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Home My WebLink AboutItem 41 - PD Metropolitan Division Funding Reallocation and Report on Traffic Stop Data Police Department www.santa-ana.org/pd Item # 41 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report August 17, 2021 TOPIC: Police Department Metropolitan Division Funding Reallocation and Report on Traffic Stop Data AGENDA TITLE: Approve Appropriation Adjustment Transferring Funds from the Police Department Metropolitan Division to other Police Department Accounts, and Receive and File Report on Traffic Stop Data (General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Approve an appropriation adjustment reducing the Metropolitan Division expenditure accounts (01114441 – various) by $1,103,360 and appropriate same to the Field Operations, Criminal Investigations, Training, Crimes Against Persons, and Vice expenditure accounts (nos. 01114420 – various, 01114435 – various, 01114410 – various, 01114440 – various, and 01114470 - various). 2. Receive and File Report on Traffic Stop Data DISCUSSION The Santa Ana Police Department Metropolitan Division consists of the Gang Unit and Major Enforcement Team (MET) Unit, and utilizes both traditional and community oriented policing strategies to prevent crime, enhance community trust, and improve community safety. The FY 2021-22 proposed budget for the Metropolitan Division was $6,697,510, which was $1,103,360 more than the FY 2020-21 amount of $5,594,150. At the June 15, 2021 City Council meeting, the Council directed staff to return at a future Council meeting with a plan to transfer $1,103,360 in proposed increased costs to other accounting units in order to keep the Metropolitan Division budget flat at the FY 2020-21 appropriated amount of $5,594,150. Councilmembers expressed their support for providing additional capacity to units that support youth community engagement, youth services investment, and investigative units that support vulnerable members of our community, including LGBTQ+ victims. In addition, the Councilmembers expressed support for additional de-escalation training, sensitivity training, and the development of a Trauma Informed Care training platform. Police Department Metropolitan Division Funding Reallocation and Report on Traffic Stop Data August 17, 2021 Page 2 1 9 9 2 To accomplish this, the Police Department is proposing to complete the following reductions to the Metropolitan Division budget: 1. Transfer one Police Service Officer (PSO) from the Metropolitan Division to the Field Operations Division: This PSO will assist Field Ops with furthering youth community engagement efforts, and provide additional capacity to the PAAL program. $108,840 2. Transfer one Police Investigative Specialist (PIS) from the Metropolitan Division to the Criminal Investigations Division: This PIS will provide additional capacity in the Sex Crimes Unit and focus on crimes to vulnerable members of our community, including LGBTQ+ victims. The PIS will work with the new Training Officer assigned to develop training for dealing with the LGBTQ+ population on how to best provide victim support, and work on implementing a Trauma Informed Care platform that will be developed by the Training Division. $123,050 3. Transfer Overtime from the Metropolitan Division to the Criminal Investigations Division: Additional overtime funds will provide added capacity to the Sex Crimes Unit to focus on crimes to vulnerable members of our community, including youth victims and LGBTQ+ victims. Additional funding will also provide additional capacity to reduce caseloads, and provide enhanced victim services based on the Trauma Informed Care platform that will be developed by the Training Division. $94,220 4. Transfer One Police Officer from the Metropolitan Division to the Training Division: This Officer position will provide added capacity to the Training Division to develop de-escalation training, sensitivity training, and develop a Trauma Informed Care training platform. The Trauma Informed Care training platform would begin at the first responder level and include all applicable areas of the Department. $198,000 5. Transfer Two STOP Detectives from the Metropolitan Division to the Crimes Against Persons Division: These two detectives will provide additional resources to better support victims of violent crime, focusing on hate crimes, and crimes against vulnerable members of our society, including youth, seniors and LGBTQ+ victims. $381,250 6. Transfer One Detective from the Metropolitan Division to the Vice Unit: This additional detective will support the Vice Unit’s efforts towards curbing human trafficking, focusing on crimes against our most vulnerable members of our community, including youth and LGBTQ+ victims. The Vice Unit also enforces state and local laws related to illegal gaming and establishments and unpermitted marijuana operations. $198,000 7. Reprioritize organizational structure to establish the Family and Youth Services Division, consisting in part of the following services; Police Athletic and Activity League (PAAL), Santa Ana Family Justice Center, Community Police Academy, Parent Academy, Police Department Metropolitan Division Funding Reallocation and Report on Traffic Stop Data August 17, 2021 Page 3 1 9 9 2 Teen Academy, Gang Reduction Intervention Program and Chaplain Program. (Exhibit 2) The total of these transfers is $1,103,360 REPORT ON TRAFFIC STOP DATA At the June 15, 2021 City Council meeting, the Council directed staff to return at a future Council meeting with traffic stop data that describes the reason and results of traffic stops conducted in the City. The Police Department Information Services Division completed an analysis of traffic stop data for the period of January 1, 2021, through June 30, 2021, which resulted in the identification of 9,785 car stops (Exhibit 1). The Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) was formed as part of AB 953. At the direction of the Legislature, the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board is charged with eliminating racial and identity profiling and improving diversity and racial and identity sensitivity in law enforcement. AB 953 requires each state and local agency that employs peace officers to report data on all stops annually to the Attorney General. The RIPA reporting for Santa Ana Police Department began on January 1, 2021. Prior to January 2021, the only means to identify reasons for a car stop in Santa Ana was to read an arrest or crime report narrative, when a report/citation was completed. Now with the RIPA database, the Department is able to analyze reasons for the stop. It is important to recognize RIPA requirements continue to evolve and today’s requirements will likely differ beginning 2022. Information on car stops is found in several data sources:  CAD is a dispatch system and provides incident types, dispositions, and unit types.  RIPA data provides information on the reason a stop was initiated and the result of the stop.  Crossroads e-citation data provides information on when stops occurred and if a citation was issued.  RMS data contains arrest, crime, FI, citation, and impound information. Review of the Traffic Stop Data revealed the following:  A traffic violation was the reason for a car stop 73% of the time.  Suspicious behavior, parole, probation, and consensual encounters were also as reasons for a car stop.  The leading car stop result was the issuance of a citation at 39%  37% of stops resulted in education, warnings, and/or no action taken. Police Department Metropolitan Division Funding Reallocation and Report on Traffic Stop Data August 17, 2021 Page 4 1 9 9 2  A physical arrest occurred 7% of the time  A police report and/or field interview documentation was completed approximately 2% of the time. The complete Report on Traffic Stop Data, including charts and graphs, is attached as Exhibit 1. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with this action. FISCAL IMPACT The appropriation adjustment will reduce the Metropolitan Division expenditure accounts (01114441 – various) by $1,103,360 and appropriate same to the Field Operations, Criminal Investigations, Training, and Crimes Against Persons expenditure accounts (nos. 01114420 – various, 01114435 – various, 01114410 – various, 01114440 – various, and 01114470 – various). EXHIBIT(S) 1. Report on Traffic Stop Data 2. Revised Police Department Organizational Chart Submitted By: David Valentin, Police Chief Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager Exhibit 1 Background: Prior to January 2021, the only means to identify reasons for a car stop was to review a traffic citation and/or read an arrest or crime report narrative. Now with the RIPA database, the department is able to analyze reasons for the stop. It is important to recognize RIPA requirements continue to evolve and today's requirements will likely differ beginning 2022. Source: Car stop data (reason for the stop and result of the stop) was collected from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021, which resulted in the identification of 9,785 car stops. Information on car stops is found in several data sources: * CAD is a dispatch system and provides incident types, dispositions, and unit types. * RIPA data provides information on the reason a stop was initiated and the result of the stop. * Crossroads e-citation provides information on when stops occurred and if a citation was issued. * RMS data contains arrest, crime, Fl, citation, and impound inTormation. Methodoloqy: RIPA is the only data source that identifies the reason for the stop. In many cases, there may be several reasons for a car stop (i.e., traffic violation, probation, suspicious behavior, etc.) and there may be several outcomes (i.e., citation, warning, education, arrest, etc.) resulting from it. In the cases of CAD, RIPA, and RMS data, there are multiple pieces of information that must be ranked in order to identify the most significant reason or result of a stop. * For stop reasons, subjects known to have wants/warrants are given the highest score followed by persons on probation/parole, traffic violations, truants, suspicious behavior, and consensual encounters. * For stop results, arrests are given the highest position followed by citations, field interview documentation, crime reports, warnings, etc. Motor officers' stops are not consistently recorded in CAD due to it being a dispatch system. Motor officers conduct proactive traffic enforcement and due to the volume of stops, the officer may not communicate their stop. Therefore, citations were only tied to CAD incidents, when possible. If the citation included a case number, the case number was used to link CAD and citation data. If not, links were established when the citing officer was on the CAD call and the CAD call occurred within five (5) minutes of the violation time of the citation. Citations that could not be associated to CAD incidents were included as additional stops and tallied with a stop reason of Traffic Violation and a result of Cited. Conclusion: Of the 9,785 car stops, a traffic violation was the reason for the stop 73% of the time. Suspicious behavior, parole, probation, and consensual encounters were also identified as reasons. The leading car stop result was the issuance of a citation at 39% followed by a combined 37% of warnings and education/no action taken. A physical arrest occurred 7% of the time while a police report and/or field interview documentation was completed 1.6'!/o of the time. August10, 2021 Car Sto Datap RIPA Reason Traffic Violation Unknown Suspicious Behavior Probation/Parole Consensual Encounter Warrant/Wanted Possible Truant Total Stops 7,083 2,122 221 214 120 24 1 9,785 StOp% 72.4% 21.7% 2.3% 2.2% 1.2% 0.2% O.O% 200% Result Citation No Action Warning Unknown Arrest Report Field Interview Total Stop Reasons Warrant/Wa nted 0 25% Suspicious Behavior 2 2 6% Consensual Encounter 1 23% Stops 3,822 1,937 1,632 1,596 675 63 60 9,785 SiOp% 39.1% 19.8% 16.7% 16.3% 6.9% 0.6% 0.6% 100% RIPA Disposition Cited Unknown No Action Warning Cited and Released Arrest Warrant Arrest Fl Total Stops Stop% 3,519 36.0% 2,122 21.7% 1,991 20.3% 1 ,636 16.7% 219 2.2% 199 2.0% 79 0.8% 20 0.2% 9,785 100% Stop Results Report 0 64% Field Interview 0 61% CAD Disposition No Report Action Taken Cite Mover (blank) Obs Arrest Cite Non-Mover ASSiSt Parties Advised Will Comply Reassignment Call Report Field Interview Call Arrest Obs Report Unable to Locate Cancelled Crime Scene Investigation Cancelled Enroute Gone On Arrival Community Policing Problem Total Stops 4,500 2,072 1 ,316 840 472 169 gs 80 60 48 41 35 2 7 g 8 4 3 2 1 9,785 Stop% 46.0% 21.2% 13.4% 8.6% 4.8% 1.7% 1.O% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% O.O% O.O% O.O% O.O% 100% SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF POLICE DAVID VALENTIN LEGAL ADVISOR Sr. Asst.City Atty.Tamara Bogosian CHIEF OF STAFF Sergeant A. 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