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IT IS 1:04 PM AND I CALL THE MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
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COMMITTEE TO ORDER.OUR FIRST ITEM IS APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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ALRIGHT.WELL, OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND WE JUST HAD A NUMBER OF OUR NON-PROFIT PARTNERS, UH, LEGISLATIVE PARTNERS, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS, EVERYONE FROM DATA ANALYTICS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TO, OF COURSE DPD, UH, AND OTHERS IN THE FLAG ROOM TO CELEBRATE THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
REVIEW LAST YEAR'S LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UH, HONOR THEM.
AND SO WE INVITED THEM TO COME IN AND, AND HEAR THIS PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A WHOLE LOT WHO WERE ABLE TO STICK AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE BACK OUT DOING WHAT THEY DO SO WELL.
BUT JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TONIGHT DOWNTOWN WILL BE LIT UP PURPLE.
UH, SEVERAL BUILDINGS WILL, UH, HAVE THEIR, THEIR LIGHTS ON.
AND SO I SEE PEOPLE IN PURPLE TODAY, BUT TOMORROW AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, I'LL READ THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO WEAR EVEN MORE PURPLE THAN I'M SEEING TODAY.
SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING, BUT WE WILL AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TOMORROW.
SO IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LEAD OFF THIS MONTH WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UPDATE.
AND PHYLLIS NOBLE'S MAJOR, UH, PHYLLIS NOBLE'S WILL BE HERE, UM, TO WALK US THROUGH THE PAST YEAR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAJOR PHYLLIS NOVAS, SPECIAL VICTIMS DIVISION.
I HAVE TO MY LEFT DEPUTY CHIEF GRIFFITH.
AND TO MY RIGHT I HAVE LIEUTENANT CARTER, WHO'S THE COMMANDER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND I ALSO HAVE SERGEANT BENDOR WHO SUPERVISES THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE UNIT.
THE FIRST SLIDE'S THE TABLE OF CONTENT.
THE NEXT SLIDE TALKS ABOUT DEFINITIONS.
UH, IT GIVES US THE DEFINITION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PATTERN IN WHICH A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR IN WHICH ONE PERSON TRIED TO GAIN CONTROL AND MAINTAIN POWER AND CONTROL OF ANOTHER PERSON IS IN AN INTIMATE OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.
IT ALSO IDENTIFIES INTIMATE PARTNERS.
THIS IS VALID BY A PARTNER, A CURRENT PARTNER, OR A FORMER PARTNER WHO HAS HAD AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDIVIDUAL.
ALSO, LEGALITY ASSESSMENT IS A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT IDENTIFIED CRIMES AND HIGH RISK VICTIMS, AND IT CONNECTS THEM TO THE APPROPRIATE ADVOCACY FOR ASSISTANCE.
THE NEXT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MATRIX FROM 20 22, 23, 24, AND 25.
IN 2022, THERE WERE 15,253 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPLAINTS.
AND AS A DECREASE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE MY TEAM, WE WERE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE MAJOR FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THIS DECREASE AND IT'S FEAR.
FEAR OF THE VICTIMS, FEAR OF BEING HOMELESS WITH THEM WITH THEIR CHILDREN, FEAR OF LOSING THEIR CHILDREN, FEAR OF BEING, RELOCATING THEIR CHILDREN TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, FEAR OF LOSING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND FEAR OF LOSING EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE.
'CAUSE ONCE YOU'RE INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IT'S TIME TO LEAVE, NORMALLY YOU ONLY LEAVE WITH THE ITEMS THAT YOU EITHER HAVE ON OR A SMALL BAG THAT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU.
SO IT'S FEAR THAT'S DRIVING IT.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MATRIX FOR 2026 VERSUS 2025.
THE COMPARISON STARTED IN JANUARY AND IT END IN SEPTEMBER.
AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR 2026, THE MURDER RATE IS WE'RE DOWN BY 76% ON MURDERS WITH SIX THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 25 LAST YEAR.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS THIS YEAR IS 1,219, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WAS 1,257.
WE'RE DOWN 30% IN THOSE CATEGORIES.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE FILED MORE THAN 4,164 CASES IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT.
ALSO, OUR CLEARANCE RATE IS 94, 94 POINT 45%, AND A NA NATIONAL AVERAGE IS 80%.
SO WE'RE OVER THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH OUR CLEARANCE RATE.
IDENTIFIES INTIMATE, INTIMATE PARTNERS BECAUSE SOME INDIVIDUALS SOMETIMES DOESN'T
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UNDERSTAND THAT AN INTIMATE PARTNER IS THE HUSBAND, THE WIFE, THE BOYFRIEND, AND GIRLFRIEND.WE ALSO HAVE NON-INTIMATE PARTNERS, WHICH COULD BE BROTHERS, SISTERS, STEPFATHER, STEPBROTHER THAT ARE, ARE PHYSICALLY INJURING FAMILY MEMBERS, AND THESE ARE ALL CONSIDERED DOMESTIC VIOLENT OFFENSES.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS SAYING STRANGULATION.
THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STRANGULATION OFFENSES WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
THEREFORE, WE HAVE ADDED THIS CATEGORY TO THE LEGALITY ASSESSMENT FORM.
AND IT WAS ADDED TO THIS FORM LAST YEAR, AND IT WOULD TRIGGER A HIGH RISK ASSESSMENT WHERE THESE VICTIMS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO CARE, TALK TO A COUNSELOR, AND BE TRANSFERRED TO, TO A SHELTER IF NECESSARY.
ALSO, THE PENALTY GRADE FOR, FOR STRANGULATION IS A FELONY THREE OFFENSE.
IT'S TWO TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON AND UP TO A $10,000 FINE, WHICHEVER IS DEEMED BY THE COURT SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE IS A VICTIMOLOGY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES IS DONE BY RACE, SEX, AND AGE.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE CHART, 29% ARE MALE AND 71% ARE FEMALES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BY NUMBERS, FOR 2026, WE HAD 3,338 MALES.
THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO THE LEGALITY ASSESSMENT.
IT IDENTIFIES VICTIMS WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING KILLED BY THE INTIMATE PARTNER.
IT CONNECTS THEM WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINED ADVOCATES WHO CAN ASSIST THEM IMMEDIATELY.
IT INCREASES AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS THAT THEY MAY BE FACING AND DEVELOPS A SAFETY PLAN WHERE THEY CAN ESCAPE THE LOCATION IF DEEMED NECESSARY.
THIS IS A LEGITIMATE, UH, LEGITIMACY, UH, ASSESSMENT FOR 2026 RIGHT NOW.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT FOR THIS YEAR HAS BEEN 4,045.
OF THAT 312 REFUSED TO DO THE ASSESSMENT OF THAT.
IT WAS 3000 730 33 ASSESSMENTS, WHICH WERE COMPLETED OF THAT 2,321 DEEMED AT HIGH RISK.
AND OF THAT NUMBER, 1,994 DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH A COUNSELOR.
377 SPOKE WITH A COUNSELOR AND THEY WERE OFFERED ASSISTANCE.
ALSO, FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST OF 2026, WE HAD 700 COMPLETED ASSESSMENTS, 375 WAS SCREENED AND 74 SPOKE WITH THE COUNSELOR.
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAD 663, UH, COMPLETED.
375 AGAIN WAS SCREENED, AND 76 SPOKE WITH COUNSELORS.
WHEN PATROL OFFICERS RESPOND TO THE SCENE, THEY, THEY TALK TO THE VICTIMS. THEY GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION FOR THE GENESIS, GENESIS AND THE FAMILY FLOOD PLACE AND EN ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS.
BUT DURING THIS TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY THE EVENTS OF LIFE.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT, WE HAVE ADDED NOW A CASEWORKER WHO CAN FOLLOW UP ON THESE EMGALITY ASSESSMENTS.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS JUST THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE PATROL OFFICER ASKED, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHEN THEY RESPOND TO THIS LOCATION.
NEXT SLIDE IS THE DIGITALIZING OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEPARTMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF DIGITALIZING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PACKETS.
IT'LL BE IMPLEMENTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2027.
HOWEVER, THIS, DURING THIS PROCESS, IT WOULD EXPEDITE THE MATTER IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNITS WILL RECEIVE THESE ASSESSMENTS AND OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THE VICTIMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OUTREACH FOR 2026.
THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS AT THE FAIR PARK.
WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE, WE HAD A BOOTH AND WE PROVIDED INFORMATION REGARDING RESOURCES TO VICTIMS OUT THERE OR ANYONE THAT CAME TO OUR BOOTH.
ALSO, WE'RE DOING OUR PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SPEARHEAD THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO LIST THIS INFORMATION ON X, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN.
AND WE'LL PRI PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE IN SHELTER INFORMATION.
THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING.
THE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO ENSURE THAT OFFICERS FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONDUCT A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LEGALITY ASSESSMENT.
AND SO THIS IS THE LIST OF THOSE.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS PROTECTION OF THE VICTIM, THE CONFIDENTIALITY, AND THE SHELTER INFORMATION.
ALSO, THE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT OUT A ROLL CALL TRAINING BULLETIN, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE SLIDE, A ROLL CALL TRAINING BULLETIN.
IT OUTLINES THE ENTIRE DEPART DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROCESS, WHEN TO CALL, WHERE SHELTERS ARE AVAILABLE AND THOSE OFFICERS ARE READILY HAVE THOSE NOTES ON HAND IF IF NEEDED.
THESE ARE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OPERATION.
UH, OPERATION SAFE HAVEN WAS CONDUCTED IN MARCH OF 2026.
I WAS 42 ARRESTED, MADE FROM THAT LIST.
AND THIS LIST IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF THE WARRANTS
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THAT WAS ARRESTED BY THE OFFICERS.NEXT WE HAVE A, LIKE, AS STATED BEFORE, OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MONTH.
AND SO WE HAVE OPERATION PURPLE SHIELD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW, WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR NEW PURPLE SHIELD BADGES THIS MORNING.
AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A HUNDRED, 514 ACTIVE WARRANTS.
AS OF TODAY, 56 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED.
21 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN FELONY WARRANTS AND WE'RE ONLY 13 DAYS INTO THE OPERATION.
SO WE THINK THAT THIS OPERATION WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS.
LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, OPERATION PURPLE PARTNERS FOR 2025 AND THERE WERE 65 ARRESTS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ADDED TWO, UH, ADDITIONAL DETECTIVES TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATING ALL THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
WE ALSO IDENTIFIED TWO DETECTIVES WHO WILL BE DOING OUR COMMUNITY RE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OUTREACH, AND MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE RESOURCES THAT'S AVAILABLE.
AS STATED, WE'VE ADDED THAT CASEWORKER TO HELP WITH THE LEGALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO, I IMPLEMENTED AS EARLY IN THE MEETING FROM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DASHBOARD.
WITH ALL THESE PROGRAMS IN PLACE, WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT PATROL DIVISION, DETECTIVES, GENESIS AND FAMILY PLACE, WE ARE ASSURED THAT WE WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE FUGITIVE UNIT FOR 2025 AND 2026.
ARREST FELONS FOR 2025 IS 403.
WERE ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND 2026, THAT WAS 233 ARRESTS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ADDITIONAL ARRESTS WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RUN THROUGH.
AND MY COLLEAGUES, I'M SURE KNOW THIS, BUT THIS IS A CYCLICAL ISSUE.
SO IF IT'S HAPPENING IN ONE GENERATION, IT PROBABLY HAPPENED IN THE GENERATION BEFORE AND IT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN IN THE GENERATION, HENCE IF IT'S NOT DISRUPTED.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL IN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE AND REFERENCING, UH, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND BEFORE I GO TO COLLEAGUES, I WANNA NOTE THAT THE DASHBOARD YOU REFERENCED HAS BEEN UPDATED.
WE DID A 2.0 ON THAT WITH DPD AND THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PIECES OF IT IS AN INTERNAL TOOL, SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT FACE THE PUBLIC, BUT THAT DPD HAS ASKED FOR, UM, TO HELP IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS AND ARREST THE WORST OFFENDERS.
AND, UM, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET AT THIS.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA START TO MY RIGHT WITH, OKAY, COUNCIL, UM, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MORENO.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, THIS, UH, AFTERNOON WITH THE, UH, LUNCHEON THAT WE HAD.
UH, SOMETHING THAT I LIKE THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO IS, UH, THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE AFFAIR, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION, UH, IN TYING UP SOME OF THOSE, THE GOOD WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE IN PRIOR SESSIONS.
IT BOILS DOWN TO PARTNERSHIPS, WHAT WE CAN DO AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, WHAT DPD IS DOING OUT THERE, AND WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS ARE DOING ACROSS THE STATE.
UM, AND I REALLY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AMPLIFY AND LETTING, UH, BOTH, UH, SURVIVORS AND, AND THOSE WHO ARE, UH, ON THE, ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING A SURVIVOR, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY IS, IS HERE IN MAKING THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND TRYING TO MAKE THEM IN A NON-DISCREET MANNER, UH, THAT WAY WE SHARED EARLIER, UH, DURING THE PRESENTATION.
AND SO JUST, UH, LET'S CONTINUE DOING THE GOOD WORK, UH, AND, AND BREAKING THAT, THAT CYCLE.
SO I KNOW I'VE GONE IN A COUPLE OF RIDE ALONGS WHERE, UM, THERE'S, UM, BEEN DOMESTIC ISSUES.
UM, WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH ARE Y'ALL DOING AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES? 'CAUSE I KNOW FROM MY DISTRICT THERE'S QUITE A FEW, AND IF THAT DOES HAPPEN, YES.
WHEN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX REACHES OUT TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST HAVE TWO LIAISON OFFICERS NOW THAT WILL, THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THEY WILL GO INTO THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND THEY WOULD TALK TO THE GROUP DURING THEIR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, BUT THEY WILL ALSO HAVE PAMPHLETS TO GET TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE DO THAT.
WE LEAVE THAT WITH THE APARTMENT MANAGERS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE, DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING IT TO, TO THEIR HOMES AND I UNDERSTAND WHY.
AND SO WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE DURING THOSE OUTREACH, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS.
BUT WE DID IDENTIFY TWO LIAISONS TO DO THAT.
UH, DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, GRIFFITH, THE COMM, UH, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION GROUP.
ALSO, WE WORK WITH PATROL AND THE N NPOS.
SO WE SEND OUT THE MULTIFAMILY TOP MULTIFAMILY LOCATIONS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO THE PATROL COMMANDERS ARE AWARE OF THOSE LOCATIONS AND THEY KEEP THEIR EYE
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ON 'EM AS, AS WELL AS THE NPOS.SO WHEN NPOS DO THEIR CRIME WATCH MEETINGS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT AS WELL.
SO WE KEEP TRACK OF THOSE LOCATIONS SO WE'RE, UH, UH, AHEAD OF THE GAME, YOU KNOW, SO WE TRY TO WATCH THOSE LOCATIONS IN A PATROL CAPACITY AND IN A, A NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL, UH, CAPACITY AS WELL.
THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
AS, UM, MY COLLEAGUE SAID, IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE DO, UM, GET THE INFORMATION OUT AND, AND RESOURCES AS WELL.
AND CHIEF GRIFFITH DOES, IS THAT SENT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT REPORT ON THOSE, THOSE KEY APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE WE'RE SEEING A HIGHER LEVEL OF, OF, UH, INCIDENTS? SO WHAT WE DO IS WE, WE SEND THOSE, UH, LOCATIONS OUT TO PATROL AND THEN WE TRY TO DO OUTREACH AT THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHEN THE OFFICERS, UH, GO AND DO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCHES AT THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND WE HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DETECTIVES GO WITH THEM.
AND SO IF SOMETHING, IF THEY NOTICE SOMETHING OR SOMEONE COMES FORWARD TO THEM, THEY CAN DO IT ON A DISCRETE WAY, UM RIGHT.
AND GIVE THEM INFORMATION TO THEM THAT I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I'M TALKING, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED THESE AND SOME OF THESE POP MORE THAN OTHERS.
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THOSE DISTRICTS ARE, ARE BEING MADE AWARE OF, OF THOSE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY ARE NOW, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE, THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW CUMULATIVELY ABOUT ALL OF THEM AND THEN THAT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
CHAIR WILLIS, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN CARRYING THAT HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND, UM, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I WANNA GO WITH MY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND, UM, SO BACK ON THE APARTMENT MANAGERS AND TRYING TO GET INFORMATION TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS.
I KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE MEETING WITH PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE, THAT IS SOMETHING VERY NEEDS TO BE KEPT VERY PRIVATE AND, AND NOT ON THE RADAR OF ANYBODY'S OTHER THAN, THAN THE, UM, DETECTIVES WORKING THAT CASE OR WORKING CASES.
UM, BUT, UM, I THINK WE COULD CREATE MAYBE JUST SOME INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL, UM, THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, I COULD GIVE TO THE, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND THEY COULD THEN WHEN THEY MEET WITH PROPERTY MANAGERS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
I KNOW, UM, MAJOR NELSON, YOU'RE A VERY, I, UM, SORRY, NOBLES, I'VE GOT MY ENDS CONFUSED.
MAJOR NOBLES, YOU'RE VERY AWARE OF VICKI TAYLOR AND WHAT HER WORK WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGERS.
SO I'M JUST THINKING WE COULD GET THAT SOME INFORMATION IN HER HANDS.
SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO MAKE THAT SO THAT PROPERTY MANAGERS, IT JUST BEGETS TO BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE.
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS ON ROBBERIES BY MEETING WITH SOME OF THOSE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND ABOUT MOVING SOME OF THEIR SIGNAGE AND HAVING A CLEAR, YOU KNOW, LINE OF SIGHT BETWEEN THE, UM, PERSON BEHIND THE COUNTER AND THE FRONT DOOR.
JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE JUST PRACTICAL THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THE REST OF US, UM, DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW.
SO I GUESS IT JUST FROM AN INFORMATIONAL STANDPOINT, MAYBE IF WE COULD GET THAT OUT TO THE PROPERTY MANAGERS.
UM, LIKE IT'S JUST A FLYER WITH SOME BASIC INFO.
OH, YOU'VE GOT IT ALREADY DONE.
UH, WHEN I WAS AT NORTHEAST PATROL DIVISION, I MET WITH VICKI TAYLOR LAKE, HELEN PIT, AND WE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS MEETINGS AND WE LEFT THESE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THE APARTMENT MANAGERS, APARTMENT MANAGERS IN THEIR OFFICES.
AND THESE ARE THE PAMPHLETS THAT WE GIVE OUT READILY.
WELL IF WE COULD BROADEN THAT DISTRIBUTION YES.
MAYBE IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, BUT I JUST, UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT VERY PRACTICAL INFORMATION IN THE HANDS OF ALL PROPERTY MANAGERS SO THEY HAVE A RESOURCE.
UM, AND THEN JUST, UM, UNDERSTANDING, UM, A COUPLE OF THE SLIDES, SORRY, LEMME GET BACK ON HERE.
UM, SO ON SLIDE 16, WE SAY THERE ARE 514 ACTIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT WARRANTS.
UNDER PURPLE OPERATION PURPLE SHIELD 2026.
AND THEN THE NEXT, UM, SLIDE ON 17 IS SAYING THAT WE'VE HAD, I GUESS, 233 ARRESTS FROM THOSE ACTIVE WARRANTS THAT ARE 514 MM-HMM
IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? IS IS THERE ANY THAT SEEMS LIKE A, A BIT OF A DISPARITY TO ME THAT WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE 500 ISH WARRANTS AND, UM, 233 ARRESTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL, SO I DON'T KNOW IF PERHAPS THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PAR FOR THE COURSE OR DO WE HAVE SOME ROOM TO IMPROVE THERE?
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OKAY.SO THE, ON ON SLIDE 16, THIS OPERATION PURPOSE SHIELD, THIS IS FOR THIS MONTH ON SLIDE 17 IS WHAT THE FUGITIVE UNIT HAS BEEN DOING ALL YEAR.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY LOOK FOR THE VIOLENT CRIMES, THE ONE THAT ARE FELONS.
AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THEIR NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR.
AND SO NOW IT'S JUST THE, THE PURPOSE HERE IS JUST FOR ONE MONTH SO FAR.
AND SO ALSO, SO THEY'RE APPLES AND ORANGES BASICALLY.
THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME THING.
AND WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO GET THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WARRANTS OUT, WE GIVE THEM TO, UH, THE TIVE UNIT, AND THEN THEY JUST WORK ON RESTING, DOING THE WARRANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE LET THEM KNOW OR PRIORITIZE THE, UH, UH, THE OFFENDER WHO, MULTIPLE OFFENDERS.
SO THE OFFENDERS OCCURRED, UH, TO THE SAME VICTIM AGAIN, OR THE VICTIM HAS BEEN A, A VICTIM, UH, NUMEROUS TIMES.
AND SO WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THAT WE MAKE THE WORST OFF THE STREETS AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN QUICKER.
AND SO THAT'S JUST OVER THE AMOUNT OF YEARS.
SO THEY HAVE A UNIT THAT IS, THAT MAY GOES OUT AND LOOKS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS AS WELL.
AND THIS IS REALLY, UM, SOMETHING WE COULD TALK OFFLINE ABOUT, BUT THE, UM, NOT MY MOST RECENT MURDER, BUT MY SECOND MOST RECENT MURDER WAS ON SKILLMAN.
AND IT WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS, UM, KILLED BY A DOMESTIC PARTNER AND HE, I BELIEVE, HAD BEEN ARRESTED BUT WAS OUT ON BOND OR WHATEVER.
AND, UM, ANYWAY, MURDERED HER IN FRONT OF HER CHILDREN.
IT'S A, IT'S A GRUESOME, IT'S ONE OF, IT'S ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, WORST CASE SCENARIOS.
BUT I HAD SO MANY RESIDENTS ASK ME, WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE GIVEN HER SOME KIND OF NOTICE THAT HE WAS OUT? WHY COULD, HOW COULD WE HAVE PROTECTED HER? BECAUSE IT IS, I MEAN, WE FOCUS ON TRYING TO STOP THE PERPETRATOR.
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE PERPETRATOR.
I MEAN, SOMETIMES WE JUST, THAT'S HARD TO DO.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO WARN A, A POTENTIAL VICTIM? I'M NOT AWARE OF HOW WE COULD NOTICE, NOTIFY THAT THE RELEASE FROM CUSTODY.
BUT WE CAN CHECK INTO THAT AND DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND GET BACK WITH YOU OFFLINE IF YOU'D LIKE.
I, I JUST THINK THIS, THIS ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.
THIS, THIS IS SOMEBODY SHE KNOWS.
IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT BLASTING IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR OUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE PRESS OR ANYTHING.
IT JUST GOES TO THE PERSON THAT IS, HAS SOME, HAS A RELATIONSHIP AND OBVIOUSLY MAY HAVE BEEN A VICTIM IN THE PAST.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S LOGICAL.
UM, THIS, UH, THIS REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND IN MY SORT OF PRIVATE LIFE, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO, UH, ASSIST, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS, IN THIS TRAGIC SITUATION.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME THAT PART OF THE, THE ISSUE IS NOT ONLY RESPONDING TO THE ACTIVITY, BUT TO HELPING GET INFORMATION TO THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO IT, THAT ARE SOMEHOW NOT GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN CREATING A, A, A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL ETHNIC COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT MAY HAVE, UH, THAT SUBJECT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS NOT READILY KNOWLEDGEABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, SO THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF, OF THE SAFE HOUSES, THEY'RE AWARE OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF A HOTLINE OF WHERE THEY CAN GET INFORMATION, WHERE THERE'S A SAFE SPACE THAT THEY CAN BE ADVISED ON HOW TO, UH, GET OUT OF THE SITUATION THAT THEY'RE IN PRIOR TO THE THERE BEING A DEVASTATING OUTCOME.
UM, AND, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT SHOULD BE INSTI INS INSTIGATED BY COMMUNITY PARTNERS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE TAKING THE LEAD ON IN TRYING TO ORGANIZE THE GENERAL COMMUNITY TO GET, UH, INFORMATION TO POTENTIAL VICTIMS? SO THERE IS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVISORY COUNCIL, UH, THAT WORK WITH DOING WITH ALL THESE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELP FOR INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE CAN LOOK ON IT MAYBE EXPANDING THAT OR MAKING IT MORE BROADER AND GETTING MORE PUBLIC INFORMATION OUT THERE.
BUT THEY WORK WITH, UH, GENESIS AND THE FAMILY PLACE AND OTHER SOCIAL, UH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT THERE.
'CAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR INDIVIDUALS, WHETHER HOUSING, GETTING SOMEONE A JOB, GETTING THEM OUT OF THAT, UH, THAT, UH, BAD ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT SEEING, UH, HOW WE CAN EXPAND IT MORE, UM, UH, AS WELL.
BUT THERE, UH, THAT'S WHY WE TRY, WHEN WE GO, WHEN YOU SEE THESE MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT IS HA UH, HAVING
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HIGH, UH, UH, ACCOUNTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO GO IN THERE AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE APARTMENT MANAGERS.
THE APARTMENT MAN, THE PEOPLE MIGHT NOT WANT TO EXPOSE IT, BUT THOSE APARTMENT MANAGERS KNOW THEIR RESIDENCE MM-HMM
AND THEY HEAR STUFF, WELL, THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN AN APARTMENT AND SOMETHING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T, THEY DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE.
AND SO THEY KNOW THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE THERE AND KNOW THEIR POSSIBLE VICTIMS. AND SO WE CAN GET MORE, THAT'S WHY WE WANNA GET THESE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
'CAUSE I KNOW IT, IT, THEY DON'T, THE INDIVIDUALS WANNA BE PRIVATE ABOUT IT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO EXPOSE BECAUSE THEY COULD BE EXPOSED TO THE, THE PERPETRATOR.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, PATROL DIVISIONS HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN THE NPO SO THEY CAN GO OUT THERE AND WORK, WORK WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEX MANAGERS, UM, AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE, WE HAVE IN THE PAST, UH, UM, GIVE TRAINING TO APARTMENT COMPLEX MANAGERS ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE A POSSIBLE, UH, A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM.
AND SO WE CAN WORK ON DOING THAT AGAIN AND, AND PUT SOME THINGS TOGETHER, UH, THROUGH THE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, CHAIR WILLISON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY, UH, CONCERNING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
UM, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED GENESIS.
I KNOW WE HAVE THAT, UH, UH, PROGRAM AND FACILITY AND DISTRICT FOUR, UH, I LEARNED ABOUT HIM WHEN I WAS ON SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE, UM, A FEW YEARS BACK BASED ON DALLAS DISTRICT WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.
CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EVENTS OUTREACH, UH, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND PARTNERS HAVE DONE IN PARTICULARLY DISTRICT FOUR? HOW HAS IT BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO DO BETTER? IS IT PROACTIVE? IS IT REACTIVE? UM, HOW, HOW HAS THAT WORK AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DPD ON HOW TO BETTER ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS, UH, IN DALLAS, PARTICULARLY IN, UH, AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK AND HIGH CRIME COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, ET CETERA.
SO WE HAVE DONE OUTREACH IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS.
UH, WE ARE, UH, WE, WE DO KNOW WHERE THE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSE OCCUR, UH, PER DISTRICT.
UH, AND SO WE DO WORK ON THOSE.
WE, UH, DO TRY TO, UH, GO OUT AND BE PREVENTIVE AND HAVE OUTREACH.
WE DO HAVE DETECTIVES WHO GO OUT AND DO THE OUTREACH, UH, AT, WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL OFFICERS WHEN THEY HAVE CRIME WATCH MEETINGS.
WE JUST DON'T, WE WANT TO MIX IN, WHEN WE DO THESE, UH, UH, OUTREACH, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF TO THE VICTIM.
AND SO WHAT WE DO IS, IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PATROL OFFICERS HAVE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, PAMPHLETS AND INFORMATION TO SEEK HELP IF THEY NEED.
SO WITH GENESIS PHONE NUMBER OR FAMILY PLACE PHONE NUMBER, UM, AND THEY HAVE THE INFORMATION, THEY CAN REACH OUT AND GET HELP, UM, OR THEY CAN CALL US.
UM, BUT WE TRY TO DO IT IN A MORE SECRETE WAY.
NOT JUST FOCUS JUST ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT A SPECIFIC APARTMENT COMPLEX AND HAVE PEOPLE COME AND TALK TO US.
IT, IT, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR THAT WE BELIEVE.
AND SO WE TRY TO DO IT IN A LOW KEY WAY, UH, THAT WAY.
UM, IT CAN BE MIXED IN, RIGHT.
THEY CAN TAKE THE PAMPHLET OR THEY CAN TALK TO AN OFFICER ON THE SIDE.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE THINKING THEY'RE GOING TO A CRIME WATCH MEETING, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, THAT HELPS, HELPS OUT.
WE HAVE, UH, COME UP WITH IDEAS BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAILBOX, UM, AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT NEEDING, UH, A BABYSITTER OR TRYING TO SELL A CAR AND YOU'LL SEE THE UP THERE WITH IT AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LITTLE TAG WITH THE PHONE NUMBER, RIGHT.
THEY CAN JUST TEAR IT OFF, PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AS WELL, AND WE CONTINUE DOING THAT.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TOO ON, UM, COLLEAGUES.
I HEARD SOMETHING A FEW YEARS AGO THAT MAKES SLIDE SEVEN SO CRITICAL ON STRANGULATION AND HOW WE'RE SEEING THIS.
THAT NUMBER IS UP, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST BEING REPORTED MORE MM-HMM
BUT, UH, UH, IT'S BEEN DESCRIBED, STRANGULATION HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS HOMICIDE IN SLOW MOTION.
IF YOU'RE STRANGLING SOMEONE, UM, THAT'S, YOU'RE GONNA KILL HIM.
AND SO I'M PLEASED TO HEAR I I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.
IT WAS A FELONY THREE OFFENSE AND THE, AND THE, UH, $10,000 FINE.
AND THEN YOU SAID, OR THE TERM, HOW LONG WAS THAT? WAS IT A TERM IN JAIL? YES.
IT, THE TERM IN JAIL IS TWO TO 10 YEARS AND UP TO A $10,000 FINE, DEPENDING ON THE COURT PROCEEDINGS AND THE PUNISHMENT THAT THEY RENDER THE INDIVIDUAL.
UM, AND OUR, OUR NONPROFITS DO A GOOD JOB.
I MEAN, WE CAN DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
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OTHERS, BUT REALLY THEY ARE OUT THERE WITH THE ON THE GROUND COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOLKS AS WELL.UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT.
UM, AND YOU SAID THAT NOVEMBER, 2027 TO MAKE THIS DIGITAL AND THIS PACKET IN A CRITICAL MOMENT IS THICK.
IT IS A THICK PACKET THAT AN OFFICER HAS TO GO THROUGH THERE AND MANUALLY DO WITH A VICTIM.
AND I'VE, I'VE BEEN PRESENT ON A RIDE-ALONG WHEN THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT CAME OUT.
AND I'M CONCERNED BY THESE NUMBERS AND HOW WE'VE GOT SO MANY UM, CASES, BUT THEN SO FEW ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.
HAD I NOT BEEN THERE IN A MOMENT, I, I MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND IT'S, IT'S A TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN YOUR ABUSER COULD JUST BE FEET AWAY.
BUT IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE VENDOR? I THINK WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH GETTING THIS DIGITIZED.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE MAKING PROGRESS AND SOMEONE WAS MOVING FORWARD ON THIS.
SO WE ARE, SO WE WORKED WITH MARYLAND INSTITUTE TO GET IT, UH, TO GET IT DIGITIZED.
AND RIGHT NOW WE BELIEVE THAT IT WILL COME OUT BEFORE NOVEMBER, 2027.
WE'RE HAVING OUR, UH, IT SECTION CREATE THE LETHALITY AS ASSISTANT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THEM NOW AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT ONBOARD MORE QUICKLY.
ALL THE, AND TO HAVE IT ON THE OFFICER'S CELL PHONE.
ALL THE OFFICER PATROL OFFICERS ARE SIGNED, CITY CELL PHONES, GET THAT APPLICATION ON THEIR CITY CELL PHONES.
AND IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO UPLOAD IT INTO, UH, UH, UH, OUR RMS SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH, WITH THEM NOW, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO USE THE, THE LETHALITY STATEMENT OR LETHALITY, UH, PROGRAM THAT THEY HAD, WE HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN WORKING THROUGH.
IT WAS, I SAW IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG, SO I DIRECTED THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT TO GO AND GET WITH OUR IT SECTION.
UM, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE THAT OUT, UH, MORE QUICKLY THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
WELL IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP MOVE THAT ALONG, JUST LET ME KNOW.
YEAH, IT'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
AND ON SLIDE 10, GOING BACK TO THAT SAME ISSUE, MAJOR NOBLES YOU MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT A CASE WORKER TO FOLLOW UP.
WE JUST HIRED A CASE WORKER TO DO A FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
AND SO NOW WE HAVE ONE AND SHE'S TRYING AND SHE'S IN TRAINING AS WE SPEAK.
NOT IN THE MOMENT, BUT RATHER SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO FOLLOW UP.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER OF CASES, HAVING ONE CASEWORKER MM-HMM
WHAT IS OUR GOAL? WHAT WOULD WE LIKE TO HAVE? SO WE WANT TO HAVE MORE.
WE'RE WORKING IN THAT PROCESS, UH, AS WELL, UH, WORKING ON AN ADDITIONAL CASEWORKER FOR THAT.
HOWEVER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT DETECTIVES, IF THEY NOTICE THAT ON THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT THAT THEY SEE THAT THAT VICTIM IS A HIGH RISK, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THE, UH, CONTACT AND TRYING TO GET THAT, UH, PERSON INDIVIDUAL SERVICES.
WE'RE JUST NOT WAITING ON THE CASEWORKER TO GO THROUGH THAT AND DO IT.
THE DETECTIVES KNOW THAT IF THEY OB OBSERVE THE OFFENSE AND LOOK AT THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT, THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL MAKE THE CONTACT AND OFFER THE SERVICES THEN AS WELL.
WELL THAT PROACTIVE SPIRIT IS APPRECIATED.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM B.
OH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE? JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT FOR THE CASEWORKERS, WE DO HAVE ONE THAT'S IN THE WORKS TO, TO GET HIRED ON AND WE ALSO WORKING WITH THE STATE TO GET GRANT FUNDING FOR TWO MORE CASEWORKERS.
SO HOPEFULLY AS LONG AS EVERYTHING GOES THROUGH, WE END UP HAVING FOUR EVENTUALLY.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR YEAR END REPORT ON HIRING, UH, THAT COINCIDES WITH OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS MARKING WHERE WE FINISHED BECAUSE WE SET GOALS AROUND HIRING AND ALSO WANNA UNDERSTAND THE RETENTION STORY AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
SO IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON ANY HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MEMO, I KNOW I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
WE END OF THE YEAR HIRING 378, UH, SWORN TO DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, END OF THE YEAR WITH 34 47, UH, WITH OUR SWORN STRENGTH.
UH, OF COURSE OUR GOAL IS 700 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, FOR ATTRITION, YES, WE DID LOSE TWO, UH, 211 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, BUT THIS PAST MONTH WE REALLY STARTED HONING IN ON OUR, THIS YEAR'S GOAL, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA BE HITTING THE, HITTING THE, UH, TRAILS PRETTY HARDCORE.
UH, SOCIAL MEDIA WISE, WE'RE PUTTING OUR, OUR CONTENT OUT THERE.
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FAIR THIS WHOLE TIME WITH OUR RECRUITING BOOTH, TRYING TO PUT CONTENT.PEOPLE WANNA COME HIRE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE'RE REALLY GOING AFTER OUR JUNIOR COLLEGES, UH, HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH US OUT THERE WHERE DALLAS PD WE'RE HIRING AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW IN THE, IN THE STATE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND OUTSIDE THE STATE THAT WE'RE HIRING, WE NEED OFFICERS.
UH, BUT OUR MAIN GOAL WAS THAT THE THREE 50, WE SURPASSED THAT BY 28, UH, WITH LAST YEAR GOING OVER 300 WITH THE 3 34, UH, WE'VE DONE PRETTY GOOD.
AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY BEEN OUR STAFF, OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING OUR BACKGROUNDS, UH, OUR RECRUITING UNIT, EVERYBODY ON BOARD.
THAT'S, IT WAS A VERY, VERY BIG TASK THAT I WAS KIND OF SKEPTICAL ABOUT, BUT THEY SURPASSED IT VERY WELL.
I'LL START TO MY LEFT, MR. ROTH.
UM, MY, UH, GOOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
UH, THE, I'M CURIOUS AS TO HAS THERE BEEN ANY INDICATION BY RECRUITS AND IN YOUR RECRUITING EFFORT, UH, OF CONCERN BY ANYBODY NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD, UH, HOUSING OR FIND A CONVENIENT HOUSING OR, OR BE ACCESS, HAVING ACCESSIBILITY TO HOUSING CLOSE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT AS, AS AN, AS A BARRIER FOR RECRUITMENT? I WOULD SAY IT'S BEEN A BARRIER.
IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE CLASSES AND HAVE VERY, FAIRLY LARGE CLASSES WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TRY, WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE BETTER, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY.
IF YOU GET TWO WEEKS NOTICE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUT INTO CLASS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND HOUSING OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THAT TIMEFRAME.
SO THAT, THAT IS BECOME AN ISSUE WITH A FEW TIMES COME, PEOPLE COME AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA STAY AND THEY GOT A JOB THAT THEY'RE STARTING ON WEDNESDAY.
SO, YES, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.
I KNOW THE ACADEMY, THEY'RE, AND IT'S, IT'S HARD TOO.
PEOPLE DON'T TELL YOU THIS, RIGHT? THEY DON'T TELL YOU UNTIL IT'S TWO OR THREE WEEKS IN AND THEY'RE INTO, THEY'RE IN SLEEPING IN VEHICLES OR WHATNOT.
BUT WE HAD HAD ISOLATED INCIDENTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THAT, TELLING THEM PLENTY OF TIME LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE STARTING THIS DATE ACCOMMODATIONS, ARE THEY OKAY, UH, TRYING TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THAT.
WOULD, WOULD IT BE A, WOULD IT BE A POSITIVE RECRUITING, UM, UH, INCENTIVE IF THE CITY WAS, IF WE WERE, UH, DESIGNATING OR TRYING TO DEVELOP A, A PROGRAM WHERE SOME OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, UNIT, UH, PROJECTS WOULD BE DEDICATED OR WOULD BE, UM, SPECIFIED FOR, FOR, FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOLKS, FOR POLICE, FIRE, UH, CRITICAL, UM, VOCATIONAL PEOPLE, NURSES, ET CETERA.
AND THAT, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THAT AS A PROGRAMMIC, UM, RECRUITMENT EFFORT AS WELL AS A, A, UH, FOCUS ON HELPING PEOPLE, UH, FIND HOUSING NEAR THE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST IN THE RECRUITING OF NEW PEOPLE, BUT IN THE RETENTION OF EXISTING, UH, FOLKS AND MAYBE, UM, THE, THE ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND TOWN AS THEY GO TO DIFFERENT, UH, SUB-MARKETS AND SUBSTATIONS.
I DO THINK THAT ANY EFFORT MADE IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO RECRUIT.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE HOUSING COMPLEXES THAT ARE NEAR, UM, THE TRAINING CENTER RIGHT NOW.
THE FACILITY RIGHT NOW THAT DO OFFER SOME VOUCHERS, SOME DISCOUNTS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE MORE WE HAVE THE, THE BETTER PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES ABOUT WHERE THEIR FAMILIES HAVE TO LIVE AND RESIDE.
THEY'D BE VERY VITAL FOR OUR, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S THEIR FIRST CAREER.
I MEAN, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE, THIS IS A SECOND, THIRD CAREER, BUT A LOT OF US, MOST OF FIRST, IT'S THE FIRST CAREER.
SO WHEN YOU WALK INTO SOME WAY AND THEN YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
AND THAT'S REALLY SORT OF A, AN A BENEFICIAL, UH, OPPORTUNITY THAT REALLY WOULD HELP TOWARDS, TOWARDS, UH, AN OVERALL COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR THEM BY GIVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE CLOSE IN.
AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, TO KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT SOME DEDICATED AREAS THAT WOULD BE, UH, THAT WOULD BE ACCOMMODATING TO THEM.
REALLY JUST A CONGRATULATIONS.
UM, I REMEMBER THE DAYS THAT WE COULDN'T GET BEYOND 250, UM, NEW HIRES IN A YEAR, AND YOU GUYS HAVE, UM, UH, JUST HAVE AN AMAZING, UM, 378 HIRES COMPLETED.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO NOVEMBER 6TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN JANUARY, MARCH, APRIL, JUNE AND AUGUST OF 27
UM, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GREAT FOR THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND THERE IS ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE ARE GETTING APPLICANTS, WE ARE NOT SHORT, SHORT IN APPLICANTS.
UM, OUR APPLICANT POOL IS, IS HIGH.
UM, THE CHANGEOVER NOW TO WORKDAY, UM, IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A, A GAP FOR US TO FILL.
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WE'VE GOT A LOT OF APPLICANTS AND SO WE DO, YOU KNOW, UM, HAVE THAT RESOURCE AVAILABLE AND OUR PEOPLE ARE APPLYING.PEOPLE DO WANT TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS AND DO WANT TO WORK FOR THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, AS A STEAD.
AND I THINK IT THEN ATTRIBUTES TO THE FACT OF WHO DALLAS IS AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ENA, WE JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR WORK, BUT ALSO, UM, FOR THE OFFICERS AS WELL AS WELL WHO HAVE RECOMMENDED, UM, AND ALSO, UM, HAVE HELPED BRING, UM, PEOPLE TO, TO APPLY FOR DPD AS WELL.
'CAUSE I KNOW MANY OF THEM ARE GETTING FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ALSO TO APPLY AND TO BE A PART OF THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
SO I KNOW IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, UM, WHAT OUR NUMBERS WILL BE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
AND I SHOW THIS, BUT MAJOR ANISE CAME UP WITH THIS, I'LL GIVE HER SOME CREDIT.
IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE REFERRALS, BUT NOW WE HAVE ACTUAL CARDS.
OFFICER COOPER HAS ALL OUR STUFF SCANNED, COME, COME APPLY.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, ANYBODY CAN PICK 'EM UP, WE CAN DROP 'EM OFF AT THE STATION.
SO GOING REALLY, I'LL BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THIS WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST HIRING YEAR FOR SWORN IN OUR HISTORY.
I KIND OF WENT BY A HISTORIC WITH DATA ON THAT AND I WAS LIKE, PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THIRD GROUP
UH, SO THIS PAST SATURDAY I WAS ABLE TO, UH, WALK ALONGSIDE THE CLASS OF 4 1 1 OVER AT THE UNITY WALK-IN.
SO JUST GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ABOUT WHY THEY CHOSE DALLAS AND WHY THEY'RE EXCITED TO, TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF OUR TEAM WAS REALLY, UH, ENCOURAGING.
UM, ALSO GOT TO SEE YOU GUYS OUT AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS.
UH, THE RECRUITERS OUT THERE ARE ENERGETIC.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY TO, TO ENGAGE AND GET PEOPLE ON.
UM, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS WE LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC GOAL OF 4,000 SWORN OFFICERS.
AND TODAY WE SIT AT THE BEST NUMBERS WE HAVE IN THE PAST DECADE.
AND SO TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW WE GOT THERE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO GROW.
UM, I KNOW THAT OUR CLASSES ARE GETTING LARGER, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE CHALLENGES WITH LIMITED SPACE AND LIMITED CLASSROOMS. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE OUR, UH, RECRUITMENT TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE GOLD WE'VE SET PREVIOUSLY? UM, AND WORKING WITH THE PARAMETERS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY CONSTRAINED TO, WELL CONSTRAINED WITH THE ACADEMY CURRENTLY THAT WE ARE IN.
UM, IT'S JUST WORKING WITH THE COMMAND STEP OVER THERE AS WELL.
AND WE'VE BEEN VERY VITAL BACK AND FORTH WITH SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WORKS BEST WITH OUR, WITH OUR STRUCTURE TO GET THE BEST TRAINING.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T FORGET, WE CAN PACK THE BIGGEST CLASS IN THE WORLD IN THERE, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING PROPER TRAINING, IT'S NOT REALLY HELPING THE DEPARTMENT OUT.
SO WE, WE, IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THEM, HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, CORPORALS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO TRAIN THE SERGEANTS, WHAT THE SCHEDULING'S LIKE, UH, AS FAR AS OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS, ONE THING I'VE SEEN AND, UH, WHEN MS. BERG CAME IN, SHE WAS OUT.
SHE'S LIKE, WHERE ARE OUR PEOPLE? AND IT REALLY IS, YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DRAW RIGHT NOW? WHO ARE, WHO ARE APPLYING THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND WHO DO WE NEED TO, WHERE DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE? AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON ALL ASPECTS OF THAT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING.
IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S NO, WE NEED TO GET THE SPECIFIC, WE WANT GOOD QUALITY INDIVIDUALS WHO COME BE DALLAS COPS.
WE WANT PEOPLE WITH GOOD ETHICS.
WE WANT PEOPLE THAT HAVE DRIVE AND WORK ETHIC.
AND WE, LIKE CHIEF SAYS ALL THE TIME, WE WANT TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOST PROACTIVE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY.
BIG CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, MOST PROACTIVE, WHICH IS LIKE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FAMILY VIOLENCE, YOU GOT A WARRANT FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL, DALLAS POLICE IS COMING TO GET YOU.
WE WANT BE KNOWN FOR THAT AND GET THAT ENERGY IN OUR APPLICANTS.
AND SO YOU MENTIONED, UH, BIG CITY, UH, WHICH WE ARE, UH, AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
UH, BUT HOW DO WE COMPARE TO NORTH TEXAS CITIES AND THEIR RECRUITMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT ARE THE SIZES OF THE CLASSES IN, IN OUR MCKINNEYS, IN OUR PLANOS, IN OUR RICHARDSONS ARE, ARE THEY RECRUITING THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WE'RE RECRUITING, UH, PER CLASS OR HOW DOES THAT VARY? NO, THE, THE APPLICANT, I WOULD SAY THE APPLICANT TOTAL IS, IS IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY.
THEY ONLY HAVE THREE OPENINGS, SO THEY MIGHT INTERVIEW 300 PEOPLE FOR THREE OPENINGS.
OURS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HIRE 300 PLUS AND WE HAVE 1300 APPLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WITH OUR ONSITES EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 TO 60 PEOPLE ATTEND OUR ONSITES FOR INTERVIEW.
UM, SO IT'S JUST A BIG, BIG, BIG, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A POND FULL OF A LOT OF FISH AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF FISH COMING IN, BUT THEY'RE ONLY, THEY'RE ONLY FISHING FOR 10 MINUTES.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO VERY KEY IS THAT THIS IS NOW THE LIFESTYLE OF THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO AS THAT RECRUITING UNIT AND APPLICANT PROCESSING AND BACKGROUND UNIT, WE ARE CONSTANTLY, WE ARE ON THE GROUND 365.
WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
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AS TO BE A CONSTANT, AND ON THE BOARD IN MY OFFICE, IT SAYS WE'RE HIRING 4,000.AND SO EVERYBODY THAT COMES INTO THAT ROOM, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE, THE HR, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S EVERYBODY.
AND I DO, AGAIN, I APPLAUD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I APPLAUD THE OTHER CHIEFS BECAUSE ANYTIME WE'VE REACHED OUT FOR HELP, WHETHER IT BE WITH OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING BOARDS OR ANY OF THOSE FACETS THAT WE'VE NEEDED PEOPLE TO COME IN AND ASSIST US BECAUSE THE POOL WAS SO LARGE THAT PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HAVE CHIPPED IN.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE LED THEMSELVES TO THE PROCESS.
AND SO THAT'S VERY KEY, NOT ONLY FOR THE RECRUITING SIDE, BUT WHEN IT GETS TO THE WORK SIDE.
AND SO THE OFFICE OF TRAINING, AGAIN, HAS ADJUSTED TO THIS 60 CLASS.
AND SO THIS YEAR IT IS OUR GOAL AND ATTEMPT TO TRY TO KEEP, UM, A STATIC NUMBER OF RECRUITS IN THE CLASS SO THAT AGAIN, THEY CAN ADJUST TO THAT SIZE AND THAT LEVEL VERSUS US GOING UP AND DOWN A BIG CLASS HERE, A SMALL CLASS THERE.
AND SO TO BE CONSISTENT IN THE PROCESSES SO THAT OVER TIME PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP, UM, THAT SCHEDULE, THAT PATTERN, THAT CYCLE, UM, CREATE THAT SYSTEM OF THIS IS WHAT OUR PATTERN IS, THIS IS OUR CADENCE AND THIS IS HOW WE RUN.
SO YES, WELL, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT'S, UH, WE, WE LOOK AT OUR CLASSES OF 50 TO 60 MM-HMM
IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET, DO THAT ONCE OR TWICE.
BUT NOW FOR YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT YEAR OVER YEAR, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT NEW WAYS TO BRING PEOPLE IN, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH HOUSING, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH, UH, MORE MODERN FACILITIES TO BEING ABLE TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE IN.
UM, AND SO HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, OUR GOAL FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR? UM, I I, LAST YEAR I THINK IT WAS 300 OR 350.
AND SO ARE WE, UH, MADAM CHAIR, ARE WE LOOKING AT A NEW GOAL FOR, FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR? OR WAS THAT SET UM, LAST YEAR AS WELL? I BELIEVE THIS WAS SET LAST YEAR.
UM, THAT'S CONFIRMED BY CHIEF ARTIS.
SO THAT'S 700 GOAL WAS KIND OF A ROLLING GOTCHA NUMBER.
AND AGAIN, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
SO WE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE IN LOOKING AT THE ACADEMY CLASSES, BECAUSE YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE WHEN THEY GRADUATE AND HOW MANY RECRUITS THERE ARE, I KNOW WE MAY LOSE SOME IN THERE, BUT THAT RIGHT NOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT ON PAPER IS 317 AND IF THE GOAL IS 3 22, WHICH I THINK WE WOULD ALL HOPE THAT WE'D HAVE A STRETCH GOAL AS AS WELL.
UM, IS THERE A PLAN TO ADD ONE TO TWO MORE CLASSES IN 2027? UM, I'LL LET CHIEF SPEAK TO THE LATERAL CLASS THAT WE'RE ALSO, SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE AND, AND SEARCH FOR WAYS TO HIRE OUR INITIAL THOUGHT PROCESS.
HOW DO WE GET OFFICERS OUT IN THE STREETS AND MORE EX AND MORE EXPEDITED WITH EXPERIENCE? UH, SO WE COME UP WITH A NEW LATERAL PROGRAM.
WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO IMPLEMENT A CLASS DEDICATED TO THAT.
SO WE ARE STICKING TO OUR SEVEN CLASS SCHEDULE WITH JUST LIKE THIS PAST PREVIOUS YEAR WITH A SIDEBAR, UH, LATERAL CLASS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP.
AND WE HAVE IT IMPLEMENTED IN OUR SCHEDULE NOW.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FILLING IT PART THAT WE'RE HAVING TO WORK TOWARDS.
WE, WE HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTED WHERE IT'LL BE SEVEN CLASSES PLUS LIKE A, UH, BUT IT'S A SIDEBAR CLASS FOR LATERALS.
IT'LL BE A SPECIFIC LATERAL CLASS AND A CONDENSED CLASS, NOT A, NOT A FULL CLASS.
AND THEN ON, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RECRUITMENT AND, UM, GOING THROUGH THE ACADEMY IS ATTRITION.
AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE DRIVER IS RETIREMENT.
SO THAT'S ABOUT, THAT'S OVER A THIRD.
IS THIS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS? I WOULD SAY THE LAST, SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE HISTORICAL, OBVIOUSLY I WAS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S ON MY CALENDAR, IT'S UP ON MY BOARD.
BUT REALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS WE WERE LOW ATTRITION.
WE'VE BEEN HOVERING A LITTLE BIT OVER 200 A LITTLE BIT IN THE ONE NINETIES FOR THE PAST DECADE.
OF COURSE WE HAD THE HUGE YEARS WITH, UH, A CODE.
WE HAD A BIG YEAR AND THEN THE PENSION STUFF, WE HAD A HUGE, HUGE RETENTION YEAR.
BUT THE PAST DECADE IT'S BEEN HOVERING AROUND 200.
WE'RE AT 211, SO WE'RE SLIGHTLY OVER WHAT WE'VE BEEN AVERAGING.
BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS THE REASON, SO ABOUT A THIRD RETIREMENT THAT'S ON TRACK, I MEAN THAT'S ABOUT RETIREMENT AND THEN PERSONAL REASONS IS ABOUT 16%.
I MEAN IT'S DEMANDING AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR IT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I KNOW THERE'S CONCERN THAT PEOPLE MAY GO TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, BUT REALLY THAT'S COMING UP KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AT JUST 9%.
AND WHAT WE DO SEE IS, IS PEOPLE COME BACK, BUT WE DON'T TRACK PEOPLE THAT COME BACK WHEN THEY LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT FOR ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.
WE DO HAVE THAT HAPPEN AS WELL.
BUT THEIR TCO LICENSE, I MEAN, DON'T WE KNOW WHERE THEY GO OR YEAH, THEY, WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH THIS LATERAL PROGRAM, WE'LL KNOW 'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE STRAY STRAY LATERAL PROGRAM.
I JUST WANNA FRAME THAT UP SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOU KIND, WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S NOT.
ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, THANK YOU MR. URIBE FOR JOINING US IS, I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH THIS LAST BULLET.
YOU KNOW, WE GIVE SO MUCH ATTENTION TO DPD, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ATTRITION OF EIGHT POLICE DISPATCH AND NOT ANALYSTS AND JUST TOO HIRED.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE WE, THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO START TAKING A LOOK NOW
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BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO A VERY DEMANDING JOB.UM, OUR STAFF ARE, YOU KNOW, PUT UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE.
WE HAVE HIGH CALL VOLUMES, UH, HIGH DISPATCH, UH, REQUIREMENTS, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING WITH PERSONNEL.
WE ARE ALSO DOING ALL THE RECRUITING EVENTS, UM, ALONGSIDE WITH OUR RECRUITERS.
UH, WE HAVE STAFF OUT AT THE FAIR THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT.
UH, WE'VE, UH, PUT FORWARD A LOT OF GREAT, UH, BENEFITS FOR US NEW STAFF TO, TO HIRE ON WITH US.
UM, IT, WE INCLUDE, WE'RE INCLUDING, UM, A $3,000 BONUS AFTER YOU FINISH YOUR TRAINING.
UM, AND SOME, SOME REALLY EXCITING, UM, UM, CAREER LADDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STAFF.
SO, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING EVERY EFFORT AND WE WE'RE HAVING TO RAMP UP AS WELL.
IS THE CAREER LADDER STILL WITHIN THAT AREA? IT IS.
UH, WE HAVE A CAREER LADDER FOR ALMOST EVERY POSITION, UH, AT, AT OUR, UH, DISPATCH CALL TAKER, POLICE REPORTS REPRESENTATIVE, UH, AND NCIC REPRESENTATIVES.
UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE HAS A CAREER LADDER AND WE'VE DONE A, A MARKET SALARY STUDY.
WE PARTNERED WITH HR AND UH, A CONSULTANT WITH HR AND, UH, WE DID AN ANALYSIS.
NOW THAT ANALYSIS IS A LITTLE STALE.
IT'S BEEN, IT'S NOW A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF OLD, MAY, MAYBE TWO.
HOWEVER, AT THE TIME WE REALLY MADE GREAT ADJUSTMENTS, UH, TO THE OVERALL SALARIES.
AND THAT CAME ALONG WITH, UH, SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO, UH, THE ONE TIME, UH, SALARY ADJUSTMENTS THAT, THAT WE DID, UM, DURING THAT CAREER LADDER ADJUSTMENT.
AND YOU MENTIONED THE HIRING FREEZE WAS PART OF A PROBLEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AN AREA WE SHOULD BE, UH, HAVING THAT ON.
I MEAN, WE NEED PEOPLE IN CHAIRS TO ANSWER THESE 9 1 1 CALLS.
SO THE, WE DIDN'T GET FROZEN IN COMMUNICATIONS, HOWEVER, IT DID, UH, LEAD DOWN TO A SLOWDOWN IN THE PROCESSES, UH, OVERALL OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH THE HIRING PIECES TO THIS.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT RETENTION? RETENTION? IT, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'VE SEEN SOME ADDITIONAL FOLKS LEAVE.
MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE LEFT THOUGH, UH, ARE LEAVING RIGHT AT THE TRAINING PERIOD OF ONCE THEY HIT THE FLOOR AND SEE WHAT THE JOB IS REALLY ENTAILING.
WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING SEVERAL OF THOSE FOLKS, OF THOSE RECENT FOLKS THAT HAVE LEFT, UH, LEAVING DURING THAT PERIOD RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE FOR YEARS, UH, OR RETIRING OUTTA THE JOB AT THIS POINT.
AND THE CONDITIONS THERE, UM, I MEAN I'VE, YOU KNOW, TOURED IT.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE BETTER, THE CONDITIONS COULD BE BETTER, OF COURSE, WHAT WE ARE, WE'VE EXAMINED THAT, UH, AD NAUSEUM AS YOU KNOW, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WHATEVER WE DO, WE ENSURE WE INVEST IN OUR 9 1 1 CENTER, UM, AT WHATEVER THAT TAKES ON.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MARIO.
AND, AND I FORGOT TO ASK, 'CAUSE UH, MY COLLEAGUE BROUGHT THIS UP.
IT'S THE RECRUITING, UH, REFERRAL BONUS.
UM, HOW MANY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN APPLIED THIS YEAR? UH, ARE WE GIVING THOSE BONUSES OUT? WHAT'S THE, THE LATEST WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T PREPARE THAT IN THE MEMO, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
WE HAVE A SCHEDULE WHERE WE KNOW WHEN THEY GET OFF A CERTAIN LEVEL WHEN THAT OFFICER IS GETTING THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REFERRAL.
I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU.
WE JUST DIDN'T, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
AND I KNOW THAT WE SET OUT A, UM, A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON HOW MANY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO OFFER.
HAVE WE HIT THAT? DO WE NEED TO INCREASE IT? NO, WE, WE HAVEN'T HIT THAT YET.
UH, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH IT.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT'S DIFFERENT INCREMENTS.
LIKE I THINK WE'VE GONE THROUGH THREE, IT'S A SHORT NUMBER, BUT WE HAVE THE OTHER ONES IN PROCESS.
SO WHEN THEY HIT THEIR TRIGGERS, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY'LL COME THROUGH.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE MONITORING THAT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A OVERFLOW OR UNDERFLOW HERE.
CHAIR JOHNSON, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THIS? ALRIGHT.
I THINK, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM C ON THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN UPDATE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I TRY NOT TO TALK AS LOUD AS I DID UP THERE.
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UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.UH, OUR VIOLENT CRIME IS STILL SHOWING A, A, A GREAT REDUCTION.
I'M TRYING NOT TO BRAG TOO MUCH BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOTTA, WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST OURSELVES NEXT YEAR.
BUT, UM, RIGHT NOW VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 9.25%, REPRESENTING 597 FEWER VICTIMS COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
AGGRAVATORS ASSAULTS ARE DOWN 5.25.
ROBBERIES OF INDIVIDUALS ARE DOWN 13.79 AND BUSINESS ROBBERIES 34.06.
UH, NOTICE IS NOT VIOLENT CRIME, BUT AUTO THEFT AND BURGLARY ARE ALSO DOWN 26 AND 20% RESPECTIVELY.
UH, RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES ARE DOWN 11%.
UH, THE ONLY THING WE'RE HAVING STRUGGLES WITH OUR VEHICLE BURGLARIES AND SHOPLIFTING, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET ON SOME ATTENTION.
OUR BOTTOM CRIME REDUCTION PLAN CONTINUES TO GUIDE OUR FOCUS ON PEOPLE, PLACES, AND CONDITIONS USING DATA TO DIRECT SOURCE RESOURCES, ADDRESS, REPEAT, AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PREVENT CRIME.
I DIDN'T INTRODUCE MYSELF, I'M SORRY.
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF TERRANCE ROSE.
Y'ALL, UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO IMPROVE THE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS.
AND RECENT WEEKS, CHIEF CUOMO AND DEPARTMENTAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UH, MET WITH CEOS OF FLOCK AND PEREGRINE TO DISCUSS CONCERNS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE BOTH PLATFORMS MORE EFFICIENT AND RESPONSIVE TO OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
UH, BUILDING COMMUNITY TRUST REMAINS CENTRAL TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
OUR RECENT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT SPEARHEADED BY THE OFFICES OF MEDIA RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND IT BROUGHT OFFICERS AND RESIDENTS TOGETHER AND HELPED STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS THAT SUPPORT OUR SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS OCTOBER, WE ARE PLANNING PAINT PAINTING DALLAS PURPLE FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO WEAR PURPLE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS, CONNECT PEOPLE WITH RESOURCES, AND TO HELP PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT RE WORK REMAINS URGENT.
OUR SEPARATE FAMILY VIOLENCE REPORT SHOWS REPORTED OFFENSES DOWN BY 2.5 2.05%.
TO DATE, WE REMAIN FOCUSED ON PROTECTING VICTIMS, STRENGTHENING INVESTIGATIONS AND HOLDING OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE.
OUR PRIORITY IS TO SUSTAIN THE REDUCTIONS WE HAVE SEEN WHILE ADDRESSING THE AREAS THAT NEED MORE ATTENTION THROUGH FOCUS AND ENFORCEMENT, EFFECTIVE TECHNO TECHNOLOGY AND STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, KNOWING THIS YEAR WE HAD TO DEAL WITH FIFA, UH, THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND, AND THE ANNUAL STATE FAIR IS STILL GOING ON TODAY.
SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL SHOWING THE REDUCTION, UH, COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
WE END OF THE YEAR WITH 43 LESS MURDERS, AND YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE 15 MURDERS DOWN.
SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, MEN AND WOMEN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
AND I HAVE ANY, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I PASS OVER TO MAJOR TAYLOR? ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER SLIDES YOU DIDN'T WANNA TOUCH ON ANY OF THOSE.
I THINK WE'RE JUST STILL NO, HE'S GONNA ADDRESS THOSE, MA'AM.
YEAH, I'LL STILL TOUCH ON THE SLIDES, BUT THE OVERALL IS CRIME IS STILL DOWN IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, BUT I, I'LL, IF YOU GUYS ARE READY, THEN WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH, STARTING AT SLIDE THREE, AND AGAIN, CONTRIBUTING TO THAT, UH, REDUCTION IN CRIME OR THREE OPERATIONS WE CONDUCTED FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER MALL MADNESS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOT STOPPED.
WE ARE, UH, GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, UH, OPERATION, UH, OPERATION 10 90, WHICH FOCUSED IN, UH, DISTRICTS FOUR AND DISTRICTS EIGHT.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE ARE A HUNDRED AND THREE SEVENTY THREE TOTAL ARRESTS IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT AND THOSE TWO DISTRICTS, AND WE FOCUS SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE TWO METRO SHIELD, UH, WAS ALSO CONDUCTED IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
ITS MAIN, UH, OBJECTIVE WAS TO GO AFTER FENTANYL AND HEROIN, UH, RELATED INCIDENTS AND VICTIMS AND ET CETERA.
UM, AS WE GO FOR THE NUMBERS, AGAIN, FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, VIOLENT CRIME BEFORE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS DOWN 9.77%.
MURDERS OVERALL ARE DOWN 10.38% ROBBERY OVERALL, 17.54% REDUCTION.
THEN WE GO INTO THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE BUSINESS ROBBERIES CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.
AGGRAVATED, UH, ASSAULTS, UH, OVERALL ARE DOWN, UH, 6.09% AND THAT ALSO GOES TO THE, UH, NON-FAMILY VIOLENCE AND THE FAMILY VIOLENCE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.
FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, WE DID HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL MURDERS FOR, IT SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 4.71%.
HOWEVER, UH, YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE DOWN, UH, 11 MURDERS TOTAL, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
UH, SO WE ARE OVERALL DOWN, UH, THE, THE ROBBERIES AND THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS STILL CONTINUE TO SHOW THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WERE ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE, THAT WE ARE DOWN FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS WELL.
UH, SO THE INCIDENT TIMELINE JUST SIMPLY SHOWS THAT LAST SEPTEMBER WE HAVE 523 VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS.
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VICTIM, UH, TREND LINE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, SHOW THAT IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD 634 INCIDENTS OR VICTIMS. AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE FEWER 489 VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME.UH, WHEN WE GO TO THE VICTIM, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC SLIDE.
I THINK THE THING WE WERE HIGHLIGHTING HERE, MOSTLY WERE THE AGES OF THE, UH, OFFENDERS AND THE SUSPECTS.
THE SUSPECTS, UH, IF YOU TAKE NOTE THAT THE SUSPECTS BETWEEN 17 AND 29 YEARS OLD ARE OUR HIGHEST, UM, GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE SUSPECTS IN THIS.
SO IT IS NOT OUR YOUTH, UH, THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
LAST SLIDE, AND WE ARE IN THE SEVENTH SESSION FOR FOCUS DETERRENCE.
UH, WE HAD 114 ACTIVE FOCUS DETERRENCE CLIENTS, 255, UH, 253, UH, PARTICIPANT CONTACTS, 65 REFERRALS, UH, SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IN, AND WHILE WE WERE CONDUCTING THESE OPERATIONS IN DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT EIGHT, WE ALSO CONDUCTED, UH, FOCUS DETERRENCE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACHES.
AND THAT COMPARED WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE IN THE P AND I LOCATIONS WITH THE ACT TEAM AND THE, AND THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO INCLUDING OTHER CITY RESOURCES.
SO NOT ONLY WERE WE WORKING IN THE P AND I LOCATIONS IN OUR HARDEST HIT AREA, BUT WE CONDUCTED OPERATIONS AND WE PROVIDED SERVICES FOR THOSE SAME TWO DISTRICTS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, I'LL GO.
UM, I'M, I'M SEEING THAT YOU DID, I THINK A WORKSHOP IN JC PHELPS AREA.
UH, I KNOW THAT'S A VERY CHALLENGING AREA IN DISTRICT FOUR.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CRIME, UH, DATA IN THAT AREA, IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOWER CORRIDOR ILLINOIS? UH, IS IT UP AND DOWN? THE DATA THAT I HAVE, IS IT STILL FLAT? SO IS IT, HAS IT INCREASED, HAVE IT DECREASED BY YOUR DATA WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT VIOLENT CRIME OR WHERE WE AT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT PARTICULAR AREA IN DISTRICT FOUR? SO YOU'RE ASKING, SO YOU'RE ASKING SPECIFICALLY, SIR, DISTRICT FOUR VIOLENT CRIME? YES, SIR.
UH, SO WE'RE NOTICING THAT YOUR VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN AS WELL.
UH, NOW OVERALL CRIME AS A WHOLE, I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THIS UPDATE IS FOR VIOLENT CRIME.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN FOCUSING MOST OF THAT INFORMATION TO DATA FROM.
SO, YEAH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU, UH, HELP GIMME THAT INFORMATION? YES, SIR.
UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE VIOLENT CRIME IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA WHERE JC PHELPS IS, THAT'S THE LOWER CORRIDOR OF ILLINOIS.
UM, OVER THERE WHERE OVERTON MILLS RIGHT BY VILLAGE, UH, I THINK VILLAGE OAKS IN THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.
I THINK WE JUST HAD A SHOOTING NOT TOO LONG AGO IN THAT AREA AT THE GAS STATION.
SO I'VE GOT INFORMATION WHERE IT WAS KIND OF INCREASING, BUT MY DATA SHED THAT IT WAS NOT DECREASING OR INCREASING.
WHICH MEAN IT HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE.
SO I WANT TO SEE WHERE THAT, THAT, UH, DATA IS, WHEN IT'S, WHEN IT'S COMING TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
SORRY, I GET WITH THE MAJOR OVER THERE AND WE'LL WORK OUT FOR YOU.
AND, AND, AND GOOD, GREAT WORK, UH, THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
UM, ALSO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CVI, I KNOW YOU, YOU, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIVATELY.
HOW ARE WE, I KNOW WE JUST PASSED THE BOND BUDGET, UH, DEALING WITH C VS.
OR ARE WE WORKING WITH THOSE CVI PROGRAMS IN, IN AREAS LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AREA OVER THERE BY SUNNYVALE AND OVERTON AND WHERE, WITH THE AREA THAT I JUST MENTIONED WHERE, WHERE CRIME IS KIND OF, UH, AND I DON'T, IN MY, WHERE THE DAY THAT I GOT IS FLAT, SO I HAVEN'T HAD AN INCREASE OR A DECREASE.
ARE WE WORKING ON OUR CVI PROGRAMS TO, UH, HELP WITH THOSE, UH, CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA? ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE, WITH ALL THE, OF OUR, UH, HCE GROUPS AND THE, ALL THE GROUPS THAT THEY HAVE UNDER THEM FOR THE C VS.
AND THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, WE BRING THEM OUT TO THOSE SAME FD AND OS AND UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES.
SO WE'RE MAKING IT A CONJOINED EFFORT, NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR GROUP OR ANOTHER.
HOW, HOW'S THAT WORK GOING WITH THE UH, CVI PROGRAMS? WELL, WE'RE NOT OVER THE CVI PROGRAM.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE COLLABORATION CONVERSATION.
ARE WE'RE DOING ANY MORE COLLABORATING TOGETHER WITH THAT, THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS? OR ARE WE JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS OH, WHEN THEY COME OUT BECAUSE WE GIVE THEM THE OFFER AND THE NOTICE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT AGAIN, MOST OF THAT IS STILL UNDER THE HOUSING COMMUNITY GROUP, NOT NECESSARILY JUST A OUTSIDE SOURCE.
SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK CHAIR WILLIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, IF WE CAN THE CITY MANAGER, UH, DO AN EXTENSIVE STUDY AND BRING TO THE COUNCIL, THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE, UH, THE, THE INVESTMENT OF THE CITIES HAVE MADE CONCERNING OUR CVI PROGRAMS AND THE
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DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT THEY INVEST IN THE CVI PROGRAMS TO HELP OUR, THE, UH, CERTAIN COMMUNITIES ARE THE CITY OF DALLAS, AND SEE AND COMPARE THAT TO WHAT WE ARE DALLAS, THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN THOSE CVI PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY'RE COLLABORATING WITH, UH, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENTS AND OTHER, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP WITH CRIME.I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT FOR OUR COUNCIL SEE IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IF WE CAN DO THAT.
THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, THERE'S THREE INITIATIVES ON SLIDE THREE, THE MALL MADNESS.
UM, THERE WERE THREE OF 'EM THERE.
COULD YOU JUST BRIEFLY DEFINE WHAT THOSE ARE SOMEHOW? ABSOLUTELY.
MALL MADNESS OPERATION 10 90 METRO SHIELD.
UH, SO I, I'VE GOT HERE, UH, IN PROBLEMATIC ENTERPRISES OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
SO MALL MADNESS DID NOT JUST OPERATE IN ONE SPECIFIC AREA.
THEY LOOKED AT THE, UH, SPECIFIC ENTERPRISES THAT ARE CONNECTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IN WEST DALLAS SPECIFICALLY WAS WHERE THEY TARGETED THIS TIME.
BUT WE ARE NOT DONE WITH MALL MADNESS.
MAL MADNESS IS AN ONGOING, UH, OPERATION.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP WHERE IT IS TARGETING SPECIFICALLY NEXT.
I I'M NOT ASKING WHERE NECESSARILY, BUT DO YOU THEN GO TO, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE HAD THIS INITIATIVE IN THEIR DISTRICT EVENTUALLY AND GIVE THEM A REPORT? I'M SORRY.
YOU'RE ASKING IF WE GIVE A SPECIFIC REPORT? YEAH, YEAH.
LET'S JUST SAY IT'S NORTH PARK MALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIS MIGHT BE INTERESTED
SO WOULD YOU EVENTUALLY GO, I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE GET THAT INFORMATION JUST SO WE CAN, IT HELPS US TO KNOW WHAT YOU ALL DO.
AND SO, SO YES, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DONE THE, UH, THE NEWS CONFERENCES, THE NEWS BRIEF WHEN THEY COME OUT ONCE AN OPERATION COMPLETES.
BUT I CAN THINK WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THE FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND THEN THE, UM, OPERATION 10 90, WHAT'S THAT? WELL, 10 90 WAS AGAIN, CONDUCTED IN DISTRICTS, UH, FOUR AND EIGHT.
UH, THE CONCEPT THERE WAS THAT, UH, 10% OF THE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING 90% OF THE PROBLEMS. AND SO, UH, WE INITIATED THAT OPERATION IN DISTRICT FOUR EIGHT BECAUSE WE NOTICED THAT THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE DRIVE HIGHER DRIVES WERE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION THAT TO SOME OTHER DISTRICTS HERE SOON.
SO IT WAS JUST A, A FOCUSED EFFORT IN THOSE TWO DISTRICTS ON CORRECT.
THAT MINORITY THAT'S CAUSING THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S DONE ALONG WITH THE FEDERAL PARTNERS.
SO ONCE THOSE OPERATIONAL WRAPPED UP, WE CAN FILL YOU IN ON WHAT ALL THE AREAS WE HAD.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE INTERESTED IN THIS KIND OF STUFF, OR I KNOW, I AM, I'M SORRY.
BECAUSE AGAIN, UH, YOUR NUMBERS ARE GREAT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW YOU'RE GETTING THERE.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS, WHAT'S WORKING WELL, WHO YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH THE GRANTS FOR THE CASEWORKERS WAS INTERESTING INFORMATION.
SO ALL OF THAT IS, IS HELPFUL TO US AS WE JUST, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN METRO SHIELD, I FEEL LIKE I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE BEFORE.
SO METRO SHIELD, UH, AGAIN, WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, UH, FOCUS MORE SO ON, UM, DRUGS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO OUR PARTICULAR CITY AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH GETTING THOSE LARGER GROUPS AND CONNECTIONS AND HOW THEY BRING IT IN AND WHERE THEY DISTRIBUTE IT TO.
SO IS THERE A PARTNERSHIP WITH SAY THE DEA? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND THEN I NOTICED THAT OUR MURDERS ARE NOW ON, ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE LINE ON THE CHART.
SO THAT MUST MEAN WE, THINGS HAVE IMPROVED.
WE, 'CAUSE WE WERE ON THE PLUS SIDE.
SO AS TIME BY WE ARE TRENDING DOWN.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CADENA.
UM, I WAS JUST WONDERING, SO ON THE, THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONS, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONES ARE LISTED HERE? 'CAUSE I THINK, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IN MAYBE MY DISTRICT AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEWART, WE HAVE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A INFINITE NUMBER OF MAYBE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE FOCUSING ON, BUT IT, HOW WOULD WE GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE? OR HOW DOES, HOW DO Y'ALL DETERMINE WHICH ONE SITS UP, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR SPECIFIC SLIDE HERE? SO, SO PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE OF A LOCATION LABELED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY A, UH, OPERATION.
THAT IS A GROUP THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITH P AND I.
SO THEY WORK IN THAT AREA SPECIFICALLY.
I LISTED THESE AS PART OF THE SUMMARY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT AFFECTED OUR NUMBERS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
SO DEPENDING ON THE, THE GROUP THAT
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WE CAN GET WORK WITH, THE OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AND WHAT THEIR GOAL IS FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE CAN KIND OF COME UP WITH THE OPERATION AND, EXCUSE ME, AND THE RESOURCES TO KIND OF PUT THAT TOGETHER.UM, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, I'D SAY LIKE FOR OPERATION 10 90, WE WERE TARGETING HIGH LEVEL FUGITIVES AND INDIVIDUALS IN THAT AREA, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A SPIKE IN CRIME OVER THE SUMMER FOR THAT INDIVIDUALS, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
SO WE TARGETED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET WITH THE US MARSHALS AND TARGET THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET WITH OTHER PARTNERS AND WORK ON THOSE, UH, ENTERPRISES.
SO IT COME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF WORKING TOGETHER, HAVING AN ALIGNED GOAL, UH, TO GET THOSE OPERATIONS TO ACTUALLY COME ABOUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UH, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING A EXPLANATION ON OPERATION 10 90.
UH, CAN YOU DO THE SAME FOR MAL MADNESS AND METRO SHIELD? UM, I GOT LOST IN WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS.
AND IF YOU CAN'T LET US KNOW PUBLICLY, PLEASE LET US KNOW, UH, PRIVATELY SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE OPERATIONS ARE.
SO LET ME DO THAT PRIVATELY, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS CONTINUING AND THE OTHER ONE, IT STILL HAS SOME OTHER AVENUES TO IT.
BUT IN GENERAL, I MEAN, YOU TALK ABOUT PROBLEMATIC ENTERPRISES, RELATING BACK TO THAT IS ARE YOU'RE JUST, THESE ARE BUSINESSES OR OPERATIONS SOMEWHERE.
THEY MAY NOT BE A LEGIT BUSINESS, BUT GENERALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SOME HAVE CONNECTED, UH, SOME ARE BUSINESSES INVOLVED, SOME ARE ENTERPRISES, SOME ARE, UH, I MEAN, JUST FOR LAYMAN'S TERMS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CRIMINAL DOPE HOUSES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE DA'S BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT TO OTHER BUSINESSES, PEOPLE'S OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO THAT PROBLEMATIC AREA IS WHAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON.
BUT TO WRAP IT ALL UP IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO DO.
AND THAT WAS A TOTALLY HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE GIVEN BY MY COLLEAGUE CHAIR STEWART
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM D, WHICH IS OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS ANNUAL UPDATE.
SO THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR TRAVIS HOUSTON FOR JOINING US TODAY TO LET US KNOW HOW WE ARE, HOW WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF THE CITY, AND HOW WE ARE POISED TO TAKE, TO TAKE CARE OF THE CITY IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY OF WHATEVER NATURE IT MAY BE.
UH, SO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
UH, THANK YOU CHAIR WILLIS FOR, UH, ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY.
I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND, UH, CRISIS RESPONSE.
I OVERSEE THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO, UH, ALL OF OUR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.
UH, SO TYPICALLY WHEN THIS COMMITTEE OR THE CITY COUNCIL HEARS FROM US, MOST OFTEN IT'S BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED.
SO, I'M, I'M THANKFUL TO BE HERE TODAY ON A BLUE SKY DAY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO TO GET OURSELVES PREPARED AND REALLY THE STUFF THAT ISN'T AS VISIBLE.
UH, WE, IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE 95% THAT SUPPORTS THE 5% THAT MAKES THE NEWS.
UH, AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A PRETTY INCREDIBLE ONE ON THAT FRONT.
THIS SUMMER, WE OBVIOUSLY HOSTED THE FIFA WORLD CUP.
THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WAS ACTIVATED FOR 15 DAYS, UH, THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD.
UH, AND THEN THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS THAT OCCURRED.
YOU KNOW, THOSE 15 DAYS, UH, WERE SUPPORTED BY 18 MONTHS OF PLANNING LEADING UP TO THAT.
AND SO THE INVESTMENT WE MADE AS A CITY IN GETTING OURSELVES PREPARED, THE EVENT FOR THAT EVENT REALLY PAID OFF.
UH, SO TODAY WE'RE JUST GONNA WALK OVER KIND OF WHAT WE DO, HOW WE GET PREPARED, WHAT WE PREPARE FOR, AND, AND A FEW OF THE NOTABLE INCIDENTS FROM THIS LAST YEAR.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE MAKE SURE DALLAS IS READY BEFORE EMERGENCIES HAPPEN, UH, AND COORDINATED WHEN THEY DO.
SO WE PLAN, WE TRAIN, WE BRING PARTNERS TO THE TABLE SO THAT WHEN A CRISIS HITS, UH, THE CITY PROTECTS RESIDENTS, RECOVERS QUICKLY AND, AND KEEPS, UH, SERVICES RUNNING.
AND WE REALLY DO THAT THROUGH BASICALLY THREE LINES OF BUSINESS.
THAT'S KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS.
UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CITYWIDE COORDINATION.
WHERE OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER SITS, WE HAVE A 24 HOUR DUTY OFFICER PROGRAM.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE AVAILABLE TO TAKE THAT CALL AND START COORDINATING.
UH, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE REALLY INTERNAL, LIKE CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS.
WE MANAGE THOSE PLANS FROM OUR OFFICE.
OF COURSE, WE, WE ALSO HAVE A, A COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS ARM WHERE WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL COME TO ANY GROUP AND DO A PRESENTATION ON HOW TO GET PREPARED, BUILD A KIT, MAKE A PLAN, ALL OF THAT GREAT STUFF.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT, UH, HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE TRAINED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
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IT'S ALSO RESULTED IN A CADRE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT WE CAN CALL UP WHEN WE NEED EXTRA HELP.UH, AND THEN GRANT MANAGEMENT IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT WE DO.
SO WE BRING IN AND ADMINISTRATE, UH, THE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
WE ALSO RUN FEMA'S, UH, THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN RECOUP, UH, FUNDS AFTER A DISASTER.
SO, UH, WHAT DO WE PREPARE FOR? UH, SO WE ACTUALLY SIT IN A, OUR, OUR, OUR FEMA RISK SCORE IS 99.66.
WE'RE, WE'RE NEARLY AS AS RISKY AS IT GETS.
UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AT THE COUNTRY, EVEN IN TEXAS, OTHER, OTHER BIG CITIES IN TEXAS DON'T, DON'T QUITE MEET OUR RISK.
UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE EXPOSURE TO HAZARDS, NAMELY, LIKE SEVERE STORMS, ICE STORMS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT WE'RE ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, ECONOMIC FACTOR.
SO WHEN, WHEN DALLAS HAS TAKEN OFFLINE, THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE, ARE MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST DALLAS.
UH, SO AS WE GET PREPARED, YOU KNOW, E EVERY EXAMPLE ON THIS SLIDE HAS HAPPENED HERE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.
SO THE 2019 TORNADO WENT THROUGH ALMOST 16 MILES OF DALLAS, UH, AND DID OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE.
WE HAD WINTER STORM URI, IN WHICH WE WERE BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL DAYS, RESULTING IN MASSIVE DISRUPTIONS TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GROUND, UH, SUPPLY CHAINS TO A HALT AND, AND MADE FOR A REALLY LONG AND COMPLICATED RECOVERY PROCESS FOR US AND FOR MANY RESIDENTS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT ALWAYS THINK OF WHEN YOU THINK OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IN 2023, WE SUPPORTED THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE RANSOMWARE ATTACK BECAUSE REALLY AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS A TECH PROBLEM.
BUT THE RESULT, THE CASCADE OF THAT IMPACT WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HAZARD.
LIKE WHATEVER ELSE TOOK SOMETHING OFFLINE.
WE STILL GOTTA COME TO THE TABLE, BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER, AND, AND WORK ON GETTING IT RESOLVED.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE HAZARDS, THEY DON'T TAKE TURNS SO OFTEN.
WE'RE DEALING WITH ONE, WE'RE RECOVERING FROM ONE THING WHILE ANOTHER THING HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, IN 2026 WE HAD WINTER STORM, A BIG APARTMENT EXPLOSION.
WE HAD FIFA, WE HAD A NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND MANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE OVERLAPPING.
SO WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO GET READY FOR FIFA, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RESPONDING TO THIS APARTMENT EXPLOSION AND THE, THE MULTIPLE WEEK RECOVERY EFFORT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING I'D SAY ON THIS IS THAT THE THREAT LANDSCAPE IS EVOLVING.
UH, YOU KNOW, OUR STABILITY AS A SOCIETY IS, IS REALLY PREDICATED ON THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THESE LIKE LIFELINES LIKE POWER AND WATER.
AND THOSE SYSTEMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COMPLEXITY AND INTERDEPENDENCY.
AND SO WHILE YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOCUSED AND ABLE TO GO AND RESPOND TO THOSE ISSUES AND RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES, YOU ALSO NEED PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING ACROSS THE LIFELINES TO UNDERSTAND THE CASCADING IMPACTS WHERE ONE AFFECTS THE OTHER AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BRING ALL THOSE PLAYERS TO THE TABLE TO START WORKING THE PROBLEM AND, AND RESOLVE IT.
SO I MENTIONED THE 95% NUMBER, LIKE WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? SO IN 2026, WE WERE VERY BUSY, UH, BUT OUR PHILOSOPHY IS YOU WIN THE GAME AT PRACTICE.
AND, UH, THAT'S REALLY AT THE FOUNDATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO WE UPDATED 40, UPDATED OR WROTE SOME NEW, UH, PLANS, 46 OF THEM.
WE CONDUCTED 16 EXERCISES, HELD 31 TRAININGS, SO THAT THOSE PLANS AND PROCEDURES COULD BE EXERCISE AND PRACTICE AND ADJUSTED AFTER SIMULATE EXPOSURE, UH, TO A REAL EVENT.
WE ALSO BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE TABLE, 63 PARTNER AGENCIES THAT WE SAT WITH AND WORKED WITH TOGETHER IN THE ROOM TO COME UP WITH THESE PLANS.
UH, AND, AND WE DO THIS SO THAT WE'RE NOT EXCHANGING BUSINESS CARDS AT THREE ON THREE IN THE MORNING ON A BAD DAY.
UH, OUR MOTTO IS, YOU MAKE FRIENDS BEFORE YOU NEED THEM.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO MANAGE 18 MILLION IN GRANTS THROUGH THE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM.
UH, PLUS FEMA ASSISTANCE ACROSS MULTIPLE PAST DISASTERS TO RECOVER COSTS AS, AS I MENTIONED.
SO, UH, THAT 18 MILLION IS ACROSS A COUPLE OF GRANT YEARS.
THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS WE'RE USUALLY MANAGING ABOUT THREE OF THOSE GRANT YEARS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND SPENDING THAT MONEY DOWN.
UH, I, I, I'D MENTIONED THAT THAT MONEY DOESN'T STAY IN EMCR, THAT THAT SUPPORTS D-P-D-D-F-R-I-T-S US AND IT BUYS EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND, AND REALLY IS BUILDING CAPABILITY ACROSS THE PUBLIC SAFETY ENTERPRISE.
SO, BUT OUR ROLE IS WE'RE THE OFFICE THAT ADVOCATES FOR IT.
WE ADMINISTER IT, WE MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT IN A COMPLIANT WAY SO THAT MONEY KEEPS, UH, SHOWING BACK UP.
AND I, I'D ALSO MENTION THAT, UH, THROUGH THE FEMA PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SINCE 2017, WE'VE GOTTEN THE CITY BACK OVER $10 MILLION IN FUNDS THAT, THAT WE EXPENDED THROUGH THAT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
SO, UH, I LIKE TO SAY WE KIND OF PAY FOR OURSELVES, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH THAT.
UH, AND THEN VERY LITTLE OF THIS GENERATES A HEADLINE, BUT ALL OF THIS THAT WE DO DETERMINES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A HEADLINE GOES UP.
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SO, OBVIOUSLY, NOT EVERY DAY IS A DISASTER.UH, AND THIS IS KIND OF HOW WE SCALE UP.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF INCIDENTS ARE AGENCY LED, RIGHT? DALLAS FIRE OR DALLAS POLICE IS GONNA GO OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
IT'S A SINGLE AGENCY INCIDENT AND HAS A START AND A FINISH.
UH, WE MONITOR THOSE THINGS ALL DAY LONG.
WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH THE CITY.
UH, BUT THEN AS THINGS GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX, WE KIND OF HAVE THIS LEVEL TWO, WHICH IS WHERE WE BRING AN INCIDENT COORDINATION GROUP TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE THE APARTMENT EXPLOSION WHERE, UH, WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH A WIDESPREAD KIND OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT THAT HAS MULTIPLE CASCADING IMPACTS, BUT IT'S COMPLICATED ENOUGH THAT MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME TOGETHER, AND THEY ALL NEED TO BE WORKING OFF THE SAME PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE FACILITATE.
AND THEN AS THINGS GET REALLY BAD, UH, WE MOVE INTO THE EOC ACTIVATION.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE BRING EVERYONE DOWN TO THE BASEMENT HERE AT CITY HALL.
UH, WE, WE GET EVERYONE IN THE SAME ROOM.
AND IT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE REQUIRE FACE-TO-FACE COORDINATION.
AND, UH, THAT REQUIRES, IN A CITY LIKE DALLAS, AS THINGS GET MORE COMPLEX, A A A LOT OF PARTNERS.
AND, UH, WE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT HOW WE MAKE THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT, UH, PROCESS WITH, WITH THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL MENTION THAT RECOVERY IS A KEY PART OF WHAT WE DO.
AND RECOVERY STARTS ON DAY ONE.
IF YOU'RE NOT WORKING ON RECOVERY ON DAY ONE, YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE GREEN BAR AT THE BOTTOM.
IT RUNS THROUGH ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND, UH, IS HOW WE GET PEOPLE ACTUALLY BACK, UH, RECOVERED.
SO, A, A FEW INCIDENTS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT.
FIRST, EARLY IN JANUARY, WE HAD A WINTER STORM.
UH, THE FORECAST CALLED FOR HALF AN INCH OR ICE OR MORE, WHICH FOR US, UH, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE REALLY CATASTROPHIC.
UH, JUST HUGE IMPACT TO, TO POWER LINES, TREES FALLING ON THE POWER LINES.
OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW IN TEXAS WHEN WE HAVE AN ICE STORM, THINGS KIND OF JUST GRIND TO A HALT.
AND SO HAVING HALF AN INCH OF ICE, UH, FOR US CAN BE REALLY BAD.
SO WE PREPARED FOR THE FORECAST, RIGHT? FORTUNATELY, WE ENDED UP GETTING LESS THAN A 10TH OF AN INCH.
IT WAS STILL VERY COLD AND DISRUPTIVE TO THE, TO THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, BUT IT WAS NOT A MASSIVE MULTI-DAY OR MULTI-WEEK POWER OUTAGE SITUATION.
LIKE WE WERE SCARED OF, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED IT MIGHT BE.
UH, SO BEFORE ANY OF THAT, WE WERE GETTING PREPARED.
WE WERE BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE TABLE AND SAYING, HEY, WHAT'S YOUR PLAN? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS? WHERE ARE YOU AT? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO GET READY FOR THIS EVENT? AND HOLDING PRE-INCIDENT COORDINATION CALLS, BRINGING IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO BRIEF US AND OUR LEADERSHIP.
UH, AND THEN THE STORM ARRIVED ON THE 23RD.
SO WE, WE'VE WORKED WITH MORE THAN 40, UH, DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES THAT, THAT WE COORDINATED THROUGH THIS EVENT.
WE SHELTERED OVER 1800 PEOPLE FOR, FOR NINE DAYS.
WE ALSO CONDUCTED MANY, MANY WELLNESS CHECKS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE STATE OF TEXAS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REGISTRY.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SELF-IDENTIFIED AS, HEY, IF THIS HAPPENS, I I'M GOING TO NEED MORE HELP.
AND SO WE WORKED TO, WE DID ALMOST 500 OF THOSE WELLNESS CHECKS.
AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, UH, AFTER THAT EVENT, LIKE EVERY EVENT WE HOLD AN AFTER ACTION, WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT, WHAT DIDN'T GO SO WELL, AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT TIME THROUGH THAT, WE'VE HAD 17 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR WORKING ON.
THEN WE HAD THE OAK CLIFF APARTMENT EXPLOSION, WHICH I REFERENCED.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, DFR WENT OUT THERE AND FOUGHT THE FIRE.
THEY, THEY DID THAT EMERGENCY LIFESAVING ACTIONS THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
UH, AND THEN WE SENT A DUTY OFFICER OUT THERE AT LEAST INITIALLY TO GO SET UP A FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE, HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, WERE EITHER NOT THERE COMING BACK OR LOOKING FOR LOVED ONES, ET CETERA.
WE OPENED THAT FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER ON THE SAME DAY.
WE TOOK THE FAMILIES THAT WERE DISPLACED AND DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO AND PUT THEM IN HOTELS, UH, AND THEN BROUGHT IN BOTH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT A LOT OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, UH, TO START WORKING ON GETTING THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DONE WITHIN A WEEK.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO HOUSING AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT.
UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WORKED WITH THEM IN THIS WAY, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE AT THEIR ABILITY TO QUICKLY SOURCE, UH, NEW HOUSING FOR THESE FOLKS, MADE OUR LIVES A LOT EASIER, AS WELL AS THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY WHO CAME TOGETHER BOTH WITH MONEY AND OTHER RESOURCES, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY THAT BROUGHT THOSE RESOURCES TO THE NONPROFITS.
IT WAS REALLY A WHOLE COMMUNITY APPROACH TO THIS RESPONSE.
AND IT WAS, UH, UH, AMAZING TO SEE.
BUT THE KIND OF MESSAGE HERE IS THAT THE BIG RESPONSE, THE HEADLINE RESPONSE WAS THAT FIRST DAY OR TWO, BUT WE WORKED ON THAT INCIDENT FOR WEEKS.
WELL INTO OUR RESPONSE TO FEMA.
I MEAN, FIFA SPEAKING OF, UH, THE WORLD CUP, WE HOSTED NINE MATCHES.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THE MOST OF, OF ANY CITY IN THE THE TOURNAMENT.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, THE EOC ACTIVATED ON 15 DIFFERENT DAYS.
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WAS MATCH DAYS.BUT THEN OTHER DAYS, LIKE WHEN WE HAD THE BAND AZOS WITH ARGENTINA, SOME OF THE BIG FAN FEST DAYS WHERE WE REALLY NEEDED PEOPLE FACE TO FACE IN THE ROOM TO MAKE DECISIONS, UH, AGAIN, THAT PLANNING RAN FOR MORE THAN 18 MONTHS.
LOOKING AT CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT PLANNING, REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS THESE JURISDICTIONS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION, ALL OF THAT HAD TO BE DONE BEFORE THE FIRST TEAMS ARRIVED.
UH, AND DURING THE ACTIVATION, THE TEAM DE CREATED A DAILY UNIFIED EVENT ACTION PLAN, 39 SITUATION REPORTS.
UH, WE HAD 42 PARTNER AGENCIES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO SQUEEZE IN, UH, TO THE EOC THERE DUTY OFFICER ALERT TOOLS.
SO WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH COMING.
AND SO WE TOOK ALL OF OUR TEMPLATED ALERTS AND WARNINGS THAT HAD 'EM PROFESSIONALLY TRANSLATED INTO EIGHT DIFFERENT LANGUAGES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE WERE LIKELY TO BE IN TOWN.
AND FRANKLY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT FOR FIFA, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT BECAUSE IT'S STILL A USEFUL THING TO HAVE.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, DALLAS WAS ON THE GLOBAL STAGE FOR THE EVENT.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING MAJOR HAPPENED.
IT, IT REQUIRED EXTENSIVE INVESTMENT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS READY IF SOMETHING DID.
SO THE MIDTERM RNC IS OUR MOST RECENT, UH, ENDEAVOR, UH, SEPTEMBER 9TH AND 10TH AT AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER.
OBVIOUSLY THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, CABINET MEMBERS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF RISK WITH THIS EVENT AND A LOT OF VERY, VERY HIGH PROFILE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, BUT IT DIDN'T RECEIVE THE SAME TYPE OF FEDERAL DESIGNATION THAT, THAT SOMETHING LIKE OTHER POLITICAL CONVENTIONS OR FIFA FOR THAT MATTER, GET.
AND SO THERE WASN'T THAT BUILT IN FEDERAL COORDINATION STRUCTURE THAT COMES WITH THAT.
UH, WE, WE WEREN'T GONNA WAIT ON ANYONE ELSE TO DO IT.
AND WE SPENT THE WEEKS IMMEDIATELY, UH, AFTER FIFA, UH, COORDINATING WITH OUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, MANY OF WHICH WE HAD NEVER WORKED WITH BEFORE, BECAUSE THEY MOSTLY STAY IN DC.
AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF NEW RELATIONSHIPS BUILT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE BROUGHT EVERYONE TOGETHER ON SEPTEMBER 1ST FOR LIKE A HALF DAY PLANNING MARATHON.
AND THROUGH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A MULTI-AGENCY CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS THAT COULD SUPPORT THE EVENT AND GO BACK OUT TO ALL THE PARTNERS.
UH, WE ACTIVATED THE EOC AND SUPPORTED THE EVENT ON THE NINTH AND 10TH.
AND, UH, THANKFULLY EVERYTHING WENT WELL.
SO AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE PREPARED AND WE, AND IT PAID OFF FOR US.
SO, LOOKING AHEAD, SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UH, FIRST, UH, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACCREDITATION PROGRAM.
SO WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST BIG CITIES TO GET THIS ACCREDITATION IN 2015.
AND THIS IS NOW GONNA BE OUR THIRD TIME GOING BACK FOR RE-ACCREDITATION.
UH, IT'S A RIGOROUS PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME AND INVESTMENT, BUT IT'S AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW AGAINST OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AGAINST NATIONAL STANDARDS, AND IT'S DONE BY PRACTITIONERS.
SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OTHER CITIES, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE EVALUATING ALL OF OUR PLANS AND PROCEDURES, UH, AGAINST THESE STANDARDS.
AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING RE-ACCREDITED.
AND THEN, BECAUSE WE HAD A PRETTY BUSY YEAR, WE HAVE LOTS OF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO WORK THROUGH, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NO EVENT THAT GOES BY WHERE YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE.
AND SO WE HAVE A BIG SLATE OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH TO MAKE OUR RESPONSES BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
UH, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE MODEL, RIGHT? THAT, THAT FEEDBACK LOOP OF, LIKE, YOU DO IT, YOU IDENTIFY WHAT WENT RIGHT, AND THEN YOU FIX IT.
IN CLOSING, UH, I, I HAVE TWO STANDING OFFERS.
WE'D LOVE TO COME, UH, TO YOUR OFFICE AND WALK THROUGH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WALK THROUGH HOW WE LOOK AT YOUR DISTRICT FROM THAT LENS, WALK THROUGH KIND OF IN MORE DETAIL, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK ON.
UH, AND, AND YOU'RE ALSO WELCOME TO COME TO THE EOC.
SO WE'RE L TWO IN, JUST LET US KNOW.
WE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HOST YOU AND SHOW YOU AROUND THAT SPACE.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE, UH, DO THIS WORK IN.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HOUSTON.
UM, I'M GONNA START WITH A COUPLE ON SLIDE SIX, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT.
IT LOOKED LIKE THAT THERE WAS A PHOTO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF EOC ACTIVATION.
SO WHAT ALARMED ME WAS IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WERE PEOPLE SITTING ON THE GROUND.
IS THAT, I MEAN, PEOPLE LOOK WEDGED IN THERE.
Y YEAH, IT, IT, IT CAN GET VERY, VERY, UH, TIGHT IN THERE.
UH, I MEAN, THE REALITY IS, IS LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR ACTIVATION NOTIFICATION LIST, WE, WE HAVE LIKE A HUNDRED, 120 TO 125 INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HAD AN IDENTIFIED ROLE IN A, A BIG LARGE SCALE RESPONSE.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BIG DISASTERS, THINKING BACK TO ONE THAT JUST COMES TO MIND, AUGUST, 2022, WE HAD THAT MASSIVE FLOODING EVENT.
UH, WE WALKED IN THAT NEXT DAY, AND IT WAS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER IN THERE, UH, AND HOT
SO, AND HOT, YOU SAID, OKAY, UM, HOW MANY DO, DO WE SEAT VERSUS WHAT THE NEW DALLAS COUNTY
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FACILITY SEATS? SO I THINK WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE 50 TO 60 RANGE COMFORTABLY.WE CAN GO UP PROBABLY TO ABOUT 70 ISH PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S REALLY, REALLY TIGHT.
UH, DALLAS COUNTY, I BELIEVE THEY PLANNED FOR 125 IN THEIR, UH, NEW EOC.
SO THAT'S MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH IF YOU REALLY HAD TO GET EVERYBODY, UH, CALLED IN, WHICH THAT'S, THAT'S THE POINT OF THIS.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE AT HALF THE CAPACITY CORRECT.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THE CRITICAL NATURE OF BEING WHERE THE WEIGHT OF COMMAND IS IN AN EMERGENCY.
CAN YOU GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHY YOU WANTED TO RESIDE WITH YOU, MEANING THE CITY? YES.
UH, I MEAN, SIMPLY LIKE YOU, YOU WANT TO BE A CONTROL OF YOUR OWN DESTINY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN DURING THESE EVENTS.
AND TO DO THAT, YOU NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE DECISION MAKERS FOR THEIR AGENCIES THAT CAN DEDICATE RESOURCES AND DO SO WITHOUT HAVING TO CALL ANYONE ELSE AND ASK.
YOU WANT THEM SEATED IN YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER LOOKING FACE TO FACE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS.
WHEN YOU START LOSING THAT AND YOU START HAVING PEOPLE ENDING UP AT MULTIPLE OPERATIONS CENTER IN MULTIPLE PLACES, NOW YOU ARE HAVING TO MAKE PHONE CALLS AND YOU ARE HAVING TO COORDINATE IN, IN A MORE, UH, CHALLENGING WAY.
AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL, IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, LEADERS FROM ONE AGENCY AT ONE PLACE AND THEN LEADERS FROM AN AGENCY AT ANOTHER PLACE, UH, THE, THE KIND OF WEIGHT OF COMMAND SHIFTS AND, AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO.
SO, UH, IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE CHALLENGING NOT HAVING THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM.
SO CITY HALLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE, ARE PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND THEY DRAW A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, OFTENTIMES PROTESTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF CITY HALL BECOMES A CRIME SCENE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER? WELL, IT'S A CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT ISSUE FOR ONE.
UM, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS BUILDING AND, UH, TO SUPPORT GETTING THAT, UH, BACK OPEN.
SOMETHING THAT WAS BIG ENOUGH TO SHUT THIS BUILDING DOWN AND BECOME A CRIME SCENE IS VERY LIKELY SOMETHING THAT, THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE COORDINATED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
SO WE'D BE IN A PICKLE AND WE'D BE GOING TO BACKUP PLANS IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED HERE.
UH, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY NOT IDEAL.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU TYPICALLY DON'T WANT YOUR, UH, CRITICAL EMERGENCY COORDINATION CENTER TO BE CO-LOCATED WITH YOUR SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
UH, IT, IT'S NOT A BEST PRACTICE.
AND TOP AMERICAN CITIES DON'T DO IT.
WHEN THE, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT K BAILEY HUTCHINSON CONVENTION CENTER, THE CHEERLEADING CONVENTION, AND SOME PEOPLE WERE GETTING IN A FIGHT, BUT SOMETHING FELL OVER AND THEY THOUGHT SHOTS FIRED OUT.
DID THAT TURN THIS AREA INTO A CRIME SCENE? UH, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS TURNED INTO A CRIME SCENE, BUT IT TURNED IT INTO A PARKING LOT.
UM, IT MADE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
IN FACT, IT, IT TOOK ALMOST TWO HOURS FOR ME TO GET ANYONE INTO THE BUILDING.
AND, AND WE JUST DECIDED, UH, HEY, WE'D LOVE TO BE DOING THIS OUTTA THE EOC, BUT THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF FOLKS AT FUSION.
AND SO WE JUST, WE, WE CO-LOCATED WITH DPD OVER AT FUSION JUST TO, JUST TO NOT WASTE ANY MORE TIME.
SO YOU'RE GOING INTO FUSION THAT HAS ITS OWN SPECIFIED USE.
AND YOU'RE HAVING TO MOVE INTO THAT TO DO AN EMERGENCY OPERATION? YES, MA'AM.
AND MY LAST QUESTION THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE COMMITTEE.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU BURIED THE LEAD ON THE 99.66% FEMA RISK SCORE.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU OUTLINED SOME OF THE CATEGORIES.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE ON EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, TEXAS DALLAS IS IN A POSITION TO, YOU KNOW, GET HIT WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS A AB ABSOLUTELY.
UH, I MEAN, WE ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE LIKE, UH, IF IF YOU COME AND WORK FIVE, FIVE YEARS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN DALLAS, YOU'RE GONNA DO MORE DISASTERS THAN MOST EMERGENCY MANAGERS DO IN THEIR WHOLE CAREER.
WE, UH, WE HAVE A, UH, A A LOT OF RISK IN FRONT OF US.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO PREPARATION AND MITIGATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU JUST CAN'T MITIGATE.
AND THEN I WOULD, AGAIN JUST REITERATE THAT THE THREAT LANDSCAPE IS EVER INCREASING AS WE GET MORE AND MORE COMPLEX AS A SOCIETY.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND MAKE RECOVERY MORE AND MORE CHALLENGING.
SO, UH, THERE, THERE'S UNFORTUNATELY, UH, FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF DISASTERS IS ONLY MOVING IN ONE DIRECTION, AND IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SO THAT WE ARE NOT CAUGHT, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT EVER HAVING HAD THE CONVERSATION BEFORE.
UH, CHAIR JOHNSON, DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS? NO.
UH, MR. ROTH, UM, JUST A QUESTION WITH, UM,
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SORT OF GENERALLY THE, THE AGENCIES THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UM, ARE YOU FINDING THAT, THAT THEY'RE, THAT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, BUDGET CONDITIONS, THAT THEY'RE NOT AS ROBUST? THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE, THE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST YOU IN THE MANNER THAT YOU NEED TO? AND I'M NOT MAKING A JUDGMENT, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.IS THAT, IS THAT MY ANECDOTAL PERCEPTION? IS THAT REALITY, OR IS THAT NOT? SO I WOULD SAY, UH, THAT IS THE REALITY IN A LOT OF CASES, ESPECIALLY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UH, WE'VE SEEN MASSIVE, MASSIVE CUTS TO FEMA'S WORKFORCE.
AND I MEAN, A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING AT FEMA'S ROLE.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE HEARD ALL SORTS OF HEADLINES ABOUT THEY'RE GONNA ELIMINATE FEMA, ET CETERA.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THAT STUFF WOULD REQUIRE LEGISLATION THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS IS REALITY.
UM, HOWEVER, THERE IS A LOT THAT THEY'RE CHANGING ABOUT HOW THEY RUN THAT ORGANIZATION.
AND I, I MEAN, I WAS MEETING WITH THE NEW FE ADMINISTRATOR LAST WEEK, AND THE MESSAGE IS, THE RESPONSIBILITY REALLY NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE STATES AND LOCALS.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE NEVER NOT HAD IT.
WE ALWAYS OWN THE, THE RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AND WE'RE THE FIRST ONES THERE AND THE LAST ONES TO LEAVE.
UH, BUT, BUT THE MESSAGE I TOOK FROM THAT IS THE WAY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEES FEMA'S ROLE IN DISASTER RESPONSE IS CHANGING.
AND SO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT, AS A CITY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO FILL THAT GAP? WHATEVER GAPS ARISE, AND HOW CAN WE GET AS FAR AHEAD OF THOSE GAPS, UH, YOU KNOW, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION BEFORE I ASKED.
I, I WORKED A LOT WITH THE EOC, UM, ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE WHEN IN DISTRICT SIX WE HAD THE TORNADOES, THE WINTER STORMS, I WAS HERE AS A STAFFERS.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE EOC.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IN, WHEN WE'VE HAD INCIDENCES IN THE PAST, WHAT, UM, HOW DO Y'ALL, UM, WEAVE IN LANGUAGE ACCESS? BECAUSE I KNOW DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT.
UM, JUST LIKE, WHAT DOES THE STAFFING LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT MESSAGING IS OUT IS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT Y'ALL DO THAT AS WELL.
SO WE, WE KIND OF APPROACH IT TWO WAYS.
ONE IS IN THE PREPAREDNESS PHASE, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STANDARD MESSAGING AND KIND OF TEMPLATED MESSAGING THAT WE CAN DO THAT WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE AT LEAST WE HAVE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND THEN WE ENDEAVOR TO, UH, IN AN EMERGENCY, NEVER PUT ANYTHING OUT THAT ISN'T TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE DO THAT A COMBINATION OF WAYS.
ONE, I HAVE STAFF THAT'S BILINGUAL THAT'S ABLE TO, TO, TO DO THAT ON THE FLY IF WE NEED TO, WHICH HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES.
ALSO, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH, UH, THE COMMS TEAM WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE CONTRACTS TO HELP US GET THINGS TRANSLATED WHEN, WHEN WE NEED TO.
UH, I MEAN, WE THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE SENDING OUT PROTECTIVE ACTION MESSAGING THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE IT.
AND SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, TO BUILD ON.
UM, BUT, BUT YEAH, THAT IS HOW WE APPROACH IT.
DOING GOOD PREPAREDNESS IN OUR TEMPLATED MESSAGING AND THEN TRYING OUR HARDEST TO HAVE BILINGUAL STAFF AVAILABLE TO HELP TRANSLATE THINGS.
AND I, I KNOW Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB OF ALSO REACHING OUT, LIKE TO OUR STATE REPS THAT OVERLAPPED WITH SOME OF THE AREAS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS WERE AWARE OF, UM, WHERE RESOURCES WERE, UM, AS WELL, UM, ABOUT THE, I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED ABOUT THE EOC, UM, BUT I WAS HERE, I WANNA SAY IT WAS MAYBE 2018 WHEN WE HAD TO ACTUALLY LEAVE CITY HALL ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAD TO GO DOWN TO ONE OF THE LOWER LEVELS 'CAUSE SOMEBODY HAD BREACHED.
UM, AND I REMEMBER AT THAT TIME THAT THERE IS THERE, DO WE STILL HAVE THE BACKUP EOC OVER THE CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER? WE DO.
UH, IT, IT'S, YEAH, WE, WE, WE DO HAVE A BACKUP EOC AT THE CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER.
WE ALSO HAVE A, A MEMORANDUM OF, OF, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY TO ALSO, UH, BE ABLE TO FALL BACK ON THEIR EOC IF, IF WE NEEDED TO.
BUT OUR PRIMARY BACKUP IS, IS AT THE CENTRAL SERVICE CENTER AS BUILT OUT KIND OF PART OF THE BACKUP 9 1 1 PROJECT.
WELL, AND I MEAN, I REMEMBER WHAT THE STORMS, WE, CITY HALL WAS CENTRALLY LOCATED, AND SO EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE, I THINK EVEN DURING THE TORNADOES AND, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER.
SO AT LEAST I DON'T RECALL US HAVING TO USE THE OTHER, EVEN I THINK WHEN WE, WHEN THERE WAS THE, THE BREACH THAT HAPPENED.
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BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE OTHER, UM, RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US AS WELL.UM, I WANNA PIVOT A LITTLE BIT AND TALK, WELL FIRST SAY TRAVIS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE DEPARTMENT THAT EVERYONE LOOKS AT.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK WHEN IT'S, UH, WHEN WE DON'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, TALK TO ME ABOUT OUR NON-PRO, UH, PROFIT PARTNERS, UH, IN PARTICULAR AMERICAN RED CROSS, UH, AND OTHERS THAT WE PARTNER WITH, AND, AND HOW DO THEY OVERLAP AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING SERVICES? UM, WHEN DO WE REACH OUT TO NONPROFITS, WHETHER IT IS FOR, UH, EMERGENCY BEDS OR WHETHER IT'S FOR, UH, FOOD OR, OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE? HOW, HOW DO, HOW DO WE WORK WITH NONPROFITS? SO, UH, FOR, FOR US, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT, THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IS A HUGE CRITICAL AND NECESSARY PARTNER.
SO, UH, YOU MENTIONED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, THERE'S WHO THEY ARE WHO SUPPORTS OUR SHELTERING EFFORTS, RIGHT? LIKE WE, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEM, UH, NOT JUST WITHOUT THEIR, THEIR PEOPLE AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS, BUT THEIR EXPERTISE AS WELL.
AND, AND THAT SAME THING GOES FROM MANY OTHER NON-PROFITS.
SALVATION ARMY, THEY'RE GREAT AT FEEDING, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THERE'S A GROUP CALLED THE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE IN DISASTERS, OR VOAD.
AND, AND THAT GROUP IS MADE UP OF KIND OF THE, THE, THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF, LIKE AMERICAN CROSS, SALVATION ARMY, UH, ST.
VINCENT DEPAUL, THE, THESE GROUPS THAT ARE, UH, THAT HAVE CAPABILITIES THAT THEY CAN BRING TO BEAR.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A DISASTER, ONE OF THE EARLIEST THINGS WE DO IS WE'LL CALL UPON THE VOAD AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE GET A CALL TOGETHER OR INVITE THEM TO OUR EOC, UH, TO, TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOUR HELP WITH X, Y, Z THINGS.
UH, WHAT WE'VE FOUND, AND WHAT WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF WORK ON IS, UH, THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE, ARE PRETTY EASY TO WORK WITH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DO SO ALL THE TIME.
THEY'RE VERY WELL EXPERIENCED AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
BUT THE REALITY IS, THERE ARE A TON OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN DALLAS THAT MAYBE AREN'T DOING A DISASTER PREPAREDNESS THING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, BUT WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY SERVE, THEIR HAND GOES UP AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO TO HELP? AND THERE WERE TIMES WHERE IT, IT BECAME CHALLENGING BECAUSE WHEN YOU, LIKE I SAID, YOU DON'T WANNA MEET PEOPLE AT THREE IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU HAVEN'T BUILT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, IT'S HARD TO FOLD THEM INTO THE PROCESS.
UH, SO WE STARTED LIKE A, UH, A CITY DISASTER PARTNERS PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE A, A PRETTY DEEP BENCH OF BOTH TRADITIONAL NONPROFITS, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN CALL UPON.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE MATRIX THAT SAYS, THEY CAN DO FEEDING, THEY CAN DO GIFT CARDS, THEY CAN DO THIS.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE NEEDS, WE CAN KIND OF JUST START RUNNING THROUGH THAT MATRIX TO SAY, WHO DO WE NEED TO CALL ON? UH, MATTER OF FACT, WE JUST, UH, WE HAVE A CONTRACT.
WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO DO A, UH, A FULL SCALE DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER EXERCISE.
SO SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THAT IN YOUR DISTRICTS BEFORE WHEN WE'VE HAD A DISASTER, WE'LL OPEN UP A GYM OR WHATEVER AND ALMOST MAKE IT LIKE A RESOURCE FAIR WHERE EVERYONE KIND OF GOES AROUND TABLE TO TABLE.
BUT WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY WANTED TO BUILD UPON THAT, MAKE THAT THE MOST EFFICIENT THING POSSIBLE.
AND SO WE ARE, UH, WE'RE BRINGING A LOT OF THOSE PARTNERS TO THE TABLE NEXT YEAR TO HOLD A FULL SCALE IN-PERSON EXERCISE WHERE WE ACTUALLY DO THAT.
CAN, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS? UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THERE'S SOME BIG NAMES THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS AND TRUST, UH, BUT THOSE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE A BUILT IN REPUTATION, AND, AND YOU ALLUDED TO SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITY, UM, I GUESS SEMINARS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR HOAS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED MM-HMM
SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE'S KNOCKING ON SOMEONE'S DOOR AT 3:00 AM THEY KNOW THAT INDIVIDUAL.
UM, SO I THINK WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF THOSE CLASSES.
IS ARE THERE PLANS TO DO MORE OF THAT JUST SO THAT PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE KNOCKING AT THEIR DOOR IN TIMES OF CRISIS? YEAH.
SO IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY ARE DOING ON AN ONGOING BASIS RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I'M LOOKING AT, AT, AT CHANGING OUR APPROACH A LITTLE BIT HERE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN LARGELY PASSIVE, RIGHT? WHERE PEOPLE REACH OUT TO US AND SAY, HEY, COULD YOU COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING? OR COULD YOU COME TO OUR HOA MEETING AND TALK? UM, I THINK WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS HAVING A COORDINATED STRATEGIC APPROACH TO DOING OUTREACH TO THE ORGANIZATIONS TO SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO COME TO YOUR MEETING.
CAN WE COME AT AN UPCOMING MEETING AND JUST DO A QUICK PRESENTATION ON KIND OF THE, THE, UH, WHAT TO EXPECT IN A DISASTER, WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET PREPARED, AND THEN ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE GROUPS CAN HELP US.
I'D ALSO ALWAYS SHOUT OUT THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM.
WE OFTEN HAVE ORGAN, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST RESIDENTS COME AND TAKE THAT TRAINING.
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ORGANIZATIONS WILL REACH OUT TO US SAYING, HEY, WE'D LIKE OUR TEAM TO COME AND TAKE THAT TRAINING.AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HOST PEOPLE, UH, THAT WAY AS WELL.
AND THOSE, THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO GET PREPARED.
UH, AND AGAIN, IN, IN TIMES OF EMERGENCIES, UH, WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE, UH, WHETHER IT'S A, A SHELTER, UH, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T HAVING TO DRIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES.
ONE FOR THE FACT THAT THEY MIGHT BE LIMITED ON TRANSPORTATION.
UH, 'CAUSE THEIR CAR IS NOW UNDERWATER OR THEY'RE LIMITED ON JUST TRANSPORTATION PERIOD.
UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PARTNER, UH, WITH ORGANIZATIONS, WHETHER IT'S A CHURCH OR WHETHER IT'S A NONPROFIT IN TURNING THOSE, UH, INTO SHELTERS.
AND IS THERE ANY LIMITATIONS UNDER OUR CURRENT, UM, I BELIEVE IT ONLY APPLIES TO DOWNTOWN WITH THE NUMBER OF, OF BEDS THAT CAN BE IN A, IN A, IN A ZONE OR NOT PROXIMITY, UH, OR IS THERE ANY CHALLENGES THERE WITH CONVERTING A CHURCH INTO A TEMPORARY, UH, SHELTER? SO, AND I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF AND SAY SOMETHING WRONG, BUT UNDER MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, WE, WE CAN DO IT.
UM, AND OUR PRIMARY GO-TO FOR A SHELTER IS, IS PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS GOING TO BE A RECREATION CENTER, WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE THOSE OFFLINE.
WE DON'T WANT TO IMPACT SERVICES THERE.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE USUALLY JUST, THEY'RE IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY'RE ALREADY WELL EQUIPPED WITH BIG OPEN SPACES WHERE YOU CAN BRING A BUNCH OF COTS IN AND SET PEOPLE UP FOR THE NIGHT RIGHT.
THE RED CROSS ALSO HAS A PROGRAM WHERE REALLY THEY DO A LOT OF, OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO SOME OF THESE CHURCHES AND, AND, AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, UH, OTHER GROUPS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM AS A SHELTER.
SO WE ACTUALLY MET WITH RED CROSS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO TALK ABOUT, OKAY, HOW WELL, UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS BOTH OF US.
WHY DON'T WE TEAM UP? LIKE, WHY DON'T WE BOTH GO TOGETHER AS A, LIKE, CITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE RED CROSS AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO OPEN UP A SHELTER.
YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD WE DO? AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING ONCE A MONTH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS TO, UH, KIND OF LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM AND SEE HOW WE FIT IN THERE.
UH, I, I'M GLAD, UH, THAT'S ONGOING.
UM, AND SPEAKING OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, UH, OUR REC CENTERS, UH, A BIG NUMBER OF 'EM NOW HAVE GENERATORS MM-HMM
HOWEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE THE BACKUP BATTERIES.
AND SO HOW CAN WE WORK WITH PARTNERS LIKE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND THE CITY OF DALLAS WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL FUNDING? UH, AND NOW SAYING THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AMERICAN RED CROSS AND A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DALLAS.
DOES THAT GIVE US A, AN ADVANTAGE, UH, WHEN WE ARE, UH, LOOKING FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO PUT A BATTERY, UH, BACK UP INTO OUR FACILITIES THAT HAVE GENERATORS? IT, IT, IT, IT CERTAINLY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING AS A UNIFIED FRONT, OFTEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IN, IN THE EM COMMUNITY TO, TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE, TO THE FEDS LIKE, HEY, THIS ISN'T JUST CITY, UH, STICKING OUR HAND UP FOR, FOR MONEY.
WE'RE, WE'RE COMING AS A UNIFIED FORCE.
AND WE'RE SAYING THAT AS PARTNERS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS AS A NEED AND WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, AN, AN EQUAL STAKE IN, IN THE OUTCOME HERE.
AND SO WE, WE REALLY DO NEED THIS RESOURCE.
UH, WE HAVE MADE A PRETTY CONSIDERABLE IN INVESTMENT IN INSTALLING THOSE FIXED GENERATORS AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
ALSO, AFTER WINTER STORM URI, WE DID BUY SEVERAL, UH, MOBILE GENERATOR AND HVAC SYSTEMS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY.
THANKFULLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY NEEDED TO, TO ROLL THEM OUT FOR A BIG, UH, WELL, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANOTHER WINTER STORM URI, UH, SINCE THEN, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE HAD TO, TO ROLL THESE OUT.
BUT NOT HAVING THEM IN THAT EVENT WAS A MAJOR, MAJOR CHALLENGE.
AND SO IT WAS A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT.
AND I THINK, UH, WHILE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON GETTING THESE GENERATORS INSTALLED, I THINK CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND FUNDING TO DO MORE IS, IS VALID AND VALUABLE.
THE, UH, SECONDARY, UH, EMERGENCY CENTER, UM, HAS ITS CHALLENGES WITH TECHNOLOGY, WITH PARKING.
UH, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET AN UPDATE ON, UH, HOW WE, I GUESS, MODERNIZE THAT AND MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE, UH, EM AP ACCREDITATION, DOES THAT APPLY TO THE, UM, PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE OR DOES THAT APPLY TO, UH, THE ACTUAL CENTER AS WELL? OR IS IT HOLISTIC WHERE EVERYTHING IS IN INCLUDED IN THE ACCREDITATION? SO IT'S, UH, I MEAN IT'S MOSTLY PROGRAMMATIC, RIGHT? SO IT'S MOSTLY LOOKING AT OUR PLANS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND, AND HOW WE CONDUCT
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OUR BUSINESS AND HOW WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.IT'S NOT AS MUCH FOCUSED ON THE FACILITY, BUT IT IS LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE, DO YOU HAVE A FACILITY THAT YOU COULD SUCCESSFULLY DO ALL OF THESE PLANS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN? SO IT IS HOLISTIC FROM THAT, UH, EXTENT, BUT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A LIKE CHECKLIST IN THE EAP PROGRAM.
NOW FEMA HAS A SELF-ASSESSMENT, THERE'S OTHER KIND OF GUIDELINES FOR FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT EMAPS NOT NECESSARILY THAT.
AND THEN ON YOUR, UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE THE BACKUP FACILITY.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST CHALLENGING OVER THERE BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY.
THERE'S JUST SIMPLY THE SPACE IS NOT REALLY AVAILABLE
SO I MEAN, AT A CERTAIN POINT IT, IT, IT, IT'S, WHILE IT CAN FUNCTION, WHILE WE COULD GET SOME BUSINESS DONE OVER THERE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE JUST DEAD IN THE WATER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IF SOMETHING WAS BIG ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS OFFLINE, UH, WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT IT'S ALSO AFFECTING DEEP ELLUM BY THE WAY? AND THEN, UH, WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO CALL OUR PARTNERS OVER AT THE COUNTY AND SAY, HEY, CAN WE COME, YOU KNOW, CO-LOCATE WITH Y'ALL FOR, FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK UP ON OUR FEET? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. HOUSTON.
UM, COLLEAGUES, I'M GONNA JUMP, UH, OVER HABITUAL NUISANCE PROPERTIES.
I THINK WE NEED TO PICK THAT UP NEXT MONTH, SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO EXAMINE THAT THOROUGHLY.
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O OR ITEM O AND THIS IS ON THE JAIL CONTRACT.THIS IS AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
AND, UM, WANTED TO SEE IF WE MIGHT JUST, UM, HERE ABOUT THIS AND WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, SO IF WE CAN BE EXPEDIENT PLEASE.
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND THE JAIL CONTRACT LAST YEAR AND, UH, CHIEF IGO, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT THIS YEAR.
UM, AND SO WE'VE GOT AN ITEM TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE LOOKING THE YEAR LOOKING FORWARD.
AND THAT IS TYPICALLY BASED ON LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS AND THAT IS WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.
SO WE APPROVE IT BASED ON USING LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS, BUT WE'RE HAVING A COUPLE OF POINTS OF DIFFERENCE, I THINK, WITH THE COUNTY ON THE COUNTS OR HOW WE COUNT PRISONERS.
IF YOU CAN JUST TOUCH ON THAT.
UH, GREG NELSON, DIRECTOR OF COURTS AND DETENTION SERVICES.
SO, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WITH CHIEF S WE ARE GOING TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT WE PAY THE BASE OF 8.5 MILLION, UH, TO THE DALLAS COUNTY FOR THE UTILIZATION OF THEIR JAIL.
AND, UH, THE 9.3 THAT WAS PROPOSED, WE STILL HAVE TO DO SOME FINE TUNING WITH THE COUNTY TO FIND OUT WHERE THOSE NUMBERS ORIGINATED FROM.
UH, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UH, TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
THEY ALL RESPONDING, THEY HAVE RECEIVED OUR, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND WE'RE JUST WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM, UH, DALLAS COUNTY.
SO THE BASE FOR THIS CONTRACT IS 8.5 MILLION.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PROPOSING TOMORROW, AND I, COLLEAGUES, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO CHANGE, UH, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PAY BASED ON LAST YEAR'S FIGURES, WHICH WE BUDGETED FOR THAT, UH, AND GIVE YOU ALL MORE TIME TO WORK OUT THE NUANCE OF HOW THEY COUNT PRISONERS.
AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT A THIRD PARTY AUDIT OR, UM, WAS, WAS DONE THIS PAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE, WE'VE KIND OF MADE PROGRESS WITH REGARDS TO THAT.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY THE COME BACK CLOSER, UM, THE INFORMATION FOR THE NUMBERS FOR THE 9.3 WERE DERIVED FROM THE FY 25 BUDGET, ACTUAL EXPENSES FOR DALLAS COUNTY.
AND THE DATA THAT WAS USED TO COME UP WITH THOSE EXPENSES WAS FY 25 ACTUALS.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT SERVICES FOR THAT.
UM, WE'VE TAKEN PRISONERS, SO IT'S BASED ON FY 25, WE JUST CLOSED OUT FY 26, SO WE WOULDN'T BE USING FY 26 NUMBERS.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT INFORMATION.
WAS THAT ABOUT THE AUDIT? SO THE, IT WAS A, UM, THEY ENGAGED WITH MGT, WHICH IS A CONSULTING FIRM, AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DID AN ANALYSIS TO COME UP WITH A RATE, AN APPROPRIATE RATE, UH, TO CHARGE AND MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT'S WHO THEY ENGAGED MGT TO PER, UH, TO PERFORM THAT ANALYSIS ON THEIR EXPENSES, ACTUAL EXPENSES.
SO THEY HAD TO USE FY 25 ACTUALS IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THAT RATE.
ARE THERE ANY POINTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO CLARIFY ON THIS BEFORE I OPEN THIS UP TOO? JUST THAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO WORK OUT THE, HOW WE COUNT THE PRISONERS, CORRECT? YES, YES.
IT, IT, IT IS SEVERAL THINGS WITHIN, UH,
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THE CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO, UH, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU GIVE US TIME TO STRAIGHTEN OUT AND IF WE HAVE ANY MONEY IS OWED TO THE COUNTY, WE WILL PAY THEM WHAT THEY'RE OWED ONCE THOSE NUMBERS, ONCE WE GET, FIND OUT WHERE THE NUMBERS ORIGINATED FROM.'CAUSE THEY PROVIDE A VALUABLE SERVICE TO US, I MEAN, CORRECT.
WE DO NOT, WE DO CONTRACT WITH THEM TO UTILIZE THEIR JAIL.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE AGEL OF ITS OWN.
SO WE ARE FORMING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH US AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE FAIR IF WE PAY THEM THE 8.5 AND THEN FIND, HAVE A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH THEM TO FIND OUT AND TALK THROUGH WHERE THE, WHETHER THEY ARRIVE AT THE 9.3 MILLION.
WELL I'LL START TO MY LEFT AND SEE.
UM, COUNCIL, OKAY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROTH, UH, I'M CONFUSED.
UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU ALL, UH, WHAT'S THE FORMULA HERE? DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE, UM, UH, IS IT BASED ON THE NUMBERS OF, OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THEM AS ONE, ONE ITEM? IS THERE A DIFFERENT IN A PRICING OF HOW YOU'RE ALLOCATING? IS THERE A CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED FOR EACH PRISONER? IS THAT BASED ON A CONSULTING, UH, UH, NEW PRICING MODEL FOR THE, FOR THAT ALLOCATION FOR THAT PERSON? AND THEN THERE'S A QUESTION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'RE REALLY ES ESTIMATING IS, ARE THOSE THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE FORMULA? SO SORRY, MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
UM, SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, PRETTY MUCH YES YOU ARE, UH, CORRECT ON SOME OF THE POINTS.
SO YES, THEY PRETTY MUCH GET A OVERALL OF HOW MANY PRISONERS ARE TAKEN INTO THE JAIL.
SO IN ORDER TO COME TO A COST PER PRISONER FOR THE CENTRAL INTAKE AND PROCESSING, AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH A RATE ON THE HOUSING.
SO THEY DETERMINE WHAT IS THE HOUSING RATE BASED ON THE AVERAGE POPULATION IN JAIL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN JAIL.
SO THAT'S HOW THEY GET AN AVERAGE OF A POPULATION TO COME UP WITH A HOUSING RATE.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THEY LOOK AT HOW MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE BROUGHT IN BY THE CITY OF DALLAS AGENCY, WHETHER A FIRE DEPARTMENT MARSHAL, CITY MARSHAL, OR DPD, UM, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE MAKE UP ABOUT 40% OF THE PRISONERS THAT ARE TAKEN THERE.
UM, SOME OF THE ITEMS WHERE WE NEED CLARIFICATION AND TO HAVE A MUTUAL AGREEMENT AND, UM, AN UNDERSTANDING IS THE DEFINITION OF A CITY PRISONER, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT POINT IS CONSIDERED A CITY PRISONER, THEN IT'S MOVED OVER TO A COUNTY PRISONER.
AND SO THEN THAT'S WHERE THEY FIND THE CITY USAGE.
THAT'S HOW THE CITY USAGE IS DETERMINED.
SO BASED ON CENTRAL INTAKE, IT'S GONNA BE ANYBODY, REGARDLESS OF THE OFFENSE THAT IS GONNA BE, THAT'S TAKEN BY A CITY AGENCY TO LUCERA, IT IS CONSIDERED A CITY PRISONER AND THAT'S HOW THEY DERIVE WITH THE CITY USAGE.
THEN MULTIPLY THAT BY THE, UM, COST PER PRISONER FOR THE CENTRAL INTAKE PIECE.
THAT MAKES A MAJORITY OF OUR COST OF THIS CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE MAJORITY OF OUR COST IS.
THE NEXT PIECE IS A COMPONENT OF THE HOUSING.
SO THAT'S THE POINT THAT THEN YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME A CITY PRISON, UH, COUNTY PRISONER, YES, WE BROUGHT 'EM IN, DPD BROUGHT 'EM IN, BUT THEY BROUGHT 'EM IN ON A PAROLE VIOLATION, A VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER, A BENCH WARRANT FROM DALLAS COUNTY.
SO AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT INDIVIDUAL BECOME A COUNTY PRISONER? AND THEN THAT'S HOW THEY DERIVE THEN THIS IS THE CITY USAGE ON CITY PRISONERS AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU FOR THE HOUSING RATE OR THE HOTEL RATE.
UM, A YEAR AGO WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, WE WERE SORT OF LOOKING AT THIS, THERE WAS A BIG ISSUE THAT WE HADN'T PAID THE COUNTY A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION AS TO HOW WE WERE GONNA FIGURE OUT WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS AND THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME KIND OF A, OF A COLLABORATION TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM AND A, AND A SYSTEM OF, OF UH, UH, INFORMATION AND, AND SORT OF WORK THIS KIND OF STUFF OUT.
ISN'T THAT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
WASN'T THERE SOME AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE ALL GONNA GET TOGETHER AND, AND GET THIS STUFF RESOLVED QUITE A BIT, QUITE A YES, COUNCILMAN QUITE A WHILE AGO.
SO WHERE ARE WE ON THAT? SO THE, THE COUNTY DID HIRE A GROUP CALLED MGT, THEY DID PERFORM THE ANALYSIS.
UH, WE JUST RECEIVED THE REPORT, IT'S 176 PAGE REPORT.
WE RECEIVED THAT ON SEPTEMBER THE SECOND.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING AND TRYING TO FINE TUNE THAT REPORT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN COLLABORATION ASKING FOR MORE TIME SO WE CAN REVIEW THAT REPORT IN DEPTH AND BE READY TO MEET WITH THE COUNTY AND DISCUSS ANY DISCREPANCIES WITHIN THAT REPORT.
SO THEY DID HIRE AN OUTSIDE AGENCY, A THIRD PARTY AGENCY, WHICH CALLED MGT TO CONDUCT THAT REPORT THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING AB REFERRING TO.
I, I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT WE'RE NOT BEING GOOD PARTNERS
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HERE WITH THE COUNTY AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT LOOKING TO TO POINT FINGERS AT ANYBODY, BUT IF WE, IF WE'VE GOT AN OBLIGATION TO, TO PAY, UH, AND WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RULES OF THE GAME ARE AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT SITTING DOWN AND, AND GETTING THIS KNOCKED OUT AND, AND RESOLVED AND THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME ISSUE LATER ON IN THE YEAR, WE'RE GONNA GET INTO AN ARGUMENT OVER HOW ARE THEY GONNA DO IT, WHAT'S GOING ON.I MEAN, WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE, WHY WE'RE APPROACHING IT THIS WAY.
AND THE FACT IS, IF WE SHOULD, IF WE'RE, IF THEY'RE ASKING THE 9.3 CAME FROM WHERE WAS IT THEIR SUGGESTION OR OUR SUGGESTION, IT WAS FROM, BASED ON THE, UH, RATE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MGT, THE RATES THAT THEY CAME AND THEN, UM, ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNTS THAT THEY, THE NUMBERS THAT THEY PROVIDED, OKAY, THAT'S WHERE THEY DERIVED TO A 9 4 3.
THIS IS EVER, UH, PRETTY MUCH, UM, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN AMENDMENT.
UM, OF COURSE WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING BASED ON AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE THAT'S IN PLACE.
AND SO WE DID PROVIDE, AND WE DO HAVE PROPOSALS ON AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX REGARDING AN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS COUNTY.
SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE A NUMBER OR AN ESTIMATE MOVING FORWARD TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR SERVICES THAT WERE RENDERED AND ACTUALS BASED ON FY 25 ACTUAL EXPENSES THAT THEY INCURRED FOR THE SERVICES THAT WERE RENDERED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS TO HOUSE AND PROCESS THE PRISONERS.
SO, UM, THE 9.3 IS THE CITY COUNT, HOWEVER, THERE'S UM, UH, THE USAGE.
SO THERE IS QUESTIONS THAT WE, WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND ASK, YOU KNOW, THESE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE SAYING WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CITY OF DALLAS IS BASED ON THE CURRENT AGREEMENT OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND NEGOTIATING STILL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE SUGGEST AND RECOMMEND TO GO WITH THE 8.5 AS A STANDARD BASELINE TO START THE PAYMENTS WITH DALLAS COUNTY AND CONTINUE WITH THAT PART PARTNERSHIP AS WE MOVE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
WELL, AND, AND RELATIVE TO THAT, THEN, UH, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE CAN BASE OUR PAYMENTS BASED ON THE 8.5, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO ALLOCATE AND, AND BE PREPARED.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUDGET FOR THIS AMOUNT AND TO GET THE, THOSE FUNDS AUTHORIZED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK LATER ON AND MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
AND AGAIN, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S MORE EFFICIENT HERE, BUT, BUT NUMBER ONE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY FEELS LIKE WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO LOW BALL 'EM AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO STRONG ON NUMBER ONE.
BUT NUMBER TWO, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FIGURING OUT A YEAR FROM NOW WHAT THE DELTA'S GONNA BE AND, AND, AND THEN IT COME BACK TO US TO SAY WE NEED ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS.
AND I, I DON'T, I, I DON'T KNOW, I I'VE JUST, TO ME, THE PROCESS SEEMS VERY STRANGE AND, UH, AND IT, AND I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT IT'S NOT PROGRESSING IN A EFFICIENT, FAST AND, AND CONCERTED MANNER.
AND THAT BOTHERS ME THAT THERE'S NOT, THAT THIS ISN'T HAPPENING.
THIS IS THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER, THIS IS SIX WEEKS AFTER WE'VE GOTTEN A REPORT.
176 PAGES I UNDERSTAND IS A LOT TO READ.
BUT COME ON, THIS IS A YEAR, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A YEAR AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER, HOW BEFORE THAT, IF IT'S BEEN GOING ON BEFORE, 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A CRITICAL SERVICE AND WE'VE GOT A CRITICAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT DEFEN, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S RIGHT OR WRONG, BUT COME ON, THIS IS FIGURING OUT NUMBERS, IT'S FIGURING OUT DEFINITIONS AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY IN A ROOM AND GET THIS FIGURED OUT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M DEPUTY CHIEF MONICA AIGO.
SO I DO WANNA ADD SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
UH, WE DID PROPOSE METRICS TO DSO.
THOSE METRICS WERE SUBMITTED A MONTHS AGO AND THOSE METRICS ARE STILL CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW BY THEIR LEGAL TEAM.
UM, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE EFFORTS MADE BY, BY THE CITY TO HOLD MEETINGS WITH THE COUNTY AS YOU CAN, AS YOU WELL KNOW, SOMETIMES GETTING SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING.
SO I HAVE A TIMELINE, UH, THAT CLEARLY SHOWS ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WERE MADE BY DPD OR THE CITY, UH, WITH DSO.
UH, THE FIRST, I WOULD SAY I WOULD CALL THE FIRST MEETING WHERE WE ALL CAME TO THE TABLE DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL JUNE.
THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR DSO AND THOSE CHANGES CONTRIBUTED TO THE DELAYS
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THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.HOWEVER, SINCE JUNE, WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS GETTING THE METRICS TO THEM, HAVING THEIR LEGAL TEAM REVIEW IT, WORKING WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ASK THEM.
UH, WHAT I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT CAME OUT OF THIS.
UH, AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT STRONG PARTNERSHIP, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UH, ONCE THEIR LEGAL TEAM REVIEWS THESE METRICS AND WE ARE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE COST OF THE CENTRAL INTAKE AREA AND HOUSING, WE SHOULD HAVE THIS WRAPPED UP WHEN THE PRETTY, PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT, AND I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT THE DELAYS REALLY DID NOT COME FROM THE CITY.
UH, WE MADE EVERY ATTEMPT POSSIBLE TO TRY TO MEET ON A MORE OCCURRING BASIS, BUT WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS MANY PEOPLE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BRING THEM ALL ON A SAME DATE AT A TIME, THEIR SCHEDULE CONFLICTS, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO WHERE CERTAIN PEOPLE CAN'T ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.
AND JUST TO ADD COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, SO WE'RE SUGGESTING AND RECOMMENDING THE 8.5, HOWEVER, I DID BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, A LITTLE BIT OVER $10 MILLION FOR THIS ITEM.
SO WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS, THIS IS WHAT WAS COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS FOR AUTHORIZATION OF THE 9.3 THAT WAS, UH, SUBMITTED ON THE AGENDA ITEM BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY DALLAS COUNTY.
SO WE STILL WOULD BE UNDER IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE THREE 9.3.
SO WE STILL HAVE BUDGETED RIGHT NOW IN OUR BUDGET FOR, UH, FY 27, A LITTLE BIT OVER $10 MILLION.
I I LOOK IF I'M MAKING A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEBODY AND THEY'RE, AND, AND WE WE'RE, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM THAT THEY DON'T THINK WE'RE TRYING TO, TO, UH, FOOL AROUND THAT WE, THE, THIS IS REALLY AN INCENTIVE TO GET THE, THE, THE TERMS OF THE DEAL FINALIZED AND THAT WE ARE GONNA TRUE UP THIS THING IN AN HONEST WAY AT A, AT A, AT THE RIGHT TIME, IN AN EFFICIENT WAY WHEN, WHEN WE GET THIS THING DONE AND WE WANT EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE I'D LIKE TO SEND TO THE COUNTY TO SAY, LOOK, WE, WE WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING HERE, BUT, BUT WE WANT TO GET TOGETHER.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, TO HAVE A GOAL AND LET'S SET SOME DEADLINES AND GET IT DONE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, WE DON'T NEED TO BE SPENDING A YEAR TO DO THIS STUFF, I DON'T THINK.
BUT AGAIN, UH, I'M, I'M COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
THIS IS NEW TO ME, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, THAT WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, A MORE STRINGENT, EFFICIENT, UM, DELIBERATE, UH, UH, FINALIZATION OF THIS SITUATION IF, IF WE CAN NOW THAT LOOK, YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN.
I DON'T, IIII WOULD HOPE THAT YOU, THAT Y'ALL WILL, WILL TRY TO, TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO MOTIVATE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY AND THAT WE'LL BE EFFICIENT IN TRYING TO GET THIS THING DONE.
I I WANTED TO KIND OF CLEAR IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
WE USUALLY GET THE NUMBERS FOR THE JAIL CONTRACT IN MAY, SO WE'LL BE PREPARED FOR THE COME BEFORE COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THOSE NUMBERS UNTIL LATE SEPTEMBER.
AND SO BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS SO MUCH CONFUSION BEFORE ON HOW THE NUMBERS WERE BEGINNING DERIVED, UH, THIS NEW PROCESS IS A LOT CLEARER EXCEPT THERE ARE NEW NUANCES IN THE NUMBERS THAT WE JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT.
AND ONCE WE DO THAT, WE SHOULD BE FINE.
THE, UM, THE THE NEW THIRD PARTY AUDIT THAT WE HAVE GOING THAT'S ABLE TO GIVE US OUR NUMBERS OR OUR ACTUAL NUMBERS, WHICH WE ARE GREAT WITH THAT, BUT THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS IN THERE THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY CAME FROM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING YES, WE WANNA APPROPRIATE FOR THE 9.3, BUT LET'S START WITH THE 8.5 THAT WE KNOW WE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE COULD PAY THE, THE REST AS WE GO.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY AS A CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION IS, SO UH, WE'RE FOR THE 9.3 VERSUS THE OTHER AMOUNT, WHEN ARE THOSE ACTUALLY DUE THAT AMOUNT? SO THE AMOUNTS, UH, COUNTY, ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT, WHICH IS AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE, IT STATES THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE A PRELIMINARY NUMBER BY MAY, MAY 15TH TO THE CITY FOR US TO REVIEW.
AND THEN WE HAVE A 45 DAY REVIEW PROCESS WHERE WE THEN HASH OUT BACK TO THE COUNTY AND HAVE OUR BACK AND FORTH ON THE NUMBERS AND THE COST FROM THERE.
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COME TO COUNCIL BEFORE COUNSEL IN, IN SEPTEMBER.USUALLY AFTER THE BUDGET IS IS ADOPTED TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT'S THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THAT UPCOMING YEAR? SO IS WHAT'S DUE THE 9.3 MILLION? THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WAS, UH, PRESENTED TO US HERE SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026.
SO THE DAY AFTER OUR BUDGET WAS ADOPTED.
ALRIGHT, I WANNA CLARIFY THAT THIS ITEM IS ABOUT AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS.
CORRECT? SO IF WE AUTHORIZE A HIGHER AMOUNT THAT WE STILL FEEL LIKE IS IN DISPUTE, WE'RE AUTHORIZING TO START MAKING PAYMENTS AGAINST THE HIGHER AMOUNT.
SO THE OTHER THING I LEARNED, I MEAN THIS CONTRACT AND WE ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY ON MY 14TH BIRTHDAY, IF THAT TELLS YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CONTRACT, UM, IS THAT IT'S AMORTIZED, SO WE TAKE THAT AMOUNT, IT'S NOT BASED ON TRUING UP EACH MONTH, CORRECT? IT IS, WE TAKE THE NUMBER AND WE MAKE THAT PAYMENT EACH MONTH.
SO THAT'S WHY THE ISSUE IS NOT TO DELAY, WHICH IS I BELIEVE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, BUT SHOW WE ARE A GOOD FAITH PARTNER AND WE WANT TO USE LAST YEAR'S NUMBER AS WE CLARIFY SOME OF THE OTHER POINTS MADE IN HERE, WHICH THE CONTRACT SPECIFIES THE PAYMENT METHODOLOGY AND UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH OUTLINED, BUT WE HAVE A DEFINITION AS YOU WENT INTO ABOUT WHEN IS IT A CITY PRISONER AND WHEN IS IT ACTUALLY A COUNTY PRISONER THAT WE JUST DELIVER? CORRECT.
AND WHO PAYS FOR THAT? YES MA'AM.
OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, THAT RECOMMENDATION, UM, THAT YOU ALL ARE, ARE MAKING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED ANY KIND OF APPROVAL AT THIS LEVEL ON THAT BECAUSE THE WHOLE COUNCIL WILL, WILL CONSIDER THIS TOMORROW, BUT IT, IT IS, UM, THERE'S SOME LAYERS TO IT, BUT, UH, I, I DO KNOW THAT UH, THE, THE MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, THAT HAVE TAKEN PART, WE WISH THEY COULD HAVE HAPPENED EIGHT MONTHS SOONER.
UM, THAT'S AN UNFORTUNATE DELAY, BUT THAT WAS NOT ON, UH, THE DPD SIDE OF THE FENCE.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN VIGOROUS ACTIVITY, UH, SINCE THAT TIME TO, TO RESOLVE THIS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
SO COLLEAGUES, WE'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THE MEMOS, UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ON MEMO F ABOUT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER.
AND I'LL JUST LOOK UP AND DOWN, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THESE NOW.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT PUBLIC SAFETY DASHBOARDS.
ITEM G DALLAS FIRE RESCUE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, MONTHLY UPDATE H, FLEET MAINTENANCE I AND THE FIRE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM.
J YOU ALL GIVE SUCH COMPLETE INFORMATION THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, ITEM K MARSHALL'S, HOMELESS ACTION RESPONSE TEAM.
ALRIGHT, ITEM LI DO WANNA CALL OUT ITS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK AND THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE THE PUBLIC IS INVITED INTO THE MUNICIPAL COURTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PUBLICIZE THIS NOVEMBER 2ND THROUGH SIXTH.
SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING FOR US TO INCLUDE IN OUR OWN NEWSLETTERS
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AND COMMUNICATIONS.AND THEN WE'VE GOT NEXT IS UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE WHILE WE HAVE OUR TEAM? ALRIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AT 3:17 PM THANK YOU.