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ON OUR AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
SO IF YOU COULD TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE MINUTES THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU.
LET US KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY THINGS THAT ARE TO BE MADE.
SHOULD BE THE SECOND, THE SECOND PAGE.
IT MAKES YOU, I'LL ALWAYS PRINT AND WHOLE PUNCH.
OH, LAST MONTH SINCE I WASN'T HERE.
NO, I MEAN, WHAT YOU HANDED OUT.
THANK YOU THAT I HAVE A COMPLETE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I WANT ME, I MEAN, IT SHOULD BE, IT SHOULD BE QUICKLY.
I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS READ.
ANY OPPOSED? UM, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO.
NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, PRESENTER, SPEAKERS, SPECIAL GUESTS THIS EVENING FROM BARLEY, THE GARLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE'VE GOT LIEUTENANT PEDRO, LIKE, DO I REALLY HAVE TO CALL YOU
AND, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR TWO? UH, THESE ARE TWO OF OUR FINEST NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS, OFFICER DANIEL RIVAS AND OFFICER CARL CARSON.
UH, THEY ARE AND BEEN PART OF THIS PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT.
BUT I MEAN, THEY DO PHENOMENAL JOB SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SIDE.
WELL, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE ALL HAVE, I THINK THERE'S FIVE FELLOW OUTS, UH, THAT THEY PROVIDED FOR US.
UM, CAN I STAND? IS THAT OKAY? SURE.
MY, I'M LIEUTENANT PEDRO BARO.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 23 YEARS.
UH, I'VE BEEN THE, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE LAST CALL ON 11 YEARS, JULY 11 YEARS.
AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IN LAYMAN'S TERMS AND NOT BE THAT WITH SPOKESPERSON FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WHENEVER THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, UH, I TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, WITH THE MEDIA AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T JUST STOP THERE.
I'M ALSO OVER OUR COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIVISION, WHICH IS VERY INVOLVED WITH PROMOTING THE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS WAYS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, AND SO I'M GONNA, ALRIGHT, NEXT ONE.
SO, A FEW THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS, FIRST OF ALL, OUR CORE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT WE ACTUALLY OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE AND ACTUALLY, UH, YOUR BENEFIT.
AND SO I'LL GO DOWN THERE REAL QUICK.
SO, FINGERPRINTING, UH, THE RESIDENTIAL LOCKBOX PROGRAM ARE SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM, AS WELL AS OUR VACATION WASH PROGRAM.
NOW, THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AT HAND.
UH, PEOPLE SOMETIMES WITH FINGERPRINTS, WE OFFER THAT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S USUALLY ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS WHERE WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER WHO ACTUALLY SITS UP AT THE FRONT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY.
AND FOR A COST THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET FINGERPRINTS ACTUALLY DONE PROFESSIONALLY TO WHERE, UH, CERTAIN EMPLOYERS AND ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRE THOSE.
AND YOU CAN GET IT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY, UH, USE IT TO BENEFIT THEM AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT, AS ANY OTHER TYPE OF, UH, OR BACKGROUND TYPE OF STUFF.
SO OUR RESIDENTIAL LOCKBOX PROGRAM, I WANNA ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, OFFICER RE AND CARL CARSON ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER PROGRAM.
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REAL QUICK, THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER PROGRAM, IF YOU LIVE INUH, BUT THEY'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIMES THAT ARE OCCURRING AND ALSO WAYS TO PREVENT THOSE KIND OCCURRED.
SO I LET, I'M GONNA HAVE THEM JUST TALK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM JUST BRIEFLY.
UH, LIEUTENANT SAID, I'M OFFICER REVA, UH, IT'S OFFICER CARSON AND WE HANDLE THE LOCKBOX PROGRAM.
UH, IT'S A FREE PROGRAM THAT THE, THE CITY YOU OFFERS.
AND BASICALLY WHAT IT IS OF WHO QUALIFIES FOR IT, IT'S GONNA BE IF YOU ARE 65 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, YOU LIVE ALONE OR YOU'RE ALONE, UH, FREQUENT TIMES.
UH, OR IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION, THAT POT IS POTENTIALLY INCAPACITATING AND YOU LIVE ALONE OR ARE ALONE ON A FREQUENT BASIS.
SO THOSE ARE TWO QUALIFIERS FOR IT.
UH, LIKE I SAID, IT IS A FREE PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OFFERS.
UH, WE HAVE APPLICATIONS HERE, SIMPLE APPLICATION.
WE, WE JUST REQUIRE THAT YOU PUT OUT YOUR INFORMATION, WE NEED YOUR MEDICAL, UH, PHYSICIAN'S INFORMATION AND TWO, UH, EMERGENCY CONTACTS.
UH, AND THEN MYSELF OR OFFICER CARSON WILL COME OUT AND INSTALL IT.
IT, I MEAN, I'VE GOTTEN DOWN HALF NOW.
I THINK I CAN INSTALL ONE IN LIKE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
UM, I DO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.
SO THE WAY, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIVIDES THE CITY IS WE GOT A NORTH AND A SOUTH.
SO EVERYTHING SOUTH OF MILLER WOULD BE OFFICER CARSON AND ANYTHING NORTH MILLER, ONLY FIRE WHEEL ONLY TO ORDERING RICHARDSON, THAT'S GONNA BE ME.
UM, SO ANY APPLICATION THAT COME THROUGH, UM, WHETHER IT'S AT THE FRONT DESK OR IT COMES DIRECTLY TO ME, SOMETIMES PEOPLE SEND IT TO OFFICER CARSON AND HE'LL CHECK THE ADDRESS AND THEY'LL SEND IT RIGHT OVER TO ME.
UM, I'LL CONTACT YOU OR THE PERSON WHO, WHO APPLIES FOR IT, WE'LL GET A GOOD DATE AND I'LL JUST GO OUT THERE AND, AND, UH, FILL IT OUT.
UM, ONE THING THAT HAPPENS A LOT THAT I WON'T BE HOME, BUT THERE'S KIND OF LIKE CONFLICT WITH THE SCHEDULES.
I'VE HAD PEOPLE DROP THEIR KEY OFF AT THE FRONT DESK.
I JUST GRAB IT FROM THE FRONT DESK, I INSTALL IT.
WHAT WOULD GO IN THE LOCK, LOCK BOX? OH, SO THIS IS WHAT THE LOCK BOX LOOKS LIKE.
SO THIS LOCK BOX IS GONNA GET, IT TAKES, THERE'S TWO LITTLE HOLES THAT WE'RE GONNA DRILL INTO SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S A BREAK, IT COULD, UM, UH, IT COULD BE THE WOOD, WHATEVER, WHEREVER, WHEREVER WE CHOOSE.
WHEN WE DECIDE THAT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, A GOOD SPOT FOR IT.
UM, A KEY FOR YOUR FRONT DOOR WILL BE IN ERROR.
SO YOU WON'T HAVE THE PIN TO IT.
UM, THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S GONNA HAVE THE PIN IS THE OFFICER THAT'S INSTALLING IT, ONE US TWO.
AND WHAT HAPPENS ONCE WE INSTALL IT, WE PUT THE KEY IN THERE, I LOCK IT, HE LOCKS IT, THEN I GO BACK TO THE STATION AND THEN I PUT ALL YOUR INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO GOD FORBID YOU DO HAVE TO USE IT.
YOU CALL 9 1 1, YOU FELL DOWN, WHATEVER CASE GONNA BE, UH, THE DISPATCH WILL PULL UP YOUR, YOUR, UH, ADDRESS AND IT'LL ALL MAY COME OUT TO A LOCKBOX MEMBER AND THE PIN NUMBER WILL BE THERE AND THEY'LL GIVE IT TO YOU, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICERS THAT ARE RESPONDING THIS WAY, IT MAKES IT QUICKER FOR US TO GET INSIDE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DAMAGE THE DOOR OR ANYTHING INSIDE.
BUT YOU SAID THIS WAS FREE, FREE, TOTALLY FREE.
IT, IT, IT CAN GET A LITTLE COSTLY FOR, UH, IF YOU DO IT, LIKE THERE'S PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT DO IT.
UM, OTHER CITIES WILL CHARGE TO DO IT ALSO.
WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, KEYS INSTEAD? PRICE NUMBERS IN.
CAN THE KEY JUST BE GIVEN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? I'VE HAD, I HAD A SITUATION WHERE SOMEBODY, UH, INSTALLED THEIR OWN, UH, THEY WENT TO THE THIRD PARTY, INSTALLED THEIR OWN KEY BOX.
UM, WHAT I, WHAT I DID IS WE, I, WELL THAT'S NOT EXACTLY SIMILAR TO, TO THE KEY BOX.
I, UH, HAD THE DISPATCHERS JUST PUT THAT CODE IN THERE.
UM, AND HEY, IF WE RESPOND, IT'LL STILL COME UP.
THERE'S A SPECIAL CAUTION NOTES AND IT'LL SAY, HEY, UM, THE CODE TO THE THIRD PARTY BOX IS THIS AND IT'S IN THERE.
SO MA'AM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST A LOCK, NOT A LOCKBOX, BUT, SO IF YOU CALL OUR DISPATCH, THEY'LL PUT THE NOTES IN.
SO IT'S ONLY FOR POLICE AND PHARMACY.
SO WHENEVER THEY GET DISPATCH, THAT CODE IS EMITTED ONTO THE CALL SHEET.
THEY'LL JUST HAVE TO CALL IT IN.
DO THEY HAVE TO BE PART OF THE LOG BOX PROGRAM? HAVE THAT KEY CODE ENTERED THE ACTUAL DISPATCH CENTER? NO, NO, THERE'S NO APPLICATION.
THAT'S JUST WITH THE SECOND SIDE DEAL.
IT'S JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE ALL, SOME OF THESE, UH, LOCATIONS HAVE SPECIAL NOTES AND THINGS LIKE THAT REGARDING THE STRUCTURE OR THE PERSON THAT LIVES THERE OR WHATEVER.
THAT WOULD JUST BE CONSIDERED AN ADDITIONAL NOTE THAT MAY BE PUT INTO THE RESIDENCE.
FOR INSTANCE, APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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WE HAVE THE CODES TO GET IN THE, INTO THE GATE AND THOSE AREN'T SPECIAL CODES.AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE LOCKBOX PROGRAM IS ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMES ONLY.
UM, CONDOMINIUMS, APARTMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IF YOU GET A CALL FOR A WELFARE CHECK REQUEST, WOULD YOU USE THE BOX TO GET IN IF THEY DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR? UH, IT'LL DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, IT'S MAINLY FOR EMERGENCIES.
AND UH, JUST TO KIND OF PICK UP ON THAT, UH, WHEN YOU DO THE LOCKBOX MM-HMM
UM, ONLY THE POLICE AND THE FIRE WILL HAVE THAT CODE.
NO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, UTILITIES CODE COMPLIANCE OR WHATEVER WILL HAVE THAT CODE.
UM, BUT IT'S ALL GONNA DEPEND ON THE INITIAL CALL ITSELF.
UH, IF IT WARRANTS AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE OR SOME SORT OF, UH, WHAT WE CALL IT A SAFETY CHECK OR, OR WHATEVER, THEN WE MAY USE IT.
IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON THE, THE CALL ITSELF AND THE HISTORY OF THE RESIDENCE.
IF WE SAY, PLEASE USE IT TO, IF I CALL YOU AND MY HUSBAND'S NOT ANSWERING AND USE IT HOME AND I SAY, PLEASE USE THE CODE, DON'T WAIT FOR EXTENSION CONTROL CIRCUMSTANCES.
JUST BECAUSE GO HELP YOURSELF.
AND LOOK THE DISHWASHER WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
BUT SIMPLE PROGRAM SAID JUST A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND SOME KEYS.
DO Y'ALL KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD HOW MANY RESIDENTS UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM? RIGHT? I DO NOT.
I MEAN THIS, UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME THAT I'VE DONE AND THESE ARE THE ONES I'VE DONE IN JUST THE LAST LIKE THREE MONTHS.
SO WE GOTTA GET A GOOD AMOUNT.
AND WHERE EXACTLY DO YOU PUT THE BOX? IS IT, THAT'S DISCRETION? UM, IT'S GONNA BE PUT, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER TWO THINGS.
UH, THE LOCATION OF THE BOX AS FAR AS WHERE IT'S NOT VERY VISIBLE TO ANYBODY ELSE.
UH, THE BOX REALLY CAN'T BE BROKEN, UH, OR DEFEATED TO GET THE KEY TAKEN.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY BETTER OFF JUST BREAKING YOUR DOOR INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FEED THE BOX.
BUT WE DO CONSIDER THE LOCATION TO WHERE NOBODY ELSE SEES IT, SO GET SOMEBODY ELSE'S ATTENTION.
UM, AND ANOTHER PLACE IS JUST EASE OF ACCESS FOR US.
UH, ALSO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IT SOMEWHERE SAFELY WHERE WE'RE NOT GONNA DAMAGE YOUR STRUCTURE IN ANY WAY AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WILL KNOW THAT LOCATION OF THE BOX IS POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE ON THEIR COMPUTERATED DISPATCH NOTES.
YOU EVER HAD A RESIDENT REQUEST THE ACCESS CODE TO DISPATCH JUST TO GET IN THEIR OWN HOUSE? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A KEY.
HAVE, UH, LT, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
UH, THE RESIDENT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE PASSCODE PASSCODE, SO IT'S JUST POLICE DEPART AND Y'ALL WILL NOT DISCLOSE IT.
YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE KEY OR IF YOU NEED TO REMOVE IT OR WHATEVER, JUST KEEP WITH US AND, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
THEY SAY, YEAH, DON'T NO LONGER APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM.
UH, SO HEY, WE'D LIKE THE BOX REMOVED.
THEY'LL COME OUT AND REMOVE IT.
GIVE THE KEY BACK TO THE RESIDENT AND PERFECT.
BUT GOD FORBID IF HE'S MISSING IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
UH, SO THE NEXT PROGRAM IS A SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LIKE, UH, WHAT'S CALLED TAKE ME HOME WHERE SOMEBODY WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES, UH, IS GOES MISSING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S LIKE A, I GUESS THERE'S A, IT'S ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM IN A WAY TO, TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THAT PERSON IS MISSING.
AND OF THAT EFFECT, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE FACT THAT IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE, UH, A FAMILY MEMBER OR A RESIDENT OR HOUSE WITH A MENTAL DISABILITY OR DISORDER WHERE THEY WOULD BECOME HEIGHTENED OR RESPOND IN A, UH, NEGATIVE FASHION, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARISE, UH, ARRIVE TO THEIR HOME OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND SO THIS ALLOWS THE PERSON, BECAUSE THIS ALL HAPPENED BACK WHEN, UH, THERE WAS SO MANY USE OF FORCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WERE, PEOPLE WERE ARGUING WHETHER OR NOT A POLICE OFFICER SHOULD RESPOND TO SOMEBODY SUFFER FROM BUSINESS DISABILITY.
OKAY? NOW WE ARE ALL TRAINED, UH, AND CERTIFIED TO RESPOND TO THOSE SITUATIONS.
BUT THIS IS ALSO ONE STEP FURTHER TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.
SAY I HAVE A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY THAT, UH, THEY'VE HAD, THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF DISORDER AND THIS DISORDER OR AN AUDIBLE DISORDER THAT THEY CAN BECOME HEIGHTENED OR, UH, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEIR PERSONALITIES WILL CHANGE BASED ON SEEING FLASHING LIGHTS OR HEARING SIRENS OR THINGS OF THAT EFFECT.
AND SO, UH, THERE'S NOT AN APPLICATION FOR THIS.
YOU HAVE TO CALL AND SPEAK TO OUR, UH, OUR, OUR MENTAL HEALTH, UH,
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CLINICIAN, UH, KATIE GORSKY TO SEE IF YOU QUALIFY.AND SO, UH, THEY HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO ASK REGARDING, HEY, WHAT KIND OF SYMPTOMS, WHAT KIND OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT.
AND OF COURSE, IF IT QUALIFIES, THEN THEY WILL ACTUALLY ENTER THAT IN INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM.
SO IF AN OFFICER GETS DISPATCHED TO A LOCATION FOR A DOMESTIC OR A THEFT OR UH, ANY KIND OF THING ON AT THAT LOCATION, THEN THE CALL NOTES WILL RISE, KIND OF LIKE A BLOCK BOX.
THEY'LL ACTUALLY SEE THE CALL THAT WAS IN THEIR COMPUTER AND IT'LL BE ACTUALLY READ TO THEM FROM DISPATCH SAYING, HEY, BE ADVISED, THE PEOPLE AT THIS LOCATION ARE, UH, HAVE CONCERNS OF INTERACTING WITH POLICE OR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL.
UH, AND THEY INCLUDE ANY KIND OF INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, UH, ANY KIND OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS THAT IF THEY, UH, ENCOUNTER POLICE IN UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU MAY GET AN ACTUAL NEGATIVE RESPONSE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST PUT THE BALL ON THE COURSE OF SOME RESIDENTS IN REGARDS TO, UH, BEING PROACTIVE AND PARTNERING WITH US SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, UH, THAT WE CAN RESPOND, UH, APPROPRIATELY WITH THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE.
IS THIS SPECIFICALLY LINKED TO THE HOME ADDRESS OR TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME? SO SAY THEY'RE AT A NEARBY PARK AND POLICE ARE CALLED ON THAT ADDRESS.
YES, BUT THEY ALLOW, THEY, WHEN THEY DO, THEY PROVIDE THE INFORMATION OF THE PERSON WITH THAT DISABILITY.
SO THERE IS, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE OFFICER MAY BE ABLE TO FIND IT IN A SYSTEM.
'CAUSE THERE'S A DATABASE THAT WE ACTUALLY TRACK OF THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS.
BUT IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO A LOCATION.
IS THAT ON YOUR CBT, YOU HAVE ACCESS FROM YOUR CBT? SO IN YES.
SO WHENEVER WE GET DISPATCHED TO A CALL, UM, IT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION, WHAT KIND OF CALL, WHAT KINDA EMERGENCY IS THE ADDRESS, WHO'S CALLING IF THERE'S A CALLER, AS WELL AS THE NOTES THAT THE CALLER'S GIVEN TO THE ACTUAL CALL TAKER IN REGARDS TO ALL THAT STUFF.
AND IN THERE WE ALWAYS HAVE CAUTION NOTES.
FOR INSTANCE, I MEAN, IF THERE'S A LOCKBOX IN THERE, SAY, HEY, BUY, THERE'S A LOCKBOX IN LOCATION, CODE NUMBER IS THIS.
SO IF YOU NEED TO MAKE ENTRY, THIS IS THE CODE.
AND THE SAME SITUATION WOULD COME UP WITH THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM, UH, TO WHICH IF, UH, THERE IS SOMEBODY LIKE THAT HOME WHO COULD, UH, BECOME ACTIVATED BY THE SITE OF POLICE OR OTHER IMMER PERSONNEL, THEN THOSE NOTES WILL PLOP UP.
VERSUS NAME IS THIS, THIS DESCRIBED AS THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, AND SO FORTH.
THAT WAY THE A CAN BE AWARE PRIOR TO, UH, MAKING CONTACT.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS FOR THAT OBVIOUSLY, IS THE FACT THAT THE, THE DEESCALATION IS THE KEY THING.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF EMERGENCY IS CAN MENTAL EMERGENCY OR AN ACTUAL CRIME IN PROGRESS.
THE FIRST WAS CALLED 9 1 1 AND HE WAS THE RESPONDERS THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE.
AND SO WE WANNA BE BEST, BETTER PREPARED.
UH, THE MORE WE KNOW PRIOR TO ARRIVE ON SCENE, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE TO ACTUALLY COME.
IT'S NOT, MOST OF THE TIME WE GO INTO A SCENE BLIND ONLY WITH WHAT'S BEING TOLD TO US OVER THE PHONE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THIS, WHEN PEOPLE ARE CALLING AND EXPLAINING THINGS OVER THE PHONE, THEY ARE IN AN EMERGENCY STATE, SO THEY MAY NOT BE PROVIDING INFORMATION CLEARLY.
AND THERE'S ONLY A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THAT IS ACTUALLY SHARED TO THE OFFICERS AS THEY'RE ARRIVING.
UH, DO YOU MIND TAKING COPIES OF THESE PLEASE? I BASEBALL THE BUDDY LEE MINE, HIS
I WOULD LOVE TO PASS THESE OUT.
BUT ALSO WHEN HERE, SO WE CAN HAVE THE REST OF THESE HERE AS WELL.
WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT A DI DIFFICULTY AT OUR PARK OR WHATEVER, I WAS UNAWARE THAT I, THEY ISSUED IDS NOW, UM, CAN BE LABELED COMMUNICATION IMPAIRED.
UM, WHEN MY, I TOOK MY SON TO GET HIS NEW ID AND IT SAID THEY HAD, THEY PUT IT ACROSS THE TOP.
AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THEN IF WE EVER GET STOPPED AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CHECK ID AND THEY'LL KNOW THAT IT'S NOT THAT HE'S BEING UNCOOPERATIVE, IT'S THAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
AND I MEAN THOSE ID HELP US OUT.
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PERSON.
WE WILL TREAT THE SITUATION, UH, IN A MANNER TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE UNTIL WE CAN CALM EVERYTHING DOWN AND DETERMINE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
AND SO MANY TIMES THERE'S PEOPLE ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND LIKE THAT, THAT ACTUALLY, UH, BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE ERRATIC, RIGHT? TRYING TO GET THINGS DONE AS SAP THINKING THAT WE KNOW EVERYTHING.
AND REMEMBER, UNDERSTAND THAT WE GO INTO 99% OF OUR, UH, CALLS WITH NO INFORMATION AT ALL.
WELL, AND TWO, WITH THE, IF IT'S ON YOUR CALL NOTES, THAT IF THEY'RE THE FIRE IN A HOME AND THEY GET THE TWO, THE, THEY THINK TWO PEOPLE ARE THERE AND ONE PERSON WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY IS NOT GONNA GET UP OUT OF THEIR BED TO GO TO THE DOOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? ALRIGHT, SO THE LAST ONE IS VACATION WATCH.
UH, SO DAR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE OFFER A VACATION WATCH PROGRAM.
I ACTUALLY HANDED OUT THE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT.
AND SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE US, I THINK IT'S TWO WEEK MORNING TYPE DEAL OR SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR DEPARTURE AND PROVIDING US INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR HOME, UH, UH, INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT THE CHECK AND THINGS OF THAT EFFECT.
AND WE ACTUALLY, WE OURSELVES DO NOT CHECK.
AND WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
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OUR OFFICER, THOSE ALL VOLUNTEER OFFICERS ARE THE ONES THAT GO AROUND IN A FULLY MARKED POLICE CAR AND THEY'RE WEARING, UH, UNIFORMS WITH A LIGHT BLUE SHIRT.SO THEY ARE IDENTIFIABLE, BUT THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT THEY AREN'T DRIVING A FULLY MARKED POLICE OFFICER, UH, VEHICLE.
AND THEY GO TO THE HOUSE, THEY WALK AROUND, THEY'RE MADE AWARE OF EMERGENCY CONTACTS, FAMILIES IN CONTACT, AND THINGS THAT EFFECT, UH, GOD FORBID THEY ARRIVE, THERE'S A CRACKED WINDOW OR A BROKEN WINDOW OR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE ACTUAL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY CHECKING.
THEY'LL, THEY WILL ACTUALLY MAKE THE PHONE CALL, CALL POLICE IMMEDIATELY TO GO RESPOND TO THE SCENE AND INVESTIGATE THAT.
AND SO IF YOU'RE GOING OUTTA TOWN FOR A WEEK, TWO WEEKS, A MONTH, UM, THERE'S SOME STIPULATIONS ON THERE.
BUT, UH, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE IN EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON HERE, HERE IN GARLAND.
WE WANNA MAKE, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, THEY DON'T KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS AND SO, BUT THEY TRUST THE POLICE.
SO IDEALLY, WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS DO WHEN THEY TALK AT THESE, UH, CRIME WATCH GROUPS.
YOU KNOW, THE BEST DETERRENT FOR ANY KIND OF, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OF DIVERTING KIND OF CRIME IS TO GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND BE A PROACTIVE COMMUNITY.
YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING THAT CLICHE IS SO TRUE TODAY.
YOU KNOW, MOST CRIMINALS, THEY WANNA BE OUTTA SIGHT OUT OF MIND.
HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT SPAN TOGETHER AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THEIR SURROUND, THEY KNOW WHO, UH, THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE AND THEY KNOW WHAT THIS ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKE AND WHEN TO CALL THE POLICE, THEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING, UH, LESS OF A VICTIM THAN OTHERS WHERE THERE'S NO PROACTIVITY AT ALL.
AND SO, AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE VACATION WATCH, THEN ONE OF THE OTHER BIGGEST THINGS IS HAVING A MARKED SQUAD CAR GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST DETERMINANTS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE.
Y'ALL REALLY STILL USE MAPSCO
HEY, HEY, IF I KNOW ABOUT IT, IT'S DATA.
I HAVEN'T SEEN A MAP STORE IN HOUR, WE TRAIN.
WHEN I TRAINED, THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET AROUND.
THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A CELL PHONE.
I HAD LIKE A FLIP PHONE WHEN I STARTED, SO I HAD A PHONE ON A WALL.
TOM, WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNICATION.
WE BUILT A TRUCK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
WHERE THEY LET THE HO MEMBERS KNOW.
WE BRING IN THEIR TRASH CANS THAT THEY COULDN'T BRING IN.
WE STARTED PARKING SOME OF OUR CARS IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.
SO THAT ALWAYS LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE'S OWN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, IF YOU ACTUALLY, DOES ANYONE IN HERE HAVE A CRIME WATCH IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION? OKAY.
CRIME WATCH HOAS THEIR OVERLAP.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE IS, I MEAN, HOAS, THERE'S BYLAWS, THERE'S RULES FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
CRIME LAWS IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND KNOWING WHEN AND, AND WHERE TO PROMOTE.
AND SO, AND THESE GUYS ARE HERE AND THEY ACTUALLY VERY PROACTIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT, HEY, LAST MONTH THIS IS WHAT KIND OF CRIMES WE HAD.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE AN HOA OR CRIME WATCH GROUP, PLEASE CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER, WHICH IS ON THE WEBSITE.
EVERYTHING'S RIGHT THERE@GARLANDPOLICE.COM.
SO YOU CAN GO TO GARLAND POLICE.COM ON THE HOMEPAGE, THERE'S SEVERAL BUTTONS ON THERE.
AND ONE OF THEM IS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, AND THE OTHER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR NPO.
AND SO IT'S ALL INTERRELATED RIGHT THERE.
AND SO WE WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO KNOW.
AND HERE'S THE REALITY ABOUT LIFE.
THE REASON WHY NOT EVERYONE KNOWS IS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED OF THEIR OWN LIVES.
THEY'VE GOT KIDS OR FAMILIES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING OR THEY'RE TRAVELING.
AND SO THE LAST THING ON THEIR MIND IS THE POLICE AND GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE POLICE AND THINKING ABOUT THINGS OF THAT EFFECT BECAUSE THEY'RE SO BUSY WORKING FROM ONE THING TO THE NEXT.
AND THE ONLY TIME, TYPICALLY WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT POLICE, ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED TO THEM OR SOMEONE THEY KNOW.
AND SO THEY SAY, WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS DO WE HAVE? WE WANNA MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO FIND THOSE PROGRAMS. THE NS, DO THEY CRUISE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD? LIKE, UH, UNDERCOVER? HE'S WHAT? YOU GUYS SEEN ANYBODY? YEAH.
SO AS FAR AS RECOGNIZING US, WE'RE GONNA LOOK JUST LIKE THE REGULAR PATROL OFFICER.
WE GOT THE SAME CAR, SAME EVERYTHING.
WE WILL TYPICALLY PATROL WHEN WE'RE NOT ON AN ASSIGNMENT FOR A PROJECT OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF OUR, UH, JOB DESCRIPTION IS FOLLOWING UP ON COMPLAINTS AND PROJECTS AND INVESTIGATION.
SO WE WILL PATROL WHEN WE CAN.
TYPICALLY LEFT UP TO, UH, THE PATROL DIVISION OF POTENTIAL PATROL.
KIND OF MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? UM, UH, YES, WE WILL OCCASIONALLY BE IN REGULAR CLOTHES, UNMARKED CARS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO YOU WON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE'RE THERE SOMETIMES.
ONE OF THE WAY THEY EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DO IS THE FACT THAT, SO PATROL THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO RESPOND
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TO THE EMERGENCY.NINE ONE ONE CALL COMES IN OR A NON-EMERGENCY CALL COMES IN.
THEIR JOB IS TO GO TO THAT CALL THAT, THAT WAS JUST CALLED IN.
NOW THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.
THEIR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS VERY NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC AND FOCUS, WHAT KIND OF CRIMES REQUIREMENT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT KIND OF CRIME PREVENTION TACTICS DO I NEED TO, UH, IMPLEMENT SO I CAN ACTUALLY REDUCE THE CRIME OR WHAT KIND OF CRIME RETURN THAT I NEED TO WORK TO SOLVE.
AND SO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF, IF THE BI, IF THE CITY BECOMES SO BUSY AND THERE'S CALLS EVERYWHERE, THEY WILL JUMP ON THE PHONE.
THEY, THEY WILL, THEY WILL START JUMPING CALLS AND THAT THEY WON'T BE DISPATCHED, BUT THEY WILL GET ON THE REGULAR HAND.
I'LL TAKE THAT CALL, I'LL TAKE THAT.
SO WE HAVE NUMEROUS OFFICERS DOING THE, THE SHIFTS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY, UH, GOING UP.
AND I, SAME FOR OUR GANG, UH, UNIT, UH, OUR TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS AS WELL.
THOSE ARE ALL UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT AND THEY'LL GO OUT THERE AND HELP OUT WHEN NECESSARY.
IF THERE IS A LARGE SCALE EVENT, LIKE A LOT OF PATROL OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD VISOR IT WAS, UH, POLICE OFFICERS FOR A WHILE AND WE'LL GET A PHONE CALL, SAY, HEY, I NEED NPOS TO CHECK SERVICE AND, AND SERGEANT
AND SO, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST SAID, BIG, BIG DEAL.
THEN BASICALLY DISPATCH JUST IMMEDIATELY START CALLING THEIR NUMBER AND SENDING THEM AND CALL AS WELL.
SO WE'VE WORKED VERY WELL, WILL MACHINING AS FAR AS GETTING OUT THERE AND SOLVING CRIME.
BUT IF THERE'S A MAJOR PROBLEM IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE GUYS CAN SIT OUT THERE FOR EIGHT HOURS, 12 HOURS AND ACTUALLY, AND IRON OUT THAT PROBLEM.
I CAN TELL YOU THE BETTER YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MPO, THE BETTER.
BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES OFFICER POPE WOULD PARK IN FRONT OF A HOUSE AND SAY, TELL ME WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS HOUSE? THIS HOUSE
SO THAT WAS BE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ACTUALLY BENEFIT YOU GUYS AS WELL.
NOW THESE ALL BENEFIT YOU, BUT THESE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.
SO WE GOT DEPARTMENT MANAGERS THAT GO THROUGH REAL QUICK, AND I'M GONNA KIND OF GO BACK TO 'EM.
SO APARTMENT MANAGER GROUPS, NPOS, THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, CRIME STOPPERS, LAW TECH HIGH PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH, WHICH IS ALSO THE NPOS.
UH, WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED UNIS, WHICH MEANS UNITED SPANISH SPANISH PROGRAM.
WE DO IN THAT OFFER INFORMATION IN SPANISH, UH, VOLUNTEERS AND POLICING, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE, THE GATEWAY TO, UH, BEING A VOLUNTEER.
UH, UH, ACTUALLY THIS IS A GATEWAY TO BECOME A VOLUNTEER IN POLICING THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.
THEN WE HAVE A VIDEO CRIME WATCH PROGRAM.
THE DEPART MANAGER GROUP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH PROGRAM ARE ACTUALLY RUN BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S, THEY GO TO THESE, THE, THE MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THEY'RE TALK TO PEOPLE MONTHLY, BIMONTHLY, OR QUARTERLY.
AND THEY'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CRIME IS OCCURRING.
AND TO YOUR POINT, IF THESE MEETINGS, SOME PEOPLE, THEY MAY SEE SOMETHING COME ON TIME, I KNOW YOU GOOD.
UM, SOMETIMES PEOPLE HESITATE TO CALL THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAY, I DON'T WANNA BOTHER THE POLICE.
I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A BIG ENOUGH DEAL TO, TO REALLY MAKE A REPORT.
AND SO WE TRY TO EDUCATE THE, THE PUBLIC THAT, HEY, IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, PLEASE REPORT IT.
IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T INVESTIGATE.
NOW, FOR THOSE WHO STILL HESITATE, THESE PROGRAMS ARE AMAZING BECAUSE MANY TIMES, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK TO A GROUP, AND THEN AT THE VERY END OF THE PROGRAM, PEOPLE COME TO US, SAY, HEY, ASK SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS HOUSE.
HEY, I HAVE, UH, SOMETHING THAT I, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER HERE.
AND SO WE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
WE NEED THOSE PROGRAM WITH ANOTHER ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY GET SAME INFORMATION FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPACTFUL TO ACTUALLY BE FACE TO FACE.
BECAUSE MANY TIMES, LIKE I SAID, MOST PEOPLE, WHEN THEY SEE A POLICE OFFICER, THE FIRST, THAT INTERACTION IS A NEGATIVE INTERACTION BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF, UH, EMERGENCY EVENT.
AND SO THESE PROGRAMS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK TO OUR PUBLIC ARE PHENOMENAL.
AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS BECAUSE NOW YOU SEE A PERSON AND NOW YOU'RE TALKING TO ME AND YOU'RE ASKING ME QUESTIONS AND I'M HELPING YOU OUT AND I'M PUTTING YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONCIERGE FOR THIS ENTIRE CITY.
WE ARE THE FIRST FIRST RESPONDERS WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING INFORMATION THAT COULD KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.
AND SO WE NEED TO CONTINUALLY WORK TOGETHER.
AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO THAT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY KNOW US, UH, AS A PERSON AS OPPOSED TO JUST A UNIFORM.
SO, UM, CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, THAT IS A PROGRAM IN WHICH YOU GET TO SPEND 14 WEEKS LEARNING ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, THE INS AND OUTS.
YOU CAN HEAR EVERY SINGLE DIVISION, UH, PATROL DIVISION OR DETECTIVES, UM, NOT JUST DETECTIVES, BUT DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS, THE YOUTH CRIMES UNIT, UH, PROPERTY CRIMES.
YOU GET TO HEAR FROM OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IA, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A POLICE OFFICER DOES SOMETHING BAD, RIGHT? UH, YOU HEAR FROM MANDATED POLICE OFFICERS CANINE OUR, OUR HELICOPTER
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SWAT BOMB, UH, PATROL US PIO.YOU GET TO HEAR EVERYTHING AND THEN YOU GET TO DO TOURS AND SPEND TIME RIGHT ALONG WITH THE POLICE OFFICER OBSERVING DISPATCH.
UH, YOU GET TO GO THROUGH OUR REALITY BASED TRAINING FACILITY AND DO SCENARIOS AND SHOOT OUR AMMUNITION, GUNS, AND YOU GET TO DRIVE OUR CARS
OKAY? EVERYONE LOVES THAT PART.
SO YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.
UH, THE REASON WHY THAT'S THE PREREQUISITE IS TO BECOMING A VOLUNTEER IS BECAUSE NOW YOU HAVE TO DO A BACKGROUND CHECK.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT LIKE SOMEBODY JUST STOP POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, YOU KNOW, ATTACK.
BUT ONLY WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATES SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHERE DO YOU WANNA VOLUNTEER.
AND SO WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING VOLUNTEERS AS WELL.
AND SOME OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS ARE THE VACATION WATCH, UH, FOLKS, UH, LOCKE GARLAND CRIME STOPPERS, UH, GAR CRIME STOPPERS, THE 5 0 1 C3, UH, THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY THAT IS RUN BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S THE ALUMNI THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY JOIN, WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT YOU CAN JOIN AFTERWARDS.
AND THEY SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
GARLAND CRIME STOPPER, SAME THING.
THEY SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY PROVIDE REWARDS FOR TIPS.
SO TYPICALLY RELY ON THOSE THAT ARE IN THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT TO SNITCH ON THEIR NOT.
MONEY'S OFF, YOU KNOW? AND SO, UH, YOU'LL SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE ON A PRESS RELEASE THAT I SEND OUT, IF ANYONE INFORMATION CALLED THE WRONG POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY REMAIN ANONYMOUS BY CALLING
TIPS OF UP TO $5,000, UH, IS OFFERED.
UM, WE RECENTLY HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE FBI NOT TOO LONG AGO.
HAS ANYBODY EVER SEEN THAT AT ALL? OKAY.
UH, SO WE HAD A, A SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2021 BY A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO KILLED TWO PEOPLE INJURED A FOURTH.
OKAY? SO CRIME STOPPERS CAN ONLY OFFER UP TO $5,000.
UH, BUT THEY CAN RAISE MONEY THAT SAY, HEY, I WANT TO DONATE $5,000 FOR THIS SPECIFIC CRIME.
SO WE HAD IT ALL THE WAY UP TO $20,000 AND PEOPLE DONATING FOR THAT.
WELL, THE FBI CAME IN FINALLY AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE WANNA OFFER AN ADDITIONAL $50,000.
AND SO WE HOSTED OUR JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE AND WE ANNOUNCED NOW A TOTAL $70,000 OFFERED FOR THE ARREST OF THIS KID WHO'S NOW AN ADULT.
YEAH, THEY GET, WE GET CALLED ALL THE TIME.
YEAH, WE CAN CALL ALL THE TIME, BUT NO ONE WITH A SPECIFIC LOCATION,
AND ALL WE DID IS LIKE, HEY, HE'S IN GARLAND.
HOW MANY SQUARE MILES GONE? ALRIGHT, GO.
ALRIGHT, THIS GUYS ARE GONNA GO.
UM, SQUARE, HOW MANY SQUARE? OH, HOW MANY SQUARE MILES DOES GONE NOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER
LET ME ASK GOOGLE, IT'S 57 SQUARE HOUSE.
OKAY? I THINK I'VE SEEN IT ABOUT MYSELF BETWEEN 57 AND NINE, RIGHT? UH, AND SO 57 SQUARE MILES.
OKAY, HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN WITH THE POPULATION? 250, 2 75 16.
YEAH, I'D LOVE GET THE 2 7 5
UM, NO, I THINK THE CENSUS IS RIGHT ABOUT 2 45, 2 50, RIGHT? IS THAT ABOUT OKAY, IF IT WAS ONLY 252? YEAH.
WELL, BUT I MEAN THAT GO CENSUS NOW THAT'S THE CENSUS, RIGHT? SO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
THAT'S EXACTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS
AND HOW MANY RESIDENCES AND APARTMENTS DO WE HAVE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S A LOT.
YEAH, RIGHT? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENT? IT'S A LOT.
OKAY, SO THAT'S LIKE A BULL SAY.
OKAY, YOU THINK, OKAY, WE GONNA DO GO DOOR TO DOOR.
NOW, SO, BUT WE HAVE TIPS COMING IN, WHICH IS CONFIRMING THAT HE IS IN MEXICO.
JUST NOT THE EXACT LOCATION AND HOPEFULLY SOME, HE'S BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
EVER SINCE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED.
SO THAT'S GONE TO CRIME STOP IN JAIL, WE SHOULD DATE.
IT'S THE OTHER PROGRAM, ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S TO SEE SOMETHING SAVE SOMETHING YOU, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU GO TO A PARKING LOT, YOU WANNA CONSIDER YOUR BELONGINGS.
IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THEM AWAY, YOU LOCK YOUR DOOR.
WHAT ARE CRIMINALS LOOKING FOR TO COMMIT A CRIME? EASY, EASY OPPORTUNITY.
YOU MENTIONED THAT FAST
ALRIGHT, UH, EASY OPPORTUNITY.
SO MANY TIMES IN THE NIGHTTIME, IF S VEHICLES, THAT'S A PRIME THING THAT HAPPENS.
OPEN THE MOUNT WHEN PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING, MOST PEOPLE ARE
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S ARE GOING DOWN ALLEYS AND THEY'RE CHECKING DOORS AND THEY GO, IF THE DOORS LOCK, IT TYPICALLY GO.OR THEY MIGHT LOOK INSIDE, SEE NOTHING VALUE, THEY GO ON THE NEXT ONE FOR THE DOOR OPEN.
WHAT THEY GONNA DO? NO, IT'S GOOD INSIDERS.
WHERE ALL SMASHING BRAD, IF THERE'S, IF THEY, IF THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE VEHICLE, IF THEY SEE SOMETHING, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA, WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT, TRY THE DOOR FIRST, BUT NO, THEY'LL SMASH THE WINDOW.
AND SO NOT ONLY ARE YOU MISSING PROPERTY, NOW YOU GOTTA PAY THE DAMAGES.
I'LL TAKE KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT EVERY YEAR, LIKE SHOPPING SEASON AND THINGS OF THAT EFFECT.
UH, ONE KNOWS THE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED BACK IN 2002 HERE IN GARLAND, AND I GAVE YOU GUYS LITTLE FLYER.
AND THIS THE SPANISH VERSION OF THIS IS, WHICH IS THE POLICE WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY.
NOW THIS PROGRAM, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT OUR HISPANIC POPULATION IS IN GHANA? ABOUT 40%.
IT IS RIGHT AROUND 40%, RIGHT? RIGHT ABOUT BETWEEN 40 45, UH, I THINK IS RIGHT WHERE WE'RE AT HERE.
AND SO A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN GARLAND DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
OKAY? NOW, WHAT KIND OF A COMMUNITY WOULD WE BE IF YOU DID NOT PROVIDE INFORMATION IN ALL LANGUAGE FOR EVERYBODY? SPANISH IS A LARGE POPULATION IN GARMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VIETNAMESE, WE HAVE CHINESE, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER ETHNICITIES.
BUT BECAUSE THIS POPULATION IS SO LARGE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UM, FROM THOSE COUNTRIES WHO COME OVER HERE, THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS IN ENGLISH.
AND SO WE ARE A BETTER COMMUNITY WHEN EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER.
OKAY? AND THERE, THERE'S JUST SEVEN IN OUR COMMUNITY.
DOESN'T MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL THAT DOES NOT WORK, DOES NOT WANNA WORK WITH THE POLICE OR ANY OTHER STATE DEPARTMENT, THEN WE ARE FAILING AS A CITY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNITE EVERYBODY.
WE UNITE EVERYONE SO THAT WE CAN BECOME OR WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO STAY THAT SAFE CITY THAT WE, THAT WE STRIVE TO GET.
SO THAT'S THE GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, STARTED RIGHT HERE IN GARLAND.
AND NOW IT IS THE POLICE RUN PROGRAM, WHICH REQUIRED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE, UH, THE, THE, THE COORDINATOR FOR THIS PROGRAM, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THERE'S 27 OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CITIES THAT USE THIS PROGRAM NOW.
SO IF YOU ARE PART OF A, A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU LIVE IN A HOUSE, HOUSE COMMUNITY, YOU CAN, AND IF YOU HAVE A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ON YOUR HOUSE, A CAMERA RING, WHATEVER OTHER ONES ARE OUT THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOG ON AND ACTUALLY PUT YOUR ADDRESS AS I HAVE A VIDEO CAMERA ON MY HOUSE.
NOW THAT'S FOR INFORMATION TO GET IN THERE.
WE JUST WANNA KNOW THAT A HOUSE HAS A CAMERA.
SO IF A CRIME OCCURS, UH, AND THERE'S NO SUSPECTS, WHAT DO THE POLICE TYPICALLY DO? WE FILM.
WE'RE LOOKING EVERY SINGLE HOUSE OUT THERE.
CAMERAS THAT MAY HAVE CAUGHT THIS.
BUT IF WE HAVE SOMEONE AND SIGNS UP FOR THE VIDEO CRIME WATCH PROGRAM, THERE'S A CRIME THAT OCCURS IN, IN A PARTICULAR AREA, WE PULL MAP AND GO, HEY, THERE'S CAMERAS RIGHT THERE.
LET'S GO STRAIGHT THERE FIRST.
WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO CANVAS, BUT THAT EXPEDITED OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS WHO JUST CAME ONE.
OKAY? SO IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM IN GETTING THINGS GOING HERE, PEDRO, WHAT'S THAT? A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA HACK THEM TO THEIR CAMERA.
YOU'RE ASKING 'EM TO VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE INFORMATION, CONTACT INFORMATION.
I WANT TO KNOW TOMMY SA MY NAME IS TOMMY SABATA.
I LIVE AT THIS AND I HAVE A, A CAMERA, RIGHT? THAT'S IT.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ACCESS WHATSOEVER TO ANY CAMERA.
AND THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S A BIG, UH, HURDLE.
'CAUSE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BIG BROTHER.
WE DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO, TO HACK INTO OUR SYSTEM.
WE JUST WANNA KNOW THAT THERE'S A CAMERA THERE.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE THAT TO IDENTIFY SOMEBODY.
Y'ALL ALSO HAVE A PRESENCE ON NEXT DOOR.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN'T SEE A LOT OF WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE TALKING ABOUT, BUT Y'ALL POST FROM TIME TO TIME NEXT.
SO IF WE, UH, IF WE POST, TYPICALLY IF IT'S A GOOD STORY, WE'LL PUT ON NEXT EXPLORE.
BUT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT ON EXPLORER, THE THE BIGGEST ONES THAT WE POST FOR NEWS CIRCULATION IS FACEBOOK AND TWITTER OR X I'M SORRY, X IT'S NOT TWITTER ANYMORE, BUT I REFUSE TO SAY X
SO I'D LIKE TO SAY I JUST TWEETED THAT AS OPPOSED TO I XED IT.
YEAH, SO, UH, IT, IT IS X, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ONES THAT, THAT WE UTILIZE.
THE OTHER ONES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, INSTAGRAM NEXTDOOR ON YOUTUBE.
WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH POSITIVE STUFF ON THERE.
HOWEVER, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES, SHOULD WE DO IT?
UH, THAT REQUIRES LIKE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
THOSE ARE OUR FIRST TWO TO GO TO.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU KNOW, FACEBOOK IS STILL KING AS MUCH AS THE, YOU ARE NOT ON THERE.
UH, FACEBOOK IS STILL THE KING SOCIAL MEDIA OUT THERE.
INSTAGRAM IS, IS GROWING TREMENDOUSLY.
YOUTUBE IS, UH, THE SECOND LARGEST SEARCH ENGINE ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S THE ONE THAT WOULD FIRST GOOGLE.
UH, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE CONNECT WITH YOU BECAUSE MOST EVERYBODY CAN'T SAY EVERYBODY, BUT MOST EVERYBODY IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ONE
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WAY, UH, SHAPE OR ANOTHER.AND SO OUR JOB AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TO GO TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION AS IT ARISES.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT PERFECT, WE'RE HUMAN.
YOU KNOW, AI IS HERE, BUT WE RELY ON OUR BRAINS AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS TO ULTIMATELY KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AI IS NO MORE THAN A TOOL TO ALLOW US, UH, A EXPEDITED WAY OF PUTTING THINGS TOGETHER, TOGETHER THAT COULD BE
AND AI IS TRAINED BY HUMANS, IT'S TRAINED.
AND MOST EARLY IT'S TRAINED BY HUMANS.
SO, UH, I KNOW I'VE WAS TOLD 30 MINUTES AND I'M 40.
THROUGH THE, UM, DO YOU HAVE AN ANECDOTE THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US THAT EITHER THROUGH INFORMATION GLEANED THROUGH THE SAFE AT HOME PROGRAM OR THROUGH YOUR ON THE JOB TRAINING THAT WOULD DEMONSTRATE TO US, UH, A, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE TURNOUT OF OFFICERS RESPOND AND THERE'S A PERSON WITH A DIFFERENT ABILITY THERE.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANECDOTES LIKE THAT, THAT YOU COULD PUT THERE? I DON'T.
SO, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF MCCOLEY, HE'S THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, THERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A LOT TO SHARE IN REGARDS TO THE DESCRIPTION, BUT MAYBE EVEN A DEESCALATION EXAMPLE THAT YOU COULD GIVE.
SO WE DEESCALATE EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, UH, WE RESPOND TO THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF CALLS PER YEAR, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PER YEAR.
AND SO, UH, MANY OF THEM, MANY OF THEM HAVE TO DO, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE OR THOSE SUDDEN TO A MENTAL DISABILITY OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, IT REQUIRES TRAINING TO DO THAT.
UM, LET SEE HERE, I HAVE AN ACTUAL EXAMPLE HERE RECENTLY HERE.
UM, CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ABOUT THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY HERE.
BUT, UM, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS, LIKE SWAT CALLS, FOR INSTANCE.
SWAT CALLS A FRONT EXAMPLE OF A DEESCALATION COMMUNICATION TOOL IN WHICH, UH, WE USE THE SKILL OF THE TONGUE TO, UH, ULTIMATELY CONVINCE SOMEBODY AND LET THEM MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION TO COME OUT.
AND ALSO TO HAVE SOMEONE LOWER A WEAPON, THAT WAY IT CAN ACTUALLY, UH, AND PEACEFULLY AS OPPOSED TO, UH, ENDING IN A SITUATION WHERE NOBODY REALLY WANTS THAT ENDING TO CUT UP.
SO I, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, HAD I KNOWN BEFORE I PURPLE RIGHT HERE? YES.
UH, YOU WANNA DO, FIRST I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION BACK TO THE, THE, UM, FINGERPRINTING.
YOU MENTIONED THAT GARLAND HAS A PROGRAM TO DO FINGERPRINTING AND THEY COULD COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WOULD THERE BE A WAY, DO YOU HAVE, LIKE IN MY CASE, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN PLAYING BASEBALL.
MY SON IS RELATIVELY NONVERBAL AND IF HE GOT LOST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HE WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO, YOU KNOW, SAY WHERE HE LIVES.
BUT IF WE COULD FINGERPRINT THOSE KIDS, UM, IT WOULD BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
IF SOMEBODY COMES ACROSS SOMEONE WHO'S NONVERBAL OR OR MENTALLY W WOULD THAT WORK THERE? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY KIDS? THEY HAVE KIDS.
SO GO TO THOSE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE KIDS AND THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE WITH YOU.
AND THAT WAY, BECAUSE I MEAN, AT THAT AGE, THE KIDS ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT BEING, THAT THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THAT RIGHT.
FINGERPRINTS ARE NOT BEING RECORDED.
UH, SO, BUT TO YOUR POINT THOUGH, IF YOU DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO FALLS IN THAT CATEGORY THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, OKAY.
SO EVEN NOT EVEN THAT CATEGORY, JUST FOR GENERAL SAFETY PURPOSES, RIGHT? IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, YOU HAVE FINGERPRINT, THIS IS MY KIDS' FINGERPRINT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I JUST FEEL LIKE I WISH THAT I HAD HAD THAT WHEN MY SON WAS YOUNGER, BUT I MEAN NOW HE'S A 30 5-YEAR-OLD MAN.
GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT, SO WHO DO I ASK FOR WHEN I GO, JUST GO IN THE FRONT, FRONT LOBBY.
SO WHEN YOU WALK IN THE FRONT LOBBY, GO IN THE LOBBY.
WHEN YOU WALK IN STRAIGHT AHEAD IS OUR RECORDS DIVISION.
YOU WALK ALL OVER THOSE WINDOWS, TAKE THE LEFT FIRST GO ON THE LEFT, RIGHT THERE IS THE, IS THE VOLUNTEER THAT DOES THE FINGERPRINT.
USUALLY WE'LL HAVE A SIGN IN THE FRONT FINGERPRINTING THIS WAY THAT YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M NOT, I DON'T THINK IT ON SATURDAY.
YEAH, I, I'LL GO TOMORROW, BUT I'LL TAKE 'EM TO THE BALLPARK SATURDAY.
JUST ONE THING BACK TO BACK HERE.
PART IS, DO SCAR DISPATCH HAVE ACCESS TO A LIST OF ALL GROUP HOMES IN GARLAND THAT HAVE PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT? I WOULD SAY, I DON'T KNOW.
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THINK SO.AND ALL THE TIMES THAT I ACTUALLY BROUGHT NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICER, THAT WAS A PRIMARY THING THAT WE HAD.
AND SO THERE'S NOT AN
IT'S NOT SOMETHING, IT'S NOT A SPACE ISSUE REGISTER.
SO THEY ARE, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A REGISTRATION THROUGH CODE COMPLIANCE, UH, THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO REGISTER AS A GROUP HOME.
SO, SO IT'S VERY LIKELY DISPATCH HAS ACCESS TO THAT DATABASE, BUT I DON'T KNOW A HUNDRED CERTAIN NOW WE GOT THINK YOUR DOUBLE, DOUBLE CHECK.
THAT'S IMPORTANT THERE IS THE REASON I'M ASKING.
UM, UM, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD, HOW INVOLVED WITH SROS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION UNITS IN SCHOOL? OH, SCHOOL.
I MEAN THE ROS MAY BE MORE THAN JUST PROVIDE SECURITY.
SO, UH, IN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE TWO, UH, SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS, SROS, UH, THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THOSE SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ONE THAT'S ASSIGNED TO EACH SCHOOL IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
SO THERE'S TYPICALLY, I THINK IT'S LIKE 30 SOMETHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT THERE'S SIX SROS ASSIGNED TO THOSE SCHOOLS.
BUT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO A SCHOOL NOW STATE LAW HAS PASSED THAT EVERY SCHOOL HAS TO HAVE AN ARMED SECURITY OFFICER.
SO GISD SUPPLEMENTS THE OPTION BY HIRING ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS FOR EVERY SCHOOL ON EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT DOES NOT HAVE ONE.
AND SO THAT, THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SRO ACTUALLY ROTATES.
EACH ONE INVOLVED IN TEACHING, UH, THEY'RE INVOLVED IN ACTIVITIES WITH THE SCHOOL.
THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH GETTING TO KNOW THE STUDENTS, NOT JUST BE THERE TO LIKE, I'M IN SECURITY, DON'T MESS AROUND, TAKE
THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.
SO THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN ALL THE SCHOOLS.
MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THE SPECIAL PERSONALITY WOULD BE A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING WITH A VARIETY OF, OF, UH, MINDSETS.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY'VE GOT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO IN ALL THESE RIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE TYPES OF BEHAVIORS THAT ACTUALLY OCCUR ARE DIFFERENT IN SCHOOL.
AND SO, AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE PHENOMENAL OFFICERS THAT ARE JUST VERY WELL RESPECTED OTHER SCHOOLS.
'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING.
THEY, THERE'S, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY, OH, WE NEED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
THEY HANDLE THINGS THAT PATROL OFFICERS WOULD HAVE TO HANDLE IF IT WERE NOT TO THEM.
WELL, THEY ALSO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS TO STUDENTS.
I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
A HUNDRED PERCENT FEAR OUT ON
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT JUST, AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MOST PEOPLE HAVEN'T INTERACTED WITH POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE SOMETHING BAD'S OCCURRING.
THEY GET TO SEE A POLICE OFFICER AND EVERYDAY INTERACTION AND THEY GET TO SEE THE HUMAN SIDE.
THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THEIR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THINGS OF THAT EFFECT.
AND SO THEY SEE THEM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
AND SO IT HUMANIZE THE BADGE, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE FAMILIES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, ROLE MODELING AND THEY MAY HAVE BAD EXPERIENCES WITH POLICE.
SO THEY MAY TALK, HEY THERE AND THEIR KIDS ABOUT POLICE.
AND SO THEY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACTUALLY PUT A POLICE OFFICER IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT'S NOT JUST ENFORCEMENT ESPECIALLY, IT'S CULTURAL.
WE A HUNDRED PERCENT ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO DO YOU, IS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE? IT IS.
SO IF YOU GO UNDER, UH, COMMAND STAFF ADMINISTRATION, COMMAND STAFF, I'M ON THE PAGE RIGHT THERE.
OUR REPORTS DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF OF LEWIS.
SO, NO, BUT ALSO MY JOB AS, AS, AS A SPOKESPERSON IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION QUICKLY IF I HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CHAIN OF COMMAND TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY I SPEAK TO THE CHIEF, YOU KNOW, THE CHIEF HAS BEEN IN THIS POSITION BECAUSE HE TRUST ME ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC, SPEAK TO THE MEDIA, SPEAK TO THE MASSES, UH, BECAUSE I'M GONNA REPRESENT HIM AND THIS AGENCY THE BEST THAT I CAN.
AND THE REALITY IS, AND I, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT IF YOU ASK ME AND I DON'T KNOW, I'LL SAY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'LL GET BACK TO YOU AND ON YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE GROUP HOME THOUGHT MONDAY ABOUT THAT.
THAT'D, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE FEEDBACK IF CHANCE.
UH, CAN YOU SHARE MY EMAIL WITH EVERYBODY? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
PLEASE SHARE MY EMAIL WITH EVERYBODY.
AND THAT WAY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ASK ME ANYTHING THAT YOU FORGOT TO ASK, SOMETHING COMES UP OR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, JUST HAVING A
YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE MAY GO TO AND THEY MAY IN CONVERSATION, THEY MAY SAY SOMETHING TO YOU THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN PEAKS AND NS SAYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU CALL THE POLICE ON THAT? OH NO, I DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE ON THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU SHOULD REALLY SHOULD, AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU KNOW WHAT? REACH OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, POLICE OFFICER OR YOU KNOW WHAT, LETS GET SOMEONE TO CONTACT YOU.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
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FOR US TO ACTUALLY NOT DOWN THOSE BARRIERS BECAUSE STATE TIMES GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE DEAL.THE FACT THAT UH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T CALL US BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA BOTHER US BECAUSE THEY THEMSELVES ARE NOT BEING FULLY AFFECTED ON SOMEONE WITH THAT.
AND SO WE RELY ON YOU TO HELP US AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
I AM BIASED, BUT I THINK GONE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE RETURN OUR OPTIONS IN A WAY THAT SUPERSEDES ANY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, TRAINING IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR, UH, GROWTH AND, AND, AND, AND KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND ULTIMATELY IT'S CONTINUED TRAINING.
IT'S CONTINUED TRAINING AND AND FOCUSED ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHY THESE RELATIONSHIPS, THESE TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS ARE SO IMPORTANT.
SO THAT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU WILL SAY SOMETHING.
WOULD YOU RATHER CALL US? CALL NINE ONE ONE OR THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER IF I'VE DONE BOTH.
IF IT'S A, A CRIME IN PROGRESS, YEAH, IT'S SUSPICIOUS PERSON.
IF A A SUSPICIOUS PERSON, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOU SEE SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, LOOKING IN WINDOWS IN THE CAR, UM, YOU DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE NOT NECESSARILY COMMITTED CRIME, RIGHT? THAT'S A NON-EMERGENCY.
BUT IF YOU SEE SOMEONE GRAB A ROCK AND THROW AND BREAK THE WINDOW, THAT IN MIGHT, THAT'S A OF PROGRESS.
NOW TO SEE NOTE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? CALL NINE ONE ONE.
I'M LIKE, WELL, WHAT THEY'LL DO, YEAH, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS TYPICALLY THEY'LL SAY, HEY, THIS IS THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, WOULD YOU MIND HANGING UP AND CALL THIS NUMBER? WHY DO THEY DO THAT? BECAUSE WE NEED 9 1 1.
WE NEED 9 1 1 AVAILABLE FOR THAT EMERGENCY.
AND NINE OUTTA 10 TIMES YOU'LL CALL BACK AND SAME PERSON WILL ANSWER THE PHONE.
UH, BUT YES, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, CALL 9 1 1.
I DON'T HAVE AN NON EMERGENCY NUMBER, BUT WE IS PUT ON I EMERGENCY NUMBER IN YOUR PHONE.
YOU'RE A DARLAND RESIDENT, YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND DARLAND, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL.
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S 9 7 2 4 8 5 4 8 4 0.
I HAVE CODE COMPLIANCE AND EXACTLY WE'RE GONNA, SIST HAS NOW TAKEN UP FOR CODE COMPLIANCE.
SO I'M AMAZED HOW MANY NEIGHBORS ARE HESITANT TO CALL, CALL, CALL NON-EMERGENCY.
YOU OKAY? WELL IT GOES BACK TO BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND THE FACT THAT I DON'T WANNA BOTHER, IT'S NOT A CRIME OF PROGRESS.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HAPPY BACK ANOTHER TIME.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT CRIME PREVENTION TECHNIQUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS, MY WIFE'S A EXAMPLE OF, OF LIKE WHAT TO DO.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE EVERY, NOW WHAT'S EVERYBODY DOING? YOU'RE ON THE PHONES OR TEXTING, PUSHING A CARD, YOU KNOW, THINGS TO THAT EFFECT.
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO, TO TAKE WITH YOU.
YOU'RE OUT SHOPPING AND YOU LEAVE A STORE.
OKAY? I'M NOT SAYING NOBODY PICK YOUR PHONE.
I'M SAYING WHEN YOU LEAVE A STORE, LOOK AROUND.
OKAY, LOOK AROUND, YOU SEE SOMEONE JUST STARING AROUND, MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH THAT PERSON, OKAY? YOU MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY KNOW IF THEY ARE A BAD PERSON LOOKING TO KIND OF SCOUT OUT SOMEBODY.
THAT'S RIGHT NOW THEY KNOW SOMEONE KNOWS.
I'M GONNA, YOU KNOW, SHINE MY SHOE, LET THAT PERSON LATER THAN WAIT THE NEXT UNSUSPECTING POTENTIAL VICTIM.
SO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE ON YOU.
I'M RELATED TO YOUR OFFICER'S, UH, THE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
I NOTICED THAT SOME OF IT DOES NOT HAVE CAPTIONS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD FIX? YES, WE ARE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT VIDEOS OR PHOTOS.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF THERE'S A, SOMETHING THAT THIS ONE PULLED UP RIGHT NOW AND THERE'S NO CAPTION BUT MISS, SO I DON'T, LET'S SEE.
BUT IS THAT OUR, CAN I SEE IT? OH YEAH.
YEAH, THAT WAS, YES, A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THIS IS DURING SUPER BOWL AND YOU'RE RIGHT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO MY TEAM ABOUT.
'CAUSE I ACTUALLY RUN THE SOCIAL MEDIA.
I DON'T KNOW THE POSTS ON IT, BUT I RUN THAT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO BECOME A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANT SO THAT THOSE WHO CANNOT HEAR CAN ACTUALLY READ POST.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
UM, UH, THE, UH, ACADEMY, THE POLICE ACADEMY MM-HMM
TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS DOCUMENT, ARE YOU GONNA OFFER AN INTERPRETER FOR THAT? UH,
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WE CAN.UH, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ONE AVAILABLE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, YEAH, I, NO, WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT QUESTION ASKED BEFORE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACTUALLY OFFER SOMETHING THAT EFFECT.
HOWEVER, UNDERSTAND THIS, IT'S ALSO DONE IN ENGLISH.
SO THOSE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH CAN'T REALLY, UH, ACTUALLY ATTEND A CLASS.
THEY CAN ATTEND THE CLASS, BUT THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SPANISH INTERPRETER FOR THOSE AS WELL.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION TO ACTUALLY LOOK INTO BECAUSE, UH, THERE IS THAT SEGMENT.
OUR POPULATION WHO CANNOT HERE CAN LEARN MORE.
I, THE REASON I ASK, OR I'M SORRY.
I ALSO WANNA ASK, UM, WOULD THAT, WOULD THE PRICE INVOLVED WITH THAT ZERO NO COST.
IT IS FREE TO OUR COMMUNITY NOW.
BUT IF, IF YOU WERE TO HIRE AN INTERPRETER OR SOMEONE LIKE THAT, IS THAT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
IF, IF, IF, IF YOU WERE ACCEPTED THE CLASS, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
IF THERE IS AN ACTUAL, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE RIGHT, THEN YOU WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.
I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT EITHER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WE MAKE THAT ARRANGEMENT.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION ACTUALLY.
THAT'S QUESTION HAS NEVER COME UP FOR, AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE ASKING THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
THIS THIRD QUESTION, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY POLICE OFFICERS THAT DO KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE? A SSL? UH, I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A LIST OF OFFICERS THAT DO KNOW SIGN LANGUAGE.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT LIST IN FRONT.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO, FOR US TO MEET THEM TODAY? ABSOLUTELY.
WELL, LET ME FIND OUT AND I WILL, UH, GET BACK.
I WILL CERTAINLY KNOW A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING TO ADD TO THIS.
SAFE AT HOME WOULD BE LIKE THE HEARING, THE DEAFLY HARD OF HEARING COMMUNITY.
WELL THAT THE, THE, THE SAFE AT HOME IS, IS NOT SPECIFIC FOR THAT 'CAUSE THIS IS MORE FOR THOSE THAT WHO CAN MENTION.
BUT IF THEY'RE ALSO THAT PART, THE HEARING YES.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADDED TO GARLAND'S? WEBSITE? WEBSITE? THE LIST OF OFFICERS THAT ARE A SL THAT WOULD BE ON THE
THAT'D BE A QUESTION LIEUTENANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD LIST OUT OFFICERS NAMES ON WHAT, ON THE WEBSITE.
THERE'D BE MORE OF, UH, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY PUT ALL THE OFFICERS THINGS ON THEM BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CHANGE, BUT THE COMMAND STAFF IS ALL ON THERE.
AND WHEN, SO MOST OF THE TIME THAT IF SOMEONE HAS AN ISSUE OR HAVE A QUESTION, THEY SPEAK TO SOMEONE OF THE COMMAND STAFF, UH, CAPTAINS AND HIRE TYPICALLY ALL THE NAMES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE, UH, ABOUT A SPECIFIC DIVISION THEY CAN CALL.
AND ON OUR WEBSITE IT ACTUALLY HAS THE DIVISIONS, UH, BROKEN DOWN AS WELL AS THE PHONE NUMBERS OF CALL AND EMAILS ALSO.
AND I GUESS WHAT I'M KIND OF REALLY GETTING AT TOO, IT'S JUST MAKING BORROW AND RESIDENCE OF THE CITY.
POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE OFFICERS THAT CAN DO THIS.
BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS LIKE GRANT'S THE FIRST ONE.
ASK THIS QUESTION BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A STRONG LACK OF AWARENESS IN THE CITY.
AND SO, I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, I THINK THERE IS AN OPTION, LIKE IF SOMEONE WHO CALLED 9 1 1, WE ALSO HAVE TEXT TO 9 1 1.
UH, AND SO THAT IS AN OPTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
UH, I'M VERY CURIOUS IN REGARDS TO THAT.
I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE, UH, WERE NOT ABLE TO BE, TO SPEAK MM-HMM
IT MAY BE HANDLED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT TEXT TO 9 1 1 IS AN OPTION FOR THOSE WHO, UH, CANNOT HEAR, BUT THEY CAN READ OR THEY CANNOT SPEAK AS WELL.
OR IF THEY'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY CAN'T SPEAK PERCENT, YES.
I'VE HAD TO USE IT ON DART, NOT IN GARDENS IN DALLAS,
I MEAN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR SPECIFIC NAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD SET UP SOMEDAY.
AND I'M, I'M ACTUALLY WRITING IT DOWN RIGHT NOW.
I WANNA FIND OUT HOW MANY WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE ANY.
UM, AND ALSO I, I GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISPATCH 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING.
UM, AND WE WILL HAVE, UH, PEDRO'S INFORMATION.
SO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS YOU CAN, UH, ROUTE THEM THROUGH EMAIL TO AS FOLLOW UP.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR VISITING WITH US.
AND ANY FOLLOW UP, I GUESS YOU WOULD DIRECT REPORT? SHE IS, YES.
I'M GONNA EMAIL YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION WITH HER THAT WE CAN SHARE.
I'M GONNA LEAVE THESE, UH, THESE QUESTIONNAIRE SHOULD BE TAKING, I SHE WANTED THE EXTRA.
I, I'LL GIVE YOU THE STATEMENT HOME.
I DON'T THOSE, I'LL USE THESE LATER ON.
CAN WE SCAN IT AND PUT IT ON LIKE
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OUR HOA OH PERCENT? YEAH.BETTER THING ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS EXACT FROM THE WEBSITE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY NEXT, RIGHT? WELL I SEE WE LOCKBOX ON MY, 'CAUSE WE HAVE
CAN YOU GO THE RONALD POLICE.COM? ME? NO, NO, NO.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU REAL QUICK HOW EASY IT IS.
S LOOKING AT
SHOULD ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT.
ALRIGHT, SO POLICE.COM? NO, NOT NOT STRAIGHT UP.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE THAT YOU WOULD GO TO.
NOW IF YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT RIGHT HERE.
SO WE HAVE OUR FINDER NEIGHBOR, POLICE OFFICER, AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. OKAY.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
BUT THEY CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS, IF YOU SCROLL UP THE TOP UNDER DIVISIONS, GO TO ADMINISTRATION AND THEN COMMAND STAFF.
SO THIS IS THE ALL COMMAND STAFF AND ALL THE DIVISIONS IN THE COMMAND STAFF.
UH, THE MAIN NUMBER, IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS FOR IN GENERAL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN CALL 2011.
THIS IS THE MAIN NUMBER ADMINISTRATION, UH, LAURA AVILA IS THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SINCE CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND BASICALLY THE END ALL BEALL.
HOWEVER, IF YOU KNOW SPECIFICALLY YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT PATROL OR UH, INVESTIGATIONS, YOU CAN SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN.
SO THERE, THERE'S ME, RIGHT? THERE'S CHIEF, MYSELF, MATT PESA AND THE EMAILS AND KEEP ON GOING DOWN.
THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PATROL.
SO LET SCROLL BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
MAIN PHONE NUMBER FROM PATROL RIGHT THERE IS 9 7 2 2 0 5 2 0 2 3 20.
IF YOU, YOU SCROLL DOWN TO INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE REQUESTS ABOUT A CASE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, YOU CAN CALL THAT NUMBER DIRECTLY.
YOU'LL GET A HOLD OF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND THEN PROVIDE YOU WITH WHERE TO GO.
AND WORST CASE SCENARIO, YOU DON'T CALL A FRONT DESK OFFICER.
NOW IT'S THE POLICE SERVICE DESK.
AND THAT'S A VERY, IT'S NOT ON THIS SAME PAGE, BUT, WHICH SHOULD BE OH, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
UH, BUT THE FRONT DESK OFFICER, THAT WAY YOU CAN MAKE A REPORT, GETS THAT BACK.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EMAIL, EMAIL IS THE BEST PHONE TO GET WAY TO GET AHOLD OF YOU AND MAY GET IT BACK TO YOU AND TAKE A LITTLE BIT, GET BACK TO YOU.
BUT I WILL GET BACK TO YOU AND I'LL PROVIDE YOU, UH, WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT I CAN ASSIST YOU WITH NPOS OR DAYTIME OR ARE THEY ON SHIFTS? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THEY ACTUALLY ON PAPER, THEY WORK DURING THE DAY, HOWEVER THEY WORK IN CRIME.
THEY WILL ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULE WORK OVERNIGHT.
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE EVENT ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.
THEN I, ARE WE OPENING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION OR ARE THERE SPECIFIC POINTS, MATT, THAT YOU HAVE FOR US? I WAS GONNA GIVE SOME UPDATES ON SOME OF THE LAST QUESTIONS THAT, UH, WE GOT LAST TIME.
UH, I BELIEVE LAST TIME IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT POSSIBLY HAVING A JUMBOTRON OR SOME SORT OF DEVICE OUT ON THE SQUARE FOR OUR EVENTS.
UM, TALKING WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS DIRECTOR, ACTUALLY WE DEMOED A, A SOFTWARE AT THE LAST MU UH, MUSIC MADE HERE EVENT, WHICH WAS A, UH, HANNO BAND THAT WAS ON THE SQUARE.
AND THE INTENT OF TRYING TO DEMO IT AT THAT WAS A LARGE EVENT.
AND WE WANTED TO SEE HOW THE, THIS PARTICULAR, UH, JUMBOTRON FUNCTION.
SO IT, Y'ALL PROBABLY WEREN'T THERE, BUT IF YOU WERE THERE, THERE'S A LARGE SCREEN THAT HAD CAPTIONS UNDERNEATH IT.
MOSTLY, MOSTLY FOR THIS EVENT WAS TO CHECK AND TRANSLATE IT BACK TO ENGLISH BECAUSE IT, SPANISH OF THE COST OF THAT, UH, ACTUAL JUMBOTRON IS, UH, PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
SO IT'S ABOUT $9,000 PER EVENT.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE, I WAS JUST TALKING TO LIEUTENANT PEDRO, IS HE IS, HE'S GOT A SEPARATE INITIATIVE TO GET US SPEAKERS AND AV DEVICES PUT UP ALL AROUND THE SQUARE.
FROM AN EMERGENCY STANDPOINT, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A, A EVENT ON THE SQUARE, LIKE STAR, UH, THE OR RED, WHITE BLUE
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OR THE CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, IT'S USUALLY THE MC THE ONE SPEAKING.WELL, THE, THE PROBLEM IS, IS WHEN YOU HAVE A LARGE CROWD THERE, THERE'S CORNERS OF THIS THAT YOU CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING THAT'S BEING SAID.
SO THIS A ACTUAL THING PROJECT HE'S WORKING ON THROUGH A GRANT IS TO GET AN AV ALL AROUND THE SQUARE SO THAT IF AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, GOD FORBID EVERYONE ON THE SQUARE CAN HEAR IT.
SO WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IN CONJUNCTION KIND OF WITH THAT, WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT IS BUYING SOME MORE COST EFFECTIVE APPROACHES TO GET CLOSE CAPTIONING ALSO ON THE SQUARE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT ON RESEARCHING THIS.
UM, USUALLY 9,000 MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND WE HAVE AN $8 MILLION DEFICIT WE'RE TRYING TO CLIMB OUT OF.
SO PILING ANYTHING ON JUST YET, PROBABLY IT IS NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO, BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND WORKING WITH IT TO LOOK AT, LOOK THROUGH ALL OF OUR AV VENDORS, SEE WHAT OTHER COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS THEY MAY BE THAT ALSO MAY BE PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT WILL BE OCCURRING FROM AN EMERGENCY STANDPOINT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME SOMETHING IN PLACE FOR HOPEFULLY NEXT SUMMER.
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE OUTSIDE OF THAT.
UH, I KNOW WE KIND OF, IT'S UP TO YOU CHAIR, BUT WE HAVE THIS ACCESSIBILITY AND ALL ABILITY RESOURCE GUIDE.
WE COULD BRING THOSE TOGETHER AND WHY, WHY WE KIND OF CHOSE TO PUT THESE ON THERE.
WE GET A, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND YOU WERE GETTING QUESTIONS HERE, UH, UH, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE THIS OR THAT.
ONE THING THAT I'VE NOTICED NOW 'CAUSE IT'S JUST KIND OF SPURRED ME TO START LOOKING THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
YOU WANNA FIND OUT SOMETHING FOR ALL ACCESSIBILITY FOR PARKS, YOU GOTTA DIG THROUGH PARKS.
BUT IF YOU WANNA LOOK THROUGH SOMETHING FOR POLICE, YOU GOTTA GO TO POLICE.COM AND DIG THROUGH ALL THE POLICE.
SO I THINK WHAT Y'ALL WERE RECOMMENDING WAS LOOKING FOR A FRAMEWORK TO CREATE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL ACCESSIBILITIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING FROM DA HOW YOU GET IN CONTACT WITH THE ADA, A OFFICER FOR THE CITY, WHICH TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH IS ITS OWN PAGE.
BUT ONE, A ONE STOP SHOP FOR POLICE IF YOU WANT.
AND I KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD PUT MINE POWERPOINT.
I KIND OF JUST MADE UP SOME, SOME BUCKETS TO START DUMPING THINGS IN TO GET THE DISCUSSION STARTED FOR Y'ALL.
YEAH, PAGE THREE OF THE HANDOUT.
JUST LOOKING THROUGH SOME OTHER CITIES FROM DENVER, UH, SEATTLE AND KIND OF HOW THEY, THEY'VE LUMPED THESE TOGETHER.
AND SO THERE'S SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS THAT I KIND OF PUT TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M THINKING I WANT A WEB PAGE DEDICATED, UH, FOR THIS AND, AND LOOKING MORE FOR ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS OR COMMUNITY NEEDS RATHER THAN BY DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO HAVING, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE'S NONPROFITS, THERE'S, UH, STATE AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS. HAVING ALL THOSE ALL WITHIN THIS ONE STOP SHOP.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN MORE FROM ON MY END, I GOTTA FIND AN OWNER FOR UPDATING THIS WEBSITE, WHICH I CAN WORK ON AND, AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER.
AND IF YOU TURN TO PAGE FOUR, LOOKING THROUGH HOW SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE HAVE FRAMED IT, THEY'VE KIND OF FRAMED IT INTO THESE BUCKETS.
SO THINK OF 'EM AS LIKE BUTTONS ON THE WEBPAGE AND WHERE YOU WOULD FIND ALL THE RESOURCES UNDERNEATH COMMUNITY.
THINK OF THINGS THAT DART RESOURCES, UH, U UH, UTILITIES.
HOW DO YOU PAY YOUR UTILITY BILLS, NONPROFITS THAT MAY BE OF IMPORTANCE.
THEN HEALTH AND, AND GETTING THE SUPPORT NEEDED FROM A MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR CAREGIVING.
AND MAY THOSE COULD ALL BE NONPROFITS OUTSIDE THE CITY AS WELL.
AND THEN WHY I WAS SAYING WE CAN ROLL THESE TOGETHER WITH FENCES.
WELL, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT RECREATION AND EVENTS AND, AND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR, UH, SPECIAL NEED AUTISM'S COMING UP.
SO IT'S A ONE STOP SHOP FOR GETTING THOSE TYPES, THOSE TYPES OF INFORMATION.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LOOK THROUGH THE CULTURAL ARTS, UH, PIECE.
'CAUSE WE'VE HAD, WE HAD AMY ROOSEVELT HERE AND WE WERE WONDERING HOW DID WE NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS OMNIBUS? UH, SO WE COULD HAVE JUST KIND OF A ROLLING TICKER THERE.
UH, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS WORKFORCE, UH, SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WHERE WE WOULD HAVE ALL THOSE POLICE RESOURCES, FIRE RESOURCES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT AND STARTED LUMPING 'EM DOWN.
BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO START A FRAMEWORK FOR Y'ALL START DISCUSSING FOR US TO GO BACK AND MAYBE START PUTTING TOGETHER A, A FRAMEWORK FRAME BACK AS A STARTING POINT SO THAT WE CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, REPORT THAT BACK OUT TO THE COUNCIL AND HAVE AN ACT, START WORKING ON AN ACTIONABLE ITEM RATHER THAN WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE DEPARTMENTS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT AND EDUCATE, BUT, UH, I KIND OF GOT THE IMPRESSION FROM THE LAST MEETING, LET'S GET AN ACTION
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ITEM GOING AND GET, START WORKING ON SOMETHING SO THAT, THAT'S JUST A FRAMEWORK TO START THE DISCUSSION.AND I THINK STARTING WITH, UM, CITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND THEN BEING ABLE TO FLESH OUT FULLY WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NONPROFITS.
UM, I GUESS THE THE THINGS THAT COME TO MIND FOR ME ARE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING IT UP TO DATE.
THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE AND I JUST DON'T WANNA GIVE SOMEBODY SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ACTIVE.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, MAYBE BULLET POINT THAT I WOULD ADD IS LIKE, UH, RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OR HOUSING RESOURCES, UH, GROUP HOMES WERE MENTIONED EARLIER AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REGULATED, THERE'S SOME REALLY TERRIBLE ONES.
UM, SOME BAD ACTORS OUT THERE.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO MAKE SOME REFERRALS TO A BETTER QUALITY, MORE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTS WOULD BE GOOD.
DO WE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE ANY OTHER BULLET POINTS THAT ARE MISSING OR NOT REPRESENTED HERE? SOME OF THE THINGS WE'LL HAVE TO FLESH OUT, LIKE I'LL, I WILL CALL LIEUTENANT PEDRO LATER THIS WEEK.
WE WERE ALREADY TALKING BEFORE THE MEETING, FOR INSTANCE, UH, WITH THE QUESTIONS ON UM, UH, THE, THOSE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT NO ASYLUM, WHICH, SO WE CAN, WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT SPEAK FOR THE
I, I CAN'T SPEAK JUST BECAUSE I'M OVER HR FOR THE CITY.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY THAT HAS UM, SIGN LANGUAGE ABILITY.
WE DO OFFER ACTUALLY AN INCENTIVE TO, FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO WORK HERE TO GET LIKE A MONTHLY STIPEND.
BUT WE JUST DON'T, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANYONE APPLY THAT'S GOT THAT ABILITY OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER LIKE HIM, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO OR THREE AT ONE POINT IN TIME THAT DID HAVE THAT ABILITY.
BUT HAVING THAT RESOURCE THERE, WE, WE CAN, I'M SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE WITH HIM, I SIT ON HIS SPEAK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST YET.
WE COULD GET THOSE RESOURCES THERE AND SEE ABOUT MAYBE EVEN REVAMPING YOU THE SAFE PROGRAM SO THAT IN THEIR KEY PADS THAT HEY, IF OFFICER SOANDSO ON SHIFT, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS ONE.
SO MAYBE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
BUT WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS AS WELL AS WE KEEP GOING.
BUT REALLY JUST HERE TO GET SOME IDEAS GOING AND MAKE, SEE IF THIS FRAMEWORK'S GOOD.
Y'ALL WANNA ADD OTHER THINGS AND THEN WE CAN JUST START BUILDING A LITTLE FRAMEWORK FOR Y'ALL TO, PLUS I GUESS WHERE, WHERE I WOULD SUGGEST STARTING, UM, IS THINKING OF THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND WHERE WOULD WE FIT THESE AND IF NOT ARE BIG, MY ADDITIONAL BULLET POINTS FOR THEM.
SO LIKE I WAS THINKING OF BUDDY LEAGUE WOULD GO UNDER RECREATION AND EVENTS, UM, WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS? WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LIBRARY PROGRAMMING THAT WE CAN ADD INTO THIS SECTION.
AND I GUESS UNDER, UH, RECREATION EVENTS.
AND THEN UNDERNEATH, WE PROBABLY NEED TO BREAK THIS OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE COULD HAVE PARKS EVENTS, WE CAN HAVE LIBRARIES EVENTS, WE CAN HAVE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS OBVIOUSLY.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE CULTURAL ARTS.
WE HAVE AMY COME IN AND TALK LIKE I SAID.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL KEEP THINKING TOO AS WE WORK THROUGH THESE, BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG LAYERS OF PROGRAMMING WE HAVE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THE FRAMEWORK ASSETS PROPOSED SO FAR? LIKE YOU SAID MAYBE HOUSING.
RESIDE THEIR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES.
SO REALLY ON THAT PIECE YOU'RE LOOKING MORE FOR, UM, RESOURCES TO POINT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO FIND THE RIGHT OR A PLACE TO FIND A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
WHETHER IT BE GROUP OR RETROFITTING A HOME THEY MOVE INTO GOTCHA.
UM, OR RAMPS AND, UH, OTHER A DA ACCOMMODATIONS.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME NON NON-PROFITS THAT FOCUS ON THE LINES.
RAMP UPS I THINK RAMP UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
PUT IN RAMPS FOR THOSE WHO NEED.
AND LIONS CLUB OFFICIAL LINES CHAPTER, SORRY, DO YOU MIND SAYING THAT AGAIN? LIONS CLUB CHAPTER.
I KNOW THE NONPROFITS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH.
WE, UH, THROUGH OUR, THROUGH OUR FEDERAL GRANTS, WE GET, WE HAVE APPLY TO THOSE.
BUT I WILL, UH, LOOK THROUGH THAT LIST 'CAUSE WE HAVE CONTACTS WITH 'EM AND GET THAT.
AND SOME OF THESE OTHERS WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE
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TO GET, THEY'RE OKAY TO PUT IT ON, WHICH MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.BUT WE DO HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF NON-PROFITS BECAUSE WE ADMINISTER FEDERAL PROGRAMMING AND THEN KIND OF, SORT OF THE PASS THROUGH TO THEM.
SO WE HAVE PUT A LIST OF QUITE A BIT OF NONPROFITS ALL THE WAY FROM, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE CLINIC, UH, WHICH WOULD BE IN THE, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO SALVATION ARMY.
AND THERE'S JUST TONS OF, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START.
I FEEL LIKE YOU MADE UP FOR SOME LOST SPONGE BY COMBINING THOSE TWO AND JUST YEAH, THEY KIND OF RUN TOGETHER.
BUT I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE UP ON THE UH, SPECIAL EVENTS.
IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRYING TO CLIMB OUT A PRETTY STEEP HOLE IN THE BUDGET AND UH, WE DO GET A DEMO OF THAT AND SPEAKING WITH THEM IT WORKS OKAY.
BUT, UH, I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF NEXT YEAR, HAVE A GRANT AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START DOING SOME THINGS AROUND THE SQUARE TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT'D PROBABLY BE THE BEST TIME TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING TO, TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE THAT'S GOING THROUGH, NOT JUST FROM AN EMERGENCY STANDPOINT.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY UPDATE I HAD.
WE WENT AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON THE CASE.
UH, COURTNEY NEXT MONTH IT WAS JUNE.
THEN HOPEFULLY THE WEB, OUR WEBMASTER IN AUGUST, SO WE GOTTA LINE UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTS COMING IN TO SPEAK.
AND THEN THE, THE FIRE FIRE PAGE, THE FIREMEN WHO WERE COMING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION JUST LIKE TO PLEASE TODAY IN THE FUTURE.
DOES SOMETHING RELATED TO UH, LIKE STROBE LIGHTS AND FLASHING LIGHTS? THAT WAS KIND OF THE REASON ME.
SO I ASSUME THE EVENTS WOULD BE MAY 16TH, UH, THEY WON'T HAVE ANY CAPTIONS THERE, IS THAT CORRECT? HEY, DO KNOW WHAT EVENT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS BE 16TH? THE UM, AGENT OF OR THE AGENT'S OPERATION? NO, UM, YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY NOT AT THAT.
THOSE WERE THE TYPES OF EVENTS WE WERE GONNA LOOK TO PIGGYBACK AND TRY TO DO.
WE WANTED TO GET THE LARGER EVENTS.
WE WERE GONNA HOPE, WE HOPEFULLY START WITH CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE AND UH, RED WHITE VIEW.
BUT THE, THE ASIAN AMERICAN EVENT IS ALSO VERY LARGE.
IT'S JUST WE CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THAT SERVICE COME IN.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FROM NOW.
IT WILL DEPEND ON IF I CAN FIND MONEY AND A, A, UM, RESOURCE AND IF THEY, I MEAN I I I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT MYSELF.
YOU SAID IT WAS $9,000 PER EVENT? YES.
NOW REMEMBER THIS IS FOR LARGE EVENTS AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IT TO DO IS LOOK FOR SOMETHING NOT JUST MORE, YOU KNOW, MONETARILY BENEFICIAL, BUT THIS WAS A HUGE JUMBOTRON FOR WHEN THERE'S 5,000 PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SMALLER EVENT, MAYBE WE, MAYBE IT COULD BE AS SIMPLY AS HAVING A TABLET AVAILABLE, BUT BEING ABLE TO CONNECT THAT TO THE, UH, TO THE, THE SPEAKERS OUT OUTDOORS IS WHAT I'M BEING TOLD.
NOT THE NAVY, YOU GOT OUTDOORS WITH ALL THAT EXTRA SOUND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WORK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO FIND SOMETHING IF YOU FIND ANY OTHER WAY AROUND THAT, UM, COULD YOU SEND ME SURE.
OR IF I FIND ANY WAY AROUND THAT EMAIL AND YOU ARE, IT'S OKAY TO SEND DIRECTLY TO COURT HERE AND MYSELF.
'CAUSE AGAIN, I AM NOT AN 80 PERSON AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I'M DOING.
RIGHT NOW I HAVE $9,000 SINCE YOU'RE ON OPTION.
I THINK IT, I ALSO JUST WANTED TO UM, SAY THAT WITH OUR SPEAKERS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, UM, FOCUSING OUR QUESTIONS ON HOW IT APPLIES TO THE ALL OF THE
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IES COMMITTEE AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY OWN CURIOSITIES TOO ABOUT THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS, BUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE APPLYING OUR QUESTIONS AND OUR TIME TO THE GIST OF, UM, UH, UH, THE MISSION BEHIND THIS COMMITTEE IS IMPORTANT.SO WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU, YOU SAID BUDDY LEAGUE IN JULY? CORRECT.
UM, I WILL BE ABSENT FOR JUNE AND JULY, SO WE WILL BE UM, UH, STEPPING UP FOR ME FOR THOSE TWO MONTHS.
UM, AND UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, WE WILL ADJOURN THIS EVENING.