2026-09-15 - Public Safety Committee

36:52Okay.

36:57>> She made that.

37:00Yeah.

37:04>> Okay.

37:05>> I'm

37:09Board of Alers, New Haven. Notice the

37:11public safety committee will meet in

37:13person on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at

37:176:00 p.m. located at 165 Church, second

37:21floor board of chambers, New Haven,

37:26Connecticut to hear the following item.

37:30Workshop featuring the department's

37:32updates from New Haven Police and Fire

37:34Chief, followed by a discussion of speed

37:38and flight safety cameras for honorable

37:41Brian Wingate. Honorable Michael Smart,

37:44city clerk, if you need an access

37:47related related accommodations, please

37:51call 203 9467651

37:56or 2039468582.

38:00In accordance with the new accordance

38:03with the city of New Haven CO 19 policy,

38:07masks are now optional. Public may send

38:11comments to public testimony ct.gov

38:14before 2 p.m. on the day of the meeting

38:18and I will ask the meeting now to

38:20introduce themselves starting from my

38:22right

38:24sing five

38:26>> Britney May war 20

38:28>> Gary W 28 Brian Wing W 29

38:31>> Paul Street W 21

38:33>> Andy Martinelli Ward 8

38:35>> Thank you so much thanks for everybody

38:37coming out tonight I will ask the um

38:42police department to come up to give us

38:46the update.

38:48Um, and then they'll be followed by the

38:50chief of the fire department which can

38:53come up as well. That will all come up

38:55at the same time. Please state your

38:57name.

39:09>> Please state your name and address.

39:12And I also see another

39:24Excellent.

39:29How are you? I'm doing I'm doing good.

39:43>> I guess I'll start

39:50to my right.

39:55We have our

39:57vice in the building

40:04all the Honda Smith from 130

40:08to us with her presence. I mean turn her

40:11thing back.

40:12>> Yeah.

40:13>> Thank you so much.

40:17>> So chief, I want to give this all to you

40:19and please.

40:21Yeah, please. You have the name.

40:23>> Justin McCarthy, 569 Orange Street.

40:27>> Dave Zelli, one Union Avenue.

40:31>> Beano, one Union Avenue.

40:34>> One unit.

40:36>> Dan Cfield, 75 Warren Street.

40:39>> Thank you. The floor is yours.

40:41>> May I provide the PowerPoint

40:43presentation to the uh members of the

40:45panel?

40:45>> Absolutely, sir.

40:56>> [laughter]

40:58>> We don't have

41:03[clears throat]

41:07>> so I just wanted to provide and thank

41:09you again.

41:10>> We can share. We can share.

41:15>> [laughter]

41:18>> So, good evening. Thank you very much

41:19for having us here. Um, wanted to

41:21provide a quick update on the status of

41:23the police department thus far to the

41:25public safety committee.

41:28>> Just a quick photo there. Um, the police

41:31department is growing. It is

41:32diversifying and is moving in the right

41:34direction. So, it's just a group photo

41:36there in front of the Hill substation

41:38there with all of our officers and

41:39supervisors.

41:42So total sworn strength um this year to

41:46date we are at 350

41:49um that is out of 450 total sworn and

41:52just for a little bit of a snapshot I

41:53gave back the the prior four to five

41:55years there. So as you can see we were

41:58at 330 for 2022 into 2023. We got a

42:02couple back in uh 2024 [snorts]

42:05um and we're at 350 today. So, um, we

42:09still have quite a bit of work to do,

42:11but we are moving in the right

42:12direction. They did just graduate one of

42:14the largest classes in about nine years.

42:16Those officers are still on FDO at this

42:19point, but we're going to have another

42:20academy class by the end of October. So,

42:23just uh wanted to kind of give a point

42:24of where we're at sworn strengthwise.

42:27[clears throat] Sir,

42:30civilian complaints. This is our

42:32breakdown thus far for the year. This is

42:34the categories of complaints the New

42:36Haven Police Department commonly gets.

42:38You'll notice that unknown or other

42:40tends to be the highest category. That

42:43includes a lot of things. That includes

42:45the officer is not calling me back. The

42:47officer is not checking on me. It's a

42:49category that sometimes is not

42:51specifically defined within our policy.

42:54Um, but as you know, every complaint we

42:56get is categorized. It's given a number

42:58and it's investigated by either internal

43:00affairs or the immediate supervisor

43:02based on the allegations.

43:06Sir,

43:08our total uses of force here to date,

43:11this is the breakdown of where we've

43:13been for the past five or six years. As

43:15you can see, right now, we're trending

43:17to be on the lower side for reportable

43:19uses of force. A reportable use of force

43:21for us is anything above unresisted

43:24handcuffing and general escorting. So

43:26any kind of force an officer uses above

43:28that requires a use of force form and

43:31requires it to be in one of these

43:32categories. That's our policy, but

43:34that's also post model policy. That's

43:36part of our requirements. Um so you can

43:39see the breakdown. You can see what kind

43:40of force is being used the most. I would

43:43say that there's a couple reasons why

43:46that category is going down. We don't

43:48know one specific. I think there's a lot

43:49of contributing factors. We do keny and

43:52non-violent conflict uh resolution with

43:54our clergy. We do IAT training right

43:57now. Um anyone who has not been IAT

44:00trained, which is integrated

44:01communications assessment and uh tactics

44:04training. It's a PRF endorsed

44:05deescalation training. We're finishing

44:07anyone that's left in the police

44:09department with that. So it's an extra

44:10tool in the tool belt. Not that

44:11deescalation is a panacea for every

44:13situation, but it has helped us

44:15contribute to these declines.

44:17Sir,

44:20I wanted to touch on violent crime thus

44:22far year to date. So, as you can see

44:25right now, 2026, um, when you look at

44:29where we've come for the last 15 years,

44:30I thought it would be good to give

44:32everyone the same information we put out

44:33to the media here at the public safety

44:35committee

44:36>> because this gives a good perspective.

44:37The last 15 years to see homicides,

44:40non-fatal shootings, and confirmed

44:42gunfire. I will say that we have one

44:44extra incident today in Fair Haven,

44:46which would make that number uh 63 with

44:49a total incident of 85 for this year.

44:52But if you look back in the last 15

44:54years, when you combined our homicides,

44:56our non-fatal shootings, and our

44:57confirmed gunfire, altogether, 2026 as

45:01of this part is the lowest it's been in

45:03quite some time.

45:08But violent crime isn't the only story.

45:10We talk about property crime. We talk

45:12about other crime here. This is where

45:14we're fairing right now. Overall,

45:16property crime, we're down 13%. We've

45:18had some notable decreases in motor

45:20vehicle theft. We know that was a big

45:22problem a year and a half, two years

45:23ago. We credit that to our autotheft

45:26task force. Technology, which has been

45:28huge. I know that's one of the items

45:29we're here to discuss tonight. Little

45:31bit of an uptick on other lararsenies

45:33and shopliftings uh by a modest 2.6%.

45:36But you can see other crime is down in

45:39every other category with the exception

45:40of drugs and narcotics. Now, the one

45:42thing I wanted to talk about with that

45:44category is that's not only complaints

45:46for drugs and narcotics, that's narcotic

45:48related arrests. So, our walking beats,

45:50our bicycle beats that are out there

45:52taking enforcement on open air drug

45:54dealing, that will also increase that

45:57crime level. So when you see 75% that

46:00includes not only reported complaints by

46:02the community but that's also the

46:04proactive enforcement that is taken by

46:05the officers out on the street as well

46:07as our narcotic unit. We reinstituted a

46:10narcotic unit earlier this year which

46:12also is contributing to that rise. So

46:14it's it's arrest as well.

46:18We've been busy in 2026 with some

46:20things. I just want to give a quick

46:23snapshot of what we've done thus far.

46:25We're not done for the year, but this is

46:27some of the things we've done. We've

46:28done listening sessions uh earlier in

46:30the year during the transition period

46:32with the community and the clergy. Done

46:34over 10 call the cop events throughout

46:36the various districts and wards.

46:38Civilian review picnic with the NHPD web

46:41block party which is an really fun event

46:44as you can remember there chair. Um we

46:46had officer appreciation day.

46:51So we're we're out there. We're trying

46:53to stay visible in the community. We've

46:54done recruitment drives. We've done a

46:56bunch with the community wake up

46:57Wednesdays at we a McDonald's.

47:00>> Uh we've done a lot with participating

47:03in in youth listening panels that Chief

47:04Ethan was a part of community prayer

47:07last weekend and Dwight Kensington that

47:08Chief Atan and I went to.

47:10>> So we try to be out there as command

47:12staff as much as possible to be visible

47:14to the community.

47:18Some of the initiatives of this year,

47:20you remember we met earlier and we

47:21talked about some of these. We did

47:23bicycle and walking beat

47:24re-implementation with two classes for

47:27bicycle beats which helps Chief Etien

47:29and the district managers have more

47:30resources to tackle some of the quality

47:32of life issues. We've made some good

47:34progress on violent crime, but there's

47:36still more work to be done. Community

47:38response task force to work with some of

47:40our unhouse narcotics unit. You heard me

47:43just mention that. I'll give a follow up

47:45on some of those district complaints for

47:46opening a drug dealing IAT training.

47:49That is something that we are now going

47:51to say the entire PD is going to be

47:52trained on by the end of the month,

47:54which has been very helpful for us. You

47:56know, we added two district managers

47:58back to complete that traditional model

48:00of one district manager per district.

48:03The only exception to that is Dixwell

48:05and New Hallville. They have Sergeant

48:06Lowry still uh for both districts. We

48:09could just graduate the biggest NHPD

48:11Academy class since 2018. We just did a

48:14second uh plan for a second police

48:16academy at the end of October. We did um

48:20a new residence academy which started

48:22two weeks ago. So folks have been able

48:24to go to that to learn about the police

48:26department, our policies, our rules, our

48:28mission and values. We also launched

48:31Project Safe and placed school resource

48:33officers into the middle schools to help

48:35with prevention and mitigation because

48:37we know that we had some challenges last

48:39year with juveniles in violent crime.

48:41And the thought is to divert them to get

48:44them services and to have a prevention

48:46piece with with that program in

48:48partnership with the board of ed yard

48:50juvenile probation and some of our

48:52clergy partners as well.

48:54It's been a very busy year. Um, and

48:57we've also had a new records management

48:59system called Pro Phoenix, which we're

49:01going to be going live on in the end of

49:03the month. So, it's been very busy this

49:05year, but making a lot of progress here.

49:08Um, that being said, we're not

49:10celebrating. There is a lot more work to

49:12be done this year. Um, the vision is

49:14zero, which basically means we're not

49:15going to be satisfied. The total number

49:17of shootings and murders are are

49:19absolutely zero. One is one too many, as

49:20we say. But we do believe that there's

49:23notable progress being made thus far.

49:27>> Thank you so much. Thank you for your

49:29presentation. Um at this time I will

49:32open it up to questions from my

49:34colleagues. Um I would ask that you uh

49:38hold it to two questions. Um um

49:42[clears throat] but it's open for

49:43questions.

49:45Alder Hog.

49:48>> Thank you, Mr. Chair.

49:50[clears throat and cough] Good evening

49:51all

49:53the use of force hands and feet above

49:55the 164 107 with hands and feet. What is

49:59what does that mean?

50:00>> Hands and feet could be a takedown. It

50:02could be a strike punch. It could be

50:06anything that is the bending of an

50:09>> a physical correct tackle. Okay.

50:11>> Anything that is above unresisted

50:13handcuffing escorting sir.

50:18And you had one district that had an

50:20increase in shooting and murders. Was

50:22that district four?

50:24>> We did. That was Dway.

50:25>> He stole my district manager from over

50:27there and he became murder. [snorts]

50:30But uh have you figured out why that

50:32that uptick was there?

50:33>> So we we do have some information uh

50:36that would lead that they're all

50:37independent and they're not related.

50:39>> As you know that of the the murders that

50:41we had in August, we've made arrests in

50:43three of the five thus far. Um, but it

50:45does not look like the one at the Bur

50:47apartment was related to the one on

50:48Judson.

50:51>> Thank you.

50:51>> Yes, sir.

50:52>> Thank you, Mr. Chair.

50:53>> Thank you, honor. Any more questions for

50:56the chief of police?

51:02>> Again, are there any more questions from

51:04the chief of police, please?

51:07Okay. Well, seeing none, once again,

51:10thank you for your presentation. Um, I

51:12do have one correction. There is a web

51:14block party and then there's the be the

51:16hills block party.

51:19So there is a be the hills block party

51:21that um Alisa and all the way put

51:25together. So there is a tad bit

51:27difference in that and I would be remiss

51:29if I don't mention her name about the

51:31wonderful part that she does and also

51:34the wonderful part that y'all guys do on

51:36a daily basis. Thank you so much. Yeah,

51:38y'all really are just true leaders

51:40around this uh public safety stuff and

51:43it's a pleasure for me to even be the

51:45chair of public safety on the drive that

51:47you put forth with all the things that

51:49you're doing in this city. So, don't

51:50stop. Don't get discouraged. Stay

51:52focused and keep winning

51:57question.

51:57>> No, [laughter] but but I'm going to let

52:00all this thing answer his question then

52:02we'll come back to you all.

52:04>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't have a

52:05question. I just want to say thank you

52:07to the chief for this information. He's

52:09a very helpful in the presentation here.

52:11I want to say thank you for submitting

52:13this to us. Thank you.

52:14>> Yes, sir.

52:15>> Holding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

52:16Unrelated. I'm just curious. What does

52:18the symbol mean?

52:22>> That's that's back when I think we were

52:23getting the ships in the harbor

52:26>> back when this the seal for the city was

52:28first created.

52:29>> Okay. Thank you. I was curious is not

52:32the superman.

52:35[clears throat]

52:36>> It's a good question, sir.

52:39>> I wasn't sure.

52:41So, um, yeah,

52:44guys and ladies can hang around if you

52:46choose to. We now want to have the chief

52:48of the fire department give his

52:50presentation, but if not, thank you

52:52again. Thank you again.

52:54>> Thank you. Thank you.

52:58>> Supported us. Yes, we're going to be

52:59here. [clears throat]

53:02>> Good evening. I just want to go on

53:03record and say that you kind of let

53:05Chief Sinelli off a little easy with the

53:06questions.

53:08>> Um, so a lot of the things that the

53:10police department's working on, we're

53:12working on as well. Pro Phoenix affects

53:13us also. Uh, we recently had a 911

53:16rededication event that the PD joined us

53:18for down at the uh training school.

53:21>> We got a piece of the World Trade Center

53:23literally the day before which we were

53:24able to bring down and add to the

53:26monument down there.

53:27>> Nice.

53:28We acquired two antique fire trucks. Uh

53:30they were hidden down at the port for

53:32about 25 years maybe. Um and uh

53:38they belong to us. They belong to us,

53:40the taxpayers of New Haven. And um

53:42they're from 63 and 64, 1963 and 1964.

53:47Uh they've been down there all those

53:49time, all that time. We reacquired them.

53:51One of them started up immediately. So,

53:54uh, we're going to plan on just trying

53:56to restore those for parade pieces and,

53:59uh, see what we can do. Today, we, uh,

54:02this week we started a historical

54:03committee. Uh, we're going through a big

54:05effort to try to sort of maintain all

54:08the artifacts of 164 years of New Haven

54:11Fire Department tradition. As luck would

54:13have it, today we get a phone call and

54:16they discovered a a 19,000 gallon

54:20sistern which held water before fire

54:22hydrants across the street from city

54:24hall from 1862.

54:26>> Um, so they dug that up today. It's

54:28pretty impressive.

54:29>> Um,

54:29>> can I can I just note on that? Yeah,

54:31>> the city engineers were rather impressed

54:34when Chief Coughlin made a phone call to

54:36the historical group that he has formed

54:38and they were able to produce the actual

54:41location and size of the system on a

54:44document.

54:44>> Wow. Our our historical recordkeeping is

54:47incredible. We have a almost 91year-old

54:49retired chief. Uh he's incredible. you'd

54:53think he was probably 65, but uh he also

54:56has some people that he's left that

54:57history too and taught them and they

54:59were able to produce that pretty

55:00quickly. Uh we just seated our third

55:03recruit class from this class uh this

55:05list. That'll bring us almost up to full

55:08strength when they retire uh when they

55:09graduate. We lost six already. Uh two of

55:12them went back to public works

55:14um and the other ones for financial

55:16reasons or physical reasons. They just

55:18didn't cut it. Um, so we're left with 14

55:21right now at the original 20. But like I

55:24said, when this is over, we will have

55:25almost full strength and then we're just

55:27going to need a lieutenant's test and a

55:29deputy chief's test. We have a fire

55:31marshall's exam that just concluded. So,

55:33we expect to have a fire marshall's list

55:35by the end of the month, which means we

55:36should be able to promote that position

55:38uh next month in October, which is a

55:40critical position that's required by

55:42law.

55:43Uh we also put out two positions into

55:46the uh into the streets of New Haven

55:48effective this week. Uh PD has Sergeant

55:50Finch that goes out and does a great job

55:52with recruiting and community events. We

55:54never had that. Um if you remember when

55:55I sat here before you, I told you I was

55:57going to make that position. I made two.

55:59Um so we have Captain Frost and Shyana

56:03Floyd, assistant drill master. They're

56:05both going to be out there. Uh they're

56:06going to be in the schools. They're

56:08going to be out there trying to recruit

56:09uh New Haveners to the position,

56:11particularly women. We uh this entire

56:14class we had, you know, we hired almost

56:16100 firefighters. We had two females.

56:20You know, that's dismal.

56:22Uh we also started the NextGen program.

56:25NextG program is an opportunity for kids

56:27to get uh high school credit and by

56:31being in the firehouses, learning what

56:32it takes to be a New Haven firefighter,

56:34uh learning the aspects of of the fire

56:36profession, and they just get to be

56:38mentored. They, you know, they hang

56:39around. A lot of them have learned to

56:40cook. Uh we had a great meeting with our

56:42parents on Saturday. It was incredible.

56:44Uh so we're going to head into phase two

56:46with that this fall. Um the other thing

56:49is we have apparatus. You guys were uh

56:52gracious enough to give us money for

56:54apparatus. We have an aging fleet. As

56:56you know, fire trucks are taking about

56:57four years to build right now. Um so the

57:00first fruits of that uh September 28th,

57:03Chief Hilbert will be going out to

57:04Wisconsin, the CGRA factory to do the

57:07final inspection on truck one, which

57:08will be stationed at Brandon Olive.

57:10That'll that should be in the city in

57:11October. Two more engines to follow in

57:14November. Uh we also order two more

57:17tiller trucks, a heavy rescue, three

57:19more fire engines. Once that's complete,

57:21we will be almost all Crave City, which

57:24to us is a big deal. Um Seagrave is a

57:27manufacturing company that New Haven

57:29basically put on the map. We were one of

57:31the first ones to go with them. We made

57:33them famous and now here they are after

57:35all these years. They're they're back

57:36rolling the streets of New Haven. So

57:38that's all I have for I appreciate it.

57:40>> No, thank you, Chief. Thank you once

57:42again for your presentation. I will open

57:44up for questions to the chief of the

57:47fire department. Are there any questions

57:50for the chief of the fire department?

57:53Come on. We got So, I have I

58:00[laughter]

58:00>> Thank you, Chair. Uh you mentioned a

58:03program uh for the children. Can you can

58:05you just expand on that? What you're

58:07doing?

58:08>> We call it NextGen. Yeah.

58:09>> And what it is is uh we got with Dr.

58:11White and we found a way they have to do

58:13community service hours to get credit.

58:14All right. So, we're that community

58:16service hour. They're going to go

58:17they're going to ride a fire engine. Uh

58:19they're going to learn everything that a

58:21firefighter would learn, whether it be

58:22cleaning the firehouse, what the fire

58:24department is like. Um a lot of a lot of

58:27kids don't get exposed to say power

58:29tools, things like that. You know,

58:30they're learning to start the saws,

58:32they're learning to do all those things.

58:34Um and they're they're getting

58:35interested in their career in fire

58:37service. Like I said, I met with the

58:38parents on Saturday. Um, they were great

58:41about it. One mother was quite emotional

58:43and you know, a lot of these kids have

58:44turned around saying, "Yeah, I want to

58:45be a new firefighter now."

58:47>> Lovely. Is this the first

58:49>> We just started this summer. Um, yep.

58:52So, now October we go to phase two. The

58:54eventual goal is to get them EMT to get

58:58them firefighter one, firefighter two,

59:00which we'll still have to do in the

59:01academy, but just imagine how much

59:04easier your life is if you come in

59:05already trained, right? It's a lot less

59:07stress in your life.

59:08>> And the age range of the

59:10>> uh we started junior year in high

59:11school. Yep. And we go to 19.

59:13>> It's a great program. Thank you.

59:14>> Yeah. Yeah. It's been really successful

59:15and like I said, uh assistant drill

59:17master Floyd's been heading that up and

59:18and she's doing a tremendous job out

59:20there.

59:20>> Lovely.

59:21>> Yeah.

59:21>> Thank you, sir.

59:24>> Alder.

59:25Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think I have

59:27more of a statement than I have a

59:29question.

59:29>> Um and it's more of a congratulatory

59:32sense. Um, we are so blessed to have two

59:34chiefs, two assistant chiefs, and and

59:37Mr. McCarthy with us because there's

59:39never been a question I've asked. You

59:40didn't give me an intelligent answer, or

59:42at least answer. And and and I and I say

59:45that because in the hallway, I asked

59:47about the car that drove through the

59:49water in Temple Street. There was a red

59:51car. We all saw it in the news.

59:53>> Uh, and they just floated in. And I was

59:55advised that the fire department

59:58actually goes after people's insurance.

59:59Well, we have to rescue them in those

1:00:01situations. And I just thought that was

1:00:03impressive that we actually think

1:00:04outside the box to recoup the services

1:00:07that we provide without coming to the

1:00:09board for additional resources. So I

1:00:11want to say thank you for for taking

1:00:13time to answer these questions for me.

1:00:15>> Chief Senelli and I have rehearsals

1:00:16before this. [laughter]

1:00:18So in that case, we didn't see your

1:00:19PowerPoint treatment.

1:00:23[laughter] I just want to congratulate

1:00:24you for not I'm not being sarcastic, but

1:00:27really that every time there's a

1:00:28question asked, you you actually give us

1:00:31an honest answer. So thank you.

1:00:33>> No, this is this thank you all. This is

1:00:36really hard work, right? And you know,

1:00:38y'all make it look like y care about

1:00:41this city, right? Like y'all make it

1:00:43look like y care about the people in

1:00:45this city. And I believe this to be

1:00:47true. So, you know, you doing a great

1:00:50job like plug in, play in, right? Like

1:00:52you jump right in it, right? And it is

1:00:54moving forward and you and you honestly

1:00:57being proactive about what you're doing.

1:00:58So, I think it's great um for the two

1:01:01positions that you put forth. I I think

1:01:04that's will become before us at some

1:01:06point. Yes, sir.

1:01:07>> Right. And hopefully we can deliberate

1:01:09and have a real conversation. You do

1:01:11your best job, right, to get it across

1:01:13this table, right? Right. [laughter]

1:01:17So we can, you know, um, bless that so

1:01:20we can keep doing what we got to do for

1:01:22the city. Right. Um, if there's no more

1:01:24questions for the chief of the fire

1:01:27department and the chief of the police

1:01:29department and chief, do you have any

1:01:33would you would you like to share

1:01:34anything you up here?

1:01:38>> I think the chiefs did a really good

1:01:40job. Thanks for having us

1:01:42>> and um, I just want to say thank you for

1:01:43the support. You guys continuously give

1:01:45us I mean that dearly. You guys always

1:01:48support the police department.

1:01:49>> A lot of times we feel like we don't

1:01:51have the support that we need just in

1:01:53general,

1:01:53>> but when we come here we feel supported.

1:01:55We feel respected. Thank you. We truly

1:01:57appreciate that.

1:01:57>> Absolutely.

1:01:58>> You're welcome. Absolutely. I do have

1:01:59all the questions.

1:02:00>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have one

1:02:02question for um Chief Venelli. Um you

1:02:05did not mention the police explorers.

1:02:07What's going on with that? Ah, so the

1:02:09slide went a little too quick, but we do

1:02:11have um the waiverss that have been

1:02:13under construction by court council.

1:02:15We're hoping those will be done in the

1:02:17next two to three weeks, and we're going

1:02:18to be advertising through the board of

1:02:20vaguard, through our social media

1:02:22platforms, the management teams, and

1:02:24we're going to have something similar to

1:02:26what the fire department has. We used to

1:02:28have it, I want to say, eight or nine

1:02:30years ago. Um, Detectives Stone, I think

1:02:32it was

1:02:34[clears throat] Collie, they used to do

1:02:35that. So, we're going to talk about

1:02:36uniforms. is going to talk about

1:02:38community policing, mental health and

1:02:40wellness, some exercising that could get

1:02:42kids, you know, geared up for the taking

1:02:44the Cooper test when that time comes

1:02:46because unfortunately even this this

1:02:47day, we still see some of our younger

1:02:48folks failing to run and push-ups and

1:02:50sit-ups and for them to get through so

1:02:52far in the process not to u be

1:02:54successful at that end is a challenge.

1:02:55So, we want to get our young people

1:02:57ready. Um, and at a a lesser point, even

1:03:00if they don't want to pursue a law

1:03:01enforcement career, um, they're doing

1:03:03something wholesome, they're they're

1:03:04they're busy. They're they're learning

1:03:06about the city and they're with us and

1:03:08they're not out on the street.

1:03:10>> Thank you.

1:03:10>> So, two two to three weeks, man.

1:03:12>> Speaking of speaking of uniforms,

1:03:15>> I don't see how

1:03:19>> I'm no longer in uniform. I got

1:03:20transferred, but next time I will come

1:03:22here in my uniform. Message duly noted.

1:03:25>> Okay. All right. All right. I see. Okay.

1:03:28Uniform of the day.

1:03:31>> Okay. All right. You learn something new

1:03:33every day.

1:03:34>> Yes. She's a default.

1:03:36>> Okay. Okay. Good stuff. [laughter]

1:03:38>> Question.

1:03:41>> I said you're the one who answered the

1:03:42uniform.

1:03:43>> So I I do think my co-chair has a

1:03:47question. [snorts]

1:03:48>> I don't have a question, but thank you,

1:03:50[laughter] Mr.

1:03:52I just love everything that both

1:03:55departments actually do. I couldn't let

1:03:59you guys walk out of here by letting you

1:04:01all know that. if you don't know already

1:04:03that I'm one of your biggest fans um

1:04:06that support everything in which that

1:04:08you do. Um just yesterday I got a uh

1:04:13request from parks department just to

1:04:16give you a little um

1:04:19um to do a jingle for the parks

1:04:22department um out of the wind because

1:04:26they saw what we were doing at the

1:04:28center and I did a beautiful jingle for

1:04:30them for commercials.

1:04:33So, if you ever

1:04:36want to do a commercial for or want a

1:04:39jingle for what you do, just look me up

1:04:41and I'll be more than happy. If you want

1:04:43to hear the parks department, I'll let

1:04:44you hear that afterwards. But it's a

1:04:46really beautiful catchy jingle that I

1:04:48think you all will like and you will all

1:04:50want for their individual departments.

1:04:52Thank you, Mr. Chair. You're so nice.

1:04:55>> Thank you,

1:04:57Alder Smith. Um, once again, honestly,

1:05:01thank you for what you do. Um we are so

1:05:04happy to have you guys and thank you for

1:05:06your update, your presentation and um

1:05:08we'll be seeing you out next week.

1:05:10>> Thank you.

1:05:11>> Thank you.

1:05:12>> Thank you.

1:05:12>> Thank you.

1:05:17So, um, the next presenter is a director

1:05:20of traffic and property, but just tot

1:05:32ah update andformational session on the

1:05:36cameras that we are using for the

1:05:38community. All right. But just for total

1:05:41transparency once again this board is

1:05:43trying to be proactive about what is

1:05:46actually happening with the uh traffic

1:05:49calming system that we trying to uh have

1:05:52here in the city of New Haven by way of

1:05:54speed cameras and red light cameras. Um

1:05:57so queue it up. You got to come down and

1:06:00present your case around this and I hope

1:06:03you ask questions.

1:06:08So, welcome. Please state your name and

1:06:11address for the record.

1:06:12>> Good evening.

1:06:15>> My name is Amy Sen. Um, I serve as the

1:06:18director of transportation, traffic, and

1:06:20parking here at the city of New Haven. I

1:06:21reside at 93 Plymouth Street in New

1:06:23Haven, Connecticut. 06519.

1:06:27>> Justin McCarthy, chief administrative

1:06:29officer, 569 Street.

1:06:32>> Thank you. I just see my author

1:06:37Frank Douglas. just walked in want to re

1:06:40recognize him

1:06:41>> and don't leave until we talk.

1:06:44>> Okay. Well, thank you so much

1:06:46[clears throat] for being proactive on

1:06:48um this initiative. If it's okay that I

1:06:50share these slides, it's already pulled

1:06:52up on the screen, but if I can

1:06:53>> absolutely

1:06:54>> um with you. Uh so, we are so very

1:06:58excited to launch our automated traffic

1:07:00enforcement safety device program.

1:07:04That's a mouthful. Um, as you all know,

1:07:07um, Alder Windgate, you know that this

1:07:09has been a series of, um, another one.

1:07:15>> Thank you. This has been an extremely

1:07:18collaborative effort with a series of

1:07:20workshops, a series of um community

1:07:23meetings coming in front of the board of

1:07:25Baldridge for their approval, uh a

1:07:28rigorous uh vetting process as well as

1:07:30bringing this to the state of

1:07:32Connecticut for them um to review. Uh so

1:07:35out of the course of all those um

1:07:38meetings and all of those uh community

1:07:40input, we've received approval for um 15

1:07:44locations. Um so that would be 11 red

1:07:48light intersections and four speed

1:07:52safety corridors. Um on the um back end

1:07:56of all of this all all these efforts,

1:07:58we've also went ahead and um formally

1:08:01established school zones

1:08:03>> um so that the state would recognize

1:08:04these as school zones and that the PD

1:08:06would be able to double fines if folks

1:08:09are caught um violating any traffic

1:08:12laws. Um so of the 11 uh locations that

1:08:17the state approved, there will be six of

1:08:19them. Uh these six that are highlighted

1:08:22in red will be the ones that are live as

1:08:24of today. Uh so for each of these

1:08:27locations,

1:08:29excuse me, um folks will start receiving

1:08:32um warnings um to the registered mailing

1:08:37address um that belongs to the car. Uh

1:08:41the footage that we capture is of the

1:08:44front and back of the license plate. Um

1:08:47and we capture the vehicle violating

1:08:50either the speed or the red light. Um so

1:08:54for these particular locations, these

1:08:56are the red light cameras. That means if

1:08:59anyone um passes a red light at any of

1:09:01these locations, they will in fact

1:09:03receive um during this 30-day period a

1:09:06warning and after the 30-day period,

1:09:08they will receive an actual citation in

1:09:10the amount of $50.

1:09:13Um

1:09:14next slide. Um these are [clears throat]

1:09:17uh the state approved uh school zones

1:09:20that we have approval for so far. Of

1:09:22these um school zones or of these

1:09:24particular locations, we only have uh

1:09:27speed cameras up on Sherman Parkway at

1:09:29this time.

1:09:31>> I know Alder Hogan is very excited about

1:09:33this. Um

1:09:35>> the reason being is these other

1:09:37locations are state roads and so we do

1:09:41need to go through more um approvals

1:09:43with the state for those locations. Of

1:09:45course they have um very um strong uh

1:09:49guidelines that we have to follow

1:09:51because it's not in the you know the

1:09:53city right of way. So more to follow on

1:09:55that. Um those uh permits have been

1:09:58submitted to the state. So we are

1:09:59expecting you know some more

1:10:01correspondence um with them between um

1:10:05in the next coming months.

1:10:08So how the program works

1:10:12um a vehicle triggers the speeding by

1:10:14going 10 miles an hour over the posted

1:10:18speed limit.

1:10:19>> So for Sherman Parkway the the posted

1:10:22speed limit is 25. So, if a person is

1:10:25going 35,

1:10:28they will be receiving during this

1:10:3030-day warning period a warning. After

1:10:33this 30-day period, an actual citation

1:10:36um in the amount of $50. If they are

1:10:39repeat violators, they will receive a a

1:10:42subsequent um citation in the amount of

1:10:44$75.

1:10:46Um again, that is by way of state

1:10:49statute.

1:10:51Mhm.

1:10:52>> Um in the event they run the red light,

1:10:56they too will be receiving um a citation

1:11:00um for the locations that I have listed

1:11:03as red light cameras, they will only

1:11:05receive a citation for running a red

1:11:07light, not for speeding. The locations

1:11:11that were approved for speed cameras,

1:11:13those will be the only areas in which

1:11:14they receive a citation for speeding. Um

1:11:18so the footage is recorded, the device

1:11:20will capture um images of that vehicle

1:11:23that is violating

1:11:25um you know either the the light being

1:11:29red

1:11:30>> or the posted speed limit going 10 miles

1:11:33over. um you know that the the equipment

1:11:36will then look up the registered owner

1:11:38of that vehicle and [clears throat] um

1:11:41what will happen on the back end is

1:11:43someone in TCMP will be reviewing that

1:11:45footage to confirm [clears throat] if it

1:11:47is in fact a true violation or if it was

1:11:49a close call or if it's a false positive

1:11:52etc. Um once we sign off on that uh we

1:11:56will then issue the warning or citation

1:11:58to the registered owner of the vehicle.

1:12:02Um,

1:12:04that is how that works. This is how it

1:12:07looks in the field. They're big, they're

1:12:09bulky, they have the the third party

1:12:11vendor and who we have selected, which

1:12:13is Noble Global. They have their logo on

1:12:16it. Um, these are how the cameras look

1:12:19and not those I can't be funny. I'm

1:12:22sorry. These are how the cameras look um

1:12:25with the Nova Global sign on it and not

1:12:27the um other cameras that the news has

1:12:30been showing because I don't know what

1:12:31those are.

1:12:33>> Yeah. Okay. So, what information is

1:12:35involved? Um a recorded violation will

1:12:39include the license plate, the vehicle

1:12:42image of the vehicle, the date and time

1:12:45the violation happened, the location of

1:12:48the event. Um, and all of those images

1:12:52will be used to evaluate the alleged um,

1:12:55violation. Um, I know some folks have

1:12:58some concerns over um, personal um,

1:13:02information. We cannot share any of that

1:13:04information. Um, all of the information

1:13:07that we use to look up their information

1:13:09based on that that vehicle in terms of

1:13:12registered owner um, cannot be used

1:13:15anywhere else. Um, it's only used for

1:13:18the purpose of this program to issue

1:13:20them the citation or the warning. Um, so

1:13:24nothing related to the owner address,

1:13:26telephone number, license plate number,

1:13:29images, date, time, location, payment

1:13:31information, none of that can be shared.

1:13:33Um, we also cannot use this footage for

1:13:36anything other than this red light and

1:13:38speed camera footage. um CEO McCarthy

1:13:41can let you guys know that I'm very

1:13:43serious about this because I don't share

1:13:45any of the footage anywhere else. Um I'm

1:13:48very serious about that and take this um

1:13:52the ordinance and the um you know state

1:13:54statute very seriously. Um these are

1:13:57some of the sample graphics that we use

1:13:59to bring awareness and education

1:14:01throughout the city. Um I've also

1:14:03emailed each of you all. If you have not

1:14:05received that email, you can let me

1:14:06know. Um, I've uh emailed each of you um

1:14:10a copy of the publicly accessible state

1:14:14approved program and all the guidelines

1:14:16that they've provided to us. Um I've

1:14:18provided you with some um flyers

1:14:21andformationals on which locations are

1:14:24live as of today. Um and um have asked

1:14:28that you share that with your

1:14:29constituents and your residents.

1:14:32um and also a link to our website that

1:14:35would also have you know frequently

1:14:36asked questions or um anything that

1:14:38folks um may have.

1:14:41Um

1:14:43and that is it. I think I covered just

1:14:45about everything. Um so

1:14:49um

1:14:49>> thank you.

1:14:51>> So um once again, thank you um director

1:14:55for giving us your presentation. I will

1:14:58open it up for questions. Um, and I see

1:15:01a question from Mar.

1:15:03>> Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, I have a

1:15:05question regarding like rentals like

1:15:06Toro or

1:15:09like how is that going to work?

1:15:12>> Yeah. So, how it has been working is the

1:15:14vehicle is reg the vehicle is registered

1:15:18to a company and so we issue the

1:15:20citation to that company and the company

1:15:22is responsible for paying for that

1:15:24citation and they decide what they're

1:15:27going to do with it. that they're going

1:15:28to charge the the leasey,

1:15:31you know, or whatever. They handle that.

1:15:33Um, but they can come in and let us

1:15:35know. Um, they can transfer the

1:15:38liability and we'll work with them on

1:15:40that to make sure it's um, uh, the

1:15:43correct person is being charged for

1:15:44that. But we've been working on that

1:15:47with the school bus cameras where folks

1:15:49will come in and say, "I own this

1:15:50company, but somebody else is driving."

1:15:52And so we have them fill out paperwork

1:15:53to transfer the liability. And it's been

1:15:55working fine.

1:15:56>> Thank you.

1:15:58question.

1:16:00>> Yes.

1:16:04Um, thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, through

1:16:07you, Mr. Chair, to Mr. CEO McCarthy, is

1:16:10it possible we can get a list of all the

1:16:12types of cameras used by city

1:16:14government, so police, fire, traffic,

1:16:16and parking? Because in our

1:16:18neighborhood, we have the little black

1:16:19cameras that are on the corners, and we

1:16:21have the white cameras above the traffic

1:16:23lights. Now, we have the speed camera,

1:16:25which is really bulky.

1:16:27>> Um, but it'd be nice to know which

1:16:29cameras are doing what and recording

1:16:31what information because there's

1:16:32different departments. Um, I do have a

1:16:34comment for director.

1:16:36>> I accept that through the chair.

1:16:37>> Okay.

1:16:38>> I do have a comment for the traffic

1:16:40director.

1:16:41>> Um, I like your department, but you're

1:16:44killing me with sign pollution.

1:16:46>> Okay. I got stop signs, stop ahead

1:16:48signs, no standing signs, speed ahead,

1:16:51speed bumps, street sweeping, bike lane,

1:16:54street school crossing, speed limit, bus

1:16:56stop, all these signs as as you put in

1:16:59more technology, you add another sign.

1:17:02>> So my neighbors are starting to say

1:17:04these big yellow signs that are glowing

1:17:07night that it's really impacting the

1:17:11aesthetics of the Beaver Hill community.

1:17:14So, is there something we can do to

1:17:19>> Did you want me? It looked like you were

1:17:21because

1:17:23>> Yeah. I I I I I think of Alder what we

1:17:28should do is have that conversation like

1:17:31with with her 101 reference to

1:17:33>> I refrain

1:17:35simply because simply because

1:17:38>> on the other side of Viva Hills they

1:17:40want more lights

1:17:41>> and on that other side

1:17:42>> more signs

1:17:43>> more signs

1:17:44>> and I'm getting killed

1:17:45>> on right so I think that we should try

1:17:48to like you know have some time oneonone

1:17:50with the director so we can try to

1:17:52figure that part of at city hall.

1:17:54>> If I can add one tidbit though, for each

1:17:56of these locations, we are legally

1:18:00required to have a certain amount of

1:18:03signage as it approaches and near um the

1:18:07cameras to alert people that it is being

1:18:09enforced and that they are being

1:18:11recorded for the sake of the program.

1:18:13So, I do want to make that clear. And

1:18:14then in terms of any other signage, I'm

1:18:16happy to have

1:18:17>> a conversation with you. I don't want to

1:18:19disturb the aesthetics of the beautiful

1:18:21neighborhood. No, no, I get that. I

1:18:23appreciate that and I know my along

1:18:25appreciate that as I had to jump in. Um,

1:18:30[clears throat]

1:18:30so I have a question for my left order.

1:18:34>> Thank you, chair. So, my question is

1:18:36about the well [clears throat] block

1:18:37safety cameras or but they're not called

1:18:39here, they're called.

1:18:41>> So, if you'd like I can have a separate

1:18:44conversation about that which is a whole

1:18:45separate system you want because we

1:18:48don't use FL this. So, why is it the I'm

1:18:51sorry. Then why is it on the the Okay.

1:18:54>> No, no, let me respond to that

1:18:57because I wanted the city to know. We

1:19:01wanted everyone to know that we're not

1:19:03using the fly cameras. We trying to be

1:19:05proactive about it because I know some

1:19:07people been watching the news and the

1:19:10cameras and the cameras and the cameras

1:19:11and the cameras. So, I thought it would

1:19:13be like, you know, wise to hear the two

1:19:17two things. I've been sitting in these

1:19:19meetings with the director at traffic

1:19:22park and getting all of this information

1:19:24and I thought it would be good for the

1:19:25public safety committee to get this

1:19:28information firsthand from from her as

1:19:31it you know we have to talk about this

1:19:34right like as a board we need this

1:19:36information to discuss with our our

1:19:38constituents right the $50 the warnings

1:19:42the $75 right the the the yellow camera

1:19:46right like if you on 35 and a 25.

1:19:51>> That's a violation. So I I thought it

1:19:54would be wise for us to talk about this

1:19:57tonight, right? Just as a workshop for

1:20:00us to have the information cuz it's

1:20:01coming, right? State statue, right?

1:20:04Because a lot of be like it's intrusive,

1:20:06right? It's intrusive. They, you know,

1:20:07they're going to use this for for

1:20:09policing and they're going to take

1:20:11photos of your face and they're going to

1:20:12put the director just said she serious

1:20:16about not giving [clears throat]

1:20:19CEO McCarthy any face visuals from this

1:20:23technology.

1:20:25I'm just trying to be

1:20:26>> understood. Thank you for being

1:20:28>> to to if I may, Chairman.

1:20:30>> Yes.

1:20:31>> Okay. To elaborate a little bit, there

1:20:34are a variety of cameras out there.

1:20:38Flock is a brand and a business model

1:20:41used by other municipalities.

1:20:44We do have what director Simpson went

1:20:47through with the automated traffic

1:20:50enforcement.

1:20:51We also do have and I will produce a

1:20:54list because it's there's a lot.

1:20:58There is a a PDbased license plate

1:21:02reading software which is called Recor.

1:21:05>> Totally different than Flock, different

1:21:06business model. Um

1:21:10the best way for me to explain is when

1:21:12you buy into Flock, you're buying into

1:21:14the Flock environment,

1:21:16>> okay? The Flock ecosystem.

1:21:19So I don't know these towns for certain,

1:21:22so I'm going to make up towns. Okay. So,

1:21:24say Jonestown and Smithtown, right, are

1:21:28both Flock customers. They can easily

1:21:32load their data and share their data,

1:21:34which is where a lot of the problems

1:21:36with Flock have come from.

1:21:38We have never used Flock. We use Recor.

1:21:41And what that is is it's an ability for

1:21:43the police to tap into our current

1:21:45camera system as well as use their dash

1:21:46cams in the police cars to get license

1:21:49plate and vehicle information. Right.

1:21:53Why this is super beneficial is it helps

1:21:57us solve crimes. It helps us be

1:21:59proactive.

1:22:00>> Perfect example

1:22:02would be um if somebody reports a

1:22:06vehicle stolen, we can put that license

1:22:08plate in, you know, white Jeep

1:22:11Connecticut plate 1 2 3 4 and the system

1:22:14will alert when certain cameras find

1:22:16that vehicle, right? and they can notify

1:22:19the the real-time crime center. Hey,

1:22:22this vehicle is in the area.

1:22:26The important part is it's our data,

1:22:29right? And it's it's a soft we aren't

1:22:31using the FL platform and and ecosystem.

1:22:34We're using recourse software on our

1:22:37camera system. So, it's a different

1:22:39totally different deployment. It's our

1:22:41data. the the federal government if they

1:22:45produced a warrant and needed documents

1:22:48out of there we would provide it but

1:22:50it's not something they can just log

1:22:52into our system and see without us

1:22:55expressly giving permission. So that is

1:22:57I want to be very very clear that is the

1:23:01difference in what director Simpson's

1:23:03talking about what the flock

1:23:05conversation is and what we have the

1:23:07ability to do at our real-time crime

1:23:09center. And to be even further with that

1:23:14the license plate data

1:23:17separate and apart what the PD can view

1:23:20is only viewable by certain police

1:23:23officers. It is not something that even

1:23:25I have access to in my position. I have

1:23:28access to some of the same cameras. I

1:23:30can't see the license plate data because

1:23:33a lot of that is protected through post

1:23:35model policy with the police. So what

1:23:37they can and can't do with it, which is

1:23:39just actually being updated again now.

1:23:42It's also um protected by collect which

1:23:44is very stringent guidelines that the

1:23:47police have in order to protect data and

1:23:51what can and can't be used and how it

1:23:53can be used. So there are a lot of

1:23:55pieces to this and I just want to make

1:23:58sure that it stays as clear as a little

1:24:00bit more clear than mud about how it all

1:24:03works because I've learned more about

1:24:05cameras in the last six weeks than I've

1:24:08ever thought I needed to know and here

1:24:10we are. So,

1:24:12>> thank you. It sounds very very thorough.

1:24:14Thank you very much for that and I

1:24:15really appreciate it. That was a little

1:24:17confusing to me. So, thank you chair for

1:24:19the clarification as well.

1:24:20>> Thank you for the question.

1:24:21>> Yeah, of course. So, maybe um one more

1:24:24just to add to the

1:24:27>> sorry uh to the uh the list about Alder

1:24:31Hogan would like to have maybe we could

1:24:32add who has access to the cameras on

1:24:35which or is that improper

1:24:38>> through the chair? Yes, you can ask that

1:24:40question. Thank you. Thank you, chair.

1:24:43>> You're welcome. All the Thank you, Mr.

1:24:46Chair. Um, this is to CEO McCarthy.

1:24:50Last year, the police department was

1:24:52giving out rings um cameras and they

1:24:54were asking people to register to them

1:24:57through the police department. Does that

1:24:59mean the police department has access to

1:25:02those ring cameras that are now in folks

1:25:04homes as well?

1:25:05>> Possibly. So we haven't

1:25:08>> we did 49 people muddy these waters even

1:25:11more. So sit down. [laughter]

1:25:13>> No, we got to sit on top of the cameras.

1:25:15I'm sorry that I have but

1:25:17this is a really valid question and I

1:25:19appreciate it. Right. So, Axon,

1:25:23uh, you may recognize the name Axon, who

1:25:25supervises our body cameras, who

1:25:27provides our dash cameras and the PD

1:25:28cars, which were required to have

1:25:30because of police accountability, um,

1:25:33has a product affiliated with Axon that

1:25:35we participated in. It's called Fus,

1:25:38right? What we do is we, um, encourage

1:25:41both private businesses, private

1:25:44homeowners to participate in Fus. What

1:25:47fus is is they come out, the PD comes

1:25:49out, they do an assessment, and you can

1:25:52grant your private camera access to the

1:25:55PD's real-time crime center. Um, we've

1:25:58had very good results with it. Um,

1:26:01because it's increased our number of

1:26:02camera views

1:26:04multiffold. Um [cough] to be

1:26:07[clears throat] totally clear, the

1:26:08people who have given it to us have

1:26:10given it to us very happily because what

1:26:12it does is it cuts down on the need for

1:26:14if something happens

1:26:17now I have to have a detective or an

1:26:18officer go back a day later say, "Hey,

1:26:20can you pull up this video? We want to

1:26:22be able to see it." We can just view it

1:26:24live. We can do a rewind. But it also,

1:26:27to be clear, is only camera views that

1:26:29these folks give us. So, we're not going

1:26:31to have if somebody wants us to have a

1:26:33convenience store exterior, which many

1:26:35do, right? They may not want us to have

1:26:38the behind the counter view, we don't

1:26:40have it, right? It's only the cameras

1:26:42which they grant us access and it

1:26:44provides the PD, especially the Realtime

1:26:47Crime Center, which is at one unit

1:26:48avenue, the wall of screens that we can

1:26:51toggle between. It provides them the

1:26:53ability to view those camera locations.

1:26:55And to be totally clear, some of the

1:26:57businesses have like the crispest

1:26:59cameras that you can imagine. And it's

1:27:01super helpful for motor vehicle

1:27:03accidents. We're able to pull data right

1:27:05away. Um, you know, shots fired that the

1:27:08chief talked about. Anything that

1:27:09occurs, it gives us that extra

1:27:11advantage. And I I want to just talk

1:27:14about that, too. Cameras have shifted

1:27:17the way that prosecutors work. It's

1:27:19shifted the way that judges work. It's

1:27:21changed the expectations of juries,

1:27:23right? A lot of times

1:27:26when we are dealing with major crimes

1:27:28and we're dealing with prosecutors, the

1:27:31people's word, we've we've seen it time

1:27:33and time again where it's it's people's

1:27:37memories are shaky.

1:27:38>> Cameras take that piece out of it. So, a

1:27:42lot of times prosecutors want to see

1:27:44what videos we have, what images we

1:27:46have. And I think that's something

1:27:49that's being pushed heavily and

1:27:50rightfully so because it takes the the

1:27:53human error out of it and it gives you

1:27:55specific images or um even most recently

1:28:00in the unfortunate case that occurred at

1:28:01139 Derby Avenue, we're able to track

1:28:03the individual that the PD was watching

1:28:06um through various cameras, private

1:28:08cameras, fuel cameras, our

1:28:09[clears throat] cameras and you can see

1:28:11the unfortunate events unfold. We don't

1:28:16we we didn't have that before and I

1:28:19think it it it's helping our PD with

1:28:21their sol rates. It's helping PD with

1:28:23with good work. Right. So I know people

1:28:27are concerned but there's a benefit on

1:28:29the other side.

1:28:30>> I'm very familiar with the uh businesses

1:28:32as part of the agreement with Sam's on

1:28:34way and Sherman where they were having

1:28:36362 calls for service over a two-year

1:28:38period and actually had a merger there.

1:28:40They uh [clears throat] they agreed to

1:28:43put in a new camera system. he gave our

1:28:45district manager access to that camera

1:28:46system both internally and externally.

1:28:49But I think I I was really curious about

1:28:51the registered ring cameras. Um but I

1:28:54think you asked that question. Thank

1:28:55you, Mr. Chair.

1:28:56>> Thank you. Um no, thank you for

1:28:59presenting. Um if there's no more

1:29:01questions on the same Mr. Chair,

1:29:05Director Simpson, uh the camera it's

1:29:08going to be triggered. Let's say 25

1:29:10miles, 30 miles. It's the 10 miles extra

1:29:14started triggered. So it's it's a 25 is

1:29:18but 36 miles it will be triggered.

1:29:21>> It will be triggered 10 miles over the

1:29:23posted speed limit. So if it's 25 miles

1:29:27an hour that's posted as a speed limit.

1:29:29If you're going 35 miles you will be

1:29:32receiving a warning and or a citation.

1:29:35>> Okay. So, anything over the 10 10 miles

1:29:38over the posted speed limit

1:29:41>> during the probation period, but after

1:29:43that over anything over the 10 miles

1:29:45would trigger a citation.

1:29:47>> Yes. Because it's triggering a warning

1:29:49right now.

1:29:50>> Yes.

1:29:50>> Mhm.

1:29:51>> Okay. Thank you.

1:29:53>> Yeah. So, this is a

1:29:55a grace period.

1:29:57>> That is correct.

1:29:59>> We are providing grace is a great way to

1:30:02um place it. Um, I think it'll help

1:30:05inform us and help inform some of the

1:30:07policies that we may need to put in

1:30:09place going forward. Um, but for this

1:30:1230-day warning period, we are sort of

1:30:15monitoring how many of these um

1:30:18incidents are happening across the city

1:30:21with um the the camera locations that

1:30:24will be left.

1:30:25>> Mr. Chair, follow

1:30:28Director Simpson. So for New Haven

1:30:31residents, would the this information be

1:30:33in the New Haven website so citizen can

1:30:36>> residents can educate theirelves, you

1:30:38know, where to use cameras, etc.

1:30:42>> Yes, it has been all over the news. Um

1:30:45I've also emailed all of the alders um

1:30:48flyers with the locations that will be

1:30:50live in hopes that we'll share that with

1:30:52all the residents. Um we have it posted

1:30:55on our website, safe roots for all. Um,

1:30:58we have it posted [clears throat] on the

1:31:00us.gov [cough]

1:31:02website. Um, if there's any other

1:31:05location that you think I should post

1:31:06it, I'm happy to add that um,

1:31:09information. But all of this is publicly

1:31:11accessible. All the locations are

1:31:13publicly accessible. I think a

1:31:15[clears throat] lot of the different

1:31:16like apps such as like ladies and maps

1:31:18also sort of alert folks to where these

1:31:20locations are. It's completely

1:31:22transparent. It's we're not hiding the

1:31:24fact um that these are live.

1:31:26>> Thank you. Thank you for the package. I

1:31:27did receive that. I'll be sharing that

1:31:29with my management team tomorrow. Thank

1:31:30you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

1:31:32>> Thank you. Um all the

1:31:36always

1:31:39brainstorm a bunch of brainstorm. Um

1:31:42electric bikes, scooters, they have been

1:31:44jerryrigging the motors to go faster

1:31:46than 20 miles an hour.

1:31:48>> That's right.

1:31:49>> So does your camera have any impact on

1:31:52that other than just watch them go by?

1:31:54Mhm. So those illegal scooters don't

1:31:58have

1:32:00license plates.

1:32:01>> That's right.

1:32:02>> Um so there's no way of looking up the

1:32:04registered owner of those illegal

1:32:07scooters because they're, you know,

1:32:08you're not supposed to rig um the

1:32:10scooters. They're only supposed to go a

1:32:11certain mile per hour. I'll allow CEO

1:32:14McCarthy to correct me if that is

1:32:16incorrect, but um they don't have

1:32:19license plates, so there's no way to

1:32:22determine that. But um

1:32:25um at this time I don't have a clear

1:32:28answer as to how we would monitor that.

1:32:30But that would be

1:32:31>> thinking loud really. I didn't I didn't

1:32:33think it was really catching but there's

1:32:34quite a bit of the speed is picked up on

1:32:37the electric bike.

1:32:38>> Yeah. And I think that would be part of

1:32:40the conversation that we'd need to have

1:32:41with PD in terms of how to address that

1:32:43because those would be considered moving

1:32:45violations and you know more to follow

1:32:48on that. [laughter]

1:32:50>> Thank you. Thank you so much. Um,

1:32:53I see no more questions for this

1:32:56presentation. Thank you so much. Um, see

1:32:59you all. Thank you so much, director of

1:33:02traffic and parking. Um, and just

1:33:04>> you guys give me any

1:33:09Thank you. Thank you. [laughter] Thank

1:33:10you so much for coming tonight. um not

1:33:14knowing right what you was getting into

1:33:16because I um you know I marked it as the

1:33:20block cameras and we talked today and

1:33:24you pivot and came tonight gave a

1:33:28fullfledged uh presentation to this

1:33:30committee which I thought was so

1:33:32important for them to hear from you

1:33:35right because just like I said I've been

1:33:37in these working committees I've been in

1:33:38these rooms but they have not right but

1:33:41I wanted to have you do what tonight and

1:33:43you've done a very good job. So, thank

1:33:45you uh for what you do. CEO, thank you

1:33:48so much. All the Douglas don't leave. We

1:33:50got to talk about something else. Um,

1:33:53thank you. Thank you to Sean director

1:33:57CEO.

1:33:58>> Thank you. Thank you.

1:34:09and this this have been posted

1:34:11everywhere. Keep up to I come to you.

1:34:16Um this have been posted up everywhere.

1:34:18This information is out there at this

1:34:20point. Um we are trying to put um the

1:34:23last meeting we had we was talking about

1:34:25putting some signage and stickers on the

1:34:27actual camera itself. We don't know if

1:34:30we can do that yet. So we have to talk

1:34:32to the actual proprietor who owns this

1:34:36we tag this stuff but um I just want to

1:34:40say thank you for tonight. It's not I

1:34:42don't even have to take a motion to

1:34:43adjourn. Am I right?

1:34:46>> Uh you don't have to. I know

1:34:49>> a motion. Yeah, you can adjourn if you

1:34:52wish.

1:34:53>> You can adjourn if you wish. Let the

1:34:54committee have some fun.

1:34:57>> Let the committee have some fun.

1:34:58>> Okay. So, any discussion around what we

1:35:01heard tonight

1:35:03discussion

1:35:06>> back information like the information

1:35:08>> back

1:35:11[clears throat]

1:35:12this is up here for you all.

1:35:15>> All in favor?

1:35:16>> I take a motion to adjurnn.

1:35:18>> So move. Second and second.

1:35:20>> All those in favor?

1:35:21>> I oppose.

1:35:25>> Here we go. I know that I know that um

1:35:33>> that was

1:35:35[laughter]

1:35:36a

1:35:38good

1:35:40aesthetics of your neighborhood.

1:35:43>> She didn't.

1:35:44>> I didn't make that up. That came

1:35:45straight from Mr. G. Public testimony.

1:35:47>> I'm sure it did.

1:35:51What's up, bro?

1:36:03No, no. I'm just going to come back.

1:36:05>> Okay, come on back.

1:36:06>> We got to talk about you know Mr. August

1:36:11>> school buses making running a red light.

1:36:21>> No, I want you to hear this.

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