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CITY OF lOVVA CITY
410 East Washington Street
Iowa City, Iowa S2240-1826
(319) 356-5000
(3I9) 356-5009 FAX
www.icgov.org
Restructuring the Iowa
City Police
Department:
A Preliminary Plan to
Accelerate Community
Policing
City Council Work
Session
December 15, 2020
Preliminary Plan Overview
o Iowa City Police Department Structure
o Statistical Overview
o Recent Community Policing Initiatives
o Restructuring:
o Crisis Calls
o Unbiased Policing
o Policing Forward
o Funding Considerations
o Final Recommendations
o Appendices www.icgov.org/preliminaryplan
Iowa City
Police
Department
Mission
Statement
To work in partnership with the
community, enhance trust, protect with
courage and compassion, and empower
victims of crime through excellence in
service
Organization Chart
109.26 permanent positions
84 sworn positions
(including supervisory
staff)
25.26 civilian positions
Chief of Police
Field Operations
Division Captain
Support Seances
Division Captain
Investigations Training&
Patrol Section Section Accreditation Planning &Research
(1( -Sergeant (1(—Sergeant
Cly Core e Analyst
Day Watch
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(1( -Lieutenant
(2) Sergeants (p- Lieutenant Community Outreach
(16( -Patrol Officers (2) Sergeant (1(—Neighborhood
Response
(1(- Community Relations
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(2( Downtown Liaison
Evening Watch (9( InviAatorsstigators
( ((( (4( -SCAT
1-Llelltenant
(2( -Sergeants (1(JCDTF
16 -Patrol Officers ®' E
Late Night Watrh
(1(-Lieutenantnt
(2) Sergeants
(16( -Patrol Officers
Command Sworn
Department Staffing and Budget History
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Total Police
104
103
103
105
105
105
105*
105
107
107
109.26*
Employees
SwornPositions
81
80*
80
82*
82
82
82
82
84*
84*
84
SwornPositions
Per 1,000
1.19
1.16
1.14
1.15
1.13
1.12
1.10
1.08
1.11
1.12*
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Population
Total Department
11.043
11.342
12.350
12.692
13.217
13.016
13.457
13.827
14.847
15.319
15.758
Budget (millions)
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Department
Budget as a
Percentage of
21.68%
21.39%
25.65%
24.04%
24.42%
24.02%
24.29%
23.88%
24.59%
24.49%
24.78%
City General
Fund
Sworn Staffing
Comparisons
(Per 1,000 Residents)
o Iowa City Police Department has 1.12 sworn
positions per 1,000 residents
o United States average is 2.3
o Midwestern cities with population between
50,000-99,999 is 1.5
o Four larger cities in Iowa range between 1.52-1.66
o Big Ten communities average is 1.48
FY 2011 — FY 2021 Department Budget
o Average annual growth has been 3.6%
o Consistently 23.88% to 25.65% of total General Fund budget since 2012
o Increase is consistent with natural growth in experienced in other departments.
Growth largely attributable to wages, health insurance, state pension system
payments and inflationary growth in supplies
o One-time expenses account for some growth and include past budgeted items such as
deer sharpshooting, vehicle purchases, and consulting studies
Total Calls for Service
73,000
72,000
71,000
70,000
69,000
68,000
67,000
66,000
65,000
64,000
63,000
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Approximately 54% of Calls for Service are initiated by the public
Most officer initiated Calls for Service fall into Traffic, Compliance and Community Policing categories
10% of Calls of Service result in arrestor citation
Group A Crime
0 2019 Shots Fired Calls
15 Incidents
56 Rounds Fired
5 Individuals Injured
0 2020 Shots Fired Calls
(12/6/20)
56 Incidents
301 Rounds Fired
16 Individuals Injured
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Violent Crime Rates (1995 — 2019)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Property Crime Rates (1995-2019)
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
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Use of Force
Note: As of the end of October 2020, the Department's use of force as a percentage of calls for
service was approximately .32%.
• Monthly Use of Force Reports are provided to the Community Police Review
Board. Reports were enhanced in 2020 to include race, mental health and other
important information
• Use of Force incidents do not always involve physical altercations with a member of
the public.
Recent
Community
Policing
Initiatives
Focused Positions
o Downtown Liaison Officers
o Neighborhood Response Officers
o Community Outreach Assistant
o Victim Services Coordinator
Diversion Efforts
o Juvenile Disorderly Conduct
o Juvenile Theft
Supportive Services (Data Driven Justice)
o Cross Park Place
o GuideLink Center
o Victim Support
Targeted Outreach
o Special Needs Population
o Mental Health
o LGBTQ+
Case Study:
Homeless Services
Partnerships
o Considerable Police Effort to
Plan and Evaluate Cross
Park Place Housing First
Project
o Night in Jail Reduced from 3 -
Year Average of 107 to 28
o From 2016 to 2019
Homeless -Related Calls for
Service Dropped from 450 to
300
o In 2016 5% of Homeless -
Related Calls for Service
Ended in Arrest or Citation.
That Number Dropped to 1 %
in 2019.
Looking Ahead
0 36 Preliminary Plan Recommendations
o A Continuum of Response to Crisis Calls
o A Commitment to Unbiased Policing
o Policing Forward
o Community Review and Comment
Outcome Oriented:
A Continuum of Responses to Crisis Calls
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Prevent Divert Co -Respond Stabilize
& Connect
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Prevent
Pursue a Local Option Sales Tax that would in part bolster the
annual Aid to Agencies grant program and provide additional
flexibility for strategic one-time investments in our non profit
community
z. Partner with the Shelter House to jointly fund a new Street
Outreach and Engagement Specialist, to be employed by the
Shelter House and that would work in close cooperation with
the Iowa City Police Department, to proactively connect
individuals to services and prevent police calls for service
generated by the public
3. Create a half-time permanent civilian Community Outreach
Assistantposition thatfocuses solely on outreach and
engagement with Iowa City's growing immigrant and refugee
population
Divert
The City should take an active role in marketing local crisis
services to the public including the 24171365 Mobile Crisis
unit with the aim to increase the diversion of calls away from
the Police Department to trained mental health counselors
s. Following in the path of the Cross Park Place and GuideLink
projects, the Iowa City Police Department should work
cooperatively with Comm Unity and other local governments in
2021 to take a data driven justice approach to planning for
expansion of the existing Mobile Crisis service
6. The City should convene stakeholders from the mental health
region, Comm Unity Mobile Crisis team, and Joint Emergency
Communication Center staff and board to discuss integration
of Mobile Crisis services into the 911 dispatch process
Divert
The Police Department should conduct a comprehensive, data -
driven review of the civilian Community Service Officer
position and determine if those civilian positions can safely
divert duties from sworn staff
s. The City Council should determine if they wish to revisit the
concept of automated traffic enforcement. If the technology is
something the City Council wants to explore, direction should
be provided to staff on what information is desired to make an
informed decision
Police Response Police Assisted Response Police Primary Response
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Prevent Divert Co -Respond Stabilize
& Connect
Co -Respond
The City Council and Iowa City Police Department should
join Foundation 2 and Comm Unity Crisis Services in
developing and implementing a co -response team that pairs a
specially trained Police Officer with a Comm Unity Mobile
Crisis mental health professional. The program will be funded
in partnership with the East Central Mental Health Region
and will include a new Police Officer specialty position that
will be accommodated through a reduction in one Sergeant
position.
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Stabilize &Connect
The Iowa City Police Department should continue to ensure
that all Officers receive initial Crisis Intervention Training and
subsequent continuing education in de-escalation techniques.
The Department shall continue to encourage personnel to
obtain CIT instructor certification
ii. The Iowa City Police Department should partner with the
Iowa Department of Public Health to begin carrying Narcan
to better assist those experiencing an opioid overdose when no
medical professional is on scene to assume such care.
The Iowa City Police Department should move forward with
implementation of the Coordinate Assess Respond Engage
(CARE) reporting tool to better inform Officer response and
training, as well as to increase efforts to expand and automate
referrals to local service providers.
Stabilize &Connect
The Police Chief should designate a command staff team to
analyze the Department's usage of the GuideLink Center and
to actively participate in ongoing intergovernmental evaluation
and planning efforts to explore how the facility can best meet
the changing needs of our community.
m The Victim Services Coordinator should engage in regular
meetings with local service providers for the purpose of
continually evaluating how the Iowa City Police Department
can best utilize the professionals in those organizations to
support victims experiencing trauma and crisis.
Outcome Oriented:
A Commitment to Unbiased Policing
Department Training
is. The Iowa City Police Department should conduct a comprehensive review of its Field
Training program for Probationary Officers and partner with the community to expand
training on the history of policing, past and ongoing disproportionate impacts on minority
communities, steps Officers can take in their daily duties to be unbiased and anti -racist, crisis
intervention, de-escalation, and awareness of existing prevention and diversion resources in
the community.
16. The Police Department should actively pursue the Georgetown Innovative Policing Program's
Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) training with the goal of preparing
Officers to intervene to prevent harm and create a culture of peer intervention.
iz Community -led training opportunities should become an increased focus for the Department,
especially on the topic of race. The Department should actively pursue several community -led
trainings in partnership with groups such as Black Voices Project, NAACP, Immigrant and
Refugee Association, University of Iowa Student Government and University of Iowa
Athletics
Outcome Oriented:
A Commitment to Unbiased Policing
City Code and Departmental Policy Changes
18. Iowa City should consider a civilian Accreditation Managerposition that could bring a non -
law enforcement perspective to police policy development and compliance review efforts.
iv. The Police Department should strive to update each of the 36 General Orders scheduled for
review in 2021 with a racial impact lens, make necessary policy changes to eliminate racial
inequities in resulting outcomes, and incorporate the inclusion of a Racial Impact Statement
into the review process beginning in 2021 and for all General Order reviews moving forward.
ao. The City Council should adopt the Unbiased Policing Ordinance and the City should actively
advocate alongside the NAACP and other advocates for similar language to be adopted into
State law.
Outcome Oriented:
A Commitment to Unbiased Policing
City Code and Departmental Policy Changes
21. The Police Department shall make permanent the prohibition on indiscriminate license plate
checking and initiation of traffic stops based on non-public safety secondary violations after
any modifications are considered after the initial 60 -day review period.
aa. A public safety camera usage policy shall be developed before the installation of previously
approved cameras and should focus on investigations of serious crimes and not surveillance
activity.
Outcome Oriented:
A Commitment to Unbiased Policing
Renewed Support for the CPRB and Human Rights Commission
23. The Police Department should renew its commitment to the Community Police Review Board
through regular Police Chief updates, staff introductions, frequentpolicy reviews, enhanced
Use of Force reporting, Body Cam compliance reporting and a more extensive new board
member orientation and internal investigation training.
24. The Police Department should assign a liaison to the Human Rights Commission and actively
participate in their community education, recognition and outreach events in order to build
more understanding and connections with diverse populations in the community.
Outcome Oriented:
A Commitment to Unbiased Policing
City Advocacy
as. City staff should work with our State elected delegation, contracted lobbyist and partners such
as the NAACP to pursue meaningful changes to the criminal justice system that align with the
City Council's adopted 2021 legislativepriorities
26. The City should work with its legislative delegation and professional associations and
stakeholdergroups to introduce legislation at the State level that would explicitly prohibit race -
based calls to law enforcement when there is no emergency or criminal activity and initiate a
public service campaign to build awareness of this phenomenon and eliminate race -based
calls.
a7. The City Council should consider conversations with other local elected officials to gauge
interest in the formation of a regional Community Police Review Board that can replace those
already in place or under consideration in individual municipalities within Johnson County
Outcome Oriented:
Policing Forward
Employee Recruitment, Wellness and Community Service
as. The City should explore the creation of a local public safety apprenticeship program to bolster
efforts to increase the number and diversity of applicants for a variety of public safety
positions including police officer, firefighter, and some public works positions. The program
would pay a stipend to participants, who would learn critical skills and perform limited duties
and community service
29. The City should implement written and physical testing support programs that minimize
barriers to successful testing and increase the number and diversity of candidates eligible for
hire by the Department
Outcome Oriented:
Policing Forward
Employee Recruitment, Wellness and Community Service
3o. The City should seek partnerships with EMDR certified professionals and cover the expense
for initial Officer consultations in order to reduce barriers to this service and ensure Officers
have needed resources to process distressing memories and perform at the best of their abilities
31. The City should explore a pilot program that requires Officers to spend a portion of shift time
volunteering with an Iowa City based non-profit or working toward a community service
project
Outcome Oriented:
Policing Forward
Public Data and Communications
32. A Public Safety Communications Professional position should be created in the City
Manager's Office to focus on improving transparency, responsiveness and proactive messaging
with the community
33. With the adoption of the Final Plan, the City should commence an overhaul of the Police
Department's website content and ensure it provides clear, transparent information about
policing operations and reports on progress towards its mission and the various
recommendations in the plan
34. The Iowa City Police Department should participate in the Police Data Initiative and other
similar public data portals that aim to enhance understanding of public safety data, increase
accountability and innovate through the sharing of bestpractices
Outcome Oriented:
Policing Forward
Public Data and Communications
ss. Beginning in 2021, the Police Department should begin quarterly town hall style listening
posts with the public in alternating locations throughout the community
36. Reconvene the City Manager's Roundtable in 2021 and initiate a review of the Leadership
Conference on Civil and Human Rights 2019 report entitled, "New Era of Public
Safety, A Guide to Fair, Safe and Effective Community Policing"
FY 2022
Budget Proposal
o Key elements of Preliminary Plan are funded
from existing resources
o Homeless Outreach Position Partnership with
Shelter House
o Co -Responder Position Partnership with
Community and Foundation 2
o Civilian Outreach Staff Focused on Immigrant and
Refugee Population
o Civilian Public Safety Communication Specialist
Position Outside of Police Department
o Continued Investment in Data Driven Justice
Efforts to Bolster Plan Implementation
o No New Fees or Taxes Proposed
o Community Police Review Board and Human
Rights Commission
O Social Service Community
o Neighborhood Associations and Community
Groups
o Police Department Staff
o General Public
o Visit www is og v org/preliminaryplan
o Email comments to PolicePlangiowa-city.org
Community
Input
STAFF PRESENTATION CONCLUDED
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CITY OF IOWA CITY
410 East Washington Strect
Iowa City, Iowa 52240-1826
(3 19) 356-5000
(3 19) 356-5009 FAX
www. icgov. o rg