[Public Safety on January 8, 2024.]
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 11TH MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SORRY, THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MINUTES PASS UNANIMOUSLY.
BEFORE WE GO TO OUR BRIEFING ITEMS, UM, WE HAVE A WE HAVE TWO VERY SPECIAL, UM, THANK YOUS TO GIVE.
AND I'M TRYING TO DECIDE WHO TO START WITH.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND, UM, TO BOTH OUR DALLAS FIRE ASSOCIATION AND POLICE ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE ENDED THEIR SERVICE AS OF 2023. AND SO LET'S CALL DOWN MIKE MATA FIRST.
WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A MINUTE TO SPEAK.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO. WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MIKE.
BUT WHAT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IS THAT HE JOINED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 1994.
HE WAS PROMOTED A SENIOR CAPTAIN IN 2006.
HE'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO SOUTHEAST, CENTRAL AND THE ACADEMY.
HE'S TRAINED RECRUITS IN SERVICE OFFICERS FROM 2010 TO 2016.
AND FOR ANYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT, I THINK THEY RECOGNIZE THAT AS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.
HE HELPED COORDINATE WITH CITY OFFICIALS THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE OFFICERS WHO WORK TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT THE LOCKDOWN, AND HE HELPED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OFFICERS THROUGH 12 WEEKS OF CONSTANT DAILY PROTESTS AND CIVIL UNREST THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
HE CREATED AND LOBBIED FOR A NEW LODGE FOR THE NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE WITHIN THE DALLAS POLICE ASSOCIATION, AND THAT IS FOP LODGE 716. HE'S REPRESENTED HUNDREDS OF OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS PROTECTING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL AND LABOR RIGHTS.
HE'S BEEN CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION.
BUT WHAT I'LL TELL YOU, FOR BOTH OF THESE MEN WHO ARE LEAVING, IS HOW IMPORTANT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ACTUAL JOB HAS BEEN IN TEACHING COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT EMPLOYEES ARE FACING AND POLICY DECISIONS, AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT ARE, AND THEN ADVOCATING FOR THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO IMPROVE THEIR DEPARTMENTS AND IMPROVE OUR CITY.
AND SO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, I'LL JUST SAY IT'S BEEN MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
I DIDN'T PUT IN HERE ABOUT DOING EXTRA NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL AT NORTH CENTRAL, BUT WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, MIKE, YOU HAVE BEEN SO OUTSTANDING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, MIKE, THANK YOU FOR NOT GOING.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MANY YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN AROUND.
ALSO, TEACH ME HOW TO MAKE SURE MY COMMUNITY IS SAFE.
BUT YOU HAVE BEEN A MENTOR TO ME.
YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.
BUT ONE THING YOU IF I CALL YOU AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING, YOU ANSWER THE PHONE.
COLLEAGUES REMEMBER, HE WILL ANSWER THE PHONE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.
IT'S SOMEONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY. MIKE.
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OH, SORRY. THANK YOU.UM, I KNOW YOU THROUGH YOUR WIFE, ELLEN.
UM, ELLEN WAS A LONG TIME FRIEND AND WORKED AT OUR CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS AS OUR MISSION COORDINATOR.
AND, UM, BUT THEN AS I BEGAN TO WORK WITH DPD IN NORTHEAST AND COUNCIL MEMBER MCGOUGH, I BEGAN TO KNOW MIKE AS, UM, THE PERSON YOU'RE SITTING HERE TODAY AND REPRESENTING. JUST AN OUTSTANDING LEADER.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN MIKE GETS BEHIND SOMETHING, THERE'S SO MUCH ENERGY AND SO MUCH THOUGHT AND AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HIS GOAL IS, HE'LL HE'LL MEET THAT AND EXCEED THAT BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY AND THE PASSION THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING AN AWESOME DISTRICT TEN RESIDENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE CITY AND OBVIOUSLY TO DPD.
UM, YOU WILL VERY MUCH BE MISSED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I THANK MY COLLEAGUES, HAVE TOUCHED ON VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS AROUND YOUR CAREER AND YOUR PASSION AND COMMITMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE AN ONGOING RESOURCE. AND SO WHETHER YOU'RE PLANNING ON IT OR NOT, I KNOW YOU'LL BE AN ONGOING RESOURCE.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.
MATA, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALWAYS HAVING THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORKING WITH YOU. AND I KNOW YOU WON'T BE TOO FAR.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MAN.
SORRY I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GET A CHANCE TO KNOW EACH OTHER, UH, A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
BUT BASED ON YOUR REPUTATION, WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK AND ALL OF YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
AND I'M SURE, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU AROUND.
I REMEMBER VERY EARLY ON SITTING DOWN WITH YOU AND HAVING SOME VERY HARD PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING WITH PAY AND JUST WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR DEPARTMENT BETTER.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR JUST ALLOWING US TO HAVE THE KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WHERE SOME DAYS WE COULD HAVE SOME FRANK CONVERSATIONS, AND SOME DAYS WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND MOVE FORWARD, UM, TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU, MIKE, AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO OFFER YOU A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SAY ANYTHING IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? SOUNDS GREAT.
YOU KNOW? UM, I CAME IN LIKE EVERY OTHER YOUNG 23 YEAR OLD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET ASKED THE SAME QUESTION, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE ALL ANSWER THE SAME WAY.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE IT'S A PLANNED ANSWER, BUT IT'S NOT.
WE TAKE THIS JOB TO SERVE PEOPLE.
WE TAKE THIS JOB TO HELP PEOPLE.
UM, THAT'S JUST HOW WE'RE MADE.
WHEN THEY SAY ANYBODY CAN BE A POLICE OFFICER, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
IT TAKES A SPECIAL PERSON TO RISK YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR SOMEBODY WHO 30S EARLIER, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS TRYING TO KILL YOU OR HURT YOU, BUT YOU STILL DID YOUR DUTY AND YOU HELPED THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH ANY OF THAT BY MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, JOHN HIT IT ON THE HEAD WHEN JOHN CAME HERE, WE WENT AND HAD LUNCH.
HOW DO WE GET OFFICERS HERE? AND HE SAID, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR PAY SCALES.
AND HE GAVE ME HIS WORD THAT HE WOULD DO EVERYTHING HE COULD TO HELP FIX THIS.
UM, AND SO KUDOS TO YOU, JOHN, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DIDN'T ALWAYS GET ALONG.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE VERY FRANK CONVERSATIONS.
UH, AND SOMETIMES I FELT KIND OF BAD WHEN I HUNG UP.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. UM, BUT I KNEW YOU KNEW THAT I WAS COMING FROM THE RIGHT PLACE.
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I COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING WITHOUT ALL THESE FOLKS RIGHT OVER HERE AND MORE.BUT THESE ARE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MOLD OUR DEPARTMENT, THAT GIVE IT A VISION AND GIVE IT A PATHWAY TO SUCCEED WITHOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP, WITHOUT THEIR GUIDANCE, WITHOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE, AND MOREOVER, WITHOUT THE LOVE THAT THEY SHOW FOR THE RANK AND FILE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LOWER CRIME IN THE CITY THREE YEARS RUNNING. THERE'S NO OTHER CITY THAT'S DOING THAT.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIKE FAMILY SOMETIMES.
DO WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS? ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I THINK IN THE END, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND THAT IS TO MAKE THIS CITY SAFER, THAT IS TO PROVIDE THE FUTURE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISK THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY, A LONG FUTURE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR FAMILIES. I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT AT EVERY, UH, RECRUIT GRADUATION, I SEE YOU THERE.
I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOSE A FALLEN OFFICER, THAT YOU'RE THERE.
THAT MEANS A LOT TO THE RANK AND FILE, THAT AT TIMES WE CAN ARGUE AND AT TIMES WE CAN BICKER.
BUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR MOMENTS OF, UH, DISPARITY AND SADNESS, WE COME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
SO I LEAVE MY 28 YEARS AND FIVE MONTHS, UH, WITH A HEART THAT'S FULL, UH, MIND THAT HAS SOME SANITY LEFT AND JUST KNOW THAT, UM, YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING RID OF ME, BUT I'M STILL GOING TO STAY A RESERVE, SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND WHITE ROCK LAKE, YOU MIGHT SEE ME IN MY BONY LEGS PEDDLING THAT BICYCLE AROUND THAT LAKE.
IS THAT GOOD? IS THAT GOOD? CHIEF? I CAN DO THAT. OKAY.
AND I'M GOING TO TEACH AT THE ACADEMY AND HELP THE FUTURE OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
UM, BEFORE I LEAVE, I WANT TO LOOK AT YOU GUYS OVER HERE.
AND I TRULY, TRULY WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR MAKING MY LIFE AND MY CAREER BETTER.
OKAY, JIM MCDADE, COME ON DOWN.
I'LL SAY I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT FIREMEN DO, WHAT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE EMS DO, PARAMEDICS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EMS AND PARAMEDICS WHEN I STARTED.
I'M GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BIO.
SO YOU WERE HIRED BY CFR IN 2005.
IN 2007, YOU STARTED WORKING ON THE FILL THE BOOT CAMPAIGN AS THE CHAIRMAN.
YOU RAISED OVER $4.7 MILLION DURING THE TIME THAT YOU WERE CHAIRMAN.
IT'S AMAZING. 2009 YOU WERE ELECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, AND YOU SERVED ON THAT UNTIL 2015.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD.
AS PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
YOU ALSO OVERSAW THREE MEET AND CONFER CONTRACTS.
YOU REPRESENTED MANY MEMBERS IN GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS, AND I WILL SAY THAT FOR BOTH YOU AND MIKE, THIS JOB HAS EXCEEDED YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT'S ACTIVITIES BECAUSE YOU BECOME PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF ALL THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE STEPPED UP IN MANY WAYS TO DO THAT.
I KNOW THAT DURING YOUR TIME, I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE YOUR LITTLE PROGRESSION.
SO, UM, YOU WERE FIRST, OF COURSE, A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC AND THEN MOVED TO DRIVER ENGINEER, 2009 LIEUTENANT, 2014, CAPTAIN, 2018.
AND I KNOW YOU DID SWIFTWATER RESCUE AND YOU'RE CURRENTLY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TECHNICIAN.
AND UNLIKE MIKE YOU'RE NOT RETIRING.
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SO WE'RE KEEPING YOU AROUND.UM, SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SAY ANYTHING THEY LIKE.
AND I'LL START WITH CHAIRMAN ATKINS.
I'M GOING TO COME DOWN AND GIVE YOU YOURS.
WELL, YOU'RE ON THE HOT SEAT, BUT SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE YOU'VE DONE.
I REMEMBER 49 WAS SO CROWDED, YOU KNOW, YOU COULDN'T GET THERE.
SO MANY, UM, RUNS, THEY HAD TO RUN.
BUT YOU HAD BEEN A FIGHTER TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALL OUR STATION IS UPKEEP AND MADE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A, A PERSONALITY, THAT WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU, THEY KNOW YOU.
YOU'RE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT SAFETY FIRST.
YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WELL-BEING.
BUT ONE THING, YOU THINK ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT.
YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU NEED.
AND WE ALWAYS NEED MORE THINGS AND MORE THINGS WE NEED FOR THE CITY NOW.
BUT AGAIN, TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT.
UM. YOUR SINCERITY SHINES THROUGH.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE A NICE JOB OF SUMMARIZING YOUR LIFE ON PAPER.
AND THEN ALSO OFF OF THAT, THE COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION AND THE HELP IN EDUCATING US.
BUT WHAT I THINK I REMEMBER THE MOST IS HOW YOU ADVOCATE PASSIONATELY AND DIRECTLY FOR PEOPLE.
BUT HONESTLY, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IS TO JUST HEAR THE REAL TALK AND THE STRAIGHT TALK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION.
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THE WORK THAT THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.
AND AS HEARD BEFORE, EDUCATING US ON SOME OF THE TOPICS, TOPICS THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF.
AND IT'S NICE TO HEAR THOSE BIOS AND HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T KNOW IT ALL.
AND I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, CHAIR MIDDLETON GOING OVER THAT LENGTHY LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND OTHER TIMES WE'VE HAD SOME VERY SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS.
AND YOU'VE CERTAINLY HELPED LEAD A LOT OF OF GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST.
AND I AND I KNOW WHAT YOU DID ISN'T EASY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU, JIM. JIM, DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS? OF COURSE. UM, EVERY TIME THAT I GET THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO OUR BRAND NEW RECRUITS, I ALWAYS TELL THEM, UM, THAT THIS IS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD BEING A FIREFIGHTER.
THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE EMOTIONAL I GET AT TIMES.
UM, BEING A FIREFIGHTER IS A TRUE BLESSING, AND IT IS THE GREATEST JOB IN THE WORLD.
DON'T TELL THE COPS THAT, BUT IT IS.
UM. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, GETTING TO SERVE OUR MEMBERS AS, UH, ON OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD AND AS PRESIDENT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST HONOR FOR ME. GETTING TO KNOW Y'ALL, GETTING TO WORK WITH Y'ALL, UM, HAS BEEN IT'S WHAT MADE ME GO EVERY DAY.
UM, I LOVE DOING EVERYTHING THAT, UH, EVERY EVERY LITTLE BIT OF IT.
UM, I DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM THE HARD CONVERSATIONS.
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UH, THAT'S WHY I FOUGHT SO HARD FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.UM, I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF Y'ALL HOW THIS WHOLE PROCESS WORKS, HOW POLITICS WORKS.
UH, STARTING HERE DOWN IN AUSTIN.
UM, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS AND WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO IT WITHOUT Y'ALL AND WITHOUT Y'ALL'S SUPPORT.
UH, UH, YOU, MR. FORTUNE, TC, AC, MARY SUE, UM, YOU NAME IT, THERE'S EVERYBODY THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, UH, OVER THE YEARS.
WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM. AND OF COURSE, OUR COMMAND STAFF, UH, CHIEF ARTIS, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHER OF OF A PERSON AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND A LEADER OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US.
Y'ALL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US TO LISTEN AND TO HEAR WHAT WE HAD TO SAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T ALWAYS MAKE IT EASY.
UM, I WAS GOING TO STAND UP FOR OUR MEMBERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD WHAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND AN ABSOLUTE.
UM, COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MIKE MATA.
ABSOLUTELY. FROM THE BEGINNING.
UH, IT WAS HIM AND I FROM THE BEGINNING.
OUR TWO GROUPS DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE GREATEST OF RELATIONSHIP.
UM, I THINK MIKE AND I BOTH REALIZED FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE WERE MORE POWERFUL TOGETHER.
UM. AND WE ALWAYS WORKED TOGETHER ON EVERYTHING.
UH, DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO.
UNLIKE MIKE, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
COME BY AND SAY HI WHENEVER YOU FEEL LIKE IT.
THANK YOU. SO, UM, COMMITTEE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME DOWN TO THE CENTER, WE'LL TAKE PHOTOS.
WHY DON'T YOU COME DO THE PHOTO WITH US FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL DO IT WITH MIKE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE AGENDA A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.
WE ARE GOING TO START WITH BRIEFING A, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITING AND RETENTION UPDATE.
BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO FLIP TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UPDATE C.
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CHIEF GRIFFIN I'M SORRY.WE'RE GOING TO START WITH WE'RE GOING TO GO A C B D.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN NIELSEN AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I AM DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAM GRIFFITH, COMMANDER OF THE PERSONNEL DIVISION.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECRUITING IN DECEMBER ARE WE PROCESSED 28 APPLICANTS IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AND PLACED 25 IN BACKGROUND. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 57 IN BACKGROUND, AND WE HAVE PLACED 19 INTO THAT BACKGROUND PROCESS THIS MORNING FROM OUR ON SITE EVENT THIS WEEKEND.
I HAVE CURRENTLY 28 ASSIGNED TO THE NEXT CLASS, THIS ACADEMY CLASS THAT STARTS JANUARY THE 31ST, AND WE HAVE HIRED SIX OF THOSE AS PRE HIRES. I HAVE SIX APPLICANTS GOING THROUGH THE FINAL MEDICAL EVALUATIONS THIS WEEK, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THEM IN THE NEXT CLASS.
WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO PUT 30 PLUS IN THIS NEXT ACADEMY CLASS.
THE RECRUITERS ATTENDED FIVE CAREER FAIRS AND HIRING EVENTS, AND WE STAFFED INFORMATION TABLES AT 17 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UM, UH, AND COLLEGES AS WELL.
WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING STAGES FOR RECRUITING EVENTS IN NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA.
DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FIRE? AND THEN WE'LL ASK IF THERE'S QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M DALE WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.
SO OUR RECRUITERS THIS THIS PAST MONTH HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE MEMO BEFORE YOU, THERE ARE TWO DATES YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT PRIOR TO DECEMBER, OUR PROCESS CLOSED IN JULY.
SO OF THAT GROUP THAT CLOSED IN JULY, WE'VE HIRED 120.
UM, WE'VE HAD 60 IN UM, IN OCTOBER AND WE HIRED 60 MORE JANUARY 3RD.
SO WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEET OUR OUR GOALS OF 240.
SO SINCE WE OPENED UP THE PROCESS IN DECEMBER, LIKE I SAID, IT'LL BE YEAR ROUND.
WE'VE GOT 580 APPLICATIONS FROM THAT PERIOD WITHIN DECEMBER, AND OF THAT, 210 OF THEM HAVE BEEN REFERRED FROM CIVIL SERVICE. SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CONSTANTLY FLUCTUATE BECAUSE THAT'S ONCE THEY'RE REFERRED.
SO WITHIN THAT GROUP, UH, THE OTHERS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE ELIMINATED.
IT'S JUST THAT AT THIS POINT THEY HADN'T PASSED THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.
SO WE'VE GOT 210 THAT ARE IN THAT GROUP, ALONG WITH 63 THAT ARE REMAINING FROM THE GROUP THAT CLOSED IN JULY TO REACH OUR GOAL OF 60 CLASSES IN MARCH.
UM, SO IN THIS MONTH, WE'VE ATTENDED FIVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
WE WENT TO THREE HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, WHICH INCLUDED BOTH NORTH DALLAS CARTER AND ROOSEVELT.
UM, WE ARE ALSO STILL WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM, AS WELL AS THE ACADEMY AND POLICE AND I WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU, UH, SOON WITH A PRESENTATION OVER THE, UH, SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM SO IT WON'T CATCH YOU BY SURPRISE WHEN IT HITS YOUR DESK.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RECRUITING UPDATE? NO. SO FIRST I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FRAMEWORK FOR THESE MEMOS SO THAT WE JUST HAVE VERY CONSISTENT NUMBERS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, SORT OF AT A GLANCE.
UM, AND SO I WILL WORK WITH JOHN FORTUNE ON THAT.
UM, MY SECOND THING IS WE'VE, UM, THERE'S SOME DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING, BUT I'M HOPING NEXT MONTH YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH SOME NEW IDEAS AND PROGRAMS FOR DPD WITH RECRUITING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING AS WELL? YES, MA'AM.
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BETTER PLACE THAN IT WAS.BUT OUR FOCUS IS ON DPD AND TRYING TO GET THOSE NUMBERS UP.
AND SO PLEASE KNOW, I THINK YOU HAVE A COMMITTEE 100% COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING YOU TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET PEOPLE HIRED AND TO DO THE RETENTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR EXISTING OFFICERS, NOT JUST OUR MOST SENIOR.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO A BRIEFING B THEN.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SEE, THIS IS, UM.
YEAH. YOU GUYS READY TO SWITCH UP? AND BEFORE YOU BEGIN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS HOSTED A VERY LOVELY EVENT JUST BEFORE OUR MEETING.
AND I THINK SHE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME PEOPLE.
SO, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADVISORY COUNCIL, UM, HOSTED A LUNCHEON RIGHT BEFORE THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING TODAY TO HONOR OUR PARTNERS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, CITY STAFF, SCHOOLS, HEALTH CARE, AND OUR NONPROFITS TO COME TOGETHER AND ACKNOWLEDGE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH AND MAKE CONTACTS, MEET NEW PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP US ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF ELIMINATING THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE LUNCHEON TODAY AND WHO WORK IN THIS SPACE, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE YOU? WE HAD A GREAT ROOM. WE HAD OVER 60 PEOPLE TODAY.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING ON ON THIS RAINY DAY TO.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.
WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION? GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MENDELSOHN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, MAJOR DAVENPORT, UM, OVER THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION FOR DPD.
UM, HAVE WITH ME LIEUTENANT CYRUS ZAFRANI.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, UPDATE BRIEFING IS GOING TO BE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS INFORMATION ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR NGO AND ADVOCACY PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS FOR THE EVENT EARLIER.
UM, THIS TRAFFICKING CAN TAKE THE FORM OF SEX TRAFFICKING, LABOR TRAFFICKING, OR HUMAN SMUGGLING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VICTIMOLOGY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAN BE ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR CITIZENSHIP STATUS. SO I HAVE A GRAPHIC HERE.
OF NOTE, THERE'S ESTIMATED TO BE 313,000 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN TEXAS.
AND I REMIND YOU THAT THIS IS FROM 2016.
FOR AN OVERVIEW OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS FOR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE SPLIT OUR HUMAN TRAFFICKING EFFORTS INTO ADULT AND JUVENILE.
BOTH GROUPS INVESTIGATE TRAFFICKING, SMUGGLING, PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION, ONLINE PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION, AND COMPELLING PROSTITUTION, AND THEN WITH EACH GROUP, UM CID ADDITIONALLY INVESTIGATES PROSTITUTION AND THE HIGH RISK VICTIM SQUAD UH HANDLES SEX ASSAULT OF A CHILD WHEN TIED TO TRAFFICKING, AS WELL AS ONLINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR.
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SO TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS ARE GENERATED FROM TIPS FROM OTHER AGENCIES, ADVOCATES, THE PUBLIC UH, VICTIM OUTCRIES CPS AS WELL AS CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.UH DPD CONDUCTS THESE INVESTIGATIONS THROUGH UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS, SEARCH AND ARREST WARRANTS, HVT RECOVERIES, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR ADVOCATE PARTNERS FOR VICTIM PLACEMENT AND SERVICES.
UH, THESE ARE COMPLAINTS AND NOT NECESSARILY CONFIRMED OFFENSES OF TRAFFICKING.
UM, SOME ARE SUBSTANTIATED, SOME ARE NOT THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATIONS.
UM, IN THE ADULT DATA OF NOTE, UM, THE CASES HAVE INCREASED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
OUR CASELOAD HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND I REALLY HAVE TO THANK, UH, MISS JACKIE LEMONS, WHO IS OUR INTERNAL VICTIM ADVOCATE, WHO HAS BEEN DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB ON THAT FRONT, GETTING OUR VICTIMS IN TOUCH WITH OUR PARTNERS.
I HAVE A LARGE LIST OF OF PARTNERSHIPS, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADVISORY COUNCIL, HOMELAND SECURITY, A 21 SALVATION ARMY, THE LIST GOES ON.
THESE ARE JUST A FEW THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, CURRENTLY.
AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW PARTNERS, UM, IN THIS REALM.
UM. TO, UH, NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN JUST TO SHARE ONE SUCCESS STORY.
UH, SO IN 2023, WE HAD A TRAFFICKING VICTIM THAT MADE AN OUTCRY, UH, TO DPD.
THE VICTIM WAS WANTING TO RECEIVE SERVICES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO JOIN A PROGRAM DUE TO HAVING A DOG, WHICH WAS BASICALLY THIS VICTIM'S WHOLE LIFE WAS THIS WAS THIS DOG. SO THAT INCIDENT WAS WE WERE ABLE TO START A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STREET DOG PROJECT.
UH, TO ASSIST ANIMALS OWNED BY VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DOG PLACED WITH THE STREET DOG PROJECT.
UH, THE VICTIM WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO TESTIFY AGAINST HER TRAFFICKER WHO WAS FOUND GUILTY.
UH, AND THAT VICTIM IS CURRENTLY FINISHING HER GED AND IS WORKING ON ATTENDING A TRADE SCHOOL.
NEXT SLIDE. AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT ZAFRANI.
UH, THAT SQUAD IS OVERSEEN BY SERGEANT KRISTEN ALVARADO.
THROUGH FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATIONS, THEY IDENTIFY AND ARREST THEIR PERPETRATORS AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES UH, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, NONPROFITS, NGOS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS.
UM, WHICH HELP OUR KIDS MAKE A CHANGE IN THEIR LIFE AND MAKE THAT TRANSITION TO BECOMING A SURVIVOR.
UM, WE WORK, UH, CASES INVOLVING VICTIMS THAT ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, 17 AND YOUNGER, AND WE ARE NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A GOLD STANDARD IN, IN, IN THIS LINE OF WORK.
SO WHAT MAKES A VICTIM A HIGH RISK STATUS? WE LOOK AT CERTAIN CRITERIA WHICH WE HAVE HONED OVER MANY YEARS.
UM, WHAT MAKES, UH, WHAT MAKES THEM HIGH, UH, HIGH RISK VICTIMS IS IF THERE HAVE BEEN A RUNAWAY IN THE PAST, IF THEY HAVE BEEN A RUNAWAY FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT CHILDREN CANNOT SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN IN THE STREETS, AND THEY REQUIRE THE ASSISTANCE OF AN ADULT.
SO LISTED HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE CRITERIA.
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AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE, UH, IMMIGRATION STATUS, HOUSING INSTABILITY, UH, BEING, UH, LIVING IN A, IN A HOME, UH, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHERS.THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023.
UH, WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 99 RECOVERIES OF JUVENILES.
UH, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF.
AND THEN 74 FELONY ARRESTS WERE MADE INVOLVING THOSE 99 RECOVERIES.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE THOSE INVESTIGATIONS, WE COME ACROSS ADDITIONAL VICTIMS AND ADDITIONAL, UH, PERPETRATORS AND SUSPECTS THAT WE WILL MAKE ARRESTS ON IN THE COMING YEAR.
SO A BIG PART OF JUVENILE TRAFFICKING IS COMBAT.
COMBATING JUVENILE TRAFFICKING IS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
THIS UNIT HAS A DEDICATED OFFICER, OFFICER TONY NEWSOME, WHO DEVELOPS SCHEDULES AND PRESENTS UM UH TRAINING EVENTS TO UH STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND BECOMING AWARE OF THOSE SIGNS.
IN 2023, HE CONDUCTED 257 PRESENTATIONS TO MORE THAN 13,500 ATTENDEES.
UH, WE ALSO EDUCATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.
AND THEY SHARED THEIR KNOWLEDGE BY TEACHING AT MANY NATIONAL CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE WORLD RENOWNED CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN CONFERENCE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE DALLAS CONFERENCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.
THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE PARTNERS.
UM, DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER HELPS US COORDINATE A LOT OF THESE.
AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND MENTION THAT NOT ONLY DO THESE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, HELP OUR OUR CHILDREN THAT ARE RECOVERED MAKE THAT TRANSITION INTO BECOMING SURVIVORS AND MAKING A CHANGE IN THEIR LIFE, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE CARE OF THE DETECTIVES AND THE STAFF IN THE UNIT, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS HARD WORK AND IT'S TAXING NOT ONLY ON THE DETECTIVES AND THE OFFICERS, BUT ALSO ON THEIR FAMILIES.
SO THEY ARE BIG SUPPORTERS OF OURS.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT, UH, SUCCESS STORY THAT I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT THIS YEAR IN DECEMBER, RIGHT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, WE RAN THE FIRST, UH, OPERATION OF ITS KIND.
IT'S CALLED OPERATION YULETIDE RESCUE.
AND THIS WAS A TWO DAY OPERATION INVOLVING DOZENS OF OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THROUGH THIS OPERATION, WE MADE THREE RECOVERIES AND MADE TWO FELONY ARRESTS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL OUTCRIES, WHICH ARE LEADING TO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS AND ADDITIONAL RECOVERIES TIED TO THOSE TIED TO THAT INVESTIGATION.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO, UH, JACOB ALLEN FROM OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, UM, TO UNVEIL THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DASHBOARD THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DBI ON. JACOB ALLEN, DATA ANALYTICS ADMINISTRATOR, DBI FILLING IN FOR DOCTOR ANDREW CHECK AS SHE HAD AN EMERGENCY THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HONORABLE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY.
THE OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, ALONG WITH DALLAS POLICE, HAVE PARTNERED WITH LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS TO BRING TO YOU THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DASHBOARD. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE DASHBOARD IS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, INCREASE AWARENESS, AND SHOWCASE THE RESULTS OF OUR COMBINED EFFORTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
I HAVE HERE WITH ME TODAY THE TWO PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS OF THE PROJECT, MISS JENNIFER REED AND MR. MIGUEL VELEZ, WHO WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE DASHBOARD AND ITS INTENDED PURPOSE.
JENNIFER REED, DATA SCIENCE ANALYST TWO DBI WHEN PUBLISHED, THIS TOOL FOR THE PUBLIC WILL BE UPDATED DAILY WITH CITY DATA AND BE UPDATED QUARTERLY WITH DATA FROM OUR PARTNERS AND THE OVERVIEW PAGE ILLUSTRATING BOTH THE WORK BEING DONE BY OUR CITY AND THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
NEXT TO THE NAVIGATION PANEL, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON EVERY PAGE ACROSS THE TOP AND BRIGHTER BLUE, WE START WITH THE NUMBER OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRIMES HERE, INCLUSIVE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS WELL AS COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.
OF THOSE 118 CRIMES, 29 OCCURRED WHERE THE TRAFFICKER KNEW THE VICTIM PRIOR TO EXPLOITATION.
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OUR OWN CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT IN 2023 RECOVERED 99 YOUTH AND 745 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN SERVED BY OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.THESE INTERCONNECTED METRICS FROM THE CITY AND OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SHED LIGHT ON THE ISSUE.
ONE CAN KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR THIS PARTICULAR CRIME, EVEN WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DETECT AS TRAFFICKERS OFTEN, OFTEN, UH, CONDITION THE TRAFFICKED ACROSS TIME USING LIES, THREATS, AND INTIMIDATION TO LIE TO THE POLICE AND OTHER AUTHORITIES REGARDING FACTS AS SIMPLE AS THEIR OWN NAMES AND DATES OF BIRTH.
DISTRICTS IN THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST HAVE EXPERIENCED HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THIS LAST YEAR.
THIS CRIME IS NOT ISOLATED TO ANY ONE TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL, NOR, UH.
IT AFFECTS MEN AS WELL AS WOMEN, ADULTS AS WELL AS YOUTH.
NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, A NOTE TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE SCOPE OF CRIMES REPORTED AND IDENTIFIED ARE FOLLOWED BY AN INFOGRAPHIC THAT IS A VISUAL TO HELP WITH THE EDUCATIONAL UTILITY OF THIS DASHBOARD COVERING EXIT PATHWAYS FOR SURVIVORS.
HERE WE ARE NOTING ALSO SEX TRAFFICKING AND LABOR TRAFFICKING ARE INCLUDED.
I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MIGUEL VELEZ TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE NEXT FEW PAGES.
THE DALLAS POLICE PAGE OFFERS VALUABLE METRICS INCLUDING TOTAL CRIMES AND NUMBER OF RECOVERIES.
DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AS YOU HOVER OVER EACH INDIVIDUAL VISUAL ON THE PAGE.
THE MAP ON THIS PAGE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CRIMES BY DIVISION.
THIS SHOWS THAT THIS CRIME IS NOT RESTRICTED TO ANY ONE PART OF THE CITY.
LASTLY, UTILIZING DATA FROM THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT, WE HAVE A GRAPH THAT HELPS VISUALIZE THE NUMBER OF YOUTHS WHO ARE MAKING AN OUTCRY OR REPORTING TO OFFICERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE RAN AWAY.
AND THANKFULLY, BEING ASSISTED AND PICKED UP BY DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS.
AS WE MOVE TO THE ADVOCACY PAGE.
WE CAN SEE THE IMPACT OF THEIR WORK DISPLAYED ON THIS PAGE.
AS WITH EVERYTHING ON THIS DASHBOARD, MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AS YOU HOVER OVER THE VISUALS.
I'LL NOW TURN IT BACK OVER TO JENNA FOR THE FINAL TWO PAGES.
WE GO NOW TO THE HOW I CAN HELP PAGE WITH RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO MAY BE EXPERIENCING OR WITNESSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING OR PROSTITUTION, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON IDENTIFYING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SUCH AS COMMON SIGNS AS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
AND BELOW THIS IS AN INFOGRAPHIC DISPLAYING THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM INTAKE BY A TRAFFICKER, SUCH AS AN ACQUAINTANCE OR INTIMATE PARTNER WHO INITIATES THE TRAFFICKING THROUGH EXPLOITATION AND FINALLY ESCAPE AND RECOVERY.
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IN TOTAL, AN OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME THAT CAN BE UTILIZED AS ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THIS COMPLEX SITUATION.FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR DASHBOARD, WE HAVE PROVIDED AN INFO PAGE HERE WHICH CONTAINS DETAILS ON SOURCES AND A FULL GLOSSARY OF TERMS THAT MAY BE UNFAMILIAR TO THE PUBLIC, WITH DEFINITIONS COLLECTED FROM ACROSS THE VARIOUS MAIN PAGES.
THANK YOU, HONORABLE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME.
I WILL NOW HAND IT BACK TO MAJOR POLK.
ALL RIGHT. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEBBIE, I GUESS BEFORE WE WRAP UP.
OR DO YOU WANT ME TO FINISH? WELL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, DID YOU WANT DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REPORT? I THINK ON, UM.
AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE LAUNCHING SOMETHING LIKE A DASHBOARD AND ASKING, UM, NONPROFITS AND OTHERS TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, GIVE ACCESS TO THEIR INFORMATION. UM, IT'S A LITTLE BETTER WHEN WE HAVE A PROOF OF CONCEPT.
SO I THINK THAT THAT JUST SO EVERYONE ELSE IS FAMILIAR, IS THAT WE HOPE THAT THIS, THESE NUMBERS WILL BECOME MORE ROBUST BECAUSE OTHERS SEE IT, SEE HOW IT CAN BE HELPFUL AND WILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE HAD INPUT ON.
I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUR CITY RESOURCES AND WASTE TIME.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON IT.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE LAUNCH PAD AND THAT IT WILL ONLY GET STRONGER.
ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS? I HAVE 1 OR 2.
SO ONE IS UP 400%, ANOTHER 200%.
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE HOW THAT CAME TO BE, THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ARREST SO MANY MORE PEOPLE, AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S CHANGED, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, OR YOU WERE JUST ABLE TO GO UP TO A NEW LEVEL? SO I THINK A LOT OF THAT CHANGE.
COUNCIL MEMBER UM, WE HAVE REORGANIZED THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, UH, WHERE WE HAVE, UH, EVERY DETECTIVE IN THERE IS CROSS TRAINED BETWEEN NARCOTICS AND VICE.
AND IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S ANY UPTICK BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK IN MY DISTRICT THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES, UM, WITHIN THE MIGRANT COMMUNITY. SO FOR SMUGGLING STRICTLY REPORTED TO DPD.
UH, WE HAD TWO CASES LAST YEAR.
OKAY. AND THEN IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS THAT IT'S NOT GETTING? I MEAN, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU LOOK ON PAGE FIVE, UM, SLIDE FIVE AND YOU SEE THESE KINDS OF NUMBERS 313 WORKER I'M SORRY, 313 VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN TEXAS.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE? UM, QUITE FRANKLY, COUNCIL MEMBER I MEAN, EVENTS LIKE WE HAD TODAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS IS GETTING THAT OUTREACH.
GETTING THAT EDUCATION IS, UM, AS YOU SAID, WE'RE JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE.
AND I THINK AS MORE OF THE PUBLIC BECOMES AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, UM, YOU KNOW, YES, NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP, REPORTS OF CASES ARE GOING TO GO UP. BUT I WOULD RATHER THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE THAT THAN IT BE SOMETHING THAT'S HIDDEN AND NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.
WELL, UP THERE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
YOU ARE DOING INCREDIBLE WORK.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS.
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED, OF COURSE YOU HAVE WONDERFUL CONTACTS.
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BUT PLEASE KNOW, I THINK THE COUNCIL 100% STANDS BEHIND YOU AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.WELL, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY? JUST BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I JUST WANT TO THANK THIS TEAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS THIS THESE UNITS IS REALLY BEEN REMARKABLE TO WATCH THE PROGRESS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS.
OKAY, WELL, LET'S GO TO THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN UPDATE.
WELL, CHIEF GARCIA, YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN IN THE NEWS QUITE A BIT WITH THIS UPDATE.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND MAJOR SCOGGINS, READY TO GO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIRPERSON.
UH, I'M HERE TODAY, UH, I'M MAJOR JASON SCOGGINS.
I'M OVER THE VIOLENT CRIME PLANNING UNIT AND CRIME PLAN EVALUATOR.
THIS UPDATE IS TO PROVIDE, UH, STATS, REALLY, FOR OUR CRIME PLAN AND HOW IT'S MADE AN IMPACT CITYWIDE. AND IT'S THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER.
SO I'LL START OFF WITH OUR OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN, UH, 13.79%.
UH, THANKS TO WE TARGETED THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT NON FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENSES BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE CLOSEST OFFENSE YOU GET TO HOMICIDE.
I MEAN WITHOUT GOING REALLY DEEP INTO IT, THESE ARE LIKE ATTEMPTED HOMICIDES IF YOU WILL.
UM THAT NUMBER FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
SO THAT WAS A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE OVERALL UH VIOLENT CRIME BEING DOWN THIS YEAR.
WE DROPPED AS FAR AS OUR GRIDS AND WORKING OUR GRIDS.
OUR INCIDENTS WENT FROM 43 INCIDENTS DOWN TO 23 INCIDENTS.
UH, SO WE WERE ABLE TO DECREASE, UH, VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS BY 20, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERING A LOT OF THOSE INCIDENTS INVOLVED MULTIPLE VICTIMS. OFFENSES INVOLVING GUNS ARE DOWN OVER 12%.
UM. INCIDENTS OF SHOOTING RELATED VIOLENT CRIME OFFENSES ARE CURRENTLY DOWN OVER 20%.
THE BOTTOM LINE MEANING IS THAT FOR 2023, WE HAD OVER 1500 LESS VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME, WHICH IS I THINK IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER TO END THE YEAR WITH.
OUR P AND I TEAM DID SOME GREAT WORK TO ATTRIBUTE TO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.
THEY FOCUS SOLELY ON OUR P AND I LOCATIONS AND THEN OUR REALLY TOP VERY ACTIVE GRID LOCATIONS.
AND FOR THE YEAR THEY MADE 201 ARRESTS.
OF THOSE ARRESTS, UH, THERE WAS 265 FELONY CHARGES, WHICH MEANS SOME PEOPLE WENT TO JAIL WITH MORE THAN ONE FELONY CHARGE. AND THEN OF THESE ARRESTS, UH, THE P AND I GROUP SUBMITTED 21 CASES, UH, FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTION. AND IF YOU COUPLE THAT WITH OUR PSN GUYS, UH, THAT WAS A TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS SENT FOR FEDERAL PROSECUTION IS 88.
AND THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AS WELL AS FAR AS COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME.
I MEAN, IF THOSE CASES WHEN THEY'RE SUBMITTED FEDERALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTED WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN.
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AND WON'T BE ALLOWED TO VIOLATE FURTHER VICTIMS AT THAT POINT.SO IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH PERIOD 13, UH, WORKING OUR PERIOD 13 GRIDS 63 GRIDS STARTED ON DECEMBER 1ST.
I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. KEVIN NODEN. THANK YOU, SIR, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MEMBERS AND MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, THIS MONTH, OUR WORK IN PUBLIC SAFETY DIVERSION PROGRAMS. FOR US, THAT IS THE CRISIS INTERVENTION UNIT AS WELL AS THE RIGHT CARE TEAM.
AND ULTIMATELY, THE MISSION OF THESE TEAMS IS TO DIVERT INDIVIDUALS FROM JAIL OR HOSPITALS AND INTO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS THAT TREAT THE ROOT CAUSES OF BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS.
NOW, WHEN WE COMPARE THE NUMBERS OF ARRESTS UNDER A MENTAL HEALTH HOLD IN DALLAS COMPARING 2023 TO 2021, WE'VE SEEN THESE ARRESTS REDUCED BY 35%.
JUST COMPARING 2023 TO 2022, THERE WERE OVER 1200 LESS ARRESTS ON MENTAL HEALTH HOLDS.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR PARTNERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LESS TIME AT HOSPITALS, IN WAITING AREAS, CHECKING PERSONS INTO JAIL, OR OTHER SCENARIOS THAT MAY NOT BE THE BEST OUTCOME FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
THUS, MORE TIME AVAILABLE TO ANSWER CALLS OR TO POTENTIALLY DIVERT OTHER CRIMES FROM OCCURRING.
SO I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK AND THE INVESTMENT THIS COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE HAS MADE IN THESE DIVERSION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF OUR OTHER PROGRAMS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP, UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SUCCESSES THAT WE HAD, UH, THIS LAST YEAR WITH THE TOTAL REDUCTION, UM, HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONE NUMBER THAT WE'RE NOT PLEASED ABOUT.
UM, THAT'S THE FACT THAT WE HAVE 32 MORE VICTIMS OF MURDER.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE LOOK AS TO HOW BEST TO ATTACK THAT ISSUE AND DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE, WE'RE STRONGLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO REDUCE INCIDENTS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND INCIDENTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS OF VIOLENT CRIME THAT WE'VE HAD IN FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE HAD THE LEAST AMOUNT OF VICTIMS AND WE'VE HAD IN FIVE YEARS.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, THAT NUMBER, UH, WITH THE MURDER VICTIM STANDS OUT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE START LOOKING AND DRILLING DOWN AT THE DATA, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES INVOLVING, UH, THESE ACTS OF VIOLENCE THAT HAVE TAKEN LIVES, UM, THAT, THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR CONVENTIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFTENTIMES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA AS YOU DRILL DOWN INTO THE INTO THE NUMBERS 78, A TOTAL OF 78 OF, UH, OF THE MURDERS THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY OCCURRED INSIDE A RESIDENCE.
AND THIS ISN'T NEW BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE, THAT THIS IS NOT SURPRISING TO ANYONE, BUT ABOUT 70 OF THEM OCCURRED ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UM, YOU LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, 115 OF OUR VICTIMS KNEW THEIR ASSAILANT.
UH, THERE'S ANOTHER 80 THAT WE DON'T KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT I THINK STATISTICALLY YOU CAN SAY THAT SOME OF THOSE DID AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO, AS A DEPARTMENT, NEED TO, UH, NEED TO COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS TO, UH, BE OF A PRESENCE IN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THE ONES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN BEEN ISSUES, UH, WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE.
UH, WE NEED TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND TALKING TO THE CRIMINOLOGISTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING GOING INTO THIS YEAR, IS ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IN A LIFE OF VIOLENT CRIME, UH, ARE GIVEN THE TWO MESSAGES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE IT.
UM, AND WE'LL USE EVERY TOOL WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE NOT HURTING OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, OFFER THEM, UH, SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS TO HELP THEM GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
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AND I JUST RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM TENNESSEE COLONY, UM, A FEW WEEKS BACK, AND I WENT WITH ANTON LUCKY TO TALK TO A GROUP OF OF MEN THAT WERE GRADUATING FROM A LIFE SKILLS.UH, LESSON, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT PRISON, SOME THAT WERE GETTING THAT ARE GOING TO BE GETTING PAROLED BACK OUT TO DALLAS, UH, SOME ONE THAT GAVE A SPEECH THAT WAS ON YEAR 12, I THINK, OF A 35 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE.
AND SO DEFINITELY RAN THE GAMUT.
UH, BUT GIVING THE MESSAGE, UH, AND LISTENING TO THOSE MEN, UH, THERE'S HOPE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, AS WE CONTINUE OUR CALL IN SESSIONS THAT WE DO QUARTERLY, UH, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, UH, AND CERTAINLY THAT'S GOING TO BE THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVERSE THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SATISFIED.
UH, AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING HARD, UH, TO DO OUR BEST FOR THE CITY.
THANK YOU. ARE YOU DONE? OKAY, I'M JUST GETTING A LOOK LIKE HERE COME THE QUESTIONS OR WE'RE DONE, I WASN'T SURE WHICH ONE IT WAS.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO'D LIKE TO GO FIRST WITH QUESTIONS? OKAY. YES, CHAIRMAN STEWART.
HAVE BEEN PROCESSING THE DASHBOARD PROCESSING.
UM, THIS, UH, POWERPOINT FOR THE LAST DAY OR SO, AND, UM, I I'M, I MEAN, LET ME JUST ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE GRID. SO WHEN YOU'RE PICKING YOUR GRIDS, DOES THAT IS ARE ARE THOSE CHOICES DETERMINED BY WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THE MURDERS OR THE VIOLENT CRIME? THOSE. YES.
SO THE WAY WE EVALUATE EVERY 60 DAYS, UM, AND TO BE A GRID IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE LED THE CITY IN INCIDENCE OF MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
RIGHT. AND THE GRIDS ARE FAIRLY SMALL AREAS.
THEY'RE 300FT, IS THAT RIGHT? BY ABOUT 300 FEET BY 3030.
A LITTLE LARGER THAN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
I MEAN, YOUR ANALYSIS IS SPOT ON.
AND I'M SURE THERE, THERE IN YOUR NEXT SET OF GRIDS IF, IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE, IN THE PHASE 13 SET.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
I THINK I JUST, UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO KNOW ABOUT, HOW YOU WHAT YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS OR HOW YOU'RE GOING TO, UM, TO ATTACK THE MURDER RATE AND HOW TO BRING THAT DOWN.
AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE OVERSHADOWED BY THIS, BUT YET IT IS JUST A BIT OVERSHADOWED.
RIGHT. BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THAT NUMBER, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VICTIMOLOGY, UM, AND REALLY, IT IS SOMEWHAT ASTONISHING TO SEE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THAT ARE VICTIMS, UM, THAT ARE INVOLVED IN CRIME AT THE TIME WHEN THE MURDER HAPPENS OR DOING OTHER THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING AND PUTTING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
AND IT'S A DIFFICULT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE REALLY WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE DOWN OUR EFFORTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO REALLY ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IN A LIFE OF CRIME HAVE A MORE POSITIVE PATHWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALSO SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.
I MEAN, AT TIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU SAY WE'VE WE'VE LOST THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS COMMITTING MURDER BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST A DICE GAME.
UM, WE HAD AN UNFORTUNATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MURDER JUST RECENTLY, UH, THAT OCCURRED IN A RESIDENCE WITH TWO, UM, 17 YEAR OLDS, UM, BOYFRIEND. IT'S SENSELESS, A LOT OF IT IS, UH, AND IT'S OCCURRING IN AREAS THAT THAT TRADITIONALLY, UM, WE AREN'T NECESSARILY THERE.
SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE NOT JUST OUR PRESENCE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THE PROACTIVE NATURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE TEAM CONSTANTLY, AND TO YOUR POINT, WE'RE NEVER SATISFIED.
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UM, SO I HAVEN'T BEEN SATISFIED SINCE DAY ONE.UH, I KNOW MY MEN AND WOMEN AREN'T EITHER.
UM, AND SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DOUBLE DOWN OUR EFFORTS ON THAT, BUT WE TRULY BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH REGARDS TO THE LEAST AMOUNT OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE WILL LEAD TO MORE SUCCESS IN THAT AREA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ASSISTANT CHIEF KATRINA SHEAD OF THE INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU.
WE HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THOSE HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS.
AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LIST OF PARTICIPATING IN THOSE HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS.
UH, I THINK, UH, TO THE CHIEF'S POINT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THAT.
UM, WE NEED OUR PARTNERS TO ASSIST US WITH THAT.
YEAH, I'M VISUALIZING A ONE PAGE FLIER THAT WE COULD GET OUT TO PARENTS.
UM, THESE FOLKS, WHATEVER THEIR AGE.
UM, SO I'M, I THINK IT WOULDN'T HURT TO TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
IT'S THINGS THAT WE, SOME OF MANY OF US INTUITIVELY KNOW WOULD KNOW NOT TO DO THAT SOMEHOW WHAT WAS PART OF AN UPBRINGING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW JUST IS BEING SKIPPED OVER.
I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
WITH THE MAJORITY OF OUR SUSPECTS AND VICTIMS ARE BETWEEN THE AGE OF 20 AND 29.
AND SO THAT MESSAGE IS NOT FULLY GETTING TO SOME OF OUR YOUNGER CITIZENS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHO 20 AND 29 YEAR OLDS LISTEN TO.
ABSOLUTELY. BUT MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOMEONE, UM, A PEER TYPE PERSON WHO COULD HELP US WITH THAT.
THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE SAYING CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CRIME WHERE THEY WERE MURDERED? WELL, DRUG SALES, UH, WE HAD A MURDER WHERE, UH, THEY WERE SELLING GUNS, UH, ILLEGALLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION.
OKAY. AND SO YOU SAID THERE WERE 100 THAT WERE INVOLVED IN HIGH RISK AND 68 IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
AND THAT'S OF THE 246 MURDERS, ACTUALLY, 107 WERE INVOLVED IN HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR AND 68, UH, WERE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. SO, YES, MORE THAN MORE THAN HALF.
OKAY. UM, COUNSELOR WILLIS, SIR.
THANK YOU. UM, SO I APPRECIATE YOU BREAKING THIS DOWN FURTHER AND GIVING EXAMPLES, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HEAR THIS, AS RESIDENTS HEAR IT AND THEY HEAR THAT MURDERS ARE UP, UM, THAT'S AN ALARMING THING TO HEAR.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO DISTILL THAT, SOME OF THESE ARE VERY MUCH RELATED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN PROCESS, HANGING AROUND KNOWN CRIMINALS AND SOME OF THE OTHER FACTORS YOU'VE INDICATED, IT BEGINS TO, I THINK, FRAME THIS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN FEEL, UM, A SENSE OF SAFETY. UM, BUT IT ALSO SPEAKS TO GETTING TO THE POINT, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PREVENT SOME OF THESE THINGS FROM HAPPENING IN A RESIDENCE OR SOME OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES
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WITHOUT THE FRONT END LEARNING, WHICH TO THE POINT STARTS A LOT EARLIER.THIS IS WHY IN SCHOOLS, I MEAN, FOR THOSE WHO OBJECT TO SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, I MEAN, HOW DO YOU THINK IT HAPPENS? I MEAN, KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE ANGER, UM, HOW TO HAVE A PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE WHEN YOU'RE UPSET, UM, ARE SOME OF THE FUNDAMENTALS THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THIS KIND OF REDUCTION.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY BE LAID AT THE FEET OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND ALSO OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.
I MEAN, THOSE WHO ARE THE 20 TO 29 YEARS OLD.
I MEAN, HOW HOW DO YOU GET AT THAT? WELL, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE STREET AND HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME LIVED EXPERIENCE TO WORK ON THAT.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, I GUESS SOME OF THOSE THAT I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD RANDOM NECESSARILY, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES HAVE WE STUDIED OR DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF RESPONSE TIME VERSUS MURDER? I MEAN, AN ASSAULT.
IS THERE ANY LINK WITH RESPONSE TIME? WE HAVEN'T DELVED DOWN AS TO THE RESPONSE TIME PERSPECTIVE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE HERE IN DALLAS THAT WE HAVE THE TRAUMA TRAUMA CENTERS.
UM, BUT FROM A RESPONSE TIME PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVEN'T DRILLED DRILLED DOWN THERE.
OKAY. SO COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I COULD ADD EXCUSE ME, IF I COULD ADD TO THAT AT NEXT MONTH'S, UH, EITHER THIS NEXT MONTH OR THE MONTH AFTER THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ABOUT SOME CHANGES AND RESPONSES THAT WE THINK WILL DRAMATICALLY HELP WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, KEEPING THEM HOPEFULLY FROM BECOMING A MURDERER. IF IF THAT'S TO YOUR POINT, I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON, UM, WHAT WE CAN WITHIN DPD, BUT ALSO DFR IS LOOKING AT SOME SOME NEW PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CALLED BECAUSE THERE'S SOMEONE'S BEEN WOUNDED AND YOU'RE TRYING DFR IS TRYING TO PREVENT THAT PERSON FROM DYING.
I'M WONDERING IF SOMETHING THAT'S AN AG ASSAULT IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME BECOMES MURDER.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, IS THAT RESPONSE TIME? WHAT IS THE THE ROLE WHAT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DETECT? I'M NOT EVEN SURE HOW YOU WOULD GET AT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FOR OUR PARTNERS IN THIS.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN HOW QUICKLY INDIVIDUALS GET MEDICAL HELP.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT TO HAVE BEEN AT ALL AN ISSUE.
UM, MOVING FORWARD, ANOTHER THING THAT THAT, UH, THAT YOU MENTIONED, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT RESONATED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DISD SUPERINTENDENT.
UH, FOR SOME OF HER STUDENTS AS WELL.
UM, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH HER LAST WEEK.
UM, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S NO DIFFERENT.
UM, THAT WE NEED TO REALLY GET THE MESSAGE OUT.
WELL, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH DISD.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE MORE ISD'S THAT TOUCH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE DISTRICTS THAT TOUCH OTHER ISD'S MAYBE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE BEING CONNECTED WITH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL, SO THAT WE'RE EDUCATING EARLIER, UM, AROUND GOOD PRACTICE AND WHAT IT CAN TURN INTO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHEN YOU SAID THE THEORY BASED ON THE THEORY THAT CRIME IS CONCENTRATED IN SMALL AREAS? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, WHEN IF YOU SPEAK UH COUNCIL MEMBER WITH THE CRIMINOLOGISTS.
WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND, UH, IS THAT AGAIN GOING.
UH, AND THE SAME THING GOES WITH NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND USUALLY IT'S CONCENTRATED IN AREAS.
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SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A SMALL AREA, UH, CONCENTRATED AREA, I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO ONE BLOCK I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS SIMPSON STUART AND BONNIEVIEW AND THAT SMALL AREA, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE MURDERS, YOU KNOW, ONE AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL, ONE AT THE APARTMENT AND ONE AT THE HIGH MARK AND THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS ON A GRID.BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT GRID, DO THEY DO YOUR GRID.
DO YOU EVER GO BACK TO THE GRIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY EVER GET OFF THE GRID.
DO YOU EVER GO BACK TO THE GRID? IF SO, HOW DO YOU WHAT IS THE PROCESS? SO YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES YOU KNOW THE, THE THE GRIDS THAT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE TREATING WILL FALL OFF THE GRIDS AND THEY DON'T THEN SOMETIMES THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK.
UH, OTHER TIMES THERE ARE GRIDS THAT REMAIN.
UH, BUT WE EVALUATE THAT EVERY 60 DAYS.
WE BEGAN EVALUATING EVERY 90 DAYS.
UH, AND SO SOMETIMES GRIDS COME BACK.
RIGHT. AND, AND I GUESS, UH, GETTING TO SOME POINT THAT WHEN WE REPORT CRIME IN THE WHOLE CITY OVERALL, YOU KNOW, IN THE WHOLE CITY, AND WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN THE WHOLE CITY, AND YOU LOOK AT MAYBE THERE MAY BE 20 DIFFERENT 100 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, YOU KNOW, SHOPLIFTING OR VIOLENT CRIME, UH, UH, BE, UH, THEFT OR WHATEVER.
DO WE EVER LOOK AT WHAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE DISTRICT WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE? YOU KNOW, MAYBE BECAUSE OF APARTMENTS, MAYBE BECAUSE OF WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
AND HOW DO WE COMBAT WITH THE RESIDENT, WITH YOUR CRIME WATCH NEIGHBORHOODS AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, YOU HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF SHOPLIFTING IN THE AREA IN WHICH THAT MAYBE THE STORES OR WHATEVER.
DO WE EDUCATE OR REEDUCATE THE MERCHANT OR WHAT DO WE DO? WE CERTAINLY DO OUR VERY BEST TO EDUCATE.
AND WE DO OUR BEST TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, FOR, UH, TO WORK WITH THEM.
GOOD. AND THEN ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE P&I FRAMEWORK THEORY THAT WE HAVE IN PRACTICE RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE ALSO LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE VIOLENT CRIME THAT'S TAKING PLACE, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CRIME THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR KEVIN ODINS OFFICE AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO COME TO THE TABLE AND REALLY HAVE THAT TEAMWORK WHERE WE PUT TOGETHER A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS NOT ONLY THE VIOLENT CRIME PIECE OF IT, BUT ALSO THOSE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS AS WELL.
GREAT FOR THAT. UM, UH, SOMETIME, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU LOOK AT HANGING OUT, UM, AT, UH GROCERY STORES IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UH, MY MAIN CONCERN SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT, IS AROUND SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WHEN KIDS IS WALKING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, GOING TO THE HOME, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE HANGING OUT ON THE CORNER, AND THERE IS A DETERMINANT THAT'S VERY VIOLENT TO ME AS A VIOLENT SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE AN 8 YEAR OLD GIRL, A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL WALKING, AND HERE IS SOME A MALE SITTING THERE ON THE CORNER DRINKING OR SMOKING, DOING WHATEVER.
AND THE RESPONSE TIME IS VERY SHORT, TO GET THERE IS NOT A CRIME IS HAPPENING.
BUT THERE IS A SITUATION ABOUT TO HAPPEN.
AND MY CONCERN IS NUMBER ONE IS TRYING TO GET OUR OFFICERS EVEN THOUGH WE SHORTHANDED.
BUT WE DO HAVE ISSUES TRYING TO, UH, SOLVE A PROBLEM FOR THE PROBLEM TO HAPPEN AND TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CRIME WATCH, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE YOUR MPO OFFICER I BELIEVE SOMETIME THAT THEY DOING A GREAT JOB A BEAUTIFUL JOB BUT SOMETIMES THAT YOU FORGET THAT AT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION YOU GOT TO COME BACK.
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YOU KNOW IT'S GO AWAY THEN IT POP BACK UP AGAIN, IT GO AWAY, POP UP AGAIN BECAUSE SCHOOL MIGHT BE IN.BUT THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT I HAVE IN MY DISTRICT, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND HOW DO WE RESPOND BACK TO OUR CRIME WATCHERS NEIGHBORHOOD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM IN DETAIL WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN CRIME IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND SO, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOUR OFFICE, UH, TO GET THAT MESSAGE, TO GET OUR MPOS TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE WATCH GROUPS WHICH WE KNOW ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.
UH, AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, EVERY DISTRICT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS ARE UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR MPOS AND OUR AND I KNOW THAT CHIEF REYES IS GOING TO BE DIRECTING, UH, IF NOT ALREADY DOING SO, UH, HIS MPOS TO HAVE THOSE HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE ORGANIZED GROUPS.
RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE RESIDENT, UH, THE COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HELP OUT? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? UH, I WOULD SAY REALLY TO HELP TO HELP US OUT.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. I DON'T WANT, LIKE, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO HAVE APATHY, UH, BUT TO CONTINUE TO CALL US, UH, CERTAINLY THE SUPPORT, UH, THAT WE'RE GIVEN BY OUR COMMUNITY IS INCREDIBLE.
BUT CONTINUING THAT COLLABORATION IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M OUT AT ALL THOSE MEETINGS AND I SEE THAT COLLABORATION HAPPENING, UH, AND GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM MY HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CONTINUE TO, TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THOSE BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR MPOS, UH, BECAUSE THERE ARE EYES AND EARS, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO GET THROUGH THESE ISSUES AS AS YOU JUST POINTED OUT JUST NOW WITH INDIVIDUALS, UH, YOU KNOW, LOITERING OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AND THOSE TYPE OF SITUATIONS TO GIVE US THAT KNOWLEDGE.
AND, AND I'VE SEEN IT HAPPENING.
UH, BUT JUST TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, I THINK, UH, IT WILL BE HELPFUL.
THANK YOU. UH, CHAIRMAN MORENO.
CHIEF, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, KEVIN, UM, I WANT TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT ON THE HANGING OUT, THE LOITERING, THE TRESPASSING.
WHEN WE DO HAVE A COLLABORATION WITH RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, MERCHANTS, SOMETIMES IN THESE, UH, CONVENIENCE STORES, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE OWNER WHO'S RUNNING THAT FACILITY.
YOU HAVE CLERKS OR STAFF MEMBERS.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO EDUCATE THOSE, UH, CONVENIENCE STORES THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC? AND WHEN DO WE START THE ENFORCEMENT OF AND ALSO COACHING THESE INDIVIDUALS OF SOMETIMES THEY DO WANT THESE INDIVIDUALS OFF THEIR PROPERTY, BUT AT OTHER TIMES THEY'RE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE THE ONES GOING INTO THEIR STORES PICKING UP SOME CIGARETS OR BEER OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE, IS.
SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHEN THAT EDUCATION TURNS INTO AN ENFORCEMENT? THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION, SIR.
AND THERE'S THE TIME WHEN, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT FORTH EFFORT, WE'RE WILLING TO PUT FORTH EFFORT.
WE WILL GIVE YOU, UM, EXTENDED TIME TO ADDRESS VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY CODE, WHETHER IT'S A C STORE LICENSE BEING IN SPEC OR LIGHTING, UH, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO REPAIR THOSE ALONGSIDE, UH, US, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT PARTNERSHIP IS WORKING OUT.
NOW, THERE ARE, THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES AND, AND I THINK THAT BONNIEVIEW AND SIMPSON STUART IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, UH, WHERE THE ORIGINAL OWNER, UH, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING IN THAT AREA, WAS NOT WILLING TO PUT FORTH ANY EFFORT.
UH, AND THEY QUICKLY FOUND THEMSELVES WITH A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND A LOT OF VISITS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE IN CITY GARB, AND THAT KIND OF GETS ANNOYING TO THEM, UH, OVER TIME.
AND SO IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO SPUR ACTION, THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO SPUR ACTION.
SO I THINK THERE'S A SLIDING SCALE.
UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THERE ARE UNITS WITHIN THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AND ULTIMATELY OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT IF IT RISES TO THAT LEVEL OF INACTION THAT WE DO HAVE THAT ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROPERTY OWNERS, THAT THAT DON'T SEEK TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
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WELL, THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE AS WELL.OKAY, SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE VICTIMS. UM, WE JUST HAD 107 HIGH RISK 68 INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
THAT'S 71% OF OUR MURDER VICTIMS THIS YEAR.
THAT'S VERY TELLING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BEFORE THIS WEEK.
AND SO I DO THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER STEWART'S POINT THAT REALLY GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT TO PEOPLE, THAT ONE OF THE WAYS TO NOT BE A VICTIM IS TO NOT BE INVOLVED IN THESE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
AND THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE ROAD RAGE, RIGHT? SOMEBODY CUTS YOU OFF AND YOU'RE MAD THAT MAYBE YOU JUST STAND DOWN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BE THE ANGRY PERSON THAT DAY.
LIKE SOMEONE'S GOING TO PULL OUT A GUN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEAD.
SO MAYBE YOU WALK AWAY, EVEN IF YOU WERE RIGHT.
THIS IS THE TIME TO GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILY.
AND YOU CAN TELL A STORY AT YOUR HOUSE AND GET OVER IT AND LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY.
AND THE THING IS, YOU HAVE DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB TO HAVE AN ALMOST 14% DECREASE IN INCIDENTS IN A YEAR IN DALLAS, TEXAS IS HUGE TO HAVE MORE THAN 1500 LESS VICTIMS THIS YEAR.
AND HOW ANNOYING IS IT THAT THE STORY IS ABOUT 30 MORE MURDER VICTIMS? AND OF THOSE, 68 WERE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR WHEN IT HAPPENED.
SO I JUST THINK I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING, BUT WE NEED OUR RESIDENTS TO ALSO BEHAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE KINDS OF NUMBERS.
SO SO THANK YOU FOR THAT PART.
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHERE THESE INCIDENCES ARE HAPPENING, NOT THE NORTH SOUTH, EAST, WEST, BUT CHAIRMAN MORENO, CHAIR OF THE HOUSING COMMITTEE.
WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT DENSIFICATION.
BUT THEN YOU GIVE US THIS INFORMATION.
34 MURDERS INSIDE AN APARTMENT UNIT AND 70 ADDITIONAL ONES ON APARTMENT COMPLEX PROPERTY. SO I ADD THAT UP.
THAT'S 104 OF OUR 246 MURDERS THIS YEAR.
THAT'S 42% OF THE MURDERS ON APARTMENT PROPERTY.
KEVIN, YOU WERE THERE, CHIEF GARCIA.
YOU OWN PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE TO MANAGE IT.
YOU HAVE SAID, BUT THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE.
AND WE'VE GOT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION, AND I INTEND TO DO THAT.
AND WE NEED TO PARTNER TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THAT ALONE, 104 OF THOSE INSTANCES, THAT'S MASSIVE.
AND OUR CITY HAS ADJUSTED FROM A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF MULTIFAMILY TO A MUCH HIGHER PERCENTAGE.
I THINK WE'RE NOW OVER 55% MULTIFAMILY.
IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK SO, WELL, MAYBE WE NEED TO SHIFT BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SINGLE FAMILY, AND THAT MIGHT BE PART OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY. BUT WE CAN'T HAVE A POLICY THAT'S CONTINUING TO PURSUE MULTIFAMILY WHEN WE KNOW THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR CRIME IS HAPPENING.
THESE ARE THESE POLICIES ARE AT ODDS IF WE WANT TO REDUCE CRIME, BUT WE KEEP ADDING THE LOCATION WHERE THEY HAPPEN, HOW ARE WE EVER GOING TO GET THERE? SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
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AND WHETHER IT'S THEIR CASES DISMISSED, WHETHER IT'S THEY'RE OUT ON BAIL UNTIL THEY'RE HEARD.I MEAN, YOU'RE TRACKING HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE RE-OFFENDING IN THAT TIME.
AND WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS WITH ME.
WE'RE STARTING THE OTHER THING WE DO TRACK THEM.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT I'M GIVING TO YOU WITH REGARDS TO MURDER, WE ALWAYS HAVE AT OUR FINGERTIPS.
UH, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON THAT, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, UM, WE DO KEEP TRACK OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, AND CERTAINLY WE WILL TRACK THAT ALSO.
SO ON ANY GIVEN PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, WE CAN BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU.
OKAY. WELL, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE TWO BIGGEST CHUNKS ARE ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR APARTMENT ISSUES AND GETTING STRONGER COOPERATION WITH THEM ABOUT THE KIND OF SECURITY.
AND THAT MIGHT MEAN WHO THEY'RE ALLOWING TO RENT.
SO AT THE ONE HAND, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOW BARRIER APARTMENTS.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, GUESS WHAT THAT MEANS.
YOU'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THERE THAT ARE GOING TO PUT OTHER RESIDENTS AT RISK, AND YOU'RE NOT EVICTING PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE REASON TO EVICT. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND SIDE WOULD BE HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS RISKY BEHAVIOR SIDE OF CRIME.
SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START A CONVERSATION IN OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE INSTEAD OF A BLANKET YOU'RE NOT SAFE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TRUE.
INSTEAD, WE NEED TO SAY, HERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO REDUCE YOUR RISK.
YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BREAKING THAT DOWN.
I THINK IT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND VERY USEFUL.
AND, UM, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE OFFICERS THAT WORKED SO HARD, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU, I HATE SEEING THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ONLY ON THE MURDER RATE. IT'S IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, WHO'S GOT AN ALMOST 14% REDUCTION? I DON'T THINK THERE'S BIG CITIES WITH THAT KIND OF VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS BRIEFING.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. YES, SIR.
I JUST AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DISCUSSION AROUND APARTMENTS AND MULTIFAMILY, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF TREAD MORE LIGHTLY GOING INTO THAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE, UM, I WOULD VENTURE A GUESS THAT THE APARTMENTS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE HIGH RATE OF CRIME MAY BE AGING STOCK, POOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, NOT WELL LIT. MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT.
UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE THAT ARE UNHOUSED MIGHT BE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CRIME.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIFAMILY AND NEW HOUSING STOCK AND THE CITY'S PHILOSOPHY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, POOR DOESN'T EQUAL CRIMINAL. UM, SO WE JUST HAVE TO MANAGE THAT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US JUST REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING TOWARD, WHICH IS WHERE IS THERE GOING TO BE A HIGHER PROPENSITY OF CRIME BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS THAT WE KNOW, UM, CREATE THE COCKTAIL FOR CRIME.
UM, BUT I AM A BELIEVER IN THE REDUCING RISK ASPECT.
AND I REALLY WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO HEAR THAT YOU DO HAVE A ROLE IN DALLAS BEING A SAFE CITY.
AND BUT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT DON'T LEAVE A LAPTOP OUT ON THE FRONT SEAT.
I MEAN, THIS COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING BIGGER.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS I LIKE THE POINT ABOUT ROAD RAGE AND JUST DIAL IT BACK.
I MEAN, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT IN THE MOMENT, UM, THEY NOT SEEM AS SIGNIFICANT, BUT ARE.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN I SUGGEST THIS THAT YOU HAVE A ROLE TOO, THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S PUSHBACK.
AND THEY REALLY EXPECT A LOT OF YOU ALL.
I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO BRING A TRAY OF SANDWICHES OR BAKED BANANA BREAD FOR YOU ALL, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN JUST HELP US BRING DOWN, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR CRIME, THAT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT MOVE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST.
UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING.
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UM, CERTAINLY APARTMENTS DOESN'T EQUAL LOW INCOME.AND ACTUALLY, THE INCOME OF APARTMENT DWELLERS HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY.
UM, IT'S JUST A FACT OF PEOPLE LIVING CLOSE TOGETHER, I THINK SO, OKAY.
UM, WE ARE READY FOR OUR NEXT BRIEFING.
MADAM CHAIR, AS THE TEAMS SWITCH PLACES AT THE AT THE DAIS.
AND I THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT BORIS.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO LEAD THIS DISCUSSION.
THAT'S RIGHT, I REMEMBER. UM, I WILL SAY, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY HAS READ THIS PRESENTATION.
I KNOW WE'RE UP AGAINST IT, SO I'LL KEEP IT UNDER AN HOUR AND A HALF.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, AS STATED, I'M CAPTAIN ROB BORST WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
UM, SO VERY QUICKLY, WE'LL KEEP IT HIGH LEVEL.
UH, SOME OF THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY TO THIS EFFORT.
UH, DFR IS CONSIDERING CHANGES TO ITS PROMOTIONAL PROCESS AND THE RULES OF CIVIL SERVICE.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN LARGELY FLUID AND ONGOING.
IT HAS INVOLVED MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS AND SEVERAL REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES.
NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR REQUIREMENTS OF THE TESTING PROCESS FOR NEW HIRES ARE EFFICIENT AND IN LINE WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS.
UM, WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE SECTIONS OF OUR PROMOTIONAL PROCESS.
UM, OUR TIME REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY, AS STATED IN ITS IT'S LISTED OUT IN THE INDEX OF THIS PRESENTATION, ARE INCONSISTENT WITHIN RANK AND DO NOT REFLECT WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE AN ADEQUATE AND APPROPRIATE SYSTEM FOR OFFICER DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VAST MAJORITY UM, UTILIZE TWO YEARS.
NEXT SLIDE. UH, AS I STATED, UH, OR AS I HINTED AT, UH, ONE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT IS ALLOWED IN OUR CURRENT, UH, PROCEDURES THROUGH CIVIL SERVICE IS THAT, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ON PROBATION AND WHO HAVE NOT FULFILLED ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PREVIOUS RANK ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO TEST. AND THAT CREATES SITUATIONS THAT COULD BE PROBLEMATIC AND CONFUSING.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DOING AND WHAT THIS PROCESS IS INVOLVED IS BASICALLY A COMPLETE REVIEW OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES FOR LANGUAGE, FOR CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY.
UM, WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TESTING PROCEDURES FOR NEW HIRES AND ADDRESS ANY IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND, IF NECESSARY, PROVIDE LANGUAGE FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF ADDITIONAL NEW FUTURE UH, POSITIONS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE MEAT OF THIS PRESENTATION.
BASICALLY WHAT WE WHAT OUR GOAL IS AND AND WHERE WE ARE COMING FROM IS THAT DFR STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT EMPLOYEES REACT POSITIVELY, UH, TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROMOTION, WHICH ARE REGULAR, CONSISTENT AND PREDICTABLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT SUFFICIENT TIME IN THE PREVIOUS RANK, RATHER THAN TIME ON THE DEPARTMENT, CONTRIBUTES TO PROPER OFFICER DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVES THE SAFETY CULTURE OF OUR DEPARTMENT, AND LEADS TO ENHANCED EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR OPERATIONS.
ALL OF THOSE COMBINE TO FEED INTO AN OVERALL IMPROVED EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND MORALE.
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SO THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL IS.NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SUMMARIZES WHAT THE CURRENT, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR PROMOTION.
AND THEN WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING THAT GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT EACH EVERY TWO YEARS, A NEW ROUND OF PROMOTIONAL TESTS WOULD OCCUR.
WE START WITH THE HIGHEST RANK AND MOVE DOWN TO THE LOWER RANK.
THAT PREVENTS INDIVIDUALS FROM JUMPING RANKS VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO WE START WITH BATTALION CHIEF OR SECTION CHIEF AND MOVE DOWN TO DRIVER ENGINEER.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CURRENT UM REQUIREMENTS ARE INCONSISTENT WITHIN THE RANKS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND THE PROPOSED JUST SIMPLIFIES THE REQUIREMENTS TO TWO YEARS IN A PREVIOUS RANK.
NEXT SLIDE. SO COMPARING TO DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHILE THE REQUIREMENTS AND SKILL SETS ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN OUR RANKS, AND AS YOU GET UP INTO HIGHER RANKS AND INTO OUR LEADERSHIP, THIS DOES GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY DO COMPARE.
WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT NUMBER OF PROMOTABLE RANKS WITHIN OUR CIVIL SERVICE RANKS.
BUT THIS SHOWS THAT AS YOU PROGRESS FROM DRIVER, ENGINEER AND, UM, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH BATTALION CHIEF, WE'RE BASICALLY IN THE BALLPARK OF THE SENIOR CORPORAL UP TO LIEUTENANT.
UH, SO THIS FIRST SLIDE COVERS JANUARY THROUGH APRIL.
AND WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE REQUIRED FOR THESE CHANGES TO OCCUR.
NEXT SLIDE. THAT CONCLUDES THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? NO. THANK YOU FOR THE REVISIONS AND REFINEMENT AND, UM, GOOD LUCK MAKING IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE COUNCIL SIDE.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF BRIEFING MEMOS.
THE FIRST IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DASHBOARDS? OKAY. I'LL START.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE 183, UM, SWORN STAFF COMPARED TO IN 21, 22, WHICH HAD 136.
SO IN ORDER TO FULLY SUPPORT THE CRIME PLAN.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE MOVED PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CRIME PLAN AT P&I ALL UP UNDER THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED AS ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS, BUT ALL OF THEIR WORK IS IN THE FIELD SUPPORTING PATROL FUNCTIONS.
SO PREVIOUSLY THOSE SAME OFFICERS WOULD HAVE BEEN UNDER PATROL.
THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, WE'RE WORKING ON INCREASING THAT TRAINING NUMBER.
AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, TWO OTHER THINGS.
ONE OF THEM IS FOR INVESTIGATIONS OVER 200 DAYS, YOU'RE AT 98 CASES.
AND I WAS WONDERING, UM, ARE WE PRIORITIZING GETTING OUR OFFICERS THROUGH THAT PROCESS? YES, WE ARE, AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY BETTER JOB HERE IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS.
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UM, I COULD JUST TELL YOU THAT THE TWO STAR CHIEFS, UH, NOT ONLY FROM THE PATROL SIDE, BUT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, THEY HOLD WEEKLY HEARINGS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THOSE HEARINGS IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER.AND SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AND WORKING DILIGENTLY ON THAT.
OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU IS ABOUT THE 911 OPERATOR STAFFING.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE, UM, 103 OFFICERS AND 130 ARE AUTHORIZED.
SO I THINK WE'RE AT 79% UNDER BRINGING THE DIRECTOR DOWN FROM 911 [INAUDIBLE] GOOD AFTERNOON. ROBERT [INAUDIBLE] 911 ADMINISTRATOR.
GO AHEAD, MA'AM, WITH YOUR QUESTION.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY AT A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF STAFF? SO 79 SEEMS LIKE NOT A GOOD PERCENTAGE TO ME.
IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PERCENTAGE.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO BE UP IN THE 90% RANGE.
UH, BUT WORKING WITH PERSONNEL, WE'VE BEEN TRYING VARIOUS TACTICS TO, UH, HAVE MORE, UM, IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO COME IN, SEE WHAT THE JOB IS ABOUT. INTERVIEW ON SITE.
UH, I THINK WE'VE BEEN DOING AN OKAY JOB ON THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO IN WORKING WITH CHIEF GRIFFITH AND, UH, CHIEF SHAW, WE'RE WORKING ON NEW, UH, UM, WAYS TO EXPAND THOSE METHODS. UM, WE ARE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT THE, UH, JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE IN LINE WITH THE OVERALL EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE WILL BE MORE TO FOLLOW.
I THINK WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR WILL BE A BETTER YEAR THAN THE LAST.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR CHIEF PUES..
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WEEKLY IS WE MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THAT SERVICE LEVEL AND THAT IS I WANTED TO THEIR CREDIT, I COMMEND THEM FOR CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES ARE STAYING HIGH AND THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SERVICE OUT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.
SO THANK YOU, ROBERT, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
10 SECONDS. 10 SECONDS, WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU LESS THAN THAT? ABSOLUTELY. AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AFTER WE TOOK SOME IMMEDIATE STEPS, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE'VE BEEN ABOVE THE NATIONAL STANDARD.
UH, IN ANSWERING THOSE 911 CALLS, THE TEAM IS DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
THEY'RE PUTTING IN AS MUCH WORK AND EFFORT AS THEY CAN.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A MUCH BETTER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, OUR STAFFING LEVEL WAS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS, AND WE WERE STILL AT 70% STAFFING AT THAT TIME.
WE'LL WORK TO KEEP THEM. OKAY.
SO, UM, THANK YOU, CHIEF PUGHES, FOR COMING UP.
I HAD A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT THE SOBERING CENTER PERFORMANCE, AND, UM, MY REPORT IS TEENY TINY, AND I DIDN'T GET MY GLASSES OUT, BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE HAD YEAR TO DATE, WHICH THIS IS, UM, THROUGH DECEMBER.
SO FOR THE FULL CALENDAR YEAR, 320, UM, ADMISSIONS AND YOU HAVE DOWN THAT 30% OF THEM WERE IDENTIFIED AS HOMELESS AND THAT 14.5%, UM, ACCEPTED SERVICES.
IS THAT CORRECT? DAVID PUGHES UH, CITY MARSHAL.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE WITH US WHY SOMEBODY ISN'T ACCEPTING SERVICE.
RIGHT. SO IF YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN 85% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THEY'RE REFUSING SERVICE, ARE THEY TELLING YOU WHY THEY'RE DOING THAT? IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY'RE REFUSING SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO, UM, HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL ELECTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOBERING CENTER IF EVERYTHING WITHIN THEIR BACKGROUND ALLOWS THEM.
SO FIRST, THERE'S A SCREENING PROCESS UPON INTAKE TO SEE IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.
THEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL ELECTS TO VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE, THEN WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE AGREEING TO MEET WITH THE CASEWORKER, UH, AT THE SOBERING CENTER. AND, UH, A WHOLE PROCESS IS DONE BETWEEN THE CASEWORKER AND THE THE CLIENT THAT'S IN THE SOBERING CENTER.
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AND SOMETIMES A FOLLOW UP AND, UM, FURTHER, I GUESS SERVICES ARE NOT NECESSARY.DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ARREST, YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL.
BUT THROUGH THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CASEWORKER AND THE CLIENT, THERE'S A DETERMINATION MADE THAT THIS PERSON IS IS NOT SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOLISM OR OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES, IS NOT HOMELESS.
AND BUT THE IDEA OF THE SOBERING CENTER IS THAT THIS ARREST WILL NOT GO ON TO AFFECT THEM AND FOLLOW THEM FOR, FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE, CREATING, UH, FURTHER PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ARRESTED ON THAT EVENING.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE NOT ACTUALLY IN NEED OF SERVICES.
THEY'RE JUST, UH, ELECTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOBERING CENTER FOR THE ARRESTS THAT OCCURRED.
SOME OF THEM ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES, BUT FLAT OUT REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY MORE SERVICES THAN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO OFFER THEM, AND THE COUNSELING AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM ON SITE AT THE SOBERING CENTER.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THOSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT DO ELECT TO TO TAKE SERVICES.
THEY HAVE, UM, THE CASEWORKERS AT SOBERING CENTER.
THIS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PUBLIC INTOXICATION, BUT IT'S ABOUT PROSTITUTION.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU KNOW, CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF OUR POPULATION ARE.
SO THEY GET TWO OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO TRY TO.
TO AT LEAST, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S TWO OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR.
SO OFTENTIMES IT TAKES MORE THAN THAT TO.
TO ENTICE SOMEBODY TO TO TAKE SERVICES.
AND SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED SERVICES MAY INITIALLY, UH, SAY AND, AND TELL THE CASEWORKER THAT THAT YES, THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT SERVICES.
AND SO IT'S A CHALLENGE AND, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION THAT WE DEAL WITH.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T DETER US FROM CONTINUALLY TRYING WITH EACH AND EVERY CLIENT TO, TO TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THOSE SERVICES.
WE'D LIKE IT TO BE HIGHER, UM, ON THE ACCEPTANCE RATE.
AND WE WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS VERY PROACTIVELY TO, TO TRY TO ENSURE SOME SOME FURTHER FOLLOW UP AND SOME WORK WITHIN BETWEEN THE SOBERING CENTER AND COMMUNITY COURTS THAT THAT WILL HAVE FURTHER, UM, LET'S SEE, HOW DO I PUT THIS, UH, A GREATER ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE SERVICES AND STAY ENROLLED IN THESE PROGRAMS AND, AND NOT ULTIMATELY DROP OUT AND END UP BACK IN OUR FACILITY.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THERE WERE 30% OF THE TOTAL CLIENTS.
THERE ARE 320 CLIENTS, 96 WOULD HAVE BEEN HOMELESS.
AND THEN 14.5%, UM, IS ABOUT 48 PEOPLE WHO ACCEPTED SERVICES.
AND MANY OF THEM I KNOW ARE NOT HOMELESS, BUT ACCEPT THOSE SERVICES.
I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THE CASEWORKERS KNOW THE FULL ARRAY.
I JUST I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THAT STRONGER CONNECTION TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK TO A MORE STABLE PATH.
AND, UM, SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WHOLE PROCESS IS.
I HAVEN'T EVEN COME TO TOUR YET.
UM, IF ANYBODY ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE WOULD, MAYBE WE'D LIKE TO GO TOGETHER.
SO, UM, AND, AND WE WILL BE BACK.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US.
WE'VE GOT A NEW MANAGER WHO ACTUALLY WAS INVOLVED WITH RIGHT CARE.
SHE WORKED WITH RIGHT CARE PRIOR TO BEING THE SOBERING CENTER MANAGER.
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AND, AND WE WERE DEALING WITH ONLY THAT SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION AND TRYING TO GET THEM A VERY STREAMLINED, UM, SOURCE OF, OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE.AND THAT'S BEEN EXPANDED GREATLY.
PARTNERSHIPS HAVE BEEN CREATED.
SHE'S, UM, KRISTIN SCHUBERT IS THE MANAGER, AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF REALLY, REALLY CHANGING THE SOBERING CENTER FROM WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO DO TO TO ENCOMPASS A LOT MORE NOW SO THAT WE CAN REACH A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE BROUGHT IN TO THE DETENTION CENTER FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SO, UH, WE'RE WE'RE CHANGING THE MODEL A LITTLE BIT AND EXPANDING AND, AND I THINK AS WE DO THAT, WE'LL BUT WE WANT TO BE VERY HONEST IN, IN OUR REPORTING HERE, WE'VE CHANGED THE REPORTING.
BUT WE WANTED IT TO BE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE THAN IT WAS WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED IT.
UM, BUT WE WILL BE COMING BACK BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE AND WE'LL BE DOING A FULL PRESENTATION ON ON WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, WHERE WE WERE WITH THE SOBERING CENTER WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED IT, WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WHERE WE SEE OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE, WE'VE GOT SOME SUCCESS STORIES WE'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S COMING UP, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AND DO A TOUR PRIOR TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE THAT'D BE GREAT.
I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO DO THAT.
UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DASHBOARD? COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. UM, AND I'M NOT.
THIS, I THINK, IS JUST A DASHBOARD FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
BUT, UM, DO WE KNOW IF OUR ONLINE REPORTING IS BEGINNING TO HELP WITH OUR RESPONSE TIMES? ROBERT [INAUDIBLE] 901 ADMINISTRATOR.
BUT WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENT OVERALL.
UH, SO IT SO FAR, IT'S LOOKING VERY POSITIVE.
SO ON THE UUMVS THE SINCE WE STARTED ON DECEMBER 18TH THROUGH YESTERDAY, UH, WE'VE HAD THE UMV TEAM HANDLE 571 INCIDENTS.
SO THAT'S I THINK APPROXIMATELY 27 PER DAY ON AVERAGE.
BUT AGAIN, THOSE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS WERE JUST THE TRAINING PERIOD GETTING USED TO THE NEW PROCESSES.
SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPEED UP ON THAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? NO. OKAY, LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT BRIEFING ITEM.
THAT WOULD BE OUR FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FOR DFR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO. OKAY.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE? OKAY. THAT WOULD BE ME.
BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO START ADDING UP THE NUMBER OF ENGINES AND TRUCKS AND RESCUES THAT ARE IN THE REPAIR COLUMN, AND IT'S OVER 60. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO GET THAT NUMBER DOWN.
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UH, DANIEL SALAZAR, ASSISTANT CHIEF.UH, THAT IS, UH, QUITE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF, UH, VEHICLES.
A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES ARE OLDER.
UH, WE DID HAVE IN OUR SHOP, AND I THINK WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY.
WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT HEADWAY, BUT WE'VE GOT QUITE A BIT OF ROOM.
WE ALSO HAD, UH, SOME CHALLENGES WITH, UH, SOME PARTS, UH, THAT WERE ON BACK ORDER.
UH, WE HAVE VEHICLES OUT THERE THAT WERE UP FOR THE AUCTION LINE.
BUT, UH, WE EXPECT TO MAKE, UH, QUITE A BIT OF HEADWAY WITH MAKING REPAIRS TO THOSE VEHICLES.
BUT IN THE ORDER OF TRANSPARENCY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARED THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DO THAT, BUT I'M NOT SURE WE'RE EVEN PARKING ALL OF THEM. I MEAN, IT'S GOT TO BE TAKING UP A LOT OF SPOTS OVER THERE.
THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT TIGHT OUT THERE.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, MR. FORTIN AS WELL, JUST TO BOUNCE AROUND SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS ON, UH, MAXIMIZING THE SPACE THAT WE DO HAVE OUT THERE.
UH, THAT INCLUDES THE AUCTIONS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME HOUSEKEEPING TO CLEAR UP MORE SPACE FOR THE FOR THE FLEET OUT THERE.
OKAY. WELL, LET'S MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE DALLAS ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MEMO? I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S POSTED ONLINE.
USAGE HAS INCREASED 75%, UM, FROM JULY 23RD TO DECEMBER 23RD.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS MEMO WAS PUT ON HERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE.
WHEN WE FIRST MADE THE CHANGES, YOU ASKED FOR A SIX MONTH KIND OF LOOK BACK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE, AND I APPLAUD THE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BE MORE CREATIVE AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES AND BE ABLE TO BE MORE PRESENT ON THE STREET, UM, FOR HIGH PRIORITY CALLS.
SO YOU CAN DO THE MATH PRETTY EASILY.
A NORMAL, UM, ANNUAL, UM, OFFICER WOULD WORK 20, 2080 HOURS.
SO THAT'S A LOT OF OFFICERS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SEND OUT.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, I SEE YOU GOT YOURS.
I KNOW I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS WITH MY RESIDENTS.
I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
I MEAN, WHAT THIS IS, IS AN EFFICIENCY EXERCISE.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE SCARCE RESOURCES, YOU BETTER BE DOING EFFICIENCY EXERCISES.
BUT THIS ALSO MAKES SENSE WITH JUST USING TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY IN WAYS THAT MAKE THE PRACTICE MORE EFFICIENT AND ALLOW OUR OFFICERS TO BE DOING THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD PREFER FOR THEM TO BE DOING. SO, UM, YOU CALL OUT USING NON-EMERGENCY STOLEN VEHICLE REPORTS, DOING THAT THROUGH A RECORDED CONFERENCE CALL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ALL ARE JUST EXPLORING EVERY OTHER OPTION.
THERE COULD BE OF OTHER CATEGORIES WHERE IT COULD ALSO MOVE TO THIS SORT OF PRACTICE.
SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT.
AND YOUR ESTIMATION JUST ON THAT ALONE IS ANOTHER 33,000 PATROL HOURS.
SO, UM, I'M JUST SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EXERCISE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE STATUS OF THE RAPE TESTING.
OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
UM, IF I RECALL, WE WERE GOING TO WORK ON GETTING KIOSKS.
AT SEVERAL, UH, POLICE STATIONS AND, I BELIEVE, RECREATION CENTERS.
UM, IS THAT ACCURATE? AND IF SO, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT, UH, STATUS?
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UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, ROBERT.SO WE HAVE ADDED THOSE KIOSKS TO ALL OUR SUBSTATIONS.
DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT? WE WILL BE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEEDING A KIOSK, I MEAN, I THINK YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT YOU'RE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, AN IPAD WITH A STAND, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. WELL, WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE STATUS OF THE RAPE KIT TESTING.
AND SO I REQUESTED THIS UPDATE BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO STILL BE QUITE A BACKLOG.
IS THAT TRUE? UM, ASSISTANT CHIEF, KATRINA SHEAD, INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU.
UM, THERE IS BUT THERE IF YOU START FROM THE NUMBER THAT WE INITIALLY STARTED, UH, OUR BACKLOG WAS, UH, AT ABOUT 6700, UM, CURRENTLY NOW OUR ACTUAL SWIFT BACKLOG WITH THOSE THAT WE HAVE SENT TO THEM IS 712.
SO IF YOU ADD THE 712 TO THE 902, UM, THE ACTUAL BACKLOG IS, UH, AROUND 1600, 1614 TO BE EXACT.
OKAY. AND THEN THAT ONLY GOES THROUGH 2019, THOUGH, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S A PIECE FROM 2019.
THERE'S A PIECE FROM THE 1996 TO 2011.
AND THEN THERE'S A PIECE FROM 1996 TO 2011.
OKAY. BUT SINCE 2019, ARE WE CURRENT? YES YES, YES.
UH, DEPUTY CHIEF TERRENCE ROSS, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
YES, MA'AM. 2019 AND ONWARD CURRENT.
WE GET THOSE OVER TO SWIFT WITHIN 90 DAYS.
OKAY. AND THEN WHEN DO WE THINK THAT THE SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THOSE TWO BATCHES THAT YOU'VE SENT? UH, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A TIME FRAME ON IT YET NOW, BUT THEY'VE CAUGHT UP.
WE RECEIVED WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, SO.
BUT WE I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE TIME FRAME.
ARE THEY GOING TO WAIT AND TELL YOU YOU'VE SENT US ALL OF THESE, HERE'S ALL OF THE ALL OF THE DATA, OR ARE THEY DRIPPING IT OUT AS THEY GET THEM COMPLETE? WE'VE SENT ALL OF THEM TO THEM.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN OUR POSSESSION.
IT'S JUST THEM HAVING IT TO TEST THEM.
BUT I GUESS I'M SAYING AS THEY COMPLETE TESTING, ARE THEY SAYING, OKAY, HERE'S A BATCH OF TEN, HERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF TEN, OR ARE THEY GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE TOTALLY DONE AND THEN GIVE YOU ALL RESULTS? SEND IT TO THEM IN BATCHES.
AND THEN SO FOR THE FOR THE TWO THAT ARE COVERED BY THE LEDGE.
SO THE BEFORE 2011 AND THE 2011 TO 2019 ONES, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY OF THOSE BACK OR WHAT YOU SENT YOU'RE STILL WAITING ON EVERYTHING. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT I'M SORRY MA'AM.
WELL, HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM? YES YES YES YES.
AND WOULD YOU KNOW, LIKE A GENERAL PERCENTAGE? I'M NOT HOLDING YOU TO IT.
I MEAN, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN HALF OF THEM BACK? YOU'VE GOTTEN 10% BACK.
YOU HAVE YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH? SO ACCORDING TO THE DATA HERE, UH, ON THE CODIS HITS, WE HAVE, UM, RECEIVED 106, I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT SAYS.
FROM CODIS. AND SO WHEN YOU GET SOMETHING THAT'S VERY OLD LIKE THAT.
SO PRE 2011 I MEAN YOU'RE GOING BACK AND REOPENING CASES.
IT'S A LOT OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO REOFFEND.
THANK YOU I MEAN I KNOW THAT'S NOT YOU, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THEM BACK FASTER, UH, LIKE THE ONE WE'RE USING FOR BOTH? LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH DPS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T, UH, WE HAVE TO USE THEM AS A PARTNER TO UPLOAD.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE SLIGHT DELAY IS.
BUT THEY'VE HELPED US OUT TREMENDOUSLY BY TAKING ON ALL THOSE KITS THAT WE SENT TO THEM.
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SO, I MEAN, WE'RE BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE BEFORE.MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD ADD, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT TO HELP US, MAINLY THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT YOU ALLOCATED IN PREVIOUS, LAST TWO BUDGETS SO THAT WE COULD TRY TO GET THESE CAUGHT UP.
AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM FOR THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT.
AND YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE'RE MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.
AND WE'VE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW.
AND IT'S JUST ABOUT KIND OF WAITING TO GET THEM ALL BACK.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE THAT WAS.
YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS COMING UP ON OUR COUNCIL AGENDAS.
THESE WOULD BE ITEMS J THROUGH M.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE AGENDA ITEMS? COUNCIL MORENO, I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
NOPE. OKAY, SO WE HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
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