HomeMy WebLinkAboutMN-CPB-1999-11-18 ITHACA COMMUNITY POLICE BOARD MEETING
MINUTES: Ithaca Community Police Board
PLACE Third Floor Common Council Chambers, City Hall
TIME & DATE November 18, 1999 at 3:30 p.m.
PRESENT: Commissioners: Pryor, Laskowitz, Killeen, Jones, Graham, Skibinski,
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Nelson
Chief Basile, Deputy Chief Barnes,
Nancy Falconer CPB Staff
Visitors: John Nigel Egitto, private citizen, Terry Garahan, CSW
Commissioner Pryor called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m.
1 Approve Minutes of Meeting September 23, and October 28, 1999
Minutes were approved unanimously for both meetings.
2. Comments From the Public
Mr. Egitto indicated that he wished to speak to the CPB. To
accommodate his request for more time than is usually allowed for
public comment, Chairperson Pryor extended the usual time from
three minutes to five minutes. Mr. Egitto objected to any time limit.
At the end of his five minutes, Commissioner Pryor asked him to
end his comments so that the Board could continue with its other
business. Mr. Egitto continued in a loud voice to disrupt the
meeting. Chairperson Pryor requested twice more that he stop his
commentary. Mr. Egitto again refused to end his disruption of the
meeting. At Chairperson Pryor's request, officers from the IPD
removed Mr. Egitto from the meeting.
4. Report from Common Council
No Alderperson was present to give a report.
5 Report From Police Chief
a) The Chief reported that the recruiting effort of the Police Department
has brought in over 200 responses. Twenty-seven percent of these
were female and seventeen percent were persons of color. Test
taking preparation classes have started at GIAC and will continue
until December 11, when the actual tests are given.
b The Chief reported speaking to the Director of Victim Witness
Services, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Roberta (Bobbi) Wallace,
who has given hate crime training to other groups. The training
concentrates on how to differentiate between hate crimes and
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the usual type of crime. She will be doing a 'Train the Trainer'
session in Ithaca sometime soon.
c) The first annual memorial session was held November 17 at Calvary
cemetery in Ithaca to honor Public Safety Officers who have died in
service to their communities. It is expected that this will be a yearly
event held on the anniversary of Officer Mike Padula's death
d) A motion was made by Commissioner Jones to commend Deputy
Chief Signer and others who participated in the recruiting efforts.
This was seconded by Commissioner Killeen, and was approved
unanimously.
6. Old Business
a) Commissioner Pryor announced that she has made contacts with
some young people at ACS about attending a CPB Board meeting.
She has also contacted Mayor Cohen about the age requirements for
those on the Board. Commissioner Pryor suggested that the Board
could invite young people who wish to come to the Board meeting in
December, and the meeting could then focus on their concerns. The
members of the Board agreed to set aside 30 minutes and to
advertise that the meeting is open for youth and young adults to share
their concerns.
b) Commissioner Graham reported that staff from AIDSwork visited
Northampton, Massachusetts on November 12-13 to check out the
Harm Reduction Program and its results, but will have to wait until the
waiver from the State Health Department is granted to begin any of
the Harm Reduction Program here.
New Business
Commissioner Jones asked Chief Basile about the gun repurchasing
programs that have been held elsewhere, and if this had been
considered here. Chief Basile said that these programs are not
effective at getting the 'Saturday Night Specials' turned in, and are
not being considered.
The meeting adjourned to Executive Session at 4:15.