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explained the recommended amounts the City Manager will be presenting to City Council <br />reference public safety needs and the assessment appropriation funds. <br />3. Police Officer Body Cameras (Project Update) — Commander Jason Viramontes <br />{Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, if and bl <br />Commander Viramontes updated the Committee on the Body Worn Camera Program. He <br />summarized the RFP process and identified two vendors who will provide cameras for the pilot <br />program — Taser Axon and Discover IT Solutions. The pilot program is effective September <br />19`"October 12`h. There are several items being considered for these cameras including officers' <br />assessment of the camera, sound quality and technical presentation. Full implementation for use <br />of the police body worn cameras is anticipated for February 2017. <br />4. Customer Service Improvements Related to Police Operations (Innovation and <br />efficiency to improve customer service throughout the Police Department) — Commander <br />Jose Gonzalez {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, 1 and Goal 7, 11 <br />Commander Jose Gonzalez described several different strategies as the four police <br />Bureaus: Field Operations, Investigations, Communications (part of the Admin Bureau) <br />and the Jail Bureau respond to ways to improve customer service to the public. Each <br />Bureau has taken an approach to train employees, offer classes to the public, improve <br />services technically, and create efficiency when responding to requests for service. <br />5. Community Oriented Policing (Update on Community Survey) — Commander Ken <br />Gominsky {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, 1 a <br />Commander Gominsky reported on the four phases of the community survey project: 1) <br />community fonuns which were held in the spring of 2016, 2) focus groups comprised of <br />individuals who attended the forums to fill out information forms; 3) researchers develop a <br />community survey, and 4) researchers review the agency and scholarly literature to produce a <br />"best practices" report for the Department. The Department has partnered with Chapman <br />University to establish and report on this survey; however, Chapman University took a sabbatical <br />during the summer and a contract amendment is being worked on at this time. <br />6. Police Officer Hiring (Update on Recruitment and Hiring of Police Officers) — Police <br />Admin. Manager Robert Carroll {Strategic Plan Goal No. 1, Ill <br />This item was continued to the next Public Safety meeting. <br />13A -9 <br />