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BPCA Security Services Deepening Resident and Visitor Engagement - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BPCA Security Services Deepening Resident and Visitor Engagement - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
BPCA Security Services Deepening Resident and Visitor Engagement CB1 Battery Park City Committee December 4, 2019 12/4/2019 12/4/2019 2 NYPDs First Precinct Minimal reported crime over the past three years in Battery Park City
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NYPD’s First Precinct
- Minimal reported crime over the past three years in
Battery Park City
- Neighborhood Policing Program launched in 2018
- Crime-fighting strategy built on improved
communication and collaboration between local police officers and community residents
- 1st Precinct Sectors Comprising BPC
- Sector B: NCOs Tasoren & Riddick
- Sector C: NCOs Bodden & Holman
- Public urged to call Officers directly in addition to 911
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Background: BPCA & AlliedUniversal
BPCA entered into a three-year contract with AlliedUniversal in 2015
- Expanded scope from parks to outdoor patrols across the entire 92-
acre site
- Price: not-to-exceed $2.1 million/year
- Uniformed staff are “Ambassadors”
- Eyes and ears
- Notify patrons if they are breaking Parks rules
- Run command center that monitored CCTV; fielded calls, complaints, and reports
- Coordinate with NYPD on safety matters
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Special Patrol Officers
- Gap: Allied Ambassadors lack enforcement
powers
- CB1 Resolution Requested SPOs
- January 23, 2018 Resolution requesting
supplemental staff with powers to enforce BPC Park rules
- BPCA SPO Pilot Successful
- Additional training for certain qualified Allied
Supervisors
- Summonses issued for certain violations, with
minimal issues
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Strengths: Technology
- Real-time monitoring
- Geotagging areas of concern
- Photography
- Performance dashboard
- Real-time issue reporting to AU &
BPCA
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Strengths: Observation & Presence
- 6,800 Site Condition Observations
- Real-time reporting to BPCA
- Significant presence enables service-focused
engagement:
- Lost & Found
- Medical Emergencies
- Lost/Missing Persons
- Unsecured Property
- Wayfinding
Maintenance 36% Operations 12% Services 33% Parks Rules 19%
Ambassador Reports Since 2015
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Next Steps: Our Needs and Values
- Visibility and presence
- Coordination with NYPD
- Enforcement
- Maintenance Issue Spotting
- Accountability
- Reports and Data
- Customer Service and Community Engagement
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New Contract
Comprehensive Security Services
- Outdoor patrols with expanded Special Patrol Officer program
- Command center and 75 Battery Place
- Community Center at Stuyvesant High School Patrols
- Security camera maintenance
- Focus on service
Procurement
- Of 6 proposers, Allied highest technically rated and lowest price
- 5 year contract adds stability, $15m total contract value (FY20 budget $2.5m)
Services Underway
- Transition to Allied complete at CCSHS and 75 Battery Place
- Camera assessment complete
- Regular status meetings continue; management team remains in place