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<br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz thanked Chief Kerns for his presentation and said she appreciated all of the information he <br />provided. She said eshare, which allowed detectives to share information with patrol officers, was an <br />interesting concept. She was concerned about how people were listed on eshare and requested an <br />explanation of the process. <br /> <br />Chief Kerns said the threshold for sharing intelligence information among sworn personnel was based on <br />state and federal guidelines, on a reasonable belief that a person was actively engaged in crime. Captain <br />Tilby monitored this program closely. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz observed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had an interest in <br />undocumented people. She asked who paid for beds occupied by undocumented people who were arrested <br />for lower level crimes by local authorities. <br /> <br />Chief Kerns understood when a federal agent assumed custody of an inmate at the jail, those inmates were <br />put in federal beds. The City of Eugene and Lane County would not hold an immigration offender when <br />they had no interest in a State or federal offence. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka said the information provided by Chief Kerns allowed the City to target places, times and <br />people with limited resources. He asked if the department was solving the crimes or pushing them <br />somewhere else. <br /> <br />Chief Kerns responded the data identified the locations of three types of crimes and were not as likely to <br />shift from place to place as other crimes. Behavior crime tended to move around, but property crimes <br />tended to remain in the same geographic area. This would always be a challenge in the West University <br />Neighborhood (WUN) due to the high concentration of students who owned a lot of small, valuable things. <br />He observed crime solving was part of crime prevention. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka asked if the UO Department of Public Safety could be authorized to expand their jurisdiction <br />beyond campus boundaries by passage of legislation during the 2011 Oregon legislative session to address <br />behavioral crimes. He noted it would a great help for the party patrol to have the UO available to assist <br />during those times. <br /> <br />Chief Kerns thought it would be a good idea and that the UO could get the legislature to grant that <br />authority. The UO would be concerned about doing much work off campus because it would involve more <br />civil liability. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka commended Chief Kerns on the low vacancy rate in the department. He agreed it was not cost <br />effective for police human services work in dealing with behavioral crimes and asked how this could be <br />improved. <br /> <br />Chief Kerns iterated police and social service agency leadership needed to explore the options. <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy was worried that the message to the community regarding lack of jail beds and other resources <br />sent an invitation up and down the I-5 corridor that criminals should come to Eugene and commit a crime. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 14, 2010 Page 3 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />