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Bloomington Police Department

Overview of Department and Services

124 Sworn Officers

1 Chief

2 Deputy Chiefs

6 Commanders

1 Civilian

18 Sergeants

98 Officers

Personnel – Sworn Positions

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Personnel – Non-Sworn Positions

35 Non-Sworn Positions 14 Dispatchers/Supervisor 11 (10 FT/1PT) Police Records Specialists 1 Civilian Services Manager 1 Animal Control Coordinator 2 (1FT/1PT) Property Control Specialist 1 Administrative Assistant 1 Police Accountant 1 Radio Communications Technician 1 Crime Analyst 1 Crime Prevention Coordinator 1 Police Data Coordinator

2 Hennepin County Liaisons Multi-Cultural Community and Social Worker

Organizational Chart

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Calls for Service

2016 2017 2018 2019CFS Non-SelfInitiated/Admin 43899 44730 45893 46859

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CFS Non-Self Initiated/Admin

2016 2017 2018 2019Total CFS 71856 70937 69280 69463Traffic 14549 15021 12880 13753Directed Patrol 5684 5232 4371 3350

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Top Five CAD IncidentsNon-Self Initiated (2015-2020)

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Calls for Service at MOA and Business Districts

2019 2020 (YTD)North Business 16,671 8,522MOA Only 6931 2170

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Calls For Service – MOA and North Business Areas

Part I CrimesHomicides, Rape, Robbery, Etc.

From 2015 to 2019, Part 1 Crimes have had an increase of 6%.

The five-year Part 1 Crime average is 3,008.

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Part II CrimesForgery, Fraud, Vandalism, etc.

Part II Crimes have had a reduction of 25% since 2015

The five-year Part II Crime average is 4,308

Part 1 Crimes - Year to Date

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Part II Crimes - Year to Date

2021(Proposed) Budget

TOTAL: $28,280,205 (+1.6% increase from 2020)

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2021 (Proposed) Budgetby Division

Uniformed/Patrol Staff: $17,253,301 (61%)

Investigations: $4,463,353 (16%)

Support Services: $2,141,629 (8%)

Communications: $1,817,978 (6%)

Training/Professional Standards $1,616,500 (6%)

Administration: $987,844 (3%)

2021

2021-2031 Capital Purchases

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2021-2031 Safety Equipment

Patrol Operations Division

72 Sworn Personnel

Respond to emergency and non-emergency calls

Conduct proactive and preventive patrols

Enforce traffic laws to enhance public safety

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Bloomington’s Patrol Areas (5)

Patrol Specialty Units

Traffic Unit (1 Sgt. & 4 Officers)

Crime Prevention Unit (2 Officers & 3 Civilians)

South Loop Unit (2 Sgts and 11 Officers)

Contractual Police Services (1 Sgt.)

1 Animal Control Coordinator

6 (Part time) Community Service Officers

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Community Engagement

Defined as:

Any opportunity for our officers and the department to develop and enhance trusting relationships with residents & visitors to our community.

The Crime Prevention Unit coordinates many of these engagements.

The expectation is all BPD staff have a responsibility to participate in community engagement.

Patrol Officers are expected to conduct Community Engagement in between calls for service

Community Engagement

Participation Includes

Large-Scale – Coordinated - Annual/Recurrent Events

Est. 140

New in 2020 – Community Conversations

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Community Engagement

500 (Typical Non-COVID Year) Community Outreach activities in response to a community issues or need:

Group home visits

Meetings w/families in crisis

Follow-up visits to problem addresses

Regular meetings with

Local Organizations, houses of worship, businesses, property managers

On-going meetings w/MOA security team, 435 neighborhood watch groups

Dropping by schools and parks to spend time with youth

Community Conversations, had been scheduled monthly in various neighborhoods throughout the city (delayed due to COVID)

Why Community Engagement?

Community Engagement helps build trust and opens lines of communications with residents and visitors to our city.

At nearly every event our officers are approached by someone expressing a concern or requesting police assistance

“Low stress” engagement opportunities help maintain ongoing communication and respond to community concerns

Continue to develop and enhance the level of community trust between residents and the department

Helps us keep our fingers on the pulse of the community to recognize issues and needs of various groups residing in our community and develop target responses aimed at preventing crime and building a safer community

Better communications with the community can lead to crime reductions

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Joint Community Police Partnership (JCPP)

Partnership with Hennepin County (75%/25% cost sharing – BPD pays 25% $30,000/Annually)

Program is focused on building trust and communication between the Police Department and our diverse residents, including immigrant and refugee communities

As the city continues to diversify it is essential to invest recourses to reach out to these communities and helping prepare our officers to better serve the diverse communities

JCPP

Program integrated into our Crime Prevention Unit and works collaboratively to ensure the Department’s outreach and engagement activities are inclusive of the needs of our diverse community.

Work has included providing training to both the police and community

Designing new programs and expanding existing programs with emphasis on engaging more diverse participants

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JCPP

Involved with more the 230 (typical non-COVID year) community engagement and outreach activities, including those co-developed with the Crime Prevention Unit.

These include:

Taco with a Cop & Gyros with Heroes (Coffee with a Cop model)

Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee

Town hall forums to address concerns specific to immigrant communities

In-service training for officers on implicit bias & racial equity

New Americans Academy

Resource fair focused on domestic violence support available to Latino community

Many more…

Mental Health/Crisis Calls

New Crisis Response policy was implemented last year.

Part of the policy was aimed at improving the way we track and report the number of crisis/mental health calls the officers respond to each year

Starting in April 2019 we began using a Crisis Response Report (these reports are required when the officers are on a crisis call when a transport hold or police report were not needed

The first four months since the change in April 2019, we received a total of 272 Crisis Response & Medical Transport Hold reports

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Mental Health/Crisis (Training)

In addition we have sending officers to a 40 hour C.I.T. (Crisis Intervention Training).

At this time 50+ officers have completed the training, the goal is to have the entire department complete the training (due to COVID several classes were cancelled this spring).

Crisis calls have spiked in the recent years. According the Allina EMS there were approximately 750 Crisis calls in in 2012. In 2016 that number had nearly doubled to 1400 calls.

In 2020 (to date) we have received 868 calls for crisis/mental health issues (CAD Data)

Officer WellnessMental Health

We are currently looking for opportunities to expand our current staff Wellness Program beyond the annual physical fitness assessment

Updated the Physical Fitness Policy to a Wellness Policy

Annual check-in with a mental health professional

Officers are exposed to many traumatic incidents over the course of their career and the mental health of the officer can be overlooked

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Officer WellnessMental Health

Mental Health Check-in

Confidential and not considered therapy or a fitness for duty exam

Goal

Have the session be an outlet or conversation tool as a source for coping mechanisms

Educational opportunity for officers to learn how stress can effect them and some tools they can use to deal with it

Chance for early detection and prevention of more serious mental health issues (PTSD)

Crime Prevention: Neighborhood Watch (National Night Out)

435 Active watch groups in the city

Covers 16,000 homes

729 Block Captains

374 National Night Out Parties in 2019

Neighborhood Watch Group National Night Out Parties

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P.R.O.T.E.C.T.

Proactive Objectives

Targeting

Emerging

Crime

TrendsStatistically based & involves: Police Environmental Health Legal Others as needed

Purpose: Target crimes where an officer’s presence can make a difference.

Comprised of Patrol, Investigations, Crime Prevention Unit, Special Investigations Unit, Legal, & Dispatch

When a problem area/address arises, the PROTECT group formulates a plan of action.

Action is taken by those within the police department & many times will include other City departments.

Continue brainstorming ways to solve the

problem.

P.R.O.T.E.C.T

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Contractual Police Services

Contractual Overtime Officers elect to work COT via sign-up sheet

COT sign-up is scheduled in 4 month increments

Officers who have signed up are then assigned COT events which they may either work or give away

Businesses commonly hire COT officers for help with traffic direction, security & crowd control

Investigations

East and West Investigative Teams

Two Sergeants

12 Investigators

2 Training Detectives

Special Investigations Unit

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Special Investigations Unit (SIU)

1 Sergeant

3 Permanent Investigators

2 Task Force Members (DEA and JTTF)

2 Training Positions

1 Narcotics Detection K9

Quality of life issuesDrug investigationsHuman traffickingNuisance addresses

Civilian Services Division

Civilian Services Manager

11 (10 FT/1PT) Police Records Specialists

1 Police Accountant

1 FT Property Room Tech/1 Part-time

13 FT Dispatchers/1 Supervisor

1 Radio Communication Technician

1 Police Data Coordinator

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Professional Standards Division

Two Sworn Personnel

Division Commander

Sergeant

Training

Citizen Complaint Investigation

Behavior Recognition

Hiring Process

Background Investigations

Policy Development and Review

Field Training Program (16 weeks)

Hiring

Traditional Process

Pathways to Policing Program

Community Service Officer Promotion

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Peace Officer Standardsand Training (POST)

Mandates: 48 Hours of POST approved training every 3 years to maintain a Peace Officers License

Use of Force: Annually

Pursuit Driving: 8 Hours every 5 Years

16 Hours every 3 Years

Crisis Intervention/Mental Illness

Conflict Management and Mediation

Implicit Bias, Community Diversity, Cultural Differences

TRAINING HOURS1/1/20 to Present

POST MANDATED:

In-Service: 1270 Hours additional 10 hour day dedicated to Procedural

Justice/Implicit Bias, and HPO (COVID Cancellation)

Crisis Intervention (CIT): 500 Hours

Emergency Vehicle Operations: 30 Hours

678.75 Hours of Overtime Created Due to POST Mandated Training

New Hires: 1030 hours (5 weeks of classroom, 16-20 Weeks Field Training)

1st Responder: 440 hours (16 hours/every other year)

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Training Methods

In-Service Training

3 Full Days of training; Spring, Summer and Fall

PATROL Online (LMCIT)

22 online Modules (60 Minutes each) of training annually. Including OSHA required training as well as Implicit Bias, Dealing with the Mentally Ill, and Use of Force

South Metro Public Safety Training Facility

South Metro Training Center is owned and operated by the Cities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie and Edina and the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport Police Department.

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Vulnerabilities

Civil Unrest related to a Critical Incident

We have trained our staff on protests

We are planning to conduct a training exercise with City Council

Potential Revenue Losses in multiple sectors

Potential damage to property as a result of riots.

Vulnerabilities

Mall of America Similar to the impact of COVID-19 - Occurrence of an

Incident that drastically decreases daily traffic

Other Concerns Increases in crime that lead to fear and concern by visitors

and residents.

Addressing crime trends can result in reductions in Community Engagement activities.

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Questions?

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