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RESOLUTION NO. 9,365
A RESOLUTION TO STRONGLY SUPPORT LITTLE ROCK'S
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING PROGRAM AND TO
ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY POLICING ADVISORY COUNCIL
WHEREAS, Community Oriented Policing is an exciting and effective philosophy that
ngs local police departments and community residents together to work toward solving problems
crime and neighborhood decay; and
WHEREAS, the partnership which makes Community Oriented Policing successful is
ensive police focus on crime prevention and related neighborhood issues in exchange for
12 commitment by citizens to participate and support these target efforts in the neighborhood; and
13 WHEREAS, Community Policing is most effective when the partnership between citizens,
14 police personnel, city government and the elected governing board are all equally committed to
15 Community Policing principles; and
16 WHEREAS, a critical part of Community Oriented Policing is the continuous and sustained
17 contact between city government, police personnel and neighborhood organizations for purposes of
18 addressing key community crime problems and related issues and exploring creative new solutions
19 to local concerns; and
20 WHEREAS, Community Oriented Policing requires total commitment of every civilian and
21 sworn officer in the Police Department, other City departments, the City Manager's Office, the Board
22 of Directors and the community.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
24 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
25 SECTION 1. The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock does hereby reaffirm its
26 commitment to community oriented policing as the City's primary approach to address effectively
27 crime prevention and related neighborhood issues. The following key policy direction principles are
28 reaffirmed by the Board:
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a. The City Manager's Office and the Police Department will work closely with citizens
and neighborhood associations to identify, and to help the neighborhoods to
implement ways to solve crime problems, fear of crime, neighborhood decay and
other related issues in the community.
b. All law- abiding citizens in the community will continue to have the opportunity for
active participation in the city government and police information gathering process
and options identified as a result of strong citizen participation and support of key
neighborhood issues.
C. City government is dedicated to continuous and sustained contact between city
government, Police Department and law- abiding citizens of the community.
d. Citizens of the community are challenged to accept their responsibilities to solve
individual problems and to share in their portion of the overall mission to improve
the overall quality of life and to support joint partnership efforts between the City and
citizens.
e. The City reaffirms its commitment to respond on a 24 hour day, seven days a week
basis to immediate crises and crime incidents and to address other neighborhood
concerns for the purposes of improving the safety of the community and making the
neighborhoods more attractive places to live.
f. The City reaffirms its dedication to exploring new ways to protect and enhance the
lives of our most vulnerable citizens (juveniles, elderly, minority, poor, disabled,
homeless); all elements of the Police Department will work together to prevent and
control crime and will work with law- abiding citizens with a spirit of mutual respect.
SECTION 2. In order to involve citizens in more clearly defining community oriented
,ing needs and concerns, the Board does hereby establish the Community Policing Advisory
ncil (CPAC) for the purpose of creating a constructive environment and forum for problem
ing to improve the effectiveness of the Little Rock Community Oriented Policing Program
PP). The CPAC will make recommendations to the Board of Directors for improving the COPP
improving the dialogue between citizens and the Police Department. The CPAC will include
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1 one representative from each alert center, five police officers (two officers, one sergeant, one
2 lieutenant, and assistant chief of operations), from each ward not represented by an alert center one
3 citizen who has completed the Citizen Police Academy and one alert center facilitator. A Board
4 member, the City Manager and the Police Chief will serve as ex- offici members. The CPAC will
5 submit monthly reports to the Board. The Board will review recommendations of the CPAC after
6 six months.
7 SECTION 3. Statement. The mission of the Community Policing Advisory Council is
8 to enhance community oriented policing efforts by strengthening a community partnership built
9 upon communication, problem solving, and mutual respect and trust.
10 SECTION 4. Goals. The goals of the CPAC are to:
11 a. Improve neighborhood access to the Police Department.
12 b. Increase the ability of community- oriented policing to develop and
13 implement creative problem - solving techniques increased with the
14 help of participation and involvement by individuals and
15 neighborhood groups.
16 C. Empower and assist neighborhood associations to achieve safer
17 communities, drawing on their own resources and also COPP, crime
18 watch and other city resources.
19 d. Create an enhanced partnership between the police and the
20 community working together in controlling crime, increasing public
21 security and creating safer neighborhoods. The basis of this
22 partnership is a sense of shared responsibility for community security.
23 e. Identify CPAC as a link with neighborhood organizations and other
24 community -based organizations to assure the public is informed of
25 the effectiveness of community policing. The council also has the
26 opportunity to identify and focus on concerns.
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1 f. Develop a strategy that recognizes that problem - solving and decision
2 partnership should be at the lowest practical level within the
3 department.
4 g. Develop a strategic plan that identifies strengths and weaknesses and
5 produces recommendations to promote further innovation in the
6 community policing program and addresses neighborhood problems
7 in a proactive manner.
8 h. Create an evaluation mechanism to determine the effectiveness of the
9 Council's efforts.
10 SECTION 5. Selection of members and terms. Citizen members will be chosen by the
11 Board of Directors. Applicants may submit resumds or by nominated by the appropriate
12 neighborhood association. Members will be appointed for a two -year term. Half the citizen
13 representatives will initially receive a one -year term. Those receiving the initial one -year term will
14 be selected by lot.
15 SECTION 6. Reporting. The CPAC will provide the Board of Directors with a monthly
16 report detailing CPAC progress, problems identified and results. By whom independent evaluation
17 will be conducted each year to measure CPAC effectiveness. Meetings will be monthly as deemed
18 by the Board of Directors.
19 SECTION 7. Work of the CPAC will not include making assignments of police personnel,
20 making recommendations in discipline matters, making recommendations on transfer requests,
21 making departmental policy decisions, reviewing internal investigation files or reviewing criminal
22 investigation files.
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I SECTION 8. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption.
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8 ROBBIE HANCOCK
CITY CLERK
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13 THOMAS M. CARPENTER
CITY ATTORNEY
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APPROVED:
JI DAILEY
MAYOR