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In response to Councilmember Brown's inquiry, Lieutenant Brandon Stocking explained many different terminologies are originating from many places nationally. However, he said people most referred to the carotid restraint. He explained police training does not recommend the closing of the trachea as done in the chokehold or stranglehold. He further explained the carotid restraint restrains the artery in the neck and cuts the blood supply instead of the air supply. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiry, City Manager Fialho reported money in the current budget has been allocated. He advised staff could find resources to fund the Alternate Mental Health Response Program but would require some policy decisions by the City Council regarding tradeoffs within the entire budget. While not impossible, he advised it would require a public discussion depending on the scope of the program. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiry, Chief Swing reported he and Captain Craig Eicher are meeting with Behavioral Health and ValleyCare in Alameda County on August 24th to discuss Alameda County Community Assessment and Transport Team (CATT). He also advised preliminary conversation has taken place with Dublin Police Chief Garrett Holmes and the Alameda County Sherriff's Office and believes a partnership will negatively impact response times. Lastly, he noted there will be information regarding tasers on the PPD website. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiry, Chief Swing clarified Section 6 of the presentation states that the supervisors are recommended to respond but the practice is that they respond unless there is something that prevents them from responding. His recommendation is to align the policy with the practice. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiry, Pleasanton Police Officers Association (PPOA) President, Sergeant Nick Albert reported officers are confident in the recommendations and supportive of them. He noted they also support the recommendations of Lexipol for best practices. Councilmember Narum commented it is important that Pleasanton police officers feel safe. In response to Councilmember Pentin's inquiries, Chief Swing reported they have evaluated their training to consider adding in-house instruction to strengthen the departmental knowledge base and currently do this with motorcycle training. However, due to class size and length of some of the sessions, he advised it would not be practical for PPD to host sessions. He also advised there has been additional training done in-house to supplement the extended 40-hour POST courses. In response to Councilmember Pentin's inquiries, Chief Swing believes there could be a conflict by not having someone embedded in Pleasanton. He commented that having a Pleasanton-specific model is a great starting place to evaluate the logistics of having an officer and a mental health professional responding from different locations. He also advised the determination of who responds to a call would be a factor when they review programs and they would consider data from other communities along with their base of Pleasanton knowledge, to create a pilot program for evaluation. In response to Councilmember Pentin's inquiry, Chief Swing clarified the policy regarding the use of the carotid hold informs officers it is not authorized which is the same as being suspended. He noted any change to the policy would only come after further review. In response to Councilmember Pentin's inquiry, Chief Swing does not foresee changing "should" to "shall" in PPD policies as law enforcement is a dynamic business requiring split-second decisions so there needs to be an opportunity for discretion and decision making. In response to Councilmember Testa's inquiry, Captain Cox said the D.A.R.E. officers work closely with the teachers to collaborate on the curriculum and some redundancy may not be bad. Councilmember Testa cited the American Journal of Public Health which has conducted research on D.A.R.E. and has City Council Minutes Page 5 of 12 August 20, 2020