May 11, 2026 Public Safety

[Public Safety on May 11, 2026.]

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GOOD AFTERNOON. TODAY IS MAY 11TH. IT IS 105 AND I CALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

THIS WEBINAR IS BEING TRANSCRIBED AND SUMMARIZED.

AND WE'RE BEING TRANSCRIBED AND SUMMARIZED. SO FIRST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS THAT WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY LAST WEEK. IT WAS A POLICE MEMORIAL CEREMONY.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER. IT WAS REALLY VERY MOVING.

AND I LOVE THAT YOU ALL CALLED OUT THAT IT'S A 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLICE MEMORIAL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS SO UNIQUE. AND I THINK MANY DALLAS RESIDENTS MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN IT, BUT I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE THE TIME.

IT'S JUST ACROSS FROM CITY HALL AND HAS A REALLY UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE BADGE NUMBER SHINING THROUGH THE ROOF ONTO THE PAVEMENT.

SO THEY'RE IN REVERSE AND ESPECIALLY ON CLOUDY DAYS AS IT COMES IN AND OUT, IT JUST REALLY MAKES THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THE OFFICER IS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.

SO I HOPE YOU'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO GO TAKE A LOOK.

AND AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

WE ALSO HAD A GREAT GRADUATION ON FRIDAY, SO THANK YOU.

THERE'S ONE OTHER THING FOR DPD. I JUST HAVE TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK.

THAT WAS JUST SO REMARKABLE. AND I DON'T THINK IT GOT THE PRESS COVERAGE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE.

AND WHAT IT IS, IS AN INVESTIGATION BETWEEN DPD AND PLANO PD FOR A COLD CASE.

AND THIS WAS A VIOLENT CRIME WHERE A CHILD WAS ABDUCTED, REPEATEDLY RAPED, AND LEFT ABANDONED MANY MILES AWAY FROM THEIR HOME.

AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN IN DALLAS. AND BOTH DETECTIVES IN DALLAS AND IN PLANO CAME TOGETHER AND SOLVE THIS.

AND HE WAS JUST IMPRISONED FOR LIFE. SO THIS IS THE KIND OF GREAT WORK THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TRULY MAKES OUR STREETS SAFER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND I MEAN, WHEN YOU READ ABOUT IT, IT'S ON THE DPD WEBSITE.

IT JUST GIVES YOU CHILLS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

EXCELLENT WORK. THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE WE'RE HERE FOR.

THANK YOU. NEXT MONTH, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE STAFF ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN SAFE INITIATIVE AND SEE HOW THAT'S GOING ONE YEAR OUT.

SO WITH THAT, THE FIRST ITEM THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 13TH MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION AND A SECOND.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? GREAT. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

WELL, AS ALWAYS, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS THE DPD HIRING STRATEGY UPDATE.

WE HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF OFFICERS SINCE 2016.

SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, CAN WE JUST GET IT TO CONFIRM THAT WE ARE LIVE? WE'RE HEARING THERE MAY BE SOME ISSUES. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT AT OUR MEETING THIS MORNING, COACH.

GOOD. OKAY. THEY SAY WE'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THIS WILL BE OUR PERSONNEL DIVISION.

APRIL 2026 PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING. I'M DEPUTY CHIEF JORDAN KOOLUNGA TO MY RIGHTS MINISTRY DIRECTOR, APRIL BERG. AND TO HER RIGHT IS CHIEF DANIEL COMO.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IT'S JUST OUR TABLE OF CONTENTS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SAME FORMAT THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. WE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE HIRING NUMBERS AND, AND GET YOU ALL CAUGHT UP WITH ALL THE, EVERYTHING WE GOT GOING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR GOAL CONTINUES TO BE 4000 STRONG.

LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE WANT 4000 SWORN DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS PROTECTING THE STREETS OF DALLAS.

OUR CURRENT SWORN STRENGTH IS 33, 91. BUT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE FILLING THIS DEPARTMENT WITH HIGHLY MOTIVATED PROFESSIONAL POLICE OFFICERS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN THIS TIMELINE, CLASS 412, THEY STARTED THE ACADEMY APRIL 22ND. WE HAD 57 RECRUITS IN THIS CLASS THAT JUST STARTED.

OUR NEXT CLASS IS DUE TO START JUNE 3RD, AND WE HAVE THREE CLASSES REMAINING THIS FISCAL YEAR TO HIT OUR HIRING GOAL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO MENTION EARLIER.

CLASS 407 GRADUATED. WE HAVE 47 NEW OFFICERS IN THE FTO PROGRAM.

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THAT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY CLASS AS WELL AS THEY HAVE 59 CURRENTLY IN THAT CLASS. SO WE SHOULD HAVE A BIG GRADUATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS IS A SLIDE. WE ALWAYS GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR WORKERS BECAUSE 806 APPLICANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO IN APRIL WE DID HAVE 806. IT WAS 607 THIS TIME LAST YEAR, OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING UNIT, OUR RECRUITING TEAM AND OUR BACKGROUND TEAM HAS HAD A HEAVY WORKLOAD. AND THEY CONTINUE. IT SEEMS LIKE WE PUT A CLASS IN ITS, YOU KNOW, FULL THROTTLE THE VERY NEXT CLASS. SO THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING THEM IN. AND IN THE ACADEMY. WE'VE HIRED 225 SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT GETS US 125 SHORT OF OUR YEARLY GOAL OF 350, WITH THREE CLASSES REMAINING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO RECRUITING ATTENDED 36 EVENTS TOTAL FOR THIS MONTH OF APRIL AND THEY MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT MARKETING PUSH. WE RECRUIT. WE'RE FOCUSING OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS ON OUR BREAD AND BUTTER, OUR MILITARY, OUR HIRING EVENTS AND OUR COLLEGES. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HIT UNTAPPED MARKETS LIKE JUNIOR COLLEGES THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS AND SOUTH TEXAS.

THAT'S, THAT'S GIVEN US A LOT, A LOT OF SUCCESS. WE BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE THAT COULD BE A PIPELINE THAT WE DEVELOP WITH THESE JUCOS. WE ALSO HAVE AN UPCOMING HIRING EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE AT GILLEY'S IN JUNE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON. WE START PUSHING THAT REALLY SOON, AND WE'RE HOPING FOR GOOD ATTENDANCE ON THAT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ATTRITION RATE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WAS 16.

AND THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL OF THE YEAR FOR 113.

THAT KIND OF GETS US WITHIN OUR PROJECTED TOTAL OF IN THE YEAR TOTAL OF 190.

SO WE ARE ON THAT PATH. WE'RE I THINK IF WE CONTINUE IT IS WE'D BE AT 19193.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO TO BREAK DOWN THE ATTRITION RETIREMENT STILL LEAD LEAD THE NUMBER WITH 35 AND THEN PERSONAL REASONS COMES IN SECOND AT 17.

BUT THOSE TWO ARE HIGHEST IN OUR ATTRITION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

COMMUNICATION SERVICES HIRED 20 THIS YEAR TEN THE MONTH OF APRIL WITH THE ATTRITION RATE OF 14.

WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE A SURPLUS OF SIX WITH NINE IN THE PIPELINE AND THE HIRING PIPELINE FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES.

911 CALL ON ANALYST. WE'VE HIRED. 11 WE HAVE FIVE IN THE PROCESS.

DISPATCH ANALYST WE'VE HIRED TWO. WE HAVE TWO IN THE PROCESS.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO IN THE PROCESS FOR REPORT REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR PERSONNEL.

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMAN DOESN'T HAVE A QUESTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM MORENO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ON PAGE. FIVE. NOPE. NOT FIVE.

PAGE SEVEN. IT TALKS ABOUT THE VARIOUS RECRUITING ENGAGEMENTS THAT TOOK PLACE.

MOST OF THEM AREN'T HERE IN DALLAS. MOST OF THEM ARE IN A DIFFERENT CITY OR DIFFERENT STATE.

AND SO WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY DOING FOR RELOCATION AND TO ENSURE THAT, ARE WE DOING ANY REIMBURSEMENTS FOR RELOCATION FOR OFFICE OR RECRUITS THAT ARE LOOKING TO JOIN OUR FORCE? SO CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM WHERE FIRST DAY OF THE ACADEMY, OUR TEAM GOES THERE AND TELLS THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO RECEIPT WISE, MOVING EXPENSE WISE TO PRESENT AND THE TIME FRAME THEY NEED TO GET EVERYTHING IN SO WE CAN GET THAT REIMBURSEMENT.

SO YES, WE DO THAT FOR OUT OF TOWN. IS THERE A BUDGET FOR RE FOR.

YES, WE HAVE A YEARLY WE HAVE A YEARLY BUDGET FOR THAT. YES, SIR. AND WHERE ARE WE ON IT SO FAR.

I'D HAVE TO GO TO FINANCE. IT'S NOT. WE HAD TO DO SOME RETRO THINGS WHERE WE.

WE GOT. WE CAUGHT UP SOME FOLKS THAT WEREN'T GETTING IT. NOW THAT WE'RE PUSHING AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY CLASS, IT'S KIND OF AN AS IS BASIS ON HOW MANY WE HAVE FROM OUTSIDE THAT NEED THE REIMBURSEMENT, BUT IT IS UP TO RECRUIT TO FINISH, FINALIZE THE PAPERWORK AND GET IT IN SO WE CAN GET THEM REIMBURSED.

OKAY. SO ARE WE MAKING IT EASY FOR? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION AND A LOT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THE REIMBURSEMENT.

ARE WE MAKING IT PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD SO OFFICERS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED TO SUBMIT? WHEN I CAME OVER IN AUGUST. SINCE THEN, WE MEET WITH THE CLASS FIRST DAY TO LET THEM KNOW THE EXACT PROCESS AND HOW TO GET THIS REIMBURSEMENT.

SO YES, THIS CLASS WAS ACTUALLY REALLY EFFICIENT. WE SENT OUR TEAM.

THEY TALKED. DAY ONE ABOUT HOW TO GET THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM OUT OF TOWN. AND THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS, YOU SEE, NOTE THAT THERE ARE 26 EVENTS FOR THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

ALL OF THEM ARE NOT NOTED THERE. SO THERE ARE SOME THAT WERE LOCAL THAT WERE HELD AND WHICH WE ATTENDED THOSE EVENTS AS WELL.

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WE'VE, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN ABOUT A YEAR NOW SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT BONUSES.

AND SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? ARE WE MEETING THE, I KNOW THAT WE HAD ALLOTTED I CAN'T REMEMBER THE FULL DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR OFFICERS THAT ARE RECRUITING OTHER OFFICERS TO OR SOON TO BE OFFICERS.

WHERE ARE WE WITH THE RECRUITMENT BONUSES. AND YES, WE ARE STILL DOING THAT.

WE JUST ACTUALLY CHECKED THE BUDGET, PROBABLY LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

AND SO WE DO HAVE TO REITERATE WHAT THE THE POLICY IS FOR THEM GETTING AND SUBMITTING THE REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THAT PART AS WELL.

YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WE WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY BECAME NOT, NOT JUST GO THROUGH THE CLASS, BUT ACTUALLY BE ON THE FORCE, I THINK. CORRECT.

THERE ARE THREE PHASES TO IT. AND SO THERE'S A PAYOUT AT EACH OF THE THREE PHASES, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLETE THE ACADEMY. AND THEN WHEN THEY COMPLETE FTO AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE ON THE FORCE A NUMBER OF YEARS IS I THINK THE THIRD PAYOUT.

SO THERE ARE THREE STAGES TO THAT, WHICH MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR, FOR ME AT LEAST, IS TO HAVE A NUMBER ON THESE UPDATES ON HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN RECRUITED. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU.

I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GROWING PAIN, FOLKS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT A LOT OF THESE RECRUITS, THEY'RE PUTTING MULTIPLE OFFICERS DOWN, WHICH WE CAN ONLY HAVE ONE THAT RECRUITED YOU IN TO BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY GET IN THERE AND THEY'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE. BUT REALLY, WHO IS THE ONE THAT GOT YOU IN THE DEPARTMENT? SO YOU'RE HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE THE RECRUIT THAT'S GRADUATED TO SEE WHO ACTUALLY THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT.

THEY JUST NEED TO PUT ONE NAME THIS GUY. THIS IS THE LADY OR GENTLEMAN THAT GOT ME IN THIS CLASS.

AND THEN THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S BEEN A HICCUP. BUT WE'RE GETTING TO THE FRONT OF THAT NOW, NOT LETTING THEM PUT MULTIPLE NAMES OR THIS.

AND I SAW IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. NOW THIS GUY, THIS LADY OR GENTLEMAN RECRUIT YOU, THIS OFFICER RECRUITS YOU AND LET'S HELP THEM OUT.

DOES IT WORK FOR THE OFFICER AS WELL THOUGH? IF THEY IF THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN A NAME SAYING, HEY, I RECRUITED THIS INDIVIDUAL OR IS IT ONLY THE RECRUIT THAT'S PUTTING THE NAME DOWN? THE RECRUIT HAS PUT THE NAME DOWN. BUT YES, IT DOES HELP. SO IT REMINDS US, HEY, WE LOOK AT THIS FILE, BUT THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE APPLICATION AND IT HAS MULTIPLE NAMES. SO WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW IT DOWN LIKE THIS PERSON DESERVES THIS THIS FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND RECRUITING THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU OFFICER CADENA.

COUNCIL MEMBER CADENA. JUST A QUICK JUST A QUICK COMMENT.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ANALYSIS ON, ON SOME OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE HFC, THE PFC. I'D LIKE TO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL AS PART OF THE RECRUITMENT EFFORT TO COME TO, TO COORDINATE WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS AND, AND THE HFC AND THE PFC ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE RECRUITS AND ALSO CURRENT OFFICERS ARE, ARE, ARE AWARE OF THE, OF THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE PRIORITY TO, IF POSSIBLE, OR AT LEAST GIVE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, OF THAT AS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR SUPPORTING YOUR EFFORTS TO RECRUIT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FROM OUT OF TOWN, OR EVEN RELOCATING PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME INTO THE CITY THAT ARE LIVING IN IN SOME OF THE OUTLYING CITIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS ON HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OFFICERS, SWORN OFFICERS THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE, LIKE I SAID, 2016.

SO WHEN WE LOOK ON SLIDE FIVE AT THE NUMBER THAT STARTED WITH AN ACADEMY AND HOW MANY ARE STILL IN THE ASSIGNED ACADEMY, IT LOOKS LIKE FOR CLASS NUMBER 408 AND 409, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 22% THAT HAVE FALLEN OFF BEFORE GRADUATION.

AND SO I JUST THINK WE NEED TO KEEP MONITORING THAT.

IF SOMEBODY GETS IN AND THEY DISCOVER IT'S NOT FOR THEM, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO LEAVE.

LIKE I WANT THEM TO LEAVE BEFORE THEY GRADUATE AND GO OUT ON THE STREETS.

SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT AS THAT CRITICISM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MONITOR AND THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION BACK TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE ON THE RECRUITING SIDE THAT MIGHT HAVE HELPED US MAKE A DIFFERENT DECISION.

SO, OKAY. ONE THING ADMINISTRATOR DIRECTOR ADELBERG STARTED UP WAS AN ACTUAL BRIEF BEFORE THE WEEK BEFORE CLASS, WHERE THEY, OUR RECRUITERS, GET WITH YOU AND LAY OUT EXACTLY HOW THIS PROCESS GOES, BECAUSE THEY SHOW UP DAY ONE AND IT'S ON LIKE THE FULL FLEDGED ACADEMY EXPERIENCE IS ON.

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RIGHT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT WE GOT. THIS IS HOW IT GOES, AND IT'S FOR YOU OR NOT.

IT'S VERY GOOD. SO ON SLIDE SIX, YOU SHOWED 225 HIRED.

HOW ARE YOU GOING? HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR 350 GOAL.

DO YOU THINK WE'LL MAKE IT. WE HAVE THREE CLASSES LEFT.

IT'S 41 POINT SOMETHING LEFT. I THINK WE'LL DEFINITELY HIT OUR GOAL.

IT'S JUST HOW FAR WE PUSH BACK. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 5055 MARK OF GETTING THE MOST QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN OUR ACADEMY CLASS. WE GET WITH ACADEMY STAFF ALSO TO SEE WHAT THEIR THRESHOLD IS AND WHAT IS THE BEST RATE TO PUT IN THERE FOR TRAINING.

AND IT'S USUALLY THAT 5560 GOAL. SO THAT'S OUR GOAL EVERY YEAR.

EVERY MONTH HAS BEEN OR EVERY CLASS HAS BEEN 60.

BUT I'M I LIKE THE 55 TO 60 RIGHT NOW. IT'S GOING REALLY WELL.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. SLIDE EIGHT, YOU'RE SHOWING COMPARISON OF ATTRITION BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR WAS 87. AT THIS POINT YOU'RE AT 113, SO YOU'RE UP ABOUT 30%.

THE ONLY I, I'M HOPING AND PRAYING THAT DECEMBER WAS AN ANOMALY.

THAT'S THE ONE MONTH THAT DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH LAST YEAR.

WE HAD A HIGH RETIREMENT MONTH THIS DECEMBER, THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT EVERY OTHER MONTH HAS BEEN ON PAR WITH WHAT OUR PROJECTED TOTAL WAS, AND EVEN MARCH WAS WELL BELOW SEVEN BELOW OUR PROJECTED TOTAL.

SO WE SEEM TO BE ON A ON A BETTER PROJECTION NOW.

IF WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER DECEMBER. OKAY. THEN I WAS GOING TO GO TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, ON PAGE TEN, THE HEADING FOR THE THIRD COLUMN SAYS END OF SERVICE.

THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMUNICATION SERVICES.

THAT IS OUR END OF SERVICE. MEAN THAT'S THE ATTRITION.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ATTRITION FOR FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. THAT'S A WEIRD HEADING. WE CAN CLARIFY THAT.

THAT'S A NEW SLIDE, A MAJOR I NEED TO PUT IRENE HE'S PUT THIS TOGETHER AND, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT MEANS ATTRITION, BUT THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING VERY HARD. AND LADIES, I SAY GUYS FOR EVERYBODY.

AND WE NEED IT AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARTIN, WERE YOU GOING TO CLARIFY ANY OF THE NUMBERS.

SO IS I. THIS IS MARTIN RIOS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, OVER THE FINANCIAL BUREAU.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OUTSTANDING ON ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION, I CAN ADDRESS IT.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. I JUST DIDN'T CATCH THE QUESTION.

SO THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR THE REFERRAL AND LIKE EVEN AT GRADUATION, I KNOW WE HAD AT LEAST TWO THAT WERE GRADUATING THROUGH THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.

AND SO THE QUESTION IS HOW MANY WERE HIRED THROUGH THAT RECRUITING BONUS PROGRAM AND THEN HOW MANY HAVE GRADUATED? AND SO HOW ARE WE FINANCIALLY, BUT ALSO JUST THE NUMBERS.

I NEED TO, I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO HAVE IT IN, I SHOULD SAY, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, WE STILL HAVE THAT IN THE BUDGET. WE'RE STILL FUNDING THAT AND THERE'S NO PLANS TO DISCONTINUE IT.

SO I'LL GET WITH THE PERSONNEL TEAM TO FIGURE OUT OF THOSE WHO MADE THE REFERRALS, OR ARE THEY STILL WITH THE DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN AND THEN THE PERSON THEY REFERRED PROGRESSING THROUGH THE THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT'S GOT THE STAGGERED TIME.

YOU KNOW, TEN MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE ACADEMY.

WE'RE JUST NOW STARTING TO SEE SOME FOLKS. SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, WELL WE'RE READY FOR OUR NEXT BRIEFING.

THIS WOULD BE ITEM B. THIS IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JENNY NISWANDER OF THE BOND OFFICE.

AND I'LL JUST DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE OF THE MEMORANDUM THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PACKET.

SO FOR OUR DESIGN PROCESS, WE ARE 100%, 100% COMPLETE WITH OUR DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO BOTH OUR OWNERS REP AND OUR CMR. SO THEY'RE REVIEWING THAT NOW FOR COMMENTS ON THE NEXT PHASE AND THEN FOR ANOTHER PRICING PACKAGE WITH THE SEEMORE.

OUR GMP SITE PACKAGE ONE IS ON SCHEDULED AND WE'RE LOOKING TO GET THAT OUT ON THE STREET THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN GET THE BIDS BACK AND TAKE THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN AUGUST, WE'RE SHOOTING FOR AN AUGUST 12TH DEADLINE, BUT THE GOAL IS TO GET IT TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST FOR THE SEPTEMBER GROUNDBREAKING.

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OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES AS WELL. WE HAD A A MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS WHERE WE SHOWED UP JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE OF THE PROJECT AND THAT IT WAS COMING AND TO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD AND TO IDENTIFY CAPACITIES.

EXCUSE ME THERE FOR PUBLIC ART THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MEMO, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY REAL CHANGE IN STATUS FROM THAT.

AND THAT COMPONENT FOR OUR SCHEDULE, THE MAJOR MILESTONES HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED.

SO WE HAVE A GMP ONE AND TWO. AS I, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE.

AND WE'RE SHOOTING TO GETTING THE GROUNDBREAKING OFFICIAL DATE OUT THIS WEEK, I BELIEVE, I THINK THERE WAS JUST ONE OTHER PERSON WE NEEDED TO CONFIRM THAT DATE WITH FOR A BUDGET IN APRIL, WE BRIEFED COUNCIL OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF 227 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL, IN OUR NEXT BRIEFING MEMO, WE INTEND TO UPDATE THAT WITH THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT THAT OUR OWNERS WERE UP IN.

THE SEYMOUR IS LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. VALUE ENGINEERING HAS BEEN CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT.

WHEN WE BRING THE NEXT ESTIMATE IN. AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THE MARKETS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AND DISRUPTION.

SO WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE, AS WE PRICE THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR FUNDING SUMMARY.

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGE SINCE THE LAST BRIEFING.

WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE STATE GRANTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND ARE NOW ACTIVE ON THIS PROJECT PRIVATE FUNDRAISING.

THAT CONTINUES AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

AND THERE IS A PROSPECTIVE CORPORATE DONOR THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET SOME WORD ON WHERE THAT DONATION WOULD, WOULD BE THIS MONTH FOR AWARDED CONTRACTS. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGE SINCE LAST MONTH.

WE ARE SHOWING THE 4.9 AND EXPENDED IN INVOICES THE SAME AS LAST MONTH.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE UPDATED THIS WEEK, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO INCORPORATE IT IN THE MEMO, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT FOR NEXT MONTH.

AND THEN NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD WITH THE GMP PACKAGES IS REALLY OUR FOCUS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS OUT ON THE STREET AND, AND MAINTAIN OUR SCHEDULE. AND THAT IS, THAT IS OUR MEMO.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WE HAVE TWO OF OUR FUNDRAISING TEAM MEMBERS HERE.

DID Y'ALL WANT TO COME DOWN AND SHARE ANYTHING? SO MCBEE AND THE HONORABLE TENNELL ATKINS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. I THINK THE FUNDRAISER IS GOING GREAT.

I THINK THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED THAT Y'ALL SCHEDULE GROUNDBREAKING FOR SEPTEMBER THE 3RD.

AND ONCE Y'ALL DID THAT, DONUTS HAD BEEN CALLING.

AND I THINK WHAT Y'ALL NEED TO DO IS KEEP MARKETING AND KEEP SELLING.

THE POLICE ACADEMY GOT MORE RECRUITS COMING, THE PAY SCALE UP FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS, THEY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

WITH YOU AND T DALLAS WORKING WITH US WITH EDUCATION, THAT'S A GREAT DIFFERENT ALSO I THINK RIGHT NOW.

LYNN, YOU WANT TO. YEAH, SURE. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE UPDATE ON OUR 70 MILLION THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO RAISING AND WHERE WE ARE, WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR CORPORATE SOLICITATIONS VERY, IN VERY SHORT ORDER TODAY.

WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE. SO THAT WILL BE GOOD.

JENNIFER GATES WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A DALLAS CITIZENS COUNCIL SMALL BRIEFING.

AND OUT OF THAT CAME SOME ADDITIONAL INTEREST FROM CORPORATE SUPPORTERS.

WE HAD DONE SOMETHING AT THE DALLAS REGIONAL CHAMBER THAT BROUGHT BANK OF AMERICA FORWARD.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CORPORATE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD.

WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO DIFFERENT FOUNDATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO PUT THIS PROJECT IN THE PIPELINE.

AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEADLINES THAT ARE COMING UP. WE HAVE LET ALL THE FOUNDATIONS THAT WE'VE MET WITH SO FAR SAY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE IN THE QUEUE TO BE FUNDED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND SO I BELIEVE THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE SAW THE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES THAT GO WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND THERE IS SOMETHING FOR THE $1,000 PAVERS ALL THE WAY UP TO $50 MILLION.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO ENGAGE WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THE NEXT TIME WE DO A BRIEFING TO MAYBE FULL COUNCIL, WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING US FIND THOSE, THOSE SUPPORTERS IN YOUR DISTRICTS THAT WANT TO EMBRACE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. WELL,

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IT REALLY IS APPRECIATED. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE COMMITTEE AND THE FULL COUNCIL HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE NAMING DOCUMENTS.

I APPRECIATE YOU RECENTLY HAVE SHARED THAT WITH ME.

BUT THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT FOR NEXT TIME.

OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO JUST SEND IT OUT AS A MEMO TO THE COUNCIL, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO DO THAT.

MANY OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN BOTH SHARE THAT WITH AND ALSO CONNECT TO YOU.

FOR, FOR THOSE THAT ARE WILLING AND I WILL SAY, I JUST GOT A CALL FROM, FROM SOMEBODY THAT YOU'D LIKE.

SO OKAY. WHO HAS QUESTIONS? I'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ROTH.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO REALLY ALSO APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR THE EFFORT OF RAISING MONEY.

IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A DAUNTING TASK AND IT'S TOUGH.

AND YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE ARE BIG DOLLARS AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON IT.

WHAT I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT SHORTFALL BETWEEN 100 AND 85 AND AND 227 MILLION.

AND I WAS, I WAS HOPING THAT YOU ALL WILL BE PRESENTING TO US SOME KIND OF A PLAN B IN TERMS OF DOING A PHASED IN DEVELOPMENT. IF IF, GOD FORBID, WE AREN'T ABLE TO RAISE THE MONEY OR GET THE MONEY FOR THIS, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS THAT ARE DUE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT.

I DON'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE PROJECT. I WANT TO PUSH THIS PROJECT.

I WANT IT TO GET DONE, AND I WANT IT TO BE DONE.

BUT I ALSO THINK WE HAVE TO BUILD IT ACCORDING TO THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO RATHER I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE SEE SOME KIND OF A PLAN B PHASED IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT THAT BASICALLY RECOGNIZES THE FUNDS ON THE ORIGINAL 185 MILLION.

AND THEN IF WE CAN GET THE OTHER, WE CAN WE CAN GET IT DONE.

BUT IF WE. SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE.

INSIDE. SURE. SO I BELIEVE IN OUR LAST BRIEFING TO COUNCIL THAT WE SAID WE'D COME BACK IN JUNE.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WAS WHAT WE COULD BRING FORWARD AND WHEN.

AND THAT'S THE OTHER REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ANY OTHER GMP PACKAGES IS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW GMP ONE AND TWO WOULD BE, WOULD BE TAKE UP THE MONEY THAT WE DO HAVE. SO, AND WE CAN'T BRING ANYTHING TO COUNCIL IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEEN OUR FOCUS. BUT YES, THAT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT BRIEFING.

COUNCIL MEMBER. GAVINO. THANK YOU CHAIR. I WOULD JUST AGREE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE ANY OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NAMING RIGHTS AND THEN WHO TO CONNECT WITH IN CASE THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO, TO DONATE SO THAT WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT TO PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW.

SO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A HARD TASK AND BUT IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

I APOLOGIZE. I THOUGHT Y'ALL HAD THE NAMING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WOULD LIKE.

BUT WE'D LOVE YOUR HELP. THANK YOU. LIN TENNELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING EVERY DOLLAR THAT'S AVAILABLE. I WANT TO GO IN WITH THE MINDSET THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT ALL DONE AND FULL CHARGE AHEAD AND LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN. I REALLY DON'T WANT TO THINK OF A SCENARIO B.

I THINK WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DELIVER WHAT WE'VE PROMISED ON PAGE.

WE'RE THE TRAINING CENTER PROJECT SCHEDULE IS.

THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS. THERE ARE IN 26 WE START BREAKING IT DOWN BY QUARTERS.

WHEN WILL WE HAVE MORE HARD NUMBERS OR HARD DATES, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIRD QUARTER, THREE, QUARTER FOUR. AND THEN THAT STARTS GOING ON THROUGH, I CAN UNDERSTAND 27 AND 28, BUT FINISHING OFF 2026, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE APPROACHING THE THIRD QUARTER ALREADY. SO WHEN WILL WE GET MORE DEFINITIVE DATES? AND THEN IS THERE ANY WAY TO PUSH UP THE THERE WAS A DATE OF AUGUST FOR I GUESS THE, WHAT'S KIND OF PREVENTING IS THERE IT'S PERMITTING, RIGHT? TRYING TO GET, MAKING SURE THE PERMITS ARE ALL READY BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.

WE BREAK GROUND ON CONSTRUCTION. ARE WE CLOSING IN ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY PERMITTING ISSUES? SO, SO, YES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PERMITTING OFFICE FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HICCUP WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET READY TO, TO BREAK GROUND.

AND WE CAN CERTAINLY UPDATE THIS CHART FOR NEXT MONTH, TAKE OUT 2025 AND THEN EXPAND 2026.

AND WE CAN DO THAT FOR NEXT FOR NEXT MONTH FOR SURE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE SCHEDULE FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS IN FRONT OF ME.

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IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES IN THE SCHEDULE, YEP. WE WILL.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON RESENDEZ.

OKAY, WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY SO DID YOU HEAR ENOUGH FROM THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE OR WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC ART ELEMENT.

SO THERE, THERE WERE TWO WAYS TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC ART ELEMENT.

SO ONE WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE OTHER ONE IS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THAT WOULD COUNCIL WOULD ASK TO REMOVE THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN AT THAT LEVEL. I COULDN'T, I COULDN'T REMOVE IT, BUT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY RESPOND TO THAT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CONFIRM IF THE MANAGER HEARD US TO TAKE THAT OUT? I MEAN, IT SEEMED PRETTY UNANIMOUS TO ME, BUT.

I'LL HAVE TO CHECK ON THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THE NEXT PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE DOING IN JUNE.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION SURROUNDING THAT SO WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS OF WHAT THIS BODY WOULD WANT US TO DO.

WELL, SIMULTANEOUSLY, I HOPE WE'LL REACH OUT TO THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART AND THE NASHER AND SEE IF THEY DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN STORAGE THAT MIGHT BE LONG TERM LOAN APPROPRIATE FOR THAT SPACE. DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT.

WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT. THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN STORAGE.

THE NEXT THING I'LL SAY IS THERE'S EVERY SINGLE THING THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE POLICE ACADEMY.

WE ACTUALLY NEED AND WE NEED IT NOW. WE DON'T NEED IT PHASED IN.

WE CAN'T HAVE IT PHASED IN BECAUSE WHERE WILL THAT OTHER ACTIVITY HAPPEN.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU CAN PHASE IN THIS ELEMENT.

I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING ALL OVER TOWN DOING THINGS.

IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. SO IT'S A BIG LIFT.

WE'VE ASKED OF YOU TO DO THIS FUNDRAISING. OUR VOTERS HAVE PUT MONEY IN.

WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE DONATING AND WE NEED TO THANK THEM.

WE NEED TO ALWAYS THANK THEM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR VOTERS FOR THE 50 MILLION, I'M SORRY, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU FOR MORE. THE STATE OF TEXAS, ANOTHER 25 MILLION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. CARUTH FUND 10 MILLION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THEN THE OTHER 11.5 MILLION OF PRIVATE FUNDING.

I WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT IF YOU CAN DELINEATE FOR US EXACTLY THOSE DONORS, LET'S THANK THEM EVERY MONTH, EVERY SINGLE MONTH. LET'S THANK THEM BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT AND THEY NEED IT.

AND FRANKLY, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS NEED THIS ACADEMY.

SO THERE'S NAMES LIKE KLYDE WARREN PARK THAT HAVE JUST BECOME SO ESSENTIAL TO OUR CITY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING MORE ESSENTIAL THAN MAKING SURE WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY. RIGHT. AND IT STARTS WITH THIS ACADEMY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR OUR CITY, BUT ALSO TO THESE FUNDERS.

WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CALL.

AND FOR THE 11.5, WE'LL JUST NEED TO GET PERMISSION TO RELEASE THEIR NAMES.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM ON AN ONGOING BASIS.

IT WILL ALSO BUILD MOMENTUM AND SUPPORT. AND ONCE PEOPLE START SEEING WHO'S ON BOARD, EVERYBODY WANTS TO START COMING ON BOARD AND IT'S A THE MOST WORTHY PROJECT.

SO I AGREE WITH YOU. YEAH. WELL, IF THEY'RE READY, WE'RE HAPPY TO CONNECT THEM WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMITTEE. I'M MAJOR ANDRE TAYLOR, ALONG WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF SHEDD AND CHIEF COMO, AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN OR JUST AN UPDATE OF IT.

CAN WE START WITH SLIDE THREE? OVERALL CRIME IS STILL DOWN.

IT IS DOWN 7.44%. WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE PROJECTS AND THE OPERATIONS THAT WE'VE CONTINUED TO CARRY FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. OPERATION SAFE STREETS HAS PRODUCED 347 TOTAL ARRESTS.

THE LAST OPERATION FOR APRIL OPERATION WE GOT YOU WAS FOCUSED ON ARRESTING INDIVIDUALS FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IN OUR CITY.

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THE NUMBER SHOWS 130, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAD 162 TOTAL ARRESTS.

ONCE WE GOT THE REST OF OUR NUMBERS IN FROM OUR PARTNERS.

160 OF THOSE OFFENSES, OFFENSES WERE CLEARED AND DALLAS DALLAS, 207 TOTAL WERE ACTUALLY CLEARED THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THESE 162 PEOPLE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 590 ARRESTS. WE ALSO WE ALSO CONDUCTED OPERATIONS WITH TERRORIST SHIELD, WHICH WAS AN OPERATION TO FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN.

AND WE HAD A TOTAL OF 28 ARRESTS THERE. NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR GRAPH OF VIOLENT CRIME GOING DOWN OVERALL.

AGAIN 7.44 FOR VIOLENT CRIME MURDER IS DOWN 13.73%.

ROBBERY IS TOTAL DOWN 19.29%. AND AGAIN, AS WE FOCUSED ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS BECAUSE THOSE THINGS WERE PRETTY HEAVY.

IT'S TOTAL WAS DOWN 2.83%. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE ARE THESE ARE THE SAME NUMBERS AS A CHART.

BUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS. AND WE HAVE HAD LESS VICTIMS IN MURDER, ROBBERIES AND ASSAULTS THROUGH THE LAST MONTH OF APRIL.

NEXT SLIDE.

THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS HAVE DECREASED AGAIN YEAR OVER YEAR.

LAST YEAR WE WERE 519 INCIDENTS. THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 469.

AND NEXT SLIDE. THE VICTIM TREND LINE SHOWS THE SAME DECREASE OF 610 LAST YEAR AND 603 THIS YEAR.

COUNCIL DID ASK ABOUT VICTIM SUSPECT RELATIONSHIP OR I SHOULD SAY COMMITTEE ASKED ABOUT VICTIM SUSPECT RELATIONSHIP LAST MEETING.

AND SO THAT NUMBER IS 440 VICTIMS THAT WE KNOW OF THAT WE KNOW OF.

AND WE MADE ARRESTS ON. AND THAT RELATIONSHIP WAS PRIMARILY HIGHER BETWEEN BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND VICTIMS. WE FOUND THAT AT 40%, THAT WAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP.

NEXT SLIDE. THE MURDER DEMOGRAPHICS SIMPLY SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE VICTIM TO SUSPECTS WHEN IT CAME TO MURDER.

THE VERY BOTTOM OF THAT SLIDE SHOWS THEIR AGE RANGE.

AND SO NEXT SLIDE. COUNCIL ALSO ASKS ABOUT OR COMMITTEE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS OF VIOLENT YOUTH OFFENDERS. AND SO THESE ARE THE REPORTED OFFENSES OF YOUTH OFFENDERS WHO HAD A WEAPON.

IF YOU NOTICE THE COLUMNS, THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM 2021 TO 2026.

AND EACH YEAR THOSE NUMBERS HAVE ALSO DECREASED.

THIS YEAR, REPORTS OF OFFENSES INVOLVING JUVENILES WITH WEAPONS IS ONLY AT 14 FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THE LAST SLIDE GOES INTO OUR FOCUS DETERRENCE INFORMATION. WE HAVE 93 ADDITIONAL CLIENTS OR CLIENTS INVOLVED 181 CONTACTS AND 32 REFERRALS THIS MONTH.

WE ALSO CONDUCTED ONE WORKSHOP ADDITIONAL JAIL NOTIFICATIONS, AND WE HAD A COUPLE EVENTS AT THE DA'S OFFICE AND THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THIS AT THIS TIME, THOUGH SPECIFIC AND SIGNIFICANT UPDATES WITH THE PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATION AND PSN IS CONTINUING TO DO OUR REGULAR WORK. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. THANK YOU.

FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF.

COMO KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS A LOT ABOUT OUR VIOLENT CRIME.

AND WE SEE THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN.

IT'S NOT SHOWING ON MY SYSTEM. NOT THAT Y'ALL DIDN'T SEE IT. IT'S NOT SHOWING ON MY SYSTEM.

SO IF SOMEONE CAN SEND THAT TO ME I'LL APPRECIATE IT.

AND NOW WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IN PARTICULARLY WAS THE YOUTH BY THE NUMBERS.

I THINK YOU SAID THIRD DOWN OR WHAT WAS THAT? BECAUSE I'M NOT ABLE TO SEE IT. VIOLENT CRIME OFFENSES.

YES. SO I THINK YOU SAID YOUTH. CORRECT. IT IS FOR YOUTH.

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SO IT'S ON. YEAH. PAGE NINE. IT SAYS VIOLENT CRIME OFFENSES INVOLVING A WEAPON.

THOSE ARE FOR YOUTH. IF WE DID ALL VIOLENT CRIME FOR ADULTS, IT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER.

BUT THESE ARE RECORDED OR REPORTED OFFENSES OF YOUTH.

OKAY. AND I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I GUESS LET ME GET WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.

OKAY. AND GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE THE VIOLENT CRIME AND I KNOW THE RANDOM GUNFIRE IS NOT A PART OF THIS, BUT I ALSO WANT TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSION AS WELL.

I'M LOOKING AT A PREVENTIVE MEASURE AND I KNOW THERE'S NO SILVER BULLET TO HOW WE'RE FIXING THIS, BUT I WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU.

COME ON, FOR WORKING WITH US. AND MAJOR GREER, WE'VE BEEN CALLING, AND THIS HAS BEEN A BIG SITUATION IN MY COMMUNITY, SO I APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT'S GOING TO HELP US BRING SOME RESOLVE TO THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RESENDEZ. NO QUESTIONS.

JUST ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILMEMBER ROFF CADENA.

YES. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. BUT I ALSO NOTICED ON THE SLIDE EIGHT, THE MURDER VICTIM.

MURDER VICTIM. DEMOGRAPHICS. THE SUSPECT, AGE TEN THROUGH 19.

THE PERCENTAGE WAS 37.14. THAT SEEMS SO HIGH.

ARE WE SEEING ANY TRENDS WITH THIS SPECIFICALLY OR CERTAIN AREA? MAYBE THIS IS HAPPENING. SO RECENTLY WE HAD I BELIEVE IT WAS A THE MONTH OF MARCH.

WE HAD THREE INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED WITH SHOOTINGS.

THE INDIVIDUALS END UP DYING. HOWEVER, THOSE FAMILY VIOLENCE DEALS WERE STILL A MURDER.

AND SO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT'S A NUMBER IS WITH TEN YEAR OLDS ON A NORMAL BASIS.

BUT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, WE NOTICED THAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC IS HIGHER.

OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU.

CAN YOU GUYS GO OVER OPERATION SAFE STREETS AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS? ABSOLUTELY. OPERATION SAFE STREETS HAS BEEN BEING CONDUCTED SINCE I GUESS OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO APPREHENDING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION THINGS ALONG THAT ALONG THOSE LINES IN OUR CITY.

WE'VE BEEN USING THAT WITH A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN THE PSN LOCATIONS AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BEEN FOCUSING ON THESE INDIVIDUALS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND WE WANT TO MAKE THE STREETS OF DALLAS SAFE.

SO IT'S A CONTINUOUS OPERATION. OKAY. AND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN A SLIDE ON HOTSPOT POLICING ON THE IDENTIFYING AREAS TO INCREASE PATROLS AND TO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE USUALLY ABOUT 3 TO 5 LOCATIONS THAT THE CITY IS WORKING TOWARDS. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO WE, WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TO RUN, WE CONTINUOUSLY RUN THE NIJ LOCATIONS.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. THE PENILE AND NIJ LOCATIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED.

WE'RE IN PERIOD 27 OF THE NINE LOCATIONS. I CAN DEFINITELY ADD THAT AS AN UPDATE OR GIVE YOU WHATEVER INFORMATION, BUT THAT IS CONTINUOUS. IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

OKAY. CHIEF, WE'VE RECENTLY SEEN AN INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE IN DEEP ELLUM IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN OUT THERE. YOU HAVE A SECOND DEDICATED UNIT IN THE WORKS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO POLICE OUR WAY OUT OF IT. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM IS THE LACK OF PROPER CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THESE TROUBLED NIGHTCLUBS ARE ACTING AT OR HAVE A CEO OF A RESTAURANT, BUT THEY ARE OPERATING AS A BAR OR OPERATING AS A ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, A CLUB.

THEY DON'T HAVE DANCE HALL PERMITS. THEY DON'T HAVE PROMOTER LICENSES.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF 311 IN CODE COMPLIANCE CALLS.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO OUTSIDE OF POLICING IN ORDER TO GET A HANDLE ON THESE TROUBLED NIGHTCLUBS THAT ARE SHOULD NOT BE IN OPERATION. WE SHOULD BE CLOSING THEM DOWN FOR NOT HAVING THE PROPER CERTIFICATES TO OPERATE.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE I WANT TO WE HAD A SERGEANT COME TO US AND AND SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD WORK WITH THE SECURITY GUARDS AND DEEP ELLUM AND KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE AWARENESS AND EDUCATION FROM DPD. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON AND TRY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE SECURITY GUARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN DEEP ELLUM,

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BUT I THINK ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT IS ONCE YOU REACH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WHAT I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO DO IS SEE YOU HAVE TO HIRE A DALLAS POLICE OFFICER TO BE THERE, BECAUSE WE KEEP ADDING RESOURCE AFTER RESOURCE AND MORE AND MORE MANPOWER THERE.

THAT'S COMING FROM OUR PATROL. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, SAY YOU AS A BODY OF THE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD COULD WORK ON AND SAY, HEY, IF YOU HAVE OVER AND WE COME UP WITH A MAGIC NUMBER.

YOU NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM DALLAS THERE. I THINK AUTOMATICALLY THAT WILL START HELPING US CONTROL THAT AREA BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY TOUGH. WE JUST KEEP THROWING OFFICE AFTER OFFICE AND MORE OVERTIME. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THERE. BUT THE MORE OFFICES THAT WE CAN GET THERE PAID FOR BY THE ESTABLISHMENTS WOULD BE HELPFUL.

SO MADAM CHAIR, WHEN A VENUE GETS AN SUP, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS TO HAVE A SECURITY GUARD. WE THAT MIGHT BE A STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IS REQUIRING A LICENSED T CO OR POLICE OFFICER TO BE PART OF THE, THE PLAN.

BUT THE ISSUE STILL NEGATES THE FACT THAT THESE RESTAURANTS ARE ACTING AS RESTAURANTS AND NOT GETTING THE PROPER SUP PERMIT.

AND SO REALLY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICES.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE KNOWN ESTABLISHMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER CEO, DO NOT HAVE A DANCE HALL PERMIT, DO NOT HAVE A PROMOTER LICENSE, AND THE 311911 CALLS ARE PAGES LONG.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE KNOW AS A CITY IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE TRIED TO TACKLE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. WE HAD A MEETING, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND TO REALLY LOOK AT WAYS TO ENABLE THE CITY TO NOT BE ON THE BACK END OF ALL THESE PROBLEMS, BUT START TO HANDLE THEM ON THE FRONT END.

WE NOTICED THAT, YES, IT IS AN ISSUE WITH HOW SOME OF THESE SOME WILL COME OUT AS A RESTAURANT, BUT THEY OPERATE IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MANNER, WHICH CAUSES PROBLEMS NOT ONLY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR CODE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE OR PROCESS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY CAN TAKE ON THESE TYPE OF ISSUES. THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO LOOK AT THEM A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE, LIKE YOU SAID, OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, CALLS AT THESE LOCATIONS AND WHICH IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO LEAD TO SOMETHING.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR APPROACH AND LOOK AT WAYS TO WORK WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND LOOK AT HOW THESE CEOS ARE ISSUED AND HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY PLAY A PART IN HELPING TO ESTABLISH THAT WHEN THESE PLACES ARE HAVING ISSUES THAT NOT ONLY US AS POLICE, FIRE AND CODE, BUT THE.

THE BUILDING OFFICIAL IS OFFICIALS INVOLVED WITH LOOKING AT HOW DO WE POSSIBLY LOOK AT THAT CEO AND DETERMINE IF IT'S ACTUALLY DOING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE DOING, OR IF THEY'RE OUTSIDE OF THAT? AND WHAT DO WE GO FROM THERE? THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT MEETING.

LAST WEEK BUT QUITE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, I, I'M TIRED OF HAVING THESE MEETINGS IN CYCLES.

WE REALLY JUST NEED TO GO AND IMPLEMENT AND REVOKE CEOS WHEN THEY'RE NOT.

IT'S AN ILLEGAL LAND USE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. OTHER CITIES ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE WATER AND PUTTING CHAINS ON DOORS OF OPERATORS THAT ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR IS THAT IF THERE IS AN OPERATOR THAT IS OPERATING WITH AN IMPROPER CEO, THAT WE GO IN AND STOP THIS BEFORE WE HAVE ANOTHER MURDER.

THANK YOU. WELL, MAYOR PRO TEM, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I KNOW YOU SAY YOU WANT TO BE ON THE FRONT END, BUT YOU'RE TOO LATE.

YOU'RE ALREADY NOT ON THE FRONT END. AND BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

SO I THINK THERE'S A VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION. AND IT'S THIS WEEKEND.

THIS WEEKEND, GET THE INSPECTORS OUT THERE, SEE IF THEY HAVE AN APPROPRIATE CO.

IF THEY DON'T SHUT THEM DOWN, SEE IF THEY HAVE AN APPROPRIATE SUP.

IF THEY DON'T SHUT THEM DOWN. SEE IF THEY HAVE THE PROMOTER LICENSE.

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THAT'S HOW YOU ACT PROACTIVELY. AND TO START LOOKING AT THINGS AND HAVING MORE MEETINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE ALREADY HAVE CODIFIED ALL OF THIS.

AND SO THIS IS MANDATORY OVERTIME FOR CODE COMPLIANCE AND GO DO IT.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY IF I HAD THE POWER, ALTHOUGH I DON'T.

SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU. AND I KNOW THAT OUR MAYOR PRO TEM IS VERY FRUSTRATED.

AND I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS ARE FRUSTRATED, BUT BY NOT ACTING, YOU ARE TELLING THE RESIDENTS OF DALLAS DON'T GO THERE, IT'S NOT SAFE. I CAN SAY FROM PUBLIC SAFETY WE'RE DEFINITELY FRUSTRATED.

OKAY. WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO GET THIS ON THE FOREFRONT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THESE ISSUES. WE'RE THE PERSONS YOU CALL WHENEVER THESE ISSUES HAPPEN.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE ON THE FRONT END OF THIS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO SHOW UP WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAS TO HAPPEN.

WELL, I THINK DEEP ELLUM IS A VERY COOL PLACE, AND I KNOW THAT IT IS A HUB FOR SO MUCH FUN AND CREATIVITY IN OUR CITY. AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SHUN IT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID.

AND SO TODAY'S MONDAY, YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE WEEKEND COMES AND THESE ISSUES APPEAR AGAIN.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACT WITH THAT KIND OF URGENCY.

TO YOUR SUGGESTION ABOUT THE SOUPS AND AND THE LEGISLATIVE ITEM.

I THINK THE LEGISLATIVE ITEM IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING THAT'S A STATEWIDE THAN WHAT WE CAN DO HERE VERY QUICKLY.

AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO REQUIRE IT.

BUT, CHIEF, I THINK THE QUESTIONS ARE DO YOU THINK, GIVEN YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT HIRING DPD AND I'M ASSUMING YOU MEAN OFF DUTY DPD IS THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION? IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CRIMES THAT THEY'VE HAD WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD BEFORE? OR IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF 911 CALLS WITHIN A PERIOD PRIOR? WHAT IS IT THAT YOU SEE OR THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE CONSIDER? I THINK INITIALLY, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE CUSTOMERS FIRST, RIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU START HAVING SO MANY CUSTOMERS AND YOU MIXING ALCOHOL WITH IT, THAT'S NORMALLY WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR ISSUES AND PROBLEMS AT.

AND LOOK, I, I HATE TO SAY IT THIS WAY, BUT IT'S TRUE.

IF YOU HAVE TWO UNARMED SECURITY GUARDS STANDING AT YOUR FRONT DOOR, AND IF YOU HAVE OR YOU HAVE TWO DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS STANDING AT YOUR FRONT DOOR, IT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE ANYONE THAT'S IN THERE IS GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY THINK, THIS COULD PUT ME IN JAIL WITHIN A MINUTE. AND IF THERE'S AN UNARMED SECURITY GUARD THERE, I CAN HAVE A FISTFIGHT. I CAN CAUSE A RUCKUS, AND I CAN GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE THE POLICE GETS HERE.

IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND IT'S A DIFFERENT MINDSET WHEN THEY SEE THOSE TWO DALLAS OFFICERS STANDING OUT THERE.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE ABOUT HOW MANY CUSTOMERS YOU THINK THAT IS.

MAYBE COMMAND STAFF CAN GET TOGETHER AND, AND COME UP WITH WHAT YOU SEE WOULD BE HELPFUL.

MAYOR PRO TEM, MAYBE YOU CAN JOIN THAT CONVERSATION UP AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF RECOMMENDATION, BUT LET'S BRING SOMETHING BACK AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AND PERHAPS IF THE COMMITTEE IS OPEN TO WHATEVER THEY DEVELOP, MAYBE WE SKIP EVEN BRING IT HERE AND WE JUST BRING IT RIGHT BACK TO COUNCIL, BECAUSE ALL OF US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND WE HAVE TO STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND JUST DO SOMETHING.

SO I KNOW THAT YOU ARE EAGER TO DO THAT AS WELL.

SO IS THERE ANYBODY WHO FEELS LIKE IT NEEDS TO COME BACK HERE FIRST OR ARE YOU GOOD IF IT JUST GOES TO THE FULL COUNCIL BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHIEF? YEAH. GREAT. OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT. SO LET ME ASK THERE WAS JUST A QUESTION.

MAJOR TAYLOR. RIGHT. CHIEF TAYLOR OKAY. YOU'RE CONTINUING WITH A P AND I, BUT I THINK THE REAL QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE GRIDS AND ARE WE CONTINUING WITH ALL THE GRIDS.

YES. THE GRIDS HAVEN'T CHANGED YET EITHER. SO IT HASN'T CHANGED.

NO, I THINK I THOUGHT COUNCILMAN QUESTION WAS THE FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE.

WE WILL ADJUST THOSE LOCATIONS BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF CRIME THAT IS DECREASED.

SO THERE IS A LOCATION THAT WILL BE CHANGED, JUST LIKE ONE WAS CHANGED HERE RECENTLY.

BEGINNING OF APRIL. BUT SO THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN THE CON.

YOU'RE NO LONGER WORKING WITH A UT SAN ANTONIO.

IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH IT'S COMING. YEAH IT'S COMING.

AUGUST 1ST IS WHEN IT WHEN THEY'VE DECIDED. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND PRESENT THEMSELVES TO COUNCIL I THINK NEXT MONTH.

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YEAH. THEY BROKE UP WITH US. THAT PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

THEY BROKE UP WITH US AND WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AND WE'RE STARTING WITH THE ONES THAT ARE HERE IN DALLAS THAT CAN HELP US ACADEMIA, INSTITUTIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE REACHED OUT TO.

AND WE HAVE A LIST THAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING TO.

OKAY. AND THEY WOULD DO THE DATA ANALYTICS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, THE GRIDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON WOULD BE.

AND OUR TEAM IS, OUR TEAM ALREADY HAS PRETTY MUCH THE FORMULA.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT FORMULA THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW.

OKAY, GREAT. SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT ON SLIDE FOUR, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THIS CHART WHERE IT'S ALL NEGATIVES.

THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ON THE POSITIVES. AND WHAT'S SURPRISING TO ME WHEN I LOOK AT THIS NOW IS THAT BUSINESS ROBBERY IS DOWN 41.94%, 42%. AND THAT WAS THE LAST INDICATOR TO SWITCH FROM CRIME WAS UP TO CRIME IS DOWN.

CORRECT. AND SO HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT IT'S DOWN SO MUCH NOW.

YEAH. SO PART OF IT IS THE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ARREST THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETING THESE BUSINESSES AND THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND JUST THE MONTH BEFORE HERE WE WERE DOING ROBBERIES AND ACT ROBBERY SUSPECTS.

SO WE HAVE VIGILANTLY TARGETED THESE INDIVIDUALS JUST LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WITH THE INDIVIDUALS.

SO I THINK THAT CREDIT TO WHY IT LOOKS LIKE SUCH AN INCREASE IS THAT THEY'RE STILL IN JAIL.

WELL, THIS IS A HUGE WIN FOR DALLAS RESIDENTS THAT YOU HAVE GONE AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUSING THE CRIME AND REMOVE THEM.

AND NOW 42% REDUCTION IN BUSINESS ROBBERY. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, THANK YOU. I THINK ONE BIG STAT ALSO THAT I'D LOVE TO MENTION, AND THE NUMBER CONTINUES TO RISE, IS THAT 84% OF THOSE FELONS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN JAIL ARE REMAINING IN JAIL RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT NUMBER KEEPS CREEPING UP EVERY TIME WE'RE DOING THESE OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WOW. WELL, I WOULD JUST JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER IN EXPRESSING THE DIFFICULTY IN READING THE DATA THAT IS SO SHOCKING ABOUT THE SUSPECT AGES ON MURDER BEING BETWEEN AGE TEN AND 19 WITH 37%.

IT'S THE HIGHEST DEMOGRAPHIC AGE GROUP. AND WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU AND CHALLENGE YOU IS TO COME BACK TO US WITH WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP.

WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO HELP? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE TAKING SOMEBODY'S LIFE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO RUINING THEIR LIFE.

AND THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY. THIS THIS IS JUST THESE ARE BABIES AND THEY'RE KILLING EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE KILLING OTHERS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND ANYTHING YOU THINK WE CAN DO TO HELP ON THAT FRONT.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. MENDELSOHN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

PAGE EIGHT. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE I GUESS THE THE SUSPECT RATE BLACK 60 71%.

I THINK CHAIR MENDELSOHN, YOU JUST SAID THOSE AGES ARE BETWEEN 13, 10 TO 19 YEARS OLD.

AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ALLUDE TO A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT PROBABLY A MONTH AGO WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS THE, THE CRIME FOR OUR YOUTH. AND SO THAT AS A FORM OF TRUSTEE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.

AND SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DISTRICT HAD THE HIGHEST YOUTH OFFENDER WEAPONS WITH WEAPONS? WHAT DISTRICT HAD THE HIGHEST YOUTH OFFENDER WITH WEAPONS OUT OF THE 14 DISTRICTS.

OKAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GET WITH THEM SEPARATELY FOR THAT BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO CITY WIDE POLICY.

RIGHT. AND SO, AND ALSO MY LAST QUESTION IS I MY STATEMENT IS THAT I, I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM HIS FRUSTRATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF C STORES AND SHOPPING CENTERS IN DISTRICT FOUR THAT ARE CREATING A WHOLE LOT OF THE CRIME THAT WE'RE SEEING PROSTITUTION BLIGHT DRUG DEALS AND ALL THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET WITH YOU GUYS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX THAT PROBLEM.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR ME IN THE DISTRICT THAT I SERVE IN.

SO THESE ARE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF. AND THOSE SLUMLORDS THAT'S BEEN ALLOWING THIS STUFF TO HAPPEN FOR OVER A DECADE, THAT KIND OF STUFF HAS TO

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THANK YOU, CHAIR MEMBERS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN, I'D SAY FOR THE ARREST BETWEEN APRIL 2024 AND APRIL 2026 DISTRICT THREE HAD SEVEN ARRESTS FOR JUVENILES WITH ASSAULTS, ROBBERY, MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER, AND DISTRICT THREE HAD SEVEN.

DISTRICT FOUR HAD SEVEN. DISTRICT EIGHT HAD FOUR.

SO THESE ARE THE ARRESTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR THOSE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU AFTERWARDS. YES, SIR. BLESSINGS. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT UP, THE F.R RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY NAME IS STEVEN LOPEZ.

I'M THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF TRAINING AND RECRUITING AND RETENTION.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE DF'S UPDATE. SECOND QUARTER UPDATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SLIDE TWO PLEASE. SLIDE TWO JUST SHOWS THAT THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER OUR FROT OUR FIRE RESCUE OFFICER TRAINEE APPLICATION PROCESS.

OUR SECOND QUARTER ATTRITION AND HIRING. SECOND QUARTER ATTRITION.

REASON. BREAKDOWN. UNIFORM HIRING DATA. APPLICATION MOTIVATION AND REFERRAL.

SOURCE AND SECOND QUARTER RECRUITING ACTIVITIES.

SLIDE THREE PLEASE. AS A REMINDER, DFRFROT APPLICATION PROCESS CONSISTS OF AN OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD.

CIVIL SERVICE THEN TAKES THOSE APPLICANTS AND THEN REFERS THEM TO DFR FOR FOR APPLICANT VETTING.

BACK ON DECEMBER 29TH OF 2025, WE OPENED UP THE FROT APPLICATION PERIOD FOR 37 DAYS.

WE ENDED UP CLOSING IT ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026.

DURING THOSE 37 DAYS, WE HAD 580 2FROT APPLICANTS AND 540 OF THOSE WERE REFERRED BY CIVIL SERVICE.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN DFW'S RECRUITING QUEUE CONDUCTING BACKGROUND PACKET AND HISTORY HISTORY PACKETS.

SLIDE FOUR PLEASE. SLIDE FOUR DEMONSTRATES OUR SECOND QUARTER HIRING WHILE WE HIRED 18 MEMBERS BACK ON JANUARY 14TH, 2026, WE HAD AN ATTRITION RATE OF 17 MEMBERS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR NUMBERS ARE TRACKING QUITE WELL.

FOR YEAR TO DATE HIRING, WE'VE HAD 30 MEMBERS, 31 MEMBERS AS PART OF OUR ATTRITION RATE, AND WE'VE HIRED 40 MEMBERS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ATTRITION RATE HAS DRASTICALLY SLOWED WITHIN DFR.

IN 2025, OUR ATTRITION RATE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR WAS 100 AND 112, I BELIEVE WHICH WAS 9.1 PER MONTH.

NOW IN 2026, WE'VE ONLY HAD 40 MEMBERS RETIRE, RESIGN, OR BE TERMINATED, WHICH HAS REDUCED IT DOWN TO 6.6 PER MONTH. AGAIN, THAT'S THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF THIS THIS FISCAL YEAR.

SLIDE FIVE PLEASE. SLIDE FIVE IS A VISUAL COMPARISON SHOWING OUR 40 NEW HIRES VERSUS THE VERSUS THE ATTRITION RATE OF THE 31 MEMBERS THAT HAVE LEFT EMPLOYMENT WITH DALLAS FIRE RESCUE.

AND THOSE ATTRITION RATES AND REASONS CONTINUE TO BE FIELD FAILING.

FIELD TRAINING AND RESIGNATION FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

THOSE CONTINUED THOSE, THESE, THESE INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES JUST KIND OF MOVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THERE'S NOT ANY ONE GLARING ATTRITION REASON THAT WE CAN, WE CAN POINT TO AT THIS TIME.

SLIDE SIX. SLIDE SIX IS OUR UNIFORM HIRING DATA.

AGAIN, WE HAD 582 APPLICANTS 540 OF THOSE WERE REFERRED BY CIVIL SERVICE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 522 APPLICATIONS IN THE PROCESS, AND WE HAVE EIGHT.

WE ONBOARDED 18 MEMBERS BACK IN JANUARY. ALSO, FOR OUR SINGLE FUNCTION, WE HAD.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 40 MEMBERS, 40 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE REFERRED BY CIVIL SERVICE.

BUT WE WILL BE OPENING THE SINGLE FUNCTION APPLICATION PERIOD ON MAY 18TH.

SLIDE SEVEN PLEASE. SLIDE SEVEN IS THE MOTIVATIONS FOR CHOOSING DFARS AN EMPLOYER.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WE STILL HAVE DESIRE TO SERVE BEING OUR GREATEST, OUR GREATEST CATEGORY FOLLOWED CLOSELY OR FOLLOWED IN SECOND BY BENEFITS.

IT'S TO NOTE THAT APPROXIMATELY 30 CANDIDATES THAT APPLIED FOR US OR HAVE CALLED CONTACTED DFR HAS BEEN REFERRED TO

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SO WE'RE TRYING TO. ANYONE WHO DOESN'T FIT OUR PARAMETERS OR CAN'T GET HIRED AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH TOWARDS DPD. AGAIN, THE REASON THESE NUMBERS LOOK SKEWED IS BECAUSE APPLICANTS ARE PERMITTED TO CHOOSE MULTIPLE CATEGORIES.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A 90% DESIRE TO SERVE BENEFITS, SALARY AND REPUTATION ALSO FALL IN LINE WITH A LOT OF OUR APPLICANTS. SLIDE EIGHT IS HOW OUR IS HOW OUR APPLICANTS HEARD ABOUT DFR.

OUR DFR WEBSITE AND DFR EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO RANK AMONG THE HIGHEST.

JUST CONSISTENT WORD OF MOUTH IN OUR CITY OF DALLAS WEBSITE ALSO BRINGS IN A LOT OF OUR APPLICANTS THAT WE TRY TO PUSH TOWARDS THE APPLICATION PORTAL.

SLIDE NINE IS OUR SECOND QUARTER RECRUITING ACTIVITIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD TEN EVENTS IN DALLAS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST.

IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS JUST FOR SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

AND THAT CONCLUDES DFS SECOND SECOND QUARTER UPDATE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT WHO'S GOT SOME QUESTIONS.

NO ONE'S GOT QUESTIONS. OKAY. WELL I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE HARD QUESTION.

IT'S NOT EXACTLY ON THE PRESENTATION BUT IT IS.

SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT A BUDGET FREEZE HERE.

AND PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH OVERTIME FOR DHFR.

TALK TO US ABOUT THE MANDATORY STAFFING AND WHY YOU NEED TO, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS MANDATORY STAFFING AND WHAT IS THE LEVEL AND WHY ARE WE REQUIRED? WHY IS THERE SO MUCH OVERTIME RIGHT NOW? WHAT HAPPENED ON THE STAFFING SIDE? I'LL ADDRESS THAT.

THANK YOU. JUSTIN BOARD, FIRE CHIEF. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

SO WE HAVE A MANDATORY MINIMUM STAFFING, AND THAT'S FOUR.

WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS ON EACH ENGINE AND EACH TRUCK AND TWO MEMBERS ON EACH RESCUE.

AND WE WE ABIDE BY THE FORUM FOR SAFETY REASONS.

NOT ONLY SAFETY FOR OUR MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THE DAILY MINIMUM MANDATORY STAFFING IS 464 A DAY.

TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. WE NEED TO BE AROUND 593 ASSIGNED TO GET THE FULL 64 A DAY. AND, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 1.28 MEMBERS PER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO STAFF WITH THE FOUR AROUND. SO WHEN ANY DAY THAT THERE THAT'S WE'RE NOT REACHING THAT.

AND AND IT'S BECAUSE OF UNSCHEDULED LEAVE, RIGHT.

SO THEN WE WE WILL HIRE THEM BACK FOR AN OVERTIME SHIFT.

IF, IF WE DON'T, IF WE, IF THERE'S NOBODY VOLUNTEERING, THEN WE'LL FORCE THEM TO, TO WORK A MANDATORY, WHICH WE DON'T DO VERY OFTEN NOWADAYS. WE DID IN THE PAST AS FAR AS THE OVERTIME WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT BEING EXTRAVAGANT ON OVERTIME. WE'RE COVERING THE MANDATORY STAFFING, WHICH IS NOT A DECISION THAT WE MAKE.

IT'S THIS IS IT. THERE'S SOMEBODY, THERE'S A VACANCY AND WE RIDE WITH FOR FOR MEMBERS FOR SAFETY, THE THE OVERTIME, LIKE AS FAR AS THE HOURS WE WE MAY BE THE LOWEST WE'VE BEEN IN TEN YEARS.

DEFINITELY FIVE. BUT YOU KNOW, TO BE FAIR, WE WE GOT MORE STAFFING, WHICH. THERE'S A COST TO THE STAFFING ALSO. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THE OVERTIME.

WE'RE NOT THROWING OVERTIME AT STAFF. IT'S THE OTHER TIME WE'RE USING IS IS.

FOR, FOR THE MOST PART, UNLESS IT'S REIMBURSED, IT'S GOING TO BE TO FILL THEM MANDATORY POSITIONS.

THE REST WE HAVE DEPLOYMENTS. THERE'S NEVER A DAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE MEMBERS OUT BEING DEPLOYED AND THAT CREATES OVERTIME.

BUT WE GET REIMBURSED FROM THE STATE FOR THAT AND WE ALWAYS GET THE MONEY.

SO WE ARE, WE'RE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO JUST TO GIVE THE NUMBERS, THE ALLOCATED BUDGET FOR SWANN OVERTIME FOR DFR FOR THIS YEAR IS 20.4 MILLION.

AND SO FAR YOU'RE TODAY YOU'RE AT 16.7 MILLION.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT MORE OF THE YEAR TO GO.

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AND SO I JUST THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN THE WHY, BUT THE MAIN CAUSE, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS UNSCHEDULED TIME OFF. BUT YOU ALSO HAD SOME SOME OFFICERS LEAVE.

RIGHT. MORE THAN YOU EXPECTED. NO, NO, NO, WE DIDN'T LIKE, WE HAD LESS ACTUALLY THAN WE EXPECTED.

BUT SO WE'RE WITHIN OUR HIRING NUMBERS, RIGHT.

WE FOR SURE. YEAH, WE'RE FULL. RIGHT. BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

SO THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WE KNEW WOULD BE HIGHER DUE TO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THE MEMBERS WERE IN TRAINING.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE WITHIN OUR NUMBERS, THERE'S A YOU KNOW, THERE'S IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY WHEN YOU'VE GOT 150, 200 IN TRAINING AS OPPOSED TO 100, RIGHT? SO THIS SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, WE'VE TRANSITIONED TO THE MAJORITY BEING IN THE FIELD. SO, SO NO MATTER WHAT, THE NEXT SIX MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER THAN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.

AND WE KNEW THAT. AND THEN JUST FOR THE NEWER MEMBERS WE ACTUALLY PAUSED RECRUITING FOR DHFR BECAUSE YOU WERE FULLY STAFFED.

YEAH, BECAUSE I, I'LL, BECAUSE WE PROJECT 13 MONTHS.

RIGHT. SO WE ON OUR PROJECTIONS FOR ATTRITION, WE GO BY THE YEAR BEFORE.

THAT'S ALL WE REALLY HAVE TO, TO BASE IT ON. SO WE WERE PROJECTED FOR 12 A MONTH.

THAT'S 100 144 A YEAR. AND IT WENT DOWN TO, I THINK, LAST SUMMER ALL OF A SUDDEN TWO, THREE A MONTH.

IT JUST REALLY WENT DOWN. SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, WE WENT A BIT OVER.

SO WE SUSPENDED THE HIRING UNTIL WE GO QUITE A BIT UNDER.

AND THEN WE'LL RESUME PROBABLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

BUT WE'RE WE DECIDED TO WE'RE GOING TO MEET QUARTERLY AND MAKE A DECISION ON EACH ROOKIE CLASS RATHER THAN JUST A WHOLE YEAR IN ADVANCE BECAUSE IT WE WE WERE OFF ON THE PROJECTION. GREAT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WELL, I THINK WE ARE READY TO GO TO OUR NEXT ITEM.

AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE ONE ITEM OUT OF ORDER HERE.

SO IF WE CAN JUST POP OVER TO ITEM N WHILE WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE.

THIS IS A RECONSIDERATION OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AGE REQUIREMENTS.

AND WHAT YOU SEE IS A VERY SHORT MEMO FROM FROM CHIEF ARDIS.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IS WE HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING THE YOUNGEST AGE LIMITS THAT WE HAD, AND WE LOWERED THE AGE LIMIT.

WE TOOK AWAY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND ACTUALLY MANAGED TO FLIP IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, WHERE PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS, AND NOW YOU ACTUALLY EARN THOSE CREDIT HOURS THROUGH THE ACADEMY.

SO YOU'RE ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN WHEN WE HIRED YOU.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM, MEANING THERE'S A TOP FOR YOU CAN ONLY APPLY IF YOU'RE BETWEEN THESE TWO AGES.

AND THE IDEA OF RAISING THAT AGE LIMIT REALLY WAS NOT DISCUSSED.

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME SAYING, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE GREAT DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT FORCE, BUT I'M TOO OLD. AND THEY RUN MARATHONS AND THEY'RE SUPER ACTIVE.

AND WE ALL KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING LONGER.

AND SO THERE'S AN INTEREST IN PERHAPS INCREASING THAT AGE AND MATCHING IT WITH SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING CITIES AND, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT THE DISCUSSION ABOUT IS ABOUT.

IT WOULD, OF COURSE, GO TO CIVIL SERVICE FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THE BOARD AND THE STAFF.

BUT THE QUESTION BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED DOING THE WORK IS IF WE WANT THEM TO EXPLORE THAT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO WASTE THEIR TIME.

BUT IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, THEN LET'S ASK THEM TO DO THAT AND BRING IT BACK TO US.

WHAT WHAT AGE ARE WE LOOKING AT TO START? HERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JARED DAVIS, CIVIL SERVICE BOARD SECRETARY AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

OUR CURRENT. CURRENTLY, WE WILL ALLOW ANYONE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT INTO DPD

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AT THE TIME WE ADMINISTERED THE ENTRY LEVEL CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.

SO BY THEY HAVE TO BE NO MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, 44 AND 364 DAYS BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO REVERSE.

YES, SIR. AND SO WHAT AGE ARE WE TRYING TO MOVE IT TO? I THINK THAT IF I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF KIND OF KICKING THIS CONVERSATION OFF TODAY, WOULD UNDERSTAND DIRECTIONALLY FROM YOU ALL, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND THEN WE COULD CONDUCT BENCHMARKS AND CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE RULE MAKING PROCESS.

IF THAT'S IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT. SO IN SHORT, DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER OF AN EXACT AGE TODAY, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOME OF THIS CONVERSATION.

IF THIS WOULD BE THE DESIRE OF, OF, OF THIS COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT IF WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO PURSUE LOOKING AT A HIGHER LIMIT, THEN GO DO THE RESEARCH AND PROPOSE SOMETHING BACK TO US.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS A SPECIFIC AGE IN MIND, ALTHOUGH I WILL MENTION THAT TODAY IS SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY.

WHO WOULD BE RIGHT ON THAT CUSP. OH, RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? SHOULD SHOULD WE PUT YOU THROUGH THE DPD EXAMS? AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY. MAYOR PRO TEM NO, NO, JUST A CLARIFICATION.

DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE FOLKS THAT ARE WOULD BE TRANSFERRING FROM ANOTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT SO WOULD ALLOW US TO RECRUIT EXPERIENCED POTENTIALLY OFFICERS.

YES. THIS IS DEFINITELY A LATERAL DPD OFFICER CONVERSATION.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE THAT WE PURSUE THIS.

AND THAT'S SORT OF WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK. SO COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD. YES.

YES. SO JUST TO GIVE SOME SOME GUIDANCE IS YES, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THIS.

THE OFFICERS WILL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY AND TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FIT. SO I SAY YES, LET'S EXPLORE IT. OKAY. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER WILLIS, I SEE YOU JOINED US.

WAS THAT TO SPEAK ON THIS? OH, I'M GLAD WE'RE EXPLORING THIS AND I WOULD DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

GREAT. WELL I DO KNOW THAT OF THE PEOPLE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME, EXACTLY.

HALF OF THEM WERE INTERESTED IN LATERAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO MISS IT BY JUST A COUPLE MONTHS.

AND THE OTHER HALF WERE NOT LATERAL, BUT OCCASIONALLY ONE OF THEM IS A RESERVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S OFFICERS THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL OFFICERS OUT THERE.

SO THANK YOU. AND NOW YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD TO YOUR PLATE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT CONVERSATION.

AND THEN NOW BACK TO THE REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM E IS THE DPD NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL OFFICER PROGRAM UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JOSE GARCIA, DEPUTY CHIEF ASSIGNED TO PATROL WEST.

TO MY RIGHT I HAVE SERGEANT SAMMY ROBINSON, MPO SUPERVISOR FOR NORTHEAST PATROL.

AND CHIEF SCHULTZ, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PRESENTATION ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER.

NEXT SLIDE. IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO COVER WHAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER.

THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, THEIR STAFFING, SOME OF THEIR CORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, THE TRAINING THAT THEY PROVIDE AND THE IMPACT OF NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING.

NEXT SLIDE. CAN WE TAKE THE SLIDE BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER THREE, PLEASE? THANK YOU. SO WHAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER? IT'S COMMUNITY FOCUSED POLICING MODEL DEDICATED TO UNDERSTAND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.

INSTEAD OF ONLY RESPONDING TO EACH CALL, IT BUILDS TRUST BETWEEN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND RESIDENTS, OFTEN THE FIRST CONTACT TO THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S A PROBLEM ORIENTED APPROACH TO PERSISTENT NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AND IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH CITY COLLABORATION.

SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY WORK VERY CLOSE WITH OUR CODE COMPLIANCE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE, AND COMMUNITY PROSECUTION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A VACANT LOT HAS A HAS TRESPASSERS TRASH CODE VIOLATIONS, THE NPO CAN COORDINATE WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS THE PROPERTY AND CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES AND REDUCE REPEATED CALLS.

NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CRIME PREVENTION AND EDUCATION, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT AND

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THEY HANDLE OUR CRIMINAL TRESPASS AFFIDAVITS, EDUCATING BUSINESSES, APARTMENT AND OPEN LAND OWNERS, AND THEY HANDLE OUR C-STORE PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY IN HIGH TRAFFIC CRIME AREAS.

AND OH YES, THEY RESPOND TO THE 911 CALLS. NEXT SLIDE.

SO THE STAFFING IN THESE UNITS, IT'S COMPOSED BY POLICE OFFICERS, SENIOR CORPORALS AND A SERGEANT, AND THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO EACH PATROL STATION. OR STOREFRONTS HAVE THE SAME STAFFING MODEL WHICH INCLUDE JUBILEE PARK, LAKE WEST STOREFRONT, BEAR STREET AND THE ROCK, THE RED BIRD OUTREACH CENTER.

NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THEIR CORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS ARE THE CRIME WATCH MEETING AND PARTNERSHIPS.

COFFEE WITH COPS, WHICH OFFICERS WERE VERY HARD TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE BUSINESSES TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE CONCERNS.

THEY HANDLE THE POP UP EVENTS, BARBERSHOP TALKS, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

IT'S GETTING VERY POPULAR WITH OUR GROUP AND WITH CUSTOMERS WANTING TO GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO POLICE OFFICERS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES ADDRESSING RUMORS, THE SCHOOL EVENTS SUCH AS CAREER DAY, SAFETY TALKS, SHOW AND TELL EVENTS, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, THE SENIOR OUTREACH EVENTS, FAITH BASED PARTNERSHIPS AND CHURCH EVENTS.

AND THEY DO CARRY A LOT OF THE LOAD WHEN IT COMES TO CITY WIDE EVENTS SUCH AS THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, HOLIDAY FOOD EVENTS, MLK PARADE, ETC..

NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY PROVIDE ARE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND DE-ESCALATION TRAINING.

CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN ASSESSMENTS ON BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIALS.

GUN SAFETY EDUCATION AND GUN LOCK DISTRIBUTION.

THEY DO A LOT OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE COMPLIANCE TRAINING. THEY DO FOLLOW UP FOR BUSINESSES.

A LOT OF TIMES EDUCATING LOSS PREVENTION OVER THE DANGERS OF PUTTING THEIR LIVES AT RISK OVER PROPERTY.

NEXT SLIDE. THE IMPACT OF OUR RIPPLES. THEY BUILD STRONG COMMUNITY TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS.

THEY SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY BECOME BIGGER. CALLS FOR SERVICE.

MANY TIMES OUR NPOS RECEIVE THE CALL FROM CITIZENS AS SOON AS AN INCIDENT HAPPENS.

LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS INCREASE COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH PREVENTION.

BETTER COLLABORATION BETWEEN CITY SERVICE AND.

THEY ABSOLUTELY REDUCE THE BURDEN ON PATROL BY HANDLING NON-EMERGENCY ISSUES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS FURTHER REDUCE CRIME THROUGH PROACTIVE STRATEGIES.

WE WILL ADDRESS NUISANCE PROPERTIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

NEXT SLIDE. AND WITH THAT ANY QUESTIONS? WELL THANK YOU.

NPOS ARE JUST THE LIFELINE FOR US ON COUNCIL.

AND I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS KNOW A LOT OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF THE NPOS, WHETHER THEY'RE ATTENDING A CRIME WATCH MEETING OR THEY'RE ON SCENE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING, THAT'S NOT A 911 EMERGENCY, BUT STILL SOMETHING THAT COULD ESCALATE THAT Y'ALL ARE PARTICULARLY SUITED TO HANDLE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING THAT IMPORTANT FACE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.

WHO'S GOT ANY QUESTIONS? SURE. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE A COMMENT.

SO Y'ALL KNOW I LOVE MY NPOS. THEY HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB NOT ONLY IN WEST DALLAS, BUT ALSO IN NORTHWEST DALLAS.

SPECIFICALLY IN WEST DALLAS. THEY CREATED, CREATED AN APARTMENT MANAGERS MEETING THAT WE DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY HAVE BECAUSE THE AREA HAS CHANGED SO MUCH.

AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY HELPED WITH REDUCING CRIME.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, THEY ALSO HELPED US, OUR OFFICE, COORDINATE A, A PET EVENT TO BRING MUCH NEEDED VACCINES AND RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND. THEY ATTEND SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME MEETINGS AND BRING PREVENTION.

AND I KNOW WEST DALLAS HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS.

AND I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS DUE TO THE WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THAT AREA.

SO REALLY JUST WANT TO SAY A WORD OF THANKS BOTH FOR OUR NORTHWEST NPO'S SPECIFICALLY FOR DISTRICT SIX, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE IN WEST DALLAS AS WELL. TO ASK A QUESTION THOUGH BECAUSE I KNOW MAYBE FOR SOME OF THE NEWER COUNCIL

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IS THAT FOR EACH AREA, EACH PATROL STATION HAS AN MPO UNIT.

YEAH. IN ADDITION TO STOREFRONTS. YEAH. SO THEN WE HAVE FOUR STOREFRONTS AND THEN I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S MY MAIN THING. SO OUR NPO'S REALLY WORK EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN THE STOREFRONTS, BUT EACH OF THE SECTORS HAVE HAVE THEM AS WELL.

YES, MA'AM. THANKS. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE FOR YOU. AND THAT IS IF THE NPOS ARE ATTENDING THE DETAIL MEETINGS EACH SHIFT.

SO TYPICALLY THEY DO NOT THEY WORK ON THEIR OWN.

BASICALLY EACH DAY THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT THAT THEY GO OUT TO.

BUT IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DO ASK THEM TO ATTEND DETAILS AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, BUT IT DEPENDS ON EACH EACH DIVISION AND EACH UNIT.

WELL, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I THINK YOU SHARE A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT YOUR DETAIL MEETINGS, AND IT PROBABLY BE HELPFUL FOR THE NPOS TO KNOW WHAT THE PRIME CRIME AREAS ARE, WHAT CHANGES ARE HAPPENING, WHAT INITIATIVES ARE EVEN HAPPENING AMONGST THE PATROL SIDE SO THAT YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS THAT WOULD PROVIDE BETTER COMMUNICATION BECAUSE ON THE RESIDENT SIDE, WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN SELLING, TELLING DPD LIKE, HEY, THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM AT THIS INTERSECTION OR THERE'S SOME ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN A PARK, BUT THE NPOS MIGHT NOT GET THAT MESSAGE.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD BE BETTER COMMUNICATED IF MAYBE JUST THE, THE SERGEANT OVER THE NPO UNIT IS ATTENDING THE DETAIL AND THEN SHARING IT, OR IF WE'RE ASKING ALL OF THEM TO DO IT.

BUT I WOULD JUST ASK HOW THAT COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HICCUP RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. WELL, GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY.

LET'S SEE. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS OUR FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM UPDATE.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. WHILE YOU'RE COMING DOWN, I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO TO ITEM G.

WHILE YOU'RE GETTING SET UP. ITEM G IS THE DASHBOARDS.

AND I REALLY HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE DASHBOARDS FOR DPD.

IT'S OUR FIRST ONE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DPD OVERTIME WE'VE SPENT 44.4.

THIS IS AS OF APRIL 2026, 44.4 MILLION FOR POLICE OVERTIME.

BUT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO BACK ONE YEAR. SAME EXACT DASHBOARD.

WE HAD SPENT 52.9 MILLION FOR OVERTIME. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING, WHOA, WHY IS POLICE OVERTIME SO HIGH? IT'S OUT OF CONTROL.

BUT ACTUALLY IT'S LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS. AND I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT, I GUESS, WHEN THE CAMERAS WERE HERE.

BUT WE KNOW. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, WE KNOW THIS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT LESS OVERTIME HAPPENING. SO ANYHOW $8 MILLION LESS YEAR TO DATE THAN LAST YEAR.

THANK YOU. YES. THAT'S TRUE. SO SO CHIEF HARRIS WAS SAYING IT'S NOT JUST THE DOLLARS, IT'S ALSO A LOT LESS HOURS. SO I JUST FELT LIKE THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID.

AND IF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD, PLEASE, WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD DAY, MAJOR PHYLLIS NOBLES, GENERAL INVESTIGATION. I HAVE MANAGER SUE ELLEN FLORES NEXT TO ME.

SHE'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION, AND WE HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF GRIFFITH ON THE END.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. TODAY I WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM, HOW IT OPERATES, AND SOME OF THE IMPORTANT OUTCOMES WE'VE OBSERVED.

CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? I'LL START WITH THE BRIEF HISTORY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAM.

THEN I'LL EXPLAIN LIKE THE TWO AREAS OF FOCUS.

I'LL ALSO REVIEW SOME PROGRAM DATA AND PROVIDE A FEW REAL LIFE EXAMPLES OF THE IMPACT WE SEE WITH YOUTH AND FAMILIES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE FIRST OFFENDER BACK 1FOP.

SLIDE THREE. THANK YOU. THE FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1974.

TODAY THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF TWO SEPARATE AREAS OF FOCUS.

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THE OVERALL FOCUS IS EARLY INTERVENTION AND REDUCING RECIDIVISM THROUGH FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE PROGRAM STRUCTURE FOP FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF A FIVE PERSON TEAM.

OUR STAFF COMES FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUND AND BRINGS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH YOUTH AND FAMILY, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL. AS OUR AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS, TRAFFICKING, MENTAL HEALTH, FORENSIC INTERVIEWING, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THE GOAL IS TO HAVE STAFF WHO UNDERSTAND NOT JUST BEHAVIOR, BUT THE UNDERLYING ISSUES AND ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE BEHAVIORS.

SO BEING TRAUMA INFORMED IS VERY IMPORTANT. STANDARD FOP ADDRESSES BEHAVIOR AFTER AN OFFENSE.

THE RUNAWAY AND AT RISK INITIATIVE ADDRESSES RISK BEFORE ESCALATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO STANDARD FOP WORKS WITH FIRST TIME NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS.

YOUTH ARE REFERRED DIRECTLY BY DALLAS POLICE AND DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE AS WELL.

PARTICIPATION FROM BOTH YOUTH AND PARENT IS MANDATORY.

THE PROGRAM INCLUDES AN INTAKE, A SIX SIX PERSON DIRECT FACE, SKILL BASED COMPONENT AND A 90 DAY MONITORING PERIOD.

IT'S IF SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, THE YOUTH AVOIDS A CRIMINAL RECORD AND NO COURT INVOLVEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE IS GOING TO BE DATA WHICH COMPARES YOUTH WHO HAVE COMPLETED FOP VERSUS THE YOUTH WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED FOP. ONE OF THE KEY POINTS YOU'LL SEE IS THAT FOP INTERVENTION.

WITHOUT INTERVENTION THEY RE-OFFEND AT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF PROCLAMATION, APPROXIMATELY 1% OF YOUTH WHO RE-OFFENDED COMPARED TO ONLY 1% OF YOUTH RE-OFFENDED.

OF THOSE WHO COMPLETED THE PROGRAM VERSUS 50% WHO RE-OFFENDED.

OF THOSE WHO WERE NOT IN THE PROGRAM. IN LONG TERM, WE HAVE LONG TERM SUCCESS, WHICH 92% ARE SUCCESSFUL VERSUS ONLY 13% ARE SUCCESSFUL. CAN YOU GO BACK ONCE YOU SKIPPED? CAN YOU GO BACK ON THE SLIDE? THANK YOU. SO THIS RIGHT THERE THE DATA REFLECTS AN EARLY INTERVENTION THAT CAN HAPPEN, WHICH HAPPENS WITH IN THE SYSTEM INVOLVEMENTS AND EVERYTHING OCCURS.

SO NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THE RUNAWAY AND AT RISK YOUTH INITIATIVE.

IT BEGAN IN LATE 2021. THE INITIATIVE WORKS WITH YOUTH, EXPERIENCED FAMILY CONFLICT, BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, SCHOOL DISENGAGEMENT, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND OR RUNAWAY BEHAVIORS.

THE REFERRALS CAN COME FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM OFFICERS, FROM DE ISD, FROM ANY OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCY THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE.

WE PROVIDE EDUCATION REFERRALS BASICALLY A WAY FOR THE FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS OUT THERE AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM OR UNDERSTAND OUR OWN SYSTEMS WITHIN DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS WITHIN THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. BASICALLY, EDUCATION. NEXT, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS THE DATA REGARDING HOW MANY YOUTHS WE APPROXIMATELY SERVED ABOUT 1200 FAMILIES A YEAR IN THIS TYPE OF INITIATIVE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 61% OF THOSE YOUTH ARE FIRST TIME OFFENDERS.

OUR FIRST TIME RUNAWAYS. PARDON ME. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE KIND OF FOCUS ON.

AND WE HAVE AN AGE RANGE, A RACE AND GENDER. AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ASSUME THAT ONLY FEMALES RUN AWAY, BUT THERE IS MALES AS WELL. RUNAWAY. THE WHICH ONE ARE WE ON.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THESE ARE SUCCESS STORIES IN REAL TIME.

THERE'S EXAMPLES OF SITUATIONS THAT WE ENCOUNTER.

MANY OF THE YOUTHS ARE STRUGGLING WITH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, PEER PRESSURE TRAUMA AND AN UNSTABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS. IN THESE EXAMPLES, EARLY INTERVENTIONS, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, AND RESOURCE CONNECTION HELPED IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR BOTH YOUTH AND FAMILY.

CAN YOU SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE? THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT.

A COMMON THEME THAT WE SEE IS BASICALLY UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH.

NOW I DO KNOW WHEN I'M ASKING FAMILIES AND WE TALKING TO THESE FAMILIES SAY WE GET ABOUT 120 CASES OF REFERRALS A MONTH FROM THESE FAMILIES.

I WOULD SAY ABOUT 48% OF THOSE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH.

WE'RE SEEING ANXIETY, DEPRESSION. I DO SEE LIKE 20% ARE PROBABLY ALREADY INVOLVED WITH PROBATION.

I DO SEE SOME FAMILY VIOLENCE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE WHEN YOUTHS IS THE CELL PHONE.

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SO WE TRY TO TEACH, WE TRY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES ABOUT THAT.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE HAVE TO ENCOUNTER.

WE DO PARTNER WITH LIKE YOUTH 180 AND NEW FRIENDS, NEW LIFE IN REGARDS TO REFERRALS, FOR COUNSELING, FOR DRUGS. NOW, DRUGS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE TREND IS VAPING AND MARIJUANA MORE VAPING.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF PILLS OR COCAINE OR IT'S NOT REPORTED, YOU KNOW, AND ANYTHING WE DO IS THERE'S AN UNDERLYING, AN UNDERREPORTING, I'D SAY ABOUT 25% IS UNDERREPORTING.

BUT THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE OUTCOME OF WHAT FOP DOES.

THE FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM DOES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE TALKING WITH FOCUS DETERRENCE AND CHIEF SHED ABOUT THAT AND HOW I SAW THE STUFF YOU SAID REGARDING JUVENILES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE DALLAS POLICE DOES, AND WE DON'T SPEAK ABOUT IT, IS MY PROGRAM IN THE SENSE THAT WE TRY TO GET TO THE YOUTHS AS SOON AS WE CAN WHEN WE ENCOUNTER. BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE AGE OF RUNAWAYS IS 14 TO 16.

THAT'S YOUR BARRIERS. BUT BY THE TIME YOU HIT 14 AND 16, IT'S VERY HARD TO GET USED TO DO STUFF.

SO AS A POLICE AGENCY, HAVING THIS TYPE OF INITIATIVE AND DOING THE RUNAWAY AND AT RISK THAT WE STARTED IN 2021, LATE 2021 WHEN I ARRIVED, IT HAS HELPED CRIME AND YOU SEE A DISPARITY WITH HOW CRIME, THE LOWER NUMBERS WERE LOWER LEVEL CRIMES THAN YOU GET THE WEAPONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUES THAT HAVE ARISED AND WE CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR WHY WE TRY TO, AND WE TRY TO EDUCATE AND EXPLAIN AND BE PROACTIVE.

THERE'S JUST THOSE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DO THAT MUCH.

BUT WE DO DO PROACTIVELY. AND CHIEF SHAD ALWAYS TRIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO MORE FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE YOUTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT THING.

THE FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM IS CIVIL CIVIL CODE.

SO IT'S UNDER CHAPTER 52 OF THE FAMILY CODE. HOWEVER, THE RUNAWAY AND AT RISK INITIATIVE IS JUST SOMETHING THAT ONLY THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO COMBAT THIS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A POPULATION IN THE CITY, ABOUT 1.3 MILLION.

SO 25% OF THOSE ARE PROBABLY YOUTHS, WHICH I'M JUST ESTIMATING, NOT INCLUDING THOSE YOUTHS THAT COME FROM ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF AREAS.

SO THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

WELL THANK YOU. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING BRIEFING.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE SERVING 1200 KIDS IN A YEAR.

THAT'S JUST A HUGE NUMBER. WE'RE WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE HAPPY.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SO I KNOW THAT CHILDREN'S HEALTH IS BUILDING A NEW FACILITY.

HAVE YOU ALL HAD ANY CONVERSATION WITH THEM, ESPECIALLY AS I SEE MANY OF THE ISSUES ARE WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

YEAH. MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER. SO I KNOW THAT THEY ARE BUILDING A FACILITY.

I USED TO WORK WITH THEM WHEN I DID CHILD ABUSE.

AND I KNOW AT SOME POINT THEY WERE MOVING AWAY FROM CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH AND ONLY FOCUSING ON OTHER THINGS.

I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, BUT I DO. SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF WITH WHILE WE GIVE THOSE REFERRALS OUT THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY.

SO THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO THE PROGRAM. THE FOP COMPONENT IS THE ONES THAT WE FOLLOW MORE CONSISTENTLY 4 TO 6 MONTHS.

THE RUNAWAY AND INITIATIVE PROGRAM IS WE CALL THEM CHECK IN AND THEN DO A THREE MONTH FOLLOW UP CHECK BECAUSE THAT DOES HELP.

AND WE TRY TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

NOW, I'M AWARE OF CHILDREN'S, BUT ONE OF THE EASIEST AND CLOSEST FOR US IS ALWAYS YOUTH.

180 BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT A GRANT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EVOLVE INTO MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH GOES TIED IN TIME WITH SOME TYPES OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

AND, YOU KNOW, RUNAWAYS IS A TRAUMA TRAUMA RESPONSE.

AND MOST OF THAT TRAUMA IS FROM SOME TYPE OF NEGLECT, NOT TO THE STATUE OF FAMILY CODE OR CRIMINAL, BUT IT'S ENOUGH TO NEGLECT TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHY I'M GOING TO DO THIS BEHAVIOR AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DO GIVE AS MUCH INFORMATION WE CAN ON THESE AGENCIES.

I'M WELL AWARE OF WHAT CHILDREN'S DOES. I KNOW THE REACH TEAM CLOSELY.

WHEN I USED TO WORK WITH THEM A FEW YEARS BACK.

SO WE WILL GIVE OUT THE INFORMATION. BUT AGAIN, IT JUST DEPENDS HOW THEY REFERRAL.

SO THAT'S WHY KIND OF WE STARTED BACK ON THE AND I APPRECIATE MY CHAIN OF COMMAND ALWAYS LETS ME DO INNOVATIVE THINGS IN THAT WAY AND REACHING BACK OUT.

I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A SMALL TEAM, SO WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND BEING PROACTIVE.

BUT AGAIN, THE ONLY I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE, WE JUST NAVIGATE AND EDUCATE THE BEST I CAN DO WITH WHAT I HAVE.

AND SO IF CHILDREN'S IS THERE, YEAH, ANYTIME I FIND A NEW RESOURCE, I LATCH ON, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE, THE, THE POPULATION WE ENCOUNTER DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE.

SO THAT'S ALSO A THING WHERE WE GET METRO CARE.

YOU KNOW, HOW METRO CARE OPENED UP THEIR NEW SYSTEM. SO WE DO HAVE THAT.

BUT ALSO DISD IS VERY WELL IN HAVING YOUTH AND FAMILY AS WELL.

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SO WE HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE EVEN WHEN I TELL THEM TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL, SOMETIMES THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND STAFF ARE NOT WELL AWARE OF THEIR OWN RESOURCES.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MAKE SURE MY STAFF DOES, WHICH IS VERY DIFFERENT.

PLUS, PARENT PARTICIPATION IS ALWAYS A MUST IN ORDER FOR US TO WORK WITH YOU.

PARENT PARTICIPATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM JUVENILE, WHICH IS WHY SUCCESS LONG TERM IS 92%, BECAUSE WE MAKE THE PARENT CHANGE BEHAVIOR AND WE DO A WHOLE PERSON CONCEPT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. THAT IS SUCH THIS IS SUCH IMPORTANT WORK FOR OUR YOUTH AND FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER ROTH. YEAH.

I THINK THIS IS A REALLY THIS IS A VERY NEAT PROGRAM.

AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU ANSWERED.

PART OF MY QUESTION WAS I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ABILITY IS TO ACCESS THE ISD AND SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF RESOURCES TO HELP US YOU KNOW TURNAROUND FOLKS THAT ARE IN THIS PROGRAM, TO WHAT EXTENT IS, IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO MINIMIZE OR, OR GET RID OF THE INFLUENCE OF MAYBE GANG ACTIVITIES IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT ALSO BE INFLUENCING SOME OF THESE, THESE KIDS.

IS THERE, IS THERE ANY RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO SORT OF ADDRESS THAT? OR IS THAT EVEN A, A VALID SOURCE OF POTENTIAL? I WOULD SAY CURRENTLY WHEN GANGS IS NOT THE TERM I LIKE TO USE, I KNOW YOU HAVE CLIQUES AND EVEN THE, I THINK IT'S JUST WHO YOU ARE BASED ON THE AREA OF WHERE YOU'RE LIVING AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHICH IS GOES BACK TO THOSE GRIDS, RIGHT. AND SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS WITH SOMETIMES DISPROPORTIONALITY IS REAL.

AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT A LOT, NOR DO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF HOW IT IMPACTS DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT, JUST OVERALL SPIRIT.

IT'S JUST A WHOLE CONCEPT THAT WE DON'T SPEAK ABOUT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO DO WITH SCHOOLS, AND I DO A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING BECAUSE TURNAROUND RATES IN SOCIAL WORK AND ANY TYPE OF FIELD IN CASE MANAGEMENT IS VERY HIGH, THAT IT DOESN'T ALLOW SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THE EXTENT OF WORK THAT CAN BE DONE BY DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

I'LL HAVE, SAY, FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN JUVENILE.

SO THIS IS ON THE JUVENILE SYSTEM, AREN'T EVEN AWARE OF WHAT SERVICES THE JUVENILE IS, IS ABLE TO GIVE THEM, EVEN WITH A PROBATION OFFICER. SO MY TEAM, THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE IN CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON MY TEAM IS WE MAKE SURE TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

WE ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT OPTIONS LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW DRUG COURT EXISTS.

THEY DON'T KNOW MALE DIVERSION COURT EXISTS. SOMETIMES THAT PROBATION OFFICER WILL BE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? AND YOU WORK THERE, SIR, YOU SHOULD KNOW.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ALL, ALL WE TRY TO DO IN THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO IS EDUCATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH DFDS IS THEY KIND OF ALLOW ME TO DO THAT AND THEN COORDINATE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, WITH CHIEF SHED BRINGS ME IN WHEN THERE'S YOUTH QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE TRY THE BEST WE CAN, BUT WE COULD ONLY DO SO MUCH BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S NO CRIMINAL ASPECT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S HAPPENING, BUT HOW DO YOU PROVE THAT? AND THEN WHAT IF YOU DO PROVE THAT, THEN YOU STILL NEED THE COURTS TO SUPPORT THAT.

SO THAT'S THAT OTHER FACTOR. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A DARK FIGURE WITH THAT.

SO, SO RELATED TO THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.

IT WAS MY, MY QUESTION TO WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE JOIN THINGS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO JOIN.

PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND KIDS ARE TRYING TO FIND A GROUP TO BE WITH.

AND SO USING THAT AS AN ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS, FOR SOME OF THESE KIDS TO SORT OF GRAVITATE TO A DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTIVE GROUP. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY ON IT.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO BELABOR IT, BUT NO, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

YOU'RE GREAT. KNOW WHAT IT IS IS I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF KIDS ARE FOLLOWERS AND THE SELF-CONFIDENCE IN THERE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TEACH IS PRAISING THE SKILL OF PRAISING, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS GENERATION.

SO WE EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL DO THAT STUFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO SUPPORT AND IT DOES.

AND I'VE SEEN IT WHERE LIKE A PARENT WASN'T INVOLVED.

AND THEN WE GET THE PARENT INVOLVED AND THEY THOUGHT THEIR KID WAS GOING TO SCHOOL, THEN THEIR KID WASN'T GOING TO SCHOOL.

AND THEN THEY START SUPPORTING THEIR KID, PRAISING THEIR KID.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE ON FROM WEEK ONE TO WEEK SIX IN PERSON, WHICH IS VERY SOMETIMES BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE LIKE THEIR AURA AND THEY WILL TRY TO BUILD UP THAT CONFIDENCE FOR THEM TO SAY IT.

AND ON THE PHONE, WE KIND OF HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR KID TO US AND HAVE IN-PERSON CONVERSATIONS.

AND LIKE, EVEN IF THERE'S AN OFFICER OR A CHIEF THAT THEY WANT TO TALK TO OR ADMIRE, THEN WE ALLOW ALL OF THAT TO.

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FIRST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, AGAIN, I'VE BEEN ON THIS ABOUT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DEALING WITH THE CRIME AND VIOLENT CRIME AND WHAT WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.

AND SO THIS WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS VERY IMPORTANT.

ALSO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY THE CBI PROGRAMS OF THOSE CRIME VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT I KNOW, MAYOR PRO TEM, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY.

THAT IS WHAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE FOR. I'VE SEEN THEM WORK AS A FORM OF TRUSTEE IN DALLAS ISD.

I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE THE DATA, SO I'M ASKING FOR INFORMATION, BUT THE INFORMATION I'M ASKING FOR.

I'M COMPARING DATA TO DATA. I REALLY SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR ANYTHING THAT I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ANSWER TO, BUT I'M COMPARING DATA TO DATA AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CVI PROGRAMS WORK.

I KNOW THAT FUNDING IS OVER IN HOUSING. I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT THIS IS WHERE THOSE FUNDINGS NEED TO BE BACK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN GET THESE THINGS DONE THAT WE USED TO GET DONE.

I ALSO KNOW IT WAS A PART OF MAYOR JOHNSON'S PROGRAM WHEN HE WAS DEALING WITH WITH THE CRIME AND ETCETERA IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

AND THIS PROGRAM WAS A PART OF THAT AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL.

AND IT WAS WORKING. IT WAS WORKING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.

THE CVI PROGRAM. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RANDOM GUN FIRING THAT'S HAPPENING, THESE ARE NOT SENIOR CITIZENS THAT'S FIRING SHOTS.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS.

AND IF WE GIVE THEM RESOURCES AND AS YOU SAY, THE OPPORTUNITY, IT WILL HELP THEM ALONG THE WAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. SO I SUPPORT YOU.

ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO, LET ME KNOW. BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CHAIR MENDELSOHN THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS.

JUST I CAN REALLY SENSE THE PRIDE AND THE ENERGY THAT YOU HAVE ON THE IMPACT THAT YOU'RE MAKING ON THESE YOUTH.

SORT OF TO CHAIRMAN JOHNSON'S POINT ON THE CBI WHERE THE VIOLENT CRIME INTERRUPTERS THAT WERE HERE AT ONE TIME ESPECIALLY IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS, WE COME INTO THE CIRCLES WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF YOUNG ADULTS, 18 AND UNDER 21 AND YOUNGER AND YOUNGER WHO ARE IN AREAS THAT ARE 21 AND UP ONLY IN OUR BARS AND CLUBS AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THOSE AREAS TO. HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S PROGRAMING.

AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR REC LATE NIGHT TEEN HOURS FOR FOR THOSE YOUNGER TEENS.

WHAT ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY CAN OFFER RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HAVING THOSE PATHWAYS AND THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR OUR KIDS? THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A DRY ANSWER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID SEE IS CURFEW LAW CHANGING.

TO ME, CURFEW LAW CHANGING IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

YOU WANT TO GIVE MORE RIGHTS TO PARENTS. PARENTS ACT LIKE THEY WANT MORE RIGHTS, AND THEN THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THEIR KIDS ARE OUT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES PUTS THE OFFICERS IS LIKE, YOU ASSUME THAT A PARENT IS GOING TO BE A PARENT AND ENSURE THEIR CHILD IS AT HOME AND NOT IN THESE PLACES. AND ALL WE CAN DO IS, IS PRETTY MUCH JUST TRY TO POLICE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS AN EXACT ANSWER. CHIEF.

ASSISTANT CHIEF KATRINA SHAD OF TACTICAL AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS BUREAU, AND SUE ELLEN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH FOR, I GUESS, FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. YES. I GUESS THE PART THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON, YOU KNOW, I'M FROM DALLAS.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS. AND SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT CURFEW HAS HAD A, A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD FOR US AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE WANT TO ENTRUST OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO THEIR PARENTS, BUT SOMETIMES WE END UP HAVING TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OURSELVES.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES I THINK YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT OFTENTIMES IS THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

NOT ONLY FOR THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE IN SOME OF OUR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW SOME OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LOITER IN THE AREA.

THEY DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF IT.

AND IF THERE WAS LITTLE PIECES OF THINGS THAT I THINK THAT THEY WOULD ADDRESS BECAUSE THEY'RE EDUCATED NOW IN THOSE ASPECTS THEY WOULD ACTUALLY NOT ALLOW SOME OF THOSE YOUNG

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IT'S WE ALL KNOW THAT THE PERCEPTION OF US SOMETIMES DEALING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE DOES NOT VISUALLY COME OUT THE RIGHT WAY.

HOWEVER, IT IS OUR JOB TO ENFORCE THE LAW. BUT I THINK WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO START FROM AND GO BACK TO, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IS THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE WE UTILIZE DALLAS ISD AND THE OTHER ISD THAT ARE CONNECTED TO DALLAS.

AND WE EDUCATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BECAUSE THIS GROUP WHAT SUE ELLEN IS SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY IS ABOUT THE FIRST OFFENDERS PROGRAM.

AND THAT IS THE FIRST STEP INTO LOWEST LEVEL OF DISOBEDIENCE.

AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T EVEN ARISE TO THE LEVEL OF AN ACTUAL CRIME, WHICH MEANS US ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, WE DON'T GET TO PUT OUR HANDS ON THEM OR TOUCH THEM.

AND WHAT SHE DOES IS TO TRY TO STEER THEM IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, BY THE TIME WE GET A CHANCE TO PUT OUR HANDS ON THEM, AND I DON'T MEAN PHYSICALLY, BUT I MEAN INVESTIGATIVELY, IT SOMETIMES HAS GOTTEN FAR FROM THAT POINT.

SHE HAS THE FIRST LEVEL OF DISOBEDIENCE, BUT THEN THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN BETWEEN BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BECOME A PART OF THEIR LIVES.

AND BY THAT TIME, SOMETIMES WE'VE LOST THEM. SO I THINK THAT EDUCATIONAL PIECE, EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT USED TO TALK ABOUT IN JUNIOR HIGH, NOWADAYS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HAVING AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE WAY BACK IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WAY, WAY BACK. AND RELYING SOMETIMES ON PARENTS, WE KNOW SOMETIMES THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE'S HOMES, IT'S NOT A PARENT, IT'S A GRANDPARENT, IT'S AN AUNT.

SO WE TAKE THE BIGGER BRUNT OF THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT SOCIETY REQUIRES OF US.

THEN THE ISD AND THE PD. SO FOR ME AND SUE ELLEN AND THIS TEAM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO YEAH, NO THANK YOU. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, POLICING IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN EVER TODAY.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ANY ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE POPULATION LIKE OUR YOUTH YOU HAVE FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES WHO, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GIVE AS MUCH ARM LENGTHS AS POSSIBLE AND OTHERS THAT WANT TO TRY TO CORRAL THINGS BACK IN.

I KNOW THAT RECENTLY SAW THAT A MALL IN THE NORTH TEXAS AREA JUST PUT IN A CURFEW OF 3 P.M.

FOR ONE OF THEIR MALLS. BUT REALLY, FOR ME, IT'S A LOT OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE 21 AND UP AREN'T LETTING FOLKS IN.

AND SO IT'S THE HANGING OUT, AS YOU SAID, IN THE PARKING LOTS AND IN THE SIDEWALKS AND TRYING TO GET FOLKS THERE AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO CHANGE BEHAVIORS AND. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE.

WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE RESOURCES AND ALL PLACES TO WANT TO HANG OUT IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND I THINK TO MAYOR PRO TEM POINT, LIKE YOU CAN SEE YOUR PASSION FOR THIS PROGRAM COME THROUGH.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. THE SLIDE THOUGH, THAT REALLY GETS ME IS SLIDE SIX, WHICH ISN'T DESCRIBING THE PROGRAM.

IT'S THE OUTCOMES AND THE UNBELIEVABLE OUTCOMES OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO'S COMPLETED THE PROGRAM AND WHO REJECTED THE PROGRAM AND WHAT YOU'VE SEEN. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT PEOPLE THINK SOUNDS GOOD, BUT WHEN YOU CAN SHOW DEMONSTRATE THAT IT IS REALLY GETTING PEOPLE BACK ON TRACK AND NOT REOFFENDING, THAT'S THAT'S GOT TO FEEL GREAT.

BUT WHAT THAT'S DOING FOR OUR CRIME RATE IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT HARD WORK. THERE'S A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT DALLAS ISD WAS IN THE PRESENTATION AND SPOKEN ABOUT.

TELL ME ABOUT RICHARDSON ISD AS WELL. OH, SO, YOU KNOW SO RICHARDSON ISD HAS A BIG POPULATION OF YOUTHS WHO RUN AWAY A LOT.

OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WORK RICHARDSON ISD INCIDENTS FOR FIRST OFFENDER.

I WILL SAY THE FIRST OFFENDER PROGRAM IS IN DALLAS COUNTY IS ONE OF TWO.

THE OTHER ONE IS IN IRVING. HOWEVER, THEY WORK MORE WITH THEIR ISD.

I DO DPD AND ISD. SO AS FAR AS RICHARDSON, YOU SEE A LOT OF THEY HAVE A VERY, THEIR POPULATION IS VERY DIVERSE.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT. AND I NOT ONLY MEAN BY CULTURE, I MEAN BY HOW DO I SAY THIS BY INCOME AS WELL? SO THEIR POPULATION IS DIVERSE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ENCOUNTER A LOT IS THE VAPING THE FIGHTING OR SKIPPING SCHOOL.

ANOTHER THING IS TIKTOK TRENDS. LIKE RIGHT NOW, I JUST FOUND OUT I GOT THREE KIDS FROM A TIKTOK TREND THAT JUST HAPPENED THAT I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS MORNING OF THEM GOING TO A, A SYNAGOGUE AT NIGHT OR ANY TYPE OF TEMPLE AT NIGHT TO EXPLORE.

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SO THAT'S A NEW TREND. AT ONE POINT, WE HAD A TREND OF STEALING FROM SEPHORA AND THAT HAPPENED.

SO WE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE. AND SOME OF THOSE TRENDS HAPPEN AT SCHOOLS A LOT.

AS FAR AS RICHARDSON ISD, IT'S IT'S REALLY HARD BECAUSE I, I DON'T GO INTO THEM LIKE WITH DPDISD, I CAN GO AND TALK TO THEM. NOT SAYING THAT I COULDN'T, BUT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE, WE'RE CITY OF DALLAS.

SO I HAVE TO BE WITH CITY OF DALLAS. BUT WE DO MORE THAN HALF OF RICHARDSON ISD IS IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.

YEAH, BUT SOME OF THE LIKE I DON'T GO TO THOSE SCHOOLS, HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO PARTNER WITH THE THE SROS THAT ARE THERE AND I ALSO PARTNER WITH THE POLICE THAT ARE THERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE NECESSARILY A CONNECTION, LIKE WITH THE PARENT SERVICES THAT I DO WITH DISD.

AND SO IT'S VERY HARD, BUT I DO HELP THE PARENTS NAVIGATE.

RICHARDSON ISD IT'S JUST, IT'S A REALLY, IT'S REALLY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M SAYING IN CITY OF DALLAS, WE HAVE POPULATION OF 1.3 MILLION AND I ONLY HAVE FOUR WORKERS PLUS MYSELF.

SO WE'RE VERY STRETCHED THIN AS WE ARE. SO YES, I DO WHEN I GET A CASE AND WHEN I DO SEE SOMETHING FROM RICHARDSON ISD, I'VE MADE PHONE CALLS TO THE SCHOOLS MYSELF TO SAY, HEY, CAN Y'ALL PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PATTERN AND TREND? AND SO I DO IT THAT WAY. OR WHEN WE TALK TO THE PARENTS, WE TALK TO THE PARENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, OR WE'LL TALK TO THE SROS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND THEN THEY KIND OF COMMUNICATE AND GIVE OUR CARDS OUT.

SO WE STILL KIND OF HAVE FAMILIES, WHICH WE CALL THEM CRISIS CALLS, WHERE THEY'LL CALL US, ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, AND WE'LL KIND OF NAVIGATE THEM THROUGH THROMBOSIS THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO YEAH, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S RICHARDSON ISD, SOME OF IT'S DALLAS.

SOME OF IT'S RICHARDSON. YEAH. I TRY THE BEST I CAN, BUT AGAIN, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WITH A GROUP OF KIDS AND THEN DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON AND DIFFERENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS AND EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO EVERYBODY'S LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING IS VERY DIFFERENT.

JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS IN EIGHTH GRADE HERE DOESN'T MEAN THIS PERSON IN EIGHTH GRADE ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL.

SO WE ALSO HAVE TO ENCOUNTER THAT. SO WE TRY THE BEST WE CAN IN EDUCATING AND INFORMING EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE CALLING US FROM AND AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

OKAY. WELL, IN MY DISTRICT, WE ALSO HAVE A VERY LARGE PLANO ISD POPULATION AND CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH, BUT I'M GOING TO NOT ASK YOU ABOUT THOSE TODAY.

OKAY. I WILL TRY MY BEST IF YOU EMAIL ME TO WORK ON ANYTHING THAT I CAN.

BUT YES, I WILL IF I GET NOTIFIED OR I'M AWARE OF A SITUATION, I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS JUST BECAUSE IT'S DALLAS WE TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

YEAH. NO THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

OKAY, FOLKS, IT'S JUST AFTER THREE. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.

THE FIRST UP IS THE DASHBOARDS. I KNOW I MADE THE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE POLICE OVERTIME FOR 2024 VERSUS 2025.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THIS IS JUST FOR ANY OF THE DASHBOARDS.

YES. OKAY. WELL THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM H, WHICH IS THE DFR FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT ONE? WE'RE DOING GREAT.

MOVING ON TO I THIS IS FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE.

LOOKING GOOD. NOPE. OKAY. ITEM J. THIS IS THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM.

GOOD JOB BEING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. WELL, AGAIN, GREAT JOB ON BEING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

OKAY. ITEM K, THIS IS THE MARSHAL'S HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? COUNCIL MEMBER JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

IS THE IS THERE ANY SIGNIFICANT PATTERN OR OF, OF WHY THERE WAS SUCH A TERRIFIC REDUCTION IN IN THE ENCAMPMENTS AND STUFF BETWEEN ONE MONTH TO THE NEXT? IS IT SEASONAL? IS IT IS IT JUST THAT WE'VE SORT OF WE DID A LOT OF WORK THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND WE WERE ABLE TO SORT OF BUILD ON THAT SUCCESS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AS FAR AS THE. WE'RE SEEING LESS SO WE WE ACTUALLY ARE SEEING LESS GREAT.

I WANT TO COMMEND YOU. I MEAN, THIS IS GREAT.

THIS IS THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING. YES, SIR. OKAY.

DON'T GO ANYWHERE. SO I THINK THIS IS WHEN SOMEONE SAYS, IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

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WHY IS OUR ACTIVITY LEVEL LOWER? BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A BIT OF ENCAMPMENTS.

WELL, WE ARE, MADAM CHAIR, WE'RE STILL OUT THERE WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF OF DEPUTIES.

AGAIN, I WOULD OH. AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING, WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING, WE'RE ACTUALLY RUNNING ACROSS LAST OUR CITATIONS FOR THE MONTH ARE, ARE DOWN A LOT, BUT YOU AS THE VISITS AND STUFF, THE VISITS ARE STILL THE SAME AS FAR AS THE VISITS ON THE TRAILS AND AS WELL AS THE PARKS. SO THEY'RE STILL UP THERE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE STILL AVERAGING CLOSE TO THE SAME VISITS MONTHLY.

WELL, YOU HAVE CLEARED LESS ENCAMPMENTS. YOU'VE BEEN TO LESS ENCAMPMENTS, YOU HAVE CONTACTED LESS PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND YOU'VE HAD LESS ENFORCEMENT ACTION.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE FINDING PEOPLE, I KNOW WE'RE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM ARE.

AND WE NEED HELP. WE NEED A LOT OF HELP. YES, MA'AM.

AND SO I WAS ACTUALLY ALARMED. I MEAN, I HAVE THIS FLAG FOR.

OH, NO. WHY? WHY AREN'T YOU SEEING MORE? BECAUSE WE NEED HELP.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF MARSHALS OUT THERE? THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS? YES, MA'AM. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT, WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT, BUT THAT'S AGAIN, WE, WE, WE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

AND THE NUMBERS HAVE BASICALLY KIND OF BEEN THE SAME FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

OKAY. SO YOU HAVE A REDUCTION BECAUSE YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY. WELL, THAT MAKES SENSE THEN.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, THE NEXT MEMO IS K. THIS IS ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL JUDGE PROCESS.

COUNCIL MEMBER RESENDEZ. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE ON THAT? NO, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS ONCE AGAIN.

MAYOR PRO TEM. YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. DO WE KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR THE APPLICANTS? HERE COMES THE JUDGE.

GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

THOSE APPLICATIONS CLOSED, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT THEY DO HAVE TO BE A LICENSED ATTORNEY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS. LICENSE IN STATE OF TEXAS, MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS AND ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS AS WELL.

OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE INTO THE CITY OF DALLAS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SEE YOU SERVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT? NOPE.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. THANK YOU JUDGE.

THANK YOU. ITEM M THIS IS OUR FIFA UPDATE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU. SO THE QUESTION IS I'M HEARING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FIFA VISITORS WHO ARE PLANNING TO CAMP AT SOME OF OUR PARKS.

AND SO JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD COME AND CAMP IN THE CITY OF DALLAS PARKS.

SO TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE SAYING NOT GET A HOTEL ROOM AND JUST USE THE PARKS AS A AS LODGING, AS LODGING.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. KEVIN ODIN, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS RESPONSE.

THAT PARTICULAR REPORT I'VE SEEN FLOATING AROUND, THOUGH I DON'T PUT A LOT OF VALIDITY INTO IT WITH CONCRETE FACTS.

WHAT I'D SAY IS WE'D ADDRESS IT THE SAME WAY WE WOULD ANY OTHER ITEM IN CITY CODE, IT IS AGAINST CITY CODE TO SLEEP IN A CITY PARK WITHOUT A PERMIT. SO WE WOULD ADDRESS IT THAT WAY.

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THANK YOU. HAS THERE BEEN AN INTEREST OR AN EFFORT TO SEND A PROACTIVE LETTER TO TEAMS THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE COMING HERE SAYING THIS IS NOT ALLOWED IN DALLAS. SO THERE'S THERE'S IN SOME CASES, MONTHLY, IN OTHER CASES, WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH THE DELEGATIONS OF ALL OF THE COUNTRIES THAT ARE COMING TO DALLAS.

AND SO THERE'S BEEN ANY NUMBER OF TOPICS DISCUSSED WITH THOSE DELEGATIONS COMING IN, AS WELL AS THE, THE BEHAVIOR AND THE EXPECTATIONS WITHIN DALLAS WHILE GUESTS ARE HERE.

HAVE WE TALKED TO THE CONSULATE? THERE'S BEEN AT LEAST ONE COUNTRY IDENTIFIED, RIGHT.

SO I WOULD SAY ON THE ON THE CONSULATES IT'S MORE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE TEAMS AND THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEES WITH THE TEAMS. BUT CERTAINLY IF THERE'S FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE AT THAT LEVEL, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO HAVE THAT. AND CHIEF, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT IF THERE'S AN INTERNATIONAL VISITOR AND THEY STAKE OUT A TENT IN ONE OF OUR PARKS. WHAT THAT RESPONSE WOULD BE.

I'LL ANSWER THAT, CHAIR. ASSISTANT CHIEF MARK VILLARREAL.

SO MYSELF AND CHIEF SCHULTZ HAVE BEEN OVER THE FIFA PLANNING FOR TWO YEARS.

SO WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL THE TEAMS AND WE'RE SHARING INTELLIGENCE ON MANY PLATFORMS. SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ADVANCE NOTICE. NOTHING'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION AS FAR AS THAT.

THERE'S OTHER STUFF. THERE'S NO REAL CONCERNS FROM THE TEAM SECURITY LIAISON STANDPOINT.

WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. SO IF THAT POPS UP THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND I THINK TO KEVIN'S POINT, WE HAVEN'T DIRECTLY BEEN TOLD ANYTHING RELATED TO CAMPING IN THE PARKS, BUT I'M ALSO OVER THE HOT TEAM. SO IF WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROHIBITED CAMPING, THAT'S A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW. SO WE CAN GO THAT ROUTE AS WELL IF WE NEED TO.

SO YOU'RE COMMITTING THAT YOU'LL REMOVE THE ENCAMPMENT IMMEDIATELY. WE'LL FOLLOW STATE LAW JUST AS WE DO CURRENTLY WITH ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE HAVE.

YES, MA'AM. WELL, WE GIVE A LOT MORE NOTICE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW. YES, MA'AM.

WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT THE PROPER WAY AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO CLOSE THESE ENCAMPMENT DOWNS.

BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM RELATED TO ENCAMPMENTS, WE WILL BE ON TOP OF IT.

OKAY. DON'T MAKE ME HAVE TO GO ON TV. THANK YOU.

WE ALREADY DID ITEM N. I'M SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A ITEM? OKAY. YEAH. NO. OKAY. IF YOU'LL TALK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AFTER, PLEASE.

WE'VE ALREADY DONE ITEM N. ITEM O IS SOLICITATIONS TO OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES ON THE PUBLIC ROADWAYS PROHIBITED AND STANDING AND WALKING ON CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.

IS THIS BASICALLY, DOES IT ALLOW POLICE ENFORCEMENT FOR FOLKS THAT ARE BASICALLY PANHANDLING AND, AND SOLICITING FUNDS WITH, WITH SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT SORT OF STANDING IN THE MEDIAN, I'M SORRY, STANDING IN THE MEDIAN? WELL, IT SAYS IT SAYS THEY COULD BE ON A STANDS OR WALKS ON MEDIUM THAT MEASURE SIX FEET OR LESS.

YEAH, YEAH. IF YOU'RE REFERENCING A 286, 1.1 STANDING AND WALKING IN CERTAIN AREAS PROHIBITED.

SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ORDINANCE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2022.

MY UNDERSTANDING, SPEAKING TO THE ATTORNEYS THAT IT WAS IN LITIGATION UP UNTIL FEBRUARY.

SO WE HAVE NOT BEEN ENFORCING THAT ORDINANCE.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S OUT OF THE LITIGATION, SO WE'RE ABLE TO ENFORCE THAT NOW. SO WE HAVEN'T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF OBVIOUSLY ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN ON THAT SPECIFIC ORDINANCE.

WE'VE USED THE OTHER ONE, THE SOLICITATION OF OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.

WE'VE WRITTEN OVER 1500 CITATIONS ON THAT ONE AND MADE OVER 500 ARRESTS SINCE 2022.

BUT THAT SPECIFIC ORDINANCE YOU'RE REFERENCING, NOW THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE IT, WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING UNIT TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND SEND OUT A ROLL CALL TRAINING BULLETIN TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS SO THEY'RE AWARE THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT NOW GOING FORWARD. AND THE OTHER THE OTHER CHAPTER, THE SOLICITATION OF THE OCCUPANTS, IS THAT A DIFFERENT SORT OF CLASSIFICATION OR A DIFFERENT SET OF FACTS THAT THAT ARE ABLE TO BE ENFORCED? YES. THAT'S MORE GEARED TOWARDS SOMEONE'S ASKING FOR MONEY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ENFORCING REALLY IN WRITING CITATIONS AND MAKING ARRESTS SINCE, YOU KNOW, SINCE I PULLED UP THE DATA SINCE 2022.

YES, SIR. AND HOW IS THAT INSTIGATED? IS IT BASICALLY DO YOU ALL DO SORT OF PATROLS OF DIFFERENT SORT OF HARD

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I MEAN, REALISTICALLY, WE GET A LOT OF PANHANDLING CALLS, SO WE'LL SEND OFFICERS OUT TO PANHANDLING CALLS IF THOSE COME ABOUT.

ALSO, IF OFFICERS ARE IN THE FIELD AND I'VE ACTUALLY OBSERVED THE OFFENSE BEING COMMITTED, WE CAN TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT THAT TIME TOO. SO IT'S KIND OF A MYRIAD OF BOTH OF THOSE.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET SOME KIND OF SUPPORT FOR YOU ALL FROM FROM SOME PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR IN THE OR IS THERE ANY OTHER ANY ABILITY FOR YOU ALL TO BE MORE PROACTIVE WITH YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES AND THIS ISN'T A PRIORITY, BUT IS THIS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP YOU MAKE SURE THAT THESE FOLKS GET CITED AND GET MOVED OFF? YEAH. I MEAN, FOLKS OBVIOUSLY CAN CALL WHICH THEY, WHICH THEY DO CALL SPECIFICALLY ON THE SOLICITATION SIDE.

BUT I THINK IN ADDITION TO, YOU KNOW, JUST CALLING, THEY CAN ALSO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE CITY.

AND THEY CAN LOOK AT IT FROM THE CITY SIDE. AND THERE'S A PART OF THE ORDINANCE LISTED IN I GUESS IT'S SECTION D OF THE ORDINANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'VE GOT SOME TYPE OF EVIDENCE THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION, THEY MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITHIN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO THERE'S ANOTHER ROUTE THERE, BUT I THINK MORE IT'S MESSAGING TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS OF WHAT TO DO WHEN WE ENCOUNTER THESE INDIVIDUALS.

IS THE ENFORCEMENT ONLY THROUGH POLICE OR COULD IT BE ENFORCED THROUGH CODE AND CODE OR INSPECTION OR SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE CITATIONS? I'M NOT SURE THAT QUESTION I'D HAVE TO GET WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT I KNOW WE CAN ON OUR SIDE, I CAN'T SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT CODE.

THANK YOU. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ASK A QUESTION OR TWO.

FOR THE STANDING IN THE IN THE MEDIAN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DANGER TO THE PERSON DRIVING A VEHICLE.

WHEN THEY'RE CONCERNED THEY'RE GOING TO HIT SOMEBODY.

AND OFTEN WE'LL FIND ARMS, LEGS, HEADS ON THE CURB, OVER THE CURB INTO THE ROADWAY.

AND THEN THE DRIVER IS STOPPING SHORT SO AS NOT TO HARM HARM SOMEONE, BUT THEN ALSO AT RISK OF BEING HIT FROM BEHIND.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE PERSON WHO'S LITERALLY IN THE ROADWAY.

SO WILL THE GENERAL ORDERS CHANGE THAT? IF AN OFFICER IS AT AN INTERSECTION AND THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE MEDIAN THAT IS UNDER SIX FEET, THAT THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY ADDRESS IT UNLESS IT'S A PRIORITY 1 OR 2.

BUT IF THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THEIR STATION OR IF THEY'RE JUST DRIVING BY IT, WILL THE ORDERS BE TO ADDRESS IT, OR ARE THEY GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY GET A CALL FOR SERVICE, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP AN HOUR LATER AND THE PERSON WON'T BE THERE? THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO WE DON'T HAVE A GENERAL ORDER PER SE REGARDING THE ORDINANCE.

THIS IS MORE OF GUIDANCE OF WHAT WE CAN DO. OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S WE ON VIEW AN OFFENSE, THE OFFICER HAS THE ABILITY TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AT THAT TIME. WE CAN'T MANDATE THAT THEY NECESSARILY WRITE A CITATION, BUT I MEAN, THE GUIDANCE WILL BE TO AT LEAST STOP AND TALK TO THEM AND GET THEM OUT OF THE ROADWAY. NOW, WHETHER THE OFFICER WANTS TO WRITE A CITATION OR MAKE AN ARREST, THAT'S AN INDIVIDUAL OFFICER DISCRETION AT THAT POINT.

BUT WE WILL BE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THAT ROLL.

IT'S A ROLL CALL TRAINING BULLETIN TO ADVISE THAT THE THE LEGAL ACTION IS OVER AND THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION GOING FORWARD ON THIS.

CAN THEY DO A DOCUMENTED WARNING SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT ACTIONS BEING TAKEN WITHOUT IT BEING A CITATION? OF COURSE. AND THEN WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY, OR WE COULD TRACK IT JUST BY AGAIN IN THE CAD.

THE CAD DATA JUST BY KEYWORD SEARCHES. WE CAN GO BACK AND RUN DATA AND SEE WHEN WE'VE ENCOUNTERED THESE INDIVIDUALS, WHAT CALLS WE'VE GOTTEN SO WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY.

AND ALSO I'M ALSO WORKING WITH DB TO PULL UP SOME INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS SPECIFIC ORDINANCE.

AND GOING FORWARD, HOW WE KIND OF DO THOSE KEYWORD SEARCHES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THE DATA IS ACCURATE.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, WE WORKED ON THIS ORDINANCE FOR A LOT OF YEARS, WENT THROUGH MANY YEARS OF LITIGATION, AND WE DIDN'T DO IT FOR FUN. AND SO WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE WHAT WE PASSED AND DEFENDED, YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF RESOURCES. AND SO I HOPE THAT IT WON'T BE JUST THE MEMO THAT WE'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK FOR REPORTS ABOUT HOW ARE WE DOING? AND WE GET NOTIFIED, NOTIFIED NOW ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AS A TRAFFIC FATALITY.

THIS IS ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE BOTH THE PERSON WHO'S IN THE MEDIAN AND THE DRIVER ARE AT RISK.

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TO. A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ENFORCEMENT.

AND IT'S EASY BECAUSE YOU'RE. YOU'RE STOPPED AT THE SAME INTERSECTION SEEING THE SAME THING.

AND SO I HOPE THAT THAT IS HOW IT WILL BE WRITTEN AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING MORE REPORTING ON THAT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM P. THIS IS A LOCATION ANALYSIS OF OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.

OKAY. THANKS FOR ADDING IN THE DATE AND TIME THAT WAS THAT WAS GOOD INFO.

ITEM Q THIS IS OUR CLICK IT OR TICKET ITEM. ITEM R THIS IS THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH. COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH JUST A CLARIFICATION.

IT THE AGENDA ITEM TALKS ABOUT A TWO YEAR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH SIX MONTH RENEWAL.

BUT THEN I SAW LATER ON, I THINK THERE WAS A PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AUTHORIZATION OF A FIVE YEAR DEAL.

IS THERE IS THAT BEEN CHANGED OR IS THAT JUST A TYPO? THIS IS MARTIN RIOJAS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOUR QUESTION IS REGARDING THE AGENDA ITEM WITH FEDERAL ENGINEERING, WHICH IS A COOPERATIVE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH IT CONSULTATION TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THE CAD AND MS. PROJECT. AND YOUR QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TIME OF THE OF THE DURATION OF THE CONTRACT.

YES. IT IS A, IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH A SIX MONTH RENEWAL.

AND LET ME TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU SAW FIVE YEARS WHERE IT SAID IN THE PRIOR ACTION AT THE END OF THE MEMO.

I THINK IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH RENEWALS AVAILABLE.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS. YES, THE PRIOR ACTION IS REGARDING THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO IMPLEMENT A CAT AND MOUSE SYSTEM.

AND SO THAT'S A SEPARATE, THAT'S A SEPARATE THAT'S A SEPARATE AGENDA ITEM ALTOGETHER.

BUT IT'S, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS RELATED IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS FOR CONSULTING IT, IT CONSULTING TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THESE SYSTEMS THAT WE ALREADY GOT APPROVAL TO IMPLEMENT.

OKAY. ANYWAY, IT LOOKED LIKE TO ME THE NUMBERS ARE THE SAME.

THE, THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS THE SAME. IT JUST LOOKED LIKE MAYBE THERE WAS A MISSTEP OF THE OF THE OF THE CONTRACT TERM.

AND IF THE CONTRACT TERM WAS ORIGINALLY FIVE YEARS AND NOW IT'S TWO AND A HALF YEARS, THEN THE THEN THE PER YEAR COST IS A LOT MORE SIGNIFICANT.

AGAIN, IS MY ONLY POINT. AND AGAIN, YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT TO ME AND THAT'S GREAT, I APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER ITEMS ON THAT ITEM? S THIS IS THE CONTRACT WITH AXON. ITEM T THIS IS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS PPE COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. I THINK THAT ITEM T AND ITEM U IN THE MEMO I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE REVERSED.

THEY DON'T. I THINK THEY THERE'S A CONFUSION THAT ITEM T REFERS TO THE PPE CONTRACT, WHICH SHOULD BE $275,000. AND ITEM U REFERS TO THE TRAINING CONTRACT, WHICH IS 3 MILLION WON.

AND I'M JUST, UNLESS IT'S JUST A TYPO IN THE, IN THE MEMO ITSELF.

I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE ISSUE. ASSISTANT CHIEF DANIEL SALAZAR, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE. I WAS JUST DISCUSSING THAT WITH THE CHIEF PACO BECAUSE IT'S GOT BOTH OF OUR ITEMS. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE INADVERTENTLY THEY GOT THOSE TWO ITEMS, SOME OF THE INFORMATION MIXED TOGETHER.

RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT WAS IN FACT THE CASE THERE.

JUST JUST GOT TO FLIP THE NUMBERS INTO THE DIFFERENT MEMOS.

YES, SIR. AND I'LL DISCUSS IT WITH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICER WHEN I GET BACK TO THE OFFICE.

THANK YOU. THEY'LL HAVE IT RIGHT ON THE AGENDA. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. WELL, THEN, WITH THAT, IT IS 325, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.