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[Public Safety on December 11, 2023. ]

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WELCOME. TODAY IS DECEMBER 11TH.

THE TIME IS 1:09.

THIS IS THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

OUR FIRST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH.

AND THE DATE IS NOVEMBER 13TH.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU. WELL, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS UP FRONT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE THAT WILL BE AT THE END.

SO FIRST I WANT TO SAY, UM, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR MEMBER OF THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

HIS NAME IS DRIVER ENGINEER KENNETH BURKE.

HE WAS INJURED IN AN OFF DUTY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3RD.

HE'S BEEN WITH VFR SINCE 2012.

HE REMAINS IN STABLE CONDITION IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

HE HAS HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND REMAINS ON A VENTILATOR.

HIS TREATMENT TEAM IS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING HIS RECOVERY.

WE OFFER OUR SUPPORT, PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES TO VFR TO MR. BURKE AND HIS FAMILY DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS A RETIREMENT FOR ROCKY.

ROCKY, MAYBE YOU COULD COME UP FOR A SECOND.

ROCKY'S OUR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE HIM ON WEDNESDAY.

BUT IT'S HIS LAST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.

FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF DISASTERS WITH YOU SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT YOU UNTIL I BECAME THE BOARD MEMBER FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, IS HOW MUCH OF A THOUGHT LEADER YOU ARE IN OUR REGION, AND YOU HAVE REALLY IMPROVED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, NOT JUST IN DALLAS.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE DALLAS PART, BUT ACTUALLY FOR ALL OF DFW.

UM, I SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO JOHN FORTUNE, WHO SAID, OH NO, FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY.

UM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON WEDNESDAY.

I'LL SKIP MINE BECAUSE THIS IS MY HEARTFELT THANKS AND SADNESS THAT YOU'RE LEAVING.

UM, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING NOW, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.

OR YOU CAN SAVE IT FOR WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY? I MAY NOT GET TO SAY IT.

WEDNESDAY, MAYBE [INAUDIBLE] SO, UM, ROCKY, I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

UM, WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY IN 2017, UM, WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

I HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND YOU WERE MOSTLY BY MY SIDE THE ENTIRE TIME.

WE WENT THROUGH QUITE A BIT THOSE FIRST 2 OR 3 YEARS.

AND CLEARLY YOUR YOUR TENURE HERE WITH THE CITY AND THE IMPACT YOU'VE MADE WILL GO WILL LAST WAY BEYOND YOUR RETIREMENT DATE.

AND SO ROCKY, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PROFESSIONAL, UM, THAT YOU ARE AND THE LEADER THAT YOU ARE FOR OUR ORGANIZATION.

AND SO THIS IS NOT A FORMAL RECOGNITION TODAY, BUT I DID WANT TO, UM, WE DID WANT TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS YOUR LAST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON MONDAYS FROM NOW ON, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE TUNING IN OCCASIONALLY.

SO THANK YOU, ROCKY.

APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, UM, OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR FIRST ACTUAL BRIEFING ITEM, AND IT'S THE PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITING AND RETENTION UPDATE.

WE OF COURSE, HAVE THIS THE FIRST ITEM EVERY MONTH, BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING PUBLIC SAFETY RIGHT NOW IN DALLAS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM BOTH POLICE AND FIRE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN WILSON AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

I AM DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAM GRIFFITH, COMMANDER OF THE PERSONNEL DIVISION.

HERE ARE THE TOP FIVE NOTES REGARDING THE RECRUITING UPDATE FROM NOVEMBER.

UH, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE MEMO WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED, SO I WILL GIVE YOU THE MOST ACCURATE UPDATE.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 76 RECRUIT APPLICANTS IN THE BACKGROUND PROCESS, 59 ARE IN THE ACTIVE INVESTIGATION PHASE AND 17 ARE IN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE MEDICAL PORTION OF THE BACKGROUND.

CLASS 398 START DATE IS CHANGED TO JANUARY THE 31ST TO INCREASE THE CLASS SIZE.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE 11 ASSIGNED TO THE CLASS AND WE ARE WORKING TO PRE HIRE SOME OF THOSE APPLICANTS.

WE HAVE NINE DISPATCHERS AND 4911 CALL TAKERS IN THE BACKGROUND.

RECRUITING WENT TO SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

NOTED EVENT IS THE CHICAGO UH HIRING EVENT IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

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AND WE WE BROUGHT BACK 18 FILES TO BE PROCESSED IN BACKGROUND.

UH, THIS WE ALSO ATTENDED A CITY SPONSORED HIRING EVENT AT FAIR PARK, WHERE WE HAD 50 INDIVIDUALS WHO SHOWED INTEREST IN BECOMING DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE ARE VETTING THAT LIST CURRENTLY.

AND THERE WERE 159 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A911 CALL TAKERS OR POLICE DISPATCHERS DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

ALSO, WE ATTENDED UH, QUITE A FEW UM, MAVERICK AND STARS GAMES HAVING A TABLE THERE.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I HAVE, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? CAN YOU SHARE WITH US ANY UPCOMING TRIPS YOU HAVE FOR RECRUITING? YES, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA IS ONE LOCATION, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A RECRUITING TRIP TO NEW YORK.

UM, AS WELL. THOSE ARE TWO BIG EVENTS UPCOMING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

FIRE! GOOD MORNING.

I AM, UH, DELRIDGE WILLIAMS. I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

UH, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FEW OF THE HIGH POINTS IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE MEMO.

UM, SO AS OF, UH, END OF OCTOBER, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BROUGHT ON 75 NEW MEMBERS TO DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

UH, WE'VE GOT 56 OF THEM ARE FIRE RESCUE OFFICERS.

UH, WE'VE GOT 16 INSPECTORS, THREE SINGLE FUNCTIONS.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE ALSO HAD TWO REAPPOINTMENTS AND TWO REHIRES.

SO WE'VE INCREASED OUR NUMBERS BY 75.

SO WE'RE OVER THE 60.

SO SO WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THAT.

UM, THIS MONTH HAS BEEN A PRETTY ACTIVE MONTH FOR US.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IS WE WANTED TO INCREASE OUR MILITARY OUTREACH.

SO IN ADDITION TO COMPLETING OUR SKILLS BRIDGE APPLICATION, WORKING THAT PATH, THEY ALSO WENT TO FORT HOOD AND ALSO THE RED WHITE AND YOU AT EVENT THEY HAD AT GILLEY'S.

UM, WE'RE WE ALSO HAVE A NEW PHILOSOPHY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GROW MEMBERS INSTEAD OF JUST TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

SO WE WERE DOING THAT BY REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

UM, WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE WITH THE THE CURRICULUM FOR THE FIRE RESCUE ACADEMY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

UH, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED AT DISD.

THE IT'LL BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS, DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DALLAS COLLEGE.

AND OUR GOAL IS BY THE TIME THE STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM THIS PROGRAM, THAT THEY WILL HAVE THEIR FIREFIGHTER CERTIFICATION AS WELL AS THEIR EMT CERTIFICATION.

AND THAT WOULD GIVE THEM A A BEELINE TO US.

THE INSTRUCTORS WILL BE DALLAS FIREFIGHTERS, BUT THEY WILL BE PAID BY DALLAS COLLEGE WHO WILL BE IN THEIR OFF DUTY FASHION. SO THAT'S WHERE THE PARTNERSHIP IS GOING.

UH, WE'RE STILL ON TRACK TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU.

UH, HOPEFULLY THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, YEAH.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UM, IT'S GOING TO BE AT LEAST RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROJECTING 25 KIDS A YEAR THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THAT PROGRAM THAT WILL HAVE A PIPELINE STRAIGHT TO US.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THIS PAST MONTH, WE ALSO HAD WITH NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A EMT PROGRAM THERE.

SO WE BROUGHT OVER ALMOST 40 KIDS TO THE FIRE ACADEMY WHERE THEY GOT TO SEE WHAT WE DO.

UH, WE MADE A LITTLE SHOW, STARTED FIRES, PUT THEM OUT, UH, SHOWED THEM SOME OF THE EMT PORTION JUST TO, UH, TO GET THAT INTEREST AND TO START GROOMING THEM FROM AN EARLY AGE TO LET THEM KNOW JUST HOW GREAT DALLAS FIRE RESCUE AND THE CITY OF DALLAS IS.

SO THOSE ARE THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE JUST OPENED UP OUR HIRING PROCESS.

UM, SO FROM HERE ON OUT, IT'LL BE OPEN YEAR ROUND.

SO AT ANY TIME WHEN OUR RECRUITERS ARE OUT, THEY'RE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU GO ON YOUR PHONE AND PUT IN THIS APPLICATION? SO WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR PROCESSES AND WE'VE FOUND SOME SOME EFFICIENCIES.

SO WE'VE REDUCED RIGHT NOW WE'VE GOT THE TIME REDUCED FROM PUTTING IN APPLICATION TO POTENTIALLY ON A JOB.

WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OFF ABOUT THREE MONTHS SO FAR, BUT WE FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHAVE OFF, SHAVE OFF A FEW MORE MONTHS, UH, BY THE NEXT TIME WE GIVE THIS REPORT.

SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

AND I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS.

AND DO YOU HAVE UPCOMING RECRUITING TRIPS? YES. MOST OF OUR UPCOMING RECRUITING TRIPS ARE LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

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UM, THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT THEIR, UH, THEIR PLAN FOR, UH, OUT OF STATE TRIPS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ON THE BOOKS.

BUT I DID LET THEM KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE VERY INTERESTED IN IN TAGGING ALONG.

AND YOU'LL HAVE A MUCH BETTER TIME WITH US THAN POLICE.

OKAY. WELL, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.

UM, OKAY.

WELL, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO DFR.

THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE GRADUATION YOU RECENTLY HELD.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE AUDITORIUM SO FULL, AND, UM, IT WAS REMARKABLE.

AND SO CONGRATULATIONS ON MEETING THOSE GOALS, EXCEEDING THOSE GOALS RIGHT NOW.

UM, YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DFR? JUST ONE REAL QUICK. SINCE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL AND GROWING YOUR OWN, IS EMMETT CONRAD H.

TECH ON YOUR RADAR AS ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS? BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT AN H TECH PROGRAM THAT MIGHT NATURALLY FEED INTO THE EMT SIDE.

OKAY, SO, UM, THE FIRST SO IT IS ON OUR RADAR.

UH, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS ACTUALLY GET THOSE PATHWAYS BUILT IN.

UM, SO SEEING THAT WE ALREADY KNEW THAT NORTH DALLAS HAD AN EMT PROGRAM, THEN IT WAS EASY FOR US TO TO START THERE.

BUT WE'RE NOT JUST LIMITING OURSELVES TO THOSE SCHOOLS.

THIS IS THIS IS JUST GETTING OUR FOOT INTO THE DOOR AND DOING A PROOF OF CONCEPT SO THAT GOING FORWARD, WE CAN WE CAN EXPAND IT.

OKAY. JUST SEEMED LIKE THERE WOULD BE AN AFFINITY THERE.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH.

GREAT JOB. NEXT ONE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.

CHAIR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU.

UM, BEFORE WE GET GOING, I JUST FIRST OF ALL, WANT TO SAY I HAVE A LOT OF COMEBACKS FOR OUR FIRE PARTNERS, BUT I'LL REFRAIN FROM THAT LAST ONE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO WELCOME DEPUTY CHIEF FRANCINE OSBORNE.

UH, CHIEF SPAWN COMES TO US FROM THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF A PROGRAM WITH MAJOR CITY CHIEFS CALLED THE POLICE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

UM, IT'S BUILT AS A MENTOR MENTEE, BUT OFTENTIMES, AND I ALREADY HAVE.

WE LEARNED AS MUCH.

I LEARNED AS MUCH FROM HER AS SHE LEARNS FROM US.

UH, HONORED TO HAVE HER WITH US.

UM, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CITY.

UH, AND FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.

UH, IT'S GREAT. AS I MENTIONED AGAIN, UH, SHE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY LEADER, UH, AN UP AND COMER.

UH, SHE IS GOING TO BE A FUTURE LEADER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HER.

SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE HER.

WAVE YOUR HAND. ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, WE'LL GET GOING.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UH, CHAIRPERSON MENDELSOHN, THIS WILL BE THE OR I'M MAJOR JASON SCOGGINS, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M OVER THE VIOLENT CRIME PLANNING UNIT.

AND, UH, WITH ME IS PARTNER KEVIN ODIN, OVER INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.

UH, THIS WILL BE AN UPDATE, UH, TO COVER THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER.

AND, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME NUMBERS ARE DOWN OVER 12%.

STILL STILL HOLDING STEADY THERE.

UM, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN TARGETING.

UH, OUR BIG REASON WHY, UH, BEING DOWN, UH, OVER 15%, 15.38%, UH, ONE OF THE BIG EVENTS THAT WE HOSTED, UH, MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER WAS OUR FOCUS, DETERRENCE.

UH, WE HAD OUR SECOND CALL IN SESSION.

UM, CHAIRPERSON MENDELSOHN, WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU IN ATTENDANCE, UH, TO OBSERVE AND SEE HOW THINGS WENT.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU ENJOYED YOURSELF.

UH, BUT THE FOCUS DETERRENCE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR FIRST SESSION, WE HAD, UH, A GOOD AMOUNT OF ATTENDEES, UH, IN A, IN A GOOD RESPONSE.

UH, THIS TIME WE HAD WE INVITED 14 CLIENTS ON THIS GO AROUND.

UH, WE HAD EIGHT SHOW UP.

OF THE EIGHT, WE ENDED UP HAVING SEVEN CLIENTS SIGN UP FOR AN ARRAY OF ABOUT 57 SERVICES.

UH, SO THE FOCUS DETERRENCE TOTALS, UH, FOR THE FIRST TWO COLUMN SESSIONS, WE ENDED UP WITH 28 CLIENTS, UH, WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 160, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES.

AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT NOTES IS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE, UH, BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OVER THE FOCUS, DETERRENCE, UH, SO FAR, UH, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, NOT ONE OF THEM HAVE COMMITTED ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIME SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM.

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UH, SO THAT IN ITSELF, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE SIGNED UP FOR SERVICES OR THEY MAY NOT BE A CLIENT, THAT IN ITSELF IS A VERY MUCH A SUCCESS.

UH, DECEMBER 1ST, WE LAUNCHED, UH, PERIOD 13 GRIDS.

UH, SO FOR PHASE 12 OR PERIOD 12 TO PERIOD 13, UH, AND WITH THOSE GRIDS, WE ENDED UP WITH 63, UH, TOTAL GRIDS THAT WERE WORKING, UH, AND THAT PRETTY SHORT THIS MONTH.

THAT'LL BE ABOUT IT FOR, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER REMARKS? FOR KEVIN. HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS AND MR. CITY MANAGER, KEVIN ODIN WITH INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.

JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, IN THE HIGHEST RISK AREAS OF THE CITY, WE'VE SEEN AN 11% REDUCTION IN GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS THIS YEAR.

AND I WANT TO GIVE ALL THE CREDIT FOR THAT TO OBVIOUSLY, OUR STAFF IN THE FIELD, OUR PARTNERS IN DALLAS POLICE, AS WELL AS THOSE IN THE CODE COMPLIANCE AND CITIES ATTORNEY'S OFFICES, UH, AS THE CHIEF HAS SAID LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO SAY IN THE FUTURE, A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IS ON APARTMENT COMMUNITIES AND IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY NUISANCE PROPERTIES THAT OUR TEAM HAS TAKEN ON.

THE REDUCTIONS IN BOTH VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS AS WELL AS POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE ARE PRETTY STAGGERING TO ME, BUT NOT LOST IN THAT IS ALSO THE WORK OF STAFF OF IPS.

WE'VE DONE, UH, ALONGSIDE TRANSPORTATION, MORE THAN 5000 LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR.

UM, AND JUST IN THE PAST MONTH, OVER 1200 PROPERTY INVESTIGATIONS IN HIGH RISK AREAS FOR CODE VIOLATIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF NUISANCE BEHAVIOR ON OUR, UH, SIDE OF BEHAVIORAL, MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES, WE'VE SEEN RIGHT CARE RESPOND ON OVER 1000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND WE'VE DELIVERED OVER 600 SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS BETWEEN OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, THE CBD RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IN A FUTURE BRIEFING, AND THE HEART TEAM.

UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL AGAIN, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE ON YOUR SUPPORT, UH, THIS YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO DELIVERING MORE RESULTS IN THE FUTURE, CHIEF.

YEAH. THANKS, KEVIN. I WILL SAY, I JUST WANT TO ECHO, UH, KEVIN'S REMARKS WITH REGARDS TO, UH, REINVESTING IN PEOPLE AND PLACES IS ABSOLUTELY A PRIORITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS. AS WE SAY OFTEN, WE ARE NOT, UH, WE'RE WE'RE FEVER REDUCERS.

WE'RE NOT A CURE TO THE ILLNESS.

AND SO WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK, UH, YEAR TO DATE AS OF THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY IS DOWN OVER 12.5%.

AND AGAIN, A BIG PORTION OF A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OVER 1100 LESS VICTIMS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, NON FAMILY VIOLENCE. UH, WE LOOK AT OUR GUN CRIME, OUR.

GUN CRIME IS DOWN AND CRIMES INVOLVING GUNS DOWN ALMOST 14%.

AND WHEN WE LOOK AT SHOOTING VIOLENT CRIME, OFFENSES OF MURDER, ASSAULT, ROBBERY, DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM, IT'S DOWN NEARLY 23% CITYWIDE.

GUN CRIME IS DOWN IN EVERY DIVISION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WILL HAVE OUR CHALLENGES AS WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.

UM, AS WE'VE JUST SEEN JUST RECENTLY, UH, WITH ONE INCIDENT CAUSING SEVERAL DEATHS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, FIGHT, UH, AGAIN, THE WAY YOU REDUCE MURDER IS TO REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT THAT CAUSED THE MURDER.

AND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

UH, I'M. I THINK WE'RE ALL FORTUNATE TO SEE THAT GUN CRIME IN THIS CITY IS REDUCING, UH, AS THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE, NOT JUST THE CITY OF DALLAS ISSUE.

UH, SO MOVING THE PENDULUM IN THAT DIRECTION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND AGAIN, UM, AS I'VE OFTEN SAID, THOSE THAT REDUCTION OF OF NEARLY 16% IN TOTAL AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, UH, THAT'S 16% LESS ATTEMPTED MURDER, UH, VICTIMS IN OUR CITY.

SO AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR CHALLENGES, AS YOU HEAR ME SAY, EVERY TIME I'M HERE, THERE'S NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

ANOTHER TUNNEL? UH, WE'LL BE COMING UP ON ANOTHER TUNNEL HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UM, AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, RISE AND GRIND FOR THE CITY.

OKAY. WELL, UM, I JUST WANT TO SHOW TWO SLIDES THAT YOU HAVE.

AND THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS, AND THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF CRIMES, AND THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR.

AND THAT'S AWESOME.

AND THEY'RE BOTH TRENDING DOWN.

AND THAT'S AWESOME.

AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS THE HEADLINE BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY STILL HAVE A LOT OF CRIME, MORE THAN ANY OF US WANT.

AND SOME REALLY TERRIBLE HEADLINES.

RIGHT. BUT IT IS GOING DOWN.

AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING IS, I THINK, INCREDIBLE.

SO, UM, RIGHT ALONGSIDE THAT IS THE FACT THAT IT'S ALL SORTS OF PIECES, RIGHT? IT'S THE FOCUSED DETERRENCE.

IT'S THE LIGHTING.

YOU'VE ADDED 5400 NEW LIGHTS TO BLIGHTED AREAS, OVER 1000 DIFFERENT RESTRAINT INVESTIGATIONS.

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THERE'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT WORK HAPPENING IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT I THINK ARE GETTING YOU TO THAT CHART.

AND SO I KNOW OUR MAYOR SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE KITCHEN SINK APPROACH.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN A KITCHEN SINK, BUT YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF FABULOUS THINGS THAT I THINK ARE DRIVING THOSE NUMBERS.

AND I THANK YOU.

I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING AND SO JUST KEEP AT IT.

UM, I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS WE HAD A VERY HIGH PROFILE, HORRIBLE, UM, SERIES OF MURDERS JUST RECENTLY.

SOMEBODY YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED MORE THAN ONCE.

DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY MUCH MORE THAN I'VE SAID PUBLICLY, BUT, UH, I SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE, ACCOUNTABILITY CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE.

UH, WE DO NOT HOLD VIOLENT CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST A DALLAS ISSUE.

THIS IS A NATIONAL ISSUE.

UM, WE ARE GIVING VIOLENT CRIMINALS MORE CHANCES WE'RE NOT HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

YOU'RE NOT SAYING DPD'S NOT KNOW..

AS A SYSTEM, AS A SYSTEM OR NOT AS A SYSTEM, WE ARE NOT, UM, WE WANT TO BE THE PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T LET OUR COMMUNITIES DOWN.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE, UH, BEYOND OUR CONTROL, UH, THAT ALLOW INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS THE ONE THAT COMMITTED THIS, THESE HEINOUS MURDERS UM OUT ON THE STREET. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT.

OUR COMMUNITY. WE CANNOT BE THE ONLY PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS DEMANDED TO BE TRANSPARENT.

WE CANNOT BE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY DEMANDS THAT WE SPEAK UP.

MY MEN AND WOMEN DEMAND THAT I SPEAK UP.

UM, BUT WE WANT TO BE THE ONE PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T LET OUR COMMUNITIES DOWN.

SO IF WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GO OUT TO CALLS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T AND HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS TO HOLD THESE VIOLENT CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE LETHALITY THREAT, EVERY SINGLE BOX WAS CHECKED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PERSON, UM, WAS A THREAT.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE PISTOL WHIPPED THE BOYFRIEND OF THE WOMAN THAT HE KILLED.

LIKE THESE THINGS HAD ALREADY HAPPENED, AND THEN HE WAS RELEASED ON AN ANKLE MONITOR.

IS THAT TRUE? WELL, THE ONLY PART OF THAT COUNCIL MEMBER NOT EVERY SINGLE BOX.

THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT RED FLAG BOXES THAT WERE CHECKED.

SHE DID FEAR FOR HER LIFE.

SHE DID THINK THAT HE WOULD TRY TO KILL HER.

UH, SHE DID FEEL THAT HE HAD HE WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO FIREARMS OR COULD READILY GET ONE.

SHE DID FEEL THAT HE WOULD THREATEN OR HARASS HER AND FOLLOW HER, UH, AND LEAVE THREATENING PHONE CALLS.

ALL THOSE THINGS WERE CHECKED AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT IN 2021.

UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANKLE MONITOR.

I MEAN, I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE TIMES I NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT ANKLE MONITORS DO NOT WORK FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS, MUCH LESS ONE THAT'S THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THE PEOPLE HE VICTIMIZED. I DON'T, I DON'T I REALLY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT WORLD WE LIVE IN.

WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING, YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTROL SOMEONE'S VIOLENT ACTIONS WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR THAT LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THE VICTIMS. UM, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE AVOIDABLE AND PREVENTABLE MURDER.

THOSE WERE PREVENTABLE MURDERS.

WELL, TOOK OUT THAT ENTIRE FAMILY.

UM. COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS.

UM. I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM ATKINS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.

NEXT. THANKS. UH.

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YOU KNOW, THE TRENDS OF MURDER.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN DISTRICT EIGHT, WE HAD QUITE A FEW THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE HOT SPOTS THAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS OCCASIONS ON BONNIE VIEW AND SIMPSON STUART.

IS THAT STILL A HOT SPOT? DO WE MOVE THAT OFF THE GRID? NO, THAT'S STILL VERY MUCH A HOT SPOT, AND IT'S STILL VERY MUCH BEING WORKED BY NUMEROUS UNITS.

RIGHT. AND WE JUST HAD A A MURDER THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO, LAST MONTH.

AND WE STILL HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES ON THAT PARTICULAR CORNER.

UH, I HAVE TALKED TO SOUTH CENTRAL.

UH, WE STILL GOT QUITE A BIT OF HANG OUT THERE.

UM, I KNOW THE PERSON WHO, I DON'T KNOW THE PERSON, BUT THE PERSON WHO DID GET MURDERED.

UH, UH, SOME OF THE PEOPLE, UH, WENT TO THE PT FISH PLACE, YOU KNOW, UM, KIND OF BROKE OUT THE WINDOWS AND STUFF BECAUSE THE PERSONS SAID I KNEW WHO DID THIS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HELP OUT.

UH, I BELIEVE NOW THAT OUR NP OFFICE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB TO GET VISIBLE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

UH, I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO MAKE SURE WHY THE MPLS DON'T SHOW UP AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE ON HIGHLAND, ON SIMPSON STUART AND BONNIE VIEW.

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AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT ON RECORD THAT WE NEED TO TO HAVE POLICE PRESENT.

I KNOW WE SHORTHANDED. WE CANNOT CALL EVERY MINUTE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE SHOW UP.

BUT IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM GOT A CALL AND SAY WILL YOU PLEASE COME? AND WE GOT PROBLEM HERE RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, I DID CALL LAST WEEK.

UM, I MEAN, THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK, PROBABLY FOR I THINK IT WAS FRIDAY THAT WE HAD AN INCIDENT THERE AND WE HAD CHILDREN THERE GOING FROM UM, [INAUDIBLE] ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO WALK THAT STREET TO HOME.

AND I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO A KID IN ELEMENTARY THAT HAPPEN ON THAT CORNER.

IT'S VIOLENT IT'S GETTING VIOLENT WHEN IT GETS WARM THERE.

THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE THERE, A VERY, VERY MAJOR ISSUE ON BONNIE VIEW AND SIMPSON STUART CHIEF AND I BROUGHT IT UP FOR THE LAST TEN, 15 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, THEY COME AND GO, YOU KNOW, COME AND GO.

BUT IT'S IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO PUT SOME MORE PRIORITY ON IT.

I KNOW WE SHORTHANDED.

I KNOW WE CAN'T SOLVE EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, BUT THERE IS A MAJOR ISSUE THERE.

NO, COUNCIL MEMBER, I UNDERSTAND, UH, VERY DYNAMIC SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

THAT, AGAIN, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.

UM, I'LL SAY, OBVIOUSLY WE WILL LOOK AT HOW WE, THE NPOS, CAN ASSIST AS BEST AS THEY CAN.

UH, ONE THING THAT I WILL SAY, THOUGH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN WILL YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA? UH, THEY SINCE THE START OF THE CRIME PLAN.

UH, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T HAVE, THEY PROBABLY HAD THE MOST, UH, VIOLENT GRIDS OF ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE CITY.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES FROM A PRESENCE PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE TRULY GOING WHERE THE DATA TELLS US TO GO.

AND WE'RE CERTAINLY TRYING TO BE AS VISIBLE AS POSSIBLE AS IT'S HAD THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST AMOUNT OF GRIDS THAT WE'VE HAD.

UH, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO BE OUT THERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR NPOS TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE MORE VISIBLE IN THESE CERTAIN AREAS AND OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW, PARTICULARLY IN THAT AREA, UH, THERE'S A LOT MORE ISSUES THAN JUST CRIME THAT ARE OCCURRING.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE HOMELESSNESS, DRUG USE AND, YOU KNOW, DRUG ADDICTION AND OTHER OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO WE NEED TO REALLY, UH, WORK JOINTLY.

UH, LAST QUESTION, THE MPO OFFICE, ARE THEY DEPLOYED FROM DOWNTOWN WHO IS ACTUALLY OVER THE MPO OFFICES? WHO'S OVER THEM? UH, CHIEF JESSE REYES IS THAT THEY ASSIGNED TO SOUTHEAST, SOUTH, CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST.

ARE THEY ASSIGNED TO CENTRAL? I MEAN, CAN YOU THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THE INDIVIDUAL STATIONS.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A DIRECT CHAIN OF COMMAND.

SO WHEN YOU SAY A DIRECTION COMMAND, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS THEY ANSWER.

THEY GO THROUGH THE CHAIN TO THE CHIEF REYES, BUT THEY'RE STILL ASSIGNED TO THEIR STATIONS.

DO THEY CHANGE OVER OR THEY STAY ASSIGNED TO THAT PARTICULAR STATION? NORMALLY WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP THEM THERE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE REBID AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE DOING A CITYWIDE REBID HERE SOON, UH, THE MPOS, UH, WILL STAY.

THE BID IS FOR PATROL OFFICERS AND NOT FOR MPOS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE MPO STAY IN THE IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE SERVING, UH, SO THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS AREN'T LOST.

WHERE OUR HOPE, UH, MISTER FORTUNE, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU DO YOUR MPO OFFICER, THEY DO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN THE COMMUNITY.

WE DO HAVE OFFICERS WHO COME THERE, DON'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S WHAT I REQUEST.

YOU KNOW, JOHN, WE DO BECAUSE WE GOT TO HAVE THOSE OFFICERS KNOW THE COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OFFICERS JUST TRANSFER TO THAT COMMUNITY, DON'T KNOW THE COMMUNITY, DON'T KNOW THE BEHAVIOR.

AND SO THAT'S MY ASK, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE ONE ASK THAT NP OFFICERS NEED TO BE ASSIGNED TO THEY COMMUNITY.

SO EVERYBODY GET TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.

THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILMEMBER STEWART.

THANK YOU. UM, I AM PARTICULARLY FASCINATED BY THE FOCUS, DETERRENCE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

UM, AND I'VE SPENT A LOT OF YEARS LOOKING AT THE AREA NORTH OF LBJ FOREST AND AUDELIA AND SKILLMAN.

AND LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF INCIDENTS RIGHT NOW AT 9300 BLOCK 94, 9500 BLOCK OF SKILLMAN.

THAT SEEMS TO BE OUR CURRENT HOT SPOT.

UM, AND SO I BEGIN, I'M WONDERING, ARE THERE, UM, ARE THERE PEOPLE FROM THAT AREA WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FOCUS DETERRENCE, UM, GATHERINGS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS JUST FOR IS LIKE, ARE THESE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, OR DO YOU FOCUS ON ONE PARTICULAR AREA? UH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.

OKAY. UM, I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE A CLIENT OR TWO THAT COULD BE FROM THAT AREA.

I DON'T HAVE THAT INFO RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT, UH, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER QUALIFIERS IN THERE AS WELL.

BUT ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS BEING A RESIDENT OF THE CITY.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I CAN JUST ADD ON SOME OF THE THINGS MOVING FORWARD, UM, IS OUR CONTINUED PARTICIPATION WITH PAROLE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT?

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UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M GOING TOMORROW, UH, TO PRISON, UH, TO CONTINUE TO RELAY THAT MESSAGE OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE.

UH, THE OTHER DYNAMIC IS TO WORKING CLOSER WITH PROBATION.

UH, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK BOTH CLOSELY WITH PROBATION AND PAROLE TO ACTUALLY MAKE FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND ACTUAL, UM, CONDITION OF RELEASE.

UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD.

UH, TALK ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS TO EACH.

UH, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T THINK, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT FOCUSED DETERRENCE, IT IS A CRIMINOLOGICAL TRIED AND TRUE METHOD THAT'S WORKED NATIONALLY.

I'M HOPING WHEN WE SEE THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE HAVE AND THAT WE'LL HAVE, UH, SOME INTEREST IN MAKING THAT, UH, A CONDITION OF THEIR RELEASE.

SO WORKING THROUGH THAT. BUT I'M EXCITED, UM, ABOUT GOING TO, UH, CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TOMORROW, UH, TO CONTINUE TO, TO SPREAD THAT MESSAGE.

UM, AND OF THE FOCUS DETERRENCE MESSAGE.

AND SO, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP, UH, DOING IT.

UM, WE'RE HOPING WE CAN TIE IN.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN TALKING TO THE CRIMINOLOGISTS ALREADY LOOKING INTO NEXT YEAR THAT WE REALLY NEED TO STRENGTHEN FOCUS, DETERRENCE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE CAN BUILD UPON, ALL THE SUCCESSES WE'VE ALREADY HAD IN THE LAST THREE YEARS IS TO REALLY STRENGTHEN FOCUS, DETERRENCE. SO, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT, UH, AS THE MAJOR MENTIONED, THAT WE CERTAINLY I THINK WE WOULD IMAGINE WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME FROM SOME OF OUR, UH, AREAS OF NEED IN THE CITY.

UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL CERTAINLY BE ABLE I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT A LITTLE BETTER FOR YOU, TOO.

OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND SO I'M CURIOUS, WHAT'S THE MOST FREQUENTLY REQUESTED SERVICE WHEN YOU'RE OFFERING SERVICES? I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO BE JOB TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT.

AND THEN HOUSING IS RIGHT THERE WITH IT.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF REQUESTS AS FAR AS JOB AND HOUSING.

SO. OKAY.

AND WE HAVE SOME GOOD RESOURCES TO GIVE THEM ON ON THAT OKAY.

OUR MAIN PARTNER UH, IS IS BUILT AND SET UP TO TAKE ON, UH, ALL OF THESE REQUESTS.

I BELIEVE THEY HAVE OVER 150, UH, PARTNERS THAT THEY WORK WITH AS WELL.

SO IF WE CAN'T GET SOMETHING FROM ONE PARTNER, WE CAN DEFINITELY GET IT FROM ANOTHER.

OKAY. SO THEY'RE VERY STRONG AND, UH, AND THEY, THEY'VE SET UP THEIR OWN FOCUS INSURANCE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, JUST FOR US, DEDICATED TO THIS WHOLE THING. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE 100% BOUGHT IN JUST LIKE WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, WE JUST SEE THESE CYCLES THAT JUST REPEAT THEMSELVES, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, JUST OVER AND OVER.

THERE'S A PICTURE I HAVE OF A TEN YEAR OLD WHO HAD BEEN STOPPED BY DPD AT FOREST AND AUDELIA FOR RUNNING DRUGS IN A PAPER SACK, FOR HE WAS DOING THAT FOR HIS COUSIN HAD TOLD HIM, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO.

COUNCIL MEMBER FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MCGOUGH.

YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS, AND I THINK ABOUT IT FROM TIME TO TIME.

AND I WONDER, IS HE NOW THE DRUG DEALER? I WORRY ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING I COULD DO.

I WAS JUST AN OBSERVER AT THAT POINT.

BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO INTERRUPT THAT CYCLE JUST TO STOP THAT CYCLE.

AND BY THE TIME YOU ALL ARE THERE, IT'S PRETTY LATE IN THE CYCLE, RIGHT? THEY'VE GOTTEN INTO SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE, BUT I'M HOPEFUL.

I FEEL HOPEFUL THAT THAT IS WORK IS BEING DONE, EVEN AT THE SORT OF THE LATER STAGE OF THIS TERRIBLE CYCLE.

UM, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE TEN YEAR OLD THAT THERE WERE SOME SERVICES THERE AND THAT HE TOOK A DIFFERENT PATH.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO BUILD ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A MINDSET.

AND, CHIEF, I'VE HEARD YOU SAY BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, DPD, YOUR FEVER REDUCERS, YOU'RE NOT CURING THE ILLNESS YET.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT, UM, POLICE OFFICERS AS THE ONES WHO CAN CURE THIS ILLNESS, BUT YOUR FEVER REDUCERS.

AND SO IT'S REALLY INCUMBENT ON STAFF AND ON THIS COUNCIL AND EVEN ON OUR RESIDENTS TO ADOPT A MINDSET THAT TO CURE THE ILLNESS, IT TAKES SOME PROGRAMS AND INVESTMENT IN THINGS THAT, AT THEIR SURFACE, DON'T SEEM LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY.

YOU MAY NOT LIKE THEM, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO SPEND MONEY ON THEM, BUT IN REALITY, IT'S PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND EXACTLY TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, WE'RE INVESTING TIME AND FOCUS, DETERRENCE.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT, WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT.

BUT I'M HOPING THAT THAT WILL CREST AND HEAD DOWNWARD AS CURING THE ILLNESS CAN COME UP TO WHERE THAT TEN YEAR OLD HAS A DIFFERENT CHOICE. I'VE HEARD IT SAID A MAJOR SCOGGINS.

YOU MENTIONED, I MEAN, ABOUT, UM, LOOKING FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE TOP REQUESTS.

AND I'VE ALSO HEARD A LOT OF OFFICERS SAY NOTHING STOPS A BULLET LIKE A JOB.

AND SO I THINK THE ANSWERS ARE HERE BEFORE US.

IT'S HOW WE PUT THE PUZZLE TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, I MEAN, YOU'VE CERTAINLY GOT MY COMMITMENT.

AND I THINK THE COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT ON ALSO LOOKING AT CURING THE ILLNESS, BECAUSE WE'VE INVESTED IN BEING ABLE TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS AND EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES AND TECHNOLOGY,

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THAT'S GREAT. WE NEED TO DO THAT.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS EQUATION, ESPECIALLY AS, YOU KNOW, MONEY GETS TIGHT.

WE HAVE TO REALLY WEIGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY VALUE OF SOME THINGS THAT MAY NOT APPEAR TO BE PUBLIC SAFETY.

ON THE SURFACE.

I AGREE. COUNCIL MEMBER AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE NEED HOPE.

UH, WE NEED TO REINVEST IN PEOPLE AND PLACES.

UH, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOPELESS SITUATIONS.

AND WHEN YOU LIVE IN HOPELESS SITUATIONS, YOU DO HOPELESS THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO.

UM, AND SO REINVESTING IN PEOPLE IN PLACE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE.

UH, AS I'VE SAID, I DO NOT MISTAKE KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS, UH, BECAUSE DO NOT HURT OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE WILL GO AFTER YOU WITH EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAVE.

BUT IF YOU NEED HELP, TAKE US UP ON OUR OFFER TO GIVE YOU HOPE.

UH, AND IT IS A COLLECTIVE, UH, WHICH I'M, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST OUR WAY INTO THE SAFER DALLAS, UH, THAT WE NEED TO REINVEST IN PEOPLE AND PLACES.

AND SO I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.

SO I WANT TO SHIFT TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE CHAIR HAD MENTIONED.

AND THIS IS ABOUT GETTING INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY OF ANOTHER FAMILY BEING MURDERED BY SOMEONE WHO HAD AN ANKLE MONITOR. UM, AND I KNOW THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT AND YOU HAD HAD A CONVERSATION OR WERE BEGINNING A DIALOG WITH DA CREUZOT.

UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO LINK BACK FOR THE MAGISTRATES WHO IT LIES WITH THEM . WHAT THE BONDS, WHAT THEIR DECISIONS IN THAT MOMENT ARE, AND HOW THEY LINK BACK TO HOW IT PLAYS OUT IN OUR MARKETPLACE, WHICH IS OUR CITY, OUR HOMES, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO BESIDES READING THE PAPER AND READING THESE HEADLINES AND SEEING, OH, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOMEONE IN AN ANKLE MONITOR WHO WAS ALLOWED TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE PEOPLE THAT HE HAD BEEN THREATENING, ALONG WITH A HOST OF, WHAT, 18 DIFFERENT COUNTS OR SOMETHING? UM, HOW WE CONTINUE THE EDUCATION TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE ABLE AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE HE CAN ONLY INFLUENCE SO MUCH.

BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT THAT MAGISTRATES ARE ABLE TO SEE, UM, YOU TOOK THIS ACTION BASED ON THIS SCENARIO, AND HERE'S HOW IT WORKED OUT.

SO ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS GOING ON? WILL YOU INITIATE A DISCUSSION AROUND THIS SO WE CAN GET TO A SOLUTION? I CERTAINLY WOULD LOVE TO INITIATE A CONVERSATION SURROUNDING IT, OBVIOUSLY.

UH, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE CAN CONTROL.

UM, THERE ARE THERE'S LEGISLATION CURRENTLY.

UH, WHERE JUDGES AND THEIR DECISIONS ON BOND ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE PUBLIC.

UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE CURRENT TIME, UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SYSTEMS ACCESS, IT'S NOT AS TRANSPARENT AS IT CAN BE, AND IT NEEDS TO BE.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND SO CERTAINLY DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.

HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST A DALLAS ISSUE.

I CAN TELL YOU, IT OCCURS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IT OCCURS NATIONALLY.

UH, AND SO, YEAH, I WOULD BE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AND ULTIMATELY, IN THE END, I REALLY JUST COME DOWN ON INDIVIDUALS PRACTICING SOME, SOME COMMON SENSE, UH, WITH REGARDS TO VIOLENT CRIMINALS.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM IS.

I KNOW THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE, AND THEN I DON'T KNOW THAT THE LOOP EVER COMES BACK AND CLOSES WITH, THIS IS THE OUTCOME OF THAT DECISION.

UM, LENIENCY HERE WAS A GREAT IDEA, AND THIS PERSON GOT ON THE RIGHT PATH.

OR IN THIS CASE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A ONE YEAR OLD CHILD DEAD, I THINK THREE OTHER ADULTS DEAD.

AND ALL THE INDICATORS WERE THERE.

THEY WERE ALL THERE. AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT MECHANISM AND WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE GOT TO JUST BE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS, WHO ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS IN THOSE MOMENTS, HAVE THAT TO SEE IF THAT CAN INFLUENCE AND CHANGE SOME OF THESE DECISIONS SO THAT YOU ALL DON'T HAVE THE IMMENSE FRUSTRATION THAT I KNOW THAT YOU DO AND THAT WE DO, AND THAT PEOPLE WHO READ THE NEWSPAPER AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND WONDER HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS CAN HAPPEN.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO HAVE THAT DIALOG AND JUST SEEING HOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE ONE OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

UH COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, CHIEF. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY.

UM, AND I AGREE THAT WHEN WE INVEST AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, THAT IT HELPS.

UH, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CBD, WHERE WE HAVE INVESTED.

AND WE DO HAVE GREAT PARTNERS.

HOW AND KEVIN'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH THIS.

BUT WHEN IT ADDRESSING OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION AND SOME OF THE, UH AGAIN, THE ACTS THAT ARE DONE OUT OF A NEED, WHAT

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ELSE CAN WE BE DOING WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS IN ORDER TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED BY OUR UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS? OR CERTAINLY I YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE IN CBD.

AND WHAT THE COMMAND IS DONE, UH, AND WITH OUR GROUPS.

UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE CRIME THAT OCCURS IN OUR HOMELESS POPULATIONS.

UH, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BEING HOMELESS IN IT BY ITSELF IS NOT A CRIME.

UH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE THE THE HEAD OF THE SPEAR ON THE TIP OF THE SPEAR ON.

UH, INDIVIDUALS, OBVIOUSLY, UM, NEED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE, UH, WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT HOUSING AND OTHER THINGS AND, AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT THEY DEAL WITH.

AND, AGAIN, THAT'S OUTSIDE MY LANE.

UH, BUT WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT WE DO RESPOND TO THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT OCCURS IN THESE AREAS.

OFTENTIMES THEY'RE NUISANCE BASED.

UH, SOMETIMES THEY ARE VIOLENT BASED.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I MEAN, I FELT THE FRUSTRATION USUALLY IS WITH REGARDS TO THE NUISANCE, UH, PART OF IT AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT COME OUT OF THAT.

UH, CERTAINLY.

UH, YOU KNOW, WE WHEN KEVIN AND HIS FOLKS, WHEN THE JOB THAT THEY DO AND HELPING US IS TREMENDOUS.

UH, BUT FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WE RESPOND TO, UH, THE VIOLENT ACTS THAT OCCUR WITH THE CRIMINAL ACTS THAT OCCUR.

WE HAVE BUILT PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL WITH DART, UH, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN IT MUCH MORE, UH, WILLINGNESS IN DART, UH, TO ASSIST US WITH REGARDS TO CERTAIN AREAS OF NEED.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES AND RESPOND TO THAT AS BEST WE CAN.

UH, BUT CERTAINLY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON SOLUTIONS IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, THERE WE NEED TO FIND A REMEDY.

WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO AGAIN GOES BACK TO HOPE.

UH, AND TO FIGURE OUT A WAY HOW WE CAN HELP THOSE THAT WANT HELP AND THEN WHAT? AND TO DEAL WITH THOSE THAT DO NOT WANT OUR HELP IN A WAY WHERE WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO LOCK, TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND TAKE THEM TO JAIL. WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER.

UH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE HELD.

UH, THEY'RE GOING TO BE RELEASED.

AND SO THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, REALLY A NEXT STEP AFTER WE COME IN.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, I TRIED TO ALLOW EVERYONE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT HAPPENED.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT POLICY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT COMING NEXT.

UM, SO IF WE CAN MOVE TO ITEM D, WHICH IS THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

AND AS WE GET READY HERE FOR THIS, I BELIEVE A VERY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION.

YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE REDUCTION OF VIOLENT CRIME, THAT'S IT.

THAT IS JUST ONE OF A MYRIAD OF THINGS THAT A POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY A LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HAS TO KEEP ITS EYE ON.

AND WE FELT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS, UM, YOU ALL AND TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR COMMITMENT IS TO TRANSPARENCY AND OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ON THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK HISTORICALLY, THE COMMITMENT THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS HAD IN TRANSPARENCY AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND THE THINGS THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING NOW. UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICE SERVICES, A COPS REPORT, UM, OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S NEW CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT.

UM, OUR THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND OUR PROPOSED TIMELINES AND NEXT STEPS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK HISTORICALLY AT THE COMMITMENT, OBVIOUSLY, FROM BODY WORN CAMERAS.

UM, AND WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE'VE JUST THAT WE'VE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED THAT OUR, ALL OF OUR TASK FORCE OFFICERS AND OFF DUTY JOB OFFICERS WEAR A BODY WORN CAMERA THAT HASN'T BEEN IN THE PAST.

OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW OUR POLICY WITHIN RELEASING WITHIN 72 HOURS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TRAINING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S DONE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY OUR ABLE TRAINING, WHICH IS ACTIVE BYSTANDERSHIP FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, WHICH ENABLES OFFICERS TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR, WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY SEE THEIR PARTNER OFFICER DOING SOMETHING THAT TARNISHES OUR BADGE.

YOU KNOW, WE BEGAN WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM OTHER AGENCIES.

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THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

UM, AND LEVERAGE PARTNERSHIPS AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN, UH, THE MEMPHIS, UH, TRAGEDY OCCURRED A FEW MONTHS BACK, YOU KNOW, INVOLVING SPECIALIZED UNITS, UH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT, WE RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT, UH, THAT WE NEED UNIFIED TRAINING FOR OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS ARE TRAINED IN SIMILAR FASHIONS, AND THAT OUR SPECIALIZED UNITS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CANNOT DO.

UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BEGAN WE BROUGHT IN A LOT OF THINGS, AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AS AN EXAMPLE, RAMPART, UH, THE LAPD RAMPART SCANDAL OF THE 90S, ACTUALLY, I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PREVIOUS COMMANDER OF RAMPART AT THAT TIME, RICH MERAZ, UH, WHO CAME IN AND GAVE US THE DIALOG ON EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AT RAMPART AND, UH, AND FROM WHAT TO LOOK FOR THE RESULTS OF IT.

UH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE 90S, UH, THAT WE CAN SEE HAPPENING AGAIN.

AND SO GETTING THAT KNOWLEDGE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE A HISTORY OF POLICING COURSE THAT WE IMPLEMENTED, THAT THERE IS A REASON THAT SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE DISTRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, AND THERE ARE HISTORICAL FACTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UH, THAT WE HAVE BEEN OUR OWN WORST ENEMY.

UH, AND SO IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT DISTRUST LIES AND WHY IT EXISTS.

AND IT DOESN'T EXIST AND EXIST BECAUSE OF ACTUAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

AND SO WE HAVE TO LEARN FROM THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR EXPANSION OF OUR RIGHT CARE PROGRAM, UH, TO ALSO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TEAMS. UH, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD.

UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE COMMITTED TO THE REAL CHANGE IN OUR TRANSPARENCY EFFORTS, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

AND THESE OCCURRED BEFORE I GOT HERE.

BUT CROWD CONTROL AND LESS LETHAL POLICIES REVISITED AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD DEMONSTRATIONS AND PROTESTS.

UH, THE CREATION OF A DEDICATED RESPONSE GROUP FOR DEMONSTRATIONS.

UH, THE FACT THAT CSS MAY ONLY BE DEPLOYED FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL BY ME, BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE.

I'VE INSTITUTED IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING, AND OBVIOUSLY WE PUBLISHED A GENERAL ORDERS AND DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.

UH, AS WE LOOK, UH, INTO TRANSPARENCY AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A JOINT RESPONSE WITH THEM WITH WITH REGARDS TO OUR OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

UH, WE'RE THE MONITOR, UH, IS PRESENT AS WELL.

UH, THEY HAVE RECURRENT MEETINGS WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

UH, I'VE ATTENDED BOARD MEETINGS AND THEY'VE ASSISTED IN DRAFTING PARTICULARLY, WHICH HAPPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH POSITIONAL ASPHYXIATION.

UH, GENERAL ORDER WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CHANGED.

UM, OBVIOUSLY MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS, WE DO OUR VERY BEST TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN ONE YEAR.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN I GOT HERE, THEY WERE TAKING, UM, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG FOR BOTH THE COMPLAINANTS AND OUR OFFICERS, QUITE FRANKLY, IF THEY WERE BEING EXONERATED OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SO WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO COMPLETE THEM WITHIN A YEAR.

UH, AND THEN ANOTHER BIG CHANGE IS ANYTHING.

UM, FOR THAT, I REVIEW AND SIGN OFF ON ANY DISCIPLINE AND ON ALL INVESTIGATIONS THAT BEGAN CRIMINALLY.

SO IF THERE WAS A CRIMINAL ALLEGATION AGAINST AN OFFICER, WHETHER IT STAYS CRIMINAL, IT TURNS INTO ADMINISTRATIVE.

IF IT STARTED CRIMINAL, I HEAR THAT AND I HEAR THE DISCIPLINE AND THEN RENDER THAT DISCIPLINE AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS LEVERAGING, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

WE BROUGHT IN USE OF FORCE ANALYSIS.

UH, ANALYSTS TO STUDY THE USE OF.

FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE PRESENTED ON TO YOU LAST YEAR.

UH, WE BROUGHT IN AN EXPERT ON RACIAL PROFILING IN THE SANDRA BLAND ACT.

UH, WHICH WE ALSO PRESENTED.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WELL.

WE'VE PUBLISHED OUR USE OF FORCE.

UH, OUR USE OF FORCE DASHBOARD.

AND WE'VE ADDED AN IAD INVESTIGATION SUMMARY TO THE DASHBOARD.

AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE IMPLEMENTED FOCUSED DETERRENCE STRATEGIES, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

UM, AND AGAIN, WE WE CREATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BUT OFTENTIMES DOES NOT GET HIGHLIGHTED.

UH, I KNOW ONE OF THE I THINK WE ALL THINK, UH, THAT ONE OF ONE OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT COMES ABOUT IS THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS CAN'T POLICE THEMSELVES.

UH, I'M IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY THAT THAT I, THAT I, UH, THAT I HOLD VERY HEAVILY, UH, AND SOMETHING THAT WE MUST DO.

UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT SLIDE TO GO DOWN THAT THAT IS THE WAY THIS DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, HAS HELD ITS OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE, UH, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY, UH, BUT FOR OUR HONORABLE MEN AND WOMEN THAT DO THE JOB, UH, CORRECTLY, UH, PASSIONATELY.

UH, AND JUST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, UH, A RECENT, UH, STORY HAD COME OUT A FEW MONTHS BACK, UH, THAT DID NOT CHARACTERIZE THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE MANNER IN WHICH, UH, I BELIEVE WAS ACCURATE.

UH, I WANT TO GIVE, UH, MAJOR ALANIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO GO THROUGH THAT AND DISCUSS THAT, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

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GOOD MORNING. IRENE ALANIS AND I OVERSEE THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION.

UH, REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT IN THE COP'S REPORT.

THE COPS REPORT WAS WRITTEN IN 2009.

UM, AND IT ALSO HAD INPUT, I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW FROM DPD AT THE TIME, THERE WERE SOME RETIRED INDIVIDUALS THAT HELPED WITH PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

UM, THE GENERAL GUIDELINES AND PRINCIPLES, AGAIN, IT WAS CREATED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD, AND IT WAS SOMETHING TO ASSIST AGENCIES WITH AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION. OKAY.

UM, ONE OF THE DOJ RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME UP REGARDING USE OF FORCE COMPLAINT INTAKES, A COMPLAINT THAT ALLEGES FORCE IS VETTED THROUGH THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION. UH, THAT WILL COME IN.

THE VETTING PROCESS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT NOW THAN WHAT IT WAS WHEN THIS REPORT WAS DONE.

UM, THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY THE LACK OF BODY WORN CAMERA BACK THEN, WHICH WE HAVE ABUNDANCE OF TODAY.

UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION WILL PULL ANY RELATED DOCUMENTATION, ARREST REPORTS, MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENT REPORTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE INCIDENT THAT THE COMPLAINT IS ALLEGING.

ONCE THAT VETTING PROCESS TAKES PLACE, THAT WILL THEN DETERMINE HOW THAT COMPLAINT WILL BE HANDLED.

UH, IF WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING RELATED TO USE OF FORCE THAT HAS A CRIMINAL NEXUS TO IT, THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT WILL TAKE THAT COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATE IT.

UH, ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION, IT WILL COME BACK TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR US TO CONDUCT AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

IF THE USE OF FORCE ALLEGATION IS FOUND THAT IT DID NOT EXIST BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARED BY BODY WORN CAMERA.

WELL, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL NOT BE LOOKED INTO.

HOWEVER, IF AT THE TIME OF THAT VETTING PROCESS WE DID DISCOVER THAT THERE WAS SOME OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION THEN THAT WOULD BE LOOKED INTO BY THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION.

UM, WE ALSO HAVE PROSECUTOR CONSULTATION FOR PRESENTING CASES FOR POTENTIAL PROSECUTION.

THE CASES THAT HAVE A CRIMINAL NEXUS ARE INVESTIGATED BY THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE THEY DO FREQUENTLY MEET WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, PUBLIC INTEGRITY UNIT, AND THEY ALSO MEET WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS PUBLIC CORRUPTION TEAM.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY'LL GET TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE THAT DIALOG REGARDING THE CASES THAT THEY HAVE TO SEE WHAT NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH THAT.

OFFICER'S COMPLAINT HISTORY.

SO THE HISTORY REGARDING AN OFFICER'S PATTERN OF CONDUCT THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THAT UM ARTICLE, ALTHOUGH THAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, THAT IS PLACED IN AN OFFICER'S INTERNAL RESUME THAT IS THEN PRESENTED AT THE DISCIPLINE PHASE, NOT DURING THE ACTUAL INVESTIGATION THAT'S HAPPENING BY THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATORS. EVERY COMPLAINT THAT WE RECEIVE, WE WILL BE HANDLING INDEPENDENTLY.

WE GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION, ALL THE RELEVANT EVIDENCE.

ONCE THAT'S PLACED TOGETHER AND IT'S PACKAGED, THEN THAT IS THEN HANDED OVER SO THAT THE OFFICER'S CHAIN OF COMMAND CAN MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE GIVEN OR ISSUED OUT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL OFFICER.

AGAIN, ANY PRIOR HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS IS INCLUDED IN THAT PACKET.

REGARDING THE EFFECTIVE COMPLAINT PROCESS, WE HAVE MORE THAN WHAT SEVEN DIFFERENT AVENUES FOR OFFICER, I'M SORRY FOR RESIDENTS TO FILE COMPLAINTS.

EVERY PATROL STATION IS 24 HOURS WHERE YOU CAN EITHER CALL THEM OR GO IN PERSON.

WE ALSO HAVE AVENUES THAT ARE ONLINE AND IN PERSON WITH THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION, AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE COMPLAINTS THAT ARE ACCEPTED ONLINE AT BOTH OFFICES, OURS AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT.

UM. THOSE THAT ARE SELECTED TO WORK IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION REGARDING ANY EXPERIENCE.

SO THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION DOES NOT REQUIRE DETECTIVE TO HAVE INVESTIGATIVE EXPERIENCE.

BUT CURRENTLY MY DIVISION DOES HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

I HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE WORKED AT THE TACTICAL INVESTIGATIONS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS.

UH, MOST OF THE DETECTIVES THERE HOLD THE SENIOR CORPORAL RANK.

THOSE THAT ARE CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS ARE BOTH SENIOR CORPORAL RANK AND SERGEANT RANK, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A TEST FOR IN ORDER TO, TO GET.

SO, UM, THE ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF THE INTERVIEWS, WHEN I READ THE COPS REPORT, IT DOES RECOMMEND RECORDING INTERVIEWS SO THAT THERE ARE NO ERRORS IN INTERPRETING RECOUNTING STATEMENTS.

I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN THERE WERE INTERVIEWS HAPPENING FACE TO FACE WITH THE DETECTIVE AND THE INVOLVED EMPLOYEE, OR THE DETECTIVE AND THE COMPLAINANT. UH, WHEREAS NOW WHAT WE DO IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE WRITTEN STATEMENTS, WHICH HELPS.

SO WE'RE NOT SUMMARIZING OR INTERPRETING WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS TOLD THE DETECTIVE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE OFFICER WRITE OUT THEIR STATEMENT, AND THAT ENTIRE STATEMENT IS INCLUDED IN THE INVESTIGATION.

UH, NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE STATEMENTS REGARDING AN OFFICER'S STATEMENT AND EVIDENCE COMPARISON TO IDENTIFYING ANY INCONSISTENCIES THAT ACTUALLY

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HAPPENS DURING THE INVESTIGATION, AS WE'RE GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION AND WE'RE GATHERING REPORTS, UH, SHOULD AN EMPLOYEE STATEMENT NOT MATCH THE EVIDENCE, OR IF IT'S INCONSISTENT IN ANY WAY, THEN THAT WILL END UP WITH A SUSTAINED ALLEGATION IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION.

AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE UNITS THAT ARE BEING CREATED FOR WHAT THEY CALL CHECKS FOR WEAKNESSES IN OUR PROCESSES.

UM, IN 2019, THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE ACTUALLY DID THIS.

THEY WENT OUT TO THE DIFFERENT PATROL STATIONS AND THEY SUBMITTED COMPLAINTS, AND THEY DID THIS SO THAT THEY COULD DO ALMOST LIKE A QUALITY CHECK TO SEE IF INTERNAL AFFAIRS WAS ACCEPTING THESE COMPLAINTS OR THE PATROL STATIONS ENTERING THE COMPLAINTS.

HOW WERE THE COMPLAINTS BEING HANDLED? UM, SO THAT WAS DONE IN 2019.

THEY DID HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON ENSURING THAT WE DO PROVIDE RESOURCES OUT AT THE PATROL STATIONS, SUCH AS THE FLIERS THAT GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON HOW, UH, RESIDENTS CAN FILE COMPLAINTS WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO. AH, THE LAST PIECE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT.

BEFORE I HAND IT OVER, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE WHAT THE MINDSET, UM, BEHIND THIS AND THIS HAS BEEN LONG IN THE MAKING AND CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD ALSO WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH REGARDS TO HOW WE CAN STUDY OURSELVES BETTER.

UH, WE WANTED TO CREATE A FRAMEWORK THAT WE CAN DO ONGOING SELF ASSESSMENT AND SELF CORRECTION.

WE WANTED TO PROACTIVELY ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS UPHOLDING ITS HIGHEST STANDARDS OF POLICING LEGAL, MORAL AND ETHICAL.

WE WANT TO STREAMLINE DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS, MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCIES AND PROMOTE ADDITIONAL DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING.

YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STRONG.

YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A VERY STRONG, POSITIVE CULTURE.

TO PRESERVE THAT STRENGTH AND THAT INTEGRITY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY ANALYZING OURSELVES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T, AS YOU WILL SEE IN A MINUTE, LOSE OUR WAY.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THIRD PARTY EXPERTS FROM OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT TO HELP US BE BETTER AS A DEPARTMENT, WE'LL REINFORCE THIS DEPARTMENT'S REPUTATION AS A NATIONAL LEADER.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

SO WHEN WE ASK OURSELVES WHY NOW, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS WITH A QUOTE, UM, THAT RESONATED WITH CHIEF GARCIA AND I RECENTLY AT A CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING CONFERENCE.

AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT TO YOU.

IT SAYS IT IS MY HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE IT BECOMES STANDARD ACROSS ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HAVE A COMPLIANCE BUREAU CHARGED WITH BRINGING IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING WITH A DIRECT LINE TO THE CHIEF OR COMMISSIONER OF THE AGENCY, AND THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT LOSE ITS WAY.

UH, THE PERSON WHO SAID THIS QUOTE IS JUDGE JAMES BREDAR.

HE IS THE FEDERAL JUDGE THAT IS OVERSEEING THE CONSENT DECREE IN BALTIMORE.

AND SO WHEN HE'S SPEAKING ABOUT THIS, I HAD SENT THIS ON OVER TO CHIEF, AND IT JUST DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.

OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD UPON THE DEPARTMENT'S RECENT SUCCESSES AND COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY.

THE TIMING IS RIGHT.

WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT.

WE ARE ON PACE FOR A THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION.

WE HAVE A VERY SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY, CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY COUNCIL.

NEXT SPEAKER. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING? CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING IS LAW ENFORCEMENT BEST PRACTICES THAT EMPHASIZE ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND A COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.

THE CREATION OF THIS UNIT TRULY IS INNOVATIVE, HISTORIC, AND UNPRECEDENTED.

SUCH BEST PRACTICE UNITS ARE TRADITIONALLY ONLY IMPLEMENTED IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS A REACTIVE RESPONSE TO CRITICISM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, BUT HERE WE ARE PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES TO REINFORCE OUR DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AS THAT IS WHAT THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS EXPECT AND DESERVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE'VE DEVELOPED A THREE PHASE STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT AT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT IS OUR LONG TERM GOAL TO BECOME THE CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR ALL THINGS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

IN PHASE ONE, WE WILL EVALUATE THE DEPARTMENT'S PATTERNS, PRACTICES AND POLICIES.

WE WILL IDENTIFY AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE THAT HE CAN FOR HIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

WE WILL LEVERAGE INDEPENDENT, EXTERNAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO BUILD TRUST AND CREDIBILITY WITH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, JUST LIKE WE DEMONSTRATED TRANSPARENCY WITH DOCTOR BOB SCALES AND RENOWNED CRIMINOLOGIST DOCTOR ALEX DEL CARMEN.

WE HAVE RECENTLY JUST ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH DOCTOR DEL CARMEN TO CONDUCT FOUR PROACTIVE, STRATEGIC REVIEWS OF INDIVIDUAL AREAS WITHIN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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DOCTOR DEL CARMEN WILL SELECT THESE HIGH RISK AREAS BASED ON HIS EXPERIENCE IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, AND OUR UNIT WILL SERVE AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN HIM AND THE DEPARTMENT. HE WILL CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIFIC AREA AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

STRATEGIC REVIEWS CONDUCTED BY INDEPENDENT ASSESSORS LENDS CREDIBILITY TO THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL ASSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE EXECUTION OF THE MISSION.

OUR BEST PRACTICE DATABASE WILL BE AN INTERNAL SOURCE FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS COMMANDERS TO LEARN ABOUT THE LATEST INNOVATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

WE WILL BE COMPILING NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND ORGANIZING THEM IN A WAY THAT IS EASILY SEARCHABLE AND EASY TO DETERMINE, WHICH MAY APPLY TO SIMILAR AREAS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

FROM THERE, WE WILL DELIVER RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR HIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

ONCE WE HAVE A LISTING OF BEST PRACTICES TO IMPLEMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT WILL ENSURE THAT THESE BEST PRACTICES ARE ADOPTED AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE CREATION OF GENERAL ORDER REVISIONS, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE UPDATES AND THE CREATION OF TRAINING.

IN PHASE THREE WE WILL MONITOR THESE AREAS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION.

AND NOW I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO A FAMILIAR FACE BUT NEW TO OUR NEW UNIT MADDIE MADRAZO.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD DURING THIS PRESENTATION, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS UNIT REALLY IS INNOVATIVE, HISTORIC AND UNPRECEDENTED.

AND THE GOAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS UNIT, ULTIMATELY, IS TO POSITION THIS DEPARTMENT AS A LEADER IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, A NATIONAL LEADER IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, AND ULTIMATELY TO BETTER LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A PROFESSION AS A WHOLE.

UM, AND REALLY, WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THIS IS ANY TIME THAT SOMEONE AROUND THE COUNTRY SAYS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, WE WANT THAT TO BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO TO THAT END, COMMUNICATIONS IS A REALLY CRITICAL PIECE OF THIS PLAN.

AND WE WILL LEVERAGE FIVE STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS.

UM, STEP ONE, WE WILL LAUNCH A WEBSITE OR A LANDING PAGE ON THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE DEDICATED SOLELY TO THIS DEPARTMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING INITIATIVES.

UM, IT WILL HIGHLIGHT THIS DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ADVOCACY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING PRINCIPLES, AND THIS SITE WILL BECOME A CENTRAL HUB FOR DOCUMENTING THIS UNIT'S PROGRESS.

IT WILL INCLUDE THIS UNIT'S MISSION AND VISION STATEMENTS, AND WILL BE UPDATED REGULARLY TO INCLUDE UPDATES ON ANY BEST PRACTICES THAT WE IMPLEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT AS A RESULT OF THE WORK OF THIS UNIT.

THEN, STEP TWO, WE WILL CREATE A CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING NEWSLETTER THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL TO THE DEPARTMENT'S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS. UM.

THIS NEWSLETTER WILL SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING IS, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW OR AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT FIRM, AND WE'LL SHARE TIMELY NEWS AND PROGRESS UPDATES RELATED TO, AGAIN, THIS UNIT'S PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING ITS MISSION.

AND THIS WILL SERVE AS JUST ONE OTHER TOOL TO ENGAGE THE DEPARTMENT'S STAKEHOLDERS AND INITIATE DIALOG ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING ON A NATIONAL STAGE.

UM. THIRD, WE WILL HOST EMPLOYEE AND EXPERT ROUNDTABLES.

OUR EMPLOYEE ROUNDTABLES WILL BE HOSTED IN PERSON.

AND THESE ARE REALLY CRITICAL TO CREATE EMPLOYEE BUY IN.

AGAIN, SHARE. WHAT IS OUR UNIT'S MISSION? WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING? SOLICIT INPUT FROM OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

WE WILL GATHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL UNITS IN THE DEPARTMENT AND SOLICIT THEIR INPUT.

AND THIS ALSO HOPEFULLY WILL.

BY LEVERAGING THAT APPROACH, IT WILL HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF ANY BEST PRACTICES THAT WE IMPLEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT.

IF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT FEEL A PART OF OUR UNIT'S MISSION AND BECOME AMBASSADORS, REALLY OF IT.

UM, IN ADDITION, OUR UNIT WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONVENE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE WITH A GENUINE INTEREST IN SEEING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION AS A WHOLE IMPROVE AND ANY EXPERTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

WE ARE BUILDING THIS UNIT FROM THE GROUND UP PROACTIVELY AND WANT TO.

ENGAGE PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INVITE THEM INTO THE CONVERSATION, SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERTISE TO FINE TUNE OUR OWN METHODOLOGY AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS.

THEN FOURTH, WE WILL ENGAGE ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

HERE IN DALLAS. WE HAVE GREAT RESOURCES, BE IT THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER, THE DALLAS CITIZENS COUNCIL, UM, THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS AND WANT TO LET

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THEM KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AS RESOURCES AND POTENTIALLY COME TO THEIR MEMBER ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS TO SHARE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING AND OFFER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ANY LANGUAGE ABOUT OUR UNIT TO SHARE WITH THEIR MEMBERS AND HELP AMPLIFY OUR UNIT'S MESSAGE.

THEN FINALLY, WE WILL PUBLISH AN ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.

UM, THIS REPORT WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THIS UNIT'S INITIATIVES, ANY OUTCOMES ACHIEVED DURING THIS YEAR, AND THEN CHART A PATH FORWARD FOR OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE ARE LEARNING ALONG THE WAY.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THEN FINALLY, UM, OUR PROPOSED TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS.

THIS MONTH WE WILL BEGIN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE ONE, WHICH IS THE ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS PHASE.

UM, AND AS LIEUTENANT GONZALEZ REFERENCED, WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED CRIMINOLOGIST DOCTOR ALEX DELCARMEN.

THEN IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL DELIVER AN INITIAL ROUND OF BEST PRACTICE IMPROVEMENTS TO CHIEF GARCIA FOR HIS REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

THEN, IN Q1 OF NEXT YEAR, WE WILL LAUNCH THE WEBSITE THAT I MENTIONED AND DISTRIBUTE ONE OR MORE OF OUR UNITS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING NEWSLETTERS TO A CURATED LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN BEGIN HOSTING THOSE EMPLOYEE AND EXPERT ROUNDTABLES.

THEN IN QUARTER TWO OF 2024, WE WILL LAUNCH OUR UNIT'S BEST PRACTICES DATABASE, WHICH MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM ARE WORKING ON COMPILING RIGHT NOW, AND THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND STAFF TO PROACTIVELY REVIEW AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THESE BEST PRACTICES THAT THEN WE WOULD DOCUMENT AND SHARE WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

UM, THEN IN QUARTER THREE OF 2024, WE WILL BEGIN DRAFTING THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.

AND THEN IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2024, WE WILL PUBLISH THAT REPORT AND ARE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE A PROGRESS UPDATE TO THIS COMMITTEE.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

YEAH I JUST WANTED TO JUST QUICKLY ADD JUST REAL FAST, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST PRACTICES AND THINGS.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THERE ARE NOT MANY THINGS IN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT DON'T GET STAKEHOLDER INPUT.

UH, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR ASSOCIATIONS MOVING FORWARD, HOW TO MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT AS STRONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN IS IMPERATIVE.

AND SOMETHING THAT I HAVE DONE AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH EVERY, UH, WITH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED ALREADY.

UH, THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO STRENGTHEN THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FUTURE.

UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITHOUT BEING TOLD TO DO IT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

WELL, GREAT. MADDIE, TERRIFIC TO SEE YOU AS PART OF THIS GROUP.

UM, WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION? COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. I REALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT WHAT I WROTE DOWN IS WE WILL NOW HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENS. AND IN THIS CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS THAT'S THAT THAT CAN BE A BIG CHALLENGE.

I MEAN, PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL IS A CHALLENGE.

AND I KNOW I'M MAKING SURE THAT WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS, AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS CAN BE A CHALLENGE AS WELL.

AND I AM THRILLED TO SEE THAT THERE WILL BE AN OFFICE FOCUSED ON THIS.

I AM EVEN MORE THRILLED THAT MATTIE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF COMMUNICATING THIS OUT TO US.

UM, I KNOW, UM, HER, UM, HER MESSAGING IS STRONG, AND HER COMMITMENT TO WHATEVER SHE'S WORKING ON IS EXTRAORDINARY. AND SO I KNOW SHE WILL DO AN AMAZING JOB.

SO HATS OFF TO EVERYBODY FOR THIS.

THIS IS GREAT. AND AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.

THANK YOU. SO.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU OUTLINED ALL OF THESE STEPS, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

IT JUST HASN'T REALLY LIVED UNDER AN UMBRELLA.

THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR A RESIDENT TO CONSUME.

AND, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM THE PR WORLD, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A PR CRISIS, IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS TO UNDO IT.

AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN IN DALLAS.

THIS COULD BE ANYWHERE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IN FACT, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE EPISODES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YET WE LIVE IN A CLOUD OF THIS.

UM, AND OUR OFFICERS DO.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR SURE TO I MEAN, CONTINUE THE GREAT PRACTICE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON ALL OF THESE STEPS, BUT BEGIN TO PULL IT TOGETHER TO WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN SEE THE COMMITMENT.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY TO YOUR POINT, MAYBE THE NATION WILL AND EMULATE THIS.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

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BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, MISS MEDRANO, I TOO AM GLAD TO SEE YOU IN THIS ROLE.

YOU KNOW, I HEARD CITIZENS COUNCIL AND HEARD COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE THE STARTING POINT OF WHERE WE NEED TO BUILD TRUST. UH, THAT PROBABLY WON'T RECEIVE ALL THESE GREAT THINGS OR THE HISTORY THAT'S BEEN DONE AS RECEPTIVELY FROM THE GET GO, BUT IT'S THE IT'S THE TAKING THE STEP TOWARD THAT'S SO CRITICAL.

AND SO I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY PART OF YOUR, UH, YOUR PLAN ON STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD PROBABLY LINE UP TO SAY, YOU KNOW, START START WITH MY COMMUNITY SO WE CAN BUILD THAT TRUST.

BUT I'M REALLY I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU THINKING ABOUT THIS AND TAKING THIS STEP AND FORMALIZING IT.

THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAVE A COUPLE I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

UM, FIRST, HAVE YOU ALREADY BRIEFED THE OVERSIGHT BOARD YET? NO, MA'AM. THAT MEETING IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT.

I'LL PROBABLY HAVE A CONVERSATION TO SEE IF MAYBE I CAN GET ON THEIR AGENDA NEXT MONTH.

OR MAYBE HAVE AN OFFLINE CONVERSATION WITH THEM SOONER.

OKAY. OR MAYBE YOU CAN DIRECT THEM TO THIS PRESENTATION, RIGHT? THEY CAN WATCH IT. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND, IS THIS GOING TO TAKE ANY SWORN OFFICERS OFF OF PATROL, OR ARE WE DEDICATING ANYBODY WITH A BADGE OR IS THIS ALL NON-SWORN AND CONSULTANTS? SO WE REALLY ARE BUILDING THIS FROM THE GROUND UP.

AND CHIEF GARCIA HAS DEVOTED RESOURCES TO THIS TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.

UM, AS OF NOW, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINE FULL TIME EQUIVALENCIES ASSIGNED TO THE UNIT THAT DOES INCLUDE ME.

UM, AND THERE ARE ONLY TWO SWORN OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO IT.

AND THE REST OF THIS IS PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED WITH OUR NUMBER OF OFFICERS.

SO LOVE THIS PRESENTATION.

LOVE THIS INITIATIVE.

NOT HOPING TO HAVE A LOT OF SWORN OFFICERS INVOLVED WITH IT OTHER THAN GIVING THEIR EXPERTISE, BUT MAYBE NOT THEIR DAY TO DAY.

NOW, THE GOAL ISN'T DEFINITELY NOT, UH, TO HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SWORN OFFICERS HERE.

I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER.

I KNOW, UM, STAFFING IS A TREMENDOUS ISSUE.

UH, BUT AS I, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT THAT WE STAY ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE AT.

UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT I JUST FELT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO STAFF THIS WITH SWORN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I SEE YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THE RIGHT CURRENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TEAM.

IS THAT GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM SOME OF OUR SWORN POLICE OFFICER ON THE RIGHT? CARA. I CAN ADDRESS THAT.

THAT'S JUST A REFERENCE THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED IT.

WE'RE NOT EXPANDING IT CURRENTLY.

SO THE CAPACITY WE HAVE IS IS ALREADY BUILT INTO THE TEAM.

AND THAT'S A REFERENCE TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING ALREADY THAT JUST ARE GOING TO BE PACKAGED IN A WAY, A LOT OF THEM IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE RELATABLE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE FIRST DID THE RIGHT CARE, IT WAS A GRANT AND DID WE DID EXPAND IT TO ALL FOUR.

YES, IT'S IT'S A IT'S A AND KEVIN ODIN CAN CAN SPEAK TO IT REAL QUICK AND GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW.

I THINK WE HAVE 11 TEAMS. UM, WHERE YOU CAN CLARIFY.

YES. THANK YOU. KEVIN ODIN, DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, SIR.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 18 RIGHT CARE TEAMS. UH, THOSE OPERATE 24 HOURS A DAY.

UM, AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE TEAMS STAGGERED DURING PEAK TIMES, AND THEY AGAIN OPERATE 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR.

ARE THEY A PART OF THE UNIFORM? ARE THEY SEPARATE? ARE THEY COUNT IN? THE OFFICERS, ARE THEY THE OFFICERS ON RIGHT HERE ARE ALSO PATROL OFFICERS WITHIN DALLAS POLICE SO THEY CAN FILL OTHER FUNCTIONS.

AND WE ALSO WHEN WE HAVE OFFICERS OFF, WE CAN HIRE PATROL ON OVERTIME CAPACITY TO KEEP THE TEAMS UP AND RUNNING.

SO THERE'S NO LOSS TO PATROL BY OPERATING THE RIGHT CARE PROGRAM.

CHIEF, YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING.

YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PROGRAM LIKE RIGHTCARE, IT'S ALMOST A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR OUR PATROL OFFICERS AS WELL, BECAUSE THE CALLS THAT RIGHTCARE IS RESPONDING TO THEN STOPS OUR REGULAR OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING FROM IN PATROL, THAT MAY TAKE A MULTIPLE UNIT RESPONSE.

AND SO IT ASSISTS PATROL AND ACTUALLY TAKING THAT BURDEN AWAY FROM THEM WHENEVER WE CAN.

SO IT DOES ASSIST OUR PATROL FORCE AS WELL.

I GUESS, MR. FORTUN, I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED RIGHTCARE TEAM, I THOUGHT IT WAS OFFICER WAS NOT PART OF THE UNIFORM.

THEY WERE COMPLETELY SEPARATE WHEN WE HAD A GRANT.

SO CAN WE EXPAND SOME OF OUR OFFICER GOING TOWARDS THE RIGHT CARE TEAM? WE HAVE SIR, WE FROM THE INITIAL TEAM WHEN SOUTH CENTRAL PATROL, WHICH WAS JUST ONE, ONE GROUP OF OF SMALL TEAM, UM, WE'VE EXPANDED TO 18 NOW

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AND AS WE'VE EXPANDED, WE'VE ADDED UM PARAMEDIC RESOURCES, UM, POLICE RESOURCES, AS WELL AS CLINICAL, UH, CLINICIAN RESOURCES TO THE TEAMS. AND SO WE HAVE HAD TO GROW INTO THAT OVER YEARS.

BUT THIS IS A REFERENCE OF A HISTORICAL, UM, THE HISTORICAL FACT THAT WE'VE GROWN TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

OKAY, OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT SHORT.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE WERE ADDING TO THE WRECKER WITH OFFICER.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TAKING AWAY FROM OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE DOING THE STREET TO BE IN THE RIGHT CARE.

I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM E.

IT'S A SINGLE ROLE. PARAMEDIC WELFARE CRITICAL RESPONSE TEAM UPDATE.

I WILL JUST GIVE A HEADS UP THAT ITEM F, WHICH IS DALLAS FIRE RESCUE'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO PROMOTIONAL STANDARDS.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO DELAY THAT TO JANUARY, SO I'VE, UM, ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, FOR DATA AS WELL AS, UM, MAKING SURE WE HAVE ALL THE INPUT WE NEED ON THAT ONE.

SOME THOUGH. GOOD EVENING.

I'M DOMINIC ARTIS, FIRE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT OUR SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR WELLNESS CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.

UM, THESE ARE VERY UNIQUE PROGRAMS FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

UH, IT ALLOWS US NOT ONLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO OUR RESPONSE TIMES.

UH, TODAY WE'LL HAVE THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF EMS, UH, SCOTT CLUMPNER, PRESENTING THE SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC PROGRAM, AND HE WILL TAG TEAM, UH, THE WELLNESS CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM WITH TABITHA CASTELOW FROM INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, WE COME TO YOU WITH, AGAIN, MORE PROGRAMS THAT ARE DOING THE OUTREACH IN THE CITY THAT YOU GUYS JUST DISCUSSED WITH CHIEF GARCIA.

AND, UH, BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE SHOWN VERY GOOD SUCCESS SO FAR.

UM, SINGLE FUNCTION WILL START WITH.

SO THE SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC PROGRAM, WE STARTED AS A PILOT ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO, AND IN MAY WE HIRED OUR FIRST CLASS OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER NONTRADITIONAL PARAMEDICS.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRAINED.

THEY SHOW UP TO US, AND WE ARE ABLE TO DO A ABBREVIATED EIGHT WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM, AND THEN THEY ARE ABLE TO STAFF AMBULANCES THAT STRICTLY DO EMS RESPONSE.

THEY DO NOT RIDE A FIRE ENGINE, SO THEY'RE NOT CROSS TRAINED.

UM, RECENTLY THE HIRES HAVE ALL COME FROM WITHIN TEXAS.

SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE COME FROM THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY, HOSPITALS, OTHER PRIVATE EMS SYSTEMS. THOUGH WE DID, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT ONE SUBURBAN FIREFIGHTER WHO CAME SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE HE LOOKED AT THE WORK SCHEDULE AND SAID THAT WAS A DRIVING FACTOR IN HIS DECISION TO COME WORK FOR US. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE SINGLE FUNCTION RESCUES ARE STAFFED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 10 TO 10.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUME THAT WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA AND TRENDS, REGARDLESS OF THE DAY OF THE WEEK.

OVERALL, 10 TO 10 IS THE TIME FRAME WHEN WE SEE THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUME.

THESE AMBULANCES ARE ABLE TO HELP OUR SYSTEM MINIMIZE RESPONSE TIMES AND REDUCE THE WORKLOAD AND BALANCE IT OUT OF.

OVERALL, WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDIC RESCUES IN SERVICE, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE STATION LOCATIONS THERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

TO STAFF A SINGLE FUNCTION.

RESCUE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK REQUIRES FOUR PERSONNEL.

THEY HAVE A TWO SHIFT SYSTEM USING A 2 TO 3 WORK SCHEDULE, WHICH IS A PANAMA ADJUSTED SCHEDULE FOR 12 HOUR SHIFTS.

UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 717 PARAMEDICS ASSIGNED TO THE FIELD, FOUR IN TRAINING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

DURING THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE RAN PRIOR TO EXPANDING THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR, WE WERE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF OVER SEVEN RESPONSES PER RESCUE IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD, WHICH EQUATED OUT TO ROUGHLY 3000 INCIDENTS PER YEAR THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO RESPOND TO, UH, FOR A 12 HOUR PERIOD.

THAT PUTS THEM RIGHT THERE WITH OUR TOP FIVE BUSIEST AMBULANCES IN THE CITY.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING A POSITIVE WORKLOAD OUT OF THESE RESOURCES.

UH, THEY HAVE AGAIN, REDUCED THE RESPONSE TIMES OVERALL CITYWIDE, AS WELL AS THE UNIT HOUR UTILIZATION, WHICH IS A MEASURE OF WORKLOAD FOR OUR AMBULANCES.

UM, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEE IF IT'S HITTING THE RIGHT TARGETED AREAS OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO GOING FORWARD, BY THE SUMMER OF 2024, WE WILL EXPAND TO EIGHT SINGLE FUNCTION RESCUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH A TOTAL OF 32 SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS. WE WILL BE HIRING 5 OR 6 ADDITIONAL COMING UP THIS FEBRUARY, AND THEN ANOTHER FIVE SO WE CAN STAIR STEP THOSE LAST TWO AMBULANCES.

IN BEING A NEW PROGRAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING TWO NEW PARAMEDICS, PLACING THEM ON AN AMBULANCE AND NOT MAKING THEM SUCCESSFUL.

SO WE PAIR THEM WITH AN EXISTING ONE AFTER THEY COME OFF PROBATION, UH, TO HAVE A SMOOTH, UH, TRANSITION INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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SO CURRENTLY, WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING, THE EIGHT AMBULANCES OVERALL WILL TAKE 20% OF THE RESPONSE OR 20,000 RESPONSES ANNUALLY WHEN BUILT OUT. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 12% OF THE EMS RUNS WE MADE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

SO THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR OVERALL ABILITY TO RESPOND.

UH, AGAIN, WE'LL KEEP MONITORING THE PROGRAM AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

TRANSITIONING INTO OUR OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON TODAY, OUR WELFARE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM LAUNCHED.

THIS PROGRAM HAS SHOWN EARLY TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

IT WAS JUST LAUNCHED LAST SEPTEMBER, BUT IT IS A PARAMEDIC AND A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM MEMBER FROM INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS, RIDING TOGETHER IN A MARKED EMERGENCY VEHICLE BEING DISPATCHED ON LOW ACUITY CALLS, PRIMARILY IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

UH, THEY, UH, RESPOND 12 HOURS A DAY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8 TO 8.

THEY RESPOND TO WELFARE CHECKS.

OUR UNSHELTERED POPULATION, WHEN WE HAVE THE 911 CALLS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE BEYOND WHAT A PARAMEDIC WOULD HAVE AS A TOOL ON THE AMBULANCE.

SO WE'RE GETTING INTO THE SOCIAL SERVICES ASPECT IN OUR TEAMING WITH INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.

UH, THIS TEAM IS AVERAGING OVER EIGHT RESPONSES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD.

AND PART OF THE REASON THEY'RE HIGHER THAN OUR SINGLE FUNCTION IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEY DON'T TRANSPORT.

THEIR JOB IS TO FIND AN ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO EITHER HAVE CALLED 911 THEMSELVES OR HAVE BEEN CALLED BY A PASSERBY.

UH, AND SO FAR, THE DATA IS SHOWING THAT ONLY 15% OF THE TIME HAVE THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY CALL FOR AN AMBULANCE TO TRANSPORT SOMEBODY TO THE HOSPITAL.

UH, WHEN THE WHEN THE UNIT IS IN SERVICE AND THE CBD, WE'RE SEEING A 14% REDUCTION IN CALL VOLUME FOR OUR DOWNTOWN APPARATUS, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT SENDING A FIRE ENGINE CODE THREE AROUND TOWN.

UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE CBD AND LEAVING THEM AVAILABLE FOR THE HIGHER ACUITY INCIDENTS AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN DEMAND IN THE CBD.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SINCE THE LAUNCH.

SINCE THE LAUNCH, THE CRISIS COORDINATORS HAVE PROVIDED JUST UNDER 100 SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS.

REFERRALS INCLUDE SCHEDULING, METRO CARE APPOINTMENTS, UH, REFERRALS TO THE RIGHT CARE UNIT, AND COORDINATION WITH HOMELESS SERVICES WITH LOCAL DOWNTOWN SERVICE PROVIDERS. THE TEAM ROUTINELY ENGAGES WITH RESIDENTS ACROSS SIX DISTINCT, DISTINCT CATEGORIES SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HOUSING, FOOD INSECURITY, MENTAL HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE, AND SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

OF THESE CATEGORIES, HOUSING AND IMMEDIATE MEDICAL CARE ARE THE MOST COMMON NEEDS ADDRESSED.

NEXT SLIDE. DFR AND IPS CONSISTENTLY MONITOR AND ASSESS THE PROGRAMS ENCOUNTERS TO ENSURE THE TEAM IS EFFECTIVELY MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, WE HOPE TO COME TO YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDE MORE OUTCOMES WITH THAT.

THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

I JUST HAVE A POINT ON SLIDE TEN.

I WANT TO FOLLOW UP.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG INTO IT HERE.

BUT ON THE SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING ASPECT OF THIS, IF WE CAN, UH, OFFLINE TALK ABOUT THAT.

YES, MA'AM. OH.

COUNCIL MEMBER. MORENO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, MY QUESTIONS ARE ON THE WELFARE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.

UM, ARE WE DOING ANY APPLE, UH, CALLS? AND IF SO, HOW MANY HAVE, UH, RESULTED IN MENTAL HEALTH APOWW REQUEST? NO, WE HAVE NOT CONDUCTED ANY APOWWS FOR, UM FOR THIS TEAM.

WHEN THE TEAM ENCOUNTERS, UM, A HIGHER, WHEN THE TEAM ENCOUNTERS A PATIENT THAT NEEDS A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE, THE TEAM WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE RIGHT CARE UNIT, WHO THEN WOULD COME IN AND THEN PERFORM THE APOWW IF NEEDED.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED ALTERNATIVES TO TRANSPORT TO HOSPITALS.

CAN YOU MENTION SOME OF THOSE OTHER ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS PARTNERED WITH OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, DOWNTOWN DALLAS INC.

AND A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT CAN PROVIDE EITHER SHELTER SERVICES OR OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

AND CURRENTLY, WE'RE USING OUR COMMUNITY AND PARAMEDIC UH, TEAM TO STAFF THIS AND THEIR RESOURCE DEEP AND HAVING, UH, CONTACTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, TO FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR THE ISSUE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING.

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DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE ACCEPTED SHELTER OR TO BE MATCHED WITH A PARTNER? HE. YES.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER FOR NOVEMBER'S NUMBERS, WE'VE HAD 31 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE HELPED AND ASSISTED GET HOMELESS.

HOMELESS SERVICES.

UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT THAT'S ABOUT 20% OF THE CALLS FOR LAST, LAST MONTH'S NUMBERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I'LL START WITH THE WELFARE RESPONSE TEAM.

SO ARE THERE ANY TIMES WHERE YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED SOMEONE WHO'S HOMELESS AND YOU HAVEN'T HAD A PLACE TO BE ABLE TO REFER THEM TO? BECAUSE EITHER IT'S FULL OR.

THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION.

YES, I BELIEVE WE I'M SURE WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT TO SERVICES.

I THINK IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WE WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WORK WITH OUR OTHER ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE UNITS LIKE CRISIS INTERVENTION.

THE MAIN PRIMARY UNIT WHERE WE WOULD CONTINUE TO, UM, JUST LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS.

UM, IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING IN THAT IMMEDIATE.

UM, THAT IN THAT IMMEDIATE MOMENT, JUST CONTINUE TO BE WITH THAT PERSON AND TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THEM UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION.

ARE YOU AWARE OF A FREQUENCY WHERE YOU HAVE NO SHELTER OPTIONS AVAILABLE? UH, I CAN ADDRESS THAT.

UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF JUSTIN BALL.

UM, YEAH, WE WE HAD AN INCIDENT NOT LONG, A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE, UH, IT WAS IT WAS A BIT COLD, SO, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO TAKE HIM BECAUSE IT DIDN'T REACH THE THRESHOLD OF THE SHELTERS BEING OPENED AT THAT TIME.

SO WE DID MAKE THE DECISION TO TAKE HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

UM, THAT'S NOT OPTIMUM.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, AND WE'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE WHEN IT STARTS GETTING AROUND 32 DEGREES.

UM, THAT THAT WILL GET THE INFORMATION OF WHAT SHELTERS WE CAN TAKE HIM TO.

AND WE PUT WE'RE PUTTING A VAN IN SERVICE ANYTIME IT REACHES 32 DEGREES THAT WE CAN CALL UPON AND TAKE HIM THERE OURSELVES.

OKAY. AND SO, UM, AND JUST REALLY, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SAY THAT WE OPEN INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS WHEN THERE IS A SEVERE COLD, BUT IT ALSO HAS TO REACH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HOURS AT 32 BEFORE THAT'S TRIGGERED.

UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THAT INTERIM WHERE IT IS VERY COLD, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET OPENED THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS, BUT WE OF COURSE HAVE EMERGENCY SHELTERS IN DALLAS.

AND SO ARE YOU SAYING IN THOSE INSTANCES YOU'RE FINDING THE SHELTERS ARE FULL, ARE AT CAPACITY, NOT ACCEPTING NEW INTAKES? AND SO YOU ARE USING THE AIR ROOM? WAITING ROOM AS A WARMING CENTER.

WE ACTUALLY WE USE THE ROOM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME ON WHAT SHELTERS WOULD BE OPEN.

NOW WE'RE WE'RE IN A GROUP WHERE WE GET NOTIFICATION OF ALL THE SHELTERS THAT ARE OPEN.

SO IT WILL GIVE US AN OPTION.

WE WILL DISTRIBUTE THAT INFORMATION TO OUR FOLKS SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASSIST.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE STARTING THIS YEAR.

UM, WE REALIZE THAT ONCE IT STARTS GETTING COLD, WE GET THE FIRES AND WE GET CALLS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SETTING FIRES TO STAY WARM.

AND SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW US, IN THAT TIME FRAME THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A SHELTER AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE PLACES OUTSIDE OF AN EMERGENCY ROOM.

SO, OKAY, YOU BROUGHT THE ISSUE UP.

UM, I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CBD AREA WHERE PEOPLE ARE STARTING FIRES, WHETHER IT'S IN AN ALLEY, WHETHER IT'S IN A METAL CAN.

UM, WHAT IS YOUR POLICY ON ADDRESSING WHEN IT'S NOT A PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS A FIRE RING AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

BUT THERE ARE THESE RANDOM FIRES AROUND DOWNTOWN.

HOW ARE YOU ADDRESSING IT AS PART OF YOUR PROTOCOL? SO YEAH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW.

BUT, UM, OUR POLICY IS ANY ILLEGAL BURNING.

WE'LL SEND A FIRE ENGINE, THEY'LL PUT THE FIRE OUT, BUT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT THE FIRE IS TO KEEP THESE PEOPLE WARM. SO WE'LL PUT THE FIRE OUT, BUT WE'LL OFFER THEM ASSISTANCE TO GET THEM TO SHELTER FOR WARMTH.

OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF MOVING FORWARD.

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YES. WELL, LOOK, WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FREEZE TO DEATH.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND CERTAINLY NOT WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF SHELTERS IN OUR CITY.

BUT WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR FOLKS, RIGHT? YES. UM, SO I JUST THINK IT'S COMPLETELY INHUMANE TO LEAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE.

WE DON'T EVEN DO THAT TO OUR ANIMALS.

WE DO. RIGHT? WE BRING THEM INTO SHELTER.

RIGHT? AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO AND I HAVE TALKED A NUMBER OF TIMES ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ENFORCEMENT THERE IS TO NOT JUST ENCOURAGE AND OFFER, BUT ACTUALLY DIRECT SOMEONE THAT THEY MUST SEEK SHELTER BECAUSE WE WILL NOT ALLOW AN ILLEGAL FIRE.

CORRECT. AND CERTAINLY I THINK WE ALL REMEMBER THE GIANT FIRE UNDERNEATH 30, UM, FROM THAT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DANGER, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN DANGER.

UM, SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE RANDOM FIRES.

SO IN OUR PLAN, UH, MOVING FORWARD, WHICH WE'VE NOT ALWAYS DONE IN THE PAST WITH WHEN OUR, WHEN A FIRE ENGINE GOES AND ACTUALLY EXTINGUISHES A FIRE, THEY CAN CALL THE VAN TO COME AND PICK THESE FOLKS UP AND TAKE THEM TO SHELTER.

THAT'S THE PLAN.

THANK YOU. UM, SO I WANT TO GO BACK OVER TO THE SINGLE ROLE PARAMEDIC.

UM, MUST AN APPLICANT FOR THAT POSITION ALREADY POSSESS A PARAMEDIC LICENSE? IS THAT A REQUIREMENT? YES, MA'AM.

YES. SO WE'RE ALSO SAVING ON NOT PUTTING SOMEONE THROUGH PARAMEDIC SCHOOL, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THAT IS IN TERMS OF PAY WHILE THEY'RE IN CLASS AND THEN THE TUITION FOR THAT PROGRAM.

WE'LL HAVE TO GET THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU END UP WITH A RECRUITING PROBLEM, MAYBE WE SHOULD REDIRECT THAT SAVINGS RIGHT THERE TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO COME.

UM, THE NEXT THING I WANT TO ASK IS JUST I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE SCHEDULING OF THE SHIFT FOR THAT, SO I.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A 12 HOUR SHIFT.

YES, MA'AM. IT'S CALLED THE PANAMA SCHEDULE.

UM, ANO SCHEDULE.

PANAMA. OKAY.

PANAMA CANAL. UM, AND IT DOES.

IT'S A TWO, TWO, THREE THAT REPEATS OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD.

SO TWO ON, TWO OFF, THREE ON, TWO OFF, TWO ON, THREE OFF.

WHICH GETS PEOPLE CONFUSED REAL QUICK.

BUT IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY.

IT ROTATES THE SCHEDULE SO THAT, UM, YOU'RE NOT STUCK ON HAVING TO WORK EVERY WEEKEND.

UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED.

THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM REALLY LIKE IT.

AND WE'RE UM, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY HAPPY WITH IT.

AND SO TWO, TWO, THREE, DO YOU END UP WITH 80 HOURS IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD? YEAH. IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD YOU ACTUALLY END UP WITH 84 HOURS.

84. YES, MA'AM. SO IN KEEPING WITH FIRE, YOU AUTOMATICALLY ARE GOING TO GET OVERTIME.

AND NOBODY CAN EVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE WORKING BECAUSE IT'S TOO COMPLICATED TO KNOW.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BUT YOU'RE NOT CALLING THEM LIKE A B AND C DAYS A AND B WE HAVE AN A SHIFT AND A B SHIFT.

AND THEN FIRE HAS AN A, B AND C SHIFT.

AND THEN DISPATCH HAS AN A B, C AND D SHIFT.

SO IF YOU WEREN'T CONFUSED UH ALPHABET SOUP.

WELL I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE D.

SO NOW YOU'VE REALLY BLOWN MY MIND.

OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I DON'T KNOW, UH COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THE FIRES, OR WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION? WAS THAT THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY.

ALREADY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN VERY UNCLEAR ON WHETHER THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CALL GFR WHEN THEY SEE AN OPEN FLAME FIRE THAT'S NOT CONTAINED IN A BARREL OR IN A GRILL.

UH, BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, EVEN A BARREL THAT SOMEBODY HAS A FIRE GOING IN THAT IS NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY.

YOU'RE YOU'RE PUTTING THAT OUT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

WELL, SO WE CAN NOW MOVE TO ITEM G.

VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD THE FIRST PRESENTATION ON THIS.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK FROM BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE, UM, DEPARTMENTS TO GET THIS READY.

AND I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES OF FALLEN OFFICERS HAVE ASKED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

GOOD AFTERNOON. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MR. FORTUNE. VICE CHAIR, CHAIRMAN COUNCIL MEMBER WILSON AND COUNCILMAN MORENO.

UH, MAJOR STEVE WILLIAMS, ONE ON ONE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS.

UH, TO MY LEFT, I'LL HAVE MY COUNTERPART INTRODUCE HIMSELF, AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UH, CAPTAIN ROB BORSCH FROM DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

JUST REAL QUICK, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE BACKGROUND HISTORY, PROPOSED PROCESS.

UH, FIRST, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO MEET TOUGHER DRAFTS, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS.

SO PRETTY MUCH THE BACKGROUND HISTORY.

SO DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ROUTINELY RECEIVE REQUESTS TO HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS OR HER LIFE SERVING THE

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CITIES IN DALLAS IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

UH, ON MAY 5TH, 2022, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON THIS PROJECT AND PROVIDED INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION FOR THE FOR STAFF TO GO BACK HOME TO WORK ON THIS. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

JUST AS AN ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND, UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE HAS 78 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY BETWEEN 1902 AND SEPTEMBER 2021, AND THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED 92 OFFICERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY BETWEEN 1892 AND JANUARY 2022.

IN THE RESPECTIVE GRAPHS, UH, YOU GET THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT.

THE CAVEAT BEING IS THAT THERE ARE FIVE INDIVIDUALS FROM DFD OR CORRECTION DPD AND ONE FROM TFR THAT HAVE DIED DUE TO COVID 19.

THEREFORE, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL COUNCIL DISTRICT ALLOCATED WITH THEIR LINE OF DUTY DEATH.

UH NEXT SLIDE. THE PROPOSED PROCESS FOR HOW WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS IS THAT THE LINE OF DUTY DEATHS WILL BE REVIEWED INTERNALLY BY DPD AND GFR FOR INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM.

WHEN POSSIBLE, THE REVIEW WILL INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS ONCE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AN APPLICATION FOR A FIRST RESPONDERS TREE TOPPER WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR THE FIRE CHIEF TO THE CITY MANAGER.

THE APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING A STATEMENT INCLUDING INFORMATION REGARDING THE MEMBER'S NAME, SERVICE, TIME AND DEATH IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

A MAP OF THE SHOWING PROPOSED LOCATION WHERE THE MEMORIAL STREET TOPPER WILL GO.

NEXT SLIDE. ONCE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER, NOTIFICATION WILL BE MADE TO THE COUNCILPERSONS REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE STREET TOPPER WILL BE PLACED.

THE APPLICATION WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR COMMITTEE FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

ONCE APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, DPD AND BFR WILL WORK WITH THE FAMILY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO SCHEDULE A TIME FOR INSTALLATION.

THE FIRST RESPONDER STREET TOPPERS WILL INCLUDE THE MEMBER'S NAME, RANK, AND END OF WATCH DATE.

NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE PROPOSED STREET TOPPERS THAT WILL BE USED TO HONOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ROB FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION.

THANK YOU, MAJOR WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

UH, TO GO RUN QUICKLY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

UM, AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE NEW CITY ORDINANCE BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL, DPD AND BFR WILL WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO CREATE AN INITIAL BATCH OF, UM, THE STREET TOPPERS THESE TREE TOPPERS WERE, OUR INTENTION IS THAT WE WILL START AT AT THE BEGINNING BACK IN TURN OF THE CENTURY, LAST CENTURY.

UM, AND WORK OUR WAY FORWARD.

SO WE'LL DO A FIRST BATCH, UM, TO KIND OF IRON OUT THE DETAILS AND THE LOGISTICS OF THIS PROCESS.

SO WE ARE TWO DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND A LOCATION FOR AN INITIAL JOINT CEREMONY THAT WOULD KIND OF MAKE A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT TO THIS, UM, THIS PROGRAM.

AND WE'RE, UH, WE'VE WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FEW LOCATIONS WHERE WE ARE WITHIN A BLOCK OR TWO OF, OF WHERE, UH, AN EQUAL NUMBER OF, OF MEMBERS FROM BOTH DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE HONORED.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF THAT, BUT THAT'S OUR INTENTION.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE REMAINDER OF THAT FIRST BATCH WOULD BE PLACED, UM, AROUND THE CITY.

UH, FOLLOWING THAT, THE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS WILL WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND ANY AVAILABLE SURVIVING FAMILY AS WE WORK OUR WAY TO PRESENT DAY, UH, ON THE CREATION AND INSTALLATION OF REMAINING AND OF COURSE, THEN FUTURE SIGNS, UH, SUBSEQUENT TOPPERS MAY BE UNVEILED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEMBERS END OF WATCH.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'LL KIND OF STAIR STEP THAT IN AND DO THINGS GRADUALLY.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT STEPS, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, ON THE LANGUAGE FOR THE DRAFT ORDINANCE OF UM ON THE FINAL DRAFT ORDINANCE. AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

UH, AFTER THAT APPROVAL, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON THE CREATION OF THAT INITIAL BATCH OF SIGNS, AS I SAID, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTALLATION PLAN.

UM, WE WILL THEN, AS I SAID, IDENTIFY THE LOGISTICS AND THE LOCATION OF THAT INITIAL CEREMONY AND MAKE THAT SCHEDULE.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH COUNCILMAN MORENO ARE YOU RAISING YOUR HAND OR PUTTING ON YOUR HAT? HAT.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I WAS JUST, UM GOING TO ASK, DID YOU SAY THAT YOU HAD A LIST OF ADDRESSES THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IN OUR DISTRICT, JUST TO KNOW WHERE THESE THESE WOULD BE? WE DO HAVE THAT. WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SOME OF THAT I WILL ADD THE CAVEAT THOUGH IS THAT IS THAT SOME OF THESE WE WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH, WE HAVE THE INITIAL BATCH FROM THE INITIAL AS WE GET FARTHER IN THERE ARE

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SOME LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS DEPENDING ON UH, SOMETIMES, FOR INSTANCE, FOR FIRE, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE UM MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SAME INCIDENT ON THE SAME DAY. THERE IS AN ABILITY TO PUT MULTIPLE, UH, TOPPERS.

THERE'S A LIMIT ON THAT.

THERE MAY ALSO BE, AS WE GET TO MORE PRESENT DAY, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY AND SOME OF THE LOGISTICS, THERE MAY BE SOME DIFFERENCES OF WHERE WE PUT THOSE.

SO SO WE HAVE A PARTIAL LIST OF THOSE UH, ADDRESSES.

AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WHAT YOU HAVE.

BUT AS WE GET CLOSER TO PRESENT DAY, IT GETS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED.

AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY ON WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THOSE PLACED.

YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE THESE WOULD BE.

AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SKEWED TO THE 1892 OR TO, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO PRESENT TIME? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER STEWART. I JUST WANT TO, UM, SAY HOW SUPPORTIVE I AM OF THIS PROGRAM.

IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE IT WAS, BUT, UH, SIGN TOPPERS ARE VERY VISIBLE, AND IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO, UM, TO PAY TRIBUTE TO TO THESE, UM, OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.

UM, AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE JUST DISCUSSED THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY CHECKING WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOCATIONS WORK WELL FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WOULD BE WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW ORGANIZED AND METHODICAL YOU'VE BEEN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS COMING BACK AS AN ORDINANCE TO US.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

THIS IS H.

THIS IS OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AND YOU HAVE A MEMO.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS MORE THAN ONCE.

SO THIS IS JUST SORT OF AN UPDATE.

THIS IS WHAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING IN, YOU KNOW, TEN MINUTES.

LINDLEY, REPORT TO THE DESK UP HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE RECORD, KERRY ROGERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AND LINDLEY YOUDERIAN, WHO'S OUR SENIOR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR.

WE'RE PLEASED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEMO.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. I WAS JUST GOING TO BRING UP THAT THIS MORNING AT WORKPLACE AT WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY I HAD BROUGHT UP SOMETHING TO ADD TO THAT LIST THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPLICATION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL.

AND IT HAD TO DO WITH WORKPLACE SAFETY WITH REGARD TO MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, UM, ISSUES THAT COULD HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S A TOXIC WORKPLACE OR WHETHER IT'S HOW YOU PREPARE FOR THE SAFETY.

UM, UH, IF YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OR YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT COULD OCCUR.

AND SO WHILE I WAS IN THAT MEETING, TALKING ABOUT IT MORE AS, UM, UH, SILENCING MECHANISMS, IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE IT WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT IMPLICATION. AND SO IT MAY TOUCH BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES IS WHY I BRING IT UP.

THANK YOU. UM, THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER ADDING TO THIS THAT WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT.

UM, AND THAT IS TO, UM, ADD EARLY DETECTION.

WE BOUGHT A PROGRAM, UM, THAT DPD WAS USING TO EVALUATE OFFICERS AND THEIR, UM, THEIR BEHAVIOR.

I'LL SAY IT THAT WAY. AND, UM, I THINK WE'VE BECOME AWARE THAT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WOULD BE OPEN RECORD REQUEST.

UM, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO TOMA.

AND SO, UM.

I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PUT A PROGRAM LIKE THAT UNDER PERSONNEL RECORDS, WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO OPEN RECORDS.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT ITEM AS WELL.

NOT SURE WHAT THE WORDING WILL BE EXACTLY, BUT THAT'S THE NATURE OF IT.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M WONDERING IF THIS COMMITTEE IS COMFORTABLE WITH SUBMITTING THIS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

WITH THAT INCLUSION.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

OKAY. AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED A FORMAL MOTION.

IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY'S SHAKING THEIR HEADS.

UM, AND THAT'S FOUR OF US.

SO THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, LYNN LEITH, KERRY ROGERS, BOTH OF YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO ORGANIZE THIS, AND I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

UM, ALL OF THESE ARE BRIEFING MEMOS, BUT THERE'S SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT ONES IN THERE, UM, STARTING WITH OUR DASHBOARD, WONDERING IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS ON THAT.

OKAY, CHIEF, I DO.

CHIEF OF POLICE, EDDIE GARCIA.

SO REALLY I HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.

ONE OF THEM IS ABOUT THE PROSTITUTION OFFENSES ON YEAR TO DATE.

IT'S UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES TO OUR, UM, ORDINANCE ON THIS.

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AND IN FACT, THAT'S ONE OF THE UPCOMING MEMOS.

MY QUESTION IS ON ON THE NUMBER OF, UM, OFFENSES, IF THESE ARE BUYERS OR SELLERS.

OR IF, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T ASKED THAT IN ADVANCE, I APOLOGIZE.

I'M SORRY, CHAIR. WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE SUSPECTS OR THE BUYERS OR SELLERS.

IS THAT. THAT'S THE QUESTION.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MAJOR DEVIN PAUL, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.

UM, IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT ON THERE, BUT WE DO CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT, BOTH ON BUYERS AND SELLERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY Y'ALL ARE WORKING SO HARD ON RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

WE'VE OBVIOUSLY PUT A NUMBER OF DOLLARS BEHIND, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING YOU THINK THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DO TO HELP YOU WITH THIS STAFFING NUMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE FLESHING OUT.

I'M SURE IN THE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING SOME OF THE IDEAS ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO FLESH THEM OUT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE SOME THINGS FOR, YOU KNOW, TAKE IT IN THREE TIERS, RIGHT? I MEAN, FROM THE HIRING PERSPECTIVE, LOOKING AT THINGS TO, UH, MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, MORE ATTRACTIVE TO AN INDIVIDUAL.

OBVIOUSLY WE DID, OBVIOUSLY, WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT OF THE MANAGER, SUPPORT WITH REGARDS TO LONGEVITY AND HAVING INDIVIDUAL STAY.

UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR NEXT STEP IS TO BE LOOKING AT THAT 5 TO 10 YEAR AREA AS WELL, IS THE CONVERSATION THAT I HEAR WITH THE ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER OFFICERS THAT I MEET WITH THEM CONSTANTLY.

UM, AND SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE LIKE THE GENERAL BUCKETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING UH, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO FLESH SOME THINGS OUT, UH, WITH OURSELVES AND WITH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COME UP WITH, WITH SOME PLANS FOR THOSE THREE AREAS.

SO IT SEEMS TO ME YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO, UM, USE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND EVEN CREATE NEW ONES.

RIGHT? SO WE CREATE THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS SO THEY CAN HANDLE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY NOT POLICING BUT CERTAINLY AFFECT CRIME.

WE HAVE THE HEART TEAM.

YOU HAVE, UM, MOVED TO ONLINE REPORTING FOR THINGS THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY NECESSARY TO HAVE AN OFFICER THERE FOR.

RIGHT. THE CRIME IS NOT ACTIVELY ONGOING AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY COULD SEE IF THEY WENT THERE.

WE'VE GOT THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS, BUT IS THERE SOME NUMBER WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN A CRISIS MODE? I MEAN, YOU'RE AT 3046 SWORN OFFICERS.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED NON-SWORN TO HELP IN POSITIONS THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE SWORN.

RIGHT. SO THERE IS IT'S NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES ANYMORE.

THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

BUT IS THERE A NUMBER WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, WE ARE IN VERY BIG TROUBLE? I THINK THEY'LL BE AS WE REDUCE IN STAFF, THERE'LL BE THINGS THAT WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO DO.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE REALITY OF IT IS.

UM. IT ISN'T.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE THAT I WOULD EVER COME AND SAY THERE'S A CRISIS HERE.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO OUR JOBS, UH, IN A WAY, UH, WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, UH, SO WITH LESS, LESS MIGHT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

UM, AND SO AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT.

UM, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE A POLICE OFFICER FROM ANSWERING THE 911 CALL FOR SERVICE.

NOTHING. UH, BUT YET WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES, A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE GET TASKED WITH AND A LOT OF OTHER WAYS WITH EVERYONE RECOGNIZING THAT THAT WE HAVE A LOT.

AND SO REALLY, WHAT IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO WITH LESS, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO LESS.

UH, AND SO THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPERATIVE I UNDERSTAND AND I AND I'M NOT I WISH THERE WAS A STRONGER WORD THAN NO.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT, THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL SUPPORT, THAT WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S SUPPORT, THAT WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SUPPORT TO GROW THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES AND OTHER LIVES WHERE I CAN COME UP WITH PLANS THAT WOULD NOT GET SUPPORT.

I KNOW THAT THIS CITY WILL SUPPORT A REALISTIC PLAN.

AND SO WE'RE CONFIDENT.

I KNOW THAT MY TEAMS ARE EXCITED.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO LOWER OUR STANDARD OF WHAT A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER SHOULD BE.

BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING OUT, AND OBVIOUSLY, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THIS CITY IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL AS WE, UH, FLESH OUT THOSE IDEAS.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, SORT OF ENUMERATING ALL THE LEVELS OF SUPPORT.

I DO THINK YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT.

UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE INCREASING THOSE NUMBERS.

SO THOSE THOSE ARE REALLY MY QUESTIONS.

THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME STAY UP AT NIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BUILD ON, AND THAT IS JUST AS WE'VE DONE WITH RITE CARES AND THE HEART TEAM AND

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[INAUDIBLE] AND THAT SORT OF THING TO KIND OF TAKE THINGS OFF OF OUR OFFICERS.

UM, YOU JUST MENTIONED THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU'RE STILL BEING ASKED OR OFFICERS ARE STILL BEING ASKED TO DO SOME THINGS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY FALLING IN LINE WITH WHAT AN OFFICER WOULD BE EXPECTED TO DO.

SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO EXPLORE THAT, TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER STEPS WE COULD TAKE.

AS WE HAVE ALREADY ILLUSTRATED, WE ARE WILLING TO DO TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BUBBLING UP THAT WE COULD OFFLOAD.

WELL, I'M SURE THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT COME UP THAT THAT WILL BE OVERFLOWED.

I MEAN, I THINK THE POLICE OFFICER, AGAIN, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF DALLAS BUT NATIONALLY IS ASKED TO DO TOO MUCH.

UM, AND BUT, YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THIS TOO.

I DON'T WANT TO ALSO LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH THE IDEAS AND THE AND THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ENABLING US, THAT ARE FORCE MULTIPLIERS, THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US.

UH, TECHNOLOGY IS HUGE.

UH, THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU TO ALLOW DETECTIVES TO DO THEIR JOBS, COMING UP WITH NEW COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP US.

WE WE NEED TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY MORE.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE'RE OUT OF PLACE.

UH, I'LL JUST PUT ON MY MAJOR CITY CHIEFS HAT.

UH, WE'RE NOT AT A PLACE WHERE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MORE OFFICERS.

WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM BETWEEN RAISING THE LEVEL, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, AND AT THE SAME TIME, LEVERAGING THE MASSIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT EXISTS OUT THERE TO ENABLE OUR OFFICERS TO DO THEIR JOBS.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE HERE THAT MY CITY, THAT YOUR CITY SUPPORTS THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THAT RECOGNIZES THAT NOTHING WILL EVER REPLACE A HUMAN BEING BEING OUT IN THE STREET AND RESPONDING TO A CALL, AND AT THE SAME TIME LEVERAGING WHAT WE HAVE FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE THAT IS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN BRING IN.

AND SO WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE THINGS MOVING FORWARD.

AND THERE WILL BE MORE IDEAS FROM THAT THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE MORE TO FORCE MAXIMIZE WHAT WE HAVE.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, BECAUSE THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO GROW.

WELL, I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE FORECAST, BUT I WOULD SAY IF IT'S NOT ALREADY BEING PLANNED FOR, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU FEEL LIKE COULD BE HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AS WE WILL BE BACK INTO A BUDGET SEASON BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S OUT THERE THAT COULD BE HELPFUL.

UM, SO, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT, READY TO MOVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FROM BFR ON THEIR FACILITIES? LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE ON A BUNCH OF THINGS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. WE'LL MOVE TO K, WHICH IS THE BFR FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.

I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS IS THE BEST REPORT WE HAVE EVER HAD SINCE THIS REPORT WAS CREATED.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ ONE LINE OF IT, WHICH IS ENGINES OPTIMAL 58 CURRENT 58.

SO WE HAVE NEVER HAD THAT.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR NEW ENGINES AND DON'T WRECK THEM.

I THINK THAT'S YOUR COLLEGE LOGO OR COLLEGE MOTTO, RIGHT RECKHAM? NO, DON'T DO THAT.

OKAY, SO ANYHOW, I WAS SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THAT.

UM, NEXT UP IS L.

AND THIS IS OUR CHAPTER 41A AMENDMENT.

SO MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD.

DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS? SURE, WE CAN OR..

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? IT'S A IT'S A SMALL CHANGE TO AN ORDINANCE UM, ABOUT, UM, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES AS THEY WERE TRYING TO FIND LOOPHOLES.

UM, WHICH I DON'T THINK ACTUALLY EXISTS, BUT I THINK IS JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CITY ATTORNEY, JILL HENNING.

SO YOU'LL SAY IT IN A BETTER WAY.

YEAH. JILL HENNING, CHIEF OF COMMUNITY PROSECUTION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I THINK YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY, CHAIR.

UM, WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THE ORDINANCE ALREADY SAYS THIS, BUT WE ARE GETTING APPLICATIONS FROM SOB OPERATORS, SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS OPERATORS TO THAT ARE APPLYING FOR LATE HOURS PERMITS FOR A DANCEHALL.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO BE EXTRA CLEAR AND PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WILL STILL BE ENFORCING THE HOURS OF OPERATION PROVISIONS AS IT RELATES TO SOBS.

THANK YOU FOR CLOSING THAT LOOPHOLE.

OKAY. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT.

THAT'S A BRIEFING MEMO.

AND THIS IS ABOUT, UM, THE EXPEDITING UNAUTHORIZED USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE REPORTS.

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THIS IS A GENIUS IDEA.

SO BASICALLY I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I LOVE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE THE LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS TO DO VIDEO CONFERENCING FOR BASICALLY STOLEN VEHICLES. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSE TIME HAS BEEN VERY SLOW ON THIS.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WHAT A SHOCK IT IS WHEN YOU COME OUT AND YOUR CAR'S NOT THERE AND YOU GOT TO GET TO WORK AND CHILDCARE AND GROCERIES AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS IN YOUR LIFE. AND I THINK IT'S VERY PERSONAL.

IT'S LIKE WHEN WE DO SOMETHING IN SANITATION AND EVERYONE FREAKS OUT BECAUSE IT'S SO PERSONAL.

UM, AND SO.

I LOVE THE INNOVATIVE WAY YOU'RE ADDRESSING THIS.

THANK YOU. UM, AND LIKE THIS LAST LINE, INCREASE PATROL OFFICER AVAILABILITY UP TO 33,000 HOURS ANNUALLY. AMAZING.

SO, ANYHOW, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR JUST MANY THANKS.

THIS IS THE WAY WE HAVE TO KEEP THINKING.

NO. OKAY.

OH, NO ONE WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING AFTER THAT.

LIKE, STOP WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD, RIGHT? OKAY. WELL GREAT JOB GUYS.

UM, SO OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE LOTS OF AGENDA ITEMS COMING OR ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. WELL, MIRACULOUSLY, WE ARE ONLY FIVE MINUTES OVER OUR 3:00, SO AT 3:05, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN JANUARY AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

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