[Public Safety on June 5, 2023.]
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ALL RIGHT. IT IS 1:00 AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 5TH PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND AS WE GET STARTED, WE DID EXPERIENCE A LOSS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE LOSS OF SERGEANT DARYL W.
WE'LL HAVE SERVICES AT COMMUNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 11:00 ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH.
SO IF YOU WOULD JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, SERGEANT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HIS SERVICE.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR SERVICE.
THIS IS YOUR LAST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND YOU HAVE BEEN A REAL LEADER, NOT JUST ON THIS COUNCIL, BUT IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. AND LATER WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
SO, JIM, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN JUST FOR LOGISTICS, THAT MIDDLE SEAT RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN PULL THAT MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOU.
FIRST TIME I'VE PRESENTED HERE, AS CARA SAID, IT'S YOUR LAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
UM, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU, GETTING TO KNOW YOU, UM, FROM HERE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND WATCHING YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND LEAD THIS CITY.
YOU'VE DONE IT WITH YOU'VE SHOWN AND EXEMPLIFIED EXACTLY WHAT A CITY COUNCIL PERSON SHOULD BE.
YOU'VE STUCK WITH YOUR VALUES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU'VE LED WITH YOUR FAITH.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND BECOMING YOUR FRIEND OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
YOU WERE THERE FOR ME, NOT ONLY PROFESSIONALLY, BUT ON A PERSONAL LEVEL ALSO.
AND I WILL BE FOREVER INDEBTED TO YOU AND HONORED TO CALL YOU A FRIEND AND SEE YOU AROUND TOWN AT FOOTBALL GAMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU FROM THE DALLAS FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION A FIRE HELMET THAT YOU CAN HOPEFULLY DISPLAY AT YOUR HOME IN YOUR FUTURE LIFE.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
SO WE'LL DO OUR OFFICIAL GOODBYES AND ALL OF THAT LATER.
BUT I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE CHAIR THOMAS.
BUT BROTHER MCGOUGH, WE CAME IN HERE TOGETHER.
BUT YOU HAVE LED THIS CITY TO ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE MAYOR SAW CONFIDENCE IN YOU TO LEAD US AS RELATED TO OUR ALL THE THINGS WE WERE DEALING WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH VIOLENT CRIME AND EVERYTHING. AND YOU'VE BEEN STEADFAST, UNMOVABLE AND COMMITTED AND FAITHFUL.
AND I HAVE BEEN HONORED TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE TO BE WITH YOU.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME BATTLES.
WE MADE SOME BIG CHANGES HERE THROUGH PUBLIC SAFETY TOGETHER.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
AND LIKE I SAID IN COMMITTEE EARLIER, AND WE'LL, ON 14TH, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF TRIBUTES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
THANK THE COMMITTEE. I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY LATER, BUT THANK YOU, BROTHER.
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I APPRECIATE YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN AND CASEY.BEEN A HECK OF A JOURNEY, BROTHER.
FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MAY 8TH MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOTION SECOND.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AND JUST BRIEF AUDIBLE BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
I WANTED TO BRING ITEM G ON OUR AGENDA UP FIRST AND WHICH I BELIEVED AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST EASY ISSUES WE HAVE AS A COUNCIL.
I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THIS IS ITEM G, WHICH IS RECOMMEND THE CITY MANAGER CONDUCT A MID-YEAR MARKET ASSESSMENT OF THE POLICE AND FIRE CHIEF POSITIONS TO DETERMINE IF THEIR SALARIES ARE COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR POSITIONS IN OTHER TEXAS CITIES AND RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY MANAGER MAKE APPROPRIATE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
THIS, TO BE REALLY 100% CLEAR, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY REQUEST OF OUR CHIEFS OR CHIEF.
AND SO I WOULD ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MR. JOHN FORTUNE, WHO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SERVICE WE'VE HAD TOGETHER SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE, HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE ASSET AND HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN ALL THAT WE'VE WORKED FOR AND I UNDERSTAND HAS ALREADY TAKEN SOME STEPS IN THIS REGARD IN THE PAST.
AND THE POINT OF THIS ITEM IS TO GIVE CLARITY AND SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY COUNCIL, THAT WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO KEEP GOOD LEADERSHIP IN PLACE.
AND I'LL BE REAL SPECIFIC IN THAT AS IT RELATES TO OUR DUTY AS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE DON'T GET INTO PERSONNEL ISSUES.
ALL WE CAN DO IS WORK THROUGH OUR DIRECT APPOINTEES, WHICH ARE CITY MANAGER IN THIS CASE, AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY TAKE EVERY STEP WE CAN TO KEEP SPECIFICALLY CHIEF GARCIA AND OUR LEADERSHIP IN PLACE.
AND SO, AS WE KNOW AND ARE AWARE, THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DEMAND FOR POLICE CHIEFS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WE ARE EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE OF CHIEF GARCIA.
HE IS COMMITTED TO THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY.
HE'S MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN EVERYTHING HE SAID HE WOULD AS IT RELATES TO MORALE, AS IT RELATES TO REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME, AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND GAINING TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, AS I LOOK BACK ON MY TERM IN SERVICE AND THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MOST IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD LEADERS IN PLACE THAT ARE DOING EXACTLY THOSE THINGS.
AND SO THE POINT OF THIS IS TO ENSURE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMITTEE TO VOICE THEIR THOUGHTS AND OR ASK QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE CAN ENSURE THE COMMITMENT TO OUR CHIEFS AND TO THE LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC SAFETY GENERALLY, THAT WE HONOR OUR CHARTER APPROPRIATELY AND THAT WE EMPOWER OUR CITY MANAGER TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP, SPECIFICALLY CHIEF GARCIA AND OUR LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY AND RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN PLACE MOVING FORWARD.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
COUNCIL MEMBER. ATKINS. GO AHEAD.
YES. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
I GUESS, OF COURSE, PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
AND SINCE THE CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF DO NOT WORK FOR US, HOW DO WE INSTRUCT THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT A MID-YEAR MARKET ASSESSMENT OF THE POLICE FIRE CHIEF? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? IT'S JUST THIS WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY MANAGER TAKE WHATEVER ACTIONS HE DEEMS APPROPRIATE, BUT FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE'RE JUST VOICING A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR FOR HIM.
OKAY. SO WHEN WE SAID LEVEL OF SUPPORT, DO THAT HAVE ANY PROCESS AS A POLICY
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MAKERS SINCE WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS AND SINCE THE CITY MANAGER IS THE CITY MANAGER, HE CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT US MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION OR SUPPORT.IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING HERE TODAY, CHIEF ARTES, CHIEF GARCIA, YOU DID A MARVELOUS JOB.
WE RESPECT YOU WITH ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND ALL THE SERVICE THAT MAKES SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE SAYING TO THE TO THE CITY MANAGER, THERE IS SHOULD BE ASSESSMENT OF OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE CHIEF'S POSITION. THEY STARTED GOING FORWARD.
ARE WE SAYING THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET YEAR THAT WILL BE UP TO THE CITY MANAGER? OKAY. SO I GUESS I GUESS MISS MENDELSOHN, CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, I GUESS ON OUR CHARTER, SINCE THIS IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, COULD BE UP TO THE, I MEAN, IT'S A BUDGET DEAL.
AS IT TURNS OUT, I CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION.
WE GENERALLY WILL DO ANOTHER BUDGET AMENDMENT BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER MOVES A LOT OF MONEY AROUND AND HE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY SHOULD HE DECIDE TO DO SO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
OKAY. WITH THAT, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH AND ALSO CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN.
I KNOW YOU'D BE COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS RIGHT HERE.
AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN POSITION THAT WHO DO A GREAT JOB TO MAKE SURE I SAY THIS SAFE, THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMPETITIVE WITH SALARY AMONG THEIR PEERS IN AMERICA.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP.
AND SINCE THIS IS YOUR LAST REQUEST.
CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH I 125% BEHIND YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ATKINS. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
AND WHILE THIS MEMO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS, I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK FOR THIS TO BE EXPANDED TO THE WHOLE COMMAND STAFF FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.
AND SO YOU KNOW THAT I ALWAYS SAY THAT TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND DON'T LEAVE US.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
AND I DON'T WANT MONEY TO BE A FACTOR.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF LIFE AND YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT'S CERTAINLY YOUR CHOICE.
BUT IF IT'S ABOUT MONEY, I DON'T WANT THAT EVER BE THE CHOICE.
SO I HOPE THAT I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT A DIRECTIVE TO THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT THIS KIND OF STUDY FOR BOTH COMMAND STAFFS. AND THE TRUTH IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR OFFICERS.
IF YOU LOOK ON THESE FACEBOOK PAGES THAT POST SALARIES, WE ARE NO LONGER COMPETITIVE AND IT MAY BE THE WAY WE'RE EXPRESSING THOSE DOLLARS WHERE SOME THINGS ARE PAID ONE WAY VERSUS ANOTHER WAY IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT.
BUT OUR RECRUITING IS LAGGING AND WE HAVE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS TOLD US THIS IS NUMBER ONE FOR THEM, IT'S NUMBER ONE FOR US.
AND IF THAT MEANS WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT OF OUR MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT, THEN LET'S DO IT.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE US TO AT LEAST GO AND CHECK OUT THE DATA AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT.
WE ARE OFFERING THE BEST ENVIRONMENT WE CAN.
WE'RE WORKING OBVIOUSLY ON THE POLICE ACADEMY.
AND THAT'S FOR OUR CHIEFS, THAT'S FOR OUR COMMAND STAFF AND FOR OUR RANK AND FILE.
SO I WOULD ACTUALLY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO EXPAND THAT AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS BROUGHT BACK TO ACTION AT WHATEVER THE NEXT INCARNATION IS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION.
AND I, TOO, AND MR. FORTUNE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH REGARD TO WHETHER IT'S BENEFITS, INSURANCE, IF WE NEED AN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE TO MAKE THAT EASIER TO MANAGE, IF IT IS TIME OFF, THAT'S MEANINGFUL. I THINK JUST THAT WHOLE EVALUATION, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY BE MOTIVATING.
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AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MARKETPLACE AND TO OUR CURRENT OFFICERS AND POLICE AND FIRE.OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE? YES. OKAY.
I'M GOING TO SAY ONE MORE THING.
I'LL BET YOU THERE'S NOT ANOTHER BIG CITY IN AMERICA THAT'S HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
AND I DO HOPE THAT THIS IS IF I COULD HAVE, I WOULD HAVE MOVED IT FASTER AND HAD MORE ACTION TODAY.
AND AT LEAST FROM THIS CHAIRMAN, CHIEF, YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT, YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT, AND WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO COMMIT TO YOU THE WAY YOU'VE COMMITTED TO US IN THIS CITY AND THIS DEPARTMENT.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE BACK TO ITEM GETS ITEM B, WHICH IS OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. FORTUNE. ACTUALLY, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF GARCIA.
THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT PRESENTATION TODAY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS STATS HEAVY AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
BUT REALLY, WE WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY OUR MEN AND WOMEN, THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OF MY COMMAND STAFF. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT LAUNCHING OUR FOCUSED DETERRENCE PLAN HERE NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN, WHAT, A LITTLE OVER TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN THE MAKING.
I THINK WE WERE UP ABOUT 22 WHEN WE BEFORE, I THINK LAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
AND AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WE ARE NOW, ALTHOUGH WE'RE UP, WE'RE UP 13.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
AND WE'LL SPEAK ABOUT OUR FOCUS OF TERM PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT ALI.
YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M LIEUTENANT ALI WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN UNIT.
WE'LL DIVE INTO A HIGH LEVEL SYNOPSIS OF THE OPERATIONS WHICH TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE NINE PSN AREAS.
WE'LL PROVIDE A RECAP OF TWO IMPACTFUL ARRESTS MADE BY NORTHWEST OFFICERS AND CRT UNITS.
REVIEW SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE GRIDS.
HEAR FROM DIRECTOR KEVIN ODIN AND THEN GO OVER THE CRIME PLAN NEXT STEPS.
OKAY FOR THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN UNIT.
OPERATIONAL SUMMARY IN MAY OF 2023.
GNAGE AND PSN OFFICERS CONDUCTED 87 INVESTIGATIVE MARK OUTS, MADE 20 FELONY ARRESTS, EXECUTED 23 FELONY WARRANTS RELATED TO THE ARRESTS, EXECUTED THREE SEARCH WARRANTS IN WHICH SOME INVOLVED MULTIPLE RESIDENCES SEIZED 13 HANDGUNS, SEVERAL IN RELATION TO AN ONGOING CRIME, SEIZED TWO RIFLES, SEIZED OVER 44,000 CASH WHICH WERE IN RELATION TO ILLEGAL NARCOTIC DRUG ACTIVITY AND SEIZE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS, INCLUDING MARIJUANA, COCAINE, METHAMPHETAMINE, HEROIN, ALPRAZOLAM AND AMPHETAMINES.
REGARDING PARTICULAR OPERATION WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY PSN, HOMICIDE AND CRT ON MAY 11TH OF 2023, A SHOOTING OCCURRED AT 9750 FOREST LANE. THIS IS A PSN AND AN AREA WHICH IS ADJACENT TO ONE OF OUR GRIDS IN PERIOD NINE.
SHORTLY THEREAFTER, PSN LOCATED ONE OF THE VEHICLES AND FOLLOWED IT TO AN ADDRESS IN DALLAS.
SOON AFTER, PSN ALSO LOCATED A SECOND SUSPECT VEHICLE AFTER OBTAINING UPDATED INTELLIGENCE AT THE SAME LOCATION AT THAT SAME DALLAS RESIDENCE, NORTHEAST AND DEPLOYMENT UNITS RESPONDED AND CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE AND EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION WHICH TOOK MANY, MANY HOURS.
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WHICH YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE RIGHT THERE, AND OF THE ASSAULT RIFLE USED IN THE OFFENSE IN WHICH THE TWO COMPLAINANTS WERE INJURED.SUSPECTS WERE INTERVIEWED AND SUBSEQUENTLY CHARGED WITH SEVERAL COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
PMI INTELLIGENCE REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENCES WAS BEING OPERATED BY A KNOWN INDIVIDUAL WITH A LENGTHY HISTORY OF DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN THE NORTHWEST PMI AREA.
PMI OFFICERS CONDUCTED A RELENTLESS INVESTIGATION USING SEVERAL AND VARIOUS FOLLOW UP TECHNIQUES AND OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR BOTH RESIDENCES BASED UPON A PROVEN PATTERN OF ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITY.
ON MAY 11TH OF 23, DALLAS SWAT OFFICERS SIMULTANEOUSLY EXECUTED TWO SEARCH WARRANTS ASSISTING THE PMI OFFICERS WERE THE PMI, BIKE SQUAD, PSN UNIT, NORTHWEST AND CI AND TFO AGENTS OF CI.
AS A RESULT, FIVE SUSPECTS WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR VARIOUS FELONY OFFENSES, INCLUDING THE KNOWN DRUG DEALER IN WHICH WE ORIGINALLY OBTAINED INTELLIGENCE ON THE SEIZED PROPERTY INCLUDED OVER $44,000 IN CURRENCY, TWO HANDGUNS IN WHICH ONE WAS DETERMINED TO BE STOLEN, AND OTHER EVIDENTIARY ITEMS, WHICH AGAIN, YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE IN THIS PHOTO, THE NARCOTICS INCLUDED COCAINE, METH, HEROIN AND ALPRAZOLAM.
IN THIS INCIDENT, A COMPLAINANT WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED DUE TO THE GUNFIRE.
THROUGH VARIOUS RELENTLESS TECHNIQUES WHICH I CAN'T GO INTO DETAIL OVER.
HOWEVER, RELENTLESS FOLLOW UP BY PSN OFFICERS, THEY LOCATED A SUSPECT VEHICLE.
HOWEVER, THE SUSPECT FLED ON FOOT WITH A BACKPACK AND THREW DOWN A HANDGUN DURING THE PURSUIT.
IN APRIL, PENAI DETECTIVES RECEIVED INTELLIGENCE FROM AN OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THE REDBIRD OUTREACH CENTER REGARDING THE SALE OF NARCOTICS AT 7676 SOUTH WESTMORELAND ROAD, WHICH IS A GRID LOCATION.
ON MAY 16TH OF THIS PAST MONTH, DALLAS SWAT OFFICERS EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE RESIDENCE, AGAIN ASSISTING THEM WITH THE ANY TASK FORCE BIKE SQUAD, SOUTHWEST 30 AND PATROL OFFICERS, AS WELL AS THE REDBIRD OUTREACH CENTER.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE HANDGUNS WITH A TAURUS HANDGUN WITH FOUR MAGAZINES.
AND IT WAS A IT WAS A 40 CAL HANDGUN.
IN THIS NEXT INCIDENT, WE HAVE A PSN HOMICIDE ARREST IN WHICH PSN OFFICERS ON MARCH 27TH WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE AT 10,004 FOREST LANE, WHICH IS A PSN LOCATION.
AFTER AN OBTAINMENT OF A SEARCH WARRANT.
THE RIFLE USED IN THE OFFENSE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE.
THE SHOOTER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A PREVIOUS AGGRAVATED ROBBERY INVESTIGATION AND FURTHER CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND DEADLY CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE SHOOTING. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION, MANY HOURS BY A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE AND AND OTHER PSN AND OFFICERS THAT I BELIEVE NORTHEAST ON MAY 31ST, DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO CHARGE THE SHOOTER FOR CAPITAL MURDER IN RELATION TO A DOUBLE HOMICIDE WHICH HAD OCCURRED AT A BAR IN DEEP ELLUM ON MARCH 15TH OF 2023 THROUGH A NORTH TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS TIP.
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NEXT SLIDE. ON MARCH 20TH OF THIS OF THIS YEAR, DETECTIVES WERE CALLED OUT TO A SHOOTING CALL AT 3535 WEBB CHAPEL EXTENSION, WHICH AGAIN IS A KNOWN LOCATION.DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED A SUSPECT FIRED SEVERAL ROUNDS USING AN AR STYLE HANDGUN BASED UPON THE THE CASINGS FOUND AT THE SCENE INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHICH IN WHICH A MALE WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES.
THE SUSPECT HAD 15 PREVIOUS OFFENSES, CONSISTING MAINLY OF MANUFACTURING AND DELIVERY OFFENSES.
IN 2022 AND 23, AGAIN, THIS INCIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER A MAJOR ARREST MADE BY THE NORTHWEST PATROL DIVISION IN 2022 AND 2023.
UNKNOWN SUSPECTS COMMITTED AT LEAST 19 ROBBERY AND OR THEFT OFFENSES ACROSS THE CITY IN WHICH THEY THREATENED AND ASSAULTED MAJOR DEPARTMENT STORES, EMPLOYEES TO OBTAIN A HIGH VALUED SECURITY MERCHANDISE.
ON MAY 20TH, THREE, THREE SUSPECTS OPERATING A VEHICLE USED IN A PREVIOUS OFFENSE ENTERED TWO DEPARTMENT STORES IN DALLAS AND TOOK APPROXIMATELY $2,000 WORTH OF ELECTRONICS BY THREAT OF FORCE.
THE OFFICERS OBSERVED TWO SUSPECTS OFF LOADING THE ELECTRONICS AND ALSO SUBSEQUENTLY PUTTING ON MASKS, GLOVES AND PLACING A HANDGUN EACH OF THEM INTO A VEHICLE. WHEN NORTHWEST OFFICERS ATTEMPTED A TRAFFIC STOP, THE SUSPECTS EVADED IN THEIR VEHICLE, ALONG WITH TWO CHILDREN, BOTH A THREE AND A FOUR YEAR OLD WHO WERE ALSO INSIDE THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THEY WERE QUICKLY APPREHENDED AND THE CHILDREN WERE RECOVERED SAFELY.
THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS RECOVERED ALONG WITH FOUR FIREARMS WHO WERE SEIZED FROM THE SUSPECTS.
IN MAY, A SERIES OF EIGHT INDIVIDUAL AND BUSINESS ROBBERIES OCCURRED IN IN SECTOR 540 OF NORTHWEST.
BASED ON GATHERED INTELLIGENCE, THE SUSPECTS APPEARED TO BE THE SAME IN THESE OFFENSES.
AFTER OBTAINING PROBABLE CAUSE, DETECTIVES ISSUED SEVERAL WARRANTS FOR MULTIPLE SUSPECTS.
THEY CONDUCTED AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT AT THE BUCKNER FAMILY HOPE CENTER.
AND ALSO IN MAY, THEY DID A DIA DEL NINO COMMUNITY EVENT IN WHICH, WITH THE WELCOMING COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS ORGANIZATION IN MAY, THEY ALSO HELD AN EVENT WITH DIA DEL NINO COMMUNITY EVENT WITH THE ADVANCED ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IT IS TO CREATE PATHWAYS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN EQUITABLE, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO RESOURCES.
AND IN THE PICTURES YOU CAN SEE THE MIDDLE ONE IS THE MOMS IN ACTION.
AND WE HAVE THE CINCO CINCO DE MAYO ON THE RIGHT AND THE DIA DEL NINO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
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I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DIRECTOR ODIN.THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR MEMBERS AND MISTER DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.
FIRST WAS QUALITY OF LIFE, SECOND WAS OWNERSHIP COMPLIANCE.
THIRD WAS TO CREATE MORE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN OUR OWN STAFF AND THEN FINALLY CREATE SAFETY.
THE FOUR METRICS THAT WE USE TO MEASURE THOSE OUTCOMES ARE SEEN AT THE TOP OF SLIDE 14.
FOR OUR RISK TERRAIN MODEL AREAS AND RISK TERRAIN MODEL AREAS ARE REALLY THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE RISK BEHAVIORS AND PROPERTY TYPES THAT ENABLE THOSE BEHAVIORS COINCIDE.
FOR THE YEAR THROUGH MAY 1ST OF 2023.
OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE IN THE RESTRAINED AREAS WAS DOWN 6.4%, WHICH YOU TYPICALLY WOULD NOT SEE.
HOWEVER, THE MURDER RATE IS UP 20.6% AND THE 3% OF THE LAND AREA THEREABOUTS THAT THE RISK TERRAIN AREAS ENCOMPASS IN OUR CITY ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 3,436% OF ALL MURDERS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE CITY THIS YEAR.
SO THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT WE THINK TEND TO LEAD TO THIS.
NUMBER ONE, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
AND THEN THE SECOND AND THIRD ARE REALLY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS WE GO INTO THE SUMMER, THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO A LOT OF COLLABORATION, BOTH INTERNAL TO THE CITY AND WITH PARTNER GROUPS, TO CONTINUE TO BRING NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO COMBAT THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING IN SOME OF THESE HIGH RISK AREAS.
NEXT SLIDE. TWO OF OUR STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.
THE FIRST IS THE CLEANING AND GREENING URBAN BLIGHT ABATEMENT.
THESE LOTS, AS WE KNOW, ARE COMMONLY ATTRACTORS OF HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS IN THE 3% OF THE CITY THAT'S ENCOMPASSED IN THE RISK TERRAIN AREA, WE'VE IDENTIFIED ABOUT 1800 SUSPECTED VACANT LOTS.
THERE ARE TWO PRIORITY ZIP CODES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRST, AND THAT'S 75215 AND 75216, WHERE THERE'S ABOUT 450 OF THESE VACANT LOTS SUSPECTED TO BE IN.
WE'RE RIGHT NOW TRIAGING ALL OF THOSE VACANT LOTS IN THAT AREA.
AND WE ARE ISSUING NOTIFICATIONS AND PLANNING A BLOCK BY BLOCK APPROACH TO CLEAN AS MANY OF THOSE LOTS ON A AGAIN, A BLOCK BY BLOCK BASIS INSTEAD OF FIRST IN, FIRST OUT STRATEGIES.
WE THINK THAT WE CAN DO A QUICK PURGE AND CLEAN UP AS WELL AS WHILE SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE, WE WANT TO STUDY THE IMPACTS OF THAT VACANT LOT REMEDIATION AND SEE IF THERE IS MORE WE CAN DO WITH SOME NONPROFIT GROUPS OR OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD CLEANING AND GREENING IN FURTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
THE FIRST YOU SEE IN THE TOP LEFT IMAGE.
THAT IS AN AREA THAT KIND OF HUGS AROUND THE FAIR PARK AREA.
THE SECOND IS SOUTH OF LAKE CLIFF PARK.
THAT'S THE IMAGE ON THE TOP RIGHT? THAT'S IN DISTRICT ONE.
AND THEN FINALLY IN DISTRICT SIX, THE WEBB CHAPEL TIMBERLINE AREA.
SO THESE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO BE UPGRADES FROM HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTING, THE ORANGE GLOW THAT WE'VE COMMONLY ASSOCIATE WITH OUTDOOR LIGHTING TO LED, BUT ALSO NEW INSTALLATIONS OF LIGHTING WITHIN OUR CITY.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON THE PURCHASE OF TEN PORTABLE TRAILERS THAT WILL INCLUDE CAMERAS, SOUND SYSTEMS, LIGHTING AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT IN KIND OF HOTSPOT AREAS TO TRY TO CREATE INSTANT RELIEF ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
WE JUST GOT TOLD TODAY BY PURCHASING THAT OUR AWAITED REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR VICTIM RESPONSE AND SUPPORT, SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMING AND THE PARENT INVESTMENT PROGRAMING IS READY FOR POSTING.
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WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS ISD FOR SOME OF THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMING.I BELIEVE THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT ITEM LATER IN YOUR BRIEFING AS WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING AN ITEM ON JUNE 28TH IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN FINALLY ON OUR DATA INFORMED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THIS IS HOW WE WRAP IT ALL TOGETHER.
WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE COMMUNITY PARK CLEANUPS WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE A FOCUS ON THE PROPERTY AT 4722 MEADOW STREET, WHERE WE'RE PUSHING HARD ON OWNERSHIP TO CHANGE SOME OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROPERTY AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SECURITY.
WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF A LONG TERM PROJECT, JUST THE STATE OF THAT PROPERTY.
I EXPECT MORE TO BE COMING OUT.
WE HAVE SOME FOLKS IN THE LANCASTER, BONNYVIEW AREA AND WE'LL DO BE DOING SOME COMMUNITY EVENTS THERE, AS WELL AS WORKING SOME LARGE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES.
AND THEN FINALLY TO SUPPORT OUR FRIENDS ON THE HEART TEAM OR THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE FOR THEM A TRACKING TOOL FOR HOW THEY DO THEIR WORK, WHERE THEY GO OUT AND TRACKING SOME OF THE OUTCOME MEASURES OF THEIR WORK.
SO WE THINK THAT'LL TIE INTO SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO LIEUTENANT ALI.
THANK YOU, SIR. TO CONCLUDE, OUR NEXT STEPS FOR THE CRIME PLAN, PHASE TEN GRIDS BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST, IN WHICH WE DEPLOYED 63 GRIDS ACROSS THE CITY FOR MOST VIOLENT CRIME HOTSPOTS.
SECONDLY, WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN OUR AREAS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE NINE LOCATIONS.
AGAIN, 11 SEVEN, 60 FERGUSON, 35, 35 WEBB CHAPEL.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING A MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR 3550 EAST OVERTON.
WE ALSO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE ACT TEAM, OS NUISANCE ABATEMENT, EPS, NORTHEAST GANG UNIT AND MANY OTHER UNITS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PAST SLIDE THAT AS A TEAM WE'VE BEEN HITTING THESE AREAS, WHETHER IT'S NORTHWEST PATROL, THE MPO UNIT OR ASSISTING WITH THE CRIME CRIME STOPPING TIP. AND IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT CONCEPT WE'RE USING HERE IN OUR AREAS TO BRING TOGETHER A FORCE MULTIPLIER TO CONVERGE ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO REDUCE CRIME IN THE CITY.
WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
JUST REAL QUICK BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, OBVIOUSLY ON SLIDE 14, THE DIRECTOR ORDERED AND TALKED ABOUT THE THOSE DATA POINTS, AS WE EXPLAINED EARLIER, WITH MURDER ACTUALLY TRENDING DOWN, WE'RE THROUGH MAY 1ST. AND SO OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BACK WITH WITH SOME OF OUR DATA, BUT IT'S THE BEST WE CAN HAVE.
THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TODAY.
THESE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TREMENDOUS WORK THAT I AM FORTUNATE TO SEE.
I COULD NOT BE PROUDER AS A POLICE CHIEF TO SEE THIS AMAZING WORK.
THIS PROACTIVE ACTIVITY SAVES CALLS FOR SERVICE.
HAVING SAID THAT, BEFORE WE OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS, I ALSO CHAIR MCGOUGH.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR YOUR STEADFAST SUPPORT, YOUR PARTNERSHIP, UNWAVERING SUPPORT, QUITE FRANKLY, ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS I SAID MANY, MANY TIMES BEFORE, THIS TYPE OF LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE.
AND I REALLY, TRULY WANT TO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US, FOR ME AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. OPEN UP THE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
AND CHAIRMAN WILLIS, THANK YOU.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I THINK MR. ODEN, ON PAGE 15, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEANING AND GREENING.
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HOW DOES THIS WORK? TRADITIONALLY, THE A LIEN IS PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.OKAY. YOU MENTIONED THE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, DEVELOPING NEW TRACKING SOFTWARE FOR HEART TEAMS. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START SEEING THAT DATA ACCUMULATE? HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE REPORTED AND USED? SO IT'S ALL IN A AN [INAUDIBLE] PLATFORM.
IT'S LIKE A GIS THING AND IT'S ALL ENTERED IN VIA A SURVEY.
I WOULD HOPE THAT PERHAPS THIS MONTH OR IF THE LATEST NEXT MONTH, WHENEVER WE'RE REPORTING OUT, WE'VE BEEN USING THIS PLATFORM FOR THE CIT INCLUSION ON HART.
SIMPLY WHAT WE DID WAS BUILD OUT FURTHER WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
I REALLY THINK IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER ON SOME OF THE MANAGERS TO BE ABLE TO TRACK PRODUCTIVITY, BUT ALSO RUN REPORTS MUCH QUICKER AND GIVE YOU THE BEST ACCURATE DATA THEY CAN. OKAY.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION RFP GOING OUT AND WHEN HAVE YOU HAD ANY PROBLEM IN THAT PROCESS? HAS IT TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THROUGH THAT PROCUREMENT? NOT ANY LONGER THAN I'VE TRADITIONALLY EXPERIENCED WITH PUTTING OUT RFPS.
BUT WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT THE RESPONSIVENESS WE'VE HAD FROM PURCHASING HAS BEEN GREAT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT EVERYTHING IN THERE THAT WE CAN.
SO IT'S BEEN A PRETTY QUICK PROCESS, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
IT'S ACTUALLY IN PERSON, RIGHT? YOU'RE CALLING PEOPLE IN TO BE IN PERSON? YES, MA'AM. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN PERSON.
MOST OF THAT CRIME IS CENTERED AROUND VIOLENT CRIME.
IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS PROBATION, PAROLE.
AND THEN ONCE THAT CALLING SESSION HAPPENS ON THE 12TH, WE'LL HAVE A VERY DIRECT BUT FRANK CONVERSATION WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT OBVIOUSLY WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND THEM AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THEM SO WE CAN START A NEW CHAPTER IN A VIRTUAL WORLD.
WHEN YOU HEAR CALL IN, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T THINK OF THAT AS BEING IN PERSON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE NONE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT UPDATE.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM C ON THE AGENDA.
AND THIS IS THE DALLAS POLICE STRATEGIES ON RANDOM GUNFIRE.
AND I'LL SAY, WHILE THIS ISSUE CERTAINLY INVOLVES ALL OF OUR DISTRICT CITYWIDE, THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ, WHO'S BEEN DEALING WITH THIS IN ON A LARGE LEVEL AS WELL.
AND SO WE THANK YOU AND MR. FORTUNE FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THIS REQUEST.
ASSISTANT CHIEF MICHAEL DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT PATROL BUREAU.
I'LL BE BRIEFING THE COMMITTEE TODAY ON THE STRATEGIES FOR ADDRESSING RANDOM GUNFIRE IN THE CITY.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT WE EMPLOY AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT REACTIVE VERSUS PROACTIVE, PLACE BASED APPROACH, PERSON FOCUSED, ENHANCED PROSECUTION, FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALSO, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT CURRENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT INCLUDE CAMERAS, LICENSE PLATE READERS, DRONES AND SHOT DETECTION SYSTEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE TALK ABOUT REACTIVE APPROACH.
THE ON THE CONTRAST SIDE OF THAT IS THE PROACTIVE APPROACH, WHICH IS SYSTEMATIC AND DATA DRIVEN.
THIS HAS PARALLELS TIED TO OUR DEPARTMENT'S VIOLENT CRIME PLAN AND THAT WE HAVE OUR CRIME ANALYSTS AND OUR INVESTIGATIVE SPECIALISTS AT THE DIVISION AND ALSO AT HEADQUARTERS RUNNING THIS DATA TO SEE AND TO LOOK FOR TRENDS.
KNOWN SUSPECTS AND OTHER IDENTIFIERS IN THESE CRIMES.
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ONE OF THE THE WAYS WE DO THIS, IT'S A PLACE BASED APPROACH AND IT'S DIRECTED PATROLS AND TARGET RESOURCE USED IN AREAS KNOWN HISTORICALLY FOR RANDOM, RANDOM GUNFIRE.
IF WE LOOKED AT PERSON FOCUSED APPROACH, IT'S IDENTIFYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WANTED FOR GUN CRIMES.
THIS INCLUDES GETTING IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION AWARENESS AND THE MONITORING OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SITES TO MONITOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND SUBJECTS ON PAROLE AND PROBATION FOR GUN OFFENSES.
NEXT SLIDE. UNDER ENHANCED PROSECUTION.
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ALL OUR PATROL DIVISIONS NOW HAVE A GUN, DETECTIVE.THIS WAS FIRST PILOTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PATROL DIVISION, OCTOBER 22ND.
IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT THAT DIVISION.
THEY PRIMARILY JUST INVESTIGATE GUN OFFENSES, AND THEY'RE TASKED WITH FILING OFFENSES OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, UNLAWFUL CARE OF A WEAPON AND DISCHARGING FIREARM IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ATF NOW TO HAVE ALL OF OUR GUN DETECTIVES BECOME TASK FORCE OFFICERS.
IT'S CONDUCTED WITH OUR DPD LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERS OF THE ATF HERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS DATA DRIVEN MEETINGS SPECIFIC TO LOCATIONS, SUSPECT VEHICLES, WEAPONS, NIBIN INFORMATION, KNOWN SUSPECTS, AND THEY ALSO ASSISTED DEPARTMENT IN FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF GUN RELATED CRIMES.
NEXT SLIDE. UNDER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY'S HELP TO ADDRESS THESE TYPES OF OFFENSES.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO EDUCATE THOSE IN THE AREA WHERE THIS IS CONDUCTING THAT THIS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, BUT ALSO JUST TO WARN OF THE DANGERS OF SHOOTING JUST RANDOMLY INTO THE AIR. WHEN APPROPRIATE, WE COLLABORATE WITH THE OFFICE OF INTEGRITY, INTEGRITY, PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS TO ASSIST IN MITIGATING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO RANDOM GUNFIRE AND CRIME IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE WANT TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT GUN CRIMES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND ALSO GIVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND OUTREACH TO THESE HIGH RISK OFFENDERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
FOR CURRENT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.
WE CURRENTLY USE CAMERAS WHICH ARE MOVABLE AND STATIC.
AND IT GIVES THE OFFICERS ADDITIONAL ABILITIES TO LOCATE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN RANDOM GUNFIRE AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. OUR DRONE PROGRAM IS STILL FAIRLY NEW WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, THEY DO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE IN AREAS IDENTIFIED AS REPEAT GUNFIRE LOCATIONS.
SHOT DETECTION SYSTEMS. THESE ARE ACOUSTIC SENSING SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO DETECT THE SOUND OF GUNSHOT AND TRIANGULATE THE LOCATION OF THIS SHOT.
THEIR ALGORITHM BASED IN SOME CASES HUMAN BASED AS WELL, TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A GUNSHOT.
THE BOOK IS STILL OUT ON THESE SYSTEMS. THEY CAN INCREASE POLICE WORKLOADS AND THE FINDINGS ARE MIXED.
WHETHER OR NOT THEY LEAD TO MORE ARREST OF RANDOM GUNFIRE.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS TO COME ON TO THE AGENDA.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I KNOW, JOHN, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE, AND YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY I REQUESTED THIS BRIEFING IS BECAUSE RANDOM GUNFIRE IS ONE OF THE TOP TWO PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES THAT I HEAR ABOUT IN DISTRICT FIVE.
IT'S HARD TO GO ANYWHERE AND TALK TO FOLKS AND NOT HEAR ABOUT THIS THIS ISSUE.
AND, CHIEF, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL.
AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT OF AN ISSUE IT IS TO ADDRESS.
RIGHT. BECAUSE IF SOMEONE STICKS A GUN OUT OF THEIR BACK DOOR, SHOOTS A GUN IN THE AIR, HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? BUT I FELT LIKE IF WE DIDN'T IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO TO FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TO SLOWLY BUT SURELY AT LEAST ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN OUR CITY.
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IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE CULTURE OF THIS CITY.AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WHAT I'M HOPING TO TO TRY TO ADDRESS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
IT MENTIONS AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, HISTORICALLY KNOWN FOR RANDOM GUNFIRE OR ANOTHER PART SAYS AREAS IDENTIFIED AS REPEATED LOCATIONS.
HOW WERE THESE LOCATIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHAT WHICH ONE OF THESE AREAS ARE AN RTF; RIGHT? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? YEAH, SO WE HAVE CRIME ANALYSTS AT THE DIVISIONS THAT THAT'S REALLY WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO DO IS LOOK AT THESE AREAS WHERE WE GET REPEATED CALLS OF RANDOM GUNFIRE.
SO IS IT MAINLY BASED ON CALLS FROM LIKE 911 CALLS FROM PEOPLE? CORRECT. AS WELL AS COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY? RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE A MAP THAT Y'ALL CAN SEND ME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT IDENTIFIES THESE LOCATIONS? WE CAN WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A FEW CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT AS SOON AS WE GET BACK ONLINE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
OKAY? YEAH, I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE WHAT THAT MAP LOOKS LIKE.
I LOVE THE WORK THAT THE MPOS ARE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITIES JUST GENERALLY AND ON THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW, I'M AT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WELL.
AND WHENEVER THIS ISSUE COMES UP, IT IT'S HARD TO KIND OF.
WELL, I HAVE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENS.
SO HOW IS THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED? IF SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, I HEAR RANDOM I HEARD A GUNSHOT COMING FROM THIS LOCATION, WHAT HAPPENS THEN? YEAH, IT'S YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO ERR ON THE CAUTION OF THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, BUT THAT DOESN'T PREVENT US FROM GOING UP TO THAT DOOR AND KNOCKING ON THAT DOOR. IF SOMEBODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THAT LOCATION, YOU KNOW, OUR MPOS DO A GREAT JOB.
OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THESE INCIDENTS BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IF SOMEBODY WALKS OUT, THE BACK DOOR, FIRES A WEAPON AND IT'S NEVER SEEN, WE NEVER KNOW. BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD A CASE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CASE BASED ON THE MERITS AND THE PROBABLE CAUSE TO BE ABLE TO GET A WARRANT AND OR MAKE AN ARREST. SO IT'S A PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY DOES IDENTIFY SOMEBODY, WE HAVE TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND TRY TO REACH OUT TO THOSE PERSONS THAT MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
YEAH, AND SEE, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE.
AND I REALIZE, AGAIN, HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO MAKE AN ARREST IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
RIGHT. OR GET A CONVICTION, ESPECIALLY I'VE HANDLED A LOT OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASES AS WELL.
I THINK, THOUGH, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING OR A WILLINGNESS TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF AT LEAST, LIKE YOU SAID, GOING AND KNOCKING ON THESE DOORS, EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT NOT LEAD TO A TO A CONVICTION, IT MIGHT NOT LEAD TO AN ARREST.
BUT IF WE'RE MAKING A, IF THE DPD IS MAKING ITS PRESENCE KNOWN AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S REPORTING THIS HOUSE, CUT THE CRAP OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REPORTING THESE THINGS FEEL LIKE SOMETHING IS HAPPENING BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM DON'T FEEL LIKE ANYTHING IS HAPPENING.
YEAH. SO WE ARE DOING THAT AND MAYBE I DIDN'T ADDRESS THAT CLEARLY ENOUGH.
IF AN OFFICER GETS A CALL OUT THERE AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT SHOTS ARE COMING FROM A SPECIFIC LOCATION, THEY'RE GOING TO KNOCK ON THAT DOOR, OR IF IT COMES IN THROUGH A COMPLAINT AND ARE EITHER OFFICERS OR SOMEBODY FROM THE DIVISION GOES OUT THERE, THEY WILL KNOCK ON THAT DOOR.
NOW, WHETHER WE GET A RESPONSE, THAT MAY BE A DIFFERENT STORY, BUT WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT CALL, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ADDITIONAL CONTACT, THROUGH THE RESIDENTS OR POTENTIAL OTHER SOURCES BEING USED TO IDENTIFY ANY PERPETRATOR THAT MAY BE DOING THAT FROM THAT LOCATION.
ON PAGE FIVE ALSO SAW WHERE IT MENTIONS, YOU KNOW, LEAVING FLIERS AND DOOR HANGERS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED IN OUR CITY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF THAT IN DISTRICT FIVE FOR SURE.
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IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN POINT TO, SPECIFICALLY TO THIS RGF ISSUE AS OPPOSED TO JUST CRIME IN GENERAL? YEAH. I THINK DIRECTOR ODOM SPOKE TO YOU A LITTLE BIT OF IT BEFORE.OBVIOUSLY, IF WE GOT BLIGHT CONDITIONS, LIGHTING CONDITIONS, IF WE HAVE FIELDS THAT ARE INEVITABLE TO THOSE FOR RANDOM GUNFIRE, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD COLLABORATE WITH HIM ON.
GOT IT. OKAY. AND ON PAGE SIX, I'M SORRY.
I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT ON PAGE SIX, IN TERMS OF THE DRONES, IT SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH YOU CAN COMMENT ON THE OPERATION IN NORTH NORTHEAST PATROL DIVISION THAT'S MENTIONED.
ARE YOU AT LIBERTY TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED? SURE. WE HAD A PARK THAT WE WERE GETTING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF RANDOM GUNFIRE.
WE WERE SENDING PATROL RESOURCES OUT THERE.
BY THE TIME THE PATROL RESOURCES GOT OUT THERE, THE SUBJECTS WERE GONE.
IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY DEVISED A PLAN WHERE WE WOULD HAVE THE DRUMS UP IN THOSE LOCATIONS BASED ON THE TRENDS IN THE HOURS THAT THESE SUBJECTS WERE FIRING THE WEAPONS, THEY IDENTIFIED THE SUBJECTS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SEND RESOURCES IN THERE TO MAKE THE ARREST.
NICE. NICE. OKAY. I LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW, JUST DO IT ON A BROADER LEVEL.
CERTAIN DAYS, FRIDAY EVENINGS, SATURDAY EVENINGS, JUST TO SEE WHAT WE GET BACK AND TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HELP ADDRESS IT AND START SENDING THE MESSAGE TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS.
YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL.
AND I JUST KIND OF LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS THIS TYPE OF CONVERSATION.
SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. ATKINS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK SERGEANT MARVIN TYLER AT SOUTH CENTRAL.
I WANT TO THANK HIM PERSONALLY.
WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT RANDOM GUNFIRE, A FIRE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME OF THE DAY THEY SHOOT.
THE GUN IS ON FRIDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 10 AND 12.
SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW IS ON FRIDAY NIGHT BETWEEN 12 AND 2, SAY 12 AND TWO.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE OUR MPO OFFICERS THE PROBLEM WITH THE MPO OFFICERS WE HAVE IN MY DISTRICT WITH RANDOM GUNFIRE, THEY GET OFF WORK AT 430. THE GUNFIRE IS HAPPENING BETWEEN 8:00 OR 10:00 TO 2:00 IN THE MORNING.
SO IN CERTAIN AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON INDIAN RIDGE AND POLK, RIGHT BEHIND OK CLAIR BOWER, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS GUNFIRE AND WE STILL HAVE NOT CAUGHT THE PEOPLE DOING IT.
THERE ARE RESIDENTS THAT REPORT IT.
IF WE HAD CAMERAS THERE, WE PROBABLY FIND OUT WHO IS SHOOTING THE GUN AND WHAT TIME OF THE DAY.
BUT THE RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST NOT REPORTING IT OR KNOW HOW TO REPORT IT.
ONE RESIDENT SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T WANT TO REPORT IT BECAUSE IF I DO REPORT IT, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE POLICE TO BE HERE NOW BECAUSE NO ONE'S LIFE IS THREATENED.
SO BUT THEN UNTIL THE BULLET GO UP.
BUT ALSO, HOW DO WE EDUCATE? SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN EDUCATING WHAT WE DID LAST WEEK? WE MADE SURE OUR COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS, WE SEND OUR FLIERS.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY HOW TO REPORT RANDOM GUNFIRE? YEAH, AND I THINK YOU JUST HIT ON SEVERAL OF THOSE.
OUR MPOS ARE TASKED ON THAT EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND I KNOW IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS THERE, THAT DISCUSSION OFTEN COMES UP ON RANDOM GUNFIRE AND WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO OR SHOULDN'T BE DOING DURING RANDOM GUNFIRE.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE TIP LINE, WHETHER IT'S CALLED 911 OR WHETHER IT'S REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICERS, THAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GET THAT INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO START WORKING ON THAT LOCATION.
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SOMETIME? YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE OFFICER DOESN'T CALL THEM BACK? THE OPERATOR. YOU KNOW, IF I CALL 911 AND REPORT GUNFIRE AND THE OFFICER WHO HAD 911 WILL TAKE THE CALL.NEVER RESPOND BACK TO THE RESIDENT.
WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT IS THE BREAKDOWN? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE? I'M UNAWARE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF THAT ISSUE OCCURRING, BUT I CAN I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK ON THAT.
AND WE GOT MANY ISSUES OCCURRING.
WE BROUGHT UP MANY TIMES AS MY LAST TOWN HALL MEETING, THEY SAID WE CALL 911 GUNFIRE HAPPENED.
AND BASICALLY WHAT I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING RIGHT BEHIND OAK CLIFF BIBLE CHURCH, A NEIGHBOR IS JUST NOW BUILDING A $2 MILLION HOUSE OVER THERE, A BRAND NEW NEIGHBOR, AND THEY LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ALL THE COMMUNITIES SAID, HEY, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST 2 OR 3 YEARS.
AND I THINK, AGAIN, SERGEANT TYLER, THEY CAME WITH THE MPO OFFICER.
THEY SAID THEY GOT UP AT 430, BUT WHO DO I CALL? I GO DOWN TO SOUTH CENTRAL.
I GOT TO FIND SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
BUT IT'S STILL THE EDUCATE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STOP LIKE COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ SAID, WE CAN STOP, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW DO WE INFORM AND HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT'S WORKING? OKAY, I WILL DEFINITELY CHECK ON THAT FOR YOU.
IF YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED BACK.
BUT BUT AT THIS TIME I WAS THERE.
IT'S AN ISSUE THAT THEY DID NOT GET BACK.
I MEAN, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WHEN YOU CALL 911, THE OFFICER IS NOT GETTING BACK TO THE RESIDENT OR WHATEVER BECAUSE IT'S COMING UP SEVERAL TIMES. I TALKED TO CHAIRMAN THOMAS THIS WEEKEND, A LADY, YOU KNOW, ON THE DOOR CALLED 911.
SHE WENT TO THE POLICE STATION.
SO I'M NOT SAYING WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
YES, RIGHT. WHERE I RECOGNIZE WE RECOGNIZE OUR RESIDENTS GET FRUSTRATED AS WE'RE VERY THINLY STAFFED AND OUR OFFICERS ARE ARE RUNNING AROUND ANSWERING OTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT WAYS, WHETHER THERE'S SOFTWARE AVAILABLE OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE ABLE TO CALL RESIDENTS BACK EVEN ON CALLS.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE OFFICERS GET BACK THERE.
THAT'S CERTAINLY AN AREA THAT WE ARE LOOKING INTO.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I THINK IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE OFFICER TO CALL BACK.
IT COULD BE A NON-OFFICIAL OFFICER.
JUST CALL BACK AND GET A RESIDENT CONFIDENCE THAT WE RESPOND TO THE CALL.
I THINK THAT EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE AN OFFICER THAT HAS SOMEONE TO RETURN THOSE PHONE CALLS, GIVE THEM LIKE A SAFETY NET THAT SAYS, HEY, WE DO UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION THERE, BUT WE DON'T GET A PHONE CALL IN 2 OR 3 DAYS AND NEVER GET A PHONE CALL BACK.
IT REALLY FRUSTRATES THEM MORE AND THEY DON'T REPORT AND SOME REALLY DO HAPPEN.
THEN WE GOT A CRISIS ON OUR HAND.
I CAN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GOING AROUND THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I GO TO, I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT WE ARE VERY THINLY STAFFED AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT TAKES US A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO GET PLACES.
AND SO, YES, I THINK TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OUR COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S TAKING US LONGER THAN IT SHOULD BE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING BE LOOKING INTO. THERE'S CERTAINLY HAS TO BE TECHNOLOGY AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT AS TO HOW TO HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT CERTAINLY WE WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS A DEPARTMENT AND THAT WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE STAFFING WISE. AND SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO BACK THAT UP WITH AT LEAST GIVING THEM SOME MORE CLARITY ON WHEN WHEN THINGS ARE TAKING US A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT AND THAT'S WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE.
SO I CHALLENGE YOU AND THANK YOU.
HOW DO WE PUT IN THE BUDGET OR TRY TO FIND SOME KIND OF WAY TO GET THAT COMMUNICATION BACK TO THE RESIDENT? BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY, THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT HAPPY THEN WE AIN'T DOING OUR JOB.
IF BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE THEY'RE SHORT, WE NEED TO FIND SOME KIND OF WAY IN THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH FOR FOR BRINGING THIS ON.
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THEY DON'T CALL BACK EDUCATE.YES, WE WE ARE INVESTIGATING TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AND SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE JUST YET, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON THE RADAR THAT WE'RE EXPLORING BECAUSE WE DO THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A SERVICE THING. NUMBER ONE, IT PROVIDES GREAT SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
BUT NUMBER TWO, IT ALSO RELIEVES THE BURDEN SOMETIMES ON THE OFFICERS BECAUSE THE RESIDENT COULD THEN OFTEN SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'VE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND GO ONLINE AND DO THIS OR OR I DO NOT NEED AN OFFICER TO COME AND SEE ME ANYMORE LIKE I ORIGINALLY REQUESTED BECAUSE I GOT THAT UPDATE.
MR. ATKINS, I JUST THANK YOU TOO.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES IS WHEN THEY GET NO RESPONSE.
AND THE ANSWER IS JUST NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING.
AND PEOPLE JUST KIND OF GIVE UP.
AND THEN IT JUST EXACERBATES THE ISSUE PRETTY QUICK.
AND WE'RE I'M CERTAINLY FELT THAT QUITE A BIT.
YES. WE'LL GO TO CHAIRMAN WILLIS.
THANK YOU. SO I'M LOOKING ON PAGE THREE AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORICALLY KNOWN AREAS.
BUT IN DISTRICT 13, WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING ON OCCASION IS MORE JUST THE RANDOM ONE.
IT MAY HAPPEN FOR TWO MONTHS OVER SOME WEEKENDS, THEN IT MAY GO AWAY.
NOW, I WILL SAY THAT RECENTLY IN THE ROYAL WEBB AREA, THE INCREASED PATROLS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY AND MY STAFF WAS JUST REMARKING YESTERDAY, WE THOUGHT WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM ANYBODY OVER THERE.
SO THAT PRESENCE SOMETHING ABOUT THAT WORKS.
BUT IS THAT A MORE ACUTE SITUATION OR WOULD BECAUSE OF THE CALLS COMING IN THAT WOULD BE BECOME HISTORICALLY KNOWN EVEN OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD? HOW DOES THAT WORK? NO, I THINK IN THAT CASE YOU AND I DISCUSSED THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A ACUTE SITUATION.
WE'RE LOOKING LONG TERM AND OBVIOUSLY DISCUSSING THAT LOCATION ON THE WEBB CHAPEL.
TO YOUR POINT, IT WOULD OCCUR FREQUENTLY AND THEN STOP A LITTLE BIT AND THEN OCCUR AGAIN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE THE HISTORIC THAT IT'S OCCURRING ALL THE TIME, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, SEVERAL MONTHS DOWN THE LINE THAT WE PUT THAT TAG ON THAT. SO IT SEEMS WHAT'S CRITICAL HERE IS THE CALLS BECAUSE OF THE DATA.
AND EVEN IF YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING TRIANGULATING, YOU KNOW, WHERE GUNFIRE IS COMING FROM, I THINK YOU'VE SHARED THAT IT'S HELPFUL IF MULTIPLE PEOPLE DO CALL 911, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S DRIVING, NOT JUST WALKING OUT THE BACK DOOR OF THEIR RESIDENCE, BUT IF THEY ARE MOVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOING THIS, THAT IT'S CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE TO CALL.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS IS TALKING ABOUT.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S HELPFUL, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S VERY HELPFUL.
IT'S ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO FOR RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF I CAN ADD COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF THE THINGS IS, PARTICULARLY AS WE START MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR POLICE STATION REDISTRICTING, TELLING OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CALL 911, IT'S REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS WHEN WE REDISTRICT THE CITY.
IT'S BASED ON CRIME. IT'S BASED ON CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THERE'S A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT COME INTO PLAY.
BUT IF WE DON'T GET THOSE 911 CALLS AS WE'RE DISTRIBUTING OUR STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEN THAT'S A VITAL PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE NEED MORE. AND SO THAT THAT WOULD BE A MESSAGE THAT WE COULD ALL SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I THOUGHT OF ONE MORE THING.
IT CAN MEAN RESULT IN UP TO THIS MUCH JAIL TIME.
SO HAVING THAT PART OF THE EQUATION MIGHT GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION.
THANK YOU. DOES SHOTSPOTTER GIVE YOU A GENERALIZED AREA WHEN IT TRIANGULATES, OR IS IT GIVING YOU A SPECIFIC ADDRESS? IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC ADDRESS, BUT IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT TRIANGULATION, IF THAT.
HAVE WE LOOKED AT INSTALLING THAT ANYWHERE? WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS AND REACHING OUT TO SOME DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S MIXED RESULTS ON IT AND IT'S REALLY BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT OFTEN WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS FALSE REPORTS OF GUNFIRE.
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SO THAT'S SOME OF THE OBSTACLES THAT FROM THE CITIES I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THAT ARE USING THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM.OKAY. I GUESS MY MY LAST QUESTION, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A ROBUST NUMBER AND SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT, IS THAT FOR MY DISTRICT, I'LL SAY THAT IT'S SORT OF LOCALIZED IN TWO AREAS.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE SEEING IT AS SORT OF A CULTURAL ISSUE OR YOU THINK IT'S MORE WIDESPREAD THAT THIS IS ALL ACROSS THE CITY NO MATTER WHAT, OR IS IT GOING TO MATCH UP WITH THE MAPS WE ALWAYS SEE THAT ARE LINKED TO POVERTY, THAT ARE LINKED TO VARIOUS DEMOGRAPHICS? I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A CULTURAL CULTURAL ISSUE.
AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT LIKE MY OWN.
I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT HEARD GUNFIRE LAST NIGHT.
I HAD GANG ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND.
RIGHT. LIKE EVERY SINGLE MEETING I HAVE, I TELL PEOPLE, YOU JUST HAVE TO CALL AND I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BADLY SOMETIMES WHEN I SEE THE STATS FOR 911 AND THE NUMBERS AND THE VOLUME IS REALLY INCREASING.
BUT WE STILL NEED PEOPLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES.
AND SOME FOR SOME REASON IN MY DISTRICT THEY ONLY WANT TO CALL IF IT IS LIFE OR DEATH.
AND I'LL JUST SAY AS A CONFESSION, I HEAR IT FREQUENTLY AT MY HOUSE AND I DON'T CALL.
AND IT'S IT'S JUST BECOMING SO FREQUENT.
I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH IT.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ HAD A COUPLE OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE LICENSE PLATE READERS.
REMIND ME AGAIN HOW THAT HELPS WITH THE RANDOM GUNFIRE SITUATION.
YEAH. SO WE AND I'LL JUST USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.
SAY WE GET A RANDOM GUNFIRE AT ONE, TWO, THREE STREET AND IT OBVIOUSLY WE GET INFORMATION THAT THAT SUBJECT GETS INTO A VEHICLE, WE GET INFORMATION, WE PUT THAT VEHICLE INFORMATION INTO OUR FLOCK SYSTEM AND OUR LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEM.
AND THE LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE WHERE ARE THEY TYPICALLY PLACED? I'M SORRY, WHERE ARE THEY? THE LICENSE PLATE READERS TYPICALLY PLACED.
WE'VE GOT THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, LIKE AT STOPLIGHTS OR ON TREES OR SOMETHING, OR.
YEAH, I MEAN, THEY'RE IN LOCATIONS WHERE THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY CATCH VEHICLES.
SO THOSE WHERE IT'S SOMETIMES PRONE TO CRIME.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY PEOPLE DRIVE THROUGH THERE AND SHOOT SHOOT OFF GUNS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP IN MIND.
AND IF THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED SOME KIND OF WAY.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WHAT WHAT LEVEL OF PRIORITY DOES A GENERAL RANDOM GUNFIRE CALL GET? I BELIEVE IT'S A PRIORITY 3 OR 4 CALL.
IT'S ON THE LOWER END OF THE ON THE LOWER END.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, I HEAR GUNFIRE AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION? DOES THE PRIORITY GO? IT DEPENDS ON CERTAIN FACTORS.
YES. THEN IT WOULD BE UPGRADED.
OKAY. I THINK GENERALLY WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAKING THIS A BIGGER PRIORITY.
YOU KNOW, I JUST I KNOW I KNOW IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT I KNOW IT HAPPENS A LOT EVERY WEEK, EVERY WEEKEND IN DISTRICT FIVE AND OTHER AREAS IN SOUTHERN DALLAS, I'M ASSUMING.
BUT IN DISTRICT FIVE, IT HAPPENS QUITE A LOT.
AND I'M JUST SHARING THE FRUSTRATION THAT I FEEL FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO I WANT YOU ALL TO KIND OF FEEL THAT AS WELL.
AND IF IT WERE ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE A PERIODIC REPORTING AND DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE.
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SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? YES. COUNCILMAN MORENO.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS.
I KNOW WE HAD SOME RANDOM GUNFIRE UP IN FAR EAST DALLAS ALONG FERGUSON ROAD AND WE TOOK A VERY PROACTIVE THERE, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGH PARKS, THROUGH DPD AND IT SEEMED TO CURVE DOWN.
SO I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE Y'ALL FOR THE WORK YOU ALL DO THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET A CALL BACK TO THEM WITHIN AN HOUR, MAYBE NOT EVEN FIVE HOURS, BUT JUST EVENTUALLY CATCHING UP TO LETTING THEM KNOW, HEY, WE DID GET YOUR CALL.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ANY CASINGS OR SHELLS AT THAT TIME.
BUT JUST THE FACT THAT THEY KNOW THAT THAT WHEN THEY CALLED, YOU GUYS DID GO OUT.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO BE REASSURED OF.
POLICE AND FIRE NEEDS INVENTORY.
AND IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, AS WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURES WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE BOND OFFICE IS PROVIDING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO SEVERAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
AND SO TODAY, INTERIM DIRECTOR JENNIFER NISWANDER, ALONG WITH CHIEF GRIFFITH AND CHIEF ARTIST AND LIEUTENANT BORIS OR CAPTAIN BORIS, ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS OVERVIEW TODAY.
SO, MISS NISWANDER, THANK YOU.
I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.
AS A BACKGROUND. OUR OVERALL NEEDS INVENTORY IS AT 12.2 BILLION.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES PORTION OF THAT NEEDS INVENTORY.
462 MILLION IS FOR POLICE FACILITIES.
265 MILLION EXCUSE ME, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PREVIOUS ALLOCATIONS FROM THE BOND PROGRAMS THAT GO BACK TO 2003.
NEXT SLIDE. FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION BUILDING SERVICES.
CONDITION PROJECTS ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY INPUT FROM OUR CUSTOMER DEPARTMENTS AND NEW NEEDS THAT MAY HAVE EMERGED SINCE THE 2017 FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT.
$5.75 MILLION WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND $5.5 MILLION WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE DALLAS FIRE AND RESCUE FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION.
AND THIS SLIDE IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 5.75 MILLION FOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT PROJECTS BY SYSTEM TYPE AND MAJOR RENOVATION OR REHABILITATION.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BREAKING DOWN AGAIN, THE PROJECT TYPE AND SYSTEM TYPE FOR THE VARIOUS FIRE FIRE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR ABOUT $5 MILLION.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT ON TO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW THEIR PRIORITIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I AM DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAM GRIFFITH.
I'M HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROJECT PRIORITIES FOR THE 2024 BOND.
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WE HAVE LISTED OUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES IN EACH AREA IN NEW FACILITIES.A NEW TRAINING ACADEMY AT DALLAS CAMPUS DRIVING FACILITY.
A REPLACEMENT OF CENTRAL PATROL TRAFFIC AND TACTICAL BUILDING.
AUTO POUND AND CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE.
I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
OUR TOP FIVE PRIORITIES WITH MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
EXPAND LOCKER ROOMS. UPDATE RESTROOMS AND ADD COMMUNITY ROOM TO NORTHEAST PATROL.
PARKING AND LIGHTING AT NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL CARPORTS.
LIGHTING AND SECURITY AT JACK EVANS HEADQUARTERS.
WINDOWS BUILDING FACADES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
OUR PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IS A NEW DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY.
THE PROJECTED COST OF THE NEW ACADEMY IS APPROXIMATELY $150 MILLION.
20 MILLION WILL BE COMING FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS.
25 TO 50 MILLION WILL NEED TO COME FROM THE BOND FUNDING.
55 TO 80 MILLION WILL COME FROM PRIVATE FUNDS OR CHARITABLE GRANTS.
THE NEW ACADEMY WILL HAVE A STATE OF THE ART CLASSROOMS, PHYSICAL TRAINING AND SIMULATIONS.
IT WILL HAVE MODERN EQUIPMENT IN A WELL-DESIGNED, INTERACTIVE BUILDING.
THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE A GREAT RECRUITING TOOL.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECRUIT THE BEST, KNOWING THEY WILL BE TRAINING IN A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY.
THE DEPARTMENT'S SECOND PRIORITY IS A NEW DRIVING TRACK.
THE PROJECTED COST IS APPROXIMATELY $32 MILLION.
HOWEVER, THE NEEDS NEED TO BE CLOSE TO THE ACADEMY.
PROSPECTIVE AREA WOULD BE I-20 AND I-45, SO DRIVING DISTANCE WITHIN UNT DALLAS CAMPUS.
THERE WILL BE A NEED TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES FOR THE TRACK.
THE LOCATION WILL ALSO NEED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FUTURE TRAINING VILLAGE.
IN COMPARISON, THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRACK IS 21 ACRES WITH A BUILDING.
OUR NEXT PRIORITY IS REPLACEMENT OF CENTRAL PATROL TRAFFIC AND TACTICAL BUILDING.
APPROXIMATE COST IS 66.1 MILLION, 47.6 MILLION FOR A 48,000 SQUARE FOOT THREE STORY STRUCTURE AND 8000FT² SPECIAL VEHICLE. HIGH BAY GARAGE.
VEHICLE MULTI-STOREY GARAGE FOR STAFF AND PATROL CARS.
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE NEEDS INVENTORY FOR THE 1998 BOND.
THE OLDEST POLICE FACILITY IS CENTRAL, BUILT IN 1979 AND IS 44 YEARS OLD.
CURRENT STRUCTURE IS 28,000FT², TWO STORY STRUCTURE AND IT IS DETERIORATING.
ALSO THE SEPARATE MOTOR GARAGE.
MOTORCYCLE GARAGE IS NOT ADEQUATE.
TACTICAL COMMAND POST AND SPECIAL VEHICLES EXPOSED WITH LIMITED SECURITY UNDER A CARPORT.
AND THERE'S INADEQUATE PARKING FOR BOTH STAFF AND FLEET.
ALSO, CENTRAL PATROL FOUNDATION IS SINKING.
THERE'S CRACKS, LACK OF SPACE AND EXPANSION.
ALSO, THERE ARE SECURITY CONCERNS WITH CENTRAL PATROL WHERE THE TACTICAL VEHICLES ARE PARKED.
THEY EXPOSE JUST UNDER A CAR PART, AS YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT.
AS YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS TORONTO'S TACTICAL VEHICLE.
IT'S IN AN ENCLOSED HIGH CEILING GARAGE LIKE MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE.
OUR NEXT PRIORITY IS A NEW PATROL STATION.
ESTIMATED COST IS 32.3 MILLION AT 38,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING WITH VEHICLE FUELING AND CAR WASH.
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TEN ACRE SITE ACQUISITION IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ESTIMATE.THERE IS A NEED TO REALLOCATE DIVISION BOUNDARIES, AS WAS DONE WITH SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION IN 2007.
A STUDY IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE TO DETERMINE NEW DIVISIONAL BOUNDARIES.
A POSSIBLE SCENARIO COULD BE NORTHEAST PATROL STATION BE CHANGED TO EAST STATION.
OUR NEXT PRIORITY IS A NEW PROPERTY ROOM, AUTO POUND AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE JOINT FACILITY.
THE PROJECTED ESTIMATE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $95 MILLION, 85 MILLION FOR 100,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE OFFICE, CRIME SCENE, LATENT PRINT LAB AND FOUR VEHICLE CRIME SCENE PROCESSING GARAGE.
THE BLOOD AND DNA LAB ARE NOT INCLUDED.
WE WILL CONTINUE USING SOUTHWEST INSTITUTE FOR FORENSIC SCIENCE SCIENCES FOR THOSE TESTING 100,000 FOOT SQUARE BASE, HIGH BAY AND HIGH DENSITY STORAGE FOR INVENTORY ASSISTANCE WITH THE FINGERPRINT LAB.
VEHICLE CRIME PROCESSING GARAGE IS AWESOME IS ESTIMATED AT 85 MILLION.
THE AUTOPEN OPERATION IS BEING PRIVATIZED AND THE CURRENT SITE IS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENTS STILL WILL STORE VEHICLES THAT ARE CRIMINAL EVIDENCE.
THE PROPERTY ROOM IS 60,000FT².
ONE STORY FACILITY BUILT IN THE 1940S NEAR CENTRAL PATROL.
THE BUILDING HAS STRUCTURAL FAULTS AND I-30 COULD BE WIDENING AND MAY NEED THAT SITE SECURITY.
AND FOR WEAPONS AND DRUG STORAGE, IT COULD BE AN ISSUE.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION ITEMS OF PROPERTY IN THE PROPERTY ROOM.
ALSO, THE NIVEN TEAM IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT THE PROPERTY ROOM.
IT WILL BE IDEAL FOR THE NIVEN TEAM AND CRIME SCENE TO BE LOCATED IN ONE FACILITY.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS HOW CLOSE THE PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO I 30.
THE PROPERTY ROOM IS CURRENTLY GOING IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO PURCHASE NEW SOFTWARE TO MANAGE THE EVIDENCE, PROPERTY AND MONEY THAT'S BEING TAKEN INTO THE PROPERTY ROOM DAILY.
AS YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOS, THE CURRENT PROPERTY ROOM SITE HAS NO ROOM FOR EXPANSION.
ON THE LEFT IS SHOWN EXTERIOR STORAGE UNITS, WHICH ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC STREETS.
THE RIGHT PICTURE SHOWS A SINGLE AISLE CONFIGURATION WITH LOW CEILINGS LIMITING STORAGE HEIGHT.
THE NEW PROPERTY ROOMS IN OTHER CITIES HAVE A DOUBLE HEIGHT STRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS HIGH DENSITY STORAGE UNITS WITH LIFTS TO RETRIEVE THE ITEMS. THE MOBILE HIGH DENSITY UNITS MOVE SIDEWAYS AND ALLOW ACCESS TO AISLES AS NEEDED RATHER THAN WASTING SPACE FOR A STATIONARY AISLE BETWEEN EACH ROW AND SHELVING.
AND I'LL END TURN IT OVER TO DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GOOD EVENING. I'M DOMINIQUE ARTIS, FIRE CHIEF FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
I'LL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH THE 2024 BOND NEEDS FOR A DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
NEXT SLIDE. DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PRIORITIES ARE TO REPLACE OR RENOVATE AND EXPAND OF SEVEN EXISTING STATIONS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT REPURPOSING OF ONE OF OUR STATIONS, STATION 36 TO A QUARTERMASTER TO HELP WITH OUR FIRE GEAR CLEANING, AS WELL AS BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PROVIDING.
AND THIS WILL INCLUDE ELECTRICAL PANEL UPGRADES BECAUSE OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT ARE NOW REQUESTING MORE POWER AS WELL AS REPLACEMENT OF EMERGENCY GENERATORS.
DALLAS FIRE RESCUE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE CRITERIA USED WAS THE AGE OF THE STRUCTURES.
EFR CURRENTLY HAS OVER 21 STRUCTURES THAT ARE HAVE ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
WE HAVE 39 STATIONS THAT OPERATE UP UNDER OUR USUAL 12,000FT².
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THEY WERE BUILT BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN WE WERE BUILDING TWO BASE STATIONS AND NOW WE BUILD THREE AND A HALF BASE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION OF NEEDING MORE EQUIPMENT, THE LARGER SIZE OF THE EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE EQUIPMENT AROUND.AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS OUR NEEDS INVENTORY.
IT'S SEVEN FIRE STATIONS, NOT INCLUDING OUR TRAINING ACADEMY TRAINING ACADEMY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME UPGRADES AS OUR TRAINING ACADEMY WAS BUILT IN 1987.
HASN'T HAD MANY UPGRADES SINCE THEN.
AND SO THIS IS A PHASE ONE OF EXPANDING OUR TRAINING ACADEMY TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, UPGRADING, OF COURSE, OF ELECTRICAL PANELS AT OTHER STATIONS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE REMODELING OF OUR QUARTERMASTER PROGRAM, OUR NEW FACILITY INVENTORY.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CAPTAIN BORST.
I'M ROB BORST, THE ADMINISTRATOR.
CAPTAIN. AND I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH OUR NEW FACILITY NEEDS.
WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR NEW STATION NEEDS.
THAT WAS LARGELY A STATIC REPORT.
AND SO IT WAS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME TO UPDATE THAT REPORT.
AND SO IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH WAS A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO DETERMINE OUR NEEDS.
AND THOSE WERE BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS WHICH INCLUDED, AS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, THE EMERGENCY CALL VOLUME SYSTEM WIDE RESPONSE TIMES, INCLUDING HOT POCKETS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, AREAS OF NEED, THE CURRENT FACILITY LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THIS WITH AN ANTICIPATED BENEFIT OF IMPROVED RESPONSE TIMES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THESE ARE THE FIVE TOP IDEAL LOCATIONS.
WE WILL HAVE TO DRILL DOWN AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO ACTUAL PARTICULAR SITES.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE OF THAT IN FUTURE IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS MAP REPRESENTS AN OVERLAY OF THE FIVE, THOSE FIVE SLIDES THAT ARE THE SITES THAT WERE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND HOW IT LOOKS WITH OUR EXISTING DEPLOYMENT OF STATIONS.
AND THESE WERE THE TOP FIVE SITES CURRENTLY.
SO SITE ONE WAS SOUTH RL THORNTON AND LOOP 12 WAS THE CLOSEST AREA.
AS YOU CAN TELL ON THE MAP, THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SITE ONE WAS THE TOP SCORING AT 4.85 AVERAGE OUT OF THE TOP SCORE OF FIVE.
SITE TWO. NEAR EAST 635 AND WEST KINGSLEY ROAD AGAIN OFFERS ADVANTAGEOUS LOCATION NEAR A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND ALSO HAD A SCORE OF 4.8.
NEXT SLIDE. A SITE THREE NEAR WEST ILLINOIS AVENUE AND SOUTH HAMPTON HAD A SCORE OF 4.75.
NEXT SLIDE. SITE FOUR NEAR I-20 AND SOUTHWEST.
MORELAND ALSO HAD A SCORE OF 4.75.
NEXT SLIDE. AND FINALLY, SITE FIVE, WHICH IS AT LASATER ROAD IN SOUTH WEST DALLAS AT 4.7.
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AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE INTO EFFECT, AS I MENTIONED, OTHER FACTORS LIKE MAJOR ROADWAY ACCESS, BECAUSE THAT WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE REACH OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FROM THAT FACILITY.AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
YES, SIR. CHAIRMAN ATKINS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND WE LOOK AT THAT BUDGET IS PROBABLY ABOUT $1 BILLION TO DO A BOND.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS NEED INVENTORY IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PROCESS.
SO HOW DO YOU DRILL DOWN AND SAY, BASED ON WHAT WE REALLY NEED, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT $1 BILLION ON THE BOND PACKAGE? SO I'M LOOKING AT 465 MILLION FOR THE POLICE, I'M LOOKING AT 265 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO HOW DO YOU REALLY BREAK THAT DOWN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT I NEED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A CRYSTAL LIST, BUT WHAT DO I REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THE VOTERS THAT WE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, DO YOU REALLY NEED THIS OR DO YOU NEED THIS? SO I'LL GO WITH POLICE FIRST.
FIRST. SO I THINK THIS QUESTION IS PROBABLY BROADLY FOR ALL CATEGORIES IN THE BOND PROGRAM IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE ALLOCATION FOR THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE.
WE'RE STARTING OUR COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS THIS MONTH AND WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY SO WE CAN START SOME OUTREACH WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND THEN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR LIST IS, WHAT THEIR MINIMUM NEEDS, MINIMUM WANTS FOR THE NEXT BOND PROGRAM.
I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER TODAY, THOUGH, BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH.
EVERYONE ASKS, I HAVE A TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT ABOUT THE BOND PACKAGE.
AND THOSE, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO ASK ME, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, MY BOND PACKAGE, WHAT DO THE POLICE LEAVE AND WHAT ARE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN MCGOUGH, TO BRING THIS UP.
BUT BUT I GOT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF DATA THAT SHOWED ME WHAT WE REALLY NEED.
I MEAN, DO WE NEED MORE IMPROVED STATION IN SOUTH CENTRAL? DO WE NEED AN IMPROVED STATION 54 OR THE FIRE STATION ON ROAD EQUIPMENT? YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU GET A A BIG LAUNDRY LIST AND IT'S HARD TO SELL THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE A 465 MILLION LAUNDRY LIST AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, AND YOU EXPECT US TO GO AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY THEY NEED.
BUT WHAT DO YOU REALLY NEED? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU PRIORITIZE THAT NEED AND INVENTORY TO BREAK IT DOWN THAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENTS WHO GOT TO GO VOTE FOR THAT BOND PACKAGE.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION.
SO. SO THANK YOU, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT IS THE THE HARDEST THING TO DO IN THIS TYPE OF SETTING, WHERE CLEARLY THE NEEDS FAR OUT WAY, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US AND THIS IS BOND UPCOMING BOND PROGRAM IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S STREETS, WHETHER IT'S PARKS, WHETHER IT'S LIBRARY FACILITIES, WHATEVER ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THIS PARTICULAR BOND PROGRAM, THE REAL CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE BALANCING ALL OF THAT.
AND SO WHILE THIS REPRESENTS THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR POLICE AND FIRE TODAY, I DO EXPECT THAT JUST GIVEN THE NEED TO BALANCE SOME OF THIS, SOME OF THESE WILL HAVE TO BE PUSHED OUT INTO LONGER TIME FRAMES, MAYBE TO THE SUBSEQUENT BOND PROGRAM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
SO THE PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT UP FRONT FROM PD AND FIRE.
WE'LL GET THE INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL AND FROM SOME OF YOUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT YOU REFERENCED TOMORROW, AND THAT WILL BE INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO THE CITIZEN BOND COMMITTEES AS THEY COME TO A FINAL RECOMMENDATION.
ULTIMATELY, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY.
AND WHAT WE TYPICALLY LEARN THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT SOME OF THESE NEEDS AND SOME OF THEM WILL GET VETTED TO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AT THAT POINT.
AND I THINK IT'LL HELP YOU MAKE A MORE INFORMED DECISION WHEN IT ULTIMATELY COMES BACK TO YOU.
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WITH THAT TO YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, 65% IS MORE PUBLIC SAFETY.WE SAY PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
THAT'S WHAT WE KEEP SAYING. PUBLIC SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE.
THERE SHOULD BE A, I GUESS, A PLACEHOLDER IN A PARKING LOT.
WHAT IS DOLLARS GOING TO BE SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY? YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE A DOLLAR BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO LOOK AT DOLLARS AND THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO LOOK AT DOLLARS AND HOW WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE BUDGET.
BUT ALSO YOU'VE GOT A NEED AND ALL THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENT GOT NEEDS ALSO.
AND I DON'T GET PIE IN MY FACE ON TOMORROW NIGHT AND KIND OF FEEL LIKE A DUMMY.
BUT WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO BREAK IT DOWN? I DO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY.
I HEAR THE STORY. HEY, LET'S PUT 55%.
THE POINTS. IF I PUT $0.55 IN THE POT AND THE WATER LEVEL, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIBRARY AND STREET AND KNOW INFRASTRUCTURE, WE GOT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, SO I LIKE THIS EXERCISE.
BUT THIS EXERCISE DON'T DO ME NO GOOD WHEN IT COMES TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO, MS. NISWANDER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION TOMORROW NIGHT.
OR IS THIS JUST THE REGULAR TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER IS SCHEDULED? CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW? IT'S GOING TO BE A BOND.
SO THIS IS MUCH LIKE WHAT WE DO FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS, COUNCIL MEMBER, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE HAVE A SERIES OF MEETINGS WHERE WE JUST SOLICIT INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND THAT INFORMATION THEN IS USED TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY GO BACK FOR ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ON THOSE PRIORITIES.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS AND I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU OFFLINE IF I CAN HELP YOU WITH.
I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW NIGHT.
SO HOW CAN I PREPARE FOR A TOWN HALL MEETING THAT HAS NO AGENDA? AND I ASKED FOR THE AGENDA LAST WEEK.
AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
GIVE ME SOMETHING BEFOREHAND THAT I CAN PREPARE FOR A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT.
THEY'RE SHOWING A BIG INVENTORY LIST OF 462 MILLION FOR POLICE AND 262 MILLION FOR FIRE.
I NEED AGENDA BEFORE TOMORROW NIGHT.
I NEED SOMETHING TO BREAK DOWN.
AND I ASKED FOR THAT. YES, SIR.
WE WILL CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CBD AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW BOTH IN POPULATION AND DENSITY, IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID VERY WELL WITHIN THE PARK DEPARTMENT, SORT OF THOSE MATCH MATCH OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IF WE GET THESE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WHERE SOMEONE'S BRINGING IN THE LAND ACQUISITION AND WE'RE BUILDING BRINGING IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT, ONE IS I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE, ESPECIALLY AS, AGAIN, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.
THE LIST THAT BOTH DPD AND FIRE PRESENTED IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER? OR IS THIS YOUR PRIORITY IS FOR DPD, THE TRAINING ACADEMY AT UNT? IS THAT NUMBER ONE? AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS THE DRIVER TRAINING FACILITY.
WERE THEY IN ANY ORDER? YES. YES, SIR.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THE ONLY THING THAT I DON'T SEE ON HERE IS FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
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I BELIEVE THAT'S THE THE BAYLOR DEEP ELLUM LOCATION.YES, THESE THESE ARE WE PUT SEVEN STATIONS ON HERE FOR NOW AS OUR INVENTORY.
WE HAVE OVER 21 STATIONS THAT ARE OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
I HAD A QUESTION THAT'S KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINES AS COUNCIL MEMBER.
MORENO. HOW? I MEAN, I GUESS JUST THE CRITERIA.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF IF CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN HAVE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF OLDER FIRE STATIONS.
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ARE PARTICULARLY THESE THAT YOU SEE.
SO SO THERE'S NO STATION ON THE LIST, THAT IS.
ALL OF THEM ARE THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH AT THE 50 YEAR, A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN 50.
SOME OF THEM JUST DETERIORATION OVER TIME.
YOU KNOW, THOSE STATIONS WERE BUILT TO LAST AROUND THAT THAT THAT TIME FRAME.
WE CONTINUE TO TAKE TRY TO TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE OF THEM, WORK WITH BUILDING SERVICES TO MAINTAIN THOSE STATIONS QUITE QUITE A FEW THAT IN THIS LIST THAT ARE IN NEED OF MAJOR RENOVATIONS.
OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR STATION FIVE ON FIVE IS ON THE LIST THAT THEY HAVE HERE? I BELIEVE IT'S $450,000 FOR A FOR STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THIS SUMMER THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
AND I BELIEVE FIVE WAS ALSO IN OUR TOP TEN ALSO.
TOP TEN IN TERMS OF EITHER EXPANDING OR TO BE RENOVATED OR REPLACED.
AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT IT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S UNDER 12,000FT² IS PRETTY SMALL.
IT'S RIGHT AROUND THAT I BELIEVE FIVES WAS BUILT IN THE 70S, I BELIEVE.
YEAH. I THINK THERE'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND SOME OF THESE AREAS, LIKE THE BRUTON SAINT AUGUSTINE INTERSECTION AND THE BRUTON CORRIDOR WHERE WE HAVE THE RED CLOUD PROJECT THAT RECENTLY WON AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
I THINK IT COULD GO A LONG WAY TO HELP THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE CITY.
CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN, THANK YOU.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED, IT WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THAT I THINK THAT YOU DID IMMEDIATE REPAIRS FOR FEAR OF THE HEALTH INSPECTOR SHUTTING IT DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE DISGUSTING.
FRANKLY, I BELIEVE THEY REBUILT THE SAME YEAR SEVENS AND FIVES WAS BUILT THE SAME YEAR.
YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WENT WITH STUCCO IN DISTRICT SEVEN FOR STATION SEVEN.
SO FOR FIRE STATION SEVEN, WHICH YOU HAVE DOWN FOR MAJOR RENOVATION AND IT DOES DESPERATELY NEED IT, IT'S JUST NORTH OF SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT 11, ALONG PRESTON ROAD, WHICH OF COURSE WE HAVE A WHOLE CORRIDOR EVALUATION HAPPENING FOR TRANSPORTATION.
BUT THAT PRESTON DEL NORTE DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN JUST SOUTH OF ARAPAHOE AND THE PEPPER SQUARE DEVELOPMENT AT BELTLINE ARE GOING TO ADD THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF ROOFTOPS.
AND SO BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH LIMITED FACILITIES NORTH OF LBJ, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT WAS PART OF YOUR CONSIDERATION OR YOU'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND QUALITY OF THE STATIONS.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS AS WE LOOKED AT THE NEW INVENTORY.
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ALSO, WE TOOK THAT AS A ADDED FEATURE TO THINK ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF THOSE PARTICULAR DIFFERENT AREAS.WE JUST PUT FIVE ON HERE FOR NOW AS WE LOOK, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IF WE MOVE A STATION A COUPLE OF BLOCKS DOWN, DOES THAT CHANGE RESPONSE TIMES TO MAKE IT BETTER? CAN THESE STATIONS BE EXPANDED? THAT'S ALSO A PART OF IT.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING AS FAR AS BUILDING PERMITS AND PLANS AROUND THESE PARTICULAR STATIONS SO WE CAN BE READY TO RESPOND WHEN NEEDED? WELL, CERTAINLY SEVEN IS ALL OVER EVERYTHING NORTH OF LBJ AND THAT PRESTON ROAD ACCESS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO DENTON COUNTY AS WELL AS COLLIN.
SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS ON IF YOU REALLY LOOKED AT IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING SINCE SOME OF THAT IS LIKE LITERALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO THESE ARE JUST THE TOP FIVE AND THEY'RE NOT THE COMPLETE LIST.
SO AS WE AS WE ADD MORE, WE WILL RUN THIS STUDY AGAIN.
AND THOSE THAT LIST THIS IS NOT A STATIC LIST.
WELL, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO POINT ABOUT BUILDING CO-LOCATING WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS, YOU'VE GOT TWO MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING IN DISTRICT 11 JUST FURTHER SOUTH ON PRESTON, AND YOU MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AN APPROPRIATELY SIZED, NEWER FACILITY.
RIGHT? SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, I MEAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PLACES THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING IN A LITTLE MORE INNOVATIVE WAY ABOUT WHAT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE THINGS ARE LANDLOCKED, ESPECIALLY IN DISTRICT 12, AND WE NEED MORE RESOURCES AROUND US, EVEN IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY IN.
THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. ELDER ATKINS, JUST REAL QUICK, CHIEF STATION 54.
YES, SIR. AND IT COVERS ABOUT 17MI² AND EVERYTHING.
AND WHY IS THAT STATION NOT CONSIDERED? BECAUSE IT'S LESS THAN 12,000FT².
IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 8000FT² AND IT'S GOT TO PUT UP IN SERVICE AND NEED A WHOLE LOT OF OVERHAUL.
YES, SIR. THAT IS ALSO ON THE LIST, TOO.
IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP SEVEN.
YES. I'VE WORKED AT STATION 54.
IT'S IT WAS WELL KEPT UP SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING AT OTHER STATIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE AT 50 FOUR'S, SOME OF THE OTHER STATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN NEED OF REPAIR.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY.
I JUST THOUGHT IT'S APPROPRIATE AS WE ARE.
THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK BACK AND TO ANALYZE AT LEAST SOME DEGREE OF WHERE WE ARE AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. BUT JOHN FORTUNE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO PUT TOGETHER THIS REPORT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME.
IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I'LL JUST STAY RIGHT HERE.
UNLESS YOU PREFER ME TO GO TO THE THE FRONT.
BUT I WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY EXCITED TO GET THIS REQUEST BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS A KIND OF REWARDING THING TO DO, TO LOOK BACK ON THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND SEE WHAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND WHEN WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER, I DIDN'T JUST RESTRICT MYSELF TO POLICE AND FIRE.
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AND SO TO HELP FACILITATE THIS, I KIND OF BROKE THINGS INTO FIVE MAIN CATEGORIES.AND SO WHILE WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH CRIME REDUCTION PLAN AND THE DOMESTIC CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, I WENT AHEAD AND GROUPED THESE TOGETHER JUST SO YOU CAN SEE THEM IN ONE PLACE. AND SO I'M NOT PREPARED TO GO INTO AN EXPLANATION OF EACH OF THESE TODAY.
THIS IS THINK OF THIS AS A LIST.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT ONLY JUST FROM THE LONG RANGE PLANNING, THE TASK FORCE, THE TYPE OF CODE CHANGES THAT THE COMMITTEE IS SUPPORTED JUVENILE CURFEW ORDINANCES, THE CONVENIENCE STORE ORDINANCE, ENFORCEMENT, HABITUAL NUISANCE PROPERTY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, WE BELIEVE, ARE MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS CRIME IN THE CITY.
AND ON PAGE SIX, WE TALK ABOUT A FEW MORE THE COMMERCIAL PROMOTERS ORDINANCE, THE CREATION OF THE MULTIFAMILY INSPECTION TEAMS, AND THEN SOME OF THE SEPTET STANDARDS WE'RE NOW REQUIRING ON SOME OF THE MORE VIOLENT PROPERTIES OF MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CHANGES YOU JUST RECENTLY ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED AS IT RELATES TO SERVICES AND PROGRAMS. I'M VERY PROUD OF, OF OF RIGHT CARE.
I KNOW THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS AWARE THAT THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE ADDED TO THAT THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS WE'VE CREATED A SOBERING CENTER.
WE'VE DEVELOPED A BRAND NEW MS QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND ON PAGE EIGHT, WE'LL CONTINUE.
YOU KNOW, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REALLY STEPPED UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WHENEVER THERE'S BEEN THESE VERY SMALLER INCIDENTS AS IT RELATES TO A COMMUNITY FIRE IN A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX.
AND THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTED DEVELOPING SOME STANDARDS FOR HOW WE COULD PROVIDE SOME EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO WHAT IS ALWAYS TYPICALLY BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S CHALLENGING WHEN IT GOES BEYOND THE THRESHOLD FOR THE RED CROSS.
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE MONEY AND DEVELOP A MORE TRANSPARENT JAIL CONTRACT WITH THE WITH THE COUNTY.
THE JUDGE IS HERE AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, THE OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM.
ON PAGE NINE, WE GET INTO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE CHIEF GARCIA'S BEEN HERE AT THE DPD EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.
WE HAVE NEW DPD AND GFR INTERACTIVE DASHBOARDS, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DASHBOARD AND THE USE OF FORCE REPORTING PROGRAM, A PLATFORM THAT WE JUST IMPLEMENTED, WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY UNIQUE THING THAT YOU DON'T SEE IN A LOT OF PLACES IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM TRAINING CATEGORY, THE ACT OF BYSTANDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM, THE PARAMEDIC PROGRAMS THAT THE COUNCIL AND THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTED SO WE COULD GET ALL OF OUR OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO WEREN'T PARAMEDICS TRAINED AS PARAMEDICS.
THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO, TO TO IMPLEMENT WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST CATEGORY ONE I'M VERY PROUD OF AND ONE I KNOW THAT THE TEAMS ARE PROUD OF IS JUST HOW WE FOCUSED ON THE WELLBEING AND WELLNESS OF OUR MEMBERS AND POLICE AND FIRE.
DPD CREATED THEIR OFFICER MENTAL WELLNESS UNIT.
AND THIS THIS VERY RECENTLY AND THEN THE COUNCIL AND THIS COMMITTEE SUPPORTED THE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE EXPANSION FOR FIREFIGHTERS AFTER THE STATE PASSED THE LEGISLATION IN THE PREVIOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LONG AGENDA.
I DON'T MEAN TO SHORT CHANGE ANY OF THESE TOPICS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL JUST AS IMPORTANT.
BUT MR. CHAIR, WE APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO GET TO PROVIDE THIS OVERVIEW AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY.
WELL, I'LL JUST SAY, MR. FORTUNE, I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT I HOPE YOU'RE PROUD.
AND I KNOW FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AS SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE CITY 18 YEARS DEALING IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS PRIOR TO YOUR ARRIVAL, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN AS AS CHAIRMAN THOMAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS WE HAVE EVER DEALT WITH AS A CITY RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
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HEALTHY WAYS THROUGH SOME VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.EVERY BIT OF IT HAS BEEN, I THINK, HELPFUL FOR THE CITY AND CERTAINLY FOR ME PERSONALLY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
WELL, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I WASN'T EXPECTING IT.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY DO THIS BEFORE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
I ACTUALLY ASKED FOR GBFM TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO I THINK YOU'RE STARTING SOMETHING.
NO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT DOES SHOW OVER TIME REALLY HOW THE NEEDLE HAS MOVED JUST IN TWO YEARS.
AND I HAVEN'T DONE THIS AS LONG AS YOU, BUT IT'S IMPRESSIVE.
AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER IN THAT WAY.
MR. FORTUNE, I WANT TO SAY THE SAME THING THAT CHAIRMAN MENDELSOHN SAID.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST SAW THE REPORT AND I SAID, WHO I DEAL WITH THIS, I PROBABLY FIGURED IT WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF MCGOUGH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF NUDGE YOU, YOU KNOW, SINCE HE WAS LEAVING, YOU KNOW, HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE LEAVE ON A GOOD NOTE.
YOU KNOW, NO ONE HERE THE RIGHT CARE HE WILL SAY A PILOT PROGRAM WILL SEND A COIN.
IT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
IT WAS ABOUT JUST HUMAN QUALITY OF LIFE.
HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE EVERYDAY PEOPLE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY? AND SO WITH THIS REPORT IS A GREAT REPORT.
IF I GRADE YOU, I GIVE YOU A-PLUS.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OKAY. NOT SEEING ANY OR ONLINE.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO REAL QUICKLY IS LOOK AT ANY OF THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THOSE BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR CLOSED SESSION ON THE RANSOMWARE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS? YES. I HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT ITEM J, AND IT WAS HOW DID WE DETERMINE THAT $590,000 WAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT TO BE REIMBURSED FROM THE STATE FAIR FOR VFR SERVICES? THE CONTRACT. THIS IS OUR FIRST YEAR TAKING OVER THE CONTRACT FOR THE FAIR.
CHIEF CLUMPNER, OUR MS CHIEF, WENT AND WORKED OUT A PLAN WITH THE STATE ON HOW MANY PARAMEDICS WILL BE NEEDED DURING THE TIME OF THE FAIR AND WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE WITH THE OVERTIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
SO DID WE ONLY CALCULATE AN OVERTIME RATE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP PROBABLY AT MANDATORY OVERTIME, RIGHT? WE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD STABLE OF PARAMEDICS THAT LOVE TO WORK OFF DUTY.
THIS IS 100% REFUNDABLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE EXCITED TO DO AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT.
I WILL SAY THAT THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS IS IT WILL STOP THE DRAIN ON FRONTLINE APPARATUS AND RESOURCES FOR THE STATE FAIR BECAUSE WE WILL BE STAFFING THEIRS THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS. AND SO THIS WILL NOT CREATE MANDATORY OVERTIME AND IT WON'T PULL FRONTLINE APPARATUS AWAY FROM REGULAR FRONTLINE 901 RESPONSE BECAUSE WE WILL ALREADY HAVE RESOURCES THERE.
WE WILL HAVE MEDICS THERE, WE WILL HAVE AMBULANCES THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOOSTER THERE FOR FIRE COVERAGE.
RESOURCES. AND SO IT'S FULL COST RECOVERY.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS? OKAY. I MISSPOKE.
WE DO HAVE ACTUALLY A PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S LOOK AT GO TO MOVE TO ITEM F, WHICH IS THE RANSOMWARE UPDATE.
JACK IRELAND, BILL ZELINSKY AND WHOEVER ELSE IS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
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TEAM ACTED QUICKLY TO BRING SYSTEMS OFFLINE, TO CONTAIN THE INFECTION AND PREVENT ITS FURTHER SPREAD.SYSTEM CITY DEPARTMENTS IMPLEMENTED THEIR BACKUP PLANS AND WORKED DILIGENTLY TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER VITAL SERVICES TO OUR CITY'S RESIDENTS DESPITE THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACED.
AS OF TODAY, WORKING WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS, OUR IT VENDORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, THE CITY'S IT TEAM IS MORE THAN 90% THROUGH ITS WORK IN RESTORING IT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES FOR DEPARTMENTS.
THE INSTALLATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY COMPONENTS AND PROTOCOLS AND THE REBUILD, REIMAGING AND RESTORATION FROM BACKUPS OF SERVERS AND DEVICES WHERE NECESSARY.
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS REVERTED TO MANUAL PROCESSES TO CONTINUE DELIVERING THESE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN THIS PERIOD WHERE THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR CRITICAL SYSTEMS. AND MANY OF THOSE ARE STILL WORKING, EVEN AS THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE COME BACK ONLINE TO BE ABLE TO ENTER OR ADD THAT INFORMATION THAT WAS MANUALLY GATHERED BACK INTO THOSE SYSTEMS. SO WHILE WE HAVE FOCUSED ON THE RESTORATION OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC FACING MISSIONS TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO BRING ONLINE ALL REMAINING FUNCTIONALITY AND TO ENSURE THE OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY OF THE OVERALL IT ENVIRONMENT.
THIS PAST WEEK, A NEWLY UPGRADED COURTS CASE PROCESSING SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT ONLINE AND OUR COURTS REOPENED AND WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CITY'S VENDOR TO COMPLETE WORK ON AN UPGRADED SYSTEM FOR THE LIBRARY AND ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THAT WORK OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO COMPLETE THE FULL RESTORATION.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL SECURITY SOFTWARE, CONDUCTED A SYSTEM WIDE RESET OF ALL USER ACCOUNTS, EXPEDITED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITY CONTROLS THAT WERE ALREADY PLANNED AND COMPLETELY REBUILT IMPACTED SYSTEMS IN A NEW SECURED ENVIRONMENT.
AS YOU'RE ALSO AWARE, ON FRIDAY, MAY 19TH, THE RANSOM GANG THAT IS ASSOCIATED TO THIS ATTACK POSTED A BLOG TO THE DARK WEB STATING THEY HAD STOLEN DATA AS PART OF THE ATTACK.
IF THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINES THAT INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE THEFT OF DATA, WE WILL NOTIFY THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO HELP PROTECT THEIR INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW.
FINALLY, THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THIS EVENT CONTINUES.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S PATIENCE AS WE WORK TO DEFEND OURSELVES FROM THIS ATTACK, WORK TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM FUTURE ATTACKS AND KEEP THE FOCUS ON DELIVERING THE VITAL SERVICES THE PUBLIC DEPENDS UPON.
ALMOST ANY QUESTIONS? SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FROM THE COMMITTEE? I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BRIEFING AND OR NOT APPROPRIATE BRIEFING IN THE IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
ANYTHING ELSE HERE? OKAY. HEARING.
SO WE WILL WHEN I COME BACK, ALL WE'LL DO IS ADJOURN THE MEETING FROM THAT.
SO WE WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551 .076 AND 551.089 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.DELIBERATION REGARDING SECURITY DEVICES OR SECURITY AUDITS, INCLUDING ONE THE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OR DEPLOYMENTS RELATING TO INFORMATION RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY TO NETWORK SECURITY INFORMATION.
REGARDING A RECENT RANSOMWARE ATTACK SECURITY INCIDENT RELATING TO THE CITY'S INFORMATION RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY AND UNDER SECTION 551.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
SEEKING THE ADVICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK.
WE'LL BE BACK TO ADJOURN AFTER THIS TIME.
ALL RIGHT. IT IS 410 AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS COMPLETED ITS CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.0765510.089 AND 551.07. ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND AGAIN FOR 11 P.M.
ON JUNE, WHATEVER DAY IT IS, WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
WITH THAT, WE CAN NOW ADJOURN AT 4:11 P.M.
ALSO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THANK YOU ALL COMMITTEE, FOR ALWAYS HANGING IN THERE WITH US.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.