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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 />Ms. Ortiz observed that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had an interest in <br />undocumented people. She asked who paid for beds occupied by undocumented people who were <br />arrested for lower level crimes by local authorities. <br />Chief Kerns understood when a federal agent assumed custody of an inmate at the jail, those inmates <br />were put in federal beds. The City of Eugene and Lane County would not hold an immigration offender <br />when they had no interest in a State or federal offence. <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. Chief Kerns responded the data identified the locations of three types of crimes and <br />were not as likely to shift from place to place as other crimes. Behavior crime tended to move around, <br />but property crimes tended to remain in the same geographic area. This would always be a challenge in <br />the West University Neighborhood (WUN) due to the high concentration of students who owned a lot of <br />small, valuable things. He observed crime solving was part of crime prevention. <br />Mr. Zelenka asked if the UO Department of Public Safety could be authorized to expand their <br />jurisdiction beyond campus boundaries by passage of legislation during the 2011 Oregon legislative <br />session to address behavioral crimes. He noted it would a great help for the party patrol to have the UO <br />available to assist during those times. Chief Kerns thought it would be a good idea and that the UO could <br />get the legislature to grant that authority. The UO would be concerned about doing much work off <br />campus because it would involve more civil liability. <br />Mr. Zelenka commended Chief Kerns on the low vacancy rate in the department. He agreed it was not <br />cost effective for police human services work in dealing with behavioral crimes and asked how this could <br />be improved. <br />Chief Kerns iterated police and social service agency leadership needed to explore the options. <br />Mayor Piercy was worried that the message to the community regarding lack of jail beds and other <br />resources sent an invitation up and down the I -5 corridor that criminals should come to Eugene and <br />commit a crime. She said the council should look for ways to talk about the community's needs, and to <br />identify those things that were being done well to ensure that Eugene remained a safe community. <br />B. BRIEFING: Police Auditor Annual Report Presentation <br />Mayor Piercy introduced Police Auditor Mark Gissiner. <br />Mr. Gissiner distributed copies of the following document: Office of the Police Auditor Annual Report - <br />2009 —Mark Gissiner June 30, 2010. The report would be available on the City's website. <br />Mr. Gissiner remarked because the office was relatively new and the sample size small, it was difficult to <br />do comparative trends. The goal was to develop a mutually respectful relationship between members of <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council July 14, 2010 Page 3 <br />Work Session <br />