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[Public Safety on October 10, 2023.]
TODAY IS OCTOBER 10TH.I'LL CALL THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 11TH.
SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM, I JUST WANT TO FIRST AGAIN CONGRATULATE OUR VERY OWN CHIEF, EDDIE GARCIA, WHO THIS AFTERNOON WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE INAUGURAL TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS LEGISLATIVE IMPACT AWARD FROM THE FAMILY PLACE.
WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOUR WORK, AND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT THING I JUST WANT TO OFFICIALLY SAY TO THE COMMITTEE IS THAT NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT DEAL WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE'VE HAD AN AGENDA PREVIOUSLY.
SO IF YOU CAN LOOK OVER THOSE ITEMS, SEE IF THEY NEED TO CONTINUE OR BE REFINED OR IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TALK TO ANYBODY IN EITHER COMMAND STAFF TO HELP REFINE THOSE SO THAT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND WE'LL BE TURNING THOSE IN BY MID DECEMBER. THANK YOU.
SO OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM, I SEE WE HAVE MAJOR SCOGGINS.
THERE IS OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
AND I'LL JUST SAY STARTING OFF, CONGRATULATIONS.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT SOME REALLY BIG NEWS TO SHARE.
THE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME IS THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE REDUCTION IN VICTIMS. AND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS, IT'S NOT JUST A PERCENTAGE, IT'S ACTUAL LIVES IMPACTED.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT IN THE PRESENTATION.
MY NAME IS MAJOR JASON SCOGGINS, AND I HAVE WITH ME MR. KEVIN ODEN, INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS AND OUR PARTNER FOR THE CRIME PLAN.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THIS IS OUR SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER.
AND SO FAR, OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR GRIDS IS DOWN BY 33 OFFENSES OR INCIDENTS, IF YOU WILL.
THAT NUMBER IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE BASICALLY IT DROPPED FROM 84 INCIDENTS THROUGH THIS TIME LAST YEAR TO 51 INCIDENTS THIS TIME THIS YEAR.
AND MAJORITY OF THESE INCIDENTS OR INCIDENTS BASICALLY THAT INVOLVE MULTIPLE VICTIMS. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT AVERAGING IT OUT, THAT'S POTENTIALLY AROUND 100 POSSIBLE VICTIMS THAT WE'VE DECREASED JUST THERE IN THE GRIDS THAT IMPACT IN THE GRIDS GOES TO IMPACT THE ENTIRE CITY AS OUR OVERALL CRIME IS DOWN 11.77%. THE OFFENSES INVOLVING GUNS ARE DOWN OVER 12% CURRENTLY, AND INCIDENTS OF SHOOTING RELATED VIOLENT CRIME OFFENSES ARE CURRENTLY DOWN OVER 20%. THE BOTTOM LINE MEANING IS THAT THERE ARE MORE THAN 1000 LESS VICTIMS IMPACTED BY VIOLENT CRIME THIS YEAR AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
A HUGE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IS DUE TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, NON FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THESE OFFENSES HAVE BEEN DECREASED BY 16.36%.
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF OUR PNI PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS, OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING NOW FOR PNI LOCATIONS, WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING ADDED A 4722 MEADOW STREET.
100% OF WHAT WE DO IS DEDICATED TO THE CRIME PLAN.
AND OF THOSE ARRESTS, THERE HAVE BEEN 179 FELONY CHARGES, MEANING SOME OF THE ARRESTEES WERE CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES. AND THEN OF THOSE NUMBERS, 14 CASES HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTION.
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NEXT, OUR FOCUSED DETERRENCE PLAN UPDATES.OUR FIRST CALL IN SESSION WAS JUNE 12TH, AND I BELIEVE YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
BUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE WE INVITED 33 CLIENTS AND 25 CLIENTS SHOWED UP.
NOW, THESE ARE VIOLENT FELONY PEOPLE.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM CLIENTS.
BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A PERSPECTIVE OF WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE THAT WE'RE INVITING.
AT THIS TIME OF THE 33 INVITED OF THE 25 THAT SHOWED UP, 20 CLIENTS HAVE ACCEPTED SERVICES UP TO 98 ASSORTED SERVICES.
WHAT THESE SERVICES INCLUDE ARE ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT.
DIGITAL ACCESS, LIKE WI-FI AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
STATE BENEFIT ASSISTANCE AND CLOTHING, FOOD SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE, GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION ATTAINMENT ASSISTANCE, AND SEVERAL OTHER FORMS OF SERVICES.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO NOTE, ALTHOUGH NOT EVERY CLIENT SIGNED UP FOR SERVICES.
I MEAN, WHETHER THEY SHOWED UP OR NOT, WHETHER THEY TOOK SERVICES OR NOT, THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR.
I MEAN, NONE OF THEM HAVE COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME, WHICH IS.
YOU KNOW, SUCCESS IN OUR MINDS.
WE'RE PLANNING OUR SECOND CALL IN SESSION FOR THEN PROBABLY THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF NOVEMBER.
NEXT HOUR, WE TRANSITION FROM PERIOD 11 GRIDS TO PERIOD, 12 GRIDS.
WE LAUNCHED THOSE OCTOBER 1ST WITH A TOTAL OF 64 GRIDS.
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL FIND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ON ALL THESE NUMBERS.
AND EVERYTHING. BUT AT THIS TIME, GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND CLOSING REMARKS FROM OUR CHIEF. JUST AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE STILL DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH REGARDS TO MURDER.
MURDER IS SLIGHTLY UP THIS YEAR FROM LAST YEAR.
IT'S BEEN THE RANDOMNESS OF IT, THE KNOWN INDIVIDUALS, THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE OCCURRING.
BUT OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THAT AS A DEPARTMENT AND CERTAINLY MOVING TOWARDS CONTINUING WITH THE MISSION IS, AS I'VE ALWAYS SAID, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE KEY IS TO HAVE REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENT CRIME, PARTICULARLY GUN RELATED VIOLENT CRIME, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WHICH WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE MISSION AND WITH WHAT OUR PLANS ARE WITH THE CITY, WITH THE DEPARTMENT, AND REALLY UTILIZING OUR RESOURCES WHERE WE NEED THEM MOST.
AND SO, AGAIN, MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
THE COMMAND STAFF'S DOING GREAT LEADING THE ORGANIZATION.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
ATKINS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, I DO, CHIEF.
THANK YOU. AND ALSO THANK DPG FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF DALLAS.
DISTRICT SEVEN, DISTRICT EIGHT, DISTRICT FOUR MURDERS ARE UP.
YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF NUMBERS LIKE AS OF THIS YEAR IN DISTRICT EIGHT, IT'S LIKE 17 MURDERS.
THERE IS THIS HAVE ANYTHING WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME GOING ON WITH THE METRIC.
YES. AGAIN, WITH MURDER HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
I MEAN, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WHEN LIFE IS TOO MANY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WAS CHALLENGING FOR US.
WE HAD AGAIN, WE REDUCED VIOLENT CRIME.
WE REDUCED MURDER DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE DIVISION IN THE CITY THAT'S NOT REDUCED GUN RELATED VIOLENT CRIME.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE TRAJECTORY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, OF OUR VICTIMS.
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OUR HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO BRING CLOSURE TO OUR VICTIMS. OUR PATROL OFFICERS AND OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS ARE IN OUR AREAS THAT ARE PRONE FOR VIOLENCE.BUT A CITY'S TRUE SENSE OF VIOLENCE IN THEIR CITY IS GUN RELATED, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND WHICH IS GOING DOWN HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, PARTICULARLY IN EVERY STATION, IN EVERY DISTRICT OF POLICE DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE.
YOU KNOW, IF I WERE SEEING OUR INCIDENTS GOING UP.
IF I WERE TO SEE OUR GUN RELATED VIOLENCE GOING UP AND IF MURDER NUMBERS HAD BEEN FLAT, I WOULD BE CONCERNED BECAUSE WE WOULD BE ON BORROWED TIME, THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE VIOLENCE AND THAT WE'RE HAVING MORE INCIDENTS.
BUT I DO WANT TO DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW.
LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO SAVE LIVES.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO REDUCE GUN RELATED VIOLENCE.
AND THESE LAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING.
BUT THE RESPONSE OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE WITH REGARDS TO GOING TO THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GO INTO, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EYE ON THE BALL AND ON THE PLAN THAT WE'VE SEEN HAS BEEN TURNING THE TIDE AND REDUCING THE TREND OF VIOLENCE IN THE CITY THAT WE OBVIOUSLY STARTED NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO. OKAY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRIDS IN PERSPECTIVE AND I'M REALLY TALKING ABOUT BASICS, THE GRIDS IS MURDERS UP IN THESE GRIDS.
THAT'S A GREAT. GREAT QUESTION.
JUST FOR THE PULSE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CATEGORY OF MURDERS IN OUR CURRENT GRIDS AND EVEN IN OUR PAST GRIDS, MURDERS HAS NOT BEEN THE CHALLENGE. SO WHERE OUR FOCUS IS ON A DAILY BASIS, WHERE THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE ON A DAILY BASIS, WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE VIOLENT CATEGORIES OF MURDER, ACT ASSAULTS AND ROBBERIES.
AND I GUESS JUST FOR THE RECORD TO BE ON RECORD TODAY, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING I READ IN THE PAPER, BUT WHEN I DO READ SOMETHING IN THE PAPER, IT SAID BLACKS IN DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT EIGHT.
DISTRICT FOUR MURDERS, MURDERS ARE UP, YOU KNOW, IN THE TREND.
SO THAT DO CONCERN ME WHEN I PUT SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.
I KNOW THAT'S FALSE INFORMATION OR TRUE INFORMATION, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET ON THE RECORD IS MURDER IS UP ON BLACKS, ESPECIALLY IN SEVEN, EIGHT AND FOUR.
THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER IN THE DALLAS PRESS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, THEY SAID WAS 19.
YOU KNOW, AS OF THE DAY, DISTRICT SEVEN WAS LIKE 20.
IT AFFECTS SOME OF MY GRADES OR NOT.
SO I KNOW SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, ASKED ME THAT QUESTION.
SO I'LL ASK THEM TO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE TREND OR WHAT IS GOING ON? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, THAT'S FINE.
SO I PREFER THEM TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FIRST YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M CONCERNED AND TRYING TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE STATS OR THOSE DATA IS CORRECTED OR NOT.
AND I GUESS, CHIEF, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE LISTEN TO THIS ON GRIDS, ESPECIALLY ON MURDERS, THAT'S GOING UP OR GOING DOWN, WHAT IS GOING ON? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THIS GRID AND WE ALSO LOOK AT THE VIOLENT CRIME THAT MURDERS THERE.
AND SOMEONE ASKED ME TO ASK THAT QUESTION.
I HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK THAT QUESTION TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE CAN AT LEAST RESPOND TO THAT.
SO IF IT'S OFFLINE, JUST LET ME KNOW.
YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE DATA.
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A TOTAL OF 70 GRIDS IN YOUR DISTRICT, WHICH BY LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS THAT I LOOK IN FRONT OF ME, IT'S THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT'S HAD THE MOST AMOUNT OF GRIDS SINCE THIS CRIME PLAN STARTED.SO IF THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE EQUITY OF THE PLAN, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT'S EXTREMELY EQUITABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S OFTENTIMES OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN THE CITY THAT ARE IMPACTED BY VIOLENT CRIME AND THAT HAVE THE GRIDS. AND SO CERTAINLY WE ARE MINDFUL OF THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE GOING TO WHERE THE VIOLENCE IS.
AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE HAVE PLACED OUR GRIDS BASED ON THAT CRIME PLAN, THERE'S BEEN EXTREMELY EQUITABLE AND WE'RE GOING TO THE AREAS THAT OF NEED THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO STATISTICS OF BLACK VICTIMS AS AN EXAMPLE.
YES. YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, ABOUT 90% OF OUR MURDER VICTIMS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS ARE EITHER BLACK OR LATINO WITH A LITTLE OVER 60% BEING BLACK AND ABOUT 30% BEING LATINO.
AND SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A DISPARITY IN OUR VICTIMS. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WE CAN GET WE CERTAINLY WILL GET YOU SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT THAT THERE IS A RACIAL DISPARITY AS IT COMES TO MURDER VICTIMS IN OUR CITY BEING PRIMARILY BLACK OR LATINO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
YOU'RE WELCOME. SO I WOULD LIKE US TO ADD IN NEXT MONTH A DEMOGRAPHICS PRESENTATION THAT INCLUDES SUSPECTS AS WELL AS VICTIMS SO THAT WE CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
ABSOLUTELY. DID ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE 15.
AND BY THE WAY, GREAT WORK HERE.
I THINK THE EMPHASIS AND FOCUS THAT'S BEEN PUT ON THIS VIOLENT CRIME PLAN SEEING, THESE KINDS OF NUMBERS AND AMAZING, QUANTIFIABLE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT THIS HAVE BEEN SPARED VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITY.
AND SO I'M LOOKING AT THE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE.
HOW DO WE GET MORE INTO THAT? Q KNOWING THAT THIS IS SO OFTEN A PLACE WHERE NOT ONLY VIOLENT CRIME OCCURS, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THESE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES TOO, AND SO HOW CAN WE EXPAND WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE? THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY INSIGHTFUL QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER.
I WOULD OFFER TO TAKE TWO SLIDES AS A STEP BACK.
GOING BACK TO THE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, OUR FOCUS THERE IS TO BE LONG TERM PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S THROUGH OUR PARTNERS WITH DPD AND PNI AS WELL AS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY BASED GROUPS.
SO THERE'S A LONG TERM INTENTION THERE.
I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY MEETING EVERY EVERY WEEK OR SO TO DISCUSS THAT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STEWART.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR MENDELSOHN.
I AM INTERESTED IN THE VERY LAST POINT ON THAT.
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I WOULD LOVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT ARGUMENT AND CONFLICT MEAN.I HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES IN DISTRICT TEN, ONE JUST RECENT 9400 BLOCK OF SKILLMAN CAR THEFT VICTIM DIES AND I'M ASSUMING IT'S CONSIDERED A MURDER.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE THEFTS AROUND LBJ AND SKILLMAN AT THIS POINT SEEM TO OR THE MURDERS SEEM TO START WITH THE THEFT. RIGHT. THEY START WITH, I WANT YOUR CELL PHONE, I WANT YOUR CAR, I WANT WHATEVER YOU HAVE.
AND THEN THEY END UP INCREASING.
THE VIOLENCE OBVIOUSLY RAMPS UP AND SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE.
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY HERE? ARGUMENT, CONFLICT OR IS THIS SOMETHING DIFFERENT? GREAT QUESTION.
NO, MA'AM. ARGUMENT, CONFLICT.
STUFF LIKE THAT. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING WOULD BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF A ROBBERY WHERE THEY DEMAND PROPERTY AND ENDED UP TAKING SOME TYPE OF FORCE THAT COST THE COMPLAINANT THEIR LIFE.
THAT WOULD BE A CAPITAL MURDER BY WAY OF A ROBBERY.
COUNCILMAN IF I COULD JUST ADD, JUST LIKE I SEE WHERE YOU'RE HEADED THERE AS WELL.
JUST LAST WEEK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A BREAKDOWN OF OUR MURDERS WITH REGARDS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THEM, BECAUSE I DON'T WHAT I THINK PEOPLE OFTENTIMES JUMP TO IS THAT THESE ARE JUST HAPPENING AT RANDOM ON THE STREET CORNERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, WHEN THE REALITY IS IT GOES A LOT DEEPER THAN THAT.
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A MURDER AT A BOARDING HOME.
WE'VE HAD MURDERS, OBVIOUSLY FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED MURDERS.
WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS THERE FROM DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, AREAS WHERE WE COULD HAVE 10,000 POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY.
AND IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO BE IN THOSE SPOTS.
SO TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, TO HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION WITH REGARDS TO MURDER, ALTHOUGH AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE VIOLENCE IN THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO SHOOTING VICTIMS, WHICH IS GOING DOWN AT A VERY POSITIVE, ALARMING RATE, WE WANTED TO WE'RE GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY'RE OCCURRING, BECAUSE, AGAIN, OFTENTIMES AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE NEWS REPORTS THAT WILL COME OUT AFTER A CHALLENGING WEEKEND, THERE'S A NARRATIVE THAT'S DRAWN THAT'S NOT THE HONEST NARRATIVE THAT'S OCCURRING IN OUR CITY.
AND SO WE WILL BE DOING THAT BREAKDOWN SO THAT WE CAN HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THAT, KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE BALL AND THE FACT THAT GUN CRIME IS GOING DOWN, WHICH YOU VERY RARELY READ IN THE PAPER, WHICH IT IS.
BUT TO GET THAT CONVERSATION, NOT ONLY TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, WHAT THINGS CAN WE WORK ON TOGETHER TO FIX THOSE, PARTICULARLY AS WE START PLANNING FOR THE NEW YEAR? SO WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SOON.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST I REALLY DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT.
AND I'M HAVE I'M REALLY JUST DIGGING INTO THOSE STATS AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
CAN I ASK ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION? SO, KEVIN, ON THE [INAUDIBLE], DO WE GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT AFTER THEY'VE PUT THESE DIFFERENT THINGS IN PLACE, LIKE THE LANDSCAPING HAS BEEN TRIMMED OR THEIR LIGHTING HAS BEEN IMPROVED OR THE GATES WORK AGAIN, DO WE GO BACK AND CHECK ON THAT? MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT ONE AND DONE ISN'T IT ISN'T DONE AFTER JUST ONE REVIEW.
WHEN WE CREATED THE ORDINANCE WE PUT IN THAT WE WOULD RE INSPECT, WHICH WE DO, AND WE ALSO ALLOWED THIS TO HAVE ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT. SO IF THERE ARE PROPERTIES WHERE THEY DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING THEM OR ADDRESS ISSUES ON THEIR PROPERTY, WE HAVE A MECHANISM TO ESCALATE TO OUR PARTNERS EITHER WITHIN THE NUISANCE ABATEMENT DIVISION OF DPD OR THE COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS.
AND SO IF THERE'S QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY DIFFERENT GROUPS WORKING ON PROPERTY OR LIKE HOW IT HOW THE PROCESS FLOWS TOGETHER, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND DISCUSS THAT AND GIVE YOU AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE.
I VERY MUCH WANT TO KNOW WHICH PROPERTIES IN DISTRICT TEN ARE BEING WORKED ON FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.
WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
COUNCILMAN MORENO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE A DOWNTREND IN ROBBERY.
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IF THIS IS TRULY A REDUCTION IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING, OR IS IT ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEW SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE? AND I DON'T RECALL IF WHEN WE DISCUSSED STORES, IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A SIX MONTH OR A YEAR SORT OF PERIOD EVALUATION TO SEE HOW THIS WAS GOING FOR THE DEPARTMENT. COUNCILMEMBER ONE THING I WOULD BE MORE THAN GLAD TO GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IS ANY CATEGORY OF VIOLENT CRIME TO BE REPORTED ONLINE.AND SO THAT THOSE ARE NOT ONLINE REPORTING TYPES OF CRIMES.
PERFECT. SO SOMEONE IS A VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME.
THEY WERE THEY ARE GOING TO SEE POLICE OFFICERS, I CAN ASSURE YOU OF THAT.
OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN JUST PUT ON THE SCREEN SLIDE TEN.
SO WHEN WE'RE INTRODUCING THE ITEM, I MEAN, VIOLENT CRIME OVERALL IS DOWN 11.77%.
I THINK THAT'S MASSIVE FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BOW ON PAGE TEN.
YES. SO AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS DOWN 14.81%.
AND THIS IS THE ITEM I WAS SAYING, 881 LESS VICTIMS. COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
I KNOW YOU'RE DOWN ADDITIONAL STAFF AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING IT, BUT THANK YOU.
YOU MADE 146 ARRESTS IN THE PMI OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 20TH, 22.
179 WERE FELONY 105 FIREARMS OFF THE STREET.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS HUGE LIST OF NARCOTICS THAT YOU'VE SEIZED.
I HAVE TO IMAGINE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES ARE VERY MUCH ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR REDUCTION IN CRIME.
AND SO. I JUST THINK YOU NEED THAT MOMENT OF PRAISE.
I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMEMBER AND YOU'LL HEAR US SAY THIS.
ALL OF US HERE AND COMMAND STAFF IS DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU ARE LEAN STAFFED, YOU CAN'T BE REACTIVE.
YOU HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE. AND I YES, YOU ARE 100% CORRECT THAT THE WORK THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING OUT IN THE STREET TO TAKE THESE INDIVIDUALS OFF THE STREET IS DEFINITELY SAVING LIVES AND IS DEFINITELY IMPACTING THE POSITIVITY OF THE CRIME PLAN.
OKAY. WELL, DON'T REST. KEEP GOING.
BUT WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UPDATE.
I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER JENNIFER GATES IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
I WAS HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME.
I WANT TO CALL EVERYONE YOUR FIRST NAME? YES. GAY WILLIS.
THANK YOU. SO COUNCILMEMBER GAY.
OKAY. SO ANYHOW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
A FUNNY COMMENT WAS MADE LIKE, OH, ISN'T IT COINCIDENTAL THAT WE HAVE THIS UPDATE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TODAY, HAVING JUST COME FROM THE LUNCH AND I'M LIKE, NO, NOT A COINCIDENCE. PERFECT TIMING.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE ASSISTANT CHIEF CATRINA SHEAD, MAJOR JUAN SALAS, AND LIEUTENANT IGO.
I BELIEVE, MAJOR, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
OKAY. WE'LL KICK IT OFF TO YOU NOW.
THERE WE GO. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I'M THE POLICE MAJOR OVER SPECIAL VICTIMS DIVISION.
I OVERSEE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ALSO CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.
ON THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL COVER BRIEFLY THE PURPOSE.
SOME DEFINITIONS DALLAS FAMILY VIOLENCE DATA.
MAJOR, MAKE SURE YOU STAY CLOSE TO THAT MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU GOOD.
YEAH, PULL IT, BETTER? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.
THE PURPOSE FOR THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE DATA ON THE REDUCTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIME TO DISCUSS HISTORICAL YEAR TO DATE DATA, AND PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE BILLS REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW SOME SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE VICTIMS THAT WE PROVIDE AND ALSO WITH OUR PARTNERS.JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSE.
I DO WANT TO DEFINE WHAT FAMILY VIOLENCE IS.
FAMILY VIOLENCE IS DEFINED ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY.
TEXAS FAMILY CODE AS AN ACT BY ONE MEMBER AGAINST ANOTHER OF THE SAME FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD THAT IS INTENDED TO RESULT IN PHYSICAL HARM, BODILY INJURY ASSAULTS OR SEXUAL ASSAULTS.
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LETHALITY ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS A QUESTIONNAIRE OF CRITERIA TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF RISK OF LETHAL VIOLENCE A PERSON FACES BY CURRENT OR FORMER INTIMATE PARTNERS AND ALSO HIGH RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. THESE ARE ALL THE VICTIMS WHO SUFFER SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOT, STABBED OR END UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MATRIX OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENSES HAVE BEEN TRENDING DOWN.
ALSO WITH THE YEAR 2022 ENDING IN A -5.2 COMPARED TO 2021.
THIS PERCENTAGE TRANSLATES INTO 707 PEOPLE LESS VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.
YEAR TO DATE. OVERALL, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS AT 11, -11 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
THIS TRANSLATES INTO 1144 LESS VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.
AN EXAMPLE COULD BE THAT FAMILY VIOLENCE KIDNAPPINGS OR 88% CARRIED OUT BY INTIMATE PARTNERS.
WHEN WE LOOK INTO THE VICTIMOLOGY BREAKDOWN, 73% OF THE VICTIMS ARE FEMALES.
WHEN WE DISCUSS LETHAL ASSESSMENT.
THESE ARE THE ASSESSMENTS DONE ON THE FIELD BY OFFICERS.
THEY CONTACT THE INTIMATE PARTNER OFFENSES.
THEY SPEAK TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE HURT BY THE INTIMATE PARTNER.
AND THESE REPORTS ARE TAKEN ON THE FIELD THIS YEAR.
YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE DONE 3258.
OUT OF THOSE NUMBERS, 88% WERE FEMALES.
59% OF THEM QUALIFIED ON THIS RISK ASSESSMENT.
HOWEVER, ONLY 87% AGREED TO SPEAK TO A COUNSELOR.
IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.
ALL REPORTS ARE EVALUATED TO SEE IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
AND WE DO AT RISK ASSESSMENT TIER ONE OR ALL THOSE VICTIMS OF AGGRAVATED KIDNAPING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, STRANGULATION AND STALKING HAVE SUFFERED SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.
THE DETECTIVES DO A HISTORY OF THE OFFENSES.
THEY ALSO SEE IF THE OFFENDER HAS DISPLAYED A WEAPON OR USED THE WEAPON ON THE OFFENSE.
THEY ALSO REVIEW PRIOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EITHER OF THE SAME VICTIM OR PREVIOUS VICTIMS. DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH FAMILY PLACE TO CONDUCT THESE VISITS.
ANY. FOR WHATEVER REASON, DPD OR THE ADVOCATE IS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE VICTIM.
THE GOAL IS TO OFFER SERVICES, RESOURCES AND TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND PROVIDE INDEPENDENT FORM OF RESOURCES FOR THE VICTIM. YEAR TO DATE, THERE HAS BEEN 95 CASES PLACED ON TIER ONE CATEGORY AND A TOTAL OF 42 HOME VISITS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.
IN THIS NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 88TH PASSED SEVERAL BILLS THAT HELPED TO REDUCE FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO LET LIEUTENANT IGO SPEAK ABOUT IT.
I'M LIEUTENANT MONICA IGO AND I OVERSEE THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.
SO I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH HOUSE BILL 5202.
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INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE.SOME OF THOSE OFFENSES ARE ASSAULTS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT, CONTINUOUS FAMILY VIOLENCE OR STALKING OR ANY COMBINATION OF THOSE OFFENSES.
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK STATE REPRESENTATIVE VICTORIA NIEVES GRADO AND GENESIS WOMEN'S SHELTER CEO JAN LANGBEIN , WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TESTIMONY IN AUSTIN DURING THIS YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH THIS BILL.
ANOTHER PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED WAS STATE BILL 1325.
THIS IS A STANDARDIZED NOTICE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE NATALIA COX.
IT BASICALLY STANDARDIZED A WRITTEN NOTICE THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES AND INFORMATION TO VICTIMS. STATE BILL 48 ALSO STANDARDIZED THE PROTECTIVE ORDER APPLICATIONS THEY'RE MAKING VICTIMS ABLE TO OBTAIN A PROTECTIVE ORDER WITHOUT HAVING TO PROVE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED TO PROVIDE A PROTECTIVE ORDER.
HOUSE BILL 1589 ENHANCES THE CLASS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHMENT TO A THIRD DEGREE FELONY IF THE DEFENDANT HAS A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR CERTAIN FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENSES.
THIS BILL SHOULD BECAME EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST.
AND HOUSE BILL 467 EXTENDS THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE YEARS FOR MISDEMEANORS AND 3 TO 5 YEARS FOR FELONY FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THIS YEAR THEY CELEBRATE THEIR GRAND OPENING AND GENESIS AT THE NEW SITE ON LUCAS STREET.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT ALSO HAS DONE 17 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS BECAUSE EDUCATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF REDUCING FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND WE CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY SEEK NEW PARTNERS IN THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE TO REACH SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.
AND NOW LET LIEUTENANT IGO [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY, WHO ALSO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
THE FIRST LOCATION IS AT 3015 EAST LEDBETTER, AND THE SECOND LOCATION IS 4722 MEADOW.
BOTH LOCATIONS ARE LOCATED IN OUR SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
AND SO THROUGH OUTREACH WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS, BUILD TRUST AND ENHANCE COMMUNICATION, WHICH ARE ALL CRITICAL STEPS TO EFFECTIVE POLICING. FOR NEXT STEPS.
AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO START WITH COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SINCE WE IT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THE FAMILY PLACE HOSTED AN AMAZING COMING TOGETHER OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICYMAKERS FROM NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST WHO CAME TO DALLAS TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT DALLAS IS DOING IN THIS SPACE.
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SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A GLOBAL IMPACT, I WILL SAY THAT EVERYONE LEFT WITH GREAT QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND GOING BACK TO THEIR HOME COUNTRIES WITH HOW THEY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.BUT AND I ALSO WANTED TO LET OUR NONPROFIT COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'LL BE GETTING AN INVITATION TO OUR PROCLAMATION BREAKFAST NEXT WEDNESDAY MORNING WHERE WE'LL INVITE OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT IGO AND MAJOR SALAS FOR COMING BACK WITH THIS, BUT ALSO TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND THAT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM SINCE THEY'RE ON THE FRONT LINES ABOUT HOW WE CAN KEEP PUSHING AND CONTINUE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN AUSTIN.
BUT TO THE DECK AND THE A QUESTION SPECIFIC TO IT ON PAGE NINE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT AND SPEAKING WITH A COUNSELOR IS THIS CHART REFLECTIVE OF IN THE MOMENT 13 DECIDE OKAY.
AND SO THERE'S A CHANCE THAT AFTER THE FACT SOMEONE MAY FOLLOW UP WITH A COUNSELOR.
IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME. I'VE STOOD THERE WHILE A LETHALITY ASSESSMENTS BEEN GIVEN, SO IT MAY NOT BE THE NUMBER ONE THING ON THEIR MIND, BUT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT OR DO WE THINK WE CAN? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, MA'AM.
SO 87% DO NOT AGREE TO SPEAK TO THE COUNSELOR AT SCENE.
AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A TRAUMATIC INCIDENT FOR THEM.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN HURT BY THEIR LOVED ONE.
AND SO IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY WILL NOT SEEK ADVOCATE ASSISTANCE IN THE FUTURE.
AND AGAIN, WE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH OUR ADVOCATES TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN TO OUR VICTIMS. AND IT'S REALLY A PERSONAL CHOICE AND WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I JUST WANT TO GET A SHOUT OUT TO FORMER COUNCILWOMAN JENNIFER GAY AND ALSO FAMILY PLACE IN GENERAL [INAUDIBLE] WHAT Y'ALL DOING IN DISTRICT EIGHT? Y'ALL DOING A MARVELOUS JOB.
SO WE JUST NEED TO GET IT OUT MORE THAT WE DO HAVE THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF DALLAS, THAT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT AND WISHES ALL WISH THIS PROJECT WAS ALL OVER THE WHOLE CITY OF DALLAS, NOT JUST IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS.
YOU NEED TO BE IN THE AREA OF DISTRICT.
THANK YOU AGAIN, JENNIFER, FOR REACHING OUT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE DATABASE OF INTIMATE PARTNER OFFENDERS? I MEAN, IS THAT GOING TO BE TIED INTO THE DPT WEBSITE? WHAT HOW WILL THAT WORK? SO AT THIS TIME, THOSE FINAL DETERMINERS HAVE NOT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED ON THAT.
WE KNOW THAT DPS IS GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THIS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SAFE TO THINK THAT IT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THEIR WEBSITE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S LINKED THAT WE CAN ADD TO OUR DALLAS POLICE NET TO MAKE IT EASILY AVAILABLE.
AND SO IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN SPEAKING ABOUT THE DATABASE AND WE ARE INFORMING OUR VICTIMS THAT HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY THE DATABASE WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE.
OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR AN IMPORTANT RECOGNITION OF THIS ISSUE.
SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS RETENTION.
THANK YOU, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN.
AS THE TEAM MAKES THEIR WAY TO THE DAIS HERE, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, GO THROUGH THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO A DISCUSSION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF HELP BRING THIS TO KIND OF A FOCUS DISCUSSION.
WHAT I'VE ASKED THE TEAM TO DO IS ACTUALLY JUST FOCUS ON THEIR STRATEGIES RIGHT NOW.
WE PROVIDED YOU A LOT OF STATISTICAL DATA AND INFORMATION IN THE APPENDIX FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO EITHER GO THROUGH BOTH PRESENTATIONS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS COLLECTIVELY AT THE END OR WE CAN DO THEM AS DPD FINISHES AND THEN WE CAN GO TO IT'S REALLY YOUR CALL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE TEAM FOR WORKING HARD ON THIS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A NEW CHARGE FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND WE EXPECT THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST OF SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WE'LL HAVE AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL AND WE WANT TO MAKE OUR DEPARTMENTS AS FULLY STAFFED AS WE CAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF GRIFFITH.
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THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY ADMINISTRATIVELY, I'M JUST GOING TO SORT OF LOOK AROUND AND IF WE GET THROUGH POLICE AND YOU CAN WAIT, LET'S DO BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER AND THEN DO ALL THE QUESTIONS. BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT A BURNING QUESTION, WE'LL STOP AND WE'LL PAUSE TO DO POLICE.THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I AM DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAM GRIFFITH, COMMANDER OF THE PERSONNEL DIVISION.
MY PRESENTATION TODAY WILL REVIEW THE 22-23 FISCAL YEAR RECRUITING EFFORTS.
I ALSO WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR 23-24 FISCAL YEAR RECRUITING STRATEGIES FOR BOTH SWORN AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF, OUR RETENTION STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS IN DEVELOPMENT. ALSO, THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDES SOME STATISTICAL DATA ON OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FISCAL YEAR 22-23 HIRINGS AND THE TWO PAST FISCAL YEAR HIRING THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, A TOTAL OF 2672 APPLICATIONS CAME THROUGH CIVIL SERVICE. OF THOSE, 906 WERE FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT APPLICANT POOL WAS APPROXIMATELY 633 AND WE HIRED 187 RECRUITS.
THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF APPLICANT POOL WAS 261 AND WE HIRED 62.
REDUCE ATTRITION BY 30%, A TOTAL OF 62 OFFICERS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR.
PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION SOFTWARE TO UTILIZE WORKDAY FOR APPLICANT TRACKING AND HIRE A FULL SERVICE MARKETING FIRM SPECIALIZING IN POLICE RECRUITING.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR RECRUITING STRATEGIES WILL IMPROVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN TO TARGET ACTIVE JOB SEEKERS, REACH DIVERSE APPLICANTS, REVIEW HIRING PROCESS, GROW THE LATERAL PROGRAM, IMPROVE THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND EXPLORE RECRUITING INCENTIVES AND REFERRAL PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT IS USING RTI INTERNATIONALS TO ASSIST US WITH PROMOTING WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENT.
NEXT SLIDE. RECRUITING STRATEGY WILL REACH QUALIFIED AND DIVERSE APPLICANTS.
INCREASE COLLEGE CAMPUSES PRESENCE IN TEXAS AND SURROUNDING STATES BY 10%.
THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, THE RECRUITING TEAM VISITED 93 COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND 59 OUT OF STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL RESEARCH STUDENT AND COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS DURING OUR PLANNING PHASE IN RECRUITING TRIPS.
NOW I'D LIKE TO REVIEW WITH YOU THE SIX STEP HIRING PROCESS.
STEP ONE, THE CANDIDATE SOURCING PHASE.
IT TARGETS MARKETING AND ADVERTISING EFFORTS, USUALLY UTILIZING MODERN ONLINE AND IN-PERSON RECRUITMENT PRACTICES FOR LOCAL, REGIONAL AND OUT OF STATE RECRUITMENT. STEP TWO IS THE APPLICATION PHASE.
APPLICATIONS ARE ONLINE, ALLOWING TIMELY CANDIDATE PROCESSING AND SCREENING.
CANDIDATES MAY ALSO ACCESS AND COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
CANDIDATES ARE SCREENED THROUGH WRITTEN AND PHYSICAL TESTS, WHICH ARE USED TO DETERMINE IF THE CANDIDATE POSSESSES THE REQUISITE ABILITIES TO BE A DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT SWORN POLICE OFFICER.
STEP FOUR IS THE INTERVIEW PHASE.
THIS PHASE PROVIDES AN IN-PERSON EVALUATIONS WHERE CANDIDATES RESPOND TO A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FROM WHICH THEY WILL BE ASSESSED FOR SUITABILITY TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF A SWORN POLICE OFFICER.
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EXPECTED OF A SWORN OFFICER.AND THE FINAL STAGE IS THE HIRING PHASE.
WE WILL GROW OUR LATERAL TEAM, PART OF OUR RECRUITING STRATEGIES IS GROWING OUR LATERAL TEAM.
THE LATERAL TEAM CONSISTS OF ONE SERGEANT AND FOUR RECRUITERS WHO ARE IN CURRENTLY IN PLACE.
THE LATERAL TEAM PROVIDES HANDS ON GUIDANCE FOR LATERAL RECRUITS WITHOUT TCOLE CERTIFICATION.
THE LATERAL TEAM WILL INCREASE LATERAL ENTRY ADVERTISEMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN PRINT.
NEXT SLIDE STRENGTHEN OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
EXPAND OUR P-TECH PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES WITH DISD AND DALLAS COLLEGE.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS ON THE DEPARTMENT FROM TOWNVIEW MAGNET DEPARTMENT WITH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS UNIT TO GROW THE EXPLORER PROGRAM. THE DEPARTMENT IS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF HOMEGROWN POLICE OFFICERS.
PART OF OUR RECRUITING STRATEGIES IS TO INCREASE THE EXPLORER PROGRAM.
WE WILL INCREASE OUR PARTICIPATION WITH TEXAS A&M COMMERCE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ON OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THIS PAST SUMMER, WE HAD SEVEN INTERNS WORKING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH BOTH TEXAS A&M COMMERCE AND UNT TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER.
WE WILL ENSURE THAT COLLEGE INTERNS GAINS VALUABLE AND EXCITING WORK EXPERIENCE BY INCLUDING SPECIAL OPERATIONS ASSIGNMENTS AND WILL GENERATE INTEREST IN INTERN PROGRAM THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITING AND JUST BY WORD OF MOUTH.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR P-TECH PROGRAM, THE PIPELINE OF QUALIFIED TECH STUDENTS TO BECOME EMPLOYEES OF DPD.
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS TWO P-TECH PATHWAY EMPLOYEES ON THE DEPARTMENT.
ONE IS CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO NORTHWEST PATROL DIVISION.
THE OTHER IS ASSIGNED TO SOUTHEAST PATROL DIVISION.
EXPECTATION FOR THE PATHWAY APPRENTICE PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE WITH MORE P-TECH STUDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE SKILL BRIDGE PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE SKILL BRIDGE PROGRAM.
THE SKILL BRIDGE PROGRAM ALLOWS US MILITARY MEMBERS TO GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE THROUGH TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS DURING THE LAST 180 DAYS OF SERVICE PRIOR TO THE RELEASE FROM ACTIVE DUTY.
THE SKILL BRIDGE PROGRAM WOULD BE A PIPELINE BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING AN OFFSITE TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON NOVEMBER THE 8TH THROUGH THE 13TH.
BUT POSSIBLE OTHER LOCATIONS FOR OFF SITES ARE IN CALIFORNIA, THE BAY AREA AND NEW YORK CITY.
NEXT SLIDE. MILITARY RECRUITMENT.
THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE TRAVELED TO 15 MILITARY BASES.
OUR RECRUITING STRATEGIES FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
THE SERGEANT WILL ASSIST THE HIRING MANAGERS IN FILLING THOSE VACANT POSITIONS.
WE WILL ASSIST 911 COMMUNICATIONS IN FILLING THEIR POSITIONS AS WELL.
STARTING THIS MONTH, WE WILL BEGIN HAVING A MONTHLY ON SITE HIRING EVENT FOR 911 COMMUNICATIONS POSITIONS FOCUSING ON 911 CALL TAKERS AND POLICE DISPATCHERS. THE FIRST ON SITE FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF WILL BE OCTOBER THE 28TH, BETWEEN 9 A.M.
AND SOME OF OUR RECRUITMENT RETENTION STRATEGIES.
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE SWORN MARKET BASED PAY ADJUSTMENT.
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE 30 YEAR RETENTION BONUS WILL GO INTO EFFECT.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE ROBUST OFFICER WELLNESS UNIT.
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DATA, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THIS.WE HAVE TO, AT THE END OF THE DAY, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WE HAVE.
AND YOU CAN COME UP WITH 100 DIFFERENT PLANS.
SO VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING ALL YOUR DIFFERENT IDEAS AS YOU DEVELOP THEM.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PRESENTATION OR THE GOOD INFORMATION IN THE APPENDIX? DO YOU WANT TO WAIT? YES.
SO WITH THIS WE HAVE CHIEF DELRIDGE WILLIAMS, AND GREG EVANS.
WE'RE GOING TO START THIS PRESENTATION FOR DFR.
I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING FIRST, SO I'LL LET YOU TWO PICK IT AND TELL US.
I'M DELRIDGE WILLIAMS, I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.
I'M GOING TO START OFF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO CHIEF EVANS HERE IN A BIT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION GOALS, OUR STRATEGIES AND SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE PUT FORTH THIS YEAR AND SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO GO FORWARD WITH IN THE ENSUING YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SLIDE BASICALLY TELLS WHAT OUR OVERALL GOALS ARE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DO IS WE DEFINED WHAT EXACTLY IS A QUALIFIED APPLICANT.
ALSO, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE MENTAL APTITUDE TO NOT ONLY PASS OUR EXAMS AND PASS OUR COURSES, BUT ALSO TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THAT KNOWLEDGE DAY TO DAY ON THE STREET.
THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE THE MENTAL FORTITUDE BECAUSE WE SEE SOME THINGS THAT ARE HARD.
SO THERE HAS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF MENTAL FORTITUDE IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY DO THAT.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE THE EMPATHY AND COMPASSION TO GIVE THE BEST QUALITY SERVICE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM TO MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE SEE, WE'RE ALWAYS GIVING THE BEST SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
ONCE WE FIND THESE GREAT APPLICANTS, IT'S TO RETAIN THEM.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO HOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT.
SO OVERALL ATTENTION RECRUITING GOALS ARE HERE.
WE WANT TO REDUCE OUR PRE-RETIREMENT ATTRITION, THOSE THAT ARE EITHER TRAINING FAILURES, VOLUNTARY RESIGNATIONS OR TERMINATIONS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WANT TO DO IS START TO FURTHER DEVELOP OUR DATA ANALYTICS, AND THAT IS THE WHAT, WHEN, HOW, WHERE WE'RE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN OUR RECRUITING.
AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING NOT JUST AT WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WHO WE ARE HIRING AND ALSO WHO ARE WE RETAINING AND WHAT APTITUDES AND WHAT CHARACTERISTICS THEY HAVE.
THERE WAS A DAY WHERE WE COULD PUT IT IN THE PAPER AND OUR DOORS WOULD BE FLOODED WITH APPLICANTS.
AND THERE'S ALSO A LARGER DEMAND.
SO WITH THE POPULATION INCREASES IN NORTH TEXAS, THAT MEANS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE BUILDING MORE FIRE STATIONS, THEY'RE EXPANDING THEIR SERVICES, HOSPITALS ARE HIRING PARAMEDICS. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TARGET NOT ONLY FOR DIVERSITY, BUT ALSO QUALITY AND QUANTITY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING IS, ONE, OUR HIRING CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HIRING CRITERIA ARE STILL RELEVANT WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TODAY.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO MAKE OUR FLOWCHART, OUR HIRING PROCESS, MORE EFFICIENT.
SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING OUR APPLICANTS THAT COME ON REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE JOB DOES AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE THINK THAT WOULD HELP WITH OUR RECRUITING.
THOSE THAT GET HERE AND DECIDE THAT, HEY, THIS IS NOT FOR ME.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THIS DOES.
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INSTITUTIONS, THE WOMEN UNIVERSITIES.WE WILL BE GOING TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND TEXAS TECH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S DONE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THOSE PARAMEDIC PROGRAMS. WE'RE ALSO TARGETING THE FIREFIGHTER PROGRAMS BECAUSE JUST IN REVERSE AND INVERSE, IF THEY'RE ALREADY FIREFIGHTERS, WE CAN BRING THEM ON, TRAIN THEM AS PARAMEDICS, THEN SHOW THEM HOW WE DO THINGS IN DALLAS.
AND THAT'S GOING TO CUT UP TO SIX MONTHS OFF THE TIME ON THAT END AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO OH, I'M SORRY.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND IS, ONE, OUR LATERAL HIRE PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF OUR CURRENT FIREFIGHTERS THAT WE USE TO HELP US OUT WITH RECRUITING IS ALSO WITH OUR OUR CANDIDATE PHYSICAL AGILITY TESTING, AS WELL AS OUR MENTORSHIP.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS WE GET TO TOUCH THEM THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR.
SO OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS WILL BE EMPLOYED BY THE DALLAS COLLEGE.
THEY'RE GOING TO TEACH FIREFIGHTER AND EMT COURSES IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE ISD.
AND OUR GOAL IS, AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, AFTER THEIR SENIOR YEAR, THEY WILL BE BOTH CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS AND CERTIFIED EMTS. WE CAN THEN BRING THEM ON AND HIRE THEM AND SEND THEM TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS ARE GREAT, BOTH THE ISD AND DALLAS DALLAS COLLEGE, SO WE HAVE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH WORKED OUT WHAT THE COURSE LOAD LOOKS LIKE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOMETHING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AN IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF FALL OF 24.
THE OTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A VFR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS GROW THEM.
SO WE TOUCHING THEM FROM THEIR SOPHOMORE YEARS.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT DURING THE SUMMERS WE CAN BRING THEM IN AS INTERNSHIPS TO KEEP THAT INTEREST.
AND JUST LIKE THE POLICE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM.
CAN YOU GO BACK? ONE SLIDE, PLEASE, SORRY.
RECRUITING OUTREACH WILL BE ACHIEVED BY THE FOLLOWING STEPS.
CW33. WORD OF MOUTH NETWORKING IS A UNIQUE ADVANTAGE THAT WE HAVE AS MEMBERS OF DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
A GREAT NUMBER OF RECRUITS COME FROM FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEMBERS ALREADY PART OF DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
AND WE WILL NO DOUBT UTILIZE THESE MEMBERS AS SUCH GOING FORWARD.
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WE WILL USE GOOGLE ADS WITH GEO TRACKING.WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ON OUR VARIOUS PLATFORMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND NOW THE X PLATFORM. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE IMPROVED USE OF QR CODES FOR TRACKING PURPOSES.
WHEN IT COMES TO TARGETED RECRUITING, WE'LL FOCUS ON THOSE CITIES WITH AN IDENTIFIED, QUALIFIED WORKFORCE IN NEED OF EMPLOYMENT, SUCH AS CITIES LIKE HOUSTON AND MEMPHIS, AS WELL AS TAKING RECRUITING VISITS TO SECONDARY AND GRADUATE PARAMEDICINE AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
NEXT SLIDE. WHEN IT COMES TO RETENTION STRATEGIES, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS, AND EFFORTS HERE INVOLVE IMPROVING MEMBER ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT, AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR CAREERS IN THE FORM OF MEMBER SUPPORT.
HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AS WELL AS OTHER GROUPS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, SUCH AS UNIFORM MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS UNITED COALITION. OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS IMPROVE MORALE.
A FACILITY MANAGER WAS JUST HIRED RECENTLY TO INTERFACE WITH BSD IN HOPES OF KEEPING OUR FIRE STATIONS AND ALL OUR FACILITIES UP TO PAR AND IN GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS THE RESPONSE REVIEW PROJECT, WHICH IS A PLAN WHERE WE NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE APPARATUS TYPE THAT WE SEND TO INCIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE CORRECT NUMBER OF APPARATUS THAT WE SEND, AND THAT PROJECT IS GOING VERY WELL.
NEXT SLIDE. RETENTION STRATEGIES CONTINUED.
NEXT SLIDE. AS FOR TRAINING ACADEMY INITIATIVES, SOME SOME RECENT INITIATIVES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING IN 2021 AND 22.
THOSE INITIATIVES INCLUDE PRE ACADEMY STUDY MATERIALS, TRAINING ON STUDY HABITS, SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL TUTORING SESSIONS.
AS FOR RESULTS, WE HAVE SEEN AN 8% TO 10% INCREASE IN DFR ACADEMY TEST SCORES, AS WELL AS A 25% TO 30% INCREASE IN NATIONAL REGISTRY PARAMEDIC TEST PASS RATE.
THANK YOU. SO THIS CONCLUDES THE BASIS OF OUR STRATEGIES AND OUR RETENTION GOALS.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THE APPENDIX AND WE'RE HERE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
GREAT. WELL, I'M PRETTY SURE WE'VE GOT SOME FOR YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION, I'VE GOT QUESTIONS FOR BOTH OF YOU.
SO THE LATERAL WITHOUT T COLE IS BASICALLY OUT OF STATE, OUT OF STATE LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, IS WE'RE GETTING POLICE OFFICERS FROM OTHER STATES TO COME HERE AND WORK FOR DPD, THE LATERAL, THE PROCESS TO GET T COLE CERTIFIED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS IS A VERY COMPLICATED PROCESS AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
AND SO THE LATERAL TEAM IS WILL PUT THEM THROUGH THE BACKGROUND PROCESS, GET THEM HIRED ON AND HIRE THEM ON AS A PRE HIRE AND WORK THEM THROUGH THAT LATERAL THAT PROGRAM TO GET THEM T COLE CERTIFIED.
SO BASICALLY THE PROCESS WORKS WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED FROM ANOTHER CITY, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO T COLE AND THEN THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY'LL ACCEPT AND WHAT NOT.
AND BASED ON THAT, YOU TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLASSES BEFORE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO TAKE THE T COLE.
SO WE ASSIST THEM WITH THAT PROCESS.
SO MY QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY GOING AFTER CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TEXAS.
SO IF A CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN TEXAS, THEY CAN COME RIGHT ON.
SO WE HAVE A LATERAL PROGRAM AS WELL, PART OF THAT.
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A LATERAL TRAINING ACADEMY FOR THAT.BASICALLY THAT LAST PORTION OF THE ACADEMY, WHICH IS BASICALLY HOW DPD DOES THEIR THINGS.
OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT DELAYING SOMEBODY WHO'S WITHIN TEXAS, BUT YOU ARE RECRUITING, CURRENTLY SERVING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH T COLE IN TEXAS? THAT'S CORRECT. OH, YES. WE'RE A LATERAL PROGRAM FOR BOTH.
AND SO WE'RE JUST BRINGING IN A PROCESS THAT WILL HELP THEM GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
AND ARE YOU TARGETING ANY CITIES IN TEXAS THAT MIGHT NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE TO THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT? WHAT WAS THAT QUESTION AGAIN? I'M SORRY. ARE YOU TARGETING ANY SPECIFIC CITIES IN TEXAS? YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY WHO THEY ARE.
I'M JUST SAYING. BUT ARE WE ACTIVELY RECRUITING IN TEXAS? OH, YES, MA'AM, WE ARE LATERAL.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIES LISTED, BUT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE ON THERE AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A HIRING BONUS AND I KNOW CHIEF GARCIA IS NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ON THERE ANYTHING ABOUT A REFERRAL BONUS.
AND I HEAR THE COMMENTS AT GRADUATION WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUPERSTAR.
AND SO WHY DON'T WE LET YOU IN YOUR FREE TIME, YOU GO FIND THEM FOR US AND LET'S PAY YOU.
I THINK YOU'RE GIVING LIKE A T SHIRT AND MAYBE A PATCH OR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD LOVE YOU TO HAVE A REAL BIG HEART TO HEART ABOUT SOME SERIOUS MONEY.
SERIOUS MONEY TO GO HELP US FIND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUR NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS.
YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE ALREADY BEGAN TALKING ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
AND SO WE HAVE INVOLVED HR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN INTERNALLY.
AND SO ONCE WE COME UP WITH A GOOD PROGRAM MONEY WISE, WE'LL BRING IT TO CITY MANAGEMENT.
AND I HOPE IT STEPS, RIGHT? OH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU ACTUALLY GET HIRED.
THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR FOLKS.
OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE HIRING REQUIREMENTS FOR DPD.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE 45 HOURS OF COLLEGE BIG PROPONENT OF FURTHERING YOUR EDUCATION, BUT YOU ONLY NEED A 2.0, WHICH I PRETTY MUCH FEEL LIKE MANY PEOPLE COULD NOT EVER ATTEND A CLASS AND GET 2.0.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S A VALUABLE REQUIREMENT AND IF THESE REQUIREMENTS MATCH OUR COMPETITORS OR IF THIS IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
I WILL CHECK INTO THAT BECAUSE I AM NOT NOT SURE 100% TO GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER ON THAT.
BUT I WILL CHECK AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT.
OKAY. AND THEN FOR DPD, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS WERE HAPPENING, IT WAS REMARKABLE TO ME TO SEE HOW CLOSELY OUR BLACK POPULATION MATCHED OUR SWORN OFFICERS, BUT NOT SO MUCH FOR HISPANIC.
AND I'M SEEING THAT YOU ARE REACHING OUT TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT I'M WONDERING HOW WE'RE TARGETING TO INCREASE OUR LATINO REPRESENTATION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE HIGH HISPANIC POPULATIONS IN THEIR SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK IT WORKED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DID SEE A 78% INCREASE IN HISPANIC APPLICANTS THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR WE HAD 185 WITH 1522 BEING FEMALE.
THIS YEAR WE SAW 235 WITH 36 BEING FEMALE, AND WE HIRED 71 HISPANICS AND 14 OF THOSE WERE FEMALES.
SO WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN HISPANIC APPLICANTS AND HIRES SINCE LAST YEAR.
SO ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS YOU HAVE ON THERE IS ABOUT A LARGE NUMBER OF FAILING THE POLYGRAPH.
AND I MEAN, I'VE NEVER TAKEN ONE.
BUT COULD IT BE THEY'RE SO NERVOUS OR ARE THEY LIKE LITERALLY ARE LYING AND THEN THEY'RE CAUGHT OR LIKE, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE POLYGRAPH EXAMS AND SEEING WHO HAS FAILED AND WHO HAS NOT.
WE REALLY CAN'T SEE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE ARE AS PART OF THE BAKER TILLER, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POLYGRAPH EXAMS AS WELL TO KIND OF LOOK AT I CAN'T GIVE THE REASONS WHY THIS PAST YEAR. I CAN TELL YOU THAT ABOUT 33% OF THE APPLICANTS FAILED THE POLYGRAPH.
BUT RESEARCHING NATIONWIDE, IT'S ABOUT 30%.
SO IT'S NOT JUST AN ISSUE WITH DPD.
IT'S A NATIONWIDE INDUSTRY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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THE FAIL RATE ON THE POLYGRAPH.SO MY LAST I HAVE A DFR QUESTION FOR YOU, WHICH IS REALLY FOR BOTH OF YOU FROM THE POINT THAT SOMEBODY FILLS OUT AN APPLICATION TO THE POINT THAT THEY'RE GETTING AN ACCEPTANCE OR YOU'RE GETTING AN ACCEPTANCE FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR OFFER, WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? FOR US, IT'S ABOUT THREE, TWO AND A HALF TO THREE MONTHS.
I HAVE, WE HAVE A STANDARD WITH INSIDE THE PERSONNEL WHEN WE DO THE BACKGROUNDS IS 30 DAYS TO HAVE THOSE BACKGROUNDS IN AND TURNED INTO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
SO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND REVIEW PROCESS BEGINS AND THEN WE WAIT FOR THE ACADEMY CLASS.
SO THE ACADEMY CLASSES ARE ABOUT SIX WEEKS APART.
SO IF THEY IF ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE IN AND WE GET ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE, SOMETIMES THEY ARE DELAYED BY THINGS WE REQUIRE TO SEND OUT CORRESPONDENCE TO OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WE REQUIRE TO SPEAK WITH REFERENCES AS WELL AND FOR JOB RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
SO SOMETIMES THAT SLOWS DOWN THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
AND USUALLY AFTER IT GOES THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, WE DO THE MEDICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, WHICH IS WORKS PRETTY GOOD WITHIN ABOUT 10 TO 15 DAYS THAT GETS DONE. AND THEN WE JUST WAIT FOR THE ACADEMY CLASS.
SO IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TO THREE MONTH WAIT.
HOW ABOUT FOR FIRE? SO OURS IS A LITTLE LONGER? OH, NO. UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT PART OF THAT SIX MONTHS IS WE OFFER A EIGHT WEEK MENTORING FOR OUR PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST.
SO ONCE THEY COMPLETE THE EIGHT WEEKS, THEN THEY'LL GET SCHEDULED FOR THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST.
NOW, ONE THING WE ARE DOING, AS WE STATED IN OUR PRESENTATION, IS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, SEEING HOW MUCH OF THAT WE CAN AUTOMATE SEEING, HOW MUCH OF THAT WE CAN CUT DOWN. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SHAVE THIS COMING YEAR.
OKAY. SO MY LAST QUESTION ON THIS TOPIC, ALTHOUGH I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE YOU HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION IN BOTH YOUR BRIEFINGS AND I'M HOPING WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF DECONSTRUCT PART OF THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU NEED HELP, WE NEED TO HELP YOU WITH THIS, LIKE MAYBE STREAMLINING THINGS.
BUT FOR DFR ON SLIDE 15, YOU HAVE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY CIVIL SERVICE, THE APPLICATIONS PASSING THE INITIAL SCREENING, AND THEN THE HIRED CANDIDATES.
AND WHAT YOU SEE IS A PROGRESSION.
OVER THE YEARS, YOU'VE HAD MORE APPLICATIONS, MORE THAT HAVE PASSED THE SCREENING.
BUT THEN FOR HIRED CANDIDATES, IT DROPS OFF SIGNIFICANTLY THIS PAST WELL FOR FISCAL YEAR 22, 23.
AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, LIKE THAT NUMBER DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
OKAY. YES, MA'AM. SO PART OF THAT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE 17, UNDER THE STILL IN PROCESS, WE STILL HAVE 762 THAT ARE STILL IN PROCESS.
SO OUR STEPS AREN'T NECESSARILY LINEAR WITH THE FISCAL YEAR. FOR INSTANCE, IF SOMEONE APPLIED IN SEPTEMBER 1ST, IT WOULD SHOW ON THESE NUMBERS AS APPLIED IN LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN PROCESS.
WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TRUE FOR ALL THE YEARS, THOUGH.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, 800 MORE APPLICATIONS THAT WENT TO CIVIL SERVICE.
BUT YET WE'VE GONE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY ON HIRED CANDIDATES.
SO I JUST WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT FIT IN.
LIKE MAYBE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO COME OR THEY FELL OUT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS.
I MEAN, I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS SOME OTHER REASON OR IS IT JUST PART OF THAT LONG HIRING PROCESS, YOU THINK? I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THAT.
WE DO HAVE SOME THAT WE OFFER JOBS THAT NO LONGER WANT THEM.
WE STILL HAVE THOSE THAT ARE IN PROCESS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT ARE STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THAT ARE GETTING READY FOR THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST AND THE WAY OUR CLASSES ARE LINING UP LIKE WE HAVE ONE THAT'S JUST ABOUT TO START.
SO THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER AS WELL.
COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS, CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING TO THE HIRING PROCESS, THE LENGTH OF TIME? ALSO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT ONCE A BACKGROUND FILE IS COMPLETED AND WE TRY TO PRE HIRE THESE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL.
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SO AS SOON AS THEY'RE READY TO HIRE, WE BRING THEM ON.AND THEN PRE-HIRE MEANS WE BRING THEM AND PUT THEM IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF SEE HOW DPD WORKS, TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW THINGS ARE WORKING AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING. SO THEY KIND OF GET THEMSELVES FAMILIARIZED WITH DPD ALREADY, SO WE JUST DON'T LET THEM WAIT.
WE BRING THEM, HIRE THEM RIGHT AWAY.
WE'RE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THE MONEY, SO WE BRING THEM ON AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
[INAUDIBLE] DON'T GIVE THEM THE INSIGHT OF HOW DPD WORKS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS LAST CLASS WE HAD FIVE PRE HIRES THAT WERE WAITING TO GO TO THE CLASS BECAUSE THEIR APPLICATIONS GOT DONE QUICKLY AND SO WE JUST BROUGHT THEM ON AND, AND HIRED THEM, PUT THEM THROUGHOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
THAT'S GREAT. I DIDN'T KNOW WE DID THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS, THANK YOU.
BUT I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER WAY THAT COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS, OUR VOTERS CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON THAT, AND THAT IS THAT WE HAVE A BOND ELECTION COMING UP AND WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR CRITICAL FACILITIES AND OUR CATEGORIES AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE ASSIGNING IN THESE DIFFERENT SUB CATEGORIES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS THIS PROCESS WITH THE BOND MOVES FORWARD TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HAVING REALLY BIG NUMBERS IN THE WANT TO HAVE.
CATEGORY. AND I LOOK AT YOU ALL AND I SEE NEED TO HAVE CATEGORY BECAUSE WE COME IN HERE.
I MEAN OUR CITIZENS I'M SURE WE ALL HEAR ABOUT WHY CAN'T YOU HIRE MORE POLICE OFFICERS? WHY ARE PEOPLE LEAVING? AND YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE.
AND SO I'M GLAD YOU CALLED THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WEIGH VERY HEAVILY AS WE GO INTO OUR DELIBERATIONS AROUND THAT LIST OF CRITICAL FACILITIES AND WHAT HITS THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING THAT OUT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD WELCOME YOU ALL TO PUT SOME PRESSURE ON AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE CONDITIONS ARE LIKE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT AND RISKING THEIR LIVES FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IN SOME CASES, JUST IN SOME DEPLORABLE WORKING CONDITIONS.
GOING BACK TO THE COLLEGE, OUR REQUIREMENT, I THINK ACROSS BOTH CATEGORIES, HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH DALLAS COLLEGE? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND DISD ON HELPING WITH THE EDUCATION PORTION OF THIS.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE APPLIES AND THEY'RE NOT QUITE THERE IN THEIR AMOUNT OF HOURS OR MAYBE GETTING THEIR GPA UP, HOW DO WE HAND THEM OFF? OR DO WE HAVE A SMOOTH HANDOFF TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE GOT A PLAN TO HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP SO YOU CAN GO ON AND MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
OKAY. IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, ARE YOU ARE YOU REFERRING TO STUDENTS WHO ARE WEAK OR STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE THE 2.0? YEAH. WHO DON'T HAVE WHO AREN'T MEETING.
DO WE ARE WE GUIDING THEM TO DALLAS COLLEGE OR ANOTHER ENTITY TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS HOW YOU CAN CLOSE THIS GAP OR THIS IS HOW YOU CAN GET THAT GPA UP? I SEE CHIEF SHAW NODDING HER HEAD.
YES, WE DO. SO OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING SERGEANT, IF SHE SEES THAT THE PERSON IS LACKING A CLASS OR TWO, SHE REACHES OUT TO THEM TO HELP THEM GET THAT ADDITIONAL CLASS SO THEY CAN MEET THE 45 CREDIT HOURS.
THE 60 HOURS ARE ALREADY DONE, USUALLY WITH THE TECH PROGRAM BEFORE THEY APPLY.
WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE THOSE 60 HOURS.
SO WOULD THEY JUST WAIT FOR THE NIGHT TO GET TO THE AGE OF 19.5 SO THEY CAN APPLY, BUT THEY CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION WITH THE ONES THAT ARE THAT SOMETIMES APPLICANTS WILL APPLY AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE THE COLLEGE CREDIT, RIGHT? BUT BASED ON LOOKING AT THE TRANSCRIPT, THEY DON'T HAVE THE HOURS THAT ARE CREDITED FOR US TO ACCEPT THEIR APPLICATION.
SO IT'S HAPPENING. WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND SAYING, LET US HELP YOU MAKE THAT LINK.
YES. SO ON THIS AGE, 44 IS THE TOP END FOR APPLICANTS.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE ARE? YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN GOOD SHAPE WHO ARE A LITTLE OLDER THAN THAT AND SOME, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER NOW, BUT I WILL GET IT FOR YOU,
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MA'AM. I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER NOW, BUT I'LL GET IT FOR YOU.AND SO MAYBE WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
SO I WILL SAY WE DID UP OUR LATERAL TRANSFER, THE HOURS OR THE AGE FOR OUR LATERAL TRANSFER.
WE DID UP THAT. AND WITH OUR SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS, WE DON'T HAVE AN AGE REQUIREMENT FOR THAT.
BUT I WILL PROMISE TO GET BACK WITH YOU WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THE AGE FOR THE SINGLE.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY FOR THE FIRE RESCUE TRAINEES.
OKAY. AND I'M NOT SURE I DO KNOW IT IS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
SO I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH REGARDS TO THE PENSION AND THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
BUT I WILL DOUBLE WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT RESPONSE.
OKAY. AND THEN ANOTHER POINT ON SLIDE 20, I THINK ON THE PHYSICAL FITNESS, ONE OF THE DISQUALIFIERS AND YOU MENTIONED AN EIGHT WEEK TRAINING COURSE OR WHATEVER, ARE THERE PRACTICES THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMEONE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY WITH THAT PHYSICAL TRAINING COURSE SO THAT OR DO THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PASS THE PHYSICAL PART BEFORE WE EVEN MOVE THEM FORWARD? NO, MA'AM. AS PART OF THE PHYSICAL TRAINING OR THE MENTORSHIP IS WHAT WE CALL IT FOR THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST.
THERE ARE TWO, AT LEAST TWO TRIES OF A PRACTICE TEST DURING THAT TIME.
AND IF THEY PASS ONE OF THOSE, THEN WE WILL COUNT THAT.
BUT ARE THERE OTHER ASPECTS OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THAT APPLICANT THAT COULD BE GOING ON CONCURRENTLY WHILE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THAT EIGHT WEEK COURSE? SO BY THE SO THEY START THE EIGHT WEEK COURSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSING THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.
OKAY. SO IT'S ONLY AFTER THEY PASS THAT THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THEIR THE BACKGROUND, THE DATE THAT THEY PASS IT IS WHEN WE START THEIR PRE POLYGRAPH. SO THEY'VE ALREADY FILLED OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION INCLUDING THEIR BACKGROUND PACKETS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT THAT IS THE FIRST MAJOR HURDLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PASS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD.
WELL, YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY COMMITTED TO LOOKING AT HOW YOU MIGHT COLLAPSE THAT LONG TIME FRAME.
SO I'LL TRUST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND COME BACK WITH GOOD NEWS FOR US ON THAT.
THAT MAKES DALLAS SEEM LIKE A FANTASTIC PLACE TO COME AND VISIT FOR LEISURE OR FOR BUSINESS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL, AS YOU'RE GOING OUT AND TALKING TO RECRUITS, TO HAVE THIS GOING TO SHOW I MEAN, AS THEY'RE OUT OF MARKET TO ENCOURAGE THEM NOT ONLY BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE GREAT AND WOULD BE FUN TO WORK WITH, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING VERY FRESH.
IT'S BEEN THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED AND TESTED WITH CONSUMERS.
DO YOU MIND IF I ADD. SO MY RECRUITING SERGEANT JUST REACHED OUT TO VISIT DALLAS FOLKS, AND SO THEY'VE ALREADY GAVE US PAMPHLETS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH THEM. SO ON STRATEGIES ON HOW WE COULD USE THEM IN OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER.
I KNOW THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WE'VE ASKED MONTH AFTER MONTH AT THESE MEETINGS.
AND SO YOU SAID THAT DEMOS ARE BEING EVALUATED.
HOW IS THAT FITTING WITH PROCUREMENT, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES TAKE TIME? I MEAN, IS THERE ALREADY A DESCRIPTION WRITTEN I MEAN, SO THAT THIS CAN REALLY CLIP ALONG? YEAH. SO WE'RE KIND OF REACHING OUT AND LOOKING AT THE CO OP TO SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES, IF THERE'S MARKETING FIRMS OUT THERE THAT ARE ON THE CO OP THAT WILL HELP WITH PROCUREMENT. AND THE TWO THAT WE ARE GOING THAT WE'VE SEEN, ONE OF THEM IS EPIC, WHICH TEMPLE TEXAS HAS USED IN THE PAST.
SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THEM.
SO WE MAYBE MAY NOT HAVE TO DO AN RFP.
MAYBE WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, USING THEIR CONTRACT OR HOW THEY SET IT UP AND IRVING DID ONE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
COUNCILWOMAN WILLIS BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON, AND THAT'S OUR FACILITIES AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE AND PARTNER WITH OUR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS TO HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING.
AND SO, CHAIRWOMAN, I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO A AN AGENDA ITEM ON OVERVIEW OF OUR FACILITIES, POTENTIALLY NAMING RIGHTS AS WELL, BUT JUST AN OVERALL ITEM ON WHAT WE CAN BE DOING TO STRETCH THOSE BOND
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DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES IN A PRESENTABLE MANNER.THESE ARE PEOPLE'S SECOND HOMES.
THESE ARE WHERE OUR OFFICERS SPEND A LOT OF THEIR TIME.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GRADE A AS FAR AS A DETERRENT FROM RECRUITMENT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL PENSION ISSUES PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE SAW OFFICERS LEAVE.
BUT DO WE SEE THIS AS AN ISSUE WHY RECRUITING ISN'T AS IT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE? NO, I DON'T THINK WE SEE THE ISSUES REGARDING THE PENSION.
I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING THE APPLICANT POOL SHRINK.
I JUST THINK THAT PEOPLE THESE DAYS SINCE COVID, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT WANTING TO BE POLICE OFFICERS IN THAT FORM OF COMMUNITY SERVICE OR SERVICE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SEEING IT AT IS JUST THE APPLICANT POOL IS SMALLER.
AND I DON'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PENSION.
I JUST THINK WE'RE JUST SEEING A SMALLER APPLICANT POOL ALL AROUND NATIONWIDE.
IT'S QUITE LENGTHY, RIGHTFULLY SO, MAKING SURE THAT BOTH FIRE AND DPD ARE TRAINED ADEQUATELY AND OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES. DO WE HAVE STIPENDS OR DO WE HAVE WHAT DO WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR HOUSING, NOT ONLY FOR THE RECRUITS, BUT ALSO FOR THEIR FAMILIES? IS THAT POTENTIALLY CAUSING PEOPLE TO NOT COME TO DALLAS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR LOVED ONES BACK HOME? SO WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A STIPEND FOR LIVING HERE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL.
WE DO HAVE RELOCATION EXPENSES AS WELL.
CHIEF, IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH SLIDE IT IS, BUT THERE IS A CHART.
AND SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE A STIPEND, WHAT WE DO TRY TO DO IS POINT OUT TO THE AFFORDABILITY FACTOR FOR FOLKS IN THIS REGION COMPARED TO WHERE A LOT OF THE PLACES WE RECRUIT ARE.
SO WHEN WE GO ON RECRUITING TRIPS AND THAT'S WHY WE GO ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE TALK TO THEM AT THE COST OF LIVING, ESPECIALLY IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WASHINGTON, D.C., CALIFORNIA. THE COST OF LIVING IS SO MUCH HIGHER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A TOP TEN DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S HOW WE SELL THAT YOU KNOW IT YOU'LL LIVE BETTER HERE WHEN YOU'RE IN DALLAS.
YOU WON'T HAVE TO PAY AS MUCH MONEY FOR A HOUSE CAR AND YOUR TOTAL LIVING EXPENSES.
AND I WILL SAY THAT AS WE EXPLORE THE NEW POLICE ACADEMY, THAT IS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH YOU AND UNT DALLAS IS TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF HOUSING FOR OUR RECRUITS THAT ARE FROM OUT OF TOWN OR OUT OF STATE.
GREAT. THANK YOU. THIS ONE'S FOR DFR.
THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GETTING A LOT OF NURSES FROM DFR WHO GO THROUGH THE PARAMEDIC TRAINING. AND SO WHAT OBVIOUSLY WE NEED WE NEED NURSES AS WELL.
BUT ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO STOP THAT RECRUITMENT FROM FROM GOING INTO HOSPITALS OR WHAT CAN WE DO? UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ANYTHING TO STOP THEM.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID MANY YEARS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STOP THAT.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WOULD KIND OF STEM THE TIDE.
LIKE WHY GO TO SECOND PLACE WHEN YOU CAN JUST REITERATE YOU ALL ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCILMEMBER STEWART.
OKAY YOU HAD GREAT QUESTIONS, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. YOU'VE COVERED A LOT OF WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, I DO WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT AS A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, THE MOST FREQUENT QUESTION I GET ASKED BY EVERYBODY IS, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING ABOUT RECRUITMENT? AND I SMILE AND SAY, WELL, THERE'S A LONG LIST.
I'VE READ REPORTS AND EVERYONE'S WORKING VERY HARD ON IT.
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BUT THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THE MARKETING FIRM, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IS YOU'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS THERE.UM, IS THERE A RECRUITING WEBSITE THAT I CAN SEND PEOPLE TO? SO RIGHT NOW THE RECRUITING WEBSITE FOR DPD IS ON THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
BUT CURRENTLY WE YOU GO THROUGH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE FOR RECRUITING.
THAT'S WHY WE WANT OUR OWN STANDALONE WEBSITE.
SO IT'S THE OWN WEBSITE. SO A LOT MORE INFORMATION GO THROUGH.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GET APPROVED REAL SOON.
OKAY. WELL, LET US KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE THAT BECAUSE WE'RE WE CAN START SENDING THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, AND ARE THERE OTHER STATE OR NATIONAL WEBSITES WHERE WE CAN BE OR WE CAN POST OR WHATEVER? YEAH. SO WE USE INDEED WE USE THE MUNICIPALITY WHAT TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES LEAGUE AND WE ALSO USE T COLE, STATE AGENCIES THAT DO OUR ADVERTISE IT FOR BOTH SWORN AND FOR 901 COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE I'M READY TO TRAVEL TO BUFFALO, BUT I MIGHT AND AND SERIOUSLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, JUST, YOU KNOW, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THERE TO VISIT WITH PEOPLE, SHAKE HANDS, TELL THEM HOW GREAT DALLAS IS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I MOVED HERE IN 1980.
AND SO, YOU KNOW BUT IT REALLY IS IT'S A GREAT CITY TO LIVE IN AND TO WORK IN.
AND WE COULD BEYOUR OMBUDSMAN OR YOUR ADVOCATES OR YOUR MARKETING PEOPLE.
WE HAD SOME FIREFIGHTERS UP AT FOURTH AND AUDELIA THIS SUMMER FOR AN EVENT AND I HAD A FIREFIGHTER HAT ON AND I SAID, DON'T YOU THINK I SHOULD GO WITH YOU TO RECRUIT? AND THEY SMILED AND SAID, CAN WE HAVE OUR HELMET BACK? BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, I THINK WE WANT TO BE THERE FOR ALL OF YOU, RIGHT? YOUR WORK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT BY MY COLLEAGUES.
WE'RE NOT HERE JUST TO PESTER YOU WITH QUESTIONS AND LOOK FOR AND LOOK FOR RESULTS.
USE US IF THERE'S SOME WAY THAT YOU CAN USE US, PLEASE DO THAT.
THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT I'M GOING TO GO WITH THEM TO CHICAGO IN NOVEMBER.
I WILL MOST CERTAINLY ASK Y'ALL TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO GO.
SO THEN I GOT BUFFALO IN FEBRUARY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO LEARN AND HOPEFULLY RECRUIT FOLKS.
AND IF IT'S NOT VALUABLE, THEN I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT HOW FUN THEY ARE TO HANG OUT WITH.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, I THINK YOU WERE SPOT ON TALKING ABOUT THE BOND AND THE FACILITIES.
I'M ON A QUEST TO GO TO EVERY SINGLE FIRE DEPARTMENT BY THE END OF 2024.
THE ONES I'VE BEEN TO AREN'T GREAT AND FREQUENTLY JOHN FORTUNE AND CHIEF ARTIST GET TEXT MESSAGES LIKE, WOW, WE HAVE BROKEN ASBESTOS FLOOR OR WE HAVE THIS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIVING THERE, THEY'RE SLEEPING THERE, THEY'RE EATING THERE.
AND IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THAN ANY OF OUR OTHER WORKSPACES.
SO WE DO NEED TO INVEST IN THAT AND OUR OFFICERS DESERVE IT.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE IMPORTANT COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER.OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
IS ITEM E, DO YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT? SO ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO ASK GUS, KEN CAROLYN, OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, IF HE WOULD COME AND INTRODUCE OUR NEXT GUEST.
SO, GUS, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL GET IT RIGHT INTO THE DISCUSSION.
AND THEN I'LL JUST SAY I'VE BUDGETED ABOUT TEN MINUTES FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS GUS KHANKARLI, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH CRUISE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND APPLICABLE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS ITEMS AS IT RELATES TO THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION.
JUST TO SET THE CONTEXT OF THE PRESENTATION, THE TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SECTION 545 SAYS THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OR A STATE AGENCY MAY NOT IMPOSE A FRANCHISE OR OTHER REGULATION RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF AN AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE, AUTOMATED OR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM. SO AGAINST THIS BACKDROP, CRUISE HAS BEEN COLLABORATIVELY REACHING OUT TO US AND THEY STARTED THAT OUTREACH ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO OR SO AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE MET INTERNALLY AS WELL AS MEETING WITH CRUISE TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION AS THEY PLAN ON LAUNCHING THIS OPERATION, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE HIGH LEVEL TRAINING THAT WE HAD HERE ON LAST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO WITH THAT, I AM PLEASED TO HAVE MR. DIAZ HERE WITH US, WITH CRUISE, WHO WILL INTRODUCE HIS TEAM AND THEN TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION HERE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME AND I'LL TRY TO STICK TO THE TEN MINUTES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
MY NAME IS YARIEL DIAZ, I MANAGE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR CRUISE FOR THE SOUTHEAST.
SO MY MARKETS ARE TEXAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE.
WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE JASON HONG, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JASON HONG, GENERAL MANAGER FOR DALLAS MARKET HERE FOR CRUISE.
BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS 40 YEARS, DISTRICT 12 IS MY HOME, HAS BEEN MY HOME.
SO REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE TO EXPLAIN OUR MISSION.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON YOUR SCREEN THAT EVERY YEAR OVER 40,000 PEOPLE DIE IN CAR CRASHES ON THE ROADS, AND THAT'S A MAJOR PERCENTAGE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN CITIES, WE THINK OF HOW OUR SERVICE WOULD BE ADDITIVE AND AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE SERVICES ALREADY OFFERED IN CITIES. WE DON'T CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR ANY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WE DON'T CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE IN COMPETITION WITH ANY OF THESE.
WE CONSIDER OURSELVES TO BE AN OPTION FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO RIDE IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, THAT WANT TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING, AND VEHICLES THAT DON'T GET TIRED, DON'T GET DISTRACTED, DON'T DRIVE DRUNK.
NEXT SLIDE. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR VEHICLES, THERE'S A CLEAR DISTINCTION, AS GUS MENTIONED, IN STATUTE AS IT RELATES TO DRIVER ASSIST AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.
SO WE OPERATE UNDER WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS, AND THAT IS WHAT SEPARATES US APART BECAUSE DRIVER ASSISTS ARE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE LIKE LANE ASSIST OR CRUISE CONTROL THAT KEEPS YOU IN YOUR LANE.
WHEREAS WE HAVE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES THAT ARE DIRECTLY DRIVING THE CAR.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEVEL FOUR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.
AND WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO BUILDING AGAIN INTO THAT LEVEL OF AUTONOMY, THERE ARE SIX LEVELS OF AUTONOMY.
YOU SEE THEM HERE ON THE SCREEN.
WE'RE OPERATING AT A LEVEL FOUR.
SO AS WELL AS OUR SAFETY BEING OUR TOP AND NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, WE'RE OWNED BY GENERAL MOTORS.
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IT'S A CHEVY BOLT WITH A B, IT'S AN ALL ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND HAS A SERIES OF SENSOR SUITES.BUT I WANTED TO SHOW THIS KEY POINT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE USE WHEN WE TRAIN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND THIS IS A NEW SLIDE THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR PRESENTATIONS I'VE MADE.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT THE SERVICE RECORD THAT WE HAVE WITH FIRST RESPONDERS, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE ON A 24 HOUR BASIS WITH OUR REMOTE ASSISTANCE TEAM, OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPPORT AND OUR CRITICAL RESPONSE HOTLINE.
THIS IS WHAT THAT VEHICLE LOOKS LIKE.
EACH OF THEM HAVE INDIVIDUAL NAMES.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE THOSE NAMES ARE LOCATED, BECAUSE IF THERE IS EVER A CONCERN, A CALL OR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RELAYED TO TWO CRUISE AS TO ONE OF OUR VEHICLES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE NAME OF THE VEHICLE, THE TIME, THE LOCATION AND THE DATE THAT AN INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS BUILDING INTO THAT SENSOR TECHNOLOGY.
THAT COMPUTER IS WHAT IS DRIVING THE CAR.
IT IS THE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS COMPUTER.
THESE CARS ARE NOT REMOTELY DRIVEN.
THESE CARS CANNOT BE REMOTELY DRIVEN FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE CAN CAN TAKE REMOTE CONTROL OF THESE VEHICLES.
SO FOR THAT REASON, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT COMPUTER ITSELF IS WHAT'S DRIVING THE CAR BASED ON THE PARAMETERS, THE SAFETY FEATURES AND THE MAPS THAT WE'VE PROGRAMED THEM FOR. NEXT SLIDE.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW OUR VEHICLES ARE PULLED OVER.
THE VEHICLE IS PROGRAMED TO BEFORE WE'RE EVER LIVE IN A MARKET.
SO TO THAT EFFECT, WE WHEN WE BEGIN OUR INITIAL MAPPING STAGES OF A CITY, WE BEGIN CONVERSATIONS WITH CITIES SO THAT THEY KNOW WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE, AND ANTICIPATED TIMELINE OF WHEN WE'LL BE LIVE IN A MARKET AS WELL AS HOW WE ENGAGE WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.
OUT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE HAVE HIRED FOLKS TO DO FIRST RESPONDER TRAININGS.
WHEN A VEHICLE IS DRIVING IN A DRIVING LANE AND A FIRST RESPONDER IS EITHER DRIVING BEHIND IT OR TRYING TO PULL IT OVER, THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE AS CLOSELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
NEXT SLIDE. SO I'LL SKIP OVER THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A VIDEO.
ALL OF THESE VIDEOS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR CRUISE WEBSITE.
WE ARE WE HAVE VIDEOS AND RESOURCES THERE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.
WE HAVE OUR ACCESSIBILITY PARTNERS THAT ARE MENTIONED THERE.
AND WE HAVE A SERIES OF OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THAT SCREENSHOT IS A VEHICLE COMING TOWARD US.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE EXTRICATION.
THIS VIDEO SPECIFICALLY IS A SNIPPET OF THE EXTRICATION AND HOW TO DO THAT SAFELY.
NEXT SLIDE. SAME THING WITH CHALK AND BLOCK CHALK AND BLOCK.
IT WOULD BE HANDLED THE SAME AS ANY OTHER VEHICLE, ANY OTHER CHEVY BOLT.
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AND THAT'S WHAT THIS VIDEO WOULD SHOW NEXT.THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.
THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I CAN WE.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT OPERATING TO THE PUBLIC AT THIS MOMENT.
WE HOPE TO BE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC CANNOT ACCESS OUR VEHICLES RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE DOING STILL TESTING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES INTERNALLY AND WE HAVE OUR INTERNAL RIDE CLUB.
AND TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, I MENTIONED MAPPING BEFORE.
WE DO MAPPING OF EVERY STREET THAT WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE.
AFTER THAT MAPPING STAGE, WE GO INTO MILEAGE ACCUMULATION AND LABELING AND VALIDATION.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE ADD MORE MILES INTO THAT MAP SO WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETE 3D MODEL OF WHAT THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE IN THOSE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TESTING VIRTUALLY LINES UP WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE REAL WORLD.
WE THEN DO THAT TESTING IN THE REAL WORLD WITH OUR SUPERVISED DRIVING STAGE, WHICH IS A DRIVER IN THE FRONT SEAT, DRIVING THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE STREETS THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING ANY NEW THINGS THAT WE HADN'T SEEN DURING THE INITIAL STAGES.
WE ALSO HAVE A SERIES OF LIMITATIONS ON THE TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING.
WHEN WE SPOKE BACK IN MAY, I BELIEVE I MENTIONED 25MPH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING HERE AT ABOUT 30MPH IS WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND WE'RE BETWEEN 30 OR 35.
WE DON'T DRIVE IN SLEET. WE DON'T DRIVE IN HEAVY RAIN.
SO I SAY ALL OF THESE THINGS TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS STILL THE INITIAL STAGES OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.
WE HAVE A SAFETY RATING THAT'S CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN HUMAN DRIVERS.
WE HAVE A SAFETY PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AT JETCRUZER.COM/SAFETY THAT HAS A SAFETY REPORT THAT WE RELEASED LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS A NEW WHITE PAPER THAT WAS JUST RELEASED TWO WEEKS AGO. AND THAT WHITE PAPER SPECIFICALLY BENCHMARKS OUR DRIVING WITH THE DRIVING OF RIDE HAIL, OTHER HUMAN RIDE HAIL OPERATORS.
AND WE'VE SEEN A 65% FEWER COLLISIONS OVERALL AND 94% FEWER COLLISIONS AS A PRIMARY CONTRIBUTOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER MORENO THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I AM OPTIMISTICALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAUNCH OF THIS.
IT WILL PLAY HEAVILY IN MY DISTRICT AND SO DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO AUSTIN AND DO A TRIAL AND LIKED A LOT OF WHAT I DID SEE, BUT DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENTS OR STREET CLOSURES, WHETHER THEY BE EVENTS THAT ARE LIKE THE STATE FAIR THAT WE KNOW ARE ANNUAL EVENTS OR ONE OFFS WHERE OUR DPD HAS TO CLOSE DOWN THE STREET IN THAT VEHICLE WASN'T ABLE TO BACK UP BECAUSE THERE WAS TRAFFIC BEHIND IT.
AND SO CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS AND STREET CLOSURES AND WHAT TECHNOLOGY, WHAT Y'ALL LEARN FROM AUSTIN THAT WON'T HAPPEN HERE IN DALLAS? YES, SIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
IN AUSTIN SPECIFICALLY, THERE IS AN AV TASK FORCE THAT WE REGULARLY COMMUNICATE WITH AS IT RELATES TO SPECIAL EVENTS, ROAD CLOSURES, PARADES, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, SO THAT WE CAN THEN HIS TEAM CAN THEN PUT IN PLACE AVOIDANCE AREAS.
AN AVOIDANCE AREA MEANS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE COMING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AREA.
SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT A RIDE HAIL SERVICE, YOU THINK THAT'S RATHER COUNTERINTUITIVE? WE WOULD WANT TO BE SERVICING THESE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE DEMAND, BUT WE WOULD RATHER AVOID SERVICING THESE AREAS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE VEHICLES ARE NOT GETTING STUCK OR THAT ARE NOT IN THE WAY OR ARE NOT CAUSING A NUISANCE, RATHER THAN THROUGH OUR VEHICLES INTO THESE AREAS AND HAVE THEM BE A CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WANT TO GO A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ON RANDOM STREET CLOSURES WHEN DPD SEEMS FIT TO CLOSE THOSE STREETS WHERE LITERALLY IT'S A FIVE MINUTE DECISION, HOW ARE THE VEHICLES RECOGNIZING? THAT ROAD IS CLOSED ASIDE FROM THE BARRICADES OR IF THEY DO GO INTO THE BARRICADE, HOW ARE THEY BACKING OUT OF THAT? I MEAN, IS SOMEONE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THAT CONTROL, OVER THAT VEHICLE? YES, SOMEONE IS ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND SO LET ME ANSWER THIS IN TWO WAYS.
NUMBER ONE, THE YES, SOMEONE IS ABLE TO TAKE MANUAL CONTROL OVER THE CHEVY BOLTS.
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THESE SCENES SHOULD THEY NEED TO.SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE CREATED A PROCESS TO DO SO.
WE SO THE OFFICER WOULD APPROACH THE VEHICLE, THE OFFICER WOULD SHOW THEIR BADGE, THE FIRST RESPONDER WOULD DO THE SAME, AND THEY WOULD THEN BE WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW TO SWITCH IT OVER INTO MANUAL MODE TO THEN DRIVE IT OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR WHEREVER THEY NEED IN ANOTHER SITUATION, WHICH THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN WHICH THEY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT, BUT THEY JUST NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY ANY TIME A VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A SITUATION IN WHICH IT'S UNSURE AS TO WHAT TO DO, IT IMMEDIATELY CALLS REMOTE ASSISTANCE. REMOTE ASSISTANCE WILL THEN REVIEW THE SENSOR SUITE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION, RIGHT? SO IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A FIVE MINUTE STREET CLOSURE THAT A POLICE OFFICER IS GIVING HAND SIGNALS, THE REMOTE ASSISTANCE WILL LOOK AT WHAT THE SITUATION IS, SEE WHAT IS GOING AROUND THE SENSOR SUITE, AND THEN MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO THE VEHICLE ABOUT WHAT NEXT STEPS TO TAKE.
IMPORTANT THEY'RE MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO THE VEHICLE ABOUT WHAT NEXT STEPS TO TAKE.
THE SUGGESTION WILL BE MADE TO THE VEHICLE IF THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE TO DO SO.
TO YOUR POINT, THE VEHICLE WILL DO THAT.
ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND OUR TRAININGS IS THE NATURAL HUMAN INSTINCT IS TO APPROACH THE VEHICLE AND STAY VERY CLOSE TO IT.
AND I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO RIDE IN ONE OF THESE, THE RADIUS THAT THE CAMERAS AND SENSORS ARE ABLE TO PICK UP PEDESTRIANS TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET ARE PHENOMENAL.
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH OUR VISION ZERO INITIATIVE.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE STATE REGULATED, BUT IS THERE ANY PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS TO ISSUE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, WHETHER IT BE AT THEIR PARKING GARAGE OR THEIR HUB? GO AHEAD. SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH CREWS IS AND OUR INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF CREWS WILL HAVE A FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO OPERATE AND PUT THEIR OFFICES AND SO ON, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WILL HAVE TO KIND OF BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IN ALONG THE WAY WILL ALSO CONTACT THE BFR AND OTHERS BASICALLY.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THESE LOGISTICAL ITEMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE'RE ALL IN COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS HAVING A BESIDE THE COMPLIANCE ASPECT IS THE COLLABORATION AND PUTTING THE STEPS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC ABILITY FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, BASICALLY TO GET TO A SITE WHERE IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AND OR IS IN THE WAY AND NUMBER THREE FROM A GENERAL TRAFFIC OPERATION PERSPECTIVE.
THANK YOU. I'LL JUST CLOSE AGAIN WITH THAT.
I AM EXCITED, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE VEHICLES AREN'T HITTING OUR STREETS UNTIL WE'RE ABSOLUTELY ASSURED THAT THEY'RE SAFE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING BOTH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR PEDESTRIANS, OTHER DRIVERS OUT THERE SAFE.
AND SO THAT'S MY BIGGEST WORRY IS THAT THIS IS DONE IN A MANNER THAT LAUNCHES WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.
THANK YOU. OTHER COUNCILMEMBER'S HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A COUPLE.
SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS THAT WHILE I RECOGNIZE WE CAN'T REGULATE VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT WITH A DRIVER BECAUSE OF THE STATE LAW, I MEAN, THIS IS BEING USED AS SHARED TRANSPORTATION, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND SO WOULD THAT FALL UNDER OUR ORDINANCES FOR THAT? I'LL HAVE TO ASK.
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THIS IS TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE, RIGHT.
AND SO YOU WOULD THEN BE PAYING ALL OF THOSE FEES? CORRECT. SO WE DON'T FALL UNDER THAT STATUTE.
BUT WE'RE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
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THAT'S BEEN OUR STANCE SINCE WE ORIGINALLY MET BACK IN MAY, AND WE'VE SEEN NOTHING TO THE CONTRARY SINCE.ARE YOU PAYING FOR THAT? ARE WE PAYING FOR THE MEETINGS? YEAH, I MEAN, YOU'RE USING A LOT OF OUR STAFF TIME.
SO WHEN WE HAVE REACHED OUT FOR STATIC TESTING AS AN EXAMPLE AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS.
WHENEVER WE IDENTIFY THAT THERE IS A VEHICLE THAT WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OR WHEN WE REALIZE THAT THERE IS A SOMETHING UNIQUE TO A CITY THAT WE NEED BETTER ENGAGEMENT WITH, WE WILL REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND REQUEST FOR THEM TO PROVIDE US WITH A VEHICLE OR PROVIDE US OVERTIME PAYMENT FOR THE SERVICES SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE.
WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DO THAT IN DALLAS YET.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY TO THAT WE OUR INTERESTS AND OUR TOP PRIORITY IS SAFETY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AS BRIEFED AND AS TRAINED AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU THAT TIME IS BEING USED FROM THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO PROVIDE THESE TRAININGS.
WE'RE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AS TRAINED AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER OUR VEHICLES IN THE REAL WORLD, THEY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE WITH THEM.
I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BE TRAINED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW ARE YOU? WELL, YOU PUT IN A NUMBER OF THINGS IN HERE, BUT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THE DATA WITH THEM.
SO HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THAT A CRUISE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PULLED OVER BY A CITY? SO THE DATA WE'VE HAD 168,000 INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN PULLED OVER SPECIFICALLY.
I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC PULL OVER DATA.
I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH SPECIFIC NUMBERS ON PULLOVERS FROM POLICE.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAD TWO SLIDES ABOUT THAT AND THEN YOU HAD SLIDES ABOUT COLLISIONS.
SO HOW OFTEN IS A CRUISE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION? SO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE HAD SO LET ME TAKE A STEP BACK.
THE FIRST WORD YOU SAID, YOU TALK ABOUT TOWS.
THOSE ARE ALL SPECIFIC TO AUSTIN, WHICH IS WHERE OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS ARE.
TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT, WE'VE DRIVEN ALMOST HAVEN'T BEEN IN BUSINESS IN AUSTIN SINCE NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, CORRECT? WE HAVE, MA'AM. OKAY.
AND HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE YOU HAD SINCE NOVEMBER? SO WE STARTED WITH A VERY SMALL FLEET OF UNDER TEN VEHICLES OR SO, AND WE'RE UP TO OVER 125 AT THIS POINT.
OKAY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE COLLISION DATA THAT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE TEXAS, PLEASE.
AND WHAT ABOUT WHEN A VEHICLE IS STOPPING RANDOMLY AT AN INTERSECTION? I KNOW I'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THOSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN MAYBE PEOPLE PUTTING CONES ON THE HOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RIGHT. SO THE CONING IS AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING IN SAN FRANCISCO ALMOST SPECIFICALLY.
I HAVEN'T THANKFULLY I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT SPREAD THROUGHOUT.
IT CAN BE AN INCONVENIENCE AND DEFINITELY A SAFETY CONCERN FOR SOME FOLKS IF THE VEHICLE IS AT THE INTERSECTION SPECIFICALLY, THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEAM THAT OUR GENERAL MANAGER HAS ON SITE AND IN MARKET.
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JUST, YOU KNOW, FOLKS ARE SEEING IT AND ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY CURIOUS ABOUT IT.DO YOU HAVE A SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH US ON HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE TO RESPOND TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE'RE OPEN TO PROVIDING AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN.
SO WHERE WOULD YOU BE DEPLOYING PEOPLE FROM? SO WE HAVE, WHAT, 58 FIRE STATIONS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.
IT'S TAKING, I'LL SAY, EIGHT MINUTES TO GET TO A PRIORITY ONE CALL.
HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE YOU AND WHERE ARE YOU STARTING FROM? SO I THINK THAT THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART THAT'S MISSING FROM THIS PRESENTATION.
THE ONE THAT I SENT IN TO STAFF I HOPE WILL BE CIRCULATED AROUND.
IT HAS A MAP THAT SHOWS YOU OUR INITIAL OPERATIONS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE COVERING THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS INITIALLY.
WE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED A LOCATION YET.
SO THAT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE LEASING SPECIFICALLY.
SO ONCE WE IDENTIFY THAT SITE, ONCE WE IDENTIFY WHAT THE INITIAL MAP WILL LOOK LIKE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT RESPONSE TIME WILL BE AND THE VEHICLES WOULD BE CHARGED AT THE SITE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET PERMITTED.
YES, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THOSE VEHICLES CHARGED AT THAT SITE.
ARE YOU ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE IN YOUR SERVICE AREA OR ARE NOT? I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY WOULD BE EASIER TO SAY.
YES. SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT MAP AGAIN.
WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT MAP AND SHOW YOU WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE AFFECTED.
AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THE MEMO THAT INCLUDES THE MAPS THAT WAS OMITTED FROM THE PRESENTATION.
ARE YOU ABLE TO RUN YOUR SERVICE WITHOUT THAT LOCATION THAT NEEDS THE PERMIT? WE REQUIRE A FACILITY FROM WHICH TO LAUNCH, SO WE NEED A SITE FROM WHERE TO HAVE OUR VEHICLES PARKED, SERVICED, CLEANED BECAUSE WE CLEAN ALL OF THESE VEHICLES BEFORE THEY GO OUT TO SERVICE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BRIEFING MEMOS.
A NUMBER OF THOSE ARE FOR AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE TOMORROW, I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE SEEN.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE TYPICAL.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION BY ROCKY.
WE'RE GOING TO BUMP IT TO NEXT TIME BECAUSE IT'S SO LATE.
I KNOW WE REALLY WANTED THIS ONE.
THIS IS ABOUT THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.
SO WE WILL SAVE THAT FOR NEXT TIME.
LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARDS, THE CITY DISASTER AID PROGRAM.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 2022 FOLLOW UP MEMO.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE A STATEMENT IF WE NEED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION ABOUT THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GOT THE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE AS WELL AS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THIS ONE. JUST ONE.
ALL RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT.
OH, WAIT. HERE IT IS. SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS ABOUT THE SQUADS.
YOU HAVE AN A UNDER THE RESERVE SQUADS.
IS THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THEM ALL OUT? NO, IT'S JUST THAT.
I'M SORRY. THIS IS DANIEL SALAZAR, ASSISTANT CHIEF, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T AIM TO HAVE RESERVE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT IN THAT CATEGORY.
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WE HAVE SIX SQUAD UNITS.CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED BY ENGINE CREWS BECAUSE WE'RE THREE ENGINES DOWN.
OKAY. ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH EQUIPMENT? I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER COMFORTABLE WITH WHERE WE ARE WITH EQUIPMENT.
BUT ONE GOOD THING FOR US IS THAT WE'VE GOT UP TO 13 BRAND NEW FIRE ENGINES THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO US BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. WE'VE GOT SOME ON THE GROUND CURRENTLY AT OUR TRAINING CENTER.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IN DECEMBER, FIVE MORE ENGINES.
OKAY. WELL, PLEASE REMEMBER WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER SCHULTZ WAS SAYING ABOUT THE BOND.
IF WE NEED TO ADD EQUIPMENT INTO THE BOND, I THINK THESE WOULD QUALIFY AS A CAPITAL EXPENSE.
SEE, NOW I'M GOING TO ALWAYS LOOK TO YOU ON THAT.
OKAY. THAT'S REALLY MY QUESTION.
JUST HAVING A HARD TIME TODAY BECAUSE I AM HAVING A HARD TIME WITH NAMES TODAY.
I KNOW. I SAW JUDGE ROBINSON EARLIER.
HERE HE IS. DID YOU WANT TO SAY ONE PLUG FOR MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK? GOOD EVENING. I KNOW IT'S GETTING SORT OF LATE.
I ALSO HAVE INTERIM DIRECTOR GREGORY NELSON HERE WITH US.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK SINCE 2018.
I THINK WE'VE TAKEN THIS ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURTS AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO.
AND AS WELL, IN ADDITION, A LOT OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED WITH THEIR TABLES.
MR. NELSON AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO JUST SHOW SOME APPRECIATION TO OUR STAFF AND THE PUBLIC THAT'S COMING INTO THE BUILDING, GIVE THEM HANDOUTS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES WE'RE OFFERING IN THE BUILDING AND WITH OUR PARKING AT [INAUDIBLE] BAR AS WELL.
SO JUST SO THEY HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING.
WELL, THANK YOU. WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND I HOPE TO GET OVER THERE AND CELEBRATE YOU.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU THERE.
AWESOME. OKAY, SO FOLKS, WE'VE GOT ITEMS N THROUGH R, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? SO THE ONLY ONE THAT I HAVE, WHICH WE WILL ADD IN FOR PROBABLY A BRIEFING A MEMO IS N AND P ARE BOTH ITEMS TOMORROW TO APPROVE TRAINING AT THE POLICE ACADEMY.
AND SO MY QUESTION WAS REALLY ABOUT IS THAT THE EXTENT OF OUTSIDE TRAINING OR IF WE HAVE MORE, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE OTHER CONTRACT FOR SPECIFIC TRAINING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THAT'S SET UP.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A MEMO FOR YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT? NO. AWESOME.
WELL, THANKS FOR SAYING FOR A SUPER LONG MEETING TODAY.
IT IS NOW 4:19 THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.