[0:00] Call to order of the
Metropolitan Board of Police
[0:04] Commissioners 6:00. Would you please all
stand for the pledge.
[0:28] Please indicate your presence when I
call
[0:31] your names for roll Brian I'm going to
hear you.
[0:34] Rick Corbin
>> Here.
[0:36] » Brad Laquidari
>> Here.
[0:37] » Tim Pritchard
>> Here.
[0:39] » Steve Danner
>> Here.
[0:40] » Okay, we have a quorum.
[0:43] Next order of business is we have two
sets of minutes to approve. The first is
[0:49] the August 4th.
All board members have had access to
[0:53] read.
Are there any corrections, additions,
[0:58] changes to the August 4th minutes?
[1:04] Anyone okay? If there no
changes I will entertain a motion to
[1:10] approve the August 4th minutes as they
are written.
[1:15] Okay, Tim Pritchard
>> I'll second it.
[1:18] » Rick Corbin second. All those in favor
of
[1:22] accepting or approving the minutes from
August 4th meeting say I.
[1:26] » I.
>> Opposed?
[1:30] Second order is that we approve minutes
for the August 20th meeting.
[1:37] All members have had access to read it.
Have any changes or
[1:42] things you want to add or correct?
[1:47] Then I'll entertain a motion to
accept the minutes as written for the
[1:53] August 20th meeting.
I'll make a motion. Corbin makes the
[1:57] motion.
>> Second.
[1:59] » Then Richard makes second. Those in
favor of accepting the minutes of August
[2:04] 20th as written, say I.
>> I.
[2:07] » Opposed?
[2:11] All right. Our old business, that's
[2:16] we carried forward because we weren't
already to kind of make some changes
[2:21] yet.
But, we are ready now.
[2:25] So, is there anything you want to add,
um, Interim Chief Trailer, about Nathan
[2:31] Silva before we go ahead and
make the recommendation?
[2:34] » Uh, we've had this on the table for a
while now. I think it's
[2:37] still, uh, my recommendation is best
suited to appoint, uh, Officer Nathan
[2:41] Silva to the acting night shift sergeant
position.
[2:44] Silva does a great job. He's somebody
I'm I'm growing
[2:48] I'm learning that I can lean on more and
more, uh, especially as he's had this
[2:51] whole kind of pending.
Uh, and and I think he'll do a good job
[2:54] with it.
>> When do you anticipate he would make
[2:57] this change?
>> Uh, I believe the date where he would
[3:00] actually switch over to night shift
after we do a little bit of day shift
[3:02] training, uh,
would be, uh, September 20th.
[3:06] » Um,
board members, do you have any questions
[3:10] for, um, Interim Chief Trailer about
Nathan Silva?
[3:16] All right, then I'll entertain a
recommendation to approve Nathan Silva
[3:20] as acting sergeant on second shift.
Okay, Brian Arthur makes the motion.
[3:27] » I'll second that.
>> Then Corbin seconds.
[3:31] All those in favor of, uh,
recommending that we approve Nathan
[3:35] Silva as acting sergeant on second
shift, say I.
[3:39] » I.
>> Opposed?
[3:42] Say nay.
>> Nay.
[3:44] » Okay.
All right.
[3:47] All of the board members agreed we're
making a little shift in the agenda,
[3:52] just the order of the agenda, nothing
else is being thrown out or added. Um
[3:57] in new business, we're um
we've asked
[4:02] we have three.
One is about um
[4:07] a recommended This is This is
This is the old one. We have an amended
[4:11] agenda on.
>> I can pull it up.
[4:15] » Okay, we have an amended agenda that was
posted because that amended agenda
[4:20] we're going to um
look at Travis Thompson as a
[4:29] Yes.
He's going to be an acting He's going to
[4:31] be the the
He'll be It's called a change of
[4:35] technical
status to detective from patrolman.
[4:41] You want to give us a
summary of Travis Thompson?
[4:45] » Yeah, um
Travis has actually Here, Travis, you've
[4:49] been an officer for
28 almost Yeah, 28 years.
[4:52] » Uh several years as a detective at the
Anderson Police Department. Uh
[4:56] and and I've done my research and and
made some phone calls to ensure that
[5:00] Travis was going to be the right person
for this job. It's a very, very
[5:03] unanimous yes. Travis is fully qualified
to do this. I have no doubts in my mind
[5:07] that Travis is more than capable
stepping in this role and doing a hell
[5:11] of a job with it.
There's no concerns on my end of making
[5:15] some kind of a technical job.
He has no personal
[5:21] » Board members, do you have anything you
want to add?
[5:26] » All right.
>> Uh
[5:28] we've all received his resume
and had a chance to look at it. And
[5:32] you're recommending So, I'll entertain a
motion to accept
[5:40] the recommendation to approve
Travis Thompson as [clears throat] the
[5:44] detective.
>> Motion.
[5:46] » Motion.
>> Second.
[5:49] » As acting
>> detective.
[5:51] We talked about that.
So
[5:54] He did
>> Okay, make a motion and
[5:57] » Thank you.
All those in favor of the motion say I.
[6:01] » I.
>> Opposed?
[6:05] » Congratulations, Travis.
>> All right. Um
[6:10] Thank you.
Interim Chief for making that
[6:13] suggestion. So, would you uh let's go on
to the next order of business. Just
[6:17] update us in the transition so far.
>> Uh so, with the approval of both
[6:21] approvals that the board made tonight,
uh
[6:24] so, we'll be starting out and I believe
I don't have the calendar in front of me
[6:27] tonight, but I believe his first night
shift uh will be September the 12th. Uh
[6:32] at that same time, our newest hire also
showed he'll also be switching to nights
[6:35] as he's going through the field training
process. He'll work his days, do a good
[6:40] job, which is fine, but he'll be
transitioning to night shift because
[6:42] that's where he'll be assigned shift.
Great.
[6:46] Uh I'll be working with Travis and with
him while he is being trained.
[6:51] To show you guys his transition into the
detective position,
[6:54] uh it'll take a little bit of time
just due to staffing manpower.
[6:59] I I wish I could start him there
tomorrow first thing, but we just can't.
[7:02] But I'll go over that with him uh this
week.
[7:06] And we'll map out what the day training
is for signing into day shift. We'll
[7:10] have some more work for him to do on
nights in the time that he's able to do
[7:12] that.
But again, I think both of these
[7:14] approvals Yes, sir.
Great. I I appreciate the board
[7:17] approving those
over to you.
[7:20] Uh for both of those guys.
[7:25] Um
as far as day shift staffing goes, uh
[7:28] we'll fill this patrol spot being open
on days. Scott will transition into that
[7:32] spot. So, basically it's just a change
over there.
[7:35] Uh
[7:38] biggest thing is we're we're maintaining
business as usual. We're know we're
[7:41] still here. we're still taking calls.
Everybody, as long as everyone calls,
[7:45] take the phone, whatever the case may be
for the public. We're not going
[7:47] anywhere, so whatever is needed of us,
we'll be there to help you.
[7:53] And I just want to continue working with
the board, trying to move forward with
[7:57] with this process.
Maintain open communication.
[8:02] If you're listening, you know,
I'm going to follow up with you.
[8:07] » Thank you, Mr.
Gray. Appreciate that.
[8:10] Our last order of business is an
overview of the search and selection
[8:14] process, and this is a very
beginning stage.
[8:19] We discovered that there we needed to
improve upon the job description, so
[8:23] that's our next step. We're going to
look at job descriptions and then
[8:28] then post
and then probably get some
[8:32] uh
expertise in
[8:35] the process of
the job. But we're still at the
[8:39] beginning stages. We're we're balancing
doing it quickly but versus doing it
[8:44] correctly. So, be patient.
Um this is the beginning, so we hope to
[8:50] get
your department stabilized as soon as
[8:53] possible.
Each um
[8:58] meeting, our next meeting is October
6th, we'll update that process
[9:03] um where we are. So,
I wish I could give you more
[9:06] information, but we've just it's just a
week since we've made a change.
[9:13] Anybody want to add to that?
Okay.
[9:21] Then
that's the business for tonight. I will
[9:24] entertain a motion to adjourn.
>> Motion to adjourn, please.
[9:28] » Okay.
Okay, so Richard motion to adjourn with
[9:32] Lenny second.
All those in favor of
[9:35] the motion to adjourn, I.
>> I. Opposed?
[9:39] Okay.
>> Question. Thank you.
[9:43] That's it.