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Chairman Benavides brings the meeting back to Items on the Agenda: 4. Broaden Communications Information Sharing and Community Awareness of Public Safety Activities (Update on the City's Emergency Operation Center and community awareness of emergency preparedness.) — Commander Ken Gominsky {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, 2e and 2f} Commander Gominsky has a Power Point presentation updating the City's emergency preparedness plan to include a community evacuation strategy to respond to natural disasters. The City will also partner with emergency assistance and disaster relief organizations to promote community awareness of emergencies through the City's website, social media, at community events, and a public advertising campaign. The City's Emergency Operations Coordinator is going through all plans, and his recommendations will be forwarded to the Police Department's Senior Management Team for evaluation. The Police Chief will then bring to the City's Executive Management Team. 5. Plan for Community Oriented Policing Survey — Commander Ken Gominsky {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, la and lb} Commander Gominsky has a Power Point presentation which gives an overview and update of the Community Oriented Policing (COP) survey to complete a COP strategy. It outlines the goal, which is to see what residents and businesses believe COP should be in Santa Ana, plans to reach that goal, and information that has been gathered from several informal discussions that have already taken place. ACTION: Commander Ken Gominsky will give an update on the community engagement policing plan at the next Public Safety meeting. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS On Item No. 2, Recruitment Efforts: The Public Safety Committee members expressed support for hiring additional patrol officers. They were interested in the recruitment process, and suggested looking at Criminal Justice programs at Santa Ana College and Cal State - Fullerton, as well as using social media. They were interested in how we effectively communicate who we are as a city: how we deal with cultural competence and social equity within our own Police Department. 13A -16