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[ Public Safety on September 11, 2023.]
THANK YOU. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 11TH.CALLING TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
PLEASE COME TALK TO ME IF YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SUGGEST FOR A FUTURE AGENDA.
IT'S A DAY TO REMEMBER FOR THE NEARLY 3000 VICTIMS OF A TERRIBLE TERRORIST ACT.
AND HERE WE SIT IN A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PAUSE AND REMEMBER THE HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS THAT WERE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE FIREFIGHTERS AND WERE PARAMEDICS AND WHO, IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY, SACRIFICED THEIR LIFE TO HELP OTHERS.
ALL OF THEIR ACTIONS INSPIRED OUR NATION AND THE WORLD, EVEN AS WE MOURNED.
THANK YOU. OUR FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 5TH, 2020 THREE MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? FOR A SECOND. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA.
AND SO I'M GOING TO HOPEFULLY.
LET'S KEEP ON TRACK BY SORT OF MEASURING OUT SOME TIME.
THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN, THIS ITEM IS REALLY JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEWS COVERAGE AND CERTAINLY WE'VE GOTTEN SOME ALERTS THAT THE JAIL POPULATION IS EVER GROWING AND PERHAPS AT TIMES FACING A LIMITATION ON CAPACITY. AND SO I'VE ACTUALLY INVITED YOU HERE REALLY TO HELP SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT FOR US AND TELL US HOW IT'S IMPACTING THE CITY OF DALLAS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT IF WE CAN JUST START THAT, PERHAPS YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE JAIL POPULATION.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ASSEMBLED, JOHN WILEY PRICE, COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND I CHAIR JAIL, SANITATION AND JAIL POPULATION.
THOSE ARE COMMITTEES THAT WERE CREATED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.
FIRST OF ALL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS.
OF THE 254 COUNTIES, WE'RE ONE OF THOSE COUNTIES.
WE'RE AUTHORIZED FOR OVER 7200 INDIVIDUALS, AND THEY MUST MEET A CLASSIFICATION STANDARD.
WE CANNOT MIX THOSE WHO ARE MAXIMUM WITH MINIMUMS AND MEDIUMS. WE HAVE CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS.
WE ALSO HAVE STANDARDS WHEREBY FEMALES, WHEN THEY ENTER CUSTODY, CANNOT BE IN SIGHT NOR SOUND OF A MALE. AND SO WE'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL OVER THE YEARS, HAVING BEEN ON THE COURT FOR THE LAST 38 YEARS, I'VE ONLY DONE ONE CONTRACT FOR CUSTODY HOUSING OUTSIDE OF DALLAS COUNTY, AND WE'VE NEVER HAD TO UTILIZE THAT, UNLIKE SOME OF OUR PEER COUNTIES WHO ARE HAVING TO DIVERT TO THE TUNE OF $18,000,000.20 $3 MILLION.
OUR JAIL COSTS US ON OPERATION ABOUT $13 MILLION EVERY MONTH. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE $50 MILLION THAT WE SPEND IN OVERTIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. 1 TO 48, THAT'S ONE OFFICER TO 48 INDIVIDUALS, INMATES IN CUSTODY. AND SO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS IN EXCESS OF OVER $200 MILLION.
WE KNOW WHO, IN FACT, BRING INDIVIDUALS INTO OUR SYSTEM.
AND SO LET ME JUST QUAIL ALL THE CONCERNS.
WE'VE NEVER PLACED DPD OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ON DIVERT.
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DALLAS COUNTY HAS ALWAYS MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS.AND WE WHAT YOU BRING, WE TAKE INTO CUSTODY UNDER THE STATE LEGISLATURE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN 2007.
THEY HAVE WHAT IS CALLED CITE AND RELEASE.
AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY COGNIZANT OF USING CITE AND RELEASE.
AND BUT MOST OF THE TIME, CITIZENS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY BRING THEM INTO THE CUSTODY.
NOT ONLY DO WE OPERATE THAT KIND OF VENUE FOR THE JAIL, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER SOME VARIOUS LAWSUITS, IT'S PARKLAND IS EMBEDDED IN OUR JAIL TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $37 MILLION ANNUALLY.
SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, WHAT WE DO IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO COME INTO CUSTODY ARE, IN FACT, FIT FOR CUSTODY.
I DO HAVE YOUR NUMBERS WHERE DPD IT COSTS US $481.24 FOR EVERY TIME AN INDIVIDUAL IS BOOKED IN.
IN 2021, DPD TOOK AND BOOKED INTO DALLAS COUNTY JAIL 22,735 INDIVIDUALS.
THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY BEFORE THE CASE WAS FILED WAS 42 DAYS AND 2022.
DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT BOOKED IN 21,645 INDIVIDUALS.
THEIR AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY WAS 42 DAYS IN 2023.
THUS FAR, YOU'VE BOOKED IN 14,993 INDIVIDUALS, AND THEIR AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY HAS BEEN 27 DAYS. LET ME JUST TELL YOU, TO DATE, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BOOKED 59,573 INDIVIDUALS JUST UNDER THE LAST THREE YEARS INTO THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL.
THE BOOKING COST WAS $28,668,000 AND THE DAILY COST WAS 149,771,000. I JUST THROW ALL OF THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LARGEST BOOKING AGENCY COMING INTO THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR BAD, BUT I'VE BEEN THE ONE.
WE LOOK AT WHAT MESQUITE, DESOTO, CEDAR HILL, WHICH HAS A A TRI-CITY JAIL THERE.
AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER.
WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF STAKE IN THE JAIL THAN MOST OF OUR OTHER CITIES.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ON DIVERT WITH REGARDS TO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
AND SO I WANT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, EXCUSE ME, AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS COUNTY TO KNOW FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHAT YOU WHAT YOU PRESENT AT OUR DOOR IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DETAIN AND THEY'RE THERE UNTIL THE COURTS DECIDE OTHERWISE.
AND COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THE CAPACITY THAT YOU'RE AT 70? WE'RE AT 98% NOW.
GOOD, GOOD. OKAY. WE'RE AT MIDNIGHT COUNT.
WE WERE AT 98% OF YEAH, SIX, JUDGE 6685.
BUT THAT'S 98% AND IT'S 98% BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PARTICULAR UNIT THAT'S OFFLINE.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING ON PROBABLY ABOUT 200 BEDS.
WE HAVE AN APPLICATION IN THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS FOR VARIANCE.
WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS, IS THAT TEMPORARILY WE GET A CHANCE TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS IN ONE OF OUR TOWERS IN A MANNER THAT WILL REQUIRE A VARIANCE FROM THEM, AND THAT THAT VARIANCE IS WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
BUT 200 BEDS WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WILL BE ONLINE IN THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL AND GIVE US RELIEF.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BASED ON THAT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, WE'RE AT 98%.
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AND AS I SAID, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO MIX AND MINGLE INDIVIDUALS BASED ON THEIR CLASSIFICATION.AND UNFORTUNATELY, CUSTODY IS DESIGNED FOR MALES.
AND WHEN FEMALES COME INTO IT, WE IT CLEARS OUT, CANNOT BE IN SIGHT NOR SOUND OF A MALE.
AND IT CREATES SOME REAL HAVOC.
BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY DIVERSION.
THANK YOU. SECOND, SO IS THERE ANY QUESTION THAT YOU WOULD HIT A POINT WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CITY ON DIVERSION? I DON'T I DON'T SEE ONE.
I DON'T SEE ONE. AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY JUST LIKE JUST LIKE SOME OF OUR PEER COUNTIES, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BEDS, FOR HOUSING, FOR CUSTODY, BECAUSE WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CREATES A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES FOR US, FOR FOR LITIGANTS, FOR ATTORNEYS, FOR FOR FAMILIES, FOR JUST TRANSPORT ALONE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION BACK AND FORTH.
SO WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PLACE NOT ONLY CITY OF DALLAS, BUT ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON DIVERSION.
AS I SAID, 200 BEDS COMING ON.
AND JUDGE CREUZOT, AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, RECENTLY THE COUNTY OF DALLAS FILED A LAWSUIT WITH REGARDS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN OUR SYSTEM, WHO HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 400 INDIVIDUALS.
JUDGE CREUZOT AND HIS STAFF CAME IN AND LOOKED AT THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.
IT SAYS WHEN THE TRIGGER HITS FOR HIM ON INDIVIDUALS WITH 90 DAYS.
BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MISDEMEANORS, WHO CAN DIVERT, WHO MENTALLY HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, HE'S HE'S ABLE TO HELP US MANAGE THE SYSTEM AND MANAGE THESE BEDS.
AND SO I DON'T SEE ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AS I SAY, 38 YEARS, I'VE NEVER SEEN US BE ON DIVERT.
AND I'VE ONLY DONE I'M SORRY, ONE CONTRACT, ONE ONE CONTRACT.
THOSE ALLERGIES ARE KICKING UP A LITTLE BIT.
SO. AND DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT IN PLACE TO WE? MADAM CHAIR, WE DO NOT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT FOR THE VARIANCE.
SO NOW WHAT DALLAS COUNTY DID ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO, WE ENTERED INTO AN ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY WE WE HAVE A SECTION IN OUR JAIL THAT HAS BEEN OFFLINE AND THAT HAS OVER 200 BEDS.
I VISITED ON FRIDAY WITH THE SHERIFF AND HER TEAM ALONG WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
AND THAT THAT THOSE 200 BEDS ARE TO COME ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT 200.
WE HAD BEEN HIT WITH SUPPLY CHAINS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
I MEAN AIR CONDITIONING UNITS FOR FOR THE FOR THE ROOF AND TO GET PEOPLE TO TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE TO JAIL AND TO DO DO WORK. THE VENDORS ARE WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK, 12 HOUR DAYS, AND THEY ARE TOTALLY RETROFITTING THAT PARTICULAR PART OF THE JAIL.
SO WE WOULD WE WOULD ASK THAT OF YOU AS YOUR PARTNER.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AH, WILLIS. THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE COMFORT AROUND THAT.
AND I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE SOME AREAS WHERE.
THE NUMBER COULD MOVE AND WE COULD HELP IN THAT REGARD.
BUT I'M WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AS FAR AS THIS JAIL POPULATION.
I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S BEEN CONSISTENCY IN HOW MANY ARE BOOKED IN EACH YEAR.
BUT IF WE'RE BUMPING UP AGAINST THE CEILING, WHAT DO YOU SEE READILY THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN?
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THAT COULD HELP US GET A LITTLE MORE HEAD ROOM IN CAPACITY.WE SEE COUNCILWOMAN OUR PARTNERS AND THE JUDGE AND I ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.
AND WITH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT MANAGEMENT.
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, IT DEPENDS ON DO WE COMPARE WITH OUR PEER COUNTIES ON THE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF INMATES THAT THEY TRANSFER TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
AND SO IN MY REPORT THIS MORNING, WE KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IT'S GIVEN US SOME REAL IT'S GIVEN US SOME REAL RELIEF. IT'S THE SAME WAY WITH PAROLE OR THE PAROLE TECHNICAL VIOLATORS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REPORT, YOU KNOW, OR IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BASICALLY PICKED UP ANOTHER CASE.
AND SO CRIMINAL JUSTICE TAKES AND MANAGES THAT.
AND THEY IT IT HAS ACCRUED TO OUR BENEFIT IN TERMS OF THOSE BEDS.
WE'RE NOT ABOUT BEING PUNITIVE.
IF SOMEONE DID NOT REPORT THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE GETTING ANOTHER CASE.
WHILE IT MAY BE A CONDITION OF THEIR PAROLE, BUT THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY, WE DON'T NEED THEM IN OUR SYSTEM FOR 30 DAYS WHEN IN FACT DPD AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MAY NEED ACCESS TO THOSE BEDS FOR CUSTODY.
BUT WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE OF WORRIED ABOUT DIVERT.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON ON HOW THAT'S GOING? THE ODYSSEY SYSTEM IS ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF OUR ADULT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
I WAS TALKING TO THE THE SYSTEM WHERE THE COURTS ARE USING.
WE WE HAD A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.
WE'RE STANDING UP THE OLD SYSTEM AND LOOKING FOR THE GAPS.
AND IT'S LIKE ANY CONVERSION SYSTEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME WORK AROUNDS UNTIL WE GET THESE GAPS BRIDGED.
AND THAT'S LIKE ANY OTHER SOFTWARE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE DOING WORK AROUND WE'RE DOING THOSE WORK AROUNDS.
WHEN WILL THEY BE TOTALLY AMELIORATED? I CAN'T I CAN'T SAY.
AND IT'S UP TO THE JUDGE, JUDGE CREUZOT, AND HIS STAFF TO CONTINUE.
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE MANUALLY DOING A LOT OF THINGS.
WE TALK ABOUT THOSE CASES NOT FILED.
AND THIS IS NOT JUST DPD, THIS IS ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THERE ARE THERE ARE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS ALMOST 1000 THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW IN THAT POPULATION, THAT MIDNIGHT COUNT THAT HAVE CASES THAT ARE NOT FILED.
AND THAT GOES UP TO ABOUT 30 DAYS.
WHAT JUDGE CREUZOT STAFF DOES IS THAT THEY ARE MANUALLY DOING A WORK AROUND AND THEN THEY'RE INFORMING, YOU KNOW, YOUR DEPARTMENTS, THEY'RE INFORMING OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IN HERE.
THEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE KICKS IN AND HE HE DEALS WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE NOT EVEN WITH THE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN ADJUDICATED THAT ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE, JUDGE CREUZOT DIDN'T JUST GO IN AND SAY THIS.
THE VIGIL HAS MET THE STATUE AND THERE WE GOT TO TURN THEM LOOSE.
HE WORKED WITH PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE WITH OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAMS, AND WE DID A HANDOFF.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE SERVED THEIR TIME, WE DID THEM TO OUR LIVING ROOMS, TO OUR OTHER AREAS.
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AND YOUR YOUR YOUR AGENCY HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER IN THAT.SO AS I SAID, I KNOW EVERYBODY THINKS OUR HAIR IS ON FIRE.
ONE MORE QUESTION AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS AS OUR CONSUMERS, WHICH ARE OUR TAXPAYERS, WHEN THEY HEAR 98%, THEIR REACTION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH NOT HAVING THE MASTERY OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU'VE HAD ON THIS. MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT WHEN I LOOK AT HOMELESS BOOKENDS, THE NUMBER ONE CATEGORY IS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL CONCERNS.
I KNOW THE DEFLECTION CENTER HAS BEEN OPENED MAYBE A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR.
INITIALLY, THERE WERE SOME UTILIZATION ISSUES.
HOW IS UTILIZATION NOW AND AND COUNCILWOMAN.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU LET ME I'LL DEFER TO JUDGE CREUZOT, BUT THE UTILIZATION AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, IS, WELL, HE AND HIS STAFF HAVE GONE ON THE ON THE GROUND WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AND SO BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL DEFER TO JUDGE CREUZOT.
WELL, THANK YOU. I'M JOHN CREUZOT.
SO IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFLECTION CENTER, WE'VE HAD SOME GROWING PAINS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
ANY NEW FACILITY AND APPROACH WE HAVE HAD AND THIS IS NOT THE FAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE GONE TO OVER 100, I GUESS WHEN OFFICERS I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT RIGHT NOW, ROLL CALLS AND TRIED TO TRAIN THE OFFICERS, EXPLAIN TO IT THE AVERAGE POLICE OFFICER ON THE STREET THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE.
I THINK WE'VE CORRECTED THAT NOW.
WE ALSO IT'S BEEN LIMITED TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS, MENTALLY ILL.
WE HAVE SOME OTHERS CLOSE LIKE THAT.
ABOUT THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH AGO, WE HAD A MEETING OF ALL THE POLICE CHIEFS IN DALLAS COUNTY AND MY OFFICE, AND THE SUGGESTION WAS LIMITING IT TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS IS TOO NARROW THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT OPENED UP.
AND SO WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME ON BOARD TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE PEOPLE NOT GO INTO THE DALLAS COUNTY JAIL AND BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE CONSUMERS OF THE JAIL, WE CAN HELP SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.
WE'RE AT 98%, BUT IT'S WORKING WELL.
WE HAVE FEWER PEOPLE BEING TURNED AWAY.
WE WERE WE DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS A BUDGETED FOR 24 OVER SEVEN.
AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ANOTHER CLINICAL DIRECTOR AND OPENING IT UP.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE WENT OVER TO TARRANT COUNTY, THE TARRANT COUNTY SHERIFF HAD AT THAT DAY FOUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS AT THE DOOR, AND NOBODY WILL BE TURNED AWAY. YOU WILL NOT GO TO THE TARRANT COUNTY JAIL ONCE YOU'RE BROUGHT TO THAT FACILITY.
AND SO WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING AKIN TO THAT HERE.
BUT IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS SO FAR.
I WANT TO JUST REDIRECT TO ONE, I THINK, FINAL QUESTION, WHICH IS ABOUT THE TIME FRAME, THE 90 DAY POINT WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE GRAND JURY. SO HOW MANY PRISONERS, WHETHER IT'S FROM DALLAS OR IN YOUR SYSTEM, HAVE EXCEEDED THE 90 DAYS AND HAD TO BE LET GO? CAN YOU TELL US HOW THAT AFFECTS DALLAS SPECIFICALLY? WELL, LET ME LET ME SAY THIS.
LET ME BACK OUT OF THAT A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT ODYSSEY AND SOMETHING THAT WE SEE.
I KNOW THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US, INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT, BUT BEING SOLVED, BEING WORKED ON TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SOMEONE IS IN THE PROCESS, BECAUSE ODYSSEY ITSELF IS A GOOD APPLICATION.
WHEN WE TRY TO GO INTO IT AND SEE THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
AND SO IT TAKES US A LOT LONGER TO.
FIND OUT AND SOME THINGS WE CAN'T FIND OUT.
TO YOUR QUESTION, THE LAW SAYS ON A FELONY OFFENSES THAT THE STATE MUST BE READY FOR TRIAL WITHIN 90 DAYS IF A PERSON IS IN JAIL OR THEY HAVE TO BE RELEASED ON A BOND OR THEIR BOND.
LORD, HAVE WE HAD SOME PEOPLE REACH THAT?
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YES. HAVE SOME OF THEM BEEN FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS? YES. IS IT A LARGE NUMBER? NO, MAYBE 30 OR SO.DID THE PERSON ACTUALLY GET RELEASED? I CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN'T TELL THAT NOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
THEY MIGHT BE ON A PAROLE HOLD.
THEY MAY BE ON AN IMMIGRATION HOLD.
THEY MAY HAVE HAD ANOTHER CASE.
BUT AS COMMISSIONER PRICE MENTIONED, WE DO MANUALLY CHECK THAT LIST EVERY DAY.
AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING THAT.
WE GET THEM HEARD AS SOON AS WE CAN.
WE TRY TO GET IT TO THE 90 DAYS, SOMETIMES ONE DAY NUMBER 89, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
BUT WE MAKE THE 90 DAYS, THE LATEST NUMBER I SAW FROM A WEEK OR SO AGO THAT APPEARED TO BE IN THAT CATEGORY WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PEOPLE NOW.
AND THAT'S A VARIETY OF OFFENSES.
OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER FOR US.
BUT WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AND THEN DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE A TIME FRAME ON WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE THE ODYSSEY SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE WORKING AS EXPECTED? I SO LET ME SAY THIS.
WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
WE THERE WAS A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE IN NOT THE PEOPLE WHO INSTALLED, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR THE COUNTY TO STRAIGHTEN UP THE PROBLEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GAVE ME A LOT OF HOPE ABOUT THE MEETING WAS THEY ADMITTED THAT THE ROLLOUT WAS NOT WAS LESS THAN THAN WHAT COULD BE EXPECTED OR WHAT WAS DESERVED.
BUT THEY ALSO PROMISED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO WORK AS A TEAM AND THERE WERE 7 OR 8 OF THEM AT LEAST, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO WORK TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. THEY'RE GOING TO TRIAGE THE COMPLAINTS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE SEEN EVERY WEEK I'M NOT A TECHNOLOGY PERSON.
SO MOST OF WHAT THEY WRITE IS, YOU KNOW, A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO ME.
AND SO SHE'S WORKING WITH THEM.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE WAY THIS THING WAS INSTALLED, WE DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO SEE EVERYTHING.
AND THAT JUST SLOWS US DOWN COMPLETELY.
AND IF THEY'VE BEEN APPOINTED, THEY DON'T KNOW.
IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY WANT TO HIRE ME.
BUT IF I CAN'T GO ON TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CHARGE IS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET STARTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE PERSON'S IN JAIL AND IF SO, WHERE THEY ARE TO GO SEE THEM.
SO THESE KINDS OF INTEGRATION PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING, AS I SAID, THEY'RE WORKING ON THEM.
THE JAIL AND ITS ISSUES ARE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
AND AND WHAT I SEE AS PROGRESS AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT A TIMELINE, I WOULD NOT DARE TO SAY WHAT THAT WOULD BE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. WITH COMPASSION, I'LL SAY WE UNDERSTAND TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES.
SO I'LL NOTE THAT A YEAR AGO YOU WERE HERE TALKING TO US ABOUT MAPPING.
AND SO SO WE SEEM TO HAVE A SEPTEMBER DATE.
AND SO I'LL BOOK YOU FOR NEXT SEPTEMBER.
OKAY. AND SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
COMMISSIONER PRICE, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
AND ALL THE. GREAT DATA THAT YOU SHARED WITH US.
WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
AND TO HELP JUDGE CUZZO OUT RIGHTS AND ROLES, THAT SOFTWARE, THAT PLATFORM DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM, NOR TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
THEY BELONG TO THE CLERK AND THEY DECIDE RIGHTS AND ROLES.
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AND IT'S BEEN A REAL CHALLENGE.BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK IT OUT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
CHIEF GARCIA, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME FOLKS.
WITH YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE? SO, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL REPORT.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE TWO YEARS NOW.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE INTO THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGY THAT CHIEF GARCIA AND DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF SAN ANTONIO. AND SO THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO LET CHIEF GARCIA I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OPENING COMMENTS, BUT MAYBE INTRODUCE THE FOLKS WHO ARE ONLINE AND GET US RIGHT INTO THE REPORT, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE TIME LIMIT ON THEIR AVAILABILITY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE TWO YEAR RESULTS FROM OUR CRIME PLAN.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LONG TIME WORKING AND COMING VERY YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CHALLENGES, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO TO CELEBRATE SUCCESSES, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR. INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WAY OUR RANK AND FILE HAS EMBRACED THIS CRIME PLAN AND ALSO JUST IS PROUD TO WORK WITH THE CRIMINOLOGISTS.
AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'LL PASS IT ON TO DOCTOR SMITH, WHO'S ON THE LINE.
HEY, THANK YOU, CHIEF GARCIA AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU AGAIN.
SOMEONE HAS CONTROL OF THE SLIDE DECK AND I'LL JUST ASK TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES.
IS THAT. IS THAT HOW IT'LL GO? YES. YEAH.
IF AS WE GET STARTED, WE HAVE A POWERPOINT HERE.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY AT THE OUTSET, WE BEGAN THIS THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, APPROXIMATELY.
AND. WE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE INTERIM.
BUT TODAY I'M ESPECIALLY SORT OF GRATIFIED AND EXCITED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM FROM UTSA, BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY GOOD NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE THREE STRATEGIES THAT ARE PART OF THE OF THE DALLAS CRIME PLAN HOTSPOTS POLICING, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE DAY ONE, MAY OF 2021.
OUR MIDTERM STRATEGY IS POLICE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS, WHERE WE ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS, DIAGNOSE AND THEN ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE PLACES TO BE CONDUCIVE TO CRIME.
SO ALL THREE SORT OF LEGS OF THE STOOL ARE IN PLACE NOW.
AND AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE WHEN WE BEGAN THIS TWO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
SO THIS EVALUATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER WITH YOU AND THE RESULTS FROM WHICH WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU COMPARES CRIME IN DALLAS CRIME IN A NUMBER OF OTHER METRICS IN DALLAS BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN TO WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND AND WE DO THAT AT A NUMBER OF LAYERS CITYWIDE.
WE LOOK AT IT AT HOTSPOT LEVEL IN DEPTH AND THEN WE LOOK AT IT AT OUR NE LOCATIONS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES.
YOU'VE SEEN THESE KIND OF GRAPHS FROM US BEFORE.
THIS IS JUST BASICALLY A TREND GRAPH THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT CRIME WAS DOING BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN TO WHAT CRIME WAS DOING AFTER THE CRIME PLAN.
SO TO THE LEFT OF THE BLUE BAR IN RED ARE THE MONTHS GOING BACK TO MAY OF 2018.
SO THAT'S THREE YEARS, 36 MONTHS BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN.
TO THE RIGHT IN THE GREEN ARE THE CRIME PLAN MONTHS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT ONE OF OUR STATED GOALS IN THE IN THE CRIME PLAN ITSELF ONE OF OUR ONE OF ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO REVERSE THE TREND IN WHAT WAS THEN AN INCREASING TREND IN VIOLENT CRIME IN DALLAS.
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AND AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY AFTER TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT THAT THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE GRAPH REPRESENTS ABOUT A 15% DECREASE IN AVERAGE VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENCE BEGINNING FROM WHEN THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN COMPARED TO THE 36 MONTHS BEFORE.AND AND AGAIN, I'M AND I DON'T SAY THIS LIGHTLY AS A, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO BE A CAREFUL SOCIAL SCIENTIST, BUT I, I THINK IT IS IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT IT IS THE CRIME PLAN THAT RESULTED IN THAT 15% DECREASE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME GRAPH, BUT THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS HERE ARE VICTIMS. SO INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS. AGAIN, WE REVERSE THE TREND AND WE'VE SEEN AN 8% DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS SINCE THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN COMPARED TO THE 36 MONTHS BEFORE.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BUSY GRAPH, BUT WE SUMMARIZED THE MAJOR FINDINGS FOR YOU AT THE TOP THERE IN THAT INSET BOX.
EACH OF THOSE LINES REPRESENTS A CRIME TYPE.
THE MURDER IS IN GREEN, INDIVIDUAL ROBBERY IS IN BLUE BUSINESS, ROBBERY IS IN GREEN, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE IN YELLOW. THE VERTICAL RED LINE IS THE START OF THE CRIME PLAN.
SO LET ME START WITH THE GREENS FIRST.
INDIVIDUAL ROBBERIES, ROBBERIES OF ALL TYPES ARE DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE 24 MONTHS IN POST IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRIME PLAN COMPARED TO THE 36 MONTHS BEFORE INDIVIDUAL ROBBERY AND BUSINESSES BOTH DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. MURDER IS UP BY ABOUT 9% AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE UP ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT IS THAT THAT THOSE PERCENTAGE INCREASES AND DECREASES COMPARE THE CRIME PLAN YEARS TO THE FULL 36 MONTHS BEFORE WE HAVE A SUMMARY SLIDE IN A MINUTE. BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT MURDERS AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ALSO ARE DOWN YEAR TO YEAR SINCE THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN.
SO THE THE THE THE BIG SPIKE IN CRIME THAT OCCURRED ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN WENT INTO EFFECT IS KIND OF OUR MEASURE WHERE OUR MEASURING STICK IS REALLY.
THAT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN.
SO WHILE MURDERS IN ARE INDEED UP BY ABOUT 9% IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, UP 10% ACROSS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF THOSE DATA, THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOWN YEAR TO YEAR SINCE THE CRIME PLAN STARTED.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SUMMARIZES WHAT WHAT I JUST SAID.
SO VIOLENT CRIME DOWN ABOUT 15% ON AVERAGE SINCE THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN.
ROBBERIES ARE DOWN BY A THIRD OR ALMOST A HALF, DEPENDING ON ROBBERY TYPE.
VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION HAS FALLEN 8% SINCE THE START OF THE CRIME PLAN.
MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT VICTIMS HAVE DECLINED EACH YEAR SINCE THE START OF THE CRIME PLAN.
THEY ARE UP SLIGHTLY, NINE AND 10% RESPECTIVELY.
WHEN WE LOOK OUT, WHEN WE LOOK BACK 36 MONTHS, IT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE THOSE OFFENSES WERE PRETTY LOW IN THE 36TH MONTH IN THE YEAR IN THE 2018 TO 19 YEAR. BUT BUT SINCE THE CRIME PLAN STARTED, THEY'VE GONE DOWN EVERY YEAR.
NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE OF COURSE, WE FOCUS ON, AS YOU KNOW, A GREAT DEAL ARE ARE OUR HOTSPOT GRIDS OR OUR TREATMENT GRIDS.
THAT'S A FOUNDATION OR BEDROCK OF THE CRIME PLAN IS OUR HOTSPOTS POLICING PLAN THAT THAT DPD EXECUTES EVERY DAY, PUTTING POLICE OFFICERS IN DESIGNATED HOTSPOTS WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON, PUT PATROLLING AROUND THE AREA OR PURSUING KNOWN OFFENDERS IN SOME OF THEM.
SO WE'VE DONE A WHOLE LOT OF ANALYZES NOW.
BASICALLY, EVERY 60 TO 90 DAYS WE LOOK AT WHAT CRIME HAS BEEN DOING IN OUR TREATED HOTSPOTS.
SO ACROSS THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD, WHAT WE CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY IS THAT CRIME IN THE MOST CRIME PRONE AREAS OF DALLAS.
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WE STARTED, IF YOU MAY RECALL, AROUND 50.THAT'S UP TO ABOUT 65 PER 60 DAYS NOW.
SO AND THOSE ARE THE MOST CRIME CRIME PRONE LOCATIONS AT THE TIME THAT WE'RE TREATING THEM.
AND SO ACROSS THE TWO YEAR WINDOW THEN AND ACROSS ALL OF THOSE THOSE GRIDS THAT WE'VE TREATED, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN YEAR TO YEAR IN THOSE TREATED HOTSPOTS BY ABOUT 13% IN THE SECOND YEAR.
BY ABOUT 8% IN THE FIRST YEAR AND 5% AGAIN GOING BACK THREE YEARS.
SO THE GOAL ALWAYS WAS TO TREAT THE WITH THIS TREATMENT, TO TREAT THE MOST CRIME PRONE LOCATIONS IN DALLAS WITH THE HOPE.
AND WHEN WE STARTED WITH THIS, THERE WAS CERTAINLY SOME THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDINGS THAT IF WE DID THIS AND WE DID IT AS DESIGNED, THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD LOWER THE TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND SO AGAIN, WHAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY IS BY REDUCING CRIME BY 13% IN THE SECOND YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR MOST VIOLENT PLACES IN DALLAS, THAT WE'VE REDUCED VIOLENT CRIME ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
NOW, AS A RESULT OF THAT AND SO THAT'S A REALLY A REALLY COOL THING TO BE ABLE TO SAY.
DID IT JUST MOVE NEXT DOOR WHILE THE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, TREATING THIS THIS ONE PARTICULAR LITTLE HOTSPOT? AGAIN, ALL OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAD, RESEARCH EVIDENCE SUGGESTED THAT THAT WOULD NOT OCCUR AND IT HAS NOT OCCURRED IN DALLAS.
IN FACT, OUR CATCHMENT GRIDS ARE DOWN ABOUT 9% PRE AND POST CRIME PLAN.
SO WE CALL THAT A DIFFUSION OF BENEFITS IN THE CRIMINOLOGY WORLD.
GO BACK. ONE MORE. ONE MORE SLIDE.
THESE THESE PERCENTAGE DECREASES A SECOND AGO.
SO IN YEAR ONE WE SAW ABOUT AN 8% DECREASE RELATIVE TO THE YEAR BEFORE IN OUR TREATED HOTSPOTS.
IN YEAR TWO, THAT INCREASE STEEPENED.
AND THEN AGAIN, IF WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THREE YEARS PRIOR, WE STILL SEE A 5% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THE IN THE TREATED HOTSPOTS WITH NO EVIDENCE OF DISPLACEMENT.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THE PERCENTAGE DECREASE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN TELLS YOU.
SO SO CRIME DECREASED ABOUT 8% IN YOUR TREATED GRIDS IN THE MONTH AFTER TREATMENT WAS WITHDRAWN.
AND EVEN AFTER THE SECOND MONTH, IT WAS STILL ABOUT 8% LOWER THAN IT WAS PRIOR TO TREATMENT.
AND SO THAT'S WE CONTINUE TO SEE A BENEFIT THEN IN THE TREATED GRIDS, EVEN AFTER EVEN AFTER POLICE PRESENCE IS WITHDRAWN AND OFFICERS MOVED ON TO OTHER PLACES IN THE BOTTOM PART OF THAT SLIDE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT NOW OVER TIME IS THE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THOSE MOST CRIME PRONE, VIOLENCE PRONE GRIDS IN DALLAS, WHAT WHAT HOW MUCH THEY CONTRIBUTE TO OVERALL CITYWIDE VIOLENT CRIME.
AND WE HAVE SEEN CONSISTENT REDUCTIONS IN THE CONTRIBUTION TO OVERALL VIOLENCE MADE BY THOSE BY THE WORST, WORST, MOST VIOLENT GRIDS IN DALLAS.
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TREATMENT THAT HAS BEEN THAT HAS DRIVEN CRIME DOWN NOT ONLY IN THE HOTSPOTS BUT CITYWIDE IN DALLAS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.NEXT SLIDE. SO OF COURSE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRACK IS OUR DPD OFFICERS IN THE IN THE PLACES WE WANT THEM TO BE AT THE TIMES, WE WANT THEM TO BE THERE.
WE CALL THAT TREATMENT FIDELITY.
AND WE'RE UP TO 85% NOW IN PERIOD EIGHT.
AND THAT'S THERE WAS, WHICH WAS THE LAST PERIOD THAT WE EXAMINED FOR THIS PARTICULAR REPORT.
AND THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, TOO, OR WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT IS, IS THAT DALLAS DOES THIS WITH ITS, ITS PATROL OFFICERS, ITS ITS, YOU KNOW, REGULAR MEN AND WOMEN ON THE BEAT WORKING EVERY DAY WHO GET WHO GET MARKED OUT, WHO GET DISPATCHED TO ONE OF THESE PLACES TO SIT FOR 15 MINUTES.
SO THEY'RE HAVING TO WORK THOSE MARK OUTS IN.
AND YET THEY'VE STILL MANAGED TO MAINTAIN AN 85% FIDELITY RATE BY THE END OF THE TWO YEARS.
AND THAT'S JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR MIDTERM STRATEGY IS IS PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS AGAIN, PROBLEM FOCUSED WORK AT VIOLENCE PRONE LOCATIONS.
AS OF THE WRITING OF THIS REPORT, THERE WERE THREE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED.
THEY'RE BASICALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE ANOTHER, ACROSS FERGUSON ROAD FROM ONE ANOTHER.
THE PEONY STRATEGY GOT UNDERWAY IN FEBRUARY OF 2022.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.
I'M JUST GOING TO SUMMARIZE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU IN LIKE TWO SLIDES.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF IMPLEMENTATION METRICS.
EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS HAS A DETAILED OPERATIONS PLAN ABOUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, WHICH WHICH AGENCIES ARE SORT OF PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE, BECAUSE THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A POLICE EFFORT, WHICH WHICH AGENCIES ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING WHATEVER THE PROBLEMS ARE THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THERE, AND THEN HOW WE'RE MEASURING BOTH IMPLEMENTATION, MEANING DID WE DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO THERE AND THEN IMPACT MEANING WHAT DID DID IT DID IT ACHIEVE THE ULTIMATE GOAL THAT WE HOPED THE SOLUTION WOULD WOULD ACHIEVE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LOTS OF DETAIL IN THE REPORT, COLOR CODED TABLES AND SUCH.
BUT HERE ON THIS SLIDE, I JUST JUST KIND OF TO SUM UP, WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE DOCUMENTED SIGNIFICANT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT CRIME AND AND OTHER RELATED METRIC DECREASES AT 3550 EAST OVERTON AND RECALL THAT WAS OUR THAT WAS OUR NUMBER ONE GRID, IF YOU WILL.
AND THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE NI STRATEGY AND THE HOTSPOT STRATEGY TOGETHER, WE'VE NOW SEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENCE AND IN VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
AND THERE'S PROBABLY A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR THAT.
THAT AREA WAS PROBABLY TOO LARGE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT.
AND AND WE SORT OF WORKED HAVE WORKED TO TO HONE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE THAT ARE GOING ON THERE TO TO THOSE TWO MAIN APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE REFERENCED. BUT NO NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS YET BUT BUT THAT THEY REMAIN ACTIVE NE SITES AS DOES 3550 EAST OVERTON.
NEXT SLIDE. AND WE HAVE OUR DALLAS HAS ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, BY THE WAY, TO THE KNEE EFFORT.
ONE ON MEADOW AND THEN ONE ON WEBB CHAPEL.
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THAT'S ABOUT THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF VIOLENT, FEWER VIOLENT INCIDENTS PER MONTH ACROSS THE CITY OF DALLAS THAN BEFORE BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN WAS INSTITUTED. WE'VE ALSO SEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CRIME VICTIMS SINCE THE CRIME PLAN BEGAN.WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME IN AT 3550 EAST OVERTON, THE FERGUSON SITES REMAIN ACTIVE KNEE SITES.
AND AND WE CONTINUE TO TO MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE.
DPD AND OTHERS, OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE PARTNERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS HOSTED THE FIRST FOCUS DETERRENCE CALL IN SESSION IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE NEXT NEXT MONTH IN OCTOBER LIKELY.
AND SO THAT EFFORT IS IS UNDERWAY.
WE'VE HAD, I THINK, GOOD SUCCESS WITH IT SO FAR.
TOO SOON TO TELL IN TERMS OF CRIME REDUCTION IMPACT YET.
BUT CERTAINLY FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, IT'S FULLY, FULLY UNDERWAY.
THE GOAL, OF COURSE, IN THAT STRATEGY IS TO IS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WHO HAVE BEEN VIOLENT OFFENDERS IN MANY CASES FOR MOST OF THEIR LIVES FIND AN OFF RAMP TO A WAY TO GET OUT OF THAT LIFE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE SERVICE SERVICE PROVISION IS COMES IN.
AND WE HAD ROUGHLY HALF OF THE OF THE ORIGINAL LIST OF OFFENDERS WHO WERE CALLED IN ON IN JUNE HAVE REACHED OUT AND HAVE AVAILED THEMSELVES OF THE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED.
NEXT SLIDE. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL OF THIS, ALL OF THE THE CRIME PLAN NOW ALL THREE COMPONENTS OF THE CRIME PLAN.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU FOLKS.
CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC YOU WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW OR WE SHOULD GO TO QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S ONE THING FOR US TO SAY THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN AND IT'S ANOTHER WHEN YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, REALLY THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS IT.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT I REALLY GOT AFTER READING THE REPORT WAS THERE WAS SOMETHING NOT SAID, WHICH IS THROUGHOUT THIS TIME, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A DECREASING NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO'VE MANAGED THIS INCREDIBLE FEAT OF VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION, INCLUDING ALL THESE EXTRA MEASURES THAT THEY HAD TO DILIGENTLY SHOW UP FOR, TURN THEIR LIGHTS ON, DO THE DO THE WORK.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU'RE DOING IT, BUT GREAT JOB.
SO, COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. SIR, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOMETHING THAT I CAN RELATE BACK TO MY 13 RESIDENTS WHO UNDERSTAND THE FOCUS ON VIOLENT CRIME, BUT ALSO LAMENT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD PATROLS OF OLD AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND THAT SO MUCH FOCUS IS GOING TO VIOLENT CRIME.
BUT THE STATEMENT ABOUT LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE CITY IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY RELATABLE AND THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THAT THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS KIND OF ACTION IN ORDER TO LOWER THAT CRIME TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND GREAT PROGRESS.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THIS IS GOOD TO SEE.
I HAD A QUESTION ON FOCUSED DETERRENCE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU YOU SEND OUT AN INVITATION AND YOU HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCEPT IT AND ALL OF THAT, AND YOU DON'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE ONES WHO DIDN'T OR WHO AREN'T PURSUING SERVICES.
WHAT KIND OF FOLLOW UP MECHANISM IS THERE?
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BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE DOWNSIDE AND THE RISK IS GREAT IF WE DON'T STAY IN TOUCH WITH THESE FOLKS.WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT ACCEPT THE SERVICES AS READILY? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THERE WAS 33 INVITATIONS THAT WENT OUT.
OUT OF THOSE 25 INDIVIDUALS, 17 SIGNED UP FOR SERVICES AS OF TODAY.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS ON THE WEEKLY BASIS, LIEUTENANT ALI, WHO'S OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, AND HIS TEAM, HAVE BEEN MAKING WEEKLY PHONE CALLS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS.
NOT ONLY HAVE THEY BEEN MAKING WEEKLY PHONE CALLS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE SENT OUT OFFICIAL LETTERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS, TO THEIR LISTED ADDRESS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND.
REGARDLESS OF THAT, YOU DID NOT ACCEPT SERVICES ON THE FIRST GO ROUND.
AND SO THERE'S CONSTANT EVALUATION AND A CONSTANT OUTREACH.
REGARDLESS IF THE PERSON DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE FIRST GO ROUND, BECAUSE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, IF NOT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE, THERE'S GOING TO BE NEED CONSTANT, CONSTANT OUTREACH IN ORDER FOR THEM TO SELL THEIR SERVICES.
SO WE'RE EXCITED WITH OUR PROGRESS.
YES. SO WE DO HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT TWO OF OUR CLIENTS AT THIS MOMENT, THEY'RE CLIENTS, BUT THEIR MEDIA FAMILY ALSO IS PARTICIPATING WITH THE SERVICES AS WELL, TOO.
WOULD THEY BE DOING THE SAME SORT OF FOLLOW UP OR WHAT'S.
ABSOLUTELY. AND LOOK FORWARD TO FILLING THOSE POSITIONS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN ATKINS.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. GREAT PRESENTATION.
QUESTION YOU KNOW, ON LOOKING AT THE SUMMARY OF THE VIOLENT CRIME AND TELL ME, HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE HOTSPOT AND INVESTIGATION AND ALL ON THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I KNOW WE GOT CERTAIN HOTSPOTS, CERTAIN AREAS, BUT IF WE PUT A MAP, SAY HERE, THE CITY OF DALLAS, DO WE MEASURE THAT IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA OR JUST A HOTSPOT AREA OR OVERALL THE WHOLE CITY? AND WHERE YOU SEE MORE VIOLENT CRIME LOCATED? ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO TO MAKE SURE THERE IS LESS VIOLENT CRIME IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE BEGAN, WE DIVIDED UP THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DOCTOR SMITH, IS YOU THERE? YOU CAN PIGGYBACK OFF THIS AS WELL.
BUT WE DIVIDED THE CITY OF DALLAS INTO 101,000, LITTLE OVER 101,000 MICRO GRIDS.
THESE GRIDS ARE ABOUT 330 BY 330 FOOTBALL FIELD AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO BE A GRID IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE LEAD AND INCIDENTS IN THE LAST 60 DAYS, IN THE LAST 60 DAYS WITH MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
AND SO THEN THOSE AREAS BEGIN ARE THE AREAS THAT WE TREAT.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE GRIDS.
AND SO WE MEASURE THOSE GRIDS.
BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, THOSE EVEN THOUGH 45 TO 65 GRIDS IS NOT A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OVER 101,000, THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 6% OF THE CITY'S OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME.
IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK ON THE METHODOLOGY ON THE METHODS OF THAT.
SO CHIEF, CHIEF GARCIA IS RIGHT.
WE'RE TREATING ABOUT 65 IN ANY PERIOD, ANY 60 DAY PERIOD.
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AND ONES THAT HAVE BEEN TREATED, IF THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN LOWERED IN THEM, THEY'LL FALL AWAY.SOMETIMES WE'LL TREAT THEM ONCE AND WE NEVER HAVE TO TREAT THEM AGAIN.
IN OTHER CASES, WE TREAT THEM, THEY'LL DROP OFF THE LIST, THEN THEY'LL COME BACK.
BUT SO SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT THAT DATA ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
AND THE DPD IS MOVING ITS RESOURCES AROUND THE CITY BASED ON THAT ON THAT ALMOST NEARLY REAL TIME ANALYSIS OF WHERE CRIME IS HAPPENING IN ANY GIVEN 60 DAY PERIOD.
AND I GUESS THE QUESTION YOU KIND OF BROUGHT UP, ONCE YOU TREAT THE GRID AND THE GRID IS IS MORE OF A NEGATIVE, THEN IT GOES BACK TO THE POSITIVE.
HOW DO YOU GO BACK AND CALCULATE THAT? WHY DID IT WENT BACK BECAUSE WITH NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES OR WE JUST THOUGHT OF WHAT? I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE MEASURE, HOW YOU GRADE THAT.
WELL, WHEN WE IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO A GRID AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME AND WE TALKED ABOUT LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE AND I LOVE THAT SAYING BECAUSE AS I GO AROUND AND I TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A FEVER REDUCER, WE'RE NOT A CURE TO THE ILLNESS.
AND SO WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO REDUCE THE FEVER.
AND SO OFTENTIMES, IF WE GO BACK, WE WILL GO BACK BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THE GRIDS, THE GRIDS, THE HOTSPOT POLICING IS NOT THE ANSWER TO TRUE SUSTAINABLE REDUCTION OF VIOLENT CRIME.
IT'S PURELY TO REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE UNTIL WE CAN GET SERVICES, UNTIL WE CAN GET OUR, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THE WORK WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO STRENGTHEN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO THAT IS THE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS WE SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET TO THIS MESS OVERNIGHT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET AT IT OVERNIGHT.
BUT I WILL SAY OF THE TIMES, YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, DOCTOR SMITH, BUT I MEAN, OF THE TIMES THAT WE'VE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE SAME GRIDS, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF, OF OF THE PLAN OF OF THE ROTATION THAT WE DO WITH OUR GRIDS.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU DO GO BACK TO THE GRID, IT'S REALLY NOT BECAUSE OF POLICE OFFICERS IN UNIFORM, MAYBE BECAUSE OF QUARTERLIFE, MAYBE BECAUSE OF HOMELESS, MAYBE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT OCCURRED.
AND WE NEED MORE DEPARTMENT TO TO ASSIST THE MEN IN BLUE IN THEIR GRID.
ABSOLUTELY. COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD MANY TIMES.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT GO IN AS TO WHY IT EVEN BECAME A GRID TO BEGIN WITH.
IF IT'S TREATED AND IT FALLS OFF THE LIST AND THEN COMES BACK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS MANY YEARS AGO, WE KNOW THAT VIOLENT CRIME REVOLVES AROUND POVERTY, LACK OF EDUCATION, LACK OF JOBS, FOOD DESERTS AND THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO NECESSARILY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND MY LAST QUESTION, I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS TO JOHN FORTUNE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HEARD MY QUESTION AND MY MY CONCERN IS, NUMBER ONE, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT ALL THE POLICE OFFICER IN THAT AREA TO TRY TO TO LOWER THE CRIME.
BUT ALSO THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THE HEART TEAM, THE HOMELESS, ALL OF THAT.
I THINK THAT AND WE NEED SOME MORE ASSETS.
HOW DO WE MANAGE THE OTHER DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, HIS BACK CONTROL IN THAT GRID.
SO WE KNOW FOR US WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WE NEED TO TACK ON TO THAT GRID.
SO OBVIOUSLY, THAT LEVEL OF COORDINATION IS IS THE CHIEF INDICATORS IS ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE A PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS SUCCESSFUL.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ALL CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE NEEDS GO WELL BEYOND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, AS WE GO THROUGH THE CYCLE OF FUNDING ANNUALLY, WE TRY TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL BASED ON WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL HELP US SUSTAIN THAT LEVEL OF ACTIVITY NEXT YEAR AND IN SOME CASES GROW BEYOND THAT.
SO I WILL SAY I'M WITH THIS COUNCIL SUPPORT.
WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD SUCCESS IN GETTING FUNDING FOR BLIGHT, REMEDIATION, LIGHTING ABATEMENT AND A LOT OF THE OTHER SERVICES THAT YOU MENTIONED, SUCH AS THE HEART TEAM AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS. SO WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT IT'S IT'S GOING TO ALWAYS BE A CHALLENGE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.
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I'LL JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU.SMITH. THERE'S REALLY FOUR SENTENCES IN YOUR REPORT.
THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS ON PAGE 69 AND I'LL READ IT TO YOU.
IT SAYS, BECAUSE MOST VIOLENT CRIME IN DALLAS OCCURS IN AND AROUND OLDER APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THE CITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A COMPREHENSIVE CITYWIDE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE PROXIMATE CONDITIONS THAT GIVE RISE TO VIOLENCE IN THESE LOCATIONS, INCLUDING ZONING, REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT, RECREATION AND OTHER INVESTMENTS AND OR INCENTIVES NEEDED TO HELP REDUCE CRIME AT ITS LEGACY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COMPLEXES.
SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHAT KIND OF ZONING CHANGES WOULD YOU SEE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL? WHAT KIND OF REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT ARE YOU SUGGESTING? I'M ASSUMING FOR RECREATION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKS AND PROGRAMING.
OKAY. SO WE'LL SAY YES ON THAT ONE.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
I'M A CRIMINOLOGIST, NOT A ZONING EXPERT.
BUT WE HAVE CERTAINLY WORKED IN YOUR CITY FOR AND WORKED WITH YOUR DATA NOW IN FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS AND AND HAVE LOOKED AT THEM IN ANY NUMBER OF LENSES.
AND WHAT IS VERY APPARENT TO US OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME IN LOOKING AT YOUR DATA.
UH, THAT CAREFULLY AND THAT CLOSELY IS THAT IS JUST IS WHAT IS JUST WHAT WE SAID.
THE, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY, I THINK, FACES IN DEALING WITH THAT ARE ARE NOT AT ALL INSIGNIFICANT AND. IN A WAY, I WISH THAT WE COULD ROLL THE CLOCK BACK 50 YEARS AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT IMAGINE APARTMENT COMPLEXES BEING CONSTRUCTED.
MANY OF YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN DALLAS ARE WARRANTS.
THEY'RE VERY I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THEM ON A MAP, THEY LOOK LIKE AN OCTOPUS.
LOTS OF STREETS THAT SWIRL AROUND ONE ANOTHER, DEAD END, CUL DE SACS, LARGE NUMBERS OF BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER WITH WITH WITH LITTLE NATURAL LINE OF SIGHT.
AND THAT ALL OF THAT CREATES CHALLENGES FOR FOR MODERN CRIME PREVENTION.
SO WHEN I WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ZONING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO GO BACK 50 YEARS LATER AND REDO ZONING FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. SO BUT I THINK I THINK YOU MOVING CERTAINLY MOVING FORWARD WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ALL OF THESE THINGS NOWADAYS ARE TYPICALLY ROUTINELY CONSIDERED AND FROM BOTH FROM A ZONING AND FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT, A DESIGN STANDPOINT.
AND ALL OF THOSE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FOREMOST ON ON EVERYONE'S MIND.
THE ELECTED LEADERS OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE THINGS, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY THE WAY THAT MANY OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNED AND LAID OUT ARE VERY, VERY MAKE IT VERY, VERY CHALLENGING FROM A CRIME PREVENTION STANDPOINT.
SO MAY I ASK IF IF YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SO, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND OR IF WE WERE ABLE TO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE PUT SOME SORT OF ORDINANCE IN PLACE THAT SAYS IF YOUR APARTMENT COMPLEX IS X, MANY OF YEARS OLD AND YOU'VE HAD Y AMOUNT OF CRIME THAT YOU WOULD THEN HAVE TO HAVE FENCING GATES, CAMERAS AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIGHTING.
YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD SUGGESTIONS LIKE THAT ARE EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT WE WOULD THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY STUDY. YOU KNOW AND AGAIN I CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS MA'AM TO THE TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE DETAILS OF THAT.
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BUT I THINK UNDERTAKING A CAREFUL ANALYSIS LIKE YOU JUST DESCRIBED WITH POTENTIAL OUTCOMES LIKE THAT MAY BE VERY MEANINGFUL OVER TIME BECAUSE THAT THOSE PLACES ARE WHERE MOST OF YOUR VIOLENT CRIME HAPPENS IN DALLAS.AND I THINK ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO HELP AMELIORATE THE CONDITIONS THAT GIVE RISE TO THAT, INCLUDING THE YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED RECREATION AS ONE OF THEM IS WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE TO THE TO THE CITY.
OKAY. AND SO YOU ALSO HAD REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT THERE.
ARE YOU BASICALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT CODE COMPLIANCE? PRIMARILY, YES.
AND WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES EVEN RECENTLY OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE WAY OUT OF CODE COMPLIANCE IN DALLAS AND WHERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE ARE LIVING IN 105, 110 DEGREE HEAT WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING, FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, THEY THEY SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ALL THE TIME IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN DALLAS AND AND VARYING LEVELS OF COOPERATION, OFTENTIMES NOT GOOD COOPERATION FROM OWNERS AND MANAGERS.
OKAY. SO I WANT TO GO TO ON PAGE 70, YOU HAVE A SENTENCE THAT'S THAT SAYS SYSTEMWIDE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE REVOLVING DOOR OF ARREST, RELEASE ON BAIL, BOND AND REARREST, PARTICULARLY AMONG AN INCREASINGLY INCREASING YOUTHFUL POPULATION OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS, ARE ALSO NEEDED.
SO CLEARLY, THIS IS BEING ADDRESSED WITH A FOCUS DETERRENCE.
IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD SAY NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S POLICE RELATED OR NOT? YOU MAY RECALL WE DID A PILOT STUDY, BAIL BOND STUDY FOR FOR YOU ALL FOR DALLAS REPORTED OUT ON THAT LAST FALL, I BELIEVE IT WAS, WHERE WE EXAMINED A SAMPLE OF ABOUT 500 ARRESTS OF VIOLENT PEOPLE WHO WERE ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT CRIMES.
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM? WHAT THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORIES WERE PRIOR TO THAT MOST RECENT ARREST.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IN TERMS OF BAIL OR BOND, AND THEN WHETHER THEY WERE REARRESTED IN THE FOLLOWING SIX MONTHS? AND I THINK THOSE, IF YOU RECALL THOSE DATA, I THINK WERE PRETTY EYE OPENING FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING US.
DALLAS IS ALSO PART OF THAT REPLICATION STUDY.
BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE HEARD CHIEF GARCIA SPEAK ABOUT THIS PUBLICLY, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE, TOO, ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION THAT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NATIONWIDE HAVE WITH THIS REVOLVING DOOR WHERE PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED FOR A VIOLENT OFFENSE.
THEY MAY HAVE A LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY, BUT THEY'RE IMMEDIATELY LET OUT ON ON LITTLE OR NO BOND AND THEY'LL GET OUT AND THEY WILL COMMIT ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIME, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE VIOLENT CRIMES, WHILE THEY'RE OUT ON BAIL AND BOND.
WELL, YOU DO TALK ABOUT THAT AND YOU HAVE IT FOOTNOTED ALSO ON PAGE 70.
AND SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THAT ONE BECAUSE YOU BECAUSE YOU JUST MENTIONED IT.
BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY ALARMING.
AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GETS THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT RELEASING OFFENDERS WITH LENGTHY CRIMINAL RECORDS ON BAIL ONLY TO SEE A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE REARRESTED WITHIN SIX MONTHS.
AND CERTAINLY THAT'S NOT HELPING US.
SO THE LAST ITEM I HAVE AND THIS REALLY IS FOR YOU, DR.
SMITH, SINCE IT'S YOUR REPORT, AND IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC FOR CITY STAFF, BUT I THINK THAT WE'RE PAYING YOU ENOUGH MONEY. WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY THIS.
IT SAYS, ALTHOUGH THE NIJ STRATEGY HAS SHOWN SOME SUCCESS AT REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME IN SOME OF DALLAS'S MOST VIOLENT PRONE PLACES, IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY A LACK OF COORDINATION ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND THE STRATEGY HAS RELIED TOO HEAVILY ON POLICING RATHER THAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY SOLUTIONS AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE? SURE. I MEAN, THIS IS A COMPLEX STRATEGY AND IT REQUIRES THE COORDINATION OF LOTS OF MOVING PARTS AND THE COORDINATION OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE THEIR OWN LIST OF PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY VIOLENT
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CRIME IN ANY GIVEN TIME.AND AND SO TRYING TO COORDINATE ALL OF THAT IS A BIG CHALLENGE, NUMBER ONE.
AND ALL ALMOST ALL OF THEM REPORT THE SAME KINDS OF CHALLENGES.
SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE PART THAT WE THAT WE MEAN WHEN WE WRITE WHEN I WRITE A SENTENCE LIKE THAT.
AND OUR JOB IS TO EVALUATOR IS TO CALL BALLS AND STRIKES, RIGHT.
AND TO TELL YOU THAT AS HONESTLY AS WE CAN FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
YEAH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR.
NO, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WE ARE HITTING OUR TIME FRAME JUST PERFECTLY.
THANK YOU FOR THE VERY HARD WORK TOO.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE REALLY STRONG ANALYSIS.
YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US.
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO BRIEFING ITEM NUMBER D.
THIS IS THE DFA EMERGENCY RESPONSE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION CHANGES.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS WE HAVE THE TEAMS SWITCH OUT HERE AT THE DAIS, I WANT TO SAY MY COMMENTS REAL QUICK ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR JUST COMMENDABLE EFFORTS TO NOT LET UP THE, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS.
THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION OF CHIEF ARTIST IS OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO LOOK FOR BETTER WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE AND HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
SO CHIEF ARTISTS, WITH YOU AND TAKING THE LEAD, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD AND KIND OF INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND KICK IT OFF AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR SUPPORTING YOU AT THE END? THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU.
WE USE DATA TO NOT ONLY HELP WITH THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES IS ALSO THE WAY THAT WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE RESPONDING. AND SO TODAY OUR PRESENTERS ARE CAPTAIN ROB BORST FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, SECTION CHIEF SCOTT CLUMPNER FROM SECTION CHIEF OF EMS, AND DR.
ISAACS, OUR CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.
CAPTAIN BORIS, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AS CHIEF SAID, I'M ROB FORCE CAPTAIN IN THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF STAFF, AND I'D LIKE TO GO OVER SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PRESENTATION.
WE SAY THIS A LOT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SAY IT.
WE STRIVE TO DELIVER EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE EVERYTHING WE DO IS DATA DRIVEN.
AND I HOPE THAT THIS PRESENTATION WILL DEMONSTRATE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ONGOING, AS MR. FORTUNE MENTIONED, THE ONGOING EMERGENCY RESPONSE REVIEW PROJECT, PLANNED RESPONSE CHANGES, THE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS OF THOSE CHANGES AND THE MANNER IN WHICH WE TRACK AND PERFORM DATA ANALYTICS ON OUR RESPONSE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO A BRIEF RESET ON WHERE WE ARE.
YOU SEE THE MAP OF OUR FIRE STATIONS AND RESOURCES WHICH ARE STRATEGICALLY PLACED ACROSS THE CITY TO ENSURE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE WITHIN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED STANDARDS.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY SEEING THE FRUITS OF THE OF OUR LABORS.
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NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME STATISTICS AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS.AGAIN, A LITTLE RESET OF WHERE WE ARE.
A LOT OF THIS DATA YOU RECEIVE IN YOUR MONTHLY DASHBOARDS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FOR OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE VOLUME, THAT'S FROM THE YEARS 2017 THROUGH 2022.
THOSE WERE CALENDAR YEARS AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2020, WHICH IS A NOTABLE EXCEPTION BECAUSE OF COVID, OUR RESPONSE VOLUME TRENDS UPWARD ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4% EACH YEAR.
2021 AND 2022 DEFINITELY WERE DRAMATIC INCREASES WHERE IT MADE UP FOR THAT DIP IN 2020 AND WE'RE BACK ON THAT STEADY INCREASE THAT WE HAVE SEEN YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. THE PERFORMANCE METRICS YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THAT SLIDE ARE FROM 2022.
SO YOU SEE THAT IN 2022, WE WITH NEARLY 300,000 EMERGENCY RESPONSES FROM OUR RESOURCES.
THOSE PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR RESPONSE ARE BOTH AT 90% AND THE UTILIZATION OF OUR RESOURCES.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANTICIPATE THIS STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.
WE SIMPLY WITH AN INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
WE SIMPLY NEED MORE RESOURCES.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO EMPLOY EMERGENCY RESPONSE STRATEGIES BECAUSE JUST SIMPLY THROWING MORE UNITS AND MONEY AT A PROBLEM IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST TACTIC TO ENACT POSITIVE CHANGE.
THINGS LIKE RIGHTCARE, MCHP SINGLE FUNCTION MEDICS.
THE SQUAD PROGRAM AND FACILITY, EMBEDDED PARAMEDICS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
SO AGAIN, BEGUN LAST YEAR FORMALLY IN 2022.
THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE REVIEW PROJECT IS A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF EACH AND EVERY SINGLE CALL TYPE, AND OUR RESPONSE TO THAT CALL TYPE TO EVALUATE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES AND THE TYPE OF RESPONSE WE PROVIDE TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED OUTCOME TO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE CALL FOR SERVICE.
EVERYTHING WE DO IS DATA DRIVEN.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT HARD NUMBERS AND TAKE A LOOK AND MAKE HISTORICAL ANALYSIS THOSE STATISTICS AND ATTEMPT SOME PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS ON THE BEST PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
WE ALSO RESEARCH OTHER SYSTEMS AND BEST PRACTICES.
BUT I WANT TO STRESS AT THAT POINT WE ALSO TRY TO BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE.
JUST BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE IS DOING SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T DO IT AND LEAD THE WAY.
SO LAST YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED A FEW CHANGES BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
WE REMOVED AN AUTOMATIC REQUIREMENT OF A TRUCK ON HIGHWAY INCIDENTS.
INSTEAD, NOW YOU CAN JUST GET AN ENGINE OR A TRUCK.
WE REASSIGNED FIRST AID CALLS FROM ENGINES BACK TO RESCUES, AND WE ALSO REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT OF A FIRST RESPONDER, WHICH IN CAD SPEAK OR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH IS AN ENGINE OR TRUCK FROM EMERGENCY TRANSFER CALL TYPES.
AND JUST TO BE EFFICIENT, WE DIDN'T SEE THE NEED FOR AN ENGINE OR TRUCK TO BE THERE.
THEY JUST NEEDED AN. AMBULANCE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES AND WE ARE STILL TRACKING AND EVALUATING THOSE CHANGES.
BUT SO FAR THE CHANGE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY POSITIVE ON OUR OVERALL OPERATIONS.
SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THREE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE HERE.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS OUR AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS. CURRENTLY, OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, WE'VE AVERAGED 14,000 AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I'M NOT. I'M DOING FIRE ALARMS. OKAY. IT APPEARS THE SLIDE IS NOT THERE.
SO THIS ONE IS AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARMS. WE DO APPROXIMATELY 14,000.
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ALL RIGHT. NOPE.ALL RIGHT. 14,000 RESPONSES ANNUALLY OVER A SIX YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S THE AVERAGE RESPONSES THIS PAST YEAR WAS OVER 16,000.
TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD A ENGINE RESPOND LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
CODE THREE FROM THE HOURS OF 7 A.M.
AND THEN AFTER 10 P.M., WE HAD THE ADDITION OF A LADDER TRUCK.
THESE CALLS RARELY RESULT IN A STRUCTURE FIRE.
OF THE 14,000 AVERAGE LAST YEAR ALONE WAS ONLY 16 WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES AS A RESULT.
SO IT'S MOST OF THE TIME OVERWHELMINGLY THESE CALLS ARE FOR SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS AND THIS CHANGE SHOULD PROVIDE AVAILABLE RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY, SYSTEM WIDE. AND WE DON'T FEEL THIS IS COMPROMISING EFFECTIVENESS.
IN ADDITION, THE ENGINES HAVE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL TO RESOLVE THESE.
AND IF IT DOES TURN INTO A STRUCTURE FIRE, WE HAVE A STRUCTURE FIRE RESPONSE THAT CAN BE INITIATED OVER THE PHONE FROM THE CALLER IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR FROM THE RESPONDING ENGINE IF THEY FEEL IT'S NECESSARY.
NEXT SLIDE. PREVIOUS TWO SLIDES.
PREVIOUS, PLEASE. THEN THE NEXT CHANGE WE'RE MAKING IS WITH OUR ELEVATOR EMERGENCIES.
CURRENTLY, THE RESPONSE IS AN AVERAGE OF 1300 RESPONSES A YEAR.
IT IS A SMALLER GROUP OF RESPONSES THAT WE DO.
THEY SERVE A VITAL ROLE ON THE FIREGROUND, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ELEVATOR EMERGENCY.
THIS CHANGE WILL IMPROVE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR RESPONSES TO REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRES.
IN 2022, THE BATTALION CHIEFS HAD AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME OF SEVEN MINUTES AND 37 SECONDS TO WORKING STRUCTURE FIRES, AND WE HAVE A GOAL OF HAVING THE FIRST ENGINE ON A WORKING STRUCTURE FIRE IN FIVE MINUTES.
THERE WE GO. THE THIRD CHANGE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IS THE LARGEST CHANGE.
TRADITIONALLY, WE HAVE SENT A FIRE ENGINE AND AN AMBULANCE OR A RESCUE TO THESE.
WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE RESCUE FROM THESE AS AN AUTOMATIC RESPONSE.
BFR HAS A PARAMEDIC ON EVERY ENGINE IN THE CITY WITH THE SAME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO TREAT A PATIENT.
MOST OF THESE CALLS DO NOT REQUIRE TREATMENT TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL BY AN AMBULANCE.
THE OVERALL GOAL OF THESE CHANGES IS TO AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE.
ANTICIPATED BENEFITS INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL FOUR PILLARS OF DFA'S OPERATIONAL GOALS SAFETY BY REDUCING RUNNING CODE THREE TO CERTAIN REQUEST FOR SERVICE EFFECTIVENESS BY IMPROVING SYSTEM RESPONSE TIMES AND UNIT UTILIZATION EFFICIENTLY, BY MORE EFFICIENT USE OF OUR RESOURCES AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR.
MARSHALL ISAACS, TO TALK ABOUT THE MEDICAL COMPONENT OF THIS.
THANK YOU, CHIEF. MADAM CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M MERCIFULLY, I ONLY HAVE ONE SLIDE TO COVER.
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FIRE RESCUE, EMS TO THESE LOWER RISK MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HAPPEN EACH AND EVERY DAY, MANY TIMES A DAY.I WANT TO REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT EVERY DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ENGINE HAS A FULLY TRAINED FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC WITH ALL THE SKILL, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES OF THE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS THAT STAFF OUR RESCUES, OUR AMBULANCES.
IN ADDITION, THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL HELP FROM FIREFIGHTER EMTS AND A SUPERVISING OFFICER.
SO THIS MAKES SENSE FOR OUR LOWER RISK NON-HIGHWAY LOWER VELOCITY THOROUGHFARE AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THROUGH SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHMS IN THE DISPATCH CENTER TO IDENTIFY THOSE CALLS THAT WON'T LIKELY RESULT IN TRANSPORT SHOULD THEY ENCOUNTER A PATIENT OR PATIENTS WHO ARE CRITICALLY ILL OR INJURED.
IN JUST A MATTER OF MINUTES, WE CAN HAVE A RESCUE THERE.
AND IN THOSE MINUTES THAT THE RESCUE IS RESPONDING, OUR EXPERT, FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDICS AND EMTS AND OFFICER CAN BEGIN THE EVALUATION, TREATMENT AND PACKAGING OF THOSE PATIENTS TO GET THEM WHEN NEEDED TO A LOCAL TRAUMA CENTER.
THIS IS BOTH SAFE AND IMPRESSIVE, INCREASES THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM IN FREEING UP THOSE RESCUES THAT HAD BEEN SENT TO THESE LOWER RISK, LOWER LEVEL CALLS AND ALLOWS THEM TO BE MORE READILY RESPONSIBLE TO RESPOND TO OTHER CRITICAL CALLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO WE SEE THIS AS AN ENHANCEMENT.
WE SEE THIS AS CONSISTENT WITH THE CHIEF'S DIRECTION TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE'VE DONE THINGS IN THE PAST AND COME UP WITH WAYS TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, MORE EFFECTIVE AND SAFE. THE CFR OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR THROUGH THE QUALITY MANAGEMENT DIVISION, WILL BE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC DATA ELEMENTS TO REPORT BACK TO YOU THAT THIS IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. WELL, GREAT.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN TAKE THE THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES ONE BY ONE.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIRE ALARMS? SO MY ONLY QUESTION WAS ABOUT FOR THE NEW RESPONSE FROM £0.07 PM TILL ESSENTIALLY 7 A.M.
THAT YOU HAVE IT AS CODE THREE.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD CONSIDERED MAYBE THAT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT HAVING THE SIRENS ISN'T PARTICULARLY WELCOMED BY THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND IF THERE'S NOBODY EXPECTED TO BE ON SITE AT THESE LOCATIONS ANYHOW, COULD IT JUST BE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE ON AND NOT THE SIRENS? YEAH, I'LL ADDRESS THAT, MADAM CHAIR.
THE REASON WE DECIDED TO HAVE LIGHTS AND SIRENS AFTER 7 P.M..
WHEN NO ONE'S IN THE BUILDING, A FIRE COULD GO UNRECOGNIZED AND BE A BIGGER EVENT.
THEREFORE, WE WENT WITH THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS AT NIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET SOMEWHERE WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS VERSUS WITHOUT? IS THERE I MEAN, IS IT LIKE, OH, IT GENERALLY TAKES US AN EXTRA MINUTE OR IT TAKES US? I MEAN, HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU SAVING WITH THAT? I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE DATA.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S THAT'S A FIRE GROWING WITH NOBODY NOTICING.
SO THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS DOES GET THEM A BIT QUICKER.
ALTHOUGH WE WERE DECIDING THAT MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A CODE TOO.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR CODE ONE AND THREE, BUT MAYBE YOU'LL THINK ABOUT THAT ONE.
OKAY. WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ELEVATOR RECOMMENDATION? OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN RESCUED BY CFR BEING STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR HERE AT CITY HALL.
MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BATTALION CHIEF WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE INCIDENT, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE MULTIPLE RESPONSES, THE TRUCK CAPTAIN, THEY'VE GOT ALL THE KEYS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN OFTEN WHEN THERE'S A WEATHER EVENT, A BAD STORM, YOU KNOW, THE ELEVATORS BREAK, THE POWER GOES OUT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S A LOT OF STRUCTURE FIRES.
AND WE'VE WE HAVE RAN OUT OF BATTALION CHIEFS AND THEREFORE, WE'D RATHER THEM BE AT STRUCTURE FIRES
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THAN AN ELEVATOR EMERGENCY THAT OFTEN THE THE THE TRUCK AND THE ENGINE HAVE HANDLED BEFORE THE BCC EVEN GETS THERE.GREAT. AND THEN THE LAST SUGGESTION WAS ABOUT THE MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? OH, SO THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS YOU MENTIONED THAT IN YOUR CHART THAT FOR YOUR TRANSPORT RATES, YOU HAVE 20,000 FOR OVERALL, BUT HOW MANY OF THEM WERE BASED ON THESE KIND OF MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS? IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT 20%.
SO ON THAT ON THAT SLIDE, THAT THAT CHART IS THE BLUE BAR IS THERE ARE OVERALL TRANSPORT RATE AND THE RED BAR, WHICH IS UNDER 20%, THE BLUE BAR IS OVER 6%. THE RED BAR IS FOR NBC'S ON SURFACE STREETS.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DISTINCTION ON ALL OF THESE.
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE AUTOMATIC DISPATCHING OF RESOURCES, NOT WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
WE CAN ALWAYS ASK FOR MORE RESOURCES AND PARTICULARLY IN AND DOCTOR ISAACS MENTIONED THIS, PARTICULARLY IN THE NBC'S ANY DISPATCHER, BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE CALLER OR FEEDBACK FROM FIELD PERSONNEL WILL CERTAINLY KICK OUT A RESCUE AUTOMATICALLY BASED ON THAT FURTHER INFORMATION.
IT'S JUST NOT AN EFFICIENT USE TO AUTOMATICALLY SEND THEM TO EVERY SINGLE CALL.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER STUART.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? ARE YOU. IF SO, IS THAT A CHANGE? JUST KIND OF DESCRIBE IT.
DO WE HAVE THAT? OH, NEVER MIND.
I GUESS I DIDN'T READ. YOU'RE JUST.
YEAH, YOU'RE JUST. WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT ONE.
OKAY. WELL, OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS BRIEFING E WELFARE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
AND I SEE THAT CHIEF KLUMPER IS STILL ON ON DECK HERE.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIALLY REQUESTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART.
WE PUT THIS ITEM REALLY QUICK TOGETHER FOR THIS AGENDA.
AND SO THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING.
AND SO TODAY WITH US, AS YOU'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED, WE HAVE CHIEF KLEMPNER, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TABITHA COSTELLO, WHO IS WITH OUR INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AND KEVIN ODEN ARE JOINING THE DYESS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHO'S STARTING FIRST, BUT I'LL KICK IT OFF TO THE TEAM.
THIS IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CFR AND INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
BRIEFLY GO OVER, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE CURRENT CHALLENGES PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM.
DATA WE SEE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT RELATED TO DFR, OUR SOLUTION THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AS A PILOT, OUR OPERATIONAL PLAN, OUR WELFARE RESPONSE TEAM.
CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM PARTNERS AND OUR NEXT STEPS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO SINCE COVID WELFARE CHECKS FOR SERVICE ACCOUNT FOR 11% OF THE TOTAL GFR CALL VOLUME IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
RESIDENTS SERVED ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS TYPICALLY REQUIRE MORE BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND PREVENTATIVE LONG TERM MEDICAL CARE AMONG THEIR CONDITIONS. THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE TAKE GFR RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT OUT OF SERVICE, UNAVAILABLE FOR OTHER EMERGENCIES, AND DO LEAD TO INCREASED MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE HEAVY APPARATUS.
SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE SIX MONTH PILOT OF THE WELFARE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT FORMED THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS AND GFR.
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WILL ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES.THIS IS REALLY TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED WHEN THEY CALL 911 WHERE WE DEVELOPED OR WE ARE WE DETERMINED WE HAD THIS NEED IS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE DATA AGAIN, AS CAPTAIN BORSOD SAID IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, EVERYTHING IS DATA DRIVEN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, SHOWS OUR STATIONS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, STATION FOUR RIGHT HERE BEHIND CITY HALL AND THEN STATION 18, JUST ACROSS FROM THE AQUARIUM ARE THE TWO STATIONS THAT SERVE THE CBD.
THIS IS WHAT MADE US DETERMINED THAT WE NEEDED A SOLUTION.
WHAT? I WILL PASS IT ALONG HERE TO TABITHA FOR THAT SOLUTION.
THE CRISIS COORDINATOR WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLETING AN ORIENTATION ASSESSMENT IDENTIFYING BARRIERS, DETERMINING CURRENT SOCIAL NEEDS, SOCIAL SERVICE NEEDS AND ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION BY PERSONALLY CONNECTING THE INDIVIDUAL TO A SERVICE PROVIDER.
THE NEXT SLIDE. OPERATIONAL PLAN.
WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
THE TEAM WILL DEPLOY FROM THE BAYLOR STREET OFFICE AND ASSIST FIRE STATIONS FOUR AND 18.
THOSE INCLUDE THE RIGHT CARE UNIT, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, CENTRAL PATROL OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE RECOVERY CENTER, DOWNTOWN DALLAS, INC.
IN THE DOWNTOWN SHELTERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.
LEADERSHIP WILL MONITOR TEAM OUTCOMES THROUGH TEAM DAILY ACTIVITY LOGS.
DAILY ACTIVITY LOGS WILL CAPTURE IMPROVED EFFECTIVENESS FOR DSR DURING A SIX MONTH PILOT PERIOD.
CALL TOTALS, CALL TYPES AND RELEVANT DATA ON RESIDENTS ENCOUNTERED.
ACTIVITY AND DATA MAY SUPPORT FUTURE EXPANSION.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I THOUGHT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTFUL.
I FEEL. I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON PAGE THREE.
HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS ARE REPEAT CALLS TO THE SAME INDIVIDUAL? PAGE THREE. CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, SIR? SURE. ON PAGE THREE AND COVID 19 WELFARE CHECK CALLED ACCOUNT FOR 11% OF THAT 11%.
DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY ARE REPEAT INDIVIDUALS THAT MS IS DEALING WITH? WE'LL HAVE TO GET YOU THAT DATA.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, IT WOULD BE A LOT LESS OF REPEAT THAN THE REST OF THE CITY.
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WHAT IS THE AVERAGE COST PER CALL? SORRY, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION? SURE. THE AVERAGE COST PER CALL.WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE'RE ALL OPTIMISTIC THAT IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PRODUCING THE OUTCOME, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL TRACK AND WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. OKAY.
AND SO I DO UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM.
A LOT OF OUR WELFARE CALLS ARE ALSO COMING FROM DEEP ELLUM AND THE CEDARS, AND SO WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THAT IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM, IF NOT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FUTURE EXPANSION.
ARE YOU SEEING WELFARE CHECKS INCREASES ACROSS THE CITY OR IS IT REALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT? SO WE HAVE SEEN THE INCREASE 31% IN CALL VOLUME IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT COMPARED TO 19% CITYWIDE JUST IN 2022 ALONE, THERE WERE 10,000 REQUESTS FOR WELFARE CHECKS JUST IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND SO DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER POCKETS ACROSS THE CITY THAT NEED PARTICULAR FOCUS? SO WE WILL RUN THE DATA BASED ON HOTSPOTS SIMILAR TO WHAT POLICE ARE DOING ON THE CRIME.
BUT WE NEED TO SHOW PROOF THAT IT ACTUALLY HAS AN IMPACT FIRST.
AND THIS IS THE HIGHEST AREA OF CALL VOLUME FOR THE WELFARE CHECKS IN THE CITY FOR THE IPS.
IS THIS A DEDICATED PERSON IN THAT ROLE AND WHAT KIND OF QUALIFICATIONS DOES THAT PERSON HAVE? YES, MA'AM. THEY ARE TWO DESIGNATED CRISIS COORDINATORS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM, AND THE QUALIFICATIONS VARY, BUT THEY ARE ALL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SOCIAL WORK BACKGROUND.
MOST OF OUR COORDINATORS ARE MASTER'S LEVEL BEHAVIOR HEALTH SOCIALISTS.
OKAY. AND WHAT WILL THE TEAM BE EXPECTED TO DO WHEN THEY'RE NOT ON A WELFARE CALL? ARE THEY GOING TO BE DRIVING AROUND LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY SEE SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN DISTRESS, THEY'RE LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK UNRESPONSIVE, OR ARE THEY WAITING FOR CALLS TO BE DISPATCHED? HOW WILL THAT WORK? THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO FOLLOW UPS ON PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL BE BUSY CONTINUALLY ANSWERING CALLS AND THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELF ASSIGN THEMSELVES TO PEOPLE THAT THEY MAY ENCOUNTER DOWNTOWN.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TO TO ATTEND TO FIRE AND EMERGENCY NEEDS QUICKER SINCE THIS IS TAKEN OFF THEIR PLATE.
AND ALSO THE NUMBER OF RUNS FOR THE ENGINE RESCUE BEFORE AND AFTER.
YOUR FIRST STEWART YOU CAN CALL ME COUNCILMEMBER KATHY.
ARE THERE I'M ASSUMING THERE ARE OTHER CITIES DOING THIS? ARE WE PATTERNING PATTERNING THIS AFTER WHAT WE'VE SEEN WORK IN OTHER CITIES, OR IS THIS JUST KIND OF A BRAINSTORMING AND FIGURED THIS WAS A GOOD RESPONSE? I MEAN, I SUPPORT THE RESPONSE AND THE CHANGE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU SEE IT IN AUSTIN, DENVER AND ANY OTHER CITIES? YES, MA'AM. WE SEE A NUMBER OF CITIES WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESPONSE OPTIONS.
SO THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THAT.
EACH ONE OF OUR PEER COMPARABLE CITIES HAS MULTIPLE TYPES OF TEAMS AND THEY ALL STRIVE TO DO BASICALLY THE SAME THING, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE THE COMPLEX AND TRY TO MEET THE ROOT CAUSE NEED OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
COUNCILMAN STEWART SAYING THAT THIS IS A CATER TO 1%, 1% PACIFIC AREA.
YES, SIR. AND THAT'S WHAT CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT HAS DEFINED IN CAD.
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COULD YOU GIVE ME THE BOUNDARIES IF YOU DON'T GIVE US A MAP SO WE KNOW WHAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE? YES, SIR. WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A MAP.AND HOW LONG THIS PILOT PROGRAM GOING TO LAST? SIX MONTHS? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. OKAY.
AND AND THIS IS IN OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
SO THERE IS NO INCREASED COST FROM BFR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SAME FOR IPS.
WE HAVE THE TWO POSITIONS ALLOCATED TO THE PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I DON'T SEE MADAM CHAIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. YES, THANK YOU.
I'M WONDERING WHAT THE COORDINATION IS WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS AND WHAT YOU EXPECT TO PARTNER WITH THEM MOVING FORWARD.
YES. SO THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS IS ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS.
AS WE WORKING DOWNTOWN, WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL ENCOUNTER MANY UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS.
AND SO THE THOUGHT AND THE PLAN WITH US IS TO UTILIZE THEM FOR TRANSPORT, TRANSPORTING PURPOSES WHEN ENCOUNTERING AN UNSHELTERED RESIDENT, MOVING THEM TO ONE OF THE SHELTERS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS, OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS DOWNTOWN.
THANK YOU WITH THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE METRICS OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS IS SEEING HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS DO SEEK TREATMENT OR DO SEEK TRANSPORT TO ONE OF OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND I'D LIKE TO ADD ONE AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU TO CHAIRMAN MORENO, WHO CHAIRS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE.
WILL YOU BE ENTERING THIS TREATMENT INTO THE SYSTEM? WILL YOU BE ENSURING THAT SOMEBODY WHO IS HOMELESS IS FIRST OF ALL IN THE SYSTEM? AND IF NOT, WILL YOU ENTER THEM? AND SECOND, IF THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE SYSTEM, WILL YOU BE ADDING THIS AS A CASE NOTE FOR AN INTERVENTION THAT'S HAPPENED? YES, WE CERTAINLY CAN COORDINATE WITH COORDINATE AND HAVING THAT DONE JUST BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HHS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DESIGNATED A PERSON TO ASSIST US.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE COORDINATION.
SO AS YOU'RE PROVIDING THE OUTCOMES SIX MONTHS OUT, IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT YOU INTERACTED WITH THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE HOMELESS, AND THEN IF YOU NEEDED TO ENTER THEM INTO HMS, WHICH MAYBE YOU WOULD HAVE O-H-S WITH YOU TO DO SO.
AND OF THOSE, HOW MANY GOT A CASE NOTE ADDED? OKAY, WE'LL DO.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFINGS FOR THE DAY.
WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW BRIEFING MEMOS.
AND PERHAPS YOU'LL BE NEEDED FOR QUESTIONS ON THOSE.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS.
ARE THERE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE DASHBOARDS? OKAY. I HAVE A FEW.
THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT IS FOR.
FOR THE TAKEOVER MAP FROM DPD.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN JUNE, BUT THE MAP ITSELF DOESN'T ACTUALLY SHOW ANY OF THE LOCATIONS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST THE PRINTED PACKET WE HAVE AND IT'S SHOWING UP.
PARDON? NO TAKEOVERS TOOK PLACE.
THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER ASSISTANT CHIEF OF DALLAS PD.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY TAKEOVERS FOR THE PRIOR MONTH.
OKAY, SO DO YOU HAVE RACING AND SPEEDING ON A MAP OR IS JUST FROM THE DATA THAT'S HERE? THAT DATA THAT'S THERE IS MOSTLY SELF INITIATED.
DO YOU THINK YOU'VE HAD MULTIPLE MONTHS WITH NO TAKEOVERS? YEAH, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, INTEL, AND I THINK THE WORD HAS JUST GOTTEN OUT THAT BECAUSE OF OUR GROUP, THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE MADE, THEY'VE GONE TO OTHER LOCATIONS.
MY NEXT ONE IS YOU CAN SAY I HAVE MORE FOR POLICE IN A MINUTE FOR 911 COMMUNICATIONS.
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I'M JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT THE THE PIE CHART SHOWS THAT 69% OF THE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.NUMBER ONE, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NUMBER, THAT THERE'S 44 UNFILLED POSITIONS.
BUT NUMBER TWO, THE PIE CHART ITSELF DOESN'T REFLECT THE RIGHT NUMBER.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PIE CHART, 70% WOULD MAYBE SHOW THE PIE GO DOWN TO MAYBE THE NUMBER SEVEN AND HERE'S MAYBE 11 IF WE'RE ON A CLOCK FACE. OKAY.
IS THERE. CAN CAN YOU TELL US IF WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH HIRING 911 OPERATORS? I CAN ADDRESS THIS GLOBALLY.
AND OF COURSE, OF ROBERT NEEDS TO ADD ANYTHING.
YEAH, THIS IS A NATIONAL TREND CHALLENGE JUST LIKE WITH POLICE OFFICERS IS, IS OBTAINING APPLICANTS TO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN THIS SPECIFIC INDUSTRY.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY RAISED OUR COMPENSATION ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER HARD LOOK AT THAT.
WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BE A LITTLE MORE STRATEGIC IN THE RECRUITING.
AGAIN, WE WERE REALLY EFFECTIVE INITIALLY WHEN WE ADDED THESE POSITIONS, AND I THINK THAT THE TEAM IS COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO DO SOME INNOVATION OR USE SOME INNOVATIVE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN REACH A TARGET AUDIENCE FOR THESE POSITIONS.
I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE TEAM TO IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND METRICS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAY, WHERE WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE RANSOMWARE, OUR GOAL IS 90% AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT ONE MONTH.
AND SO COMING A LONG WAY FROM WHERE WE WERE IN FY 21.
IS THERE A TRIGGER AT WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT? I MEAN, YOU DO HAVE FOR JUNE AND JULY, 91%, 93%.
I MEAN, YOU DID GO UP FOR AUGUST TO TO ALMOST 96%.
SO. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE LEAVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE FACING A CRISIS AGAIN.
AND SO I'M JUST HOPING WE NEVER GO BACK TO THAT PLACE THAT WE WERE IN IN 2021.
AND WHATEVER HELP YOU NEED HERE, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP.
WE CAN'T JUST GLOSS OVER THIS KIND OF A REPORT.
MUCH AS MR. FORTUNE HAS DESCRIBED, WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH ALL THE TEAMS TO ENSURE THAT WE MODIFY OUR EFFORTS TO OVERCOME THIS ISSUE THAT IS NATIONWIDE.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THE TEAMS ARE FOCUSED AND WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
WE WON'T WE WON'T LET OURSELVES GET INTO A CRISIS SCENARIO.
WE'VE WE'VE DONE OTHER STRATEGIES AND, YOU KNOW, IN PREPARATION FOR ALL THIS, I MEAN, WE'VE TRAINED OVER 400 FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE 911 CALLS. SO WE'RE POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN, BUT WE WANT TO EXCEL IN HIRING THESE STAFF.
GREAT. SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE DOORS AND THE EXPEDITER REPORTS.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU THINK IT'S GOING THIS MONTH.
I'M SORRY, FOR AUGUST. YOU'RE SHOWING THAT YOU HAD 2100 FOR THE DOORS REPORT.
AND WHEN I LOOKED UP LAST YEAR, YOU WERE AT 1500.
SO IT HAS INCREASED, BUT NOT LIKE MASSIVELY.
SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IN THE TWO MONTHS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF USAGE OF 57.2% OVERALL WITH THE EXPEDITERS, WE STAYED FAIRLY FLAT ON THAT USAGE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN A LITTLE BIT IN THE SAME TWO MONTH PERIOD COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
BUT WE WE BELIEVE IT'S IT'S GIVEN US A GOOD PATH FORWARD.
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TO HAVE THIS PROGRAM HELP US IN THAT VENTURE.WERE YOU EXPECTING MORE ONLINE REPORTING IN A MONTH THAN THIS? SO ABSOLUTELY, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.
BUT AT THIS POINT, IT IS IT IS HAVING THE BENEFITS THAT WE BELIEVED IT WOULD HAVE.
AND DOES THIS INCLUDE IF SOMEBODY CALLS 911 AND THEY SAY, OH, LET ME SEND YOU OVER TO OUR ONLINE REPORTING GROUP, DOES THAT INCLUDE THOSE CALLS IF IT COMES THROUGH 911 OR IS IT ONLY IF IT GOES DIRECTLY THROUGH A WEBSITE? IT DOES INCLUDE THOSE CALLS AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH RESPONSE TIMES.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE JUST AN OVERALL STATEMENT YOU CAN MAKE ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO HELP REDUCE THOSE LIKE WHAT DO YOU NEED BESIDES MORE OFFICERS? WE KNOW YOU NEED MORE OFFICERS.
NO, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT START.
AND THAT COULD BE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN ANY DIFFERENT WAYS, WHICH INCLUDES USING STATION OFFICERS TO ADDRESS THOSE CALLS, INVESTIGATIVE PERSONNEL, OTHER RESOURCES. AND IF WE NEED TO GO TO THE BORDERING DIVISIONS, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL.
ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OUR SERGEANTS MORE ACCOUNTABLE IN THEIR DAILY DUTIES TO INCLUDE WHEN THEY GET A CALL FROM DISPATCH ON A PRIORITY ONE OR PRIORITY TWO CALL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND THEY'LL REVIEW THOSE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON CALLS FOR MORE THAN 45 MINUTES AND ASSESS WHAT THAT CALL IS GOING ON, WHETHER THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TIME ON THAT CALL.
THEY'RE FINISHING A REPORT ON THAT CALL OR IF THEY CAN BE CLEARED FROM THAT CALL AND FINISH THAT REPORT AT A LATER TIME SO THEY CAN ADDRESS HIGHER PRIORITY CALLS IF NEED BE. WE'LL REMOVE OFFICERS FROM MINOR MARK OUTS, WHETHER IT'S IF THEY'RE ON A MEAL AND WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM OR AN INVESTIGATIVE MARK OUT, EVEN IF THEY'RE ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT.
IF WE CAN REMOVE THOSE OFFICERS FROM SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO GET SOME OF THOSE PRIORITY CALLS, ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED THOSE PRIORITY CALLS, WE'LL PUT THEM BACK ON THAT SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR WHATEVER THAT DESIGNATED SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT IS.
AND THEN WE'LL START DOING OFFICER AUDITS, WHICH WILL BE HANDED TO THE SECTOR SERGEANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON CALLS ARE ADDRESSING THOSE CALLS AND DOING THEM THE CORRECT WAY BY ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
HOPEFULLY, WITH ALL THOSE THINGS BEING SAID, IT WILL HELP OUR RESPONSE TIMES.
WELL, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVE HAD LESS CALLS AND THAT'S GREAT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S AWESOME.
WE'VE GOT A HIRING GOAL FOR THIS YEAR.
HOW HOW DO YOU INTEND TO ADDRESS THE STAFFING ISSUE? ALBERT MARTINEZ, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO IT SAYS, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WITH THE INCENTIVE PLANS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO RETAIN OUR VETERAN OFFICERS, WHETHER THAT'S RETIREMENT RESIGNATION AND SUCH, THOSE INCENTIVE PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM.
AND WE DO ANTICIPATE FOR CHIEF GRIFFITH, AND HE CAN ADD MORE TO IT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT MAYBE UNDER A 30 BEFORE THIS FISCAL YEAR ENDS TO GO INTO THE ACADEMY.
SO THAT PUT UP OUR NUMBER AROUND 175, 178.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, I GOT 24IN THE UPCOMING CLASS THAT STARTS ON THE 27TH.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL MEET THAT GOAL PASS 75 FOR SURE.
AND SO WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES ON DOING SOME THINGS THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
WE ARE LOOKING AT HIRING A MARKETING FIRM TO HELP US WITH OUR THAT ASPECT OF IT AS WELL.
SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE AREA HAVE USED MARKETING FIRMS, SO THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF LOOK AT IT.
AND THAT WAY MY RECRUITERS ARE ABLE TO RECRUIT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HELP MARKET AS WELL.
AND ALSO WE'RE TRYING TO AS WELL INCREASE OUR RECRUITERS.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO USE MORE AGENT RECRUITERS WITH OUR RECRUITERS.
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SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO RECRUITERS IN THE IN THE IN PERSONNEL GOING OUT AND TAKING THEM AWAY, ONE RECRUITER WITH THE AGENT RECRUITER, AND WE'RE TRYING TO USE THOSE AGGREGATE RECRUITER ADJUNCT RECRUITERS ON SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH US AND GO AND HAVE GRADUATED FROM THOSE SCHOOLS OR ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES AS WELL.WE GOT OUR LATERAL TEAM UP AND RUNNING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD.
SO I KNOW THAT TWO LATERAL MEMBERS TOOK THE TEST TODAY AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE PUSHING THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'RE MAKING SOME DIFFERENT CHANGES AS WE'RE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AS, YOU KNOW, RECRUITING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IS IS KIND OF DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE SORT OF TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND TALKING AND TALKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND STUFF.
AND ALSO WE'RE WORKING ON THE RETENTION SIDE AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THE THE ADDITIONAL 70 THIS UPCOMING BUDGET THAT WILL HELP.
SO HOPEFULLY HAVING AN ADDITIONAL 70 WILL SLOW THAT AS WELL.
OKAY. BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU EVERY SINGLE MONTH ABOUT HIRING EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I'LL BE READY.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL COURTS.
THERE'S JUST SUCH A GIANT CHANGE IN WARRANT ENFORCEMENT AND THE NUMBER OF WHERE THE DISPOSITION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO DISMISSED.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WE COULD SAY ON THAT.
THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT TO GO BACK TO CASES THAT ARE BEYOND TEN YEARS OLD TO CLEAN THOSE UP.
AND THIS IS WHY YOU SEE A LARGE LEVEL OF DISMISSALS.
AND CHIEF HUGHES CAN CORRECT ME OR GREG CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S TIED TO THAT PROJECT AND THE CONTINUED EFFORT TO MAINTAIN THOSE CASES AND CLEAR THEM OFF THE RECORDS.
ANOTHER PART IS THERE'S BEEN A SHIFT IN THE FOCUS EVER SINCE COVID STARTED AND WORN ENFORCEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND AND ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND AND EXECUTING THOSE CLASS C WARRANTS.
WE STILL DO THAT ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
AND SO PART OF I THINK THE REDUCTION YOU SEE IS BECAUSE THE THE MARSHALS ARE ASSISTING IN THESE OTHER AREAS. ALSO, IN ADDITION TO WARRANT ENFORCEMENT, WE LEAVE THE THE THE PARKS PEOPLE IN THE PARKS, WE UTILIZE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON LEVEE PATROL, ON THE LEVEES.
WATER PARKS ARE BEING PAID BY PARKS.
AND SO IT'S A BALANCING ACT OF OF TRYING TO TO DO MORE ENFORCEMENT, ISSUE SUBPOENAS AND THEN ASSIST THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THEN THROWS ANYTHING ELSE THAT GREG WANTS TO ADD AS IT RELATES TO THE DISMISSALS.
WELL, I GUESS. I MEAN, JUST JUST TO THE WARRANTS.
I MEAN, WE'RE AT LIKE 10% OF WHERE WE WERE JUST IN FISCAL YEAR 20.
AND SO I JUST WONDER IF MORE WARRANTS WERE BEING SERVED, IF WE WOULD HAVE LESS OF A CRIME ISSUE.
IT SEEMS TO BE THAT WAS LITERALLY WHAT WAS IN OUR REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
CHIEF. CHIEF, CAN YOU CLARIFY? THESE ARE CLASS C WARRANTS, CORRECT? CORRECT. THESE ARE TICKETS OUT OF MUNICIPAL COURT.
YEAH. AND THEN DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT AS WELL OR NO? NO, MA'AM. OKAY, GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THE DASHBOARD.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? OKAY. MOVING ON TO G, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON THE FIRE STATIONS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? THOSE WERE FULL OF SNOW.
SHE'S VERY EXCITED FOR DECEMBER.
OKAY. SO AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO JUST HAVE THIS MEMO EVERY MONTH.
JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE ON TRACK.
IF WE COULD ADD IN ANY OF THE REMODELING PROJECTS OR SUBSTANTIAL MAINTENANCE PROJECTS LIKE A FIRE STATION DOESN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, WE REALLY JUST WANT TO TRACK IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME DECENT WORKING CONDITIONS FOR OUR FOLKS.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.THIS IS OUR FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ITEM H.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS FOR THE SQUADS.
CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM, ARE THOSE SUBURBANS? YES, MOST OF THEM ARE VFR VEHICLES.
BUT WE'RE USING WE MAY ALSO USE SOME OF OUR FLEET TRUCKS AS PART OF THAT ALSO.
OKAY. AND SO GIVEN HOW YOU'VE LISTED IT OUT, HOW MANY OF THE SQUADS ARE ACTUALLY IN USE RIGHT NOW? YEAH. THIS IS DANIEL SALAZAR, ASSISTANT CHIEF.
SO WE ARE USING THESE SQUADS TO FUNCTION AS ENGINE COMPANIES.
RIGHT. SO YOU WERE PROBABLY AT THAT TIME USING FIVE.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT CHANGES EVERY DAY.
SO THIS IS REALLY MORE OF A COMMENT.
THE SQUAD PROGRAM PLACES PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO HEAVY APPARATUS, WHICH ARE OUT OF SERVICE FOR REPAIRS ON LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES WITH A MODIFIED RESPONSE PLAN TO MITIGATE GAPS IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE COVERAGE.
AND THEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN THE MEDIC SQUAD PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE LAUNCHED.
SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN ADD IN THE STAFFING STATISTICS FOR THIS.
LIKE HOW MANY HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS.
AND THEN. ARE YOU READY FOR ITEM I.
YES. ITEM I IS ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM? LET ME TELL YOU THAT THIS IS A NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART LOCATION.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL BIRTHDAY PARTIES FOR MY SONS THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FIREFIGHTER MUSEUM, I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND YOU GO.
AND IT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME LOVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
J. THIS IS OEMS ANNUAL REPORT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON J.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS? YES. I DIDN'T KNOW IF ROCKY WAS OKAY.
HEY, ROCKY. SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE THE REPORT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS DESCRIPTIVE IN NATURE OF THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT HAVE EXISTED IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ONLINE THIS YEAR.
BUT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE IT HAD THE SOME DATA TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
LIKE ON THE SIRENS, FOR INSTANCE, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE USED X, Y, Z NUMBER OF TIMES.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS MORE DESCRIPTIVE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SOME NUMBERS TO AUGMENT THAT, TO GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW MUCH SOME OF THESE SERVICES WERE BEING CALLED INTO ACTION.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE COMPLETE OUR THIS YEAR'S OR NEXT YEAR'S ANNUAL REPORT, WE'LL START ADDING DATA POINTS TO GIVE A GREAT A BETTER PICTURE OF OUR INVOLVEMENT IN EMERGENCIES.
I MEAN, I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT IT.
SO IT WOULD JUST HELP BRING SOME OF THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DEMAND IS ON SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT. WE WILL DO THAT.
I THINK YOU HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL CERT TRAINING COMING UP THIS YEAR.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A PLUG ON WHEN AND WHERE?
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ROCKY, YOU'RE MUTED.IF YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE MUTED.
I'M SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THAT DATE.
IF YOU'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO REGISTER ALSO FOR THE OUTDOOR WARNING SYSTEM.
AND PERHAPS YOU CAN WORK WITH THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH EITHER SOME GRAPHICS OR JUST SAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HIGH WIND AND HAIL AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCENARIOS THAT MIGHT TRIGGER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES CENTER PLAN I LOVE THIS IDEA AND I AGREE THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IF IT'S WHEN THAT WE'LL NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU'RE PURSUING THAT.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
SEEING THE MAUI FIRES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IT JUST REALLY CALLED THAT INTO FOCUS.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT INCLUDED AND THAT THERE'S A PLAN FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. THERE'S A NUMBER OF UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE ITEMS? OKAY. MADAM CHAIR? YES. I'M SORRY.
WE'VE SEEN A BIG UPTICK IN BMS IN THE CBD AND SO JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING OUT THERE OR IF THIS PROGRAM COULD HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE INCREASE IN VEHICLES BEING BROKEN INTO IN THE CBD.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER, I APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS ONE IS FOR AUTO THEFT AND I'LL VISIT WITH THE TEAM AND I'M SURE IF THERE'S KNOWING WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HOW THEY SCOUR THESE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY EXHAUSTED THAT. BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AND AND IF WE CAN APPLY FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US WITH THAT.
GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO OUR LAST ITEM IS ACTUALLY TWO.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AFTER WE RETURN FROM CLOSED SESSION.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION, SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT WORTH SAYING UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO.
IT IS 321 ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023, AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL NOW GO INTO CLOSED SESSION UNDER SECTION 551.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT TO RECEIVE ADVICE FROM AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER DESCRIBED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ATTORNEY BRIEFING ON LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO STATE VERSUS IQBAL GIOVANNI 0523-00839- CR AND DALLAS CITY CODE SECTION 31, DASH 27 QUOTE MANIFESTING THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN PROSTITUTION.
ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023, WE HAVE RETURNED TO OPEN SESSION.
OUR COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 357.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING BACK, JESSE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.