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. . I . . . move on with this issue. It has been clearly spelled out that the Chief.... should be commended" for his report and his policy. He added that he thought the Chief and the - whole department handled themselves very well during very difficult circumstances. Patricia Sandoval, 2508 Spring Street, representing Latino Focus, said she was very happy with the report the Chief presented, and "it was well understood by everybody." Mrs. Sandoval said she was happy standards had been established, and she believed the goal of one ticket per IO-hour shift was insufficient. She said she witnesses so many traffic violations, and she knows that many arrests are made when officers make routine traffic stops. Elodie McKee, representing the Los Angeles Women's Coalition against Lawlessness, Support Unit of Victims of Violent Crime and Police Brutality, said she was pro-police and on the legislative task force of Law Enforcement Alliance of America. Ms. McKee said she believed the performance measures were designed as a revenue generation vehicle. She said her concern was that attainable goals be set to prevent turning police into liars and perjurers. She said it was important that police behavior be tracked carefully to prevent civil rights violations. She suggested technology be used to do necessary tracking. She read ITom an L.A. Times article describing how cities are encouraged to generate revenues through issuance of citations. She said let the cops do their jobs and don't put unrealistic revenue generating ratios on them. Arturo Samayoa, 555 Scott Avenue, representing Redwood Village Neighborhood - Association, said many of the members had read the negative newspaper articles, and invited Chief Bolanos to speak to the Association to explain the performance measures. He said that after hearing the full story, the Association supported the program and felt that it was legal. He also said that one ticket per lO-hour shift was probably too low. He said the Association believed that Chief Bolanos was doing a good job. Noel Tapia, 854 Piedmont Way, said he was born and raised in Redwood City and was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and currently in a joint graduate program oflaw and regional planning at Berkeley. Mr. Tapia said he hoped to someday be a City Attorney. He said he wasn't there to attack anyone, but based on what he read in the newspapers, he wondered what the goal of the policy was. Mr. Tapia said some people favor the policy because it was tough on crime, but he said that should be left to judges who have the facts and can make the punishment fit the crime. He said, "I'm all for standards as well, but using hard numbers was wrong, as there are better ways to evaluate performance. He said the number of arrests made do not accurately indicate who is a better police officer, and that system would create antagonism and an adversarial relationship with the community. Mr. Tapia said a better standard would be involvement in the community, and that it was much harder to rehabilitate an adult than invest in youth. He said it would be better to reward officers who do not get complaints, or come in on time, and other activity like that. Mr. Tapia said this policy will take away an officer's discretion. He said his big concern with this policy was reasonable suspicion, that - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 FEBRUARY 2,1998 MINUTES Page No. 227 PAGE 12