The Plan - Campaign Three: Health Safety and Responsibility

Policy:
It is the policy of our city to support our citizens and families in leading healthy, safe, productive and self-determined lives. We support our citizens taking responsibility for helping to improve the health, safety and welfare of themselves and those around them; developing and maintaining safe, clean, attractive neighborhoods that are free from public disorder and nuisances; and, recognizing and celebrating examples of good citizenship and personal responsibility.

SUMMARY OF GOALS FOR CAMPAIGN #3

   GOALS:

(A): Promote neighborhoods that are safe, clean and attractive, that minimize drug sales and use, loitering, graffiti, public drunkenness, property code violations, incidents of fires and other negative quality of life issues and that ultimately reduce the demand for public safety services. 
(B): Create the safest community in NYS in terms of our per capita rate of crime, fires and accidents. 
(C): Create a positive perception of our public safety institutions, our community's safety, security and quality of life and create an adequate level of communication and knowledge, among our citizens, about public safety issues and concerns facing our community. 
(D): Promote a reduction in the problems and impacts of homelessness, the abuse of drugs and alcohol and unwanted teenage pregnancies through appropriate opportunities to improve individual health, safety and welfare. 
(E): Ensure that our public safety system agencies and our citizens adequately listen to and communicate with each other about public safety problems and concerns and collaborative efforts. 
(F): Support a quality health care system that is affordable to both employees  and employers, as well as the general public.
 

   GOALS AND MATCHING STRATEGIES:

• A, B, C
  Develop a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) with the assistance of a neighborhood association. 
• B, F, D 
  Create a network of health provider organizations that deal with injury prevention and control and chronic disease issues and create a document detailing their programs. 
• A, B, C, E 
  Create a safety town.
• A, B, C, E 
  Create a Safety House calendar to schedule prevention and educ. programs for children throughout the community.
• A, B, C, E, F 
  Work with day care providers and other child service organizations to introduce the "Fire Safe Kids" program to young children and their parents.
• A, B, C, E, F
  Work with day care providers and other child service organizations to introduce the "Fire Safe Kids" program to young children and their parents.
• A, B, C, E 
  Identify & engage neighborhood assoc. in the 10 Year Smoke Detector & Battery Giveaway to reduce deaths from fire.
• A-F 
  Comprehensive tracking of juvenile fire setters
• C, E 
  Establish lines of communication among company officers and neighborhood associations for the purpose of sharing information.
• A, B, C, E 
  With the support of an advisory committee of city residents and FD staff, produce a monthly 30-minute fire safety/information video program for the community for airing on channel 12.
• A, B, C, E 
  Invite community representatives to help develop ideas for a series of citywide age appropriate videos fire education, injury prev. & control and wellness.
• A, B, C, E 
  Develop and distribute a pre-inspection booklet that educates property owners/businesses on correcting violations prior to a visit from a Code Enforcement Officer. A-F Continue the Fire Dept. Open House program in collaboration with health care providers and the sponsorship of Tops Friendly Markets.
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Develop/Update Operational Plans for each Patrol Section, seeking input from the business and residential stakeholders serviced in each section
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Continue/Enhance CrimeStat process 
• C, D 
  Continue/enhance Police-Citizen Interaction Committee (PCIC) process at Chief's level, Central Investigation Division, and all Patrol Sections 
• C, E 
  Continue/enhance the Citizens Police Academy (CPA) Program 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Continue/enhance Police and Citizens Together Against Crime (PAC-TAC) Program. Develop PAC-TAC Academy 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Develop and distribute new PAC-TAC Manual
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Identify and develop additional funding sources to improve PAC-TAC equipment & uniforms
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Adopt New PAC-TAC Mission Statement 2000
• C, E 
  Convene community forums to discuss issues of community concern in a candid and respectful environment; involve community leaders and members of the clergy in planning and implementation 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Assess and revise as necessary the Police Department's values and mission statements to ensure that all employees perform their duties in a fair and equitable manner
• A, C, E, F 
  Implement a 311 non-emergency number for Priority 2 and quality of life calls for service 
• A, B, C, D, E, F 
  Implement differential police response to 311 calls 
• A, B, C, D, E, F 
  Plan reconfiguration of patrol section and car beat boundaries to balance workload
• A, B, C, D, E, F 
  Add 24 School Resource Officers assigned in and around schools 
• A, D 
  Continue/enhance Downtown Section homeless detail, expand to other sections 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Continue participating in: (a) the Monroe County Law Enforcement Council (LEC), and (b) Monroe County Chiefs of Police Association 
• A, B, D, E 
  Implement a Monroe County Drug Task Force, a joint operation between the Rochester Police Dept and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office to address drug sales and distribution in the Rochester area 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Continue/enhance participation in the County police agency crime coordinator's meetings. 
• A, B, C, E 
  Continue/enhance participating with Monroe Co Office of Emergency Preparedness
• A, B, C, E 
  Continue/enhance participation with the New York State Division of Parole in the Targeted Offender 
• A, B, D 
  Improve the quality of search warrant preparation and execution 
• C 
  Publicize public safety successes in professional journals and publications 
• A, B, D 
  Pursue seizure of drug buyers' vehicles 
• A, B, E 
  Pursue inter-agency training opportunities at all levels 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Continue to enhance departmental training at the entry (recruit) level and the in-service level 
• A, B, C, D, E, F 
  Continue youth violence initiatives (including truancy reduction, Operation Cease Fire, Operation Night watch) and other crime prevention efforts aimed at juveniles 
• A, B, C, D, E, F 
  Continue to improve RPD's information technology systems 
• A, B, C, D, E, F 
  Continue neighborhood "Project Uplifts" in collaboration with NET and other government agencies and community groups 
• C, D, E, F 
  Implement a Police Department Web Page on City Website to provide on-line access to public information, statistics, annual report, recruiting information, etc. 
• C, D, E, F 
  Promote Police Department programs using an RPD speaker's bureau and cable public access channel TV program F Decrease the death from sudden cardiac arrest by 25% by strengthening the chain of survival by 2010.
• C, F
  Stroke awareness, project to help people identify their risks for stroke. Reduce the incidence of death and disability in our community. 
• A, C, D, E, F, G 
  School-based health centers to cosponsor safety program presentations. 
• A, C, F
  Develop a reporting system of old housing stock lead hazards 
• A, C, E, F 
  Develop large scale lead poisoning education initiative for general public. 
• G 
  Increase awareness of the "Child Health Plus Program" 
• A, B, C 
  Data review to determine the highest incident of injury to the members of our community. 
• B, C, E, F 
  Car seat safety 
• B, C, E 
  Teens and Trauma 
• A, B, C, D, E 
  Help a neighbor program 
• D, F 
  Youth and adults will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between nutrition and maintaining health. Enhance food security in communities 
• D, F 
  Consumers will adopt safe food handling and preparation practices to reduce the incidence of food borne illness