Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee March 21, 2024 Item (d)1.
Presenter: Assistant Chief Paul Joseph
POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS AND
PERFORMANCE QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT
Today’s Topics
CITYWIDE CRIME STATISTICS:
- NIBRS UPDATE
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST:
- REDISTRICTING UPDATE
- ILLEGAL GAMBLING ENFORCEMENT
2 Citywide Crime Statistics
UCR NIBRS
3 Police Department
Redistricting
4 ● Current and historical response times
● Current and historical crime data
● Current and historical workloads
● Current and historical staffing levels
● Current and historical performance measures
● Audits and Police Department evaluations
● Industry standards and best practices
● Interviews with stakeholders
● Ride-alongs and sit-alongs
● Community input through meetings and surveys
Data Collected
5 ● Current Patrol geographic boundaries
● City Council geographic boundaries
● Geographic characteristics
● Population demographics
● Population density
● Traffic loads and patterns
● Technology and equipment
● Staffing levels
● Span of control
● Call volume
● Call severity
Factors to be Considered
6 Areas for Examination
Patrol Special Operations Communications
Staffing Span of Control Scheduling Deployment Equipment Technology CSOs
7 6
Roadmap
2 May 2023
Data Collection & Interviews
1 April 2023
Contract Signed
3 November 2023
Analysis & Community Engagement
4 January 2024
First Draft Received
6 May 2024
Final Draft Expected
5 March 2024
Second Draft Received
8 What is Next
Final Report
May 2024
Analysis
- Cost Analysis
- Report to City Council
- Budget Requests
Implementation
- Immediate
- Upon budgeting and
staffing
9 Illegal Gaming in San Jose
10 ● 1. It is a machine, apparatus, or device,
● 2. Something of value is given to play the device, and ● 3. The player has the opportunity to receive something of value in return
3 Features of an
Illegal Gambling
Device
Penal Code Subsections 330a, 330b, & 330.1
11 ● Residences
Rooms are converted to
house gaming machines
● Commercial Businesses/storefronts
Hide true identity of an illicit casino
- hair salons
- bars
- laundromats
Two Types of Illegal Casinos
12 Matrix and Bay 101 are the only authorized
cardrooms
All other casinos or cardrooms in SJ are illegal
SJPD units Vice, Street Crimes, and Metro
investigate illegal casinos
Vice is in the process of centralizing casino
investigations to utilize all Police and City resources (Code Enforcement, Planning, CAO)
Illegal casinos often harbor violent fugitives and
further other criminal activity (narcotics, stolen
property etc.)
13 Seven current investigations
❑6 residences, 1 storefront
❑4 of 7 search warrants already served
❑4 Street Crimes cases, 2 Metro, 1 Patrol
❑Search warrant in December: 33 firearms,
15,000 rounds of ammo, 500 lb. marijuana
Current SJPD Investigations
14 Questions?