Police Community Engagement Board

Police Community Engagement Board 11/29/2022@ 6:33 PM | Meeting called to order by Katy Miller 2. Roll Call Dr. Scott Groesch Lexie O’Brien Chief Dale Curtis Katy Miller (Zoom) Kevin Sombart Emerson Smith John Buck Paul Detrick Centron Felder Sloane Carfield (Zoom) 3. Review and Approve October 2022 Minutes Approval of October 2022 Minutes Motion by Lexie O’Brien Second by Dr. Scott Groesch All Board members vote in favor of approval 4. Update Report from WGPD Chief Curtis advised that there was no new business from the Police Department. Kevin Sombart questioned if there was a way for the PCEB to help spread information regarding how to avoid car theft and break-ins considering the many that have been reported recently. Chief Curtis gave a short description of some of the plans that the WGPD is currently researching to help curb this activity. It was reminded that locking your vehicle, not leaving keys inside of the vehicle, and removing all valuables from your vehicle is always the easiest way to avoid theft. 5. Report from Webster University ‘Redefining Public Safety’ Tabled 6. Updates from Board Members and Subcommittees A. Katy Miller advised that the Nominating Committee had met and are presenting Lexie O’Brien as the 2023 PCEB Chair and Centron Felder as the Vice Chair. Kevin Sombart motioned to approve the nomination; Dr. Scott Groesch seconded the motion. Votes in Favor - Dr. Scott Groesch, Katy Miller (Zoom), Kevin Sombart, John Buck, Paul Detrick, Centron Felder, Lexie O’Brien Votes Against – None Non-Voting Members – Sloan Carfield, Emerson Smith, Dale Curtis Chief Dale Curtis thanked Katy Miller for her time as Acting Board Chair. B. Communications subcommittee - Lexie O’Brien presented the following possibilities as a statement of purpose. 1.The purpose of PCEB is to maintain open lines of communication and help build trust with everyone who lives, works, studies and plays in our community. 2.Our goal is to understand community concerns about public safety and help open lines of communication that may literally save lives. It was discussed that option 2 may be leaning to hyperbolae. Lexie agreed that revisions should be made, and she will present additional options at a later meeting. C. Ordinance Compliance Subcommittee- Kevin Sombart and Dr. Scott Groesch presented the marked ordinance for presentation to City Council by Emerson Smith for corrections. The following list of responsibilities and duties was presented to the Board for discussion: Ordinance #9180 City Code, Chapter 4, Article XX Police Community Engagement Board Schedule of Responsibilities and Duties Com pletio Responsi Frequ Due Start n Notes and Responsibility/Duty ble Party ency Date Date Date Comments  11/29/2 9/1/20 Select Chair & Vice-Chair Board Annually Completed. 022 22 Board activity. List of Board responsibilities Develop and maintain Board Annually shown below should be annual plan of action included as well as the calendar of events. Report Board activities from Who is preparing the proceeding year to Chief of Board Annually report? Who will present Police, Mayor, City Council, to the audience? and City Manager Start date is the date the Monitor local data in the MO report is available. Data AG's Annual Vehicle Stops Board Annually discussed during the Report & facilitate meetings explained by community understanding. the Chief of Police. Board needs to decide Convene at least one when, how & what citizen-only listening session Board Annually venue. Post on calendar per year. being developed. Chairperson to collaborate Completed monthly or with Vice-chair to set Board Chair Monthly N/A N/A before each meeting. meeting agendas Board Chair Monthly N/A N/A Completed monthly. Keep meeting minutes and Completed at each board member votes on Board Monthly N/A N/A meeting. board actions Ongoing during meeting discussions. Request ideas from the community during Suggest methods to community group enhance relations between Board Ongoing engagements and WGPD & Community. community events. Provide a link or ability on the website for the community to provide ideas.  Once process is agreed Create & publicize a to by the Board, discuss process for the community with community groups to communicate concerns, Board Ongoing during engagements values, & priorities to the and events and post on Board. website. Provide Chief of Police, Ongoing during meeting Mayor, City Council, and discussions. Post Board Ongoing City Manager a community pertinent information on perspective for policing. website. Ongoing during meeting Promote public awareness discussions. Post of police programs, issues, Board Ongoing pertinent information on policies, and training. website. Facilitate Police Department transparency & Ongoing during meeting accountability to community discussions. Post Board Ongoing regarding police-involved pertinent information on incidents causing website. community concerns. Maintain a Board website Subcommittee with information specified in Board Ongoing developed. Ordinance. Awaiting direction from Webster Groves City Receive training on role Council. Individual Not systems & institutions play Unknow Board Specifi in maintaining racial n Member ed inequity. D. Education Subcommittee- Nothing to Report E. Public Safety Day Report of Participation Kevin reported having gone to the PSD at the New Firehouse Lexie reported having watched the burning house fire demonstrations and that she spoke to the “gunlock” participants. Centron sent a picture in an earlier e-mail of children interacting with a Police motorcycle and gave a brief account of his interaction. F. Nametags- The Board discussed the possibility of ordering nametags for events such as PSD at a cost of $30.00 each. It was further discussed if they could be the “inexpensive” kind. Lexie suggested she will look into some possible free options and report back. Emerson Smith gave a brief update of City Council including their Mission, Vision, and Values survey and the Strategic Planning Board. 6. Adjourn A motion to adjourn was presented by Paul Deitrich at 7:46 PM, was seconded by Centron Felder. and passed unanimously. The next meeting was set for January 24th at 6:30 PM prior to adjournment