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WELCOME, EVERYONE TODAY TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
[Public Safety on March 5, 2024. ]
TODAY IS MARCH 5TH AND IT'S 1:03.AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'VE CURRENTLY WE'VE HAD 12 MEMBERS DEPLOYED TO THE PANHANDLE THAT ARE WORKING DAILY TO HELP NOT ONLY IN THE EFFORTS TO HELP THE FOLKS UP THERE, BUT REALLY TRY TO BRING SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE TO THE STATE TO PUT OUT SOME OF THESE FIRES.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO TO BE THERE, BUT ALSO HEARTBROKEN OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
I'LL LET CHIEF BALL KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE MEMBERS THAT ARE DEPLOYED.
YEAH. WE'VE GOT NINE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE MEMBERS DEPLOYED.
WE'VE GOT FIVE WILDLAND MEMBERS AND THREE PARAMEDICS.
AS FAR AS EQUIPMENT, WE'VE GOT ONE TENDER AND ONE RESCUE.
AND BASICALLY THE FIVE WILDLAND THAT WORK IN IN WILDLAND EFFORTS, THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE, THEY'RE GOING DOOR TO DOOR SEARCHING HOUSES AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE GETS OUT AND SAFE.
WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO.
WE DON'T JUST APPROVE EVERY DEPLOYMENT, BUT IT'S DEPENDENT ON HOW MANY FOLKS ARE LEFT TO PROTECT OUR OWN CITY.
BUT WHEN WE DO HAVE ENOUGH, WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
IT'S CERTAINLY THE TEXAS WAY TO RECIPROCATE WHEN WE CAN.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY DO NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN.
AND SO WE'LL JUST SAY SOME PRAYERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SAFETY.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT LITTLE UPDATE.
THANK YOU. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY RECRUITING AND RETENTION UPDATE.
AND SO WE DO THIS BOTH WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
AND SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME FORWARD AND START YOUR PRESENTATION, THAT'D BE GREAT.
CHIEF, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE LEAD AND GO FIRST TODAY, OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
I'M DEPUTY CHIEF HERRERA, COMMANDER OVER THE PERSONNEL AND TRAINING DIVISION.
ONE OF THE RETENTION PROGRAMS IS ASSISTING IN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE DAY CARE FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
I KNOW THAT THIS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE ARE GETTING A LOT CLOSER TO FRUITION.
A MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED SOON WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO ESTABLISH A VISION FOR WHAT THIS PROGRAM WILL LOOK LIKE, AS WELL AS TO DISCUSS ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE FUNDING AND NEEDS AND SUPPORT.
AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING WITH POLICE OFFICER JENNIFER ATHERTON OF THE WOMEN'S POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION, THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION BOARD, AND PARTNERING WITH KINDERCARE TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM.
CHIEF, COULD I INTERJECT? I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT I THINK THERE IS A NEED THAT WE ADD THE POTENTIAL STATE FUNDING ON OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THIS ITEM.
YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT, AND BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION AND THE CONCURRENCE WITH THIS COMMITTEE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT TO THE CITIES OFFICE AND MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE SICK TIME PAYOUT FOR SWORN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE WORKING INTERNALLY ON THE PAYOUT OPTIONS.
BACKGROUND SOFTWARE IS THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
DPD IS CURRENTLY RESEARCHING AND EXPLORING SOFTWARE THAT WILL HOST A VARIETY OF INTEGRATION AND INTEGRATION OPTIONS INTO A SINGLE PLATFORM TO STREAMLINE OUR BACKGROUND AND INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS.
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WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL ASSIST US BETTER IN ORGANIZING AND AID IN OUR EFFICIENCY FOR OUR BACKGROUND DETECTIVES.THE NEXT THING WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IS AN EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM.
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
FOR THE REFERRAL OF A POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE THE POLICE OFFICER SORRY.
THE POLICE EMPLOYEE MAKES A REFERRAL TO AN INDIVIDUAL TO JOIN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONCE THE LATERAL CANDIDATE SUCCESSFULLY PASSES THE HIRING PROCESS AND BEGINS TRAINING AT THE DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY, THE REFERRING EMPLOYEE WILL RECEIVE $1,000 UPON THE LATERAL TRAINEES GRADUATION FROM THE LATERAL ACADEMY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 12 WEEKS OR 429 HOURS, DEPENDING ON THEIR EXPERIENCE AND COMPLETION OF TRAINING. ANOTHER $1,000 IS PAID TO THE REFERRING EMPLOYEE.
AND LASTLY, THE LATERAL TRAINEE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
THE REFERRING EMPLOYEE WILL RECEIVE ANOTHER $1,000 FOR A TOTAL OF $3,000.
OUR NEXT SLIDE WILL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL IMPACT.
SO FOR A REFERRAL PROGRAM THAT OFFERED THREE PAYOUTS OF $1,000 EACH, THE MAXIMUM COST OF THE CITY WOULD BE ABOUT $750,000 PLUS FICA, ASSUMING THAT ALL 250 HIRES WERE THROUGH THAT REFERRAL, OF COURSE, AND THAT ALL 250 HIRES COMPLETED ALL THREE THREE STAGES.
THE MAXIMUM COST OF THE CITY WOULD BE 1.25 MILLION.
AGAIN, ASSUMING ALL 250 HIRES WERE THROUGH THE REFERRAL AND ALL 250 COMPLETED ALL THREE STAGES.
THE ACTUAL COST FOR A SINGLE YEAR'S TARGET OF 250 HIRES WOULD EXTEND OVER THE COURSE OF 15 MONTHS, AS POLICE TRAINEES SPEND NINE MONTHS AT THE ACADEMY, FOLLOWED BY SIX MONTHS IN FIELD TRAINING.
FOR COHORT TO ENTER THE ACADEMY LATER IN THE FISCAL YEAR, ONLY THE FIRST PAYMENT WOULD BE MADE IN THE SAME FISCAL YEAR, WITH THE SECOND AND THIRD PAYMENT PAYMENT OCCURRING IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.
WE'LL GO OVER SOME OF OUR NUMBERS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
56 APPLICANTS WERE FORWARDED TO BEGIN THE BACKGROUND PROCESS.
ON MARCH 13, 2024, CLASS 399 IS ANTICIPATED TO HAVE 30 RECRUITS IN THE CLASS.
FOLLOWING THIS CLASS, THE NEXT ACADEMY CLASS, WHICH IS CLASS 400, WILL BEGIN TRAINING ON MAY 22ND.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE 50 RECRUITS IN THAT CLASS.
THE NEXT PROFESSIONAL STAFF EVENT WILL BE IN MAY AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN FEBRUARY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED 21 EVENTS.
RECRUITERS CONDUCTED OVER 16 CLASS PRESENTATIONS AT LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
RECRUITERS REPLIED TO ABOUT 1100 EMAILS AND APPROXIMATELY 850 PHONE CALLS FOR THE MONTH.
109 COMPANIES WERE AT THIS RECRUITING EVENT, INCLUDING THE FBI, DEA, AND ATF.
ONLY TWO OF THE 109 EXHIBITORS WERE ACTUALLY FROM PUERTO RICO.
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100 STUDENTS VISITED DPD'S BOOTH AND 60 SIGNED UP TO BE CONTACTED FOR THE UPCOMING FOUR DAY OFFSITE TO BE HELD IN APRIL.WE ALSO AT THIS EVENT HAD FOUR LATERAL INQUIRIES FROM WHO ARE CURRENT OFFICERS IN PUERTO RICO.
TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO 300 PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISITED OUR WEBSITE FROM THAT EVENT ALONE.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS A RECRUITING AD IN THE DALLAS MAVERICKS YEARBOOK, WHICH IS A YEAR LONG AD NEXT TO ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PAGES THERE, NEXT TO LUKA DONČIĆ'S PROFILE, AND ALSO HAS AN AD THAT IS ABOUT TO STREAM ACROSS PUERTO RICO IN BOTH NORTHERN AND BAY AREAS OF CALIFORNIA.
RECRUITERS ARE CONTINUALLY HAVING TABLE PRESENTATIONS AT THE MAVERICKS GAMES, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING THAT SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPION TEXAS RANGERS, AS WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN AD IN THEIR YEARBOOK THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AS WELL.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS YOUR FIRST PRESENTATION TO US.
SO GREAT JOB IN YOUR NEW ROLE.
SO THANK YOU. COMMITTEE THERE'S SOME NEW AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE US.
AND REALLY WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU TELL ME IF THE REFERRAL PROGRAMS. HOW IS THAT? IS THAT TAXED AT A SALARY OR AS A BONUS? CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE OFFICERS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IF THEY RECEIVE THE STIPENDS? THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE NOT WORKED OUT YET.
AND AS SOON AS WE GET THOSE WORKED OUT, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BEING TAXED AT UP TO 40%.
WELL, IT IS IT'S GOING TO BE TAXABLE INCOME JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PAYMENT TO THE EMPLOYEE.
ALSO, I MIGHT ADD THAT THESE ARE NOT BUDGETED PROGRAMS JUST YET.
SURE, CHIEF HERRERA IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD TO WORK WITH YOU AGAIN.
YOU AND I WORKED TOGETHER IN UPTOWN.
WE SOLVED A FEW PROBLEMS THERE.
MAYBE NOT ALL, BUT JUST A COUPLE.
AND I SEE SOME OF THAT IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR STEPPING INTO THIS ROLE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU.
SO I TOO APPRECIATE HOW THESE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
I KNOW SOME OF THESE WERE IDEAS THAT I'VE HEARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND OF COURSE, POLICE OFFICERS ARE NO DIFFERENT.
YOU'VE GOT TO WORK ON CHILD CARE.
AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY OFFICERS OR STAFF WOULD THIS COULD AFFECT? DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT UNIVERSE WOULD BE OF WHO MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS? I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
IF I MIGHT ADD TO THAT, I MET WITH THE WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FOUNDATION.
NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION, AND ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING THAT.
BUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAD IN OTHER CITIES, THAT WAS PRETTY SIZABLE.
IT WAS A NUMBER BIGGER THAN WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD ANTICIPATE.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR US AS WE MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
AND SO ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTY DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY ARE OFFERING THIS KIND OF PROGRAM? SO IF I CAN GO BACK, I JUST FOUND SOME NOTES AND I APOLOGIZE.
AND THERE WAS THEY SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT NEED FOR THIS.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE COMPETITIVE EDGE.
YES, SIR. DENVER PD, SAINT LOUIS, IDAHO STATE TROOPERS.
I LOVE GETTING OUT FRONT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
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AND THEN ALSO APPRECIATE SOME OF THE DETAIL YOU'RE OFFERING ON THESE PROGRAMS AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND HOW YOU CAN TELL THAT THIS IS REALLY BEING SHARPENED AND REFINED.SO APPRECIATE THAT DETAIL AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
AND CHIEF, IS IT YOUR THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD ONLY BE FOR SWORN OR THIS IS SWORN AND NON-SWORN FOR THE CHILD CARE? THIS IS JUST FOR SWORN OFFICERS.
AND WOULD YOU HAVE CHILD CARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL SHIFTS, OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE REGULAR? YES, MA'AM. AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THE DESIGN IS TO BE 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
PERFECT. SO. SO IF I COULD ADD AGAIN, I LEARNED A LOT THIS MORNING ACTUALLY.
THE GOAL WOULD BE TO COVER AS MANY OF THE SHIFTS AS THEY CAN WHERE THE DEMAND IS.
AND SO THERE MAY BE SOME STATE LIMITATIONS.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
OKAY. WELL, I'M PRETTY SURE TEXAS DOES ALLOW THAT.
BUT I HOPE THAT YOU'LL ALSO CONSIDER COSTS, BECAUSE A CHILD WHO'S SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN ONE THAT YOU HAVE TO ENTERTAIN AND EDUCATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WELL ONE WOULD THINK.
RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF CENTRALIZING A LOCATION THAT WOULD SERVE? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME TALKS ABOUT THE LOCATION, WHETHER CENTRALIZED NORTH OR SOUTH, BUT AGAIN, THOSE ARE ALL THE DETAILS THAT STILL HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BECOME VERY APPARENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AS IT DOES EACH MONTH.
AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SORT OF SEPARATING.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A VERY STRONG PARODY ISSUE BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE.
AND GIVEN THE EXTRAORDINARY NEED FOR HIRING AND RETENTION ON THE POLICE SIDE, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE WE LOVE ALL OF OUR OFFICERS, POLICE AND FIRE.
ARE YOU TRACKING HOW MANY OF THE CANDIDATES ARE COMING FROM THAT SPECIFIC ACTIVITY? NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY START ASKING WHEN WE GET FOLKS THAT COME IN, ESPECIALLY ON OUR SITES THAT WE HAVE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE CAN ASK THEM.
WHERE THEY HEARD FROM US. JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A BIG SPORTS PERSON, BUT ONCE THE SEASON'S OVER, IF YOU COULD LOOK BACK AND SAY, WAS THIS A WORTHWHILE ACTIVITY? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO A LOT OF GAMES, WHICH MIGHT BE FUN.
BUT IF IT'S REALLY PEOPLE ARE JUST SORT OF WALKING BY OR THIS IS REALLY NOT THE PLACE TO RECRUIT PEOPLE, THEN I HOPE THAT WE'LL PIVOT TO SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK FOR.
AND SO WE JUST HAD A MEETING THIS PAST WEEK ABOUT GETTING INTO OUR OUTDOOR SPACES.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOME RECRUITING OPPORTUNITIES ON THE KATY TRAIL LOOKING AT CERTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGES IN THE AREA WHERE WE CAN SET UP BILLBOARDS AND THINGS WHERE WE CAN ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO ARE SOON GRADUATING.
OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M BIG INTO RECRUITING OUT OF, LIKE, DISCOUNT TIRE AND SAM'S CLUB WAREHOUSE, SO WHEREVER WE CAN GET THEM, I MEAN, WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING HARD PHYSICAL JOBS AND DEALING ON THE RETAIL SIDE WITH FOLKS THAT MIGHT NOT BE HAPPY OR IMPATIENT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SKILLS THAT ARE TRANSFERABLE.
OKAY, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU ALREADY HAVE DONE AN EMPLOYEE SURVEY TO FIND OUT A LEVEL OF INTEREST.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL TAKE THAT A STEP FURTHER AND MAYBE DO A CENSUS LOOKING AT HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE OF THIS KIND OF AGE AND EVEN EXPANDING IT, BECAUSE LEAVING A EIGHT YEAR OLD WHO MAY NOT NEED DAYCARE, BUT LEAVING THEM FOR AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT, YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEONE YOU KNOW, JUST A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GO BED DOWN. SO OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK WE'RE READY FOR DFR.
DELRIDGE WILLIAMS, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY.
AND TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING OUR RETENTION AND RECRUITING STRATEGIES.
WITH YOUR CONSENT, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL GO THROUGH IN DEPTH IN SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD IN FURTHER MEETINGS, I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES ON THOSE.
SO THE FORMAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY, I'M GOING TO GO INTO SOME IN DEPTH TALKS ABOUT OUR RECRUITING TOOLS, THE AVENUES THAT WE RECRUIT, AS WELL AS OUR ALTERNATE RECRUITING POOLS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR OUR EMPLOYEE MORALE.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY DIGGING INTO IS OUR DATA ANALYTICS.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME IS TO KNOW WHERE ARE WE GETTING OUR THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AS WELL AS WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR MONEY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS AS PART OF OUR APPLICATION WITH CIVIL SERVICE, THERE ARE SOME SURVEY QUESTIONS AT THE END, AND WE'RE GOING TO START JUST REALLY DELVING INTO THAT INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE PEOPLE FROM THOSE PLACES WHERE WE'RE SPENDING OUR TIME AND OUR MONEY. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BEEFING UP OUR EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR THOSE THAT TEND NOT TO STAY UNTIL THEY RETIRE. SO WE'VE BEEFED IT UP.
SO AS PART OF THEIR EXIT INTERVIEWS, WE'RE ASKING SOME MORE IN-DEPTH QUESTIONS, NOT JUST, HEY, WHY ARE YOU ON LEAVE, BUT ALSO JUST GETTING SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IS IT THE CULTURE? IS IT THE PAY? IS IT WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER TO MAKE YOU WANT TO STAY? SO THOSE DATA ANALYTICS WE'RE GOING TO REALLY START DELVING INTO AND BE ABLE TO REPORT TO YOU SOON.
SO ONE OF OUR ALTERNATE HIRING AVENUES IS OUR SINGLE FUNCTION MEDIC PROGRAM.
AS THE COUNCILORS KNOW, THAT WE'VE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED THE AMOUNT OF EMS SERVICES THAT THAT WE PROVIDE WITH OUR RIDE CARE, OUR DART CARE, AND ALL THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS. THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY USE OUR SINGLE FUNCTION MEDICS.
OUR SINGLE FUNCTION MEDICS, WHEN WE'RE GETTING IN, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO TRAIN THEM TO BE FIREFIGHTERS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THE EMS SERVICES, BECAUSE THERE WE'VE LEARNED THAT THERE IS A GROUP OUT THERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE EMS OR THE FIRE SERVICE.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE FIREFIGHTERS.
SO AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD WORK TO HAVE PEOPLE IN JOBS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN THAT THE ACTUAL FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING FROM WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE RECRUITING WAS THAT THERE WAS A DEFINITE DESIRE AND INTEREST IN THIS.
THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES, WHICH WILL COME BEFORE YOU SOON, WHERE WE CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE EMT PROGRAMS, AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE ONLY EMT BASICS.
THAT WOULD ALSO EXPAND OUR POOL WITH THE OTHER EMT SCHOOLS BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN'T AFFORD TO NOT WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL CAN PUT THEMSELVES THROUGH PARAMEDIC SCHOOL.
AND THOSE THAT DO TRY TO WORK AND GO TO PARAMEDIC SCHOOL IT'S A VERY DEMANDING PROGRAM.
SO THEY MAY NOT GIVE THE BEST PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL.
SO WE THINK THIS WOULD OPEN UP A HUGE POOL FOR US TO FILL OUT OUR SINGLE FUNCTION MEDIC PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE STILL HAVE OUR LATERAL HIRE PROGRAM.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LOOKED AT HOW WE'VE TRAINED, WE'VE TAKEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE, THOSE THAT WE HAVE HIRED MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TRAINING CURRICULUM AND SHORTEN UP THE LATERAL HIRE, THE LATERAL HIRE ACADEMY A LITTLE BIT.
AND WITH THAT PROGRAM, THEIR PAY UP TO FIVE YEARS IS BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
NOW, ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WE DID ASK A CIVIL SERVICE FOR WAS BEFORE THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME WORK EXPERIENCE IN THAT FIELD BEFORE WERE ACTUALLY BRINGING THEM ON AS A LATERAL.
SO WHAT WE'VE ASKED WAS TO ADJUST THAT A LITTLE BIT WHERE WE CAN HIRE SOMEBODY THAT HAS WENT ON THEIR OWN AND GOT THEIR FIRE CERT AND GOT THEIR PARAMEDIC CERT. SO NOW WE'LL, IF IT PASSES, WILL STILL BE ABLE TO HIRE THEM AND BRING THEM INTO OUR PTECH PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR ON THE JOB TRAINING.
AND BRING THEM ON INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM TO WAIT AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A YEAR.
WE'D LIKE TO BRING THEM IN AS PART OF OUR FAMILY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD ABOUT IS WITH THE DISD FIRE ACADEMY.
SO THAT'S IT'S A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM.
SO WE WON'T SEE ANY BENEFITS FROM THIS FROM FOUR YEARS FROM THAT.
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SO IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US DISD AS WELL AS DALLAS COLLEGE.THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO GRADUATE.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE 32 COLLEGE HOURS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIRE CERT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE EMT BASIC CERT.
SO THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY EMPLOYABLE ONCE THEY THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR.
IT'S A LITTLE SELFISH ON OUR PART BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT HAVE OUR HANDS IN THEM.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY TOUCHING THEM FOR FOUR YEARS.
SO OUR HOPE IS THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO COME AND JOIN US.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHIEF ARDIS HAS DONE IS HE SET UP THE UNIFORM ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
AND THIS IS SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE FIELD CAN ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TIES AND SOME COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND WITH THE COMMAND WITHOUT HAVING TO NECESSARILY GO THROUGH FORMAL CHAINS.
SO HE HAS HIS CHIEF'S CORNER WHERE HE'LL PUT OUT VIDEOS AND TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE ACTUALLY DID LAST MONTH WAS HE HAD COFFEE WITH COMMAND, WHERE HIS COMMAND STAFF WENT TO A COFFEE SHOP, AND WE OPENED IT UP TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS THAT YOU CAN COME OUT AND HAVE A RELAXED CONVERSATION, ASK QUESTIONS, GET FEEDBACK KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CHIEF'S VISION IS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK IT WAS RECEIVED REALLY WELL.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR SKILLBRIDGE, BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE THEY'RE WORKING ON, A SIMILAR PROGRAM AS WELL.
SO WHAT THIS IS, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
THEY CAN RELOCATE, AND IT'S FOR UP TO 180 DAYS OUT.
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THEY ARE STILL EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
OUR ROLE IN THIS IS A TRAINING PROVIDER, BECAUSE THE PROGRAM WAS SET UP TO HELP SERVICE MEMBERS TRANSITION FROM CIVILIAN, I MEAN, FROM MILITARY UNIFORM TO CIVILIAN.
SO OUR GOAL OR OUR FUNCTION IS TO PROVIDE TRAINING.
SO WE'LL SEND THEM TO EMT SCHOOL.
AND THAT GIVES US TIME TO TALK TO THEM AND EVALUATE THEM.
AND DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, TOWARD THE END OF THAT 180 DAYS, MAXIMUM 180 DAYS, THEN THEY CAN APPLY AND GO THROUGH THE REGULAR CIVIL SERVICE PROCESS IN ORDER TO BE EMPLOYED. AND AT THAT POINT, ONCE THEY AGED OUT OF THE PROGRAM, THEN THEY WOULD AGED ONTO AND THEY WOULD COME ON TO OUR BOOKS AS OUR EMPLOYEES.
THE BENEFIT FOR US IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS PAYING THAT FIRST PART OF THEIR SALARIES, BUT THEY ALSO THOSE MEMBERS ALSO GET TO BE AROUND US AND LEARN US TO SEE IF WE'RE A FIT FOR THEM, JUST LIKE WE CAN SEE IF THEY ARE A FIT FOR US.
AND IN THE END BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT'S TOUCHING THEM.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT A WIN WIN FOR BOTH OF US BOTH US AND THAT MEMBER.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AS APPLICATIONS AND EVERYTHING. SO CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
THIS IS JUST THIS FISCAL YEAR OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND IF YOU NOTICE WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND APPLICATIONS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE ALREADY HIRED 120.
WE'RE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER 60 THAT ARE STARTING IN TWO WEEKS.
WE'VE ALSO HAVE HIRED OF THAT 16 SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS.
AND WHEN TALKING WITH OUR RECRUITERS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET OR IF NOT, COME CLOSE TO EXCEEDING OUR NUMBERS THAT WE PROJECTED TO YOU AT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, FISCAL YEAR.
SO THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I'M WELCOME TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
COMMITTEE WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF WILLIAMS. NO. WELL, YOU'RE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB NOBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET OFF THAT EASY.
THE FIRST ONE IS SO I LOVE THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
AND I CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE PAYING THE SALARY, BUT ARE THEY ALSO PAYING FOR THE PARAMEDIC SCHOOL? NO, THEY'RE NOT PAYING FOR THE PARAMEDIC SCHOOL.
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NOW SINCE WE'RE GOING TO DALLAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEN AND THERE ARE VETERANS, SO THEY STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THEIR GI BILL AND SOME OTHER OTHER THINGS FOR THAT.BUT THE PARAMEDIC SCHOOL IS RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE.
AND SO IS THE CITY PAYING FOR THAT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.
BUT WE DON'T YET KNOW THAT THEY WOULD QUALIFY THROUGH CIVIL SERVICE.
IS THAT RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THAT AFTER? SO. OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THEM IN THE PROGRAM.
SO THERE IS A SCREENING PROCESS IN THE BEGINNING, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE WE'LL BE SCREENING THEM BEFOREHAND SO WE WON'T BE BRINGING ANYBODY ON THAT WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR OUR EMPLOYMENT HERE.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST ONE COMMENT YOU MADE THAT MADE ME QUESTION SOMETHING YOU SAID.
SO THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE SINGLE ROLE PARAMEDIC BEING LESS PHYSICALLY DEMANDING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE FOR THE BIG TEST.
RIGHT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO RUN UP THREE STAIRS WITH A BODY OVER THEIR SHOULDER, THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, WOULD YOU SAY SERVING AS A PARAMEDIC IS MORE DEMANDING OR SERVING ON AN ENGINE? NO, MA'AM.
SO THEY'RE BOTH DEMANDING, AND I BELIEVE THE PHRASE I USED WAS PHYSICALLY DEMANDING.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF STRESS BETWEEN GETTING UP.
SO IT IS IN SOME WAYS IT IS MORE DEMANDING.
BUT THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FIRE SIDE, WITH THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT THEY HAVE TO CARRY AND MOVE AROUND THE TYPE OF GEAR IT'S DEMANDING AS WELL, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DEMANDING.
BUT NOT AS FREQUENTLY DEMANDING.
WOULD YOU SAY? YES MA'AM, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY HAVING DONE RIDE ALONG WITH BOTH, I MEAN.
I WAS EXHAUSTED WITH THE RESCUES. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING AT ALL.
BOTH OF THEM AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT EITHER ONE OF THEM IS IS AN EASY JOB.
THEY'RE JUST DEMANDING IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT MANY TIMES PEOPLE WILL TRANSFER OUT OF BEING IN THE PARAMEDIC ROLE TO MOVE TO THE ENGINE BECAUSE THEIR KNEES ARE GIVING OUT.
YES, MA'AM. BOTH. BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.
YES. AND IT'S A STRAIN ON YOUR FAMILY.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY HAVE A PASSION FOR IT AND HAVE TO LOVE IT.
YES. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE SEPARATED THAT FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO DO THAT JOB.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
WE'RE READY TO GO TO ITEM B, WHICH IS OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 20 VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS WITHIN OUR TREATED GRIDS.
AND WHEN WE COMPARED THIS TO THE SAME GRIDS FROM LAST YEAR, WE ACTUALLY TIED THAT NUMBER AT 20.
IN OUR CATEGORY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT NON-FAMILY VIOLENT, NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS I T IS VITAL FOR US TO TARGET THAT REDUCTION, BECAUSE THESE OFFENSES ARE THE OFFENSES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BECOME A MURDER.
ESSENTIALLY, WHEN LOOKING AT AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OFFENSE, IT'S AN ATTEMPTED MURDER.
AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE DECREASED THOSE BY 23.75% YEAR TO DATE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.
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EVERY WEEK, CHIEF ANDERSON HOLDS A MEETING WITH HIS PATROL COMMANDERS AND HIS NPO UNITS TO DISCUSS THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF BUSINESS ROBBERIES.IN ADDITION TO THE MEETINGS AND OUTREACH, WE HAVE ALSO DEPLOYED ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN STRATEGIC AREAS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE CAMERAS, THE CAMERA TRAILERS AND DIFFERENT MESSAGE BOARDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
CURRENTLY, WE ARE IN OUR PERIOD 14 OF OUR GRID TREATMENTS, WHICH LAUNCHED BACK ON FEBRUARY 2ND.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO MR. KEVIN ODEN WITH INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU. HONORABLE CHAIR MEMBERS AND MR. CITY MANAGER KEVIN ODEN WITH INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS I'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THIS MONTH.
OUR TWO CRYSTALS, RAMSEY AND LABODE.
THEY WORKED TO SERVE A YOUNG MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN.
THIS FAMILY WAS ON THE VERGE OF EVICTION WITH NO ELECTRICITY THAT THEY WERE LIVING WITH.
AND WHILE SOME OF THESE CASES DON'T DIRECTLY TIE TO SPECIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY INSTANCES, THESE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY, INVEST IN OTHERS, AND CAN HELP US BRING FURTHER POSITIVE IMPACTS WITHIN COMMUNITIES IN DALLAS.
THE SECOND ITEM THAT I BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON SLIDE 14 OF THE PRESENTATION, FOR MONTHS, WE'VE TOLD YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN TERMS OF WHOLE NUMBERS OF LIGHTING UPGRADES BETWEEN IPS AND OUR PARTNERS IN TRANSPORTATION.
I'M PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A MORE FOCUSED DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT MEANS.
IN OUR RISK TERRAIN MODEL AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT 5% OF THE LAND AREA OF DALLAS WE HAVE NOW UPGRADED ALL OF THE LIGHTING OR 64% OF THE LIGHTING TO LED FROM THE OLD HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM LIGHTING.
THIS HAS LED YEAR TO DATE TO A 41% DECREASE IN NIGHTTIME VIOLENT CRIMES.
THIS IS NOT A SMALL NUMBER, AND OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS TO APPROACH 100% OF LIGHTING UPGRADES.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THROUGH FEBRUARY, WE'VE GOT 28 APARTMENT PROPERTIES ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM, ALL THROUGHOUT VARIOUS PATROL DIVISIONS IN DALLAS AND ALL WITHIN THE HIGH RISK ZONES OF OUR CITY.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A SMALL PART OF THE SUCCESSES THAT LIEUTENANT VALENTINE REFERENCED.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW POINTS, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY LIEUTENANT VALENTINE, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARDS TO WHEN WE LOOK AT ROBBERY AND BUSINESS ROBBERY, I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S SPECIFICALLY THE BUSINESS ROBBERIES AS WAS MADE MENTION.
OBVIOUSLY, ONE CRIME IS TOO MANY.
BUT WHEN WE DRILL DOWN AT THE NUMBERS JUST TO GIVE IT SOME SCALE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2019 BUSINESS ROBBERIES THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 989 BUSINESS ROBBERIES IN 2019.
AND FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THAT.
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AND FEBRUARY. 42 OF THOSE WERE SHOPLIFTS GONE BAD.SO HALF, NEARLY HALF OF OUR BUSINESS ROBBERIES HAVE BEGUN AS THAT.
AND DUE TO THE AMAZING WORK THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING, FROM PATROL TO CRT, FROM ROBBERY.
AND SO WHERE WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THE PROACTIVE NATURE OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN ARE DOING WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE RESULTS OF THAT BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE DATA DRIVEN, AS WE LOOK AT THE TREND LINES WE'RE STARTING TO SEE ALREADY THAT TRENDING DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
SPECIFICALLY WITH BUSINESS AS INDIVIDUAL ROBBERY IS DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OFFENSES INVOLVING GUNS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE HEARD THE DATA WITH REGARDS TO AGGRAVATED ASSAULT NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE BEING DOWN ALMOST OVER 24%. MURDER IS DOWN AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
AND ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT OFFENSES INVOLVING GUNS.
AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY YEAR TO DATE, COMPARED TO YEAR TO DATE LAST YEAR.
WERE DOWN 236 OFFENSES, ALMOST 16.5%.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SHOOTING VIOLENT CRIME OFFENSES AS THEY RELATE TO MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ROBBERIES AND DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM WERE DOWN OVER 21% OR 57 LESS OFFENSES. WE SIT HERE YEAR TO DATE, AND I KNOW THESE THINGS CLOSE EARLY, BUT TO GIVE REAL TIME.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.
COMMITTEE WHO HAS QUESTIONS? WOW. OKAY, SO YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT IF THE MEDIA DOESN'T PICK UP ON THE CHARTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS PRESENTATION, I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT. EVERY ONE OF THESE SHOWS HOW THE CRIME IS GOING DOWN, BOTH IN INCIDENCES AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BOTH OF THOSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING IT.
BUT SOMEHOW YOU'RE CONTINUING TO JUST GIVE IT EVERYTHING AND WE CAN TELL.
AND SO THANK YOU SO SINCERELY.
YES. CHAIR ATKINS, I JUST WANT TO SAY, CHIEF.
YEAH, GREAT JOB GOING ON THIS WEEK.
IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT NO CRIME.
SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THOSE RESULTS.
OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES. THANK YOU.
I'M SEEING THE MURDERS INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE ARE CURRENTLY DECREASED BY 33%.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS AFFECTS OTHER.
WELL, I GUESS ON FAMILY VIOLENCE, WE'RE ALSO DOWN 14% ON AG ASSAULTS.
SO IS THIS JUST A RESULT OF THE FOCUSED ATTENTION IN THESE GRIDS THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS OVERALL NUMBER DOWN? BECAUSE I LOVE SEEING IT WORK THIS WAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
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ONE OF THE THINGS OBVIOUSLY, WITH ALL THE EFFORTS THAT OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT HAS BEEN DOING IN OUTREACH AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ONE OF THE DYNAMICS THAT THE CRIMINOLOGISTS DID BEAR OUT WHEN THE CRIME PLAN FIRST STARTED IN 2021, WAS THAT WERE SEEING, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT SPECIFIC TO FAMILY VIOLENCE.AND ONE OF THE DYNAMICS AS WE TALKED TO OUR CRIMINOLOGISTS AS OFTEN AS WE DO IT WAS THE SAME TYPE OF CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT WAS COMMITTING STREET LEVEL VIOLENCE THAT WAS ALSO COMMITTING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.
SO IT IS NOT SURPRISING WHEN YOU SEE BOTH HEADING IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION.
OKAY. AND SO ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, AND I KNOW I ASKED THIS JUST JUST SLIGHTLY LAST MONTH AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE READY FOR THIS, WHICH IS HAVE YOU STARTED TRYING TO CORRELATE THE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS HOURS WITH ANY OF THIS 21% REDUCTION IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS? SO NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE, ALMOST 24% REDUCTION.
WE HAVE. I'M SURE THAT DATA IS OUT THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER OR CHAIR? WE'LL GET THAT FOR NEXT TO SEE HOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU KNOW IN THOSE AREAS HISTORICALLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN BETWEEN THOSE HOURS AND SEE WHAT CHANGES.
AND YOU MIGHT NEED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT VALID.
RIGHT. BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THE OVERLAP THERE.
SO ANECDOTALLY, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT IN A WHILE.
OKAY. WELL THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE HELD OVER LAST MONTH AS WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
BUT HERE COMES BILL ZIELINSKI AND BRIAN GARDNER.
SO GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR MENDELSOHN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
TODAY WE'RE HERE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, THE PORTFOLIO IN PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ANY CITY ITS PUBLIC SAFETY MISSIONS REALLY CONSTITUTE THE CORNERSTONE OF SERVICES IT DELIVERS TO ITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY'S RESIDENTS IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE, AND TECHNOLOGY PLAYS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES HAVE THE TOOLS AND CAPABILITIES THAT THEY NEED TO FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN TO DOCTOR BRIAN GARDNER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, DOCTOR BRIAN GARDNER, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER.
HOW MUCH TECHNOLOGY DOES PUBLIC SAFETY CONSUME? WE'LL THEN DO A BRIEF WALKTHROUGH OF THE PROJECTS.
WHAT ARE THOSE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS, INCLUDING? WHERE DO THESE PROJECTS CARRY OVER TO THE LARGER ENTERPRISE? HOW PROJECTS IMPACT THE GREATER CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE? FINALLY, TAKE A LOOK AT THE FUTURE PROJECTS.
WHERE DOES PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY NEED TO GO? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YOU CAN DO THAT.
SO TECHNOLOGY BY THE NUMBERS JUST TO KIND OF GIVE A SHORT, BRIEF OVERVIEW.
IT'S MORE THAN 20,000 DEVICES THAT IT SUPPORTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS INCLUDES THE MDCS, THE IN-CAR DVRS, SIRENS, LIGHTS, HANDHELD RADIOS, TOWERS AND SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LOCATIONS FOR FIRE, POLICE AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.CAN YOU GO BACK ONE TO THE PURPOSE.
GO BACK ONE MORE, PLEASE, IF YOU COULD.
WE LAST DID THIS FOR THE COMMITTEE IN MARCH OF 2020.
AND IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO PUT SOME MORE FOCUS ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUB PORTFOLIO.
AS OF THE JANUARY 2024 TAR, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PORTFOLIO ACCOUNTS FOR ONE QUARTER OF ALL FORMAL PROJECTS ACTIVELY MANAGED BY ITS IN MORE THAN HALF OF THE TRACKED IT INVESTMENT DOLLARS, AT APPROXIMATELY $240 MILLION ALLOCATED TO THESE CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY PORTFOLIO PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE.
IN THIS ACTUALLY SLIDE SIX IF YOU CAN GO TO PLEASE.
SO FOR DALLAS POLICE IN DECEMBER OF 22 ITS COMPLETED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESINET.
ESINET PROVIDES 911 CALL CENTERS THE ABILITY TO MANAGE SURGE ALLOWING FOR TRANSFER OF CALL TO OTHER 911 OPERATIONS, OR EVEN INCREASING OUR CALL VOLUME AND TRANSFER OF THOSE CALLS TO NEXT GEN, INCLUDING NEXT GENERATION CAPABILITIES INCLUDING TEXT, PICTURES AND VIDEO.
A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO, WE COMPLETED THE PLACING OF CRADLE POINTS IN PDS CARS WITH DUAL SIMS, ALLOWING FOR VIDEO FOOTAGE TO BE TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY TO THE CLOUD TO EVIDENCE.COM, AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO MANAGE THE DAY TO DAY DATA NEEDS FOR CAD AND RMS SYSTEMS. IN AUGUST OF 22, ITS COMPLETED THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 120 STATIONARY FLOCK LICENSE PLATE CAMERA READERS, AS WELL AS INTEGRATION FOR THE SOFTWARE THE OTHER CARS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALSO UTILIZE IN THE FUTURE.
AND NOW JUST FOR SOME ITEMS ON DALLAS FIRE AND RESCUE.
THE SECOND ITEM HERE IS THE REMOTE FUEL ISLAND REAL TIME FUEL FEED.
NUMBER THREE IS A REALLY A BIG ITEM.
BUT IN NOVEMBER 2023, WE COMPLETED THE MIGRATION OF ALL OF THOSE FIRE STATIONS TO FIBER CIRCUITS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS IMPLEMENTED, THE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS DRONES.
THIS PROVIDES A NEW CAPABILITY FOR DFR IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO PLACES AND LOCATIONS WHERE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEND PERSONNEL AND TO BE ABLE TO DO SO MUCH MORE SAFELY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO FROM SEPTEMBER OF 21 AS AND AN EXPECTED COMPLETION OF MAY OF 25, ITS HAS SUPPORTED THE REPLACEMENT BUILD AND REFURBISHMENT OF EIGHT FIRE STATIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? IT INCLUDES SWITCHING DESKTOP RUGGED WORKSTATIONS, WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS, CAMERAS AND ALL THE OTHER TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS TO A COST OF ROUGHLY 380 K PER STATION.
NEXT SLIDE. ALREADY MENTIONED BRIEFLY THIS IDEA OF FOR ALL OF OUR FIRE STATIONS, WE HAVE COMPLETED A FULL AND COMPLETE UPGRADE TO ALL OF THE CIRCUITS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE STATION.
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A NETWORK PERSPECTIVE GOING INTO THE FIRE STATIONS.SO THERE'S REALLY TWO BLOCKS AND TWO PIECES TO THIS.
AND THIS REALLY IS PART ONE, AS YOU RECALL.
AND I PAINFULLY RECALL THAT THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR FIRE STATION ALERTING, THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT TAKES THE DISPATCH ANNOUNCES WITHIN THE STATION THAT THERE'S A CALL TO GO ON.
WE ALSO REPLACED INTERNAL WIRING WITHIN THE FIRE STATIONS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AND SINCE WE COMPLETED THESE UPGRADES IN EARLY 2022, WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH MORE STABILITY AND MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CHIEF ARDIS AND HIS FOLKS IN TERMS OF MONITORING ALL OF THOSE CALLS AND TRACKING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING DROPS, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE KINDS OF ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT WE DID BACK IN 2020.
THAT SAID, IT'S STILL AN OLD SYSTEM, AND SO WE ARE WORKING TO REPLACE IT.
AND AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN TERMS OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, WE'RE NOW AWAITING ALL OF KIND OF THE TYING UP THE CONTRACT PIECES SO THAT WE COULD BRING IT BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE APRIL TO MAY TIME FRAME FOR YOUR APPROVAL, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE INSTALLATION IN EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE STATIONS.
ONCE THAT CONTRACTS IN PLACE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SELECTED VENDOR AND ACTUALLY WORK THROUGH A COMPLETE SCHEDULE WITH THEM UNTIL WE REALLY GET THAT CONTRACT AND WE CAN SIT DOWN AND WORK THAT SCHEDULE.
FOR DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURTS AND DALLAS MARSHALS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 23 ITS BEGAN TO LOOK AT UPGRADING THE TYLER SYSTEM, THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, FROM BOTH THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE SIDE.
GIVING US UPGRADES TO THE CURRENT SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS DEPRECATING SOME OF THE LEGACY APPLICATION COMPONENTS FOR ACCESS AND COMPLETELY REFRESHING 100 PLUS DEPARTMENTAL COMPUTERS.
ON MARCH 21ST ITS SUPPORTED THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR COURTS BULK SCANNING PHYSICAL ACCESS INTO THE BUILDING, AND LASTLY BEGAN ISSUING BODY WORN CAMERAS TO THE MARSHALS OFFICE IN 23, WHICH WE ARE NOW STARTING TO ACTUALLY DO AN UPGRADE WITH.
NEXT SLIDE. FOR THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN JUNE OF 2021, WE FINISHED THE TECHNOLOGY INSTALLATIONS AND UPGRADES FOR THEIR UNIFIED COMMAND VEHICLE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE P25 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM.
AND AS PART OF THAT, THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD THE INSTALLATION OF RADIO CONSOLE AND UPGRADES SO THAT WE REALLY HAVE KIND OF INTEROPERABILITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND ACROSS THE CITY.
WITH P25, THEMATICALLY, YOU'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT CAMERAS WE'VE INCREASED IN THE CITY, THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS FROM SEVERAL THOUSAND TO WHERE WE'RE HITTING ABOVE 10,000 TOTAL CAMERAS ARE DEPLOYED OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ACROSS OUR PROPERTIES.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD DONE IN NOVEMBER 2023 WITH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A CAMERA FEED FROM SOME OF THE DPD GRID AREAS. NEXT SLIDE.
FOR THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY DID A DEPLOYMENT OF DEVICES HOT SPOTS INTO THEIR VEHICLES WITH MDCS FOR THOSE. THOSE HOT SPOTS ALLOWED POLICE FIRE CLINICIANS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS WHERE SOCIAL SERVICE FREQUENTLY GOT THE NINE OR FREQUENT 911 CALLS. CAMERA TRAILERS, THERE'S 42 CAMERA TRAILERS, ORIGINALLY ORIGINAL BUILD, WITH TWO MORE THAT WERE DONATED, 12 SKY TOWERS THAT SUPPORT THE CHIEF'S CRIME REDUCTION AND CRIME PLAN AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
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REALLY WORKING TO TAKE THIS TEMPORARY SOLUTION.THE THIRD BULLET POINT IS REALLY, WE ARE NOW TAKING THOSE HOTSPOTS OUT OF THOSE VEHICLES AND DUPLICATING THE EFFORT IN THE PD CARS, WHERE THERE'S A CRADLE POINT TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT AND GETTING RID OF THE HOTSPOTS.
AND THEN LASTLY, SETTING UP THE NEW FACILITY AT WEST END FOR THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
SO JUST TOUCHING A LITTLE BIT ON THE CRADLE POINTS.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF REFERENCES TO THE POLICE VEHICLES AND THIS IDEA OF CRADLE POINTS.
PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES THAT WERE IN THE CARS THEMSELVES.
AND AS THAT VIDEO WAS RECORDING AT SOME POINT THAT NEEDED TO THEN BE UPLOADED FROM THOSE VEHICLES.
THE CRADLE POINTS REALLY ARE IF YOU THINK ABOUT MAMMOTH HOT SPOTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PATROL VEHICLES NOW HAS A CRADLE POINT DEVICE THAT IS NOW, IF YOU WILL, BEAMING THAT VIDEO IN REAL TIME BACK INTO STORAGE.
SO ON SLIDE 13, THIS IS AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE P25 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM.
COUNCIL ACTION BACK IN 2014 APPROVED THE INITIATION OF THIS PROJECT.
AND IN EARLY 2023 WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION THIS INCLUDED CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TOWERS, AGREEMENTS THAT WERE SIGNED INTO WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR THE USE OF THEIR TOWERS.
SO THIS WAS VERY MUCH OF AN AGING TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S SUCH A CORE COMPONENT OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DAILY COMMUNICATIONS OR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. AND SO THIS NEW PROJECT, THE NEW P25 PROJECT, IT'S ACTUALLY A REGIONAL SYSTEM THAT WHILE WE ARE THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF IT, THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A CUSTOMER ON THE SYSTEM WITH US, AND IT HAS INTEROPERABILITY WITH FORT WORTH AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL.
SO AGAIN, THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION AND ROLLOUT, REALLY WAS LARGELY COMPLETED IN APRIL OF 2023.
THE ITEMS LEFT ARE REALLY CLEANED UP, BUT WE ARE NOW FULLY, WHOLLY UTILIZING THAT NEW SYSTEM.
SO ALTHOUGH IT PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONALLY WITHIN THE ENTERPRISE, MORE VISIBILITY.
IT ALSO COMES WITH A WHOLE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES HERE AROUND THE CAPABILITIES WITHIN THAT P25 PROJECT, BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE IT FOR OTHER THINGS, EVEN AS TO THE POINT OF LIKE NETWORK CAPABILITIES.
SO TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT, IT'S CALLED APX.
THIS IS REALLY THE NEXT GENERATION OF THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR THOSE RADIOS PD TO GET INTO IT IS AROUND 4200 RADIOS, FIRE CLOSE TO 2500 AND 50 FOR OEM.
BUT THESE APX RADIOS ALLOW FOR MORE THAN MORE CHANNELS ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL, WHILE AS WELL AS GPS AND SOME OTHER NETWORK CAPABILITIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO LEVERAGE.
AS FOR OEM, CURRENTLY IS LEVERAGING EVEN FOR LIKE THE SIRENS.
THE CITY HAS BEGUN TO PARTNER WITH AT LEAST A DOZEN OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, HIGHER ED ISD TO ADVANCE THAT COMMUNICATION AS BILL POINTED OUT IN DFW. THIS TECHNOLOGY REALLY PROVIDES THE CITY SURROUNDING AREAS WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO RADIO COMMUNICATION AND INTEROPERABILITY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST AS A POINT OF COMPARISON ON THAT, IN THE OLD RADIO SYSTEM, THE RADIOS WERE PEGGED TO A PARTICULAR TOWER, AND IF AN OFFICER MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT TOWER, THEY COULD LOSE THAT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
SO NOW WITH THE NEW SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THAT WHERE THAT OFFICER IS WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.
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COMMUNICATIONS IN THE SYSTEM.SO NOT OFTEN TALKED ABOUT NOT NECESSARILY KNOWN ABOUT IS OUR MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CENTER.
WE HAVE A MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CENTER THAT IS OVER IN THE CENTRAL SERVICE STATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE CRADLE POINTS IN THE VEHICLE.
RIGHT. THERE'S NEW WIRING HARNESSES THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED.
THERE'S SIGNIFICANT WIRING AND POWER UPGRADES THAT NEEDS TO BE PLACED INTO ALL OF THESE VEHICLES, BECAUSE TODAY FIRE APPARATUS OR POLICE VEHICLES ARE REALLY ROLLING TECHNOLOGY CENTERS.
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THEY DO AS THEY'RE SUPPORTING THESE 1600 MOBILE DATA COMPUTERS, THESE DEVICES THAT ARE IN EVERY VEHICLE, THE 3900 MOBILE RADIOS, 1200 VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMS, ON AND ON AND ON, LOTS OF LOTS OF THINGS THAT THEY SUPPORT, BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND THEY LAST YEAR THEY PERFORMED MORE THAN 8400 DRIVE IN SERVICE CALLS.
EVERYTHING ELSE GETS DROPPED OFF.
WHEN WE ARE BEING AUDITED BY DPS OR THE FBI.
THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF THAT EVIDENCE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT COMPLIANCE.
WHAT WE FOUND IS AREAS SOME OF THE CONSUMPTION WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH, WHEREAS DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE NEED AT SOME OF THOSE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS WE HAVE LESS HARDWARE TO MAINTAIN.
WE'RE MOVING TO WHERE VIRTUAL SERVERS ARE THE NORM.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO INTO THE 90S, HIGH 90S.
WHEN A SYSTEMS GO DOWN, WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY PHYSICALLY TOUCH THOSE SYSTEMS. IT ALLOWS US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHEN WE NEED TO MOVE SOMETHING TO ANOTHER LOCATION, WE CAN MOVE THAT QUICKLY.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE SDWAN PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S REALLY ADDING IN THAT SOFTWARE DEFINED WIDE AREA NETWORK.
IT ALLOWS US TO DROP SECONDARY CIRCUITS IN THE CRITICAL LOCATIONS AND PROVIDING ANOTHER ACCESS POINT FOR THOSE LOCATIONS TO GETTING THAT DATA WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO, BUT CONTROLLING IT THROUGH FIREWALLS AND THOSE THINGS SO THAT IT'S VERY CONTROLLED.
IT'S NOT JUST WILD, WILD WEST.
SO JUST IN SUMMARY, WHAT WE IN ESSENCE, HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS FIRST, WE'VE COMPLETED UPGRADES TO ALL OF THE CIRCUITS AND TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SITES. SO IT'S INCREASED THE BANDWIDTH, INCREASED THE SPEED FOR ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
SECOND, WE HAVE WORKED TO STUDY AND LOOK AT THE NETWORK TRAFFIC TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVISIONING THE TRAFFIC AND THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN PRIORITIZE THE TRAFFIC SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT FROM A PRIORITY PERSPECTIVE, THAT PUBLIC SAFETY TRAFFIC IS GETTING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF SLOWDOWNS OR THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT WOULD IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND NOW, IN THIS LAST PIECE, AS DOCTOR GARDNER IS MENTIONING HERE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING ADDITIONAL CIRCUITS INTO THESE PUBLIC SAFETY LOCATIONS, THIS IS FROM A SEPARATE AND DIFFERENT PROVIDER THAN THE PRIMARY PROVIDER IN EACH SITE.
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WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF THERE'S ANY DISRUPTIONS IN THE NETWORK, IT'S A DIFFERENT ROUTING, IT'S A DIFFERENT PATHING, AND IT WILL FAIL OVER IN THOSE LOCATIONS TO HAVE A CONTINUITY OF SERVICE PROVISIONED IN EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.NOW WHAT WE WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IN EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING THE SECONDARY CIRCUITS IS THAT WE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING ABLE TO JUST FAIL OVER AND KEEP MOVING WITHOUT A DISRUPTION TO THE MISSIONS IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AROUND JULY 22, BILL, MR. FORTUNE AND TRAVIS HOUSTON FROM OEM BEGAN TO REALLY LOOK AT.
I THINK I'M MISSING A SLIDE. SORRY.
SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE REALLY HAVE TALKED THROUGH THIS THESE PIECES OF IT AS WELL.
SO LIKE I WAS SAYING, IN JULY OF 22, BILL, MR. FORTUNE AND TRAVIS HOUSTON FROM OEM REALLY BEGAN TO LOOK AT CAMERAS AND THE GOVERNANCE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE AROUND CAMERAS.
THAT'S REALLY FROM A VARIETY OF LENSES, FROM THE TECHNICAL DEBT PERSPECTIVE, MANAGEMENT, MONITORING, SECURITY, PRIVACY REALLY NEED TO ENSURE NOT ONLY THE POLICIES ARE IN PLACE, THAT THE NETWORK HAS THE STANDARDS IT NEEDS TO MEET, AND THAT THOSE CAMERAS HAVE THE STANDARDS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO PUTTING THEM IN PLACE THAT SECURE THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES.
A LOT OF THOSE IOT DEVICES COME WITH VULNERABILITIES IF THEY'RE NOT CORRECTLY STANDARDIZED.
AS WELL AS MAKING OUR IT FOOTPRINT VULNERABLE TO FURTHER HACKING AND AS WELL THE QUALITY OF THE IMAGES AND THAT PERFORMANCE OF THOSE CAMERAS.
THE GOAL IS REALLY TO MAINTAIN THOSE STANDARDS AND AN INVENTORY OF ASSETS AND CONTROL CONTRACTUALLY AND BUDGETARILY THE NEEDS, AS WELL AS LOOK AT THE SECURITY AND THE PRIVACY ISSUES THAT CAMERAS AND OTHER IOT DEVICES CREATE.
THE FUSUS APPLICATION, REALLY CENTRALIZING THE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL THE CAMERAS INTO ONE PLACE WHERE POLICE CAN HAVE THAT SINGLE PANE OF GLASS VIEW INTO IDENTIFYING TRENDS.
ALLOWING THIS ALSO ALLOWS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, EXTERNAL AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING CAMERA FEEDS FROM PRIVATE BUSINESS FOR THE CRIME REDUCTION PLAN REALLY PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR OUR CAMERA PRESENCE ITSELF.
AND JUST ON THAT, I MENTIONED THAT WE'VE MOVED FROM HAVING THOUSANDS TO EXCEEDING 10,000 CAMERAS.
THAT'S ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT GOVERNANCE ALLOWS FOR US TO DO.
ONE IS TO REALLY MAINTAIN THAT INVENTORY OF WHERE WE HAVE THOSE CAMERAS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE AND SHOULD BE ASSETS TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THE ABILITY FOR POLICE, FOR EXAMPLE, TO BE ABLE TO GRAB AND LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN ANY LOCATION, REGARDLESS AS TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE, WHO OWNS THE CAMERA, BECAUSE WE OWN RIGHT THERE THE CITY'S CAMERAS.
THE EXCITING PIECE ABOUT FUSUS IS THIS NOW PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY TO SAY, REGARDLESS AS TO WHERE THOSE CAMERAS ARE AND FOR WHICH DEPARTMENT THEY'RE DEPLOYED, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTEGRATE THAT ALL FOR CITY USE.
OH, THIS IS ME. I'M THE TECHNICAL DEBT BROKEN RECORD.
I TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT TECHNICAL DEBT.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE TAR, WE TRACK VERY SPECIFICALLY WHICH OF THE PROJECTS AND WHICH OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE INTENDED TO REDUCE THOSE AGING SYSTEMS OR THOSE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY UPGRADED.
ONE IS THAT IT IS MORE PRONE TO FAILURE, RIGHT? SO HAVING OLD AGING SYSTEMS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPGRADED PROVIDE YOU WITH VULNERABILITIES AND RISK AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY IF YOU'RE NOT UPGRADING THOSE REGULARLY.
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, YOU REALLY HAVE IT'S REALLY YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? SO THE CAPABILITIES THAT IT PROVIDES YOU, THE THINGS THAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU IS LESS THAN WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO.
SO EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL IN THE TAR AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THEM, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS JUST KIND OF LISTED HERE SOME OF THE MAJOR EFFORTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PORTFOLIO OF WHERE WE ARE.
WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING SOME OF THAT TECHNICAL DEBT WITHIN THE PORTFOLIO.
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NEXT SLIDE. SO ANOTHER STRATEGIC INITIATIVE IS PARTNERING WITH PD, LOOKING TO FORRESTER AND GARTNER TO REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN, HOW DOES THAT TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGN WITH WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS TRYING TO DO FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE? WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THEM TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CAD RMS PROJECT.AS WE'RE LOOKING TO UPGRADE OR CHANGE THAT PLATFORM INTO A BETTER PLATFORM, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE REALLY LOOKING WITH GARTNER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD? ALSO REALLY PARTNERING WITH THESE FORRESTER TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS THE LONG TERM GOALS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, GETTING IN FRONT OF THAT.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE I SAID, CAD RMS, CLOUD, AI AND OTHER NEWER INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO EXPAND THAT FOOTPRINT OF P25.
THERE IS, AGAIN, WHILE WE ARE THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THIS SYSTEM, WITH OUR VENDOR PARTNER, WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING THE CUSTOMERS FROM THAT. THE LARGE NEXT CUSTOMER IS THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THEY WILL BECOME FULL USERS ON THE SYSTEM, WHICH CREATES EVEN BETTER INTEROPERABILITY.
BUT WE HAVE A LIST OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
WHILE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE NEW SYSTEM AND OUT OF THE BOX, IT'S GIVING US A LOT MORE CAPABILITY THAN WE HAD BEFORE THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OTHER CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE NOT YET TURNED ON, AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY TO LOOK AT, TEST AND IMPLEMENT THESE CAPABILITIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
ONE INTERESTING NOTE IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE WORLD CUP IN 2026 THAT IS COMING IN WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MEETING WITH FEDERAL OFFICIALS IN TERMS OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND CAPABILITIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING NOW FOR HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE SAFE AND SECURE AND THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL OF THE KINDS OF ISSUES? YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT THINGS ABOUT THESE LARGE EVENTS, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT, FROM A SECURITY AND SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, YOU NEED TO ADDRESS.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AS WE'VE KIND OF STATED FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE LENS, WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN LOOKING AT A COMPLETE NETWORK REDESIGN. OUR NETWORK ITSELF IS FAIRLY ANTIQUATED.
IT'S WHAT THEY CALL A HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK.
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TOWARDS TECHNOLOGIES LIKE MESH NETWORK.
THE SDWAN PROJECT ITSELF IS AN INTRICATE PART OF THAT, TO BEING ABLE TO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN SOMETHING GOES DOWN, IT IS FAILS OVER SEAMLESSLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF A ZERO DOWNTIME PERSPECTIVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THE NEW DATA CENTER, THAT'S AN INTRICATE PART OF THAT.
OUR DATA CENTER HERE IN CITY HALL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND REALLY LOOKING TO MOVING THAT TO THAT TIER THREE LEVEL DATA CENTER THAT WE HAVE, THAT RESILIENCY AND ABILITY TO MEET THAT ZERO, ALMOST ZERO DOWNTIME CAPABILITIES AND INCLUDING THE GROWTH.
AND THAT GOES TO THE CAMERAS AGAIN, AS WELL AS MEETING THE PUBLIC SAFETY'S TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.
AND LASTLY, FROM A CYBERSECURITY PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE SEEN PUBLIC SAFETY TARGETED NUMEROUS TIMES ACROSS THE US G LOBALLY. THE NEXT STEP IS REALLY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO WHAT THEY CALL A ZERO TRUST MODEL.
WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, AND THAT MEANS WE TRUST NOBODY EVER IN ANY OF THE SYSTEMS. SO WE ISOLATE THOSE SYSTEMS. FIRST THING IS TO REALLY ISOLATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS, WHICH WE WERE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH SYSTEM BY SYSTEM.
IT'S A VERY COMPLEX TECHNICAL CONSIDERATION GIVEN THE AGE OF OUR CURRENT NETWORK, BUT REALLY, AND THEN CONTINUING TO BUILD OUT THE CYBER THREAT INTEL, WHAT IS THE CYBER THREAT LANDSCAPE GLOBALLY? WE KNOW THAT THERE IS NO BOUNDARIES AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
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BEING PROACTIVE AS POSSIBLE GETTING IN FRONT OF THAT.AND THEN LASTLY, ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE IN FLIGHT IS REALLY MOVING TO A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN, NOT JUST A PHYSICAL PLAN, BUT A PLACE WHERE THAT WE CAN BACK UP AND HAVE THAT FAILOVER TO THAT DISASTER RECOVERY SITE.
GOING BACK TO RESILIENCY, USING SDWAN TO GETTING THERE AND FAILING THOSE CRITICAL SYSTEMS OVER.
THANK YOU. SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN BEFORE YOU.
AND THIS WAS REALLY KIND OF A THUMBNAIL, IF YOU WILL, OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
BUT WE ARE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
OKAY, WELL, THAT'S MORE THAN A THUMBNAIL.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S A PRETTY IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION.
OKAY, SO WHO HAS QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
I THINK YOU LEFT NO STONE UNTURNED ON THIS ONE.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BIG TASK.
ARE WE DO WE HAVE SOME OUTSIDE CONSULTATION GUIDING US ON THIS? YES. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MA'AM.
WE STARTED WITH WHAT ARE THE INTERNAL REQUIREMENTS? WE ARE JUST WRAPPING UP THAT PART OF THE PROJECT, AND THEN WE WILL START TO LOOK AT OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WHAT THAT NETWORK REALLY SHOULD LOOK LIKE.
RIGHT. SO, SO RATHER THAN HAVING JUST A BROAD WIDE OPEN NETWORK REALLY BEING MINDFUL OF, SAY, SEGMENTATION FOR POLICE, SO THAT IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION OF THE WORKLOADS AND ENSURING THAT IT IS GUARDED AND PROTECTED FOR THEM THAT THAT THEY HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED, BUT ALSO IT'S PROTECTED FROM OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE NETWORK.
WE WOULD NEVER DREAM OF ATTEMPTING TO DESIGN THAT ON OUR OWN.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE FOR THAT.
SO WHILE WE'RE GATHERING THOSE REQUIREMENTS, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE OUTSIDE EXPERTISE W HO WILL ASSIST US? OKAY. AND THEN AS I TURNED EVERY PAGE, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH HERE WITH THERE'S SO MUCH EQUIPMENT, CAMERAS CAPTURING VIDEO, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO AND TO BORROW FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ATKINS PROCESS AND PROCEDURE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST COLLECTING VIDEO.
I MEAN, THIS IS THE OUTCOME OF, YOU KNOW, JUSTICE IN MANY, IF NOT MOST CASES.
SO HOW IS OUR PROCESS AND OUR PROCEDURE THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH STAFF AND THE TRAINING MOVING IN LOCKSTEP WITH ALL OF THIS? SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CAMERA GOVERNANCE.
RIGHT. SO FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ANY DEPARTMENT OR ANY GROUP WHO IS LOOKING OR SEEKING TO UTILIZE CAMERA TECHNOLOGIES, WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BODY WORN, FIXED, OTHER TYPE OF OPTICAL DEVICE, ALL OF THOSE NEED TO COME THROUGH CAMERA GOVERNANCE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO AS AN EXAMPLE ANY TIME THAT WE DEPLOY CAMERAS OUT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY GOING TO BE AN UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME IN.
SO BEING ABLE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO PREPARE FOR THOSE, IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF THE TRAINING AND THE AWARENESS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE.
FOR US THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN UTILIZING CAMERAS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME THAT THEY REALLY ARE A KIND OF A LEADER ACROSS THE CITY, AND THEY PROVIDE US WITH A TEMPLATE FOR HOW TO APPROACH A NUMBER OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT'S GOING IN BOTH IN HOW DO WE MANAGE ALL OF THE VIDEO THAT WE HAVE COMING IN, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST VALUE OUT OF IT? BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
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BUT BETWEEN CAMERA GOVERNANCE AND WORKING ACROSS THE CITY, WHERE WE HAVE THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE TAKEN A LEAD IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE THE BENEFIT THAT WE SEE FROM THE CAMERAS.SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT BENEFIT, IT'S JUST KNOWING THAT THE STAFF THAT TOUCHES THAT.
AND SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND OUR PROCEDURE ON THIS? I SEE, MR. FORTUNE.
I FEEL GOOD THAT WE HAVE A FOUNDATION IN PLACE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE.
SO I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION IN PLACE.
AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DPD HAS THEIR OWN SET OF GENERAL ORDERS THAT MAY NOT BE THE SAME GENERAL ORDERS FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S HOW THEY ARE GOING TO PROTECT THE EVIDENTIARY ASPECT OF THAT DATA IN THOSE VIDEOS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
OKAY. AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THE STAFF SIDE YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A STAFF SURVEY OR SOMETHING AND SOMEONE SAYS, OH, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I WAS TRAINED HERE OR I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS. I MEAN, THAT'S AN AREA WHERE I WOULD WANT TO KNOW IT'S AIRTIGHT ON FEELING TRAINED AND FEELING LIKE YOU HAVE A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THAT MR. FORTUNE JUST OUTLINED.
OKAY, SPEAKING OF CAMERAS MY QUESTION IS, NUMBER ONE HAVE WE COMPARED OTHER CITIES, A TYPE OF CAMERA TECHNOLOGY WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OTHER CITIES ON HOW THEY MANAGE CAMERAS.
I KNOW BILL, YOU'VE HAD SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW TO MANAGE THE CAMERAS AND WHAT ARE THE BEST PLATFORMS. I KNOW FUSUS IS ONE OF THOSE PRODUCTS.
I'VE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE CITIES THAT THEY UTILIZE TO LOOKING AND UTILIZING THAT CAMERA DATA.
AND I KNOW FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF MARTINEZ, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE SO EXTENSIVELY AS WELL, MEETING WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE CITY IN TERMS OF UTILIZATION OF CAMERAS.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK THEMSELVES IN THAT AREA.
SO I KNOW THEY DO A GREAT MONITORING OF DIFFERENT CAMERAS.
SO YOU JUST DON'T SEE THE OFFICER ON THE STREET UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS.
BUT THEY GET THERE IN REAL TIME.
SO I JUST WOULD BE CURIOUS THAT OTHER COUNTRY, WHO IS THE BEST ONE WHO DO IT? YOU MEAN SMART PEOPLE STEAL OTHER SMART PEOPLE IDEAS? YEAH, WE COULD CERTAINLY BRING BACK SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS OR STEWART.
THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] I WAS LIKE, WAIT, OKAY.
WE'LL STAY ON THAT CAMERA THEME HERE FOR JUST A MINUTE.
IS THAT STILL WORKING? BECAUSE I'VE HAD ONE OF THEM AT LEAST ASK ME IF IT WAS STILL WORKING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ASK MAJOR WILLIAMS TO COME DOWN AND HE CAN ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
AND I THINK IT'S ONE THAT I THINK IS OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WE GO FORWARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
YEAH. SO REGARDING THE OLD STARLIGHT PROJECT.
SO YES, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH MOHAMMAD OVER THERE AT FOREST AND AUDELIA.
AND AS PART OF THIS FUSUS PLATFORM, WE'RE IN THE INTEGRATION PROCESS, WORKING WITH HIM AND DEPLOYING THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH HIS EXISTING SYSTEM TO BRING IT ON BOARD TO THE NEW PLATFORM. SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HAVING THAT COMMUNICATION WITH HIM.
MR. CORRECT. I APOLOGIZE BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD MAYBE KEEP ME IN THE LOOP ON THAT.
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YES, MA'AM. I KNOW HE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT AND HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO PROBLEM MA'AM.
THEN ON ANOTHER POINT, THE P25 RADIO SYSTEM, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CONNECTING THAT WITH DISD.
CORRECT. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.
I COULD GET YOU MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY WHO WE HAVE MET WITH.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OR ARRANGEMENTS.
RIGHT. ON ONE HAND, LIKE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY'RE FULL CUSTOMERS, RIGHT? SO WHILE THEY WILL PURCHASE AND DEPLOY THE RADIOS, THEY WILL BE UTILIZING OUR SYSTEM WHOLLY FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS OPERATIONS. OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THEY MAY HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM, BUT THEY ARE SIGNING IN TO BEING FULLY INTEROPERABLE.
YEAH. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF JURISDICTIONS.
YEAH. SO DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE.
AND WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OTHER SMALLER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
A LOT OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE CONTINUES.
MORE WORK CONTINUES TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY WITH TECHNOLOGY EVER CHANGING.
AND I JUST WANT TO SECOND THE PROGRESS AND THE WORK DONE WITH THE P25 RADIOS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION WITH WITH DISD AND OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES SPEAKING ON PRIVATE BUSINESSES AND THE TECHNOLOGY REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN DEEP ELLUM WITH THE DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION.
WE HAVE OVER 50 CAMERAS THAT ARE TIED INTO OUR FUSION CENTER.
AND SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, SOME OF THE CAMERAS ARE PUT IN TO BE PREVENTATIVE AND TO DETER CRIME.
BUT WHAT I HAVE FOUND IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WHEN THE INCIDENT WAS NOT SEEN LIVE THE TURNAROUND TIME TO CAPTURE CRIMINALS HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT.
I MEAN, AND I'VE SEEN INSTANCES WHERE DPD HAS BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE, AND WERE ABLE TO CATCH THESE INDIVIDUALS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, IF NOT HOURS.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE AHEAD.
WE'RE ALMOST TO THAT POINT FOR THIS PARTNER PUBLIC INTEGRATION.
AND SO REALLY THAT'S THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR EITHER OUR PRIVATE PUBLIC BUSINESS ORGANIZATION PARTNERS TO EITHER CONNECT US WITH A PRIMARY POC SO THAT WHEN THAT INCIDENT HAPPENS IN REAL TIME, THE DETECTIVE CAN IMMEDIATELY SEND THAT REQUEST, AND THEN WE CAN RETRIEVE THAT VIDEO FEED OR BE PROVIDED IT IN REAL TIME SO THAT THE ANALYSTS WORKING IN THE FUSION CENTER CAN ACTUALLY CAPTURE PROVIDE THAT, DO THE ANALYTICS THAT NEED TO BE DETERMINED FOR THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
SO IT IS WE'RE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT CHAIR AND I HAVE DISCUSSED ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY POTENTIALLY ROBOTIC AND CAMERAS THAT HAVE MORE MEASURES.
HAVE WE DONE ANY RESEARCH OR ANY ADVANCE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THE ROBOTIC USE? YEAH. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WE HAVE PART OF THESE SOLUTIONS.
WE LOOK AT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AI.
WHAT YOU LOOK AT THOUGH IS FOR OBJECT DETECTION OR TO YOUR POINT, LIKE WE CAN TAKE A 48 HOUR VIDEO AND I NEED TO FIND A INDIVIDUAL WHO'S CROSSING THE STREET WEARING A BLUE SHIRT. WE HAVE THE SOLUTION IN PLACE NOW THAT WE CAN FIND THAT WITHIN TWO MINUTES AND A 48 HOUR VIDEO MATCH, USING THAT AI TO LOOK THROUGH THOSE VIDEO FEEDS AND IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR EITHER FROM A VEHICLE, A PERSON, AN OBJECT.
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TRUCK. RIGHT. SO NOW YOU HAVE VIDEO THAT IS TAGGED.SO A DIGITAL TWIN IN AND AROUND THINGS LIKE ASSETS LIKE ROAD DEGRADATION OR BRIDGE DEGRADATION AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT VIDEO OVER TIME AND USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DETECT WHERE YOU HAVE CHANGES SO THAT YOU CAN KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO DEPLOY THOSE ASSETS.
SO TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROMISE.
AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PILOTS GOING ON IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY ON HOW WE COULD USE VIDEO WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLIED IN ORDER TO CUT THROUGH WHAT IS OTHERWISE A VERY MANUAL PROCESS.
GREAT. THAT'S GREAT, GREAT WORK.
YOU GUYS MENTIONED FIFA, AND AS WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN SMALL, CONCENTRATED AREAS IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, ARE WE LOOKING AT AND I'M NOT SURE IF CARRIE'S STILL HERE OR NOT, BUT HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY LOOK AT HOMELAND SECURITY DOLLARS AND FEDERAL DOLLARS TO GEAR UP FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP WITH WORLD CUP.
I CAN SPEAK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE.
WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR ANNUAL [INAUDIBLE] APPROPRIATIONS.
SO WE'RE ALREADY ON THE FOREFRONT OF THAT AND THAT PLANNING.
OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS ON PAGE 12, THE NEW FACILITY IN THE WEST END.
CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SPECIFICS? SO I WISH KEVIN WAS STILL HERE.
HERE. OH, IS KEVIN, I WILL ASK FOR AN ASSIST.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE USE OF A BUILDING THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED IN THE WEST END, AND IT'S AS WELL AS POLICE HELPED US KIND OF SPEC OUT WHAT THAT OPTION MIGHT LOOK AT.
HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON, AND AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME WE'LL BRING THAT.
BUT WE DO THANK THE ITS TEAM FOR ALL THEY DID TO HELP US AND CONTINUE TO HELP US BUILD.
OKAY, SO I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK THEM.
WE'RE HAVING TO DELAY ONE ITEM.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT THIS IS A MEATY PRESENTATION AND IT IS WORTHY OF OUR TIME.
WE'LL DO THAT NEXT MONTH AS WELL.
THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THAT.
SO ON PAGE FIVE YOU HAVE TECHNOLOGY BY THE NUMBERS.
AND I LOVE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT SHOWS JUST THE ENORMOUS REACH OF TECHNOLOGY IN PUBLIC SAFETY TODAY.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU REFERENCED THE TAR THE TECHNOLOGY ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, WHICH YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I WILL ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH ME TO INITIATE THAT WHEN I WAS CHAIRING THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THE TWO REPORTS I THINK ARE THE MOST INTERESTING THAT WE DO MONTHLY AT THE CITY.
SO ALONG WITH THE BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY WITH THIS AND THAT YOU CALLED OUT THAT THERE'S OVER $240 MILLION WORTH OF TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS JUST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
BUT THE POINT OF IT WAS REALLY TO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC A WAY TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF, WELL, HOW ARE WE DOING WITH IT AND WHAT IS HAPPENING.
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I KNOW I HAD ASKED FOR IT TO EVERY MONTH BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS, AND I JUST WANT TO REALLY GIVE YOU THE SHOUT OUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH WORK ON THE FIRE SIDE. AND REALLY, AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO HELP FIRE REBUILD AND, AND, AND MODERNIZE.SO I JUST THINK YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU GO, THAT'S A LOT.
OKAY. SO MY NEXT SLIDE IS SLIDE NINE.
AND THIS IS THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM.
WHEN IT FIRST BECAME APPARENT THAT WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ALERT SYSTEM NOT GOING OFF IN THE STATIONS, AND YOU TOLD ME IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS, I WAS NOT HAPPY BECAUSE I COULD NOT IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD TAKE TWO YEARS.
AND I THINK THE LAST BRIEFING, IT WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS TO GET IT FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NOT EVEN REAL.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE DONE ALL THAT WORK.
AND I WAS SHOCKED AT TWO YEARS.
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2026 FOR IT TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO THE NEXT ITEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE 10,000 CAMERAS.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE? ARE THOSE FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES? IS THAT DPD? IS THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH APARTMENTS WHERE WE CAN GO IN AND SEE CAMERAS? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? YEAH. SO SO THAT REALLY IS A COMPREHENSIVE OF ANY AND EVERY TYPE.
SO THE MOST COMMON ONES THAT YOU SEE ARE THE ONES LIKE BODY WORN CAMERAS.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE DEPLOYED BODY WORN CAMERAS BESIDES JUST DPD.
SO ANIMAL SERVICES AND CODE COMPLIANCE AND I'M FORGETTING WHO ELSE.
AND SO BODY WORN CAMERAS IS ONE WHERE IT GETS FIXED TO SOMEBODY.
THEY TAKE IT OFF, THEY DOCK IT, THEY UPLOAD THE VIDEO.
WE ALSO HAVE FIXED CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN AND AROUND OUR FACILITIES AND THE PHYSICAL SECURITY FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
SO THEY ARE BASIC SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY FIXED TO A SPOT AND PROVIDE US WITH A FEED AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SURVEIL WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENTS THAT ARE MOBILE CAMERAS THAT ARE ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAILER SYSTEMS. AND AGAIN, NOT ONLY ARE THOSE FOR DPD WHERE WHEN THERE ARE EVENTS OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING, THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE TO THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY MOST NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO. SO? AND THEN BUT WE ALSO HAVE THOSE IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SUCH AS CODE COMPLIANCE, WHERE THEY MAY HAVE REPORTS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING OR OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH THEY WANT TO DEPLOY A CAMERA.
AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING CAMERAS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO DRONES.
SO THOSE CAMERAS CAN, AGAIN, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE WHEN THEY HAVE A NEED TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY AIRBORNE DRONE THAT CAN GET TO A LOCATION EITHER FASTER OR GET INTO LOCATIONS WHERE YOU OTHERWISE CAN'T SEND PERSONNEL, THEN YOU OTHER HAVE.
SO I MENTIONED IN TERMS OF PILOTS IN AND AROUND BUILDING A DIGITAL TWIN TO TAKE IMAGES OF OF ITEMS OVER TIME AND TO BE ABLE TO APPLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. SO ANYTHING THAT HAS AN OPTICAL DEVICE THAT IS CAPPED, THAT IS CAPTURING VIDEO OF SOME SORT, WE HAVE SWEPT INTO THE GOVERNANCE FOR FOR CAMERA GOVERNANCE.
RIGHT. SO A QUITE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND ARE THERE ANY MAJOR, ARE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT I'VE NOT MENTIONED AS TYPES OF CAMERAS.
OH THE ONES IN VEHICLES, SANITATION HAS THEM ON VEHICLES.
I WOULD JUST RECOGNIZE THAT OUR PARTNERS AT TRANSPORTATION WORKING WITH THEM AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THE PILOT, WE'VE BEEN WORKING IN RED CLOUD AND SPARK WITH THE NEW SMART POLES LEVERAGING THOSE CAMERAS THROUGH THAT VENDOR.
THOSE ARE THE OTHER CAMERAS, MAINLY THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AS WELL.
SO HOW MANY FIXED CAMERAS DOES PUBLIC SAFETY HAVE ACCESS TO? I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET FROM THE LATEST INVENTORY AND WE WOULD BE GLAD TO DO THAT.
YEAH. AND SO THE FIXED CAMERAS I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE TRANSPORTATION ONES ARE NOT STORING DATA.
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RIGHT. THEY'RE JUST ABLE TO VIEW AT THE TIME AND A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THINGS LIKE THAT.AND SO THEIR POLICY IS THEY DON'T NECESSARILY RETAIN THAT.
SO THAT'S THE PART THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CAMERA GOVERNANCE BOARD, THAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE IN ONBOARDING WITH THIS FUZE PLATFORM TO BRING ALL OF THESE MULTI VARIATIONS OF SYSTEMS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT YOU HAVE THE THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE EVERY SYSTEM IS DIFFERENT.
SO WE'RE TRYING I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS THIS.
OR MAYBE THERE'S EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN ABDUCTED.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE NEED TO PUT ON OUR AGENDA? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH.
SO IT'S IT'S REALLY CONFINED TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S USING THEM.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PIGGYBACK ON THAT EQUIPMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEING USED FOR TRANSPORTATION, WHICH CAN'T RECORD, BUT THEN PIVOT IT AND MAKE IT USE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN FOLLOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT WORK.
IT'S USING THAT SAME SINGLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, BUT FOR TRANSPORTATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE NAVIGATING RIGHT NOW.
SO MY NEXT ITEM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, OH, ALL OF THESE TECHNICAL DEBT ITEMS. SO YOU'VE GOT, WHAT, SEVEN OF THEM? HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? I DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT JUST FOR THE.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE THE AMOUNTS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE TAR, BUT I COULD PULL THAT TOGETHER FOR YOU.
SO IT'S MY LAST PAGE OF QUESTIONS.
HAS THERE BEEN A CONVERSATION? BECAUSE WHEN ERIN NEALY COX DID THE KIRKLAND ELLIS REPORT, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY SEPARATING IT FOR DPD.
HAS THERE BEEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FROM IN SEPARATING OUT THE FUNCTION.
AND WHO IS YOUR PARTNER AT DPD IN ALL THESE IT PROJECTS, OR DOES IT VARY DEPENDING ON THE PROJECT? SO PREVIOUS WAS A CHIEF MARTINEZ, AND CHIEF IGOE IS NOW STEPPED INTO THAT ROLE.
HI THERE. MY QUESTION THOUGH, IS WHAT TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR STAFF, OR DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY WHO IS DIRECTLY IT, OR IS THAT CHIEF WILLIAMS? JUST THE MAJOR TODAY? JUST A MAJOR.
TO BE FRANK, HE IS THE CLOSEST TO THE EXPERT THAT WE HAVE.
BUT I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE HEADED WITH THIS, I WOULD DEFER.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNERS NOW WITH BTS AND SOME OF UNDER DOCTOR GARDNER AND MR. ZELENSKY'S LEADERSHIP, WE'VE MADE SOME STRATEGIC CHANGES.
AND IT'S BEEN VERY FRUITFUL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THOSE ADVANCES.
AND AND IF I MAY, WE HAVE HAD I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF MARTINEZ ABOUT SPECIFIC TECHNICAL POSITIONS THAT COULD, SHOULD BE WITHIN DPD. I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THAT TEAM AND HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, BUT AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF EGO IN TERMS OF ANY EXPLICIT RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY. SO THE DATA CENTER ITEM THAT YOU HAVE ON PAGE 27, YOU HAD MENTIONED TO FULL COUNCIL THAT YOU ALREADY HAD $7 MILLION IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT 5 MILLION IN THE BOND.
ARE YOU ABLE TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK WITH 12 MILLION OR YOU'RE GOING TO NEED? I THINK YOU HAD ORIGINALLY TOLD ME THIS WAS A $20 MILLION PROJECT, THAT YOU NEED ANOTHER 8 MILLION.
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HOW IS THIS EVOLVING? SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH A MEMO THAT HAS THOSE FULL AMOUNTS IN THERE.IT'S ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE THAN 7 MILLION AND THERE'S VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS. BACK IN 2014, THERE WAS A STUDY DONE OF OUR CURRENT DATA CENTER.
AND THERE WERE MONIES THAT WERE ALLOCATED.
BUT WHAT WE'RE ALSO DOING IS FOR ANY OF THE ACTIVITIES WHERE WE WOULD BE REPLACING EQUIPMENT, REPLACING SERVERS, UPDATING OR UPGRADING EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE CURRENT DATA CENTER THAT'S ALREADY BUDGETED FOR IN THE CURRENT BASELINE BUDGET.
SO THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO KIND OF SAVE DOLLARS AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN HOW WE DO THAT.
HOW FAR ARE YOU ON THOSE? THIS WOULD BE THINGS LIKE GOVERNANCE AND TRAINING.
WELL, I'M SORRY, I ACTUALLY DID NOT HEAR THE QUESTION.
IF HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE IN THOSE? AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. FORTUNE JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, IS THIS REALLY RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY? AND THE ANSWER IS YES, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ENTIRE DRIVER OF GETTING THIS REPORT DONE WAS THE LOSS OF THE DPD FILES.
YEAH. SO SO I WILL START AND I WILL MOVE TO DOCTOR GARDNER FOR THIS.
SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SOURCES OF RECOMMENDATIONS OR REMEDIATIONS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE.
THE FIRST WAS FROM THE SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2021 REPORT.
THOSE LARGELY AGREED WITH EACH OTHER.
THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF SEPARATION BETWEEN THOSE.
AND THEN WE TRACK THE COMPLETION OF ITEMS THROUGH THOSE.
AND DOCTOR GARDNER AND HIS TEAM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE.
AND I WILL LET HIM SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE IN THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? SO YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORKING THROUGH THAT AND IMPROVING UPON THAT.
OKAY, SO WHEN WE DO THIS AGAIN AT GPFM, I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A REALLY SUCCINCT THERE WERE 12, 14, 16 RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE'VE COMPLETED WHAT WE THINK ARE THIS MANY OF THEM.
OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE FIRST BRIEFING MEMO IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE DASHBOARDS AVAILABLE.
AND THEY'LL COME ON THE FRIDAY MEMO.
SO THAT PUTS US AT G FOR THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? MOVING ALONG. WE ONLY GOT TWO OF THEM ON THERE THIS TIME.
OKAY, WELL, THEN LET'S MOVE TO H, WHICH IS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO I.
THIS IS THREAT AND HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO. OKAY, SO THE REST OF THE ITEMS K THROUGH O ARE ITEMS FOR UPCOMING AGENDAS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE ITEMS? I HAVE ONE.
MR. FORTUNE STEPPED AWAY FOR JUST ONE SECOND, BUT PERHAPS SOMEBODY IN DPD COULD ANSWER THIS.
ACCEPTING FROM THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 10 MILLION.
AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY IT'S NOT 20 MILLION.
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THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IT IS 10 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR AND 10 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOOK AT US FINISHING UP.
IT'S 2:58 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.