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Police and IT chiefs outline technology, training and staffing priorities for 2025
Summary
Chief Seymour presented department goals including records digitization, civil enforcement readiness, expanded mental-health supports, potential continuation of a grant-funded position, and equipment upgrades; IT staff described a server migration, cybersecurity training and hardware replacement needs.
Police Chief Seymour briefed the commission on department goals for the year, and city IT staff reviewed ongoing and planned technology projects.
Chief Seymour said the department is prioritizing organized records cleanup to prepare for digitization, maintaining civil-enforcement tools for nuisance properties, enhancing communications, and continuing partnerships with regional agencies. He said the department is considering equipment upgrades (security cameras, drones, portable cameras for events), may need to replace a K-9 this year, and wants to sustain mental-health resources for officers and community members via the chaplaincy program.
On investigative staffing, Seymour said the BCIF (grant-funded) position currently provides reimbursed salary support but the grant runs through June; after that the city may need to include the position in the operating budget without reimbursement. "If you notice, contain the BCIF position after grant funding ends. So that will be a budget, that we'll bring before you kind of for your attention. The grant runs out in at the June," Seymour said.
IT staff reported the start of a server migration (police migration begun the meeting day), steps to unify billing for managed IT services, and a hardware inventory that identified about 15 devices that will not upgrade to Windows 11 and thus may need replacement. IT staff said multi-factor authentication, cybersecurity training rollout and further digitization of forms and finance software evaluation are planned.
No formal policy votes took place; these were goal briefings and project updates. Commissioners asked about community outreach and officer presentations; Chief Seymour and staff described expanded outreach, crime-prevention presentations and interagency training (including active-threat drills).
