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GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. TODAY IS JANUARY 14TH.
[Special Called Public Safety on January 14, 2025.]
IT'S 9:17. I'M GOING TO CALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER.I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY ON DATE.
I THINK THIS IS OUR THIRD DATE. AS WE MOVED AROUND TO ACCOMMODATE CITY MANAGER INTERVIEWS.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND THEN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY. SECOND, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT LATE.
WE HAVE SOME ISSUES HAPPENING ON CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY THIS MORNING.
I WANT TO START OFF WITH OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF OFFICER BIXBY.
HE PASSED AWAY FROM INJURIES THAT WERE SUSTAINED IN AN ACCIDENT ON HIS WAY TO WORK IN HUNT COUNTY.
BUT OF COURSE, OUR OWN DPD FAMILY FEELS IT JUST AS HARD.
AND I KNOW HE WAS AT THE NORTHEAST STATION AND THEY'RE A VERY TIGHT GROUP.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE PENDING AND HE SURVIVED BY A WIFE, TWO CHILDREN, PARENTS AND A BROTHER. SO OKAY.
WITH THAT, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 9TH MINUTES.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE FOUR BRIEFING ITEMS TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR EVER PRESENT OVERVIEW OF RECRUITING AND RETENTION AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME GUESTS IN GUESTS IN THE AUDIENCE TO TALK ABOUT FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND WE WILL GET TO YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH THIS PRESENTATION.
GOOD MORNING. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I'M MAJOR ASHFORD, ALONG WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF ISRAEL HERRERA, AND WE'LL BE DISCUSSING DPD'S RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS FOR DECEMBER.
IN DECEMBER, WE LOST NINE OFFICERS AND HIRED ONE FOR FISCAL YEAR.
FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE LOST 36 AND WE'VE HIRED 41.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS CHART REPRESENTS OUR FISCAL YEAR TO DATE ATTRITION AND HIRING NUMBERS.
AGAIN WE'VE HIRED MORE OFFICERS THAN WE'VE LOST SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
TO THE RIGHT ARE THE REASONS FOR SEPARATION. OUR TOP THREE REASONS ARE RETIREMENT PERSONAL REASONS AND OFFICERS SEEKING OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS. NEXT SLIDE. IN DECEMBER, 126 APPLICANTS WERE REFERRED TO DPD BY CIVIL SERVICE, AND 66 OF THOSE WERE IN SOME FORM OF THE BACKGROUND PHASE.
OUR NEXT ACADEMY CLASS IS SLATED TO BEGIN TOMORROW, WHICH IS GOING TO BE CLASS NUMBER 404.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH A CONFIRMED NUMBER OF 50 RECRUITS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. WE'LL JUST PAUSE AND SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU CAN HIT THAT 50 NUMBER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO IN DECEMBER, WE PROCESSED 20 PROFESSIONAL STAFF APPLICANTS.
16 ENTERED BACKGROUND AND 16 WERE ONBOARDED. NEXT SLIDE.
NEXT SLIDE. IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE BEGAN TRACKING HOW APPLICANTS HEAR ABOUT DPD. THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT SHOWS MARCH THROUGH NOVEMBER, AND THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS FOR DECEMBER ONLY AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THE TOP THREE PLACES WHERE APPLICANTS ARE HEARING ABOUT DPD ARE FROM DALLAS POLICE NET SOCIAL MEDIA AND THROUGH RECRUITING EVENTS. NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE OUR RECRUITING TARGETS FOR THE YEAR, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUT OF STATE.
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WE BROKE DOWN THE STATE INTO SECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE HIT AS MANY AREAS AS POSSIBLE.THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMITTEE, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JAYNIE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
SURE. THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING AT PAGE EIGHT ABOUT THE RECRUITING TARGET AREAS, AND I SEEM TO RECALL THAT LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE, WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING SOME LEARNING AND REALLY NARROWING THE FUNNEL ON THE MARKETS THAT WE WERE GOING TO.
BUT TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS SAID IN THE LAST MEETING AND HOW IT LINES UP WITH THIS.
GO AHEAD. SO WE MET WITH OUR TEAM, OUR RECRUITING TEAM, TO LOOK AT THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD SUCCESS AND WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TURNING OVER THE STONES TO PLACES WE'VE NEVER BEEN. SO WE'RE FOCUSING A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS IN OUR JUNIOR COLLEGES AND ALSO IN AREAS WHERE WE HAD SUCCESS IN YEARS PAST, BUT HAS DRIED UP FOR A WHILE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND CHECK ON THOSE AREAS. WE DIVIDED OUR RECRUITING TEAMS ASSIGNMENTS.
WE TOOK THE STATE OF TEXAS AND CREATED QUADRANTS, AND THOSE TEAMS ARE OUT RESEARCHING THOSE AREAS, LOOKING FOR AREAS WHERE JUST, QUITE FRANKLY, PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY AND THEY WANT JOBS.
SO IN DISD, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CAREER PATHS.
YOU KNOW, IN HIGH SCHOOL WE'VE GOT P-TECH AND OTHER THINGS. HAVE WE HAVE WE TAKEN A LOOK AT OUR OTHER BIG METRO HIGH SCHOOLS OR ISD'S RATHER, FOR WHO MIGHT HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THAT? I KNOW THAT SEEMS YOUNG, BUT I MEAN, THE CULTIVATION CAN START.
WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT. LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR MAJOR MARKETS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED HELP.
GOOD DEAL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. THANK YOU.
CHAIR. HAVE WE WHEN WILL WE BE BRIEFED AGAIN ON THE ENTRY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS FOR A POLICE OFFICER? SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT RIGHT NOW, WORKING WITH CIVIL SERVICE AND DOING A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH, BECAUSE I THINK THE FIRST TIME WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU GUYS, YOU WANTED A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND WHEN WE GET THAT TOGETHER, WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW PRETTY SOON THOUGH OKAY.
THANK YOU. YOU BET. OKAY. SO LET'S STEP BACK A SECOND.
OUR LAST MEETING WAS EARLY DECEMBER. HOW DID WE DO FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR WITH HIRING AND ATTRITION? SO LET ME GET WITH THAT REAL QUICK. OUR ESTIMATE.
SO OUR PROJECTED ADDITIONAL HIRING, OF COURSE, WAS THE 250 AND THEN OUR ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL ATTRITION WAS 205 FOR, FOR 2025. ARE YOU IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR? I AM LOOKING FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR AS OPPOSED TO THE FISCAL.
YEAH. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. BUT I'M SORRY, THE ACTUAL FOR 2024, THE ACTUAL FOR 2024 IS 3127. THAT WAS YOUR SWORN STAFFING AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
OUR ACTUAL AT MONTH END OF OCTOBER OF 2024 FOR FISCAL YEAR WAS 3127 AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY YOU LOST IN 2024? I DO. LET ME FIND THAT FOR YOU.
I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT NUMBER BACK TO YOU. NO PROBLEM.
SO THE NEXT THING I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT IS THE BILLBOARDS.
SO YOU'VE GOT HUNTSVILLE, ARLINGTON, GALVESTON, FORT WORTH AND THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING DART BUS.
YEAH, THE MARKET THAT SEEMS TO BE MISSING IS JUST FLAT OUT HOUSTON AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW HOUSTON PD IS PAYING SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN DALLAS AND I'M WONDERING IF INSTEAD OF CONSIDERING THE DART BUS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THE METRO BUS IN HOUSTON.
SO WE'VE CALLED ON A NUMBER OF THOSE MARKETS, AUSTIN, TO BE INCLUDED AS WELL.
AND INTERESTING, THE PRICING THAT THEY'RE OFFERING IS NOT VERY FRIENDLY.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ALL HAVE A COPY OF.
A LITTLE BUSINESS CARD FLIER IN FRONT OF YOU USING SOME OF THE DATA.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT DECEMBER WHERE OUR BIGGEST INCREASE WAS, AND IT WAS IN THAT OTHER CATEGORY AND IN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOOTPRINT, ABOUT A 13% INCREASE IN OUR OTHER CATEGORY AND THAT OTHER CATEGORY ARE INCLUDE OUR BILLBOARDS,
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PRIOR DPD FAMILY MEMBERS RECOMMENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO THE JOB, THE FLIER BUSINESS CARDS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR HANDS THERE.WE HAD A REFERRAL FROM BFR AND A NUMBER OF OUR HIRE BACKS.
SO WE'RE SEEING SOME GOOD TRACTION THERE. WHAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING IS OUR RECRUITING TEAM CAME TO US WITH THIS BUSINESS CARD IDEA, AND THEY SAID, HEY, CHIEF, CAN WE JUST HAND THESE OUT? HOW ABOUT WE GO TO THE STATIONS AND GIVE THOSE TO OFFICERS SO THEY FIT IN OUR POCKETS? AND I SAID THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT FITS IN AN OFFICER'S POCKET, WE'LL BRING US TO ALL THE STATIONS. AND SO THOSE ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. WELL, AND I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE IN THERE THE REFERRING OFFICER NUMBER A SPACE FOR THAT.
IS THERE A PEAK TIME. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE WENT TO DART.
AND DART THREW US A COUPLE OF IDEAS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO CAPTURE THE SUMMER INTO THE END OF THE STATE FAIR BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR CITY THAT REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
SO DART WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH US AND GOT US WHAT WE ASKED FOR.
SOME OF THOSE OTHER MARKETS AREN'T BEING AS FLEXIBLE, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH.
GREAT. THE LAST QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU IS AS YOU'VE LISTED THE SIX CITIES OUT OF STATE AND SOME OF THEM ARE CITIES, SOME OF THEM ARE STATES. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH US NOT ASKING FOR THIS RIGHT NOW AND TELL US HOW MANY YOU ACTUALLY HIRED FROM EACH OF THOSE? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT. YEAH. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ALSO WHAT WE SPENT.
RIGHT. SO I KNOW WHEN I WENT TO CHICAGO WITH Y'ALL WE DID INTERVIEW YOU INTERVIEWED A LOT OF CANDIDATES, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF STAFF THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S A PRETTY BIG EXPENSE FOR THAT AND COULD WE GET MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK SOMEWHERE ELSE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT MAYOR PRO TEM.
SO WHEN YOU PUT STARTING PAY AT PAY IS 75,000.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BENEFIT THAT IS STARTING TO PAY? COULD BE AT 75, BUT IT COULD BE UP TO X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS.
ABSOLUTELY. WE WERE CONSIDERING AND THIS IS JUST A MOCK UP THE CARS THAT YOU HAVE, WE WERE CONSIDERING PUTTING ON THERE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SOME OF THE OTHER BENEFITS AS WELL AS PUTTING AN UP TO AMOUNT FOR STARTING 75,000 UP TO I THINK THAT THE UP TO AMOUNT IS A LOT MORE APPEALING THAN SO. SO WHAT IS IT UP TO? AMOUNT IS CLOSE TO WHAT NUMBER? YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHETHER THEY HAVE EDUCATION PAY.
IF THEY SPEAK A CERTAIN LANGUAGE, THOSE THINGS ARE ALL ADDED TO IT.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THE CARD IS REALLY TO GRAB THEIR ATTENTION, SCAN THAT CARD, CONTACT A RECRUITER, AND LET THE RECRUITER THEN GO TO WORK AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ALL THE PAY ADVANTAGES OF GOING WITH DALLAS PD.
SO WHEN YOU SCAN THE CARD IN THIS BARCODE WHERE YOU HAVE THERE, IF YOU GOT DUAL LANGUAGE OR WHATEVER, IT'S UP TO THAT AMOUNT WITHOUT IT BEING THERE.
YES, SIR. IT TAKES YOU TO THE DALLAS POLICE RECRUITING PAGE AND ALL THAT STUFF IS LISTED IN THERE.
OKAY, SO WHEN WILL YOU HAVE A MARKUP ON THIS? WE CAN GET THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. YEAH AND THE REASON WHY I SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE CARD, BUT THEN TOO, YOU GET SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION. YOU SEE 75,000.
OH, THAT'S THE NUMBER. BUT YOU SAY, HEY, I'M BILINGUAL.
I GOT ANOTHER PAY, I GOT EXPERIENCE EDUCATION, I GOT ANOTHER PAY.
SO YOU GOT THAT THERE. SO ON THE MARKETING ASPECT, I THINK WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB IN MARKETING TO RECRUITERS BECAUSE YOU'RE SEEING THAT AND ALSO IN MEETING CONFIRMED, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT.
YOU KNOW EVERY THREE YEARS WE MAKE SURE WE GO TO THE MARKET.
SO GREAT. THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. SO MADAM CHAIR, I THINK IS OUR NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING.
HOPE WE CAN HAVE A MOCK UP BECAUSE WE NEED OFFICERS RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE URGENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS. THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING ABOUT THE AUSTIN AND HOUSTON TRANSIT AND THE COST OF ADVERTISING THERE AND TO THE POINT MADE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T PAY AS WELL.
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IF WE GET A YIELD FROM THAT, THAT'S MEANINGFUL.THAT COST IS GOING TO COME WAY DOWN AS FAR AS WHAT IT MEANS, PER YOU KNOW, RESPONDENT AND APPLICANT AND HOPEFULLY MEMBER OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IF SUITABLE. SO WHETHER WE MOVE AROUND THE BUDGET OR, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CERTAINLY ENTERTAIN IDEAS ON WHERE WE COULD FIND MONEY TO DO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THOSE ARE SOME MARKETS THAT MARKETS THAT COULD BE SUPER VALUABLE TO US, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE US JUST TURN THAT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE PRICE TAG THEY MAY BE THE PRICE TAG MAY BE HIGHER BECAUSE THEY REACH SO MANY PEOPLE.
SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
WE'LL BE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FINANCIAL FOLKS.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS I'M SORRY. NO STEWART. THANK YOU.
CHAIR. JUST A QUICK NOTE ON THE CARDS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME OF THESE.
ONCE YOU GUYS GET FINALIZE THEM. WE ALL GO TO NUMEROUS EVENTS AND I WOULD LOVE TO PULL THIS OUT AND PASS IT AROUND. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE'LL BE A GOOD RESOURCE.
MAYBE WE'LL SHOW UP ON YOUR PIE CHART. THANK YOU.
WE'LL APPRECIATE THE HELP. SURE. OKAY. WELL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS A BIG WILLINGNESS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR MORE OF YOUR BUDGET TO GO TOWARDS ADVERTISING AND PROMOTING THE RECRUITING AND OUR WILLINGNESS TO WILLINGNESS TO HELP YOU WITH THAT AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE WILLING TO GO WITH YOU ON TRIPS. WE'RE WILLING TO COME TALK TO A GROUP, WHATEVER YOU NEED.
ONE TEAM IS NICE. I THINK IT'S KIND OF GENERIC, BUT THIS NEVER ACTUALLY SAYS JOIN US, RIGHT? LIKE, JUST LIKE WE WANT YOU. SO BUT I LOVE THAT YOU SHOW THIS TO US, AND I LOVE THE EFFORT AND IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU'RE MAKING THE EFFORT AND YOU'RE SEEING RESULTS WITH THE CLASS OF 50 COMING UP TOMORROW. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO FIRE. GOOD MORNING. I AM ASSISTANT CHIEF DALLAS WILLIAMS, AND I HAVE MY LEFT DEPUTY CHIEF STEVEN LOPEZ, WHO IS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OF TRAINING.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER BOTH OUR ATTRITION HIRING, RECRUITING, ACTIVITIES AND A FEW UPDATES FOR THE FOR THE COUNCIL. NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR ATTRITION FOR 24-25 IS AS LISTED.
WE HAVE 13 PEOPLE THAT RESIGNED FOR PERSONAL REASONS, FOUR RELOCATED, ONE GOT ANOTHER POSITION AND THEN THERE WAS ONE THAT HAD A CAREER CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR DECEMBER THESE ARE OUR NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER.
WE ONLY ONBOARDED ONE LATERAL HIRE IN DECEMBER.
HOWEVER WE RECEIVED 277 APPLICATIONS 27 LATERALS AND 18 SINGLE FUNCTION APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE WE'RE CURRENTLY PROCESSING. NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR ALREADY, WE'VE ONBOARDED 54, 4 FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINEES. FOR LATERAL HIRES AND EIGHT SINGLE FUNCTIONS.
AND WE TWO HAVE A CLASS THAT IS STARTING TOMORROW AND THAT IS A CLASS OF 30.
NEXT SLIDE. SO FOR DECEMBER WE ATTENDED A RECRUITING FAIR AT NAVARRO COLLEGE IN WAXAHACHIE.
THOSE WERE OUR RECRUITING ACTIVITIES FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
NEXT SLIDE. SO AS I SAID, WE DO HAVE A CLASS THAT IS STARTING TOMORROW.
OUR NEXT CLASS AFTER THAT WILL BE IN FEBRUARY.
WITH THE CLASS STARTING IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE WE'RE SWAPPING THAT A LITTLE BIT TO WE'RE SWAPPING IT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FIRE SCHOOL FIRST AND THEN PARAMEDIC SCHOOL TO KIND OF REDUCE SOME OF THE OVERTIME THAT WAS OCCURRED FROM THE WAY WE DID IT BEFORE.
ALSO, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE ISD ON THE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY.
SO WE STILL HAVE THOSE KIDS IN PLAY AND WE ALSO ARE STILL WORKING WITH WITH SMU, WHICH WILL BE TYING IN THE CITY'S RESOURCES TO FURTHER DEVELOP THAT PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M OPEN TO QUESTIONS. COMMITTEE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. DOING GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS, BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR BIG CLASSES.
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STARTING TOMORROW, WE'LL HAVE 80 NEW EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY.THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MAJOR NATHAN SWYERS WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION. WITH ME IS DEPUTY CHIEF STEPHEN WILLIAMS AND INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE MICHAEL MCGOUGH AND BEFORE WE START THE PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF IGO FOR A FEW COMMENTS.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRWOMAN MENDELSOHN OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE REALLY THE GOOD WORK OF ALL THE OFFICERS ON THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF OVER THE LAST YEAR. OUR ENDING VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION WAS OVER 8.26%, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. OVER THE LAST YEAR, THIS IS JUST DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS DEPARTMENT, PLUS THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION THAT'S HEADED BY CHIEF WILLIAMS AND MAJOR SWYERS.
BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK.
SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL, GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH PRESENTATION.
AS CHIEF IGO STATED, WE ARE DOWN 8.2% IN VIOLENT CRIME FOR THE YEAR.
THESE ARE ALL FINAL NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR OF 2024.
THE TWO BIGGEST FACTORS ARE GOING TO BE OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS HAVE GONE DOWN 7.69% AND HOMICIDES HAVE GONE DOWN 26%, WHICH IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OR DECREASE.
I'M SORRY. WE LAUNCHED OUR PERIOD 19 GRIDS ON DECEMBER 1ST.
THEY WILL BE ENDING AT THE END OF JANUARY. WE'LL BEGIN NEW ONES IN FEBRUARY.
AND FOCUS DETERRENCE. WE HAVE MOVED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH AS THE PRIMARY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO SLIDE FOUR.
SLIDE FOUR IS A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF OUR VIOLENT CRIME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE SLIGHTLY UP IN TWO CATEGORIES.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS JUST A REPRESENTATION GRAPHICALLY OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR GRIDS.
WE ARE AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALSO UP IN THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THE ONLY ONE WE ARE UP FOR 2024. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OUR CURRENT OUR VICTIM COUNT CONTINUES TO TREND DOWN AS IT HAS SINCE WE STARTED THIS CRIME PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND OUR INCIDENT TREND LINE IS ALSO CONTINUING TO GO DOWN.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR MURDER TREND, AS I SAID, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OF 26.2, WHICH EQUATES TO 65 FEWER VICTIMS, AND THAT WE HAD SEVEN OF THOSE THAT WERE ACTUALLY FAMILY VIOLENCE VICTIMS. FEWER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR VICTIMS AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR 2024 ROBBERY TREND. AS I DISCUSSED, WE WERE SLIGHTLY UP IN BUSINESS ROBBERIES.
WE ENDED UP THE YEAR 18 UP. I TAKE THAT AS A LITTLE BIT OF A WIN, BECAUSE MOST OF THE YEAR WE WERE RUNNING AT ABOUT 30 AND WE ENDED, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT THAT DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF OUR PATROL DIVISIONS WITH OUR PLANS TO COMBAT THE ROBBERIES.
OUR CAPERS DIVISION, BY GETTING THE OFFENDERS IN JAIL AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT, HELPING WITH EDUCATION WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY DO HAVE A BUSINESS ROBBERY SYMPOSIUM COMING UP IN FEBRUARY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
FOR 2024 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT TRENDS, WE WERE DOWN 7.69%.
FAMILY VIOLENCE. WE WERE UP SEVEN TOTAL VICTIMS FOR 0.42%.
WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE 500 FEWER VICTIMS AND DOWN 10.5%.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FOCUS DETERRENCE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 54 CLIENTS.
WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OUR LIST FOR THE FOURTH SESSION.
WE DID HOLD OUR SECOND SESSION ON DECEMBER 14TH.
WE WERE ABLE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THREE INDIVIDUALS AT THEIR HOMES ON THAT DATE.
WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE CONTACT WITH TWO OF THEM SINCE THEN.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE DATES FOR OUR FUTURE WITH DATE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE JANUARY 25TH, FEBRUARY 22ND AND MARCH 22ND.
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SHE HAS PROBABLY BEEN OUR BEST SUCCESS STORY TO DATE.WE MADE CONTACT WITH HER IN JUNE OF 2023. DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR HER.
WE PROVIDED HER WITH EDUCATION, ACCESS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, LITERACY, HEALTH ASSISTANCE, HOUSING SUPPORT, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND VICTIM SERVICES. SHE SECURED TRANSPORTATION AND EMPLOYMENT, SECURED HOUSING AND RELOCATED CHILDREN TO A SAFER LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID LEARN WITH THIS PARTICULAR CLIENT IS THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILY AS WELL, BECAUSE WHILE SHE'S BEEN RECEIVING SERVICES FROM US, ONE OF HER SONS WAS ACTUALLY A VICTIM OF A SHOOTING.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'VE LOCATED THEM TO A SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO GET HIM AWAY FROM THAT.
JUST A NOTE. HER JOB IS WITH HILTI, AND THEY'RE PAYING HER ABOUT $18 AN HOUR.
SO IT'S NOT A INSIGNIFICANT PAY THAT SHE'S GETTING FROM THIS JOB.
SO HE'S GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S GOING TO ENROLL IN UTA AND WORK ON BECOMING A PSYCHOLOGIST.
SO HE'S REALLY TURNING HIS LIFE AROUND. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THE INVESTIGATION FIRST BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024 OUT OF A TRAFFIC STOP.
ON DECEMBER 18TH, THEY EXECUTED A WARRANT ON THOSE TWO THOSE TWO APARTMENTS.
OUT OF THIS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET 5.9 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA, NUMEROUS THC PRODUCTS, NINE GUNS, AND $154,000 IN CASH. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.
WELL, IT'S AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND YOU ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF.
AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE YEAR END NUMBERS.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU START SAYING 26% REDUCTION IN MURDERS, BUT THEN YOU SAY THAT'S 65 LESS PEOPLE THAT DIED THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF MURDER IN DALLAS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
AND SAME THING FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, YOU KNOW, 7.69%.
SO I JUST APPLAUD YOU. I KNOW HOW HARD IT'S BEEN.
I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO IT. I THINK THIS YEAR WE CAN ALSO SAY IT'S THE FIRST YEAR OUR CRIME IS BELOW PRE-COVID FOR VIOLENT CRIME. SO I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT 2019 AND YOU DID IT.
AND IT'S REMARKABLE WITH THE STAFFING YOU HAVE IT JUST SHOWS THE KIND OF WORK YOU'VE DONE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHO HAS QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN MORENO.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. WHEN IT COMES TO ROBBERY OF A BUSINESS, HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ORGANIZED CRIMES? HOW MANY OF THESE ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS? AND ARE WE SEEING TRENDS THAT THESE FOLKS ARE FROM? DALLAS. WHERE ARE THEY COMING IN FROM OTHER CITIES OUTSIDE OF DALLAS.
I BELIEVE MOST OF OURS ARE FROM DALLAS. WE DO HAVE A FEW REPEAT OFFENDERS.
I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS ON THE ONES THAT ARE ORGANIZED GROUPS AT THIS POINT.
I CAN GET THOSE. SO OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN EDUCATING BUSINESS OWNERS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO, SUCH AS INCREASE SLIDING, MAKING SURE THEIR WINDOWS ARE NOT COVERED UP WITH WITH POSTERS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A CRIMINAL TRESPASSING AFFIDAVIT ON FILE OUTSIDE OF THOSE CLASSES. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GO BUSINESS BY BUSINESS TO ENSURE THAT THESE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES KNOW WHAT TOOLS ARE OUT THERE AND HOW DPD CAN ASSESS THEIR BUSINESSES.
SO ANYTIME WE HAVE A BUSINESS ROBBERY, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT UNIT WILL ACTUALLY GO OUT AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER, MEET WITH THEM, GIVE THEM THOSE KIND OF TIPS, AND KIND OF ASSESS THE BUSINESS ITSELF. THE POST, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE POSTERS, THEY WILL ALSO KIND OF TELL THEM TO OR EDUCATE THEM ON HOW TO PUT CERTAIN ITEMS TO WHERE THEY CAN'T BE STOLEN AS EASILY.
JUST SMALL TIPS AND TRICKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS, THANK YOU.
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SO I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANOTHER DECREASE WHICH WAS AROUND FAMILY VIOLENCE AND TO CALL OUT THE MURDERS INVOLVING FAMILY VIOLENCE DECREASED BY SEVEN, BECAUSE THIS CAN BE A REALLY DIFFICULT ONE AND TO APPLAUD THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN OCTOBER ABOUT GOING TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE THERE WERE HIGHER RATES OF INCIDENCES AND AT SOME POINT AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, IT'S THAT PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT.AND SO TO SEE THAT THIS NUMBER IS COMING DOWN IS SO INCREDIBLE AND I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD TEMPLATE THAT I HOPE WE CAN KEEP FOLLOWING, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS EVEN DROP FURTHER.
THE OTHER THING IS ON BUSINESS ROBBERIES, I MEAN, THIS IS DEFINITELY WAS THE NUMBER THAT'S ALWAYS CONCERNING BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH PROGRESS BEING MADE, BUT THAT'S THE BAR THAT TENDS TO GO THE WRONG DIRECTION.
HOWEVER, THE BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM IS COMING UP, AND I WAS READING YOUR BRIEFING ON IT ABOUT HAVING FLOCK THERE TO PRESENT ON LPR? SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS AS AN OPTION, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT FLOCK ALSO HAS THE STATIONARY CAMERAS THAT RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS MIGHT HAVE THAT SOME OTHER VENDORS MIGHT DO AND SO I WANTED TO SEE IF WE WERE ALSO EXPLORING THAT, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO PROCURE OURSELVES NECESSARILY, BUT TO EDUCATE THESE RETAIL SHOPPING CENTERS MORE ON SOME OF THE TOOLS THEY HAVE BEYOND A LICENSE PLATE READER, BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY NOT SEE THAT MIGHT NOT BE A DETERRENT, BUT THOSE THAT FLASH RED AND BLUE THAT ARE VISIBLE COULD BE A DETERRENT.
CORRECT. SO IF YOU REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER EARLY, LATE 2024, WE ANNOUNCED THE CONNECT DALLAS.
SO CONSTANTLY PART OF ONE OF THE TASKS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS ALSO DOING WHEN THEY DO THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DO THOSE BUSINESSES, THEY'RE LEVERAGING THAT PARTNERSHIP. IT IS TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES AND SOME OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE LEVERAGING YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RACETRACK.
THE NEW ONE IS QUIKTRIP. THEY'RE NOW BRINGING ON 23 LOCATIONS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMPONENT THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT SYMPOSIUM. TO LEVERAGE THAT PART WHERE WE LEVERAGE THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND MONIES THAT THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE INVESTED IN THEIR BUSINESS AND HOW TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION WITH US USING THEIR ASSETS.
SO THAT WILL BE PART OF THAT BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM. I'M LOOKING TO GROW THIS.
I MEAN, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE CONNECTING THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE CAMERAS. BUT WHAT I'M THINKING, AND NOT FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS TO PROCURE OR MANAGE, BUT TO WORK WITH A VENDOR OR SOME VENDORS WHO COULD SAY, IF WE CAN BRING THESE SMALL OPERATORS, SMALL STRIP CENTERS, AND OTHERS IN ADDITION TO THE BIG ONES TOGETHER SO THEY CAN GET SOME FAVORABLE PRICING IN BULK SO THEY CAN BRING MORE OF THIS TO BEING, I THINK SOME OF THE CAMERAS YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT MAY NOT BE AS VISIBLE, BUT THE ONES I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE VERY VISIBLE IN PARKING LOTS FLASHING RED AND BLUE LIGHTS. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOT CAMERAS. I MEAN, I HAVE TO THINK THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PART OF THEIR SALES PITCH IS THAT THEY CAN HELP DETER CRIME, AND THEY'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS TO PUT WITH IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE MIGHT EXPLORE HAVING THAT KIND OF OPTION AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THESE GROUPS TO PERHAPS COME TOGETHER TO GET FAVORABLE PRICING AND BRING MORE OF THIS TO DALLAS RETAIL CENTERS, WHERE WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME ISSUES. YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. I ALSO WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. I HAVE A SLIGHT LITTLE, BUT AND I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR MY DISTRICT TEN, TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR, MAYBE SIX MONTHS WHEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PLAN.
APARTMENT COMPLEXES OR A CONDO COMPLEX HERE HAVE BEEN REFERENCED.
AND THEY ARE PROPERTIES WHERE THEY'RE DRUG HOUSES ONCE.
9727 WHITEHURST AND THEN TODAY 9450 ROYAL LANE.
WHEN I HEAR THOSE ADDRESSES, I KNOW EXACTLY, EXACTLY WHERE THESE ARE AND I KNOW THE HISTORY OF BOTH OF THOSE AND SO MY QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS PERHAPS SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE OFFLINE, IS THE NAI DESIGNATION.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ONE IN DISTRICT TEN. BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOLVING CRIME THEY'RE STARTING THESE DRUG HOUSES ARE IN DISTRICT TEN. THEY'RE ACTIVE. THEY'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU GUYS IDENTIFY THEM AND I'LL LET YOU GUYS. YEAH. SO I NEED SOME HELP ON THIS. I WE IT'S HARD FOR ME TO HEAR THESE ADDRESSES, KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HISTORICALLY HAD HAD CRIME ISSUES, HIGH CRIME ISSUES AND YET I DON'T SEE HOW DISTRICT TEN IS NECESSARILY FITTING IN WITH THIS
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PLAN. I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU OFFLINE AFTER THIS AND EXPLAIN AND GIVE YOU SOME HELP.GET THE CLARITY ON THAT FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. CLARITY AND ASSISTANCE.
I MEAN, I WANT I DON'T KNOW HOW POI'S GET DECIDED.
I KNOW IT'S GOT TO BE STATISTICS, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU START TRACING BACK YOUR STATISTICS AND YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS AND YOU'RE FIGURING OUT WHERE SOME OF THE ROOT CAUSES ARE.
[INAUDIBLE] I WILL FOLLOW UP AND WE'LL GIVE YOU HELP YOU WITH THAT.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF CHAIRMAN STEWART.
MY CONCERN IS BASICALLY HER CONCERN [INAUDIBLE] STEWART.
I KNOW THOSE APARTMENT IS A HIGH CRIME AREA AND I DO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT APARTMENT COMPLEX, THEY RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT CORRIDOR, BUT OUTSIDE THE UNITS, WHICH IS MORE APARTMENTS AROUND THERE IS CRIME ACTIVITIES THERE. SO I'VE BEEN MEETING, YOU KNOW THANK YOU.
BUT WE HAVEN'T RESOLVED THE ISSUE. IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS.
SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A SAFE HAVEN, IT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BE ONLINE OR OFFLINE, BUT I DO NEED SOME MORE DETAIL.
RIGHT THERE, MR. STEWART, I KNOW THAT THOSE ARE A UNIT THAT DO NOT BELONG TO DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY, BUT THEY OWN VOUCHERS THERE. SECTION EIGHT.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY ONLY SECTION EIGHT UNIT IN THAT AREA.
BUT IT'S NOT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, THE UNIT INSIDE ALL THE CRIME, BUT THE CRIME OUTSIDE IS COMING IN.
SO WE NEED TO DO THAT IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY MURDERS THERE IN THE RECENT YEAR, MAYBE 3 OR 4 THERE AND PEOPLE STILL COMING OUT AND I DO HAVE A COMMUNITY OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
I HEAR ALL THE GUNSHOTS AND STUFF GOING OVER THERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE ON HIGH ALERT. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND THE RESIDENT CAME DOWN HERE AND SPOKE ABOUT IT.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUTSIDE THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN IS ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES TO TREAT SOME OF OUR OTHER MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN UPTICK IN CRIME, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ON THAT.
THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY OBVIOUSLY WE ARE ALL CONGRATULATING YOU.
YOU HAVE HAD ENORMOUS SUCCESS THIS PAST YEAR, BUT YOU'RE ALSO HEARING THAT WE WANT MORE.
AND THAT IS, I THINK, SHARED WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT ON PAGE 13, WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE SUCCESS STORY OF FOCUSED DETERRENCE AND REALLY TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES BEING OFFERED AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING A LIFE TO REALLY CHANGE IT.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART, AND I KNOW THAT IS REALLY DETAILED WORK, AND IT'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, BUT IT IS THE CENTER OF UNRAVELING A LOT OF THIS CRIME AND SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DETAIL EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH TO HELP PEOPLE GET ON A BETTER PATH. SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS SEE OVERVIEW OF DALLAS POLICE PROPOSED INITIATIVES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH.
COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? SURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS MONTH.
THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR HELPING US GET DOWNTOWN LIT UP IN BLUE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH WAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY. WE HAD A COFFEE RECEPTION THIS MORNING TO THANK OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, NONPROFITS AND OTHERS WHO WORK IN THIS SPACE TO JUST GIVE THEM RECOGNITION AND SHARE SOME UPDATES.
PLEASE STAND OR RAISE YOUR HANDS. THANK YOU. TRAFFIC 911.
THEY SERVE YOUTH COMING OUT OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLS, THEY HAVE SOMEONE THERE IN 60 MINUTES TO TAKE CARE OF THESE YOUTH AND GIVE THEM WHAT A NEW TERM I LEARNED FELT SAFETY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A BACKPACK AND SOME THINGS AND TO BE THERE WITH THESE YOUTH COMING OUT OF THIS HORRIBLE SITUATION.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU TO THE OTHERS.I SEE NEW FRIENDS, NEW LIFE, SEE HONEYDROPS. I SEE OTHER GROUPS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. AND LOOK, YOU'RE ALREADY SITTING THERE.
YOU READY TO GO? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. COUNCIL MEMBERS.
CHIEF ORTIZ I'M MAJOR YANCEY NELSON, AND I'M WITH LIEUTENANT ASHLEY LEE.
AND THIS WILL BE THE OVERVIEW ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
ADULT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS HANDLED BY THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SQUAD OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION AND JUVENILE TRAFFICKING IS INVESTIGATED BY THE HIGH RISK VICTIMS AND TRAFFICKING SQUAD. ON THE SPECIAL VICTIMS DIVISION.
THESE ARE THE FIVE OFFENSES THAT WE INVESTIGATE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE KNOW THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM.
HOUSTON, MEMPHIS, PHOENIX AND ATLANTA ARE THE CITIES THAT WE SEE MOST OFTEN.
THESE CITIES ARE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS, MUCH LIKE DFW.
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS TEND TO ROTATE THEIR VICTIMS THROUGH A TRACK OR CIRCUIT.
THAT TACTIC ISOLATES VICTIMS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND KIND OF COERCES THEM INTO TRAFFICKING BY INSTILLING A FEAR OF BEING STRANDED. NEXT SLIDE. SO THESE STATS COVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE INCREASED OUR ACTIVITY JUST BECAUSE OF THE AWARENESS TO THE PROBLEM.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT TO INCREASE BOTH IN WHAT OUTCRIES WE RECEIVED DIRECTLY TO DPD AND THE ADVOCACY GROUPS AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE.
YOU ALSO NOTICED THAT WE'VE HAD PRETTY MAJOR INCREASES IN ARRESTS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THAT'S DUE TO PROBABLY INCREASED INVESTIGATIVE TACTICS.
THESE STATS ARE ALL OF JUST THESE ARE ADULT STATS.
WILL HAVE SOME JUVENILE STATS HERE SHORTLY. OUR HUMAN TRAFFICKING SQUAD.
THE ADULT SQUAD. IT OFFICIALLY STARTED IN ABOUT APRIL OF 2023.
AND SO THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK FROM DAY TO DAY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO OPTIONS FOR ADULTS. WE IN DALLAS WE TAKE A VERY VICTIM CENTERED APPROACH. OUR INVESTIGATIONS PRIORITIZE SUPPORT OVER PROSECUTIONS FOR OUR SURVIVORS.
WITHIN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SQUAD, WE HAVE A CASE WORKER ASSIGNED WHO DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF CONNECTING OUR SURVIVORS WITH VERY TRUSTED NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND WHICH OF WHICH? THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT WE PARTNER WITH, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
ALFRED 2021 RESCUE HER UNBOUND. NOW THE NORTH TEXAS COALITION AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AN OUTSTANDING GROUP. THEY'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2016, AND OUR CASEWORKER IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. OF COURSE, THE MAYOR'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WHAT THEY DO INCREASING AWARENESS IS JUST UNPARALLELED.
NEXT SLIDE. LIEUTENANT LEE WILL GO OVER SOME JUVENILE TRAFFICKING.
GOOD MORNING. I WILL BE COVERING THE JUVENILE TRAFFICKING PORTION.
WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A BRIEF DEFINITION OF A JUVENILE.
IS ANYBODY UNDER THE AGE OF 18 THAT IS COMPELLED TO PARTICIPATE IN PROSTITUTION? SO OUR HIGH RISK JUVENILES ARE ANYBODY THAT'S OVER UNDER THE AGE OF 12 WHOSE GOAL IS MISSING FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS,
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OR WHO HAS MORE THAN FOUR INCIDENTS IN A 12 MONTH PERIOD.ADDITIONALLY, IT'S IDENTIFIED AS A PRIOR VICTIM OF SEX TRAFFICKING.
SO THESE WITH THESE JUVENILES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR STATS FOR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT FOR YEAR 2024 WE RECOVERED 117 VICTIMS. OF THOSE 117 VICTIMS, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE 80 ARRESTS FROM THOSE HIGH RISK VICTIM RECOVERIES.
AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED 379 PRESENTATIONS WITH OVER 15,000 ATTENDEES.
OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED IN THE BACK IS TRAFFIC 911 REFUGEE CITY, AS WELL AS NEW FRIENDS, NEW LIFE AND I DO WANT TO APPLAUD THEM AND THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE A MAJOR PART OF OUR SUCCESS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE JUVENILE PROCESS. WE CONDUCT OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OUR OPERATION EXTENDS TO POSING AS CHILDREN TO HELP LURE IN THE SUSPECT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE ARRESTS, AND ALSO POSING AS SUSPECTS SO THAT WE CAN RECOVER THOSE JUVENILES AND OF COURSE, GET THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE CARE.
TRAFFIC 901 FOR THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE IS A HUGE PART OF OUR SUCCESS AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A PREVENTATIVE IMPACT? OUR DETECTIVES GO OUT AND THEY PROACTIVELY CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE ON SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MONITOR THEIR PATTERNS, THE FREQUENT LOCATIONS THAT THEY GO TO AND WHO THEY ASSOCIATE WITH.
ALSO DEMAND SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ON AN ONGOING BASIS. TARGETING INDIVIDUALS KNOWN TO PURCHASE COMMERCIAL SEX.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITHOUT QUESTION, IS DRIVEN BY THE DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL SEX AND THOSE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN PURCHASING IT. WE ALSO HAVE OPERATIONS THAT TARGET COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. THE GOAL HERE IS TO CONNECT THEM WITH NGOS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AND HOPEFULLY A SAFE EXIT FROM THAT LIFESTYLE.
WHAT'S WHAT WE KNOW BASED ON THE RESEARCH IS THAT TYPICALLY IT TAKES NUMEROUS OR MULTIPLE CONTACTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT BEFORE SOMEBODY MAKES AN OUTCRY TO US. NEXT SLIDE. SO WE OBVIOUSLY PARTNER WITH NUMEROUS 500 AND 1C3 ORGANIZATIONS WHO WE VET BEFORE THAT COLLABORATION.
OUR CASEWORKER AND OUR DETECTIVES MEET WITH NGO STAFF AND VISIT THEIR FACILITIES.
OUR RESOURCES RANGE FROM EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO LONG TERM RESTORATIVE CARE.
SERVICES INCLUDE HOUSING, FOOD COUNSELING, MEDICAL CARE, JOB TRAINING, AND ID ASSISTANCE.
I CAN SAY THAT WITHOUT QUESTION, THE NUMBER ONE NEEDED RESOURCE IS HOUSING.
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT ALL WITHOUT COLLABORATION WITH OUR SOCIAL SERVICES PARTNERS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ARE KEY IN THAT HAS BEEN THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATION HSC, DPS, HOUSTON PD AND FBI.
I HAD HOPED THAT THEY WOULD BE HERE TO TODAY, BUT DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS JUST SINCE JANUARY 1ST. THEY HAVE A NEW CHIEF OVER HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
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ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT'S DELIBERATE FUND AND COLLECTIVE LIBERTY.THEY HAVE HELPED US WITH SURVIVOR LED AID AND ANALYTICAL TRAINING.
COLLECTIVE LIBERTY WAS ACTUALLY STARTED BY A FORMER PROSECUTOR.
THE LIVER FUND THEIR ANALYSTS THROUGH OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH.
THEY'RE JUST OUTSTANDING AT WHAT THEY DO. AS FAR AS ENHANCING OUR INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITIES.
NEXT SLIDE. YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE OF THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DASHBOARD.
THE DATA AND METRICS THERE GIVE THE PUBLIC A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
AND IT HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. AND IT'S EDUCATION AND AWARENESS FOR THIS PROBLEM.
NEXT SLIDE. SO OUR NEXT STEPS ARE STRATEGIC EFFORTS TO IMPACT THE REDUCTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
OF COURSE WE DEFINITELY WANT TO INCREASE OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR NGO PARTNERS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPING A HUMAN TRAFFICKING CLASS FOR DPD OFFICERS.
THIS PAST FEBRUARY OF 24, DPS TAUGHT A CLASS HOSTED BY THE DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY, AND THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 50 OR 60 DALLAS OFFICERS THAT ATTENDED THAT CLASS.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A CLASS THAT'S MORE SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO DALLAS AND THE METROPLEX, WHATEVER. AND HOPE TO GET AS MANY OF OUR DALLAS OFFICERS THROUGH THAT CLASS.
THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PROSTITUTION AND DIVERSION INITIATIVES AS FAR AS THE EFFICACY OF POSSIBLY RE-KIND OF CONTINUING THAT PROGRAM, THAT'S A BIT OF A BLAST FROM THE PAST.
STARTED BACK IN ABOUT '07, AND IT RAN THROUGH ABOUT 2011.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY COURT AND SOME OF OUR ADVOCACY PARTNERS ON POSSIBLY RESTARTING THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING GRANT RESEARCH FOR JUVENILES AND ADULTS.
IN REFERENCE TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THE HIGH RISK VICTIMS UNIT CONDUCTS NOW OPERATIONS TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THOSE JUVENILES THAT FIT THE HIGH RISK CRITERIA, AND THOSE OPERATIONS WILL CONTINUE, HOPEFULLY.
LAST WEEK, SOME OF OUR MESSAGING AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING WAS NOTICED ON ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. WE'RE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO PUTTING TOGETHER A VIDEO THAT.
SO APPRECIATE THE BLUE WORN BY A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY, SATURDAY, BEING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY AND THAT'S OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'LL TRY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. IF I CAN START OFF ON PAGE SEVEN, YOU TALK ABOUT THE 117 YOUTH THAT WERE RECOVERED BY DPD IN 2024. THIS IS AN INCREASE OVER PRIOR YEARS. FIRST, I'M INTERESTED WHAT YOU THINK HAS LED TO THAT INCREASE, WHETHER YOU'RE SEEING JUST MORE HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WHETHER YOU'VE DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO FIND IT AND ADDRESS IT BETTER.
AND THEN SECOND IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR WEEKLY REPORTS ON CRIME.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE ONE THAT'S FOR THE YEAR END OF 2024, WE HAVE A CATEGORY OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE.
BUT THERE'S ONLY 82 FOR THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMERCIAL SEX ACTS AND ONE FOR INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THOSE 82 AND 83 NUMBERS COMPARE WITH THE 117 THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO RECOVER, AND WHY THOSE NUMBERS WOULDN'T MATCH.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT PART. YES. GREAT. THEN I'LL GIVE IT TO ARTISTS.
IF I DO BELIEVE THAT THOSE AND IF YOU'LL JUST MOVE THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER.
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YEAH. I DO BELIEVE THAT THOSE EFFORTS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO ALL OF THE OPERATIONS THAT WE RUN.WE HAVE INCREASED OUR OPERATIONS WHETHER WE'RE POSING FOR ADULTS.
THE TIPS THAT WE RECEIVE OFFLINE IS FROM OUR ONLINE PARTNERS AS WELL TO MAKE THESE ARRESTS.
I DO THINK THAT ON TOP OF OUR OUTREACH, WE'VE CONDUCTED MORE OUTREACH CLASSES.
WE'VE REACHED MORE STUDENTS THROUGH OUR OUTREACH COUNSELING.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S A GREATER NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING TRAFFICKED.
SO, THAT THE TRAFFICKING NUMBERS ARE THERE UNFATHOMABLE HOW HIGH THOSE NUMBERS, THE ESTIMATES OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE WORLDWIDE? YEAH, I THINK IT'S INCREASING.
I THINK WHAT'S HELPING US IN MANY WAYS IS INCREASED AWARENESS.
A LOT OF THESE GROUPS THAT ARE IN HERE NOW, TRAFFIC 911.
THE, COALITION OR WHATEVER, JUST THE INCREASED AWARENESS HELP US THERE EVERY DAY.
BUT YOU KNOW, I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S YOU KNOW, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THE ADULT STATS EVERY YEAR WE'VE MADE MORE ARRESTS BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER AT OUR INVESTIGATIONS, BUT WE CAN'T ARREST OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WOULD ADD ONE MORE THING TO NEXT STEPS AND THAT IS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH OUR NONPROFITS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO GEAR UP FOR JANUARY 30TH, WHICH IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY AT THE CAPITOL.
AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND GET INTO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO LIKE TO SEE ADVANCE THAT ALSO ALIGN WITH DPD AND THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. SO THAT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY CRITICAL.
ONE THING THAT AS YOU LOOK AT PAGE TEN AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE WORK BEING DONE, LOCATIONS WHERE HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARE KNOWN TO CONGREGATE ARE AND ARE ALSO TARGETED FROM THE PUBLIC'S LENS. OFTENTIMES THEY'RE SAYING, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO ARREST THESE PEOPLE? WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO MAKE ARRESTS? AND THE CLOSING THE LOOP PART IS IT'S GOT TO STICK.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY PROSECUTE.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT. I MEAN, FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT.
SO WHY DOES IT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SOMETIMES TO PUT IT TOGETHER? WELL, THOSE ARE THESE ARE VERY COMPLICATED CASES.
RIGHT AND OFTENTIMES A VICTIM WILL MAKE AN OUTCRY AND THEN THEY'LL RECANT.
IT'S I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S HUGE THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS STARTED THEIR OWN HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT, THAT MASSIVE. AND IT WILL HELP WITH BETTER AND INCREASED PROSECUTIONS.
ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DASHBOARD, WHICH IS GREAT AND HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF OUR PARTNERS TO GIVE US THE DATA TO PUT INTO THAT.
BUT FOR THOSE WHO ATTENDED OUR COFFEE THIS MORNING, DOCTOR ANDERSON BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP HAD DONE JUST IN A CONVERSATION WITH A DETECTIVE WHO SAID, IF I COULD READ EVERY REPORT, I COULD DO SO MUCH MORE. AND THEY BUILT AN ALGORITHM THAT TOOK WHAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN SEVEN YEARS OF AN INVESTIGATOR'S TIME INTO ONE HOUR TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ALL MORE FUEL. ARE YOU SEEING OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD USE AI IN SOME OF THESE TOOLS TO DO MORE? WELL, I WILL SAY THAT THE DASHBOARD JUST IS AN OUTSTANDING TOOL.
THERE'S ALGORITHMS THAT THEY USE AND THEY USE OPEN SOURCE NETWORKS.
RIGHT. AND SO IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT FIVE DETECTIVES.
RIGHT. OKAY. AND IT'S THE PROBLEM IS MASSIVE.
IT'S MASSIVE. SO ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP US KIND OF REDUCE THE DETECTIVES WORKLOAD HELPS.
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THEY'RE WILLING TO DO TO HELP US. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I TOO WANT TO SAY HOW DEEPLY GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE WORK OF THE NONPROFITS.
EXCUSE ME. AS WELL AS OUR DPD OFFICERS AND NOW, HAVING THE DA'S OFFICE FOCUSED ON THIS WITH SOME LEADERSHIP THERE THAT WILL BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES, RIGHT, TO GET THIS.
AND WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I'M CURIOUS. YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TRACKING KNOWN TRAFFICKERS.
HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY SOMEONE AS A TRAFFICKER? ARE THERE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OR ARRESTS THAT THEY'VE HAD, OR HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY THEM? YES. CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS, CERTAIN ARRESTS, OFTENTIMES WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A HIT OR MISS. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN EDUCATED GUESS BASED ON INVESTIGATIONS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY TEND TO CONGREGATE.
RIGHT, BECAUSE SAY WE GET AN OUTCRY FROM A SURVIVOR.
OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YEAH. COUNCILMAN MORENO.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
TO OUR NONPROFITS, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE KNOW THAT THE SAME WAY WE CAN'T POLICE OUR WAY OUT OF TRAFFIC, RIGHT? WE GOT TO PUT IN STREET MITIGATION. WE'VE GOT TO DO URBAN DESIGN.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO TO COMBAT SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING? AND WHAT CAN OUR SCHOOLS AND PARENTS DO TO HELP IDENTIFY POSSIBLE OR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING? AND THAT MIGHT BE FOR MORE FOR OUR NONPROFITS? I'M NOT SURE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MESSAGING OUT THERE THAT HAS THOSE TYPES OF THOSE TYPES OF LISTS OF THAT INFORMATION.
WE CONDUCT PRESENTATIONS ALL THE TIME AROUND IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC SIGNS.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GOT A LIST OF SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN READ OFF, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF INFORMATION READILY AVAILABLE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I THINK, AGAIN, THAT WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH AWARENESS.
WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. MOST OF OUR SUCCESS HAS COME FROM THE INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM AND ARE THERE TARGETED AREAS WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING MORE BUS DEPOTS, AIRPORTS, CONCERTS, BARS, CLUBS? THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON MORE HEIGHTENED ALERT.
ALL THE PLACES THAT YOU NAMED? ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY IT'S A GLOBAL PROBLEM.
I'VE SEEN NUMBERS THAT ESTIMATE UP TO 40 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ARE BEING TRAFFICKED.
RIGHT. WE NOW WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING MAY BE LARGER THAN DRUG TRAFFICKING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. SO ALL OF THOSE PLACES ARE POSSIBLE AND WE'VE SEEN ANYWHERE FROM STREET CORNERS TO HIGH END HOTELS, YOU KNOW, HAVE A TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION.
OKAY AND FINALLY, AS DALLAS IS READY TO HOST THE WORLD CUP, WHAT ARE WE DOING PROACTIVELY FOR THAT LARGE SPORTING EVENT THAT WE KNOW COMES WITH ISSUES AS WELL AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE FOR THE WORLD CUP WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING? SO ONE, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR CONTINUING OUR OPERATIONS, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL BE ON A LARGER SCALE.
AND THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED AS WE PREPARE FOR THE WORLD CUP.
WILL WE BE GETTING ASSISTANCE OUTSIDE OF DPD WITH THAT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THE POINT THAT COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS MADE
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ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.TODAY IS OBVIOUSLY OPENING SESSION. I THINK I HAD 12 CALLS THIS MORNING FROM STATE REPS AND SENATORS AND I'M VERY PROUD AND HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE ROLE OF BEING OUR LEADER ON THAT ISSUE.
THANK YOU. OKAY. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE ANIMAL CRUELTY UNIT GIVING AN OVERVIEW, I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET A JAMESON FROM OPERATION KINDNESS ON.
I KNOW WE SENT HIM THE LINK. OH, THERE HE IS.
OKAY, WELL, Y'ALL ARE READY TO START. IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO.
GET GOING. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. ALL. MY NAME IS PATRICIA MOORE.
I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE PATROL EAST GROUP AND TO MY RIGHT INTERIM ASSISTANT.
INTERIM ASSISTANT CHIEF RICHARD FOY OVER THE PATROL ALPHA BUREAU.
GOOD MORNING, INTERIM EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF TERRANCE RHODES.
I'M OVER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND TACTICAL.
ALL RIGHT. SO I'M HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON THE ANIMAL CRUELTY UNIT.
THE ANIMAL CRUELTY UNIT BEGAN ITS OPERATIONS IN 2018.
IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AND OFFENSES THAT OCCUR WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
RIGHT NOW, THE UNIT IS STAFFED WITH ONE SUPERVISOR, ONE SERGEANT, AND FIVE DETECTIVES.
NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE HERE THAT YOU SEE.
IT GOES OVER OUR STATISTICS. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBERS DO VARY BASED OFF THE CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE, THE COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN TO THE OFFICE.
OKAY. NEXT SLIDE. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR INTERAGENCY PARTNERS.
FIRST ONE BEING THE DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES WHICH THEY PROVIDE TO US TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING CARE, FEEDING AND SECURITY OF THESE ANIMALS. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE OPERATION KINDNESS.
WHICH THEY PROVIDE THE ANIMALS WITH FORENSIC EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES AND THEN EXAMS ON DEAD ANIMALS SO THAT WE CAN OBTAIN EVIDENCE TO PROVIDE FOR PROSECUTION.
NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.
AND AGAIN, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. NEXT SLIDE.
AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE ANIMAL CRUELTY UNIT DOES.
ANIMAL CRUELTY CONTAINS. INCLUDES MANY TYPES OF MISTREATMENT FROM THE FAILING TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL CARE FOR ANIMALS AND OF COURSE, THE TORTURE AND KILLING OF ANIMALS. NEXT SLIDE.
SOME OF THE OFFENSES THAT OUR DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE IS GOING TO BE CRUELTY TO LIVESTOCK, ANIMALS, ATTACKS ON ASSISTANT ANIMALS AND CRUELTY TO NON-LIVESTOCK ANIMALS.
DOGFIGHTING. COCKFIGHTING. BESTIALITY. NEXT SLIDE.
FAILURE TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FOOD, WATER AND CARE AND SHELTER.
AND OF COURSE, THE ABANDONMENT OF THESE ANIMALS.
NEXT SLIDE. ATTACK ON SERVICE ANIMALS. INTENTIONALLY, KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY.
ATTACKS, INJURES, OR KILLS AN ASSISTANT. ANIMALS.
NEXT SLIDE. CRUELTY TO NON-LIVESTOCK ANIMALS.
INTENTIONALLY, KNOWINGLY OR RECKLESSLY. TORTURE OR CRUEL MANNER.
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KILLS OR CAUSES SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO AN ANIMAL.AGAIN ABANDONS THE ANIMALS AND FAILS TO PROVIDE NECESSARY FOOD, WATER, OR CARE FOR THESE ANIMALS.
NEXT SLIDE. DOG FIGHTING. INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CAUSES A DOG TO FIGHT WITH ANOTHER DOG.
NEXT SLIDE. COCKFIGHTING. INTENTIONALLY CAUSES A ROOSTER TO FIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROOSTER.
A PERSON PARTICIPATES IN EARNINGS OF THESE FIGHTS WITH ROOSTERS.
NEXT SLIDE. BESTIALITY KNOWINGLY ENGAGES IN ACTS INVOLVING INVOLVING CONTACT BETWEEN A PERSON'S GENITALS WITH THE GENITALS OF AN ANIMAL. AND THERE'S MULTIPLE SLIDES ON THIS DEFINITION.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A MOMENT TO REVIEW THOSE. NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS WHERE THE DEFINITION CONTINUES. NEXT SLIDE AND THEN FINALLY OUR LAST SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. IT TALKS ABOUT OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH OUR GROUPS AND ALL OUR SUCCESSES AT THAT AT THIS POINT. THIS CONCLUDES MY BRIEFING.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US? OKAY. ED, I KNOW YOU'RE ON THE LINE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS? OKAY, SO WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ON MUTE.
WELL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
HEAR ME? NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU. THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHT.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY, NOW, WE'D LIKE TO ECHO THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
THERE'S IT THERE TAKES A LOT OF COMPONENTS WHEN IT COMES TO ANIMAL CRUELTY FOR ULTIMATELY TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS THING THROUGH AND IT'S YEAH, YOU NEED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT FROM THE POLICE. YOU NEED THE HOUSING AND CARE OF THE ANIMALS, THE FORENSIC COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE COMPONENT THAT MY ORGANIZATION FILLS, AND THEN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
AND IT'S THE PARTNERSHIP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
SO DO WE PAY? IS THERE AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL PAYMENT TO DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING? IS THERE A PAYMENT TO OPERATION KINDNESS FOR THE WORK THEY'RE DOING? MA'AM? SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE A MOU WITH OPERATION KINDNESS AND RIGHT NOW WE DO NOT SEND ANY MONETARY PAYMENTS TO OPERATION KINDNESS FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY PROVIDE TO US.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ASK YOU THIS IN ADVANCE.
DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR WHAT THE COST IS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION, TO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES YOU'RE ASSISTING US WITH IN THESE INVESTIGATIONS AND TESTIMONY? ACTUALLY, I DO KNOW THAT IT'S A LARGE NUMBER.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF $500,000 FOR THE FORENSIC WORK THAT WE DO.
THAT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY ANIMALS THAT WE ULTIMATELY COULD BRING INTO OUR CARE. BUT FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF THE VETERINARIANS AND THEIR TEAM TO PROVIDE THE FORENSIC WORK, IT'S A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF $500,000 FOR CALENDAR YEAR 24.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
COUNCILMEMBER. MORENO. THANK YOU. CHAIR. HAVE WE HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE THIS BRIEFING WITH THE DALLAS ANIMAL ADVISORY SIR, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, WE HAVE NOT. OKAY. AND THEN THERE WAS AN INCIDENT ON JANUARY 3RD AT A PET SHOP OFF OF HARRY HINES THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT 600 ANIMALS THAT WERE FOUND DECEASED.
WAS THERE ANY LINK OF ANIMAL CRUELTY ON THAT CASE? TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE DETECTIVES OBVIOUSLY ARE STILL FURTHER INVESTIGATING THAT.
BUT MORE TO FOLLOW AND I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT CASE.
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OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE NIBRS CRIME REPORT.SO FOR ANIMAL OFFENSES UNDER ANIMAL CRUELTY. FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST.
SO THIS IS A CALENDAR YEAR. THE NUMBER OF CASES IS 143.
BUT WHEN I LOOK ON PAGE 16 OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THERE SURE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ANIMALS AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, AGAIN, THIS IS SORT OF THE SAME THING WITH THE FAMILY VIOLENCE. LIKE, HOW DO THESE TWO NUMBERS RELATE TO EACH OTHER? I'M SORRY, MA'AM, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE? SURE.
SO ON SLIDE 16, YOU'VE GOT THE DATA ABOUT THE SACK INTAKE FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 AND 24.
AND, YOU KNOW, 24 HAD LESS ANIMALS, WHICH IS GREAT, ALTHOUGH LENGTH OF STAY IS LONGER.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT MEANS THEY WERE MORE INJURED.
OR MAYBE WE'RE PROVIDING MORE COMPREHENSIVE CARE.
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, WHICH IS 1999, COMPARED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES THAT ARE PART OF THE NIBRS REPORT, IT'S ONLY 143, AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW ONE GOES FROM INTAKE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT IN A CHARGE, I GUESS, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE TWO NUMBERS RELATE.
A CASE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE ANIMALS ON IT. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COCKFIGHTING, THEY MIGHT RECOVER 300 ROOSTERS IN THIS AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO FALL INTO ONE CASE. IT WON'T BE A CASE FOR EVERY ANIMAL.
SO DOGFIGHTING RING, SAME THING. IT COULD BE MULTIPLE DOGS.
SO AND COUNCILWOMAN 23 TO 24, IT WAS COCKFIGHTING.
IT WAS ROOSTERS. IT WAS OVER 1500 MORE ROOSTERS WERE IN 23, 23 WAS I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DID MORE COCKFIGHTING INVESTIGATIONS AND SEIZURES THAN ANYBODY IN ANYBODY IN THE STATE IN 23.
AND SO DO YOU THINK THAT HAVING DONE THAT BIG EFFORT IN 23 WITH THE COCKFIGHTING, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO BREAK UP A LOT OF THOSE AND THEY'RE JUST NOT PRESENT IN 24, OR YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAPPENING.
IN 23, WE HIT THERE WAS A VERY LARGE COCKFIGHTING RING DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION, VERY LARGE THAT WE WERE OUT ON MULTIPLE, I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS GETTING IT ALL PROCESSED AND I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LARGEST ONE IN THE CITY AT THE TIME AND I THINK IT'S BROKE UP THE ORGANIZATION OF IT. THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE, BUT IT'S NOT IT WASN'T AS ORGANIZED AS THAT ONE WAS IN SOUTHEAST.
GREAT. SO, CHIEF IGO, I KNOW YOU HAVE JOINED US.
I'M ASSUMING YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON THIS TOPIC.
NO, IT WAS COVERED. THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO ADD IS A LOT OF THESE CASES MAY NOT RESULT IN A CRIMINAL CASE, IT MAY BE JUST AN ACTUAL SEIZURE BASED ON THE INFORMATION.
WHEN THE DETECTIVE GOES OUT THERE, IT WILL GO TO A CIVIL FORFEITURE CASE, AND SOMETIMES IN THOSE CASES, IT DOESN'T RESULT IN A CASE BEING FILED. OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES? I THINK I WOULD AGREE WITH CHIEF IGO. I THINK THE DISPARITIES IN THE NUMBERS ARE FOR DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ARE THEY MAY BE DISCHARGED.
HOWEVER, WE STILL RECORD IT AS A SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY INTAKE.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU DO. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WOULD BE.
SOUTHEAST. IT WAS A COCKFIGHTING, BUT IT'S ALSO A RESIDENT, BUT IT'S STILL OCCURRED IN THE AREA.
SO THEREFORE I JUST MAKE SURE WE GET AN UPDATE AND FIND OUT HOW CAN WE DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THE COCKFIGHTING, BUT IT'S STILL THERE. A RESIDENT IS STILL REPORTING, YOU KNOW, TO MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.
I THINK THAT IT'S ACTUALLY FORTUITOUS THAT WE HAD THIS AND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TOGETHER, BECAUSE I REALLY FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOME CRIMES THAT ARE JUST THE START OF OTHER TERRIBLE CRIMES AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR WORK. OPERATION KINDNESS.
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AND THE VETERINARY SERVICES THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING AS WELL AND DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES.GREAT JOB. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. OKAY. SO OUR NEXT ITEMS ARE ALL BRIEFING BY MEMO.
SO WE'LL JUST TAKE THEM ONE BY ONE. THE FIRST ONE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARD.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS.
THANK YOU. AND THIS IS ABOUT RIGHT CARE AND THE CALLS FOR RIGHT CARE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS NUMBER HAS HELD FAIRLY STEADY EVEN ON YEAR TO DATE.
AND I THINK WE'VE ADDED TEAMS AND SO I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO GROW.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
WE'VE BEEN STEADY AT 18 RIGHT CARE TEAMS FOR ABOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS, 18 OVER EACH 24 HOUR PERIOD AND WE'VE STAYED CONSISTENT AT BETWEEN 55 AND 60% OF ALL OF THE ELIGIBLE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
HAVING A RIGHT CARE TEAM ON THERE. WHAT I WILL SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT WE HAVE INCREASED ON THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, WHICH ARE JUST CIVILIANS RESPONDING TO ASSISTANCE TO PATROL OR OTHER ASPECTS AS WELL.
IF WE NEED TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE RESPONSE RATE TO MORE ACCURATELY CAPTURE THOSE TEAMS, IN ADDITION TO RIGHT CARE, WE CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I THINK WE KNOW WHAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST A CONCERN THAT WE NEED TO NOTE OF COURSE.
MAYOR PRO TEM. YES, YOUR HONOR. RIGHT CARE ANOTHER QUESTION.
I WANT TO. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE JUST HAD ONE LOCATION.
NOW WE GOT FIVE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, RIGHT CARE THE SOUTHEAST, SOUTH CENTRAL.
SO YOU KIND OF LET ME KNOW, RIGHT CARE IS CITYWIDE, 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
RIGHT. GENERALLY ASSIGNED TO THE POLICE PATROL DIVISIONS.
BUT THEN WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO HAVE TWO TEAMS THAT ROVE IN THE EVENING HOURS, ONE IN THE NORTH AND ONE IN THE SOUTH, SO THAT IF ONE OF OUR TEAMS IS ON A CALL AND A SECOND ELIGIBLE CALL COMES IN FOR THEIR RESPONSE, THOSE TEAMS CAN COVER OUTSIDE OF BEING TIED TO ANY ONE PARTICULAR POLICE PATROL DIVISION.
OKAY AND WITH RIGHT CARE, I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT THE BUDGET.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT? IT IS FUNDING PROPERLY NOW OR WE STILL NEED MORE FUNDING BECAUSE I KNOW IT STARTED SOUTH CENTRAL AS A PILOT, THEN IT WENT CITYWIDE AND SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT WE ARE HAVE ENOUGH FINANCE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING AN ADEQUATE JOB? YES, SIR. SO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE OPERATED THOSE 18 TEAMS. WE'VE NEVER RUN INTO ANY ISSUES WITH THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THOSE TEAMS. I KNOW WE LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE.
AND SO FOR WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, I BELIEVE WE ARE GOOD.
BUT WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT RIGHT HERE TODAY.
SO HOW MANY TEAMS DO YOU HAVE AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER? 18. EACH AND EVERY DAY CITYWIDE. OKAY. DO THEY IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET PERTAINING TO OFFICERS UNIFORMED OFFICER THERE? NO, SIR. SO RIGHT CARE IS FUNDED THROUGH REALLY THREE POTS.
SO YOU HAVE THE FIRE OFFICERS THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE FUNDED OUT OF POLICE AND THEN PARKLAND, WHO IS THE SOCIAL WORK COMPONENT ON THE TEAM? THEY FUND THEIR STAFF OUT OF THEIR BUDGETS. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. THANK YOU. THE MEDIC ONE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
WHAT'S THE TYPICAL CALL FOR THAT? I MEAN, IS IT PART OF THE RIGHT CARE TEAM, OR IS THAT MORE PREVENTION? WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN SOMEONE'S CALLING FOR THAT SERVICE? WHAT'S THE RESPONSE? SO I SEE CHIEF IS COMING UP BEHIND ME, SO HE'LL ADD.
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CHECKS, AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT MAKE IT TO CFR TO HANDLE OUT OF DISPATCH AND SO YOU SEE A MULTITUDE OF CALLS WHEN WE STARTED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF FOLKS THAT WERE EITHER HOUSED OR UNHOUSED BUT THERE WERE WELFARE CHECKS OR OTHER BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, AND THOSE WERE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CADQ AND THEY WERE SENDING AMBULANCES, ENGINES, OTHER APPARATUS ON THOSE CALLS. WHAT MEDIC ONE HAS REALLY ENABLED US TO DO IS TO SEND A VERY NIMBLE UNIT, A TAHOE, WITH A MEDIC AND A SOCIAL WORKER, TO THOSE TYPES OF CALLS TO HELP SAVE ON THE APPARATUS AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD, SIR, PLEASE DO. HELLO, SCOTT CLUMPNER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.SO YES. MEDIC ONE. MEDIC TWO STARTED AS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS INTENDED TO REDUCE THE CALL VOLUME ON OUR FIRE ENGINES AND AMBULANCES IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY WERE OUR HIGHEST CALL VOLUME IN THE CITY.
AND THOSE ARE THE LOWEST ACUITY CALLS THAT TYPICALLY DO NOT RESPOND OR DO NOT RESULT IN A TRANSPORT AND IN TURN, THE PARAMEDIC HAS SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO FIND OTHER SERVICES AND AVENUES ALONG WITH THE CIT TO HOPEFULLY GET THE PERSON TO THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.
AND NOT UTILIZE THE EMERGENCY ROOM. CAN YOU ELABORATE ON OTHER RESOURCES? SO THEY WORK WITH OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
THEY WORK WITH METRO CARE THERE. I ALMOST WOULD CONSIDER THEM RIGHT CARE.
RIGHT. SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE THROUGH RIGHT CARE AND ARE WE TRACKING AND MEASURING THAT SUCCESS OF WHEN RESOURCES ARE ACCEPTED? YES. SO WE DOCUMENT THAT THROUGH OUR IMAGE TREND, WHICH IS OUR PCR SOFTWARE AND SO WE CAN TRACK ALL THAT AS WELL AS WE'RE TRACKING IN CAD, THE CALL VOLUME. AND JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I BELIEVE MEDIC ONE IN THE PILOT PROGRAM LAST YEAR RESPONDED TO ALMOST 2200 CALLS IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, OUR BUSIEST RESOURCE DOWNTOWN HAS ABOUT TAKES ABOUT 6000 CALLS IN A 24 HOUR, 24 OVER SEVEN, 24 HOUR A DAY PERIOD AND THIS RIGHT NOW IS ONLY IN SERVICE 12 HOURS A DAY.
SO THE CALL VOLUME THAT THEY'RE TAKING OFF OF THE APPARATUS DOWNTOWN IS SIGNIFICANT.
OKAY. HAVE YOU SEEN A REDUCTION? THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS BY THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS TO CLOSE ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN THE CBD AND SO, ARE YOU SEEING A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN CALLS OVER THE LAST, I WOULD SAY, THE LAST QUARTER, WHEN THOSE INITIATIVES HAVE COME INTO PLAY. I WOULD HAVE TO RUN THE DATA ON THAT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE DASHBOARD? OKAY, LET'S GO TO ITEM F.
THIS IS ABOUT OUR BLOOD TRANSFUSION PILOT PROGRAM.
LET'S SEE. OH, THERE'S DOCTOR ISAACS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU THE FIRST QUESTION.
FIRST. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, BECAUSE I DID ASK TO SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DELAYS WITH BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THE BLOOD.
BUT I'M WONDERING WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START THAT PILOT AND HOW YOU DETERMINED WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
GOOD MORNING INTERIM CHIEF JUSTIN BOURNE. WE HAVE DECIDED TO START THE PILOT.
ONE'S GOING TO BE A STATION 42, WHICH IS BY LOVE FIELD AND IS GOING TO BE AT STATION 32.
IN PLEASANT GROVE. SO BUT THEY'LL GO THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
START WITH TWO AND EVENTUALLY THE GOAL WOULD BE TO.
HAVE ALL THE CARS WITH THE BLOOD AND WE JUST WE LIKE TO DO THE PILOTS.
SO IT'S NOT ALL IN AT ONCE. THAT'S WHAT WE DO ON MOST PROGRAMS. THEY END UP WORKING MOST OF THE TIME, BUT IT'S A GOOD WAY FOR US TO VET THINGS OUT AND MAKE SURE IT WORKS WITHOUT JUST PUTTING IT ALL IN AT FIRST AND ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TYPED BLOOD OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE UNIVERSAL BLOOD? WELL, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
BEFORE I ANSWER, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
CHIEF ARTIST, CHIEF PAUL, CHIEF [INAUDIBLE], IN LAUNCHING THIS VERY IMPORTANT PILOT PROJECT.
WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR BEHIND ME.
DOCTOR LULA. DOCTOR MACRI. BETSY ORTIZ AND SAM KORDIC, OUR QUALITY MANAGER.
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TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO GETTING US READY TO BEGIN THIS IMPORTANT PILOT PROJECT.IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE WALK BEFORE WE RUN ON THIS PROJECT, SO THAT WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, TO PARKLAND AND OTHER REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT WERE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ADMINISTER PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS INITIALLY TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEMORRHAGE.
BUT INITIALLY, OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, WHO IS SUPPLYING THE BLOOD IS THAT WE WILL ADMINISTER PAXIL'S FIRST AFTER WE'VE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB MAINTAINING ALL THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
CHIEF COLUMNAR. CHIEF SCHERER AND MS OPERATIONS, ALONG WITH THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, WILL SWITCH TO WHOLE BLOOD. GREAT. THANK YOU.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON BRINGING IT FORWARD.
I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AND AS WE RECEIVE VARIOUS NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT GUNSHOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND YOU SEE THAT SOMEBODY HAS HAD ONE OR MULTIPLE I THINK THIS COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE.
AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM.
OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS G. THIS WOULD BE THE BFR FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. NEXT ONE IS DALLAS FIRE RESCUE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.
THIS IS H. SO I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THIS ONE.
WE ARE AT FULL FULLY STAFFED FOR OUR AMBULANCES.
BUT I'M WONDERING, HAVE WE DETERMINED THAT THESE ARE AMBULANCES THAT CAN'T BE FIXED? I THINK THERE'S ALSO NINE THAT ARE ON ORDER. I'M SORRY.
LET ME PULL UP THIS CAN THEY NOT BE FIXED? AND YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE THEM AND USE THEM FOR PARTS? YOU CAN FIX THEM. YOU DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO DO IT.
IT'S NOT BEEN THE PRIORITY. YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OTHER THINGS. LIKE WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT? GOOD MORNING. ASSISTANT CHIEF WILLIAMS, JUST BRING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO THOSE AMBULANCES FALL IN SOME OF EACH ONE OF THOSE BUCKETS.
SO WE HAVE SOME THAT WERE THAT ARE WRECKED THAT WE CAN'T GET RID OF YET.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. OKAY. WELL YEAH.
SO THERE'S 20 RESCUES ON REPAIR. WE HAVE 47 BEING USED AND 47 IS YOUR OPTIMAL NUMBER.
SO NINE ON ORDER. SO JUST TO SHARE THAT WITH ANYBODY WHO'S LISTENING.
OKAY. WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. WE'RE WAY BETTER SITUATION THAN WE USED TO BE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR PROVIDING THIS. CAN STAFF PROVIDE A MAP THAT COINCIDES WITH THE PROVIDED ACTIVITY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FIRST ONE ENCAMPMENTS, DECOMMISSIONED LOCATIONS, MARSHALS REPORTED. IS THERE A WAY TO GET A MAP WITH THAT DATA OR ADDRESSES OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? I'M SURE THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD CREATE THROUGH DATA ANALYTICS A LITTLE BIT MORE DESCRIPTIVE. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST ACTIVITY THAT'S TURNED IN BY THE DEPUTY MARSHALS AT THE END OF THEIR TOURS EACH DAY.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY DESIGNED AROUND CONTACTS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY.
JUST LIKE IT IS FOR SPEEDING TICKETS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
SO IT'S PART OF THAT DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT. WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING THAT AND PUTTING IN SOME GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY TURNING THAT INTO A MAP. AT SOME POINT, WE WOULD HAVE TO REACH OUTSIDE THE MARSHALS OFFICE TO LEVERAGE THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADD IT TO THIS. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT I CAN REACH OUT AND START LOOKING INTO.
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BUT WE HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF WHERE THE ACTIVITY IS.MAYOR PRO TEM. YES. I THINK ON THE DASHBOARD, YOU YOUR MAP THAT YOU SHOW ON THE HOMELESS, CAN THEY BE ADDED TO THAT PARTICULAR DASHBOARD? THE MAP THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PROBABLY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
THIS ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY RELATES TO NOT ONLY OPERATIONS DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, BUT IT ALSO INVOLVES DALLAS PARK AND RECREATION ACTIVITY AROUND HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND ENCAMPMENT ACTIVITY ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER LEVEES WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT.
SO IT'S REALLY PULLING FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY AND DEPARTMENTS INTO, INTO ONE.
SO I THINK THE MAP THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY REFERRING TO IS MORE RELATED JUST TO OES OPERATIONS, WHERE THIS STATISTICAL INFORMATION INCLUDES STUFF ADDITIONAL TO THAT.
BUT IT'S STILL PART OF THE HOMELESS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
RIGHT. SO I CAN'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T MERGE IT TOGETHER, BUT IT'S STILL PART OF THE HOMELESS.
WE CAN LOOK INTO TAKING ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY AND COMPILING IT INTO ONE AS, OPPOSED TO JUST ADDING ON TO LIKE OES MAP, WE CAN CREATE ONE THAT CAPTURES ALL OF THIS FOR PARKS, ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES AND OPERATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OES. YEAH, MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING.
WE CAN COME BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST LOOK AT IT BE.
IT'S GREAT TO LOOK AT IT ONE AT ONE MAP, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT LOOKING AT TWO SEPARATE MAPS.
BUT WHY DON'T WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH BRITA AND SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND EASY.
SO THAT WE'RE NOT RECREATING THE WHOLE WHEEL HERE.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT YOU PROVIDED TODAY, THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS CONTACTED DURING OWS OPERATIONS IN NOVEMBER, THAT NUMBER WAS 266 AND IN DECEMBER, IT'S 463.
SO THAT'S A VERY LARGE INCREASE AND OF COURSE, THAT'S BEFORE OUR SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS FOR JANUARY\ AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY YOU THINK THAT IT HAS INCREASED SO SIGNIFICANTLY. IT'S JUST A BIGGER PUSH DURING THE COLDER MONTHS TO TO ENGAGE PEOPLE MORE. WE PULL PEOPLE OUT OF CERTAIN. OTHER OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MARSHALS UNIT TO TEAM UP AND ADDRESS THINGS. IT'S MORE OF A, I GUESS, A HUMAN COMPASSION EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE MARSHALS TO REACH OUT TO MORE PEOPLE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT JANUARY IS GOING TO HAVE A MUCH BIGGER NUMBER SINCE WE JUST HAD THE BIG EVENT? I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY HAVE A SMALLER NUMBER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY ASSIGNED TO THE WARMING CENTERS.
SO THAT HAS RESTRICTED SOME OF THE GENERAL OUTREACH.
BUT SO MY GUESS IS IT WILL GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S JUST THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE MORE FOCUSED IN DECEMBER THAN THEY WERE IN NOVEMBER.
CORRECT. GOT IT. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS. THANK YOU AND I HAD THAT QUESTION, TOO.
SO ARE YOU SAYING. I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG JUMP FROM 266 TO 463 ON CONTACTS.
NOT TO THE MARSHALS, PER SE. BUT TO SOME OF THE OTHER THE OES CASEWORKERS, SOME OF THE PRIVATE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE ALSO. THAT, GO OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED DURING THE COLD WEATHER MONTHS.
BUT, YOU KNOW THE MARSHALS ARE WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND NOT TO SAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T THAT THE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WOULDN'T APPROACH MARSHALS SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE JUST SEE THAT HAPPENS LESS OFTEN BECAUSE OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE UNIFORM. YOU'RE IN A UNIFORM? YEAH. SO ON A COUPLE OF OTHER STATISTICS THAT SAW A REALLY BIG JUMP.
ENFORCEMENT ACTION CITATION ARREST WENT FROM TWO IN NOVEMBER TO 15 IN DECEMBER.
TO WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT? PROBABLY THE GREATER NUMBER OF CONTACTS RESULTED IN A GREATER NUMBER OF CITATIONS OR OBSERVED VIOLATIONS AND WHAT WERE THE NATURE OF THOSE? I DON'T HAVE THEM ALL BROKEN DOWN.
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BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT. GENERALLY. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT I WOULD HATE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING AND HAVE THAT NOT END UP BEING THE CASE, SO THAT'S FINE AND THEN ALSO ON VERBAL WARNING ISSUED BY MARSHALL WENT FROM 2 TO 16.SO TELL ME WHAT CONSTITUTES I MEAN, WHAT'S IN A VERBAL WARNING.
SO PART OF OUR ACTION TO THE DEPUTY MARSHALS IS, YOU KNOW, ENGAGE THESE PEOPLE, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, DO A VERBAL WARNING, TRACK THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THESE VERBAL WARNINGS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN FURTHERANCE OF JUST DRIVING BY. WE WANT YOU TO GET OUT, ENGAGE THE PEOPLE, PROVIDE THEM A WARNING AND PROVIDE THEM SOME EDUCATION.
BUT IT IS. IT'S JUST PART OF THAT INCREASED ENGAGEMENT.
SO ORDINARILY IT MIGHT BE ENGAGEMENT, CONTACT, EDUCATION.
BUT THEN WHAT KICKS IT OVER INTO A VERBAL WARNING? IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE SMOKING, SLEEPING, THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES THAT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, I WASN'T AWARE OR I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER SLEPT IN THIS AREA OF THE PARK.
AND IT SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, VERBAL EDUCATION.
BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MANY OR MORE EVERY MONTH.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IS TO INCREASE THOSE VERBAL WARNINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONTACTING DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION.
I MEAN, YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT. IT'S. YOU SEE A NEW PERSON EVERY DAY.
AND SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE COMING FROM OR HAD WE NOT SEEN THEM PREVIOUSLY, BUT THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND WE HAVEN'T ENGAGED THEM. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO ENGAGE THEM.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF WE DO SEE THEM DOING SOMETHING IN PUBLIC THAT ULTIMATELY COULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE LAW OR A VIOLATION OF ANY KIND OF ORDINANCE, THAT WE MAKE THEM AWARE OF IT.
SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS DURING THAT CONTACT, DETERMINES IF IT ESCALATES INTO A CITATION OR A REFERRAL TO COMMUNITY COURTS. BUT OFTENTIMES IT JUST REMAINS VERBAL.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TRACKING IT.
I THINK IT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. I THINK THAT OFTENTIMES, THOUGH THE DEPUTIES JUST DON'T WRITE IT DOWN IN THEIR DAILY ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT'S A PART OF WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THEM, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE HOW OFTEN WE ARE IDENTIFYING THINGS AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO TAKE SOME.
BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S TIED BACK TO AN INDIVIDUAL, THOUGH.
SO IT'S LIKE THIS PERSON'S BEEN WARNED OR THIS PERSON'S BEEN WARNED OVER AND OVER THAT, YOU KNOW, SLEEPING IN THE PARK IS A VIOLATION OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT BE A VIOLATION AND SO THIS IS JUST DOCUMENTING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LINKING THIS TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THEN YOU COULD DETERMINE, OKAY, THIS PERSON IS NOT IS HABITUALLY VIOLATING THIS. RIGHT. IT'S NOT. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A DATABASE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TRACK THAT ADEQUATELY.
BUT IT IS TRACKED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'LL JUST GO WITH PARKS.
IF WE CONTINUE TO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF VERBAL WARNINGS HAPPENING IN PARKS, THEN THAT GIVES US SOME INDICATION THAT, OKAY, THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE AND MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ESCALATION FROM VERBAL WARNING BECAUSE WE KEEP SEEING THESE VERBAL WARNINGS HAPPENING AGAIN AND AGAIN.
AND SO WE LOOK AT IT I THINK MORE FROM A LOCATION ASPECT TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS AS OPPOSED TO A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL AND HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE BEEN WARNED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY AND THEN JUST A FOLLOW UP FOR THE FOLKS THAT YOU ENCOUNTER THAT ARE HOMELESS.
ARE THEY BEING ENTERED INTO THE HMIS SYSTEM NOT BY DEPUTY MARSHALS.
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IF IF THE MARSHALS ARE WITH OES PERSONNEL OR I THINK WITH CIT PERSONNEL, THAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT END BUT MARSHALS ARE NOT ENTERING IT INTO THAT AND IF THEY'RE NOT WITH SOMEBODY FROM OES OR ANOTHER AREA THAT HAS ACCESS TO THAT, ARE THEY NOT ABLE TO USE THOSE REPORTS TO ENTER IT SEPARATELY? LIKE THE END OF THE DAY, THEY HAVE FIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY CAN THEN GIVE TO.OHS AND OHS CAN THEN ENTER THEM. THEY COULD, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT'S ENTERED INTO THE OHS AND I'D HAVE TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DOES THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
YEAH. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SERVICES AND THINGS THAT NEED TO BE OFFERED AT THE SAME TIME.
AND MARSHALS DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY OFFER SERVICE.
I MEAN, UNLESS IT IS RIGHT CARE OR CIT THAT WE CALL OUT TO THE SCENE, RIGHT? I BET YOU THAT KEVIN COULD HELP YOU GET THE LIST OF REQUIRED FIELDS FOR AN ENTRY FOR MISS, BUT IT SURE WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GET AS MANY OF THOSE FOLKS IN THE SYSTEM AS WE CAN.
I'LL JUST ADD KEVIN ODOM WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE.
WE DO HAVE A REALLY GOOD WAY THAT MARSHALS DPD OR OTHERS CAN REFER TO OUR SOCIAL OUTREACH WORKERS, WHETHER IT'S WITH THE DEPARTMENT OR OHS. I'D SAY ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO AN EARLIER POINT, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT TO GET IT DONE QUICKLY, IS MORE TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS LINKING TOGETHER OUR SYSTEMS WITH THE HMIS SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DATA GOING BACK AND FORTH AND PROVIDE MORE REAL TIME NUMBERS, ACTIVITIES AND TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR OUTCOMES.
WE'LL EXPECT THIS QUESTION NEXT MONTH, BUT WE'RE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS OR CONTINUOUS RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS BASED ON OUR ENTRIES INTO HMIS AND WHEN YOU START SAYING THAT YOU HAD 463 INTERACTIONS RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S A LOT OF ENTRIES FOR THEM AND SO IT ALSO WILL BE VERY HELPFUL WHEN THEY SHOW UP FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERING IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN THERE AND WE CAN TRACK WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THAT'S THE ENTIRE INTENTION FOR HMIS TO SEE ALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ACCESS THAT THEY ARE REACHING OUT FOR SERVICES THEY NEED.
OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM J. ITEM J IS AS YOUR MEMO POINTS OUT CHIEF ARTISTS THAT I REQUESTED THIS ITEM TO BE ON THERE.
I REQUESTED IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A STATEMENT PUT OUT BY THE CITY ON DECEMBER 20TH, AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE CITY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED WHAT PROPOSITION YOU MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN TO THE CITY AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PUBLIC DISCUSSION.
I THINK THE STATEMENT BEGETS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS.
SO THERE'S AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH THAT REALLY REAFFIRMS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES WITH THAT AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO MOVE TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH WHERE IT SAYS, WHILE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET INCREASED BY $65 MILLION THIS YEAR, THE CITY INCREASED POLICE AND FIRE FUNDING BY 78.6 MILLION. NOW, PROPOSITION YOU DIDN'T ADDRESS FIRE FUNDING, IT ONLY ADDRESSED POLICE FUNDING.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD BREAK THAT OUT AND TELL US, HOW MUCH DID POLICE FUNDING INCREASE FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR TO THE CURRENT FISCAL THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. JACK IRELAND, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF THE $78 MILLION THAT THE STATEMENT REPRESENTS AS AN INCREASE IN POLICE AND FIRE. THE INCREASE IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS $62.2 MILLION.
THE INCREASE IN THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT YEAR OVER YEAR WAS $16.4 MILLION.
GREAT. THANK YOU. THE NEXT STATEMENT, THE NEXT SENTENCE SAYS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A 30 YEAR FUNDING PLAN TO SAFEGUARD THE POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM, ALLOCATING MORE THAN 202 MILLION IN THIS FIRST YEAR ALONE AND SO, FOR CONTEXT, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WAS ALLOCATED PRIOR YEAR? YES, MA'AM. IN FISCAL YEAR 24, THE ALLOCATION FOR THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM,
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THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION IS ABOUT $184 MILLION FOR THE NEW YEAR FISCAL YEAR 25.THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION INCREASED BY JUST OVER $18 MILLION TO THE 202 THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE AND THAT CONTRIBUTION IS FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE. YES, MA'AM. THAT IS CORRECT AND I KNOW THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS AND YOU WERE SAYING DIFFICULT TO BREAK OUT.
I CAN DO IT, BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT THIS MORNING.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE READING WHERE IT SAYS WE ALSO PRIORITIZE POLICE AND FIRE RECRUITING RETENTION AND ARE PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE.
AND SAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, AS OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT WITH OUR UNIFORMED POLICE AND FIRE EMPLOYEES, THE CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER 2024 VOTED TO INCREASE MARKET BASED PAY FOR THESE EMPLOYEES BY MORE THAN 7%.
SO THERE'S A STATEMENT ABOUT THE 7% RAISE, WHICH WAS BASED ON I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT A CONTRACT, BUT IT'S AN AGREEMENT THAT'S MADE BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE, ALL THEIR DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF STAFF THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RATIFIES.
CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT AND INCLUDED WITHIN THAT MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT THAT YOU REFERENCED.
THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT ANNUALLY A MARKET STUDY IS DONE WITH 17 PEER CITIES, AND THAT WE USE THE AVERAGE OF THAT STUDY AND MAKE AN INCREASE IN POLICE AND FIRE PAY AND SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, THE NEW YEAR, THE INCREASE IS 7.23% BASED UPON THAT SURVEY, WHICH IS THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR STEP PAY INCREASES GET THOSE AS WELL AND SO THOSE 17 PEER CITIES IN OUR AGREEMENT ARE NOT THE SAME CITIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PROP YOU WHERE IT ASKS FOR ONLY METROPLEX, CORRECT? THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES. WHILE THE CURRENT MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT DOES USE SEVERAL SUBURBAN CITIES AROUND THE DALLAS AREA. WE ALSO HAVE INCLUDED IN THAT PEER SET, I BELIEVE, AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON.
WHEREAS PROPOSITION U REFERENCES ONLY CITIES IN THE METROPLEX, THE FIVE COUNTY REGION WITH POPULATIONS GREATER THAN 50,000. SO IT'S NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES OF WHAT IS IN MEET AND CONFER VERSUS WHAT IS IN PROPOSITION U AND AS WE DO THE SURVEY THIS SPRING WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT.
GREAT AND I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT I APOLOGIZE, MA'AM, BUT ALSO, THIS IS THE YEAR THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING ON A NEW MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT. THE EXISTING AGREEMENT EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 25.
SO THIS SPRING, THERE WILL BE WORK WITH CHIEF ARTISTS AND THE TEAM ON THAT NEW AGREEMENT.
IT'S ALWAYS FUN. THE OTHER PART I WANT TO ADD IN IS THAT THERE IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PAY RECEIVED BY THE UNIFORMED POLICE AND FIRE EMPLOYEES FOR ANNUAL STEP INCREASES. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IN THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THESE INVESTMENTS ALIGN WITH THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY OF DALLAS RESIDENTS, AS EXPRESSED IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
SO I'VE ALSO ASKED FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BE HERE.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU BELIEVE OUR CURRENT SITUATION MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROP YOU? DID YOU HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE LINED UP FOR THAT RESPONSE, OR DO YOU BELIEVE SO? I'LL GIVE IT MY SHOT. BUT IF BERT'S HERE. OKAY.
SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHAT ABOUT THE STAFFING LEVELS THAT WERE DESIGNATED IN PROP, YOU KNOW, BERT COME BACK. SO PROP YOU TALKED ABOUT 4000 POLICE OFFICERS.
THIS WAS WIDELY REPORTED PART OF THIS. SO THIS STATEMENT DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS STAFFING LEVELS.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S A CHANGE IN STAFFING LEVEL? BASED ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? WELL, I THINK THAT. YEAH, YEAH.
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I THINK I'M GOING TO DEFER TO JACK ON THIS ONE VERY BRIEFLY.SO WE BELIEVE THAT OUR CURRENT COMMITMENT DOES ALIGN WITH PROPOSITION YOU, AS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MENTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE STAFFING LEVEL PROPOSITION, YOU IF YOU WILL, HAS A WATERFALL OF HOW THINGS ARE FUNDED.
AND THE FIRST COMMITMENT THAT'S REQUIRED IN PROPOSITION YOU IS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DALLAS POLICE AND FIRE PENSION SYSTEM AND WE BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO THAT SYSTEM MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROPOSITION U.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO TRYING TO INCREASE SHE HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS, I BELIEVE, WITH THE POLICE CHIEF IN REGARDS TO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HIRE MORE, PLEASE HIRE MORE. WE WILL FIND THE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE OFFICERS.
BUT I THINK THAT IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION THAN THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROPOSITION U.
SO THEN JUST TO CONFIRM YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING IN THIS STATEMENT THAT THE VOTERS VOTED IN NOVEMBER, BUT YOU BELIEVE WE WERE ALREADY MEETING THOSE OBLIGATIONS AND THERE'S NO CHANGES FOR THE CITY.
THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, WE BELIEVE, DOES SATISFY THE PROPOSITION REQUIREMENTS.
YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO AS A FINAL ITEM ON THAT, I WILL SAY THE COMMITTEE HAS TALKED ABOUT FORMALLY CHANGING THE RECRUITING GOAL FROM 250 OFFICERS TO 400.
WE HAVE SAID THAT AROUND HERE. NEXT MONTH I INTEND TO BRING A RESOLUTION FROM THIS COMMITTEE TO BRING FORWARD THEN TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION THAT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT. ALL RIGHT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THOSE ITEMS? ALRIGHTY.
WELL IT IS 11:15. OH I'M SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO GET TO WHICH ONE THIS IS ON THE I'M NOT SURE WHICH ITEM THIS IS. THIS IS ON THE GRANT THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE JAG PROGRAM.
BUT DALLAS COUNTY ALSO HAS A LINE ITEM. DO WE KNOW IF THAT ALLOCATION IS PROPORTIONATE? BACK TO DALLAS OR SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS DALLAS.
LET ME HAVE MARTIN OR SOMEBODY FROM DPD COME DOWN FOR THAT REAL QUICK AND PERHAPS SINCE WE'RE JUST ACCEPTING IT, WE DON'T KNOW. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE ACCEPTED BEFORE OR IF THIS IS AN ANNUAL GRANT.
HELLO. MY NAME IS MARTIN RIOJAS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM IS ACTUALLY NOT A DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AGENDA ITEM.
I THINK IT'S BY THE THE GRANTS OFFICE. HOWEVER, I AM FAMILIAR WITH THE JAG GRANT.
THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES GET A PORTION OF THE JAG GRANT TYPICALLY.
SO MY GLOBAL QUESTION HERE IS THAT DALLAS WILL RECEIVE $570,000.
DALLAS COUNTY GETS ALMOST $300,000. AND WHAT IS THE PROPORTION? AND MAYBE THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE WANT TO WATCH AND TRACK.
WHAT IS THE PROPORTION OF THAT $292,000 THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS GETS BACK? BECAUSE WE DO SO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING ON SOME OF THE CATEGORIES THAT THIS IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF THAT MONEY IS MOSTLY GOING ELSEWHERE, WELL, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO VOICE THAT.
YOU'RE EXCELLENT AND ESPECIALLY MONEY NUMBERS.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE WATCH THAT AND THAT WE SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED BACK TO DALLAS.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, NOW IT'S 11:17 IN. THIS MEETING IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
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