Oversight_Panel
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 JUSTICE AND COURAGE OVERSIGHT PANEL
October 22, 2003
City Hall, Room 416
9:00am – 12:00pm
Minutes
Oversight Panel Members in Attendance:
Co-Chair Dorka Keehn, Commission on the Status of Women (COSW)
Belle Taylor-McGhee, Department on the Status of Women (DOSW)
Ken Theisen, Bay Area Legal Aid
Beverly Upton, San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium
Barbara Brooten Job
Beverly Green Simmons, Greenbook Initiative
Manuel Vasquez, Mental Health Services
Call to Order and Roll Call
The meeting was called to order by Co-chair Dorka Keehn at 9:00.
October 22, 2003, Meeting Agenda
Change made to Item 5, the first committee update came from the Interdepartmental Communications and Coordination Committee. The agenda was adopted with the change. m/s/c/ (Brooten Job/Theisen/Unanimous)
July 23, 2003& October 2, 2003, Meeting Minutes
1. There were changes made to the July 23, 2003, draft minutes. A) On page 4 change “Ms. Upton furthered,” to “Ms. Upton asked.” B) Change “Co-chair Leal furthered” to “Co-chair Leal proposed.” C) Mayor’s Office change “budget for Justice and Courage” to “budget of JUSTIS.”
2. There were changes to the October 2, 2003, draft minutes. A) On page 4 under Other Issues, change Sheriff to “dedicate one day” to “at least one day.” B) Remove “1000 per day served.”
Draft meeting minutes of 7/23/03 and 10/2/03 were approved with changes. m/s/c/ (Theisen/Upton/Unanimous)
October 2, 2003, Item 3
Future Goals, Objective and Timeline
There was discussion on increasing community participation on the Justice and Courage Project. Co-chair Keehn stated that the Justice and Courage Project is looking for an Oversight Panel member from the Asian Pacific Island community. Belle Taylor-McGhee added that she would like to see the Oversight Panel advance efforts in recruiting community members to participate on the committees. Ken Theisen stated that he did not see the problem as a lack of outreach but as a time commitment issue because agency staff are stretched to the limit. He suggested approaching the executive directors of the funded organizations to discuss allotting time for staff to attend. He stated that Bay Area Legal Aid allows him to participate because of the benefit to clients they serve. Beverly Upton stated that both time and resources are issues, and that she can participate because she does not have a client load. Ms. Upton recommended that the Oversight Panel inform the public during the press conference they would like to have more community involvement. Beverly Upton and the Domestic Violence Consortium (DVC) committed to contacting executive directors to encourage staff participation. Beverly Green-Simmons stated Greenbook has an extensive email list of providers in the community and if she could get a brief email description of the Project she will email it out. Beverly Upton stated she has an email list and will send it out to her list as well.
Action: Beverly Upton through the DVC will commit to contacting domestic violence community executive directors and recruit staff. Beverly Green-Simmons and Beverly Upton will email a list of providers in the community information on the J&C Project. Justine McGonagle will email a brief description to Ms. Upton, Ms. Green-Simmons and to the Oversight Panel members.
Create Performance Measures
Rosario Navarrette, DOSW Deputy Director, stated that performance measures or outcomes will come from each of the committees in addition to those of the Justice and Courage Report. Ms. Navarrette stated that the DOSW staff will work with the Protocols Committee and review the J&C Report recommendations. Additionally, she added that the Interdepartmental Communications and Coordination Committee will help the committees develop standards.
Goal II, C – To Present a Domestic Violence Module to be Integrated with JUSTIS
Oli Sadler, DTIS representative, has assigned a staff person from her Department to assist DOSW work on the developing of a reporting structure for the domestic violence year-end report. Co-chair Keehn asked about the issues around funding the domestic violence module. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that she could not estimate the cost but the JUSTIS Governance Council will address this issue.
Eileen Hirst, Sheriff’s Department, spoke on behalf of the JUSTIS Governance Council and stated she also couldn’t comment on the cost of the domestic violence module, however, she wanted to address the Oversight Panel on the JUSTIS budget. She stated that there is unspent money from last year, and that Gregg Lowder the Executive Sponsor, will have more details in the next week. The Mayor and Controller’s Offices are assessing the State decreases and have had to re-examine the budget. Ms. Hirst stated that the budget determines the priorities of the JUSTIS project. She stated those departments working on case management systems are incorporating the domestic violence module pieces which need to be there. Ms. Hirst stated that the JUSTIS Governance Council meeting has been postponed to November 20, 2003. At that time, they hope to have more information on the JUSTIS budget and anyone is welcome to attend the meeting. Co-chair Keehn ask that Ms. Hirst stress to the Controller’s Office the commitment made over the past several years. Co-chair Keehn stated that she would call or send a letter to the Mayor to remind them of their commitment. Ms. Hirst stated that any support the Oversight Panel can give is welcomed.
Co-chair Keehn stated that she will be attending the JUSTIS Governance Council meetings.
Ms. Keehn stated that she will work on a letter and send it out.
Action Item: Co-chair Keehn will attend the JUSTIS Governance Council meetings.
Co-Chair will send a letter to the Mayor’s Office to remind them of their commitment.
Goal II, D - To Establish Short, Mid and Long-Term Goals
Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated short, mid and long-term goals are being developed but she wanted to add “all of the committees create these plans and that this is synthesized by the ICCC.”
Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that she would like committees to create short, mid and long-term strategies for systemic improvements to San Francisco’s response to violence by the first quarter of 2004. Ms. Taylor-McGhee proposed the motion to be inserted in Goal D.
m/s/c/ (Taylor-McGhee/Theisen/Unanimous)
Co-chair Keehn motioned that the discussion and completion of Goal E on the Justice and Courage strategic plan to be postponed.
m/s/c/ (Keehn/Taylor-McGhee/Unanimous)
Press Conference
The Oversight Panel adjourned for the press conference on the Justice and Courage Project at 9:45 to City Hall, Room 305. Meeting reconvened at 10:45a.m.
Goal II, E – Public Awareness Campaign
Belle Taylor-McGhee opened the discussion on the public awareness campaign and stated she would like to see more outreach to underserved communities and communities of color. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that the ICCC should work with DOSW to incorporate a plan regarding this issue. Co-chair Keehn asked for participation from Oversight Panel members on this. Ken Theisen agreed to participate on this issue. Mr. Theisen and Ms. Taylor-McGhee agreed to work on a media plan and discuss it at the next Oversight Panel meeting in January.
Action Item: Mr. Theisen and Ms. Taylor-McGhee agreed to work on a media plan and discuss it at the next Oversight Panel meeting in January.
Goal II, E 2 - Website
Justine McGonagle stated that the Justice and Courage information is currently on the DOSW website and work is continually being done on the site. Co-chair Keehn asked if the Oversight Panel members would take a look at the site and provide feedback. Ms. Upton stated that having the Justice and Courage report on the website has been helpful when directing people for more information.
Co-chair Keehn asked if there was anything on the website about the need for additional participation by the community. This information is not currently on the website. Justine McGonagle will add this information.
Action Item: Justine McGonagle to include information on the need for community participation to the website.
Goal II, E 3 - To Hold a Series of Trainings on Citywide DV Response
There was discussion on holding a series of trainings on citywide domestic violence response. Ms. Upton said that the domestic violence community would be happy to partner with Ms. Taylor-McGhee on this issue. Ms. Taylor-McGhee said that she just spoke to a reporter in the Chinese community who indicated that people are not reporting domestic violence. She asked that the Project participants keep in mind to go beyond what we normally do to disseminate information. Cynthia Alexis, Victim Witness Assistance Program, VWAP, DA’s Office, stated they are working on targeting outreach to the Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO) community through the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice grant. They subcontract with Asian Women’s Shelter, APILO and Cameron House for two advocates at the VWAP, one from APILO and one from Cameron House. Ms. Alexis also sits on the People of Color Taskforce, which specifically looks at domestic violence in the African American community. She suggested having these entities come and share what is being done.
Action Item: Ms. Upton will work with Ms. Taylor-McGhee on holding a series of domestic violence response trainings.
Mr. Theisen stated that it is really important when addressing different communities to offer alternative that are not focused around law enforcement or criminal justice. He added that in certain communities, calling the police is the last thing that people do.
Rosario Navarrette, DOSW, stated that when we talk about outreach it is important that services are available to respond to needs. She stated that in the Latina community, there are not enough services to provide the care and guidance that people need in domestic violence cases and that this is an important outreach component that needs to be considered.
Co-chair Keehn stated that she is aware DOSW is reviewing funded programs and asked if there are any programs specifically for the Latina community. Ms. Navarrette stated there are very limited services. She stated that agencies are aware that there is a need, while more services exist for the Asian community it is not the same for the Latina community. She knows that a lot services exist for the Asian community, but not on the same par for the Latina community. Co-chair Keehn asked if this is something that COSW can look at. Ms. Navarrette stated that DOSW conducted a need assessment and that Latinas were on the bottom of the list. Co-chair Keehn would like this to be put on the agenda for the next month’s Commission on the Status of Women’s meeting to be discussed. Ms. Navarrette stated that money is the issue to build capacity or expand programs. She added that here point in raising this issue is for everyone to be conscious that conducting outreach required services to be in place that meet specific language and cultural needs. Ms. Green-Simmons stated that it is not always a matter of money, but can be a matter of scope of services. She stated that it may be a need to help agencies focus more on areas of need and redirect programs in this manner. Mr. Theisen stated that this is a money issue. He stated that agencies have to pay more for bilingual staff such as costs for court certified interpreters.
Mr. Vasquez asked Ms. Navarrette if there was a way to get ethnic data and matching resources. Ms. Navarrette stated when JUSTIS is up this may be possible. She stated there is some demographic information being gathered, but it isn’t standardized. Co-chair Keehn inquired if there is a way to ask agencies for this information. Ms. Navarrette stated that DOSW could look at the services funded by the Department, but couldn’t tie this to the criminal justice system because of the lack of information. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated there are currently no specific domestic violence African-American services being funded. She stated she would like the Oversight Panel to participate in this process. A grant would be a good place to look. Co-chair Keehn suggested this could be a university project.
Ms. Navarrette stated that the needs assessment that DOSW currently has discusses the lack of alternatives and population specific services. However, there are forty specific populations identified in the report.
Co-chair Keehn inquired if the consortium has this information. Ms. Upton stated that the information the DVC has comes from the Commission on the Status of Women. Ms. Upton stated that a good project would be good to compare crisis line calls by racial and community breakdowns and then compare this to shelters, and if possible, compare this percentage breakdown to the criminal justice system. She stated that they also need to look at whether different communities want to go to a shelter because there are cultural issues to take into consideration.
Co-chair Keehn asked if there could be numbers by the next meeting. Ms. Taylor-McGhee said to crunch the numbers in the next few months is not possible.
Mr. Vasquez asked if they could get these numbers by March. She thought this could be possible. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that DOSW will be allocating resources for the next three year funding cycle. DOSW is considering a customer service survey that clients could use upon exiting of the shelters and other services to help identify needs.
Ms. Upton added that there are new challenges after 9/11, especially with regards to immigration issues, which has had a chilling effect and might curtail services. Ms. Upton stressed there could be heightened concerns since immigrant populations are not as likely to report domestic violence or go to the police.
The rest of the items on the Justice and Courage Project’s Strategic Plan will be postponed to the next meeting.
Reports from Committees
Interdepartmental Communications and Coordination Committee (ICCC)
Ms. Navarrette gave an update on the Committee. She stated that not every recommendation presented to the Oversight Panel will be sequential because of the careful work by the ICCC to fully examine and determine what is presented to the Oversight Panel. There have been some recommendations put forth that were not passed by the ICCC nor agreed to come to the Oversight Panel. She added that the ICCC has worked diligently and is responding immediately to issues presented such as the Victim’s Crime Form, the Stay-Away Order backlog and that this information may not be brought forward to the Oversight Panel if it can be addressed at the committee level.
No Public Comment
Data Collection
The Data Collection Committee put forth two recommendations (DC1 and DC2). DTIS Co-chair Oli Sadler presented. Ms. Sadler discussed short, mid and long-term recommendations and the monitoring of departments as new systems are brought on-line. She stated that the Committee began developing metrics. The committee has also implemented a training bulletin by the Police Department and the Emergency Communications Department (ECD) and staff from the District Attorney’s Office has trained ECD on tracking calls. Ms. Sadler presented metrics gathered by departments to the Oversight Panel and stated that the Committee will continue looking at recommendations of the short, mid and long-term goals. The Committee will also finalize a list of data elements presented by DOSW for the domestic violence reporting needs. Ms. Sadler reported that Kerry Dalrymple, ECD, serves as the co-chair to the Committee. Ms. Sadler thanked the Committee members for their participation, hard work and time.
Ms. Taylor-McGhee presented two recommendations on behalf of the Data Collection Committee. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that one of the issues was around the lack of investigation of domestic violence misdemeanors by the Police Department. She stated that these cases are not investigated unless the victim comes into the Police Department to file a report. The Domestic Violence Response Unit places a follow-up call and encourages the victim to come in to the office to make a statement. If the victim does not come in, an investigation is not done on misdemeanor cases by the Police Department. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that the second issue is regarding defining domestic violence as a recurring offense. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that the recommendation is for the Penal Code to define domestic violence as a recurring or continuing offense. As a recurring offense there is a likelihood of continued danger to the victim and because of this the suspect is booked. This would require change to the Penal Code legislation. The recommendation is that a subcommittee be assigned to study the feasibility of the impact of this legislation to amend the Penal Code.
Co-chair Keehn asked if this is a Police Department issue or District Attorney’s Office issue. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated it is both, but mostly a Police Department issue. She stated the Police Department’s policy is to use discretion on misdemeanor domestic violence cases. All felonies require mandatory arrests. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that in the domestic violence community, there is a concern that the victim will go to jail too and that both parties will be arrested.
Ms. Taylor-McGhee reported that the second recommendation has to do with the investigation of misdemeanor domestic violence. The issue is should all domestic violence arrests, both felony and misdemeanors be assigned for follow-up investigation by the Police Department. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that the Police Department has stated this is a resource and time issue that requires major changes in the criminal justice system. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated there is also a time issue to have the case ready for courts. Ms. Taylor-McGhee added that both recommendations can be reviewed by the same subcommittee.
San Francisco Police Department Inspector Joe McFadden stated that in misdemeanor domestic violence arrests, there are no visible injuries or complaint of plain. If either signs of visible injury or a complaint of pain is presented, the police officer photographs and makes a felony arrest.
Inspector McFadden stated that there needs to be statistical information gathered on misdemeanor cases. He stated that there are times when officers are at the scene and are unable to determine the primary aggressor since there are no visible injuries, and in these cases there are dual arrests. However, the San Francisco Police Department’s Domestic Violence Response Unit (DVRU) discourages dual arrests. This is taught in at the academy and in officer trainings. The DVRU does not see many dual arrest cases.
Inspector McFadden stated that he testifies in both misdemeanor and felony cases. In the misdemeanor cases, there is usually probation and/or alcohol drug counseling. If there is a re-offense, the case does goes back to probation and court, and there is follow-up. Currently, the District Attorney’s Office investigators follow-up on misdemeanor arrests. The officers are trained to determine who the primary aggressor is and to make arrest on misdemeanors on the possibility and probability of a continuing offense. Inspector McFadden stated that this is an issue that will need to be cleared up between the Police Department and the District Attorney’s Office. Inspector McFadden stated that when police officers talk with victims in a misdemeanor case, the officer tells the victim to 1) follow-up with District Attorney’s Office or 2) come into the Police Department to make a statement. If the victim contacted on a misdemeanor case is reluctant to speak to the police, they give the contact information to the domestic violence in-house advocate or the Family Violence Project to try to assist the victim further. The police stress that liability issues arise if the batterer is not removed and teach police officers to offer victims a citizen arrest. If the victim signs a citizen arrest, it is a mandatory arrest.
Co-chair Keehn said that Ms. Claire Tempongko’s was spitting out blood and that there were not charges brought.
Inspector McFadden stated that if there is a complaint of pain, police officers are required to arrest on a felony. The Police Department often books on a felony and then works on the case. Inspector McFadden stated that cases get rebooked as misdemeanors. He reiterated that statistics need to be gathered. Inspector McFadden stated that they discourage dual arrest and he teaches a primary aggressor class. He is teaching another class in 2004.
Ms. Green-Simmons inquired on how often advanced officer training is held.
Inspector McFadden responded that advance officer training is held once every year or two years. There is a two-hour block on domestic violence for updates, changes to the general order and new Penal Codes. Deputy Chief Rick Bruce recently put out a bulletin and an order that investigators need to give updated training on domestic violence bulletins and orders.
Ms. Taylor-McGhee asked what happens in cases when you go back to the same residences on a domestic violence call and it is not a felony.
Inspector McFadden stated when there are repeated calls and there is an allegation, the officer would try to collaborate with a neighbor and/or child to determine who the primary aggressor is. He also encourages officers to make an arrest to avoid a continuing offense. A second call would heighten awareness and help them obtain an Emergency Protective Order.
Ms. Taylor-McGhee asked what happens if you went back to the same residence and she didn’t want a citizen arrest.
Inspector McFadden stated that if the victim alleges that they were hit and even if there are no visible injuries, the police recommend an arrest. Inspector McFadden stated that this is with no visible injury, just the victim’s complaint. Inspector McFadden stated that he always recommends an arrest whenever possible.
Ms. Upton stated the Oversight Panel should consider cases that are responded to and treated as a felony and then later are charged as a misdemeanor. Ms. Upton stated that she believes this is one area where there is a gap in the system that the Oversight Panel could address. She stated that often the injuries become less visible and that victims recant. Ms. Upton would like to see an analysis on how many felonies get charged as misdemeanors. She stated that this is an intra-departmental issue within the scope of the Oversight Panel.
Inspector McFadden stated that he often works to dig deeper, for example, inquire if there was a threat because this is a felony.
Ms. Upton stated that several years ago she spoke to someone in the DVRU and asked the police to use the same model as they use for the sexual assault unit where every case would be investigated, she was told that this would require the police to, at minimum, double its resources. The domestic violence community said they would help and it never happened. Ms. Upton felt that the sexual assault unit is very successful and investigates every case, but its caseload is about 1/10th of the Domestic Violence Response Unit. Ms. Upton stated that interceding early makes a difference, but she agreed that the resources in the DVRU would need to at least be doubled.
Inspector McFadden stated that on a daily basis the police take the incident reports to see if there are continuing calls even in the form of harassment or vandalism. When the responding officer arrives at the scene, the victims are referred to the DVRU and followed up by the DVRU and possibly Victim Services. Inspector McFadden stated that one of the challenges is getting victims to collaborate on the case. Therefore, the police do look at other pieces of evidence such as 911 tapes and/or collaborating statements from another caller and/or neighbor. Every report gets a query to check for probation and a check on how many recent reports on a victim. If the inspector noted several reports stating there have been violations of a restraining order, the inspector encourages the victim to make a report. If the police are not able to get a response, they have the domestic violence advocate contact the victim and try to get the victim to come in or even have a police officer go out to take a report.
Beverly Green-Simmons inquired about the type of training officers have in regards to domestic violence and a child witnessing the scene because in the past the information was not gathered on children who were not the perpetrator’s children and were not identified in the reports.
Inspector McFadden stated that the police work with Safestart and make referrals. He stated per police procedures are that officers are to take the child(ren) aside and interview him/her/them as additional witnesses and list them in the report. He stated that they run into problems often due to the parents not wanting the police to talk to the child(ren). The police list the child(ren) in every report. Police officers are trained to interview all witnesses at the scene, including children.
Inspector McFadden asked if this question is in regards to taking children out of the home.
Ms. Green-Simmons stated yes.
Inspector McFadden said that if there is any allegation of child abuse, the police officer sends the information to Child Protective Services. The police also take Safestart referrals for all children under six and give a copy to Safestart. He added that the Police Department is waiting for the funding to come through for a retired investigator to follow-up on these cases.
Inspector McFadden said that he teaches that all witnesses are to go into the report so they can be contacted later. He stated that at times children are not always present and they try to follow-up with the children, but again the parents often do not want the police to speak to them.
Mr. Theisen asked in terms of recurring offenses, is there a department policy around stalking and when to arrest?
Inspector McFadden stated that two or more times where incidents are repeated, the police start the process. Often times there are incidents when the victim did not see the perpetrator, such as performing vandalism, but that the police look for repeated incidents.
Mr. Vasquez asked about the relationship of repeated offenses. He inquired if the police look at only the victim or repeated cases for the individual committing the crimes.
Inspector McFadden stated they do have some cases of same victim different perpetrators. When they run the query, they try to obtain this information. Upon researching the case, the investigators often find many cases that are undocumented and have not been reported to police or 911. They do run an inquiry on how many calls to a residence, but often incidents occur at different locations.
Co-chair Keehn asked for information from the District Attorney’s Office.
Sharon Woo, Head of the Domestic Violence Unit of the District Attorney’s Office, commented on the two recommendations and stated that this may also be a training issue and may be addressed in a different manner than recommended.
Co-chair Keehn asked for public comment.
Bridget Bane, a former employee of the San Francisco’s District Attorney’s Office, gave public comment. She stated she would like to volunteer on the Data Collection Committee. She commented that data collection is imperative for the Committee to do its work. She stated that there are approximately 50 investigators in the District Attorney’s Office and only one domestic violence investigator. She volunteered to count cases to find out breakdown of each case and the charges to justify increasing the number of investigators assigned to domestic violence.
Co-chair Keehn stated there is a process to join the committees and asked that she would give her contact information to Justine McGonagle. Ms. McGonagle will inform Ms. Bane on how to join the Committee. Co-chair Keehn stated that Ms. Bane is correct about investigators, most are grant focused but that the Oversight Panel is looking at how to get grants for this. She stated that she welcomed Ms. Bane’s involvement.
Oli Sadler, stated that the information from the District Attorney’s Office she has given is incomplete, but it is being gathered now and will be in the next report.
Co-chair Keehn asked who will be on the subcommittee.
Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that is an ad-hoc committee with a shelf life and Ms. Taylor-McGhee would like to be on the subcommittee. Ms. Taylor-McGhee added that there should be someone from Victim Services, the District Attorney’s Office, Police Department and community. Ms. Taylor-McGhee stated that she will work on forming the subcommittee at the staff level, but, cannot place a timeline on this today. After studying the two issues, the subcommittee will bring a recommendation to the Oversight Panel.
Co-chair Keehn inquired if any members of the Oversight Panel would like to join this subcommittee. Ms. Taylor-McGhee, Ms. Upton and Ms. Green-Simmons all stated they will participate on the subcommittee.
Motion to form a subcommittee to study the two recommendations and offer a recommendation after the study to the Oversight Panel.
m/s/c/ (Taylor-McGhee/Green-Simmons /Unanimous (excluding Mr. Theisen)
Mr. Ken Theisen abstained on this vote because his organization cannot lobby.
Action Item: Ms. McGonagle will inform Ms. Bane on how to join the Data Collection Committee.
Action Item: Ms. Taylor-McGhee will work with DOSW to form a subcommittee to look at the Data Collection Committee recommendations.
Protocol Committee
Kerry Dalrymple, ECD, presented on Protocol Committee recommendation P5. This recommendation is for the use of the premise hazard feature information file in ECD’s Computer Aided Dispatch System to better respond to domestic violence related service calls. Ms. Dalrymple presented screenshots to the Oversight Panel. Ms. Dalrymple stated that currently when there is a domestic violence related call and the responding officer gets to the scene, the officer works with the victim to get an EPO. If there is concern about a recurring offense but the suspect is gone and the officer feels it is an extremely dangerous situation, the officer can request that further calls be expedited. The responding officer will call the ECD dispatcher and ask him/her to expedite any further calls to that location. There will not be a time limit on it. From there the dispatcher gets the information, documents it into the CAD and handwrites a note stating if there are any further calls to X address, the response is to be expedited. The problem is that ECD operators may not see the handwritten note on the computer or on the board and may not prioritize the call high enough. The recommendation is that there be a discussion to look at the premise hazard feature and see if a viable option is to replace the current system. Time limits can also be established. The general policy is 24 hours unless a deadline date is given. The premise hazard feature will document for a specific amount of time. The recommendation is to form an ad-hoc committee made up of representatives from the Police Department, ECD, the District Attorney, City Attorney and Victim Services. Ms. Dalrymple stated that in the past ECD has tried to use the premise hazard feature and there have been legal and liability issues. There are concerns such as what happens if a victim moves and an address continues to indicate a response should be expedited.
Motion to form a subcommittee to review the recommendation was made. m/s/c/
(Brooten Job/Green-Simmons/Unanimous)
Resource Committee
Sharon Woo, Co-chair of the Resource Committee, presented on Resource Committee Recommendation RC1. Ms. Woo stated that a training questionnaire was given to Resource Committee members to help identify trainings which have been cut. Ms. Woo stated that it became evident in the discussion that several gaps now exist due to lost training funding. The recommendation is to have training managers from the Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, ECD and Adult Probation meet to discuss existing and lost trainings. These departments could work on closing the gaps with cross training as one possibility. The training managers will report back to the Resource Committee and see if they can create a collaborative training for departments.
No public comment.
m/s/c/ (Brooten Job/Taylor-McGhee/Unanimous)
Action: Training managers will be brought together by DOSW by letter and set up a meeting. The Resource Committee will report back on recommendations to the Oversight Panel. Ask the Department of Human Services to participate.
Closing Remarks
Co-chair Keehn thanked everyone for the press conference and the work of submitting the first recommendations to the Oversight Panel.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 noon.
