Pinellas Police Standards Council
SPC Allstate Center
3200 34th Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida
Agenda: September 11, 2013 – 8:30 AM
1.
Call to Order – Chairman Tony Holloway

Proclamation presentation to Investigator John Brown on the occasion of his pending
retirement September 27, 2013

Council will break for attendance of the 9/11 Memorial Service

Council will reconvene immediately after the Memorial Service
2.
Approval of PPSC Minutes –Draft Attached
3.
Guests –
Joe Accetta, Safety Harbor Fire Chief and Robert Polk, Fire Chief for the Suncoast Fire
District and president of the Pinellas County Fire Chiefs Association will perform a brief
presentation/discussion on the aspect of instituting a unified command between Pinellas
County law enforcement and fire departments for significant incidents such as active
shooters, storm evacuations, major road closures, special events, etc… that may directly
impact Pinellas County. The presentation/discussion by Chief Accetta and Chief Polk is
intended to be merely strategic and not operational.
4.
PASS Update – Mike Waters
5.
Committee Reports –
 Legislative Committee – Chief Thomas
 Training – CEO Brock
 Standards Review Committee – Chief Vincent
SRC Meeting – See attached findings
 Finance – Chief Edwards
 LE Radio and User Group – Jackie Weinreich
 LE Information Systems and Analysis – Tim Burns
 Homeland Security – Corporal Armistead
6.
New Business
7.
Old Business
8.
Roundtable
9.
Adjourn
Next Meeting
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 – 8:30 AM
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
4000 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 100
Pinellas Park, Florida
Pinellas Police Standards Council
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
4000 Gateway Centre Boulevard, Suite 100
Pinellas Park, Florida
APPROVED Agenda: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 – 8:30 AM
1.
Call to Order – Chairman Tony Holloway
 Presentation of Proclamations recognizing the tenure and service of the following
departing Council Members:
Largo Police Chief John Carroll
USF St. Petersburg Police Chief Rene Chenevert
St Petersburg College Allstate Center Provost JC Brock
 Congratulations to Rick Stelljes on his appointment as Police Chief of the Pinellas
County Schools Police Department.
2.
Approval of PPSC Minutes –
Motion by Chief Thomas and Chief Carroll – The Council unanimously approved the
July 10, 2013 Minutes.
3.
Guests –
 Sheriff Gualtieri introduced Jack Gee, Vice President of U.S. Operations for
Business Watch International (BWI), to the Council. Mr. Gee provided a brief
presentation on BWI’s ability to enhance the electronic collection and
management of pawn transactions. Some of the many attributes include ease of
use, auto NCIC, upload to LINX-COPLINK, frequent customer reports, unlimited
user access, mapping capability, photo identification, fingerprints, search and
retention capacity and most notably the sharing of pawn data among law
enforcement agencies.
The Council was highly impressed with Mr. Gee’s presentation. Sheriff Gualtieri
advised that BWI scored number one during their agency RFP. Sheriff Gualtieri
stated that he was willing to pick up the funding of BWI for those agencies
already integrated with the PCSO. Those agencies not currently integrated with
the PCSO, would have to incur the initial setup costs of BWI integration but
afterwards, the PCSO would assume all further costs of maintaining BWI.
The Council unanimously approved the offer presented by Sheriff Gualtieri and
also agreed to move forward with BWI training. Sheriff Gualtieri advised that he
would work with BWI and JC Brock to facilitate possible computer training at the
SPC Allstate Building.
 Chief Holloway introduced Dan Barto, Director of College-wide Security Services
at Saint Petersburg College, to provide a brief presentation on the possibility of
sharing radio communication with the Pinellas County law enforcement agencies.
Mr. Barto spoke about the need for direct emergency channel communication with
area law enforcement officers and all Council members were in unanimous
agreement.
The Council, with guidance from Manager Jackie Weinreich, approved
interagency radio group LE1 as the appropriate channel communication for the
college security service. Manager Weinreich stated she would work with Mr.
Barto to get an agreement letter out to the cooperating agencies approving the
radio group access.
 SAC Rick Ramirez provided a brief presentation to the Council on a recent brief
contained within the Unit Reporting: Florida Fusion Center on Field Presumptive
test for Synthetic Cannabinoids (Brief #: 13-138). SAC Ramirez provided a
brochure denoting the aspects of the presumptive test and advised that he would
forward an e-mail brochure to Director Waters for membership distribution.
4.
PASS Update – Mike Waters
 Director Waters presented a draft letter for Council review thanking the Pinellas
County Legislative Delegation for their support of HB 1411.
 Director Waters advised that PASS has concluded the interview process for
retiring Investigator John Brown’s position. Pinellas Park Investigator Ken
Blessing has accepted the PASS Background Investigator’s position and he will be
retiring from Pinellas Park after 25 years of service. Investigator Blessing
presents a vast array of investigative experience including being a certified
Computer Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA) for the Pinellas Park Police Department
for the last thirteen years. Investigator Blessing is scheduled to begin his
employment on September 9, 2013 allowing Investigator John Brown almost three
weeks to provide training and guidance prior to his retirement on September 27,
2013.
 Director Waters attended the Regional Selection Centers Managers Meeting last
week as part of the Criminal Justice Standards Quarterly Meeting Agenda.
Among several topics discussed at the meeting was FDLE’s announced allocation
of funding to begin the process of upgrade/enhancing ATMS.
5.
Committee Reports –
 Legislative Committee – Chief Thomas
o
No Report this month
 Training – Provost Brock and Brian Frank
o
No Report this month
 Standards Review Committee – Chief Vincent
o
Chief Holloway for Chief Vincent – Chief Holloway reminded the
Council members of the SRC to commence immediately following the
conclusion of the PPSC meeting today.
 Finance – Chief Edwards
o
No report this month
 LE Radio and User Group – Manager Weinreich
o
No report this month
 LE Information Systems and Analysis – Tim Burns
o
No report this month
 Homeland Security – Corporal Armistead
o
6.
No report this month
New Business
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7.
Old Business
 Chief Holloway initiated discussion with regard to the proposition presented by
Sheriff Gualtieri at last month’s meeting of a funding mechanism to provide long
term operational stability for PASS. The Council first reviewed the budget for
PASS and was unanimous in that the budget was already fiscally responsible.
Further, any potential cost savings sought within the budget would be of minimal
value while adversely affecting an already lean operational structure.
The Council discussed possible funding mechanisms to include each agency
providing a yearly membership fee and/or a user fee. Although the exact amount
was not debated or approved, an example used for discussion was a membership
fee of $2,500.00 for each agency and then a yet to be determined variable user fee
by each agency utilizing PASS to reach the $50,000.00 threshold to receive the
matching funding by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
The Council agreed to review the aspects of today’s funding discussion and to be
prepared at the next PPSC meeting to either offer an alternative solution or finalize
the initial proposal of Sheriff Gualtieri. The implementation date of the pending
funding measure is scheduled for January 1, 2014.
 Chief Stelljes advised that the School Board was reviewing the contract proposals
of the agencies providing school resource officers. Sheriff Gualtieri and the other
affected Council members were unified in their commitment to uphold the
proposed contract pricing.
Chief Stelljes informed the Council of his recent attendance of the Countywide
SRO meeting in advancement of the new school year. He advised the meeting was
excellent and he was very impressed with the comparative analysis of the school
arrests, civil citations and diversions performed by the SROs’.
8.
Roundtable
9.
Adjourn
Provost Brock and Chief Undestad
Next Meeting
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 – 8:30 AM
SPC Allstate Center
3200 34th Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida
STANDARDS REVIEW COMMITTEE
Agenda of Next Meeting
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013, 10:00 AM
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council – Conference Room
4000 Gateway Center Blvd., Pinellas Park
1. Applicant appeals:

Daniel Morgan 2013-111 (Felony Asssault)

Eric Grierson 2013-306 (Use of Drugs)

Timothy Denny 2013-250 (Use of Marijuana)

Mariano Cruz-Colon 2013-289 (Use of Marijuana)

Michael Bunjaponte 2013-311 (DL Suspensions)

Dimitrios Hatzileris 2013-320 (Use of Drugs and Rx)

Adam Foulks 2013-332 (Cruelty to Animals)

Derek Hansley 2013-355 (Use of Drugs)

Katherine Nolasco 2013-305 (Use of Rx)

Matthew Ellis 2013-284 (Use of Rx)
Members Present:
Chief Stelljes
Chief Thomas
Chief Edwards
Chief Undestad
SAC Ramirez
Presented by:
Investigator Brown and Investigator Trehy
Approved / Denied
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