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[Dallas Park and Recreation Board on August 17, 2023.]
BUSINESS PUBLIC SPEAKERS THIS MORNING.I'LL READ THE SPEAKER GUIDELINES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK WITH DIRECTOR COMMENTS TO THE CHAIR.
ONLY ANY SPEAKER WHO MAKES PERSONAL AND PER APPROPRIATE FOUR RESORTS TO THROWING OBJECTS WILL BE
UM, I JUST QUICKLY WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING REALLY, IT'S GRATITUDE.
A FEW WEEKS AGO OVER HERE IN DIXON, WE HAD A MURDER.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WALKED PAST ABOUT 40 OR 50 PEOPLE, TOLD THE KIDS TO MOVE OUT THE WAY AND SHOT A MAN FIVE TIMES IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
AND THE PEOPLE HAD SEEN IT SO CLOSELY THEY COULD IMITATE THE MAN TAKING HIS LAST BREATH.
AS A PARENT HERE, I WAS SHOOK.
BUT WITHIN A WEEK I HAD A MEETING WITH THE PARKS AND REC LEADERSHIP, AND YOU ALL CAME THROUGH WITH SWEEPING CHANGES, GAVE US LIGHTS THAT WERE WELL NEEDED IN THIS PARK.
WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER ONE HERE IN DIXON.
UM, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME GREAT PROGRAMS AND IN REGARDS TO EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, INTERNET ACCESS HERE IN DIXON, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE ASSOCIATION, AND COLLECTIVE ACTIVISM.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PARK LEADERSHIP BECAUSE, AGAIN, AS A PARENT, I WAS TRULY SHOOK.
UM, I'VE NEVER BEEN THAT CONCERNED IN DIXON, BUT AT ANY RATE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR, UH, PUTTING THE LIGHTS UP.
AND WE SEE SECURITY PARK SECURITY NOW MORE.
WE'RE DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THE COMPUTERS IN SO WE CAN DO THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AN UPDATED SPLASH PAD WITH THE BUCKET EVERYBODY ELSE GOT, AND THOSE THINGS WOULD BE GREAT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE ONE FINAL REQUEST.
Y'ALL GIVE MY PEOPLE OVER HERE AT THE LARRY JOHNSON REC CENTER, A RAISE
SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE THE SWIFT ACTION.
I AM GRATEFUL BECAUSE Y'ALL LET ME KNOW YOU CARE.
SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
SPEAKER IS MS. ELVA? YES, MA'AM.
AND YOUR THREE MINUTE SPEAKERS.
MY NAME AT 10 0 3 DALE AVENUE IN DALLAS, 7 5 2 1 1.
AND I THANK MR. WETA FOR REPRESENTING AND ADVOCATING FOR OUR
I COME BEFORE YOU TO SPEAK BEHALF OF A NEW PARTNER WITH RECREATIONS.
THIS CENTER HAS SERVED FAMILIES OF YOUNG 80 80.
IT PROVIDES MEETING SPACE FOR LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND A PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING FOR LOCAL AND STATE ELECTIONS.
IT JUST COMPLETED ITS SUMMER CAMPAIGN PROGRAM.
IT PROVIDES A VARIETY OF EXERCISE AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SENIORS IN
WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS OUT EARLIER THIS SUMMER WHEN THE INDUSTRIAL VAN WAS PLACED THERE, BOX HERE, EXERCISE.
THERE IS ONE ADULT AND ONE CHILD TO THE WING RESTROOM.
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IN THE MAIN RESTROOM, THERE IS ONE STALL AND ONE URINE.THE ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE RECREATION CENTER FLOODS EVERY TIME IT RAINS DUE TO NON-WORKING OR
IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES THE CENTER FACES, SENIORS BENEFIT FROM THE FITNESS ROOM, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, LINE DANCING CHAIR AEROBICS, YOGA CLASSES, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE OUTREACH THAT WE DO TO THE SENIOR SOURCE GIVES US OPPORTUNITY TO VOLUNTEER IN THE CENTER, PROVIDES A COMMUNAL SPENDING FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND SENIORS CAN SOCIALIZE.
WE BELIEVE THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO BE OPEN TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THRIVING AND ENGAGE.
MY NAME IS CHAIR CITA DELGADO, 24 34 SEA, C 7 5 2 1 1, DISTRICT ONE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PARK AND RECREATION BOARD FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS, DAILY EFFORTS.
I AM, UM, ALSO WANTING SPECIAL THANKS FROM MS TO MR.
UH, OUR PARK AND REC REPRESENTATIVE FOR BEING SO ATTENTIVE TO SENIORS AT MARTIN WEEKS.
I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MARTIN WEEKS RECREATION CENTER.
I SENT AN EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU TO INCLUDING AN ATTACHMENT OF PICTURES, A LIST OF PROBLEMS AT THE CENTER AS WELL.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A NEW RECREATION CENTER.
THE LAST UPDATE WE HAD WAS WINDOWS.
THEY WEREN'T DOUBLE PAYING, AND IT WAS 1995.
OUR CENTER HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR A LONG TIME.
THE WEST OAK OAKLAND COMMUNITY ARE ASKING FOR THE NEW CENTER FOR SENIOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
THE RECREATION CENTER IS CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR EQUITY AND EQUALITY FOR MARTIN WEESE RECREATION CENTER, WHICH HAS BEEN IGNORED A LONG TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR EFFORTS.
SCOTT, WHICH ONE? YEAH, ITEM FOUR ON THE MINUTES FROM THE, UM, OBVIOUS THIRD MEETING.
FOR LET'S, UH, WE'LL DO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR JULY 20.
SECOND BY MR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY A AYE.
HAVE IT, UH, FOR AUGUST 3RD, 2023.
ITEM FOUR WAS, THE MOTION WAS MADE BY ME AND SECONDED BY KARIMI.
IT SAYS DICKEY SECONDED BY SLAUGHTER, BUT IT WAS AWESOME.
SO WE, UH, HAVE A CORRECTION ON AUGUST 3RD.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY MR. GOLDSTEIN.
ANY OPPOSED? I, UM, OUR QUARTERLY SAFETY UPDATE IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT CHIEFS HAD TO ATTEND FUNERAL FOR A FEDERAL OFFICER.
SO THEN HIS SAFETY PRESENTATION.
SO, SO, UH, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RENEE JOHNSON STILL IS GOING TO DO HER PART, BUT FROM THE POLICE CHIEFS, IT'S GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UH, TODAY, UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AS, UH, YOU ANNOUNCED THERE'S A FUNERAL TODAY, UH, FOR AN OFFICER, UH, FROM P P D.
SO, CHIEF WATSON, HE WILL BE THE NEXT MEETING JUST IN ORDER TO UPDATE YOU, ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER ACTIVITIES.
OKAY? AND SO TODAY, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THERE'S A LOT OF DATA, OF COURSE, THAT WE ALWAYS INCLUDE, RIGHT? UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA KINDA MOVE THROUGH SWIFTLY,
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UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY, UH, WONDERFUL GUEST HERE WITH US TODAY.UH, WE HAVE CHIEF SROS, SERGEANT CISNEROS, I'M SORRY.
AND HE WILL INTRODUCE HIS GUEST.
BUT, UM, SINCE NEROS, UH, AS WE CALL IT, OR AS I CALL, HE IS THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, RIGHT? HE IS THE ONE THAT'S RUNNING THE OPERATION ON A DAY-TODAY BASIS.
SO TODAY, YOU CAN REALLY ASK THE QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON, ON, HE'S WORKING WITH FUNCTIONAL AND THE RANGERS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF IT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO SAVE REALLY AMPLE TIME, UM, SO THAT HE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
HE'S GONNA GIVE SOME INFORMATION, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT YOU CAN KIND OF GO A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH, UH, WITH HIM, BECAUSE HE IS, HE DOES
SO IF YOU PUT THE, UH, PRESENTATION UP.
AND SO I'M GONNA KIND OF GO THROUGH, SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OUR PURPOSE.
BEAR WITH US TODAY, BE OUR FIRST TIME ADVICE.
UH, SO TODAY ON THE, UH, OVERVIEW, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A FEW METRICS.
UM, MARSHALLS ARE HERE, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THEIR METRICS, THE HOLIDAY OPERATIONS PLAN, AND OF COURSE, UPDATES FROM MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE MISSION, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
AND SINCE THE PARK RANGER PROGRAM, UH, YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU ALL KNOW THE HOURS OF OPERATION SOON, THAT'LL BE CHANGING AS WE GO INTO FALL.
UM, BUT WE ARE JUST ABOUT, UH, AT OUR PROPER STAFFING LEVEL.
SO WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE 12 MARSHALS, UH, THAT ARE FUNDED.
AND, UH, THE LAST TWO, I THINK ARE GOING THROUGH TRAINING.
SO WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE ALL THOSE 12.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES, UM, WITH THE RANGERS, BUT WE'RE HIRING NOW.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, MAKING STAFF.
WE IDENTIFY THOSE PARKS AND TRAILS AS TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE, UH, EVERY MONTH.
SO OUR RANGER METRICS, WE WANNA GO TO QUARTER THREE.
AND SO TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT'S HAPPENING, QUARTER BETWEEN APRIL, MAY AND JUNE, UH, IN JUNE, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS WENT UP.
OF COURSE, WE COVERED, UH, ALL THOSE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE VISIBILITY WAS REALLY HIGH.
UH, AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY IN JUNE.
UH, AS IT GOT HOT, OF COURSE, WE KIND OF PULLED THE BIKE PATROL BACK BECAUSE IT, UH, SO HOT.
BUT EARLIER IN APRIL AND MAY, OF COURSE WE HAD SOME BIKE RIDES.
TAKES OUR NUMBERS DOWN AS WELL.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT QUALITY MORE SO THAN QUANTITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOP PARK INFRACTIONS.
YOU ALL KNOW SEEING THIS, UH, QUARTER PRETTY MUCH, BUT YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE, UH, IN THE SYSTEM.
UH, AND I THINK FOR SURE OUR VISIBILITY HAS BOTH HELPED.
AND, UH, CIS CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE, PROBABLY MORE SO CRIMINAL
AND SO YOU ALSO HAVE THE TOP FIVE INFRACTIONS, UM, PARK, RIGHT, THE SITE BUSINESS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, CUMULATIVELY OVER THE QUARTER.
UH, THE OFF LEASH, THE PARKING, UH, THAT, THAT MAKES UP THE TOP FIVE INFRACTIONS.
AND SO WHEN YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THOSE CHARTS, YOU CAN SEE THOSE TOP FIVE FOR THOSE PARTICULAR MONTHS.
SO THE BLUE IS APRIL, THE RED IS MAY, AND THE GREEN IS JUNE.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF WORK, WORK THROUGH THAT DATA AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARTS ARE BLUE, UH, BEING IMPACTED IN THOSE TOP FIVE COMPLIANCE RATES.
OF COURSE, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO KEEP UP OUR COMPLIANCE RATE CLOSE TO 90%.
UH, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN THAT.
UM, WE ARE NOT OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A TICKET IN THE PARK.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS EDUCATED AND THEY UNDERSTAND AS TO WHAT THE RULES ARE.
AND SO, OF COURSE, OUR, UM, MARSHALLS AS WELL AS OUR ARRANGEMENTS OF HUNDRED THOUSAND EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, UH, TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THOSE VIOLATIONS, UH, ARE HERE TOO.
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SO THE BIKE METRICS.UM, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY MILES, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RIDE IN THOSE PARTICULAR MONTHS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, EVERYONE'S EXCITED ABOUT OUR INITIATIVE COMING UP IN OCTOBER AND GETTING MORE MONEY, UH, BECAUSE MORE MONEY WITH THE, UH, COUNCIL, UM, IN OUR NEW BUDGET, UH, THAT'S GONNA REALLY HELP US EXPAND THIS PROGRAM WITH MORE MARSHALS AND MORE RANGERS.
BUT OF COURSE, BIKES AND EQUIPMENT, ATVS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE REALLY GONNA WORK ON PROGRAM AND BEING ABLE TO COVER MORE PARK AREA.
WE ALREADY HAD SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO THIS.
IT'S ON PAGE 13, THE PARK SAFETY AND STRATEGY MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO REALLY WORK ON ENGAGEMENT.
'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE CANNOT POLICE OUR WAY, UH, TO, UH, AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS, THAT IS TOLD TO SAY WE HAVE TO ENGAGE.
GRAYSON FOR RECOGNIZING THE TEAM AND HOW, UM, THE TEAM RESPONDED, UH, AS WELL AS FACILITY SERVICES, MAKING SURE THOSE LIGHTS WERE INSTALLED.
THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY REACHED OUT TO US AND
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS WANT.
WE WANT OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR PATRONS TO KNOW WE ARE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP, AND WE'RE GONNA ENGAGE WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY THE EYES AND EARS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE
WE CONTINUE, OUR, OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO, TO BE OUT IN THE FIELD, UH, NOT ONLY WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT PRECINCTS AND HAVE THOSE MEETINGS WITH PARK BOARD MEMBERS, UH, BUT ALSO GOING TO, UH, MEETINGS WITH NEXT SLIDE.
WE CAN GO TO PAGE 15, THE MARSHALL METRICS.
AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU WANNA ASK THE SERGEANT IN REGARDS TO PARTICIPANTS, THEIR METRICS, UH, FOR SURE, UH, STAFF LEVELS CHANGE.
SO SEE THE VARIETIES AS FAR AS, UH, THE LEVEL OF VISITS, UH, FOR THE MARSHALS,
SO YOU'LL ALWAYS SEE THEIR TOP IN FRACTIONS AS WELL, UH, BY MONTH.
AND, UH, THEY DO A LOT OF ALCOHOL, PARKING VIOLATIONS, SMOKING.
UH, THEY REALLY HELP US WITH THOSE ENCAMPMENTS.
UH, HAVING OUR OWN STAFF, UH, HAVING OUR MARSHALS WITH OUR TEAM HAS REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.
WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH THE, THE POPULATION AND IT'S UNSHELTERED AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO MEET.
AND, BUT HAVING ACCESS WITH THE MARSHALS WHERE THEY'RE OUT WITH OUR STAFF, AS WE CLEAN UP CAMPS, AS WE HAVE TO APPROACH NEW CAMPS, UH, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE TO ASSIST, ASSIST THAT, AND ENSURING THAT, THAT WE GET MORE NUMBERS AS FAR AS THE MODULE.
IT, IT REALLY HELPS WITH STAFF SAFETY, UH, AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PART.
UM, DEFINITELY THE SERGEANT CAN SPEAK TO THOSE, BUT OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO, UM, ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THESE SUITES THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE CONTINUED, UH, VIOLATIONS.
AND SO THE MARCOS, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT YOU HAVE A STRATEGY WHERE THEY COME IN AND THEY PROVIDE THOSE S UH, IMPROVE THE, UH,
YOU'LL NOW SEE THE METRICS AS IT RELATES TO CITATIONS AND ARREST FORCE.
I LET THE DEFINITELY MARK SPEAK TO THIS, BUT AS WE KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GONE IN PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE HAD CONTINUE VIOLATIONS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, MAKE SURE THAT FAMILIES ARE TO PARK SAFELY.
SO WITH THOSE, WE'VE SEEN A DECREASE.
UM, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE TOLD US ABOUT, UH, AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE OFF THE PARK AS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, IT REALLY HELPS US TO MAKE SURE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES ARE, UH, GOING ON ON THE PARK.
SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THOSE.
UM, ON THOSE INSTANCES, PAGE 19, UM, YOU CAN SEE THEIR ARREST PAGE AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS DATA AT YOUR LEISURE, GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU.
SO THIS
AND SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO ASK US TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN PARK AFTER NINE O'CLOCK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, PARK HOURS.
SO ONE INITIATIVE THAT CAN REALLY POSITION US TO DEAL WITH HOURS AFTER THE PARK IS CLOSED.
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WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A SHIFT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THOSE PROBLEMS THAT HAPPEN IN THE PARKS OVERNIGHT.THAT'S GONNA A WHOLE NEW LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT SHOULD BE GOING ON.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO TARGET PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE WE KNOW, UH, THERE ARE CHALLENGES.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO REALLY LEVERAGE OUR PROGRAM AND OUR SECURITY AND OUR PARKS GETTING THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY OUT OF OUR PARK SITES.
UH, SO I'M REALLY EXCITED, UH, DEFINITELY ABOUT THAT.
ON PAGE 23, UH, HOLIDAY, UH, WEEKENDS, STRATEGY STRATEGIES.
EVERY HOLIDAY, THE MARSHALLS RANGERS, THEY PUT TOGETHER OPERATIONS PLAN.
SO WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE IN THE PARKS.
WE ARE ABLE TO GET OTHER MODELS TO COME IN AND CREATE THAT STRATEGY AS TO HOW WE'RE GONNA COVER THE PARK SYSTEM.
WE HAVE HISTORICAL DATA THAT TELLS US THESE OTHER PARKS THAT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGES, UH, AND SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO PATROL.
SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
I CAN SEE HAS, WE'RE TRENDING DOWN.
UH, SO ALL THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD LESS AND LESS, LESS MAJOR INCIDENTS, UH, DURING THESE HOLIDAYS.
AND I KNOW THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE STATE STILL BEING PREPARED.
US HAVING, UH, BOARD DEPUTIES OUT.
IT'S REALLY BEEN, UH, REALLY GOOD FOR OUR HOLIDAYS FOR THE PURPOSE.
AND YOU CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THOSE PARTICULAR HOLIDAYS AND FEED THE DATA FROM THAT
AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE.
YOU ALL SEE THE MARSHALS OUT THERE FOR ALL THE OPENINGS.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY HELPED IN LEVERAGE OUR ENGAGEMENT, OUR BRANCHING OUT EVENTS.
UM, WE, UM, THE CPCS, THE KEEP STOP, UH, SOUTHERN DALLAS IS BEAUTIFUL.
UH, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS, UH, OVER THE SUMMER AND, UM, THE MARSHALS AND, UM, THE RANGERS ARE ALWAYS THERE.
BUT THIS IS JUST A LIST OF ACTIVITIES.
WE WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT OUR, OUR RANGERS AND OUR MARSHALS, UH, ARE ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, MARSHALS AND RAVENS ARE THEY SAFE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO, THEY'RE ALSO THERE TO ENGAGE WITH.
UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH HAVING, SEEING THE MARSHALS AND THE OUT, UH, AT ALL OF THOSE EVENTS.
KEEPING, UM, LOGISTICS, WORKING WITH THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
SO I KIND OF WENT THROUGH KIND OF QUICKLY, HOPEFULLY NOT TOO FAST.
UM, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO GET TO THIS PART.
UH, I, I REALLY WANTED TO WANNA SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, SERGEANT.
UH, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY WORK WITH HIM OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND I AM JUST IMPRESSED, UM, AS TO THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT HE PROVIDES.
WE ARE IN SAFE HANDS, UH, 'CAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN HAS BEEN SO COMMITTED, OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, HE'S BEEN SO ENGAGED WITH THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
HE'S HELPED US WITH STRATEGIES.
HE'S LED US AND HE HAS THE RIGHT, THE, THE NEEDS AS WELL AS RIGHT POSITION AS TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO, THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND I WAS JUST, UH, UM, LETTING THEM BOTH KNOW, UM, THAT THE MARSHALS, WHO THEY ARE IN OUR PARK SYSTEM BENEFIT TO, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PARK AFRAID OF, YOU KNOW, THE MARSHALS.
WE WANT, UH, THEY EXPERIENCE, HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ALS, JUST LIKE WITH THE RANGERS.
SO THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW PARK PINGS.
AND SO WE'RE JUST SO APPRECIATIVE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZED HIM, UH, AT, AT THIS LEVEL BECAUSE HE'S BEEN HERE AND ALL, YOU KNOW.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT HIM TO KIND OF INTRODUCE, TALK, TALK ABOUT HIMSELF AND WHAT'S BEEN ABLE TALK.
IT'S, IT'S A PLEASURE CALLING TO MEET EVERYONE.
I'VE MET A LOT OF YOU HERE AND THERE THROUGHOUT THE PARK IN SOME OF THE SIMILAR EVENTS.
BUT REALLY BRIEFLY ABOUT ME, I'M SERGEANT SNELLS, UH, WITH THE DALLAS MARSHALL OFFICE OVER THE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
UH, I HAVE 15 YEARS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE IN ONE MORE DAY WILL BE 15 YEARS.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE MARK'S OFFICE FOR EIGHT.
UM, UH, BEFORE I CAME HERE, I WAS IN THE DRUG, UH, INTERDICTION, D W I UNIT.
SO WHEN I CAME TO THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, I BROUGHT A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE WITH ME.
AND COMING HERE, I WAS TOLD A LONG TIME AGO, AND I'LL KEEP THIS REALLY SHORT, MAN, OKAY, TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN? I SOLD, TOLD HIM THE SAME THING I'M DOING NOW.
SIT INSIDE THE HIGHWAY WRITING TICKETS, AND THAT WAS IT.
WELL, I WAS YOUNG AND DIDN'T HAVE ANY MUCH KNOWLEDGE IN THE FUTURISTIC OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO I CAME TO THE VERSION TOMORROW TO BEING A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.
BECAME FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AT TO MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
MY FIRST TWO MONTHS HERE, WHILE IN TRAINING, I WAS SENT TO F T L SCHOOL, UM, LIKE CAME, GOT MY RECRUITS AND OFF THE MAJORITY OF 'EM THAT SENT, WENT OFF TO BRANCH OFF TO OTHER AGENCIES WHERE THEY HAD 'EM.
SO BLOSSOM AND BLOOMED AND TOOK GREAT OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS FOUND, WHICH WAS A GREAT FEELING TO, TO SEE LIKE YOUR KIDS GROW
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UP AND GET BIGGER.UM, I WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT, UH, DECEMBER OF 2021.
UM, AND I WAS, UH, RENTED OVER TO THE PARK UNIT BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
UM, I WAS TASKED WITH, UH, TURNING THE PATH OF THE PARK UNIT WHERE IT'S GONNA GO BUILD A UNITY WITHIN THE UNIT ITSELF.
AND FOR WHICH WE'VE DONE WITH MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, I'VE GIVEN TO OUR DEPUTIES, OUR L FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, UH, AND WITHIN THE UNIT ITSELF.
AND EVERYONE IN THE PARTS UNIT BUILD LEADERS.
SO WE HAVE JUST DEPUTIES WORKING.
WE HAVE THEM WHO HAVE GOALS SET FOR THEMSELVES.
I WAS TOLD TO ME WITH MY PARENTS AND MY OLD F T O WITH YOUR FIVE-YEAR PLAN, I'M GIVING THEM THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR FIVE YEAR PLAN IS, BUT I DO.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED, INTERACTIONS, UH, A LOT OF THE PROGRESSIVENESS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PARK, THE SAFETY, THE CHANGE YOU'VE SEEN IS SOME OF THE PARKS WHERE THEY WERE CHALLENGING.
I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THE ABUNDANCE OF CHANGES THAT HAS COME BECAUSE OF GREAT LEADERSHIP AND GREAT CAMARADERIE WITH EVERYONE, AND WORKING AS A BIG TEAM EFFORT WITH THE CITY AND OTHER STAFF, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE RANGERS.
UM, BEING A, BEING A RESIDENT OF CITY DALLAS, WHEN GROVE, WHEN I WAS A KID, UH, PLEASANT GROVE AREA, UH, THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF PLEASANT GROVE THAT WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO WHEN WERE KIDS.
BUT NOW, LO AND BEHOLD, I'M GOING TO PARKS WHERE I SEE GRANDPARENTS AND CHILDREN GOING TO.
SO THAT IN ITSELF IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
YOU CAN'T GIVE OR SEE ANYTHING OTHER, EXCUSE ME FOR GETTING SOFT.
THIS, BECAUSE IT'S SO, IT'S SO MOVING TO HEAR, TO SEE A GRANDPARENT AND A CHILD IN A PARK WHERE ONCE WAS SATURATED WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND A BUNCH OF GOOD ACTIVITIES NOW TO WHERE THEY TELL US, THANK YOU,
BUT IT'S A FLOURISHING MOMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOO, WITH ALL THE OTHER PARTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE OVER ONE MAIN PARTS, UH, HUNDRED MILES OF TRAIL.
GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF THIS, BUT I KNOW NOW THAT WE CAN'T EAT THE WHOLE APPLE AT ONCE.
SO OVER THE YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE BEEN IN THE PARK UNIT, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH.
AND IT'S A GREAT FEELING TO HAVE WITH WHAT SO LITTLE WE'VE HAD TO WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, SOME OF OUR BIG ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD NOW IS TREATING THESE DEPUTIES TO BECOME LEADERS AND TO DO MORE OF AN INVESTIGATIVE STANDPOINT WITHIN PARKS UNIT ITSELF.
OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO MAKE PARKS UNIT ITSELF ITS OWN SELF-SUFFICIENT, UH, UNIT WITHIN ITSELF WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO WORK
WE'RE NOT THERE TO WRITE EVERYBODY A TICKET, NOT THERE TO TAKE EVERYBODY IN JAIL.
THAT'S, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE OUR PARK SAFE.
IF YOU HAVE TO WRITE A CITATION, SO BE IT, ET CETERA.
BUT THE GOAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IN THE PARKING IS TO EDUCATE EVERYONE AND MAKE OUR PARK SAFE AND TO BE A SELF-SUFFICIENT UNIT.
SO WITHIN THE UNIT ITSELF, I KNOW WE'RE GROWING AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS WAY END OF WHAT OUR STAFF LEVELS ARE.
I KNOW WE'RE TAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE CAN CHEW, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
UM, WITH OUR BRANCH GROWING, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD AND MUCH NEEDED.
UH, OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO HAVE, UH, DETECTIVES WITHIN IN OUR UNIT.
BEFORE I PROMOTED A SERGEANT, I WAS A DETECTIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT HERE AT THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UH, WITH THE CASES HERE, I FILED OVER 350 CASES AND HAVE LOST NONE, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF MY TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND PLUS THE TRAINING I GOT FROM DETECTIVES THAT WERE HERE PRIOR TO ME AT THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
UH, SO I IN TURN AND TELL THAT UNTIL THERE ARE DEPUTIES.
SO WE'RE WANTING TO GROW, UH, OUR OWN MEETING WITH INSIDE TO HAVE DETECTIVES TO HAVE MORE LEADERS AND SERGEANTS, LIEUTENANTS AND CHIEFS AND ET CETERA.
UH, ALSO, UH, TO INTERACT WITH NARCOTICS USAGE, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF NARCOTICS, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS.
UH, THANKFULLY WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH D P D NEXT WEEK TO WHERE ALL THE SERGEANTS AND FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE GOING TO, UH, DRUG, UM, TESTING SCHOOLS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THE RESOURCES, TAKE AWAY FROM D P D TO DO STUFF WE CAN DO OURSELVES TO BE MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
UM, OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS, UM, DOING INTEL OPERATIONS.
I KNOW A FEW OF YOU HAVE SENT OVER SOME INTEL THAT YOU'VE COME ACROSS OR YOU WERE GIVEN TO ABOUT SOME UN PERMITTED EVENTS OR ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE OR WHATNOT.
UH, BUT THINGS ARE DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, WITH OUR DEPUTIES AND MYSELF ALIKE, WE WERE ABLE TO DEBUNK A LOT OF ILLEGAL EVENTS AND UN PERMITTED EVENTS THAT WERE TO TAKE PLACE.
I HAVE SOME FLYERS HERE, AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
AND FORGIVE ME, UH, MY PRINTER DIDN'T PRINT OUT THE WAY I WANTED IT TO, BUT I'M GONNA PRINT OUT TO BOTH SIDES IF I CAN.
AND A COUPLE OF THESE ARE JUST MOST RECENT, UH, MOST RECENT EVENTS WE'VE HAD OVER THE SUMMER.
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A FLYER THAT CAME OUT OVER TO MEETING EARLY, EARLY SPRING ABOUT EVENTS THAT ARE GONNA OCCUR AT OUR PARKS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER.BUT THROUGH EFFORTS AND DPS EFFORTS WILL, UH, WE, WE PAIR A LOT WITH THEIR DDS FUSION AND SOME OF THEIR INTEL UNITS TO GET INFORMATION AND SO FORTH.
SO WE SHOULD, WE COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND GET INFORMATION.
BUT ONE OF THE, UH, SPEARHEADS OF THIS GROUP WHO HAS SUMMER ACTIVITIES ALL SUMMER LONG THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CURTAIL, BUT WE COULDN'T IDENTIFY WHO IT WAS.
I'D RATHER GET TO THE SOURCE, FIND IT AND BE DONE.
IT'S NEVER BEFORE IT GETS ANY FURTHER.
SO RATHER BE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.
AND THAT'S HOW THE PARK UNIT OPERATE, WHERE WE'RE MORE PROACTIVE VERSUS REACTIVE.
BUT THANKS TO GOOD EFFORTS, WE WERE ABLE TO FINALLY, UH, LOCATE THE PROMOTER OF THESE EVENTS.
FIND OUT HIS NAME, BIRTHDAY, HIS WHOLE HOUSE, ALL NINE YARDS.
I GET A PHONE CALL ONE SATURDAY MORNING ON THE MOST RECENT EVENT, SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE AT LAKE FIVE NUMBER.
UM, HE CALLED ME, HE GOES, WHAT'S GOING ON? HE HAD THIS EVENT, YADA, YADA, YADA.
UH, HE GOES, HOW'D YOU KNOW MY NAME? I GO, WE OVER THE MARSHALL'S OFFICE.
SO THAT, SO AS A COURTESY TO YOU, AND I TOLD HIM THIS THING, I GOES, AS A COURTESY TO YOU, I'M COMING OUT TO YOU FIRST TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE A
THEY'RE COMING TO YOU ADDRESS STRAIGHT UNDER THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
HE GOES, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE IT, BUT HE MIGHT WANNA LOOK AT THIS GUY.
HE MAY PUSH IT FURTHER THAN ME, BUT I'M OUT
SO WE WENT TO LANA'S NORTH, UH, SET UP AN OPERATION WITH THE DEPUTIES FOR THE EVENING SHIFT.
HAD A COUPLE OF RESERVATIONS THAT WERE PERMITTED.
THE FAMILY REUNION, BIRTHDAY PARTY, GO OVER TO THE POOL SITE.
LO AND BEHOLD, A SMALL ENTOURAGE RIGHT BY THE POOL ABOUT TO GET IT.
SO, AND THANKFULLY, SOME OF THE DEPUTIES WITH YOUR RESEARCH CAPABILITIES STUFF, THEY ON LOCATED THEM, FOUND HIS INFORMATION, FOUND HIS NAME.
SO, WALKED OVER TO HIM, CALLED HIM BY HIS NAME.
HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE, WHAT? KIDDING? I GO, HEY, HERE.
SO LONG STORY SHORT, IN A NUTSHELL, HE CAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND MADE A SMALL
UH, BUT HE MADE A VIDEO, IT WENT VIRAL, AND IT GOT QUITE A FEW VIEWS.
NOTHING DEROGATORY, NOTHING BAD TOWARDS MARTHA'S OFFICE, BUT LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE MARTHA'S OFFICE ARE OVER ALL 400 PLUS PARKS.
THEY CANNOT, CANNOT HAVE THIS EVENT.
HE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE DID.
IT'S HIM SAYING IT'S NOTHING THAT WE DID.
THEY KNOW OUR NAMES, THEY KNOW OUR ADDRESSES.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO.
SO I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THIS EVENT CAN'T HAPPEN.
THE VIDEO ITSELF GAVE ME CHILLS OF CONFIDENCE.
UM, SO RETIREMENT EFFORTS, IT DOESN'T JUST STOP THERE.
SO THEY MONITOR THE POSTS, GET SOME MORE COMMENTS.
WELL, THANKFULLY, THE SECOND WATCH DEPUTIES IN THE EVENING TIME, WE GOT THE INTEL.
BEHOLD, THEY'RE ABOUT TO START TWO, THEY NEED BUNK DEAD.
NEED TO SAY THE EVENT DID NOT TAKE PLACE AT ALL.
UH, THERE WAS ONE PART, UM, IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, OFF OF CANADA, UM, WHERE WE WENT TO THE SUSPECT'S RESIDENCE AND SPOKE WITH HER.
UH, THIS EVENT WAS GONNA BE FULL OUT CONCERT DJ, HORSE RIDING EVENT, UN PERMITTED.
UH, WE SPOKE WITH THE MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER.
IT WAS TO TAKE PLACE THAT VERY NEXT SATURDAY.
AND THEY HAD PAID DJ FOOD VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS ALL ALIKE.
WE DEBUNKED EVERYTHING WE WERE IN COMMUNICATION, SCENE, SCENE, UH, PROFESSIONALISM I GAVE WITH THIS GENTLEMAN HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HIM UP AS A COURTESY.
NOW, THEY CALLED ME AT LEAST 15 TIMES.
WHAT ABOUT IF THEY HAD WITH MY HOUSE? SO FORTH AND SO FORTH.
IT'S OUT OUR, AROUND THIS MILL PARKS.
SO THAT'S JUST A SMALL TIDBIT OF WHAT THE PARKS UNIT HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS, THIS SUMMER ALONE.
UM, I KNOW TOWARDS THE END OF THE, TOWARDS THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEMESTER ISSUES, WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH, UH, JUVENILES IN SOME OF OUR PARKS.
UH, ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF TIVITY.
WE'VE HAD SOME STUDENTS GET INJURED WITH FIREARMS AND SOME OF THE PARKS, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID AND BEING TOLD WE WERE
SO WE STEPPED UP OUR EFFORTS, UH, FOR THE PARK, FOR THE SCHOOLS, AND SOME OF OUR HOT PARKS AREAS SUCH AS SOUTH OF CLIFF, RENAISSANCE, WILLIS WINTERS AND LAKE ISLANDS NORTH, JUST TO NAME A, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
AND WE STEPPED UP EFFORTS FOR AFTER SCHOOL HOURS WHEN SCHOOL LETS OUT NOW AT THIS CURRENT MOMENT, WE'RE ALREADY DONE NOW, BUT WE COME IN EARLY THIS WEEK, PROBABLY EARLY NEXT WEEK, JUST TO CURTAIL SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD GO ON TO STOP AND CONTINUE TO
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BUILD WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST SCHOOL SEASON.UH, SO FAR WE HAVE HAD NOT HAD ANY ISSUES FOR INCIDENTS AT THE END OF THE PARKS OR
UM, WE WERE APPLAUDED BY D I S D P D AND OF COURSE D P D IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS FOR HELPING THEM FULFILL ANY ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
THAT HAS NORMALLY BEEN A NORMAL TREND.
NOT THIS YEAR, NOT ON OUR WATCH.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
UM, OUR STAFFING LEVELS, THANKFULLY HAVE REACHED WHERE WE ARE NOW, FULL STAFF OF 12.
UH, OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, MAJORITY OF PORT MARSHAL'S OFFICE, ARE IN A PARKS UNIT.
UM, THEY ARE IN A ELITE BUNCH, UH, TO BECOME AN F T O A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, WHICH I WAS, UH, FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND I ACCOMPLISHED SO MUCH TO LEARN SO MUCH, IS WE WERE ABLE TO HANDPICK A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD LEADERS WITHIN THESE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS.
UH, FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, TAKE ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO TRAIN BRAND NEW PEOPLE STRAIGHT OUT OF THE ACADEMY.
I'LL INTRODUCE MY LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT LES HERE IN A SECOND.
UH, HE IS ALSO AN INSTRUCTOR FOR THE D C C D POLICE ACADEMY.
RECRUITED, UH, A BUNCH OF BRAND NEW CADETS TO BECOME, UH, DEPUTY MARSHALLS AND THEM TOO, HAVE ALSO SEEN THE CHANGES THAT THE MARSHALS HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE TO BE A BIG PART OF OUR FOUNDING ORGANIZATION.
BUT THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS TAKE ON A WIDE VARIETY OF DUTIES.
SO DUTIES THEY TAKE ON THE VICARIOUS LIABILITIES OF TRAINING THESE DEPUTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE DEPUTIES FOR SEVEN YEARS.
IF THIS DEPUTY MISSES UP ANY TIME MOVING FORWARD, NEXT SEVEN YEARS PLAN, SEVEN YEARS SPAN, THAT FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, HE OR SHE BE AS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF WEIGHT THAT ONE PERSON CAN CARRY ALONG WITH THEIR NORMAL DUTIES SO FORTH.
SO FOR THESE UNIQUE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TRAIN THESE NEW PEOPLE TO HELP BUILD, ACCOMPLISH, WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY STRIVE TO DO IS GONNA BE GREAT LEADERS IN THEM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE GOING ON A GREAT PATH FOR WHAT WE HAVE A GREAT, UH, COMPANIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE.
WE WORK WELL WITH EVERYONE AND THE RANGERS IS A HUGE, HUGE TOOL TO OUR ADVANTAGE.
AND VICE VERSA, UH, THEY ARE OUR EYES AND EARS WE'RE NOT AROUND AND VICE VERSA WITH US AND THEM.
UM, AND THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME, I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT BADGERING TOO MUCH.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY NEW, UH, SORRY, MEETING LIEUTENANT, LIEUTENANT MICHAEL BALES.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, MICHAEL BALES.
I'M, UH, JUST STARTED WITH THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.
I SPENT 30 YEARS, FOUR MONTHS WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, DID A LOT OF UNDERCOVER STUFF.
I WAS THE, THE, I WAS THE SERGEANT, UH, OF THE DEFENSIVE TACTICS AT THE CABINET, FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
SO I'M A USE OF FORCE, UM, AND DRIVING EXPERT ALSO.
BUT I'M HERE AT THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO TRY TO HELP, UH, BUILD IT.
UH, I'M OVER FIELD OPERATIONS, SO I'LL BE OVER THE PARKS UNIT, UH, OFFICE OF THE, UH, HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND E C U.
I'LL BE MAKING MEETINGS AND I HAVE A LOT TO LEARN.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, PRESENT.
OFFICER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
UM, I HOPE, I HOPE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON, ON DOING THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW THE RULES SOMETIMES.
AND AGAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO FREE YOU UP TO DO MORE OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND ALSO, NOW I'LL TOUCH ON THAT REALLY QUICK.
UH, MARSHALL'S HAD THE FACEBOOK PAGE, AND THEN I WISH WE TRIED TO REPORT TO EVERYONE AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT'S ON THERE, SOME OF THE DEPUTIES AND SOME OF THE ADMIN ACTUALLY, UH, WE'LL TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE THAT WE'RE ON AND PUT, FOR EXAMPLE, CITY ORDINANCES 32 DASH A FOR PARKING VIOLATION.
I KNOW PARKING IS A HUGE ISSUE.
NOW, TOUCHING THAT REALLY QUICK, IN TIMBERLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN DISTRICT SIX, UH, WE'VE IMPOUNDED AT LEAST, AT LEAST 10 VEHICLES, WHICH IS BY ALONE FOR OVER THAT PARKING.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL TAKE THE, THEY'LL TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SCENE AND PUT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OF ORDINANCE IN THE VIOLATION AND TO HOPE TO EDUCATE OTHERS IN THAT ASPECT AS WELL.
WE'VE GOT SOME DIRECT MESSAGES, YOU KNOW, THANKING FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE, YOU DO IT AGAIN,
IT'S UPHILL BATTLEMENT WE CHALLENGES.
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VERY MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL BRIEFING.UM, DEFINITELY THIS, WE'RE MAKING UP A LOT OF STRIDES AND THAT'S GREAT TO SEE.
UM, A COUPLE QUESTIONS, UM, IN REGARDS TO, I, I KNOW WHEN YOU SAY PARKS, WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT TRAILS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO DOGS OFF LEASHES AND TRAILS.
I KNOW WE GOT ALL, GOT THE EMAIL RECENTLY FROM SOMEBODY WHO SAID THAT IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE'S, THEY'RE STILL HAVING DOGS OFF AND TRAILS.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT DISTRICT IT IS.
UM, I THINK IT CAME EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT.
UM, WITH THE EVENTS, UM, THAT ARE HAPPENING, I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT PAGE IT IS.
SPECIAL EVENTS, NO, NOT SPECIAL EVENTS.
NO GRAND PARK, UM, IT SAYS THAT THERE'S SOME VIOLATIONS.
UM, AND WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY WHO APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR AN EVENT, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT, BECAUSE THE VIOLATION RECORD, UM, THAT LAST MINUTE TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T HAVE THE EVENT AND THAT THEY HAD ALREADY SCHEDULED EVERYTHING.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S FLUID COMMUNICATION.
IF THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING FOR PERMITS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD RECORD, OR THERE SHOULD BE SOME THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE BEFORE THEY GET APPROVAL, THAT THERE IS THAT COHESIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOU GUYS, THEM AND WHO'S EVER INITIATING THE PERMITS.
UM, SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD.
UM, 'CAUSE A COUPLE OF US IN THE PARK BOARD REACHED OUT.
THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DID ALL THIS KIND OF SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS? AND I GUESS I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T BE AWARE OF EVERYTHING, BUT NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENED, UM, JUST TO BE MORE, YOU KNOW, OH, PERCEPTIVE ON THE SITUATION.
AND AFTER THAT, AFTER THAT INCIDENT, UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF SPARKED EVERYTHING WITH US DISCUSSING WITH PRESERVATION.
WE WE'RE NOW IN COMMUNICATION WITH RESERVATIONS AND TRY TO GET A FLUID, UH, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH US AND THEM.
UH, WE'VE COME ACROSS MANY EVENTS THAT WE'RE PERMITTED OR NOT PERMITTED.
UM, SO WE FINALLY SPOKE WITH RESERVATIONS, AND I THINK NOW WE'RE ON A GREAT PATH TO OPEN DIALOGUE AND COMMUNICATIONS WHERE EVERYBODY'S IN THE LOOP OF EVERYTHING FROM BEGINNING STAGES TO THE ENDING STAGES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO ALSO INCLUDE IF THAT, UH, ORGANIZATION OR GROUP OR WHATNOT, WE'LL BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK, UH, FAITHFULLY WITH JEREMY, UH, WORKING EFFORTS WITH THE, UH, THE BANK OF SOME, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SPORT LEAGUE, UH, VIOLATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH SMOKING AND ALCOHOL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
I KNOW WITH SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, IT'S MY LEAGUE, BUT IT'S NOT MY, MY, YOU KNOW, MY STAFF WHO'S DOING IT.
IT'S THE TEAMS, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
I KNOW THAT THERE COULD BE KINDA A CONVOLUTED LINE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, BUT ALL IN ALL, THAT PERSON WHO'S RUNNING IT IS RESPONSIBLE.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY ABOVE EVERYTHING.
ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING.
SO IF WE'RE HELD TO A HIGHER, YOU KNOW, ASPECT, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR ACTIONS VERSUS WHO SIGNING THEIR NAME BY THE X SAYING, HEY, I'M TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY.
I DON'T CARE WHAT THE JARGON SAYS ON PAGE 20 CARE, THEN THAT FALLS ON THEM.
SO, UM, I THINK WITH THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE NOW WITH RESERVATIONS AND EVERYTHING, I THINK NOW WE'RE ON A, WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH.
I, I MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ELEVATING IT TO THIS, THIS PLACE, BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IS IF WE HAD ANYTHING HAPPEN IN OUR POOLS THIS SUMMER, UM, ON THIS.
AND I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD A SMOOTH SUMMER WITH THIS, WITH THAT, JIM, SPEAK TO THAT.
UH, ACTUALLY, YES, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY SMOOTH.
UH, I SPEAK WITH RAUL QUITE OFTEN WITH AQUATICS AND GREAT.
THE FIRST WEEKEND WE HAD A COUPLE INCIDENTS, SINGLE GRAND MINOR.
BUT AFTER THAT
AND FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER SO FAR IT'S BEEN A PRETTY SMOOTH SAIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF Y'ALL'S DILIGENCE AND HARD WORK.
MAKING IT A POSITIVE AS OPPOSED TO A NEGATIVE YES.
AS A TEACHING MOMENT AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT.
UM, RENEE AND EVERYBODY, UM, I PROBABLY TEXT RENEE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEKEND, IF NOT QUITE, ASK FOR MARSHALLS.
UM, AND IT'S ALWAYS FRENZY ON OUR PARK, UM, TAKE ACROSS THE STREET KIND OF THING.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS RESPONDING, UM, AND SHOWING UP.
YOU'VE BEEN JUST DRIVING THROUGH HELPS.
SO THE CALLS HAVE GOTTEN LESS AND LESS OVER THE YEARS, I THINK, RENEE.
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OKAY.UM, THANK YOU FOR JEREMY AND YOUR STAFF.
UM, FOR, UM, THE RESPONSE WHEN WE DID HAVE THE MURDER AT, UM, WILLIE MA BUTLER AND LARRY JOHNSON, UM, REC CENTER, UM, I THINK WITHIN A WEEK, UM, YOU GUYS MADE IT A PRIORITY TO HAVE THAT PLACE LIT UP.
LIKE, LIKE MY, MY ASK UP TO YOU WAS LIGHT IT UP SO THEY DIDN'T COMPLAIN THAT IT'S TOO LIGHT.
I DON'T, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMPLAINTS YET, BUT, UM, THAT WAS MY REQUEST TO YOU IS TO LIGHT IT UP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DIAL IT BACK IF WE HAVE TO, BUT, UM, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY IS THANKFUL THAT IT'S SO THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT I RECOGNIZE CHRIS NOWHERE AND HER STAFF AND FACILITY SERVICES BECAUSE WE WORKED WITH THEM AND THEY GOT IT DONE.
SO WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THEIR QUICK ARMY WORKS UNDER THAT'S, I'M SORRY.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY PARKS
UM, JUST IN GENERAL, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE HAVE TO, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, SOME INCIDENTS AND WE PUT SOME CAMERAS AT EVERGLADE THAT HELPED.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING THOSE AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT, DO WE ACTUALLY RECORD WITH THOSE? DO WE KNOW, UM, THAT THAT SYSTEM THAT THEY DROVE AROUND, DOES THAT ACTUALLY RECORD? YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE D P D.
SO THEY, THEY DO RECORD THE QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK THAT THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT DETERRENT AND I THINK WE COULD MOVE THAT AROUND, MAYBE EVEN THE BUILDER DONE.
UM, WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE THAT FROM ONE OF MY PARTS TO ANOTHER ONE OF MY PARTS AND THEN SHOW WITH ANOTHER FOLKS.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SERVICE AND HELPING US.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON, ON THE BIKES WITH RANGERS AND MARSHALLS.
WHAT'S THE LATEST UPDATE ON THE EITHER ELECTRIC OR TRAINING FOR NEW OR WHAT, JUST WHAT DO WE HAVE, UH, AND WHAT'S COMING WITH BIKES? SO AS FAR AS THE MARSHALS, UH, WE'RE GONNA START TRAINING.
THERE'S GONNA BE IN THE EARLY FALL, UH, WITH THE RECRUITS AND TRAINING NOW, WHICH WILL BE THE FIRST BATCH TO GO.
UM, THEY SHOULD BE, HOPEFULLY WE'RE GONNA GET WITH OUR, UM, OUR TRAINING COORDINATOR HOPEFUL BEFORE THE SHIFT TODAY.
UH, HE'S IN THE MEETING THIS MORNING AS WELL AND GET THAT COORDINATED AS WELL.
UH, WHEN THE RECRUITS SHOULD BE DONE WITH
AND IS IT TWO BIKES OR FOUR BIKES? FOUR BIKES.
SO THE RANGERS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO HOW WE ARE, WE HAVE, WE CERTIFIED ANY NEW RANGERS THAT WE HIRE ON.
WE'LL, WELL, SO WE'LL HAVE WORK AND RANGERS, WE HAVE RANGER BIKES ALSO.
TWO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIX BIKES, BUT WE SIX BIKES.
WE, WE PUT THEM OUT TWO AT A TIME FOR WEEKS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE TARC ROTATION AS WELL.
BUT AS OUR RANGER PROGRAM GROWS AND WE START TO GROW WITH STAFF, WE'LL DEFINITELY START TO HAVE MORE BOXES.
UM, THEN, UM, VENDORS VENDING, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON A VENDING POLICY TO KIND OF NUANCED AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON A WHILE, BUT I KNOW THE VENDING POPS UP A LOT AT BACHMAN ESPECIALLY.
UH, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE AT BACHMAN.
YOU'VE CALM PROBABLY WAY, EVEN THOUGH THE STATISTICS DON'T SEEM LIKE THAT'S INCREASED ENFORCEMENT HAS HAD.
I THINK YOU GOT A HIP ON THAT.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S SUCKED, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT BEFORE.
UM, BUT, UM, JUST TO ASK STAFF IF YOU COULD SOMEHOW, 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE DISCUSSED THE VENDING POLICY AND I THINK IT WE'RE LOOKING AT, 'CAUSE I KNOW AT
AND JUST IF WE COULD GO IN ON THE POLICY, UH, THAT THAT'LL BE GREAT.
AND THEN FINAL THING IS THAT YESTERDAY I WAS WALKING IN EAST DALLAS AND I WALKED BY WOODROW AS SCHOOL WAS STARTING, I SAW THE MARSHALL'S CAR AND I WAS LIKE, OH, I WONDER IF THOSE ARE PARK MARSHALS.
IT WAS WILLIS WINTERSON, I GUESS THEY WERE.
THAT, THAT WAS PART OF THE, UH, THE INITIATIVE TO CURTAIL THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOT SPOTS FOR THEM.
WELL, THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE NOTICEABLE
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GOT UP AND I SAID, GOD, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET UP SO I CAN GET TO THE PARK.UH, THIS BOARD IS, I, I I'M SO ECSTATIC.
UH, IT'S THE BEST BOARD I THINK, IN THE COUNTRY.
THE STAFF, OUR LEADERSHIP, UH, FROM OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO OUR ATTORNEYS.
UH, WHEN THEY COME IN THIS ROOM, IN THIS DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY'S ENTHUSED.
I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE A JOB, BUT GOING TO YOUR JOB, LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT SUPERSEDES EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE WRONG CHRIS FOR A WHILE, AND SHE'S SHOWING THAT SHE'S REALLY A TEAM MEMBER.
SO THANK YOU CHRIS, FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND RENEE, MS. RENEE, YOU ALSO, I LOOK AT SERGEANT RO AND YOU WONDER, YOU SECOND MAYOR MIRROR, YOU'RE SO ENTHUSED ABOUT WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE NOW YOU HELPING WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU GREW UP IN.
UH, YOU GOT DISTRICT GATE LOOKING GOOD.
MATTER OF FACT, A MEADOWS PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM COUNCILMAN ATKINS, HE WANTED TO GO OUT HIS BACK DOOR AND NEVER WANT TO COME OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
YOU KNOW, NOW HE'S LIKE A LITTLE KID WITH BALLOONS AND EVERYTHING.
SO AS WE SIT HERE AT STEWARDS OF THIS PARK DEPARTMENT, WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT, IT'S ABOUT THIS TOWN, IT'S ABOUT THIS LEADERSHIP FROM JOHN JENKINS TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS PRESIDENT AND
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
YOU DON'T THANK THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE US LOOK GOOD ENOUGH.
SO GOD BLESS YOU IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, I'M THERE.
UH, RENEE, JEREMY, SERGEANT CNES, YOU WELCOME.
UM, AND WHENEVER, UH, SERGEANT CTOS, WHEN YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, RENEE SAID THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME HERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCH A PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND YOU ARE, ARE SO ACCESSIBLE.
SO I ALREADY KNEW YOU AND I WAS LIKE, REALLY? HE HASN'T BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW,
UM, WHENEVER YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, GROWING UP IN PLEASANT GROVE, I GOT EMOTIONAL.
UM, I, I DIDN'T GROW UP IN PLEASANT GROVE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, HOW THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS YOU COULDN'T GO, LIKE CERTAIN PARKS.
AND I THINK HOLCOMB IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.
I MEAN, THE COMMUNITY, MCGREGOR COMMUNITY, THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE TO TURN THE COMMUNITY AROUND AND, AND, AND JOHN AND, AND HIS STAFF AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES.
I KNOW MY PREDECESSOR LOREN MINE DID A LOT OF WORK TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT PARK.
SO I KNOW, I THOUGHT I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF HOLCOMB.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH Y YOU ALL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT A SAFER PLACE.
I MEAN, THERE'S ISSUES HAPPENING AROUND RIGHT.
THE THE COMMUNITY, BUT THE PARK ITSELF IS, IS GORGEOUS AND, AND, AND IT'S ALWAYS, THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
BUT MY QUESTION, SO THAT WAS A, UM, MY QUESTION IS ALSO, UM, ON REC CENTERS, DO YOU ALL, AS FAR AS SAFETY AND REC CENTERS, THERE'S BEEN LIKE SOME CONCERNS I'VE FROM A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, CHILDREN, UH, WITH CARRYING A FIREARM LIKE NEAR A REC CENTER AND IN A PARK.
HOW, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT, HOW DO YOU ALL, HOW DO Y'ALL WORK WITH THE REC CENTERS? IS THAT, I MEAN, TO KEEP OUR, OUR KIDS SAFE? SO IF, IF, SO IN THE CITY OF JUSTICE, IT'S IN THE ORDER TO HAVE A REPLICA FIREARM, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND I'LL SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'VE LAST YEAR AND THINGS OF THIS INITIATIVE WE'RE DOING WITH THE SCHOOLS, WE'VE COME, WE'VE COME IN CONTACT, UNFORTUNATELY QUITE A FEW STUDENTS THAT HAVE REPLIC A FIREARM.
SO THANKFULLY THE CITY ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT IONS WITH THAT.
UH, NOBODY WILL, NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, THEY PROBABLY WON'T GO TO JAIL, BUT A PARENT IS CALLED AND FIREARM SEIZED, PUT IN THE PROPERTY AND WHATNOT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE, THE WAY THE STATE LAWS ARE, YOU ARE ABLE TO CARRY A FIREARM ON PARK GROUNDS, UH, UNLESS IT'S A REPLICA FIREARM.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY WITH THE FIREARM IN REC CENTER, SOMEONE FEELS UNSAFE, UH, FOR ANY REASON.
THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL US.
UH, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF A BLANKET, A BLANKET RESPONSE, BUT GIVEN THAT THE LAWS WORK YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE TO POSSESS A FIREARM IN A PARK, EVEN IF IT'S OPEN CARRY.
UM, I DON'T, IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE STUDENT, UH, SHOOTINGS AND STUFF, IT'S, IT'S JUST HARD TO HEAR.
UM, BUT IF SOMEONE FEELS UNSAFE, SEES IT IN THE OPEN AREA, THEY'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CALL US, CALL THE RANGER HOTLINE.
WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO RESPOND, ADDRESS THE ISSUES, SPEAK WITH WHOEVER THE PERSON IS CARRYING A FIREARM AND MAKE SURE ONE, THEY'RE LEGALLY TO ABLE TO CARRY IT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR IF THEY CONTACT AND ASSURE OF THAT.
UM, BUT TWO, TO CURTAIL ANY ISSUES HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE REC CENTERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE KIDS,
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KIDS CAMPS.UH, I KNOW DURING OUR DAYTIME HOURS, WE'D VISIT KIDS, UH, VISIT A SYNDICATED CAMP, UH, REC CENTERS AND SEE THE KIDS AND INTERACT WITH ON THEIR PASSING CREWS.
SO THANKFULLY WITH OUR PRESENCE, HOPEFULLY THERE IS CURTAILED, LOT OF THAT STUFF.
BUT IF THEY DO SEE IT, THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ALWAYS HAVING CALL THE RANGER HOTLINE.
UH, THE RANGERS WILL ALWAYS CONTACT THAT ONE SUPERVISOR'S ON, GIVE MYSELF THE SECOND ONE, THIRD ONE, THE SERGEANT AND MYSELF OR THE SECOND SERGEANT ON ANY DEPUTIES WILL GO MATTRESS ANY ISSUE THEY HAVE JUST TO MAKE THAT PERSON FEEL COMFORTABLE OR SAFE.
AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOTHING TO WHERE WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION TO GET SORT OF, AND IN THIS, IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT WAS A CHILD WHO SAW ANOTHER CHILD THAT HAD A FIREARM.
THEY WERE GONNA PLAY LIKE BASKETBALL AND THAT CHILD PUT THE, THE GUN LIKE IN THEIR SHIRT AND PUT IT AWAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THEY COULD PLAY AND, AND I THINK THE CHILD DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE REPORTING FOR RE YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, STUFF LIKE THAT.
YEAH, WELL THAT'S A, THAT'S A CHILD.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A CHILD UNDER CEPT.
THAT'S, THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
THAT WITNESS, THAT'S A VIOLATION.
WE CAN TAKE IT ON 9 1 1 FOR, I'LL, I'LL, THIS IS FOR EVERYONE AS WELL.
CALL 9 1 1 FIRST ABOVE ALL BECAUSE SINCE WE ARE ON THE SAME CHANNEL WITH D P D, WE RUN THROUGH SAME RADIO, SAME DISPATCH, SIMILAR REPORT.
NOTHING'S DIFFERENT AT ALL, EXCEPT OUR MAIN GOALS AND FOCUS SECTOR ON DIFFERENT
IF MYSELF OR ONE OF THE DEPUTIES ARE IN THAT PARTICULAR CHANNEL, DALLAS HAS SEVEN CHANNELS AND PLEASANT GROVE IS GONNA BE IN CHANNEL THREE.
IF WE'RE IN CHANNEL THREE HERE, QUALIFY OUT AT A PARK OR REC CENTER IN CHANNEL THREE, WE'RE TAKING PRIORITY ON IT.
IF D P D JUMPS ON IT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE PRIORITY OVER IT, WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON IT.
UM, IF WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT CHANNEL, LET'S SAY WE'RE IN CHANNEL SEVEN, UM, WHICH IS NEXT TO CHANNEL THREE, AND YOU CALL NUMBER ONE, FIRST YOU HAVE TO GET A RESPONSE.
SECONDLY, CALL THE RANGER HAW, THE RANGERS WILL CONTACT THE
AND, AND THEN I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILD THAT WAS HAD ACCESS TO LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CHILD'S LIFE.
YOU KNOW, SO HOW DO WE ADDRESS THAT AND, AND SUPPORT THAT CHILD TO NOT FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO CARE? YOU KNOW? SO I WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE OUR INVESTIGATING EFFORTS INTO PLAY.
UH, WHAT THE TRAINING THE FTLS HAVE AND THE DEPUTIES THAT ARE COMING UP NOW, THEY HAVE MORE
WE'RE ABLE TO ADAPT IF NEEDING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET SOME OTHER UNIT OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.
SO IT'S NOT JUST GONNA BE, HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
A FOLLOW UP AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, I AM SURPRISED IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
WE SEE YOU ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I, UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, MR. RICE BROUGHT UP IS, UH, SO I KNOW IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW THAT HAVE OPEN CARRY, YOU CARRY YOUR ARM IN, IN PUBLIC PARK AS LONG AS YOU'RE LEGALLY ABLE TO.
UM, BUT INSIDE OF OUR BUILDINGS, WE'RE NOT USING THE, THE, UH, 30.05 TO KEEP WEAPONS OUT AT ANY TIME.
AND WE CAN'T, CAN WE DO THAT IN OUR BUILDINGS? NO.
WE SPOKE WITH THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAME OUT WITH AS WELL BECAUSE THE WAY THE STATE LAW IS, AND THE SISTER PARK IS A PUBLIC PROPERTY OF THE ENTITY.
I MEAN, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH BAHAMA BEACH, UH, THINK LAST SUMMER.