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          WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. TODAY IS JANUARY 12TH. IT IS 109. 
          [Public Safety Committee on January 12, 2026.]
CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST A COUPLE OF
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CAPTAIN BORIS. ARE YOU HERE? THERE YOU ARE. COME ON DOWN FOR A MINUTE. SO,
CAPTAIN BORIS HAS BEEN WITH US FOR 26 YEARS. 
          AND I THINK TOMORROW IS YOUR LAST DAY. AND WHILE USUALLY WE SORT OF RESERVE THIS FOR
OUTGOING CHIEFS, YOU'VE BEEN SO PRESENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. BOTH AT PRESENTATIONS. 
          YOU HAVE BEEN THE EMCEE EXTRAORDINAIRE FOR THE DFR AWARDS AND MANY OF OUR PUBLIC EVENTS. 
          I HAD ASKED YOU WHAT STATIONS YOU'VE WORKED AT. 
          YOU TOLD ME 3511 831 SEVEN YOU ARE IN THE CHIEFS,
THE THE FIRE CHIEF'S OFFICE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS A AS WIDE A BREADTH OF DUTIES AS YOU CAN HAVE AS A FIREFIGHTER IN
DALLAS. 
          AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GREATLY MISS YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR PERSONALITY AND ENTHUSIASM
THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO THIS JOB DEDICATION. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND AND THE CITY FOR
YOUR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO SAY. 
          I DO KNOW THAT I SEE UP THERE THAT WE HAVE JOHN FORREST,
WHO'S THE CHAIR OF SAFER DALLAS BETTER DALLAS. 
          AND I KNOW HE WANTED TO BE HERE TO ALSO SEND YOU OFF. 
          RIGHT. I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN DFR THAT HAVE SAID,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING YOU. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS AS YOU LEAVE AND MAKE THIS NEXT
TRANSITION. 
          YOU ASKED ME IF YOU COULD SAY ONE MINUTE'S WORTH AND IT'S ALL YOURS FOR THAT ENTIRE
MINUTE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS THIS IS A LOT FOR A GUY WHO COULDN'T EVEN MAKE IT PAST CAPTAIN. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO, I WILL BE VERY BRIEF AS YOU ASKED ME TO BE WHICH IS A
CHALLENGE FOR ME. 
          SO I DID WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU. THIS IS QUITE AN HONOR. 
          I WILL I WILL MISS A LOT OF THINGS. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OVER THESE LAST 26 YEARS OF
WORKING WITH MANY, MANY GREAT MEN AND WOMEN ON THE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ESPECIALLY AN IRONY IN PUBLIC LIFE,
WHICH IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE OFTEN MOST WARNED ABOUT, THE POLITICIANS ARE OFTEN THOSE THAT SHOW UP AND ASK THE
HARD QUESTIONS AND DEMONSTRATE REAL LEADERSHIP WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST. 
          THIS COMMITTEE DID NOT HAVE TO DO THIS. YOU CHOSE TO. 
          AND I THINK THAT SHOWS REAL CHARACTER AND NOT POLITICS. 
          I ALSO WANT TO SAY A BRIEF WORD ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DID TOGETHER. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY DOES NOT RUN ON A 9 TO 5 SCHEDULE,
AND NEITHER DOES THIS COMMITTEE. 
          I'VE ANSWERED MORE CALLS AND TEXTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OVER THESE YEARS THAT I CAN
REMEMBER. 
          AND I REMEMBER ONCE MY JEWISH FRIEND CARA CALLED HER CATHOLIC FRIEND ROB ON AN EASTER
SUNDAY. 
          AND I THINK 90 MINUTES LATER I HAD ANSWERED ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AND WHILE I MAY NOT MISS THE TIMING OF SOME OF THESE CALLS I WILL MISS THE BANTER. 
          THESE CALLS MATTERED, AND THESE CONVERSATIONS MATTERED. 
          THEY MADE OUR SYSTEM BETTER. AND OVER TIME, THEY BECAME SOMETHING MORE THAN TRANSACTIONAL. 
          THEY. THEY BECAME RELATIONSHIPS AND EVEN FRIENDSHIPS. 
          SO I DO WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING BEFORE I. I SIGN OFF? YOUR JOB ON THIS COMMITTEE IS NOT TO MAKE US COMFORTABLE. 
          YOUR JOB IS TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. NEVER LOSE YOUR EDGE. 
          PUSH HARD. ASK THE UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS AND DEMAND BETTER. 
          LEADERSHIP, I'VE LEARNED, IS NOT DEFINED BY TITLE OR PROXIMITY TO AUTHORITY. 
          IT IS DEFINED BY PRESENCE, BY HONESTY AND THE WILLINGNESS TO LOOK SOMEONE IN THE EYE,
ESPECIALLY ON THE WAY OUT AND SAY YOU MATTERED. 
          SILENCE, TOO, IS A DECISION, AND HISTORY IS REMARKABLY PRECISE AT REMEMBERING THOSE WHO
CHOOSE IT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CAMARADERIE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP. 
          SO LONG AND GOODBYE. THANK YOU. 
          WELL, IN CONTINUING THE GOODBYE. I'M VERY SAD TO HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF LONGTIME
DHFR CHAPLAIN DENNY BURRIS, WHO DIED THIS MORNING. HE FAITHFULLY SERVED THE DEPARTMENT FOR 31 YEARS,
FROM 1972 TO 2003, 
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AND HE CONTINUED SERVING AS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE RETIRED HONOR GUARD. 
          THROUGHOUT HIS SERVICE, HE BROUGHT COMFORT AND COMPASSION AND GUIDANCE TO DHFR MEMBERS AND
THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PERSONAL PRAYER TO COMFORT HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEMS. THE FIRST IS WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR THE MAY 10TH PUBLIC SAFETY MINUTES. 
          ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL,
PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 8TH PUBLIC
SAFETY MINUTES. 
          ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES FOR THAT? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL,
PLEASE SAY AYE. 
          ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, SO FOR OUR BRIEFING ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEM AS ORDERED. 
          MEANING A AND B WILL COME FIRST. SO WE WILL ALWAYS DO OUR HIRING STRATEGY AND RETENTION
FIRST BECAUSE THAT IS OUR FIRST GOAL. 
          AND SECOND IS OUR VIOLENT CRIME PLAN. BUT I AM GOING TO SWITCH C AND D SO THAT WE CAN DO
THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION. 
          AND THEN WE'LL DO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMING FOR ITEM E. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DEFER THAT TO NEXT MONTH. THAT'S THE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS. 
          AND WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OFF ONE OF THE UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. AND THAT IS FOR ITEM M. SO WE'RE GOING TO DELETE THAT AND IT'LL BE DELETED FROM
WEDNESDAY'S AGENDA. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE BRIEFING. 
          AND WE ARE READY FOR ITEM A. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JORDAN KULUNGA, DEPUTY CHIEF OVER PERSONNEL GROUP. 
          RIGHT. CHIEF DANIEL COMO OF COURSE, MAJOR PHYLLIS NOBLES WHO TO THANK FOR THIS
PRESENTATION THAT SHE'S PUT TOGETHER. 
          AND THEN TO WRITE OF HER AS ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR. APRIL HEIDELBERG. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER OUR HIRING STRATEGY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR THIS
PRESENTATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
          WHAT I WANT TO NOTE IS THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD RULE NUMBER FOUR. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR 36 MONTH WORK EXEMPTION. 
          JUST KIND OF HASH IT OUT WHEN WE GET THERE. NEXT SLIDE. 
          ALL RIGHT. OUR MOTTO IS 4000 STRONG. THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL TO MAKE DALLAS THE SAFEST
LARGE CITY IN THE NATION. 
          4000 STRONG IS SOMETHING THAT WE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SETTING OUR GOAL. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SETTING OUR STANDARD TO GET TO. OF COURSE,
THAT INCLUDES 350 NEW HIRES THIS YEAR OVER SEVEN CLASSES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS A TIMELINE CHART SHOWING OUR MIDDLE ACADEMY CLASSES AND SENIOR
CLASS THROUGH CLASS 405 THAT JUST GRADUATED IN EARLY JANUARY. AND IT SHOWS THE ACTUAL COUNT OF RECRUITS THAT ARE IN EACH ACADEMY CLASS UP UNTIL
THE 46 THAT GRADUATED JUST NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR SOPHOMORE AND WHAT WE CALL OUR BABY CLASS. 
          OUR NEW CLASS. ALSO INCLUDING FUTURE CLASSES THAT WILL START CLASS FOR TEN WILL START
WEDNESDAY, AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE 49 ASSIGNED TO THAT CLASS,
BUT WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL, SO WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE 50 PLUS IN THAT CLASS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE TWO CLASSES STARTING ONE IN MARCH AND THEN ONE IN MAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO TO DATE WE'VE HAD 428 APPLICANTS PROCESSED. 
          THAT'S 200 MORE THAN WE HAD THIS TIME LAST YEAR. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. IT MEANS WE'RE PULLING A LOT MORE IN. 
          BUT THAT CREATES A LOT MORE WORK ON OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING TEAM. SO I DO WANT TO GIVE
THEM SOME CREDIT SOME CREDIT. 
          THEY THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB. WE GOT MORE PEOPLE TO PROCESS. 
          WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE. WE'RE PUSHING FILES THROUGH BACKGROUND. SO IT'S PUTTING A BURDEN ON
THEM. 
          THEY'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD AT BEING EFFICIENT,
TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THESE FILES, GET THESE PEOPLE IN THE DOOR, GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO PUSH THROUGH THE ACADEMY. NEXT SLIDE. AND LIKE I SAID AT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS,
THIS IS OUR CIVIL SERVICE BOARD RULE NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR 36 MONTH WORK EXEMPTION. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FINDING TO BE LIKE OUR CONSTANT
AND CONSISTENT POOL OF APPLICANTS. 
          SO IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO VERIFY THEIR EMPLOYMENT. 
          AND THAT IS THAT IS A PROCESS. BUT ONCE WE'RE GETTING THE VERIFICATION,
IT'S A STEADY STREAM. 
          SO SO FAR IN CLASS 409, WHICH WAS OUR LAST CLASS THAT WE PUT IN THE ACADEMY,
WE HAVE 11 FROM THIS EXEMPTION AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE THAT WILL BE IN CLASS 410. 
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NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS CLASS THAT WE JUST PUT IN,
THEY HAD SIX ACADEMIC FAILURES IN DECEMBER. 
          AT PERSONNEL. WHAT WE DID IS THE ACADEMY STAFF WORKED WITH THE ACADEMY STAFF. 
          THEY HAD DEVISED A PLAN TO DEMOTE THESE FOLKS INTO CIVILIAN ROLES IN OUR PROFESSIONAL
STAFF, AND THEY COULD TRY AGAIN TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS IN SIX MONTHS. SO WITH THE ACADEMIC
FAILURES, THIS WAS ONE TEST. AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE TRAINING GROUP TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
BEST PRACTICE OF MAYBE SPLITTING UP SOME OF THESE. 
          IT'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THE TEST THAT THEY FAILED. 
          SO MAYBE SPLITTING UP THESE COURSES TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND HAVE A BETTER
RESULT IN THAT CLASS. 
          THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT JOB, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FOR PEOPLE
WITH GREAT CHARACTER. BUT ULTIMATELY WE WANT THE BEST OFFICERS WE'RE PUSHING OUT TO THE STREETS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS SHOWS OUR ATTRITION. 
          IN DECEMBER WE LOST SEVEN. WE LOST 27 SWORN. THIS INCLUDES THOSE SIX ACADEMIC FAILURES
WHICH WE DEMOTED TO CIVILIAN RANKS WITH SEVEN RETIREMENTS AT THE END OF YEAR, WE HAD THREE THAT POPPED UP ON THE 31ST AND THEN TWO LEFT IED
INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND WE HAD THREE TERMINATIONS. THIS THIS RESULTED IN AN UPTICK. 
          THIS DOESN'T WE HAVEN'T HAD THIS BEFORE. SO NOT SAYING IT'S A TREND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
TRACK TO SEE. 
          MAKE SURE IT'S NOT A TREND MOVING FORWARD. WE DO HAVE A SIX SICK LEAVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM
THAT WE UTILIZE FOR FOR RETENTION. 
          BUT WE'RE WORKING ON PLANS FOR RETENTION. SO FOR 0 TO 10 10 TO 20 AND 20 PLUS THESE ARE
DIFFERENT SETS OF OFFICERS. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND PLANS THAT WILL HELP WITH ATTRITION FOR
EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND THE WHOLE GROUP. 
          SO FOR 0 TO 10, FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A CAREER ENHANCEMENT THROUGH JOB
ENRICHMENT, LIKE A LARGE SCALE JOB ENRICHMENT TO HAVE THEM FEEL,
YOU KNOW, THE NEED TO STAY AND KEEP OUR RETENTION UP. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS JUST SHOWS THE ESTIMATE WHICH THE ESTIMATE WAS 16. 
          WE LOST 27 IN DECEMBER. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT WITH OUR RETENTION. 
          KEEP TRACK OF THAT. NEXT SLIDE. SO ON DECEMBER 19TH WE HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL HIRING
EVENT WITH COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE HAD 17 CANDIDATES THAT WERE PRODUCED TO FILL COMMUNICATIONS OPENINGS,
AND I WAS REALLY HESITANT WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WAS FIVE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE TOMORROW AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. 
          OUR RECRUITING UNIT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HIT OUR EVENTS. WE'RE FOCUSING ON COLLEGE AND
MILITARY EVENTS. 
          THAT'S BEEN OUR BREAD AND BUTTER. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HIT THOSE HARD. BUT IN 2026 WE
WANT TEAM DPD TO BE OUR BE OUR MANTRA. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WE'RE GOING WE IF IF YOU'RE IN COLLEGE OR YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU
PLAYED SPORTS, YOU'RE IN A BAND, YOU'RE IN ANY KIND OF TEAM MILITARY. 
          YOU'RE PART OF A TEAM. YOUR ARMY, MARINES, WE WANT YOU HERE,
BE A PART OF TEAM DPD. 
          THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR GOAL. GET YOU HERE. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE
THAT WANT TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES. THAT'S OUR GOAL. I WILL END WITH THIS WHEN WE BRING APPLICANTS, AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF APPLICANTS AT 428
APPLICANTS THAT WE PROCESSED. 
          ONE THING WE'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR, AND WHAT I'M PUSHING FOR AT THE VERY GET GO,
IS HOW SERIOUS THIS PROCESS IS AND HOW SERIOUS THIS JOB IS WHEN THEY COME IN THE DOOR WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. WE DO. WE NEED PEOPLE. WE
NEED GOOD PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS OF DALLAS. BUT ONE THING WE GOT TO HIT ON THE HEAD AND WE ARE STARTING TO DO THAT, IS HOW SERIOUS THEY NEED TO TAKE NOT ONLY THE APPLICATION
PROCESS. 
          THE ACADEMY IS NOW YOUR JOB. TAKE IT SERIOUS. 
          THE ACADEMICS ARE VERY HARD. OUR TRAINING IS DIFFICULT. 
          OTHERWISE EVERYBODY DO IT. WE ARE REALLY PUSHING. 
          WE WANT THE BEST ON THE STREETS, BUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS,
TAKE IT SERIOUS TO BECOME THE BEST DALLAS COP YOU CAN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. 
          WELL. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU SAID IT RIGHT. WE DO WANT THE BEST. 
          AND IT'S A SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND WE NEED SERIOUS PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE. WHO'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY, WELL, I WILL SAY WE'RE GOING TO. OH,
MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M TRYING TO, AND I APOLOGIZE. LOOKING AT THE APPLICANTS MONTHLY,
DO YOU ALL HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THAT? AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE SHOWING THE RECRUITING ENGAGEMENTS AT THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT YOU
ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, DO YOU ALL COULD YOU ALL INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL HIRES FROM FROM THOSE PARTICULAR
EVENTS? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. I WOULD HAVE TOUCHED ON THAT. I TRY NOT TO BE TOO,
TOO WORDY. I'LL TOUCH ON THE LAST PART FIRST. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE WE'VE TAPERED OFF FROM THAT
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN JUST GOING TO SO MANY EVENTS IS ACTUALLY TRACKING FROM HIRING EVENT OR WHATEVER WE DO TO TRY TO CREATE TRACTION TO ACADEMY. 
          SO ACADEMY OR TO EVENT TO HIRES PER SE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SET UP AS A QR CODE. 
          THEY CAN PUT OUT THEIR BASIC INFORMATION. THEN UPON HIRING OR COMING APPLY,
WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WHAT EVENTS WORK, RIGHT. SO WHAT LOCATIONS ARE WE GOING THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST TRACTION THAT BECOME
DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS, OR AT LEAST APPLY? 
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SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START DOING. WE DO IT INITIALLY AT THE EVENTS THROUGH OUR
APPLICATION PROCESS, AND THEN SEE WHO ACTUALLY BECAME A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER. YES,
SIR. 
          THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WAS FAST. 
          GOOD JOB. AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO BRIEFING. 
          BE WE'RE GOING TO DO YOUR RECRUITING NEXT MONTH,
SO BE PREPARED. 
          YOU, I THINK LIKE DPD WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF OFFICERS SINCE 2016. 
          I THINK GFR ALSO HAS A RECORD NUMBER OF OFFICERS. 
          YOU'RE UP TO 2300. SO AGAIN, GREAT JOB WITH STAFFING Y'ALL OKAY. 
          VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, SO I GUESS WE'LL GET GOING FOR THE YEAR. I THINK WE'VE GOT GOOD NEWS. 
          I AM MAJOR ANDRE TAYLOR. TO MY RIGHT IS CHIEF ERIC ROMAN. 
          CAN I JUST ASK YOU TO MOVE THAT MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER,
MAYBE A LITTLE DIRECTED. 
          HOW'S THAT? IS THAT ANY BETTER? WAY BETTER. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. AND, OF COURSE, TO MY LEFT IS DEPUTY CHIEF COMO. 
          I WILL BE PRESENTING THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. 
          AS I GO INTO THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONSISTENT AND PROACTIVE,
DEDICATED EFFORTS OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS, PLUS A FEW MONTHS OF REDUCED CRIME FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          THIS REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME IS A TEAM EFFORT UTILIZING EVIDENCE BASED,
EVIDENCE BASED CRIME FIGHTING STRATEGIES, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY, AND THE APPREHENSION OF WANTED OFFENDERS. 
          I WANT TO START THIS COMMITTEE MEETING OUT, MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE AND EVERYONE IS
AWARE THAT THIS UPDATE IS TO COVER VIOLENT CRIME IDENTIFIED BY THE NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM. THIS CORE,
THESE CORE CRIMES ARE AGAINST PERSONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS ASSAULTS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, MANSLAUGHTER, HOMICIDES AND ROBBERIES. 
          AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING VIOLENT CRIME. 
          THE REDUCTION OF THESE CRIMES ASSISTS IN THE REDUCING OF OVERALL CRIME IN THE CITY OF
DALLAS. 
          LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS SLIDE TWO. SLIDE THREE. 
          ALRIGHT. SLIDE THREE SHOWS THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 12.9% YEAR TO DATE,
ATTRIBUTING TO THIS REDUCTION OF THE MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. OUR AGG ASSAULTS ARE DOWN, HOMICIDES ARE DOWN,
AND WE HAVE THE WINTER INITIATIVE, OPERATION HOLIDAY HEAT, WHICH WE WILL REPORT REPORT OUT ON SHORTLY. 
          SLIDE FOUR PLEASE. SLIDE FOUR HIGHLIGHTS A PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN OF OUR OVERALL REDUCTIONS. 
          YEAR TO DATE. SLIDE FIVE, PLEASE. SLIDE FIVE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN AND INCLUDES
IN BLUE THE NUMBER OF FEWER VICTIMS OF THESE VIOLENT CRIMES. YEAR TO DATE. 
          FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. SLIDE SIX. SLIDE SIX DISPLAYS A CONTINUED DOWNWARD TREND OF THE REPORTED VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 
          AND SLIDE SEVEN. SLIDE SEVEN EXHIBITS A NUMBER OF FEWER VICTIMS AS REPORTED FOR THE MONTH
OF DECEMBER. 
          YEAR TO DATE. SLIDE EIGHT. SLIDE EIGHT UPDATES THE VIOLENT CRIME DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS TO
INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE CONTACT WITH FOR THE YEAR. 
          THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS AND CONTACTS MADE BY FOCUSED DETERRENCE THROUGH THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER IS HIGHLIGHTED. 
          WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE TYPE OF NOTIFICATIONS AND HOW THEY ARE MADE. 
          WE ALSO SHOW THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENT COLLABORATION WITH UNITS WITHIN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE DYNAMIC IMPACT IN THE FIELD WITH THESE VIOLENT OFFENDERS. 
          ALSO, THE POLICE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS IS HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE STILL HAVE FIVE NETWORKS
NINE LOCATIONS THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE ONE LOCATION FALLING OFF AT THE END OF THE MONTH,
AND WE WILL ADD A SEPARATE LOCATION. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FIVE WITHIN THE CITY. 
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SO THIS ADDENDUM ITEM IS TO COVER A QUESTION THAT COUNCIL HAD RANDOM GUNFIRE AND DETECTION
CALLS ARE DOWN 10.2% YEAR TO DATE. RANDOM GUNFIRE IS SOME OF THE HARDEST CRIMES AND THE MOST DANGEROUS CRIMES
FOR US TO SOLVE. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THIS WITH AWARENESS EDUCATION,
NEW TECHNOLOGY AND PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. IN CLOSING, THE REDUCTION OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY OF DALLAS IS BECAUSE OF
COMMITTED HARD WORK OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PROACTIVE EFFORTS TO MAKE DALLAS THE SAFEST CITY TO LIVE IN. 
          ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN? THANK YOU. SO LAST MONTH, WHEN IT WAS UNVEILED ABOUT THE NEW EFFORT FOR RANDOM GUNFIRE TO
HAVE A DRONE RESPONSE. 
          I HAD SAID WE'D BRING BACK A DISCUSSION. AND WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS,
ESPECIALLY HAVING JUST HAD NEW YEAR'S EVE. 
          WE HAVE REALLY A WEEK OF NEW YEAR'S EVE IN DALLAS THAT YOU CAN HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL,
SPECIFICALLY HOW RANDOM GUNFIRE IS IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS AND US AND BUSINESSES SO THAT PERHAPS THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN BRING BACK TO US NEXT MONTH TO BETTER ADDRESS IT. 
          AND I KNOW I TALKED WITH WITH THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS,
THIS CHIEF ABOUT THIS AND, AND WE'RE NOT THE PROFESSIONALS, BUT WHAT WE ARE,
WE ARE THE ONES LISTENING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND HEARING HOW THIS IS IMPACTING THEM, AND IT'S TERRORIZING PEOPLE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS,
BUT I BET WHEN YOU GUYS ALL SIT TOGETHER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS FOR US. 
          AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU THAT, LIKE I GAVE TWO SUGGESTIONS THAT MIGHT NOT BE ONES YOU WANT
TO BRING FORWARD, BUT EVEN PROACTIVELY PUTTING OUT LARGE SIGNAGE SAYING THIS IS ILLEGAL TO CREATE THAT
AWARENESS. 
          NOT EVERYBODY SEEING ANY KIND OF POLISHED VIDEO,
BUT THEY DRIVE BY THESE VERY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS USING GIS TO MAP WHERE THE CALLS ARE COMING IN FROM AND PROACTIVELY STATIONING US VEHICLES THERE. 
          I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST SAY, WELL, IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE,
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          LIKE THAT'S NOT REALLY GOOD ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF MORE PROACTIVE PLAN TO
ADDRESS IT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO INVITE MY COLLEAGUES TO GIVE ANY INPUT THEY WISH. 
          I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START TO MY RIGHT AND WE'LL JUST GO GO THROUGH AND JUST TAKE PLEASE, NOT TOO MUCH TIME, BUT SHARE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. 
          THANK YOU. SURE. SO FIRST, THANK YOU ALL AND GLAD EVERYONE HAD A SAFE NEW YEAR. 
          I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WE SAW A DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. 
          TYPICALLY OUR PARKS ARE LITTERED WITH THE AFTERMATH OF FIREWORKS DEBRIS. 
          AND ACTUALLY, I WAS AS I WAS COMING UP HERE,
I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THE OFFICERS OF HOW I NOTICED A DECREASE IN THAT. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS DONE PROACTIVELY IN
SIGNAGE AND LETTING INDIVIDUALS KNOW THAT THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE MONITORED FOR, FOR FIREWORKS. BUT IN PARTICULAR TO RANDOM GUNFIRE,
OBVIOUSLY, THAT THAT'S STILL AN ISSUE. 
          AND THE WAY SOMETIMES I GET THE BEST RESULTS ARE TALKING TO SOME OF OUR ROOFERS WHO ARE
GOING TO THESE HOMES AND FINDING UNFORTUNATELY, SHELLS ON TOP OF ROOFS. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A GOOD BRIEFING ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO BE
FORTHCOMING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THAT WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE. SO LET'S KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          BUT I THINK THAT AS FAR AS FIREWORKS, WE SAW A DECREASE RANDOM GUNFIRE IS PROBABLY ABOUT
THE SAME AS IN YEARS PAST. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION,
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          I'M I DON'T KNOW IF EXCITED IS THE RIGHT WORD TO DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL SEEING RANDOM GUNFIRE
AS PART OF THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. AND, YOU KNOW,
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IT REALLY NEVER HAS BEEN. 
          AND I'VE BEEN BEATING THIS DRUM SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL. 
          AND CHAIR MENDELSOHN, YOU MENTIONED PUTTING OUT SIGNS AND ALL THAT. 
          I SAW ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS IN MESQUITE. I SAW THEM DOING IT. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT IT. 
          WE GOT SIGNS AND IT WAS LIKE ME AND A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOING OUT BEFORE NEW
YEAR'S OR 4TH OF JULY, ONE OF THEM PUTTING OUT SIGNS ALL AROUND DISTRICT FIVE,
BIG SIGNS. 
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YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT MAKES A HUGE IMPACT, I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT DISCUSSING IT AND THINKING OF THOSE TYPES OF IDEAS CAN'T HURT,
RIGHT? SO I APPRECIATE THAT RANDOM GUNFIRE IS NOT EXPLICITLY NAMED IN OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION
PLAN. 
          FOR TOO LONG, THE ISSUE HAS BEEN IN A GRAY AREA. 
          EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S HAPPENING. RESIDENTS REPORT IT CONSTANTLY,
BUT IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN TREATED AS A DISTINCT VIOLENT CRIME SAFETY PROBLEM. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL RECENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. 
          WE KNOW RANDOM GUNFIRE IS NOT VICTIMLESS. EVEN WHEN NO ONE IS STRUCK. 
          IT CREATES FEAR, TRAUMA AND A SENSE THAT SAFETY IS FRAGILE. 
          IT KEEPS FAMILIES INDOORS, DISRUPTS SLEEP, AND ERODES TRUST THAT OUR STREETS ARE ARE
SECURE. 
          AND THE HARD TRUTH IS THAT WHEN RANDOM GUNFIRE BECOMES NORMALIZED,
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. 
          AND SO I'M I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION,
BUT WE NEED TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE GAS AND CONTINUE THE WORK. 
          BUT THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THIS. THANK YOU. 
          WELL SAID. THANK YOU, CHAIR MIDDLETON. SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. 
          SO I'M KIND OF BE ALL OVER A LITTLE BIT, BUT DISTRICT FOUR GETS 2 TO 3 CALLS DAILY
REGARDING RANDOM GUNFIRE. SO WHAT IS PRIORITY FOR DPD OR FOR THIS,
THIS PARTICULAR RANDOM GUNFIRE? DO WE HAVE A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS IT? I KNOW WE HAVE THE, I GUESS, CAMERAS AND ETCETERA,
BUT WHAT WHAT IS THE THE RESOLVE TO TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING. AGAIN, MY OFFICE IS GETTING 2 TO 3 CALLS DAILY. 
          THE OTHER DAY, MR. BHATTI, MY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR DIRECTOR WENT OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY
OVER BY ELIZABETH. 
          SEEING ME CHURCH, I BELIEVE. AND THEY PICKED UP ALMOST 40 TO 50 CASES OF GUN SHELLS FOR
THINGS HAPPEN. 
          I HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS CALLING ME DAILY BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID. 
          I'M HEARING THEM AT NIGHT TIME. AND I RAN ON PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND SO WE GOT TO BRING A REAL RESOLVE TO THIS. 
          SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE RESOLVE TO REALLY STOP WHAT'S GOING ON? AND I KNOW STOP MAY BE A HARD TURN, BUT WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING? I SEE THE NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T SEE THE NUMBERS IN MY COMMUNITY. 
          I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'RE SEEING IT. SO SOMEONE HELP ME AND GIVE ME AN UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT? WHAT WE CAN DO. SO COUNCILMAN, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT. 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID TO START WAS THAT RANDOM GUNFIRE IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS
AND MOST DANGEROUS TO SOLVE. 
          TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, OFFICERS WORKING SOUTH CENTRAL CRT DAYS AND NIGHTS
OBSERVED RANDOM OBSERVED RANDOM GUNFIRE 3324 SOUTHERN OAKS. THERE WERE TEN INDIVIDUALS SHOOTING IN THE
AIR. 
          THESE OFFICERS PURSUED THEM. THEY RAN THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPLEXES. 
          MADE THE ARREST, BUT THEY WERE IN THE KNEE AREA. 
          KNEE LOCATION, WHICH IS WHERE THEY WERE DEDICATED TO BE AT SO THAT THEY COULD TAKE CARE OF
IT. 
          THE OFFICERS WERE AVAILABLE AND RAN INTO GUNFIRE TO GO STOP THESE GUYS FROM SHOOTING. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT ATTEMPTING TO WORK AT IT,
BUT WE HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO SEE IT. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARD MAKING IT SAFER AND DOING MORE. 
          AGAIN, TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST HELP FOR US. 
          SO WHAT PRIORITY IS IT? IS IT PART OF ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR? WHAT WHAT PRIORITY IS IT WHEN WE'RE HEARING RANDOM GUN GUN SHOOTING AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER
CALLS? WHAT PRIORITY IS THAT? WE STILL PRIORITIZE VICTIMS OVER RANDOM. 
          LIKE, IF THIS WE KNOW IT'S NOT A VICTIMLESS CRIME,
BUT IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS BEING HURT, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THAT OVER RANDOM GUNFIRE. 
          OKAY. BECAUSE HERE'S MY HERE'S MY CONCERN. LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE. 
          HERE'S MY CONCERN. I'VE BEEN IN THIS SEAT FOR A LITTLE OVER ABOUT,
I GUESS CLOSE TO SIX MONTHS. 
          I DON'T KNOW, NOT EVEN A YEAR. BUT I'VE BEEN SERVING AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR SIX YEARS
IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE. 
          I LOST MY SON TO SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. I'VE LOST OTHER KIDS TO SENSELESS GUN VIOLENCE. 
          AND SO WHAT I'M WHAT I'M SEEING WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME. 
          THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING FOR MY COMMUNITY. WHEN I'M CALLING,
I HAVE A GAS STATION WITH NO GAS PUMPS, A CAR WASH THAT AIN'T WASHING CARS. BUT I HAVE VIOLENT. 
          I HAVE CRIME ON THAT CORNER WHERE DRUGS IS GOING ON AND ETCETERA. 
          BUT WE STEADY SAYING CRIME IS COMING DOWN, GOING DOWN. 
          BUT IT DON'T LOOK LIKE IT'S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT FOUR. AND I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES TO
THE POINT WHERE I'M NOW STARTING A DISTRICT FOUR PUBLIC SAFETY STEERING COMMITTEE TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. I'VE ASKED ABOUT THE CVI PROGRAMS THAT THE MAYOR USED
TO HAVE THAT WAS EFFECTIVE, AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE. SO WE NEED REAL RESULTS IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
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I CAN'T CONTINUE TO JUST GIVE DATA AND SAYS THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN OUR EXPERIENCE IS
SAYING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 
          YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE PASSION IN MY VOICE BECAUSE I'VE CALLED SEVERAL TIMES. 
          THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS DESIGNED IN MY FROM WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED TO KEEP THIS STUFF GOING ON
IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S NOT WORKING IN MY COMMUNITY. SO I NEED A SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO WORK TO REALLY
BRING VIOLENT CRIME DOWN IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OF DALLAS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? LOOK, EVERYONE'S IMPORTANT, AND WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN D4
IS SAFE AND CRIME IS GOING DOWN IN D4. 
          AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO DOWN BECAUSE EVERYONE'S IMPORTANT IN DALLAS. 
          WELL, I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S IMPORTANT, CHIEF,
BUT I'M SAYING WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IS NOT IT'S NOT HAPPENING. 
          AND IMMA SAY IT AGAIN, THE SYSTEM THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT I'M QUESTIONING. 
          I GOTTA GO THROUGH 12 STEPS BEFORE I GET ANYTHING DONE. 
          AND THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING BEFORE I GOT IN THIS SEAT. 
          AND SO I'M NOT GOING. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE EXCUSES. WE GOT TO GET BRING REAL RESULTS IN
OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THAT'S WHAT MY CONSTITUENTS ASKING FOR REAL RESULTS,
SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN SEE TANGIBLE. 
          I WILL PERSONALLY WORK WITH YOU. GREAT. LET'S HAVE YOU ALL GET TOGETHER. 
          AND PERHAPS YOU CAN IDENTIFY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND AND Y'ALL CAN WORK ON A PLAN TO
ADDRESS THOSE. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART. 
          EXCUSE ME. SO, YES, RANDOM GUNFIRE IS AN ISSUE IN MY DISTRICT. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, THOUGH I DON'T THINK I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE
DRONES TO TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY ARE AND COMMUNICATE THAT THEN TO OFFICERS. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY. 
          I THINK IT WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. BACK ON THE PRESENTATION,
CAN YOU JUST REMIND US WHAT A KNEE IS AND HOW MANY YOU HAVE AND MAYBE JUST GENERALLY WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED? BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET INTO OUR ACRONYMS HERE AND WE
DON'T WE DON'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE WHAT THAT MEANS. 
          MY APOLOGIES. KNEE STANDS FOR PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS. 
          WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE CITY. 
          THOSE LOCATIONS ARE GENERALLY DOWN SOUTH. BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE
FOUND WHERE THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF VIOLENT CRIME ARE. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE THIS GROUP OF DEDICATED OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY SPEND THEIR TIME. 
          AND IS THAT RELATED THEN TO THE GRIDS? IT IS PART OF THE GRIDS,
YES. 
          PART OF THE GRIDS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE THE GRIDS. AND GRIDS ARE ALSO A WAY TO PINPOINT
WHERE A LOT OF THE VIOLENT CRIME IS HAPPENING. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE SUCCESS, IS KNOWING WHERE THAT CRIME IS HAPPENING AND
ADDRESSING THAT SPECIFIC AREA. 
          SO THIS IS A SIMILAR TYPE OF SITUATION WITH THE KNEE. 
          NIGH. THE. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. THE NIGH. LOCATION IS A SPECIFIC ADDRESS AND GENERALLY
APARTMENT COMPLEXES. 
          SO WE'VE USED THAT MICRO GRID TO IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHERE IT IS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE NETWORK IS IDENTIFIED AT. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE DO THE WORK TO BREAK IT UP. SO ON ONE SIDE OF THIS PLAN YOU'RE WORKING
ON ADDRESSING WHERE THE VIOLENCE IS AND GETTING RESOURCES OFFICERS, WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          BUT I'M ALWAYS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS OTHER SIDE CALLED THE FOCUS DETERRENCE. 
          AS I RECALL. THAT IS WHEN YOU GO TO PEOPLE WHO POTENTIALLY HAVE JUST COME OUT OF PRISON,
OR MAYBE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMEONE IN PRISON. 
          AND I THOUGHT THE BEAUTY OF THIS WAS YOU WERE ASKING THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, HOPEFULLY DISRUPTING THESE PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR THAT LEAD TO SOME OF THE
VIOLENCE. 
          AND SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE FOR ME THE 77 PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE WHO ARE PART OF THE FOCUS,
DETERRENCE PART OF THE PROGRAM. 
          WHAT HOW DID YOU REACH THEM? SO WE REACHED THEM IN THAT EXACT SAME METHOD. 
          WE IDENTIFIED THE WE REACHED THEM IN THAT SAME METHOD. 
          HOWEVER, THE OPPORTUNITIES IS THEIRS TO EITHER ACCEPT OR DECLINE. 
          THEY HAVE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE FOCUS DETERRENCE PROGRAM. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE OFFER THE SERVICES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS WANT CHANGE, RIGHT? AND SOME OF THE MOST COMMON REQUESTS THAT THEY MAKE, I BELIEVE, ARE HOUSING, HELP WITH HOUSING, HELP WITH FOOD,
HELP WITH JOBS. 
          WOULD THAT BE RIGHT? IS THAT PRETTY MUCH COVER? SO IT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN COMMON SENSE TO US,
BUT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GO AND ASK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO I THINK THAT IS THE, THE SOMEWHAT THE GENIUS OF THIS PLAN. 
          AND IT'S BEEN FASCINATING TO ME TO WATCH THIS OVER THE PAST THREE AND SOMETHING. 
          THREE YEARS, I GUESS. ALMOST. AND THAT IS THE DUAL FOCUS,
RIGHT? 
          [00:35:02]
WE'RE NOT JUST FOCUSED. WE ARE HYPER FOCUSED ON THE VIOLENCE AND WHERE IT IS,
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM. 
          THE OTHER PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT WORLD BECAUSE OF,
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE ARE JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED OR THEY HAVEN'T CHOSEN THAT PATH. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN DOORS SO THAT THEY DO HAVE A DIFFERENT PATH. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE I SEE HOPE IN THIS, IN THIS PROJECT,
IN THIS PLAN. 
          HOPE FOR A MUCH BETTER FUTURE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS OVERALL. 
          AND SPECIFICALLY, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME I KNOW I'VE GOT AREAS IN MY DISTRICT I KNOW WE
MAY HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS THAT THAT ARE JUST HAVE MORE CHALLENGES WITH RESPECT TO VIOLENT CRIME. 
          SO I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO MAKE ALL OF THAT HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M VERY GLAD THAT THIS IS A PART OF THE PLAN. 
          OUR POLICE AND BOTH OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO BE SAFE. 
          AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR OFFICERS RUNNING INTO DANGER WHEN THEY SEE GUNFIRE. 
          SO I THINK LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO LOOK AT. 
          FOR MY DISTRICT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, GUNSHOTS AND FIREWORKS WERE DOWN IN THE PARKS. 
          BUT DEFINITELY NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW PEOPLE CALLED 911. 
          I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN A PART OF A CRIME WATCH FOR OVER 15 YEARS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GET TIRED OF REPORTING RANDOM GUNFIRE BECAUSE THEY THINK
NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE DATA. 
          SO I THINK TRYING AS WE LOOK AT THIS, MAYBE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR
CALLING IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL. 
          AND THEN I THINK LOOKING AT PROBLEM AREAS, I KNOW FOR MY DISTRICT. 
          THE TRINITY LEVEES AND THE SUMP ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE REGULARLY HAVE GUNFIRE. 
          AND THEY'VE EVEN STRUCK A HOME THAT WAS NEARBY IN THOSE AREAS. 
          SO I'M SO GLAD THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT TO MAYBE MAKE
THINGS BETTER FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. 
          AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR CLARIFYING THE LIMITATIONS ON THIS,
ON THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE, THAT IT REALLY DEALS JUST WITH A SEPARATE SUBSET OF VIOLENT CRIME. I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED IN MY DISTRICT,
DISTRICT 11, WE HAVE AN AREA CALLED THE ESPERANZA DISTRICT,
WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY GANG VIOLENCE AND NOT NECESSARILY JUST VIOLENT CRIME, BUT ALSO PROSTITUTION, DRUGS ALSO SOME CAR AND THEFT AND ASSAULT. 
          AGAIN, YOU ALL ARE DOING AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB OF ADDRESSING THE THE CRIME SITUATION IN THIS
IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT, I WANT IT I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT DALLAS IS SAFER
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, THAT THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE SMART DEDICATED IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT THAT IN KEEPING THE SAFETY
OF OUR COMMUNITY ALIVE AND THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AT THAT. 
          MY MY QUESTION REGARDING MY PARTICULAR AREA AND SOME OTHERS IS THAT I'M WONDERING IF THE
REPORTING OF THE, OF THE STATISTICS THAT YOU'RE GIVING ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETE,
NOT IN A, IN A BAKED WAY, BUT IN A AN IDENTIFIABLE WAY. IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES THAT MAY BE PLAGUED WITH GANG VIOLENCE OR WITH INTIMIDATION BY PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTROLLED IN THOSE AREAS, ALLOWING YOU TO REALLY RECEIVE THE NOTICES OF
THE CRIME. 
          ARE YOU AWARE OF THE CRIME? ARE YOU GETTING REPORTING OF THOSE CRIMES? DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT INSULATED OR ARE THEY INSULATED? AND SO I WOULD I WOULD EXPRESS MY CONCERN, BUT ALSO MY HOPE THAT IN THOSE AREAS IN THE
CITY AND IT'S NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, IT'S EVERY DISTRICT HAS ITS POCKETS OF ORGANIZED,
GANG RELATED CRIME THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE PUBLICLY IDENTIFIABLE, BECAUSE PEOPLE MAY NOT BE REPORTING, THEY MAY BE INTIMIDATED OR THEY MAY BE RESTRICTED
FROM DOING THAT. 
          AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TRY TO ADDRESS THAT INFORMATION AND THAT OUTREACH FROM
YOUR FROM YOUR DEPARTMENTS INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN. 
          YES, SIR. WILL DO. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES 
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SAW THE STORY ON FOX FOR A FEW DAYS AGO, WHERE THE RANDOM GUNFIRE IN DISTRICT 13 RESULTED
IN A BULLET COMING THROUGH A ROOF AND LANDING BY A BABY'S CRIB. THE PARENTS FOUND IT THE NEXT MORNING,
NEW YEAR'S DAY. 
          AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUE RESENDEZ THROUGH THE YEARS TALKING ABOUT THIS AS A
YEAR ROUND ISSUE IN D5. 
          AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE IT ALONG OUR BORDER WITH D6 AS WELL. 
          AND ONE THING I WOULD LOOK AT IS HOW WE GET AHEAD OF THIS. 
          THIS IS HARD TO DO ON RANDOM GUNFIRE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SHOOTING AND THEN DRIVING AWAY. 
          AND THIS HOME WAS ALONG A TRAIL AND SOME PARK SPACE,
AND SO DPD AND PARK RANGERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT. 
          HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL ACTION MAY HAVE BEEN COMING FROM A CHURCH PARKING LOT. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT THE SEPTET THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
THE CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. 
          BUT I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS TO ASK WHERE SOME OF THESE AREAS MIGHT
BE THAT AREN'T ON CITY LAND. 
          THAT MAY BE IN AN AREA WHERE AN NPO COULD GO OUT AND TALK TO A CHURCH AND SAY,
HEY, YOU KNOW, ON THESE HOLIDAYS WE NEED TO LEAVE LIGHTS ON. 
          WE MAY NEED TO HAVE A FENCE. WE NEED TO ESTABLISH SOMETHING THAT WOULD JUST BLUNT THAT
KIND OF BEHAVIOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO USE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS NETWORK TO IDENTIFY SOME PLACES PROACTIVELY SO
THAT THE NEXT TIME A HOLIDAY IS COMING UP, MAYBE WE ARE JUST PUSHING AND EVEN THE SIGNAGE. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA OF THAT. I MEAN, MAYBE THERE NEEDS NEED TO BE SOME SIGNS IN THAT PARKING
LOT TO REMIND ANYBODY WHO'S PULLING UP TO DO SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, THAT YOU CAN GET A LOT OF TROUBLE AND FIND AND GO TO JAIL. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, I THINK THE WRAP UP OF THIS IS THIS BRIEFING SO IMPORTANT
IN 2025? WHAT YOU'RE REPORTING IS THAT WE HAVE HAD A DECREASE OF VIOLENT CRIME OF 12%. 
          THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER. IT'S A YEAR OVER YEAR NUMBER. 
          AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT LOOK YOU CAN LOOK AT SLIDE SIX AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED
SINCE 2020 WITH VIOLENT CRIME. 
          VIOLENT CRIME OVERALL IS DOWN A THIRD IN OUR CITY. 
          I MEAN THAT IS TRULY REMARKABLE. WHAT'S HAPPENED YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR OF THESE
DECREASES AND VIOLENT CRIME DOES GET REPORTED BECAUSE VIOLENT CRIME, FRANKLY SHOWS UP IN THE AIR. 
          SO SO THIS IS NOT THE CASE WHERE RANDOM GUNFIRE. 
          I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, NOT EVERYBODY IS REPORTING IT. SO IN YOUR BRIEFING IN THE APPENDIX
WHERE WE HAVE RANDOM GUNFIRE. 
          IT MAY BE DOWN. IT'S NOT DOWN. IT'S IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT. 
          AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN THEY CALL IN DPD. WHAT IS THE PRIORITY NUMBER FOR RANDOM
GUNFIRE? IS IT A FOUR? YEAH, IT'S A TWO. CORRECT. SO THE RESPONSE RATES ON TWO. 
          WE'LL JUST SAY YOU SHOW UP IN AN HOUR. AN HOUR LATER WHEN I TELL YOU I DON'T KNOW WHERE I
HEARD IT FROM, BUT I COULD HEAR IT. YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND GO,
WELL, WE CAN'T CANVASS 100 HOMES, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE. THERE'S NO RESOLUTION TO THAT. 
          SO FOLKS AREN'T CALLING ANYMORE. AND THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO COME BACK WITH
SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO JULY 4TH, WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE IT IS CAUSING FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT ONE GUNSHOT. SO MANY PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT. 
          I MEAN, IT LITERALLY IS REVERBERATING THAT PANIC TO PEOPLE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT IT IS NOT DECREASING. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE, DO YOU KNOW, DID ANYBODY GET A TICKET FOR RANDOM GUNFIRE OVER THE NEW
YEAR'S HOLIDAY? YEAH, WE MADE SOME ARRESTS. YOU MADE SOME ARRESTS,
AND WE'RE INVESTIGATING A LOT OF OTHER ONES. 
          OKAY. OTHER INCIDENTS. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
THAT IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO FOLLOW UP ON. 
          SO IT'S NOT A CRITICISM. EVEN IF THE ANSWER WAS NO. 
          BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF WAY TO REDUCE THE GUNFIRE AND INCREASE THE
ENFORCEMENT, LIKE BOTH OF THOSE HAVE TO HAPPEN. OKAY. SO AGAIN NEXT MONTH,
WE'RE JUST LOOKING, IF YOU COULD, WHETHER WE DO IT AS A BRIEFING OR A MEMO OF SOME IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE,
IF YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED, LET'S SAY, TEN AREAS IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          I BET IF YOU SIT WITH US, WE CAN TELL YOU OUR TOP FOUR PRETTY EASILY. 
          AND WE WOULD OF COURSE, WELCOME TO DO THAT. SO NUMBER ONE,
CONGRATULATIONS ON AN INCREDIBLE YEAR OF REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME. I KNOW HOW MANY OFFICERS AND UNITS AND JUST THAT PERSONAL TOUCH THAT IT'S TAKEN TO
GET THERE. 
          AND YOU SHOULD TRULY BE APPLAUDED FOR THAT. AND AGAIN,
NOT JUST A ONE YEAR THING. 
          [00:45:05]
YOU'RE ON YEAR FIVE. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO SKIP AHEAD BRIEFING ITEM D FOR THE NATIONAL
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH UPDATE. THAT'S HARDER TO SAY THAN YOU THINK. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU TO MOVE THAT CLOSER. 
          RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          I'M MAJOR AARON HARRELL. I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION. 
          TO MY LEFT, I HAVE CHIEF DANIEL COMEAUX. TO MY RIGHT,
I HAVE LIEUTENANT BRIANNA VALENTINE. 
          AND TO MY FAR LEFT I HAVE JACQUELINE LEMONS. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR
ALL AFFECTING ADULTS AND CHILDREN ACROSS DALLAS. DPD MAIN STRATEGY IS TO BUILD AROUND THREE PRIORITIES. 
          SUPPORT AND PROTECTION. HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE TO INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION AND
PREVENTING EXPLOITATION THROUGH AWARENESS AND INTERVENTION. NEXT SLIDE. TODAY'S TODAY'S BRIEFING OUTLINES THE SCOPE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN DALLAS CURRENT INVESTIGATION TRENDS AND
STATISTICS, AND HOW DPD HAS SHIFTED ENFORCEMENT TOWARDS BUYERS AND TRAFFICKERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING? HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS EXPLOITATION THROUGH FORCE,
FRAUD, OR COERCION FOR LABOR OR COMMERCIAL SEX. IT OCCURS IN PHYSICAL LOCATIONS AND INCREASINGLY
ONLINE. 
          VICTIMS ARE NOT THE CRIMINALS. THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS BEING EXPLOITED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. CASES THAT ARE HANDLED BY SPECIAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION. 
          TRAFFICKING AND TRAFFICKING. PROMOTION AND AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION. 
          ONLINE FACILITATION AND COMPELLING PROSTITUTION. 
          OUR INVESTIGATION TARGET THOSE WHO PROFIT FROM EXPLOITATION,
NOT THE VICTIM. 
          NEXT SLIDE. MOST CASES ORIGINATE FROM PUBLIC TIPS AND HOTLINE INFORMATION. 
          ONLINE MONITORING, FOLLOW UP FROM OTHER INVESTIGATIONS AND VICTIM DISCLOSURE. 
          OUR INVESTIGATION METHODS ARE UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS,
INTERVIEWS. 
          EXECUTE OF SEARCH AND ARREST WARRANTS, AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS. 
          VICTIM RECOVERY AND ADVOCATE COORDINATION OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THE DATA SHOWS A DECREASE BECAUSE OUR ENFORCEMENT SHIFTED TO A MORE VICTIM
CENTERED APPROACH. FROM 2024 TO 2025, WE HAVE FEWER, FEWER TOTAL CASES,
CONTINUE TO REST AND INCREASE VICTIM CONTACT. 
          63 VICTIMS FREE FROM EXPLOITATION AND RECEIVED SERVICES FROM OUR NGO PARTNERS. 
          SPECIAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION IS DRIVING EFFORTS TOWARDS BIO ARREST,
TRAFFICKER DISRUPTION AND REPEAT OFFENDER ACCOUNTABILITY. OUR FOCUS ENFORCEMENT IS TO REDUCE REPEAT EXPLOITATION AND TO DISRUPT THE
NETWORK. 
          THE NETWORK'S BECAUSE BUYERS DRIVE THE DEMAND AND THE DEMAND FUELS TRAFFICKING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. DPD WORKS WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS AND OUR NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO
ENSURE VICTIMS RECEIVE SERVICES AND OFFENDERS FACE CONSEQUENCES. 
          THIS COORDINATED APPROACH STRENGTHENED INVESTIGATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND IMPROVES OUTCOMES
AND BUILDS COMMUNITY TRUST. 
          NEXT SLIDE. PREVENTION IS ENFORCEMENT. DPD IS LASER FOCUSED ON CONTINUOUS TRAINING, PUBLIC AWARENESS HOTLINE AND TIP REPORTING,
AND PROACTIVE ONLINE MONITORING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT VALENTINE TO DISCUSS THE YOUTH
PORTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
          [00:50:03]
HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. WHEN SERGEANT HOLMES AND I ARRIVED TO THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT
BACK IN 2024, THERE WAS NO EASY WAY TO IDENTIFY OUR CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN TRAFFICKED OR WERE AT RISK OF
TRAFFICKING. 
          WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT MARKERS TO DETERMINE A HIGH RISK YOUTH. 
          IT'S A RUNAWAY THAT'S YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS OLD. 
          IT IS A RUNAWAY THAT'S RUNAWAY MORE THAN FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS. 
          OR IT IS SOMEONE WHO'S RUN AWAY. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING EXPLOITED SEXUALLY
AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE. 
          THE LAST ONE IS ANY RUNAWAY WHO'S BEEN GONE FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. 
          TO PULL THAT DATA WAS VERY DIFFICULT. IT WAS CUMBERSOME,
AND IT WAS HARD TO GET ALL OF THE KIDS THAT WE NEEDED TO SEE ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          SO WHAT SERGEANT HOLMES DID, HE HE AND THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CENTER
AT CITY HALL WORKED IN CONJUNCTION AND CREATED A BEAUTIFUL DASHBOARD TO WHERE NOW ALL OF THOSE IDENTIFIERS ARE PLUGGED IN. 
          SO WE ARE SEEING KIDS NAMES POP UP BEFORE A DETECTIVE HAS EVER EVEN BEEN ASSIGNED A CASE. 
          OUR HIGH RISK DETECTIVES COME IN IN THE MORNING. 
          THEY PULL UP THEIR DASHBOARD. MANY TIMES, THEY'LL SEE A KID THAT THEY'VE SEEN BEFORE. 
          THEY AUTOMATICALLY KNOW WE GOT TO GO GET THIS KID AGAIN. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS WHAT OUR DASHBOARD LOOKS LIKE. 
          I'VE REMOVED NAMES, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS. 
          IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING TO US IN ONE SNAPSHOT. 
          WE KNOW WHICH KIDS HAVE A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF BEING EXPLOITED. 
          WE KNOW WHICH ONES HAVE BEEN MISSING FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. 
          WE KNOW WHICH ONES ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 12. SO THE DETECTIVES PULL THAT,
AND ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS OUR DETECTIVES HAVE COME IN. 
          THEY'VE SEEN A NAME THAT THEY RECOGNIZE. THEY HAVE IMMEDIATELY GONE RIGHT BACK OUT THAT
SAME DAY AND TRIED TO FIND THAT CHILD. 
          THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL MANY TIMES IN RECOVERING THE CHILD AND BRINGING THE CHILD TO
SAFETY BEFORE BEING EXPLOITED AGAIN. 
          THESE DETECTIVES, THAT'S THEIR BIGGEST GOAL,
IS TO GET THE CHILD BEFORE THEY'RE PUT BACK OUT WORKING. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES ABOUT SEVEN TIMES FOR A VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING TO BE ABLE TO BREAK
FREE FROM THAT BONDAGE. 
          SO THE MORE TIMES WE CAN RECOVER THE KID AND THE QUICKER WE CAN RECOVER THIS CHILD,
THE BETTER THE CHANCES ARE THAT WE CAN GET THIS CHILD AWAY FROM THE TRAFFICKER, HOPEFULLY FOR GOOD. OUR GOAL IN THIS UNIT, AND IT HAS BEEN,
IS TO RECOVER THAT KID BEFORE THEY'RE EXPLOITED AGAIN. 
          INCREASE THAT CHANCE OF THEM BREAKING THE HOLD THAT THE TRAFFICKER HAS ON THEM,
AND PROVIDE THAT PATH TO HEALING. 
          THAT EACH CHILD NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM THIS. 
          IN 2025, THE HIGH RISK VICTIMS UNIT, THEY RECOVERED,
THEY MADE 193 RECOVERIES. 
          SADLY, WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THOSE RECOVERIES WERE MULTIPLE RECOVERIES ON THE SAME CHILD,
BUT THEY INCREASED THEIR RECOVERIES OF VICTIMS BY MORE THAN 65% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. 
          AND THAT IS IN HUGE THANKS TO THE DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CENTER. 
          JUST BEING ABLE TO PUT EVERYTHING THERE WHERE WE CAN GET TO IT AND SEE IT QUICKER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO IN THE CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN UNIT,
WE HAVE A FULL TIME EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OFFICER. 
          LAST YEAR ALONE, HE DID OVER 378 PRESENTATIONS WITH MORE THAN 19,000 ATTENDEES. 
          HE SPEAKS TO SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, SMALL GROUPS,
ANYONE THAT SENDS A REQUEST. 
          HE HONORS THAT REQUEST. HE COMES OUT AND HE TALKS. 
          HE CAN MAKE HIS PRESENTATIONS TAILORED TOWARDS THE KIDS. 
          HE CAN TAILOR THEM TOWARDS THE ADULTS. ALL HE NEEDS TO KNOW IS WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO
PRESENT ON. 
          IT'S CONSISTENT PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NGOS THAT PROVIDE THOSE WRAPAROUND
SERVICES FOR ALL OF OUR YOUTH THAT ARE RECOVERED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND JUST WHAT THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES LOOK LIKE IS EACH CHILD THAT COMES
INTO OUR OFFICE IS IMMEDIATELY THEY'RE PROVIDED WITH AN ADVOCATE FROM TRAFFIC 911 WHO SITS THERE. 
          THEY TALK WITH THEM. THEY WALK WITH THEM. THEY'RE THERE WHILE OUR DETECTIVES ARE
INTERVIEWING. 
          THEY HAVE THAT ADVOCATE. WE HAVE A FULL EVALUATION AT A MEDICAL,
AT A MEDICAL FACILITY THAT EACH CHILD RECEIVES, AND THEN THEY GET A CPS REFERRAL TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITHIN THE
HOME THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL. 
          AND LASTLY, THEY HAVE THERAPY SERVICES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH THE DALLAS
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER. WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN PROSECUTING THESE CASES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF OUR YOUTH,
AND WE HAVE TWO DETECTIVES IN THE UNIT THAT ARE CREDENTIALED WITH HPSCI AS FEDERAL TASK FORCE OFFICERS, TO GIVE US THAT STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES TO PROSECUTE THOSE ON A FEDERAL AS WELL AS STATE SIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY 
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QUESTIONS? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IF THERE ARE ANY FINAL COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO
MAKE. 
          WELL, I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. WILLIS, WOULD YOU LIKE? I'M SORRY. DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT SOMETHING THAT SHE REFERENCED WAS NOT LOST. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT VALENTINE. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL TODAY. AND WE HAD ABOUT 127 PEOPLE IN THE FLAG ROOM. 
          I'M HESITANT TO SAY THAT WITH GFR PRESENT. BUT BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWING OUT
TODAY FROM SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS WHO ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE BOWERS, FOR BEING HERE AS WELL,
AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, LEGISLATORS, ETC., TO HELP BRING ATTENTION TO THIS,
WHICH IS SEX TRAFFICKING AND LABOR TRAFFICKING. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF THE DATA AND OUR OWN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE UNIT WORKING WITH DPD,
SOMETHING THAT USED TO TAKE A MONTH WHEN THEY WOULD GET THESE REPORTS IS NOW A DAILY OCCURRENCE WHERE THESE NAMES ARE COMING UP AND THE DETECTIVES ARE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY. 
          AND I BELIEVE ONCE THIS CAME ONLINE IT WAS LIKE ON THAT DAY AN ARREST WAS MADE. 
          I MEAN, THERE WAS AN INTERVENTION. SO THIS IS WHAT'S SO CRITICAL IS THAT THERE MAY BE
MISSING CHILDREN, THESE JUVENILES, BUT THEN THEY GET BROUGHT INTO THIS LIFE. 
          AND THIS IS TRUE DISRUPTION IN THIS LIFE. AND WE HAD NUMBERS RUNNING AT 85 PER MONTH,
85 MISSING JUVENILES. 
          IT'S IN THE 40S, THE LOW 40S NOW. SO THAT IS AMAZING PROGRESS IN SUCH A CRITICAL AREA. 
          SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU, ALL WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT AND ESPECIALLY OUR DATA CRUNCHERS
WHO ARE ABLE TO JUST HAVE YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          THERE'S SO MANY GREAT STORIES BETWEEN THAT UNIT AND DPD,
BUT I THAT'S A 50% REDUCTION. 
          THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. THAT'S A HEADLINE AS I SAID. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT IS RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND
HOW IT'S REALLY WORKING. 
          AND THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. EXCELLENT. AND THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING
REPRESENTATIVE BOWERS. 
          I DID NOT SEE YOU OUT THERE. NOW YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE GLASSES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND PART OF THIS. 
          WHO ELSE HAS QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION. WELL,
I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS VERY THOROUGH, VERY INTERESTING. 
          AND TRULY THE WORK YOU DO IS LIFE CHANGING AND LIFE SAVING. 
          AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE. EXCELLENT JOB. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO. 
          MA'AM, IF I MAY, I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. CLARIFY CLARIFICATION. 
          RANDOM GUNFIRE IS A PRIORITY THREE, NOT A PRIORITY TWO. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE POLICE BRIEFING,
AND THIS IS BRIEFING. 
          SEE THE OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMING. 
          WE HAD DELAYED THIS FROM LAST MONTH. 
          DOCTOR MILLER OKAY. AND THAT'S ONE THAT JUST HAS TO COME CLOSE. 
          THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S ON. OKAY. NOW THERE WE GO. 
          ALRIGHT. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M DANNY YOUNG. I MANAGE THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS FOR DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. OF COURSE. CHIEF COMO IS WITH ME. 
          CHIEF FOY IS SITTING TO MY RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO TO PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE A SAFER DALLAS. A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 
          I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT AT ALL AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. 
          THIS IS JUST SIMPLY SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
THAT I THINK YOU'LL FIND VERY INTERESTING. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THERE ARE THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED,
THAT AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OFFICE ON LAST WEEK. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS THOSE TODAY. BASED ON EXECUTIVE ORDER AND 415. 
          ONE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THOSE AND SEE HOW WE'RE GOING TO
REBRAND THOSE TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TALK TODAY ABOUT OUR YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS,
OUR SAFETY PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, I'LL GIVE A BRIEF ON SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE FOR 2026. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT I JUST MENTIONED REGARDING THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER. 
          SO WE'LL GO GO BY THIS SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE. SAME THING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND NOW WE'RE AT THE POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT IS ROBUST. 
          A LOT OF TIMES AS THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THINK ABOUT PRCHAL,
THEY IMMEDIATELY THINK ABOUT BOXING, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO BOXERS IN OUR PROGRAM THAT
ARE NATIONALLY RANKED AND THEY HAVE RECENTLY COMPETED IN LAS VEGAS. 
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AND THEY ARE DOING EXCEPTIONALLY WELL, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM ON THE PRO RANKS
ONE DAY. 
          SO WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS ACTUALLY DEDICATED TO OUR PAL PROGRAM. 
          AND OVER THE YEAR WE HAVE ON AVERAGE, 100 MALE AND FEMALE PARTICIPANTS EACH WEEK THAT WE
SERVE THROUGH OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE TWO GYMS WE CALL THEM THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH GYM,
BUT TECHNICALLY THEY'RE KNOWN AS THE JAYNIE C TURNER GYM. 
          AND OF COURSE, FOR SEDALIA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DALLAS. 
          I DO STRESS THAT OUR PAL PROGRAM IS COED. WE HAVE AN EQUAL NUMBER OF BOYS AND GIRLS
PARTICIPATING IN THESE PROGRAMS. AND OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF OUR FEMALE BOXERS IS ACTUALLY NATIONALLY RANKED. 
          AND ON AVERAGE, WE SEE APPROXIMATELY 375 KIDS PER MONTH THAT ARE PARTICIPATING JUST IN OUR
BOXING GYM ALONE. 
          THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE BASKETBALL PROGRAMS,
MIDNIGHT BASKETBALL AND THOSE OTHER DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL YOUTH SOCCER CAMP AND THIS PROGRAM IS A HUGE HIT. 
          WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL PROFESSIONAL TEAMS THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON
EACH YEAR IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE HELD IT AT THE COTTON BOWL IN MARCH OF EACH YEAR. 
          HOWEVER, THIS YEAR, DUE TO FIFA AND SOME OTHER THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT AS A
PRACTICE FACILITY. 
          SO IT'S APPARENT THAT WE MAY BE MOVING THAT TO FALL OF THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY
TYPE OF CONFLICT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COTTON BOWL. 
          BUT IT'S A LOCALLY SPONSORED PROGRAM. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE TO THE KIDS. 
          AND WE HAVE SPONSORS THAT HAVE PARTNERED WITH US TO DONATE SOCCER BALLS,
FOOD AND ALL THESE OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND THEN OUR OWN SOCCER TEAM THEY COME OUT, THEY THEY COACH THE CHILDREN THEY PROVIDE SOME
SOME, SOME TIPS. THEY RUN THEM THROUGH PRACTICE DRILLS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          AND THE KIDS REALLY RECEIVED THIS AND OF COURSE,
STATE FAIR OF TEXAS. 
          THEY ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED. THEY PROVIDE THE FACILITY TO US ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE. 
          AND SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROGRAM IN 2022 WE HAVE SEEN OVER 600 CHILDREN COME
THROUGH THIS, THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S REALLY SUCCESSFUL. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS IN 2026. 
          AND OF COURSE, I'D LIKE TO INVITE EACH OF YOU TO COME OUT AND BE A PART AND OBSERVE AND
SEE WHAT ACTUALLY GOES ON. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR DALLAS POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR YEARS. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, I SEE YOU SMILING BECAUSE YOU YOU LOVE OUR PROGRAM. 
          I SEE YOU HAD A LOT OF OUR EVENTS. SO WE THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO THOSE. 
          BUT OUR POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM, IT'S FOR THOSE YOUTH WHO ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND
21 YEARS OF AGE. 
          THEY MEET TWICE A WEEK AT THE DPD ACADEMY. AND LAST YEAR IN 2025,
THEY ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN FOUR COMPETITIONS STATEWIDE. 
          THOSE COMPETITIONS THEY PLACE IN FIRST PLACE,
THIRD PLACE AND FIFTH PLACE IN EACH COMPETITION THAT THEY ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN. 
          SO THEY'VE DONE VERY WELL. AND AS FAR AS A RECRUITING GROUND,
CURRENTLY WE HAVE AN EXPLORER IN THE ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. 
          SHE WAS ONE OF OUR LATEST TO COME THROUGH EMILY. 
          SHE'S DOING VERY WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE FORMER POLICE EXPLORERS WHO ARE ON OUR
DEPARTMENT, WHO ARE NOW ACTING AS POLICE EXPLORER ADVISORS. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. 
          THE CHILDREN ARE COMPETITIVE. THEY'RE GUNG HO ABOUT BECOMING POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND IT'S EXCITING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WE'VE WORKED WITH WE'RE
TALKING WITH ASSISTANT DIRECTOR APRIL, AND WE'VE TALKED WITH CHIEF ARTIS AND THEN ALSO THE CIVIL SERVICE. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE SEE THAT OUR POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM,
THESE KIDS GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE, WORK EXPERIENCE. SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORK EXPERIENCE THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE A
DALLAS POLICE OFFICER, WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT WE ACTUALLY WAIVE SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INTO THE WHO'VE BEEN INTO THE EXPLORER PROGRAM FOR SIX YEARS OR MORE, BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THAT THAT ACTUALLY MORE THAN SATISFIES THAT WORK EXPERIENCE. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, OF COURSE, IT'S A VERY DISCIPLINED PROGRAM. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WORKSHOPS. 
          SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BECOME A BIG HIT. WE'VE RECEIVED COUNTLESS EMAILS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS
WANTING TO HOST THESE IN THEIR DISTRICTS. SO WE DID TWO OF THESE IN 2025. WE DID ONE IN WEST DALLAS AT DALLAS CITY
COLLEGE. 
          THEN WE ALSO DID ONE AT PLEASANT GROVE CAMPUS IN DALLAS CITY COLLEGE. 
          AND AS WE KNOW, SENIOR CITIZENS, THEY ARE VULNERABLE VICTIMS,
IF YOU WILL. 
          SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS PARTNER WITH OUR DETECTIVES,
AND WE LIKE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON HOW TO PREVENT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS FROM BECOMING VICTIMS. SO AGAIN, WE DID TWO WORKSHOPS IN 2025. 
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WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE PER QUARTER IN 2026. AND BY JANUARY 26TH OF THIS YEAR,
WE WILL HAVE THOSE DATES LOCKED IN FOR THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THIS PARTICULAR YEAR FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WORKSHOP. 
          SOME OF THE TOPICS COVERED ARE ELDER ABUSE, FAMILY VIOLENCE,
AND OF COURSE, FINANCIAL CRIMES, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG ONE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. 
          AND AGAIN, WE PARTNERED WITH DPD DETECTIVES ON THAT. 
          THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS
WORKSHOPS. 
          AND SINCE 2022, WE HAVE ACTUALLY SERVICED OVER 500 SENIOR CITIZENS HERE IN THE DALLAS
COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SKIP OVER AGAIN REGARDING THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SAFETY PROGRAMS. NOW THE FIRST ONE IS SAFE WHICH IS SECURE ACTION FOR SAFE ENVIRONMENTS. 
          THIS IS SIMPLY ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING. UNFORTUNATELY,
IN 2026, WE LIVE IN A DAY TO WHERE WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTER IN OUR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS. SO WHAT WE DID, WE SIMPLY DEVELOPED JUST AN EDUCATION POWERPOINT. 
          AND SOME OF OUR CHURCHES HAVE REACHED OUT FOR US TO COME AND PROVIDE SOME EDUCATION ON
SIMPLY THINGS, ON WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S AN ACTIVE SHOOTER THAT ACTUALLY COMES TO YOUR
CHURCH. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS PRETTY MUCH TRAVELED BY WORD OF MOUTH AS WE PRESENT THE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO ONE CHURCH. 
          ANOTHER CHURCH HEARS ABOUT IT, AND THEY SIMPLY CONTACT US AND ASK US TO COME OUT AND
PROVIDE SOME TRAINING FOR THEIR CHURCH AND THEIR STAFF MEMBERS IN THE EVENT OF A ACTIVE SHOOTER. THEN OUR ROBBERY SYMPOSIUMS THESE BECAME VERY POPULAR,
OF COURSE, WITH OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND OUR BUSINESS MANAGERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DALLAS. WE HOSTED 3 IN 2025. AND THESE ROBBERY SYMPOSIUMS AGAIN,
WE'RE EDUCATING THEM ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION TIPS. 
          I HEARD ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED SEPTEMBER. 
          SO WE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON HOW WE CAN
HELP THEM TO HARDEN THEIR TARGET, IF YOU WILL, TO PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM BECOMING A VICTIM AND KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE IN THE
EVENT THAT THEY ACTUALLY BECOME A VICTIM OF A ROBBERY. 
          OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
AND OF COURSE, OUR DALLAS POLICE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT. 
          THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ROBBERY SYMPOSIUMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH AND SAFETY FAIR. 
          SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS EVENT MAKES THE NEWS MAKES THE
HEADLINES EVERY YEAR. 
          BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WE'VE SERVICED OVER 7500 BACKPACKS AND CHILDREN IN
THE LAST THREE YEARS. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THESE EVENTS, DISD IS OUR BIGGEST PARTNER WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BACK TO
SCHOOL GIVEAWAY. 
          THEY PROVIDE A HIGH SCHOOL FOR US TO ACTUALLY HOST THE EVENT AND STUDENTS. 
          NOW WE'VE GONE BEYOND JUST THE BACKPACKS. SO NOW WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE INCORPORATED
SOME PHYSICAL FITNESS IMMUNIZATIONS AND THEN ALSO HAIRCUTS FOR THE CHILDREN AS THEY ACTUALLY COME THROUGH. 
          AND I STRESS THAT ALL THESE SERVICES ARE DONE FREE OF CHARGE BY OUR PARTNERS. 
          THIS PAST YEAR, OUR FAMILY ALSO RECEIVED BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS,
BLOOD SUGAR AND DENTAL SCREENINGS. 
          ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE TO TO HELP OUR CITIZENS KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE AND HEALTHY. 
          WE'RE NOW DOING THAT AT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY. 
          SINCE WE STARTED DOING THIS EVENT IN 2020 WE HAVE ACTUALLY SERVICED OVER 15,000 RESIDENTS. 
          IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HOSTED THE BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY. 
          SO IT'S A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND AGAIN, I STRESS EACH YEAR WHEN WE HOST THE EVENTS,
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANY OF YOU TO COME OUT AND VOLUNTEER OR JUST BE A PART AND TAKE A A LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR TURKEY AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT DRAWS SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE EACH YEAR. 
          AGAIN, WE USUALLY PARTNER WITH ONE OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS TO HOST THE EVENT. 
          AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE INPUT THIS PAST YEAR FROM OUR COMMAND STAFF CHIEF,
COME ON. 
          THE COMMAND STAFF THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT TO VOLUNTEER AND PACK SOME BOXES AND STUFF. 
          SOME VEHICLES. VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT. AND THEN OUR CHRISTMAS FOOD DRIVE. 
          EACH YEAR WE HOST THIS AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE. 
          AND THIS IS AN EVENT THAT IS ALONG WITH FOOD GIVEAWAY. 
          AGAIN, THERE'S ALSO RESOURCES AVAILABLE SUCH AS HEALTH SCREENING AND INFORMATION ABOUT
FENTANYL AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR CHRISTMAS FEUD. 
          EXCUSE ME, OUR CHRISTMAS FOOD DISTRIBUTION THAT WE HOLD AT PAUL QUINN COLLEGE EVERY YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY OF OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS,
OUR YOUTH EVENTS, 
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THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION. THIS IS DALLAS DOT NET. 
          FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND THEN ALSO DARIUS,
MY EMAIL ADDRESS. 
          DANNY YOUNG AT DALLAS. GOV. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO FOR 2026 WE ARE GOING TO BE HOSTING SOME BOXING EDUCATION CAMPS WITH ROY JONES JR. 
          SO IF YOU'RE A BOXING FAN I KNOW THAT NAME RINGS A BELL. 
          SO WE MET WITH ROY AND HIS CAMP IN DECEMBER. SO ROY IS NOW OPENING A BOXING GYM HERE IN
THE CITY OF DALLAS. 
          AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS PARTNER WITH OUR PAL PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN HOST FIELD TRIPS TO
WHERE WE TAKE SOME OF OUR PAL PARTICIPANTS UP TO HIS GYM, AND THEN ROY AND HIS STAFF, THEY WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME DRILLS. 
          THEY'LL PROVIDE SOME TIPS, SOME PHYSICAL FITNESS TRAINING. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY THAT HE WANTS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND HE REACHED OUT TO US TO HELP HIM LAUNCH THIS. 
          SO THAT'S GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING IN 2026. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE A PROGRAM CALLED ASK A COP POP UP. 
          SO SOCIAL MEDIA IS VERY POPULAR OF COURSE WITH OUR YOUTH AND AND A CERTAIN GENERATION. 
          SO WE SEE THAT THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO TAP INTO THAT SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND DO POP UPS
SO THAT THOSE CAN SEE THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN SEE IT ON THE INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND KNOW THAT DALLAS POLICE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IS GOING TO BE AT THIS
LOCATION. 
          IT'S A SORT OF INFORMAL EVENT. STOP IN, ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          SORT OF LIKE YOUR COFFEE WITH A COP. HOWEVER,
THIS IS GOING TO CATER MORE TOWARDS THAT, THAT YOUTHFUL CITIZENSHIP IN HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING AS WELL. AT THAT TIME,
AT THIS TIME, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO CAN I ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SURE. THANK YOU, MR. YOUNG. THAT WAS VERY GOOD. 
          WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS? YES. COUNCILMEMBER CODINA. HI. YEAH. SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          SO, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE A WHILE, HOW IS THE WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE HOW DO Y'ALL WORK
WITH THE NPO'S? BECAUSE I THINK IN THE PAST, MAYBE THEY'VE OFFERED SOME OF THESE. 
          AND THEN NOW, LIKE THE NPO'S ARE UNDER THEIR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. 
          AND SO JUST WONDERING HOW THAT WORKS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION IS
HOW DO WE STILL WORK WITH THE NPO'S OR PRETTY MUCH HAS THAT CHANGED IN THE WAY IT USED TO BE? EXACTLY. YEAH, YEAH. SO THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THAT THE
NPO'S ARE NOW AT THE DIVISIONS. 
          BUT AS FAR AS OUR COLLABORATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE,
THAT HAS NOT CHANGED. 
          WE STILL COMMUNICATE WITH OUR MPO SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS WEEKLY. 
          THEY KEEP US INFORMED ON WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON AND VICE VERSA. 
          WE KEEP THEM INFORMED. SO REALLY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN OR COUNCILWOMAN, THE ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE STRUCTURE OF IT AND THE SERVICE AND THE QUALITY OF
SERVICE REMAINS THE SAME. 
          AND SO THEY OFFER SOME OF THE SAME RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS AS ALSO YOUR
DEPARTMENT. 
          SOME OF THE PROGRAMS MAY BE DIFFERENT. BUT AGAIN,
IF WE ARE OFFERING SOMETHING, THE NPOS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ACTUALLY INVITE THE CONSTITUENTS OR THE MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY TO ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE,
AND WHICH WE HAVE DONE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S SO GOOD. WELL, I WAS SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL HAD THE SENIOR CITIZEN
SAFETY WORKSHOP IN DISTRICT SIX. 
          I WASN'T INVITED, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT FORMER ELECTEDS KNEW AND ATTENDED THAT EVENT. 
          BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING AT DISTRICT SIX,
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT WITH OUR RESIDENTS. YES, MA'AM. OFFICER SYKES, I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH HER THIS MORNING. 
          I KNOW YOU KNOW HER VERY WELL. AND SO SHE'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT YOUR LIAISON TO HELP KEEP
YOU INFORMED. 
          YES, MA'AM. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. 
          I'M ACTUALLY REALLY PLEASED TO TO SEE THE OUTREACH TO TO YOUTH,
TO BRINGING AWARENESS OF THE POLICE AND, AND THE DEPARTMENTS TO THE KIDS IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT'S REAL IMPORTANT. AND I WOULD, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IS,
HOW ARE YOU GETTING THE WORD OUT? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. I HAVEN'T HEARD OF THESE. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT MY KIDS HAVE AND MY GRANDKIDS HAVE HEARD ABOUT THESE,
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE GETTING THE, THE BANDWIDTH AND THE MARKETING EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO
THESE THINGS. 
          I LOVE THIS POLICE EXPLORERS PROGRAM. I THINK IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 
          I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE POP UP COPS POP UP FACILITIES. 
          BUT I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU REALLY COOPERATE AND COLLABORATE WITH OTHER
YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT'S THE SCOUTS, WHETHER IT'S FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT AND ALSO LOCATE AT
PLACES WHERE THERE'S ALREADY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH KIDS ALREADY. IN OTHER WORDS,
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, GET SOME FOLKS THERE. 
          [01:15:06]
MAKE SURE THAT YOU YOU GET AN AUDIENCE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AUDIENCE WILL THEN HELP YOU
GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL. 
          BUT I APPLAUD YOU FOR THIS. I'D LOVE TO SEE THESE PROGRAMS JUST BALLOON AND BE CREATIVE
AND AND BE LARGE SO THAT WE GET MORE, MORE AMBASSADORS FROM THE KIDS OUT THERE TALKING TO OTHER KIDS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. AND LIKEWISE TO THEIR PARENTS. AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD AMBASSADORSHIP TO
ADULTS IS THROUGH THEIR KIDS. 
          SO PLEASE EXPLORE EXPANDING THOSE THINGS AND GETTING THEM INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS RATHER
THAN INVITING PEOPLE TO COME. 
          MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THEM AND FINDING THEM AND PUTTING PUTTING THAT ON THE
PLATE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AND WHAT I DID NOT MENTION,
SIR, AS I APOLOGIZE, SCOUTS OF AMERICA, THAT IS ONE OF OUR PARTNERS WITH THE WITH THE EXPLORER PROGRAM. 
          WELL. THANK YOU. YES. POLICE EXPLORERS. I WAS SMILING BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXCELLENT
PROGRAM. 
          AND ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, I AM ALWAYS HESITANT ABOUT CHANGING THE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A
POLICE OFFICER IN THIS CASE, I DO THINK PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM WOULD CERTAINLY SUFFICE FOR WORK EXPERIENCE,
BECAUSE THEY ARE SHOWING UP. 
          THEY'RE PREPARING, THEY'RE TRAINING. IT'S A VERY,
VERY IMPRESSIVE GROUP. 
          AND THE WORK YOU'RE DOING WITH THAT IS REALLY TOP NOTCH. 
          I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE DOING SO MANY OF THE SENIOR CITIZEN SAFETY PROGRAMS AND
WORKSHOPS. 
          SO THAT'S ALSO REALLY EXCELLENT. AND MY ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH
AND SAFETY FAIR, I'VE BEEN AT LIKE DPA WHEN THEY'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF BACKPACKS AS DONATIONS. 
          BUT ARE YOU COORDINATING WITH THE MAYOR'S BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T
HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH BOTH THAT WE ARE NOT? AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A TALL TASK TO DO THAT. 
          BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, MA'AM, WE ARE NOT WHAT? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE PARTICIPATING AND SHOWING UP AT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM. 
          WE DO NOT REQUIRE REQUIRE REGISTRATION. WHAT WE DO IS CUT THE LINE OFF AT A CERTAIN POINT
ONCE WE REACH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS. 
          BUT WE HAVE NOT COORDINATED. YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY A HELPFUL THING TO DO. 
          YES, MA'AM. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR IMPORTANT WORK DOING THE COMMUNITY
OUTREACH. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO. YES. COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS GREAT WORK. 
          I'M A COMMUNITY GUY. I WAS A COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR OVER A DECADE AND DALLAS ISD. 
          AND I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH OUR SENIORS,
WITH OUR CHILDREN. 
          IT IS PHENOMENAL. CHIEF, THIS IS PHENOMENAL. I'M WORKING WITH A GUY,
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE GUY. 
          OAK CLIFF BOXING CLUB COACH GREG HATLEY. ONE OF THE FIGHTERS RIGHT HERE FROM IN THE CITY
OF DALLAS A CHAMPION. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM A PART OF THIS AS WELL. 
          THIS IS JUST PHENOMENAL. AND SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU KUDOS BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS
IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND SO THANK YOU AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          PRESENTATION E ON SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES. 
          AS I SAID EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO SAVE THAT FOR NEXT MONTH. 
          SO WE'RE INTO MEMOS. THE FIRST ONE IS ITEM F THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON DPD. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT WAS THE PLANNED ATTRITION. 
          SO WE'VE SO FAR HAD 56 OFFICERS LEAVE. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE PLANNED IS FOR THE YEAR? 48. SO IN THE ON THE DASHBOARD, WE'VE HAD 56 SO FAR LEAVE. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF WE KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL NUMBER WAS THAT WE HAD PLANNED. 
          WILL WE GET THE ATTRITION FOR THE YEAR WHEN WE GET THE ATTRITION FOR THE YEAR TO DATE
WOULD BE AT 48. 
          SO IT'S BEEN 16 FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. 
          I'M SORRY. I'M NOT CATCHING THAT. SO THE TOTAL THAT YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THE YEAR IS 56. 
          NO, NO. SO THE TOTAL PLAN FOR THE YEAR IS 190 UP TO DATE. 
          THAT. SO WE'RE AT 56. THE TRACKING AT 48. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION NEXT THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS 901 COMMUNICATION. 
          YOU ARE DOING GREAT. AND WE JUST NEED TO TAKE THAT MOMENT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD
WORK. 
          WHEN YOU SEE DECEMBER HAVE A SERVICE LEVEL AT 96.95%,
DECEMBER IS A TOUGH MONTH. 
          [01:20:05]
THAT'S THE BEST WE'VE HAD IN THREE YEARS, BUT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY SEEING REALLY,
REALLY GREAT. 
          QUICK RESPONSES AND DISPATCH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 
          I CAN SEE YOUR STAFFING IS UP, ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE WHERE IT SHOULD,
WHERE YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BE. 
          OH, YOU'RE GOING TO COME DOWN. THANK YOU, MISS MENDELSOHN. 
          FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT IN GETTING OUR STAFFING NUMBERS UP AND HELPING
US TO ESTABLISH A CAREER LADDER. 
          YOU AND THE CITY MANAGER HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US GET TO A BETTER LEVEL. 
          AND YOU'RE SEEING THE RESULTS NOW? THE STAFF ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THEY'RE WORKING HARD. THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ESTABLISHED GREAT WELLNESS PROGRAMS,
AND IT'S HELPING US OVERALL. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US AS WELL. 
          WELL, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I'M GOING TO MAKE,
AND I SAID THIS TO MY HUSBAND, IS THAT THESE PERCENTAGES ARE UP, WHICH IS GREAT. LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS HIGH AS WE CAN BE. 
          BUT THE INTERESTING NUMBER THAT'S ALSO ON THIS REPORT IS THAT THE CALL VOLUME IS DOWN. 
          AND THAT'S SORT OF VERIFICATION OF CRIME GOING DOWN. 
          RIGHT. LIKE WE CAN SEE THAT WITH LESS 911 CALLS. 
          FIRST OF ALL WE CAN HANDLE THE LOAD BETTER. BUT IT'S STILL 130,000 A MONTH. 
          BUT IT MATCHES OUR CRIME DATA. AND SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES
PEOPLE SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PEOPLE AREN'T REPORTING WELL. 
          NO, IT'S BEYOND THAT. NO. ABSOLUTELY. THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL,
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR ONLINE REPORTING SYSTEM. 
          ALL EVERYTHING IN COMBINATION. THE VIOLENT CRIME PLAN HAS REALLY HELPED US REDUCE THOSE
TOTAL NUMBERS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE AN ITEM ON THE DASHBOARD? NO. SO MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THIS WOULD BE G. 
          AND THIS IS DFW'S FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY I DO. 
          YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IGNORED, RIGHT? SO THIS IS FOR THE TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          YOU HAVE DOWN THAT FOR THE TRAINING TOWER RENOVATIONS. 
          THAT WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN JANUARY. HAS IT ALREADY BEGUN? GOOD AFTERNOON, DANIEL SALAZAR, ASSISTANT CHIEF. 
          NO. THAT'S THAT WORK HAS NOT STARTED YET. IT'S SCHEDULED TO START IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE HAD A WALK THROUGH LAST WEEK WITH THE DIFFERENT PARTIES,
THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT DID THE DESIGNS, A CONTRACTOR THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING THE WORK AND THE BOND OFFICE AS WELL. 
          SO WE'RE SET TO GET THAT WORK STARTED NEXT MONTH,
IN FEBRUARY, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED. 
          NO, THAT WAS A SMALL TOWER THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DEMOLISHED. 
          THIS IS THE LARGE TOWER THAT WE'VE USED ALL THESE YEARS SINCE THE ACADEMY OPENED. 
          WE'RE RENOVATING THAT LARGE TOWER. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE ALERTING SYSTEM YOU HAVE ON HERE
THAT COMPLETIONS EXPECTED DECEMBER 2026. HOW ARE YOU ON THE SCHEDULE? I THINK WE'RE TRACKING. 
          FINE. ONE THING THAT WE HAD ONE TEAM THAT WAS DOING THESE INSTALLATIONS. 
          WE'RE ABOUT TO ADD A SECOND TEAM, AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE VENDOR,
HONEYWELL. 
          SO THAT SHOULD HELP US KEEP OUR PACE WITH THAT SCHEDULE. 
          AND HOW MANY HAVE YOU DONE SO FAR? SO FAR TWO FIRE STATIONS,
STATION FOUR AND STATION SIX DOWNTOWN. 
          THOSE ARE PART OF BATTALION ONE. THE OTHER STATIONS ARE THE OLDER STATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO
FACTOR FOR THE ASBESTOS, MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T GET THOSE FIBERS AIRBORNE. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS WITH THAT. SO WHEN YOU COME NEXT MONTH,
HOW MANY WILL YOU HAVE DONE? WELL, I'M GOING TO YIELD TO CHIEF FROST, SINCE THIS IS HIS PROJECT,
AND HE'S BEEN PRETTY INVOLVED WITH THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO CHIEF ROSS. JAMES ROSS JAMES RUSS, ASSISTANT CHIEF OF COMMUNICATIONS. 
          NEXT MONTH, WE SHOULD BE MOVING INTO BATTALION TWO. 
          IF WE'VE DONE ALL THE DESIGNS AND WALKTHROUGHS FOR THOSE WITH BATTALION ONE,
THEY'RE GETTING EQUIPMENT IN. 
          WE HAVE TO SWITCH OUT SOME SPEAKERS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ASBESTOS ISSUES. 
          THEY DIDN'T WANT TO INFILTRATE ANY OF THE SUBSTRATES. 
          SO THEY HAD SOME ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF USING DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPEAKERS. 
          SO WE WILL START IN BATTALION TWO NEXT MONTH. 
          AND ONCE WE GET ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A TWO WEEK PER STATION DEADLINE
WITH TWO TEAMS RUNNING. 
          OKAY, BUT YOU'VE ONLY DONE TWO STATIONS SO FAR. 
          THEY'VE DONE. THEY HAVE DID THE INSTALLATION ON THE WIRING OF THE TWO STATIONS. 
          THEY STARTED ON THE THIRD, AND IT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SWITCH OUT SOME EQUIPMENT THAT
DIDN'T COME IN OR THEY HAD ON BACKORDER. 
          [01:25:04]
OKAY. BUT SO IF YOU'VE COMPLETED TWO AND THIS IS THE JANUARY BRIEFING,
WE HAVE THE FEBRUARY BRIEFING. 
          HOW MANY WILL YOU HAVE COMPLETED? WHO COMPLETED? FIVE STATIONS BY THEN. SO THAT WOULD BE BATTALION ONE. 
          OKAY. AND IF YOU CAN JUST SORT OF LAY OUT A PLAN ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO 59 BY
DECEMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. OKAY. YES. WE'RE WORKING BELIEVE HOW MANY YEARS THIS HAS TAKEN
I'M SORRY. 
          YES, WE'RE WORKING WITH IT'S ON THE PLAN WITH GETTING ALL THE EQUIPMENT IN AND THE TWO
TEAMS RUNNING. 
          WELL. SO NEXT MONTH, WITH THAT, CAN YOU HAVE THE PLAN OF EVERY MONTH? AND HOW MANY STATIONS WILL BE DONE SO THAT WE WILL GET THIS COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 2026? YES. YES WE WILL SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT H I. 
          HOW ABOUT J. J OKAY GUYS. SO LAST MONTH I OFFERED A CHALLENGE BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE AND COURTS AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ABOUT WHO COULD SHARE WITH US ALL THE
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THEY HAVE. 
          AND I DIDN'T THINK THIS THROUGH BECAUSE IN THE END,
I'M NOT GOING TO JUST GIVE BROWNIES TO POLICE OR FIRE. 
          SO THE OFFER WAS, IF YOU DID THIS, WHOEVER HAD THE MOST WOULD GET 300 HOMEMADE BROWNIES. 
          SO BOTH POLICE AND FIRE YOUR 300 EACH ARE OVER THERE,
AND THEN COURTS AND OEM, YOU HAD 100 THAT YOU COULD GET ONE OF THE OTHER. YOUR 100 EACH HOMEMADE ARE OVER THERE. 
          AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY MY HOUSE SMELLS BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN DALLAS IF YOU LIKE
THE SMELL OF BROWNIES. 
          SO NEXT TIME I WILL THINK OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS DIFFERENTLY WHERE EVERYONE HAS TO
PARTICIPATE TO GET ANYTHING. 
          SO ANYHOW, THAT'S THE MOST BROWNIES I'VE EVER MADE. 
          BUT I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM. DON'T LEAVE TODAY WITHOUT TAKING THEM,
BUT THEY'RE ALL SITTING ON THAT BACK WALL. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT INSIGHT. I DO HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THAT I WILL DO
SEPARATELY. 
          DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT WERE SHARED? NO. OH YES. COUNCILMEMBER ROFF. THIS IS ON. THIS IS ON I I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY I WAS ON J. YEAH. OKAY. THE THE. 
          WELL, Y'ALL CAN ASK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 
          THEY DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF BROWNIES. I MAY HAVE TO BRING FOR COUNCIL ANOTHER DAY. 
          I'M NOT SURE I'M UP FOR MAKING MORE THIS WEEK. 
          THESE ARE ALL SATURDAY OR SUNDAY BROWNIES, SO THEY'RE FRESH. 
          OKAY, SO MOVING ON TO ITEM K. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. 
          I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FEASIBILITY ASIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT STUDY? OKAY. WHILE STAFF IS COMING UP, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER
TENNELL ATKINS AND LIMBIC BE IN THE AUDIENCE. AND WE'LL GET TO THE FUNDRAISING PART IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          THANK YOU. HI, I'M JENNY NISWANDER. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOND OFFICE. 
          AND REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE THE OTHER CAMPUS,
THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS, WE ARE WRAPPING THAT UP. 
          WE'VE GOT A A FEW THINGS WE'RE JUST WANTING TO CONFIRM BEFORE WE BRING IT IN TO COUNCIL. 
          BUT I WOULD EXPECT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO TO COMPLETE THAT THE NEXT
MONTH OR SO. 
          YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, THIS IS AGAIN THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT,
AT LEAST TO ME IN THE ENTIRE CITY IS THIS POLICE ACADEMY. 
          SO I SEE IN YOUR MEMO THAT YOU HAVE SCHEDULED FOR THE JANUARY 28TH MEETING FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE EXPECTING FEBRUARY 25TH FOR THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE, AND THAT OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS LOCATION OF THE ACADEMY IS 185. 
          MILLION DOLLARS. IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE TWO, YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDING BREAKDOWN. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY HAVING TALKED TO TWO OF OUR THREE LEADERS ON THE FUNDRAISING SIDE,
THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME DO THAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF IRONS IN THE FIRE AND SOME
VERY EXCITING THINGS THAT I HOPE WILL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE SOMETIME SOON. 
          [01:30:01]
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK. I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO HAS FUNDED SO
FAR, LOTS OF FOUNDATIONS AND LOTS OF FOUNDATIONS. STILL CONSIDERING. 
          BUT. HELLO, BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE'RE TALKING TO YOU. 
          IT'S TIME TO STEP UP. SO ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO LEARN MORE,
WE HAVE SOME INCREDIBLE ADVOCATES ALONG WITH MR. ATKINS AND MISS MCBEE. WE ALSO HAVE JENNIFER GATES,
FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND I THINK EVERYONE'S AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO LEARN MORE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? NO. OKAY. EL. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          ROTH. JUST A QUESTION. THE REFERENCE IN THAT MEMO IS THE LIVING WAGE IS AT $17. 
          BASED ON THAT, I THOUGHT THAT THE LIVING WAGE AMOUNTS HAVE HAVE INCREASED SINCE THEN. 
          IS THAT STILL A A AN INADEQUATE AMOUNT FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE BUDGET FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE STAFF HERE TO ANSWER IT,
AND IT MAY BE AND THAT COULD BE, THAT COULD BE GOTTEN ADOPTED AMOUNT FOR VENDORS THAT I THINK IS SEPARATE. IT'S A DIFFERENT ONE. THAT'S FINE. 
          YEAH THAT'S A CLARIFICATION. SO UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE A STAFF ANSWER I THINK
THAT'S WHAT THE ANSWER IS. 
          OKAY. M WE HAVE CANCELED AND N AND O ARE THE FINAL TWO. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE AN ITEM ON THOSE TWO BRIEFINGS? THOSE TWO MEMOS ON N? I HAD A QUESTION. YES. ON THE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SOFTWARE PURCHASE RELATIVE TO MAINTENANCE
OR TECH OR LICENSING? IS THIS SORT OF THE THE FULL AMOUNT, OR IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME EXTRA AMOUNTS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE COMING TO US IN AUXILIARY, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS OR OR COSTS? HELLO. MARTIN ROJAS,
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS IS A TURNKEY SERVICE. THERE'S NO OTHER ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO TO
MAKE THIS SOFTWARE RUN. 
          WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE ON THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE,
THE COST LISTENING AGENDA ITEM, THE COST AND THE AGENDA ITEM. THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE THERE COVERS ALL THAT IS NEEDED FOR
THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING THE, THE YEARLY COST FOR, FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. 
          GREAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. AND THAT SOFTWARE IS NEEDED. 
          YES. YEP. I KNOW, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE TERMS OF THE I'M NOT CLEAR ON THE TERMS OF
THE OF THIS LEASE WITH AUSTIN STREET SHELTER. IS IT JUST FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE LEASE? IS IT A ONGOING LEASE? AND AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THE THE MEMO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. KEVIN ODEN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE. 
          THE LEASE ALLOWS US TO USE THEIR SPACE ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE. 
          AS LONG AS IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ANY SHELTERING THAT IT MAY BE. 
          IN MOST CASES, THAT'S RELATED TO THE WINTER WEATHER. 
          SO IS IT IS IT A IS IT $1 MILLION? IS THE IS THAT JUST FOR THE THE USE OF THE FACILITY,
OR IS THAT ALSO FOR, FOR SERVICES AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING US? CORRECT. SO THE, THE COST TO HAVE THE BUILDING UNAVAILABLE TO US IS,
IS ABOUT $100,000 A YEAR. 
          ON TOP OF THAT AUSTIN STREET PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS MANAGING THE SHELTER SPACE WHEN IT
IS UTILIZED. 
          SO WHILE THE CONTRACT IS $1 MILLION ANNUALLY,
THAT DOES NOT COMMIT US TO THE FULL 1 MILLION ANNUALLY, IT'S IT'S UP TO THAT AMOUNT BASED UPON USAGE. 
          SO IS THIS JUST FOR FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER EMERGENCIES OR I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
THE MILLION DOLLARS COMES IN AND WHERE THE $10,000 A MONTH RENT COMES IN. IT CAN BE USED FOR MORE THAN JUST WINTER WEATHER. 
          HISTORICALLY, THAT'S WHAT IT HAS BEEN USED FOR. 
          HOWEVER, WITH THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH AUSTIN STREET WE HAVE A SERVICE RATE
THAT IF THEY PROVIDE SHELTERING SERVICE FOR US WE THEY BILL US FOR THAT RATE PER NIGHT. SO THAT AGAIN,
IS $900,000 ESSENTIALLY OF SERVICES WE CAN GET FOR RUNNING A SHELTER. WE'RE ALSO LEASING THE BUILDING FOR THE FULL YEAR AT 10,000 A
MONTH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROFF. IF I CAN JUST ADD AN ITEM THAT I THINK MAKES US A LITTLE BIT
CONFUSING. 
          AUSTIN STREET USED TO HAVE A BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET. 
          THEY DEVELOPED THEIR SHELTER. THAT'S THE ONE THEY USE ON A DAY IN AND DAY OUT BASIS. 
          [01:35:03]
IT'S THE OLD BUILDING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET. 
          SO IT WOULD POSSIBLY GO TO SURPLUS FOR THEM. THEY MIGHT SELL IT,
BUT THEY'RE KEEPING IT AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR BASICALLY LIKE AN OVERFLOW SHELTER. SO IS IT IS IT LIKELY THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING $1 MILLION THERE THIS
YEAR? YES, IT'S IT DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER. HISTORICALLY,
SOME YEARS THE CITY HAS AND SOME YEARS THEY HAVE NOT. 
          I WILL SAY THAT IF WE IF WE DON'T, THE MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. 
          AND SO THAT MONEY IS EARMARKED NO MATTER WHAT,
FOR US. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU. CHAIR. KEVIN, DID THE CRITERIA CHANGE FOR ACTIVATION OF INCLEMENT
WEATHER SHELTERS? NO, SIR. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT THAT IN TERMS OF,
OF DRY WEATHER, IT IS 32 DEGREES OR BELOW FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, AND IF THE WEATHER IS WET OR ANY PRECIPITATION,
IT IS 36 DEGREES OR LOWER FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS IN THE OVERNIGHT WINDOW. SO WE'VE WE'VE KEPT THAT CONSISTENT DOING WHAT OWS WAS DOING PRIOR TO US
ASSUMING THIS RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AGENDA ITEM BEFORE WE SEE IT? IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL,
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THIS IS THE SHORTEST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. SO Y'ALL GET A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR TIME BACK,
BUT MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THOSE BROWNIES, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE UP HERE ARE ALREADY, LIKE,
GOING TO GO MEET YOU OVER THERE. 
          SO AT 246, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.