Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report Response*

R1

Law enforcement agencies submitting AB 71 required data should report, to the extent possible, whether mental illness was involved in their use of force data, starting in 2019. Heart of Silicon Valley* Sunnyvale Response: Implementation in Process The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety has the ability within the current report writing system to capture whether mental illness was involved in an incident. A software update is required to implement this and is expected to be complete Corresponding training and procedure updates will instruct officers to document any known mental health factors on use of force cases.

R2A

The law enforcement agencies of Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office should prepare a plan to ensure that all their officers receive POST-approved Crisis Intervention Training and De-Escalation technique training, beyond the training included in the POST Basic Police Academy, by the end of calendar 2018. Response: Implemented Since 2017, DPS policy has had a training plan in place to have all officers complete the 40 hour Basic CIT course. So far over 70 officers have attended the 40-hour course (more than 35% of sworn personnel). Sunnyvale

R2B

The law enforcement agencies of Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose, and Santa Clara County should provide funding for their law enforcement agencies to complete POST- approved Crisis Intervention Training and De-Escalation technique training, beyond the training included in the POST Basic Police Academy, by June 30, 2019. Response: Implemented As noted in the response to recommendation 2A, attendance for this training is already part of the DPS training plan. The necessary corresponding funding to execute that goal is already part of the DPS budget. DPS evaluates the training budget annually as part of the citywide budget process and adjusts as necessary to ensure sufficient funding for Department members to attend crisis intervention and de-escalation training and all other required trainings.

R2C

The following law enforcement agencies should execute their plan to ensure that all officers receive POST-approved Crisis Intervention Training and De-Escalation technique training, beyond training included in the POST Basic Police Academy, by June 30, 2020: Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Jose, and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. Response: Will not be fully implemented by 2020 because of recommended experience requirements required for the 40-hour training. As noted in the response to Recommendation 2A, DPS has had a plan prior to this Grand Jury report for all officers to attend the 40 hour CIT training, and more than one third of Department sworn members have already been trained. The Department anticipates that it will be able to train all eligible officers by 2020, contingent on available training space as the course is currently only offered by a limited number of providers in this region. However, it is important to note that course instructors recommend that officers with a minimum of three years of experience attend the training, so officers will receive this training only when they meet the instructors' recommendation. Thus, training will not be complete by 2020 for officers that have not Sunnyvale yet met the experience recommendation. However, DPS plans to continually train all officers beyond 2020 as they have enough job-related experience to meet the eligibility requirements for this course.

R2D

The following law enforcement agencies should include Crisis Intervention Training and De-Escalation technique training in their Continuing Professional Perishable Skills and Communications training: Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety, and the following law enforcement agencies: Campbell, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Gatos-Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose and Santa Clara. Response: Implemented Prior to this report DPS has put officers through de-escalation training provided by the County Mental Health law enforcement liaisons. The 8-hour training involved an inter- active process using de-escalation techniques. Mental health awareness, crisis intervention, tactical communication, and de-escalation techniques will continue to be a part of the Department's POST Perishable Skills Program training. If you have any comments or questions, please contact me at (408) 730-7473. Sincerely, Glerk Denhals Glenn Hendricks Mayor