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[Public Safety on August 10, 2026.]
AUGUST 10TH. THE TIME IS 102. I CALL TO ORDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 8TH MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR BRIEFING ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE FOUR BRIEFING ITEMS IN THE ORDER THAT THEY ARE LISTED. WHEN WE GET TO BRIEFING MEMOS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO GO OVER THE MEMOS FOR J, K, AND P SPECIFICALLY AS WELL AS ASK QUESTIONS, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE AND AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACADEMY, I HOPE THAT ITEMS Q AND R THAT ARE IN THE BRIEFING MEMOS WILL ALSO BE COVERED IN THAT BRIEFING. SO WITH THAT, LET'S START WITH ITEM A, WHICH AS ALWAYS IS OUR HIRING STRATEGY UPDATE. AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN, I'D LIKE TO FIRST MAKE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS.
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS. FIRST, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD WE HAD A VERY TRAGIC LOSS OF OFFICER TED CARPENTER. HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE ON HIS 48TH BIRTHDAY AFTER A VERY BRAVE BATTLE WITH CANCER. FOR MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY HEAR THE WORDS TERMINAL CANCER, IT WOULD STOP LIFE IN THE TRACKS, BUT HE WASN'T JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON BECAUSE HE WAS A FIREFIGHTER. HE WAS A PROTECTOR. HE WAS A MAN OF DEEP FAITH, UNWAVERING STRENGTH, AND A HEART DEVOTED TO SERVING OTHERS. HE FACED THIS JOURNEY THE SAME WAY HE FACED EVERY EMERGENCY THROUGH HIS CAREER WITH COURAGE, DETERMINATION, AND GRACE TO THE VERY END.
HE WAS HIRED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 2002 AS A FIREFIGHTER, AND IN JANUARY OF 2011, HE WAS PROMOTED TO A DRIVER, AND LATER THAT JUNE, LANDED AT STATION 17, WHICH HE CALLED HIS DREAM STATION. HE LEAVES BEHIND A WIFE, DAUGHTER, SON, SISTERS, BROTHERS, A VERY LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY, AND OF COURSE THAT INCLUDES HIS DFR FAMILY. THE THING THAT I HOPE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS THE PUBLIC, WE PAUSE TO THINK ABOUT IS THIS CANCER DEATH AT 48. IT'S NOT A RANDOM CANCER.
IT'S A CANCER THAT VERY OFTEN AFFLICTS FIREFIGHTERS, AND SO WE THINK OF THE DANGER OF THEM GOING INTO A FIRE, AND OF STRUCTURES COLLAPSING, BUT NOT OFTEN DO WE THINK ABOUT THE EXPOSURE THAT THEY ENDURE IN THIS JOB, AND IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT HE DIDN'T DIE IN A FIRE. HE DIED BEING A FIREFIGHTER WITH THIS EXPOSURE, SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR DFR. HE WAS VERY WELL LOVED, SO JUST OUR CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING OUR DFR FAMILY. IF I CAN ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT DEPUTY CHIEF PATRICIA MORA, SERGEANT NORMA MASSU, AND DETECTIVE RYAN DIEM HAVE EACH BEEN NAMED RECIPIENTS OF THE 2026 STATE OF TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, RECOGNIZING THEIR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROFESSION THROUGH PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND LASTING IMPACT. VERY BRIEFLY, DEPUTY CHIEF MORA HAS CHAMPIONED WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGH HER GROUNDBREAKING ANNUAL WOMEN'S SYMPOSIUM, A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR NEW COMMANDERS, AND RECRUITING EFFORTS THAT CONTINUE TO SHAPE THE DEPARTMENT'S FUTURE. SERGEANT MASSU HAS DEMONSTRATED PROFOUND DEDICATION TO HONORING THE FALLEN, COORDINATING THE 55 STREET TOPPER CEREMONIES WITH METICULOUS CARE, COMPASSION, AND PERSONAL SACRIFICE TO ENSURE EVERY HERO RECEIVES A PROPER MEMORIAL, AND DETECTIVE DIEM HAS ELEVATED INVESTIGATIVE STANDARDS THROUGH RELENTLESS CASEWORK, INCLUDING MAJOR NARCOTICS AND FIREARM SEIZURES, THE FIRST EVER USE OF THE FIREFLY GUN DETECTION SYSTEM AS
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AN INVESTIGATIVE TOOL, AND THE DIVE TEAM RECOVERIES THAT HAVE HELPED WITH DECADES-OLD CASES. THIS IS JUST MORE OF THE OUTSTANDING WORK THAT WE'RE SEEING, AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU.THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE TO BRIEFING A.
GOOD MORNING. SO WE WILL BEGIN ON PAGE 3, IF WE COULD GET THERE, PLEASE. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR CURRENT HIRING GOAL OF 04,000 STRONG. AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR CURRENT STRENGTH, WE DID TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP SINCE THE TIME THAT I HAVE PROVIDED YOU THE NUMBERS.
RIGHT NOW, WITH CURRENT HIRES, WE SHOULD HAVE 270. HOWEVER, OUR NEXT CLASS IS GOING TO BE AUGUST THE 12TH. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 60 RECRUITS SCHEDULED, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY LARGE CLASS.
THAT'LL BRING US TO A NUMBER OF 330 HIRES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. YOU'LL SEE OUR CURRENT CLASS SCHEDULE. AGAIN, FOR CLASS 414, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE A 60 IN THERE. I CAN SAY THAT FOR THE GOAL FOR 415, OUR GOAL IS 60. WE ALREADY HAVE A DOZEN IN THERE. WE HAVE 12 AS OF THIS MORNING. NEXT SLIDE.
AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT RECRUITS THAT ARE IN THE CLASSES, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE AT 243 OUT OF THE 270 THAT WE HAVE HIRED.
THERE'S A BREAKDOWN THERE OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE.
NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE CURRENTLY PROCESSED 1,255 APPLICANTS.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE WERE AT 998, SO I THINK THAT SHOWS THAT OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS, THEY ARE DEFINITELY PAYING OFF.
WE'RE STILL HITTING UP OUR UNIVERSITIES, OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM TO COME OVER AND JOIN DPD.
WE'RE STILL PUSHING A LOT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WITH INDEED SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS AND ENGAGEMENTS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL WANT TO EXPAND ON. NEXT SLIDE. OUR ATTRITION FOR THE YEAR, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IT'LL BE BROKEN DOWN BY MONTH FROM THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. WE ARE UP BY 22.
THIS YEAR WE HAVE 164 WHEN IT COMES TO OUR ATTRITION VERSUS THE 142 FROM LAST YEAR. NEXT SLIDE.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE REASONS FOR THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF IT IS USUALLY PERSONAL REASONS OR RETIREMENT.
NEXT TO THE LAST SLIDE WILL BE OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
AGAIN, FOR THE YEAR, WE'VE HIRED THE 25. OUR ATTRITION IS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO DETER US FROM CONTINUING TO RECRUIT AND HIRE FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? START WITH COUNCILMEMBER CADENA? NO? COUNCILMEMBER STEWART? SORRY, GETTING MY MICROPHONE TOGETHER HERE. SO ON SLIDE 4, I BELIEVE IT'S THE CLASS NUMBER 414 THAT'S GOING TO START IN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS AND I JUST MISSED IT, BUT THE GOAL IS 53.
DO WE HAVE 53 OR? WE HAVE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 60 SCHEDULED TO START. SO WE HAVE 60 SCHEDULED TO START IN CLASS 414? YES. OKAY, AND THEN HAVE YOU STARTED ON CLASS 415 YET OR YOU'RE JUST WRAPPING UP? YES, MA'AM. AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAVE A DOZEN. WE HAVE 12 TOTAL THAT ARE CONFIRMED FROM THIS MORNING. OKAY.
THE WORK IS AMAZING. THANK YOU.
I'VE DONE THE MATH ABOUT A THOUSAND TIMES. WE NEED EIGHT MORE TO HIT OUR YEARLY GOAL OF 350, SO WE'RE AT A DOZEN. WE NEED EIGHT MORE, SO IT'S LOOKING GOOD. I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE THING REAL QUICK. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE HAVE ALMOST 300 MORE APPLICANTS PROCESSED, SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK FROM OUR TEAM AT APU, BACKGROUND AND OUR RECRUITING TEAM. WHEN YOU GET THAT MANY APPLICANTS, THERE CAN BE CLOGS IN THE TEAM.
REALLY IT'S BEEN A LOT OF BRAIN POWER TO GET THROUGH THOSE CLOGS AND GET PEOPLE IN AND FILLING THESE ACADEMY CLASSES, SO IT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT NEW WAYS TO HIRE QUALITY OFFICERS MORE CONSISTENTLY. IN 2019, A MAJOR ACTUALLY PRESENTED AND PUSHED FOR THIS LATERAL PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF USING.
WE'VE REVAMPED IT SINCE, AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO PUSH OUT A NEW LATERAL HIRING PLAN THAT WILL BEGIN WITH THE ACADEMY.
CHIEF WILLIAMS AND A MAJOR MAYOR HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TRYING TO GET A CONDENSED ACADEMY THAT'S MORE SPECIFICALLY GEARED AT GETTING OFFICERS INTO OUR POLICE ACADEMY AND MAYBE AN ATTEMPT AT AN ACTUAL POLICE ACADEMY CLASS FULL OF LATERAL OFFICERS.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I WILL SAY THE VOLUME OF THE SOUND SYSTEM IS PRETTY LOW TODAY. WE HAD
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THIS AT THE MEETING EARLIER, SO IF YOU CAN BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH IT, MOVE THIS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN TO YOUR MOUTH, THAT'D BE GREAT. COUNCILMAN MORENO? THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR MEETING OUR GOAL AND GOING ABOVE IT.WHAT ELSE CAN THIS COUNCIL BE DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GETTING AS MANY RECRUITS THAT THEY'RE PASSING THEIR ACADEMY? WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE FACILITY, OUR TRAINING FACILITY, EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, PAY, PENSION, TRAINING, THINGS LIKE TATTOOS, PIERCINGS. WE'RE LOOSENING A LOT OF THAT, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY HAVING SUPPORT FROM THIS COUNCIL.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE BE DOING? WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT INCENTIVES, AS WELL.
WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO MAKE IT EASIER AND MORE ENTICING PEOPLE TO COME TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT ELSE? WHERE ARE WE FALLING BEHIND? GRANTED THAT I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT FACILITY IS LIMITED IN THE NUMBER OF RECRUITS THAT WE CAN HAVE, BUT LET'S SAY WE HAD ALL THE SPACE AVAILABLE. IF WE HAD ALL THE SPACE FOR THE ACADEMIES TO BE LARGER, WHAT ELSE CAN THE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY BE DOING TO INCREASE RECRUITING? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT IS WHAT MAKES DALLAS ATTRACTIVE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE IN. PEOPLE ARE SEEING WITH THE TEXAS STOCK EXCHANGE COMING, THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE MONEY IN DALLAS. I THINK THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW ABOUT SALARIES AND ABOUT INSURANCE IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. I CAN'T TAKE THAT OFF THE TABLE AS WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR WHEN THEY GET HERE. JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING ARE WITH THAT IN MIND, THAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE AND THAT IS OUR COMPETITION WHEN WE'RE ATTRACTING AND WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE STATEMENTS. SO, WE'RE RECRUITING AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING US ABOUT. WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSING.
WE'RE STILL IN THE THING OF FINDING SUITABLE HOUSING FOR OUR RECRUITS, SO THAT ALSO IS ANOTHER AREA AT WHICH, AND MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR AREAS AND YOUR TERRITORY, JUST HAVING THOSE PEOPLE STEP UP AND ADVERTISE IN A WAY THAT OUR RECRUITS ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT AS A VIABLE OPTION FOR THEIR LIVING AND SCHOOLS.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE TOP THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE ALREADY DOING THINGS THAT I BELIEVE OTHER CITIES AREN'T DOING WITH THE RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT. OFFICERS ACTUALLY CAN PROMOTE TO HIRE SOMEBODY AND GET SUPPLEMENT, GET PAID SOME MONEY FOR THAT.
ONE THING I WILL SAY IS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE SUPPORT AND PUBLICIZING THE SUPPORT, IF YOU HAVE A COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY, WE GET TREMENDOUS SUPPORT HERE IN DALLAS AND OTHER CITIES JUST DON'T HAVE THAT. A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DON'T HAVE THAT SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CITY, I THINK JUST PROMOTING THAT MORE, THAT'S WHAT REALLY COULD HELP US. IF WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN THOSE AREAS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, INSURANCE, PAY, IF WE'RE COMPETITIVE, PEOPLE WILL COME HERE AND WE CAN CONSISTENTLY BRING GOOD QUALITY OFFICERS HERE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHAT CAN WE DO MOVING FORWARD TO HONE IN ON SOME THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE AREN'T DOING. I THINK THE RELOCATION REIMBURSEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE HOUSING, THOSE ARE GREAT IDEAS.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AT THE VERY BEGINNING, YOU SAID WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 3370, NOT 86, IS THAT RIGHT? THOSE 16 OFFICERS, THAT DIFFERENTIAL, SHOULD THEY BE ADDED TO SLIDE 9 FOR ATTRITION? YES, MA'AM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO YOU A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE YOU THE MOST CURRENT NUMBERS WHEN IT CAME TO OUR STAFFING LEVELS AS OF THIS MORNING. SO YES, MA'AM.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO ACTUALLY, ATTRITION IS A LOT HIGHER. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY AT 180 FOR ATTRITION, AS OPPOSED TO 142, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LAST YEAR.
AND DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF, WITH THESE ADDITIONAL 16, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WE HAVE A REAL ISSUE WITH X, Y, OR Z? NO, NONE OF THIS TIME. NOTHING HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION. SO WE DO DO THE EXIT INTERVIEW WHENEVER ANYONE IS GOING TO LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT. WE USUALLY GET A PERSONAL REASONS, OR AGAIN, THE OTHER ONE IS JUST GOING TO BE THE RETIREMENT. THOSE ARE USUALLY OUR TOP TWO FACTORS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YOU VERY CLEARLY SAID THAT THE ISSUES FACING THAT YOU HEAR THE MOST
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ABOUT ARE SALARY AND INSURANCE.YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE INSURANCE ISSUE. AND I KNOW I HAVE BEEN SORT OF OVERWHELMED WITH PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO ME SAYING THAT THERE'S A BIG INSURANCE ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL REALIZES, BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE PLANS THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE FROM, AND WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO ONE PLAN. AND THIS ONE PLAN DOES NOT HAVE A PPO, AND IT HAS A VERY NARROW SET OF DOCTORS. SO THE BROADER NETWORK IS NO LONGER THERE, AND IF YOU HAVE A COLLEGE KID, THERE'S A PROBLEM. IF YOU HAVE RETIRED AND MOVED OUT OF STATE, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF ISSUES WITH THIS CHANGE IN INSURANCE. WHEN YOU SAY THAT SALARY AND BENEFITS, MEANING INSURANCE, ARE KIND OF THE TOP TWO THING PEOPLE ASK ABOUT, ARE THEY ASKING ABOUT THE COST OF THE INSURANCE, OR ARE THEY ASKING ABOUT THE ACTUAL BENEFITS? MEANING, IN THIS CASE, IT'S BLUE CROSS, BUT IT'S THAT VERY LIMITED BLUE CROSS PLAN. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING AND SEEING? SO I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHEN WE GO OUT AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE, IT IS WHAT IS THERE TO OFFER. AND WHAT IS THERE, MANY OF OUR APPLICANTS DO COME IN AND THEY ARE WITHIN THE AREA OF THE DFW. SO WE'RE COMPETING FOR THAT TALENT, AND SO WHEN THEY HAVE OPTIONS AND THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE FOR THEIR FAMILY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THOSE BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST A SALARY. WHEREAS WE'RE TRYING TO LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU WON'T SPEND TIME ON PATROL, YOU WON'T SPEND YOUR LIFE AND CAREER ON PATROL, WE DO HAVE OTHER SPECIALIZED OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU, THEY ARE STILL CONSIDERING THE BENEFITS THAT COME FROM OTHER PLACES.
YES, I AGREE. NOW ON THE SALARY SIDE, WE HAVE THE WHOLE PROP U ISSUE, AND I WILL SAY I'M A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT I CAN VERY EASILY COME UP WITH EIGHT OTHER POLICE FORCES THAT HAVE A HIGHER STARTING SALARY THAN US WHEN PROP U SAYS WE HAVE TO BE IN THE TOP FIVE. WHY IS THAT? AND I THINK, CHIEF KALUNGA, WE HAD TAKEN TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE COMPETITION WITH THE OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS AS FAR AS SOME OF THE SALARIES THAT THEY WERE OFFERING. AND WE WERE ALSO LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM AS WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER THE LATERAL PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO SAY, WELL, WE MAY NEED TO DO MORE OF THIS AND SOME OF THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS TODAY, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT MAKES US BOTH COMPETITIVE, BUT AGAIN, MOST ATTRACTIVE.
WELL, I GUESS I'LL JUST SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR NEXT BUDGET, WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM. AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VOTERS PASSED PROP U, AND IT SAYS WE HAVE TO PAY IN THE TOP FIVE. AND WE'RE NOT PAYING IN THE TOP FIVE. AND IF WE WERE, I THINK YOUR RECRUITING JOB WOULD BE JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER. WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. I RECOGNIZE IT'S EXPENSIVE.
THERE'S NO QUESTION IT'S EXPENSIVE.
BUT IT'S ALSO NECESSARY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS ON THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS, AND WE HAVE VERY HIGH ATTRITION.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INSURANCE ISSUE IF WE DON'T REQUIRE THE MANAGER TO GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE FOR BENEFITS. SO THAT'S MY WARNING ON THAT.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SAY SOMETHING.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE CITY AND PROPOSITION U, THE CITY FEELS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PROPOSITION U. PROPOSITION U NOT ONLY SAYS MINIMUM SALARY, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE NON-PENSION BENEFITS. WHEN YOU INCLUDE BOTH OF THOSE INTO THE SALARY OF OUR NEWLY ACQUIRED MEMBERS, WE'RE IN A FOURTH POSITION, I BELIEVE, RIGHT NOW WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVING UP IN THE FUTURE. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CHIEF AND THE STAFF LOOKING AT WAYS TO POSSIBLY BRING IN MORE TODAY, THIS MORNING.
WE HAD A CALL WITH A GROUP THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT WE FEEL WILL BENEFIT BOTH DEPARTMENTS, POLICE AND FIRE, WITH HOUSING. AND SO WE
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CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO BE BETTER SERVANTS FOR OUR WORKFORCE, CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE RECRUITING AND RETENTION FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE IN THIS CITY.THANK YOU, CHIEF. I APPRECIATE THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CALCULATION THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING THAT PUTS US IN FOURTH ACTUALLY INCLUDES SPECIFIC PAY THAT NOT ALL POLICE AND FIRE OFFICERS WOULD BE ABLE TO ATTAIN.
THAT'S CORRECT. THOSE ARE THE SAME PAYS THAT OTHER CITIES ALSO HAVE IN THEIR WAY OF PAYING THEIR INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO AS A MEASUREMENT, WE USE THOSE. AND ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, WE USE THOSE FOR THOSE OTHER CITIES ALSO.
YES. ALL RIGHTY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. READY TO MOVE ON TO ITEM B. THIS IS THE TRAINING FACILITY. AND DEB, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WERE IN THE ROOM, BUT I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD ALSO COVER MEMOS Q&R WITH THAT UPDATE. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JENNY NISWANDER. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF BOND AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT JUST OUR BRIEFING MEMO UPDATE ON THE POLICE ACADEMY. AND WE WILL ADDRESS Q&R A LITTLE BIT IN THAT MEMO.
SO THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THE PERMITTING DOCUMENTS FOR GMP 2. AND THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN JULY. GMP 1 IS SCHEDULED ACTUALLY TO GO TO COUNCIL ON AUGUST 12TH. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ONE AS WELL. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE SITE PACKAGE. SO THE EARTHWORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. GMP 2 PACKAGE IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER. WE'RE SHOOTING FOR OCTOBER 14TH. AND WE'RE PRETTY CERTAIN WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT DATE. BUT IN GENERAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OCTOBER CONSIDERATION.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO OUR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE FOR THE SEPTEMBER 3RD GROUNDBREAKING.
INVITATIONS WILL BE SENT OUT THIS WEEK FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 12TH. IN TERMS OF OUR SCHEDULE, SO OUR PROJECT IS ON TRACK AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE OUR CONSTRUCTION AWARDED IN AUGUST AND THE GROUNDBREAKING IN SEPTEMBER AND CONSTRUCTION BEGINNING AROUND THAT TIME.
FOR PUBLIC ART, THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO CHANGE IN THAT CATEGORY FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO FOR THE BUDGET, WE DO HAVE, WE BRIEFED COUNCIL ON THE 5TH ABOUT THE $227 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE HAVE AND A POSSIBILITY OF A BOND PROGRAM. SO WE DO HAVE $25 MILLION IN THE STATE GRANTS. $10 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED AS OF JUNE.
AND THAT, WE NEED TO EXPEND THOSE DOLLARS FIRST BEFORE WE CAN APPLY FOR THE TWO GRANTS THAT ARE COMING UP LATER IN THE MONTH FOR THE $5 AND THE $10 MILLION. SO THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS EARLIER IS WE HAD TO EXPEND THOSE DOLLARS FIRST.
AND WE DO EXPECT A NOTICE OF AWARD FOR THOSE GRANTS IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STATE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S IN LINE ON OUR SIDE AND THEIR SIDE AS WELL. AND WE DO EXPECT TO TAKE THAT TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER TO ACTUALLY ACCEPT THE AWARD OF THOSE GRANTS. PRIVATE FUNDRAISING, AND I MEANT TO START OFF THE PRESENTATION BY SAYING A THANK YOU TO OUR TASK FORCE MEMBERS WHO ARE DOING THE FUNDRAISING AND TO QT SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE. WE DO HAVE A REMAINING GOAL FOR FUNDRAISING OF $38.5 MILLION OF THE $70 MILLION THAT WAS INITIALLY TASKED TO FUNDRAISE FOR THIS PROJECT.
FOR OUR FUNDING SUMMARY, THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH CHANGE.
THE DOLLARS THAT WE'VE BEEN SHOWING FOR THE BOND AND THE GRANTS HAVEN'T CHANGED. WE DO HAVE A BRIEFING OF CITY COUNCIL ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK. IF APPROVED, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROPOSITION OF $443 MILLION WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS, AND $82 MILLION OF THAT WOULD BE FOR THE ACADEMY. SO AWARDED CONTRACTS WERE UP TO $21 MILLION, AND THROUGH JUNE OF 26, WE'VE EXPENDED $10.5 MILLION.
ALL OF THAT ESSENTIALLY WAS FOR THE GRANT. WE'RE STILL RECONCILING FOR JULY, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER $11 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
FOR NEXT STEPS, AUGUST 12TH WILL BE THE GMP 1, AND FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A BOND ELECTION.
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CONSIDERATION TO APPLY FOR THE REMAINING GRANTS.SEPTEMBER 30TH IS OUR GROUNDBREAKING. OCTOBER 14TH WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF GMP 02, AND NOVEMBER 3RD WOULD BE THE BOND ELECTION IF COUNCIL WANTS TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. AND THAT ESSENTIALLY IS OUR MEMO. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE.
WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WOULD YOU REMIND ME WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT FOR THE BOND POTENTIALLY FOR THIS? HOW MUCH WE WERE ASKING FOR? FOR THE LATC, WE'RE ASKING FOR $82 MILLION.
82? 82. OKAY. AND IS THAT BASED ON, WHAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION COST ON THE TRAINING CENTER? IS IT BASED ON $29 MILLION OR $26 MILLION? COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, THE OVERALL PROJECT COST IS $227 MILLION. SO FAR, WE HAVE RAISED WITH THE FUNDRAISING AND THE $50 MILLION IN THE STATE GRANTS, WE HAVE OVER $100 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT. OF THE $82 MILLION, NOT ALL OF THAT WILL BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION. SOME OF IT WILL BE USED FOR FURNITURE AND FIXTURES.
AND MY, I'M SORRY, MY QUESTION WAS CLUMSY. WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT WAS THE REFERENCE TO MEMO O, WHICH BASICALLY INCREASED THE COST OF THE TRAINING CENTER FOR THE LATC MAXIMUM GUARANTEED PRICE TO $29 MILLION FROM $26 MILLION. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT NUMBER WAS INCLUDED IN THE $227 MILLION ESTIMATE FOR THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION COST.
THAT IS CORRECT. THE FIRST CONSTRUCTION PACKAGE THAT WE WILL HAVE IS THE SITE AND UTILITY WORK. AND THAT IS WHAT IS IN THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE. AND SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT THAT, THAT MONEY IS PART OF THE $227 MILLION. OKAY, SO THAT $3 MILLION EXTRA IS NOT, IT'S ALREADY BAKED INTO THE $227. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CONFIRM. SO THAT ADDITIONAL, THE DIFFERENCE THERE BETWEEN THE $26 MILLION AND THE $29 MILLION, WHICH YOU'LL BE SEEING GOING TO COUNCIL, IS ACTUALLY AN OWNER'S CONTINGENCY THAT WE'RE INCLUDING. I'M SORRY, A CONSTRUCTION CONTINGENCY LINE ITEM. SO THAT, THE NUMBER IS INCLUDED IN THAT $227.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO. WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO DO MY MONTHLY THANK YOU TO QUICK TRIP. I DID PICK MY CUP TODAY ON PURPOSE. SO FAR THEY ARE THE ONLY PRIVATE DONATION WE HAVE OF A CORPORATION.
SO I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO STEP UP AND SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO BE RECOGNIZED AS SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND I HOPE TO BE RAISING A DIFFERENT CUP OR ANOTHER CUP NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU. I SEE LYNN MCBEE IS UP THERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS FUNDRAISING TEAM. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? IF SO, COME ON DOWN.
WE'D LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME DOWN. AND THIS HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. AND WE ARE, ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, GO FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING. AND WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT. WE HAVE A ROBUST PIPELINE OF ABOUT, I'D SAY, CLOSE TO 30. AND THERE ARE CORPORATIONS IN THERE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE GOING THROUGH WHAT THE AGENDA MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT OUR LAST MEETING. AND I THINK HAVING A CORPORATION STEP FORWARD AND SAY, WE'LL BE INSPIRING. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF IN THE QUEUE.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE $70 MILLION.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT IS IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW IN FOUNDATIONS. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A GRANT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO THE $70 MILLION. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SEPTEMBER 3RD. WE'RE MAKING CALLS TO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR PIPELINE. AND SO IT'LL BE GREAT TO HAVE THEM THERE AND FOR THEM TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE COMING FORWARD TO SUPPORT THIS. SO IT'S STARTING TO ROLL.
WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK. IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN HELP YOU, I KNOW EVERYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD BE WILLING.
I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER.
MAY I MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT? FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN RAISING THE FUNDS. AND IN THAT RESPECT, I FAIL TO ASK THE QUESTION, IS THERE STILL AN ONGOING AND CONCERTED EFFORT TO REALLY WATCH THE
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CONSTRUCTION COSTS, LOOK AT THE DESIGN, TRY TO VALUE ENGINEER THE POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION NOW THAT YOU'RE OUT FOR BIDS AND YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO THIS? ARE WE TRYING TO SAVE SOME MONEY BEST WE CAN ON THIS PROJECT AND LOOKING AT IT CRITICALLY? NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE BROUGHT ON OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE JUST A DEEP BENCH AND HAVING PEOPLE TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT WHERE WE CAN SAVE AS WE'RE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO THAT'S ALWAYS ON THE TABLE.AND JUST TO ADD TO JENNY'S COMMENTS, I KNOW WE SENT OUT TO COUNCIL IN A FRIDAY MEMO LAST WEEK JUST THE TOOLKIT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR CONSTITUENTS INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ACADEMY, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, ANY EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE WITH RESPECT TO FUNDRAISING. SO BUT REST ASSURED THAT JENNY AND OUR TEAM IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THE COSTS, MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING GOOD VALUE FROM ALL THE COSTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU. WELL, MY LAST COMMENT ON THIS IS SIMPLY, YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE ABOUT THE BOND THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, AND THAT THIS HAS BEEN ROLLED IN WITH MANY OTHER PROJECTS.
AND THE THING IS THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ONCE ALREADY VOTED TO APPROVE A POLICE ACADEMY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, MANY TIMES THEY HAVE VOTED TO APPROVE A POLICE ACADEMY FUNDING. BUT MOST RECENTLY, THEY VOTED TO DO THIS IN 2024 WITH $50 MILLION.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DIDN'T ASK FOR ENOUGH MONEY TO BEGIN WITH. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR THIS.
BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IT BE ITS OWN PROPOSITION.
THERE'S NO REASON THAT WE SHOULD FORCE RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO ACCEPT A PACKAGE OF ITEMS AS OPPOSED TO SELECT THE ITEMS THEY WISH TO SUPPORT.
AND I DO BELIEVE THIS ITEM WOULD PASS OVERWHELMINGLY, BUT NOT THE REST OF THEM. AND SO I FEAR THAT BUNDLING THEM IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO PASS ALL ON THE COATTAILS OF THE ACADEMY WILL END UP IN FAILURE. AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE GET THIS FUNDING FOR THE ACADEMY, OUR MOST IMPORTANT PROJECT IN THE CITY. AND IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, ASK PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING THE CITY WHY THEY'RE LEAVING. WE MUST GET THIS ACADEMY DONE. AND IT NEEDS TO BE DISAGGREGATED FROM THE REST OF THE ITEMS ON THE BOND. SO I'LL BE MAKING THAT MOTION WHEN WE GET TO THAT. BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT STAFF PROPOSED IT THAT WAY. AND IT'S VERY CLEAR WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY.
BUT THE PEOPLE WILL REJECT IT.
AND THEY WILL REJECT IT BECAUSE OF THE OTHER ITEMS, NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS THERE.
BUT THIS IS UNFORTUNATE HOW IT'S BEEN PRESENTED. AND I HOPE THAT THIS COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE COUNCIL, WILL SUPPORT ALLOWING OUR TAXPAYERS TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO SUPPORT AND WHAT THEY DON'T.
AND THIS IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT. THANK YOU.
CHAIR, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS BODY, FOR THIS COMMITTEE, TO RECOMMEND YOUR SUGGESTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM IN THE POTENTIAL BOND BE SEPARATED AS A SEPARATE SITUATION.
AND IS THERE A SECOND? SO THE MOTION IS TO SEPARATE THE POLICE ACADEMY AS ITS OWN PROPOSITION ON THE BOND AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? YES. THANK YOU. I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION BEFORE US. I THINK WE'VE CHALLENGED STAFF TO GET CREATIVE IN FUNDING OUR PENSION, FUNDING OUR POLICE ACADEMY AND OUR TRAINING ACADEMY. AND I THINK THAT DECISION SHOULD BE MADE BY THE FULL COUNCIL, NOT BY A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION BEFORE US.
COUNCILLOR? I TOO WOULD NOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION. THE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS ARE THERE AS A TOOL. OUR OBLIGATION ON THE PENSION IS... IF I CAN JUST CORRECT, I BELIEVE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS ARE ALREADY A SEPARATE PROPOSITION. YES.
BECAUSE THEY'RE A DIFFERENT FINANCING TOOL.
IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SORRY. I JUST PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER.
WELL, THEN LET'S, IF WE COULD ITEMIZE WHAT THE OTHERS WERE, OTHER ITEMS WERE. THANK YOU.
OR ARE, EXCUSE ME. CAN I ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
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YES, PLEASE. SO THERE WERE SIX PROJECTS THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL LAST WEEK.FIVE OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE, WOULD BE PART OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL PROJECT PROPOSITION.
AND SO THERE'S THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER, WHICH WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN DISCUSSING.
THERE IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING COMPLEX, WHICH IS ALSO A VITAL PART OF POLICE TRAINING.
THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE TRAINED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, WITH THE VEHICLES, EMERGENCY VEHICLE MANEUVERS, A GUN RANGE, AND A SIMULATED VILLAGE. SO THAT'S PART OF THE TRAINING JOURNEY. SO THOSE TWO PROJECTS COMBINED.
THE THIRD PROJECT IS, IS A COMBINED PROPERTY ROOM, CRIME LAB, AND EVIDENTIARY VEHICLE FACILITY. I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE PROPERTY ROOM AND HAVE SEEN THE CONDITIONS IN THE PROPERTY ROOM. THEY ARE AT 125, 125 PERCENT CAPACITY.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY USING CONNEX BOXES TO STORE, STORE THAT EVIDENCE. AND SO THAT, THAT IS A VITAL PROJECT. IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN 2024, BUT DID NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF, OF MEETING THE, THE CRITERIA AT THE TIME. THE, THE OTHER PROJECT IS A FIRE STATION, FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. I KNOW CHIEF BALL IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. HE SPOKE ABOUT IT ON WEDNESDAY AND I'M RUNNING A BLANK ON THE DEV. IF I CAN JUST SAY THE, THE OTHER TWO WERE THE SERVICE CENTER, WHICH IS NOT ON THE SAME BOND, WHICH IS NOT ON THE SAME ONE. SO IT'S JUST THOSE FOUR ITEMS, THE WAY YOU PRESENTED THEM TOGETHER.
AND ALL OF, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT, WE BROUGHT THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE PRIORITY PROJECTS.
THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE FEEL LIKE THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND COST OF PROJECTS IS GOING UP. AND SO NOW. I'M SORRY, THERE'S ONE OTHER ONE, WHICH IS THE MOVING THE 9-1-1 CENTER.
EXCUSE ME. YEAH. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I THEN SPEAK TO THOSE FOUR? OKAY. SO THE TRAINING COMPLEX IN MY MIND GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE, THE TRAINING WITH THE ACADEMY. WHEN I LOOKED AT AGAIN, PLANS FROM THE NINETIES, THIS, THIS TRAINING COMPLEX WITH GUN RANGE AND OBSTACLE COURSE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INCLUDED. SO I, TO ME, THOSE GO HAND IN HAND AND, AND THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE INCLUDED THE PROPERTY ROOM AND 9-1-1. I THINK WE HAVE REACHED SOME LIMITS WITH BOTH SITUATIONS AND UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR CHANGE THERE AND WE NEED TO UPGRADE. AND SO AGAIN, CRITICAL PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS TIME TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS ADDRESSED.
LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THE FIRE STATION, I CERTAINLY TRUST DFR AND CHIEF BALL TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS THEIR NEEDS. AND IF FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR IS ON THE LIST, MY ASSUMPTION IS IT TOO IS A HIGH PRIORITY. SO I BELIEVE WE'VE PICKED SOME VERY HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS AND SOME NUTS AND BOLTS PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO THIS IS NOT THE, SOME OF IT'S NOT THE FUN, FANCY STUFF THAT WE DO. IT'S WITH OUR BOND MONEY. THIS IS REALLY JUST THE NUTS AND BOLTS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, FUNCTIONAL THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR CITY. SO I JUST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD PULL SOME OF THE FUNCTIONAL THINGS AWAY FROM THE TRAINING ACADEMY.
THAT TOO IS FUNCTIONAL. IT ALL FALLS IN A SIMILAR AREA FOR ME AND THAT THERE, THEY ARE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE PROMISED THAT WE KNOW NEED TO BE. THEY ARE FUNCTIONAL. THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE FUNCTIONING OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AND, AND, AND THEY, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THEY VERY MUCH DO GO TOGETHER.
SO I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
COUNCILOR JOHNSON. THANK YOU, CHAIR MEMBER. SO COULD YOU READ, I WAS LISTENING WHILE DRIVING BACK HERE, PICKING ON MY DAUGHTER. COULD YOU READ YOUR MOTION AGAIN FOR ME? CAN YOU, WHO MADE THE MOTION? WELL, I DON'T HAVE A MOTION IN WRITING. THE MOTION WAS TO DISAGGREGATE THE BOND PROPOSITION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO WHAT ARE WE DISAGGREGATING? THAT MEANS TO PUT THE ACADEMY? NO, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ALL ARE WE, IS IT, ARE WE KEEPING IT WHOLE OR ARE WE SEPARATING? GO AHEAD.
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ACADEMY AS ITS OWN PROPOSITION.I'M TRYING, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT IS THE NATURE, I THINK YOU MADE IT, COUNCILOR MORAN, WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF DOING SO? WHAT WILL IT ACCOMPLISH? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO. WHAT MY SUGGESTION WAS, WAS THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT WE SEPARATE OUT THE TRAINING CENTER AND THE, THE LOGISTICS, WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER YOU CALL THAT OTHER DEAL, THE, THE WHAT? TACTICAL CENTER. THE WHAT? TACTICAL CENTER AS A SEPARATE ISSUE BECAUSE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CREATING A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SO THAT THE PUBLIC COULD ADDRESS THAT. IT GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE POWER TO AVOID THE POTENTIAL THAT WE WOULD NOT GET FULL CITIZEN SUPPORT ON THE WHOLE THING AND THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SOMEWHAT ENSURE THAT WE COULD GET THOSE BOND FUNDS, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED AS A PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN THEY START REVIEWING THAT ISSUE, I WOULD THINK WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT INDICATION OF OUR, OF OUR IMPORTANCE IN MAKING THOSE TWO ITEMS, THOSE TWO THINGS WHICH I'M CALLING ONE ITEM, A PRIORITY FOR THIS, FOR THIS GROUP.
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND. IT WAS KIND OF BREAKING UP WHILE I WAS LISTENING. CHIEF CUOMO, YOUR THOUGHT ON THE SEPARATION FOR THE VOTER, WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THAT? TRAINING CENTER'S IMPORTANT, EVERYTHING'S IMPORTANT. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING YOU AS THE, YOU'RE THE CHIEF OF POLICE, I WANT TO SUPPORT FULLY AND I DO FULLY SUPPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIREFIGHTERS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS BEST. WHAT DO YOU FEEL IS BEST THAT WE NEED TO DO? AND I'M, I'M HEARING THE POLITICAL ANSWERS, THE POLITICAL CONVERSATIONS, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, I WANT TO TELL YOU ALL OF IT'S IMPORTANT. I DON'T GET INTO THE WHOLE POLITICS OF HOW YOU BREAK IT UP. I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW YOU BREAK EVERYTHING UP, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WE NEED THE POLICE ACADEMY. WE NEED A NEW GUN RANGE. WE NEED AN EVOC AND WE HAVE TO GET 911 OUT OF WHERE 911 IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT PROPERTY ROOM IS ATROCIOUS. EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORK IN THOSE CONDITIONS. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THE COUNCIL WORKS AND HOW YOU SEPARATE EVERYTHING.
BUT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WE NEED ALL OF THOSE THINGS DONE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKE CARE OF THE CITY THE RIGHT WAY.
OKAY. BASED ON THAT, I WILL, I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION. I AM CONCERNED THOUGH WITH THE BUDGET. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PROPER PLACE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THE, THE HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US AS A WHOLE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PERCENTAGE AND ALL THAT, THE PERCENTAGE OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST US AS A WHOLE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT FINANCIALLY, BUT I DO SUPPORT IT. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOU AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND MY COMMUNITY WAS, I'M GOING TO SAY, I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD A VICTIM OF LETDOWN BECAUSE CADILLAC HEIGHTS WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A POLICE ACADEMY YEARS AGO IN THE EARLY NINETIES. I BELIEVE I HEARD SHERIFF STEWART SAY THE SAME THING AND IT WASN'T A DONE AND THE VOTERS VOTED FOR IT.
AND WE CAN'T FAIL AGAIN. I DON'T BELIEVE IN BEING A REPEAT OFFENDER. I USE THAT WORD. SO BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VOTERS IN DISTRICT FOUR HERE THAT WE NEED TO VOTE FOR THIS AND TO GET THIS ACROSS FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY WHEN I WENT TO GO SEE THE PROPERTY ROOM, I HAD NEVER BEEN THERE. I WAS SHOCKED. I WAS REALLY SHOCKED.
AND SOME OF YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE I CALLED YOU AND I SAID, OH MY GOD, THAT PROPERTY ROOM. BUT BEFORE THAT, NOT ONE TIME IN SEVEN YEARS WAS IT EVER DISCUSSED IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBER, NOT EVEN ONCE, NOT EVEN ONCE DID STAFF YOU OR MANAGEMENT SAY, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY ROOM.
I'M TELLING YOU THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I KNOW THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO THE PROPERTY ROOM, I SAID, AND I WAS VERY VOCAL THAT I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD A PROPERTY ROOM THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE STARTED TRYING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE WHERE WE CAN MINIMIZE EVEN SOME OF THE DRUGS THAT'S IN THE PROPERTY ROOM BECAUSE OF THE SMELL, BECAUSE OF THE MILDEW THAT WAS IN THERE. AND THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER I BECAME THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME TO YOU. IT DID NOT COME HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY THAT CONTINUES WITH THE 9-1-1 CENTER.
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AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE WERE GIVING TOURS TO OUR STATE REPS AND STATE SENATORS ON HOW PROUD WE WERE OF OUR 9-1-1 CENTER AND HOW COOL IT WAS.AND THEY AGREED. THAT WAS THE NARRATIVE NOT THAT LONG AGO.
AND SUDDENLY EVERYTHING IS A CRISIS.
THE FIRE STATION WASN'T EVEN CONSIDERED ON THE BOND. IT'S PART OF THE TIF PLAN.
THE TIF OUGHT TO BE PAYING FOR IT.
SO, NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT NEEDING A NEW PROPERTY ROOM, BUT THIS BOND ACTUALLY CONSIDERS WHERE IT SHOULD GO, WHICH IS VILBIG, WHICH BY THE WAY, FOR THREE PLUS YEARS HAS BEEN ON THE TOP 10 LIST OF PROPERTIES WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SELLING. THIS THING'S SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, GUYS.
AND SUDDENLY WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW BUILDING ON IT? WHY IS THAT? WE'VE NEVER EVEN HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
WE'RE JUST SUPPOSED TO BE DISORIENTED BY THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY ROOM, WHICH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING MONEY FROM TXDOT FOR, SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE WAY OF THE EXPANSION.
SO, WHERE'S THAT MONEY GOING TO GO? BUT I AGREE. PROPERTY ROOMS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE, NO MATTER WHAT, BECAUSE OF THE I-30 EXPANSION, AND THE BUILDING IS IN TERRIBLE CONDITION. I AGREE.
BUT SHOULD IT GO TO VILBIG? NO, BECAUSE VILBIG, WE SHOULD BE SELLING. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS, AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A BRIEFING ON THAT PART.
SO, I'M GOING TO COME BACK AROUND.
THERE IS A MOTION ON THE TABLE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING WITH THE SEPARATING OF THE ITEM AS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL. LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. I'M SORRY, I THINK YOU SPOKE ON THIS ALREADY. COUNCIL MEMBER CADENA, YOU HAVE NOT.
AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU AROUND, COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO. YEAH, SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I SECONDED IS BECAUSE MY COMMUNITY DEFINITELY SUPPORTS THE TRAINING ACADEMY, THE COMPLEX. I PERSONALLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PROPERTY ROOM MOVING TO VILBIG LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. MY UNDERSTANDING IS SOMEBODY WENT OUT THERE TO LOOK AT ALREADY DESIGNED PLANS.
THERE'S POSSIBLY A ZONING CHANGE.
AND I, UP UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO, MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE SOLD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I HAD NO CLUE WHATSOEVER. AND SO, MY CONCERN PERSONALLY IS THAT INCLUDING THIS WITH THE OTHER ITEM COULD POTENTIALLY MAYBE NOT PASS, AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT, BECAUSE OF THAT. AND I DEFINITELY THINK WE NEED A PROPERTY ROOM. MAYBE VILBIG IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF THE BOND AND WHERE IT GOES FOR THAT REASON. SO, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SO, THE PROPERTY ROOM BORDERS DISTRICTS 2 AND 07, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH TXDOT. AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WE HAVE ANYONE ON, GUS OR SOMEONE FROM THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT WON'T AFFECT THE BUILDING.
THAT IS CORRECT. I'VE PERSONALLY SPOKEN WITH THE DALLAS DISTRICT ENGINEER, AND SHE'S ASSURED ME THAT TXDOT IS NOT IMPACTING THE PROPERTY ROOM AND IS NOT PART OF THE I-30 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THANK YOU. AND SO, AS FAR AS THE LOCATION FOR THE PROPERTY ROOM, YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ENOUGH DUE DILIGENCE TO GO BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WHETHER THAT HAPPENS THERE OR NOT. AND SO, I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS CAME LAST WEEK, THAT WAS WHERE MY COMMENT IS, LET'S NOT TIE OURSELVES TO ONE LOCATION. I KNOW THAT I WOULD TAKE THIS IN DISTRICT 2. THE AMOUNT OF POLICE SQUAD CARS THAT GO TO THE PROPERTY ROOM, TO ME THAT'S MORE EYES, THAT'S MORE VISIBILITY, THAT'S MORE PRESENCE OF POLICE OFFICERS. SO, I WELCOME IT IN A LOCATION IN THE DISTRICT. BUT YES, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT TYING OURSELVES TO ONE SPECIFIC LOCATION. THAT IS CORRECT.
IN THE BRIEFING LAST WEEK, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO SCENARIOS, ONE UTILIZING THE VILLE BIG SITE AND THE OTHER WITH AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION.
AND WE CONTINUE TO DO DUE DILIGENCE ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS APPROPRIATE, WHAT IS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION. SO, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS REMINDING US THAT WE MAY BE SLIGHTLY BROAD FOR WHAT'S BEEN POSTED. I THINK THE CRUX
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OF THE ISSUE IS UNDERSTOOD, AT LEAST BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS MOTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT THE MOTION? NO. OKAY.SO, WITH THAT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
AYE. THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NAY. OKAY. SO, IT'S 3-3, I BELIEVE. IS THAT CORRECT, KATHY, YOU VOTED NO? YES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. SO, WITH THAT, THE MOTION FAILS AND THERE WILL BE NO RECOMMENDATION TO THE FULL COUNCIL. THANK YOU.
OKAY. SO, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ACADEMY? NO. MY LAST INPUT IS GOING TO BE THE SAME THAT I HAVE HAD PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS THAT THE NAMES OF THE TWO SITES ARE TOO SIMILAR AND DISTINCT NAMES NEED TO BE DEVELOPED SO THAT THERE'S LESS CONFUSION. AND I WILL SAY THAT CHIEF ARTIST JUST WAS REFERRING IT TO THE TACTICAL CENTER. I THINK THAT MAKES LOTS OF SENSE TO CALL IT THE DPD TACTICAL CENTER COMPARED TO THE DPD ACADEMY OR ACADEMIC CENTER.
SO, JUST SOME IDEAS FOR YOU. I'M NOT MARRIED TO ANY NAME, BUT TO KEEP CALLING ONE A PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AND ONE A LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYONE WOULD BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THOSE. SO, THAT'S MY LAST ITEM ON THAT.
YES? OKAY. LET'S MOVE TO ITEM C, VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. DEPUTY CHIEF ROMAN WITH THE PRESENTING YOUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION UPDATE PLAN. HOW'S THAT? ALL RIGHT. IF WE'D GO TO SLIDE THREE, PLEASE.
OVERALL, OUR VIOLENT CRIME NUMBERS CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING AT A NEGATIVE 8.78 PERCENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF SEVERAL OF OUR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS YEAR TO DATE WITH SOME SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS THAT WE HAD WITH OPERATION SAFE STREET WHICH RESULTED IN 728 TOTAL ARRESTS AND THEN CONTINUED WITH THE RECENT CONCLUSION AND ONGOING, I'M SORRY, THE ONGOING PORTION OF THE OPERATION UPTOWN DOWNTOWN THAT WE HAD A RECENT PRESSER ON THAT RESULTED IN ANOTHER 725 TOTAL ARRESTS. OVERALL, RESULTING IN OUR ROBBERIES AS A WHOLE WITH NEGATIVE 221 FEWER ARRESTS THAN WE DID LAST TIME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE IMPACT OF VIOLENT CRIME AS A WHOLE AND LOOKING AT THESE PERCENTAGE NUMBERS.
IF YOU'D MOVE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE OVERALL BUSINESS ROBBERY CATEGORY WITH THE 38 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THAT ONE, WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND WHAT WE DID WITH OUR MPOS AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH THE FOLLOW-UP OF THE INVESTIGATIONS AND LED SOME SUCCESSFUL ARRESTS AND APPREHENSIONS OF THOSE ACTORS. OVERALL, THEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL OVERALL ROBBERIES BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUALS IN BUSINESS WHICH RESULTED IN NEGATIVE 18 PERCENT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, WE LOOK AT THE THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES FIRST WITH THE MURDERS, ROBBERIES, AND AG ASSAULTS.
YES, MA'AM. SO, LOOKING AT THE MURDERS AS OF THE 31ST OF JULY, WE HAD THE NON-VIOLENT FAMILY VIOLENCE MURDERS HERE IN DALLAS. WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF 8.5 PERCENT WHICH WE ENDED UP WITH SIX MORE VICTIMS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SHORT MINUTE BUT OVERALL YEAR TO DATE WE DID HAVE SIX MORE BUT THE FAMILY VIOLENCE MURDERS ENDED UP WE HAD NINE COMPARED TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
LOOKING AT THE ROBBERIES, AGAIN, WE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN THAT ONE WITH 221 FEWER ROBBERY VICTIMS FOR THE YEAR TO DATE WHICH ENDED UP WITH THE NEGATIVE 18 PERCENT AND GOING BACK AND WE SPOKE OF JUST HERE RECENTLY OF THE BUSINESS ROBBERIES WITH THAT LARGER NUMBER OF NEGATIVE 38 PERCENT. MOVING ON TO THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
SO, THOSE ARE DOWN AS WELL WITH NEGATIVE 3 PERCENT WITH 116 FEWER AND THE FAMILY VIOLENCE AG ASSAULTS THEY INCREASED JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN ONE PERCENT AND NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE IS DOWN FIVE PERCENT
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WHICH WE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH THAT ONE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CRIME TRENDS FROM 21ST TO 21 AND 2026 OF THE INCIDENTS TIMELINE CONTINUE TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS FROM 577 TO 504. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.AND THEN OUR VICTIMS, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE FOR US AS WELL FROM JULY 2025 WE'RE AT 712 BUT IN 2026 AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR WE'RE DOWN 626. NEXT SLIDE.
SO, THIS IS OUR DEMOGRAPHICS AND WE INSERTED THAT ONE AT YOUR REQUEST AND THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO SHOW WHAT THEY'RE FROM JUST THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS, RACE, SEX, AND THE AGES AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD A FEW PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AGO BUT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT THE 17 TO 19 AND THE 20 THROUGH 29 AGE GROUP TEND TO SHOW WHERE WE HAVE ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR VICTIMS IN THAT ONE. NEXT SLIDE. SO, OVERALL LOOKING AT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES THAT WE WORK REALLY HARD AT IS REACHING OUT TO SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVE BEEN IN JUSTICE INVOLVED AND LOOKING AT OUR FOCUS DETERRENCE. SO, THAT SHOWS OUR OUR SIXTH SESSION WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE 99 ACTIVE CLIENTS, 191 CLIENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AND WE MADE SOME CONTACTS AND 40 OVERALL REFERRALS AND THE THE JAIL NOTIFICATIONS CONTINUE TO GO AS AS EXPECTED AND WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME SUCCESS ON THAT ONE AND THE DA'S OFFICE AND THE DETERRENCE MANAGER AND OUR COMMUNITY HELP WITH THE VOICES OF HOPE AND PAYING PARTNERS AND OUR ACT TEAM THAT APARTMENT TEAM THAT CONTINUES TO GO OUT TO THESE LOCATIONS LIKE 3550 EAST OVERTON AND SOME OF THE OTHERS HERE RECENTLY WE HAD SOME BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS BUT WE DO STILL HAVE THOSE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON WE'RE MAKING CONTACTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES OR TEND TO BE THAT SHOWS WHERE OUR DATA SHOWS IT OR TEND TO BE AFFECTED THE MOST AND OUR PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS IN OUR PSN AREAS WE CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE DOING ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND MAKING APPREHENSIONS AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
NEXT SLIDE. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT IT. I'M OPEN FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
GREAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. NO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH.
UH THANK YOU FOR THE UH FOR THE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'VE THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN PROVIDING THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT REALLY IS HELPING ME SORT OF UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF THE OF THE MURDER ISSUE ESPECIALLY UM I I REALLY WOULD LIKE AND I'M NOT THIS ISN'T A A TARGETED UM QUESTION I REALLY AM ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK DO THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IDENTIFY ANY PARTICULAR UM SPECIFIC AREA THAT THAT AND OR OR POPULATION THAT ARE THE PROPONENTS FOR THE FOR THE MURDER ACTIVITY OR FOR THE VICTIMIZATION AND I REALLY AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF IF UH 30 ALMOST 40 PERCENT OF THE SUSPECTS ARE UNDER 19 UM AND AND AND EVEN IF YOU ADD IN THE THE 20 TO 29 RATE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 50 PERCENT OF THE OF THE SUSPECTS ARE IN A SORT OF A AN INTERESTING TARGETED RANGE DOES THAT DOES THAT REFLECT ON ANY KIND OF A PARTICULAR GROUP OR A PARTICULAR UH ACTIVITY IS IT DOES IT RELATE TO GANG STUFF DOES IT RELATE TO ANY PARTICULAR UM MOTIVATIONS OR I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU HOW CAN CAN YOU USE THIS INFORMATION TO BETTER SORT OF ADDRESS MAKING SURE THAT YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE IN IN UH ELIMINATING OR STOPPING OR OR AT LEAST MINIMIZING SOME OF THE FUTURE ACTIVITY THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN DEBATED MULTIPLE TIMES FROM OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT A LOT OF US HAVE AND SOME OF JUST THROUGH THROUGH OUR CAREER THAT THAT THAT AGE GROUP UH IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGING ONE FOR US ALL RIGHT SO BETWEEN YOU KNOW YOUNG PEOPLE COMING OUT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVING THINGS TO DO I THINK UM COUNCILMAN JOHNSON HAS TALKED ABOUT IT
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IN THE PAST WITH REACHING OUR OUR YOUTH AND REACHING OUT TO THOSE UH TO THOSE EITHER KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS UH SO WITH THAT JUST PERTAINING TO YOUR QUESTION WE DO REALLY WELL WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH I THINK WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE NATION IF YOU WILL UH SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH THE UH PARKS AND REC AND WE WORK WITH YOUR YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER TEAMS TO PUT THAT JUST GIVE KIDS SOMETHING TO DO UH GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY OF SOME JUST OPPORTUNITIES EITHER THROUGH EDUCATION AND THROUGH OTHER TYPE OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND AND STUFF OF THAT NATURE BUT UH THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TARGET THEM SPECIFICALLY THEY JUST END UP BEING INVOLVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BUT THAT WAS WOULD BE THE UM THE SECRET SAUCE IF WE WOULD IF WE CONTINUE TO TO DO SOME OUTREACH TO THAT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC I THINK WE DO THAT WE DO THAT REALLY WELL UH BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE THAT THAT CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC THAT'S GOING TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT THAT'S NOT IN LINE WITH WHAT THE OVERALL COMMUNITY WOULD DESIRE BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UH THOSE TEAMS AND THOSE NGOS THAT WOULD GO OUT THERE AND AND DO PROGRAMMING UH AND AND SUPPORT US IN OUR EFFORTS AS WE GO OUT THERE TO TO TO STOP THE VIOLENCE AS IT OCCURS. THANK YOU.THANK YOU, CHAIR. UM SO THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN HAS BEEN AMAZING, RIGHT? WE HAVE ALL WATCHED THE NUMBERS COME DOWN FOR YEARS NOW AND UM IT'S YOU KNOW I WOULD CALL IT THE SECRET SAUCE OR WHATEVER, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S THE GRID SYSTEM, IT'S THE P&I, AND UM THEN THE FOCUS DETERRENCE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE BIG PIECES.
SO UM I THINK I'M STARTING MY FOURTH YEAR OF WATCHING THESE STATISTICS AND IT'S UM IT IT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE THAT THE MURDER THE THE UM LET'S SEE WE ARE ON SLIDE FOUR UH THE VIOLENT CRIME 25 VERSUS 26 THE MURDER CARE CATEGORY UM HAS A ZERO PERCENT REDUCTION UM AM I READING THAT CORRECTLY? WE TYPICALLY SEE SOMETHING THERE A REDUCTION YEAR OVER YEAR AND UM IN FACT IN JUNE IT WAS DOWN 9.38 PERCENT WHICH IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
UM SO CAN YOU JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY? I MEAN I I THINK I SAW THE EMAILS IN THE NEWS REPORT SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD MAYBE OBVIOUSLY DID HAVE MORE MURDERS THAN UH THE PRIOR YEAR UM OR WE CAME UP EVEN WITH THAT. ANYWAY LONG STORY SHORT IF YOU COULD JUST HELP US HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE AT A ZERO PERCENT DECREASE THERE.
SURELY. UH THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WITH THIS WITH THIS THE PERCENTAGES WE'RE THERE'S GOING TO BE STATISTICAL ANOMALIES, RIGHT? AND THERE'S COMING OFF THE SUMMER MONTHS UH NOT ONLY FOR US BUT FOR OTHER AGENCIES AROUND THE NATION UH THEY TEND TO BE TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VIOLENT. PEOPLE ARE YOU KNOW THEY THEY'RE MOVING ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THEY WOULD IN THE IN THE WINTER MONTHS OR THE COOLER TIMES. SO AND THEN SPECIFICALLY TO THIS ONE WE HAD A WASH IN THAT ONE WHERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE AT UH 70. NOW THIS TIME LAST YEAR IT WAS AT 70.
NOW WE'RE AT SIX. SO WE UNFORTUNATELY WE DID HAVE SIX UH INCIDENCES THAT OCCURRED WHERE SOMEBODY LOST THEIR LIFE.
HOWEVER UH THIS IS A LIVING PLAN AND THERE'S GOING TO BE UPS AND DOWNS AND AND SOMETIMES THAT NUMBER JUST ENDS UP WITH THE ZERO AND IT WASHES OUT AND AFFECTS THE REST OF IT. NOW THAT'S NOT ONLY THE ONLY STATISTICAL AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. THERE'S OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UH WITHIN THIS UM WITHIN THE OVERALL UH VIOLENCE UH OFFENSES AND SOME WILL BE UP AND DOWN.
WE MADE UH AGAIN UH SOME TREMENDOUS UH STRIDES IN OUR ROBBERIES. WE CONTINUE TO DO REALLY GOOD AT OUR AG ASSAULTS AND NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE. OH ABSOLUTELY. THE REST OF THE CHART IS STELLAR.
IT'S IT'S IT'S AMAZING AND UM ESPECIALLY I THINK IN THE AREA OF THE ROBBERIES YOU GUYS HAVE.
I KNOW WORKED WITH A LOT OF BUSINESSES UM AND JUST DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THAT AREA. SO THAT I DON'T MEAN TO UM DIMINISH THE THE GREAT RESULTS IN SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS.
BUT IT JUST CAUGHT MY EYE AND UM IT UM IT I I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL KNOW THAT HOW IMPORTANT WE THINK THAT THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN IS. UM THAT THOSE THREE INGREDIENTS SEEM TO BE UM REALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL AND UM NOT MAYBE ALL AT ONCE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS OVER TIME AND IT CONTINUES TO WORK AND BRING THAT UM BRING THOSE NUMBERS DOWN.
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AND YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY MURDERS ARE MAYBE THE WORST ONE ON THERE RIGHT? SO WE WOULD WANT THAT TO COME DOWN UM IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. SO ANYWAY IT JUST IT I REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY HEY WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU KNEW OF THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THAT? OR UM WAS IT JUST A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING MONTH? I THINK IT WAS JUST THAT THE CHALLENGING MONTH. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIR.ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? OH COUNCILOR JOHNSON. YEAH. OH I'M SORRY DID YOU? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MURDER VICTIM DEMOGRAPHICS FOR 17 THROUGH 19. 17 UM COUNT 26.98 PERCENT. UM YOU KNOW THAT'S ALMOST AND THEN YOU LOOK AT AGE 20 THROUGH 29 WHICH IS 18.
THOSE ARE SOME HIGH NUMBERS FOR THAT GROUP AND JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY RESOURCES UM YOU KNOW THAT MAYBE WE HAVE OR CAN PARTNER WITH TO YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME TRENDS THAT WE SEE IF THESE ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES OR OR THINGS THAT WE CAN DO MAYBE TO HELP THIS GROUP? DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? THAT'S WHY WE WON'T GO AWAY FROM OUR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PROGRAM. THE NPO OFFICERS WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF TRYING TO KEEP THAT AGE GROUP DOWN.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS PART. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITIES TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHAT RIGHT IS AND WHAT WRONG IS SO WE CAN TRY TO STOP SOME OF THAT BAD BEHAVIOR AND WORKING WITH THE FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT MURDER THAT'S GENERALLY NOT THEIR FIRST OFFENSE CORRECT? IT VARIES. SOMETIMES IT IS SOMETIMES IT ISN'T BUT THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE. WE NEED TO BE PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITIES WORKING WITH THEM AND ANYTIME ANY OF YOU CALL ABOUT A COMMUNITY EVENT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE PRESENT SO WE CAN LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND TRY TO TEACH THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. THANK YOU CHAIR MELDERSON. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN WHERE ARE WE STILL HAVING ISSUES AT? IN TERMS OF LOCATION OR ARE YOU JUST TALKING JUST OVERALL? LOCATION. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE CONTINUE TO DO THE EVOLUTION AND REVIEW OF WHAT THE DATA TELLS US. SO WE HAVE SOME TARGETED AREAS THAT WHERE THE DATA HAS LED US TO BE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE. NOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE ANOMALIES ALSO IN THAT AND WHERE CRIME IS GOING TO OCCUR SOMETIMES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO AFFECT SOME OF THE LARGER LOCATIONS.
SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO BE APARTMENT LOCATIONS.
SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE AN ENTERTAINMENT AREA AND THOSE KIND OF DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR OR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON BUT USUALLY IT'S WHERE YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A LARGER CONGREGATION OF FOLKS WHO LIVE TOGETHER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW EITHER OPPORTUNITIES JUST BASED ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF WHERE WE DO A LOT OF WHAT'S CALLED CEPTED, THE CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND WE LOOK AT THOSE BUT WE REALLY LOOK AT WHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO HAD PROVIDED US IN OUR ANALYSIS AND WITH OUR OWN LOCAL INTERNAL PATROL DIVISION.
CRIME ANALYSTS TELL US WHERE THINGS ARE STARTING TO INCREASE AND WE WILL ADJUST AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BUT WE TEND TO STAY AT THOSE LOCATIONS THAT EITHER HISTORICALLY OR WHAT WE SEE THAT CONTINUE TO SHOW A LARGER CRIME LOCATION. SO THOSE LOCATIONS TEND TO VARY.
I THINK I HEARD CHIEF TALK ABOUT THE VIOLENCE OR SOME YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF CREATING A LITTLE TURBULENCE IF I CAN USE THAT SAYING IN COMMUNITIES. WHEN I WAS ON SCHOOL BOARD AS TRUSTEE WE HAD A PROGRAM WITH THE CVI, THE COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WE USED TO CALL THEM INTERRUPTERS AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW THEY'RE NOT OPERATING OUT OF THE POLICE OFFICES DO THE POLICE SUPPORT THE CVI PROGRAMS? ANYTHING THAT HELPS CRIME GO DOWN WE WILL SUPPORT.
A GOOD REASON WHY I ASK THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE LAST HAD A MEETING IN MY OFFICE HERE AT CITY HALL THE FUNDING WAS $300,000 I BELIEVE THAT WE CITY MANAGER PUT ASIDE.
OUT OF THAT $300,000 WHEN THEY NARROWED IT DOWN TO DOLLARS AND CENTS IT WAS $15,000 TO $20,000 THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO THE GUYS THAT'S ON THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT WAS DOING THE WORK WHICH IS BASICALLY 90 DAYS WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S NOT EVEN SNEEZING THAT GETTING THINGS DONE THE WAY IT NEEDS TO GET DONE.
SO WHICH IS BUDGET TIME SO I'LL BE DEFINITELY ADVOCATING FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S PUBLIC SAFETY AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY.
WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF IN YOUR IN YOUR VIEW CHIEF OR
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WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER WHAT'S THE PROS AND CONS OF THE OF THIS CVI PROGRAM AND WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGIES? WELL AGAIN ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP US REDUCE CRIME I'M IN FAVOR OF AND I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYONE OUT THERE AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN QUESTIONS ASKED WOULD THE CHIEF CONSIDER WORKING WITH PAST FELONS? I WILL TALK AND WORK WITH ANY PAST FELON THAT'S TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND HELP THE CITY REDUCE CRIME AND I THINK SOME OF THE PROGRAM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IS BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND IT'S THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRYING TO REDUCE CRIME SO I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM ALL BUT I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FROM MY BUDGET TO WORK WITH THEM SO THAT'S MORE OF A COUNCIL ISSUE.ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY. IS DALLAS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THESE PROGRAMS? WHEN I'M LOOKING AT PROPERTIES LIKE 3550 EAST OVERTON AND THAT LOWER CORRIDOR PART OF ILLINOIS GOING TO WALL 45 THAT'S BEEN A BIG PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH VIOLENCE HOW ARE WE REALLY TACKLING THOSE ISSUES AND SOME OF THIS IS OUR YOUTH SO HOW ARE WE TACKLING THOSE ISSUES TO BRING THAT DOWN AND IS THERE A REALLY STRUGGLE WITHOUT THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS IN EFFECT TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF YOU GUYS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY? WELL THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT'S COMING OUT HERE SOON THAT I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT HERE BUT I THINK THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE FELT THERE. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN BUDGET TIME COME TO LOOK AT THESE CVI PROGRAMS WE NEED THOSE DOLLARS GOING ON BOOTS ON THE GROUND NOT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES NOT PROGRAMMING AND ACTUALLY GET THE ONES THAT'S DOING THIS WORK LET'S GET THEM THE FUNDING BECAUSE THOSE ARE WHO WE'RE CALLING ON NOT AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT'S GOING TO MAYBE TAKE HALF THE SALARY AND PUT IT IN THEIR POCKET WE NEED SOME BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO GET IT DONE I'VE BEEN A PERSONAL ADVOCATE FOR THAT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT DONE IN DALLAS LAST DAY AND I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT'S HAPPENING NOT JUST WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH VIOLENCE AND OTHER OTHERS WITH HOMELESSNESS AND EVERY OTHER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THANK YOU SO MUCH CHIEF OF POLICE.
WELL I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE A DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME YOU'VE GOT IT DOWN AS 8.78 PERCENT SO FAR THIS YEAR YOU'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT MURDERS WITH 81 MURDERS THROUGH THE FIRST 32 WEEKS OF THE YEAR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MURDERS A WEEK IT'S STILL A HIGH NUMBER AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN ON RECRUITING AND RETENTION BUT I THINK THE ANSWER IS MORE POLICE OFFICERS AND TO HAVE THOSE OFFICERS WE HAVE TO PAY THEM RIGHT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE BENEFITS AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR DOLLARS NEED TO GO.
CHIEF, YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT CRIME RATES THE OTHER DAY AND YOU WERE VERY PROUD OF THE VIOLENT CRIME AND YOU SHOULD BE. MY FIRST QUESTION IS HAVE WE HIRED A NEW CRIMINOLOGIST TO ASSIST WITH THIS EFFORT? WE ARE WE HAVE MADE A SELECTION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD FROM THE ACADEMIA WORLD AND NOW IT'S DOWN TO THE PAPERWORK AND GETTING EVERYTHING APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEYS BUT WE HAVE MADE SELECTIONS.
IN TERMS OF A VENDOR OR YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WE HAVE TWO UNIVERSITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SOON.
OKAY GOOD AND SO WHAT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK ON IS WE GET A NIBRS CRIME BRIEFING REPORT EVERY WEEK AND IT'S PUBLIC FACING IT'S ON THE DALLASPOLICE.NET WEBSITE AS WELL AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A WHILE IS THAT OVERALL CRIME EVERY CRIME LISTED ON THE REPORT HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP A LITTLE BIT AND FOR THE FIRST TIME INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN IS AT 2.46 PERCENT INCREASE OVER YEAR OVER YEAR AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
YES MA'AM SO OVERALL AGAIN SO AS WE LOOKED AT IT EITHER WITH EITHER INTERNALLY OR WE'VE LOOKED AT IT WITH OUR ACADEMIC PARTNERS WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW CRIME TENDS TO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE TEMPORAL MEANING JUST LOOKING AT SUMMER MONTHS AND LOOKING VERSUS SOME OF THE NEED THE FALL AND THE SPRING THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO THEY'LL VARY AND AND WE'LL ADJUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIME NOW THE MOST
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IMPORTANT PART TO THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE THAT CHIEF COMO HAS THE THE CORRECT INTELLIGENCE AND THE CORRECT DATA THAT TELLS US WHERE WE NEED TO BE EITHER JUST EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER SOMETHING OCCURS AND I THINK THIS PLAN AND THE PLAN THAT WE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH GOING FORWARD WITH OUR WITH THE THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT THAT CHIEF'S GOING TO COME UP WITH THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN THOSE AREAS WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SICK THE CITY IS DEFINITELY SAFE WELL I I WAS WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT SAY THAT YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OFFICERS DEALING WITH FIFA AND WE'RE SEEING THIS CRIME AGAIN NOT THE THE VIOLENT CRIME WHICH HAS GONE DOWN BUT ALL THE OTHER CRIME CATEGORIES GO UP AND IT'S UNIFORM ACROSS THE CITY ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT I BELIEVE THERE'S ONLY TWO THAT HAVE HAD A DECREASE ALL THE OTHERS HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IF PERHAPS THE THE WORKLOAD OF FIFA HAS MAYBE PULLED SOME OFFICERS OFF STREET OR THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THAT MAY HAVE IMPACTED THE WAY THINGS ARE BEING MANAGED RIGHT NOW I THINK DEPENDING ON THE WOMEN THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT ARE OUT THERE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND IF YOU WILL ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LARGE EVENTS IN THIS CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO DALLAS AND THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE AND THE THE DAY-TO-DAY THAT WE THAT FROM ANSWERING 911 CALLS ARE GETTING FLAGGED DOWN WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT OVERALL SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST WITH SOME OF OUR STAFFING SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE TO ADJUST WITH SOME OF OUR SCHEDULING BUT THOSE CALLS WILL GET ANSWERED THE PEOPLE WHO OUR OFFICERS WILL BE OUT THERE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SAFE AS POSSIBLE.OKAY ALL RIGHTY THANK YOU VERY MUCH I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE YOU READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM THIS WOULD BE THE POLICE AND FIRE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS UPDATE.
WELL THANK YOU SIR APPRECIATE IT HEY GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE AGAIN IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO TALK ABOUT OUR WELLNESS UNIT IN THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH DFR SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT POLICE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEXT SLIDE OH YOU'RE ALREADY THERE SORRY SO FOR THE OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DPD WELLNESS BACKGROUND SOME OF OUR KEY PROGRAMS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND SOME OF OUR UNIT CHALLENGES AND GOALS ON THE DFR SIDE THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THEIR NETWORK BACKGROUND ACCOMPLISHMENTS SOME OF THEIR OUTCOMES THEIR CHALLENGES AND FUTURE GOALS NEXT SLIDE SO AS MANY OF YOU GUYS KNOW PRE-JUNE OF 2022 DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVE A WELLNESS UNIT WE OPERATED UNDER HAVING PEER SUPPORT PEER SUPPORT COORDINATOR PEER SUPPORT AND WE ALSO HAD OUR FOUR PSYCHOLOGISTS ON STAFF COME JUNE OF 2022 WE CREATED A WELLNESS UNIT AND WHAT THAT DID IS JUST REALLY WE CREATED OFFICERS THAT WERE DESIGNATED TO THAT TO THAT UNIT THERE WAS A LIEUTENANT A SERGEANT AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE FIVE OFFICERS IN ADDITION TO THAT WE CREATED WHAT WE CALL CHECKPOINT OFFICERS AND I THINK THAT WAS REALLY OUR OUR MEAT AND BUTTER TO EVERYTHING IS THOSE WERE THE OFFICERS THAT WERE OUR INFORMAL LEADERS THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH WITH OUR OFFICERS AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I THINK WHERE THE THE WELLNESS UNIT SUCCEEDED IS THE MESSAGING FROM THE TOP DOWN WE HAD THE CHIEF OF POLICE WE STILL HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE BEING VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE PLUS OUR ASSOCIATIONS OUR ASSOCIATIONS WERE REALLY PUSHING OUT THE MESSAGING TRYING TO CHANGE THAT STIGMA OF WHAT IT IS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REACH OUT AND GET THAT GET THE HELP THAT'S NEEDED WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WE GO TO CRITICAL INSTANCE DAILY AND WE SOMETIMES WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT AND YOU KNOW BACK WHEN I HIRED ON IN 97 YOU KNOW IT WAS A NEGATIVE STIGMA TO GO SEEK THAT HELP BUT WE'VE CHANGED THAT CULTURE WE'VE CHANGED THAT NARRATIVE AND I THINK THAT HAS REALLY HELPED US BECOME A SUCCESSFUL UNIT MOVING INTO 2026 WITH OUR WELLNESS UNIT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE ADDED LIAISON OFFICERS AND THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS OUR WELLNESS UNIT IS STILL FAIRLY SMALL AND WE WE OPERATE UNDER CERTAIN CERTAIN HOURS AND IF SOMEBODY WAS DEALING WITH AN INCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE WE IDENTIFIED OFFICERS IN EACH OF OUR SUBSTATIONS THAT MAYBE THAT OFFICER AT THAT POINT COULD GO TALK TO INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE WELLNESS UNIT TO RESPOND BACK YOU KNOW WHEN THEY COULD AND SO I THINK THAT'S HAD SOME OF ITS ADDED BENEFITS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE OFFICERS AT THOSE STATIONS AT THOSE WATCHES BEING ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE OFFICERS IN THOSE CRITICAL INCIDENTS NEXT SLIDE SO SOME OF OUR KEY PROGRAMS AS I DISCUSSED IS OUR PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM AND OUR
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CHECKPOINT OUR CHECKPOINT PROGRAM AND THIS IS REALLY CHECKING ON OUR OFFICERS WHEN THEY WHEN THEY HAVE THAT CRITICAL INCIDENT THIS IS WHERE WE TOOK THAT PROACTIVE RESPONSE IT WASN'T SO MUCH WAITING FOR THE OFFICERS TO REACH OUT AND CALL US IT WAS US LOOKING AT OUR OFFICERS AND SAYING HEY I WENT TO THIS WE SAW YOU WENT TO THIS CALL AND JUST BEING THAT EAR TO LISTEN AND GAUGE WHETHER HEY WE MIGHT WANT TO DO SOME REFERRALS AND GIVING THEM RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THOSE CRITICAL INCIDENTS YOU KNOW THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THAT WAS TO REACH OUR OFFICERS BEFORE THEY'RE IN CRISIS AND I THINK OUR CHECKPOINT OFFICERS AS WELL OUR WELLNESS UNIT HAS REALLY BEEN GROUNDBREAKING IN THAT NEXT SLIDE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS YOU KNOW WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS TELL US AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ANY DEPARTMENT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE RATE OF THE INSTANCE THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE GOING THROUGH AND UNDERSTANDING LIKE THE HARMFUL EVENTS THAT THEY ARE EXPOSED TO AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND AGAIN THE BIGGEST THING IS TO IDENTIFY THE CRISIS BEFORE THE CRISIS BEGINS YOU CAN SEE OUR CHECKPOINT OFFICERS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHECKPOINTS BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY NEED TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN THE SECOND THE SECOND COLUMN IS OFFICERS UTILIZING OUR ATO AND BLUE GUARDIAN COUNSELING SERVICES WE COULDN'T DO THAT PART WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS AND THE ASSIST THE OFFICER AND BLUE GUARDIAN WHAT THAT IS IS THEY PROVIDE COUNSELING FOR THOSE OFFICERS IT'S ANONYMOUS WE DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS BUT WE'VE SEEN YEAR AFTER YEAR ESPECIALLY THE CREATION OF THE WELLNESS UNIT THAT THOSE SERVICES ARE INCREASING BOTH ON PD SIDE AS WELL AS FIRE SIDE SO VERY VERY PROUD OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND I'M THANKFUL THAT THEY CONTINUE TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE AND UNDERSTAND THE NEED NEXT SLIDE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR WELLNESS EDUCATION OUTREACH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE TALK THAT'S OUR POST-INCIDENT PSYCHOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND WE FOCUS ON OFFICERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR EXTREME CASES IF YOU GUYS ALL RECALL ON CHANNEL ONE WE HAD THAT THAT BEHEADING THAT WAS A VERY VERY REALLY CRAZY SCENE LIKE WE'D SEE IN THE MOVIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT OUR OFFICERS WENT THROUGH THAT THAT PSYCH ED AND WHAT THAT PSYCH ED DOES IS IT REALLY TALKS TO AND EXPLAINS TO OUR OFFICERS HEY YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THIS SCENARIO THESE ARE THE EMOTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH AND JUST LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S NORMAL TO FEEL THE UPS AND DOWNS OR WHATEVER THAT CRITICAL INCIDENT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS OUR FAMILY NIGHT AND HITTING THOSE RECRUITS THE REASON THAT'S IMPERATIVE IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BREAK THAT CULTURE THAT CYCLE RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING AND TALK ABOUT WELLNESS AND TALK ABOUT COUNSELING AND HOW IT'S OKAY TO SEEK THAT AND IF YOU HIT THEM RIGHT AT THE GROUND RIGHT RIGHT WHEN THEY WALK TO THAT ACADEMY DOOR WE'RE ALREADY HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY GET THAT BADGE PINNED ON THEM THEY GO OUT TO THEIR PERSPECTIVE STATIONS THEY KNOW THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE AND THEY KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS THEM IN THOSE ENDEAVORS ONCE THEY GET PAST WE LIKE TO DO OUR FIELD TRAINING OFFICER CHECK-INS AND THAT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE AGAIN IT'S ONE OF THOSE IT'S A DYNAMIC TIME IN SOMEBODY'S CAREER THEY'RE GOING FROM ACADEMY TRAINING ENVIRONMENT TO A REAL LIFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY GO INTO THESE CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND SO CHECKING ON THESE OFFICERS AND THESE RECRUITS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THEY ARE IN A GOOD SPACE AND THEY KNOW THAT THE RESOURCES REMIND THEM THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE NEXT SLIDE JUST TO JUST TO HONE IN A LITTLE BIT WE TALK ABOUT THAT EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AGAIN THESE NUMBERS KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO FOR OUR RECRUITS AND THE ACADEMY IT IS IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO TOUCH THOSE OFFICERS RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO DO IS WE WE BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND WE DO THAT AT FAMILY NIGHT AND WE REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS TO OFFICERS AND I THINK THAT HELPS THE FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS KNOW THAT DPD CARES NOT JUST AS A CALL ANSWERING OR SOMEBODY GOING OUT THERE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS BUT WE ALSO CARE ABOUT THEIR WELL-BEING AND OVERALL MENTAL HEALTH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER WITHIN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU KNOW AND I'VE SAID IT AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THIS IS WE HAVE TO NORMALIZE WHAT THIS IS WE HAVE TO NORMALIZE THE COUNSELING WE HAVE TO NORMALIZE THE CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT WE SEE EVERY DAY IT'S NOT IT'S NOT NORMAL TO SEE THE THINGS THAT FIRE AND PD EXPERIENCE RIGHT BUT WE KNOW AND WE KNOW THIS ISN'T NORMAL SO WE KNOW LIKE WHAT DO WE HAVE TO GET THEM GET THEM WHAT ARE THOSE RESOURCES AND THE PROACTIVE APPROACH IS THE BEST APPROACH WE DON'T WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THAT OFFICER IS IN THAT CRISIS MODE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OFFICER IS AWARE AND CONSTANTLY KNOWING THAT THIS IS HERE FOR YOU THE DEPARTMENT'S HERE FOR YOU THE CHIEF'S HERE FOR YOU COUNCIL'S HERE FOR YOU THE ASSOCIATIONS EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD IS THERE SUPPORTING THEM AND WHATEVER THEIR NEED IS AT THAT TIME NEXT SLIDE WE KIND OF MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WE TALK ABOUT OUR POLICE ASSOCIATIONS AND THEM CONTINUING TO PUSH THE MESSAGE OUT TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SEEK THE COUNSELING OR HAVING THOSE RESOURCES OR THE RETREATS OUT THERE WE'VE MENTIONED YOU KNOW OFFICER ASSIST THE OFFICER FOUNDATION BLUE GUARDIAN BUT WE COULDN'T DO WITHOUT OUR PUBLIC PARTNERS TOO RIGHT WE TALK ABOUT QUICK TRIP TEXAS DAY BRAZIL DAC PRESCOTT FOUNDATION ALL THESE OTHER FOUNDATIONS THAT REALLY HELP SUPPORT AND DONATE DONATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OR THROUGH GRANTS OR WHATEVER SO WE CAN ACCOMPLISH OUR ULTIMATE GOAL NEXT SLIDE I THINK WITH ANYTHING LIKE THE BIGGEST[01:25:01]
CHALLENGES THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT ENCOUNTER IS LIKE WHERE THESE OPPORTUNITIES LIE EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY YOU KNOW AND WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME GRANTS WITH THE SUPPORT OF SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WRITING LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THOSE GRANTS AND THOSE GRANTS YOU KNOW ALLOW US TO HAVE EDUCATION WE DO THE FINANCIAL EDUCATION WE DO SUICIDE EDUCATION WE ADD TO THE THE COUNSELING THE THE MONEY IN COUNSELING TO JUST CONTINUE THOSE RESOURCES AND JUST SHOW THE OFFICERS THAT THEY HAVE THAT SUPPORT THERE AND THAT THEY CONTINUE ON AND IT'S NOT THEM FIGHTING THIS BATTLE ALONE IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER AND SO I THINK THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES LOOKING AHEAD WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO YOU KNOW PUSH AND EXPAND THE WELLNESS PROGRAM THROUGH IT THROUGH OUR PEER SUPPORT THROUGH OUR CHECKPOINTS THROUGH OUR LIAISON PROGRAM OBTAINING SOME EXTRA GRANTS I THINK WE JUST APPLY FOR A GRANT AND I BELIEVE SOMEBODY WROTE A SUPPORT LETTER FOR US SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BUT IT'S THE CONTINUATION IT'S THE EDUCATION IT'S THE PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT WE AS AS POLICE AND FIRE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT AND AGAIN I EMPHASIZE TO GET AHEAD OF THE CRISIS BEFORE IT BECOMES A CRISIS NEXT SLIDE ASSISTANT CHIEF JAMES RUSS TO GIVE YOU THE DFR SIDE OF OUR PEER SUPPORT AND AS CHIEF SCHULTZ SAID WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH EACH OTHER OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAMS THEY COLLABORATE A LOT IN REFERRING OUR MEMBERS BACK AND FORTH TO ONE ANOTHER SO AS A BACKGROUND TO OUR PEER SUPPORT PRE-20 TO OCTOBER 2024 WE RAN THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM WITH ONE PEER COORDINATOR A RESILIENCY COUNSELOR AND OWN STAFF LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST SO WE JUST HAD ONE PEER SUPPORT MEMBER THAT HELPED MEMBERS NAVIGATE THROUGH WHATEVER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO REACH OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE SAW THAT THAT WASN'T A EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES SO POST OCTOBER OF 24 WE ADDED THREE MORE PEER MEMBERS TO REACH A MORE DIVERSE GROUP AND TABLE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO A WIDER AUDIENCE OF OUR STATIONS THIS ALLOWED FOR MORE STATION VISITS AND PROMOTING ALL THE RESOURCES WE HAD ALONG WITH OUR CARE NETWORK APP WHICH IS A DFR CARE NETWORK IS A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PROGRAM THAT HELPS MEMBERS COPE WITH STRESSORS BOTH FROM CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND ALSO EVERYDAY LIFE EVENTS THAT THEY MAY ENCOUNTER SO THE GOAL IS TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A TRUSTED NETWORK OF RESOURCES RESOURCES RESOURCE PERSONNEL THAT ARE VETTED WHO CAN PROVIDE THE EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT SO MEMBERS OF THE DFR CARE TEAM ADDRESS POTENTIAL DIFFICULT DIFFICULTIES THROUGH PREVENTIVE EDUCATION OUTREACH AND ALSO EARLY INTERVENTION THIS IS OFFERED BOTH TO OUR UNIFORM AND CIVILIAN MEMBERS ON THE DEPARTMENT SO WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY PLUS THEIR FAMILIES AND THE RETIREES OF OUR DEPARTMENT MANY OF OUR RETIREES THEY GET ON OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAMS AND AFTER THEY RETIRE THEY'RE ONLY WHILE THEY'RE ACTIVE AND AFTER THEY RETIRE THEY STAY ON IT AND AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 40 TO 50 MEMBERS AT THE STATION THAT ARE ABLE TO REACH HELP REACH A BROAD AUDIENCE AND ALSO IT HELPS WHEN AN INCIDENT HAPPENS WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING THAT CAN GO TO THOSE PLACES AND OFFER THE ASSISTANCE AND NAVIGATE OUR MEMBERS TO THOSE PEOPLE AS IT HAPPENS SO WE DO THIS BASICALLY WITH OUR PEER SUPPORT AS I SAID OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM PEER SUPPORT COORDINATORS OUR CHAPLAINS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED A RESILIENCY PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND THEN ALSO WE USE OUTSIDE OTHER OUTSIDE RESOURCES AND WE DO THIS ON A 24-HOUR BASIS AND IT'S CONFIDENTIAL THAT IS VERY KEY INTO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WITH PEER SUPPORT FOR THE BUY-IN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS COMFORT KEPT CONFIDENTIAL NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO IN 2025 VFR STARTED ITS FIRST LARGE-SCALE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING INITIATIVE BOTH WITH THE RECRUIT RESILIENCE TRAINING AND ALSO SAFE TALK SUICIDE AWARENESS THE RESILIENCY TRAINING GIVES OUR RECRUITS A FOUNDATION OF COPING WITH STRESS STRESSES THAT ARE INHERENT TO THIS PROFESSION AND HOW TO ACCESS THE NETWORK AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IT ALSO ALLOWS OUR PRESENTERS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE PEER SUPPORT TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES THAT THEY'VE HAD ON THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY NAVIGATE IT[01:30:02]
THROUGH THEIR SITUATIONS THIS IS WHERE THIS TRAINING ALLOWS THEM TO RECOGNIZE THE PITFALLS AND IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT REQUIRE A HIGHER LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE THE SAFE TALK TRAINING IS A MANDATORY TRAINING THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT TEACHES EVERYONE HOW TO RECOGNIZE SUICIDAL IDEATION AND EQUIPS THEM WITH THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE TO ADDRESS THE PERSON DIRECTLY AND CONNECT THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCE WE ALSO HAVE A DFR CARE NETWORK APP THAT WE DOWNLOAD ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD ON THEIR PHONES AND IT LISTS ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS AND NUMBERS BECAUSE WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS WHEN SOMEONE IN CRISIS THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK SO THIS THIS BREAKS IT DOWN SO THEY HAVE A DON'T HAVE THE ROADBLOCKS OF TRYING TO FIND NUMBERS TRYING TO FIND RESOURCES EVERYTHING IS LISTED IN THERE SO IT'S UH DOESN'T INHIBIT THEM FROM REACHING OUT NEXT SLIDE IN 2025 THE PEER SUPPORT UH LAUNCHED UH THOSE SORRY ABOUT THAT UH WE ALSO HAVE UH OUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UH PARTNERSHIPS UH THIS WAS CREATED IN UH MARCH OF 25 WE SIGNED A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH UH R3 TO HELP WITH UH UH MENTAL HEALTH THIS WAS BOTH THIS WAS BOTH UH PD AND FIRE DEPARTMENT UH BASICALLY WE DID A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT AT NO COST UH THIS WAS A DONATION FROM A PRIVATE DONOR THAT WOULD THAT WILL RENEW UH YEARLY UH WITH NO COST TO THE CITY UH IT ADDS MORE RESOURCES TO OUR NETWORK UH THAT INCLUDES IMMEDIATE RESOURCES IN CRISIS EITHER BY PHONE OR 24 HOURS IN PERSON THEY HAVE BOTH FAITH-BASED AND SECULAR UH RETREAT TYPE PROGRAMS THAT MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN ATTEND ALSO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH INPATIENT UH PROGRAMS AND YOUTH TREATMENT OPTIONS WE ALSO UH DO A LOT OF PARTNERING AS CHIEF SCHULTZ SAID WITH ATO UH THEY'RE A LOT THEY ALLOW US TO UH REFER OUR MEMBERS OVER TO THEM AND UH HELP THEM NAVIGATE UH WHATEVER ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE AND IN OUR WELLNESS YEARLY OUR UH PHYSICAL FITNESS WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TAKES THAT WAY WE CAN GET A BASELINE OF YOU KNOW THE UH UH STATUS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHERE YOU KNOW PEER SUPPORT NEEDS TO UH FOCUS ON AND DO MORE TRAINING TO GET HELP TO OUR MEMBERS IN DECEMBER OF UH 25 UH IN COLLABORATION UH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UH RECEIVED A MENTAL HEALTH UH FIRST RESPONDERS GRANT UH THAT OFFSET SOME OF THIS TRAINING UH IT WAS 175 000 THAT WE SPLIT UH DOWN THE MIDDLE AND UH WE'VE BEEN USING A LOT OF THAT TO DO THESE TRAININGS AND THE MATERIAL FOR THE TRAINING NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO HERE ARE THE NUMBERS FOR UH 2025 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE HAD THE FULL STAFF OF THE PEER SUPPORT AND IN THAT ONE YEAR UH WE HAD UH 4 306 CONTACTS TO DATE THIS YEAR WE HAVE AROUND 1600 WHICH IS A GOOD INDICATOR BECAUSE THIS IS THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO SEE GO DOWN BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE GETTING TO THE RIGHT RESOURCES UH AND NOT HAVING TO MAKE ALL THE CONTACTS AND EVERYTHING UH THAT WE HAVE HAD TO DO IN THE PAST ALSO WHEN WE HAVE LARGE EVENTS OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM GOES OUT UH TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE GAS EXPLOSION THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MAY UH THEY DID A TWO-DAY UH TRAINING WHERE WE HAD UH FOUR SESSIONS A DAY UH WHERE THEY HAD MEMBERS FROM THE STATIONS THAT CAN COME OUT AND DISCUSS YOU KNOW ANYTHING THEY WAS GOING THROUGH AFTER THAT EVENT WAS OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT UH THEY WERE UH UH HEARD AND IF THEY NEED ANY HELP OR ANYTHING THEY WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THEM THROUGH THAT WE HAVE HAD ONE PEER SUPPORT TRAINING THIS YEAR OF 30 PEOPLE AND ONE APPLIED UH SUICIDE INTERVENTION SKILLS TRAINING WHICH THEY CALL AN ASSIST CLASS FOR 16 OF OUR MEMBERS TO SEND THE PEER SUPPORT TEAM UH THERE HAVE BEEN 296 MEMBERS UH THIS YEAR THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN THE SAFE TALK UH TRAINING UH AND THAT'S FOUR CLASSES A MONTH UH AND WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT IN OCTOBER UH SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER THIS YEAR BECAUSE UH THE IT'S A TRAIN THE TRAINER FOR OUR PEER SUPPORT COORDINATOR SO WE HAVE MORE COORDINATORS TRAINED THAT WE CAN REACH A BROAD AUDIENCE ALSO WE UH DO OUR WE HAVE A LOT OF UH OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM HAS A YOU KNOW INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK AND AND UH OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA THAT UH GIVES THE EVENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WHERE THEY CAN STAY CONNECTED AND UH PEOPLE CAN SEE UH THE TRAININGS AND UH THINGS THAT THEY MAY WANT TO ATTEND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THE CHALLENGES UH[01:35:09]
THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED UH DURING THE DOING 2025 WAS THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ALL OUR UH PEER MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER AFTER WE EXPANDED FROM THE ONE COORDINATOR TO THE FOUR COORDINATOR UH COORDINATORS AND ALSO WITH THE MEMBERS FROM THE STATION UH SO THEY WERE ABLE TO UH GROW THE PROGRAM UH AND ALSO THEY WERE ABLE TO UH YOU KNOW DELIVER HIGH QUALITY SERVICE UH THE SIMULTANEOUS OF ONBOARDING THE NEW STAFF AND ALSO UH WE JUST FINISHED YOU KNOW EACH TIME YOU FINISHED A ROUND OF PROMOTIONAL EXAMS YOU HAVE NEW OFFICERS THESE NEW OFFICERS NEED TO BE TRAINED IN HOW UH WE CAN GET THEM UH THE HELP THAT UH THEIR MEMBERS MAY NEED WHEN THEY REACH OUT SO UH THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENE AND ALSO BRINGING IN UH THE R3 PROGRAM WE ALSO HAD TO YOU KNOW CONTINUOUSLY BUILD THAT TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY WHILE GROWING UH THIS BECAUSE AS I SAID BEFORE THIS IS KEY AND UH THEY STANDARDIZED THE UH MOPS FOR THE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM AND ALSO MADE AN OPERATING HANDBOOK FOR THE MEMBERS THAT'S ON THE TEAM SO WE CAN MAKE SURE CONSISTENCY AND ALL INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE IS KEPT WHERE WE CAN ALL STAY ON THE SAME PAGE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO LOOKING AHEAD THE GOALS WE HAVE IS TO CONTINUE TO UH EXPAND UH THE UH PEER SUPPORT UH THROUGH VISUAL UH AND ENGAGEMENT OF UH YOU KNOW MAKING MORE STATION VISITS UH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS UH ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM AND WE INCREASE THE UH PREVENTATIVE EDUCATION AND TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH THE RECRUIT RESILIENCE TRAINING AND SAFE TALK AND ALSO THE ASSIST CLASS AND UH AS I SAID BEFORE UH THE STRENGTH AND THE LEADERSHIP AS THEY CHANGE OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE UH TRAINED IN UH HOW TO UH NAVIGATE THEIR PEOPLE TO THE APPROPRIATE UH LEVEL OF HELP THAT THEY MAY NEED AND ALSO TO UH IMPROVE UH ACCESS TO VETTED PROFESSIONALS UH TO GET A WIDE BROADER RANGE OF UH PROFESSIONALS THAT WE CAN USE UH THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT'S THE END OF PRESENTATIONS WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OKAY WELL WE JUST HEARD A VERY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION UH COUNCIL MEMBER MORENO YOU HAD THE QUESTION YES UH THANK YOU CHAIR UH THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION OBVIOUSLY WE'VE COME A REALLY LONG WAY UH IN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS UM I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN IMPROVE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES AND TIMES WHEN REQUESTED TIME OFF MAYBE HASN'T BEEN GRANTED UH EASILY OR TAKING SOME HURDLES WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SERVICES AND WHEN THEY DO THAT BIG LEAP OF FAITH TO COME OUT AND SAY HEY I NEED HELP I HAVE SOME CONCERNS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE APPROVALS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME OVERLAP WITH HR AS WELL UH WHEN TIME IS BEING REQUESTED OFF MY OTHER CONCERN IS UH WHEN INCIDENTS OCCUR ON THE WAY TO A SCENE OR OFF DUTY WHEN THERE IS INCIDENTS WHERE OFFICERS ARE IN A UNIFORM AND THEY EXPERIENCE A TRAUMATIC EVENT OR THEY'RE AGAIN OFF DUTY BUT THEY'RE RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE CALLED TO DO RIGHT THEY THEY'RE OFFICERS OR EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT ON DUTY THEY'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT ON THE CLOCK THANK YOU THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION GREAT POINTS UM AS A DEPARTMENT UM WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY PERSON IS DIFFERENT WHEN IT COMES TO A CRITICAL INCIDENT I THINK THE CITY HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT I THINK WE AS AN AGENCY AS A DEPARTMENT ESPECIALLY AS I LOOK AT THE PATROL SIDE SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'M OVER IS THAT WE'LL GIVE THAT OFFICER THAT THAT TIME OFF RIGHT THERE AND IMMEDIATELY AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT RESOURCE TO APPLY FOR THAT MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE OR GO TO RETREAT OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO SO IT'S IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YOU KNOW I THINK THE CHAIN OF COMMAND UNDERSTANDING THAT OFFICER AND THEIR NEEDS AND I THINK OUR SERGEANTS AND OUR FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF KNOWING THEIR OFFICERS AND KNOWING WHEN THEY NEED THAT TIME OFF AND THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF ASKING AND AS FAR AS I KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN INCIDENT UM WE'RE GIVING THEM THAT TIME OFF AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT THE CITY OF DALLAS HAS PROVIDED THEM UM WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT INSTANCE I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE REFERRING TO LIKE OFF-DUTY JOBS AND STUFF LIKE THAT UM THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH LEAD DOESN'T COVER THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH PEOPLE[01:40:01]
FROM THE CITY SIDE AND STILL IN CONVERSATIONS BUT YOU KNOW THE POLICY HOWEVER THEY ARE OPERATING THAT WAY WE AS A DEPARTMENT WILL STILL GIVE THEM THEIR TIME OFF AND IT MIGHT NOT FALL UNDER THAT SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE BUT I DO KNOW OFFICERS HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP BUT WE WE COMBAT THAT BY GIVING THEM THE TIME OFF THAT THEY NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING ADEQUATE REST AND RESETTING RESETTING MENTALLY AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS YEAH THANK YOU UM CHAIR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN UH LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER INTO UH INTO THOSE REQUESTS WHEN THERE'S OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT ON UH OFFICIAL DUTY BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING UM JOBS THAT REQUIRE THEM TO BE IN THE UNIFORM AND AN EVENT SOMETIMES SOMETHING HAPPENS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET GET THEM THE SAME COVERAGE WHEN THAT WHEN THEY'RE WORKING OFF UH OFF DUTY SO I GUESS LET ME ASK UM ARE YOU WANTING TO VERIFY THAT THAT'S HAPPENING OR SO IT'S NOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW GO AHEAD YEAH THAT IS CORRECT WE'VE HAD SOME SCENARIOS WHERE OFFICERS ARE WORKING AN OFF-DUTY JOB THEY'RE INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF APPLYING APPLYING FOR THAT MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE THROUGH THE CITY OF DALLAS AND THEY'VE BEEN DENIED BECAUSE IT'S AN OFF-DUTY JOB AND THEY WEREN'T ON DUTY WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS SO AGAIN I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE AS A DEPARTMENT DO GIVE THEM SOME TIME OFF BUT THEY DON'T GET THAT MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE THAT'S ESTABLISHED UNDER I THINK IT'S PERSONNEL RULES AND SO YOUR ISSUE IS YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MENTAL HEALTH LEAVE FOR AN OFF-DUTY JOB I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN IT WOULD I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE A POLICY DECISION OKAY UM YEAH I'LL START WORKING ON A PROPOSAL THAT WE CAN HEAR OKAY AND THEN LASTLY UM WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH OUR FAMILIES MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SEEING WARNING SIGNS AS WELL UH FOR THEIR FOR THEIR LOVED ONES CAN YOU ASK THAT ONE MORE TIME I DIDN'T HEAR LAST SURE SO UM OBVIOUSLY WE WE AS AS ADULTS UH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR OWN HEALTH AND WELLNESS BUT SOMETIMES OUR FAMILIES SEE THOSE SIGNALS BEFORE WE DO AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO WORK WITH FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN HELP IDENTIFY WARNING SIGNS SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE NOW WE'RE STARTING A NEW CLASS FOR ALL OF OUR RECRUITS THAT THE ON FAMILY NIGHT AND AFTER FAMILY NIGHT WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE COME IN TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE FAMILY IS ABOUT TO GET INTO WITH THEIR LOVED ONE BECOMING A AN OFFICER SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON AND IT SHOULD BE IN PLACE PRETTY SOON SO THAT'S GOING TO START FROM DAY ONE OF THEM BEING AN OFFICER AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO CAPTURE ALL OFFICERS THAT THEY'RE NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO OFFER THE CLASS TO ANY OFFICER FAMILY MEMBER THAT WANT TO COME TO THE CLASS SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS AND WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON IT IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE CHIEF ADVISORY COMMITTEE BOARD WHERE A POLICE OFFICER BROUGHT THAT TO THE TABLE AND IT'S SOMETHING WE STARTED WORKING ON IMMEDIATELY AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE THANK YOU THANK YOU CHIEF THANK YOU CHAIR THANK YOU I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OFFERING THESE SERVICES AND I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THEM EXPANDED AND IF THERE'S GAPS IN SERVICES TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND FIND WAYS THAT WE CAN REACH NOT ONLY OUR NEW RECRUITS BUT ALSO OUR OFFICERS THAT YOU KNOW HAVE SERVED LONG TERM AND ALSO FOR OUR DFR FAMILY AS WELL I KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DO ANYTHING WITH THE FAMILIES AS WELL BUT I KNOW THAT THAT THERE'S ALSO UM YOU KNOW THEY ALSO GIVE SO MUCH YEAH WE WE OFFER THE SAME SERVICES TO THE FAMILIES FROM OUR FROM OUR PEERS ALSO UM SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S UM BEYOND A CERTAIN CAPABILITY WE'LL SEND THEM TO ASSIST THE OFFICER AND THEY ASSIST WITH THE FAMILIES ALSO THEY HAVE A LIST OF COUNSELORS THAT HELP SO WE WE DO WE'VE WE'VE ALSO HELPED OTHER CITY ENTITIES WHEN IN NEED UH TO SPEAK WITH OUR PEER SUPPORT ALSO UM DO Y'ALL DO ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHILDREN OF OFFICERS OR FIRE UH YES THOSE SERVICES ALSO GO TO THE UH FAMILY MEMBERS UH CHILDREN UH AS I SAID UH EARLIER UH THE R3 UH PROGRAM THEY THEY HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE A YOUTH OUTREACH UH INPATIENT FACILITIES FOR WHATEVER YOU KNOW ISSUES THEY MAY BE HAVING OR COUNSELING SERVICES UH SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUTH GREAT YEAH THANK YOU COUNSELOR UH THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON ON HOW YOU ALL ARE STAFFED FOR THE FOR YOUR RESOURCES FOR UH PSYCHOLOGISTS AND AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE THE I'VE NOTICED THAT Y'ALL HAVE UH STAFF THAT'S UH ALREADY THAT ARE THAT ARE REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE THEY STAFF[01:45:01]
ARE THEY CONTRACTED HOW DO HOW ARE Y'ALL UH SORT OF WORKING ON THAT THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION SO THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT WE DO HAVE FOUR ON STAFF PSYCHOLOGISTS UM WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM WE DON'T THEY'RE NOT AN OPTION LIKE THAT SO THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED UNDER THE PERSONNEL DIVISION BUT WE DO HAVE FOUR OUR WELLNESS UNIT WE'VE BEEN VERY VERY FORTUNATE AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT ME TO SAY ANYTHING BUT WE DO HAVE TWO OFFICERS IN OUR WELLNESS UNIT THAT ARE LICENSED COUNSELORS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD A GREAT DEAL TO WHAT THAT WELLNESS UNIT IS UM SO JUST BY HAPPEN CHANCE THAT THAT IS THEIR PASSION AS WELL AND SO THEY'VE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AND GOT THE YOU KNOW GOT THEIR MASTER'S DEGREES AND SUCH FOR THAT FIELD BUT AGAIN WE HAVE FOUR WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT UM WE WORK WE COLLABORATE WITH THEM BUT THEY ARE THEIR OWN SEPARATE UNIT WE WE DID HAVE A PSYCHOLOGIST AND THEN WE WENT TO UM CONTRACTING OUT REMOTELY AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS SO WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS IN THE WORK TO ADDRESS IT BUT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A PSYCHOLOGIST WELL AND MY MY POINT WAS GOING TO BE THAT IS TO HOW DO YOU LAYER ON ADDITIONAL SERVICES IF YOU NEED THEM AND SO IF YOU'VE GOT STAFF THAT'S ON STAFF WHETHER IT'S CONTRACTED OR IT'S EMPLOYEES THEN DO YOU HAVE IS THERE A HEALTH INSURANCE COMPONENT THAT IS PART OF OUR BENEFIT PACKAGE THAT ALSO SUPPLEMENTS THE THE ADDITIONAL NEED OR COSTS FOR FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES UM OR ARE YOU AND ARE YOU ACCESSING PARKLAND OR METROCARE WELL NOW METROCARE AND PARKLAND I GUESS ARE COMBINED ARE YOU IS THERE OTHER GROUPS THAT YOU'RE BESIDES THE R3 THAT YOU HAVE THIRD PARTY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THAT THAT PROVIDE SORT OF A LAYERED COMBINATION SERVICE TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH BANDWIDTH AS YOU CAN TO HELP YOUR FOLKS YES WITHIN WITHIN OUR NETWORK WE HAVE VETTED COUNSELORS THAT THEY USE AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR RESILIENCY COUNSELOR I MEAN OUR RESILIENCY COORDINATOR SHE IS A CERTIFIED COUNSELOR SO SHE CAN HELP LEAD THEM TO WHAT RESOURCES THEY NEED THROUGH THOSE NETWORKS GREAT WE DO HAVE THE SAME THING TOO THROUGH OUR ASSIST THE OFFICER AND BLUE GUARDIAN WE HAVE VETTED COUNSELORS THAT WE IT'S A WHOLE LIST AND WE THE OFFICERS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE AND STUFF LIKE THAT CAN USE THOSE RESOURCES IN ADDITION THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO AND AND FIND THEIR OWN BUT WE TRY TO GIVE THEM A LIST OF COUNSELORS THAT ARE PROFICIENT IN THIS FIELD THANK YOU OKAY UM THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA BRING UP THAT WASN'T REALLY SHARED WAS THAT WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW SUICIDES ESPECIALLY IN DFR UM AND I THINK IT SURPRISES ME HOW MANY THERE HAVE BEEN UM DO YOU HAVE THOSE NUMBERS TO SHARE I BELIEVE IN UH 2024 WE HAD THREE AND IN 2025 WE HAVE ONE AND HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE THE OTHER YEAR BEFORE BEFORE THAT I THINK IT WAS SEVEN UH OVER THE PAST SINCE 2021 SO IT WAS UH SEVEN SUICIDES YES AND SINCE OUR LAST PRESENTATION IN 2024 WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY SUICIDES BUT I MEAN THAT'S RIGHT WE INCREASED THE PEERS TO FULL AND A DIVERSE GROUP AND MORE AVAILABLE THE APP AND AND WE'VE MADE CLASSES MANDATORY WHERE THEY WEREN'T BEFORE AND YOU KNOW IDENTIFYING SUICIDE THAT CLASS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL MEMBERS SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT WELL I BRING IT UP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO BE IN A SERVING PROFESSION AND UM AND THEN THEY'RE NEEDING HELP AND WE'RE NOT SERVING THEM AND IT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING TO GO TO THESE FUNERALS AND HERE YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE LIVES WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE CRIME SIDE OR THE RESCUE SIDE AND AND LITERALLY THE THE HEROES THAT ARE DOING THAT ARE ARE BEING BURIED SO UM THIS THIS IS BEYOND JUST OH SOMEONE NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AND OF COURSE THERE'S THIS WEB THAT ONCE THERE'S ONE SUICIDE EVERYBODY IS SO IMPACTED OF COURSE THE FAMILY NO DOUBT BUT EVEN THE ORGANIZATION UM I KNOW IN DISTRICT 12 WE HAD A SUICIDE AT A STATION I THINK EVERYBODY BUT ONE HAS LEFT THAT STATION AND TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE IT WAS SO DEVASTATING AND YOU KNOW I I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IT'S LITERALLY A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE AND SO[01:50:04]
THANK YOU FOR UM THE WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED TO DEVELOP THIS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND LET'S KEEP GOING THANK YOU UH COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON I THINK WE MISSED YOU DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO OKAY ALL RIGHT WELL LET'S MOVE ON TO UM OUR BRIEFING BY MEMOS I KNOW I HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I'M HOPING WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ON JK AND P SO THE FIRST ONE UM WOULD BE J IF YOU WANT TO GET READY FOR THAT UM SO LOOK STARTING WITH E WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE COUNCILMAN ROTH UH JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON HOW THE THE TRAFFIC UH AND UH AND UH TAKEOVER LOCATIONS UM I THAT'S WE'VE NOTICED A LOT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL I WOULD SAY THE PAST YEAR SPECIFICALLY MAYBE EVEN SIX MONTHS THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF IN OUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT UM A LOT OF TRAFFIC ISSUES A LOT OF SPEEDING A LOT OF A LOT OF UH SAFETY ISSUES RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND IT LOOKS LIKE UH THAT THE THAT WE'VE MADE SOME EFFORTS TO REALLY WORK ON THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE THAT THERE MAY BE AN INCREASE IN THE ACTIVITY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF SUPPORT FROM FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY UH DEALING WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANTED TO TO UH SORT OF ALERT THE THE PUBLIC THAT THAT THERE'S MORE ACTIVITY THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY THERE'S MORE GOING TO BE MORE FACILITIES RELATED YEAH DB DO YOU WANT TO COME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE TAKEOVER MAP IS AND WHAT EXACTLY ACTIVITY WE'RE MEASURING AND ADDRESSING I DO APOLOGIZE BUT COULD YOU REPEAT THAT QUESTION FOR ME IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT THE TAKEOVER MAP THAT WE HAVE ON THE UM DASHBOARD UM WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GET A COPY OF THAT FOR YOU IT'S PROBABLY IN HERE SOMEWHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS GEE SCHULTZ AND THIS IS UM THIS IS WHERE THE FOLKS ARE DOING THE DONUTS AND TAKING OVER THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION YEAH I DON'T THINK CHIEF SCHULTZ SAYS IT IN HER EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF JESSE REYES WHAT THAT MAP ACTUALLY INDICATES IS THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS WHERE OUR RACING SPEEDING TASK FORCE HAS FOUND THAT THEY ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT DOING DONUTS AND BURNOUTS AND THAT THAT TYPE OF SITUATION WE STARTED THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE HAVING A REAL PROBLEM WITH THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES UH WHAT YOU LOOK AT NOW THERE'S VERY FEW WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS THAT THOSE ARE HAPPENING WHAT WE CALL THESE TAKEOVERS AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MAP ACTUALLY INDICATES HOW MANY LOCATIONS THESE THESE PLACES ARE BEING TAKEN OVER BY INDIVIDUALS DOING THOSE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AND IF I COULD ADD ONE THING WE DO HAVE A STREET RACING TASK FORCE THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY FOLLOWING THE INTEL AND LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA SO THEY'VE DONE A REALLY REALLY GOOD JOB OF STAYING ON TOP OF THAT AND BEING ABLE TO GO PROACTIVELY OUT INTO THOSE LOCATIONS BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN PRETTY PRETTY GOOD ON ENFORCING THOSE THINGS AND YOU KNOW TOWING CARS AND WRITING CITATIONS WHICH IS JUST SIGNIFYING TO EVERYBODY NOT IN DALLAS AND PUSHING EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THEY ALSO WORK ACTIVITIES SUCH AS WHEN WE HAVE THESE MOTORCYCLES GANG UP AND WANT TO SPEED UP AND DOWN 635 SPECIFICALLY SO THEY'RE WORKING IN THOSE AREAS ALSO AND AGAIN WE WORK OFF OF INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM CITIZENS I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AND I'M ALSO I KNOW THAT YOU HAD MADE A AN INCREASED EFFORT TO JUST MONITOR REGULAR STREET SPEEDING AND AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU ALL ARE IMPROVING AND ENHANCING THAT ACTIVITY AND CONTINUING THAT ACTIVITY IS THAT CORRECT IN IN MONITORING JUST REGULAR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND SPEEDING AND AND HELPING JUST IN REGULAR VEHICLE UM YOU KNOW SAFETY ISSUES YES SIR THAT REQUEST COMES OUT UM I THINK ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE WE FOCUS ON A LITTLE BIT IS TRINITY GROVES AND WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL THINGS THEY MIGHT NOT TECHNICALLY BE RACING AND SPEEDING BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S TRAFFIC ISSUES AND VEHICLE ISSUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO IF THAT INTEL TAKES US WE'LL DIRECT OUR RESOURCES THERE GREAT THANK YOU UM I WILL SAY UM AND COUNCILMEMBER[01:55:01]
STEWART AND COUNCILMEMBER ROSS WILL PROBABLY AGREE NOT ONLY IS THE RACING ON LBJ VERY SIGNIFICANT WITH THESE MOTORCYCLES BUT AS YOU TAKE BACK OVER TOLLWAY ENFORCEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEY'RE ALSO GOING WAY UP AND DOWN THE TOLLWAY AS WELL AS THE TURNPIKE AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE LOOP THAT'S HAPPENING THAT INVOLVES LOTS OF PARTS OF DISTRICT 12 AND WE CAN HEAR THEM ALL NIGHT LONG AND YOU KNOW I DIDN'T I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A CROTCH ROCKET WAS BEFORE BUT NOW I HAVE LEARNED THIS LITTLE SMALL VERY LOUD MOTORCYCLE IS UM BUT THERE ARE VERY FAST MOVING VEHICLES TRAVELING FOR FUN WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF THEM UM AND RACING THROUGHOUT AND THEY'RE ON COYTE THEY'RE ON PRESTON THEY'RE CERTAINLY ON THE TOLLWAY AND GEORGE BUSH AND LBJ SO UH MIDWAY ALSO FRANKFURT AND I MEAN I'LL BE OUT AND IT'LL GO BY AND YOU'RE LIKE WHAT JUST HAPPENED RIGHT IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE SO APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE ADDED THAT TO THE TAKEOVERS BUT UM IT IS STILL AN ALARMING INCIDENT AND OF COURSE SOME OF OUR TRAFFIC DEATHS ARE RELATED TO THAT SO YES MA'AM IN RESPONSE TO THE TOLLWAY SITUATION WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD OBVIOUSLY MORE TRAFFIC OFFICERS THAT CAN HELP US HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS YES ALL RIGHT THANK YOU ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE DASHBOARDS NOPE OKAY WELL LET'S MOVE TO F WHICH IS UM THE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE FOR DFR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT COUNCILOR CADENA UM YES SO ON PAGE SEVEN IT TALKS ABOUT UM FIRE STATION 43 AND THE LAST QUESTION THE LAST SENTENCE MENTIONS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN LATE 2027 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE BOND OR CAN YOU LET ME KNOW I GUESS WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS AND WHAT IT MAY SURE DANIEL SALES OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF UH STATION 43 WE JUST UH KICKED OFF UH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM THAT WILL BE HELPING US WITH THE DESIGN OF THAT FIRE STATION IT IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE 2024 BOND PROGRAM AND I'M NOT SURE IF I HEARD ALL OF YOUR QUESTION CLEARLY SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD ACTUALLY BE KICKED BACK FIVE YEARS IF FOR IF THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND MOVES FORWARD AND THAT IT WOULD NOT TAKE PLACE IN 2027 NO NO OKAY YEAH HI JENNY NICE WONDER WITH THE BOND OFFICE SO SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO TO LOOK AT UM WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECT IS UM IS UH FUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WE KNOW THE CONCERNS AND WE KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE FIRE STATION AND UM SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NOW AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO OKAY GREAT BECAUSE I DO SEE WHERE THAT I THINK WE WENT WITH THE CHEAPER OR THE TEMPORARY PAIRS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FACILITY CONDITION OKAY GREAT LET'S MOVE TO OUR NEXT ONE WHICH IS G THIS IS DFR'S FLEET MAINTENANCE UPDATE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OKAY SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE FIRST PAGE WE HAVE THE TYPICAL INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE EVERY MONTH BUT YOU'LL SEE ON PAGE TWO WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION UM I WENT OUT THERE THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED VEHICLES SITTING OUTSIDE THE SERVICE BAYS AND IN THE BAYS AND SOME OF THEM ARE WRECKED SOME OF THEM ARE WRECKED SOME OF THEM ARE NOT WRECKED UM AND LOOK BRAND NEW SOME ARE RANDOMLY THERE I DON'T KNOW SO I ASKED THEM TO GO THROUGH AND ORGANIZE THEM SO WE CAN SEE WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY THERE AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT YES DAVIS WILLIAMS ASSISTANT CHIEF OF TRAINING RIGHT INTO IT OKAY SO UH WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT STATUS OF VEHICLES SO UM ONE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 43 OF THEM THAT ARE READY TO BE DEFLEETED AND SENT TO AUCTION SO THAT WAS PROBABLY A LARGE NUMBER THAT YOU SAW WITHIN THAT WE STILL HAVE SOME THAT ARE IN THE MAKE READY STATUS WHERE UH WE'VE GOTTEN SOME NEW OKAY WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT SO YOU SAID THERE'S HOW MANY THAT ARE READY TO BE DEFLEETED THERE'S CURRENTLY ABOUT 43 THAT'S THIS IS ALL OF OUR VEHICLES NOT JUST FIRE ENGINES AND AND THERE'S OTHER KINDS OF YES MA'AM I JUST PUT THEM UNDER THE CATEGORY OF OTHER[02:00:01]
BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE WERE RIGHT SO SOME OF THEM ARE SUPPORT VEHICLES UH SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN ON THIS REPORT NO THE REPORT THAT WE GIVE YOU EVERY MONTH ARE GOING TO BE OUR BIG THREE WHICH WILL BE OUR FIRE ENGINES FIRE TRUCKS AND OUR AMBULANCES IN ADDITION TO THAT WE'VE GOT SOME VEHICLES THAT WE MAINTAIN STAFF AND SUPPORT VEHICLES AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME VEHICLES THAT UH EFM MAINTAINS AS WELL SO THOSE THOSE WERE NOT ON THE ON YOUR OKAY WELL THE REPORT YOU HAVE HERE IT SAYS AWAITING DEFLEET THERE'S 28 YEAH THAT'S REFERRING TO THE ENGINES AND THE TRUCKS OKAY GOT IT SO THE NUMBERS I WAS GIVING YOU FOUR WAS OVERALL OKAY OKAY SO BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WERE THERE SO OF THAT WE'VE GOT EIGHT THAT ARE MAKE READY THESE ARE SOME THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED UH THAT WE HAVE NOT PUT INTO SERVICE YET SO THERE'S THAT NUMBER WE DO HAVE OUR RESERVE FLEET THAT'S OUT THERE AS WELL SO THOSE ARE WHEN SOMETHING GOES OUT OF SERVICE THAT WE CAN PUT THE UNITS ON SO THESE DO NOT GO OUT OF SERVICE WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF OUR TRAINING VEHICLES OUR TRAINING ENGINE TRUCKS THEY'RE OUT THERE AS AS WELL UM SO WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE COMING IN CONSTANTLY FOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND THEN WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY BEING REPAIRED AND THEN WE HAVE OTHERS THAT ARE WAITING ON PARTS FOR REPAIR IT'S A LOT OF VEHICLES SO IN THIS UPCOMING BUDGET HOW MANY NEW PIECES OF APPARATUS DO YOU HAVE THE UPCOMING BUDGET UM I BELIEVE WE HAVE EIGHT ENGINES AND TWO TRUCKS I BELIEVE AND THEN UH 14 AMBULANCES DO YOU NEED THEM YES MA'AM WE DO KIND OF LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T I MEAN SO WE ARE SHOWING THE OPTIMAL NUMBER IS ALREADY AT EVERY STATION OPTIMAL ENGINE OPTIMAL TRUCK OPTIMAL RESCUE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT RESERVES SIX AND YOU'VE GOT EIGHT ENGINES TO MAKE READY ALREADY SO SO THE REASON WHY WE NEED ARE SEVERAL REASONS ONE ORDERS THAT WE PLACE FOR A TRUCK THE ORDER THAT WE PLACE THIS COMING BUDGET YEAR WE WILL NOT SEE THAT TRUCK FOR SEVERAL YEARS SAME THING WITH OUR WITH OUR ENGINES AND OUR AMBULANCES ARE ALSO A YEAR OUT WE DO HAVE A REPLACEMENT CYCLE WHERE WE LIKE TO REPLACE OUR TRUCKS AFTER ABOUT 12 YEARS AND THEN OUR ENGINES AFTER 10 OUR AMBULANCES AFTER FOUR SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PROJECT OUT NOT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BUT WE PROJECT OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SO IF WE DID NOT ORDER WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ORDER THEN WE WOULD FEEL THE EFFECTS NOT NEXT YEAR BUT TWO THREE FOUR YEARS DOWN THE LINE WHEN WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY NOW THE OTHER PART OF IT IS YOU SEE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE THERE NOW BUT A LOT OF THAT AS WE'VE GOTTEN THESE NEW ENGINES IN FOR INSTANCE WE'VE GOTTEN 24 ENGINES IN IN THE PAST UH YEAR WE'RE ABOUT TO DEFLEET PROBABLY ABOUT 16 OR 17 THAT ARE PAST OUR LIFE CYCLE AND AND MISS MENDELSON IF WE THE ONLY OTHER NUMBER I DIDN'T SAY WAS THAT THERE'S ALSO 50 WAITING FOR REPAIRS I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF VEHICLES SITTING OVER THERE YEAH SOME OF THEM UM WILL BE TOTALED LIKELY SOME I'M SORRY SOME OF THEM WILL BE TOTALED THEY'RE THERE SOME OF THEM WILL BE IRREPARABLE BUT UM TO ADDRESS THE OVER THE THE ORDERING OF THEM YOU KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO WE WE COULDN'T GET THEM RIGHT AND SO IF WE'RE NOT PROACTIVE LIKE THIS IT JUST SORT OF CREEPS UPON US AND THEN YOU KNOW WE GO FROM NON-OUT OF SERVICE TO SIX OR SEVEN AND THAT'S WHY A FEW YEARS AGO WE DID THE SQUAD PROGRAM AT ANY GIVEN TIME WE HAD SIX OUT OF SERVICE AND AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF US NOT ALL WE COULDN'T GET THEM AND SO THAT'S JUST HOW IT ENDS UP THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROACTIVE IN ORDERING THEM OKAY WELL THIS IS KIND OF WHAT STAFF ALWAYS DOES YOU SAY WELL MAYBE WE DON'T NEED SO MUCH AND THEY SAY WELL YOU'RE GOING TO GET ZERO THEN AND I'M NOT SAYING WE GO FROM EIGHT TO ZERO BUT MAYBE YOU ONLY NEED SIX WHICH IS I MEAN THEY'RE LIKE A MILLION BUCKS A POP SO OF THE ONES THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE THAT ARE IN REPAIR SOME OF THOSE LIKE CHIEF SAID IN REPAIR ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE DEFLEET STATUS SO SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE THEM UH IN THAT STATUS BECAUSE WE CANNOT DEFLEET THEM UNTIL THEY'RE PAID OFF OKAY BUT YOU'RE THE ONE WHO GAVE THE REPORT WITH 50 IN REPAIR WITH 40 IN JUST IN DEFLEET EIGHT[02:05:01]
MAKE READY SEVEN HOLDING FOR THE REMOUNTS SIX IN RESERVES SIX IN TRAINING I MEAN THESE ARE YOUR NUMBERS NOT MINE I I JUST SAID I COUNTED UP OVER 100 AND HERE'S WHAT YOU KNOW I JUST PUT THEM IN LADDER ENGINE OR RESCUE AND THEN OTHER BECAUSE AGAIN I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SOME OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IS SITTING THERE NOT BEING UTILIZED THAT WE HAVE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR AND EITHER YOU NEED HELP IN YOUR SERVICE AREA BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TURN AROUND THE VEHICLES IN A TIMELY MANNER AND MAYBE THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE IN WHICH CASE I WANT YOU TO TELL US THAT OR MAYBE YOU KNOW WE WENT A LONG TIME NOT BEING ABLE TO GET FLEET WE ORDERED ALL OF THIS IT ALL CAME IN AT ONCE AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BUBBLE AND NOW WE CAN YOU KNOW HAVE A LOWER ORDER THIS YEAR AND THEN GO BACK ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE NEXT YEAR I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BUT THAT'S AGAIN A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND A LOT OF MONEY SITTING THERE AND I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WELL EACH OF THE 50 IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL UH STORY LIKE SOME WILL NOT EVER GET ON THE STREETS AGAIN WON'T BE ABLE TO UM SOME THEY THEY'LL END UP WHEN THEY NEED A PART FOR SOMEONE ELSE GOING GETTING IT OFF THAT APPARATUS AND THEN UM SOME ARE WAITING FOR A PART THAT THEY CAN'T GET IS THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES FOR THE WHOLE 50 UM WE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT HERE AND ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BUT WE COULD TRY AND SEND WE COULD TRY AND UH BREAK IT DOWN A BIT MORE AND AND SEND IT WELL I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION ON THIS NO OKAY THANK YOU ALL RIGHT LET'S GO TO THE ALERTING SYSTEM ARE WE ON SCHEDULE CHIEF ARE WE ON SCHEDULE CHIEF YES WE'RE STILL ON WE'RE STILL A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THE UH ALERTING SYSTEM UH RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 27 STATIONS DEFINITELY COMPLETED SO WE'RE AT 47 PERCENT UH AND STILL LOOKING FOR THE FEBRUARY 2027 GO LIVE HOW MANY YOU CAN HAVE COMPLETED BY NEXT MONTH RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING THAT UH BY UH AUGUST 26 THE END OF UH THIS MONTH UH GOING INTO NEXT MONTH UH WE SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER ANOTHER THREE STATIONS DONE THANK YOU OKAY NEXT ITEM IS H THIS IS THE HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM ACTIVITY REPORT DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM NOPE I I IS THE UM I IS THE ORDINANCE UPDATE I ACTUALLY HAVE THESE NUMBERS DIFFERENT THAN UM THE AGENDA SORRY ABOUT THAT UH SO YEAH SO JAY IS THE ONE THAT I WAS ASKING IF YOU COULD COME AND GIVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION THANK YOU CASEY YEAH GOOD AFTERNOON CASEY BURGESS WITH THE DALLAS CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION PUT TOGETHER FOR THIS BUT I CAN GIVE A JUST A REAL QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS ORDINANCE IS UM SO BACK A COUPLE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO I REMEMBER THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE DEATH STAR BILL UH SAID THAT ANYTHING THAT WAS REGULATED BY CERTAIN STATE CODES CITIES WERE PREEMPTED ON A FEW MONTHS AGO WE GOT A LETTER FROM THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION THAT ALLEGED THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 120 PROVISIONS IN OUR CITY CODE AND THE CITY CHARTER UH VIOLATED THAT HB 2127 UM UH WE HAD A GROUP OF ATTORNEYS POUR THROUGH THAT UH LOOK AT OUR CODE LOOK AT OUR CHARTER WE FOUND THAT EVERYTHING EXCEPT THESE FIVE THINGS UH WERE ALL EITHER UH SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW OR THEY WEREN'T COVERED BY 21 27 SO THE HANDFUL OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE UH THREE ARE REPEALING PROVISIONS OF THE CODE SO WE HAVE A REPEAL OF CHAPTER 6A WHICH IS REGULATION OF AMUSEMENT CENTERS SO ACTUALLY THE TEXAS OCCUPATIONS CODE PROVIDES A[02:10:01]
COMPREHENSIVE LICENSING PROGRAM FOR CORN LICENSING PROGRAM FOR CORN QUEEN OPERATING DEVICES WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT THESE AMUSEMENT CENTERS ARE SO IN LIGHT OF 21 27 IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE CANNOT REGULATE THAT ANYMORE WE ALSO ARE DOING A REPEAL OF ONE PROVISION IN CHAPTER 12B FOR CONVENIENCE STORES AND THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE A QUEEN OPERATING DEVICE IN THE CONVENIENCE STORE WE SPOKE WITH OFFICERS IN VICE THEY DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO ENFORCE AGAINST EIGHT LINERS SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK AN ORDINANCE HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE MODELED ON ONE THEY DID IN FORT WORTH WHICH BASICALLY SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE EIGHT LINERS CITYWIDE AND THE COURTS HAVE ALREADY BLESSED THAT ORDINANCE SO WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD HERE HOPEFULLY PRETTY SOON THEN THE LAST THING THAT WOULD BE REPEAL WOULD BE JUST A PROVISION IN CHAPTER 7 THE ANIMALS CHAPTER IT'S THE PROHIBITION HAVING ROOSTERS SEEMS LIKE PROBABLY A SILLY THING BUT THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE AGRICULTURAL CODE WHICH IS COVERED BY 21 27 THAT SAYS WE CAN'T REGULATE POULTRY PEOPLE RAISING POULTRY SO THAT'LL BE COMING OUT UNDER THIS AND THEN JUST REALLY A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS ONE HAD TO DO WITH PROPERTY THAT'S LEFT UNATTENDED AT LAKERY HUBBARD THE WAY THAT THE CODE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN IT SAYS THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED IF IT'S LEFT UNATTENDED GOT LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY CODE FOR PROPERTY TO BE CONSIDERED ABANDONED THERE'S A BUNCH OF HOOPS YOU GOT TO JUMP THROUGH ONE OF THAT SO WE'RE JUST REALLY CLARIFYING IT TO SAY THAT IT'D BE CONSIDERED LITTER WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CODE LIKE THAT SO FOR INSTANCE THE SCOOTERS ARE ONE THING LIKE THAT IF THERE'S ONE OUT IN THE LAKE OR SOMETHING WE CALL THEM THEY DON'T EVER PICK IT UP WE JUST CONSIDER IT LITTER AND DISPOSE OF IT SO THIS BE TREATING THINGS THE SAME WAY SO SOMEBODY LEAVES A COOLER OUT THERE NOBODY COMES FOR IT AFTER A WHILE THEY CAN JUST DISPOSE OF IT AND THEN THE LAST THING WAS A CLARIFICATION CHAPTER 50 OUR CONSUMER AFFAIRS CHAPTER WE HAVE A HOME REPAIR LICENSE REQUIREMENT IN THERE BUT THERE ARE ALSO REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSES THAT ARE THE TEXAS OCCUPATIONS CODE FOR ELECTRICIANS, HVAC PROFESSIONALS ,PLUMBERS PEOPLE LIKE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THEM COVERED IN CHAPTER 52 OUR CONSTRUCTION CODES TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE LICENSES YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A SEPARATE LICENSE FROM THE CITY YOU JUST COME AND REGISTER AND LET US KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING WORK IN THE CITY SO WE'RE JUST DOING A CLARIFICATION IN CHAPTER 50 TO SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET THAT LICENSE AS WELL JUST LET US KNOW YOU GOT YOUR STATE LICENSE DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE THESE ARE PROVISIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN STATE LAW THAT WE ARE JUST DUPLICATING OR THAT WE ARE IN CONFLICT WITH CORRECT AND SO IS THERE ANY ADVERSE OR OR A CONSEQUENTIAL SITUATIONS THAT WE CAN'T ENFORCE WHAT CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WERE INTENDING TO ENFORCE THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT ORDINANCES IS THERE OTHER VENUES ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF PROBLEMS LIKE LITTER PROBLEMS LIKE LIKE YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT ARE ARE USED ARE PROVIDING UH COIN OPERATED STUFF FOR FOR ILLEGAL PURPOSES OR FOR YOU KNOW IN OTHER WORDS WE STILL HAVE SORT OF WEAPONS IN OUR TOOL CASE TO TO ENFORCE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ENFORCE WITHOUT WITHOUT THESE CORRECT YEAH A LOT OF THESE ITEMS UH THEY COULD BE ENFORCED UNDER STATE LAW AND UH SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COIN OPERATING DEVICES PROVISION WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK AN ORDINANCE HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO SAY THAT EIGHT LINERS WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT SEEM TO BE THE PROBLEM THEY'RE JUST PROHIBITED CITYWIDE OKAY THANK YOU AND I THINK PERHAPS YOU'LL HEAR FROM PEOPLE ABOUT THE ROOSTERS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SERIOUSLY IS THERE IS THERE IS THAT LIKE A PROHIBITION AGAINST ALARM CLOCKS BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT WELL WE USED TO SAY NO ROOSTERS AND NOW PEOPLE CAN HAVE THEM AND IF YOU AREN'T USED TO LIVING THERE ROOSTER IT IS QUITE LOUD YEAH I REMEMBER WHEN WE ORIGINALLY BRIEFED THAT ITEM EVERYBODY SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS THE ONLY THING ANYBODY CARED ABOUT WERE THE ROOSTERS AND YEAH EVERYBODY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BUT IT'S LIKE HEY I'M JUST THE MESSENGER HERE YEAH OKAY THANK YOU UM ITEM K CAN YOU ALSO JUST TALK CASEY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ONE THIS IS THE COULD ACTUALLY ASK MATT SAP TO COME FORWARD HE'S THE ATTORNEY THAT WORKED ON THIS[02:15:04]
ONE I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE ATMS UM AS WELL AS THE CAMERA SYSTEM SO JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST HAVE VERY SHORT ITEM MATTHEW SAP WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UM SO THIS ORDINANCE JUST DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS QUICKLY IT REDEFINES WHAT ARE ACTUALLY CREATES A DEFINITION FOR WHAT WE'RE CALLING A SMALL BOX DISCOUNT STORE IT AMENDS SURVEILLANCE CAMERA SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IT AMENDS STORE VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND IT AMENDS AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE REQUIREMENTS CAN YOU SAY WHAT WE'RE AMENDING THEM TO CERTAINLY SO THE SMALL BOX DISCOUNT STORE I CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THAT DEFINITION INTO THE RECORD IT MEANS ANY BUSINESS THAT IS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN THE RETAIL SALE OF FOODS BEVERAGES HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS PERSONAL GROOMING HEALTH PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONVENIENCE GOODS DOES NOT SELL GASOLINE HAS LESS THAN 15 000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL FLOOR SPACE AND DOES NOT OPERATE UNDER A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PERMIT THE STORE VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE REQUIRING THAT REGISTRANTS SHALL PROVIDE FOR AND MAINTAIN VISIBILITY IN A CONVENIENCE STORE IN COMPLIANCE BUT THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SMALL BOX DISCOUNT STORE WHICH WAS THE CAVEAT THAT WE JUST JUST THAT I JUST READ TO YOU AND THAT'S THE CARVE OUT FOR FOR THAT VISIBILITY REQUIREMENT IN REGARDS TO THE ATM MACHINES UM THERE IS A SPECIAL PROVISION THAT IF THE ATM MACHINE IS 12 FEET OR LESS AWAY FROM GLASS WINDOWS OR DOORS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CAMERA POINTED AT THE AT THE ATM MACHINE THANK YOU COUNCILLOR ROTH I'M I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO UM THE VISIBILITY ISSUE ON ON CONVENIENCE IS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE NEW IMPOSITIONS OF REQUIREMENTS FOR CONVENIENCE STORES TO RESTRICT THEM FROM HAVING UH WINDOWS THAT ARE COVERED TO FORCING THEM TO HAVE CAMERAS TO MAKING SURE TO SAYING HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PLACE THEIR ATMS IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS ORDINANCE I'M GOING TO ALLOW CHIEF FOY TO ANSWER IN REGARDS TO A POLICY HEY COUNCIL MEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT QUALITY OF LIFE UH COMMITTEE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I THINK THE SMALL BOX STORES ARE MORE GEARED TOWARD LIKE YOUR CVS'S YOUR YOUR WALGREENS YOUR FAMILY DOLLARS YOUR DOLLAR GENERALS WHICH DO NOT HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF FLOOR PLANS AND BUSINESS MODELS AS SAY YOUR 7-ELEVENS QUICK TRIPS RACETRACKS STUFF LIKE THAT UM IF YOU GO INTO MOST I'M USING CVS OR WALGREENS FOR AN EXAMPLE WHEN YOU GO INTO THEIR DOORS YOU TAKE A HARD LEFT OR A HARD RIGHT YOU CAN'T SEE THE REGISTERS FROM THE DOORS EITHER ANY REALLY IN ANY WAY JUST BECAUSE THE WAY THE STORE IS SET UP BUT OUR REQUIREMENT OUR CURRENT SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS REQUIRES THEM THAT THEY CAN'T PUT ANY ADVERTISEMENTS ON THEIR DOORS WHICH GOES AGAINST WHAT THEIR CORPORATE IS WARNING THEM HOW THEY WANT TO ADVERTISE WE STUDIED UH 10 DIFFERENT CITIES I DON'T HAVE THEM QUITE WITH ME RIGHT RIGHT THIS SECOND I CAN GET THEM TO YOU UH WE LOOKED AT 10 DIFFERENT CITIES THERE WAS ONLY ONE CITY THAT HAD THE SAME KIND OF UM REQUIREMENT THAT WE DID ALL THE OTHER ONES MADE AN EXCEPTION FOR UH THIS TYPE OF I SAY AN EXCEPTION WE'RE LABELING THEM AS CONVENIENCE STORES NOW THOSE TYPE OF STORES WHICH IN MY MIND THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS MORE OF A 7-ELEVEN EXXON RACETRACK THAT THAT SORT OF THING UM THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT WHAT THEY DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS SO HOW ARE YOU DEFINING THEM ARE YOU AS A SMALL BOX STORE ARE YOU DEFINING IT BY SQUARE FOOTAGE ARE YOU DEFINING IT BY USE ARE YOU DEFINING IT BY LOCATION YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF IN AGAIN I'M I'M NOT I UNDERSTAND AND I VALUE THE THE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE BUT I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN AN AREA THAT HAVE A SPECIFIC TYPE OF A BUILDING THAT THEY'RE IN TO NOT BE ABLE TO LEASE IT OR NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT OR NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE TO SERVE THEIR CUSTOMERS OR NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN TYPE OF A SETUP BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY ISSUES IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF THEIR THEIR OWN NEEDS UM AND AND AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BECOME A A BIG VERSUS SMALL A PRIVATE VERSUS VERSUS PUBLIC COMPANY I WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CHILLING THE ABILITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND AND NATIONAL CREDIT AND NATIONAL COMPANIES FROM DOING BUSINESS WE SHOULDN'T BE TELLING BUSINESSES HOW THEY SHOULD RUN THEIR BUSINESS AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERREACHING IN THE EFFORT TO BE PUBLIC SAFETY RELATED THAT WE'RE NOT OVERREACHING AND INTERFERING WITH THE ABILITY FOR A COMPANY TO DECIDE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR BUSINESS THERE CURRENTLY COUNCILMEMBER THIS IS ACTUALLY LOOSENING UP WHAT WE CURRENTLY REQUIRE CURRENTLY WE REQUIRE THE BUSINESSES THAT[02:20:01]
THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY SIGNAGE ON THEIR WINDOWS OR DOORS THREE TO SIX FEET BETWEEN THREE AND SIX FEET SO UH THIS IS RELAXING THAT STANDARD FOR SMALL BOX STORES SO THEY THEY COULD PUT MORE SIGNAGE UP IN THEIR IN THEIR WINDOWS AND AND IN YOUR IN YOUR RESEARCH FOR THIS DID YOU CONTACT THE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS TO CONTACT SOME OF THE BIG BOX OR THE YOU KNOW THE TRADITIONAL SMALL I CALL YOU CALL THEM SMALL BOX STORES BUT THEY CONTACTED US THIS IS HOW THAT GOT STARTED DID YOU GET THEIR INPUT ARE THEY ON BOARD WITH THIS THIS IS WHAT THEY REQUESTED AND THEN HOW ABOUT THE SMALL THE SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE COMMUNITY WHICH DOES HAVE TRADE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BASICALLY PRIVATE PEOPLE HAVE THEY BEEN ENGAGED IN AND COMMUNICATED WITH AGAIN I'M NOT CRITICIZING THE APPROACH I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING A AN ORDINANCE THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND THE INPUT OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY AFFECTED THE SMALLER STORES WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ATM THAT'S LATER ON IN THIS ORDINANCE ATM IS JUST ONE PART OF IT YES YES THAT WAS THEIR THAT WAS THEIR THE SMALLER STORES WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ATM REQUIREMENT THEY BROUGHT NO THEY BROUGHT NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE SIGNAGE THE SMALL BOX STORES SUCH AS THE CBS WALGREENS FAMILY DOLLAR DOLLAR TREE THEY HAD ISSUES WITH OUR SIGNAGE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CONVENIENCE STORE TYPICAL CONVENIENCE STORE IS 2500 FEET A SMALL BOX STORE LIKE A FAMILY DOLLAR OR A DOLLAR GENERAL OR A CVS THOSE ARE 10 TO 15 000 FEET THESE ARE BIGGER STORES AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATIONS AND THEY ALSO ARE IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS SO AGAIN I HOPE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS IN HOW THIS IS CRAFTED TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DO BUSINESS I'M I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IT BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS VETTED PROPERLY AND THAT WE'VE BEEN THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING ON ON A LOT A LOT OF RETAILERS THAT PAY A LOT OF SALES TAX THAT ARE PAYING A LOT OF RENT AND THAT ARE ARE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES HERE I DON'T WANT TO CHILL THAT PART OF THAT SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT YES COUNCILMAN RENO SO YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THESE ORDINANCES IN PLACE IT'S FOR THE BOTH FOR THE SAFETY OF THE MERCHANTS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE CLERKS WHO ONE IT'S LESS LIKELY FOR THEM TO GET ROBBED IF THEY DO GET ROBBED THEY GET BETTER SIGHT LINES OF WHO THE INDIVIDUAL WAS SO THAT THEY CAN REPORT THAT BACK TO DPD DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON IF CRIME IF CRIMES HAPPENED LESS WHEN THIS WASN'T IN PLACE SO JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND DID THE ORDINANCE HELP BRING DOWN THEFTS FROM HAPPENING DURING OPERATION HOURS I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS COUNCILMAN OKAY AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE MATTHEW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THIS ORDINANCE INITIALLY PASSED WHEN WHEN THE ORIGINAL ONE WAS INITIALLY NOT WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE HAS PASSED IT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS QUITE A WHILE I'M NOT SURE WHEN RIGHT OKAY THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON THANK YOU UH COUNCILMEMBER ROTH LISTENING TO WHAT YOU SAID I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT UH LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING WE HAVE A LOT OF UH WHAT ARE CALLED CH STORES UH CONVENIENCE STORES AND IN DISTRICT FOUR CORNER STORES AND A LOT OF THEM STILL PRETTY MUCH BEARING WINE ON EVERY CORNER I LITERALLY GO AND HAVE PROBABLY TWO OR THREE STORES OR PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT IN A ROW WHICH WHAT IT DOES IN MY DISTRICT IT CREATES MORE LOITERING UH A LOT OF THE DRUG DEALS GO DOWN THERE AND UH HANG OUT IN PROSTITUTION THERE SO FOR ME THIS IS A PROBLEM IN DISTRICT FOUR AND I'VE SAID THIS CONCERN THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WE NEED MORE MORE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT A REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS JOBS AND OPPORTUNITY NOT CREATE PRIME NOT CREATE UH CRIME AND MORE BLIGHT IN DISTRICT FOUR SO CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME RESOLUTION OR SOME HELP TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME IN MY DISTRICT AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE CHIEF COMO BECAUSE UH HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH ME ON THE ACTUAL MATTER OF FACT WE WAS ABLE TO SHUT ONE DOWN ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE COMMUNITY OFFICE THAT SAID THEY WERE SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND IT WOULD STAY STAY CROWDED IN THERE BUT WHEN YOU WALK IN THERE WAS NO GROCERIES ON THE SHELF EVERYBODY WAS GAMBLING IN THE BACK AND WE HAVE THAT GOING ON SO CAN CAN WE FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE DISTRICT FOUR NEEDS MORE THAN SEE UH CONVENIENCE STORES THAT'S NOT SERVING THE COMMUNITY JUST A HANGOUT SPOT A HANGOUT SPOT FOR MORE CRIME AND BLIGHT ANYONE WANT[02:25:01]
TO I THINK SOME OF THIS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS ON THAT ONE COUNCILMEMBERS GOING TO FALL UNDER WHAT CODE CAN AND CAN'T DO AND HOW CLICKS I THINK THEY'RE ON THE LIQUOR STORES I THINK THERE IS A I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IT'S NOT LIQUOR STORES THE CONVENIENCE STORES THE ORDINANCES WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT IF THERE'S MORE CHANGES THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND SEE IF AND SEE IF IT'S VIABLE I DON'T I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY ALL THE ORDINANCES THAT APPLY TO SEE STORES I'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT WELL THE ONES THAT WE HAVE IN DISTRICT FOUR A LOT OF THEM LOITERING DRUG DEALS CRIME AND BLIGHT AND I'M TIRED OF IT MY COMMUNITY'S TIRED OF AND I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT IT WE NEED REAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT BRINGS THAT BRINGS GROWTH AND AND REAL CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY NOT CREATE MORE OPPOSITION BUT CREATE OPPORTUNITY SO I WANT SOMEONE TO HELP ME GET THAT STRAIGHT OR WALK MY COMMUNITY WITH ME SO WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ANYONE IS THAT WOULD THEY WANT TO DO THAT WE CAN DO THAT IMMEDIATELY ACTUALLY AS A MATTER OF FACT TODAY THANK YOU OKAY SO THIS ITEM IS COMING TO US ON WEDNESDAY SPECIFICALLY ON THE STORE VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TELL US WHAT WE'RE GOING FROM AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOR RIGHT NOW FOR THE SMALL BOX STORES WHICH IS NOT DEFINED IN OUR CURRENT CITY CODE WE'RE NOW THERE'S A DEFINITION UM THOSE STORES THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PUT SIGNAGE UP ON THEIR WINDOWS AND DOORS IN BETWEEN THAT THREE AND SIX FOOT MARK THAT'S THE ONLY EXCEPTION ON THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SMALL BOX FOR THE SMALL BOX STORES CURRENTLY OUR NUMBER ONE LOCATION FOR CRIME IS APARTMENTS BUT NUMBER TWO IS THIS KIND OF STORE AND SO WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE IT LESS VISIBLE OUR CONVENIENCE STORES ARE MORE TARGETING MORE TARGETED THAN OUR SMALL BOX TYPE STORES WELL FOR RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ALL CONVENIENCE STORES RIGHT YES MA'AM YES MA'AM IF WE'RE TALKING WE DON'T REALLY KNOW IF IT'LL END UP BEING THE ACTUAL GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE OR IT'LL END UP BEING THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TOGETHER AND HOW IT'S REPORTED CORRECT KIND OF WE WE DON'T WE KNOW WHICH STORES ARE BEING ROBBED THE LOCATION SO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE FAMILY DOLLAR WE KNOW IF IT'S A 7-ELEVEN WE ALREADY KNOW THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WE DON'T WE DON'T DEFINE THEM ALL AS CONVENIENCE STORES WHEN WE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STATS OF OUR ROBBERIES AND OUR THEFTS WE LOOK AT THE TYPE OF TYPE OF PREMISE IT IS AND WHAT THEY DO OKAY WELL WE ALL GET NOTIFICATIONS AND CERTAINLY IT'S BOTH CONVENIENCE STORES AND SMALL BOX STORES RIGHT THEY DO HAVE THEY DO HAVE CRIME THEY DO HAVE CRIME IN ALL AT ALL THE LOCATIONS YES MA'AM OKAY SO WHY WOULD WE WHY WOULD WE WANT TO AMEND THE STORE VISIBILITY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PUT UP A POSTER YOU WANT TO SIMPLIFY IT THAT WAY YES MA'AM OKAY WELL I WOULD RATHER HAVE PEOPLE BE SAFER PEOPLE BE SAFER I DON'T THINK THIS PUTS ANYBODY IN ADDITIONAL RISK OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE PROPOSED IT IF YOU'RE GOING IN THAT DOOR YOU USE THE CVS EXAMPLE SO I'LL JUST STICK WITH THAT ONE BECAUSE IT IS MOSTLY BRICKED UP EVERYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT THE DOOR IF THERE'S NOTHING ON THE DOOR TO OBSTRUCT YOUR VIEW YOU CAN SEE IF THERE'S A ROBBERY GOING ON RIGHT IF I SEE THAT GOING ON I'M BACKING OUT AND CALLING 911 IF THERE'S A POSTER I DON'T KNOW I'M WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR I'M NOW PART OF THE CRIME SCENE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE AND I I AM ALL FOR MARKETING IN GENERAL I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULD WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT POSTERS UP TO SIX FEET MEANING I WILL HAVE NO VISIBILITY I MEAN PERHAPS YOU KNOW MY MY TWO COLLEAGUES DOWN HERE WHO ARE VERY TALL MAYBE THEY CAN STILL SEE SOMETHING OVER THOSE SIGNS I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE IT AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY WOULD WE OBSTRUCT THAT VISIBILITY SO THAT THEY CAN TELL ME THAT SHAMPOO IS ON SALE I MEAN THAT'S IT SEEMS LIKE A MISPLACED PRIORITY FOR US AND THIS IS ALREADY WHAT OUR RULE IS IS THAT THEY CAN'T PUT IT THERE CORRECT CORRECT SO I'M NOT SURE WHY WE WOULD WHY WE WOULD CHANGE THAT THEY REQUESTED A MEETING WITH US WE SPOKE WITH THEM WE LISTENED TO THEIR CONCERNS I KNOW BUT AND WE LISTENED TO THEIR CONCERNS AND AS A DEPARTMENT WE DIDN'T SEE A CONCERN WITH THAT SIGNAGE ISSUE ON THOSE TYPES OF STORES SO CHIEF FOY YOU ARE WALKING IN WITH A GUN AND MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT AND SO I THINK YOU MAY FEEL A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF VULNERABILITY THAN THE PUBLIC AND I'LL JUST SAY I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD DO THAT I AM NOT FOR THAT AT ALL AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED TO HAVE MORE OF A DISCUSSION ON THIS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT AND THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF JUST BENDING TO THE WILL OF EVERY BUSINESS IN THE CITY THAT'S GOING[02:30:01]
ON RIGHT NOW AND I'M FOR THE PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND I DO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SAFETY BENEFIT IN HAVING A CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OF WHERE YOU'RE WALKING IN AND IF I WAS WORKING AT THE REGISTER I'D ALSO WANT TO SEE WHAT'S COMING AT ME RIGHT ARE ARE A GROUP OF TEENAGERS GONNA MOB MY STORE WELL I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT COMING AND MAKE A CALL OR AUTO LOCK THE DOOR I MEAN I THINK THERE'S A REAL ISSUE ABOUT SAFETY THERE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE UP AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S SOMETHING I'M MISSING I MEAN I'M NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL BUT I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THE BUSINESSES BUT I THINK THAT'S A STEP TOO FAR FOR ME SO THAT'S MY COMMENT ON IT AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I WAS LEANING TOWARDS AT THE BEGINNING SAFETY FOR BOTH THE INDIVIDUALS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE MERCHANTS AND THE CLERKS AND I I DON'T THINK THIS IS READY TO BE VOTED ON UH TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY I WOULDN'T SUPPORT IT AT THAT TIME I WOULD WANT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON CRIME STATS SEPARATING CONVENIENCE STORES VERSUS SMALL BOX ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SMALL BUSINESS INPUT YOU KNOW AND MAYBE YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TOO UH ONEROUS BUT MAYBE WE LOOK AT SALES TAX REVENUE YOU KNOW HAS IT CHANGED HAS IT DIPPED OR NOT YOU KNOW AND AND WE LOOK AT THE NO COST NO COST CONSIDERATION TO THE CITY BUT THERE IS A COST CONSIDERATION TO THOSE STORES BY BEING ABLE TO PUT ADVERTISEMENT ON THOSE WINDOWS BUT I DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH PEOPLE VISIBILITY AND SO TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE MAYBE THIS IS JUST NOT READY TO MOVE FORWARD THANK YOU SO I THINK AT THIS TIME IT'S ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THAT AS WE WISH AS COUNCILMEMBERS ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT ITEM NO OKAY SO ITEM L IS A GRANT ITEM M IS A GRANT ITEM N IS A GRANT THIS IS GREAT NEWS ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THOSE GRANTS LMN YES COUNCILMEMBER ROCK UM I APPLAUD EVERYBODY SOME OF THESE ARE APPLICATIONS WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY GREAT AND I'M I REALLY UH ADMIRE THAT WE'RE WE'RE ASKING FOR THE FUNDS I JUST WANT TO SORT OF MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GET FUNDS THAT WE'VE GOT THAT THAT WE'RE CREATING PROGRAMS WE'RE CREATING UH INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE CREATING STAFFING FOR PROMOTING CERTAIN AREAS AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE IDEA OF IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS OR AT LEAST MAKE PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THOSE FUNDS IF GOD FORBID WE DON'T GET THEM IN THE FUTURE AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN THE FIRST GRANT SO I'M I I LOVE IT THAT WE'RE GETTING MONEY FROM THESE OTHER SOURCES BUT IN OUR PLANNING FOR THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T SET OURSELVES UP FOR A UH AN OBLIGATION OR A UH OR A SERVICE OR PROCESS THAT WE CAN'T UNWIND EASILY IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS IN THE FUTURE YEAH OKAY GREAT ANYTHING ELSE NOPE OKAY WELL LET'S GO TO O THIS IS THE UM CONTRACT FOR THE UTILITY PORTION OF THE POLICE ACADEMY THAT WAS DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OKAY AND THEN ITEM P IS THE OTHER ONE THAT I WAS HOPING WE'D HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON AND THIS IS FOR THE 3.2 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT FOR INVESTIGATIVE SOFTWARE IF YOU CAN TELL US A LITTLE MORE HI MARTIN HELLO THIS IS MARTIN RIO HOSTEPI DIRECTOR FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS CONTRACT IS WITH A VENDOR CALLED LEADS ONLINE AND IT IS IT IS NOT SIMPLY A RENEWAL OF EXISTING PRODUCTS BUT IT'S IT'S BUNDLING ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS FROM LEADS ONLINE TOGETHER IN ONE CONTRACT WHICH WE HAVE SELLHAWK NIGHTHAWK AND A PAWN SHOP UH DATABASE THAT WE USE FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES AND SO THE OH SORRY IF YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW UH THIS CONTRACT IS ESSENTIALLY CONSOLIDATING THREE SEPARATE SOFTWARES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND IT'S COMBINING THEM INTO ONE CONTRACT WHEREAS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SEPARATE CONTRACTS WHICH MAKES IT ADMINISTRATIVELY PROBLEMATIC TO KEEP UP WITH ALSO WE'RE BY BUNDLING WE ARE GETTING BETTER PRICING AND SO WE HAVE NIGHTHAWK SELLHAWK AND A PAWN SHOP DATABASE THIS CONTRACT ALSO INCLUDES ANNUAL REOCCURRING TRAINING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE UH TURNOVER AND IN OUR DETECTIVE UNIT AND SO UNITS AND SO WE CAN PROVIDE TRAINING IF NEEDED AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN API CONNECTION THAT WE CAN TAKE[02:35:02]
SOME DATA AND CONNECT IT INTO OUR OWN DATA SYSTEMS AND SO THIS IS A GOOD A GOOD CONTRACT FOR US WE'RE GETTING BETTER PRICING AND WE'RE CONSOLIDATING WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN RIGHT NOW IN THREE SEPARATE CONTRACTS AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT DOES AND THE THREE SOFTWARES YOU HAVE NOW ARE WITH THE SAME VENDOR THAT'S CORRECT THAT'S CORRECT THE THE SAME VENDOR BUT WE WE HAVE CONTRACTED THEM SEPARATELY SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY COMBINING AND CONSOLIDATING GETTING US BETTER PRICING AND HOW MUCH WILL YOU SAVE THEM WELL IF BASED ON IF WE WERE TO TO CONTINUE TO CONTRACT SEPARATELY WE WOULD BE SPENDING ABOUT 600,000 MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE WITH THIS CONTRACT GOOD JOB DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS UM YEAH WHAT EXACTLY DOES WHAT IS WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU MONITORING WITH WHAT DOES THE SOFTWARE DO WITH PAWN SHOPS AND WITH IN A SECOND ARE YOU WATCHING ARE YOU WHAT ARE YOU KEEPING TRACK OF WITH THESE FOLKS AND WHAT ARE WE DOING SO I BELIEVE THE TEXAS TEXAS LAW DOES REQUIRE THAT PAWN SHOPS RECORD TRANSACTIONS AND SO BY BY THE DETECTIVES HAVING INFORMATION TO THIS PAWN SHOP INFORMATION THAT THEY USE THAT FOR LEADS AND INVESTIGATIONS AND THEN OF COURSE LIKE I MENTIONED THERE'S TWO OTHER SOFTWARE INCLUDING NIGHT HAWK AND CELL HAWK NIGHT HAWK HAS INFORMATION REGARDING CELL PHONE LIKE CELL DATA TEXT MESSAGES SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN THE CELL HAWK CAN TAKE THE LOCATION INFORMATION FROM THE CELL PHONE AND SO THESE THREE THINGS ARE TOOLS INVESTIGATORS USE IN SOLVING CRIME SO IF THE SO ARE THE DO THE PAWN SHOPS HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT THEY'RE TAKING IN AND THEN DO THEY HAVE A SOFTWARE PROGRAM OR THEY DO IT BY HAND OR WHAT ARE THEY DOING AND THEN WHAT IS THIS SOFTWARE WHAT DOES THIS SOFTWARE DO IS IT TIED IN WITH A PAWN SHOP DO THEY HAVE ARE WE PROVIDING THEM A A SOFTWARE THAT WE WANT THEM TO USE TO RECORD STUFF I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE DO WHAT ARE WE PAYING FOR SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION DEPUTY CHIEF STEVE WILLIAMS SO LEADS ONLINE BASICALLY WHEN SO WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS BURGLARIZED AND PROPERTY IS TAKEN THAT ITEM THEN GOES TO A PAWN SHOP THEY'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO SUBMIT IN A FORM OR FASHION SOME DO IT VIA A PAPER FORM SOME DO IT ELECTRONICALLY WHAT THAT INCLUDES IS THE RECEIPT A PHOTOCOPY OF THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT ACTUALLY TURNED THE PROPERTY IN AND RECEIVED MONETARY FUNDS SO WHENEVER YOU'RE WHEN THE DETECTIVE IS LOOKING FOR PROPERTY WE GET THOSE SERIAL NUMBERS THEY TYPE THAT SERIAL NUMBER INTO THE LEADS ONLINE AND THEN THAT DRIVES IT TO LOOK A NATIONWIDE SEARCH TO SEE WHO HAS PAWNED THAT PROPERTY THEN THAT DEVELOPS THE INVESTIGATIVE LEAD THAT THEN WE CAN TRACK BASICALLY WE'RE WORKING FOLLOWING THE PROPERTY SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT WORKS SO WE PAY FOR THE PORTION TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS NATIONWIDE SEARCH OF ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT THE PAWN SHOPS AND OTHER LOCATIONS UH YOU KNOW SUBMIT PROPERTY FOR THAT TYPE OF TRANSACTION ARE WE GETTING REIMBURSED BY THE PAWN SHOPS IS THERE A FEE BY THE PAWN SHOPS TO PAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THIS STUFF IN OTHER WORDS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE WE WE HAVE A DATABASE WHERE WE ARE SEARCHING OUT SAYING SOMEBODY STOLE MY RING AND YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE WHERE DID WE STILL STEAL THE RING WHO'S GOT THE RING AND THE PAWN SHOPS WE'RE GOING TO THEIR RECORDS TO SEE IF THEY'VE GOT IT RIGHT CORRECT SO WHAT HAS DONE IS THIS PROCESS HAS STREAMLINED AND WE'VE GONE TO THE DIGITAL VERSION BACK IN PROBABLY FIVE TO EIGHT TEN YEARS AGO THE ACTUAL DETECTIVES WOULD PHYSICALLY GO TO THE PAWN SHOP AND PULL THE PAWN SHOP RECEIPTS THE PAPER FORM AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MANUALLY SEARCH ALL OF THESE LITTLE THINGS AND SO IT'S WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT UM ABILITY AND EFFICIENCY TO SEARCH THE RECORDS UM A LOT FASTER AND BE EXPEDITIOUS AND TO SOLVE THE CRIMES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE SERVICE PROVIDER I'M SORRY I'M SORRY THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT I'M SO THICK HERE BUT IS THE SOFTWARE THAT THE PAWN SHOPS HAVE TO RECORD THIS STUFF THE SAME SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING TO INTERFACE TO TO FIND OUT IF THEY'VE GOT THIS STUFF CORRECT IT IS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IS THE ACCESS TO GET THAT DATA ELECTRONICALLY BECAUSE THE OTHER WAY TO DO IT THAT THEY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT CORRECT BUT THE BECAUSE THE CHALLENGE IS YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL PAWN SHOP BY HAND AND PULL THE RECEIPTS FOR EACH 30 DAYS AND THE PROBLEM IS IS THAT IT IT'S NOT JUST A LOCAL IT'S A STATE AND NATIONWIDE POOL FOR THAT FOR THAT DATA AND SO THAT THAT THAT'S THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS MODEL I GUESS THE BEST WAY I CAN YOU KNOW EXPLAIN THAT WE'RE SPENDING SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR TO HAVE A DATABASE UH TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THE PAWN SHOPS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT ESPECIALLY THE LOCAL ONES WE SHOULD BE CHARGING THEM FOR THAT TO PAY FOR PART OF[02:40:02]
THIS SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR AND YOU'RE SAYING OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND SO WE'RE SAVING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT YES FOR THREE MILLION DOLLARS THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT THE THE IT IS BROKEN UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT SOFTWARE UH THE PAWN SHOP PORTION ON A ON A YEARLY BASIS WOULD BE IS TYPICALLY IN TODAY'S IN TODAY'S DOLLARS TWO HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND SO SO THE PAWN SHOP PORTION ITSELF IS TWO HUNDRED AND THREE THOUSAND AND AND THEN AND THEN THE NIGHTHAWK AND THE SELLHAWK ARE OTHER AMOUNTS TO ADD UP TO THE TOTAL BUNDLE OF THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OKAY THANK YOU UM SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION SO IS THERE A STATE MANDATE FOR THEM TO ADD INTO THE DATABASE HOW HOW IS THAT HAPPENING WELL I DON'T THINK THERE'S A I'D HAVE TO I'M NOT 100 I NEED TO CLARIFY ON WHAT THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IS THEY'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT I GOTTA HAVE TO COME BACK AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AND I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT FOR YOU OKAY AND THEN THE SOFTWARE IS ACCESSING LIKE A STATE DATABASE IT'S NOT DATABASE IT'S NOT I MEAN THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ENTER INTO A PRIVATE SOFTWARE RIGHT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO GET YOU THE MORE SPECIFICS CAN GET YOU I'LL GET YOU BOTH FOLLOW UP ON THAT IT'S INTERESTING OKAY WELL UM I WILL SAY THAT AS A FORECAST ITEM UM NEXT MONTH WE'LL HAVE A FLOCK DISCUSSION I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT AND UM WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA SO WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 3 44 THANK YOU