11-16-2022-1 Special Council Work Session WORK SESSION
RICHFIELD MUNICIPAL CENTER, BARTHOLOMEW ROOM
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
4:00 PM
Call to order
1. Presentation from CEO Bob Scales of Police Strategies LLC on a disparity analysis study.
Adjournment
Auxiliary aids for individuals with disabilities are available upon request. Requests must be made at
least 96 hours in advance to the City Clerk at 612-861-9739.
AGENDA SECTION:Work Session Items
AGENDA ITEM #1.
STAFF RE P ORT NO. 29
WORK SESSION
11/16/2022
RE P O RT P RE PA RE D B Y: Jay Henthorne, D irector of P ublic S afety/C hief of P olice
D E PA RTME NT D IRE C TO R RE V IE W: Jay Henthorne, D irector of P ublic S afety/C hief of P olice
11/10/2022
O THE R D E PA RTM E NT RE V IE W:
C ITY MA NA G E R RE V IE W: K atie Rodriguez, C ity Manager
11/10/2022
I T E M F O R WO RK S E S S IO N:
Presentation from C E O Bob Scales of Police Strategies L LC on a disparity analysis study.
E X E C UT IV E S UM M ARY:
The Richfield Police Department contracted with Police Strategies to conduct a disparity study utilizing our
data. Police Strategies is a national company that uses data science and technology to help police agencies
implement effective policies, training programs and monitoring systems. This study analysis was contracted
to be done in addition to the qualitative analysis being done on an ongoing basis by the Police Department.
D IRE C T I O N NE E D E D:
None
B AC K G RO UND INF O RM AT I O N:
A.H IS TOR IC AL C ON T E X T
This quantitively disparity study was conducted over a three-month period involving databases including
but not limited to reporting offenders, victims, arrestees, use of force incidents, and traffic data. W e
have worked with Police Strategies since 2017 on Use of Force Reporting and public dashboards. This
affiliation with Police Strategies developed due to a transparent process of use of force data to the public
and monitoring system for internal use within the Department. The Police Department for the past
decade has instituted internal controls which consist of review boards from all rank and file, data
collection and review, digital analysis, etc. to insure the continued goals of impartial policing within the
Department for the community.
B.P OL IC IE S (resolutions, ordinances, regulations, statutes, etc):
None
C.C R IT IC AL T IMIN G IS S U E S:
None
D.F IN AN C IAL IMPAC T:
The Police Department has made a financial commitment which exceeds appropriated budgetary
allotment and has had to apply for grants to help subsidize the cost thus far on use of force dashboards,
disparity analysis, and other consultant fees. This does include staff time spent on collecting, analyzing,
and retrieving data to fulfill requirements of the robust analytics that are available from L OGI S.
E.L E GAL C ON S ID E R AT ION:
City Attorney has reviewed all contracts with Police Strategies LLC.
ALTE R N AT IV E(S):
Do not contract with Police Strategies for forward facing data and transparency and rely on data from our
current vendor L OGI S or future vendor Tyler Technologies; however, disparity analysis and monitoring of the
data for internal Police Department use for training and Federal and State Legislative guidance will be very
limited.
P R IN C IPAL PAR TIE S E X P E C TE D AT ME E TIN G:
C E O Bob Scales, Police Strategies LLC