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[ Public Safety on May 08, 2023.]
IT IS 1:03 AND WE WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MAY 8TH, 2023 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REELECTED.THANK YOU FOR SERVING HERE IN THE CITY.
AND TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO COULD NOT BE REELECTED, HAVE ENJOYED SERVING WITH YOUR BROTHER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING AFTER THIS ONE.
SO WE'LL WE'LL FINISH STRONG TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN FIRST WITH ITEM A, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE MINUTES? WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMOS TO AND SO I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED.
BUT WHEN DALLAS FIRE GETS UP FOR THEIR BRIEFING, WE'LL HANDLE THE MEMOS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT WE'LL HAVE A EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE RANSOMWARE UPDATE GOING ALONG WITH THAT BRIEFING. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'LL GET STRAIGHT INTO THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, ITEM B, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO DR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE FOUND WITH YOUR CRIME PLAN OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO.
I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE QUICKLY MY COLLEAGUES.
TO MY LEFT IS ROB TILYER AND THEN TO HIS LEFT IS DR.
STEPHANIE CARDWELL. SO WE'RE UP FROM SAN ANTONIO TODAY.
SO WE WE HAVE SOME SLIDES FOR YOU.
WE WILL TRY TO GO THROUGH THOSE WITH SOME DISPATCH.
I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.
SO CAN I SEE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? VERY QUICK RECAP.
WE HAVE A THREE PART PLAN IN DALLAS HOTSPOTS POLICING WE STARTED OUT WITH A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW AS OUR INITIAL IS OUR INITIAL STRATEGY, POLICE NETWORK INVESTIGATION IS OUR MID TERM STRATEGY FOCUSED ON AGAIN, PLACES, BUT TRYING TO GET AT THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT GIVE RISE TO VIOLENCE IN THOSE PLACES AND HOW THOSE SOME OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER AND THEN FOCUSED DETERRENCE IS OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY.
I SAY LONG TERM BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT'S LABELED IN THE PLAN.
BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO GET STARTED WITH THAT PHASE OF THE CRIME PLAN.
I'LL SPEAK TO THAT TOWARDS THE END.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE BEGAN OUR WORK WITH YOU ALL, AND THE CRIME PLAN KICKED OFF IN MAY OF 2021.
SO AGAIN, WE WERE JUST REMINISCING HERE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY AT THE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF IT.
THE FOCUS OF THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE IS THE FIRST HALF OF YEAR TWO.
SO ESSENTIALLY JULY OF 2022 THROUGH JANUARY OF 2023 OF THIS YEAR.
WE WILL FOCUS AGAIN ON OUR THREE MAIN VIOLENT STREET CRIME TYPES THAT WE TRACK CAREFULLY.
MURDER, NON-NEGLIGENT, MANSLAUGHTER, ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
WE HAVE A HIGH VISIBILITY TREATMENT OFFICERS AND LIGHTED PATROL CARS, AS YOU WELL KNOW, AND THEN AN OFFENDER FOCUSED STRATEGY WHERE WE'VE GOT SPECIAL RESPONSE CRIME RESPONSE TEAMS AT EACH OF THE DIVISIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND HIGH RISK OFFENDERS.
A LITTLE BIT OF A VARIATION ON THE HIGH VISIBILITY TREATMENT THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH THE LAST COUPLE OF TREATMENT PERIODS THAT I'LL SPEAK TO IN A MINUTE WHEN WE GET THERE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS YOUR OVERALL CRIME TREND IN THE DURING THE TREATMENT PERIOD.
THAT'S THE SIX MONTH TREATMENT PERIOD THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON JULY OF 22 TO JANUARY 23RD.
THAT'S TO THE RIGHT OF THAT RED BAR.
THE RED BAR IS THAT INTERVENTION PERIOD.
AND WE COMPARE THAT THOSE CRIME TRENDS TO THE RIGHT TO BASICALLY THE CRIME TRENDS TO THE LEFT THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THAT IS A 9% REDUCTION. ACROSS THE THE THE PERIOD, THE TREATMENT PERIOD COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS 12 MONTHS.
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AND THOSE ARE MONTHLY VIOLENT CRIME COUNTS THAT YOU SEE, BY THE WAY.NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE COMPARES YOUR TREATMENT TYPES BY TO SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
SO READING RIGHT TO LEFT, YOU'VE GOT A 77% REDUCTION IN CITYWIDE CRIME.
YOU'VE GOT A 33.5% REDUCTION IN OUR TREATED AREAS, IN OUR HOTSPOTS.
AND THEN MOVING OVER SORT OF THOSE MIDDLE SET OF BARS.
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT TYPES THAT WE'VE EMPLOYED.
THE OFFENDER FOCUSED, I MENTIONED DOWN 36%, HIGH VISIBILITY ALONE, DOWN 27%.
I MENTIONED THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH SOME VARIATION IN THE HIGH VISIBILITY TREATMENT.
PLUS, NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHTED PATROL CARS BEING PRESENT IN IN IN OUR OUR HIGHEST CRIME AREAS IN DALLAS FOR 15 MINUTES OFFICERS ARE ARE BEING ASKED TO GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES AND TO BASICALLY PATROL ON FOOT IN THE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. CONTACT PEOPLE, CHECK BUSINESSES, CHECK CARS JUST DO THE THINGS THAT POLICE OFFICERS DO BUT OUT OF THEIR PATROL CARS.
AND ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE ON IT TODAY, WE JUST FINISHED ANALYZING THE PERIOD EIGHT RESULTS.
AND AGAIN, THAT STRATEGY IS OUR MOST EFFICACIOUS BY A LOT ACTUALLY.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED THAT DPD MOVE TO TO THAT FOR THE HIGH VISIBILITY TREATED GRIDS ANYWAY THAT THEY MOVE TO THAT PLUS FOR ALL OF THEM BECAUSE OF THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE SEEN NOW IN TWO CONSECUTIVE PERIODS.
THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF BARS ARE THE INDIVIDUAL CRIME TYPES.
SO FOR THIS PARTICULAR PERIOD, THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD WE'RE LOOKING AT, MURDERS WERE FLAT.
THIS BREAKS, THOSE BREAK CRIME DOWN BY TREATMENT AND CATCHMENT AREAS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
SO JUST RIGHT TO LEFT OR LEFT TO RIGHT, RATHER YOU'VE GOT CENTRAL, NORTH, CENTRAL, NORTHEAST.
SO YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART, CRIME IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TREATMENT AREAS IN MOST OF THE DIVISIONS WITH WITH A COUPLE OF RELATIVELY MINOR EXCEPTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A SLIDE ON ARREST.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
BUT I'LL JUST CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TWO LEFT HAND BARS.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE LOOK AT THE MOST CLOSELY.
THOSE ARE THE BARS THAT REPRESENT VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS.
AND SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THAT VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS ARE UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN YOUR TREATMENT AREAS AND, IN PARTICULAR, IN YOUR OFFENDER FOCUSED TREATMENT AREAS.
IN FACT, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE INCREASE THAT YOU SEE IN VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS.
AND THAT, AGAIN, IS I WOULD POINT OUT TO YOU, IS BY DESIGN.
SO WE TYPICALLY EXPECT TO SEE ARRESTS GO UP.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER INFORMATION THERE THAT YOU CAN CAN LOOK AT AT YOUR LEISURE.
BUT WE BREAK, BREAK ARREST DOWN BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND BY DIFFERENT TREATMENT TYPES.
BUT THAT MAIN THOSE MAIN FINDINGS ON ON ON VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS ARE ARE SIGNIFICANT.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE BEEN DOING IN YOUR TREATMENT GRIDS.
AND SO WE LOOK AT THAT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AS WELL.
THE LEFT HAND BAR IS YOUR VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN THOSE THOSE HOTSPOTS THAT ARE BEING TREATED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, 30% REDUCTION IN VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND THEN WE BREAK IT DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT TYPES.
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AND AGAIN, CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE DOWN THE MOST IN THOSE HIGH VISIBILITY PLUS GRIDS.YOU RECALL ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRACK PRETTY CAREFULLY IS WHETHER OR NOT OFFICERS ARE WHERE WE EXPECT THEM TO BE, WHEN WE EXPECT THEM TO BE THERE BASED ON THE TREATMENT PLAN. SO ACROSS THE THE TOP BAR THERE, A TOP.
TOP OF THE GRAPH THERE AND TOP ROW.
YOU'VE GOT FIDELITY BY TREATMENT, PERIOD.
WE'VE GOT THREE PERIODS THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS OVER THAT SIX MONTH PERIOD.
ESSENTIALLY, OFFICERS ARE THERE WHEN WE NEED THEM TO BE.
THESE ARE NOT MEN AND WOMEN WHO WOULDN'T ORDINARILY JUST WORKING THAT DAY.
BUT CLEARLY THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF THE CRIME REDUCTION.
AND THOSE ARE YOUR FIDELITY NUMBERS.
AND THEN ACTUALLY, LET'S GO THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE.
SO WE CAN SKIP THROUGH THOSE NEXT ONE.
OKAY. THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.
NEXT STEPS. SO THE MIDTERM STRATEGY PNI HAS BEEN IN EFFECT NOW ABOUT A YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN TREATING TWO LOCATIONS WITH OUR NEW STRATEGY, OUR MIDTERM STRATEGY, 3550 EAST OVERTON AND THEN TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES OFF OF FERGUSON ROAD.
WITH DPD'S NEW TEAM THAT ARE HELPING TO COORDINATE THAT MULTIDISCIPLINARY EFFORT IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
OVERTON, AS YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
THERE'S SOME LITIGATION THERE RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHERE PNI STANDS, THOUGH.
THE EFFORTS BASICALLY CONTINUE IN THOSE AREAS.
I THINK WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING STARTED WITH THE LONG TERM STRATEGY FOCUSED.
DETERRENCE IS OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY, AND THERE'S BEEN MUCH PLANNING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST 6 OR 8 MONTHS TO GET FOCUSED DETERRENCE UP AND RUNNING. CHIEF ANDERSON TO MY RIGHT, HAS LED THE EFFORT IN THAT.
AND OUR FIRST FOCUS, DETERRENCE CALL IN SESSION WHERE LONG SORT OF REPEAT HIGH RISK VIOLENT OFFENDERS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED NOW BY DPD, A SAMPLE OF THOSE SORT OF THE HIGHEST OF THE HIGHEST RISK WHO ARE ON PROBATION AND PAROLE WILL BE CALLED INTO A MEETING.
AND AT THAT MEETING WILL BE A VARIETY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OFFICIALS.
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN TO MY RIGHT WILL OBVIOUSLY BE THERE.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILL BE THERE, US ATTORNEY WILL BE THERE, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.
SO ONE OF THE BIG EFFORT THAT CHIEF ANDERSON HAS BEEN MAKING IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO IS TO LINE UP THE DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS IN DALLAS. AND SO THEY WILL BE IN THE ROOM.
AND THOSE CALL IN SESSIONS AS WELL.
AND THE OFFENDERS IN THAT WHO WILL BE CALLED IN THAT NIGHT AND THERE'LL BE ABOUT 30 OF THEM ARE HAVE LONG VIOLENT LONG RECORDS OF VIOLENCE MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS TYPICALLY AND THEY WILL GET A VERY STRONG DETERRENCE MESSAGE THAT THE VIOLENCE THAT THEY'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN, IN SOME IN SOME CASES FOR MUCH OF THEIR LIVES IS NOT IS NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE. THEY'RE ON THE LIST, IF YOU WILL.
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IF THEY CONTINUE TO COMMIT VIOLENCE, THEY'LL BE SUBJECTED TO ENHANCED PROSECUTION AND SORT OF SPECIALIZED FOCUS BY THE BY THE GROUP.AND THEN THE ALTERNATIVE AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE HOPE TO DO WITH FOCUS DETERRENCE.
AND THIS IS THE THEORY BEHIND IT.
SO THESE YOUNG MEN, AND MOST OF THEM ARE YOUNG MEN, ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES.
AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE CALL IN SESSIONS ARE DESIGNED TO DO.
AND THAT FIRST CALL IN SESSION IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN EARLY JUNE.
SO, YEAH, I'VE GONE THROUGH MUCH OF THIS ALREADY.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DPD AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE MEASUREMENT METRICS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO AND THEN TRACKING THE IMPACT OF THAT AS WE'VE DONE WITH THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CRIME PLAN ALL ALONG.
AND THEY WILL HAPPEN ABOUT EVERY 90 DAYS, ABOUT QUARTERLY.
SO THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY.
AGAIN, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.
LET ME, I JUST, JUST TO CLOSE OFF JUST TO GIVE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
OBVIOUSLY VERY PROUD OF THE WORK AND THE EFFORT.
CAN'T THANK UTSA ENOUGH FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.
BUT YOU KNOW, THIS STARTED AS A PHONE CALL SOMETIME IN OCTOBER OF 2020, I BELIEVE.
IT'S BEEN AMAZING THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE.
THERE WAS NO QUESTION EARLIER THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH WITH OUR MURDER RATE.
ONE LIFE IS TOO MANY, THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHIP AT THAT AS WELL.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, NON FAMILY VIOLENCE ARE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 10%.
YOU LOOK AT OUR GUN CRIME, OUR GUN CRIME IS REDUCING AGAIN.
AND SO, AS I'VE SAID VERY OFTEN, THE CITY'S FOCUS ON VIOLENT CRIME IS ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, GUN RELATED, GUN RELATED, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT SPECIFICALLY. AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO TOUCHDOWN DANCES.
AND THERE'S ONLY ANOTHER TUNNEL THAT WILL GO THROUGH AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.
WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN TO SHARE THIS REPORT WITH US.
SINCE WE'RE TWO YEARS INTO THIS HOUR, DO YOU ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL GIVE US THAT NUMBER RELATED TO TWO YEARS, MAYBE AGAINST THE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE ENACTED THIS PLAN? YEAH, THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE ARE, WE JUST HIT THE TWO YEAR MARK AND AT EVERY SIX MONTHS WE DO A MAJOR REPORT.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR REPORT THAT WE DID AT THE SIX MONTH THE YEAR AND A HALF MARK.
BUT WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE TWO YEAR REPORT.
AND THAT TWO YEAR REPORT WILL DO EXACTLY THAT.
YOU'LL GET A LONG RETROSPECTIVE OF WHAT CRIME WAS DOING IN DALLAS IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO THE CRIME PLAN AND THEN WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO. CHIEF GARCIA MENTIONED, THOUGH, THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN ABOUT 10% YEAR TO DATE.
BUT THE NEXT REPORT WILL HAVE THAT LONGER RETROSPECTIVE THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT.
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OKAY, VERY GOOD. AND THEN WHEN TALKING ABOUT FOCUS, DETERRENCE, YOU SAID THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IN FOR THIS CALL IN, YOU'LL TELL THEM ABOUT ENHANCED PROSECUTION THAT THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO.SO HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE ENHANCED PROSECUTION, CHIEF? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOT AT THAT OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE DYNAMICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE, WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE AND WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE WENT TO HUTCHINS TO TALK TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING BACK OUT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE SHARE WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, WITH THE USA, WITH THE FBI, WITH DEA, WITH HSI, WITH ATF, THAT ALL THOSE TOOLS ARE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO USE TOGETHER.
WE TELL THEM VERY HONESTLY, WE'RE VERY GOOD AT WHAT WE DO.
THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME AT THEM FROM EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO ENHANCED PROSECUTIONS, OBVIOUSLY, IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.
THERE ARE SOME GAPS IN THE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE OFTENTIMES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMES IN TO ASSIST US WITH THAT.
I KNOW IN SPEAKING WITH USA SIMONTON, WHO'S THE NEW USA, THE NORTHERN DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND REALLY MARKET THE PARTNERSHIP AND SO THAT INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR LOCAL CHARGES, BUT WE WILL BE USING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL.
SO THIS IS A WAY OF JUST SAYING THE LENIENCY HAS EVAPORATED, YOU KNOW, ALL STRIKES.
THERE'S JUST NOT THE OPPORTUNITY ANYMORE TO HAVE THAT LENIENCY.
NO, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT, MA'AM.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO WHAT CHIEF GARCIA SAID IS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, THEY'RE ON THE LIST. LIKE WE THEY'RE IDENTIFIED.
AND FROM NOW ON, THEN THEY WILL BE TRACKED VERY CAREFULLY, WEEKLY, IN FACT, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE BEEN ARRESTED AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE.
AND IF THEY ARE, THEN THEY WILL BE FLAGGED AND PROVIDED, THEIR CASES WILL BE PROVIDED EXTRA ATTENTION, NOT ONLY BY YOUR BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY, CREUZOT, BUT ALSO, AS CHIEF GARCIA MENTIONED, BY OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'VE LEARNED FROM THE TWO THAT YOU'VE BEEN CONDUCTING THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD? YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE, I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LESSONS LEARNED.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S HARD TO DO TRUE MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES TO GET, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DISPARATE PLAYERS THAT MAKE UP CITY GOVERNMENT AND WHO POTENTIALLY HAVE A STAKE OR STAKEHOLDERS IN AN AREA COORDINATED AND TO WORK TOGETHER THAT TELL ME ABOUT IT. THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE I THINK I MEAN DPD CAN SPEAK TO THAT PROBABLY BETTER THAN ME, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S CHALLENGING TO DO. AND I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT'S I SAID WE MEET WITH THE DPD PNI UNIT EVERY TWO WEEKS.
BUT TRYING TO KEEP THE INITIATIVE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN 3550 EAST OVERTON FOR A YEAR NOW LIKE TRYING TO KEEP THE FOCUS ON THAT IS HARD. OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE GETS, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN SET OF, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS SIMPLY FOCUSED ON OUR NEW LOCATIONS.
SO, AGAIN, THERE'S NO CRITICISM AT ALL THERE.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A GOOD INITIAL PUSH ON THAT.
AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN SOME WANING AND WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OF BRING THE EXCITEMENT BACK TO THOSE TWO LOCATIONS AS WELL AS THINK ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT PLACE IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED.
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THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.OKAY. SO LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU SAID.
FIRST, IS IT WANING ENTHUSIASM FOR ATTENDING YOUR EVERY OTHER WEEK MEETING OR IS IT WANING ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY? OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY WE CAN HELP WITH TRACKING THOSE OTHER ACTIVITIES.
SO THERE'S SOME REPORTING THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO THERE IS REPORTING, IN FACT, IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO SORT OF RE JUMPSTART SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON OR ARE PLANNED. WE ACTUALLY CREATED A NEW TRACKING TOOL SO THAT IT'S A WEB BASED TOOL.
EACH OF THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE A PIECE OF THE OF OF THE PNI EFFORT IN THOSE THREE LOCATIONS NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENTER DATA BASED ON THE PLAN BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS AND THEN THE SOLUTIONS.
AND REMEMBER, THOSE ARE ALL, THEY'RE ALL IN AN OPERATIONS PLAN.
SO WE KNOW WHAT ALL THOSE ARE AND WE HAVE METRICS ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THOSE.
AND THEY HAVE NOW A VERY SIMPLE WEB BASED TRACKING TOOL WHERE THEY CAN GO IN ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND SAY EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID OR DIDN'T DO THAT PARTICULAR WEEK. AND THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW.
CHIEF ANDERSON, CAN I ASK THAT THAT BE INCLUDED IN OUR MONTHLY UPDATE? ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL MEMBER WE CAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAN I JUST, ONE THING ABOUT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, I MEAN, ONE OF THE DYNAMICS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AS WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRIME PLAN REALLY OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK OVER THE THREE, THE ONLY REALLY ONE THAT'S REALLY POLICE CENTRIC IS THE FIRST ONE WITH THE GRIDS.
THE OTHER ONES ARE REALLY INCUMBENT ON OTHER GROUPS HELPING.
AND WE'VE HAD A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH KEVIN ODEN AND OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS, PARTICULARLY AS IT DEALS AROUND APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE CODE ISSUES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT WE'VE ALL DISCUSSED HERE AS WELL.
AND REALLY BUILDING OFF OF THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU KNOW EACH ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
I KNOW THE IDEA IS THAT THE DIRECTOR HAS AS WELL TO DO THAT IN HIS SHOP ALSO.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS.
AND I THINK THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT.
FOR PNI, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING CALL IN, IS IT LITERALLY A PHONE CALL THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH FOLKS OR IS IT AN IN-PERSON FOCUSED DETERRENCE, YOU MEAN? NO, IT'S ACTUALLY AN IN-PERSON CALL IN SESSION.
SO WE CALL THEM A CALL IN BECAUSE THEY'RE SUMMONED.
AND THE THE 30 THAT WE'RE INITIALLY GOING TO MEET WITH ARE ALL ON PROBATION OR PAROLE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE THEM SHOW UP TO PLACES.
AND SO THE MEETING WILL ABSOLUTELY BE IN PERSON.
GOT IT. AND THEN IT'S NOT JUST THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THAT PNI.
IT IS ANYBODY WHO'S GOT THIS LONG CRIMINAL RECORD THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO.
JUST TO DISENTANGLE PNI IS PLACE BASED.
IT'S OFFENDERS ACROSS CITYWIDE OFFENDERS ARE PICKED CITYWIDE.
AND THERE'S A SET OF OBJECTIVE SCORING CRITERIA.
AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE SIMPLY ESSENTIALLY GET THE HIGHEST SCORE.
THEY MAKE OUR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO LISTS AND THEN THOSE FROM THOSE, THEN WE SELECT ONES THAT ARE AT THE TOP OF THE EVEN THOSE LISTS AND WHO ARE ON PROBATION AND PAROLE TO BE CALLED IN FOR THESE SESSIONS.
YES, MA'AM. YES, CHAIRMAN THOMAS.
YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
I THINK ALL OF IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON FOCUS DETERRENCE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF TIME FRAME AND THE PRESENTATION SAID, JUNE, DO YOU HAVE A DATE IN MIND WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THIS? SO THE FIRST DATE FOR THE FIRST CALLING SESSION IS GOING TO BE JUNE THE 12TH.
THANK YOU. AND CHAIRMAN ATKINS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CHIEF, JUST VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION.
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PERSONNEL. NO, WE DON'T.WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE DEPARTMENT.
AND YEAH, WE DO NEED, WE WILL NEED FUNDING IF THAT'S IN THE, IF THAT'S AN OVERTIME OR OTHER THINGS UNTIL THE DEPARTMENT CAN CATCH UP FROM STAFFING, THEN THAT'S WHAT WE WILL NEED TO BE HONEST.
CERTAINLY TO KEEP THIS GOING AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.
WE NEED THAT, YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT THE DOCTORS ARE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE CRIME PLAN THAT ARE USING SPECIALIZED UNITS TO DO THE THE GRID WORK.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR PLATE.
AND SO THIS FALLS A LOT ON THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE ANSWERING THE CALL FOR SERVICE.
SO CERTAINLY WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH FUNDING OR INDIVIDUALS, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE POSITIVE STEPS.
AND I THANK YOU FOR [INAUDIBLE] TO GIVE ME THAT ANSWER TO THAT.
IT KIND OF LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION TO MAINTAIN THIS PROGRAM, THIS VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET COMING UP BUDGET WISE, PERSONNEL WISE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KNOW.
WHAT IS THE BUDGET NOW AND TO GO FORWARD? WHAT IS THE FORECAST? HAVE WE DRILLED DOWN WITH SEEING HOW MUCH MONEY IS COSTING US NOW? AND WHAT IS FORECAST MIGHT BE IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 MONTHS, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER TIME?, ABSOLUTELY COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND Y'ALL, SPEAKING OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, COULD YOU, CAN SOMEONE RELATE TO TELL ME WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE YOU REFERRING TO? SO IN REGARDS TO THE FOCUS TURNS MODEL, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT CAN PROVIDE COUNSELING, MENTORING, JOB EMPLOYMENT, JOB TRAINING.
COUNSELING ACTUALLY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.
SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT'S OUT THERE THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LINE UP WITH.
AND WE HAVE BEEN LINING UP WITH THEM.
I'VE LEARNED A LOT. THE TEAM HAS LEARNED A LOT.
I'LL JUST ADD ONE OF THE ONE OF THE DYNAMICS IN THIS.
CHAIRMAN, THE ISSUE WITH THE SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, HAVE WE LIST WHO THEY MIGHT BE OR WHO WE NEED TO CONTACT AND WHO ARE GOING TO BE THE PROVIDERS? IF YOU CAN'T GIVE US A LIST, MAYBE SOMEONE CAN ADD TO THAT LIST.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE KNOW THAT'S SO IMPORTANT WHEN OUR OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO GET OUT AND ENGAGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARRESTS GOING UP, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT.
IF THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE CATCHING MORE CRIMINALS OR IS THERE AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY? AND SO THAT IS A QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE PRESENT A NUMBER OF METRICS TO YOU.
CRIME, ARRESTS, CALLS FOR SERVICE, I CAN TELL YOU AS A CRIMINOLOGIST, WE LOOK AT ARRESTS NOT
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AS AN IMPACT OR AS AN EFFECTIVENESS MEASURE.WE LOOK AT IT AS A PROCESS MEASURE.
SO IT'S IT'S A MEASURE OF POLICE ACTIVITY.
THE IMPACT MEASURES ARE CRIME AND CALLS FOR SERVICE, IN FACT.
AND SO WHEN WE SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE OFFENDER FOCUSED GRIDS ARE UP 120% IN ARRESTS, THAT TELLS US THAT YOU'VE GOT VERY ACTIVE OFFENDER FOCUSED TEAMS WORKING THAT AREA, MAKING THE KINDS OF ARRESTS THAT WE WANT THEM TO MAKE, VIOLENCE RELATED ARRESTS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT THAT, IF THAT'S AT ALL HELPFUL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND GREAT FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS GETTING OFF OUR STREETS.
BUT AS WE KNOW, THEY WILL BE RELEASED ONE DAY.
I THINK WE'RE DEFINITELY THINKING AHEAD AND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS FAR AS RESOURCES.
THE TOOLS, BIKES, CAMERAS, VEHICLES.
WHAT ELSE CAN THIS BODY BE DOING TO ASSIST YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THOSE TOOLS READY SO THAT WE CAN DEPLOY MORE CAMERAS AND BIKES AND VEHICLES INTO OUR FLEET? WELL, THE TECHNOLOGY IS FANTASTIC.
IT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER, BUT NOTHING COMES CLOSE TO HAVING ACTUALLY MEN AND WOMEN OUT ON THE STREET.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ALL RIGHT.
I THINK THAT WRAPS UP THIS ITEM.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK ON IT.
AND AS ALWAYS FROM THIS COMMITTEE, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
MR. CHAIR, AS THE TEAMS COME TO THE PODIUM, THIS ITEM IS ON YOUR AGENDA AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BETTER LEVERAGE THE TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR OFFICERS.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION AND HOPE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT THE THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE THROUGH THE EXISTING ONLINE DOOR SYSTEM. AND SO WITH THAT, CHIEF, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO KICK THIS OFF OR IF WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE, BUT I'LL TURN IT TO YOU GUYS.
WE'LL JUST KICK IT OFF RIGHT, TO ROBERT ONCE HE GETS PREPPED HERE.
ARE YOU GOING TO NEED TO PULL THAT ALL THE WAY UP TO YOU SO WE CAN HEAR YOU? OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.
LET PULL THAT MIC ALL THE WAY TO YOU.
THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS ROBERT. I'M THE 911 ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP THE OVERVIEW.
LET'S GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE THERE.
NOW LET'S BEGIN BY EXAMINING OUR HIGH PRIORITY CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2023.
THE PRIORITY ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE INCREASED 7.2% EXCUSE ME, 7.6%.
WHILE PRIORITY TWO CALLS HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE OVER 3% FOR THE SAME TIME IN 2022.
NOW, THESE CALLS REQUIRE MULTIPLE OFFICERS TO GO TO THE SCENE, AND THIS ALSO CAN INCREASE THE WORKLOADS OF TEAMS ACROSS OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE.
PRIORITY ONE RESPONSE TIMES HAVE INCREASED 6.21% SINCE THE END OF 20 2022.
PRIORITY TWO RESPONSE TIMES HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE OVER 42%.
PRIORITY THREE RESPONSE TIMES HAVE INCREASED 53% AND THEN PRIORITY FOURS HAVE INCREASED OVER 30%.
AND SO WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT SINCE 2011, OUR PRIORITY ONE, TOTAL PRIORITY ONE CALLS HAVE INCREASED OVER 70%, WHILE OUR SWORN STAFFING LEVEL HAS DECREASED BY 10%.
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AND OBVIOUSLY THE SWORN STAFF IN, EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE WE'RE APPROVED FOR 3215 SWORN OFFICERS, THAT IS JUST AN ESTIMATE.NOW LET'S REVIEW OUR USE OF THE DALLAS ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM AND THE PHONE REPORTING PROCESS.
SO FROM 2019 THROUGH 2022, AN AVERAGE OF 19% OF ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WERE DISPATCHED WHERE AN OFFICER WENT TO THESE SCENES WERE PHONE OR DOORS ELIGIBLE, THOUGH WE'VE SEEN A MODEST DECREASE OF OFFICERS BEING DISPATCHED FOR TO THESE ELIGIBLE CALLS SINCE DOORS WAS IMPLEMENTED IN JUNE OF 2019.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT STATISTIC LATER.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THEIR REPORT, IN ESSENCE, RECOMMENDED THE DIVERSION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF NON-EMERGENCY CALLS TO DOORS AND TO OUR PHONE REPORTING PROCESS.
MOST OF THESE THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
HOWEVER, RECOMMENDATIONS IN IN SUCH AS UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE COMPLAINANT AND ROBBERIES ARE STILL UNDER REVIEW. AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LATER SLIDE.
SO WHAT HAVE WE DONE SO FAR? PARKING VIOLATIONS AND STREET BLOCKAGES WERE TRANSFERRED FROM DPD TO OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST OF 22 AND JANUARY OF 23, RESPECTIVELY. NOW, WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SAVE ABOUT 13,500 PATROL HOURS THROUGH THIS DIVERSION PROCESS, WHICH IN ESSENCE, THROUGH THIS COOPERATIVE EFFORT, WE SHOULD SAVE THE PATROL TIME, ABOUT 6.5 OFFICERS OR $878,000 PER YEAR IN IN 2022 CALLS THAT WERE DIVERTED TO THE DORS PLATFORM AND TO THE PHONE REPORTS LED TO AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS OF 51,000 PATROL HOURS OR 24.6 PATROL OFFICER TIME.
AND AGAIN, IT TRANSLATES TO ABOUT $3.3 MILLION AS WELL.
AND HERE IN MAY, WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW TOW PROGRAM THAT SHOULD MORE EFFICIENTLY GET OFFICERS BACK INTO INTO SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKER TO OTHER CALLS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT NEW SYSTEM AS WELL.
SO WE'VE ALSO INSTALLED KIOSKS AT THE DALLAS POLICE STATIONS AND IN OUR STOREFRONTS.
OF COURSE, WE HAD A LITTLE UNANTICIPATED GLITCH THIS WEEK, BUT SOON WE WILL BE DEPLOYING THE TABLETS TO ALLOW FOLKS WHO HAVE NEEDS, NEED ASSISTANCE, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE DEVICES TO MAKE THE REPORTS ONLINE.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE SUBSTATIONS AND UTILIZE THE DORS SYSTEM THROUGH OUR KIOSKS.
AND SO THESE PICTURES ARE SHOWING WHAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE READY TO TURN THOSE ON IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
SO WE'RE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER CALL TYPES.
SO WE'RE STILL EXAMINING THAT, EXAMINE SOME OF THESE.
AND THEY HAPPENED A WHILE BACK.
NOW DESPITE OUR EFFORTS ARE OUR DORS USE AND PHONE REPORT USAGE REMAINS LOW.
SO FAR IN 2023, WE'VE DIVERTED 6% OF ALL CALLS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO OF ALL CALLS THAT ARE THAT WE DISPATCH FOR SERVICE TO THE DOORS PLATFORM OR TO THE PHONE REPORTING.
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NOW, OF COURSE, WE WOULD PREFER TO DIVERT 100% OF THOSE CALLS.SO DURING THIS REVIEW OF OUR PROGRESS OF UTILIZING THESE PLATFORMS FOR REPORTING CERTAIN TYPES OF NON-EMERGENCY REPORTS, SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
WE NEED TO HELP INCREASE THE OFFICER AVAILABILITY FOR HIGH PRIORITY CALLS AND LOWER RESPONSE TIMES.
AS A RESULT OF THIS REVIEW, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE REQUIRE DOORS, THE PHONE PROCESS AND THE NEW REPORTING, COMPUTER REPORTING, ACCESS AT POLICE STATIONS TO REPORT ALL ELIGIBLE INCIDENTS.
IT'S FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT WE START THIS IN JUNE.
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL BENEFITS TO THIS PROCESS.
FIRST, THE CITIZENS ARE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT.
THE EXTENDED RESPONSE TIMES THAT THEY'RE SEEING TODAY TO REPORT THESE TYPES OF CALLS.
IT'S GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE ONLINE REPORT OR COMPLETE THE OVER THE PHONE REPORT SO THAT THEY CAN START THE PROCESS OF THEIR RECOVERY FOR WHATEVER LOSS OCCURRED DURING THE INCIDENT.
NOW, IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE REPORT IT THROUGH THESE METHODS.
EVERYONE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS.
AT THIS POINT, WE'RE FOCUSED SHOULD WE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THIS? WE COULD. WE'RE FORECASTING TO SAVE UP TO 135 HOURS OF PATROL OFFICER AVAILABILITY PER YEAR TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS. NOW, THIS EQUATES TO 65 SWORN OFFICERS OR $8.7 MILLION OVERALL.
ANOTHER POSSIBLE BENEFIT IS THAT WITH ADDITIONAL OFFICER AVAILABILITY TIME, WE MAY BE ABLE TO EXPAND VIOLENT CRIME GRID EXPANSIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES THAT ARE COMPLETING SIMILAR PROCESSES.
AND SO LOS ANGELES, PHENIX, SAN DIEGO, EL PASO, AUSTIN, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH ARE ALL CITIES THAT ARE UTILIZING THESE TYPES OF PROCESSES AS THEIR PRIMARY METHOD TO REPORT THESE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS.
OF COURSE, WE NEED Y'ALL'S FEEDBACK FROM THIS COMMITTEE.
IT SHOULD. SHOULD THE FEEDBACK BE POSITIVE? WE WOULD LIKE TO START THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN HERE IN THIS MONTH.
WE WILL OBVIOUSLY TRAIN ALL OUR STAFF FOR THE CHANGES THAT THAT THIS WILL REQUIRE.
AND WE'LL BEGIN UPDATING OUR REPORTING PROCEDURES IN JUNE OF 2023.
THE PLAN WOULD THEN BE TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE TO GIVE A STATUS UPDATE WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND PROVIDE ANY OTHER POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE STARTED.
OKAY. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'LL START WITH CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
THANK YOU. SO I'M A BIG SUPPORTER OF DOORS, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I THINK IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR VERY HIGH LEVEL, YES, WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS AND WE SHOULD DO A LOT MORE OF IT, PERIOD.
BUT THEN I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AND I'M GOING TO START ACTUALLY MAYBE WITH THE CHIEF ANSWERING THIS QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU THINK THERE'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREASE IN CALLS FOR PRIORITY ONE AND TWO WHEN JUST OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS SHOWING A DECREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY? WELL, THE LAST PRESENTATION REALLY FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE GRIDS AND ON THE VIOLENT CRIME GRIDS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST DYNAMIC.
SO YOU JUST THINK A LOT MORE CALLS ARE COMING IN.
BUT THE INCREASE IN CALLS IS PRIORITY ONE AND TWO.
SO VERY OFTEN THOSE ARE VIOLENT CRIMES.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT DELVING IN SPECIFICALLY AS TO WHICH ONES OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SPECIFIC VIOLENT CRIMES, THE ACTUAL CALL OUT FOR THE OFFICERS IS A IS A PRIORITY ONE, A HIGH PRIORITY CALL? I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT WE'RE JUST HAVING MORE PEOPLE CALLING FOR THE SAME INCIDENT? LIKE INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON CALLING FOR ONE CRIME, YOU'VE GOT TEN PEOPLE ALL CALLING FOR THE SAME THING?
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OR DO YOU THINK.NO, MA'AM. WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT LINKS THOSE.
IF MULTIPLE CALLERS CALL ON THE SAME INCIDENT, WE LINK THOSE AND COUNT IT AS ONE INCIDENT.
OKAY. FOR DOORS ELIGIBLE YOU HAD IN THE SLIDE, I THINK ON PAGE SIX THAT THERE'S OVER 100,000 INCIDENTS THAT COULD BE MOVED FROM WHAT WE'RE SAYING ELIGIBLE NOW TO REQUIRED.
RIGHT. AND THAT ONLY 16,000, I THINK YOU HAVE ON SLIDE 12 WERE ACTUALLY USING DOORS.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I THINK WE AT THE LAST DOORS PRESENTATION, I ASKED THIS EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S CALLING IN FOR DOORS ELIGIBLE CRIME, THEY'RE BEING OFFERED OR ASKED TO COMPLETE THAT ONLINE OR BY PHONE.
THAT IS THE THAT IS THE TRAINING THE STAFF RECEIVE.
AND WHENEVER CITIZENS REQUEST THAT WE SHOW UP ANYWAY, WE HAVE CHOSEN AS A DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR THOSE TYPES OF CALLS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DOORS ELIGIBLE.
OR ARE WE NOT REALLY SAYING IT IN A WAY THAT PRODUCES THE OUTCOME WE'RE REALLY HOPING FOR? WELL, I WILL I WILL CONCEDE THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ENSURING THAT WE PROVIDE ALL THE BENEFITS TO THE CITIZENS AS TO WHY IT WOULD BE A BETTER METHODOLOGY TO REPORT IT ONLINE OR OVER THE PHONE.
BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK ONE OF THE ONE OF THE DYNAMICS, ONE OF THE REASONS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO COME BEFORE YOU IS THAT WE WANT TO DO PRECISELY THAT, THAT YOU THERE IS NO OPTION. THE ONLY OPTION IS TO DO IT IN THIS PARTICULAR FASHION FOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
AND CERTAINLY WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION WITHOUT HAVING THAT.
THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
RIGHT. WHETHER IT'S SOMEBODY HEARING IMPAIRED AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS.
I JUST I DO WANT US TO SAY, OH, YOU'RE CALLING FOR THIS.
I CAN SEND YOU TO OUR ONLINE CALL CENTER OR YOU COULD DO IT.
I CAN SEND YOU I KNOW YOU'RE SENDING OUT THE LINK TO THEM BY TEXT TO DO IT ON THE WEBSITE.
HERE'S HOW WE DO THAT KIND OF RESPONSE AS OPPOSED TO WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THIS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE AN OFFICER? RIGHT. SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK THE EXACT NATURE OF HOW YOU DO THAT IS REALLY DICTATING THE OUTCOME THAT WE'RE SEEING.
AND SO, YES, I WANT TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE HANDLE THIS.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT YOU MAY END UP NEEDING SOME FLEXIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR THE CATEGORIES YOU'VE OUTLINED THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BE REQUIRED.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UM, FOR THEFT, THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I USE ALL THE TIME RIGHT? SOMEBODY'S LAWN MOWER.
YOU KNOW, YOU LEFT YOUR GARAGE DOOR OPEN, THE LAWN MOWER WAS STOLEN.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING A POLICE OFFICER COME OUT TO LOOK AT.
YEP. THERE'S NO LAWN MOWER HERE.
IT'S BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
SO WE ARE NOT LIMITING RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES INSIDE THE HOUSE.
NOW, A GARAGE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO, BUT RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY NOT ON THE ON THE LIST OF DOORS ELIGIBLE REPORTS, BUT THEFTS IN GENERAL ARE OKAY.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE MORE? SO I MEAN, GRAFFITI.
I GET IT. TAKE A PICTURE, UPLOAD IT.
YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO'S EGGING A HOUSE? YEAH. ABOUT, BUT CAN'T CAN'T THAT ALSO BE A FELONY, NOT JUST A MISDEMEANOR? SO IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE VALUE OF THE DAMAGE.
BUT AGAIN, WE WE'RE ONLY REPORTING LOWER LOWER COST CRIMINAL MISCHIEF TYPE ACTIVITIES.
SO IF SOMEONE WENT BY AND BROKE OUT EVERY WINDOW ON A FULL BLOCK OF HOUSES, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD BE RESPONDED TO.
BUT IF SOMEONE THREW A ROCK, YOU KNOW, THE NIGHT BEFORE AND NO ONE SAW IT, NO ONE SAW ANY SUSPECTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER SERVED TO REPORT THAT OVER THE PHONE OR THROUGH DOORS.
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ALL RIGHTY. UM, SO THE ONLY OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS ABOUT THIS PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.WE TALK IN A LOT OF ACRONYMS, AND I DON'T THINK DOORS IS THE RIGHT THING TO TALK ABOUT.
I THINK YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT DALLAS ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TEN YEARS BEFORE YOU CAN SAY DOORS AND IT'LL MATTER FOR PEOPLE LIKE, DO I WANT TO DO SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS? OR OH, ONLINE REPORTING.
I GET WHAT THAT IS. I CAN DO THAT EASILY.
SO I DO THINK THAT MESSAGING CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS.
THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR BRINGING ATTENTION TO THIS.
SO WE'VE GOT A BIG ROCK TO PUSH UPHILL.
HOWEVER, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AS WELL AND DEFINITELY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO PEOPLE NOT LIKE WE TALK AROUND CITY HALL, BUT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER. SO I LOOKED AT I HAD BEEN WONDERING IF MAYBE A BETTER URL WOULD WOULD WORK TO GET PEOPLE LIKE DALLAS POLICE REPORT.COM, BUT ACTUALLY DALLAS POLICE NET IS NOT BAD AND YOU HAVE A NICE YELLOW BAR AT THE TOP OF THAT THAT TELLS THEM HERE'S WHERE YOU GO TO REPORT.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S RIGHT.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TAKING THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, GET THE MOST HITS AND PUTTING THOSE KIND OF YOUR HIT PARADE UP AT THE TOP SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WADE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, BURGLARY OF A COIN MACHINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT, JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER AND A LITTLE LESS FRICTION.
BUT ON PAGE SIX, WHERE YOU TALK ABOUT THE 104,000 INCIDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE ONLINE, IF THERE IS ANY DIFFERENCE IN DISTRICTS, I WILL EDUCATE D13 RESIDENTS FOR SURE ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE POPPING ON THIS MORE OR IF THAT WOULD HELP ME.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE KIOSKS.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT OUR POLICE STATIONS ARE THE MOST CONVENIENT LOCATIONS.
DO WE CONSIDER PUTTING THESE AT OTHER CITY FACILITIES LIKE LIBRARIES OR REC CENTERS OR SOMEPLACE WHERE YOU COULD GET TO THEM EVEN OUTSIDE? THAT'S DEFINITELY A TOPIC FOR FOR THE NEAR FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR SURE.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TEST THEM AT OUR SUBSTATIONS SO THAT WE HAVE KNOWLEDGEABLE EMPLOYEES THAT CAN HELP AS FAR AS THROUGHOUT THE KICKOFF AND SHOULD THAT BECOME SUCCESSFUL AND BECOME MORE ACCEPTED, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY. AND I GET THAT FROM A TESTING POINT.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE POLICE STATION, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THE EXPECTATION THAT INSTEAD OF CALLING TO TO HAVE POLICE COME OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND EXPECT TO DEAL WITH AN OFFICER.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING I CAN SEE THAT COMING.
WHAT IS THE COST PER KIOSK? THE I BELIEVE THE TOTAL COST WAS RIGHT AROUND $3,000 FOR PER KIOSK.
OKAY. THAT THAT'S ONLY FOR THE ACTUAL KIOSK ITSELF, PLUS THE TABLET.
IF THERE'S OTHER ELECTRICAL NEEDS AT THE LOCATION, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE COSTS WILL CHANGE.
OKAY. AND THEN I WANT TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THAT CHAIR MENDELSOHN POINTED OUT.
AND AGAIN, IT'S ON ATTRIBUTING THIS INCREASE IN CALLS.
AND I KNOW WE HAD AN ANSWER ON THAT, BUT I MEAN, ARE WE THINKING THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BETTER EDUCATED ABOUT CALLING 911? DO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S TIED TO OUR POPULATION GROWTH? I MEAN, HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER THINKING AROUND THAT ABOUT WHAT'S DRIVING THIS INCREASE? WELL, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I DON'T HAVE ANY FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THAT.
OUR CRIME ANALYSTS WOULD BE BETTER SERVED TO DO THAT.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT POPULATION INCREASES LEAD TO ADDITIONAL CALL VOLUMES AND POLICE INCIDENTS.
SO I THINK WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT TO TO PARTIALLY THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT OF BAD WEATHER INCREASES OUR VOLUMES PRETTY DRAMATICALLY FROM DAY TO DAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. IS COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.
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SO. SO DUE TO THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES, WE'RE HOLDING ON TO THE TABLETS BEFORE WE DEPLOY THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE FACING DON'T IMPACT THESE TABLETS.WERE WE DEPLOYING THE TABLETS TO ALL SUBSTATIONS? AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE IN DISTRICT EIGHT AS WELL.
SO I MEAN, FOR ME, THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE BEST USE OF TIME, RIGHT? AND SETTING EXPECTATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE RESIDENTS WAITING AROUND HOURS FOR SOMEONE TO SHOW UP WHEN IT'S NOT A PRIORITY ONE CALL.
THERE IS NO QUESTION, THOUGH, THAT WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB.
AND ON THE PUBLIC EDUCATION COMPONENT, UNDERSTANDING WHEN TO USE DOORS, RIGHT.
IS IT A WHEN THERE'S NOT A SUSPECT, WHEN IF THERE'S A SOMEONE'S BREAKING INTO A HOME AND THEY STEAL A WEAPON, IS IT A DOLLAR AMOUNT? THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE THERE TO TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHEN TO USE THIS PROGRAMING.
I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I'VE ATTENDED, WE'VE HAD OFFICERS DO DEMONSTRATIONS AND SHOW INDIVIDUALS HOW TO USE THIS THIS PROGRAM. SO WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH THAT.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON INSURANCE COMPANIES? ARE WE WORKING WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, IF SOMEONE'S CALLING TO TRY TO GET A HOLD OF MAKE A REPORT OR SOME, YOU KNOW, ARE WE LETTING THE INSURANCE COMPANIES KNOW THAT THESE ARE THIS IS AN OPTION AND WE DON'T NEED A POLICE REPORT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I HEAR TOO MANY OFTEN TIMES IS WE'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE'S CALLING 911 ON A VEHICLE INCIDENT WHEN IT'S MINOR.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME COLLABORATION WITH THE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT CAN HAPPEN.
WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT UNDER AND REVIEW THAT ISSUE.
THANK YOU. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS LIKE THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION AND UPTOWN, AS THEY DO HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT BUILT IN WITHIN WITHIN WHAT THEY'RE WORKING.
SO LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THEM.
THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO THE KIOSK, IS THERE A BACKLOG INSTALLING THE KIOSK AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION? I KNOW THEY INSTALLED THE FRAME HERE AT MY OFFICE BACK IN FEBRUARY AND I STILL HAVE NOT RESPONDED WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPERATING.
SO WE ANTICIPATE AS SOON AS THIS TECHNICAL ISSUE IS RESOLVED, WE SHOULD BE INSTALLING THOSE.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF THE TIMELINE THIS MONTH OR NEXT MONTH OR WHEN? YOU KNOW, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR THIS MONTH.
THIS MONTH? AND HOW ARE WE MARKING IT AND ROLLING IT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS? WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED AT? WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE LOCATED? SO WE WILL BE DOING PUBLIC EDUCATION NOTICES.
WE WILL USE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR PIO TO PUT OUT ALL THE MESSAGING.
NPOS WILL ALSO ASSIST US WITH THAT.
SO WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON ALL AREAS THAT FOR THE KICKOFF IN PARTICULAR AND WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF KIOSKS YOU WANT TO HAVE DISPLACED IN THE CITY? SO WE'RE STARTING WITH 13.
WELL, IT WILL EXAMINE HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPAND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
IS THEY IN THE THIRD TEAM? I DON'T READ IT LOCATED SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY MIGHT BE.
ARE YOU STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THE LOCATIONS FOR SOME OF THE KIOSKS? NO, ALL KIOSKS.
THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL KIOSK IS THERE ALREADY INSTALLED AT ALL THE POLICE SUBSTATIONS AND THE DISTRICT? YOUR DISTRICT AID OFFICE.
SO AS SOON AS AS SOON AS WE INSTALL THOSE SORRY TABLETS, WE SHOULD BE READY TO TO UNVEIL OUR THE CAPABILITY AT THOSE SUBSTATIONS.
RESENDEZ, I WANT TO SPEAK, MR. CHAIRMAN. OH, THANK YOU, MR. RESENDEZ. GO AHEAD, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ATKINS AS WELL.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LOUD MUSIC PIECE.
I SEE LOUD MUSIC ON TWO DIFFERENT PAGES, PAGE EIGHT AND PAGE 11, PAGE EIGHT.
IT SAYS, LOOKING INTO THE KPMG RECOMMENDATION TO DIVERT THESE CALLS TO ANOTHER AGENCY.
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AND THEN PAGE 11 SAYS, LOUD MUSIC TO BE REVIEWED FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION IN THIS ONLINE REPORTING.SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF GET CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THIS.
SO WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT.
WE DO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT LOUD MUSIC IS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER ENDS UP RESPONDING RESPONDS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I WANT TO I WANT TO REITERATE THAT OUR LOW PRIORITY CALLS HAVE AN EXTENDED WAIT TIME TODAY.
SO WE HAVE TO EVALUATE WHAT THE BEST METHODOLOGY AND WHO THAT WHO CAN PROVIDE A MORE IMMEDIATE SERVICE THAN WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY WITH THE POLICE RESPONSE. BUT BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
YOU KNOW, LOUD MUSIC ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT TIME.
AND AND THEN I'M ALSO WONDERING WHERE RANDOM GUNFIRE, WHERE DOES THAT FALL INTO ALL THIS? SO RANDOM GUNFIRE IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE WERE RESPONDING TO.
WE HAVE NOT REALLY EXAMINED THAT TO TAKE THAT OFF OUR PLATE AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT IF YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WE SHOULD.
WELL, I'M NOT SO SURE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FOR THAT, I'M SURE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN DISTRICT FIVE, IT I MEAN, WE ARE PLAGUED BY THIS PROBLEM.
RANDOM GUNFIRE IS A TOP ISSUE THAT I HEAR FROM CONSTITUENTS ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S A SERIOUS THING IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO SOMEONE.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY EFFORTS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON US.
SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO RAISE THIS ISSUE IN ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT I GET.
COUNCIL MEMBER IF I CAN JUST ADD AND I'LL, I'LL ECHO YOUR COMMENTS, THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT I GO TO THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE CITY WHERE THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE TOP THREE THINGS THAT I HEAR.
I DO NOT ENVISION AT ANY POINT THAT THIS DEPARTMENT WILL NOT RESPOND TO RANDOM GUNFIRE.
CASE IN POINT, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE TRYING TO FIND MECHANISMS AND WAYS TO FREE UP MORE TIME OF OUR PATROL OFFICERS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THESE OTHER TYPE OF CALLS, PARTICULARLY THE GUNFIRE THAT COMES OUT.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH REGARDS TO THAT, BUT CERTAINLY, NUMBER ONE, I DON'T ENVISION EVER THERE BEING A TIME THAT THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT RESPOND TO RANDOM GUNFIRE OR NUMBER ONE.
AND NUMBER TWO, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WHAT I WANT TO HEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YEAH, I'LL JUST FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND SOME UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING.
THERE'S THE MISS EXPECTATION IS WHAT CAUSES THE PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE WE THINK WE'RE REPORTING SOMETHING AND DPD WE KNOW NO ONE'S GOING TO SHOW UP OR THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP FOR 5 OR 6 HOURS.
AND THAT'S NOT COMMUNICATED EFFECTIVELY.
THE CLARITY IS WHAT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE WORKING ON FROM THIS MISSION AND THIS PILOT.
AND AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DOORS AND OPERATING LIKE IT'S I MEAN, WHEN YOU CALL AND WAIT FOR WHATEVER INSERT COMPANY HERE, THEY SAY EXPECT TO WAIT 15 MINUTES OR WHATEVER.
BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION THAT WE CAN OFFER PEOPLE WHEN THEY CALL, BECAUSE SIMILARLY, I'VE HAD A BMV AT MY HOUSE AND BUT IT WAS SHOT OUT, A WINDOW WAS SHOT OUT, AND IT WAS PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY RANDOMLY WALKING BY TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF DOORS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZEN DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.
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AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE STRIVING FOR THAT LEVEL OF CLARITY THAT SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO THIS OR THIS RESPONSE IS NOT GOING TO BE A UNIFORMED OFFICER.IT'S GOING TO BE THIS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE THIS LONG AND THAT'S IT.
AND AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE CLARITY, I THINK WE CAN WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE THINGS.
THE PROBLEM IS WHEN I SET AN EXPECTATION THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO RESPOND OR I HAVE MY OWN INTERNAL EXPECTATION AND IT'S NEVER DEALT WITH AS TO WHY OR WHATEVER, I'M JUST GOING TO GET MADDER AND MADDER AND CALL MY COUNCIL MEMBER AND CUSS HIM OR HER OUT ANYWAY.
AND THEN EVENTUALLY THAT GETS TO ME.
SO YES, I DO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER I'LL SAY OUR CHAIR.
IT'S THE MANNER IN WHICH IT'S CONVEYED THAT DOES THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, AT ALL YOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
RIGHT? THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE GOING TO BE EXTENDED.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO AS WELL.
YEAH, AND JUST BECAUSE I REPORT IT ONLINE DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO GET A RESPONSE, RIGHT? LIKE THE RESPONSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THE PERCEPTION YOU GET TO IS, HEY, I'M JUST GOING THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN IT GOES INTO AN ETHER AND MAYBE I GET SOMETHING, MAYBE I DON'T.
BUT LIKE, LET THERE BE CLEAR WHAT THE RESPONSE IS AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT.
AND I MEAN, THE IDEA IS WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND BETTER AND MORE STRATEGICALLY ONCE WE GO THROUGH THIS.
NOT THAT IT'S WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET A RESPONSE.
AND SO I THINK ALL OF THIS IS HOW WE COMMUNICATE IT PUBLICLY.
AND I JUST DON'T RIGHT NOW, I STILL FEEL LIKE THERE'S MORE CONFUSION THAN THERE IS UNDERSTANDING.
WELL, CAN I JUST ASK SO WILL YOU BE BRINGING BACK A FOLLOW UP OF WHAT THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IS TO US? AWESOME. YES, SURE.
ALSO, COMMUNICATIONS WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR PIO TO GET A ONE PAGER FOR YOU ALL TO DISTRIBUTE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES WITH THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THANK YOU ALL. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM D, WHICH IS DALLAS DALLAS FIRE RESCUE'S FUTURE STATION LOCATION ANALYSIS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF MEMOS ATTACHED WITH THIS.
GOOD EVENING. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.
DALLAS FIRE RESCUE'S NEW FIRE STATION LOCATION ANALYSIS.
THIS WORK INVOLVES INTERNAL AS WELL AS EXTERNAL PARTNER AGENCIES TO HELP PREPARE THIS INFORMATION.
YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THOSE DURING THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR PRESENTERS TODAY WILL BE EXECUTIVE CHIEF RANDALL STIDHAM, AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION CAPTAIN ROBERT BOSCH.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. BRETT STIDHAM EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF DALLAS.
EXCUSE ME. DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER TO SLIDE FOUR IF WE CAN.
THAT'S IT. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 59 FIRE STATIONS WHICH HOUSES 58 FIRE ENGINES, 23 LADDER TRUCKS.
NEXT SLIDE. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2022, WE MADE ALMOST 290,000 RESPONSES.
85% OF THOSE RESPONSES WERE MS RELATED.
WE'RE WITHIN 5% OF OUR 90% GOAL ON BOTH OF OUR FIRST TO ARRIVE ENGINE AT A STRUCTURE FIRE, AS WELL AS OUR ALS AMBULANCE ARRIVAL ON MEDICAL CALLS.
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OUR AVERAGE UTILIZATION RATE FOR OUR AMBULANCE IS AROUND 38%.NEXT SLIDE. SINCE 2017, WE HAVE ADDED SIX AMBULANCES TO FRONTLINE FIRE ENGINES AND ONE LADDER TRUCK, AND OUR CALL VOLUME HAS INCREASED ABOUT 15 15.4% DURING THAT TIME FRAME.
WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC PROGRAM IN ORDER TO INCREASE STAFFING ON OUR PEAK RESCUES AND ALSO TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS FOR AVAILABILITY.
NEXT SLIDE. IN 2020, WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, TRYING TO LOOK TOWARDS THE 2024 BOND ELECTION. WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY OF DETERMINING STATION LOCATIONS AT THAT TIME.
LIKE I SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WAY OF DETERMINING IT, BUT WE KNEW WE HAD A LOT OF DATA AVAILABLE.
SO BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE REBUILT THE STATION, IF IT'D BE IN THE PROPER LOCATION, OR COULD WE MOVE IT ONE WAY, ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE.
I WORKED WITH OUR DATA TEAM AND THE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE FALL OF 2019 ON THIS PROJECT TO DETERMINE THE CRITERIA FOR THE STUDY AND FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE STUDY.
SO WE KNEW WE WERE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH OUR DATA.
IN 2020, THE PANDEMIC HIT AND IT KIND OF REDIRECTED EVERYTHING WE DID FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
NEXT SLIDE. SO IN 2022, I REACHED OUT TO DR.
ANDREW OK AND HER TEAM TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US UPDATE THAT DATA AND TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CURRENT AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAM COULD BE UPDATED AS NEEDED.
SO AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, WE USE CRITERIA FROM THE HARVARD STUDY, AND WE ALSO ADDED A CHANGE OVER TIME RESPONSE METRIC BETWEEN 2019 AND 2021.
AND WE ALSO ADDED AN EQUITY ATLAS SCORE METRIC.
SO ONCE WE ONCE WE WORK THROUGH ALL THAT THAT DATA AND CAME UP WITH THE CRITERIA, WE PRIORITIZE THE SITES. SO THIS THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING AN OVERALL LOOK AT THOSE PROPOSED SITES.
NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR FIRST SITE IS OR THE FIRST AREA I SHOULD SAY IS SOUTH AND LOOP 12. SO THIS THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS PRETTY MUCH DEAD CENTER IN BETWEEN TWO OF OUR BUSIEST FIRE STATIONS IN THE CITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL SCORE ON THIS SITE AT A 4.85.
A PERFECT SCORE WOULD BE A FIVE.
AND THIS LIKE I SAID, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR SCORED A 4.85.
IT SHOULD BE SLIDE 12, I BELIEVE.
THERE YOU GO. SO OUR NEXT SITE OR AREA IS AT EAST 635 AND WEST KINGSLEY AND NORTHEAST DALLAS.
AND YOU COULD SEE THIS ONE SCORED A 4.8 JUST BELOW THE NUMBER ONE AREA.
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NEXT SLIDE.OUR THIRD AND FOURTH AREAS ARE ENDED UP WITH THE EXACT SAME SCORE OF 4.75.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS AT WEST ILLINOIS AND HAMPTON ROAD.
AND THIS SITE FOR IS AT I 20 AND SOUTH MORELAND.
NEXT SLIDE. AND OUR FIFTH SITE IS AT LASSITER AND LAWSON ROAD IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED TO THIS POINT, ARE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION, TO IDENTIFY EXACT LOCATIONS OR EXACT SITES WITHIN THESE WITHIN THESE AREAS FOR FUTURE FIRE STATIONS, AND ALSO TO COLLABORATE WITH THE BOND OFFICE TO ADD ANY POTENTIAL SITES TO THE 2024 BOND REQUEST.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT WAS QUICK.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START WITH CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.
AND SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS ANALYSIS.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THE THREE THAT ARE CLUSTERED IN SOUTHWEST DALLAS, ARE THOSE SCORES CONSIDERED WITH THE OTHER ONES BEING BUILT OR WERE THEY SORT OF TAKEN WITHOUT THAT ANALYSIS? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO THEY WERE OVERALL WITHIN THE ANALYSIS.
ONE THING WE'VE NOTICED, ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE CRITERIA IN THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS 2045 COG PROJECTED DATA. SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN SOUTHEAST DALLAS AS FAR AS AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO KIND OF LEAN THAT DIRECTION, IF YOU WILL.
SO THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT WHAT WE DID.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS UPDATE THIS DATA QUICKLY BEFORE THAT, BEFORE DR.
ANDREW, HER TEAM HELPED US WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE SLIDE THAT'S GOT OUR CURRENT FACILITIES.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE STATIONS IN THAT AREA.
AND SO MY INTEREST IS IN, WELL, IF WE BUILT 1 OR 2 THEN SEEING DO WE ACTUALLY NEED THE THIRD? RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE SEEM TO ALREADY BE THREE MAYBE IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
IS IT POSSIBLE? NO, NO, MA'AM.
ABOUT NINE, 9 MILLION? YES, MA'AM. AND THAT'S ALL IN WITH EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING? YES, MA'AM. NOT WELL NOW, NOT WITH THE ENGINE OR AMBULANCE, BUT JUST THE STATION ITSELF.
AND THAT'S THAT'S IF WE DON'T HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE LAND.
OKAY. SO MAYBE I GOT THAT FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE.
IF WE DID FOUR OF THE FIVE YOU'RE RECOMMENDING, IS THAT RIGHT? OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE WOULD NEED TO PUT ALL FIVE IN? WELL, THIS IS ALSO BUILT ON KNOWING THAT THE CITY IS CONTINUING TO GROW.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT FIRST PURCHASING THE LAND AND THEN, LIKE YOU SAID, AS WE SEE US ACQUIRING ONE PIECE OF LAND, PUTTING A STATION THERE, SEEING WHAT HAPPENS AROUND IT, AND THEN CONTINUE TO EXPAND AS WE GO.
AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, SO THE NUMBER ONE SITE WAS IN SOUTH DALLAS, RIGHT? AND YEAH, OUR OLD SEEING LUKE 12, THE SECOND ONE WAS IN FAR NORTHEAST DALLAS.
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I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERBUILDING WHEN I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER FIRE NEEDS.AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION ON PAGE EIGHT WHEN IT PERTAINS TO PROTECTED POPULATIONS, AS THE CBD CONTINUES TO GROW AND GET DENSER, WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BREAKDOWN FOR THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF LAND THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED IN VERY DENSE MANNERS AND WITH THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO ONE CALL BECAUSE OF IT MIGHT BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX OR MIGHT BE IN A HIGH RISE.
ALSO WANT TO BE VERY OPEN MINDED ABOUT EXPLORING POSSIBILITIES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ON NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING STATIONS WITHIN THE CBD AND EITHER REDEVELOPING THOSE OR DOING SOME SORT OF PARTNERSHIP.
SO I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS IN ON THAT AND ALSO LOOKING AT TAKE A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR ROTATION AS SOME OF THESE STATIONS NOT REQUIRING ACTUAL FIRE ENGINES, BUT MAYBE JUST AMBULANCES SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THESE BIG COST FIGURES ON SOME OF THESE STATIONS WHERE WHERE THERE'S GAPS FOR FOR JUST FLEETS OF AMBULANCES AS WELL.
YES. TO MOST OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, WE'RE WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT IT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BE INNOVATIVE IN THE FUTURE AND ALSO CONTINUE THAT.
THE CBD IS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGING AREA FOR US.
THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THAT AREA, WE'RE TAKING A REALLY HARD LOOK AT A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS YOU JUST MENTIONED TO HELP US FURTHER EXPAND AS WELL AS BUILD NEW STATIONS.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THAT AND BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT IT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THOSE TO YOUR RADAR.
AND I KNOW THAT NEXT WEEK OR THIS WEEK, RATHER, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A POSSIBLE FIVE YEAR RENEWAL ON AN ANTENNA AGREEMENT FOR STATION NUMBER THREE. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPING THAT.
WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT DOING A CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS.
THANK YOU. AND JUST TO ADD TO WHAT CHIEF ORTIZ SAID, SO OUR SINGLE FUNCTION OR SINGLE ROLE MEDIC PROGRAM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE DYNAMICALLY DISPATCHED BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA.
AND ALSO THIS THIS STUDY WE DID ALLOWED US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD RESOURCES INTO CERTAIN AREAS THAT WHERE WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED RESOURCES.
YES. JEROME WILLIS, THANK YOU.
THIS IS ON THE FLEET STATUS UPDATE.
YOU MENTION A START DATE WHERE THE THE DELIVERY DATES BEGIN IN JUNE, BUT I DON'T SEE AN END DATE.
HOW LONG DO WE THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THESE 17 ENGINES, FOUR TRUCKS AND 46 RESCUES? WELL, ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL SALAZAR IS COMING TO THE MIX OF OUR FLEET.
THE RELATING TO THE DELIVERY OF THOSE NEW FIRE ENGINES, WE'RE EXPECTING TO TAKE DELIVERY OF EIGHT NEW FIRE ENGINES AS EARLY AS NEXT MONTH IN LATE JUNE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY FIVE MORE NEW ENGINES IN AUGUST.
SO A TOTAL OF 13 BRAND NEW ENGINES COMING TO US THIS SUMMER.
AND BELIEVE ME, THEY CANNOT COME TO US SOON ENOUGH.
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AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE FIRE TRUCKS WE'VE GOT? WE'LL BE TAKING DELIVERY OF TWO NEW FIRE TRUCKS IN JULY AS WELL.THE AMBULANCES WILL START TRICKLING TO US THIS LATE SUMMER AND GOING THROUGH 2025.
AND WE'RE PURCHASING OR ACQUIRING 27 OF THOSE AMBULANCES THROUGH ARPA FUNDS.
OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW, MR. FORTUNE, IF THIS IS FOR YOU ON J MEMO J ABOUT COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES.
SO I UNDERSTAND WE'RE HAVING THE NEW SERVERS INSTALLED AND WE'RE GOING TO BE DOWN FOR A WEEK.
SO WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR OTHER CATEGORIES? SO SO IF I COULD I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS WHEN WE GOT TO THEM.
SO I'LL GET SOME CLARITY ON THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
SO I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE.
BUT IT LOOKS IN THE MEMO LIKE IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE CARRIED BY THE FIELD SUPERVISOR VEHICLES.
AND SO HOW MANY IS THAT THAT WE'LL BE GETTING FOR THE 344,000? ASSISTANT CHIEF JUSTIN BULL.
AND IDEALLY, SHOULDN'T ALL OF OUR AMBULANCES CARRY THIS? AND I WOULDN'T SAY THEY WOULD NEED TO BECAUSE THIS IS FOR.
EVERY CPR THAT GETS AN ACTUAL SUPERVISOR.
SO WE HAVE PLENTY, PLENTY DELIVERY AVENUES TO GET TO EACH CPR.
WE'RE ALSO GOT FUTURE PLANS TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THEM, SHIFT DUTY CALLS.
SO WHICH WOULD FURTHER NECESSITATE THEM GOING ON EACH CPR.
SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO HAVING NEEDS THAT ARE ON THE PERIMETER.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT WE KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES OR HOW MUCH EFFORT IT TAKES TO DO CPR AND.
OH YEAH, I CAN ADDRESS THE OUTCOMES AREN'T GOOD THE LONGER YOU'RE MANUALLY DOING THAT.
SO THE MACHINE IS IS USED WHEN IN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO IT WHILST DOING THE CPR, THERE'S THERE'S USUALLY AN ENGINE COMPANY AND AN AMBULANCE COMPANY AND THEY WILL ROTATE DOING COMPRESSIONS.
THEY CAN DO THE COMPRESSIONS IN ROUTE ALSO.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT IT CAN FATIGUE THEM BUT THEY WOULD DO THE COMPRESSIONS MANUALLY AND ROTATE UNTIL THAT SHIFT DUTY OFFICER ARRIVED WITH THE DEVICE.
BUT IT WOULD NOT IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH A LONG TIME THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MANAGE.
SO THE VERY FIRST RIDE ALONG I DID WITH FIRE STATION TEN THAT DAY, TWO NEW FIRE OFFICERS DID CPR FOR OVER 20 MINUTES, JUST THE TWO OF THEM, BECAUSE THE FIRE TRUCK, THE AMBULANCE COULDN'T TRANSPORT.
SO I'M JUST I'M CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
I'M GLAD WE'RE MAKING THIS FIRST INVESTMENT.
I'M THRILLED WE'RE MAKING THIS FIRST INVESTMENT.
BUT I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO STOP THERE.
AND I THINK THAT JUST AS YOU'VE DONE THIS DATA TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED MORE STATIONS, I HAVE A FEELING THIS NEEDS ADDITIONAL LOOKING TO SEE IF WE DON'T NEED MORE OF THOSE. SO AND AND THAT MAY BE THAT MAY BE CORRECT.
BUT A LOT OF THE TIME WE IMPLEMENT STUFF LIKE THIS AND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW FOR CERTAIN HOW IT LOOKS UNTIL IT'S IMPLEMENTED AND WE ADJUST ACCORDINGLY ONCE ONCE IT'S IN PLACE.
AND IF I COULD PIGGYBACK ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SORRY, YOU WERE LITERALLY THE FIRST PERSON WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED TO SPEAK UP.
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I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE SCIENTIFIC DATA ON THESE DEVICES IS MIXED.YOU DID MENTION A COUPLE OF OUTLIER, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE TYPES OF CALLS WE ARE ON SCENE FOR LESS THAN TEN MINUTES, WHICH MEETS NATIONAL GUIDELINE STANDARDS FOR THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UNLESS IT'S A MEDICAL CPR, IN WHICH CASE WE STAY FOR A LONG TIME.
SO WE ARE KIND OF USING THIS AS A AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT.
SO WE ARE THERE IS ENCOURAGING DATA SUGGESTING THAT THESE THESE ARE VERY GOOD.
BUT ONCE YOU START TRANSPORTING, THAT BECOMES A CHALLENGE.
SO WE WILL WE WILL TRACK THE HECK OUT OF THIS THING.
WE WILL LOOK AND YES, IF IT WORKS AND WE CAN PROVE IT, THEN WE WILL GET MORE GREAT.
SO MY LAST ONE IS ON FLEET STATUS.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SQUADS AND HOW THEY'RE BEING USED FOR TRANSPORT? YES. THANK YOU.
DANIEL SALAZAR, ASSISTANT CHIEF AGAIN.
REGRETTABLY, ALL FIVE OF THEM ARE BEING USED AT THIS TIME.
THEY CAN ALSO ASSIST WITH FIREFIGHTING, BUT THEY CANNOT TRANSPORT.
THEY COULD, BUT WE DO NOT PERMIT FOR THOSE UNITS TO TRANSPORT PATIENTS TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY ON THAT? SURE. SO THIS PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR, I THINK WE'VE OUTPACED ANY OTHER PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES TIED TO PARTS, NOT JUST OURSELVES.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OUR PARTNERS THAT WE SEND EQUIPMENT OUT THAT WE FARM OUT SOME OF THE REPAIRS THAT THEY ARE CONTENDING WITH THE SAME ISSUES, WAITING FOR PARTS.
CAN I CAN I INTERRUPT REAL QUICK? I THINK THE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE NEW MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT WE'VE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED TO HELP IMPROVE MAINTENANCE? I KNOW YOU'VE ADDED SOME LOCATORS ON THE EQUIPMENT.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE DONE TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE? ASK THE QUESTION. SURE.
SO AS IT RELATES TO MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE INCREASED THE PAY FOR OUR MECHANICS.
WE DO HAVE SOME VACANCIES OUT THERE.
WE HAVE THREE BLOCKERS THAT ARE COMING TO US THROUGH THE COG.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ALLOCATION THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR TO BUY FLEET.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIMITED RESOURCES.
BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE.
ALSO FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
WE ALWAYS BOUGHT OUR CHASSIS FROM FORD.
OR FABRICATE THE AMBULANCE, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
AND I THINK CHIEF ARTIST PROBABLY HAS MORE TO ADD.
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OF SEEING SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE BY CREATING THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT ALSO ALLOW US TO KEEP A PARTICULAR APPARATUS OR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THOSE AREAS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
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AND SO ALL OF THESE CHANGES WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE, BUT OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT OUR FLEET GETS BACK HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS WE EXPECT IT TO DO.AND LASTLY, I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT WE JUST BROKERED A FLEET RENTAL AGREEMENT SO THAT WE CAN RENT FIRE ENGINES AND FIRE TRUCKS AS NEEDED. SO I DO THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE QUESTION GOT MISINTERPRETED BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS LIKE, I'M GLAD WE'RE PAYING OUR MECHANICS MORE AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE BLOCKERS AND AND THAT BUT THE QUESTION REALLY WAS ABOUT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. AND THE MEMO IT SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT YOU HAD MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT.
BUT PERHAPS THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER LIKE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON HERE, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN, MAYBE WE COULD PREORDER AND HAVE IN STOCK OURSELVES THE PARTS THAT WE NEED INSTEAD OF SAYING, WOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE, LET'S NOW ORDER THE PART.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO IMPROVE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OR TURNAROUND TIME OF REPAIR.
YOU KNOW, GOING OUT SPECIFICALLY TO THE FIRE STATIONS TO DO SOME OF THE WORK WHILE IT'S OFF.
I MEAN, THOSE WERE THE THINGS I GUESS I WAS EXPECTING TO HEAR.
THOSE ARE THE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
WE PARTNERED WITH A COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO OUR LOCATION AND GOES THROUGH THE TRUCKS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SPENT THIS MUCH MONEY OUTSOURCING.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE HIT TO OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE OF MAKING SURE WE UP STAFF THAT TO MAKE SURE OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE IS IS A LOT MORE PREPARED THAN PAST YEARS BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THOSE TRUCKS A LOT LONGER.
AND IF THEY GO THROUGH ANOTHER SUMMER WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, I JUST CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN SERVICE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.
WELL, IN THE CAB, THERE'S NO AIR.
WE STILL WE DON'T LIKE THEM TO HAVE.
THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN SERVICE WITH OUR AIR CONDITIONING.
WE JUST HAD ALL OF OUR VEHICLES AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM ROLLING THROUGH TO GET SERVICE FOR THAT.
TWO WEEKS AGO. OUR TOWN HAS AN AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM.
WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO HAVE A STRONGER SAFETY PROGRAM? SO AS FAR AS THE DRIVER SAFETY PROGRAM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO DEPLOY THROUGH OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THAT'S COMPUTER BASED TRAINING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED DEPARTMENT WIDE.
THAT'S JUST THE COMPUTER BASED ASPECT.
SO HAVE WE CHANGED ANY KIND OF LIMITS ON THE SPEED THAT A FIRE ENGINE CAN GO WHEN IT'S RESPONDING? HOW MANY TIMES IT CAN GO THROUGH A RED LIGHT? I KNOW THAT.
I THINK THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS FOR ANY CALL AS OPPOSED TO THE FIRST ONE'S ALREADY RESPONDED AND OTHER VEHICLES ARE COMING AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS. AND.
AND WE'RE DEFINITELY MONITORING THAT.
AND SO WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I WILL HANDLE IT AS SERIOUSLY AS CAN BE.
OKAY. WELL, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WRECKS HAPPENING FOR THE BLOCKERS THAT THAT YOU'VE ORDERED.
THE THREE. DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING THEM TO ARRIVE? AND THE BLOCKERS THAT WE'RE USING THAT ARE OLD, OLD APPARATUS? ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THOSE IN ADDITION TO THE THREE? AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK? YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
WE HAVE PLACED ORDERS FOR ALL THREE OF THE BLOCKERS, THANKS TO TO THE COG FOR THAT GRANT.
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THERE ARE SOME MATCHING FUNDS ON OUR PART, BUT WE ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL TAKE DELIVERY OF THOSE THREE UNITS.AND THE PLAN IS TO ALSO EXPAND OUR BLOCKER PROGRAM.
THE BLOCKER UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FLEET WILL BE AUGMENTED BY THESE ADDITIONAL BLOCKERS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO POSSIBLY PARTNER WITH SOME OTHER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE MORE OF THESE BLOCKERS BECAUSE WE REALIZE HAVING 5 OR 6 AROUND OUR CITY IS JUST NOT ENOUGH.
AND SO THESE ARE THE SCORPION BLOCKERS, RIGHT? AND SO WHO'S GOING TO DRIVE IT OUT THERE? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IT WHERE THEY'RE TAGGED WITH THE PARTICULAR APPARATUS THAT THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO.
AND AS THOSE APPARATUSES LEAVE, GOING TO MOST OF THE APPARATUS THAT ARE STAGED CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY, THEY'RE TAGGED WITH IN ONE OF THE PERSONNEL OFF THAT PARTICULAR FIRST APPARATUS WILL GET ON THE SECOND AND DRIVE IT BEHIND IT, SIMILAR TO WHAT IRVING'S BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND THEIR PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM AROUND THIS AREA.
SO A FIRE OFFICER IS GOING TO DRIVE THAT SPIDER AND SCORPION, I'M SORRY, KEEP CALLING IT THAT, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO STAY WITH IT UNTIL THE ACCIDENT IS CLEARED.
THE WHOLE TEAM WILL STAY THERE UNTIL THE ACCIDENT IS CLEARED.
OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? COUNCILMAN ATKINS. YES, SIR.
UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR FIRE STATION.
COUNCILMAN. ATKINS. IS IT A PARTICULAR STATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT? NO, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHICH HOW MANY STATION THAT WE NEED TO BE UPDATED.
I'M CURRENTLY STATION 36 IS OPEN.
WE'RE THAT'S ONE OF THE NEW STATIONS THAT WAS JUST FINISHED.
WE JUST OCCUPIED TOOK OVER STATION 58 AND NOW WE'RE PLANNING THE NEW, I GUESS, THE CELEBRATION FOR OFFICIALLY OPENING THAT STATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE TWO STATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY STILL BEING BUILT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT STATION 19 WILL BE ALSO TURNED OVER TO THE CITY SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
AND THEN STATION 41, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DUE TO BE FINISHED IN NOVEMBER.
AND SHE I GUESS SHE'S IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
THERE WILL BE A SEPARATE MEMO.
NO, SIR. THIS WAS JUST THIS WAS JUST THE THE NEW BUILD STATION THAT YOU JUST STATION.
OKAY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR.
THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, I DO WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. MAKE SURE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE AND LOOK AT THOSE.
WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN TO ITEM E, WHICH IS OUR UPDATE ON THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK UPDATE.
CHAIR MCGOUGH. HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
BILL ZELINSKY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY, MAY 3RD, THE CITY'S SECURITY MONITORING TOOLS NOTIFIED OUR SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER OF THE PRESENCE OF RANSOMWARE IN THE CITY'S IT ENVIRONMENT.
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PREVENT THE FURTHER SPREAD OF THIS MALICIOUS SOFTWARE.AS I BEGIN THESE REMARKS THIS AFTERNOON, I KNOW EVERYONE IS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS TO A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS, BUT I DO NEED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE CITY IS EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS TO REMEDIATE THIS INCIDENT.
THE MODE OF REMEDIATION OR POTENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PARTY LAUNCHING THE ATTACK.
AS SUCH, THE AMOUNT IN DEPTH OF INFORMATION THAT I CAN PROVIDE DURING THIS PUBLIC SESSION IS LIMITED, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PUBLIC SESSION, A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHERE FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED.
RANSOMWARE IS A TYPE OF MALICIOUS SOFTWARE OR MALWARE THAT THREATENS TO LOCK AN ORGANIZATION'S DATA IN EITHER PUBLICLY RELEASE IT OR PERMANENTLY BLOCK ITS ACCESS UNTIL A PAYMENT IS RENDERED.
THE MOST COMMON RANSOMWARE ATTACKS ARE INITIATED BY EITHER EXPLOITING VULNERABILITIES IN SOFTWARE USING WEAK OR DEFAULT CREDENTIALS, OR THROUGH A SOCIALLY ENGINEERED CAMPAIGN, OFTEN A PHISHING OR SPEAR PHISHING CAMPAIGN THAT IS DESIGNED TO TRICK USERS INTO DOWNLOADING MALWARE OR SHARING THEIR CREDENTIALS.
UPON NOTIFICATION FROM OUR SECURITY MONITORING TOOLS, CITY IT STAFF IMMEDIATELY INITIATED THE CITY'S INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN, ASSEMBLED THE INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM, AND INITIATED OUR RESPONSE TO THIS ATTACK.
AS PART OF OUR INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN, THE CITY HAS MET ALL OF ITS OBLIGATIONS FOR NOTIFICATION.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE INCIDENT, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES AS WE INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT AND WORK TO RECOVER FROM IT.
IN A RANSOMWARE ATTACK, THE FIRST STEP IS RESPONDING TO THE ATTACK ITSELF AND STOPPING THE PROPAGATION AND THE IMPLANTATION OF THE MALICIOUS SOFTWARE IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE TOOK THE PROACTIVE STEPS TO TAKE SYSTEMS, SERVICES AND DEVICES OFFLINE.
BY DOING SO, BY ISOLATING THOSE SYSTEMS AND THOSE SERVICES, IT PREVENTS THE IMPLANTATION OF THE MALWARE IN THOSE SYSTEMS. SO IN OUR RESPONSE, WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK DOWN THOSE SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT FURTHER SPREAD.
THE SECOND STEP IN RESPONDING TO A RANSOMWARE ATTACK IS TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE ATTACK.
AND THEN THE THIRD STEP IS TO SCOUR THE ENVIRONMENT TO FIND EVERY INFECTED DEVICE SYSTEM OR SERVICE.
ONCE AN ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN INFECTED, THERE REALLY IS NO WAY TO GUARANTEE THE RANSOMWARE IS GONE UNLESS DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY WIPED OR WHOLLY REPLACED. COMPLETELY REIMAGING OR REPLACING THE ORIGINAL SERVERS AND APPLICATIONS IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BEFORE REATTACHING THEM TO THE NETWORK AND RESTORING THOSE SERVICES.
WE PLAN TO DO THAT AS THEY COME BACK ONLINE.
SO WE'RE NOT WAITING UNTIL WE'VE REVIEWED EVERYTHING.
WE KNOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO FULLY RESTORE SERVICES, BUT THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS DEPENDENT UPON WHAT WE FIND AS WE SCOUR OUR ENVIRONMENT, REVIEW OUR DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS, AND COMPLETE THAT PROCESS OF REIMAGING OR REPLACING THEM AS NECESSARY.
THE CITY HAS A VERY LARGE AND COMPLEX IT DEPARTMENT OR IT ENVIRONMENT.
WE SUPPORT 45 PLUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY WITH HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEVICES TO REVIEW IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD BRING THESE SERVICES BACK ONLINE.
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OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS ON ANY SYSTEMS OR SERVICES USED TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MISSION, ALONG WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.WE'RE ALSO PLACING A HIGH PRIORITY ON ALL OF THE PUBLIC FACING SERVICES.
ALONG WITH THE CITY'S IT TEAM, WE ARE WORKING WITH SURGE SUPPORT FROM EXTERNAL CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS AND DIRECT SUPPORT FROM THE VENDORS WHICH DELIVER AND OPERATE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE CITY USES.
IN ADDITION, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY WHO HAVE IT PROFESSIONALS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT HAVE ALSO LENT THEIR SUPPORT AND PROVIDED STAFF RESOURCES TO ASSIST IN OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS.
THE RESPONSE FROM OUR CITY'S VENDORS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE ARE WORKING ON RESTORING SERVICES, WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE INVESTIGATION THAT WILL DETERMINE AND VALIDATE THE SOURCE OF THE ATTACK, HOW IT WAS INITIATED AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
WE KNOW, TOO, THAT MANY PEOPLE, BOTH FROM THE PUBLIC AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY, HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WHETHER ANY OF THEIR PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXPOSED. AND AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, WE'RE REVIEWING SYSTEM AND TRANSACTION LOGS AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR INDICATIONS OF ANY DATA EXFILTRATION.
WE ALSO MONITOR THE DARK WEB FOR ANY PRESENCE OF CITY OF DALLAS DATA.
BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO REVIEW, ASSESS AND INVESTIGATE IF WE DO FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF ANY TYPE OF EXFILTRATION AFFECTING ANY INDIVIDUALS, THE CITY WILL DIRECTLY REACH OUT TO THOSE POTENTIALLY IMPACTED AND PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS AND SUPPORT.
AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT ALL OF US REVIEW AND MONITOR OUR ACCOUNTS AND CREDIT REPORTS, AND I WOULD URGE FOLKS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE ARE DOING THIS ASSESSMENT. IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS, THEY CERTAINLY CAN REPORT THAT TO THEIR TO THEIR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IF THEY SEE ANY ACTIVITY THAT THEY DEEM TO BE SUSPICIOUS.
AS OF SUNDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE RESTORED BOTH DALLAS THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AT DALLAS, PLUSNET, AS WELL AS THE CITY'S PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE AT DALLAS CITY HALL.COM.
THE PORTION OF DISPATCH WE HAVE LARGELY COMPLETED THE REVIEW OF ALL OF THE MOBILE DEVICES THAT ARE WITHIN THE VEHICLES AND WE ARE BEGINNING TO TURN THOSE ON AND ATTACH THEM TO THE NETWORK.
AND THAT CAME ONLINE AS OF SUNDAY EVENING AS WELL.
AS THESE ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE BROUGHT ONLINE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES THROUGH DALLAS CITY, NEWS.NET AND THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES KNOW AND UNDERSTAND WHICH THINGS ARE IMPACTED AND WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THOSE SERVICES.
AND FINALLY, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE BUDGETS AND COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL NEW SECURITY TOOLS AND UTILIZE CYBER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT HAVE PROVEN VERY EFFECTIVE AND VERY USEFUL AS WE FACE THIS ATTACK.
THESE INVESTMENTS, WHILE THEY MAY NOT ELIMINATE ALTOGETHER THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE OF THESE ATTACKS, IT CERTAINLY DOES HELP TO REDUCE THE RISK AND TO LIMIT THE IMPACT OF ATTACKS WHEN THEY OCCUR. AND FOR THAT FOR THAT CONTINUED INVESTMENT.
THANK YOU. AND I WILL NOW OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
ALL RIGHT. UNDERSTANDING OUR SCOPE SEEMS TO BE LIMITED.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
SO I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
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IT. WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF INSTANCES WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT MAY NEED TO BE THAT THAT'S SEPARATED.AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAT AFTER WE RECOVER FROM THIS INCIDENT.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS.
ONE, THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH GBFM TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.
I THINK WITHOUT IT WE WOULDN'T HAVE UNDERSTOOD REALLY ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO HELP SECURE THE NETWORK AND HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE THAT SOME OF THOSE WERE IMPLEMENTED. AND THIRD, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE UPDATES DURING THIS PROCESS.
I'M PROUD OF HOW OUR STAFF HAS RESPONDED, OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN THEIR CERT VOLUNTEERS.
AND IT'S BEEN REALLY TOUGH FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS FOR DISPATCH 301.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SORT OF ROLLED WITH THE PUNCHES.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE DEDICATION THAT YOU'VE HAD THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
AND I'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT ARE MORE APPROPRIATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WE DON'T HAVE A TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY AND FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD FIT THE CRITERIA OF A BOND PROGRAM, I THINK OUR CITY NEEDS TO TAKE A REALLY HARD LOOK AT HAVING TECHNOLOGY BE A CATEGORY IN THAT.
I JUST WANT TO HAVE THAT ON THE RECORD.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE IN PUBLIC? OKAY WITH THAT? WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .076 AND 551 .089 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO RECEIVE ADVICE AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
DELIBERATIONS REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, INCLUDING SECURITY ASSESSMENTS OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY NETWORKS, SECURITY INFORMATION, THE DEPLOYMENT OR SPECIFIC OCCASIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY PERSONNEL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR SECURITY DEVICES, OR FOR A SECURITY AUDIT. REGARDING A RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACK SECURITY INCIDENT RELATING TO THE CITY'S INFORMATION RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE WILL BE BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .076 AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. AND AT 3:52 P.M.
ON MAY 8TH, 2023, WE'VE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE APPRECIATION TO BILL ZALESKI AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE EFFORTS YOU'VE PUT IN TO DIGGING OUT OF THIS HOLE AND HELPING TO SUPPORT ALL THE EFFORTS OF OUR CITY TO GET EVERYTHING BACK ON PACE.
AND AS WE CONTINUE TOWARDS THAT EFFORT, WE WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT MOVING FORWARD.
WE GOT ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED THAT WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK IN PUBLIC.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL THOSE TRANSPARENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY.
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THIS BODY? HEARING NONE.
IT IS 353 AND WE WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.