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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CPB-1998-6-25 wArti CITY OF ITHACA /CI,i:: `i I 318 North Al bane Street Ithaca. Ncrc furl: 1 1850 ii]_11 `e1 11/11 a ,a o r s aft rot CONINIl'NITY POLICE 130A RI) "`,g7RjTEp_-� nn-pnunc. t,r =sn vv ITHACA COMMUNITY POLICE BOARD MEETING MINUTES: Ithaca Community Police Board PLACE: Second Floor Conference Room, City Hall TIME & DATE: June 25, 1998 at 3:30 p.m. PRESENT: Commissioners Jones. McGruder, Nelson, Pryor, Seligmann, Chief Basile, Alderperson Sams. Deborah Clover, CPB Staff. Shaun Kelleher, Press 1. Commissioner Pryor called the meeting to order. 2. Minutes of Meeting of April 20, 1998. The April 20 minutes were not yet transcribed and so were unavailable for review. 3. Approve Minutes of Meeting of May 28, 1998. By Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner McGruder. RESOLVED, That the minutes of the May 28, 1998 Community Police Board Meeting be approved as published. Carried Unanimously 4. Comments from the Public: Shaun Kelleher from the Ithaca Times was present to observe the meeting. He is writing an article for the Times. 5. Report from Common Council: Alderperson Sams reported that the Community Issues Meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 8. She requested that a budget be prepared and delivered to her by Thursday, July 2, for inclusion in the packet to Council members. The vacancy on the Community Police Board due to Bob Sarachan's resignation may be filled temporarily if necessary, but it is expected to be short-term. Commissioner Sarachan wants to rejoin the Board and will most likely be reappointed once his position with the City terminates. 6. Report of the Chief: Chief Basile reported on the following: • In response to Alderperson Sams' request last month that statistics be kept on misunderstandings that are clarified by the Police, Chief Basile stated that these are handled by the Sergeants, not The Chief, and so it is hard to keep statistics. 0 ITHACA COMMUNITY POLICE BOARD Page 2 Meeting Minutes June 25, 1998 • Interviews for two open Neighborhood Police positions to cover Northside and the Commons will be taking place next Monday, June 29. Chief Basile hopes to have these officers hired as soon as possible. There are two applicants for two positions. Both are in-house line officers and are very qualified for the positions. Their appointment is pending contingent on passing the review board. • Sgt. Keith Loson retired effective June 19. His duties are being split between two supervisors. He will be sorely missed. • The DARE middle-school program has been completed fully at Boynton and half-way at DeWitt. It will resume again in October. No program was offered at ACS as they were not interested. • In response to a question on the adequacy of funding, Chief Basile stated that the DARE Program provides 10-50 minute presentations at the middle-schools; it does not do t-shirts, etc. At the middle-schools as it does for the Core Program at elementary schools. The program also funds training, conferences, and workbooks. Commissioner Jones commented that all Service Clubs in the City should get behind the program and provide funding. • The police officers voted down the contract. Chief Basile doesn't know what the next step is. • Diversity Training is being finished with officers who didn't get it previously. Approximately 80% of the force will have completed this training in the first round. Zelda Lockhart is compiling the evaluations and will use these as a jumping off point for the second round of training. 7. Comments from PBA President: There was no one from the PBA present. 8. Old Business: The CPB reported on the following topics: • A laurel was submitted to the Ithaca Journal commending the police efforts during the search for the boating accident victims in the Inlet. • Revisions to the brochure were suggested and discussed, particularly the distinction between formal and informal complaints. An informal complaint is a situation that requires some clarification, but doesn't need to go through the complaint procedure. It was decided to rephrase the term "informal complaint' to be "How to pursue concerns informally." Staffperson Clover will make revisions based on the Board's discussion and mail the new brochures to Commissioners. Commissioners are asked to reply within 48 hours if they have any further concerns or recommendations for changes. • The Appeal Process was deferred to the July 23 meeting. ITHACA COMMUNITY POLICE BOARD Page 3 Meeting Minutes June 25, 1998 9. New Business: • The Auburn Citizen newspaper contacted both Commissioner Pryor and Chief Basile. There is a movement in that city to start a Community Police Board. • Shaun Kelleher has interviewed Alderperson Sams for his article on the CPB. He has asked for an interview with Commissioner Pryor as well. Commissioner Pryor would be willing to be interviewed along with Commissioner Seligmann, but will ask Shaun to provide her with a list of questions in advance. • Chief Basile is willing to give tours of the Police Department whenever it is convenient for people If Commissioners would like to go an a ride along, he recommends the 3 - 11 p.m. shift. Commissioner Seligmann likes the 11 p.m. - 7 am shift. • An open house and reception is scheduled for Friday, July 17, from 5-7 p.m. at GIAC. Staffperson Clover will send invitations to community leaders as well as police officers. Commissioner Pryor and McGruder will help with planning. 10. Adiournment: The next meeting of the Community Police Board is scheduled to be held July 23, 1998 at 3:30 p.m. in the Second Floor Conference Room at City Hall. On a motion by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Nelson, the Community Police Board adjourned into Executive Session.