Notes from the January 20, 2025 Weekly Police Commission Meeting

• Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman attended the grand opening of the new Olympic Community Police Station along with Police Commission President Anthony Pacheco.  He thought the whole event was a very positive one for the community and thought very highly of the new facility.  Commissioner Saltzman also attended the very first MLK Day community breakfast and found the experience to be quite enjoyable.

• First Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell attended a religious forum at Trinity Community Church to get input/feedback as to how the Department is servicing the community.  He also attended the grand opening of the new Olympic Community Police Station and the first MLK Day community breakfast.  With regards to crime stats, Chief McDonnell informed the Commission there are some glitches due to the addition of the two new community police station but the stats should be available by the afternoon.

• The Department’s verbal presentation and discussion relative to the Latent Fingerprinting Task Force was given by Deputy Chief Charlie Beck.  Police Commissioner Robert Saltzman expressed his displeasure of finding out certain aspects of the Task Force through the media and was disappointed in the Department.  Deputy Chief Beck then offered his apologies but stated the information Commissioner Saltzman had spoken too was not released to the media by the Department.  He informed the Commission 10% of his workforce in the Latent Prints section was examining the situation and they were in the process of re-examining 1,139 cases.  Once the Task Force is able to complete the examination, Chief Beck said they can better understand the depth of the problem and the cause of it.  The Commission then called for a 30 day extension.

• The Department’s report, dated January 13, 2009, in response to Boards query, relative to Sworn Classification Essential Job Functions, was approved.

• The Department’s report, dated January 14, 2009, in response to Board query, relative to the Report on Detective Bureau Operations Relative to Supervision, Audits, Promotions and Productivity Tables, was continued.  The Commission requested a supplemental report. 

•  The Department’s report, dated January 9, 2009, relative to the Preliminary Response to the “Audit of the Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Grant Program Awards,” was continued for 30 days.