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2 16 12 FY 2013 Police Department Budget PresentationTHANK YOU! Officer Robert Flannery Employed: 3/ 1 2/73 Retired: 6/30/ I I Officer Brandon Bauer Basic Training, United States Army Organizational Chart Chief Dalsing I Assistant Chief Tobin I Confidential Account Clerk Es Captain Stecklein Eniza. . Shift II Captain Jensen Captain Lembke Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Messerich Prine Radloff Officers Lieutenant Radloff Corporal &Officers Officers I Lieutenant Olson Officers NM Lieutenant Ramirez Lieutenant Steil Corporal &Officers Captain Klein I Lieutenant Digman Corporals &Officers Captain Engleman Lieutenant Simon Lieutenant Haupert Corporals &Officers Staff Bureau Captain Crabill Lieutenant Weiss Lieutenant Baxter Corporals &Officers Civilian Staff 3 Management Team Changes Since 2006 Chief Dalsing Assistant Chief Tobin Shift I Captain Stecklein Lieutenant Messerich Shift III Shift IV Captain Jensen Captain Lembke Shift II Lieutenant Prine Lieutenant Schmit Lieutenant Radloff Lieutenant Olson Shift V Lieutenants Ramirez Lieutenant Steil COP Unit Captain Klein Lieutenant Digman CID Captain Engleman Lieutenant Simon Lieutenant Haupert Staff Bureau Captain Crabill Lieutenant Weiss Lieutenant Baxter 4 3VISORS Jobgen Harden Cross, J. g O'Brien Pace Cross, K. Pregler McClimon Nevers Sabers Stewart Scott nan Hefei Hoerner Scherrman 1 Eastvedt Shannon Tuegel Sommer Rosenthal Swift e Prine Leitzen Bauer in Fairchild Basten Tobin Horch Wullweber Papenthien n Trausch Schlosser Sellers rt Stieber Hernandez Kennedy rich Tupper Welsh Brokens Tyler McTague Egdorf Randall Salmonson Jobgen f Kane Huberty Kelly Skorupski Bellis Jochum Slight Bowers Hesselbacher Caszatt Griffin Lois Morrissette Schmidt Clark Latham Bock Lorenzen Koch Walker McNally Kramer Avenarius, P. Fullmer Smith Avenarius, K. Murray Gorrell Redmon Hoff Lindecker Cox Ryan Dolphin Friedman Deutsch Stair SUPERVISORS Dalsing Tobi n Crabill Engleman Jensen Klein Lembke Stecklein Baxter Digman Haupert Messerich Olson Prine Rad toff Ramirez Schmit Simon Steil Weiss Jobgen Harden Cross, J. O'Brien Pace Cross, K. Pregler McClimon Nevers Sabers Stewart Scott Hefei Hoerner Scherrman Eastvedt Shannon Tuegel Sommer Rosenthal Swift Prine Leitzen Bauer Fairchild Basten Tobin Horch Wullweber Papenthien Trausch Schlosser Sellers Stieber Hernandez Kennedy Tupper Welsh Brokens Tyler McTague Egdorf Randall Salmonson Jobgen Kane Huberty Kelly Skorupski Bellis Jochum Slight Bowers Hesselbacher Caszatt Griffin Lois Morrissette Schmidt Clark Latham Bock Lorenzen Koch Walker McNally Kramer Avenarius, P. Fullmer Smith Avenarius, K. Murray Gorrell Redmon Hoff Lindecker Cox Ryan Dolphin Friedman Deutsch Stair SUPERVISORS Dalsing Tobi n Crabill Engleman Jensen Klein Lembke Stecklein Baxter Digman Haupert Messerich Olson Prine Rad toff Ramirez Schmit Simon Steil Weiss Jobgen Harden Cross, J. O'Brien Pace Cross, K. Pregler McClimon Nevers Sabers Stewart Scott Hefei Hoerner Scherrman Eastvedt Shannon Tuegel Sommer Rosenthal Swift Prine Leitzen Bauer Fairchild Basten Tobin Horch Wullweber Papenthien Trausch Schlosser Sellers Stieber Hernandez Kennedy Tupper Welsh Brokens Tyler McTague Egdorf Randall Salmonson Jobgen Kane Huberty Kelly Skorupski Bellis Jochum Slight Bowers Hesselbacher Caszatt Griffin Lois Morrissette Schmidt Clark Latham Bock Lorenzen Koch Walker McNally Kramer Avenarius, P Fullmer Smith Avenarius, K. Murray Gorrell Redmon Hoff Lindecker Cox Ryan Dolphin Friedman Deutsch Stair Authorized Strength - 109 94 • 14% Under Authorized Strength Officers Light Duty Military Vacancies Training Territory Command 101: Lieutenant Ramirez Captain Lembke 102: Lieutenant Prine Captain Stecklein 103: Lieutenant Messerich P Captain Stecklein 104: Lieutenant Radloff Captain Jensen 105: Lieutenant Schmit Captain Stecklein 106: Lieutenant Olson Captain Lembke 107: Lieutenant Steil Captain Jensen Territory Accountability Design Special Projects 20 I I : 7 Territories, 53 Projects 3 13 IS I 31 ❑ Community Events ❑ Police Visibility • Schools ❑ Business Concerns ❑ Surveillance • Traffic Safety ❑ Preparedness 70,000 60,000 50,000 40, 000 - 30,000 20,000 10,000 Calls for Service co L0 0 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FYI 0 r P co CD CO 0 FY I I r FY 12 (est) Part I Crimes: CalendarYears 2003 -201 I Number of Crimes Against Persons Murder Sexual Assault Robbery Aggravated Assault Number of Crimes Against Property Burglary Burglary to MV Theft Theft of MV TOTAL CY11 % CY11 % Over /Under Over /Under CY03 CY04 CY05 CY06 CY07 CY08 CY09 CY10 CY11 AVG Average Peak Year 109 52 20 36 1,999 422 308 1,185 84 2,108 95 118 1 1 41 48 12 14 41 55 2,119 464 389 1,176 90 1,996 437 276 1,239 44 121 61 19 41 2,084 501 370 1,151 62 149 72 40 36 2,327 669 366 1,229 63 122 0 54 31 37 2,284 526 510 1,185 63 118 2 43 35 38 2,067 519 420 1,072 56 2,214 2,114 2,205 2,476 2,406 2,185 99 127 118 1 1 1 38 43 50 36 33 27 24 47 39 2,038 1,913 2,092 503 455 500 399 406 383 1,102 1,020 1,151 34 32 59 2,137 2,040 2,209 8.0% 0.0% -14.4% 23.8% 19.2% -8.6% -8.9% 6.1% -11.4% -45.5% -7.7% -14.8% -50.0% -40.3% - 17.5% - 14.5% -17.8% -32.0% -20.4% -17.7% -64.4% - 17.6% * *Yellow highlight is peak year Crime Clearance Rates CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS • National 2010 Clearance 47.2% • DPDAverage FY08 — FYI I 71.75% CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY • National 2010 Clearance 18.3% • DPDAverage FY08 — FYI I 25.5% Narcotic Violations Dubuque Police Department Activity CY10 CY11 Possession of Drug Paraphernalia 302 282 Possession of Controlled Substance (Misdemeanor) 301 261 Illegal Prescription Possession 95 65 Felony Possession, Manufacture or Delivery 63 58 Drugged in Public 21 26 Narcotic Violations Dubuque Drug Task Force Activity FY10 FY11 Drug Endangered Child Investigations 40 66 *Number of Children Involved 68 119 Crack Cocaine 68.73 gr 58.53 gr Powder Cocaine 431.7 gr 30.24 gr Methamphetamine 39.54 gr 51.69 gr Marijuana 28.8 lbs. 24.3 lbs. 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Narcotic Violations Dubuque Drug Task Force 2007 2008 2009 Meth Labs -Dump Sites 2010 2011 K9 Doerak: 5/1/2007— Retired 1/17/12 Approximately I ,000 Deployments (Apprehensions, Arrests, Searches) •K9 Olympics —Top 5 Honors, numerous events each year competing against Secret Service, Dept. of Defense, other Law Enforcement Agencies *Public Demonstrations, City Channel 8 Programs SAFE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE & COMMITTEE Community forum on September 17, 2009 to dialogue on crime issues in the community Over 100 residents attended City Council appointed 25 community members to the Safe Community Task Force Monthly Task Force meetings SAFE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE & COMMITTEE The Task Force recruited 50 residents to serve on the subcommittees: Neighborhood Engagement/ Social Capital Enforcement Management of Physical Environment Research and Facts Subcommittees and Task Force made 60 recommendations to Council Safe Community Committee appointed to serve in 20 I I and monitor recommendations. Committee reappointed to serve in 2012 THE CITY OF DUB Masterpiece on the Mississippi Making Dubuque a Safer Community Mayor Roy D Buol and lie Dubuque City Council hosted a community foram in September 2009 to initiate open dialogue on crime issues in our community and how to address them. The forum was attended by more than 130 citizens. In response to this high level of community engagement. the Mayor and City Council appointed 25 volunteer citizens to a "Sate Community Task Force" This diverse group of volunteers was asked to holistically look at both the causes of, and solutions to, crime In Dubuque and provide recommend goals and objectives to the leadership of Dubuque. Beyond the 25 appointed members. the Safe Community Task Force utilized subcommittees mad work groups to get all interested parties involved. The sub-committees were. t) neighborhooc engagementisoci al capital. 2) enforcement. 3) management of physical environment, and 4) research and facts. A series of meetings were held and a number of recommendations were submitted to the City Council for further action. The following recommendations were developed byte Sale Community Task Force (SCTF) and subcommittees over 17 months end 35 meetings and submitted to the City Council from January 2010 through March 2011. 1) Reduce the time between rental inspections for problem properties 2) Do not allow property owners to receive ay. slate a faded funding unless the properties are in conpiance or the owner is actively waking towards conpance 3) Conduct crime shindy 4) Wow the Tad force to act as a conduit fa accurate iddrmatdn to phtlic 5) Create ways to enccuage peope to light up their own property and sunoundng public pnlpay 6) Instal sweilance cameras in high crime areas in public paces 7) Install 911 emergency kiosks 6) Reduce the time alldted for careceng property vidatiore from the current Iwo years 9) Encourage developmental planned communtmes though mixed-use zoning 10) Develop and irrpement a Amnia curfew ordnance to use as a lad to help reduce cnme. Research uiity efficacy and enforcement issues, taking the idlowing suggestions into consideration: a) The police department wodd not conduct curfew sweeps of the community b) There would be designated and staffed location to hold (wenites who violate the curfew Contact with parents or a responsible adult world not be handed by police Penalties for cudewedahons add induce fines, communyservice regtsrements and parenting classes (See recommendation 043) 11) Provide addhonal resources fa the Community CYiented Policing (COP) Program 12) Direct Police Dept to enforce nose ordinances more aggresswdy 13) Direct Police Dept to enforce traffic ord nances more aggressively 14) Give the SCTF and Pdice Dept the oppertuny o respond to the crime shirty report and recommendations 15) The SCTF recommends its continued eastence to monitor the impementad:in and progress at its recommendations through quarterly progress reports from city staff, and special meetings as necessary. The SCTF !unifier recommends that the City Count consider creator eta Safe Conmunity Comm sson 16) Supportladads in evicting problem tenants for cause 17) Mandate that!ander& conduct recta backgrounds checks. using the City's free service 18) Establish threshold number of complaint calls trial we place a problem properly in moray category Establish policies and processes for Immadate response end resdution of prddems imdutng those properties 19) Tie frequency of properly inspections to landord's hsory of cooperation with code compliance. Establish a threshdd number of problem cdmpants that vat trigger a rrr dingamongthelandad ,thetenant,and representatives of the Housing & Police Deets 20) Intensify wiener code enforcement efforts Encourage city enpoyees across depts. To identify and report properly code enforcement problems and establish ways to reward employees 2t) Createa dsla dewing house halted lo verifiable end factual intimation that landords and tenants can shoe and reference when making their renter decisions 22) Develop and offer fregaendy a trailing pogam on code entercemeut and property menagement for all landordo. Regiirea7 landards to attend the program. issue ody temporary occupancy pertnitsoicenses untl training has been corrpeted 23) Address community concerns about the real or perceived imped of the Section 8 Program on the community by. a) Deaeasing the desired number of Section 8 vouchers in the program to 930 b) Uniting voucher digitray to Dubuque residents c) Increasing the stag capacity of the Fairly SdtSulfidercy (FSS) Program 24) Increase medic undestancing of the Sector 8 Program 25) I ncrease participation of Section 8 residents in effective self - sufficiency programs 26) Provide training to housing commissioners to increase Mar leadership. public relations and community tsidng skis 27) Implement an exception rent program Is avoid concentrated pockets of poverty 28) Develop a saonge role for the Resident AMisay Board to encourage resrtenls of subsidie (reusing to give feecdadt on poposed new pd ides and procedures and to cultivate leadership wthin the low income residential community 29) Provde community sconce dedts for participation in effective programs that foster self sufficiency 30) Continue to prude resources to Fanly SdfSut ciency (FSS) Program based upon evidence at success 31) II anan Relations. a) Increase tderance and mutual understanding among the &verse segments of the population The adoption of educaliee l initiatives that foster community sdidantyand global cite nship should be among the fret practical steps taken by our City 0) Implement appropriate measures that safeguard the rights and oppatunites at at 32) Develop a Neighborhood Watch Program 33) Increase resident participator using such vehides as dean up campaigns, neighborhood picnics, new neighbor wdcome dents and other strategies developed by residents 34) Intercultural Competency Training should be offered perodoaly to businesses and the communty at large. It should be nandalorytor city boed and ccmnssion members as well as for city staff 35) The Human Rights Dept should receive continued support In aditian the airy slhould devote resources to a human (debars irritative That cold indude programs in the arts natural programs and other strategies that promote respect and underslandng among residents 36) Supports welcoming program for all new renters through communitybased organizations 37) Instal streetlights in the (Tidde of the dock to brighten up the streets at night and increase utsiblify for residents 38) Improve neighborhoods by a) Encouraging home ownership b) Encouraging a nixed -income approach to neighborhood development c) Creating (a re- seating) a sense of piece through good design . ale buldngs using city, stale or (noted molars should he regdred to meet these ctlectives and all prcects should he required to meet the Oys sustairrhoiliy gods 39) Create an ordnance prohibiting the boarding of windows and doss facing streets 4D) Develop and enforce pdicies consistent with the 'presentation briefs• to maintain historic properties 41) Increase the number at trash recepfades on the street 42) Increase the number of neighborhood dean-ups and educate the commuraty on City waste disposal policies in an effort to daisy the purpose of neighborhood dean-up programs 43) Melly the recommendation fora )rwente curfew ordnance and focus instead on creating a parental responsibility ordnance that is modeled after successful programs that includes engaging parents and teens in prevention efforts 44) Encourage and engage parents and youth in out -d- school-time programs and parenting classes by ensunng the programs are designed to natter to the participants 45) Encourage the Dubuque Community Sc hod District to devd op a meaningful inlercultral competence program fa students at all leads 46) Create a condail, such as a speakers bureau, to continue conveying accurate intaml ucs to the pudic on crime and the perception of coma in the community. Include a breed group of idamed residents on the panel and locus on reacting a breed crosssecb0n d the community with the intonation 47) Use the information from the crime and poverty stud/ to create a formal way to continue tracking data to the community in an ongoing manner. and investigate the potent al fa using crime mappng software 48) Encourage the Telegaph Herald to run an m a 'Abu quer'senes 49) Raise awareness among the general public and devdop indvidual ambassadors through I ntercdtural Competence Training, the Badges I nitiatwe, and ender programs, %bo can then tdk with others about what they have learned 50) Emend the recommendation tea neighborhood watch progam b include efforts to told relationships amongst residents wthn the neighborhood 51) Expand the emphasis on community- oriented policing and consider expanding the number d non-swan employees, inducting interns andvdunlass, in the Police Department in effort to assist with Community- Oriented Pohang (COP) efforts and to marinate with other departments and organizations in the community pdicing eta: 52) Engage community volunteers of various races and income levels ins montdy'Days of Carr (' initative by encouraging businesses to allow volunteers to participate on work tine 53) As exterior code violations are identified in neghbahoods. tdenbfy vduntees who are willing to assist with helping prcpaty owners remedy thosewdatmns, witch wit addass the property conditions *hie also budding relationships and a sense on community. 54) Encourage communy-wdeswat ofinlatives that supportsdfsuffiaency (.e., beyond government and the puliic schods). with a parbc lean focus on outing programs Circles. Project HOPE, Intercultural Competence Training, Every ChleiEvery Promise, and the wak that the Cd is we dung with community outreach_ Engage colleges. churches, businesses ho) Support economic rtevdopnentefforts to create opportunities 56) Connect new reskbrhts, parte teeny those who may nol be referred by an err. Joyer. to the welcoming program at the Greater Dubuque Development Corporation 57) Challenge all departments within the City to develop and maintain a model Section 8 Program to a city of this size meeting the needs of the elderly and dsaded and else develcpng sit- sulhcrency for tamlies 58) E pond the bghtng recommendation to 'Brighten up the streets and slays at night and increase esibhy fa residents wherever lights are needed' ',.5) Emphasize hot -spot pdicing and focus on problem sdvlrg with in those crime hdtspots 60) Pitticbe the ovmers, numbers and types d complanlsendabons in the lop problem pcpeltes Many of these recommendations Inane been Implemented and others are being reviewed for implementation In October 2010, the City Council approved (upon recommendation from the Task Force) the creation of a Safe Community Advisory Committee. This committee has been commissioned fora year to oversee the implementation progress of the recommendations submitted to the City Council by the task force. The current committee members ere: • Anthony Allen • Mary Rae Bragg • Diane Callahan • Jonathan Cheatham • Rachel Daack • Amanda elides • Mn Ernst • Doug Settings • SusanStork The Safe Community Advisory Committee meets regularly to monitor progress and offer additional recommendations. For more information, call the City Manager's Office 563. 589.4110 or visit: sww.cityoklubuqueergisitilecommunity IL Safe Community Committee • Monthly Meetings • Traffic & Noise Enforcement Noise (Mufflers, stereos) Overall Traffic Enforcement • Parental Responsibility Ordinance Approved March 2011 • Landlord Background Checks Part time Employee Strong Landlord Participation Tenant Database • Cameras & 911 Kiosks Ongoing Review 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 Traffic Enforcement 7955 8897 10434 12212 2008 2009 2010 2011 Traffic Enforcement WARNING CITATIONS LOUD EXHAUST /MUSIC 90 212 277 32 309 ❑ 2009 ❑ 2010 6 8 ❑ 2011 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Overall Traffic 2009. _. -'_ 2010: MAU 2011: 12-) i Traffic Unit 2010-2011 1 200 1000 - 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 - 0 -- 1079 1018 250 1121 765 Moving Violations Non- Moving Violations All Other 107 2010 2011 2011 Activity • 2,213 Contacts • 1,920 Citations Issued • 34 Drug Violations • 52 OWI Arrests • 12 Arrest Warrants • 61 Vehicle Searches • 220 Accident Investigations TRAFFIC SAFETY: Motor Vehicle Accidents 2750 2500 2250 2000 1750 1500 1250 1000 750 500 250 0 1938 363 2344 392 2557 406 2662 395 FY08 FY09 FY10 FYII ❑ Fatality (2) Personal Injury ❑ Property Damage 2011 Seatbelt Compliance 96.3% 2011 Child Safety Seats Seat Checks 164 Improperly Installed 73 New Seats Issued 14 Automated Traffic Enforcement PHOTO ENFORCED S AINOWN andlord Criminal Background Checks 600 - 500 = 400 - 300 - 200 - I00 0 460 July 1, 201 1 - January 31,2012 588 539 502 369 309 ,k 4‘ ,y0 e c46 Q 4„0 co 3,122 checks since implementation on 7/1/1 I 355 .)0 Housing Partnership: April 2008 — December 201 I Background Checks -1,472 ❑ Misrepresentation: 433 H Background Checks: 1,472 ❑ Application Verification: 71 ❑ Criminal Behavior: 159 ❑ Fraud: 13 ❑ Request to Move /Absent: 32 1 Dual Residency: 7 2, 187 Investigations H ousing Partnership: April 2011 — December 201 I 620 Investigations Eligible for Termination Terminations: 55% ❑ Terminations: 342 ❑ Unfounded: 214 ❑ Open Investigation: 10 ❑ Not on Section 8: 20 •104 School Resource Officer Program • 4t" SRO Added 2011 -12 School Year •867 Investigations •620 Classroom Talks •536 Hours of Direct Supervision Mediations 1 Tobacco Compliance FY08 —FYI I 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 50.00% 0) 00 0) N 0, 0) 0) PIJ FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 Al cohol Compliance Rates 2008 - 2011 100.00% 90.00% 80.00% 70.00% 60.00% 0 0 N N. FY 2008 FY 2009 0 0 FY 2010 FY 2011 .X Q N CO Cr a CO rease 18.5% r r 0 N LI- LC) Ni. M N iteei 0 0 0 S N • CO Law Enforcement Explorer Program 2nd Session E, • Partnered with Northeast Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America •Targets Youths Age 14 -20 • 594 letters sent out based on interest surveys • Post 770 • 34 Explorers • Staff - Lt. Joe Messerich (Post Advisor); SRO's Slight & Stieber • First meeting on September 12, 2011 • Combination of classroom and hands -on training INTERNSHIPS • Paid Internships • Dept. of Justice grant • Duties: prevention, observation, visibility, research, non - emergency intervention, support services projects • Park & Patrol Duties • Officer Candidates Dubuque Police Department I 756 Anniversary 1837-2012 • "Save the 48" Car Restoration • Commemorative Book • New Patch Design • Anniversary Banquet Improvement Packages • Patrol: Corporal Positions (Upgrade 2 Officers to Corporal ) • Criminal Investigations Division Forensics Computer Capital Improvements • In CarVideo Recorders (Ongoing) • Public Safety Software (Year 3) • Radio Accessories (E9 I I Board) • Dictation System Masterpiece on the Mississippi Making Dubuque a Safer Community 9) Encourage development of planned communities through mixed -use zoning 10) Develop and implement a juvenile curfew ordinance to use as a tool to help reduce crime. Research utility, efficacy and enforcement issues, taking the following suggestions into consideration: a) The police department would not conduct curfew sweeps of the community b) There would be designated and staffed location to hold juveniles who violate the ses curfew. Contact with parents or a responsible adult would not be handled by police. Penalties for curfew violations could include fines, community service requirements and parenting classes (See recommendation #43) 1) Reduce the time between rental inspections for problem properties 2) Do not allow property owners to receive city, state or federal funding unless their properties are in compliance or the owner is actively working towards compliance 3) Conduct crime study 4) Allow the Task force to act as a conduit for accurate information to public 5) Create ways to encourage people to light up their own property and surrounding public property 6) Install surveillance cameras in high crime areas in public places 7) Install 911 emergency kiosks 8) Reduce the time allotted for correcting property violations from the current two years 11) Provide additional resources for the Community Oriented Policing (COP) Program 12) Direct Police Dept. to enforce noise ordinances more aggressively 13) Direct Police Dept to enforce traffic ordinances more aggressively 14) Give the SCTF and Police Dept. the opportunity to respond to the crime study report and recommendations 15) The SCTF recommends its continued existence to monitor the implementation and progress of its recommendations through quarterly progress reports from city staff, and special meetings as necessary. The SCTF further recommends that the City Council consider creation of a Safe Community Commission 16) Support landlords in evicting problem tenants for cause 17) Mandate that landlords conduct renter backgrounds checks, using the City's free service 18) Establish threshold number of complaint calls that will place a problem property in priority category. Establish policies and processes for immediate response and resolution of problems involving those properties 19) Tie frequency of property inspections to landlord's history of cooperation with code compliance. Establish a threshold number of problem complaints that will trigger a meeting among the landlord, the tenant, and representatives of the Housing & Police Depts. 20) Intensify exterior code enforcement efforts. Encourage city employees across depts. To identify and report property code enforcement problems and establish ways to reward employees 21) Create a data clearing house limited to verifiable and factual information that landlords and tenants can share and reference when making their rental decisions 22) Develop and offer frequently a training program on code enforcement and property management for all landlords. Require all landlords to attend the program; issue only temporary occupancy permits /licenses until training has been completed 23) Address community concerns about the real or perceived impact of the Section 8 Program on the community by: a) Decreasing the desired number of Section 8 vouchers in the program to 900 b) Limiting voucher eligibility to Dubuque residents c) Increasing the staff capacity of the Family Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program 24) Increase public understanding of the Section 8 Program 25) Increase participation of Section 8 residents in effective self - sufficiency programs 26) Provide training to housing commissioners to increase their leadership, public relations and community building skills 27) Implement an exception rent program to avoid concentrated pockets of poverty 28) Develop a stronger role for the Resident Advisory Board to encourage residents of subsidize housing to give feedback on proposed new policies and procedures and to cultivate leadership within the low income residential community 29) Provide community service credits for participation in effective programs that foster self sufficiency 30) Continue to provide resources to Family Self- Sufficiency (FSS) Program based upon evidence of success 31) Human Relations: a) Increase tolerance and mutual understanding among the diverse segments of the population. The adoption of educational initiatives that foster community solidarity and global citizenship should be among the first practical steps taken by our City b) Implement appropriate measures that safeguard the rights and opportunities of all 32) Develop a Neighborhood Watch Program 33) Increase resident participation using such vehicles as clean up campaigns, neighborhood picnics, new neighbor welcome events and other strategies developed by residents 34) Intercultural Competency Training should be offered periodically to businesses and the community at large. It should be mandatory for city board and commission members as well as for city staff 35) The Human Rights Dept. should receive continued support. In addition the city should devote resources to a human relations initiative that could include programs in the arts, cultural programs and other strategies that promote respect and understanding among residents 36) Support a welcoming program for all new renters through community -based organizations 37) Install street lights in the middle of the block to brighten up the streets at night and increase visibility for residents 38) Improve neighborhoods by: a) Encouraging home ownership b) Encouraging a mixed - income approach to neighborhood development c) Creating (or re- creating) a sense of place through good design. All buildings using city, state or federal dollars should be required to meet these objectives and all projects should be required to meet the City's sustainability goals 39) Create an ordinance prohibiting the boarding of windows and doors facing streets 40) Develop and enforce policies consistent with the "preservation briefs" to maintain historic properties 41) Increase the number of trash receptacles on the street 42) Increase the number of neighborhood clean -ups and educate the community on City waste disposal policies in an effort to clarify the purpose of neighborhood clean -up programs 43) Modify the recommendation for a juvenile curfew ordinance and focus instead on creating a parental responsibility ordinance that is modeled after successful programs that includes engaging parents and teens in prevention efforts 44) Encourage and engage parents and youth in out -of- school -time programs and parenting classes by ensuring the programs are designed to matter to the participants 45) Encourage the Dubuque Community School District to develop a meaningful intercultural competence program for students at all levels 46) Create a conduit, such as a speakers bureau, to continue conveying accurate information to the public on crime and the perception of crime in the community. Include a broad group of informed residents on the panel and focus on reaching a broad cross - section of the community with the information 47) Use the information from the crime and poverty study to create a formal way to continue tracking data for the community in an ongoing manner, and investigate the potential for using crime mapping software. 48) Encourage the Telegraph Herald to run an "I'm a Dubuquer" series 49) Raise awareness among the general public and develop individual ambassadors through Intercultural Competence Training, the Bridges Initiative, and similar programs, who can then talk with others about what they have learned 50) Expand the recommendation for a neighborhood watch program to include efforts to build relationships amongst residents within the neighborhood 51) Expand the emphasis on community - oriented policing and consider expanding the number of non -sworn employees, including interns and volunteers, in the Police Department in effort to assist with Community - Oriented Policing (COP) efforts and to coordinate with other departments and organizations in the community policing effort 52) Engage community volunteers of various races and income levels in a monthly "Days of Caring" initiative by encouraging businesses to allow volunteers to participate on work time 53) As exterior code violations are identified in neighborhoods, identify volunteers who are willing to assist with helping property owners remedy those violations, which will address the property conditions while also building relationships and a sense of community. 54) Encourage community -wide support of initiatives that support self - sufficiency (i.e., beyond government and the public schools), with a particular focus on existing programs: Circles, Project HOPE, Intercultural Competence Training, Every Child /Every Promise, and the work that the Colts are doing with community outreach. Engage colleges, churches, businesses 55) Support economic development efforts to create opportunities 56) Connect new residents, particularly those who may not be referred by an employer, to the welcoming program at the Greater Dubuque Development Corporation 57) Challenge all departments within the City to develop and maintain a model Section 8 Program for a city of this size, meeting the needs of the elderly and disabled and also developing self - sufficiency for families 58) Expand the lighting recommendation to "Brighten up the streets and alleys at night and increase visibility for residents wherever lights are needed." 59) Emphasize hot -spot policing and focus on problem solving within those crime hotspots 60) Publicize the owners, numbers and types of complaints /violations in the top problem properties WO_ -ra owilly#stylutry:Committes- nioniteriVintre!kanid fiat recommendat;'ions Per mat10 cq(1 th a OW Manager's 8044f1T0 orvist wwwi_ Onpuque orglsfeaommunity: