Notes from the September 25, 2012 Weekly Police Commission Meeting

• Police Commission President Andrea Ordin said she attended the Hispanic Forum last week and said it was a good conversation.  She added she was impressed with the Police Cadets and their stories.
• Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman stated he attended the Cease-Fire Forum last week and said he was pleased with the involvement of the community.  He added Captain Bill Scott, Commander Bob Green and Inspector General Alex Bustamante did an excellent job moderating the Forum.
• Police Commissioner Rafael Bernardino said he attended the Hispanic Forum last Thursday at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce with fellow Commissioners Ordin and Richard Drooyan.  He said it was a fantastic event and a particular community activist in attendance spoke very highly of the Chief and the Department.
• Police Chief Charlie Beck thanked the Commissioners for attending the community meetings and forums.  He said their attendance at these events make a huge difference.  Chief Beck also commended the Office of Operations and Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger for hosting more than 1,200 Police Cadets at Disneyland over the weekend.  He said it was the first time being at Disneyland for some of the Cadets and it spoke to the involvement of the Department in the community.  Chief Beck completed his comments by saying this weekend is the scheduled closure of the 405 freeway and it was time for people to begin planning alternative routes of travel.
• The verbal presentation and update from the Commanding Officer and Community Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) representative regarding community initiated problem solving, crimes strategies, and other programs and goals within the West Valley Area was removed from the agenda and rescheduled for a future date.
• The Department’s report, dated September 20, 2012, relative to the biased policing (BP) update, quarterly report, 2nd quarter 2012, and supplemental review of BP complaint recommendation to the Board of Police Commissioners, was continued.  Commission President Andrea Ordin asked the Department to discuss remaining issues with Police Commission Vice President John Mack and Commissioner Robert Saltzman and produce a possible re-draft of the recommendation.
• The Department’s report, dated September 19, 2012, relative to the request for proposals for Security Management Systems, was approved.
• The Department’s report, dated September 18, 2012, relative to the Major Crimes Division Intelligence guidelines for anti-terrorism intelligence section, as given by Deputy Chief Mike Downing, was approved.  Chief Downing informed the Board the new guidelines compliment what the federal government does and added the guidelines are more stringent then federal standards as far as civil liberties and privacy are concerned.  In order to for the Department to have an on-going undercover online investigation it must first receive written permission from the Chief of Police and the Board of Police Commissioners. Chief Downing completed his comments by stating anytime the Police Commission wants to know how many investigations currently exist the Department will provide that information.