Police Advisory Council

1 City of Gainesville Police Advisory Council Meeting MINUTES August 27, 2025, 6:00 p.m. City Hall, Roberta Lisle Kline Conference Room (Room 16) 200 East University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601 Members Present: Robert Cohen, Norbert Dunkel, Evelyn Foxx, Linda Maurice, Joshua Pittman, 1 Members Absent: Abhishek Ghosh, Jeanna Mastrodicasa, Aymen Murrani, Scot Smith _____________________________________________________________________ A. CALL TO ORDER meeting called to order by Chair Dunkel at 6:03 pm B. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Evelyn Foxx motion to approve agenda as presented Motion seconded by Linda Maurice motion passed 1. 2025-677 Police Advisory Council Agenda Approval (B) Recommendation: For members of the council to approve the agenda as presented. C. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Evelyn Foxx motion to approve minutes as presented Frances Williams seconded motion motion passes

2 1. 2025-678 Minutes from Police Advisory Council May 28, 2025 Meeting (B) Recommendation: For council members to approve the minutes from May 28, 2025 meeting as presented. D. BUSINESS DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. 2025-679 Police Advisory Council 3rd Quarter Update (B) Joshua Pittman motioned for approval of 3rd Quarter report Linda Maurice seconded motion motion passed Recommendation: For the council to approve the 3rd quarter update as presented. 2. 2025-680 Closed Internal Affair Cases (B) 25-012 and 25-013 Bob Cohen: how can he drive badly? Linda Maurice: was impairment in play? Sergeant Leah Hayes: bad judgement calls Joshua Pittman: going over 80 mph in residential area, congestion, and evaluate dollar amount of damage done to vehicle and property Sergeant Leah Hayes: all of this is taken into consideration. Crash matrix mild: 5000 or less medium: 5000-15000 Major: 15000 or greater Recommendation: For the council to ask questions pertaining to the cases presented before them. E. PUBLIC COMMENT Members of University Park Neighborhood Association (UPNA) addressed concerns regarding speeding, traffic congestion between 7-9 am and 4:30-7:30 pm, noise complaints, apartment development of 15th St. and 16th St., pedestrian safety, campus dorms

3 Chief Moya gave statistics to participants with 16% decrease violent crime, 63% decrease gun related victims Chief Moya and Chief Knowles of UFPD expressed continued collaboration between the agencies to keep students and members of the community safe traffic, violent crimes, houselessness. Expressed staffing challenges and traffic safety incidents upcoming rental walk Captain Hallett gave updates on collaborative events during the summer Norb Dunkel addressed how the UFPD is accredited by three agencies. Major Kurnick introduced Juvenile Citations Coordinator Zialee Crudup Chief Knowles explained discipline process and GPD process when it comes to arrests around the UF campus and neighborhoods. F. MEMBER COMMENT Linda, Evelyn, and Bob expressed concerns about not able to make September 24th meeting. Motion to move meeting to September 17th passed. G. NEXT MEETING DATE members out of town September 24th proposed meeting September 17th location to be determined H. ADJOURNMENT meeting adjourned 7:10 pm