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VOTE: AYES: Benavides, Reyna <br />NOES: None (0) <br />ABSENT: Martinez <br />Motion carries. <br />AGENDA <br />2. Patrol Deployment /Geographic Policing (Discuss deployment of patrol personnel into <br />smaller neighborhood areas to increase accountability and effectiveness.) - Commander <br />Jason Viramontes (Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, If and Ij) <br />Commander Jason Viramontes gives a Power Point presentation regarding creating police beats <br />within the four large districts of the city. There will be 12 beats total, three beats in each district <br />that cover two square miles. At this time, there will be one officer assigned to a beat, with <br />roving officers assisting as needed. By creating these beats, it will equally distribute the <br />workload throughout the city. This will be a one year assignment so the officers can get to know <br />residents, community members, and business owners. The districts will continue to exist, but <br />each officer will have a smaller geographic area which will promote Community Oriented <br />Policing and allow officers to understand the problems in their area. This deployment model <br />should also improve response times and help officers to respond to specific problems. <br />Assignments will be made by the Watch Commander who will try to match each area with a <br />particular officer's set of skills. This program will become effective on March 8`h, 2015. <br />At this time, Chairman Benavides asks for those public speakers who want to comment on an <br />agendized item. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Alfonso Alvarez, resident Madison Park area, says that body cameras are the best way to protect <br />our officers against complaints posted on social media sites whereby only snippets of an incident <br />are shown to the public, will also cut down on civil lawsuits. <br />Connie Hamilton, resident and volunteer with Connect -to- Council, says that the volunteer <br />program in Santa Ana is good for college kids who may move on to become police officers in the <br />city. This is definitely a worthwhile program. <br />Olivia Arzate, resident, is Spanish speaking and her comments are translated. Ms. Arzate wanted <br />to know what consequences public servants are given for hitting people or making false <br />accusations. Ms. Arzate believes the public servants are allowed to continue to perform their <br />13A -12 <br />