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Page 1 of 10 Item #17 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT June 3, 2025 Police TITLE: CONTINUED FROM MAY 6, 2025 - RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT’S OPERATIONS, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES SUMMARY The Police Department has presented reports to the City Council on community policing and department operations for the past four years. This report will focus on annual reporting to include updates in all areas of the police department. This year, the City is seeing the benefits of adding a crime analyst, which has allowed the Police Department to target and solve certain types of crimes more effectively. Part 1 (more serious) crimes are down 10-15%, and, while still an issue, the City also saw a significant decrease in property crime in 2024. The Department used force in less than 1% of all contacts, and staffing has rebounded and is now stable. In the year ahead, we will continue to focus on recruitment and succession planning, knowing that we have several employees eligible for retirement. Youth engagement efforts grew with the launch of the Cadet Program, helping build a pipeline for future officers. Emergency response times are still being refined, and the department is committed to improving service delivery, while balancing speed and safety. RECOMMENDATION Receive an update on the Police Department’s operations, services and activities. BACKGROUND This report provides updates on key initiatives, including recent crime trends, crime data reporting, personnel investigations, and police staffing. In 2021, the police department began presenting bi-annual reports to the City Council in relation to operations, services, activities, and programs; however, the police department is recommending moving to presenting an annual report. The police department creates an annual report that is very resource intensive and could be used to present to the City Council on an annual basis moving forward. The annual report is all-encompassing and would include data and programmatic information and any other relevant information. DISCUSSION This report provides an analysis of Part I crimes for January through December 2024 in comparison to the previous three years, and average, for the same period. Part I persons crimes include homicide, rape, aggravated assault, and robbery. Part 1 property crimes include burglary, larceny, auto theft and arson. The data analytics indicate fluctuations in crime rates during the evaluation periods. Overall, in 2024, Part 1 persons crimes are down 10% compared to the previous year. Robberies are higher again this year, based on the previous year. The majority of Pleasanton robberies are related to retail crime. Police Department staff continue to partner with retailers in robbery prevention efforts. Part 1 property crimes have shown an overall decrease of 15% over the previous year, to include auto theft which has Page 176 of 226