R-98-05-28-11C1 - 5/28/1998RESOLUTION NO. R- 98- 05- 28 -IIC1
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Justice has grant funds
available to cities for various law enforcement projects, and
WHEREAS, grant funds are available through the Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Making
Officer Redeployment Effective program for hiring civilian
personnel to redeploy officers to the street, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to make application for the
grant to provide financial assistance for the above - described
program, Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS,
That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to make the
necessary application for the above - described grant.
The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice
of the date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this
Resolution was adopted was posted and that such meeting was open to
the public as required by law at all times during which this
Resolution and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered
and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act,
Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and the Act.
RESOLVED this 28th day of May, 19
ATTEST:
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CHARLES CULPMC Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
Community Poking Information Worksheet
This worksheet will provide the COPS Office with information about the public safety
concerns of your community and your department's community policing goals and
activities. For assistance in completing this worksheet, contact the U.S. Department
of Justice Response Center at 1- 800 - 421 -6770.
Your Community Policing Information Worksheet is complete by signing and dating
below. Both the law enforcement executive and the government executive must sign.
Applicant Organization's Legal Name: City of Round Rock
ORI #: TX2460500
We, the undersigned, attest to the accuracy of the Community Policing Information
Worksheet submitted below.
Law Enforcement Executive:Title: Chief of Police
Department: Police
Date:
Govemment Executive: Title: Mayor
Person Completing Form: Title: Captain
Name (typed): Raymond Kuhlmann, Jr.
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Signature: J ivi ----
Name(typed): Charles Culpepper
Government Enti . Ci ty of Round Rock
Date:
Signature: 44
Name (typed): Rick C. Thomas
Date:
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PART 1
1. From the list that follows, please rank in descending order the following public
safety concerns of your community. For example, if "weapons" are the greatest concern
in your community, place the letter "f" in rank number 1. If "wildlife crimes" are the
lowest concern in your community, place an "n" in rank number 16.
Rank: Major Public Safety Issues:
1. ft a.- Violent crimes against persons
2. E -b, Property crimes
3. F Motor vehicle thefts
4. C.- -€1. Vandalism
5. T e Gangs
6 . 0 4. Weapons
7. N g Prostitution
8. S -h, Drug crimes
9. I- -L Domestic violence
10. 0 f . Alcohol - related crime, including DWI
11. D -le- Disorderly conduct
12. K 4 Traffic violations
13. Cr m Agricultural crimes
14. pi .a, Wildlife crimes
15. M e. Hate crimes
16. . p. Other (specify):
Community policing is a policing philosophy that promotes and supports organizational
strategies to address the causes and reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through
problem - solving tactics and community-police partnerships.
Your answers to the questions below will provide the COPS Office with basic information
about your community policing efforts, and how you will use your COPS grant funds
to further the implementation of community policing.
You are not expected to engage in all of the activities listed. They are examples of the
community policing efforts of other law enforcement agencies. If you have a written
document that serves as your community policing plan, please attach it to this form.
Overall Approach
2. Please indicate which of the following are part of your overall approach to
community policing, and which you plan to implement under your COPS grant
a) Crime Prevention Efforts
Have Plan to
Implemented Implement
e. Other(specify): Seg,. 4..J [� gn-cote rr..
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b)Problem- Solving Activities
Have Plan to
Implemented Implement
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a. Youth programs (e.g., in- school, after school,
weekend police /youth programs)
b. Anti-drug programs
c. Regular meetings with community groups to
discuss crime
d. Anti- violence programs
a. Identifying crime problems with members of
the community and other government agencies
(e.g., prosecutor and courts, social services,
probation office)
b. Identifying crime problems by looking at
crime trends (e.g., keeping records of crimes
and the types of requests for help)
c. Identifying top problems by analyzing repeat
calls for service
d. Preventing crime by focusing on conditions
that lead to crime (e.g., abandoned buildings
and cars, referrals to other civil agencies)
❑ e. Building on information systems to enhance
crime analysis capabilities
❑ f. Other (specify):
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c) Community Partnerships
Have Plan to
Implemented Implement
❑ a. Regularly surveying community members to
assist in identifying and prioritizing crime
problems
❑ b. Locating office or stations within neighbor-
hoods
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❑ c. Providing community policing training to
citizens
❑ d. Meeting with community members to learn
more about the nature of specific problems
d) Infrastructure and Management Changes
Have Plan to
Implemented Implement
e. Involving community members in selecting
responses to problems and determining mea-
sures of success
❑ ❑ f. Other (specify):
❑ a. Have written strategic plan for community
policing
b. Department currently designates special unit
(or a special officer) for community policing
activities
❑ c. Department promotes an agencywide
approach to community policing
If your department has implemented or plans to implement an agencywide approach to
community policing, please indicate the approximate percentage of time that patrol
officers in your department dedicate (or will dedicate) to community policing:
❑ Less than 10 percent
❑ 10-20 percent
❑ More than 20 percent
❑ d. Personnel are given responsibility for geo-
graphical areas
❑ e. Call management systems are in place to free
officer time for community policing (e.g.,
telephone reporting, alternative responses)
❑ f. Personnel evaluations reward participation in
collaborative problem - solving efforts
❑ g. Decision - making authority has been decen-
tralized
❑ ❑ h. Management positions have been eliminated
❑ L Community policing concepts have been
integrated into agency's mission statement
❑ j. Community policing concepts have been inte-
X grated into departmental policies and procedures
❑ k. Detectives have been integrated into community
policing efforts
❑ 1. Department staff routinely collaborate with
other municipal agencies to address problems
Communities
3. Please indicate which of the following groups you have consulted to address
crime and disorder problems in your community:
Consulted Plan to Consult
Have Plan to
Implemented Implement
❑ a. Other government agencies (e.g. probation
office, sanitation)
❑ b. Civic groups
❑ c. Neighborhood assodations
❑ d. Tenants' associations
❑ ❑ e. Organizations of your employees, including
collective bargaining groups
❑ f. Business groups
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Citizens
4. Please indicate which of the following partnership activities are currently per-
formed by citizens in your jurisdiction or are planned under your COPS grant
Currently Planned Linder
Perform Grant
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0
0
0
Officers
Consulted Plan to Consult
❑ ❑ g. Religious groups
❑ h. Schools
❑ ❑ i. Other (specify):
❑ a. Neighborhood Watch
❑ b. Citizen volunteer programs
❑ c. Citizen advisory groups to your law
enforcement agency
❑ d. Citizen patrols within your community
❑ e. Participate in anti-drug or anti- violence programs
❑ ❑ f. Other activities (specify):
5. Please indicate which of the following activities are currently performed by
patrol officers or are planned under your COPS grant
a) Crime Prevention Activities
Currently Planned Linder
Perform Grant
0 0 a. Foot patrol, bike patrol or mounted patrol
❑ ❑ b. Making door -to -door contact with citizens and
businesses
Currently Planned Under
Perform Grant
c. Meeting with community leaders and groups
to learn more about crime problems and jointly
develop crime prevention plans
❑ d. Using business cards, cellular phones or beepers
to maintain contact with, and be contacted by,
citizens regarding public safety concerns
❑ e. Working in schools or other public agencies to
teach crime prevention
❑ ❑ f. Other (specify):
b) Problem - Solving Activities
Currently Planned Under
Perform Grant
❑ a. Working with citizens to identify and address
community crime problems
b. Using computer systems to collect and analyze
information, particularly repeat calls for service
❑ c. Coordinating specific problem - solving projects
to address problems on their beats
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d. Working with other public agencies to solve
disorder problems (e.g. trash collection, public
works agencies to solve lighting problems)
e. Mapping crime problems
❑ ❑ f. Other (specify):
c) Training
1) Departmentwide community policing training
r__7 Have implemented
Plan to implement
❑ Do not plan to implement
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2) Where do recruits/officers receive basic training? (Check all that apply.)
State academy
Regional academy
Local academy
Community college
Private contract /outside consultant
No recruit training
Other (specify):
3) How many hours of recruit training dedicated solely to community
policing concepts do recruits receive?
hours
4) Have community policing concepts been integrated into general training
received by agency personnel (e.g., training on law, departmental regulations,
conducting investigations)?
❑ Yes ❑ Plan to implement ❑ Do not plan to implement
5) Where do in- service officers receive community policing training?
State academy
Regional academy
Local academy
Community college
Private contract /outside consultant
No in- service training
Other (specify):
6) How many hours of in- service training dedicated solely to community
policing concepts do officers receive?
hours
7) We would like to know what kind of training your department routinely provides that
is pertinent to community policing. Please indicate the community policing training that
your department provided in the past fiscal year. Please indicate by checking the appropriate
box. The abbreviation "CP" stands for community policing.
a. Concepts and general principles of CP ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ O I�
b. Problem - solving methods (SARA, etc.) ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
c. Causes and consequences of specific ❑ ❑ 17i ❑ ❑ ❑
problems (e.g., drugs, spousal abuse)
d. CP approaches to specific problems ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
e. Organizing /working with public groups ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
f. Cultural diversity ❑ ❑ 10, ❑ ❑ ❑
g. Victim assistance ❑ ❑ 1¢I ❑ ❑ ❑
h. Working with juveniles ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
i. Using code /civil enforcement ❑ ❑ i ❑ ❑ ❑
j. Alternative dispute resolution ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
k. Supervising problem solvers ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
1. Other (specify): ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
m. Other. ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ O ❑
n. Other. ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ 0
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Retention
6. Indicate how you plan to retain the new officers following the end of
Federal grant support.
Have you planned to assume a progressively larger share of an officer's salary
and fringe benefits each year over the next three years, leading to full-time
retention of the officer at the conclusion of the grant?
Yes ❑ No
Do you have assurance from your local government that these officers will be
retained?
Yes ❑ No
If "yes," attach any written letters or other assurances to this application. If "no,"
explain how you intend to retain the officers.
Attach typewrfttmi explanations Q supplemental descriptions it
DATE: May 22, 1998
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting - May 28, 1998
ITEM: 11.C.1. Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to submit a grant
application to the U. S. Department of Justice for manpower and
equipment to facilitate the redeployment of police officers to
Connnunity Policing. Staff Resource Person: Buster Kuhlmann, Police
Chief.
The attached resolution authorizes the Mayor to sign a grant application to fund the
redeployment program for one year.
This grant will enable the City of Round Rock to redeploy current manpower to augment the
community policing program designed to form a partnership between the community and the
police to reduce crime and the fear of crime. The redeployment will be accomplished through
the hiring of a Special Operations Analyst to perform complex analytical functions for
investigative purposes which are currently done by police officers.
ECONOMIC IMPACT:
1999 Grant
Proposed
10/1/98 - 9/30/99
75/25%
DOJ: $22,681
City: $7,560