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AND WELCOME TO OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP.[Call to Order]
IT IS 11:02 AM.CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COMMISSIONER BOLTON, HE'S ONLINE. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.
>> BEFORE WE GO, JUST TO ASK YOU, MA'AM.
I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO BE ONLINE, SO I DON'T HAVE MY LAPTOP SO, IF ONE OF YOU SEE THAT HE RAISES HIS HAND, I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP.
JIM, SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW WHO'S ONLINE I DIDN'T BRING MY LAPTOP IN.
I WON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOING TO RAISE HIS HAND, SO I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP.
THANK YOU. WELL, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, WE'RE ALL GOING TO STAND, AND YOU'RE LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YOU READY?
WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE QUICK CONVERSATION.
[1.b 2026 Meeting Cancellations Discussion Presented by Kimberly Dillon, City Clerk]
WELL, I'M GOING TO REPHRASE THAT.WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE CONVERSATION IN CASE IT'S NOT QUICK REGARDING MEETING CANCELLATION, SO WE'RE TAKING 1B OF 2026 AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY KIMBERLY DILLON, OUR CITY CLERK.
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. GOOD MORNING, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS JUST TO GO OVER 2026 MEETING AND THE IMPACT THAT WE MAY HAVE BY A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY OR ANY OTHER EVENTS.
IT SHOULD BE A QUICK PRESENTATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, AS I'VE STATED, IS TO SHARE THE 2026 COMMISSION MEETINGS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS IMPACTED BY A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY OR OTHER EVENTS.
IT'S ALSO TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARD CANCELLATION OR RESCHEDULING CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICES AND ALSO TO GAIN COMMISSION CONSENSUS ON THE PROPOSED CALENDAR ADJUSTMENTS.
TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE ALWAYS CANCELED THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER AND NOVEMBER, DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY AS WELL AS THE WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON.
THIS YEAR, ONE MEETING WILL BE IMPACTED BY A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY AND THAT'S THE APRIL 8TH MEETING, AND IT OVERLAPS WITH THE PASS OVER THAT WILL BE CELEBRATED ON APRIL 8TH AND 9TH, AND DURING THAT TIME, NO WORK IS ALLOWED.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO HAVE THAT MEETING MOVE FROM WEDNESDAY TO TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH.
THEN POSSIBLE CONFLICTS, WE AND THE COMMISSION DO TRAVEL TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY IN TALLAHASSEE AS WELL AS WASHINGTON, DC.
THIS YEAR, THE TALLAHASSEE ADVOCACY TRIP IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 26TH AND 27TH.
THOUGH THOSE ARE NONE OF THE MEETING DATES, THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 28TH AND THAT'S A MORNING MEETING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPACTED BY THE TRAVEL IF ANYONE IS TRAVELING FROM OUR COMMISSION.
THE RECOMMENDATION I HAVE IS TO EITHER CANCEL THAT MEETING IF IT WILL BE IMPACTED.
CHANGE THE MEETING TO 7:00 P.M. OR RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH.
>> MADAM MAYOR. JUST BASED ON THE RECENT INFORMATION FROM OUR STATE LOBBYIST, I BELIEVE THIS DATE IS NOW SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS.
>> THANKS [INAUDIBLE]. I THINK WE HAD CLARIFIED, BUT WE'LL COME BACK IF WE NEED TO REGARDING ANY MEETINGS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED.
ALSO, THE WASHINGTON DC TRIP THAT'S USUALLY IN MARCH, I KNOW EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE DID HAVE A CANCELLATION OF THAT FIRST MEETING IN MARCH AND SO THIS IS JUST TO PUT ON THE RADAR.
THERE'S NO CONFIRMATION YET AS TO A DATE.
WE REACHED OUT TO OUR LOBBYIST AND THEY'RE SAYING SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, MARCH.
HOWEVER, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RADAR IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME RESCHEDULING OR CANCELLATION DUE TO THE ADVOCACY TRIP, POSSIBLY THAT WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT YEAR.
A SUMMARY OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO CANCEL THE NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER MEETING OF 2026 AS WITH PAST PRACTICES.
RESCHEDULE THE APRIL 8TH MEETING TO APRIL 7TH, DUE TO PASS OVER CONFLICTS, AND THEN THE JANUARY MEETING OR THE TALLAHASSEE, SORRY, ADVOCACY TRIP AS WELL AS THE WASHINGTON ADVOCACY TRIP WILL MONITOR THOSE.
TODAY, THE NEXT STEP IS JUST THAT I'M SEEKING CONSENSUS ON THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS,
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AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.>> WE'RE LEAVING THE JANUARY UNTIL ANOTHER TIME?
>> FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THOSE DATES MAY POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN MOVED ALREADY TO NOVEMBER.
ONCE I HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER, SO WE CAN TAKE THAT BACK IF ANYTHING WILL BE IMPACTED.
>> I'M FINE WITH RESCHEDULING NOVEMBER 25TH.
I'M FINE WITH THE OTHER TWO, IS IT TWO? [OVERLAPPING] THEN I'M FINE WITH THE RESCHEDULE OF APRIL 8TH TO APRIL 7TH.
>> DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IS SAYING THAT THIS YEAR, IT'S TWO MEETINGS, NOVEMBER AND JANUARY.
I DON'T REMEMBER DOING THAT IN THE PAST.
THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES IS GOING UP FOR THE JANUARY PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT'S WHERE THE GROUP OF ADVOCACY IS COMING THROUGH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES ON THOSE DATES.
>> WE ALWAYS DID NOVEMBER WAS OUT OF [OVERLAPPING].
>> WELL, WHEN THERE'S ELECTION YEARS, IT'S EARLIER VERSUS LATER, THEY CHANGE IT EVERY OTHER YEAR.
THIS YEAR, IT'S AN EARLIER SESSION BECAUSE THERE'S ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER 26TH.
THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES ONE IS LATER THAN WHEN WE WOULD HAVE GONE LAST YEAR.
WE WENT ON OUR OWN LAST YEAR SEPARATELY OR BROWER DAYS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AS WELL.
IS THIS STILL ON THE TABLE THEN TO RESCHEDULE THE MEETING OR CANCEL THE MEETING?
>> THE PROPOSAL, I'M SORRY, THE PROPOSAL IS EITHER TO CHANGE IT TO 7:00 P.M. THIS TIME, THAT'S A MORNING MEETING.
THE PROPOSAL IS EITHER TO CHANGE AT THE TIME TO 7:00 P.M, RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH OR CANCEL THE MEETING, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS BEST FOR THE COMMISSION.
>> VICE MAYOR IS FINE WITH WHATEVER, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. IN LIEU OF NOVEMBER AND A DECEMBER 2ND MEETING, WHICH WOULD TYPICALLY BE AT 10:00 A.M. WE'RE GOING TO JUST HAVE TWO NIGHT MEETINGS, OR ARE YOU GUYS PROPOSING BECAUSE NATURALLY, I'M SURE YOU GUYS INTEND TO FLUFF UP THOSE MEETINGS, GIVING CONSIDERATION TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S A CANCELLATION.
ARE YOU PROPOSING DOING A MORNING MEETING BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE UNTIL TWO IN THE MORNING IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE MEETING FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS.
>> KIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE MEETINGS, WE DON'T KNOW THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE EVENTS OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH, WE CANNOT CHANGE THE TIME THAT'S STIPULATED BY OUR ORDINANCE.
THE CODE STATES THAT THE FIRST MEETING MUST BE HELD AT 07:00 P.M. AND SO THE TIME FOR THAT MEETING CANNOT BE CHANGED.
HOWEVER, THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO IS USUALLY THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH.
[BACKGROUND] I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A JANUARY 14 MEETING, SINCE WE'RE HAVING ONE MEETING IN NOVEMBER, ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER, ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THE JANUARY ONE MEETING WILL BE TOO HEAVY?
>> NO. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE NOVEMBER AND THE DECEMBER MEETINGS WILL BE HEAVY.
[OVERLAPPING] CONSIDERATION THAT CITY BUSINESS WILL BE CANCELED, WHICH I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I JUST THINK THAT SO THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING BACK WHAT WE NEED TO PUSH BACK INTO NEXT YEAR BY PUTTING ONE OR TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO BE HERE UNTIL TWO, THREE IN THE MORNING SINCE THEY'RE BOTH NIGHT MEETINGS.
I DON'T KNOW, ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO WAIVE?
>> I THINK WHAT KIMBERLY IS SAYING IS THAT YOUR ORDINANCE STATES THAT YOU MUST HAVE THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 P.M.
IT ONLY GIVES DISCRETION ON THE SECOND MEETING SO MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE THE ORDINANCE [OVERLAPPING] TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] OR WE CAN STICK TO THE TIMELINE AND FINISH THE MEETING.
>> WELL, AS MAYOR WAS SAYING, YOU CONTROL THE AGENDA.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND THOSE MEETINGS ARE NOT USUALLY SO HEAVILY LAIDED.
>> IT'S USUALLY THE JULY MEETING THAT'S ALWAYS FUN.
>> BUT IT'S NOT USUALLY A LOT OF BUSINESS, BUT THAT WOULD BE [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS ALSO GOING TO SAY THAT THE CITY MANAGER [BACKGROUND] NO, MAYOR, TO THE POINT OF THE CITY MANAGER.
HE CONTROLS THE AGENDA SO I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK IF WE CAN RESCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER MEETING OR MOVE OUT OR GET THEM ON.
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WE STILL HAVE THAT FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER.WE HAVE THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER.
TYPICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WE GO ON HIATUS AND THERE'S ALMOST LIKE A TWO MONTH BREAK BETWEEN BOTH MEETINGS, AND THAT'S WHY USUALLY THAT JULY MEETING IS USUALLY HEAVIER BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MONITOR.
>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON WE'RE UP TO RESCHEDULING AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] OTHER TWO MEETINGS.
I JUST THINK THAT I HEARD THE ATTORNEY SAY THAT THERE COULD BE SOME REVISIONS TO CONSIDER SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES SO THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN JAMS. WE'RE CANCELING DUE TO HOLIDAYS, AND IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING HOW WE TEND TO ALWAYS BE RESISTANT TO ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DO.
BUT I THINK IN GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GIVING CONSIDERATION TO A POTENTIAL EXCEPTION TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCE AS IT READS.
IF WE WANT TO BE OFF, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE CITY'S BUSINESS OUT SO THAT WE CAN BE OUT BY 11:00.
I'M OKAY WITH CONSIDERING AN EXCEPTION TO THE ORDINANCE, THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL TWO MEETINGS ROUTINELY EVERY YEAR THAT WE LOOK AT HOW WE MAKE AN EXCEPTION.
>> THERE'S NO ONE SAYING THAT THERE'S ANY OBJECTION TO DOING THAT TIME WISE FOR AN ORDINANCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF SCHEDULING THAT WE HAVE NOW.
IF WE CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 25 MEETING, WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THE ORDINANCE BEFORE THIS YEAR'S RECOMMENDATION.
>> THIS IS FOR 26TH MAY, WE ALREADY MADE THOSE CANCELLATIONS FOR [OVERLAPPING].
>> GOT YOU [OVERLAPPING] MY APOLOGIES.
I'M READY FOR THANKSGIVING ALREADY.
WE'RE ALREADY IN NOVEMBER. WELL, WE HAVE YOU ON THE RECORD, BUT FOR THE CANCELLATION PART, YOUR FEELINGS ON RESCHEDULING?
CHANGE THE MEETING TIME TO THE EVENING, RESCHEDULED TO THURSDAY 29TH, OR CANCEL THE MEETING DEPENDING ON COMMISSIONER PARTICIPATION?
>> IF IT'S THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE, WE CAN ALWAYS LOOK AT THE ORDINANCE AND SEE IF WE NEED TO INCORPORATE SOME CHANGE ALONG WITH CANCELLATIONS TO THOSE TIMES.
>> BUT WE'RE WORKING BACKWARDS RIGHT NOW.
JANUARY 20TH, 2026 IS SOONER THAN DECEMBER NOVEMBER.
>> I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK [BACKGROUND] TO CANCEL IT.
>> NO. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CANCEL.
>> NO. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CANCEL.
>> [BACKGROUND] TUESDAY, YOU GUYS, IF YOU'RE TRAVELING, YOU WILL KNOW.
>> NO, I THINK THURSDAY THE 29TH.
>> I WOULD THINK THURSDAY THE 29TH WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WE'RE TRAVELING IF TRAFFIC AND ANYTHING COMING BACK WOULD BE TOO DIFFICULT IN CASE SOMEONE'S [INAUDIBLE] LATE.
>> BUT WOULD THAT BE MORNING OR NIGHT? THURSDAY WHEN?
>> THAT'S THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH, IS USUALLY 9:30.
>> BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE TIME.
>> WE CAN CHANGE AT TIME. THAT'S FLEXIBLE.
>> WE'VE GOT TWO FOR CHANGING IT TO 9:30 A.M. AT THURSDAY.
>> I'M FINE EITHER WAY. EITHER WAY.
EITHER WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING? WHENEVER [OVERLAPPING]. THAT'S FINE.
>> I THINK THIS CONSENSUS FOR THURSDAY MORNING.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS ANY INPUT THAT HE WANTS TO PROVIDE? NO. GOOD. THERE'S CONSENSUS AT THIS TIME TO CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 25, 26 AND DECEMBER 23, 2026, RESCHEDULING APRIL 8 TO APRIL 7, CHANGING THE JANUARY 28, 2026 MEETING TO 9:30 A.M. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2026, AND MONITORING THE WASHINGTON TRIP OF MARCH 2026.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
AS WE NOW GO BACK TO OUR BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTRACT RENEWAL AND
[1.a Broward Sheriff's Office Contract Renewal Presented by Levent Sucuoglu, City Manager, De Giovanni, Christopher, BSO Major, Larry Juriga, Public Safety Consultan]
IS BEING PRESENTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER LEVEN SAJULU, CHRISTA GIOVANNI, BSO MAJOR AND LARRY JURGA OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONSULTANT. GO FOR IT.>> THANK YOU, MAYOR COMMISSION.
LET ME INTRODUCE THE PANEL HERE ONE MORE TIME.
LET ME START WITH CHIEF JURGA.
HE'S OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONSULTANT AND HE'S BEEN ASSISTING US WITH THIS CONTRACT REVIEW AND RENEWAL PROCESS SINCE THE BEGINNING AND SO THIS REVISED OR
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RENEWED PROPOSED CONTRACT IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF CHIEF JURGA, AND ALSO THE BSO TEAM.WE HAVE MAJOR CHRISTA GIOVANNI, AND THEN WE HAVE CAPTAIN FRANKS.
IT'S BEEN A JOINT EFFORT IN BRINGING YOU THIS PROPOSED BSO CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT IN THIS CONTRACT.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ELEMENTS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY IMPACT AND WHAT THAT MEANS AND SOME OF THE AREAS, WE'LL TOUCH IN TERMS OF WHAT CHANGES THIS NEW CONTRACT BRINGS TO THE WAY WE DO POLICING IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
WE'LL RUN THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION AND I'M GOING TO REFER TO OUR TEAM FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SOME TECHNICAL INFORMATION, OUR AGREEMENT EXPIRED THE EXISTING ONE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND SO THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST.
IT'S FOR FIVE YEARS WITH ONE ADDITIONAL RENEWABLE OPTION.
>> THIS YEAR'S COST IS ABOUT $24 MILLION, AND THIS INCLUDES 110 POSITIONS, 92 SWORN OFFICERS, AND THEN WE HAVE ON TOP OF THAT CSAS AND OTHER CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT.
ONE OF THE CHANGES WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS MINIMUM STAFFING CALCULATIONS IN THE CONTRACT, AND WE'VE CONCLUDED THAT TO BE THE 10 UNIFORM DEPUTIES PLUS ONE UNIFORM PUBLIC PATROL SERGEANT PER 12 HOUR SHIFT.
THIS IS A CHANGE FROM THE EXISTING CONTRACT AND CALCULATION OF THE MINIMUM STAFFING REQUIREMENT IN THE CONTRACT, AND WE'LL EXPLAIN THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE CONTRACT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A HIGHER PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE DOING IT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A 12 HOUR SHIFT MODEL TO CALCULATE THE AVAILABLE DEPUTIES OUT IN THE COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANSION OF THE TRAFFIC UNIT FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS, AND WE'RE ADDING A NON-MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC DEPUTY, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS DEPUTY CAN DRIVE AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY ENFORCING THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND WE'RE BRINGING AN ADDITIONAL DEPUTY TO THE COMMUNITY OR NEIGHBORHOOD SPORT TEAM GROWTH FOR THAT.
THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND NOTIFICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
WE'LL DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS, AND SOME OF THAT INCLUDES OUR REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE BSO LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH THE CAPTAIN, WITH THE MAJOR, AS NECESSARY AND WITH THE BSO TEAM.
AS MUCH AS THIS IS A CONTRACT SERVICE.
WE'RE BY THIS CONTRACT, LOOKING TO BRING IN A HOMETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT SENSEN AND OPERATION INTO THIS CONTRACT.
THE CHIEF IN THAT ROLE REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND IS PART OF THE CITY'S MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WE DO MAINTAIN STANDARD AND QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE ON TRACK WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONTRACT AND THE STRATEGIC GOALS OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTIONS FOR FINANCIALS, THE SECOND YEAR PROJECTION CALLS FOR AN ELEVEN POINT NINE PERCENT PROJECTED INCREASE ON THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
THIS IS PART OF A CLASS AND COM STUDY THAT THAT BSO IS CONDUCTED, AND THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT CONTRACT, AND THE REST OF THE CONTRACT YEARS COME WITH FIVE PERCENT CAP.
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THAT'S STILL IN THE CONTRACT.WE RECEIVE VACANCY CREDITS AS THEY HAPPEN, AND THIS IS IN EFFECT TODAY AND IT WILL BE PART OF THE UPCOMING CONTRACT AS WELL.
WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND MAKE SURE THAT BSO BUDGET IS CLEAR AND PROVIDES OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE VARIABLES CAUSE, WHICH IS THE MOST FAVORED NATION CLAUSE IN THE CONTRACT, WHICH MEANS THAT IF ANY OTHER CONTRACT CITY RECEIVES A MORE FAVORABLE TERM, TAMARAC WOULD BE ENTITLED TO THAT AS WELL.
LIKE I SAID, PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES ARE PART OF ENHANCEMENTS TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND COMMUNITY AND VISIBILITY WAS KEY CONVERSATION POINTS IN OUR RENEWABLE PROCESS.
FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FIRST, CHIEF JURGA TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT WE ASKED FOR IN THIS CONTRACT.
THEN WE CAN LOOK AT THE MAJOR FOR HIS COMMENTS, CHIEF, YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE, COMMUNITY POLICING ELEMENTS OF THE CONTRACT WAS CHANGED?
>> CERTAINLY. THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THE FOCUS OF THE CONTRACT AND WORKING WITH BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN YOUR CITY WAS TO, AS THE MANAGER INDICATED, INCREASE VISIBILITY, ENHANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND ALSO ENHANCE TRAFFIC SAFETY.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE TRIED TO FOCUS ON WAS ALSO COMMUNICATION.
WE SAW THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING PUSHED AND WAS WHAT EVERYBODY WANTED.
OPEN COMMUNICATION AND MORE THOROUGH COMMUNICATION AND THE COMMUNICATION ON DAY TO DAY ISSUES AS WELL AS ON LARGE SCALE ISSUES, AND THEN THAT LEADS TO ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND WITH THE ENHANCED VISIBILITY, YOU'LL SEE BY THE ADDED TEN PERCENT INCREASE ON THE UNIFORM PATROL SECTION, THAT GETS OFFICERS OUT, DEPUTIES, EXCUSE ME, DEPUTIES ARE SEEN WHEN THEY'RE IN THEIR MARKED UNITS, AND THE TEAM FROM THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE MAJOR AND YOUR NEW CHIEF HAVE BEEN SO CO- OPERATIVE AND EAGER TO LISTEN AND THEN EAGER TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS SAFE SO THAT THEY CAN SEE THE DEPUTIES OUT THERE.
ANOTHER ENHANCEMENT, AND I KNOW THE CAPTAIN I WILL SPEAK ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF HIS HE'S PUSHING IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
NOT JUST FOR MAJOR EVENTS, NOT JUST COMMUNITY POLICING, FORMAL COMMUNITY POLICING EVENTS, BUT DAY TO DAY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SEEING THE DEPUTIES OUT THERE AT MEETINGS AT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION EVENTS, AND JUST WALKING THROUGH THE BUSINESSES.
THOSE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE PUSHED, AND THOSE WERE ALL THINGS THAT WERE AGREED UPON, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT BY THE NUMBERS AND BY THE APPROACH THAT'S BEING TAKEN BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
>> BEFORE I RECOGNIZE MAJOR, ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE IMMEDIATELY PUT IN EFFECT IN TERMS OF INCREASED VISIBILITY, IF YOU LOOK AT PATROL VEHICLES NOW, YOU WILL SEE THEM DRIVING AROUND IN THE CITY WITH THEIR WHAT WE CALL CRUISING LIGHTS ON.
AND AND SO IT BRINGS A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF RECOGNITION TO THOSE VEHICLES AS THEY DRIVE AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO THAT IT ADDS TO THE VISIBILITY AND IT'S PART OF OUR NEW APPROACH TO THAT COMMUNITY POLICING IMPROVEMENTS.
MAJOR, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
>> THANK YOU, MR. LEVIN. WELL, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR GOMEZ, VICE MAYOR DOCTOR DANIELS, COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING US.
I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF DR. GREGORY TONY, WE SO APPRECIATE THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COMMUNITY, ENTERING OUR 36 YEAR PARTNERSHIP.
WE DON'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
IT'S CONTINUING TO GROW AND BECAUSE AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, THE NEEDS CHANGE, THAT MEANS THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MISSION, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS COMMUNITY ALSO NEEDS TO ADAPT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE RESOURCES THAT YOU ENTRUST TO US TO BEST MEET THAT PUBLIC NEED.
I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OVER THE NORTH REGION EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHEN I WAS PROMOTED AND PLACED IN THIS CURRENT ROLE, ESSENTIALLY EARLY MARCH, AND VERY QUICKLY ENGAGE WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER WHO'S BEEN THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL.
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WE HAVE A GREAT LINE OF OPEN COMMUNICATION.I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
IN WATCHING MANY OF YOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, I'M NOT HERE PERSONALLY FOR EVERY MEETING, BUT I WATCH THEM AND I LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD ARE TIED TO AREAS IN THE CONTRACT THAT WAS VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOUR MANAGER ON ADDRESSING THOSE, MEMORIALIZING NEW MECHANISMS WITHIN YOUR CONTRACT TO ADDRESS YOUR VALID CONCERNS.
I'M SO EXCITED IN SENSE THAT I HAD TOLD HIM THAT I ALREADY SAW A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THIS CONTRACT.
SPECIFICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO EXHIBIT A, YOUR SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS, I SAW A LOT OF AREA FOR JUST ENHANCED SERVICES WITH UTILIZING AND RE-IMAGINING THE SERVICES THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ENTRUSTED TO US, THOSE PERSONNEL.
WHAT WAS EXCITING IS THAT WHEN THE CITY MANAGER CONSULTED WITH LARRY, WE ACTUALLY HAD PREPARED OUR OWN NOTES IN ADVANCE ON WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE, AND WE SAT DOWN IN A MEETING WITH HIM.
I GOT TO TELL YOU THERE WAS PROBABLY NINETY-FIVE PERCENT PARALLEL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS RECOMMENDING IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAD IN OUR NOTES AND WE WANTED TO RECOMMEND AS WELL.
I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU THAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE WAS MUTUALLY AGREED AREAS.
IT WAS NOT A CONTENTIOUS MEETING.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A VERY PLEASANT MEETING BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY.
TO THAT END, WHEN YOU ENTRUST 110 PERSONNEL TO US, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART REFLECTS THE BEST USE OF THOSE PERSONNEL TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I'VE HEARD MANY TIMES THIS COMMISSION ADDRESS ISSUES WITH VISIBILITY CONCERNS, ISSUES WITH NEEDS FOR A MORE ENHANCED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, SCHOOL SAFETY IN THOSE TRAFFIC SCHOOL ZONES, NEED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BEING A PARTNER, TRUE PARTNER AND COMING ALONG WITH THE CITY AND ALIGNING THE BSO STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE TAMARAC STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PRESENT AT YOUR MEETINGS AND THAT WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO THAT WE UTILIZE ON DUTY STAFF TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE OVERTIME CONCERNS, TO HELP THE CITY WITH ITS COMMUNITY EVENTS.
I'M ALSO EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE MANAGER HAD SELECTED THE BEST DISTRICT CHIEF CANDIDATE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
CAPTAIN DAVID FRANKS HAS A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP HERE IN THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HE HAS A HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC, WHERE HE STARTED HERE AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF MANY YEARS AGO.
HE UNDERSTANDS COMMUNITY POLICING.
WE WORKED TOGETHER IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES WHERE HE'S OVERSEE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, VERY INNOVATIVE.
COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE ADVANCEMENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT'S MISSION AND ALIGNING NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE IN THE MOST INNOVATIVE WAY.
CAPTAIN FRANKS UNDERSTANDS THAT HE ACTUALLY WAS PART OF POMPANO WHEN THEY BUILT THAT REAL TIME CRIME CENTER AND SCALED IT.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER, WHERE I SAT DOWN WITH HIM WHEN HE FIRST TOOK THE COMMAND, SHARED WITH HIM A LOT OF YOUR CONCERNS, AND HE WAS EXCITED TO ROLL UP HIS SLEEVES, GET TO WORK.
THAT'S WHY HE PUT TOGETHER A NEW TEAM THAT HE CALLS AND HE'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, BUT THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM, WHICH IS REALLY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT TEAM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY INCREASING BY THREE HUNDRED PERCENT THE FOOTPRINT OF COMMUNITY POLICING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT'S OVER AND ABOVE ALREADY THE TEN PERCENT INCREASE ON MINIMUM STAFFING, THE TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, SIMPLY BY REALIGNING ORGANIZATIONAL CHART TO MEET YOUR NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP.
THIS CONTRACT WOULD BRING US THEORETICALLY TO OUR 41ST YEAR OF RELATIONSHIP.
THAT'S FOUR DECADES PLUS WITH THE ABILITY TO RENEW IT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEAR TERM.
THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS EXCITED AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH YOU.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, SOMETHING THAT YOU TOUCHED ON.
THIS WAS A PRACTICE OF THE CITY TO USE SPECIAL DETAIL DEPUTY SERVICES FOR ALL CITY EVENT COVERAGES, AND IT'S BEEN PART OF THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS AND SO AS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, AND AS PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF AND THE MAJOR AND CHIEF JURGA.
WE ALSO MEMORIALIZE THAT IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL USE UNDO THE DISTRICT STAFFING FOR
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MAJORITY OF OUR EVENTS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PARTNERSHIP IN TERMS OF EVENT PLANNING AND STAFFING FOR THOSE LARGER EVENTS.THAT'S NOW PART OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT AS WELL.
SOME RISK MANAGEMENT LEGAL DISCUSSION AS USUAL.
THERE'S MUTUAL INDEMNIFICATION IN THE AGREEMENT.
WE EACH ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT'S TYPICAL IN GOVERNMENT LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
THERE SO WILL ASSUME THE MAINTENANCE INSURANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY FOR THE FUEL STATION AND TERMINATION CLAUSE IS NOT CHANGED.
IT'S A 90 DAY TERMINATION WITH DEFINED TRANSITION PERIOD.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? THESE ARE THE KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT I THINK WE TOUCHED ON THESE, AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS EVEN FURTHER.
IT BRINGS A NEW TRANSPARENCY TO THE RELATIONSHIP AND TO OUR REPORTING AND WE ALWAYS HAD LOCAL OVERSIGHT OVER LEADERSHIP, BUT THIS BRINGS A NEW UNDERSTANDING TO THAT AND ENHANCED CO-OPERATION FOR COMMUNITY VISIBILITY AND ENGAGEMENT, AND A MUCH STRONGER PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING DISTRICT BASED POLICING.
IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, THIS ITEM IS SCHEDULED FOR COMMISSION MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20ND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND WE'RE ALL HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.
ON THE SECOND SLIDE? YES. THAT ONE THAT SAYS AGREEMENT.
IT SAYS, AND I THINK I'VE ALWAYS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK IT CHANGED.
MINIMUM STAFF AND 10 UNIFORM DEPUTIES PLUS ONE UNIFORM PATROL SERGEANT PER 12 HOUR SHIFT.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE 22 PEOPLE WITHIN A DAYTIME.
WHAT IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS?
>> AS MANY AS ASSIGNED TO ROAD PATROL, VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE CURRENTLY 56 IN THE PROPOSAL ASSIGNED TO YOU.
>> NO. STAY THE SAME WAY LIKE YOU HAVE IT AT THE MINIMUM.
HOW MANY REGULAR STAFF DO YOU HAVE, UNIFORM DEPUTIES? YOU SAY 10 IS A MINIMUM.
WELL, HOW MANY DO YOU SCHEDULE ON A MONDAY FOR ONE SHIFT?
>> WITH THE COMPLIMENT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WE'RE GOING TO ASSIGN 56 OF THE DEPUTIES TO ROAD PATROL WITH FOUR SHIFTS, THAT WOULD BE 14 PER SHIFT.
>> WITH SIX SERGEANTS AND EACH SERGEANT ASSIGNED TO ONE SHIFT WITH THE TWO SERGEANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SWING SHIFTS FOR COVERAGE.
WITH THAT MINIMUM STAFFING COVERAGE, YOU'RE GETTING A 10% INCREASE ON WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE.
>> WAIT, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M STILL TODAY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
FOR EACH SHIFT, THERE'S 14 UNIFORM DEPUTIES.
THAT WOULD MEAN DEPUTIES THAT ARE ON THE ROAD?
>> CORRECT. WE WOULD VERY OFTEN HAVE MORE THAN 10 UNIFORMED DEPUTY SHERIFFS PATROLLING THE CITY OF TAMARAC BUT WE WOULD NEVER GO BELOW 10.
>> RIGHT. BUT YOU ALWAYS SCHEDULE FOR 40, BUT ONE MIGHT GET SICK OR SOMETHING, RIGHT?
>> IN ANY GIVEN 24 HOURS, THERE'S 28, POSSIBLY 30 YOU SAID TWO AND FOR TRANSITION?
>> TWO SERGEANTS SO IT'D BE 30 THAT WAS A [OVERLAPPING].
>> THE UNIFORM SERGEANT AS WELL SO THERE'D BE 30.
>> SERGEANTS ARE ON THE ROAD AS WELL?
>> THEY'RE IN PATROL CARS, WHEN YOU SEE A CAR COULD BE A SERGEANT?
>> IF THE SHIFT WAS FULLY STAFFED THAT DAY, NO ONE WAS ON LEAVE, NO ONE WAS SICK, NO ONE WAS IN TRAINING, THEN CORRECT.
>> I'M PROBABLY COMING FROM A DIFFERENT MINDSET BECAUSE IF A TEACHER IS ABSENT, THEN THERE'S A SUB.
AT WHAT POINT DO YOU HAVE A SUB OR AT WHAT POINT DO YOU HAVE A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT?
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>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, VICE MAYOR.
THAT MECHANISM WOULD BE THE 10 UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE RARE OCCURRENCE HAPPENED WHERE WE HAD, LET'S SAY, TWO OUT ON GUARANTEED ANNUAL LEAVE AND MAYBE TWO CALLED OUT SICK AND ONE WAS IN TRAINING.
WELL, THEN AT THAT POINT, WE WOULD UTILIZE OUR OVERTIME CONSIDERATION TO BRING IN THAT SUB, SO TO SPEAK, OR THAT OVERTIME DEPUTY TO ENSURE THAT THAT THRESHOLD, WE WOULD NEVER BE LESS THAN 10 UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND ONE UNIFORMED DEPUTY SERGEANT.
>> AS LONG AS THERE'S 10 YOU DON'T REPLACE?
>> IF TWO DEPUTIES WENT ON LEAVE, WE'LL JUST BE 12 THAT WHOLE TIME OF THE LEAVE?
>> THE SERGEANTS ARE ON ROAD PATROL AS WELL?
>> WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND WHICH'S PROPOSED TO YOU, SIX THAT WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ROAD PATROL.
>> THIS HALF WILL BE ASSIGNED TO ROAD PATROL?
>> WELL, NO, THAT'S A MINIMUM.
HOW MUCH IS THE REGULAR AGAIN?
>> THE REGULAR AS FAR AS THE TOTAL NUMBER?
>> FIFTY-SIX AND WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS FOR ROAD PATROL, AND SIX UNIFORM DEPUTY SERGEANTS FOR ROAD PATROL. SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 62.
>> WHAT'S THE MINIMUM OF SERGEANT? THE MINIMUM IS 12 SO WHAT'S THE REGULAR?
>> FOR UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS, OUR ROAD PATROL WOULD BE SIX.
>> WE'RE TAKING SIX UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND WE'RE ASSIGNING THEM DIRECTLY TO ROAD PATROL FUNCTIONS.
THE OTHER THREE SERGEANTS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO SPECIALTY UNITS, LIKE A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNIT.
>> GOT YOU. SIX. GOT YOU. THANK YOU.
ON THE FIRST ONE, IT SAYS, 10% INCREASE IN UNIFORM PATROL PRESENCE, EXPAND 24/7 COVERAGE TO ENHANCE VISIBILITY AND RESPONSE TIME.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF ENHANCED VISIBILITY AND RESPONSE TIME.
THIS IS BASED ON THE 56, RIGHT?
>> IT'S BASED ON THE 56 UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND THEN THE SIX UNIFORM DEPUTY SERGEANTS.
>> THAT WOULD MEAN THE 56 ALREADY INCREASED BY FIVE OR DOES MEAN WE'RE GOING UP TO 61?
>> WHAT WE'RE DOING IS IN YOUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT, YOU HAD 110 PERSONNEL BUT WHAT I PERSONALLY DIDN'T LIKE AND WHAT YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONSULTANTS SAW AS WELL IS THAT WE HAD 80 SWORN PERSONNEL LUMPED TOGETHER WITH NO DIRECTION.
THERE WAS NO BREAKOUT ON HOW WE WERE UTILIZING.
NOW, THAT MAY BE GOOD FOR US AS FAR AS OUR ABILITY TO BE FLEXIBLE.
WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY BUT WE SHOULD ALSO BALANCE THAT ROLE WITH TELLING THE CITY VERY SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'RE GETTING FOR THEIR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
THAT'S WHY WE WERE VERY ENCOURAGED TO BREAK IT OUT IN THIS WAY.
OF THE 80, WE TOOK 56 AND ASSIGNED THEM SPECIFICALLY TO ROAD PATROL FUNCTIONS AND THEN INCREASE YOUR MINIMUM STAFFING TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT ENHANCED VISIBILITY.
>> BUT DID IT THOUGH INCREASE OUR MINIMUM STAFFING BECAUSE THE MINIMUM STAFFING WAS ALWAYS 10?
>> NO. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, VICE MAYOR.
PREVIOUSLY IN YOUR OLD CONTRACT, THE MINIMUM STAFFING WAS 20 SWORN PERSONNEL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
WHY THAT, I BELIEVE IS NOT THE BEST AND WHY I WAS EXCITED TO BRING THIS TO YOU IS THAT 20 SWORN PERSONNEL COULD BE ANYBODY FROM THE TOTAL OF 92 THAT WERE ENTRUSTED TO US AND THAT'S NOT THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WANT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE DON'T WANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM STAFFING TO COUNT DETECTIVES THAT ARE SITTING PRIMARILY BEHIND A DESK, INVESTIGATING CASES OR FOLLOWING UP THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
FOR THE CITY'S INTENT AND PURPOSE, WHEN THEY SPEAK OF MINIMUM STAFFING, YOU SPEAK ABOUT ROAD PATROL PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, BEING VISIBLE FOR PARK WALK AND TALKS, DOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AND HAVING THAT ENHANCED PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY THIS NEW CONTRACT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS GOING TO DEFINE THAT VERY SPECIFICALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT CHIEF HAS CLEAR DIRECTION ON ENHANCING VISIBILITY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
>> IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE'RE INCREASING STAFF, IT'S JUST THAT YOU [OVERLAPPING].
>> BEING SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT THEY'RE ON THE ROAD?
>> YES. CORRECT, VICE MAYOR. IT'S A REORGANIZATION WHICH YOU READY ENTRUSTED TO US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING AN EFFICIENT AND ENHANCED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> THE ADDITIONAL NINE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRED LAST YEAR, WHERE DO WE SEE THEM IN THIS PICTURE?
PART OF THAT IS GOING TO BE TIED OUT TO THE BREAKOUT THAT WE SEE HERE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE IDEA OF THE CITY'S NEEDS AND ITS DESIRES,
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LISTENING TO YOUR CONCERNS, WE SAW A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.WE SAW A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, ENGAGEMENT, CITY EVENTS, COLLABORATION.
WHAT CAPTAIN FRANKS DID WHEN HE TOOK COMMAND WITH THE EXCEL LIEUTENANT MALLIS, WHO'S ALSO IN THE ROOM, IS HE WORKED TO IDENTIFY MOVING THOSE POSITIONS TO CREATE A NEW COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM.
THAT COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN EXHIBIT A, WHICH SIX PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO IT.
PREVIOUSLY, WE REALLY TRULY FUNCTIONALLY HAD TWO THAT WERE WORKING IN THAT ROLE AND NOW WE ARE PUTTING A MORE HEAVY EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
>> WOULD YOU MIND, IF I LET CAPTAIN FRANKS EXPLAIN HIS VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM?
>> MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMUNITY TEAM NOW WHERE BEFORE IT WAS TWO DEPUTIES THAT WE'RE WORKING IN THERE.
WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I SAID, WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ENOUGH, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD.
I LOOKED AT IT AND I SAID, WE NEED NOT ONLY ONES THAT CAN PLAN AND DO SOME OF THE EVENT STUFF, BUT I NEEDED AN ACTION TEAM.
I NEEDED SOMEBODY WHO CAN ACTUALLY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, GET ON BICYCLES.
IF WE HAVE A PLAZA THAT'S BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH HOMELESSNESS OR [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE HAVE IT RIGHT DOWN SOUTHGATE.
>> THIS IS WHAT MY VISION IS TO HAVE THAT TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE ACTIONABLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND OF THE COMMUNITY TEAM, WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT, LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
IF THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS ISSUE WITH SPEEDING, THEY CAN GO OUT AND ACTUALLY RUN TRAFFIC AND DO RADAR THERE.
THEY CAN GET ON THE BICYCLES AND RIDE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY CAN GET OUT OF THEIR CARS AND THEY'RE GOING TO WALK THE PLAZAS, GO GET TO KNOW THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT'S THEIR EXAMPLE LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AT A PLAZA, WE GET WITH THEM, WE OFFER THEM SERVICES.
WE TRY TO GET THEM TO WHERE THEY CAN GET TO MOVE ON SUCCESSFULLY AND STOP THEIR PLIGHT WITH HOMELESSNESS AT THE TIME.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE MULTIPLE ROLES FOR THEM.
THEY'RE ALL GOING TO GET WHAT I CALL HOT CERTIFIED, WHICH IS HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM CERTIFIED.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE SEPTED CERTIFIED SO THAT THEY CAN HELP BUSINESSES INCREASE THEIR SAFETY AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BICYCLE, RADAR, EVER CERTIFICATION.
MY JOKE IS, I CALL THEM THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF THE DISTRICT.
WHERE WE CAN USE THEM BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE IS, IF WE HAVE SMALLER EVENTS AND THINGS WITH THE CITY, THESE ARE THE DEPUTIES WHO WILL BE SHOWING UP THESE EVENTS, WHO WILL BE NOW THE FACE OF THE TAMARAC DISTRICT SO THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COMMISSION.
>> CORRECT AND IT'S GOING TO BE SPLIT INTO FOUR THAT ARE GOING TO BE TIED TO CRIME PREVENTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM, WHICH IS THE ACTIONABLE TEAM.
THAT DOESN'T ALSO MEAN THAT THE OTHER FOUR, THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET OUT.
>> IT CAN BE SIX TOTAL, TWO WHAT I CALL THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM AND THEN FOUR WILL BE ON THE INSIDE, WHICH THEY'LL STILL GO OUT AND DO THINGS, BUT THEY'RE MORE OF THE PLANNING.
>> I THINK YOU SHOULD SWITCH IT AROUND BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT, AT LEAST WHAT MY COMMUNITY WANT IS THE VISIBILITY.
>> ON THE INSIDE PLANNING, THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE.
>> THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE OUT ON THE STREETS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF THAT.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT MEET WITH THE BUSINESSES.
I HAVE TWO NOW WITH DETECTIVE MARIAN AND ALSO DETECTIVE WEISS SORRY, DEPUTY.
THEY GO OUT CONSTANTLY AND MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THEY ASSIST WITH HOAS.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO BE STILL DOING THAT SAME THING.
>> ALMOST EVERY EVENT. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THEY MIGHT BE THE ONES THAT NEED HELP, NOT NECESSARILY THE ONE ON THE INSIDE, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS COME BACK DOWN TO VISIBILITY.
>> WE SEE CORAL SPRING POLICE.
WE DON'T SEE BSO IN TAMARAC AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU WHAT KIDS SAY, NOT EVEN GROWN UPS.
THEY SAY A WHOLE OTHER THING, BUT THEY DON'T SEE YOU.
YES, I SEE THE DEPUTY EVERYWHERE BUT WE NEED TO SEE MORE.
THEY WANT TO SEE YOU ON THE STREET, NOT NECESSARILY TO GIVE TICKETS, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY SEE YOU IS THE PERCEPTION.
>> YOU'RE NOT BEING SEEN WITH THE TAMARAC ON THE SIDE.
>> WE WANT TO INTEGRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND PART OF THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE'RE NOT JUST THERE PRIMARILY AS ENFORCERS, WE'RE ALSO THERE AS EDUCATORS.
WE'RE ALSO THERE TO MEET WITH THE YOUTH, TO CREATE RELATIONSHIPS, BRIDGES, COUNSEL, BE A ROLE MODEL, POSITIVE ROLE MODEL.
>> THEY WANT TO SEE YOU AT THE GAS STATION.
THEY WANT TO SEE YOU AT THE PUBLICS, WHICH YOU THERE WHEN TARA VELLA GETS OUT, I KNOW YOU THERE IN FULL THAT'S NOT DEPARTMENT TO, BUT THEY JUST WANT TO SEE YOU AND HAVE NICE CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
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>> VICE MAYOR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE A ONE UNIFIED TEAM SO THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED IN THAT.
WHAT WE WILL CONSTANTLY DO AS I PROMISE YOU, I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS ARE A LIVING DOCUMENT.
THEY CONSTANTLY NEED TO ADAPT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
PART OF THE OVERSIGHT WITH THE MANAGER MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT CHIEF WEEKLY, HAVING MONTHLY REPORTS AND THEN ALSO QUARTERLY SIT DOWNS, THERE'S A CONSTANT ELEMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE MANAGEMENT.
THAT WAY, IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO WITH THAT TEAM, WE CAN CONSTANTLY ADAPT ITS USE BECAUSE IT IS VERSATILE BUT WE DO WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
THAT IS ACTUALLY A PROGRAM THAT WE'LL SEND EACH OF THESE DEPUTIES TO THROUGH THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO GET THEM CERTIFIED SO THEY CAN PROVIDE A FREE SERVICE TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PREVENT CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS.
THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY HELPING TO PREVENT CRIME, HELPING TO FORGE RELATIONSHIPS, HELPING TO INCREASE VISIBILITY SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE INTEGRATING WITH THE CITY AT MANY OF ITS CITY EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY POLICING.
>> THANK YOU. LUCKY FOR ME BACK TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY PARK BECAUSE I GET IT WITH THE BUSINESS, BUT REALLY JUST A CONNECTION WITH THE RESIDENTS AND ON.
THE OFFICERS I HAVE INTERACTED ARE ALL NICE.
I'VE NOT HAD A BAD INTERACTION.
HOWEVER, I HAVE SEEN TRAFFIC STOPS, JUST RANDOMLY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHO I AM.
THEY'RE CURSING AT PEOPLE, AND I'M LIKE, WHOA AND IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE I'M FROM THE SOFT NURTURING SIDE.
IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED, WHICH IT DID, AND THEY NEED TO GET THE SITUATION WRAPPED UP AND CONTROLLED QUICKLY BUT HOW DO YOU TALK TO THE RESIDENTS MATTERS BECAUSE IT'S A REFLECTION ON ALL OF US.
IF WE COULD THROW THAT IN THERE NOT FOR THE ONES I INTERACTED, I'VE NEVER INTERACTED WITH ONE THAT WAS RUDE TO ME, BUT I'VE SEEN IT, ESPECIALLY AT THE TRAFFIC WHEN THERE'S AN ACCIDENT.
IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN OFFICERS.
I'M TELLING YOU THIS SOMETIMES.
THE SERVICE PEOPLE, THE SERVICE AIDES.
I'VE SEEN IT TWICE AND I SAY, WHERE THEY DO NOT TREAT THE PEOPLE.
IF I JUST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT, THE LAST THING I NEED YOU DOING IS YELLING AT ME BECAUSE MAYBE IT'S A WOMAN THING OR MAYBE IT'S MENOPAUSE, I'M ALREADY EMOTIONAL.
YOU YELLING AND CURSING AT ME, NOT GOING TO HELP.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE IT WORSE.
JUST BE CONSCIOUS OF THAT, IF YOU COULD DO SOME TRAINING WITH THEM.
EVERYBODY HERE IS NICE, SO IT'S NOT THIS GROUP.
MAYBE THIS GROUP NEED TO SHOW THEM HOW TO ACT.
>> VICE MAYOR, YOUR CONCERN IS VERY VALID.
ANY COURTESY, COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE, WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY.
ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES IS PROFESSIONALISM.
THE WAY THAT WE SPEAK TO PEOPLE MATTERS.
>> THAT'S THE WORD, PROFESSIONALISM.
[OVERLAPPING] SOMETIME IT GETS PERSONAL BECAUSE NOW WE'RE IN A STATE WHERE WE NEED LOVE AND KINDNESS, EVEN THOUGH I GET IT, YOU'RE ENFORCING THE LAW.
>> BUT ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
>> YOU SAID THE NINE THAT WE HIRED IS DISTRIBUTED AMONGST THIS?
>> THIS TEAM, ALSO THE ENHANCED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
WE ADDED A TRAFFIC DEPUTY ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO AN UNMARKED VEHICLE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCREASING OUR EFFORTS AND ADDRESSING TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
THEN WE ALSO BALANCED OUT THAT ROAD PATROL TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN INCREASE YOUR MINIMUM STAFFING AND HONOR THAT AGREEMENT.
>> THEN MOVING DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS, AND I GUESS IT'S THE SAME CONTINUOUS THING THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT TEAM GROWTH STRENGTHENS COMMUNITY POLICING, CRIME PREVENTION, AND EVENT PARTICIPATION UNDER CAPTAIN FRANK'S LEADERSHIP.
TO ME, THAT'S JUST WORDS, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS? WHAT ARE THE EVENTS? WHAT ARE THE TIME FRAME? IS IT 24 HOUR LIKE? AM I GOING TO SEE YOU AT NIGHT WHEN THEY'RE RACING DOWN SOUTHGATE OR RACING DOWN 81ST? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
>> I APOLOGIZE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO LOOK AT IS THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH OUR ANALYST TO SIT AND SEE WHERE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
IF WE START SEEING SOMETHING AT NIGHT AND THAT WE NEED TO BE PART OF IT, WE CAN FLEX.
THAT'S ONE THING ABOUT THIS TEAM, THEY'RE NOT ON SET HOURS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SET SCHEDULE, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN BE MOVED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
IF WE START SEEING AN UPTICK ON PROBLEMS AT SAY, 9 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE MIGHT NOT CALL YOU, BUT I WILL TELL YOU MY STREET, WE ALL HEARD THEM RACING ONE NIGHT.
EVERYBODY ON THE STREET TALKED ABOUT.
WE DIDN'T CALL YOU, BUT IT HAPPENS.
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YOU COULD HAVE IMPACT WINDOWS, YOU STILL HEAR THEM RACING.>> UNDERSTANDABLE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS [OVERLAPPING].
>> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S HAPPENING.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS EVEN WITH THE NEW TRAFFIC DEPUTY, THAT'S GOING TO BE NOT ON A MOTOR, WHICH NOT REALLY CRAZY ABOUT PUTTING MOTORS ON AT NIGHT, BUT HAVING THEM OUT THERE IN THAT VEHICLE, WE CAN ADJUST THEM ALSO AND PUT THEM AND HAVE THEM RUN TRAFFIC.
THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM.
THAT WOULD ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD GO OUT AND IF WE WOULD SET THEM ON A TYPE OF THING WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT AND ENFORCE TRAFFIC TOO.
IT'S GOING TO BE NEEDS BASED, NOT JUST A SET SCHEDULE.
>> BUT IT HAS TO BE A SET SCHEDULE TOO, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T SEE YOU, THEY DO IT.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE PEOPLE AND GET PEOPLE A TICKET, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, AGAIN, IF THEY DON'T SEE YOU THERE CONSTANTLY, THEY WILL DO IT.
YOU'VE GIVEN THEM A TICKET NOT EVEN A MONTH, ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
BUT THEY GOT TO SEE AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY THERE.
>> SOMETIMES ACTUALLY WE WOULD MIX IT UP SO THEY WOULDN'T KNOW.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY WOULDN'T KNOW YOUR ROTATION.
OH, I'M SORRY I'M TRYING TO SAY IT HAS TO BE CONSTANT.
>> WE WOULD CONSTANTLY HIT IT IF WE NEEDED TO, YEAH.
>> ON THE LAST ONE, IT SAYS, ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AND NOTIFICATION, CONTRACT NOW FORMALIZES STRONG CONDITION AND REAL TIME INFORMATION SHARE BETWEEN BSI.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT, PLEASE?
>> YES VICE MAYOR. THIS HAS BEEN LISTENING TO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS FROM YOURSELF AS WELL AS YOUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND THE MAYOR.
AGAIN, THE SPIRIT OF THE CONTRACT AND I LIKE HOW YOUR CITY MANAGER AWARDED IT, WHILE IT'S A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE, WE ALSO WANTED TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.
WE WANT IT TO BE MORE THAN JUST A CONTRACT.
PART OF BEING A GOOD PARTNER IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE COLLABORATING TOGETHER AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IMPORTANT PIECES OF COMMUNICATION THAT IMPACT THIS COMMUNITY, IF THERE IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE ELECTED, COMMUNICATE WITH THE MANAGER IN ADVANCE OF AN IMPORTANT, LET'S SAY, NEWS CONFERENCE OR NEWS RELEASE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING TIMELY NOTICE TO THIS BODY AND TO THE MANAGER.
I WILL ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH THE MANAGER AND I KNOW THAT HE COMMUNICATES REGULARLY WITH THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSION, BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THAT.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT WAYS TO OPTIMIZE OUR ABILITY TO COLLABORATE ON EVENTS.
THE CITY HAS A LOT OF EVENTS AND BSO CERTAINLY LIKES TO DO EVENTS TOO TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE PATROL.
BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR EVENTS, WE REPRESENT THE CITY OF TAMARAC AS MUCH AS WE REPRESENT THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ON OUR FLIERS THAT WE'RE PREPARING, IF WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE CITY, THAT THE CITY'S LOGO IS PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED ON OUR FLIERS AS WELL, THAT THERE SHOWS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP AND WE'RE REACHING THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT BSO NECESSARILY JUST DOING ITS OWN EVENTS WITH THE CITY DOING ITS OWN EVENTS, BUT THAT THERE IS JOINT COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP, WE'RE ONE UNIFIED TEAM.
WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT AS WELL.
THERE'S A PROVISION IN EXHIBIT B OF YOUR CONTRACT, IT'S SECTION 6 THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT PROMISE, THAT DEDICATION, WHICH IS ON THEIR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
NOW, THERE WILL BE TIMES OBVIOUSLY WHERE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE COMMUNICATION HAS TO GO OUT IN THE EVENT OF THAT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION ON THE CITY SIDE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE EMERGENCIES AS WELL, AND ON THE BSO SIDE, WE HAVE THEM AS WELL, WE WILL NOTIFY THE MANAGER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE HAD A VERY CLEAR CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT IN SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP WE'RE MEETING YOU SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
BECAUSE EVEN YOUR EVENT YESTERDAY, I THINK IF YOU SHARED IT, THERE WOULD BE BETTER TURNOUT.
I WAS JUST THINKING THAT SOMEONE TOLD ME, WHERE WERE YOU? I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW TILL LAST MINUTE.
PARTNERSHIP AND SHARING INFORMATION, NOT JUST EMERGENCY INFORMATION, BUT ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GOOD.
>> IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR BOTH OF US.
>> ON THE PAGE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER OF PAGES, IT SAYS, YEAR 2 PROJECTION.
WHERE IT SAYS VACANCY CREDIT, QUARTERLY CREDITS FOR ON FIELD POSITION BASED ON SALARY SAVING.
WHAT ABOUT CREDIT FOR A ABSENTEEISM OR WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE HE SAID? LEAVES.
>> ANYTIME THE WAY THE VACANCY CREDIT WORKS, VICE MAYOR, ANYTIME BSO HAS A SAVINGS IN A PCN, A POSITION CONTROL NUMBER, IT'S TIED CONTRACTUALLY TO THE CITY, THAT SALARY SAVINGS WOULD THEN BE CREDITED TO THE CITY AND THEIR QUARTERLY VACANCY REPORT.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU WOULD PAY US BACK LESS BECAUSE WE HAD A SALARY SAVINGS.
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SOMETIMES SALARY SAVINGS CAN BE TIED TO, LET'S SAY, A PROLONGED INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE POINTING AT.IF THAT EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSITIONED FROM SUSPENDED WITH PAY TO SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY, THEN BSO WOULD HAVE A SALARY SAVINGS AND YOU ALREADY WILL GET THAT CREDIT ON YOUR NEXT VACANCY CREDIT REPORT.
WE ALSO PUT A PROVISION IN YOUR CONTRACT, IT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE RECOMMENDED, THAT WE DID WITH ONE OF OUR OTHER PARTNER CITIES, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THE SAME DEAL.
BUT IF BSO IN THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT, SO IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, EVER MODIFIES ITS MODEL FOR THE VACANCY CREDITS, HOW IT'S CALCULATED, THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC HAD THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT SAME NEW MODEL IF IT CHOSE TO DO SO.
WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THE SHERIFF HAS PUT FORMER COLONEL LORENA INTO A POSITION AS OUR CFO NOW TO START SPEARHEADING A EFFORT TO GO NATIONWIDE TO LOOK FOR BETTER CONTRACT MODELS THAT MAY BETTER SERVE BROWARD COUNTY AND OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.
PART OF THAT IS THAT THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO CALCULATE THAT VACANCY CREDIT IF THAT MODEL WAS PRESENTED, HE PLANS ON HAVING A MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS, PRESENTING THAT INFORMATION TO HIM AND THEN THIS IS THE MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT IF THEY SO CHOSE TO.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE IF WE GO A WHOLE YEAR, FOR INSTANCE, WITH JUST TEN, SAY WE ARE MINIMUM FOR THE YEAR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD CAUSE THAT.
BUT I THINK WE DESERVE SOME CREDIT BECAUSE REALLY THAT WOULD BECOME A STRAIN.
>> ABSOLUTELY. YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT IN YOUR CONTRACT.
YOU ARE GETTING THAT CREDIT AND IF WE MODIFY THE MODEL WHERE IT'S MORE FAVORABLE TO THE CITY, THEN WE WILL BRING THAT BACK AGAIN.
>> AT WHAT TIME DO YOU LOOK AT, THEY'VE BEEN AT MINIMUM FOR THREE MONTHS NOW.
AT WHAT TIME DO YOU ADDRESS THAT AND SAY IT'S TIME?
>> I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT BECAUSE VICE MAYOR, THIS IS REALLY TIED TO THAT IDEA OF THAT CLASS AND COMP STUDY THAT WAY THAT THIRD PARTY VENDOR COME IN AND DO A TWO YEAR ANALYSIS.
THIS IS TIED TO THE ABILITY TO RECRUIT AND TO RETAIN.
THAT CLASS AND COMP STUDY FOUND OUT THAT BY AND LARGE, EVERY POSITION WITHIN THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SWORN AND NON SWORN ALIKE WITH ABOUT 21% BELOW JOB MARKET OF THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES, SMALLER CITIES EVEN AND THE TRI COUNTY WITH MIAMI DADE AND PALM BEACH.
PART OF THAT STRATEGY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SALARY CLASS AND COMP IS TO MINIMIZE VACANCIES WHERE WE WOULD NOT HAVE SO MANY VACANCIES.
>> BUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DO BECAUSE IT'S A LONG PROCESS FOR YOU TO HIRE.
IF YOU SEE TAMARAC IS AT MINIMUM FOR THREE MONTHS, THREE MONTHS TO ME IS [INAUDIBLE].
>> WE WORK TO IDENTIFY NEW PERSONNEL TO ASSIGN YOU AND THE MANAGER CAN ATTEST THAT THIS YEAR, I'VE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY GETTING NEW PEOPLE TO TRANSFER INTO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
>> WHY WOULD THE MANAGER KNOW THAT THOUGH?
>> WE ACTUALLY ADDED IN YOUR CONTRACT AND A SEPARATE BULLET POINT FOR THE MONTHLY REPORT.
>> PERFECT, SO EVERY MONTH YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> PERFECT. I THINK I'M ON THE PAGE THAT BEGINS WITH STRATEGIC PLANNING.
ON THE LAST PART, IT SAYS, COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE, BSO PROVIDES ALL CORN SPECIALIZED SERVICE DIRECTLY, NO SUBCONTRACTING WITHOUT CITY APPROVAL.
WHAT EXACTLY WOULD YOU SUBCONTRACT? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU DO THAT.
>> WE DON'T TYPICALLY SUBCONTRACT.
ANY OF OUR SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING YOU, THOSE 110 PERSONNEL ARE GOING TO BE BSO EMPLOYEES.
BUT THERE MAY BE A TIME WHERE MAYBE THE CITY CAME TO US IN THE FUTURE IN THE TERM OF THIS CONTRACT AND SAID THAT THEY WANTED AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE, LET'S SAY YOU SAID YOU WANT BSO TO PROVIDE YOU CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WELL, WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTRACT OUT WITH LET'S SAY CGA, BUT IT WOULD BE AN ACTUAL BSO CODE ENFORCEMENT NON SWORN PERSONNEL.
THAT'S JUST ANTICIPATING IF YOU EVER WANTED TO ENHANCE YOUR LEVEL OF SERVICES.
>> GOT YOU. ON THE PAGE FOR COMMUNITY AND VISIBILITY, I THINK THIS IS BIG FOR ME, SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A LOT OF WORDS, BUT NO CONCRETE DATA NUMBERS SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'LL DO.
THIS IS WHAT WE'LL INCREASE, IT'S WORDS.
IF YOU GO TO ONE MORE EVENT, THAT'S AN INCREASE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT HAVE CRITERIA, A BASELINE, A THRESHOLD TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY DO THESE THINGS SO THAT'S NOT JUST WORDS.
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, VICE MAYOR.
IN EXHIBIT A, YOUR CONCRETE EXAMPLES ARE GOING TO BE AGAIN,
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THE BRAKING OF THE STAFFING PERSONNEL? YOUR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DEPUTY, IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE VISIBILITY CONCERN OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.YOUR NEW COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM WITH A 300% INCREASE IN STAFFING IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN.
YOUR 10% INCREASE IN MINIMUM STAFFING, WHICH IS MEMORIALIZED IN EXHIBIT A IS ALSO GOING TO ADDRESS THE VISIBILITY CONCERN.
THE MANAGER ALLUDED THAT EARLIER HE HAD COME TO YOU THE CONCERN ABOUT VISIBILITY AND THE AUXILIARY LIGHTS BEING ABLE TO BE ON THE CRUISE LIGHTS.
I WENT TO THE COLONELS AND I SHARED THAT CONCERN AND THEY GAVE ME APPROVAL FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW THAT PRACTICE TO BE REINSTITUTED FOR YOUR BENEFIT FOR VISIBILITY.
>> THAT'S THE BLUE LIGHT NO SEE WINDOW DRIVING? I LIKE THAT A LOT.
I GIVE YOU A EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.
>> BUT IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE AROUND AND IT'S NOT FRIGHTENING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THEN ALSO IN EXHIBIT B, ANOTHER PLACE THAT YOU'LL SEE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THAT IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF THE SPECIAL DETAILS, THE CITY PAYS FOR SPECIAL DETAILS FOR MANY OF ITS EVENTS.
THE COMMUNITY DEPLOYMENT TEAM THAT THE DISTRICT CHIEF HAS PUT TOGETHER AND IS RECOMMENDING FOR THIS BODY, IS GOING TO HELP WITH A LOT OF YOUR SMALLER EVENTS WHERE YOU DON'T NEED NECESSARILY A HUGE SECURITY FOOTPRINT, WHERE HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THAT TEAM THERE TO ALSO MITIGATE COSTS, BUT ALSO TO ENHANCE PRESENCE.
ALL OF THESE CHANGES IN EXHIBIT A AND EXHIBIT B ARE THE CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITY AND VISIBILITY.
>> BUT, AND I GUESS THIS WILL BE FOR OUR CAPTAIN, WE HAVE TO KNOW THE NUMBERS AT SOME POINT TO SEE THE IMPACT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE RESIDENT AND MYSELF, WE WILL SEE HOW IT IMPROVED AND I GUESS THAT LEADS ME TO ANOTHER QUESTION, I'LL SEE A LOT OF POLICE BY CHALLENGER, I DON'T SEE THAT MANY POLICE BY TAMARAC ELEMENTARY.
I DON'T SEE THAT MANY POLICE AROUND WOODMONT.
NOT THAT I WANT YOU TO GO GIVE MY RESIDENT TICKETS OR HARASSING ANYONE, BUT I WANT YOU TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, IF THAT MAKES SENSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S ONE OF THE MARCHING ORDERS I'VE GIVEN TO THE DEPUTIES THAT WE ARE NOT JUST OUT THERE TO GO HANDLE CALLS.
THAT'S PART OF YOUR JOB AND I PUT THAT OUT TO THEM.
>> ON THE EAST SIDE TO THAT ONE PARK WHERE IT'S NOT OUR PARK, I CALL IT A PARK, SUNFLOWER, I THINK, THAT THEY SAID PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY THERE DOING DRUGS AND STUFF, JUST BE AROUND SO THEY SEE.
>> THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS BY PUTTING EXTRA DEPUTIES.
NOW, WE DO HAVE CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE IN BETWEEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND, IN BETWEEN THOSE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE GOING TO, THEY SHOULD BE OUT THERE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST DRIVING.
>> WE GET THAT. I WANT YOU TO GO WHERE PEOPLE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. I TOTALLY GET THAT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST ON A REGULAR WHEN THERE IS NOT BECAUSE TAMARAC IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, NOT THAT MUCH EMERGENCY.
ON THE TIMES WHEN THERE ARE NOT HOPEFULLY NOT THAT MUCH EMERGENCY.
>> TAMARAC IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE.
>> FOR THE RESIDENTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE HERE, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER AND THAT'S MY GOAL.
>> BY TALKING WITH THE DEPUTIES AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE FRONT LINE OF COMMUNITY POLICING, I CAN HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITY TEAMS IN THE WORLD, BUT IF THE DEPUTIES THAT ARE ON THE ROAD DON'T UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY POLICING, THEN WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
YOU TALK ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM, THAT IS ONE OF MY MAIN EXPECTATIONS FROM EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WORKS IN THIS DISTRICT AND I DO NOT WAVER ON THAT.
I EXPECT 100% PROFESSIONALISM.
WITH THAT, THEY'VE ALSO BEEN TOLD, DRIVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, TALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE OUTSIDE, GET OUT OF YOUR CAR, GO PLAY BASKETBALL, IF KIDS ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL STREET, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN BE PART OF, GO OVER TO THE PARK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND INTERACT WITH TEAMS, FAMILIES.
THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE PART OF.
THE DEPLOYMENT TEAM IS NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY POLICING.
TO SIT THERE AND COME UP WITH A CHART, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WILL DEFINITELY BE GIVING A LIST OF ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE DO ATTEND THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE CITY MANAGER BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A DAILY EVERY SHIFT THEY SHOULD BE DOING IT.
EVERY DEPUTY SHOULD BE DOING IT.
THEY NEED TO GO WHAT WE CALL PARK WALK AND TALKS.
THAT IS A IDENTIFIABLE QUANTITATIVE WAY OF COLLECTING DATA TO SAY, THEY STOPPED THEIR CAR, THEY GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR, AND THEY WALKED AROUND.
BUT I PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
IT'S NOT JUST PARK WALK AND TALK, IT'S INTERACT WHICH TO ME MEANS THEY ACTUALLY DON'T JUST, HEY, HOW YOU DOING, TO CONSIDER THAT TALK, I WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, GET OUT, GO TO THE BUSINESSES.
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THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE INTEGRAL PART OF THE CITY.AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO THE BUSINESSES.
THEY'RE COMING TO THE BUSINESS IN TAMARAC FOR A REASON BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE BUSINESSES HERE.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE ALREADY AND MET WITH MANAGERS AND FOUND OUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AN WE'VE ALREADY BEEN PUTTING THOSE MARCHING ORDERS OUT THERE FOR PRESENCE IN THE PARKING LOTS AND THEN ACTUALLY GETTING OUT AND WALKING AROUND STORES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BECAUSE I KNOW WITH PUBLIC, EVEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF IN SUNSHINE PLAZA, THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT THEY LIKE TO SEE US OVER THERE AND EVEN THE ONE OVER HERE OFF OF PINE ISLAND, ANOTHER STORE, SHOULDN'T JUST BE WHEN WE'RE GOING THERE BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL, IT'S GOT TO BE THROUGHOUT.
>> EXACTLY. BECAUSE I PICK UP MY OLDEST FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL IS WORST, KIDS GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I'M HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
THERE'S ALL THIS POLICE THAT'S LIKE, NO, I'M PICKING YOU UP EARLY. I'M COMING EARLY.
HE'S LIKE, MOM, GIVE ME 5 MINUTES TO HANG OUT.
HE KNOW THE POLICE OFFICERS BY NAME.
THEY'RE TELLING HIM, OH, THERE'S A SALE ON THE JUICE YOU LIKE THE 711.
I'M LIKE, WHAT? THAT, IT EASE THE BURDEN.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE HE HAS THAT TYPE AND ALL HIS FRIENDS HAVE THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLICE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE POLICE AND I WOULD NEVER THINK TO EVEN SAY HI TO THEM, BUT THE KIDS HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, WHERE THEY TALKING ABOUT CANDY AND WHAT'S ON SALE AND WHAT TO BUY.
IT'S THE MOST COMFORTING FEELING AS A MOM OF A BLACK BOY KNOWING THAT HE'S SAFE, HE'S FINE BECAUSE THE POLICE OFFICERS TRULY CARE ABOUT HIM.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR TAMARAC, THAT WE FEEL SAFE AND FINE BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, YOU CARE ABOUT OUR SENIORS, YOU CARE ABOUT US.
THANK YOU, CAPTAIN FRANK, I PRAY THAT IT GOES WELL THE SAME WAY AND THAT WE HAVE NO MORE KILLING AND MORE VISIBILITY IN OUR CITY.
>> I SEE LOTS OF NOTES, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S READY.
NO? IS MARLIN WISHING TO SPEAK? NO?
>> THANK YOU, MAJOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU SERVE IN THE MARINES, MASTER'S DEGREE, VALICTORIAN OF YOUR CLASS AS A PASTOR AS WELL, SO I CAN TELL BY THE WAY YOU SPEAK. YOU'RE VERY ARTICULATE.
CAPTAIN FRANK, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
OBVIOUSLY YOU WENT TO A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.
CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO NORTH MIAMI.
YOU DEFINITELY REPRESENTED A CHANGING COMMUNITY LIKE THE CITY OF TAMARAC, SO YOU'RE DEFINITELY QUALIFIED TO GIVE US ADVICE.
DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE TV SHOW MACGYVA?
>> MACGYVA. I ALSO TELL PEOPLE, I GREW UP IN A MACGYVA SOCIETY.
GREW UP IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
ONE SIDE IS BRITISH, AND ONE SIDE IS US.
ON THE BRITISH SIDE, OFFICERS DIDN'T CARRY GUNS.
GROWING UP IN THE '90S IN EARLY 2000, WE HAD ONE MURDER LIKE IN 20 YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS INGRAINED IN OUR SOCIETY THAT YOU HAVE TO RESPECT POLICE OFFICERS, AND THAT'S THE BRITISH CULTURE.
BUT THE POLICE OFFICERS WERE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.
MAINLY WE RECRUITED PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WHO WERE FORMER TEACHERS, PEOPLE WHO WERE HIGHLY EDUCATED, AND THEY CAME TO THE BVI BECAUSE WE PAID IN US MONEY AND THEY WERE HIGHLY COMPENSATED.
WE'RE VERY, VERY WELL RESPECTED.
I STILL HAD TO SAY THAT I GREW UP WHERE WE RESPECT THE UNIFORM AND NOT THE GUN.
IT WAS A CULTURE SHOCK TO ME WHEN I WILL VISIT MY DAD IN THE STATES AND I SEE OFFICERS WITH GUN, MY MOM, BEST FRIEND, WHO WAS THE NYPD OFFICER IN BROOKLYN, ALLISON MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE, SEEING A GUN BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE GUN.
IT WAS THE PERSON THAT CARRIED A UNIFORM, AND IT WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST IN THESOCIETY.
I JUST WANTED TO SIT THAT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW MY RESPECT FOR OFFICERS, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOUR RESUMES.
I RESPECT ALL OF YOU AS A PERSON, I'VE READ YOUR RESUMES.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A YOUNG MAN TWO DOORS DOWN FROM ME.
WHO'S A BSO OFFICER IN TAMARAC, AND HE DID NOT KNOW I LIVED TWO DOORS DOWN FROM HIM, BUT I KNEW WHO HE WAS AND I INTRODUCED MYSELF WHEN WE HAD THE INCIDENT IN PLUMB B. I SEE HIM ALL THE TIME.
I SEE WHEN HE COMES HOME AT NIGHT, I SEE WHEN HIS CAR IS THERE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY HE'S PART OF MY COMMUNITY, AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S OFFICER.
I PAY ATTENTION AND LOOK OUT FOR HIM, AND HE REMINDS ME OF ONE OF MY YOUNGER BROTHERS, AND HE HAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
TWO KIDS, HE STARTED OUT, AND I THINK HE MOVED THERE PERHAPS A YEAR AGO.
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITIES, OFFICERS WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHO COME OUT AND INTERACT INTO THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU GUYS ON THAT AND YOU AS INDIVIDUALS.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH BECAUSE I KNOW ALL MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STRENGTH, AND I COME FROM A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
I'M GOING TO FIRST TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PART OF IT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WENT UP BY 7.6% THIS YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT CITY MANAGER? NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE 11.9.
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I THINK THAT'S WHY I SAID. THIS YEAR IS 7.6 AND NEXT YEAR IS 11.9?>> IN READING AN ARTICLE WITH THE SHERIFF, HE SAID, OBVIOUSLY FOR BSO TO COMPETE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OFFICERS ARE COMPENSATED BECAUSE WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST MIAMI DADE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY.
ONE OF THE ARTICLES IN DISCUSSION WITH DAFFIEL, HE MENTIONED THAT THE OFFICERS ARE UNDERPAID BY 19%.
MY QUESTION IS 7.6 PLUS 11 NEXT YEAR, IN THAT FIVE YEAR TIME FRAME, IS THERE GOING TO BE A NEED FOR US AGAIN TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.
>> COMMISSION BOLTON SAID HE'S THE HANDSOMEST COMMISSIONER.
>> YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. [LAUGHTER] WE'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS.
>> COMMISSIONER WRIGHT DOES NOT COME CLOSE TO HOW I LOOK.
>> I'M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO WAKE EVERYBODY UP.
[LAUGHTER] COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW WHEN THE CONTRACT FIRST CAME IN GENESIS, THE NEW CONTRACTS, AND I'M JUST SHARING SOME BEHIND THE CURTAIN STUFF WITH YOU.
THE CONTRACT ACTUALLY HAD NO CAP BEING PROPOSED FOR YEAR 3, YEAR 4, YEAR 5.
THE COLONELS MYSELF, WE WENT TO THE SHERIFF AND THE SHERIFF, HE LISTENED TO US.
WE ASSURED THAT THE CITIES WHEN THEY FORECAST OUR BUDGET, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF COST CONSTRAINTS, CONTROLS IN PLACE SO THEY CAN FORECAST PROPERLY.
THE SHERIFF AGREED AND HE AGREED THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE A CAP BACK IN YEAR 3, 4 AND 5.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY HAS A 5% CAP IN YEAR 3, 4 AND 5.
NOW, HOW DID WE GET HERE HISTORICALLY? AN ORGANIZATION REALLY SHOULD NEVER FALL 20% OR MORE BEHIND THE JOB MARKET.
AS FAR AS BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR TAX FUNDS WHEN YOU'RE TRAINING DEPUTIES SIMPLY TO LOSE THEM IN TWO YEARS, IT'S NOT A GOOD INVESTMENT.
THE REASON WE GOT HERE IS BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HISTORICALLY HAS NEVER DONE A SALARY STUDY, CLASS AND COMP STUDY.
SHERIFF GREGORY TONY, HE LIKES DATA.
HE LIKES DATA, HE LIKES ACTUAL INFORMATION THAT HE CAN REFER TO.
HE ASKED THE TEAM TO PRESENT HIM A CLASS AND COMP STUDY.
WE DID NOT WANT TO BE SUBJECTIVE.
WE HIRED A VERY WELL KNOWN CONSULTANT THAT'S WORKED ON THESE CLASS AND COMP STUDYS IN PUBLIC SECTOR FOR 46 STATES.
ACTUALLY HOUSED IN TALLAHASSEE AND HAS DONE A LOT OF SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND THAT BY AND LARGE, 21% MOST JOB POSITIONS WERE BEHIND JOB MARKET.
WHY I TELL YOU THAT STORY NOT TO BE LONG WINDED, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE BEING IN A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE SUCH A CORRECTION OF OUR SALARIES AGAIN.
BECAUSE IN THE NEW CONTRACT, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S MENTIONED THAT THE SHERIFF INTENDS EVERY FIVE YEARS TO DO ANOTHER CLASS AND COMP STUDY.
THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THE JOB MARKET.
NOW, YOUR CONTRACT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU YEAR 3, YEAR 4, YEAR 5 WITH A 5% CAP.
IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ADJUSTMENT IN THE FUTURE CONTRACT, WE WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THE MANAGER WELL IN ADVANCE, BUT IT SHOULD NEVER BE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS, MUCH LIKE WHAT MUNICIPALITIES DO AS WELL.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
>> ANSWER THE QUESTION. TO THE RESIDENT WHO MIGHT READ THE PAPER AND SEE THAT BROWARD COUNTY DIDN'T FUND AS MUCH MONEY AS MIAMI DADE AS PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THEY WONDER.
WHY IS THE TAX BILL? THEY PAY BROWARD COUNTY TAXES AND THEN BROWARD COUNTY IS PAYING BSO AND CITY OF TAMARAC IN BSO FOR THE LAY PERSON WHO'S OUT THERE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS?
>> I LOVE THE WAY YOUR MIND WORKS, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.
THE BUDGET FOR BSO IS SO COMPLEX.
I KNOW THAT IT'S HARD BECAUSE WHEN WE HEAR BSO, WE HEAR TAXES, WE TEND TO LUMP IT ALL TOGETHER.
BUT OUR OPERATION IS A VERY COMPLEX BUDGET.
REGIONAL SERVICES FOR THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE FUNDED BY THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION.
REGIONAL SERVICES CAN MEAN COMMUNICATIONS, 911 DISPATCHERS, IT CAN MEAN THE DEPARTMENT OF DETENTION.
IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF YOUR INDIRECT SERVICES THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS CONTRACT LIKE SUPPORT SERVICES, AND A LOT OF OUR ANCILLARY UNITS.
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BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BSO BUDGET THAT IS A LITTLE OVER HALF OF OUR BUDGET, CONTRACT SERVICES ARE STANDALONE CONTRACTS WHERE THE CITY FUNDS A HOMETOWN POLICE OR HOMETOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT BY CONTRACTING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.THAT'S SEPARATE IN OUR BUDGET.
MUCH LIKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET SESSION, THIS CITY HAS DONE IT, AND I BELIEVE EVERY CITY THAT I'VE WATCHED HAS DONE IT, YOU TEND TO SOW SLIDE TO THE PUBLIC THAT SHOWS YOUR DOLLAR, AND THAT DOLLAR IS SECTIONED OFF IN PERCENTAGES.
THIS MUCH OF THE DOLLAR GOES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS MUCH OF THE DOLLAR GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THIS MUCH GOES TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THAT'S THE SAME WITH THE TAX DOLLAR.
WHEN I PAY TAXES ON MY HOMESTEADED PROPERTY, A PORTION OF MY TAX BILL IS GOING TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION TO FUND REGIONAL SERVICES, LIKE THE JAIL, LIKE 911 COMMUNICATIONS.
BUT THEN A PORTION OF MY TAX BILL IS ALSO GOING TO MY MUNICIPALITY TO FUND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD EXPLAIN IT TO THEM.
IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE PLAYING A DOUBLE TAX, IT'S ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT SERVICE THAT BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE JUST TENDS TO PROVIDE FOR THE COUNTY OR THE MUNICIPALITY.
>> IN ECHOING THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS A VICE MAYOR, I THINK MY COMMUNITIES HAVE THOSE SAME CONCERN.
LIKE I SAID, WE ALL PLAY DIFFERENT ROLES AND GO INTO A BIG PICTURE LEVEL, ARTICLE FROM 2024 STATING THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING OFFICERS.
IT'S ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
I THINK PERHAPS SOME OF THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE STAFFING ISSUES AND THE SHORTAGES THAT WE'RE SEEN AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COMBAT THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? RECRUITMENT, FINDING NEW PEOPLE.
SINCE THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE, AND WE SEE CERTAIN PLACES WHERE NATIONAL GUARDS ARE GOING INTO CERTAIN CITIES BECAUSE LACK OF OFFICERS.
HOW DO WE COMBAT THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?
>> AGAIN, ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION.
YES, IT IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE.
WE'RE FINDING THAT LESS AND LESS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ENTER A LIFE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
ESPECIALLY THE NEWER GENERATION, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT THEY TEND TO JUMP JOBS VERY OFTEN INSTEAD OF STAYING IN A TENURED CAREER.
I'M PART OF BOTH THE IACP AND PART OF THE FSA THAT TRACKS A LOT OF THESE RECRUITMENT RETENTION ISSUES, AND I MONITOR WHAT OTHER AGENCIES AND WHAT OTHER SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE DOING TO RECRUIT.
THE SHERIFF HIMSELF, DOCTOR GREGORY TONY, IS VERY BIG ON BEING INNOVATIVE AND TRYING TO CREATE A CULTURE AT THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT PEOPLE WOULD JUST WANT TO WORK BECAUSE OF THE CULTURE.
THE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CENTER THAT HE BUILT ACTUALLY IS PART OF THAT STRATEGY.
DEVELOPING A CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO WORK THERE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ABOUT CLASS AND COMP, IT'S ABOUT THE CULTURE.
BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON DEVELOPING A NEW PROGRAM UNDER THE SHERIFF'S GUIDANCE CALLED THE CARP, THE COLLEGE ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF USED TO BE A PART OF FSU ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM, AND HE KNOWS THAT A VERY MANY OF OUR COLLEGE ATHLETES THAT WOULD MAKE GOOD QUALIFIED PUBLIC SERVANTS, THAT THEY HAVE A VISION OF GOING OFF PROFESSIONALLY.
BUT SOMETHING HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY WHERE THEY'RE NOT RECRUITED INTO THE NFL OR THE NBA OR WHATEVER THEIR SPORTS IS, THAT THEY TEND TO GO INTO SPORTS MEDICINE.
THIS NEW COLLEGE ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT PROGRAM, WE'RE ACTUALLY CREATING A COURSE WHERE OUT OF THE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TRAINING CENTER, WE CAN REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ALLOW THEM TO PARTICIPATE TO LET THEM SEE WHAT A LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS LIKE, TAKING COURSES AND EARNING CREDIT TOWARDS A DEGREE, ALL FREE, AND WITH THE HOPES OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING THOSE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.
OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS INCLUDE HIRING BONUSES, MUCH LIKE A LOT OF THE AGENCIES AROUND US.
TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO TAKE A JOB, TRYING TO REACH UNREACHED GROUPS LIKE THE COLLEGE ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT PROGRAM OR PARTNERING WITH THE HOMESTEAD AIRBASE AND GETTING VETERANS IN.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WHAT IT TAKES TO OVERCOME THE RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES.
>> GOING BACK TO THE OFFICERS PER SHIFT.
I THINK YOU WORKED IN COOPER CITY, YOU'RE THE CAPTAIN IN COOPER CITY?
>> IS THERE A MATRIX TO SEE HOW MANY OFFICERS A CITY SHOULD HAVE PER POPULATION? FOR EXAMPLE, IN COOPER CITY, HOW MANY OF OFFICERS DID YOU HAVE ON SHIFT?
>> ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. THERE ARE MATRIX OUT THERE.
THE DIFFICULTY WITH USING A MATRIX IS THAT IT SOMEHOW LOSES THE, EVERY COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT.
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THE WAY A COMMUNITY IS MADE UP, DIVERSE POPULATION, IT'S BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL VERSUS ITS RESIDENTIAL, IT'S ALWAYS FLUID, IT'S DIFFERENT.REALLY THE BEST WAY I FEEL TO ASSESS WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IS BY HAVING EXPERIENCED PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BRING BACK INFORMATION TO YOU ON WHAT YOUR BEST MINIMUM STAFFING IS.
IN COOPER CITY, I HAD A MINIMUM STAFFING OF SIX, BUT IT'S A SMALLER CITY THAN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 35,000 POPULATION VERSUS TAMARAC BEING OVER 70,000.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 8.34 SQUARE MILE CITY AND TAMARAC IS OVER 10 SQUARE MILES.
THE TRAFFIC FOOTPRINT HERE IN TAMARAC IS A LOT HIGHER THAN THE TRAFFIC FOOTPRINT IN COOPER CITY.
WHILE IN COOPER CITY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH SIX MINIMUM STAFFING PLUS A SERGEANT.
FOR TAMARAC, 10 MINIMUM STAFFING PLUS A SERGEANT IS A GOOD MODEL.
NOW, YOU DO HAVE NINE PATROL ZONES IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
THE REASON THAT WE'RE OFFERING 10 IS BECAUSE PART OF OUR PLAN WITH THE MANAGERS, WE HAVE A 180 DAY PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT FORWARD TO HIM BECAUSE WE DO FEEL THAT THERE IS A BETTER BREAKOUT OF YOUR ZONES TO MAKE A THIRD ZONE OUT EAST IN THE CITY.
HAVING TWO ZONES OUT EAST WITH THE TRAFFIC FOOTPRINT IN THE CITY AND THE CALL VOLUME ANALYZING THE DATA, IT DOES NOT JUSTIFY TWO.
IT REALLY SHOULD BE THREE STANDALONE ZONES TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE TO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ANALYZING THE DATA, WE'RE GOING TO DO A ZONE ASSIGNMENT, BUT WE ADDED THAT INTENT ONE IN ANTICIPATION THAT WE'RE NOT NEEDING TO COME BACK TO THE CITY FOR OUR RESOURCES.
WE CAN DO IT WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS WITH CHIEF JURGA AND WE'VE DONE SOME WORK ON THIS AND GO INTO THE VISIBILITY AND COMMUNITY POLICING AND ALL OF THAT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CRITERIAS TO CONSIDER IN CALCULATING WHAT'S MINIMUM STAFFING.
CHIEF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING SOME OF THAT CRITERIA.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO THOSE CRITERIAS IN POSSIBLY CALCULATING THE MINIMUM STAFFING NUMBERS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MANAGER. COMMISSIONER, AS THE MAJOR WAS INDICATING, THE FBI COMES UP WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS AS TO HOW DEPARTMENTS SHOULD CHOOSE THEIR MINIMUM STAFFING.
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO IT.
THERE'S FOUR KEY SELECTIONS THAT DEPARTMENTS OFTEN USE.
PROBLEM WITH POPULATION IS IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS LIKE CRIME RATE, VISITORS THAT COME INTO YOUR CITY, STUFF LIKE THAT.
POPULATIONS NUMBER 1, UNIFORM CRIME REPORT IS ANOTHER ONE BASED ON THE CRIMES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN YOUR AREA.
THE THE CRIME RATE WITHIN YOUR CITY.
THE NUMBER OF CRIMES PER NUMBER OF RESIDENTS YOU HAVE.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THEY HAVE THEIR PLUSES AND THEIR MINUSES, AND THEN WORKLOAD IS ANOTHER THING YOU CAN LOOK AT AND WORKLOAD, HOW OFTEN ARE YOUR DEPUTIES OUT? ARE THEY GOING CALL TO CALL, MEANING, ARE THEY HANDLING A TRAFFIC CRASH AT 2 O'CLOCK.
THEN AT 3 O'CLOCK, ARE THEY HANDLING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.
AT 3:30, ARE THEY ON TO ANOTHER CALL? OR DO THEY HAVE A LOT OF DOWNTIME? I DID LOOK INTO SOME OF THAT AND WE ACTUALLY COMBINED ALL FOUR OF THOSE TO SEE WHAT THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE.
THE NUMBERS WE CAME UP WITH ARE RIGHT ON THE NUMBERS WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH THE MAJOR AND THE CAPTAIN.
IT'S ON PAR WITH WHAT MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE AT THIS TIME.
>> THAT'S TEN OFFICERS PER SHIFT, AND HE SHIFTED FROM I'M SORRY.
>> I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE MINIMUM.
THERE ARE FOUR SHIFTS, 14 DEPUTIES ON EACH SHIFT, AND THEN SIX SERGEANTS TO WORK ACROSS THOSE VARIOUS SHIFTS.
SOMETHING I WANT TO STRESS IS THE KEY COMPONENT IS THIS CONTRACT NOW SAYS UNIFORMED SERGEANTS, UNIFORM DEPUTIES.
AS THE MAJOR WAS INDICATING EARLIER, IT'S NOT A DETECTIVE THAT'S WORKING A COUPLE OF CASES.
IT'S NOT A TRAFFIC OFFICER THAT MIGHT BE HANDLING A VARIETY OF TRAFFIC ISSUES.
THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY UNIFORMED PERSONNEL WHO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE STREETS INTERACTING AND ENGAGING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
>> OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD A TRAGEDY AND RECENTLY WE LOST, I THINK I SAW THOSE 19 OFFICERS THAT WERE EITHER TERMINATED OR RESIGNED.
WHAT THOSE OFFICERS REPLACED OR CORRECT ME ON THE NUMBER IF THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT NUMBER.
>> THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WAS COMMISSIONER INVOLVED,
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NOT ALL OF THEM WERE TERMINATED.SOME WERE RETURNED TO WORK WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF DISCIPLINE.
NOT ALL OF THEM REMEMBER WERE TIED TO TAMARAC.
>> WE HAD SOME THAT WERE FROM OTHER DIVISIONS OR DISTRICTS.
BUT WE DID RETURN SOME TO TAMARAC, AND WE ALSO HAVE SENT ADDITIONAL BODIES TO TAMARAC.
RECENTLY, YOUR DISTRICT CHIEF HAS RECOMMENDED AND WANTED TO FILL A POSITION AND LET'S SAY HIS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
IT WAS FROM ANOTHER CITY AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THAT PERSON ADVOCATE FOR YOU AND GET THAT PERSON TRANSFERRED IN.
WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRANSFERRING PEOPLE IN.
WE'VE ALSO SENT CERTIFIED DEPUTIES TO YOUR DISTRICT TO HELP SHORE UP YOUR STAFFING.
>> IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, CITY MANAGER, I THINK WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE CAPTAIN AS WELL.
MONITORING THE LOGS ON THE ALPHA BRAVO OR IS IT ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE? SHOWS TO DIFFERENT SHIFTS?
IS THERE SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY'S PURVIEW ON A CITY SECTION, WHO WOULD MONITOR THOSE LOGS?
>> THOSE LOGS AS THEY COME IN, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE COMPLIANT WITH THE CONTRACTUAL REQUIREMENTS.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A DOUBLE CHECK ON THE COMPLIANCE ACTUALLY BECAUSE THAT SAME WORK IS ALSO DONE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SO NOT JUST ONE, BUT AT LEAST TWO SETS OF EYES ON THOSE LOGS.
>> I'M JUST SAYING ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR SECTION.
I MEET PASTOR AND CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES, GUYS ARE STELLA, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.
I'M JUST SAYING FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE IN MONITORING OF JUST SOME TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
THIS INFORMATION IS NOW BEING PROVIDED, RATHER THAN QUARTERLY, IT'S NOW BEING PROVIDED WEEKLY.
EVERY WEEK, THE CAPTAIN WILL PROVIDE A LOG AS TO WHERE DETECTIVES ARE, WHO'S OFF, WHETHER IT'S SWORN PERSONNEL OR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE CSAS.
WHO'S WORKING, HOW MANY WORK THAT WEEK SO THE MANAGER CAN ADDRESS THINGS QUICKLY RATHER THAN WAITING TWO OR THREE MONTHS TO.
>> ONE OF THE ENHANCEMENTS IS THAT THE PREVIOUS REPORTS WERE BASED ON THE 20 MINIMUM OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD, WAS SOMEWHAT LIKE A ROCKET SCIENCE TO CALCULATE THE COMPLIANCE AND SO THIS IS MUCH CLEANER, 12-HOUR SHIFTS IN MINIMUM STAFFING.
IT'S MUCH CLEANER, MUCH STRAIGHTFORWARD TO UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND AND VERIFY.
>> PERFECT. IN THE CONTRACT, I SEE I THINK IT'S A 12-MONTH.
SOMEPLACE ELSE I SAW IN DEERFIELD, THEY HAD 24 MONTHS.
GOD FORBID IF WE DECIDE TO LEAVE, I THINK IT'S A 12 MONTH TRANSITION PERIOD.
I THINK I READ ONLINE IN DEERFIELD.
>> COMMISSIONER IS PROBABLY A CARRYOVER FROM YOUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT, BUT REMEMBER, AS THE MANAGER ALLUDED TO, YOU HAVE WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE FAVORED NATIONS CLAUSE.
IF THERE'S A FAVORABLE TERM IN ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT'S NOT IN YOUR CONTRACT, BY DEFAULT, YOU WOULD ALREADY RECEIVE IT.
YOU CAN VERIFY IT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT TYPICALLY THAT FAVORED NATIONS CLAUSE, THAT'S WHAT IT'S INTENDED FOR.
>> THAT WAS JUST A CURIOUS QUESTION BECAUSE I SAW IT IN DEERFIELD AND I SAW 12 INSIDE OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP.
I THINK I SIGNED A CONTRACT ONLY THE CITY MANAGER HAS CONTROL OF THE CHIEF.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE SEEN A FEW LIEUTENANTS AND COMMAND LIEUTENANT STAFF CHANGE.
I THINK IT'S STABILIZED NOW SINCE I SEE THE SAME LIEUTENANTS IN PLACE, WHICH IS GOOD.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THAT THE SAME WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
IT'S ALSO HAVING A GOOD EXECUTIVE TEAM, THE LIEUTENANTS AND THE CAPTAIN WORKING TOGETHER, THAT CREATES GOOD SYNERGY.
>> COMMISSIONER, IF I CAN, JUST POINT ONE THING OUT TO YOU.
IN EXHIBIT B ON PAGE 5, SECTION M, IT SPEAKS ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS. IT'S A VALID CONCERN.
YOU WANT TO HAVE PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THE CITY THAT KNOW THE CITY, THAT KNOW THE FAMILIES, THAT KNOW THE CONCERNS.
THE STAFF AND CONTINUITY IS OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURE A CONTINUITY OF STAFF.
TYPICALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO TRANSFER SOMEBODY OUT, AND BECAUSE THEY WERE PROMOTED, OR THEY WERE LATERALLY MOVED TO A NEW POSITION THAT THEY HAD PUT IN FOR.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE WOULD TRY TO CONTINUE CONSISTENCY, CONTINUITY AND STAFF.
THAT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL ON 94TH AND COMMERCIAL.
WE TEND TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE PARKING AFTER SCHOOL.
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PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.THEY'RE HOPING THAT LIKE BVS CAN KIND OF DIRECT TRAFFIC.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT PART OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
IS THERE WHERE WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT PROBLEM?
>> I ACTUALLY JUST SENT AN EMAIL TO MY TRAFFIC SERGEANT, THAT HE'S BEEN GIVEN ORDERS AND TASKS TO COME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION ON IT SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
>> THOSE ARE MY QUESTION. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR GOOD WORK.
CAPTAIN, I HOPE YOU ASCEND AS THE PREVIOUS CAPTAIN ON FIRST GOT HERE, SERINEL.
I SEE NOW HE'S ASCENDED TO COLONEL.
HE'S GONE FROM MAJOR TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO COLONEL.
I SEE BIG THINGS FOR YOU GENTLEMEN IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU. BUT PLEASE STAY FOR A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN GET OUR STUFF DONE.
ON THAT NOTE, THOUGH, IT IS 12:32, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 30-MINUTE BREAK.
>> I'VE BEEN ASKED FOR A 30-MINUTE BREAK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A 30-MINUTE BREAK AT THIS POINT, JUST 1:05. WE'LL BE BACK.
>> THANK YOU. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
IT IS 1:06. COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, JUST FINISH ASKING QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DO YOU WISH TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SORRY, LET ME GATHER MY THOUGHTS HERE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT, WHAT'S BEFORE US TODAY IS A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE WELL-PREPARED.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO THE EXERCISE.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I COMMITTED TO WAS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
COMING IN, THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR ME.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL.
IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE DOING, HOW WE WERE DOING IT.
WAS IT EFFECTIVE? WAS IT EFFICIENT? AND OBVIOUSLY, IDENTIFYING BOTTLENECKS, RED TAPE ISSUES.
IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE WENT TO MARRIAGE COUNSELING ON SOME LEVEL.
BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BSO AND TAMARAC, IT SHOULD BE A MARRIAGE.
IT SHOULD BE REPRESENTATIVE OF A MARRIAGE, A RELATIONSHIP.
WE DON'T LIKE THE WORD VENDOR.
IN THE CASE THAT WE DON'T LIKE THE WORD VENDOR, WE HAVE TO REPRESENT IT AS A RELATIONSHIP.
THE RELATIONSHIP DEFINITELY NEEDED SOME COUNSELING IF I COULD JUST MAKE IT PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME REAL INTENTION AND THOUGHT PUT INTO WHAT THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP LOOKED LIKE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S REALLY NO PLACE FOR POLITICS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS A NON-NEGOTIABLE ON ALL LEVELS, I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
WE AS A BOARD, HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
EVERY RELATIONSHIP THAT WE FORM OR THAT'S BORN OUT OF DECISIONS MADE BY THIS BOARD HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO LEAD WITH INTENTION, INTEGRITY, DECISIONS ARE BORN FROM WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY, NOT OUR INTEREST AS POLITICIANS.
I'M COMMITTED TO THAT ON EVERY LEVEL.
I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT HOW WE HAVE OPERATED, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE SOME REAL THOUGHT AND INTENTION BE PUT INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAMARAC AND BSO.
THAT SAID, I DID GET A PRINTOUT TODAY WITH, CHANGES TRACKED IN THE CONTRACT.
I DIDN'T HAVE THIS OVER THE WEEKEND, SO I DID GO THROUGH IT.
I TRIED TO SKIM IT AS BEST AS I COULD WHILE SITTING HERE, AND OBVIOUSLY, MY COLLEAGUES DID A GREAT JOB AT ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT MATERIAL MATTERS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT VARIOUS LEVELS AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP AND ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
WHILE SEVERAL OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, I'LL ALSO SAY THIS, STAFF KNOWS, I DON'T LIKE WORKSHOPS.
THIS IS NOT MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BE BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT WHY WE USE THEM.
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WAS ANYTHING THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT IN A REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.
I'M CONSCIOUS OF THAT AS WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
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BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHILE I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SKIM THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, WHAT'S THE VEHICLE TO ENSURE CONTRACT COMPLIANCE? IS MY QUESTION.>> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE VEHICLE IS FOR US TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS OUR CLOSE PARTNERSHIP AND SCHEDULED WEEKLY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY REVIEW SESSION, STRATEGIC SESSIONS, AND ON A DAILY BASIS, ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO REVIEW THOSE LOGS, REPORTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH WITH THE ESSENCE OF THE CONTRACT.
>> YOU ALL MENTIONED, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER WRIGHT ASKED ABOUT THE DOLLAR VALUE.
I BELIEVE MAJOR YOU SPOKE TO IN YEAR 3, 04, 5, THERE IS A 5% CAP.
WHY IS THE CONTRACT PROPOSED AS A FIVE-YEAR TERM? LET ME ASK THAT. IS THAT STANDARD?
>> GOOD QUESTION. SORRY, I TURNED IT OFF.
GOOD QUESTION. COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.
SO THIS MODEL HAS BEEN AROUND REALLY SINCE BACK WHEN SHERIFF KEN JENNE TOOK OVER, AND FIVE YEARS HAS SEEMED TO BE THE CONSISTENT PATTERN, THOUGH THAT PAST 25, 30 YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS MODEL.
OF COURSE, TAMARAC EVEN EARLIER THAN THAT.
BUT THE FIVE-YEAR TERM TYPICALLY IS JUST SO THE CITY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FORECAST THEIR BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE STABILITY IN THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY MISSION.
BUT THEN WE ALSO ADD IN THERE THE MECHANISM THAT THE CITY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, NOT THAT WE WOULD EVER WANT TO, THE CITY EVER WANTED TO PURSUE OTHER OPTIONS, THAT THERE ARE EXIT CLAUSES IN THERE.
WHILE IT'S A FIVE-YEAR TERM, THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE IT SHORTER AND THEN THERE'S A WAY TO MAKE IT LONGER WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTEND IT.
>> IN THE PRIOR FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASSUME THAT THE LAST TIME WE CAME TO THE TABLE WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, OR WAS IT SIX WITH AN OPTION?
>> 2020 WAS YOUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT.
>> FIVE YEARS AGO. IN THE PRIOR FIVE YEARS, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, HOW DID WE LAND IN TERMS OF OUR ANNUAL CAPS? DID WE MEET THOSE THRESHOLDS OR DID WE EXCEED THEM? WHERE DID WE LAND?
>> EVERY YEAR, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE HONORED THAT 5% CAP FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC.
OF COURSE, THERE'S EXCLUSION TO THE CAP, JUST TO POINT THAT OUT, THINGS THAT WE DON'T CONTROL PENSION COSTS, THAT ARE SET BY THE STATE WITH FRS.
THOSE ITEMS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE CAP.
BUT HISTORICALLY, WE'VE ALWAYS KEPT THE CAP.
THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'VE COME TO THE CITY IN HOPES OF PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO ADJUST RECRUITMENT RETENTION, WHERE WE ASKED THE CITIES TO LOOK AT THE DATA THAT WE HAD ON THE CLASS AND CAP STUDY AND CONSIDER US MOVING BEYOND THAT CAP JUST TO SHORE UP OUR COMPENSATION.
>> I DEFINITELY THINK THAT, THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE BEEN JUST WANTING US TO IRON OUT.
I SEE LANGUAGE IN THE CONTRACT ADDRESSING THESE THINGS.
I STILL REMAIN A LITTLE CONCERNED.
I THINK SOME OF IT IS ON OUR SIDE.
IT'S NOT EVEN NECESSARILY ALL A BSO THING.
IT'S OUR FAILURE ON SOME LEVEL TO ENFORCE OUR CONTRACT IN THE PAST.
THERE IS A QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS TO WELL, YES, THE CAPTAIN WILL DO HIS WEEKLY CHECK INS AND WE WILL HAVE MORE FREQUENT DIALOGUE BETWEEN IN THIS RELATIONSHIP.
I'M CONCERNED, THERE'S SOME BLARING ISSUES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME BLARING ISSUES SPECIFICALLY IN THE LAST YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THAT REALLY CONCERN ME, AND THEY ARE DIRECTLY TIED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE'VE MADE DECISIONS AT AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL CONCERN ME.
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I'M THRILLED THAT WE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF AND THAT WE'VE IRONED OUT AND HASHED OUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.BUT FROM A BUSINESS AND A RELATIONSHIP STANDPOINT, THERE ARE WITHOUT ME NECESSARILY GOING THROUGH AND COMBING THROUGH EVERY ISSUE THAT HAS TRANSPIRED THAT HAS BROUGHT CAUSE, REASON FOR CONCERN AS IT PERTAINS TO ME, I JUST WANT TO PLACE AND STRESS EMPHASIS ON IF A CONTRACT IS APPROVED, THIS CONTRACT WILL BE ADHERED TO.
I WILL ENSURE THAT IT'S ADHERED TO.
I WILL NOT SIT BACK AND ALLOW FOR WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT WE TALK AROUND HERE, LIKE, IT'S JUST THINGS ARE SOMETIMES JUST A MATTER OF FACT, AND I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE AS A GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE, THE 70,000 PEOPLE THAT RELY ON OUR DECISIONS, THAT THEY CAN TRUST THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY OF THIS COMMUNITY, THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS THE RESOURCES THAT IT NEEDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, THAT THE STAFF HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE, AND THAT WE'RE NOT REACTIVE, BUT THAT WE ARE PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH MOVING FORWARD.
I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU, THERE'S NO SECRETS IN THESE PLACES.
ALL THE RUMORS GET AROUND, I HEAR ALL THE SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS.
I DON'T CARE HOW ANYBODY FEELS.
I CARE ABOUT SAFETY, AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT TAMARAC IS SAVED WHILE I AM ON THIS BOARD.
I WILL HOLD STAFF ACCOUNTABLE.
I MEAN THAT IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD.
WHAT'S HERE? I THINK YOU GUYS ARE THE PROFESSIONALS.
WE'VE HIRED A POLICE CONSULTANT TO COME IN HERE AND ENSURE THAT THE MANAGER HAS WHAT HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO OBJECTIVELY REVIEW THE AGREEMENT.
I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT WAS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND THAT WE PUT TOGETHER A PRODUCT THAT'S FAIR AND VIABLE.
I SEE LANGUAGE HERE THAT SPEAKS TO THE COMMISSION BEING BRIEFED.
OR THAT THERE BEING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN IN THE MARRIAGE PRIOR TO PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING TODAY THAT IT IS MY INTENTION TO HOLD ALL OF US ACCOUNTABLE TO THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC.
NOBODY DIES ON OUR WATCH IN THIS CITY AGAIN.
FOR ANY REASON OUTSIDE OF WE, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE COULD DO.
>> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
I'M CLEAR ABOUT WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT.
I COULD HAVE PASSED ON THE WORKSHOP IF I'M HONEST, I DON'T LIKE WORKSHOPS.
I PREFER TO DISCUSS VOTING MATTERS WHEN I CAN VOTE.
I'M GOING TO SAY THAT. I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU. LET ME BEFORE I CLOSE.
I WILL SAY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THE VICE MAYOR HAS TO GO.
I'M JUST KIDDING [LAUGHTER] BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
YOU'VE BEEN A PLEASURE SINCE I MET YOU OUT AT PLUM BAY AFTER THE SITUATION.
YOU'VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN YOUR COMMUNICATIONS.
YOU'VE BEEN EXTREMELY PLEASANT.
I THINK THAT YOU REPRESENT BSO WELL.
>> CAPTAIN, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD.
I THOROUGHLY ENJOY SEEING THE IMMEDIATE SHERIFF'S THAT I'VE SEEN.
YOU AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN PRESENT, HAVE BEEN VISIBLE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT TAMARAC IT DESERVES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS DESERVED.
NOT TO SUGGEST THAT ANY OF YOUR PREDECESSORS, THIS IS NO SLIGHTER SHADE ON ANYBODY.
IT'S JUST I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE A HOMETOWN PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER THE LOGOS SAY, NO ONE CARES.
I APPRECIATE WHAT I'M SEEING SO FAR, AND I ABSOLUTELY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN IMMEDIATE SHIFT IN VISIBILITY, IN PRESENCE, IN RELATIONSHIP, AND IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
TO YOU CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN ENSURING
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THAT THE AREAS IN WHICH POTENTIALLY NEEDED TO BE REVISITED OR RECONSIDERED WE BROUGHT TO LIGHT AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AS MANY TIMES AS WE HAVE TO DISCUSS WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRACT IN OUR ORGANIZATION.WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU.
>> [INAUDIBLE] YOU WISH TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS CONTRACT REPRESENTS A FRAMEWORK OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES.
ON TOP OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY, THE BEST PRACTICES COME INTO PICTURE.
I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF [INAUDIBLE] CHIEF URGES YOU KNOW, PRESENCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US BECAUSE HE BRINGS THAT LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE TO THIS CONVERSATION AND TO THIS EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES BUILT UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK OF THIS AGREEMENT.
IT'S WILL BE A CONSTANTLY EVOLVING AND AS YOU SAID, A PROACTIVE EFFORT ON EVERYBODY'S PART, EVEN BEYOND THE CALLS OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONSTANT REVIEW AND IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BOLTON, DO YOU WISH TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> HE SAYS, NO. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
I KNOW THESE THINGS ARE NOT EASY.
UNLIKE OTHERS, I GUESS, I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HAD WITH YOU REGARDING THIS.
SOME OF MY QUESTIONS MIGHT BE BEST FOR ANOTHER TIME THAN RIGHT NOW.
I HAPPEN TO THINK THAT BSO HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AS BEING TAMARAC DISTRICT 7.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND AND HOPEFULLY, THIS DOESN'T EMBARRASS THEM TOO MUCH, BUT DEPUTY MARIAN AND DEPUTY WEISS FOR BEING OUT THERE.
THEY COME TO EVERYTHING THEY TALK TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.
THEY TRY REALLY HARD WITH THEM.
THEY MEET AND GREET THE PUBLIC, OUR ASSOCIATIONS KNOW TO CALL THEM.
THEY'RE VERY ACCESSIBLE, AND I HIGHLY COMPLIMENT THEM.
DO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TEAM? NOT AT ALL.
HAPPY ABOUT ADDING MORE PEOPLE TO THE TEAM AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR HOMETOWN BSO IS HERE FOR THEM. I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I AM A LITTLE CURIOUS IF I UNDERSTOOD OUR LAST CONTRACT, THAT OUR CRIME SCENE TEAM.
OUR CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM HAD SIX AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO FOUR, YET OUR PCN OR NCPS OR NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE ARE NOW SIX AND FOUR.
>> MAYOR WAS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TEAM THAT HAD SIX.
THE CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM HAD FOUR.
THE ONLY THING WE DID IN THIS EXHIBIT A IS BREAK OUT THOSE NUMBERS SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN ALSO TO ADD THE LANGUAGE IN EXHIBIT A ON HOW THOSE TEAMS WOULD FUNCTION TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT SERVICE THE CITY WOULD BE PROVIDED.
>> IF THE CRIME SCENE SUPPRESSION TEAM IS THE ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DOING MORE OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ITEMS, OR AM I WRONG?
>> THE CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM, MAYOR, WE TYPICALLY USE THEM TO ADDRESS EMERGING CRIME TRENDS, NOT NECESSARILY QUALITY OF LIFE.
THEY COULD BE USED TO ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, BUT WE WANT TO UTILIZE A CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM SPECIFICALLY FOR EMERGING CRIME.
TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS AND I THINK THIS TOUCHES ON COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AS WELL ON THE IDEA OF ACCOUNTABILITY, THE SHERIFF HAS IMPLEMENTED A NEW PROGRAM CALLED COMPSTAT THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY INSTITUTED.
WE HAD OUR FIRST COMPSTAT SIT DOWNS ALREADY IN THE CITY AT TAMARAC.
A LOT OF WHAT WE DO IN COMPSTAT IS WE UTILIZE DATA DRIVEN ANALYSIS, INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING BY CRIME MAPPING, HOT SPOTS, AND SO FORTH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE IDENTIFY A CRIME TREND OR PROBLEM, THEN WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDEPLOY TO ADDRESS THAT.
THE CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAM IS KEY TO THAT SUCCESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THOSE EMERGING CRIME TRENDS THAT MAY POP UP AND THEY'RE MORE OF THAT PROACTIVE UNIT THAT'S OUT THERE TRYING TO PREVENT CRIME BEFORE IT OCCURS.
>> WE HAVE TWO DOGS ON THAT CANINES, RIGHT ON THAT?
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>> IF WE NEED A THIRD. WE WON'T BRING THEM IN BECAUSE I KNOW COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR DANIEL WILL BE COMPLETELY UNHAPPY, BUT BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] YEAH.
WHAT IS THEIR SHIFT STRUCTURE? THE CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAMS SHERIFFS STRUCTURE?
>> THEY'RE ACTUALLY A UNIT THAT IS FLEXIBLE, SO WHILE THEY TYPICALLY WORK A SCHEDULE, LET'S SAY TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCHEDULE OR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCHEDULE, TYPICALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO WORK THE AFTERNOON NIGHT TIME PERIOD.
THEY ARE A TEAM THAT ADJUSTS THE SCHEDULE TO MEET WHAT THOSE CRIME TRENDS ARE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A DEFINED WORK PERIOD LIKE THE UNIFORM DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
THEY ACTUALLY WILL FLEXOR SCHEDULE TO ADDRESS THE CITY'S NEEDS.
WE DO TYPICALLY GIVE THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS NOTICE BEFORE WE ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULE THOUGH.
>> I'M UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND I DO SEE WHAT YOU WROTE IN HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MORE DATA AND TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IF YOU FIND THAT WE NEED MORE HERE VERSUS NEEDING MORE THERE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO ADJUST IT ACCORDINGLY.
THAT'S BEEN SAID AND I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
ROAD PATROL. WE SAY THAT WE'VE GOT NOW, IT'S ONE MOTORCYCLE SERGEANT AND FOUR DEPUTIES AND ONE TRAFFIC DEPUTY BECAUSE ONE PERSON IS GOING TO BE IN A CAR.
IS IT ONLY ONE PERSON IN A CAR? SOMETIMES AT NIGHT WHEN WE HAVE CERTAIN BECAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY IT'S ALSO NOT SAFE FOR OUR MOTORCYCLE OFFICERS TO BE ON THE ROAD SOMETIMES AT NIGHT WITH PEOPLE WHIZZING PAST.
WILL THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A CAR? WE'RE NOT ONLY HAVING ONE PERSON OR TWO PEOPLE, WE CAN HAVE MORE?
>> MAYOR. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE ACTUALLY HAD ADDED TO EXHIBIT A AS WELL, LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR MOTOR DEPUTIES THAT HAVE THE MOTORCYCLES, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ABILITY TO HAVE A VEHICLE ASSIGNED TO THEM.
CITY HAS REQUESTED EACH MOTORCYCLE DEPUTY AND SERGEANT BE ASSIGNED A MARKED PATROL VEHICLE AND A MOTORCYCLE.
THAT LANGUAGE IS UNDER THE MOTORCYCLE DEPUTIES OF EXHIBIT A.
WHY WE ADDED THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT LET'S JUST SAY INCLEMENT WEATHER.
THEY SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE.
THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE OR NOT BE ABLE TO PATROL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO A MARKED VEHICLE OR UNMARKED VEHICLE TO GO OUT.
BUT ALSO FOR WHAT YOU STATED, LET'S SAY IT'S NIGHTTIME AND WE'RE DOING A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VEHICLE ASSIGNED THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE AS WELL.
CAPTAIN FRANKS HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FLEET MANAGER, HAS A LIST OF THE VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO HIM AND IS WORKING ON REIMAGINING THAT LIST TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF VEHICLES ASSIGNED TO THIS TEAM, INCLUDING A GHOST VEHICLE.
>> I DID SEE THAT, BUT MY CONCERN IS THE WORD A.
A MARKED PATROL VEHICLE, A MOTORCYCLE.
IT DOESN'T SAY THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE VEHICLES AVAILABLE IF WE NEED TO DO A NIGHT EXERCISE.
I'M JUST WANTING CONFIRMATION THAT [OVERLAPPING].
>> IF WE DO NEED THEM, IT'S NOT STUCK TO THE ONE.
>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE THE VEHICLES ASSIGNED AND ALLOTTED AND READY TO REDEPLOY TO THE TEAM AS NEEDED.
>> GOOD. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU SAY THE SHIFTS SCHEDULE CURRENTLY WORKS A 12 HOUR SHIFT, WHICH MODEL INCLUDES THE 8 HOUR DAY.
THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE TALKING BETWEEN OUR ALPHA OR BRAVO AND OUR CHARLIE?
>> CORRECT. FURTHER [OVERLAPPING].
>> WE DON'T HAVE A CHARLIE ANYMORE.
WE JUST HAVE AN ALPHA BRAVO 12 HOUR SHIFT, 6P TO 6A, 6A TO 6P.
BUT IN A TYPICAL SCHEDULE 12 HOUR SHIFT SCHEDULE, ONE DAY OUT OF THAT PAY CYCLE IS GOING TO BE AN EIGHT HOUR DAY TO BALANCE.
YOU WORK 6,12 HOUR DAYS AND THEN 18 HOUR DAY FOR THE 80 HOUR PAYROLL PERIOD.
>> IS THERE A REASON WHY WE WENT FROM THREE SHIFTS?
>> THIRD RAIL LINE, NO, I'M SORRY.
>> THIS WAS A WHILE BACK SO ACTUALLY WHEN CAPTAIN FRANKS AND I STARTED WITH BSO, WE ACTUALLY HAD THREE SHIFTS, AND MANY OF US STARTED ON THAT CHARLIE SHIFT BECAUSE IT'S THE BUSIEST, WHICH WAS THE AFTERNOON SHIFT.
BUT THE UNIONS AND THE SHERIFFS BACK THEN, THIS IS PREDATES SHERIFFS DR. GREGORY TONY HAD AGREED TO AN ALTERNATIVE SHIFT SCHEDULE AND WAS A 12 HOUR SHIFT.
FOUR HOUR SHIFTS TO BE TRANSPARENT ACTUALLY SAVED THE CITY'S MONEY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE ELIMINATING THAT THIRD SHIFT, THERE'S LESS REDUNDANCIES, LESS CHANCE FOR VACANCIES THAT ARE CONTEMPLATED INTO THAT SHIFT ASSIGNMENT, THAT SHIFT SCHEDULE.
NOW IT BRINGS UP THE ISSUE OF FATIGUE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE UNIONS GET IN, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A FATIGUE, BUT WE HAD POLICIES THAT WERE ADOPTED TO ENSURE THAT DEPUTIES AREN'T ALLOWED TO WORK OVER A SET NUMBER OF HOURS SO THAT WAY THEY'RE WELL RESTED BEFORE THEY'RE GOING ON SHIFT.
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>> THAT IS A CONCERN, RIGHT? BURN OUT, PEOPLE NOT HERE, PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE IT'S A 12 HOUR SHIFT VERSUS AN 8 HOUR SHIFT, THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO FAMILY WISE.
BUT YOU SAID THE KEYWORD, IT'S UNION AND IT'S BEEN NEGOTIATED, AND IT'S NOT MY PLACE TO STEP INTO THAT.
LOOKING AT OUR A, IT SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE NO CODE ENFORCEMENT BY THE DEPUTIES.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT'S READ.
>> WE HAVE TWO DISTRICTS, TWO CITIES THAT ACTUALLY CONTRACT WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE THEIR ACTUAL CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
COOPER CITY, WHERE I CAME FROM, AND THEN ALSO PARKLAND.
ALL THAT IS INTENDED TO COMMUNICATE THERE IS THAT THE CITY HAS OPTED TO NOT CONTRACT CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTLY WITH US, BUT CERTAINLY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM, WE WILL DO THAT.
>> GOOD. BECAUSE THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
WE HAVE SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT ARE WRITTEN AND ESPECIALLY NOISE ORDINANCES AND STUFF.
THOSE USUALLY ARE THE EVENING AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW MANY OF OUR EVENING OFFICERS ARE WORKING.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT ANOTHER TIME TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE SHIFTS ABOUT THAT.
THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS, SO TO SPEAK, THE PHRASEOLOGY.
I KNOW IT SAYS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE GOOD AND NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THAT.
BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE WELL.
THEY PANIC IF THEY SEE THE LIGHTS, RIGHT? SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SEE EVEN WHEN OUR FIRE TRUCKS ARE COMING.
BUT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE IF YOU SEE THE SOLID BLUE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SOLID BLUE THAT WOULD BE SEEN.
THEY DON'T PANIC. YOU DON'T WANT SOMEBODY OH THE CAB BEHIND AND THEN SHIFT INTO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE USED TO HERE.
AM A LITTLE LEERY ABOUT HAVING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR VEHICLES, HAVE THE LIGHTS ON AT ALL TIMES.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TRACKING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE, HAVING YOUR LIGHTS ON IS A GIVEAWAY TO YOUR PRESENCE, OR MAYBE IT SHOULDN'T BE.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE MORE OF OUR DEPUTIES ON THE ROAD, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE.
BUT HOPEFULLY THIS IS SUBJECTIVE TO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO OR SUBJECTIVE ENOUGH.
I SEE A LOT OF SHELLS IN PLACE.
I SEE SOME CONFLICTING SHELLS IN PLACE? BUT YOUR HANDS CAN'T BE TIED BECAUSE OF A CONTRACT.
JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE WHEN THE MANAGER AND I DISCUSSED THIS, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE DELINEATED IN THAT CONVERSATION IS THAT AUXILIARY LIGHTS OR CRUISE LIGHTS WE WOULD HAVE ON WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO IT.
BUT WHEN OPERATIONALLY NOT FEASIBLE, LET'S SAY WE'RE RESPONDING TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AND WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY ANNOUNCE OUR SERVICE OR WE'RE TRACKING A SUSPECT WHO'S TRAVERSING TO THE CITY.
THE OPERATIONAL NECESSITY COMPONENT, CAPTAIN FRANKS HAS COMMUNICATED TO HIS TEAM.
BUT ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WHEN APPLICABLE OR WHEN ABLE, WE HAVE THEM ON FOR THAT COMMUNITY POLICING AND VISIBILITY ASPECT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BALANCE BOTH NEEDS, BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID IT'S A MARRIAGE, AND WE WANT TO COMPROMISE AND MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE TOGETHER.
>> YEAH. SOMETIMES IN A MARRIAGE, YOU GIVE 100% ONE DAY AND YOUR PARTNER GIVES ONLY ZERO AND THEN SOMETIMES YOU 50 50 OR VICE VERSA, DEPENDS ON THE NEEDS OF THE RELATIONSHIP AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> I'M QUALIFIED BE MARRIED [LAUGHTER]
>> BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP, RIGHT THERE? OR YOU'RE GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH ON THAT ONE [LAUGHTER] I HAVE SOME LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT I WILL ASK AFTERWARDS ON TERMINOLOGY.
IT DOES ON ONE THING, SAY, THE STAFFING STRUCTURE SHALL BE BY THE CITY.
BUT THEN IN ANOTHER PLACE, IT SAYS, IF THE BSO AND CITY CAN'T RESOLVE STAFFING STRUCTURE, BSO GET TO CONTROL.
>> DO YOU MIND MAYOR IF I TOUCH ON IT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED OR CONTEMPLATED IN EXHIBIT A.
LET'S SAY THAT IN A FEW YEARS YOU FELT THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED TO FUND A POSITION THAT WAS NON ESSENTIAL.
THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO AMEND THE CONTRACT AND REMOVE THAT SERVICE WITH NOTICE.
HOWEVER, THERE'S ANOTHER PROVISION, A CONTRACT WHERE IF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEEMS THAT THAT REMOVAL OF SERVICE WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE COMMUNITY OR FOR ITS EMPLOYEES.
THAT THEN WE WOULD WORK IN GOOD FAITH,
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BUT THE SHERIFF HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE OUR CONCERNS ON THAT ONE.THE REASON IS LET'S SAY IF YOU WANTED TO MAINTAIN MINIMUM STAFFING AT 10 AND 1, BUT THEN REDUCE THE ROW PATROL COMPLEMENT BY 16.
WELL, THEN WE ARE PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO MEET THAT OBLIGATION.
OR LET'S SAY THAT YOU WANTED TO LOWER MINIMUM STAFFING ONLY TO FIVE DEPUTIES WORKING AT ALL TIMES DURING THE CITY.
IT WOULD BE UNSAFE FOR EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE TWO THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPLEMENTARY, BUT THEY JUST CLARIFY A CENTRAL VERSION ON THE CENTRAL.
>> MY A LITTLE TWEAKING THERE.
THE CITY CAN'T PUT YOU IN A POSITION BY TAKING THINGS OUT THAT WOULD MAKE YOU IN DEFAULT OF THE CONTRACT AND ALSO NOT DOING YOUR SAFETY PROVISIONS AS WELL.
THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE FOR THE TRANSFERRING OUT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS, LIKE DEPUTIES.
I GUESS IT'S G ON PAGE 4 OR 21, DEPENDING ON, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE PACKET FROM.
>> IT SAYS IT WILL NOT BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
I WOULD THINK WE SHOULD ALSO MAKE IT FOR GOOD CAUSE.
I WOULD THINK THAT IF THERE'S NO REASON FOR A DEPUTY IS DOING A FINE JOB TO BE JUST REMOVED, I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FOR GOOD CAUSE FOR THEM TO BE REMOVED.
IF NOT, THEN BSO WOULD BE REMOVING THEM INSTEAD OF THE CITY.
>> IT'S ON PAGE 4 IN EXHIBIT B?
>> YEAH. J TRANSFER CITY, RIGHT.
CITY MANAGER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST TRANSFER OF BSO PERSONNEL OUT OF THE CITY, WHICH SHALL NOT BE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
THAT'S THE NAME, THE REQUEST MUST BE APPROVED BY BSO.
APPROVAL SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD, AND THEN ALL THAT GOOD STUFF ON TIMING.
ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS IS ONE THING, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T SAY GOOD CAUSE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHY THE CITY WOULD PUT ITSELF IN A POSITION TO HAVE SOMEBODY REMOVED FROM BSO WHEN WE ALSO DON'T.
>> MADAM MAYOR, THAT THAT AUTHORITY IS NO DIFFERENT FOR MANAGING CITY STAFF.
CITY MANAGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE CITY STAFF FROM ONE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OR TO ANOTHER TASK.
THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT.
I THINK IT'S JUST PART OF THE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY AND IT BRINGS A LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY THAT I HAVE TODAY OR THE CITY MANAGER HAS TODAY FOR ANY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEE.
>> DID WE HAVE THIS IN THE LAST CONTRACT?
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, MAYOR, PIG BACKING ON WHAT THE MANAGER SAID.
THIS IS STANDARD AND ACTUALLY ALL OUR CONTRACT WAS THERE IN YOUR LAST AND OUR OTHER CITY PARTNERS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THE NEW CONTRACT.
THEY HAVE THIS TERMINOLOGY AS WELL.
I BELIEVE THAT IT'S RARELY USED IN MY EXPERIENCE.
BUT IF WE HAVE A PROBLEMATIC EMPLOYEE WHO IS NOT SERVING THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CITY AND IT'S NOT BEING PROFESSIONAL AND THAT HAS GONE THROUGH A PROCESS OF CORRECTIVE ACTION, AND WE SIMPLY CANNOT CORRECT THAT ACTION, THEN THE CITY SHOULD HAVE SOME SAFEGUARD IN PLACE AS WELL.
IT'S RARELY USED, BUT IT'S THERE JUST TO COMFORT THE CITY IN THE EVENT SOMETHING HAPPENS IS EXTRAORDINARY THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THE MANAGER ON THAT.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION AND I GET IT, EVEN THOUGH I DO THINK THAT THE CITY DOESN'T YOUR VENDOR, YOU'RE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS WHERE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CITY HAVING HR CONTROL.
WHICH IS WHY I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING SAYING FOR GOOD CAUSE BECAUSE WHAT YOU'VE JUST ACKNOWLEDGED, WHAT YOU SAID IS IF THERE'S GOOD CAUSE.
IF THE EMPLOYEE DEPUTY I MEAN, I DON'T BE FOR A DEPUTY, MAYBE FOR ANYBODY HERE, HAS GIVEN REASON TO BE REMOVED, HAS BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THEIR BEHAVIOR, AND THEN DEEMED TO GO.
I DON'T SEE WHERE WE GIVE THE GOOD CAUSE HERE.
YOU CAN LAUGH, BUT I'D LIKE TO PROTECT OUR OFFICERS, TOO.
ONE THING THAT WE HAVE HERE IS A GREAT BUILDING WHERE WE'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT'S A CITY FACILITY, BUT IT'S YOURS.
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THE TIME OF IT BEING OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC?
>> I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPEN UNTIL 8 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
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WE CAN EXTEND THE HOURS. I THINK THEY DID A STUDY.I SPOKE WITH MY TEAM NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT THAT, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT AFTER ABOUT 8 O'CLOCK, THEY WERE GETTING MAYBE ONE PERSON A WEEK COMING IN THERE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ALSO FOR THE CALL BOX THAT'S IN FRONT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OPERABLE SO THAT IF SOMEONE DOES SHOW UP AT THE BUILDING, THEY CAN PUSH THE BUTTON, AND THEY WILL GET OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
>> IT'S NOT OPERABLE. WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I HAVE PEOPLE WHO CALL ME WHO ARE CONCERNED.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN HERE AT 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING SENDING OFF OUR VETERANS AND A WOMAN TRYING TO GET TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY BECAUSE SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING GOING ON IN HER COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S NO ONE AVAILABLE.
I HAVE PEOPLE TELL ME THAT THEY TRY CALLING AND THEY DON'T GET RESPONSES.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TELLING ME THIS ARE 100% RIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO ACTUALLY FOR THIS CONVERSATION, SAY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE'RE ACCESSIBLE ON THE STREETS, WE HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE IN OUR HOUSE.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE TELL YOU GO TO CITY HALL OR GO TO TAMARAC BSO DISTRICT SEVEN, WHEN THEY GO THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT WARM RECEPTION.
THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMEBODY THERE TO ASSIST THEM AND NOT ME TO FEEL THAT COME BACK ANOTHER TIME.
>> THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK ANOTHER TIME. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS.
I KNOW THEY HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER UP ON THE FRONT DOOR, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CALL BOX WORKING WHERE THE DEPUTY WILL BE DISPATCHED AFTER HOURS SO THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE A DEPUTY COME OUT AND MEET WITH THEM AT THE OFFICE.
IF A SERGEANT IN THE OFFICE, SOMEBODY'S IN THE OFFICE THEY'LL JUST WALK OUT THE FRONT.
>> WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE BUILDING AT ALL TIMES.
>> THERE MAY BE TIMES THAT THE BUILDING IS NOT OCCUPIED.
THEY'RE OUT ON CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY WE PREFER THEM ON THE STREETS RATHER THAN IN THE BUILDING.
>> CAPTAIN, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, THAT NON EMERGENCY NUMBER THAT WE HAVE, IS THAT ANSWERED BY STAFF IN THE OFFICE OR BY DOWNTOWN?
>> THAT'LL BE DOWNTOWN [OVERLAPPING] NON EMERGENCY NUMBER.
DIRECT RESPONSE. THROUGH THEM.
>> EXACTLY. WELL, IN MY OPINION, WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER THERE. GOOD PEOPLE THERE.
BUT WHEN I HAVE SOMEBODY WHO REALIZES WHEN THEY GET HOME THAT THEY HAVE HAD $5,000 STOLEN OUT OF THEIR ACCOUNT, AND THEY WANT TO CALL SOMEBODY RIGHT AWAY FOR HELP.
THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO HELP THEM BECAUSE IT'S 9 O'CLOCK.
THEY KNOW TO COME DOWN AND MAKE A REPORT.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
I THINK THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS ON THAT PERSONAL SERVICE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE CALLS FOR SERVICE, LOOK FOR PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO LOOK WHO COMES IN AND WHAT THEY'RE COMING IN ABOUT, AND MAYBE SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A BETTER WAY TO ASSIST THEM ON THEIR COMPLAINTS.
>> IF I MAY CLARIFY, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE CALLING, YOU MEAN THEY'RE CALLING THE OFFICE NUMBER HERE RATHER THAN CALLING THE NON EMERGENCY NUMBER?
>> BECAUSE EMERGENCY NUMBER TELLS THEM TO CALL YOU NON EMERGENCY.
NON EMERGENCY LEADS YOU TO THE BUILDING HERE.
>> NO. NO. IT'S TWO SEPARATE NUMBERS.
YEAH. IF I CAN CLARIFY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY'RE TOLD TO CALL THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
>> JUST FOR THE PUBLIC SAFE I CAN CLARIFY, 247365 ARE NON EMERGENCY NUMBER FUNCTIONS.
THEY CAN ALWAYS REACH US AT 764 HELP.
THEN OF COURSE, 911 FOR EMERGENCIES.
THE DISTRICT OFFICE IT'S IF SOMEBODY WANTS THAT PERSONAL FACE TO FACE CONTACT.
THOSE LOBBY HOURS CONSISTENT WITH NOT JUST BSO, ALL MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THEY WILL HAVE ANNOUNCED TIME WHEN THOSE LOBBIES ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT TAMARAC HAS A PRETTY GENEROUS TIME RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL ABILITY TO I'LL LOOK AT THE TIMES THAT IT'S OFFERED.
BUT I'VE SEEN POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITH NINE TO FIVE, WHICH ISN'T CONDUCIVE FOR THOSE EARLY MORNING APPOINTMENTS.
YOURS OPENS EARLIER AND YOUR STAYS OPEN LATE.
THAT WAY IF THEY GET OFF WORK, FIVE, SIX, THEY CAN STILL GET IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY.
BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY ASSESS IT.
BUT THE NON EMERGENCY NUMBER IS ALWAYS FUNCTIONING AND 911, OF COURSE.
>> I WAS GOING TO JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOW TO CONTACT BSO EDUCATIONAL FLYER, AND IF IT'S HELPFUL, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT OUT ON THE NEWLY INSTITUTED FACEBOOK PAGE AND WE CAN GIVE IT TO THE CITY'S PIO FOR FURTHER DISTRIBUTION.
>> YES. WHEN NON EMERGENCY, THE NUMBER THAT THEY CALL, THEY SAY, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO YOUR DEPARTMENT IS WHEN THEY GET FRUSTRATED.
>> WE'LL LOOK INTO THE CONCERN, MAYOR.
>> YOU CAN TELL YOU MORE LATER.
I THOUGHT WE WERE ESTABLISHING A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, ARE WE NOT?
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>> YES, MA'AM. WE ACTUALLY JUST MET WITH IT FROM THE CITY HERE, WORKING ON LOCATING A PLACE INSIDE THE BUILDING, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING FUNDING AND ALSO FOR STAFFING AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF MY IMMEDIATE GOALS IS TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.
>> WE ALSO SOMETIMES HEAR THAT WE CALL THE COPS, WE CALL THE COPS.
THEY DON'T COME, THEY TAKE FOREVER.
THEY FINALLY COME, STUFF LIKE THAT.
IS THERE SOMETHING WITH OUR NEW LAYOUT HERE OF PEOPLE IN POSITIONS THAT WILL MAKE IT WHERE PEOPLE WILL FEEL THAT THERE WILL BE A BETTER RESPONSE TIME TO THEIR CALLS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, MAYOR.
AGAIN, NEXT GOING TO GO TO THAT MINIMUM STAFFING AND THE NEW EMPHASIS AND CLARITY THAT MINIMUM STAFFING IS FULFILLED BY ROW PATROL DEPUTIES.
BY HAVING A GREATER FOOTPRINT ON THE ROAD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BETTER EFFICIENT RESPONSE TO CALL FOR SERVICE.
THEN ALSO, REMEMBER, WE'RE DOING 180 DAY ANALYSIS ON YOUR CITY'S CALL FOR SERVICE VOLUME.
IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY TO BREAK DOWN THE CITY PER ZONES, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE MANAGER AND BRING THAT ANALYSIS TO HIM.
>> YES, WE ARE VERY UNIQUE IN ALL WAYS.
WE ARE 12 SQUARE MILES AND WE ARE A RECTANGLE, A SQUARE AND A FISH TAIL.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR ZONES, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES, BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY WE HAVE INTERCALS.
WE HAVE OFFICERS, SORRY, STILL NEW YORK, DEPUTIES THAT WILL HELP AND ASSIST, BUT I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WITH THE TEN PLUS ONE.
I GET IT. DOES A NINE ZONE WORK BEST? OR WON'T WE KNOW UNTIL AFTER WE REVIEW FOR 180 DAYS.
>> THE DATA WILL BE THE BEST WAY.
I DON'T WANT TO PUBLICLY STATE.
I BELIEVE JUST ON MY INITIAL ANALYSIS, CAPTAIN FRANKS, WHO PREVIOUSLY WORKED HERE AND HAS HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HOW IT USED TO BE BROKE DOWN.
AS WELL AS YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY CONSULTANT, WE ALL THREE AGREE THAT THERE MAY BE A BETTER WAY TO DO IT.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE PULLING THE ANALYSIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH THE MANAGER ON THAT.
>> I KNOW THAT YOU GAVE US A RED LINE, WHICH REALLY WAS HERE ALREADY, SO I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS NEW, BUT UPDATED FORFEITURES AND SEIZURES, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS AS WELL AS PROPERTY.
DOES THAT HAVE TO BE ONLY TAMARAC OR FOR ALL FORFEITURES? WHEN YOU INCLUDED IN SECTION 4, IT'S THE L.
>> THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO TAMARAC.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE QUARTERLY REPORTING, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ADDING THAT TO THE REPORT.
ANY SEIZURES, FORFEITURES THAT WE APPLY FOR WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S JURISDICTION, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE A REPORT OF THAT, AND THEN INCLUDING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND, WE KEEP A LEDGER OF HOW MUCH FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER.
>> ALL KINDS OF OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ANOTHER TIME.
WHEN WE'RE PULLING PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR EVENTS.
WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO USE OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY ON STAFF ALREADY WORKING THE SHIFTS.
I'M GOING TO ASK YOU JUST TO REITERATE THAT IF WE HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY, THEIR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKING SURE THE CITY IS PROTECTED VERSUS BEING AT AN EVENT.
>> MAYOR, SO WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, YES.
IF A CALL FOR SERVICE AND EMERGENCY COMES OUT, THEN THAT TEAM WOULD REDEPLOY TO MEET THE EMERGENCY.
IT'S JUST RETRIAGE, EVERYTHING.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT IN THE SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP, THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY AND WE WANT TO INTEGRATE WITH THE CITY.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A SMALL EVENT THAT DOESN'T NEED A LARGE SECURITY FOOTPRINT, AND THE CITY IS LOOKING TO HIRE A DETAIL, THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PUT AN ON DUTY PERSON THERE AND TO ACCOMPLISH THE SAME.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MEET THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE.
>> UNDERSTOOD. BUT I ALSO THINK CRIMINALS ARE NOT AS DUMB, SOMETIMES THEY ARE REALLY DUMB.
BUT SOME CRIMINALS WILL BE LIKE, GREAT EVENT GOING ON IN THE PARK.
SOME ZONES MIGHT BE OPEN. LET'S GO.
I DON'T WANT TO TELEGRAPH, SO TO SPEAK, OUR SECURITY BECAUSE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR DEPUTIES TO BE SEEN ON THE ROADS IN THE COMMUNITIES, IN MY OPINION, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE'S SAFE VERSUS I LOVE EVERYBODY, BUT SOMETIMES WE ALL JUST STAND AROUND AT EVENTS.
IT MAY NOT BE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF TIME.
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BUT AGAIN, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET DATA ON THIS.WE'RE GOING TO DO WHETHER IT IS BEST. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THIS IS A CONTRACT ITEM THAT YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS, BUT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A DEFINITION OF BUSINESS DAY.
WHEN YOU GET AN OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE IS ONE THING, BUT WHEN AN EMAIL OR FAX ON A BUSINESS DAY, I WOULD GO ON 27, WHICH IS NOTICE.
IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU LOOK INTO DEFINING BUSINESS DAY.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE, BUSINESS DAY IS FIVE, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE 12 HOUR SHIFTS, IT MIGHT BE MIDNIGHT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR, ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE CAN JUST GIVE NOTICE ABOUT.
>> I THINK HERE WE DO REFER TO.
NOT 12 HOUR SHIFT. [OVERLAPPING]
>> UNDERSTOOD. BUT IS THAT FIVE? IS IT SIX OR IS IT SEVEN? THESE ARE THINGS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPECTING TO GIVE NOTICE, THERE SHOULD BE EXPECTATIONS OF KNOWING THE TIME.
ASKED YOU ABOUT THE CANINE UNIT.
ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS TOUCHED ON IS OUR SCHOOLS.
WE DO HAVE IT CLEARLY MARKED FOR CHALLENGER AND FOR MALA.
NOT BEAUTIFULLY CLEARLY MARKED AT ALL.
I HAVE YOU HAVE MY LAW FIRM RIGHT THERE IN THE BUILDINGS BEHIND TAMARAC ELEMENTARY.
WE HAD SCHOOL ZONES FOR SOME REASON ON THE BACKSIDE ON 80TH 81ST.
UNIVERSITY DOESN'T HAVE GOOD LIGHTS.
THERE'S AN EXCUSE THAT THERE'S A FLEBGE, CROSSOVER, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY NEED CERTAIN THINGS.
YOU HAVE RENAISSANCE CHARTER, A COUPLE OF BLOCKS UP.
WE DON'T HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS, THE SCHOOL ZONE, THE SPEED LIMIT DOESN'T DROP.
I KNOW THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY WITHIN FULLY OUR PURVIEW, BUT OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH ACCIDENTS.
AMBULANCE IS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO DIALYSIS CENTERS, ISSUES THAT ARE GOING AROUND WITH PEOPLE NOT ABLE TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET.
I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE SOMETHING TO BE LOOKED INTO ON BEHALF OF THOSE SCHOOLS.
>> IF I COULD, WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH THE MANAGER AND THE CITY STAFF.
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFERS THE SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL GRANT, SRTS GRANT, AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THAT STATE FUNDING TO BUILD OUT SAFER ROUTES TO SCHOOL FOR PEDESTRIAN CYCLISTS, ALSO INCLUDING LIGHTED CROSSWALKS AND SO FORTH.
THERE'S ALSO OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE BARCHI TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, AND THEY HAVE A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.
THAT IF WE DO HAVE AN AREA THAT'S NOT CLEARLY MARKED AND IT SHOULD BE, THAT WE CAN PUT IT ON THEIR RADAR, THEY CAN UTILIZE A SR TAX TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD IT OUT.
STEPHAN RAMTOR IS THE ONE THAT OVERSEES THAT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE, AND DOCUMENT THEM AND COMMUNICATE AND SEE IF BARCHI TRAFFIC ENGINEER CAN EXPEDITE A PLAN FOR THAT AS WELL.
>> THAT'D BE AWESOME. THANK YOU. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE ON OUR BEHALF OR? ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS 153.
WE ARE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU WEDNESDAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.