1 Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee May 16, 2024
Item (d)1.
Police Department
Reform and Operational
Improvement Recommendations
Status Report
Presenters:
Lt. Paul Hamblin, Research and Development, Police Department Tom Westphal, Deputy Director, Office of the City Manager 2 ● March 1, 2022: City Council approved Department
response to CNA Inc. recommendations.
● May 10, 2022: City Manager's Office presented reports from Reimagining Public Safety Community Advisory
Committee and Charter Review Commission.
● November 17, 2022: Department provided report to
PSFSS. Committee requested ongoing updates.
Brief History
3 Recommendations by Source
4 Recommendations by Priority
Currently in Progress, 67
Agree, but Not Started, 57
Disagree, 67
Completed, 348
5 Recommendations by Grouping and Priority
Currently in
Progress
Agree, but
not Started Disagree Completed
Total %
Alternative Approach 1 6 4 5 16 3%
Community Engagement 33 4 2 12 51 9%
Department Member Wellness 0 0 0 3 3 1%
External Analysis or Review 0 14 0 2 16 3%
Facilities Improvement 0 1 1 4 6 1%
Internal Analysis or Review 0 1 0 15 16 3%
Legislative Advocacy 0 0 1 3 4 1%
New or Additional Equipment 1 3 1 2 7 1%
Oversight 2 0 5 2 9 2%
Policy Change 24 13 40 208 285 53%
Recruiting & Hiring 0 0 1 16 17 3%
Staffing 0 3 1 4 8 1%
Technology Improvement 0 1 2 12 15 3%
Training 4 8 0 38 50 9%
Transparency 2 3 9 22 36 7%
Total 67 57 67 348 539
6 Recommendations by Priority
November 2022 vs. May 2024
104 104 104
67 120
95 95
55 57 57 57
67 252
280 280
348
0 50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
November 2022 May 2023 August 2023 May 2024
Currently in Progress Agree, but Not Started Disagree Completed 7 ● First Sign Early Intervention
Software
● Developed to identify at-risk
behavior in officers
● Alerts Department to situations
requiring intervention and officer
support
Early Intervention System (EIS)
8 ● Comprehensive, research-based
guidelines for crowd management
● Allows for rapid, organized, and
disciplined response to large-crowd
events
● All BFO personnel up to rank of
lieutenant receive training
Mobile Field Force Guidelines/Training
9 ● Placeworks Inc. will provide
consultation to the Department on
community engagement
● Placeworks staff is gathering and
analyzing data and meeting with
stakeholders
PlaceWorks for Community Engagement
10 1. Exploring Alternate and Co-Response
Models to Select 9-1-1 Calls for Service
2. Local Government Violence Prevention
Research
3. Community-Based Solutions to
Domestic Violence
City Manager's Office: FY 24-25 Priority Projects
11 ● Accept the status report update on the outstanding recommendations for reform and operational
improvement being tracked by the Police
Department.
● Align annual Reform and Operational Improvement
Recommendations Report updates with the annual
Police Reform Information Memorandum,
published each December.
● Direct the Police Department to prioritize annual
reporting on proposed reforms coded as “Currently
in Progress.”
Recommendations