Cotati police present Q1 public-safety report; council approved ALPR data-sharing with 30‑day retention

Chief Simmons, the police chief for Cotati City, presented the Cotati City Police Department’s first-quarter 2025 report to the Cotati City Police Advisory Committee, saying the department recorded 3,248 events and made 22 arrests during January–March. He told the committee the department had “0 formal citizen complaints” for that period and reported nine use-of-force events involving 10 applications of force.

The report matters because it sets baseline metrics the committee and public will use to assess staffing, training and new technology. Simmons said the City Council approved a data‑sharing agreement that will allow the department to subscribe to fixed automated license-plate reader (ALPR) feeds — including cameras at a local Lowe’s — and that the council set a 30‑day retention period for that ALPR data.

Simmons described the quarterly statistics and operational context. “We had 3,248 events,” he said, and noted the split between dispatched calls and officer-initiated activity is roughly even. He said arrests in the quarter totaled 22 (compared with an equivalent quarter in 2024…