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Consider Directing Staff to Prioritize Efforts to Increase Safety and Reduce Crime. (Mayor Spencer) [Not heard on May 15, 2018 or June 5, 2018]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Mayor Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): April 26, 2018
Council Meeting date: May 15, 2018
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
At the City Council meeting of February 6, 2018, Police Chief Rolleri presented historical data of crimes (Item 6-B) and recommended the purchase of additional license plate readers (Item 6-C) to be placed at the places of ingress/egress to and from the City of Alameda (i.e., the bridges and Tubes).
The cumulative crime data for across the City included:
2015
2016
2017
Rape|1010 10|16
Robbery
61
69
133
Assault
71
68
102* (29 were 1 incident)
Burglary
228
226
219
Grand Theft
518
544
681
Petty Theft
727
807
1044
Auto Theft
346
443
403
The 2017 data on robberies should be broken down by month and sector and 2018 data for all categories should be provided.
Since then, there have been several serious incidents, one of which resulted in a homicide. It is critical that Council give direction to staff to prioritize efforts to increase safety and reduce crime and develop strategies working with our community, including our businesses. Such efforts should be based upon the Chief's professional expertise, which may include filling Police Offic...
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