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2021 11 16 BPAC Minutes MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN November 16, 2021 The Baytown Police Advisory Committee (BPAC) met in a Meeting on Monday, November 16, 2021, at 6:00 P.M. in the Hullum Conference Room of the Baytown City Hall, located at 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas with the following in attendance: Eric Bolenbaucher Vice Chairperson Dr. June Stansky Committee Member Dr. Marissa Moreno Committee Member Richard Hunsinger Committee Member Raphael D. Montgomery Chairperson Kevin Troller Assistant City Manager Karen Horner City Attorney Angela Jackson Assistant Secretary John Stringer Police Chief Chairperson Raphael D. Montgomery convened the November 16, 2021, Baytown Police Advisory Committee (BPAC) Meeting with a quorum present at 6:00 P.M., all members were present with the exception of the absence of Committee Member Cpl. Steve Ocanas, Committee Member Lt. Rodney Evans, and Committee Member Yulanda Braxton. 1. MINUTES a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting held on August 24, 2021. A motion was made by Vice Chairperson Eric Bolenbaucher and seconded by Committee Member Richard Hunsinger to approve the meeting minutes of the Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting held on August 24, 2021, as submitted. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Chairperson Raphael D. Montgomery, Vice Chairperson Eric Bolenbaucher, Committee Member Dr. June Stansky, Committee Member Dr. Marissa Moreno, and Committee Member Richard Hunsinger Nays: None Other: Committee Member Cpl. Steve Ocanas (Absent), Committee Member Rodney Evans (Absent), and Committee Member Yulanda Braxton (Absent) Approved Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes . November 16,2021 Page 2 of 12 2. CITIZEN INPUT a. Receive citizen input concerning police outreach, community policing, officer training, as well as policies and procedures. No one had registered to speak, and so Chairperson Raphael D. Montgomery proceeded to the following item. 3. BUSINESS ITEMS a. Receive an introduction of Chief Stringer and his initial assessment of the Police Department as it pertains to the purposes of the Committee. Police Chief John Stringer began the introduction by giving a few encouraging words about his projections of future police operations. Chief Stringer based his projections off of his experiences with the citizens and officers of the City of Baytown. Chairperson Montgomery inquired how Chief Stringer would go about hearing from the communities. Chief Stringer replied that he had yet to tell the public he was the new Police Chief because, in partaking in conversations with citizens, he would not want to taint what they would say after giving that fact. Chief Stringer mentioned back at his home town, he would have conversations and answered the questions of the citizens by the means of visiting the local barbershop. Chairperson Montgomery further inquired about community policing and what that entailed. He understood it to mean having certain officers assigned to certain communities. Chief Stringer concurred that was part of it, but that the idea was for the Police Department to have relationship with the community. Assistant City Manager Kevin Troller requested Chief Stringer relay his experience with National Night Out. Chief Stringer responded with his surprise to find how the event was centrally executed and of the amount of socialization that transpired between the police and citizens. Committee Member Dr. Stansky inquired if the demographics of the event were over half minority, as Baytown had a large Hispanic percentage. Mr. Troller confirmed that night was very much representative of the demographics of the city and that they received relatively positive feedback from attendees. b. Receive and discuss a report concerning the Baytown Police Strategic Plan. City Manager Rick Davis presented the item and introduced the concept of Community Based Strategic Planning. Community Based Strategic Planning was an exercise in deep community listening where they would then take action on what they learn from their citizens. He noted the present particular exercise took about a year to complete which allowed them to develop specific strategic directives. Before handing off the floor to the Assistant to the City Manager Brian Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 3 of 12 Moran, Mr. Davis acknowledged the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (SPAC) and the individuals who helped facilitate the effort: • Lakesha Holmes, Chair • Brian Moran, Assistant to the City • Aracely Auzenne, Member Manager • Richard Whitaker, Member • Kim Milstead, Department of Justice • Aaron Crowell, Member • Mackey Smith, Conductor of the Focus • Preet Signh, Member Groups • Bill Nelson, Member • Derrick Wade, Member Mr. Moran then began his presentation by relaying the activities of SPAC listed as the following: Activities of the Strategic Planning Advisory Committee (SPAC) • Hosted a series of focus groups with stakeholders of Committee-identified communities • Facilitated three public workshops (two being virtual) • Conducted interviews with various communities • Commissioned satisfaction survey services • Utilized an engaging platform to interact with citizens • Met with the following groups: o West Baytown Civic Association o Some of the students from Goose Creek o Several of Baytown's neighborhoods and HOAs o The Juneteenth Celebration Committee o Kiwanis Club o The Baytown Police Department Mr. Moran conveyed that from these interactions, SPAC determined certain perceived strengths. Mr. Moran gave the example of such perceived strength being the implementation of body cameras. He then relayed areas in which the police department could improve, such as: resources allocated to address mental health; community policing initiatives; youth engagement; expanded training and education; and overall transparency. Mr. Moran stated what was ultimately determined to be the strategic directives were the following: Strategic Directives • Community Partnerships • Mental Health • Community Policing • Accountability and Transparency Mr. Davis then discussed that the objective was, in a nutshell, to develop a strategy that would result in elevating trust between the Baytown Police Department and the community. Mr. Davis expressed they wanted to continue to engage SPAC in monitoring progress by implementing a community scorecard. He mentioned that would be part of their Police Page. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher questioned if this would have no end date and be ongoing. Mr. Davis confirmed Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 4 of 12 so, and stated it being a five-year plan was due to how long it would take to execute all the initiatives. During that time, SPAC would be monitoring and measuring progress. The Committee would be reporting to Mr. Davis and Mr. Davis would then have regular meetings with the Chief. He commented that the Chief had already taken the initiative to organize teams to address each of the strategic directives. Mr. Davis ended on the note that the strategic plan paralleled the work BPAC had already begun. Police Chief John Stringer commented he was surprised to hear from the community that they wanted more traffic control. In response, he noted the Police Department had already began to develop a Traffic Management Team. Committee Member Dr. Stansky inquired how often SPAC would meet. Mr. Davis replied they had yet to determine that, but they did know they wanted to meet at least annually to measure progress. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher recommended ever so often BPAC having a joint meeting with SPAC. Committee Member Dr. Moreno inquired what SPAC's charge would be moving forward post the strategic plan they provided. Mr. Davis elaborated SPAC would be an external observer of progress. They would also have a tool online to show that these things were being implemented. Committee Member Hunsinger further inquired how often they would be releasing information. Mr. Moran responded the information would be released quarterly. In looking at community policing, Chairperson Montgomery queried if that was the Chief s responsibility or the Police Department's to say what that would look like. Or, he gave a following instance of if it was the Committee's responsibility to determine what that would look like,and have a dialogue with BPD. Mr. Davis responded that SPAC had already articulated what success looked like for each of the directives. Mr. Davis reiterated that he took that plan and handed it over to the Chief where they discussed the implementation. In response to Chairperson Montgomery's question, Mr. Davis answered it was both the Committee's and BPD's responsibility. That being why, Mr. Davis relayed, it was important to keep SPAC engaged. Assistant City Manager Kevin Troller interpreted Chairperson Montgomery's question to be as to why there would be a need for two committees that appeared to have a lot of overlap—what would be the differentiation? Mr. Davis then replied the difference between BPAC and SPAC was that SPAC was an ad hoc committee Mr. Davis had put together. The City Council had put BPAC together. SPAC served the purpose to develop a plan for the next five years to elevate trust between the police and the community. SPAC did not oversee, develop policies, hear citizens' concerns, nor have legislative charter from Baytown's elected body. Mr. Troller expanded on Mr. Davis's notion that SPAC was for the strategic plan, BPAC was the citizen outreach. SPAC would have the life of however long they would have which was not the case with BPAC. Mr. Davis further elaborated that everything originated in light of the issues risen from 2020. He was approached by the Mayor and Council on how they would restore trust, and so Mr. Davis created a four-point plan. City Manager Rick Davis' Four-Point Plan 1. Make Strategic Personnel Adjustments Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 5 of 12 2. Discipline Bad Behavior to the Fullest Extent 3. Formalize the Baytown Police Advisory Committee(BPAC) 4. Develop and Execute a Five-Year Community-Based Strategic Plan Mr. Davis noted SPAC was the result of the fourth tenant of that plan, and that many of the listed points were ongoing. Mr. Davis projected they would have a different community in the years to come and that they were headed on the right path. Committee Member Dr. Stansky asked if there were any discussions on removing the Civil Service Laws, so that police were accountable for their actions. Mr. Davis noted he had not heard of any talk as that was above his platform, so he deferred to Assistant General Counsel Jerris Mapes who confirmed there had not been any discussion. Committee Member Dr. Stansky commented that was protecting Officer Delacruz. In continuation, Committee Member Dr. Moreno questioned SPAC's reporting measurables, and if it were possible to look those over to avoid "beating a dead horse." Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher continued on Committee Member Dr. Moreno's trajectory adding that he did see parallels between their Committees. He commented there may be redundancy, but that redundancy was not always bad. In speaking with their designated district, Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher hoped they would be able to give quicker answers now that SPAC would be addressing "subject A" so BPAC would not be wallowing in how they were going to fix said issue. Mr. Davis gave further clarification by stating the following three points: 1) SPAC would not be implementing the plan—that would be the Police Department who would give BPAC periodical updates; 2) they were going to make this as transparent as possible by posting everything online; and 3) in the event they did any empirical measuring/sampling/or study, Mr. Davis would assure to give BPAC the results. He further commented SPAC would probably not be the most appropriate source as the Chief would be more tied into the implementation of the plan than SPAC. Chief Stringer voiced his liking of the plan and Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher added that it was encouraging to see the same topics being discussed in two different fronts. Mr. Davis agreed the pathways were very clear. Chairperson Montgomery echoed the sentiment. Chief Stringer noted the plan would assure they address every element of the community with the amount of given feedback. Mr. Davis expressed he hoped the plan would be a tool to BPAC, and for them not to worry about another committee that appeared to be similar. Mr. Davis assured they were not. Committee Member Dr. Moreno agreed that the previous statements made sense. In reference to the strategic plan, she questioned if"What does success look like" would be the measurables. Mr. Davis explained those were the descriptions of when they would know if what was suggested would be having the desired effect. As far as empirical measures, Mr. Davis noted traditional strategic plans had measures, timetables, etc. - not necessarily a Community Based Strategic Plan. He commented those, however, could be utilized to chart progress. Mr. Davis noted they did conduct a survey for data-gathering which he recommended they continue to utilize. Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 6 of 12 Committee Member Dr. Stansky inquired where those surveys were published. Mr. Moran answered they would be online at Baytown.org. Mr. Moran added they were currently working with their software provider to put together a dashboard so that everything would be in one location. Committee Member Dr. Stansky suggested they utilize Facebook, as people did not go through the city website or the Baytown Sun on a daily basis. Mr. Davis replied they would get with Public Affairs and see if they could come up with a strategy. c. Receive and discuss an update concerning the mental health decals, pins, and the CORE Program. Lieutenant Steve Doris presented the item and prefaced that they began the venture with the mental health program several months ago. Lt. Doris relayed they had made pretty good strides over the past several months. One of the first ventures Lt. Doris executed was creating a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). CIT had seven police officers who were, or were on the path to be, trained as mental health officers. Nevertheless, Lt. Doris noted all the officers had the crisis intervention training. Lt. Doris and CIT then created decals and flyers to push out to some of Baytown's mental health providers. He gave the comment that it was a lengthy process, and that BPAC gave them great input. Lt. Doris noted one decal was for mental health, and the other for autism. He explained the decals were designed to be placed on individuals' front door of their houses or the bumper of their car. The idea being for their officers to be able to see and recognize those decals to help them better prepare for what they would encounter. Lt. Doris did note they were still working to get the flyers out to mental healthcare providers. He and Sergeant present at the meeting were going to meet that Thursday with BACODA—stakeholders in the mental health dilemma of Baytown. Lt. Doris felt like they were a good platform to use in being able to get with doctor's offices as BACODA were already engaged with them. Committee Member Dr. Stansky requested the quantity of the flyers being put out to which Lt. Doris responded about 250 to 500. Committee Member Dr. Stansky stressed the importance of having physicians' contact information in the event of there ever being a need to contact them. Lt. Doris noted that was a good point and stated the flyers would probably be going through some morphing overtime as they encounter such situations. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher inquired if they would be available electronically online. Lt. Doris stated one of the options they had talked about was to add it to their website in the event a Baytown citizen had a doctor in Houston, for example. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher commented that it being a fillable form online could speed up the process in the case of an emergency. Lt. Doris replied that was something they were looking at; however, there were concerns in regards to fraud and also having sensitive personal information online. With the CORE program, Chairperson Montgomery understood that their iPads would be connected to physicians. His understanding was deemed to be correct, yet Committee Member Hunsinger noted there would be no health information on the iPads. Lt. Doris assured he would cover more on that topic later on. Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 7 of 12 Furthermore, Lt. Doris informed the BPAC that their mental health officers would have a green pin to make them identifiable. Police Chief John Stringer added his projection of what would happen once people were able to recognize what the green pin would mean: when in crisis, a consumer would gravitate to the CIT officers. Additionally, Chief Stringer hoped to see consumers say, "This is my CIT officer. Can I speak with them?" Lt. Doris stressed on the importance of educating the public on the green pin. He noted they were going to take strides to do just that with social media, the newspaper, word of mouth, etc. Before moving on to the CORE program, Lt. Doris gave a quick recap on the mental health program and that moving forward the following day they were going to meet with their mental health team. They would then layout their SOPs and get everyone on track as to how everything would look like real-time. Lt. Doris noted their primary goal was to make sure the consumer gets the help and resources they need. He then went on in further detail what had previously been discussed in their meetings. One of the discussion points being that they recognized they would be dealing with mental health consumers for fifteen minutes while the families had been dealing with them for fifteen or twenty years. Lt. Doris explained that was why they involved the families in the process. Lt. Doris ended on the note that effectively the evening after that day, they would be rolling out their mental health program. Lt. Doris then began to discuss the CORE program. He noted that had been a lengthy process as well and thanked BPAC for their help. Lt. Doris stated they had the MOU done and signed off with everyone on board. Lt. Doris was also in communication with the folks at the Harris County Sheriffs Department who had their tablets. They were in the process of getting the program up and running for Baytown's officers. Lt. Doris noted they had twenty tablets coming, yet they were still working out the logistics of the date. Once their arrival, they would give the officers the iPads and provide training. Lt. Doris stated they would distribute those out by assigning them to all CIT members, as well as their Hostage Negotiation Team Commander, and their field training instructors. Their goal was to try to have a tablet-based core member on the streets 24/7. Committee Member Hunsinger inquired, with Harris County being behind the program, how CORE would play out in Chambers County. Lt. Doris replied that CORE did not apply to Chambers County. On Chambers' side, the mental health program would continue without CORE. Assistant Police Chief Mike Holden expressed his hopes that Chambers County would see the benefit so they could expand their program. Lt. Doris did note, in conversation with Sergeant Gomez at the Harris County Sheriffs Department, that Baytown was the first municipality to get on board with CORE. All other agencies involved in CORE were county agencies. Expanding on Committee Member Hunsinger's question, Assistant City Manager Kevin Troller further inquired if they knew Chambers and Harris County were talking. Mr. Troller suspected once CORE took its legs, it would be on their radar. Chairperson Montgomery then expressed his appreciation for BPAC and was happy to see it come to fruition. Mr. Troller addressed the naysayers, in regards to not everybody wanting to be stigmatized for the use of the decals, it was a choice. There were individuals that wanted the identification. Chief Stringer continued to discuss his hopes to see a mental health coalition established and Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher suggested that be something to review in their Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 8of12 upcoming meetings on how to facilitate that. It was noted that sentiment was more of a vision/a long-term goal. Lt. Doris noted the discussion of a mental health coalition would also be a part of their upcoming meetings. d. Receive a report and discuss the status of police outreach, community policing, officer training and policies and procedures. At 7:09 P.M., Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher stepped out. City Attorney Karen Horner informed the Committee the quorum had been lost, and so the meeting convened for a break. At 7:12 P.M., the committee members returned, the quorum was reestablished, and the meeting reconvened. Police Chief John Stringer presented the item and gave a report on recent and upcoming community events. Chief Stringer relayed his surprise of the good turn out and commented they were great opportunities to interact with citizens. Assistant City Manager Kevin Troller mentioned Treats on the Trail had thousands of attendees and discussed in further detail about the event. Chief Stringer announced they had Blue Santa coming up in December. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher requested BPAC be notified when a"behind the scenes"would come along for the event. Assistant Police Chief Mike Holden informed him a wrapping event would transpire after Thanksgiving. Mr. Troller noted the easiest way to send whatever information out was through their Assistant Secretary Angela Jackson. Chief Stringer further announced DARE graduations were coming up. Chairperson Montgomery inquired about the participating elementary schools, and Assistant Chief Holden listed the following participating schools: • Highlands Elementary • Ashbel Smith Elementary • Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary • George Washington Carver Elementary • James Bowie Elementary • Harlem Elementary • Mirabeau B. Lamar Elementary • San Jacinto Elementary In regards to DARE, Assistant Chief Holden noted the elementary schools rotated, so they did try to reach each school. Chairperson Montgomery had wondered if BPD were still doing the DARE program considering Goose Creek had their own police. Assistant Chief Holden explained that Goose Creek did not have a DARE unit. Chief Stringer continued discussing community engagement and their initiative to get out of their police vehicles. He relayed a time in which they helped kids playing basketball set up a new basketball hoop. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher commented he had already seen positive feedback about that on social media. Additionally, Assistant Chief Holden noted they had a civilian as a public information coordinator who would be handling public information and monitoring social media. Committee Member Hunsinger inquired if the city or PD had anyone Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 9 of 12 monitoring social media. Assistant Chief Holden relayed the person he discussed would be handing social media, separate from their PIO. Committee Member Dr. Moreno then directed the conversation to officer training. She thanked Assistant Chief Holden for sending her their cultural diversity related paperwork. However, Committee Member Dr. Moreno noted it was last revised in July 2008. She asked if they had anything more current in terms of cultural diversity training—addressing both Assistant Chief Holden, who had knowledge of the past, and Chief Stringer, who was in charge of the future. Assistant Chief Holden explained the paperwork was TCOLE which every officer who went through basic, intermediate, advanced, and masters attended their cultural diversity section. BPD not only used TCOLE, but also two-year cycles of advancement training. Assistant Chief Holden continued to explain those were TCOLE's basic requirements, and that they did have up-to-date PowerPoints and information. Committee Member Dr. Moreno then further inquired who was responsible for giving the cultural diversity of racial profiling, and gave the instance of what she would see as her being a new police officer. Assistant Chief Holden explained that TCOLE would show her the mandated minimum hours of courses. She could have additional courses, Assistant Chief Holden noted, if she wanted. BPD did have a licensed TCOLE instructor for their department, and they could get another TCOLE instructor from another agency to teach them on other topics. Committee Member Dr. Moreno asked if that would be based on a curriculum that TCOLE established. Assistant Chief Holden stated they would start with the paperwork he presented to her, and that they could add current lawsuits and information that has come up. Committee Member Dr. Moreno questioned if they had documentation showing what went in those training. Assistant Chief Holden responded that after any training, they had a test that showed their proficiency within that course. Committee Member Dr. Moreno asked if the test was from TCOLE to which Assistant Chief Holden answered no. The tests were made up of learning objectives the instructors would make up for the officers. Committee Member Dr. Moreno explained the reason she was asking these questions were because she understood the process. However, in her realm, she was expected to show deliverables, key performance indicators, and evaluations. If anything were ever to come up, for the protection of the police, was there any documentation to show they were given specific trainings? What was the curriculum and where was that curriculum housed? Assistant Chief Holden stated who oversaw them was TCOLE themselves. Committee Member Dr. Moreno expressed her contempt for TCOLE as they were stuck in 2008. Assistant Chief Holden continued to discuss that TCOLE did perform audits where they would see the rosters of the given tests. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher summarized that essentially the paperwork given to Committee Member Dr. Moreno was the minimum standard, but that the relevant/up-to-date information were taught in the individual classes. Chief Stringer relayed from his personal experience that the tests were not easy and that he was very impressed with the standards. Chief Stringer also noted they did have to prove to the association that they were following these policies and were up-to- date with their trainings. Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 10 of 12 There was then further discussion on what would be considered "the best practices." Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher gave the assumption that TCOLE was how police officers were licensed, but that sometimes the best practices of the associations were going to exceed TCOLE. Assistant Chief Holden explained officers would only be recognized by best practices if they meet TCOLE's guidelines, policies, and procedures. He stated the best practice was Texas-based, as the state knew what their officers needed related to certain situations. Assistant Chief Holden added the note that in November 2022, they would have another audit for best practices. BPD would have to get re-recognized by TCOLE's policies and procedures and show proof of their objectives. Committee Member Dr. Stansky questioned if 100% of the officers took the trainings every year. Assistant Chief Holden answered yes, but not every year. It could be on a cycle. Assistant Chief Holden then began to explain their processes. BPD did a two-year cycle for their trainings of 40 hours for every officer. Assistant Chief Holden gave the example of such trainings to be racial profiling, cultural diversity, and gender-based training. For an agency their size, it took them two years to complete. Committee Member Dr. Stansky noted that police reports may give the race in the description. Thus, her question was had BPD developed a data bank to, for example, find which minority or race were getting the most arrests. Assistant Chief Holden noted before, that had been done under racial profiling by the State of Texas for almost twenty years. BPD was required, on a yearly basis, to submit their racial profile report. Racial profiling now, for the last 40 years or so, had been mandated by TCOLE which was open to the public via their website. Committee Member Dr. Stansky asked if they were specified by officers to ensure BPD did not have particular officers. Assistant Chief Holden replied they could be, but that they could not go by how many contacts an officer had. He explained different districts may have different levels of crime. Chief Stringer echoed that sentiment stating certain districts could be populated in a certain demographic. In constantly re-assigning officers from shift to shift, nobody would know their police officers and the police officers would not know their citizens. Committee Member Dr. Moreno requested the link that Assistant Chief Holden previously mentioned about racial profiling. Assistant Chief Holden relayed the easiest way to go about that was to Google "Baytown Police Department racial profiling report" which would lead them to TCOLE's website. Committee Member Dr. Moreno further inquired if that pulled from BPD's RMS. Assistant Chief Holden explained RMS was their electronic ticket writing system. e. Discuss and take appropriate action on the Baytown Police Advisory Committee schedule for the December meeting date and time. There was discussion about the December calendar. The following City Council Quarterly Meeting was on January 9th. Assistant City Manager Kevin Troller relayed there were no requirements of the amount of times BPAC had recommendations for Council. He also noted they could speak on how long they have worked on the project and that it was coming to fruition. Committee Member Dr. Moreno recommended commending Lieutenant Steve Doris as Council and Council Member Charles Johnson were impressed with his work. She noted that would be helpful to the collaboration. Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 11 of 12 There was then further discussion as to what would be presented. Chairperson Montgomery suggested giving Council an update on CORE and the decals. Committee Member Dr. Moreno mentioned the incoming iPads. Chairperson Montgomery added they could present the green pins that would be for mental health officers. Through the discussion, it was deliberated BPAS's following meeting would be on December 14th at 6:00 P.M. A motion was made by Vice Chairperson Eric Bolenbaucher and seconded by Committee Member Richard Hunsinger to approve Tuesday, December 14th at 6:00 P.M., as the schedule for the Baytown Police Advisory Committee's December meeting date and time. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Chairperson Raphael D. Montgomery, Vice Chairperson Eric Bolenbaucher, Committee Member Dr. Marissa Moreno, Committee Member Richard Hunsinger Nays: Committee Member Dr. June Stansky Other: Committee Member Cpl. Steve Ocanas (Absent), Committee Member Rodney Evans (Absent), and Committee Member Yulanda Braxton (Absent) Approved f. Consider setting any tasks and processes for future meetings. Chairperson Montgomery stated on their Tuesday, December 14th meeting, they would discuss their January report for the Board. Committee Member Dr. Moreno brought attention to the mental health coalition in reference to a previous statement by Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher suggested they try to get a plan in place to hold together the professionals and start discussing what would be the right format. Committee Member Dr. Moreno inquired if Lieutenant Steve Doris could come back and give BPAC an update on the conversation he would have that Thursday with BACODA. Lt. Doris affirmed he would. Committee Member Dr. Stansky further suggested visiting professionals to hand out personal invitation. Additionally, Committee Member Dr. Moreno requested further clarification on what was being asked of BPAC was their help on the implementation of the strategic plan. Police Chief Stringer responded that was what they were developing now which he went in to further detail. Mr. Troller recapped that City Manager Rick Davis handed the strategic plan to the Chief and that it had then became the Chief's to figure out. Chief Stringer agreed and assured they did take the information from BPAC to the police department. Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes November 16,2021 Page 12 of 12 Committee Member Hunsinger expressed wanting to see more citizen involvement. Chief Stringer noted that people would associate BPAC as a system or a formal gathering at City Hall which in turn would make them feel intimidated. He suggested speaking with constituents in an environment where they would be more comfortable. Chairperson Montgomery suggested a church. Vice Chairperson Bolenbaucher also stressed making known what they were doing, like CORE for example. The conversation then revolved on how they would communicate with citizens. Chairperson Montgomery noted that citizen communication could be a topic of discussion for their next meeting. 4. ADJOURN With there being no further business to discuss, a motion was made by Committee Member Dr. Marissa Moreno and seconded by Vice Chairperson Eric Bolenbaucher to adjourn the November 16, 2021, Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting at 7:53 P.M. The vote was as follows: Ayes: Chairperson Raphael D. Montgomery, Vice Chairperson Eric Bolenbaucher, Committee Member Dr. June Stansky, Committee Member Dr. Marissa Moreno, and Committee Member Richard Hunsinger Nays: None Other: Committee Member Cpl. Steve Ocanas (Absent), Committee Member Rodney Evans (Absent), and Committee Member Yulanda Braxton (Absent) Approved cc e®aseO ,, . • i QS ae, ds� ,,,',� 57 Angela J.t kson, Assistant Sec feitlrf City of Baytown ^��l * i AU r ' 6