CASA GRANDE POLICE ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES OF THE MEETING
HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
510 E. FLORENCE BOULEVARD, CASA GRANDE, AZ 85122
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
A. Call to Order:
Chairman Raymond Zak called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
B. Roll Call:
The following members were present:
Roger Badger
Edward Barbour
Billie Davis
Ruth Lynch
Roger Vanderpool
Raymond Zak
The following member was excused:
Mark Sweeney
Also present:
Robert Huddleston Police Chief
Kent Horn Police Commander
Ana Lara Administrative Assistant
Cindy Irby Crime Analyst
John Holland Community Member
C.
Minutes:
Member Barbour moved to approve the minutes of July 14, 2011. Member Badger seconded the motion and was carried unanimously.
D.
Presentations:
D.1 National Children’s Study
This item was canceled.
E.
New Business: None
F.
Unfinished Business: None
G.
Reports by Officers:
G.1 Strategic Plan Update
Chief Huddleston provided the Board an update on the strategic plan. He distributed the handouts that were submitted to the City Council in December. Chief Huddleston updated the committee on the following:
• Goals and objectives that were established in the strategic plan.
• Objective Teams have been assigned to each one of the objectives
• Went over the management action plan which was designed by Daniel Ortiz, Management Analyst and Carl Neu, Strategic Planning specialist.
Chief Huddleston also added that he will be providing periodically, reports to the City Manager.
Member Lynch commented that she liked the format of the report, due to the attention to detail, but would also like to see in the report dates and a summary of progress.
Chief Huddleston conveyed that they are in the transition of a software upgrade, which Mr. Barbour had suggested. The software is used to keep track and is named “MindView for Business”.
Billie Davis suggested that it may be good to have an implementation schedule on objectives. Chief Huddleston agreed, and stated that is where they are headed.
G.2 Crime Trend Update
Commander Horn provided and reviewed to the Board statistics pertaining to crime trend in Casa Grande.
Commander Horn introduced the new crime analyst, Cindy Irby to the Board. Ms. Irby joined the Police Department in December 2011. She compiled the statistics pertaining to crime trends in Casa Grande.
Commander Horn reported the Staffing for Patrol Division to the Board. He advised that a corporal who was elected to accept the position as a detective, elects to give up his corporal rank, therefore there is a vacancy. The City Administration Services is conducting the promotional process recruitment. They are also in the process of getting a police transport officer on board. He also stated that they have five young officers that are finishing their Officer-in-Training Phase. He further explained that the officers have completed the police academy field training process. They are in their final week, doing what is called shadowing week. Basically their training officer simply goes with them as a shadow, not to intervene unless, there is obviously a life or death situation or someone’s rights are being violated. The officers that were in training last year, were hired because the department was considered to be below normal strength. Four officers are being paid with a federal grant. The hiring, academy and field training process takes about a year.
Commander Horn also informed the committee on robbery incidents that have occurred in Casa Grande.
H.
Public/Board Comments
Mr. John Holland of 103 East Colla Street, Casa Grande, expressed his support of the Police Advisory Board. He also acknowledged Chief Huddleston and Staff for their hard work. Mr. Holland distributed information to the board concerning community policing partnership and theft in the community.
Member Vanderpool welcomed on board Ms. Cindy Irby, new police crime analyst. Member Vanderpool conveyed that Ms. Irby brings a lot of knowledge and expertise on networking through law enforcement.
I.
Adjournment
There being no further business for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:09 p.m.
Approved this 12th day of April 2012 by the Casa Grande Police Advisory Board.
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Raymond Zak
Chairman
