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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1990 0418 CC REG ITEM 11GELDISEBROVVN Mayor BERNARDDKd.PEREZ Mayor Pro Tern CL|NT HARPER, Ph. D. Counoi|mombor PAULLAVVHASON Cvunvnmombo, SCOTT MONTGOMERY Cuunn||mombor RICHARD T.HARE City Treasurer MOORPARK ' TO: THE HONORABLE Cl cl - FROM: RICHARD RODRIGU/T T �ATE: APRIL 1 3. SUBJECT: OVERVIEW OF POLICE DEP�'F- �r The City's Po1ice Department cond... April 5, 1990, ir response to problems and the potential gang activity. The meeting took place at the Moo,� by Mayor Lawrason and Councilme~L were in attendance. 4Iso in a�� Duffy and several staff members r Vishna Herrity' Also �resen+ 's Edwards, Sheriff's Intelligence -, of the East Valley Station's --e Rodriguez made the presen�ation' ' Lzeutenant Rodriguez s �::)resent. - t�c^ Sheriff's Department t�e , concept auxiliary services avail��le to th+ The presentation continued with � staffing in these areas. officer ps c�ty services. These services services, com IT! ercia1 `'ehicle �- criminal investigat��ns. - STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYLJ.KANE City Attorney PATRICK R|OHARD8.A.iC.P. Director of Community Development R DENNIS DELZBT City Engineer JOHN V. G|LLESP|E Chief 'dPolice OMMUNITY �:!WARENESS PROGRAM ed a mmunity 'wareness Program on cai �arents' concerns over youth Angeles type street r '�on�unity Center and was chaired Approx1mately 45 citizens n�^r�*' was School Superintendent T. l*�n� Principals Barbara Kline and e -3O �avid Lea, Lieutenant Bill �eputi Higgison ^o''ce (TI ent DetaiI. Lieutenan� ted of an overview of the � z tract police services and expl..nation of the patrol beats, e r) ratio and specializeg �ded a description of traffic ��p ` traffic investigation anC, 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 Overview Page 2 The issue of crime in Moorpark vas of the ^ddres*ed and included a brief recap Police Department's 1980 An`uai Report. Information was presented that Ventura County was ' ..centl iJentitied by the FBI as the safest county west of the MississL|oi ;zve-, according to their Uniform Crime Reporting guidelines, that nynt^rs Tounty is ranked third safest in California according to the / ^llfor/La Crime Index (CCI) criteria and, that Moorpark has the lowest ' ine r-te of any of the county's ten cities' According to the Federal i irD,o -rime Index of Part I last year Moorpark had a crime ra-. �' � crimes ' �11/1000 population This is 50% less than the e:isting crz'/e �te 'I the City's first year or incorporation. LLeutenant Rodrz.x z ~t/~ssed that Moorpark is a safe community' ver / The Community Services Office' , 0n_»' Deputy David Lea approximately a 15 minute prese,+ offered by the tLor 01 gave community oriented programs Police Department , participate in d er-u/raged those in attendance t o some of those p~uL ams' -he CSO described a myriad of programs and/or presentations Lhe ..r" Available to the citi including Neighborhood Watch, Hoo ^ ~ersonal e `.'�/ zens Shoplifting Prevention and Safety, The CSO described the cooperatl.e for i of the City and schools to Present the Drug Abuse ?esistance E /nformation "natLc, (DARE) Program in Moorpark ' included an overview :^ of the City's "e DAF|- Program curriculum and some ��ng; anti-drug activicze National DARE Day, Tie .n l ' Red Ribbon Week an� CSO aloc DARE Club that is ^",/e'� rformation about a ciry-wide in its infancy its general membership meeting. The , .n.' u1l soon be having its /�rsc City's DARE Program bun is w 1 o /t 1 club is an off shoot off-shoot ��e aut o�c and adult advisors that wLlI x^ ' -`r he club has student offi cers �s overse± � " activities. Lieutenant Rodriguez continued tis vandalism, graffiti and gang issue`' Lieutenant Rodriguez stressed than with the Los Angeles area is IR Angeles area authorities are ove,w4 thus field contacts occuring tnsc documented as such and entered ini' � In response to the Los Angeles go� County, local law enforcement el approximately two /ears ago. A, received funding for staff or ceJ issue. The intent of the group is � gang problem that ma/ exlst in Ven~u County authorities determined that , validated thus, an individual Ao, . merely because of apoeararce or assn 'ese-t .tion with an overview of the tc or/pare the local youth problem compa,ing apples and oranges. Los .med b the street gang problem and ccten/ially are gang related are ~ agen Y's respective data files. | problem and its impact on Ventura ereg the gang enforcement arena local law enforcement agencies -ated xisting staff to address the sma,e information and identify any [o rv: . Ja/.g 'elated information would be `c`t be branded as a gang member tL ,rs Overview Page 3 This validation establishment of identified as Ha minimum number of defines gangs in a gang problem' sf information V s K K 15 criteria oca 1` rdcore, Associate or criteria that oeo entur* Count/ )r1 This local law enforcement group n includes the Police Departmentn representatives from the Sherzf Patrol, Correctiors Services Agel Office, California Youth Au�ho Department-Malibu. In additioo, similar group in Los Angeles 0 information has Wei znvaluable t. - Lieutenant Rodriguyz stated tha^ ' of approximately 30 youths ll identified themselves as a garg high/high school age. By Ioca gang. Their actLvities include abuse, intimidatio, and moving ' appears intimidatin; to ritizens' This group id primarily in downtown area been reported School, Peach Girls Club and entifies itself as y the downtown area it is certainly ' at Flory School Hil Park, Campu, othe' locations. The schools have laken a proacti^, are prohibiting the wearing of app the school environment. Additionai! very freely with police staff ~r trouble. Staff also shared information sbc Moorpark, the drive-by sMooting in % in February. It was explained toot shooting were from Oxnard. Bo+- convicted and sente,ced t'z prison' The fight at the Taco Bell in,o Thousand Oaks that began a fight Thousand Oaks youths were arreste offenses. Like the O/nard gr^uA gang from Thousand 00s. Lieutenant Rodriguez e=ained to a` is not naive nor is it closirg activity that current1y exists in one within this q-oup of apprc � member, inspite o+ �,e�r self iden^' be accomplished through the Gang members could then be nerely Affiliates based on a oet. It is this criteria that 'r this Moorpark does not have mo/`thly to share information and f �/,e county s ten cities and also ~ Jepartment, California Highway -bation)` District Attorney's 'rd Los Angeles Sheriff's s personnel are members of a has networking and sharing of +] .0 Knrities. e have a problem with a group � iodividua1 acclamation have r, 9-oup is primarily of junior |efir.z|izn they are not defined as a 'oe| s', L.e. graffiti, some alcohol 'L^ � �arge groups that in itself .W' o 1oorpark Boyz and is visible Altho. ]h graffiti is visible in the ltni U,,d to this area. Graffiti has he- +/censivel>, Mountain Meadows a . ' `apar-al School, the Boys and os:u,p an potential gang issues and re D, campus that is disruptive to . icw) ] administrators communicate JA,. information on potentim t twc recent gang incidents in vember and a fight at the Taco Bell the oe ,ple involved in the drive-by r7ver and shooter have been /ec a group of five subjects from ith !w local youths. Three of the &nu charged with a variety of ihe ,ere associated with a street prese-t that the Police Department to e1e5 to the potential of gang ,orpar-; however, by definition no 42h "O 'ouths qualifies as a gang a+/or. Overview Page 4 At this Point the forum was ope ec u�� uuestions. The following is a summary f �r' the questions and comment ~'oM to audienne: I. Do all the yDuths that have live in the downtown- 2. What are the school district problem? 1en+Med themselves as gang members Pc "cl/ce Department doing about the 3. Ismograffiti only e downtow, What can be done about its 4. Why are youths being target' �' .14001 and police authorities ".=r el ' oecause of their attire 5. What is the appearance of this ' s. ;anJ' 6' What can citizens/parents do t: , f~ �,"-d their families? 7. The problem is that the po]. e *-P not communicating with loca1 Youths. Except for the CSO ` "gran all contact The police should have more pos,, ^ s are negative. �r a�ts with local youths. B. School teachers should be trainec 1' -^s wnlze gang activity. 9. There is nothing in the Jo, ,.', ` ' area youths activities to occupy chem. ; no parks, no 10. A Parent Commented that pare, , nee, to be educated to recognize gang activity or substance abuse 11 T..y relate to their children. 11. Ap mother commented that her son = � qocg boy and used to get picked up do door to door sa]ss ^r Szm�. More recently he has b unable to get a job local: / reca's �e is not 18 been Further, that there is no Ioca c | f~ years of age. Police had treated her son nags, ° r r /ouths^ She also felt the eg� ^i ' �u 179 e tra+fic stop. 12~ Comments were made about l&c A com`unication between the police and school district for not q+ "I"I ' formation out t th about the evenings meetinq to-o: � the Presid o e Parents newsletter' Had that been � e ~ en t' s Council attendance, �� e parents would have been in Otherboquestions and comments were . f_om the audience similar to Lieutenant Rodriguez did not have n~ormatzon available to respond t o themselve t asking where the ,c�� h� -es�de that have identifie the question � co he police as gang me.nL* s o Overview Page 5 Lieutenant Rodriguez explained �~ very proactive in addressing :rs request, the Police Department hqs district office, Chaparral MiddlE staffs' Additionally, the Fo /� with various school authoritie`.' Police staff of potential ganw Additionally, the police and ,c- deal with truancy that allows n`- they may encounter' Although graffiti is more "is.0 exclusively a downtown problem. , Peach Hill, Mountain Meadows ~n1 Department cannot positively at?' group of 30 calling themselvep ' the City is in the process of buy',: Deputies Pentis and Higgison re. targeted based on their attirs Picture; activity at the time, c/' others present with youth as well that they talk to the youths activities and identify and fini ^|" This self proclaimed gang that ' Boyz has clothing attire that .' . include black jackets, sweatshirt well as black Los Angeles Raiders : . Parents were advised that they their children, their friends as behavior changes that may indic*/^ The audience was informed that L provides a myriad of presentations t levels that are extremely pos171. Personal and bicycle safety prese,t the law and advising Moorpark [I Driving (SADD) chapter. Very recary spoke to an eighth g_ade cla ip questions. Lieutenant Rodriguez advised that ^s at Moorpark's Continuation H g questions. He stated that sta'/ school's speaker requests In response to the statement tha' downtown for youths, Lieutenant \ Department is unable to -esolve thc.~ c 15e "olice and school district are urrs.t problem. At the district's r'..de. gang information training to chc,c and Moorpark High School 7ep,''ment has almost daily contact �c'.c'l Officials willingly apprise -01:1em that impact their schools. ` s h ,e establl-shed a procedure to quickl dispose of truants 1' /he downtown area, it is not '`f ^ has also been reported in the L041u Park areas. The Police L~� 7 affiti to this self-acclaimed 1avor Lawrason commented that =* �..e to remove graffiti. .nip( that youths are not being officers evaluate the whole surrounding the contact and Pentis and Higgison stated e' n zounter to determine their ' ` / 'ioo to talk. -''^^L*s itself as M'P.L.S./Moorparx e, common apparel tends to | caps Often stenciled as -)Fn conscious and aware about ' `.|dren s whereabouts as well the DARE Program, the CSO |'e c strict's youths at all grade , ,ese activities range from presentations on youth and 'ci's Stujents Against Drun[ ens Lea, Pentis and Higgison sponded to their Prepared �.so _..s spoken to combined classes �c-'oli and responded to their ss e er/ efforL to respond to the .c pars or activities exist in the 1rigue advised that the Police &'/ r l*~ issues. Overview Page 6 In response to a parent's commert, narcotics activity anc! symptono the Police Department is wiI]l- information presentaticns and w staff to accomplish this In response to comments about and schools in announcing the ^ public announcement was made s meeting. Additionally, press copy of which was delivered to In summary, Moorpark is a .p-` 17.81/1000 in population. Thi-s county followed by Camarillo Nit Police staffing is limited and Population, the lowest ratio of e` as the current juvenile proble"i are addressed on an overtime basi . The Police Department previousl` , Honorable City Council and ad' /a sufficient for policing purposes. The police have examined documenta- that a curfew problem does not cLr' of Council to identify a proce,u'' activities the following procedurF ' Routinely officers are required ^' Whenever the circumstances dict. solicitor's call, disturbance cal when appropriate parents will OF ' the police contact. Police conta^ include a citation or arrest. The CSO's time is limited and ' cannot be expanded without damage Programs. Police staff will at� resources including use of the ~t supplement the CSO. The police have very good communl has provided training to district s� to these school requests. Addi� function as a member of the schoo| � Board (SARB) committee' This comni' achievement problems and meets reg� | . Wj, 'aKtng them more informed about /y. Lieutenant Rodriguez stated that t: espond to group requests for . '^-opt to schedule the necessary if c'mmunication eqLrg neeting, as Ie |wn Council me ea'3es were made : 10c /. stricL. between the police Council is aware a stings prior to the 2-3 weeks prior, a 10-e lommunity with a crime rate of s /he owest rate of any city in the " r.te of 21.96/1000. Moorpark s � apc"�ximately 0.7 officers/1000 ]f n the county. Incidents such oc ,a t special enforcement efforts �ressec the issue of curfew with the the current ordinance is `r Doe, the past year and determined .tl, e'ist. However, at the request to no:ify parents of curfew related I ie `itiated. crnp1ete Field Interview (FI) cards ^ 1'e. suspicious subject call, r`ese FI cards will be flagged and ell a "m letter.Wifying them of 04.: Mg a formal disposition ma/ e ''Ime being devoted to the schools o -he :ity's other crime prevention mu/ tc obtain the services of other � cn s Special Enforcement staff to cIcn w th the district's school and *-' Slaff will continue to respond )rally. the CSO will continue to strict s Students Attendance Review ee *�desses student attendance and ` ' On the issue of truancy the Po�j D local schools by _eturr^ `ng to `� ^ epar,ment will continue to assist truant. c� '1-se Youths suspected of being Overview Page 7 Staff will be advised to take a mc Calls For Service through documer` curfew, juvenile problem or calls | Graffiti can be abated if it Purchase of a graffiti removal ma:!� e formaL approach to dispositions on tl:r` sarticularly with disturbance, t `,e ]escribed as gang related. apo`*U upon discovery' The City * ^'I assist ir this process' From a law enforcement prospe-t, e district address three specific � would like to see the school � | le upcoming fiscal year. I. Consider assistilg the !i' pc^| staffing costs of th u�� Officer. e City s 2. Consider changing Chapar _I times. W4~1.` School's start and dismissal 3. Consider changing the dow` jw' �. '|igh School b us stop at Flory SchooI^ op currently I have discussed the issue or Duffy and received positive comme, Mr. Duffy has been provided inforo an estimate on current and projecre/ �e DARE officers staff cost with Mr. � about sharing part of these costs. -icn o qext years program costs and '""re time devoted to the schools' The tidismissal time atChaparr,^ cJ-s .L a time when high school and that conuation students have concl ^ ^d the'' school Uay. The results is ^y]h.. school age students ' /g {o congregate in the area of Chaparral Middle �^ = and intim ` ca younger stud use disturbance problems in the '^ , students as well as The high school bus stop at Particularly in the afternoon' awaiting disembarking students a Past this has resulted in Calls p other bus stops away from this student population as well as pract/' Recommendations Receive and file. RR; mm AWARENES r 5cho)1 also causes some problems, o^:hs regularly loiter in the area tic end of the school day. In the r Ser`^ce at Flory School. Perhaps c'v"ci qould be appropriate for this i