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R7A -Consent To Appointment Of Daniel Oates As Chief Of PoliceCOMMISSION ITEM SUMMARY Condensed Title: A resolXion consentrnS to the appointment of Daniel J. Oates as the Chief of Police for the City of Miami Beach. lntended Outcome of Su Item Summary/Recommendation: Financial lnsist on Police Department accountability and skilled managemenuleadership. Supporting Data (Suweys, Environmental Scan, etc.): The 2012 survey data shows that 66% of our residents rite the quality of the Police Department as excellent or good, an 18Vo decline when compared to the 84olo rating in 2009; 85% of resident felt very safe and somewhat safe in business commercial areas during the evening/night, compared to 88% in 2009, a 3% decline. The environmental scan of 2013 shows a total Part I crimes (violent and property) decrease oI 21 .8o/o when compared to the 2012 data. The Police Department is tasked with providing and enhancing quality police services to the Miami Beach community by promoting a safe environment through police and citizen interactions with an emphasis on integrity, fairness, and professionalism. Daniel J. Oates, a career law enforcement professional and a lawyer by training, began working in the field as a police officer in '1980 and today is the Chief of Police of the City of Aurora, Colorado. The Aurora Police Department has 670 sworn personnel and 124 civilian employees, with an operating budget of $94 million. As Chief, he is responsible for providing law enforcement services to a city with a diverse population of 345,000 residents and covering 172 square miles. After many conversations and appropriate inquiries, I have reached the conclusion that Chief Daniel Oates is the besi person to meet the City of Miami Beach's needs in terms of a Police Chief. Chief Oates will make an outstanding member of my management and executive teams and contribute greatly toward meeting your expectations from the administration of the City of Miami Beach. Pursuant to the requirements of Article lV, Section 4.02(b) of the City Charter, it is recommended that the Mayor and the City Commission adopt the attached resolution consenting to and confirming Daniel J. Oates as the Police Chief for the City of Miami Beach. Source of I IFunds: I fI I 2l ll 3lI rl OBPI , Total I Financial lmpact Summary: Sylvia Crespo-Tabak, Human Resources Department S Department Director Assistant CitpEnager city(lv\nager sc-r04,KGBJgZ JLNMl'fi- AGENDA ITEil R?AE MIAMIBEACH DATE 35 MIAMIBEACH City of Miomi Beoch, 1700 Conveniion Center Drive, Miomi Beoch, Florido 33139, www. miomibeochfl.gov SSION MEMORANDUM TO:Mayor Philip Levine, and Members the City FRoM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager DATE: April 30, 2014 SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAY AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE GITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,ENTING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL J. OATES, AS CHIEF OF POLICE THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDATION Ever since my memorandum of March 6, 2014, when I communicated to you that Chief Raymond Martinez intended to retire effective April 4, 2014,I have been actively reaching out to or responding to individuals who could effectively fulfill the role of Chief of Police for the City of Miami Beach. I also enlisted assistance from the Police Executive Research Forum in identifying potential candidates. After an extensive process, it is my pleasure to introduce and recommend Daniel J. Oates, for appointment as the new Chief of Police for the City of Miami Beach. ANALYSIS Daniel J. Oates is currently the Chief of Police for the City of Aurora, Colorado, and has served in that capacity since 2005. The Aurora Police Department currently has 670 police officers and 794 total employees. lt provides comprehensive police services to a diverse city of 345,000 residents and 172 square miles. During his tenure, Chief Oates has overseen a 30-percent reduction in major index crime in Aurora. Prior to his appointment in Aurora, Chief Oates served for four years as Chief of Police and Safety Services Administrator for the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was responsible for all police, fire and emergency management services for a city of 114,000 that included the University of Michigan. Prior to going to Ann Arbor, Chief Oates served for 2'l years in the New York Police Department. He finished his NYPD career as a Deputy Chief and the Executive Officer and second-in-command of the Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, where he supervised 3,000 patrol officers and 700 civilians and was responsiblefor all patrol services for 1.4 million residents in the City's largest borough. Between 1997 and 2001 , Chief Oates served as the Commanding Officer of the NYPD's lntelligence Division. He was a member of the Police Commissioner's Executive Staff and served as his principal advisor on citywide security and intelligence matters. Chief Oates' prior NYPD assignments also included serving as the chief counsel and Commanding Officer of the Legal Bureau, the 8S-attorney law office of the NYPD. 36 City Commission Memorandum Consenting and Confirming to the Appointment of Dan Oates as the Chief of Police April 30, 2014 Page 2 ot 2 Chief Oates is a 1977 graduate of Bucknell University with a B.A. degree in English. He was graduated from New York Law School in 1986 and is admitted to practice law in Colorado, New York and New Jersey. He also holds a Master's of Science Degree in Management from New York University. He is a member and Vice-Chair of the Colorado Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Board, a Past President of the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police, and chairperson of the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium (CISC), the statewide law enforcement cooperative that manages a state-of-the-art data and records exchange to fight crime. He is also a member of numerous professional associations, including the Police Executive Research Forum and the lnternational Association of Chiefs of Police, where he serves on the executive committee/governing board. Chief Oates also serves on the Criminal lntelligence Coordinating Council, the national advisory council of police chiefs and sheriffs, created in May, 2004 to advise the U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security on intelligence and security strategies in a post-g/1 I world. I have had an opportunity to speak with people in and out of law enforcement who have worked with Dan in Aurora, Ann Arbor and New York. The assessment has been the same: he is a great cop, a fine leader and knows how to work with all communities. He is focused on integrity and transparency, and has been a game changer wherever he has gone. Finally, you may recall that Chief Oates was Chief in Aurora during that horrific movie theater shooting incident. He received local and national praise for how he handled that difficult period, and his strength and leadership reassured his community. I think we will be fortunate to have a police chief of his caliber to call our own. Chief Oates' resume, with significantly more information on his accomplishments, is attached. CONCLUS!ON After many conversations and appropriate inquiries, I have reached the conclusion that Chief Daniel Oates is the best person to meet the City of Miami Beach's needs in terms of a Police Chief. I believe he will make an outstanding member of my management and executive teams and greatly assist me in meeting your expectations from the administration of the City of Miami Beach. Pursuant to the requirements of Article lV, Section 4.02, of the City Charter, it is recommended that the Mayor and City Commission adopt the resolution consenting to and confirming Daniel J. Oates as the Chief of Police for the City of Miami Beach. Attachment JLM/KGB/SC-T c:\users\humacres\desktop\chief of police\dan oates - chief of police - app0intment memo.docx37 ATTACHMENT DANIEL J. OATES 24601 E. Ontario Drive, Aurora, Co. 80016 (303) 263-72s8 E-mail : doatcs'4,atrroragor'.9t9 WORK HISTORY CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Nov. 2005 - Present Police Chief Chief Executive of Aurora's nationally accredited Police Department and manager of a $94 million annual budget and795 employees Responsible for all police services in the 56th largest U.S. city, with 345,000 residents and a service area of 172 square miles that includes Buckley Air Force Base and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus ACCOMPLISHMENTS Led the Department in reducing Major Index Crime by 30 percent in eight years, including reductions in every category measured nationally by the F.B.I. Brought stable leadership and new vision to the Department following demotion of former chief and awkward 1O-month period of interim leadership In first year in office, revitalized police-community relations in the aftermath of several negative, high-profile police incidents; engaged officers and citizens in "community forums" that built mutual trust and led to action plans for improving citizen interaction and police department recruiting and diversity Led formation of and currently serves as chairperson of the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium (CISC), a collaboration ofchiefs and sheriffs that has built a state-of-the-art network for sharing and analyzing law enforcement data to fight crime across Colorado Implemented a comprehensive anti-gang initiative that gathers, analyzes and integrates gang intelligence with coordinated street operations, leverages state and federal partners and resources, and offers an annual, transparent report on gang activity to the community Successfully pursued creative changes in city charter and personnel rules, thereby achieving reform in long-criticized Civil Service processes for hiring and promotion; changes have included greater flexibility in recruit testing and in the appointment and removal of Civit Service commissioners, an improved oral assessment process, added recognition for second-language skills and a process for merit selection in executive ranks Created a police/citizen mediation process to resolve complaints against officers Created and published a comprehensive annual public report on police discipline, working in cooperation with union leadership and in response to community demand CAREERHIGHLIGHT Elected President of the 150-member Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police in 2009 and recipient in 2008 of the CACP's Ralph Smith Professional Innovation Award, a coveted peer honor for statewide leadership efforts on behalf ofthe profession. 38 DANIEL J. OATES, page 2 2OOI-2005 CITY OF ANN ARBOR. MICHIGAN Safetv Services Administrator/Police Chief Chief Executive of City's Police, Fire, Emergency Management, Code Enforcement and Public Safety Communications services Responsible for $35 million annual budget and 325 employees Service area included 26 square miles, with 114,000 residents, 37,000 University of Michigan students and a total dalime population over 200,000 ACCOMPLISHMENTS o Appointed Safety Services Administrator within a year of hire as Police Chief (retaining Police Chief title and responsibilities) and given a lead role in a new senior management team charged with making sweeping change to downsize and improve city govemment o Cut costs and streamlined police, fire and emergency management by merging administration, budget, palT oll, purchasing, technology and other support services o Reduced major index crime by l3 percent and violent crime by 24 percent in three years; implemented COMPSTAT crime-reduction strategies throughout AAPD o Reduced complaints against police officers by 26 percent in three years, and markedly improved the AAPD's standing with all elements of the community . Balanced the Police FY 01-02 budget, despite $1.1 million in unbudgeted costs due to early retirements and contract settlements; saved $700,000 more in PD/FD 02-03 budgets r Served twice as Interim Fire Chief, implementing long overdue reforms and cost-cutting measures (upheld in subsequent arbitrations) that closed one fire house and reduced daily staffing without diminishing essential services r Totally revamped emergency management, installing new leadership and overhauling security and threat planning; implemented new, comprehensive all-hazards response plans for emergencies, natural disasters and threats to the City's critical infrastructure r Successfully led the AAPD through a comprehensive racial profiling study, conducted by a nationally recognized expert, which found no evidence of profiling and was deemed among the best results ever achieved nationally in such a study r Achieved a cost-cutting merger of Police and Fire radio operations; built a $1.3 million state-of-the-art 911 Public Safety Communications facility, opened in February, 2005 r Created a new Community Standards Unit to perform all city code enforcement (e.g., parking, garbage, sidewalks, vegetation, cabaret, snow and ice, etc.), providing "one-stop shopping" for council and citizen complaints and prompt, consistent response o Successfully negotiated a breakthrough agreement with the firefighters' union, achieving new language on staffing, discipline, promotions, mufual aid, etc., that saved $800,000 a year; eliminated wasteful Fire Department runs, reducing calls for service by 17 percent 39 DANIEL J. OATES, page 3 1980-2001 NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT 2001 Deputy Chief, Executive Officer, Patrol Boroueh Brooklyn South . Second in command of 3,000 police officers and 700 civilians r Responsible for all patrol services for 1.4 million residents, including all crime-reduction and community-policing initiatives o Service area included 49 square miles and 13 police precincts . Retired after 5 months in this assignment and 2l-year NYPD career to accept appointment as Chief of Police in Ann Arbor 1997-2000 Deputy Chiefi Commandine Officer. Intellieence Division . Commander of 365 police officers, detectives, supervisors and civilian staff o Reported directly to the Police Commissioner, serving on his Executive Staff as the principal advisor on citywide security and intelligence matters r Planned and implemented NYPD's security for the President of the United States, all world leaders, dignitaries, VIP guests and highthreat visitors to New York City, and coordinated appropriate security for all major public events o Served as the NYPD's principal coordinating official and liaison to foreign governments and to the United Nations' diplomatic corps o Served as the NYPD's principal liaison on all security and intelligence matters to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. State Department, Interpol and other local, federal and international law-enforcement agencies . Conducted the NYPD's most sensitive investigations into threats to public security and to the Mayor, public officials and police officers o Coordinated a.nd supervised the 24-hour protection for the Mayor and his family and for other high-ranking government officials . Designed, staffed and maintained an innovative new 24-hour Regional Intelligence Center with personnel from the NYPD and local, state and federal law enforcement o Designed and implemented new systems to collect, analyze and disseminate criminal intelligence on violent street gangs and on organized crime and criminal enterprises . Worked with U.S. State Department and New York City Commission for the United Nations to update, redesign and implement a comprehensive new NYPD training program on privileges and immunities of diplomatic and consular personnel working in New York CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Designed and oversaw the successful implementation of the NYPD's comprehensive security plan for the United Nations Millennium Summit (September, 2000), the largest gathering of world leaders in history; subsequently recognized by the U.N. Secretary General, the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Secret Service for this achievement. 40 DANIEL J. OATES, page 4 Totally re-engineered the NYPD's Intelligence Division, modernizing and vastly expanding the Division's data systems, reshaping its investigative, threat-assessment and dignitary-protection functions, building a new $3 million headquarters, and creating a 24- hour Intelligence Center, a modern Gang Intelligence Unit, and a paperless process for all 41,000 police officers to report criminal intelligence. 1994-1996 Deputy Inspector: Commanding Officer. Legal Bureau o Director of the NYPD's law office, including its 85 lawyers and 40 support staff . Served as counsel to the Police Commissioner and his Executive Staff r Initiated and supervised the litigation of approximately 1 ,500 actions annually in forfeiture and nuisance abatement . Served as the Department's expert on criminal procedure and First Amendment law r Prepared and/or approved all legal training for the agency's 41,000 swom ofhcers o Prepared and/or approved all agency correspondence on legal matters o Supervised the Legislative Affairs Unit, which oversaw the NYPD's local, state and federal legislative agenda; briefed and prepared the Police Commissioner and other NYPD witnesses appearing before the City Council and other legislative bodies r Represented the NYPD in sensitive negotiations with other govemment agencies and the private sector; served as in-house counsel on all civil law issues, including: human rights and equal employment litigation; hiring, discipline, termination and other personnel matters; contract negotiations; defense and disclosure of sensitive records, etc. CAREER HIGHLIGHT Led the successful campaign to win the Ford Foundation's 1995 Innovations in American Govemment Award for the NYPD's "Civil Enforcement Initiative." Raised the number ofnuisance-abatement actions and court-ordered closings ofgambling, auto chop shop, prostitution and narcotics locations from less than 50 to nearly 500 annually. 1980-1994 OtherNYPDEmployment o Varied field and staff assignments in the ranks of police officer tlrough Captain, including patrol in three Manhattan precincts, community relations, law, personnel management, teaching in the Police Academy, supervising narcotics investigations and coordinating training for the 1,000-member Narcotics Division. EDUCATION NEWYORKLAWSCHOOL 9/82-5186 Degree: Juris Doctor, cum laude, June, 1986 9/91-9/93 NEW YORK LINIVERSITY Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Degree: Master of Science (Management), September, 1993 41 DANIEL J. OATES, page 5 9173-5177 BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY Degree: Bachelor of Arts (English), cum laude, May,1977 1993 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Business: "The Police Management Institute," an eight-week certificate program in progressive management theory that serves as the NYPD executive corps' elite leadership training 2OO7 F.B.I. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE BAR State of Colorado ADMISSIONS State of New York State of New Jersey U.S. District Courts for the Southem and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey NATIONAL Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council PROFESSIONAL The national advisory council of law enforcement executives, created in AFFILIATIONS 2004 to advise the U.S. Auomey General and Secretary of Homeland Security on intelligence and security strategies in a post-9/l I world International Association of Chiefs of Police Member, Executive Committee (IACP's Goveming Board) Member, IACP Police Investigative Operations Committee Member, IACP Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Committee Police Executive Research Forum Board of Advisors, Long Island University Homeland Security Management lnstitute, and adjunct professor of constitutional law COLORADO Vice-Chair, Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board AFFILIATIONS Member, Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP); Past President and Past Chairperson of Legislative Committee Chairperson, Colorado Information Sharing Consortium Chairperson, Board of Directors, Denver-Area Metro Gang Task Force Member, Executive Board, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) CNIC Board Member, Aurora Symphony Orchestra ASSOCIATIONS Board Member, Open Door Youth Gang Altematives Member, Aurora Rotary Club PERSONAL Birth date: January 2, 1955, in Hackensack, N.J. DATA Married: Nancy Boecker Oates in 1978; two children REFERENCES Fumished upon request 42 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CONSENTING TO AND CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL J. OATES AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE GITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA. WHEREAS, current Chief of Police, Raymond Martinez, announced his retirement from the City of Miami Beach; and WHEREAS, Chief Oates' track record in law enforcement demonstrates that he has the leadership skills necessary to lead the Police Department; and WHEREAS, as a result of the recruitment process undertaken by the City Manager himself, Chief Oates has emerged as the person best suited to lead the City of Miami Beach Police Department; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Article lV, Section 4.O2 ot the City of Miami Beach Charter, the City Manager has the power to appoint directors of the City departments with the consent of the Mayor and the City Commission; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CIry COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, consent to and confirm the appointment of Daniel J. Oates as the Chief of Police for the City of Miami Beach. PASSED and ADOPTED this 30th day of April, 2014. ATTEST: Philip Levine, Mayor Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk APPROVEDASTO FORM & LAI{GUAGE UTION 1-2.1-il Daie 43 44