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[Public Safety on February 12, 2024.]
WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 8TH? IS THERE, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA START OFF, IF I CAN INVITE THE COURTS TO COME ON UP.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH ITEM K.
WE DON'T USUALLY DO THAT
AND IT'S ABOUT THE WARRANTS ROUNDUP THAT'S COMING.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE FIRST TIME THAT I CAME TO THE COURTS AND THEY WERE SAYING HOW THEY WERE DOING SORT OF THIS AMNESTY PROGRAM, I'M LIKE, BUT WON'T PEOPLE GET ARRESTED WHEN THEY COME TO PAY IT? AND SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING IT IN THIS MEMO, WHICH Y'ALL CAN FIND ON THE, UM, AGENDA PACKET.
BUT JUDGE ROBINSON, DO YOU WANNA JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING? I DO.
I ACTUALLY HAVE WITH ME, UH, RODNEY PATTON, THE CHIEF OF THE PROSECUTION DIVISION, AND GREG NELSON, UH, DIRECTOR OF COURTS.
SO THE FIRST THING I WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IS TYPICALLY IF SOMEONE APPEARS IN THE COURTHOUSE, WE NORMALLY DO NOT ARREST THEM IF THEY'RE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CITATION.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE TRICKY, UH, TICKET TRACK DOWN WARRANT RESOLUTION 2024.
WE STARTED THIS MAYBE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN WE SAW A NEED FOR THE BACKLOG TO BE CLEARED.
AND SINCE THEN, WE SEE THIS AS A WAY TO REMOVE OBSTACLES THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF GETTING DOWN TO THE COURTHOUSE.
SO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WE TAKE THE ENTIRE COURTHOUSE, MOVE IT TO RECREATION CENTERS AND TO ONE LIBRARY THIS YEAR SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND RESOLVE THEIR CITATION.
WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF PROGRAMS SET UP FOR PEOPLE, SO IF YOU NEED A REDUCTION IN FEES, WE DO THAT.
IF YOU HAVE COMPLIANCE ISSUES, WE DO THAT IN ADDITION TO IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO PAY THE CITATION, WE'RE OFFERING COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THOSE PERSONS AS WELL.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM AND WE'VE SEEN, UH, PEOPLE COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR TICKETS AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT.
JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF THE JUDGE, WE'RE GOING TO HIT EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY, UH, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST, AND GIVE THOSE CITIZENS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR CITATIONS.
UH, LIKE THE JUDGE SAID ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE OR WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS THE COURT OFFERS, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
LAST YEAR WE SERVED 4,200 CITIZENS, SO HOPEFULLY OUR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO SERVE 5,500 CITIZENS.
SO, UH, WE ASKING FOR DONATIONS OF BLANKETS AND THROWS TO BE DONATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF OHS FOR THE HOMELESS.
AND WE ARE GONNA COLLECT THOSE AND DONATE TO THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU DON'T PAY THE FINE FOR YOUR CITATION, YOU JUST DONATE A NEW BLANKET? UH, NO, JUST A CORRECTION ON THAT.
UH, FOR, TO GET YOUR WARRANT FEE WAIVED, THAT'S A $50 FEE WARRANTY.
UH, WE, IN LIEU OF THAT, WE ARE COLLECTING A BLANKET.
SO THEY CAN DO SOMETHING GOOD AND CLEAR UP THEIR RECORD.
AND WE PUT YOU AHEAD SO YOU COULD GET BACK TO WORK.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO SHARE THIS NEW INITIATIVE.
IN KEEPING WITH THE OUT OF ORDER TODAY, UM, WELL ACTUALLY LET'S DO SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST.
SO FIRST, UM, WHEN LIKE, TO EXTEND OUR CONDOS TO THE DFR FAMILY, WE LOST OFFICER QUENTIN WHITE.
HE PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
HE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF DFR SINCE APRIL 19TH, 2017, AND HE SERVED THE CITY OF DALLAS MOST RECENTLY IN THE WRIGHT CARE TEAM.
HIS PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE STATION 50, 28, 4 AND 47 ARE TH THOUGHTS AND PRAYER WITH HIS FAMILY AND WITH THE DFR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ASSISTANT CHIEF ALBERT MARTINEZ FOR HIS VERY LAST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, MAYBE VERY LAST CITY OF DALLAS MEETING.
WOULD YOU COME DOWN FOR JUST A SECOND? I ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE HAD ONE MORE MEETING WITH YOU.
WE WILL BE DONE TUESDAY AND THEN I START WITH THE ISD ON WEDNESDAY.
WELL, SO I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU, I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU BECOMING A CHIEF, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO A PARTNER AGENCY LIKE DALLAS, ISD MAKES ALL OF DALLAS STRONGER.
AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND INCREDIBLE PERSON YOU ARE AND HAVE COME TO KNOW AND RESPECT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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THANK YOU.ALBERT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, AND I THINK IT'S FITTING TO GO TO DISD.
YOUR TIES TO BUILDING COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, UH, HERE WITH DPD, UH, HAVE BEEN EVIDENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DISD.
AND, UM, I ALREADY KNOW THAT I ALREADY HAVE A CALL.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO WORKING TOGETHER AND COLLABORATIVELY.
YEAH, CHIEF MARTINEZ, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A A MOMENT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
I KNOW THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME BACK AND YOU LOVED IT SO MUCH, YOU CAME BACK.
UM, I KNOW IN LEAVING IS A, IS A BITTERSWEET BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU.
BUT I ALSO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO ALBERT, FOR ALL THE, THE MANY, MANY, UM, COUNTLESS HOURS OF SACRIFICE YOU'VE MADE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS, YOUR FAMILIES, UM, SACRIFICES SO THAT YOU COULD DO WHAT YOU DO AND DO IT SO WELL, THANK YOU.
AND WORDS WILL NOT EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR.
DID YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE YOUR BIO AND I KNOW YOU HAVE WORKED FOR DPD FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
UH, COMPLETING TOGETHER IS 29 YEARS.
UH, WE, MY CLASS STARTED IN AUGUST OF 1993.
OBVIOUSLY I WENT TO THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE FOR 14 MONTHS, AND THEN CHIEF GARCIA WAS VERY GRACIOUS AFTER HE BECAME, UH, THE CHIEF TO ASK ME TO COME BACK, WHICH I WAS GLAD TO DO AND, AND COME SERVE FOR THESE LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, MARCH 3RD WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, FULL THREE YEARS OF SERVICE HERE, COMING BACK AS AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, I'VE DONE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ON THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE ONLY THING I DON'T THINK I DID WAS NARCOTICS AND TACTICAL, AND I DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING OUT OF UNIFORM IN NARCOTICS THAT'S MADE FOR DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT BREED.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, JUST BEING A WEST TEXAS KID THAT GOT A CHANCE TO COME HERE TO SERVE, UH, DALLAS, MAY OPENED UP ITS ARMS AND ALLOWED ME TO BE HERE MY ADULT LIFE FOR THESE LAST 29 YEARS.
SO, AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, BEING ABLE TO GO TO DISD IS ANOTHER WAY OF SERVICE TO, TO THE COMMUNITY OF DALLAS, UH, CITY THAT I'VE GROWN TO LOVE AND TO SERVE AND THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN WITH CHIEF GARCIA HERE, UH, MY FELLOW COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS, I KNOW WE HAVE ALL RESOURCES AND WE'LL WORK MUCH CLOSER AND TIGHTER TO MAKE OUR, CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR CITY SAFE AND REALLY TO PROVIDE THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR, OUR CHILDREN HERE IN DALLAS, TO HAVE THEIR EDUCATION AND HOPEFULLY GROW UP AND, UH, BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND DO THE THEIR BEST WITH THEIR LIVES.
IF YOU'LL WAIT FOR ME RIGHT OVER HERE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ITEM D AND SO WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OUTTA ORDER.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION FROM DFR ABOUT THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION PILOT PROGRAM.
AND IF Y'ALL WANNA COME GET STARTED, THAT'D BE GREAT.
CHIEF ARTIS, IF YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE FOLKS AT THE TABLE TOO AS YOU GET STARTED.
I'M DOMINIQUE ARDI, THE FIRE CHIEF OF DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
EXCITED TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR BLOOD TRANSFUSION PILOT PROGRAM.
AND TODAY, HERE WITH ME, I HAVE A EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF, CHIEF JUSTIN BALL.
I HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF SCOTT KLEMPNER, I HAVE OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR. MARSHALL ISAACS, AND ALSO WE HAVE COURTNEY EDWARDS, THE DIRECTOR OF IL AND PARKLAND HEALTH CHIEF TON.
UM, WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PROGRAM IN, UH, DALLAS EMS. LEMME GET STARTED HERE.
SO THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 46 IS BLOOD LOSS FROM TRAUMA.
CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
IF A PERSON EXPERIENCES A TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT RESULTS IN BLOOD LOSS, DFR WILL TRANSPORT THE PATIENT TO A TRAUMA CENTER WHERE STAFF AT THAT TRAUMA CENTER MAY INITIATE A BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS INITIATING A DRUG, A BLOOD TRANSFUSION PROGRAM IN THE PRE-HOSPITAL SETTINGS THAT CAN REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF BLOOD LOSS.
MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS MR. FORTUNE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND OURSELVES OF THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF HOW WE TREAT PATIENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING SEVERE BLOOD LOSS, WHAT WE REFER TO AS HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK.
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YEARS, DUE TO THE MILITARY EXPERIENCE ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF KOREA, VIETNAM, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, WE'VE SHOWN THAT EARLY BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS CAN BENEFIT SOLDIERS WHO ARE INJURED ON THE BATTLEFIELD.AND PRE-HOSPITAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION CAN SAVE LIVES.
HISTORICALLY IN THE CIVILIAN EMS IN OUR BIG CITIES, PARAMEDICS HAVE HAD LIMITED TOOLS TO TRULY TO TREAT SEVERE BLEEDING.
THEY CAN APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE, THEY CAN INFUSE SALINE, SALT WATER, WHICH DOES NOT, UM, HAVE IN IT RED BLOOD CELLS AND OTHER BLOOD COMPONENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO STOP THE BLEEDING AND CARRY OXYGEN TO THE BRAIN AND OTHER VITAL ORGANS.
AND WE CAN APPLY TOURNIQUETS IF THE SOURCE OF BLEEDING IS, UH, AN ARM OR A LEG.
HISTORICALLY, PATIENTS ONLY RECEIVED THE NEEDED BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WITHIN OUR TRAUMA CENTERS.
OVER THE PAST 10 TO 20 YEARS, OUR SPECIALIZED AIR MEDICAL UNITS, HELICOPTERS HAVE BEGUN CARRYING BLOOD TO INITIATE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN THE FIELD.
AND JUST IN THE LAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS, SOME LIMITED NUMBER OF EMS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEGUN, BEGUN PILOT PROGRAM TRANSFUSION PROGRAMS. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS INITIATED IN THE FIELD CAN SAVE LIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET A PATIENT AND TRANSPORT THEM TO THE TRAUMA CENTER EXCEEDS 30 MINUTES.
SO THE GOALS OF THE DFR PILOT PROGRAM FOR BLOOD TRANSFUSION ARE THREEFOLD.
EXPAND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR OUR TRAUMA PATIENTS, SERVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAUMA PATIENTS AND ACT AS GOOD STEWARDS OF A VERY LIMITED BLOOD SUPPLY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE BY DALLAS FIRE RESCUE IN THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, LOOKING AT WHICH PATIENTS IN 2023 WERE SUFFERING FROM SEVERE HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR PRE-HOSPITAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION.
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE PATIENTS, MOST OF WHOM WERE GUNSHOTS, STABBINGS, AND OTHER MAJOR TRAUMA EVENTS PRIOR TO INITIATING THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE WILL DO ANOTHER ANALYSIS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE AREA OF THE CITY IN WHICH WE CAN SAVE THE MOST LIVES IN A PILOT PROGRAM AND DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND WE CAN BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THIS SCARCE AND LIMITED, UH, BLOOD SUPPLY.
SO, LOGISTICS OF THE DFR PROGRAM.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PARKLAND TO SOURCE THE BLOOD NEEDED TO LAUNCH THE PROGRAM.
ONCE IMPLEMENTED, EMS SUPERVISORS WILL CARRY THE BLOOD IN SPECIALIZED COOLERS THAT MAINTAIN A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE AND HAVE REMOTE MONITORING.
ONCE THE BLOOD ARRIVES AT THE PATIENT, THE, THE TRANSFUSION IS INITIATED USING A PORTABLE BLOOD WARMING UNIT, AND ANY BLOOD THAT IS NOT USED IN A 14 DAY PERIOD IS EXCHANGED TO BE USED IN THE HOSPITAL MINIMIZING WASTE.
SO, D-F-R-E-M-S SUPERVISORS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISPATCHED TO STABBINGS AND SHOOTINGS IF THEY ARRIVE AND THE PATIENT SHOWS SIGNS OF HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK, THE BLOOD FUSION WILL BE INITIATED BY THE PARAMEDICS IN THE AMBULANCE, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BLOOD WILL BE BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND BEST PRACTICES.
AS A NEW AND IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, WE WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT ALL INCIDENTS IN WHICH A PATIENT RECEIVES BLOOD PRODUCTS WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE DFR OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
THE D-F-R-O-M-D WILL MONITOR FOR APPROPRIATE USE OF THE BLOOD PRODUCTS PRODUCTS AS WELL AS FOR PATIENT OUTCOMES.
AND DFR WILL REPORT BLOOD TRANSFUSION DATA MONTHLY TO OUR EMS LEADERSHIP.
SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? IF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKLAND IS FINALIZED DURING THE SPRING OF 2024, DFR WILL AIM TO DEVELOP OUR CLINICAL TREATMENT GUIDELINE AND PROTOCOLS, OUR DFR PROCEDURES DURING SPRING OF THIS YEAR, FINALIZE THE PILOT PROGRAM LOGISTICS AND DETAILS BY EARLY SUMMER AND WITH HOPE LAUNCHED THE PILOT PROGRAM IN LATE SUM OF THIS YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PILOT PROGRAM? NO, I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS AND PURSUING IT AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE AS YOU GET CLOSER TO ROLLING IT OUT.
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OKAY, WELL NOW WE'LL FLIP BACK IN ORDER AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH AGENDA ITEM A, WHICH IS OUR RECRUITING AND RETENTION UPDATES.WELL, I SEE WE'VE GOT SORT OF THE TRANSITION GOING.
IF YOU WANNA BOTH SAY HI AND EXPLAIN THAT YOU'RE GIVING YOUR LAST AND YOUR FIRST, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UH, SO THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE DEPARTMENT IS MAKING A TRANSITION CHANGE ON THE COMMAND STAFF, AND AS PART OF THAT CHANGE, THERE WILL BE NEW LEADERSHIP IN PERSONNEL.
AND THAT NEW LEADERSHIP WILL INCLUDE, UH, CHIEF HERRERA AND MAJOR ASHFORD, WHICH, UH, BEGINS, UH, ON WEDNESDAY.
SO THEY'RE JUST HERE TO KIND OF OBSERVE AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM, THEY'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.
WE'LL TRY TO COME UP WITH A REALLY HARD ONE FOR Y'ALL.
AGAIN, I AM DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAM GRIFFITH, COMMANDER OF THE PERSONNEL DIVISION.
I'M HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS WITH YOU THE DEPARTMENT'S RECRUITING AND RETENTION STUDIES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
NEXT SLIDE, OR WE CAN LEAVE THAT IN THERE.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU SOME OF OUR RETENTION STRATEGIES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON.
FIRST IS A RETURN OF THE SICK TIME PAYOUT TO SWORN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE SICK TIME PAYOUT, UH, HAD STOPPED IN, UH, OCTOBER OF 2003.
WE'RE WORKING TO BRING THAT BACK, UH, TO SWORN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING INTERNALLY ON SOME PAY, UH, OUT OPTIONS, UH, AND WE HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO PRESENT SOMETHING TO YOU VERY SOON.
THE NEXT IS THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM.
THE DEPARTMENT STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY IS A RECRUITER.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HR AND THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE TO DESIGN A EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM.
ANOTHER RETENTION STRATEGY PROGRAM WE ARE WORKING ON IS ON ASSISTING, UH, IN PROVIDING, UH, DAYCARE FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE RANK AND FILE AND THE TOPIC OF AFFORDABLE AND CONVENIENT DAYCARE ON, IN A 24 HOUR, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
OPERATION IS ALWAYS, UH, DISCUSSED AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION BOARD AND PARTNERING WITH KINDERCARE TO DESIGN A PROGRAM.
SOME OF THE, UH, THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE COST OF DAYCARE COULD BE REDUCED BY 50%.
UH, THERE WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR CALL OUTS.
SO IF OFFICER IS CALLED TO, UH, WORK ON SHORT TIME, UH, NOTICE THEY CAN BRING THEIR, UH, CHILD TO THE DAYCARE.
NO LATE, UH, LATE PICKUP FEES.
AND THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT, ST.
LOUIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I IDAHO STATE TROOPERS.
AND ALSO THE PROGRAM TRIES TO HIRE OFFICER SPOUSES AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO MAKE THE FAMILIES MORE SAFE.
AND WE'RE ALSO, THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON MODERNIZING OUR PT STANDARDS AND OUR DISQUALIFIERS WITHOUT GOING, UH, OUR STANDARDS.
IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY 34, APPLICANTS WE'RE FORWARDED FOR BACKGROUND.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 53 IN BACKGROUND AND 24 WILL BE ADDED, UH, THIS WEEK, WHICH, SO WE SHOULD, BY THE END OF THE WEEK, HAVE APPROXIMATELY 63 OR MORE, UH, IN, IN BACKGROUND.
THE NEXT ACADEMY CLASS BEGINS MARCH 13TH, 2024, AND WE ARE ON PACE TO HAVE A ANOTHER 35 PLUS IN THAT CLASS AS WELL.
UM, WE PROCESSED 34, UH, SEVEN APPLICANTS IN VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL STAFF POSITIONS.
UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT IS HAVING A PROFESSIONAL STAFF HIRING EVENT THIS SATURDAY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED 30 EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
RECRUITERS CONDUCTED OVER 10 CLASS PRESENTATIONS AT LOCAL COLLEGES IN THE AREA, AS WELL AS IN SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA AND EL PASO, TEXAS.
RECRUITERS, UH, ALSO HAVE, UH, REPLIED TO CLOSE TO 900 EMAILS AND ANSWERED NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
RECRUITERS CONDUCTED A MOCK PT TEST WITH NINE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, UH, LOOKING TO APPLY SOON FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE TRYING A NEW STRATEGY, UH, IN RECRUITING IS HAVING A WEBINAR, UH, BETWEEN AL APPLICANTS AND OUR RE UH, RECRUITING TEAM.
WE CONDUCTED A, UH, A WEBINAR A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WITH POTENTIAL APPLICANTS IN THE BAY AREA OF CALIFORNIA AND HAD 10 PARTICIPANTS ON OUR FIRST WEBINAR.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO CON, UH, CONDUCT THESE WEBINARS MONTHLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS A RECRUITING AD IN THE DALLAS MAVERICKS YEARBOOK NEXT TO LUCA DONS PROFILE.
WE ARE ALSO DOING A FOUR WEEK HIRING
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AD ON KIOSK IN AT TOWN EAST MALL.AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO STREAMING ADS IN BOTH NORTHERN AND THE BAY AREA, UH, OF CALIFORNIA.
RECRUITERS ARE CONTINUALLY TO HAVE TABLE PRESENTATIONS AT MAVERICK GAMES AND AT LOCAL FITNESS UH, CENTERS.
SO THAT, THAT INCLUDES MY BRIEFING AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNCILLOR MARSHALL, UH, STEWART, I'M SORRY.
AND THEN GO COUNCILLOR WILLIS? YES.
I'M JUST GONNA GO DOWN THAT AISLE.
JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE 35 JUMPED OUT AT ME FOR, UM, I GUESS THAT WILL BE CLASS 3 98, SO THAT'S AWESOME.
AND I LOVE THE, THE CHILDCARE IDEA.
UM, I THINK THAT COULD BE A GAME CHANGER.
UM, I KNOW THAT'S SUCH A CHALLENGE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES, SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS STARTING TO LOOK, WORK ON THE DETAILS OF THAT.
IT'S NOT JUST AN IDEA, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEGINNING TO DEVELOP, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SO IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU'RE DOING A 360 DEGREE.
I, I SEE SOMETHING NEW EVERY TIME THAT'S CREATIVE AND I AGREE ON THE CHILDCARE.
I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S BEEN A PAIN POINT.
SO YOU'RE HEARING THAT AND, AND LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION.
THE ONE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME WAS, UH, DEPARTMENTS LOOKING AT REMOVING SOME OF THE HIRING DISQUALIFIERS AND OUR PHYSICAL TRAINING REQUIRE REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT REDUCING OUR HIRING STANDARDS.
SO HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THAT? ARE YOU JUST, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT'S A STICKING POINT THAT IF IT'S REMOVED ISN'T GONNA REALLY AFFECT PERFORMANCE, BUT COULD HELP US GET SOME FOLKS FARTHER ALONG? YES, WE DO BELIEVE SO.
SOME OF THE, TO BE MORE MODERN IN, IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY, WE LOOKED AT, UH, ALL OUR DISQUALIFIERS AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEAS THAT WE CAN REDUCE OR REMOVE THESE DISQUALIFIERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH WILL BRING MORE APPLICANTS, WE BELIEVE, UH, UH, INTO THE PROCESS.
ARE YOU PREPARED TO SHARE AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OF SOME OF THOSE OR IS IT TOO EARLY? NO, MA'AM.
I DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE WHAT THE DISQUALIFIERS ARE, UM, IN, IN THIS FORUM, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO SPEAK TO YOU OFFLINE, UH, AND AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THOSE, UH, CHANGES WOULD BE.
I'LL SEE YOU AFTER THIS MEETING.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, MAYBE WE NEED TO ASK DFR ABOUT THIS.
I NOTICED YOU HAVE A BANNER OUTSIDE THE STATION, STATION FOUR OVER HERE.
IT'S A LITTLE ASKEW RIGHT NOW.
YOU MIGHT WANNA GO OUT AND FIX IT, BUT I WONDERED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF A PASSIVE WAY TO ALSO GET THE WORD OUT.
SOME OF OUR STATIONS ARE IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE HIGH TRAFFIC.
SO IF, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT, UH, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME BANNERS UP AND I JUST TUNE THEM OUT.
I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M JUST, YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOU, YOU'RE LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED.
AND SO I, THAT WAS JUST ONE THAT I SAW THAT I THOUGHT, UH, I WOULD ASK ABOUT.
WE DO HAVE A BANNER AT HEADQUARTERS, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE IDEA THAT IT ACTUALLY, THAT IS A GOOD IDEA OF PUTTING THAT SOME OUR PATROL STATION IN THE FIELD, SOME OF OUR MAJOR STREETS, UH, THE PEOPLE WOULD SEE THAT AS WELL.
WE'LL, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT.
UH, COULD YOU JUST, UH, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT, LITTLE BIT ABOUT SICK LEAVE PAYOUT OPTION? WE HAVE NOT TOTALLY WORKED OUT THE OPTIONS OF THAT.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING, UH, UH, KIND OF BA BASICALLY HOW THEY DID IT.
SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF, UM, I DON'T WANT TO DISCLOSE WHAT SOME OF THE OPTIONS ARE NOW.
WE'RE STILL TALKING INTERNALLY, BUT I THINK THEY WILL BE, UH, VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE RETENTION FOR BOTH THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE PEOPLE WHO START HERE, TO THE PEOPLE WHO STAY A LONG TIME.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GAMUT FOR THE WHOLE ENTIRE PERIOD.
SO, UM, I, I GUESS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A SICK LEAVE OPTION, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING INTO THIS BUDGET YEAR OR DOWN THE ROAD OR WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IT, IT, IT IS, IT IS CERTAINLY PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE SURFACE, I WOULD SAY IT WILL HAVE A, A SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY IMPACT THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED INTO FUTURE BUDGETS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE BENEFIT OF A SICK LEAVE PAYOUT IS GOOD FOR THE, THE POLICE OFFICER, BUT ALSO IT, IT INCENTIVIZE THEM TO NOT USE SICK LEAVE, WHICH PROVIDES MORE RESOURCES FOR US FOR PATROL ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND SO THERE IS SOME, SOME OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAD THIS BENEFIT FOR THE CITY, IT WASN'T JUST THE DEPARTMENT, IT WAS ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A FACTOR THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN DISCUSSING WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT HE'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT, UM, BEFORE WE CREATE ONE TIER OF BENEFIT FOR ONE ORGANIZATION VERSUS ALL OF THEM.
BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, UM, THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME INSIGHT SO WE CAN CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AND, AND COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL.
AND THE LAST QUESTION, UH, ABOUT DAYCARE.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON, ON THE DAYCARE? WE JUST BEGAN THE PROCESS AND SO WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE BOARD AND KINDERCARE, UH, IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO LAY OUT THE IDEAS FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN BEFORE WE INITIATE THE PROGRAM, WE'LL, WE'LL COME BEFORE PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUST, AND, AND TELL YOU WHAT THE, HOW THE I PLAN WILL WORK AND HOW WE'LL ALL WORK AND ALL THE DETAILS WITH THAT.
AND ALSO MR. CITY MANAGER WITH DAYCARE, WOULD THAT IMPACT OUR
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BUDGET? THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TO LOOK AT IN THE BUDGET RIGHT DOWN.UH, THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD THERE, THERE COULD BE SOME, THERE COULD BE SOME, UM, BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WORKING WITH THE, THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT IS ENDOWED WHERE THEY COME IN AND PROVIDE, UM, CONTRACTS WITH, UM, DAYCARE CENTERS LOCALLY AND THEN PROVIDE, UM, A BELOW MARKET RATE SERVICES FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IF I'M, IF I MISSTATED CORRECT ME, BUT THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THE IMPACT IS REALLY MORE TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE, BUT IT WOULD BE AT A REDUCED RATE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES THAT THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES.
OKAY, WELL, I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY I LOVE COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS' IDEA ABOUT ADVERTISING THESE JOBS ON OUR, UM, OWN SITES, BUT, UH, PHYSICAL SITES.
BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, DFR HAS A LOT MORE STATIONS THAN YOU DO.
AND I WANNA SEE YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER AND ADVERTISE FOR BOTH AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
A CANDIDATE MIGHT BE GREAT FOR DFR, THAT'S NOT GREAT FOR YOU, AND VICE VERSA.
THERE ARE SOME OVERLAPS, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU, UM, HAVING MET A LOT OF COPS AND A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS, Y'ALL ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
UM,
SO YOU'RE TALKING, UH, 94 LOCATIONS.
YOU HAVE THAT IN ONE OF YOUR, YOUR FUTURE BRIEFINGS, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY, 94 PUBLIC SAFETY LOCATIONS THAT YOU COULD BE ADVERTISING AND IT WILL COST US NOTHING EXCEPT THE COST OF PRINTING.
SO IT'S, IT IS A FABULOUS IDEA.
I HOPE YOU'LL RUN WITH THAT AND REPORT ON IT NEXT MONTH.
UM, NEXT THING IS, UM, THE FIRE PRESENTATION.
IN THEIR STRATEGY GROUP, THEY INCLUDE LATERALS.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHILE I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON AND THINKING ABOUT LATERALS, LET'S MAKE SURE IT'S A BOX.
IT'S THAT IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW SO MUCH WHEN WE CAN GET 'EM THAT WAY.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS THAT ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN FOR IT YET, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT, I'M HOPING BOTH OF YOU WILL PUT HOUSING ON THERE.
OUR RECRUITS NEED A PLACE TO LAND, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE DOING SO MUCH RECRUITING OUTSIDE OF THE METROPLEX.
AND WE MAY NOT USE ANY CITY FUNDING FOR THAT.
WE MAY FIND A WHOLE NOTHER WAY TO DO IT, OR THERE MIGHT BE THAT THE CITY HAS A BUILDING OR SOMETHING ELSE.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THAT.
AND THAT WOULD HELP US WITH, UM, WELCOMING NEW RECRUITS, UM, FOR POLICE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS.
YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE STREAMING ADS.
WONDERING IF YOU CAN SHARE WHAT PLATFORM THE ADS ARE IN.
SO THEY'RE ON ALL FORMS OF PLATFORMS. SO WE GOT FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND WE USE SPOTIFY, UH, YOUTUBE, SOME, A LOT OF ALL THE INTERNET, UH, THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO, UM, ANY SPORTS STATION OR, UH, WEBSITE THAT HAS SPORTS ON IT, WE ARE DOING STREAMING A ON THEM.
SO WE USE A COMPANY AND THEY GO TO THOSE AREAS WHERE THE SPORTS OR, UH, FITNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHERE WE DO THOSE STREAMING ADS.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ADS ON INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, UH, THE MAIN ONES AS WELL.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS, I HOPE THAT BOTH OF YOU WILL WORK ON MAKING IT EASIER TO ACTUALLY APPLY.
MEANING WHEN THEY HAND YOU THAT PACKET, HOW MANY TIMES ARE YOU WRITING YOUR NAME ON THERE? HOW, WHAT'S THE PROCESS LIKE FROM THE TIME I GO, HMM, MAYBE I WOULD APPLY.
AND WHAT DOES THAT TAKE? AND SO I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT I AM LOOKING FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE WENT FROM A 37 PAGE.
YOU HAVE TO CONTACT US 12 TIMES BEFORE WE'VE GOTTEN YOU HIRED TO THIS MANY PAGES.
I KNOW YOU HAVE 'EM WRITE OUT STATEMENTS AND THINGS.
UM, BUT NOW WE ONLY HAVE THIS MANY INTERACTIONS BEFORE WE ARE AT THIS POINT.
SO I'M LOOKING TO SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED.
AND THEN, UM, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR THIS EVERY MONTH, BUT I AM LOOKING FOR NEXT MONTH FOR YOU TO TELL ME ALL THE PLACES THAT YOU HAVE THIS JOB POSTED ONLINE.
I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD A COUPLE CHALLENGES WITH THAT, UM, EVEN ON OUR OWN CITI WEBSITE.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THOUGHT OF ALL OF THEM.
AND IF NOT, MAYBE WE'LL HELP YOU THINK OF SOME MORE.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD ASK US BEFORE YOU COME UP WITH YOUR LIST AND MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT IT POSTED EVERYWHERE.
I I DO THINK THAT WE ARE INNOVATING EVERY TIME, BUT IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? MM-HMM.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.I AM, UH, DELRIDGE WILLIAMS. I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY AND LOGISTICS.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO THE POWERPOINT.
SO I JUST WANNA GO OVER SOME, UH, BRIEFLY OVER SOME OF THE, THE, UH, STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT I REALLY STARTED FOCUSING ON THAT WE REALLY STARTED FOCUSING ON WAS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY WORKING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START TRYING.
WE'RE STARTING TO TRY TO CAPTURE, UH, INFORMATION FROM THOSE THAT WE HIRE OF WHERE DID WE, WHERE DID WE TOUCH YOU? UM, WHERE DID YOU SEE US? SOME OF THE SAME CONCERNS THAT YOU WERE HAVING.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA USE THAT TO BETTER TARGET OUR MARKETING.
THOSE THINGS THAT WORK WE'LL KEEP THOSE THAT DID NOT.
WE WILL, WE'LL TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
ANOTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS REALLY TRYING TO EXPAND OUR, OUR ALTERNATE HIRING AVENUES, WHICH ARE OUR SINGLE FUNCTIONS AND OUR LATERALS.
WE, UH, ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO CIVIL SERVICE, UH, LAST WEEK OVER SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE BROUGHT FORTH BEFORE YOU TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE SINGLE FUNCTIONS AND TO BRING IN SINGLE FUNCTIONS AND LATERALS.
ONE OF THE THING WE DID SO FAR AS THE SINGLE FUNCTIONS WAS TO, UM, TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR THOSE PEOPLE, LIKE AT NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL THAT HAVE THEIR ONLY, THEIR EMT BASIC.
WE REQUESTED AN AVENUE TO BRING THEM ON, UH, SO THAT WE CAN BRING THEM ON, SEND THEM TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL AND DO IT, AND THEREFORE, UH, HIRE THEM THAT WAY TO RECRUIT LOCALLY AT HOME.
ALSO, WITH THE, UH, LATERAL ENTRY, UH, WE LOOKED AT CLEANING UP SOME OF THE LANGUAGE OF THAT WHERE WE HAD PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE GRADUATED WITH THEIR, UH, WITH THEIR CERTIFICATES BUT HADN'T WORKED ANYWHERE.
UM, AND THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO STILL BRING THEM ON, UH, AND IT SAVES US THE, UH, THE COST OF ACTUALLY TRAINING THEM.
WE JUST PUT 'EM THROUGH AN ABBREVIATED ACADEMY AND, UH, PUT 'EM IN OUR PTECH PROGRAM TO, TO START 'EM OUT THAT WAY.
UH, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO EXPAND OUR ALTERNATE RECRUITING POOL POOLS.
WE HAVE, UH, PRESENTED CONTRACTS THAT THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE REVIEWING FOR BOTH THE DISD FIREFIGHTER ACADEMY AS WELL AS THE SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, PRETTY SOON, WE'LL, WE'LL BE FULL FLEDGED WITH THAT.
UH, WE THINK IT'S GONNA DO SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD THINGS FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY GETTING ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF RESPONSE TO IT AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT IT YET.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS IT'S ONE THING TO BRING 'EM IN, SO WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP THEM ONCE WE GET 'EM HERE.
SO, SO FAR IT'S TRYING TO, TO INCREASE OUR RETENTION.
WE'VE, UH, WE'VE GOT TWO GROUPS, BOTH THE UNIFORM ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT, UH, CHIEF HAS SET UP TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE UNIFORM AND THE LEADERSHIP, AND THEN THE MEMBERS UNITED COALITION, THAT IS TO IMPROVE THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE COMMUNICATIONS AMONGST THE MEMBERS THEMSELVES.
SO OUR NUMBERS FOR, FOR JANUARY.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT, UM, A LITTLE OVER 1600 APPLICATIONS.
UH, OF THOSE 656 WERE REFERRED, UM, AS I STATED BEFORE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE APPLICATIONS AND BEING REFERRED.
SO ONCE THEY APPLY, THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO BE VETTED BY CIVIL SERVICE.
THEN ONCE THEY'RE VETTED, THEN CIVIL SERVICE WILL SEND THEM THE LINK.
AND THEN ONCE THEY PASS, THEN THEY'RE REFERRED TO US FOR OUR, FOR OUR BACKGROUNDING.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 656 THAT WERE REFERRED.
UM, WE JUST HIRED 60, UM, THIS PAST MONTH.
UH, WE'RE ON TARGET FOR MARCH FOR ANOTHER 60.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF MORE OF LATERALS THAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA BRING IN.
UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING BACK AND LOOKING WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE REQUESTED FROM CIVIL SERVICE.
WE ARE GONNA GO BACK AND LOOK AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T QUALIFY BASED ON THE OLD RULES PRIOR, YOU KNOW, WITH CIVIL SERVICE PASSING IN.
AND IF THE COUNCIL PASSES THOSE CHANGES, WE ARE GONNA GO BACK, LOOK BACK AT THOSE AND TRY TO RECAPTURE AS MANY OF THOSE AS WE CAN AS WELL.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE, SOME OF OUR STATS.
SOME OF OUR STATS ON WHAT WE ACTUALLY DID THIS MONTH.
UH, WE WENT DOWN TO THE VALLEY, WE WENT TO NEW MEXICO STATE.
UM, SO WE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL OF THE, UH, HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS.
THAT WAS KIND OF A FOCUS A LITTLE BIT FOR, FOR LAST MONTH, BUT, UH, NEXT MONTH WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO EXPAND IT AS WELL.
AND THAT IS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M OPEN FOR ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR DFR?
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UM, OKAY, SO I HAVE ONE.SO I GUESS I'M CURIOUS, UM, WHEN I SEE HOW MANY APPLICANTS YOU HAVE, NOT AS MANY OVER IN IN DPD, ARE THERE FOLKS THAT YOU THINK MIGHT FALL OUT OF YOUR PROCESS THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR DPD? SO, I'M, SO I'M SURE THERE MAY, UH, AND OUR RECRUITERS ARE, ARE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, ONE BAND, ONE SOUND.
SO IF THERE WAS THAT CASE WHERE, UM, THAT THEY THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A BETTER FIT FOR POLICE, THEN THEY WOULD LEAD 'EM THAT WAY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY MOST POLICE OFFICERS WANNA BE FIREFIGHTERS, SO THEY GENERALLY WANNA COME, COME BACK THE OTHER WAY.
PLUS, UH, PLUS SOME OF THEIR, UH, SOME OF THEIR, SOME OF THEIR, UH, DISQUALIFIERS ARE A LITTLE, A LITTLE STRICTER THAN OURS.
SO MOST OF THE TIME YOU WOULD HAVE THEM COMING FROM THAT SIDE TO OUR SIDE.
BUT YES, AND IN THE PAST, AND I'LL GIVE WITH THE NEW TEAM, IN THE PAST, WE'VE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND DID RECRUITING EVENTS TOGETHER.
UM, WE ACTUALLY DID SOME, BACK IN THE DAY, WE DID SOME, UH, JOINT TESTING TOGETHER AS WELL.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY PARTNER AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, WE PUT ON THE UNITED SIDE.
WELL, I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S EASIER TO DISQUALIFY FOR DPD AND FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT HEART OF SERVICE TO HELP THE PUBLIC, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FLIP OVER TO DFR OR THEY MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE.
LIKE IT MAY BE THAT THEY WERE REALLY ONLY MEANT FOR THIS, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO MOVE THE OTHER WAY.
I HOPE THAT IN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, YOU'RE SENDING A LETTER TO SOMEONE SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA CONTINUE PURSUING THEM, AND THAT PERHAPS THEY COULD LOOK AT THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF JOB OPENINGS AND CODE COMPLIANCE AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WHERE AGAIN, A LOT OF THE SAME, THE SAME QUALITIES OF A PERSON'S INTEREST IN SERVING THE PUBLIC IN THIS WAY COULD BE USEFUL.
AND SO IF YOU DON'T ALREADY GIVE THE COURTESY OF A LETTER OR AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER CON GONNA CONTINUE TO BE, UM, PURSUED AS A CANDIDATE, I HOPE YOU'LL IMPLEMENT THAT.
AND THAT YOU'LL HAVE A PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T THINK YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB, THERE ARE OTHER JOBS.
AND PERHAPS SPECIFY WHAT THEY ARE BECAUSE WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH RECRUITING AND ANOTHER NUMBER OF PUBLIC FACING, SERVICE ORIENTED PHYSICAL JOBS.
AND I THINK THERE'S JUST THIS BIG OVERLAP OF, UM, QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU COULD HELP SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITH.
WE DO SEND A LETTER OUT TO AN APPLICANT WHO, UH, DOES NOT CONTINUE THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL.
SO WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD ALSO THAT WE DO HAVE A LATERAL PROGRAM.
WE HAVE, UH, FOUR, UH, RECRUITERS AND A SUPERVISOR JUST, UH, THAT ARE JUST ASSIGNED FOR LATERAL HIRES.
AND I THINK WHAT'S DIFFERENT, WHAT WE ARE SET APART FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY IS WE ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR TC PROCESS.
SO WE TRY TO LATERAL OFFICERS FROM OTHER STATES, AND THE PROCESS FOR GETTING THEIR LICENSE HERE IS VERY DIFFICULT AS A LATERAL.
SO WE ASSIST THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT BRINGS LATERALS HERE, UM, UH, TO THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE DO WORK VERY HARD WITH OUR LATERALS.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THE POLICE EXPERIENCE, LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE COMING WITH THAT AND SOME OF OUR HOURS WE'VE HIRED, UM, HAVE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO THAT, THAT, UH, EXPERIENCE BRINGING IT TO THE DEPARTMENT REALLY, REALLY WILL HELP US AS WELL.
AND ALSO, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TALKED ABOUT THE SKILL BRIDGE PROGRAM, THE MILITARY PROGRAM.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE CONTRACT, UH, FOR THE, OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE GOING THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S, UH, OFFICE THROUGH PROCESS, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S GOOD TO GO.
AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO START THAT PROGRAM, UH, VERY SOON AS WELL.
WELL, UM, CHIEF, AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, UM, JOINED US ON FRIDAY AT THE GRADUATION, AND YOU HAD YOUR FIRST LATERAL, UM, GRADUATE, SO THAT WAS TERRIFIC.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF THEM.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS A VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE.
LOOKS LIKE SOME VERY GOOD NEWS CHAIR.
IF I CAN, REAL QUICK BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I ALSO WANTED JUST TO THROW MY APPRECIATION, UH, TO CHIEF MARTINEZ, UH, EARLIER.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS I THINK THAT I WAS ALLOWED TO MAKE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE WAS TO ASK ALBERT TO COME BACK.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, I HAVE A FEELING HE'S GONNA BE SITTING NEXT TO ME AT SOME POINT TALKING ABOUT DISD AND DPD ISSUES ALSO, UM, BITTERSWEET.
'CAUSE HE IS NOT GONNA BE DOWN THE HALL ANYMORE.
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UM, BUT ALSO I THINK IT IS A SENSE OF PRIDE FOR THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.UM, WHENEVER, UH, AN ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, RISES TO A LEVEL OF CHIEF IN ANOTHER ORGANIZATION, UH, IT'S A SENSE OF PRIDE IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND FOR ALBERT, EXTREMELY PROUD OF HIM AND REALLY WANTED TO THANK HIM, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK IN THESE LAST THREE YEARS AND BEING A PARTNER.
UH, AND HE'S DEFINITELY GONNA BE MISSED.
BUT AGAIN, UH, HE'S NOT GONNA GO FAR.
AND I DO ENVISION HAVING, UH, MORE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETINGS WITH HIM NEXT TO US, ALBEIT WEARING ANOTHER UNIFORM.
BUT I REALLY WANTED TO THROW OUT MY APPRECIATION FOR ALBERT AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE AS WELL.
WELL, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY THAT HAVE DPD TRAINED LEADERS, RIGHT? SO, ALBERT, YOU'LL BE AT DISD, WE'VE GOT CHARLIE CATO OVER AT DART, UM, UH, COLIN COLLEGE, UM, I AM SORRY, DALLAS COLLEGE.
ANYHOW, LOTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE THE SAME TRAINING AND IDEA AND THEY KNOW THE RESOURCES AND THEY KNOW HOW TO GET IT DONE.
AND I THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.
FOR DALLAS, FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
I AM MAJOR JASON S GOGGINS, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M THE CRIME PLAN EVALUATOR AND OVERSEE THE VIOLENT CRIME PLANNING UNIT.
UM, COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, I'M HERE WITH OUR PARTNER OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS, A DIRECTOR KEVIN OIN, ALONG WITH CHIEF GARCIA AND CHIEF ANDERSON.
THIS CRIME PLAN IS GONNA COVER BASICALLY THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
AND LOOKING AT JANUARY, AS COMPARED TO LAST JANUARY, OUR VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN A TOUCH OVER 29%, WHICH IS HUGE.
AND THEN OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, UH, NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, HAVE BASICALLY WE DID NOT WANNA SEE ANOTHER JANUARY, LIKE WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR.
AND AS THIS PLAN DOES IT, IT TAR, IT TARGETS THE, UH, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE.
'CAUSE THAT'S THE CLOSEST THING YOU CAN GET TO, UH, A HOMICIDE.
SO WE TARGET THOSE 'CAUSE THOSE ARE GREAT IN NUMBERS, AND WE'D LIKE TO DECREASE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE LAUNCHED OUR, UH, PERIOD 14 GRIDS.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 62 GRIDS THAT WERE WORKING, UH, 29 OF THOSE GRIDS WERE A ROLLOVER.
UH, AND THEN IN MID-MARCH, UH, LOOKING AT OUR FOCUSED DETERRENT, WE'LL HAVE OUR THIRD, UH, CALL-IN SESSION, UH, MIDDLE OF MARCH.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, MARCH 18TH, BUT WE'RE PLANNING ON THAT.
AND, UH, PLANNING ON A GOOD ATTENDANCE.
UH, IF, IF SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE LOOKED AHEAD IN THE, UH, THE CRIME NUMBERS, YOU MIGHT SEE A LITTLE OUTLIER, UH, UH, A LITTLE BAR THAT GOES TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE.
UH, THOSE ARE OUR BUSINESS ROBBERIES, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT 64% IN A POSITIVE.
UH, SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS IS ABOUT 41% OF THOSE OFFENSES START OFF AS THEFT SHOPLIFTS, UH, IN WHICH SOMEBODY WENT INTO A STORE, RETAIL STORE, TRIED TO TAKE ITEMS WITHOUT PAYING FOR 'EM, AND THEN, UH, IT, IT, IN SOME PART OF THE INCIDENT, A STORE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP 'EM OR INTERVENE AND GOT ASSAULTED.
SO 41% OF THOSE OFFENSES STARTED OFF AS A THEFT OFFENSE.
UH, THE OTHER ABOUT 59% CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MAYBE ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF SERIAL ROBBERS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN HIT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF DALLAS.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE GOING OUT AND ROBBING STORES AT GUNPOINT.
UH, THAT NUMBER SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE INFLATED AND MISLEADING.
IT'S ACTUALLY A SMALL GROUP OF FEW PEOPLE GOING OUT AND, UH, ROBBING SOME OF THESE PLACES AT GUNPOINT.
AND, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 59% OF THAT NUMBER ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE SERIAL ROBBERS.
UH, OUR DETECTIVES AND OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREET HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN EITHER IDENTIFYING SOME OF THESE CIVIL, UH, SERIAL ROBBERS OR PUTTING THEM IN JAIL.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AND LOOK FOR THAT NUMBER TO GO, UH, IN THE, THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO MR. KEVIN.
THANK YOU, MAJOR, UH, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS, KEVIN ODEN WITH THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY ON BEHALF OF THE RIGHT CARE UNIT, WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING OFF DFR OFFICER WHITE, AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT, UH, HIS MEMORIES ARE A BLESSING TO HIS FAMILY, HIS FRIENDS, UH, AND HIS PEERS.
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TAKEAWAYS FROM OUR DATA FOR JANUARY CONTINUE TO SHOW FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE, AS WELL AS CRIMINAL OFFENSES AT ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT, UH, OUR CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS ARE SERVING, AS WELL AS INCREASES IN OWNER COMPLIANCE, WHERE WE NOTE VIOLATIONS OF THE CITY CODE IN HIGH RISK AREAS.AND THEN THIRD TAKEAWAY IS THAT WE, WE'VE SEEN FURTHER SHARP INCREASES IN OUTCOMES ON OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE CALLS.
UH, JUST IN JANUARY, OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM SERVED OVER 500, UH, INDIVIDUAL REFERRALS.
AND THEN FINALLY, FOR THIS MONTH, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF TWO OF OUR CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS, UH, MS. ADA DIAZ AND MS. ROBERTO SOMBRERO.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN THE DISTRICT 11, UH, AREA.
ONE OF OUR HIGH CRIME AREAS, UH, IN THIS AREA.
THEY'VE, UH, CREATED A PARTNERSHIP WITH APARTMENT OWNERS.
AND THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, UH, THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY AN APARTMENT OWNER OF A FEMALE THAT WAS LURED HERE FROM A SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY AND WAS SE SEX TRAFFICKED.
THE OWNER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
THEY REACHED OUT TO OUR CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS THAT WORKED THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
UH, FROM THERE WE'VE WORKED WITH DPD VICE AND OTHERS, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT FEMALE INTO SAFETY AND RELOCATE HER.
UH, AND THEN THERE'S FURTHER INVESTIGATION GOING ON INTO THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, BUT IT'S JUST A, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY BEING ON THE GROUND AND, AND MAKING THE RELATIONS ARE, ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THIS TYPE OF WORK AND HOW YOU CAN DIVERT, UH, BAD OUTCOMES FROM OCCURRING.
AND SO WITH THAT, THAT'LL BE OUR UPDATE FOR THE MONTH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, BEFORE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO, UH, SEND IT OVER TO CHIEF GARCIA FOR ANY CLOSING, UH, COMMENTS? NO, JUST, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, STARTING OFF THE YEAR WE WANTED TO REALLY COME OUT AND THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB.
UM, WHEN, WHEN THINGS, WHEN WE HAVE CHALLENGES, I DON'T REALLY TALK, I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT THOSE.
AND WHEN WE HAVE SUCCESSES, SAME THING.
UH, BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO ON THIS TREND.
I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING ON, ON ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, OUR LINEAR GRAPH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TIME EVERY YEAR, WE SEE, UM, OTHER THAN AT, AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE AT NOW, UH, YOU SEE A SPIKE THAT HAPPENS GENERALLY AROUND THIS TIME, IF NOT SOONER.
UH, AND SO POINT OF EMPHASIS GOING INTO THIS YEAR WAS TO REALLY, UH, NOT HAVE THAT SPIKE SO THAT WE'RE NOT CHASING, UH, OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR AS WE HAVE DONE, UH, IN OUR, IN, IN THE SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO AGAIN, UM, TREMENDOUS WORK BEING DONE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AS FAR AS, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN, UH, DOING WHAT WE CAN TO TAKE THESE CRIMINAL, UH, GROUPS OFF THE STREET, UH, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, A HUNDRED ROBBERIES AREN'T COMMITTED BY A HUNDRED DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
UH, AND SO THE PROACTIVE POLICE WORK IS WHAT'S KEEPING THE CITY AFLOAT.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING.
YEAH, CHIEF, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.
THANK, UM, FOR ALL THE OFFICE FOR THE WORK, WHAT CAN WE DO, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, AS RESIDENT, UH, APARTMENT CRIME? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MUCH APARTMENT CRIME AND WHAT CAN WE DO? I MEAN, WHAT IS THE MISSING? I MEAN, WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN RELATE TO ME THAT I CAN HAVE MORE CRIME? WATCH ME? I MEAN, WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL, I'LL, I'LL SAY THIS.
I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO APARTMENTS AND THE, THE TREMENDOUS HELP THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM, UH, KEVIN AND, AND HIS TEAM AS WELL, UH, HONESTLY, WE HAVE TO DO MORE WITH REGARDS TO GETTING, UH, MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP ONBOARD, UH, TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.
UH, SOMETIMES THERE'S A, THERE'S A BIT OF PUSHBACK, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT WE GET.
UM, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH OUR GRIDS AND HOW WE'RE IMPACTING IT, UH, TO A POINT OF EMPHASIS GOING INTO THIS YEAR, UH, BUT I'LL TELL YOU OF THE MURDERS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR, UH, AT LEAST HALF OF THEM UP TO THIS POINT HAVE ALL OCCURRED, UH, IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S CERTAIN, UH, CERTAINLY THERE'S MORE THAT WE HAVE TO, I THINK, COLLECTIVELY.
UH, I THINK, UH, AND AGAIN, I WANT, YOU KNOW, KEVIN TO, TO, TO CHIME IN ALSO, BUT I THINK WORKING TOGETHER, UH, TO HAVE MEETINGS AS WE'VE HAD BEFORE WITH OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT AT SOME OF THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, IS, IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
UM, REALLY, UH, MANAGEMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHO THEY'RE RENTING TO, UH, IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, UH, BACKGROUND PROCESS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND, BUT, UH, BUT AGAIN, WE, WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO, TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT TO OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT, UH, TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE, UH, AND TO, UH, AND TO WORK WITH US MORE.
BUT, UH, I THINK KEVIN, YEAH, SO AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, I MEAN, ENFORCING ON THE FRONT END AS APPLICANTS ARE COMING IN, THE CRIME FREE ADDENDUMS OF LEASES,
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HOLDING THOSE, UH, EDUCATING AND, AND BUILDING UP STAFF OF MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, UM, TO TAKE A VESTED INTEREST IN THEIR RESIDENTS, UH, AND THEN REPORTING WHEN THERE ARE HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE.AND THEN JUST AT THE PLACE ITSELF, THE APARTMENT, I MEAN, EVERY PUBLIC SPACE HAS TO HAVE A PURPOSE.
AND IF SPACE IS BEING UTILIZED FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES, AS THE CHIEF HAS TALKED ABOUT MANY TIMES, THEN YOU WILL HAVE A, A HIGHER PROPENSITY FOR NEGATIVE OUTCOMES TO OCCUR.
AND SO, UH, I THINK THE EDUCATION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE PROPERTY MANAGERS ARE, IS WHERE ARE THESE HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE ON YOUR PROPERTY? AND HOW CAN YOU REUSE THAT SPACE IN A BETTER, UM, UH, WAY SO THAT THERE ARE NOT POTENTIAL BAD OUTCOMES OCCURRING ON THE PROPERTY.
AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OUR TEAM ARE, ARE HAPPY TO ASSIST.
IT'S NOT JUST ON YOU OR NOT JUST ON THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENT, BUT EVERYONE TO COME IN AND TRY TO MAKE THOSE INTERVENTIONS AT PROPERTIES.
WELL, AND WE LOOK AT, UH, AN APARTMENTS ON AN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
WE DO HAVE SOME APARTMENTS DO WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WITH DPD, BUT WE ALSO GOT SOME BAD APARTMENTS OWNERS THAT DO NOT WORK TOGETHER.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW CAN WE GET THE ONE WHO'S NOT WORKING WITH US TO WORK WITH US.
I MEAN, THAT'S MY BIG CONCERN IS WE GOT SO MANY OUT THERE, WOULD NOT WORK WITH US, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THE BAD APPLES IS IN THOSE UNITS.
SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE, AND WE CANNOT MAKE THEM WORK WITH US, BUT IT'S ANYTHING THAT WE DO WHEN THEY ARE THE BAD APPLES, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ON A HOT LIST, YOU KNOW, UH, WITH KOHLS, SO WELL, ULTIMATELY THE, THE OWNER OR THE MANAGER, THEY, THEY WANNA MAKE MONEY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
AND SO IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO, TO WORK WITH US.
UM, AND WHERE THERE'S NOT, AND WHERE THERE'S NOT COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE CITY ORDINANCES, WE DO HAVE ESCALATED ENFORCEMENT TO HELP OFFLINE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PASS ALONG PLACES THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO OR, UH, PERHAPS THERE ARE INSPECTIONS OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PULL TOGETHER AND, AND PAINT A BROADER BRUSH OF, OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THESE PROPERTIES, WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE, UH, BITS OF INFORMATION AND, AND ACT FROM THERE.
SO I JUST WANNA LEVEL SET SOMETHING BECAUSE I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE HEADLINE HERE IS OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME DOWN 29% AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS DOWN 33%.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS CHART, I GO, OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK, THE ROBBERIES FOR BUSINESSES ARE WAY UP, BUT THIS IS JUST THE GRIDS, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE CITY.
THE OTHER ONE, HOW MANY INCIDENCES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO ON BUSINESS ROBBERIES, UH, SHOWING TO BE CURRENTLY AT 41 OFFENSES, AND THAT'S GENERALLY ABOUT 41 INCIDENTS, SO 16 ADDITIONAL VICTIMS AS OPPOSED TO LAST YEAR.
SO 16 ADDITIONAL ROBBERIES IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT.
LIKE, WE DON'T WANT 16 MORE BUSINESS ROBBERIES ACROSS OUR LARGE CITY, HOWEVER, WE ALWAYS WANNA HEAR 29% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME.
AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO SPIRAL OUT TO A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE OBSESSING ABOUT 16 BUSINESS CRIMES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST 30% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT THE HEADLINE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS.
SO, UM, I JUST SAY THANK YOU, GREAT JOB.
UM, I NOTICED ON THE WEEKLY REPORTS NUMBERS WERE GOING DOWN.
HOPEFULLY THAT MEANS YOU'VE CAUGHT PEOPLE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, I'M READY TO TAKE MY NEXT COLLEAGUE FOR QUESTIONS.
SORRY, I WAS REALLY DIGGING IN THERE TO YOUR CHART.
UM, A FOLLOW UP, UM, TO, UH, MAYOR PROM'S COMMENTS REGARDING APARTMENTS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT WORKING WITH YOU OR HOW YOU CAN, HOW YOU ADDRESS THOSE SITUATIONS.
I WILL JUST SAY, UM, MY EXPERIENCE IS, IS THAT THE NPOS IN, UH, SUBSTATION DO AN AMAZING JOB OF WORKING WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
THEY BUILD, THEY WORK TOWARDS BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
AND I'M SURE KEVIN, YOU, YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
SO THEY VERY OFTEN WILL KNOW THE, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT WELL.
UM, IF YOU HAVE A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO AL OR PRESIDENT, WHO KNOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, WE'RE, WE ARE FOR EXAMPLE, GOING THROUGH RENEWAL FOR THE NORTH LAKE HIGHLANDS PIT.
AND I KNOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, VICKI TAYLOR KNOWS THOSE OWNERS.
UM, SHE'S AN EXTROVERT EXTRAORDINAIRE,
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WHO DO HAVE THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND I DO THINK WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEM, ESPECIALLY I THINK JUST WORKING WITH THEM ON, AND IF YOU CHALLENGED A PIT DIRECTOR TO TRY TO HELP UP AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WITH WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE OUTDOOR SPACES, IT'S POSSIBLE THEY COULD, THEY COULD HELP.SO I WAS JUST GIVING YOU SOME RESOURCES ABOUT, UM, OTHER, OTHER POTENTIAL, UM, ASSISTANCE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
I WOULD ALSO, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT GONNA FOCUS ON THE ROBBERY OF A BUSINESS, BUT I DO CAN, DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WAS MOSTLY RETAIL BUSINESS OR IF IT WAS, IS IT LIKE THE SMASH AND GRABS THAT, UM, I REMEMBER SEEING IN ONE PARTICULAR DISTRICT WHERE I WORKED, OR IS IT MORE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, A ROBBERY OF A WAREHOUSE OR A STORAGE UNIT, OR DO YOU HAVE, DO WE HAVE THAT DETAIL? NO, ON THE, UH, THEFT SHOPLIFT, THAT'S MAINLY RETAIL.
BUT THERE WERE, THE SERIAL ROBBERIES WERE, UM, NOT SHOPLIFT.
UM, FAST FOOD, FAST FOOD CHANGE, CELL PHONE STORES, JUST STUFF THAT THEY CAN, THEY KNOW THE REGISTERS ARE GONNA BE HOLDING A LOT OF MONEY OR THEY CAN GET, YOU KNOW, $500 PER PHONE.
A LOT OF TIMES THESE GUYS THAT ARE COMMITTING AGGRAVATED ROBBERIES ARE AFTER STUFF THAT THEY CAN GET THE LARGEST RETURN ON.
SO CASH FROM REGISTERS PHONES, UH, AND THEN SOME OF THE, ON THE INDIVIDUAL SIDE CARS, THAT'S MAINLY THE THREE THINGS THAT THEY'RE AFTER.
IF, IF I COULD JUST ADD AS WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF THESE BUSINESS ROBBERIES AS WAS MENTIONED, ARE LITERALLY PETTY THEFTS OR SHOPLIFTING COMBAT.
UM, THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY INDIVIDUALS THAT WENT IN WITH A MINDSET TO ROB.
IT'S JUST, AND WE'VE DONE OUTREACH, UH, WE'RE DOING OUTREACH WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, ET CETERA, SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS THAT CAN BE ENCOUNTERED, UH, WHEN THESE THINGS OCCUR AS WELL.
UH, BECAUSE THAT IS A FRUSTRATION THAT WE'VE HAD MANY TIMES, IS THAT AGAIN, AND TO THE POINT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CONTINUES TO BE, TO BE MADE.
THIS IS NOT, UH, UH, THIS ISN'T THE MOVIE HEAT, UH, WHERE THESE ROBBERIES THAT, THAT ARE OCCURRING, UH, THE, THE, A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF 'EM ARE THESE SIMPLE PETTY THEFTS THAT HAVE TURNED THAT, THAT TURN INTO, TOOK A BAD TURN, RIGHT? YES.
AND SO, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU CAN EDUCATE MANAGERS AND, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS AND HOW TO HANDLE HOW TO DEESCALATE THAT SITUATION OR TO AVOID, TO AVOID HAVING IT ESCALATE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILOR WILLIS.
WELL, I'M GONNA KEEP GOING ON THAT.
UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, MAJOR SCROGGINS FOR, UM, JUMPING OUT ON THAT.
BUT I, I DO AGREE THE HEADLINE HERE IS AN ALMOST 30% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME.
SO WE CANNOT LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UM, THE REASON I'M, I'M, I'M CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON ROBBERY AND THANK YOU FOR DRILLING INTO WHAT THIS MEANS, HOW IT'S SHOPLIFTING TURNING INTO SOMETHING BIGGER.
UM, IS THIS WHERE OIP PS WOULD COME IN AND WORK WITH THE RETAILERS TO JUST SAY, HEY, WHAT YOU THINK IS PETTY SHOPLIFTING AND YOU MAY BE TURNING A BLIND EYE TO YOU REALLY NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DETERRENT TO, BECAUSE OF WHAT IT CAN TURN INTO.
I MEAN, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE IS WITH RETAIL, BECAUSE IT'S ALL OVER ABOUT SHOPLIFTING AND EVERYONE'S LIKE, WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO WITH ALL OF THIS SHOPLIFTING? AND I'M LIKE, WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A RETAILER'S CHARGE TO MAKE SURE YOU FEEL SAFE IN A STORE AND ALSO TO PROTECT THEIR INVENTORY, BUT THEY SEEM TO LAY IT AT YOUR FEET LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE DO.
BUT WHAT, WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? I MEAN, HOW, HOW CAN WE WORK WITH THESE RETAILERS TO DRAW A HARDER LINE OR TAKE MORE ACTION SO THAT IT DOESN'T ESCALATE INTO SOMETHING THAT MAKES A BIG BAR ON OUR CHARTS? IT'S A FASCINATING, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND I'LL SAY OFTENTIMES, UH, IT'S REALLY CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN.
UM, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS BUSINESS MODELS, UH, WHAT I, YOU KNOW, LIKE AS AN EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE AS EASY AS, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING THE ATM AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE, HAVING IT TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STORE, UM, NOT HAVING EXPENSIVE ITEMS, KNOWING WHEN YOU'RE DROPPING, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY COUNTS AND HAVING SOMEONE WITH YOU.
OFTENTIMES IT COMES DOWN WITH BUSINESS MODELS THAT SOMETIMES, UH, BUSINESSES ARE NOT KEEN ON CHANGING THEIR BUSINESS MODEL TO KIND OF HELP US HELP THEM, UH, IN A WAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS.
I KNOW I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL RETAILERS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ASSIST US, UH, IN THEIR BUSINESS MODELS.
UM, AND IT, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK TO HAVE BUSINESSES CHANGE THE WAY THEY, THEY, THEY DO IT, UM, IN A WAY THAT CAN ASSIST US TO NOT MAKE IT LOOK AS EASY, UM, TO BE A VICTIM OF THEFT.
SO JUST AS WE ASK OUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, DON'T LEAVE A LAPTOP ON YOUR FRONT SEAT AND LOCK YOUR DOORS, WE NEED OUR RETAILERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLE IN THIS AS WELL.
AND ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAN JUST TELL YOU, LOOKING AT THE LAST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, UM,
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WE WERE DOING DAILY CALLINGS JUST TO TALK ABOUT BUSINESS ROBBERIES.AND PART OF THAT CONVERSATION JUST SYNCING UP WAS THE PATROL OPERATION PIECE OF IT, THE INVESTIGATION PIECE OF IT, AND THEN THE QE ENGAGEMENT.
THE GREAT PART ABOUT THAT WHOLE CONVERSATION ON A DAILY BASIS IS THAT OUR NPOS WERE GOING OUT TO THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT HAD BEEN A VICTIM OF A BUSINESS ROBBERY, MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE ONES THAT THERE WAS A SHOPLIFT AND THEY TURNED BAD.
AND WHAT THEY DID WAS
UM, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, NOT JUST NECESSARILY WITH EMPLOYEES, BUT DIRECTLY WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF STORY AND EVEN HEADQUARTERS.
UM, SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE STILL CHALLENGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE STILL CONTINUE THAT SAME TYPE OF INTERVENTION ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
UM, BUT JUST PROVIDING SOME PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUSINESS ROBBERIES.
IF YOU LOOK AT PRE COVID, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS WAS EXPERIENCED ABOUT 989, CLOSE TO A THOUSAND BUSINESS ROBBERIES.
UM, ONCE WE ENACTED AT CRIME PLAN, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THOSE INCIDENTS TO ABOUT 435, 440.
SO FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ORGANIZATION HAVE REDUCED FROM BUSINESS ROBBERY FROM APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND BUSINESS ROBBERIES DOWN TO 440.
SO NOW WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH MANAGEMENT, WORKING WITH EMPLOYEES ABOUT BEST PRACTICE, KEEPING THEM SAFE SO THAT SHOPLIFTING DOESN'T NECESSARILY TURN INTO A BUSINESS ROBBERIES.
AND IF I JUST ADD ONE MORE THING WITH THE, WITH WITH THE ROBBIE AND I, AND I APPRECIATE, I MEAN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, I MEAN, THE, THE TAKEAWAY IS YES, VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY'S DOWN NEARLY 30%.
IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, SLIDES, UH, I THINK, UH, SIX AND SEVEN WITH THE TREND LINE, THOSE ARE WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, I'LL, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ROBBERIES, I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN I MAKE THE POINT THAT A HUNDRED ROBBERIES AREN'T COMMITTED BY A HUNDRED FROM PEOPLE, I MEAN, YOU LOOK NO FURTHER THAN JUST RECENTLY.
OUR MEN AND WOMEN, UH, TOOK, DID AN AMAZING JOB AND TOOK DOWN A, A ROBBERY CREW THAT WE FEEL IS PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYWHERE FROM 12 TO 15 ROBBERIES, ONE CREW RESPONSIBLE FOR 12 TO 15 ROBBERIES.
AND SO, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH BUSINESSES, AGAIN, I CANNOT, UH, I CANNOT, UH, STATE ENOUGH, UH, THE PROACTIVE POLICING, UM, OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ONE CREW, ONE CREW THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT 12 TO 15 ROBBERIES.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO TO GRIND ON THAT.
UM, AND, AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN IN THIS, IN THIS REALM.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION ON SLIDE 12, UH, THERE'S A REFERENCE TO TAKING FIVE FIREARMS OFF THE STREETS.
AND THIS JUST MADE ME THINK ABOUT A RECENT GUN BUYBACK EVENT, UH, THAT WAS HELD.
AND SOME PEOPLE LIKE THOSE AND SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE IT'S A DROP IN THE OCEAN.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS? I MEAN, EVEN WHAT THE IMPACT, I MEAN, THIS SEEMS LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, BUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND WHY, WHAT THE IMPACT ON A COMMUNITY CAN BE ABOUT REMOVING A GUN OFF THE STREET? WELL, I THINK THE POINT, YOU KNOW, IT IS MY POINT REALLY.
THE, THE KEY IS TO REMOVE FIREARMS FROM THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT'S IN OUR STREET.
WHEN IT COMES TO GUN BUYBACK OPERATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CRIMINOLOGISTS.
UM, THERE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE, UH, FROM A CRIMIN LOGIC STANDPOINT THAT SHOWS ANY RELATION FROM GUN BUYBACKS TO A REDUCTION OF VIOLENT CRIME.
UM, UNLESS OF COURSE YOU LOOK, UH, TO AUSTRALIA, UH, WHERE THEY, THEY'VE MADE IT ILLEGAL TO OWN A FIREARM.
SO YES, THEIR GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM PROBABLY WORKED.
UM, BUT GUN BUYBACKS IN, IN THE UNITED STATES, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE, UH, THAT SHOWS THAT ANY GUN BUYBACK PROGRAM REDUCES VIOLENT CRIME.
I THINK WHAT WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON IS ENSURING THAT GUNS ARE NOT IN THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, AND ADDITIONALLY ENSURING, UH, THAT, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, UH, WHEN MY MEN AND WOMEN ARE TAKING THEM OFF THE STREET.
UM, ON SLIDE 17, JUST GETTING BACK INTO THE FOCUS DETERRENCE PROGRAM.
UM, SO WE'RE EVERY FEW MONTHS HAVING A NEW CREW COME IN AND LINKING THEM WITH SERVICES, THE NUMBERS LOOK REALLY SOLID.
I MEAN, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED TO A NUMBER OF SERVICES? SO I HOPE WE SEE AN IMPACT ON, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM THAT.
BUT WHERE'S THE CHURN COMING FROM? IS THIS FROM, DO WE JUST HAVE A LONG LIST? ARE WE'RE GETTING TO THEM IN INCREMENTS OR IS IT NEW JAIL RELEASES? WHERE IS THIS LIST COMING FROM THAT WE'RE CONTINUALLY GIVING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO? SO EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A FOCUS DETERRENCE CALLING SESSION THAT'S HAPPENING EVERY QUARTER, UM, I CAN, I CAN ACTUALLY CONFIRM THAT EVERY TIME WE HAD A SESSION.
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IT IS BASICALLY JUST REVIEWING THE LAST TWO YEARS WORTH OF VIOLENT OFFICES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND LOOKING AT IT FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CRITERIA.EACH OF THOSE CRITERIA GET WEIGHTED A CERTAIN NUMBER, AND THEN ONCE WE FINALIZE THAT WHOLE SET OF NUMBERS, WE ADD UP THE NUMBERS AND THEN IT'S ASSIGNED TO EACH ONE OF THOSE FUTURE CLIENTS.
UM, AND SO IT'S A NON-BIASED METRIC THAT WE ACTUALLY UTILIZE.
UM, BUT IT IS IDENTIFYING NEW FACES, NEW BODIES, AND NEW INDIVIDUALS EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.
SO WE SCHEDULE FOR MARCH THE 18TH FOR OUR NEXT SESSION.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALL NEW FACES.
ACTUALLY, THERE WON'T BE ANY ROLLOVERS FROM SESSION ONE TO SESSION TWO, SO WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU WERE HIRING SOME HELP TO HELP MANAGE THIS PROGRAM.
HOW'S THAT GOING? YEAH, SO THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR PROJECT MANAGER ALSO.
IT'S GONNA BE A CASE MANAGER ALSO.
IT'S GONNA BE OUR OUTREACH SPECIALIST.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE HR PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE, UH, I THINK LAST WEEK THE CASE MANAGER POSITION ACTUALLY CLOSED, SO WE CAN SET FOR INTERVIEWS NOW.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, I JUST WANNA OFFER UP A LITTLE CLARIFICATION ON PAGE 12, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE, THERE ARE PURELY NUMBERS FROM THE TEAM ASSIGNED TO THE VIOLENT CRIME PLANNING UNIT.
SO ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT WORK UNDERNEATH ME.
SO IF YOU SEE THAT WE'VE TAKEN FIVE, THAT'S JUST OUR GUYS, NOT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THESE FIVE FIREARMS AND THE LOCATIONS THAT ARE TAKEN OFF OF OR TAKEN FROM GENERALLY ARE OUR MOST VIOLENT AREAS.
AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, UH,
SO WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACES, WE'RE SEIZING THE RIGHT FIREARMS, NOT JUST ANY FIREARM BUT FIREARMS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN VIOLENT OFFENSES.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE LARGE PART OF THE DIFFERENCE IS COMING FROM.
BUT ANY NUMBERS ON THOSE PAGE ARE JUST NUMBERS THAT I CAN ACCOUNT FOR AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME.
WELL, AND I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO DIMINISH THE ACCOMPLISHMENT THERE, I JUST, SOME OF THE THINGS I HEAR ABOUT IS MAYBE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KEEP THEIR FIREARMS AS SECURE AND THEN THEY'RE STOLEN AND THEN THEY'RE ON THE STREETS AND THEY'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE JUST POINTED OUT.
AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, 'CAUSE I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND SOME WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THEM.
AND SO I JUST THOUGHT IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER THAT COULD HELP ME EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, UM, I WOULD, I WOULD TAKE IT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR A FABULOUS UPDATE.
I HOPE YOU COME BACK HERE EVERY MONTH TELLING US THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 29% AND THE AGGRAVATOR ASSAULTS ARE DOWN 33%.
UM, CHIEF GARCIA, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, UM, IF I CAN ASK YOU TO JUST COMMENT MAYBE ON, UM, ON OUR L ITEM, WHICH IS THE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS HOURS OF OPERATION.
IN THAT UPDATE, I THINK THE, WE SENT THE, THE MEMO, THERE'S A MEMO.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING? I THINK IT'S GOING, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TO GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO NOW NEWLY PROMOTED CHIEF P UH, IN LEADING THE WAY FOR US.
UM, I THINK IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THAT HAVE HAVE GONE IN OUR FAVOR AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK, UH, WHEN WE GET THE, WHEN I GET THE UPDATES FROM DEVIN, UM, I THINK, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PLACES THAT HAVE PUSHED AND WE HAVE PUSHED BACK.
UM, BUT IT'S, I THINK IT'S WORKING THE WAY WE INTENDED IT TO WORK.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY.
SO I JUST ASKED FOR A LITTLE UPDATE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL ONGOING LEGAL CHALLENGES, UM, BUT WANTED TO SEE IF THIS APPEARED TO BE SOMETHING SUCCESSFUL FOR YOU.
UM, OF COURSE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A SHORT TIME PERIOD, SO THE DATA THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY EXTRAPOLATE FROM THIS IS, IS SCAN.
BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE, FROM THE 2:00 AM TO 6:00 AM TIME PERIOD FOR THE TWO MONTHS PROCEEDING, UM, THE ENACTMENT OF THE ORDINANCE TO THE TWO MONTHS AFTER, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENCE OF, AND THIS IS ALL NEIGHBORS CRIME.
SO THE TWO MONTHS PRIOR, WE HAD 54 NEIGHBORS CRIMES IN THAT TWO TO 6:00 AM WINDOW.
UM, SINCE THE ENACTMENT WE'VE HAD 19.
SO THAT'S OVER 30, UH, OFFENSE REDUCTION, UH, JUST WITHIN THAT, THAT TWO MONTH WINDOW.
UM, AND OF COURSE WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE DATA, UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE MORE AS WE'RE ABLE TO GATHER MORE DATA.
I, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT THIS DEPARTMENT GETS MANY TIMES, UM, I, WE CAN'T THANK YOU AND COUNSEL ENOUGH, UH, FOR SUPPORTING US, UM, IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I KNOW AGAIN, IT'S A SHORT TIMEFRAME, BUT THOSE NUMBERS SPEAK VOLUMES.
UM, AND SO I, I PERSONALLY, I THINK WE PERSONALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE TRUST THAT WAS PLACED IN THIS DEPARTMENT,
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UH, WHEN WE ASKED FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD ABSOLUTELY HELP US.I HOPE THAT THEY CORRELATE WHEN YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO, TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT AS THAT WAS ENACTED, THE NUMBERS HAVE GONE DOWN.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT UPDATE.
OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE ON.
THIS IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE ENHANCEMENTS, THE SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATION PROCESS.
AND I'LL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT ITEM E UM, WE'RE GONNA DEFER TO NEXT MONTH, UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH, UM, THE REMAINING MEMOS AFTER GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, I'M ASSISTANT CHIEF KATRINA, SHE WITH THE, UH, INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU, AND TODAY WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS AS IT RELATES TO A NEW PILOT PROGRAM.
SO THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND THE, UH, CITIZENS OF DALLAS WITH AN UPDATE ON INFORMATION ON OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS, AND TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S WE HAVE IN PLACE TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THE PEN CODE DEFINES SEXUAL ASSAULT AS THE PENETRATION OF A SEXUAL ORGAN OR MOUTH OF A PERSON WITHOUT CONSENT.
UH, THESE OFFENSES CAN BE ENHANCED IF THE VICTIM SUFFERS A, SUFFERS A SEVERE INJURY OR IF A WEAPON IS USED.
THIS CHART TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT TO THE CITIZENS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS SLIDE.
UH, ADULT VICTIMS HAVE SUFFERED SOME SORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THEIR LIFETIME, AND A SHORTER TIME PERIOD IN THIS PAST YEAR, OVER 413,000 HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME SORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THIS PAST YEAR.
SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS FOR ADULTS IS INVESTIGATED BY OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HOWEVER, WHEN A VICTIM IS UNDER THE AGE OF 17 AND THE SUSPECT IS EITHER A FAMILY MEMBER OR A CAREGIVER, UH, THAT IS INVESTIGATED BY OUR CHILD ABUSE UNIT IN THOSE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE VICTIM IS UNDER THE AGE OF 17, BUT THE SUSPECT IS NOT A FAMILY MEMBER OR A CAREGIVER THAT IS INVESTIGATED BY OUR CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT.
SOME OFFICES THAT WE GENERALLY INVESTIGATE JUST A, A SHORT LIST INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY SEXUAL ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT, STALKING, UM, INDECENT ASSAULT, INVASIVE, UH, OR RECORDING OR OUR PHOTOGRAPHY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL.
GENERAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES INCLUDE LIKELY A NINE ONE ONE CALL FROM THE VICTIM OR A REPORT FROM THE VICTIM THAT COMES FROM A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
THERE IS A, WHAT WE CALL A SANE EXAM, THE SEXUAL ASSAULT NURSE EXAM.
THEN THERE'S A FOLLOW UP INTERVIEW WITH THE VICTIM, UH, DNA TESTING HAPPENS THEREAFTER.
AND THEN IDENTIFICATION OF A SUSPECT.
ADVANCED INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES WILL INCLUDE A COMBINED DNA INDEX, UH, SYSTEM HIT OR COMPARISON WITH A KNOWN OFFENDER.
AND THEN THERE IS A FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW WITH THOSE PERSONS OF INTEREST, UH, EXECUTION OF SEVERAL EVIDENTIARY SEARCH WARRANTS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE, A COLLABORATION WITH ADVOCATES FOR VICTIM SERVICES FOR OUR SURVIVORS.
NOW TO THE, TO THE NEW EXPEDITED PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE CRUST OF THIS, THIS PRESENTATION.
TODAY, IN APRIL OF 2024, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKLAND HOSPITAL, WILL LAUNCH A POLY PROGRAM INTENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR VICTIMS TO REPORT A SEXUAL ASSAULT INCIDENT FROM THE HOSPITAL.
A CURRENT PROCESS REQUIRES THAT A VICTIM WHO RESPONDS TO A HOSPITAL HAS TO CALL 9 1 1 AND HAVE A POLICE OFFICER TO RESPOND IN PERSON TO TAKE A REPORT.
THIS MAY LEAD TO EXTENSIVE WAITING TIME, AND VICTIM MAY LEAD THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT RECEIVING THE NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE.
IT COULD ALSO LEAD US TO, UH, A LOSS OF CRITICAL EVIDENTIARY, UM, INFORMATION OR EVIDENCE.
THE INITIAL INFORMATION IMPLEMENTATION WILL ALLOW VICTIMS TO SELF-REPORT TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL TO UTILIZE THE TRAINED EXPEDITERS FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNICATIONS GROUP TO REPORT THE INCIDENT OVER THE PHONE DURING THE INITIAL TRIAL PERIOD.
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THE SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT WILL, UH, WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND PARKLAND HOSPITAL TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS OPERATING EFFECTIVELY FOLLOWING THE TRIAL PERIOD.THIS PROGRAM WILL EXPAND TO ALL HOSPITALS WHO PERFORM SANE EXAMINATIONS.
THE EXPECTED PROGRAM OUTCOMES INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL LAY OF PRIVACY AND COMFORT FOR THE VICTIMS. NEXT SLIDE.
HERE ARE SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, WHICH THIS WILL EXPAND TO, OBVIOUSLY, PARKLAND HOSPITAL, UH, TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL, BAILEY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL, UM, MEDICAL ME, METHODIST, DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER, AND TURNING POINT PLANO OR COURTNEY'S SAFE PLACE.
ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ARE IN PLACE ALREADY THAT WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH.
INCLUDE THE DALLAS AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY, UH, BODE FORENSICS, UH, SOUTHWEST INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, AND OBVIOUSLY THE DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC GROUP WHERE THEY, UM, TEST A SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT INITIATIVE UNIT.
THIS SLIDE JUST GENERALLY JUST REPRESENTS SOME OUTREACH INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE FROM THIS DEPARTMENT OR OTHER ADVOCACY.
UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS MAY AL ALREADY DIAL 9 1 1 OR GO TO ANY NEAREST HOSPITAL TO THEM, UM, OR POLICE STATION NEAREST TO THEM.
THE WEBSITE OF WWW.DALLASPOLICE.NET IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND ANY ADDRESS OF ANY LOCAL POLICE STATION.
VICTIMS MAY ALSO GO TO ANY LOCAL HOSPITAL AND REQUEST AN EXAMINATION AND REPORT THE OFFENSE TO POLICE OFFICERS, ADVOCACY AND VICTIM'S RIGHT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE DALLAS RAPE CRISIS.ORG.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ANY VICTIM OR ADVOCATE WHO WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ON ANY ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS IS WELCOME TO REACH OUT TO US AT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT AT 2 1 4 6 7 1 3 5 9 3.
NEXT STEPS IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND JUST OUR GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE PROCESSES IS TO CONTINUE OUR PREPARATION PROCESS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
UH, OBVIOUSLY FOR US AS A DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIVELY, WE NEED TO BROADEN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH EFFORTS.
UH, OFTENTIMES WE LOSE CONTACT WITH SOME OF OUR SURVIVORS, UH, OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO WE REAL FEEL LIKE THAT'S GONNA BE SOME OF THE, UH, BEST NEXT STEPS FOR US.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A VICTIM-CENTERED TRAUMA-BASED INVESTIGATIVE APPROACH.
NEXT SLIDE, AND CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
AND WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, COUNCILLOR WILLIS, I SEE YOUR LIGHTS ON.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU? SURE.
WELL, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE EXPEDITER PROGRAM BECAUSE AFTER VISITING A FEW SANE UNITS, I MEAN, ONE THING YOU HEAR ABOUT IS HERE'S THIS EXTREMELY VULNERABLE VICTIM AND HAVING TO WAIT AROUND.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST NOT A GREAT IDEA.
SO I, ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP, UM, THE VICTIM AND ALSO CAPTURE WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE CAPTURED.
SO AN INVESTIGATION, UH, CAN TAKE PLACE AND, AND BRING, UM, A SUSPECT TO JUSTICE IS GOOD.
UM, I'M NOT COMPLETELY FOLLOWING ON, I THINK ON PAGE NINE WHERE THE EXPEDITING COMES IN.
SO IS IT TYPICALLY YOU CALL 9 1 1? WELL, I'LL LET YOU WALK ME THROUGH KIND OF HOW, SO OUR CURRENT, OUR CURRENT PROCEDURE INCLUDES THAT WHEN A VICTIM ARRIVES AT A HOSPITAL THAT THEY HAVE TO CALL 9 1 1 AND THE ACTUAL POLICE OFFICER HAS TO RESPOND TO THE HOSPITAL TO TAKE A REPORT, UM, WHICH, UM, UNFORTUNATELY MAY CAUSE SOME, SOME DELAY FOR THE VICTIM.
SO THE CONTACT TO 9 1 1 NOW CAN GO TO A POLICE EXPEDITOR IN THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP.
SO NOW THE VICTIM CAN MAKE THE REPORT OVER THE PHONE AND THEN HAVE A, IN A, UM, INCIDENT NUMBER TO PROVIDE TO THE NURSE SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY START THE EXAM PROCESS IMMEDIATELY.
AND THEN FINALLY ON, UM, SLIDE 12, YOU TALK ABOUT BROADENING SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH EFFORTS TO CONTACT VICTIMS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED SEXUAL ASSAULT.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF WHEN AN EXAM COULD, COULD TAKE PLACE.
I MEAN, WHY ARE YOU TARGETING SPECIFICALLY PREVIOUS VICTIMS? SO WE FOUND THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF, OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AND THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS OVER TIME, WE'VE LOST CONTACT WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, SURVIVORS.
AND, AND THE BELIEF IS THAT THE SURVIVORS HAVE CHANGED A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, MAYBE CHANGED, UH, TYPES OF CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT EVERYBODY NOWADAYS HAS A, A SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PLATFORM.
SO WE, WE ARE TRYING TO REACH BACK OUT TO SOME OF THOSE EVENTS 'CAUSE THERE'S A, A LONG LIST OF SOME OF OUR SURVIVORS WHO WE CANNOT GET IN CONTACT NOW AND 'CAUSE THEY JUST GENERALLY HAVE CHANGED SOME INFORMATION ON HOW THEY CAN BE CONTACTED WHEN WE REACH OUT TO THEM.
AND SO HOW WOULD THE EXPEDITING
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PROGRAM HELP SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD THIS OCCUR SO LONG AGO? IT SPEEDS UP THE PROCESS AND, AND I, I THINK THAT IS, IF THE, IF THE PROCESS FOR US INVESTIGATIVELY TAKES AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, UH, SOME OF OUR SURVIVORS JUST, UH, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, SOME OF THEM JUST, UH, MOVE ON WITH LIFE.AND SO THIS HELPS US SPEED UP THE PROCESS AND, AND INVESTIGATE THESE INCIDENTS A LOT FASTER AND GET DNA DONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST KEEP THAT CONSTANT CONTACT WITH SOME OF OUR SURVIVORS.
SO MAYBE THEY WENT TO THE HOSPITAL BUT THEY DIDN'T WAIT AROUND TO HAVE THE INVESTIGATION DONE.
AND SO NOW THIS IS TELLING THEM THERE'S AN EASIER WAY FOR YOU TO GO ON AND HELP US GET THIS INVESTIGATION GOING.
AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HELPS WITH THE, THE LEVEL OF COMFORT AND, AND EASE OF PROCESS.
AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF EMOTIONAL THINGS THAT ARE, ARE, ARE TRANSPIRING DURING ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS.
AND I THINK THAT THE MORE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT CAN SHOW THAT WE REALLY INVEST IN ENSURING THAT OUR SURVIVORS GET THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, UM, THE BETTER OUTCOME WE WILL HAVE IN THESE CASES.
AND THEN FINALLY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL BE PILOTED AND THEN IT'LL ROLL OUT TO OTHER, UM, HOSPITALS.
ARE ARE, IS THERE JUST GONNA BE A PERIOD IN THERE WHERE YOU CAN COURSE CORRECT AND EVALUATE BEFORE IT GOES OUT TO THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL? ABSOLUTELY.
SO DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN PARKLAND HOSPITAL TO GET A LOT OF THE KINKS OUT.
AND BY THE TIME WE IMPLEMENT IT IN ADDITIONAL HOSPITALS, IT SHOULD BE SMOOTH.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DO WE HAVE, UH, DATA ON THE HOSPITALS THAT PROVIDE THE SAME EXAMS ON HOW, UH, THE TURNAROUND, UH, TIME TO GET EITHER A NURSE OR DPD ASSIGNED TO THAT HOSPITAL? ARE THESE HOSPITALS TRENDING THE SAME OR IS THERE SOME HOSPITALS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING A LITTLE MORE, UH, CROSS TRAINING AND, AND GETTING THEM SOME GUIDANCE? I I WILL SAY THERE IS POTENTIALLY A NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAINING, BUT ALL THE HOSPITALS THAT I NAMED EARLIER THAT WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL DO A GREAT JOB.
UH, BUT AS WE MOVE ON, I THINK, UH, I THINK, WE'LL, WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S PROBABLY A NEED FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE TRAINING.
UH, PARKLAND HOSPITAL IS PROBABLY LIKELY THE ONE, UH, HOSPITAL THAT THAT'S I THINK DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB.
THE OTHERS I DON'T HEAR A LOT ABOUT, BUT I'M SURE THAT THEY DO A GREAT JOB WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAME EXAMINATIONS, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, NOT ONLY JUST FOR THEM, BUT FOR US ALSO AS A DEPARTMENT.
IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT DATA ON JUST HOW HOSPITALS COMPARE TO ONE ANOTHER, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, SO ALL THE HOSPITALS ARE PART OF OUR DALLAS COUNTY SART, WHICH IS THE DALLAS COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE PROTOCOLS THAT REQUIRE A RESPONSE WITHIN 60 MINUTES.
SO SANE NURSES THAT WORK IN THE HOSPITAL OR ARE ON CALL AT OTHER HOSPITAL LOCATIONS ARE RESPONDING TO THAT SURVIVOR WITHIN AN HOUR.
UM, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM THEN AS WELL IS THAT THE NURSE IS GONNA BE THERE TO HELP THE SURVIVOR AS THEY'RE MAKING THAT NINE ONE ONE CALL AND TALKING TO THE EXPEDITER.
SO IT'S ALSO NOT JUST SOMEONE THAT'S SITTING IN A ROOM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS.
THE SAINS WILL GO THROUGH SPECIAL TRAINING WITH DPD, BOTH WITH PARKLAND AND THEN AS IT'S, AS IT'S TAKEN OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT HOSPITAL PROGRAMS. SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO WALK THE SURVIVORS THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS.
UM, JUST A QUICK TOUCH ON THE HOSPITALS.
DOES CHILDREN'S, UM, HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, WHAT, WHAT'S THEIR ROLE IN THIS THAT? UM, SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, TYPICALLY WITH CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT, THAT'S HANDLED DIFFERENTLY DIFFERENTLY THAN ADULT AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WE REALLY DON'T SEE THE KINDS OF DELAYS AS AN ISSUE, UM, ON THE CHILDREN'S CASES.
UM, BUT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS PILOT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY CAME OUT OF THE DALLAS COUNTY SART COMING TO DPD AND BEGGING THEM TO WORK WITH US ON A WAY TO DO THIS.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN A, AN ITEM OF DISCUSSION SINCE 2009 WHEN THE SART WAS FIRST FORMED.
SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT REALLY COULDN'T BE DONE IN THE PAST.
AND NOW UNDER CHIEF GARCIA'S LEADERSHIP AND THE FABULOUS LEADERSHIP OF DPD, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT HOW DO WE DO THIS IN A WAY THAT'S NOT ONLY GREAT FOR COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE BEST TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FOR SURVIVORS.
UM, WE DON'T SEE THIS ISSUE WITH KIDDOS, BUT I THINK THIS MAY ALSO LET US KNOW AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND, AND EXPAND IT OUT, ARE THERE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE ON THE CHILD ABUSE CASES AS WELL? UM, TYPICALLY WITH CHILD ABUSE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN'S HANDLES THOSE CASES, UH, THROUGH THE REACH CLINIC, THROUGH DCAC AND THEN IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, DEPENDING ON IF IT'S ACUTE OR A NON-ACUTE CASE.
UM, SO THE POLICE INVOLVEMENT ON EACH OF THOSE
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CASES IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN DETERMINING WHEN A DETECTIVE IS GONNA BIT INVOLVED WHEN 9 1 1 IS BEING CALLED IN THOSE TYPES OF ITEMS. YOU, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? WELL, YES, IT DOES.THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
IT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THESE WOMEN.
UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT AND, AND CHIEF GARCIA, WHEREVER, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS A PRIORITY.
OKAY, WELL I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO ON TO, UM, AS I SAID, WE'RE GONNA SKIP ITEM E AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK NEXT MONTH.
IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IT'S TWO 30.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BRIEFING MEMOS STARTING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS.
WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MAYBE THERE'S NONE.
I THINK I ALREADY ASKED MINE BEFORE THE MEETING, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SKIP THEM.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I THINK, UH, WE HAVE BORSCH OVER THERE THINKING HE'S GONNA USE THIS IN ONE OF HIS, UH, COMEDY ROUTINES.
THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE THE, UM, DFR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, WHICH THIS HAS WHITTLED DOWN TO A SMALL LIST NOW.
I THINK ONLY, UH, STATION 56 IS STILL ON THE LIST.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD JUST LOVE TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.
UM, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THERE WERE FOUNDATION AND OTHER PROBLEMS AT 56.
WONDERING IF YOU CAN SHARE WHAT THAT IS.
UM, I KNOW 56 WHEN WE, UM, HAD THE, THE TEAM GO BACK, WE HAD SOME FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES AROUND THE, THE APPROACH AREAS.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED NOW AND EVERYTHING.
THEY'RE BACK IN THE STATION AND, UH, MAKING SERVICE CAUSES WE SPEAK TODAY.
SO THOSE ISSUES WERE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRE, THE PRIOR FIRE? NO.
UM, WELL THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION ON G.
OH, JUST THAT WE HAVE A GRAND OPENING OF FIRE STATION 41.
THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH AT 10:00 AM AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED.
VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, HAVING THAT STATION BACK IN THE FLEET.
UM, THE TEAM IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT BEING THERE NOW, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE GRAND OPENING, HOPING EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE AND SEE THIS NEW STATION.
WE THANK EACH ONE OF YOU FOR, UH, WHAT YOU DO FOR US AND ALLOWING US TO HAVE A STATION LIKE THIS IN A FLEET.
WELL, I FEEL LIKE I'VE LIVED THROUGH THIS REBUILD AND I'M SO SORRY.
I'LL MISS IT, BUT IT IS A VERY EXCITING DAY.
SO I'M SORRY I'M NOT ABLE TO CHANGE MY OTHER PLANS.
WELL I THINK WE'RE READY FOR H, WHICH IS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY.
I IS THE DFR EMERGENCY REVIEW PROJECT UPDATE.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE CHANGING HOW WE'RE RESPONDING TO CERTAIN KINDS OF CALLS.
WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN BRIEFED ON IT, AND I THINK THERE'S A GOOD FEELING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THIS IS THE POLICE ACADEMY UPDATE.
WE HAD A GREAT EVENT, UH, LAST WEEK RECEIVING A CHECK FOR ANOTHER $10 MILLION FROM THE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION IN ADDITION TO THE 20 MILLION THAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE.
AND, UM, EXPECTED 50 MILLION THAT'LL BE ON THE BOND AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE APPROVED.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? OOH, SEE, WE MIGHT HAVE HAD TIME FOR THIS OTHER BRIEFING.
UM, WELL WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH K AND L.
THERE'S TWO AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE APPROACHING BOTH M AND N.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE? WELL THEN THIS IS GONNA BE A RECORD MEETING AND IT IS 2 37 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.