* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. FOR OFFICERS. [00:00:01] SEE, SO THEY ON MIC IS OFF. YOU CAN HIT THE BUTTON. GAVE A, I GAVE A POSITION. OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MORNING. GOOD MORNING. SO I'M TRYING TO, UH, TODAY IS FRIDAY, MARCH THE 28TH AND WE ARE AT THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF GARLAND. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. UM, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF OUR AGENDA. I MOVE, WE ADOPT THE AGENDA. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. SO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS ADOPTED. UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2024. MS. CHAIR, I MOVE THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S MEETING ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024. OKAY, I SECOND I. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A. AYE. OKAY. SO THE MINUTES FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2024 ARE APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM THE POLICE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON MARCH THE FIRST, 2025. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NO. GOOD, NO QUESTIONS. SEEING PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS. MM-HMM . EXCELLENT. GOOD. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM THE EXAM CONDUCTED ON MARCH 21ST, 2025. SECOND. OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. SO THAT LIST ELIGIBILITY LIST IS APPROVED. MOVING ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM THE FIRE CAPTAIN PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON MARCH THE SIXTH, 2025. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I MOVE, WE APPROVE THE ELIGIBILITY LIST. I SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. ARE YOU IN FAVOR, MR. YES. AYE? MM-HMM . OKAY. SO THAT ELIGIBILITY LIST FROM THE FIRE CAPTAIN PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON APRIL, THE, ON MARCH THE SIXTH, I'M SORRY, 2025 IS APPROVED. AND UM, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON UPCOMING EXAMS. SO AS I MENTIONED, OUR NEXT MEETING, UM, WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN TODAY. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE ANOTHER POLICE ENTRANCE EXAM. WE HAVE OUR, UH, VERY LARGE ANNUAL FIRE ENTRANCE EXAM. UH, AND WE'LL HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, BUT WE'LL UM, BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION, UM, ONCE THOSE ARE FINALIZED. OKAY. SO YOU ANTICIPATE US MEETING AFTER BOTH OF THOSE EXAMS ARE? UM, WE ACTUALLY JUST ADDED, UM, UH, THREE PROMOTIONAL EXAMS FOR FIRE. SO THAT'S GONNA BE THE DRIVER OF WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, SINCE THOSE TEND TO HAVE THE MOST FOCUS, ESPECIALLY IF WE GET ANY APPEALS. SO IT WILL BE CONTINGENT ON WHEN THE PROMOTIONAL EXAMS ARE. THOSE AREN'T SCHEDULED YET. THEY, WE ARE ABOUT TO POST THEM TODAY ACTUALLY, SO THEY'LL BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT MONTH. SO WE'LL GET SOME PLACEHOLDERS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING. SO WE'LL HAVE KIND OF TWO SHORT MEETINGS TOGETHER, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PROMOTIONAL EXAMS. SO YOU ANTICIPATE THOSE ARE GONNA BE ON OR AROUND JUNE THE SEVENTH, OR BEFORE? IT WILL BE BEFORE, IT WILL BE BEFORE THE JUNE 7TH DATE, LIKELY. YEP. OKAY. WONDERFUL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YES, MADAM CHAIR. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. OKAY. UH, AND THIS IS FOR STAFF CHIEF. UH, CHIEF I [00:05:01] KNOW, UM, A COUPLE OF OUR LOCAL AGENCIES, THEY WERE HAVING SOME, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT PERCEIVED, UH, POACHING OFFICERS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS COMING TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. UM, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING WELL WITH LATERAL TRANSFERS. UM, ANYTHING THAT YOU ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR? ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE GUARD AGAINST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN SOME OF THAT? WELL, UH, YEAH, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING WATCHING THAT FROM AFAR. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE, UH, WE DON'T DO THE ACTIVE, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, ACTIVE POACHING. WE ADVERTISE AND WHO WANTS TO COME HERE, COMES HERE AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO BRING THEM HERE. AND SO THAT'S KIND WHERE MY PHILOSOPHY IS ON THAT WE DON'T ACTIVELY, UH, GO TO OTHER AGENCIES OR POACH FROM OTHER AGENCIES. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH. UM, WERE THERE SOME LIKE CONCERNS OR LIKE COMPLAINTS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL DEPARTMENTS? IT'S JUST GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION RIGHT NOW. SOME OF THE, AND I THINK IT'S IN A LOT OF IT'S EST, IT'S NOT, UH MM-HMM . IT'S NOT SUPER SERIOUS BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, BUT, UH, BUT YEAH, WE, WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THAT. WE, WE THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PRODUCT TO SELL HERE, WHICH IS THE JOB. AND, UM, WE, WE GET PEOPLE ATTRACTED HERE BECAUSE OF THIS CITY AND, AND BECAUSE OF THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND SO WE, WE JUST LET IT LIE AT THAT. IS THERE, IS THERE A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT THAT WE TEND TO KIND OF RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE FROM THAT WANNA COME TO GARDEN? NO, WE, I COULDN'T SAY A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT. I COULD SAY PROBABLY HALF OF OUR LATERALS ARE FROM OUTTA STATE AND SO WE GET A LOT FROM CALIFORNIA, FROM NEW MEXICO, FROM NEW YORK. UM, THE OFFICER THAT WAS SHOT TWO WEEKS AGO WAS FROM NEW YORK AND SO WE, WE GET A LOT OF OUT-OF-STATE OFFICERS, BUT WE ALSO GET LOCAL OFFICERS. USUALLY IT'S FROM SMALLER AGENCIES AND THEY WANNA MOVE UP TO A BIGGER AGENCY. UM, SO YEAH, THAT'S SENSE TYPICALLY WHERE WE GET 'EM. MM-HMM . AND MATTER. JUDGE, I JUST A COUPLE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR BOTH CHIEFS. UM, WITH SOME OF THE DIRECTIVES AND GUIDELINES COMING ON FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.