Downtown public safety

our public safety building. Um and uh as shared forward with uh city council throughout the year

And for public safety uh we have uh performed tradeoffs associated with public safety.

for the continuation of the downtown ambassador program providing hospitality, safety, and cleaning services within the business improvement districts

This would change uh how Boulder PD currently handles uh immigration enforcement.

So again, my question is is when will we have those updates on public safety for all?

I was assured two updates on public safety. It is the end of June. We have not had one of those

Creek. you know, clear of the encampments and so forth.

a pretty significant uptick in calls in and around 1440 Pine, some that have been pretty serious

Is it is it safe to be in the civic area right now

there was a little bit of discussion about safety perception of public safety

it's not going to have much meaning if we do not have effective uh public safety

We're gonna have increased patrols down on the 29th Street Mall area, where we see an increase

I think, you know, the public safety is definitely at the tearing

there was a big debate about public safety

continuation of the downtown ambassador program providing hospitality, safety, and cleaning services within the business improvement district

There's the Downtown Ambassadors. Be there is an outreach team in Housing and Human Services.

Additionally, they have strategically increased their visible police presence throughout the Pearl Street area during peak activity periods.

I'm getting into it as a chief of police that's responsible for public safety.

The lack of focus on public safety is deeply damaging to our community on multiple levels.

But there is a public safety concern here that is attached to convic of establishment

Does a public safety update every other downtown Management Commission meeting

So I guess I'll make a motion for an emergency health or an emergency order based on public safety.

How does the rest of the Board feel about the Public Safety concern?

I could see that as a public a public safety concern.

regarding safety in and around downtown to support the downtown ambassador program.

We have no other questions. We can move on to the Public safety update.

In this geographic location there is a concern about public safety that we've faced in part due to the unhoused population.

We also created a new seasonal position. To monitor the Pearl Street Mall restrooms.

But Pearl Street Mall is a big one. The civic and central area.

dollars that are going out the door to actually cover public safety and awareness issues

we had a lot of questions about public safety and what is the department spending, doing, related to public safety

since I've moved to, I've only been in Boulder 5 years, but I've seen a significant decline in public safety down there.

we are really actually doing well on property crime, including on the Mall downtown, furthering down from auto down double digits

There is some concern, however, about the reduced police presence on the hill.

So hopefully, we continue to see that reduction in crime.

So first, we have a view around safety. Multi metal infrastructure safe to bite that and disability public safety.

the public safety listening chat net center for people amazing to see that happening.

I think that I get what you're saying, like the public safety element, what the police does to police almost people in the creek.

We also at the Town Hall, had a panel discussion on public safety

that it is not worthwhile to pursue a district until issues of unhoused and public safety are addressed in the area

one concerning result from that survey was a 15% decline in the community feeling very or somewhat safe in the downtown area

the 2 topics that we're going to be discussing are public safety and downtown vibrancy

the whole point of the ambassadors was to have a non police presence

Next we have our public safety update.

I am interested in having more information about the efforts that we have done um both from a a public safety perspective um as well as some of the other issues

I think presence is is going to make a big difference

studies have shown it's very clear a police presence prevents crime

the expectation is that they will take ownership of what's going on in the Mall as well during their work hours

a lot of the business owners have a lot of issues early in the morning, with all their workers coming in

Well, moving on to public safety. Hi, everybody.

I'll just give you kind of a little bit of an update on some of the broader topics that we've been dealing with that specifically impact downtown.

But I think that because the we have a public safety update coming up very soon in our agenda.

work on the boulder mall is dangerous and increase police presence will help prevent the crime

Simply Having a police presence on Pearl Street and anywhere in our community deters criminal Behavior 24/7 365

right now. It's Monday through Saturday, 9 Am. To 5 30 pm. but a downtown ambassador can still be called.

Who enforces the ban on having dogs on Pearl Street. It's multiple people we do enforce it.

the downtown Ambassador program has been a great success, and we are looking to have that re up again in this New year

our clean and safe program downtown ambassador program is is going really well

for the downtown ambassador program and the urban Parks Rangers

I don't come downtown anymore, because of these incidents, and I I think that people are a little.

I'm asking that you please prioritize the discussion of Public Safety with our Municipal Court

I'm here to ask that you make Public Safety your top priority as a long-term resident and business owner

an update on the process that the city is engaging into clean up encampments and other areas where public safety and health may maybe at risk

I think the big concern for safety that we have is honestly just

But then, now there's less police presence because you don't have those issues right?

Okay, our help to deal with these types of issues down there

we continue to iterate our ambassador program downtown we feel really good about the value and that they provide

Public safety being among them economic vitality, inclusivity, and co-creation and and connectivity.

I supervise our downtown Mall team as well as our homeless outreach team and our community services here.

Includes the words ensuring that the public safety is maintained.

we do, I think, still have some leverage in the city code that says that we get to um Preserve the public safety

this community and the residents, including the students um of of the City of Boulder and top of mine is to preserve public safety.

the other two are existing extensions so the one is the downtown ambassador program and the other is the urban parks ranger program

spaces team Urban Park Rangers and downtown ambassadors to 2.8 million which is almost doubling that program

we do ask for your support for more funding for the safe and managed Space Program which supports enforcement cleanup and the downtown Ambassador team

and last in the downtown ambassador program i know that council had a discussion in more detail about this particular program

i'm a big fan of the downtown ambassadors so they're doing a great job

this team has been first and foremost uh able to provide a visible visible presence in downtown

city council has a responsibility to ensure public safety in our community it's not to advance one's personal

at a previous city council meeting i warned of businesses moving out of boulder like they are in seattle due to crime and public safety

their employees don't feel safe working downtown anymore what will this do to the tax base

downtown ambassadors and for the park ranger program as well I just wanted to share

if there is to be increased uniform presence will the performance of these individuals be assessed not just based on public safety criteria

so they will to provide some level of service to support parks and rec the downtown ambassadors

the downtown ambassador program proposal everybody seems to think is a good idea

Boulder played a significant role and chief heral in particular who took who played a loud and leading role in saying that this is a horrible bill for Public Safety

Chief heral has suggested that in her opposition she's standing up for victims but not a single victims group opposes this bill

i implore you to bring additional police presence down to the pearl street mall

the fact that we don't feel safe on the boulder mall is on the city council

we need a bigger police presence i have to carry mace and a knife

the city council must address the crime and Public Safety in our community now

they don't feel safe they aren't safe the perpetrators at artmart have been arrested and released multiple times

this started out as a public safety conversation and I can't think of anything that would be more impactful

the issue of additional resources in the city do we want a city cleanup crew and then do we want an ambassador program

crime and other public safety issues rise considerably and I'm very concerned for the future of this wonderful town

I appreciate the fact that the ambassadors will have the to have masks and hand those out

we'll be ready to roll out this volunteer safety ambassadors June 15

SO WE DO HAVE SEVERAL REPEAT CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE HIGH THAT I THINK WOULD GIVE US AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY

THAT THEY TRANSITION INTO MORE OF AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SO WE MOST CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT THAT

so do we need to be discussing um public safety measures

continued to pursue strategies to address transient presses presence such as increased police presence during weekdays

the rescue vehicle is a public safety vehicle that was part of the original project suggested for the community culture safety tax

public safety to the greatest extent possible so I with respect to the sv PS and especially those that are out in Pearl