HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-72- Adopting the Community Oriented Policing Philosophy (COPP)RESOLUTION NO. 03-72
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF -COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING PHILOSOPHY
(COPP) AS THE CITYWIDE SUPPORTED PHILOSOPHY
OF PROVIDING POLICE SERVICES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF. COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, a priority for the City Council is to keep the City of Costa Mesa a
safe place in which to live, work and visit; and
WHEREAS, community oriented policing, as practiced by the Costa Mesa Police
Department, is a value driven philosophy that, at it core, embraces a Partnership
between our community and the Police Department; and
WHEREAS, our community oriented policing philosophy is based upon a value
based policing philosophy, which involves every member of the City; and
WHEREAS, our goals in relationship to this philosophy are:
a) To promote safe, secure neighborhoods and commercial zones which are
free of crime and/or the fear of crime, and absent of blight that breeds
crime;
b) To promote citizen involvement in partnership with us to resolve those
problems and conflicts that adversely affect the quaiity of life of our
community; and
c) To enhance communication between the citizens of our community, our
Department and our local government in general; and
WHEREAS, as part of this organizational philosophy, we have an Organizational
culture which encompasses the following:
a) That the Costa Mesa Police Department is a full service organization with
our primary function of providing public safety related services which
meets the needs and/or desires of the community; and
b) That the Costa Mesa Police Department considers itself as an integral part
of the community of Costa Mesa; and
c) Our belief is that the community has a legitimate and fundamental
obligation to be involved in policing our City; and
d) We form true partnerships with the community's various stakeholders in
order to provide a better quality of life for those who live, work and/or visit
our community; and
e) Our operations are strategically based anticipating and solving problems
before they erupt into major issues, rather than solely relying on a
traditional command and control style which is simply based on reacting
and confronting individual incidents; and
f) The level of public cooperation, servicing various community needs and
long-term resolution of community problems, determines our overall
effectiveness; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa hereby directs that the Costa Mesa Police Department fully implements
Community Oriented Policing (COPP) as the citywide supported philosophy of providing
police services.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of November, 2003.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
De City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. .03-72
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 3rd day of November, 2003, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Monahan, Steel, Cowan, Mansoor, Scheafer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 4th day of November, 2003.
DepCity Clerk a d ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa