PSC 09-13-2018CALL TO ORDER
CUPERTINO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
Thursday September 13, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Cupertino City Hall, Conference Room A
Commissioner Huang called to order this regular meeting of the Cupertino Public Safety
Commission at approximately 6:05 pm on Thursday, September 13, 2018 in the Cupertino City
Hall, Conference Room A, located at 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014.
ROLL CALL
Commissioner Present: Andy Huang
Yvonne Chao
Robert McCoy
H ymanand Nell ore
Neha Sahai
Commissioner Absent: None
Staff Present:
Staff Absent:
Others Present:
Captain Rich Urena, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Lieutenant Mark Roggia, Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Assistant Fire Chief John Justice, Santa Clara County Fire District
Deputy Fire Chief Brian Glass, Santa Clara County Fire District
Jaqui Guzman, Deputy City Manager
Clare Francavilla, Cupertino Emergency Services Coordinator
None
Veronica Troung, Asian Americans for Community Involvement
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Subject: Approve the August 9, 2018 Minutes
Recommended Action: Approval of the August 9, 2018 Minutes
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Commissioner McCoy motioned to approve the minutes of the August 9, 2018 meeting;
Commissioner Nellore seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Nellore, Sahai.
Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
ORAL COMMUNICATION
None
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
None
OLD BUSINESS
2. Subject: Participation in AlertSCC and Pulse Point including migration progress from
Cupertino Alert System to AlertSCC (Huang/McCoy)
Recommended Action: Discuss AlertSCC sign ups
Commissioner Huang gave a report on the number of people signed up for AlertSCC
messages as well as other social media platforms as follows:
Total AlertSCC signed up 1900, Nextdoor 15,455, Twitter 4,935, Facebook 3,651 , Instagram
663.
Commissioner McCoy had no update on Pulse Point.·
3. Subject: Public Safety Education and Outreach; a) Discuss Senior Safety Forums (Sahai), b)
Potential distracted driving campaign with Bike-Ped Commission (Nellore), c) Connecting
underserved neighborhoods to Neighborhood Watch and Block Leaders Programs (Nellore);
d) Public Safety Forum (McCoy); e) Proposals for future Forum/Workshops f) Car seat safety
event (September 29th 10am-12pm)
Recommended Action: Receive updated report on the next Senior Safety Forum (Sahai);
receive report on potential distracted driving campaign (Nellore); receive report on
connecting underserved neighborhoods to Neighborhood Watch and Block Leaders
programs (Nellore); receive report on Public Safety Forum (McCoy); Discuss proposals on
future Forums/Workshops.
Commissioner Sahai will be focusing her outreach on mental health. Specifically, she will be
giv ing mental health awareness presentations focusing on elderly residents at Sunny View
Senior Center. The first presentation will be held in the month of November. Commissioner
Sahai would like to bring mental health awareness to all senior centers and assisted living
complexes in the future .
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Commissioner Nellore gave a presentation on distracted driving. He plans on reaching out
to the Cupertino School District to discuss texting while driving and to encourage the district
to bring more awareness to the problem. Commissioner Nellore is looking into having signs
posted at schools that will be along the lines of no texting while driving. Ms. Guzman
suggested that if this is driven by a student then maybe the best route to go would be
obtaining a grant for all the materials needed for the project.
Commissioner Nellore also talked about the Welcome Packages for new residents . Ms.
Guzman did some research on new incoming residents and found a manner in which new
residents would be identified. Commissioner Nellore agreed to bring up the Welcome
Package item during the new fiscal year.
Commissioner McCoy confirmed that the Public Safety Forum will be held on October 26,
2018 from 7-9pm. A few of the topics that will be presented. will be Domestic Violence,
Distracted Driving, Property Crime Trends, Phone Scams, and the best kind of locks to secure
your bikes. Commissioner Huang suggested the Sheriff's Office present a summary trend.
Captain Urena responded that he can provide general overview of trends happening in
Cupertino. Assistant Fire Chief Justice will have a representative from Fire provide
information on smoke detectors. Fire Chief Glass will have a fire truck present at the forum
as well.
The following will have a booth at the forum: Sheriff's Office, Santa Clara County Fire,
Emergency Preparedness, AACI Domestic Violence, Block Leaders Neighborhood Watch,
and Citizen Groups. Food from Whole Foods will be provided at this event.
Public Safety Forum timeline will be as follows :
Welcome instruction from the Mayor will be 7-7:15pm
Sheriff's Office 7:15-7:45pm
AACI Domestic Violence 7:45-8:lSpm
Santa Clara County Fire 8:15-8:45pm
Distracted Driving 8:45 -9pm
Commissioner Chao reminded the commission on the up-coming Car Seat event. She will be
placing some flyers at the library for the public to be informed. The Car Seat event will be
held at the Oaks Shopping Center by Blue Light Cinema. Signs will be provided in the
parking lot to help direct the public towards the event area. Four technicians from Lucille
Packard will be present to help install and inspect the installation of the car seats. Captain
Urena and a Deputy will be present as well with a table and booth with crime prevention
resources.
NEW BUSINESS
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4. Subject: Domestic Violence Presentation by Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Recommended Action: Discuss how best to disseminate domestic violence resources in
Cupertino
Ms . Veronica Truong from Asian Americans for Community Involvement provided a
presentation on domestic violence. She explained that domestic violence is a power and
control issue, a society issue, not a genetic issue.
Ms. Truong talked about the signs of abuse and how to be safe and get out before it is deadly.
Domestic violence affects all types of communities. The hotline number is 408-975-2739. Ms.
Truong ended by stating that all services are free and confidential.
Commissioner Huang asked if the AACI is linked to 311 non-emergency line. Ms. Truong
will look into that and if they are not inquire on how that can be done.
Ms. Truong showed a video to the group.
Commissioner McCoy invited Ms. Truong to the October Public Safety Forum to provide
residents resources and talk to the public at large on this important topic. Ms. Truong agreed
to participate in the event.
Ms. Guzman will be working with Ms. Truong to prepare for the Public Safety presentation.
5. Subject: Promotional items for crime prevention efforts
Recommended: Approve $300 expenditure for the purchase of crime prevention promotional
items
Commissioner Huang gave recommendations on crime prevention awareness items. The
commission discussed several items and agreed to an LED light that will have the City of
Cupertino's logo on it.
Commissioner Huang motioned to approve the whistle as the crime prevention awareness
item; Commissioner McCoy seconded the motion; Ayes: Huang, McCoy, Chao, Nellore,
Sahai. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
6. Subject: Future Agenda Items
Recommended: Discuss Future Agenda Items
None
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
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7. Subject: Report by Santa Clara C01mty Fire District
Recommended Action: Receive Report by Santa Clara County Fire District
Assistant Fire ChiefJustice introduced Fire Deputy Chief Brian Glass who will be joining the
commission as Assistant Fire Chief Justice was recently promoted and will be working on
different projects .
Assistant Fire Chief Justice went on to report the stats for the month of August. All calls for
the first due response times were met. The calls for reliability response times were also met.
The fire loss for the month of August was approximately $8,000 based off of two fires. Chief
Justice showed the group a map presentation on the areas in which calls were reported.
During the month of August there were five fire calls.
Six new fire apparatus trucks have been purchased. A new order had been placed for five
new fire engines as well.
8. Subject: Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Recommended Action: Receive Report by The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Captain Urena introduced Lieutenant Mark Roggia to the Commission. Lieutenant Roggia
will attend meetings when Captain Urena is unable to do so.
Captain Urena reported that during the month of August there were 5 priority one calls, 347
priority two calls, 448 priority three calls and all response times were met.
During the month August there were two robberies. One was on a Saturday afternoon where
a female sitting at a coffee shop typing on her laptop had the laptop snatched by an unknown
male suspect. The second robbery happened at Whole Foods where it was an individual that
was stealing food.
The city experienced 10 residential burglaries in the month of August and 40 vehicle
burglaries. Captain Urena added that shopping centers are the primary place where vehicle
burglaries are occurring and that covert deputies continue to monitor these centers. He also
indicated that vehicle burglaries are something that is on the increase across the region.
Captain Urena explained the four domestic violence calls for the month of August.
On August 1, 2018
The male suspect and female victim, who were in a dating relationship, got into a physical
altercation where the suspect picked up the victim and fell on top of her. The victim
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complained of minor pain, but declined medical attention. The suspect was arrested and
booked into Main Jail.
On August 6, 2018
The female victim alleged her estranged husband, who is still her co-worker, brandished and
threatened her with a knife while at work. The estranged husband alleged the claim was false
and added that his wife was slandering him over on-going legal disputes. The case was
submitted for DA review.
On August 10, 2018
The male suspect grabbed his victim wife by her arms, pushed her into a dresser causing
bruising to the victim's arms. The suspect was arrested and booked into Main Jail.
On August 30, 2018
The female suspect and male victim are cohabitants and had an argument at their residence
where the suspect struck the victim three times on the head. The suspect was arrested and
booked into Main Jail.
The group inquired on the reporting person for each call for service. Captain Urena was
unsure but added that he would include the information on future summaries.
9. Subject: Report by the City of Cupertino
Recommended Action: Receive Report by the City of Cupertino staff liaison
Deputy City Manager Jaqui Guzman reported the City of Cupertino approved adding two
additional Sheriff Deputies for the CS beat due to the increase number of calls for service in
that area and calls associated with the new Apple Campus.
Ms . Guzman also went on to share with the group that they had an arrest of a City of
Cupertino employee that had committed the crime of embezzlement. This was caught by
city employees when they converted over to a new accounting system. Ms. Guzman would
like to thank the Sheriff's Office for all of their hard work on this investigation.
Ms. Guzman also would like to get a list of who will need a Cupertino photo badge and set
them up for a time and date to stop by HR and get their photos taken.
Ms. Guzman meets with Cupertino Ministers Group once a month and they are interested
in doing a gun safety storage presentation. They will be contacting the Commission in the
future so that they can set up that meeting.
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Mrs . Francavilla shared that last week there was a Yellow Command exercise plan in which
Cupertino participated in. She will be obtaining a list of future trainings and will be sending
out those dates so that more employees are trained in disaster planning.
10. Subject: Commissioners Reports
Recommended Action: Receive Commissioner's Reports
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Huang adjourned the meeting at 8:37 pm
NEXT MEETING
The next Regular Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 6:00 p.m.
SUBMITTED BY:
Veronica Lara
West Valley Patrol Division
Santa Clara County Office of the Sheriff
September 28, 2018
APPROVED BY: {'(\ _
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Andy Huang, Commission Chair Date
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