Citizens Police Advisory Group

Hampton Police Division Office of the Chief of Police CITIZENS POLICE ADVISORY GROUP October 3, 2019 SUBJECT: Citizens Police Advisory Group Meeting – 6:00pm held at HPD’s Townsend Community Rm, 5th Fl. MEMBERS & HPD PERSONNEL PRESENT: Robert Boester, Chairman Angelo Sugg, Jr. Chief Terry Sult Jonathan Welters James Bailey Lt. Col. L. Martin Charles Powell GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE: Capt. Taylor Heckman, 633rd SFS SMSgt Christopher T. Clark, 633rd SFS MEMBERS ABSENT: Steve Bond, ACM Jimmy Gray, Vice Mayor Ann Cherry Brandi Law, DCA William Beach Rev. Andre McCloud John Gately Bishop Lamont Moss OPENING: • Chairman, Robert Boester, opened the meeting. • Minutes from the June 13, 2019 meeting – Chairman Boester asked for a motion to approve the minutes. o Motion made from the floor and seconded. o All approved. o Minutes from the June 13, 2019 meeting were approved. DISCUSSION: • Committee Vacancies o There are several positions that need to be filled (Youth Rep and HU Rep). Page 1 of 3  Hampton Police Division Citizens Police Advisory Group Meeting – October 3, 2019 o Some current positions will be expiring and one member has only attended one meeting. o Some positions are limited to the type of Seat being filled (i.e. NASA, Langley AFB, HCS, etc.). o Other Seats (i.e. Unity Commission, Neighborhood Commission, etc.) receive nominations from their Committee to serve on this Board. o Chairman asked Committee Members to submit recommendations; will thereafter submitt in writing any Committee recommendations to City Council for consideration. • High Profile Cases o Chief Sult discussed briefly the following cases:  Noah Tomlin – 2 yr. old missing child.  Buckroe Beach shooting o One problem is the courts are reluctant to remove children from the homes; however, the problem is that there is an assumption there is a home to take them out of, and then the children are set up for failure; must have a system in place to hold the courts more accountable. o Neighborhood Commission has a growing concern with violent crime and in their attempt to get HPD’s story out, they are unable to obtain information especially when it involves juvenile(s). • Peninsula Crime Summit o Chief discussed the Peninsula Crime Summit held in June with federal, state and local agencies; several CPAG members attended the afternoon session.  Morning session was for Law Enforcement Executives.  Afternoon session was for community leaders to discuss the violent crime problem so LE can get the community’s perspective. o Everyone who attended came to the conclusion that all agencies have the same priorities – Guns, Gangs and Drugs, and need to work collaboratively, keeping the focus on these issues. o HPD had a follow-up meeting with Newport News Police Department (NNPD), FBI, U.S. Attorney, Commonwealth Attorney, State Police, etc. to review next steps. Page 2 of 3  Hampton Police Division Citizens Police Advisory Group Meeting – October 3, 2019 o U.S. Attorney was granted $75K to enhance the Project Safe Neighborhoods program to identify top violent criminals and begin to track their history of violations to get them off the streets. o There is a model program in Roanoke and representatives are scheduled to come to the Peninsula to brief us on how they run their program so we can learn their best practices. • Topics for next meeting – will look at reviewing additional policies. • Tour of Police Training Academy commenced. NEXT MEETING: • Next meeting: Thursday, December 5, 2019, 6pm o Location: HPD’s Townsend Community Room, 40 Lincoln Street, 5th Floor. Meeting adjourned at 1907 hours. Page 3 of 3