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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/06/2017 14 Follow up to Southern Callifornia Crossroads Representatives Discussion re: Violence in the CommunityBUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDASTATEMENT Item No. 14. For Meeting of: June 6, 2017 ITEM TITLE: Follow up to discussion with Southern California Crossroads representatives SUBMITTED BY: Dominic Rizzi, Chief of Police SUMMARY EXPLANATION: Council representatives of the Public Safety Committee had a conference call with representatives of the non-profit Southern California Crossroads. Southern California Crossroads shared some questions the Council should respond to as a guide to possible future actions before it tries to develop a plan to deal with violence in the community. ITEM BUDGETED: STRATEGIC PRIORITY: NO Public Safety APPROVED FORcllv� SUBMITTAL: City Manager STAFF RECOMMENDATION: BOARD/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: At the May 25, 2017 Public Safety Committee meeting it was recommended that this item be brought to the full council for consideration. ATTACHMENTS: Description Upload Date 5/3012017 Type Backup Material May 16, 2017 Notes from call with SoCal representatives Paul Carrillo and Ron Nobles and Council Public Safety Committee members (Coffey, Mendez, and D. Gutierrez) Paul and Ron each provided their background and experience and asked what measures the City was taking to address gang activity. Below are some highlights from the discussion: • One of the 6 triggers to gang violence is revenge • Need to focus more on positive youth development • Need comprehensive approach • The measure should be anti -violence; not anti -gang • Need a great deal of communication between community, city and law enforcement agencies • Primary concerns need to be identified in order to build a plan • Identify problem areas and what needs to be done to make them better Paul suggested that the Council members identify: 1. What are the needs? 2. What is most important? 3. What are the long term needs? 4. What are the short term needs? 5. What positive things do we have going for us? 6. What challenges do we face? 7. What do we want to address? The Committee members and Paul agreed to continue the discussion after the public safety committee meeting next week. Council should have more answers at that time. Distributed at they Meeting &r t / F�'/ May 16, 2017 Notes from call with SoCal representatives Paul Carrillo and Ron Nobles and Council Public Safety Committee members (Coffey, Mendez, and D. Gutierrez) Paul and Ron each provided their background and experience and asked what measures the City was taking to address gang activity. Below are some highlights from the discussion: • One of the 6 triggers to gang violence is revenge • Need to focus more on positive youth development • Need comprehensive approach • The measure should be anti-violence, not anti-gang • Need a great deal of communication between community, city and law enforcement agencies • Primary concerns need to be identified in order to build a plan • Identify problem areas and what needs to be done to make them better Paul suggested that the Council members identify: 1. What are the needs? 2. What is most important? 3. What are the long term needs? 4. What are the short term needs? 5. What positive things do we have going for us? 6. What challenges do we face? 7. What do we want to address? The Committee members and Paul agreed to continue the discussion after the public safety committee meeting next week. Council should have more answers at that time.