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. . I . . . violations. Alone, looking at it from the standpoint of an arrest quota and Vehicle Code, it doesn't fall within that category, because the policy relates to all kinds of violations. - "Aside from that... in the policy heading called "Proactivity" in the context of measuring performance of police officers in combination with other activities and other aspects of the performance of a police officer... the performance measurement is not limited solely to a reauirement that a specific number of arrests be made. That is further amplified by a memorandum which was also promulgated in furtherance of the policy, which indicates that the policy was simply meant to be a measurable baseline.... and the Captain who promulgated this memorandum stated that statistics never tell the whole picture... The implementation of the policy underscores the fact that statistics are not the only criterion by which performance is to be measured. There are qualitative areas involved which I am sure the report ITom the Police Chief will get into, including... statistics are different by virtue of the activity on shifts, the nature of the arrests, DUI for instance consumes many hours, and other differences in arrests. Those are qualitative matters that are taken into consideration.... They have been used before by the Police Department... And in fact we have had arbitration which involved the use of this kind of statistical information. And the arbitrator upheld the position of using those statistics as a measurable guide, not as a quota. Consequently I concluded that the policy as promulgated and as implemented is not a prohibited arrest quota." Police Chief Bolanos thanked the Council for the opportunity to present the performance measures policy established by the Redwood City Police Department. He said the intent - of his report was to answer the Council and community's questions regarding performance measures and other related issues. Chief Bolanos said the primary reason the performance measures were instituted was, "first and foremost, as with almost everything we try to do at the Redwood City Police Department, is to improve the quality oflife of Redwood City residents. Secondly, we believe it is fundamentally fair to provide employees with up front knowledge of what is expected from them. Thirdly, because employees asked for performance expectations up ITont." Chief Bolanos used overhead slides to show the results ITom the Department's evaluation committee "composed of two sergeants, two officers and two of our non-sworn personnel who reviewed our evaluation procedures. (Their) recommendation was that the Supervisors should communicate what his or her expectations are early in the evaluation period. In the event the employees do not meet the expectations the employees should be advised so that they may make an effort to correct deficiencies. In general, employees should not be surprised by their evaluation." He said the recommendation stated that employees should have input into the evaluation process. He added, "Based upon that recommendation to me, we felt that it was clear that our officers deserved to know up ITont what was expected of them. I have an obligation to appropriately manage our costs of personnel resources, and ensure that the public receives its monies worth from the Police Department. - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 FEBRUARY 2, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 219 PAGE 4