[2. Grand Rapids Police Departments Response to the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability’s Benchmarking Analysis and Review of GRPD’s Canine Program Policy 6-8.1.]

OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS OUR PRESENTATION FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF ON CURRENT CRIME STATISTICS. THANKS. SO YOU GOT IT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE RESPONDING TO OBVIOUSLY CITY MANAGER HAD THE MEMO OUT, I THINK IT WAS MARCH 17TH REGARDING A FEW THINGS. AND ONE, IT WAS OPA'S BENCHMARKING OUR OUR CANINE POLICIES AND PRACTICES. SO A PORTION OF THAT AND DIRECTOR DAVIS DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT. OUR PORTION OF THAT WAS TO TO RESPOND, GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CANINE PROGRAM AND OUR POLICY AND PRACTICES. NOT TO PUT HIS AGE OUT THERE, BUT I HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER HERE, WHO'S BEEN PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT FOR THREE DECADES AND SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR CANINE PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN THE COORDINATOR FOR A LONG TIME AND HAS SEEN THE GROWTH OF OUR CANINE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

SO NO ONE COULD SPEAK TO IT BETTER THAN HE CAN. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE HIM STEP UP HERE AND RUN US THROUGH IT, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHIEF. GOOD AFTERNOON ALL. MY NAME IS PJ BAKER. FOR THOSE I HAVEN'T MET, I'M RELATIVELY NEW DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. FORMERLY SERVED AS A CAPTAIN OF COMMANDER OF THE WEST SERVICE AREA. I'M 52 YEARS OLD. I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED.

ANYBODY KNOWS MY AGE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING MY 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS SATURDAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DID HAVE THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS A K-9 HANDLER FOR THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS, I SERVED WITH TWO DIFFERENT DOGS. DURING THAT TIME. BOTH OF THEM WERE NARCOTICS NARCOTIC PATROL CERTIFIED DOGS, ONE BEING A GERMAN SHEPHERD NAMED TARA, AND THE SECOND BEING A BELGIAN MALINOIS NAMED KADE. SO I'VE GOT SOME EXPERIENCE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE DOGS AND WITHIN THIS TEAM. AFTER THAT, LEAVING THE K9 TEAM, I WENT ON TO SERVE IN SOME SOME OTHER CAPACITIES WITHIN THE AGENCY AND EVENTUALLY FOUND MY WAY BACK AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER OF THE K9 TEAM. AND I'VE SERVED IN AND OUT OF THAT ROLE, PROBABLY FOR A LARGE PART OF THE LAST 8 TO 9 YEARS, CURRENTLY STILL SERVING IN THAT ROLE. I SERVE IN THAT ROLE AS A COMMANDER OF THE WEST SERVICE AREA. AND AND I'M GOING TO HANG ON TO IT AS LONG AS I CAN, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL RESTRUCTURING CAPABILITIES OR OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE K9 TEAM AND SEE WHERE THAT BEST FITS FOR SOME LAYERS OF OVERSIGHT THAT I THINK WE CAN BUILD IN IN THE FUTURE. BUT I'LL ADDRESS THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE GET TO SOME OF THOSE SECTIONS. CERTAINLY, THIS IS A RESPONSE TO THE BENCHMARK STUDY THAT THE OPA CONDUCTED FOR US, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S SOME INSIGHT THERE THAT CERTAINLY CAN TAKE AWAY FROM, I THINK, TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OUR RESPONSE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH OUR K9 PROGRAM. HOW OUR K9 PROGRAM STANDS IN ITS MODERN, MODERN CAPACITY. SO WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME ON THAT. AND THEN WE'LL TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME ON WHAT A K9 BITE REVIEW, A USE OF FORCE INCIDENT INVOLVING A K9, WHAT THE REVIEW PROCESS OF THAT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE FACT. THE TEAM AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, CURRENT MODERN HISTORY TEAM WAS, I'M SORRY, CURRENT MODERN DAY HISTORY TEAM. IT WAS STARTED IN ABOUT 1998. PRIOR TO 1998, WE GENERALLY HAD ONE DOG ON THE

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GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF GAPS WHERE WE HAD NO DOGS, BUT OCCASIONALLY A DOG WOULD COME AND GO. IN 1998, SERGEANT MARK MATHIS HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT VISION TO BRING CANINES INTO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HELP THEM SERVE ALONGSIDE US FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. OUR TEAM EXPANDED IN 98 FROM ONE DOG TO FIVE DOGS. WE CONTINUED TO GROW AS WE SAW THEIR VALUE, AND WE SAW WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE AGENCY AND TO OUR RESPONSES. AND WE CURRENTLY SIT AT NINE DOG KADRI. WE HAVE NINE TOTAL DOGS ASSIGNED TO OUR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, EACH WITH ITS OWN HANDLER. SO NINE HANDLERS. FOR SOME CONTEXT AROUND THE COUNTY, WYOMING POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS FOUR PURPOSE CANINES. KENT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS FIVE DUAL PURPOSE CANINES AND FOUR SINGLE PURPOSE NARCOTIC ONLY DOGS. AND THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR MODERN HISTORY, WE'VE USED GERMAN SHEPHERDS, WE'VE USED BELGIAN MALINOIS, AND WE'VE USED DUTCH SHEPHERDS AND COMBINATIONS. OCCASIONALLY YOU'LL SEE A COMBINATION OF A DUTCH SHEPHERD AND A GERMAN SHEPHERD. THOSE BREEDS FIT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM OUR POLICE CANINES. IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY COMMON NATIONAL STANDARD TO USE ONE OF THOSE THREE BREEDS. OUR DOGS ARE DUAL PURPOSE DOGS. I'LL USE THAT TERM SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. DUAL PURPOSE MEANS THAT THEY ARE CERTIFIED AND FIRST A SCENT OR ODOR RECOGNITION, AND THAT'S EITHER NARCOTICS OR EXPLOSIVES. HALF OF OUR DOGS ARE NARCOTICS DOGS.

HALF OUR DOGS ARE EXPLOSIVE DOGS. WE NEVER CROSS TRAIN THE TWO. IF I TAKE A DOG THAT'S CROSS TRAINED INTO A A SEARCH SCENARIO AND HE ALERTS ON A BOX ON THE FLOOR, I WANT TO KNOW AS THE HANDLER WHAT TO EXPECT TO FIND INSIDE THAT BOX. I WILL HANDLE THAT ALERT VERY DIFFERENTLY. IF I KNOW IT'S A NARCOTICS SEARCH OR I KNOW IT'S A BOMB SEARCH. SO WE'RE SERVED IN A, WE'RE CERTIFIED IN A ODOR AND WE'RE ALSO CERTIFIED IN PATROL. AND PATROL IS THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR ALL OTHER THINGS THAT POLICE CANINES CAN DO. OUR DOGS ARE CERTIFIED TO BE TRACKING DOGS. THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO DO AREA SEARCHES. THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO BUILDING SEARCHES, THEY'RE CERTIFIED TO DO ARTICLE SEARCHES, AND THEY'RE CERTIFIED IN OBEDIENCE.

AND WHEN I SAY CERTIFIED, WE GO TO A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION, WE GO THROUGH A TEST. EACH DOG AND HANDLER GOES THROUGH THE TEST TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE TO PASS STANDARDS IN EACH OF THOSE DISCIPLINES TO GET THAT CERTIFICATION. ONCE YOU ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THOSE CERTIFICATIONS, THEN YOU'RE CONSIDERED A CERTIFIED CANINE TEAM. THEN YOU ADD ON THE ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION FOR EITHER NARCOTICS OR EXPLOSIVES. THERE'S BEEN RECENT VIDEO HERE, SPECIFICALLY IN GRAND RAPIDS. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO DO SOME EDUCATION ON HOW OUR CANINES ARE USED AND HOW THEY'RE DEPLOYED. I'VE LONG SAID ONE OF THE THINGS WE AS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL, NOT JUST GRPD, BUT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT GOOD AT, IS EDUCATING OUR PUBLIC AS TO WHY WE DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO. THERE'S BEEN VIDEOS THAT HAVE CREATED QUESTIONS AS TO WHY A DOG IS SENT ON. A PERSON WHO APPEARS TO BE DOWN, IS POTENTIALLY ARMED OR KNOWN TO BE ARMED AND IN NEED OF AID OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS. THAT'S WHERE WE'VE SEEN THESE VIDEOS. WE'VE USED THE DOG TO GO FORWARD IN FRONT OF A PIECE OF COVER, ALLOWING OFFICERS TO STAY BEHIND A PIECE OF COVER IN A RELATIVELY SAFE LOCATION AND SEPARATE THE SUBJECT FROM THE WEAPON. THAT NOW GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE TEAM TO EITHER MOVE FORWARD OR TO MOVE AN ENTIRE GROUP FORWARD, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS INJURIES ON THE PERSON THAT IS DOWN. IT'S SAVED US TIME. IT SAVED US VALUABLE TIME WHERE WE CAN MAKE THAT SEPARATION. WE'RE NOW IN A SAFER PLACE WHERE THOSE OFFICERS CAN GO FORWARD, START RENDERING AID, DECLARE THE SCENE SAFE, BRING IN FIRE AND BRING IN MEDICAL AND GET TO THOSE. GET TO THOSE THOSE SHOOTING SUSPECTS OUR DOGS REGULARLY AND ROUTINELY PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS BY PUBLIC DEMOS.

WE'LL SEE EVERYTHING FROM KINDERGARTEN CLASSES UP THROUGH GROUPS THAT ARE SIMPLY LOOKING TO HELP WITH OUR CANINE FOUNDATION. THIS LAST SUMMER, WE DID A PRETTY LARGE DEMONSTRATION AT A PARK ON THE WEST SIDE, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME MEET OUR DOGS, OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME SEE WHAT OUR DOGS CAN DO, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HELP US. POLICE, CANINE FOUNDATION. AND I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HERE INTO THIS. WHAT IS THE LIFE IN OUR CANINES LOOK LIKE? WE SHOP FOR OUR CANINES.

WE BUY MOSTLY IMPORTED DOGS, BUY ALL IMPORTED DOGS. IN RECENT HISTORY, ALL OF OUR DOGS HAVE BEEN IMPORTED FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE EMPHASIS ON BREEDING IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE EMPHASIS ON BREEDING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OVER THERE, THEY'RE THEY'RE RAISING A SPORTING DOG OR A WORKING DOG IS VERY SIMILAR TO PLAYING BASEBALL TO OUR KIDS, RIGHT? THAT IS A VERY BIG HOBBY FOR THEM. SO THE BREEDING LINE, THE LINEAGE IS DEEP AND LONG, AND IT IS BRED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS WORKING DOGS. A LOT OF OUR DOGS ARE PURCHASED AT THE AT AS IMPORTED DOGS. TODAY WE AVERAGE MOST OF OUR DOGS ARE ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD. WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR DOGS. WHEN I STARTED IN THIS THIS BUSINESS AROUND 2008, WE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT A DOG THAT WAS YOUNGER THAN TWO YEARS OLD. THE DEMAND FOR WORKING DOGS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, CAUSING THAT THAT DEMAND HAS CAUSED LESS DOGS AVAILABLE FOR US TO CHOOSE FROM.

SO THE AGE OF DOGS THAT YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM HAS DRAMATICALLY DROPPED. NOW WE HIT THE GOAL OF WE WANT AT LEAST A ONE YEAR OLD DOG. WHEN WE START TO TEST FOR THESE DOGS,

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WE WILL GO TO AN IMPORTER. DEPENDING ON WHICH IMPORTER WE USE, WE. WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANY OF THEM HERE IN THE REGION. SOME WILL HAVE VERY LARGE OPERATIONS. THERE'S ONE IN INDIANA THAT WE CAN PRETTY MUCH ANY DAY WALK IN THERE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE 20 DOGS AVAILABLE FOR SALE THAT WE COULD GO IN AND TEST. OTHERS DO SMALL, SMALLER BATCHES. THEY IMPORT FIVE, SIX AT A TIME. WE RUN THE DOGS THROUGH A SELECTION TEST. WE'D LIKE TO TRY TO SEE WHAT THEIR DRIVES ARE, WHAT IS THEIR GENETIC MAKEUP TO THIS DAY. AND THAT GIVES LETS ME KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO WORK WITH FOR SHAPING THAT DOG IN ITS FUTURE. HOW DO I TRAIN THAT DOG? WHAT DOES IT HAVE? BUT THERE'S SOME GENETIC MAKEUP THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THERE, BUT I KNOW I CAN WORK WITH BIGGEST ONE BEING BALL DRIVE. WE TEST. HOW MUCH DO THEY WANT THE BALL, TENNIS BALL, CROQUET BALLS, WHATEVER BALL THAT THEY HAPPEN TO BE USING AT THE TIME. HOW BAD DO THEY WANT IT? BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR REWARD. WHEN THEY DO SOMETHING THAT WE ASK THEM TO DO, WE'RE GOING TO REWARD THEM WITH THAT BALL. I WANT A DOG WHO WANTS WILL DO ANYTHING FOR THAT BALL, SO I CAN USE THAT TO HELP SHAPE SOME OF HIS DRIVES GOING FORWARD. OUR CANINES LIVE AT HOME WITH THEIR HANDLERS. WE REQUIRE THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT PRETTY, PRETTY COMMON IN OUR REGION. IF YOU GET OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE TEAMS THAT THEY TAKE THEIR DOG AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THEY PUT IT IN A KENNEL.

THERE'S KENNEL STAFF WHO TAKES CARE OF THAT DOG OVER THE WEEKEND. WHILE THEY'RE GONE, THEY COME BACK IN FOR THEIR NEXT SHIFT. THEY PICK UP THEIR DOG AND THEY THEY GO TO WORK.

WE GET A COUPLE OF BENEFITS FROM HAVING OUR DOGS LIVE WITH THEIR HANDLERS. ONE, THE HANDLER DOG RELATIONSHIP, THE BOND, THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING TIME THAT GOES ON INSIDE THEIR HOME. AND THAT DOG GETS SOCIALIZED WITH THAT HANDLER'S FAMILY. WHEN MY DOGS LIVED AT HOME WITH ME, THEY LIVED WITH MY THREE LITTLE GIRLS. THEY LIVED WITH MY WIFE. THEY KNEW HOW TO INTERACT WITH CHILDREN. THEY KNEW HOW TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT POLICE OFFICERS AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH WHAT WE WERE, WHAT OUR OPERATIONS LOOKED OUT HERE, THOSE LESSONS THAT THOSE DOGS LEARNED IN MY HOME TRANSFORMED OUT INTO THE PUBLIC. THEY WERE USEFUL TO US OUT IN THE PUBLIC. OUR CANINE TEAM IS JUST THAT IS CANINE TEAM, NOT A CANINE UNIT.

THE BIG DISTINCTION HERE IS OUR CANINE HANDLERS, OUR PATROL OFFICERS. THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO A PATROL TEAM. THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO A SERVICE AREA. THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO A BEAT JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PATROL OFFICER YOU SEE OUT IN A CRUISER. WE GIVE THEM ADDITIONAL DUTY AS A K-9 HANDLER. SO WE ASSIGN THEM A HANDLER, A CANINE. WE GIVE THEM THE TRAINING TO SPECIALIZE IN THAT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. ALL PRACTICES AT ANY OTHER PATROL OFFICER WOULD BE ON THE STREET. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAVE ANOTHER LAYER OF OVERSIGHT WITH CANINE PROGRAM, THE AVERAGE CAREER OF OUR POLICE CANINES IS 7 TO 9 YEARS. AFTER THAT, THEY GO HOME AND RETIRE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHILE THEY ARE WORKING DOGS.

WHILE THEY'RE ASSIGNED HERE, THEY ARE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS. ONCE THEY RETIRE, THE. THE HANDLER HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO PURCHASE THAT DOG. AND THEY TAKE THAT DOG HOME AND THEY LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. WE HAVE YET IN MY HISTORY, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY DOG THAT WASN'T TAKEN HOME BY THEIR FAMILIES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF FAMILY THAT WOULD ALLOW THAT K-9 HANDLER TO COME HOME WITHOUT THEIR RETIRED DOG AFTER THEIR SERVICE. OUR DOGS ARE WELL TRAINED. WE EXPECT TRAINING OUT OF OUR HANDLERS ON A DAILY BASIS. YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH THESE DOGS INSIDE YOUR HOME WITHOUT TRAINING ON A DAILY BASIS. THESE ARE HIGH DRIVE, HIGH INTENSITY DOGS. THEY WOULD BE MISERABLE PETS IF YOU DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THEM IN YOUR HOME PROPERLY. THESE GUYS, THESE DOGS, EVERY TIME THEY EAT, THEY HAVE OBEDIENCE.

THEY'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW BEFORE THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EAT. WHEN GIVEN WATER FOR THE DAY, THEY WILL WORK THROUGH OBEDIENCE COMMANDS. THAT TRAINING IS INVALUABLE, THAT TRAINING IS HELPING TO BUILD THAT BOND. IT'S HELPING TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HANDLER AND THE CANINE. WEEKLY, WE GIVE EACH OF OUR CANINE HANDLERS MINIMUM OF SIX HOURS ON DUTY TRAINING TIME, SO ITS SCHEDULE IS SET UP SO THAT HALF OUR DOGS ARE TRAINED. ON A TUESDAY, HALF OUR DOGS TRAIN ON A WEDNESDAY. IT'S THE SAME DOGS THAT THEY DEPLOY WITH, SO IT'S ALL THE DOGS ON A ROTATION. THEY MAY TRAIN ON TUESDAY. ALL THE DOGS ON B ROTATION WILL TRAIN ON WEDNESDAY MONTHLY. WE'LL BRING THE ENTIRE TEAM TOGETHER, AT LEAST OUR NINE DOGS. OFTEN WE INVITE IN AND WE ALLOW IN OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO TRAIN WITH US. WE LEARN FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES. WE ALSO LEARN FROM TEACHING OUTSIDE AGENCIES. IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE A 12 HOUR CANINE MONTHLY TRAINING. THAT IS NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE PARTICIPANTS FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT COME ALONG WITH US, AND WE WELCOME THAT. WE SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT CERTIFICATIONS. OUR DOGS GO THROUGH AN ANNUAL CERTIFICATION. THEY ACTUALLY GO THROUGH TWO.

WE HAVE AN ANNUAL CERTIFICATION HERE AT GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR OWN LOCAL TEST.

THEY HAVE TO PERFORM TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY ON THE STREET. WE ALSO GO THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION, IT WADA. THEY HAVE A NATIONAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. SO A MINIMUM OF ONCE A YEAR OUR DOGS GO TO A CONFERENCE OR WE HIRE A TRAINER TO COME IN AND RUN OUR DOGS THROUGH THE TEST. FOR EVERY DISCIPLINE IN WHICH THAT DOG IS CERTIFIED FOR. FOR OUR NEW HANDLERS, WE GENERALLY WILL RUN OUR NEW HANDLER SCHOOL.

HERE IN HOUSE. WE HAVE CERTIFIED DOG TRAINERS ON OUR STAFF. WE HAVE A CERTIFIED MASTER TRAINER ON OUR STAFF. WE WILL GENERALLY TAP INTO THEM AND WE RUN OUR OWN CANINE TEAM FOR THE NEW DOG HANDLER. NOW, A LEARNING TO BECOME A DOG HANDLER IS NOT SIMPLY LEARNING HOW TO TRAIN A DOG AND HOW TO OPERATE WITH A DOG. IT IS ALL THE POLICE TACTICS THAT COME ALONG WITH OPERATING WITH THE DOG, HOW TO CARE FOR A DOG, AND BUILDING IT OUT LIKE THAT. THE BIGGEST BENEFIT WE FIND IN RUNNING IT OURSELVES IS ONE. WE RUN IT THE WAY IT IS FITS INTO OUR POLICY, OUR PROCEDURE, OUR LOCAL ORDINANCES. AND TWO, WE GIVE THE THAT NEW HANDLER THE

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OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO TRAIN DOGS. SO THROUGHOUT THAT 7 TO 9 YEAR CAREER WITH THAT DOG, THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AS THEY COME UP IN, IN TRAINING THROUGHOUT THAT CAREER. WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2025. SO A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND OUR CANINE TEAMS DOCUMENTED 14,500 HOURS OF TRAINING, 14,500 HOURS OF TRAINING SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE NINE DOGS. AND THAT'S THE DOCUMENTED TRAINING. I STRESS THE DOCUMENTED PORTION BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES ON IN THEIR HOME. THEY AREN'T TAKING THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE DOWN HOW THEY FED THEIR DOG THAT NIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT TAKES PLACE THAT THAT DOES NOT MAKE THE DOCUMENTATION. BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I SAW SERGEANT KENNY AND ROCKY IN THE BITE SUIT THERE. THAT SUIT IS WELL PADDED, MADE OF A MATERIAL THAT HOLDS UP TO THIS KIND OF WORK. THAT'S CANINE DIEGO, AND THAT IS A TYPICAL BITE SUIT COAT, PANTS, SNATCHES IN THE FRONT AND GENERALLY NO HELMET, GLOVES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT IN WHERE WE EXPECT THAT DOG TO GO. THE SKILL OF DECOYING, THE SKILL OF CATCHING DOGS IN THIS IS A IS A SKILL THAT BECOMES MASTERED WITH TIME. AND IT IS INVALUABLE TO THE DOGS THAT THAT DECOY, THAT CATCH CAN TEACH THE DOG MORE THAN I EVER CAN. ON THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH. THEY LEARN FROM HOW THAT DECOY RESPONDS TO SOME OF THAT STUFF. AS I SAID EARLIER, OUR CANINE TEAM IS JUST THAT A CANINE TEAM. THEY'RE PATROL OFFICERS WITH THE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY OF CANINE HANDLING THEIR BUDGET COMES OUT OF OUR PATROL OPERATIONS BUDGET. GENERALLY, WE RUN AT ABOUT $11,000 BUDGET PER YEAR, AND ALMOST ALL OF THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS FEEDING THESE DOGS AND PAYING THEIR VET BILLS, MOST OF THEM ANNUAL CHECKUPS. WE'LL ALSO TREAT SOME INJURIES ALONG THE WAY. WE ASKED GRANT POLICE FOUNDATION FOR A LOT WHEN IT COMES TO CANINE EQUIPMENT, SOMETIMES EVEN REPLACING CANINES AS WE GET RETIREES. THE FOUNDATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY USEFUL TO US AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WHO HAVE DONATED TO THE FOUNDATION OVER THE YEARS, I COULDN'T BE MORE GRATEFUL TO THEM. IN 2024, WE TOOK UP A FUNDRAISING OPERATION. WE TOOK THE. WE LOOKED AT THE NEED FOR BALLISTIC CAPABILITIES FOR CANINES, THE VESTS, BALLISTIC VESTS, SAME VEST THAT I'M WEARING TODAY, MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR CANINE. UP UNTIL THIS POINT, CANINE VESTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AVAILABLE.

THEY WERE ALWAYS BIG, BULKY. THEY WERE BASICALLY BIG BLANKETS THAT YOU STRAPPED ONTO THE DOG. THE DOG COULDN'T OPERATE VERY WELL IN THEM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY COULDN'T REGULATE THEIR HEAT VERY WELL IN THEM. TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY HAS COME A LONG WAY. SO WHAT THEY DEVELOP IN A CANINE VEST TODAY IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD WORKED WITH BEFORE. SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT THAT 2024. WE PARTNERED WITH 30 BY 30 FUNDRAISING AND THE CANINES OF VALOR, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $28,000 TO OUTFIT ALL OF OUR DOGS WITH A BALLISTIC VEST.

THAT DOG JUST SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THAT SLIDE IS WEARING A CANINE STORM BALLISTIC VEST.

THESE VESTS PROTECT FROM STABBING. THEY PROTECT FROM SHRAPNEL. QUITE OFTEN OUR DOGS ARE GOING THROUGH BROKEN GLASS, OCCASIONALLY THE RAZOR WIRE. AND THEY DO HAVE BALLISTIC CAPABILITIES. THEY ARE ABLE TO STOP RELATIVELY COMMON HANDGUN SIZE AMMUNITION ROUNDS.

BALLISTICS VESTS NEED REPLACEMENTS JUST LIKE OURS. THEY ARE RATED FOR FIVE YEAR SHELF LIFE, SO THEY WILL NEED A REPLACEMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS. TAKE A LOOK AT HOW OUR DOGS ARE USED AGAIN. 2021 THROUGH 2025. PERIOD. OUR DOGS HAD 3482 CANINE APPLICATIONS. THOSE ARE DOCUMENTED TIMES WHERE ONE OF OUR CANINE HANDLERS ARRIVED ON A SCENE. THEY GOT THEIR DOG OUT OF THE CAR READY TO DEPLOY. NOW, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE DOG WAS USED. THERE'S A LOT OF CASES WHERE A DOG CANINE HANDLER MAY SHOW UP TO WHAT HE THINKS IS A BURGLARY. AS THEY START TO INVESTIGATE THAT, THEY REALIZE IT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE CANINE, OR IT'S NOT A PLACE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CANINE. CANINE GETS PUT BACK INTO THE CAR AND IT'S NEVER DEPLOYED. THAT IS STILL AN APPLICATION. THAT DOG THAT THAT CANINE TEAM WAS CALLED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE CANINES. OUT OF THOSE 3482 APPLICATIONS, THE HIGHEST NUMBER THERE YOU SEE IN THE CENTER IS SENT APPLICATION. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EITHER DRUGS OR THEY'RE LOOKING FOR EXPLOSIVES. NEXT TO THAT IS THE 631 CANINE TRACKS. SOMEBODY HAS COMMITTED A CRIME, HAS FLED THE SCENE OF THAT CRIME, BELIEVED TO BE ON FOOT. AND WE'RE ASKING THE DOG TO TRACK THAT PERSON FROM POINT A TO WHERE THAT SUBJECT IS AT 385 TIMES ARE DEPLOYED TO ASSIST SRT OPERATIONS 347 TIMES THEY CONDUCTED AN ARTICLE SEARCH.

ARTICLE SEARCHES ARE ARE QUITE INVALUABLE TO US. THEY. THEY. THEY PRODUCE QUITE OFTEN. SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE DOG TO DO AT THAT TIME IS TO GO INTO A SPECIFIC AREA, GENERALLY AN OUTDOOR AREA, OCCASIONALLY AN INDOOR AREA. BUT I'M ASKING THAT DOG TO LOOK FOR HUMAN ODOR ON ANYTHING IN THAT AREA. SO A YARD THAT NOBODY'S BEEN IN BECAUSE IT'S 2:00 IN THE MORNING, NOBODY'S BEEN THROUGH THAT YARD, AND NOW THERE'S NOBODY IN THAT YARD. THAT DOG CAN GO OUT THERE AND HE CAN FIND A QUARTER THAT WAS DROPPED IN THAT YARD. HE CAN FIND A SET OF KEYS THAT WERE DROPPED IN THAT YARD. HE CAN FIND A SET OF A BATON THAT FELL OFF AN OFFICER'S BELT. WE RECOVER A LOT OF EVIDENCE THROUGH OUR ARTICLE SEARCHES, AND WE CAN NOW GO TESTIFY THAT I BELIEVE THAT WAS DROPPED WITHIN RECENCY, BECAUSE MY DOG ONLY ALERTS ON

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HUMAN ODOR OF ITEMS THAT ARE IN THAT BACKYARD. 194 TIMES CONDUCTED A BUILDING, SEARCHES A BUILDING EITHER BELIEVED TO BE BURGLARIZED OR SEQUESTERED. FELON IS HIDING INSIDE OF THAT BUILDING. THOSE ARE THE TWO OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN DO A BUILDING SEARCH. WE DID 156 PUBLIC DEMOS. WE HAD 84 PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS. SO 84 TIMES OUT OF THOSE 3482 APPLICATIONS, A PHYSICAL APPREHENSION. BY PHYSICAL APPREHENSION, I MEAN A CANINE BITE. THE DOG WAS SENT AND PHYSICALLY BIT SOMEBODY ON THAT DEPLOYMENT. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 474 ARRESTS WERE MADE, AND SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE CANINE. CANINE ONLY GETS CREDIT FOR THAT ARREST. IF THAT ARREST CAN BE SHOWN, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN MADE HAD THAT CANINE TEAM NOT BEEN ON SCENE 474 ARREST DURING THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 84 OF THOSE RESULTED IN A CANINE APPREHENSION OR A PHYSICAL BITE OF NOTE. OUT OF THOSE 84, 78 OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE APPREHENDED WERE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER SHORT TREATMENTS AND LODGED AT KENT COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS SUSTAINED A DOG BITE IS INFECTION. WE TAKE HIM TO THE HOSPITAL, WE MAKE SURE THEY GET PROPERLY CLEANED.

OCCASIONALLY THERE MAY BE A STITCH OR SOME STITCHES, AND THE PERSON IS RELEASED. SIX OF THOSE 84 WERE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, BUT FIVE OUT OF THOSE SIX WERE ADMITTED FOR REASONS OTHER THAN THE CANINE APPLICATION ITSELF. THEY HAD SOME OTHER UNDERLYING INJURY OTHER THAN THE CANINE BITE. OUR CANINE TEAM IS GOVERNED BY THE MANUAL PROCEDURES, NOT SIMPLY THE CANINE MANUAL PROCEDURES, BUT THE ENTIRE MANUAL PROCEDURES. OUR CANINE CANINE HANDLERS ARE ISSUED A CANINE HANDLERS MANUAL. THIS MANUAL ADDRESSES THINGS LIKE HOW TO PROPERLY HOUSE THE DOG, HOW TO OUTFIT YOUR CRUISER TO SET YOUR CRUISER UP PROPERLY. IT HAS SOME DIFFERENT GUIDELINES IN IT FOR HOW TO WORK WITH OUR DOGS.

IT ALSO HAS SIGNIFICANT. IT LAYS OUT WHAT OUR CANINE SUPERVISORS EXPECTED OF HIM WHEN DOING A BITE OR A USE OF FORCE REVIEW. OUR POLICY IS HEAVILY DEVELOPED OFF OF GRAHAM V CONNOR. THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO THE REASONABLENESS, SEVERITY OF THE CRIME, THE NEED FOR APPREHENSION OR THE RISK THAT'S BEING. THAT IS THE RISK THAT TWO OFFICERS OR CITIZENS. AND IS THAT PERSON ACTIVELY RESISTING POLICE OFFICERS? OUR CANINE HANDLERS GO THROUGH ALL OTHER POLICE TRAINING, SO THEY GO TO ALL MANDATORY TRAININGS, NOT JUST THOSE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO CANINE HANDLERS. AND WE WORK HEAVILY UNDER SMALL TEAM TACTICS. WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE GRAND RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN GENERAL, IN THE APPENDIX OF THE MANUAL PROCEDURES, YOU'LL SEE A SECTION SPECIFICALLY FOR TRACKING. AND THAT REFERS TO THE SMALL TEAM TACTICS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY SMALL TEAM TACTICS IS WHEN A TRACKING OPERATION OR A SEARCH OF A BUILDING IS GOING FORTH, IT'S NOT SIMPLY THAT K-9 AND K-9 HANDLER THAT ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. A TEAM IS GOING TO BE PUT TOGETHER. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE OFFICERS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE TASKS.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO TAKE CHARGE OF THAT TEAM. GENERALLY A SUPERVISOR, AN ON STREET SUPERVISOR. IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A TEAM LEADER. ALL OF OUR POLICIES, INCLUDING CANINE POLICY, ARE REVIEWED BY THE COMMISSION OF ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

LESS THAN 5% OF POLICE AGENCIES GLOBALLY RECEIVE CALEA ACCREDITATION. WE'RE PROUD OF THAT CALEA ACCREDITATION, AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THEIR THEIR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. WE'LL TALK SPECIFICALLY NOW ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME FROM THE OPA'S REPORT AT. HERE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. THERE ARE CERTAINLY SOME THINGS WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THOSE AND LEARN ABOUT FROM THOSE SUGGESTIONS, AND I'LL MAKE NOTES OF THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS. THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CLASSIFY CANINE APPREHENSIONS AS A USE OF FORCE. THIS STUDY IS CORRECT. NOWHERE IN OUR POLICY DOES IT SPECIFICALLY SAY CANINE APPREHENSION IS A USE OF FORCE. HOWEVER, IT IS VERY CLEAR NOT JUST TO OUR CANINE HANDLERS BUT TO OUR ENTIRE AGENCY, THAT CANINE PHYSICAL APPREHENSION, A BITE BY CANINE WILL BE CONSIDERED A USE OF FORCE AND WILL BE USED AS SUCH. WE LOOK AT OUR MANUAL PROCEDURES 9-1, WHICH IS OUR USE OF FORCE PROCEDURE, AND IT GIVES US THE DEFINITION OF WHAT FORCE IS THE ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH CONTROL THROUGH PHYSICAL MEANS IN THE PRESENCE OF A RESISTANCE. AN OFFICER ASKING A CANINE TO GO PHYSICALLY APPREHEND SOMEBODY CERTAINLY MEETS THAT THAT DEFINITION IN MLP 6-8, WHICH IS OUR CANINE POLICY THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. IT REQUIRES A USE OF FORCE REPORT. SO THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY USE OF FORCE ARE ARE REQUIRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT CANINE POLICY. THE LAST I'VE GOT NOTED ON THEIR MLP 6-8 IS STATES THAT IF UPON REVIEW OF A USE OF FORCE AND OR INTERNAL REVIEW, IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE K-9 HANDLER OR POLICE SERVICE DOG ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY, THEN APPROPRIATE REMEDIES, WHICH MAY INCLUDE SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING AND OR RECOMMENDATION FOR DISCIPLINE, WILL BE TAKEN. THAT'S VERY SIMILAR LANGUAGE THAT'S USED IN OUR USE OF FORCE. IT TRIGGERS THE SAME OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW AS ANY OTHER USE OF FORCE IN IN OUR AGENCY. SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO NARROW THE CANINE APPREHENSION

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THRESHOLD. EXACTLY WHEN CAN WE USE THESE CANINES? THIS GETS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT POLICY, BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT A CANINE CAN BE USED FOR HAVING A BLANKET, THIS IS WHEN WE CAN USE THE DOG IS NOT ALWAYS PRACTICAL TO THE HANDLER OR TO THE RESPONSES OUT THERE. SO WE DO IT IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. FIRST FROM THE CANINE MLP 6-8, WE HAVE A SECTION SPECIFIC TO BUILDING SEARCHES. SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEND A DOG INSIDE OF A BUILDING THAT WE BELIEVE IS EITHER BEEN BURGLARIZED OR THERE'S A SEQUESTERED FELON INSIDE. WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT DOG TO SEARCH FOR THAT PERSON.

BUILDING SEARCHES MAY BE USED FOR BUILDING SEARCHES BELIEVED TO BE BURGLARIZED, OR THE CANINE MAY ALSO BE USED TO SEARCH BUILDINGS WHERE A FELONY SUSPECT ARE BELIEVED TO BE HIDING TO ESCAPE POLICE APPREHENSION SO BELIEVED TO BE BURGLARIZED OR FELONY SUSPECT INSIDE FOR A PHYSICAL APPREHENSION, A STRAIGHT SEND OF THE DOG TO TELL MY DOG, SIMPLY STAND NEXT TO ME TO GO APPREHEND THE PERSON STANDING OUT THERE RUNNING AWAY, WHATEVER THAT CASE MAY BE. THE K-9 HANDLER ALLOWS POLICE SERVICE DOG TO MAKE A PHYSICAL APPREHENSION. THE FOLLOWING TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE CONSIDERED. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIME, THE POTENTIAL THREAT TO CITIZENS AND OFFICERS, AND WHETHER THAT SUBJECT IS ACTIVELY RESISTING OR ATTEMPTING TO EVADE ARREST BY FLIGHT. THOSE THREE THINGS HAVE TO BE MET. THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART WHERE THE K-9 HANDLER HAS TO THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS GOING ON AROUND HERE. ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE AROUND? WHAT IS THE WEATHER OUTSIDE? WHERE SPECIFICALLY ARE WE LOCATED? WHAT CRIME ARE WE WORKING WITH? THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. AS TO WHAT MAKES UP THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE ESTABLISH VULNERABLE POPULATION PROTECTIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT SEVERAL AREAS OF OUR MANUAL PROCEDURE ALREADY ADDRESS VULNERABLE POPULATIONS 6-8 AND 9-1, WHICH IS OUR CANINE POLICY. AND OUR USE OF FORCE POLICY REQUIRE THE USE OF THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. WE JUST DISCUSSED THAT WE ALSO HAVE POLICIES SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, IMPARTIAL POLICING, YOUTH INTERACTIONS, RESPONSE TO PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN POLICY THAT ALSO HAS TO BE CONSIDERED WHILE WORKING WITH CANINE OR SIMPLY WHILE WORKING PATROL OUT THERE. HAVING ITS OWN POLICY CERTAINLY SIGNAL THE SIGNALS TO THE HANDLER OR TO THE PERSON MAKING THESE DECISIONS, THAT THOSE ARE FACTORS THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED. THEY ARE PART OF THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN WHEN DEPLOYING WITH A CANINE. LASTLY, THIS IS A BIT OF A REPEAT PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS BEFORE THAT K-9 HANDLER IS AGAIN REQUIRED. THAT TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THAT POINT, BUT IT IS WHERE THAT ALL THEN GETS TIED INTO THE CANINE DEPLOYMENT. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR EXPAND TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING. OUR CURRENT REPORTING OF CANINE APPREHENSIONS IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OTHER USES OF FORCE, RIGHT? IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WITH OUR TAKEDOWNS WITH KICK STRIKE STUNS ANY OTHER USE OF FORCE. OUR CURRENT REPORTING WITH CANINE IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH THAT. THAT IS CODIFIED IN OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS MANUAL PROCEDURES 3-8, WHICH REQUIRES THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMANDER TO COORDINATE ANNUAL ANALYSIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH UNITS IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE MANUAL PROCEDURES, AND THAT INCLUDES USE OF FORCE INCIDENTS. IT'S ALSO REPORTED ON THE GRPD USE OF FORCE TASK. I'M SORRY, DATA DASHBOARD. FIFTH RECOMMENDATION WAS STANDARDIZED WARNING LANGUAGE AND DOCUMENTATION. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SPOTS WHERE I THINK WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM, AND I THINK WE'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD POSITION TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY, OUR MSP DOES REQUIRE WARNINGS, AND IT LAYS OUT A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THOSE WARNINGS ARE, ARE REQUIRED TO STATE AND WHAT OUR ACCOMPLISHED GOAL FOR THOSE WARNINGS ARE IN MSP SIX EIGHT, WHICH IS OUR CANINE POLICY UNDER TRACKING OPERATIONS. IT NOTES THAT IF THE SUSPECT'S LOCATION BECOMES KNOWN DURING THE TRACK, THE K-9 HANDLER WILL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THAT SUSPECT SURRENDER WITHOUT A PHYSICAL CANINE APPREHENSION. WE SAW THIS IN PLAY JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING. THE SUBJECT HAD FLED FROM THE SHOOTING ON FOOT.

HE CLEARED A COUPLE FENCES, ENDS UP GOING TO A BACKYARD. OFFICERS SEE WHERE HE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND WENT TO THE BACKYARD. CANINE WAS ASKED TO TRACK THAT DOG WENT IN. HE TRACKED OVER A FENCE, TRACKED THROUGH A YARD, TRACKED THROUGH AN. OVER ANOTHER FENCE, THROUGH A YARD. AND AS HE COMES OUT OF A BACKYARD, A LONG A DRIVEWAY WITH CARS PARKED IN IT, THEY HEAR THE SUSPECT YELL OUT, HEY, I'M OVER HERE! I'M OVER HERE! I GIVE UP. K-9 TEAM TRACKS, THE TRACKING TEAM STOPS. THEY PICK UP PIECES OF COVER. THEY'RE ABLE TO ORDER THAT SUSPECT OUT.

HE'S COMPLIANT. HE COMES OUT, SURRENDERS. WE TAKE THE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. THAT SAME K-9 AND K-9 HANDLER NOW WORK BACK ALONG THAT TRACK. THEY HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SUSPECT'S ROUTE IS, AND THEY FIND THE HANDGUN THAT WAS USED IN THE SHOOTING, ALONG WITH THE MAGAZINE THAT HAD BEEN SEPARATED FROM THAT HANDGUN. STILL, CONTINUE WITH WARNING LANGUAGE AND DOCUMENTATION BUILDING SEARCHES IN OUR BUILDING SEARCH. SPECIFICALLY, IT SAYS K-9 HANDLER OR DESIGNEE MUST ANNOUNCE THE K-9 TEAM'S PRESENCE AND THE PROBABILITY THAT A SEQUESTERED PERSON MAY BE BITTEN. THE ANNOUNCEMENTS MUST BE AT A SUFFICIENT VOLUME TO BE HEARD BY THOSE INSIDE.

ANYONE INSIDE WILL BE ALLOWED SUFFICIENT TIME TO EXIT THE BUILDING. IN LARGE BUILDINGS.

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THE ANNOUNCEMENTS MAY HAVE TO BE REPEATED PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO SEPARATE AREAS OF THE BUILDING.

IF, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE K-9 HANDLER, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL COMPROMISE OFFICER SAFETY, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS NEED NOT NEED NOT BE GIVEN, SO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEN TALKING ABOUT USE OF FORCE REPORTING, THOSE TWO THINGS ARE THE ARE BOTH PART OF THE K-9, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE USE OF FORCE REPORT AS PART OF OUR USE OF FORCE REPORT. CERTAINLY, IF YOU DID ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE NORM, OUTSIDE OF THE REQUIREMENT, THE NORM HERE FOR THIS BUILDING SEARCH IS YOU WILL GIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND YOU WILL GIVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR SURRENDER. IF FOR SOME REASON, THERE WAS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT YOU COULD DOCUMENT, WHY THAT WOULDN'T BE BE THE PRUDENT RESPONSE. THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO DOCUMENT AFTERWARDS IN THE REVIEW PROCESS. I CERTAINLY QUESTIONED THAT THE SUPERVISOR WOULD BE ASKING, WHY WOULD WE NOT GIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE? AND THERE ARE REASONS FOR THAT, RIGHT? THERE ARE PLACES WHERE I COULD BE SETTING MYSELF UP FOR AN AMBUSH UNDER SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT SAYS, IF I CALL OUT NOW, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE. I JUST LEARNED EVERYBODY TO WHERE I WAS AT.

IT'S QUITE RARE. IT'S RARE THAT WE DON'T GIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY DOCUMENTED WHEN WHEN WE DON'T. FOR ALL CONTINUE WITH STANDARDIZED WARRANTS FOR ALL OFF LEAD APPREHENSIONS, CANINE MAY BE DEPLOYED OFF LEAD TO MAKE AN APPREHENSION AFTER THE HANDLER HAS GIVEN VERBAL WARNINGS. THE MULTILINGUAL PORTION THAT PUTS. I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE NOWHERE IN OUR. OUR POLICY DOES REQUIRE MULTILINGUAL. ALSO, IT'S PRETTY RARE WE HAVE HANDLERS WHO HAVE HAD HANDLERS IN THE PAST WHO CAN SPEAK BILINGUALLY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A BILINGUAL HANDLE. ONE OF OUR NEWEST HANDLERS IS BILINGUAL, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND TAP INTO. IF NOTHING ELSE, TEACH OUR HANDLERS HOW TO DO THAT. THERE ARE CERTAINLY, I CAN REMEMBER RESPONSES THAT I WENT TO, CALLS THAT I WENT TO, WHERE IT WAS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT HAVING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE WOULD BE USEFUL TO ME.

WE HAVE CERTAINLY USED OTHER OFFICERS. I'VE ASKED OFFICERS WHO CAN SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES TO COME. I TELL THEM WHAT I WANT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS, THEY REPEAT THEM IN THERE. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FOREIGN TO, BUT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE ARE ABLE TO TEACH OUR HANDLERS TO, TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THAT. ON A DEPLOYMENT THIS PAST WEEKEND, A BUILDING SEARCH OF A A BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED. ANNOUNCEMENTS WENT ON FOR WELL OVER 30 MINUTES. THIS WASN'T A LARGE BUILDING. THIS WAS AN AVERAGE SIZED APARTMENT BUILDING, AND THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE OFFICERS INDICATED THAT IT WAS LIKELY THE SUSPECT WAS ON ONE SPECIFIC FLOOR. THEY WERE PRETTY CONFIDENT THEY KNEW WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS. THEY GAVE WELL OVER 30 MINUTES OF ANNOUNCEMENTS WITHOUT RESPONSE, AND EVENTUALLY HAD TO GO IN AND SEARCH THE BUILDING. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX WAS REQUIRE SUPERVISOR APPROVAL BEFORE DEPLOYMENTS. AGAIN, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SMALL TEAM TACTICS. THERE IS NO ACTUAL REQUIREMENT FOR SUPERVISOR APPROVAL IN MOST CANINE DEPLOYMENTS. OUR CURRENT POLICY DOES ESTABLISH SUPERVISOR APPROVAL WHERE SUPERVISOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED. THE CURRENT STRUCTURE LENDS ITSELF TO SMALL TEAM TACTICS IN THE CANINE MLP FOR NON-SERIOUS OFFENSE SITUATIONS. WHEN REQUESTED, THE K-9 HANDLER WILL RESPOND AND EVALUATE THE SITUATION TO DETERMINE IF THE USE OF POLICE SERVICE DOGS IS APPROPRIATE. WHEN THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE HANDLER, THE OFFICER CITIZENS. A PHYSICAL APPREHENSION BY THE K-9 WILL NOT BE PERMITTED. SO THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT THRESHOLD. SO WE HAVE NON-SERIOUS OFFENSES ADDRESSED. ALSO, POLICE CANINE TEAMS MAY BE USED WITH SUPERVISOR APPROVAL IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT SPECIAL CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE CANINE. AGAIN, A PLACE WHERE WE WOULD CONSULT WITH A SMALL TEAM, SMALL TEAM TACTICS WHICH WOULD BE OVERSEEN BY A SUPERVISOR. CANINES HAVE SOME UNIQUE ABILITIES. THEY CAN LEND SOME UNIQUE SAFETY TO A SCENE THAT THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE OUT THERE THAT CAN. AND THOSE SHOULD BE CONSIDERATIONS IN THAT SECTION OF THE MANUAL PROCEDURES ALLOWS FOR THAT. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SEVEN, MANDATE BY REPORT REVIEW BY I YOU. THIS IS MANDATE MANDATED. IT ISN'T. IT'S MANDATED THROUGH THE USE OF FORCE SECTION OF THE POLICY IN MLP SIX EIGHT. WE TALKED A COUPLE TIMES NOW ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A USE OF FORCE REPORT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS THAT AFTER THAT REVIEW OR AN INTERNAL REVIEW THAT IF THERE IF THE SERVICE DOG ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY, THEN THERE ARE CERTAIN REMEDIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. I WANT TO SPEND SOME MORE TIME ON HOW A BITE REVIEW TAKES PLACE, AND I'VE GOT A SPECIFIC SLIDE FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN SPEND SOME TIME ON THAT AS WE GET TO IT. CLARIFY TRAINING METHODOLOGY AND POLICING. OUR TRAINING METHODOLOGY COMES PRIMARILY FROM THE AGENCY OR THE ORGANIZATION, THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION IN WHICH WE ARE CERTIFYING WITH WE CERTIFY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION. AND THERE'S AN EXCERPT THERE FROM THE SPECIFIC APPREHENSION SECTION OF THE PATROL BITE WORK CERTIFICATIONS, INTERNATIONAL POLICE WORK DOG ASSOCIATION APPREHENSION CONTROL CERTIFICATION TESTS REQUIRES THAT IN PHASES REQUIRING THAT THE CANINE APPREHEND THE SUSPECT, CANINE MUST FULLY ENGAGE AND HOLD THE SUSPECT.

THIS IS REITERATED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE TEST. LASTLY, INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHIC TRACKING AND REPORTING, CURRENT CANINE APPREHENSION TRACKING AND REPORTING IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OTHER USES OF FORCE AND TRACKING COMPLIES WITH ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 21-06. WE STAY VERY CLOSE TO. THIS IS A USE OF FORCE JUST LIKE ALL

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OTHER USES OF FORCE, AND IT GETS THE SAME SAME REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING BY PROCEDURE REVIEWS. OKAY, SO WHEN THE K-9 HANDLER IS INVOLVED IN A USE OF FORCE WITH THEIR CANINE, THEY HAVE A PHYSICAL APPREHENSION OR A CANINE BITE. THE FIRST THING THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO ONCE THE SCENE IS MADE SAFE IS NOTIFY THE CANINE UNIT SUPERVISOR. K-9 UNIT SUPERVISOR IS A SERGEANT WHO IS ALSO A K-9 HANDLER. HE IS PART OF THAT TEAM AND HE SUPERVISES THAT TEAM. THAT CANINE SUPERVISOR WILL GENERALLY RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE SCENE AND START A BITE.

REVIEW INVESTIGATION. THEY CAN HAVE A DESIGNEE GET IT STARTED. IF THEY'RE UNAVAILABLE, THEY WILL GENERALLY RESPOND EVEN FROM OFF DUTY, BECAUSE IT IS MUCH MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THEM TO SEE, TALK, TO FEEL EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. ONCE THEY START THAT BITE REVIEW, THEY COMPLETE A BITE REVIEW REPORT. AND THEIR PURPOSE FOR DOING THIS IS THEY GATHER ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN GATHER ABOUT THIS APPREHENSION. THEY PUT A REPORT TOGETHER, AND THAT REPORT IS FILED TO FORWARDED TO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT. THAT IS ONE OTHER COMPONENT. THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT NOW HAS AVAILABLE TO THEM WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR USE OF FORCE DECISION REVIEW. JUST LIKE ALL OTHER USE OF FORCE, I MAY CONSULT WITH THE TRAINING UNIT. THEY WILL CONSULT WITH THE CANINE UNIT. THEY WILL CONSULT WITH THE EXPERTS IN THOSE FIELDS FOR GATHERING INFORMATION. THIS GIVES SOMEBODY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHY HOW OUR DOGS OPERATE. DOGS IN GENERAL OPERATE, GIVES THEM OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT TO SOMEBODY WHO MAY NEVER HAVE OWNED A DOG, WHICH IS OUR INTERNAL, MAYBE OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMANDER. SO FOR OUR BITE PROCEDURE REVIEW, IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR GENERAL USE OF FORCE REVIEWS, WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS PROCESS. IT HAS THE EXTRA LAYER OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS CANINE HANDLING KNOWLEDGE, WHO ALSO OVERSEES THIS INVESTIGATION. THIS IS OUR CURRENT CATEGORY OF CANINES. A COUPLE OF NOTE CANINE BOOM. THEIR TOP MIDDLE. THAT IS OUR NEWEST DOG. HE IS NOT YET CERTIFIED. HE JUST CAME OUT OF CANINE SCHOOL. HE'S WORKING THROUGH OUR OUR IN-HOUSE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW AND WORKING TOWARDS CERTIFICATION. YOU SEE CANINE DIEGO THERE. HE WAS RECENTLY INJURED ON DUTY AND MADE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA. AND HE WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR CANINE PRIOR WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. SO WE DO GO THROUGH WE DO GO THROUGH INJURIES TO OUR CANINES FOR SURE. OUR CANINE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT CANINE ACCIDENTS, LIVING AT HOME ALONG WITH DIEGO AND FAMILY. AND THEY GOT A HOUSE FULL OVER THERE. SO IN CLOSING, I IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD CANINE POLICY. WE HAVE A STRONG CANINE TEAM. OUR TEAM IS GOOD BECAUSE WE SELECT GOOD PEOPLE FOR THAT TEAM. IT'S A PROCESS TO GET ON THIS TEAM. I PUT A LOT OF WORK IN MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE WHO GET ON THIS TEAM HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY CAN MAKE GOOD, SOLID DECISIONS WHILE UNDER EXTREME STRESS. I KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKED THEM TO DO WHEN THEY BECOME PART OF THIS TEAM. WE OUTFIT THEM WITH GOOD CANINES. WE SPEND TIME FINDING GOOD DOGS, WELL BRED DOGS. WE GIVE THEM GOOD EQUIPMENT TO WORK WITH. WE GIVE THEM TOP OF THE LINE TRAINING, WE GIVE THEM THE TIME TO TRAIN. WE GIVE THEM THE TRAINING, WE GIVE THEM THE POLICY AND THE PROCEDURE AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT POLICY AND PROCEDURE AND APPLY IT TO THEIR STREET APPLICATIONS. THE TEAM DOESN'T GET GOOD WITHOUT THOSE THINGS IN PLACE, AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE THEM. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANKS, COLLEAGUES, MR. MAYOR. YEAH. CITY MANAGER, I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION WITH THE QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. AND HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO DEPUTY CHIEF AND CHIEF EXTENSIVELY. BUT JUST WANT TO CONFIRM OUT OF TRANSPARENCY. SO YOU WENT VERY DETAILED THROUGH THE MANUAL OF PROCEDURE POLICY REFERENCES. AND THAT MAY BE SOME OF THE PUBLIC AND THIS COMMISSIONS COMMITTEES VIEW OF OF THOSE POLICIES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. AND IT'S BECAUSE IT IS A WELL DOCUMENTED POLICY, BUT IT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY INTERNAL AND UNLIKE THE REST OF THE GENERAL ORDER IS NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE. IS THAT ACCURATE? NO, SIR. THE POLICY THAT I REFERRED TO HERE, ALMOST ALL OF IT HAS COME FROM MANUAL, MANUAL PROCEDURE 6-8, WHICH IS.

OKAY. LET ME REPHRASE THE CANINE TRAINING MANUAL. THAT'S DIFFERENT. YES, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. THE TRAINING MANUAL. THAT ONE IS THE ONE THAT'S INTERNAL AND NOT ONLINE. YES, SIR. AND YOU'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION INTERNALLY ABOUT PROVIDING MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND HOW THE CANINES ARE ARE TRAINED, HOW THEY'RE SIMILAR TO HOW WE TRAIN OFFICERS. HAVE, HAVE HAVE YOU MADE A DETERMINATION OF WHEN THAT MIGHT BE MORE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE? I DON'T HAVE A SET DATE FOR, SIR. THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT CANINE MANUAL THAT I WOULDN'T SHARE WITH ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT CANINE HANDLERS MANUAL. MY. MY THOUGHT IS, IT HASN'T BEEN MADE PUBLIC UP TO THIS POINT BECAUSE IT IS VERY GENERALIZED DOG HANDLING TYPE THINGS. IT'S NOT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THE CANINE BITE REVIEW PORTIONS, IT'S IT TALKS ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A KENNEL IN YOUR HOME AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A KENNEL

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OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. I THINK THERE'S A SOME REFERENCE TO A DOG BEING INJURED AND HOW TO HOW TO SUPPLY SOME OF THOSE THINGS. VERY MUCH WILLING TO MAKE THAT AS PUBLIC IS AS YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE. YES, SIR. MR. FINE, YOU WANTED TO. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT, MR. CHAIR.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT FIELD TRAINING LAST WEDNESDAY AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AS I WOULD DETERMINE AS SCENARIO PLANNING. SO WE WERE OUT IN ABANDONED BUILDING, OFFICE BUILDING AND THE SITE CONDITIONS, NO AIR CONDITIONING.

AND IT WAS PRETTY HOT AND SMOKY. AND THE BUILDING IS PARTIALLY TRASHED OUT. SO THERE WERE SEVERAL PLACES THAT THE DOGS, AS YOU SEE, THERE'S NINE OF THEM THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS 12, BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT THE COMING AND GOING. SO ONE OF MY FIRST OBSERVATIONS WAS HOW DISCIPLINED THE DOG AND THE TRAINER WERE THROUGHOUT THAT TIME, THE COMINGS AND GOINGS.

AND AS A SPECTATOR, I WAS NOT DRESSED DOWN BY THE DOGS. I MEAN, IT WAS JUST TREATED WITH GREAT RESPECT. SO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS. I WAS VERY STRUCK BY THE FAMILY DEDICATION.

THAT'S A WHOLE UNIT THAT HAS THAT DOG YEAR ROUND, AND THEY PLAN AROUND THEIR VACATIONS AND SO FORTH. BUT THE SAFETY ISSUE IS, IS VERY EVIDENT WHEN PEOPLE SHOWING THEIR PICTURES OF THEIR KIDS AND SO FORTH. SO THE DISCIPLINE OF THE DOG AND THE TRAINER FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY'RE IN, IN THE OPERATIONS IS VERY STRIKING. I REALLY APPRECIATED THE AMOUNT OF REPETITIONS WE WENT THROUGH. THERE WAS ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT SCENARIOS WHERE SOMEBODY'S LAYING ON THE FLOOR IN A CLOSET, AND THE DOGS HAD A FIRST, YOU KNOW, SCOPED THAT OUT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR THING. THEY SIMULATED SOMEBODY CRAWLING INTO AN ATTIC WHERE YOU COULD HEAR SOMETHING GOING ON UP THERE. BUT WHEN THAT DOG GOT THERE, IT WANTED TO CLIMB RIGHT UP INTO THE ATTIC AND MADE A FEW SCRATCH MARKS. AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THEIR LEG CAME DOWN AND THAT WAS THE END. THE DOGS CAN BE VERY FEROCIOUS GOING FOR EXTREMITIES. THAT IS LEGS, ARMS, ETC. AND SOME OF THESE, WHAT WE CALL DECOYS JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, BARE HEADED AND NO GLOVES. SO IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE ALL THE HANDLERS HAD TO BE VERY PHYSICALLY FIT FOR THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN, WHETHER IT'S ONCE THEY APPREHEND SOMEBODY OR JUST MANAGING THE CANINE ITSELF. SO I FEEL THAT OUR, THE, THE EXPERTISE AND THE FIRE HOSE TREATMENT YOU GOT HERE TODAY, IT HAPPENED IN TRAINING ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEPT GOING FOR 3.5 HOURS. AND IT WAS A VERY REALISTIC EXPERIMENT. AND I CAME TO FEEL THAT I WOULD FEAR A DOG ATTACK MORE THAN I WOULD DEATH ITSELF, BECAUSE THEY CAN BE PRETTY FEROCIOUS IN THEIR BARKING. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. AND THE OPENNESS OF THE, AND THE WILLINGNESS FOR US TO COME OUT AND HAVE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT, WHAT AND ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT WE WISH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT THE BACKUP THERE IS THIS IS A VERY TIGHT KNIT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. AND THERE'S TIMES THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE THINKING AND THEY IN THE HALLWAYS NODDING. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THEIR EYES JUST COVERING WHAT'S WITHOUT SAYING TOO MUCH. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBSERVATION, SIR, AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THIS PRESENTATION. DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU KNEW A LOT OF STUFF AND YOU HAD IT VERY DETAILED. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT. I JUST MINE ARE JUST A FEW CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. AND THEN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, CITY MANAGER, YOU KIND OF TALKED SOME OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WE WE HEARD FROM OPA THEN WE NOW ARE OBVIOUSLY HEARING FROM THE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK THEN IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE FIRST TIME REVIEWING IT IS A CLARIFICATION. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME CALLS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT. HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO OPA? SO I'M GOING TO PUT THAT TO THE SIDE FOR A MINUTE. BUT CAN YOU I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU SAID THE ARTICLE SEARCH. SO DOES THAT MEAN IF YOU'RE ON THE SCENE OF SOMETHING OR LOOKING TO APPREHEND SOMEBODY AND YOU HAD MENTIONED LIKE, LIKE YOU GIVE THEM IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WHAT YOU MEAN BY ARTICLE SEARCH, ARTICLE SEARCH IS SPECIFICALLY IS LOOK, IS DOG SEARCHING JUST FOR THAT AN ARTICLE. IT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE PERSON SEARCH

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DOESN'T DO WITH LOCATING PEOPLE. WE. I WOULD TRAIN IT WITH MY DOGS WITH A CORE. THAT'S.

THAT'S WHY I MADE THAT. OKAY. RIGHT. OKAY. GENERALLY ONCE A DAY I WOULD THROW A QUARTER OUT IN MY YARD SOMEPLACE FROM MY DECK, AND I WOULD TELL MY DOG TO GO FIND THAT QUARTER. AND WHAT THAT DOG'S DOING IS SEARCHING THAT BACKYARD WHERE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY PEOPLE FOR, OR A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE BACKYARD AND HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING IN THAT YARD THAT STILL HAS HUMAN ODOR ON IT. THAT QUARTER MAY BE SOMETHING THEY CAN GO FIND. WE'VE SEEN DOGS FIND THINGS AS SMALL AS SHELL CASINGS. WE'VE SEEN THEM FIND THINGS AS LARGE AS FIREARMS, RIGHT? THEY REGULARLY FIND FIREARMS. BUT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A NARCOTIC DETECTION DOG WHO DOES NOT TRAIN ON GUNPOWDER OR OTHER EXPLOSIVE THAT COMES WITH A HANDGUN CAN FIND A HANDGUN IN A YARD IN A FIELD BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING OFF THE HUMAN ODOR THAT'S ON THAT HANDGUN, OKAY? NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH COMPONENTS OF THAT FIRE. SO SO ARTICLE SEARCH SPECIFICALLY IS LOOKING FOR AN ARTICLE. OKAY.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE IF SOMEBODY IS MISSING OR IT MIGHT BE IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CERTAIN TYPE, IT'S GENERALLY FOR EVIDENCE RECOVERY. SO IT'S AROUND A SCENE, A SCENE OF A CRIME, LOOKING FOR A CELL PHONE THAT'S BEEN DROPPED OR IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR. WE CAN TAKE A DOG AND SEARCH SOME OF THOSE AREAS. AND IT'S ALSO HAS BEEN USEFUL MANY TIMES IN FINDING AN OFFICER'S PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAS FALLEN OFF THEIR BELT WHILE IN A FOOT PURSUIT OR WHATEVER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE MOSTLY BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS AND THEN THE ARTICLE SEARCH. TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. YES. AND THEN YOU HAD SHARED TWO, THAT THERE COULD BE INSTANCES WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE RESPONDING TO A CALL AND THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE DOG, THE CANINE DOES NOT NEED TO BE USED. CAN YOU CAN YOU SHARE SOME EXAMPLES? IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GENERAL WHERE, HEY, THIS WAS MAYBE INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS. AND THEN LIKE YOU SAID, YOU PUT THE DOG AWAY IN THE VEHICLE. SO RELATIVELY RECENTLY, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. NEIGHBORS CALLED SAID, HEY, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR IS VACANT. I CAN SEE PEOPLE CLIMBING THROUGH A WINDOW INTO THAT HOUSE. HOUSE HAS BEEN BURGLARIZED FROM EVERYTHING WE KNOW OF THAT BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE GIVEN BY THE BY THE NEIGHBORS. HOWEVER, OFFICERS HAD PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS LOCATION. THEY KNOW THAT IT IS OFTEN USED FOR A SQUATTING LOCATION. THERE'S NO REAL INTENT TO COMMIT A LOT OF CRIME INSIDE OF THIS HOUSE. SIMPLY LOOKING TO GET OUT OF THE ELEMENTS INSTEAD OF USING A CANINE, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHIN POLICY. FROM WHAT I KNOW OF THAT INCIDENT, THEY DECIDED NOT TO SPEND LONGER TIME SAYING, HEY, COME ON OUT HERE, GET PEOPLE TO SURRENDER. AND WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO. THEY DIDN'T EXPECT FROM WHAT THEY KNEW TO HAVE ENOUGH THREAT INSIDE THERE TO WARRANT A CANINE BITE. INSTEAD, THEY DECIDED TO WORK ON SURRENDERS, THEN ULTIMATELY GO AND SEARCH IT WITHOUT A CANINE. OR YOU MAY GO SEARCH THAT, BRINGING THE CANINE ON LEASH, NOT ALLOWING THE CANINE TO SEARCH IN CASE SOMETHING DIFFERENT DEVELOPS WHILE YOU'RE INSIDE THE HOUSE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OVERVIEW OF OPA RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN YOUR RESPONSES ITEM NUMBER SIX. WHERE THE IT'S 6-8.3 THE NON SERIOUS NON SERIOUS OFFENSE SITUATIONS. CAN YOU DEFINE THAT FOR THIS BODY AS WELL. WHAT IS WHAT IS DEEMED TO BE A NON SERIOUS. SO I THINK NOT SERIOUS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT WHAT LOOKED LIKE A BURGLARY TO START WITH. AND YOU MAY HAVE THE ACTUAL CRIME OF BURGLARY OR THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME OF BURGLARY, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME OTHER FACTORS, YOU KNOW, SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE 12, TEN YEAR OLD CHILDREN. THAT IS A FACTOR YOU SHOULD CERTAINLY BE USING TO MAKE A DECISION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEARCH THAT. AND A DOG MAY BE REMOVED FROM THOSE SITUATIONS, EVEN IF THEY POTENTIALLY FALL WITHIN POLICY. SOME OF THE DECISION MAKING THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT. I THINK ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT, OR I THINK ANOTHER CLARIFYING TO THAT THE NEXT SECTION IS POLICE CANINE TEAM MAY BE USED WITH SUPERVISOR APPROVAL IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT SPECIAL CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF CANINE. THAT IS A THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH, I THINK. AND THAT IS MORE OF A A SPOT THAT THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WORK THAT A POLICE OFFICER CAN GET INTO AND THEN ADDING A CANINE RESPONSE TO THAT CAN BE EVEN MORE UNIQUE BECAUSE THE ABILITIES OF THE CANINE, THAT THERE MAY BE INCIDENTS WHERE IT DOESN'T FIT ANYWHERE ELSE INSIDE HERE. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO MAKING A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER THIS FITS FOR CANINE TWO. WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR SOME SOME HELP IN MAKING SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS, SMALL TEAM TACTICS. OKAY. AND THEN I GUESS I DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. IF I CAN ASK IS THE SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS A USE OF FORCE OF THE BITE OCCURS, THEN THE REPORTING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT SOMETIMES THEY COULD BE ON LEASH WHERE THE OFFICER IS LEADING, BUT HAS THEM ON THE LEASH. RIGHT. SO YOU USE THAT EXAMPLE. IS THERE ANY OTHER SORT OF. I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT IN BETWEEN, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING OF DOGS, YOU KNOW, BARK. ARE THEY IS THAT ALSO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A PRE-ACTION SAY TO LIKE A BITE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THAT THE

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PEOPLE ARE POTENTIALLY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE MOVING AROUND. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S ASSUMED TO HAPPEN BEFORE A BITE OR NOT NECESSARILY ASSUMED? I WOULDN'T SAY NO.

IT'S NOT ASSUMED THAT THAT HAPPENED BEFORE. I THINK TO YOUR QUESTION, WHERE WE WOULD SEE THAT USE THE MOST IS, AGAIN, BACK TO A BUILDING SEARCH OR SOMEBODY REFUSING TO COME OUT OF A BEDROOM WHEN THEY'RE THEY'RE UNDER ARREST, REFUSING TO COME DOWNSTAIRS. WE MAY BRING A DOG AND MAKE CANINE ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE MAY ALLOW THAT DOG TO BARK. ONE OF THE THINGS MR. FALLON SAW WORK ON THIS THIS WEEK, THIS PAST WEEK, IS WE NEED TO GET OUR DOGS TO THE OBEDIENCE LEVEL WHERE THEY BARK WHEN WE TELL THEM TO, THEY STOP BARKING WHEN WE TELL THEM TO. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CANINE ANNOUNCEMENTS AT A BURGLARY SCENE, OR AT ANY SCENE WHERE WE MAY TELL, WE MAY MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO. THE DOG IS ON SCENE AND HE MAY BE. SEARCH SCENT. YOU MAY BE BITTEN, INJURED. I WANT THAT DOG TO BARK SOMEWHERE IN THERE. BUT WHEN I TELL THEM TO. SO HE'S NOT BARKING OVER MY DIRECTIONS, THEN I WANT TO BE QUIET WHILE I GIVE ANOTHER SET OF INSTRUCTIONS OR GIVE ANOTHER SET OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO CONTROLLING THAT BITE, THAT BARK IS CERTAINLY PART OF THAT. AND YES, WE HAVE VERY WE HAVE SUCCESS IN HAVING OUR DOG BARK INTO BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE SAY, YEAH, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME. I'M COMING OUT AND THEY SURRENDER. SO YES, THAT IS AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL, I THINK TO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. YES, DEPUTY CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OR FREQUENCY OF ERROR BY THE BY THE DOG. THAT'S JUST ONE CAPACITY. THEN ALSO WHAT LANGUAGE IS OFTEN USED WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMANDS THAT ARE GIVEN. AND THEN ALSO I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT ON OCCASION THERE MAY BE NO ANNOUNCEMENT THAT'S BEEN LIFTED UP TO THE SUSPECT. WHAT IS DONE IN THE OTHER CAPACITY. SO I'M GONNA START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION. WHEN YOU ASK, WHAT IS OUR FREQUENCY OF ERROR? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ODOR SPECIFICALLY? YEAH. AMONGST THE DOGS. RIGHT. THEY LIKE THEY MAY BITE IN THE WRONG AREA. OH, GOTCHA. VERY, VERY LOW FOR PHYSICAL APPREHENSION. OKAY. THE MAJORITY OF OUR ACCIDENTAL BITES, WE HAVE A DOG BITE OUTSIDE OF WHERE IT WAS INTENDED TO BITE COMES FROM TRAINING. AND IT COMES FROM A LOT OF TIMES AIR ON THE PERSON WHO IS CATCHING THAT DOG, NOT SO MUCH ON THE DOG OR THE HANDLER THAT'S DEPLOYING IT. SO SO IT'S QUITE RARE. I'M TRYING TO THINK BACK THE LAST TIME WE A CANINE BIT SOMEBODY THAT WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE BITTEN. AND I HAVE A HARD TIME COMING UP WITH. THAT'S QUITE RARE LANGUAGES. YOU ASKED ABOUT LANGUAGES. SOME OF OUR DOGS DEPEND ON WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHERE THEY WERE IMPORTED. COME MAY HAVE ALREADY STARTED ON A LANGUAGE A LOT OF THEM DON'T. A LOT OF THE DOGS HAVE NOT HAD ANY KIND OF TRAINING BY THE TIME THEY COME TO US. TRULY WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND A LOT OF CASES, OUR HANDLERS DEFAULT TO A MIXTURE. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE USED A LOT OF GERMAN, WE USED A LOT OF DUTCH, AND WE LOSE A LOT OF CZECH AT THAT TIME. SOME OF THE WORDS CREATE TACTICAL PROBLEMS FOR US OUT THERE. FOR EXAMPLE, STELLEN STELLEN IS ONE OF THE LANGUAGES COMMANDS FOR GO AND BITE SOMEBODY. STELLEN STARTS WITH A STRONG S T, SO DOES THE WORD STOP. SO WE WOULD START THAT COMMAND STOP AND THE DOG MAY MIX IT FOR STELLEN. WE DON'T USE THE WORD STELLEN SO WE HAD TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE OUT. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE A A MIXTURE OF LANGUAGE. A LOT OF IT'S ENGLISH. WE DO A LOT OF IT JUST BECAUSE THE HANDLER IS GOING TO REVERT TO THAT UNDER STRESS. SO I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO COMPLICATED ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS. SO WE DO USE A LOT OF ENGLISH FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE SOME WORDS THAT HANG AROUND FOOT PHUT IS THE WORD FOR COME STAND NEXT TO MY LEG. AND THAT THAT COMMAND SEEMS TO HANG AROUND FOR SOME REASON. SO SOME OF THOSE YOUR LAST QUESTION WAS CENTERING AROUND WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN THOSE OFFICERS MAY NOT MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE SUSPECT? OKAY. ARE IS YOUR QUESTION WHY THEY WOULDN'T MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT? TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS. RIGHT. SO IF THERE'S A PLACE WHERE I BELIEVE SOMEBODY WE DID A TRACK NOW RECENTLY DOWN BEHIND KENNEL SCHOOL DOWN KALAMAZOO, 32ND AREA, LARGE WOODED AREA.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRAILS THAT RUN THROUGH THERE THAT ARE USED BY NORMAL, EVERYDAY CITIZENS.

OUR OFFICERS START CHECKING THE TRAILS FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE AN ARMED SUBJECT. THEY EVENTUALLY SEE HIM. HE LEAVES THE TRAIL AND GOES INTO A A LARGE WOODED AREA. IT'S VERY THICK. IT'S NOT LIKELY THE PERSON WENT VERY FAR INTO THIS WOODED AREA. THAT TRACKING TEAM, LED BY A SERGEANT, MADE THE DECISION NOT TO MAKE CANINE ANNOUNCEMENTS THERE. ONE BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THE PERSON ALREADY KNEW POLICE WERE ON SCENE. IT WAS CLEAR THAT IT LIKELY CLEAR THAT A CANINE WAS ON SCENE, AND IT WAS LIKELY THEY WERE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS SUBJECT THERE, WHO THEY BELIEVED TO BE ARMED. SO TO NOT DRAW SPECIFIC ATTENTION TO, I'M STANDING HERE AND I'M ABOUT TO COME FIND YOU. THEY WENT WITHOUT GIVING WARNINGS ON THAT SPECIFIC TRACK, AND THEY DOCUMENTED IT VERY WELL. WHY HE MADE THAT DECISION, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER, I THINK THAT THIS WAS A VERY TIMELY PRESENTATION, AS I KNOW SOME NEIGHBORS WHO I REPRESENT HAVE CALLED FOR US TO DO AWAY WITH THE K-9 TEAM. AND I BELIEVE IN PART THAT THIS IS DUE TO ONLY SEEING THE INJURIES OR, AS THE PASTOR NOTED, OF WHEN THE BITE DID NOT HAPPEN CORRECTLY. I THINK COMMUNITY

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MEMBERS. I'M HOPING THAT THE LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT I DEEPLY APPRECIATE IT TODAY, WILL IS ALSO APPRECIATED BY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WILL ALLOW FOLKS TO RECEIVE A MORE FULL PICTURE OF THE CANINE TEAM. THAT'S MY HOPE TODAY, AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB IN HAVING TRANSPARENCY AND GIVING US A MORE FULL PICTURE. I THINK THE COMMITMENT TO NOT LOOKING AWAY FROM THE PAIN OF OUR COMMUNITY MUST BE ONGOING. SO I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE REVIEW OF OTHER POLICIES LIKE THE FOOT CHASE POLICY. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. DAVIS. IF WE HAVE TIME OF ANNUAL. I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON HOW YOU ALL FELT, THE COLLABORATION OR THE SYNERGY BETWEEN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE OPA WAS DURING THIS PROCESS, AS YOU REVIEWED? I. FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WENT WELL AND THAT YOU ALL WORKED WELL TOGETHER. I'M HAPPY TO SEE IT, BUT JUST WANT TO HEAR WHERE WHERE YOU ALL STAND ON THE COLLABORATION. SURE. AND IF I MAY, I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE POINTS THAT YOU MADE. ONE POINT THAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, AND I DON'T THINK I GOT TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO. WE HAVE SPENT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS TIME TALKING ABOUT K-9 APPREHENSIONS, K-9 BITES. IT IS ABOUT THE LEAST LIKELY THING WE DO IN OUR K-9 DEPLOYMENT. IT'S VERY RARE THAT WE HAVE THESE. COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT OUR CANINES DO. NOW. I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY THAT IS, RIGHT. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE VERY WELL GOVERNED, WELL, VERY WELL REGULATED AND VERY WELL CHECKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. SO I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT IS A RELATIVELY RARE EXPERIENCE FOR K-9 HANDLERS. I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WORKING DIRECTLY WITH WITH THE OPP. SO I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO COMPARE IT TO, BUT I THOUGHT THIS ONE WENT QUITE WELL. I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME THINGS WE CAN DO CONTINUE TO, TO IMPROVE ON, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS. I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS THAT WAS PUT INTO THE OPA. THERE ARE CERTAINLY. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN MY POLICIES REVIEWING MY POLICIES BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS, AND THAT'S NEVER A BAD THING. SO AND MR. DAVIS IS COMING UP AND MR. DAVIS, MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO WEIGH IN ON HER A LITTLE BIT. SO I THINK THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. A LOT OF IT WAS TRAINING, AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FRANKLY SOMETHING THAT, SAY, THE CITY COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE REALLY IN A POSITION TO MAKE GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS ON LIKE, GEE, I THINK YOU SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME ON HOW YOU FEED YOUR DOGS OR, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN YOU GROOM THEM. BUT OR, OR CERTAINLY I DON'T MEAN TO MINIMIZE MY, MY, MY DAUGHTER HAS A, HAS A, HAD A GUIDE DOG. AND I KNOW THIS INSANE AMOUNTS OF TIME THAT'S PUT INTO GETTING CONSISTENCY. AND I MEAN, EVEN HOW YOU FEED THE DOG ACTUALLY IS PART OF TRAINING, RIGHT? I MEAN, SHE HAD TO DO FOOD REFUSAL EVERY DAY WITH THAT DOG. BUT, YOU KNOW, SO, SO PUTTING THAT TO ONE SIDE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT. AND I THINK I HAVE A, I PERSONALLY AT LEAST HAVE A PRETTY HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TAKING THAT REALLY SERIOUSLY. YOU'RE DOING IT WELL. AND THAT'S GREAT. THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION OF LIKE REPORTING, LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO AFTER AN INCIDENT? AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A CATEGORY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE I THINK OPA CITY COMMISSION, POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHERE, HOW CAN WE TIGHTEN ANYTHING UP? IS THERE ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN MAKE THINGS MORE TRANSPARENT? THEN THERE'S, I GUESS MAYBE THE QUESTION OF LET'S LET'S CALL IT DEPLOYMENT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT. LIKE WHEN THE DOG IS SENT OUT, DO YOU DO YOU HAVE VERBAL WARNINGS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? I THINK MAYBE THE STICKIEST ONE, BUT I THINK IT'S ONE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WE DON'T HAVE.

I DON'T EXPECT THE CONVERSATION TO END TODAY. I DON'T WANT IT TO END TODAY. BUT IS THE QUESTION OF APPLICATION. AND SO WHEN WE SAY TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A AS AN ATTORNEY AND MAYBE MR. DAVIS HAS A LITTLE BIT OF THIS RESPONSE TOO, LIKE IF YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO DEPLOY USING TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT'S REALLY ON THE THERE'S ALWAYS A CONTINUUM BETWEEN JUDGMENT AND LAYING OUT SPECIFIC CRITERIA. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PLACES WHERE WE DON'T USE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES AT ALL. SO IF WE'RE DOING A SPEED TRAP, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DON'T SAY, WELL, WE LOOKED AT THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. NO, WE LOOK AT THE RADAR GUN. IF THEY'RE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, THEY BROKE THE SPEED LIMIT. AND IF THEY'RE NOT GOING UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT, WE DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE DRIVING A NEW CAR OR AN OLD CAR, WHETHER IT'S YELLOW OR BLUE OR WHATEVER. THERE'S NO TOTALITY THERE. AND I GET THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH COMPLEXITY HERE. BUT I, AS I UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, I JUST WANT TO FOCUS IN ON ONE THAT I THINK BEARS SOME MORE CONVERSATION. AND THAT IS IN IN THE MDOP. THIS IS ON PAGE NINE NOW. 6.8.21 D SUB E, WHICH IS

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PHYSICAL APPREHENSIONS. AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU EVALUATE TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT'S GREAT. BUT THEN IT SAID FACTORS INCLUDE THE SEVERITY OF THE CRIME. AND THEN I GUESS THERE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOOD AND HEALTHY, BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS FOR WHICH WE HAVE SAID SOME THINGS ARE OFF LIMIT. AND WE KNOW THIS LIKE THERE WAS A SUPREME COURT CASE THAT SAID YOU CAN'T MAYBE 1987, AND MR. DAVIS CAN HELP ME OUT ON THIS.

BUT THAT SAID, YOU CAN'T SHOOT AFTER A FLEEING SUSPECT. YOU CAN'T. SO BEFORE 1987, THAT HAPPENED IN POLICING. AND AFTERWARDS WE'RE LIKE, NO, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO UNLESS UNLESS SOME PRETTY TIGHT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHT? WE ALL KNOW THAT WAS A CHANGE IN POLICING, BUT SEVERITY OF CRIME DOESN'T REALLY TIGHTEN YOUR LANGUAGE MUCH. AND SO THE OPA SUGGESTION WAS SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES. AND I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT LIKE, I CAN IMAGINE AREAS WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE ONLY VIOLENT FELONIES THAT SO THE BURGLAR EXAMPLE, NOTHING VIOLENT HAS HAPPENED. IF YOU'VE GOT A HOUSE THAT MAYBE SOMEBODY'S TAKING A TELEVISION OUT OF, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A REALLY HIGH RISK SITUATION FOR OUR OFFICERS. I MEAN, MY DAD TAUGHT ME A MILLION YEARS AGO, WHEN YOU GO INTO YOUR HOUSE, EVER, YOU SAY HELLO. AND I'M LIKE, WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SAY HELLO WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOUSE? AND HE SAID, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S ROBBING OUR HOUSE, I WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BS THEIR WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION AND PRETEND THAT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, MISTAKEN ABOUT WHOSE HOUSE THEY WERE IN RATHER THAN HAVE TO HAVE THEM SHOOT US DEAD. RIGHT? I WANT THEM TO HAVE A GRACEFUL EXIT OPPORTUNITY FROM OUR HOUSE THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, VIOLENCE. SO THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, BURGLARY DOESN'T COUNT AS A VIOLENT CRIME. IF SOMEONE'S IN BOOSTING MY STEREO WHILE I'M ON VACATION. BUT THOSE CAN BE REALLY, REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS I WOULD WELCOME CONTINUED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN TIGHTEN UP LANGUAGE. LIKE I DON'T THINK ANY REASONABLE OFFICER WOULD SAY, IF I SEE SOMEBODY LOITERING, THAT'S A SERIOUS ENOUGH CRIME THAT I SHOULD DEPLOY A DOG. I DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE. SO WE, I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S OFF THE TABLE, AND WE CAN HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S ON THE TABLE. BUT IF WE CAN TIGHTEN SOME OF THAT CRITERIA, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE PRODUCTIVE WORK. AND I'M NOT COMMITTING TO ANY.

PLEASE. THE EXAMPLES I USED HERE ARE HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLES. THEY'RE NOT EVEN EXAMPLES THERE.

BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THIS IS THAT THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF LIKE WHETHER WE CAN ARTICULATE BETTER RATHER THAN, SAY, TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH IS IN A VERY TIGHT CRITERIA, IF WE CAN SAY THESE THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE AREAS WHERE WE DO THIS, AND YOU'VE DONE SOME OF THAT. NOW, THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING, LET ME STRETCH IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE. MILLION YEARS AGO, MY FIRST HOUSE, I WAS DUMB, WENT OUT FOR THE EVENING, DIDN'T LOCK MY HOUSE, CAME HOME. HOUSE IS DARK AND I DON'T REMEMBER TURNING THE LIGHTS OFF. AND I GO TO THE DOOR AND IT'S NOT LOCKED. I CALLED GRPD BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO WALK INTO A DARK HOUSE. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF NOT BEING AROUND IN WHAT WAS AT THAT, IT WAS BEHIND MISS TRACY, MY HOUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOOD. I WASN'T COMPLETELY CONFIDENT THAT I WASN'T GOING TO COME BACK TO SOMEBODY IN MY HOUSE SIX HOURS LATER. WELL, THAT'S FAIRLY I MEAN, THAT'S AN AREA WHERE I CALL GRPD. WELL, THAT'D BE A GREAT POTENTIAL USE, IT SEEMS TO ME, OF A DOG GOING INTO THE HOUSE FIRST. IF THE HOMEOWNER IS LIKE, YEAH, YOU CAN SEND A DOG INTO MY HOUSE, I'M NOT ALLERGIC. GO AHEAD. IT DOESN'T QUITE FIT YOUR BURGLARY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE. I JUST WANT SOMEBODY BESIDES ME GOING INTO THAT DARK HOUSE FIRST. WELL, OUR OFFICERS MIGHT WANT SOMEBODY OTHER THAN THEM GOING TO THE DARK HOUSE FIRST. IF IT'S A CANINE. NOW, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT YOUR SUPERVISOR HANDLER EXCEPTION. BUT I ALSO WONDER IF, LIKE YOU, WE MIGHT WRITE POLICY THAT SAID, IF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY GIVES CONSENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE THERE MIGHT BE AREAS WHERE WE COULD STRETCH USE OF DOGS BECAUSE THE OWNER SAYING, YEAH, GO AHEAD. I KNOW, I KNOW MY KIDS AREN'T HOME, GO AHEAD AND HAVE YOUR DOG RUN THROUGH THE HOUSE. SO I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AREAS WHERE WE CAN, IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, MAYBE HAVE MORE LIBERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR CANINE USE BECAUSE THEY'RE A GREAT TOOL, BUT ALSO BE LIKE, OKAY, THESE THINGS WE CAN ALL AGREE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ENTER INTO THE MIX OF EVALUATION. SURE. I KNOW THAT'S A LONG COMMENT, BUT WANT TO RESPOND TO ONE COMMENT. IT DOES. IT DOES STRIKE FOR ME. ONE THING I TRY TO STAY FOCUSED ON, ESPECIALLY WHEN TALKING ABOUT LIMITATIONS, THESE DOGS NOT ONLY SAVE LIVES OF THE HANDLER, OF THE OFFICERS, OUR CITIZENS, AND OUR OUR PERSON WHO'S COMMITTING A CRIME. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A DOG MAY BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU DISTANCE FROM A PROBLEM, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO

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GIVE YOU INFORMATION THAT THE ONLY WAY WE GET IS BY SENDING AN OFFICER ARMED INTO THAT SAME SITUATION. RIGHT? IF YOU THINK ABOUT CANINE CANINE ELI BEING STABBED OVER ON THE WEST SIDE DURING AN APPOINTMENT, HE WAS SENT INTO A BASEMENT HOURS AND HOURS OF OF SWAT HOURS AND HOURS OF, OF GAS WAS DEPLOYED LAST BEFORE AN OFFICER GOES DOWN THAT BASEMENT. THEY SENT AN OFFICER DOWN THAT BASEMENT. AND I HATE THE CANINE. ELI WAS STABBED. I'M THANKFUL THAT HE SURVIVED THAT. BUT I, I HAVE I'M CONFIDENT HOW THAT SITUATION LIKELY WOULD HAVE ENDED QUITE DIFFERENTLY HAD WE HAD TO SEND OFFICERS DOWN THERE FIRST, BOTH FOR THE OFFICERS AND FOR THE SUSPECT. SO I TRY TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT ELEMENT THAT THE CANINE CAN ADD TO FOR US AS WELL. YEP, YEP. EXACTLY. SO, MR. DAVIS, YEAH, WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR. I'LL KEEP IT VERY BRIEF. SO FIRST, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THE QUESTION.

AND THANK YOU, DC BAKER, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WILL SAY, AS IT RELATES TO THE INTERACTION THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, IT HAS BEEN BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PROCESS I'VE TRIED TO NAVIGATE SINCE BEING IN THIS ROLE, AND I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE CREDITED TO CHIEF TRIGG IN MANY WAYS AND TO HIS TEAM, BUT DEFINITELY THE CHIEF TRIGG, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT CHIEF TRICK IS ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THIS DIFFERENTLY, AND IT'S CLEAR, AND I THINK THAT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE HE'S IN HIS ROLE AND IS NEW. I THINK IT'S THE PERSON THAT HE IS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD WITH HIM. I STARTED SOME OF THIS WORK WHEN HE WAS STILL IN IA AND HE HAD SIMILAR POSITIONS THEN. SO WE DON'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING, AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OVERSIGHT AGENCY. THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO AGREE ON ALL THE TOPICS. HOWEVER, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER WELL, AND I HAVE SEEN THE START OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS IN WAYS THAT I DIDN'T WITH FORMER CHIEFS. SO THANK YOU, CHIEF TRIGG, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT. AS IT RELATES TO THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WE STILL STAND BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MADE IN OUR REPORT. WE BELIEVE, WHEN WE CONSIDER ALL OF THIS OR CONSIDER THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHT? PART OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING IS THE PERSPECTIVE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THE WAY THAT A POLICY IS WRITTEN IS NOT JUST OUR OFFICERS ABLE TO FIND IT AND KNOW WHERE THE INFORMATION IS. IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE EASE OF CONNECTING WITH THAT INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WE MADE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DID. SO I WON'T GO BACK THROUGH THOSE BECAUSE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS REMAIN THE SAME, BUT SUPER GRATEFUL TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE WAY THEY'RE NAVIGATING THIS SPACE. THANK YOU. AND IT MAY BE THAT WE'RE IN A HONEYMOON PERIOD WITH CHIEF TRIGG, BECAUSE HE'S ONLY BEEN HERE FOR 25 YEARS, AND HE DID COME. HE DID COME FROM MUSKEGON. SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S KIND OF NEW TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT. WELL, I'VE BEEN TAUGHT YOU JUST ENJOY IT. ENJOY THE HONEYMOON. I'LL TAKE IT. AND THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, FOR RESPONDING TO MY QUESTION. AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THAT IS THE RESPONSE I WAS EXPECTING. AND I THINK THAT IS VERY PROMISING TO COMMUNITY. I THINK COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SEE THIS TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP. BOTH THIS OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT WORK FOR THE PEOPLE AND SEEING THEM COLLABORATE IN A WAY THAT IS GOING TO UPLIFT OUR NEIGHBORS IS VERY PROMISING TO ME. AND AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE SET FORTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MAYOR, LET ME OFFER A RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER SASSY'S COMMENTS AND MAYBE PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER KILGORE'S. I THINK THIS WAS A REAL BIG FIRST STEP. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'VE NEVER PUBLICLY TALKED ABOUT OVER THE YEARS. AND SO THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. WHAT WOULD I THINK BE A GOOD NEXT STEP IS TO BE AS TRANSPARENT WITH THE TRAINING MANUAL AS WE HAVE WITH THE MANUAL OF PROCEDURES, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OPEN TO THE BREAKDOWN THAT DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER SHARED TODAY ON BITES AND USES AND DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS. THAT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. SO I THINK SOMEHOW, MAYBE ANNUALLY HAVING SOME SIMILAR BREAKDOWN ON THOSE USES OF FORCE. AND THEN THE OTHER PART, I THINK, AS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS, TREATING CANINE APPLICATION IN TERMS OF APPREHENSION AS USE OF FORCE THROUGH I, I, A, BUT ALSO THAT'S STILL ELIGIBLE. IF THE COMPLAINT IS NOT SATISFIED THAT COULD BE REVIEWED AT CAP, I'M NOT SURE HOW OFTEN THAT THAT'S HAPPENED AND THAT WOULD. MR. DAVIS MAY HAVE THAT INFORMATION OR CERTAINLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO TO MONITOR. COMPLAINTS GO BEYOND I. TO OUR CITIZEN APPEALS BOARD WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IN THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE DETERMINATIONS. AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START IN. THE LAST WOULD BE. JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, ON ON SUPERVISORY APPROVAL, THAT REALLY IS ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF DEPARTURE FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OPA TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND BOTH EXPEDIENCY PRACTICAL OF IT. WE

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IN JUST YOU SUPERVISORS NOT ALWAYS IMMINENTLY PRESENT WHEN WHEN THERE'S A SITUATION. IS THAT RIGHT? RIGHT. AND AS DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER STATED, SINCE WE HAVE A CANINE TEAM AND NOT A UNIT, THERE ARE PATROLMEN AND WOMEN AND THEY'RE RESPONDING IN THE COMPLEXITY OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE TO HAVE TO HAPPEN NOW. BUT HAVING THAT PIECE OF LIABILITY IN THEIR HAND, THAT TOOL, WE EXPECT A LOT OF THEM. AND I THINK DC BAKER EXPLAINED, KIND OF WHAT THEY GO THROUGH IN THE STANDARD THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE PUSH THEM KIND OF TO THE BREAKS TO MAKE THOSE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS. SO THAT'S WHY WE THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT JUST TO SAY, YES, IT'S AN EASY THING TO DO BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT OTHER CANINE UNITS. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THEY HAVE THE SUPERVISOR EMBEDDED. IT'S A UNIT. IF THEY'RE RESPONDING, THEY'RE RESPONDING AS A UNIT, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL TEAM MEMBER. SO THANKS. SO YOU WANTED TO MOVE ON TO CRIME STATS. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST RECAP REAL QUICK. OBVIOUSLY THE K-9 IS INVALUABLE.

AS DEPUTY CHIEF BAKER SAID, IT'S SAFER FOR THE SUBJECT AND THE OFFICER AND EVERYONE INVOLVED. I THINK ACCOUNTABILITY IS A THING THAT HELPS DRIVE OUR CRIME DOWN. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN SUSPECTS CREATE CRIMES, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE LOST IN THE WORLD TO US. BUT ACCOUNTABILITY HELPS, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. AS FAR AS THE COLLABORATION WITH DIRECTOR DAVIS AND OPA, IT'S BEEN GREAT, RIGHT? I, I'M GOING TO STAND BY.

I WANT TO BE AN OPEN BOOK. I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT, NOT JUST THE WORD, BUT I BELIEVE IN HOW WE DO THINGS. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN BE BETTER. SO I'M OPEN TO THE CHANGE. WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EDUCATING THINGS. DC BAKER AND I TALKED ABOUT DOING A PRESENTATION FOR THE K9 UNIT BEFORE THIS EVEN CAME OUT WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S MEMO. SO WE KIND OF BLENDED THEM TOGETHER. I THINK IT WAS PERFECT TIME BECAUSE I THINK EDUCATION IS KEY. AND WE KNOW WITH POLICY, SOMETIMES THINGS ARE EVEN ANYTHING IN OUR DEPARTMENT, IT'S IT'S WITHIN POLICY. BUT WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER. SO WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE BETTER AT THINGS. AND IT'S NOT JUST WORDS I'M USING, BUT THAT'S OUR STANDARD.

AND I I'M GLAD DC BAKER DID A GREAT JOB. I COULD HAVE CAME UP HERE AND READ SOME SLIDES, BUT NOT WITH THE PASSION AND EDUCATION THAT HE HAS. SO GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. CRIME STATS FOR

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

THE MONTH. AUTO THEFTS. YOU SEE WE'RE STILL TRENDING DOWN WHICH IS GOOD. AND ONCE AGAIN IT'S I THINK ATTRIBUTED TO OUR STAFFING IS UP. AND WE HAVE YOUNG AND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING, APPRECIATING THE CITY THEY WORK FOR AND THE DEPARTMENT THEY WORK FOR, AND THEY'RE BRINGING A ENERGY OUT THERE TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE CITY. THAT'S JUST A BREAKDOWN BY MONTH, YOU SEE, AS AS SUMMER'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE FINE, SIR. EXCUSE ME. OKAY.

SO NOW GOING THROUGH. NO, NO, IT WAS NOT EXPANDED. OKAY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE RIGHT HERE. JUST BY MONTH. I SEE THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE THE HIGHER MONTHS WITH THE ALL THE THEFTS, THE ROBBERIES STILL TRENDING DOWN. SAME THING WHEN I TALKED ABOUT THE THE AUTO THEFTS, MORE MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE DEDICATED TO THIS CITY AND THIS DEPARTMENT. YOU SEE HALF THE NUMBER FROM 2021. IF YOU KNOW PERSON SHOT THROUGH THROUGH JUNE HERE NEVER A GREAT NUMBER SOMETHING WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO WORK TO TO REDUCE FROM THE FATAL AND NONFATAL THERE. AND THE NEXT SLIDE I'M KIND OF GOING FAST. I KNOW WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME, BUT SAME GRAPH PLOTTED ON ON WHERE OUR OUR SHOOTINGS HAVE FALLEN. THE IN THE MAP AND THE BY WARD AND SERVICE AREA FOR NEXT TO HOMICIDES. WE WERE UP TO UP TO NINE THIS YEAR. AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER AT ZERO. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET THERE WHEN THIS. NEXT SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT THE NINE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE. IT'S A IT'S A NAME. IT'S A STORY THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME, YOU KNOW, SAY BEFORE.

AND ALL THESE TELL A STORY AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS AT ZERO. IT ALSO BRINGS ME TO THE POINT OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN MAKE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THESE VICTIMS AS I, I WON'T PUT THEIR NAME OUT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW KIND OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT'S BUILT WITH OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHEN THEY, THEY SOLVE A CASE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE ACCOUNTABILITY, THEY WANT TO SEE JUSTICE FOR THESE FAMILIES. AND ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS ON HERE REACHED OUT TO, TO OUR OFFICERS AND THANKED US FOR THE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE RESPONDING TO THE SCENE FOR, FOR THEIR LOVED ONE THAT THEY LOST AND INVITED US TO THE SERVICE AND MADE SURE THEY WERE GOING TO MENTION US AT THE SERVICE AND JUST ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD DO FOR US BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THEM. AND THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT I'M PROUD TO SEE THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN BUILD IN THESE TOUGH SITUATIONS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHO THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN A PART OF FOR, FOR 25 YEARS. CLEARANCE RATE, NATIONAL

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AVERAGE IS STILL 55%. AND YOU SEE US SO FAR THIS YEAR, YES, WE'VE HAD NINE, BUT WE'VE SOLVED WE'VE CLEARED ALL OF THEM, WHICH IS A TESTAMENT TO, I THINK, A LOT OF THINGS, THE HARD WORK THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING, BUT ALSO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TIED TO SOME OF THE TRANSPARENCY AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT I HOPE WE'RE DOING AS AN AGENCY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S SOME CRIMES THAT, THAT, THAT HAPPEN THAT DON'T GET REPORTED AND DON'T GET REPORTED ENOUGH. AND I WANT THAT TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, A SAFER COMMUNITY NEEDS BOTH POLICE AND COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER. AND NONE OF US SHOULD, SHOULD WANT THOSE THAT ARE COMMITTING THESE VIOLENT ACTS ROAMING AROUND OUR STREETS. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT NUMBER. AS FAR AS RECORDED FATAL OVERDOSES YEAR TO DATE, YOU SEE, THERE'S 14 AND 193 ILLEGALLY POSSESSED GUNS RECOVERED THROUGH JUNE. AS YOU SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE REFERENCE WHEN WE RESPONDED TO THE SHOOTING WHERE FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT ON EARLY MORNING, JULY 5TH, THAT WAS AFTER THE FIREWORKS. AFTER MIDNIGHT, OUR MEN AND WOMEN RESPONDED TO A SUBJECT THAT WAS CRITICALLY SHOT AND THEY HAD TROUBLE DUE TO THE CROWD SIZE THERE OF GETTING EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN THERE TO GET ADVANCED MEDICAL CARE. THEY MADE A DECISION THERE TO COMMANDEER PRETTY MUCH A MEGA MOVER AND LOADED THE INJURED SUBJECT ON THAT AND WENT TOOK HIM OVER 100 YARDS TO THE AMBULANCE. YOU'LL SEE THE VIDEO HERE WHEN I SHOW IT, THE OFFICER'S OUT OF BREATH BECAUSE HE'S ALSO TRYING TO HOLD DIRECT PRESSURE WHILE RUNNING ALONGSIDE, AND IT'S NOT A VERY EASY THING TO DO. BUT WHAT ALSO SEEN WHAT I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER, ESPECIALLY IN MY SUPERVISORY ROLES, OUR MEN AND WOMEN CARE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU'VE DONE OUT THERE ON THE STREET. THEIR JOB IS TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND BRING PUBLIC SERVICE, AND TO SAVE MEN AND WOMAN'S LIFE THAT THEY CAN, AND GET THEM TO THE ADVANCED CARE IF THEY NEED. THIS IS A EMAIL THAT WE GOT FROM A NURSE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT THE HOSPITAL. I'LL JUST READ IT VERBATIM.

YOUR TEAM NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THEY SAVED THIS YOUNG MAN'S LIFE, AND THEY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR THIS PATIENT. FROM THE EMS REPORT, IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY POLICE THAT THE VICTIM HAD LIFE THREATENING INJURY FROM THE GUNSHOT. THE SCENE WAS NOT SAFE, SO THEY CARRIED THE VICTIM TO THE AMBULANCE AND HELD DIRECT PRESSURE TO THE VICTIM'S GUNSHOT WOUND TO HELP CONTROL THE BLEEDING, AND RODE IN THE AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS WAS MOST LIKELY WHAT SAVED THE VICTIM'S LIFE, THAT THEY DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE INJURY. AND IF THEY HAD NOT HELD DIRECT PRESSURE, THE VICTIM WOULD HAVE BLED OUT FROM HIS INJURY. ONCE AGAIN, SOMETHING I'VE BEEN SEEING SINCE MY. I'VE BEEN REVIEWING VIDEOS A LONG TIME, AND IT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM OUR MEN AND WOMEN, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT SHARING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, IT'S GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE HAVE THE VIDEO ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHOOTING 1400 BLOCK. BRO. WE HAVE.

GET BACK! HEY, EVERYBODY GET BACK, GET BACK. WE HAVE TO GET AN AMBULANCE HERE. GET BACK! I'M NOT TOUCHING. GET TO THE SIDEWALK RIGHT NOW! I AM TELLING YOU TO GET TO THE SIDEWALK. SIDEWALK? WE WE GOT TO GET THE AMBULANCE HERE. GET TO THE SIDEWALK! NO ONE'S TOUCHING YOU. GET TO THE SIDEWALK! DON'T TOUCH ME! GET TO THE SIDEWALK! GET TO THE SIDEWALK! THE SIDEWALK! BACK UP! GET.

IN HIS GROIN AREA. YEAH, I GOT SO THAT YOUNG MAN IS ALIVE TODAY. HE'S GOT A LONG ROAD.

FROM WHAT I'VE. WHAT I'VE HEARD. BUT HE IS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE HE'S. MEN AND WOMEN TOOK ACTION.

WE HAVE A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS SERVICES, BUT THEY HAVE PROTOCOLS AS WELL. AND IT'S OUR JOB TO TRY TO MAKE THAT SCENE SAFE AND APPROACHABLE. AND IF FOR THE OFFICERS AND THE SERGEANT ON THAT SCENE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THINK, OKAY, THIS ISN'T WORKING OR IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN TIME, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET THE INJURED TO MORE ADVANCED CARE JUST SHOWS THAT THEIR AMOUNT OF CARE AND YOU SEE THEM SCRAMBLING, THEY CARE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THEIR FACES. SO I'M PROUD OF THAT. AND WE HAVE ONE MORE VIDEO JUST IN IN LIGHT. JUST WE

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KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK GOING OUT THERE WITH OUR, OUR MEN AND WOMEN ENGAGING. SO THIS IS JUST AN INCIDENT WHERE OUR OFFICER ENGAGED A YOUNG MAN AND HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A FITNESS CONTEST, GO BACK TO GO READY? WHAT? 000. OH. OH. YOU BETTER KEEP GOING. YOU BETTER KEEP GOING. DUDE. KING IS DOING IT. OH, GOODNESS. CAN'T GO OVER. YOU WON BROTHER. ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT. I LOVE IT. I MEAN I'VE DONE THIS AT POINTS IN MY CAREER. MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE THIS MORE THAN YOU KNOW. WE'RE JUST NOT WE'RE NOT GOOD ABOUT SHARING IT. RIGHT. AND THAT'S I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DO DIFFERENTLY JUST TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT. BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS IT HAS VALUE. SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, CHIEF. YEAH. GOOD VIDEOS. IT WAS IT WAS ROUGH TO WATCH THAT JULY 5TH.

ONE. BOY, YOU KNOW I REALLY WISH EVERYONE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD UNDERSTAND LIKE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO GET AID TO PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY.

THE SO, SO THANKS FOR. THANKS FOR SHARING BOTH OF THOSE. THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT THAT STRUCK ME THAT MAYBE IS WORTH REITERATING AGAIN IN THIS CONTEXT IS OUR. THERE'S SORT OF AN AXIOM IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS THAT ONE OF YOUR STRONGEST DETERRENTS GENERALLY IS PEOPLE KNOWING THAT THEY'LL GET CAUGHT IF THEY DO SOMETHING BAD. IF NO ONE GETS CAUGHT, THEN YOU KIND OF LOSE YOUR YOU LOSE A LOT OF YOUR DISINCENTIVE. SO OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS OBVIOUSLY READING LICENSE PLATES, AND THAT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PLAYS INTO THE FACT THAT OUR AUTO THEFT NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN IS THAT WE'RE APPREHENDING PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING CARS THAT AREN'T THEIRS. LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE DESIGNED IN LARGE PART TO DO THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, WE ARE NOT SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE ARE. THAT IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL. WHETHER OR NOT WE CHOOSE TO MODIFY POLICIES ON THAT. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS OBVIOUSLY INTERPLAY WITH AUTO THEFTS, PARTICULARLY, AND OTHER THEFTS TOO. SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I ACCOUNTABILITY IS HUGE IN DETERRING CRIME OR IN MAKING AN IMPACT. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT BY ADDING BODIES AND ADDING PRESENCE. AND IT'S, IT'S NO SECRET YOU CAN RESEARCH IT.

THANK YOU, MISS JAMES. THANK YOU, CHIEF TREY AND BRENDA DAVIS AND BAKER I, YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT EDUCATION WOULD BE A GREAT TOOL AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE. IS THERE PLANS TO DO SOMETHING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, LIKE AT MLK PARK WITH YOUR K-9 AND THE EDUCATION? THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE TO BUILD UPON. WE'RE OPEN TO EVERYTHING I ASKED TO EVEN EXPAND FURTHER THAN JUST K9. I HAD TALKED TO OUR OUR, OUR TRAINING CAPTAIN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE TRAINING THAT'S THAT THAT WE CAN OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES WE DO THAT THROUGH CAB. I KNOW CAB HAS A USE OF FORCE TRAINING AND COMING UP HERE SOON OR WE GOT THE CIVILIANS POLICE ACADEMY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT I WAS KIND OF THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WHAT IF WE BROUGHT THE TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE DEPARTMENT IS A A BARRIER, YOU KNOW, PLUS IT'S HARD TO PARK. THERE'S NOT MUCH PARKING, BUT BUT HOW CAN WE BRING IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? AND I THOUGHT OF MLK AND OBVIOUSLY THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THEY HAVE OUT THERE. BUT WHAT, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO WE'RE BRAINSTORMING SOME IDEAS RIGHT NOW, WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME, SOME, SOME MATS OUT THERE AND SOME SPA PROS TO SHOW USE OF FORCE STUFF, OTHER DECISION STUFF, K9 STUFF. IT REALLY WIDE OPEN. SO YES. AS A CITIZEN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF AND, AND THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE MEETING WAS PRETTY ENLIGHTENING ON TODAY. AND, AND OPTIMISM IS IS IN THE AIR AS A CITIZEN ON THIS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, I TRULY DO BELIEVE EARNESTLY THAT WHILE ALL CITIZENS ARE NOT PUBLIC SERVANTS, BUT ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD SHOULD BE GOOD CITIZENS. AND THAT LIGHT. IN THAT VEIN, WE SEE AND HEAR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO TO PUT YOUR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US AND AND JUST AND WE HEAR YOU AND WE SEE YOU AND WE THANK YOU. AND I HOPE THAT CARRIES ON THE SAME SPIRIT OF DC ERIC FREEMAN, WHO PASSED AWAY A YEAR AGO. ABOUT THIS TIME WE WERE CELEBRATING 34 YEARS, I BELIEVE IT WAS OF HIS SERVICE. AND JUST KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IS NOT IN VAIN. SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND WE ARE FOUR MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE CITY MANAGER. YEAH. JUST ONE NOTE ON THE SLIDE. APPRECIATE THE NINE HOMICIDES BEING SOLVED THIS YEAR. BUT I THINK THAT 2020 NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 38, NOT 18.

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I THINK IT WAS ON THE SLIDE. I MAY HAVE JUST BEEN THROUGH JUNE THOUGH. IT'S THROUGH JUNE THROUGH JUNE. OKAY. THROUGH JUNE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ITEMS

1. Fire Department Presentation on High Rise Fire Safety and Firefighting

2. Grand Rapids Police Departments Response to the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability’s Benchmarking Analysis and Review of GRPD’s Canine Program Policy 6-8.1.

3. Presentation from the Grand Rapids Police Department on Monthly Crime Stats

Jul 21, 2026 Public Safety Committee Meeting

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ITEMS

1. Fire Department Presentation on High Rise Fire Safety and Firefighting

2. Grand Rapids Police Departments Response to the Office of Oversight and Public Accountability’s Benchmarking Analysis and Review of GRPD’s Canine Program Policy 6-8.1.

3. Presentation from the Grand Rapids Police Department on Monthly Crime Stats

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