy
Assembly Bill 481
Military Equipment Use
Annual Update
Lt. Monica Cuellar
June 21, 2023
Police Department
Presentation Overview
• Recap of Assembly Bill 481 (AB 481)
• Military Equipment Definition
• AB 481 - Equipment Categories
• Requirements of Annual Review
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AB 481 Recap
• AB 481 became Effective January 1, 2022
• Adopted policy on June 20, 2022
• Ensures there are safeguards, including transparency, oversight, and accountability measures in place, for the equipment in use
• Primary purpose of equipment is for de-escalation and preservation of life
• AB 481 requirements:
> Law enforcement agencies to obtain approval of the governing body related to funding, acquisition, or use of military or military style equipment
> Adoption of a military equipment use policy by ordinance > Annual reporting of military type of equipment
> Post policy on agency’s website for as long as the military equipment is available for use
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Military Equipment Definition
• Equipment includes:
> Items that are “military” style equipment per AB 481
> Any surplus equipment received from the Department of Defense / Military
• Equipment considered industry standard or tools of the trade • Majority of equipment is considered non-lethal equipment. • Designed to ensure public safety:
> De-escalate violent incidents
> Minimize the use of lethal force
> Reduce injury to either suspects or officers
• Most equipment sourced through direct purchases and
seizures
• Items are rarely used, but available if necessary for officers to provide for public safety
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AB 481 – Equipment Categories
Military Equipment Categories: (15 Total identified categories – 9 Types in Pasadena)
1. Unmanned, remotely piloted, powered aerial or ground vehicles • Tactical Robot
• Unmanned Aerial System
2. Mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles or armored personnel carriers • BearCat Armored Rescue Vehicles
5. Command and control vehicles that are either built or modified to facilitate the operational control and direction of public safety units • Mobile Command Post
• Mobile Operations Center
7. Battering rams, slugs, and breaching apparatuses that are explosive in nature • Lock defeating / breaching shotgun rounds
8. Firearms of .50 caliber or greater – Specifically Excludes shotguns • .50 caliber precision rifle
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AB 481 – Equipment Categories
Military Equipment Categories (cont.):
9. Ammunition of .50 caliber or greater - Specifically Excludes shotgun rounds • .50 caliber ammunition
12. Flashbangs and explosive breaching tools, “tear gas,” and “pepper balls,” (excludes standard handheld pepper spray)
• Flashbang Distraction Devices
• Chemical Agents (CS & OC)
• PepperBall Launcher and rounds – PAVA Powder
14. Projectile launch platforms and associated munitions • 40mm launchers (both single and multi-launchers)
• 40mm impact munitions
16. Equipment controlled by the Federal Defense Logistics Agency • Helicopters
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AB 481 – Annual Report
• Per AB 481- Section 7072(a):
(1) A summary of how the military equipment was used and the purpose of its use (2) A summary of any complaints or concerns received concerning the military equipment (3) The results of any internal audits, any information about violations of the military equipment use policy, and actions taken in response
(4) The total annual cost for each type of military equipment, including acquisition, personnel, training, transportation, maintenance, storage, upgrade, and other ongoing costs
(5) The quantity possessed for each type of military equipment (6) Intent to acquire additional military equipment in the next year 7 Police Department
AB 481
8 QUESTIONS?
REVIEW OF SHOTSPOTTER SYSTEM
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Review of ShotSpotter System
(recently changed company name to SoundThinking, Inc.)
Commander William Grisafe
June 21, 2023
Police Department
BACKGROUND
• January of 2019, the City began to see a surge in gun violence that included an increased number of “Shots Fired” CFS and gun related crimes:
> Assaults using a firearm(s)
> Robberies utilizing a firearm(s)
> Illegal possession of a firearm(s)
> Felons in possession of a firearm(s)
> Possession of Ammunition
> Possession of silencer
• Gun violence resulted in 39 members of the Pasadena community either killed or injured (January 2019 – June 2021)
• The Pasadena Police Department seized almost 700 firearms 2 Police Department
BACKGROUND
• Examined ShotSpotter system to determine if it could assist in reducing on-going violence
• ShotSpotter system is an acoustic gunshot detection, alert, and analysis system designed to enhance the Police Department’s response & investigation into gun violence incidents
• Deterrent for would-be shooters while providing precise location for a rapid response by first responders
• System’s core capabilities
> Detect – quickly locates gunfire incidents enabling a fast & precise response > Protect – comprehensive information provides critical response information > Connect – Rapid response by officers to communities impacted by gun violence
• Improves the reporting of shooting incidents
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BACKGROUND
• Provided ShotSpotter with 2 ½ years of gun related crime data • Analysis of data determined location of sensors
• Proposed 3 square mile area of Pasadena community most impacted
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BACKGROUND
• ShotSpotter technicians installed various sensors throughout the proposed area
• The system listens for loud, impulsive sounds (i.e. gunshots) which generate an incident
• Sound triangulation determines shot location within an 82 ft. radius • Smaller caliber firearms and guns fired from within a building or vehicle are not guaranteed to register on system
• 2 Phase review
> Artificial Intelligence software reviews and filters out any non-gunfire incidents
> ShotSpotter’s Incident Review Center for verification by acoustic experts • All confirmed gunfire incident are sent out to users via app within 60 seconds or less
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BACKGROUND
How ShotSpotter System Works
6 Data Provided
1. Precise location
2. Date/Time Stamp
3. Multiple shooters
4. Automatic / high capacity
5. Short audio clip of shots
Police Department
BENEFITS OF SYSTEM
• Accurate location = faster response by first responders > Life saving measures
> Preserve evidence
> Locate witnesses
> Locate/apprehend shooting suspect(s)
• Better information for officers
> Identifies multiple shooters and number of rounds
> Types of weapons – high capacity or fully automatic weapons > Information provides critical information for a safer response • Sound evidence can assist in criminal proceedings – “Where & When”
> Only a piece of the investigation – arrests not made solely on ShotSpotter evidence
> Sound evidence works in concert with other forensic evidence / detective investigation
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REVIEW OF SYSTEM
• ShotSpotter system was approved by Council September of 2021 and went live in Pasadena on February 9, 2022
• “Gunshot” or “Probable Gunshot” Alerts
> 2022 received 109 alerts
> 2023 received 80 alerts (1st quarter)
> Received only 42 correlating 9-1-1 calls
> 78% of shootings were unreported
> When an alert is received, if officers are unable to locate evidence, it is difficult to determine if it was an actual shooting 8 Police Department
REVIEW OF SYSTEM
*Years 2020 & 2021 numbers do not capture unreported shootings 9 Year Shooting Investigations Victims Injured or Killed 2020 59 28
2021 73 23
2022 49 14
2023 20
(YTD through May 31st, 2023)
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REVIEW OF SYSTEM
Significant Incidents
• Highlights
> February 27, 2022 - A female victim shot multiple times after a physical altercation. Officers were on-scene in less than 2 minutes and immediately began to provide medical care.
> April 29, 2022 - ShotSpotter alerted officers to a single gunshot. Officers arrived at the identified location and contacted group of intoxicated individuals who admitted to firing a gun. 2 firearms were recovered. > October 10, 2022 - Officers responded to a gunfire alert and approached a male who was in the immediate area of where ShotSpotter had directed them. The male fled on foot as officers contacted him and discarded a firearm while running away.
> January 8, 2023 – Officers arrived on scene of a shooting within 1 minute to provide life saving measures to male who had sustained multiple gunshots. 10 Police Department
REVIEW OF SYSTEM
Significant Incidents
• Highlights (cont.)
> March 4, 2023 – Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and stopped a vehicle that was fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. The driver of the vehicle had sustained a minor gunshot injury and was found to possess a loaded firearm in his vehicle.
> March 25, 2023 – Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and located several people in vehicles in the immediate area of where the gunshot was detected. Evidence of the shooting and a firearm were recovered from one of the involved vehicles.
• Shooting Incidents when ShotSpotter Performed Poorly
> October 30, 2022 – Homicide investigation – sound was captured but no alert received
> January 8, 2023 – The system mis-located the previously mentioned shooting by approximately 30 yards and failed to advise a fully automatic weapon was used during the shooting
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FISCAL IMPACT
• Year 1 - $220,000 from unappropriated fund balance in the Supplemental Law Enforcement Fund 201
• Year 2 - $210,000 Budgeted in the Public Safety Augmentation Fund 202 • Year 3 - $210,000 Budgeted in the Public Safety Augmentation Fund 202 12 2023 PROACTIVE FIREWORKS MITIGATION EFFORT
Fire, Police and Public Information Office
2023 Proactive Fireworks
Mitigation Effort
Chad Augustin, Fire Chief, PFD
Art Chute, Deputy Chief, PPD
Lisa Derderian, Public Information Officer
Fire, Police and Public Information Office
Where Do We Stand?
• In 2022 California continued to experience
unprecedented fire loss due to wildfires
• Suppression Costs in 2022 surpassed over $1.2
Billion Dollars
• 2023 continues to present with extreme fire
conditions due to the rain and growth of
vegetation
2 2022 Firework Enforcement:
Fireworks seized:
Dangerous: 19 Lbs.
Citations Given:
Prior to Fourth of July: 1
Fourth of July: 8
Total Citations: 9
3 Calls for service:
July 4, 2022 129
July 4, 2021 248
Firework related fires: None
Firework related injuries: None
Fire, Police and Public Information Office
2023 Initiatives
• Reduce Fireworks activity
• Increase public awareness
• Reduce potential for bodily harm
• Reduce overall risk of fire loss to the
community
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Efforts to Date
• Early activation of Fireworks Task Force
• Robust messaging campaign
• 4000 Hazardous vegetation inspections
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Efforts to Date cont.
• Partnerships with local
media for increased
awareness
• Increased patrols in
days prior to the 4
th of
July
• Press conference June
28 th to kickoff efforts
• Engagement of all
media outlets in English
and Spanish languages
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Messaging
• ALL Fireworks are illegal in the City of Pasadena
> 26 A-Frame signs posted around city entrances to
neighborhoods
> City electric signage
> QR Codes to Citizen Service Center
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Community Outreach
• Community Outreach & Public Info Messages
> Dozens of “Zero Tolerance” posts on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram via City main accounts, plus PD, FD, Rose Bowl Stadium, City Council, PWP, Library and stakeholder accounts > Website - main City & Dept. Homepages
> Online & print ads Pasadena Now &
Pasadena Weekly
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• Widespread use of messaging by
prevention and enforcement teams
leading up to July 4
th
• Use of on-duty Pasadena FD personnel
patrolling high risk areas
• Press conference June 28th
Upcoming Efforts
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Fireworks Number
Community & Media Outreach
Telephone Number used in all messages to
Report Illegal Fireworks:(626) 744-4241
QR code:
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Teams
• Thirteen Pasadena Police Department
Personnel
> 12 officers/ corporals, 1 supervisor
• Multiple two-officer teams in marked
police vehicles
• Citywide Focused Patrols
> History of illegal (fireworks) activity
> Visual observations of fireworks activity
> Calls for Service (citizen)
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Administrative Citation
• Pasadena Municipal
Code section 14.30.020
– Possession, Sale and
Discharge of Fireworks
• PMC was amended in
2018 to allow for
issuance of
administrative citations
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Fire, Police and Public Information Office
Summary
• Summary
> Early outreach with a goal of eliminating illegal
fireworks use
> Reduce risk of injury and fire
> City continues to be a “Zero Tolerance”
community for fireworks & enforcement, but
emphasis is on education, public
information/awareness and confiscation.
> Ordinance holding property owners and tenants
responsible for illegal activity is a useful tool for
enforcement officers in gaining compliance
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MANAGEMENT PLAN AND HUMAN-COYOTE
INTERACTIONS
* * * REVISED * * *
FOLLOW-UP REPORT
URBAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN
AND HUMAN-COYOTE INTERACTIONS
Public Safety Committee
June 21, 2023
Public Health Department
Urban Wildlife Management Plan
• Follow-up to April 19, 2023 PSC Meeting
• Community concerns
> Observed coyote behavior
> Perceived increase in coyote population
> Attacks on pets and lack of fear for humans
• Committee requested
> Review of lethal control in Torrance and other cities > Review San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
(COG) Neighborhood Coyote Program
> Options for addressing community concerns
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Lethal Control in LA County
• Of the 88 cities in the county, Torrance is the only city to use lethal control as an approach to reducing the
coyote population
• Several other cities consider lethal control when a
coyote is:
> Involved in an unprovoked, confirmed attack on a
human
> Showing aggressive behavior (bare teeth, lunging,
nipping, etc.) toward humans
• City of Pasadena will consider lethal control if there is an unprovoked, confirmed attack on a human
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4 City of Torrance Approach
Date Action
Jun 2016 Adoption of Coyote Management Plan (CMP)
Sept 2019 Amended CMP to establish five-month trapping season Oct 2019 – Mar 2020 Five-month trapping season completed Oct 2020 – Mar 2021 Five-month trapping season completed Nov 2021 Amended CMP to start year-round weekday trapping Sep 2022 Added weekends in year-round trapping program
Period Coyotes
Trapped
Coyote
Sightings
Dog Attack Cat Attack Dog Fatality Cat Fatality Cost
Oct 2019 –
Mar 2020
14 276 $74,000
Oct 2020 –
Mar 2021
15 315 $74,000
Oct 2021 –
Sep 2022
31 Not yet
reported
$55,200
Oct 2022 –
May 2023
18 217* 5 4 0 23 $79,200
*Data is for approximately 7 months but does not include the period of the year when coyote activity increases Public Health Department
Regional Services
• San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments
(COG) Neighborhood Coyote Program
> Public outreach services for member cities
> Offers a comprehensive reporting system
• UWMP aligns with best practices presented in
COG Wildlife Management Framework
> Coexistence
Hazing
Eliminating attractants
> Public education
> Reporting system
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Five Recommendations
1. Increase public outreach services
2. Improve local coyote activity reporting
system
3. Convene a panel of coyote experts to
improve understanding of effective
approaches
4. Hire a consultant to conduct a field study
where community concerns are heightened
5. Support residents to strengthen protections
against coyote intrusion
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1. Increase Public Outreach Services
• Build on or expand current services offered by
Pasadena Humane and Citizen Service Center
> Targeted public outreach and education
> Responding to community concerns
> Campaign to encourage public to report sightings
• Dedicated resources focused on coyotes
• Potential options for exploration
> Pasadena Humane
> Citizen Service Center
> Contract COG Neighborhood Coyote Program
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2. Improve Local Reporting System
• Quality local data is needed
> Seek system improvements to map concerns using
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
> Use data to identify neighborhood hotspots, launch
targeted community outreach, and other interventions
• Potential options for exploration
> System enhancements for the Citizen Service Center
> Promote use of Coyote Cacher
> Contract COG Neighborhood Coyote Program
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3. Convene a Panel of Coyote Experts
• "Rebound effect" is based on dated research
• Research on lethal control as a method for
coyote population management is inconclusive
• The city relies on CA Fish & Wildlife for guidance
> The state agency maintains that lethal control is
not an effective strategy for reducing human
coyote interactions
• Hosting a panel for the public may help improve
understanding of coyote populations and
reducing conflicts
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4. Hire Consultant to Conduct Field Study
• For one or more areas of the city where
concerns are heightened, hire a consultant to
conduct a field study
> Assess neighborhood coyote population
> Directly observe coyotes to understand behavior
> Identify neighborhood food sources and other
attractants
• Recently, consultants prepared
comprehensive coyote reports for Culver City
and Manhattan Beach
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5. Support Protections Against Intrusion
• There are several effective methods for
strengthening properties against coyote intrusion
> Coyote rollers
> Taller fencing
> Lighting
• Potential options for exploration
> Incentives or financial assistance to property owners > Offer technical assistance to comply with the zoning
code in historic districts
> Review the zoning code to assess conflicts
between coyote deterrents and zoning restrictions
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Recommendations
• The recommended strategies:
> Expand resident support to address concerns
> Increase resources for public education
> Improve coyote activity reporting systems
> Enhance understanding of coyote behavior in
neighborhoods with heightened concerns
> Improve our understanding about coyote
populations and effective approaches
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Next Steps
• Define objectives for recommendations
approved by the Public Safety Committee
• Assess potential cost of implementing objectives
and seek budget amendment, if needed
• Return to Public Safety Committee periodically to
report progress and discuss data trends
• Assess our approach in July 2024
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Questions
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