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on local government's recommendations, and bring updates to this Committee. The final report will be brought to City Council. Committee Member Sal Tinajero enters the Public Safety meeting at 5:52PM. 3. Recruitment and Downtown Unit Update (Status on Hiring Police Officers and the Creation of a Downtown Policing Unit) — Police Administrative Manager Robert Carroll {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, li and lj} Police Admin. Manager Robert Carroll's power point presentation reported on the recruitment of police officers and progress made to date. In 2015, 37 police officers have been hired compared to 17 in 2014. There are currently eight officers in the police academy, three in the pre- academy, and ten officers in the Field Training Officer program. The City Council has approved hiring four police officers to be assigned to the Downtown; effective the beginning of 2016. Improvements made in order to recruit the best possible candidates include electronic certification and purchasing background software to increase efficiency in hiring. Additional staff has been hired, the recruitment website is continually enhanced and updated, and other marketing options are being explored. 4. Social Media Outreach (Overview of the Police Department's Use of Social Media) — Commander Chris Revere {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, 2d} Commander Chris Revere reviews the Police Department's use of social media. Cmdr. Revere discusses the benefits of using social media, and the strategy the Department has adopted when using it. There are several social media platforms used by the Police Department to get information out to stakeholders and the community immediately such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. An application that can be uploaded to a user's cell phone, the SAPD app, was created so the commumity can interact with the Police Department. Social media continues to be an effective, evolving tool that will play a key role in the City's Strategic Plan of engaging the community. 5. Integrated Software (Update) — Deputy Chief Jim Schnabl [Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, 2a} Deputy Chief Schnabl provides a power point updating the issue of computer software programs. Over the last decade, computer software was purchased as needed and is no longer relevant since these different systems cannot communicate with one another. As a result, redundant data entry is being performed by police personnel. The Police Department decided to purchase and implement a new integrated software system to improve productivity and increase efficiencies and transparency. The Department is currently in negotiations with Tri Tech, a clear favorite