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OKAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2025 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ROLL CALL.
UNDERSTANDABLY. DARREN JOHNS HERE, MARTY HUDSON HERE.
JAMES. I UNDERSTAND SHE'S ON HER.
AND MYSELF. TODD LORD IS PRESENT.
ALRIGHT. FIRST UP, KIM RAEDER PAB ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO START OFF THIS EVENING ADDRESSING THE MEETING MINUTES, BECAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST WE HAD TO APPROVE MEETING MINUTES.
AND NOW THAT WE ARE LIVE STREAMING, WE NO LONGER NEED TO DO THAT.
SO IF YOU ALL WERE WONDERING AS TO WHY WE ARE NO LONGER LOOKING AT MEETING MINUTES, IT'S SINCE IT'S RECORDED.
THOSE ARE OUR MINUTES THEMSELVES.
AND ARE THEY POSTED ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE? THE LIVE STREAM? YES IT IS.
YEP. YES IT IS. THE SECOND IS THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST MEETING. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, I HAVE FORWARDED OVER PUBLIC PORTAL COMPLAINTS. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD AGREED WITH THE ATTORNEY LAST YEAR.
ATTORNEY MIKE RUST WAS OKAY WITH SENDING OVER ANY COMPLAINTS THAT COME THROUGH THE PUBLIC PORTAL THAT THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD WOULD NORMALLY SEE, BUT THEY COME DIRECTLY TO ME AS A USER. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE FOUR COMPLAINTS ONE WITH FEDERALSBURG, ONE WITH GREENSBORO AND TWO WITH DENTON.
AND ONE ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH THE PORTAL TODAY THAT I HAD EMAILED OVER TO YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE NUMBER OF PENDING TRIAL CASES.
WE STILL HAVE ONE CASE THAT IS PENDING FROM A COMPLAINT THAT WAS IN DECEMBER OF 2023.
THE MAIN REASON WE HAVEN'T DONE A TRIAL BOARD YET IS BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING TO FIND A RETIRED LAW JUDGE, AND WE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL DOING THAT AS AS MANY TIMES AS WE TRIED.
SO THAT BRINGS ME INTO MY NEXT POINT WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT THAT IS BEING ENTERED INTO WITH THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE ENTERING INTO THIS MOA.
SO BASICALLY, WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO APPOINT AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. ANY TIME THAT A TRIAL BOARD NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WE WILL CONTACT WILL. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATIVE THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND REQUEST A JUDGE, AND THEY WILL ULTIMATELY APPOINT THE JUDGE.
THE COMMISSIONERS WILL BLESS THE JUDGE THAT IS APPOINTED AND THEN MOVING FROM THAT CONTRACT, IT JUST SAYS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING ANY OF THE EXPENSES THAT COME WITH THAT.
I AM GOING TO MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM.
ALL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE CURRENTLY SIGNED THE MOA.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE AN AGENDA ITEM NOW TO PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND AFTER THEY OKAY IT AND THEN THEY SIGN OFF, I'LL SEND IT BACK TO THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, AND I'LL HAVE KEVIN COX SIGN IT.
AND THEN WE ALL SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT TRIAL BOARD CLEARED UP, SINCE IT'S BEEN KIND OF LINGERING NOW FOR SOME TIME. MY NEXT POINT IS THAT WE HAVE TWO NEW ACC MEMBERS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE HAD TWO VACANCIES WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN FILLED.
TODD LORD WAS APPOINTED AS OUR CHAIR OF THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD.
AND WITH THAT, HE IS AUTOMATICALLY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE UNLESS HE WANTED TO APPOINT SOMEONE ON THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD TO TAKE THAT POSITION.
TODD HAS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED THE POSITION ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE.
AND IN ADDITION, DAN TOWERS WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
SO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE IS NOW FULL.
AND ONCE DAN AND TODD ARE TRAINED, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO START REVIEWING CASES AND THEN THEY'LL BE ATTENDING TRAINING IN NOVEMBER.
AND THE LAST THING ON MY LIST IS THE YEAR END REPORT, WHICH I KNOW OVER THE YEARS HAS TIMELINES HAVE CHANGED.
AND I THINK LAST YEAR WE MET ON NEW YEAR'S EVE OR THE DAY BEFORE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO AVOID THAT THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED ON IT A LITTLE BIT EARLY. I KNOW OTHER COUNTIES DO THIS AS WELL. IT'S A YEAR END REPORT, SO COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU YOU'D WANT IT TO BE JANUARY TO DECEMBER. BUT NOT ALL COUNTIES DO THAT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES THAT DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT JUST PUTS US IN A TIME CRUNCH TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER, TO GET IT WRITTEN, TO GET IT LOOKED AT, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO GET IT APPROVED.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TODD AND I WE'RE GOING TO START RESEARCHING AND PUTTING THE REPORT TOGETHER, AND I THINK WE SAID, YES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT DRAFTED BY THE
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LATE OCTOBER, AND THEN I'M GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD.AND YOU ALL WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON IT, AND YOU'LL JUST COMMENT DIRECTLY TO ME SO THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND THEN I WILL MAKE EDITS, SEND IT ALL BACK OUT TO YOU, AND THEN WE WILL MEET IN APRIL.
BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, APRIL, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER BECAUSE I THINK DECEMBER MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD WITH THE HOLIDAY AND EVENTS AND THINGS THAT GO ON.
AND I KNOW WITH, WITH PARADES AND SO FORTH THAT WE WERE THINKING NOVEMBER, WE WOULD COME TOGETHER AND APPROVE IT, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE IT TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR ANY IDEAS, WE'RE OPEN TO HEAR THEM. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE PLAN OF ACTION WE WERE GOING WITH.
DO WE HAVE A TENTATIVE NOVEMBER MEETING DATE TO SHOOT FOR? I DON'T BELIEVE I DO, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS. LET ME LOOK HERE REAL QUICK, BECAUSE I KIND OF PLANNED THEM OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT THEN THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
I KNOW IT'S THANKSGIVING, THE END OF THE MONTH AND TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM THAT, SO THE BOARD MEMBERS PROBABLY GOT PLANS AS WELL AS THEY'RE RIGHT.
YOU'RE IN TRAINING THE THIRD THROUGH, AND THEN I'M OUT OF TOWN TWO DAYS.
AND THEN THANKSGIVING, MAYBE THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING, IF THAT'S AT ALL POSSIBLE. ANYONE.
THAT'S OUR SCHEDULE. NO, I DON'T SEE ONE EITHER.
SO I'M. I'LL LEAVE THAT ALL UP TO YOU.
IF MAYBE THE THIRD OR THE THE SECOND WEEK IN NOVEMBER OR THE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THE THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
AND THEN THE FOURTH WEEK IS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WEEK.
AND WE ALWAYS COULD DO IT IN DECEMBER. I THINK WE WERE JUST THINKING NOVEMBER TO AVOID, BECAUSE I KNOW WITH CONCERTS AND PLAYS AND PARADES AND JUST ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH HAVING FAMILIES IN ADDITION TO POLICE OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES WITH LOCAL EVENTS THAT SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL DISCUSS.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO MAKE A DECISION NOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS AND MAKE SURE IT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. 12TH 13TH 19TH, 20TH. OUR OPEN DAYS. I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS ROUGH DRAFT OUT AT THE END OF OCTOBER. I WANT TO IF WE GET THAT DONE IN THE 30TH OR EVEN BEFORE THEIR 25TH OR SOMETHING, THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THAT AND GET THEIR EDITS IN, IF THEY WANT ANY BEFORE WE MEET TO.
OKAY. AND I GUESS IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE COMMISSIONERS TO CORRECT.
WE IT'S IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THEM.
WE DON'T NEED THEIR APPROVAL ON IT. IT'S THE BOARD APPROVAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHERE YOU WOULD COME AND ATTEND A COMMISSIONERS MEETING AND PRESENT IT TO THEM.
AND AFTER THEY ADD THEIR EDITS, IF THEY ADD ANY, IF THEY WANT TO ADD ANY, THEY CAN. CORRECT? SURE.
YEAH. BUT THEY CAN HAVE INPUT ON IT.
SURE. AND IF WE ADD THOSE BACK IN, WOULD WE NEED TO MEET AGAIN TO APPROVE IT? FINALLY, YES IT WOULD.
UNLESS EVERYONE'S ON BOARD WITH THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW. BUT I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO MEET AGAIN.
OR MAYBE WE COULD DO A VIRTUAL MEETING OF SOME SORT, LIKE A TEAMS MEETING AND OR A, I DON'T KNOW, ZOOM. I'D HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC. WE WOULD HAVE TO MEET AGAIN AFTER THANKSGIVING IN DECEMBER SOMETIME.
EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.
TO APPROVE. TO THINK. CORRECT? CORRECT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE SEES ALL THE FINAL EDITS. PERFECT.
AND HAS TO MEET IT AS A GROUP TO TO VOTE AND APPROVE.
DONE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO I HAVE ANYTHING FOR KIM? SO THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
HOW'S THE 20TH SOUND? THE 20TH WORKS FOR ME.
OH, GOOD. THAT SUIT EVERYBODY.
I'M FINE. I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY BE HERE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT EVITE OUT.
PROBABLY THIS EVENING, SO I DON'T FORGET. AND THEN WE CAN GET IT ON ALL OUR CALENDARS. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW NEXT UP, SHERIFF'S REPORT.
AND I GUESS WE HAVE RJ REPRESENTING THE CAROLINE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TONIGHT, SIR? GOOD.
GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT. BOARD MEMBERS. JUST GO RIGHT DOWN THE LIST AS IT WAS PRESENTED TO US.
SO SINCE THE MAY 7TH, 2025 MEETING THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS PARTAKEN IN WAS ON MAY 11TH.
WE PARTAKE IN THE POLICE UNITY TOUR HERE IN DENTON.
MAY 25TH WAS THE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL IN RIDGELEY.
MAY 26TH THROUGH THE 31ST WAS THE PRESTON CARNIVAL.
JULY 26TH WAS THE LOCKER ROOM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 95TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
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AUGUST 5TH WAS THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT HOSTED BY THE LIONS CLUB IN FEDERALSBURG.AUGUST 7TH 2025 WAS THE CAROLINE HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT IN FEDERALSBURG. AUGUST 9TH THE BETHESDA METHODIST CHURCH PEACH FESTIVAL IN PRESTON, AUGUST 9TH, THE TOWN OF PRESTON SUMMER DAYS, AND THEN AUGUST 15TH AND 16TH WAS THE SUMMER FEST HELD IN THE TOWN OF DENTON.
THE ARREST STATISTICS FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
MISDEMEANOR AND OTHER ARREST 258, WITH 13 OF THOSE BEING DUIS.
THE STAFFING FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 45 SWORN PERSONNEL SIX TOTAL CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, WITH ONE CURRENT OPENING.
AND FOR THE FREDERICKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 32 ARRESTS ONE OF THOSE BEING FELONIES, 31 OF THOSE BEING MISDEMEANOR AND ONE BEING A DUI.
AS FOR ANY POLICY UPDATES YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE USE LEXAPRO. I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM THEM LAST WEEK.
THERE WAS THIS IS THE JUNE UPDATE.
THERE WAS SOME POLICY UPDATES THAT CAME OUT AS PERTAINS TO FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THE 2024 HOUSE BILL.
338 THERE WAS ONE POLICY THAT WAS DELETED, WHICH WAS PORTABLE AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDERS AND ITS ENTIRETY, AND WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW POLICY CALLED BODY WORN CAMERA POLICY.
AND PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE JULY 20TH 5TH OR JULY 1ST DEADLINE FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE BODY CAMERAS, CAMERAS ACCESSIBLE.
AND THAT'S PART OF SENATE BILL 71 FROM 2021.
THE BIAS BASED POLICING POLICY THAT WAS UPDATED TO ADDRESS COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS CALEA STANDARDS PROTECTED INFORMATION POLICY WHICH WAS UPDATED BECAUSE OF THE TWO 2025 HOUSE BILL 1222, WHICH REQUIRES GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO DEVELOP AND PUBLISH PROCEDURES TO PROTECT RESIDENTS PRIVACY BY PREVENTING THE SALE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL AND GEO GEOLOCATION DATA IN HARMFUL WAYS. AND THEN THE EMPLOYEE SPEECH EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL NETWORKING POLICY HAD BEEN UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE POLICY, WHICH WAS MORE OF A MAINTENANCE OF MANUAL CONTENT.
SO GRAMMATICAL CHANGES AND SOME VERBIAGE.
SO THAT'S ALL THE POLICY UPDATES WE HAD.
YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE TO GO THROUGH.
VEHICLE PURSUITS. THAT WAS CHANGING.
BUT AS FAR AS OUR MANUAL, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S CHANGED.
THAT'S CHANGED CURRENTLY OR IS GOING TO. NO. WE ALL. YEAH. ALL OURS IS UPDATED MINUS THE VEHICLE PURSUIT POLICY, WHICH WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ANY, FROM THE BOARD. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT THERE.
JUST ONE QUESTION. JUST ON YOUR CSO.
CSO ARREST THAT YOU HAVE OTHER WHAT WHAT WOULD BE OTHER DEFINED AS UNDER ARREST.
WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY. UNDER UNDER THE CSO ARREST STATS 275 FELONY 17 MISDEMEANOR.
SLASH. OTHER. WHAT OTHER SIMILAR WOULD BE LIKE EMERGENCY PETITIONS? IT COUNTS AS AN ARREST.
YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE DO A QUICK ARREST FOR WE ARREST SOMEBODY IN ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, FOR ANOTHER AGENCY WE CAPTURE AN ARREST FROM TRANSPORTING THEM FROM OUR LOCATION TO THEIR TO THE OTHER JURISDICTION.
AND ARE YOU CURRENTLY DO WE HAVE SRS ARE ALL IN PLACE IN SCHOOLS? CORRECT? DO WE HAVE EIGHT CURRENTLY? OH ONE COVERS BOTH COLONEL AND COLONEL MIDDLE AND COLONEL HIGH.
THAT'S WORKING OUT OKAY. YEP. COOL.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP.
MISS BRANDY. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HEY. MR.. MR. JACKSON, REPRESENTING THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WELCOME, SIR. THE THE STATS THAT WERE REQUESTED THEY PROVIDED ME WITH THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE FOR THE BOARD HERE TONIGHT.
CURRENTLY. AND THESE STATS ARE YEAR TO DATE BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU DID THIS YEAR TO DATE. I GUESS FROM NOW ON.
AND FROM PORTER MEETING RECORD EACH QUARTERLY MEETING.
BUT THIS YEAR TO DATE THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 14 SWORN, CURRENTLY HAS 14 SWORN OFFICERS.
CURRENTLY THERE'S 12 OFFICERS, ONE WHO IS ON EXTENDED LEAVE AND THAT LEAVES US TWO. WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS.
WE HAVE 12 OFFICERS, 14 SWORN POSITIONS AVAILABLE TO OPENINGS, AND ONE ONE OF OUR GUYS IS ON EXTENDED ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
AND THEN POLICE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN YEAR TO DATE THE MARTIN LUTHER KING MARCH ON
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JANUARY 20TH, MARTIN LUTHER KING MARTIN LOCKELAND MIDDLE SCHOOL DID A CIRCUIT COURTHOUSE MARCH 15TH TO SAINT PATTY'S DAY FIVE K RUN APRIL 5TH, AND THEN LITTLE LEAGUE PARADE.PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM MOCK TRAFFIC STOP.
THEY DID MOCK TRAFFIC STOPS HERE IN TOWN FOR DEALING WITH KIDS WITH AUTISM.
MAY 3RD NORTH CAROLINA HIGH TRACK AND FIELD FUN RUN.
MAY 14TH WAS DISCOVERY DAY PARTICIPATING IN DISCOVERY DAY.
ALSO ON MAY 14TH, THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICE WEEK CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.
MAY 15TH IS THE THIRD THURSDAY CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
THEY HAVE THIRD THURSDAY EVERY MONTH THEY HAVE CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT UP, DOWN AND SHUT DOWN UP NEAR THE PUB AND GUNFIRE.
MAY 15TH, THE THIRD THURSDAY CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
MAY 23RD. THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.
MAY 30TH WAS A SUPPER AT SUNSET.
JUNE 7TH PRIDE FEST JUNE 14TH.
I DON'T THINK ANY OFFICERS DID ANY KNITTING.
YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. THIRD THURSDAY CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT JULY 24TH WAS THE THIRD THURSDAY CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
AUGUST 15TH AND 16TH THE SUMMERFEST.
AUGUST 21ST IS THIRD THURSDAY CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT.
EVERY DAY THEY HAD THE CAR SHOW OR THE CRUISE IN.
I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH THROUGH THE SUMMER, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BLOCKS OFF THE STREET, AND THERE THEY'RE IN AND OUT OF THERE. SO FOR THIS YEAR THAT HAD BEEN WE ALSO RUN LEXAPRO, JUST LIKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
SO PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT HE TOLD YOU.
WE ALSO NOTICED THAT THAT WE HAVE TO UPDATE STUFF.
BUT YEAR TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN 20, 26 SEPARATE POLICY UPDATES FROM USE OF FORCE TO FACIAL RECOGNITION.
AND IF YOU WANT A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL OF THEM, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU. IF YOU WANT A LIST OF ALL THE POLICIES THAT WERE UPDATED STATISTICAL INFORMATION YEAR TO DATE, THE DENTON POLICE OFFICERS HAVE MADE 138 ARRESTS, 23 FOR FELONY VIOLATIONS, 80 FOR MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS, AND 35 FOR SERIOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
THREE OF THE SERIOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS WERE THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS HANDLED 8874 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 297 CRIMINAL REPORTS, 275 INCIDENT REPORTS, 11 MISSING PERSONS AND THREE ALCOHOL INFLUENCE REPORTS.
HE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THAT BASICALLY IS A IS A CITIZEN CONTACT. YOU GOT 8800 CITIZEN CONTACTS YEAR TO DATE.
SO SO IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT, THIS IS A LIST THAT WE WERE GIVEN FOR THIS MEETING. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH I THINK THE THE LEXAPRO FROM YOUR POLICIES I THINK ARE ONLINE.
CORRECT. YEAH. ALL THE POLICIES AND THEY'RE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO BE ONLINE.
THEY HAVE ON THE WEBSITE YOU'RE ALSO JUST SO THEY'RE ALL ACCESSIBLE.
YEAH, THEY'RE ALL ACCESSIBLE FOR THE STATE WEBSITE WHERE THEY GO ON OUR WEBSITE.
IS ARE YOU YOU ANSWER THIS ALEXA POSE PRETTY MUCH THE STANDARD SOPS FOR POLICING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. USE IT. YEAH.
IN THIS COUNTY. YES. EVERY EVERY AGENCY HAS AND IT'S IT'S JUST KEEPING UP WITH THESE AMOUNT OF POLICIES. IT'S JUST HAVING SOMEBODY LIKE AT A COMPANY THAT KEEPS UP.
WELL, THOSE POLICIES ARE VETTED THROUGH THE AG'S OFFICE.
CORRECT. PROBABLY. WELL, SO THEY'RE VETTED THROUGH FLEXIBLE HAS THEIR OWN ATTORNEYS THAT THAT VET ALL THE POLICIES, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MARYLAND AND FEDERAL LAW.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU MODIFY ANY POLICY, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY YOUR DEPARTMENT'S LEGAL.
PERFECT. SO THAT WAY, IT'S ALL THE HARD WORK IS ALREADY DONE. NO, NO, NO INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T.
YEAH IT DOESN'T. THEY CALL IT MAJOR POLICIES ARE VETTED BY OUR ATTORNEYS, AND I'M SURE THE TOWN ATTORNEY DOES THE EXACT SAME THING.
PERFECT. AND ONCE THEY GET A POLICY UPDATE AS YOU GO THROUGH IT, THEY MAY HAVE SOME STUFF LIKE MAINTAINING THE JAIL WOULDN'T APPLY TO US.
SO THAT WOULD BE CORRECTIONS. I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A CORRECTIONS POLICY. SO WHEN THESE POLICIES COME UP FROM MEXICO, THEY COME OUT QUARTERLY, MONTHLY, OR JUST AS
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THEY COME OUT WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY, THEY NEED TO.OKAY. AND THEN AS SOON AS THEY COME OUT, THEY COME TO YOU AND THEN YOU UPDATE IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY I MEAN, YOU YEAH.
YOU GET THEM. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM YOU MODIFY TO FIT YOUR AGENCY.
NOT ALL POLICIES ARE, YOU KNOW, READY JUST TO GO SOME YOU CAN SEND OUT, SOME YOU MAKE TO FIT YOUR AGENCY AND SOME YOU MAY NEED TO TRAIN ON.
CORRECT. YEAH. SO YOU NEED TO DO THAT BEFORE YOU WOULD ENACT IT OKAY.
PERFECT. LIKE I SAID, THE MAJOR POLICIES IS WHAT THEY CALL IT, THE ONES THAT ARE MANDATED.
AND ALL THE TRAININGS ARE UP TO DATE AND THEN LEXAPRO ALSO PUTS OUT IN THE BULLETINS, DAILY TRAINING BULLETIN AND DAILY TRAINING. AND IT'S JUST IT'S, IT'S A THEY'LL JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE AND THE OFFICERS REQUIRED AND IT'S ALL RECORDED SO THAT WE KNOW THEY'VE LOOKED AT THEM AND WE KNOW THEY ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
AND IT'S JUST A POLICY THAT'S IN THERE.
AND YOU GOT TO APPLY THE POLICY AND GO, OKAY, GOOD. SO IS THERE ANY HOW DO THE BLOCK PARTIES GO? I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON HERE. WAS THERE ANY THE BLOCK PARTIES IN DENTON WERE WE HAD WE HAD A COUPLE THAT AND THEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY.
OKAY. SO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ONE.
THE WORD WAS FLOATING AROUND ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THAT'S THE SATURDAY NIGHT OF SUMMERFEST. SATURDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY NIGHT OF SUMMERFEST. THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE ONE OVER THERE, AND THE OFFICERS KEPT A PRESENCE AND PLUS WENT AND MET WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, TRIED TO DIG AROUND INFORMATION, OKAY.
AND WE FIGURED THAT IT WAS MORE DRIFTED TOWARD CAMBRIDGE, SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SINCE THEN.
OKAY. WE ALSO IN THAT TO WHERE IT WAS COMING OUT OF THE MAIN PART, THE RENTAL PROPERTY THAT HAD SEVERAL APARTMENTS IN TOWN, WENT TO THE LANDLORD AND HAD A CONVERSATION, CHATTED A LITTLE BIT.
ENCOURAGED HIM NOT TO HAVE PARTIES.
WHAT'S YOUR OFFICIAL TITLE? ARE YOU SERGEANT? CAPTAIN? LIEUTENANT. I MISSED IT BY ONE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING. NEXT UP GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF LENNOX TRAMS. HOW YOU DOING TONIGHT, SIR? GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS OF GREENSBORO POLICE DEPARTMENT. BEFORE YOU START, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF YOUR REPORT? KIM, DOES HE HAVE A. NO, HE EMAILED IT TO ME.
I DON'T HAVE A COPY, BUT I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. OKAY.
I DIDN'T TELL HIM TO MAKE COPIES. SO YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK? YEAH. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. SO I PREPARED THE THE INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD AND AND KIM RAEDER COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND SO I DID IT BY THE LAST QUARTER, I THINK DEFINITELY THE YEAR TO DATE.
I THINK IT WAS SINCE THE LAST QUARTERLY.
BUT I CAN ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IF WE NEED IT, WE CAN ASK FOR IT.
YOU PROVIDE. WE DID THE FISHING DERBY IN MAY.
WE HAD QUITE A FEW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS COME OUT AND FISH WITH THE KIDS IN FISHING PARK OF GREENSBORO. WE HAD FIVE DAYS OF CARNIVAL WHICH WENT QUITE WELL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS A HECTIC WEEK.
JULY. WE HAD A CAR SHOW, A MUSIC FEST, WHICH WAS JUST AUGUST 31ST. THERE'S A GENTLEMAN, TREY LANDON, WHO'S A UP AND COMING COUNTRY ARTIST FROM. KENTUCKY.
AND HE'S BEEN HERE THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND THAT DREW QUITE A BIT OF ATTENTION.
AND THE CAR SHOW WAS OVER 220 CARS IN HIS CAR SHOW.
THE PUBLIC WORKS ACTUALLY PUTS THAT ON HOWEVER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE DO KIND OF ASSIST IN TRAFFIC CONTROL.
AND THEY HAD THIS BURNOUT PIT.
I SAW IT AS A LIABILITY, BUT THE TOWN OKAYED A BURNOUT PIT.
BUT THANK GOODNESS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY GOT HURT.
BUT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT SMOKING, BUT IT WAS FIREWORKS.
BUT YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
THANK GOODNESS THAT THERE WAS AN AUTISM AWARENESS EVENT AT THE GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT I ATTENDED.
I DID SEE THAT IT DID HAVE THAT TRAFFIC STOP.
I WANT TO SAY THE CHESAPEAKE COLLEGE MAY HAVE ALSO POSTED THAT.
I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND THAT.
HOWEVER GO INTO THAT AUTISM AWARENESS.
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IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.ACTUALLY, AFTER THAT EVENT, I PULLED OVER A RETIRED LEO AND THERE WAS A KID SCREAMING, YOU KNOW, IN THE BACK.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE HAS SUCH AS.
SO I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED ME TO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE SENSORY OVERLOADS. AND HE SAID, NO, THAT WAS FINE.
I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO KIND OF EXIT AND TALK TO ME.
HE SAID HE SAID IF HE EXITED, IT WOULD HAVE KIND OF THROWN THE CHILD WORSE.
SO WE JUST ENDED UP BEING AT THE TOP.
SO THAT WAS VERY USEFUL INFORMATION OF ATTENDING THAT AUTISM EVENT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
SO. ARREST IN THE LAST QUARTER, WE'VE HAD NINE ARRESTS.
TWO WERE FELONIES, AND THOSE WERE OUT OF STATE WARRANTS.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY IT WAS OUT OF DELAWARE.
THE PERSON HAD TWO FELONY WARRANTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO DETAIN THAT PERSON AND TAKE HIM TO THE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER ON A DETAINER. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID THAT THEY COUNT EMERGENCY PETITIONS AS ARRESTS.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A FEW HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I DON'T COUNT THOSE AS ARREST.
NONE OF THOSE. NONE. ADULT AND WE HAD ONE JUVENILE REFERRAL.
TO NINE ARRESTS. TWO TWO DWI ONE WAS AS A RESULT OF A CITIZEN WHO CALLED IN.
I THINK THEY WERE ON A SMALL ROAD.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD A DASH CAM, RECORDED THE CAR ALL OVER THE ROAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CALLED THE STATE POLICE OR DISPATCH DIDN'T ACTUALLY NOTIFY US.
MY OFFICER WAS WORKING, AND THEY DID A TO HIT A FIRE HYDRANT AT VOICE MAIL AND BROTHERS ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE JUST IN THE TOWN LIMITS, CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE.
THE DRIVER WAS IMPAIRED AND SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI.
OUR CURRENT STAFFING, WE ARE SLOTTED FOR FOUR OFFICERS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO OFFICERS AND WE ARE RECRUITING FOR TWO MORE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PART TIME OFFICERS. YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, I'M ONLY GOING TO HIRE FULL TIME OFFICERS.
I KNOW IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, GINSBURG DID HAVE SOME PART TIME.
SO WE WILL HAVE FOUR OFFICERS TO BE FULLY STAFFED.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SAME POLICY AS THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, SAME UPDATES.
USE OF FORCE, HANDCUFFING FIREARMS, VEHICLE PURSUITS, DOMESTIC, ALL THAT'S PRETTY GENERIC.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE AND TO MULTIPLE OF OTHERS.
KATHARINE HEPBURN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN POLICY.
TO COME OUT AS IT COME, AND WE CAN UPDATE THEM.
WE CAN MODIFY THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY USUALLY SEND A UPDATE OUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICE. SO WE SHOULD TRY TO FOLLOW THAT.
UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING TO OUR AGENCY.
FOR THE LAST 13 MONTHS, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH SHAY AND AND THE STATE TO GET A SPEED CAMERA RANKED BY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN HERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND EVERYBODY HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT.
IT'S A RACE TRACK UP IN THAT AREA.
I'VE DONE STATIONARY, YOU KNOW, RADAR, I'VE GOTTEN LOTS OF RESULTS.
SO I DID THIS PROPOSAL, AND COUNCIL HAD TO PASS THE ORDINANCE.
AND WE DO HAVE A SPEED CAMERA IN THE AREA OF THE GREENSBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE 600 BLOCK OF NORTH MAIN STREET.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF NEW. IT'S BEEN UP SINCE AUGUST THE 8TH.
LOTS OF DATA. WE'VE HAD OVER 500 CITATIONS THAT WERE ISSUED AND THEN SOME PAY, AND THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A FIRST NOTICE, AND THREE DAYS LATER THEY GET A SECOND NOTICE. THAT'S REALLY GENERATED A LOT OF ATTENTION.
SOME PEOPLE ON THE TOWN, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE SCHOOL ZONES TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT. YOU KNOW, ONE KID OR ADULT OR MAJOR ACCIDENT IS TOO MUCH.
SO ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
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ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.NO, SIR. MISS JAMES, YOU'RE VERY QUIET.
THANKS. I ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING, SO NO.
YOU'RE GOOD. THIS WAS SOMETHING I MEANT TO SPEAK ABOUT WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN, BECAUSE MORE THAN LIKELY, WHEN WE USE THE PUBLIC PORTAL OR CITIZEN USES PUBLIC PORTAL, IT'S FOR COMPLAINTS. BUT WE ACTUALLY GOT A COMPLIMENT FOR SERGEANT ADAMS IN YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES, YES. AND IT SAID THAT I MET GREENSBORO PD OFFICER ADAMS AT THE EXXONMOBIL ON GREENSBORO ROAD THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 18TH OF THIS YEAR.
OFFICER ADAMS APPROACHED MY VEHICLE UTILIZING GOOD OFFICER SURVIVAL SKILLS WHILE SPEAKING TO ME AND EXPLAINING EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO KNOW AS A CITIZEN.
OFFICER ADAMS WAS SQUARED AWAY IN HIS UNIFORM AND I BELIEVE HE DID A GREAT HE IS A GREAT ASSET TO YOUR AGENCY AND THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF GREENSBORO.
AND IT WAS FROM A MR. HAWKINS IN DOVER, DELAWARE.
YEAH. WE DON'T GET THOSE TOO OFTEN.
WE WANT MORE OF THEM. WELL, THAT'S ANOTHER REASON TO MAKE A POINT OF IT.
SO WE ENCOURAGE MORE LIKE THAT.
YOU. YOU'RE HIRING FOR TWO MORE OFFICERS.
YOU GOT TWO. HOW? WHEN ARE YOU LOOKING TO HAVE THOSE ON STAFF? I'M GOING TO ASK. I'LL ASK A FOLLOW UP TO THAT. ARE YOU HAVING ANY LUCK FINDING ANY APPLICANTS? OH, WE ARE, WE ARE.
OKAY. YOU KNOW IN THE PAST 18 MONTHS, HAVE WE BEEN A POLICE CHIEF? I'VE BEEN THROUGH PROBABLY 20, 25 YEAR OLD APPLICANTS.
HARDLY ANY OF THEM ACTUALLY FIT WHAT WE NEED.
SOME OF THEM HAVE AN ISSUE AT A LARGER AGENCY, AND THEY'RE APPLYING AT A VERY SMALL AGENCY.
AND THAT'S NOT REALLY A RED FLAG.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALLY DIG DEEP, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE 2018 TRAGEDY IN OUR OUR HIRING PRACTICE IS IS IS VERY INTENSE AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER ERROR.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING'S, YOU KNOW, COULD BE OVERLOOKED.
BUT WE ARE HIRING THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO DO COMMUNITY POLICING.
NOT SOMEBODY WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO BE A TROOPER AND GIVE EVERYBODY THOSE TICKETS AND BE ON IT. SO IN IN DOING THAT, WE'VE ONLY FOUND ONE WHO IS SILICON ATOMS? WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE HIRING PROCESS TO HIRE A THIRD OFFICER.
YOU KNOW, HE'S IN THE BACKGROUND PHASE NOW, AND I WAS ADVISED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL THAT MAYBE JULY OR NEXT FISCAL YEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HIRE A FOURTH OFFICER.
THERE IS A BIG DEPARTMENT COMING INTO OUR TOWN.
IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF CEDAR AND SCHOOL STREET.
I THINK WE WANT TO HAVE 120 HOMES.
SO I THINK THAT THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATING MORE CITIZENS.
SO THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET OUR FOURTH OFFICER AND THEN BE FULLY STAFFED.
SO FROM THE TIME YOU ENTER AN APPLICANT INTO THE PROCESS TO ON THE STREET.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THAT TIME FRAME IS? IT DIFFERS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
IF YOU GET A CERTIFIED OFFICER, IT'S A LOT FASTER.
YOU KNOW, BACKGROUNDS, USUALLY TWO, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS.
IT DEPENDS ON ALL THE PSYCHOLOGICAL OBVIOUSLY THE POLYGRAPH.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO MEET A LOT OF APPOINTMENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE KIND OF AT THE MERCY OF THE DOCTORS AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CERTIFIED TWO, TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IS A DECENT TIME SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE TO DIG MORE. BUT ON A, ON A GOOD CERTIFIED APPLICANTS, PROBABLY THREE AND A HALF MONTHS.
OKAY. A NON CERTIFIED, I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM TO THE ACADEMY. THAT'S SIX AND A HALF MONTHS. SO TO HIRE A PERSON WHO IS NON-CERTIFIED INSTRUMENTAL FROM APPLICATION TO IN THE ROAD TEN MONTHS TO A YEAR, AND YOU'RE PAYING THE OFFICERS SALARY BENEFITS. IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE ACADEMY, THEN YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE FOR THEM TO GO.
SO I'D SAY TO HIRE A NEW PERSON IS PROBABLY 80,000 $200,000.
YOU ARE GOING TO INVEST BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THEM YOU KNOW, ON THE STREET. SO THAT'S A LONG TIME.
SMALL AGENCY IS VERY TOUGH BECAUSE YOU ONLY HAVE 3 OR 4.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A DEAL.
THE LAST FIVE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE GONE TO THE ACADEMY FOR GREENSBORO HAS NOT MADE IT TO THE END. SOME PEOPLE HAVE FOUND OUT ON FIREARMS, SOMEBODY GOT COVID,
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GOT HURT, AND WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH CIVIL LIABILITY TO ONE GUY, HE CAME IN AND SAID, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE MY CAR AND MY FAMILY FARM.SO AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS IN.
SO WITH ONLY TWO OFFICERS ARE YOU WHAT'S YOUR WHAT'S YOUR COVERAGE LIKE? DO YOU DO EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS? TEN HOUR SHIFTS? SO AND THEN AFTER THAT, SORRY.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS WHO COVERS THE TOWN WHEN YOU'RE NOT THERE? SO PART OF THE MOU WITH THE CAROLINE COUNTY SCHOLZ OFFICE IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TO PROVIDE THE MOST COVERAGE AND TRY TO MINIMIZE, YOU KNOW, TWO OFFICERS WORKING THE EXACT SAME HOURS.
WE HAVE CRITIQUED IT. SO YOU KNOW, WITH TWO OFFICERS, YOU CAN'T GET 70 COVERAGE.
THREE OFFICERS. YES, BUT WITH TWO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST CAN'T GET 70 COVERAGE.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALTERED ON A 12 HOUR SHIFT, TWO WEEKS OF SHIFT, TWO WEEKS OF EVENING SHIFT.
AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS NOW ON A TEN HOUR SHIFT.
I THINK SOME DAYS IT'S OR SOME WEEKS IT'S SIX DAYS, I THINK. AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK IT'S FIVE AND THEN SIX.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO AND NOW YOU KNOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE HAD A THREE HOUR OVERLAP.
IF WE DO WORK THE SAME DAYS, THERE'S A THREE HOUR OVERLAP.
OKAY. WHEN WE'RE NOT ON DUTY, THE CAROLINE COUNTY SHIFTS DEPARTMENT.
THEY ALTERNATE CALLS WITH THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE.
SO ONE CALL GOES, YOU KNOW, TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THEN ONE CALLED GOES TO EXECUTE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU CHIEF.
NEXT UP, OPEN DISCUSSION PERIOD FOR BOARD MEMBERS.
ANYONE? NO. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
NO, I HAVE NOTHING. THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS A QUESTION FOR KIM.
THE STATUS OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE PEB.
I REMEMBER THAT BEING DISCUSSED AT THE COMMISSIONERS STEWART I THINK WAS WORKING ON.
YES, I'VE ALREADY I HAVE THEM ALL WRITTEN AND FOR BOTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, AND THEY'RE BEING REVIEWED BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.
AND SO WE'LL GET A ROUGH DRAFT OF THAT IN A MONTH.
I WOULD THINK SO, HOPEFULLY SOONER.
BUT I'LL JUST PUT A LITTLE BUG IN HIS EAR TO REMIND HIM.
I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING. YES, DEFINITELY. AND THEY ARE ALL COMPLETE.
THEY JUST NEED JUST SOME PROBABLY A REVIEW AND SOME TWEAKING.
PERFECT. BUT IT'S NOTHING NEW.
A LOT OF IT'S STRAIGHT OUT OF THE STATUTE. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED BASED ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN JULY, I BELIEVE, JULY 25TH. RIGHT.
FOR THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGING COMMITTEE, TRIAL BOARDS AND SO FORTH THAT YOU ALL WERE A PART OF AND THE PAC FUNDING THAT WAS CUT.
CORRECT? YES. SO WE DID RECEIVE THE GRANT FUNDING.
WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE MONEY YET, BUT I JUST TURNED IT IN THIS PAST FRIDAY, THE COMMISSIONER SIGNED. ACTUALLY, THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT WAS TUESDAY. THE COMMISSIONERS SIGNED OFF.
COMMISSIONERS SIGNED OFF ON IT THIS PAST TUESDAY.
I SIGNED OFF ON IT, AND THEN I SENT IT BACK OVER TO THE TO WHERE IT NEEDED TO GO.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT I'M WORKING WITH, AND THEY DID CUT OUR FUNDING IN HALF THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT.
SO THEY MAKE A LULL, GIVE YOU MONEY, AND THEN THEY TAKE IT AWAY.
WELL, WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS EARLIER. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN THE PAST WE'VE WE'VE HAD TOO MUCH AND WE'VE HAD TO RETURN MONEY.
SO THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HURT US.
BUT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO SPEND WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
AND THEN THERE'S NO MAKING THINGS UP AT THE END WHEN WE DO HAVE THIS ABUNDANCE THAT IS LEFT. SO MAYBE THIS TIME AROUND, THEY THOUGHT THEY'D JUST GIVE US A LITTLE LESS AND SEE HOW WE DO.
WE DID CUT OUT OUR TRAINING COSTS AND JUST A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
YOU KNOW I'M A PRO FOR GREENSBORO IS NOW OUT AS WELL AS FEDERALSBURG.
THOSE ARE JUST LIKE, RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
THAT FUNDING WAS CUT. SO WE'RE GOING TO FIND OTHER WAYS THAT THE CITIZENS CAN SUBMIT COMPLAINTS TO FEDERALSBURG AS WELL AS GREENSBORO, SINCE THEY'RE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO I PRO.
OKAY. BUT ACTUALLY, ON MONDAY, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR OF IT AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO KIND OF BRAINSTORM ON OTHER WAYS OF RECEIVING COMPLAINTS.
AND THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF OF GREENSBORO TO FIND OUT WHAT OUR ALTERNATIVES GOING TO BE.
BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT OUR CONTRACT IS GOOD THROUGH THE END OF APRIL.
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SO WE DO HAVE SOME TIME.YES. WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
IS THERE A PORTAL IN FEDERALSBURG? YES. OKAY. THEY'RE ALL THERE UNTIL THE CONTRACT EXPIRES, AND I THINK I HAVE TO CHECK ON FEDERALSBURG.
THAT MIGHT BE IN NOVEMBER, BUT I KNOW GREENSBORO IS THROUGH THE END OF APRIL. OKAY. CAPTAIN HELMER, I SEE YOUR REPORT.
YOU HAVE THE FREDERICKSBURG ARREST. DID YOU HAVE RIDGELY'S? SO THAT'S INCLUDED IN OURS.
PERFECT. OUR STATS IS FOR THE WHOLE JURISDICTION THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S GREENSBORO OR WHETHER IT'S HENDERSON. THAT'S JUST THE TOTAL FOR THE ENTIRE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INCLUDING ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. PERFECT. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAVE IS.
SO KIM AND I MET, I DON'T KNOW, 3 OR 4 WEEKS AGO, AND WE DISCUSSED THE NEW AGENDA MOVING FORWARD.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AND TALK TO THE BOARD MEMBERS IS A MORE CONCISE AGENDA THAT COVERS MORE STATISTICAL DATA, INFORMATION AT THIS LEVEL, TO REPORT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, TO GIVE A REPORT TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING RIGHT OUT THERE, THE OFFICERS ARE DOING. AND HOW DOES THE LEES LIKE THAT? SO IN MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL HAVE THE SAME AGENDA.
ANYTHING POSITIVE YOU CAN GET OUT? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.
YES. AND MY GOAL WAS TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF AGENDA MOVING FORWARD.
OF COURSE, WE CAN ADD STUFF TO IT IF BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO ADD TO IT, OR WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT TO AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE CAN MAKE A YEAR END REPORT FROM THESE REPORTS, AND IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER.
WITH DATA. SO NEXT MEETING WE'LL HAVE THE QUARTERLY REPORT FROM THE LAST QUARTER.
SO MOVING FORWARD THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.
AND THE LAST THING I HAVE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO MR. WHALEY ON THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER THIS MORNING.
WE ALL AS WELL WANT TO SEND OUT OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE WHALEY FAMILY AS THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
AND WITH THAT I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? COME ON SIR. THANK YOU.
NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
OH. THERE'S ONE. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS I'M CHRIS KENT, PRESIDENT OF THE FOP, WHICH INCLUDES ALL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FOP.
I MEAN, THE PAB FOR THE WORK THEY'VE DONE AND TREATING OFFICERS AS HUMANS.
THANK YOU. AND THAT'S OUR GOAL MOVING FORWARD TO DO THAT.
AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY, TO THE COUNTY AND THE PROTECTION OF OUR CITIZENS.
YES. AND WITH THAT, I'LL CALL FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. WE ADJOURN.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THANK YOU,
GUYS FOR COMING. I DON'T.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.