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it is important to keep personnel trained and/or certified. He reported potential candidates are also evaluated for their ability to speak non-English languages. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiries, Chief Swing advised making diversity statistics available is listed as "explore" because it may take some time to explore the details and make decisions about the topic areas. He does see the importance of providing that report to the community. He clarified autistic training was held in mid-September and an additional training session would take place on October 8th. He also noted it would continue as needed and added officers complete six training days per year. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiry, Chief Swing reported the details of the CAB have not been developed but the department has been benchmarking with other agencies who use that model. He also noted the board will be developed to best represent Pleasanton. In response to Councilmember Pentin's inquiries, Chief Swing advised PPD is waiting out some trainings, especially those requiring multiple agencies to come together like CIT. He noted there has been great success with Zoom training using breakout groups and noted there are times there is more dialogue and conversation when the training is held virtually. He explained many of the 21st Century Policing concepts are ingrained into PPD as an organization and while the formal training is paused the informal assimilation into Pleasanton continues. He also acknowledges he has not been part of a CAB previously. He noted a critical component of the CAB is the ability to hear from the community and their impression of Pleasanton in addition to helping them understand policing. Additionally, he believes the CAB should also receive community input on PPD policing strategies and how those strategies impact the communities that they represent. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiries, Chief Swing reported he has shared the 21st Century Policing and the CAB with the organization and he believes there is high trust in the leadership. In response to Mayor Thorne's inquiry, Chief Swing clarified many of the recommendations were implemented before 2015. PUBLIC COMMENT Joe Reed commented he felt the community was overreacting to something that only mildly applies to Pleasanton during the Community Listening Sessions. He thanked City Council and PPD for everything they have done for the community. Mark Fisher recounted an incident in which a domestic violence victim needed a victim verification form filled out by a police officer from the crime scene and PPD refused to fill out the form. He expressed concern that PPD does not have a California Victim Compensation Board (CaIVCB) liaison officer. Chief Swing advised he received an email earlier in the day from Mr. Fisher regarding his concerns and will respond to him offline and report the results back to City Council. Sahana Kumar commented on Pillar 1 of the 21st Century Policing Report and cited examples in which PPD could establish community outreach and trust, understanding, diversity, and transparency. Rishabh Raj commented on Pillar 2 of the 21st Century Policing Report and encouraged City Council to develop some level of civilian oversight over PPD to build accountability. He encouraged City Council to reject the status update, call for a more comprehensive report, and call for an effective civilian oversight model. Carolyne Geng commented on Pillar 3 of the 21st Century Policing Report which asked for community collaboration in developing public policy based on technology. She encouraged City Council to create City Council Minutes Page 5 of 9 October 1, 2020