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Call to order of the
Metropolitan Board of Police

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Commissioners 6:00. Would you please all
stand for the pledge.

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Please indicate your presence when I
call

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your names for roll Brian I'm going to
hear you.

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Rick Corbin
>> Here.

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» Brad Laquidari
>> Here.

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» Tim Pritchard
>> Here.

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» Steve Danner
>> Here.

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» Okay, we have a quorum.

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Next order of business is we have two
sets of minutes to approve. The first is

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the August 4th.
All board members have had access to

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read.
Are there any corrections, additions,

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changes to the August 4th minutes?

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Anyone okay? If there no
changes I will entertain a motion to

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approve the August 4th minutes as they
are written.

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Okay, Tim Pritchard
>> I'll second it.

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» Rick Corbin second. All those in favor
of

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accepting or approving the minutes from
August 4th meeting say I.

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» I.
>> Opposed?

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Second order is that we approve minutes
for the August 20th meeting.

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All members have had access to read it.
Have any changes or

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things you want to add or correct?

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Then I'll entertain a motion to
accept the minutes as written for the

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August 20th meeting.
I'll make a motion. Corbin makes the

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motion.
>> Second.

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» Then Richard makes second. Those in
favor of accepting the minutes of August

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20th as written, say I.
>> I.

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» Opposed?

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All right. Our old business, that's

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we carried forward because we weren't
already to kind of make some changes

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yet.
But, we are ready now.

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So, is there anything you want to add,
um, Interim Chief Trailer, about Nathan

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Silva before we go ahead and
make the recommendation?

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» Uh, we've had this on the table for a
while now. I think it's

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still, uh, my recommendation is best
suited to appoint, uh, Officer Nathan

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Silva to the acting night shift sergeant
position.

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Silva does a great job. He's somebody
I'm I'm growing

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I'm learning that I can lean on more and
more, uh, especially as he's had this

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whole kind of pending.
Uh, and and I think he'll do a good job

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with it.
>> When do you anticipate he would make

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this change?
>> Uh, I believe the date where he would

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actually switch over to night shift
after we do a little bit of day shift

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training, uh,
would be, uh, September 20th.

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» Um,
board members, do you have any questions

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for, um, Interim Chief Trailer about
Nathan Silva?

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All right, then I'll entertain a
recommendation to approve Nathan Silva

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as acting sergeant on second shift.
Okay, Brian Arthur makes the motion.

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» I'll second that.
>> Then Corbin seconds.

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All those in favor of, uh,
recommending that we approve Nathan

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Silva as acting sergeant on second
shift, say I.

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» I.
>> Opposed?

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Say nay.
>> Nay.

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» Okay.
All right.

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All of the board members agreed we're
making a little shift in the agenda,

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just the order of the agenda, nothing
else is being thrown out or added. Um

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in new business, we're um
we've asked

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we have three.
One is about um

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a recommended This is This is
This is the old one. We have an amended

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agenda on.
>> I can pull it up.

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» Okay, we have an amended agenda that was
posted because that amended agenda

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we're going to um
look at Travis Thompson as a

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Yes.
He's going to be an acting He's going to

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be the the
He'll be It's called a change of

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technical
status to detective from patrolman.

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You want to give us a
summary of Travis Thompson?

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» Yeah, um
Travis has actually Here, Travis, you've

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been an officer for
28 almost Yeah, 28 years.

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» Uh several years as a detective at the
Anderson Police Department. Uh

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and and I've done my research and and
made some phone calls to ensure that

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Travis was going to be the right person
for this job. It's a very, very

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unanimous yes. Travis is fully qualified
to do this. I have no doubts in my mind

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that Travis is more than capable
stepping in this role and doing a hell

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of a job with it.
There's no concerns on my end of making

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some kind of a technical job.
He has no personal

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» Board members, do you have anything you
want to add?

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» All right.
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we've all received his resume
and had a chance to look at it. And

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you're recommending So, I'll entertain a
motion to accept

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the recommendation to approve
Travis Thompson as [clears throat] the

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detective.
>> Motion.

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» Motion.
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» As acting
>> detective.

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We talked about that.
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He did
>> Okay, make a motion and

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» Thank you.
All those in favor of the motion say I.

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» I.
>> Opposed?

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» Congratulations, Travis.
>> All right. Um

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Thank you.
Interim Chief for making that

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suggestion. So, would you uh let's go on
to the next order of business. Just

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update us in the transition so far.
>> Uh so, with the approval of both

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approvals that the board made tonight,
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so, we'll be starting out and I believe
I don't have the calendar in front of me

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tonight, but I believe his first night
shift uh will be September the 12th. Uh

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at that same time, our newest hire also
showed he'll also be switching to nights

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as he's going through the field training
process. He'll work his days, do a good

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job, which is fine, but he'll be
transitioning to night shift because

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that's where he'll be assigned shift.
Great.

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Uh I'll be working with Travis and with
him while he is being trained.

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To show you guys his transition into the
detective position,

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uh it'll take a little bit of time
just due to staffing manpower.

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I I wish I could start him there
tomorrow first thing, but we just can't.

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But I'll go over that with him uh this
week.

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And we'll map out what the day training
is for signing into day shift. We'll

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have some more work for him to do on
nights in the time that he's able to do

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that.
But again, I think both of these

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approvals Yes, sir.
Great. I I appreciate the board

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approving those
over to you.

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Uh for both of those guys.

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Um
as far as day shift staffing goes, uh

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we'll fill this patrol spot being open
on days. Scott will transition into that

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spot. So, basically it's just a change
over there.

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Uh

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biggest thing is we're we're maintaining
business as usual. We're know we're

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still here. we're still taking calls.
Everybody, as long as everyone calls,

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take the phone, whatever the case may be
for the public. We're not going

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anywhere, so whatever is needed of us,
we'll be there to help you.

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And I just want to continue working with
the board, trying to move forward with

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with this process.
Maintain open communication.

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If you're listening, you know,
I'm going to follow up with you.

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» Thank you, Mr.
Gray. Appreciate that.

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Our last order of business is an
overview of the search and selection

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process, and this is a very
beginning stage.

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We discovered that there we needed to
improve upon the job description, so

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that's our next step. We're going to
look at job descriptions and then

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then post
and then probably get some

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uh
expertise in

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the process of
the job. But we're still at the

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beginning stages. We're we're balancing
doing it quickly but versus doing it

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correctly. So, be patient.
Um this is the beginning, so we hope to

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get
your department stabilized as soon as

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possible.
Each um

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meeting, our next meeting is October
6th, we'll update that process

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um where we are. So,
I wish I could give you more

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information, but we've just it's just a
week since we've made a change.

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Anybody want to add to that?
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Then
that's the business for tonight. I will

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entertain a motion to adjourn.
>> Motion to adjourn, please.

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» Okay.
Okay, so Richard motion to adjourn with

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Lenny second.
All those in favor of

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the motion to adjourn, I.
>> I. Opposed?

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Okay.
>> Question. Thank you.

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That's it.