Community Police Review Commission - Regular Meeting

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the city of riverside is committed to fostering a workplace that provides dignity respect and civility to our employees customers and the public they serve good evening we'd like to welcome you to the community police review commission meeting of august 26 2026 the meeting is called to order would commissioner tykert please lead us in the pledge of allegiance Thank you. We'll now have a moment of silence. Thank you. Can we take roll call?

Chair Bell?

Here.

Vice Chair Gutierrez? Here. Commissioner Ward?

Here.

Commissioner Lundy? Here. Commissioner Hundley?

Here.

Commissioner Ferguson? Here. Commissioner Dillon?

Here.

Commissioner Teicher? Here. Thank you. We have quorum.

Thank you. We'll now go to public comment. To comment on matters within the jurisdiction of the Community Police Review Commission, you are invited to participate in person or call 951-826-8688. Press star 9 to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing star 6 when you are ready to speak. Do we have any comments from our audience? Callers online? Thank you. We'll now move to the consent calendar. For the consent calendar, item number two, the meeting minutes, did not identify the public speaker that we had towards the end of the meeting. I think that it needs to be modified to include that. And we'll need a motion to approve.

A motion motion to modify the minutes for July 22nd to identify speaker and make any necessary edits.

Thank you. And can we, I guess, maybe modify that motion slightly to once modified, approve once it's added?

Yeah. So again, I want to modify that. I want to go ahead and edit the meeting minutes to identify the public speaker. And once modified and edited accordingly, we're going to go ahead and have those approved.

Thank you. Commissioner Lundy seconds that. Thank you. anything else need to be removed for further discussion or do we have a motion do we have a motion to approve Thank You Commissioner Dillon do we have a second Thank You Commissioner Teichert we'll go ahead and vote

Motion passes.

Thank you. We'll now move to the presentation portion of the agenda. We have the police department field training program overview with Sergeant Joshua

Good afternoon. My name is Sergeant Joshua Onko. I'm honored to stand before you to share kind of the field training program we have. It's got a special place in my heart having gone through it, but also knowing the importance of the program on the impact it has overall with the department. Just a little bit of background. I've been with the department for 23 years. I was born and raised in Riverside, and it's the only department I've ever worked for. So I was recently asked to take the program over in January, and I've put together this presentation to kind of just give you a broad overview of the program, but any questions you guys may have afterwards, I'd be happy to take. So the program is pretty simple in idea. When someone gets hired with the police department, they go to six months of a police academy. And it's basically the... school on how to be a police officer it's where you learn the tactics in a classroom you learn the laws everything that has to do with police work you work in the academy you learn in the academy and then once you graduate the academy you are required post california post requires that all academy graduates go through a field training program And the field training program is designed to bridge that gap for what they learned in kind of the classroom setting. Now mind you, I say classroom, but in the academy they are also introduced to stress and stuff like that to kind of prepare you for the things you may be facing once you are released to the streets. So the program bridges that gap from what you learned to practical application in the street, and you're being observed during that entire time. We have created a program that is, you know, it's the same for everybody who enters it. It's systematic, consistent, and the training is very specific training from our department. And we try and create an environment where they can learn and learn from their mistakes, but they're constantly with an FTO that keeps them kind of from making too big of mistakes, if that makes sense. So our program has got five phases in it. The California post only requires 10 weeks. That's the minimum a field training program has to last for. Ours is actually 25 weeks long, so more than double of the actual required program so when they graduate the academy the first two weeks is an orientation phase that's where it's like a two-week onboarding they get all the equipment issued to them they are they go to the different departments like forensics records dispatch and they get access to the systems that they'll be required to use throughout their Their career. So it takes about two weeks to do that. They get qualified based on Riverside Police Department standards because when they graduate the academy, the academy has specific standards when it comes to like firearms training, defensive tactics. in various different areas. But our department has stricter training and requirements for all of those categories. So we give them department specific training in all of those areas for orientation. And then after that two weeks of orientation, they'll go into phase one. and I will go into more depth of what each phase looks like but generally speaking phases one two three and five are all five weeks long the only phase that is not five weeks long is phase four which is considered a traffic phase now these are all academy graduates that's what the the entire program is built for any new hire the graduates have to go through at least twenty five weeks if we get a lateral police officer over to our department meaning they worked at a different department they've already been through an FTO program and they've worked they have street experience they will come over here they will enter the program And with the idea of it could last 25 weeks, but it could be trimmed down to 10 weeks also, depending on their experience level, depending on the department they come from and whether or not they meet our standards or not. So the short, the minimum for a lateral officer is 10 weeks, but they could be put through the entire 25 weeks if necessary. So here's the breakdown of the phases. I already kind of went into the orientation phase, but the real phase, when they are in uniform out on the streets, that starts in phase one. And phase one is more of an observation phase for the trainee, meaning they're assigned a field training officer who is taking primary lead in kind of modeling and showing the trainee how to do things and the trainees observing now if a trainee has been taught a couple times how to do one specific task like take a vehicle burglary report if he's been shown two or three times in phase one how to do that the fourth and fifth time they may be required to start taking over that responsibility but the primary role of phase one is to kind of model and lead by example. That's the FTO's role. In phase two, they will transition into more of a partner relationship where they're both handling the incidents or the calls that they're requested to go to, the investigations. But the FTO is kind of like the senior officer. He's taking the lead role. He or she is making more of the decisions, and then the trainee is in more of a supportive role. Once they move to phase three, they're still like partner officers, but then the trainee is now taking more of a lead role where he or she is making the decisions and kind of running the investigation and then the FTO is taking more of a supportive role. After phase three and four, somewhere in there we will insert the traffic phase where it's three weeks of just pure traffic investigations. They get assigned with a traffic officer and they learn how to handle traffic investigations. Once they've gotten through those phases, the very final last phase, phase five, it will start off with kind of ending where they ended with phase three, taking the lead, but it will trail into where that field training officer becomes more and more of the observer and is not inserting themselves. So they're They allow the trainee to handle everything as if they were by themselves. And that's truly the standard of what we're trying to get to is getting the trainees to a solo competent police officer that can do all the things. And we'll talk a little bit about that later. So that's what the program looks like in a nutshell, but there's a lot going on. The roles and responsibilities of each person in the program is clearly defined in our manual, and the expectations are clearly defined by the department. The trainees are expected to basically give all of their effort into learning and adapting quickly. If they make mistakes, they're expected to adjust quickly so they don't the mistakes don't reoccur don't reoccur now the field training officer is is out there observing that's an important part of the role but the most important part and i tell them you're yes you're out there to um watch see how the trainees doing but the most important job you have is to teach And as you might imagine, we get lots of different personalities, lots of different experiences that come into our program. And our field training officers are required to adapt to those specific needs of the trainee. And if the trainee is struggling in an area, then they need to figure out, OK, why are they struggling? What can we do to help them overcome this learning deficiency and that's their primary role is to be a teacher and then you have my role I'm the field training officer like sergeant coordinator I'm in charge of the whole program I have close contact with the trainees on a one-on-one basis but also the field training officers on a one-on-one basis so if there's a specific need that arises i make sure they get all the tools and resources our department has to offer if they're struggling with officer safety i can send them to a unit that deals specifically with tactics and how to approach and do things safely if they're struggling with report writing i have specific people who have post-accredited report writing classes. I can send them over there to learn how to write reports. Our department throws all the tools and resources they have in the field training program because it is so important. And that kind of leads into the next point which is the leadership in our department. understands the importance of the field training program, and will do whatever it takes to make sure that the trainees and the FTOs get what they need to be successful. So while all of that's going on, we talked about observation. All of the observations are being documented in various ways. We have our daily observation reports. We call those DORs. Essentially at the end of every shift, the FTO will fill out their daily observation reports highlighting anything they did well. any deficiencies any training that was provided to overcome those deficiencies or to teach the trainee or any specific if they got a unique call that you know doesn't happen very often they will document it there so we know they got that experience and then we have the end of phase so when they're coming to the end of their phase the training officer will document the overall growth strengths and weaknesses of the trainee in that phase and any additional comments if they notice that this trainee has a unique way of learning that can be documented there too. So future FTOs, if the trainee is struggling, the FTO can go back and look at what's worked before. And then the rating system is a one through seven. Now I will say the plan is to change that more to a one to three. Meaning 1 through 7, the way it currently is, is if you earn a 1 in a category, that means it was unacceptable. Whatever you did was completely unacceptable, and you need to improve, and here's the training that we gave to help you with that. And then the 7 being the best, like you did it better than most officers out there. You were really good at that interview. You were better than most officers out there. And then four is where it's like the kind of baseline where your performance was up to the standards of the police department and you did a pretty good job. What I'm talking about taking it to is whether you meet standards, you met the standard, or you're above the standard. Because the problem with the 1 through 7 is it can get a little confusing. Well, what's the difference between a 2 and a 3, or a 3 and a 4, and a 5 and a 6? So all I really want to know from the FTOs is, was their performance in this specific area, did it meet the standard of our department or not? If not, what do we do about it? And if they excelled in something, I want to know about that too. And it needs to be supported with specific facts and incidences. We try to eliminate as much of our opinion as possible. It's very fact-based. Like on the traffic stop today, the officer showed poor officer safety tactics because of X, Y, and Z. Not that I feel like this guy or gal is unsafe, but this is specifically what they did, and that's below our standards. Or again, if they did a good interview, then we'll document that. But it all has to be factual. When a performance falls below standards, I already kind of hit on this. I jumped ahead. I must admit these PowerPoints are more to help me stay on track, but sometimes I have a tendency to jump ahead on some of this stuff. But I touched on it. We are willing to throw anything at it. We focus a lot of the training that goes into the FTOs is teacher-based training. Learning styles, scenario-based training. We have a week-long FTO program that we teach when we select a new FTO, and it's heavily based on how to teach different peoples in different ways. And then along with that is we're teaching the FTOs what is the department's standards, what we think a solo competent police officer looks like. And we also tell them the importance of modeling those standards. Like you are the example of the department, not just for the community, but to these trainees. You've got to get them started on the right foot. So we're very picky about our selection processes. And then if they're not responding to training, that's also documented, meaning we've tried X, Y, and Z, and it's not working. The trainee's still not getting it. That's when it comes to me and I work with my leadership about how we move forward with that. We will be patient. I've told all the trainees, if you're learning, because some people learn faster than others. So if the trainee is learning and improving, even if it's slight, I can be patient. I will extend phases. I will send you back to another phase, whatever it takes. But if we've gotten to a point where I don't feel like you're learning anymore, you're not putting forth the effort to overcome your issues, then that's when, unfortunately, sometimes they don't make the program. I say unfortunately, but we have standards for a reason, right? Let me get to the next one. So what's the finish line look like? If they've been able to demonstrate that they can perform as a solo competent police officer in phase five, and part of that is that ghost phase that we talk about where the FTO doesn't get involved in any way. They're really just there observing. Then they come to me for a final review. And if they pass that final review, it's an interview that I have with them. I quiz them on different department policies, kind of will talk through any struggles they may have had, how they overcame it. It's just between me and the trainee and just make sure. The biggest thing I want to see is what happens next. If you come across something you weren't exposed to, how are you going to handle that? And if they can walk me through how they would handle that, then I put my name on the paper, and then we have a competency attestation that gets documented. So what success looks like, I'm sure you're wondering, and I even ask myself, well, what is a solo competent police officer? Or... at the very end there it says the ultimate question is simple can this officer safely lawfully professionally and independently perform as a competent solo police officer so if I and this is one of the questions I'll ask him if I send you out there by yourself right now Are you going to be able to handle whatever call you're given safely, lawfully, and within the standards, within policy of the police department without getting yourself hurt? So that's really the question, and the FTO has to feel that. The trainee has to feel that. I have to feel that, and that's what it looks like. So just this is the last slide. They said I could take as much time as possible. So I can extend it if you want it. But this is what the training program looks like as of today. We have 37 trainees in the program. This year we had four trainees resign. And I want to touch on that a little bit. Very rarely do we have to fire a trainee. Most of the time, if the trainee's gotten to a point to where they aren't getting it and they can't complete it, it's a mutual understanding, if that makes sense. Usually at that point, we've had a number of conversations, we've tried a number of different ways to teach, and we've both come to the conclusion that this is not for them, and they typically will resign at that point. We have 12, sorry, we've trained 37 officers this year. We have four that resigned. We have 12 currently in the program, four trainees in the academy. We have 21 active FTOs and 11 active traffic FTOs. And they're still sending them to us. Personnel's got, they're constantly, it seems like every week, interviewing and processing. Want to become an FTO, the requirements we require is that, yes, you have three years of patrol experience at minimum, two of which has to be at Riverside Police Department. So that's, the best example for that is a lateral who maybe has 10 years of patrol experience, but before they can be an FTO, they have to have at least two years here at Riverside. So three years total, two of which have to be here at Riverside Police Department. They go through an interview process through me and then once they're selected they can't take a trainee until they've gone to the one week post approved academy also taught by me. And then we are continually having FTO meetings and I'm meeting with them almost on a daily basis. I've designed my schedule to meet with them so I can meet with them daily. But the standards I look for is how well can you teach, Basically, how well have you been performing in the field? If you've been living up to, and not just living up to, but being a good example of all the standards and values that our department holds, if you've shown that out in the field, then that's a big part of it. And then just, yeah, if they have additional experience in special assignments, that's always a plus for them. So those are the things that will kind of put you over the edge.

Commissioner Ward just curious when we see a unit with two officers versus one are are we to assume that the two one one is a training situation or is that and not the case I'm assuming it's not the case but I was just curious about that

No, you're correct. It's not always the case. We like to send partner officers out there in patrol. We also have units that ride in partners. A good indicator, though, is you'll see how I have three Chevrons. FTOs have two Chevrons. But still, FTOs, when they don't have a trainee, they'll still ride. So you can't automatically assume it. But if you don't see anybody with the two Chevrons, then you can almost bet that it is not a training car. If you see someone with two Chevrons, then it probably is a good chance it could be, but not always.

And with the ongoing recruitment, would you say that the training is kind of like a 52-week-a-year deal? You guys are always training. In other words, you don't get done. Yeah.

Yeah, there was a time just before, when I first took over the program in January, I think we had 26 trainees in the program, which is a lot. Before that, they had upwards to 30 trainees. But what I love about this department is it's very deliberate about not lowering its standards and values. And so, yes, we did ask a lot out of our FTOs at that time. As soon as they got rid of a trainee, they were taking on a new trainee. We would give them breaks when we could. We got new FTOs as quickly as we could. The hard part about the FTO program, it's great. For the department, it's a little tough as the coordinators. These are our model police officers, right? So if there's a new assignment that opens up or a spot opens up, some of the first people they look at are the FTOs because they are doing such a phenomenal job out there. But that means it takes them away from my program and we have to get new ones trained up. Thank you.

Commissioner Hundley.

You just answered one of my questions, but also I did a ride along last week and it was very informative. 81 square miles of what you all cover. How many units do we have out at any given time officers out in the field?

It's a little bit more of a nuanced response. Patrol has a minimum staffing. Typically, that's right around 18 to 20, depending on the watch. That's just the minimum that gets deployed through patrol during a specific watch. But that doesn't mean that it's always just 18 or 20. If everybody comes to work, it's closer to 24, 25 in a lot of cases. And even though day shifts... Minimum staffing is lower than, let's say, swing shift, which is a busier time. Day shift also has a lot of other units outside of patrol working. So we have detectives out on the streets. We have motor officers out. We have... POP officers, our problem-oriented police officers, we have our PSET officers. So even though patrol is only deploying 18 officers during the day, there are still so many police officers out there. They're not responding to calls, but they're available if something big happens. So there's a lot more than just the 18th.

Any other comments, questions? Thank you for your time. Thank you. Now we'll move to the discussion portion. Item number five, approve the 2026 quarter two community police review commission work plan. No presentation. um did all the commissioners have a chance to to look that over before we okay so at this time we'll invite the public comment regarding this item the public is invited to participate in person or by calling 951-826-8688 to comment on this item press star 9 to be placed in the queue and star 6 to speak participate by zoom select raise a hand function to speak you'll have three minutes do we have any comments from our audience or callers online Okay, thank you. And any comments from the commissioners? I did have one comment, and maybe Frank can address this. Item number three on the work plan refers to, it says one 2025 OID case is currently on hold. I believe we actually had three for 2025, correct, and one for 2026.

I can lay them out for you right now if you'd like. uh right now you have one that's still pending which is the joseph tracy occurred 118 of 2022 and that civil trial is supposed to begin september 7th which is the time that the expectation is that the videos will be accessible and we could reach those then we have Peter Villalobos, which occurred 6-20 of 25. There's Ruben Alexander Perez, which occurred 4-7 of 2026. That's an in-custody death. Villalobos is an in-custody death. And then we have Jose Luis Serrano, occurred October 4th of 2025, which was also an in-custody death.

So I guess my question would be, should those be listed on here? Because it currently says that there's just one pending for 2025, but technically we don't have, we're still pending the reports, correct?

That's correct. These are active cases that are pending simply until the investigations are done by the FID unit from RSO. And once, I mean, this is all pending CPRC review. So, you know, typically... It would be nice to have these on the website. These are pending cases with the dates so that anyone can see and take a look that this is what you've got going on and waiting for and what the status is. So I can update you with Via Lobos is that I'm in the process of completing the fact sheet and also the rationale worksheet. There's still other things that I'm waiting for, and I was just informed today that it's in the redaction process for issuance to the CPRC for the future. I'm not sure if we're gonna get that until maybe October, perhaps. But the one thing I can tell you with Via Lobos is the fact that I already have much of the fact sheet done and the rationale worksheet. I'll be able to get that out as soon as it's gonna be available to you. But these are four pending cases right now.

I guess maybe my comment is just the wording, the way it's worded.

So I think what you want to say is that one, from 2025 is on hold. Two, from 2025, hold on, two or... Two from 2025 haven't started and one from 2026 hasn't started. Yes.

Okay. If that's possible and if the commission agrees. Do we have any other comments on there?

Okay.

This is a receive and file. If we're able to make that modification, that would be great. Maybe just an update next meeting that it's been updated. Thank you. All righty. Item number six is the reinstate the bylaws and policies and procedures ad hoc committee. At this time, we invite public comment regarding this item. The public is invited to participate in person or by calling 951-826-8688 to comment on this item. Press star nine to be placed in the queue and star six to speak. To participate by Zoom, select raise a hand function. You'll have three minutes. Any comments in the audience or callers online? Okay. And again, this is for the reestablishment of, to kind of re-look at if there's anything we need to add and also make sure that we are having the city attorney's office also do a complete review. There has been some comments from them that they would like to address. So the thought maybe is maybe re-establish with the same members or if anybody else would like to join. that's just my thoughts but I'll leave it up to you the commissioners Commissioner Tucker yes so so it was myself Commissioner tiger and Commissioner Ward But if any of the commissioners that were on the ad hoc are not able to, anybody is able to join who's willing to dive into it. It's fun.

Okay.

Commissioner Tucker and Commissioner Ward. You guys are okay with rejoining?

I'm fine with rejoining. Just a point of clarification, because I

to complete what else needs to be done so so there's a and that there's a an addition of the RPD policy the policy refers to the CPR see evaluating the complaint process with our PD so that is currently missing from our policies and procedures So that would be something we would, as an ad hoc, discuss to see if that's something we want to bring in before we bring it to the commission. And the city attorney's office has requested they have some questions and comments about what we currently have in there that they would like to meet with the ad hoc to discuss.

Okay. So the next meeting would have that invite there. We'd have their input. They'd communicate what observations they have.

So we may need to, and this is just my thoughts, and it's up to the commission to make the recommendation, that we probably push it until, at least have the ad hoc run into no later than March, but with the hope that we meet with the city attorney's office and everything well before there to address those concerns. to give us some time, especially with upcoming holidays and everything.

Chair Bell? Yes. If I may, the one issue you were talking about in regards to the audit would likely be in bylaws.

Yes. Yeah, it's going over the bylaws, policies, and procedures, what we went over last time.

Yeah, bylaws, and then there's a policy and procedure. There's two separate, right? Yes. Okay.

Did I just... Yeah, the way that it's reinstate the bylaws and policies and procedures ad hoc committee. Thank you, Frank.

Yeah, I'm fine with participating. Okay. That's the question to me. All right.

We'll need a motion to reestablish and the duration and with the confirmed members and purpose. Commissioner Teichert

All right. I'll make that motion to approve the recommendations one through four as set out in the staff report and with the committee members being Chair Bell, Commissioner Ward, and myself. And for the duration? For the duration through March of 2027.

Do we have a second?

A second.

Thank you, Commissioner Ferguson. We'll go ahead and vote.

Motion passes. Thank you.

ready we do not have any closed session items so we'll move to our communication section brief reports on conferences seminars and meetings attended by the CPRC Commissioner Hundley

Thank you. I had the opportunity on last Thursday August the 20th to complete the required or requested ride along which was a great experience seeing how different the two communities LA County and being here in Riverside and you never really notice on the surface how large and vast Riverside is and the area that they have to contain. And the officer that I wrote with was very knowledgeable, born and raised here in the city of Riverside. But he had an area that, if I put it in my own vernacular, it was way out in the sticks. I really didn't realize how far a riverside goes up into the border of Moreno Valley. And then across the street is the unincorporated area of the sheriff's. And he's in area two, so it's a... It's a pretty widespread area. It's almost a 20-minute ride just from the station directly to the area where he encompasses and handles radio call. There was one call I'd just like to say a little something about that. We were almost back to this end of his route, and he got a call concerning the area we had recently gone through all the way by a Best Buy, way out. And my question was, Who backs you up way out here? And I think it's two patrol cars in that area. And sometimes, depending on what the call is, if it's a safety factor, Riverside Sheriff Department would respond to have his back because he's so far out there. But he was very knowledgeable. One of the things that most impressed me, he had the perfect demeanor because the call we responded to was dealing with an encampment that had been set up, and it was about 10 to 15 people. And when I got to thinking about this, this is one officer way out here. If he doesn't handle this call right with the right demeanor, He could go back quickly, but he allowed me to get out also with him, and I do have experience with that because I've handled the ride-alongs in L.A. County, riding along with our officers. That's all they do is mitigate the riverbeds where encampments are near our schools, so I would always be out with them. He was so nice to the folks in one group. Matter of fact, they got up and collected all their things and began to sweep the area and clean up and they moved along. His demeanor, his conversation was polite. So I did enjoy being with, I would call him a very experienced officer. He's a vet and it was the morning shift and I spent four and a half good hours out there and it got pretty warm near the end. I said, I think I got to give it up now. So I did have that opportunity to fulfill and I do plan to go back. in the very near future on my own and maybe try a different area and compare this area versus, you know, other areas. So thank you.

Yeah. I also completed my ride-along. I had Officer Cleary, stand-up officer, very, as you said, you know, he was able to communicate, answered all my questions, and I think I asked him quite a few questions. But just his interaction with the public and the calls that we went on, you know, there was a call that the gentleman was very nervous. And just his approach definitely brought down that nerve. And, you know, the gentleman was a lot easier to communicate with. But it was a great experience. So if you haven't done it, I know our bylaws and everything highly recommend, you know, I think one of the things that kind of stood out was I did the morning shift. You know, I showed up at 6 a.m., and... Not a whole lot of the officers want to ride with CPRC. They actually didn't tell them that I was CPRC. They only told Glenn that I was, and he had no problem. His partner officer, I think it was like our third call, he's like, I introduced myself to one of the ladies, and he showed me the text. He's like, oh, you could have told me that your ride-along was CPRC. Yeah. But, you know, they don't know what we do. You know, they have their thoughts. And so us getting out there and just riding with them and letting them see that, you know, we're not scary and we just want to know, you know, I think helps. So I encourage you to do it. Did anybody else go to any meetings, represent CPRC? All right. Item number eight is the ad hoc committee updates. I think the only ad hoc we currently have is the RIPA ad hoc.

Yeah, we're still in the process of coordinating with the PD to make sure that we meet. We had a slight delay last month, and we'll be looking forward to getting that coordinated soon with the captain.

Okay. Very good. Thank you. All right. Item number nine, Riverside Police Department updates.

How's everybody doing? It feels like it's been a really long time since I've seen all of you. So earlier today we had our quarterly promotion and advancement ceremony, and one of the things I was thinking I wanted to share with you was it's a great achievement by our department, most notably our Robbery, Homicide, Forensics, and Crime Analysis Unit. They were recognized by the FBI NA, which is FBI National Academy, as the 2025 agency of the year. And it's very significant, this achievement. Our homicide clearance rate for the last three years is 97%. It was 100, but they have one that they have an idea they can solve, but they haven't solved it completely yet. So the national average, just to put this in perspective, is 56%. And your robbery homicide unit has a 97% clearance rate on homicides. That's unheard of. That's incredible. So kudos to them. They did a fantastic job over the last couple of years keeping our community safe. Um, another thing, uh, that all of you, I know you've, you've heard me talking about the new police station. Orange is completely empty. We've relocated to the mag police station and also we got some space over in that strip mall over there, but it was Jenny Craig. Now it's our, uh, admin office, but, uh, orange is in the process of being taken down and they're actually going to start taking the walls down in November and the new construction should start first quarter next year. So, um, I'm happy to report that. One of the things I wanted to point out to the commission was I know we've had some discussions. I know Eileen's been around a while that this has come up a few times, and that's the translation services for our department. One of the things I'm happy to announce is I know I've talked in the past about the new body cameras that have the AI translation built into them. We've purchased those. We have them. We're working out some kinks in it, but we should be rolling those out within the next, I don't know, 30, most 45 days while we work out some of the IT issues with them. But we have them in our possession. We're going to deploy those, and those translate 20 languages, just interact with people right away. And he uses some AI to do some basic report writing stuff, too, to save some time for the officers so they can be out patrolling the streets. That's a significant advancement and something that I think it's going to be great for the community. We won't have to wait for translators and we can better serve our community. Another considerable thing of note is I know we've talked with Commissioner Dillon about the DFR programs, Drone as a First Responder, and we've done some testing and things like that. We just obtained a million dollar grant from the federal government to stand up our own regional real-time crime center, which would also integrate a DFR program here in the city. So that's coming soon. We're hoping to get, we have identified we're getting our Arctic designed right now because there's a lot to it. There's a lot of technology they have to bring in, but we're hoping to start construction on that beginning of next year, probably like around March. So we'll be integrating the DFR program into that. Any questions? I know I haven't seen a lot of you in a while Commissioner Ward. I I'm sorry. I talked to Frank about I know you reached out to me I had some stuff going on personally. I think you're aware of it, but I'll get with Frank and we'll get that scheduled as soon as possible So and I know it's a priority. So I apologize for the delay Thank you Any questions?

I know last month we asked the officer that was here about the drones for 4th of July. Yes. How effective were they this year compared to last year?

Don't quote me to the exact number, but it was about the same, I think, on the 4th of July. I think they wrote around 100 citations, which is a lot. Because if you think about it, within a three-hour period is really when the fireworks are going off. That's pretty remarkable. So it was about the same as last year. But they also worked for the days before and after. And I'm not sure the exact stats, but it was very effective. I know there's going to be a lot of unhappy people when they get their mail. Commissioner Ferguson.

I have a question. What about year-round in my neighborhood, not just on 4th of July, I hear them. Are drones used at other times? How is it used for calls that are ongoing for certain streets or neighborhoods that you know? I know it's behind me. I just don't know which house and what address. How does that help with that?

So there's so many calls like around the time of the 4th of July. Basically what they do is they use the 311 call center and people call in the 311 and then our crime analysts, they basically create what we call hotspots. So they figure out where most of the calls are, where most of the complaints are, and that's the areas the drones will patrol. if you're still continually having this issue though if you talk to me afterwards or i can also you can also call 311 but we'll we'll get you the assistance you you need because we can we can put them up anytime we want to we just have to pinpoint when they might be operating and things like that we can we can enforce that anytime if that makes sense yep thank you yep commissioner dylan

Yeah, just a follow-up on the DFR. How is that program going? I mean, I know you were trialing several different manufacturers. Where are we at in that process?

So I believe they've completed all the test and evaluation periods. There's three major companies, actually four. And the issue is just setting them up. So to set them up, you don't just get the drones. They have these giant, they look almost like mailboxes. And you have to set them on the roof. You have to power them. You have to provide internet. Some of them were here for a while. And then the vendor comes in, you test and evaluate it for a period of time. They have to get all through the IT firewalls. I'm not trying to make this over complicated, but this is the stuff that goes into it. And then that evaluation is done. Then they come get their stuff. And then the next person comes in and they reinstall the same stuff because they all have different drones and they all have different requirements. So we've gone through that process now, but we want to make sure we make the right choice because these are three- to five-year agreements, and it's a lot of money. So to be good stewards of the public money, we want to make sure we're making the right choice and we can keep the community safe and make the best decision possible. I think we've identified the vendor we're going to go with, so it should be going pretty quick now.

Very good. Thank you.

Absolutely.

Any other questions or comments? Vice Chair. Vice Chair.

So I just want to commend the department for the great work, especially with that statistic of 97%. Yep. It didn't fall on deaf ears. I thought it was very kind and really humbling of you to just say that the team has done a great job in robbery and homicide, but it's certainly a reflection of leadership, yourself included, and everyone in the department. So we appreciate that. So kudos.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. Thank you. All right. Item number 10, city manager's office update.

Just one quick update that our interim city manager is no longer Edward Enriquez. It is now Tom Hatch. That's it.

Do you want to share also about last month you introduced us to the young?

Oh, so last month there was a lady who was assisting me. Her name, she will no longer be assisting the CPRC. So I will do my best.

Very good. Thank you. Frank.

I found it kind of interesting that Sergeant Onko, his mother was on the commission, one of the founding original members. And so there was a lot of work that was being done at that time, but she was all part of that. And, you know, and you can imagine that, you know, being on the department and then of course your mother is on the commission. And so I guess it was a little bit unusual in the beginning, but it all worked out okay. But I've gotten to know her, and I talk to her from time to time. I know PD does as well. Her name is Shawnee Beeman. Very, very. She's a very nice lady. And like I said, I believe she served either six or eight years total. So he didn't mention it. It's fine. But I think you should probably know because he knows that, you know, what what goes on with the commission because kind of grew up around it. So the one thing I just wanted to add in there for the ad hocs, if you'd like to include me just as an advisor, just to listen, I'm happy to do so. That's up to you. But I just want to offer that to you with the history that I have that goes back, but I'm glad to see that it's going to be you know, come to a point now where everything is just updated to where it should be. And it should have been for a while now, but I just want to let you know that I'm happy to help if anyone needs it.

Thank you. Commissioner Lundy.

Frank, I want to thank you for your hard work, reading through all the stuff that you came up with in the last four weeks. It took a lot of time, first of all, but I know how much time it takes you to put all that stuff together, and I just want to thank you for it.

Item number 11, items for future community police review commission consideration. I think we can. So on the last page, it has the list of what's updated. We have the flock safety by Commissioner Dillon, the drone update for the 4th of July. Vice Chair, did you want to keep that on there as another item, or did you want anything else from that?

Yeah, no, that looks good.

Okay, so do we can remove it from update? Okay. I had just one more thing. We spoke about the canine presentation. Yes. And so, you know, we had this, the FTO one this month. So I believe that it should be clear to go for September. I'll leave that up to what the schedule is for the captain.

So regarding that, I wanted to ask everybody, which canines do you want to see? Because there's a lot of different. We have bomb canines, bite canines, drug canines. What was your interest? Because there's all different kinds of canines.

And I can't bring them all because they don't all get along.

Which are the most demonstrative.

So during my ride along, Officer Cleary is from the K-9 unit. Well, at least he was until now he's back on patrol. But he was just telling me about it. And I was like, you know, it was very interesting. That's like, well, I thought the rest of the commission would enjoy. But whatever we can get.

You can get whatever you want. Just tell me. Commissioners?

So I was thinking about the drug canine. But unless you have another interest with the commission.

I rode with, last year, with him and met canine ducks. Oh, yes.

Well, which are the most demonstrative, I guess.

Those are the bite dogs. We can do a bite suit if you want, if you want to see an apprehensive buddy.

I don't need to see that up close.

No, it's completely safe. It's not a big deal.

Okay, well, that sounds great.

You can put the bite suit on.

Sure, if that's what you want me to do. That's a great recommendation.

Absolutely.

Because what I recommend is if you want to see the dog, let's do one kind now, and then we'll schedule another one for the future. That way we don't have a bunch of them in the same room because they're going to start barking and going nuts. I used to be the canine supervisor, so I know this is going to go. But if you want to do an apprehension dog, we can do that. And then depending upon how our schedule looks, then we can bring in a drug or a gun dog. We have all sorts of different dogs now. Does that sound good?

Yes.

No problem.

Thank you. Thank you. And then the scheduled meeting for September 26th, the bylaws and policies and procedures, that was with the city attorney. I think we can remove that and the ad hoc will meet with her.

I'm just really uncomfortable with the attorneys meeting with their clients in public. So I think it would be better in the ad hoc committee with a separate report.

Very good. This Friday, myself, Frank, and Ruby are meeting with RPD to do the evaluation of the complaint process that's laid out currently in the RPD's policy. So maybe next month we should be able to hopefully have that report out to the rest of the commission on the findings. So I think that'll be just an agenda item for next month. Thank you. All right, the next regular Community Police Review Commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23rd at 530. The meeting is adjourned at 636. Thank you.