[Public Safety Committee on October 10, 2023.]
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READY, UH, WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OCTOBER 10TH, 2023.
UM, WE ARE WAITING ON A QUORUM AND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DUTTON AND COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS TO ARRIVE.
SO WE WILL WAIT UNTIL ONE OF THEM ARRIVES AND, UH, START AGAIN ONCE THAT HAPPENS.
IN THE MEANTIME, SEAN WILL ENTERTAIN US WITH THE SONG.
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JULY 31ST, 2023 MEETING.
UH, DO YOU WANT A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WE DO NOT.
AND ITEM TWO, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE'LL DISCUSS THE IMPACT THAT HB THREE WILL HAVE ON THE GARLANDS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT HB THREE IS AND, UM, THEN WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY CHIEF BRIAN.
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UH, GOOD EVENING.SO, HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH IS PAST THE SESSION.
IT, IT'S MAIN PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE MORE, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE SCHOOLS.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THE LEGISLATURES ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TO CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE SAID SECURITY IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH T COLE AND OTHER AGENCIES TO COME UP WITH SOME REQUIRED TRAINING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT'LL BE PLACED IN THE SCHOOL.
AND THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE AND QUICK, UH, ANALYSIS OF THE BILL.
AM I BEING RECORDED? I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN HEAR MYSELF.
NO, THE LIGHTS AREN'T TURNING ON WHEN YOU'RE TALKING.
SO SHOULD I SAY EVERYTHING I SAID EARLIER OVER AGAIN?
THIS IS MARGARET LUT, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME CARISSA DUTTON TO THE MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT SIX.
WE ALSO HAVE CHIEF BRIAN AND A OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF HERE.
SO, UM, ON THE AGENDA, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 31ST, 2023 MEETING.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM SECOND AND I'LL, I'LL APPROVE.
ITEM TWO A IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
ITEM TWO B, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WILL DISCUSS THE IMPACT THAT HB THREE WILL HAVE ON THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM,
IF HE WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT THAT, PLEASE DO SO NOW,
SO, HOUSE BILL THREE WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATION, UH, THIS LAST SESSION.
AND VERY BASIC AND SIMPLE, UH, ANALYSIS OF WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT PROVIDES SECURITY IN THE SCHOOLS AND FUNDING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR SECURITY AND IMPOSES SOME TRAINING REGULATIONS, UH, WORKING WITH T COLE, WHICH, UH, DEALS WITH THE, THE POLICE OFFICERS ON SETTING UP TRAINING FOR THOSE THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE SCHOOL.
UM, SO THAT'S THE VERY BASIC BOTTOM LINE ANALYSIS OF THE BILL.
UH, CHIEF BRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THIS? SURE.
AND I'VE GOT A A, A SHORT ANSWER AND I'LL GIVE YOU A LONGER ANSWER.
UH, THE SHORT ANSWER, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF HOUSE BILL THREE ON THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT? THE SHORT ANSWER IS NONE, AT LEAST NOT RIGHT NOW.
UH, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS.
WE ARE ALREADY DOING THAT TRAINING, SO THAT DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING.
UH, AS FAR AS OUR TRAINING, UM, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOLS TO HAVE AN ARMED, I'LL SAY SECURITY GUARD.
THERE'S VARIOUS NAMES YOU CAN CALL, UH, THE ARMED PERSON, BUT WE'LL JUST CALL IT AN ARMED SECURITY GUARD IN THE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED, EQUIPPED, HIRED, TRAINED RIGHT NOW BY G I S D.
UH, I HAVE MET WITH G I S D, UM, AND WITH THEIR SECURITY TEAM.
THEY'VE KIND OF, WE'VE KIND OF GONE OVER THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
WE MAY ASSIST THEM WITH SOME OF THIS TRAINING, UH, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO IMPACT TO THE GARDEN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN DUTTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO NOT.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER.
SO AT FOUR 12, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.