Oct 14, 2025 Public Safety

[Public Safety on October 14, 2025.]

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

TODAY IS OCTOBER 14TH AND THE TIME IS 1:06. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS OUR APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 23RD.

I'M SORRY JUNE 3RD MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FOR APPROVAL ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE A VERY FULL AGENDA TODAY.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE. THE FIRST THING WE DO AT EVERY PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING FOR THE LAST TWO PLUS YEARS IS WE START WITH A RECRUITING AND RETENTION REPORT. USUALLY WE DO BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH TO JUST FIRE, AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK, I'M SORRY, JUST POLICE AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK FIRE TO DO THIS QUARTERLY.

SINCE THEY THEIR LAST REPORT, THEY WERE FULLY STAFFED.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST PAUSE ON MAKING YOU DO THAT BRIEFING.

BUT ALL EYES ARE ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE HIRING AND RECRUITING RETENTION.

SO WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU DOWN FOR YOUR BRIEFING.

IF YOU'LL START WITH INTRODUCING YOURSELVES, SINCE WE'VE GOT SOME NEW FOLKS DOING THE THE PRESENTATIONS THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON I'M JORDAN COLUNGA. I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF PERSONNEL AND RECRUITING. THIS IS LIEUTENANT FOREMAN, AND I GOT, OF COURSE, MY ASSISTANT CHIEF HERRERA.

MAYOR NOBLES COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, SO I GOT LIEUTENANT HERE WITH ME.

TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR FISCAL YEAR 24-25 RECRUITING AND RETENTION, THE HIRING OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS, HIRING PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND ATTRITION FOR LAST YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE SWORN. WE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL BY 30 NEW OFFICERS, 330 NEW OFFICERS.

THE RECRUITING TEAM, APPLICANT PROCESSING TEAM AND THE BACKGROUND TEAM PROCESSED 1241 POLICE APPLICANTS TO EXCEED THIS GOAL.

HOWEVER, WE HAD 2732 APPLICANTS THAT WERE IN NEOGOV.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU GO ONLINE, YOU CLICK, YOU APPLY TO BECOME A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.

BUT SOMEWHERE THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU BACKED OUT. YOU DIDN'T GO THROUGH, YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR CIVIL SERVICE OR YOU WEREN'T APPROVED THROUGH CIVIL SERVICE. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF OUR ACADEMY CLASSES OUT OF OUR APPLICANT POOL AND THE NUMBER HIRED, WE GOT 26% OF OUR APPLICANT POOL THAT BECAME CAME OFFICERS GOING TO ACADEMY CLASS 403 WE HAD 38.

NOVEMBER IS USUALLY A DOWN YEAR FOR US. OUR DOWN TIME OF YEAR FOR RECRUITING.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BEAT THAT THIS YEAR. WE'RE SHOOTING FOR 50 IN NOVEMBER, BUT IT'S USUALLY IN THE 30S.

404 WE GOT 53 IN THAT CLASS. 405, 56. 46 IN CLASS 406 FROM MAY.

407 57 OF COURSE, WE HAD OUR BIG CLASS THAT JUST STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.

408 THAT HAD 76. WE GOT FOUR LATERAL OFFICERS THIS YEAR WITH A TOTAL OF 330 THE REINSTATEMENTS AND PUT IN WE HAD 334 AND ALL OF THOSE, WE'VE HAD 33 THAT RESIGNED OR WERE TERMINATED. SO WE'RE AT 301 TOTAL.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY 275 WERE MALES AND 55 WERE FEMALES. ONE DEAL IS OUR CONSECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE EXEMPTION.

SO YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE. JUST HAD THIS PASSED OUT OF THAT EXEMPTION WITH THREE YEARS CONSECUTIVE WORK EXPERIENCE, WE HAD 108 APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED 18 HAVE PASSED THE REQUIREMENT, 7 FAILED THE REQUIREMENT AND THEN 83 PENDING DOCUMENT VERIFICATION.

IT DOES TAKE A WHILE FOR OUR BACKGROUNDS AND RECRUITERS AND APPLICANT PROCESSING TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE THREE YEARS OF CONSISTENT WITH NO BIG TIME LAPSE ON OUR ON OUR APPLICANTS. SO THAT'S THE HOLDUP. BUT THEY ARE COMING SLOWLY AND ABLE TO PASS OUR BACKGROUNDS.

NEXT SLIDE. IT'S GOING THROUGH OUR RECRUITING METHODS.

CHIEF AURORA SAYS ALL THE TIME AND WE WANT TO BE EVERYWHERE. WE WANT OUR WE WANT OUR WE'RE HIRING DPD DALLAS IS HIRING.

WE'RE THE WE'RE THE PLACE WHERE THE TEAM TO COME JOIN. WE WANT IT EVERYWHERE. SO WE'RE MAINTAINING A HEAVY PRESENCE AT OUR COLLEGE FAIRS, OUR MILITARY CENTERS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, PARADES, GYMS, ANYTHING WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

WE WANT OUR FLYERS OUT THERE. WE WANT OUR CARS OUT THERE TO RECRUIT.

LAST YEAR WE ATTENDED 247 EVENTS. THAT'S THE TOTAL THAT WE ATTENDED WITH 94 SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN THAT.

AND THEN OUT OF THAT, THE CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT WAS WAS REALLY HUGE.

WE HIT 94 SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES GOING TO THEIR COLLEGE CAREER FAIRS AND JUST WHAT WE DID DIFFERENT, I BELIEVE THIS YEAR THAT WE HAVE FROM PREVIOUS YEARS IS SAY WE GO DOWN TO SAM HOUSTON STATE OR NO TEXAS STATE.

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SO IF WE GO PAST BAYLOR, WE WENT HIT BAYLOR, WE WENT HIT MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

GIVE THEM FLYERS LIKE, HEY, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CAREER FAIR, REACH OUT SO WE CAN GO TEN YEARS AS WELL.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE DIGITAL MARKETING WE'RE BOOSTING POSTS ON THROUGH META WITH OUR FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM, AND WE'RE STREAMING ADS TO INCREASE OUR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN THE BILLBOARDS, THE BILLBOARDS, WE WANT TO BE IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE STOPPED. THEY GOT TO SIT THERE AND LOOK, LOOK AT THE LOOK UP AND SEE THAT WE'RE HIRING. THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS PD ARE HIRING. NEXT SLIDE.

NOW ONE THING TO NOTE HERE THIS IS OUR RECRUITING ADVERTISEMENT. AND PRETTY MUCH IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THIS IS WHERE I WHERE WE SAW YOU.

THIS IS WHERE THIS IS WHAT ATTRACTED ME TO COME AND APPLY TO DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE ONE THING TO NOTE IS OUR REFERRAL INCENTIVE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS WHY DPD OFFICER IS PRETTY HIGH. WE'RE GETTING WE HAVE THAT REFERRAL INCENTIVE THAT WE'VE PUSHED AND THAT HAS GONE UP.

THAT'S NEVER BEEN ABOVE 10%. SO DPD OFFICERS ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING THE WORD OUT HEY, COME HIRE WITH US.

AND THAT WAS 231 PEOPLE THAT CAME SAYING THAT.

I FOUND ABOUT THIS FROM ANOTHER DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE FOR US. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING SOCIAL MEDIA.

BUT THAT THAT WAS A 19%. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PUSHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PUTTING AT OUR AT OUR AT OUR TENTS.

WHENEVER YOU COME VISIT US YOU'LL SEE THIS IS OUR FLYER TO HIRE WITH DALLAS PD.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO NEW YORK TO GO DO AN ON SITE TESTING THERE.

AND THIS HAS BEEN WE'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS FOR TWO MONTHS NOW TRYING TO CLICK ON THIS.

COME APPLY TO BE A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. YOU CAN DO YOUR ON SITE TESTING AT HOME. NEXT SLIDE.

NOW FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. OF COURSE, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF DO LOT OF THE DAY TO DAY OPS THAT CAN CLEAR UP OUR SWORN OFFICERS.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 699 ASSIGNED TO DPD. OUR ATTRITION YEAR TO DATE HAS BEEN 118, AND OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF THAT WE HIRED THIS PAST YEAR WAS 137.

OUR KEY POSITIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE HAVE OUR TOP FIVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF POSITIONS.

WE HAVE 20 POSITIONS WITH 911 ALL ANALYST. POLICE DISPATCHER ANALYSTS WE HAVE 16 POSITIONS.

POLICE REPORT REPRESENTATIVE WE HAVE 9 POSITIONS.

CRIME TECHNICIAN 8 POSITIONS AND OFFICE ASSISTANT 2, WE HAVE 8 POSITIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR HIRING PLUS THE ATTRITION.

THIS WILL BE FROM THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THEN VERY SIMILAR TO THE NEXT ONE I WANT TO SHOW YOU ALL SOMETHING FROM 24-25.

LIKE I SAID, THE POOL WE HIRED 330 ATTRITION WAS 176, WHICH OUR ACTUAL NUMBER IS 3280 OF SWORN.

SO LAST YEAR OUR APPLICANT POOL WAS 816 HIRED, 253 AND OUR ATTRITION WAS 192, 3121.

SO COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, IN THE YEARS PRIOR, WE'RE HIRING MORE THAN WE'RE LOSING.

SO WE'RE LOSING LESS THAN LAST YEAR AND THE YEARS BEFORE THAT.

AND WE ARE HIRING MORE. SO IT'S A GOOD SIGN. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW THAT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE'LL GO BACK TO 2020 WHERE IT SHOWS 175 FOR 2020 TO 2021.

AND OUR ATTRITION WAS 204 THE NEXT YEAR, 200 WE LOST 236.

2022 TO 2023 187 214 SO THAT PUT US IN A SHORTFALL OF 92 ALREADY FOR THOSE THREE YEARS.

NOW 23 TO 24, WE GAINED 61. WE'RE AT 253 HIRING ATTRITION 192.

AND THEN THIS PAST YEAR WE GAINED 154 334 TO 176.

THAT INCLUDES THE FOUR THAT WERE REINSTATED. NEXT SLIDE.

AND OUT OF OUR ATTRITION, THIS IS WHERE FOLKS ARE GOING. WE HAVE CAREER CHANGE AT 19.

DISCHARGE 12. 19 OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEN THE BIG KICKER IS ALWAYS RESIGN AND RETIREMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A PIE CHART JUST SHOWING WHERE WHAT OUR ATTRITION REASONS ARE.

OBVIOUSLY WE HIRED WE HIRED AND WE'RE AT 3280.

BUT THESE ARE THESE ARE THE PIE CHARTS. RETIREMENT AND RESIGNATIONS ARE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST AND IN PERSONAL REASONS AT 37.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THESE ARE THE RETENTION INCENTIVE INCENTIVES WE'RE TRYING TO PUT OUT PUSH OUT TO VETERAN OFFICERS AND EVEN JUST ANY OFFICERS.

SO YOU WANT TO STAY WITH DPD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE THINGS FOR YOU. SICK LEAVE, EXCHANGE PROGRAM 700 APPLIED, 566 WERE PAID AND WE HAD 28 PENDING. IT'S INTENDED TO REDUCE SICK TIME AND SUPPORT RETENTION.

WE'RE WORKING ON NUMBERS FOR THAT TO SEE IF IT ACTUALLY DID PREVENT MORE USAGE OF SICK TIME, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL, IS TO KEEP FOLKS FROM FROM USING THAT SICK TIME. IT'S BUDGETED FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL.

NOW, THE REFERRAL PILOT IS WHAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.

IT'S TIERED PAYMENT TO OFFICERS REGARDING HIRING.

YOU REFER SOMEBODY THEY HIRE ON AND THEN THROUGH THE THE WHOLE PROCESS TO BECOME A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER, THE PAY FOR THAT. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING REALLY WELL.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY CLICK THAT I WAS REFERRED TO BY A DPD OFFICER TO HIRE HERE.

AND AS OUR HIRE EFFORTS ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE AND WE'RE GROWING THE DEPARTMENT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GROWING IT THE

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THAT CONCLUDES MY MY PRESENTATION. WELL, IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

I'LL JUST POINT OUT ON SLIDE 35 THIS THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE MANDATE I WAS GIVEN WHEN I WAS APPOINTED CHAIR TWO YEARS AGO FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO TURN AROUND THOSE NUMBERS WHERE OUR ATTRITION WAS OUTPACING OUR HIRING.

AND YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES WHO DO THE WORK [LAUGHTER], AND YOU DID IT.

AND WE JUST WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS. BUT GREAT JOB.

I THINK YOU GET A MINUTE TO TAKE A BOW. I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUSHING AND PRESSING ON YOU TO CONTINUE DOING THE GOOD WORK YOU ARE.

BUT YOU'VE MADE SOME REALLY FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN HOW YOU DO RECRUITING AND IT'S PAYING OFF.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT HARD WORK. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING ON SLIDE 31.

WHERE YOU HAVE NUMBER ONE IS OUR WEBSITE IS HOW YOU'RE RECRUITING PEOPLE.

AND SO ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES YOU CAN POUR INTO THAT TO HELP REALLY SEAL THE DEAL AND TURN THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING INTO CONVERSION INTO, YES, I AM GOING TO APPLY? I THINK EXTRA DOLLARS AND TIME AND ATTENTION SHOULD BE LOOKED AT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON DALLASPOLICE.NET THERE'S A LOT. AND SO IT MAY NEED TO BE SLIGHTLY ORGANIZED DIFFERENTLY TO REALLY GRAB THAT APPLICANT.

BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME GREAT VISUALS. THE SECOND IS THAT WHAT'S TIED FOR THE NUMBER TWO IS THE DPD OFFICER REFERRAL, AND Y'ALL ARE THE BEST ONES TO HELP FIND THE NEXT GENERATION TO COME BEHIND YOU.

AND SO I LOVE SEEING THAT AT 19% AND SOCIAL MEDIA AT 19%.

SO THESE ARE WONDERFUL FOR SECOND. AND THEN OF COURSE YOUR RECRUITING EVENTS WHERE YOU'RE MEETING PEOPLE FACE TO FACE.

NUMBER THREE AT 14%. THE DPD OFFICER I THINK I THINK YOU POINTED THIS OUT PROPERLY, WHICH IS WE'VE ALWAYS HAD OFFICERS MAKING SOME REFERRALS, BUT THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST DOUBLED.

RIGHT AND I THINK AS TIME GOES ON, THIS IS GOING TO REALLY SHOW OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE THREE YEAR CHECKS START GOING OUT.

RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY TAKE NOTICE.

BUT THEY SHOULD ALREADY BE GETTING THEIR SECOND YEAR CHECK AND THEY PILE UP AS MANY AS YOU WANT TO REFER.

OBVIOUSLY COMMAND STAFF IS NOT ELIGIBLE [LAUGHTER].

BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR SHARING THAT GREAT REPORT.

COLLEAGUES, WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. FIRST, I WANT TO JUST CONGRATULATE AND APPLAUD DPD FOR EXCEEDING THEIR HIRING GOALS.

I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME MEMBERS ON COUNCIL WHO WERE TRYING TO GO THROUGH A HIGHER THRESHOLD, AND I THINK THIS PROVES THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THOSE NUMBERS.

I DO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE LACK OF CLASSROOM SPACE.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO HANDLE 76 RECRUITS AT ONE GIVEN TIME.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND SO WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS TO GET CREATIVE WITH THE SPACES THAT WE DO HAVE.

WE HAVE AN IN-SERVICE ACADEMY, AND TYPICALLY WHAT WE CAN DO IS ONCE OUR RECRUITS PASS THE TCOLE, WE CAN THEN MOVE THEM AROUND TOWARDS THE IN-SERVICE SPACE.

SO WE'RE GETTING REALLY CREATIVE. WE'RE NOT QUITE BUSTING OUT, BUT WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, AND THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM.

AND ONE THING WE WE BOTH SPOKE ABOUT IN DEPTH IS CREATING THE CULTURE AT THE ACADEMY AND ALSO BUILDING AS WE GROW.

LIKE EVERY CLASS HASN'T BEEN 76, BUT AS WE HAVE MULTIPLE LARGE CLASSES OR NUMEROUS LARGE CLASSES IN THERE, WE WILL HAVE TO ADD PIECES AS WE'RE PUSHING MORE OFFICERS TO THE STREET.

THEN WE CAN THEN ADD TO THE ACADEMY AND TRAINING.

BUT THE SPACE IS YES, THE SPACE IS RESTRICTIVE, BUT WE'RE WELL, I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE ACADEMY SOON. HOPEFULLY. THE CLASS NUMBERS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME IN THE LOW FOUR HUNDREDS, BUT YET WE'RE YIELDING MORE RECRUITS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING THOSE NUMBERS.

SO WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE REALLY KIND OF AID AND ASSISTED OUR RECRUITS AT BECOMING MORE SUCCESSFUL.

WE'RE HOLDING HOLDING TUTORING CLASSES BEFORE AND AFTER AND ON THE WEEKENDS, WHETHER IT'S FOR THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE OR IF IT'S FOR THE, THE PT PORTION. AND SO ALLOWING THESE RECRUITS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL HAS BEEN REALLY THE CALLING TO OUR STAFF TO TO HELP THEM BECOME SUCCESSFUL. AGAIN, THE REFERRAL BONUS.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PIECE TO HAVE. YES OFFICERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES?

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AND AND OF COURSE, THAT THAT IS ONE OF OUR KEY POINTS THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT TODAY.

THERE ARE TWO NUMBER ONE, WE'RE HIRING MORE AND ATTRITION IS LOWER.

AND WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OFFICERS PARTICIPATE IN THE REFERRAL.

THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE NOBODY CAN SELL OUR DEPARTMENT LIKE THE OFFICERS WHO CURRENTLY OCCUPY THIS DEPARTMENT AND WORK HERE.

SO WE JUST YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE SEEING THAT, WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN THAT TIME COMES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VETERANS OFFICER, THE BONUS FOR RETENTION.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THAT. SO WE HAVE THE TWO PROGRAMS WE HAVE.

WE HAVE THE ONE WITH THE SICK TIME THAT THE OFFICERS REALLY LIKE.

OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT BEING IN PLACE, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO BACKFILL AND HIRE MORE OFFICERS TO COME BACK IN AND OVERTIME.

SO THOSE OFFICERS GET TO STAY MORE IN DETAILS.

THEREFORE, HAVING MORE OFFICERS OUT THERE TO ANSWER CALLS. THE OFFICERS DO LIKE THAT.

AND EVERY YEAR, WELL, ACTUALLY FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND CAPITALIZE ON IT.

THE OTHER OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST A SECOND AGO WAS THE RETENTION, I'M SORRY, THE THE REFERRAL. SO OFFICERS ARE NOW GETTING OUT THERE MORE WE DID A REALLY NEAT CAMPAIGN WHERE OUR FIRST OFFICER WAS PAID OUT IN MID-SUMMER. AND SO WE GOT ONE OF THOSE BIG GIANT CHECKS AND TOOK A PICTURE AND PROMOTED IT.

AND SO AFTER THAT, I THINK THAT REALLY SENT THE MESSAGE TO THE OFFICERS THAT THIS IS REAL MONEY THAT COULD COME TO YOU IF YOU PARTICIPATE.

AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR. GREAT JOB GUYS KEEP IT UP, THANK YOU.

YEP I'VE GONE ON SEVERAL RIDE ALONGS, AND I'VE SEEN THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY OFFER TO LET RESIDENTS GO ON RIDE ALONGS WITH THEM IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN THEY'VE EVEN SAT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING A POLICE OFFICER.

AND SO I CAN TELL THAT THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED JUST ABOUT SHARING THEIR WORK, BUT THEN ALSO HELPING TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BE INTERESTED IN GOING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. I ALSO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO I DO ALSO HAVE HAD A LOT OF OFFICERS MENTIONED THE PAID MATERNITY LEAVE ALSO BEING AS A BENEFIT FOR THEM, AND MAYBE SOMETHING THAT HAS HELPED THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

AND ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY'VE ENJOYED STAYING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO I'M SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

WE'RE GLAD WE HAVE IT AS WELL. I AGREE, A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THAT.

CHAIR JOHNSON. YES, I WANT TO, IF YOU CAN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PART OF THE BUT I KNOW WE WERE RECRUITING. YOU GUYS ARE RECRUITING FOR PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE DEGREES.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT WANT TO GO INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY PASSIONATE DISCUSSION IN MY COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I'VE HAD. CAN YOU EXPLAIN ABOUT THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT PROCESS AND HOW THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET IN TO BE A POLICE OFFICER AND POSSIBLY TRY TO GET INTO THOSE CLASSES SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.

SO GREAT QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS WITH THIS BEING A NEW PROGRAM FOR US, IT OPENS UP A NEW LANE. AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO IS REACH DEEP INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS SO THAT PEOPLE WHO ATTEND OUR SCHOOLS HERE, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, CAN FIND A PATHWAY TO BECOME A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER.

SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS, THERE ARE OTHER AVENUES THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE P-TECH PROGRAM.

WE HAVE AN EXPLORER PROGRAM. THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS.

SO IT'S LIKE HAVING A GIANT PLAYBOOK THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN TO ALL THE PLAYS YET.

AND SO AS WE EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE AND BUILD OUR CORE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

COOL GREAT. SO YOU GUYS, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I WAS ON SCHOOL BOARD WE DID SOMETHING AT ROOSEVELT ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS WORKING WITH CHIEF SITTING NEXT TO ME.

CHIEF ARTIS AND WE DID GREAT WORK IN IN THAT COMMUNITY.

BUT AGAIN, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO PARTNER WITH DALLAS ISD WHEN IT COMES TO, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL? ABSOLUTELY. YES, ABSOLUTELY. THAT THAT IS JUST ONE AVENUE THE OTHER IS WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING INTO OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM MEETING ABOUT THAT THIS FRIDAY TO TO TALK ABOUT SOME CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE GREAT YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM.

WHY LET THEM GO BE A POLICE OFFICER SOMEPLACE ELSE.

LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THEM SOME EXPERIENCE WHERE THEY CAN TURN THAT EXPERIENCE INTO A JOB EQUIVALENCY.

AND THEN LET'S LET'S GET THEM ON THE PATH TO BECOME A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU BET. EXCELLENT

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JUST WAS CURIOUS IF IF YOU HAD ALSO INVESTIGATED PARTNERING UP WITH SOME OF THE APARTMENT DEVELOPERS THAT ARE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY USE THOSE AS POSSIBLE RECRUITING AND REFERRAL EFFORTS TO ALLOW FOR FOLKS TO FIND HOUSING THAT'S MORE AFFORDABLE WITHIN THE DISTRICT, AND MIGHT BE AN AMENITY THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO TO NEW PEOPLE COMING INTO THE MARKET FOR THAT. THANK YOU.

SURE THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I JUST I WOULD GIVE YOU KUDOS AS WELL FOR THESE NUMBERS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTE ON WHY WE'VE SEEN NOT ONLY A DECREASE IN ATTRITION NUMBERS, BUT ALSO AN INCREASE IN OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT.

WHAT WHAT SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES WOULD YOU? I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S ANY ONE THING SPECIFIC.

I THINK THERE'S A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF THINGS.

THE THE RETENTION AND THE RETENTION BONUSES THE REFERRALS THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR OFFICERS.

STICK AROUND BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE HERE FOR THE PAYOUTS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THOSE. THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE CREATING A CULTURE WHERE THAT OUR OFFICERS CAN GO OUT THERE AND CATCH BAD GUYS AND HELP MAKE THIS THE SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA. AND SO THAT'S FROM THE TOP DOWN.

AND SO AS WE KEEP PUSHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO STAY, THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS.

WE'RE THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE OR MAYBE COME THROUGH THE NON-COLLEGE ROUTE DPD OFFICERS HAS A LOT TO OFFER. THIS IS THIS IS THE BIG LEAGUES.

THIS ISN'T JV, THIS IS VARSITY BALL HERE. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME AND BE A COP AND YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO BE A COP, THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME. AND SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT AND WE SELL OUR NARRATIVE OF, OF WHO WE ARE AS, WE SELL OUR BRAND.

AS FAR AS WHO WE ARE, PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR MILITARY BASES, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ADS.

THESE ARE THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I THINK OVER TIME ADD UP.

THANK YOU AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE THING IS LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AT DPD THAT IS GOING TO BRING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, BUT YOU GOT TO REACH EVERYBODY. SO JUST MORE REACH. I JUST APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR THE STRATEGIC APPROACH YOU'VE TAKEN TO THIS. I THINK THE TASK IN THE PUBLIC EYE GETS MUDDY QUITE OFTEN.

AND IT'S A BUZZ TOPIC. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR PUBLIC TO SEE THESE NUMBERS.

AND THIS IS BASED ON THE PAY THAT WE HAVE HERE.

IT'S NOT SAYING THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS NOT SAYING THAT THERE IS A CONTINGENCY ON THE STATE OF THE PENSION, AS OFTEN FRAMED AS A DETERRENT OF OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT. I THINK THAT THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU ALL HAVE BROUGHT HAVE REALLY CUT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FACT THAT WHEN WE'RE STRATEGIC AND INTENTIONAL, THAT WE WILL SEE RESULTS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING FROM YOU ALL. I'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

I KNOW THAT WE HAD A REALLY ROUGH BUDGET SEASON THIS YEAR.

WE PRIORITIZED MAKING SURE THAT POLICE UNIFORM PAY WAS GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE.

AND I THINK THAT WE DID SO IN A VERY SUCCESSFUL MANNER FOR THESE NUMBERS TO SHOW FRUIT OF, OF WHAT YOU ALL'S LABOR HAS, HAS WENT TO ACCOMPLISH.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING INTENTIONAL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR STRATEGY IN PRODUCING THESE NUMBERS.

WE'VE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE WILL SUPPORT INCREASING THAT NUMBER.

WE WERE JUST WAITING TO SEE IT. AND HERE WE ARE WITH PROOF.

THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. AND CHIEF ARTIS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RELAY TO OUR CITY MANAGER THAT WE APPRECIATE HER EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER.

CHAIR STEWART DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEP SORRY ALLERGY ATTACK THERE.

I JUST WANT TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS. I HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN HAVE SAT HERE, LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THEY'VE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY, NOT JUST IN THE ACTUAL NUMBER, BUT OBVIOUSLY IN OUR NET.

AND SO WE ARE MAKING HUGE STRIDES OF PROGRESS AND IT'S CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND CHIEF HERRERA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS YOU'VE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MODESTY HAPPENING, AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT SINCE YOU DIDN'T,

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AND YOU BROUGHT A NEW HUSTLE TO THE RECRUITING DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THEM ARE WORKING HARD.

I KNOW WE REGULARLY WILL RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS, BUT YOU ARE HUSTLING IN A WAY THAT I DON'T THINK WAS HAPPENING BEFORE.

AND THE SECOND PART IS WE HAVE TO SAY TO OUR CHIEFS, STARTING WITH CHIEF GARCIA, CONTINUING WITH CHIEF COMEAUX, THAT THEY'VE MADE THIS PRIORITY AND HAVE ENABLED YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO AFTER IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND CREATIVE WAYS AND YOU DO ALWAYS HAVE NEW IDEAS. SO THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. BUT YOU GAVE THE, THE HUMBLE RESPONSE.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE THE REASON WHY YOU ARE.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY SO MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

THIS IS OUR JAIL CONTRACT. I WANT TO FIRST RECOGNIZE WE HAVE TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HERE.

SO COMMISSIONER PRICE IS HERE, COMMISSIONER SOMMERMAN, I SEE YOU.

IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ELSE I'M SORRY I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU. AND THEN I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE. THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE AT OUR LAST AGENDA MEETING, WE HAD APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT, AND I ASKED FOR IT TO COME TO PUBLIC SAFETY SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION.

SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD DO BEFORE ANY KIND OF CONTRACT LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION COMING. Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO COME UP AND AND GET SITUATED.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS, HAVING LOOKED IT OVER, I'D LOVE FOR US TO START THE DISCUSSION WITH APPROVAL FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, PERHAPS SIX MONTHS, WHILE WE ACTUALLY HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED.

THOSE MEETINGS CAN HAPPEN. SO WITH THAT. I BELIEVE.

ARE Y'ALL READY TO DO THE PRESENTATION? OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. MANAGER. MR. MAYOR MEMBERS WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE TO BOLSTER OUR POSITION THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO GENERATE THIS COMPROMISED COST THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTY CITY CONTRACT. CHIEF FREDERICK ROBINSON IS IS HERE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AS YOU SAID.

WE'VE ALSO HAVE OUR CFO, OUR COURT ADMINISTRATOR HERE, OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, AND WE KNOW THAT TRADITIONALLY YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE HAD CONTRACTS.

WE'VE LOOKED AT YOUR MEMORANDUM OF OF AGREEMENT.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT WITH YOUR CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THEY'RE ALL ON PAGES 8, 9 AND 12. LAST YEAR YOU WERE AT 7.8 THIS YEAR YOU'RE AT 8.7 AND THAT'S A NEGOTIATED RATE DOWN FROM 9.3. WE CAN GO THROUGH IT ANY WAY YOU WANT TO, BUT WHAT? WHAT? AND WHOEVER ASSEMBLED THIS PRESENTATION DID A FINE JOB, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS ASKED, THE COUNTY HAS COMPLIED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR A REALIGNMENT IN THE NURSING STAFF, PARKLAND, WE DID THAT.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE ASKED AND IT IS TRUED UP.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THE CITY IS DEFINITELY GETTING A BARGAIN AT $8.7 MILLION [LAUGHTER] AND AGAIN, THAT'S A NEGOTIATED RATE, DOWN FROM $9,300,000.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER I WANT TO GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, BUT IF WE COULD GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION? OKAY CHIEF, AND AGAIN, IF YOU CAN MOVE THAT REALLY CLOSE. I BELIEVE MR. NELSON'S GOING TO START FIRST, AND THEN I'LL START OVER ON THE SLIDES THAT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GREGORY NELSON DIRECTOR OF COURT DETENTION SERVICES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORY HERE IN 1978, INITIATED OVERCROWDING AND IMPROVEMENT CONDITIONS.

EXCUSE ME. NEW JAIL FACILITY WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1950S FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER.

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DALLAS COUNTY GRANTS AND CITY OF DALLAS LEASEHOLD ESTATE PROCESSING, MAINTAINING PRISONERS, AND OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL COURTS AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS ENTITLED TO 15% OF THE SALE PRICE IF THE LAND IS SOLD, HOUSING OF 100 CITY PRISONERS ON ANY DAY AND A PER DIEM RATE AND A FRACTION OF THE CITY PRISONERS THAT ARE INCARCERATED WILL TAKE OVER AT THIS POINT. GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS OSIRIS MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. JUST MOVE THE WHOLE BASE TOWARDS YOU.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME IS OSIRIS MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE AMENDMENTS AND THROUGH THE REST. SO OUR FIRST AMENDMENT FOR THE MOA THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1978 WAS IN 1982, WHERE IT WAS TO DEFINE THE PAYMENT TERMS OF HOW WE WERE GOING TO PAY DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE USE.

BECAUSE WE WITH THE MOA THAT WAS SIGNED AND EXECUTED BACK IN 1978, ESTABLISHED THAT WE WOULD USE PART OF THE LEW STERRETT JUSTICE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER FOR MUNICIPAL USE AND HOLD AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS THERE.

THEN WE WENT INTO OUR SECOND AMENDMENT IN 1984, WHICH KIND OF ESTABLISHED AND CLARIFIED THE PAYMENT TERMS AND THEN DETERMINED THE COST THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY A CITY AUDITOR. OUR NEXT AMENDMENT CAME AFTER THERE IN 1985, WHICH DEFINED WHAT A CITY PRISONER IS, AND THEN ESTABLISHED FEES, AND THEN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CITY PRISONERS THAT WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE LEW STERRETT JUSTICE CENTER.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AMENDMENT #4 CAME IN 1997 AND ESTABLISHED A COST METHODOLOGY AND REQUIRED FOR REVIEW THAT WE AGREED MUTUAL PARTIES EVERY THREE YEARS. OUR MOST RECENT AMENDMENT HERE, THAT HAPPENED IN 2022.

IT PRETTY MUCH REVISED THAT COST METHODOLOGY OF DETERMINING THE CITY'S USAGE AND SHARE OF THE COST OF THE LEW STERRETT CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER.

IT DEFINES A CITY PRISONER AND INCORPORATED WAS TO INCORPORATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO FIND A LIST OF REPORTS THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY DALLAS COUNTY, AND ALSO COORDINATE AND FACILITATE QUARTERLY AND BIMONTHLY MEETINGS.

NEXT SLIDE. HERE I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE COST METHODOLOGY SO YOU GUYS CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT COMES IN.

IT'S KIND OF CALCULATED HERE. SO WE DO THE CENTRAL INTAKE AND THIS IS THE TOTAL SALARIES AND OPERATIONS.

SO THIS IS ALREADY THE DALLAS COUNTY BUDGETED ADOPTED BUDGET FOR THEIR COST OF THEIR TOTAL SALARIES, OPERATIONS THAT THEY HAVE ADOPTED FOR FY 26 PER SE FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SO THEN IT'S DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRISONERS TAKEN THROUGH THE CENTRAL INTAKE AT THE LEW STERRETT JAIL.

AND THEN THAT'S HOW YOU DEFINE THE TOTAL COST PER PRISONER FROM THERE TO DEFINE THE CITY USAGE, WE TAKE THE TOTAL COST BY PRISONER AND MULTIPLY IT BY THE PRISONERS THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE LEW STERRETT BY A DPD OFFICER, A MARSHAL OR A DFR OFFICER. THEN WE HAVE THE HOUSING, HOW THE HOUSING IS CALCULATED.

WE HAVE THE TOTAL SALARIES AND OPERATIONS OF SEVEN COST CENTERS.

SO IT'S THE COST OF ADOPTED BUDGET OF THE CENTRAL DETENTION ADMINISTRATION.

THE I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK, BUT IT'S THE DETENTION ADMINISTRATION.

THE NORTH TOWER, WEST TOWER, SOUTH TOWER, THE CLASSIFICATION AND RELEASE CENTER, FOOD SERVICES AND JAIL MEDICAL IS INCLUDED IN THAT.

SO WE GET WE GATHER THE TOTAL COST OF THOSE COST CENTERS, SALARIES AND OPERATIONS, AND THEN WE DIVIDE IT BY THE AVERAGE PRISONER POPULATION.

THAT IS, FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. THERE ARE ACTUAL NUMBERS.

THAT'S HOW IT DETERMINES THE COST PER PRISONER OR THE HOTEL RATE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE AVERAGE PRISONER POPULATION IS DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL POPULATION THAT IS AT THE LEW STERRETT, DIVIDED BY THE 365 DAYS. OUR CITY USAGE IS DETERMINED BY THE HOTEL RATE THAT IS DEFINED, AND THEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PRISONERS THAT ARE MAGISTRATED WITHIN ONE DAY OR MORE, AND THEN IT'S MULTIPLIED THE LAST BY THE INDIRECT COST RATE THAT IS A CERTIFIED NUMBER PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT COVERS THE COST METHODOLOGY, THE TERMS ON THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND AMENDMENT THAT'S ENFORCED AND EFFECTIVE AS OF TODAY

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AND THEN THEY WE PROVIDE THEY PROVIDE ABOUT 45 DAYS FOR US TO REVIEW.

WE REVIEW THAT COST METHODOLOGY PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE NEXT YEAR GOING FORWARD.

WE HAVE 45 DAYS TO REVIEW IT AND THEN KIND OF GET BACK WITH THEM AND REVIEW.

WE'RE IN AGREEMENT OR WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS.

CAN WE REVIEW THIS? AND THAT'S OUR POINT WHERE WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSION.

WE ALSO HAVE IT'S BASED ON WE ASKED DALLAS COUNTY TO TRUE UP THEIR COST AND THEIR BUDGET.

SO IT'S BASED ON DALLAS COUNTY'S ADOPTED FISCAL BUDGET.

THE INDIRECT COST. WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CERTIFIED AND IT'S ABOUT A THIRD PARTY.

WE USE ACTUALS FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR TO DO TRUE UP OF THE COST.

WE'RE ALSO ARE TO HAVE MUNICIPAL COURT JAIL ARRAIGNMENT DOCKETS, AND THEN WE HAVE A LEASEHOLD SPACE FOR MUNICIPAL COURT USE.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS KIND OF A GRID THAT KIND OF TAKES YOU OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THE AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU FOR AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL, AND THEN THE JAIL INTAKE, THOSE AREAS, ALL THE PRISONERS THAT DPD ONLY BRINGS IN TO THE LEW STERRETT.

THAT'S NOT ALL OF THE PRISONERS ARE BROUGHT TO LEW STERRETT.

THIS IS JUST A CITY OF DALLAS. THE NEXT ONE IS KIND OF A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE OR DECREASE ON THE AMOUNT OF JAIL INTAKE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR HOUSING NUMBERS, YOUR AVERAGE HOUSING POPULATION, AND THEN THE YEAR OVER YEAR, WHETHER INCREASE OR DECREASE.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR HOUSING. THIS IS JUST SOLELY ON CITY PRISONERS.

SO WE HAVE THE LAST WE PROVIDE THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS THAT WE HAVE 2023 AND 2024.

PRETTY MUCH WE GATHERED BASED ON THE AVERAGE DAYS UNTIL A PRISONER FOR CITY OF DALLAS THAT'S BROUGHT INTO THE LEW STERRETT, IT TAKES ABOUT 1.1 DAYS TO GET MAGISTRATED. AND AT THAT POINT, THEN IT BECOMES A COUNTY PRISONER.

BASED ON THE DATA REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM DALLAS COUNTY, THOUGH, IT SHOWED THE AVERAGE PRISONERS THAT ARE ARRESTED AND SPENT IN DAYS IN JAIL IS ABOUT 22.2 DAYS RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE AVERAGE HOUSING POPULATION THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST 23-24 HAS BEEN 6326.

AND THEN THE CITY PRISONERS THAT ARE BEING HOUSED, AT LEW STERRETT WE SHOWED IT WAS 8794.

AND AT THIS SLIDE, I'LL PASS IT ON TO CHIEF IGO TO TAKE OVER.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M DEPUTY CHIEF IGO.

MONICA IGO. I CURRENTLY COMMAND THE SUPPORT SERVICES GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES OUR DETENTION DIVISION.

SO THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT OUR CURRENT DETENTION STAFFING.

IF I CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VERY LAST ROW, 2025 YEAR TO DATE, THERE ARE 26 SWORN AND 29 PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

AUTHORIZED LEVELS ARE 26 FOR SWORN AND 35 FOR PROFESSIONAL.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 6 PROFESSIONAL VACANCIES AND NONE FOR SWORN.

THE 6 VACANCIES FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ADVERTISED.

NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO SPEND JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THIS WORKFLOW DIAGRAM, WHICH SHOWS AN ARREST IN THE FIELD THROUGH THE PROCESSING STAGE AND WHEN THE PRISONER IS RELEASED TO THE COUNTY.

SO THE PROCESS BEGINS WITH THE FIELD ARREST, FOLLOWED BY TRANSPORT.

UPON ARRIVAL TO LEW STERRETT JAIL, ALL THE PRISONERS UNDERGO A BODY SCAN.

THE BODY SCAN CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM A MINUTE TO TWO.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PRISONERS ARE IN LINE AHEAD OF YOUR DPD'S PRISONER.

IF THE PRISONER DOES NOT HAVE IDENTIFICATION ON THEIR PERSON, THEN A LIVE SCAN IS PERFORMED.

THIS PROCESS TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 15 MINUTES TO 2 HOURS, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THE PRISONER HAS A PREVIOUS CRIMINAL HISTORY.

ONCE IDENTIFICATION IS CONFIRMED, A MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE IS COMPLETED ON THE PRISONER, AND THE PRISONER THEN PROCEEDS TO THE BOOKING LINE.

AFTER BOOKING, THE PRISONER IS THEN TRANSFERRED TO DPD DETENTION OFFICERS WHO WAIT IN THE LINE WITH THE PRISONER TO SEE THE NURSE.

AT THIS TIME, DALLAS OFFICERS ARE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE REPORT WRITING AREA TO COMPLETE THEIR ARREST REPORT.

IF NO MEDICAL TREATMENT IS REQUIRED ON THE PRISONER, THEN THE PRISONER GOES TO DSO'S HOLDING AREA.

IF MEDICAL TREATMENT IS REQUIRED, THEN THE PRISONER IS TRANSPORTED TO PARKLAND HOSPITAL BY THE ARRESTING OFFICERS FOR EVALUATION.

ONCE MEDICALLY RELEASED AT THE HOSPITAL, THEN THE PRISONERS RETURNED TO THE JAIL TO COMPLETE THE BOOKING PROCESS AND THAT PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.

IF THERE IS HOSPITAL ADMISSION AND THERE IS A ROOM ASSIGNED, DSO IS NOTIFIED AND SOP 1609 PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED.

I WILL COVER THAT PROCESS IN THE NEXT COMING SLIDES.

THREE CRITICAL STEPS TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE IDENTIFICATION, MEDICAL SCREENING, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSION.

THESE ARE ALL STEPS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE PROCESSING TIME.

NEXT SLIDE. SOP 1609 ARE THE PROCEDURES FOR WHEN A PRISONER IS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

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THIS IS DONE FOR SAFETY REASONS. IN MANY CASES, THE ARRESTING OFFICERS GO BACK TO THE JAIL TO COMPLETE THEIR ARREST REPORT, WHILE TWO ADDITIONAL DALLAS OFFICERS ARE CALLED TO THE HOSPITAL TO GUARD THE PRISONER.

A DETENTION SUPERVISOR IS THEN NOTIFIED. THEY WILL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE OFFICER'S ARREST REPORT, AND ONCE THEY RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT THE PRISONER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A PRIVATE ROOM, THEN THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTACTING DSO.

DPD OFFICERS ARE MANDATED TO GUARD ALL PRISONERS INVOLVED IN FELONY OFFENSES.

THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE WILL GUARD PRISONERS INVOLVED IN MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES.

HOWEVER, THE PRISONER HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN A FELONY INVESTIGATION AS WELL.

THEY ARE DUE TO THEIR MENTAL STATE. THEY COULD BE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND LASTLY, IT'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT FURTHER VIOLENCE WILL CONTINUE IF WE DON'T GUARD THEM.

NEXT SLIDE. SO DSO SO GUARD IS ASSIGNED WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

IF A GUARD'S NOT POSTED WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS DSO IS CONTACTED.

JUST AS A REMINDER, DSO GUARDS ONLY RESPOND TO HOSPITALS THAT ARE WITHIN DALLAS COUNTY ONLY, AND DPD OFFICERS HAVE TO REMAIN WITH THE PRISONER UNTIL THEY'RE RELIEVED BY DSO.

IN SITUATIONS WHERE PRISONERS ARE TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS IN COUNTIES OUTSIDE OF DALLAS, SUCH AS COLLIN AND DENTON COUNTIES.

DPD OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO GUARD THE PRISONER FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THEIR STAY.

AND DSO WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF RELIEF TO THESE LOCATIONS.

THIS IS MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN OUR NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION.

NEXT SLIDE. WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT FROM THIS SLIDE THAT DISCUSSES THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS AND CHARGES, IS THAT FROM 2023 TO 2025, YEAR TO DATE FOR BOTH CATEGORIES IS THAT THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT.

2025 YEAR TO DATE WE ARE ON TRACK TO BE HIGHER IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ARRESTS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

DURING THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR, WE WERE AT 24,631 ARRESTS.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE NUMBERS ALSO INCLUDE OUR CLASS C ARRESTS.

NEXT SLIDE. IN 2022, FORMER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FORTUNE INITIATED A JAIL EFFICIENCY STUDY.

IT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND INVOLVED PERSONNEL FROM DPD, DSO AND PARKLAND HOSPITAL STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED BALANCING DPD STAFFING WITH WORKLOAD AND IMPROVING NURSE AND BOOKING LINE WAIT TIMES.

THIS STUDY CONCLUDED IN THE FALL OF 2023. NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE FINDINGS AND IMPLEMENTED SOLUTIONS.

THE FIRST FINDING FOUND THERE WAS INADEQUATE NURSE STAFFING ON DAYS AT LOOSE THERE AT JAIL.

SO AN ADDITIONAL NURSE WAS ADDED TO HELP WITH ESPECIALLY WITH THE PRISONER TRANSFERS.

THE MAJORITY OF PRISONER TRANSFERS OCCURRED DURING THE DAY SHIFT.

THE SECOND FINDING FOUND THAT DETENTION SERVICES DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUPERVISORS ON THE WORK.

ON THE DAYS WHERE WE HAD THE HIGHER NUMBER OF ARRESTS, SO STAFFING WAS READJUSTED TO MEET THE WORKLOAD SPECIFICALLY FOR FIRST AND SECOND WATCH.

THIRD WATCH MET THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS. THE THIRD FINDING DISCOVERED, THERE WAS A SINGLE STAFF REVIEWER AT JAIL.

SO BY CENTRALIZING STAFF REVIEW EMPLOYEES AT OUR POLICE HEADQUARTERS, IT REDUCED DELAYS BY MAKING PERSONNEL AVAILABLE FOR THE REVIEW PROCESS.

STAFF REVIEW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING REPORTS FOR COMPLIANCE.

THEY HAVE TO ENSURE THAT OFFENSE TITLES MATCH THE ELEMENTS OF EVERY OFFENSE, AND THIS IS THE SYSTEM USED BY ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO REPORT CRIME DATA TO THE FBI. LASTLY, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR OTHER AGENCIES TO BRING LARGE PRISONER TRANSFERS TO LOSE THEIR JAIL.

SO TO REDUCE THOSE LONG WAIT TIMES, PRISONER TRANSFERS HAVE THEIR OWN LINE, AND A SINGLE ARREST LINE WAS FORMED FOR OFFICERS THAT ONLY HAD 1 TO 2 PRISONERS. THIS IS A PRACTICE THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE. AS YOU RECALL FROM THE WORKFLOW DIAGRAM, DETENTION OFFICERS WAIT WITH THE PRISONERS IN THE NURSE'S LINE.

AND THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THAT FROM 2023 TO 2025 YEAR TO DATE.

THE PERCENTAGE OF DETENTION OFFICERS RELIEVING ARRESTING OFFICERS HAS REMAINED EXTREMELY HIGH.

THIS INCREASE IS THE RESULT OF DETENTION OFFICERS BEGINNING TO ASSIST WITH THE PROCESSING AT JAIL BY WAITING IN THE NURSE'S LINE, WHICH ALLOWED ARRESTING OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO BE FREE TO COMPLETE THEIR ARREST REPORTS WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT IN THE LINE WITH THEM.

NEXT SLIDE. WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NOW IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PERFORMANCE METRICS AND OTHER

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AND THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THE OFFICER'S TIME FROM THE TIME THEY ARRIVED TO THE BOOKING LINE, TO THE TIME THEY CLEAR THE JAIL. AND SO THERE ARE FOUR OPTIONS THAT I'M CURRENTLY CONSIDERING.

I AM WORKING WITH DSO TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE.

THE FIRST OPTION WOULD INCLUDE UTILIZING OUR CAD SYSTEM.

THE CAD SYSTEM WILL TRACK THE OFFICER'S TIME BY USING CALL STATUS UPDATES.

FROM THE TIME THEY ARRIVED AT THE JAIL TO THE TIME THEY LEAVE.

THIS CAN BE DONE BY PUSHING A BUTTON ON THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND OR GETTING ON THE RADIO AND MARKING OUT WITH THE DISPATCHER.

I BELIEVE TFR IS USING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS PROCESS CURRENTLY.

OPTION TWO WOULD INVOLVE INCORPORATING GEOFENCING TO OUR CURRENT CAD SYSTEM.

SO ONCE THE OFFICERS ENTER OR EXIT THE JAIL, WE WOULD ESTABLISH A GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY.

ONCE THAT BOUNDARY IS SET, THE GEOFENCE WILL ACTIVATE AUTOMATICALLY AND THE NEW TIME WOULD START.

OPTION THREE WOULD BE THE INSTALLATION OF CARD READERS AT THE JAIL.

OFFICERS WOULD SWIPE THEIR CITY ISSUED ID CARD IN THE SALLY PORT OR WHEN THEY GET TO THE BOOKING LINE.

AND LASTLY, OPTION FOUR IT WOULD BE MANUAL ENTRY.

OFFICERS LOG TIMES WOULD BE TRACKED MANUALLY AND I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A 90-DAY, A 90-DAY PILOT PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THIS.

OPTIONS ONE AND TWO, WHICH INVOLVE UTILIZING CAD.

ONLY, WILL PROVIDE AN AVERAGE AND DOESN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE WAIT TIME.

SPECIFICALLY IN THE INTAKE AREA INSTANCES WHERE LIVE SCANS HAVE TO BE PERFORMED IN THE NURSE'S LINE OR PARKLAND HOSPITAL TRANSFERS.

OPTION THREE, WHICH IS THE INSTALLATION OF THE CARD READERS.

THIS WOULD REQUIRE COLLABORATION WITH DSO AND OUR IT DEPARTMENT, BUT IN MY OPINION IT WOULD OFFER THE HIGHEST ACCURACY.

AND LASTLY, WITH OPTION FOR THE MANUAL ENTRY, THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE VERY INTENSIVE RESOURCE, RESOURCE INTENSIVE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE DEDICATED STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PROPERLY MONITOR THIS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE THE LESS ACCURATE, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIMES AT THE JAIL.

SO EFFICIENCY IN OUR DWI, FAMILY VIOLENCE AND WARRANTS ONLY REPORTS.

SO DISCUSSIONS ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY FOR A NEW CAD SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLEVIATE ISSUES WHERE IT'S TAKING MORE TIME FOR THE OFFICERS TO COMPLETE THESE TYPES OF REPORTS. CURRENTLY, THE REPORT IS. CURRENTLY THE REPORTS ARE NOT AUTO POPULATED, AND THEY'RE HAVING TO BE ENTERED MANUALLY BY THE OFFICERS.

AND THESE OFFENSES ACCOUNT FOR THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ARRESTS.

AND IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE TO COLLABORATE WITH DSO, WHERE WE COULD START MONTHLY MEETINGS TO START DISCUSSING NOT ONLY OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS, BUT DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESSING TIMES.

AND LASTLY, MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH DSO TO HELP IMPROVE ALL OF THIS.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PRICE. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL QUESTIONS ARE ASKED? WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER? WELL WE'LL WAIT. OKAY THANK YOU.

I DON'T USUALLY START WITH THE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO SINCE I PULLED THE ITEM AND I RAISED A LOT OF THEM AT THE LAST MEETING.

THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS ON SLIDE 7, AMENDMENT #5 TALKS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT WAS TO ESTABLISH AND INCORPORATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE? IF YOU'RE TALKING TO ME, MADAM CHAIR. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ANSWER IT CHIEF.

I IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT, I'M GOOD WHOEVER FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE DO NOT HAVE CURRENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PLACE AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO PROVIDE FOUR OPTIONS TODAY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE PANEL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO WORK ON.

AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE COLLABORATION WITH DSO.

IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE HAD REALLY I'VE BUILT REALLY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF THERE.

AND SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO MEET WITH ME.

AND THE REASON I SAID MONTHLY, AND I KNOW THAT THE CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY STATES QUARTERLY, IS I WANTED TO IMPLEMENT MONTHLY MEETINGS SO THAT WE COULD START WORKING ON THIS A LOT SOONER.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE POINT WE NEED TO BE NEED TO BE AT, THEN WE COULD PUSH THOSE MEETINGS BACK QUARTERLY.

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SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE ON IT.

BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE POINT WAS IN PULLING THIS CONTRACT WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHEN IT WAS PASSED IN 2022, WHICH I BELIEVE IT WAS DELAYED 7 OR 8 MONTHS BACK THEN.

IT WAS SO THAT WE WOULD PUT PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN, AND WHAT WE WERE TOLD AS A COMMITTEE WAS THAT PASS THIS NOW AND WE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT FOR THE NEXT CONTRACT. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO NOT SEE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THE NEXT ITEM I HAVE, AND ALSO THE MADAM CHAIR, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? SURE. THANK YOU.

ANDY SOMMERMAN, DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU'RE CORRECT, THERE ARE NO PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONTRACT, NOR CAN THEY BE IMPLIED THROUGH THE CONTRACT.

WHENEVER YOU HAVE A PERFORMANCE MEASURE, YOU MUST OUTLINE THEM VERY SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE CONTRACT ITSELF SO THAT WE'RE NOT THROWING ROCKS AT EACH OTHER AT THE END SAYING, WELL, YOU DIDN'T MEET A PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT I MADE UP AT THE VERY END IN ORDER TO HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE CONTRACT, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE INNOVATION AND A CREATION OF A NEW CONTRACT ALTOGETHER.

NOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS.

DO YOU PAY US FOR PAST PERFORMANCE? IN OTHER WORDS, FOR THE AMOUNTS THAT WE INCURRED FOR LAST YEAR'S CONTRACT AND AS A RESULT, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS OWED. TO BRING NOW TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON PAYMENT UNTIL A NEW CONTRACT IS NEGOTIATED, WOULD NOT BE IN GOOD FAITH. AND SO AS A RESULT, I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THIS BODY TO APPROVE THE PAYMENT THAT WAS MADE.

IF YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO A FUTURE NEGOTIATION, THEN I HAVE SEVERAL THOUGHTS ALONG THOSE LINES AS TO HOW WE PROCEED IN THE FUTURE.

BUT THIS IS ABOUT A PAYMENT FOR SERVICES ALREADY RENDERED, NOT A FUTURE CONTRACT.

SO ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE CONTRACT FOR FUTURE YEARS.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S THE AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENT.

PAYMENT.

FOR THE FY 26 FISCAL YEAR. THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE AT.

SERVICE IS NOT YET RENDERED, I THINK THE TRUE UP HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

IS THAT CORRECT? PAYMENT HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

OKAY SO ACTUALS FROM LAST YEAR. THAT'S CORRECT SO WE'RE USING DALLAS COUNTY'S ADOPTED BUDGET FOR FY 26, WHICH IS THE TRUE OTHER TRUE COST THAT WE ASKED FOR THEM TO TRUE UP THEIR BUDGET COST OF THESE COST CENTERS. SO WE ARE USING FY 26 ADOPTED BUDGET NUMBERS.

AND THEN WE'RE USING ACTUALS FROM FY 24. AND WHAT WAS SAID FROM THIS HORSESHOE NO WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED 25. WE JUST FINISHED 25 IN SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2025.

SO THEY HAVE TO PREPARE ALL THOSE NUMBERS IN THEIR ACTUAL FINAL COST CLOSEOUT KIND OF YEAR END CLOSEOUT, JUST LIKE WE ARE PREPARING OUR YEAR END CLOSEOUTS.

WHAT WAS SAID FROM THIS HORSESHOE WITH REGARD TO THIS PAST PAYMENT WAS WE ARE HOLDING WITH PAYMENT FOR LEVERAGE.

THAT'S WHAT WAS SAID FROM MEMBERS OF THIS BODY THAT IT WAS FOR LEVERAGE.

NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH THE NUMBER THAT IT SHOULD BE PAID TO THE COUNTY.

NOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT IF WE WERE IN A MARRIAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I WERE TO SAY TO YOU, WELL, I'M GOING TO WITHHOLD PAYMENTS ON MY WIFE'S CAR SO I CAN LEVERAGE THE BASS BOAT.

THAT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD MARRIAGE. IN FACT, THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE ONE.

WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS A FORM OF PAYMENT. AND I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU A MONTHLY FORM OF PAYMENT THAT IS SIMPLY A FEE THAT IS ASSOCIATED EVERY TIME THAT ONE OF THE DETAINEES FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS IS PRESENTED, AND THAT ON EACH ONE OF THOSE DETAINEES, AN AMOUNT IS ASSESSED AND A MONTHLY BILL IS PRESENTED.

COMMISSIONER ARE YOU AWARE THE CONTRACT SAYS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE REPORTING TO US.

HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THAT? DO YOU KNOW? YES WE HAVE.

IT SAYS THAT WE'LL HAVE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. AND HAVE THOSE BEEN HAPPENING? THEY HAVE.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WE HAVE MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO HAVE THOSE TASKS ACCOMPLISHED.

MY POINT IS, IN THE FUTURE, NOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAST OR FUTURE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD.

WHAT I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU IS A FEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

IF YOU WANT TO NEGOTIATE A PRICE EVERY TIME. OKAY WELL, I BELIEVE YOU'RE RENEGOTIATING AT THIS POINT.

I'M NOT WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY PROBABLY EVERY OTHER QUARTER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT NOT PREVIOUSLY BEFORE. I DON'T THINK THEY WERE HAVING THOSE MEETINGS.

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THE AVERAGE JAIL POPULATION REPORTS. SO MONTHLY REPORTS.

AND THEN WE RECEIVE THE IN THE MONTH OF MAY, WE RECEIVE THE PRELIMINARY COST.

AND THEN THE REPORTS THAT ARE TIED TO THAT COST.

AND SO YOU'RE RECEIVING PRISONER ACCOUNTS. YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES THAT CHIEF IGO HAS OUTLINED.

CORRECT? I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE IF SOMEBODY ELSE WITH THE CITY IS RECEIVING THOSE IF DPD'S RECEIVING THOSE REPORTS OR NOT.

BUT MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S NEVER HAD BEEN PART OF THE CALCULATION TO TALK ABOUT GETTING THROUGH WHAT CHIEF IGO HAS NOW PLACED ON THE TABLE.

I THINK THAT'S MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S FINE. BUT WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS WHEN THAT INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, ENTERS INTO THE SYSTEM, THE ONLY ISSUE AND I KNOW CHIEF ARTIS WILL WILL BASICALLY SUPPORT THIS, IS THAT THE ONLY ISSUE IN CALCULATION IN THE TRUE UP HERE IS THE ISSUE OF THE HOTEL RATES.

AND I THINK THAT THAT IS WHAT CHIEF IGO IS TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO INDIVIDUALS COMING IN TO THE SYSTEM.

I THINK CHIEF ROBINSON WILL TELL YOU, IS THAT ONE OF THE NEGOTIATED FEE THAT IS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TODAY, BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TODAY IS FROM $9.3 TO $8.7 MILLION.

WE NEGOTIATED THAT PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE WAS A NOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOTEL RATE AND THE TIME THAT CHIEF IGO IS TALKING ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS COMING IN TO OUR CUSTODY CHIEF COMMISSIONER, I AGREE WITH YOU. IT IS VERY CLEARLY SPELLED OUT HOW TO CALCULATE THE FEES.

OKAY. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY.

THE THE ONLY ISSUE ARE ALL THE OTHER WORDS THAT ARE ON THE PAPER THAT TALKS ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THAT TALKS ABOUT A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION.

CHIEF IGO, ON SLIDE 13. IT TALKS ABOUT THE TENSION STAFFING, WHERE IN 2023 WE HAD 22 SWORN OFFICERS AND NOW WE HAVE 2026 I'M SORRY, WE HAVE 26 OF THEM. CAN YOU TELL US WHY IT'S TAKING MORE SWORN AND LESS PROFESSIONAL STAFF? WHY WAS THERE THAT SHIFT? AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT.

WHEN WORKING IN PATROL, IT COULD BE TO AN INJURY STATUS.

AND SO THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE THE INCREASE IN THAT SPECIFIC CATEGORY.

OKAY SO PERHAPS A SWORN OFFICER COULD ACTUALLY BE DOING THINGS LIKE CALLING BACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED AN ONLINE REPORT AND WE COULD MOVE BACK TO HAVING PROFESSIONAL STAFF THERE. IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT'S POSSIBLE. I MEAN, THEY STAY PRETTY BUSY BECAUSE THEY ASSIST IN OUR CONTROL ROOM, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROCESSING OF ALL THE REPORTS COMES INTO PLAY.

SPECIFICALLY WITH DWI ARRESTS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE FORMS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR EVERY SINGLE ARREST.

AND ON SLIDE 14, WHERE YOU'RE OUTLINING THE INTAKE PROCESS AT THE BEGINNING, YOU STARTED WITH HOW LONG IT TAKES, LIKE TO DO THE BODY SCAN 1 TO 2 MINUTES. THE LIVE SCAN 15 MINUTES TO 2 HOURS.

AND THEN WE SORT OF LOST TIMING ON HERE. HOW LONG DOES IT IN GENERAL TAKE TO BOOK SOMEBODY IN.

WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE AS THAT TIME FRAME. SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T KEEP TRACK OF THAT.

AND WE DON'T, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO DO THAT UNLESS SOMEBODY MANUALLY KEEPING NOTES OF THAT.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS TRYING TO CONSIDER. YES THE CARD READERS AT THE JAIL, IT COULD BE UTILIZED TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST AN AVERAGE PROCESSING TIME.

SO I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY WE'LL PUT THAT IN PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHERE THE COUNTY COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE MONEY IF THEY CAN LOWER THAT NUMBER, AND LESS MONEY IF IT TAKES LONGER LIKE MADAM CHAIR, LOOK, FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO THAT SALLY PORT AND I'LL, I'LL YIELD TO CHIEF ROBINSON. BUT IT'S ONE THING TO SCAN THEM.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHEN THEY GET HANDED OFF TO THEIR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TO BE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE CALL ANOTHER PAT DOWN.

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YOU NEVER KNOW. AND CHIEF, I'LL. ROBINSON I'LL YIELD TO YOU.

CHIEF ROBINSON SPECIAL OPERATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I WANT TO COVER.

ONE IS COMMISSIONER PRICE IS CORRECT. WHEN OFFICERS BRING ARRESTEES INTO CENTRAL INTAKE WE HAVE A PROCESS NOW.

THE CITY OF DALLAS HANDS THEIR PRISONERS OFF TO PSO'S, AND THOSE OFFICERS GO TO THE BACK AND DO THEIR REPORTS.

ONCE THEY HAND THAT PRISONER OFF SAFETY OFFICERS. AND ONCE THEY HAND THAT ARRESTEE OFF, THAT OFFICERS GOES BACK INTO THE BACK AND DO THEIR REPORTS. HOWEVER, THAT IS THE LAST TIME THAT OFFICER SEES THAT INMATE.

ONCE HE GETS THROUGH THE MEDICAL AND THEN HE GOES THROUGH SHAKEDOWN WE TAKE HIM AND PUT HIM REALLY INTO OPEN SEATING OR INTO A HOLDOVER. AND ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE THAT INMATE AT THAT TIME.

WHAT THE CITY IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IS THEIR REPORTING PROCESS.

THAT REPORT HAS TO BE COMPLETE SO THAT THAT INMATE CAN BE ARRAIGNED.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS.

SECONDLY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER COORDINATED COMMITTEE WAS FORMULATED, AND PER THE CONTRACT, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAVING THAT QUARTERLY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT MEETING SEVERAL TIMES.

AND THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. THAT MEETING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE, CATALYST FOR US NOT BEING HERE TODAY. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAMMER OUT OUR PROBLEMS IN THAT MEETING.

AND I THINK THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION LEFT AND THE MEETINGS WERE JUST PRIOR TO THAT.

THEY THE MEETINGS WERE CANCELED AND THE MEETINGS STOPPED.

AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THOSE MEETINGS.

IF WE CONTINUE THOSE MEETINGS, WE CAN HAMMER OUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE.

AND I'M WITH CHIEF IGO. YES, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH, WITH THE STAFF SO THAT THE SMALLER ITEMS NOT RELATED TO THE CONTRACT CAN BE HAMMERED OUT AND TAKEN CARE OF.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS CANCELED THE MEETING.

THAT'S THE FIRST I'M HEARING IT, AND THAT'S ON US.

AND SO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

SECOND, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I'M GOING TO NOW ASK FOR A REPORT TO COME TO PUBLIC SAFETY ABOUT WHEN THEY MEET WITH THE JAIL, AND WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT. THIS IS AN AREA WHERE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IS GREATLY IMPACTING BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, AND WE ALL WANT TO GET IT RIGHT, ALL OF US. YES.

AND SO THAT'S THE GOAL HERE. AND I'M NOT LOVING HAVING THIS MEETING.

SO I HOPE THAT WE DON'T DO THIS AGAIN. AND I HOPE THAT STAFF TO STAFF TAKES CARE OF THESE ISSUES.

I DO THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET IN, AND ARE WE DOING BETTER OR ARE WE NOT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER OUGHT TO BE. I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER IN MIND.

I DO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST ASK THESE LAST QUESTIONS.

THE QUESTION OF HANDING OFF WHEN A PRISONER IS IN A HOSPITAL.

IT SAYS IN THE CONTRACT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE WHEN THERE'S A PRIVATE ROOM NUMBER ASSIGNED.

WHAT IF THAT PRISONER IS IN ICU OR ON THE ER FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME? SO IF THERE'S NO PRIVATE ROOM ASSIGNED, THEN DPD ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY OF GUARDING THAT PRISONER UNTIL THEY ARE RELEASED OR UNTIL THEY ARE GIVEN THE PRIVATE ROOM. SO BECAUSE THE COUNTY ALSO MANAGES THE HOSPITAL THAT MOST OF THE PRISONERS GO TO, NOT ALL, CERTAINLY. I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION THAT EITHER THERE'S AN ENDING TIME, WHETHER THAT'S 24 HOURS, 36 HOURS OR SOME OTHER ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WHERE OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS.

WELL, LET ME, MADAM CHAIR, AND I'LL AGAIN YIELD TO CHIEF ROBINSON.

BUT WE HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN AS A SHOT PROGRAM. THAT'S A SPECIAL BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ABLE TO BE BOOKED IN ON THE COUNTY SIDE OF THE AISLE.

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AND LET ME ALSO DISABUSE THE NOTION THAT THE COUNTY RUNS ANY TYPE OF HEALTH CARE FACILITY.

WE ARE NOT A HOSPITAL. WE ARE THE COUNTY. PARKLAND RUNS THE HOSPITAL ITSELF, AND IT'S THEIR DETERMINATIONS AND THEIR MEDICAL EXPERTISE THAT WE COUNT ON FOR THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. MADAM? MADAM CHAIR. WHEN DALLAS EITHER TAKES THEIR ARRESTEE TO PARKLAND, IF THEY GET THERE AND THAT INMATE IS BOOKED IN, THEY WILL CALL US AND LET US KNOW.

AND I BELIEVE THE CUSTODY OF THAT INMATE. NOW, WE'LL TAKE OVER CUSTODY, AND THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL REMOTE BOOK THAT INMATE.

WE'LL GO OUT THERE AND BOOK HIM INTO OUR SYSTEM, AND WE WILL TAKE THAT INMATE.

WE DO THAT FOR ALL OF OUR CITIES IN ANY HOSPITAL INSIDE OF DALLAS COUNTY.

WE DO THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH US TAKING CITY OF DALLAS INMATES OUT THERE.

USUALLY IT DEPENDS ON HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THAT INMATE TO GET A ROOM.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY GO THERE, AND THAT INMATE IS ASSESSED, AND HE COMES BACK.

AND OF COURSE, THE PROCESS STARTS OVER AGAIN.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET A ROOM. SO THAT LETS US KNOW THAT THAT INMATE IS NOW INSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL.

AND WE WILL WITHIN 24 HOURS AND MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S BEFORE THE 24 HOUR PERIOD.

WE GO OUT THERE AND WE TAKE CUSTODY OF THAT INMATE.

SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST MONTH, I HAD A POLICE OFFICER TELL ME TO MY FACE THAT THEY WERE SITTING ON A PRISONER AT THE ICU FOR MULTIPLE DAYS, AND THE PRISONER WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE AND WOULD NOT BE ASSIGNED A ROOM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T STABLE ENOUGH FOR THAT.

AND SO WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS THERE, AND THEN THERE'S THREE SHIFTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW.

KEEPING OFFICERS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET UP OR WALK OR DO ANYTHING AGAIN.

SO CHIEF, I GO, I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT THIS IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO FIRST IS BOOKING, SECOND WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR HOSPITALS AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE IT FROM A CITY PRISONER TO A COUNTY. ALSO, IF WE COULD MEASURE HOW MANY PRISONERS MIGHT BE OUTSIDE OF DALLAS COUNTY, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO MANY.

THERE ARE NO HOSPITALS IN DISTRICT 12. SO IF SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS VERY FAR NORTH, THEY ACTUALLY GO TO PLANO.

SO THERE ARE THERE ARE NO SERVICES. AND THEN IS IT POSSIBLE TO MOVE ANY PRISONERS THAT MIGHT END UP AT ONE OF THE PLANO HOSPITALS TO SOMEPLACE LIKE MEDICAL CITY? I THINK ONLY A DOCTOR CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD FOR US TO DO.

OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT. ALSO TRACKING HOW FREQUENTLY A PRISONER NEEDS TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE BOOKING PROCESS. SO IF THE NURSE SAYS NO, THEY NEED TO BE CHECKED OUT.

THAT'S A MEASURE THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING.

I LIKED ALL OF YOUR IDEAS ON HOW YOU ARE TRACKING THE BOOKING.

THE ONLY OTHER ONE I HAD HEARD OF IS THAT POSSIBLY HAVING A QR CODE.

SO AFTER THEY PASS THROUGH THE SALLY PORT, THE OFFICER COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, SORT OF PUNCH IN LIKE THAT.

AND SAME THING WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO SWIPE THE CARD AND THEN NOT FORGETTING TO SCAN A QR CODE, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

YEAH, WELL, GEOFENCING WOULD MAKE THAT SUPER EASY.

THANK YOU IS IN PLACE. BUT I'M HEARING THAT OFFICERS ARE SAYING THAT'S STILL NOT HAPPENING.

SO PERHAPS IT'S JUST THAT THE SINGLE LINE WAS CLOSED DOWN.

MAYBE THERE WAS A STAFFING ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER MEASURE IF WE'RE HEARING OFFICERS AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A PLACE ON RMS. OR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO NOTE THAT, NO, THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR OTHERS, BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT STILL BE HAPPENING.

AND THOSE WERE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SAY THE THING THAT I SAID BEFORE THIS STARTED, WHICH IS, YES, WE SHOULD PROCESS THE PAYMENT, BUT WE SHOULD ALSO NOT AUTHORIZE THE CONTRACT FOR A FULL THREE YEARS.

AND WE NEED TO DO THAT PENDING RESOLUTION OF OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES ACTUALLY GOING IN.

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WE WERE PROMISED IT WOULD HAPPEN AND IT DIDN'T.

AND SO GOOD GOVERNANCE DICTATES THAT WE HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PLACE, WELL, WE'LL DECIDE IN NEGOTIATIONS WHAT WE AGREE TO, MADAM CHAIR.

BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT FIRST OF ALL, THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS HAS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, AND WE MEET ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, ONE OF THE VERY FEW INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE NOT HAD TO OUTSOURCE, YOU KNOW, OUR HOUSING. AND AS SUCH, WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS, IS THAT THIS DEPARTMENT IS IN COMPLIANCE.

WE DEAL WITH 31 CITIES, NOT COUNTING WHAT HAPPENS WITH OTHER OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES BRINGING INMATES INTO OUR, OUR SYSTEM. THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS BEEN GIVEN SOME REAL DEFERENCE.

AND WE APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE WHEN YOUR OFFICERS COME IN, THEY'RE ABLE TO HAND OFF.

OTHER CITIES OFFICERS HAVE TO STAY WITH THEIR INMATES.

THEY DON'T GET A CHANCE TO DO A HANDOFF. AND SO AT LEAST THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS FIGURED THAT OUT THROUGH THEIR PROFESSIONAL STAFFING.

BUT WHAT I YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOMEONE A FEW MINUTES AGO TALKING ABOUT RIDE-ALONG.

WHAT I INVITE YOU TO DO, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHETHER IT'S MIDNIGHT, EARLY MORNING DETAIL, I INVITE YOU TO COME AND TO WALK AND TO SPEND 2 OR 3 HOURS AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT, NOT ONLY WHAT YOUR OFFICERS HAVE TO DO, BUT WHAT OTHER AGENCIES HAVE TO DO WITH REGARDS TO PROCESSING.

NONE OF OUR OFFICERS SIT AROUND WAITING FOR THIS TO OCCUR.

WE ARE PROCESSING INDIVIDUALS AS FAST AS WE CAN BECAUSE THE COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARD SAYS THEY HAVE TO BE IN HOUSING BY A DETERMINED TIME. THEY CANNOT BE OUT OF HOUSE. PARKLAND IS IS EMBEDDED THERE FOR A REASON.

THEY AND THEY ALONE DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT A INMATE IS FIT FOR CUSTODY.

SO THEY EITHER TELL LAW ENFORCEMENT, TAKE THEM TO PARKLAND, OR YOU CAN'T BRING THEM HERE.

WE DON'T MAKE THAT DETERMINATION. PARKLAND DOES.

AND IF WE ARE PUTTING PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE NEXT SET OF CONTRACTS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE COUNTY WOULD WANT THEIR OWN BASED UPON WHAT THE CITY DOES AND MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN PERFORMANCES ARE MET BY THE CITY AS WELL.

BUT WHAT WE CAN'T HAVE IS THE DELAY IN PAYMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED YEAR OVER YEAR.

EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, WE'VE BEEN LATE PAID ON THE CONTRACT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT HAS EXISTED LONG BEFORE I GOT HERE, WHERE THERE WAS A LATE PAY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

EVERY TIME A PRICE IS NEGOTIATED, EVEN THOUGH A BILL IS SUBMITTED.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE SUBMIT A BILL, AS COMMISSIONER PRICE HAS SAID, FOR $9 MILLION.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT INTERNALLY, I THINK THAT BILL SHOULD BE $11,000,000 QUITE FRANKLY, RIGHT ON THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PRESENTED. BUT WE NEGOTIATE DOWN TO $8,000,000.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PARTNER THAT LATE, PAYS YOU AND THEN PAYS YOU LESS THAN WHAT YOU ARE OWED, IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE MATTERS.

AND SO AS A RESULT, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT NEED TO BE IN PLACE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PAYMENT ON TIME, THAT IT'S PAID TO THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT, THAT PERHAPS IT'S PAID ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE PERFORMANCE ISSUES THAT I'LL BE SEEKING IN TERMS OF A NEW CONTRACT AS WE PROCEED FORWARD.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

WE SHOULD BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH EACH OTHER. COMMISSIONER, I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ALSO.

I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE PAYING THE FULL PRICE PER PRISONER OF THE BUDGET.

I MEAN, IT DIDN'T START OFF THAT WAY. THE VERY FIRST CONTRACT, I THINK WE PAID 10%, BUT WE PAY FULL PER PRISONER COST.

NO, MA'AM NO, MA'AM. WE SUBMITTED A BILL SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT IS BEING PAID, AND WE CALCULATED THE NUMBERS ACCURATELY.

YEAH, $9,300,000 MADAM CHAIR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT AND YOUR STAFF HELP, WE NEGOTIATED DOWN TO $8,700,000.

BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD PARTNERS WE DID IT IN GOOD FAITH.

WELL, I THINK THE COUNTY ALSO HAS SOME AMOUNT OF OBLIGATION TO TAKE PRISONERS.

CORRECT? YES THERE ARE SOME OBLIGATIONS TO TAKE PRISONERS.

LET ME POINT OUT TO YOU SOME OF THOSE OBLIGATIONS IN THE CONTRACT AT PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF THE CONTRACT, IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE SHERIFF CAN, AT HER DISCRETION, NOT TAKE ANY MORE CITY PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE FULL.

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I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS ACTUALLY HAS PREFERENCE.

YOU DO. OKAY CITY BASED UPON THE FACT THAT WE ARE FULL. AND THAT'S IN THE CONTRACT THAT WAS NEGOTIATED BACK IN 1978 AND IS STILL IN EFFECT TODAY.

SO IF YOU'RE FULL, YOU REFUSE ALL PRISONERS, THEN IS THAT CORRECT? WE CAN. WELL, THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ONLY EXIST WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND THE CITY OF DALLAS TERMS OF CONTRACT WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT WE CAN REFUSE, AND THAT YOU ALL CAN FIND A JAIL IN ANOTHER LOCATION. I DON'T KNOW HOW ANOTHER JAIL WILL VIEW IT BASED UPON THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T PAY THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT AND YOU LATE PAY.

BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, THOSE ARE THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT THAT EXIST BETWEEN THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DALLAS COUNTY.

LET ME BE CLEAR, AND DO WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN? ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY, NO.

AND OF COURSE, THE COUNTY JAIL IS PARTIALLY OWNED BY THE CITY.

CORRECT? WE PUT IN ALMOST $10 MILLION. IT HAS A 15% INTEREST IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU OWN 15% OF THE OPERATION AND CONTINUING MAINTENANCE OF THAT JAIL, THEN YOU OWE US A BIGGER NUMBER THAN WHAT IS PRESENTED TODAY [LAUGHTER]. EXACTLY. AND I'M SORRY, CHIEF ARTIST, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION.

THAT AS I GOT INTO THIS POSITION THAT WE STARTED THOSE MEETINGS OVER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON THE RECORD.

IS BEFORE I WAS PLACED IN THIS POSITION, THE MEETING STOPPED.

ONCE I BECAME PERMANENT IN THIS POSITION, I STARTED THE MEETINGS BACK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT TODAY, DAYS LIKE TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE WHAT CHIEF ROBINSON WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER.

AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I CAN ADD TO FOR THE RECORD, WE DO PAY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL THAT WE BRING FORWARD AND IT'S APPROVED WE DIVIDE THE THE TOTAL AMOUNT BY THE 12 MONTHS.

SO WE DO MAKE MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF THAT AMOUNT.

THAT IS AGREED. THE OTHER THE OTHER. ARE THEY PAID ON TIME? YEAH THEY'RE WIRE TRANSFERS. YES, THEY'RE WIRE TRANSFERS.

AND THE OTHER IN REGARDS TO THE 15% THAT WE OWE ON THE LAND AND THE BUILDING ON SALE, WE DO HAVE A LEASEHOLD.

THE DALLAS COUNTY DID DID GRANT THE CITY OF DALLAS A LEASE HOLD SPACE FOR MUNICIPAL COURT USE AND SUPPORT FUNCTIONS THERE AT THE LEW STERRETT. SO WE DO HAVE LEASE HOLD SPACE THERE AT LEW STERRETT.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY WELL, THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER].

OKAY THEY'RE NOT NEW. THEY'RE REALLY JUST CLARIFICATIONS [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN LOST SOMEWHERE IN ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION.

SO WHO IS GOING TO WORK ON THE PERFORMANCE METRICS FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS PERSPECTIVE? CHIEF IGO, IS THAT YOU? SO I WANTED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR TODAY'S MEETING BECAUSE FROM COUNCIL A FEW WEEKS AGO, I KNEW THAT IT WAS A VERY PRESSING MATTER TO CHAIR MENDELSOHN, AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I AT LEAST CAME UP WITH A FEW OPTIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH DSO, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM, WORK WITH THEM AND GET SOME HELP FROM THEM ON HOW BEST WE CAN TRACK, YOU KNOW AT LEAST THE AVERAGE PRISONER PROCESSING TIME.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS TO THE JAIL. SO DO YOU START THE TIME WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN THE SALLY PORT, THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE PRISONERS, THEN TRANSFER TO THE FIRST FLOOR.

THAT'S WHERE YOUR BOOKING IS. THEN THAT'S WHERE YOUR MEDICAL LINE IS.

AND THEN IN THE VERY BACK IS THE REPORT WRITING AREA FOR DPD.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THESE QUARTERLY MEETINGS, AND MAYBE THEY'RE MONTHLY FOR A WHILE, IS A HEALTHY CONVERSATION NEGOTIATION EVEN OF WHAT THE PERFORMANCE METRICS ARE THAT THE COUNTY HAS FOR THE CITY AND THEN WHAT THE CITY HAS FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I FIND WHEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE HAD, HONESTLY BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS, WHATEVER IT IS, WE MAKE GOOD PROGRESS AND WE DO FIND THOSE AREAS WHERE WE BOTH UNDERSTAND THE OTHER ONE NEEDS SOME GUARANTEE, RIGHT? THERE NEEDS TO BE EACH OF US STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND MAKING THAT GUARANTEE.

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SO WE ARE FINDING PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS RELATIONSHIP WORK JUST A TAD BIT BETTER, BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT.

AND THERE JUST HAS BEEN WE WON'T EVEN LOOK BACK AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST AT THIS POINT.

I THINK ON A MOVING FORWARD BASIS, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE THOSE METRICS ARTICULATED ON BOTH SIDES.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHETHER THAT BECOMES PART OF A NEW CONTRACT OR WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW ADDED TO OR IS AN EXHIBIT PERHAPS TO THE, TO THE CONTRACT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE IN THE REALM OF WANTING TO NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT.

SO PERHAPS WE JUST HAVE IT AS AN EXHIBIT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL AGREE TO.

BUT BUT YES, COMMISSIONER PRICE, I SEE MADAM CHAIR THE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING A NEW CONTRACT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT THEN PERFECT. PERHAPS WE'LL JUST DROP THEM RIGHT INTO THAT CONTRACT, IF THAT'S THE WISDOM OF BOTH BODIES.

AND LET'S SEE WELL, ARE WE TALKING SEVEN DAYS OR SEVEN MONTHS? SO PRETTY MUCH ONCE WE GET AUTHORIZATION, WE USUALLY BRING THE AGENDA ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS NORMALLY THE LAST THE LAST AGENDA ON SEPTEMBER.

LIKE WE BROUGHT IT ON THE 24TH. WE BRING IT ONCE IT'S APPROVED.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER PAYMENT IS GOING TO GET SENT IN NOVEMBER AND IT GOES FORWARD.

AND WHEN DID WE RECEIVE SO THE INVOICE FOR THAT PAYMENT? SO WE TALKED DISCUSSIONS WITH DALLAS COUNTY AND CITY OF DALLAS FOR PERSONNEL.

WE TALK AND REVIEW THE COST ESTIMATE THAT'S PROVIDED BY THE BUDGET OFFICE OF THE DALLAS COUNTY OVER TO THE CITY OF DALLAS FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

WE REVIEWED THEIR COST ESTIMATE AND THEN WE REVIEW, AS FAR AS THEIR BUDGET NUMBERS ARE, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ACCURATE.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUALS, THE REPORTS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY DALLAS COUNTY, AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CENTRAL INTAKE PRISONERS BROUGHT TO THE CENTRAL INTAKE UNIT, AND THEN HOW MANY ARE THOSE? ARE DPD, TFR OR MARSHALLS? AND THEN WE GET THAT PERCENTAGE IN THE COST AND THEN WE GET THE CITY USAGE.

SO RIGHT NOW LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MR. PRICE MENTIONED IS AS FAR AS THE DISAGREEMENT OR NEGOTIATED, I WOULDN'T REALLY CALL IT NEGOTIATED RATE. WE'RE GOING BY WHAT WAS ON THE CONTRACT AND THE ACTUAL CITY USAGE.

SO THE CITY USAGE IS DETERMINED BY THAT COST METHODOLOGY THAT WE COVERED HERE EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION.

AND THEN WE GET WHAT THE CITY USAGE IS AND THAT WHAT DETERMINES WHAT THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER IS.

SO WHEN DID YOU GET THE NUMBERS FROM THE COUNTY BEFORE AND THEN THAT SET OFF YOUR PROCESS? I WANT TO SAY CHIEF ARTIS IT WAS MAYBE IN JULY, AUGUST? THERE'S 1ST OF AUGUST BECAUSE IT WAS THE 1ST OF AUGUST, BECAUSE IT WAS DISCUSSION IN BETWEEN FROM MAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH AUGUST.

COMMISSIONER SOMMERMAN, DOES THAT LINE UP WITH WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCING? I THINK I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY BECAUSE THIS WAS PULLED INTO THIS COMMITTEE.

YOU ARE NOW LATE. YES. IS MY POINT AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OF DAYS THAT MIGHT TAKE ME A HOT SECOND TO FIGURE OUT.

THAT'S OKAY AND THE HOPE IS THAT WE WON'T BE PULLING IT IN THE FUTURE.

RIGHT? OKAY LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. LET'S LET'S MONITOR THAT OVER TIME.

SO BECAUSE THIS IS A IT'S A COMPLEX. IT IS. RELATIONSHIP IT'S A COMPLEX SET OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

AND AND SO IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, WHY DO WE WAIT UNTIL AUGUST TO START EVALUATING THIS? AGREE YOU KNOW, LET'S, WHY ARE WE WHY IS WHY HAS NOTHING HAPPENED IN THE PAST? WHY ARE WE NOT HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS? SO I, I WON'T MICROMANAGE.

I KNOW I GET TEMPTED TO TO DO THAT. ME TOO [LAUGHTER].

SO I WILL TRY NOT TO DO THAT. I WILL JUST REALLY ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND AND SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO AUGUST, THE CITY MIGHT NOT HAVE TO SPEND SIX WEEKS OR EIGHT WEEKS EVALUATING.

WE MIGHT BE CLOSER TO UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT WE COULD MORE QUICKLY MAKE THAT DECISION AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BACK AND FORTH.

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SO WE ACTUALLY WE WERE DISCUSSING BACK IN MAY, JUNE.

BUT THERE WAS, WHERE OUR BUDGET OFFICE SAID, LET'S LET THE COUNTY TRUE UP THEIR BUDGET AND WE'LL GO BY FY 26 BUDGET NUMBERS.

SO THAT'S WHY BECAUSE THE PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE WAS PROVIDED BACK IN JUNE.

BUT IT WAS BASED ON THEIR FY 25 NUMBER, FY 2025 ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN ACTUALS OF 2024.

SO NOW THIS CURRENT ESTIMATE THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU OF THE COST IS INCLUDING FY 26.

THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T GET IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ADOPT THEIR BUDGET UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

SO THAT'S WHY IT TOOK. AND NOW IN AUGUST WE GET THE FINAL NUMBER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE AND RECONCILE TO.

BUT BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR. WE CONFLATE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE NEED TO NOT DO IT.

I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT BY SOME MEMBERS ON THIS ON THE HORSESHOE LAST TIME THAT THEY WERE HERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WHAT IS BEFORE YOU IS A PAYMENT THAT IS DUE, AND THEN THERE IS A FUTURE NEGOTIATION OF A FUTURE CONTRACT.

THESE TWO THINGS SHOULD NOT BE CONFLATED WITH EACH OTHER, NOR SHOULD THEY BE LEVERAGED AGAINST EACH OTHER.

THAT IS NOT THAT'S NOT GOOD PARTNERSHIP. DON'T LEVERAGE THE CAR PAYMENT FOR THE BASS BOAT.

IF YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO GOOD FAITH FOR FUTURE NEGOTIATIONS ON A CONTRACT, WE SHOULD DO SO.

BUT YOU SHOULD PAY WHAT'S OWED, AND YOU SHOULD PAY IT ON TIME.

I THINK MY PARTING COMMENT WILL BE, LET'S BE BETTER PARTNERS ON BOTH SIDES.

AGREED YEP AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, CHAIR MENDELSOHN. I HAVE A QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK CHIEF ARTIS FOR REINSTATING THOSE MEETINGS.

I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE OF THE HISTORY. WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A PERFORMANCE MEASURING IN PLACE IS NOT A PART OF THE CONTRACT IF SOMEONE DROPPED THE BALL? SO WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A PERFORMANCE MEASURE IN PLACE? I DON'T KNOW WHO IS THAT? WHY DO WE NOT HAVE A PERFORMANCE MEASURE IN PLACE? AND LAST TIME, THE PAYMENT WAS HELD UP SEVERAL MONTHS AND IT WAS TO GET PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

IN THE END, WE JUST HAD TO TRUST THAT STAFF WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.

AND THAT WAS BACK IN 2022, I BELIEVE, AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND SO AS THIS CAME FORWARD, I ASKED FOR THIS TO COME TO, TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

IT WAS DECIDED THAT IT WOULD JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

AND I MADE A PITCH AGAIN FOR IT TO COME TO PUBLIC SAFETY SO THAT WE COULD AGAIN SAY IT'S NOT OKAY TO JUST HAVE A RATE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

NOW, MIGHT WE END THERE? I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS WHEN STAFF TO STAFF, THEY GET TOGETHER, IF THEY DECIDE THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THAT WILL BE A DECISION FOR US TO MAKE WHETHER WE JUST APPROVE IT LIKE THAT.

BUT MADAM CHAIR, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOUR STAFF HAS CHANGED.

CORRECT. YEAH, IT'S CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS AND SO I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE WEREN'T PERFORMANCE MEASURES I THINK WE CAN COME UP WITH THEM.

I THINK THERE'S PERFORMANCE MEASURES YOU WOULD FIND COMPLETELY REASONABLE THAT WOULD SATISFY THE CITY AND VICE VERSA.

I THINK THERE'S PERFORMANCE MEASURES YOU WILL HAVE THAT WILL SATISFY THE CITY AS WELL.

YOU SHOULD BE PAID ON TIME, I AGREE. AND IF IT'S ONLY THIS ONE MONTH, WELL, THERE'S ALREADY A PERFORMANCE MEASURE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY A PENALTY ON INTEREST. BUT TO PAY INTEREST THAT'S NOT A PENALTY BUT OKAY [LAUGHTER].

WELL, I MEAN, THERE IS SOME DRAWBACK TO US, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE HEARD ANYBODY SAY THAT BETWEEN 2022 AND THIS LAST ITERATION THAT PAYMENT'S BEEN LATE.

HAS THAT BEEN THE CASE? THERE HAVE BEEN LATE PAYMENTS BESIDES THIS ONE YES, MA'AM.

THERE HAVE? YES, MA'AM. AND CAN STAFF ADDRESS THAT? WE CAN REVIEW THE WIRE TRANSFERS, GO BACK AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

IT HAS NOT BEEN BECAUSE OF A WIRE TRANSFER ISSUE.

THAT'S NOT BEEN THE CHALLENGE, BUT RATHER, FOR EXAMPLE WHENEVER THERE'S A RENEGOTIATION OF CONTRACT, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LATE PAY THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT LEVERAGE YET AGAIN.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THE WIRE TRANSFER LIST SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO BE PAID ON TIME AND WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

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CHIEF IGO, HOW LONG WOULD IT COME UP TO GO? FIRST, THANK YOU FOR LAYING OUT SOME IDEAS ON PERFORMANCE METRICS, BUT ONCE YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO REVIEW GO BACK TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, BRING THAT BACK TO US FOR SOME SORT OF MUTUAL AGREEMENT? IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GAUGE AND GIVE YOU A TIMELINE TODAY COUNCILMAN.

I THINK ONCE WE HAVE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE COUNTY, ONCE I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONCE I GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL CARD READERS AT THE JAIL THOSE ARE ALL DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TO BE HAD UP FRONT. AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU, I WANT A THREE MONTH PERIOD AND SIX MONTHS, AND IT ACTUALLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER. BUT KNOWING DISCUSSING WHAT WAS SAID TODAY, I CAN GO BACK WITH MY TEAM, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, BECAUSE I WANT TO IMPLEMENT PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE REASONABLE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN IN THE REPORT WRITING, YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO CONTINUE TO WRITE QUALITY REPORTS WHERE THEY'RE THOROUGH ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CASES GO TO PROSECUTION.

AND I DON'T WANT THE OFFICERS TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING RUSHED, LIKE WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THEM AND WE WANT THEM IN AND OUT OF THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I WANT THE QUALITY OF THE ARREST DOCUMENTED IN THE REPORTS, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROSECUTION SIDE.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT TODAY WE'RE SOLELY LOOKING AT THE THE APPROVAL OF THE PROCESS FOR THE PAYMENT.

BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO LOOK AT INCLUDING PERFORMANCE METRICS.

WHERE DO WE INSERT THAT INTO THE ACTUAL CONTRACT? WELL, I THINK THEY CAN BETTER ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, THERE'S GOT TO BE A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY, BETWEEN DSO AND, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A FORMAL MOU WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THIS INSTANCE.

THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE IN WRITING WHAT THE SPECIFIC AGREEMENT IS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF THERE'S A COST THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AGREE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT PERFORMANCE METRICS.

AGAIN I THINK TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROCESS OF THE PAYMENT. SO LET'S CONTINUE WORKING IN GOOD FAITH.

AND AT THAT APPROPRIATE TIME, LOOKING AT THOSE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND OF COURSE, IN AGREEMENT, I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO COME WITH SOME AS WELL SO. YEAH MR. MAYOR I CAN I CAN APPRECIATE ALL THAT. I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AGAIN, CONTINUES TO CONCERN ME AND I LISTEN TO CHIEF IGO AND I AGREE WITH HER.

GIVEN THE MICHEAL MORTON AND THE RICHARD MILES ACT AND ALL THAT OFFICERS NOW MUST DO BEFORE CASE CAN EVEN FLOW THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THAT'S ON OFFICERS. AND SO THEY HAVE TO TAKE THEIR TIME.

SO BY THE TIME THEY DO THAT OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, INTO THE PROCESS HOW THE PAPERWORK GETS HANDED OFF, LET ME JUST TELL YOU, IT MAY BE AND BY THE TIME THEY GET MAGISTRATED, BECAUSE ONLY THEN AND THEN ONLY DO THEY BECOME THE CUSTODY OF THE COUNTY, THEY'RE STILL THE CITY'S UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS.

AND SO THEY MAY THE CITY MAY HAND THEM OFF. BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCESS.

WE GOT TO GET THEM THROUGH TO MAGISTRATION. THAT'S AT PEACE THAT WE KEEP NEGOTIATING ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO GET THERE AND WE WANT THEM.

WE'RE BOOKING 350 TO 400 PEOPLE IN AND OUT A DAY.

THAT'S DAILY. AND AGAIN, YOU'RE ONE AGENCY WE'RE DEALING WITH OUT OF COUNTY AGENCIES OUT OF STATE.

AND SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOW CUMBERSOME THAT PROCESS IS AND WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DEAL WITH AS.

AND SO I AGREE WITH CHIEF. WE WANT MEASURES BUT NONE OF OUR I GUARANTEE YOU, NONE OF OUR OFFICERS ARE SITTING AROUND JUST TWIDDLING THEIR THUMBS. THANK YOU I CAN PROBABLY ADDRESS THAT EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN BY THAT.

ACM DID AN EVALUATION FOR YOU ALL AS TO HOW THINGS COULD BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AT OUR COUNTY JAIL.

THEY WERE NOT PLACED INTO THE CONTRACT. I WOULD NOT TECHNICALLY CALL THEM PERFORMANCE ISSUES,

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CAN YOU DO THESE VARIOUS THINGS FOR US TO MAKE US MORE EFFICIENT? THAT WAS DONE IN 2022 IT'S IN YOUR POWERPOINT.

IN FACT, THESE ARE THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADDITIONAL NURSE THAT'S ASSOCIATED THAT THERE'S THIS HANDOFF THAT OCCURS IN THE JAIL WITH PEOPLE FROM THE STREET TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE JAIL, THAT ARE PAID BY YOU ALL TO HANDLE THE BOOKING PROCESS SO THE STREET OFFICER CAN RETURN TO THE STREET, AS OPPOSED TO GETTING TIED UP INSIDE THE SALLY PORT ITSELF.

ARE THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT? NO. ARE THEY PERFORMANCE? YES THEY ARE. WERE THEY NEGOTIATED? YES THEY WERE. WERE THEY AGREED TO? ABSOLUTELY.

AND DID YOU GET INCREASED PERFORMANCE AS A RESULT? YOU DID. HOW DO WE KNOW? THAT YOU GOT INCREASED PERFORMANCE? YEAH YEAH THE ADDITIONAL NURSES THAT'S. RIGHT IN FACT IT SAYS RIGHT HERE INADEQUATE NURSING STAFF PAGE 19.

ADDITIONAL NURSING STAFF ADDED THIS INCREASED EFFICIENCY.

PERSONNEL NOT ALIGNED WITH SHIFT NEEDS. THIS WAS DONE.

ALL THESE THINGS WERE DONE IN 2022 AT YOUR ALL'S REQUEST FOR THE COUNTY.

AND WE, AS GOOD PARTNERS, SAID YES TO EVERY ONE OF THEM.

SO THAT'S THE DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, MAYOR IGO KNOW YOU SAID SOMETHING IMPORTANT ABOUT OFFICERS MARKING OUT WHEN THEY GO TO LEW STERRETT. COULDN'T YOU RUN A REPORT RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, DO THEY ALWAYS MARK OUT, AND COULDN'T YOU RUN A REPORT RIGHT NOW OF THE WORKOUTS? SO YES, I PROBABLY COULD. I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR RIBEY ON THAT, OR PERHAPS OUR DATA ANALYST OR ANALYSIS UNIT WITH A MAYOR BISHOP. I THINK WHAT WE'RE MISSING, THOUGH, IS WE CAN TRACK THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE ARRIVED AT LEW STERRETT JAIL, AND I CAN TRACK THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE LEFT LEW STERRETT JAIL.

BUT WHAT IT'S NOT GOING TO TRACK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES OF.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GO THROUGH BOOKING? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO SEE THE NURSE? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE THE OFFICER TO WRITE HIS OR HER REPORT? IT'S NOT GOING TO TRACK THOSE INDIVIDUALLY. I'M JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A STARTING TIME AND AN ENDING TIME.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRACK. DID THE OFFICERS ARRIVE ON A TUESDAY OR THURSDAY, WHICH IS THE DAYS THAT WE SEE THE BIGGEST GROUP TRANSFERS? THOSE ARE THE HEAVIEST DAYS FOR DSO. I CAN TELL YOU IN THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, I HAVE NOT SEEN DELAYS.

I HAVE NOT ABOUT. I THINK IT WAS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD PARKLAND HOSPITAL WENT TO A NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM.

THE THE EMPLOYEES, THE NURSES RECEIVED TRAINING ON THAT SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE SYSTEM WENT LIVE, THEY HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME KEEPING UP WITH THAT NEW SYSTEM.

AND IT'S CALLED EPIC. THE EPIC SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO ALLOW PARKLAND MEDICAL STAFF TO VIEW THEIR, THE PRISONERS PREVIOUS MEDICAL HISTORY. AND THAT'S, OF COURSE, IF THE PRISONER OPTS TO BE PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, IT WAS IT CAUSED A LOT OF BACKUP.

WE HAD OFFICERS WAITING IN THE SALLY PORT OVERNIGHT FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS.

THEN 2 TO 3 HOURS TO SEE THE NURSES LINE. AND SO IT WAS A A TERRIBLE NIGHT FOR DPD.

BUT ONCE WE CAME IN IN THE MORNING, COMMUNICATED WITH DSO AND SPECIFICALLY WITH CHIEF EDDY HERRERA, HE IMMEDIATELY GOT ON THE PHONE WITH PARKLAND AND BY 8:00 EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL.

AND SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND EMPHASIZE THE GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT DPD IS BUILDING WITH DSO.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL. THEY ARE VERY RESPONSIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE THINGS MORE EFFICIENT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ALWAYS IMPROVE IN THE AREAS THAT WE CAN.

BUT THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT.

AND I'VE TAKEN MANY VISITS TO THE JAIL, AND I'VE SEEN THE SINGLE LINE, THE SINGLE ARREST LINE.

IT'S WORKING. IT'S EFFECTIVE. AND WITH THE GROUP TRANSFERS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LINE.

SOMETIMES THEY HAVE 2 OR 3 BECAUSE THAT MANY GROUP TRANSFERS ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME.

AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS WHEN THE TDC COMES IN AT THAT TIME, EVERYTHING.

YES, THE GARAGE DOORS TO THE SALLY PORT ARE CLOSED AND NO ONE CAN GET IN.

NO ONE CAN GET OUT. AND THAT PARTICULAR DAY, THERE WAS ABOUT 40 PRISONERS BEING TRANSFERRED OUT OF JAIL TO ANOTHER FACILITY.

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AND SO AGAIN, THAT CAUSES THE DELAY. SO THE COMPUTER CAN TELL YOU THE OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE JAIL, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY PROPERLY TRACKING WHAT WE WANTED TO TRACK.

I UNDERSTAND. I WILL ALSO SAY LIKE THE COMPUTER AREA WHERE THEY'RE DOING REPORTS.

I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE TO LOG IN, RIGHT? WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GET TO THAT AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE OTHER PARTS YOU COULD ALREADY CHECK.

MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY FOR BEING WITH US.

MADAM CHAIR, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. SO THIS IS LISTED AS A BRIEFING ITEM.

IS THERE ANY, WHAT'S THE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ANY ACTION OUT OF TODAY? WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PAYMENT AND INSTRUCT STAFF TO WORK ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? CAN I JUST SAY, SO MOVED OR.

YES, YOU CAN. IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BODY.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. I DO MAKE THAT MOTION AS STATED BY THE CHAIR.

SECOND. SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO PUT SOME KIND OF A TIME LIMIT ON ON FACILITATING THOSE DISCUSSIONS? WELL, AS COMMISSIONER PRICE MENTIONED, THEY'RE WORKING ON CONTRACT, AND I THINK THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS IN THE CONTRACT.

AND IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON GETTING THE CONTRACT DONE? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AS, IN OUR MIND IT IS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET IT RIGHT WITH THE COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT'S PREVALENT AND MESSING UP OUR PAYMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD OVER THIS NEXT SIX MONTHS, HOPEFULLY TO ANSWER ALL THESE ISSUES AND COME BACK TO THIS BODY WITH OUR BODY OF WORK.

IT'S ALL GOING TO GO SMOOTHLY, RIGHT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS. IT IS. AND LET ME JUST SAY IN CONCLUSION MADAM CHAIR AND I APPRECIATE CHIEF IGO, SHE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MINUTES AGO TRANSFERS, WE TRY TO DO THAT IS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

AND GIVEN SOME OF THE SECURITY ISSUES OF LATE, WE'RE HAVING TO TAKE A LOT MORE PRECAUTIONS.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT FACILITY IS ON LOCKDOWN SEVERAL TIMES NOW.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT IMPACTS YOUR OFFICERS. BUT WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL CARE CUSTODY FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, YOUR EMPLOYEES, AND ALL THAT'S HAPPENING IN AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CUSTODY.

AND AS WE SPEAK NOW, WE'RE WORKING ON A DIFFERENT KIND OF SECURITY MODEL IN THAT AREA.

WELL, I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU COMING DOWN. I MOVE THIS RIGHT UNDER RECRUITING SO THAT WE COULD GET YOU OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE EXTENDED CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH OUR ORGANIZATIONS TO GET IT RIGHT.

AND I THINK THAT YOU SEE THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BE GOOD PARTNERS ON IT.

AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR WORK VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

CHAIR, I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION. IF I COULD. SURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN. GOING BACK TO THE PROCESS AND THE PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF IGO FOR REVIEWING THE FOUR OPTIONS YOU'RE CONSIDERING.

BUT COMMISSIONER PRICE ON THE JAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WAS THAT ODYSSEY? IS THAT THE NEW SYSTEM THAT YOU. AND. I'M SORRY.

I KNOW IT MIGHT BE TOUCHY, BUT. NO, NO, IT'S NOT A TOUCHY SUBJECT.

WE ARE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF. SHERIFF IS NOW LOOKING AT THAT JAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

WE'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE MEETING WITH ODYSSEY AND THAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A SECOND MEETING WITH ODYSSEY.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

THE SHERIFF, IT IS STRICTLY HER PURVIEW TO. WELL, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHAT I'M GETTING AT, WHICH IS I DON'T KNOW IF ODYSSEY HAS A PRE BOOKING SECTION TO ITS SOFTWARE.

SOME JAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HAVE PRE BOOKING AND BOOKING.

AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER SOME OTHER KIND OF METHOD, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE COULD SHARE, ACCESS OR FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK THAT WOULD GET, START GETTING AT THE ALL THE METRICS YOU'RE WANTING THROUGH ALL THOSE STEPS.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE THE MAN WITH THE INFORMATION. YEAH, THAT'S PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUT INTO THE SYSTEM, WHETHER IF WE GO WITH

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A SHELL IS THERE. BUT I'LL TELL YOU THIS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU DO YOUR STUDIES, IS THAT OUR SYSTEM OF GETTING PEOPLE BOOKED INTO JAIL DOES NOT TAKE THAT LONG.

THE APPROVAL PROCESS WHETHER IT'S DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S DESOTO, IT'S THE PROCESS, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO ON SITE ARREST IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS OF THOSE REPORTS SO THAT IT CAN GET TO THE MAGISTRATE.

OTHER THAN THAT, THE INMATE IS SITTING DOWN INSIDE OF CENTRAL INTAKE.

SO, YOU KNOW, TOYOTA DID THEIR STUDY AND WHAT THEY FOUND.

AND YOU'LL LOOK AT THE BOTTOM DOWN THERE OF THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THE CITY'S REPORTING SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. QUICKER REPORTING.

GET THAT REPORT TO THE MAGISTRATE, AND HE GETS ON THE DOCKET TO GET ARRAIGNED.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 32 YEARS, AND YOU KNOW, PROBABLY GOT A GOOD IDEA OF HOW THIS WHOLE THING WORKS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M. I AM OPEN TO ANY KIND OF STUDY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

I'M FINE WITH THAT. BUT I'M TELLING YOU WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND.

THANK YOU. AND WITH MY GLASSES OFF, I CAN SEE THAT OUR SHERIFF IS HERE.

SO THANK YOU, SHERIFF BROWN, FOR FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

APPRECIATE THAT. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

COMMISSIONERS SPECIFICALLY CAN STAFF TELL ME HOW MUCH WE ACCRUED AN INTEREST IF WE WERE TO GET THIS APPROVED NEXT WEEK? WE'LL PROBABLY. WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT INTEREST PAYMENT.

BUT IT'S DEFINITELY COST THE TAXPAYERS MORE MONEY THAN WHAT THE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE, IS THAT ACCURATE TO SAY? THAT'S PROBABLY ACCURATE. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMISSIONERS, QUITE FRANKLY FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE DID TAKE FROM YOU TO COME DOWN HERE TO BASICALLY DO NOTHING, AND WHEN WE HAD THIS ON OUR AGENDA.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF.

WELL, IT'S ALMOST 3:00 AND OUR MEETINGS. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION YOU'D LIKE TO ASK? CAN I FINISH MY STATEMENT? NOT IF YOU'RE MAKING A STATEMENT. THIS IS TIME FOR A QUESTION.

SO NOW IT'S ABOUT EFFICIENCY OF TIME. THAT'S RIGHT.

IT IS. YOU'RE NO LONGER RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

ITEM C IS OUR UPDATE ON OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER.

WE HAVE A BRIEFING MEMO. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT ITEM? NOPE. NOBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

ITEM 4, THAT'S OUTLINED, TALKS ABOUT THE SITE.

AND THEN THE LAST PARAGRAPH TALKS ABOUT THE SITE, THE SUITABLE SITE LOCATION IS BEING FINALIZED.

I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A DATE, WHEN THAT WILL BE DETERMINED OR SHARED WITH COUNCIL. JEAMY AND I JUST WONDER, THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, ITEM 4? IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE ARE WE ARE FINALIZING THAT THAT.

EXCUSE ME. WE ARE FINALIZING THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY NOW, AND WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE HERE IN DECEMBER.

WAS THAT THE QUESTION I APOLOGIZE. WELL, IS THAT GOING TO LIST THE VARIOUS LOCATION OPTIONS? YES, YES, WE'LL GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT THAT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT WE'VE THAT WE'VE DONE.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN FOR ITEM FIVE, WHO SET THE SCORING CRITERIA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK? THAT WAS DONE THROUGH MY OFFICE. THE BOND OFFICE.

AND IS THERE ANY CRITERIA THAT SAYS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK MUST HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING A POLICE ACADEMY? SO WE DID INCLUDE POLICE ACADEMIES. I BELIEVE WE ALSO INCLUDED ANY OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEXES,

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AND IS IT A REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE OR ARE THERE JUST PREFERRED.

IS PREFERRED. YEAH. AND WOULD YOU KNOW HOW MANY POINTS A VENDOR MIGHT GET FOR THAT.

OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN EVEN BE SHARED? AT THIS TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE IT CAN BE SHARED.

IF IT CAN, WE'LL CERTAINLY SEND THAT OUT LATER.

I BELIEVE WE HAD IT IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT SETS OF CRITERIA, SO NOT JUST IN ONE.

OKAY. SO FOR GOING FORWARD I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE NOT JUST THE KEY DEVELOPMENTS, BUT MAYBE A STATUS ON WHERE WE'RE AT, ALSO ON FUNDRAISING AND WHAT THE EXPECTED BUDGET IS.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHERS? DO YOU HAVE ONE? I DO. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. THE, IN THE MEMO REFERS TO THE REALITY BASED TRAINING VILLAGE POTENTIALLY BEING INCLUDED IN THE NEW SAFETY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPLEX. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT, THAT'S, IS, ARE THOSE UNITS ALREADY IN PLACE CURRENTLY? SIR, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE? THE THERE'S A REFERENCE TO THE REALITY BASED TRAINING VILLAGE, WHICH IS.

YES. DO WE HAVE THOSE. IS THAT ARE THOSE UNITS ALREADY BEING.

YES, SIR. WE BEING ALLOCATED. YES, SIR. WE DO HAVE A FACILITY OR SPACES THAT WE USE FOR REALITY BASED TRAINING, WHICH IS AN OUTDOOR SEPARATE SPACE. AND SO THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS NEW, THE NEW POLICE ACADEMY. IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS THE FUNDING FOR THAT WAS, CAME FROM QUIKTRIP? THAT IS ONE PORTION OF IT, YES. ONE PORTION OF IT.

YES. I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK QUIKTRIP FOR MAKING THAT CONTRIBUTION AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT, THAT THOSE THAT REALITY BASED TRAINING VILLAGE IS AVAILABLE TO US AND IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE UTILIZED IN THE NEW FACILITY AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR PUBLIC COOPERATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THAT PROCESS.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY'RE A GREAT PARTNER, AND IT WILL CERTAINLY BE ABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW FACILITY. AND AS IT TURNS OUT, I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE QUIKTRIP HERE. SO WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS. I ACTUALLY WANT TO GO BACK TO B, WHICH IS WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND.

I DON'T THINK WE ACTUALLY TOOK A VOTE THOUGH, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

ALRIGHTY. WELL, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT ACADEMY AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING A FANTASTIC CORPORATE CITIZEN.

AND WE HOPE YOU INSPIRE OTHERS TO ALSO STEP UP IN THE SAME WAY.

THANK YOU. YES. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT AS OF TODAY AT 12:50, THE LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNT DALLAS AND THE CITY OF DALLAS PAPERS WERE SENT OVER TO THE CHANCELLOR FOR SIGNING.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THOSE BACK THIS WEEK AND OUR CITY MANAGER BE SIGNING THEM LATER THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK.

EXCELLENT NEWS. ALRIGHTY. WELL, LET'S MOVE RIGHT ALONG.

AND THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BRIEFING ABOUT POLICE RESPONSE TIMES.

AS YOU'RE GETTING SEATED, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB WITH THE DATA.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. CHIEF ARTIS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.

THE FOCUS OF THIS PRESENTATION IS ON POLICE RESPONSE TIMES.

IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S BOTH VITAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CENTRAL TO THE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE IN OUR DEPARTMENT.

NOW, THIS PRESENTATION WILL BE DELIVERED BY ME, ROBERT URIBE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POLICE COMMUNICATIONS.

RICHARD FOY, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF PATROL ALPHA BUREAU.

AND ASSISTANT CHIEF TEENA SCHULTZ, ASSISTANT OVER THE PATROL BRAVO BUREAU.

EXCUSE ME. NOW, LET'S BEGIN BY REVIEWING THE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORICAL RESPONSE TIMES AND STAFFING LEVELS TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR OUR CURRENT CHALLENGES. WE WILL THEN EXAMINE THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SLOWER RESPONSE TIMES, OUTLINE THE ACTIONS ALREADY TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, AND SHARE THE RESULTS THAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE.

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NOW, OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO TELL YOU TO PROVIDE A PICTURE OF WHERE WE STAND, THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, AND THE PATH FORWARD TO ENSURE THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS RECEIVE TIMELY POLICE RESPONSE THAT THEY DESERVE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW THAT WE'VE OUTLINED THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CURRENT STATUS OF RESPONSE TIMES AND STAFFING OVER THE LAST DECADE. THE CHART THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHOWS AN INCREASE IN RESPONSE TIMES DURING RECENT YEARS, BUT THE CHART ALSO SHOWS THAT THE RESPONSE TIMES CORRELATE WITH THE CHANGES IN SWORN STAFFING LEVELS.

HOWEVER, AS THE SWORN STAFFING LEVELS HAVE BEGUN TO INCREASE, RESPONSE TIMES ARE NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT.

DESPITE THAT MODEST IMPROVEMENT, WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WITH THAT HISTORICAL CONTEXT IN MIND, WE CAN EXAMINE THE SPECIFIC COMPONENTS OF RESPONSE TIMES IN 2025. THIS IDENTIFIES WHERE THE DELAYS ARE MOST PROMINENT.

WE'LL START BY LOOKING AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE METRICS THAT COMPOSE ALL OF OUR OVERALL RESPONSE TIMES.

OUR TOTAL RESPONSE TIME BASICALLY IS COMPOSED OF DISPATCH TIME AND TRAVEL TIME.

THE CHART THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SHOWS THAT THE DISPATCH TIME IS PROVIDING FOR THE GREATEST DELAYS IN OUR OVERALL RESPONSE TIME.

BUT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT DATA, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN WE RECEIVE THE 911 CALL WE ANSWER IT, WE ANSWER THAT 911 CALL FASTER THAN THE RECOMMENDED STANDARD THAT OUR NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOCIATION HANDS OUT TO THE NATION. THE CALL ANALYSTS PROMPTLY CREATE THE CALL FOR SERVICE FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE DISPATCHED.

AND THEN THEY SEND IT TO THE DISPATCHER. BE OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM.

BUT DESPITE THAT FAST INTAKE AND PROCESSING, DISPATCHERS OFTEN CANNOT SEND UNITS BECAUSE OFFICERS ARE CONSISTENTLY ENGAGED IN OTHER CALLS. THIS CREATES DELAYS IN RESPONSE TIME AND IS THE PRIMARY BOTTLENECK IN THE OVERALL PROCESS.

THIS CHART YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIGHLIGHTS THAT DISPATCH TIME FOR EACH CATEGORY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO UNDERSTANDING THAT BREAKDOWN OF RESPONSE TIMES HELPS US EXAMINE THE UNDERLYING ISSUES.

SO LET'S LOOK AT THE KEY CHALLENGES CONTRIBUTING TO THESE SLOWER RESPONSE TIMES.

SO PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO CALLS IS IS MAKING UP OVER 60% OF OUR TOTAL CALLS DISPATCH FOR SERVICE EVERY YEAR.

YOU KNOW THOUGH THE PRIORITY 3, 4 CALLS HAVE SHOWN A GRADUAL DECREASE FROM 2022 TO 2025.

THESE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS HIGH PRIORITY FOR US.

SO COMPLICATING THE MATTER EVEN FURTHER IS THAT OUR HIGH PRIORITY CALLS HAVE, AND OUR RESPONSE TIMES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED IN SEVERAL YEARS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW, BUILDING THAT ON OUR CURRENT CALL PRIORITY CONCERNS, WE FIND THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUTDATED TECHNOLOGY AND VARYING DEMANDS ACROSS OUR DIVISIONS THAT FURTHER HINDERING, HINDER OUR TIMELY RESPONSES.

OUR RESPONSE CAPABILITIES CURRENTLY RELY ON OUTDATED SYSTEMS. SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM AND OUR RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

THIS LIMITS OUR OFFICERS EFFICIENCIES. THESE SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO BE A SUBJECT OF A FUTURE PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMITTEE, I HOPE. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE IDENTIFIED ISSUES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE LENGTH OF OUR RESPONSE TIMES IS THAT OUR PRIORITY CALLS FOR SERVICE VARY WIDELY ACROSS THE DIVISIONS, WITH SOME INCIDENTS INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND VIOLENT CRIMES, TAKING UP THE OFFICER'S BASICALLY REQUIRING MULTIPLE OFFICERS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME THAT SOMETIMES LEAVE OTHER PRIORITY CALLS UNANSWERED BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BUSY WITH THAT PARTICULAR CALL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ANOTHER IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT IN ADDITION TO THESE TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES WE HAVE GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIVISIONS THAT MAKE US MAKE DO THESE COMPARISONS OF RESPONSE TIMES PROBLEMATIC.

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING RELATED TO RESPONSE TIME IS THE WHAT TIME THE CALLS FOR SERVICE COME IN. DURING THE DAY IN THE CHART, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT RANGES FROM JANUARY 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT CALL VOLUMES PEAK BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3 P.M.

AND 10 P.M., WHEN OFFICERS AVAILABILITY IS ALREADY STRAINED.

NOW, DURING THESE PEAK HOURS, PRIORITY TWO CALLS CONSISTENTLY MAKE UP 55 TO 60% OF OUR CALL VOLUME, SO THIS EVEN ADDS MORE TO THE OFFICER'S WORKLOAD.

SO EVEN THOUGH PRIORITY ONE CALLS REMAIN THE SMALLEST SHARE OF INCIDENTS DURING THIS TIME THE STEADY PRESENCE OF THESE HIGH PRIORITY CALLS UNDERSCORES THE REASON THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY SLOW ON SOME OF THESE COVERAGES.

I MEAN, THEY'RE BUSY DAILY ON THESE TYPES OF CALLS, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE PEAK HOURS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW, DESPITE ALL THESE ONGOING CHALLENGES, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN ALLEVIATING SOME OF THE PRESSURES ON PATROL OFFICERS THROUGH EXPANDED REPORTING OPTIONS. TOTAL REPORTS HAVE GROWN STEADILY OVER, A YEAR OVER YEAR.

MOST RECENTLY IN 2024, TOTAL REPORTS TAKEN GREW 24.5% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR THAT THAT REALLY MARKED THE SINGLE HIGHEST JUMP.

IN ESSENCE THE ONLINE REPORTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE 2020.

AND OVER THE OVER THE PHONE REPORTS CONTINUE TO GROW AS WELL.

SO THIS YEAR, WITH OVER 34,000 REPORTS ALREADY FILED IN 2025, THE DATA SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A RESILIENT SYSTEM ONLINE AND OVER THE PHONE SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO SUPPORT US FOR SOME LONG TERM OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AS TIME GOES ON.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NOW LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE PATROL BUREAU STRATEGIES BEING TESTED AND REFINED.

THESE STRATEGIES INCLUDE SUPERVISOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPROVED OVERTIME SCHEDULING.

NOW, TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES AND OVERALL PATROL EFFICIENCY, SEVERAL STRATEGIES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

A NEW OFFICER ACTIVITY PROGRAM IS BEING TESTED TO ENHANCE ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY DAILY REPORTS THAT ARE SENT OUT THREE TIMES PER DAY. SUPERVISOR NOW HAVE DETAILED DATA TO BETTER MANAGE PRODUCTIVITY.

STATION AND LIGHT DUTY OFFICERS ARE ALSO MAKING CALLBACKS TO LOWER PRIORITY CALLS AND HANDLING THEM OVER THE PHONE.

AND OVERTIME SCHEDULES ARE BEING ADJUSTED TO HELP MANAGE THESE PEAK TIMES AS WELL.

THESE NOW, AS YOU HEARD IN OUR FIRST PRESENTATION TODAY, THESE EFFORTS ARE ALSO BEING REINFORCED BY OUR IMPROVED HIRING AND RETENTION STRATEGIES.

AND ESTAB, BASICALLY, WE'RE ESTABLISHING A GROWING AND RESPONSIVE PATROL WORKFORCE AS TIME GOES ON.

NOW, ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO HELP IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES AND HELP THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION WE'VE INTRODUCED ADDITIONAL PROCESS ENHANCEMENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALSO, WE STARTED COMPLETING VIDEO CONFERENCE REPORTS FOR AUTO THEFTS.

WE ARE ALSO WE'VE UPDATED DISPATCH PROTOCOLS AND ARE HANDLING CERTAIN NON-EMERGENCY REPORTS OVER THE PHONE AS WELL.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE COMPLETING A STUDY OF COMPARABLE CITIES TO TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES AND REFINE THE WAY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO POLICE INCIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

NOW, TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS, WE'RE CONDUCTING THIS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH SIMILAR SIZED DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES EVALUATING THE BEST PRACTICES, REVIEWING HOW CALL PRIORITIES ARE DEFINED, AND ASSESSING RESPONSE TIME GOALS ACROSS AGENCIES. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS SURVEY ARE PENDING, AND WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING THOSE TO HELP GUIDE US IN OUR FUTURE IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS. NOW, AS NEXT STEPS IN LOOKING AHEAD, WE WILL REVIEW THE SURVEY FINDINGS TO TO HELP GUIDE US WITH

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AND ALONGSIDE ALONGSIDE RECOMMENDING MAJOR TECHNOLOGY REPLACEMENTS.

WE'RE WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NEW TOOLS SUCH AS DRONES, AS FIRST RESPONDERS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER 911 PLATFORMS TO HELP WITH OTHER EFFICIENCIES THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET OUT OF THE TECHNOLOGY.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING RESPONSE TIMES ON REALLY ON A DAILY BASIS.

WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS TO THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE'LL IMPLEMENT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE FUTURE PROCESS UPDATES ARE DATA DRIVEN AND KEEP UP KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'D BE RECOMMENDING.

LAST SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR OVERVIEW.

ANY QUESTIONS? CHIEF, I SEE YOU'RE SITTING THERE.

DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS OR YOU'RE JUST READY FOR QUESTIONS? WELL. YOU GOT TO PUSH THE BUTTON, THOUGH, AND THEN TRY TO MOVE IT REALLY CLOSE.

YEAH. YEAH. STATEMENT WISE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM PROUD OF IS THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GO DOWN IN RESPONSE TIMES OVER HERE IN RECENT TIME. TIME IS STEADY GOING DOWN.

WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET IT EVEN LOWER. BUT THE GOOD THING IS THAT WE'RE IN A DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. BECAUSE TOM'S GOING DOWN AND I, I DEFINITELY SEE IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.

GREAT. COMMITTEE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

AGAIN, CHIEF. THANK YOU. IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN.

WE CAN GO TO PAGE SEVEN, AND SO ON PAGE SEVEN, WE SEE NORTHEAST ON THE SQUARE MILES.

IT'S A LARGER DIVISION, AS WE ALL KNOW PRIOR TO OUR ADMINISTRATION CHANGES, WE WERE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY REDOING THAT, THE NORTHEAST. ARE THOSE DISCUSSIONS STILL ONGOING? BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT CHAIR STEWART AND I RECEIVE ON THE REGULAR IS IF AND WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE CHANGING THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA FOR NORTHEAST. THERE WE GO. THERE WAS LOTS OF TALKS OF IT UNDER CHIEF GARCIA.

WE'VE MENTIONED IT A FEW TIMES SINCE CHIEF COME HAS BEEN HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOGISTICS THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO INTO THAT. AND IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, DIVIDING THE SUBSTATION IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

REDISTRICTING IS STILL GOING TO LEAVE A LOT OF THE NORTHEAST PART OF DALLAS OUT KIND OF ON ITS OWN.

IF WE IF WE DON'T JUST DIVIDE IT IN HALF. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE THERE'S ALSO AN ONGOING STUDY TO EXAMINE THOSE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF WHAT THAT REALIGNMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR, NOT JUST FOR NORTHEAST, BUT JUST IN ITS ENTIRETY.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC LOOK. THANK YOU.

THE ONE THING THAT WE DO HAVE ON HERE ARE SQUARE MILES.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT CENTRAL OR CENTRAL. MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ADDING POPULATION AS WELL BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THAT AREA IS MUCH SMALLER GEOGRAPHICALLY, WE'RE FACED WITH A LOT OF DENSITY.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT DOESN'T LOOK SKEWED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ABSOLUTELY A METRIC THAT'S LOOKED AT.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S ALSO A VOLUME AS WELL OF POLICE INCIDENTS.

SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY TO HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO DIVIDE IT UP MORE APPROPRIATELY.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ALSO, IF YOU COULD PUT IN THE STAFFING LEVELS.

SO FOR INSTANCE, NORTH CENTRAL IS THE SECOND SMALLEST GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE SECOND SMALLEST STAFFING LEVEL.

SO I THINK MAYBE ADDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HERE I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT SLIDE.

WHICH IS 49 IN THE BRIEFING OR SEVEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR BRIEFING.

I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT REDONE WITH THAT INFORMATION, WHETHER THAT'S A LINE BOTH FOR POPULATION INCIDENCES AND STAFFING.

I THINK THAT WILL GIVE US A FULLER PICTURE OF WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING THERE.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART THANK YOU. CHAIR.

SO JUST A QUESTION. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY DIVIDE NORTHEAST? SORRY. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS THAT I LIKE.

TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL SUBSTATION.

TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL SUBSTATION THAT WOULD EITHER TAKE THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST HIGHWAY PORTION OR WHATEVER THAT BOUNDARY LINE IS,

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RIGHT. I THINK YOU'D REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE THE POCKETS OF INCIDENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT NECESSARILY DIVIDED BY DISTRICT LINES BECAUSE NORTHWEST HIGHWAY IS THE DISTRICT LINE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I JUST DEFAULT TO. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY.

I THINK YOU DO NEED TO LOOK AT POPULATION AND STAFFING.

BUT WHERE ARE YOUR HOTSPOTS AND HOW DO YOU DIVIDE THE HOTSPOTS.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF US WHO FURTHER NORTHEAST GET THREE HOT SPOTS AND THE OTHER HALF GETS THEIR THREE HOT SPOTS.

WHATEVER THAT IS, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOUR RESOURCES ARE NEEDED AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT DIVISION DOESN'T ISN'T CATTYWAMPUS THAT IT IS.

YOU ARE, YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO HANDLE THE CALLS THAT ARE COMING FROM THOSE AREAS.

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. WHO ELSE HAS A QUESTION? CHAIRMAN JOHNSON. THANK YOU. COULD YOU GO OVER THE PRIORITIES AGAIN? WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONSE TIME TO OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I'VE HAD A LOT OF MEMBERS IN MY COMMUNITY SAY THAT THEY CALLED AND IT TOOK 2 OR 3 HOURS FOR SOMEONE TO COME OUT OR NEVER CAME.

AND SO I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME IN MY DISTRICT.

SO GO OVER WHAT QUALIFIES. PRIORITY ONE. PRIORITY TWO.

SO WE CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WHAT WHY IT TAKES SO LONG OR WHY SOME DON'T SHOW ON WHAT'S GOING ON.

I KNOW WE'RE, WHERE STAFFING IS CONCERNED. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT.

BUT I STILL WANT THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS ASKING ABOUT THAT. ABSOLUTELY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WE HAVE, CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR PRIORITIES FOR POLICE DISPATCH.

THE FIRST PRIORITY IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. PRIORITY ONE.

AND THAT'S AN INCIDENT IN WHICH SOMEONE'S LIFE IS IN IMMEDIATE DANGER.

IT'S ACTIVELY IN DANGER RIGHT NOW. SOMEONE'S BEEN SHOT.

SOMEONE'S BEEN STABBED. SOMEONE IS, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, HAVING SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPEN AT THAT POINT.

OUR PRIORITY TWO IS OUR SECOND HIGHEST PRIORITY.

THAT ONE IS FOR SOMEONE'S PROPERTY OR A PERSON TO BE IN POTENTIAL DANGER IN THAT IMMEDIACY ALSO.

AND THEN THE LOWER PRIORITIES ARE GENERALLY NON-EMERGENCY CALLS THAT ARE REPORT ONLY TYPE OF CALLS.

AND ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT OUR CITIZENS FEEL THAT, AND RIGHTFULLY SO.

THE CALL, THE TIME THEY CALL 911, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES IN THEIR LIFE.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO EXAMINE DIFFERENT WAYS TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE FASTER AT OUR PRIORITY ONES AND OUR PRIORITY TWOS, BUT ENSURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND THEN HANDLE THE REPORTS MORE ACCORDINGLY AS WELL.

SO, SO IT IS A COMPLEX ISSUE, BUT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

SO ON A PRIORITY TWO WHAT SHOULD BE THE TIME THAT I CAN CONVEY THAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT AN OFFICER ON A PRIORITY TWO.

SO, AS I SAID BEFORE, OUR CURRENT GOALS HAVE NOT BEEN EXAMINED FOR MANY YEARS THAT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME THINGS IN PLACE.

SO. SO IF YOU'RE ASKING US WHAT OUR CURRENT GOAL IS IT IS CURRENTLY 12 MINUTES.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT MEETING THAT. WE'RE OVER 92 MINUTES, I BELIEVE, AT THIS POINT.

AND THAT'S, AGAIN, THERE'S A COMBINATION OF ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO ENSURE THAT WE ALIGN THAT MORE APPROPRIATELY AT THIS JUNCTION.

SO YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON FIXING THAT PROBLEM.

WE'RE EXAMINING THAT ISSUE. WE'RE DOING A STUDY ACROSS THE NATION WITH LARGE CITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CADENA. YEAH. SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I GET QUESTIONS FROM CITIZENS SOMETIMES AND THEY WONDER, YOU KNOW, POLICE OFFICERS DRIVING BY, NOBODY STOPPED.

BUT THIS RESPONSE TIME IS ACTUALLY WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 911, RIGHT.

AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY RESPOND TO A PHONE CALL.

AND IS THAT TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS? FOR POLICE TO RESPOND.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOU KNOW THE AND I'LL HAVE OR MY PATROL COUNTERPARTS ANSWER THE THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING DONE PROACTIVELY BUT FROM A STANDARD 911 CALL. THEY DO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO 911.

AND THEN AN OFFICER GETS DISPATCHED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE FOR, BASED ON PRIORITY.

AND CITIZENS CAN MAKE A91 CALL, ONE CALL VIA TEXT OR A PHONE CALL.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS? SO TODAY THE PRIMARY WAYS IS EITHER THE PHONE CALL OR TEXT TO 911.

SO IN ESSENCE IN IN THEIR LITTLE PHONE LINE, THEY ENTER, THEY ENTER THE 911 AND THEN TEXT THE HELP THEY NEED.

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AND THEN WE GET A CALL FOR SERVICE OUT TO THEIR LOCATION IF WE CAN.

THANKS. MY OTHER QUESTION IS, I NOTICED ON NORTHWEST DIVISION THAT ALSO CLOSED CYPRESS WATERS STATION.

SO IS THAT THE CORRECT SQUARE MILES, INCLUDING THE CYPRESS WATERS AREA? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, GREAT. I KNOW THAT THAT WE FINALLY HAVE A SUBSTATION OUT THERE.

I THINK WE GOT IT MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. AND SO THEY USED TO, IT USED TO TAKE QUITE A WHILE FOR SOMEBODY TO GET OVER THERE.

SO I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT OUT THERE.

THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS QUICKER RESPONSE TIMES, BUT FOR DPD, Y'ALL ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING INTO DANGER FOR EVERY ONE OF US.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL DO. AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, LOWER OUR RESPONSE TIME AND TO RESPOND TO OUR CITIZENS WHEN THEY HAVE A NEED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN JOHNSON, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO JUST SAY THIS ON THE RECORD. I THANK YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND TRYING TO RESPOND.

BUT ON A PRIORITY TWO, WHEN IT'S NOT, WHEN A PERSON TAKES AN OFFICER, TAKES THREE HOURS TO NO SHOW.

THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IN DISTRICT FOUR, I WILL NOT I'M NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THAT.

WHEN MY COMMUNITY CALLS, ESPECIALLY ON THE PRIORITY ONE, PRIORITY TWO UNDERSTAND PRIORITY ONE, BUT PRIORITY TWO, WHEN THEIR LIFE COULD POSSIBLY BE IN DANGER.

I'M EXPECTING OUR POLICE OFFICER TO SHOW UP. SO MY COMMUNITY IS EXPECTING THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I'M EXPECTING. SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DOING A STUDY AND I SUPPORT ALL THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE IN DISTRICT FOUR AND ALL THE CITY.

BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SENIOR CITIZEN AND THOSE THAT ARE CALLING ON PRIORITY TWOS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A RESPONSE.

I ACTUALLY HAD A SITUATION WHERE I CALLED FOR ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS AS I WAS PULLING UP, COMING FROM CHURCH, AND THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO HOURS ON A PRIORITY TWO. IT WASN'T UNTIL I TOLD HIM, GIVE ME THE PHONE AND IDENTIFY WHO I AM.

THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. AND SO MY COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY TO ME, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I'M ASKING TO BE ADDRESSED, TO MAKE SURE OUR PRIORITY TWOS ARE ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO AND NOT THREE HOURS OR TWO NO SHOWS.

THAT'S MY BEING IN MY EXPERIENCE SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO GO TO SLIDE THREE.

THIS IS THE CURRENT RESPONSE TIMES. AND THIS IS WHY I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH ATTENTION PAID TO THIS ISSUE AND WHY YOU'RE FEELING THE RESIDENTS BE CRITICAL ABOUT RESPONSE TIME IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT 2017, 18, 19, 20 AND 21, WE SEE RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY ONE START WITH 8 MINUTES AND SOME IN SOME SECONDS, BUT NOW WE'RE AT 10 MINUTES .99. BUT WHEN YOU FLIP OVER AND YOU START LOOKING AT SWORN STRENGTH, WELL, WE HAD BETWEEN 3000 AND 3100 OFFICERS AND NOW WE'RE ALMOST AT 3300. SO WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS, LESS CALL VOLUME AND SLOWER RESPONSE. AND SO THAT COMBINATION DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

RIGHT. SO AT THE POINT THAT WE HAD DECREASING OFFICERS AND INCREASING RESPONSE TIME.

IT WAS EASY TO EXPLAIN. RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE LESS OFFICERS.

MAYBE WE EVEN HAVE MORE TRAFFIC TODAY THAN WE USED TO.

BUT AT SOME POINT IT STARTS TO NOT MAKE SENSE.

IT STARTS TO NEED AN EXPLANATION OF, WELL, WHY ARE THERE MORE OFFICERS, SLOWER RESPONSE AND LESS CALLS. AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT BEHIND THAT AND ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THINGS THAT YOU THINK YOU COULD DO TO HELP GET THOSE CALLS ANSWERED QUICKER.

ABSOLUTELY. SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT OVER THE SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT THE VIOLENT CRIME TASK.

THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT WORK IN REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, OBVIOUSLY RESOURCES ARE BEING ALLOCATED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY AT TIMES TO ADDRESS THESE PROACTIVE NEEDS OF THIS CITY.

ULTIMATELY THERE'S MULTIPLE LAYERS TO WHAT WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE INCREASE RIGHT NOW OF THE SWORN STRENGTH DOESN'T INCLUDE I MEAN, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLKS THAT WE JUST HIRED ON.

AND AS WE KNOW, IT TAKES AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO GET THEM TRAINED AND GET THEM FULL FLEDGED WORKING ON THEIR OWN.

SO, SO THERE'S MULTIPLE LAYERS TO WHAT IS BEING ASKED THERE.

BUT ULTIMATELY WE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

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RIGHT? SO THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT CAR.

AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT. I GUESS THAT'S REALLY ALL I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

THE VIOLENT CRIME RATE DOES CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.

THIS IS ESSENTIAL AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE LAUDED.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE, AS JOHNSON WAS TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE SUPER FRUSTRATED THAT THEY'RE AFRAID THE POLICE WON'T SHOW UP WHEN THEY'RE MOST NEEDED. AND I KNOW YOU WILL FOR A PRIORITY ONE, AND I PRAY YOU WILL FOR ALL THE OTHERS.

BUT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT THE THE DOORS, THE DALLAS ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM.

OKAY. GOT IT. SO IS IT REQUIRED TO USE DOORS OR IS IT STILL OPTIONAL? SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED MOST OF THESE REPORTS AS BEING PRIMARILY TO BE HANDLED OVER THE PHONE OR THROUGH THE ONLINE PROCESS. NOW, WE DO HAVE CERTAIN SITUATIONS IN WHICH CITIZENS MAY NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, MAY NOT BE ABLE, YOU KNOW, MAY BE PHYSICALLY NEEDING A POLICE OFFICER THERE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S AGE, WHETHER IT'S THERE'S MULTIPLE REASONS.

AND SO WE STILL OFFER THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN OFFICER TO SHOW UP IN THOSE SCENARIOS.

BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO REALLY NOTE ABOUT OUR ONLINE REPORTING PROCESS OR OVER THE PHONE PROCESS, IS THAT IT'S THE SAME PROCESS AS IF A POLICE OFFICER SHOWS UP TO THE DOOR.

IT GETS REFERRED THROUGH TO THE FOLLOW UP DETECTIVE WHO DOES THE FOLLOW UP WORK WHO, SO I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY IS NOT A GOOD POLICE SERVICE. IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO HANDLE IT FASTER.

THEY, IF IT'S A PROPERTY CRIME, THEY CAN START FILING THEIR INSURANCE PAPERWORK AT THAT JUNCTION.

IT, RATHER THAN TAKING. IN SOME CASES, SOME OF SOME OF THESE REPORT CALLS ARE TAKING US UP TO 12 HOURS TO GET THERE.

INSTEAD OF TAKING THOSE 12 HOURS, THEY COULD BE DONE IN 20 MINUTES OR LESS IN SOME CASES AND GET MOVING ON THE NEXT STAGES OF THE INVESTIGATION FOR THEMSELVES.

SO I DON'T WANT FOLKS TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO THEY'RE BEING GIVEN A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEIR NEXT STEPS AS WELL.

AND SO THIS DALLAS ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM, IT'S BOTH COMPUTER AND PHONE.

SO IF SOMEBODY IS CALLING 911, WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE ABLE TO USE THE PHONE TO COMPLETE THAT REPORT FOR THE ELIGIBLE CRIMES? IN THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CONSTANTLY COMES UP.

AND IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE REALLY WANT AN OFFICER AT THEIR DOOR.

THEY DO HAVE A PREFERENCE TO HAVE AN OFFICER THERE.

HOWEVER AGAIN, THE PHONE OPPORTUNITY PRETTY MUCH COVERS MOST PEOPLE'S ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO NOT BEING ABLE TO DO IT ONLINE.

IN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO ON OCCASION HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS A 911 ONLY PHONE AS AN EXAMPLE, SO THAT THAT'S THE ONLY NUMBER THEY CAN DIAL.

THEY CAN'T RECEIVE A CALL BACK. THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE TAKE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION.

OKAY. AND SO WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS.

AND YOU HAVE THIS BAR CHART IN HERE ALSO OF THE UTILIZATION OF DOORS, WHICH IS INCREASING.

AND THAT'S WONDERFUL. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD ALSO TRACK FOR US HOW MANY ELIGIBLE DOORS OFFENSES WERE ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO IN PERSON AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IF THEY WERE SHIFTED.

BECAUSE WHILE A RESIDENT MIGHT PREFER TO SEE ONE OF ONE OF Y'ALL IN PERSON THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE A CHOICE, RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT IT. WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THOSE PRIORITY ONE AND TWO CALLS IN A VERY TIMELY MANNER.

WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT BRIEFING.

SO WE HAVE THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN NEXT, AND I'M WONDERING, IT'S 3:30.

THERE'S A 4:00 ADMIN MEETING. AND WE ARE OVER TIME, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS PERHAPS DELAY THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE. THE SHORT VERSION IS. IT'S DOING GREAT.

Y'ALL HAVE REDUCED IT EVEN FURTHER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD WORK. ARE YOU OKAY IF WE HOLD IT TO NEXT MONTH? YEAH. OKAY. SORRY, GUYS, BUT YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

OKAY. SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR BRIEFINGS LEFT IS OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UPDATE.

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THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRWOMAN NIELSEN AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I AM DEPUTY CHIEF WILLIAM GRIFFITH OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS GROUP.

I'LL BE SITTING IN TODAY FROM MAJOR MARK HARRIS THIS AFTERNOON.

I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, LIEUTENANT ASHLEY LEE, WHO IS THE COMMANDER OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.

WITH OCTOBER BEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS AND AN UPDATE ON OUR PREVENTION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS TODAY. OUR PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF SOME DEFINITIONS, OUR FAMILY VIOLENCE DATA, INFORMATION ABOUT REPEAT VICTIMS, AND THE GREAT WORK BEING DONE BY OUR FUGITIVE UNIT, OUR PATROL CREWS, AND ALSO THE US MARSHALS FUGITIVE TASK FORCE.

WE ALSO IDENTIFY OUR TOP MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS WHERE FAMILY VIOLENCE OCCURS.

PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRIME, WHICH INCLUDES HISTORICAL DATA, YEAR TO DATE METRICS.

WE ALSO DISCUSS PREVENTION EFFORTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. THERE ARE SOME DEFINITIONS WE USE TO CATEGORIZE OFFENSES AND VICTIMS. FAMILY VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, LETHALITY ASSESSMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. HIGH RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VICTIM AND STRANGULATION.

WE WILL SPEAK MORE ON STRANGULATION LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE IS A COMPLETE YEAR COMPARISON FROM 2022 THROUGH 2024.

ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. WE SAW A LARGE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES FROM 2022 TO 2023 AND HAVE MAINTAINED THAT LEVEL WITH ANOTHER DECREASE FROM 23 TO 24, WITH 17 LESS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT VICTIMS, 49 FEWER SIMPLE ASSAULT VICTIMS. WE ALSO HAD 53 FEWER SEX OFFENSES, WHICH DID EXPERIENCE AN UPTICK.

WE DID EXPERIENCE AN UPTICK IN KIDNAPING CASES BETWEEN 23 AND 24 WITH NINE MORE OFFENSES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE YEAR TO DATE STATS THIS YEAR VERSUS YEAR TO DATE 2024.

WE HAVE HAD 60 LESS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT VICTIMS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR AND 284 LESS SIMPLE ASSAULT VICTIMS. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO MORE MURDERS AND SIX MORE KIDNAPING VICTIMS AND 51 MORE SEX OFFENSES.

NEXT OFFENSE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SORRY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE VERSUS NON INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE.

43.19% OF ALL OFFENSES OF VIOLENT CRIME INVOLVE INTIMATE PARTNERS, WHICH IS A DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR ALMOST 20%. LAST YEAR INTIMATE PARTNER ACCOUNTED FOR 60% OF VIOLENT CRIME OFFENSES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE STRANGULATION STATS.

WE HAVE HAD A DECREASE IN THE OFFENSES OF NO IMPEDING BREATH, BUT AN INCREASE IN LOSS OF BREATH, 32 NON IMPEDING BREATH AND NINE MORE IMPEDING BREATH DUE TO THE INCREASE IN STRANGULATION OFFENSES THE SEVERITY OF THE NATURE OF THE OFFENSE.

THE LAP ASSESSMENT FORM HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ASSESS THE DANGER OF THE VICTIM AND TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE.

WE WILL ALSO DISCUSS THAT LATER IN MORE DETAIL.

NEXT SLIDE FOR THE FUGITIVE UNIT. IN 2025, THE FUGITIVE UNIT ARRESTED 320 OFFENDERS FOR OUTSTANDING FAMILY VIOLENCE WARRANTS.

OVER 100 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO DATE.

OF THE 320 OFFENDERS, 100 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED PREVIOUSLY FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE.

THIS YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE FUGITIVE UNIT, WE UTILIZED OUR PATROL, CRT AND DEPLOYMENT UNITS TO MAXIMIZE OUR ARREST EFFORTS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE PRIORITIZE OFFENDERS WITH PREVIOUS HISTORY WITH INTIMATE PARTNERS AND REPEAT OFFENDERS.

THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE MOST PROACTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY.

WE ARE NOT STOPPING OUR EFFORTS TO ARREST THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS AND GET THEM OFF THE STREETS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. VICTIMOLOGY. 69% OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS ARE FEMALE.

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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. REPEAT VICTIMS ARE VICTIMS WITH THREE OR MORE OFFENSES COMMITTED AGAINST THEM.

HAS DECREASED SHARPLY BY 115 LESS THIS YEAR. WE CAN CONTRIBUTE THIS TO THE GREAT WORK OF OUR ACTIVISTS, OUR DOING, WHICH INCLUDES THE LISTED RESOURCES OF SAFETY PLANNING, PROTECTIVE ORDERS, RISK ASSESSMENT, COORDINATION WITH SHELTERS AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

I'LL NOW PASS THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION TO LIEUTENANT LEE TO DISCUSS THE LAP PROGRAM, THE TOP TEN MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS, AND OUR OPERATIONS OUTREACH AND OUR NEXT STEPS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ARE ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAP PROGRAM, IS AN ASSESSMENT OF OUR HIGH DANGER VICTIMS. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ASSESSING IF THE VICTIM IS IN DANGER OF BEING ASSAULTED OR THE VICTIM IS IN DANGER OF LETHALITY.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS HOW OUR PATROL OFFICERS CONDUCT THESE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE FIELD.

THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS IN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MARYLAND NETWORK ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO IMPROVE THIS ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS LATER IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH BAYLOR AND PARKLAND HOSPITAL ON THE STRANGULATIONS EXAM, AND WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE SOON.

THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS ARE NEXT.

WE HAVE 80%, WHICH ARE OUR VICTIMS ARE FEMALE, 19 OF THOSE VICTIMS, 19% OF THOSE VICTIMS ARE MALE.

WE ALSO HAD 69% OF THOSE VICTIMS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT SCREENING.

AND OF THOSE, WE HAVE 16% THAT ALSO TOOK THE EXAM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE ARE OUR TOP MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS.

YEAR TO DATE, VILLAGE OAKS APARTMENTS, AS WELL AS EXCHANGE 7272, IS IN WITHIN SOUTH CENTRAL PATROL DIVISION.

TRINITY TRAILS APARTMENTS IS WITHIN NORTH, SOUTHEAST PATROL DIVISION.

MONTECITO AND SAGE POINT ARE LOCATED ON NORTHEAST PATROL DIVISION.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL OFFICERS WITH THEIR ASSISTANCE, AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, WE HAVE IMPROVED OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTION AS WELL AS OUR OUTREACH BY 60%, ADDING 60 ADDITIONAL MEETINGS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FROM THIS TIME LAST YEAR WHEN WE MET WITH YOU GUYS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES THAT WE POSTED AT THE EVENTS AT OUR MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE THAT WITHIN THIS YEAR.

AND WE WILL UPDATE YOU GUYS NEXT YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE WONDERFUL MONTH OF OCTOBER, OUR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING WE'VE ROLLED OUT OUR OCTOBER SAFE FAMILIES OPERATION, WHICH WE'RE TARGETING SUSPECTS WITH MULTIPLE AND REPEAT OFFENDERS, AS WELL AS WE'RE PARTNERED WITH THE UNITED STATES MARSHALS TASK FORCE. OUR PATROL CRIME RESPONSE TEAMS, OUR FUGITIVE UNIT, AS WELL AS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.

WE'RE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PATROLS AT THOSE TOP MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN CATCH THESE OFFENDERS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE LOCATION, WHICH I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME NUMBERS BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

SO FAR, WE'VE MADE 205 ARRESTS UTILIZING THIS OPERATION FROM OCTOBER THE 1ST UNTIL TODAY.

AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN, WE ROLLED OUT OUR NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VIDEO ON THIS PAST FRIDAY AND WE WILL RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE EVERY WEEK.

OUR LAP 2.0 ASSESSMENT PROGRAM HAS ALSO MOVED UP.

STRANGULATION QUESTION TO THE TOP THREE TRIGGERS, WHICH WILL ALLOW OUR VICTIMS TO RECEIVE SHELTER SOONER.

IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW OUR VICTIMS TO RECEIVE MORE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO.

LEAVING THE SUSPECT. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS HELPING US AS WELL IN THE EXPEDITION OF PROSECUTING THESE, ARREST THESE OFFENDERS AS WELL AS WE'RE HIGH BINDING THESE OFFENDERS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE BRING US TO OUR NEXT STEPS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PATROL OUR MULTIFAMILY LOCATION AS WELL AS UPDATE OUR PATROL DIVISION'S QUARTERLY AS THESE LOCATIONS CHANGE.

WE CAN, WE INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY EFFORTS THIS YEAR AS WELL.

WITH OUR MULTIFAMILY LOCATION AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.

WE WORK OVER 13,700 CASES A YEAR, WITH THE AVERAGE CASELOAD PER DETECTIVE OF ABOUT 65 CASES.

WE HAVE 30 TO, 30 DETECTIVES HERE CURRENTLY IN OUR OFFICE.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY CASES THAT WE PROSECUTING AND TAKE THROUGH OUR OFFICE EVERY YEAR.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JEN.

I KNOW SHE'S PROBABLY SHE'S ALREADY LEFT US TODAY.

SO GEN WITH GENESIS SHELTER, CRYSTAL WITH THE FAMILY PLACE, AND I HAVE MY STAFF BACK HERE,

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I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS THEY ARE OUTSTANDING AND HELPING US COMBAT THEIR PERCENTAGE OF THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT FORMS WHERE THE VICTIMS DO INITIALLY REFUSE IN PATROL TO SPEAK WITH A COUNSELOR OR FILL OUT THE FORM.

SO WE'VE ADDED THAT SECOND STEP TO ALLOW THOSE VICTIMS A SECOND OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH A COUNSELOR.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS AND WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD PRESENTATION AND JUST REALLY SHOCKING HOW MANY CASES YOU HAVE.

ACROSS THE CITY. AND THEN EVEN FOR EACH OFFICER TO, TO HANDLE.

IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG LOAD. I WILL SAY, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU AND DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM HOSTED AN EVENT JUST PRECEDING THIS MEETING.

SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING RECOGNIZE FOLKS. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. LIEUTENANT LEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR WORK THAT YOU DO NOT ONLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WITH OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS. I KNOW THAT WE CAN ONLY GET THERE COLLABORATIVELY.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.

AND TO EVERYONE WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY AND WEARING PURPLE, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT OUR SURVIVORS.

YOU KNOW, AS A FATHER MYSELF, I KNOW HOW CRITICAL IT IS THAT WE PUT ALL OUR RESOURCES TO PROTECTING OUR ENTIRE RESIDENTS FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU CHAIR. YOU'RE WELCOME.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE? YES, YES. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO CONCUR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. I SAW VILLAGE OAKS APARTMENTS THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO ASSIST THOSE FAMILIES? AND IN THAT VILLAGE WHERE. WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING AN EVENT LATER THIS MONTH FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL PATROL VISION TO FOCUS ON THE VILLAGE OAKS APARTMENTS.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH THAT, WE ALSO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER ASSOCIATION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOB CORPS ATTEND THIS EVENT AS WELL, BECAUSE OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO ALLOW THESE VICTIMS TO, YOU KNOW, OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT AND THEN PROVIDE THEM WITH NEXT STEPS TO LEAVING THIS SITUATION.

A LOT OF THEM ARE CODEPENDENT ON THEIR ABUSER.

SO THAT'S THE GOAL TO HELP THEM AND TRANSITION THEM TO THE NEXT STEP.

ALSO, WITH THE LAP FORM CHANGING AND MOVING THE STRANGULATION QUESTION UP, WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM MORE ASSISTANCE IN THE SHELTER SO THEY WOULD TRIGGER SOONER WITH THE OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE, GET THAT ASSISTANCE.

WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COUNSELING SERVICES ON SITE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM ABOUT BREAKING THEIR LEASE AND HOW THAT HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS OUT IF THEY ARE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. COOL. THANK YOU.

AND LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU DO THAT PROGRAM. I'LL MAKE SURE MY OFFICE, WE'RE THERE TO SUPPORT AS WELL.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. MAY I ADD ONE THING? SO AS PART OF OUR PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IS OUR DETECTIVES AND SUPERVISORS IN THE UNIT ARE SO DEDICATED TO THIS.

THEY ARE GOING OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND WORKING PATROL IN THOSE AREAS TO ANSWER THOSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS.

SO THE DETECTIVES WILL BE IN. THE SUPERVISORS WILL BE RIGHT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THE SERVICES VERY, VERY QUICKLY. SO THAT'S HOW DEDICATED THEY ARE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE OUT RIDING AND PATROL ANSWERING THOSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND THIS WEEK IS SUPERVISORS WEEK.

SO ME AND MY SUPERVISORS WE WILL BE OUT ANSWERING PATROL AND THEY'RE IN THE BACK.

SO WE'RE TAKING THESE 6 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT SHIFT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.

GREAT JOB. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO OUR NEXT FIVE ITEMS ARE ALL BRIEFING MEMOS.

I SAW JUDGE ROBINSON WAS HERE EARLIER. ARE YOU STILL HERE, JUDGE? YOU ARE. SO WE'VE GOT MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK COMING UP, AND YOU HAVE SUBMITTED A MEMO TO US WITH LOTS OF FACTS ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'VE SERVED AND CASES, AND IF YOU WANT TO. SO PLEASE KNOW IT'S 3:45.

AND WE HAVE TO BE AT ANOTHER MEETING AT FOUR. AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER AT 3. SO IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO OF ANYTHING, THAT'D BE GREAT. I DO, ALL I NEED IS A MINUTE.

I IT'S PHONE A FRIEND. SO I BROUGHT A BUDDY WITH ME.

OF COURSE. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND HIGHLIGHTING MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE CLERKS, TO THE JUDGES, TO THE PROSECUTORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT.

ALSO, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR COURT HAS WON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVE AWARD FOR TMCC ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.

SO WE ARE DOING SOME GOOD WORK HERE AT THE CITY OF DALLAS MUNICIPAL COURT AND WE JUST APPRECIATE COUNCIL THE PROCLAMATION READING WILL BE ON THE 22ND.

AND SO WE'LL BE BACK HERE WITH AN ENTIRE GROUP ASKING FOR A WONDERFUL PHOTO.

AND THAT ENTIRE WEEK OF THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.

WE HAVE INFORMATION TABLES. WE ALSO HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY COMING OUT.

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AND I SEE YOU'VE GOT THE DATES OUTLINED. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO YOUR CALENDAR IT'S A GOOD TIME TO DO IT.

SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING.

UNLESS ANYBODY HAS AN IMMEDIATE QUESTION. NO.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

OKAY. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT? NO. ALL LOOKS GOOD. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS I'M GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THE BFR CONSTRUCTION UPDATE, AS WELL AS THE FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE. THESE ARE MONTHLY REPORTS.

AND DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE ITEMS? THEY ALL LOOK GOOD. GOOD JOB GUYS. OKAY, NEXT ONE IS THE MARSHALL'S HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM REPORT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THIS IS ALSO A MONTHLY REPORT.

NOPE. LOOKING GOOD. OKAY. WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER OF THOSE TWO? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. ON EXCUSE ME, ON THE LOOKS LIKE THE ACQUISITION OF THE OF THE HELICOPTER.

IS THAT THOSE ARE THOSE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE.

IS THAT CORRECT? HELLO. MARTIN RIOJAS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT QUESTION? I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

IS THAT WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING FROM FOR THE HELICOPTER PURCHASE.

THESE ARE MASTER LEASE FUNDS. I'M SORRY. MASTER LEASE FUNDS.

SO THESE ARE. THIS IS A MASTER LEASE? YES. OKAY.

AND. SO TO CLARIFY. SO THERE ON THE CAPITAL SIDE.

YES. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HAD YOU COME ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT OUR SUPER OLD TINY HELICOPTER OR OUR NICER, BIGGER HELICOPTER? I WILL SAY THAT I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR SUPPORT UNIT, THAT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.

THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN, ESPECIALLY MR. MOORE HERE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO OUR SUPPORT UNIT FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF YEARS.

I BELIEVE HE SAYS 22 YEARS. AND HE'S BEEN THERE AND SEEN IT ALL.

AND SO JUST US RECEIVING THE APPROVAL TO GET THIS AIRCRAFT IS VERY NICE AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND THE WHOLE TEAM APPRECIATES IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL I'LL JUST SAY I'VE ONLY BEEN AT HELICOPTER ONCE AND IT WAS THE OLD SMALL AIRCRAFT HELICOPTER.

AND I DEFINITELY THINK YOU NEED A NEW ONE. THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SURE I DO. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AND SO FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ITEM. BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IN IT, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS EXPLORING AN OPTION TO BRING IN A FULL TIME MECHANIC. WE HAVE MECHANICS THAT AREN'T ABLE TO SERVICE THESE HELICOPTERS.

I BELIEVE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHEN THERE'S PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY PRIVATE PRIORITIES, COMPETING FOR.

HELICOPTERS THAT ARE CITY OWNS, THAT MIGHT NOT BE PAYING THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND SO THERE'S A REASON THAT THESE HELICOPTERS ARE DOWN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SERVICED ADEQUATELY.

I KNOW THAT THEY GET SERVICED EVERY HOWEVER MANY THOUSAND MILES OR 100 MILES BUT THAT'S, TO ME, MORE OF A ROUTINE. I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE A DEEPER INSPECTION OF OUR HELICOPTERS TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING DOWN.

AND THEN AGAIN, IF WE LOOK AT THE CITY OF DALLAS, COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, WE'RE PRETTY LOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE NUMBER OF HELICOPTER UNITS. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH HELICOPTERS TO COVER THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE DID HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TODAY. IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED PREVIOUSLY.

I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME WE HAD A MECHANIC FOR AIR SUPPORT WAS BACK IN 2015.

AND SO IT IS ON THE TABLE. IT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING MOVING FORWARD, SEEING AS OUR FLEET IS JUST ABOUT TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY.

SO THAT IS ON THE TABLE. AND AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY. WELL SOUNDS TIMELY. WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR PILOTS ARE SAFE.

SO PLEASE DO BRING FORWARD WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

AND IS IT YOUR INTENTION TO KEEP THE OLD SMALL HELICOPTER AS A ROTATIONAL SPARE OR WHAT'S THE PLAN THERE?

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AND WHEN WE GET THAT ONE IN, WE WOULD THEN LET THE THE LAST OLD ONE GO.

OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

SO WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA. IT IS NOW 3:52 AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.