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Community Advisory Board Since its inception in September 2021, the Community Advisory Board (CAB) is comprised of 14 members and has met several times. The background of the CAB members includes mental health professionals, Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) employees, a homeless outreach worker, faith community representatives, downtown residents and business owners, non-profit organization executives, strategic development consultants and other representatives of diverse backgrounds. The CAB and police leadership recently identified a list of priorities for discussion using a brainstorming and voting exercise. The CAB's top five topics were Trust (10), Equitable Policing (10), Mental Health (9), Roadway Safety/Traffic Enforcement (8), School Safety (7), Youth Programs (6) and Crime Reduction via Technology (6). The police leadership team conducted a separate voting exercise where the top five topics were Recruitment/Retention (20), Police Resource Deployment (14), Crime Reduction via Technology (11), Employee Wellness (8), and Feeling of Safety (6). Due to the strong interest of multiple priorities, the CAB decided to increase the frequency of meetings from every other month to monthly. At its March meeting, the CAB heard about the department's recruitment and retention efforts and provided recommendations on how to increase the diversity of applicants. In addition to the department's executive team, police staff present included the professional standards sergeant and the lieutenant who oversees recruitment. CAB members also participate as panelists on hiring panels and help at community events such as Shop with a Cop. Now that COVID restrictions have eased, staff anticipates CAB members will be more visible at police events. School Resource Officers The police department continues to support PUSD with two School Resource Officers (SRO). The SROs respond to incidents of student and campus safety and build positive relationships with students and staff. As previously mentioned, overall juvenile arrests were down sharply in 2021, which was similarly aligned with arrests on campus. Since the beginning of the school year, officers made two arrests at Pleasanton schools: one case was a robbery that occurred at Amador Valley High School, and the other was a case of vandalism at Foothill High School. With the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between PUSD and the City, staff has changed how they respond to calls for service at schools involving students in crisis. In January, the department selected two officers and a supervisor to implement the Alternate Response to Mental Health Unit. While in the early stages, these two programs have already shown positive outcomes at the schools. Since the beginning of the school year through this past February, SROs and Alternate Response officers have responded to 32 calls requesting a consultation with PUSD staff and students in crisis; of those calls, 21 mental health commitment evaluations were conducted, and seven students were placed on a mental health hold — slightly more Page 8 of 11