Jun 16, 2026 Public Safety Committee Meeting

[1. Briefing Regarding the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability’s Benchmarking Analysis and Review of GRPD’s Canine Program Policy 6-8.1.]

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ORDER. OUR FIRST ITEM IS A BRIEFING ON THE K9 POLICY, AND MR. DAVIS IS COMING UP TO THE MICROPHONE TO TAKE IT AWAY. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I SEE. OKAY AGAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M BRANDON DAVIS. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING OUR OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY AND ENGAGEMENT. AND TODAY I'LL BE GIVING THE BENCHMARKING, ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF K9 PROGRAM POLICY. 6-8.1. NOW, THIS IS A BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS, AND ITS REPORT COMPARES PD'S PROGRAM AND POLICIES TO PEER ORGANIZATIONS. AND DOES THAT TYPE OF EVALUATION. THIS IS NOT AN EVALUATION OF ACTUAL PROCESSES OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY AND COMPARING THAT AS A BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS. SO THE WAY THIS WILL WORK TODAY IS WE HAVE THIS AGENDA. OBVIOUSLY WE'LL DO THE INTRODUCTION. THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE THREE PART FRAMEWORK AND BENCHMARKING FACTORS. WE'LL GIVE A SUMMARY OF THAT THREE PART ANALYSIS.

AND THEN THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH THAT. THEN THERE'LL BE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE CITY COMMISSION'S REQUEST, THE CITY DEMAND, THE CITY MANAGER DIRECTED OPA TO ENGAGE IN THIS BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS OF PURE JURISDICTIONS AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS RELATED TO PD'S K9 POLICY. SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE EVALUATED PD'S WRITTEN K9 POLICY AND IDENTIFIED AREAS. IT COULD BE CLARIFIED OR STRENGTHENED TO BETTER ALIGN WITH PURE CITY PRACTICES AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GUIDANCE. THE REVIEW IS BASED ON PD'S WRITTEN POLICY, AND I KEEP STRESSING THAT AS WELL AS THE K-9 HANDLER MANUAL, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO LOOK AT, AND THAT WAS THE SCOPE OF THIS. NOW, WE DO NOTE SOME PRACTICES THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN A WRITTEN POLICY, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT THE CORE OF THE EVALUATION WAS BASED ON THAT WRITTEN ANALYSIS. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STATE THAT THIS IS NOT A LEGAL ANALYSIS. THE GOAL OF THIS WAS NOT TO GIVE A LEGAL OPINION. WE DON'T CONCLUDE THAT K9 DEPLOYMENT OR INCIDENTS WERE UNREASONABLE OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS PROCESS WAS ABOUT. IT WAS A BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS. THIS ANALYSIS DID NOT EVALUATE INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS OR CASES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO AFTER COMPLETING THIS WRITTEN THE REVIEW OF THE WRITTEN POLICY, WE DID HAVE CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. INTERIM CHIEF TRIGG HAS BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAD CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND OTHER LEADERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO WERE ALSO HELPFUL, AND WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY PRACTICES THAT MAY NOT BE ENCAPSULATED IN THE POLICY THAT ARE ENCAPSULATED IN THIS REPORT. IN SOME WAYS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT THE INFORMATION WE HAVE BASED ON THAT IS BASED ON WHAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY GRPD. SO WE DID NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY PRACTICES. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THIS REPORT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME COMMON LANGUAGE. SO DEFINITIONS. LET'S START WITH CANINE APPREHENSION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPREHENSION IN THIS REPORT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCIDENT WHERE A SUSPECT SURRENDERS OR IS OTHERWISE BROUGHT INTO CUSTODY AT THE AS A RESULT OF A CANINE DEPLOYMENT.

RIGHT. SO THIS MAY BE BECAUSE THE CANINE WAS USED AS TRAINED OR BECAUSE THE SUSPECT SURRENDERED AFTER BECOMING AWARE OF A CANINE BEING A PART OF IT. APPREHENSION DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THERE WAS A BITE OR SOME TYPE OF FORCE USED BY THE DOG IN THAT WAY.

WHAT IT DOES MEAN, THOUGH, IS WHAT WE'VE STATED HERE. K-9 HANDLER IS A SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, TRAINED AND CERTIFIED TO WORK WITH A POLICE CANINE. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT USE OF FORCE. AND THE USE OF FORCE IS THE APPLICATION OF PHYSICAL TACTICS OR TOOLS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GAIN COMPLIANCE OR CONTROL. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BENCHMARKING FACTORS, THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AS WE NAVIGATE THIS. THE FIRST THING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW IS THERE IS NO SINGLE UNIVERSALLY ADOPTED STANDARD FOR GOVERNING POLICE CANINE PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT THINGS. THE WAY IN WHICH THEY NAVIGATE, WHAT THEIR THRESHOLDS ARE, ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.

SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THIS CASE, OF COURSE, IS THEN LOOK, OF COURSE, ACROSS SEVERAL FACTORS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THOSE BEST PRACTICES, WHAT ARE THOSE NATIONALLY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IN ORDER TO PUT TOGETHER A BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, TEN BENCHMARKING FACTORS WERE USED IN THIS STUDY. AGAIN, THEY WERE NOT DEVELOPED BY OPA. THEY WERE DERIVED FROM

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SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT ACROSS POLICY ANALYSIS, I WE'LL TALK ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT POLICIES WE LOOKED AT. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRPD POLICIES. WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL RECOGNIZED SOURCES WE GOT TO. AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PEER CITIES THAT WERE SELECTED AND WHY THEY WERE SELECTED. SO FROM THAT REVIEW, TEN BENCHMARKING FACTORS ROSE TO THE TOP. THE FIRST IS FORCE CLASSIFICATIONS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT FORCE CLASSIFICATION, THE QUESTION IS DOES THE POLICY CLASSIFY CANINE BITES OR APPREHENSION AS A USE OF FORCE OPTION. WHEN WE LOOK AT APPREHENSION THRESHOLD THE QUESTION IS IS PHYSICAL APPREHENSION LIMITED TO SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES, ARMED SUSPECTS OR HIGH RISK SITUATIONS? NUMBER THREE LOOKS AT SUPERVISOR APPROVAL. THE QUESTION THERE IS, DOES THE POLICY REQUIRE SUPERVISORY APPROVAL BEFORE BITE RISK DEPLOYMENTS OR SITUATIONS WHERE A BITE COULD HAPPEN? THE NEXT ONE LOOKS AT WARNING REQUIREMENTS. WHAT WARNINGS MUST BE GIVEN AND IS DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED WHEN WARNINGS ARE WAIVED? THE BITE INCIDENT REVIEW THE QUESTION THERE IS WHO CONDUCTS THE PRIMARY REVIEW AND IS IT INDEPENDENT OF THE CANINE UNIT? THE NEXT ONE IS VULNERABLE POPULATION PROTECTIONS. THE QUESTION IS ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS FOR JUVENILES, ELDERLY PERSONS AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS? THE NEXT ASKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING. THE QUESTION IS, IS PUBLIC REPORTING OF DEPLOYMENTS, BITES, DEMOGRAPHICS OR BITE RATIOS REQUIRED? THE TRAINING METHODOLOGY LOOKS AT WHETHER THE POLICY, THE POLICY, THE POLICIES SPECIFIED, BUY AND HOLD, BARK AND HOLD, OR ANOTHER APPROACH. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE MORE. BUT BITE AND HOLD AND BARK AND HOLD ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF METHODOLOGY METHODOLOGIES USED IN THESE TYPE OF SPACES WITH BITE AND HOLD BEING THE MOST COMMON. THEN THERE'S DEMOGRAPHIC TRAINING. TRACKING IS DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTED AND ANALYZED FOR CANINE DEPLOYMENTS. AND LASTLY, WE HAVE RECALL AND CONTROL. IT'S THE HANDLER REQUIRED TO RECALL THE CANINE. ONCE THE SUSPECT IS IN THE CUSTODY OR THE THREAT HAS ENDED. SO THOSE ARE THE TEN PARTS. AND NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SOURCES WE USE TO GET TO THAT PLACE. SO THERE'S THE GRPD CROSS POLICY ANALYSIS.

SO LET'S DO AN OVERVIEW OF GRPD CANINE PROGRAM POLICY FOR EVERYONE. SO THERE ARE WE TALK ABOUT NINE MAJOR SPACES. SO GRPD AUTHORIZES CANINE USE ACROSS A BROAD OPERATIONAL RANGE. IT CAN BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES TRACKING SUSPECTS AND POTENTIAL EVIDENCE DURING OR AFTER CRIMINAL OFFENSES. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR MISSING INCIDENTS WHERE THE PERSON MAY BE IN DANGER. IT COULD BE USED FOR EVIDENCE SEARCHES FOR STOLEN OR ABANDONED PROPERTY. CANINES CAN BE USED FOR BUILDING SEARCHES WHERE BURGLARY OR FELONY SUSPECTS ARE BELIEVED TO BE HIDING. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR NARCOTICS SEARCHES, AND THAT'S IN A HOME OR A VEHICLE OR OPEN AREA WHEN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, OF COURSE. AND THEN THERE'S PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS BASED ON A TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES, AREA SEARCHES TO LOCATE AND APPREHEND HIDDEN FELONY SUSPECTS. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR OFF LEAD APPREHENSIONS AFTER VERBAL WARNINGS AND A TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. REVIEW AND THEN TACTICAL DEPLOYMENTS UNDER SRT SUPERVISOR DIRECTION. SO THE OTHER POLICIES WE LOOKED AT IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS REVIEW WAS THE DE-ESCALATION RESPONSE POLICY. SO THAT MOP9 1.1 DE-ESCALATION RESPONSE TO RESISTANCE AND USE OF FORCE. WE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE PURSUIT POLICY, THE YOUTH INTERACTIONS POLICY, THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING POLICY, THE CUSTODY OF INCAPACITATED PERSONS POLICY AND RESPONDING TO PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS AS WELL. SO THEN WE LOOKED AT BEST PRACTICES FROM NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOURCES. SO WE LOOKED AT THAT. WE LOOKED AT THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM. WE LOOKED AT THE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE WASHINGTON STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION MODEL AS WELL. SO THEN FOR PEER CITIES, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO TO GET SOME PEER CITIES FROM GRPD AS WELL. SO WHAT WE DID WAS GRPD SELECTED A NUMBER OF THESE PEER CITIES AND SELECTED OTHERS. SO WE LOOKED AT WEST COVINA IN CALIFORNIA, WHICH MANY OF YOU

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AND AGAIN, I WANT TO SPECIFY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WRITTEN POLICY AND WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THAT POLICY DIRECTLY. LATER ON, YOU'LL HEAR THAT A LOT OF THIS IS HAPPENING IN PRACTICE. BUT AGAIN, OUR ANALYSIS WAS ABOUT THAT WRITTEN POLICY. WE LOOKED AT YOUTH INTERACTIONS UNDER WHICH IS MANUAL PROCEDURES 8-16. AND WE LEARNED THAT THESE YOUTH INTERACTION POLICY CONTAINS PROTECTIONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY EXPRESSLY EXTENDED TO CANINE ENCOUNTERS IN THE WRITTEN POLICY. SO GRPD REQUIRES SUPERVISOR NOTIFICATION WHEN A CHILD HAS BEEN HANDCUFFED AND RESTRICTS FIREARM DISPLAY AGAINST YOUTH. YET THE CANINE POLICY PERMITS PHYSICAL APPREHENSION WITHOUT THAT AGE BASED RESTRICTION. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING POLICY, K9 WARNINGS ARE ENTIRELY VERBAL. THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING POLICY WARNS THAT FAILURE TO RESPOND TO COMMANDS MAY INDICATE HEARING LOSS AND NOT DEFIANCE. THAT'S NOT EXPRESSLY WRITTEN INTO THE CANINE POLICY, ALTHOUGH IT IS WRITTEN OBVIOUSLY IN THIS OTHER POLICY. WE ALSO LOOKED AT INCAPACITATED PERSONS AND MENTAL HEALTH.

THESE PROTECTIVE FRAMEWORKS EXIST FOR INTOXICATED, INCAPACITATED AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXPLICITLY REFLECTED IN THE CANINE OPERATION DESPITE THESE BEING, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS WHERE THAT WOULD BE PRETTY CRITICAL. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SUMMARY OF PART TWO, THIS IS BEST PRACTICES FROM NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOURCES.

SO WE LOOK AT THE BENCHMARK. YOU'LL SEE SEVERAL COLUMNS. YOU SEE BENCHMARKING FACTORS. YOU SEE BEST PRACTICES FROM NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOURCES. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE PD'S CURRENT STATUS. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE. WHEN WE LOOK AT FORCE CLASSIFICATION, THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO CLASSIFY CANINE APPREHENSIONS BITES AS USE OF FORCE. THE USE OF FORCE OPTION ON THAT FORCE CONTINUUM. AND WE HAVE SOME SOURCES HERE WHERE THAT COMES FROM. AGAIN, IN OUR CURRENT STATUS, CANINE IS NOT CLASSIFIED AS A USE OF FORCE IN THE POLICY, ALTHOUGH YOU'LL SEE LATER THAT IT IS TREATED THAT WAY IN PRACTICE. WHEN WE LOOK AT APPREHENSION THRESHOLD, THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO LIMIT APPREHENSION TO SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES WITH ENUMERATED CONDITIONS AND TO REQUIRE PROBABLE CAUSE AS A PREDICATE. WHEN WE LOOK AT CURRENT STATUS, IT DOES PROHIBIT APPREHENSION AND NON-SERIOUS OFFENSES WHEN NO DANGER EXISTS. SO IN SOME WAYS IT IS REFLECTED THERE. WHEN WE LOOK AT VULNERABLE POPULATION PROTECTIONS, THE BEST PRACTICES TO RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT CANINE DEPLOYMENT AGAINST KNOWN JUVENILES, ELDERLY PERSONS AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS. AND BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT CURRENT STATUS, THERE ARE NOT THESE RESTRICTIONS FOR JUVENILES OR ELDERLY, MENTALLY ILL, DEAF, INTOXICATED OR PREGNANT PERSONS DURING CANINE ENCOUNTERS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH THESE PROTECTIONS EXIST IN OTHER POLICIES, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WRITTEN POLICY AS IT RELATES TO CANINE POLICY, TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING. THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO IS TO PUBLISH ANNUAL CANINE DATA THAT WOULD INCLUDE DEPLOYMENTS, BITES, BITE RATIOS, INJURIES, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE HANDLER MANUAL DEPLOYMENT REPORTS THERE. IT DOES REQUIRE THAT EVERY USE MONTHLY STATS, QUARTERLY REVIEW TRAINING LOGS ARE REPORTED, BUT THERE IS NOT A PUBLIC REPORTING PORTION THAT'S REQUIRED BY POLICY. GRPD DOES PUBLISH ANNUAL CANINE FORCE COUNT ON THIS DASHBOARD. SO WE LOOK AT WARNING REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS STANDARDIZED WARNING LANGUAGE. MULTIPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS BEING REQUIRED, MULTILINGUAL CONSIDERATIONS BEING A PART OF THAT. AND WHEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THERE BEING SOME TYPE OF DOCUMENTED JUSTIFICATION AND GRPD IS CURRENT STATUS OF ITS WRITTEN POLICY. THERE ARE BUILDING SEARCH ANNOUNCEMENTS REQUIRED, AND THERE'S VERBAL

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WE LOOK AT SUPERVISOR APPROVAL. THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO REQUIRE SUPERVISOR AUTHORIZATION BEFORE ANY DEPLOYMENT WHERE A BITE IS FORESEEABLE. JEOPARDY'S CURRENT STATUS WE LOOK AT SECTION D ONE AUTHORIZES MOST FUNCTIONS WITHOUT PRIOR SUPERVISORY APPROVAL. A SUPERVISOR IS REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. WHEN WE LOOK AT BITE INCIDENT REVIEW, THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO ROUTE CANINE BITES INTO THE SAME REVIEW PROCESS AS OTHER USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS THAT EITHER BEING INTERNAL AFFAIRS OR EXTERNAL BODY THAT CONDUCTS THAT PRIMARY REVIEW AND CURRENT STATUS IS MULTI-LAYERED. THERE IS A USE OF FORCE REPORT AND CANINE SUPERVISOR REVIEW AND COPIES TO THE CHIEF SERVICE AREA COMMANDER AND IA. SO IA IS A PART OF ALL OF THOSE PARTS OF THAT PRACTICE. THAT USE OF FORCE COMPONENT IS A PART OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE. BUT THAT'S A PRACTICE NOT WRITTEN INTO THE ACTUAL CANINE POLICY. THE TRAINING METHODOLOGY, SPECIFYING THE TRAINING METHODOLOGY. THAT MEANS BITE AND HOLD VERSUS BARK AND HOLD IN THE POLICY IS WHAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE IN HANDLER MANUAL SECTION. THE BITE METHODOLOGY IS NOT NAMED SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CURRENT POLICY.

DEMOGRAPHIC TRACKING. THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO REQUIRE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION FOR ALL CANINE DEPLOYMENTS AND ANALYZE THAT FOR PATTERNS OR DISPARITIES. THERE IS NO TRACKING OF RACE, AGE, OR GENDER OF CANINE SUBJECTS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE INTERACTIONS WITH CANINES. UNDER CURRENT POLICY, GRPD DOES ALREADY TRACK DEMOGRAPHICS FOR OTHER USE OF FORCE CATEGORIES VIA ITS INTERNAL AFFAIRS ANNUAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. WE LOOK AT RECALL AND CONTROL THE BEST PRACTICES TO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE RECALL AND RESTRAINT. ONCE A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. CURRENT STATUS DOES REQUIRE A HANDLER TO RECALL THE DOG ONCE THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY, SO THAT ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH THE LANGUAGE WE SEE UNDER THE BEST PRACTICE, WHICH IS A VERY POSITIVE THING. OKAY, SO I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOME PRACTICES THAT WERE NOT IN THE WRITTEN POLICY. SO AGAIN, I'M I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE WELL WITH INTERIM CHIEF TRIGG. AND BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS HELPFUL TO GRAND RAPIDS. AND SO I THANK YOU TO HIM FOR STEPPING UP IN THIS WAY. AND THROUGH THAT CONVERSATION, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME PRACTICES THAT HAPPENED THAT ARE NOT A PART OF THE WRITTEN POLICY. THAT INCLUDES UNDER THE FORCE CLASSIFICATION. SO GRPD DOES REPORT THAT CANINE APPREHENSIONS ARE TREATED AT THE USE OF FORCE EVENT IN PRACTICE, AND THAT A USE OF FORCE REPORT IS REQUIRED FOR THOSE APPREHENSIONS. SO THESE ARE THINGS WE SEE IN PRACTICE THAT WE DON'T SEE IN A WRITTEN POLICY THERE. THE APPREHENSION THRESHOLD. EUROPE STATES THAT IT ADHERES THERE APPREHENSION POLICY TO THE US SUPREME COURT CASE OF GRAHAM V CONNOR, WHICH SETS THE MINIMUM STANDARD FOR CANINE APPREHENSION. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, THE APPREHENSION, THERE IS A MINIMUM STANDARD IN THE LAW FOR THE WAY THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK. NOTHING IN THIS REPORT IS SUGGESTING THAT GRPD IS NOT COMPLYING WITH THAT MINIMUM STANDARD. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RELATED TO NATIONAL PRACTICES OF WHERE WE THINK THERE CAN BE ADDED GROWTH WARNING REQUIREMENTS. GRPD HAS STATED THAT STANDARDIZED WARNINGS ARE TAUGHT THROUGH THEIR TRAINING, AND THAT ANY OMISSION MUST BE DOCUMENTED IN A USE OF FORCE REPORT. YOU MAY HAVE RECALLED THAT ON EARLIER SLIDES, I TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF THERE WAS AN OMISSION, IT NEEDED TO BE IN WRITING SOMEWHERE. THAT WAS THE NATIONALLY BEST STANDARD. AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T SEE THAT WRITTEN IN GRPD POLICY, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT IT IS A PART OF THEIR PRACTICE. A BIKE REVIEW INDEPENDENCE. AGAIN, GRPD HAS STATED THAT THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT REVIEWS ALL USE OF FORCE REPORTS, INCLUDING THOSE INVOLVING THOSE CANINE APPREHENSIONS THAT RESULT IN BIAS, VULNERABLE POPULATION PROTECTIONS. GRPD REPORTS THAT OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO WEIGH A PERSON'S STATUS AS A VULNERABLE IN A VULNERABLE POPULATION. AS PART OF THAT TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES REVIEW IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED. TRAINING AND METHODOLOGY GRPD INDICATES THAT BITE AND HOLD IS THE DEFAULT FOR ANY CANINE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY IT IS NOT DOCUMENTED IN THEIR POLICY. AND THEN DEMOGRAPHIC TRACKING JEOPARDY INDICATES THE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE DOCUMENTED AND USE OF FORCE REPORTS. HOWEVER, THEY DON'T ANALYZE THEM FOR PATTERNS AND DISPARITIES. SO HERE'S THAT SUMMARY OF PART THREE. AND THIS IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN OTHER MIDSIZE PEER CITIES. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS YOU SEE TWO COLUMNS FOR GRPD. YOU SEE A WRITTEN POLICY COLUMN THAT LOOKS JUST AT WHAT'S WRITTEN IN THE CANINE POLICY. AND THEN YOU SEE THE PRACTICE COLUMN, WHICH IS THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN FROM GRPD THAT ADD SOME MORE CLARITY TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT'S IN THAT WRITTEN POLICY. AND I WON'T GO LINE BY LINE BASED ON EACH OF THESE CITIES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE COMPARISON THERE, WHERE GRPD STANDS AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER CITIES INVOLVED HERE. OKAY, SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR

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BUT IT IS OUR POSITION THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITY AND OTHERS WHO MAY BE READING THIS POLICY, WHEN THEY GO TO A POLICY, THEY LOOK AT THAT POLICY AND ARE LOOKING FOR SOME OF THAT INFORMATION. SAME THING FOR WHEN WE HAVE OUR OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS TO REQUIRE SUPERVISOR APPROVAL BEFORE DEPLOYMENT TO MANDATE BITE REVIEW REPORTING IN IA, AND THAT BEING A PART OF THE ACTUAL POLICY TO CLARIFY THAT TRAINING METHODOLOGY AND POLICY AND INCLUDE DEMOGRAPHIC TRACKING AND REPORTING ALIGN WITH EACH OF THESE THINGS, YOU WILL SEE THE SOURCE, RIGHT? SO WHAT PEER CITIES WE SAW THAT HAD THOSE THINGS AND ALSO THE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOURCES THAT RECOMMENDED OR SUPPORTED THAT TYPE OF ACTION. THAT BRINGS US TO QUESTIONS. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN DOING THIS WORK. THIS HAS BEEN A LABORIOUS LIFT, AND IT'S BEEN SOME REALLY GOOD WORK DONE BY STAFF ACROSS THE CITY. SO I WANT TO THANK ALBERT SASAKI, WHO DID A BIG PART OF THIS LIFT. I BELIEVE HE'S IN HERE TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK NICK DRAKE, WHO WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS, AND BOTH HARRISON AND NICHOLAS WERE, YOU KNOW, WE WE WE SAY THE TWINS OFTEN. RIGHT. BUT THEY WERE EXTREMELY INVOLVED IN THIS SPACE. THEY DID A MAJOR LIFT.

AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE ALL OF THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK GOING INTO THIS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE MAYOR BEFORE WE GET QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK MR. DAVIS FOR HIS WORK. BUT JUST TO PUNCTUATE THE PROCESS, SO TODAY IS HIS FINDINGS, AND CERTAINLY HE'S AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMAND STAFF THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT I HAVE ASKED THE CHIEF TO COME BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING IN MORE DETAIL TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHICH THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACT ON. GREAT. SO, YEAH, AND LET ME ECHO THE SENTIMENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK. I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD METHODOLOGY, CERTAINLY THOUGHT PROVOKING. AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED TO SEE, FRANKLY, THAT THE STRONGEST COLUMN WHEN YOU DID THE COMPARATIVE TICK MARKS, OBVIOUSLY OUR PRACTICES. SO WHAT WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING WITH OUR CANINES SEEMS TO BE MAYBE THE STRONGEST CATEGORY THERE, EVEN COMPARED TO PURE CITIES. SO THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN THE COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, AS A CITY COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY, AND WE ALSO WANT OUR CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO KNOW, KNOW WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT AND WHAT OUR AND THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR POLICIES REFLECT OUR GOALS. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS THAT STRUGGLE IN GOVERNMENT. IF DO YOU DO THINGS. IF THINGS HAPPEN BY PRACTICE, THEN IT'S TOUGH TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. IF THE ANSWER IS, OH, WE ALWAYS WE ALWAYS DO THAT. BUT BUT IT'S NOT WRITTEN DOWN. YOU KNOW, IF EVERYONE IN THE CITY WENT 25 MILES AN HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THEN SOMEBODY GOES 40 AND WE DON'T HAVE SPEED LIMITS, WE CAN'T SAY, WELL, WE ALWAYS GO 25. AND THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR GOING 40. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION. I'M GLAD. I'M I'M CERTAINLY GLAD THIS IS, AS YOU SAID, CITY MANAGER, THE FIRST STEP HERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT YOU DID A REALLY ROBUST ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE, WHAT MAKES SENSE AND, AND WHETHER THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I THINK IT'S CLEAR TO ME FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY IS TO ESSENTIALLY DOCUMENT WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. SO, PASTOR, YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR THE REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE THAT WERE HAD. I MEAN, IT'S GOOD TO GET ALL THIS INFORMATION, BUT 62 MINUTES BEFORE OUR TIME HERE TO RECEIVE IT IS A LITTLE BIT UNACCEPTABLE. HOWEVER, WE UNDERSTAND THINGS HAPPEN AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REVIEW THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. IS THERE A

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THANK YOU, MAYOR AND DAVIS, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I, I, I TOO, AM EXCITED TO HEAR FROM INTERIM CHIEF TRIGG ON HIS INITIAL RESPONSE TO THESE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LEADING IN MANY CATEGORIES DEMOGRAPHIC TRACKING, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMPARABLE CITIES. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

SO I THINK I AM HOPEFUL TO SEE ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BE ADOPTED. I HAVE HAD CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS ALL OVER THE THIRD WARD, FROM WEALTHY STREET ALL THE WAY TO 44TH ON THIS VERY TOPIC. AND A NOTE FOR THE CITY MANAGER. AND MR. DAVIS, I'M WONDERING, SINCE THIS TOOK A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME, IF WE COULD CONSIDER ALSO ZOOMING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE FOOT CHASE POLICY PERIOD. SO THIS PURSUIT POLICIES, IN ADDITION, IS WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS ARE COMMUNICATING ABOUT. SO OF COURSE, THIS IS GOOD. I'M HAPPY TO SEE THIS.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF THESE ARE ADOPTED. AND THEN IN ADDITION, CAN WE HAVE THIS SAME REALLY COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF FOOT CHASE ITSELF? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WE PRIORITIZE THIS BASED ON THE URGENCY BACK IN APRIL, I BELIEVE, AND REALLY MOVED PRETTY FAST. AND WE HAVE ANOTHER COMPONENT I THINK THAT WE PRIORITIZE WAS A REVIEW OF OUR POLICY THAT WE. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THE. USE OF OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS. WE SAID WE WOULD THEN ANALYZE THE CANINE AND PURSUE POLICY. THEN CAB. THERE'S ONE OTHER MATTER, I THINK THAT WE HAD COMMITTED TO PRIOR TO THIS REVIEW, AND THAT WAS THE TRAFFIC STUDY. SO IF WE WANT TO ELEVATE THAT OVER THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THEN CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT'S WORTH DISCUSSING.

WONDERFUL. AND CITY MANAGER WITH THAT, CAN WE MAYBE BRING THIS BACK FOR THE FULL COMMISSION TO SEE WHERE THAT PRIORITIZATION IS? YEAH, CERTAINLY WE CAN SCHEDULE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY COMMISSION ON, ON AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE REVIEWS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OPA AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THIS WAS REALLY COMPREHENSIVE. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PART OF IT. BUT IF YOU IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING TRENDS, SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITHIN COMMUNITY HAVE INCLUDED A PURSUIT, A CHASE ITSELF. AND SO WITH SPEAKING WITH HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT MY TENURE, AS I GO ON MY SECOND YEAR ON COMMISSION, I THINK IT'S A CALL FROM COMMUNITY. AND AS WE DID WITH CANINE, STARTING WITH THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY. SO I'LL RAISE THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES GOING FURTHER TO SEE IF THAT WILL ALSO BE ON THE LIST OF OF REVIEWS GOING FURTHER. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM BOTH THE GRPD AND FROM OPA ON THIS. THANK YOU. AND GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO INDICATE THAT, AS THE MANAGER INDICATED, WE WE DO HAVE A CURRENT ORDER OF PRIORITIZATION. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT. SO ONE WAS OUR CANINE STUDY. THE MANAGER COMMITTED TO US DOING THE CAB ANALYSIS AS WELL. WHILE WE'RE DOING THE ANALYSIS, WE'RE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WORKING ON A TRAFFIC STOP STUDY SIMULTANEOUSLY AS RELATES TO A FOOT PURSUIT BASED ON CURRENT DIRECTION WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND, THAT WAS TO OCCUR AFTER THOSE THINGS. IF WE IF I RECEIVE OBVIOUSLY DIRECTION FROM MANAGER TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AFTER HE HEARS FROM YOU ALL, WE WILL. BUT THAT'S THE CURRENT PRIORITIZATION AND HOW WE'RE NAVIGATING. GOTCHA. SO IT IS IN THE PRIORITIZATION. IT IS IN THE LIST OF THINGS TO FOR US TO EVALUATE, BUT IT IS NOT NEXT ON THE LIST TO INVITE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. DAVIS. THANKS, THANKS, COMMISSIONER. SASSY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

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MY QUESTION IS. AND MAYBE MANAGER TELL ME IF THIS IS FOR FOR FOR CHIEF TRIGG. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, LIKE, SAY, THE K-9 MAKES A MISTAKE, SAY THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE COMMAND OR I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS LIKE A CERTAIN AREA WHERE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO THE BITE OR THE BITE AND HOLD, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS WAS FROM QUITE HONESTLY, I KNOW FOR ME, SEEING A PICTURE OF SOMEBODY WHO HAD BEEN IN IMPACTED BY THE USE OF FORCE OF A K9. SO I'M JUST WONDERING THAT QUESTION, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THAT FOLLOW UP LOOK LIKE? AND ARE THERE CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE? THAT IS A QUESTION. I WOULD DEFER TO THE POLICE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, DO WE WANT THE CHIEF TO COME IN, RESPOND TO THAT NOW OR COME FORWARD, CHIEF. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. EXCUSE MY VOICE. MY MY VOICE IS GONE. A BAD TIMING, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR NOW. BUT YEAH, OBVIOUSLY OUR OUR DOGS ARE TRAINED TO IMPACT CERTAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW, AND IF, IF THERE'S SEVERAL FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT, YOU KNOW, A DOG MISSING ITS BITE, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE REFERRING TO THE ONE RECENTLY WE HAD OF WHERE THE GENTLEMAN GOT HIT IN THE FACE. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER WAS A FORMER K-9 HANDLER FOR FOR TEN YEARS, AND HE'S OUR COORDINATOR. HE SUPERVISES THE PROGRAM, BUT HE COULD SPEAK TO ANOTHER DEPTH. BUT BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE DOGS CAN YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE ANIMALS. THEY CAN MISS THEIR SPOT. BUT IT GOES TO JUST HOURS AND HOURS OF TRAINING. YOU KNOW, IN THAT SPECIFIC INSTANCE, I KNOW THE DOG WAS, WAS TRYING TO TARGET THE ARM DUE TO THE MOVEMENT AND WHERE THE GENTLEMAN WAS SEATED IN THE CAR AND THE ADJUSTMENT THAT IT GOT TO THE FACE. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE TARGET WE CAN I KNOW WE PLAN ON DOING A PRESENTATION IN HERE WITH, FOR OUR CANINE PROGRAM TO SHOW, JUST LIKE DIRECTOR DAVIS EXPLAINED DURING HIS PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS VERY GOOD EXPLANATION, BY THE WAY, OR PRESENTATION OF ALL THE TIMES WE USE IT AND ACTUALLY COMING HERE AND ACTUALLY DISSECT IT, AND MAYBE WE CAN EVEN SHOW VIDEO THAT SHOWS OUR OFFICERS TRAINING WITH THE CANINE AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE BITE SUITS WHERE THE FACE ISN'T COVERED BECAUSE IT'S NOT A POINT OF, OF CONTACT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS IT TO A DEGREE. YEAH, I THINK SO. I MEAN, I THINK THAT IS. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, COMMISSIONER, AND I KNOW, MAYOR, YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CONSTITUENTS AS WELL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. AND I THINK, WHAT ARE THOSE WHAT ARE THOSE PIECES AND PRACTICES? AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S

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AND IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY SHOCKING THING THAT HAPPENED. AND IT HAPPENED AND IT HAPPENS REALLY QUICKLY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE ONE CONVERSATION. I THINK WE'VE SAID THIS CONSISTENTLY. I THINK THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS HOW DO WE REGULARLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE THESE USE OF FORCES? YEAH.

AND OUR CANINE HANDLERS TRAINED MONTHLY AND THEY PUT HOURS AND HOURS IN. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO MORE DEPTH WHEN WE COME BACK WITH, WITH OUR RESPONSE, I THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC. OKAY. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH. I GOT SOME QUESTIONS. YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, BEFORE I COULD FOR BOTH OF YOU, YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY REVIEW STANDARDS ON TRAINING FREQUENCY.

SO THE CHIEF JUST BROUGHT UP AN INTERESTING QUESTION. LIKE WHAT IS BEST PRACTICES? ARE WE TRAINING, YOU KNOW, AT THE IS THERE A STANDARD? AND I MEAN, I ASSUME THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. BUT IF EITHER ONE OF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, LIKE, IS THERE THE FACT THAT WE TRAIN MONTHLY, IS THAT SOMETHING WE JUST DECIDED TO DO TO OURSELVES? OR IS THAT A SORT OF STANDARDIZED, OH, THERE'S A NATIONAL STANDARD THAT WE FOLLOW. AND WE'RE ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO AND WE CAN GO MORE THAN THAT TOO. WE ALWAYS WANT TO EXCEED ANY TYPE OF STANDARD WE CAN AT GRPD, AT LEAST THROUGH MY MY HISTORY, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO EXCEED THE STANDARDS. MAYOR, LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT. SO WHEN CALEA REVIEWS OUR ACCREDITATION IS OUR CANINE PROGRAM REVIEWED BY CALEA. OBVIOUSLY, I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE GOT CLE ACCREDITATION. I WAS TRYING TO THINK BACK OF HOW LONG WE'VE HAD IT NOW, I THINK 2018. BUT THAT THAT PUTS US AND NOT NOT EVERY AGENCY IN MICHIGAN HAS IT. THERE'S THERE'S NOT MANY.

MICHIGAN STATE POLICE IS ONE OF THEM. BUT IT PUTS US AMONG THE. AS FAR AS OUR POLICIES ON THE ELITE ORGANIZATIONS, NOT IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IN THE IN THE WORLD. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO, TO HIGHLIGHT. WE AND CALEA COMES IN, IT'S IT'S LIKE 21 MEMBERS OF IT'S ATTORNEYS. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LAWYERS, IT'S PROSECUTORS. IT'S THIS FULL OF SMART INDIVIDUALS THAT COME THROUGH OUR POLICIES WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND TELL US WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE LACKING IF WE'RE LACKING, WE'VE HAD THAT CERTIFICATION, I THINK, SINCE 2018, LIKE I SAID. SO I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN OUR POLICIES THAT THEY ARE STRONG. BUT THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET STRONGER, RIGHT? WITH ANYTHING IN LIFE. I THINK IF YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD AND NO ONE WANTS TO BE STAGNANT, AND WITH OUR POLICIES, I DON'T WANT TO BE STAGNANT EITHER. AND I KNOW DIRECTOR DAVIS HIGHLIGHTED A FEW RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I KNOW DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER IS VERY OPEN TO, AND WE'RE OPEN TO AS AN AGENCY OF IMPROVING. AND I. I APPRECIATE HIS WORK ON IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL ASK MR. DAVIS TO COME TO THE PODIUM. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE REVIEW. I'LL JUST REITERATE EVERYONE ELSE HERE HOW YOU'RE VERY THOROUGHLY COMPARING THE BEST PRACTICES WITH WHAT THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMEND AND OTHER SIMILAR DEPARTMENTS, AND ALSO JUST WORKING SO CLOSELY ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. I THINK THAT FOCUSING MORE ON EVIDENCE AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE INSIGHT FROM DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND HOW YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT IS, IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND EVEN IF THINGS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE RUSHED IN GETTING OUT THIS RECOMMENDATION TO US HERE, I'M STILL VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO DO ALL THIS WORK. I THINK IT WAS FANTASTIC. THAT BEING SAID, I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST IS, UNDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND FORGIVE ME, I MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, LIKE HOW DEPARTMENTS DOCUMENT THINGS, BUT IF THERE IS A CANINE APPREHENSION WHERE A SUSPECT SURRENDERS, BUT THERE'S NOT A CONTACT WHERE A SUSPECT IS ACTUALLY CONTACTED BY THAT CANINE, WOULD THE GRPD STILL CLASSIFY THAT AS A USE OF FORCE? TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE, WHAT WE DOCUMENT WHEN IT COMES TO USE OF FORCE? OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT IN THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES YOU DESCRIBE, IT SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED UNDER A USE OF FORCE SPACE. NOW THAT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN PRACTICE, THAT'S NOT IN WRITTEN POLICY. SO AS TO WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURS, I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO THE CHIEF FOR NOW. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS IF A CANINE IS USED IN THE COURSE OF APPREHENSION THAT IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD FALL UNDER THE USE OF FORCE CONTINUUM AND THEREFORE BE DOCUMENTED. OKAY.

YEAH. SO IS THAT SIMILAR TO, SAY, WHERE AN OFFICER DRAWS A WEAPON IN A SITUATION? WOULD WOULD THAT ALSO BE CLASSIFIED AS A USE OF FORCE? THAT'S THE WAY WE WOULD DESCRIBE IT. OKAY.

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WHICH I SHOULD KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I WAS A WATCH COMMANDER AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HELP PREPARE THE LINEUP. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN DO DO A LOT OF TRAINING.

AND I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO RIDE ALONGS. I WANT TO SEE I WANT TO SEE MORE BECAUSE I WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND SEE WHAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING, BECAUSE I THINK THE NARRATIVE IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT APPRECIATES THE WORK THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE. SO I'M WELL OPEN TO IT. OKAY, GREAT. AND JUST SAY THAT WASN'T A COMMITMENT. THAT WAS AN OPENNESS, BUT LOGISTICALLY IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THAT AN OPEN RIDE ALONG WITH A CANINE OFFICER? WELL, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S IT'S IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT JUST RESTRICTED TO NORMAL PATROL, BUT POTENTIAL FOR CANINE HANDLER. BUT IF YOU'RE DOING TRAINING, YOU PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE EXCITING, LIKE YOU COULD RIDE ALONG WITH THE CANINE ALL DAY AND THE CANINE NEVER GETS DEPLOYED. SO CORRECT. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL TO WHEN WE DO THAT PRESENTATION OF OUR CANINE PROGRAM AND MAYBE SOME SOME VIDEOS TO SHOW SOME OF THE WORK THEY DO AND MAYBE EVEN ORGANIZE A, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO A TRAINING AND SEEING THE WORK THAT THEY DO FIRSTHAND. AND MANY OF US HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE, THOSE ENDEAVORS. ALSO, HOW FREQUENT IS THE CANINE TRAINING, THOUGH? I KNOW THE OTHER ASPECTS OF TRAINING IS WEEKLY. WEEKLY? YES. CANINE TRAINING IS WEEKLY. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT,

[2. Presentation from the Grand Rapids Police Department on Monthly Crime Stats]

YOU'RE YOU'RE CUT LOOSE. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CRIME STATISTICS. FOR YOUR

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I REALLY DO WELCOME THE OVERSIGHT. I THINK IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HELP BREAK DOWN SOME SOME TRUST BARRIERS. I'M OPEN TO IT. AND MY PASSION FOR THIS, FOR THIS JOB, IN THIS CAREER. AND I, I'VE SAID BEFORE, I KNOW. CONVERSATIONS MR. DAVIS AND I HAVE HAD, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP EVERYTHING IF I COULD AND LET YOU SEE WHAT WE DO, WHY WE DO IT, AND HAVE THOSE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS TO ANYTHING. THAT'S WHETHER IT'S CRITICISM, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM OR NOT. SO AND I BELIEVE WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP THAT'S FORMED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. SO, ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET STARTED. HERE'S OUR AUTO THEFT NUMBERS. AS YOU SEE, WE'RE STILL TRENDING DOWN FROM 2025, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

AND THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE MONTHLY COMPARISONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AND PRETTY QUICKLY HERE THE ROBBERY TOTALS AGAIN TRENDING DOWN. NOT A NOT A HUGE JUMP. BUT IT'S IT'S GOING DOWN. I THINK A LOT OF THIS IS CONTRIBUTED ATTRIBUTED TO OUR STAFFING NUMBERS ARE GETTING STRONG. AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK DOESN'T GET THE RESPECT I THINK THAT IT DESERVES IS OFFICER PRESENCE IS HUGE. HAVING MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE AND FROM THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THAT THE THE CARS ROLLING AROUND, THE OFFICERS ARE GETTING OUT ON BIKE AGAIN AS WE STAFF UP IS IMPORTANT. IT IT HAS A SENSE OF SAFETY THAT COMES WITH IT. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOME THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, IT ALSO MAYBE GETS THEM TO RECONSIDER. SO SEEING THE ROBBERY NUMBERS, THEY'RE DOWN. MOVING ON TO OBVIOUSLY THE PERSON'S SHOT. YOU SEE 11 IN 2025. SEE OUR NUMBERS THERE IN 2026. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE AMOUNT OF GUNS YOU'LL SEE, WE'LL GO TO TO THE NEXT SLIDE OF A COUPLE OF SLIDES FROM NOW. BUT MEN AND WOMEN ARE CONTINUING TO GET GUNS OFF THE STREET, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, TRYING TO GET THE THE LEGALLY POSSESSED GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF THOSE THAT HAVE THEM. THIS IS JUST SHOWING WHERE OUR THE PERSON SHOT A NEWER SLIDE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. BUT TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, BY WARD BY SERVICE AREA, KIND OF WHERE THESE INCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING.

HOMICIDES, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE SITTING AT NINE RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE EIGHT ON THE ON THE GRAPH HERE, JUST BECAUSE WE HAD ONE ON JUNE 1ST. SO THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS SLIDE HERE.

NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE THE NAMES YOU KNOW AND AND OBVIOUSLY WE TALK ABOUT NINE HOMICIDES. AND WE TALK WE SHOW THESE NAMES. THESE NAMES JUST AREN'T A NUMBER. AND IT'S JUST NOT A NAME. EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE A STORY. I KNOW WE HAVE THE, THE TRIPLE HOMICIDE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ALL REMEMBER FROM THE VIOLENT DOMESTIC THAT WE HAD. AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, THESE NAMES, KNOWING THAT SEVEN OUT OF THE THESE NINE INCIDENTS HAPPENED JUST ON THREE DAYS OF VIOLENCE, WHICH WHICH IS SAD. YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, EACH ONE OF THESE HAS A STORY. AND WE HAVE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN THAT, YOU KNOW, SEEK ACCOUNTABILITY AND SEEK JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILY OF THESE VICTIMS. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS NEXT SLIDE, AS FAR AS OUR CLEARANCE RATE, WE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE ABOVE 20%, ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE SOLVED WE'VE CLEARED SEVEN OF THE NINE HOMICIDES IN 2026 HAVE BEEN CLEARED BY ARREST. AND THAT THAT EIGHTH ONE IS FORTHCOMING. I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THAT ONE. AND 6014 RECORDED OVERDOSES YEAR TO DATE. AND AS I AS I SPOKE TO, 160 ILLEGALLY POSSESSED GUNS RECOVERED THROUGH MAY, THIS IS A SLIDE WE. WE RECENTLY ADDED, OBVIOUSLY SHOWING OUR. OUR CRIME IS DOWN 8.9% OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD THING.

AND I WANT TO SEE THAT CONTINUE TO GO DOWN. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE THE PLACE THAT THE BEST OF THE BEST WANT TO COME. WE CONTINUE TO STAFF UP AND HAVE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THIS JOB IN THIS CITY. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY, WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE TO THE THE COMMUNITY OF ONE OF THE BEST POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S WILLING TO ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY. AND WHAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE IS JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THE AMPHITHEATER. OBVIOUSLY, THE AMPHITHEATER KIND OF TOOK ALL THE NEWS LAST MONTH AND THE

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BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ONCE WE GOT A LITTLE HISTORY WITH IT, A LITTLE REPS WITH IT, THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO SCALE IT BACK. AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. SO WE STARTED WITH 22 BODIES, 22 OFFICERS THAT WERE WORKING THE THE AMPHITHEATER NOW ALREADY DOWN TO 12. SO EVERYTHING'S WORKING PRETTY SMOOTHLY. THE INGRESS IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE, YOU KNOW, POST INCIDENT. BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT UNLIKE THE VAN ANDEL PEOPLE CLEAR OUT OF THE AMPHITHEATER PRETTY QUICKLY SO THAT THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD STAND ON THE SIDEWALK WAITING TO CROSS. BUT WE'VE GOT GREAT MEN AND WOMEN AT THE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROBLEM SOLVING THAT. AND THAT'S A SMALLER PROBLEM TO, TO, TO DEAL WITH. BUT SO SOME VEHICLE TRAFFIC THAT'S MAYBE GETTING BACKED UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROBLEM SOLVE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT THE CITY AND GO TO AN EVENT AT THE AMPHITHEATER, THAT THEY HAVE A ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION, QUICK AND SIMPLE, AND I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS, CHIEF. YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I'M ALWAYS SORT OF LOOKING FOR WAYS TO MAYBE FINE TUNE THE DATA TO TELL A STORY A LITTLE BETTER. SO WE, WE, IT WAS ASKED YOUR PREDECESSOR TO START INCLUDING SHOOTINGS AND HOMICIDES, WHICH IS, I THINK, GREAT. ONE THING I ALSO THINK THAT MAYBE WE COULD TELL THE STORY A LITTLE. YOUR SUCCESS STORY A LITTLE BETTER ON CLEARANCE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW AND PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THOSE NUMBERS, THOSE PRIOR YEAR NUMBERS TICK UP AND THEY TICK UP BECAUSE OF WHAT WE USED TO CALL COLD CASES, WHICH IS YOU'VE GOT A, YOU'VE GOT A TEAM LOOKING AT HOMICIDES THAT ARE THAT HAVE BEEN UNSOLVED. BUT I KNOW WE NEVER GIVE UP ON THEM BECAUSE I REMEMBER BACK AT WHAT, YOU KNOW, I, I, THERE HAVE BEEN CASES THAT ARE DECADES OLD THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN, IN MY OTHER LIFE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID WHAT IN 1995 ON A, ON A CORNER OR A DRIVE BY OR WHATEVER. SO, SO THOSE NUMBERS FROM 22, 23, 24, AND 25 SORT OF TICK UP. BUT UNLESS YOU GOT A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY, YOU DON'T SEE THAT PROGRESS IN THE WAY WE PRESENT IT. RIGHT. SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE COULD INCLUDE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OLDER CASES CLEARED THIS YEAR TO DATE. LIKE THAT'D BE GREAT BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE THAT NUMBER IN YOUR HEAD. BUT OF THOSE, IF WE AND I KNOW THEY DON'T HAPPEN LIKE EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH, BUT LIKE THERE'S A NON-ZERO NUMBER OF OLDER CASES THAT WE'RE CLEARING THIS YEAR.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE 7 OR 9 HOMICIDES, WELL, IF YOU DIDN'T CLEAR THAT NUMBER EIGHT WITH AN ARREST UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, IT WOULDN'T IT WOULDN'T SHOW UP QUITE WE WOULDN'T QUITE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT LETTING GO OF THOSE 2025 ON UNCLEARED. WE'RE NOT LETTING GO OF THE 2020 FOURS 2023. WE'RE ALSO NOT LETTING GO OF LIKE 2001. SO, SO SHOWING THAT THAT WORK ON THIS SLIDE MIGHT BE A WAY TO LIKE SHOW THAT SUCCESS A LITTLE BETTER.

JUST A THOUGHT, NOT A MANDATE, JUST A THOUGHT. RIGHT. AND, AND LIKE I SAID, OUR MEN AND WOMEN TAKE, TAKE PRIDE IN THE PUTTING IN THE WORK FOR THESE CASES AND SOLVING THEM. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THAT THE DOCUMENTARY AND STUFF. AND THAT'S A TRUE EXAMPLE, TRUE DISPLAY OF HOW OUR MEN AND WOMEN GET INVESTED IN THESE CASES BECAUSE THEY BUILD THESE BONDS WITH THE VICTIMS FAMILIES AND WANT TO BRING SOME TYPE OF JUSTICE TO THEM. THEY ALMOST TAKE IT PERSONAL. AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING. SO YEAH, ANY CASE, WE I DON'T CARE IF IT'S 50 YEARS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WORTH OUR TIME IF WE HAVE PEOPLE TO INVESTIGATE IT.

SO. MAYOR, THANK YOU CHIEF. AND I WANTED TO SAY THIS. IF YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE CHIEF TO INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE PAST FEW WEEKS THERE'S BEEN A NARRATIVE AROUND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND ARE WE SAFE? AND I WOULD STILL ARGUE WE ARE, IF NOT THE SAFEST MIDSIZE CITY, ONE OF THE SAFEST MIDSIZE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. AND PART OF THAT IS THE FACT THAT WE CAN STILL TALK ABOUT UNFORTUNATE HOMICIDE VICTIMS BY NAMES, AND REMEMBER THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO, UNFORTUNATELY, WERE LOST. THERE ARE CITIES WHERE THEY CAN'T DO THAT. THEY ARE STATISTICS. THERE ARE TOO MANY NAMES TO NUMBER, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER. AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS COMMEND OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES. ALL THE THINGS AROUND PREVENTION AND DESIGN AND ENGAGEMENT THAT I THINK HELPS US WITH THIS NARRATIVE. THE NUMBERS DO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, AND CRIME HAS GONE DOWN BY 9% OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. AND SINCE 2022, WE'VE HAD A REDUCTION, AS YOU

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THIS IS NOT A SKEWED NARRATIVE. IT'S THE DATA. AND SO NOW WE KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TO IMPROVING THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO, TO SHARE THAT. YES.

AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO ADD, AS YOU STATED, CITY MANAGER, A LOT GOES INTO IT. IT'S JUST NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE FROM, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY LEADERS, CITY DEPARTMENTS, YOU NAME IT. IT'S A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. IT'S A IT'S A MESSAGE CITYWIDE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COMMIT A CRIME, ESPECIALLY A HEINOUS CRIME, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTS EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT, THAT CHOICE. SO YEAH, APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSIONER KILGORE AND THEN COMMISSIONER SASSY AND THEN. MR. FINE. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, INTERIM CHIEF.

THE SENTIMENT AND THE ENERGY OF THIS COMMITTEE, TO ME HAS LIGHTENED AND CHANGED BY YOU BEING HERE. I THINK PART OF THAT IS FROM YOU BEING VERY RECEPTIVE AND OPEN TO JUST DOING YOUR PART. AND IN SAYING THAT, WE WE AREN'T PERFECT. BUT I THINK STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE ALSO MEANS ACCEPTING SOME CHANGE. SO TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU WAS VERY INSPIRING. AND WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING THAT WITH COMMUNITY. I ALSO THINK WHEN WE THINK OF SOME OF THE VIOLENCE, I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP FOR COMMUNITY. COMMISSIONER PERDUE AND I SET ASIDE $250,000 FOR YOUTH AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION THROUGH THE THIRD WORLD EQUITY FUND. THAT WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES. AND IN ADDITION, A NEW PILOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE FOR JUST YET, BUT IT'S $150,000 FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL. SO IT'S LIKE A TRAUMA EMERGENCY RESPONSE PILOT. SO COMMISSIONER PERDUE HAS BEEN STUDYING VERY HARD ON THIS TOPIC, AND I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH. I KNOW THAT YOU ARE PD AND JUST COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE. WHEN WE HAVE SHOOTINGS OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY, HOW DO WE, AS CITY HALL RESPOND EVEN FURTHER? I KNOW WE OFFER RESOURCES CURRENTLY, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THESE INNOVATIVE WAYS AND LEADING ON RESPONDING TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD. AND THEN AGAIN, TO TO SAY TO THE PUBLIC AND TO YOU, I AM HOPEFUL TO SEE THAT ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN TODAY ARE ACCEPTED. BUT I DO LOVE TO HEAR YOUR SENTIMENT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO FORWARD, YOU CAN ADD MORE ON TO THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, SINCE I'VE GOT COLLEAGUES FROM THE FIRST WARD AND THE SECOND WARD UP HERE, THE THIRD WARD EQUITY FUND ACTUALLY GETS GETS DECIDED ON BY THE WHOLE COMMISSION. SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ONE WARD DECIDES ON. IT'S IT'S FOR FOCUSED WORK. BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR OUR COLLEAGUES. YES. BUT COMMISSIONER SASSY, THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS OVERVIEW.

YEAH, I DO APPRECIATE YEAH. SHARING THE STORY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS PULL APART, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT NARRATIVES AND PIECES. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT AND I HATE EVEN SAYING COLD CASES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS MURDERED HERE IN THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS IN 2022. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT I KNOW THIS DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT IN TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT CASE, HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT NARRATIVES, YOU KNOW, WAS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. HOMELESSNESS. WE WERE UNHOUSED, BUT REALLY NOT. AND JUST KIND OF THE THE REALITY OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH SOMEBODY AND I WOULD SAY PAST DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND CURRENT ONES KNEW HIS NAME, BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THOSE CASES GET SOLVED. AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT'S A PIECE OF CLOSURE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE THAT ARE ALSO STILL WAITING FOR CLOSURE ON CASES.

BUT I, I'M GLAD THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED IT BECAUSE MY FAMILY HAS SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CALLS, THE CONNECTION POINTS, YOU MIGHT NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HEARING FROM THEM EVERY DAY, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THOSE THINGS ARE BEING WORKED ON. AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE. AND AS YOU SAID, LIKE SOMETHING'S GOING ON EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO IT DOESN'T STOP. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T CAN'T PUT A LITTLE LINE IN THE SAND AND SAY, OH, WE'RE JUST HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT IT'S THE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THAT IS WORKING TO SOLVE THAT CASE, AT LEAST FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'VE SAID BEFORE, I'VE LOST A FRIEND TO GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. SO AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO FORGET HIS NAME. SO I CAN EASILY TAP INTO, YOU KNOW, RELATING TO A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WANTS EITHER CLOSURE OR DOESN'T WANT THEIR FAMILY OR WHOEVER THEIR LOVED ONE'S NAME FORGOTTEN. SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S EASY ONE FOR ME, RIGHT? SO AND I, MEN AND WOMEN ARE HAVE THAT SAME FEELING. SO IT YOU GET TREMENDOUS PRIDE FROM FROM HELPING SOMEBODY JUST ON THE BASIC CALL, LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING AS HUGE AS, YOU KNOW, A CRIME LIKE THAT THAT IS FOREVER IMPACTFUL. THANK YOU. MR. FINE. WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. THANK YOU.

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[3. Fire Department Recruitment & Hiring]

IT'S A 16 WEEK PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS KIDS THAT ARE 18 AND OLDER TO GET A REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN A FIRE ACADEMY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE LIKE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY CONNECTION WITH GRAND RAPIDS. AND WHETHER THEY WERE BORN HERE, STILL LIVING HERE, THAT THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION TO GRAND RAPIDS. AND SO THEY HOLD THIS PLACE CLOSE TO THEIR HEART AND THEIR FIRE SERVICE, CURIOUS, AS IF THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO DO. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE JOB IS, AND THEY KIND OF WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP FORWARD AND TOWARD THE FIRE SERVICE AND LEARN A

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THAT PROCESS STARTS IN MARCH, WITH THE APPLICATION OPENING MARCH THROUGH MAY. INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS FIREFIGHTER POSITION. DURING THAT TIME, WE HOST OPEN HOUSES.

THE GOAL OF THESE OPEN HOUSES IS TO SHOW THE APPLICANTS WHAT THE PROCESS ENTAILS, THE DETAILS OF THAT AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PROCESS, AND ALSO OF THE GRAND RAPIDS FIRE DEPARTMENT CANDIDATES. ONCE THEY. THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS CLOSED, CANDIDATES TAKE A WRITTEN TEST. THEN THEY TAKE A PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST. THEN THEY SIT FOR A PANEL INTERVIEW. THAT PANEL INTERVIEW INVOLVES COMMUNITY MEMBERS. DOCTOR OLSON IS WELL AWARE OF THAT, AS HE HAS BEEN ONE MANY TIMES. AFTER THE PANEL INTERVIEW, THEY SIT FOR A FIRE CHIEF INTERVIEW, AND ONLY AFTER PASSING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE STEPS AND ALL OF THOSE LENSES, LOOKING AT THEM, THEY MOVE ON AND WE BASICALLY SAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO HIRE YOU. AND NOW THEY SIT FOR A VERY INTENSIVE MEDICAL EVALUATION. THAT ALL HAPPENS BEFORE THE CLASS BEGINS IN JANUARY. AND AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS IN MARCH, AND THEN THE NEXT CLASS WILL START THIS COMING JANUARY. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A GRAND RAPIDS FIREFIGHTER ARE PRETTY SIMPLE. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR A GED, BE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE WITH STRONG CHARACTER, COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, SPECIFICALLY THE CITIZENS OF GRAND RAPIDS, AND IDENTIFY PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK HARD. AGAIN, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR A GREAT PEOPLE AND WE WILL TRAIN THEM TO BECOME GREAT FIREFIGHTERS.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN ARCHIVE PICTURE OF MY ROOF. WHEN YOU SHOWED THEM HACKING THROUGH THE ROOF WASN'T MY HOUSE. SO THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, CITY MANAGER. IF YOU COULD EITHER CHIEF BROWN OR CHIEF MORRISON. WE WERE TALKING LAST WEEK AND YOU WERE SHARING THE SUCCESS OF US HIRING CADETS INTO FIREFIGHTERS. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT STAT? I DO. SO THIS GROUP HERE BRINGS US TO 41 PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED AS A CADET THUS FAR. WE HAVE HIRED FIVE WHO ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AS GRAND RAPIDS FIREFIGHTERS. THAT NUMBER THOUGH. KEEP IN MIND, THIS GROUP HERE JUST STARTED. WE HAVE MULTIPLE OTHERS THAT I KNOW OF THAT ARE APPLIED THIS YEAR THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS TO BE HIRED, SO THAT NUMBER OF THE 41 WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. BUT PUT IT IN CONTEXT, I BELIEVE YOU SAID THIS YEAR FOR, YOU KNOW, 1314, HOW MANY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS WE WERE HIRING? WE HAVE OVER 700 APPLICANTS, APPLICANTS THUS FAR. IS THAT ACCURATE? YES. 703 PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED THUS.

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WE HAVE DONE THAT TODAY. THEY WERE OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE TWEAKED TO THE VERY END. SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT FIRST THING AT 8 A.M. WE GOT SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT NEED TO SEE IT AT THE BEFORE IT SENT OUT, EVEN TO THE CITY COMMISSION, BUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I'LL SEND THEM OUT TO YOU. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S COMPLICATED DISCUSSIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD, BUT YOU'LL GET THE MATERIALS AS SOON AS WE CAN RELEASE THEM. I APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING TO THAT. I KNOW THAT WE AREN'T ELECTED OFFICIALS. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE ONES WHO ARE HERE, BUT OUR NAMES ARE ON THE DAIS AND PEOPLE DO COME UP TO US AND AN UNEXPECTED AMOUNT OF TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE, THE MORE WE CAN PREPARE, THE MORE THAT WE CAN BRING BACK, THE BETTER. AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU AS A LIAISON, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE AFFORDED THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES OR RIDE ALONGS OR WHATEVER, JUST FEEL FREE AND I CAN FACILITATE THAT WHEN POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. GREAT. YEAH, LET ME, LET ME LET ME CLARIFY ON BEHALF OF THE STAFF, WE WILL ENSURE THAT WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE THAT MORNING, YOU WILL GET IT. NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME REVISIONS AND CHANGES AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT WHATEVER WE HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE IT WHEN WE SEND IT OUT. RIGHT ON. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I'LL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.