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[Community Police Oversight Board on April 14, 2026.]
EVERYONE.I'D LIKE TO OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
MY NAME IS JOHN MARK DAVIDSON, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
WE HAVE CONFIRMED A QUORUM, SO WE ARE READY TO PROCEED.
THE OFFICIAL START TIME FOR THIS MEETING IS 5:34 PM 5:34 PM AND WE WILL BEGIN THIS MEETING WITH A ROLL CALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
EACH OF US HAVE BEEN NOMINATED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF DALLAS, AS I CALL EACH DISTRICT, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE.
DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FOUR.
FOR THOSE JOINING IN PERSON AND ONLINE, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN OFFICIAL MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE DESIGNED TO FOSTER OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY STAKEHOLDERS, WHILE ENSURING THAT THE BOARD'S BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND RESPECTFULLY.
SO TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL, DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
ALL ATTENDEES MUST REMAIN SEATED UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED, AND ANYONE CAUSING DISRUPTION WILL RECEIVE ONE.
WARNING AND CONTINUED DISRUPTIVE CONDUCT WILL RESULT IN THE REMOVAL FROM THIS MEETING, AND THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO ACCESSIBILITY.
IF YOU REQUIRE TRANSLATION SERVICES, SIGN LANGUAGE, INTERPRETERS, OR OTHER ACCOMMODATIONS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT OC PO@DALLAS.GOV.
AND WE ASK THAT YOU DO THIS AT LEAST 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
I'M GONNA SHARE NOW THE PURPOSE OF THE OCPO.
THE MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD, CPOB, UH, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, IS TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN TRUST BY ENSURING THAT COMPLAINTS OF MISCONDUCT INVOLVING DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL ARE REVIEWED FAIRLY, TRANSPARENTLY AND THOROUGHLY.
THE BOARD IS SUPPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT, THE OCPO, WHICH PROVIDES LOGISTICAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP US FULFILL THIS MISSION AND MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, UH, WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM THREE, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT AND OPEN MICROPHONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, THIS TIME MAY BE ADJUSTED TO PARTICIPATE.
PLEASE SEE A CITY, CITY STAFF MEMBER AT THE FRONT OF THIS ROOM.
RAISE YOUR HAND, LET US KNOW, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A SPEAKER CARD.
AND, UH, IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THIS FIRST, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING, DON'T WORRY.
THERE'LL BE A SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AT THE END OF OUR MEETING WHERE NO SIGN UP WILL BE REQUIRED.
SO, UH, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL MARY HOSKINS.
IS THERE A MARY HOSKINS OUT HERE? IS THERE A MARY HOSKINS ONLINE WHILE DEER NEGATIVE? NO.
JAMAR JEFFERSON, MR. JEFFERSON.
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YEAH, THAT, THAT MIDDLE ONE WOULD BE GREAT.THAT SEAT, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS TURNED ON SO THOSE ONLINE CAN HEAR THE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU HAVE TO SAY.
AND, UH, WE'LL HAVE A TIMER THAT WILL BEGIN WHEN YOU START, THAT WILL HELP YOU.
UH, AND WE JUST ASK THAT, UH, YOU CAN AT THAT THREE MINUTE TIMER WHEN IT'S OFF, YOU JUST FINISH YOUR SENTENCE.
UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE HERE.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UM, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS, YOU JUST SAID, THE POLICE OVERSIGHT IS TO ESTABLISH, I BELIEVE, UH, CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS NOT HERE ON FEBRUARY WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT UP THAT I WAS ASSAULTED BY MR. ROBINSON, AK MIKE KING.
I SEE ONE, MAYBE 2, 3, 4 PEOPLE WHO ALL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED NOT TO INVESTIGATE BECAUSE MR. HUFF CAME IN AND LIED TO YOU, THAT THERE WAS NO MISCONDUCT.
THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS BEEN DUPED BY MR. ROBINSON AND JASMINE CROCKETT'S, PERSONAL SECURITY.
SO SHE COULDN'T GET SERVED FOR THE LARGEST ELECTION FRAUD SCANDAL IN US HISTORY, ALL THE WAY UP TO CONGRESS, FRAUD, FRAUD, FRAUD.
MIKE KING, MR. ROBINSON IS DEAD BECAUSE MANY OF YOU VOTED NO NOT TO INVESTIGATE.
I TOLD YOU HE WAS IMPERSONATING SECURITY.
I TOLD YOU HE WAS IMPERSONATING SECURITY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I CALLED THE CAPITOL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TRUE THAT YOU ARE APPOINTED BY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, OR IF ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE CITY MANAGER OR ANYONE TOLD YOU TO VOTE NO.
BUT THAT MAN IS DEAD AND BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS BECAUSE YOU WATCH SIX OFFICERS SURROUND ME READY TO ATTACK ME SO THEY CAN OBSTRUCT JUSTICE ASSAULTED MR. JEFFERSON DRAGGED HIM OUT LIKE A DOG.
NEW VIDEO SHOWED THAT MIKE KING PUT A, A BRONCH CONIUS HIT THAT CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS MESS, HIS HIP UP HIS SHOULDER.
NO INVESTIGATION WAS WARRANTED.
IF THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED TO ANY OF YOU, OR IF I WOULD'VE MET THEM WITH VIOLENCE, I WAS SURROUNDED BY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 POLICE OFFICERS READY TO ASSAULT ME.
BUT WE COULDN'T EVEN GET AN INVESTIGATION.
THEY VIOLATED THE OWN GENERAL ORDER.
I REMEMBER THE GENTLEMAN NEXT TO YOU SAID, WE DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT THE JURISDICTION.
IT WAS ON CITY PROPERTY UNDER THE GENERAL ORDERS.
THEY ARE TO PROTECT AND ENFORCE AND KEEP PEACE.
THE CITY ALWAYS HAD JURISDICTION.
IT WAS A COMPLETE SYSTEMATIC FAILURE ON ME AND LAMAR JEFFERSON.
AND IF YOU'LL DO IT TO US, WHO ELSE ARE YOU DOING IT TO? I SAW JUST IN THE AGENDA TODAY.
MR. HUFFER IS GONNA COME IN HERE TODAY AND TELL YOU, NO INVESTIGATION'S WARRANTED.
IF THIS POLICE OVERSIGHT ISN'T HERE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE, WHY ARE YOU HERE? YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE.
THIS SHOULD BE EVERY SEAT THAT MAKES A DECISION FOR THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ELECTED.
AND IF YOU WERE IMPRESSED ON TO VOTE, NO SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON YOU.
I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, LAMAR JEFFERSON AS WELL.
UH, WHICH ONE? OH, JUST IN THE, THE MIDDLE THERE WOULD BE WOULD BE GOOD.
MS. JEFFERSON, HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.
THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING HERE.
FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE HONOR TO Y'ALL, MY CREATOR, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM BECAUSE I COULD BE DEAD.
JUST LIKE MY KING IS DEAD RIGHT NOW.
TODAY, UH, MY HIP WAS TRULY INJURED.
UH, I HAVE A, A LONG-TERM HIP INJURY FROM GETTING MY LEGS KNOCKED OUT FROM UNDER ME BY MY KING, WHO'S DEAD BY THE ARMS OF THE DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN UPON THAT, I WAS THROWN DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES.
I WAS PICKED UP, STRETCHED, CARRIED OUTTA THE BUILDING, UH, AS THEY DO IN THE SIXTIES, TO AFRICAN AMERICANS AND BLACK PEOPLE AND NEGROES, UH, FROM THE BIAS THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS ON PEOPLE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AFTER THEY COME HERE, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE VISITORS HERE, COME HERE ON OUR LAND AND SET UP BUSINESS AND DO BUSINESS ON OUR LAND AND PROMISE US RIGHTS.
I'M AN INDIAN, UH, INDIGENOUS, AND YOU PROMISED US RIGHTS.
YOU PROMISED TO LOOK OUT FOR US.
AND DALLAS OVERSIGHT WOULDN'T EVEN DO AN INVESTIGATION, NOT THE SEEING VIDEO
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WHERE A MAN WHO'S THE CITIZEN OF THIS, THIS, THIS CITY, WHO WAS ALSO RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL.DISTRICT SEVEN, WAS THROWN OUT WHILE ONLY WHO HAD A FEDERAL WHO WAS UNDER FEDERAL PROTECTION.
I HAD A COURT ORDER FROM THE FEDERAL TO SERVE SOMEONE.
I WAS HARMED IN FRONT OF EIGHT DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS WHERE THREE OF'EM TOOK PARTY IN HARMING ME, AND NOTHING WAS DONE.
WE COULDN'T EVEN GET AN INVESTIGATION.
I HAVE OVER 20 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MEDICAL BILLS, NO ONE TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR.
AND I COULDN'T EVEN GET INVESTIGATION TO LEARN OF THE TRUE IDENTITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAUSED ME HARM.
SHAME ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR REFUSING TO INVESTIGATE A CRIME THAT HAPPEN IN FRONT OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, I'M A GRANDFATHER, I'M A FATHER, UH, I'M A HUSBAND.
UH, IF THIS HAPPENED TO ANY OF YOUR GRANDPARENTS, IF THIS HAPPENED TO ANY OF YOUR FATHERS AND BROTHERS TO BE DRUG OUT LIKE TRASH, AND YOU WON'T EVEN INVESTIGATE, NOT EVEN ONE PERSON, INCLUDING THIS BROTHER RIGHT HERE, WOULDN'T EVEN INVESTIGATE.
NOT ONE PERSON WOULD VOTE TO INVESTIGATE.
THIS IS THE BIAS THAT HAPPENED TO PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION THAT GOES ON.
MAYBE IF I WAS WITH ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, BODIES OR RACES THAT THIS COUNTRY OR THIS CITY CARES ABOUT, MAYBE DALI DALLAS POLICE WOULDN'T HAVE CAME IN HERE AND SAID, HEY, WE DIDN'T SEE NO CRIME, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ANOTHER BLACK MAN THAT WAS THROWN OUTSIDE THE BUILDING LIKE TRASH IN FRONT OF OTHER BLACK MEN WHO SEE THE VIDEO.
AND GUESS WHAT? NOTHING'S DONE ABOUT IT.
AND NOW THE WHOLE DALLAS DEPARTMENT GOT DUPED BY A FUGITIVE, A CRIMINAL WHO HIRED THE DALLAS CITY DEPARTMENT OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS TO DO THAT TO ME AND REFUSE, DO NOTHING.
JUST SHAME ON ALL YOU FOR NOT DOING YOUR JOB.
I'D LIKE TO CALL NOW KAYLEE TIPTON.
IS THERE A KAYLEE TIPTON? IS THERE A KAYLEE TIPTON ONLINE? NO.
UH, MARY KAYLEE, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, UH, YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TOWARDS THE END OF OUR MEETING.
UH, WE'D LOVE, UH, TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, UH, TOWARDS THE END.
WE'LL NOW MOVE, UH, TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF BOTH THE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025 MEETING MINUTES AND MARCH 10TH, 2026 CPOB RETREAT MEETING MINUTES.
UH, DUE TO OUR RETREAT ON MARCH 10TH, WE DID NOT APPROVE THE FEBRUARY MINUTES.
SO, UH, CAN I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM, UH, BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS, THE FEBRUARY 10TH AND THE MARCH 10TH AS WELL.
LAUREN GILBERT SMITH, DISTRICT FOUR.
I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WITHOUT CORRECTION.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION MADE TO APPROVE BOTH, UH, MINUTES.
JEANNIE KING HAS SECONDED THE MINUTES.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE? SEEN? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE SAY, AYE.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, UH, THESE MINUTES, MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
WE, UH, ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS BRIEFING ON METHODOLOGY AND ANALYSIS OF THE DPD EXTERNAL COMPLAINT REPORT.
UH, SO I BELIEVE, UH, MAJOR CANDELARIA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, OVERVIEW OF THE METHODOLOGY, DATA SOURCES AND EVALUATION PROCESS USED IN COMPILING THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT EXTERNAL COMPLAINT REPORT AND ASSESSING ITS EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT DATA.
AND THERE IS AN ATTACHMENT FOR US AS A BOARD IN YOUR PACKET, WHICH IS, UM, FISCAL YEAR 24, 25 DPD EXTERNAL COMPLAINT REPORT.
UH, SO MAJOR CANDELARIA, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO BEGIN.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
AGAIN, I'M GABRIEL CANDELARIA, THE MAJOR OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR HAVING ME.
UH, IN FRONT OF YOU, AN OVERVIEW OF LAST FISCAL YEAR AND THE FISCAL YEAR BEFORE THAT.
SO FISCAL YEAR 24 TO 25, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MONTHS OF OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF AN OVERVIEW AND LET YOU LOOK AT THE SUBSECTIONS BELOW, AND THEN I'LL FIELD ANY QUESTIONS FROM THAT.
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UH, IF WE LOOK AT OCTOBER OF 2024, AND THAT FIRST SECTION THAT SHOWS HOW, UM, DPD WHEN THEY TOOK IN EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS, RIGHT? SO FOR OCTOBER, WE, WE TOOK IN DPD TOOK IN 89.THEY TOOK IN 29 FOR A TOTAL OF 118.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO SECTIONS, AND THEN IT BREAKS IT DOWN, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED THOSE COMPLAINTS, AGAIN, LOOKING AT DPD 29 OF THOSE WERE BY EXTERNAL EMAIL 50 WERE BY WALK-IN.
UM, FIVE OF THEM WERE BY AN EXTERNAL LETTER, AND THEN FIVE OF THEM WERE THE EXTERNAL ONLINE FORM.
AND THEN AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT OCPO, IF YOU LOOK FURTHER BREAKDOWN, EXTERNAL ONLINE FORMS WERE 19.
OF THOSE 29 EXTERNAL EMAIL, UM, TO OCPO WAS NINE, AND THEN ONE EXTERNAL LETTER TO OCPO OUT OF THAT 29 FOR A TOTAL OF 118.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MONTHS AFTER THAT, IT'S KIND OF THE SAME BREAKDOWN WITH JUST DIFFERENT NUMBERS, HOW WE GET THOSE TOTALS.
THE SECOND SECTION, AND REALLY THE NEXT THREE SECTIONS IS OUT OF THAT MONTH, OUT OF THE TOTAL OF 118, WHAT DID WE DO WITH IT? RIGHT? SO AS WE GET THOSE COMPLAINTS AND WE PROCESS THEM, A LIEUTENANT WILL REVIEW IT.
UH, ONE OF OUR, OUR THREE LIEUTENANTS WILL REVIEW THE COMPLAINT, MAKE A DETERMINATION, OCPO WILL THEN LOOK AT IT SIDE BY SIDE WITH US, AND THEN I MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON WHICH ROUTE IT GOES.
AND SO, UH, THE FIRST SECTION IS DIVISION REFERRAL.
AND SO OUT OF THE 118, NINE OF THEM WERE RECOMMENDED AND, AND PROCESSED FOR A DIVISION REFERRAL.
UM, AND THOSE BREAKDOWNS BY ALLEGATION OF WHAT TYPE OF ALLEGATION WAS ALLEGED IN THAT COMPLAINT.
SO FOR THAT MONTH, EIGHT WERE IMPRO ACTION, AND ONE WAS IMPROPER OR NO INVESTIGATION.
THE NEXT SECTION IS OUT OF THOSE 118 FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER FOUR WERE INVESTIGATED BY THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN BELOW THAT, THOSE ARE THE ALLEGATIONS BASED ON THAT COMPLAINT.
UH, ONE WAS FOR IMPROPER ACTION OR COMMENTS, ONE WAS FOR USE OF FORCE.
AND THE LAST ONE WAS ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER SEARCH.
AND THEN THE LAST SECTION OUT OF, OUT OF THAT IS THE PRELIMINARY OUTCOME OR REALLY NO INVESTIGATION OF WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT OUTCOME FOR THE NO INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOR.
SO OUT OF 118, 105 WERE NOT INVESTIGATED DUE TO ONE OF THESE OUTCOMES.
AND SO FOR THAT MONTH OF OCTOBER 16, WERE NOT INVESTIGATED BECAUSE THEY WERE INFORMATION ONLY 18 WERE FOR NO VIOLATION BASED ON BODY CAM VIDEO 15, THERE WERE JUST NO VIOLATION.
UH, 13 WAS FAILURE TO ARTICULATE.
18 OF THEM WERE DUPLICATE COMPLAINTS.
FIVE DIDN'T IDENTIFY A DPD EMPLOYEE.
SO WE, WE, WE DESIGNATE THAT AS A NON-EMPLOYEE.
FOUR OF THEM WERE FOR, UH, DISPUTING GUILT OR INNOCENCE.
FIVE WAS BASED ON AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, AND TWO WERE THIRD PARTY COMPLAINTS.
AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OR THE BREAKDOWN FOR THE REST OF THE MONTHS GOING FORWARD FOR THE REST OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A MINUTE TO LOOK OVER AND THEN I'LL FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO MAJOR CANDELARIA REGARDING THIS MEMO? YES, MS. SIMON, JULIA SIMON, DISTRICT 13.
UM, JUST ONE QUESTION WHERE IT SAYS NO VIOLATION, BWC, WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT IS? SO DURING THE PRELIMINARY, UH, LIKE LOOK AT, AT THE EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS, THE LIEUTENANTS AND I AND MYSELF, IF THERE'S BODY CAMERA RELATED TO THE INCIDENT, BE IT TRAFFIC STOP OR A CALL, WE WILL LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE BODY CAM AND THEN KIND OF EXONERATE ON THE SURFACE THAT NOTHING HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO VIOLATION OF POLICY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING, UH, THIS INFORMATION ADDRESSED TO MAJOR CON CANDELARIA? WELL, THANK YOU.
I THINK, UH, WE WERE SATISFIED BY, BY THIS INFORMATION.
I DID NOTICE YOU'RE NEXT ON THE AGENDA, SO, UH OH.
AM I? YEAH, YOU MAY JUST WANT TO STAY
SAVE YOU A LITTLE, UH, THOSE STEPS.
UH, BUT I WANT TO NOW MOVE, UH, TO AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, WHICH IS THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION REPORT.
UH, AND WE HAVE, UH, MAJOR GABRIEL RIA, WHO IS HERE, WHO WILL BRIEF OUR BOARD ON DPD ACTIVITIES AND ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH OCPO AND THE CPOB.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.
SO, UH, FIRST OFF, I WILL FIRST SAY ONE OF THE DPD UPDATES IS OBVIOUSLY, I'M, I'M THE NEW COMMANDER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
SO I WANT, AGAIN, SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME AND INTRODUCING MYSELF.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THE NEW STAFF THAT TRANSFERRED WITH ME OFFICIALLY.
SO WE HAVE WITH ME HERE, UM, UH, LIEUTENANTS LOWRY, LIEUTENANT GONZALEZ.
LIEUTENANT LIMERICK WAS ALSO A NEW AD, BUT HE'S NOT HERE CURRENTLY.
UH, CHIEF STEVEN WILLIAMS, HE'S ALSO,
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HE'S MY BOSS.SO HE WAS ALSO ADDED TO, UM, THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNDER THE, UM, PROFESSIONAL STAFF BUREAU.
AND THEN WE ALSO HIRED TWO NEW SERGEANTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, UH, SERGEANT ROBINSON AND SERGEANT BEASLEY.
SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THEM FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE SHOWING, NOT ONLY FOR ME, BUT FOR YOU ALL AS WELL.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT FAVORITE MAJOR, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WE'D LOVE TO KNOW WHICH ONE IS WHICH.
I DUNNO IF YOU CAN JUST RAISE, OH, SORRY, I WENT TOO FAST.
UH, I'LL GO, YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN HE SAYS YOUR NAME, THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S NOT LOST ON US ON A TUESDAY NIGHT.
FOR YOU GUYS TO SHOW UP MEANS A LOT.
LOVE TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY.
SO, UH, IF, IF BIG FAVOR, YOU COULD READ THO THOSE NAMES AGAIN, AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE, IF, IF JUST RAISE YOUR HAND SO WE KNOW WHO HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST WOULD BE LIEUTENANT LOWRY, THEN LIEUTENANT GONZALEZ, SERGEANT BEASLEY, AND THEN SERGEANT ROBINSON.
OTHER TWO NAMES I MENTIONED, THEY'RE NOT HERE CURRENTLY.
UH, PART OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UH, I SAY BIGGEST, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE UPDATES THAT DPDS DOING, WE'RE TRANSITIONING, UH, TO A NEW TASER CALLED TASER 10.
UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE TASER SEVEN.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE SEE THAT WE'RE TRANSITIONING CURRENTLY.
UM, IT HAS ENHANCED MODIFICATIONS.
I'LL SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL.
I HAVE NOT BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING MYSELF, SO I DON'T KNOW ALL THE PARTICULARS.
UM, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT'S, UM, IT'S A 10 SHOT TASER.
SO CURRENTLY THIS CURRENT TASER, WE HAVE TWO SHOTS, TWO PRONGS, TWO SHOTS.
AND, UM, AND THAT ENHANCES, IT'S A ONE SINGLE SHOT OF THE TRIGGER PULL THAT YOU GET, BUT IT'S 10.
ALL YOU NEED IS TWO PRONGS FOR CONNECTION.
UM, IT ADDS, AGAIN, THE ADDITIONAL CARTRIDGES, UM, INCREASED ACCURACY AND RANGE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
YOU CAN GO, UH, IT'S INCREDIBLY ACCURATE.
THE, UM, A LITTLE FURTHER BACK AS YOU GO, UH, SIMPLER USE ONE LASER AND PREVIOUS TASERS, LIKE I SAID, HELD ONE, TWO, OR THREE CARTRIDGES.
UH, THIS HOLDS A MAGAZINE OF 10 CARTRIDGES.
SO THAT'S REALLY, UH, KIND OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT TASER 10 LOOKS LIKE.
UM, OCPO IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON SCHEDULING A MEETING WITH OUR, UH, ACADEMY TO SCHEDULE A REVIEW OF THIS TASER 10.
NEXT THING IS, UM, THAT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IS, WELL, CURRENTLY, IAD DOES A PRESENTATION AT THE BASIC ACADEMY ABOUT OUR DIVISION AND WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND IN THERE WE HIGHLIGHT WHAT OCPO DOES.
AND THIS TIME WE BROUGHT OCPO WITH US, AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT, UH, THEIR PORTION OF THE SLIDES AND WE'RE THERE IN PERSON.
UH, WE BELIEVE IT'S IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE, UH, EARLY THESE OFFICERS EARLY ON AND PRESENT ON WHAT IAD AND OCPO DOES AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, OCPO BRIEFLY OUTLINED WHAT THE MEDIATION PROGRAM INVOLVES AND ITS BENEFITS WHICH HELPS STAFF COMMUNICATE ITS VALUE TO OTHERS.
UH, THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE TWO DEPARTMENTS.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS THAT THE OCPO DIRECTOR, THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR POLICY AIST, ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIREARM BASIC, UH, TRAINING AT THE DPD GUN RANGE.
AND WHAT THAT INCLUDED, WHILE THEY WERE, THERE WAS A TOUR OF THE DALLAS POLICE SHOOTING RANGE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO, UH, ONE OF THE RECRUIT CLASSES THAT WERE ACTUALLY OUT THERE.
AND THEN THEY GOT THE SHOT, UH, SHOOT, UH, GLOCKS AT A DIFFERENT DISTANCES.
UH, ANOTHER GROUP OF THE BOARD, YOU ALL, SOME OF YOU ALL WENT TO OUR ACADEMY TO ACTUALLY DO SOME VR TRAINING.
UH, I APOLOGIZE, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO, BUT AS YOU GUYS GO, I REALLY WOULD TRULY LIKE TO BE THERE AND PARTICIPATE WITH YOU ALL.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT BOTH IAD AND OCPO DID, WE MET WITH THE MEDIATOR, MELANIE E GRIMES.
UH, WE MET HER IN PERSON AT, AT HER OFFICE ALONG WITH OCPO STAFF.
UM, SHE'S GOING TO ASSIST US IN OUR FIRST COUPLE MEDIATION SESSIONS.
WE LOOKED AT THE OFFICE SPACE.
IT WAS EXTREMELY WELCOMING, WELCOMING.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE O UH, THE OVERALL MEDIATION PROCESS.
BUT WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S A CONFIDENTIAL PROCESS THAT BRINGS TOGETHER THE COMPLAINANT AND THE INVOLVED DPD OFFICER TO A NEUTRAL PARTY, TO A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY, UH, THAT'S TRAINED IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION TO GUIDE, UH, DIALOGUE, ENSURING BOTH PARTICIPANTS FEEL HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD, NOT TO ASSIGN BLAME.
UH, BOTH THE COMPLAINANT AND THE OFFICER BOTH HAVE TO AGREE TO THIS MEDIATION PROCESS.
UM, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT KIND OF TRIGGERS A MEDIATION, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
AND THEN, UH, ONCE BOTH OFFICERS AND THE, UH, INDIVIDUAL AGREE, THEN THEY GO TO THE MEDIATION AND THEY COMPLETE THE MEDIATION.
AS OF CURRENTLY, THESE GENERAL ORDERS ARE WITHIN STAFFING, SO THEY HAVEN'T BEEN APPROVED YET.
UH, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE PROCESS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, DPD WILL BE PARTICIPATING ALSO IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYMPOSIUM.
THAT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH.
UH, CHIEF COMA WILL BE THERE TO GIVE OPEN NEW REMARKS AND BE WITH, UH, ASSISTANT
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DIRECTOR ROBERT URIBE, TO SPEAK ABOUT 9 1 1 CALLS AND HOW THEY'RE HANDLED AND HOW THEY'RE DISPATCHED.DURING THAT SAME SYMPOSIUM, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL PRESENT ITS CURRENT AND PLANNED TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES.
MAJOR ANTHONY GREER WILL PRESENT HOW DPD USES SPECIALIZED UNITS AND TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE, UH, RESPONSE TIMES.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT IN MY ROLE TOO, IS, UH, WE GET A LOT OF REPORTS, RIGHT? EVERY, EVERY DIVISION GETS A LOT OF REPORTS.
ONE OF THE, OBVIOUSLY, INTERNAL AFFAIRS, WE GET A LOT OF REPORTS.
ONE, WE JUST, I JUST BRIEFED OUT BEFORE THIS AGENDA.
AND IN LOOKING AT THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL CHANGE GOING FORWARD IS, UH, PUTTING A RUNNING TOTAL WITH PERCENTAGES.
UH, I, I KIND OF DID THAT FOR THE FY 24 AND 25, AND IT REALLY GIVES A GOOD, KIND OF A BIGGER PICTURE, RIGHT? AND IT'S UP TO THE PERSON LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE TO INTERPRET THAT PICTURE, HOW THEY MAY, AND THEN LISTING THOSE EITHER VIOLATIONS OR ALLEGATIONS, REALLY, AND THOSE OUTCOMES ON THE NO INVESTIGATIONS LISTED BY ACTUAL OUT, UH, PERCENTAGES AND NOT AN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN INFER THIS INFORMATION OR ANYBODY LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION A AS APPROPRIATE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'M WORKING ON, NOT JUST WITH THIS REPORT, BUT WITH OTHER REPORTS AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT, OR I LOOKED AT, WAS THE TOP FIVE, UH, ALLEGATIONS FOR MARCH 26TH WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH DIVISION REFERRALS AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS.
WHEN WE LOOK IN MARCH, 2026, WHERE DIVISION REFERRALS, OUR TOP FIVE ARE DISCOURTESY, UNPROFESSIONALISM, FAIL TO ACCOUNT FOR PRISONER PROPERTY, IMPROPER OR NO INVESTIGATION, IMPROPER OR NO ACTION AND RECKLESS DRIVING.
THE TOP FIVE FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS IS GONNA BE IMPROPER OR NO INVESTIGATION, IMPROPER OR NO ACTION, INAPPROPRIATE OR UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE, AND THEN IMPROPER ACTION CAUSING A POLICE RESPONSE.
I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU ALL AS WELL THAT I, I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT OR I'VE REACHED OUT A COUPLE TIMES OVER BY EMAIL.
I, I REALLY, REALLY, UH, GENUINELY WANT TO MEET WITH YOU ALL ONE-ON-ONE, UH, JUST TO KIND OF REALLY GET TO KNOW ME A LITTLE BIT.
HOW, HOW WE'RE DOING, HOW WE PROCESS THINGS IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS, AND REALLY JUST TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL, WE CAN SPEAK OFFLINE AND I'LL SEND YOU ALL EMAILS AGAIN, BUT IT, IT, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY WITH YOU ALL.
AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE RIDEALONGS.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT OCPO HAS DONE 'EM, UH, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE DONE A RIDE ALONG MYSELF 'CAUSE I'M A COP, BUT I DO IT ALL PRETTY, PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.
BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO IT RIGHT.
IT GIVES YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT IN REAL TIME AND THEN REALLY ASK QUESTIONS, RIGHT? ASK QUESTIONS OF THE OFFICERS YOU RIDE WITH.
YOU CAN CALL ME AND ASK QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO DO THAT.
AND IF YOU NEED HELP FACILITATING THAT, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL MAKE THOSE CONTACTS FOR YOU ALL.
I'LL, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND I DO WANNA REITERATE THE, THOSE THREE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ALL THE BOARD.
UM, AND WE'VE HEARD IT REPEATEDLY, BUT I JUST WANNA A SECOND THAT, THAT, UH, HE DID EMAIL ALL OF US.
I RECEIVED MY EMAIL ABOUT ONE ON ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH MAJOR, AND I WANNA TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO THAT ONE-ON-ONE.
I ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO TAKE THE TIME TO MEET WITH MAJOR.
IT'S A, IT IS A KIND GESTURE, UH, TO WANNA MEET WITH US.
SECONDLY, UH, THAT TOUR OF THE IAD FACILITY AND, AND THE PROCESS REALLY IMPORTANT, IMPACTFUL, I THINK IT OPENS UP A LOT OF, UH, IT HELPS, HELPS US IN OUR ROLE, UH, AS WE, UH, LOOK AT INVESTIGATIONS OURSELVES.
UM, AND SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO TAKE THEM UP ON THAT AS WELL.
AND THE THIRD THING IS THAT RIGHT ALONG, UH, CAN DO THAT, THAT'S ALSO A VERY TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE.
SO, UH, THOSE THREE THINGS WANNA REITERATE FOR THE BOARD, BUT ALSO WANNA OPEN THE BOARD.
UH, AT THIS TIME, I GIVE YOU ALL A CHANCE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE EMERGED FROM THE REPORT FROM MAJOR RIA, UH, ANYTHING, UH, FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.
WELL, UH, GUESS THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, FOR THIS REPORT.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.
AND WE'LL GO, UH, EIGHT A, WHICH IS THE DIRECT DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME AND TURN THIS TIME OVER TO THE ONE AND ONLY OCPO DIRECTOR ANDRE, WHO WILL SHARE HER INSIGHTS ON BOARD AND STAFF ACTIVITIES, HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRESS MADE SINCE FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026, INCLUDING UPDATES ON STAFFING, INTERNAL OPERATIONS, AND UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS REPORT.
UM, THE OCPO REMAINS FOCUSED ON FOSTERING COMMUNITY TRUST AND
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PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY.AS WE DEVELOP THE FY 27 AND 28, UM, OPERATING BUDGETS, WE'RE ACTIVELY SEEKING EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT.
OUR ONGOING, ONGOING PARTICIPATION IN CITY BUDGET TOWN HALLS HELD FROM MARCH 23RD TO 26TH, ENSURE THE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE SHAPES OUR PRIORITIES, UM, TO ENSURE OUR OVERSIGHT REMAINS EFFECTIVE AND ALIGNED WITH NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE.
OUR TEAM ATTENDED THE 2026, UM, AXON WEEK TO HEAR FROM THOUGHT LEADERS ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, LEARN HOW AI CONTINUES TO IMPACT PUBLIC SAFETY AND GET HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH THE AXON, UM, ECOSYSTEM.
WE'VE ENJOYED, UM, A SPECIAL KEYNOTE BY, UM, BASKETBALL LEGENDS, UM, LARRY BIRD AND MAGIC JOHNSON.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN TRAINING AND SENT AN EMAIL REGARDING THE UPCOMING NACO WEBINAR.
BEYOND COMPLIANCE, WHICH REFRAMES OVERSIGHT AS A LEVERED FOR DRIVE IN WELLNESS AND CULTURAL REFORM, BOARD MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOTIFY US IF INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.
UM, OCPO OUTREACH CONTINUES CITYWIDE.
WE HAVE HOSTED OR ATTENDED 40 COMMUNITY EVENTS SO FAR, THIS PHYSICAL YEAR, 28 IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
UM, MOVING TOWARDS OUR ANNUAL TARGET OF 50, OUR NEW, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH HEAT MAP DEVELOPED WITH, UM, OFFICE OF DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, UM, VISUALLY TRACKS OUTREACH ACROSS ALL 14 COUNCIL DISTRICT AND WAS FEATURED IN THE MARCH RELEASE OF OUR NEWSLETTER.
RECENT EVENTS INCLUDE MY PARTICIPATION IN NEXT GENERATION, UM, ACTION NETWORK, A HISTORY OF POLICE, AND AN OVERSIGHT PANEL, THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS ANNUAL SUMMIT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM PANEL.
UM, ALSO ATTENDED, UM, HER STORY CELEBRATING THE ROLE OF BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, THIS CELEBRATION FEATURED REMARKS FROM CITY MANAGER KIMBERLY BERT, LIVE PERFORMANCE AND DISD SCHOLARSHIP.
UM, PRESENTATION, OCPO, PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYMPOSIUM, HIGHLIGHTED THAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED LATER ON.
WE'LL PROVIDE, UM, RESIDENTS WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO CITY LEADERS AND INSIGHT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AND OPERATIONS.
WE WELCOME THE BOARD PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT FROM THIS AND FOLLOW UP ENGAGEMENT IN DISTRICT WITH HIGHER RESPONSE TIME.
OCBO HOSTED, UH, SUCCESSFUL CPRB, UM, CPOB RETREAT IN MARCH, EMPHASIZED IN ETHICS ROLES AND EFF EFFECTIVE CASE REVIEW.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF BOARD AND DPD INTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR, UM, THEIR ENGAGEMENT BOARD TRAINING ON VR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
UM, CALL STIMULATION WAS DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DBD ACADEMY.
UM, THERE ARE CURRENTLY VACANCIES AND DISTRICT 12 AND SEVEN AND PENDING REAPPOINTMENT IN DISTRICT 15 AND FOUR.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUTGOING, UM, MEMBER TIMOTHY JACKSON, DISTRICT SEVEN FOR HIS DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE BOARD.
UM, KEY PERFORMANCE TARGETS INCLUDE AND PROCESS 89% OF COMPLAINTS WITHIN 30 DAYS TO TARGET 70, COMPLETE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OCPO INVESTIGATION WITHIN 90 DAYS.
THE TARGET IS 85 WITH NO INVESTIGATION OUTSTANDING.
629 EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YEAR TO DATE WITH THE DETAILED BREAKDOWN PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKETS.
AND THEN THERE HAS BEEN 286 ACCOMMODATION HAS BEEN LOGGED FROM THE COMMUNITY.
BUT THAT IS ALL FOR MY REPORT, I BELIEVE.
OH, SO, SO JUST 10 DPD POLICY HAS BEEN REVIEWED TODAY.
THE TARGET IS 12 FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN WE HAVE MONTHLY REPORTS ON ARREST, RESPONSE TIME, AND COMPLAINTS.
OUTCOME AND EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS ARE NOW STAND IN REFLECTING OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND OVERSIGHT.
UM, TO RAISE THOSE CPO VISIBILITY, WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH 3 1 1 ON VIDEOS.
UM, THE BOARD LEADERSHIP SUPPORT IS REQUESTED FOR ENGLISH VERSION AND SPANISH TRANSLATION VERSION.
UM, TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE BOARD AND THE OFFICE.
UM, OUR PROGRESS REMAINS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
I INVITE THE BOARD ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, UPCOMING OUTREACH TRAINING, AND PUBLIC AWARENESS INITIATIVE.
WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON STRENGTHENING OUR OVERSIGHT EFFORTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ONGOING PARTNERSHIP.
ANY QUESTIONS DIRECTED TOWARDS DIRECTOR ANDRE FROM OUR BOARD? ANY COMMENTS? OKAY.
AND FOR YOUR REPORT, UH, I DO ASK FORGIVENESS FROM THE, UH, BOARD.
I SKIPPED AN AGENDA ITEM BY ACCIDENT, UH, WHEN MAJOR KARIA WAS UP THERE.
THERE IS AGENDA ITEM SIX, UH, THAT IS A BRIEFING ON PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYMPOSIUM.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THAT
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IF POSSIBLE.AND, UH, SIERRA OBA IF, UH, WELCOME, UH, THANK YOU AND LOVE TO HEAR, UH, YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MAY 9TH.
SIERRA'S GONNA START THINKING IT'S PERSONAL.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME YOU SKIPPED OVER HER AGENDA ITEM IN A ROW.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS SIERRA O BASSI AND I'M THE POLICY ANALYST FOR THE OFFICE.
SO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE HELD SATURDAY MAY 9TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM DOORS WILL OPEN AT NINE 30.
AND OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE'VE JUST BEEN COLLABORATING WITH DPD REGARDING SOME OF THE RESPONSE TIME CONCERNS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN COMPLAINTS AND IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THIS SYMPOSIUM IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND BRIDGE THAT GAP OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS THE RESPONSE TIME GOALS AND CONCERNS.
UH, EACH DEPARTMENT WILL GIVE A PRESENTATION AND, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT MAJOR CANARIA STATED, WE WILL HAVE THE CHIEF GIVING OPENING REMARKS.
UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ROBERT URIBE WILL SPEAK TO AN OVERVIEW AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHEN A CALL IS RECEIVED.
MAJOR GREER WILL GIVE, UH, A PRESENTATION REGARDING SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING REGARDING RESPONSE TIMES.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM 3 1 1 WHO WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THEIR NON-EMERGENCY RESOURCES.
AND, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE REGARDING, UM, UNHOUSED AND, UM, CIT, SO, UH, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM AND THEIR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
UM, WE DO ENCOURAGE THAT YOU GUYS COME OUT AND TABLE, I BELIEVE MR. PREG, YOU SIGNED UP TO TABLE AT OUR EVENT, RIGHT? YEAH,
SO WE ENCOURAGE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS TO COME OUT.
WE'LL HAVE, UM, OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMING OUT TO TABLE THAT, UM, ASSIST WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE WILL ALSO BE TABLING ALL THE PRESENTING DEPARTMENTS WILL BE TABLING AS WELL.
UM, SO WE DO ENCOURAGE ATTENDANCE.
WE WILL, I, I STATED THAT WE HAVE A, A COMMUNITY Q AND A PORTION, AND THAT WAY RESIDENTS CAN ASK QUESTIONS BASED ON PRESENTATIONS OR ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE PRESENTERS.
WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE A SURVEY SO WE CAN GET FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED DURING THAT TIME.
SATURDAY, MAY 9TH STATE FAIR OF TEXAS 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM THIS IS AN EVENT HOSTED BY THE OFFICE.
SO IF WE CAN, IF WE'RE IN TOWN, IF WE HAD THE TIME, I KNOW IT WOULD MEAN A LOT TO THE OFFICE FOR US TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT YES.
SO YES, THE DOORS OPEN AT NINE 30, SO GET THERE.
SO THE DOOR OPEN AT NINE 30 AND IT'S AT THE, UH, BRISCOE BRISCOE LIVESTOCK CENTER.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE STATE FAIR, TEXAS ENTER THROUGH GATE TWO.
I'LL SEND OUT, UM, MORE INFORMATION WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THAT DATE.
I'LL INCLUDE THE FLYER AND ALSO PARKING INSTRUCTIONS.
I APOLOGIZE
OKAY, LET'S NOW MOVE ON TO, UM, AGENDA ITEM EIGHT B, WHICH IS SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME INVESTIGATOR GREG, GREG HUFF, UH, DOWN TO THE MICROPHONE.
THIS WILL BE A BIG BULK OF OUR MEETING, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR CRITICAL INCIDENTS TO BE BRIEFED UPON.
AND ALSO THERE'S FOUR CASES THAT ARE IN CONSIDERATION OF INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS.
SO, UH, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO, TO MOVE THROUGH THESE, BUT DO IT DILIGENTLY AND THOROUGHLY GIVE IT THE, UH, DUE DILIGENCE.
BUT, UH, THIS WILL BE A BIG PART OF OUR MEETING.
SO, UH, INVESTIGATOR HUFF, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, GO AHEAD AND, UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS TO BEGIN, UH, WITH THE FIRST, UH, CRITICAL INCIDENT REPORT.
UH, THE FIRST CRITICAL INCIDENT IS FROM FEBRUARY 8TH, 2026.
ACTUALLY, ONE THING BEFORE I APOLOGIZE TO INTERRUPT, I APOLOGIZE.
I DID WANT TO CALL TO THE BOARD'S ATTENTION IN, IN YOUR, UM, MEMO IN YOUR PACKET, THERE IS A MEMO, UH, CRITICAL INCIDENT STATUS MEMO.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THAT BRIEFLY BEFORE WE GET INTO THE INVESTIGATIONS.
UH, BUT AS YOU CAN READ IN THIS MEMO, UH, THE REASON WHY WE ARE BRIEFED ON THESE EVERY MONTH, OR EVERY, UH, MONTH THAT WE MEET, IS, UM, THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, ACCORDING TO, UH, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND USES OF FORCE RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY OR DEATH, AS DEFINED BY THE DALLAS CITY CODE CHAPTER 37, ARTICLE 3 37 DASH 33, THE OCPO, THE OFFICE IS AUTHORIZED TO OVERSEE
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THESE INVESTIGATIONS TO ENSURE THEY ARE CONDUCTED THOROUGHLY, OBJECTIVELY IMPARTIALLY, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ESTABLISHED INVESTIGATIVE PROTOCOLS.SO, UH, THE REASON THAT WE'RE BRIEFED IS BECAUSE THE OFFICE ITSELF, UH, GETS THE, GETS THE BRIEFING, AND THEY, UM, ARE AUTHORIZED TO OVERSEE THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
SO, UNDER DALLAS CITY CODE, IF REQUESTED, THE OCPO CAN PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE BOARD AFTER THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION OF A CRITICAL INCIDENT IS COMPLETE CERTIFYING WHETHER APPROPRIATE STANDARDS WERE MET.
SO IF YOU CAN SEE IN THIS, UH, NEXT COUPLE PAGES IN THE PACKET, YOU CAN SEE SINCE 2019, UP UNTIL PRESENT DAY, ALL THE CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN, UH, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THE STATUS OF THE IAD INVESTIGATION.
AND WHEN IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION, OF COURSE, UH, OUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ARE LIMITED, UH, ANYTHING UNDER INVESTIGATION WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TOWARDS.
BUT ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE, UH, THE OFFICE, UH, AND AT THE REQUEST OF OUR BOARD, WE CAN LOOK INTO THESE MATTERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE FULLY.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ANYTHING TO THAT DIRECTOR? YEAH, I JUST WANNA ADD, THERE WAS JUST ONLY ONE CRITICAL INCIDENT THAT'S MISSING OFF THIS MEMO BECAUSE, UM, IT OCCURRED, UM, AFTER THIS AGENDA WAS PUBLISHED AND THERE WAS A CRITICAL INCIDENT, A DEATH IN CUSTODY, UM, APRIL 8TH, THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED.
UM, BUT WE'LL BRIEF THAT OUT AT THE NEXT, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY.
WE JUST USUALLY REPORT IT OUT TO THE BOARD OF THE CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED, UM, THAT MONTH PRIOR.
AND, UH, JUST SO THE BOARD CAN KNOW TOO, UM, EVERY TIME THERE IS A CRITICAL INCIDENT, THE, UH, DIRECTOR IS NOTIFIED.
UH, AND ALSO, UH, THE, THE CHAIR IS NOTIFIED AND, UM, THE DIRECTOR GOES TO THE SCENE, UH, EVERY, EVERY TIME, UH, FOR, FOR THE MOST PART, UNLESS SHE'S OUTTA TOWN, UH, OR SOMETHING.
BUT, UH, FOR THESE THAT ARE THE FOUR THAT WERE HERE, I'M SURE YOU WENT TO, DID YOU GO TO EVERY ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT THE BOARD, UH, TO KNOW THAT AS, UH, IN OUR ROLE AS OVERSEEING THESE THINGS, UH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION TO THE BOARD ABOUT ALL THE, THE, UH, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS THAT TOOK PLACE, THE DEATH IN IES.
AND, UH, ALSO YOU CAN, YOU CAN TELL ON THIS MEMO, WHICH PARTICULAR CASES ARE STILL IN PROGRESS.
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL TAKING PLACE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A, THE COURT, THE, UH, JANUARY 16TH, 2025, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE'S STILL, THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL HAPPENING.
UM, AND SO ANYWAY, I THINK FOR US AS A BOARD TO TAKE NOTE OF, UM, AND, UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, OF COURSE WE CAN ADDRESS THAT TO, UH, THE IAD UH, THE POLICE THAT ARE HERE.
BUT, UM, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME ABOUT REGARDING THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE REPORTS? OKAY.
IS IT, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
MAJOR ARIA OR SOMEBODY, IS IT, IS IT NORMAL FOR THESE INVESTIGATIONS, UH, TO LAST AS LONG AS, AS THIS? 'CAUSE UH, AND I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THIS REPORT IS CORRECT, BUT IT SAYS, UH, JANUARY 16TH, 2025, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, UM, THAT IAD INVESTIGATION STATUS IS, IT'S IN PROGRESS.
AND, UH, JUST WANT TO, MAYBE THERE WAS REPORTS WRONG OR MAYBE THERE'S A, UH, THAT'S AN ADEQUATE TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION AS SERIOUS AS THIS.
I WANTED TO SPEAK TO, UH, CHIEF.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EXECUTIVE CHIEF MON GALLEX.
SO TYPICALLY, UM, THE OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS HAVE A CRIMINAL ELEMENT, AND GENERALLY THEY WILL INVESTIGATE IT.
THEY WILL INVESTIGATE THE, UH, SHOOTING AT THAT TIME.
GENERALLY, SOME GO TO THE, UH, THEY TYPICALLY SEND THEM ALL TO GRAND JURY.
SO IT'S NOT CLOSED UNTIL THE GRAND JURY PROCESS IS COMPLETE, AFTER WHICH THEY'LL RETURN IT BACK TO IAD FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION.
SO IT, IT GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL, UH, JUSTICE PROCESS BEFORE IAD WILL GET IT.
SO THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THEM TO, TO TAKE SOME TIME.
AND THIS MIGHT BE A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER, BUT IS THERE, IS IT USUALLY ABOUT A YEAR, UH, THAT THE TIME IT TAKES, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE HARD, I'M, I'M SURE THE COMPLEXITY OF THE INVESTIGATION.
SO IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE INVESTIGATION AND IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON DALLAS COUNTY AND WHEN THEY PRESENT IT TO A GRAND JURY.
SO SOMETIMES THE INVESTIGATION PORTION, WHICH IS, UH, INVESTIGATED BY OUR CRIMES AGAINST PERSON DIVISION, SPECIFICALLY, UM, OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT, THAT PROCESS CAN TAKE SOME TIME AFTER WHICH IT GOES OVER TO THE DA'S OFFICE.
AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL WHEN IT GOES TO GRAND JURY.
UH, ANY WHILE WE HAVE THE CHIEF UP HERE, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MR. MR. CHAIRMAN? YES.
JUDGE LANDER, DISTRICT EIGHT, I NOTE THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE
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FROM JANUARY, 2025 UNTIL MARCH, 2026 IS IN PROGRESS.IS, IS THERE A REASON WHY ALL OF THEM ARE IN PROGRESS? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE CRIMINAL ASPECT, BUT SOME OF THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS, UM, I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE ON THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS PIECE, BUT IF IT'S STILL INDICATES IT'S AN OPEN INVESTIGATION, AND FORGIVE ME, I DIDN'T, UH, LOOK AT EVERY SPECIFIC ONE.
I CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT'S AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OR NOT.
UM, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE, HOW THE PROCESS WORKS IS WE WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS.
ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, THEN IAD WILL START THEIR INVESTIGATION.
SO IAD WILL SOMETIMES BE ON HOLD FOR MONTHS, UH, DEPENDING ON, UM, THE INVESTIGATION.
IT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE, UH, PROCESS.
AND TO EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THERE'S SOME GARRITY ISSUES THAT WE WON'T EVEN START INTERVIEWING OUR OFFICERS BECAUSE OF GARRITY UNTIL THE, UM, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
WOULD YOU DEFINE GARY FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW? I'M SORRY.
I FIGURED YOU, I FIGURED YOU KNEW WHAT OH, I KNOW IT WAS
SO, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A GARRITY PROCESS, WHICH, WHICH PREVENTS, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE, THE LAYMAN'S TERM.
SO BASICALLY WE WILL NOT INVESTIGATE, UH, A CRIMINAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY BECAUSE WHATEVER WE USE, WHATEVER WE GARNER IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS COULD BE POTENTIALLY USED IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS SO THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE CRIMINAL PROCESS.
SO WE WILL HOLD OUR ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION UNTIL THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
I CAN SEE WHY THIS WOULD TAKE THAT LONG, UM, IF WE, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.
SO, JUDGE, FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE NOT, UH, IN A COURTROOM ALL THE TIME, IT'S A NORMAL AMOUNT OF TIME.
EXPLAIN IT WHY IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER,
BECAUSE, UH, I JUST DID A, A JURY TRIAL YESTERDAY AND THE CASE AROSE IN DECEMBER OF 1994.
SO, UM, TO HAVE A TRIAL THAT DOESN'T COME UP UNTIL A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THESE, AND THIS DID NOT INVOLVE A SHOOTING.
THIS WAS, THIS WAS A, UH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE CASE.
SO I, IF THAT TAKES A YEAR AND A HALF, I CAN IMAGINE WHAT THESE WOULD, SO THAT'S WHY I UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS MEMO, THIS INFORMATION? THANK YOU, CHIEF ALEX, APPRECIATE THAT, UH, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I INVITED YOU TO SPEAK AND THEN I CUT YOU OFF 'CAUSE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT MEMO, BUT NO PROBLEM.
LOVE TO HEAR, UM, THE REPORT ON THE CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
THE FIRST CRITICAL INCIDENT DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS FEBRUARY 8TH, 2026.
OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE DEPARTMENT IN THE 5,100 BLOCK OF LEMON AVENUE REGARDING A REPORT OF A SUBJECT THREATENING SELF-HARM.
UPON ARRIVAL, THE SUBJECT BRIEFLY OPENED THE DOOR HOLDING A BOX CUTTER.
UM, AND THEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR.
UM, OFFICERS OPENED THE DOOR AND THE SUBJECT THEN CHARGED AT THE OFFICERS AND REACHED FOR AN OFFICER'S FIREARM.
UH, TWO OFFICERS DISCHARGED THEIR WEAPON, STRIKING THE SUBJECT IN THE UPPER TORSO.
CAN WE PLAY THE VIDEO? DALLAS POLICE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU BUD.
YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE, WE'RE JUST GONNA HELP YOU OUT, OKAY? HEY, BUD.
YOU CALL, YOU NEED HELP? YEAH.
YOU BETTER PULL OUT YOUR F*****G GUN.
HEY, WHO ELSE IS IN THERE WITH YOU? PUT THE SUN GUN AWAY.
HEY BALL, DON'T PULL OUT THAT F*****G STU GUN, MAN.
DON'T PULL OUT THAT STU, I DON'T WANT F*****G STAB MYSELF.
LET'S YOU NOT PULL OUT THAT STU GUN.
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WHAT'S YOUR NAME.DON'T PULL UP THAT F*****G SUN GUN, MAN.
I DON'T WANT TO F*****G STAB MYSELF.
ALRIGHT, LET'S PULL OUT THAT FUN GUN.
LET'S JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? NOT YOUR FAULT.
UH, AND I KNOW, UH, JUST SO THE BOARD KNOWS, UH, THE, UH, DIRECTOR WAS, UH, NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AND SHE DID GO TO THE SCENE, UH, FOLLOWING, UM, THE, UH, THIS CRITICAL INCIDENT.
AND I WANTED TO, OF COURSE, THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, SO, UH, WE'RE LIMITED TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO AT THIS TIME.
BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, FROM THE BOARD REGARDING MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS INCIDENT? MR. YES, MR. FREEMAN? UH, MR. HUFF, DO WE KNOW IF W RIGHTCARE WAS ON THE SCENE? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WERE ON SCENE.
IT WAS JUST THOSE FOUR OFFICERS THERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY WERE RIGHT.
DO WE KNOW IF RIGHTCARE HAS THE CAPACITY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS? UM, IF THIS WAS A CALL FOR SOMEBODY THREATENING SELF HARM AND WE'VE GOT FOUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT SHOW UP WITH NO RIGHT.
UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY, IF IT'S, IF IT'S LIKE A CAPACITY ISSUE OR WHAT.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, BRANDON.
WE HAVE A CHIEF THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN.
DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT? UH, YES.
SO W RIGHTCARE WAS NOT ON SCENE.
W RIGHTCARE, UH, WILL NOT GO ON A HOT SCENE.
W RIGHTCARE WILL NOT RESPOND UNTIL IT'S ACTUALLY SAFE.
SO WHEN THE CALL CAME IN REGARDING THE INDIVIDUAL WITH A WEAPON, OFFICERS WILL RESPOND UNTIL, UM, THE SCENE IS, IS SAFE BECAUSE OFFICER, UH, TYPICALLY RIGHTCARE HAS A CLINICIAN, ONE OFFICER.
AND, UM, THAT SAFE, THAT SCENE WAS STILL HOT.
I JUST, I I'M NOT GONNA BLAME THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS.
UM, THE GUY WAS HOLDING THE BOX CUTTER, OBVIOUSLY WE SAW THAT.
UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK THIS IS A FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE CITY.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY CALLS THREATENING TO COMMIT SUICIDE, THREATENING SELF-HARM, AND THE COPS SHOW UP AND KILL 'EM, I THINK THAT'S A FAILURE ON EVERYBODY'S PART.
UM, YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS JUST BLAME THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
'CAUSE BY THE TIME THEY'RE ASKED TO, THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB, THEY'RE ASKED TO SHOW UP, SOMEBODY'S GOT A WEAPON.
UM, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER SOLUTION FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS SITUATIONS LIKE THIS BECAUSE I, I HATE SEEING SOMEBODY WHO'S OBVIOUSLY HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
SOMEBODY CALLS THE POLICE, WHETHER IT'S THEM OR SOMEBODY ELSE, THE POLICE SHOW UP AND THEN KILL 'EM.
AND, UM, I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN ADDRESS.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT, I'M NOT BLAMING SPECIFICALLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.
AND IS THAT A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HAVE A HOT SITUATION NEUTRALIZED BEFORE A RIGHT CARE TEAM CAN COME IN, OR IS THAT OUR POLICY? I CAN'T SPEAK ON OTHER DEPARTMENTS' POLICIES, BUT WITH DPD, WE, THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT TEAM HAS ACTUALLY BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE.
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UM, UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE, UH, A LOVED ONE OR, OR A FAMILY OR FRIEND WILL CALL.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL AS, AS INDICATED, WAS, UM, ATTEMPTING TO HARM HIMSELF.
UM, TYPICALLY IF, AND, AND THIS INCIDENT, ON THIS INCIDENT, THEY HEARD THE FEMALE INSIDE AND HE WAS YELLING AND THEY HAD TO MAKE ENTRY.
IF IT WAS SPECIFICALLY HIM BY HIMSELF, WE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HELD, HELD THE DOOR.
THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS I CAN PROVIDE SINCE THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
AND ALSO AREN'T, DON'T WE HAVE ONLY SO MANY RIGHT.
CURE TEAMS PER DIVISION TO DEPLOY ANYWAY? YES, MA'AM.
UH, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL RESOURCE.
YES, DR. LAUREN SMITH WHEN HE SAID, I WANT TO BE SHOT, AND THEN HE YELLED AT THE WOMAN, IT'S YOUR FAULT THERE.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, I, I, I DO.
MR. MAPLES, UM, I JUST, I'M SEEKING A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY.
SO WITH, WITH RIGHT CARE, THEY DON'T RESPOND TO A HOT SITUATION.
SO IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A, UM, A MENTAL SITUATION AND THEY ARE THREATENING TO HARM THEMSELF, DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY MAKE IT A HOT SITUATION AS OPPOSED TO, UH, MY SON OR DAUGHTER HERE IS, IS ACTING OUT AND THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN THEIR MEDICATION? UH, NOT NECESSARILY.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT, WE, YOU'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN THERE WITH A WEAPON, TYPICALLY, RIGHT.
CARE IS ONLY ONE OFFICER AND A CLINICIAN MM-HMM
UM, BUT IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT'S ACTING AGGRESSIVELY AND THAT IS INDICATING THEY'RE GONNA HARM THEMSELVES OR OTHERS, UH, DPDS, UH, PATROL'S GOING TO RESPOND UNTIL THEY RENDER THAT, UM, PERSON SAFE OR WE GET THAT PERSON IN CUSTODY.
CARE WILL COME IN AFTER THE FACT.
BUT IF YOU'RE, IF, IF IT'S JUST SOMEONE ON THEIR MEDICATION THAT'S NOT HAVING AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES, THEN RIGHTCARE WILL, WILL, UH, FOLLOW, WILL, UH, EXCUSE ME, RESPOND.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A RIGHT CARE, UM, INDIVIDUAL THAT'S IN THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER THAT KIND OF WILL TRIAGE THE CALL AND THEN, UH, WE'LL SEND OUT RESOURCES ACCORDINGLY.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UH, DO WE, DO WE KNOW WE HAVE THE OTHER BODY-WORN CAMERAS? UH, I SEE A FEW OFFICERS, WE JUST SAW TWO VIDEOS.
DO WE HAVE THE OTHER CAMERAS AS WELL, RIGHT? YES, THE OTHER CAMERAS WERE AVAILABLE.
I JUST FOR TIME'S SAKE CUT IT DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE VIEWS.
IS THIS SOMETHING YOU COULD PUT ON THE SHAREPOINT POTENTIALLY? IT'S ALREADY ON THERE.
ALL THE ANGLES OR? UH, NO, THE ONE ON SHAREPOINT IS THE EXACT ONE WE WATCHED TONIGHT.
YEAH, THERE'S A LONGER VERSION THAT'S ON YOUTUBE AND, UH, CORRECT.
YEAH, WE CAN SEND THAT OUT TO THE BOARD.
UH, AND, UH, THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME, OF COURSE.
AND, UM, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION, OCPO WILL HAVE ACCESS, BUT AT THE CONCLUSION, WE AS A BOARD CAN, UH, REQUEST FURTHER INFORMATION IF WE'D LIKE TO.
SO, THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF AGAIN.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE MAY SEE YOU SOON.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE, UM, THE SECOND OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2026 THAT OCCURRED IN THE 1000 BLOCK OF SHAW STREET.
THAT WAS THE DALLAS POLICE SWAT ASSISTING LOUISVILLE POLICE AND THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION TASK FORCE WITH A SEARCH WARRANT ON THAT ADDRESS.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE STRUCTURES THERE, AND THE SWAT, UM, WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAR A TWO STORY BUILDING.
UM, THEY WALKED UP TO THE, UH, UH, DOOR ON THE TOP OF THE LANDING OF THE TWO STORY BUILDING.
AND WHEN THEY, BEFORE THEY MADE ENTRY, A SUBJECT INSIDE OPENED THAT DOOR AND PRESENTED WITH A GUN POINTING AT THE SWAT TEAM, AND THE FRONT SWAT OFFICER FIRED ROUNDS AT THAT SUBJECT STRIKING HIM.
SO IF WE COULD WE'LL SHOW THAT VIDEO ON THAT LEFT SIDE, SIR.
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GOT IT.HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.
HEY, LEMME SEE A F*****G HANDS STOP.
AND AGAIN, ON YOUTUBE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND MORE VIEWS OF THE, UH, OTHER OFFICERS INVOLVED THERE.
SO THE, THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE BOARD, UH, THE DIRECTOR WAS ALSO NOTIFIED AND WENT TO THIS SCENE, UM, UH, RIGHT AFTER IT HAPPENED.
BUT I WANNA GIVE THE BOARD ANY OPPORTUNITY AT THIS POINT TO, TO COMMENT ON THIS VIDEO, ON THIS INCIDENT, OF COURSE, KNOWING IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME.
BUT ANY, ANY COMMENTS, UH, QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIR FROM THE BOARD? MR. CHAIR? YES.
I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION CURRENTLY? YES.
THEN WHAT KIND OF COMMENTS COULD WE MAKE IF IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION? WELL, WE CAN'T, WE CAN, YOU CAN MAKE ANY COMMENT YOU'D LIKE, RIGHT? UH,
BUT AS BEFORE, UH, AS FAR AS ASKING FOR CLARITY ON CERTAIN, UH, EVENTS OR DETAILS, WE'RE LIMITED TO THOSE AT THIS TIME, BUT, BUT COMMENTS? YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY.
WELL, I KNOW WHAT I SAW AND THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
UH, SEEING THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS INVOLVING THE FEBRUARY 20TH EVENT, LET'S MOVE TO THE MARCH 11TH, 2026, OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING, SORRY.
MARCH 11TH, 2026 ON THE 1900 BLOCK OF MEDICAL DISTRICT.
UH, THIS SHOOTING INVOLVED THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FUGITIVE UNIT TO DETECTIVES.
ATTEMPTED TO ARREST DAMON ROBINSON, KNOWN AS MIKE KING ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS.
ROBINSON HAD FLED IN HIS VEHICLE.
UM, AND THEN LATER AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM DETECTIVES LOCATED ROBINSON'S VEHICLE IN THE 1100 BLOCK OF PETER STREET, A FEMALE WAS SEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND LATER MET ROBINSON AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL PARKING STRUCTURE.
AT 1934 MEDICAL DISTRICT DRIVE.
BOTH INDIVIDUALS THEN ENTERED THE WHITE MERCEDES THEY HAD LEFT FOR A SHORT PERIOD, THEN RETURNED BACK TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
UM, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:13 PM FUGITIVE OFFICERS CONDUCTED FELONY STOP IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE OF THAT VEHICLE.
THE FEMALE EXITED, BUT ROBINSON REMAINED INSIDE THE VEHICLE.
OFFICERS NEGOTIATED WITH ROBINSON FOR OVER AN HOUR WITHOUT SUCCESS.
AND THEN THE DALLAS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SWAT TEAM, UH, RESPONDED AND CONTINUED WITH COMMUNICATION EFFORTS.
AND AT 11:03 PM ROBINSON EXITED THE VEHICLE, DREW A HANDGUN FROM HIS WAIST AND POINTED AT AT OFFICERS.
AND IF WE COULD, WE CAN SEE THE, UH, VIDEO FROM THAT POINT.
UH, MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, AND INVOLVEMENT ALSO THE USE OF AN APP CALLED ROLL CALL AND THERE'S BEEN SOME COMMUNICATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, SO, UH, A POINT OF ORDER IF POSSIBLE, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE, UH, THE AGENDA ITEM SLIGHTLY.
THERE'S, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM LATER IN THE AGENDA THAT SPEAKS TO, UH, SOME, SOME CHANGES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THIS APP.
SO I'D LOVE TO NOW INVITE SIERRA BASUI TO SPEAK ON THAT.
I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, AGENDA ITEM EIGHT C EIGHT C, WHICH IS, UH, BRIEFING ON DPDS ADMINISTRATIVE SCHEDULING SYSTEM ROLL CALL, WHICH BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS MAY USE TO REQUEST OFF-DUTY UNIN UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS SECURITY SERVICES.
UH, SIERRA, IF YOU COULD GIVE THE BOARD A, A QUICK BRIEFING AS TO, UH, HOW THIS APP IS INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR CURRICULAR INCIDENT AND SOME OF THE CHANGES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND THEN WE MAY INVOLVE ASK ALSO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SPEAK ON WHAT THEY CAN AS WELL JUST FOR THE BOARD'S
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KNOWLEDGE, UM, AND, AND WHAT'S OCCURRED.UM, I'LL JUST, UH, SPEAK TO THE, UM, ROLL CALL MEMO UPDATE PROVIDED BY THE CHIEF AND JUST GIVE A A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS.
UM, AFTER, UH, A CRITICAL INCIDENT ON MARCH 11TH, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, MADE PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO THEIR OFF-DUTY EMPLOYMENT PLATFORM, WHICH IS CALLED ROLL CALL, AND IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MANAGE AND TRACK OFF-DUTY EMPLOYMENT ASSIGNMENTS.
AFTER THE RECENT CRITICAL INCIDENT, THE DEPARTMENT HAS UPDATED THEIR OFF-DUTY EMPLOYMENT PROCEDURES, UM, AND OFFICERS ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO ACCEPT OFF-DUTY ASSIGNMENTS DIRECTLY MANAGED BY EXTERNAL ENTITIES, BUSINESSES, OR AGENCIES THROUGH THAT PLATFORM.
SO, JUST THE WORD, UH, CAN UNDERSTAND, I BELIEVE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN THIS CRITICAL INCIDENT WAS USING, UH, THIS APP TO IMPERSONATE, UH, BEING A POLICE OFFICER AND ENLISTING OTHER OFFICERS TO HELP WITH CERTAIN JOBS, AND THAT WOULD, THAT IS WHAT, UH, LED TO THIS NEW MEMO.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MAYBE CHIEF, UH, IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO, TO THIS, IF, IF POSSIBLE, UM, OR MAJOR ARIA, IF ANYTHING, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CHIEF'S MEMO, JUST SO THE BOARD, WE CAN BE AWARE OF THIS CHANGE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAYBE WHAT LED TO THAT AND, AND, UM, MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR THE, THE DPD? SO, ON THE ROLL CALL, THERE WAS A FEATURE THAT ALLOWED OUTSIDE ENTITIES TO GO ON ROLL CALL AND, UH, PLACED JOBS FOR HIRE FOR OFF-DUTY OFFICERS.
SO THAT FEATURE HAS SINCE BEEN TURNED OFF.
SO NOW THE, UH, SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT TEAM HOUSE AND PERSONNEL, UH, IS THE ONLY, UH, WORKING GROUP THAT CAN ADD PART-TIME JOBS ON THE PLATFORM.
SO THAT'S SPECIFICALLY WHAT, WHAT THE, UH, CHANGE WAS OR THE MODIFICATION WAS.
UM, AS I ADVISED MS. ANDRE, IF YOU WANT A MORE DETAILED, UH, PRESENTATION OF THE PLATFORM, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AND I'LL HAVE THE TEAM PREPARE A, UH, A PRESENTATION OF ROLL CALL AND WHAT WE UTILIZE IT FOR, FOR, FOR YOUR GROUP NEXT, UH, NEXT, UH, MONTH.
AND SO, JUST TO UNDERSTAND, POLICE OFFICERS ARE STILL ABLE TO USE ROLL CALL, BUT WHAT HAS CHANGED IS WHO IS ABLE TO POST JOBS, UH, PART-TIME, WORK OFF DUTY OPPORTUNITIES, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND NOW WHO'S, WHO'S IN CHARGE? WHO HAS ACCESS NOW TO POST THOSE JOBS? SO NOW IT'S, IT'S HOUSED THROUGH PERSONNEL, THE SECONDARY EMPLOYMENT TEAM, WHICH IS CALLED OUR SET TEAM.
AND THAT IS THE ONLY GROUP THAT CAN POST PART-TIME JOBS OR REQUEST FOR EMPLOYMENTS FOR OFF-DUTY OFFICERS ON OUR PLATFORM.
UH, AND, UH, I GUESS WE CAN TALK AS A BOARD, I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU ALL WHETHER WE FEEL THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE, UM, KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT OFFER TO, TO GIVE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
I'LL, I'LL DISCUSS WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANNA TAKE YOU UP ON AND LET THE OFFICE KNOW.
BUT I KNOW IT WAS PERTINENT TO THIS CASE, UH, SOME RECENT NEWS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO BE BRIEFED ON, ON THAT CHANGE.
UH, YES, MS. KING, DOES THIS CHANGE MEAN THAT ANYONE THAT HAS AN ASSIGNMENT GOES THROUGH THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND THEY DETERMINE, OH, THIS IS LEGITIMATE OR NOT, AND THEN THEY'LL POST IT ON THEIR BEHALF? THAT IS CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS INCIDENT? UH, DEREK, YOU LIKE DEREK, REPEAT WHAT MAKES THEM LEGIT? LIKE WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE 'EM LEGIT? I GUESS I'M GONNA LET PAUSE AND, AND LET THE SET TEAM ANSWER THAT WITH THE CRITERIA THAT THEY USE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE, UH, WHETHER THE COMPANY IS LEGITIMATE OR NOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYBE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ROBERT'S RULES, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WANT, IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE A REPORT PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WILL YOU GIVE ME A THUMBS UP RIGHT NOW? AND IF YOU DON'T REALLY, UH, OKAY.
THERE'S ONE TO I WOULD BE INTERESTING.
I MEAN, THIS HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR WORLD AND, ALRIGHT.
WE'D LOVE TO SET THAT UP FOR THERE.
ANY, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING, I GUESS I, I GUESS THAT KIND OF LIKE, IF YOU'RE SOMEWHERE AND YOU'RE WONDERING, AND YOU SEE THE DALLAS POLICE AT THIS FUNCTION THAT YOU'RE AT, YOU'RE WONDERING IS IT A LEGIT FUNCTION OR, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN KIND OF HELP WITH THAT AS
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WELL.WE'LL ADD SOME CLARITY, UH, WHEN WE SEE AN OFF-DUTY COP, HOW, HOW, UH, IS A SAUSAGE MADE? WHAT'S THE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THAT TO, TO WORK? SO I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL.
UH, LET ME, LET ME BE CLEAR BECAUSE THE FACT THAT IT'S, WHETHER IT'S LEGIT OR NOT, THE OFFICERS ARE STILL GOING TO ENFORCE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL GOING TO, UH, ENFORCE PENAL CODE, CITY CODE.
UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA BE AS ACTING OFFICERS AS THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY.
SO WHEN I SAY LEGITIMATE, THE, THE HIRING ENTITY IS WHAT I'M REFERENCING, NOT THE, NOT THE ACTION OF THE OFFICER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
UM, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU SHOULD BE SITTING THERE.
WE'VE HAD YOU COME BACK AND FORTH MANY TIMES, BUT HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WON'T ASK YOU AS MUCH.
HEY, WE'RE A TEAM AND I'M GONNA BE HERE WITH THEM, AS I TOLD YOU GUYS BEFORE.
SCENE, THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SIERRA AS WELL FOR THAT UPDATE ON THAT MEMO.
AND IS THAT MEMO IN OUR PACKET AS WELL? SO THE MEMO IS IN YOUR PACKET AND THE CHIEF'S MEMO IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.
SO IF THE BOARD WERE UNDER, UH, SIX, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? MS. KING? OKAY.
IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE, THE, THE MEMO FROM THE CHIEF AND ALSO THE MEMO THAT SIERRA PREPARED, UH, THAT'S IN OUR BOARD PACKET FOR YOUR REVIEW.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'LL NEW, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE FINAL CRITICAL INCIDENT THAT REPORT THAT WE'LL HEAR TODAY.
OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING OCCURRED IN THE 2,600 BLOCK OF WEST JEFFERSON BOULEVARD INVESTIGATOR, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:07 AM DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS WERE INVESTIGATING A COLLISION IN THE 2,600 BLOCK OF WEST JEFFERSON WHEN THEY HEARD GUNFIRE, UM, THEY RAN TO THE SCENE AND SAW A BLACK SEDAN DRIVING AWAY.
THE PASSENGER OF THAT BLACK SEDAN FIRED A GUN AT THE OFFICERS AND THE OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE.
UM, THEN BYSTANDERS THEN INFORMED OFFICERS THAT A GRAY TRUCK WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING.
OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE TRUCK, BUT IT FLED THE SCENE.
THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYONE WAS STRUCK DURING THE EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE.
UH, INVESTIGATION ENSUED AND ENDED UP, THEY ENDED UP ARRESTING THE DRIVER OF THAT TRUCK AND ALSO THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE THAT THAT FIRED THE GUN.
AND WE HAVE A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT HERE.
SHOP FIRE AT 22 COUNTY WEST JEFFERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, INVESTIGATOR.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD REGARDING THIS INCIDENT? THIS ONE'S STILL AN INVESTIGATION ALSO.
I DO HAVE TO SAY, UH, HEARING GUNSHOTS AND RUNNING TOWARDS THE GUNS.
WELL, UH, WE WILL OF COURSE KEEP AN EYE ON THIS.
AND THIS IS ONE ALSO WHERE THE INVESTIGATOR, UH, WAS NOTIFIED AND SHE DID GO TO THE SCENE OF, UM, OF THIS INCIDENT SCENE.
THERE'S, UH, NO MORE QUESTIONS IN THE, UH, CRITICAL INCIDENT REPORTS.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE TO CONSIDERATION OF INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATOR GREG HUFF WILL NOW PRESENT BRIEFINGS ON CONSIDERATION OF OUR INDEPENDENT REVIEW.
UH, WE'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THIS AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
UM, WHEN IT'S OUR TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS, WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES OR BELOW.
UM, AND, UH, WE ASK TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHER MEMBERS' TIME, AND IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, THERE'S NO NEED TO, UH, TO USE YOUR TIME.
BUT, UH, WE'LL WANT TO BEGIN, AND THIS IS OF COURSE FOR US AS A BOARD.
WE LISTEN TO A, A SHORT BRIEFING OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS AND WE VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE'D LIKE THE INVESTIGATOR TO GO INTO AN IN-DEPTH REPORT, AN DEPTH, UM, YOU KNOW, FULL INVESTIGATION.
AND, UH, WE WILL VOTE ON EACH OF THE FOUR.
AND, UH, IT'S UP TO US, UH, BASED ON HIS PRESENTATION.
SO INVESTIGATOR, LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN WITH, UH, THE CASE, THE FIRST CASE, RUSSELL SMITH, IF YOU COULD, UH, SHARE WITH WITH US THE DETAILS OF THIS CASE AND THEN WE AS A BOARD WILL VOTE ON, UM, WHETHER WE'D LIKE FOR THIS TO BE A, A MORE IN DEPTH INVESTIGATION FROM THE OFFICE.
SO THE RUSSELL SMITH COMPLAINT, HE COMPLAINED
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THAT, UM, DURING A DETENTION, OFFICERS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED HIM BY GRABBING AND TWISTING HIS ARMS BEHIND HIS BACK.AND HE ALSO COMPLAINED THAT NEITHER OFFICER INFORMED HIM OF A CRIME FOR WHICH HE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR.
SO THAT'S HIS COMPLAINT, THE CALL SHEET.
AND WHEN I REFER TO THE CALL SHEET, THAT'S WHAT DISPATCH ENTERS INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT THE OFFICERS SEE WHEN THEY RESPOND TO A CALL.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE OFFICERS SAW WHEN RESPONDING TO THIS CALL.
IT SAID THAT A CALLER REPORTED A TRESPASSER AT PRESTON HOLLOW PARK.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT WAS PROVIDED.
THE CALLER WAS MENTIONED THAT THE SUBJECT WAS TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHILDREN AT A CHILDREN'S PARTY AND DID NOT HAVE A TICKET OR PASS TO BE THERE.
AND THE SUBJECT WAS REFUSING TO LEAVE THE LOCATION.
UH, THE POLICE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE OFFICERS ARRIVED AND THEY SAW, UM, WHAT WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE, UM, RUSSELL SMITH AT THE SCENE, AND THEY DETAINED HIM.
UM, WHEN THE OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO PAT DOWN HIM FOR WEAPONS, UM, HE KIND OF BACKED AWAY, PUT HIS ARMS UP, AND THE OFFICERS GRABBED HIS ARMS AND PUT THEM BEHIND HIS BACK AND HANDCUFFED HIM AND PATTED HIM DOWN FOR WEAPONS.
THEY THEN KEPT HIM DETAINED WHILE THEY INVESTIGATED TO SEE IF THERE WAS A TRESPASSING OR A CRIME INVOLVING CHILDREN.
AND THEY EVEN CALLED OUT THE SERGEANT.
AND THEN, UM, THEY INDICATED THAT NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED AND THEY RELEASED, UM, MR. SMITH, THE COMPLAINT WENT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THEY REVIEWED IT AND DETERMINED THAT THERE'S NO POLICY VIOLATION AND DID NOT, UH, INVESTIGATE THAT ANY FURTHER.
UM, SO MY INITIAL REVIEW OF LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE POLICE REPORT, THE CALL SHEET AND THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, I CONCUR WITH THE, UM, INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION THAT INITIALLY IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY POLICY VIOLATIONS.
AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE'LL DO IS IF ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CLARITY, ANY, UH, CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, UH, WE CAN ASK THOSE AT THIS TIME.
AND THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM A BOARD MEMBER TO, UH, CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
AND, UH, AFTER IT'S SECONDED, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF, UH, COMMENTS FROM BOARD IF THEY'D LIKE TO, BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO A VOTE.
SO, UH, BEFORE, UH, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS? INVESTIGATOR HUFF, UH, THAT WOULD MR. CHAIR PROVIDE SOME CLARITY? YES.
I JUST WANTED FOR CLARIFICATION, SOMEONE AT THE PARTY CALLED THE POLICE, THEY ASKED THE MAN TO LEAVE AND HE REFUSED.
MR. FRIEDMAN, BRANDON FRIEDMAN, DISTRICT 14, UH, WHAT'S THERE? EXCUSE ME? UH, BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE? YES.
THE, YES, THERE'S BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE.
YEAH, I'LL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD IT TO THE SHAREPOINT.
CAN WE, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE, THE BODY-WORN CAMERA STUFF TO GO ALONG WITH THESE.
IN THE MEETING I MENTIONED, WE TALKED, UH, DISCUSS IT.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE, THE BODY-WORN CAMERA WAS SUPER, A BIG, A BIG FILE.
IS THAT RIGHT? IS THAT WHY IT WASN'T ON THE SHAREPOINT? RIGHT, RIGHT.
BUT THE OTHER, THE OTHER CASE IS THERE WAS THE BODY, BODY-WORN CAMERA, I RECALL, CORRECT, YES.
BUT THIS, THIS ONE, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE SHAREPOINT.
RIGHT? I DIDN'T UPLOAD THE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOR THIS ONE AT THIS TIME.
PROBABLY JUST, JUST FOR FUTURE.
I THINK WE'D ALL, EVEN IF IT'S A BIG FILE, IF WE COULD FIND A WAY TO PUT THAT ON.
UH, IT REALLY HELPS US WITH THE, UH, AND I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND THAT'S A BIG FILE I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I THINK IT REALLY WOULD REALLY HELP, UH, FROM THIS POINT FOR US TO HAVE THOSE, IF THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO TABLE IT? UH, I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION, MR. SEE THAT BODY-WORN CAMERA, MR. CHAIRMAN? UH, WITHOUT THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, PARTICULARLY WHEN I READ OVER THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS RELEASED.
UH, SO I WOULD, TO THE EXTENT THERE WAS NECESSARY MOVE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK, AND WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE BODY-WORN CAMERA.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WELL, CAN I ASK SOME QUESTION, A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS BEFORE WE, BECAUSE I WANT JUST GET THAT THROUGH.
CAN I DO THAT REAL QUICK? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
ALRIGHT, NOW YOU NEED ASK QUESTIONS.
THERE IS, THERE'S A TIME OF DISCUSSION.
UH, MS. SIMON, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOTION, BUT, UM, CAN I ASK TWO QUICK QUESTIONS? ONE, IS THE PARK A PUBLIC PARK? YES.
AND, AND TWO, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DETAINING SOMEONE AND ASKING THEM A QUESTION? AND DETAINING SOMEONE TO ME MEANS YOU'RE ARREST VERSUS
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ASKING DETAINING MEANS YOU'RE NOT FREE TO LEAVE.IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU'RE IN HANDCUFFS OR THAT YOU'RE PHYSICALLY DETAINED.
UM, JUST THE OFFICER COMING UP TO YOU AND SAYING, HEY, YOU ARE DETAINED.
YOU'RE NOT FREE TO LEAVE, BUT YOU CAN STILL STAND THERE AND TALK TO THEM IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE IN THAT SITUATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARRESTS AND DETAINING AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT, UH, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WHAT RIGHTS ARE GIVEN? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I, FOR FOR ME, IT'S IF SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS SOMEBODY'S NOT SOMEWHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, AND IT'S A PUBLIC PARK.
I GOT QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU START TOUCHING ME.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, JUST QUICK QUESTION, MA'AM.
IF YOU COULD FOR THE MINUTES, JUST STATE YOUR DISTRICT AND YOUR NAME.
IT REALLY HELPS OUT FOR, UH, THE, WE WANNA GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THE GOOD COMMENTS YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE.
EXCUSE MARQUEZ, DISTRICT NINE.
THERE WAS NO PUBLIC, THERE WAS NO TRESPASS WARNING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? CORRECT.
SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO OUR MAY MEETING, UH, THERE'S BEEN ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE, WE'LL DO A, A ROLL CALL VOTE, JUST, UH, BECAUSE I LIKE TO HEAR EACH OF YOU SPEAK.
UH, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE MOTION AGAIN? UH, THE MOTION IS, UH, FOR US TO JUST TABLE THIS INVESTIGATION TO, UH, OUR MAY MEETING AND, UH, TO ALLOW US TO SEE THE BODY-WORN CAMERA.
IN THE MEANTIME, INVESTIGATOR, HE WAS BEING THOUGHTFUL AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LEGITIMATE ISSUE WITH HOW BIG THE FILE WAS, BUT, UH, I THINK GIVEN THIS TIME, IT'LL ALLOW HIM TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO GIVE US ACCESS TO THIS BODY-WORN CAMERA.
AND THAT'LL HELP US DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A DEEPER INVESTIGATION INVOLVED.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO UPLOAD IT TO SHAREPOINT SO WE CAN REVIEW IT? WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE NEXT MEETING.
I'LL, I'LL PUT IT UP IN SHAREPOINT.
UM, JUST FOR, FOR CLARITY, JUST SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, COULD YOU RESTATE THAT MOTION? CERTAINLY I WOULD MOVE TO TABLE THIS PARTICULAR, UM, POTENTIAL INVESTIGATION UNTIL THE MAY MEETING TO ALLOW THE OFFICE TO PROVIDE THE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE TO US TO REVIEW PRIOR TO THAT MEETING.
AND THAT MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY DR. LAUREN GILBERT SMITH.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE? SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL VOTE ON THIS.
IF YOU VOTE YES, THEN YOU ARE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO TABLE IT.
IF YOU VOTE NO, YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST IT.
SO JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT, WHAT, UH, IT'S AT STAKE HERE.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
AND, UH, WE'LL TABLE THIS AND THIS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA, UH, FOR OUR MAY MEETING.
AND BY THAT TIME WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO ON OUR SHAREPOINT AND WE'LL BE PREPARED, UH, TO VOTE ON WHETHER WE WANT TO GO INTO A DEEPER INVESTIGATION.
LET'S, UH, NOW MOVE NOW TO, UH, CASE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS, UH, CARL ANDREA BENNETT, UH, CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE INVESTIGATOR HUFF TO, UH, GIVE US A BRIEFING ON THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE A TIME OF QUESTIONING FOR CLARIFICATION.
THEN WE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
AND THEN ALSO, UM, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION FOR WHEN IT, WHEN A MOTION IS MADE.
INVESTIGATOR, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
SO THE CARL ANDREA BENNETT, UH, COMPLAINT INVOLVES A CRASH REPORT PREPARED BY DALLAS PD THAT CONTAINED FACTUAL INACCURACIES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED THE DETERMINATION OF FAULT.
SHE ADVISED THAT THE FIFTH VEHICLE INVOLVED AND OR THAT THERE WAS A FIFTH VEHICLE INVOLVED AND THAT PERSON PROVIDED HER WITH CONTACT INFORMATION.
SHE SAID THERE IS NO STATEMENT IN THE REPORT FROM THE DRIVER OF THE FIFTH VEHICLE.
AND THE REPORT DID NOT DOCUMENT THE INITIAL VEHICLE THAT TRIGGERED THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.
UH, CARL ANDREA BENNETT ALSO SUBMITTED PHOTOGRAPHS OF HER VEHICLE'S DAMAGE AND A STATEMENT FROM A WITNESS.
WHO WAS THAT, UH, FIFTH VEHICLE THAT SHE REPORTED, UH, WHO WAS BEHIND HER WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED? I REVIEWED THE POLICE, UH, REPORT, AND THIS IS A COLLISION THAT OCCURRED ON THE FREEWAY.
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ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, IT'S A THREE VEHICLE COLLISION, SO IMAGINE THREE VEHICLES IN A ROW.UM, THEY DID MENTION THIS UNKNOWN VEHICLE THAT WAS VERY BEGINNING OF THE COLLISION, THAT IT STOPPED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON.
SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS UNKNOWN VEHICLE IS SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, THE POLICE REPORT INDICATES THAT VEHICLE NUMBER THREE THEN COMES TO A STOP ON THE FREEWAY TO AVOID A COLLISION.
IT INDICATES THAT VEHICLE NUMBER TWO STOPS BEHIND VEHICLE NUMBER THREE TO AGAIN, AVOID A COLLISION.
THEN IT INDICATES THAT VEHICLE NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS OUR COMPLAINANT'S VEHICLE, IS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME, HITS VEHICLE NUMBER TWO, WHICH PUSHES VEHICLE NUMBER TWO INTO VEHICLE NUMBER THREE.
AND THERE WE HAVE OUR THREE VEHICLE COLLISION.
UM, THE COMPLAINANT MENTIONED THIS FIFTH VEHICLE, WHICH WAS A VEHICLE BEHIND HER.
UM, AND SHE SAID SHE HAD CONTACT INFORMATION FROM HIM AND SHE SUBMITTED TEXTING THAT SHE WAS DOING WITH THAT PERSON AND THAT PERSON ADVISED, UM, THAT HE WAS THERE AND THAT HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION AND DID NOT HIT HER.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE ENDED UP LEAVING THE SCENE 'CAUSE HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION, ACCORDING TO HIS STATEMENT.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THE, WHAT THE POLICE REPORT SAYS.
UH, SO THAT COMPLAINT WENT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS AND THEY REVIEWED IT AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND THAT NO INVESTIGATION WAS WARRANTED.
UM, I REVIEWED IT AND IN REVIEWING IT, I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE GENERAL POLICY 5 0 2, WHICH SAYS THAT COMPLAINTS RELATIVE TO DIFFERENCES AS AN OPINION BETWEEN A CITIZEN AND THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS LISTED ON AN ACCIDENT REPORT WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED.
SO THAT'S THE PDS POLICY REGARDING COMPLAINTS ON ACCIDENTS.
UM, SO AFTER REVIEWING THE ACCIDENT AND REVIEWING THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THE COMPLAINANT SENT IN, I DO NOT SEE ANY, UM, ANY, UM, VIOLATIONS OF POLICY ON THAT INCIDENT.
SO, UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, SHE, HER COMPLAINT IS THAT THE POLICE DIDN'T INVESTIGATE FULLY? CORRECT.
AND SO THERE'S A THREE CAR ACCIDENT, BUT THERE'S A FOURTH CAR THAT WAS AT THE VERY FRONT WHO BRAKED, AND THEN THE SECOND CAR BRAKE DIDN'T HIT THE CAR.
THE THIRD CAR BRAKE DIDN'T HIT THE CAR.
THE FOURTH CAR, WHO'S MS. BENNETT HITS THE THIRD CAR, WHICH THEN HITS THE SECOND CAR.
AND, UH, THEN THERE'S A, A CAR BEHIND HER THAT BREAKS AND, UH, SHE FINDS OUT THAT SHE'S IN AT FAULT AND NOW SHE'S HOPING TO BLAME
SHE'S THINKING MAYBE IT WAS THE FIFTH CAR, BUT HE TEXTED HER SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T HIT HER.
AND SO SHE'S, SHE'S, UH, HER COMPLAINT IS THAT THE POLICE DIDN'T INVESTIGATE THAT? CORRECT.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE BOARD? YES, MR. MAY.
YEAH,
SO, CAR NUMBER FIVE, SHE'S ACCUSING CAR NUMBER FIVE OF HITTING HER AND PUSHING HER INTO ALL THE OTHER VEHICLES.
YEAH, I'M NOT SURE SHE'S, UM, OKAY, SO, SO WHERE I'M BEING LOST, SO WHERE I'M GETTING LOST IS YOU SAID HE TEXTED HER, SHE TEXTED HIM, TEXTED WHO? THE CAR FI THE FIFTH CAR, THE CAR THAT SHE'S ACCUSING OF HITTING HER? YEAH.
HE AND HE HAD LEFT THE SCENE, UH OH.
AFTER THEY, UM, UM, EXCHANGED INFORMATION.
AND ACCORDING TO HIM THOUGH, ON THE TEXT MESSAGE, HE SAID I HAD TO BREAK REALLY HARD.
WHAT DO YOU BECAUSE IT IS IN THE REPORT.
WHAT DID, WHAT DID HE SAY AGAIN? HE SAYS HE, HE, HE BRAKED AND CAME WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING, OF HITTING HER, BUT DIDN'T HIT HER.
DIDN'T HIT HER, AND HE HAD LEFT THE SCENE AND SHE NOW WANTS HIM TO BE INTERVIEWED AND FIELDS TO THE POLICE, DIDN'T DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, SO YEAH, THIS IS A, THERE'S NO SUPPORTING, UM, PICTURES FOR THAT, RIGHT? NO.
AND THE PICTURES THAT WE HAVE ARE OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR, BUT NOTHING IN THE BACK.
SHE SUPPLIED PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE TO HER CAR, WHICH IS TO THE FRONT AND NOTHING IN THE BACK.
NO, SHE, THERE'S NO PICTURES OF THE BACK.
SO IF THE DAMAGE IN THE FRONT IS SIGNIFICANT, THE DAMAGE IN THE BACK WILL BE JUST AS SIGNIFICANT TO PUSH HER INTO, INTO ANOTHER CAR TO CAUSE THAT TYPE OF DAMAGE? CORRECT? YEAH.
'CAUSE PRETTY MUCH SHE WAS SANDWICHED.
IS THIS NOT A CIVIL MAP? IT SOUNDS TO ME THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF A COMPLAINT THAT OC, THE CPOB, SHE NEEDS TO GO TO INSURANCE COMPANY.
TO ME, I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE SHE NEEDS TO, TO TAKE HER BATTLE.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO PERSONALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA, WE CAN DO A MOTION, MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THERE.
UH, AND I APOLOGIZE, HE'S ABOUT TO SPEAK.
OH, I'M, I'M, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING THIS IS THAT HER ALLEGATION IS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION.
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NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IT, THAT INVESTIGATION WOULD'VE DISCERNED, BUT THAT THEY DID NOT CONDUCT A FULL INVESTIGATION.IS THAT THE UNDERSTANDING? IS THAT THE, UH, ALLEGATION? CORRECT.
SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE POLICE KNEW ABOUT THE UNKNOWN VEHICLE IN THE FRONT.
THEY KNEW ABOUT VEHICLE ONE THAT BRAKED, WHERE THEY KNEW ABOUT VEHICLE TWO, WHICH HIT HIM, AND VEHICLE THREE, WHICH WAS HER, AND HIT VEHICLE TWO AND VEHICLE FOUR OR FIVE, OR WHATEVER NUMBER IT IS, UM, WAS THE ONE THAT WAS A WITNESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT THE POLICE DID NOT INVESTIGATE THIS WITNESS'S TO, UM, INFORMATION? WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT THEY DID OR DID NOT AT THIS TIME.
WEREN'T THERE TWO WITNESSES ALREADY THERE? THAT'S, UH, I THINK I WAS SOME OF 'EM ABOUT, THERE WAS OTHER WITNESSES THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE CRIME THAT ASSISTED IN THE POLICE REPORT.
IS THAT RIGHT? NO, I THINK THE, THE POLICE REPORT JUST INDICATES THAT THE THREE VEHICLES THAT WERE INVOLVED, THAT THEY HAD DAMAGE TO THEM.
SO THERE WASN'T ANYBODY ELSE WHO PULLED OVER AND SAID, I SAW WHAT HAPPENED, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE, THERE'S NO ONE LIKE THAT LISTED IN THE POLICE REPORT.
WAS THERE ANY JUDGE LANDER DISTRICT EIGHT? WAS THERE ANYONE, UH, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO INTERVIEWED THIS ALLEGED, UH, VEHICLE NUMBER FIVE? I HAVEN'T UNCOVERED THAT AT THIS TIME.
BUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO DAMAGE TO THE BACK OF HER CAR, YOU KNOW, YOU ANYTHING YEAH.
THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICE COMPLETELY INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE WHAT THE WITNESS SAW.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN NECESSARY.
WELL, WE'LL TAKE IT TO, YEAH, WE'LL TAKE IT.
UH, MR. HUFF, THE POLICE USED THE INFORMATION FROM THE WITNESSES TO COMPLETE THE POLICE REPORT.
UH, THEY USED THE INFORMATION FROM THE DRIVERS INVOLVED.
FROM THE DRIVERS INVOLVED, YES.
IF THEY, IF THEY HAVE WITNESSES, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE THAT ALSO.
I I I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION.
SO AT THE SCENE SHE'S CLAIMING THE POLICE DID NOT LOOK AT HER CAR.
I DON'T THINK SHE'S CLAIMING THAT.
WELL, IF, IF HER CAR WAS HIT FROM THE BACK, IF HER CAR, IF, BECAUSE IF A CAR PUSHED HER INTO THE OTHER CARS, THEN HER CAR WOULD'VE BEEN HIT FROM THE BACK IF, YEAH.
NO, THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO HER.
SHE WAS THE LAST, NO, SHE WASN'T THE LAST CAR.
SHE WAS THE LAST CAR TO HIT SOMEONE, CORRECT.
ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT.
BUT SHE'S SAYING THAT THE CAR BEHIND HER PUSHED HER.
NO, SHE'S SAYING THAT THE CAR BEHIND HER ALMOST HIT HER.
BUT THAT WAS A WITNESS THAT SHE, THAT WAS A WITNESS, WANTED THE POLICE TO INTERVIEW.
SHE'S NOT SAYING ANYBODY HIT HER.
I THOUGHT SHE SAID THAT SOMEONE PUSHED HER INTO THE OTHER CAR.
SHE PUSHED ANOTHER CAR INTO THE FRONT CAR.
DO WE ENTERTAIN, UH, IF WE WANT TO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH, TAKE THIS TO, UH, LEMME ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION ON THIS.
UH, AND THEN IF IT'S SECONDED, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO A VOTE.
JUDGE LANDER DISTRICT EIGHT, I MOVE ACCEPT HIS RECOMMENDATION NOT TO, OR, WELL, I THINK FOR ORGANIZATION WHAT WE'LL DO IS, UH, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION.
UM, AND THAT WAY IF IT'S VOTED DOWN, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
UM, AND IF WE WERE TO DO THE NEGATIVE, I VOTE NOT TO, THEN A YES MEANS NO.
JUST, YOU KNOW, MORE CONFUSING.
SO YEAH, WE'LL SAY, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME FROM A BOARD MEMBER TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AND SECONDED.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME TIME OF DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO A VOTE.
SO, UH, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT MOTION JUST CLEARLY? JUST SO UH, WE CAN HAVE IT FOR THE MINUTES.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MR. HUFF.
SO THAT'S, UH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU, 'CAUSE HE, HE'S SAYING THAT HE AGREES WITH, WITH, UH, IAD YEAH.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD DO A, A, A MOTION THAT WOULD BE A POSITIVE.
I, I VOTE TO CONDUCT AN IN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
SO WHAT YOU'RE MOTIONING THAT'S NOT MY MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL GO AS YOU WANT.
WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO AS IT'S JULIA SIMON, DISTRICT 13.
SO JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, THE MOTION IS TO NOT CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
IT'S TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF MR. HUFF.
WHICH, YEAH, HE RECOMMENDS THAT
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WE, WE DO.TO ACCEPT HIS RECOMMENDATION, WHICH NO, INVEST NOT TO.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION MADE, SECONDED ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO A VOTE? OF COURSE YOU CAN.
DO YOU KNOW IF, UH, THIS IS SIX, SORRY, THIS IS, UH, OFF L BJ 6 35.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PULLED THOSE CAMERAS IN CREATING THEIR LITTLE DIAGRAM OF CARD NUMBER ONE, TWO, AND THREE? I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY PULLED CAMERAS FOR THAT.
SO IF SHE'S COMPLAINING THAT THEY DIDN'T DO AN INVESTIGATION AND IT IS, THAT WAS NOT PULLED, THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF THEM PULLING THE CAMERAS.
AND, AND MAYBE THIS, UH, DPD COULD HELP US WITH THIS.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT BASED ON, I FORGET FIVE OH, SOMETHING THAT, IF THERE'S JUST KIND OF ANY DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THAT WHAT THE POLICE STATES, I GUESS IS THEIR, UM, FINAL CONCLUSION OF WHAT OCCURRED IS WHAT STANDS COULD SOMEONE MAYBE SHARE? 'CAUSE I'M JUST, AND I GUESS WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO IS, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO BACK AND FORTH TO WHAT SHE SAW, SOMEBODY ELSE SAW WHAT THE FINAL INVESTIGATOR OR OFFICER ON THE SCENE STATES IS THAT, UH, WHAT LANDS AS FAR AS THEIR REPORT? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
GABRIEL K FROM MAJOR AND ID UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, IT SAYS COMPLAINANTS RELATIVE TO THE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN A CITIZEN AND THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER REGARDING TO THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS LISTED ON THE ACCIDENT REPORT WILL NOT BE INVESTIGATED.
SO THAT, THAT IS A CIVIL MATTER THAT THOSE REPORTS WILL GO TO THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THEY MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION.
WE JUST REPORT WHAT WE HAVE AT THE TIME.
SO THIS ISN'T AN INVESTIGATION, IT'S A POLICE REPORT AT A SCENE.
WHICH I THINK THE BOARD, WE NEED TO BE, UH, AWARE OF THE DIFF DISTI DIFFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT LIKE A FULL A TRAFFIC STOP.
I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ON WHAT AN INVESTIGATION ENTAILS.
UM, A POLICE REPORT GOES TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND, UH, SO IT'S TYPICAL STANDARD PROCEDURE.
LIKE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT GONNA PULL SATELLITE IMAGES,
THEY JUST WRITE A REPORT TO SEND THE INSURANCE.
IS THAT RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE SUBMITTING A CRASH REPORT ONTO THE CRASH SYSTEM, WHICH GOES TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE CRASH DATABASE, WE HAVE 30 DAYS TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THAT CASE IS DONE OR THAT REPORT IS DONE.
AND TYPICALLY THE FRONTLINE OFFICERS ARE NOT THE ONES WHO ARE GONNA PULL ALL THAT CAMERA STUFF ON.
WHETHER ON THIS CASE IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S ON TXDOT ROADWAY.
SO, UM, WE WOULDN'T PULL THAT INFORMATION.
WE WOULD JUST GET WHAT WE HAVE THERE AT THE SCENE.
SO THERE'S A MOTION TO ACCEPT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE'S, UH, JUDGE LANDER.
SO AS LONG AS WE'RE STILL DISCUSSING, UH, JUDGE LANDER DISTRICT EIGHT, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I'VE READ IS THAT THIS WITNESS WAS NOT CONTACTED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE PERSON IN THE FIFTH VEHICLE WHO SAW WHAT HAPPENED WAS NOT CONTACTED.
AND THAT'S WHAT HER COMPLAINT IS, THAT THE, THAT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO PROPERLY INVESTIGATE BY NOT CONTACTING ALL THE ACTUAL WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT.
IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WE'LL TAKE, UH, SEEING THERE'S NO MORE, UH, COMMENTS, WE'LL TAKE THIS TO A VOTE AND I GUESS BASED MR. PEGRAM.
IT SAYS, THE REPORT DID NOT DOCUMENT THE INITIAL, UH, VEHICLE THAT TRIGGERED THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.
SO IT WASN'T A FULL INVESTIGATION.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO, AS THE BOARD, WE'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM EACH OTHER, WE'VE HEARD THE INVESTIGATION, UM, INVESTIGATORS REPORT, WE'VE ALSO READ EVERYTHING.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM MAJOR CONDO RIA, IT'S UP FOR US RIGHT NOW TO VOTE.
WAS THERE A POLICY VIOLATION? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
THE MOTION IS THAT THERE WAS NO POLICY VIOLATION, WHICH WOULD, UH, NOT REQUIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
IF YOU FEEL BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM EVERYBODY, THAT THERE WAS A POLICY VIOLATION, THEN, THEN YOU CAN VOTE IN THAT WAY AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT THE BOARD COMES UP WITH.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS TO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
IS THAT THERE? YOU AGREE WITH THE REPORT? NO POLICY VIOLATION AND NO IS YOU VOTE THAT YES, THERE WAS REASON TO BELIEVE THERE WAS SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE LOOKED IN FURTHER.
UH, AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS WE HAVE.
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THIS TO A ROLL CALL VOTE.THE MAJORITY WILL CARRY, UH, DISTRICT, IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON, UH, WHAT YES MEANS YES AND NO MEANS NO.
WANNA LOOK INTO IT FURTHER? UM, DISTRICT ONE? I JUST WANT DISTRICT ONE.
UH, SO THE MOTION PASSES TO ACCEPT INVESTIGATOR HUFF'S REPORT THAT THERE WERE NO POLICY VIOLATIONS AND WE AS A BOARD WILL, WILL MOVE ON.
LET'S, UH, NOW MOVE TO, UH, CASE NUMBER THREE, UH, ON OUR AGENDA.
UH, INVESTIGATOR, UH, WE'RE READY WHENEVER YOU ARE.
THIS IS, UM, A USE OF FORCE COMPLAINT AND HE HAD SEVERAL, UM, COMPLAINTS REFERENCED IT.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE OFFICERS INITIATED, INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION, BUT FAILED TO VERIFY THE REGISTRATION STICKER DISPLAYED ON THE WINDSHIELD.
OFFICERS VIOLATED HIS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY OPENING THE DRIVER'S DOOR.
OFFICERS USED EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN A TASER WAS USED ON HIM.
OFFICER RAMIREZ FAILED TO ENSURE THAT HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
UM, DUE TO HIM LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS, OFFICERS WRONGFULLY ARRESTED HIM FOR RESISTING ARREST.
OFFICERS VIOLATED HIS FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY SEARCHING HIS PERSON AND VEHICLE WHILE HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
OFFICERS UNLAWFULLY IMPOUNDED HIS VEHICLE.
OFFICERS CONDUCTED AN ILLEGAL A TF BACKGROUND CHECK AND BALLISTICS ANALYSIS ON HIS WEAPON PRIOR TO RELEASING IT BACK TO HIM.
AND OFFICERS MISPLACED A PHONE HOLDER THAT HAD BEEN INSIDE HIS VEHICLE.
SO THIS INCIDENT STARTED ON JULY 19TH, 2025.
OFFICERS CONDUCTED A LICENSE PLATE CHECK ON A SILVER CHEVROLET BOLT, AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE'S REGISTRATION HAD BEEN EXPIRED.
THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO OBSERVED MAKING IMPROPER RIGHT TURN, WHICH PROMPTED THE OFFICERS TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP ON IT.
OFFICER RAMIREZ MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS OUR COMPLAINANT, DANIEL PHILLIPS, AND INSTRUCTED HIM MULTIPLE TIMES TO LOWER HIS WINDOW.
THE OFFICER THEN OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND ISSUED REPEATED COMMANDS FOR PHILLIPS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHICH HE ALSO REFUSED.
OFFICER RAMIREZ ASKED PHILLIPS SEVERAL MORE TIMES TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND HE STILL REFUSED.
OFFICER RAMIREZ UNBUCKLED PHILIP'S SEATBELT AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE VEHICLE PHYSICALLY.
UM, PHILIP RESISTED, UH, I WOULD CLASSIFY AS DEFENSIVE RESISTANCE WHERE HE IS, YOU KNOW, PREVENTING THE OFFICER FROM GRABBING HIM AND PULLING HIM FROM THE VEHICLE.
UM, OFFICER RAMIREZ ISSUED SEVERAL MORE WARNINGS AND THEN HE DEPLOYED HIS TASER.
UH, PHILLIPS WAS HIT WITH THE TASER AND AT THAT TIME HE EXITED THE VEHICLE, BUT BASICALLY HE FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE GROUND AT THAT TIME.
OFFICERS THEN SAW A HANDGUN ON PHILLIPS'S RIGHT HIP, WHICH WAS SAFELY REMOVED.
UM, PHILLIPS WAS UNCONSCIOUS AT THE SCENE, SO DALLAS FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND MEDICALLY CLEARED PHILLIPS FOR BOOKING.
HIS VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE HANDGUN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PROPERTY ROOM.
PHILLIPS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BOOKED FOR INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC DUTIES, MAKING IMPROPER RIGHT TURN AND DRIVING WITH AN EXPIRED VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
AND THIS IS ALL ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT.
SUBMITTED THIS COMPLAINT, WENT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION AND THEY INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT.
UM, AND I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THEIR FINDINGS.
UM, THE ALLEGATION OF IMPROPER OR NO ACTION, UM, THEY CLASSIFIED AS EXONERATED.
THE ALLEGATION OF UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE WAS CLASSIFIED AS EXONERATED.
AND THE ALLEGATION OF THE NEGLIGENT IN FAILING TO ENSURE MR. PHILLIPS WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IS CLASSIFIED AS UNFOUNDED.
UM, I HOPE YOU ALL GOT TO WATCH THE, THE VIDEO.
I UPLOADED THE, UM, THE BODY-WORN CAMERA TO THIS, BUT AFTER REVIEWING THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, THE POLICE REPORT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLAINT AND THEN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATION, UM, I CONCURRED WITH INTERNAL AFFAIRS FINDINGS AND DID NOT SEE ANY POLICY VIOLATIONS IN MY INITIAL REVIEW.
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THANK YOU, INVESTIGATOR.UH, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THE BOARD.
I, I THINK, UM, I'M GONNA PUT MY CARDS ON THIS ONE.
I, UH, EVEN THOUGH INVESTIGATOR HUFF, UH, AGREES WITH, UM, THE I'S INVESTIGATION THAT THERE ARE NO POLICY, I DO FEEL IT'S IN OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT DEEPER, JUST BECAUSE IF YOU DID SEE THE BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE, UH, THIS, IT'S A LOT.
UM, THE, HE HITS HIS HEAD AND GETS KNOCKED OUT.
AND, UM, I THINK IN AN EVENT LIKE THIS WHERE THERE IS THIS, UM, USE OF FORCE, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE CONCLUSION MIGHT BE THAT THERE WAS NO POLICY VIOLATION, I FEEL LIKE IT'S IN OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER AS A BOARD.
THAT'S MY MY OPINION, UH, THAT WE NEED TO DO INVESTIGATION ON THAT.
SO I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION WHENEVER ANYONE'S READY.
UH, I JUST WANNA PLAY MY CARDS UP FRONT ON THAT ONE.
UH, MR. HUFF, WERE YOU ABLE TO, UM, SPEAK WITH MR. PHILLIPS? UH, IS THAT HIS NAME? YEAH, I THINK ON THESE, THESE, UH, BRIEFINGS, HE DOESN'T, UH, HE HASN'T SPOKEN TO HIM YET.
UH, IT WOULD, THAT WOULD REQUIRE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
SO, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION THAT CAN BE ENTERTAINED AT THIS TIME, OR IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONDUCT AN IN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, WE CAN GO THERE AS WELL.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MR. FREEMAN, JUST A COMMENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMENT OR A QUESTION AT THIS POINT.
UM, THIS IS AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION, RIGHT? YES, THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS OVER.
UM, GUYS DRIVING HAS AN, WITH AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION, WHICH COSTS LIKE $75 OR WHATEVER IT COSTS, HE ENDS UP GETTING TASED KNOCKED OUT.
LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START WITH THIS.
UM, I'VE SEEN MURDERERS GET TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, UM, THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE THAT LEVEL OF FORCE.
UM, DO WE KNOW HOW, WHAT THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE IS NORMALLY FOR, UH, AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION? IS THAT ON A HIGHER LEVEL THAN A SPEEDING TICKET? BECAUSE IT, I I, I, AND I AM GOING GET OUTTA MY LANE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO THIS, BUT I MEAN, COULD THE OFFICER NOT JUST ISSUE A CITATION? AND THAT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR DPD TO ANSWER, UH, INCIDENT INVESTIGATOR.
UH, IF ANYONE FROM DPD WANTS TO ANSWER THAT, UH, IT'S A VALID QUESTION, BUT I I GUARANTEE PROBABLY THEY HAVE A LITTLE MORE.
UH, WELL, AND JUST TO ADD ON TOP OF THAT QUESTION, SO YOU ONLY HAVE TO ANSWER ONCE, LIKE, IT, IT'S THE WINDOW NOT BEING ROLLED DOWN.
LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T ROLL DOWN YOUR WINDOW SO YOU CAN GET YOUR TICKET THAT, WELL, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT OF, LIKE, IT'S A QUESTION OF WHAT IFS AND IT, YOU KNOW, THIS SCENARIO CAN GO A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UH, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR C OKAY.
AND SO IT'S, IT GIVES US THE LEGAL RIGHT TO DETAIN YOU AND, AND DO A TRAFFIC STOP.
IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM LIKE A SPEEDING TICKET? WELL, AGAIN, IT'S, WE COULD ISSUE A CITATION FOR IT, BUT IT'S, UH, IT IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE SPEEDING AND AN ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER CLASS E THERE'S TWO THINGS WE CAN'T ARREST FOR SPEEDING AND OPEN CONTAINER.
EVERYTHING ELSE WE CAN ARREST FOR.
OKAY, SO YOU, SO IT, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S DIFFERENT FROM A SPEEDING TICKET.
SPEEDING TICKET YOU CAN'T ARREST.
BUT FOR AN EXPIRED REGISTRATION, YOU CAN ARREST TECHNICALLY.
SO BECAUSE YOU CAN ARREST, THEN IF THE OFFICER MAKES A DE DETERMINATION THAT HE NEEDS TO MAKE AN ARREST, THEN HE CAN PRESUMABLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET THE DOOR OPEN AND GET THE INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE VEHICLE.
WHICH IS WHY IT DIFFERS FROM A SPEEDING TICKET.
THAT, I THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION BECAUSE THAT WOULD, IN MY MIND, UH, THAT AT LEAST JUSTIFIES IT TO SOME EXTENT.
I'M NOT SURE I, WE CAN HAVE A DEBATE ABOUT THE LEVEL OF FORCE INVOLVED, BUT, UM, AT LEAST MAKING THE ATTEMPT TO GET THE WINDOW DOWN TO GET THE INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE VEHICLE, UM, THAT DOES SEEM TO JUSTIFY THAT AT LEAST.
SO I WILL, UM, STOP THERE AND LISTEN TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
I GUESS I JUST HAVE, UM, I KNOW A VOTE IS COMING, BUT I GUESS I KIND OF HAVE TWO JUST GENERAL QUESTIONS I THINK THAT ARE MORE RELATED FOR CITIZENS.
UM, IT, WE DON'T KNOW HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT I BELIEVE I HEARD THAT HE SAYS HE'S IN A RENTAL CAR.
AND SO JUST AS A CITIZEN, IF YOU RENT A CAR AND THEY DID NOT RENEW THE TAGS, ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE? OH, ARE YOU ASKING ME? YEAH, I'M ASKING.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE INTO THE CROWD.
IF YOU'RE IN CARE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THAT VEHICLE, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE.
AND THEN TWO, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THE OFFICERS WERE CONVERSING ABOUT TOWARDS THE END REGARDING HIS GUN.
THEY SAID, UM, HE, HE HAS A, SINCE HE HAS A LICENSE TO CARRY, THEY CAN'T TAKE IT TO PROPERTY OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
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OR, I DON'T RECALL THAT COMMENT.I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE SEEN THE VIDEO, BUT, UH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, WHETHER OR NOT THE GUN WAS LEGITIMATE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S STOLEN OR NOT, WE WOULD TAKE THAT.
IF IT'S HIS GUN AND WE CAN PROVE IT, THEN IT WOULD STILL BE A, YOU KNOW, PRISONER PROPERTY AND WE WOULD OKAY.
UH, JUST THOUGHT MAYBE THERE'S SOME CLARIFICATION.
'CAUSE I KNOW HE DOES MENTION, YOU KNOW, IN HIS COMPLAINTS, UM, IMPOUNDING HIS STUFF AND, AND IMPROPER, UH, TAKING.
SO JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION IN GENERAL.
THANK YOU, MS. KING, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I DO.
I THINK THE CONTEXT OF THIS STOP WAS YOU HAD A SPECIAL TASK FORCE TRYING TO GET TARGET ILLEGAL STREET RACING.
AND SO THAT MIGHT BE WHY SOMEONE WAS LIKE, BINGO, I CAN GET THIS PERSON BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE VICINITY AND THEY HAVE A, UH, I GUESS EXPIRED REGISTRATION.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THIS, IS THAT IT STARTED AS, PROBABLY GOT UNDUE ATTENTION BECAUSE OF WHERE HE WAS AND WHAT YOUR OFFICERS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING.
SO JUST TO COMMENT, GREAT COMMENTS.
UM, I THINK THIS, THIS, UH, SPEAKS FURTHER INTO MAYBE MORE INFORMATION MIGHT BE NEEDED, UM, FOR US TO MAKE A, A BETTER DECISION ON HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS.
MR. CHAIR? YES, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT, UH, THE, UH, A FURTHER INVESTIGATION BE MADE.
THERE IS A, A MOTION MADE TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
SECONDED BY, UH, MR. MARTINEZ, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? I APOLOGIZE.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE? OKAY.
SO JUST, UH, WE'RE CLEAR WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.
UH, YOU'RE VOTING, UH, THAT THE OCPO CONDUCTS AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, WHICH WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS DEEPER AT A LATER MEETING.
UH, WE CAN GO DEEPER INTO THE IMPLICATIONS AND EXPLORE AS A BOARD WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE POLICY VIOLATIONS OR IF WE HAVE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS.
IF YOU VOTE NO, THEN YOU ARE VOTING AGAINST THE OFFICE CONDUCTING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
DISTRICT 10? I MEAN, I GUESS YES.
IT'S 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 IN THE YES.
UH, THE OCPO WILL CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THOSE RESULTS INVESTIGATOR.
ALRIGHT, FINAL CASE NUMBER FOUR, MAHMUD ZOGBY, UH, FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, PLEASE LET US KNOW ABOUT THIS CASE.
THIS OCCURRED BACK ON FEBRUARY 26TH, OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHEN, UM, UH, MR. ZOGBY FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT ALLEGING THE FOLLOWING.
HE ALLEGED THAT HE WAS CONTACTED BY A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER WHILE SEATED IN HIS VEHICLE.
HE REQUESTED THAT THIS ENCOUNTER BE REVIEWED FOR ANY POLICY VIOLATIONS, AND HE SAID THAT SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE OFFICER'S FAILURE TO ADVISE HIM THAT HE WAS FREE TO LEAVE AND THE USE OF A HIGH INTENSITY FLASHLIGHT, ZOGBY FURTHER STATED THAT THE OFFICER DID NOT USE EMERGENCY LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE STOP, AND THAT THE OFFICER IS SHOWN A FLASHLIGHT INTO HIS VEHICLE WHILE SPEAKING WITH HIM.
HE ADVISED THAT THE OFFICER DID NOT CONSENT TO A CONSENSUAL, OR THAT HE DID NOT CONSENT TO A CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER.
THE OFFICER STATED THE CONTACT WAS BASED ON A REPORT OF A TESLA WITH A BLACK ROOF PERFORMING DONUTS IN THE WHOLE FOODS PARKING LOT.
SO ON THIS ONE THERE WAS NO POLICE REPORT, BUT THERE WAS A CALL SHEET.
AND AGAIN, THE CALL SHEET IS WHAT IS ENTERED BY DISPATCH, UM, AS THE CALL COMES IN.
UM, AND SO THIS CALL CAME IN ON JANUARY 27TH AT 10:46 PM AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS WAS A, A SNOW DAY.
THERE WAS LOTS OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
A CALLER REPORTED KIDS PERFORMING DONUTS IN THE PARKING LOT OF WHOLE FOODS LOCATED ON ABRAMS ROAD.
THE VEHICLES WERE DESCRIBED AS A BROWN OR BLACK TRUCK AND A WHITE TESLA WITH A BLACK ROOF.
THE CALL, SHE INDICATED THAT THE, THAT ZOG B'S VEHICLE WAS A WHITE TESLA.
UM, NO CITATION WAS ISSUED AND NO ARREST WAS MADE.
UM, THE COMPLAINT WENT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
THEY REVIEWED IT AND DID NOT SEE ANY POLICY VIOLATIONS.
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UM, I DID THE SAME.I REVIEWED IT, REVIEWED THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, AND I DID NOT SEE ANY POLICY VIOLATIONS.
AND TO KIND OF PUT THIS IN CONTEXT OF A, A SUMMARY, UM, WHAT CAN BE SEEN ON BODY-WORN CAMERA IS THE OFFICER IS DISPATCHED TO THIS CALL OF THIS TESLA DOING DONUTS.
UH, WHEN HE GETS IN THE AREA, HE SEES A TESLA LEAVING THE AREA AND HE STARTS TO FOLLOW IT.
THEY FOLLOW IT FOR A FEW BLOCKS, THEN THE TESLA PULLS OVER IN FRONT OF A HOUSE, JUST PULLS OVER ON THE STREET.
THE OFFICER DOES NOT USE HIS LIGHTS.
HE DOES NOT STOP THE TESLA, BUT HE DOES PULL IN BEHIND THE TESLA.
THE OFFICER GETS OUT, THE OFFICER APPROACHES THE DRIVER, MR. ZOGBY, WHO'S SEATED IN HIS VEHICLE, AND THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION.
UM, THE OFFICER'S TRYING TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS THE ONE DOING DONUTS.
UM, AND HE NEVER GETS AN ADMISSION TO THAT.
IT'S MORE OF AN ARGUMENT OVER THE FLASHLIGHT AND IS THIS A CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER OR NOT? UM, AND THEN, THEN THE ENCOUNTER ENDS.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO CITATION ISSUED.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, NO NOTHING.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR, OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE INVESTIGATOR? UH, MR. CHAIRMAN? YES, MR. FREEMAN? UM, IN, IN THIS DOCUMENT IT SAYS THAT THE, UM, THE CALL WAS FOR A WHITE TESLA WITH A BLACK ROOF.
UM, I SWEAR THAT I READ IN THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT IT WAS FOR A BLACK TESLA, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CONTESTED.
IS THAT, AM I MISREMEMBERING THAT IT WAS A WHITE TESLA WITH A BLACK ROOF AND THE COMPLAINT? THAT'S WHAT THE VEHICLE WAS.
BUT WHAT WAS THE REPORT? THE ORIGINAL REPORT.
IN THE REPORT IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A BROWN OR BLACK TRUCK AND A WHITE TESLA WITH A BLACK ROOF.
YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL? HEY, HOW ARE YOU? GABE? CAN LARRY AGAIN? UM, YEAH, SO ON THE CALL SHEET ITSELF, IT DOES MENTION A, UM, BROWN OR BLACK TRUCK, WHITE TESLA WITH BLACK ROOF AND ANOTHER VEHICLE.
OKAY, SO I, I PERHAPS I JUST MISREAD THAT THAT'S ANY OTHER FUR.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION FROM THE BOARD? SO AT THIS TIME, JUDGE LANDER, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION OF THE OCPO IN THIS CASE.
THERE'S BEEN A MOTION MADE TO ACCEPT THE FINDINGS OF INVESTIGATOR HUFF, UH, WHICH WOULD MEAN NO, UH, INVESTIGATION.
IT'S BEEN SECONDED BY MS. KING.
AND, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE? IT APPEARS THERE'S NONE.
UH, JUST SO WE ALL KNOW, UH, WHAT YES MEANS AND WHAT NO MEANS YES MEANS WE ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE NO POLICY VIOLATIONS AND THERE WILL BE NO INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, SO WE'LL GO ONE BY ONE.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 10 IN THE YES.
THE BOARD CHOOSES AND VOTES TO ACCEPT THAT THERE ARE, UH, THE FINDINGS INVESTIGATOR AS NO POLICY VIOLATIONS AND WE WILL NOT CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.
WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UH, SEE A POLICY ANALYST REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, UH, RESPONSE TIME POLICY ANALYST SIERRA, UH, TO ADDRESS EIGHT C TWO, WHICH IS SHE WILL TOUCH ON INFORMATION REGARDING THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT YEAR OVER YEAR.
PRIORITY RESPONSE TIME ANALYSIS.
I THOUGHT YOU ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT ME AGAIN.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS SIERRA OBASI.
I AM THE POLICY ANALYST FOR THE OFFICE.
AND, UH, SIMILAR TO FEBRUARY CPOB MEETING, WE PRESENTED OUT ON, UH, RESPONSE TIME DATA BY PRIORITY GIVING A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON TO 2025
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TO 2026.SO IN THESE MEMOS ARE THE RESPONSE TIME DATA FOR THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH IN COMPARISON TO 2025.
OVERALL, WE'RE SEEING STEADY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN COMPARISON TO FEBRUARY OF 2025.
PRIORITY THREE AND FOUR SHOW AN APPROXIMATELY 35% TO 75% DECREASE.
PRIORITY TWO SHOWS A DECREASE IN MOST DIVISIONS WITH SOUTHWEST STILL BEING THE OUTLIER INCREASING BY 8.6% FROM 2020 5TH OF FEBRUARY.
PRIORITY ONE IS SHOWING APPROXIMATELY A 10 TO 29 DECREASE FOR THE MONTH OF FEB, FEBRUARY IN COMPARISON TO 2020 5TH OF FEBRUARY.
AND FOR THE MONTH, MONTH OF MARCH.
AGAIN, OVERALL, WE'RE SEEING STEADY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN COMPARISON TO MARCH OF 2025.
PRIORITY THREE AND FOUR, UH, HAVE A SIMILAR DECREASE FOR FEBRUARY WITH A 40% AND 75% DECREASE.
PRIORITY TWOS SHOW A DECREASE OVERALL, UM, IN ALL DIVISIONS COMPARED TO FEBRUARY AND NORTHEAST.
AND THE CBD DISTRICT EXCEEDING 60% DECREASE IN RESPONSE TIMES.
AND THEN PRIORITY ONE SHOWS AN APPROXIMATE SEVEN TO 38% DECREASE.
I I ALSO WANNA NOTE GOING FORWARD, THIS WILL BE, UM, SIMILAR TO YOUR ARREST REPORT AND YOUR CIT CALLS, IT WILL JUST BE PLACED IN YOUR BINDER.
SO I WILL NO LONGER BE PRESENTING OUT ON IT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE INCLUDED ALSO THE AMOUNT OF CALLS VERSUS IN COMPARISON TO 2025 AND THIS YEAR, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A MORE DESCRIPTIVE UPDATE, UM, DETAILING THAT INFORMATION.
BUT GOING FORWARD, IT WILL JUST BE A REPORT SIMILAR TO THE ARREST DATA.
UH, NOW TAKING OVER THE CHAIR JUST STEPPED OUT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SIERRA? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
SORRY, I WAS REARRANGING MY BINDER.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE NEXT.
UH, ACTIVITY REPORTS ARE WE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT, SENIOR OUTREACH SPECIALISTS, ALMA PEREZ.
HELLO, GOOD EVENING CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY ATTENDEES.
MY NAME IS ALMA PEREZ, SENIOR OUTREACH SPECIALIST, AND I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT REPORT ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT.
HIGHLIGHTS MARCH OFFERED SEVERAL MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INCREASED VISIBILITY FOR THE BOARD.
ON SATURDAY, UH, BOARD MEMBER, JENNY AND I ATTENDED THE BONNER DAY OF CARE AT ANDERSON BONNER PARK.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE FRIENDS OF BONNER PARK, PARTICIPATE IN A PARK CLEANUP, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ANDERSON BONNER AND HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLACK DALLAS HISTORY.
IT WAS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHILE HONORING AN IMPORTANT LOCAL LEGACY.
OCPO ALSO LAUNCHED A WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTING THE WOMEN OF THE CPOB.
ADDITIONALLY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING BOARD MEMBER MARY ELLEN SMITH AT THE DISTRICT 11 BUDGET TOWN HALL.
IT IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGING TO SEE BOARD MEMBERS ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE, AND SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK OF THE BOARD.
MOVING ON TO APRIL THIS MONTH, WE CONTINUED OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS BY, BY INTRODUCING THE NEWEST BOARD MEMBERS, JESUS MARQUEZ AND DISTRICT NINE, MARY ELLEN SMITH, DISTRICT 11, AND JULIA SIMON, DISTRICT 13 ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FEATURING THEM IN THE MARCH EDITION OF THE OCPO NEWSLETTER.
IN ADDITION, COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR GUERRERO IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON UPDATED BOARD MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES
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FOR THE WEBSITE TO ENSURE ACCURATE AND UPTODATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL BOARD MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE COMMUNITY WALK IN DISTRICT SEVEN THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH.
THE EVENT FLYER IS INCLUDED IN YOUR BINDER.
YOUR PRESENCE AT THESE EVENTS CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TRUST AND INCREASE THE VISIBILITY OF THE BOARD.
IN CLOSING, OCPO REMAINS COMMITTED TO ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND BOARD MEMBERS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND TO ENSURE ACCESSIBLE AVENUES FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SPECIALIST, MS. ALMA PEREZ COMMENT, YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS? OKAY.
AND, UH, DID, UH, DID YOU GUYS GO OVER ALSO THE REPORTS? UH, THE MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORTS? OKAY.
UH, JUST IF WE COULD JUST GO BACK TO JUST ONE AGENDA ITEM.
UH, ASK THE BOARD TO LOOK THROUGH THE PACKET.
FEBRUARY 20, 26, DPD, MONTHLY ARREST BY COUNCIL DISTRICT FEBRUARY, 2026.
EXTERNAL, EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS, REPORTS IF, UH, BOARD HAS LOOKED THROUGH THAT, UM, JUST BRIEFLY LIKE WE PROVIDE EVERY MONTH.
AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT STANDS OUT, LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, AND I'LL TAKE SILENCE AS, UH, NO QUESTIONS.
UM, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH AT THIS TIME THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, BUT IF SOMETHING DOES EMERGE YOU, IF YOU TAKE THIS HOME AND, AND YOU'RE READING IT AT NIGHT, UH, THESE REPORTS, UH, AND YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION, I KNOW THE, THE OFFICE, UH, WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS DATA.
UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NINE, CPOB, REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS, UH, CHAIRMAN REPORT.
UM, I WANNA BEGIN, UM, JUST BY THANKING TIMOTHY JACKSON, DISTRICT SEVEN, UH, WHO SERVED IN THIS ROLE, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND, UH, HE, UH, SENT IN HIS, UH, LETTER OF RESIGNATION.
UH, AND I JUST WANNA SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR SERVING.
UH, IT'S A VOLUNTEER ROLE, SO ALL OF YOU ARE GIVING YOUR TIME FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CITY.
UH, SOMEONE'S HERE ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS, FIVE YEARS.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO TIMOTHY JACKSON, UH, FOR HIS ROLE.
UH, SECONDLY, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE, UH, SUBCOMMITTEES.
UH, AS FAR AS FAR AS, AND I THINK I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, MOST OF YOU ABOUT THIS.
UH, IF I HAVEN'T SURPRISE, I'M GONNA TELL YOU NOW, UH, THAT WE, WE HAVE, UH, WITH SO MANY NEW MEMBERS AND, UH, SO MANY, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE LEFT, THERE'S BEEN SUCH A CHANGE THAT WE WENT AHEAD AND JUST, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD HAD NEW CHAIRS AND NEW VICE CHAIRS FOR EACH OF THE COMMITTEES.
AND, UH, SO LET ME PULL THIS UP RIGHT NOW IN MY EMAIL.
OH YEAH, THERE'S A PAGE RIGHT HERE.
WHICH, WHICH, WHICH, UH, YEAH, IT'S IN TAB, IF YOU LOOK, UM, BEHIND THE AGENDA.
AND, UH, WE HAVE COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD, FISCAL YEAR COMMITTEE, COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
SO, UH, POLICY COMMITTEE, SORRY, I DIDN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS UNTIL RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE VICE CHAIR, OZZY IS, UH, GONNA BE THE CHAIR.
OZZY SMITH WILL BE THE CHAIR OF OUR POLICY COMMITTEE.
UH, AND MS. JULIA SIMON, UH, HAS AGREED TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE IS THE SAME AS BEFORE.
UH, JUDGE C LANDER, UH, BRANDON FRIEDMAN AND CHANGA HIGGINS, UH, WILL SERVE ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR RULES COMMITTEE.
UH, THE CHAIR, UH, BEFORE I MOVE ON, UH, THE POINT PERSON ON THE OFFICE FOR THE POLICY COMMITTEE IS SIERRA OBAGI.
SO, UH, CHAIR, WHEN IT COMES TO SCHEDULING MEETINGS AND, UH, GETTING, UM, UP AND RUNNING, UH, YOU AND THE VICE CHAIR, YOU'LL WORK WITH SIERRA.
UH, TO BEGIN THOSE, UH, THOSE MEETINGS, THE RULES COMMITTEE, UH, WE HAVE CHAIR JUDGE C
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LANDER, AS AGREED TO SERVE AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.UH, BRIAN BA, VICE CHAIR, UH, JOHN MARK DAVIDSON, MYSELF, I SERVE ON IT.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THIS COMMITTEE EVEN DOES.
YEAH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
ONCE THE RULES UNDER THE BOARD.
WE'LL, YEAH, WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO THERE.
WE'LL JUST MAKE A COPY OF ROBERT'S RULES IN ORDER AND THEN WE'LL GO WITH THAT.
MR. GER, I WAS TRYING TO CATCH YOU BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED
UH, YOU'VE BEEN CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, UH, BOARD TRAINING, UH, MARY ELLEN SMITH, UH, VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
UH, BRIAN BA, CHANGA HIGGINS, AND OZZIE SMITH WILL BE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, THIS WILL, OF COURSE, UH, HAS TO DO WITH ANY TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO OUR RETREAT, ANNUAL RETREAT.
JUST HELPING US THINK THROUGH THE POINT PERSON FOR THIS IN THE OFFICE.
WHO IS, WHO DO THEY TALK TO? MS. UH, DIRECTOR WHILE DEER.
SO WAL DEER, UH, DERRICK, UH, WAL DEER WILL BE THE POINT PERSON.
AND FOR THE RULES COMMITTEE, WHO'S THE POINT PERSON? SIERRA.
UH, SO YOU'LL BE THE POINT PERSON FOR THAT ONE.
AND THEN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE, UH, ALMA PEREZ IS THE POINT PERSON FOR THAT.
UH, JENNIFER KING, THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO BE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
DEREK PEGRAM, MR. POPULAR, YOU'RE THE VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.
AND THEN, UM, MARY ELLEN SMITH WILL SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE AS WELL.
NOW OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS OR YOU CAN'T BE ON THE COMMITTEE, OR YOU'D LIKE TO BE REMOVED AND SWITCH, TALK TO ME.
UH, AGAIN, SOME OF THIS IS A SURPRISE, RIGHT? I HAD TO GET, DIDN'T GET TO TALK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS.
UH, BUT YOUR, YOUR VOICE MATTERS AND, UH, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND DID WE PUT, HEY, WHERE DO WE PUT HIM ON HERE? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU ON, THIS IS, UH, OVERSIGHT.
UH, AND SO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
UH, BUT WE'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER.
HE GETS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE'LL, WE'LL PUT YOU ON ONE OF THESE.
UM, WHAT INTERESTS YOU DO, DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE ON WHICH COMMITTEE YOU WANNA BE ON? OKAY.
WE'LL TALK, WE'LL TALK OFF, OFF, UH, OFF OFF THE RECORD.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, YOUR VOICE MATTERS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, MAN, I DON'T WANNA BE ON THIS COMMITTEE OR THAT, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE TALK TO, TO, TO ME AND WE CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND THEN, UH, DR. LAUREN GILBERT SMITH.
I DUNNO, WHY, WHY IS SHE NOT ON HERE? OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL GET, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK.
YOU DON'T WANNA BE ON A COMMITTEE EITHER,
WELL, IT, IT'S ALL GONNA BE GOOD.
BUT ANYWAY, WE WANTED TO JUST, UH, I ONLY HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, ANYWAY, AGAIN, PLEASE.
ANYBODY WHO, UH, HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING, UH, CPOB MEETINGS.
UH, MAY THE 12TH, UH, WILL BE OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
MAY THE 12TH AND THEN WE'LL HAVE JUNE 9TH.
AND THEN, UH, JUST TO REITERATE, JULY WE ARE OFF WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT MEET, WHEN THEY ARE IN RECESS, WE ALSO DO NOT MEET AS A BOARD.
SO JULY, WE WILL HAVE NO CPO MEETING, UH, CPOB MEETING, BUT WE'LL RETURN AUGUST 11TH AND THEN SEPTEMBER 8TH.
SO PLEASE, UH, MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
UM, THESE ARE THE NEXT MEETINGS.
AND, UH, YOUR PRESENCE IS ALWAYS A GIFT.
AND, UH, JUST TO, I KNOW THAT WAL DEER'S DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THAT EMAIL THAT WHERE WE CLICK FOR QUORUM.
IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO KNOW WHO'S GONNA BE HERE.
SO, UH, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT EMAIL, THE TITLE THAT YOU SEND? IT'S HOW DO, HOW DO WE KNOW? IT'S LIKE A RESOURCE EMAIL.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THE AGENDA ON THERE.
YOU'LL HAVE, UM, THE FORUM, THE FORUM'S, THE FIRST THING.
IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT EVERYBODY, UH, CLICKS ON US SO WE KNOW WHAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE, UH, INVESTIGATOR HUBS, INVESTIGATION LINKS IS IN THERE.
AND THEN YOU UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS, LIKE THE SYMPOSIUM.
ONE THING, UH, FOR THAT, WHEN YOU DO THE SUBJECT, YOU MAYBE JUST DO HIGHLIGHT IN LIKE IN BOLD, IMPORTANT, UH, UH, BECAUSE THAT WAY WE KNOW, UH, THAT'S THE RSS DP EMAIL.
'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO SORT THROUGH IT, IT JUST SEEMS SO LIKE A NORMAL EMAIL, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO, TO READ.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OUT WITH THE SYMPOSIUM? UM, OKAY.
UH, THAT SYMPOSIUM THAT, UH, WE HAVE COMING UP THAT THE CPOB, SORRY, THE OCPO IS HOSTING AT, IF WE COULD ALSO IN OUR NETWORKS ADVERTISE,
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PUSH IT OUT, LET THOSE IN OUR NETWORKS KNOW ABOUT THIS.'CAUSE WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A REALLY GREAT ATTENDANCE.
IT'S A, IT'S ACTUALLY THE OFFICE IS HOSTING IT.
AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY, IT'D MEAN A LOT IF YOU WERE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOUR NETWORK.
AND, AND SO WE HAVE PHYSICAL COPIES IF YOU NEED ANY OF THAT.
UH, THE OFFICE CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU AND, UM, YOU CAN DISPERSE THEM AT YOUR LEISURE.
BUT THAT'D BE, IT'D MEAN A LOT.
AND I THINK, UH, THE MORE PEOPLE THE BETTER AT, AT THAT EVENT.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY I'D LOVE TO BE THERE, BUT I HAVE A KID GRADUATING AND SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT COMING 'CAUSE OF GRADUATION, OTHERWISE I'D BE THERE.
UM, ANY, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE? YES.
YOU'VE BEEN SO PATIENT THIS WHOLE TIME.
IF YOU COULD, UM, WHEN YOU BEGIN, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND, UM, YEAH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
WE'LL HAVE A TIMER FOR THREE MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU FOR SITTING THROUGH THIS WHOLE MEETING AND EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
YEAH, WE WANT TO HEAR EVERYONE TO HEAR YOU.
I AM THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PILE UP.
UM, AND AT FIRST I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK, UM, BUT I DO, UM, FEEL LIKE THAT I DON'T WANT TO, UM, ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANY, ANYONE ELSE.
FIRST OFF, THANK YOU, UH, MR. HUFF, UH, FOR LISTENING TO ME.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, DPD FOR ACTUALLY HEARING MY, UM, COMPLAINTS AND THANK YOU, UM, TO YOU ALL, UM, FOR, UH, LISTENING.
BUT I JUST WANT, UM, TO POINT OUT, JUST SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANY, ANYONE ELSE.
UM, I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO DPD OVER 17 TIMES, UM, WITH NOT ONLY EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, UM, BECAUSE THAT DAY OF THE INCIDENT, THE OFFICER REFUSED TO HEAR, UH, MY SIDE OF THE STORY WHEN I ACTUALLY ASKED SEVERAL TIMES.
I REQUESTED, UM, HIGHWAY, UM, VIDEO.
UM, AND BASICALLY THE OFFICER BLATANTLY TOLD ME, WHICH I ALSO PUT IN MY, UM, REPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
UM, HE BLATANTLY TOLD ME, WELL, I'M DONE, UH, WITH THIS CONVERSATION, I'VE ALREADY CLOSED OUT MY, MY CASE.
UM, I DO KINDLY ASK, JUST SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.
YES, POLICY WAS PROBABLY FOLLOWED, BUT ACTUALLY SOMEONE LOOKING INTO ON THE MATTER TO SAY, HEY, THERE WAS OTHER PE PEOPLE THERE.
UM, NO ONE CONTACTED THE OTHER TWO GENTLEMEN THAT ARE ACTUALLY LISTED ON THE INCIDENT RE REPORT.
NO ONE CONTACTED THE FIFTH DRIVER THAT ACTUALLY TEXTED ME BACK AND FORTH.
AND IF HE WAS NOT AT FAULT, THEN HE SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE SCENE.
UM, WE CAN EASILY SAY THAT THIS IS AN INSURANCE MATTER, BUT WE ALL KNOW GUYS, THAT BASICALLY THIS IS NOT JUST INSURANCE.
UM, WHATEVER THE POLICE OFFICER PLACES ON THAT CRASH, UM, REPORT, THAT'S WHAT INSURANCE LOOKS AT.
SO THIS IS BIGGER, UM, FOR ME, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEONE'S LIVELIHOOD, WHICH IS MINE, RIGHT? NOT ONLY, UM, DO I HELP THE, UM, COMMUNITY, I SPONSOR 14 SCHOOLS.
SO BASICALLY FOR ME, I'M TO CALL THE, UM, POLICE AND ASK THEM, HEY, CAN YOU HEAR, UM, ME OUT LISTEN, UM, TO MY SIDE OF, UM, THE STORY THAT JUST TAKES AWAY THE TRUST, NOT ONLY, UM, THAT I HAVE FOR THE, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, THAT I SERVE, BUT ACTUALLY ME HAVING TO REACH OUT, UM, TO THE SERGEANT AT DPD, MR. UM, WALLS, NOT WANTING THEM TO LISTEN.
MR. HUFF WAS KIND, BUT HE NEVER EVEN CONTACTED ME OUTSIDE OF, UM, EMAIL.
SO THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE ELSE.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TO DALLAS, DPD, WHEN, ESPECIALLY LIKE A CRASH, A REPORT, NEVER SILENCE.
SOMEONE LISTENED TO EVERYBODY'S SIDE.
BECAUSE IF MY SIDE WAS LISTENED TO, HE WOULD'VE ABSOLUTELY KNEW ABOUT THE FIFTH DRIVER.
LIKE HE KNEW ABOUT THE FIRST DRIVER THAT LEFT ON THE SCENE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE CRASH REAR REPORT.
SO I JUST ASK FOR THAT KINDNESS, JUST SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, BENNETT, FOR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR STATEMENTS WILL HELP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY MORE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT WHILE YOU, ANYBODY ONLINE? NO.
SEEING, UH, THERE'S, UH, NO ONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
MS. SIMON HAS MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
IS IT SECONDED? SECONDED, SECONDED BY MR. MAPLES.
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THERE IS NO DISCUSSION.