Police Community Engagement Board

Police Community Engagement Board 4/25/2023@ 6:36 PM | Meeting called to order by Lexie O’Brien 2. Roll Call Dr. Scott Groesch Lexie O’Brien Chief Dale Curtis Katy Miller Jill Magruder Centron Felder Sloan Carfield 3. Review and Approve March 2023 Minutes Approval of March 2023 Minutes Motion by Scott Groesch Second by Centron Felder All Members voted in the affirmative with spelling correction to Jill’s last name 4. Update Report from WGPD Chief Curtis advised gave a presentation covering department policies including staffing levels, the 8 pillars of use of force, CALEA certification, the AG disparity report, and CIT training. He additionally presented video to the board of dangerous stops. He answered questions of the board regarding CIT and social workers within police departments. 5. Purpose Exercise The board participated in a purpose exercise to create word clouds to help them more clearly define a new purpose statement. They reviewed elements of good purpose statements. They will attempt to rewrite the purpose outside of the meeting. 6. Updates on DEI and Lanyards No update on DEI Lanyards are being printed 7. Topic leader signups a. May – police training, Dale (may bring in training coordinator or police officer) Chief Curtis will present video of WGPD officers traffic stops b. June – traffic stops report, John, Lexie and Dale (once the numbers are released) Discussion was had regarding the usefulness of the data as presented. Chief Curtis will compile data for a 12–15-mile radius. c. July – school safety, SROs, response to shootings, Jill and Sloane d. August – mental health/overdose call diversions, 988 national line, Katy and Scott (Katy will attempt to recruit someone who is working with the program) 8. Mid-month Zoom meeting? If mid-month meetings are held, they should be limited to ½ hour. Chief Curtis will check the city zoom schedule. Prior to the meeting Lexie sent the updated PSA to Jenny to include on social media – they will work on a new PSA about Fireworks 9. Adjourn Motion by Dr. Scott Groesch Second by Centron Felder All voted in approval