CITY OF WORCESTER | Public Safety Committee Meeting | Thursday, December 18, 2008 | Room 310B | Convened: 6:40 P.M. | Adjourned: 7:53 P.M. |
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Mayor
Konstantina B. Lukes | 
www.ci.worcester.ma.us |
Clerk of the City Council
David J. Rushford | Committee Members | | Chairperson Barbara G Haller | | Councilor Philip P Palmieri | | Councilor Joseph M Petty |
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City Hall - 455 Main Street Worcester, Massachusetts | |
| Present Were: | Chairperson Councilor Barbara G Haller
Councilor Philip P Palmieri
Councilor Joseph M Petty | | | | | Also: | City Solicitor David M. Moore
Police Chief Gary J. Gemme
Deputy Police Chief Steven M. Sargent
Deputy Police Chief Guilio V. Fusaro
Deputy Police Chief Mark S. Roche
City Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk | | | |
| 1. | COMMUNICATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER | |
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| | | 1a. | Transmitting communication requesting City Council's approval of an ordinance relative to the possession of knives.
# 12b CC October 28, 2008
In Committee November 6, 2008 - Held
| Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File | |
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| | | 1b. | Recommending adoption of an Amendment to the City's Knife Ordinance.
# 9.32B CM December 02, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend Adoption on a roll call of 3-0 | |
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| | | 2a. | Petition of Kevin Ksen request City Council's Standing Committee on Public Safety fully review the citizen complaint investigation files the City Manager recently provided the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
# 7f CC September 09, 2008 | Attachments | | | | | | | Recommend File
Speakers:
1. Kevin Ksen, Worcester resident
2. Ronald Madnick, President Worcester County Chapter ACLU, Worcester resident
3. Jo Hart, Worcester resident
4. Thomas Daly, President, Local IBPO, Paxton resident | | | | | | | | Chairman's Orders | | | | Request City Manager request the Police Chief to provide the City Council with any documentation that would demonstrate the Worcester Police Department's policy relative to the release of citizen complaints on file at their department. | |
| 1. | Request the City Council of the City of Worcester to accept the following report concerning the status of the goals of the City Council's Standing Committee on Public Safety: a) To commit and be supportive of stabilizing the number of police officers and firefighters in the City of Worcester: Met Goal, b) To support a plan to decentralize the Worcester Police Department into precincts: Awaiting Administration, c) To support a plan to establish optimal locations for fire station facilities: Ongoing, and d)To support funding for the expansion of the Summer Impact Division of the Worcester Police Department so that the program life runs yearly from mid-May through mid-September: Exceeded Goal.
| | | 2. | Request City Manager to conduct a study identifying the optimal locations for fire station facilities across the city and report the findings to the City Council. | |
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