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WE'RE GOOD.

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HEY, KEVIN, ARE

[Community Police Oversight Board on April 9, 2024.]

WE GOOD TO START THE MEETING? YEAH.

OKAY.

OKAY.

EXCELLENT.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

MY NAME IS JOHN MARK DAVIDSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

WE APPEAR, UH, TO HAVE A QUORUM OF THE BOARD, AND SO LET'S GET THIS MEETING STARTED.

THE OFFICIAL TIME OF THE MEETING START IS 5:44 PM THE MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD IS TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC TRUST, UH, OF, OF COMPLAINTS OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST DEPARTMENTAL EMPLOYEES, AND, UH, AND ENSURE THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S A TRANSPARENT RELATIONSHIP.

AND THE CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS HAVE AN ACCESSIBLE MEANS TO THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP OUR MEETING PER OUR ADOPTED RULES WITH, UH, SPEAKERS OPEN FORUM, AND, UH, TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.

AT THE START OF THIS MEETING, PLEASE SEE A MEMBER OF THE CITY STAFF IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM.

WE HAVE THREE, UH, SPEAKERS AT THIS TIME.

AND, UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING THAT IF, UH, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THERE'LL BE A TIME AT THE END OF THE MEETING.

SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE GOAL HERE IS TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND TO HAVE A HEALTHY, UM, DIALOGUE.

TO DO SO, WE MUST ESTABLISH STRUCTURE AND HOW WE GAUGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO WE WILL ADDRESS EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS AND, UH, AS WE ADDRESS EACH AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

SO, AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

UH, AS PER THE RULES, UH, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND, UH, THERE WILL BE SOME DISCRETION TO THE BOARD CHAIR IF NEEDED.

I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, FIRST TO, UH, THE STAGE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

DOLORES PHILLIPS.

DOLORES PHILLIPS.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME UP AND, UH, SHARE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MR. DIXON.

DOLORES PHILLIPS.

YOU DO HAVE THE ADDRESS.

JAMES DID TELL ME THAT YOU DO HAVE THE HANDOUTS.

YOU HAVE A 17 PAGE HANDOUT, TWO OTHER HANDOUTS FROM OCR WITH THE QUERY BEING MY NAME ON THE, ON THE QUERY OF OCR.

THE LAST THREE COMPLAINTS SHOW THAT OF DALLAS LIBRARY.

THOSE DATES ARE 2018.

ONE IN 2018.

TWO IN 2019.

CDS WERE STOLEN RIGHT ACROSS HERE.

DALLAS LIBRARY, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOUR BUILDING.

2019, MARCH 25TH THIS YEAR, WHAT? TWO WEEKS AGO, A USB WAS METHODICALLY TARGETED, STOLEN WITH YOUR EVIDENCE OF YOUR INTERNAL COVERUP.

THAT'S OPERATING LIKE A RICO.

NOW STAY WITH ME.

I WANT YOU TO GET THE 17 PAGE HANDOUT.

PAGES ONE THROUGH FOUR WILL SHOW YOU THAT THERE WERE THREE CALLS BACK IN 2009.

DPD ONLY PRODUCED ONE CALL.

THAT'S WHY I WAS AT THE MEETING OCTOBER 25TH, 2013, PREARRANGED BY MAYOR ROLLINS.

I DID NOT DEMAND THE MEETING.

IT WAS PREARRANGED.

I WAS TAKEN TO GREEN OAKS OUTTA RETALIATION, INTIMIDATION TO SEND A MESSAGE TO ME.

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU SPEAK OF COVERUPS.

STAY WITH ME.

ON PAGE FOUR IS A SPRINT BILL.

FURTHER PROVEN THAT THERE WERE THREE CALLS MADE.

PAGE FIVE, IT SHOWS THAT CORPORAL COTNER CALLED FOR BACKUP TO TAKE ME.

NO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

NO ARGUMENT.

I SIT DOWN THE WHOLE TIME.

TWO HOURS.

THIS INCIDENT DETAIL REPORT WILL SHOW THAT IT WAS TWO HOUR PLUS MEETING.

IT WAS ONLY FIVE, FIVE MINUTE VIDEO CLIPS RELEASED.

TWO OF THOSE FIVE MINUTE VIDEO CLIPS WERE THE SAME WITH DIFFERENT TIMESTAMPS.

MS. MCCLARY, OUTGOING CHAIR, WHO, UH, I THINK MS. CHANDLER TOOK HER PLACE.

SHE ABSOLUTELY KNOWS THERE WAS A COVERUP.

THAT'S WHY SHE KEPT THE BLUE AND GREEN CD THAT MS. TAYLOR WOODS FOUND IN THE DRAWER THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY LEFT BY SERGEANT ANDERSON.

SERGEANT ANDERSON AND TAYLOR WOODS WAS BOTH SCAPEGOATS.

STAY WITH ME BECAUSE THE FABRICATED POLICE REPORT WAS USED AGAINST MY FATHER IN INCAPACITATED ELDER CAUSING HIS DEMISE BEFORE HIS TIME.

THAT TOO WAS RETALIATION.

STAY WITH ME ON THE SAME 17 PAGE HANDOUT.

I WANT YOU TO STAY ON PAGE FIVE.

IT SAYS AT THE BOTTOM

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UNDER COMMENTS, IT SAYS, REQUESTED CASE NUMBER 0 2 7 3 2 9 1.

I ACTUALLY TALKED TO THIS OPERATOR AND ASKED HER WHY WOULD SHE MAKE SUCH NOTES.

SHE SAID IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR AN OFFICER TO REQUEST A CERTAIN REPORT NUMBER BECAUSE USUALLY THEY CALL IN AND THEY SAY, I NEED A REPORT FOR WHATEVER IT IS, SHE SAID.

BUT SINCE HE ASKED FOR THIS PARTICULAR NUMBER, I GAVE IT TO HIM.

SO, WHEN YOU'RE IN MY SHOES, AND I'VE BEEN BATTLED BY THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY FOR OVER A DECADE, THEY CREATE FALSE, FABRICATED POLICE REPORTS, FABRICATED PHARMACEUTICAL RECORDS.

IT'S A LADY BY THE NAME OF MARY LOUIE THORN WHO TOLD ME THAT THERE WOULD BE A MEETING MAYOR ROLLS ARRANGED.

SHE SAID, BEHIND THE SCENES THERE WAS A RECORD AND A FILE ABOUT ME AND OTHERS COULD BE TRUE.

COULD NOT.

THAT IT WAS A PHARMACEUTICAL RECORD FROM 2009 UNTIL 2013 STATING THAT I, I TOOK BIPOLAR MEDICINE FOR ALL THEM YEARS.

IT WAS ALL A LIE.

SO BEHIND THE SCENES, YOU CAN CREATE FRIVOLOUS FILES ON GOVERNMENT LETTERHEAD, GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT, PAPER, THANK YOU.

AND FILE IT IN GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS TO DESTROY PEOPLES.

THANK YOU, MR. DOLORES.

APPRECIATE IT.

OUT OF RETALIATION.

MR. DIXON, I THANK YOU FOR BEING PROMPT.

THANK YOU.

AND HEARING ME.

THANK YOU.

I'VE CONTACTED THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

FBI AGAIN.

I'M KNOCKING ON DOORS.

MS. MCCLARY IS A WITNESS.

MM-HMM.

, MS. WOODS SAID I WAS, I WOULD RATHER NOT BE INVOLVED.

THANK YOU.

BUT I'LL SPEAK THE TRUTH.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

NO, THANK YOU MR. DIXON.

YEAH.

AND, UH, THANK YOU ALSO FOR SENDING THOSE DOCUMENTS OUR WAY.

I APPRECIATE THE ORGANIZATION YOU HAVE.

I THINK IT'S A CORRELATION OF SUICIDE.

THANK YOU POLICE OFFICERS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

FREAKING WHILE DRIVING LOW MORALE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE CITY A MUSIC MUNICIPALITY COMES, COMES UP.

CORRUPTION IS BAD FOR OFFICERS IN THE CITY.

YOU GOT IT, MS. MS. PHILLIPS APPRECIATE IT.

AND MS. PHILLIPS JUSTICE AND THE FBI SHOULD COME AND TURN CITY HALL UPSIDE THAT WE HEAR YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

THANK YOU, DIXON.

THANK YOU.

AND JUST FOR THE MINUTES, I'M NOT MR. DIXON, MR. DAVIDSON.

UH, BUT IT'S OKAY.

I'LL, I'LL GO WITH THAT TONIGHT.

THAT'S FINE.

I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. PHILLIPS.

YOUR PRESENCE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO US.

UH, NEXT, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, TO THE MICROPHONE, ARLENE PEREZ MARINO.

AND, UH, AT YOUR, UH, FIRST WORD, I'LL START THE TIMER.

UH, THREE MINUTES IF POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, FOR BEING HERE, UH, TO THE BOARD.

WELL, BEFORE I START MY THREE MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO START THAT, UH, I STUTTER.

I HAVE PTSD.

SO JUST GIMME A LITTLE TIME AND I'LL FOCUS.

SURE, YEAH.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

I, UM, I'M HERE TO, BECAUSE ON AUGUST 15TH, I HAD TO CALL THE DALLAS NINE ONE ONE PD BECAUSE A TEXT AN OFFICER, UH, UH, HOLD ON.

A DETECTIVE THAT WAS ON MY CASE CAME AFTER ME.

I HAVE THE TEXT MESSAGES RIGHT HERE, IF I CAN PASS 'EM AROUND.

IT STARTED WITH TEXT MESSAGES.

AND THE TEXT MESSAGES SAID, I HAVE MADE SO BACK.

SHE WAS GONNA HAVE TO AND STOP THERE.

THEN HE SAYS, YOU, YOU ARE NOT MY ENEMY.

AND SO I DIDN'T KNOW.

I CALLED 9 1 1.

9 1 1 CAME, FIVE OFFICERS CAME TO MY HOUSE.

OFFICER GARCIA, WHO'S THE SERGEANT, I HAVE THE VIDEO RIGHT HERE.

UM, WHO, UM, I WAS IN THE LIVING ROOM.

HE WENT TO THE BEDROOM.

UH, JUST SHOW HE TALKED TO THE OFFICER.

THE DETECTIVE.

THE DETECTIVE SAID, F**K HER.

I HATE THAT B***H.

I HAVE, I HAVE THE VIDEO.

UM, F**K HER CASE.

THE POLICEMAN IS LISTENING TO THIS.

AND SHE GOES, SHE'S CRAZY.

AND THE DALLAS POLICE SAID, UHHUH, IT APPEARS.

SO, I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS UNTIL JUST RECENTLY WHEN I GOT THE VIDEO, THE POLICE REPORT.

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE VIDEO, THE POLICE REPORT, OUT OF ALL THOSE EVENTS, THE POLICE REPORT SAY NOTHING.

THE POLICE REPORT SAYS SHE'S FINE.

SHE'S OKAY.

SHE'S THE, THE, THAT'S IT.

SO, 'CAUSE OF THAT, IT PREVENTED ME FROM GETTING A PROTECTIVE ORDER FROM THE DETECTIVE.

BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A VIDEO.

JUST RECENTLY, I WENT INTO A SHELTER FOR A YEAR.

I JUST GOT OUT.

MY ADDRESS WAS HIDDEN WHEN I WAS IN THE SHELTER.

IT'S NOT HIDDEN ANYMORE.

SO I'M GETTING PHONE CALLS.

I WENT TO GO SEEK A, A, A PROTECTIVE ORDER FROM THE DA.

I STUTTER 12 OFFICERS AROUND ME LIKE THIS.

I HAVE THE, I HAVE THE, THE, THE, THE, THE MEDICAL RECORD WHERE THE DOCTOR SAYS, AND THEY TOOK ME TO THE PSYCH HOSPITAL.

THE DOCTOR SAYS, UM, THE DOCTOR SAYS SHE SEES THE VIDEO.

SHE SEES EVERYTHING.

SHE LET ME OUT WITHIN 30 MINUTES.

BUT NOW I HAVE A TORN SHOULDER.

UM, I CAN'T GET PROTECTED.

I'VE ALREADY GONE TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS, BUT BECAUSE I STUTTER AND, UM, THEY WON'T LISTEN TO ME.

UH, LEMME SHOW YOU THE VIDEO NOW.

I'M JUST GONNA SHOW YOU A PART OF THE VIDEO 'CAUSE IT'S TOO MUCH.

I'VE TRIED TO GET TO EDDIE GARCIA.

HE'S LIKE A PRESIDENT.

CAN'T GET TO HIM.

UH, HOLD ON.

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LEMME GET THE VIDEO.

AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SEEKING FOR IS SOME HELP.

I'M NO LONGER IN THE SHELTER.

AND, UH, HE CALLS ME, UH, HE TELLS ME THAT IF I DON'T DROP THE CASE, HE'S GONNA HAVE TO KILL ME.

BUT I DON'T, I CAN'T GET ACROSS ANYBODY 'CAUSE I CAN'T GET IT OUT.

LET ME SHOW YOU THE VIDEO REAL QUICK.

JUST MINUTES OF IT.

OKAY.

RIGHT HERE.

HEY, FEREZ, PLEASE.

UH, SHE'S REAL BUSY RIGHT NOW.

CAN I HAVE HER CALL YOU BACK, PLEASE? CAN I GET UP TO, OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO PUT IT DOWN SO WE CAN HEAR THE AUDIO ON THE MIC.

YEAH.

HERE.

YEAH.

OKAY.

HELLO, JOSH.

YEAH, .

I'M SORRY.

WE GOT DISCONNECTED.

, HOW ARE YOU RELATED TO MS. PEREZ? MS. PEREZ IS A CRAZY F*****G STUPID PSYCHO ASS, F*****G WITNESS.

OKAY.

WHAT, WHAT DID SHE SAY? NO, SHE, SHE SAID, MS. ARLENE, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE.

AND, UH, ONE THING, ARE YOU IN CONTACT WITH OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT? HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE STAFF? HUH? HAVE YOU BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE STAFF? THE OFFICE OF, UH, POLICE OVERSIGHT? YES.

OKAY.

AND THEY HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? UH, YES.

I GAVE IT TO JAMES.

OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU.

WELL, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM.

AND, UH, NUMBER ONE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, UH, TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF, UH, A AN AUDIENCE LIKE THIS.

UH, IT TAKES COURAGE AND BRAVERY, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE SEEN AND YOU'RE HEARD, AND, UH, YOU'RE IMPORTANT TO US.

THIS BOARD, THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND, UH, PLEASE GO HOME.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UH, WE WILL BE, WE'LL, WE'LL ASK THE OFFICE TO CONTACT YOU, AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT VIDEO SENT TO US AND, AND GO THROUGH THE CORRECT CHANNELS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, TO THE MICROPHONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

O ODELL OEL OEL DONALDSON, UH, DONALDSON.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE, UH, FOR THE COURAGE TO TELL, SHARE YOUR STORY AS, AS WITH EVERYONE ELSE.

UH, THE TIME ALLOTTED FOR THIS PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE THREE MINUTES.

AND, UH, AT YOUR FIRST WORD, I'LL START THE TIMER.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UH, FIRST OFF, HOW'S EVERYONE DOING? I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, MY NAME IS, UH, I'M ACTUALLY A PREACHER.

MY NAME IS REVEREND MOEL DAWSON.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT CASE, UH, 1 1 4 4 5 1.

UH, THAT HAPPENED ON 6 23 PERTAINING TO AN ARREST OF MY DAUGHTER, MARYLEE DAWSON, FOR AN ASSAULT.

AND, UH, AND HER RELEASED AN ATTACKERS WHOM THEY HAD BEEN ISSUED A WARRANT.

ONE OF 'EM HAD BEEN ISSUED A WARRANT, HAD A WARRANT OUT FOR ARREST, AND THEY LET THEM GO.

THE OFFICERS DID.

ON 6 23, MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME AND STATED THAT, UH, SHE HAD SOME PEOPLE LIVING WITH HER, AND SHE LET 'EM LIVE WITH SOME FRIENDS.

BUT THEY ENDED UP, WHEN SHE TOLD 'EM TO LEAVE, THEY ENDED UP JUMPING ON HER.

THEY ATTACKED HER.

BUT THE OFFICER CAME AND I GOT THERE TO HEAR ALL THIS.

ONE OF THE SUPERIOR OFFICERS TOLD ME, I THINK HIS NAME IS OFFICER LEACH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, TOLD ME.

AND I ASKED A QUESTION WHETHER BOTH PARTIES, UH, FILE A COMPLAINT, WILL THEY GO TO JAIL? HE SAID, QUOTE, IF BOTH PARTIES FILE A COMPLAINT, THEN THEY BOTH GO TO JAIL.

IF THEY DON'T, THEN NEITHER ONE OF 'EM.

BUT ANYHOW, AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT THEY CONSUME OR HUDDLED UP, RATHER, TO ARREST MY DAUGHTER AND TAKE HER TO JAIL.

IN THE COMPLAINT, IT STATES THAT THE COMPLAINANT SAID THAT MY DAUGHTER HAD WHOOPED HER WITH AN EXTENSION CARD.

NOW, WHO GONNA LET A GROWN PERSON WHOOP THEM WITH AN EXTENSION CORD AND LIVE WITH THEM FOR FIVE MONTHS? THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.

THEY LIED TO GET MY DAUGHTER THE SAME PERSON THAT HAD THE WARRANT OUT FOR ARREST IN DEN COUNTY, WHICH I BROUGHT EVIDENCE TO DETECTIVE DWAYNE DOWNTOWN AT THE DPD OFFICE.

ALL THE PICTURES THAT THEY ABUSED MY DAUGHTER, AND ALL THE PICTURES THEY SHOWED HER WHERE SHE GOT CUSSING BRUISE ON THERE, THEY DIDN'T DO RIGHT BY HER.

JUSTIFY HER AND LETTING HER ATTACK US GO WHILE SHE SUFFERED.

AND IN DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW, FROM ALL OF THAT, DURING THAT TIME, I ASKED THE OFFICER, MERCEDES, WHY ARE Y'ALL ARRESTING MY DAUGHTER? HE TOLD ME THAT, UH, WE ARRESTING HER BECAUSE OF HER, HER AGGRESSION.

I SAID, WELL, I WANT ALL OF Y'ALL TELEPHONE, ALL OF Y'ALL NUMBERS AND BADGE NUMBERS AND NAMES.

QUOTE.

HE TOLD ME, IF I GIVE Y'ALL, IF I GIVE YOU MY BADGE NUMBER, EVERYBODY BADGE NUMBER OUT HERE, WILL YOU LEAVE? THAT'S A BRIBERY.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

SO I WENT TO NANCY JONES, COMPLAINED TO HER.

SHE CAME BACK AND TOLD ME WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE, I ASKED HER, I SAID, IT'S ON THE VIDEO CAM, BODY CAM, WHAT HE SAID.

SHE SAID, YES.

I SAID, WELL, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE OFFICER? HE VIOLATED MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.

HE TRIED TO BRIBE ME TO LEAVE AND I WOULDN'T LEAVE.

HE GAVE ME THE OFFICER'S NAME,

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EVERYBODY'S NAME, BUT IT WAS OUTTA BRIBERY THAT HE DID THAT.

AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

SO SHE SAID, WELL, UH, I TALKED TO HIM.

SHE SAID, I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAID, HE DIDN'T WANNA ARREST YOU.

I SAID, HE COULDN'T ARREST ME ON THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, HAVE A RIGHT TO FREEDOM SPEECH.

HE COULDN'T DO NOTHING TO ME.

I WAS BACK.

I WASN'T IN THE WAY.

I DID WHAT THE OFFICER SAID.

HE BRIBED ME.

AT THAT TIME, HE NEVER GOT REPRIMANDED, NEVER.

SO AT THAT TIME, AND I SAID, OKAY.

SHE CAME, SHE SENT ME AN EMAIL, WHICH THE DOCUMENTATIONS WITH, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY OFFICER HAVE, WHICH ALSO DWAYNE, DETECTIVE WAYNE HAS IT JUST AS WELL PICTURES THE WARRANT THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THIS LADY'S ARREST DURING THE TIME THAT SHE WAS LIVING.

THEY DID NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

THEY LET A KNOWN FELON LEAVE AND ARREST MY DAUGHTER.

THEY DIDN'T DO NOTHING.

SO HE TURNED, SHE TURNED AROUND AND TOLD ME I NEED TO FILE THROUGH OCP.

SO I CONTACTED TANYA MCCLARY.

MM-HMM.

, MR. MCCLARY.

MM-HMM.

.

SHE HELD MY CASE.

THEY HAVE DOCUMENTATION OKAY.

FOR SIX MONTHS.

OH, MY, LET IT GO OUTTA STATUTE LIMITATION.

SURE.

TOLD ME THAT THESE MEETINGS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE 10TH OF EVERY MONTH.

AND HERE I AM IS ON THE NINTH.

YES.

SO HOW IS IT ON THE 10TH? AND I'M ON, IT'S ON THE NINTH.

SHE MISLED ME FOR SIX MONTHS AND LET MY CASE, I'M SORRY.

OUT, OUT OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

THANK YOU.

MR. JONES.

COMBINED OUR CASE TOGETHER.

MM-HMM.

WHICH MADE THAT ONE CASE, THE INCIDENT REPORT.

1, 1 4 5 5 5.

WE HEAR YOU MR. DONALDSON.

YOU, YOU'RE, AND I'M HERE TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER FOR SURE.

AND WHAT HAPPENED, AND LET THEM KNOWN ATTACKERS GO.

WELL, REST ASSURED, LIE ON THERE.

REST ASSURED, YOUR STORY HAS BEEN HEARD TODAY.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR BRAVERY TO BE HERE AND YOUR COURAGE.

AND, UH, I APOLOGIZE ON THE PATH OF THE OFFICE FOR THE DELAY OF MISINFORMATION AND, UM, THE DELAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A, A GREAT TEAM RIGHT NOW IN THE OFFICE, HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS, AND I IMAGINE THEY'LL, UH, BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU ABOUT NEXT STEPS.

BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

DAY.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON, UH, THAT'S SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE TO THE MICROPHONE, UH, CRYSTAL BATES.

CRYSTAL BATES, UH, WELCOME TO THE MEETING TODAY.

UH, APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AND, UH, AS WITH THE PRIOR SPEAKERS TODAY, I'LL BE GIVEN, YOU KNOW, THREE MINUTES.

UH, AND WE APPRECIATE AGAIN YOUR TIME.

I'LL, I'LL BEGIN THAT TIMER, UH, WHEN YOU FEEL READY.

UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

UM, LAST NIGHT WHILE SENDING IT HOME, I SAW THE VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED TO MR. LANE.

I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CROHN'S DISEASE AT THE AGE OF 10.

SEVERAL TIMES I'VE HAD WOUNDS ON MY LEG.

2016, I WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY REMOVED TWO THIRDS OF MY INTESTINES, WHICH CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.

JUST PAST NOVEMBER, WELL, NOVEMBER 26, UH, 22.

UM, I'D BEEN DEALING WITH PAIN FOR A YEAR AND ENDED UP WITH A PARALYZED ARM.

AND I HAD TO HAVE A MAJOR SURGERY ON MY NECK.

AND I CAME HERE TODAY.

WHEN I SAW THAT VIDEO, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME, JUST LIKE MR. LANE.

I DO NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT I'M GOING THROUGH.

I DO NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH.

AND TO SEE THAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN ME DEALING WITH CROHN'S DISEASE, OFTENTIMES I DON'T HAVE MINUTES TO GET TO A RESTROOM.

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME, CHIEF GARCIA.

WE HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THIS WORLD HERE YESTERDAY.

IT BROKE MY HEART TO ALSO THINK THAT ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD HAVE HAD THE SAME CONDITIONS AND NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY WERE GOING THROUGH, AND HAD BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO A RESTROOM.

WE REPRESENT NOT ONLY, UM, YOU REPRESENT THE, THE ENTIRE CITY.

MS. BAYES, PLEASE JUST ADDRESS ME IF POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

WE, WE REPRESENT THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND IT JUST WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT.

I THINK OFFICERS SHOULD ALSO HAVE, YOU ARE A PUBLIC SERVANT.

TO SIT AND WATCH A PUBLIC SERVANT THINK IT WAS FUNNY, LAUGHING AT SOMEONE'S DISABILITY AND WHAT HAS OCCURRED AND DID NOT GIVE THEM, DID NOT HEAR THEM OUT.

IT'S JUST NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ANY SITUATION.

SO THAT JUST LIKE IT HAPPENED TO HIM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME.

AND THEN TO HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT I'M PRIVATELY DEALING WITH, WITH MY HEALTH.

SO I WANTED TO COME DOWN AND I PRAY THAT THIS BODY AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S IN THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, THAT WE SET A STANDARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CITY.

BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE WHOLE CITY.

IT DOESN'T REFLECT JUST THOSE OFFICERS.

IT DOESN'T REFLECT JUST THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT REFLECTS THE WHOLE REGION THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THAT TO BE ACCEPTABLE.

SO IF WE ALLOW PASS HERE, WHAT OTHER OFFICER IS GONNA THINK THAT

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THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO THINK IS FUNNY, AND TO DENY SOMEBODY THE SIMPLE ACCESS TO A RESTROOM.

HE DIDN'T ASK FOR FOOD.

HE DIDN'T, HE ASKED TO USE THE RESTROOM.

SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. BATES, FOR BEING HERE.

THAT'S ALL THE, THAT WE HAVE AT THIS TIME FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

BUT AS YOU GUYS CAN TELL, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, NOMINATED BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE REPRESENT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IF ANYONE IS ONLINE OR IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THREE MINUTES, THERE WILL BE TIME ALLOTTED AT THE END OF THE MEETING FOR YOU TO SHARE AS WELL.

AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, UH, PLEASE CONTACT THE, THE OFFICE AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE TIME AT THE VERY END FOR THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN BY TAKING ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

AND, UH, WE'LL GO DISTRICT BY DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU'RE HERE, UH, GREAT TO HEAR, UM, SAY THAT YOU'RE PRESENT.

UH, TODAY'S FOR TODAY'S MEETING, WE'LL GO, UH, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT.

DISTRICT ONE, OZZIE SMITH.

DISTRICT ONE, PRESENT.

DISTRICT TWO.

DISTRICT TWO.

JONATHAN MAPLES.

PRESENT.

DISTRICT THREE.

DISTRICT FOUR.

DR. LAUREN GILBERT SMITH.

PRESENT DISTRICT FIVE.

BRIAN BAUGH.

DISTRICT FIVE, PRESENT.

DISTRICT SIX.

DISTRICT SIX.

DEREK PEGRAM.

PRESENT.

DISTRICT SEVEN.

DISTRICT EIGHT.

DISTRICT EIGHT.

JUDGE C VICTOR LANDER.

PRESENT DISTRICT NINE.

ALLISON TER ALLEN FOR DISTRICT NINE.

DISTRICT 10 IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

DISTRICT 11.

DISTRICT 12.

DISTRICT 12 D ONESWORTH.

PRESENT.

DISTRICT 13.

DAVID KITNER.

DISTRICT 13.

PRESENT.

DISTRICT 14.

BRANDON FRIEDMAN, DISTRICT 14 PRESENT.

AND I'M JOHN MARK DAVIDSON REPRESENTING DISTRICT 15.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

SO IF YOU COULD TAKE A MOMENT AND REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.

AND WHEN SOMEONE FEELS READY, I ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEETINGS FROM THE MARCH MEETING.

THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH MEETING.

DAVID KITNER, DISTRICT 13.

MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES.

JUDGE C VICTOR LANDER, DISTRICT EIGHT.

SECOND.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES IN MARCH? AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

THE MOTION PASSES.

THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

AS YOU CAN TELL, UH, WE HAVE SOME VIPS AMONG US TODAY.

UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE, UH, A CITY MANAGER AMONG US, POLICE CHIEF.

AND, UH, IF POSSIBLE, I'D, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, A BOARD MEMBER FOR A MOTION, UH, TO SUSPEND THE RULES, UH, TO TAKE THE AGENDA ITEMS OUT OF ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, SOME OF OUR SPECIAL GUESTS.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, TO LAUREN GILBERT SMITH.

SO MOVED.

DAVID KITNER, DISTRICT 13.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

THE MOTION HAS PASSED.

AND SO, UH, THANK YOU BOARD FOR THAT.

AND JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UH, CITY MANAGER, UM, UH, KIM TOLBERT FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE, UH, TO ITEM THREE A THREE A, UH, AND, AND ALLOW FOR THE CITY MANAGER, UH, TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER KIM TOLBERT, UH, TO SHARE.

SO, UH, THE, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES DEPUTY CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY TOLBERT, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, UH, CHAIR DAVIDSON AND TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING, UM, WITH THIS BOARD AND DEFINITELY WANT TO ENSURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS FOR THE DIRECTOR SEARCH, UM, THAT WE ARE FULLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO IN ENTAIL.

AND THAT I CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION AND KEEP YOU UPDATED AND KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THE SITUATION.

SO WHAT I WANNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS EVENING IS TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE TODAY, UH, AND THEN GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS.

AND DEFINITELY, UH, WE'LL COME BACK AND, AND CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU ABREAST OF HOW THIS PROCESS IS GOING, UH, OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

UH, AND WE'VE HAD, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT, UH, THE BEST POSSIBLE PATH FORWARD

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FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR POSITION.

AND THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO BRING ON A THIRD PARTY TO REALLY DO A NATIONAL SEARCH.

UM, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, BE OUT IN THAT MARKET AND DEFINITELY BRING THE BEST POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO THE TABLE, UH, AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO BRING SOMEONE WHO NOT ONLY HAS THE EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD AND DEMONSTRATED PERFORMANCE.

ACTUALLY BEING A DIRECTOR OF AN OVERSIGHT OFFICE, UM, WE HAVE NOW ENGAGED A FIRM BY THE NAME OF POLLY HIRE, AND THAT'S P-O-L-I-H-I-R-E.

YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THEIR, UM, OF THEIR INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, THEY DEFINITELY, UM, HAVE A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND TO ENSURE THAT THIS ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR A NEW DIRECTOR IS, UM, DONE.

UM, FIRST CLASS, UM, POLLY HOWARD HAS NOW BEEN RETAINED AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH A, UH, CONTRACT.

WE'VE HAD THEM ON BOARD, UM, AS PART OF OUR, UM, UH, RECRUITMENT TEAM.

WE HAVE FOUR OR FIVE OTHER FIRMS, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BEST SUITED.

UH, THEY'RE CURRENTLY HEADQUARTERED IN WASHINGTON DC UH, WITH OVER 18 YEARS EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY IN THIS SPACE.

UM, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, UM, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF REFORM, AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUSTICE PLAYS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ORGANIZATION WILL BE ABLE TO HELP WORK NOT ONLY WITH MYSELF, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING, UH, CANDIDATES, UH, FORWARD.

AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF PERSONALLY MEETING THE FOUNDER OF THIS ORGANIZATION, UM, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER KENYATA ZEL, AND HE WILL BE THE DEDICATED EXECUTIVE RECRUITER AND WILL BRING A TEAM OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, TO THE TABLE.

WE'VE, AGAIN, IN YOUR PACKET, WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE NAMES OF THOSE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED.

UH, BUT MR. KENYATTA ACTUALLY HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE RECRUITMENT SPACE, WORKING DEFINITELY WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL.

AND SO THE ACTION PLAN THAT I JUST, I'LL JUST SHARE WITH YOU VERY BRIEFLY, WILL, NUMBER ONE, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE POLLY HIRE SPEND TIME TALKING TO EACH OF YOU.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK IN ADVANCE OF US EVEN FINALIZING, UM, THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND BEING ABLE TO START THE PROCESS OF GETTING ON APPLICANTS.

UH, IT WILL ALSO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM YOU ABOUT EXPECTATIONS FROM NOT ONLY THE DELIVERY OF THE ROLE, BUT HOW THEY'LL ACTUALLY APPROACH THEIR FIRST DAYS IN THIS POSITION AND BE ABLE TO CREATE THE SYNERGY, THE BUY-IN AND THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS BOARD.

UM, THEY WILL ALSO THEN HELP WITH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT JOB DESCRIPTION AND THE MARKET PROFILE, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT TO BEGIN TO RECRUIT CANDIDATES.

UH, THEY WILL DO ALL THE WORK TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL SOURCING OF THE CANDIDATES, DO THE ASSESSMENT, THE EVALUATION OF THOSE CANDIDATES, AND THEN BRING BACK TO, TO US CANDIDATES FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IN THIS PROCESS, WE DEFINITELY WILL, UM, HAVE, UH, THIS BODY, UH, BE A PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO AT LEAST KNOW WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM AS WELL.

AND THEY DEFINITELY WILL BUILD THAT INTO OUR PROCESS.

UM, THERE IS A ONE PAGER IN YOUR PACKET THAT GIVES YOU THE RECRUITMENT TIMELINE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW KINDA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EXPEDITING THIS, UM, AND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE WE GET TO MID TO LATE SUMMER, THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY ANNOUNCE A NEW DIRECTOR.

UM, SO STARTING, UM, NEXT WEEK, WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK WITH EACH OF YOUR CALENDARS TO ENSURE THAT YOU CAN HAVE THAT INTRODUCTORY MEETING, UM, WITH POLLY HIRE, UH, TO GIVE THEM FEEDBACK.

WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK AND THEN BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY START THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS THE WEEK OF APRIL 15TH.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE COMPRESSION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IN THE TIMELINE.

SO WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY, UM, MID TO LATE MAY.

WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION OF, OF, OF A LIST OF CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED, ASSESSED, AND EVALUATED BY POLLY HIRE.

AND THEN WE WOULD TRY TO SPEND TIME DURING EITHER LATE MAY AND EARLY JUNE TO BEGIN THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS.

AGAIN, THIS IS ALL TO HOPEFULLY HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW DIRECTOR BY MID TO LATE JUNE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL STOP.

UM, I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, UM, FROM POLLY HIRE, UH, LISTENING INTO THE CALL THIS EVENING.

UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE HERE JUST SO THEY CAN BEGIN TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND UNDERSTAND EXPECTATIONS, UH, FROM THIS BODY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE.

I DO FEEL THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THIS BOARD, UM, AS IT RELATES TO SUPPORTING THAT PROCESS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DEPUTY CITY MANAGER,

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KIMBERLY TOLBERT FOR THAT UPDATE.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP TO THE BOARD AT THIS TIME FOR QUESTIONS, UM, TO THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, KIM TOLBERT, AND ALSO, UH, WOULD POLL, UH, THE POLL HIRES.

WOULD THEY, WOULD THEY BE ALSO ACCESSIBLE FOR QUESTIONS IF, IF NEEDED? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE.

I'M HOPING THEY WERE ABLE TO GET CONNECTED, BUT I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE ON THE CALL.

THANK YOU.

AND JUST A REMINDER TO, TO, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, WHEN SPEAKING IF POSSIBLE, JUST ADDRESS YOUR DISTRICT NAME, YOUR NAME AND DISTRICT PRIOR, UH, TO YOUR COMMENT.

THAT WAY ON THE TRANSCRIPT, WE KNOW, UH, YOU GET CREDIT FOR YOUR, YOUR WIVES.

AND EXCELLENT COMMENTS, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UH, DAVID KITLER, DISTRICT 13.

I I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, UH, WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE GROUP THAT WE HAVE HIRED, IN PARTICULAR WITH CITY MUNICIPAL HIRES, WHATEVER, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH POLICE OVERSIGHT, HAVE THEY HIRED ANYONE IN THE PAST FOR THAT? THAT'S QUESTION NUMBER ONE.

AND QUESTION NUMBER TWO, WHEN YOU SAY PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES MID TO MAY, LATE MAY, HOW MANY CANDIDATES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

UM, I WILL JUST TAKE THIS DIRECTLY OUT OF THEIR PACKET.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, WORKED ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT POLICE AUDITOR IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.

UM, THEY'VE DEFINITELY WORKED WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THEY ACTUALLY, UM, DID THE SEARCH FOR OUR NEW ETHICS OFFICER THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'VE DONE WORK WITH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, CITY OF RICHMOND, CITY OF IRVA, UH, FAIRFAX COUNTY, ARLINGTON COUNTY, AND KING COUNTY.

SO THEY HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY WORKING, UM, DIRECTLY WITH GOVERNMENT, BUT ACTUALLY DOING THIS WORK FOR OTHER CITIES, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES WE WANT THE BEST.

AND SO IF THAT'S THREE TOP CANDIDATES, IF THAT'S FIVE, UH, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE LOOKING AT POLY HIGH TO DO, UM, THE ASSESSMENT AND THEN PRESENT US WITH A, WITH A SLATE OF CANDIDATES.

SO I DON'T HAVE A MAGIC NUMBER.

I THINK IT'LL REALLY DEPEND ON THE, UM, THE COMPETITION ITSELF.

AND IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE THREE CANDIDATES THAT COULD DO THE JOB, THEN WE WANNA TALK TO ALL THREE.

IF THEY BELIEVE THERE'S FIVE, I WANNA BE ABLE TO TALK TO ALL FIVE.

JUST, JUST TO FOLLOW UP.

UH, SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE A, A MINIMUM OF THREE CANDIDATES? IS THAT YOUR BELIEF? A MINIMUM? I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, I'M AT LEAST, I'M SORRY.

I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST THREE.

IT WOULD BE MY GOAL NOT TO, TO BRING YOU A POOL THAT ONLY HAS ONE OR TWO CANDIDATES IN IT.

SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A GOOD BALANCE, UM, AND A GOOD DIVERSITY, UM, GROUP OF CANDIDATES WITH GREAT DIVERSITY COMING INTO THAT POOL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, D WADSWORTH, DISTRICT 12.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, DEPUTY MANAGER.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SERVED ON THIS BOARD SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

I WAS APPOINTED IN 2019, AND AT THAT TIME WHEN WE WORKED FOR OUR FIRST DIRECTOR, WE HAD AN EXCELLENT, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION.

AND WE DID INTERVIEW IN PERSON, UH, MANY OF US ON THIS BOARD, THE THREE CANDIDATES BEFORE WE RANKED THEM, UM, TO MAKE BEFORE THE, UM, JOHN FORTUNE WAS THE ONE WHO ASSISTED THAT AT THE CITY LEVEL.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS, WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT JOB DESCRIPTION IS EXCELLENT.

CAN, ARE WE USING ANY OF THAT INFORMATION FROM THE ORIGINAL? THANK, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO IN A RECENT MEETING, I WOULD SAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I NOT ONLY PROVIDED A COPY OF THE CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION, BUT ALSO WANTED TO GIVE, UM, THE BOARD, UH, JUST KIND OF A COMPARING CONTRAST TO OTHER SIMILAR POSITIONS IN OTHER CITIES TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY, IF WE WANTED TO, UM, FINE TUNE, MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE NOT CREATED ANY BARRIERS FOR ANY POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.

AND SO THE, UH, POLL HOWARD WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION, UH, BUT THEY WILL DEFINITELY, WHEN THEY HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE BOARD, UM, THEY WILL BE ASKING YOU ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU WANNA MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR IN A CANDIDATE, AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AND PRESENT US WITH A FINAL JOB DESCRIPTION.

BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH, BUT WE DEFINITELY WILL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE NOW, FINE TUNE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TUNED IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION, AND THEN USE POLY HIRE AS A RESOURCE TO HELP US DO THAT VERSUS US TRYING TO DO THAT OURSELVES.

OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY ONE THING.

PERHAPS I DIDN'T EXPRESS MYSELF VERY WELL, BUT THE ORIGINAL JOB DESCRIPTION GOING BACK TO 2019 IS DIFFERENT FROM THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT WAS USED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR TO ADVERTISE FOR WHICH WE DIDN'T RECEIVE GOOD CANDIDATES.

THE THING ABOUT THAT ORIGINAL JOB DESCRIPTION, IT SHOWED THAT HAVING A POLICE OVERSIGHT EXPERIENCE WAS THE NUMBER ONE QUALITY DESIRED WHERE THE ONE ADVERTISED IN JANUARY.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST THING WAS HAVING, UH, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE.

AND THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE POLLY HIRED TO SEE THAT ONE THAT WE WORKED

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ON SO HARD BACK IN 2019 20.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE COMMENTS.

AND WE WILL DEFINITELY ENSURE THAT THE ORIGINAL JOB DESCRIPTION IS PRESENTED TO POLLY HIRE.

AND BEFORE AGAIN, THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS FINALIZED.

WE'RE GONNA DEFINITELY GET THE INPUT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THE FINAL ONE THAT WE'LL USE IN THE RECRUITMENT.

I'LL JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THAT AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, JUDGE C VICTOR LANDER, DISTRICT EIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. TOLBERT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I DO NOTE, SINCE I'M SITTING CLOSE ENOUGH TO YOU TO SEE THAT, UH, THE PROPOSED RECRUITMENT TIMELINE ON YOURS IS IN COLOR, AND THAT COLOR ALLOWS, UH, YOU TO SEE THE PROPOSED DATES, THE COPY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US, WE CAN'T SEE THE DATES THAT, UH, ENGAGE IN MEETING INTRODUCTION, ET CETERA.

COULD YOU REPEAT THOSE DATES AGAIN SO I CAN WRITE THEM DOWN? YES, I WILL DO THAT.

AND I DEFINITELY WANNA APOLOGIZE THAT THE COPY THAT YOU RECEIVED WAS NOT IN COLOR.

UM, SO, UH, APRIL THE NINTH, WHICH IS TODAY WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF POLLY HIRE TO THIS BOARD.

UM, THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY THE MEETINGS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS TO GIVE INPUT WILL HOPEFULLY BEGIN, UM, STARTING THIS WEEK THROUGH NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT OPENING THE ACTUAL RECRUITMENT ITSELF AROUND APRIL THE 15TH, OR SOMETIME WITHIN THAT WEEK.

UM, THE GOAL WOULD BE BETWEEN MAY AND LATE MID TO LATE MAY TO PRESENT, UM, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.

AND THEN WE WOULD BEGIN TO LOOK AT INTERVIEWING THOSE CANDIDATES LATE MAY, EARLY JUNE.

UM, BETWEEN THAT TIME PERIOD, WE WOULD BEGIN NEGOTIATION OF, UH, WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER AN OFFER TO POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND HOPEFULLY ANNOUNCE AND HAVE A NEW DIRECTOR ON BOARD BY MID TO LATE JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

AND AGAIN, WE CAN DEFINITELY SEND THIS OUT TO YOU ALL IN COLOR SO YOU CAN SEE IT.

I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

NO PROBLEM.

THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND WELCOME ABOARD.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FROM BOARD MEMBERS, UH, TO THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, KIMBERLY TOLBERT.

SEEING THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT AGENDA ITEM.

AND IF YOU COULD STAY ONE MORE, 'CAUSE I THINK THIS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME INPUT INTO THIS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

UH, WE'D LIKE TO MOVE CHAIR OZZIE SMITH, DISTRICT ONE.

WERE WE GOING TO ALLOW, UM, POLLY HIRE TO SPEAK BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE ON THE LINE? YES.

WOULD YOU, WOULD, UH, WOULD THE BOARD LIKE TO HEAR FROM POLLY HIRE? AND THEY ARE, I DID CONFIRM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IS ACTUALLY ON THE CALL, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YES, THANK YOU.

LOVE TO HEAR FROM BOARD.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM, UH, POLLY HIRE IF, IF THE REPRESENTATIVE COULD GET ONLINE AND, AND MAYBE SHARE IN A FEW MINUTES WHAT, UH, YOU HOPE TO SEE FROM THIS PROCESS.

AND, AND AGAIN, IF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BASED ON THEIR COMMENT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE, TO THE BOARD FOR THAT.

POLLY.

HI, ARE YOU ONLINE? UH, POLLY.

HI, UH, KEVIN, DO YOU SEE, UH, POLLY HIER ONLINE BY CHANCE? HELLO? I'M, I'M HERE NOW.

I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM UNMUTING MYSELF.

I'M, CAN YOU HEAR ME? NO.

YES.

WE CAN HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.

BY CHANCE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TURN YOUR VIDEO ON SO WE CAN SEE YOU? SURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MOMENT HERE, .

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE.

YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR, UH, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR, YOUR COMPANY, WHAT YOU HOPE TO SEE FROM THIS PROCESS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE, UH, COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND WE'RE, UH, THANKFUL TO BE WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS PROCESS.

BUT YES, TAKE A TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU HOPE TO SEE FROM THIS PROCESS.

AND IF, I'LL OPEN UP TO THE BOARD TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

C CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU.

MY NAME IS KENYATA AZEL, I'M THE FOUNDER OF POLY HIRE.

WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS NOW FOR, UM, AS OF YESTERDAY, 18 YEARS SERVING, UM, THOSE WHO SERVE IS LIKE WHAT I LIKE TO SAY.

SO OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS WORKING WITH LOCALITIES APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS IN HIRING THEIR SENIOR STAFF OR ASSISTING THEM IN HIRING THEIR SENIOR STAFF.

UM, OVER THE 18 YEARS, THE MORE THAN 2000 SEARCHES THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, UM, I I BELIEVE YOU'LL SEE AND AND HEAR, AND, UM, JUST A GENERAL CURSORY YOUR VIEW OF, OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, POLY HIRE.COM.

WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT WE, UM, TRULY EMBRACE, UM, THE DIVERSITY OF WHAT OF OF OUR COUNTRY IS, AND TRYING TO BRING DIVERSE POOLS OF CANDIDATES, UM, HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO THOSE THAT ARE MAKING THE SELECTION FOR YOU TO MAKE THE SELECTION THAT'S BEST FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.

OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO KNOW THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE OVER

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THE PAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK.

I, WE COMPLETED FIVE OR SIX POSITIONS, AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO OR THREE MORE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE BRINGING REALLY, REALLY STRONG PEOPLE IN AND HELPING, UH, MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE, UM, THE, THE CONSTITUENTS AND THOSE THAT LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS HAVE THE STRONGEST LEADERSHIP IN PLACE.

UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO POLICE OVERSIGHT, MY TEAM IS MY TEAM.

MY DIVERSE TEAM IS ACTUALLY IMPACTED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, UM, BY, UH, WHAT THOSE THAT ARE SWORN TO, TO SERVE AND PROTECT ME AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MAN WHO LIVES IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA WITH A, A, YOU KNOW, A 9-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BOY AND A 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, WANNA ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

WHO, AGAIN, WHO ARE, WHO ARE SWORN TO PROTECT AND, AND SERVE US.

AND IN DOING SO, UM, IT'S TWO-PRONGED, WHAT OUR BELIEF IS.

AND THE FIRST IS MAKING CERTAIN THAT WE HAVE GOOD PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADING.

AND THE SECOND PART IS MAKING CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY ONE OUR CLIENTS, YOURSELF TELLING US YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE CERTAIN THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE OVERSIGHT, UM, AND ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR, FOR ACTIONS.

AND WHAT WE PROPOSED TO DO AND HAVE OUTLINED IN OUR PROPOSAL AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER IS TO BE INDIVIDUALLY WITH EACH OF YOU.

WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT WILL ALLOW IS TO UNDER GET A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING COLLECTIVELY.

YOU MIGHT NOT HEAR FROM EVERYONE OR SOME, UM, MAY SPEAK LOUDER OR MORE THAN OTHERS.

BUT HAVING THAT ACCESSIBILITY, ME BEING ACCESSIBLE TO YOU TO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO ABOUT CRAFTING THE, UM, THE BROCHURE OR THE, THE, THE COLLATERAL THAT WILL GO OUT, UM, TO SOLICIT INDIVIDUALS, UM, I GUESS THEIR, THEIR INTEREST, UH, DRIVE THEIR INTEREST, UM, IS IMPORTANT.

AND WE CAN'T PUT THAT TOGETHER WITHOUT FIRST ENGAGING EACH OF YOU.

SO I, I LIKE TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE ALL AWARE THAT EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE MYSELF.

UM, I'VE GOT A VERY STRONG, UH, LEADER ON MY TEAM AS WELL, MARCIA THOMPSON, SOMEONE WHO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CALL, UH, A LOVINGLY, UH, UH, THE OG.

SHE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE THIS WORK, WHO'S BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, UM, OF MAKING CERTAIN THAT REFORM, OVERSIGHT AND JUSTICE, UM, ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE HELD AND PEOPLE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIONS AND, UM, AND THE CHECKS AND SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES WORKS.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIND OF WHAT WE ARE HOPING TO, TO, TO DO AND TO PARTNER WITH YOU IN BRINGING INDIVIDUALS TO, TO THE, UM, TO THE TABLE FOR YOU ALL TO EVALUATE AND SELECT THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS THAT, UH, IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE WORK WITH A 90 DAY TIMEFRAME BECAUSE WE DO WORK IN THIS SPACE.

MOST RECENTLY, WE'VE, UH, COMPLETED THE SEARCH FOR THE POLICE AUDITOR, SIMILAR POSITION, DIFFERENT TITLE FOR THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

WE ACTUALLY RECRUITED SOMEONE NEXT DOOR FROM YOU ALL.

KIM MILL, WHO WAS THERE IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BY WAY OF CHICAGO, RECRUITED HER TO COME TO, TO THE, UH, THE NATION'S CAPITAL AREA REGION, TO, TO LEAD THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA AS THEY STOOD UP THEIR POLICE, UH, CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT SITE BOARD.

WE HAVE, UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WHILE WE HAVE DONE THIS WORK, WE'VE ALSO WORKED ON THE OTHER SIDE, MAKING CERTAIN THAT, UH, WE WORK AND PLACE POLICE, CHIEF AND EXECUTIVES AS WELL, MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE PLACING UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT, UH, THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH IS THE CHECKS AND BALANCES PIECE OF THAT CIVILIAN.

SO WE HAVE A COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING, UM, OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND, AND ARE WILLING TO LISTEN AND HOPING TO LISTEN MORE, UM, ABOUT WHAT, UH, IS, WHAT THE CITY OF DALLAS IS SEEKING AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEKING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, MR. ELLE, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY AND, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND HELPING US, UH, FIND THAT NEXT LEADER FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT.

I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP AT THIS TIME, UH, TO THE BOARD IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FOR MR. ROZELLE, UH, REGARDING THE PROCESS, UM, WITH, UH, POLLY HIRE.

ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD.

IT APPEARS THE BOARD IS SAT.

THAT WAS, THAT WAS YOUR TIMER.

YOU BEAT IT.

SO, UH, FIRST TIME EVER.

YEAH.

.

WELL, UH, THE BOARD IS SATISFIED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENCE AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

AND THIS IS IN THE LAST CONVERSATION, BUT WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE INTENTIONALITY, INCLUDING US IN THIS PROCESS.

'CAUSE WE TRULY DO CARE.

AND, UH, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS INTRODUCTION.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UM, AND IT APPEARS THE BOARD IS SATISFIED.

NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

SEEING THAT'S THE CASE, UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON, UH, TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

UH, WE WILL MOVE AT THIS POINT TO ITEM THREE E.

ITEM THREE E.

AND THIS ITEM IS A REPORT, UH, A REPORT WITH A MEETING WITH DEPUTY

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CITY MANAGER.

RECAP.

UH, AS, AS YOU KNOW, IT, THIS IS IN THE ONLY TIME THAT THE, THE, THE, UH, THE, THE BOARD, WE TRY TO KEEP MOMENTUM IN BETWEEN MEETINGS AND, UH, WE WERE GRACED AND BLESSED WITH A MEETING WITH DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND, UH, THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE BOARD MEMBER BRANDON FRIEDMAN, UH, TO GIVE A, A BRIEF RECAP OF, OF THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

UM, MR. TOLBERT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, I'M JUST GONNA START WITH INTRODUCTION.

WE DID HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH, UH, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TOLBERT TO TALK ABOUT, UM, NOT ONLY THE DIRECTOR HIRE, BUT UM, PRIMARILY THE, UH, MEMO THAT WE HAD RECEIVED FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS AND WHERE THE BOARD STOOD ON THAT.

UM, UH, IN TALKING TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TOLBERT, SHE HAD AN UPDATE FOR US, UH, ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION OF IEDS, NO INVESTIGATION DETERMINATIONS.

AND MS. TOLBERT, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO, TO TELL THE BOARD WHAT YOU TOLD US OR IF, OR IF I SHOULD DO THAT.

UM, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE MORE THE EXPERT ON IT SINCE YOU HAD, SINCE YOU HAD HAD THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE CHAIR, UH, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO I'VE MET WITH AROUND THIS INVESTIGATION TOPIC, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, I THINK WHAT WE ASKED FOR WAS TIME TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT PROCESS AND TO ENSURE THAT THAT WAS REALLY A, A, A, AN AN ISSUE.

AND I THINK WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CHIEF OF POLICE AND HIS TEAM, AND REALLY WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IS THAT WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS AN ISSUE IS NOT AN ISSUE.

IT WAS MORE ABOUT CLARIFYING SOME OF THE, THE LANGUAGE.

UM, IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCESS.

AND WE DEFINITELY, UM, I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN A ROOM AND TALK ABOUT IT.

I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, RESTORE WHAT APPEARED TO BE, UH, A CHANGE, MEANING THAT, UH, SOMETHING WAS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THE BOARD AS FAR AS YOUR ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE.

I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT, AND SO THAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT CONVERSATION.

SO, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THE, THE, THE ISSUE WAS, UM, THAT THE BOARD COULD NOT INVESTIGATE IF ID DETERMINED THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION.

BUT OUR, MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT IS THAT ID IS GOING TO CHANGE, UM, WHAT THAT'S CALLED NO INVESTIGATION.

IT'S NOW GOING TO BECOME SOMETHING DIFFERENT, A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.

I, I, I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE AND, AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN PUT MY GLASSES ON AND I CAN LOOK AT THE FORM SINCE I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED.

I THINK IT'S PRELIMINARY AND PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND OUTCOME IS THE, IS THE WORDING.

UM, AGAIN, IT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT WAS BEING DONE, IT JUST CLARIFIES IT.

RIGHT.

SO, SO JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS, SO WE COULDN'T, SO IF ID CHARACTERIZED SOMETHING AS A NO INVESTIGATION, WE WERE THEN BARRED BY THE CITY.

THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TOLD US THAT THE ORDINANCE BARRED US FROM CONDUCTING AN, AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

SO NOW WHAT'S GOING TO FREE US UP IS THAT ID IS NOW NOT GOING TO CALL IT A NO INVESTIGATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION WITH, UH, AND OUTCOME.

AN OUTCOME.

MM-HMM.

AT THAT POINT, UM, THERE ARE NO LONGER ANY ISSUES WITH US CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

SO THIS MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, UP, WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE THE CITY ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST A CHANGE OF WORDING ON I D'S PART THAT IS GOING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP FOR US THAT, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAD RAISED IN THEIR MEMO.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS HERE.

I, I COMMITTED, UH, TO THIS BODY THAT WE WOULD ENSURE THAT WE HAD A CITY ATTORNEY IN THE ROOM FOR THE MEETINGS.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IS HER.

UH, BERT, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING, FATHER? I THINK WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE CLARIFIED IT.

AGAIN, THIS WAS US JUST WORKING TOGETHER INTERNALLY.

THERE'S NO ORDINANCE CHANGE, UH, REQUIRED.

I THINK THAT THAT WAS MAYBE THE INITIAL CONVERSATION, BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO AT THIS TIME REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR MATTER.

OKAY.

ARE THERE, AND HE'S, AND HE'S SIGNALING TO ME THAT HE'S GOOD.

OKAY.

UH, SO THIS IS A, THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY CHARGED, VERY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC FOR THE BOARD.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IS ANY OF THAT NOT CLEAR? SO THIS IS, I'M SORRY, ALISON GRANTER ALLEN FOR DISTRICT NINE.

SO THIS ESSENTIALLY GETS US RIGHT BACK TO THE STATUS QUO ANTI, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS ISSUE GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.

AND, AND I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE.

I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING THAT, UM, THAT THIS BECAME THE TOPIC.

AND, UM, AS I'VE SHARED WITH THE BOARD CHAIR AND WITH THOSE THAT I MET WITH AROUND THIS, UM, THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST ENSURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION

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HERE TO WHERE WE CAN KEEP THOSE TYPES OF THINGS FROM, UH, IN MY OPINION, ELEVATING, UM, AND BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THINGS HERE IN THE, IN THE MOMENT.

AND SO YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT TO BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SPORT TO DO EXACTLY THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE.

UH, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ON THIS.

I GUESS I ALSO WANT TO, TO ITERATE, REITERATE, JUST GRATITUDE TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

UH, WHEN WE DID MEET WITH HER, UM, JUST HER POSTURE AND COMMITMENT WAS JUST SO ENCOURAGING.

AND, UH, AND TO SEE THIS RESOLVED SO QUICKLY IS A TESTAMENT TO HER LEADERSHIP.

AND I REMEMBER WHEN WE, WE FIRST MET, MET, SHE SAT DOWN AND SHE BEGAN THE MEETING STATING THAT SHE'S COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE OFFICE AND THE BOARD.

AND SO IT'S BEEN INTERESTING.

UH, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH HER.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

WITHOUT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, UH, WE CAN, UM, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A, A SIX 30, SO, UH, IF SHE HAS TO LEAVE, SHE'S NOT BEING RUDE.

SHE'S, SHE'S, SHE'S AN IMPORTANT PERSON, SO SHE'S GOT THINGS TO DO.

BUT WE ALSO, UH, WE HAVE SOME IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS AS WELL, UH, TO HAVE OTHER VIPS IN THE HOUSE.

AND, UH, I WANTED TO, UH, MOVE NOW TO ITEM, UH, THREE, BRIEFING ITEM THREE B, UM, THREE B, AND, UH, INVITE, UH, CHIEF GAR, UH, DALLAS POLICE CHIEF GARCIA, UH, TO, UH, COME FORWARD.

AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, UM, A PRESENTATION ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT.

UM, WELCOME, UH, CHIEF GARCIA, HAPPY YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

UH, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THIS MEETING.

MY TEAM, UH, COMES TO SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

SO AS I SET THIS UP, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED, UH, WITH CITY COUNCIL, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, REALLY THERE IS NOT A POLICE CHIEF IN THE COUNTRY WHOSE PRIMARY JOB IS NOT TO FIND WHAT'S WRONG INSIDE THEIR DEPARTMENT BEFORE ANYONE ELSE DOES.

THAT'S WHAT A PROFESSIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES.

AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, UM, WORKING WITH OUTSIDE SPECIALISTS, UH, TO REALLY STUDY OURSELVES, UH, AND TO BE THE PREMIER DEPARTMENT THAT WE ALL WANT US TO BE, IS THE REASON THAT WE, UH, STARTED ON THIS ENDEAVOR, UH, THAT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT AS, UH, A MODEL PROGRAM, UH, ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTRY.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER, UH, TO THE LIEUTENANT, UH, WHO IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN WE'RE DONE.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN DAVIDSON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT JULIO GONZALEZ, AND I'M THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING COMMANDER.

TO MY LEFT, I HAVE MADDIE MADRAZO.

SHE IS THE DEPARTMENT'S LEGISLATIVE COORDINATOR.

AND TOGETHER WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, PROVIDING YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT.

QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE'LL START OFF WITH WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

WE'LL GO OVER THE UNIT'S MISSION AND VISION.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY CHIEF GARCIA CREATED THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT.

WE'LL DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR STRATEGIC AND OUR LIMITED SCOPE REVIEWS.

WE'LL DISCUSS LEVERAGING OUTSIDE EXPERTS, COMMUNICATING STRATEGICALLY WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN OUR UPCOMING, UH, REVIEWS THAT WE PLAN ON TAKING A LOOK AT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING? SIMPLY PUT, CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING IS LEGAL POLICING.

IT IS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES THAT EMPHASIZE ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND A COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MADDIE MADRAZO, AND THIS UNIT LAUNCHED FORMALLY FOR YOUR AWARENESS IN DECEMBER OF 2023.

AND SINCE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON AN IMPORTANT MISSION, THE MISSION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT IS TO ENSURE THAT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESERVES ITS INTEGRITY BY UPHOLDING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF POLICING, AND THAT INCLUDES LEGAL, MORAL, AND ETHICAL.

AND TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, WE ARE PROACTIVELY TAKING THREE STEPS.

STEP ONE IS TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR ONGOING SELF-ASSESSMENT AND SELF-CORRECTION.

STEP TWO IS TO ENSURE THE DEPARTMENT'S PATTERNS, PRACTICES, AND POLICIES MEET OR EXCEED POLICING STANDARDS OUTLINED IN APPLICABLE LEGISLATION, COURT DECISIONS.

AND THE CONSTITUTION.

STEP THREE IS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO EMBRACE OPERATIONAL INNOVATION, MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY, AND PROMOTE DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

PERFECT.

SO OUR WORK TO EXECUTE OUR MISSION

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ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS A GREATER VISION.

THAT'S TWO PART, AND THAT'S A, TO ESTABLISH THE NATION'S PREMIER CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT, AND THEN B, TO BETTER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION AS A WHOLE.

AND TO QUOTE FROM OUR VISION STATEMENT, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT ASPIRES TO ESTABLISH THE NATION'S PREMIER CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH CONTINUOUS SELF-ASSESSMENT, INNOVATION, AND ADVOCACY.

WE STRIVE TO STRENGTHEN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FUTURE AND REDEFINE THE EXPECTATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO WHY CREATE THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT? UH, THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THIS IS, UH, CHIEF GARCIA AND I ATTENDED A CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING CONFERENCE