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RESOLUTION NO.84 -283
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ENTER INTO
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE: EXECUI IVE STAFF OF
THE POLICE FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH SAID FOUNDATION TO
FUND A VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAM
INVOLVING THE DEVELOPMENT, DOCUMENTATION
AND VALIDATION OF ROLE-PLAYING SCENARIOS
THAT WILL ENHANCE OFF ICERS' SKILL5 IN
DEFUSING POTENTIALLY VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS
WITH CITIZENS; SAID AGREEMENT CALLING FOR
CITY -MATCHING FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $200,000 WITH MONIES THEREFOR TO
BE ALLOCATED FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
FORFEITURE TRUST FUND.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMM I55ION OF THE CITY Of MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Manager and the Chief of Police are
hereby authorized to enter into negotiations with the
executive staff of the Police Foundation of Washington, D.C.
for an agreement with said Foundation to fund a Violence
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Reduction Program involving the development, documentation
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and validation of role-playing scenarios that will enhance
officers' skill in defusing violent encounters with citizens;
with the required City -matching funds in an amount not to
exceed $200,000 to be allocated from the Law Enforcements
Forfeiture Trust Fund.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of March , 1984.
Maurice A. Ferre
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PREPARED AND APPROVED BY:
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37.
CIi'Y OF MIAMI. FLORIDA
INFER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO H. C. Eads, Jr.
Assistant City Manager
FROM:
DATE February 3, 1984 FILE:
SUBJECT Violence Reduction
Program Resolution
Requested for Commission
Action
REFERENCES'
Herbert Breslow ENCLOSURES:
Chief of Police
It is requested that the
City Commission authorize
the City Manager to negotiate
an agreement with the Police
Foundation of Washington,
D.C. through James J. Fyfe,
Project Director Lawrence
W. Murphy, President. This
contract will be for funding
not to exceed $200,000 for
a Violence Reduction Program.
This program's purpose is
to develop, document and
validate role-playing
scenarios that will equip
officers with the skills
required to defuse potentially
violent encounters with
citizens without resort
to force.
The proposed program is responsive to the recent recommendations
of the Dade County Grand Jury, and will enhance and build
upon the already excellent level of training provided by both
the City of Miami and Metro Dade Police Departments. The
program will make extensive use of role-playing techniques,
which have been used successfully by both departments in
training and personal assessment programs. Further, by
imparting skills and techniques useful in avoiding violence,
it will supplement the training benefits of the September
and Associates simulator which, in other departments, is used
to teach techniques for dealing with violence already in
progress. Finally program training will take place at the
Metro -Dade Survival City complex, an excellent facility for
participative training in responses to potentially violent
situations.
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The City of Miami
$200,000 from the
Violence Reduction
Washington, D.C.
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Advantages of achieving a training program to assess and enhance
officer's skills in defusing potentially violent encounters with
citizens include the following:
- Fewer citizen injuries and deaths;
- Fewer officer injuries and deaths;
- Improved police -community relations;
- Reduced exposure to departmental liability
police actions;
- Improved police morale.
Police Department is requesting a commitment of
Law Enforcement Forfeiture Trust Fund for the
Program proposed by the police Foundation of
for wrongful
n with the
The Police Foundation lto developwork in and test cinnovvativeorole-playing
University of Miami
training for police in how to reduce violence.
This program, which has already received the full endorsement of
the Florida State Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commis-
sion through a resolution passed on September 30, 1983,
offer several advantages to the City of Miami and Metro -Dade. It
will place the departments of both jurisdictions at the leading
edge of police training technology. It will reolicesult lnersonnelg
developed in a unique collaboration of local p p
local citizens, and national experts. It will mark the first
time in American policing history that the effects of training
specifically developed to reduce police -citizen violence have
been scientifically evaluated. Thus, it will provide an
empirical ,basefinementfuture
training, that officers'
servehaslarmodel
for further r�.
for police around the nation.
The program involves several steps, which will take place over a
one-year period. First, a project task force composed of
personnel from both agencies will be Next, selected
ytheresponsible
City
of Miami and Metro -Dade officials.
e of
the Police Foundation and training experts from
scenariosaround
usefhe
country, the task force will develop role-play
in training officers to avoid violence in police -citizens
encounters without abrogating their law enforcement and order
maintenance responsibilities. After comment upon these scenarios
by a Citizens' Advisory Committee, observers provided by the
University of Miami will record the behavior of
1City of Mivioami
and 100 Metro -Dade officers during potentially
situations. Half of each of these groups will then receive
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H. G. Eadse
February 3 e
Page 2
Advantages of achieving a training program to assess and enhance
officer's skills in defusing potentially violent encounters with
citizens include the following:
- Fewer citizen injuries and deaths;
- Fewer officer injuries and deaths;
- Improved police -community relations;
- Reduced exposure to departmental liability for wrongful
police actions;
- Improved police morale.
The City of Miami Police Department is requesting a commitment of
Violence from then LPro Exam rperoposed obyether polices Foundationtof
Violence Reductio 9
Washington, D.C.
The Police Foundation will work in collaboration with the
University of Miami in how develop
and testvioinnovative a role-playing
training for police
This program, which has already received the full endorsement of
the Florida State Criminal Justice Standards and Traini19g Commis-
sion through a resolution passed on September 30,
ll
offer several advantages to the City of Miami and Metro -Dade. It
will place the departments of both jurisdictions at the leading
edge of police training technology. It will result in training
developed in a unique collaboration of local police personnel,
local citizens, and national experts. It will mark the first
time in American policing history that the effects of training
specifically developed to reduce police -citizen violence have
been scientifically evaluated. Thus, it will provide
empirical basis
�ment future
trainings that will rservehaslar model
for further r,fin
for police around the nation.
The program involves several steps, which will take place over a
one-year period. First, a project task force composed of
personnel from both agencies will be selected by responsible City
of Miami and Metro -Dade officials. Next, with the assistance of
the Police Foundation and training experts from around the
country, the task force will develop role-play sc naoliCe citizens
ios useful
in training officers to avoid violence in p
encounters without abrogating their law enforcement and order
maintenance responsibilities. After comment upon these scenarios
by a Citizens' Advisory Committee, observers provided by the
University of Miami will record the behavior of 100 City of Miami
and Metro -Dade officers during potentially violent
situations. Half of each of these groups will then receive
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H. C. Eads► Jt,
February 3► 1984
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program training, while the remainder will participate only in
normally scheduled in-service training until further training is
scheduled.
Following the period in which pilot groups are trained, project
ff will a ain observe and record the behavior of all 200
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officers during potentially violent situations. Analysis of
resulting data will allow for evaluation of program effects and,
combined with evaluation of other data (e.g. citizen complaints;
use of force reports), will suggest modification and further
refinement of program training before it is delivered to City of
Miami and Metro -Dade officers.
To fund the proposed budget of $688,500.00, the Police Foundation
is contributing $50,000.00; the National Institute of Justice,
$150,000.00; and Metro -Dade County, $200,000.00.
The Police Foundation is requesting that the City of Miami match
the Metro -Dade commitment of $200,000.00. It is anticipated that
the remaining balance of $88,500.00 shall be met by the State of
Florida and corporate contributions spearheaded by the Miami
Crime Commission. This $88,500.00 may, in fact, be diminished by
the additional funds anticipated from the National Institute of
Justice which has indicated that it will likely receive United
States Justice Department approval to increase its $150,000.00
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