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The Pleasanton Police Department will be presenting its 2025 annual report to the City Council Tuesday, which includes updates on crime trends, response times, successful hiring efforts and how the department is responding to recent criticism regarding its Flock Safety cameras.
According to the May 5 staff report, the presentation will also cover several other topics across all areas of the police department including “training, technology, and community engagement efforts.”
“In 2025, the department continued to deliver core public safety services while making progress in several key areas,” staff stated in Tuesday’s agenda report.
“Property crime declined, proactive enforcement activity increased, staffing levels improved significantly, and employee training and development remained a priority,” the report continued. “The department also advanced specialized programs, technology initiatives, and community partnerships to support effective service delivery and public safety outcomes.”
One of the key highlights during the annual update will be Pleasanton’s crime trends and how the city, despite having recorded two homicides, saw a dip in property crimes.
The department reported crime data using the new California Incident-Based Reporting System (CIBRS), which differs from the department’s former Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system used to report the department’s crime data from 2022 to 2024, according to the staff report
Because of this change in reporting, staff noted that the 2025 figures are “not directly comparable to prior years.”
“Under UCR, only the most serious offense in an incident was counted, and only one crime was reported per incident, regardless of the number of offenses or victims involved,” according to staff. “Under CIBRS, up to 10 reportable offenses arising from the same incident may be counted, and offenses are also reported separately for each victim. As a result, post-transition data may appear higher or otherwise different from prior years, not necessarily because crime increased, but because reporting is now more complete and accurate.”
According to the department’s recent crime data, the city recorded 85 violent crimes last year including the two homicides, seven rapes, 32 robberies and 44 aggravated assaults. The city also recorded over 1,000 property crimes which consisted of 136 burglaries, 114 motor vehicle thefts, 787 larceny or theft offenses, and six cases of arson.
The department, in total, responded to nearly 61,700 officer-initiated and request-for-service incidents, which resulted in 854 arrests, according to staff. In all, PPD officers used physical force 59 times last year and displayed their firearms 30 times.
Tuesday’s update will also go over the department’s response times and how PPD will implement a new method to report response times this year in order to provide a “more accurate representation of emergency response performance.”
One of the last key updates will be the city’s use of Flock Safety cameras. This issue comes after concerns surfaced last year regarding the federal government’s access to data captured by these city-wide cameras and whether cities who use these services share the data with federal immigration agencies.
“Looking ahead, the department will continue to focus on recruitment and succession planning, operational readiness, responsible technology implementation, and maintaining high-quality police services for the Pleasanton community,” the staff report states.
The City Council meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday (May 5). The full agenda can be accessed here.
In other business:
* Staff will introduce a proposed contract agreement between the city and the Pleasanton Police Officers’ Association, which includes salary increases and other pay incentives.
According to the staff report, the new memorandum of understanding (MOU), if approved at a later date, will cover PPOA members from June 1 to May 31, 2029. The current MOU expires May 31.
The City Council will receive public input and comments on the key elements of the MOU during Tuesday’s meeting before it formally votes to approve the contract at the May 19 meeting.
If approved, PPOA members’ salary ranges will be increased by 3% this June, 3.5% next year and 4% by June 2028. Other elements of the agreement include longevity pay increases ranging from 2% to 6% depending on years of service experience, shift differential pay increases for officers working the graveyard shifts and $100 in bilingual pay.
“The financial impact of implementing the successor MOU will be reviewed as part of the City’s budget update,” according to the staff report. “Staff will incorporate any necessary adjustments into the Mid-Year Budget Update in February 2027 and the next biennial budget development process.”
* As part of the consent calendar, which are items considered routine in nature and are typically approved through a single vote, the council will look to approve a new ordinance that replaces the city’s current municipal code regarding personal wireless service facilities.
The ordinance includes new policies that, as noted during a recent council discussion, will remove restrictions on service providers looking to build new facilities in the city, which would in turn improve service throughout the city.
* During the consent calendar portion of the meeting, the council will also vote on adopting an ordinance which would amend the Pleasanton Police Department’s Military Equipment Use Policy and allow the department to purchase four new drones.
