• The Police Commission opened the meeting in honor of the Valley Traffic officer who was involved in serious traffic collision over the weekend and the West Traffic officer who was involved in an officer involved shooting yesterday.
• Police Commission President Steve Soboroff said he visited the officer from West Traffic Division who was shot on Monday night. He said the officer was in good spirits and praised him and his female partner for their courageous actions which saved many lives.
• Police Commission Vice President Paula Madison said she attended the 25 year pin ceremony in the Deaton Auditorium and congratulated the recipients on their accomplishment.
• Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman thanked the members of the Department for their courageous service and said he was honored to be associated with the organizations. Commissioner Saltzman then requested the Department return next week with a detailed report on the issues surrounding the perceived tampering of the in-car video system antennas.
• Police Chief Charlie Beck informed the Board the Department looks forward to responding to Commissioner Saltzman’s request. He then said the Department suffered its fourth tragedy in recent weeks with the brutal assault of a West Traffic Division officer and his partner. He said the officer sustained non-life threatening injuries and his and his partner’s actions saved lives. Chief Beck then offered an update on the Valley Traffic Division officer who was critically injured over the weekend. He said the officer was crushed between two vehicles and was in extremely critical condition with catastrophic injuries. Chief Beck thanked the members of the public who came out to donate blood and said the blood drives would continue.
• The Department’s verbal report, Powerpoint presentation and discussion relative to the strategies to be utilized to implement the 2014 goal of reducing the number of traffic collisions, fatalities and incidents of hit & run was given by Deputy Chief Michael Downing and Deputy Chief Terry Hara. Chief Downing informed the Board the goal is to reduce minor hit & run incidence 5% and major incidence 10%. Chief Hara said some of the enforcement strategies will include a secondary enforcement group, command emphasis over traffic enforcement, ADW with vehicle investigation, traffic enforcement grants, legislative proposals, public service announcements and in-service traffic education outreach. He added some engineering strategies include improved technology, improved crosswalks and engineering requests. Finally, collaboration with local traffic organizations such as the Los Angeles Department of Transportation would be utilized.
• The Executive Director’s report, dated March 26, 2014, relative to the proposed adjustments to police permit fees for fiscal year 2014-2015, was approved and transmitted to the City Administrative Officer and Chief Legislative Analyst.
• The Executive Director’s report, dated April 3, 2014, relative to the write-off of uncollectible false alarm receivables – January 1 through March 31, 2011, as given by Executive Director Richard Tefank, was approved and transmitted to the Board of Review. Mr. Tefank informed the Board there was approximately $380,000 of uncollectable receivables over three years old. He said the Commission collects on 92% of all receivables.
• The Department’s report, dated March 21, 2014, relative to the request for approval of personal service agreement with Gartner, Inc., for mainframe modernization and records management system requirements study, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor.
• The Department’s report, dated March 28, 2014, relative to the request for payment of reward offer on City Council file no. 11-0010-529, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated April 1, 2014, relative to the supplemental award for the 2012-2013 Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Program grant, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated April 7, 2014, relative to the grant application and award acceptance for the 2013 California Coverdell Program, was approved and transmitted concurrently to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated April 4, 2014, relative to the extension and budget modification of the 2012 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program, was approved and transmitted to the Mayor and City Council.
• The Department’s report, dated March 28, 2014, relative to the Department’s Quarterly Discipline Report, Fourth Quarter, 2013, was received. The Board directed the Office of the Inspector General to submit an analysis of this report along with any appropriate recommendations to the Board.
• The Department’s report, dated March 25, 2014, relative to the destruction of obsolete duplicate records for Foothill Area, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
• The Department’s report, dated March 18, 2014, relative to the destruction of obsolete original records for 77th Street Area, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
• The Department’s report, dated April 8, 2014, relative to the destruction of obsolete duplicate records for Newton Area, was approved and transmitted to the City Clerk, Records Management Officer.
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