Police Community Engagement Board

minutes Meeting Title 10/22/2019 6:03 PM PD Conference Room 4 S. Elm Meeting called by Kevin Sombart Type of meeting Police Community Engagement Board Facilitator Kevin Sombart Note taker Erin Klippi Timekeeper Erin Klippi Roll Call/Speakers Kevin Sombart In Attendance John Thomas Karen Alexander Dr. Scott Groesch Katy Miller Mayor Gerry Welch Chief Dale Curtis Rev. Eric Hayes Agenda Item 3 Approve 9/24/19 Motion for approval by: Dr. Scott Groesch Minuets Second by: Katy Miller Discussion NA Conclusions All Approved Action Items Person Erin Klippi Responsible Action item 1 Send to City for Website Conclusion Sent 11/6/2019 Action item 2 Presenter Name NA Agenda Item 4 Discussion of minutes Body Camera footage of Felony Stolen Vehicle Stop Discussion General discussion was had regarding the council’s reaction after viewing the Body Camera Video of the Felony Stolen Vehicle Stop Council member Karen Anderson expressed her personal opinion of the footage and expressed her feelings regarding how the felony stop was conducted by the Officer. Kevin Sombart advised Karen that comments or questions regarding police procedure should be directed to Chief Dale Curtis. Chief Dale Curtis expressed that the language and optics may not have seemed good, but the tactics of the officer were sound due to the occupant of the vehicle refusing a lawful order. While the expressions of the officer away from the vehicle may not have always been ideal, he was respectful in ensuring that he maintained control of the situation. Rev. Hayes expressed thoughts on police training. Dr. Scott Grosch suggested a scripted way to deescalate both for the officer and suspect, reminding the suspect the that everything is being recorded for everyone’s safety. General discussion regarding people’s perception of police come from their own experiences. Kevin Sombart expressed that the video is taken as a learning experience and reminded the board that this is an engagement not an oversite board. Dale Curtis expressed that in instances such as this, a debriefing does happen and briefly reviewed the police department body camera policy. Conclusions No action Items Action Items Person NONE Responsible minutes Action item 1 None Agenda Item 5 Review Information Per Dale Curtis after discussion with the Editor of the Post Regarding Dispatch they suggested an Op Ed and have no intent to 9/17/2019 Post retract their misinformation that was published. Dispatch Article Dale Curtis explained how our Racial Bias training is actually conducted and explained the actual costs of such training. Conclusions Next Annual report will be more detailed in explaining the training of the PD. Action Items Person Responsible NONE: Presenter Name Date | time NONE Presenter Name Date | time Agenda Item 6 Assignments for Tabled with the exception of an invitation from the Alliance Contacting for Interracial Dignity November 14th 2019. Webster Community Groups Action Items Person Deadline Responsible Will attend AID meeting Eric Hayes 11/14/2019 Karen Anderson minutes Katy Miller Gerry Welch (will take notes) Possibly Attending Dr. Scott Groesch Gerry suggested that at the AID and further meetings that the board dictates the questions that will answered to maintain consistency. The meeting will have to be promoted due to being a quorum of the board. Agenda Item 7 Discussion of Kevin Sombart presented 4 potential survey questions for Messaging & citizen review Possible survey (attached). Questions for Presentations to Katy Miller suggested making the questions Webster Groves Webster Police Specific and presented the following 4 questions of a Community 1-10 scale Groups 1. How Confident are you that you know what to do when you are stopped by a Webster Groves Police Officer? 2. How Safe do you feel as a Webster Groves Resident? 3. What is your perception of the WGPD relationship with the community? 4. What is your perception of Police and community relationships in General? Dr. Scott Groesch suggested a question asking how likely you would be to call the WGPD for assistance to gage trust. Katy Miller suggested an open-ended question asking what the community would like to see form the engagement board. Dr. Scott Groesch suggested a positive question be included in the survey Suggestion was made to add where you took the survey to further breakdown responses Conclusions No More than 10 Questions settling on a consistent format Action Items Person Deadline Responsible Dale Curtis will forward Kevin Sombart the PD’s Chief Dale Curtis existing survey for review. minutes Karen Anderson will look in to a survey app called “slido” for presentations Kevin will send question list to Board prior to 11/12/2019 next meeting Agenda Item 8 Remarks from Guests None at this time Discussion Action Items Person Deadline Responsible Agenda Item 9 Confirmation of Next Scheduled November 12th 2019 6 pm Meeting minutes Discussion Action Items Person Deadline Responsible NONE Agenda Item 10 and Adjourn Call for a motion by Kevin Sombart, motion to adjourn by Karen Anderson Second by John Thomas Discussion Meeting Adjourned 7:32 PM Action Items Person Deadline Responsible Observers in attendances included but were not limited to: Rev. Dave Denoon