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Home My Public Portal About20201116 Minutes.docx Send minutes to Mike Voquer – check email – send hom notes - Alcohol Ordinance Workgroup Minutes Committee Meeting Missing Kathryn Williamsall will be set up with city emails SG went over myriad rules helps with open records related to the committee – Defining the problem – stay focused Data on calls for service passed out by Wally and Major Fobes 2017 to 2020 Calls for service – went over – Use of force data 2017 – 2019 ? 2017 JF 7 use of force 2017 all involve alcohol 2018 use of force 24/50 Alcohol involved 2019 use of force data 21/30 2020 – so far 15 alcohol involved – March thru August very little interaction because of COVID SG how do we address this – group can decide if there is a problem Jenny – visitor numbers - asked Fobes to clarify - Woman on end white mask dark hair – how did these come to be? Demry – 2020 – JF almost everybody involved in use of force are felony arrests Open container is off the table – Our goal is to come up with alternative ideas Someone asked – hwo do we know if these are guests or residents SG it’s usually a visitor JF will provide guests vs locals data Kathryn arrived late GA state patrol or chatham county included? JF if it goes through our court it is listed Dylan - alcohol being involved is not necesarilly open – container – SG we don’t keep that specific data Table guy blue mask white tshirt How many people work on a Sat? JF three officers on a shift generally may be on a holiday weekend Brain storm – ideas – then distill the ideas down to a feasible list May add some later KW – concern about punishing the masses for the bad behavior of the few Enforce ordinances that are already in place - do we need more officers – would like to explore that Alcohol tax could be used - could we pull in Chatham county to support us Litter – how can businesses help Dylan – passed Todd – numbers of arrests – five or six months - need more police Guy next to Todd – small number of officers Jenny Orr – tax on alcohol – should go towards enforcement – need more officers also have a satellite station Demry asked JF what is the overall police perspective – during the peak of the season – answer calls as they come to us – sometimes we have to prioritize – part time people from other agencies have no skin in the game – law suts have been connected with part timeers from other places – adding officers means more arrests – those are time consuming - JF – we would rather eliminate the issue proactively – more wholesome family destination could attract fewer big drinker DB – how many injuries happen during these interactions ? JF probably 10 or less More officers could help (woman sitting next to SG blue mask) Black mask – how do we get more officers during tourist season? Chatham County - why hire more pd for a few months – hwo would that be paid for – likes the substation – asked when that will open up – SG – hopefully marine sci center vacant before next season JF – they must be certified officers (no jailers) not a large pool of officers to draw from – all departments are low SG – increase salary would help but pool is getting smaller Red haired lady white mask – more officers good – likes KW idea regarding litter – hearing JF she is open-minded- maybe we need to encourage less consumption How does the PD run shifts – Three per shifts 12 hour shifts Work seven off seven in a two week period Sifts are for 30 days then they switch One supervisor and two lower ranking people Once we get fully staffed we hope for four Three detectives work m-f explained how it works see tape all of these people have the ability to arrest people KW use of security guards should also be taken into consedration - SG Sat in June - security group would not have the powers of arrest – local officers end up handling the cases – but they are a presence for tha t (chatham county too) SG – more police visibility issue - difference between adding more officers and using what we have differently Check tape on hiring – SG and JF – Dark hair – white mask – went over the size of the force and how it relates to budget timing Blaonde on end blue mask – previsously we only hired trained people – now we can send people to the academy How many times per year does the academy run – WH – Garden City Savannah tech We prefer the state academy it’s far less money check tape – Chatham County wouldn’t let us use their training Preservice – person payes themselves – if agencty pays for training they have to pay it back Intox 9000 – DUI detection, field sobriety , check tape Mary what is pd turnover? JF – in a year – four to five officers per year for myriad reasons explained – takes strong officers to wrk here – Tybee rides two to three times the number of calls than chatham county (?) or Savannah? Detective help chec tape KW – drunk tanks – would the substation help? Can holding people until they are sober ? JF we can only hold for a certain period of time check tape Due to COVID – unless it’s a felony or felony warrant that Chatham County handles they won’t pick them up (check tape) It take about an hour to do paper work once dropped off – check tape Chatham takes a lot longer – takes two – three hours Presence of jailer makes a big difference in time savings – one fulltime person being is hopefully allieviating the issues. A jailer who is certified could check tape Next steps – plan out a schedule of meetings Walking through each one at next meeting will happen SG 24rd Tuesday – time – 10:00 – Jenny can’t meet 22ndrthru 30th Dec the 1st meeting – 10:00 – Tuesday Dec 8th 10 am Dec 15th – 10 am Dec 29th? 10 am – on that day we will decide when last meeting will be January 5th – no go election day KW – it will be hard to get everyone here every time Mid next week – Zoom meeting for the public - Have another Zoom meeting at the end of the process Anything else \ Demry moved seconded by mary adjourned at 2:12