• Police Commission Vice President John Mack attended the Department’s 30 year pin ceremony with Police Commission President Andrea Ordin. He said it was a very moving ceremony and congratulated all the recipients for their service to the City.
• Police Commissioner Rafael Bernardino attended a landscaping event at Topanga Community Police Station. He said he was happy to see a good turnout for the event.
• Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman attended a Compstat meeting in South Bureau. He said the focus was on Southwest Division and he was very impressed with Deputy Chief Bob Green and Captain Paul Snell and their presentation.
• Police Chief Charlie Beck thanked Commissioners Mack and Ordin for attending the 30 year pin ceremony. He also thanked Commissioner Saltzman for attending the Compstat meeting and said it was important for the Commissioners to attend these meetings. Chief Beck completed his comments by saying he attended the Taste of Soul event in South Bureau and said it was a well-attended event with many representatives from the Department in attendance.
• The Department’s report, dated October 1, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant application for the 2012 Internet Crimes Against Children program grant from the California Emergency Management Agency, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated October 11, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant award for the fiscal year 2012-2013 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, as given by Captain Philip Fontanetta, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council. Captain Fontanetta informed the Board the grant money is in the amount of $1 million and will be used to conduct 70 DUI saturation patrols, 62 distracted driver enforcement details, 12 motorcycle safety courses and the purchase of eleven-thousand dollars in equipment.
• The Department’s report, dated October 9, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant agreement for the fiscal year 2012-2013 sobriety checkpoint mini-grant program from the University of California Berkeley – Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, as given by Captain Philip Fontanetta, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council. Captain Fontanetta said there are two grants which total about $2.17 million and will be used to conduct 160 DUI checkpoints from October 1, 2012- September 30, 2013. The remaining of the funds will be used to purchase eleven-thousand dollars in supplies.
• The Department’s report, dated October 19, 2012, relative to the request for approval of second supplemental professional services agreement with King Van & Storage., Inc., Contract No. C-114477, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated October 19, 2012, relative to the request for approval to negotiate an agreement with selected proposers for court reporter services, was approved.
• The Department’s report, dated October 19, 2012, relative to the audit/inspection recommendation status report for October 12, 2012, was approved. The Commission asked the Department for additional information for future presentation.
• Police Commissioner Rafael Bernardino attended a landscaping event at Topanga Community Police Station. He said he was happy to see a good turnout for the event.
• Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman attended a Compstat meeting in South Bureau. He said the focus was on Southwest Division and he was very impressed with Deputy Chief Bob Green and Captain Paul Snell and their presentation.
• Police Chief Charlie Beck thanked Commissioners Mack and Ordin for attending the 30 year pin ceremony. He also thanked Commissioner Saltzman for attending the Compstat meeting and said it was important for the Commissioners to attend these meetings. Chief Beck completed his comments by saying he attended the Taste of Soul event in South Bureau and said it was a well-attended event with many representatives from the Department in attendance.
• The Department’s report, dated October 1, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant application for the 2012 Internet Crimes Against Children program grant from the California Emergency Management Agency, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated October 11, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant award for the fiscal year 2012-2013 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, as given by Captain Philip Fontanetta, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council. Captain Fontanetta informed the Board the grant money is in the amount of $1 million and will be used to conduct 70 DUI saturation patrols, 62 distracted driver enforcement details, 12 motorcycle safety courses and the purchase of eleven-thousand dollars in equipment.
• The Department’s report, dated October 9, 2012, relative to the transmittal of the grant agreement for the fiscal year 2012-2013 sobriety checkpoint mini-grant program from the University of California Berkeley – Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, as given by Captain Philip Fontanetta, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council. Captain Fontanetta said there are two grants which total about $2.17 million and will be used to conduct 160 DUI checkpoints from October 1, 2012- September 30, 2013. The remaining of the funds will be used to purchase eleven-thousand dollars in supplies.
• The Department’s report, dated October 19, 2012, relative to the request for approval of second supplemental professional services agreement with King Van & Storage., Inc., Contract No. C-114477, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated October 19, 2012, relative to the request for approval to negotiate an agreement with selected proposers for court reporter services, was approved.
• The Department’s report, dated October 19, 2012, relative to the audit/inspection recommendation status report for October 12, 2012, was approved. The Commission asked the Department for additional information for future presentation.
I would like to participate, but the language you try to communicate with society is poor. I encourage you to take this note closer since you claim yourselves like the "citizens' voice".
I do not mean that fully accessible government code – I want to know all the problems the police commission at least tries to solve. The current communication appears bad; neither online postings of weekly meetings, nor open meetings itself are informative.
Recall my first note: even the provided speaker’s equipment is not used. I understand you are in your home, but being an invitee I would like to feel me comfortable here either.
William Bratton's open mind in the offer of police communication with community is readable and hence still actual. Turnaround into work must be tangible.
Look, you wrote somewhere “to win back the city's trust, Chief Bratton and the department put systems into place to create an organization where information and changes occurring in the department would be freely shared with the community and media.
Chief Bratton left to grow further and does it, but it looks like his legacy and success has been started forgotten quickly.
Really, e.g., after looking into 10.23.12 online report.
1. The Department’s 30 year pin ceremony. It would be better to say something like that: a pinning ceremony is a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated. The new grads (who?) are presented with their pins by the management (who?). It is still not outdated ritual (right?).
2. Landscaping event at Topanga Community Police Station, Same thing, e.g., as found myself to get you: the Topanga Booster, a volunteer support organization of business and community leaders, raised funds for community services and did it to increase the effectiveness and morale of Topanga officers and staff.
3. In regard “Compstat meeting in South Bureau – PRESENTATION” and “The Taste of Soul event in South Bureau” those publication of this event was not found – No result! Do they really volunteer there?
Does society really interested in agenda items about transmitting numerous unknown grant applications and donations at this tough time, or any real life of police, its protection and service?
Respectfully,
Mr. K’Zorin
Posted by: BORIS K'ZORIN | October 28, 2012 at 10:38 PM