07282022 Reimagine Policing final submissionCouncil Study Session
July 28, 2022
Summer, 2021
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o Questions for council
o Background
o Environment
o Reimagine Policing Process
o Values & Focus Areas
o Draft Strategies 1 -13
o Funding Needs
o Next Steps
o Questions for council
PRESENTATION OVERVIEW
1.Does council have any input on the
draft Reimagine Policing plan?
2.Does council have any questions
about Engagement Window IV or the
next steps in the Reimagine Policing
project?
Questions for Council
Background
1.Purpose of City Master Plans
a)Planning delivery and funding of services
b)Facilities
c)Programs & Policies
2.Consistent with :
a)Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan
b)Community Sustainability, Equity + Resilience Framework
3.Master plan lengths vary
4.Master planning process ~ 2 years
5.Police department master plan last updated in 2013
Racial Equity Instrument Step 1:
Establishing the Outcome
Environment
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Workload and Staffing Analysis
•Changes in calls for service
Crime Trends
•Increases across the country & locally
National and Local Police Reform
•Transparency, role of police, budget,
and reallocation
The Work
Cross-departmental Team
•Police Department leadership
•Project Manager –Housing and Human Services
•City Equity Manager
•City Manager’s Office
•Comprehensive Planning
•Finance
•Communications and Engagement
•Independent Police Monitor
Process Subcommittee
•Community members –Mallory Kates, Marina LaGrave
•Council members –Rachel Friend, Tara Winer
Process
•Engagement Window I: Hopes
Values and Concerns (June-Aug.
2021)
•Develop draft Values, Focus Areas
(Aug.-Oct. 2021)
•Engagement Window II: Check In
on Draft Values, Focus Areas (Oct.
2021)
•Engagement Window III: Learning
Together (Dec. 2021-July 2022)
•Develop draft: Reimagine Policing
Plan (Mar.-July 2022)
Racial Equity Instrument Step 2:
Collect Data
Values
We feel safe in our community when:
Free to enjoy public
and private spaces
without fear of harm
Laws are enforced
equitably
Police resources
and alternative
responses applied
professionally and
appropriately
Demonstrate
compassion,
support basic needs
to be free from
crime for all
Criminal behavior
met with fair and
just accountability
balanced with
resourcing
underlying issues
Community policing
building
relationships to
address problems
Racial Equity Instrument Step 2:
Collect Data
I.Partnering with Community
II.Ensuring Right Response, Role for Police
III.Providing Leadership in Preventing/Reducing Crime
IV.Serving as a Trusted Partner in Racial Equity, Support for Vulnerable Populations
V.Recruiting & Supporting a Professional Workforce with Integrity
VI.Modeling Transparency & Accountability
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 3:
Determining Benefit & Burden
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Partner w/Community
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Focus Areas
(1) Alternative
Responses to
Community
Problems
CIRT
HHS
Fire Department
(pilot program)
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Partner w/Community
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Professional Workforce w/Integrity
(2) Recruit &
retain diverse
workforce with
diverse
perspectives 30x30 initiative
Work w/diverse
community leaders
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Partner w/Community
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Professional Workforce w/Integrity
Transparency, Accountability
Preventing, Reducing Crime
(3) Best
practices,
evidence-
based models Stratified
Policing
ICAT
CALEA
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Partner w/Community
Preventing, Reducing Crime
(4) Staffing for
community
problem
solving
Hiring officers to
meet Rule 60
recommendations
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Transparency, Accountability
Preventing, Reducing Crime
(5)
Transparency in
stop, arrest and
use of force
data Analysis of
enforcement
Information on
dashboards
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
(6) Continuous
improvement
and independent
review in
complaints Use of force
investigations
Police Oversight
Panel
Right Response, Role
Partner w/Community
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Transparency, Accountability
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Partner w/Community
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Professional Workforce w/Integrity
Transparency, Accountability
(7) Training
&
Engagement
Active Bystandership for Law
Enforcement (ABLE)
Community involvement
w/police training
Crisis Intervention Certification
Bias and Microaggression
Training
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Partner w/Community
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Transparency, Accountability
Preventing, Reducing Crime
(8)
Information and Outreach Public Data Portal
Community
Engagement
Incident Blotter
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations
Transparency, Accountability
Preventing, Reducing Crime
(9)Improving
service through technology
Unmanned aircrafts
Axon partnership for
reducing weapons
harm
Virtual Reality Training
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Professional Workforce w/Integrity(10) Holistic
employee
wellness
program
Peer support team
Cardiac wellness
program
On-going education
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Racial Equity and Vulnerable Populations(11)
Responding
to climate
change Enhanced response
capability for natural
disasters
Electrification of fleet
and enhanced building
efficiencies
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Preventing, Reducing Crime(12)
Partnerships to
leverage
external
resources Partnership with
federal agencies
CU-Boulder Police
Academy
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Draft Strategies
Right Response, Role
Professional Workforce w/Integrity(13) Right
space to do
the work
Addressing needs
for more space
with Facilities
Master Plan
Focus Areas
Racial Equity Instrument Step 4:
Develop Strategies
Controlling for Disparities
1.Body Worn Camera Audits
2.Early warning systems to review
a)Traffic stop data
b)Misconduct
c)Serious misconduct
d)Photo enforcement violations
e)Auto accidents
f)Use of force
3.Crime Prevention strategy
4.Training –Implicit Bias
5.Bias & Microaggression training
6.ICAT Model
7.Police Oversight Panel
8.Senate Bill 217
a)All stop data consensual and nonconsensual
•Fully funding implementation over
five-year period includes:
•$1.77M in one-time expenditures
•$3.89M in ongoing costs phased in
•Department is almost exclusively
funded by city general fund
Funding Needs
Next Steps
•Engagement Window IV
(August/September)
•Revised draft plan released
(October)
•Opportunity for community
members to comment (October)
•Council final review of Reimagine
Policing Plan (December)
•Racial Equity Instrument Step 5:
Evaluation which takes back to
Step 2: Collect Data (2023)
Questions for Council
1.Does council have any input on the draft Reimagine Policing plan?
2.Does council have any questions about Engagement Window IV or
the next steps in the Reimagine Policing project?