FY 2021 2122 ADOPTED OPERATING AND FY 2021 2526 CIP BUDGETS

Police Special Operations (continued)

As an active member of these two specialized units, the Police Department can leverage additional resources to investigate and prosecute drug sales, robberies, auto thefts and related crimes using a multi-disciplinary approach. The assigned officers gain expertise and skills in investigations and prosecution of these crime types and share their knowledge with our team.

FY 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Accomplishments

• Developed and implemented an innovative English and Spanish mobile phone application. This application improves the ability of the department to engage with members of our community by easily allowing access to information and provides the ability to report crimes directly from the mobile application. (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety, Enhancing Diversity and Inclusiveness) • Implemented an all-inclusive response to dynamic crime trends based on analytical data Intelligence, with the overall goal of interrupting crime trends and patterns (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety) • Partnered with Santa Clara County Probation to establish a Community Based Probation Unit at the Morgan Hill Police Department. This partnership brings outside resources to the City at no-cost. (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety, Maintain Fiscal Responsibility) • Established initial School Threat Assessment Protocol to address targeted school violence (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety) • Obtained Tobacco Grant which funded and implemented a 2nd School Resource Officer to focus on tobacco and vaping education, awareness and enforcement (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety, Supporting our Youth, Seniors and Entire Community) Enforcement Tobacco Grant Program to conduct decoy operations to deter sales of tobacco products to youth and young adults under the age of 21. (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety, Supporting our Youth, Seniors and Entire Community) • Partnered with housing and code enforcement to address homeless and encampment issues (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety, 2019-2020 Strategic Priorities Homelessness) • Partnered with South County Youth Task Force (SCYTF) to host a “Spanish Only” Parent Project at Park Place Apartments (Council Ongoing Priorities: Enhancing Public Safety, Enhancing Diversity and Inclusiveness) • Received a grant award from Santa Clara County as a sub-recipient of a second Law

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