[00:00:01] SO, Y'ALL READY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT [ Public Safety on May 12, 2025] 104 THIS AFTERNOON. THAT'S EARLIER THAN I USUALLY CALL MY MORNING MEETINGS TO ORDER. OKAY. WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS TO COVER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET INTO THE AGENDA. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO WELCOME CHIEF COMO TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS HIS FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. WE ARE HONORED TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR MEETING TODAY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH YOU TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WE ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO LEAD THIS DEPARTMENT. SO LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN BEST HELP YOU. INFORMATION. CONTEXT, QUESTIONS, WHATEVER IT IS. I THINK ALL THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. SECOND, I AM RUNNING THIS MEETING AS VICE CHAIR BECAUSE CHAIR MENDELSOHN IS IN WASHINGTON, DC FOR THE RIDE TO REMEMBER EVENT. AND I AM LOOKING FOR RAY DOMINGUEZ. IS HE HERE TODAY? NOT YET. OKAY. MAYBE HE WILL JOIN US A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT HE WAS GOING TO DESCRIBE FOR US WHAT THE RIDE TO REMEMBER IS ALL ABOUT HOW IT IS HAPPENING. I THINK NATIONALLY IN WASHINGTON, DC THIS WEEKEND OR JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND, MAYBE WRAPPING UP TODAY. AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A LOCAL RIDE TO REMEMBER. AND THIS IS TO HONOR OUR FALLEN OFFICERS. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T DO THAT BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE MEETING. AND THEN THIRD, BEFORE WE START OUR MEETING, WE HAVE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE. WE WANT TO HONOR FOR THEIR LIFE SAVING WORK. AND THE FIRST IS THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM. SO IF THEY WOULD JUST COME DOWN TO THE FRONT HERE SO WE COULD HAVE HONOR YOU ALL. SO, YOU CAN FACE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT TO. OKAY, THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT THIS AFTERNOON TO RECOGNIZE A TRULY HEROIC ACT CARRIED OUT BY MEMBERS OF OUR CRISIS CITIES CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM. AS A REMINDER, MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. ON APRIL THE 17TH, OUR CIT COORDINATORS ENCOUNTERED A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WAS VISIBLY IN DISTRESS WHILE WORKING TO ASSESS THE SITUATION AND COORDINATE SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT, THE INDIVIDUAL ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM A NEARBY OVERPASS. THANKS TO THE QUICK, SELFLESS ACTIONS OF BURNHAM, JASON TERRY, KRYSTAL THOMAS AND MARCO RODRIGUEZ, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS PHYSICALLY PULLED TO SAFETY, CALMED AND CONNECTED WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES INCLUDING OUR RIGHT CARE TEAM. THIS COURAGEOUS INTERVENTION REMINDS US OF TWO THINGS THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF HAVING WELL-TRAINED, COMPASSIONATE PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD AND THE REALITY THAT A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME. THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT PLACE TRULY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING AND THANKING OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE SERVICE AND LIFE SAVING WORK. SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE. YES. AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE. [00:05:39] . OKAY, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE. IF THE BAILIFFS WOULD COME FORWARD. YEAH. THE MARSHALS. BAILIFFS. DON'T WORRY. WE'RE NOT ASKING. THREE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF THURSDAY, MARCH THE 27TH, 2025, AT THE CITY OF DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT, A DEFENDANT FROM ANOTHER COURTROOM ENTERED COURTROOM NUMBER EIGHT, LOCATED ON THE FOURTH FLOOR. THE INDIVIDUAL IN QUESTION STARTED ACTING OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND IGNORING BAILIFF SAAVEDRA'S DIRECTIONS TO TAKE A SEAT. SINCE THE COURT DOCKET WAS IN SESSION, THE INDIVIDUAL TRIED TO GET ACCESS THROUGH A SECURED ACCESS DOOR AND STARTED KICKING THE DOOR, SAID BECERRA ATTEMPTED TO CALM THE PERSON DOWN AND MAKE HIM SIT ON ONE OF THE BENCHES, AND SOON AFTER HE CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. BAILIFFS JIMMY HOLLIS AND ROCHELLE HARRIS CAME TO ASSIST. THEN THE DEFENDANT, WITHOUT WARNING, GOT UP AND RAN TOWARDS A NEARBY WINDOW AND JUMPED HEADFIRST INTO THE GLASS, ALMOST GOING THROUGH. AT THAT MOMENT, ALL THREE BAILIFFS WERE ABLE TO GRAB THE DEFENDANT AND PULL HIM BACK, FALLING BACKWARD TO THE GROUND WHERE HARRIS GOT HIT BY THE DEFENDANT, INJURING HER. THE PROMPT ACTIONS AND CRITICAL THINKING OF ALL THREE BAILIFFS OR FOUR BAILIFFS, EXCUSE ME, PREVENTED WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR QUICK ACTION. THANK YOU. SO, WE'VE GOT. YEAH. [00:10:05] OKAY, NOW TO OUR AGENDA. SO, OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPROVE THE APRIL 14TH MINUTES FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION FOR APPROVAL? DO I HAVE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL RIGHT. SO, LET'S GET TO OUR FIRST BRIEFING. WE HAVE REPORTS FROM POLICE DPD ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. WE HAVE MAJOR ASHFORD. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO, I GUESS, HAVE GFR COME DOWN AS WELL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAJOR ASHFORD. MAJOR OVER THE PERSONNEL DIVISION. AND IT IS AN HONOR TO BE PRESENTING ALONGSIDE MY NEW CHIEF. CHIEF DANIEL COMO. AND I'LL GIVE HIM. I'LL GIVE HIM THE FLOOR. WELL, I'M EXCITED AND HAPPY TO BE HERE. A FEW POINTS THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. SO FAR, WE'RE UP 36% IN OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE HAVE RECRUITED 185 RECRUITS SO FAR. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR. WE'RE AT 136, SO THAT'S EXCITING. GOOD NEWS. OUR MINORITY RECRUITS ARE REALLY UP. WE HAD IN ONE OF OUR CLASSES HERE. WE HAD 26 HISPANICS IN ONE CLASS, 24, WHICH WERE RECORD NUMBER HIGHS FOR DPD IN A CLASS. AND ALSO, ON THE MINORITY SIDE. ALSO, WE HAD IN CLASS 4 OR 5 HIGH NUMBER FOR THE LAST 24 YEARS. WE HAD 19 AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE CLASS. ALSO, WE'RE REALLY RAMPING UP ON OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS. WE'RE GOING TO TARGET WE'RE GOING TO MAINSTREAM A LOT OF THE TARGETS. WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHO ARE ALREADY POLICE OFFICERS AND REALLY TARGETING THAT CROWD. SO, WE'RE NOT WASTING SOME OF OUR EFFORTS ON RECRUITING. SO, FOR THOSE WHO'VE ALREADY BECOME POLICEMEN. POLICE OFFICERS, WE ARE GOING TO TARGET THAT PARTICULAR CROWD. WE'RE GOING TO PUT EXTRA EFFORT IN. THAT NOT EXCLUDING OTHER CROWDS BUT PUTTING EFFORT IN THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BECOME POLICE OFFICERS. WE FEEL LIKE THAT WILL ALSO HELP OUR NUMBERS. WE'RE GOING TO REALLY LOOK AT THE REFERRAL PROGRAM AND WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TARGET SOME REFERRALS. SOME EXCITING NEWS, ACTUALLY. WE HAD A COUPLE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT TEXAS REACH OUT AND WANT US TO GO RECRUIT AT THEIR UNIONS TO THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR PAY RAISES, AND THEY WANT TO UTILIZE US AS KIND OF A A GO TO. AND IF WE THEY WANT TO OPEN UP TO OUR DEPARTMENT TO GO AND RECRUIT FROM THEIR DEPARTMENT AND OBVIOUSLY EFFORTS TO HELP THEM GET A PAY RAISE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S GOING TO HELP US BECAUSE OFFICERS ARE INTERESTED IN COMING TO INTO DALLAS, SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING. AND THEN THE RETENTION PROGRAM, WE REALLY WORKED ON THE SICK LEAVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM, WHERE WE HAD 601 OFFICERS SIGN UP FOR IT. SO WE THINK THAT'S ALSO GOING TO HELP WITH RETENTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. SO IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE NUMBER TWO PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR MONTHLY AND YEAR TO DATE ATTRITION AND HIRING NUMBERS. FOR APRIL. WE LOST 12 OFFICERS AND HIRED SEVEN. YEAR TO DATE WE'VE LOST 86 OFFICERS AND HIRED 158. SLIDE THREE. HERE WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF HOW WE LOST THE 12 OFFICERS IN APRIL. SEVEN RETIRED, THREE LEFT DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS, THREE HAD A CAREER CHANGE AND ONE LEFT FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE POSITION. SLIDE FOUR. SLIDE FOUR BREAKS DOWN HOW WE'VE LOST THE 86 OFFICERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. MOST OF THESE WERE DUE TO RETIREMENTS. THIS ALSO SHOWS THE NUMBER OF SWORN OFFICERS WE HAD AT THE END OF APRIL, WHICH WAS 3194. NEXT SLIDE. COUNCILWOMAN STEWART. I ADDED THIS SLIDE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION YOU HAD LAST MONTH REGARDING PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR STAFFING NUMBERS. SO BACK IN 2018, WE HAD OR WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 3067 OFFICERS. [00:15:01] AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 3194, WHICH IS AN ADDITION OF 127 OFFICERS SINCE 2018. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SLIDE SIX SHOWS OUR SWORN HIRING DATA FOR APRIL. AGAIN, WE HIRED SEVEN NEW OFFICERS. 103 APPLICANTS ENTERED OUR BACKGROUND PHASE OF HIRING. AND WE JUST HAD A NEW ACADEMY CLASS START LAST WEDNESDAY THAT INCLUDED 43 RECRUITS. SO WE'RE STILL ON PACE TO HIRE 300 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. SLIDE SEVEN SHOWS OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF HIRING DATA FOR APRIL. WE PROCESSED 40 APPLICANTS. WE ONBOARDED TWO FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND FIVE FOR OTHER UNITS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAD A PROFESSIONAL STAFF HIRING EVENT ON APRIL 29TH WHERE 18 APPLICANTS PARTICIPATED. SLIDE EIGHT. HERE ARE THE RECRUITING EVENTS THAT WE ATTENDED IN APRIL. WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TRYING TO PLANT SEEDS IN IN THOSE YOUNG COLLEGE MINDS. AND I WANTED TO SPOTLIGHT ALSO TWO OFF SITE HIRING EVENTS THAT WE HAD LAST MONTH. WE HAD ONE AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY AND ONE IN PUERTO RICO. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TAKE OUR HIRING ON THE ROAD, WE BASICALLY MIRROR OUR ONSITE HIRING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE TWICE A MONTH AT HEADQUARTERS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, SLIDE NINE SHOWS OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, AND WE ARE DRASTICALLY INCREASING OUR MARKETING FOOTPRINT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE CONSTANTLY ON YOUR MIND AND IN YOUR FACE WHENEVER YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT. FOR EXAMPLE, WE ARE STARTING A GROCERY CART AD. STARTING IN JUNE FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER. WHEN YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, ALBERTSONS OR KROGER, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR ADS ON YOUR SHOPPING CARTS. WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EIGHT GROCERY STORES THROUGHOUT ARLINGTON, DALLAS, HOUSTON, AND FORT WORTH. WHEN YOU GO TO THE MALLS, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR MALL DISPLAYS. WE'VE GOT SIX MALL DISPLAYS THROUGHOUT HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, AND ARLINGTON. WHEN YOU ARE ON THE FREEWAYS, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR BILLBOARDS, ESPECIALLY IN FORT WORTH. ALSO, DART BUSSES, FORT WORTH, DEFINITELY OUR DART BUSSES. WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN DALLAS, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR DART ADS ON DART BUSSES. WE HAVE 24 DART BUSSES THROUGHOUT DALLAS. ALL. ALL AREAS OF DALLAS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. IF YOU WERE TO GO TO ANY AREA OF DALLAS AND ANY OF YOUR DISTRICTS, YOU SHOULD SEE ONE OF OUR ADS ON THE DART BUSSES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT SPORTING EVENTS ONLINE, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR ONLINE STREAMING ADS ON ESPN. IF YOU ARE SITTING DOWN AT A MOVIE THEATER WAITING FOR YOUR MOVIE TO START, WE WANT YOU TO SEE OUR ADS ON THE PRE-MOVIE ON THESE PRE-MOVIE ADS. WE'VE GOT ADS IN 48 DIFFERENT MOVIE THEATERS THROUGHOUT TEXAS. YOU WILL SEE OUR ADS IN ONE OF THEM. ALSO FAILED TO PUT ON HERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN AD AT LOVE FIELD AIRPORT. SO WHEN YOU ARRIVE IN DALLAS, THERE IS NO DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DALLAS PD IS HIRING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE DART BUSSES DISPLAYING OUR AD. WE'RE GOING TO BE ADVERTISING ON DART UNTIL THE END OF THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OCTOBER 19TH. NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE IS A DEPICTION OF HOW APPLICANTS ARE HEARING ABOUT DALLAS PD. IN APRIL, WE HAD 73 APPLICANTS PARTICIPATE IN OUR ONSITE HIRING EVENTS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE STILL SAYING THAT THEY ARE HEARING ABOUT US VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'RE ALSO SEEING AN UPTICK IN APPLICANTS WHO ARE HEARING ABOUT US THROUGH OTHER OFFICERS. AND AS OUR, AS CHIEF SAID, WE AS OF THIS PAST LAST WEEK, LAST WEDNESDAY WITH CLASS 406, WE NOW HAVE 18 APPLICANTS WHO HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO US, WHO HAVE STARTED THE ACADEMY, HAD THAT, THEY HAVE BEEN REFERRED BY OTHER DALLAS PD OFFICERS. AND THAT'S SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF FISCAL YEAR IN OCTOBER. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MAJOR ASHFORD, ASHFORD AND CHIEF COMO. WE APPRECIATE THAT. YOUR REPORT. I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MARKETING. WHAT IS OUR BUDGET FOR MARKETING? FOR ADVERTISING? CURRENTLY, WE'RE AT 250,000. AND WHAT IS RETURN? IF YOU SAY I GOT $250,000, WHAT IS RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT? [00:20:02] MARKETING. BRINGING THE HIRING OF A RECRUIT. I DON'T THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION, SIR. OKAY. IF YOU SPEND X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS ON MARKETING FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR IT TO BRING MORE RECRUITS TO COME TO CITY OF DALLAS, DO YOU PUT A NUMBER AND SAY, HEY, IS THIS ENOUGH MONEY? SHOULD I HAVE $1 MILLION ADVERTISING OR $2 MILLION RETAINER WITH THE MARKET? I MEAN, RECRUIT IS LOOKING AT THEIR SO I'M LOOKING AT A MARKET OF $250,000, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET X AMOUNT OF RECRUITS. IS THAT ENOUGH MONEY? TO ME I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY. IF YOU LOOK AT $250,000 OVER THE DART, THE DART RAIL LINE, THE MOVIE THEATER, THE GROCERY STORE AND ALL THAT, THAT'S NOT FREE. SO WHAT IS THE MAGIC NUMBER THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO, TO BE ADEQUATE TO BE TO BE IN COMPETITION, TO REALLY TO MARKET, TO DPD IN RECRUITING. WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE? YES, SIR. WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 250,000. WE ASKED TO BASICALLY DOUBLE THAT NUMBER TO 500,000 FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. SO, I'M HEARING FROM YOU AT LEAST A HALF A MILLION. YES, SIR. OKAY. I WON'T BE HERE. SO, I'LL MAKE SURE CHAIRMAN. STEWART THAT BEFORE I GO WITH THE BUDGET, THAT WE NEED TO AT LEAST GET A MINIMUM OF A HALF $1 MILLION IN MARKETING BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN CHEAP MARKETING IN TRYING TO GET THE BEST RECRUIT. IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THE BEST, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MARKETING DOLLARS, YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE BEST RECRUIT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO SPEND YOUR MARKETING DOLLARS, AND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BEST RECRUIT. YOU GOT TO DO EVERYTHING. SO, IF YOU'RE NOT, HAVE AN ADEQUATE BUDGET, I DON'T THINK YOU DON'T HAVE AN ADEQUATE PROCESS FOR ADVERTISING FOR DPD BECAUSE DALLAS, DPD, THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT GOT TO HAVE GREAT IN YOUR NUTRITION. YOU'RE LOSING. SO, WE SHOULD PUT A NUMBER THERE. THERE SHOULD BE SAID I GOT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IN MARKETING, AND IF I MARK WITH X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, HOW MANY EXTRA GETTING. HOW DO YOU RETRACT THAT. HOW DO YOU TRACK THAT. HOW MANY YOU'RE GETTING. SO, IF I HAD TO DO $1 MILLION, WHAT WOULD COME? WHAT WOULD $1 MILLION BUY? SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF MECHANISM THAT WOULD MEASURE THAT, SHOW THAT HOW MANY DOLLARS YOU NEED TO MARK IN ORDER TO BRING X AMOUNT OF RECRUITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CHAIR MORENO. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CHIEF. THANK YOU. WELCOME. BIENVENIDOS. I WANT TO START OFF BY YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RECRUITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. WHAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH I PREVIOUSLY HAVE SEEN WERE LATERAL MOVEMENTS. DID WE INCLUDE ANY LATERAL MOVEMENTS HERE, OR WAS IT LEFT OFF FOR A REASON? PARTICULAR REASON. SO WE DO WE DO INCLUDE LATERALS. YES, SIR. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT. OKAY, GREAT. ON TOP OF THAT, RESERVES. THAT'S A BIG AREA OF OPPORTUNITY. I BELIEVE OFFICERS THAT HAVE RETIRED OR ARE HANGING OUT IN THE RESERVES. ARE WE LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME OF THOSE BACK INTO THE INTO THE DEPARTMENT. MORE ON A INVESTIGATION TEAM TO NOT NECESSARILY ON THE FIELD, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DESK JOBS THAT COULD FREE UP SOME OF OUR YOUNGER OFFICERS. AND SO WHERE ARE WE LOOKING INTO THE RESERVES AT ALL? YES, SIR. WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AS YOU SAY, UTILIZING THE, THE RESERVES. WE HAVEN'T PUT A DEFINITIVE PLAN INTO PLAY YET, BUT WE THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO CURRENT DPD STANDARDS ON NEW HIRES AND LATERALS AS WELL WHERE ARE WE WITH UPDATING OUR STANDARDS FOR FUTURE CLASSES? SO FOR EXAMPLE, AGE REQUIREMENTS DEGREE LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND. HAVE WE UPDATED THOSE? ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT? WE ACTUALLY HAD A PRESENTATION THAT WE WERE GOING TO PRESENT TODAY REGARDING EDUCATION. I BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING TO FULL COUNCIL. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN ON PAGE FIVE CAN WE GET A COLUMN TO ADD THE POPULATION FOR THE CITY ON EACH YEAR? THANK YOU. CHAIR WILLIS. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S. SO. AND I WANTED TO BACK UP EVEN FURTHER ON THAT TO SEE WHAT OUR PEAK YEAR WAS OF STAFFING. [00:25:02] BECAUSE I THINK AROUND 2015 OR IN THAT TIME FRAME, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WHEN THE PUBLIC TALKS ABOUT THIS, THE MEDIA TALKS ABOUT THIS, IT'S USUALLY IN REFERENCE BACK TO A PEAK. AND I DO THINK IT HELPS TO COMPARE TO THE POPULATION, ET CETERA. AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN IN LOOKING AT I KNOW WE'VE MADE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR RATIO OF I MEAN, WE CAN SAY WE'RE GOING TO HIRE 300 OFFICERS AND THEN BUT WHAT IS THE RATIO THAT WE'RE GOING TO RETAIN. AND SO THAT'S BEEN INCREASING. BUT WE HIRE 300. BUT WHAT ARE WE HOPING TO NET FROM THAT. THAT WE DON'T LOSE TO ATTRITION. I KNOW IT WOULD BE UNREALISTIC TO SAY 300 THAT WE DON'T LOSE TO ATTRITION. WHAT ARE WE HOPING TO NET FROM THE 300 THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR? YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE LAST YEAR, I THINK I THINK WE RETAINED 78 YEAR OVER YEAR OR I MEAN, THAT MAY JUST BE THAT WE HAVE 78 MORE OFFICERS. IT MAY NOT MEAN I JUST WANT US TO LOOK AT HOW WE WHAT THAT TURNS INTO NUMBERS WISE, BECAUSE WE CAN SAY WE HIRE 300, BUT THEN IF WE'RE LOSING THEM DUE TO RETIREMENT OR CAREER CHANGE OR WHATEVER ELSE. I JUST I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE USING ANY KIND OF GUIDEPOST OR HAVING ANY UNDERSTANDING OF IS, ARE WE ARE WE RETAINING WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO OR ARE WE IS THE NUMBER GREATER? I JUST I'D LIKE TO HAVE US LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE FOR A FEW YEARS IT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'D HIRE, BUT THEN WE WOULD ALSO LOSE CLOSE TO THE SAME AMOUNT. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GAINING SOME TRACTION ON THAT. AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR IN THAT CATEGORY. SO I'LL LET YOU ALL THINK ABOUT THAT. DEFINITELY. YEAH. WE CAN PUT THAT TOGETHER. OKAY. AND THEN I DID HAVE A QUESTION GOING BACK. CHIEF, TO THE LATERAL MOVES. HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE PERSUADING THEM TO COME TO OUR FORCE? I MEAN, IF THEY'VE TRAINED SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF THEY'RE COMMITTED SOMEWHERE ELSE, IF THEY LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE. WELL, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE A REPUTATION. AND WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS, THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE HAVE IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPECIALIZED DIVISIONS. DALLAS HAS A REPUTATION. IT'S SECOND TO NONE, REALLY, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND I'M LEARNING THAT EVEN MORE SO JUST FROM BEING HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO AS I TALK TO SOME OF THE ASSOCIATIONS FROM OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS. I'M HAVING FUN, AND I'M REALLY ENJOYING BRAGGING ON WHAT'S HERE IN DALLAS AND WITH SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES ALSO THAT ARE NOT GETTING PAID WHAT WE'RE GETTING PAID. I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO TICKLE SOME OF THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, AND QUITE HONESTLY, THEY WANT TO UTILIZE US TO HELP THEM AND THEY'RE WILLING TO LOSE OFFICERS. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ASSOCIATIONS, NOT THE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR GAIN, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GET SOME EXPERIENCED OFFICERS THAT COMES IN HERE FOR LATERAL PROGRAMS. WE WIN, AND THEN THEY'RE HOPING THAT THEY WIN DOWN THE ROAD BY BEING ABLE TO MODEL WHAT WE HAVE. AND WE JUST FLOATED OUT SOME NEW FLIERS HERE RECENTLY LAST WEEK. IT JUST HIT THE PUBLIC ABOUT OUR PAY STRUCTURE, AND IT'LL BE QUITE HONEST, USED TO PUT OUT THERE ABOUT GETTING THEIR BIG PAY RAISE. AND THEN WE PUT OUT OURS AND IT STILL SHOWED THAT WE WERE ABOVE HOUSTON. AND THAT STARTED REALLY RESONATING DOWN SOUTH. SO, YOU THINK WHAT'S GOING TO BE COMPELLING IS THAT WE'VE GOT A MENU OF THINGS TO OFFER. WE'VE GOT OUR PAY INCREASE, WE'VE GOT GREATER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE'VE GOT MORE SPECIALIZED UNITS TO KEEP THINGS INTERESTING IN A LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER. EXACTLY. AND THEN ALSO, LIKE WE'VE LOST SOME OFFICERS TO SMALLER DEPARTMENTS HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. AND JUST FROM MY DEALING WITH WITH OUR RECRUITING, NOW WE HAVE SOME OF THEM STARTING TO COME BACK. AND IT'S FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED NOW, THEY WENT OVER FOR A FEW MORE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND REALIZED, HEY, I HAVE NOWHERE NEAR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT I HAD WITH DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO START CAPITALIZING ON THAT IN THE RECRUITING EFFORTS THAT WE NEED TO SHOW WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE. YEAH, AND I THINK CHIEF HERRERA WAS TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON A CAMPAIGN AROUND THAT, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE CAN USE TO RECRUIT AS WELL. BUT SPEAKING OF CAMPAIGNS, ONE THING THAT WE GOT SOME INSIGHT ON LAST MONTH OR THE MONTH BEFORE WAS WHY PEOPLE ARE SERVING, WHY THEY ARE CALLED, AND IT IS ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE. AND SO, WHEN I LOOK AT THE CREATIVE THAT WE'VE GOT, I'M LOOKING AT THE BUS. I THINK IT IS GREAT TO CALL OUT THE SALARIES AND THE SALARY INCREASE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SECONDARY TARGET IN THIS, AND THAT IS OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE STILL LIVING WITH SOME OF THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST AND WHAT DPD PAYS. AND SO, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO ALSO COMMUNICATE TO THEM THAT OUR PAY SCALE IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT UP THERE. SO I LIKE THAT PART. BUT IN THE MESSAGING LIKE JOIN US. I JUST I THINK IF WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON MARKETING, YOU'VE GOT TO ALSO HAVE THE COMPELLING CREATIVE. AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT THIS NECESSARILY CAPTURED WHAT WE GOT, THE EMOTIONAL INSIGHT OF WHICH WAS A CALL TO SERVICE. [00:30:07] SO, I REALIZED THIS IS PRODUCED. MAYBE YOU SEE WHAT THIS YIELDS BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT IN THE NEXT GO ROUND OF CREATIVE HOW YOU TAKE THAT, THAT INSIGHT THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SURVEY WAS THAT HAD BEEN DONE, BUT THAT'S HOW YOU CAN HELP GET A MESSAGE THROUGH AND MAKE SOMEONE TAKE ACTION. THE OTHER THING IS JUST LOOKING DEMOGRAPHICALLY, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'VE ADDED AND ARE BEING CREATIVE AND WHERE THESE MESSAGES ARE. WHEN I HEAR GROCERY CARTS, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT I TYPICALLY SEE AT OUR DPD GRADUATION. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY WISELY ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT. SO MAYBE, CHIEF, IF YOU ALL JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE COUNCIL ON THIS PROFESSIONALLY FROM THE CREATIVE STANDPOINT AND JUST MAKE SURE OUR MEDIA PLAN IS OPTIMIZED, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK. BUT THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN FOR THAT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS THE DEPARTMENT, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BETTER PUT OUR BRAND OUT THERE. DEFINITELY. FROM THE LAST SURVEY, IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE CALL TO SERVE. WE WERE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT AS WELL AS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE SPENDING. IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE ATTRITION. WHAT WE'VE SEEN THIS LAST YEAR WAS THE ATTRITION RATE WAS STARTING TO COME DOWN, WHICH ALLOWED US ALSO TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CLASSES AS WELL AS THE FOLKS INSIDE THE CLASS. AND SO WE SAW A POSITIVE MARK HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE. AND SO THE MOMENTUM IS TO CONTINUE THAT AND BUILD UPON THAT TO WHERE WE GET THE ATTRITION BACK TO WHERE WE NORMALLY IT WOULD NORMALLY BE TO WHERE WHEN WE HAVE THESE CLASSES, WE SEE THAT NET GAIN A LOT LARGER THAN WHAT IT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY. AND SO THE PLAN IS TO BUILD ON THAT AND REALLY STUDY THOSE NUMBERS. SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE CHIEF AND THE MAJOR WAS PRESENTING WAS IMPORTANT ON RETAINING OFFICERS. AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS A PLACE TO BE. AND SO, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. WE'LL HAVE BETTER NUMBERS ON THE QUESTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS, HAS JUST ASKED AS THIS COMMITTEE. AND SO, WE'LL HAVE THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING. ANY FOLLOW UP? YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT ON THE SLIDE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT NUMBER OF PAGE 11. IT DOES SHOW A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HEARING ABOUT DPD ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WHEN I HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE CREATIVE OPTIONS, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT'S 62% OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE TELLING US THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE HEARING ABOUT US. SO THAT'S POWERFUL. AND IT'S USUALLY MORE COST EFFICIENT TOO. THANKS. OKAY. MAJOR ASHFORD, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING SLIDE FIVE IN. I THINK IF WE COULD KEEP THAT IN EACH MONTH, IT HELPS US JUST KIND OF TRACK IT AND FOLLOW THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE AN INCREASE YEAR FROM 22-23 TO 23-24 AND 24-25. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BANK ON THE FACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE IN THAT DIRECTION. I KNOW THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND RESOURCES BEING PUT INTO THIS. I KNOW IT IS. IT IS A FORMULA THAT FOCUSES ON BOTH RETENTION AS WELL AS RECRUITING. AND WE HAVE TO KEEP FOCUSING ON BOTH. SO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. AND I THINK WE ARE FINISHED WITH DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE OVER TO GFR. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM ASSISTANT CHIEF DELORIS WILLIAMS, AND I HAVE NEXT TO ME DEPUTY CHIEF STEVEN LOPEZ. AND HE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU OUR RECRUITMENT UPDATE FOR THIS MONTH. THANK YOU. CHIEF. FOR APRIL 2025, I'LL BE PRESENTING DFR'S RECRUITING AND RETENTION NUMBERS. SO ON SLIDE TWO, PLEASE. SLIDE TWO SHOWS OUR MONTHLY YEAR TO DATE ATTRITION AND HIRING. MUCH LIKE DPD'S WE LOST SEVEN OFFICERS IN THE MONTH, SEVEN FIRE RESCUE OFFICERS IN THE MONTH OF APRIL. AND WE DID NOT HIRE ANYONE IN APRIL DUE TO OUR NEXT CLASS THAT STARTS MAY 21ST OF NEXT WEEK. SO NEXT WEDNESDAY WHERE WE'LL BE HIRING 35 FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINEES AND ADDITIONALLY TEN FIRE PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND INSPECTION TRAINEES. FOR FY 25. OUR ATTRITION NUMBERS ARE 79 MEMBERS THAT WE'VE LOST, AND WE REMAIN STEADY WITH 160 HIRES FOR THIS FISCAL [00:35:08] YEAR. THAT'S THE SAME NUMBER AS WE HAD IN MARCH. SLIDE THREE PLEASE. SLIDE THREE SHOWS OUR 2425 HIRING AND ATTRITION SINCE OCTOBER. OCTOBER 1ST, 2024. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR 160 OFFICERS OUTWEIGHS THE ATTRITION OF THE 79 MEMBERS THAT WE'VE LOST SINCE OCTOBER 1ST OF 2024. THE LARGEST ATTRITION CAUSE IS DUE TO PERSONAL REASONS, WHICH WE LOST 24 MEMBERS. AND THOSE PERSONAL REASONS CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM MOVING HOME. THEY WERE OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS PREVIOUSLY. JOBS. THE JOB IS JUST NOT WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. AND SOME OF OUR NEW CANDIDATES ALSO DIDN'T REALIZE WE WORK HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS. SO THAT IS A COUPLE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WE CONTINUE TO LOSE PEOPLE FOR PERSONAL CATEGORY. IN THE PERSONAL CATEGORY. SLIDE FOUR PLEASE. THIS SHOWS OUR UNIFORMED HIRING DATA FOR APRIL 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH. AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD 230 APPLICATIONS FOR FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINEE AND 38 APPLICATIONS FOR LATERAL HIRES. OF THOSE CIVIL SERVICE REFERRED TO US 208 FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINEES AND SIX LATERALS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 138 APPLICATIONS IN PROCESS FOR FROT AND TEN IN THE LATERAL HIRES. AGAIN, WE HAD, WE DID NOT ONBOARD ANYONE IN APRIL DUE TO OUR CLASS THAT STARTS NEXT WEEK, MAY 21ST. SLIDE FIVE PLEASE. SO, SLIDE FIVE SHOWS OUR APPLICANT SOURCING AND MOTIVATION. BASICALLY, THIS SHOWS THAT OUR MOTIVATION FOR APPLYING TO DFR WAS REMAINING AT THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF CATEGORY WAS AT 93%. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE AS WE HAD IN THE LAST MONTH. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAD LAST MONTH. AGAIN, IT'S FOLLOWED SECONDARILY AND BY SALARY AND BENEFITS AT 46 AND 53%, RESPECTIVELY. ALSO, WHERE DID OUR CANDIDATES HEAR ABOUT BFR AS, AS A AS AN OPTION FOR EMPLOYMENT? WORD OF MOUTH. AND OUR AND DFR'S WEBSITE REMAIN THE TWO TOP CATEGORIES FOR OUR APPLICANTS. CURRENTLY, SLIDE SIX IS A NEWLY ADDED SLIDE. IT'S SHOWING OUR RAW DATA SET FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO SLIDES OR THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. FOR WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO APPLY TO DFR? AGAIN, OUR LARGEST SINGLE MOTIVATING FACTOR IS A DESIRE TO SERVE AT 93%. AND WHERE DID OUR APPLICANTS HEAR ABOUT DFR? AGAIN, 34% WAS WORD OF MOUTH AND 42% WAS DFR'S WEBSITE. AND SLIDE SEVEN SHOWS OUR APRIL RECRUITING ACTIVITIES WHERE WE ATTENDED THE CITY OF DALLAS SPRING EDUCATION FAIR. WHAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE BUT WILL BE ON THE MAY SLIDE IS THE SIGNING DAY THAT WAS HELD AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WILL BE IN 2029, GRADUATING THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY PROGRAM THROUGH ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL. SO THAT WILL BE ON OUR MAY IN OUR MAY IN OUR MAY PRESENTATION. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. MAYOR PRO TEM. NO. CHAIR. MORENO. CHAIR. OKAY. GOSH, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING OFF. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, MOVING ON TO ITEM B. WE HAVE THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE. MAJOR SAWYERS, I BELIEVE, AND LOOKS LIKE ASSISTANT CHIEF WILLIAMS AND CHIEF COMO. WE HAVE ALL OF YOU GUYS. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MAJOR NATHAN SAWYERS WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION. I'M JOINED BY DEPUTY CHIEF STEVEN WILLIAMS AND CHIEF OF POLICE DANIEL COMO. BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE PRESENTATION, CHIEF COMO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE CRIME PLAN. WE'VE EXPERIENCED THREE YEARS OF DOWNWARD IN VIOLENT CRIME HERE. WE'RE IN OUR FOURTH YEAR, AND WE STILL HAVE A REDUCTION. THE REDUCTION IS DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, [00:40:01] AND A FEW PROGRAMS THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED. WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN THE ROBBERIES ALSO FOR BUSINESSES. AND I REALLY BELIEVE A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ON THAT DPD IS PUTTING OUT THERE. IT'S NOT JUST BEING REACTIVE, IT'S ALSO BEING PROACTIVE TO TALK TO THE BUSINESSES AND SAYING, HEY, IF YOU DO THIS, THIS COULD STOP MAYBE A ROBBERY FROM OCCURRING. AND THEN ALSO WHEN ROBBERIES OCCUR, THEY'RE CANVASING THE AREA, TALKING TO ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES AND EXPLAINING WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE. AGAIN, EDUCATION AWARENESS PART. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP POUNDING ON THAT OVER AND OVER, BECAUSE THAT'S A TRUE WAY TO GET REDUCTION. AND EVEN WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND VIOLENCE, FAMILY CRIMES, JUST BY BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITIES AND LET THEM KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THE CONSEQUENCES, BUT ALSO GIVING THEM AVENUES TO, IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE, TO LET THEM KNOW THERE'S AVENUES OUT THERE TO HELP THEM THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE REDUCTION. AND CLEARLY, THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. AS OF APRIL 30TH, 2025, WE HAD 409 FEWER VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE DALLAS AREA FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THAT'S AN AMAZING NUMBER. AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO MAKING DALLAS THE SAFEST BIG CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. DALLAS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE NATIONAL POLICING INSTITUTE FOR THE CRIME REDUCTION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. PAGE TWO. OVERALL, THIS YEAR WERE DOWN 14.26% IN VIOLENT CRIME. THAT'S DUE MAINLY TO OUR DECREASE IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS OF 13.21% AND A DECREASE IN HOMICIDES OF 30%. WE'LL LOOK AT PAGE FOUR. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE VIOLENT CRIME WE'RE TRACKING. AS YOU CAN SEE, EVERYTHING IS NEGATIVE ON THIS GRAPH COMPARED TO SOME OF THE PREVIOUS MONTHS. SO, EVERYTHING'S NOW MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR US. PAGE FIVE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CRIME WITHIN OUR HOTSPOT GRIDS. THAT SHOWS WHERE WE'RE REALLY MAKING THE MOST HEADWAY IS WE'RE DOWN 12 CRIMES OVERALL IN THOSE GRIDS IN A 30 DAY PERIOD. PAGE SIX IS GOING TO BE OUR TREND LINE FOR INCIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY. IT CONTINUES TO TREND DOWNWARD AS WELL AS OUR VIOLENT OUR VICTIM COUNT. THAT'S ON PAGE SEVEN. WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE MORE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. PAGE EIGHT IS GOING TO BE OUR MURDER TREND. WE'RE CURRENTLY DOWN 30%, WHICH IS 21 FEWER VICTIMS OF HOMICIDES AND FOUR FEWER FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE. ON A SIDE NOTE OF THAT, AS OF TODAY, OUR CLEARANCE RATE ON HOMICIDES IS 64.15%, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. WE'LL LOOK AT PAGE TEN. AS CHIEF MENTIONED, WE'RE DOWN IN BUSINESS ROBBERIES. WE'RE NOW DOWN 79 OR 22 FEWER BUSINESS ROBBERIES, 79 FEWER INDIVIDUAL ROBBERIES, FOR A TOTAL OF 100 AND 101 FEWER VICTIMS OF ROBBERY THIS YEAR. PAGE 11. IS OUR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT TREND. WE'RE ONLY DOWN 1.73%, BUT IT IS NINE FEWER VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST MONTH WE WERE ACTUALLY UP IN THAT. AND WE'VE STARTED TO TREND DOWNWARD. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE. WE'RE DOWN 235 FOR A TOTAL OF 244 FEWER VICTIMS. PAGE 12 IS GOING TO BE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CRIME YEAR OVER YEAR. WE PICKED THE MONTH OF MAY TO DO THIS BECAUSE THE FIRST SET OF HOTSPOTS THAT WE USED FOR THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN WAS IN MAY OF 21. SO FROM 21 TO 22, WE REDUCED CRIME BY 3.13% FROM 22 TO 23, 14.05%, 23 TO 24 WAS 6.96%, AND THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 2435 FEWER VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME OVER THAT TIME SPAN. AS WE SAID EARLIER, WE'RE DOWN 14.26% THIS YEAR. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SAME FOUR MONTH PERIOD, SO THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2021 VERSUS THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2025, WE'RE DOWN 34.44%, WHICH IN A FOUR MONTH PERIOD IS 1198 FEWER VICTIMS. PAGE 13 IS OUR FOCUS DETERRENCE SLIDE. WE'RE NOW UP TO 65 CLIENTS. WE HAD OUR LAST NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH ON MAY 2ND, PAGE 14. WE HAD SOME INTEREST LAST MONTH IN OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES TEAM, SO WE WANTED TO INCLUDE A SLIDE ON THEM. IT'S A TEAM OF ONE SERGEANT AND SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS OR SENIOR CORPORALS. THE GOAL OF THIS UNIT IS TO BUILD RAPPORT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES. THEY WORK WITH THESE COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST WITH THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR TRENDS. THEY WILL DEVELOP INTELLIGENCE. THEY. BECAUSE THOSE APARTMENT MANAGERS KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE GOING TO BE. AND IF THEY CAN TELL US WHERE THOSE ARE AT, WE CAN BETTER TARGET WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE COMPLEXES. THEY ALSO PROVIDE SECURITY TIPS. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING SOME OF THEM TRAINED IN CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, [00:45:09] WHICH IS SEPTEMBER. THEY ALSO COORDINATE AND HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS ALONGSIDE OUR NPOS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THOSE CRIME ANALYSTS AT PATROL DIVISIONS TO ADDRESS CRIME. AND ON PAGE 15, I WANTED TO POINT OUT ON OUR BOARD, I LEFT SOMEBODY OUT. OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OUR COMMUNITY PROSECUTIONS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD PARTNER TO US. AND THEY'RE ALSO ON THAT EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR THE P&I LOCATIONS. AND WITH THAT, WE ARE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. MAYOR PRO TEM, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE APARTMENTS, THE CRIME IN. AND I KNOW ONE IN PARTICULAR ON SIMPSON STUART AND BONNIE VIEW AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING QUITE A BIT OF HIGH CRIMES AND SOME INCIDENT THAT LIVES BEEN LOST, YOU KNOW, COMING IN AND GOING OUT. DO WE MONITOR THOSE APARTMENTS? ARE THEY? I KNOW AT ONE TIME WE TRIED TO GET AN MOU TO BE ABLE WITH CAMERAS TO MONITOR. SO, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CEO AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE LITIGATION TO MAKE THOSE AS PART OF THEIR TERMS, OF THEIR AGREEMENTS AND ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES TO MAKE THEM INTO THAT AGREEMENT FOR THEIR SETTLEMENT TO COME TO TERMS ON THOSE DEBATABLE OFFENSES. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT. SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING ON BOARD. IT'S A VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. BUT WE ARE PUSHING THAT HEAVILY. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT THAT APARTMENT COMMUNITIES TEAM DOES. THAT FOLLOW UP IS TO REALLY PUSH AND ENCOURAGE THOSE COMMUNITY MANAGERS TO ENGAGE IN THAT SYSTEM. I KNOW ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE, WE'VE BEEN. TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS, AND I KNOW IT'S A NEW OWNER. AND EVERY TIME WE MEET, WE SAID THAT THE CAMERA WOULD BE MONITORED. I KNOW YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON IS THERE A TIMELINE THAT WE CAN COME TO A CLOSING THAT SAY, HEY WHAT IS THE ISSUE? IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE FOR MONITOR THAT OR WHAT ELSE? I KNOW THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE GATES NOT CLOSING OR WHATEVER, BUT IT HAVE, THAT CAME TO A SERIOUS ISSUE. WE HAVE LOST TWO LIVES OVER THERE IN THE LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SO IS THERE A LEGAL ISSUE THAT WE CAN'T MONITOR THAT. WHAT IS WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG? SOME OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BECAUSE OF THE OWNERSHIP. AND I'D HAVE TO GET BACK WITH CITY ATTORNEYS. AND HOW WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES IS WHEN THE OWNERSHIP CHANGES, IT THEN GOES BACK TO A WHOLE NEW PROCESS, BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND GO AGAINST THE NEW OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND NOT THE PREVIOUS OWNER. BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND CONFIRM AND GIVE YOU A FOLLOW UP MEMO ON WHERE EVERYTHING IS, ON WHY WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE SITUATION AT THAT LOCATION. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR AND BE ON THE RECORD. WE HAVE MET WITH NEW OWNERS. WE HAVE MET NUMEROUS TIMES, AND RIGHT NOW I'M GETTING FRUSTRATED IN THE COMMUNITY GETTING FRUSTRATED WITH THAT ONE PARTICULAR UNIT THERE. SO, IF YOU CAN ACHIEVE ALL THIS, IF YOU CAN MEET AGAIN, WE HAVE MET WITH THAT. BUT MY COMMUNITY OFFICE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE, AND WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, WE HEAR THE GUNFIRE THERE. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE HOT SPOT THAT WE NEED TO GET CONTROL OVER THERE BECAUSE IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEIR KIDS WALKING BACK AND FORTH, AND WE ARE DOING A WHOLE LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS OVER THERE. SO I KNOW TIME IS AN INCIDENT THAT. BUT WE NEED TO COME TO THE CLOSURE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING. IT'S A IF WE NEED TO GET ATTORNEYS INVOLVED OR WHATEVER THE LEGAL ISSUE THERE, IF APARTMENTS IS NOT GETTING THEIR GATE CLOSED OR NOT, THEY DID NOT HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY OUT OF CONTROL. YEP. I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, SIR. WE CAN GET YOU THAT. OKAY. WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. HEY, THE MPO OFFICE. I LOVE THE MPO OFFICE. DON'T GET RID OF THEM. HIRE MORE MPO OFFICERS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONE THAT REALLY IS A POLICE. IF RESIDENTS FEEL LIKE NPR IS THEIR PRIVATE SECURITY, THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW THE MPO OFFICER. BUT THE ONLY ISSUE THAT I WOULD SAY THAT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER, ONCE THE RESIDENT GET TO KNOW HIM, THEY GENERALLY GET PROMOTED AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT I HOPE WE CAN GET SOME [INAUDIBLE] IN THE RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE SURE. NOW ANOTHER QUESTION IS DO THEY HAVE A TIME SCHEDULE WHEN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER IS A CERTAIN TIME THAT THEY WORK IN A CERTAIN TIME THEY OFFER, CAN YOU TELL THEM ABOUT THEIR SCHEDULE? SO I THINK SOMEONE COMING UP FROM THE. YEAH. HELLO, CHIEF. HOW ARE YOU DOING? THANK YOU. ASSISTANT CHIEF ANGELA SHAW OVER THE NPOS. THEY DO WORK THE DAY SHIFT IN THE EVENING SHIFT. SO, BETWEEN 7 A.M. 3 P.M. AND THEY'LL COME IN THE AFTERNOON AROUND NOON TO ABOUT EIGHT. [00:50:02] OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THEY ROTATE THEIR HOURS QUITE A BIT DEPENDING ON WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, THEY WORK USUALLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AT SOME POINT. AND I WOULD LOVE TO CHIEF MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR SCHEDULE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY THINK THEY LEAVE AT 3:00 AND SOMETIME AFTER 6:00 THEY'RE GONE. SO I KNOW WE HAVE ALL THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND CELL NUMBER, BUT THE ONLY ISSUE I WOULD SAY THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEIR SCHEDULE. OKAY, WE CAN SEND IT TO YOUR OFFICE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. CHAIR. MORENO. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'M EXCITED TO SEE A DOWNTREND IN OUR BUSINESS. ROBBERIES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INCREASING MONTH OVER MONTH. AND FINALLY SEEING A DIP. EXCITED ABOUT THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE GOING INTO OUR SUMMER MONTHS. SCHOOL WILL BE OUT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND SO DO WE. WHAT'S THE STRATEGY SHIFT LIKE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THAT FREE TIME THAT OUR YOUTH HAVE? YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. SO, AS YOU TYPICALLY DO WITH EVERY SUMMER THOSE PATROL DIVISIONS WILL THEN START WORKING ON THEIR SUMMER INITIATIVE, CRIME PLANS TO ADDRESS THOSE INCIDENTS WHICH INVOLVE THEIR YOUTH AND WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON YOUTH INVOLVEMENT TO GET ENGAGED TO HANDLE WHAT THOSE YOUTH ARE DOING. SO, WE DO WORK IN THAT THERE IS A KIND OF SHIFT. WE STILL STICK WITH THE GAME PLAN OF THE CRIME PLAN, BUT THEN WE SHIFT BECAUSE EACH DISTRICT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THE ISSUES THEY EXPERIENCE. SO WE DO WORK WITH KIND OF CUSTOM FOR EACH DIVISION ON HOW WE ADDRESS THOSE. BUT IT'S REALLY THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OF IT BEFORE THE SUMMER MONTHS AND THEN REALLY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH OUR DISD AND PLANO ISD AND CARROLLTON IN PREPARATION FOR THAT SCHOOL RELEASE. THANK YOU. A LOT OF PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WITH ACT AND PARTICULAR UNITS. I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT MODELING IS HAVING UNITS AND TEAMS DEDICATED TO SPECIFIC ISSUES. I AM CONCERNED, THOUGH, WITH THE, THE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE DOING ALL THESE THINGS, OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH CAO'S OFFICE AND THE HABITUAL NUISANCE PROPERTIES. BUT I DO WORRY ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF POLICING THAT'S HAPPENING THERE AS FAR AS PICKING UP THE BILL ON IT. THESE ARE PRIVATE PROPERTIES. AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PASS THAT BILL ALONG TO THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS? THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT AREN'T COMPLYING, THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING OUR SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE VOLUNTARY. HOW CAN WE COME IN, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR SUPS WHERE WE REQUIRE SECURITY? HOW CAN WE MANDATE SOME OF THAT COST RECOVERY WHEN PROPERTIES ARE JUST NOT COMPLYING? AND WE'VE GOT SHEET AFTER SHEET ON A PARTICULAR PROPERTY. A LOT OF THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY PROSECUTION UNIT. SO WHEN WE GET THOSE PROPERTIES, WE'LL WORK UP THE ABATEMENT OFFENSES FOR THEM AND GIVE THOSE OVER TO THEM, AND THEY'LL START THEIR TRIAGE PROCESS, AND THEN THEY'LL START THE LAWSUIT PROCESS, AND WE'LL EITHER GO INTO A AGREED TO TEMPORARY INJUNCTION, OR THEY WILL SUE, AND WE WILL HAVE AN INJUNCTION ON THEM TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN PARAMETERS. IT MAY BE THE PRIVATE SECURITY. IT MAY BE UPGRADING CAMERAS. IT MAY BE NEW GATES. IT ALL DEPENDS ON EACH PROPERTY. BUT THAT THAT IS THE PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN USING IS THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BUT I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION IS THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT COST RECOVERY TO SEE HOW WE CAN PUT THAT INTO PLACE FOR THOSE REALLY THOSE HABITUAL CHRONIC COMPLEXES THAT ARE NOT REALLY WANTING TO COMPLY AND WORK WITH US. BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND WORK WITH CAO'S OFFICE ON HOW WE PUT THAT MODEL INTO PLAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR WILLIS. THANK YOU. LET ME BACK UP. I'M WELCOME. CHIEF, I TEND TO JUST JUMP RIGHT INTO THINGS BUT THANK YOU. WE'RE GLAD. GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE ACT PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR DETAILING THIS MORE, BECAUSE WE KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH CRIME IS OCCURRING IN APARTMENTS. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M ASSUMING YOU TALK ABOUT CRIME ANALYSTS HERE, THAT YOU'RE USING DATA TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO TARGET. BECAUSE EVEN WITH SEVEN OFFICERS WORKING ON THIS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN DALLAS. SO THOSE OFFICERS WILL TAKE THAT DATA AND THE INTELLIGENCE THEY DEVELOP, AND THEY'LL EITHER PASS IT ON TO SAY PSN, THE P&I TEAM, OR MAYBE A CRT AT EACH DIVISION TO WORK IT, THOUGH, BECAUSE THEY DEVELOP THE RAPPORT WITH THE APARTMENT MANAGER, AND MAYBE THEY HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM OR A BMV PROBLEM, AND THEY CAN GO IN AND SAY, WHERE DO YOU THINK, WHAT APARTMENT DO YOU THINK THIS IS COMING FROM? ONCE THEY GET THAT, WE CAN BRING IN SOME OF OUR PLAINCLOTHES ASSETS, SOME OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSETS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM FOR THAT. OKAY. AND I THINK ON THE ASPECT THAT YOU OUTLINED ABOUT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND PROVIDING SECURITY TIPS, HOSTING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHERE AND THE WHEN ON THAT, [00:55:06] BECAUSE THESE APARTMENT COMMUNITIES ARE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE FOCUS ON SINGLE FAMILY AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT THESE ARE VERY MUCH NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAVE CONNECTIONS. AND I THINK THE MORE THEY CAN FEEL CONNECTED TO OUR CITY AND KNOWING WHO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE CAN ONLY HELP. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE A HEADS UP IF ANY OF THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN D.13. YES, MA'AM. WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, THIS IS AN AMAZING REPORT. WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE VIOLENT CRIME GO DOWN, AND THAT IS VERY GOOD NEWS. A REALITY CHECK FOR ME IS THAT THERE WERE, I THINK, THREE SHOOTINGS IN D.10 OVER THE LAST 48 HOURS. ONE OF WHICH THERE WAS A MURDER INVOLVED. FAMILY VIOLENCE WAS THE CONTEXT FOR THAT. SO, IT'S, I ALWAYS SEE THESE NUMBERS, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT MAKING THIS PROGRESS IS EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT AND HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT I ALSO KNOW IT'S MAY AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HEADING INTO THAT PERIOD THAT SUMMERTIME WHERE VIOLENT CRIME JUST INCREASES FOR WHATEVER REASON. I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY SOCIOLOGISTS WHO'VE TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHY. BUT WE'RE HEADED THAT WAY, AND D.10 IS STRUGGLING ALREADY. THE FIRST WEEK, FIRST, YOU KNOW, EARLY MAY. SO, I'LL BE KNOCKING ON DOORS ASKING FOR HELP. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. YES. CHIEF WILLIAMS. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT WE DO HAVE A BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM AT 9440 WHITE ROCK TRAIL TOMORROW FROM 9 A.M. 9 A.M. THAT'S RIGHT ON. YES. TO FOCUS ON ROBBERIES AND ROBBERY PREVENTION. EDUCATING THE BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN. HOPEFULLY, WE CAN HOPEFULLY PREVENT ROBBERIES. YES, MA'AM. YES. 9:00, THE REC CENTER, I THINK. YEAH, THE REC CENTER. I'LL BE THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I THINK WE'RE FINISHED WITH THIS BRIEFING, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE'RE TO THE PART NOW THAT'S BRIEFING MEMOS. AND IN THE OTHER COMMITTEE THAT I CHAIR, I USUALLY LOOK AROUND AND GO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND IF THEY DON'T, WE'RE DONE. BUT I KNOW THAT IS NOT THE TRADITION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I'LL JUST MENTION EACH ONE. IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REPORT, I THINK DFR HAS SEVERAL BRIEFING MEMOS. YOU'RE WELCOME TO PUT YOUR HAND IN THE AIR, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME DOWN FRONT. SO PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS, I THINK SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SO PROBABLY NEED REPRESENTATION AT THE TABLE SO CHAIR WILLIS CAN ASK HER QUESTIONS. SURE. THANK YOU. AND THIS MAY BE MORE FOR CHIEF COMO. IT'S WE'VE HAD A CONCERN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AROUND OUR RESPONSE TIMES. AND AS YOU LOOK YEAR OVER YEAR, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE KIND OF TENDED TO GO A LITTLE BIT OF THE WRONG DIRECTION. MAYBE I SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT. BUT THE CONCERN IS LOOKING AT PROTOCOLS AND OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HELP US WITH THIS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE STUDY ON WHERE GEOGRAPHICALLY WE MIGHT WANT MORE PATROLS, BUT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YEARS AWAY. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LET US KNOW ABOUT PROTOCOLS AND HOW WE'RE RELEASING OFFICERS OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT MIGHT HELP GET THESE NUMBERS BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE WOULD HOPE THEY'D BE CLOSER TO THE NORM. AND SO, I KNOW YOU'RE WALKING INTO THIS, BUT I WOULD HOPE THIS IS ONE OF THE TOP THINGS THAT YOU'RE TAKING A LOOK AT. IT'S ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS AND I THINK I WE ALL HEAR THIS FROM OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL. YES, MA'AM. IT IS. SO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT FROM DAY ONE I STARTED LOOKING AT AND I GETTING THE TEAM TOGETHER. WE'RE GOING OVER EVERYTHING. WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW EACH CALL IS LABELED AND PRIORITIZED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY LEARNED IS THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH OUTDATED. SO, WE NEED TO REALLY GO OVER THAT AGAIN, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO, IT'S DIFFERENT NOW. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE CLASSIFIED THE RIGHT WAY. SO, I'VE ALREADY STARTED STUDYING SOME OF THE OTHER LARGER CITIES, AND I AM NOTICING SOME DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE CLASSIFY CERTAIN CALLS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, WHICH THAT MIGHT FIX THE PROBLEM STATISTICALLY AND DATA WISE RIGHT THERE. SO WE'RE DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO THAT. THAT'S ONE THING. AND ANOTHER THING THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS JUST HOW OUR RESOURCES ARE BEING USED. IN SOME AREAS WE HAVE SEVERAL DIVISIONS THAT'S DOING THE SAME THING. SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY BRINGING SOME OF THOSE TOGETHER, WHICH MIGHT GIVE US EXTRA MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO PUT BACK INTO PATROL. SO THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT I'VE LOOKED AT AND I'VE NOTICED AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ON. [01:00:07] THANK YOU. CHAIR MORENO. THANK YOU. WHEN IT COMES TO STREET TAKEOVERS AGAIN GOING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS CONCERN THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I AM SURPRISED TO SEE ONLY VERY FEW EXAMPLES OF WHERE TAKEOVERS HAVE HAPPENED. AND SO, I KNOW THERE'S MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE I SEE THEM HERE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CBD. WHEN PEOPLE LOVE TO HAVE THAT SKYLINE IN THE BACKDROP WITH DOING STREET STUNTS AND RACING AND SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW A TAKEOVER LOCATION IS IDENTIFIED, I KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE PROACTIVE SIDE WITH OUR INTELLIGENCE AND GOING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, KIND OF IDENTIFYING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE. BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF WE GET A 911 CALL AND SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, THERE'S STREET RACING GOING ON, OR THERE'S A STREET TAKEOVER AND OFFICERS SHOW UP 30 MINUTES LATER. THREE HOURS LATER. DOES THAT JUST GO AS A CALL, OR DOES IT ACTUALLY GO DOWN AS A VERIFIED TAKEOVER? WELL, FIRST I'M GOING TO LET MARK TALK TO YOU, BUT I REALLY WANT TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THEIR TEAMS ARE REALLY ON THE INTEL SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THEY'RE GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF SOME OF THESE TAKEOVERS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. BUT BECAUSE OF THE INTEL SIDE, THEY'RE REALLY GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND MAKING NUMEROUS ARRESTS AT THE SAME TIME. AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED WITH OVER THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND WE'LL SHARE THE REST. YEAH. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK VILLARREAL OF THE PATROL BRAVO BUREAU AS CHIEF SAID, OUR GUYS, OUR FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB. WE HAVE A DEDICATED GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE ON PERMANENT SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT AT THE SOUTHWEST PATROL DIVISION, A GROUP OF OFFICERS THAT DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB. WE ALSO HAVE OVERTIME ELEMENTS AT WORK. BUT TO YOUR TO YOUR QUESTION, AS CALLS COME IN, THESE FOLKS GO TO THOSE CALLS IMMEDIATELY. THEY'RE WORKING ALL THE STREET RACING CALLS. THEY'RE GATHERING INTELLIGENCE FROM VARIOUS INTEL PLATFORMS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO AFFECT MITIGATE SOME OF THESE TAKEOVERS THAT WAY. BUT THE WAY WE KIND OF GAUGE STREET TAKEOVERS, IF WE IF WE SEE STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST, WE'LL COUNT IT AS AN INTERSECTION TAKEOVER. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY COUNTING JUST RACING CALLS. WE'RE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC STREET RACING TAKEOVERS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT WE HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF KIND OF MITIGATING THAT STUFF AND PUSHING THEM, I HATE TO SAY, OUT TO FORT WORTH, BUT THESE GUYS HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REALLY MITIGATING THE CALLS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE DATA THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN IT, BUT CESAR CHAVEZ AND CANTON IS A PARTICULAR INTERSECTION OF CONCERN. AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT ONE TOP OF MIND. YEAH, IT'S ON IT'S ON OUR LIST. WE HAVE CERTAIN LOCATIONS THAT WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS GATHER AT AND WE TRY TO MITIGATE THOSE. AS I SAID, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, IF I COULD, AN EVENT THAT WE HAD ON MAY 3RD. WE GATHERED SOME INTELLIGENCE DOWN IN THE SOUTHWEST PATROL DIVISION ON CLARK ROAD, WHERE AN ILLEGAL LARGE PARTY WAS BEING FORMED, AND THEY TRIED TO DO A STREET TAKEOVER, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TAKE DOWN THAT EVENT WE MADE. WE TRANSPORTED 17 PEOPLE TO JAIL TO CDC, 6 TO LEW STERRETT, WROTE 40 CITATIONS, SEIZED SEVEN HANDGUNS, TWO PISTOLS, HEROIN, MARIJUANA, THC CARTRIDGES, AND TOWED 35 VEHICLES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ARREST THE MAIN ORGANIZER WE FOUND ON THROUGH VARIOUS INTEL PLATFORMS. THAT WAS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THESE EVENTS AND GETTING THESE EVENTS STARTED. SO LIKE I SAID, THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE DOING TREMENDOUS WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE OF THAT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE. IN FACT, I WAS OUT WITH A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT FOLKS JUST GOING THROUGH RED LIGHTS. AND SURE ENOUGH, IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. OF ME, BUT FIVE SECONDS LATER SAW AN OFFICER PULL THAT VEHICLE OVER. SO. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER MAYOR PRO TEM? NO. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE OUR NEXT ONE IS DALLAS POLICE ACADEMY. DO YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE POLICE ACADEMY? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. OKAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY. CAN YOU GIVE ME THE TIMELINE? I KNOW THAT WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR A BRIEFING AND MAYBE GOING TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR ACTION ITEMS. CAN YOU TELL WHERE WE ARE? YES. I DON'T SEE ANY. YES, MAYOR. OKAY. WE HAVE JENNY COMING. ALL RIGHT. HI. JENNY NISWANDER. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. AND SO, YES, WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING A BRIEFING ON THE 21ST AND FOLLOWING UP WITH THE LEASE ITEM ON THE 28TH. [01:05:07] SO RIGHT NOW, THAT'S KIND OF OUR SCHEDULE. WELL, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. WE JUST HAD A GREAT BIG GROUNDBREAKING ABOUT $1 BILLION DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. COMING SOON. SO THEREFORE, THANK YOU FOR JUST MORENO SHOW UP. AND I THINK IT'D BE A GREAT DEAL THAT WE WILL SIGN THIS CONTRACT, THE LEASE BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH. SO, I JUST WAS CURIOUS. I KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING AND I DID NOT HAVE AN UPDATE. SO, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE UPDATE. THAT'S GREAT. AND WE AGREE WITH YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE? I JUST WANT TO SAY I NOTICED, CHIEF COMO, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HAD A TOUR OF THE CURRENT TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH I APPRECIATE. AND YOU ARE ALSO, I THINK, ALREADY MEETING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. I BELIEVE THE POLICE ACADEMY IS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT THAT WE PUT OUR RESOURCES, OUR TIME, OUR EFFORTS AND MOVE IT FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT A PRIORITY IN YOUR IN YOUR FIRST FEW WEEKS I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT FACILITY CONSTRUCTION? YES. WE NEED Y'ALL UP. WE'VE GOT A QUESTION. OH, THIS MAY BE FOR MISS NISWANDER, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU, CHIEF. SO, THIS IS REGARDING NEW CONSTRUCTION. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE MAKE ANY CITY BOND NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK HARDER FOR US, AND MAYBE NOT JUST BE FOR THE SINGLE USE THAT IT WAS DESIGNATED AD, BUT AS. BUT YOU KNOW, ONE THING I HEAR FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I MEAN, FOR POLICE GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY FOR FIRE MEDIC IS HOUSING AND PROXIMITY TO WHERE THEY WORK. AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT OTHER CITIES THAT WHEN THEY HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION, THEY INCLUDE HOUSING IN THAT. AND I REALIZE OUR BOND DOLLARS ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THE FIRE STATION. BUT MY QUESTION IS ABOUT HOW WE COULD USE OTHER CITY TOOLS TO ADD A HOUSING COMPONENT TO THIS, AND I HAD ASKED THAT THAT BE EXPLORED. IS THAT BEING EXPLORED? WE'VE HAD SOME VERY PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS, BUT THAT'S IT. WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED INTO HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AS FAR AS HOUSING FOR OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE LAST YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE HOUSING FOR EMPLOYEES? YEAH. I MEAN, IF IT'S PART OF THE STATE, I MEAN, I DON'T SEE THIS BECAUSE OF WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE LAND ACQUISITION THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE A BIG MIXED USE KIND OF OPPORTUNITY. MAYBE THAT'S THE NEXT PHASE FOR DALLAS, BUT HOW THAT COULD BECOME PART OF THIS PROJECT? I MEAN, EVEN TO A SMALL DEGREE. YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST HEARD THIS CONCERN, AND I'M WITH THIS BEFORE US. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE US OPTIMIZE IT. OKAY. WE HAVEN'T, WE'VE NOT GONE INTO DETAIL WITH THAT. WE'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO DOING MORE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED. AND WE HAVE SOME, SOME TOOLS TO HELP WITH HOUSING. I MEAN, WE HAVE AN ASPECT OF OUR BOND PROGRAM THAT IS ALSO ABOUT THAT. SO MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO HANDLE IT. HANDLE IT THAT WAY. I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND LOOKING FOR LAND ACQUISITION AND THEN MOVE TO DESIGN THAT, WE FULLY EXPLORE THAT BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY A NEED THAT WE HAVE. AND IT'S ONE THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT FROM OUR TEAM. OKAY. WE'LL START LOOKING INTO THAT A BIT MORE. THANK YOU, JIM. NO. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK WE ARE MOVING ON TO FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FLEET MAINTENANCE? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE MARSHALS. HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVITY REPORT. CHAIR MORENO. YES. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON. DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION ON. WHO WILL BE OUR LIAISON IN THE INTERIM FOR OUR POLICE, OUR MARSHALS DEPARTMENT? I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT AS WE SPEAK. HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. WE'LL HAVE THAT OUT FOR THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST NOTICED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL ON ACTIVITY. DO YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO MAYBE BRAG ABOUT OR. [01:10:06] GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. AS FAR AS THE INCREASE IN PRODUCTIVITY, WE'VE ADDED MORE MARSHALS TO, TO HELP OUT WITH THE ACTIVITY. SO AGAIN, WE'RE DEFINITELY HELPING OUT WHERE NEED BE. THE INCREASE IS SHOWING IS WORTH, AS YOU SEE, THAT MORE ACTIONS ARE TAKING PLACE. SO DEFINITELY AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, YOU DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO SEE MORE ACTIVITY. WELL, THAT'S GOOD NEWS. AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'VE ADDED MORE TO THE TEAM. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT REPORT, WHICH IS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. ANYBODY HAVE? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO. YOU DO ACTUALLY MAYBE FOR THE CHIEF? I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT COMING OUR WAY ON THIS CATEGORY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 65% OF OUR BUDGET, AT LEAST. BUT I DID NOTICE ON CITY MARSHALS, TYPICALLY WHEN WE'VE GOT DEPARTMENT GOALS AND THEN WE GO TO THE END, AND WE SEE OUR METRICS OR PERFORMANCE MEASURES THEY USUALLY ARE LINKING. AND I JUST I SEE THAT TRAINING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WELL, IT'S A GOAL, A DEPARTMENT GOAL. BUT I DIDN'T SEE A METRIC TIED BACK TO TRAINING AND THOUGHT WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THAT REGARD, TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING AGAINST ONE OF THE GOALS HERE. WE ARE. IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT. WE ARE COUNCILWOMAN. WE'RE RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT OUR METRICS TO BE BETTER IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR BUDGET SHOWS. THAT DEFINITELY WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. WELL, I THINK ANYTIME WE GOT A GOAL, WE NEED TO BOOKEND THAT WITH THE PROGRESS MEASURE OR PERFORMANCE MEASURE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT MEMO? NOPE. OKAY. THERE ARE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE LOOKED THROUGH THAT. A LOT OF IT'S AUTHORIZING CONTRACTS FOR DATABASE SERVICES. BLOCK CAMERAS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS THERE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE WE'VE COME TO THE END OF THE AGENDA. IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 2:16. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.