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[Public Safety on December 9, 2024]
TODAY IS DECEMBER 9TH.IT'S 1:03. I CALL THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
THANK YOU. CHAIR ATKINS, I SEE YOU ON VIRTUAL.
AND OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 29TH MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL? PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, I WANT TO JUST PAUSE.
WE DO THIS FAIRLY OFTEN, WHICH IS AMAZING AND REALLY RECOGNIZE TWO INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS SUMMER, BOTH RELATED TO DROWNING AND IF I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT MAY 14TH, 2024, WHEN POLICE OFFICERS ALICIA CERVANTES AND SIERRA SAINT CLAIR, ALONG WITH DFR ENGINES 50 AND RESCUE 50, WHICH HAD MARK WELLS, EUGENE SPEIGHTS, ANTOINE BERRY, MATTHEW BUTLER, DON KING AND MATTHEW FLORES ON IT, ALONG WITH EMS SUPERVISOR LIEUTENANT MICHAEL AYLWARD.
THEY RESPONDED TO A FIVE YEAR OLD CHILD WHO HAD SUFFERED A DROWNING IN A POOL.
THANKS TO ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS, THIS BOY SURVIVED AND HE LEFT THE HOSPITAL COMPLETELY NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT JUST TWO WEEKS LATER ON MAY 28TH. DPD SERGEANT YANCY GRAVES, WITH ENGINE TEN IN DISTRICT 12 AND RESCUE 56, REUBEN REGINA NARVA, JEFFREY CENTERS, OLIVER HERRERA, JAMES ROMERO, MARIO SALCIDO AND TY JOHNSON, ALONG WITH EMS SUPERVISOR LIEUTENANT KARL LUMSDEN, RESPONDED TO A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD WHO HAD ALSO SUFFERED DROWNING IN A POOL.
SERGEANT GRAVES PERFORMED CPR UNTIL THE DFR.
PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS TOOK OVER HER CARE AND TRANSPORTED HER TO PLANO MEDICAL CITY.
THANKS TO THEIR EFFORTS, THIS GIRL SURVIVED AND LEFT THE HOSPITAL COMPLETELY NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT.
I THINK IT JUST BEARS REPEATING THAT ON THE WORST DAY OF A DALLAS RESIDENT, THE WORST MOMENT WE CALL 911, AND WE COUNT ON OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE PROFESSIONALS TO DO EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
YOU BLESS THEIR PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THAT COULD HAVE SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC LOSS AND IF THEY HADN'T HAD YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND YOUR TRAINING AND AT JUST THE RIGHT MOMENT, THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU AND SAY THANK YOU.
MARSHALL ISAACS, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR CFR, HAS SOME WORDS AND I BELIEVE SOME AWARDS TO GIVE OUT.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO RECOGNIZE DALLAS FIRST RESPONDERS AND AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TODAY VERY SIMPLY TO RECOGNIZE THE EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE AND LIFE SAVING ACTIONS OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THEIR SWIFT AND DECISIVE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE EXCELLENCE AND CARE PROVIDED, SAVED THE LIVES OF THESE TWO CHILDREN DURING TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEIR ACTIONS EXEMPLIFY THE VERY BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
CHAIR MENDELSOHN GAVE YOU THE DETAILS OF BOTH OF THESE PEDIATRIC DROWNINGS, AND IT'S THANKS TO THE EFFORTS BEGUN BY THE DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS IN PERFORMING CPR, AND THEN THE AMAZING CARE PROVIDED BY DALLAS FIRE RESCUE ENGINE 50, RESCUE 50, AND ONE OF OUR EMS SUPERVISORS, 785 AND THEN ENGINE TEN, RESCUE 56 AND LIEUTENANT KARL LUMSDEN, ONE OF OUR EMS SUPERVISORS, THAT BOTH OF THESE PATIENTS SURVIVED.
WE DON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY FROM MEDICAL CITY, PLANO MEDICAL CITY CHILDREN'S.
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR THE GREAT CARE THEY ALWAYS PROVIDE TO OUR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THESE TWO INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHT THE DEDICATION, COMPASSION AND EXPERTISE OF OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
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I'D LIKE TO ASK THE DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS, THE DALLAS FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS AND OFFICERS, AS WELL AS CHIEF IGOE AND CHIEF BALL TO COME UP SO WE CAN PRESENT THEM WITH SOME CERTIFICATES AND IF YOU LIKE, TAKE SOME PICTURES.BUT WOULD EVERYBODY PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE AMAZING WORK DONE BY THESE FIRST RESPONDERS? COME ON DOWN. WE'LL STAND HERE AND DO.
OH, IF YOU GIVE THEM THE AWARDS AND THEN WE'LL STAND HERE AND DO A PHOTO.
IS THAT GOOD? THANKS. [INAUDIBLE].
YOU KNOW, WE FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE POLICY THAT SEEING THE HANDS ON SOMETIMES MEANS SO MUCH TO US AND SO REALLY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON AMAZING WORK.
Y'ALL COME ON DOWN AFTER THIS.
WE'LL JUMP AHEAD TO OUR DELIVERY ROBOT, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE BACK ON WITH BRIEFING ITEMS. MAJOR ASHFORD, IT'S ALL YOU.
I'VE INCLUDED A LIST OF THE RECRUITING STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE BEEN UTILIZING.
WE CONTINUE TO STREAM ADS AT GYMS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE'LL BE PLACING BILLBOARDS IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO AND HUNTSVILLE, NEAR SAM HOUSTON AND GALVESTON NEAR THE PORTS, AND IN THE ARLINGTON FORT WORTH AREA AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO IN THE INFANT STAGES OF PLANNING WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL OUR TEXAS RECRUITING TOUR.
THE VISION IS TO TAKE OUR RECRUITING SHOW ON THE ROAD IN A WAY THAT HASN'T QUITE BEEN DONE BEFORE.
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AND WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT SINCE 90% OF OUR APPLICANTS COME FROM TEXAS, IT WOULD BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO FOCUS MORE OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORTS ON RECRUITING HERE IN TEXAS AND PLANNING TRIPS TO CITIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON OUR RADAR IN THE PAST.WE STILL HAVE OUR DUAL DPD, BFR BANNERS AT BFR STATIONS AROUND THE CITY, AS WELL AS ALL SEVEN DPD SUBSTATIONS, AND IN OUR EFFORTS TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO TEAM UP WITH BFR, WE ACTUALLY HAD A JOINT RECRUITING EVENT IN SAN DIEGO LAST MONTH THAT GARNERED A LOT OF INTEREST.
WE CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MILITARY BASES, JOB FAIRS, AND WE RECENTLY TEAMED UP WITH THE CITY'S TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO ASSIST WITH THEIR UPSKILLING PROGRAM.
NEXT SLIDE. TWO OF OUR MAJOR RETENTION STRATEGIES CONTINUE TO BE THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM AND THE SICK LEAVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM. WE'VE ADVERTISED THIS REFERRAL PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT VIA THE CHIEF'S UPDATE.
WE HAVE FLIERS AT ALL SUBSTATIONS AND AT HQ AND ALSO ON THE DPD INTRANET.
NOW, SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION ON OCTOBER 1ST, 18 APPLICANTS HAVE ACTUALLY COMPLETED REFERRAL FORMS, AND SO FAR, ONLY ONE OF THOSE APPLICANTS HAS SUCCESSFULLY ENTERED AN ACADEMY CLASS, WHICH WAS CLASS NUMBER 402.
NEXT SLIDE. FOR THE 2024 SICK LEAVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD 693 OFFICERS SHOW INTEREST BY COMPLETING AN APPLICATION. HERE I'VE BROKEN DOWN IN WHAT DENOMINATION THEY WANT TO SELL BACK THEIR TIME.
159 OFFICERS WANT TO SELL BACK 40 HOURS.
106 WANT TO SELL BACK 50 HOURS AND 418 WANT TO SELL BACK 60 HOURS.
NEXT SLIDE. IN NOVEMBER, 106 APPLICANTS WERE REFERRED TO DPD BY CIVIL SERVICE.
81 WERE IN SOME FORM OF THE BACKGROUND PHASE DURING NOVEMBER.
CLASS 403 BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 20TH WITH 39 RECRUITS, AND OUR NEXT ACADEMY CLASS WILL BE NUMBER 404, SLATED TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 15TH OF NEXT YEAR.
FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WE PROCESSED 37 APPLICANTS, 19 ENTERED BACKGROUND AND 14 WERE ONBOARDED.
IN THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, WE HAD 3122.
WE LOST 27 AND WE'VE HIRED 44, LEAVING US WITH 303,135 OFFICERS AS OF THE END OF NOVEMBER.
NEXT SLIDE. OUR RECRUITERS ATTENDED 22 EVENTS IN NOVEMBER TO INCLUDE FIVE IN STATE JOB FAIRS FOR OUT OF STATE JOB FAIRS, SIX MILITARY JOB FAIRS, AND SEVEN OTHER EVENTS THAT INCLUDED THE 2024 KOREAN FESTIVAL AND THE TEEN SAFETY SEMINAR. WE HAD 2ND NOVEMBER ON SITE EVENTS AT DPD HEADQUARTERS IN NOVEMBER THAT YIELDED 71 APPLICANTS.
THEY HEARD ABOUT US THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS BROKEN DOWN HERE, 15 THROUGH DPD OFFICERS, 26 THROUGH DALLAS POLICE NET, 18 THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND 712 THROUGH RECRUITING EVENTS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILSON, THANK YOU.
SO MAJOR ASHFORD, LOOKING AT PAGE FIVE, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH.
BUT WHAT'S THE ROLLING PERIOD WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT HERE? BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF THIS DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN WITH THE SAME POOL OF APPLICANTS THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
SO IS THIS LIKE ABOUT A THREE MONTH PROCESS FROM APPLY TO BACKGROUND TO INTO THE RECRUITING CLASS? I MEAN WHAT IS THIS? WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM STARTED OCTOBER 1ST.
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YOU KNOW, OFFICER SO-AND-SO REFER ME 402, I BELIEVE, WAS THE FIRST CLASS THAT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, OKAY, I HAD OFFICER JOE SCHMO OR JOE SMITH TO REFER ME.OH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT REFERRALS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT JUST THE WHOLE PERIOD BETWEEN.
APPLICATION TO, I MEAN, BECAUSE WE LOOK AT IT AS 30 DAYS, OKAY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW LONG THAT PERIOD IS THAT WE PUT SOMEONE THROUGH.
LAST THURSDAY WE JUST HAD AN ON SITE EVENT.
LAST THURSDAY WE HAD ABOUT 20, 29 PEOPLE TO SHOW INTEREST ONCE THEY FINISHED WITH ALL OF THE, INITIAL PAPERWORK.
ONCE OUR BACKGROUND DETECTIVES HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO FOR THEIR FILES.
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD ENTER A CLASS 2 OR 3 MONTHS FROM THAT TIME FRAME.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE SHORTER, SO THAT'S THE AVERAGE.
THIS IS REALLY GETTING DOWN INTO THE WEEDS.
SORRY. BUT ON SLIDE TWO, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING WHERE THE ADS ARE PLACED AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING, I MEAN, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT GRAPHIC TO SAY. YOU HAVE BILLBOARDS IN SAN ANTONIO, HUNTSVILLE, GALVESTON.
IS THAT RIGHT AND THEN ARLINGTON, FORT WORTH.
OKAY. HAVE WE EVER HAD THEM IN THE CITY OF DALLAS? WE DO HAVE SOME IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE DO HAVE SOME CURRENTLY. YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THE ADVERTISING ALMOST HAS A TWO PRONGED ADVANTAGE.
ONE IS IT DOES HOPEFULLY RECRUIT OFFICERS OR PEOPLE TO COME APPLY.
BUT SECONDLY, IT LETS OUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING, BECAUSE THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION I GET WHEN I SAY I WAS AT A HOLIDAY PARTY LAST NIGHT AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RECRUIT MORE OFFICERS? AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME FAIRLY DETAILED INFORMATION I CAN SHARE WITH PEOPLE, BUT THEY DON'T VISUALLY SEE THAT HAPPENING AND SO WHEN I SAW THIS ABOUT THE BILLBOARDS, I THOUGHT, YEAH, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING VISUAL, BUT IF IT SHOULD ONLY BE DONE IF IT'S PRODUCTIVE FOR RECRUITMENT, IT SHOULDN'T BE DONE FOR THE REASON I'M MENTIONING, BUT I THINK IT WOULD HAVE ANOTHER BENEFIT IN ADDITION TO THE IF IT DOES HELP WITH RECRUITING IT, JUST GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR TAXPAYERS THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY RECRUITING.
THAT WOULD I THINK THAT COULD BE A SIDE BENEFIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
YES. TO GET THAT VISUAL OUT THERE, I THINK THAT COULD BE THE ANSWER, RIGHT.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE MOVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ARE VERY VISIBLE.
SO I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING GOOD WORK AND I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
AND I THINK SOME OF THOSE EXISTING OFFICERS NEED TO COME LATERAL TRANSFER UP HERE.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL LOOK AT THOSE TWO BIG CITIES AS WELL.
THE THING THAT'S MISSING ON HERE SEEMS TO BE SOCIAL MEDIA.
ARE WE DOING ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IF SO, WHAT MEDIA ARE YOU USING? YES, MA'AM. WE ARE. WE'RE DOING ADVERTISING ON.
WE'RE DOING, OF COURSE, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS THAT THE CITY HAS.
WHAT FORMERLY. INSTAGRAM, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER.
OKAY. SO INSTAGRAM AND X AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE YOU CAN TARGET PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THOSE.
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OKAY. THE NEXT THING I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS OUR CURRENT GOAL, OUR CURRENT GOAL IS TO HIRE 250.WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THESE LAST MONTHS IS THAT IF WE HIRE 250, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT 20% OF THEM BEFORE GRADUATION, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOSE ABOUT ANOTHER 20% BEFORE THEY FINISH FIELD TRAINING AND SO WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS HAVE THAT NUMBER MOVE TO 400 SO THAT WE END UP WITH 250 AND SO I'VE TALKED TO THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT YOUR WORK PLAN IS CHANGED FROM A WORK PLAN THAT LOOKS FOR A GOAL OF 250 TO A WORK PLAN THAT'S TARGETING 400.
ARE YOU WORKING TO ADJUST TO THAT INTERIM? EXCUSE ME. CHAIR, I'LL TAKE THAT INTERIM CITY CHIEF I GO DALLAS PD.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS OBVIOUSLY THE CAPACITY OUR CURRENT ACADEMY.
WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES, BUT THAT WILL MEAN MOVING SOME OF THOSE CLASSES UNTIL THE SENIOR CLASS GRADUATES OVER TO THE ACADEMY, WHICH I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT LOCATION AS WELL, WHICH WHEN WE'RE HOLDING IN-SERVICE CLASSES, IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE THERE.
WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE CHALLENGES, BUT IN TALKING INTERNALLY WITH MY TEAM, WE'RE PROBABLY CLOSER TO A GOOD NUMBER WHERE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO PULL A LOT OF ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS OUT OF PATROL BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO STAFF PATROL NUMBERS BACK UP, PROBABLY CLOSER TO THE 300 MARK.
SO I WOULDN'T WANT YOUR SPACE TO BE THE ISSUE.
BUT LET'S SEE HOW CREATIVE YOU CAN BE.
BECAUSE WE USED TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE ACADEMY.
I MEAN, AT ONE TIME, THAT WAS A SITUATION.
SO WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT, EVEN IF IT'S SNUG.
OKAY, THE NEXT THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS THANK YOU ON THE REFERRAL PROGRAM.
I THINK THE GRAPHIC LOOKS REALLY NICE, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT SOME FOLKS ARE STARTING TO USE IT AND THE ITEM THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN HERE WAS THE ATTRITION AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE START ADDING THAT IN.
DID YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REPORT ON IT? I KNOW I HAD GIVEN A HEADS UP ON THAT.
THANK YOU. WE'VE LOST 27 SINCE OCTOBER 1ST AND WE HAVE HIRED 44 AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WE'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD. WE HAVEN'T BEEN AHEAD IN A LONG TIME.
SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING.
GOOD REPORT. KEEP GOING MAN AND I APOLOGIZE IT'S 40.
AND I WAS GOING TO SAY TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE HERE WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT, WELL WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT RECRUITING? I JUST TURNED AROUND AND I SAY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT RECRUITING? BECAUSE WE NEED YOU TO HELP US RECRUIT.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU? ARE YOU GETTING TO OUR DPD RECRUITING? AND REALLY, THAT'S THE MESSAGE WE NEED FOR THE WHOLE PUBLIC IS WE NEED EVERYBODY TO BE GOING.
I'M ASSISTANT CHIEF DELORIS WILLIAMS, AND TO MY LEFT, WE HAVE INTERIM FIRE CHIEF JUSTIN BALL AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE RECRUITING AND RETENTION UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER OF 2024. SO AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ATTRITION, THE HIRING DATA, RECRUITING ACTIVITIES AND SOME EXCITING UPDATES THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD.
SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2425, WE'VE LOST 25 MEMBERS THREE OF THOSE FROM RETIREMENT, 13 VOLUNTARY.
EIGHT IN VOLUNTARY AND WE HAD ONE MEMBER THAT WAS DECEASED OF THE VOLUNTARY.
EIGHT OF THEM LISTED PERSONAL REASONS.
TWO OF THEM HAD CAREER CHANGES.
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MAJORITY OF THOSE BEING FOR FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINING AND WE ONBOARDED 12.FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WE'VE RECEIVED, AND THIS IS FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 26TH.
WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 616 APPLICATIONS.
WE HAVE ONBOARDED 65, WITH 54 OF THOSE BEING FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINEES.
WE HAD THREE LATERALS AND EIGHT SINGLE FUNCTIONS AND OUR WHICH PUTS US ON TARGETS FOR OUR HIRING GOAL OF 203 AND THAT MAY FLUCTUATE BASED ON OUR ATTRITION.
SO AS MAJOR ASHFORD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WE DID DO A JOINT VENTURE IN SAN DIEGO WITH THE RECRUITING TEAMS AND HERE ARE A LIST OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD DURING THAT TRIP.
NEXT SLIDE. SO SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE, WE DID HAVE WE DID WORK WITH THE INNOVATION LAB HERE WITH THE CITY, AND THEY DID A PROJECT FOR US OVER OUR RECRUITING.
WE'VE ALREADY BROUGHT IT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHEN YOU FIRST MENTIONED IT, I BELIEVE WE WERE UP 6 OR 7 MONTHS SOMETIMES.
WE'VE GOT A CLASS ON JANUARY 25TH.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTEAD OF WE'RE STILL DOING THE SAME AMOUNT PER QUARTER, BUT INSTEAD OF HAVING BIG CLASSES OF 60, WE'RE SPACING SOME OF THEM OUT SIX WEEKS APART AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR US IS ACTUALLY SAVES US SOME TIME, SOME TRAINING TIME ON THE BACK END, BECAUSE ONE OF OUR BOTTLENECKS IN OUR TRAINING IS GETTING THE RECRUITS IN FOR THEIR CLINICALS AND THE RIDE OUTS.
SO BY US STILL HIRING THE SAME AMOUNT EACH QUARTER, BUT SPACING THE CLASSES OUT WHERE 25 OR SO EACH, THAT'LL ACTUALLY SAVE US SOME TRAINING TIME AND IT'LL GET THEM MORE REPETITIONS WITH THOSE CRITICAL SKILLS AND OTHER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, WE CALL THEM OUR FAST TRACK CLASSES.
SO THEY'RE NOT TRULY THEY DON'T QUALIFY TO BE LATERALS.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE AS A GROUP.
BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET CLASSES WITH THOSE IN WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DOING, SO NOW WE CAN GET THEM OUT TO THE FIELD 4 TO 6 MONTHS EARLIER BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY PROVIDING HALF OF THE OTHER HALF OF WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE.
SO IT'S A COLLABORATION WITH DISD, DALLAS COLLEGE AS WELL AS DFR.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY 30 FRESHMEN THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED THERE.
THESE FRESHMEN, THEY'RE GOING TO GRADUATE WITH 36 COLLEGE HOURS AND EMT BASIC, AS WELL AS THEIR TCP, THEIR TEXAS COMMISSION OF FIRE PROTECTION CERTIFICATE AND WE'RE LOOKING TO ENROLL 30 A YEAR.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE GOT 30.
SO MAX, WE'RE LOOKING AT 120 THAT WE MAY HAVE IN THAT AS A PIPELINE TO THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS AROUND. THE FINAL THING WE HAVE IS WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH THE TIMBERLAND ADVERTISING INSTITUTE WITH SMU, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GRADUATE PROGRAM THIS SPRING AND THIS IS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A JOINT ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOR BOTH BFR AND FA.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT'S GOING TO BE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE GRADUATE STUDENTS.
SO THE GRADUATE PROGRAM, THEY'VE GOT DEGREES BOTH IN ADVERTISING AS WELL AS STRATEGIC ADVERTISING.
THEY'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE IN THAT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US OVER THIS SPRING FOR A JOINT PROGRAM.
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WELL AS STRATEGIC BRAND MANAGING AND WE THE WAY WE DESCRIBED IT IS THAT POLICE AND FIRE.WE LOVE EACH OTHER, WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER, BUT WE ARE COMPETITIVE.
SO ONE GROUP WILL WILL DO A FIRE CAMPAIGN, THE OTHER ONE WILL DO A POLICE CAMPAIGN AND THEN WE'RE BRINGING IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR MARKETING PARTNERS WITH THE CITY TO NOT ONLY JUDGE, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THESE STUDENTS SOME ADVICE ON IT AND THEN AS PART OF THEIR DELIVERABLES, THEY WILL ALSO HAVE A VERY SHORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO THEM TO PRESENT TO THE CITY, TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO WE THINK THAT AND LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE THIS IS OUR TARGET THAT WE'RE RECRUITING, WE THINK THAT THEY'LL BE THE BEST AND IT'S THE WAY THAT THE KIDS WILL GET SOMETHING. AND IT'LL HELP BOTH DALLAS FIRE AND DALLAS POLICE IN OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE COORDINATE WHEN THEY'RE COMING.
I'M JUST KIDDING. THEY'RE COMPETITIVE ON GRADES.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
THANKS. I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE NOTE ON THAT.
AS FAR AS USING THE STUDENTS AND BRINGING IN THE PIO AND COMMS AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, BE SURE THEY'RE THERE FOR A FLYBY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOUR SELLING PROPOSITION IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD USE.
SO BETTER TO HAVE THE STUDENTS ALIGNED WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD FIT WITH THE CITY ON COMMS AND THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, VERSUS HAVING THEM TAKE OFF ON WHAT THEY THINK IS BEST? AND I THINK THAT WAY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING CREATED THAT WE WOULD ACTUALLY USE.
WE'RE GOING TO HOP OVER TO ITEM F, WHICH IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PERSONAL DELIVERY DEVICES AND GUS CAN CARLY'S COMING ON UP.
MR. WAGEMAN, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO.
OKAY. SAFER BACK THERE, RIGHT? OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THE CITY APPROACHED THE CITY WITH THEIR INTENT TO BEGIN MAPPING THE SIDEWALKS AND IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AREA AND AROUND THE SAME TIME IN ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2024 AVRIDE AND UBER TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCED A MULTI-YEAR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO USE AV RIDES, DELIVERY ROBOTS AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR UBER AND UBER EATS DELIVERIES.
SO THIS PARTNERSHIP, AS WELL AS THE LAUNCH HERE IN DALLAS, IS ALSO GOVERNED BY THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, WHICH IS THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, CHAPTER 552 A, WHICH ALLOWS PDS TO OPERATE IN PEDESTRIAN AREAS.
SO IN THIS REGARD, I WANT TO ALLOW ME TO GIVE CREDIT TO UBER TECHNOLOGY.
552 A ALLOWS THEM TO OPERATE HERE.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ANTON FROM AVRIDE, WHO WILL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS, AND WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ONE MORE COLLEAGUE OF MINE TOBY, WHO IS JOINING US BY BY ZOOM AND HE WILL MAKE THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I WILL HELP HIM WITH THE SECOND PART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANTON.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME IN THE ROOM? BECAUSE I AM REMOTE.
OH, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO INTRODUCE OUR COMPANY AND OUR TECHNOLOGY TO YOU ALL.
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TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, ANTON, WILL AND ALSO SERGEY IN THE ROOM WILL DISCUSS IN MORE DETAIL THE SPECIFICS AROUND THE DALLAS DEPLOYMENT.BUT I'LL JUST GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COMPANY AND OUR TECHNOLOGY FIRST.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
WE HAVE OFFICES AROUND THE WORLD AND EXPERIENCE AROUND THE WORLD.
SO REALLY THE POINT HERE IS WE ARE NOT A NEW COMPANY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND WE'VE OUR TECHNOLOGY IS PROVEN AND TESTED AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT WE'VE BEEN SET UP IN AUSTIN FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.
THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE TWO MAIN PARTS TO OUR TECHNOLOGY STACK WHICH WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU.
SO OUR INITIAL TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS DEVELOPED WAS ACTUALLY SELF-DRIVING CARS AND WE ARE PROBABLY AMONGST ONE OF FOUR COMPANIES IN THE WESTERN WORLD THAT HAS THIS LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS WE CALL THIS LEVEL FOUR SELF-DRIVING TECHNOLOGY.
SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF GOOGLE'S COMPANY CALLED WAYMO.
THEY HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT THIS BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE VEHICLE CAN OPERATE ITSELF COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUSLY WITHOUT A HUMAN DRIVER BEHIND THE WHEEL AND CAN MANAGE ALL TRAFFIC SITUATIONS, HIGHWAYS, CITIES, AND IT CAN PARK ITSELF IF NEEDS BE.
SO AFTER WE DEVELOPED THIS TECHNOLOGY, WE ACTUALLY REPURPOSED THIS SAME LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY INTO A SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOT, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. WE USE A SIMILAR SENSOR SETS IN THE CAR TO ENSURE SAFETY, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE WORLD CURRENTLY THAT DOES BOTH SELF-DRIVING CARS AND SELF-DRIVING DELIVERY ROBOTS THAT USE THE SAME LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY.
PLEASE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANKS. SO THERE'S A FEW USE CASES FOR THESE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY.
SO FIRSTLY WITH CARS OBVIOUSLY ROBOTAXI RIDES.
SO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER WILL INCLUDE ROBOTAXI RIDES LATER IN 2025 AND IT'S ACTUALLY OUR HOPE ALSO TO LAUNCH THIS SERVICE FIRST IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL. BUT TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY LIVE AND OPERATING IN AUSTIN ON THE UBER PLATFORM.
SO DALLAS WILL BE THE SECOND CITY IN OUR ROLLOUT.
SO SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOTS ARE USED TO DELIVER FOOD FROM THE UBER EATS APP, BUT THEY CAN ALSO DELIVER SMALL BASKETS OF GROCERIES AND OTHER SMALL LOGISTICAL ITEMS. SO THE GOAL OF THE ROBOTS IS TO REALLY DELIVER IN A 0 TO 2 MILE RADIUS FROM THE PICKUP POINT TO THE DROP OFF POINT, AND CUSTOMERS ORDER THE FOOD OR THE GOODS THROUGH THE UBER EATS APP.
SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU. SO JUST DEEP DIVING INTO OUR SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOT.
UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T BRING ONE TODAY.
BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE THEM VERY SOON.
SO THE SIDEWALK DELIVERY ROBOT.
THIS IS OUR PROBABLY OUR FIFTH ITERATION OF THE ROBOT.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING THE TECHNOLOGY.
YOU CAN SEE THE SIZE OF IT NEXT TO THE HUMANS THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
IT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LARGISH SUITCASE.
WE HAVE SOME SPECS ON THE NEXT PAGE THAT YOU CAN LOOK INTO.
THEY WERE DESIGNED REALLY TO CARRY ABOUT SIX LARGE PIZZA BOXES AND A FEW LARGE SODA CANS.
SO IT'S PERFECT FOR SOMEONE ORDERING, YOU KNOW, TAKEOUT FOR LUNCH OR DINNER.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THE DIMENSIONS.
THE BATTERIES LAST FOR ABOUT TEN HOURS, SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY TRAVEL A LOT FURTHER THAN TWO MILES.
BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR BUSINESS, WE WE LIKE FOR THEM TO DELIVER IN THE 0 TO 2 MILE RANGE.
THANK YOU. THERE'S A COUPLE OF REALLY KEY FEATURES ABOUT OUR ROBOTS.
IF YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES ABOVE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE FRONT THERE'S AN LED PANEL, WHICH IS A REALLY NICE WAY TO ENGAGE LOCAL CONSUMERS AND THE POPULATION WE FOUND EVERYWHERE WHERE WE'VE DEPLOYED PEOPLE.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOME PEOPLE WHO AREN'T, BUT GENERALLY IT'S VERY POSITIVE.
THE ROBOT DOES ACTUALLY CAPTURE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
BUT THE MOST ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US, SAFETY IS ONE, BUT ALSO PRIVACY AS WELL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, WE BLUR FROM THE CAMERAS RIGHT AT THE EDGE WHERE WE ABSORB THE DATA, THE FACES OF THE INDIVIDUALS IT'S PICKING UP AND SEEING AND WE ALSO BLUR LICENSE PLATES AS WELL.
PRIVACY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
ANY OTHER DATA THAT WE ABSORB STAYS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SERVERS HERE IN THE US.
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SO PRIVACY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.THANKS VERY MUCH. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN OPERATING IN AUSTIN FOR ABOUT A YEAR AT THIS POINT AS WELL.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THROUGH UBER AND ALSO OUR TEAM AS WE START LOOKING AT DALLAS, WE'VE ALSO BEEN ENGAGING WITH GROUPS ON THE GROUND IN DALLAS TO BUILD THAT SORT OF GROUNDSWELL OF POSITIVITY AROUND OUR TECHNOLOGY.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE HAD DEPLOYMENTS IN SOUTH KOREA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW AND WE SHOULD ALSO BE LAUNCHING ON US COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN THE COMING MONTHS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE WITH OUR ROBOTS, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, REALLY EXCITED TO BE IN DALLAS IN THE UPCOMING MONTH AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY SECTION.
BUT IF YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANKS VERY MUCH. I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO ANTON NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE DALLAS LAUNCH.
THANK YOU TOBY. SO, YEAH I WILL MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR LAUNCH AND OUR PLANS AND DALLAS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE ZONE IN WHICH I AM N.
IN REALITY, IT'S GOING TO BE SMALLER.
SO FOR THE FIRST STAGE, WE FOCUS ON THE NORTH WESTERN PART OF DALLAS DOWNTOWN.
WE ALWAYS HAPPY TO EXPLORE OTHER AREAS, OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT AS I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, IT'S GOING TO BE THIS PART OF DALLAS CITY.
FIRSTLY, AS MR. CANCALE MENTIONED, WE STARTED WITH A BRIEFING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
DURING NOVEMBER WE MADE A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
WE TALKED TO DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION, WEST END ASSOCIATION, UPTOWN DALLAS, AND DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
I NEED TO SAY THAT THEY WERE REALLY SUPPORTIVE, ASKED MANY QUESTIONS HOW WE WILL OPERATE, WHAT ARE THE DETAILS? AND THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY ARE READY TO SUPPORT US.
THEY ARE HAPPY TO CONNECT US WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS LOCAL BUSINESSES OR CITIZENS MAY HAVE AND, HELP US IN SETTING COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM.
WE ARE ALSO PLANNING AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE A SAFETY EVENT FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE ALREADY SHARED THE FIRST RESPONDERS EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDE HOW TO ADDRESS ANY POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE DELIVERY ROBOT, AND WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO BRING IT TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT IS IN SIGHT.
ACTUALLY, THE MAIN THING WHICH IS WHICH [INAUDIBLE] FIRST RESPONDERS IS THE BATTERY.
SO WE ARE READY AND HAPPY TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS AND AS TOBY SAID, WE PLAN TO LAUNCH WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND AS I SAID, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THE SUPPORT OF CITY.
BRIEFING ON THE STEPS AND WE ARE VERY OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE OBVIOUSLY WE OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW ALL STATE AND CITY REGULATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE CODE.
WE HAVE IN REALITY, WE HAVE MUCH LARGER COVERAGES THAT WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY LAW.
WE HAVE A PHONE AND ALL THE CONTACT DETAILS ON THE ROBOT.
WE ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE FORM FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, WHICH IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE DURING A TIME OF OUR OPERATIONS AND PROBABLY ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING TO MENTION THIS IS THE SPEED. EVEN THOUGH THE SPEED IT MAY GO RELATIVELY FAST ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, BUT WE LIMITED AT FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
WE HAVE PRETTY POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN.
SO WE PARTICIPATED IN 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
I NEED TO SAY THE KIDS LOVE ROBOTS.
THEY ARE ADORABLE. THEY HAVE NICE FACES ON THE LED SCREEN AND PEOPLE LIKE INTERACTING WITH THEM AND WE ALREADY AGREED WITH ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HERE IN DALLAS THAT WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE PRE-CHRISTMAS EVENTS IN LATE DECEMBER, AGAIN SHOWING THE ROBOTS AND EXPLAINING HOW IT WORKS.
THIS IS ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION.
COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
SO, CAN WE ADVERTISE FOR POLICE AND FIRE RECRUITING ON THESE LITTLE GUYS? KIND OF KIDDING.
SO YOU KNOW SO WHAT IF SOMEONE DISRUPTS THIS OR IF THERE'S SOMEONE LAYING ON A SIDEWALK?
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I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE STARTING TO MAP THIS.I MEAN, THERE'S I GUESS, SENSING SOMETHING IN ITS WAY.
BUT THEN WHAT IF SOMEONE INTERRUPTS IT INTENTIONALLY? A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SENSORS.
SO THIS ROBOT IS EQUIPPED WITH CAMERAS, LEADERS AND RADARS.
SO ACTUALLY USING COMBINATION OF THESE SENSORS, THE ROBOT CAN SEE AROUND PROBABLY 300FT FAR AND IF SOMETHING UNPREDICTABLE HAPPENS, THE ROBOT STOPS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SAFEST OPTION.
IT ALWAYS STOPS AND ALSO I DIDN'T MENTION IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT EVEN THOUGH THE ROBOTS ARE FULLY AUTONOMOUS AND THE RIGHT FULLY AUTONOMOUS, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE REMOTE SUPERVISORS WHO ACTUALLY CHECK WHAT IS GOING ON AND IF THERE IS UNPREDICTABLE OR UNPLANNED SITUATION, THE SUPERVISOR CAN CONNECT AND HELP ROBOT TO MAKE THE DECISION, BUT NORMALLY IT JUST STOPS.
I MEAN, THAT'S MY CONCERN ON A SIDEWALK.
OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RENO.
ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT NEW INNOVATION AND HOW TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE.
I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU REACHED OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS DEEP ELLUM FOUNDATION DEI.
BUT HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE ACTUAL RESTAURATEURS, THE VENDORS THAT WOULD TEAM UP WITH YOU OR GROCERY STORES? AND WHAT ARE THE FEES ASSOCIATED FOR THOSE PLACES TO PARTICIPATE WITH YOU GUYS? AS AS TOBI MENTIONED THE PROJECT IS LAUNCHED TOGETHER WITH UBER.
SO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH UBER AND ACTUALLY ANY RESTAURANT WHICH IS AN UBER PLATFORM, ALMOST ANY RESTAURANT CAN BE USING OUR SERVICES, OUR DELIVERY SERVICES.
SO AND THE QUESTION OF COMMISSIONS AND THE PAYMENTS FOR THE RESTAURANTS.
THIS IS THE QUESTION OF UBER RELATIONS WITH THE RESTAURANT.
BUT WHAT I CAN SAY THAT IN MANY CASES, FROM OUR EXPERIENCE, ROBOTS ACTUALLY MAKES THE DELIVERY MORE AFFORDABLE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND FOR THE RESTAURANTS BECAUSE YOU DON'T TEAR UP, YOU DON'T TIP ROBOT.
SO BASICALLY IT MAKES DELIVERY MORE CHEAP FOR MANY STAKEHOLDERS.
YOU MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF INTERRUPTIONS OR THE ROBOTS STOPPING IS THERE.
FIRST OF ALL, IS THERE A RANGE OF HOW MANY MILES FROM ONE POINT A TO POINT B? YOU MEAN TECHNICALLY? SO IF SOMEONE'S ORDERING FOOD FROM A RESTAURANT, WHAT'S THE PROXIMITY THAT YOU GUYS WOULD ALLOW IN ORDER TO BE PROCESSED? SO ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE HAD THE MAP.
SO THIS IS THE MAP IN WHICH WE PLAN TO LAUNCH.
SO THE PERSON WHO ORDERS AND THE RESTAURANT.
BOTH OF THEM DO. OKAY. CORRECT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT SIDEWALKS.
WHAT DO IN THE INSTANCE THAT YOU HAVE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET? HOW DID THE ROBOTS NAVIGATE WHEN SOMEONE IS LAYING ACROSS OR HAS A TENT ACROSS? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THAT? WELL, THE ROBOT WILL MOST LIKELY STOP AND TRY TO BYPASS THIS PERSON.
SO AS WE MENTIONED IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING IN MANY CITIES.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCE OF PASSING DIFFERENT OBSTACLES AND I MEAN SO IF WE ENCOUNTER UNUSUAL SITUATION, AS I SAID, MOST LIKELY THE ROBOT STOPS AND TRIES TO MOVE AROUND, MOVE BACK, PUSH BACK.
SO THERE ARE A FEW OPTIONS, BUT NOT OBVIOUSLY.
SO I ALSO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE ROBOTS TO HELP US BETTER OUR SIDEWALKS WHERE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS OR WHERE THERE ARE BREAKS IN THE SIDEWALKS.
IS THAT INFORMATION THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM? YES. SO I CAN TAKE THAT.
I MEAN, AGAIN, CREDIT TO THE FIRMS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO IS THAT WE'VE HAD GOOD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL DATA SHARING AND THE TYPE OF DATA THAT WE CAN OBTAIN THROUGH THEIR OPERATION.
SO. OKAY. LAST QUESTION IS CBD HAS THE MAJORITY OF THE MARATHON'S SPECIAL EVENTS BLOCK PARTIES.
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HELP ME. WALK ME THROUGH THE GEO FENCING AND THE COORDINATION WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS TEAM, BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUST THIS WEEKEND, WE HAVE A MARATHON THAT'S COMING RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY.AND SO I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO ANY DELIVERIES DURING THOSE PERIODS.
SO WHAT'S THE COORDINATION LOOK LIKE WITH SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO THIS IS THESE THESE ARE THIS IS THE KIND OF FEEDBACK THAT WE NEED.
THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE STILL LIKE I SAID, WE JUST STARTED THE CONVERSATION IN OCTOBER, AND CERTAINLY THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM. REGARDING YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO DURING THESE SPECIAL EVENTS.
WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO FOLLOW IT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN AUSTIN, WHEN WE KNOW THAT LONGHORNS IS PLAYING A BIG GAME.
SO WE DEFINITELY TRY TO AVOID THE PLACES WHERE CROWDS GATHER.
OKAY, SO CAN THE ROBOT OPERATE ON A PATCH OF GRASS OR DIRT OR GRAVEL, LIKE, IF IT GETS TO THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN FOR SOME REASON THERE'S A GAP.
WE KNOW WE HAVE THESE GAPS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OR DOES IT JUST STOP IF IT'S IF THERE'S NO PAVEMENT? IT CAN. IT CAN.
BUT WE TRY TO AVOID IT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO PREDICT HOW SLIPPERY IT MAY BE.
WHAT IS THE GROUND UNDERNEATH? SO WE TRY TO STAY ON THE SIDEWALK ON A CONCRETE.
SO IF IT STOPS, IT ALERTS SOMEBODY THAT IT HAS STOPPED.
AND SO YOU ALL SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO THE LOCATION? YES. THAT'S ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS IN OUR RELATIONS WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO IF WE GET A CALL, WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO ARRIVE THERE AND TO DO WHATEVER IS REQUIRED.
I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTIONS ARE REALLY FOR YOU.
WE'VE WORKED THROUGH SCOOTERS.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK.
WHAT DO WE DO WHEN OTHER COMPANIES COME IN WITH OTHER ROBOTS? ARE WE THINKING THROUGH WHAT THAT FUTURE LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE WOULD REGULATE THEM SO WE DON'T HAVE A REPLICATION OF BIKES OR SCOOTERS FROM, YOU KNOW, 2 TO 5 YEARS AGO.
SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, CHAPTER 552 OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE IS WHAT GOVERNS THIS.
SO WE HAVE LIMITATIONS ON WHAT CAN WE DO AS A CITY AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF OPERATORS AND SO ON.
SO THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE MICROMOBILITY OR THE SCOOTER ITEM, BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE HOPING THAT IF OTHERS WANT TO OPERATE HERE, THAT THEY TALK TO US AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE WITH AVERY, RIGHT.
I THINK OUR EXPERIENCE IS THAT THE GOOD ONES COME RIGHT TO THE MEETINGS AND MAKE PRESENTATIONS AND WORK WITH STAFF AND AND THEN MAYBE ONES THAT ARE NOT AS DESIRABLE MAY JUST SNEAK IN OR START OPERATING.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT TWICE AS MANY OR THREE TIMES AS MANY ROBOTS IN A, YOU KNOW, IN A SMALL AREA.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MONITOR THAT OR WHAT WE DO, BUT I JUST WANT US TO BE EYES WIDE OPEN AND READY TO TO ADDRESS WHAT WHAT COMES NEXT.
CORRECT. AND THEN, IF I MAY MENTION ONE THING, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN ONE OF OUR ITEMS ON THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS THE THE REPORTING ITEM IN THE, IN OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF WAY OF SAYING, OKAY, SO IF WE'RE WE HAVE X NUMBER OF INCIDENTS OR SOMETHING, THEN THERE COULD BE SOME CONSEQUENCES OR THERE COULD BE SOMETHING. SO HOPEFULLY WITH WHAT IS WHAT COULD BE ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND WHAT COULD COME OUT OF IT MAY HELP IN THAT PROCESS.
OKAY. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CHARGE PER ROBOT? READING THROUGH 552 CHAPTER 552 I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN OPTION THERE.
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WE DO, WE DO NOT.WE DO NOT. UNLESS, I MEAN, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TELLS ME OTHERWISE.
BUT AT THIS POINT YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY.
DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHARGE IF A ROBOT IS INOPERABLE ON THE SIDEWALK AND JUST LEFT THERE? AGAIN, CHAPTER 552 DOES NOT HAVE THOSE PROVISIONS.
OKAY. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, AND IT'S A GOOD ONE OF WHAT IF SOMEBODY IS LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK? BUT IT WASN'T ACTUALLY ANSWERED.
SO IF THE ROBOT ISN'T INTENDED TO GO ON THE GRASS AROUND IT YOU'RE GOING TO AND YOU SAY THAT THE ROBOT KNOWS 300FT OUT THAT THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THESE TWO YOUNG GIRLS WITH A CAT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO ARE YOU INTENDING FOR THE ROBOT TO BACK UP AND MAYBE CROSS A DIFFERENT STREET AND GO ALL THE WAY AROUND? OR, YES, IT WILL BACK UP AND CROSS THE STREETS AND CHANGE THE ROUTE.
IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, IT WILL JUST MOST LIKELY TURN BACK.
CHANGE THE, CHANGE THE STREET AND GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND WHAT HOURS CAN THE ROBOT OPERATE? IS IT A 24 HOUR SITUATION? TECHNICALLY, YES, BUT AS IS ITS BUSINESS.
MOST LIKELY IT'S JUST THE USUAL OPERATION TIME, LIKE FROM MORNING TILL THE EVENING.
SO YOU'VE ONLY SHOWN PICTURES IN THE DAYTIME.
HOW IS IT DISTINGUISHED IN THE EVENING SO THAT IT'S VISIBLE? IF WE IF.
OKAY, SO THE ROBOT HAS GOT A FLAG, A PRETTY BRIGHT FLAG WITH THE DIODES ON IT.
IT'S ALSO HAVE AN LED SCREEN IN THE FRONT PART.
IT'S GOT SOME LED STRIPS AROUND IT AND IT'S REALLY VISIBLE IN THE NIGHT TIME.
BUT NORMALLY, I MEAN WE DELIVER MOSTLY FOR THE DAYTIME.
IT CAN BE OF COURSE, IT CAN DELIVER IN THE EVENING, BUT IT'S PRETTY VISIBLE THERE.
ARE YOU ALREADY DOING ANY KIND OF REPORTING? FOR THE ROBOTS? NO.
SO THERE ARE THERE IS A FRAMEWORK, HOW WE REPORT ANY POSSIBLE INCIDENT WITH THE CARS FOR THE ROBOTS.
WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN TOUCH WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MOBILITY AND INNOVATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT, BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN TOUCH.
AND I MEAN, BRIEFING BRIEFING LOCAL AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE INCIDENTS AND HOW WE PERFORM.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S IN THAT CHAPTER OF US THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE AN OPERATOR THAT IS CAUSING SAFETY ISSUES TO NOT BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN OUR CITY? AGAIN, READING THROUGH IT, IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT PROVISION.
AND IF I MAY ALSO COMMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE REPORTING SIDE.
ALSO, THE CHAPTER 552 DOES NOT PROHIBIT US FROM REQUIRING REPORTING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AGAIN WHEN I STARTED LOOKING AT THIS HERE AND A WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN ORDINANCE DEVELOPED FOR THIS THAT COULD ADDRESS THREE ITEMS AT THIS POINT THAT I CAN SEE.
THEY'RE OPERATING AT FIVE MILES PER HOUR, SO THAT'S ONE ITEM THAT WE CAN PUT IN.
WE CAN PUT IN A REQUIREMENT FOR GETTING A COPY OF THE INSURANCE OR BE A PART OF THE DEAL.
AND CERTAINLY, LIKE I SAID IN READING THE CHAPTER, DID NOT SEE ANY LIMITATIONS ON THE REPORTING.
SO WE CAN PUT IN SOME REPORTING THAT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE GET AS PART OF THE DEAL AND WHAT'S THE LIABILITY LIMIT THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE INSURANCE.
CURRENTLY, IT'S $100,000, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IN THE 552.
LET ME SEE IF THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN HELP ME WITH THAT ONE.
AND ARE WE ALLOWED TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER? I THOUGHT I SAW IT IN HERE.
IT'S OKAY. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE AND I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND ABILITY TO INCENTIVIZE OPERATORS THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND ALSO TAKE AWAY THAT RIGHT FROM THOSE WHO ARE
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NOT, WHO ARE PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS AT RISK.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ROBOTS BEING ABLE TO USE BIKE LANES? AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ALLOWS THEM OR REQUIRES THEM TO BE OPERATING ON SIDEWALKS.
OKAY AND WHAT ABOUT A TRAIL? THEY DID NOT MENTION THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED THERE.
THEY CLEARLY DEFINED IT THAT WAY.
SO AGAIN, TO COME BACK TO YOUR TO THE INITIAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IS HOW IMPORTANT THIS PARTNERSHIP COULD BE IN COLLECTING DATA BECAUSE WE COULD NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE CLUTTERING THE SIDEWALKS.
SO WE CANNOT AFFORD TO CLUTTER THE SIDEWALK.
WELL, I'M EXCITED FOR THE ROBOTS.
SO I JUST THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME REAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW SERIOUS WE ARE ABOUT WALKABILITY WHEN WE KEEP ADDING MORE THINGS TO THE SIDEWALK.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT GOOD INFORMATION.
AND THANKS FOR BRINGING UP BIKE LANES AND TRAILS.
WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN DOING AN ORDINANCE SIMILAR TO OUR SHOPPING CART ORDINANCE WHEN THERE'S ABANDONED CARTS LEFT OR FOR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I DIDN'T HEAR WHERE THEY'RE CHARGING LOCATIONS WOULD BE HOUSED OUT OF.
IS THERE A CENTER, A CENTRAL HUB? THERE ARE A FEW OPTIONS.
FIRSTLY, WE USE WIRELESS CHARGER SO WE CAN INSTALL WIRELESS CHARGER.
LET'S SET THE PARKING WITH WHICH WE NEED TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
BUT FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT MANUALLY.
SO THE ROBOT HAS GOT THE BATTERY.
AND WE WILL JUST HAVE A TECHNICIAN WHO COMES AND SWAP IT MANUALLY.
OKAY. AND I SAW THAT THIS WAS SMALL SCALE LOGISTICS.
SO IF SOMEONE'S ORDERING FOR A FAMILY OR A LARGE EVENT, COULD WE POTENTIALLY SEE FIVE ROBOTS LAUNCHED OUT OF ONE LOCATION TO FILL FIVE ORDERS? WELL, IN THEORY, I GUESS, YES.
IN REALITY, IT'S VERY, UNLIKELY SCENARIO.
IN REALITY, IT'S JUST THE USUAL RELATIVELY SMALL SCALE DELIVERY.
I ACTUALLY TOLD ME MAYBE YOU CAN COMMENT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER WORKS IN THIS WAY.
I MEAN, DETAILS ABOUT THE CAN WE DELIVER A LARGE ORDER? YEAH. SO SO REALLY IT'S BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CUSTOMER IS ORDERING THROUGH THE UBER APP AND THE CUSTOMER HAS AN OPTION TO OPT IN OR OUT OF ROBOT DELIVERY.
SO IT'S REALLY DOWN TO THE UBER APP ORDERING PROCESS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, IT IS 2:07.
WE HAVE A SUPER PACKED AGENDA.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONSOLIDATE SOME THINGS.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
IT'S A FABULOUS PLAN I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS READ IT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION.
COME ON DOWN AND SO I'M HOPING MAJOR YOU CAN GO THROUGH PAGES TWO, SEVEN AND EIGHT.
I'M SORRY. TWO, SIX AND SEVEN.
AND THEN WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MAJOR NATHAN SWYERS WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION.
I'LL BE PROVIDING THE UPDATE FOR THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.
WITH ME IS DEPUTY CHIEF STEVEN WILLIAMS AND INTERIM CHIEF MICHAEL EIGO.
SO WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO PAGE TWO.
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NOVEMBER. WE RECENTLY LAUNCHED OUR PERIOD 19 GRIDS ON DECEMBER 1ST THAT CONSISTED OF 32 NEW GRIDS AND THEY ARE.THERE IS AT LEAST ONE GRID IN EVERY PATROL DIVISION.
WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT DOING A CALL IN SESSION SOMETIME IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025 FOR FOCUS DETERRENCE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MOVED TO A NEW PRIMARY PROCESS FOR DOING FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND YOU SAID SIX AS WELL.
SIX IS OUR TREND LINE FOR VICTIMS. IT CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD A VERY DRAMATIC DROP BETWEEN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WHICH WAS GOOD FOR US.
SEVEN IS THE INCIDENT TREND LINE.
IT SHOWS THE SAME AS THE VICTIM TREND LINE ON PAGE EIGHT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT 27.8 REDUCTION IN HOMICIDES, WHICH IS 62 FEWER HOMICIDES THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
SIX FEWER IN THE FAMILY VIOLENCE CATEGORY.
ALL THE REST SEEMS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS LAST MONTH.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION.
WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS? YEAH. SO ONE THING THAT I THINK IS DIFFERENT IS ON THE FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND TRYING THE ONE ON ONE OR MEETING IN THE FIELD VERSUS THE CALL INS AND SO YOU'VE DONE ONE.
DID YOU FEEL LIKE THAT WENT WELL OR.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER.
WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS AT THREE OF THEM.
TWO OF THEM SEEMED INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAD FOR THEM.
NONE HAVE REACHED OUT THAT WE KNOW OF YET.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LIST AT LEAST ONE TIME AND TRY TO MAKE CONTACT.
OKAY. SO IT MIGHT JUST BE A LITTLE EARLY ON THIS.
OKAY. THANK YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU BY THE WAY FOR THE GIFT BAG ITEMS. WE WILL BE UTILIZING THOSE ON OUR NEXT ONE AND THEN THERE'S JUST A DISCUSSION THAT WAS HAD THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REALLY SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL WRITE A LETTER TO OUR JUDGES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS AN OPTION THAT THEY CAN USE WHEN THEY'RE SENTENCING, THAT AS PART OF THEIR PAROLE, THAT THEY MUST PARTICIPATE. EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE IT AS A LEGISLATIVE MANDATE, THIS MAY BE A TOOL THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IF THEY KNEW IT WAS AVAILABLE.
CORRECT. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH JUDGE CREUZOT, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS SET UP WITH INDIVIDUALS FROM PROBATION TO TRY TO GET WITH THE CHIEF OVER FELONY JUDGES TO KIND OF GET THAT MANDATE AND PUSHED OUT TO THEM.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING THROUGH THAT TO TRY TO GET THAT AS AN ITEM IN THEIR DECISION MAKING AND IN THEIR PROCESSES TO ASSIGN THAT AS A CONDITION OF THEIR PROBATION OR RELEASE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF WILLIAMS. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN? OKAY. WELL, LET'S GO TO BRIEFING C, WHICH IS THE OVERVIEW OF CRISIS RESPONSE DIVISION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS, TODAY, YOU WILL BE BRIEFED BY TABITHA CASTILLO, WHO IS THE MANAGER OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSES, APTLY NAMED CRISIS RESPONSE DIVISION.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE INVESTMENTS AND SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR BODY AND THE FULL COUNCIL HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS, AND ARE EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SOME NEW CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE CITY HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO WITH THAT, TABITHA, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
AS KEVIN MENTIONED, THE MANAGER OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE DIVISION.
TODAY I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR MISSION, OF COURSE, OF THE CRISIS RESPONSE DIVISION AND REVIEW OUR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, AND THEN INTRODUCE TO YOU SOME NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO THE CALL CENTER.
THE CRISIS RESPONSE DIVISION OPERATES UNDER THE LARGER UMBRELLA OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE, DEDICATED TO ENHANCING THE SAFETY, WELLNESS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS.
THE CRISIS RESPONSE MISSION IS CLEAR THAT WE WOULD ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY WELLNESS BY LEADING PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS EFFORTS RECOGNIZING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS MORE THAN ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT IT IS ABOUT CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE AND ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH ACCESS TO THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESOURCES. NEXT SLIDE.
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PARAMEDIC AND SOCIAL WORKER TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING THE MOST APPROPRIATE CARE.CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 18 TEAMS WORKING A 24 HOUR PERIOD AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY STAFFED WITH APPROXIMATELY 70 FULL TIME TEAM MEMBERS.
JUST TO NOTE, SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION, SINCE 2020, WE'VE SEEN A CONSISTENT DECLINE IN EMERGENCY DETENTIONS YEAR OVER YEAR. AND THIS JUST INDICATES THE MOST THE NEED AND THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE NEED OF MOST INTENSIVE INTERACTIONS.
THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE CIT UNIT IS TO SUPPORT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PATROL BUREAU AND THE RIGHT CARE UNIT BY CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM, AND LEVERAGING LOCAL AND CITY RESOURCES TO PROVIDE TAILORED SUPPORT.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE THREE SUPERVISORS AND 18 CRISIS COORDINATORS.
THIS TEAM PAIRS A PARAMEDIC AND A CIT CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM COORDINATOR TO ENSURE HOLISTIC RESPONSE TO CALLS SUCH AS WELFARE CHECKS AND INJURED PERSONS. WITH A TOTAL OF EIGHT DEDICATED STAFF MEMBERS ON MEDIC ONE, FOUR PARAMEDICS AND FOUR CIT COORDINATORS.
THE CITY ACTION STRIKE TEAM THIS CAST, THE CITY ACTION STRIKE TEAM, IS A NEWLY ESTABLISHED INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO TACKLE SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST PERSISTENT AND COMPLEX QUALITY OF LIFE CHALLENGES.
THIS CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL WORK BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES FROM VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, EMPHASIZING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO PROBLEM AND PROBLEM SOLVING.
THIS INITIATIVE EMPLOYS A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH THAT IDENTIFIES AND PRIORITIZES HIGH RISK AREAS AND IS GUIDED BY RISK TERRAIN MODELING AND CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES, BY TARGETING CHRONIC ISSUES WITH PROACTIVE AND DATA DRIVEN STRATEGIES, AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY ACTION STRIKE TEAM AIMS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
NEXT SLIDE. AND LASTLY, WE'RE EXCITED TO HERE TODAY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR LATEST INITIATIVE AND THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, THE THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE 911 CALL CENTER RELATED TO THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALL DESK.
THIS MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK STATION COMBINES THE EXPERTISE OF DPD COMMUNICATIONS, DFR DISPATCH, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE HOW CALLS ARE TRIAGED, AND WHICH CRISIS RESPONSE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED TO EACH CALL.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DESK WOULD ONE.
PROVIDE A NEW CALL PROMPT FOR RESIDENTS, WHERE RESIDENTS WOULD BE ASKED IF THEY NEED POLICE, FIRE, EMS OR MENTAL HEALTH? SECONDLY, IT WOULD IMPLEMENT A NEW PROCESS FOR EFFECTIVE CALL SCREENING UTILIZING DFR'S ASSESSMENT HEALTH CARE ASSESSMENT THROUGH PRO QA.
THIRD, THIS CALL DESK WOULD EVALUATE AND DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF RESPONSE, RECOGNIZING THAT EACH CRISIS RESPONSE CAN BE CATEGORIZED IN A DIFFERENT TIERED RESPONSE.
THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE CAREFULLY SCREENING MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT REQUIRE AN ALTERNATE RESPONSE GROUP AND PROPERLY EVALUATE THE BEST LEVEL OF RESPONSE AND QUALITY OF CARE FOR THE NEEDED CALLER.
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NEXT SLIDE. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING AND REMAINS IN ITS DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE.SO FAR, WE HAVE THOROUGHLY VETTED THIS CONCEPT WITH ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.
CRISIS TEAM WORK GROUPS AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE.
TO DATE, WE ANTICIPATE A SPRING LAUNCH AS WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO PROCURE TECHNOLOGY ITEMS AND ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCY, METRO CARE SERVICES, ON THE HIRING OF THE CALL CENTER CLINICIAN CLINICIANS.
WE WILL PILOT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DESK FOR THREE MONTHS.
THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE PILOT SUCCESS AND EVALUATE THE PROGRESS TOWARD ACHIEVING OUR OBJECTIVES AND THEN LASTLY, INTEGRATED PARTNERS.
THE SUCCESS OF OUR INITIATIVES IS A DIRECT RESULT OF OUR STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE INCREDIBLE WORK OF METRO CARE SERVICES, A VALUED PARTNER SINCE 2021, METRO CARE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING OUR CRISIS TEAMS NOT ONLY A FREE SAME DAY APPOINTMENT FOR RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO COLLABORATING WITH US TO STAFF THE CLINICIANS AND THE 911 CALL CENTER.
EACH PARTNER BRINGS A UNIQUE STRENGTH AND RESOURCE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND THEIR COMMITMENT OF OUR SHARED VISION OF A SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
COMMITTEE. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CALL SCREENING AND IN TRYING TO GET THE MOST EFFECTIVE TEAM OUT THERE.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THE COST IS ASSOCIATED PER CALL WHEN WE GET THE WELLNESS TEAM OUT THERE? I'M SORRY. THE MOBILE CRISIS COORDINATION.
IS THERE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CALL THAT GETS DEPLOYED? OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, SIR.
THE COST IS BASICALLY JUST IN THE SALARY OF THE STAFF SINCE THEY'RE GENERAL FUNDED POSITIONS.
SAME AS IT WOULD BE FOR RIGHT CARE AND OTHERS.
WHAT I WOULD WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, THOUGH, IS THE NUMBERS DO SHOW US THAT WHEN WE'RE SENDING A TRAINED AND LICENSED CIVILIAN THAT'S ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED AND TRAINED TO HANDLE CRISIS SITUATIONS, IT IS A SAVINGS ON MANY FRONTS TO THE CITY AND SENDING THOSE RESOURCES VERSUS PERHAPS A UNIFORMED OFFICER OR OTHERS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE OUR RESPONSE TIMES.
DO WE HAVE A VOLUME OF HOW MANY CALLS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED SINCE SEPTEMBER, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS WERE TO THE SAME LOCATION OR TO THE SAME INDIVIDUAL? OKAY. I WOULD SAY THERE IS WE THERE ARE ABOUT 14,000 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS THAT COME IN AND IF NOT, LET ME ADD SO WE CAN RUN COMMON ADDRESSES.
THERE'S A LOT OF CALLS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CALLS THAT GO THERE.
SO WE DO HAVE TO FILTER OUT CERTAIN PLACES JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY CERTAIN CALLS ARE LOCATED.
I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO FOCUS ON THOUGH, ARE ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY POLICE OFFICERS WITHOUT WARRANT OR A PAL ANY ONCE, BUT CERTAINLY ANY THAT HAVE BEEN HELD MORE THAN ONCE? WE WANT TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF THEIR NEEDS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE A PAL IS NOT OFTEN THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR THAT AND SO WE DEFINITELY DO WORK OFF OF THAT LIST DAY IN AND DAY OUT, YOU KNOW, AND I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT APPROACH.
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KNOW IF THEY'RE WITH US, IF THEY'RE OF IF THEY'VE OD'D, IF WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF THAT BUILDING WITH THAT PERSON WITHOUT APPROACHING THAT INDIVIDUAL? SO I WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA ON THE SUCCESS RATE OF IT AND THEN LASTLY KEVIN, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS IS THE PAGES ON.THE NEW STRIKE TEAM AND THE EFFECTIVE AND VERY POPULAR IPS PROGRAM THAT WAS WITH US JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IT HAS THAT FULLY ROLLED OUT AND THEN HOW ARE THOSE MEMBERS COMMUNICATING WITH COMMUNITIES THAT HAD AN IPS TEAM? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT QUESTION. SO CRIME PREVENTION FOCUSES ON NOT ONLY THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT THAT YOU DO, BUT THE PRE-WORK AND THE FOLLOW UP WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT INTERVENTIONS ARE TAKING HOLD AND SO ON THAT FRONT, YOU KNOW, I FEEL COMFORTABLE AND I FEEL POSITIVE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.
DO I FEEL LIKE WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE AND PUT THE RIGHT RESOURCES IN PLACE? ABSOLUTELY AND THAT'S WHAT BRINGS US BACK TO WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY AND SO THE CHIEF ARTIST HAS BEEN ASSISTING US WITH HOW WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT MISSION.
DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN AND CODE THAT'S KIND OF INHERITED SOME OF THE FRONT END CRIME PREVENTION WORK HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO US, AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO TO CONTINUING TO GROW OUT WHAT WE STARTED WITH AND SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND TO YOUR POINT, I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
SO THE PROCESS STILL IS ADEQUATELY SERVING OUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
THANK YOU. SO MY QUESTION ON THIS, I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT ARE SO MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE TO HELP US GET AT NOT JUST ALWAYS USING AN OFFICER, BUT GETTING AT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT ARE THE MOST RELEVANT AND HOPEFULLY MOST EFFECTIVE.
SO BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THE HOURS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED HERE AND I SEE THE MEDIC TEAM IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BUT CRISIS INTERVENTION IS FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND THE HOURS THAT YOU'VE GOT ASSIGNED ARE THESE DRIVEN BY WORKFORCE OR IS THIS WHAT WHEN YOU'RE SEEING MOST OF THE CALLS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH AND THAT'S DRIVING IT, OR HOW DO WE LAND ON THOSE TIMES? AND SHOULD THEY BE, SHOULD WE INCREASE THEM? YES. SO ALL OF THE HOURS ARE INFLUENCED BY DATA AND ON THE CALL VOLUME PARTICULARLY WHEN WE LOOK AT SIT, CURRENTLY THEY ARE WORKING FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
AND WE ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THEIR HOURS MID-JANUARY.
ACTUALLY JANUARY 22ND, THE TEAM WILL ACTUALLY EXPAND TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS AND THEN SAME WITH MEDIC ONE.
MEDIC ONE CURRENTLY IS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SEVEN A TO £0.07 FOR 12 HOUR UNIT.
BUT THAT'S DRIVEN BY THEY'RE DRIVEN BY THE CALL VOLUME OR THE, THE DATA THAT TELLS US WHEN THESE WHEN WE SEE THE NEEDS MOST. MORE PARTICULARLY FOR MEDIC ONE, WHEN THE WELFARE CHECKS OR INJURED PERSON CALLS.
SO IT DROPS OFF AFTER 7PM AND THERE'S JUST NOT AS MUCH NEED.
OKAY, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW WE LANDED ON THOSE TIMES.
THANK YOU. OKAY, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
YES. SO AN EMERGENCY DETENTION, OR MORE COLLOQUIALLY CALLED THE A POW IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW, AND IT IS A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF CRITERIA WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL IS BASICALLY TAKEN TO THE NEAREST PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY FOR AN EVALUATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THESE TEAMS ARE VERY FOCUSED ON IS CREATING OTHER PATHWAYS TO GET PEOPLE INTO THE SERVICES THAT WE KNOW CAN HELP FOLKS. SO OFTENTIMES YOU CAN BE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL.
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HOSPITAL MIGHT HAVE WORN OFF AND SO YOU'RE OUT THE DOOR, BACK TO THE ORIGINAL STATE YOU WERE IN WITHOUT ANY REAL INTERVENTION BEING MADE. SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET FOLKS INTO LONGER TERM CASE MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT CASE MANAGERS, WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY OR THE SKILL SET TO MANAGE THAT.BUT IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE INTO THOSE BY BYPASSING HOSPITALS, WHEN APPLICABLE, WE CREATE BETTER OUTCOMES AND SO WE'RE SEEING SINCE COVID YEAR OVER YEAR. THE NUMBERS OF THOSE ARRESTS GOING DOWN, WHICH FREES UP PATROL TO NOT HAVE TO SIT WITH FOLKS AT HOSPITALS OR OTHER LOCATIONS.
THEY CAN BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO VIOLENT CRIMES OR OTHER HIGH PRIORITY CALLS FOR SERVICE.
SO IN THE RIGHT CARE, YOU'VE GOT TWO WORKERS THAT ARE BOTH SWORN OFFICERS, POLICE AND FIRE, AND ONE SOCIAL WORKER FROM PARKLAND.
BUT REALLY THE COST SAVINGS AND RIGHT CARE IS TO THE COUNTY.
IT'S ON THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SIDE AND ON THE JAIL SIDE.
THERE IS SOME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR BOOKING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S CONSISTENTLY A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE.
I KNOW THAT PARKLAND HAS THEIR OWN YOU KNOW, BUDGET LIMITATIONS AS WE DO.
WHAT I WOULD JUST SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT THE TEAM GIVES A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE TO DALLAS POLICE AND THAT ON MANY 911 CALLS INVOLVING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, YOU HAVE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 OFFICERS ON SCENE.
ONCE THE SCENE IS DEEMED SAFE AND RIGHT, CARE CAN COME ON THE SCENE.
SO WE'RE CREATING THAT SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCY FOR PATROL.
OKAY. WELL, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE ASKING ABOUT HOW THAT BURDEN OF COST IS BEING ALLOCATED BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S FAIR FOR THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL CITY STAFF.
CORRECT. AND THERE'S NO COUNTY FUNDING THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? NO, MA'AM. OKAY.
FOR THE NEXT ONE, FOR THE CAST.
WHEN WAS IT NEWLY ESTABLISHED THAT WAS ESTABLISHED? IN THE MOST RECENT BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IS THAT ACCURATE? I THINK THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE WORK.
ULTIMATELY, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY LOW LIGHTING, BLIGHT, OTHER TYPES OF NUISANCE BEHAVIOR ON PUBLIC PROPERTIES, AND GET THAT CLEANED UP AS QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO HAVE MULTIPLE REPEAT INTERVENTIONS MADE AT THESE PROPERTIES THAT MAY NOT BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS IF WE'RE COLLABORATING TOGETHER AT ONE TIME.
BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE WE HAD CAST.
YOU'RE JUST SAYING THIS IS TRYING TO HELP EVERYBODY WORK BETTER TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SAYING THAT, OKAY, IF WE KNOW THE ISSUES THAT ARE DRIVING CERTAIN BEHAVIORS, FOR INSTANCE, AT A PARK, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN ONE SWOOP AS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS TO GET IT CLEANED UP, TO REMOVE THE NUISANCE BEHAVIOR, AND THEN TO ELIMINATE THE FUTURE NEEDS OF, FOR INSTANCE, A CLEAN TEAM OR THE PARK RANGERS OR THE CODE OFFICE HAVING TO GO BY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, JUST DOING THE BACK END SERVICE WORK, BUT BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND DOES THIS CAST TEAM REPORTED TO YOU? THERE ARE TWO STAFF THAT ARE WITHIN EMCR THAT COORDINATE IT, BUT ULTIMATELY THE BULK OF THE WORK IS BY GETTING WITH OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
WE MEET WITH EACH ONE WEEKLY AND MAKE ASSIGNMENTS BASED ON THE RISK TERRAIN MODEL ON THINGS THAT WE CAN GET DONE THAT WEEK FOR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DESK, THERE WAS THE COMMENT THAT THE NEW PROMPT THAT WOULD BE ASKED OF THE CALLER WOULD INCLUDE THE MENTAL HEALTH.
CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S YOUR EMERGENCY? IS THAT CORRECT? 911 WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY? YES. SO YOU'RE SAYING NOW THE PERSON IS GOING TO SAY 911, DO YOU NEED POLICE, FIRE, EMS OR MENTAL HEALTH? YES, MA'AM.
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OKAY. DO YOU NOT THINK THAT ASKING WHAT THE EMERGENCY IS WOULD HELP DISCOVER MENTAL HEALTH? I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT.I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT EMS MEANS? WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT HOW WE PROMPT THE CALL.
WE ALSO GET THAT SAME AMOUNT TO THE DFR SIDE, AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE GET SEVERAL HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF CALLS THAT ARE CODED AS DISTURBANCES OR JUST OTHER TYPE SIGNALS THAT ARE ALSO, AT THEIR ROOT, MENTAL HEALTH OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ILLNESS CALLS.
IF WE CAN CATCH THOSE ON THE FRONT END AND PROPERLY SCREEN THEM, WE CAN GET THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESOURCE THERE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT POTENTIALLY TYING UP OUR SCARCE FIRST RESPONDER RESOURCES.
WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I THINK THIS TAKES A LOT LONGER AND IS HARDER FOR THE CALLER TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THERE'S A FIRE, THERE'S A SHOOTING AND SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO RESEARCH AND REALLY STUDY WHAT GETS THE RIGHT RESOURCE THE QUICKEST AND I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WHAT THAT QUESTION IS AND HOW IT'S ASKED AND HOW IT'S ASKED CONSISTENTLY.
IF SOMEONE'S GOING ON ABOUT A WHOLE STORY OF SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING, WELL, THEN IT'S VERY EASY TO SAY, DO YOU THINK THIS IS A MENTAL HEALTH CALL? RIGHT AND I THINK THERE'S JUST A BIG DIFFERENCE IN, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT AS A RESIDENT, IF I HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING TO JUST TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A FIRE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, I WOULD BE FRUSTRATED.
SO. OKAY THE NEXT THING IS THERE DO YOU EXPECT THERE'S A COST FOR MAKING THIS KIND OF A CHANGE FOR THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DESK? SO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OUR CONTRACT WITH METRO CARE IN OCTOBER, AND THAT WILL BE THE BULK OF THE COST FOR THE STAFFING AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PILOT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING TO USE SOME OVERTIME.
IT WILL BE A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT, AS WE'VE PROJECTED IT OUT NOW, SO THAT WE CAN.
SWORN OVERTIME OR CIVILIAN OVERTIME? THAT WOULD BE SWORN OVERTIME IN THE CALL CENTER SIDE.
WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL COST IF WE DON'T HAVE TO.
AND WE WANT THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
ULTIMATELY, THAT WILL FREE UP FURTHER COST ONCE THEY'RE ABLE TO BE TRAINED AND TAKE CALLS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CALL TAKER IS ABLE TO DO. WELL, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT METRO CARE REALLY OUGHT TO BE PAID BY THE COUNTY AGAIN, NOT THROUGH THE CITY, BECAUSE MENTAL HEALTH IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE HEALTH AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE GIVEN TO THE COUNTY, AND IT IS NOT PART OF THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
IN THE ON PAGE TEN, YOU'VE GOT YOUR METRICS FOR OUTCOMES.
WHO'S DOING THIS FOLLOW UP? PERCENTAGE OF FOLLOW UP SUCCESS FOR SOCIAL SERVICE REFERRALS.
WHO'S DOING THAT WORK? CIT HANDLES ALL OF THE WOULD HANDLE ALL OF THE REFERRALS THAT COME OUT OF FOR FOLLOW UP. FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICE FOLLOW UPS.
BUT BASED OFF OF HOW THE CALLS ARE ROUTED THE THE STAFF WITH.
OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
I JUST HAD ONE OBSERVATION BECAUSE I AM A FREQUENT CALLER OF 911, THERE WAS AN UNSHELTERED PERSON WELL SHELTERED UNDER AN UNDERPASS WHO HAD A RATHER LARGE BLAZING FIRE GOING.
I THINK FRIDAY NIGHT AND SO WHEN I CALLED 911 THAT NIGHT, AND WHEN I HAVE IN THE PAST JUST TO OFFER A COUNTER ON THAT, IT GOES PRETTY FAST RUNNING THROUGH POLICE, FIRE AND I THINK EMS AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING JUST ADD ONE MORE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE EXPERIENCED IN WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE, BUT IT DOES HELP FUNNEL.
I MEAN, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT IT HELPS FUNNEL YOU TO THE RIGHT PERSON, SOMEONE WHO CLEARLY I GOT TRANSFERRED TO SOMEONE WHO CLEARLY KNEW WHAT TO ASK ME ABOUT FIRE AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THE DISTINCTIONS AND HOW OTHERS MAY BE DOING IT.
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BUT JUST AS A FREQUENT CALLER, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IT'S TRIPPED ANYTHING UP AND RATHER MIGHT HELP SOMEONE WHO'S IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE HAVING TO CALL 911 FOCUS AND FUNNEL THAT INFORMATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN KIND OF GOING ON WITH A MONOLOGUE.THANK YOU. BUT YOU HAVEN'T ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THIS YET.
CORRECT? CORRECT. NO, THIS IS STILL IN THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE.
SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT WE NEED MORE MENTAL HEALTH BEDS.
THE LAG TIME OF NOT AVAILABILITY OR THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET SOMEONE EVALUATED.
WE'VE HAD THE COUNTY BEFORE US TRYING TO GET AN ACTUAL NUMBER OF HOW MANY BEDS WE HAVE.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW HOW MANY BEDS ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE? I COULD GO BACK AND FIND IT.
I BELIEVE THAT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY GAVE A PRESENTATION MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO AND HAD THAT BE HAPPY TO TO PULL THAT, VERIFY THAT IT'S STILL ACCURATE AND GET IT TO YOU. YOUR OVERALL POINT, THOUGH IS CORRECT.
THAT'S NOT JUST JAILS OR HOSPITALS AND I DO WANT TO TOUCH IN ON THE FIRES.
AS THE WEATHER IS GOING TO GET COLDER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY TO SEEK WARMTH AND THIS MIGHT BE A FUTURE BRIEFING OR AN OFFLINE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF IT'S A CONTROLLED FIRE IN A BARREL OR IN A FIRE PIT, EVEN IF IT'S ON PUBLIC SPACES, AN ALLEY THAT THOSE ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE AND LET ME DEFER TO THE EXPERTS ON THAT, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JUSTIN BALDWIN FROM FIRE CHIEF.
NO, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED TO CONTINUE WHEN IT'S INCLEMENT WEATHER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE SERVICES AND GETTING INDIVIDUALS INTO A WARM SHELTER.
YEAH WE DO. OKAY, WELL, WE'RE AT A DECISION POINT.
I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THAT BRIEFING.
WE HAVE TWO BRIEFINGS TO GO, AND THEN WE HAVE ALL THESE MEMOS.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET TO BOTH OF THEM.
LET'S DO D OVERVIEW OF POLICE AND FIRE WELLNESS PROGRAMS. SO WE'VE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OFFICERS BOTH IN POLICE AND FIRE THAT ARE STRUGGLING.
WE'VE SADLY HAD FAR TOO MANY SUICIDES AND THIS PRESENTATION WAS BORN OUT OF THAT.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NAMES ON HERE.
WHO GETS TO GO FIRST? I'LL INTRODUCE THEM.
AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE ALL DO TO PRESENT THIS VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC.
SO THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL BE GOING OVER, AND WE'RE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO TACKLE THE SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AMONG OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. WE'LL SHARE THE BACKGROUND OF THIS CRISIS OUR DEPARTMENT RESPONSES AND OUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
NEXT SLIDE. MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AFFECT EVERYONE, NOT JUST FIRST RESPONDERS.
THIS SLIDE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT FACT.
SADLY, OVER HALF OF THOSE WHO NEED CARE DON'T RECEIVE IT, PRIMARILY DUE TO STIGMA AND COST.
THIS GROWING CRISIS AFFECTS FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM.
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IT'S A CHALLENGE WE MUST ADDRESS TOGETHER.NEXT SLIDE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE AT THE FRONT LINES OF EMERGENCIES, OFTEN WITNESSING THE WORST MOMENTS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. THIS EXPOSURE TAKES A TOLL.
WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO STRUGGLE WITH PTSD, DEPRESSION AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR OUR RELATIONSHIPS.
PTSD AND DEPRESSION ARE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FOR ALL OF US.
NEXT SLIDE. FIRST RESPONDERS FACE UNIQUE STRESSORS THAT DEEPLY IMPACT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
IN THE REALM OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MANY TURN TO ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCES TO COPE WITH THE TRAUMA.
ONE AND A HALF TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BY SUICIDE ARE FIRST RESPONDERS.
TRAGICALLY, MORE FIRST RESPONDERS DIE BY SUICIDE THAN IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
WE MUST ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES HEAD ON TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE WHO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS HERE.
IF YOU GUYS COULD STAND REAL QUICK.
THESE GUYS AND GALS DO GREAT WORK, AND THEY REALLY HAVE REALLY SET THE BAR FOR WHAT WELLNESS IS.
WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR A MORE ROBUST WELLNESS APPROACH AND THROUGH MULTIPLE THINK TANKS AND DISCUSSING WITH OUR RANK AND FILE THE NEEDS OF THE CREATION OF THE WELLNESS UNIT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2022, AND IT WAS DEVELOPED TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS CHALLENGES BY USING A MODEL OF EMPATHY, COMPASSION AND SUPPORT, WITH THE GOAL TO PROVIDE PROACTIVE SUPPORT TO REDUCE THE STIGMA AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION CLASSES, ASSIST OTHER AGENCIES IN BUILDING A WELLNESS PROGRAM, AND TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT OF THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE EMPLOYEES.
SINCE 2019, TWO YEAR TO DATE, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EXPERIENCED THREE SUICIDES.
WE'VE HAD FOUR SUICIDE PREVENTION CLASSES YEAR TO DATE, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING INTO GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO ASSIST WITH THE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TRAINING. NEXT SLIDE.
SOME OF THE WELLNESS UNIT INITIATIVES ARE ON SCENE AND POST-INCIDENT CRITICAL SUPPORT.
THOSE ARE COUNSELING SERVICES, PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, CHECKPOINTS, AND OUR PSYCH ED.
ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR CHECKPOINTS.
OUR CHECKPOINTS USE WELL RESPECTED INFORMAL LEADERS WITHIN THE RANKS, AND THEY CONTACT THE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED CRITICAL INCIDENTS, AND THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT AND IF NEEDED, THEY REFER THAT INDIVIDUAL TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE WELLNESS UNIT, THE CHECKPOINTS HAS DONE 4125 CHECK INS WITH OUR OFFICERS.
I JUST WANT TO PULL SOMETHING FROM ERNEST HEMINGWAY.
IN ADDITION TO THESE CHECKPOINTS, THE WELLNESS UNIT PROVIDES IMMEDIATE SUPPORT DURING AND AFTER CRITICAL INCIDENT INCIDENTS UTILIZING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE VR THERAPY AND BRAIN OPTIMIZATION.
THE VR HEALTH IS AN INTERACTIVE THERAPEUTIC APPROACH.
THAT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE BRAIN OPTIMIZATION.
WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR PSYCH ED CLASSES AND THIS IS DONE BY CASE BY CASE, BUT IT USUALLY INVOLVES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS OR CRITICAL INCIDENT LIKE IN LINE OF DUTY DEATH OR SUICIDE. WE TRY TO FOCUS ON THE NORMALIZING OF FEELINGS AND THE REACTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE AS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED THESE INCIDENTS.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS RIGHT HERE IS A SCREEN GRAB OF OUR CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE AND WE CHOSE THESE DATES BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE LIKE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN AUGUST 20TH 4TH TO SEPTEMBER 6TH.
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CHECKPOINTS AND PEER SUPPORT CHECK INS.WE WERE ABLE TO REFER MORE OFFICERS TO DIFFERENT COUNSELING SERVICES AND SUCH.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THESE AND SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A COMPARISON WITH AN INCIDENT LIKE AN AMBUSH.
YOU CAN SEE OUR COUNSELING NUMBERS.
BACK IN 2020 ABOUT 142 OFFICERS WERE SERVED.
YOU SEE THE INCREASE THE WELLNESS UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2022.
SO YOU STARTED SEEING THAT SPIKE AND THEN AS OF OCTOBER OF 2024, 505 OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SERVED THROUGH THE ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION, WHICH IS NOT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 501 C3 THAT WE PARTNERED WITH.
WE'LL NOW TRANSFER OVER TO EXECUTIVE DEPUTY CHIEF RUSS TO TAKE US THROUGH DFR'S CARE NETWORK.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE DFR SIDE OF WELLNESS AND SAFETY.
WE'VE HAD OUR CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
DALLAS FIRE RESCUE HAS OVER 2000 PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
THAT MAKES A DEMAND ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
IMMENSE RECRUITMENT FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS HAS ALSO BEEN CHALLENGING, BUT WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS TEAM TO MEET THOSE GROWING NEEDS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ENSURES OUR TEAM GETS THE SUPPORT THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT.
SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE JOINT COMMITMENT WITH DFR AND DPD.
WITH THE THREE ON THE DFR SIDE WITH THE THREE PEER SUPPORT COORDINATORS, WE'VE ALREADY INCREASED OUR OUTREACH, MOVING IT MORE TO THE STATION LEVEL AND MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL EXPAND TRAINING AND ADDRESS CURRENT RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES TO ENSURE EVERY FIREFIGHTER HAS ACCESS TO CARE TO THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.
OUR UNIFIED APPROACH THROUGH THIS COOPERATION WILL BE FOR DFR AND DPD ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE JOINT TRAINING PROGRAMS, SHARE INNOVATIVE TOOLS, AND COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS TO ENHANCE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR ALL FIRST RESPONDERS.
OUR CURRENT VISION IS TO ESTABLISH DALLAS AS A LEADER IN FIRST RESPONDER WELLNESS BY NORMALIZING HEALTH SEEKING, EXPANDING RESOURCES AND FOSTERING COLLABORATION, WE CAN MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
OH I'M SORRY. ON PAGE 12 YOU NOTE RECRUITMENT CHALLENGES FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS.
SO YOU'RE WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES? WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO RECRUIT HELP IN THAT AREA.
SO ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE APPROVED TO HAVE THREE ON STAFF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS FOR DFR.
WE WERE ABLE TO FILL ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS.
BASICALLY, YOU CAN'T JUST HIRE ANY PSYCHIATRIST WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP FIRST RESPONDERS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT PSYCHIATRIST.
YOU KNOW, ERNEST HEMINGWAY DID SAY IT THE BEST.
WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT IN PERSON AND ESPECIALLY IN THE PSYCHIATRY WORLD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST WANTED TO WORK REMOTELY AND JUST DO PART TIME WORK.
SO THAT WAS THE BIG CHALLENGE.
WE STILL ARE TRYING TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS, BUT WE ARE NOW ALSO HAVING AN INITIAL EXPLORATORY DISCUSSIONS WITH THIRD PARTY SERVICES THAT WILL MAYBE EXPAND OUR RESOURCES AND BREAKING DOWN SOME SILOS OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO FILLING THOSE STAFF POSITIONS.
WE ARE OFFERING COMPETITIVE SALARY PACKAGES.
COUNCILMAN. MORENO. THANKS, CHAIR.
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YOU KNOW, GREAT PRESENTATION.HOW ARE WE OFFERING DISCREET SERVICES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN, BOTH IN DPD AND FIRE, FEEL COMFORTABLE AND THAT THERE'S NO JUDGMENT HAPPENING WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SEEK HELP? I'LL GET THAT.
YEAH. WE JUST NOW WITH THE PEERS WE SET UP A SEPARATE LOCATION IN AN OFFICE.
SEPARATE FROM ANY, WHERE THEY COULD BE IDENTIFIED.
SO THAT'S AN EFFORT TO GET THEM TO SHOW UP.
AND WE ADDED THE PEER SUPPORT TO, THAT ARE IN THAT OFFICE.
SO THEY ALSO GO AROUND TO THE STATIONS PRIOR TO ANYTHING GOING ON WHEREAS BEFORE THEY WOULD GO TO STATIONS AFTER SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED AND TALK TO THEM. NOW WE SEND THEM PRIOR TO AS A ROUTINE GO AROUND THE STATION SO THEY GET SEEN, PASS OUT THE INFORMATION SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND THERE'LL BE NO IDENTIFYING IF THEY NEED TO GO SEEK HELP.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. REAL QUICK ON THE DPD SIDE.
SO WE DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WHILE WE'RE AT THE ACADEMY, WE HAVE OUR WELLNESS TEAM AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DOCTORS THAT GO AND TALK TO OUR RECRUITS AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST KEY COMPONENT IS LETTING THEM KNOW EARLY ON BEFORE THEY EVEN EXPERIENCE THAT TRAUMA, THAT THIS IS HERE, IT'S OKAY TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WE START PUSHING THOSE RESOURCES OUT EARLY.
SO THE ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS IN THE DPD PRESENTATION, YOU NOTE THAT YOU'VE HAD THREE SUICIDES SINCE 2019, AND THE BFR PRESENTATION, YOU NOTE YOU'VE HAD SEVEN SUICIDES SINCE 2021.
SO IF WE CAN GO BACK TO 19, 2019 SO THAT WE'RE DOING APPLES TO APPLES.
CLEARLY THERE'S BEEN A HUGE TRAGEDY HAPPENING AT BFR.
YOU MENTIONED POSSIBLY DOING A SCREENING AS PART OF THE RECRUITING PROCESS.
I'D LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS FLESH THAT OUT FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, AND SEE WHAT PART OF THE EMPLOYMENT PROCESS THAT COULD INCLUDE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER NOT HAVE SOMEBODY JOIN OUR FORCE AS BADLY AS I WOULD LIKE TO HIRE EVERYONE.
IF THIS IS JUST NOT IF IT'S TOO STRESSFUL OR IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT FOR THEM.
WE CAN'T BE AT THE SAME TABLE.
NO. WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT, AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SCREENING.
AND YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DON'T WANT TO ADD TO SOMEBODY'S PROBLEMS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON CURRENTLY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT COVERED? EVERY PROGRAM WE HAVE, I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN POSTERS IN THE FIRE STATIONS, PEER TO PEER NETWORK AND SOME THAT MAYBE WEREN'T HIT HERE.
ARE THERE OTHERS THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT? WELL, THE PEER SUPPORT TEAM, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
THEY'RE GOING TO THE STATIONS AND THEY'RE NAVIGATING OUR MEMBERS AT THE STATION.
HOW TO GET TO THESE CURRENT APPLICATION THROUGH LIGHTHOUSE AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THOSE DIFFERENT SERVICES OR WHATEVER THEY NEED, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP, FAMILY ISSUES DEPRESSION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE THE QR CODE, THE QR CODES AT THE STATION LEVEL, AND THEN ALSO WHEN THE PEER SUPPORT GOES TO THE STATIONS, THEY ALSO ARE ABLE TO SCAN WITH THEM TO GET THEM ACCESS TO THAT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE HAVE THE CITY OF DALLAS, EAP PROGRAMS, THEY ALSO INTRODUCED THAT TO THEM.
SO THEY JUST LET THEM KNOW ALL THE NETWORK THINGS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, WE HAVE IT UP, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACTUALLY ACCESS IT.
SO IT'S JUST TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THOSE BARRIERS AND BRING IT TO THEM.
WE DO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACTUALLY FOR EVERY CITY OF DALLAS EMPLOYEE.
THEY'RE COMPLETELY LEFT OFF WITH ANY KIND OF IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
SO IT'S ONLY ABOUT UTILIZATION AND THAT'S IT.
SO I HOPE PEOPLE WILL AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THAT AND KNOW THAT IT TRULY IS CONFIDENTIAL.
JUST DO IT AND, MISS MENDELSOHN, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PROGRAMS CURRENTLY.
WE'RE JUST NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS THEM YET BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FINALIZED.
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BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS SOON AS.OKAY. WELL, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BRIEFING MEMOS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE DASHBOARDS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DASHBOARDS? THE NEXT ONE IS H AND IT'S THE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ONE.
I ACTUALLY I DIDN'T GET TO THE PAGE FAST ENOUGH ON THE PREVIOUS ONE.
THAT'S OKAY. IT'S JUST NOTING THE RESPONSE TIMES AND JUST THEY JUST SEEM TO BE GOING THE WRONG.
I FEEL LIKE EACH MONTH THAT GOES BY, WE'RE IT'S GETTING A LITTLE LONGER EVEN ON PRIORITY ONE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN JUST ADDRESS IN THIS MEETING, BUT AND THEN I LOOK AT PRIORITY TWO AND IN SOME AREAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S MUCH LONGER THAN I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE COMFORT IN AND I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF I GO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE AROUND THAT.
I BELIEVE THESE STANDARDS ARE OUTDATED.
SO OUR RESEARCH TEAM IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH KPMG TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT APPROACH, A DIVISIONAL APPROACH, AS OPPOSED TO A CITY APPROACH ON RESPONSE TIMES. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO RESEARCH AND GET TOGETHER.
BUT ONCE WE GET THAT, I'LL DEFINITELY BE BRIEFING THIS COMMITTEE ON THAT.
I WILL NOTE WHEN WE WERE COMMENDING THE OFFICERS, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE FOR THE DROWNINGS, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT POLICE HAD SHOWN UP FIRST AT BOTH OF THOSE INSTANCES AND SO I FEEL LIKE WHEN IT IS THE MOST LIFE THREATENING, Y'ALL WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING TO GET THERE AND THAT'S APPRECIATED AND NECESSARY.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU HAVE A STAFFING SHORTAGE AND CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE, SO.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE ON DASHBOARDS? WE CAN GO TO H.
THERE'S AN ITEM ON HERE ABOUT HAVING AN ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK.
I HADN'T HEARD THAT BEFORE, AND I'M NOT EXPECTING ANSWERS TO ALL THESE QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT I'D LIKE A FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE LIST.
I'LL TEXT YOU. I'LL SEND YOU THE LIST.
THE COST OF THE ELECTRICAL PANEL.
WHAT IF WE HAVE A POWER OUTAGE? CAN OUR TECHS REPAIR AN ELECTRICAL ENGINE AND ARE THE PARTS AVAILABLE? ARE YOU GOING TO SEND THAT TO ME, OR CAN YOU SEND THEM ALL TO YOU? YES. GREAT. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON H.
THIS IS ABOUT THE FLEET MAINTENANCE J.
MARSHAL'S HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVITY REPORT COUNCILMAN MORENO NOT ASKING A QUESTION.
I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER FOR COMPARISON.
OKAY. ITEM K, THIS IS OUR DEAF LINK PORTAL AND WE ARE LIVE, SO THAT'S EXCITING.
ITEM L, O, P AND R, THESE ARE ALL GRANTS.
IF YOU ADD THEM UP ALL TOGETHER, IT'S OVER $7 MILLION THAT WE'LL ACCEPT ON WEDNESDAY.
THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD GRANT WRITING.
THIS INCLUDES OUR OAC SAFETY WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT FIFA, OF COURSE.
OKAY. SO ANYTHING FOR M OR N? M? YES.
GOT TO TAKE HER. SO THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING UNIT AND SO I'M JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ONGOING NATURE OF THIS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S SUBJECT TO ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS, IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE ITS ORIGINALLY WAS TO EXAMINE POLICIES, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES TO JUST FIND BLIND SPOTS, HOLES WHERE WE MIGHT NOT BE IN ALIGNMENT, BUT IN AN ONGOING WAY.
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ANALYZING DATA THAT'S OBVIOUSLY BEING GENERATED EVERY SINGLE DAY? AS I LOOKED AT THIS, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEND THIS QUESTION TO YOU IN ADVANCE, BUT AS I WAS READING THROUGH IT, I JUST THOUGHT THE SWEEP OF POLICY, HOW LONG WOULD WE THINK THAT WOULD TAKE? AND NOW I'M SEEING THAT THIS IS NOW A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AND ONGOING.SO CAN YOU ELABORATE ON THAT? THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAMS SO REALLY, THIS IS A REOCCURRING CONTRACT AND ASSESSMENT WHERE DOCTOR DEL CARMEN CAN PROVIDE THAT CONSULTING AND ASSESSMENT AS WE CONDUCT THOSE YEARLY REVIEWS AND THOSE YEARLY ASSESSMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM EACH OF THOSE THINGS, IT'S TO ENSURE WE'RE BEING COMPLIANT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND BEING OBJECTIVE AND TO VALIDATE THAT DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE DO, TO SAY THAT, YES, WE'RE BEING OBJECTIVE AND IT IS TRULY IDENTIFYING THE BLIND SPOTS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION.
IT'S SIMILAR WITH HIM USING OUR POLICIES AS HE VALIDATES TO LOOK AT THE BLIND SPOTS.
DOES THAT ANSWER IT? I THINK YOU DID. I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT VOLUME IS CREATED BY THIS, THAT EACH YEAR.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A NEED FOR AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THIS.
CORRECT. SO AS YOU REMEMBER, WE BRIEFED OUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.
HE VALIDATES THOSE MINI ASSESSMENTS AND THOSE LARGER COMPREHENSIVE QUARTERLY REVIEWS FROM US.
IT'S THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR AS WE'RE DOING THESE ASSESSMENTS, ENSURING THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE BLIND SPOTS FOR EACH OF THESE WORKING GROUPS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED ALL THE BLIND SPOTS AND THAT WE'VE VALIDATED THOSE ISSUES THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THERE.
OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS [INAUDIBLE].
I'M SORRY I GOT OFF TRACK HERE.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY Q AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE ONE THAT THEY KNOW I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FIRE ALERTING SYSTEM.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN GIVE US A TIME FRAME ON WHAT THAT INSTALLATION PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE.
HOWEVER, WE'RE ON IT LIKE IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE JUST GOING OVER PARTICULARS ABOUT THE THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE ASBESTOS AT THE STATIONS AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT EXPEDITED.
THE CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED YET.
IT'S STILL WITH LEGAL AND IT'S COMING TO THE COUNCIL.
IT WILL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND WE ARE ALSO HAVING FINAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL VENDOR ABOUT THE INSTALLATION PROCESS, AND WE'LL HAVE A TIMELINE FOR YOU WHEN IT COMES TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
BUT I THINK IT'S COMING ON WEDNESDAY.
SO IT WILL BE PART OF THAT, AND IT WILL HAVE BEEN DECIDED ON WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR INSTALLATION.
I IMAGINE THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE APPROVAL.
I'M GOING TO ASK ABOUT THIS WITH BELLS ON MA'AM.
WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD THAT ONE ITEM BACK IN FOR NEXT MONTH.
WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING ON THE 16TH.
IT WILL BE ABOUT PROPOSITION U.
AND ALSO WANT TO REALLY SEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE CITY OF TERRELL WHO LOST AN OFFICER TODAY.
THANK YOU. MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 3:07.
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