Two recommendations. There should be a dedication to the research and development of solutions to mine Law Enforcement databases for information that will not only reduce and solve crime, but help keep our officers safe. This cannot be a one time endeavor, but rather a continual process. In addition, we must look for and publicize best practices and use of social media. Currently, there is no better way to connect with the citizens. In Law Enforcement we are only as strong as our relationships with the community. If they trust us they will call us when something is amiss in their neighborhood. So, the question that begs to be answered is how do we build that trust. It begins with understanding ourselves and the citizens we serve. To this every Law Enforcement officer should be mandate aed to complete the course entitle td fair and impartial policing. Its to show that everyone has biases and that luiu critical for officers to recognize this, make every attempt to set them aside when ser
Im proud to be a part of. Its jointly under the auspices of the cops office and the bureau of justice assistance. This is done tremendous good in training more than 15,000 officers across this country. Finally, hes increased the federal grant money thats gone to groups like ours and others who are focused on officer safety and wellness. Those are just some great examples of the leadership hes provided. I dont think its any coincidence that as a result of all of those efforts, the last two years now, weve seen fewer Law Enforcement fatalities than any year for the last 50. Thats a great credit to leadership and to this group and so many others focused on this issue. A lot more work clearly needs to be done. I look at canada as a great role model for us here in the United States. Ive attended their memorial service, two out of the last three years. Two years ago, they honored all the officers in canada who had been killed in the line of duty. One officer during a 12month period killed in
Like to see if its possible for newer trucks to have some sort of censors so the drivers will be able to tell if theres you know somebody in the area like either a camera or motion. I know theres some new cars that have cameras and they can tell if theres people behind them like when they are backing up and stuff like that so id like to see not only large trucks but also newer muni vehicles or light rails to have some sort of censor to let them know that they are there so they can slow down or stop if its possible so i really like to see that in the future. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing no further Public Comment on this item Public Comment on this item is now closed. Any further comments from colleagues . Okay seeing none thank you everyone for everyones participation and actually im im sorry we have two more items. Will you please call the next 2 items. Introduction of new items 7 and 8. Thank you seeing none we will open up for general Public Comment on general items. I had done so mu
Of priorities that we have developed and so making choices and decisions about which priorities to fund continues to be challenging i think this is pretty much it on the budget update yep our next meeting as at Budget Committee will be april 9th and may 21st and june 3rdrd. Thank you, ms. Casco i want to mention the Student Assignment will meet on april 13th. Thank you scomploern a report from the city and select committee commissioner mendozamcdonnell. Youre on. Thank you so we had two items we converted our last Committee Meeting the i didnt want on pre k and transitional kindergarten weve heard from the office of the education from the city side and then the team shared their transitional kindergarten programs it was really great to get an update awhile currently were going or were going to be doing Going Forward the second item the Transportation Agency Program Vision zero program that is thinking about how we not only calm traffic but where are the Traffic Centers where we have pe
[gavel] i call this meeting to order. Oh i see. Sorry about that. I call this meeting of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority board of directors for thursday march 12 to order. Would you call the roll. Sure. I will note for the record that director sartipi will not be present and director kim is on her way. Director. Present. Director. Present. Director. Present. Mr. Chair you have a quorum. Next item. Item 3 is communications and i wanted to note that the board will meet on 10 00 a. M. On april 9 versus the normal start time and we will send an official notice later this week. Thank you. Go ahead. Just an announcement from the san mateo transit district. Some press went out yesterday. Some of you know we were in search for a new general manager for our district and jim harnet is our new general manager and hired by the board, and his responsibility will not only be on managing that business, but also executive director for caltrain as well as the san mateo transportation authority. Har