Public Safety Committee

Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Committee April 21, 2026, at 4:00 PM City Council Chambers, City Hall 200 Lincoln Avenue MINUTES 1. CALL TO ORDER Start time: 4:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Members Present Councilor Amanda Chavez Member Bruce Finger Member Steven Pilcher Member Aurora Martinez Member Cameron Crawford Member Aric Wheeler Member Christine Robertson Vice Chair Ted Bolleter Member Laura Liswood There was a quorum. Others in Attendance Interim Chief of Police Thomas Grundler, Interim Fire Chief Scott Ouderkirk, Deputy Police Chief Benjamin Valdez, Emergency Management Director Kyle Morgan, Police Captains, Patrick Trujillo, Ryan Alire-Maez, Lawrence Barnett, and Amanda Montano, Lieutenant Jesus Rodriguez, Crime Analyst Tino Alva, Detective Anthony Sweeny, Firefighter Rollin Jones, RECC Deputy Director Kiesha Chavez, City Councilors Pilar Falkner and Paul Bustamante, Axon Representatives, and Admin. Manager Katherine Christner. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: a motion was made by Member Finger, seconded by Member Wheeler, to Approve the Agenda as presented. VOTE: The motion was passed on a voice vote. For: Chair Chavez, Member Bolleter, Member Martinez, Member Finger, Member Pilcher, Member Crawford, Member Wheeler, Member Robertson and Member Liswood. Against: None Abstain: None 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of March 17, 2026 Minutes MOTION: A motion was made by Member Robertson, seconded by Member Wheeler, to Approve the Minutes. VOTE: The motion was passed on a voice vote. For: Chair Chavez, Member Bolleter, Member Martinez, Member Finger, Member Pilcher, Member Crawford, Member Robertson, Member Liswood and Member Wheeler. . Against: None Abstain: None 5. PRESENTATIONS a. Santa Fe Police Department Drone As First Responder (DFR) Strategic Plan (Ben Valdez, Deputy Chief of Police; bpvaldez@santafenm.gov) b. Artificial Intelligence (AI) utilization within the Fire Department. (Scott Ouderkirk, Interim Fire Chief, slouderkirk@santafenm.gov https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PZxPUnik8vqpeeD_ptcPVqhTotaLAI UX88JuZvFVZ80/edit?usp=sharing 6. ACTION ITEMS 7. DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Governing Body's interest and consideration of eliminating standing committees. 8. MATTERS FROM POLICE, INTERIM CHIEF THOMAS GRUNDLER a. March 2026 Crime Stats and Crime Mapping 9. MATTERS FROM FIRE, INTERIM CHIEF SCOTT OUDERKIRK 10. MATTERS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DIRECTOR KYLE MORGAN  11. MATTERS FROM RECC, DIRECTOR ROBERTO LUJAN 12. MATTERS FROM THE COMMITTEE 13. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR 14. NEXT MEETING: May 19, 2026 15. ADJOURN End time: 6:05 p.m. K S Christner Amanda Chavez ____________________________________ _______________________________________ Amanda Chavez (May 26, 2026 08:15:06 MDT) Liaison Chair