Park Ranger Program Status Report Public Safety, Finance & Strategic Support (PSFSS) Committee December 13, 2018
Park Ranger Program Working Group Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Parks and Recreation Commission Services County of Santa Clara, Office of the San José Park Rangers District Attorney San José Police Department Santa Clara Valley Water District NAACP – San José Chapter San José Fire Department Housing Department Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful Environmental Services Department Friends of Los Gatos Creek Human Resources Department South Bay Clean Creeks Coalition City Manager’s Office Guadalupe River Park Conservancy Mayor’s Office West Valley College – Park Management Program
Working Group – Accomplished Tasks Phase IV Phase I Phase II Phase III Advisory Ranger Program Facilitated Discussions Facilitated Discussions Recommendation to Review PRNS/SJPD • Working group goals Formalize an advisory Evaluation of service model recommendation for the Identification of current Park alternatives & logistics: • Park Ranger safety Director of PRNS and Chief Ranger Program service concerns of Police of SJPD: • Identify safety equipment model: • Immediate Plan: what can • Park Ranger enforcement • Strategize departmental we do now to address duties coordination these issues and needs? • Visitor Services • Watershed Protection • Apply relevant policy & Team objectives • Resource Management regulations • Long-Term Plan: What is • Risk Self-Assessment • Public Safety • Identify action steps the long-term solution to addressing these issues • Environmental impacts • Review from OER & and needs? Bargaining Units 3
Working Group (continued) • The working group split up the Park Rangers’ daily job duties into three main categories: • Visitor Services • Resource Management • Public Safety 4
Visitor Services Job Duty Examples • Resource assistance • Visitor questions • Support volunteers to the homeless • Interpretive programs • Park patrol checks population • Educate on park • Picnic table compliance • Tours rules and procedures • Special event support • Ride-a-longs • Park user concerns, • City ambassador • Training conflicts, and issues 5
Resource Management Job Duty Examples • Fire prevention • Protect fish and • Volunteer projects patrols wildlife • Animal abatement • Restoration • Repair • Open and close parks equipment/signs • Jr. Ranger Program • Cherry Flat Dam • Document park • Lake water testing inspections conditions • Regulatory agencies • Graffiti abatement • Park/trail maintenance 6
Public Safety Job Duty Examples • Joint Creek-Side Patrols • Enforcing compliance • Assist in search and with SJPD: with Park Rules rescue efforts • Homeless encampment • Enforcing Picnic • Provide wildfire support abatement Reservation and prevention compliance • Prevent future re- • Provide knowledge of • Active patrols in and encampments geographical areas within around all park the parks system • Assist in identifying systems • Provide basic first aid environmental law 7
Park Ranger Hazard Analysis • Park Ranger Hazard Analysis for Job Duties • Focused on job tasks to identify hazards before they occur. • Focused on the relationship between the worker, the task, the tools and the work environment. • Step 1: Research and define the task in detail • Step 2: Identify hazards associated with the task • Step 3: Identify controls that will prevent injury 8
Hazard Analysis Process – Hierarchy of Controls Identifies methods of accomplishing tasks while isolating workers from hazards Factors in the urgency of the task: • Life Safety/Life saving task • Immediately Dangerous to Life/Health (IDLH) 9
Conclusion • Going forward, San José Park Ranger duties will include the following: • Visitor Services • Resource Management • Defined Enforcement Activities 10
Immediate Next Steps • PRNS/PD joint review of patrol costs to inform budget priorities • Finalize Ranger duty manual • Work with regional partners on recruitment/ training/academy • Consider body-worn cameras and related ranger training 11
Questions & Answers 12
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