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Staff Report PREPARED BY : PETER DECENA Chief of Police Reviewed by : Town Manager, Assistant Town Manager, Chief of Police, Town Attorney, and Finance 110 E. Main Street Los Gatos, CA 95030 ●A406 -354 -6832 www.losgatosca.gov TOWN OF LOS GATOS COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT MEETING DATE: 0 6 /19 /201 8 ITEM NO: 7 D ATE : JUNE 6, 2018 TO : MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL FROM: LAUREL PREVETTI, TOWN MANAGER SUBJECT: APPROVE THE TOWN RESPONSE TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT ON “POLICEA NDATHEAMENT LLYAILL:AIMPROVINGA OUTCOMES ” DATED MAY 4, 2018. RECOMMENDATION : Approve the Town responseAtoAtheASantaAClaraACountyACivilAGrandAJuryAReportAonA“PoliceAandA theAMentallyAIll.AImprovingAOutcomes” dated May 4, 2018 . BACKGROUND : On May 9, 2018, the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury issued a report pursuant to its investigation into circumstances in which law enforcement officers use deadly force against persons who are in mental health crisis, whether or not they were committing a crime (see Attachment 1). The key focus of the report was law enforcement mental health training policies. While the Civil Grand Jury found that major efforts have been undertaken in the County to train law enforcement officers in recognizing and deal ing with people in mental health crisis , they concluded there was room for improvement in the following areas: 1. D epth of training 2. Number of officers trained 3. C urrent Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) protocols 4. DeploymentAofA“inAtheAfield”AmentalAhealthA professional teams The Civil Grand Jury Report directed individual law enforcement agencies to respond to specific findings and recommendations (Attachment 2 contains the draft Town responses). PAGE 2 OF 3 SUBJECT: APPROVE THE RESPONSE TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORTAONA“POLICEA NDATHEAMENT LLYAILL:AIMPROVINGAOUTCOMES”A DATED MAY 4, 2018. JUNE 6, 2018 S:\COUNCIL REPORTS \2018 \06 -19 -18 \Grand Jury \Staff Report.FINAL.docx S:\COUNCIL REPORTS \2018 \06 -19 -18 \Grand Jury \Staff Report.FINAL.docx DISCUSSION : The Los Gatos -Monte Sereno Police Department i s included in the Santa Clara County Civil GrandAJuryAReportAonA“PoliceAandAtheAMentallyAIll.AImprovingAOutcomes”AbecauseAitAisAaAlawA enforcement agency within the County of Santa Clara and a member of the Santa Clara County PoliceAChief’sA ssociation:A As a result of its inclusion in the report, the Police Department is required to respond by letter or electronic transmission to the Civil Grand Jury ’sAFindingsAandA Recommendations within 90 days , pursuant to California Penal Code 933.05. The Police Departm ent may respond to the Report’sA F indings in one of the following ways :  Agree  Partially Agree  Partially Disagree  Disagree The Police Department may respond to the Report’sA Recommendations in one of the following ways :  Has been implemented  Has not been implemented, but will be implemented in the future  Requires further analysis  Will not be implemented TheACivilAGrandAJuryAReportAonA“PoliceAandAtheAMentallyAIll”AincludedAfourAFindingsAwithA attendant Recommendations. The Police Department is required to respond to two of the Findings with five attendant Recommendations :AA ttachmentA2AcontainsAtheADepartment’sAdraftA responses to the Findings and Recommendations. In summary, the Department agrees with the two Findings and the responses to the Recommendatio nsAincludeA“hasAbeenAimplemented,”A “hasAnotAbeenAimplemented,AbutAwillAbeAimplementedAinAtheAfuture”AwithAaAspecificAtimeframeA given,AandA“requiresAfurtherAanalysis:” CONCLUSION : Staff recommends approval of the letter with the detailed response as contained in Attachment 2. Once approved by the Town Council , the letter will be transmitted to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury. FISCAL IMPACT : There is no fiscal impact for a pproving the 2018 response to the Civil Grand Jury. PAGE 3 OF 3 SUBJECT: APPROVE THE RESPONSE TO THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORTAONA“POLICEA NDATHEAMENT LLYAILL:AIMPROVINGAOUTCOMES”A DATED MAY 4, 2018. JUNE 6, 2018 S:\COUNCIL REPORTS \2018 \06 -19 -18 \Grand Jury \Staff Report.FINAL.docx S:\COUNCIL REPORTS \2018 \06 -19 -18 \Grand Jury \Staff Report.FINAL.docx ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT : This is not a project defined under CEQA, and no further action is required. Attachments: 1. Request from the 2017 -2018 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury. 2. Proposed 2018 response to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury.