Public Safety Advisory Commission

Minutes UN Public Safety Committee Commission Regular Meeting Minutes OF Thursday, November 16th, 2023 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. UPPD/ 3612 Drexler Dr W FI 1. Call to Order CI Meeting called to order at 6:01PM by Amy Booth 2. Roll Call AL Public Safety Commission Members Present Ruthann Reim Emily Calhoun Kim Nordby Amy Booth Guests Lance Nelson, WPFR Public Safety Commission Members Excused Pete Whipple Diane Bendixen James Feore Staff Present Jennifer Hales DO Non-Voting Member Present Chief Pat Burke, UPPD Assistant Chief Scott Adams, WPFR Madison Wells, UPSD N ME Members (voting or not) not present 3. Approval of Minutes CU Ruthann made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Diane. Unanimously approved. 4. Public Comments No public present 5. Introduction of new non-voting school member, Madison Wells, UPSD T Torey Heidelberg introduced Madison Wells as a new alternate member, representing UPSD when he is unable to attend. University Place City Hall 3715 Bridgeport Way West Tel 253.566.5656 University Place, WA 98466 Fax 253.566.5658 www.CityofUP.com  Madison went to school in Idaho and graduated with a sociology degree. She is working with health nd safety. Madison grew up in UP and went to CHS. Is happy to be back to UP. 6. UPPD/ WPFR/ UPSD report outs UPSD: Successfully hosted two large football games. Logistics are difficult. Torey is very impressed with the CHS safety team as they plan for these events. There is an abundance of surveillance/ staffing at these events. UN Had a gun event in the last couple months. Torey was very grateful to Chief Burke and the UPPD team for their increased presence at the school during that time. Parents and staff are also very appreciative. Torey is on the WSSO and the Pierce County DEM K12 group – very engaged in school safety. Torey feels OF good if something catastrophic happens. Escalating student behavior. It is out of control right now. The staff is struggling. UPSD is doing the best they can to help get through this. FI UPSD is working with City engineering to address traffic safety issues/ grant funding. Schools have ongoing concerns about traffic safety and are always interested in how they can partner with the City to increase traffic and pedestrian safety. CI Working with Moms Demand Action to set up a safe gun storage class with Dan Hacker. Fentanyl Town Hall at CHS on 11/29 from 6-8PM. AL WPFR: Chief Michael Dobbs our newest member of the PSAC, replacing Chief Scott Adams. Used to be a dispatcher and a reserve police officer before getting into Fire. Used to manage Firecom. Looking at ways to improve fire safety for this next season. DO Staring the cooking season, increased kitchen fires and extension cord fires. AB: Would like more information on Connected Care outreach efforts/ calls. KN: Is WPFR having issues with safety at calls. That is something that will always be a problem. Our N partners in LE will always be there to support us. Partnerships at all levels has improved. ME UPPD: Hosted interviews for 4 patrol/ temporary vacancies. In January we’ll have 4 new patrol people. We should have an update in the next few weeks on a staffing agreement. CU Green Firs event in December/ Chief and patrol staff walking around, talking with patrons and businesses. Business emphasis work is going well, and Chief is getting great feedback from the grocery stores about the effect on overall theft and staff/ shoppers feeling safer. 7. Proposed workplan discussion T Discussion on proposed workplan document. Commission’s primary focus is on traffic safety concerns and finding ways to examine potential traffic safety improvements/ tools. James made a motion to approve the workplan and Ruthann seconded the motion. Workplan approved unanimously. page 2 8. Other business 9. Adjournment No further business on the agenda – meeting adjourned at 7:33PM Respectfully submitted by: UN Jennifer Hales Public Safety Administrator UPPD OF Approved as submitted/amended 1.18.24 FI CI AL DO N ME CU T page 3