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          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. 
          TODAY IS 
          [Public Safety on September 9, 2024.]
SEPTEMBER 9TH, IT IS ONE OH FIVE AND I CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. 
          OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE AUGUST 27TH MINUTES. 
          MOTION FOR APPROVAL. 
          THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          AND A SECOND. 
          ARE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES, HEARING NONE. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY, AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST WANNA START OFF WITH SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR BRIEFINGS, WHICH IS TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, DALLAS HAD A TOUGH DAY ON SATURDAY. 
          WE BURIED TWO VERY SPECIAL PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESS COVERAGE ABOUT OFFICER BURKES FROM DPD AND A LITTLE BIT LESS COVERAGE FOR OFFICER SMALL FROM DFR, BOTH WHO GAVE SO MUCH TO US. 
          UM, SADLY, ON SATURDAY MORNING, WE WE'RE ALSO NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PASSING OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER OF DPD FROM THE CRIME SCENE. 
          SO, ANALYST CARMEN FLETCHER, UM, WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. 
          PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO PRAY FOR THEIR FAMILIES, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND OUR COMMUNITY'S BROKEN HEART. 
          MAY THEIR MEMORY BE A BLESSING AND COMFORT. 
          THE NEXT THING I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION, UM, IF YOU HAVE ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UM, NEXT MONTH I INTEND TO HAVE ON, UM, I BELIEVE A BRIEFING WILL BE READY ABOUT OUR BLOOD TRANSPORT ON OUR AMBULANCES, AS WELL AS TO INVITE THE BLACK MALE ALLIANCE, WHICH IS A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE, I'VE MET WITH A COUPLE TIMES AND ARE REALLY DOING SOME INCREDIBLE OUTREACH WORK. 
          PROBABLY NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HEAR WHAT THEY SAY. 
          WE HAVE LOST SO MANY YOUNG, VERY YOUNG, UM, PEOPLE IN DALLAS, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THAT TRAJECTORY IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT TO YOU. 
          MOVING ON WITH OUR AGENDA, THE FIRST BRIEFING IS ALWAYS ABOUT RECRUITING AND RETENTION, AND I SEE WE HAVE IT TEED UP, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT CHIEF GARCIA WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD ONE TIME DO THIS IN A DIFFERENT ORDER. 
          SO I'M GOING TO ACQUIESCE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME, SOME ACADEMICS HERE TO HELP PRESENT. 
          SO WITH THAT, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN BRIEFING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          BEFORE WE GET STARTED, AND IT'S JUST INTERESTING, THIS IS GONNA BE OUR THREE YEAR REVIEW OF THE CRIME PLAN AS WE JUST STARTED TALKING WITH DR. SMITH. 
          UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY FOUR YEARS THIS MONTH, UH, THAT WE BEGAN WORKING ON, ON THIS PLAN. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT, UH, WE'RE GIVEN THIS UPDATE TODAY. 
          SO, WITH THAT, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO, UH, MY PARTNER, UH, DR. SMITH. 
          THANKS, CHIEF. 
          UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UM, AND WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE YEAR THREE RESULTS, UH, FROM THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, BUT I, I WANT TO, UM, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEEP LOSS THAT YOU ALL HAVE HAD RECENTLY AND, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS SINCE, SINCE THAT TRAGIC EVENT. 
          UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JUST AS A VERY, VERY QUICK REVIEW, UM, WE STARTED THIS, UH, PLAN IN MAY OF 2021. 
          AS CHIEF GARCIA JUST MENTIONED, HE AND I ACTUALLY STARTED TO TALK ABOUT IT, UH, ABOUT THIS TIME FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          UM, AND IT CAME TO FRUITION IN, IN, IN THE WINTER OF 2021. 
          AND THEN WE, UH, YOU ALL BEGAN TO EXECUTE THE PLAN IN MAY OF 2021. 
          UM, AND IT HAS THREE PHASES AND, UM, AND ALL THREE OF THEM ARE NOW IN OPERATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, UH, THIS WILL BE A TYPICAL YEAR END REPORT UPDATE. 
          UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT CITYWIDE TRENDS IN VIOLENT CRIME. 
          UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOTSPOT TREATMENTS, UH, P AND I, OUR PLACE-BASED, UH, STRATEGY. 
          AND THEN, UM, FOCUS 
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TO TERMS, WHICH IS THE FINAL SORT OF LONGER TERM PHASE, UM, THAT IS UNDERWAY AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS YOUR, UH, SORT OF PRIMARY TREND GRAPH SHOWS YOU WHAT VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOING BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CRIME PLAN, WHICH IS THE VERTICAL BLUE LINE ON YOUR, ON THE GRAPH THERE. 
          AND THEN WHAT IT HAS DONE SINCE. 
          UM, THE RIGHT HAND SLIDE, THE RIGHT HAND HALF OF THAT SLIDE, UM, REPRESENTS A 19% REDUCTION, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT YOU SAW PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CRIME PLAN IN MAY OF 2021. 
          UM, AND THAT'S SUPER IMPRESSIVE AND, UM, WELL, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT AND I HOPE YOU ALL ARE TOO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SIT HERE THREE YEARS FROM THREE YEARS FROM WHERE WE STARTED AND, UH, TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS A SIMILAR SLIDE, JUST, UM, GRAPHS, VICTIMS, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE COUNT, WE COUNT VIOLENT CRIME IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          UM, THE PREVIOUS GRAPH WAS INCIDENTS, VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS, WHICH MAY INVOLVE MORE THAN A A SINGLE VICTIM. 
          THIS SLIDE IS, IS ACTUALLY A VICTIM COUNT. 
          SO, UM, SIMILAR KIND OF TRAJECTORY. 
          UM, ABOUT A 14% DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIME VICTIMS, UM, FROM WHERE WE STARTED, UH, TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, JUST A QUICK SUMMARY, CITYWIDE SUMMARY. 
          UH, YOU'VE GOT THAT 19% DECREASE. 
          UM, ALL OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL CRIME COUNTS, UM, ARE DOWN YEAR TO YEAR. 
          SO, UM, ROBBERIES BOTH TYPES, ROBBERIES AND BUSINESS ROBBERIES. 
          UM, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, UM, AND, AND MURDERS ARE UP RELATIVE TO WHERE THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO THAT WAS PRE COVID. 
          UM, SO WE WE'RE ALWAYS CAREFUL TO SAY THAT YOUR ACTUAL NUMBERS OF, OF MURDERS AND, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS HAVE FALLEN EVERY YEAR SINCE THE CRIME PLAN STARTED. 
          YOU'RE NOT QUITE BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE BEFORE COVID BEGAN. 
          UM, BUT THIS YEAR, UM, AND I JUST WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE, THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS WITH CHIEF GARCIA, UM, ON A REALLY GOOD TRAJECTORY WITH RESPECT TO MURDERS AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. 
          UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR, UM, YEAR TO DATE, MURDERS ARE DOWN 25% OVER LAST YEAR. 
          SO, UM, THE, THE DECREASE THE TRAJECTORY THAT WE SAW IN THOSE TWO GRAPHS CONTINUES WITH RESPECT TO YOUR TWO MAJOR VIOLENT CRIME TYPES. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS AS YOU HEAD INTO THE LAST QUARTER OF, UM, 2024. 
          SO, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL TRANSITION NOW AND, AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, RESULTS IN OUR, OUR TREATMENT AREAS, OUR, OUR, OUR HOTSPOTS, OUR GRIDS, AS YOU ALL HAVE COME TO KNOW THEM. 
          UM, SO THERE'S BEEN AN AVERAGE DECREASE OF ABOUT A THIRD, UH, IN VIOLENT CRIME IN YOUR TREATED HOTSPOTS, UM, COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO TRACK CRIME IN THE, IM IMMEDIATE AREA, RIGHT AROUND THOSE TREATED GRIDS TO CHECK FOR DISPLACEMENT OR THE OPPOSITE OF THAT, WHAT WE CALL DIFFUSION OF BENEFITS, WHERE THOSE, WHERE THE GRIDS IN THE AREA OR THE AREAS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING YOUR TREATED HOTSPOTS ACTUALLY BENEFIT BY ABOUT 7%, UM, COMPARED TO THE, UH, UH, WHERE THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO. 
          SO, UH, WE'VE SEEN NO CRIME DISPLACEMENT OVERALL. 
          UM, IN FACT, WE'VE SEEN A BENEFIT IN THE AREAS SURROUNDING YOUR TREATED HOTSPOTS, THEM, WHICH THEMSELVES ARE DOWNED CONSIDERABLY FROM WHERE THEY WERE THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, IN YEAR THREE, THAT TRAJECTORY WAS EVEN STEEPER. 
          SO YOU SAW ALMOST A 40% REDUCTION IN, IN VIOLENT CRIME IN YOUR TREATED HOTSPOTS. 
          THESE ARE THE, THE MOST VIOLENT PLACES IN DALLAS, UM, AND ALMOST A 50% DECREASE IN THE SURROUNDING CATCHMENT AREAS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TRACK CAREFULLY WITH DPD IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OFFICERS WHERE WE WANTED THEM TO BE AT THE PLACES AND TIMES WE WANTED THEM TO BE THERE. 
          WE CALL THAT TREATMENT FIDELITY. 
          UM, IN THIS LAST YEAR, IN YEAR THREE, UM, YOU HAD ABOUT A, AN 84% FIDELITY RATE THAT'S REALLY HIGH, AND, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST FEW PERIODS. 
          SO, UM, TREATMENT, TREATMENT FIDELITY IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S WAXED AND WANED, BUT, BUT OVERALL, IT'S, IT'S BEEN GREAT AND, AND IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHY, UM, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN SO SIGNIFICANTLY IN YOUR, IN THE, IN THE TREATED AREAS JUST BECAUSE OFFICERS WERE, WERE THERE WHEN THEY NEEDED TO BE THERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
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SO, OUR MIDTERM STRATEGY, UH, WE CALL P AND I OR PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A INTERDISCIPLINARY OR MULTIDISCIPLINARY STRATEGY POLICE ALONG WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER CITY, UH, AND OTHER PARTNERS, UH, WORKING, UM, WORKING TO BRING DOWN, UH, VIOLENCE BY ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING OR THE PROXIMATE CAUSES OF VIOLENCE IN SOME OF YOUR MOST VIOLENCE PRONE PLACES IN DALLAS. 
          UM, THAT'S P AND I AND, UH, IT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. 
          UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS HAVE CYCLED INTO THE STRATEGY. 
          UM, THERE ARE NOW FIVE TREATMENT AREAS. 
          NE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, AND, AND THIS IS JUST A, A QUICK, UM, SUMMARY TABLE, UM, AND I'LL JUST SORT OF DRAW YOUR EYES TO THE FAR RIGHT HAND COLUMN. 
          UM, THIS, THAT SHOWS PERCENT CHANGE. 
          UM, AND, AND WE ALWAYS ARE CAREFUL TO, TO TALK ABOUT PERCENT CHANGES IN, IN A SLIDE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THE PERCENT CHANGE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER CAN BE VERY LARGE. 
          BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE, THE NUMBERS, THE, THE DECIMALS JUST TO THE LEFT OF IT, UM, YOU SEE THAT THE CHANGES ARE ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL. 
          UM, CAN, BUT THAT CAN PRODUCE BIG PERCENT CHANGES WHEN, WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE SMALL. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF 'EM VERY QUICKLY. 
          OF THE FIVE P AND I LOCATIONS, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE, 35 50 EAST OVERTON, UH, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          IN FACT, UM, WE, WE, WE RECOMMENDED AND OR ARE WORKING WITH DPD TO RECOMMEND THAT, THAT THAT TREATMENT LOCATION BE PUT INTO A MAINTENANCE PHASE, UM, AND THAT WE ACTUALLY CYCLE IT OFF OF THE OFFICIAL TREATMENT LIST AND REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER LOCATION. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WITH DPD RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S BEEN A, YOUR PROBABLY BEST SUCCESS STORY. 
          UM, THAT WAS OUR NUMBER ONE CRIME GRID, IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE STARTED THREE YEARS AGO. 
          UM, AND THE CHANGE THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT, UM, IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, 11 7 60 FERGUSON AND ONE OF OUR TWO FERGUSON ROAD LOCATIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT, THAT PARTICULAR ONE, UM, CONTINUE TO, CONTINUES TO BE A, A CHALLENGE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THE, THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IS, YOU KNOW, UP, BUT THE, THE ACTUAL CHANGE IS, IT'S PRETTY FLAT, UM, THERE AT FERGUSON. 
          UM, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN ON THE TREATMENT LIST. 
          NEXT SLIDE, 11, 5 11 IS ONE OF THE OTHER ONES THAT'S BEEN A REAL SUCCESS. 
          UM, AND IT WILL LIKELY ROTATE OFF AS WELL AND GO INTO MAINTENANCE PHASE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER LOCATION. 
          UM, WEB CHAPEL AND MEADOW CONTINUE TO BE TREATED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL STILL ADDITIONAL WORK TO BE DONE THERE. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO, UM, LET ME WRAP UP REAL QUICK. 
          THE P AND I, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT IT AGAIN AT THE END HERE, IS THAT, UM, THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND OWNERSHIP ARE KEY TO THE SUCCESS THAT WAS SEEN AT AT 35 50 EAST OVERTON. 
          UM, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE A KEY DRIVER OF SUCCESS, UM, IN ANY OF THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE DPD IS WORKING ON P AND I. 
          UM, IF YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE, UM, OWNERS AND MANAGER AND MANAGEMENT WHO ARE, UH, UH, COMMITTED TO THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DPD, YOU HAVE CHALLENGES. 
          UM, AND THE PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP IS WHEN YOU HAVE THE MOST SUCCESS. 
          UM, THAT'S, THERE'S A RECENT PAPER OUT, UM, UH, BASED ON WORK DONE IN BOSTON THAT FINDS VERY SIMILAR, UH, RESULTS TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN DALLAS. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S A KEY, UM, THAT'S A KEY ELEMENT TO SUCCESS WITH P AND I. 
          UM, AND SO I'LL, I'LL COME BACK TO THAT THEME AT THE END. 
          FOCUS DETERRENCE IS OUR LONG-TERM STRATEGY. 
          UH, IT, IT IS A STRATEGY DESIGNED, UH, TO ADDRESS REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND, UM, THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK FOR ENGAGING IN VIOLENT, UH, BEHAVIOR. 
          IT INVOLVES, UM, COMMUNICATING A DETERRENCE MESSAGE TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, UM, BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL, CHIEF GARCIA, YOUR, YOUR, UH, DA CRUZO, US ATTORNEY, UH, AND OTHERS, UM, ALONG WITH COUPLED WITH, UH, THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO, WHO ARE ON THIS, UM, HIGH RISK, UH, LIST OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT THOSE SERVICES AND, AND TO CHANGE THEIR LIFESTYLES. 
          AND SO THAT IN A 
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NUTSHELL, IS WHAT FOCUS DETERRENCE IS. 
          UM, DALLAS HAS, UH, OUR DPD HAS LED, UH, TO, UM, NOW CALL IN SESSIONS, UH, WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE CALLED IN. 
          THEY GET THIS DETERRENCE MESSAGE. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO, UM, UH, TO ENGAGE THESE SER SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THEM FREE OF CHARGE. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND SO THE, UM, THE RESULTS HERE ARE, ARE CLIENT-BASED RESULTS. 
          SO WE'VE TRACKED EACH AND INDIVIDUAL, EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO'S BEEN THROUGH A CALL-IN SESSION, OR HAS BEEN OTHERWISE CONTACTED, UM, THROUGH BY DPD OR, UM, ITS SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS. 
          UM, THERE ARE A, A LITTLE LESS THAN 50 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RECRUITED FOR THE PROGRAM. 
          25 OF 'EM ATTENDED A CALL-IN SESSION. 
          UM, THEY INITIALLY REQUESTED 145, UH, SEPARATE SERVICES, AND THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, NEARLY A THOUSAND CONTACTS WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS OR ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THEM, UH, EITHER BY DPD OR BY THEIR SOCIAL SERVICE PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD AN, UH, A, A NUMBER OF REARRESTS, BUT NONE OF THEM SO FAR HAVE BEEN FOR A VIOLENT GUN CRIME. 
          UM, AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG, THAT'S A BIG WIN SO FAR. 
          UM, THERE'S, UH, THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE HERE, UH, WITH FOCUS DETERRENCE NE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, AND THAT, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD OF MANDATING PEOPLE WHO ARE ON PROBATION AND PAROLE TO ATTEND OUR CALL-IN SESSIONS. 
          THAT'S A BEST PRACTICE WITHIN THE FOCUS DETERRENCE SPACE. 
          WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT YET, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING TOWARD, I THINK IN THE NEAR FUTURE, A CUSTOM NOTIFICATION MODEL WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY SEND OUT TEAMS OF INDIVIDUALS TO CONTACT THESE HIGH RISK OFFENDERS WHERE THEY ARE, UM, IN, AT THEIR PLACES OF RESIDENCE. 
          UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF CITIES THAT DO THIS, UM, AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PATH FORWARD HERE IN DALLAS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE MOVING TOWARD THAT IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT'S ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS THERE. 
          AT THE END OF THAT, OF THAT SLIDE, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR, I GUESS IF WE HAVE A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS, OUR NEXT STEP RECOMMENDATIONS AT THIS POINT, THE HOTSPOT TREATMENT HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SUCCESS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S ONE OF THREE STRATEGIES, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT BY ITSELF, BUT IT HAS BEEN, UH, A REAL SUCCESS AND, AND HAS A, HAS HAD A LOT TO DO WITH, UH, THE DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION OBVIOUSLY IS THAT WE KEEP DOING THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND DPD HAS GOT IT VIRTUALLY DOWN TO A SCIENCE AT THIS POINT. 
          AND, UH, WE WORK WITH 'EM VERY CLOSELY EVERY 60 DAYS, UM, TO ROTATE TREATMENTS. 
          UM, P AND I IS HAS ALSO BEEN A SUCCESS. 
          THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE VERY CHALLENGING PLACES WHERE DPD AND ITS PARTNERS ARE WORKING, UM, THOSE PLACES, SOME OF THEM CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGING PLACES, BUT, UM, BUT OVERALL, THIS IS, THIS, THIS STRATEGY HAS MOVED THE NEEDLE, UM, IN A NUMBER OF THOSE PLACES. 
          UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL LIKELY, UH, WORK WITH DPD TO, TO RECOMMEND SWAPPING OUT A COUPLE OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL ONES IN THEIR PLACE. 
          UM, AND THEN I MENTIONED THE, THE IMPORTANCE OF OWNERS AND, AND MANAGERS IN THE, IN THE SUCCESS OR, OR LACK THEREOF IN, IN, IN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. 
          SO, UM, ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN DO TO BRING, UM, LEGAL LEVERS TO BEAR, UH, AGAINST THESE PROPERTIES WHEN THEY ARE, UM, RECALCITRANT, WHEN THEY ARE NOT WORKING EFFECTIVELY AS PARTNERS, UM, TO IMPROVE SAFETY, UM, IN THE LOCATION, UM, HAS NOW IS NOW SHOWN TO BE AN EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY TO REDUCE VIOLENCE IN THESE KINDS OF CHALLENGED MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEXES. 
          UM, AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, AND THEN TERRENCE, I MENTIONED WE WILL BE PROBABLY MOVING TO A CUSTOM NOTIFICATION MODEL WITH DPD, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, UM, THAT, THAT SORT OF, UH, ADJUSTMENT TO THE STRATEGY COMING ON, COMING ON ONLINE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          SO THAT, THAT KIND OF WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION. 
          HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          UH, JUST REAL QUICK, CHAR, UH, JUST BEFORE WE OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS, AGAIN, APART FROM THE OVERALL REDUCTION, UH, AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH OUR OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND WITH DR. SMITH, AGAIN, TO ME AND TO ALL OF US, HONESTLY, THE, ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE IS THAT FIDELITY SHEET. 
          UM, THIS CRIME PLAN WOULD NOT WORK IF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS DEPARTMENT DID NOT BUY IN. 
          UM, THEY HAVE COMPLETELY BOUGHT IN. 
          UH, THEY'RE DOING TREMENDOUS WORK, UM, FROM THE PATROL OFFICERS TO INVESTIGATIONS TO OUR P AND I TEAMS. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, ALL 
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ALL THAT, ALL THAT WORK AND WHAT THEY DO IS WHAT'S MADE THIS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THAT BUY-IN. 
          WELL, THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          UM, THESE ARE AMAZING RESULTS. 
          19% OVER THREE YEARS. 
          I, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROUD AND YOU'RE PROUD OF YOUR DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, BUT I THINK ALL OF DALLAS IS PROUD OF YOU FOR THIS. 
          I JUST WANNA START WITH ONE QUESTION. 
          I'M GONNA THROW IT TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND IT'S REALLY THE COST OF THIS PLAN. 
          IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT'S COST THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THIS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND IT'S INTERESTING, DR. SMITH AND I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE BEGAN THIS, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE. 
          AND AS DR. SMITH CAN ATTEST TO THOSE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE STARTING TO EMULATE THIS CRIME PLAN, UH, AND SO ONE OF THE IMPORTANT LESSONS LEARNED IS WHEN WE, AT ONE POINT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS COST IT'S COSTING US ABOUT. 
          I KNOW MARTIN'S HERE SOMEWHERE. 
          I THINK IT'S COSTING US OVER $8 MILLION A YEAR, UM, FOR THIS CRIME PLAN. 
          SO I DON'T RECALL A BUDGET ITEM FOR THIS. 
          THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BUDGET ITEM FOR THIS. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE, THIS HAS, THIS HAS BEEN A DEPARTMENT, UH, INCURRED EXPENSE. 
          WELL, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          COUNCILMAN KINS. 
          STILL, STILL, SHE REAL FAST. 
          . 
          WELL, I MIGHT NOT BE FAST THIS TIME. 
          YOU NEVER KNOW. 
          YES. 
          HUGE CONGRATULATIONS. 
          UM, WE CAN, UM, SAY THAT OVER AND OVER, BUT IT, IT IS TRULY AMAZING WHAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED, AND WE ARE EXTRAORDINARILY APPRECIATIVE OF, UM, THE WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO FIGURING OUT HOW TO, TO, UM, APPROACH THE CRIME, HOW TO CRACK THE NUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS, AND YOU FOUND THE RIGHT COMBINATION. 
          AND FOR THAT, WE ARE VERY, VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. 
          UM, ON THE PNIS, REAL QUICK, ABOUT HOW MANY PNIS HAVE WE HAD OVER THE THREE YEARS? DO YOU KNOW THERE'S FIVE LOCATIONS THAT ARE BEING TREATED ACTIVELY RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? UM, IS THAT, IS THAT YOUR QUESTION? WELL, OVER THE THREE YEARS, YEAH. 
          SO HAVE WE HAD, WE'VE ONLY HAD THE FIVE, WE'VE ONLY HAD FIVE. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE DIDN'T COME ONLINE UNTIL WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE CRIME PLAN FOR ABOUT A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO IT'S REALLY TWO YEARS, UH, FOR THE 1 35 50. 
          THAT WAS OUR FIRST ONE. 
          UM, SOME OF THE OTHERS, UM, HA ARE, ARE, ARE NEWER. 
          THEY'VE ONLY BEEN, UM, BEING TREATED FOR A YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY QUALIFIED. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE VARIALS VARIABLES WERE? SURE. 
          UM, WE LOOK AT, UH, BOTH LONGER TERM AND SHORTER TERM TRENDS IN THREE, THREE MEASURES. 
          UM, VIOLENT REPORTED VIOLENT CRIME, MM-HMM. 
          , UH, VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE OKAY. 
          AND VIOLENCE RELATED ARRESTS. 
          UM, AND SO WE, UH, WE COMBINE THOSE, UH, MEASURES, UM, AND THEN WE LOOK AT THEM OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 
          AND THEN OVER THE LAST, LAST YEAR, UM, WE JUST REDID THAT ANALYSIS, BY THE WAY, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT CYCLING TWO OF THEM OFF AND REPLACING THEM. 
          SO WE JUST DID THAT EXACT SAME ANALYSIS THAT I JUST, UM, I JUST EXPLAINED, UM, TO IDENTIFY, UH, ANOTHER, UH, POTENTIAL GROUP OF ABOUT FIVE THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH DPD TO, UM, TO VET AND, AND TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE TO GO NEXT. 
          AND THEN THE, THE, THE FOCUSES ON THAT AREA ARE, I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS AND, AND WHAT OTHER TYPES OF, UM, ACTIVITY OR FOCUSED, OR YEAH. 
          WORK IS BEING DONE. 
          IT'S, IT'S ACROSS CITY GOVERNMENT. 
          SO, UM, THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATED PUBLIC SAFETY SOLUTIONS HAS BEEN INVOLVED, UM, FROM THE OUTSET MM-HMM. 
           COORDINATING CODE ENFORCEMENT AND, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION AND WORKSHOP VIOLENCE FOR, YOU KNOW, FAMILY VIOLENCE WORKSHOPS AND, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE, A WHOLE RANGE OF, UH, WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITY, YOU KNOW, SEP TED STUFF LIKE IMPROVING STREET LIGHTING AND, UM, AND OTHER, UH, PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THESE, OF THESE AREAS THAT WOULD MAKE THEM LESS CONDUCIVE TO CRIME. 
          SO IT'S A BROAD BASED STRATEGY, UM, AND IT VARIES A LITTLE BIT FROM PLACE TO PLACE, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GENERALLY THE CONTOURS OF IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND, AND I LOVE THIS VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION, YOU KNOW, FOR THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, HAVING A LIFE IN UNSAFE AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE, HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED INTO, UM, SEASONED CRIME? YOU KNOW, UM, I'M GOING TO PERTAIN TO FOOTBALL SEASON. 
          YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD A, UM, ENSURE SOMEONE'S GOT 
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MARYLAND, UM, THIS WEEKEND AT A FOOTBALL GAME. 
          ALPHA GANG. 
          MM-HMM. 
           AND MY DEAL. 
          HOW DO YOU LOOK AT, DO YOU CONSIDER THIS A VIOLENT CRIME OF, UH, A PLACE THAT A HAVEN, THAT ALPHA EVENT, THAT THERE'S NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR THE, THE, THE STUDENTS OR THE, THE TENNIS WHO GO TO A, A FOOTBALL GAME, A BASKETBALL GAME? HAVE YOU DID ANY KINDA STUDY ANY KIND OF SURVEY? YEAH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND WHAT IS THE TREND? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I'M SEEING A WHOLE LOT OF TREND AFTER, AFTER GAME OR BEFORE GAME, YOU HAD ALL THIS FIGHTS AND GOING GAMES GOING ON, AND WHAT ADVICE, WHAT CAN WE DO? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACTUALLY NEVER ANALYZED, YOU KNOW, CRIME IN RELATION TO, UM, FOOTBALL GAMES OR OTHER BIG EVENTS LIKE THAT, UM, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THAT FEEDS INTO ALL THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DO. 
          RIGHT? SO, UM, BUT THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY OR THAT THE, THE, AND THE KIND OF INTELLIGENCE THAT'S NEEDED TO, UM, KNOW WHERE TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE OR AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THEN WHAT TO DO, THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, CHIEF GARCIA COULD SPEAK TO THAT, PROBABLY MUCH MORE COGENTLY THAN I COULD. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AT A LEVEL OF GRANULARITY THAT WE TYPICALLY DON'T GET TO, UH, IN THE CRIME PLAN. 
          I'LL TELL YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, HERER PERAM, YOU KNOW, IN TALKING WITH, WITH STAFF, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DISD IS GONNA BE PARAMOUNT WITH THIS WITH REGARDS TO, UM, WHAT OCCURS AFTER THE GAME. 
          UM, AND AS WE SPOKE EARLIER, I MEAN, IS THERE A SAFE PLACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN GO? UM, AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT'S STAFFED, THAT THERE HAS TO BE SOME PRESENCE THERE AS WELL. 
          AND THAT COULD BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US AND DISD. 
          UM, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE DEFINITELY IN THE WORKS. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO GO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UH, WITH DEALING WITH THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. 
          AND TO DO THAT, I, I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, TAKE A, A PARTNERSHIP WITH DSD AND THE DALLAS POLICE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF STRATEGY. 
          AND HOW DO WE DO THAT? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHICH, UH, ACTIVITIES, WHICH GAINS WILL BE MORE VALID IN THE NEXT GAME. 
          BUT THERE IS A TREND, UH, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT, I ASKED FOR THE DATA FOR THE LAST FIVE OR 10 YEARS, WHAT IS THE TREND? WHAT IS THE PATTERN? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET AHEAD OF THE COURAGE? SO CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, DAR BUT ALSO COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST WORRYING ABOUT THESE CHILDREN. 
          THEY GET THESE TEAMS, THEY GET OUTTA HAND. 
          I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE GAME ON FRIDAY TO ENJOY, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, RIGHT NOW, YOU DON'T WANNA GO BACK BECAUSE THEY NOT ON THE CAMPUS, THEY CROSS THE STREET. 
          BUT WHAT IS THE TREND AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? I'M GLAD THAT YOU AND CHIEF MARTIN IS TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR MORENO. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AS WE'RE BUILDING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISD, I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT IN THE DEESCALATION REALM, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING COINCIDING WITH THEM. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR HOTSPOT POLICING IN AREAS THAT ARE ATTRACTING CRIME, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BECOME HABITUAL NUISANCE PROPERTIES? I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I, I DON'T HAVE THOSE DATA. 
          UM, I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TREAT, UM, ANY, ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 60, UM, HOTSPOTS, GRIDS EVERY 60 DAYS. 
          UM, ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARE, TEND TO BE, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND ABOUT HALF ARE MORE COMMERCIAL AREAS, STRIP CENTERS, UM, GAS STATIONS, CONVENIENCE STORES, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UM, BUT I DON'T OF, YOU KNOW, AND AND THEY CHANGE, RIGHT? THEY CHANGE, UH, EVERY 60 DAYS. 
          SO, AND THE REASON I BRING THOSE UP AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS OF WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT COMPLYING MM-HMM. 
          , THIS IS A PLACARD THAT GOES ON THESE BUILDINGS, APARTMENTS, CONVENIENCE STORES, LABELING THEM A HABITUAL PROPERTY, AND WE'RE WORKING CO UH, WORKING WITH OUR, UM, COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS, I BELIEVE IS AN EXTRA LAYER THAT WE CAN BE ADDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, PROPERTIES ARE COMING INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          AND SO, JUST ANOTHER TOOL, JUST A SUGGESTION OF, OF, OF USING THAT. 
          YEAH, NO, I, THEN THAT GOES RIGHT ALONG WITH, WITH MY, UM, RECOMMENDATION OR OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THEY'RE ON THE LAST SLIDE ABOUT, UH, IT WAS SPECIFICALLY P AND I RELATED. 
          BUT, UM, BUT ANYTIME YOU HAVE A HABITUALLY, UM, A PROPERTY THAT'S, THAT HAS HIGH NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIMES, POTENTIALLY WHAT YOU ALL WOULD CALL A BEATABLE OFFENSES, UM, OR, OR OTHERWISE A, A A A NUISANCE BECAUSE OF CODE VIOLATIONS AND THAT 
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SORT OF THING, I THINK WHAT, UM, INCREASINGLY WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS SHOWING FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN DALLAS, IS THAT IT OFTEN TAKES, UM, THE LEGAL, IT TAKES LEGAL ACTION, OR AT LEAST THE THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION, UM, IN ORDER TO, TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THOSE LOCATIONS. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND THE DATA'S ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WHEN THOSE RESOURCES ARE BROUGHT TO BEAR, THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE CHANGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER OZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, THANKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, THAT ANNIVERSARY AND CHIEF GARCIA, THAT HAS BEEN FOUR YEARS, UH, SINCE THIS GOT UNDERWAY. 
          AND MY GOODNESS, UM, WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AND CERTAINLY TO OUR FORCE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT FIDELITY IN THESE TERMS, I MEAN, THAT'S TO THE FIBER OF THE CORE OF EVERYONE'S BEING. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THEIR, OUR, UM, DPD TEAM THAT'S HELPING ACHIEVE THESE TREMENDOUS NUMBERS. 
          IT MEANS LIVES. 
          UM, SO, AND DR. SMITH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WONDERFUL COMMENT AT 19 MINUTES IN ABOUT THE OWNERS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS, THE MANAGEMENT FIRMS THAT ARE, UM, SUCH A CRITICAL ELEMENT TO SUCCESS, YOU SAID, WITH REGARD TO MANAGING THESE NUMBERS. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, I ACTUALLY JUST CAME FROM A MEETING WITH GENESIS AND MAJOR IGO LOOKING AT THIS MORE FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LENS, AND THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER DALLAS IS, YOU KNOW, ALL IN TO WORK ON THIS. 
          BUT MY QUESTION IS TO CHIEF GARCIA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THESE, UM, KIND OF TOP PERFORMING, UM, COMPLEXES AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT HOW ARE WE USING WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TO JUST START KNOCKING BACK THAT, I DON'T KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, CATCHMENT OF THOSE THAT ARE JUST WAITING TO MOVE UP THE LIST? I MEAN, I JUST REFERENCES LEGAL LEVERS, BUT ARE WE, AND HOW CAN COUNSEL HELP LOOK AT THOSE SO THEY NEVER MOVE INTO THOSE, THOSE TOP, THAT TOP ZONE? YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, AS DR. SMITH POINTED OUT, THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS CRIME PLAN AND DEVELOPED THE CRIME PLAN, THE THREE DIFFERENT PARTS, UM, YOU ALMOST WANNA THINK OF IT A 30, 60, 90 TYPE OF TYPE OF WAY TO LOOK AT IT WITH REGARDS TO SHORT TERM AND LONG-TERM TYPE OF BENEFITS. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY, AND I I SAY THIS ANALOGY ALL THE TIME, WHEN WE DO GRID WORK, UH, THAT'S FEVER PRODUCTION, UM, THAT'S REDUCING THE FEVER, UH, THAT'S BRINGING CRIME DOWN IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. 
          BUT FOR LONG-TERM SUCCESS IS WHERE P AND I, UH, IN BUILDING STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS AND STRONGER COMMUNITIES IS WHERE FOCUSED DETERRENCE IS, WHERE THE, WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY IMPACTING INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL THREE WORKING HAND IN HAND. 
          BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, IF ALL WE WERE DOING WAS THE GRID WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE CONSTANTLY MOVING, CONSTANTLY MOVING AROUND AND SHIFTING LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING. 
          BUT WHAT OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT YES, OUR HOPE IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LONG STANDING THAT THIS IS NOW IN THE FIBER OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THOSE THREE STEPS. 
          THAT'S WHY WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE, UH, P AND I, AND AGAIN, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE MORE SITES THAN FIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE'S LIMITATIONS TO STAFFING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND, UH, BUT CONTINUE WITH P AND I AND THE FOCUS DETERRENCE. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND THOSE ARE THE WAYS I BELIEVE, UM, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO BEGIN SEEING GRID AREAS IN THE CITY REDUCE, UH, BY IMPACTING ALL THREE OF THOSE AREAS. 
          AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE ALWAYS SAY THAT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU INVEST IN, IN THIS CITY THAT DO NOT DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE TO PUBLIC SAFETY ON AS A BUDGET ITEM, BUT THEY DRAW A STATE STRAIGHT LINE TO PUBLIC SAFETY WITH REGARD TO WHAT THEY DO TO BRING A COMMUNITY UP AND, UH, MAKE THEM, HELP THEM MAKE BETTER CHOICES. 
          NOW, I ABSOLUTELY. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, AND I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE BIGGEST LIFTS IS THE FOCUS DETERRENCE, UM, PART OF IT, BUT TRULY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN OUR GRIDS AND WE'RE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THE P AND I OFFICERS OR OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE DOING PROACTIVE, UH, ENFORCEMENT TO RID THE AREA OF THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT, UH, BUT WHEN WE'RE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS NOT COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIME BECAUSE THERE'S A POLICE CAR THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THERE COMPARED TO THE FOCUS DETERRENT OF TRULY GETTING INTO THESE INDIVIDUAL'S HEARTS TO TRY TO FIND A BETTER LIFE, UH, AND, AND, AND TRULY, THOSE ARE THE REINVESTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO REINVEST, UH, IN PEOPLE AND PLACES, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE GRID WORK. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, UM, I'M VERY LUCKY THAT Y'ALL HAVE TAKEN THE REST OF MY QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU IS THAT WE WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE HABITUAL PROPERTIES, EVEN IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DEEMED A HABITUAL CRIMINAL PROPERTY YET. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO, UM, FIRST UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PROPERTIES ARE ELIGIBLE, 
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UM, FOR, UM, CONTINUED NEGOTIATION AND OR LEGAL ACTION, UM, AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY IS DELAYING THAT PROCESS TODAY, AND HOW WE CAN FIX THAT. 
          BECAUSE WE DO WANNA SUPPORT YOU IN, UM, IN YOUR CRIME EFFORTS, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE LIVING IN A HEALTHY AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THE FABULOUS REPORT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, FOR OUR NEXT BRIEFING, WHICH IS AGAIN, USUALLY OUR FIRST BRIEFING, WE'RE GONNA ASK, UH, MAJOR ASHFORD TO DO THE FULL POLICE RECRUITING BRIEFING. 
          BUT DFR YOU'RE GONNA, CHIEF WILLIAMS, MAJOR WILLIAMS, YOU'RE GONNA GET OFF A LITTLE BIT EASY AND WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO COME UP, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE, UM, YOU AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          THE PRESENTATION IS FAIRLY STANDARD FROM PRIOR MONTHS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW THINGS ON THE DPD SIDE FOR US TO TALK ABOUT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA JUST ECONOMIZE SOME TIME, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          AND WITH THAT MAJOR ASHFORD YOU'RE ON. 
          AND GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSON AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          I'M MAJOR POLLYANNA ASHFORD, ALONG WITH CHIEF ISRAEL HERRERA. 
          WE'RE THE COMMANDERS OVER THE PERSONNEL DIVISION, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING OUR RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, WE'VE HAD ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING OUR EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM, AND WE'VE MADE SOME AMENDMENTS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL MAKE THE PROGRAM MORE APPEALING TO OUR OFFICERS. 
          THE TOTAL PAYOUT NOW PER REFERRAL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO $5,000 TO INCLUDE THE LISTED PAYOUT. 
          UH, THE PAYMENT, UM, BENCHMARKS THAT YOU SEE HERE, THE REFERRING OFFICER WILL RECEIVE $1,000 FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING WHEN THE REFERRED APPLICANT GRADUATES FROM THE ACADEMY. 
          AND WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE PROBATION, THE REFERRING OFFICER WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OF 3000 WHEN THE REFERRED APPLICANT REACHES THEIR FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. 
          THIS PROGRAM WILL BEGIN AS A PILOT ON OCTOBER 1ST, WHICH MEANS THAT ANY OFFICERS WHO REF, WHO REFER APPLICANTS TO CLASSES AFTER OCTOBER 1ST WILL BE ELIGIBLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          MADAM CHAIR, YOU REQUESTED TO SEE A BREAKDOWN OF OUR HIRING NUMBERS. 
          SO THIS CHART DEPICTS THE NUMBER OF ACADEMY CLASSES WE'VE HAD SINCE 2021 FOR EACH YEAR. 
          IT ALSO SHOWS HOW MANY RECRUITS START AT THE ACADEMY, HOW MANY GRADUATED, AND HOW MANY COMPLETED FIELD TRAINING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD SIX ACADEMY CLASSES IN 2021. 
          175 RECRUITS STARTED THE ACADEMY IN THOSE CLASSES, 143 OF THEM GRADUATED, AND 127 OF THEM COMPLETED FIELD TRAINING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS CHART SHOWS THE REASONS WHY RECRUITS DID NOT GRADUATE IN THE, IN THE YEARS FROM 2021 TO PRESENT. 
          THOSE REASONS INCLUDED ACADEMIC FAILURE, RESIGNATION, TERMINATION, PHYSICAL TRAINING, OR THEY WERE RECYCLED TO ANOTHER CLASS AGAIN IN, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2021, WE HAD ONE ACADEMIC FAILURE, 12 RESIGNATIONS, TWO TERMINATIONS. 
          TWO WERE UNABLE TO PASS PHYSICAL TRAINING AND 15 WERE RECYCLED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS OUR APPLICANT MAP FOR, UH, FROM 2021 TO PRESENT, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A REPRESENTATION OF WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE COMING FROM. 
          SO SINCE 2021, THE TOP FIVE STATES FROM WHICH WE'VE RECEIVED APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN TEXAS WITH 2,263 NEW YORK WITH 238 ILLINOIS 161 PUERTO RICO WITH 1 22 IN CALIFORNIA WITH 92. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, CIVIL SERVICE REFERRED 58, UH, POLICE APPLICANTS TO DPD 81. 
          APPLICANTS WERE IN SOME PHASE IN, UH, BACKGROUND IN AUGUST. 
          UH, OUR NEXT ACADEMY CLASS IS GONNA BE CLASS 4 0 2. 
          IT'S LATE TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 25, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL HAVE UPWARDS OF 60 RECRUITS IN IT. 
          FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WE'VE PROCESSED 82, 24 ENTERED BACKGROUND, AND 19 WERE ONBOARDED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, CIVIL SERVICE HAS REFERRED 1,139. 
          POLICE APPLICANTS TO DPD 703 HAVE BEEN OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING PROCESSED. 
          31 FAILED BACKGROUND AND 180 7 HAVE ENTERED THE ACADEMY. 
          SO FAR TO THE RIGHT ARE OUR QUARTER THREE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS FOR OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS AND POLICE DISPATCHERS. 
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WE'VE HAD FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE NINE ONE ONE. 
          CALL TAKER APPLICANTS, UH, 44 THAT SHOULD SAY FAILED. 
          THE MINIMUM, UH, MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 156 COMPLETED THE EXAM AND 209 HAVE YET TO TAKE IT. 
          OF THOSE WHO TOOK THE EXAM, 79 PASSED, UH, 58 OF OUR 260 POLICE DISPATCHER. 
          APPLICANTS FAILED THEIR MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS. 
          49 OUT OF THE 7 79 WHO TOOK THE EXAM PASSED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OUR TEAM ATTENDED 10 RECRUITING EVENTS IN AUGUST TO INCLUDE THE NATIONAL ASIAN POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND THE POLICE RECRUITING AND RETENTION SUMMIT IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. 
          FOR THE TWO ONSITE RECRUITING EVENTS THAT WE HELD IN AUGUST 74, APPLICANTS PARTICIPATED REPRESENTING THEIR HOME STATES OF TEXAS, WISCONSIN, CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON, COLORADO, PUERTO RICO, FLORIDA, ARIZONA, AND GEORGIA. 
          THESE APPLICANTS HEARD ABOUT US FROM JOB FAIRS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THE MAJORITY HEARD FROM US OR HEARD ABOUT US FROM DALLAS POLICE.NET AND OTHER DALLAS PD OFFICERS. 
          THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CHIEF, HARD, DID YOU WANNA START US OFF WITH SAYING ANYTHING? YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REFERRAL PROGRAM AND THIS IS GONNA BE OUR BASELINE YEAR. 
          UH, I WANNA DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR DPD, AND SO IF WE SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE NEEDING TO BE ADJUSTED, WE WANNA BRING IT BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND SO THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT SAID IT WOULD BE A 3000 BONUS PAID IN FIVE YEARS, AND FIVE YEARS NOT BEEN A NUMBER THAT'S BEEN SPOKEN BEFORE. 
          DID YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT? YES. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT, UH, TO FIND OUT, UH, WHAT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS ABLE TO SUCCEED. 
          UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE TO FIVE YEARS, SOMEWHERE IN THERE. 
          UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE TALK WITH THE DEPARTMENT FIRST AND ASSOCIATIONS AND THE, AND THE MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HITTING THAT RIGHT WHERE WE NEED IT. 
          GREAT. 
          I BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE HAS DISCUSSED TWO AND THREE YEARS AS OPTIONS. 
          UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT INPUT. 
          UM, SO WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS? UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO START WITH COUNCILLOR WILLIS, WE'LL GO THIS WAY. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 
          'CAUSE THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME TOO. 
          . 
          UM, SO THIS MORNING AT THE WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A, I THOUGHT THEY KIND OF BURIED THE LEAD ON ONE SLIDE, WHICH WAS IN LOOKING AT UPSKILLING OUR CITY WORKFORCE. 
          AND IT WAS ABOUT A DESIRE FOR SECURITY OFFICERS TO WANT TO JOIN DPD, AND I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT SHOWED UP IN TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS MORNING AND THAT YOU ALL WERE LINKING TO HR OR WHOEVER YOU NEEDED TO TALK TO, TO BE SURE THAT AS WE LOOK AT THIS LONG LIST OF PLACES THAT YOU GO AND THE RECRUITING THAT YOU DO, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED AS WELL. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMEONE FROM THE WATER DEPARTMENT, HR, HR WATER DEPARTMENT REACH OUT TO US, AND THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, UM, BY CHANCE, ANYONE WHO MAY NOT WELL ANYONE WHO MAY FALL OUT OR FELL OUT OF OUR BACKGROUND PROCESS, UM, MAY BE PHYSICAL TRAINING IS, UH, A REASON WHY THEY FELL OUT. 
          UM, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REFERRING THEM AS WELL. 
          UM, SO ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT IS, UM, THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK WITH THEM AS FAR AS, UM, AS FAR AS APPLICANTS ARE CONCERNED. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD WORK BOTH WAYS. 
          IF YOU LOSE SOMEONE IN THE ACADEMY, THEY COULD COME HERE, BUT THERE ARE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE ACADEMY, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT SOMETIMES WE LIVE IN SILOS HERE AT CITY HALL AND THAT THAT COMMUNICATION WAS HAPPENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, CHAIRMAN REYNOLD, THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          SO I'M SEEING SOME PROGRESS HERE ON THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CONNECTING THE DOTS. 
          UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER SENT OUT A MEMO ON DALLAS POLICE RECRUITING REFERRAL REFERRAL PILOT PROGRAM. 
          THESE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE, THESE ARE THE SAME. 
          SO FROM THE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YEAR ONE WILL STILL ONLY BE THE A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THEN GOING ON IT WILL BE, UH, STAGGERED. 
          SO WE HAVE, WE NOT FIGURED OUT WHAT WINDOWS WILL BE, UM, PAID OUT TO OUR OFFICERS. 
          YES, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, THIS YEAR AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WANNA SEE WHAT TYPE OF APPETITE WE'RE GETTING FOR GETTING THOSE MEMBERS IN. 
          BEING THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF US TRYING IT OUT, ALSO WANNA LOOK AT THE TIMEFRAMES TO MAKE SURE IT'S ADVANTAGEOUS FOR A MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. 
          AND SO, UM, 
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WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TIMEFRAMES AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS FIRST YEAR TO BRING BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE PROCEEDING LIKE WE NEED TO. 
          AND IF I COULD FURTHER JUST SAY THAT I HAVE TALKED, UM, EXTENSIVELY WITH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, THE DEPARTMENT'S STILL WORKING ON VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE ABOUT WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO MAKE A REFERRAL. 
          MEANING IF YOU WORK IN THE RECRUITING AREA, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE. 
          IF YOU'RE SENIOR COMMAND STAFF, YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, SORRY, THIS IS PART OF YOUR JOB, UM, THAT YOU MUST STILL BE EMPLOYED TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE, UM, EACH OF THE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. 
          BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S MARKETED NOT AS A 1000 AT GRADUATION, BUT AS THE 5,000. 
          AND SO IT'S GONNA NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT MILESTONE NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THE RETENTION PIECE OF IT, BECAUSE IT'S BOTH RECRUITING AND RETENTION. 
          AND SO I DO THINK THEY'RE WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME MISCOMMUNICATION. 
          UM, JUST BEFORE THE MEETING, SHE SAID SHE BELIEVED THE FIVE YEAR ITEM IN THE SLIDE WAS FROM AN OLD VERSION, AND THAT WAS NOT THE INTENTION TO GO FORWARD. 
          UM, WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH YOU AND, UH, OUR INTERIM STUDY MANAGER FOR, FOR WORKING WITH DPD. 
          I THINK THIS IS SO CRITICAL TO RECRUITING, UM, AND RETENTION AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UH, SORRY, CHIEF HERRA, YOU, YOU CAN'T, UH, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, OF THIS, UH, OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, I THINK JUST FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR ME TO GET CLARIFICATION, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY RECYCLED ON, UM, SLIDE FOUR? SO ANY, ANY RECRUITS WHO ARE RECYCLED, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY THE MARK, MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE MAYBE GOTTEN INJURED IN THEIR CURRENT CLASS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE RE RECYCLED TO ANOTHER CLASS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY'RE LITERALLY COMING BACK YES. 
          TO, TO TRY AGAIN. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I JUST, UM, A SHOUT OUT TO YOUR RECRUITING TEAM WHO GOES TO THE EVENTS. 
          I HAD A CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM RECENTLY AND, UM, SO MUCH ENERGY, SO MUCH POSITIVITY. 
          UM, ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN THERE HAD BEEN RECRUITED FROM NEW YORK CITY, I BELIEVE. 
          AND UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT TESTAMENT THAT HE WAS THEN WILLING TO COME OUT AND HELP DO, DO RECRUITING AFTER HAVING BEEN RECRUITED FROM NEW YORK CITY. 
          AND APPARENTLY THEY'RE GOING BACK TO NEW YORK CITY. 
          THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, SOME LUCK THERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST A GREAT, UM, ENGAGEMENT AND THEY'RE DOING AN AMAZING JOB AND JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT, UM, FEEDBACK AND COMPLIMENT COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR ENERGY AND THEIR ENTHUSIASM. 
          UH, WE'VE CHALLENGED OUR TEAM TO, UM, DO THINGS WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE IF WE'RE GONNA GO SOMEPLACE WE'VE NEVER BEEN. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO FINISH BY LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THIS YEAR WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH THE STATE FAIR. 
          WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW TO GO OVER A, UM, AN ONSITE, UM, HIRING EVENT. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE PRE-REGISTER, COME ON OUT AND UH, TAKE PART IN THE STATE FAIR AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 
          AND SO I THINK YOU TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET IN FOR FREE IF THEY COME AND WORK OUT WITH YOU. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING OUT RIGHT NOW. 
          TOMORROW WE'LL FINALIZE ALL THE DETAILS AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN A BIG, UH, MEDIA BLITZ FOR IT. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT STORY. 
          BEGIN YOUR CAREER WITH A DAY AT THE FAIR, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          I KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE WORKED OUT AFTER I LEAVE THE FAIR . 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WHO HAS QUESTIONS FOR MAJOR WILLIAMS ABOUT THE DFR RECRUITING? YOU ARE GETTING OFF EASY TODAY, MY FRIEND. 
          HE JUST GETS TO SMILE . 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH. 
          OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM C, THE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM OVERVIEW. 
          WELCOME. 
          GREAT JOB AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE JUST EARLIER. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING THERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO PRESENT TODAY ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH. 
          TODAY WE WILL BE LED ON THIS BRIEFING BY CASSANDRA WALLACE, WHO IS OUR MANAGER OF COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS. AND AFTER THE, UH, PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE BODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR, AND THE REST OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          AS KEVIN OIN SAID, I'M CASSANDRA WALLACE. 
          I AM MANAGER OF THE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH, WHICH 
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IS HELD ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER, AND EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING PREPARED FOR UNEXPECTED EMERGENCIES. 
          WE ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE A PLAN, PUT TOGETHER AN EMERGENCY KIT, STAY INFORMED, AND GET INVOLVED BY PARTICIPATING IN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS AND EVENTS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IN THIS SHORT PRESENTATION, I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMS AND THE INITIATIVES, UH, THAT OUR OFFICE IS TAKING CONTROL OF OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A CORE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES. 
          AND FINALLY, OUR EMERGENCY FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT NETWORK, WHICH IS A NEW INITIATIVE IN OUR, UH, OFFICE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE DALLAS AIR PROGRAM EDUCATES RESIDENTS IN BASIC DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND THE HAZARDS AND RISKS THAT MIGHT OCCUR IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. 
          OUR CERT PROGRAM OFFERS A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO VOLUNTEER TRAINING AND TEAM ORGANIZATION SKILLS SO THAT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS CAN FOCUS MORE ON COMPLEX TASK DURING DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES. 
          AFTER OUR CERT, VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED IN BASIC DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. 
          THEY'RE OFFERED ADDITIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES LOCALLY AND TOPICS SUCH AS INCIDENT COMMAND, C-P-R-A-E-D, AMATEUR RADIO, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          DALLAS, SIR, PROVIDES HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS, SAVING THE CITY'S THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN STAFF HOURS. 
          OUR THIRD ACTIVATIONS DATE BACK TO 2007 DURING THE SOUTHWEST GAS INDUSTRIAL ACETYLENE GAS TANK EXPLOSIONS THAT ENDED UP ON INTERSTATE 35, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, ALSO SEVERAL RESIDENT RESOURCE CENTER ACTIVATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD POST, UH, UM, TORNADOES. 
          AND MOST RECENTLY IN JUNE, THE, UH, STRAIGHT LINE WIND EVENT, UH, MEGA A SHELTER OPERATION. 
          SO HURRICANE HARVEY IN 2017, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO HURRICANE IKE AND GUSTAV, UH, MEGA SHELTER OPERATIONS. 
          OVER AT K BAILEY HUTCHINSON. 
          ONE OF OUR MOST COMPLEX AND LONG-TERM ACTIVATIONS THAT WE ALL REMEMBER WAS DURING THE CITY AND COUNTY CO VACCINE OPERATIONS HERE AT THE K BAILEY HUTCHINSON, UH, CONVENTION CENTER, AND IN SUPPORT OF DALLAS FIRE RESCUE AND ALSO OVER AT FAIR PARK IN SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES VACCINE OPERATION. 
          IN MAY OF 2023, CERT WAS DEPLOYED TO THE DPD SUBSTATIONS ON AN AN ASSIGNMENT, WHICH WAS NEW AND UNUSUAL FOR US, WHICH INVOLVED TRIAGING HUNDREDS OF DPD POLICE VEHICLES TO DETERMINE IF THE CROWDSTRIKE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE, UH, UH, ADDED TO THEIR, UH, EQUIPMENT. 
          DALLAS CERT STANDS READY TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS DEPARTMENTS WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER NEEDS. 
          SO NOT JUST DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, BUT UH, ALL KINDS OF CIVIC OPPORTUNITIES. 
          COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO BE CALLED UPON BY THE CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR OFFICE RELIES VERY HEAVILY ON THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH CORPORATE AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES. 
          IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE HAD A VERY INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE SMALLER GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY, AS THEY HAVE ALREADY, THEY ARE ALREADY EMBEDDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AFFECTED BY DISASTERS AND ARE OFTENTIMES THE FIRST TO RESPOND DURING DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE AN EVENT SO THAT WE CAN BETTER WORK TOGETHER TO SERVE THE AFFECTED RESIDENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF, OUR CERT INSTRUCTORS, AND OUR CERT VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THESE PRESENTATIONS CAN BE TAILORED BOTH TO AUDIENCE AND TO THE SEASON THAT WE ARE IN AND PROVIDE BASIC DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION TO BUSINESSES, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS. 
          WE LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A TEASER TO OUR, UH, PREPAREDNESS INFO AND ENCOURAGE THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ATTEND THOSE PRESENTATIONS TO THEN JOIN OUR LONGER, UH, 20 HOUR CERT PROGRAM. 
          WE WILL FINISH UP THIS FISCAL YEAR HAVING PROVIDED NEARLY 200 PRESENTATIONS, TOTALING OVER 300 STAFF AND VOLUNTEER HOURS DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE BETTER PREPARED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
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A NEW ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM IS CENTERED AROUND EMERGENCY FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT. 
          OUR OFFICE, ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY, UH, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY CARE AND OTHER INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL AGENCIES ARE BUSY DEVELOPING A NETWORK THAT FOCUSES ON THE INTERSECTION OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE BETTER FINANCIALLY PREPARED IN THE EVENTS OF DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES. 
          OUR CITY WAS ONE OF FIVE CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO RECEIVE A GRANT FROM THE CITIES FOR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT TO ASSIST IN BUILDING A NETWORK. 
          THIS WAS ACTUALLY BRIEFED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON AUGUST THE 27TH, AND THEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST THE 28TH. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, AS SOME OF YOU HEARD IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE JUST PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, UH, WE ARE HAVING A PREPAREDNESS FAIR, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS AND MANY DISASTER RELIEF AGENCIES IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS DALLAS CAMPUS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR. 
          THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 21ST FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THAT IT'LL BE A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. 
          THERE WILL BE A, A TOUCH A TRUCK, UH, ASPECT TO IT. 
          OF COURSE, WE'LL HAVE SPARKY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, UM, PERSONALITIES OUT THERE TO GREET THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          UM, AND I THINK, OH, BEHIND ME, I I, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT, UH, THANK, UH, OUR DALLAS CERT VOLUNTEERS. 
          THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF THE, UH, THE LEADERS, UH, ACROSS THE CITY, UH, REPRESENTING AND WE OWE THEM A LOT AS A CITY FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR COMING TODAY FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND FOR THIS MEETING. 
          UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR NEXT CERT CLASS, WE HAVE A CERT CLASS IN SESSION RIGHT NOW THAT STARTED YESTERDAY. 
          IT'S OUR FIRST SUNDAY CLASS. 
          WE GENERALLY OFFER CERT ON SATURDAYS, UH, A TWO AND A HALF SATURDAY FORMAT. 
          WELL, WE OFFERED IT ON A SUNDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
          SO YESTERDAY WAS THAT FIRST SUNDAY. 
          UM, IT IS TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST CERT CLASSES THAT WE'VE OFFERED. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO A COMMUNITY THAT NORMALLY DOES, IS NOT AVAILABLE ON SATURDAYS, AND HAS HELPED US TO FILL THAT CLASS. 
          THE NEXT CLASS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER CLASS WILL START, UH, NOVEMBER THE NINTH. 
          AND ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED CAN REGISTER@DALLASCERT.COM. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS READY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH THE RESIDENTS. 
          WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE, I STAND READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, GREAT JOB. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CERT VOLUNTEERS IF YOU'LL STAND UP AND JUST BE RECOGNIZED. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. 
          I'M JUST GONNA SAY I BECAME AWARE OF CERT VOLUNTEERS DURING HURRICANE KATRINA. 
          'CAUSE I'M ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF DALLAS SITES THAT SHOWED UP AT THE OLD REUNION AND SAID, OH, I'D LOVE TO VOLUNTEER. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, GREAT. 
          ARE YOU CERT? ARE YOU CER CERTIFIED? AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, . 
          I JUST CAME TO VOLUNTEER. 
          AND THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR TIME TO BECOME CERTIFIED AND TO BE READY TO HELP, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY HOW RESIDENTS SHOW THAT IT'S OUR CITY. 
          LIKE, WE'RE GONNA BE THERE TO HELP AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP WHERE HELP IS NEEDED. 
          UM, AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I ASKED YOU ABOUT THE FLYER AND SO YOU HAVE A GREAT FLYER AND I'LL JUST SAY THE EVENT IS DOWN IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          IF YOU'RE FROM NORTH DALLAS, YOU NEED TO GO LIKE, WAIT TILL YOU SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS PART OF THE CITY IS. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT FACILITY DOWN AT UNT AND I HOPE THAT YOU GET A MASSIVE TURNOUT. 
          I THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE OVERWHELMED. 
          UM, AND TO SIGN UP FOR THE NEXT CLASS, WHICH I THINK YOU SAID IT'S NOVEMBER, IT'S ON THE EMERGENCY. 
          UH, WE CHANGED THE NAME. 
          YES. 
          IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          DALLAS CERT.COM WILL ACTUALLY TAKE YOU TO THE OEMM WEBSITE AND YES, WONDERFUL. 
          WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING ALL THOSE CHANGES DUE TO OUR DEPARTMENT MERGER, BUT DALLAS CERT.COM WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THE WEBSITE TO REGISTER FOR THE CLASS. 
          AND I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THAT CLASS ON SUNDAY. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR THAT. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ACCOMMODATED THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WHO HAS QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR WILLIS. 
          I WAS JUST GOING TO NOTE THERE'S AN IMPORTANT NUMBER TO TEXT. 
          UM, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'VE GOT GOALS AROUND DRIVING UP OUR EMERGENCY ALERTS AND SO I DIDN'T WANNA LET THIS GO BY WITHOUT ONE MORE CHANCE TO PLUG THAT. 
          YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, UH, TRAVIS HUG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 
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CRISIS RESPONSE HERE TO SAY THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR DALLAS ALERT AND RECEIVE FREE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS VIA TEXT, UH, VOICE AND EMAIL, PLEASE TEXT THE WORD DALLAS 2 6 7 2 8 3. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          I MEAN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE RECENT STORMS THAT WE HAD, I MEAN THAT THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT RESIDENTS COULD GET UPDATES. 
          I MEAN, DO YOU WANNA ELABORATE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I MEAN, IT'S REALLY KEY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE DISASTER THAT'S HAPPENING, BUT REALLY CRITICAL IS BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH WHEN WE'RE IN THAT EARLY RECOVERY STAGE, ESPECIALLY THINGS ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR THIS AND TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU COUNCILOR RENO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UH, TRAVIS, UH, AND THE TEAM, THANK Y'ALL FOR PUTTING THIS ON TOGETHER. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, FLOODINGS A BIG UH, DEAL IN, IN EAST DALLAS. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO HAVE IMPROVEMENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS, GUYS, Y'ALL ARE KEY. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WE CAN GET VOLUNTEERS FROM THAT IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. 
          Y'ALL ARE THE, THE TRUST FACE THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT Y'ALL, THEY KNOW THAT WHAT Y'ALL ARE SAYING IS COMING FROM A GOOD PLACE AND THAT IT COMES FROM A LEGITIMATE PLACE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR PROFESSIONALS ON THE, ON THE GROUND, BUT SOMETIMES HAVING THAT REASSURANCE FROM SOMEONE THAT THEY KNOW IN THEIR COMMUNITY GIVES THEM PEACE OF MIND TO LEAVE THEIR HOME AND KNOWING THAT THAT PLACE IS GONNA BE SAFE. 
          WHEN WE HAVE DPD THERE MONITORING THE AREA, UH, THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, LOOTING AND, AND FOLKS GOING INTO THEIR HOMES. 
          BUT WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE IN THOSE GREEN SHIRTS SAYING, YES, IT'S OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, YOUR HOME IS GONNA BE SAFE. 
          YES. 
          YOU KNOW, TRUST THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR, THEY'RE HERE TO HELP. 
          UM, AND SO I HOPE THAT WE GET MORE OF YOU IN, IN GREEN SHIRTS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR, UH, COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN, IN INSTANCES OF DISASTER. 
          SO THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRMAN, SIR. 
          SURE. 
          SO IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MAY STORM, I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PEOPLE OFFER TO HELP ME COORDINATE, UH, COMMUNICATION AND OTHER THINGS. 
          SO I'M GONNA ORGANIZE THEM, BUT I'M GONNA SEND THEM, OBVIOUSLY TO THIS TRAINING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO THAT SOON IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, BUT ONE KEY COMMUNICATION POINT, AND UM, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU ALL TO MAYBE TRY TO PARTNER WITH ENCORE BECAUSE IT WAS THE ENCORE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS THE BIGGEST, MOST SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE I FELT LIKE, UM, POST THAT STORM. 
          AND I COULD DETAIL SOME OF THAT. 
          I WON'T DO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU ALL AND JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS TO MY RESIDENTS THAT POWER HAD BEEN TURNED BACK ON WHEN IN FACT THEY KNEW IT HADN'T. 
          AND THERE WAS SOME, JUST SOME GLITCHES IN THE COMMUNICATION. 
          SO, UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW WHAT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO TEXT DALLAS TO 6 7 2 8 3. 
          JUST TO SAY IT ONE MORE TIME OUT THERE. 
          UM, IN THAT, UM, COMMUNICATION PIECE, WOULD THERE BE ANYTHING THAT WOULD, COULD COME FROM ENCORE OR IS THAT JUST GONNA BE DALLAS? SO, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH ENCORE SINCE THAT STORM. 
          THEY PARTICIPATED IN OUR AFTER ACTION MEETING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED SEVERAL FOLLOW UP MEETINGS. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO HAVE THEM. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. 
          UH, IN JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A TABLETOP EXERCISE WITH THEM TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF SCENARIOS IN WHICH WE WOULD NEED TO SHARE BOTH DATA AND INFORMATION, AND THEN HOW WE CAN MUTUALLY BE COMMUNICATING TO RESIDENTS, UH, AND, AND BEING UNIFIED IN OUR, IN OUR MESSAGE. 
          AND SO, ABSOLUTELY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO CLOSE THAT GAP, UH, THAT WE IDENTIFIED DURING THAT STORM. 
          AND THAT'S, I THINK WHAT I REALIZED THAT MORNING WHEN THE STORM HIT. 
          AND I SENT AN EMAIL AT AROUND EIGHT O'CLOCK TRYING TO GIVE RESIDENTS A LIST OF THIS, YOU CALL THIS, IF THE POWER LINE'S DOWN, YOU CALL THIS IF YOUR POWER'S OUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. 
          I'M NOT SURE MY INFORMATION TURNED OUT TO BE MAYBE THE BEST INFORMATION. 
          SO, UM, I, I WILL ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, ENROLL IN THIS SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE THE BEST, UH, MOST CURRENT INFORMATION. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE I, I DO HAVE IT SO I CAN BE ONE RESOURCE, BUT NOT THE, THE SOLE RESOURCE FOR THAT. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S INFORMATION, RIGHT? YOU, YOU'RE THE, THERE'S A POWER LINE DOWN IN YOUR FRONT YARD, DO YOU CALL 9 1 1? AND IF YOU DO AND THERE'S NO RE RESPONSE, DO YOU WORRY? DO YOU PUT THE LITTLE SOCCER ORANGE CONES AROUND IT? WHICH HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD A LOT,  BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS WORRIED. 
          UM, SO ALL THAT'S TO SAY IS I JUST, I REALLY WANT THAT COMMUNICATION PIECE TO BE AT ITS BEST WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE WILL 
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MOST LIKELY BE ANOTHER STORM OF SOME TYPE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WISH. 
          AND I, THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IF I COULD REAL FAST ON, ON THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATION SIDE OF THINGS. 
          SO ALSO, UM, ON THE AUGUST 28TH COUNCIL AGENDA, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, OUR CONTRACT WITH DEAF LINK. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. 
          IT WAS A GAP THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED. 
          WE REALLY HAD AN INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO DEAF, DEAF BLIND HARD OF HEARING LOW LITERACY COMMUNITIES. 
          AND DEAF LINK IS ALREADY WORKING IN MANY OTHER BIG CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          UH, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO AUTOMATICALLY, ANY ALERT THAT WE SEND GOES TO DEAF LINK TO BE TURNED INTO A SL TO GET TO THE DEAF COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, UH, IT'S JUST, I JUST BRING THAT UP TO SAY, IN ADDITION TO BOLSTERING OUR EFFORTS, WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING OUR CAPABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE DEF LINK. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS BRIEFING? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, FOR ANYONE WHO'S GETTING EXCITED THAT IT'S ONLY TWO 11 AND WE'RE DONE WITH OUR FORMAL BRIEFINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF BRIEFING MEMOS. 
          IN FACT, THERE'S EIGHT OF 'EM PLUS THERE'S NINE AGENDA ITEMS. AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE QUESTIONS FOR QUITE A FEW OF THEM. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SOME. 
          SO STARTING WITH THE, UM, DASHBOARD FOR OUR VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS, WHO WANTS TO START WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE? OKAY, WELL THEN THAT WOULD BE ME. 
          UM, SO FIRST I WANNA JUST SAY TO DPD, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WHICH IS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD, Y'ALL ARE DOING A MUCH BETTER JOB AT CLEARING THESE CASES. 
          WE, WE USED TO HAVE SO MANY HUNDREDS OF CASES THAT WERE BACKLOGGED. 
          AND I, I KNOW THAT THE OFFICERS APPRECIATE IT. 
          I THINK THIS IS SHOWING AN EFFICIENCY IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. 
          I HADN'T SAID IT THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, BUT THIS, THIS IS GOOD WORK. 
          UM, TROUBLING THOUGH IS THE PATROL TOTALS. 
          SO WE HAVE UNDER 1800 PATROL OFFICERS, WHICH FROM JUST TWO YEARS AGO IS DOWN 150. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE CHIEF GARCIA, I ASK YOU ALMOST EVERY MONTH A QUESTION THAT LEADS TO THE ANSWER OF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS. 
          AND YOU'VE GONE ON RECORD TO THE FULL COUNSEL SAYING THAT YOU THINK THE, PROBABLY THE STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF SWORN OFFICERS IS ABOUT 3,600. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YES. 
          YOUR, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW THE SWORN TOTAL THAT WE'RE REPORTING ON THE DASHBOARD IS 3073 WITH THE PATROL AT 1,794. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          AND SO OUR HIRING GOAL WAS 250. 
          WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER CLASS THAT'LL BE BE SEATED BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY EVEN MAKE IT, OR YOU'LL COME REALLY, REALLY CLOSE FOR THE HIRING. 
          UM, BUT STILL THE, THE TURNOVER'S BEEN HIGH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NORMAL ATTRITION. 
          I MEAN, WE DO GET OLD AND, UM, PEOPLE MOVE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT SO HOW DO YOU SEE THIS WORKING? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE RECRUITING BRIEFING, YOU ARE ABLE TO SHOW HOW MANY GET SEATED IN THE ACADEMY VERSUS HOW MANY GRADUATE VERSUS HOW MANY COMPLETE FIELD TRAINING. 
          AND I DON'T SEE, WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, EVEN A POSITIVE. 
          I MEAN, ONCE YOU TAKE OUT FROM THE TWO 50 HIRED WHO ACTUALLY IS GONNA GRADUATE AND THEN YOU TAKE OUT WHO'S GONNA COMPLETE FIELD TRAINING, THAT NUMBER IS LOWER THAN OUR ATTRITION NUMBER. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA GROW 60 EVEN, WHICH IS CLEARLY NOT ENOUGH. 
          AGAIN, I THINK WE COVERED THIS A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME WITH REGARDS TO THIS, IS IT'S NOT EASY, UH, TO BECOME A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. 
          UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY LOW, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING THIS, BUT OBVIOUSLY LOWERING OUR STANDARDS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE'LL NEVER DO. 
          UM, AND SO AGAIN, IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO CONTINUE TO, TO HAVE AS LARGE LARGE ACADEMY CLASSES AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, UNDERSTANDING AND RECOGNIZING THAT SOME AREN'T GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ISSUES AS WELL, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS ALSO, UH, CHAIR IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AND WE, WE, WE DO OBVIOUSLY CONCENTRATE ON PATROL, UM, THE BACKBONE OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE ANSWER, AND THAT ONE WILL CALL FOR SERVICE. 
          UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS YOU WELL KNOW, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT INVESTIGATIONS, UM, THEY'RE STRUGGLING AS 
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WELL. 
          I MEAN, I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING WITH MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEFS CONSTANTLY ON FILLING, UH, DIFFERENT SPOTS IN DIFFERENT BUREAUS. 
          AND SO YES, PATROL GETS A LOT OF THE ATTENTION AS IT SHOULD, UH, BASED ON BEING, ANSWERING THE NINE ONE ONE CALL FOR SERVICE IS THE NUMBER ONE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, BUT OUR INVESTIGATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, UNITS, UM, ARE, UM, ARE STRUGGLING AS WELL. 
          UM, IF YOU WERE TO, I MEAN, I KNOW WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS, I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF WE HAD THOSE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE HAD IN INVESTIGATIONS FIVE YEARS AGO TO COMPARE TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, UM, WHICH, WHICH I'M SURE WOULD BE VERY TELLING. 
          UM, AND FILLING THOSE SPOTS IS IMPORTANT. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY IT ALL COMES BACK AROUND. 
          THE QUICKER WE CAN SOLVE, UH, CRIME AND TAKE, GET INDIVIDUALS OFF THE STREET, UM, THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT AS WELL ON WHAT PATROL HAS TO DO. 
          WELL, I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          UM, YOU HAVE INCREASED, UM, INVESTIGATION STAFFING, JUST IN THESE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES IS LOW. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH THIS. 
          NOW, OF COURSE, AS WE LOWER CRIME, MAYBE THERE'S LESS INVESTIGATIONS AND THAT'S GOOD, BUT WE HAVEN'T LOWERED IT ENOUGH THAT WE'RE PROPERLY STAFFED, IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY. 
          OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE ARE NOT PROPERLY STAFFED, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, SO, UM, THOSE WERE ALL MY QUESTIONS ON THE DPD DASHBOARD. 
          COUNCILLOR WILLIS. 
          WELL, I WAS JUST GOING BACK CHIEF. 
          I MEAN, SORRY. 
          SO GIVEN THAT, AND I MEAN, WE'VE LISTENED TO THE REPORT ABOUT RECRUITING AND IN RETEN AND RETENTION AND THE BONUS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND, UM, JUST SO MANY AMAZING THINGS WE'VE GOT IN PLACE TO HELP RAISE THESE NUMBERS. 
          BUT IT'S 2024, WE'VE GOT TECHNOLOGY EVERYWHERE, AND I THINK AT ONE POINT WE WERE EXAMINING ANOTHER CLASS OF, OF, UM, THINGS THAT A RESIDENT COULD USE DOORS, THE DALLAS ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR. 
          SO WHEN OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING AT THIS SITUATION AND SAYING, OKAY, WE KNOW WE NEED TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS AND THEIR PROGRAMS IN PLACE TO HELP US DO THAT, WHAT COULD I DO AS A RESIDENT TO HELP DPD DIRECT OFFICERS TO OUR MOST CRITICAL ISSUES VERSUS WHAT, WHAT COULD I DO TO, UM, YOU KNOW, REPORT THIS A DIFFERENT WAY AND USE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP THE OVERALL SITUATION? NO, ABSOLUTELY. 
          I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER. 
          UH, IT HAS, UH, FREED UP, UH, HOURS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, AS WE LOOK, I MEAN, IF, IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE OTHER AREAS, UH, THAT WE FEEL PRUDENT THAT, UH, CAN BE REPORTED ONLINE. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EVERY, EVERY, EVERY OPTION THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, BUT CERTAINLY THAT HAS SAVED US THOUSANDS OF HOURS. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S, UM, OTHER, OTHER CRIME TYPES THAT COULD BE BETTER REPORTED THAT WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT PAGE IS THE TAKEOVER LOCATIONS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ASK IF THIS IS STILL, UM, A HIGH PRIORITY ON REPORTING ABOUT TAKEOVER LOCATIONS AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY REPORTING ABOUT SOME OF THESE VERY LARGE, LOUD, SUPER LOUD PARTIES THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE HAPPENING IN NORTH ALICE IN MULTIPLE DISTRICTS. 
          I'M NOT SURE HOW HOW FAR SOUTH THEY'VE MOVED YET, BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY ON THE MOVE. 
          HOW YOU DOING? ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK L'OREAL? CAN YOU TELL ME YOUR QUESTION ONE MORE TIME? I'M SORRY. 
          SURE. 
          UM, IN THE BRIEFING MATERIAL, THE, THE NEXT DASHBOARD WE HAVE IS ABOUT THE TAKEOVER EVENTS, WHICH WE WERE AT ONE TIME HAVING QUITE A FEW OF. 
          AND MY QUESTION IS, YOU'VE GOT TWO THAT ARE REPORTED ON OVER LOCATIONS THIS MONTH, AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS STILL, UM, NECESSARY RELEVANT TO BE REPORTING ON. 
          AND NUMBER TWO, IF WE NEED TO ADD IN SOMETHING TO BE TRACKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING THESE LOUD LATE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE BARS CLOSE, IT STARTS AT 3:00 AM GOES TILL SEVEN, 8:00 AM PARTIES WITH 50, A HUNDRED MULTIPLE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. 
          WELL, I'LL JUST TALK TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION. 
          SO YES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS. 
          OUR, OUR, OUR FOLKS HAVE DONE A, A OUTSTANDING JOB, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DASHBOARD. 
          WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO TAKEOVERS THIS WHOLE YEAR. 
          FORTUNATELY, WE'VE, UH, I THINK THEY'VE TRANSITIONED OVER TO FORT WORTH, SO WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THE WIN ON THAT DEAL. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REPORT THESE STUFF. 
          LIKE I SAID, OUR, OUR FOLKS ARE WORKING HARD. 
          UH, THE TWO THAT YOU MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY, UM, WERE REALLY RELATED TO THE SAME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE COMMITTING THE, UH, STREET RACING. 
          SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND LOOKING AT THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE COMPILED 
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YEAR TO DATE, THEY'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF MAKING GOOD ARRESTS AND TAKING GUNS OFF THE STREET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING THESE STOPS AND SEIZING VEHICLES AND GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA TOLERATE THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          I'LL LET CHIEF, UH, IGO RESPOND TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF IGO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AS YOURS AWARE, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS DUE TO OUR EFFORTS, WE'VE HAD MINIMUM TAKEOVERS. 
          IN FACT, THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO, UH, FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          SO, UH, OUR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO MONITOR THESE, UH, TO GET AHEAD OF THESE, UH, STREET TAKEOVERS HAS LED TO OUR SUCCESS TO THIS POINT. 
          SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO CONTINUE TRACKING IT AND, UH, CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS IN THAT LOCATION. 
          AND DO YOU THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE ADDING IN SOMETHING TO ADDRESS AND MONITOR THESE VERY LOUD, LARGE SCALE, OFTEN DRUNKEN PARTIES? THERE'S BEEN SOME NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS ABOUT VENEZUELAN GANGS AND THE PARTIES AND, AND TAKEOVER EVENTS, TAKEOVERS OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES? YEAH, SO WE DO HAVE, UH, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED IT, UH, A LOT OF PLANS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, UH, NOT ONLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT SIDE, BUT WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ON THESE LOCATIONS. 
          UM, AND TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S, IT'S, YES, THERE'S A CONCERN WITH THE VENEZUELAN GANGS, BUT ARE SOME OF OUR LOCAL GANGS ARE ACTUALLY MORE PROBLEMATIC, UH, THAN THE VENEZUELAN GANGS AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ANY OTHER, UM, DASHBOARD ITEMS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, LET'S MOVE TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ON EMS. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL REPORT. 
          I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU, LIKE ARTISTICALLY COLORS, I MEAN, THE PRESENTATION WAS AMAZING, BUT EVEN BETTER WAS THE CONTENT. 
          AND I, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU, UM, FOR THE MEDIA, I'M JUST GONNA SAY, PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAGES 18, 19, AND 21. 
          THE CHARTS ARE INCREDIBLE. 
          AND MARSHALL, I HOPE, DR. 
          ISAAC, I HOPE YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK BECAUSE WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT HOW MANY TRANSPORTS AND THE RATE THAT YOU'RE TRANSPORTING NOW COMPARED TO THE PAST, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE NO PATIENT AND HOW THAT'S GONE DOWN, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, I MEAN, LITERALLY YOU START THE CHART AT 5% AND NOW YOU'RE AT 92%. 
          THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 
          AND THAT'S JUST SINCE 22. 
          SO I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE A MINUTE TO TAKE A BOW FOR THE INCREDIBLE CHANGE AND, AND HIGH QUALITY THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT OF DFR. 
          WELL, MADAM CHAIR, CHIEF ARTIST COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE A BOW BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. 
          MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SAM CORDICK, WHO'S OUR QUALITY MANAGER. 
          HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, ARRANGEMENT OF THE REPORT, UM, BUT VISUALLY AND, UM, THAT THAT'S SECONDARY TO, AS YOU SAID, THE DATA THAT'S IN THE REPORT, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE AMAZING WORK THAT'S BEING DONE EACH AND EVERY DAY BY DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, PARAMEDICS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND OFFICERS IN SERVICE OF THE CITY, AND THOSE WHO NEED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND ASSISTANCE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GLANCE THAT IT, I KNOW CHIEF BALL AND, AND, UH, CHIEF PLUNER WANNA SAY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT TOO. 
          UH, INTERIM FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN BULL. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENT. 
          UH, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY. 
          VMS, IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF EFFORT. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU'D LIKE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, I'VE GOT, UH, CHIEF KLUMP HERE THAT CAN GO OVER A FEW THINGS. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS SCOTT KLEMPNER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF EMS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON PAGE EIGHT, THAT HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR. 
          SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE'VE ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, CPR LIFESAVER AWARDS WE'RE, UH, GOING OUT AND RECOGNIZING OUR PARAMEDICS WHEN THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE LIFESAVING CPR. 
          WE'RE SEEING THOSE RATES HIGHER THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN. 
          PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUTTA THE HOSPITAL ALIVE DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PARAMEDICS ARE DOING. 
          AND WE'RE, I MEAN, AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS LIVES AND HAS FAMILY IN THE CITY, I'M PROUD OF THAT PERSONALLY AND WHAT IT DOES FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DEPLOYING NEW AND, UH, SOME OF THE NEWEST FRONTLINE EQUIPMENT, THE CHEST COMPRESSION DEVICES, IV PUMPS, HAVING A SUPERVISOR THERE DURING A CPR, THESE ARE OUR MOST CRITICAL CALLS. 
          AND BY HAVING A SUPERVISOR THERE AND THE EXTRA TRAINING WITH THE PARAMEDICS, WE WERE AT A POINT WHERE 50% OF THE TIME WE WERE HAVING TO GO BACK AND DO SOME REMEDIAL TRAINING WITH PARAMEDICS ON CPRS. 
          NOW THAT'S NEXT, UH, UNHEARD OF FOR OUR PARAMEDICS, AND THAT'S ACCREDIT TO DR. 
          ISAACS, THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL DIRECTION AND THE 
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TEAM EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY IN ALL THE SUPPORT FROM CHIEF ARTIST, CHIEF BALL, AND, UH, THE COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE AND HOW WE'RE HOPEFULLY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. 
          WELL, IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE AND THE MEDIA JUST LEFT, BUT I HOPE THEY'RE WATCHING BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF THING I THINK RESIDENTS WANNA KNOW ABOUT. 
          THEY WANNA KNOW THAT WHEN THEY DIAL 9 1 1 ON THAT WORST DAY OF THEIR LIFE, THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET REALLY HIGH QUALITY CARE FROM YOU. 
          SO I'M, LIKE I SAID, COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD. 
          YOU SHOULD BE PROUD AS WELL. 
          AND EVERYBODY IN DFR IS PART OF THAT, SO THANK YOU. 
          ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE, LIKE, I THINK ON THE DASHBOARD IS AT 86% OF THE CALLS ARE MEDICAL. 
          IS THAT THE RIGHT NUMBER? IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR BUSINESS. 
          , 86%. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO OUR NEXT BRIEFING IS ABOUT FACILITY. 
          I'M, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU. 
          YES. 
          OH, JUST REAL QUICK. 
          UM, CHIEF BALL, CHIEF , UH, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO I KNOW LAST YEAR THE MEDIC ONE PROGRAM WAS STARTED IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR THE LOW ACUITY CALLS. 
          SO AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MEDICAL RELATED CALLS, THEN YOU'VE GOT THESE LOW ACUITY CALLS. 
          ONE OTHER THING, AND I KNOW CHIEF ARTIS, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, IS SOMETIMES THERE ARE FACILITIES, SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES AND OTHERS THAT MAKE FREQUENT CALLS TO HELP SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT BE IN A MEDICAL SITUATION. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MEDIC ONE WAS MODELED AFTER FOR DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE AND THE DIFFICULTY MAYBE IN GETTING TO THEM, BUT TAKING WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN 2023. 
          ARE THERE ANY HOTSPOTS FOR ONE OF A BETTER TERM OF WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY THAT YOU ALL CAN EXPLORE? YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO DEPLOY THE FLEET AND CERTAIN PERSONNEL TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE SITUATIONS? YEAH, THAT, UM, THE MED WON WA WAS, WAS A PILOT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY WORKING REALLY WELL. 
          SO WE, WE PLANNED ON ADDING ANOTHER UNIT, SO WE ARE JUST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE METRICS RIGHT NOW OF WHERE THAT WOULD FIT. 
          AND YEAH, UM, IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PERSON ON THERE MAKING THIS RUN. 
          AND SO WE'D BE OPEN TO ADD MORE OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT IT HAS TO BE WORTH THE WHILE. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT THE RUNS, BUT WE, YEAH, WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, I HAD HEARD SOME FRUSTRATION FROM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PERSONNEL ON THAT AND I, ANYWAY, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE EXAMINING THAT ALREADY. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DART, UM, SOME OF THIS OBVIOUSLY MEDICAL WOULD FALL UNDER, UM, DFR, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT BEHAVIORAL AND SOME SOCIAL SUPPORT NEEDS, I, I DON'T KNOW, ARE THESE JUST REIMBURSED AS AN INSURED PERSON WOULD REIMBURSE THESE SERVICES? OR DOES DART DO WE HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH DART TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR THEIR STATIONS AND TRAINS? SO THROUGH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM, DART ACTUALLY CONTRACTS DIRECTLY TO OUR PARAMEDICS. 
          AND SO THE CITY IS OUT NO COST TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 
          SIMILAR TO THE RIGHT CARE PROGRAM. 
          WE, WE INTERNALLY CALL IT DARK CARE, BUT IT'S AT NO COST TO THE CITY AND IT'S OFF-DUTY PERSONNEL SIMILAR TO THE POLICE, UH, OFF-DUTY, UH, PATROL PROGRAM. 
          SO IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR US TO, AGAIN, IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BETWEEN MEDIC ONE, THE DARK CARE TEAM, UM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE, SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION. 
          IN ADDITION, OUR, UH, OUR MEDICAL OUTREACH PERSONNEL, THEY ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THEY ARE, UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LOOKING, IF YOU HAVE A, A REPEAT CALLER THAT, UH, FLAGS AND EVERY MONDAY OUR DATA WILL SHOW US IF WE HAVE HIGH VOLUME CALLERS OR HIGH VOLUME FACILITIES. 
          AND THEIR JOB IS TO GO AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND SEE IF THEY CAN ADDRESS, IS IT SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS SOCIAL SERVICES, IS IT A FACILITY THAT IS NOT MEETING WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE FOR RESIDENTS AND THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO GET OTHER STATE AGENCIES INVOLVED. 
          UH, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING TO ANOTHER, UH, AN EXPANDED DATA CALLED DATA MART THAT'S GONNA GIVE US REAL TIME DATA ON ALL OF THIS. 
          WE'RE RUNNING REPORTS RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS THE NEXT STEP AND THE DATA EVOLUTION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REAL TIME BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT. 
          SO YOU SAY IT'S AT NO COST TO THE CITY FOR DARK CARE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S FUNDED BY DART. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS BRIEFING? OKAY, MOVING TO DFR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT? I DON'T HAVE ANY, NO. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING TO G DALLAS FIRE RESCUE MAINTENANCE UPDATE. 
          I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          IT'S THE FLEET MAINTENANCE. 
          SO ON THE CONSTRUCTION, I'M JUST GONNA POINT OUT DON'T, DON'T LEAVE. 
          YOU'RE THE CHIEF  THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONCERNING TO HEAR THAT THE WALLS OF THE, UM, 
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THE BAYS WERE FALLING DOWN YES. 
          IN THE, IN THE CONSTRUCTION. 
          BUT I'M LEAVING THAT ALONE TO SAY, UM, WHAT AN AMAZING REPORT TO SEE THAT WE ARE FULLY, UM, WE'RE FULLY ENGAGED WITH ALL OF OUR ENGINES, ALL OF OUR TRUCKS, AND ALL OF OUR RESCUES. 
          LIKE, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD THAT BEFORE. 
          AND YOU ALSO HAVE SOME OF THEM, UM, UH, ON RESERVE. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL, FIVE AND A HALF YEARS THAT'S EVER HAPPENED. 
          SO I JUST, AND I LOOKED AT IT, I WAS LIKE, WOW. 
          SO YAY. 
          WELL, YEAH. 
          UM, I'LL ADDRESS IT. 
          'CAUSE I, 'CAUSE I STAYED HERE. 
          UH, BUT, UM, THAT'S CREDIT TO COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT FOR, UM, ENABLING US TO, BY ALL THE, THE EXTRA EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WELL, IT, IT DESERVES A MENTION, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, OKAY, WELL, ITEM H I'M SORRY, WAS THERE ANOTHER ONE? YES, I MISSED, I MISSED ONE. 
          I MISSED, UH, FOR ITEM G, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD CONSTRUCTION. 
          OH, WE'RE NOT UP AT L. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, YOU WANT F YES. 
          YES. 
          SO WE'RE BACK TO FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. 
          YEAH, I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT, UH, STATION 40, I BELIEVE STATION 40. 
          UM, DO, DO, CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT TODAY. 
          YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON STATION 40 BECAUSE WE HAD SOME, UH, SOME, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, UH, SITUATION THERE. 
          WE HAD SOME FLOODING IN THERE, YOU KNOW, SOME WALLS WERE CRACKING, YOU KNOW, SOME TILES MISSING. 
          SO I'LL JUST GIVE AN UPDATE. 
          WHAT IS THE STATUS OF IT? STATION 40, BECAUSE THAT LIST 2 MILLION A PRIORITY. 
          YEAH, IT, IT, IT'S ON OUR LIST OF THE, THE, THE MONIES THAT WE WERE, WERE GIVEN. 
          IT'S ON THE TOP. 
          IT'S NEAR TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF OUR PRIORITIES, BUT AS FAR AS IT HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED, BUT IT WILL BE. 
          AND I'LL GET YOU AN UPDATE TO THAT AS SOON AS WE GET IT RIGHT. 
          WELL, IT'S BEEN ON YOUR LIST FOR THREE YEARS, SO I'M KIND OF GETTING IMPATIENT, YOU KNOW? YES. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT ABOVE THE NICHE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY 40. 
          I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH, NO, UNDERSTOOD. 
          BUT NOW IT'S BEEN MOVED TO THE TOP. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MORENO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ON ITEM G, WHEN THERE'S FLEET THAT IS OUT OF COMMISSION, UM, HOW DO WE KNOW THE CORRESPONDING, UH, STATION THAT THEY'RE OUT OF? IS THAT PROVIDED AND LISTED TO US WHEN THERE, WHEN THERE'S AN, UH, AN AMBULANCE, A FIRE TRUCK THAT'S OUT OF COMMISSION, HOW DO WE KNOW IT? WHAT IT CO WHAT STATION IT'S CORRESPONDING TO? YEAH. 
          UM, SO WHEN, WHEN THERE IS ONE OUT, THERE'S NOT BEEN LIKE, UH, MS. MENDELSON SAID WE, WE ARE GOOD AT THE MOMENT, SO ANYTIME ONE'S OUT, WE HAVE A RESERVE. 
          WE WENT FOR A PERIOD WHERE WHEN ONE WAS OUT, WE'D USE A SQUAD. 
          BUT, UM, IF THAT'S, IF WE'VE NOT BEEN NOTIFYING THE, THE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IT WOULD AFFECT, WE'LL DO THAT FROM NOW ON. 
          SO I'LL PUT THAT ON THE LIST WHERE, IF IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, WE'LL, WE'LL SHOOT AN EMAIL, BUT THE, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY AREA THAT'S BEEN COMPLETELY OUT WHERE WE'VE NOT COVERED THEM WITH A SQUAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BUT WE WILL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN REYNOLD, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN KNOWING IF YOUR STATION IS MISSING AN APPARATUS OR IF, UM, IT'S BEING, IT IT'S USING LIKE A LOANER WHILE THEIRS IS BEING FIXED? BOTH. 
          BOTH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS BEFORE H ARE WE READY FOR H THIS IS THE MARSHALL'S RACIAL PROFILING REPORT. 
          CHIEF PEWS, ARE YOU HERE? OH, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE I'M CHAIR A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          I'M CHIEF CLIFTON KNIGHT WITH THE DALLAS CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT? I'LL JUST SAY IT THIS WAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR NOT RACIALLY PROFILING. 
          YOU ARE WELCOME. 
          OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE GETTING OFF EASY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM I, THE MARSHALL'S HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM. 
          ACTIVITY REPORT. 
          CHAIR MURANO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND NO, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO GO BACK AND FORTH. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR PROVIDING THE, UH, 
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ON THE NEXT, UH, MONTH, HAVING THE INFORMATION THAT I REQUESTED STARTING TO INCLUDE THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING IT AND, UH, MOVING FORWARD THAT, THAT WILL BE IN HERE. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM IS NATIONAL FAITH AND BLUE ORGANIZATION. 
          THIS IS A REALLY COOL PROGRAM. 
          I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SIT ON A WEBINAR. 
          IT WAS A NATIONAL WEBINAR ABOUT, UM, THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND DURING IT, CHIEF REYES GOT CALLED OUT FOR BEING SO GREAT AND FOR THE GREAT ACTIVITY THAT DALLAS HAS, UM, IN PARTNERING WITH A COMMUNITY AND BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          DO YOU WANNA JUST TAKE LIKE A MINUTE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT IT IS? SHERIFF? THIS IS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO, UH, EXACTLY WHAT IT SAYS. 
          FAITH AND BLUE, UH, PARTNER. 
          OUR BLUE COMMUNITY WITH THE FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, UH, STARTED IN 2020 AND IT'S A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH, THERE'S US EVERY YEAR. 
          THERE'S USUALLY MAYBE LIKE TWO, TWO TO FIVE MARQUEE EVENTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE MARQUEE EVENTS IN OUR CITY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          UH, THE BIG THING IS TO, TO JUST KIND OF BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, UH, THROUGH FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKING WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I WILL SAY WE HAVE ON THE MEMO, WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS LISTED. 
          WE HAVE UPDATED SINCE THE MEMO CAME IN, SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW, UH, OTHER EVENTS COMING UP. 
          UH, THE MARQUEE EVENT, AS WE CALL IT FOR THIS YEAR, UH, WORKING ON, UH, TOGETHER WE DINE EVENT AND, UM, HAS NOT BEEN NAILED DOWN YET, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, LOCATION IN DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, THAT WANT THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT LOCATIONS WE HAVE, UH, EVENTS GOING ON, WE'D BE GLAD TO SEND THAT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, AND IF YOU DON'T SEE YOUR DISTRICT ON THERE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO WORK WITH A PARTICULAR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION IN YOUR DISTRICT, WE'D LOVE THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          AND EVERY SUBSTATION IS HOSTING EVENTS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          YES. 
          AND I KNOW I ATTENDED, UM, ONE LAST YEAR THAT, UH, WAS RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF 11 AND 12. 
          IT WAS ACTUALLY IN 12, BUT, UM, VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I, I MEAN, I THINK EVERYONE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY GOT TO KNOW SOME POLICE OFFICERS AND, UM, MAYBE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL DO. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CHIEF RE, AM I CORRECT, DO WE HAVE A, A NEW MAJOR OVER THE NPOS? YES, MA'AM. 
          WHO MIGHT BE SITTING TO YOUR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          UH, SITTING HERE TO MY RIGHT IS MAJOR IRENE . 
          SHE HAS TAKEN OVER AS THE COMMANDER OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUREAU. 
          UM, SO OBVIOUSLY WE WELCOME HER FROM HER PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT TO WORK TOGETHER WITH US. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND OBVIOUSLY HAVING HER WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          WELL, SHE'S ALREADY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, ATTENDING AN EVENT IN D 10 RECENTLY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE NEXT ITEM'S ITEM K, IT'S THE, THE REFERRAL PILOT PROGRAM, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THAT. 
          IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO ASK NOW. 
          NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WE REALLY HAVE NOT COVERED BEFORE. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE IS THE PROPERTY ROOM SOFTWARE, AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY ROOM MANY TIMES. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ITEM M I'M GUESSING THERE WILL BE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, AND THIS IS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE GUNSHOT DETECTION EQUIPMENT. 
          SOMEBODY FROM DPD WANNA COME TALK ABOUT THAT? YEAH, I WANT SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          . 
          , YES. 
          SO THE INFORMATION PROVIDED REALLY DOESN'T SHARE WHERE IT'S GONNA BE, HOW IT'S GONNA UTILIZE. 
          IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF WALK US THROUGH WHAT THE PLAN IS WITH THIS. 
          THANK YOU CA, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MAJOR NELSON, UH, SID SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION. 
          UM, OUR, THE GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM THAT, UH, WE LOOKED INTO THAT WAS PROBABLY PROVIDE, UH, THE CITY THE GREATEST BENEFIT WAS, UH, IT'S, IT'S CALLED FIREFLY, AND IT'S A VERY PORTABLE SYSTEM. 
          PHOENIX USES THAT SYSTEM CURRENTLY. 
          THEY STARTED OUT WITH 25 
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SENSORS. 
          WE'LL BE STARTING WITH 24 SENSORS. 
          UH, AND IT GIVES US A COVERAGE OF ABOUT, UM, ONE TO TWO MILES, ONE, ONE TO TWO SQUARE MILES. 
          UM, AND IT ALLOWS US TO PORTABILITY OF MOVING IT FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER BASED ON COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          MAYOR PROAM? YES. 
          UH, QUESTION, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID ONE OR TWO MILES. 
          SO HAVE THERE BEEN, UM, A MAP OF, OF THE CITY THAT, WHERE, WHERE THIS MIGHT BE STATIONED AT, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE HAVE OCCURRING MORE GUNSHOT DATA DRIVEN, SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DEPLOY THIS? OH, ABSOLUTELY, YEAH. 
          WE WOULD LOOK AT IT FROM A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, UH, AND PUT IT IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING, UM, VIOLENT CRIME AND IT, IT ACTUALLY OVERLAYS OUR, OUR, OUR CRIME PLAN PERFECTLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HAS THE GRIDS ARE SET UP, THOSE ARE USUALLY THE AREAS THAT WE, WE SEE, UH, LARGE AMOUNTS OF RANDOM GUNFIRE. 
          SO THERE ARE AREAS ALREADY THAT WE, YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT IT NEED TO BE IN THOSE PARTICULAR GRIDS OR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS, RIGHT? YES. 
          BASED ON THE STATISTICS, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE THAT IS RESIDENTS SAY, HEY, I THINK THIS IS A GRID THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS GUNSHOT. 
          OR WHO DO WE NOTIFY? WHO DO WE CONTACT? WELL, WE WE'RE STILL FINALIZING A, A, A LOT OF THAT. 
          UM, BUT, UM, WE WILL HAVE A, A PROTOCOL THAT, UM, THERE'LL BE ANY ABILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS AS NEEDED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RENO, AND THEN COUNCILOR, MEMBER MELISSA. 
          UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 
          UH, ALWAYS, UH, APPRECIATE WHEN WE CAN USE TECHNOLOGY TO, UH, DETECT CRIME. 
          UM, I AM CURIOUS, UM, AS TO HOW MANY, UH, DEVICES WE'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE WITH THIS, UM, UH, WITH THIS BUDGET THAT'S PROPOSED. 
          SO, SO CURRENTLY WITH THE, UH, ALLOWED BUDGET, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE 24 SENSORS, WHICH GIVES US ABOUT A ONE TO TWO SQUARE MILE COVERAGE AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT ON, ON HOW WE'LL DETERMINING AREAS OF WHERE THESE ARE, UM, DEPLOYED. 
          HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT TYPICALLY WON'T CALL 9 1 1 FOR SIMPLE, UH, GUNSHOT, UH, YOU KNOW, RANDOM FIRING. 
          WE HAVE TO HAVE THE DATA IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO QUALIFY AND GET THOSE DEVICES. 
          SO ANY WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE, RESIDENTS ARE CALLING IN RANDOM GUNFIRE? WELL, I, I THINK THAT OUR NPOS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB, UH, AT CRIME WATCH MEETINGS OF, OF PUSHING THAT SPECIFIC MESSAGE. 
          UM, OFFICERS AS THEY RESPOND TO CALLS, THEY DO A GOOD JOB ALSO OF PUSHING THAT MESSAGE THAT OUR STATISTICS ARE DRIVEN BASED ON CALLS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND THEN CAN YOU, UH, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON, IS THE DEVICE ON A, UH, PORTABLE, UH, TRAILER? DOES IT GO UP IN THE AIR OR DO WE IN INSTALL THESE ON UTILITY POLES? HOW, HOW ARE THEY DEPLOYED? YEAH, IT, IT'S, YEAH, IT'S MUCH SMALLER THAN NEEDING A, A, A TRAILER. 
          IT'S, UH, AND WHAT WE OPTED FOR WAS A SOLAR OPTION, WHICH, UM, IT, IT BASICALLY ALLOWS US TO PUT IT IN A, ON ON TOP OF A BUILDING. 
          IT ALLOWS US TO MOUNT IT TO A UTILITY POLE. 
          UH, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S SOLAR POWER POWERED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I REMEMBER WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET SESSION, UM, CHIEF GARCIA, YOUR COMMENTS WERE NOT LOST ON ME, THAT I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT GUNSHOT DETECTION HAS SOME ISSUES DEPENDING ON TOPOGRAPHY, BUILDINGS, I MEAN AN ECHO, ET CETERA. 
          UH, I DON'T KNOW IF RELIABILITY IS AN ISSUE. 
          I THINK THE, THE COMMENT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE FLOCK CAMERAS VERSUS, UM, GUNSHOT DETECTION. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK WE FELT LIKE WE WANTED TO TRY THIS. 
          AND SO THANK YOU. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE SCOUTED, YOU KNOW, THE BEST OPTION THAT OTHER CITIES ARE USING. 
          SO, UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE MOBILE AND SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY THE 9 1 1 CALLS AND DEPLOY. 
          LIKE IF OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN'T TAKE IT OUT IN THAT MOMENT, I WOULD, I WOULD THINK, BUT THAT IF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS EXPERIENCING ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHTS OR FREQUENT GUNSHOTS, THAT THIS WOULD BE ENOUGH IF THE NEIGHBORS ARE LETTING US KNOW TO DEPLOY ONE OF THESE, UH, IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WHEN THIS PERSON COMES BACK TO SHOOT IT UP AGAIN, WE CATCH 'EM HOPEFULLY, OR, OR HAVE A, A, A SHOT, FORGIVE THE PUN, AT CATCHING 
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THEM A A ABSOLUTELY. 
          I, I MEAN, WE'LL, WE'LL SAID THAT, THAT IS EXACTLY THE PLAN THAT WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, IMPLY THAT, UH, WE'LL LET OUR STATISTICS DRIVE US, UH, COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AS FAR AS WHERE WE POSITION, UH, THE SENSORS, UH, WITH 24, WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COVER TWO DISTINCT AREAS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF, OF THE AREA, UH, THAT WE GET REPORTS FROM. 
          SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFECTING THIS AS WE GO. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WELL, SO THE ONE THING I GET OUT OF THIS THOUGH, AS THIS GOES INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND THERE'S SOME SUCCESS, IS THAT I COULD SEE THIS BEING, I HOPE A DETERRENT BECAUSE, 'CAUSE WE KNOW ABOUT INCIDENTS AROUND JULY 4TH, ABOUT NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND OTHER TIMES WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF GUNSHOTS AND THE ABILITY TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A TOOL NOW THAT MAY BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU TYPICALLY DO TO CELEBRATE, UH, YOU MIGHT THINK TWICE ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN LOCATE YOU. 
          SO I HOPE THAT IT WOULD SERVE AS A DETERRENT JUST AS OVERALL AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          VERY HELPFUL. 
          HOPEFUL THAT, UM, JUST HAVING IT WILL BE A DETERRENT ALSO. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY, GO AHEAD. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THESE DEVICES WORK. 
          ARE, ARE THEY GOING INTO LIKE THE FUSION ROOM? WHO'S MONITORING IT? ARE, IS IT REAL TIME? UM, HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THE DEVICE WORKS. 
          Y YES. 
          SO, SO IT'S REAL TIME. 
          THE, THE SENSORS BASICALLY, ONCE THEY'RE SET UP IN AN AREA, THEY TRIANGULATE. 
          UH, AND THEN THAT GOES INTO A DATABASE THAT CAN BE MONITORED INTO EITHER BY EITHER THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER OR COMMUNICATIONS OR, OR ACTUALLY, OR, OR BOTH. 
          YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL LET'S MOVE TO OUR NEXT ONE. 
          UM, N IS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ONE? NOPE. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS O IT'S ABOUT OUR JAIL CONTRACT. 
          THIS IS A $7.8 MILLION CONTRACT. 
          UM, I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          WHO WANTS TO ANSWER THEM? HERE WE GO. 
          HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. 
          MY NAME IS OSIS MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT AND ALSO ASSISTING THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IN THEIR BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT? CORRECT. 
          WHAT ITEMS WERE RENEGOTIATED IN THIS CONTRACT? SO SOME OF THE ITEMS WERE, OF COURSE THE DEFINITIONS OF CITY PRISONER AND ALSO WHAT COVERS WITH THE HOUSING RELEASE AND INTAKE CLASSIFICATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, DID OUR JAIL POPULATION GO UP OR DOWN LAST YEAR AND THE COST PER PRISONER, IS THAT GOING UP OR DOWN THIS YEAR? SO FOR THIS YEAR, UM, TO ANSWER AS FAR AS THE POPULATION, UM, IT ACTUALLY IS WENT DOWN. 
          SO WHAT WE CLEARED WITH THE AMENDMENT OF FIVE, NUMBER FIVE IS, UH, WE, WE USED TO DO A TWO YEAR AVERAGE OF HOUSING AND NOW WE DO A ONE YEAR. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT GOES, THAT AFFECTS THIS YEAR'S CONTRACT IS 6,110, UH, INDIVIDUALS FOR THE YEAR. 
          AND THEN AS FAR AS THE COST, UM, IT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEGOTIATED? SPECIFICALLY? WE'VE HAD, WE'VE, WE'VE ALL READ ABOUT PERFORMANCE ISSUES WITH THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM, THE TIMELY RELEASE OF PRISONERS AND THE YOUTH FACILITY ISSUES. 
          WERE THOSE ADDRESSED IN THE CONTRACT? SO, UM, THE, UH, AS FAR AS THE RELEASE OR THE PROCESSING OF PRISONERS THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE AMENDMENT AS FAR AS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PROVIDE, UH, FOR DPD AVAILABILITY TO WHEN THEY BRING SOMEBODY IN THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROCESS THE PRISONERS, THE CITY PRISONERS, SO THE OFFICER CAN FINISH THEIR REPORT AND GET BACK ON THE FIELD. 
          UM, SO THAT WAS ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE CONTRACT AND ALSO THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE AND WORK WITH DPD TO PROVIDE A REPORT OF DATA OF HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN AN OFFICER TO, UH, BOOK IN AND THEN BE RELEASED AND OUT IN THE FIELD. 
          AND DID WE RECEIVE THAT FOR HOW LONG IT TOOK TO BOOK IN THIS YEAR? I WILL DEFER THAT TO, UH, CHIEF SHAW SEEN IT YET. 
          BUT IT WAS EXPECTED FROM THE LAST CONTRACT, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
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WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THERE TO BE, UM, WITH THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM FOR US TO DEFER PAYMENT UNTIL WE RECEIVE THAT REPORT? ASSISTANT CHIEF ANGELA SHAW? I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF GARCIA FOR THAT OUT. 
          I'LL JUST SAY WE HAVE DEFERRED PAYMENT TO GET THINGS PREVIOUSLY, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT HISTORY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UM, IT, IT, IT'S NOT A CHIEF GARCIA THING. 
          I, I'M JUST YES MA'AM. 
          I GUESS SAYING THAT I WILL BE DOING, MAKING THAT MOTION WHETHER SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SECOND OR NOT ANOTHER ISSUE. 
          UM, AND THEN IS, IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S QUITE SURPRISING WHEN WE ALL READ ABOUT THE DELAY IN RELEASING PRISONERS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE CONTRACT? I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, I KNOW FOR US WE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, UM, THE CURRENT PROCESS. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO CAN YOU FIND OUT IF IT'S IN THERE AND LET ME KNOW? YES MA'AM, WE WILL. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE I, I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO EITHER BE SOME SORT OF PENALTY OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN KEEP SOMEBODY IN WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T BE. 
          AND THEN WHAT ABOUT, UM, WE'RE READING ABOUT THE CAPACITY LEVELS BEING UP TO EVEN 96% AND YOU KNOW, THEY VERY, UM, EXPLICITLY EXPLAINED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TROUBLES WITH, WELL, WE CAN ONLY HAVE WOMEN ON THIS FLOOR AND YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE NEED TO BE SPACED. 
          SO 96% SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF UM, SOME OF OUR COMMENTS FROM LAST YEAR WERE INCLUDED ABOUT NOT MOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM DALLAS OUT OF THE JAIL IF THEY NEED TO GO TO AN OVERFLOW CAPACITY AND INSTEAD MOVING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT FROM DALLAS TO OTHER LOCATIONS. 
          IS THAT IN THE CONTRACT? AGAIN, I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE COURTS 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT OUR, THEY'RE THE KEEPER OF THE CONTRACT. 
          SO FAR AS, UM, TRANSFERRING CITY PRISONERS, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY, UH, SUGGESTING THAT THE MARSHALS DO A PICKUP AND TRANSFER TO THE CITY DETENTION CENTER. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY DETENTION CENTER IS NOT IN STANDARDS AS A JAIL. 
          UM, SO THEREFORE WE, WE DID NOT AGREE TO THAT. 
          UM, AS FAR AS, UM, CITY PRISONERS, UM, IF THEY WERE TAKEN INTO DALLAS COUNTY FOR A CHARGE OF A CLASS C, THEY WERE NOT PROCESSING THAT. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THAT JAIL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CLASS C TO GO INTO, UH, LUSTER AND GET THOSE PROCESSED. 
          AND THEN EVEN FOR FELONY CHARGES THOUGH, DALLAS RESIDENTS WHO ARE INCARCERATED TO STAY AT STERRETT AND THEN TAKE SOMEBODY WHO'S FROM OKLAHOMA THAT'S THERE AND LET THEM BE MOVED IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO AN OVERFLOW SITUATION. 
          SO ARE WE PRIORITIZED? UM, SO WE ARE PRIORITIZED AS FAR AS, UM, PROCESSING CITY PRISONERS AS FAR AS, UM, IF THEIR JAIL POPULATIONS, IT'S FOR OVERCROWDING, THEY WILL DENY, THEY'LL JUST DENY THEY WON'T EVEN MOVE TO ANOTHER JAIL. 
          CORRECT. 
          WHAT IF IT'S A FELONY, THEY'RE GONNA DENY A FELONY 'CAUSE THEY'RE OVERCROWDED. 
          IT'S NOT DENIED. 
          JUST AS IT'S A DECRE DISCRETION OF THE DALLAS COUNTY TO REFUSE, UM, PRISONERS. 
          AND WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SCENARIO? LET US, LET US GET THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'LL BE PRUDENT FOR US TO HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWERS AND YES. 
          AND SPECULATE. 
          SO, AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT, UM, GIVEN THAT THIS CONTRACT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, THAT IT GO TO THE FULL COUNCIL, HOWEVER, WE MAY WANNA CONSIDER DEFERRING THIS ITEM TILL WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THAT IS TRULY ALARMING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANYBODY? OH YES. 
          COUNCILOR WILLIS, WOULD YOU GO BACK TO, YOU REFERENCED SOMETHING ABOUT 6,110, IS THAT, TELL ME MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          IS THAT THE NUMBER THAT DALLAS IS ABLE TO HAVE AT LUSTER? NO, THAT IS THE AVERAGE PRISONER POPULATION. 
          OH REALLY? BECAUSE FOR THE LAST YEAR, SO WE GIVE BILLED BASED ON THE AVERAGE PRISONER POPULATION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THAT'S WHAT CALCULATES THIS COST FOR THIS YEAR. 
          SO IT WENT DOWN, YES, BUT I MEAN, NORMALLY THAT'S A HEADLINE AROUND HERE THAT WE LOVE, BUT I, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT BIGGER THINGS 
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HERE BECAUSE AS OF TODAY, 6,815, UM, INMATES ARE AT LOU STAT AND THE CAPACITY IS 7,100. 
          SO HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEWER THAN 300 PLACES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S VERY CONCERNING. 
          AND I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR I HAD HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOHN FORTUNE ABOUT CAN WE TALK TO DENTON COUNTY? CAN WE TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE? I MEAN, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A BACKUP PLAN BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS, UM, YOU KNOW WHAT WE KEEP READING ABOUT UNRELEASED PRISONERS. 
          I MEAN, THAT FEELS LIKE A LIABILITY TO ME. 
          WE ARE TAKING YOU TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN, AVOID, DUNNO WHEN YOU'RE GONNA GET OUT, DUNNO WHAT THE PROCESSES WILL BE LIKE, DUNNO WHAT YOUR CONDITIONS ARE GONNA BE LIKE. 
          IT'S PERPETUALLY, I MEAN, A, A BAD SCENE. 
          AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, WELL, I MEAN, I'M, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE IN DIRECTIVE MODE. 
          WE HAVE GOT TO HAVE A PLAN B AND C HERE, AND I REALIZE SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT IT PRESENTS WITH TRANSPORT AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          BUT IT MAY BE THAT WE DRAW A LINE AND IF YOU ARE, UM, IF WE NEED TO TAKE YOU TO JAIL AND YOU'RE IN A CERTAIN POINT IN NOR, YOU KNOW, IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY, MAYBE YOU GO TO DENTON COUNTY OR MAYBE YOU GO, UH, TO KAUFMAN COUNTY. 
          I MEAN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL IS AVAILABLE, BUT IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE KEEP BUMPING UP AGAINST THIS AND WE KEEP GETTING TOLD, OH, IT'S GONNA BE OKAY. 
          WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE'RE WORKING IT OUT, AND IT'S NOT GETTING WORKED OUT. 
          AND NOW LOOK AT THIS, THERE'S HARDLY ANY HEAD ROOM AND WHAT DO WE DO? WE'RE HEARING THAT A FELON MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. 
          SO CHIEF ARTIS, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT DEFCON ONE HERE. 
          YES, I DEFINITELY, I DEFINITELY WANNA SAY BEFORE I, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT A, NOT BEING ACCEPTED AT THE JAIL, BUT I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO GET THE INFORMATION FIRST TO BE ABLE TO REPORT WHAT IS CORRECT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY REACH A CERTAIN POINT, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME PLAN B ACTIONS JUST IN CASE WE HAVE TO GO TO THAT. 
          AND SO I THINK IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO GET TOGETHER. 
          UM, ALSO WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE MEETINGS AGAIN WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT THE JAIL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE AS, UH, AS DPD AND, AND THE MARSHALS AND, AND ALL THE, OUR PERSONNEL HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE TS. 
          UM, I'M, I'M, I I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO GET THESE ANSWERS, UH, FOR THIS COMMITTEE AND, AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH, UH, THOSE ANSWERS BEFORE WE, WE, UH, SPECULATE ON WHAT, WHAT POSSIBLY HAPPENED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAST YEAR WE ACTUALLY INVITED, UH, JUDGE AU AND, AND JOHN WILEY PRICE, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER PRICE, UM, TO THE MEETING. 
          AND WE WERE ABLE TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND PERHAPS WE LOOK AT DEFERRING THIS ITEM AND INVITING THEM TO PUBLIC SAFETY NEXT MONTH SO THAT WE CAN ASK THEM DIRECTLY FROM, UM, THE EXPERTS. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING DO YOU KNOW, IS THE, IS THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, IS IT ATTACHED TO THIS MONTH'S? IS IT TO THIS WEEK'S AGENDA? I HAVEN'T CHECKED THAT YET. 
          I THINK IT'S, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, IF IT'S NOT ATTACHED, CAN YOU EMAIL THAT TO, UM, EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE? OH, IF IT'S ATTACHED, I I WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT. 
          PLEASE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, UM, WHICH AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY RELOCATING THE JAIL, POSSIBLY EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF DALLAS. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. 
          AS FAR AS I KNOW, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY INFORMATION ON, UH, THE RELOCATION OF THE JAIL. 
          UH, THAT'LL BE MORE INFORMATION FOR US TO FIND OUT FROM THE COUNTY, UH, TO TALK THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN FRONT OF THOSE TYPE OF QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS BEING, UM, DISCUSSED FAIRLY OPENLY AT THIS POINT, SO, OKAY. 
          WELL, WITH THAT, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YES, COUNCILOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ARTIST. 
          SO CAN YOU, SO THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR OUR THIS WEEK'S AGENDA. 
          IS THERE PROCEDURALLY A WAY THAT YOU CAN PULL THE ITEM OR DO WE NEED TO DEFER THE ITEM? UM, AT THE TIME OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, LET ME FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH THE COUNTY. 
          UH, CYRUS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, OF REALLY SAVING A LOT OF COSTS FOR US ON THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. 
          I WANNA CHECK IN WITH OUR LEGAL FOLKS BEFORE I MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN JUST WANT, WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF IF THE COUNTY IS IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RELOCATING, UH, THE AT STERIC OR ADDING TO THAT, THAT WE AS A, A CITY COUNCIL AT THAT TABLE TO 
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HAVE THOSE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I AGREE. 
          AND, UM, AS COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS POINTED OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A VERY LARGE CITY AND WHEN SOMEBODY IS TAKEN IT AS A PRISONER ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, SHOULD THE JAIL MOVE SOUTH OF THE CITY LIMITS, THAT IS FAIRLY DIFFICULT, UM, OPERATIONALLY FOR THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANY OTHER, I I, I, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE JAIL. 
          UM, ITEM P IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THAT? NO. 
          UM, ITEM Q IS ALSO RECEIVING FUNDS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. 
          ITEM R IS ABOUT THE DOORS SOFTWARE. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF PERFECTING THAT ONE AS WE GO. 
          UM, ITEM S IS ABOUT ALARM PERMITS, AND I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM AS WELL. 
          HELLO? HI, MARTIN. 
          MARTIN RIOJAS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE FINANCIAL BUREAU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU READ THIS AND YOU SAY, OH GOOD, WE'RE GONNA GET $3.5 MILLION TO GENERAL FUND. 
          IT SOUNDS REALLY GOOD UNTIL I START ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, HOW MANY PERMITS ARE THERE FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AND, AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT MULTIPLY OUT TO BE IN TERMS OF REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED JUST FROM THE ABSOLUTE PERMIT AS WELL AS FOR LIKE THE EXTRA CALLS AND EXCESSIVE FALSE ALARMS. SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL PERMITS THERE ARE AND HOW MANY BUSINESS PERMITS? OKAY. 
          OH, AND WHEN I ANSWER THIS, IT'LL BE, THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN PERMITS AND ACTIVE PERMITS BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD A PERMIT, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE RENEWED IT OR IT'S LAPSED. 
          SO, SO IT'S, THERE'S, THAT'S STILL CONSIDERED A PERMIT, HOWEVER, SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE, THE ACTIVE PERMITS AND THEN THE ACTIVE TOTAL UNIVERSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND IT HERE. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS, UM, AS OF NINE SIX, WHICH IS, IS THAT TODAY,  RECENTLY IS, RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS IS 192,509 AND COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS IS 46,900. 
          AND THAT'S THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL VOLUME TOTAL UNIVERSE. 
          HOWEVER, ACTIVE ACCOUNTS WOULD BE A LESSER AMOUNT. 
          UM, LEMME SEE IF I CAN FIND THAT. 
          SO FOR RESIDENTIAL ACTIVE ACCOUNTS, THAT IS 95,868. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DEFINED AS RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS, NOT AN ENCLOSED STATUS. 
          AND THEN COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS WOULD BE 23,427. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I DIDN'T, UM, GET THE NUMBERS CORRECT, SO I GOT THE TOTAL AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTIVE. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED IS WHEN I MULTIPLIED OUT THE $50 FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT AND THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE BUSINESS, UM, THE NUMBERS ARE ASTRONOMICAL. 
          AND REALLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AT THAT LEVEL, WHICH LET'S JUST SAY IT'S HALF RIGHT, SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTIVE AND, UM, AND TOTAL, SO THE TOTAL WAS OVER $14 MILLION. 
          SO LET'S JUST SAY IT'S $7 MILLION OF REVENUE THAT'S BEING GENERATED JUST FROM THE PERMIT ITSELF AND NOT FROM THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXCESS FALSE ALARMS, UM, OR THE, THE EXTRA CALLS. 
          SO HOW IS IT DECIDED THAT WE WOULD ONLY GET 3.5 MILLION? THAT'S, WELL, THE, THE 3.5 MILLION THAT IS ACTUALLY BASED ON ACTUAL REVENUES. 
          IT'S JUST A FORECAST AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE JUST, IF WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT WHAT HISTORICALLY WE SEE DEPOSITED INTO THE, INTO THE REVENUE ACCOUNTS, WE CAN, WE CAN THEN DETERMINE A FORECAST AND THAT'S THE NUMBER. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S NOTHING MORE THAN JUST ACTUAL DEPOSITS AND US LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO HAS THERE BEEN A CONSIDERATION OF BRINGING THIS BACK IN HOUSE? UM, I KNOW AT ONE TIME IT WAS DONE, IT WAS DONE IN A VERY MANUAL WAY, VERY LABOR 
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INTENSIVE. 
          UM, BUT OF COURSE THERE'S LOTS OF NEWER TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP US, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, SENDING A FILE TO A CLEARINGHOUSE THAT CAN SEND OUT THE LETTERS WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A BIG MAILING STAFF. 
          UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN MORE REVENUE TO THE CITY. 
          HAVE Y'ALL EXPLORED DOING THAT? SO THE ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE IS THAT IT'S VERY TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE THE VENDOR PROVIDES THE TECHNOLOGY THAT INTEGRATES, THAT INTEGRATES WITH CAD AND, AND THE BILLING SYSTEM. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH A TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN PROJECT. 
          IT'S A, AND SO BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LIKE IN-HOUSE, DEVELOP OUR OWN PROGRAM. 
          BUT THAT'S, THIS IS A VERY, VERY, UM, THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IS VERY SPECIFIC AND DESIGNED FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE. 
          IT'S, IT'S NOT THE TYPE OF THING THAT LENDS ITSELF TO US INVENTING OUR OWN SOFTWARE, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE. 
          AND, AND JUST, JUST TO DIRECTLY THOUGH, WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED IT, UM, BRINGING IT BACK IN HOUSE, I MEAN, I, ONE OF THE DYNAMICS AS WELL IS FROM THE REVENUE PERSPECTIVE IS ONE THING, BUT THEN WE'D HAVE TO, WE'D HAVE TO PUT RESOURCES TOWARDS IT. 
          UM, AND THEN ADDING AN ADDITIONAL THING ON, ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PLATE RIGHT NOW IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD CARE TO DO. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME UNIFORM PERSONNEL BECAUSE THEN WE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BE RESPONDING TO CERTAIN LOCATIONS, UM, AS WELL. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANNA TAKE ON RIGHT NOW. 
          WELL, THE VENDOR'S NOT RESPONDING TO LOCATIONS, CORRECT? HONESTLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, LET ME, IT'S GONNA BE ON HIS, UH, A DIFFERENT HAT RIGHT NOW. 
          HI, SENIOR CORPORAL JAIME CASTRO, UH, TECHNOLOGY UNIT. 
          UH, CORRECT. 
          UH, THEY DO NOT RESPOND, UH, TO THE LOCATION. 
          THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE RESPONDED WOULD BE SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF THAT ACTUALLY GOES OUT THERE, UM, ON WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT, UH, WHAT WE CALL LIKE THE PROBLEM LOCATIONS. 
          WE KEEP PATROL FROM ACTUALLY HAVING TO GET OUT THERE. 
          UH, I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE. 
          ALARM GOES OFF FIVE TIMES IN THE NIGHT. 
          I IMMEDIATELY GET OUT THERE, UM, AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE. 
          I STAY AT THE LOCATION TILL WE GET THE COMPANY OUT THERE TO FIX IT. 
          UH, BUT WE DO THINGS LIKE THAT IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          NOW, UH, BECAUSE OF CENTRAL SQUARE HANDLING ALL THE, THE, THE PAPERWORK YOU COULD CALL IT, UH, BEFORE IN THE PAST, UH, WE WERE AN EIGHT MAN UNIT. 
          UM, AND WE WERE RESPONDING TO THOSE LOCATIONS IN ABOUT AN EIGHT MONTH WITH AN EIGHT MONTH DELAY. 
          IT WAS VERY, VERY OVERWHELMING. 
          AND THAT WAS WITH EIGHT PEOPLE. 
          SO ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PERMIT. 
          HOW ARE WE PROMOTING TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT IF THEY HAVE AN ALARM SYSTEM, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PAYING THIS ANNUALLY? UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD, UH, IN THE PAST, UH, WHEN WE WERE A FULL UNIT, UH, WE WOULD BRING THE ALARM COMPANIES IN AND WE WOULD SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND, AND GIVE THEM THE ORDINANCE. 
          SAY, HEY, YOU CANNOT MAKE, UH, INSTALLS INTO ANY LOCATION, BUSINESS, OR RESIDENTIAL WITHOUT THEM SHOWING YOU A PERMIT. 
          UM, UNFORTUNATELY WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY OUTSOURCE, UM, THEIR WORK. 
          UH, AND THOSE, THE PEOPLE THAT OUTSOURCE ARE JUST YOUR GUY IN THE PICKUP TRUCK PULLING UP AND THEY JUST DON'T ASK FOR THE PERMIT. 
          UM, WHEN WE FIND OUT IS WHEN THEIR ALARM SYSTEM GOES OFF, AND THEN CENTRAL SQUARE FROM THERE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIES THEM THAT THEY NEED A PERMIT. 
          AND WE HAVE RIGHT NOW A VERY GOOD COMPLIANCE RATE. 
          AND SO TECHNOLOGY'S EVOLVED AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INSTALLING THEIR OWN RING CAMERAS OR OTHER SYSTEMS. AND HOW IS THAT WORKING WITH NOTIFYING THEM THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A, A, A PERMIT FOR THIS? SO THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, REDUCED THE NUMBER OF PERMITS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S GOING BECAUSE IT IS CHEAPER. 
          UM, AND THEY CAN VERIFY THEMSELVES ON THROUGH THEIR CELL PHONE COMPUTER. 
          UM, IF SOMETHING IS, IS GOING ON AT THE RESIDENCE OR BUSINESS, UM, AT THAT POINT, THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL CALL 9 1 1 THEMSELVES WITH A VERIFIED, UH, PRETTY MUCH A VERIFIED RESPONSE SAYING, HEY, I HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL, I HAVE 'EM ON VIDEO AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, BUT UH, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THOUGH IS AN UPTICK OF NEW DEVICES THAT THESE, UH, UH, APPARATUSES ARE PUTTING OUT THERE. 
          AND THEY'RE AN ACTUAL ALARM COMPONENT. 
          AND PER THE CITY ORDINANCE, IF THEY DO, UH, MAKE A NOISE, A SOUND OR REMIT, ANY KIND OF TRANSMISSION TO ALERT THE PUBLIC, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT. 
          SO IF 
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THEY HAVE A SIREN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME, CORRECT, OUTSIDE OR INSIDE, BUT IF THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR IT FROM THE OUTSIDE TO CAUSE ALARM OR PANIC, UM, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERMIT. 
          WELL, I WOULD LOVE FOR Y'ALL OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TO, UM, CONSIDER LOOKING AT WHAT IT MIGHT BE FOR YOU TO BRING IT IN HOUSE, NOT FOR YOU TO DO A, A BUNCH OF WORK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE DATA ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT THAT IS LITERALLY ALREADY PULLING YOUR DATA FOR DASHBOARDS AND I IMAGINE WOULDN'T BE THAT SOPHISTICATED TO DO THE SAME EXACT THING AND, UM, PUT THAT TOGETHER WITH THOSE CALLS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S NOT THAT IT'S UNKNOWN TO US HOW TO GET THE DATA OUTTA YOUR SYSTEM AND COMPILE IT AND THEN LITERALLY SEND THAT OFF TO THE CLEARING HOUSE OF HERE'S THE ONES THAT NEED A LETTER. 
          AND IF THEY NEED A LETTER ONE, LETTER TWO, LETTER THREE, AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A SIMPLE DIRECTIVE AS OPPOSED TO A MASSIVE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT. 
          UM, I, I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU COULD RECUPERATE, UM, A LOT OF, A LOT OF DOLLARS, LIKE A LOT. 
          SO, UM, AND WE'D LIKE THOSE TO STAY WITH YOU. 
          SO ANYHOW, THAT'S JUST MY FEEDBACK. 
          I DON'T THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A PERMIT AND I THINK WE'RE MISSING OUT ON A LOT OF REVENUE. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S MY INPUT ON THAT. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ALARM PERMITS? NOPE. 
          OKAY. 
          ONE MORE ITEM. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT THE GATES FOR THE POLICE STATIONS. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE CAN COME AND JUST BASICALLY SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THIS ITEM T IS. 
          THIS IS MARTIN. 
          UH, MARTIN. 
          MARTIN, I'M STILL HERE. 
          I CAN TALK ABOUT IT. 
          SO THIS IS A CONTRACT. 
          THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH A VENDOR TO HELP PROVIDE, UM, OVERSIGHT OVER OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING, UM, THE BADGE TECHNOLOGY, THE, THE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS, PLUS THE GATES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORT THE GATES AT OUR, AT OUR LOCATIONS. 
          AND IT ALSO PROVIDES ACCESS CONTROLS AT ALL, AT ALL FACILITIES THAT THE POLICE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          SO HOW MANY STATIONS HAVE, UM, GATES THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING? WE HAVE EIGHT LOCATIONS THAT THIS CONTRACT COVERS FOR GATES AND THE VARIOUS STATIONS WILL BE OPERATIONAL OR NOT OPERATIONAL AT ANY GIVEN TIME. 
          SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, I DON'T HAVE A STATUS OF WHICH ONES ARE, ARE NOT OPERATIONAL, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING BECAUSE IT, WE MIGHT SEND SOME A REPAIR OUT TO FIX IT AND IT'S WORKING AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, ANOTHER GATE MIGHT GET HIT OR, AND NOW IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL. 
          SO IT'S ALWAYS GONNA BE CHANGING. 
          WELL, I'M JUST GONNA TELL YOU, I THINK IT'S UNACCEPTABLE FOR OUR POLICE STATION OF GATES THAT AREN'T FUNCTIONING. 
          AND WHEN I SEE THE, UM, GRID FOR FUNDING THIS OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ALARMING BECAUSE I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED IMMEDIATELY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE GATES WERE PUT IN, YOU KNOW, AFTER SEVEN SEVEN, IT WAS A PRIORITY. 
          AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POINT OF HAVING A GATE IS IF IT'S NOT CLOSING. 
          SO LET ME JUST BE CLEAR WITH THIS CONTRACT. 
          THE, WHEN, WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THIS CONTRACT, IF IT'S PASSED, WE HOPE IT IS, UM, WE WILL, THE VENDOR WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO REMEDY ALL LOCATIONS AND HAVE THEM FUNCTIONING. 
          SO THERE'S, SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S GONNA PROVIDE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. 
          IT'S ALSO GONNA PROVIDE IMMEDIATE REPAIRS TO MAKE ALL THE GATES FUNCTIONING. 
          THERE'S ADDITIONAL MONEY IN FUTURE BUDGETS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, A GATE COULD GET HIT, WE COULD HAVE A STORM. 
          THINGS HAPPEN. 
          WE, WE DON'T HISTORICALLY HAVE MONEY READY AND AVAILABLE TO REPLACE A GATE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE REALITY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE MONEY IN OUR FUTURE BUDGETS TO COVER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE AN INTENTION OF NEXT YEAR HAVING AN ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FIRM GO TO ALL LOCATIONS AND STUDY THE GATES. 
          BECAUSE IN SOME CASES WE KNOW THAT THE GATE MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED TO BE MOVED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION, OR WE MIGHT NEED A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GATE, A BETTER HIGH A, A MORE FUNCTIONING GATE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO THE SITUATION OF THAT, OF THAT STATION. 
          SO, UH, THE MONEY IN FUTURE YEARS WILL COVER THAT WORK, THIS CONTRACT. 
          HOWEVER, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WILL, IT WILL PROVIDE IMMEDIATE REPAIRS TO GET ALL GATES FUNCTIONING. 
          SO BY WHAT POINT WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND SAY, ALL OUR GATES WORK BY THE THIRD QUARTER, BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, WE BELIEVE ALL THE GATES WILL BE WORKING. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE, THE, THE A E FIRM WILL DO, WILL DO THEIR ASSESSMENTS, AND WE MIGHT FIND THAT WE NEED TO MAKE A COMPLETE RENOVATION AT THIS PARTICULAR STATION BECAUSE THE GATE IS, IS NOT PROPER. 
          AND SO FOR THAT STATION, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE RENOVATION THAT'S NEEDED, BUT TO GET THE 
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EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WORKING BY THE THIRD QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE AT THAT. 
          AT THAT WE CAN SAY THAT. 
          OKAY, SO THIRD YEAR OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO BY JUNE EVERYTHING'S WORKING BY THE THIRD QUARTER, WHICH WOULD PUT US AT ABOUT, UM, YEAH, MAY OR JUNE. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS WITH THE CAVEAT THAT THEY DON'T GET DAMAGED AGAIN AFTER BEING REPAIRED. 
          JUST WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE STATE OF A GATE GETTING HIT BY EITHER A CONTRACTOR OR OTHER STATE DEPARTMENT OR OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE TRYING TO LEAVE. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING TO LOOK FOR SOME REMEDIES THAT WOULD, UM, ENHANCE THE, THE GATE OPENING AND CLOSING TO ALLOW OFFICERS TO KNOW IT'S, IT'S GETTING READY TO CLOSE. 
          PLEASE STOP, YOU KNOW, RE RE-HIT THE CARD. 
          UM, TRYING TO FIND NEW WAYS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS WITH THE GATES FROM OCCURRING, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SOME OF THE RELOCATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I'M PUTTING 'EM ON OUR FORECAST FOR JUNE 25 FOR THIS UPDATE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WHO ELSE HAS A QUESTION? MORENO? YES. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 
          UM, YEAH, I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THESE GATES ARE NOT OPERABLE. 
          UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT A COUPLE OF OUR, OUR STATIONS AND WAS ABLE TO ACCESS A AUTHORIZED ONLY AREA. 
          I'M TAKING PICTURES, I'M DRIVING AROUND, I THINK I LOOK SUSPICIOUS. 
          UM, AND HAD NO ONE STOP ME, HAD NO ONE COME. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS AUTHORIZED AREA? SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REPAIRING THESE GATES IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE INTERIM WHILE THESE GATES ARE REPAIRED? NOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE DPD MONITORING THESE GATES, WHAT IS THE INTERIM PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS, UH, CONCERN? SO TO BE VERY CLEAR, WE DO HAVE OFFICERS THAT MONITOR THE GATES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IF ALL THE GATES ARE MESSED UP, THEY'RE HAVING TO ROTATE BETWEEN ALL OF 'EM. 
          SOMEONE COULD, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY SLIP THROUGH. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE STATION SECURITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE BEING MONITORED. 
          WHO ARE THEY BEING MONITORED BY? BY OFFICERS AT THE STATIONS WHICH ARE TAKING 'EM OFF THE STREETS FROM ANSWERING CALLS. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          AND, AND SO ARE WE LOOKING AT CITY HALL SECURITY OR ARE WE LOOKING AT A THIRD PARTY SECURITY FIRM THAT COULD GO IN AND MONITOR THESE GATES UNTIL THEY'RE REPAIRED? NO, UH, AT THIS TIME WE'RE ONLY USING DPD PER UH, PERSONNEL. 
          THE RISK IS TOO HIGH. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T, WE, WE REALLY CAN'T DEPEND ON ANOTHER AGENCY TO, TO PROTECT OUR OFFICERS. 
          OUR OFFICERS ARE ARE THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE RISK IS TOO HIGH. 
          I MEAN, AND, AND THAT'S THE ANSWER I WANT TO HEAR. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN OUT AND HAVE NOT SEEN THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, I DO, UH, APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS LOOKING AT, UM, HOW, HOW CAN WE MINIMIZE DAMAGE TO THESE GATES? UH, IS IT BUILDING, UH, BOLLARDS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENTRANCES SO THAT TRUCKS CAN'T BACK UP INTO 'EM? IS IT, UH, AN ALARM THAT'S SOUNDING OFF? UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE INVESTIGATING THAT. 
          DO WE HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF GATE AT EVERY, UM, UH, LOCATION? AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WE CAN BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO REPAIR THESE GATES IF WE HAVE THE SAME SYSTEMS, UH, THE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THERE. 
          THAT WAY WE KNOW HOW TO BETTER ADDRESS THOSE, UM, IN FUTURE ACCIDENTS. 
          SO, WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THAT PART OF THE REVIEW THAT WE'RE, WE'LL BE ASKING THE A AND E FIRMS TO, TO, TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY DO THEIR ASSESSMENT IS TO MITIGATE THE, THE TYPE OF, THE VERY TYPE OF THING THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT, WHICH IS TO GET HIT, MAYBE BALLARDS OR ANY KIND OF MITIGATION THAT WOULD PREVENT US FROM THAT WOULD HELP US TO NOT HAVE THE GATE BE HIT. 
          ALSO, WE KNOW THAT THE CURRENT GATES, IN MANY CASES, THEY'RE RANCH STYLE SWING GATES AND THEY'RE, ALTHOUGH COMMERCIAL, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY DESIGNED TO OPEN UP, OPEN AND CLOSE AT THE FREQUENCY THAT WE HAVE TO USE THEM. 
          AND SO WHAT WE MIGHT NEED IN SOME CASES IS JUST ANOTHER GATE, ALL, ANOTHER TYPE OF GATE ALTOGETHER, WHICH WOULD ALSO HELP TO MITIGATE THE, FROM BEING HIT. 
          BECAUSE IT, LIKE FOR A BI-FOLD GATE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS OPENING DIFFERENT THAN A SWING GATE MIGHT, MIGHT LEND ITSELF TO NOT BE HIT SO MUCH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING THE A E FIRMS TO REVIEW ALL OF IT, INCLUDING MITIGATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, A CM ARTIST, I JUST, UM, LOOK OVER TO YOU AND HOPE THAT WE HAVE YOUR COMMITMENT TO GETTING THESE REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          UH, THE SECURITY OF ANY OF OUR LOCATIONS AND WORKING WITH THE CHIEF AS WELL AS THE STAFF, WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE, UH, GATES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS CONTRACT IS SO IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE IT TAKES CARE OF A NUMBER OF ISSUES WE ARE SEEING. 
          IF YOU HAD MORE MONEY, COULD YOU GET 'EM FIXED FASTER? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 
          I DON'T THINK MONEY IS THE ISSUE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH THIS 
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AGENDA ITEM IS FOR ALREADY INCLUDES IMMEDIATE REPAIRS THAT WOULD GET ALL GATES OPERATIONAL. 
          SO AT THIS, AT THAT, AND I DON'T, I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MORE MONEY WOULD HELP THAT. 
          IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THIS CONTRACT IN PLACE AND GETTING THE VENDOR, RELEASING THEM TO DO THE WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IF YOU HAD MORE MONEY, COULD YOU GET 'EM DONE BY FIRST QUARTER, FISCAL YEAR 25 INSTEAD OF THIRD QUARTER? SO IN TALKING TO THE VENDOR, THAT WAS A, THAT'S WHERE THEY TOLD US AS SOON AS THIS CONTRACT GOT PUT IN PLACE, THEY WOULD IMMEDIATELY START WORKING ON IT. 
          AND THEY TOLD US THEY COULD HAVE EVERYTHING DONE BY IT WAS REALLY WHAT APRIL? YEAH. 
          THEY, AND THEIR GOAL WAS APRIL FOR OF 25 MM-HMM. 
          . 
          BUT WE DO KNOW THAT DELAYS MAY HAPPEN, SO WE'RE, THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING JUNE AT THIS POINT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WELL WE DON'T USUALLY GET TO GO THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEMS SO THOROUGHLY, SO THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE FOLKS. 
          UM, THE TIME IS NOW 3 21. 
          THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU.
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