May 13, 2024 Public Safety

[Public Safety on May 13, 2024.]

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GOOD MORNING. TODAY IS MAY 13TH AND IT IS 1:04.

I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.

WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK.

LAST WEEK, DPD HOSTED A VERY MOVING CEREMONY.

A REALLY A TRIBUTE TO OUR LOST OFFICERS AND THEIR GRIEVING FAMILIES AND A RECOGNITION OF THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE POLICING PROFESSION.

ONE ENCOURAGED THE COMMUNITY TO STOP BY YOUR LOCAL POLICE STATION, SAY HELLO, SAY THANK YOU IF YOU WANT TO BRING THEM A TREAT, A CARD, A POSTER JUST A SIMPLE WAY TO SAY THANK YOU AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE APPRECIATED.

IT REALLY DOES MEAN SO MUCH TO THEM.

IF YOU SEE AN OFFICER WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, WAVE TO HIM FROM YOUR CAR, STOP AND SAY HELLO IF YOU'RE AT A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING.

IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE, AND IT'S A WAY EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN DALLAS CAN REACH OUT AND HELP SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS.

THE LAST KIND OF OPENING COMMENT I WANT TO GIVE IS ABOUT A LOT OF THE MEDIA ATTENTION ABOUT THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHIEF GARCIA, AND SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THIS.

CHIEF GARCIA HAS EARNED THE RESPECT AND TRUST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS, HIS HARD WORK, PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCELLENCE.

HE STOOD UP FOR HIS OFFICERS AND THE FORCE, AND HE'S ALSO DISCIPLINED AND FIRED OFFICERS WHO AREN'T STANDING UP TO THE STANDARD, AREN'T MEETING THE STANDARDS THAT ARE EXPECTED OF THEM. OUR CHARTER DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT OR EMPLOYMENT TERMS. SO WE LEAVE THAT TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FORTUNE, TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER TOLBERT AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, TAMMY PALOMINO.

WE'VE ENTRUSTED THEM TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO ENSURE CHIEF GARCIA CONTINUES TO STAY IN DALLAS.

THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.

THE FIRST IS APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 9TH MINUTES.

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

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

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

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

OUR FIRST BRIEFING ITEM IS POLICE SAFETY RECRUITING AND RETENTION UPDATE.

MIC] GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

I'M MAJOR POLLY ASHFORD, THE PERSONNEL DIVISION COMMANDER, AND I'LL BE DISCUSSING SOME OF DPD'S RECRUITING AND RETENTION STRATEGIES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL.

I WANT TO BEGIN WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR RECRUITING TRIP THAT WE TOOK TO PUERTO RICO LAST MONTH.

DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE AD CAMPAIGN THAT WE LAUNCHED PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL, WE HAD 48 APPLICANTS WALK THROUGH THE DOOR.

OF THOSE, WE SUCCESSFULLY BOARDED 33 OF THEM.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON, LAST YEAR WE HAD 27 WALK THROUGH THE DOOR AND 18 WERE BOARDED, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY PASSED A CIVIL SERVICE TEST.

THEY SUPPLIED ALL THEIR NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND THEY PASSED THE INITIAL PHYSICAL FITNESS REQUIREMENTS.

I ALSO HAVE AN INTERESTING SUCCESS STORY FOR THE PUERTO RICO TRIP THAT WE JUST TOOK THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN MY TEAM WENT TO PUERTO RICO TWO YEARS AGO.

THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE FAILED THE PHYSICAL FITNESS PORTION OF THAT TEST.

SO MY TEAM GAVE HER POINTERS ON WHAT SHE NEEDED TO DO IN ORDER TO COME BACK AND PASS.

THEY TOLD HER TO COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR.

HOWEVER, WHEN THEY GOT TO PUERTO RICO LAST YEAR, SHE DIDN'T SHOW UP.

THEY THOUGHT MAYBE SHE HAD LOST INTEREST IN BECOMING A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER, BUT LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THAT AT THE TIME SHE DID TAKE THEIR ADVICE.

AND IN ADDITION TO PREPARING FOR OUR PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST, SHE WAS ALSO PREPARING FOR A MARATHON.

SO THAT YOUNG LADY WHO WAS IN HER 40S, BY THE WAY SHE MET US A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN PUERTO RICO, PREPARED TO RUN HER MILE AND A HALF RUN, AND SHE DIDN'T JUST FINISH HER MILE AND A HALF RUN, SHE ACTUALLY FINISHED AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE.

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SHE FINISHED FIRST.

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING HER INSPIRING JOURNEY AS WE ENDEAVOR TO RECRUIT OTHER WOMEN LIKE HER.

NOW GOING BACK AND TOUCHING BRIEFLY ON ESL FOR OUR APPLICANTS WHO ARE FROM PUERTO RICO AND ALONG WITH OTHER APPLICANTS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH.

MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED, AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A PROGRAM THAT WILL ASSIST IN ADDRESSING THAT NEED.

AND BASICALLY, IT'S ELIMINATING THE LANGUAGE BARRIERS OF OUR NON NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS AS THEY MANEUVER THROUGH THE ALREADY DIFFICULT PORTION OF THE POLICE ACADEMY. SO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS BASICALLY DEVELOP AN ESL PROGRAM WHICH IS IT'S STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ACADEMY STAFF BRIEF YOU ONCE IT HAS, ONCE IT'S READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO ADD THIS AS ANOTHER RECRUITING TOOL IN OUR BELT AS WELL.

NEXT, I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON OUR COLLABORATIVE DPD DFR ADS.

WE WILL BEGIN PLACING THESE ADS ON FIRE STATIONS THIS MONTH THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

EACH OF THE IDENTIFIED STATIONS WILL HAVE DIFFERENT FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS DEPICTED IN THE ADS.

IT'S GOING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR GREAT DIVERSITY THAT IS IN OUR CITY.

SO AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE DRIVING ALONG AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT FIRE STATIONS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THE SAME AD ON FIRE STATION 11 THAT YOU SEE ON FIRE STATION 31. WE BASICALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE A DIVERSITY OF OUR TWO DEPARTMENTS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DIFFERENT ADS ON ALL THE DIFFERENT STATIONS.

NOT ALL THE DIFFERENT, JUST THE ONES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO LAST MONTH WE DISCUSSED THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM AND WE MADE THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDED ADJUSTMENTS.

THE PROGRAM WILL NOW BE LIMITED TO SWORN EMPLOYEES ONLY, AND THE TOTAL INCENTIVE PAYOUT HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $6,000, WHICH IS UP FROM 5000.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CITY ATTORNEYS REVIEW OUR SOP, AND WE ARE NOW WE'RE STILL IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH HR AND CIVIL SERVICE TO ENSURE THAT WORKDAY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF THE PROGRAM.

AND ONCE THE PROCESSES IN OUR RESPECTIVE GROUPS ARE WORKED OUT TO EVERYONE'S SPECIFICATIONS, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ROLL THAT PILOT PROGRAM OUT IN JUNE.

NOW, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CREATING THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THAT DATA ON WHERE OUR APPLICANTS ARE HEARING ABOUT DPD.

AND IT WAS IT WAS NOT A SURPRISE TO FIND OUT THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REFERRING APPLICANTS FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR APRIL ON SITE HIRING EVENTS, WE HAD FOUR APPLICANTS WHO WERE REFERRED BY CURRENT DPD OFFICERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK OFFICER ARCHIE HILBURN, OFFICER KAYLA WILLIAMS, OFFICER RICHARD FILE, AND SERGEANT JASON AROZAMENA.

THANK YOU FOR THE PART THAT YOU PLAYED IN ASSISTING WITH OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS IN APRIL.

AND FINALLY, SOMETHING ELSE THAT I BELIEVE WILL ASSIST IN OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS IS AN EFFICIENCY STUDY THAT WE ASKED OUR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS, TONY RADER AND STEVEN TUSKEN, TO CONDUCT FOR US.

WE ASKED HIM TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE PROCESS.

FROM THE TIME AN APPLICANT COMPLETES THEIR CIVIL SERVICE APPLICATION TO THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY ENTER THE ACADEMY.

THE STUDY REVEALED MANY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE PLAN TO INCORPORATE, MANY OF WHICH WILL GREATLY CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES FOR AN APPLICANT TO ENTER INTO THE ACADEMY. IT WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE STUDY, AND WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ON THAT STUDY.

I KNOW OUR TIME IS LIMITED BUT WE WOULD LOVE TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU AT A LATER DATE ON THAT, THAT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.

BUT ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IS DIGITIZING THE ANTIQUATED PROCESS OF PAPER SUBMISSIONS IN OUR BACKGROUND PROCESS WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL OF CUTTING THE THE PROCESS IN HALF.

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SO IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, WE HAD 171 APPLICANTS THAT WERE REFERRED TO DPD BY FOR THE POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE POSITION BY CIVIL SERVICE.

96 OF THOSE APPLICANTS EITHER ENTERED OR COMPLETED THE BACKGROUND PROCESS IN APRIL.

OUR NEXT ACADEMY CLASS IS SLATED TO BEGIN ON MAY 22ND, AND I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE 47 RECRUITS ASSIGNED TO THAT CLASS.

WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO HAVE 50 OR MORE.

WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE TIME AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND AGAIN, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018 THAT WE'VE HAD AN ACADEMY CLASS THIS SIZE.

SO I'M EXTREMELY PROUD, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT.

ALSO, WE PROCESSED 18 PROFESSIONAL STAFF CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS, AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY 24IN THE BACKGROUND PROCESS AND 13 WERE ONBOARDED.

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FOR FISCAL YEAR. TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN 673 APPLICANTS REFERRED FROM CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE POLICE OFFICER TRAINING POSITION.

83 HAVE ENTERED THE ACADEMY.

WE'VE HAD 256IN ADDITION.

WE'VE HAD 256 PROFESSIONAL STAFF APPLICANTS FOR THE YEAR, FISCAL YEAR, 67 HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY ONBOARDED.

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DEPUTIES RECRUITING TEAM ATTENDED 26 EVENTS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL.

WE PARTICIPATED IN THREE OUT OF STATE HIRING EVENTS IN LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, AND PUERTO RICO.

RECRUITERS CONDUCTED EIGHT CLASS PRESENTATIONS IN TEXAS UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND ATTENDED THREE ADDITIONAL CAREER FAIRS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE RECRUITING ADS IN THE DALLAS MAVERICKS YEARBOOK AND THE TEXAS RANGERS YEARBOOK, AND WE ALSO HAVE RECURRING SOCIAL MEDIA ADS TO ATTRACT LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEFING, AND WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

MAJOR ALFRED, THAT WAS A FANTASTIC BRIEFING.

CHIEF HERRERA, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A BET ON THE LINE.

IF YOU GET 50 RECRUITS IN ALL FOR RECRUITING, I'M PERSONALLY SENDING OVER LUNCH TO Y'ALL.

I WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO BE DOING THAT.

WHAT A GREAT REPORT.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO I SEE YOU.

NO QUESTIONS, JUST COMMENTS AGAIN.

AND CONGRATULATING YOU GUYS ON GETTING NEARLY 50.

I HOPE WE GET THERE AND I'LL PROVIDE DESSERT TO JOIN THAT LUNCH.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

OH, YEAH, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO BRING THE APPETIZER OR WHATEVER WE NEED.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL IT'LL BE LOVELY.

SO I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS GOING BACK TO SLIDE TWO, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I LOVE HAVING THE ESL OR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN, TO BRING SOME CANDIDATES UP TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

BUT WHAT I'M WONDERING IS ONCE THEY ARE IN THE ACADEMY, IS THERE A WORK STUDY GROUP OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL LEARN IN YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE? LEARNING A FIRST LANGUAGE? YES, MA'AM. WE DO OFFER CLASSES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT NEED THE ASSISTANCE AND HELP WITH LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

SO THEY DO THAT.

THAT IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER TO THEM.

BUT I MEAN, EVEN LEARNING THE MATERIAL, I MEAN, SOMETIMES IT SINKS IN BETTER IF IT'S IN YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE.

AND SO WHILE IN TANDEM, WE WANT THEM TO LEARN ENGLISH, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A NECESSITY.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STILL SUPPORT THE DEPTH OF LEARNING IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE? YEAH. PARDON ME. SO THE ACADEMY STAFF IS IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE OF USING THE ITEMS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND BE FAMILIAR WITH THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY, KIND OF FAMILIARIZING THEM SO THAT THEY CAN, SO WHEN THEY SEE IT IN THE ACADEMY CLASS, IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE SEEN IT.

SO THEY'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO LEARN THROUGH THE PROCESS.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. AND THEN ON THE BANNERS ON THE STATIONS, THAT'S GREAT.

I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT REC CENTERS TOO POSSIBLY.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE AND THE IMPRESSIONS MADE WITH THE TRAFFIC GOING BY.

SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S CITY FACILITIES.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ON PAGE THREE, JUST YOU MAJOR ASHER TALKED ABOUT A BRIEFING THAT COULD BE DONE ON THE EFFICIENCY STUDY, AND I WOULD LOVE TO ASK THAT.

OKAY. IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY GOING TO BE ON THE FORECAST KNOWING COUNCIL MEMBER MENDELSOHN.

I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT.

YES, MA'AM. SOME EYE OPENING.

YOU KNOW, ITEMS CAME TO OUR ATTENTION AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED MAKING SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, AND WE'RE SEEING THE TIME FRAME SHORTEN AS WE SPEAK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GREAT.

OKAY, DFR, CAN YOU TOP THAT? MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

I'M EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF JUSTIN BALL, AND I'M INTRODUCING DEPUTY CHIEF GREG EVANS TO GIVE A BRIEFING ON RECRUITING AND RETENTION FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU, CHIEF BALL.

YES. MY NAME IS DEPUTY CHIEF GREGORY EVANS, SERVING UNDER ASSISTANT CHIEF DALE RICHARD WILLIAMS. HE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME TODAY, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO IF WE CAN GET STARTED HERE WITH OUR UPDATES FROM THE RECRUITING DIVISION.

AS A RECRUITING TOOL, WE UTILIZE DATA ANALYTICS TO SHOW HOW EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WE ARE IN ACQUIRING APPLICANTS.

WE ALSO TARGET SPECIFIC PLACES TO CAPTURE A DIVERSIFIED POOL OF APPLICANTS SUCH AS HSIS, HBCUS, AND STRATEGIC RECRUITING EVENTS AROUND THE DFW METROPLEX AREA.

FOR ALTERNATIVE HIRING AVENUES, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROGRAMS THAT WILL PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDITIONAL CAREER PATHS TO JOIN DFR, SUCH AS LATERAL

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FOR ALTERNATIVE RECRUITING POOLS, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH DISD AND DALLAS COLLEGE ON POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD PROVIDE A POTENTIAL PIPELINE OF APPLICANTS FROM DISD.

ALSO, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON A SKILLS BRIDGE PROGRAM.

AND LASTLY, WE ARE ENGAGING THE MEMBERS THROUGH THE UNIFORM ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, THEREBY GIVING THEM A HAND IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UNDER THIS COMMITTEE, MEMBERS ARE PERMITTED TO SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS ON PROJECTS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADOPTED.

AND OF COURSE, COMMAND WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION IF THOSE PROJECTS GET IMPLEMENTED.

SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE.

AS FAR AS DATA ANALYTICS, HERE IS A MAP DEPICTING THE PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE GETTING APPLICATIONS FROM.

I THINK THAT'S THAT'S REAL SMALL.

I THINK THAT'S THE THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DOWN THERE THAT WE ARE GETTING APPLICATIONS FROM.

NEXT SLIDE. CONTINUING WITH DATA ANALYTICS, HERE'S A MAP OF THE REGION THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF THE APPLICATIONS FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FROM.

NEXT SLIDE. AND LASTLY, A MAP HERE DEPICTING THE REGION, THE SOUTHERN NORTH TEXAS REGION THAT WE ARE GETTING A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FROM.

OF COURSE, WE ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THIS AREA AS IT RELATES TO OUR RECRUITING.

NEXT SLIDE. AS IT RELATES TO OUR ALTERNATIVE HIRING AVENUES, WE JUST HIRED NINE SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS ON MAY 8TH.

WE HAVE FOUR ACTIVE APPLICATIONS FOR LATERAL HIRES.

AND THEIR NEXT STEP WOULD BE THE CPAP EXAM.

WE, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE IN CURRENT DISCUSSIONS WITH CIVIL SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO GETTING THE SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND. THE SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM AS A WAY FOR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE 180 DAYS REMAINING IN THE MILITARY TO SERVE IN AN INTERNSHIP ROLE WITH DFR.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PIPELINE FOR US TO INCREASE OUR APPLICATION POOL.

AND LASTLY, WE HAVE THE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH CIVIL SERVICE ON THE DISD AND DALLAS COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL, WHERE HIGH SCHOOLERS CAN RECEIVE CREDIT AND FIRE SCIENCE AND EMT COURSES TO BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF APPLICANTS FOR DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

NEXT SLIDE. ENDING THE QUARTER TWO IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THAT WE RECEIVED AS FAR AS APPLICATIONS, CIVIL SERVICE RECEIVED 267 APPLICATIONS, OF WHICH 21 REFERRED BY CIVIL SERVICE.

AND DFR IS CURRENTLY PROCESSING 513 OF THOSE APPLICATIONS.

WE HAVE HIRED, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, NINE SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS.

NEXT SLIDE. FOR FISCAL YEAR 23-24, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. 2578.

OF THOSE 760 DFRS CURRENTLY PROCESSING.

OF THOSE NUMBERS THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE HAVE HIRED ONBOARDED AT 185 RESCUE OFFICERS AND 23 SINGLE FUNCTION PARAMEDICS.

NEXT SLIDE. AND LASTLY, FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE EVENTS THAT OUR RECRUITING TEAM HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN.

THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE AND WE GET, LIKE I SAID, QUITE A FEW APPLICATIONS FROM THESE EVENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION UPDATE FROM DFR RECRUITING.

GREAT JOB. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CHAIRMAN ATKINS. YES.

CAN YOU JUST GO OVER ON PAGE SIX, TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THE ISD AND DALLAS COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP? IN THE HIRING, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

CAN YOU PULL PAGE SIX BACK UP? YES. THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE'RE BE GOING IN ITS ACADEMY TYPE SETTING FOR THOSE HIGH SCHOOLERS.

AND THEY'LL COME OUT OF THAT ACADEMY WITH CERTIFICATIONS IN FIRE, FIRE SCIENCE.

AND YOU'RE DEALING WITH ROOSEVELT IS ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY, THE BESIDE ROOSEVELT? NOT INVOLVED IN IN THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM HERE?

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COME ON DOWN, CAPTAIN.

DON'T BE SCARED.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CAPTAIN ALMAGUER.

DALLAS FIRE RESCUE WITH RECRUITING.

AND WHAT WAS THE QUESTION, ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? WHICH COLLEGE ARE YOU DEALING WITH THE DALLAS COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP.

WHICH COLLEGE? IT'S A FEW DIFFERENT COLLEGES WE PARTNER WITH, WITH NORTH DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAS A P-TECH PROGRAM. SO A LOT OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN DISD HAVE P-TECH OR TECH PROGRAMS. AND WITH THESE KIDS, THEY GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM DALLAS COLLEGE.

WHETHER IT'S EL CENTRO, MOUNTAIN VIEW, ALL THE DALLAS COLLEGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CITY.

SO WE TRY TO DO IS CAPTURE OR UTILIZE THEM AS A PIPELINE TO INTRODUCE THEM MORE TO THE FIRE SERVICE SIDE, BECAUSE THEY DO ALREADY HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS AS FAR AS THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, 45 HOURS OF COLLEGE, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE KIDS GRADUATE WITH ASSOCIATES, WHICH IS THE 60 HOURS OF COLLEGE.

SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER AVENUE TO TARGET THE THE COMMUNITY WITHIN HERE IN DALLAS.

DO YOU DEAL WITH CEDAR VALLEY COLLEGE? CEDAR VALLEY? YES, THEY DO HAVE PROGRAMS OVER THERE.

I THOUGHT SO I JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE CEDAR VALLEY WAS INCLUDED.

WHAT ABOUT UNT AND NORTH TEXAS? WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS OUT THERE WHERE WE DO GO AND DO PRESENT THE CAREER FAIRS OUT THERE WITH THEM.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF COLLEGES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

I, YOU DIDN'T NAME THOSE.

SO I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE COLLEGES IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT RECRUITING.

OKAY. GREAT PRESENTATION THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART TO DO DRINKS, AND WE'LL GET MAYOR PRO TEM TO, I DON'T KNOW, SALAD, FILL IN THE BLANK SALAD.

OKAY. FILL IN THE BLANK.

I THINK THE WHOLE COMMITTEE IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GOOD WORK YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU. BUT GET TO 50.

THAT'S THE DEAL. YOU GOT TO GET TO 50.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BRIEFING ITEM B, VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

MY NAME IS MAJOR JASON SCOGGINS, AND WITH ME, I HAVE CHIEF EDDIE GARCIA AND CHIEF LONZO ANDERSON AND DIRECTOR KEVIN ODEN.

THIS WOULD BE A SUMMARY OF APRIL FOR THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.

I MEAN, WE'RE DOWN 18.18%.

IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BEING DOWN OVER 21%.

HOMICIDES RIGHT NOW ARE ALSO SHOWING A DECREASE OF OVER 26%.

WE'RE LOOKING GOOD.

WE'RE STAYING THE COURSE.

WE'RE DOING WHAT WORKS, QUITE SIMPLY SAID.

WE JUST LAUNCHED, WELL, I SAY WE JUST LAUNCHED MONTH A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO, WE JUST LAUNCHED THE PERIOD 15 GRID, SO WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THEM.

60 GRIDS, OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE WORKING, AND MY OFFICE IS MAINTAINING THE ACTIVITY ON THOSE GRIDS FOR COMPLIANCE.

I BELIEVE WE, I BELIEVE WE'RE AT ABOUT 92% COMPLIANCE AS FAR AS GETTING THOSE WORKED.

SO THAT'S ALSO A VERY GOOD NUMBER.

AND THEN OUR FOCUS DETERRENCE.

WE'RE IN A PROCESS OF HIRING FOR TWO OF OUR CIVILIAN POSITIONS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE OUR WORK, OUR WORK ON THAT IS EVERY DAY, ALL DAY.

AND WE'RE JUST CONTINUING TO WORK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AND THEN ALSO SOME GRANTS THAT WE'RE APPLYING FOR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO ALWAYS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND BETTER, BETTER THE PROGRAM EVERY DAY.

AT THIS TIME, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE FOR THAT PORTION.

I'D LIKE TO OFFER MISTER ODEN SOME WORDS ON HIS PART.

THANK YOU. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

KEVIN ODIN, DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.

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YOU CAN SEE OUR SUBMISSIONS SLIDES 13 THROUGH 15, WHERE WE REPORT ON SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS.

I'M ALSO EXCITED THIS AFTERNOON.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH ITEM F, WHICH IS OUR DASHBOARDS.

WHERE WE CAN WALK THROUGH WITH D.B., WHO HAS HELPED US DEVELOP A NEW DASHBOARD AND REALLY DIG INTO SOME OF THE NUANCE BEHIND HOW WE GET TO SOME OF THESE OUTCOMES.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE CHIEF AND THE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND HELP.

AND THEN ALSO ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

AGAIN. TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS AS A CHIEF THAT YOU'RE VERY PROUD OF IS REALLY THE FIDELITY IN 92% OF OFFICERS.

IT JUST REALLY SHOWS HOW MUCH THEY BELIEVE IN THE PLAN AND THEIR FOCUS AND THEIR DETERMINATION, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, PARTICULARLY NOW, IS WE'RE GETTING TO THE CLOSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AHEAD.

THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT A TIME TO LET OFF.

AND I WILL REITERATE WHAT I SAID LAST TIME.

THIS IS OUR TIME TO PUT OUR FOOT ON THE GAS AND CONTINUE TO MOVE IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED.

AGAIN NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

WE JUST GOT TO KEEP WORKING HARD.

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

WELL, NOT SURE WE CAN EVEN HAVE A BETTER PRESENTATION THAN THAT.

WE'RE TWO FOR TWO SO FAR.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME PLAN? MAYOR PRO TEM, I GUESS A STATEMENT.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR STAFF.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I KNOW VIOLENT CRIME, SUMMERTIME IS COMING UP.

I KNOW WE GOT DIFFERENT GRIDS.

DO WE TRY TO LOOK AT DISD, THE SCHOOL, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH I'M JUST SAYING.

BONNIEVIEW AND SIMPSON STUART, WHICH HAS A GRADE THERE ALSO.

BUT WHEN THE SUMMER COME UP, WE KNOW WE GOT MORE CRIMES, YOU KNOW, GOING AT CERTAIN GRID DO HOW DO WE KIND OF COORDINATE THAT AND DO WE PUT MORE OFFICERS THERE AT THAT GRID OR WHAT DO WE DO? I MEAN, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE SUMMER? SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS AGAIN, IT'S BEEN THE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER SAFETY PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT AND ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVITIES TO DO THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT THE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS. SO THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ENSURING THAT OUR, OUR YOUTH HAVE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO IS GOING TO, IS GOING TO BE CRUCIAL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SUMMER CRIME PLAN.

WE GET ASKED THIS VERY, VERY OFTEN.

COUNCIL MEMBER THERE IS NO THERE IS NO SPECIFIC PLAN.

OUR OUR CRIME PLAN IS A YEAR ROUND PLAN.

AND AND SO DEALING WITH THE GRIDS, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE WHEN WE REASSESS THE GRIDS EVERY, EVERY 60 DAYS.

NOW WITH THESE NEW GRIDS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW NEW GRIDS REALLY AS, AS REALLY SUMMER GETS GOING AGAIN, WHERE WE SEE WHERE THE TRENDS ARE.

AND SO WE'LL TREAT THOSE AREAS THAT, THAT SPARK UP BECAUSE WE WILL KNOW IN ALMOST REAL TIME WHAT AREAS ARE LEADING THE CITY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, MURDER OR ROBBERY.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO TREAT THOSE AREAS BY HAVING OFFICERS IN THOSE AREAS AS WE DO WITH ANY OTHER GRID.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE ALSO NEED TO PIVOT.

AND ON TOP OF THE GRIDS, THE CRIME PLAN AND THE GRID WORK IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

HAVING SAID THAT, AS YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE CITY WITH DIFFERENT TRENDS.

QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MEET FOR OUR COMSTAT MEETINGS, IF THERE'S GANG FACTIONS THAT ARE FEUDING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THAT ARE IN TURMOIL ONE AGAINST ANOTHER OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT STREET LEVEL INTELLIGENCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE AREAS AS WELL.

NOT ONLY WITH PATROL FORCES, BUT WITH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND SO IT IS A CONSTANT THE CRIME PLAN IS ALWAYS CONSTANT.

BUT WHAT OUR TACTICS ARE REALLY CAN CHANGE FROM WEEK TO WEEK DEPENDING ON THE CLIMATE OF THE CITY AND WHERE THINGS ARE OCCURRING.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WELL, YEAH. PHENOMENAL NUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPRESSION SPOKE FOR ITSELF.

SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND AMAZING WORK THAT THESE OFFICERS ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY AND SHOWING THAT THIS HOTSPOT VIOLENT CRIME PLAN IS, IS WORKING.

I ESPECIALLY LIKE AS WELL ON PAGE 14, MISTER ODEN WHERE JUST LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, CONVERTING TO LED.

WE'RE SEEING A 13% DROP IN NIGHTTIME VIOLENT CRIME.

SO I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SHOW OUR RESIDENTS THAT SOMETIMES IT'S THE OFFICER AND THE GUN, BUT IT'S ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE THAT CAN HELP LOWER OUR CRIME RATE.

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OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ONE BAR ON THE PAGE THAT IS GOING THE WRONG DIRECTION ABOUT ROBBERY OF BUSINESS.

AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

WHAT'S THIS DRIVEN BY? IS THIS ORGANIZED CRIME? IS THIS TAKING PLACE? I GUESS DURING BUSINESS HOURS, I THINK ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS PATRONIZING BUSINESSES AND HOW THIS COULD INTERSECT WITH THEIR LIVES, NOT TO MENTION JUST THE COMMERCE OF OUR CITY.

SO IF YOU COULD TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ONE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE.

AND I'LL START OFF, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL SAY WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH WHAT HAVE BEEN SHOPLIFTS THAT HAVE GONE BAD WHERE A SHOPLIFTING WHEN THE INDIVIDUALS TRIED TO GET STOPPED, THEN TURNS INTO A ROBBERY.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, WE'VE ALSO BEEN CHALLENGED WITH CREWS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING IN CONCERT TOGETHER OR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HAD THAT HAVE COMMITTED STRINGS OF ARMED ROBBERIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AS AN EXAMPLE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT AN INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN ALMOST, WHAT, SEVEN.

YES. SEVEN, SEVEN ARMED ROBBERIES IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND BECAUSE OF THE PROACTIVE NATURE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THE AMAZING WORK OF OUR DETECTIVES AND OUR PATROL OFFICERS, WE WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THAT INDIVIDUAL AND SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE TO SOLVE THOSE ROBBERIES, BUT THEN OBVIOUSLY WE ARE REDUCING THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM COMMITTING EVEN MORE ROBBERIES LATER ON.

AND SO WE HAVE HAD WE'VE HAD HAD THOSE CHALLENGES, BUT I'LL SAY BEEN INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE RESPONSE OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH REGARDS TO APPREHENDING THESE INDIVIDUALS AND IN GETTING THEM OFF THE STREET.

BUT THAT'S THOSE ARE BOTH OF, OF THE DYNAMICS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, BUT MOSTLY AGAIN, NOT MOSTLY, BUT I'LL SAY WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH THE SHOPLIFTS THAT HAVE GONE BAD.

SO IT'S SHOPLIFTING GONE WRONG.

SO I SEE RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF STAY OUT OF THIS.

JUST DON'T GET INVOLVED IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OCCURRING.

WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE BEST PRACTICES BECAUSE CERTAINLY OUR HARD WORKING CLERKS THAT ARE WORKING IN STORES, WE CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEM PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY. LET US DO THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE MADE EFFORTS THROUGH COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND OTHERS TO REALLY MESSAGE THAT TO SOME BUSINESSES OF WHAT BEST PRACTICES WOULD BE IF THAT WOULD OCCUR.

OKAY. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SHIFT OVER TO FOCUS DETERRENCE, BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE NUMBER OF OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED IN AND EDUCATED AND ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RESOURCES TO HELP GET THEM ON THE RIGHT TRACK OF BEING A LAWFUL CITIZEN.

I THOUGHT WE HAD BUDGETED FOR THREE PEOPLE IN THE FOCUS DETERRENCE ROLE, AND I SEE YOU'RE HIRING FOR TWO.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THE FOCUS DETERRENCE MANAGER HAS BEEN SELECTED GOING THROUGH THE ONBOARDING PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

THE CASEWORKER HAS BEEN SELECTED GOING THROUGH THE ONBOARDING SELECTION AND SO THE THIRD POSITION IS THE COMMUNITY SPECIALIST.

ONCE THE FOCUS DETERRENCE MANAGER GET EMPLOYEES HER AND HER TEAM AT THAT TIME WILL FILLED THAT POSITION.

SO YOU ARE CORRECT, THREE POSITIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MORENO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

KEVIN, THANK YOU FOR FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO THROUGH THE INTERVENTION AND MONITORING PROGRAM.

WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK.

HELP ME UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, HOW WE WORK WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE WORKING WITH VAGRANCY OR HOMELESS ISSUES, AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR PART.

THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT.

BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS KEEP COMING BACK, AND THEN THEY BECOME TICKETED BY OUR VERY OWN CITY WHEN THEY'RE NOT THE ONES WHO ARE AT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

NO, THAT'S A THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, SIR, AND DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE AS A CITY.

YOU KNOW, IN MANY DIFFERENT LOCALES, THE PRIMARY TOOL WE USE IS REALLY TWOFOLD.

SO ONE IS THE EDUCATION OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY MAY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH CRIMINAL TRESPASS WARNINGS OR AFFIDAVITS OR OTHERWISE.

BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE UTILIZE THE CASEWORKERS, WHETHER IT'S CRISIS INTERVENTION OR HOMELESS SOLUTIONS OUTREACH WORKERS, TO TRY TO STRIKE UP A RAPPORT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS ON THE PROPERTY IF THAT RAPPORT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ESCALATED MANNER WE CAN DO TO CLEAR DEBRIS AND PERSONS OFF OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND WE DO FREQUENTLY HAVE TO USE THAT. I THINK THAT THE CONTINUED INVESTMENT BY THIS COUNCIL.

IN THE VARIOUS SOLUTIONS THAT WORK TOWARDS SERVING PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IS THE RIGHT STRATEGY.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ALONGSIDE DPD AS WELL AS OHS AND CONTINUING TO TRY TO TURN THE TIDE ON WHAT IS FRUSTRATING BEHAVIOR IN MANY CASES.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT.

THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO PRESS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON OUR SUMMER PLAN AS IT STARTS GETTING A LITTLE BIT WARMER.

WE HAVE YOUTH WHO COME BACK FROM COLLEGE.

WE HAVE VISITORS THAT OR TOURISTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN TO OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.

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SO THERE'S A LOT OF VISITORS AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT DOES VISIT OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

MORE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE DEEP ELLUM, OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.

WE DO HAVE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THOSE CORRIDORS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH A PROCESS NOW IN DEEP ELLUM TO REFILL SOME POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT HAS BEEN POSTED, AT THE END OF THAT POSTING, WHATEVER THOSE SELECTIONS ARE, IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO FILL THOSE SELECTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO STAFF THAT ANYWAY.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE CRIME PLAN THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEP ELLUM DOWNTOWN, UPTOWN AREAS.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THOSE AREAS.

THANK YOU. CHIEF GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, LIKE I DO EVERY MONTH I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW THIS SLIDE.

IT'S SLIDE SEVEN.

THIS IS THE STORY I THINK THIS IS THE STORY OF YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS.

AND WHAT I'M SHOWING IS THE INCIDENT COUNT THAT'S GONE DOWN.

THERE'S ALMOST AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS THAT HAS DECREASED SO SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T FOLLOW AN EXACT PATH.

IT DOES GO UP AND DOWN.

BUT THAT TREND LINE TELLS THE STORY.

AND SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON SEEING RESULTS FROM YOUR INCREDIBLE EFFORTS.

I DO WANT TO ASK YOU ON SLIDE 15.

IT'S ABOUT THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.

SO OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD A NUMBER OF ALERTS ABOUT SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED.

I THINK ALL BUT ONE OF THEM HAPPENED AT AN APARTMENT, EITHER INSIDE AN APARTMENT OR ON AN APARTMENT PROPERTY.

AND SO I SEE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH 28 APARTMENT COMMUNITIES.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF GO OVER EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT ELSE WE COULD BE DOING TO SORT OF ADDRESS THE.

VIOLENT CRIME THAT'S HAPPENING.

ABSOLUTELY. AND AS THE CHIEF HAS SAID MANY TIMES THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE AT APARTMENTS ARE MULTIFACETED.

THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH SOCIAL SERVICES, THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH THE ENVIRONMENT OF APARTMENTS, THE WAY PEOPLE CAN ACCESS WHAT SHOULD BE SEMI-PRIVATE SPACE ALMOST AT WILL.

AND THERE'S QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT EXIST AT THE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES.

AND SO WE UTILIZE TEAMS THAT GO IN AND LOOK AT THOSE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS.

SO HOW CAN WE USE THE EXISTING CODES AND ORDINANCES TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO PUSH WHERE CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES CAN BE MADE IN PLACE BEFORE WE HAVE TO GET TO LITIGATION OR OTHER THINGS THAT CAN TAKE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

AT THE SAME TIME, INVESTING IN OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY HAVE UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY OR THEY HAVE THE ABILITY AND FRANKLY, THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN SAFE SPACES.

THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY THAT I EXPECT TO BE BRINGING IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE SOON, THAT CONTINUES TO BE KIND OF A PAIN POINT FOR ME AS I LOOK AT ALL OF THESE APARTMENTS, IS THERE'S THERE'S A COMMON THREAD AND IT'S THE GATES ARE OPEN IN HIGH RISK AREAS WHERE THERE'S APARTMENTS THAT IS ACCESS CONTROL AND TERRITORIAL REINFORCEMENT NOT BEING MAINTAINED.

AND RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY CODES, THERE'S A LOT OF GRAY AREA IN HOW WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE A GATE, IT'S WORKING AND IT'S CLOSED WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND IT'S OPEN WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND HOW WE CAN SHORE UP THAT HOLE, AND WE CAN START TO UTILIZE THAT PIECE OF THE CODE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO LOWER CRIME IN APARTMENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING SOME SORT OF INITIATIVE THAT ADDRESSES WHEN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HITS A CERTAIN AGE, THAT WE AUTOMATICALLY DO A REVIEW TO LOOK AT CAMERAS, LIGHTING GATES THE WHOLE BIT IN RELATION TO THEIR CRIME AND.

THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF TRIGGER, BECAUSE IT'S VERY OFTEN THE OLDER PROPERTIES THAT ARE HAVING THESE ISSUES.

AND IF THERE'S NOTIFICATION, WE MIGHT WANT TO GIVE TO THE RENTERS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN INITIATE ASSISTANCE FROM CODE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO KNOW THAT THE GATES LEFT OPEN, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BROKEN OR IT'S JUST BY PRACTICE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE EMPOWERED TO BE ABLE TO HELP US ADDRESS ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE?

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NO, OKAY.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

OKAY. NEXT BRIEFING IS C, INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW.

THE CHAIRS AS MAJOR WILLIAMS GETS GETS READY. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TO OPEN THIS UP.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THIS PRESENTATION IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT IT IS NOT.

AND THIS IS A REACTIVE INVESTIGATIVE TOOL AND HOW I LIKE TO REALLY START THIS OFF AS WHEN I WAS AN INVESTIGATOR LONG AGO AND I HAD A VIOLENT CRIME OR A CASE THAT OCCURRED SOMEWHERE, AND I GOT THE DESCRIPTION, AND I'LL USE MYSELF.

AND I'VE GOT A DESCRIPTION OF SOMEONE THAT BALD, FIVE EIGHT, 175 POUNDS WITH TATTOOS DOWN BOTH ARMS, ETC. I WOULD PUNCH THAT IN.

I WOULD GO BACK TO MY OFFICE, PUNCH THAT INTO OUR SYSTEMS AND SEE WHAT PHOTOS WOULD POP UP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAD ARRESTED THAT WERE IN OUR DATABASES.

THAT WAS LONG AND PAINSTAKING, BECAUSE THEN AT THAT POINT YOU HAVE TO CORROBORATE EACH ONE.

IT IS JUST THE START TO SEE TO HAVE A START WITH TO SEE WHAT INDIVIDUALS WERE, WHO WAS IN THE AREA, DID THE CARS MATCH DESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE THERE'S A MYRIAD OF INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE USED AT THAT POINT.

HOWEVER, IT'S A VERY LONG PROCESS, AND ONE THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD I WAS GOING TO SAY AT THE END BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT NOW WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO STUDY THIS TECHNOLOGY.

YOU KNOW, IN DALLAS, WE LIKE TO LEAD THE WAY.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I'M NOT SO SURE WE WANTED TO.

I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN TIME TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN OUT THERE.

WHAT HOW WE COULD BETTER OUR POLICIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHEN IT COMES TO FACIAL RECOGNITION.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR HARD WORKING DETECTIVES TO HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY.

SO, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO TO OUR EXPERT, MAJOR WILLIAMS. COMMITTEE MEMBERS, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.

GLAD TO MEET WITH ALL OF YOU. GLAD TO SPEAK ON THIS PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE. JUST REAL QUICK, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER JUST WHAT INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY IS, THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND THEN PROCESSES AND OVERCOMING CONCERNS.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS. NEXT SLIDE FOR ME.

INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY IS BASICALLY AN INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO ASCERTAIN OR CONFIRM AN INDIVIDUAL'S IDENTITY.

THAT'S AS RELATES TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION THAT'S OCCURRED OR AN OFFENSE THAT'S OCCURRED.

THE SOLUTION WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZES OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION AS COMPARISON OF IMAGES.

SO THE SOLUTION IS GOING TO SCRAPE THE THE INTERNET FOR ALL OF THESE PUBLICLY POSTED PHOTOS THAT EVERYBODY POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE NEWS MEDIA, EVERYTHING.

AND USE THIS FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

IT USES AI TO IDENTIFY AND COMPARE MILLIONS OF IMAGES, AND THEN IT'S USED BY POLICE AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

NEXT SLIDE. AS YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE A WORD CLOUD JUST OF OF A GANTLET OF AGENCIES THAT LEVERAGE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOLUTIONS TO FURTHER THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AND THEIR CITIES AND TO MAKE THEIR COMMUNITIES SAFER.

THIS IS JUST THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN REACHED INTO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT LEVERAGE THIS TECHNOLOGY FROM THE FEDERAL STANDPOINT TO CONDUCT THEIR INVESTIGATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. REALLY, THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES IT'S TO PROVIDE INVESTIGATIVE LEADS AND VIOLENT OFFENSES, IMMINENT THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFICATION OF DECEASED OR INCAPACITATED INDIVIDUALS.

THE GOAL OF FACIAL REC INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL REC IS TO ENSURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY COMPLIES WITH ALL THE APPLICABLE AND DATA SECURITY LAWS IT USES AND HOLDS RESIDENTS PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE HIGHEST REGARD.

WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE A HIGHER STANDARDS FOR TRAINING AND PEER REVIEW FOR INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY USAGE, AND ENSURE TRANSPARENT AND THOROUGH OVERSIGHT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY. AND I'LL GET FURTHER INTO THOSE AS WE GET THROUGH THIS SLIDE, SO JUST STAND WITH ME AND GO THROUGH THIS.

NEXT SLIDE. HOW THIS PROCESS IS, IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FLOW OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO ACTUALLY WORK.

SO HOW THIS STARTS OUT IS THE INVESTIGATIVE DETECTIVE RECEIVES INVESTIGATES A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, STARTS WITH THE CASE NUMBER, THE 911 CALL FOR SERVICE.

THE OFFICER RESPONDS THE DETECTIVE COMES OUT TO FURTHER THE INVESTIGATION.

AND DURING THE COURSE OF THAT INVESTIGATION THROUGH EITHER CCTV OR SOMEBODY'S CELL PHONE VIDEO, THERE'S A PHOTO OR AN IMAGE OF A POSSIBLE SUSPECT.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FROM THERE IS THE SUSPECT, OR THE DETECTIVE IS GOING TO THEN REQUEST A FACIAL REC ANALYSIS.

WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS THEN SEND IT TO THEIR SUPERVISOR, WHO WILL ENSURE THAT IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA SET FORTH BY THE DEPARTMENT.

ONCE THE SUPERVISOR APPROVES THAT, IT THEN COMES TO THE FUSION REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, WHERE HE OR SHE ANALYST IS GOING TO GET THAT REVIEW THAT CRITERIA, AND ONCE AGAIN

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ONCE THAT IT IS DEEMED THAT THE CRITERIA IS MET, THE ANALYST WILL PROCESS THE PROBE IMAGE IN THE FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.

THE RESULTS WILL BE PEER REVIEWED.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN THE ANALYST CONDUCTS THEIR FIRST REVIEW, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THE RESULTS, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR FINDINGS.

THEY ARE THEN GOING TO GIVE IT TO ANOTHER ANALYST WHO'S GOING TO CONDUCT THE SAME REVIEW TO SEE IF IT'S A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE OF THE SAME IMAGE.

SO IT'S REALLY PUTTING TWO SETS OF EYES ON THE RESULTS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE, THAT THERE'S NO DISCREPANCIES IN THAT IDENTIFICATION REALLY TO TO MITIGATE ANY MISIDENTIFICATION THAT MAY BE OCCURRING.

IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO ANALYSTS, IT WILL GO TO A SUPERVISOR FOR A FINAL REVIEW.

THE SUPERVISOR THEN WILL DETERMINE IF IT'S A NEGATIVE OR A POSITIVE RESULT FROM THAT REVEAL.

ONCE THAT IS DONE, THE MATCH REPORT WILL BE GENERATED AND THEN SUBMITTED TO THE DETECTIVE.

WE WILL LOG IT IN THE FUSION CENTER, BUT WE DO NOT KEEP THE COPIES.

EVERYTHING WILL BE SHIPPED OVER TO THE DETECTIVES, WHO WILL THEN UPLOAD IT INTO RMS AND BE ATTACHED WITH THE CASE FILE, PART OF THAT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

I GUESS THIS WOULD BE A GUEST WAY TO TAKE AN EXAMPLE OF A SCENARIO THAT WE USE.

ONE OF OUR AGENCIES THAT LEVERAGES THIS TECHNOLOGY WAS WORKING A CASE IN WHICH THE CREATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WAS BEING DONE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THROUGH THEIR INVESTIGATION A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY HIM.

A PERIOD OF 4 TO 5 MONTHS WENT THROUGH WHERE THEY JUST COULD NOT DO IT.

THEY DECIDED TO LEVERAGE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL.

WITHIN THE FIRST TWO MINUTES, THEY ALREADY HAD SOME POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION FOR LEADS.

IN WHAT THE PHOTO THAT CAME BACK WAS ACTUALLY A PHOTO OF TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE AT A CONFERENCE.

AND THEN IN THE BACKGROUND WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ACTUALLY WORKING AT AN EVENT WORKING FOR A CORPORATION.

WHAT THE DETECTIVE THEN DID TO CORROBORATE THAT THEN REACHED OUT TO THE VENDOR THAT WE SAW IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT PHOTO TO FURTHER IDENTIFY WHO THE SUBJECT WAS.

THEN CONDUCTING MORE FOLLOW UP AND ANALYSIS, THEY WERE ABLE TO CONDUCT A PHOTO LINEUP, THEN ASCERTAIN POSITIVELY TO DEVELOP THE IDENTIFICATION THAT THEN LED TO THE ARREST OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS THEN SERVING A 30 YEAR SENTENCE FOR THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CREATION.

THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS WORKS.

IT'S MORE OF AN IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPING LEADS.

NEXT SLIDE. AND WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF GET INTO THOSE CONCERNS.

CONCERNS ABOUT INCONSISTENCIES AND IDENTIFICATION.

FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT BE USED AS POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OR AS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR ARREST WITHOUT ADDITIONAL CORROBORATION.

INVESTIGATION. THIS IS MERELY A LEAD IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

THIS IS NOT AN AFFIRMATIVE 100%.

THAT'S THE INDIVIDUAL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO ISSUE AN ARREST WARRANT.

WE'RE NOT. IT IS MERELY ANOTHER LEAD THAT A DETECTIVE WILL TAKE TO FOLLOW IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION PROCESS.

AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE EXTENSIVE 32 HOURS.

SO ALL OF THE ANALYSTS WILL ATTEND A 32 HOUR FBI FACIAL IDENTIFICATION COURSE.

IN ADDITION, THEY WILL INCREASE A IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON MISIDENTIFICATION.

THAT IS ALL OF THE TRAINING THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE ANALYSTS, AND THE SUPERVISOR WILL BE USING THE SOFTWARE TO CONDUCT THESE ANALYSIS.

AND THEN, AS IT LAST SAID, AS I EXPLAINED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT'S PEER REVIEWED.

ALL THE RESULTS ARE LOOKED AT FOR TWO SETS OF EYES TO ENSURE NO MISIDENTIFICATION.

NEXT SLIDE. PRIVACY CONCERNS AND DATA COLLECTION.

THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER FUSION CENTER IS GOVERNED BY 28 CFR PART 23.

BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THOSE RESULTS THAT ARE GENERATED ARE NOT RETAINED IN HOUSE.

THE ONLY THING THAT IS RETAINED IS THE ACTUAL IMAGE THAT WAS SENT AND THE ACTUAL CRIMINAL OFFENSE IN THE CASE NUMBER, THE FINDINGS AND THE OUTCOME THAT COME BACK FROM THE RESULTS ARE NOT HOUSED IN THE CENTER.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SENT BACK TO THE DETECTIVE, AND THEY WILL BE HOUSED IN THE RMS AND THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS AFFIXED TO THAT CASE, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE CRIMINAL CASE THAT'S BEING INVESTIGATED.

IT WILL NOT BE HOUSED IN THE FUSION CENTER.

IT IS MERELY JUST WHERE THE THE ANALYSIS IS BEING CONDUCTED.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS THEN PACKAGED AND THEN SUBMITTED OUT.

NEXT SLIDE. THE IMPLICATIONS RELATED TO FREE SPEECH, FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION.

GENERAL ORDER FORBIDS THE USE OF INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY FOR FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES.

CRIMINAL FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES.

CRIMINAL PREDICATE OR PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT IS REQUIRED FOR ANY TYPE OF ANALYSIS TO BE DONE.

SO IN OUR GENERAL ORDERS, WE ARE GOING TO STRICTLY PROHIBIT THAT FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITY.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE USING IT ON THAT.

EVERYTHING IS GENERATED OFF A CRIMINAL PREDICATE, AN OFFENSE REPORT, A DETECTIVE WORKING THE CASE, A CASE NUMBER.

THAT IS WHAT DRIVES THIS INVESTIGATION.

AND THEN SECOND, THE TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT BE LEVERAGED TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS ON LIVE VIDEO FEEDS OR LIVE STREAM EVENTS.

SO THE CCTV CAMERAS THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE IMAGES OR VIDEOS THAT ARE LIVE STREAMED ON YOUTUBE OR OTHER EVENTS, WE WILL NOT BE LEVERAGING THAT TECHNOLOGY

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WE REQUIRE A CRIMINAL PREDICATE.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR.

I'M GOING TO REITERATE THAT IN MULTIPLE TIMES.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE BEFORE WE START DOING THINGS.

THERE'S YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION IS NUMBER ONE THAT THIS IS NOT AT ALL PROBABLE CAUSE TO MAKE AN ARREST AS WAS HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER.

AND THEN, NUMBER TWO, THAT THIS IS NOT ALPR THIS IS NOT LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR HUMANS.

THIS IS THIS IS NOT WHAT WHAT THIS IS THAT THIS IS STRICTLY BASED ON A CRIMINAL OFFENSE HAVING OCCURRED.

NEXT SLIDE. UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING CONCERNS WHETHER THERE'LL BE AN OVERRELIANCE ON VIDEO EVIDENCE.

LIKE I SAID, THE GENERAL ORDER MAKES IT CLEAR THIS IS ONLY ONE ELEMENT OF THE INVESTIGATION.

IT'S JUST A SUPPORT IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADDITIONAL CORROBORATION INVESTIGATION.

THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

JUST LIKE WE WORK A NORMAL INVESTIGATION.

WE HAVE A GUN OR A THUMBPRINT.

THAT'S JUST A PIECE OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE CORROBORATE AND FURTHER INVESTIGATE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

NEXT SLIDE. GENERAL ORDERS REQUIRES THAT ALL INSTANCES OF FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY BE LOGGED AND MANDATED FREQUENT REPORTING OF THE SYSTEM USAGE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, ONCE THE SYSTEM IS PROCURED MYSELF, WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE TO GIVE A SIX MONTH REPORT ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE SYSTEM USAGE ON HOW IT IS PERFORMING HOW MANY CASES OR INCIDENTS WE'RE HAVING, WHAT THOSE RESULTS WERE YIELDED POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE FOR THOSE OUTCOMES.

NEXT SLIDE. CLEARVIEW AI THAT IS CURRENTLY THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS THE SOLUTION FOR LEVERAGING THIS TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S THE TOP RANKING IN ACCURACY FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.

THE SEARCHES ARE QUICK AND COMPARE PROBE IMAGES WITH MILLIONS OF SCRAPED OPEN SOURCE IMAGES.

LIKE I PREVIOUSLY SAID, IT'S USING PUBLICLY POSTED PHOTOS THAT ARE RELEASED TO THE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE, AND THEN IT RETAINS A ROBUST RECORDS OF ALL THE SEARCHES WITHIN THE APPLICATION. SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A RECORD OF THE SEARCH THAT WAS CONDUCTED.

NEXT SLIDE. FINALLY, IS THIS IN THE? WE'RE IN THE FINAL PROCESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE GENERAL ORDER RELATED TO INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL REC TECHNOLOGY.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, THE OVERSIGHT AND THE REPORTING PLAN.

AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE, ALL OF THE TRAINING HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY THE ANALYST AND THE SUPERVISORS FOR THE FACIAL REC PROGRAM.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO COMMEND TO MY RIGHT, LIEUTENANT CHAD QUINLAN, AND THEN SENIOR CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST JENNIFER DAVIS LAMB FOR THEIR EXTENSIVE RESEARCH.

THIS WAS DONE WITH REVIEWING AS CHIEF MENTIONED EARLIER, MAJOR CITIES CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, IACP, GEORGETOWN LAW INNOCENCE PROJECTS, LOOKING AT ALL THE GANTLET OF OUTLETS TO ENSURE AND REVIEWING ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOUND WHAT BEST FITS DPD, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT AND FORTHCOMING WITH THE LEVERAGING OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.

WITH THAT, I TURN TO CHIEF.

YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO ECHO A MAJOR WILLIAMS. YOU KNOW, MAJOR WILLIAMS AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS TOPIC FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GOT IT RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I OFTEN TALK ABOUT HAVING AN AMAZING TEAM THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS.

ABSOLUTE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH HAS GONE INTO THIS WITH A ROBUST POLICY IN PLACE.

YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT STAFFING, WE TALK ABOUT IT FROM A PATROL LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, WE ALSO CAN NEVER FORGET OUR INVESTIGATORS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN GIVING THEM TOOLS AND DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY IN LIGHT OF THE STAFFING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AGAIN, I'LL ECHO AGAIN, I THINK THIS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER.

AND AGAIN, I CANNOT THANK MAJOR WILLIAMS AND HIS STAFF ENOUGH FOR SEEING THIS PROJECT THROUGH BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS NOT EASY.

WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.

ABOUT WHAT THIS IS NOT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RETAIN AND BUILD THAT TRUST AMONGST OUR RESIDENTS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTING THAT.

THE TRAINING AND THE OVERSIGHT, THE TRANSPARENCY THAT COMES WITH THIS IS CRITICAL.

QUESTION IS HOW CAN WE USE THIS OR HOW WILL IT BENEFIT LARGE EVENTS LIKE CONVENTIONS OR SPORTING EVENTS LIKE THE WORLD CUP? WELL, SO IT'S NOT REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORTING THOSE EVENTS.

IT DOES SUPPORT THOSE EVENTS IN THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.

SO IF THERE IS AN EVENT OR AN INCIDENT OR A CRIMINAL OFFENSE THAT DOES OCCUR AND LOOKING TO IDENTIFY ONCE WE THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE AN IMAGE THAT LEADS TO THAT SUSPECT.

WHAT IT DOES IS THOSE LARGE SCALE EVENTS DO CREATE OPEN ADDITIONAL PHOTOS IN THE SOLUTION.

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THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO CATCHING A CRIMINAL, HOW MUCH IS THIS A PROGRAM GOING TO HELP US WITH ACCURACY AND TIME, STAFF TIME? SO WITH ACCURACY IS THAT IT'S CONTINGENT UPON THE PEER REVIEW OF THE RESULTS.

LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.

WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN A COUPLE INSTANCES IS WHERE WE USE THIS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHORTEN THAT INVESTIGATION DOWN TO WITHIN WHAT MIGHT TAKE, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 DAYS. WE CAN DO IT WITHIN 12 HOURS BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING THOSE LEADS IN REAL TIME, BECAUSE THIS IS A TOOL THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK THROUGH THE CENTER, THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL MONDAY MORNING AT 8 A.M.

AS SOON AS THE INVESTIGATOR GETS THE LEAD, THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE BUILDING THAT LEAD.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT STONE TO UNTURN.

WE'RE ALREADY UNSTIRRING THAT TONE OR THAT TURNING OVER THAT ROCK TO CONTINUE THAT INVESTIGATION.

THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.

I TOO, APPRECIATE THE TIME SPENT, THE THOUGHTFULNESS AROUND THIS AND THAT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS AN AFTER THE FACT TOOL.

YOU KNOW, CRIME YIELDS FRUSTRATION ON THE PART OF THE VICTIM, CLEARLY.

BUT I THINK THE INVESTIGATORS AND SO ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TAKE TIME OFF OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB, I'M ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF.

AND, CHIEF, I APPRECIATE YOUR POINT.

I THINK SOMETIMES WITH TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WORKING OUT THE KINKS AND NOT BEING AN EARLY ADOPTER AND LETTING OTHERS GET TO A BETTER PLACE THAT WE CAN MODEL AFTER, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE FOR DALLAS TO HAVE THIS.

SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, THIS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO APPLAUD THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR TIME ON THIS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BRIEFED EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAISED, AND I THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED THEM.

YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY AROUND THIS COUNCIL, OH, WE WANT YOU TO BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE, EXCEPT IN THIS CASE, AND SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING HOW YOU'RE APPROACHING IT.

BUT I THINK THE THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT I'VE GOTTEN OUT OF ALL OF THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD ON THIS, IS HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT POLICING IS CHANGING AND THAT WE HAVE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US TO HELP TAKE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THAT HABITUAL CRIMINAL THAT IN THAT GAP OF TIME COULD HAVE GONE ON TO OFFEND MORE.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT WORD CLOUD WITH ALL THOSE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ALREADY USING THIS.

AND TO YOUR POINT, CHIEF, THAT YEAH, WE LIKE TO BE THE LEADER SOMETIMES, BUT MAYBE ON THIS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEARN THE LESSONS FROM OTHERS AND ADDRESS THEM.

SO I'M NOT UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THE LAST THING I'D SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY AND WHETHER THAT'S DATA OR OTHER THINGS, BUT THIS FEELS VERY COMFORTABLE FOR ME.

THIS FEELS LIKE EFFICIENCY.

IT JUST FEELS LIKE THE NEXT STEP IN HOW WE ADDRESS POLICING.

AND SO THERE'S NOT A CONCERN.

I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THAT YOU HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THROUGH POLICY AND PROCEDURE.

AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

DID YOU SAY YOU WERE GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND REPORT SIX MONTHS AFTER YOU IMPLEMENT? YES, MA'AM. ONCE. SO ONCE WE MAKE THE FINAL PROCUREMENT, AND WE'LL PROBABLY WORK THROUGH MR. FORTUNE'S OFFICE, THAT ONCE WE MAKE THAT PROCUREMENT, SEND OUT A FRIDAY MEMO.

SO THEN THAT'LL START THE 6 MONTH WINDOW THAT WILL THEN COME BACK AFTER WE'VE ACTUALLY PROCURED.

AND WERE YOU ABLE TO MEET WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ON PUBLIC SAFETY, OR DID YOU JUST START WITH THIS GROUP? WE JUST STARTED WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

OKAY. WELL, I'M WONDERING IF THE COMMITTEE FEELS COMFORTABLE MAYBE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU GO AHEAD AND TALK TO OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS IT COMES TO A VOTE? BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW.

WE MAY HAVE THE MEDIA MAKING A HEADLINE THAT DOESN'T FULLY EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROGRAM IS, AND I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS BECOMES SENSATIONALIZED TO BE A PRIVACY CONCERN WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY NOT.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP PEOPLE BE SAFER.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE SPIRIT OF WE NEED TO DO MORE WITH LESS MEANING, WE HAVE LESS OFFICERS WHO WE NEED TO ADDRESS LOTS OF CRIME.

THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

SO PLEASE DO GO TALK TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SO YOU CAN INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

ABSOLUTELY, COUNCIL MEMBER I'M A LITTLE JUST WITH REGARDS TO A PENDING VOTE.

WELL, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL TO PURCHASE THAT SYSTEM, CORRECT? NO, NO, WE HAVE THE FUNDING SECURED THROUGH GRANT FUNDING.

OKAY. NO COST.

WELL, THERE IS COST.

IT'S JUST THAT IT'S ALREADY IN YOUR BUDGET.

OKAY. GOTCHA.

WELL, IF YOU COULD REACH OUT TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T, AND WE ABSOLUTELY WILL

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I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

OKAY. WELL, THERE'S A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AYE. OKAY.

YOU HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

MOVING ON. WE HAVE OUR SOBERING CENTER UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I'M DAVID PUGHES, CITY MARSHAL.

WE'RE HERE TO DO AN UPDATE FOR YOU ON THE SOBERING CENTER TO MY RIGHT, AS CHIEF DEPUTY WHITWORTH, WHO CURRENTLY OVERSEES THE SOBERING CENTER AND THE DETENTION CENTER, AND TO HIS RIGHT IS KRISTEN KUBACH.

SHE IS THE MANAGER OF THE SOBERING CENTER.

SHE'S BEEN IN HER POSITION ABOUT A YEAR, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A HUGE BENEFIT TO HAVE HER ON BOARD.

SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR THE COMMUNITY PROSECUTION OFFICE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND WITH RIGHT CARE, SO SHE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF HER CREDENTIALS THAT THAT YOU SEE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS PRESENTATION.

SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO TELLING YOU, GIVING YOU THE UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.

AND WITH THE SOBERING CENTER AND STARTING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.

IT ALL STARTED ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE LOOKED AT DOING THINGS DIFFERENT AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE CITY MANAGER INITIATED THE REAL CHANGE PROGRAM AS PART OF THAT.

THE SOBERING CENTER WAS A PIECE THAT WAS GOING TO BE A VITAL PART OF CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

IT ALSO INCLUDED THE CREATION OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, EXPANSION OF RIGHT CARE, THE CREATION OF THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS, AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE COME TO WORK TOGETHER TO TO PUT US IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES THAT NOT ONLY CREATE PROBLEMS OUT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT IS ALSO A DRAIN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES.

SO IN 2021, THE SOBERING CENTER OPENED.

WE HAD SOME GOALS OF NOT ONLY JUST DIVERTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BUT PROVIDING HELP LOOKING AT SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHY WE WERE ARRESTING THESE PEOPLE AND SOME OF THEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND HOW WE WEREN'T HAVING THE EFFECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, AND HOW THINGS JUST WERE NOT SUSTAINABLE AS IT, AS IT WAS BEING HANDLED PREVIOUSLY. SO AS PART OF THAT, THIS PROGRAM CAME INTO BEING AND IT CREATED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR NOT ONLY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND THE CITY DETENTION CENTER TO TO HANDLE THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS IN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

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SO IN ORDER TO DO IT AND ENSURE THAT WE WERE GETTING ALL THE NECESSARY RESOURCES AND HELP TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED HELP AND AND CREATING THAT EFFICIENCY FOR BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PERSONNEL AT THE DETENTION CENTER.

WE HAD TO CREATE SPECIFIC CRITERIA AROUND HOW WE WERE GOING TO HANDLE THIS POLICIES, PROCEDURES.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAD NOT ENDEAVORED PREVIOUSLY.

SO IT WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, CREATING SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

AND SO A LOT OF TIME WAS WAS SPENT TO DO RESEARCH AND VISIT OTHER SOBERING CENTERS AND UNDERSTAND TRULY WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HOW WE CAN BE PART OF THOSE BEST PRACTICES.

SO WE PUT TOGETHER POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND A STAFF.

AND I WAS NOT PART OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AT THAT TIME.

I WAS I WAS STARTED OFF WHEN THIS ALL FIRST KICKED OFF.

I WAS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT I WAS A LITTLE BIT SKEPTICAL OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS THE BEST WAY TO GO, AS MANY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DIVERTING PEOPLE AND UTILIZING THIS, THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT TO TO TRY TO ADDRESS THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

THEN AS TIME WENT ON, I ENDED UP TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GOING OVER TO INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND I WAS INVOLVED IN THE THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE SOBERING CENTER, ALONG WITH SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT I THINK LIFT UP AND SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE SOBERING CENTER.

AND NOW I'M FULL CIRCLE, AND I'M IN THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OVER THE SOBERING CENTER.

SO I'VE HAD THIS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO SEE IT FROM MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES.

AND I THINK EVEN EVEN HAVING THAT PERCEPTION, I DIDN'T REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE HERE AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

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BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE HAVE AS IT RELATES TO TO OUR SOBERING CENTER, YOU'VE GOT TO BE 17 YEARS OF AGE TO ENTER THE SOBERING CENTER. MANY OF THE OTHER SOBERING CENTERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS REQUIRE YOU TO BE AT THE AGE OF 18.

AND OUR PHILOSOPHY WAS, IF YOU CAN BE ARRESTED AT THE AGE OF 17 AND BROUGHT TO THE DETENTION CENTER FOR A CHARGE OF PUBLIC INTOXICATION, YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO BE DIVERTED JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. AND SO WE HAD CHANGED OURS TO ACCEPT PEOPLE THAT ARE 17 YEARS OF AGE, AND YOU HAVE TO BE NON-COMBATIVE IN ORDER TO BE IN THERE, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF REMAINS SAFE AS THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE COLLABORATION THAT WE SEE BETWEEN THE DETENTION CENTER AND THE SOBERING CENTER IS UNIQUE.

OUR OUR DESIGN AND SETUP IS DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER ONES AND THAT OUR SOBERING CENTER ACTUALLY SITS INSIDE THE DETENTION CENTER, WHICH PROVIDES US SOME BENEFITS THAT I DON'T THINK WE REALIZED WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE FIRST SET IT UP.

AND WE'VE SEEN NOW THAT THERE'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, AND A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT IT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF CHIEF WHITWORTH IN THE DETENTION CENTER, SO THAT THERE'S THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE DETENTION OFFICERS AND THE CASEWORKERS, AND BOTH OF THEM ARE INTERACTING WITH THE CLIENTS THAT ARE IN THE SOBERING CENTER. AND I THINK IT'S MAKING IT SAFER AND BETTER FOR BOTH THE STAFF AND THE CLIENTS.

WE ALSO THEN HAVE THE ABILITY, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, AS IT WILL SOMETIMES, TO WHERE SOMEBODY ENDS UP ACTING UP IN THE SOBERING CENTER AND HAS TO ULTIMATELY BE TRANSFERRED BACK OVER TO THE DETENTION CENTER, OR ULTIMATELY TRANSFERRED OUT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MENTAL ILLNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, AND OUR DEPUTIES CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT, AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE OTHER SOBERING CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE THE STATE TO WHERE THEY HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE BACK AND THE POLICE HAVE TO COME AND RE-INITIATE THE WHOLE PROCESS AND THEN TRANSPORT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL AND EFFECTIVE.

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SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF THE SOBERING CENTER ARE THINGS THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATED WHEN WE BEGAN TO CREATE THIS WHERE WE WOULD OF COURSE PROVIDE RESOURCES.

WE WOULD WE WOULD TRY TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE CAUSING PEOPLE TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE AND PREVENTING THEM FROM COMING BACK.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, REDUCING THE BURDEN ON THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT AS WE'VE GONE AND WE PROGRESSED AND AS WE'VE GOT KRISTEN HERE WITH US, WE'VE WE'VE ALSO REALIZED SOME THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO REALIZE AS A RESULT OF OF HAVING THE SOBERING CENTER AS WE CONSTANTLY EXPAND OUR REACH AND, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE, WE'VE SEEN THEM HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS.

WE'VE DEALT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN PROSTITUTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, OPIOID DISORDERS.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE NOW BECOME A PART OF WHAT THE CASEWORKERS ARE ADDRESSING IN THE SOBERING CENTER.

AND THIS WAS JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO, ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE BROUGHT IN FOR WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

SO IT'S IT'S EXPANDED AND IT'S DOING A LOT MORE.

AND I THINK IT'S HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT, NOT ONLY IN, IN THE FACILITY, BUT OUTSIDE THE FACILITY, TOO, AS IT RELATES TO HOW WE'RE PERCEIVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT THEY'VE SEEN.

ALSO, AS THEY'VE DONE THEIR JOB, WE'VE CREATED PROCESS WITHIN THE SOBERING CENTER TO MAKE IT EASIER, MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS AND BETTER FOR THE CLIENTS.

AND SO CHIEF WHITWORTH WAS ON FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, CREATING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AND SO HE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THAT YOU GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS WHEN SOMEBODY IS BROUGHT TO THE DETENTION CENTER AND ULTIMATELY ROUTED INTO THE SOBERING CENTER.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO HIM.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

CHIEF WHITWORTH IT'S A ESSENTIALLY A THREE PART PROCESS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST STEP IS THE OFFICER MAKING THE ARREST FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.

AND THAT CAN BE EITHER THROUGH PROACTIVE PATROLS OR CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THOSE OFFICERS THEN ARRIVE AT THE CITY DETENTION CENTER AND THEY'RE GREETED BY DETENTION OFFICERS AND THEY FILL OUT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PAPERWORK AND DETERMINE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO. SO AS SOON AS THEY COME IN, THE OFFICERS WILL DO A QUICK SEARCH FOR ANY KIND OF CONTRABAND MAKE SURE THERE'S THERE'S NO CONTRABAND DRUGS OR ANY KIND OF WEAPONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INTO THE FACILITY.

THEY GO STRAIGHT FROM THERE TO SEE THE ON SITE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE PARAMEDICS THAT WILL DETERMINE THAT THEY'RE SUITABLE TO STAY AT THE DETENTION CENTER.

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IF THEY VOLUNTARILY ACCEPT AND SAY THAT THEY WANT TO ENTER THE PROGRAM, THEN WE'LL CONTACT THE CASEWORKERS THAT ARE THERE ON SITE, AND THEY'LL COME OUT AND SPEAK TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO ENTER THE PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE. AND SO AFTER THE CASEWORKERS COME DOWN AND THEY SPEAK WITH THEM, IF THE PERSON GIVES THEM THE VERBAL CONSENT THAT THEY WANT TO GO THEN THEY'LL BE TRANSPORTED UPSTAIRS TO WHERE THE SOBERING CENTER HOUSING IS.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL WE'LL INVENTORY THEIR PROPERTY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'LL BE SAFE.

SAFE KEEPING.

WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT TO OUR SOBERING CENTER MANAGER, MISS SCHUBERT.

HI, I'M KRISTEN HUBBARD.

I'M THE PROGRAM MANAGER, AND I'M GOING TO GET INTO THE PIECE THAT EVERYBODY'S PROBABLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW WE DO THINGS AND HOW WE'RE HELPING INDIVIDUALS THAT ENTER OUR PROGRAM. OKAY.

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SO OUR PROCEDURES ARE ONCE, AS CHIEF WHITWORTH SAID, ONCE THEY GET THROUGH THERE, WE'RE DETERMINING HOW WHAT LEVEL THEY'RE AT.

YOU KNOW, HOW SEVERE ARE THEY? ARE THEY JUST MILDLY IMPAIRED? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW WE'RE DETERMINING HOW WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR THEM AND HOW THE TIME FRAME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF INTOXICATION THEY'RE AT.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE DETERMINE, OKAY, THIS PERSON MAY NEED 6 HOURS OR 4 HOURS.

AND THEN AND THEY CAN STAY LONGER.

IF WE COME UP WITH A PLAN SUCH AS OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, MAYBE THEY DO WANT SHELTER AND WE CAN WORK WITH OHS IN THE MORNING.

WE WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY UNTIL THEY CAN GET IN THAT SHELTER.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE'RE ALSO MONITORING, YOU KNOW, WHERE DID WE GET THIS INDIVIDUAL? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW DID THEY GET HERE? SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT PROCESS WHEN THEY COME IN TO THE GOAL IS TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT INDIVIDUALLY.

YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION.

WAS IT JUST SITUATIONAL? I'M IN DEEP ELLUM.

I WAS JUST KIND OF ACTING UP AND COULDN'T GET IN THE, YOU KNOW, THE UBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW AS FAR AS WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON WHAT'S NEXT FOR THEM.

THIS INFORMATION ASSISTS OUR CASEWORKERS AND CONNECTION TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PLAN TO DISCHARGE THEM.

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THE PROCESS OF THE INTERVIEW.

THE CASEWORKERS MEET WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY AFTER THEY'VE CAME THROUGH THE SOBERING PIECE, AND THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE THAT INTERVIEW.

MELZER CONDUCTED IN OUR C DORM.

THE DORM WHERE THAT ONE'S BEEN REMODELED.

AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER INTERVIEW ROOM THAT WE BRING THE FEMALES INTO AS WELL.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THEY ARE WE ARE DISCUSSING OKAY, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE NEXT ONCE YOU'RE DISCHARGED.

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THE PROCESS OF RELEASE IS ONCE THEY'VE HAD THAT INTERVIEW AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT SERVICES WOULD YOU LIKE, WHAT WHAT DO THE NEXT STEPS LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? WE ARE COMING UP WITH THAT DISCHARGE PLAN.

WE ARE GIVING THEM RESOURCES WITH THAT CONTACT INFORMATION.

AND ALSO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OUR CONTACT INFORMATION BECAUSE IF THEY LEAVE AND THEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION OR MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY.

I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID.

I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE.

I WAS IN A HURRY. I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE HERE.

SO THEY HAVE THAT TOO, AND THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO CALL BACK AND SAY, I JUST LEFT AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED.

CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT? SO THAT'S HOW OUR PROCESS OF RELEASES, THEY GET INTERVIEWED AND THEN WE WORK ON THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS GETTING THEM OUT OF THERE AND AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

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SO THE CURRENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, AS THE MARSHAL POINTED OUT, I AM NEW AND THEN I'M UNDER CHIEF WHITWORTH.

WE ARE ALSO FULLY STAFFED NOW WITH EIGHT CASEWORKERS, SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING.

SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON THAT.

ALSO THE DOCUMENTATION WE HAVE PROVIDED A MORE ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF IT.

SO WE'RE JUST SEEING NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST WHO'S COMING IN THE SOBERING CENTER AND WHAT SOBERING CENTER PARTICIPANTS ARE TAKING SERVICES.

SO WE'RE TAKING A DEEPER LOOK INTO THAT.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING DIVERTED AND WHO'S ACCEPTING WHAT.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT COLLABORATIVE TO WORK WITH RIGHT CARE AND CRISIS INTERVENTION AND OHS.

AND NOW THE OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM, ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN INTRICATE INTO HELPING US BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALSO FOLLOW UPS FOR US IF WE ARE PUTTING THEM BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.

HEY, IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, WE'VE GOT THE OVERDOSE RESPONSE TEAM.

THEY CAN COME OUT AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

SO THOSE AND ALSO FOR RIGHT CARE PROVIDING ME COLLABORATION ON REPORT LIKE HEY, THIS PERSON WAS INTOXICATED, BUT I HAVE A FULL ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED

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AND THEN I CAN LET THEM KNOW, HEY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISCHARGED.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE PLAN IS IF YOU SEE THEM AGAIN.

SO IT'S THAT WHOLE CONTINUUM OF WORKING TOGETHER, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL SEEING THE SAME INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT.

SO WHAT WAS YOUR ENCOUNTER.

SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL AS WELL.

WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SALVATION ARMY, A21 THAT WORKS WITH PROSTITUTION.

SOUTH DALLAS EMPLOYMENT PROJECT, WE NOW HAVE A QR CODE THAT ANYONE CAN SCAN AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO SOUTH DALLAS EMPLOYMENT PROJECT.

THEY CAN GET AN ASSESSMENT, THEY CAN WORK ON ANYTHING THEY WANT THROUGH THERE.

THAT'S ALL AVAILABLE TO ANYONE THAT COMES IN THE CDC OUTSIDE OF THE SOBERING CENTER AS WELL, AND AS WELL AS OUR CALLING AND TRUSTED WORLD.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE WERE. WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING A MORE ESTHETICALLY PLEASING LOOK WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE C DORM.

SO WHEN THEY'RE THERE, IT'S A MORE CALMING APPROACH TO WHEN THEY'RE WHILE THEY'RE SOBERING.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WE'VE PROVIDED ABOUT SINCE ROUGHLY IT STARTED AROUND 8000 DIVERSIONS, ABOUT 1300 DIRECT SERVICES.

AND THERE'S ABOUT THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD MET THEIR TWO TIMES PREVIOUSLY IS ABOUT IN THE 120S. SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A LOOK AT THE STATISTICS AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THUS FAR.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS.

THIS IS A KIND OF THE EXCITING PIECE, AND I'LL SHARE SOME SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD OUTSIDE OF WORKING WITH THE SOBERING CENTER.

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND TO EVERYONE THAT COMES IN THAT NEEDS SERVICES.

WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WORKING WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COORDINATING WITH THEM WHEN THEY COME IN.

THAT'S A HARDER POPULATION TO WORK WITH, BUT WE'VE HAD A SUCCESS RECENTLY THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE, I ALWAYS GIVE THEM THE PEACE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN GOAL IS TO KEEP YOU SAFE FOR NOW. SO IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING, YOU CAN CALL UP HERE AND WE CAN WORK ON KEEPING YOU SAFE FOR NOW.

WE HAD ONE CALL OVER LAST FRIDAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER HOUSING, AND I WAS ABLE TO ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH THE CASEWORKER, JACKIE, WHO'S AMAZING WITH VICE, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO FURTHER FOLLOW UP WITH HER.

I MET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, AND THEN SHE WAS ABLE TO TO WORK ON THE FOLLOW UP PIECE.

SO THAT'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

WE'VE HAD ANOTHER TWO WOMEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT THAT WE'VE ALL COLLABORATED WITH, AND ONE HAS HOUSING AND HAS HAD HER BABY AND IS MOVING INTO HER FIRST APARTMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

SO IT'S BEEN NICE TO SEE OUTSIDE OF THAT.

ANYONE THAT COMES THROUGH THE CDC, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH THEIR NEEDS.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON ESTABLISHING OUR OWN FOLLOW UP SYSTEM, JUST TO CALL THEM BACK, TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE CONNECTED WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE DISCHARGE THEM WITH.

OKAY. NEXT SLIDE.

IS IT OKAY? AND IF THERE'S. I'LL PASS IT TO MARSHALL PUGHES, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

SHE WENT THROUGH IT QUICK.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE EARLY ON AND THAT WE'RE SEEING HAPPENING NOW IS THE SOBERING CENTER IS ACTUALLY BECOMING A RESOURCE FOR OFFICERS AND CLIENTS AND PEOPLE AND FAMILIES THAT ARE RELATED TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT DOWN THERE.

AND WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE OFFICERS HAVE CALLED DOWN TO THE SOBERING CENTER AND SAID, I DON'T WANT TO ARREST THIS PERSON.

IS THERE ROOM IN THE SOBERING CENTER BECAUSE I'LL BRING THEM DOWN THERE IF IF THAT'S AVAILABLE.

AND AND THEY'VE CALLED CHRISTIAN FOR ADVICE ON THINGS.

SHE, WE HAD JUST WAS THE LAST NIGHT OR THE NIGHT BEFORE SOMEBODY CALLED WANTING OUT OF A BAD SITUATION ACTUALLY CALLED THE SOBERING CENTER, ASKING FOR HELP.

SO IT'S IT'S BECOME MUCH MORE AND I THINK WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO EVEN MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.

SO IT'S A IT'S A LARGE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER? THANK YOU CHIEF. I'M GOING TO START BY JUST ASKING YOU THIS.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OR ALL OF THE POLICE OFFICERS KNOW THAT THIS TOOL IS AVAILABLE? AND HOW ARE YOU GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY KNOW THERE ARE SOME OTHER OPTIONS? KRISTEN ACTUALLY TEACHES AT THE POLICE ACADEMY, AND SO SHE HAS SHE DOES A BLOCK OF INSTRUCTION TO WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE ABLE TO TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOBERING CENTER AND WHAT IT DOES AND HOW WE'RE HERE TO HELP NOT ONLY THE CLIENTS, BUT THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES AND HOW IT MAKES THEIR JOB EASIER.

AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW THINGS ARE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORLD.

INITIALLY, THERE WAS SOME SKEPTICISM AND POLICE OFFICERS FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, DIVERSION FROM A CRIMINAL CHARGES, KIND OF CONTRARY TO WHAT THEY'RE USED TO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BUT IT HAS BEEN I THINK EVERYONE HAS REALLY SEEN THAT IT IS A POSITIVE THING.

AND WE GET WE, WE GET A LOT OF POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT CHIEF WHITWORTH HAS GONE THROUGH AND, AND EXPEDITED SOME OF THE PROCESS.

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SO IT'S IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD THING FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN.

SO I HAVE HEARD POSITIVE THINGS FROM OFFICERS.

I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

I MEAN, AND YOU'VE HAD MORE THAN 7800 DIVERSIONS.

SO CLEARLY THERE ARE PEOPLE OFFICERS WHO KNOW ABOUT IT AND ARE HELPING GET FOLKS THROUGH IT.

BUT HOW MANY OF THE OFFICERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CONTINUING ED CLASS AT THIS POINT? WHEN WILL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THAT WHOLE CYCLE? SO WHEN I TEACH, IT'S AT THE ACADEMY.

USUALLY THE INDIVIDUALS ARE TWO WEEKS FROM GRADUATING AND I GO AND SPEAK ON IT.

THEN I HAVE WENT TO SOME DETAILS AS WELL AT SOME OF THE STATIONS AND PRESENTED IT THAT WAY.

SO USUALLY IT'S THEY'LL EMAIL WITH THE CLASS BEFORE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE.

SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THAT TEACHING IS COMING FROM.

THE. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR NEWEST OFFICERS WOULD BE AWARE.

BUT I'M ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR LONGER TENURED OFFICERS.

WELL, AND BACK BEFORE KRISTIN EVEN GOT HERE, WHEN WE WERE JUST INITIATING, THERE WAS A DIFFERENT MANAGER IN PLACE.

WE WERE GOING TO THE STATIONS, WE WERE DOING ROLL CALL TRAINING BULLETINS BECAUSE THERE WAS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

DPD ALSO THAT HAD TO THE OFFICERS HAD TO BE AWARE OF SO THAT THEY COULD PUT SOMEBODY IN THE SOBERING CENTER.

SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INTERACTION, COMMUNICATION TRAINING, GOING TO THE VARIOUS STATIONS AND ADVISING EVERYONE.

WHAT THE AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, INITIALLY, THE FORMER MANAGER TOLD ME THAT INITIALLY HE ENCOUNTERED SOME, SOME RESISTANCE.

BUT THE MORE UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE GOT OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO AND HOW IT WAS GOING TO HELP THEM AND THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS RECEIVED MORE AND MORE.

AND I LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HEAR NEGATIVE ANYMORE ABOUT THAT.

AND I THINK EVERY OFFICER IS AWARE OF THE SOBERING CENTER AND THE ABILITY TO BRING SOMEBODY DOWN THERE.

THE NEXT THING I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

I THINK BOTH EXAMPLES YOU USE WERE WOMEN THAT YOU WERE WORKING WITH.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH US AND MAYBE JUST SORT OF BREAK DOWN WHO THESE 7800 DIVERSIONS ARE? GREAT. YEAH. AND IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY THREE TIMES MORE MEN THAN WOMEN.

I WOULD SUSPECT, BUT AND THEN ARE YOU RECEIVING ANY FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY FOR THIS PROGRAM? WE ARE NOT, BUT WE DO WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FLEXOR CENTER.

WE TRANSPORTED SOMEBODY OUT OF THE DETENTION CENTER.

HE HAD COME TO THE CASEWORKER AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, HIS HIS PROBLEM WAS OPIATE ADDICTION, AND SO WE CALLED DOWN TO DALLAS DEFLECTION.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE HIM DOWN THERE AND GET HIM IN THAT PROGRAM.

SO WE WORK WITH THEM AND AND DAVE HOGAN AND HIS FOLKS CLOSELY.

BUT WE DO NOT RECEIVE FUNDING.

YEAH. AND I HAVE LEANED OVER AND I'M HOPING THAT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FORTUNE WILL INITIATE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT HELPING TO FUND THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE THIS IS A WAY TO STOP FUTURE INTERACTIONS HOPEFULLY, RIGHT, GET PEOPLE STABLE, SO.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO AFTER INITIAL SKEPTICISM, YOU SAID YOU SEE THE POTENTIAL HERE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S AS A RESOURCE.

YOU MENTIONED A CASE WHERE SOMEONE HAD CALLED BACK LOOKING FOR HELP.

IS IT? SO PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THROUGH HERE ARE NOW LOOKING TO THIS ENTITY AS A PLACE TO GO TO WHEN THEY NEED HELP? IS THAT WHAT THE STORY I'M HEARING? YEAH, THAT'S, AND SO THEY GET THAT KIND OF AS THEY'RE BEING DISCHARGED, THEY GET THE CASEWORKER TALKS TO THEM AND THEN PROVIDES THEM, YOU KNOW, HEY HERE'S A RESOURCE.

WE ARE A RESOURCE FOR YOU.

AND HERE'S A NUMBER YOU CAN CALL IF YOU EVER NEED US OR IF YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.

OR YOU JUST NEED, YOU KNOW, FURTHER INFORMATION BECAUSE MAYBE YOU LOST TRACK OF THE INFORMATION FROM WHEN YOU WERE HERE.

SO THAT AND SO WE HAVE HAD THAT HAPPEN WHERE THEY HAVE CALLED BACK AND, AND LOOKED FOR HELP AS A, AS A RESOURCE AND NOT TO BE BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO THE, THE SOBERING CENTER.

BUT THEN WE CAN DO THE PLACEMENT AND BEGIN TO DO THINGS KRISTEN WORKS WITH ALL THESE OTHER PLACES AND SOMETIMES HAS TO LEAVE THE SOBERING CENTER AND, AND GO TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS. SHE'S MET CLIENTS OUT THERE AND HELPED THEM GET INTO THE SALVATION ARMY.

SO IT REALLY HAS BECOME MUCH MORE THAN THE FOUR WALLS OF THE SOBERING CENTER.

SO IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO JUST HAVING THAT POINT OF CONTACT, KIND OF A POINT OF ENTRY, OF HOW TO GET RESOURCES WHEN YOU NEED THEM.

SO ON, I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PROSTITUTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING SIDE.

SO THIS IS JUST REVELATIONS THAT HAVE COME OUT IN THE INTAKE OR SOMETHING THAT.

OH YES.

SO ESPECIALLY FOR OUR LADIES THAT ARE IN THE SEX TRAFFICKING, THAT'S A VERY HARD POPULATION, I WILL ADMIT.

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SO THEY KNOW I TELL THEM ALL.

YOU CAN CALL HERE ANY TIME, AND IT'S SAFE FOR THE MOMENT.

IF THAT'S 24 HOURS OF SAFETY, WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU YOU DESERVE TO BE SAFE.

SO IT'S LAYING THAT FOUNDATION WITH THOSE OTHER POPULATIONS BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY HARD POPULATION.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF INNER PSYCHE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE THERE.

SO LAYING THAT PIECE OF FOUNDATION REALLY HAS BEEN KEY AND IT WORKED.

LAST FRIDAY, ONE SHE CALLED AND JUST SAID, I'M TIRED OF THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.

SO I WAS ABLE TO COME BACK INTO WORK, GET HER AND GET HER A BED AT SALVATION ARMY. WE GET HER UBERED FROM SHE WAS IN A BATHROOM AT A BAR, AND THEN FROM THAT THE NEXT DAY I WAS ABLE TO PASS THAT ON TO JACKIE AT VICE.

AND SHE CAN DO FURTHER FOLLOW UP.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF ALL COLLABORATIVE ON OUR ALL OF OUR RADARS AND OUR MAPS.

SO WE CAN WE KNOW WHO WE'RE HELPING, HOW WE'RE HELPING THEM.

AND IN THOSE MOMENTS, WHAT WE ALL CAN DO TO DO THAT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF SHE DIDN'T STAY, WE BUILT THAT FOUNDATION OF TRUST BETWEEN ALL OF US, SO THEY KNOW.

WELL, AND I WANT TO BE SURE I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.

ON PAGE 13, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE 123 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN REJECTED TO PARTICIPATE DUE TO BEING THROUGH THE PROGRAM TWICE IN THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR.

AND SO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT, BECAUSE WHAT'S THE MAGIC ABOUT THIS? YOU KNOW, TWO TIMES THROUGH AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU AGAIN, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE POINT OF CONNECTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT MAY TAKE A FEW POINTS BEFORE THEY HAVE THIS EPIPHANY.

SO WHY WHAT IS IT ABOUT TWO AND WHAT ARE WHAT'S THE HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THESE 123 PEOPLE.

SO THESE ARE OUR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TWO DIVERTS A YEAR.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THAT WE SEE.

I MEAN PICKED UP ONE TIME AND WE GOT THEM BACK THE NEXT DAY AND THAT CONTINUUM, AND WE STILL WORK WITH THEM.

BUT WE WE ALSO WANT TO SAY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY THERE.

YOU GET THE TWO.

BUT WE WANT TO BUILD SOME RESILIENCE TOO.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO HELP YOU EVEN THOUGH YOUR PI YOU'RE STILL GOING TO GET THAT HELP.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS SECOND OR ACTUALLY AFTER THEY'VE HAD THE TWO THE THIRD TIME.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE NOW THIS IS A PATTERN.

BUT IT DOES PRESENT A LITTLE BIT OF ACCOUNTABILITY THERE TO WHERE IT'S NOT THAT CONTINUOUS REVOLVING DOOR BECAUSE YES, IT DOES TAKE A LOT SOMETIMES.

SO THEY STILL GET THE HELP.

BUT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE SEE SOME LIKE EVERY DAY ALMOST.

AND IT'S IDENTIFYING THAT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PIECE COMES FROM.

SO WHERE DO THEY GO TO THE DETENTION CENTER.

SO THEY'LL THEY'LL BE PUT ON THE DOCKET.

THEY WILL SEE THE JUDGE. WE STILL DO OFFER THEM HELP.

WE STILL SEE THEM, BUT THEY WILL BE SEEN BY A JUDGE AFTER THEY'VE MET THEIR CALENDAR TIMES PER YEAR.

OKAY. AND THAT'S IN HOPES THAT THEY AT THAT POINT ARE FORCED INTO, YOU KNOW, A JUDGMENT WHERE THE JUDGE ACTUALLY SENDS THEM THROUGH ALCOHOL TREATMENT OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT TO JUST TAKE THAT EXTRA STEP TO PUSH THEM TOWARDS GETTING THAT HELP.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.

I HAVE HEARD SOME REPORTS, THOUGH, FROM WHEN IT COMES TO NO SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS, THAT THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES WHERE SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE TURNED AWAY.

SO CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT A NO SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEM MIGHT BE? SO DFR HAS THEIR THEIR CRITERIA THAT HAS TO BE MET FOR THEM TO ENTER THE SOBERING CENTER OR THE CITY DETENTION CENTER AT ALL.

THOSE PARAMETERS WERE SET BY DOCTOR ISAACS, AND THEIR PARAMEDICS HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE PARAMETERS.

IF THEY DON'T FIT THOSE PARAMETERS, THEN THE PARAMEDICS THEN HAVE THEM SENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET CHECKED OUT RATHER THAN ENTER THE THE CITY DETENTION CENTER. SO SOMEONE THAT HAS SOME CUTS, BRUISES, SCRAPES FROM FALLING DOWN.

DO WE KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A CAUSE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, OR WOULD THAT BE AN INSTANCE WHERE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE? OKAY, SO IT'S BASICALLY AS HE'S CHIEF SAID, THEY'RE BEING ASSESSED BY GFR AND THEY'RE MAKING DETERMINATIONS, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS. ARE THEIR VITALS WITHIN RANGE? WHAT ARE THEIR VITAL SIGNS LOOK LIKE? YES. IT MAY LOOK MINOR.

MAYBE IT'S JUST A CUT OR BRUISE, BUT IF THEY GET IN THERE AND THEIR VITALS ARE WITHOUT OF THE PARAMETERS THAT'S SET BY DFR, THEN THAT BECOMES A SAFETY HAZARD.

AND THEN THEY CANNOT BE ADMITTED.

AND ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT OKAY, HOW AND I ALSO LOOK AT HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING.

IS IT ARE WE AT DANGER FOR GOING INTO DETOX.

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SO IT MAY SOMETIMES LOOK LIKE, WELL, THEY JUST HAD A MINOR SCRAPE AND IT WASN'T ANYTHING BIG, BUT THEY GET IN THERE AND THEY'RE TAKING THEIR VITAL SIGNS AND IT'S OUT OF RANGE, AND NOW WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO WHEN THEY'RE REJECTED, IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE SOMETHING IS OUT OF RANGE, AND MAYBE IT IT POSES A DANGER TO US.

WE DON'T WANT THEM TO GET IN THERE AND FALL OR YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S BORDERLINE, BUT MAYBE THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL.

THEY'RE COMING OFF ALCOHOL AND THEY COULD THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE COULD SPIKE AND PUT THEM AT A LEVEL THAT MAY BE DANGER FOR A STROKE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S LOOKING AT THE WHOLE TOTALITY OF THE PERSON AND WHAT WE GOT.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE IN THERE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A A RISK.

SURE. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S WHY WE DO NEED SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THOSE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE FORCE FOR FOR A WHILE SO THAT THEY CAN GET CAUGHT UP.

ON PAGE 13, I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE DIVERSIONS.

AND HAVE WE MAPPED THOSE OUT TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM? WE DO BY ZIP CODE, HAVE THAT MAPPED OUT, AND WE CAN GET THAT FURTHER TO YOU AS I'M GOING TO DO WITH THAT.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN IN CLOSING, HOW MANY ENGAGEMENTS HAVE YOU HAD WITH OHS AND RIGHTCARE? SO RIGHT CARE IS THAT I MEAN, THAT'S HIT OR MISS.

I'M PREVIOUSLY COME FOR RIGHT CARE SO THEY KNOW THAT I'M THERE.

SO THAT'S A LOT I MEAN MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK WITH RIGHT CARE IF THEY'RE SEEING SOMEONE.

OHS IS THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING WITH OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

SO THAT'S HIT OR MISS TOO DEPENDING ON IF THE PERSON WANTS IT.

RIGHT. SO I WOULD SAY A FEW TIMES A MONTH WITH OHS AND RIGHT CARE IS NOT EVERY WEEK.

IT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK OUT THERE DIVERTING AND USING OTHER SERVICES.

SO BUT IN THE MOMENTS THAT I COULD BE HELPFUL, THAT'S BEEN GREAT TOO.

SO IT JUST KIND OF DEPENDS.

IS THE COLLABORATION INITIATED BY YOU OR BY OHS OR BY BOTH.

SO IT'S BOTH, SO LIKE WITH FOR INSTANCE, LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

WITH RIGHT CARE.

LAST WEEK I CALLED THEM BECAUSE I WAS WORKING WITH A MOM.

THIS WAS A CDC PERSON.

SHE HAD SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH.

SHE WASN'T MEETING APAL CRITERIA, BUT I WORKED WITH THE COUNTY AT THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT.

I CALLED THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT, SENT THE MOM DOWN THERE.

THEY TOOK MY ASSESSMENT.

WE GOT A MENTAL HEALTH WARRANT.

SO I CALLED RIGHT HERE AND SAID SHE'S WILLING TO GO WITH MOM, BUT SHE LIVES ON THIS CHANNEL IF THEY CALL.

THIS IS EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.

AND SO THEY WERE READY.

IF MOM CALLED AND NEEDED SOMETHING RIGHT THEN THE COUNTY SIGNED THE WARRANT FOR US.

SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT WENT.

AND THEN OHS THE SAME.

LIKE IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT SAYS, I REALLY WANT TO GO IN A SHELTER THEY WILL GET US A BED THERE.

OR THEY'VE EVEN SAID, I'VE CALLED IN.

THE PERSON WANTED TO GO TO SALVATION ARMY, AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO HELP WITH GETTING THEM TO SALVATION ARMY.

IF YOU KNOW, WE USE THE CONNECTOR BUS TOO, BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT BY AUSTIN STREET.

SO SOMETIMES WE CAN USE THAT.

BUT OHS WILL HELP US GET THEM TO A SHELTER.

SO IT'S IT'S BOTH.

IT'S IT'S KIND OF BOTH.

THEY WILL CALL US TOO, IF THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU KIND OF TELL ME IF THIS SERVICE WOULD WORK? SO IT'S KIND OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOTH WAYS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO GREAT JOB.

SO I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FOLLOW UP THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

I THINK YOU HAVE ALL THOSE ITEMS. GREAT. OKAY.

WELL NEXT UP IS BRIEFING E, WHICH IS ALL OF OUR BUDGET OVERVIEWS.

YES. YES, PLEASE.

YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I, AS MARTIN, COMES TO THE PODIUM TO DISCUSS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS A NEW PROCEDURE OR PROCESS OR STEP, IF YOU WILL, THIS YEAR.

INTERIM CITY MANAGER MISS TOLBERT, SHE ASKED THAT PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL'S JULY RECESS THAT WE COME TO EACH COMMITTEE AND PRESENT THE CURRENT BUDGET AND THE PLAN BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL LAST AUGUST.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS DOCUMENT AND THESE PRESENTATIONS WILL NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY 25, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF IS STILL WORKING ON AND THAT WILL COME TO YOU IN THE AUGUST TIME FRAME.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SET SOME EXPECTATIONS FOR TODAY, BUT ALSO KIND OF PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT BEFORE AT PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

HELLO, MY NAME IS MARTIN RIOJAS.

I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. WHAT? I'M SORRY. SO BEFORE YOU GET GOING, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME UP AT THE SAME TIME OR YOU WANT TO DO THEM ONE BY ONE? WELL, ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE WITH MARTIN UP THERE AT THE PODIUM, SO I WAS TRYING TO GIVE SPACE.

BUT IF THE OTHER TEAM WANTS TO GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP, PLEASE, PLEASE DO SO AND THEN WE CAN JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH NOW.

MARTIN. WE DO. I KNOW WE WANT TO MAKE AS MUCH TIME FOR THIS AS THE COMMITTEE AS POSSIBLE.

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SO I WOULD ASK EACH AND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO PLEASE BE AS CONCISE AND SUCCINCT AS YOU CAN BE.

PLEASE. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. MARTIN RIOJAS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, OVER THE FINANCIAL BUREAU.

AND WE CAN START ON SLIDE TWO.

I DON'T SEE A SLIDE HERE.

IS THAT.

OKAY. WE CAN GO TO SLIDE TWO.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEFING IS TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES, TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PLANNED BUDGET FOR 24 AND 25.

THIS WAS DEVELOPED IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.

IT IS THE STARTING POINT FOR OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

SOME OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS WILL CHANGE PRIOR TO THE CITY MANAGER GIVING THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE BUDGET IN AUGUST.

SLIDE THREE.

THE MISSION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITMENT TO REDUCING CRIME, ENHANCING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DALLAS. AND THE GOALS INCLUDE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, IMPROVE RECRUITING AND RETENTION FOR SWORN OFFICERS, MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT STAFFING, AND 911 TO CONSISTENTLY MEET CALL ANSWERING GOALS.

TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND USE IT AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER, AND THEN MAINTAIN THE DEPLOYMENT OF BODY WORN CAMERA AND TASERS, AND CONTINUE TO TRAIN ON DE-ESCALATION AND LESS THAN LETHAL TACTICS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND OFFICERS.

SLIDE FOUR. THIS IS A GRAPHIC OF OUR ORG CHART.

WITH THE CHART YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

YOU SEE THE CHIEF AT THE TOP, THE DIRECT REPORTS AND THE VARIOUS BUREAUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

SLIDE FIVE. THIS IS A SIMPLE TABLE THAT SHOWS OUR BUDGET BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN GENERAL FUND AND GRANT FUNDS.

IN 24, YOU SEE $8.5 MILLION.

THAT IS ARPA FUNDING.

IT WILL NOT BE THERE IN 25.

SLIDE SIX.

THIS IS A SIMPLE TABLE SHOWING OUR POSITION COUNT.

IT SHOWS GENERAL FUND AND GRANT FUNDED POSITION COUNTS.

SLIDE SEVEN.

IF YOU TAKE ALL THE WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU CAN CATEGORIZE IT BY 12 DIFFERENT SERVICES.

THE TABLE SHOWS THE VARIOUS SERVICES AND THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SERVICE.

SLIDE EIGHT. THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR GENERAL FUND BROKEN INTO MAJOR CATEGORIES SUCH AS PERSONAL EXPENSES, SUPPLIES, CONTRACTS CAPITAL OUTLAY, REIMBURSEMENTS, AND REVENUES.

SLIDE NINE.

TO SPEAK A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REVENUES, I'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO TABLES AT THE BOTTOM.

ONE ON THE LEFT IS FOR AUTO POUND, AND THE SECOND TABLE ON THE RIGHT IS FOR ALL OTHER REVENUES.

THE AUTO POUND REVENUES TABLE WILL SHOW THAT WE HAVE A DECREASE IN REVENUE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

BUT WE ANTICIPATED THAT BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE DID PARTNER WITH A THIRD PARTY VENDOR TO HOUSE NON EVIDENTIARY VEHICLES.

THOSE VEHICLES WERE PRIOR GOING TO THE CITY AUTO POUND.

AND NOW THE VENDOR HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE STORAGE FOR THOSE VEHICLES.

AND THEY ALSO COLLECT THE AUTO POUND FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE VEHICLES.

SLIDE TEN.

THIS IS A TABLE SHOWING OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES AS PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK.

THE MAJORITY OF THE MEASURES HAVE BEEN IN HAVE BEEN THE MEASURE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE FISCAL YEAR 22.

SO THIS IS PRESENTED IN THE BUDGET BOOK, AND WE DO REPORT ON THESE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SLIDE 11.

NOW I'LL START TALKING ABOUT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES.

ON SLIDE 12.

YOU CAN SEE TWO CHARTS.

ONE ON THE LEFT IS A GRAPH FOR RESPONSE TIMES.

IT SHOWS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, YEAR TO DATE.

AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT THE RESPONSE TIME THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT.

HOWEVER, THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SHOWS VARIATION BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT CRIME IN THIS GRAPH.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 21% WHILE NONVIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 4%.

SLIDE 13.

SO ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN RESOURCE INTENSIVE ITEM IS THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.

IT WAS A PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRIMINOLOGISTS FROM UTSA AND LAUNCHED IN MAY OF 2021.

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AND EVERY YEAR IT'S IT'S BEEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE.

SO IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PLAN.

YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON THAT.

BUT AS THE FINANCE PERSON, I CAN PUT A COST ESTIMATE ON WHAT IT TAKES TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

AND IT'S ABOUT $8 MILLION PER YEAR, AND THAT'S FOR ABOUT 45 FULL TIME PEOPLE, STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK THIS PLAN.

SLIDE 14.

THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING OVERTIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE GRAPH WILL SHOW YOU THE OVERTIME BUDGET AND THE FORECASTED EXPENSES FOR 24.

AND THEN IT ALSO SHOWS THE PREVIOUS YEAR INFORMATION.

THE, ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WHY WE SPEND OVERTIME.

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR OVERTIME IS REIMBURSED FOR WORK WE DO AT AVIATION OR AT THE STATE FAIR OR OUR FEDERAL TASK FORCES.

WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE WE WE SPECIFICALLY WORK.

WE HAVE OVERTIME FOR PATROL, INVESTIGATIVE, AND THEN ALSO FOR ANY OTHER EXTRAORDINARY EVENT LIKE PROTESTS OR WEATHER EVENT.

SLIDE 15.

SO TECHNOLOGY IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COST FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

WE DO. WE DO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES US MORE EFFICIENT AND SAFE SAFETY OF THE OFFICER AND THE CITIZENS.

AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE TASERS, BODY WORN CAMERAS, DASH CAMERAS, DRONES.

AND ON THE TABLE YOU CAN SEE THE COUNT AND DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE.

SLIDE 16.

SO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUREAU.

WE ATTEND OVER 3000 EVENTS PER YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE A YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM, A FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM.

WE SUPPORT RIGHT CARE.

WE HAVE A UNIDOS AND LGBTQ LIAISON.

AND WE ALSO WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A SCHOOL RESOURCE PROGRAM.

SLIDE 17.

THIS TABLE SHOWS A GRAPH THAT HAS THREE THINGS.

IT HAS THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH COUNT FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THE ACTUAL STRENGTH COUNT, AND THEN A LINE GRAPH WHICH IS IN GREEN SHOWING THE THE THE POPULATION GROWTH FOR THE DFW METROPLEX.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE ORANGE THAT'S THE HEAD COUNT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT HAS ACTUALLY GONE DOWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHILE THE GREEN LINE HAS IS UP INTO THE RIGHT.

SO THE POPULATION FOR THE METROPLEX IS GOING UP.

AND THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH PEOPLE MIGHT LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY OR DENTON COUNTY OR SURROUNDING COUNTY, THEY WORK IN DALLAS, THEY VISIT DALLAS, THEY COME THROUGH DALLAS.

THOSE ALL ADD TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE THE BUDGET AND DEVELOPMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS TREND.

SLIDE 18.

NOW I'LL GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THREE THINGS HERE.

THE FIRST THERE'S THREE A GRAPH THREE DIFFERENT GRAPHS.

ONE IS THE HIRING GRAPH ON THE TOP LEFT.

THE SECOND WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS THE ATTRITION GRAPH SHOWING THE ATTRITION OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS THE NET CHANGE WHICH IS BASICALLY THE NUMBER IMPACT TO THE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 AND 23.

THOSE ACTUALLY HAD NEGATIVE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, MEANING WE LOST MORE OFFICERS THAN WHAT WE HIRED.

SO THE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF SWORN COUNT DID SHRINK DURING THOSE THAT TIME.

HOWEVER, IN 24 AND 25, WE DO ANTICIPATE POSITIVE GROWTH.

SLIDE 19.

SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR ACADEMY AND TRAINING IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET THAT WE DO.

THE ACADEMY DOES PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF TRAINING TO ALL OFFICERS TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF MAINTAINING SAFETY WHILE PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND WE TRAIN ON IMPLICIT BIAS, ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, ACTIVE BYSTANDER TRAINING, DE-ESCALATION, AND LESS LETHAL TACTICS.

AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT CONDUCTS A USE OF FORCE AUDIT FOR US.

SLIDE 20 911 COMMUNICATIONS IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT UNIT.

AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY MET THE CALL ANSWERING GOALS, WHICH IS TO ANSWER CALLS 90% OF CALLS WITHIN 10S.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, WE DO MEET THAT.

AND WE HAVE MEANT THAT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

SLIDE 21.

OUR FLEET IS ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DO. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD HEALTHY FLEET TO TO TO COMPLETE THE MISSION.

CURRENTLY, 16% OF OUR PATROL FLEET FLEET IS ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT.

WE DO HAVE VEHICLES IN THE PIPELINE.

WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TODAY THAN WE WERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

THE ARPA, THE INVESTMENT WITH ARPA FUNDING HAS HELPED US.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AND CONTINUALLY CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF OUR FLEET GOING FORWARD.

SLIDE 22.

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IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE LAUNCHED AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO KEEP OFFICERS HERE THAT HAD REACHED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE AND TO KEEP THEM HERE FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS.

WE OFFERED IT TO 70 OFFICERS AND 70 OFFICERS DID SIGN UP.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR US.

AND IN 24 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN TASERS AND BODY WORN CAMERAS, FLOCK CAMERAS AND ALPR TECHNOLOGY.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON HIRING CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT.

AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. MARTIN.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS. SURE.

THANK YOU. SO I'LL START AT THE END WHERE YOU JUST FINISHED.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT RETENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

IS THAT THE CASE? WE HAVE NOT OFFERED IT.

WE HAVE NOT LAUNCHED A SECOND COHORT OF THE PROGRAM.

WE ARE LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO STAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY IN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT LAUNCHED A SECOND COHORT PROGRAM YET.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT OVER THE SUMMER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TO US.

YES. IN AUGUST. OKAY.

BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON THESE NUMBERS, IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE LOCKING, THE GEARS ARE LOCKING, AND WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH NOT HAVING AS MANY RETIRE AS WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN.

SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT.

AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE ON LOOKING AT OVERTIME AND THEN SEEING WHERE SOME OF THE INCREASES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING ARE AROUND INVESTIGATIONS.

AND SO I SEE INVESTIGATIONS AS ONE.

AREA WHERE WE'VE GOT OVERTIME.

AND WAS THIS AN INTENTIONAL OFFSET OR? LET ME GET TO THE SLIDE.

WHAT SLIDE IS THAT ON? WELL, THE WELL, SLIDE SEVEN IS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH BUDGET SUMMARY BY SERVICE.

AND I JUST AS I WAS NOTICING OR ACTUALLY, I WAS I WAS JUST LOOKING AT WHERE THE DIFFERENCES WERE BETWEEN 2324 AND THE PROPOSED OR PLANNED BUDGET AND JUST WHERE THE INCREASES FELL.

OFTENTIMES IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HITTING CATEGORIES THAT ARE ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS, AND SO ON PAGE 14, YOU NOTE THAT 13% OF THE OVERTIME IS DEDICATED TO INVESTIGATIONS.

SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS IS THINKING OF HOW TO OFFSET THAT.

OR THAT'S WHY WE'RE GROWING THE THE BUDGETS AND INVESTIGATIVE CATEGORIES.

YES. WELL, I MEAN ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IF WE CAN INVEST IN DIFFERENT IF WE CAN INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT, THAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING THE INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU. I I'M NOT SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

YEAH, SURE. SO MARTIN, ON PAGE SEVEN, THE 24 FORECAST BUDGET WAS 91 MILLION.

THE PLAN 25 BUDGET IS 101.

I THINK SHE'S REFERRING TO THAT INCREASE THERE AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY INCREASES FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

YES. AND SO IF YOU CAN MAYBE JUST HONE IN ON THAT, MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT INCREASE IS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRIMARILY STAFF AND I'LL, I'LL HAVE TO GET MORE DETAILS, HONESTLY, TO KNOW, TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THAT INCREASE.

BUT IT'S USUALLY ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO BE STAFF AN INCREASE IN STAFF AND STAFF SALARIES.

OKAY. I MEAN, I'M JUST I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING ON OVERTIME AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT INTO THE BUDGET AND HAVE PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE ROLES, THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

BUT ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, ON PAGE 16.

IF YOU CAN JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ARE THAT IS THAT A 100% REIMBURSEMENT OR HOW DID WE LAND ON THAT AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROPOSAL? WELL FOR THE SO ANY NEW AREA WHERE WE INCREASE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WE THE FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST TWO, THE LAST TWO CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH INTRODUCING NEW SCHOOLS, IT HAS BEEN 100% REIMBURSEMENT.

AND ARE WE AT ALL LOOKING AT THE STATE FOR DOLLARS FOR OUR RESOURCE OFFICERS IN WORKING WITH OUR ISDS? THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY INITIATIVE AS FAR AS PULLING STATE FUNDING FOR THAT THAT I KNOW OF.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

ON PAGE SEVEN, I KNOW I LOOK AT 2022 GOING TO 2025.

IN THIS BUDGET, DO WE LOOK AT WHERE DO WE FIT IN MEETING AND CONFER.

MEETING AND CONFER.

WHAT ABOUT. WELL WE ARE WE ARE MEETING CONFER IS HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR IN ALL OF OUR BUDGETS. AND PART OF WHY YOU MIGHT SEE AN INCREASE IN, IN OUR BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR IS TO MEET THE OBLIGATION OF MEET AND CONFER.

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WELL, ON ON SLIDE SEVEN YOU WOULD PROBABLY MORE BETTER.

IT WOULD BE A BETTER VIEW TO SEE IT ON SLIDE.

GIVE ME JUST A SECOND ON SLIDE EIGHT YOU MIGHT SEE THAT.

YOU MIGHT SEE THAT BETTER ON SLIDE EIGHT UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PERSONAL SERVICES, WHICH IS WHICH IS WHERE ALL THE COMPENSATION WOULD BE INCLUDED.

AND IT'S IN THAT CATEGORY WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THEN INCREASES OF SALARIES TO MEET THE TO TO FOR, MEET AND CONFER OBLIGATIONS.

AND I KNOW WE DO IT EVERY THREE YEARS.

BUT YOU KNOW HERE IT'S JUST EVERY YEAR THIS BUDGET RIGHT HERE IS EVERY ONCE A YEAR.

NO EVERY YEAR, I GUESS EVERY YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE MARKETING STEP INCREASES.

AND SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INCREASE IN OUR SALARIES.

SO WE WE PAY IT OUT EVERY THREE YEARS, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, YEAH.

SO DEPUTY OR EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM, THE CONTRACT IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATIONS.

IN THAT CONTRACT, EACH YEAR OF THAT CONTRACT, WE CONDUCT AN ANNUAL SURVEY FOR SALARIES.

RIGHT. AND WE WE LOOK AT 16 COMPARATOR CITIES, WE COME BACK AND WE TAKE THE AVERAGE, AND THEN THAT'S WHAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS THE ANNUAL INCREASE FOR POLICE AND FIRE. SO YOU'RE KIND OF BOTH RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S AN ANNUAL THERE'S A THREE YEAR PROCESS.

BUT IN THAT THREE YEAR PROCESS, THERE'S A ONE YEAR INCREMENTAL INCREASE BASED ON THE MARKET DATA THAT WE GET FROM A SURVEY THAT WE CONDUCT EACH FEBRUARY, APRIL TIME FRAME. RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE NUMBER EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, FORECAST.

AND IT VARIES BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE HALF A HALF A YEAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE HAVE THE SECOND FULL YEAR, AND THEN WE ADD ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, HALF A YEAR. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU.

BUT IT IS IT IS PART OF THESE I KNOW.

BUT I JUST LOVE TO SEE IT IN THERE, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. IF WE CAN PUT IT IN THERE JUST GIVE ME A MEMO.

I'LL SEND IT TO EVERYONE.

YES, WE CAN DO THAT.

YES. OKAY.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ALSO ABOUT THE MARKET RATE SALARY SURVEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

DO YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE UNIFORMLY SAYING, WE'VE SEEN A 7% INCREASE.

WE'VE SEEN A 5% INCREASE.

SO SO THE WAY. YEAH.

SO THE WAY THAT THE SURVEY WORKS PER THE CONFER CONTRACT, WE DO A SURVEY OF 16 COMPARATOR CITIES FOR POLICE AND 16 FOR FIRE.

AND WE TAKE THE ENTRY RANKS FOR EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WE AND WE AVERAGE THOSE OUT.

AND WE'RE SEEING AN AVERAGE INCREASE OVER 7% IN THE MARKET THIS YEAR.

THE PLAN PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR 24-25 CONTEMPLATED SOMETHING ABOUT HALF OF THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMING TO YOU IN AUGUST.

WHEN YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT'LL BE PROBABLY A MUCH LARGER NUMBER THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

OKAY. THAT'S WHY I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS SEVEN AND THAT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE 7% TO ME.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO ARE WE USING AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO DO THAT OR IS HR DOING THAT THAT MARKET SURVEY.

SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMITTEE OF FROM EACH OF THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT WORKS WITH AIR WILL GO DO THE ACTUAL SURVEY ITSELF.

BUT THEN WE COME BACK AND MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE, AND WE ALLOW EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE'VE MISSED, ANYTHING THAT THEY SEE AS A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN INCONSISTENCY IN SOMETHING.

AND THEN WE WE'LL DO SOME ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UPS AS NECESSARY.

BUT IT'S DONE IN HOUSE THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.

HE SET THE BAR HIGH FOR YOU GUYS.

WHO'S READY TO GO NEXT I THINK GREG, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND CYRUS AND GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, PLEASE.

YES. COMMITTEE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GREGORY NELSON, THE DIRECTOR OF COURT.

MUNICIPAL COURT. AND TO MY LEFT HERE I HAVE CYRUS, OUR REQUEST, OUR BUDGET MANAGER.

OKAY. TODAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT AND WHAT WE DO HERE, AND SOME OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET OF 2023.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS UNDER UNDER UNDER UNDER US, WHICH IS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES, WHICH WE DO CITATION RESOLUTION WHICH IS PAYMENT OPTIONS, TRIAL AND DISMISSALS. AND WE HAVE OUR PARKING ADJUDICATION OFFICE WILL BE CONTESTED PARKING TICKETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

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OUR DEPARTMENT GOAL IS TO OBTAIN A 90% CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION RATE AND TO INCREASE OUR UTILIZATION OF OUR COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW.

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JUST A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID LAST YEAR.

IN 2023 CASES FILED 123, 137,000.

FINAL DISPOSITION IS 282,000 AND THE TOTAL HEARINGS THAT WE HAD AT THE COURT IS 149,000.

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SO HERE'S THE WAY THE DIVISION IS BROKEN DOWN.

WE HAVE OUR RECORDS DIVISION, COURT SUPPORT COLLECTIONS, PARKING ADJUDICATION, OUR TECH DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR OF OUR ARC CHART.

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OH, SORRY.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS HARRIS MARQUEZ.

AS HE MENTIONED BRIEFLY.

AND COULD YOU MOVE THAT MICROPHONE JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE, YOU GOT TO, LIKE, ACTUALLY PULL THE WHOLE THING CLOSER.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO I'LL COVER OVER THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPAL DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 23, OUR BUDGET DOES SHOW AN INCREASE TO OUR PLAN BUDGET.

AND THAT IS ENLARGED TO LIKE HE MENTIONED, IS OUR REPLACEMENT COST FOR OUR COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE COURTHOUSE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BREAK THROUGH THAT 4.4 INCLUDES 3.2 IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THEN 1.2 IN THE ONGOING ANNUAL COST FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 66 POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED FOR THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO WE DIDN'T KIND OF GIVE YOU A PREVIEW, BUT WE WERE COURT AND DETENTION SERVICES, SO WE WENT THROUGH REORGANIZATION.

WHEN WE WENT INTO THE ADOPT OF THE 23-24 BUDGET.

SO RIGHT NOW, AS WE STAND AS THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 66 POSITIONS.

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YOU'LL SEE OUR BREAKDOWN HERE BY SUMMARY OF SERVICE.

SO LIKE HE MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO SERVICES UNDER THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT, WHICH IS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES AND OUR PARKING ADJUDICATION.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE THE INCREMENTAL, OF COURSE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IS THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPLACEMENT COST THAT WE HAVE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE IS MORE IN DEPTH BY BY SERVICE OF OUR EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE.

SO OUR LARGE PART IS, OF COURSE, OUR PERSONNEL THAT YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE AN INCREASE.

BUT THE LARGE PART OF OUR BUDGET FOR 25 IS OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES THAT COST OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE CORE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND OUR REVENUES THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE PROJECT FOR NEXT COMING.

AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YOU'LL SEE OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE OF COLLECTION REVENUE.

THIS COMES FROM TRAFFIC CITATIONS, NON TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND CIVIL CITATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE OUR TWO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BUDGET BOOK PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE PRETTY MUCH MEASURE OUR PERCENTAGE OF PARKING ADJUDICATION HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO PREVIOUSLY, THEY USED TO BE HOUSED AT 320 EAST JEFFERSON.

WE TRANSITIONED THEM OVER TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE TO DO THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING THEM THERE AND TRAVELING AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CONTESTS, THEIR PARKING CITATIONS.

SO WE HAVE A TARGET OF THE 60% OUR AVERAGE WAIT TIME.

AND THAT'S FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WHEN THEY CHECK IN THROUGH OUR QUEUING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO PULL A TICKET FOR THEM, IT TAKES AND WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET UNDER TEN MINUTES FOR THEM TO GET CALLED AND GET SERVICED AT THE WINDOW.

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SO YEAH. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES AT THE COURTHOUSE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES JURY ONLINE AND OUR ONLINE JURY PORTAL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY WE'RE ABOUT TO ROLL OUT HERE COMMUNITY COURT CLERKS, WE LEASE OUT CLERKS TO OUR COMMUNITY COURT RECREATION CENTERS.

WE TRY TO WORK WITH THOSE BY HAVING WARRANT RESOLUTIONS THERE ANNUALLY.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS, MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK, CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK, AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND BUDGET TOWNHOUSE.

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SOME OF THE PARKING ADJUDICATION OFFICERS IS VIRTUAL AND MAIL CONTESTED HEARINGS, REVIEW OF BOOT AND TOW ACCOUNTS, OR OF LIABILITY AND DEFAULT NOTICES AND APPEAL PROCESS OF THE COURT RECORD. THAT IS SOME OF OUR PARKING ADJUDICATION ACTIVITIES.

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SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR TICKET AT THE COURT.

JUST AN OVERVIEW. ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE DEFERRED DISPOSITION, DRIVER SAFETY COURSE, PAYMENT PLANS AND EXTINCTIONS.

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WE HAVE COMPLIANCE, DISMISSALS, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TIME SERVED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THESE ARE JUST ANOTHER RECAP AND OUR ANNUAL WARRANT RESOLUTION, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DID.

WE JUST WRAPPED UP MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK AND WE ATTEND A BIANNUAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AS THE LAWS CHANGE EACH YEAR.

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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM.

THANK YOU. WHO'S GOT SOME QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR WILLIS? THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON PAGE SEVEN.

YOU WERE NOTING THAT OF THE 4.4 MILLION, 3.2 IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OR FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THAT 1.2 MILLION WOULD BE ONGOING ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.

SO WHAT'S THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

AND DOES THIS OFFSET THIS, OR ARE WE EXPECTING AN ADDITIONAL $1.2 MILLION IN MAINTENANCE EVERY YEAR? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE IS AROUND 1.1.11.2.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT.

THAT'S WHAT TO KEEP OUR SYSTEM ONGOING.

THE 3.2 IS TO IMPLEMENT IT, GET IT ON BOARD.

BUT TO KEEP THE SYSTEM GOING RIGHT NOW IT'S RANGING FROM BETWEEN 1.1 AND 1.2 MILLION.

YES, MA'AM. SO IN THIS NEXT YEAR THERE'LL BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND THEN THE OLD ONE WILL GO AWAY.

AND THAT 1.1 IN MAINTENANCE.

AND NOW IT'LL, YOU'LL COME IN WITH MAINTAINING THE NEW SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE THE 1.2 MILLION.

CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHY THAT SYSTEM WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

HAVE WE EXPLORED OTHER REVENUE OR FUNDING BUCKETS? SO THIS IS A GENERAL FUND FUNDED DEPARTMENT.

AND THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EITHER GET A GRANT OR SOME OTHER RESOURCES FOR THAT, WE'D BE OPEN TO THAT.

I JUST NOT SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF ANY AT THIS TIME.

AND SO THIS IS TRADITIONALLY THE MECHANISM FOR FUNDING THE COURT OPERATIONS AND COURT IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT WE COULD USE ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS.

I BELIEVE YOU COULD PROBABLY USE ARPA FUNDS.

IF IT'S ELIGIBLE, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON THE ARPA FUNDS, AND I WOULD ONLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT FOR THE ONE TIME COST AS OPPOSED TO THE ONGOING COST.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE ON THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS FOR THAT.

YEAH. SO SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT WENT TO GENERAL TO MULTI FUND SEEM LIKE THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE ELIGIBLE AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION COULD BE OFFSET THAT WAY INSTEAD OF THROUGH GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN ON SLIDE 12 THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ODD PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

PULL IT UP. THE PERCENTAGE OF PARKING ADJUDICATION HEARINGS CONDUCTED IN PERSON.

WHY? WHY IS THAT THE IMPORTANT MEASURE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW? SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IN DEFENSE TO GREG IN HIS NEW ROLE, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING, MODIFYING THESE AND GOING FORWARD.

THIS IS WHAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN HE GOT HERE LAST YEAR.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON TO ENHANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THIS IS ONE SPECIFICALLY I'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

MEANING THIS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING A BETTER OR WORSE JOB, DEPENDING ON IF YOU'RE IN PERSON OR NOT FOR THIS KIND OF ADJUDICATION.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THE WAIT TIME.

THAT YOU'RE BEING TIMELY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU REVIEWING THAT.

I HOPE YOU'LL BRING FORWARD DIFFERENT ONE DIFFERENT ONES.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

AND MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE RELATED TO PERCENT OF CASES RESOLVED.

WHICH WOULD MAYBE GIVE AN INDICATION TO COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC THAT THINGS ARE MOVING ALL THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THAT YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO RESOLUTION.

YES, MA'AM. COUNCILWOMAN WE'LL GET THAT UPDATED NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT, TOO, WITH HOW WE REPORT THINGS ON THE DASHBOARD.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LOGICAL TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DASHBOARDS AT THIS POINT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT, YES, BUT I DO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT EVERY MONTH.

BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO EVERY DASHBOARD EVERY MONTH.

SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT ONE CHANGE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. REPORT. WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT ONE.

HERE WE GO. RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS TRAVIS HOUSTON.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

I'LL GIVE IT JUST A SECOND TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT AGAIN, TRAVIS HOUSTON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND RIGHT INTO SLIDE THREE HERE.

THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

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SO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

OH I'M SORRY, BACK ONE.

THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A RESILIENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE DEDICATED TO THE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE THROUGH PRESERVATION OF LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN OUR GOALS ARE REALLY WE SERVE A COORDINATION ROLE ACROSS ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THE CITY RESPOND AND SUPPORT THE RESPONSE TO LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS, MANAGE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

REALLY, BOTH OUR MISSION AND OUR GOALS, WHAT THEY REALLY COME DOWN TO IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HELP THE CITY PREPARE TO RESPOND AND RECOVER FROM DISASTERS AND ALSO GROW OUR PREPAREDNESS CAPABILITIES AS AN ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS PREPAREDNESS CAPABILITIES.

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SO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONAL CHART REALLY IS IN THREE BRANCHES.

SO PLANNING AND READINESS THAT'S ALL OF THE TRAINING AND EXERCISE AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH AND RECOVERY.

THAT'S PRIMARILY OUR PUBLIC FACING ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MASS CARE THINGS THAT WE DO, LIKE SHELTERING AND THEN FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT'S OF COURSE, OEMS FINANCE, BUT ALSO OEM MANAGES THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE IS OUR TOTAL BUDGET, ALL OF OUR FUNDS OF THE GENERAL FUND IN FY 2324 1.2 2425.

IT'S ALSO 1.2, A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THEN THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE AND REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM MAKE UP THE REST OF OUR FUNDING.

AND SO IN TOTAL OUR, OUR OVERALL OPERATING COSTS ARE 23, 24, 2.9 AND IT'LL BE 3.1 IS PLANNED IN 24-25. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE HAVE FIVE GENERAL FUND POSITIONS THAT IS NOT CHANGING AND THEN 16 CURRENT GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING ONE ADDITIONAL ONE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT.

AND IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 22 POSITIONS.

FIVE GENERAL FUND, 17 OR PLANNED 17 GRANT FUNDED.

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AND THEN A BUDGET SUMMARY BY SERVICE, REALLY WE JUST HAVE THE ONE LINE HERE, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

A LOT OF OUR STUFF IS FUNDED BY GRANTS, AND SO WE'LL JUST GO AND JUMP RIGHT INTO THE NEXT SLIDE TO BREAK THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO OPERATING EXPENSE AND REVENUE PERSONNEL SERVICE REALLY MAKES UP ABOUT HALF OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

AND THEN THE REST OF IT, THEY'RE THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER SERVICES.

THAT'S PRIMARILY OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN MAINTENANCE AND THINGS, AND THEN ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS COSTS SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WHEN WE ACTIVATE THE EOC, HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE IMMEDIATE UPFRONT COSTS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THERE, CAPITAL OUTLAY.

WE HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEEN RECEIVING AN ENHANCEMENT TO WORK ON REPLACING AEDS IN THE CITY AND SO IN 22-23, WE GOT KIND OF A LARGER ENHANCEMENT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

AND THEN ONGOING, WE HAVE A YEARLY BUDGET TO START REPLACING AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH REPLACING THAT AT CITY FACILITIES.

AND THEN I I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT REIMBURSEMENTS, YOU'LL SEE IT WAS A LOT MORE SIGNIFICANT IN 22-23.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF REIMBURSEMENTS WE GOT FROM FEMA FOR WINTER STORM URI.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A LOT MORE THERE.

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PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

I WON'T READ THEM ALL, BUT THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT OEM REPORTS ON REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE JUMP RIGHT INTO SUMMARY OF SERVICES.

SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO IN OEM IS OPERATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THAT'S HERE IN CITY HALL, L 2AN, COME DOWN AND VISIT ANY TIME.

THAT'S WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS.

WE BRING EVERYBODY INTO THE ROOM AND WE COORDINATE TO HELP SUPPORT THE ON SCENE RESPONSE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE SOME OF OUR STANDING OBJECTIVES AND READINESS LEVELS, ETC..

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EMERGENCY PLANNING IS A KEY THING THAT OEM DOES.

PLANNING IS A CYCLE.

YOU'RE NEVER REALLY DONE WITH PLANNING.

SO AS SOON AS YOU FINISH ONE PLAN, YOU'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE AND TIME YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT, YOU'RE NEEDING TO UPDATE THE PLAN.

CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS IS A KEY PART OF WHAT WE DO.

THIS YEAR, WE PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 44 DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO TRANSITION ALL OF OUR MASTER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN ANNEX INTO EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, WHICH IS REALLY MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN YOU'RE TAKING AN ALL HAZARDS LOOK.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE FUNCTION THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO TO RESPOND AS OPPOSED TO THE HAZARD ITSELF.

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ALERTS AND WARNINGS. SO WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF TWO OF, I'M SORRY, TEN NEW OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS.

AND THAT MAKES OUR TOTAL 178 SYSTEM WIDE.

WE'RE ALSO TRANSITIONING THOSE SIRENS TO THE P25, AND WE'VE MOVED TO A NEW NOTIFICATION SOFTWARE.

TRAINING AND EXERCISE, WE CONDUCTED FOUR TABLETOP EXERCISES LAST YEAR, AND WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE OTHER TRAININGS LIKE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM TRAINING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE HELD EIGHT COURSES IN FY 23.

ONE OF THE NEWER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS HOLDING AT LEAST ONE SPANISH, ALL SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE EACH YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO ROLL THAT OUT.

AND IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE CERT PROGRAM.

WE'VE TRAINED 5220 INDIVIDUALS, AND EACH YEAR WE DELIVER MANY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATIONS.

LAST YEAR WE DID 48 TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

ONE THING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE CREATED AN OEM COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROGRAM.

WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD WAY TO ORGANIZE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME EXISTING GROUPS LIKE VOAD WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOW US TO BRING IN NON TRADITIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE PARTNERS THAT MAY ALREADY BE SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY BUT DON'T HAVE A TRADITIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE ROLE.

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AND THEN ON THE FINANCE AND ADMIN SIDE, GRANT MANAGEMENT IN FY 24 WE WERE AWARDED SIX POINTS, JUST UNDER $6.6 MILLION FROM THE UAC PROGRAM.

AND THIS YEAR WE WERE AWARDED 5.8.

SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP THERE THAT WAS NATIONWIDE, THERE WAS A DROP IN THAT FUNDING.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE RCPGP PROGRAM.

WE HAD RECEIVED SOME REIMBURSEMENTS IN FY 24 SPECIFICALLY FOR COVID VACCINATION SITES, AND WE ACTUALLY CLOSED OUT A 2015 DISASTER FINANCIAL RECOVERY FOR THE 20 15TH MAY FLOODS.

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MORE AGAIN.

SO UPDATE ON BUDGET INITIATIVES.

THE UPDATES TO THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS WE INSTALLED THE TEN MOVING THEM TO TO P25, AND WE'VE TESTED THEM ALL.

THEY'RE ALL UP AND RUNNING AND WORKING.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE AED ENHANCEMENT, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THESE AEDS ARE AND GET THEM ON A REPLACEMENT PLAN AS WELL AS ONGOING SUPPORT.

AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FOR FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO PROBABLY EVERY DEPARTMENT IS GETTING THAT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE A PERFORMANCE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE SIZE OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, LIKE ONE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE YOU HAVE, ALMOST.

SO, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ONE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CERT TRAININGS THAT YOU'RE DOING OR PARTICIPANTS WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW TO PLAN AND ALSO BE THAT VOICE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I WOULD LOVE THAT.

AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING WHAT OUR APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORWARD, ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE IT'S COUNCIL THAT APPROVES THEM, THAT COULD PERHAPS BE ONE.

I THINK THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON AED PLACEMENT AND CITY FACILITIES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I'D LOVE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO HAVE THAT AS ALSO A PERFORMANCE MEASURE SO THAT YOU CAN SAY YOU CAN GET TO THAT 100.

ONCE YOU GET TO 100, THAT COULD DROP OFF, BUT IT WILL HELP KEEP THE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THOSE ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR MOST CRITICAL LOCATIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION ON THE ALERTING SYSTEMS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF SIGN UP FOR ALERTING SYSTEM AS A PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATION PLANS, WHICH ARE SO ESSENTIAL, AND SADLY, WE HAVE HAD TO INVOKE THEM AND PERHAPS HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME FRAME THAT'S APPROPRIATE IS, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS HAD THEIRS REVIEWED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, WHATEVER THAT THAT TIME FRAME WITHIN YOUR INDUSTRY IS APPROPRIATE.

BUT THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN HOLD DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENSURING THAT IT IS UP TO DATE, BECAUSE THINGS DO CHANGE HERE A LOT.

AND AND THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR A DEPARTMENT WITHOUT YOU SORT OF PESTERING THEM, SAYING THIS

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AND I SEE THE SMILE OF RECOGNITION THERE.

SO PERHAPS IF YOU SAY, LOOK, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE, YOU KNOW, MENDELSOHN IS GOING TO ASK ABOUT IT.

RIGHT? LIKE, LIKE I JUST THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THAT WOULD MATTER AGAIN TO THE CITY AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND REALLY MAKE THEM THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUING THE HIGH FUNCTIONING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND YOU REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, HELPING KEEP US ON TRACK IN SO MANY WAYS.

BUT I'M NOT SURE THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES REALLY HIT THE NAIL OF WHAT IS ESSENTIAL ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY.

WELL I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THIS IS GETTING QUEUED UP AND WE CAN START AT SLIDE THREE.

KEVIN ODEN, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AT THE DAIS THIS AFTERNOON.

SO THE MISSION OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY IS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING THROUGH ALTERNATIVE NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WE ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION THROUGH SEVEN GOALS THAT WE'VE SET FOR OURSELVES.

AND TO A COMMENT THE CHAIR MADE EARLIER, WE TRACK THE OUTCOMES OF ALL OF THESE GOALS ON OUR DASHBOARD.

WHICH COMING UP IN ITEM F, AND IF YOU DON'T FIND YOURSELF LOOKING AND DIGGING INTO THE DASHBOARDS NOW, I GUARANTEE YOU WHEN YOU GET THE, THE, THE CAPABILITY OF OUR TOOL YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF GOING THROUGH DASHBOARDS TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.

SLIDE FOUR, PLEASE.

THIS IS THE ORG CHART OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WHAT I WANT TO NOTE ON THIS IS THAT OF THE POSITIONS AND THE BUDGET THAT WILL RUN THROUGH IN HERE.

THAT'S REALLY ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE ACTUAL POSITIONS AND BUDGET THAT WE MANAGE ON A DAY, DAY TO DAY BASIS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING.

AND SO SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT COME FROM OTHER PARTNERS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.

AND THEN MANY OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE CARRY OUT AS A DEPARTMENT ARE IN THE LIGHT BLUE.

WE CAN MOVE TO SLIDE FIVE WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE TOTAL BUDGET OF ALL FUNDS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANT FUNDS THAT WE'RE REPORTING ON.

SO OUR GENERAL FUND IS EXPECTED TO GROW ONLY SLIGHTLY IN 2425 THROUGH THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF BUDGETS. ON SLIDE SIX, YOU WILL SEE A POSITION OVERVIEW.

AND THE ONE POSITION THAT WE DO HAVE THAT IS ON A GRANT.

THAT GRANT ENDS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AND THAT IS A SENIOR PROJECT SPECIALIST.

THERE ARE NO PLANNED CHANGES FOR FTES ON THE GENERAL FUND.

ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU WILL SEE A BREAKDOWN OF OUR SERVICES IN PERSONNEL, SUPPLIES, CAPITAL AND OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF THAT FROM FY 22 MOVING FORWARD.

JUST AS A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF WHERE OUR BUDGET'S GOING.

ON SLIDE EIGHT, YOU WILL SEE OUR BUDGET BOOK PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

AND I WANT TO PROVIDE JUST A QUICK BIT OF CONTEXT ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERCENTAGE OF CRISIS CALLS HANDLED BY RIGHT CARE TEAM.

YOU SEE THAT OUR TARGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 80% OF THE TIME THAT THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CALL OR A SIGNAL 46, IN POLICING LINGO, THAT A RIGHT CARE TEAM IS PRESENT, AND CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 56.5% ON THAT.

SO YOU WOULD PERHAPS THINK THAT THERE IS LESS OUTPUT OCCURRING ON THE PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, WE INCLUDE THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS, AND WE'VE PROJECTED THAT OUT FOR 2024.

AND WE'RE ON PACE TO STAY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRENDING TOWARDS THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT THE RIGHT CARE TEAMS ARE BEING REQUESTED MUCH MORE OFTEN BY PATROL, TO GO ON SIGNALS THAT ARE NOT INITIALLY CODED AS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, AND THEY'RE ASSISTING PATROL IN THOSE CALLS.

WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE ON THIS PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

I THINK WHEN WE CREATED IT WE USE THIS AS A GOOD MEASURE WHEN RIGHT, CARE WAS ONLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND ONLY ON TWO OF THE THREE SHIFTS.

AND IT WAS HELPFUL AS WE HAVE GROWN AND EXPANDED.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY THAT WE NEED TO TRACK THIS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A BETTER OUTCOME MEASURE FOR THAT.

AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE TO GET THAT IN FOR 24-25.

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WE ARE BASICALLY BROKEN UP INTO THREE BLOCKS.

FIRST IS CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SECOND IS OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OPERATIONS.

AND THEN THIRD IS OUR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.

AND YOU CAN SEE MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THOSE SERVICES ON THIS SLIDE.

ON SLIDE TEN, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE OUT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CONTRACT WITH URBAN SPECIALIST.

AND THE DESCRIPTION IS TO THE RIGHT, A SECOND VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CONTRACT WITH YOUTH GUIDANCE THAT SUPPORTS THE MAYOR'S SUMMER OF SAFETY INITIATIVE.

WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTRACT WITH METRO CARE SERVICES, WHICH I JUST AS A QUICK EDITORIAL I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL CONTRACT WE HAVE IN ALL OF THE CITY IN JUST POUND FOR POUND, HELPING PEOPLE.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS SLATED FOR AWARD THIS SUMMER.

THE FIRST IS A THIRD VIOLENCE INTERVENTION RELATED TO COMMUNITY CENTRIC EFFORTS.

AND THEN FINALLY A BLIGHT REMEDIATION, WHERE WE HOPE TO DO PROACTIVE REMEDIATION, KIND OF TAKE OUT SOME OF THE BUREAUCRACY OF THAT PROCESS AND MOVE TOWARDS JUST GETTING THINGS DONE IN THE HIGH RISK AREAS.

AND THEN FINALLY, MY FAVORITE SLIDE OF ALL OF THIS, AND ONE THAT THAT WE PROBABLY WORKED THE HARDEST ON, WE WANTED TO SHOW THE COMMITTEE WHERE WE STARTED WHEN WE WERE FIRST CREATED IN FY 21, AND HOW THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE IN OUR BUDGET HAVE GROWN, BUT THEN ALSO OUR OUTCOME MEASURES HAVE GROWN OVER TIME WITH THAT EXPANSION OF BUDGET.

AND THEN FINALLY ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THE METRICS WHERE WE'VE PROJECTED OUT, WHERE WE BELIEVE WILL BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY OF SHOWING BOTH WHERE OUR BUDGET IS AND WHERE SOME OF THE OTHER BUDGETS.

THAT MAKE UP IPS COME INTO AND JUST HOW WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY ON A MYRIAD OF FRONTS.

WITH THAT SAID, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME FOR THIS AND ALL OF THE OTHER BUDGET BRIEFINGS THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE.

ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST THIS FIRST ONE, WHICH THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES UP FRONT.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.

BUT MY QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT METRO CARE.

GREAT AGENCY.

I CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO WHAT YOU DO.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THEIR MISSION IS.

AND THE COUNTY ROBUSTLY FUNDS METRO CARE.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S PART OF THE CITY BUDGET AT ALL.

YES, MA'AM. WHEN THE ORIGINAL REAL CHANGE INITIATIVE CAME OUT, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS IMPROVING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESS IN THE COMMUNITIES.

AND SO WE KIND OF TRIED TO LOOK AT WHERE ARE THE PRESSURE POINTS ON RESIDENTS AND ACCESSING THESE SERVICES OR BEING ABLE TO HAVE THESE SERVICES STICK.

AND WE DETERMINED THAT BASICALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT OUTSIDE OF LIKE THE, THE INSURANCE OR THE MEDICARE OR THE MEDICAID, THE RUNAROUND THAT OFTENTIMES SERVES AS BARRIERS TO RESIDENTS EVEN GETTING IN THE DOOR IS AN AREA THAT WE COULD IMPROVE.

AND SO HOW WE UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT IS MANY TIMES OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION FOLKS ON A REFERRAL OR EVEN ON AN INITIAL CALL THEY WILL UTILIZE THE SERVICES OF METRO CARE TO SCHEDULE A SAME DAY APPOINTMENT, TAKE YOU TO YOUR APPOINTMENT.

YOU CAN GET ASSESSED, GET DETERMINED WHAT POTENTIAL ENTITLEMENTS OR BENEFITS YOU CAN GET SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LONGER TERM SET UP IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE DOOR FACILITATION.

OFTENTIMES THE BARRIERS ARE JUST TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT DOES AND WHY WE BELIEVE THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION WE BENEFIT GREATLY FROM HAVING THAT.

SO AGAIN, I THINK THEY'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE WORKING IN THIS MANNER WITH THEM.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.

SO WE HAVE DESIGNATED OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY, WHICH INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH, TO THE COUNTY, AND WITH THAT, THEY'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A DUPLICATION.

AND IF IT'S ACCESS BEYOND WHAT IS METRO CARE'S NORM, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE FUNDING. I DON'T I DON'T SEE WHERE THIS IS A CITY INITIATIVE UNLESS WE WANT TO TAKE BACK OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY.

SO IF I COULD ASK KEVIN TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR YOUR QUESTION, ONE IS, KEVIN, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY SERVICES THAT WE GET FROM METRO CARE.

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SO TO YOUR POINT, IT IS EXTRA BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY RECEIVE FROM THEM.

SO, KEVIN, COULD YOU EXPLAIN ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY DO PROVIDE WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY THE.

YEAH. SO I'LL GIVE YOU TWO BASIC EXAMPLES.

WE HAD AN ISSUE A FEW WEEKS AGO, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION WHERE WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY SHELTER OR ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO A MOM AND KIDS.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS CONTRACT TO GET THEM SERVED AND GET THEM INTO A HOTEL, AND THEN ALSO HELP TRY TO FIND WHERE WE COULD PUT THEM LONGER TERM.

SO THAT WAS ONE VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN LIKE THE SAME MINUTE WHEN SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES WERE JUST OVERWHELMED WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER NEEDS AND THINGS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WE RUN INTO QUITE FREQUENTLY IS FOOD INSECURITY, CLOTHING, OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED DAY TO DAY, THAT WE UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT TO HELP US LEVERAGE IN AN IMMEDIATE MOMENT.

IF WE CAN'T GET THROUGH A FOOD BANK OR THROUGH ONE OF THE SHELTERS OR OTHER WAYS.

AND SO THESE TYPES OF THINGS ALL KIND OF ADD UP TO HELP US MEET NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, NOT JUST ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SIDE, BUT JUST GENERAL DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES OF LIVING.

OKAY, SO MAYBE I'M NOT BEING SPECIFIC ENOUGH ABOUT MY QUESTION.

IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK METRO CARE SHOULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INCOME FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR STANDARD CARE.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS, NOT THE CITY, AND I UNDERSTAND, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO VISIT WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND SEEING HOW WE CAN APPROACH THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT THIS CONTRACT GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BRIEFING? NO. OKAY.

LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT.

WE ACTUALLY MAY HAVE HAD THAT, WE HAVE THEM ALL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE UP TO BRIEFING MEMOS.

OUR FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARD.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? OKAY, I HAVE 1 OR 2.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE HIGHER THAN WE'D LIKE.

HOWEVER, THEY SEEM TO HAVE COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FOR PRIORITY TWOS AND THREES EVEN AS WE'VE LOST OFFICERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING THAT.

BUT IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS REALLY ABOUT THE CLEARANCE RATES.

WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON ANY OF OUR AGENDAS TALKING ABOUT CLEARANCE RATES LATELY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING IN THERE.

AND PERHAPS THE DISCUSSION OF THE INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION WILL ASSIST WITH THIS, BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO HELP INCREASE THE CLEARANCE RATES? OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR A BRIEFING FOR THIS ONE? AS CHIEF SHED COMES TO THE PODIUM, SHE CAN CERTAINLY DELAY THIS TO ANOTHER BRIEFING IF SHE NEEDS TO, WITHOUT BEING PREPARED TO PROVIDE SPECIFICS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAD ANYTHING SHE MIGHT WANT TO ADD, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING AT A FUTURE MEETING.

YEAH, I DO THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE OUR PREFERENCE.

I MEAN, I CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT IT'D PROBABLY BE BEST IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

SO. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST TIME I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS JUST THE BUDGET.

SO CLEARLY YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEED OVER TIME DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE ALSO BELOW STAFFING OF WHERE YOU EXPECTED.

ARE YOU? I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HIT TOTAL BUDGET NUMBER.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT? OH, HERE COMES MARTIN. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARTIN'S COMING DOWN.

CHIEF FARGO MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MARTIN WANTED TO.

OKAY. SO THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND OVERTIME AND JUST TOTAL BUDGET? OVERTIME. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE BELOW IN STAFFING.

I MEAN, ARE YOU JUST EXPECTING TO OFFSET THOSE TWO? UP TO THIS POINT? THE FORECAST UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE WITH SALARY SAVINGS.

HOWEVER WE ARE LOOKING WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THIS WEEK, RIGHT NOW, TODAY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT OUR ATTRITION NUMBERS, WHEN WE DO OUR FORECASTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECTION OF HIRING ATTRITION, MEAN CONFER. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES.

WE WE ARE THANKFULLY SEEING A LESSER AMOUNT OF ATTRITION, BUT THAT'S ALSO SHOWING US A FORECAST OF INCREASED SALARIES.

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RIGHT UP TO THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE TRUE GOING FORWARD? I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW AT THIS MOMENT.

OKAY. WE CAN ASK AGAIN NEXT MONTH.

IT'S ALL GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER DASHBOARDS? NO. BRIEFING MEMO G.

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT REVIEW OF NON ADJUDICATED CASES WHERE THEY'RE ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I APPRECIATE GETTING THE NEW LIST.

AND I STILL SAW SOME THINGS ON THAT LIST THAT SEEMED A LITTLE CONCERNING.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK THIS PROCESS.

DO WE SEND A MEMO OR, I MEAN, I'M SEEING THINGS LIKE ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, DRAG RACING OPERATING A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S AS I WENT THROUGH THE LIST, MOST OF THEM SEEMED OKAY, BUT THEN THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE STILL JUMPING OUT, ESPECIALLY AROUND SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN. I'LL DEFER TO MR. RODNEY ON THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

RODNEY PATTON, CHIEF OF PROSECUTION.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TWO LISTS.

ONE LIST IS THOSE THAT ARE INCLUDED AND ONE LIST OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED, THE CIVIL VIOLATIONS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE CIVIL VIOLATIONS, ARE THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COURT'S JURISDICTION THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED OR WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROGRAM.

SO SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU AND I DON'T I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE READ OFF MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE EXCLUDED LIST, NOT ON THE INCLUDED LIST.

SO I KNOW YOU WERE PROVIDED TWO LISTS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.

WELL, PERHAPS THE CONFUSION IS AND I AND I DIDN'T CATCH THIS IS THERE ARE TWO LISTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT LABELED AS EXCLUDED OR INCLUDED.

SO WE NEED TO PROBABLY FOLLOW UP ONE MORE TIME.

GET WE'LL GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK WITH CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

AND MY APOLOGIES TO THE COMMITTEE.

I DIDN'T CATCH THAT EITHER.

SO. CORRECT.

WELL, HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE ON THE YES, SIR.

WE'LL FOLLOW UP NEXT NEXT MONTH ONCE AGAIN ON THIS ON ON THIS.

AND MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR WHICH ONES ARE EXCLUDED, WHICH ONES ARE INCLUDED.

RIGHT. BOTH LISTS ARE TITLE I'M SORRY.

BOTH LISTS ARE TITLE ONE IS TITLE INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S BEEN PROVIDED.

YEAH. AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT THIS WEEK SO WE COULD GO ON AND PUT THIS TO REST.

WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON TOMORROW AND GET YOU THAT LIST.

THE UPDATED LIST OF THE INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED CASES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT ONE IS OUR TFR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

WE ARE DOWN TO JUST THE TWO STATIONS 11 AND 56.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? I GUESS PLEASE FINISH 56 SOMETIME SOON.

OKAY. MAYBE NEW THINGS NOT HAPPEN TO 56.

OKAY, I IS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE FROM DFR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? ALL GOOD. OKAY, LET'S GO TO H.

THIS IS THE FIRST RESPONDERS STREET TOPPER UPDATE.

SO IT'S JUST A MEMO.

WE'LL HAVE A BRIEFING NEXT MONTH.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.

AND THE NEXT WOULD BE K, THIS IS A VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM? NO. OKAY.

WE'VE GOT TWO AGENDA ITEMS COMING UP, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.

NO. OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA AND THE TIME IS 338 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASE.

SO IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL PLAN.

YOU CAN'T PUT A DOLLAR VALUE ON THAT.

BUT AS THE FINANCE PERSON, I CAN PUT A COST ESTIMATE ON WHAT IT TAKES TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

AND IT'S ABOUT $8 MILLION PER YEAR, AND THAT'S FOR ABOUT 45 FULL TIME PEOPLE, STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK THIS PLAN.

SLIDE 14.

THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING OVERTIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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AND THEN IT ALSO SHOWS THE PREVIOUS YEAR INFORMATION.

THE ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WHY WE SPEND OVERTIME.

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR OVERTIME IS REIMBURSED FOR WORK WE DO AT AVIATION OR AT THE STATE FAIR OR OUR FEDERAL TASK FORCES.

WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL PROJECTS THAT WE WE WE SPECIFICALLY WORK.

WE HAVE OVERTIME FOR PATROL, INVESTIGATIVE, AND THEN ALSO FOR ANY OTHER EXTRAORDINARY EVENT LIKE PROTESTS OR WEATHER EVENT.

SLIDE 15.

SO TECHNOLOGY IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COST FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

WE DO. WE DO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES US MORE EFFICIENT AND SAFE SAFETY OF THE OFFICER AND THE CITIZENS.

AND I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE TASERS, BODY WORN CAMERAS, DASH CAMERAS, DRONES.

AND ON THE TABLE YOU CAN SEE THE COUNT AND DOLLAR AMOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE.

SLIDE 16.

SO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A VERY ACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUREAU.

WE ATTEND OVER 3000 EVENTS PER YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE A YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM, A FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM.

WE SUPPORT RIGHT CARE.

WE HAVE A UNIDOS AND LGBTQ LIAISON.

AND WE ALSO WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A SCHOOL RESOURCE PROGRAM.

SLIDE 17.

THIS TABLE SHOWS A GRAPH THAT HAS THREE THINGS.

IT HAS THE AUTHORIZED STRENGTH COUNT FOR THE DEPARTMENT, THE ACTUAL STRENGTH COUNT, AND THEN A LINE GRAPH WHICH IS IN GREEN SHOWING THE THE THE POPULATION GROWTH FOR THE DFW METROPLEX.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN THE ORANGE THAT'S THE HEAD COUNT.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT HAS ACTUALLY GONE DOWN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHILE THE GREEN LINE HAS IS UP INTO THE RIGHT.

SO THE POPULATION FOR THE METROPLEX IS GOING UP.

AND THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH PEOPLE MIGHT LIVE IN COLLIN COUNTY OR DENTON COUNTY OR SURROUNDING COUNTY, THEY WORK IN DALLAS, THEY VISIT DALLAS, THEY COME THROUGH DALLAS.

THOSE ALL ADD TO THE COST FOR SERVICE FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE THE BUDGET AND DEVELOPMENT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS TREND.

SLIDE 18.

NOW I'LL GET MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THREE THINGS HERE.

THE FIRST THERE'S THREE A GRAPH THREE DIFFERENT GRAPHS.

ONE IS THE HIRING GRAPH ON THE TOP LEFT.

THE SECOND WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT OF THAT IS THE ATTRITION GRAPH SHOWING THE ATTRITION OVER SEVERAL YEARS.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM IS THE NET CHANGE WHICH IS BASICALLY THE NUMBER IMPACT TO THE DEPARTMENT.

AND I'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO FISCAL YEAR 21, 22 AND 23.

THOSE ACTUALLY HAD NEGATIVE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, MEANING WE LOST MORE OFFICERS THAN WHAT WE HIRED.

SO THE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF SWORN COUNT DID SHRINK DURING THOSE THAT TIME.

HOWEVER, IN 24 AND 25, WE DO ANTICIPATE POSITIVE GROWTH.

SLIDE 19.

SO WE ALSO HAVE OUR ACADEMY AND TRAINING IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DO THE ACADEMY DOES PROVIDE A BROAD RANGE OF TRAINING TO ALL OFFICERS TO SUPPORT THE GOAL OF MAINTAINING SAFETY WHILE PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.

AND WE TRAIN ON IMPLICIT BIAS, ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, ACTIVE BYSTANDER TRAINING, DE-ESCALATION, AND LESS LETHAL TACTICS.

AND IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT CONDUCTS A USE OF FORCE AUDIT FOR US.

SLIDE 20.

911 COMMUNICATIONS IS ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PART OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THAT UNIT.

AND IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY MET THE CALL ANSWERING GOALS, WHICH IS TO ANSWER CALLS 90% OF CALLS WITHIN 10 SECOND.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, WE DO MEET THAT.

AND WE HAVE MET THAT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

SLIDE 21.

OUR FLEET IS ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR BUDGET.

WE DO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD HEALTHY FLEET TO TO TO COMPLETE THE MISSION.

CURRENTLY, 16% OF OUR PATROL FLEET IS ELIGIBLE FOR REPLACEMENT.

WE DO HAVE VEHICLES IN THE PIPELINE.

WE'RE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TODAY THAN WE WERE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

THE ARPA, THE INVESTMENT WITH ARPA FUNDING HAS HELPED US.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AND CONTINUALLY CONTINUING TO MONITOR THE HEALTH OF OUR FLEET GOING FORWARD.

SLIDE 22.

AND FINALLY, I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON BUDGET INITIATIVES.

IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE LAUNCHED AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO KEEP OFFICERS HERE THAT HAD REACHED 28 YEARS OF SERVICE AND TO KEEP THEM HERE FOR AT LEAST TWO MORE YEARS.

WE OFFERED IT TO 70 OFFICERS AND 70 OFFICERS DID SIGN UP.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR US.

AND IN 24 WE HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN TASERS, BODY WORN CAMERAS, FLOCK CAMERAS AND ALPR TECHNOLOGY.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON HIRING CIVILIAN PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT.

AND THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION.

I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. MARTIN.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS?

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SURE. THANK YOU.

SO I'LL START AT THE END WHERE YOU JUST FINISHED.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING THAT RETENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

IS THAT THE CASE? WE HAVE NOT OFFERED IT.

WE HAVE NOT LAUNCHED A SECOND COHORT OF THE PROGRAM.

WE ARE LOOKING AT VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT WOULD INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO STAY.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY IN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'VE NOT WE HAVE NOT LAUNCHED A SECOND COHORT PROGRAM YET.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO WORK BE WORKING ON THAT OVER THE SUMMER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING TO US.

YES. IN AUGUST. OKAY.

BECAUSE IT DOES. LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON THESE NUMBERS, IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE LOCKING, THE GEARS ARE LOCKING, AND WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH NOT HAVING AS MANY RETIRE AS WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IN.

SO I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT.

AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE ON LOOKING AT OVERTIME AND THEN SEEING WHERE SOME OF THE INCREASES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING ARE AROUND INVESTIGATIONS.

AND SO I SEE INVESTIGATIONS AS ONE AREA WHERE WE'VE GOT OVERTIME.

AND WAS THIS AN INTENTIONAL OFFSET OR LET ME GET TO THE SLIDE.

WHAT SLIDE IS THAT ON? WELL, THE WELL, SLIDE SEVEN IS WHERE YOU GO THROUGH BUDGET SUMMARY BY SERVICE.

AND I JUST AS I WAS NOTICING OR ACTUALLY, I WAS I WAS JUST LOOKING AT WHERE THE DIFFERENCES WERE BETWEEN 2324 AND THE PROPOSED OR PLANNED BUDGET AND JUST WHERE THE INCREASES FELL.

OFTENTIMES IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S HITTING CATEGORIES THAT ARE ABOUT INVESTIGATIONS.

AND SO ON PAGE 14, YOU NOTE THAT 13% OF THE OVERTIME IS DEDICATED TO INVESTIGATIONS.

SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THIS IS THINKING OF HOW TO OFFSET THAT.

OR THAT'S WHY WE'RE GROWING THE THE BUDGETS AND INVESTIGATIVE CATEGORIES.

YES. WELL, I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IF WE CAN INVEST IN DIFFERENT IF WE CAN INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT, THAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING THE INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU. I I'M NOT SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

SURE. SO SO, MARTIN, ON PAGE SEVEN, THE 24 FORECAST BUDGET WAS 91 MILLION.

THE PLAN 25 BUDGET IS 101.

I THINK SHE'S REFERRING TO THAT INCREASE THERE AS ONE OF THE PRIMARY INCREASES FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.

YES. AND SO IF YOU CAN MAYBE JUST HONE IN ON THAT, MAYBE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT INCREASE IS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRIMARILY STAFF.

AND I'LL HAVE TO GET MORE DETAILS, HONESTLY, TO KNOW, TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THAT INCREASE.

BUT IT'S USUALLY ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO BE STAFFED.

AN INCREASE IN STAFF AND STAFF SALARIES.

OKAY. I MEAN, I'M JUST I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE SPENDING ON OVERTIME AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT INTO THE BUDGET AND HAVE PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE ROLES, THAT IT WOULD BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE.

BUT ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN MORENO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

ON PAGE 16, IF YOU CAN JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY ON THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

ARE THAT IS THAT A 100% REIMBURSEMENT OR HOW DID WE LAND ON THAT? AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE PROPOSAL? WELL FOR THE SO ANY NEW AREA WHERE WE INCREASE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, WE THE FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAST TWO CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE HAD WITH INTRODUCING NEW SCHOOLS, IT HAS BEEN 100% REIMBURSEMENT.

OKAY. AND ARE WE AT ALL LOOKING AT THE STATE FOR DOLLARS FOR OUR RESOURCE OFFICERS IN WORKING WITH OUR ISDS? THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY INITIATIVE AS FAR AS PULLING STATE FUNDING FOR THAT THAT I KNOW OF.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.

ON PAGE SEVEN, I KNOW I LOOK AT 2022 GOING TO 2025.

IN THIS BUDGET, DO WE LOOK AT WHERE DO WE FIT IN MEETING AND CONFER.

MEETING AND CONFER.

WHAT ABOUT. WELL, WE ARE MEETING CONFER IS HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR BUDGETS.

AND PART OF WHY YOU MIGHT SEE AN INCREASE IN, IN OUR BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR IS TO MEET THE OBLIGATION OF MEET AND CONFER.

WELL, I DON'T SEE ANY HERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WHERE DO YOU.

WELL, ON ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU WOULD PROBABLY MORE BETTER.

IT WOULD BE A BETTER VIEW TO SEE IT ON SLIDE.

GIVE ME JUST A SECOND ON SLIDE EIGHT.

YOU MIGHT SEE THAT.

YOU MIGHT SEE THAT BETTER ON SLIDE EIGHT UNDER THE CATEGORY OF PERSONAL SERVICES, WHICH IS WHICH IS WHERE ALL THE COMPENSATION WOULD BE INCLUDED.

AND IT'S IN THAT CATEGORY WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THEN INCREASES OF SALARIES TO MEET THE TO TO FOR, MEET AND CONFER OBLIGATIONS.

AND I KNOW WE DO IT EVERY THREE YEARS.

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NO EVER YEAR, I GUESS I'M EVERY YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE MARKETING STEP INCREASES.

AND SO EVERY YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INCREASE IN OUR SALARIES.

SO WE PAY IT OUT EVERY THREE YEARS, RIGHT? IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.

SO SO SO, DEPUTY OR.

EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO TEM THE CONTRACT IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATIONS.

IN THAT CONTRACT, EACH YEAR OF THAT CONTRACT, WE CONDUCT AN ANNUAL SURVEY FOR SALARIES.

RIGHT. AND WE WE LOOK AT 16 COMPARATOR CITIES.

WE COME BACK AND WE TAKE THE AVERAGE.

AND THEN THAT'S WHAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS THE ANNUAL INCREASE FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

SO YOU'RE KIND OF BOTH RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S AN ANNUAL THERE'S A THREE YEAR PROCESS.

BUT IN THAT THREE YEAR PROCESS, THERE'S A ONE YEAR INCREMENTAL INCREASE BASED ON THE MARKET DATA THAT WE GET FROM A SURVEY THAT WE CONDUCT EACH FEBRUARY, APRIL TIME FRAME. RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE NUMBER EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, FORECAST.

AND IT VARIES BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE HALF A YEAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE HAVE THE SECOND FULL YEAR, AND THEN WE ADD ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, HALF A YEAR. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT FOR YOU.

BUT IT IS IT IS PART OF THESE I KNOW.

BUT I JUST LOVE TO SEE IT IN THERE, YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU. IF WE CAN PUT IT IN THERE JUST GIVE ME A MEMO.

I'LL SEND IT TO EVERYONE.

YES, WE CAN DO THAT.

YES. OKAY.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ALSO ABOUT THE MARKET RATE SALARY SURVEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

DO YOU HAVE A PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE UNIFORMLY SAYING, WE'VE SEEN A 7% INCREASE.

WE'VE SEEN A 5% INCREASE.

SO SO THE WAY. YEAH.

SO THE WAY THAT THE SURVEY WORKS PER THE CONFER CONTRACT, WE DO A SURVEY OF 16 COMPARATOR CITIES FOR POLICE AND 16 FOR FIRE.

AND WE TAKE THE ENTRY RANKS FOR EACH OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WE AND WE AVERAGE THOSE OUT.

AND WE'RE SEEING AN AVERAGE INCREASE OVER 7% IN THE MARKET THIS YEAR.

THE PLANNED PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU FOR 24-25 CONTEMPLATED SOMETHING ABOUT HALF OF THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT COMING TO YOU IN AUGUST.

WHEN YOU HAVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT'LL BE PROBABLY A MUCH LARGER NUMBER THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

OKAY. THAT'S WHY I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS SEVEN AND THAT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE 7% TO ME.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO ARE WE USING AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO DO THAT OR IS HR DOING THAT THAT MARKET SURVEY.

SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMITTEE OF FROM EACH OF THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT WORKS WITH AIR WILL GO DO THE ACTUAL SURVEY ITSELF.

BUT THEN WE COME BACK AND MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE, AND WE ALLOW EVERYBODY TO GO THROUGH IT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE'VE MISSED, ANYTHING THAT THEY SEE AS A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AN INCONSISTENCY IN SOMETHING.

AND THEN WE'LL DO SOME ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UPS AS NECESSARY.

BUT IT'S DONE IN HOUSE THROUGH THE HR DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION.

HE SET THE BAR HIGH FOR YOU GUYS.

WHO'S READY TO GO NEXT, I THINK.

GREG, GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND OSIRIS AND GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, PLEASE.

YES, COMMITTEE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GREGORY NELSON, THE DIRECTOR OF COURT.

MUNICIPAL COURT. AND TO MY LEFT HERE I HAVE OSIRIS, OUR OUR BUDGET MANAGER.

OKAY. TODAY WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT AND WHAT WE DO HERE, AND SOME OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET OF 2023.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE MUNICIPAL COURT HAS TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT UNDER US, WHICH IS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES, WHICH WE DO CITATION RESOLUTION WHICH IS PAYMENT OPTIONS TRIAL AND DISMISSALS, AND WE HAVE OUR PARKING ADJUDICATION OFFICE WILL BE CONTESTED PARKING TICKETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC BY EFFICIENTLY ADDRESSING COURT AND ADJUDICATION NEEDS.

OUR DEPARTMENT GOAL IS TO OBTAIN A 90% CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION RATE AND TO INCREASE OUR UTILIZATION OF OUR COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUT FOR BID RIGHT NOW.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID LAST YEAR.

IN 2023 CASES FILED 123, 137,000.

FINAL DISPOSITION IS 282,000 AND THE TOTAL HEARINGS THAT WE HAD AT THE COURT IS 149,000.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

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WE HAVE OUR RECORDS DIVISION, COURT SUPPORT COLLECTIONS, PARKING ADJUDICATION, OUR TECH DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR ARC CHART.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

OSIRIS. HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS OSIRIS MARQUEZ, AS HE MENTIONED BRIEFLY.

AND COULD YOU MOVE THAT MICROPHONE JUST RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE? YOU GOT TO, LIKE, ACTUALLY PULL THE WHOLE THING CLOSER.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO I'LL COVER OVER THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE MUNICIPAL DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM 23, OUR BUDGET DOES SHOW AN INCREASE TO OUR PLANNED BUDGET.

AND THAT IS ENLARGED DUE, LIKE HE MENTIONED, IS OUR REPLACEMENT COST FOR OUR COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE COURTHOUSE.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BREAK THROUGH, THAT 4.4 INCLUDES 3.2 IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THEN 1.2 IN THE ONGOING ANNUAL COST FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 66 POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE FUNDED FOR THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO WE DIDN'T KIND OF GIVE YOU A PREVIEW, BUT WE WERE CAUGHT IN DETENTION SERVICES, SO WE WENT THROUGH REORGANIZATION.

WHEN WE WENT INTO THE ADOPT OF THE 23-24 BUDGET.

SO RIGHT NOW, AS WE STAND AS THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 66 POSITIONS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YOU'LL SEE OUR BREAKDOWN HERE BY SUMMARY OF SERVICE.

SO LIKE HE MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO SERVICES UNDER THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT, WHICH IS MUNICIPAL COURT SERVICES AND OUR PARKING ADJUDICATION.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE THE INCREMENTAL, OF COURSE, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IS THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPLACEMENT COST THAT WE HAVE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE IS MORE IN DEPTH BY SERVICE OF OUR EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE.

SO OUR LARGE PART IS, OF COURSE, OUR PERSONNEL THAT YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE AN INCREASE.

BUT THE LARGE PART OF OUR BUDGET FOR 25 IS OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES THAT COST OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND OUR REVENUES THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE PROJECT FOR NEXT COMING.

AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

YOU'LL SEE OUR BUDGET THAT WE HAVE OF COLLECTION REVENUE.

THIS COMES FROM TRAFFIC CITATIONS, NON TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND CIVIL CITATIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE OUR TWO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BUDGET BOOK PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE PRETTY MUCH MEASURE OUR PERCENTAGE OF PARKING ADJUDICATION HEARINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

SO PREVIOUSLY, THEY USED TO BE HOUSED AT 320 EAST JEFFERSON.

WE TRANSITIONED THEM OVER TO THE MUNICIPAL COURTHOUSE TO DO THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING THEM THERE AND TRAVELING AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR CONTESTS, THEIR PARKING CITATIONS.

SO WE HAVE A TARGET OF THE 60% OUR AVERAGE WAIT TIME.

AND THAT'S FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WHEN THEY CHECK IN THROUGH OUR QUEUING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO PULL A TICKET FOR THEM, IT TAKES AND WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET UNDER TEN MINUTES FOR THEM TO GET CALLED AND GET SERVICED AT THE WINDOW.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO YEAH. SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR TECHNOLOGY, SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES AT THE COURTHOUSE.

TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES, JURY ONLINE AND OUR ONLINE JURY PORTAL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY WE'RE ABOUT TO ROLL OUT HERE.

COMMUNITY COURT CLERKS, WE LEASE OUT CLERKS TO OUR COMMUNITY COURT RECREATION CENTERS.

WE TRY TO WORK WITH THOSE BY HAVING WARRANT RESOLUTIONS THERE ANNUALLY.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS, MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK, CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK, AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND BUDGET TOWNHOUSE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SOME OF THE PARKING ADJUDICATION OFFICERS IS VIRTUALLY A MALE CONTESTED HEARINGS, REVIEW OF BOOT AND TOE ACCOUNTS, ORDER OF A LIABILITY AND DEFAULT NOTICES AND APPEAL PROCESS OF THE COURT RECORD. THAT IS SOME OF OUR PARKING ADJUDICATION ACTIVITIES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR TICKET AT THE COURT.

JUST AN OVERVIEW. ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE DEFERRED DISPOSITION DRIVER SAFETY COURSE, PAYMENT PLANS AND EXTINCTIONS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE HAVE COMPLIANCE, DISMISSALS, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TIME SERVED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THESE ARE JUST ANOTHER RECAP AND OUR ANNUAL WARRANT RESOLUTION, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DID.

WE JUST WRAPPED UP MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK AND WE ATTEND A BI ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AS THE LAWS CHANGE EACH YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE.

AND THIS CONCLUDES THE MUNICIPAL COURT OVERVIEW FOR THE BUDGET.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OF THEM.

THANK YOU. WHO'S GOT SOME QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR WILLIS? THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ON PAGE SEVEN.

YOU WERE NOTING THAT OF THE 4.4 MILLION, 3.2 IS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OR FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THAT 1.2 MILLION WOULD BE ONGOING ANNUAL MAINTENANCE.

SO WHAT'S THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

AND DOES THIS OFFSET THIS, OR ARE WE EXPECTING AN ADDITIONAL $1.2 MILLION IN MAINTENANCE EVERY YEAR?

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SO IT'S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT.

THAT'S WHAT TO KEEP OUR SYSTEM ONGOING.

THE 3.2 IS TO IMPLEMENT IT, GET IT ON BOARD.

BUT TO KEEP THE SYSTEM GOING RIGHT NOW IT'S RANGING FROM BETWEEN 1.1 AND 1.2 MILLION.

YES, MA'AM. SO IN THIS NEXT YEAR THERE'LL BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND THEN THE OLD ONE WILL GO AWAY.

AND THAT 1.1 IN MAINTENANCE.

AND NOW IT'LL, YOU'LL COME IN WITH MAINTAINING THE NEW SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE THE 1.2 MILLION.

CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WELL, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHY THAT SYSTEM WOULD COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

HAVE WE EXPLORED OTHER REVENUE OR FUNDING BUCKETS? SO MISS MCCOURT IS A GENERAL FUND FUNDED DEPARTMENT.

AND THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EITHER GET A GRANT OR SOME OTHER RESOURCES FOR THAT, WE'D BE OPEN TO THAT.

I JUST I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF ANY AT THIS TIME.

AND SO THIS IS TRADITIONALLY THE MECHANISM FOR FUNDING THE COURT OPERATIONS AND COURT IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT WE COULD USE ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS.

I BELIEVE YOU COULD PROBABLY USE ARPA FUNDS.

IF IT'S ELIGIBLE, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK ON THE ARPA FUNDS, AND I WOULD ONLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT FOR THE ONE TIME COST AS OPPOSED TO THE ONGOING COST.

BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO JUST FOLLOW UP WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE ON THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS FOR THAT.

YEAH. SO SOME OF THE DOLLARS THAT WENT TO GENERAL TO MULTI FUND SEEM LIKE THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE ELIGIBLE AND I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF THAT IMPLEMENTATION, PURCHASE AND IMPLEMENTATION COULD BE OFFSET THAT WAY INSTEAD OF THROUGH GENERAL FUND.

AND THEN ON SLIDE 12 THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ODD PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

PULL IT UP. THE PERCENTAGE OF PARKING ADJUDICATION HEARINGS CONDUCTED IN PERSON.

WHY? WHY IS THAT THE IMPORTANT MEASURE FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW? SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IN DEFENSE TO GREG IN HIS NEW ROLE, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF DISCUSSING, MODIFYING THESE AND GOING FORWARD.

THIS IS WHAT WAS IN PLACE WHEN HE GOT HERE LAST YEAR.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON TO ENHANCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO THIS IS ONE SPECIFICALLY I'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

MEANING THIS DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYONE.

I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING A BETTER OR WORSE JOB, DEPENDING ON IF YOU'RE IN PERSON OR NOT FOR THIS KIND OF ADJUDICATION.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THE WAIT TIME.

THAT YOU'RE BEING TIMELY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU REVIEWING THAT.

I HOPE YOU'LL BRING FORWARD DIFFERENT ONE DIFFERENT ONES.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

AND MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT PERHAPS IT WOULD BE RELATED TO PERCENT OF CASES RESOLVED.

WHICH WOULD MAYBE GIVE AN INDICATION TO COUNCIL OR THE PUBLIC THAT THINGS ARE MOVING ALL THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THAT YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO RESOLUTION.

YES, MA'AM. COUNCILWOMAN WE'LL GET THAT UPDATED NEXT YEAR.

AND I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENT, TOO, WITH HOW WE REPORT THINGS ON THE DASHBOARD.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LOGICAL TO DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE SO MANY DASHBOARDS AT THIS POINT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT. YES.

BUT I DO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE BUDGET ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT EVERY MONTH.

BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY GO TO EVERY DASHBOARD EVERY MONTH.

SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT ONE CHANGE.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT ONE.

HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS TRAVIS HOUSTON.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

I'LL GIVE IT JUST A SECOND TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION PULLED UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, TRAVIS HOUSTON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

SLIDE TWO. IT'S THE SAME SLIDE AS EVERYONE ELSE.

SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND RIGHT INTO SLIDE THREE HERE.

THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

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SO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

OH I'M SORRY, BACK ONE.

THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A RESILIENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE DEDICATED TO THE TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE THROUGH PRESERVATION OF LIFE, HEALTH, PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN OUR GOALS ARE REALLY WE SERVE A COORDINATION ROLE ACROSS ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO HELP THE CITY RESPOND AND SUPPORT THE RESPONSE TO LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS, MANAGE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

REALLY, BOTH OUR MISSION AND OUR GOALS, WHAT THEY REALLY COME DOWN TO IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HELP THE CITY PREPARE TO RESPOND AND RECOVER FROM DISASTERS AND ALSO GROW OUR

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SO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY ORGANIZATIONAL CHART REALLY IS IN THREE BRANCHES.

SO PLANNING AND READINESS THAT'S ALL OF THE TRAINING AND EXERCISE AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH AND RECOVERY.

THAT'S PRIMARILY OUR PUBLIC FACING ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MASS CARE THINGS THAT WE DO, LIKE SHELTERING AND THEN FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT'S OF COURSE, OEMS FINANCE, BUT ALSO OEM MANAGES THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.

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SO THIS SLIDE IS OUR TOTAL BUDGET, ALL OF OUR FUNDS OF THE GENERAL FUND IN FY 2324 1.2 2425.

IT'S ALSO 1.2, A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THEN THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE AND REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAM MAKE UP THE REST OF OUR FUNDING.

AND SO IN TOTAL OUR, OUR OVERALL OPERATING COSTS ARE 23-24, 2.9 AND IT'LL BE 3.1 IS PLANNED IN 24-25. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE HAVE FIVE GENERAL FUND POSITIONS THAT IS NOT CHANGING.

AND THEN 16 CURRENT GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING ONE ADDITIONAL ONE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE REGIONAL CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS GRANT.

AND IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 22 POSITIONS.

FIVE GENERAL FUND, 17 OR PLANNED 17 GRANT FUNDED.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN A BUDGET SUMMARY BY SERVICE.

REALLY, WE JUST HAVE THE ONE LINE HERE, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

A LOT OF OUR STUFF IS FUNDED BY GRANTS, AND SO WE'LL JUST GO AND JUMP RIGHT INTO THE NEXT SLIDE TO BREAK THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO OPERATING EXPENSE AND REVENUE PERSONNEL SERVICE REALLY MAKES UP ABOUT HALF OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

AND THEN THE REST OF IT, THEY'RE THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS CONTRACTUAL AND OTHER SERVICES.

THAT'S PRIMARILY OUR OUR OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN MAINTENANCE AND THINGS.

AND THEN ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS COSTS SPECIFICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH WHEN WE ACTIVATE THE EOC, HAVING TO PAY FOR THOSE IMMEDIATE UPFRONT COSTS, THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THEIR CAPITAL OUTLAY.

WE HAVE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BEEN RECEIVING AN ENHANCEMENT TO WORK ON REPLACING AEDS IN THE CITY.

AND SO IN 22-23, WE GOT KIND OF A LARGER ENHANCEMENT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

AND THEN ONGOING, WE HAVE A YEARLY BUDGET TO START REPLACING.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH REPLACING THAT AT CITY FACILITIES.

AND THEN I I WILL JUST POINT OUT THAT REIMBURSEMENTS, YOU'LL SEE IT WAS A LOT MORE SIGNIFICANT IN 22-23.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF REIMBURSEMENTS WE GOT FROM FEMA FOR WINTER STORM URI.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A LOT MORE THERE.

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PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

I WON'T READ THEM ALL, BUT THESE ARE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT OEM REPORTS ON REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE JUMP RIGHT INTO SUMMARY OF SERVICES.

SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO IN OEM IS OPERATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THAT'S HERE IN CITY HALL L2 AN, COME DOWN AND VISIT ANY TIME.

THAT'S WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS.

WE BRING EVERYBODY INTO THE ROOM AND WE COORDINATE TO HELP SUPPORT THE ON SCENE RESPONSE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE THAT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE SOME OF OUR STANDING OBJECTIVES AND READINESS LEVELS, ETC..

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EMERGENCY PLANNING IS A KEY THING THAT OEM DOES.

PLANNING IS A CYCLE YOU'RE NEVER REALLY DONE WITH PLANNING, SO AS SOON AS YOU FINISH ONE PLAN, YOU'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE AND TIME YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT.

YOU'RE NEEDING TO UPDATE THE PLAN.

CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS IS A KEY PART OF WHAT WE DO.

THIS YEAR WE PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 44 DEPARTMENTS.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO TRANSITION ALL OF OUR MASTER EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN ANNEX INTO EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS, WHICH IS REALLY MORE APPROPRIATE WHEN YOU'RE TAKING AN ALL HAZARDS LOOK.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE FUNCTION THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO TO RESPOND AS OPPOSED TO THE HAZARD ITSELF.

AND WE CONTINUALLY OPERATE OR CONTINUALLY UPDATE OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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ALERTS AND WARNINGS. SO WE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF TWO OF, I'M SORRY, TEN NEW OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS.

AND THAT MAKES OUR TOTAL 178 SYSTEM WIDE.

WE'RE ALSO TRANSITIONING THOSE SIRENS TO P25, AND WE'VE MOVED TO A NEW NOTIFICATION SOFTWARE TRAINING AND EXERCISE.

WE CONDUCTED FOUR TABLETOP EXERCISES LAST YEAR, AND WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE OTHER TRAININGS LIKE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM TRAINING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

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WE HELD EIGHT COURSES IN FY 23.

ONE OF THE NEWER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS HOLDING AT LEAST ONE SPANISH ALL SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE EACH YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED TO ROLL THAT OUT.

AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED.

OVER THE COURSE OF THE CERT PROGRAM.

WE'VE TRAINED 5220 INDIVIDUALS, AND EACH YEAR WE DELIVER MANY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATIONS.

LAST YEAR WE DID 48 TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

ONE THING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE CREATED AN OEM COMMUNITY PARTNERS PROGRAM.

WE REALIZED WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY GOOD WAY TO ORGANIZE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH.

AND SO THERE ARE SOME EXISTING GROUPS LIKE VOAD WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS ALLOW US TO BRING IN NON TRADITIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE PARTNERS THAT MAY ALREADY BE SUPPORTING A COMMUNITY BUT DON'T HAVE A TRADITIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE ROLE.

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AND THEN ON THE FINANCE AND ADMIN SIDE, GRANT MANAGEMENT IN FY 24 WE WERE AWARDED SIX POINTS, JUST UNDER $6.6 MILLION FROM THE UAC PROGRAM.

AND THIS YEAR WE WERE AWARDED 5.8.

SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP THERE THAT WAS NATIONWIDE, THERE WAS A DROP IN THAT FUNDING.

AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE RCPGP PROGRAM.

WE HAD RECEIVED SOME REIMBURSEMENTS IN FY24 SPECIFICALLY FOR COVID VACCINATION SITES, AND WE ACTUALLY CLOSED OUT A 2015 DISASTER FINANCIAL RECOVERY FOR THE 20 15TH MAY FLOODS.

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FOR AGAIN.

SO UPDATE ON BUDGET INITIATIVES, THE UPDATES TO THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS.

WE INSTALLED THE TEN MOVING THEM TO TO P25, AND WE'VE TESTED THEM ALL.

THEY'RE ALL UP AND RUNNING AND WORKING.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE AED ENHANCEMENT, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE THESE AEDS ARE AND GET THEM ON A REPLACEMENT PLAN AS WELL AS ONGOING SUPPORT.

AND WITH THAT, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT FOR FIVE YEARS I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO PROBABLY EVERY DEPARTMENT'S GETTING THAT.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE A PERFORMANCE.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THE SIZE OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, LIKE ONE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE YOU HAVE.

ALMOST. SO, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ONE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CERT TRAININGS THAT YOU'RE DOING OR PARTICIPANTS.

WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND HOW TO PLAN AND ALSO BE THAT VOICE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I WOULD LOVE THAT.

AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING WHAT OUR APPROPRIATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT YOU WANT TO BRING FORWARD, ALTHOUGH I DO BELIEVE IT'S COUNCIL THAT APPROVES THEM THAT THAT COULD PERHAPS BE ONE. I THINK THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON AD PLACEMENT AND CITY FACILITIES IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I'D LOVE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO HAVE THAT AS ALSO A PERFORMANCE MEASURE SO THAT YOU CAN SAY YOU CAN GET TO THAT 100.

ONCE YOU GET TO 100, THAT COULD DROP OFF, BUT IT WILL HELP KEEP THE FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THOSE ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR MOST CRITICAL LOCATIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD A GREAT YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION ON THE ALERTING SYSTEMS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME SORT OF SIGN UP FOR ALERTING SYSTEM AS A PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATION PLANS, WHICH ARE SO ESSENTIAL.

AND SADLY, WE HAVE HAD TO INVOKE THEM AND PERHAPS HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME FRAME THAT'S APPROPRIATE IS, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS HAD THEIRS REVIEWED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, WHATEVER THAT THAT TIME FRAME WITHIN YOUR INDUSTRY IS APPROPRIATE.

BUT THIS IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN HOLD DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENSURING THAT IT IS UP TO DATE, BECAUSE THINGS DO CHANGE HERE A LOT.

AND AND THIS SEEMS LIKE IT WOULDN'T BE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR A DEPARTMENT WITHOUT YOU SORT OF PESTERING THEM, SAYING THIS HAS TO HAPPEN.

AND I SEE THE SMILE OF RECOGNITION THERE.

SO PERHAPS IF YOU SAY, LOOK, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE, YOU KNOW, MENDELSOHN IS GOING TO ASK ABOUT IT, RIGHT? LIKE, LIKE I JUST THINK THAT'S ONE THAT WOULD MATTER AGAIN TO THE CITY AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND REALLY MAKE THEM THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO CONTINUING THE HIGH FUNCTIONING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND YOU REALLY ARE, YOU KNOW, HELPING KEEP US ON TRACK IN SO MANY WAYS.

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THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. OKAY.

WELL I THINK WE'RE READY FOR THE NEXT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL THIS IS GETTING QUEUED UP, AND WE CAN START AT SLIDE THREE.

KEVIN ODEN, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY, AND IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK AT THE DAIS AFTERNOON.

SO THE MISSION OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY IS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING THROUGH ALTERNATIVE NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE RESIDENT QUALITY OF LIFE.

AND WE ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION THROUGH SEVEN GOALS THAT WE'VE SET FOR OURSELVES.

AND TO A COMMENT THE CHAIR MADE EARLIER, WE TRACK THE OUTCOMES OF ALL OF THESE GOALS ON OUR DASHBOARD.

WHICH COMING UP IN ITEM F, AND IF YOU DON'T FIND YOURSELF LOOKING AND DIGGING INTO THE DASHBOARDS NOW, I GUARANTEE YOU WHEN YOU GET THE, THE, THE CAPABILITY OF OUR TOOL YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF GOING THROUGH DASHBOARDS TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.

SLIDE FOUR, PLEASE.

THIS IS THE ORG CHART OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WHAT I WANT TO NOTE ON THIS IS THAT OF THE POSITIONS AND THE BUDGET THAT WILL RUN THROUGH IN HERE.

THAT'S REALLY ONLY ABOUT A THIRD OF THE ACTUAL POSITIONS AND BUDGET THAT WE MANAGE ON A DAY, DAY TO DAY BASIS THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING.

AND SO SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT COME FROM OTHER PARTNERS AND DEPARTMENTS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.

AND THEN MANY OF THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE CARRY OUT AS A DEPARTMENT ARE IN THE LIGHT BLUE.

WE CAN MOVE TO SLIDE FIVE WHERE YOU WILL SEE THE TOTAL BUDGET OF ALL FUNDS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRANT FUNDS THAT WE'RE REPORTING ON.

SO OUR GENERAL FUND IS EXPECTED TO GROW ONLY SLIGHTLY IN 2425 THROUGH THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF BUDGETS. ON SLIDE SIX, YOU WILL SEE A POSITION OVERVIEW.

AND THE ONE POSITION THAT WE DO HAVE THAT IS ON A GRANT.

THAT GRANT ENDS AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.

AND THAT IS A SENIOR PROJECT SPECIALIST.

THERE ARE NO PLANNED CHANGES FOR FTES ON THE GENERAL FUND.

ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU WILL SEE A BREAKDOWN OF OUR SERVICES IN PERSONNEL, SUPPLIES, CAPITAL AND OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AND THE NATURAL PROGRESSION OF THAT FROM FY 22 MOVING FORWARD.

JUST AS A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF WHERE OUR BUDGET'S GOING.

ON SLIDE EIGHT, YOU WILL SEE OUR BUDGET BOOK PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

AND I WANT TO PROVIDE JUST A QUICK BIT OF CONTEXT ON THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERCENTAGE OF CRISIS CALLS HANDLED BY RIGHT CARE TEAM.

YOU SEE THAT OUR TARGET FOR THIS YEAR IS 80% OF THE TIME THAT THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CALL OR A SIGNAL 46, IN POLICING LINGO, THAT A RIGHT CARE TEAM IS PRESENT.

AND CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 56.5% ON THAT.

SO YOU WOULD PERHAPS THINK THAT THERE IS LESS OUTPUT OCCURRING ON THE PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, WE INCLUDE THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS, AND WE'VE PROJECTED THAT OUT FOR 2024.

AND WE'RE ON PACE TO STAY WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRENDING TOWARDS THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WHAT THIS TELLS US IS THAT THE RIGHT CARE TEAMS ARE BEING REQUESTED MUCH MORE OFTEN BY PATROL, TO GO ON SIGNALS THAT ARE NOT INITIALLY CODED AS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, AND THEY'RE ASSISTING PATROL IN THOSE CALLS.

WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE ON THIS PARTICULAR PERFORMANCE MEASURE.

I THINK WHEN WE CREATED IT WE USE THIS AS A GOOD MEASURE WHEN RIGHT, CARE WAS ONLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND ONLY ON TWO OF THE THREE SHIFTS.

AND IT WAS HELPFUL AS WE HAVE GROWN AND EXPANDED.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY THAT WE NEED TO TRACK THIS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A BETTER OUTCOME MEASURE FOR THAT.

AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE TO GET THAT IN FOR 2425.

ON SLIDE NINE, YOU WILL SEE A SUMMARY OF OUR SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

WE ARE BASICALLY BROKEN UP INTO THREE BLOCKS.

FIRST IS CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SECOND IS OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OPERATIONS.

AND THEN THIRD IS OUR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.

AND YOU CAN SEE MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THOSE SERVICES ON THIS SLIDE.

ON SLIDE TEN, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE OUT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CONTRACT WITH URBAN SPECIALIST.

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WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTRACT WITH METRO CARE SERVICES, WHICH I JUST AS A QUICK EDITORIAL I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST POWERFUL CONTRACT WE HAVE IN ALL OF THE CITY IN JUST POUND FOR POUND, HELPING PEOPLE.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE TWO CONTRACTS SLATED FOR AWARD THIS SUMMER.

THE FIRST IS A THIRD VIOLENCE INTERVENTION RELATED TO COMMUNITY CENTRIC EFFORTS.

AND THEN FINALLY A BLIGHT REMEDIATION, WHERE WE HOPE TO DO PROACTIVE REMEDIATION, KIND OF TAKE OUT SOME OF THE BUREAUCRACY OF THAT PROCESS AND MOVE TOWARDS JUST GETTING THINGS DONE IN THE HIGH RISK AREAS.

AND THEN FINALLY, MY FAVORITE SLIDE OF ALL OF THIS, AND ONE THAT THAT WE PROBABLY WORKED THE HARDEST ON, WE WANTED TO SHOW THE COMMITTEE WHERE WE STARTED WHEN WE WERE FIRST CREATED IN FY 21, AND HOW THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS MADE IN OUR BUDGET HAVE GROWN, BUT THEN ALSO OUR OUTCOME MEASURES HAVE GROWN OVER TIME WITH THAT EXPANSION OF BUDGET.

AND THEN FINALLY ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THE METRICS WHERE WE'VE PROJECTED OUT, WHERE WE BELIEVE WILL BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY OF SHOWING BOTH WHERE OUR BUDGET IS AND WHERE SOME OF THE OTHER BUDGETS.

THAT MAKE UP IPS COME INTO AND JUST HOW WE SERVE THE COMMUNITY ON A MYRIAD OF FRONTS.

WITH THAT SAID, I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME FOR THIS AND ALL OF THE OTHER BUDGET BRIEFINGS THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE.

ANY QUESTIONS? MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST THIS FIRST ONE, WHICH THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES UP FRONT.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT ALONE.

BUT MY QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT METRO CARE.

GREAT AGENCY. I CAN DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO WHAT YOU DO.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THEIR MISSION IS.

AND THE COUNTY ROBUSTLY FUNDS METRO CARE.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S PART OF THE CITY BUDGET AT ALL.

YES, MA'AM. WHEN THE ORIGINAL REAL CHANGE INITIATIVE CAME OUT, ONE OF THE THINGS WAS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS IMPROVING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESS IN THE COMMUNITIES.

AND SO WE KIND OF TRIED TO LOOK AT WHERE ARE THE PRESSURE POINTS ON RESIDENTS AND ACCESSING THESE SERVICES OR BEING ABLE TO HAVE THESE SERVICES STICK.

AND WE DETERMINED THAT BASICALLY JUST BEING ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT OUTSIDE OF LIKE THE, THE INSURANCE OR THE MEDICARE OR THE MEDICAID, THE RUNAROUND THAT OFTENTIMES SERVES AS BARRIERS TO RESIDENTS EVEN GETTING IN THE DOOR IS AN AREA THAT WE COULD IMPROVE.

AND SO HOW WE UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT IS MANY TIMES OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION FOLKS ON A REFERRAL OR EVEN ON AN INITIAL CALL THEY WILL UTILIZE THE SERVICES OF METRO CARE TO SCHEDULE A SAME DAY APPOINTMENT, TAKE YOU TO YOUR APPOINTMENT.

YOU CAN GET ASSESSED, GET DETERMINED WHAT POTENTIAL ENTITLEMENTS OR BENEFITS YOU CAN GET SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE A LONGER TERM SET UP IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT IN THE DOOR FACILITATION.

OFTENTIMES THE BARRIERS ARE JUST TOO MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT DOES AND WHY WE BELIEVE THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION WE BENEFIT GREATLY FROM HAVING THAT.

SO AGAIN I THINK THEY'RE A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE WORKING IN THIS MANNER WITH THEM.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE PAYING FOR IT.

SO WE HAVE DESIGNATED OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY, WHICH INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH, TO THE COUNTY.

AND WITH THAT, THEY'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A DUPLICATION.

AND IF IT'S ACCESS BEYOND WHAT IS METRO CARE'S NORM, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE FUNDING. I DON'T I DON'T SEE WHERE THIS IS A CITY INITIATIVE UNLESS WE WANT TO TAKE BACK OUR HEALTH AUTHORITY.

SO. SO IF I COULD ASK KEVIN TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR YOUR QUESTION, ONE IS, KEVIN, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE ONLY SERVICES THAT WE GET FROM METRO CARE. CORRECT? I MEAN, THERE'S ANOTHER COMPONENT TO WHAT THEY DO.

SO TO YOUR POINT, IT IS EXTRA BEYOND WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY RECEIVE FROM THEM.

SO, KEVIN, COULD YOU EXPLAIN ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT THEY DO PROVIDE WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY THE.

YEAH. SO I'LL GIVE YOU TWO BASIC EXAMPLES.

WE HAD AN ISSUE A FEW WEEKS AGO, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION WHERE WE WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANY SHELTER OR ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO A MOM AND KIDS.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THIS CONTRACT TO, TO GET THEM SERVED AND GET THEM INTO A HOTEL, AND THEN ALSO HELP TRY TO FIND WHERE WE COULD PUT THEM LONGER TERM.

SO THAT WAS ONE VERY POSITIVE OUTCOME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN LIKE THE SAME MINUTE WHEN SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES WERE JUST OVERWHELMED WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER NEEDS AND

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AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT WE RUN INTO QUITE FREQUENTLY IS FOOD INSECURITY CLOTHING, OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED DAY TO DAY, THAT WE UTILIZE THIS CONTRACT TO HELP US LEVERAGE IN AN IMMEDIATE MOMENT.

IF WE CAN'T GET THROUGH A FOOD BANK OR THROUGH ONE OF THE SHELTERS OR OTHER WAYS.

AND SO THESE TYPES OF THINGS ALL KIND OF ADD UP TO HELP US MEET NEEDS OF RESIDENTS, NOT JUST ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SIDE, BUT JUST GENERAL DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES OF LIVING.

OKAY, SO MAYBE I'M NOT BEING SPECIFIC ENOUGH ABOUT MY QUESTION.

IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T THINK METRO CARE SHOULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INCOME FOR PROVIDING A SERVICE ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR STANDARD CARE.

WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE COUNTY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS, NOT THE CITY, AND I UNDERSTAND, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO VISIT WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE AND SEEING HOW WE CAN APPROACH THAT CONVERSATION WITH WITH THEM ABOUT THIS CONTRACT GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS BRIEFING? NO. OKAY.

LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT.

WE ACTUALLY MAY HAVE HAD THAT.

WE HAVE THEM ALL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'RE UP TO BRIEFING MEMOS.

OUR FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARD.

WHO'S GOT QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? OKAY, I HAVE 1 OR 2.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE HIGHER THAN WE'D LIKE.

HOWEVER, THEY SEEM TO HAVE COME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FOR PRIORITY TWOS AND THREES EVEN AS WE'VE LOST OFFICERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING THAT.

BUT IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS REALLY ABOUT THE CLEARANCE RATES.

WE DON'T WE HAVEN'T REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON ANY OF OUR AGENDAS TALKING ABOUT CLEARANCE RATES LATELY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ADD SOMETHING IN THERE.

AND PERHAPS THE DISCUSSION OF THE THE INVESTIGATIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION WILL ASSIST WITH THIS, BUT. BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO HELP INCREASE THE CLEARANCE RATES? OR SHOULD I WAIT FOR A BRIEFING FOR THIS ONE? AS CHIEF SHED COMES TO THE PODIUM.

SHE SHE CAN CERTAINLY DELAY THIS TO ANOTHER BRIEFING IF SHE NEEDS TO, WITHOUT BEING PREPARED TO PROVIDE SPECIFICS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAD ANYTHING SHE MIGHT WANT TO ADD, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE BRIEFING IN AT A FUTURE MEETING.

YEAH, I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE OUR PREFERENCE.

I MEAN, I CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS, BUT IT'D PROBABLY BE BEST IF WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.

SO. OKAY. AND THEN THE LAST TIME I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT WAS JUST THE BUDGET.

SO CLEARLY YOU'RE GOING TO EXCEED OVERTIME DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE ALSO BELOW STAFFING OF WHERE YOU EXPECTED.

ARE YOU? I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO HIT TOTAL BUDGET NUMBER.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THAT? OH, HERE COMES MARTIN. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MARTIN'S COMING DOWN.

CHIEF FARGO MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MARTIN WANTED TO.

OKAY. SO THE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE BUDGET AND OVERTIME AND JUST TOTAL BUDGET OVERTIME.

AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE BELOW IN STAFFING.

I MEAN, ARE YOU JUST EXPECTING TO OFFSET THOSE TWO UP TO THIS POINT? THE FORECAST UP TO THIS POINT HAS BEEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE WITH SALARY SAVINGS.

HOWEVER WE ARE LOOKING WE ARE WORKING ACTIVELY WORKING THIS WEEK, RIGHT NOW, TODAY WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON UPDATING OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT OUR ATTRITION NUMBERS, WHEN WE DO OUR FORECAST, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECTION OF HIRING ATTRITION.

MEET AND CONFER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES.

WE WE ARE THANKFULLY SEEING A LESSER AMOUNT OF ATTRITION, BUT THAT'S ALSO SHOWING US A FORECAST OF INCREASED SALARIES.

SO I, IT'S A LITTLE TOO I BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK, I'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS QUESTION.

RIGHT UP TO THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BALANCE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE TRUE GOING FORWARD? I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW AT THIS MOMENT.

OKAY. WE CAN ASK AGAIN NEXT MONTH.

IT'S ALL GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE OTHER DASHBOARDS? NO. BRIEFING MEMO G.

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT REVIEW OF NON ADJUDICATED CASES WHERE THEY'RE ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I APPRECIATE GETTING THE NEW LIST.

AND I STILL SAW SOME THINGS ON THAT LIST THAT SEEMED A LITTLE CONCERNING.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK THIS PROCESS.

DO WE SEND A MEMO OR.

I MEAN, I'M SEEING THINGS LIKE ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE OF DRUGS DRAG RACING OPERATING A SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS WITHOUT A LICENSE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S. AS I WENT THROUGH THE LIST, MOST OF THEM SEEMED OKAY, BUT THEN THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE STILL JUMPING OUT, ESPECIALLY AROUND SOME ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCILMAN. I'LL DEFER TO MR. RODNEY ON THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

RODNEY PATTON, CHIEF OF PROSECUTION.

SO YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED TWO LISTS.

ONE LIST IS THOSE THAT ARE INCLUDED AND ONE LIST OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED, THOUGH CIVIL VIOLATIONS WERE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THOSE, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CIVIL VIOLATIONS ARE THOSE THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COURT'S JURISDICTION THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED AND WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROGRAM.

SO SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU AND I DON'T I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME, BUT SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE READ OFF MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE EXCLUDED LIST, NOT ON THE INCLUDED LIST.

SO I KNOW YOU WERE PROVIDED TWO LISTS, AND I'M NOT SURE WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.

WELL, PERHAPS THE CONFUSION IS, AND I DIDN'T CATCH THIS IS THERE ARE TWO LISTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT LABELED AS EXCLUDED OR INCLUDED.

SO WE NEED TO PROBABLY FOLLOW UP ONE MORE TIME.

GET WE'LL GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK WITH CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

AND MY APOLOGIES TO THE COMMITTEE, I DIDN'T CATCH THAT EITHER.

SO. CORRECT.

WELL, HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE ON THE YES, SIR.

WE'LL FOLLOW UP NEXT NEXT MONTH.

ONCE AGAIN ON THIS ON ON THIS.

AND MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR WHICH ONES ARE EXCLUDED AND WHICH ONES ARE INCLUDED.

RIGHT. BOTH LISTS ARE TITLED, I'M SORRY.

BOTH LISTS ARE TITLED.

ONE IS TITLED INCLUDED AND EXCLUDED.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S BEEN PROVIDED.

YEAH, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT THIS WEEK SO WE COULD GO ON AND PUT THIS TO REST.

WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THAT BY THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON TOMORROW AND GET YOU THAT LIST.

THE UPDATED LIST OF THE INCLUDE AND EXCLUDED CASES.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT ONE IS OUR DFR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

WE ARE DOWN TO JUST THE TWO STATIONS 11 AND 56.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? I GUESS. PLEASE FINISH 56 SOMETIME SOON.

OKAY. MAYBE NEW THINGS NOT HAPPEN TO 56.

OKAY. I IS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE FROM DFR.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM? ALL GOOD. OKAY, LET'S GO TO H.

THIS IS THE FIRST RESPONDERS STREET TOPPER UPDATE.

SO IT'S JUST A MEMO.

WE'LL HAVE A BRIEFING NEXT MONTH.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND THE NEXT WOULD BE K, THIS IS A VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROGRAM? NO. OKAY.

WE'VE GOT TWO AGENDA ITEMS COMING UP IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.

NO. OKAY, WELL, WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA AND THE TIME IS 3:38 AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.