Jan 06, 2025 Public Safety Commission

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GET EVERYBODY ONLINE TO TURN THEIR CAMERAS ON.

WE WILL HAVE QUORUM AND CAN GET STARTED.

COMMISSIONER WYNN, CAN YOU TURN YOUR CAMERA ON PLEASE? AWESOME.

CAN, CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? IT'S, UH, ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION TO USE MY CAMERA.

SO YES, WE CAN SEE YOU.

YES.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO WITH THAT, UM,

[CALL TO ORDER]

UM, WE WILL DO ROLL CALL BRIEFLY.

UM, COMMISSIONER RUAN PRESENT, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT WILL NOT BE JOINING US TODAY.

COMMISSIONER DOAN PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER HOLMES.

COMMISSIONER NGUYEN PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER ORR, I BELIEVE IS COMING, BUT I'M NOT, WE'LL WE'LL SEE.

UM, COMMISSIONER CILO AND COMMISSIONER SMITH PRESENT.

YEAH, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

COMMISSIONER SMITH.

I THINK I SAW YOU, BUT PRESENT.

YES.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, OKAY, SO WITH THAT WE HAVE, OH, AND I MYSELF AM AM PRESENT AS WELL, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ.

UM, AND WITH THAT WE HAVE QUORUM.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

CHRISTIE, IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR COMMISSIONER ORR IN CASE SHE, UM, SIGNS ON IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

UM, AND WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]

THAT'S FINE.

OKAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? UM, YES SIR.

I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO COME TO, UH, DRAW ATTENTION TO AN ISSUE WITH HOW I FEEL LIKE THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLAINTS 3 1 1 MUNICIPAL COURT TAKES PLACE.

UM, I'VE HAD ONGOING ISSUE WITH A, A DOG INCIDENT WITH A NEIGHBOR THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AS WELL AS, UH, SOUND VIOLATIONS WITH BARS WHERE THEY'RE NOT REGULATED AS OUTDOOR MUSIC WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR DOORS AND WINDOWS OPEN VERSUS BEING OUTSIDE.

AND SO I'VE HAD DISTRICT REPS, POLICE OFFICERS, 3 1 1 ALL SAY, JUST KEEP RECORDS OF YOUR INCIDENT REPORTS, CONTINUE TO FILE 3 1 1 COMPLAINTS.

TALK TO YOUR DISTRICT REP.

YOU'RE DRAWING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS.

FILE A CITIZEN COMPLAINT WITH THE AFFIDAVIT WITH A MUNICIPAL COURT.

UM, BUT THEN UPON THE FIRST SUBMITTAL OF A CITIZEN COMPLAINT, THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY PROSECUTOR JUST DISMISSED.

THE ONE SAID THE POLICE, UH, ARE THE EXPERTS, BUT THE POLICE DON'T RESPOND AND NOISE ORDINANCE, SO THEY CAN'T BE A WITNESS.

THE SECOND WAS YOU'RE REQUIRED TO GO TO MEDIATION OR YOU HAVE TO PAY $50 EACH PERSON.

THERE'S NO BINDING AGREEMENT ON THE MEDIATION.

THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO MEDIATION FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.

SO THE DOG WILL CONTINUE TO BARK EVERY DAY, ALL DAY, AND THERE'S NO RETRIBUTION, NO TICKET, NO CODE VIOLATION OR ANYTHING.

AND THEN I FINALLY PUSHED TO GO TO THE SECOND LEVEL OF SOMEONE FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO REVIEW THE CASE.

AND WHEN THEY SENT ME THEIR RESPONSE, IT WAS BASICALLY, UM, THE READING BETWEEN THE LINES LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYWHERE WITH PURSUING THIS.

YOU LISTED ALL THESE COMPLAINTS, YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE.

WE DON'T LOOK AT THE BODY OF WORK OF WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY, THEY NEVER REQUIRED OR NEVER REQUESTED ANY EVIDENCE, NO VIDEOS OF ANY OF THE NOISE.

NO, UM, FOLLOW UP ON ONE INVESTIGATION THEY DID WHEN THE POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDED, IF THEY RESPONDED, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S LIKE, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THESE SITUATIONS GOING ON, IT'S LIKE, IT SORT OF FEELS LIKE 3 1 1 AND EVERYTHING IS JUST A FACADE.

'CAUSE 9 1 1 WILL TELL YOU THE POLICE AREN'T GONNA RESPOND.

3 1 1 WILL SAY, THE POLICE AREN'T GONNA RESPOND YET.

EVERYONE SAYS, GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT.

AND THEN MUNICIPAL COURT SAYS, WELL, WE HAVE TO HAVE POLICE WITNESS, BUT IF THE POLICE DON'T RESPOND, HOW CAN THEY BE A POLICE WITNESS? SO I'VE JUST BEEN CHASING MY TAIL AROUND FOR MONTHS ON THIS, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER SYSTEM.

AND

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THEY SAY, WELL, WE THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO KEEP RECORDS OF YOUR INCIDENT REPORTS AND YOUR 3 1 1 AND COMPLAINTS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS ONLY ONE INCIDENT, OR WE'RE ALWAYS TOLD TO REFER YOU TO GO TO MUNICIPAL COURT, SO WE'RE SURPRISED THAT THIS IS HOW THIS IS GOING FOR YOU.

SO IT'S JUST A PING PONG SITUATION.

AND I, I UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE THE POLICE ARE UNDERSTAFFED AND THERE'S LIKE RESOURCE ISSUES AND LIKE, I'M NOT CLAIMING THAT THESE ARE LIKE LIFE AND DEATH SITUATIONS, BUT THERE'S STILL THIS, AMONGST OTHER ISSUES.

IT'S LIKE, IT, IT STILL IMPACTS YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE, YOUR ABILITY TO LIKE, ENJOY YOUR HOME SLEEP, LIKE GET UP, GO TO WORK, DO THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO.

AND IT COULD BE A SIMPLE THING THAT A POLICE OFFICER GOES, ONCE THEY GET A TICKET, THEY, THEY STOP VERSUS ME HAVING TO PUT ALL THE EFFORT IN TO THE POINT WHERE NOW I'M HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY SPEAKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS.

AND THANK YOU SPEAKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

SO WANNA JUMP? THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, WE'RE NOT NEC I, I JUST WANTED A, AN IDENTIFYING SORT OF BIT OF INFORMATION JUST IN TERMS OF WHERE, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN SO THAT WE CAN JUST ADD THAT TO THE RECORD.

YEP.

EAST, EAST CESAR.

EAST CESAR, TRAVIS STREET, EAST CC NEIGHBORHOOD.

OKAY.

YEP.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

YEP, ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL

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UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION CHANGES, AMENDMENTS? NO.

OKAY.

I JUST ALSO JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO BRING UP THAT THERE WERE SOME REVISED, UM, ANSWERS FOR OUR NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING, OUR REGULAR MEETING, UM, SOME OF OUR FOLLOW-UP Q AND AS.

UM, ON ITEM TWO, THE PUBLIC SAFETY QUARTERLY REPORT WITH AUSTIN FIRE ON WILDFIRE INFORMATION.

SO THERE WAS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THERE, ALTHOUGH THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT ANSWER, UM, ABOUT NARCAN ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT THAT WAS ADDED TO THE BACKUP AS WELL.

UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

SECOND OR SECOND.

OKAY.

CAN I SEE A RAISE OF HANDS FOR APPROVAL? 3, 4, 5.

OKAY.

OKAY, WE'LL JUST WITHOUT A SIXTH VOTE, WE CAN'T APPROVE.

SO COMMISSIONER SMITH, ARE YOU ABSTAINING? I'M ABSTAINING.

OKAY.

I WASN'T HERE.

OKAY.

WE'LL BRING IT BACK NEXT.

WE'LL BRING IT BACK NEXT WEEK WHEN WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON BOARD.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I'M LEARNING MY WAY AROUND THIS NEW MIC, SO YOU BEAR WITH ME.

UM, AND NEXT WE HAVE, UM, THE

[2. Public Safety Quarterly Report, Austin Police Department.]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US CHIEF HENDERSON, AM I ON? Y'ALL CAN HEAR ME.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, ROBIN HENDERSON, AND I'LL BE COING OVER THE QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AT THE LAST TIME THAT WE PRESENTED OUR QUARTERLY REPORT, THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WE MODIFY OR CHANGE OUR QUARTERLY REPORT AND INCLUDE MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO PROJECTS THAT WERE GOING ON AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THE STANDARD DATA RELATED TO OUR CRIME REPORT WAS SUBMITTED AS A BACKUP DOCUMENT FOR EVERYONE TO REFERENCE.

AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS AT OUR NEXT MEETING AFTER YOU HAVE TIME TO DIGEST AND SYNTHESIZE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S IN THERE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL START ON THE NEW QUARTERLY REPORT THAT GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT AND ONGOING PROJECTS.

AND SO JUST GOING OVER, UH, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS IN OUR CRIME REPORT WHERE WE'VE JUST SEEN LARGE DEVIATIONS WHERE THERE EITHER THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OR DECREASE, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO INTO SOME OF OUR RESPONSE TIMES AND CALL VOLUMES.

THEN I'M GONNA TOUCH ON CHIEF DAVIS'S 100 DAY PLAN, GO OVER SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ENGAGED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, TOUCH ON STAFFING AND VACANCIES, AND THEN TOUCH ON SOMETHING RELATED TO THE COMMANDER PROMOTIONAL PROCESS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT CAME ABOUT WITH THE PASSING OF THE NEW CONTRACT WITH THE A PA AND THEN GO OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS OVER OUR TRAINING ACADEMY.

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SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CRIME REPORT, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN OUR AUTO THEFTS FROM 2023 TO 2024.

THERE'S

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AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A MULTITUDE OF EFFORTS RELATED TO AUTO THEFTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS A HYUNDAI ON ANTI-FAT EVENT, WHICH WAS COORDINATED AND ORGANIZED WITH TWO DIFFERENT HYUNDAI EVENTS.

ONE THAT LASTED THREE DAYS AND NEARLY 1000 STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WERE HANDED OUT.

IN ADDITION TO 943 HYUNDAI VEHICLES RECEIVED A FREE ANTI-FAT SOFTWARE UPGRADE, AND IN THAT IT WAS FREE TO THE COMMUNITY.

HYUNDAI DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY ACTUALLY SET UP MOBILE TENTS WHERE SOMEBODY COULD JUST DRIVE UP, THEY WOULD DRIVE THEIR CAR INTO A TENT, THEY'D STEP OUT, THE UPGRADE WOULD BE DONE IN THEIR VEHICLE, AND THEY'D GET BACK IN THEIR VEHICLE AND, AND DRIVE OUT.

AND SO THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING SOME MORE OF THOSE SET UP IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE HAD SOME POLICY AND PROCEDURE UPDATES ON HOW WE HANDLE AUTO THEFT RECOVERIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECOVERY PROCESS IS THOROUGH AND WE ARE MAKING SURE WE COLLECT AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS WE CAN IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTS AND APPREHEND OFFENDERS.

WE'VE ALSO HAVE A NEW WEBSITE, OR WE'VE ENHANCED OUR WEBSITE TO WHERE WE CAN LINK AUTO THEFT WHEN THEY OCCUR, THEREFORE WE CAN LINK THEM TO OTHER SUSPECTS THAT MIGHT BE COMMITTING THE SAME CRIME.

THEREFORE, WE ARE APPREHENDING MORE OFFENDERS THAT ARE COMMITTING, UH, AUTO THEFTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE DONE SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHERE OUR UNIT HAS ATTENDED VARIOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, COMMUNITY CONNECT, HOA MEETINGS, AND ALSO HOSTED INSURANCE EVENTS TO WHERE IF SOMEBODY DOES HAVE THEIR VEHICLE STOLEN, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE PROCESS, NOT JUST REPORTING TO THE POLICE, BUT ALSO REPORTING TO THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES.

AND SO WE'VE UTILIZED OUR OFFICE OF COMMUNITY LIAISON AND, UH, NUMEROUS HOAS AND THEN ALSO OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES WITH THAT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED SOME BAIT OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE A DECOY CAR IS PLACED.

AND ONCE IT IS STOLEN, THERE'S A DEVICE ON THERE AND WE CAN TRACK WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT VEHICLE IS AND THEN APPREHEND THE OFFENDERS.

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THERE WAS AN 8% INCREASE IN OUR KIDNAPPING AND ABDUCTIONS FROM 2023 TO 2024.

AND OVER A FIVE YEAR MEAN IT'S AN INCREASE OF 24%.

MOST OF THE VICTIMS ARE ADULT VICTIMS. AND IN THAT ADULT VICTIM RANGE FOR THE MEAN OVER THE 20, SORRY, OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD WAS FOR ADULTS AND THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN 77% THERE.

ADULT VICTIMS WITH A FAMILY VIOLENCE COMPONENT WAS 50%, AND THEN WITH JUVENILE OR A FAMILY VIOLENCE COMPONENT 0.06%.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE UNDERSTANDING WHY THERE WAS SUCH A DRAMATIC INCREASE.

WE ARE BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHEN WE ARE INVESTIGATING FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.

WHEN THERE'S A COMPONENT WHERE SOMEBODY IS EITHER UNLAWFULLY RESTRAINED OR EITHER TAKEN FROM ONE LOCATION TO, TO ANOTHER, MAKING SURE THAT ALL COMPONENTS RELATED TO A FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENT OR A FAMILY VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT TYPE INCIDENT.

ALL COMPONENTS OR EITHER SUBCATEGORIES THAT COULD BE INCLUDED AS A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ITSELF.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE INCREASE THERE.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS YOU REQUESTED THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR CRIME REPORT IS ONE OF OUR SHOPLIFTING BLITZ OPERATIONS, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY OUR NORTH METRO TACTICAL TEAM.

AND THEY CONDUCTED FIVE OPERATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER FOCUSING ON SHOPLIFTING, RETAIL SHOPLIFTING, AND RESPONDED TO 22 CALLS OF SERVICE IN THAT THEY CONDUCTED 32 ARRESTS OR EITHER ISSUED SUMMONS, THAT'S A CITATION SITE AND RELEASE FOR SHOPLIFTING IS WHAT A SUMMONS WOULD BE.

AND RECOVERED OVER $12,000 IN STOLEN MERCHANDISE AND THREE STOLEN VEHICLES.

IN ADDITION, THEY FORMED VARIOUS, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, CONNECTIONS WITH RETAIL PROVIDERS AND ENHANCED RELATIONSHIPS, OF COURSE WITH THOSE RETAIL PROVIDERS.

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GOING OVER OUR P ZERO AND P ONE, THOSE ARE OUR PRIORITY CALLS FOR SERVICE OVER JUNE ONE THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH.

WE DID SEE A DROP IN SEPTEMBER OVER THAT TIMEFRAME, BUT THEN THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN OCTOBER THAT IS THE STANDARD FOR THE OCTOBER TIMEFRAME WITH ACL AND ALSO FORMULA ONE THAT HAS AN INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME, BUT ALSO THERE'S A HIGHER TRAFFIC DENSITY, WHICH THEN ALSO INCREASES OUR RESPONSE TIME FOR CALLS, CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND SO OUR AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME ROSE TO ALMOST JUST UNDER 11 MINUTES, BUT THEN YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT MONTH DOWN, IT'S

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AND SIMILAR HERE, THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE P ZEROS AND P ONES OVER THE FIVE YEAR MAIN.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COULD THEY IN ADVANCE THE SLIDES PLEASE? I'M SORRY.

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AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TWO SLIDES.

THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

SO JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON CHIEF DAVIS'S 100 DAY PLAN OF ACTION.

AND SO IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING CHIEF DAVIS, UM, AS SHE SETTLES INTO AUSTIN AND GETS TO KNOW AUSTIN AND WHAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO WHILE SHE IS HERE, SHE INTRODUCED HER 100 DAY PLAN.

AND IN THAT SHE WANTS TO BUILD OFFICER AND COMMUNITY SAFETY AND TRUST.

AND SOME OF HER KEY INITIATIVES IN HER PLAN IS TO ENGAGE IN OUTREACH THROUGH LISTENING, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION.

AND THAT'S PART OF HER LEARNING, COLLABORATE AND FORMULATE.

SHE WANTS TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS IN ADDITION TO INITIATE AND COMMUNICATE TO THEN LAUNCH HER PLAN.

IN ROLLING OUT HER 100 DAY PLAN, SHE'S OFFERED SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH OUR SERGEANTS AND CORPORALS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SHE'S HAD ONE-ON-ONE MEET COMMANDER MEETINGS, AND THOSE ARE CONTINUING.

SHE'S ALSO HAD SHOW UP WITH OUR DOWNTOWN AREA COMMAND.

IN ADDITION TO OTHER SHOW UP MEETING WITH ALL THE OFFICERS, SHE'S ALSO HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS AND EVENTS.

SO SHE ALSO SENT OUT A SURVEY TO A PD PERSONNEL, THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE SEEKING THEIR, THEIR INPUT.

AND PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

HER SURVEY CLOSES OUT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND I WILL SEND THAT LINK OVER TO YOU.

I APOLOGIZE, I THOUGHT I PUT IT IN THE SLIDE, BUT I MISSED THAT.

SO I'LL DEFINITELY SEND THE LINK OVER TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO HER, TO HER SURVEY.

AND HER FINAL STRATEGY WILL BE RELEASED PROBABLY LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH AFTER SHE'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FROM OUR OFFICERS AT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICER'S FAMILIES.

NEXT SLIDE THEN WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY E ENGAGEMENT EVENTS.

IN QUARTER FOUR WITH YOUTH IN SCHOOLS, WE HAD OVER 2020 ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THROUGH SCHOOL INTERACTIONS, EDUCATED AND TARGET EVENTS.

WE HAD SAFETY FOCUS EVENTS FOCUSING ON SAFETY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND SPECIFIC GROUPS AROUND SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CONNECT AND NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, UM, ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS TO, UH, ADDRESS ANY KIND OF INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY CONCERNS, ISSUES OR MATTERS, UH, THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND THEN LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE WERE PARTICIPATING IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY EVENTS JUST ACROSS THE CITY.

OVERTON.

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ONE THING THAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT ON OUR COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS AND WHETHER OR NOT OUR MEETINGS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE ARE MEETING WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE WANTING OR SEEKING.

AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WHERE MEMBERS WHO ATTEND THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS CAN GIVE FEEDBACK AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY.

AND THEN ALSO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THIS INFORMATION IS POSTED AND THEY CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR COMMUNITY ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED AND WHAT THE STATUS IS AND WHAT'S GONNA BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S A INTERNAL ONE THAT THE COMMANDERS CAN TRACK TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ADDRESSING THEIR UNIQUE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

AND NOTE THAT THIS IS ALL ON OUR OPEN POLICING DATA PORTAL, SO YOU CAN FIND IT THERE, THAT WEBSITE, WE'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR WAS OPERATION BLUE SANTA.

IT WAS OUR 52ND YEAR AND WE SERVED OVER 5,200, UH, FAMILIES AND 14,000 KIDS WITH OUR OPERATION, BLUE, BLUE SANTA.

SO THAT WAS A FANTASTIC EVENT AND WE ALWAYS NEED VOLUNTEERS EVERY YEAR TO HELP ON DELIVERY DAY.

SO, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME OUT AND JOIN WITH THAT.

IN ADDITION, WE HAD SHOP WITH A COP, WHICH WAS STARTED IN 2006 BY AMIGOS AND AZU, WHICH IS OUR HISPANIC OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

AND WE SERVED OVER 205 CHILDREN ACROSS SEVEN LOCAL SCHOOLS.

AND THEY RANGE FROM AGE NINE TO 12, AND IT INVOLVED 150 LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN, ISD PD, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND ALSO OUR VICTIM SERVICES, UH, PARTICIPATED.

AND ESSENTIALLY WE WILL HAVE CHILDREN GO TO TARGET.

WE DID ONE AT, UH, CAPITOL PLAZA, AND THEN ALSO THE ONE AT SOUTH PARK MEADOW.

WE PICK UP SCHOOL CHILDREN FROM THEIR SCHOOLS.

THEY'LL GO SHOPPING WITH AN OFFICER.

THEN AFTER THAT THEY'LL GET TO GO TO A GATY TOWN,

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AND THEN THEY GET TO GO HOME AND TAKE ALL THOSE LOVELY GIFTS HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.

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OH, I'M SORRY.

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I NEED TO MAKE SURE I SAY NEXT SLIDE.

GOING OVER SOME OF OUR STAFFING LEVELS.

RIGHT NOW WITH OUR OFFICER VACANCY RATE, WE ARE SITTING AT A 17.8 VACANCY RATE.

UM, ESSENTIALLY THERE'S ABOUT 1,490 OFFICERS.

SINCE THIS, UH, REPORT WAS WRITTEN.

WE, WE HAD ABOUT THREE SEPARATIONS SINCE THEN.

SO WE THOUSAND 490 OFFICERS, OUR CURRENT SWORN STAFFING OF THE ALLOCATED 1,816.

THEN FOR OUR CIVILIAN VACANCY RATE, WE ARE SITTING AT A 6.2% VACANCY RATE OF THE ALLOCATED 644.

AND THEN FOR OUR EMERGENCY, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, WE ARE SITTING AT A 6.8% VACANCY RATE.

WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 18, UH, VACANCIES OVER AT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

AND JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT IN EARLY 2023, WE WERE SITTING AT ABOUT A 50% VACANCY RATE IN OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

SO WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

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THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE ATTRITION RATE OVER THE YEARS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SWORN VACANCY RATE, AND YOU'LL SEE A DRAMATIC INCREASE OVER FROM YEAR 20.

2023 IS WHEN WE HAD THE MOST DRAMATIC, UH, DECREASE WITH THE OFFICERS THAT WERE SEPARATING FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN FROM THERE, IT'S ESSENTIALLY KIND OF TAPERED OFF A BIT AND WE'VE BEEN ON A STEADY, AN AWESOME BUT STEADY, UH, LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SWORN VACANCY RATE.

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THIS IS JUST A BREAKDOWN OF OUR OFFICER STAFFING AND, UH, VACANCIES BY AREA COMMAND AT THE TOP RIGHT THERE IN THE PURPLE.

I APOLOGIZE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE A BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THOSE ARE OUR PROBATIONARY OFFICERS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY BEING CUT LOOSE OFF THEIR PROBATIONARY STATUS OF RIDING WITH THE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE GETTING CUT LOOSE IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW AND THEY'LL BECOME OFFICERS THAT ARE RIDING SOLO, IF YOU WILL.

AND SO THAT NUMBER WILL THEN ADD TO THE BLUE SECTION THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THE 61.3 VACANCY RATE THAT YOU SEE IN CENTRAL PATROL WILL ESSENTIALLY INCREASE TO 70 UH PERCENT WITH THOSE NUMBERS BEING ADDED INTO, UH, OUR VACANCY OR BEING REMOVED FROM OUR VACANCY RATE BECAUSE THOSE ARE NO LONGER PROBATIONARY OFFICERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO RIDE WITH A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE IN A SOLO STATUS.

THE GREEN NUMBER THERE IS JUST OUR VACANCY RATE, ACTUAL TRUE VACANCIES.

AND THEN THE ORANGE THAT YOU SEE IN THERE IS A LONG-TERM VACANCY, EITHER BASED ON MILITARY, UH, FMLA, SOME SORT OF LONG-TERM INJURY THAT CREATES A VACANCY, NOT A TRUE VACANCY, BUT THEY AREN'T SERVING IN THEIR CAPACITY AS A PATROL OFFICER FOR SOME OTHER REASON.

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ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS RELATED TO THE CONTRACT THAT RECENTLY PASSED WITH THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT.

WE NOW HAVE, WE NOW HAVE A NEW COMMANDER PROMOTIONAL PROCESS THAT INVOLVES A VOLUNTARY MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WHO, FOR LIEUTENANTS WHO ARE WISHING TO PROMOTE TO THE RANK OF COMMANDER.

THERE'S ALSO A MANDATORY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT'S WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING, BUT IT'S A COMPONENT OF THE, THE PROMOTIONAL PROCESS THAT ALL LIEUTENANTS, ONCE THEY BECOME COMMANDERS, WILL BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN.

AND SO IT'S PART OF A, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

THEY'LL ALSO HAVE TO DO READING ASSIGNMENTS, WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AND EXAMINATIONS.

THEY'LL ALSO HAVE A, UH, ASSESSMENT CENTER.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S GONNA BE A REVIEW PANEL THAT EACH COMMANDER HAS TO GO TO, AND EACH CANDIDATE IS GONNA BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN ORAL PRESENTATION, OUTLINE THEIR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT, PERSONAL ACCOLADES AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WILL BE ALSO A PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR NEWLY PROMOTED COMMANDERS.

AND AT THE TI AT THE END OF THAT PROBATIONARY PERIOD, THERE'LL BE AN EVALUATION OR AN ASSESSMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL BE REMAIN AT THE RANK OF COMMANDER OR EITHER THEY WILL HAVE TO STEP BACK DOWN TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT.

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GOING OVER OUR POLICE CADET CLASSES.

WE RECENTLY GRADUATED TWO CLASSES, ONE THAT HAD, UH, 39 NEW GRADUATES IN IT.

AND THEN ANOTHER ONE THAT GRADUATED WITH 50 54, WE STARTED ANOTHER CADET CLASS, THE ONE 53RD, THEY STARTED IN JULY WITH 61, AND THEY

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AND THEY CURRENTLY HAVE 36 CADETS IN IT.

OUR FUTURE ACADEMY CLASS, WE ACTUALLY HAD ONE START THIS WEEK, AND THEY WILL GRADUATE IN AUGUST OF 2025.

AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY 86 THAT STARTED THAT CADET CLASS.

AND THEN THE ONE 55TH CADET CLASS IS SCHEDULED TO START IN MAY OF 2025.

AND THAT HIRING CYCLE, WE ACTUALLY JUST OPENED IT.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE JUST OVER ABOUT 900 INITIAL APPLICANTS TO, TO THAT, UH, WHERE THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST SUBMITTED AN INITIAL INQUIRY TO THAT HIRING CYCLE THERE.

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SPEAKING TO SOME OF OUR TRAINING ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS, OF COURSE, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE, OUR PRE ACADEMY, UH, WITH SEMINARS AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, UH, SESSIONS, WHICH INCLUDE WELLNESS AND NUTRITION, OUR GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS WITH JOYCE JAMES CONSULTING, UH, BASIC BUDGETING FOR OUR OFFICERS, MINDFULNESS AND RESILIENCY, AND THE HISTORY OF RACE AND POLICE IN AUSTIN.

IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVES INFORMATION SESSIONS WHERE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS COME ON SITE WITH, UM, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN A RESOURCE FAIR WITH OUR CADETS, WHICH WILL ALSO INTEGRATED SOME OF OUR FIRE CADETS IN THERE TOO, WHO COME TO OUR RESOURCE FAIR.

SO IT'S A DEFINITELY, UH, EXPANDING.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE OUR EXTERNAL INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE CONTENT EXPERTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON MULTIPLE AREAS AND, AND TOPICS.

OKAY.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR OUR QUARTERLY, QUARTERLY REPORT, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER, I DID SUBMIT ALL THE DATA THAT WE TYPICALLY DO IN OUR STANDARD FORMAT PREVIOUS AS A BACKUP BACKUP DOCUMENT FOR YOU TO REVIEW.

I SAW THAT.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT.

UM, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO QUESTIONS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, AND ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GO, CAN WE, UM, I, I THINK COMMISSIONER NGUYEN IS IN WAITING ROOM JAIL.

IF WE CAN LET HIM OUT TO JOIN THE MEETING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND IF COMMISSIONER NEN, IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERA ON.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER SIERRA? UH, YES.

CHIEF, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE PRIOR COMMANDER PROCESS WAS BEFORE THIS CHANGE? NO.

YES, SIR.

SO THE, THAT'S A TWO PART ANSWER.

SO WHILE WE WERE OUT OF CONTRACT, IT ONLY CONSISTED OF A 100 ANSWER EXAM.

UM, WHILE WE ARE OUT OF CONTRACT, OUR PREVIOUS CONTRACT, IT INCLUDED A ASSESSMENT CENTER THAT THE COMMANDER WOULD GO TO IN ADDITION TO A WRITTEN EXAM.

AND IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE EXAM WITH THE 70, AND THEN FROM THERE THEY WOULD GO ON TO AN ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

THAT ASSESSMENT WOULD INCLUDE A, A PROCESS WHERE YOU GO IN AND YOU ARE GIVEN DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT YOU ARE GIVEN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO WRITE OUT A SCENARIO.

THEN YOU WOULD, ONCE THAT TIME PERIOD ENDED, YOU WOULD THEN HAVE TO COLLECT YOUR MATERIALS AND THEN GO INTO A SEPARATE ROOM WHERE YOU PRESENT ON THOSE DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT YOU HAD TIME TO, TO PREPARE ON.

EACH SEGMENT IN THERE HAS TYPICAL FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

IT'S ALL VIDEO PRESENTATION.

SO YOU WALK INTO A ROOM, YOU'LL SIT DOWN AND YOU'LL SAY PRESENT ON SCENARIO ONE, YOU'LL GO OVER YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU, AND THEN THERE'LL BE FOLLOW-UP VIDEO QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED JUST BASED ON THE SCENARIO IN AND OF IT OF ITSELF.

AND THEN FROM THERE IT WOULD BE A CULMINATION OF YOUR TIME AND GRADE, YOUR, YOUR ASSESSMENT SCORE AND THEN YOUR TEST SCORE.

THAT WOULD GIVE THE RANKING FOR THE THE COMMANDER RANK.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM .

AND, UM, ONE FINAL QUESTION ON THAT NOTE, HOW IS THE ASSESSMENT PANEL SELECTED CURRENTLY BASED ON THE NEW RULES SET OUT BY A PD FOR COMMANDER PROMOTIONS? YES, SIR.

SO THE ASSESSMENT CENTER RIGHT NOW IS STILL BEING CONTRACTED OUT THROUGH IO SOLUTIONS, AND IO SOLUTIONS IS A VETTED, UH, FIRM THAT HAS A STANDARD PROCESS OF RUNNING AN ASSESSMENT CENTER.

AND SO THAT HAS NOT CHANGED AS FAR AS THE ASSESSMENT CENTER ITSELF.

NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH CHIEF DAVIS TO SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT SHE WANTS TO USE WHEN IT COMES TO ADMINISTERING THE ASSESSMENT CENTER.

UH, I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE SCENARIOS.

I SHE MIGHT CHANGE THE SCENARIO OR CHANGE HOW WE DO IT.

UH, THERE WASN'T PREVIOUSLY A WRITTEN COMPONENT.

SHE COULD ADD A WRITTEN COMPONENT TO IT.

SHE COULD SELECT SPECIFIC SCENARIOS THAT SHE WANTS THE COMMANDER TO RESPOND TO.

BUT THE FIRM IN AND OF ITSELF THAT HANDLES ADMINISTERING THE ASSESSMENT CENTER HAS NOT CHANGED.

THAT'S IO SOLUTIONS.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

COMMISSIONER SMITH, DID I SEE THAT YOU HAD A QUESTION? I DID.

I WAS WONDERING HOW OUR CADET GRADUATION RATES COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGES OR, AND OR AVERAGES

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MM-HMM .

MA'AM, I'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH, WITH THAT ONE.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE DONE AN ASSESSMENT FROM A NATIONWIDE STANDARD, UM, OR ASSESSMENT ON THAT.

OKAY.

JUST TRYING TO GET CONTEXT FOR THE DROP OFF.

I UNDERSTAND NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO MAKE IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW WE STACK IT.

YES, MA'AM.

I'LL MAKE A NOTE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP OR SUBMIT THAT AS A BACKUP.

OKAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RUAN, I JUST WANNA SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THIS FORMAT.

I THINK HAVING THE DATA SEPARATE AND SORT OF FOCUSING SOME HIGHLIGHTS IS, IS BENEFICIAL.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

UM, I DID ONE QUESTION, JUST TIGHTEN A LITTLE BIT.

THE, SO THE AUTO THEFT, UH, COMPONENT, WHICH I, I APPRECIATE HAVING THAT HIGHLIGHTED AS SORT OF A QUALITY OF LIFE COMPONENT THAT SOMETIMES DOESN'T MAKE THE TOP TIER COMPARED TO CERTAIN OTHER CRIMES.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SIMILAR QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES THAT IMPACT CITIZENS.

LIKE A BIG ONE THAT GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION IS BREAK-INS AT PARKS AND GREEN BELTS AND THINGS ALONG THOSE KIND OF LINES.

I I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE DATA CONNECTED ON THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE AT THE NEXT TIME OR IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING TODAY JUST IN TERMS OF A GENERAL DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF THOSE SMALL THINGS, WHAT'S BEING DONE AND ANY WAY OF TRACKING THOSE.

AND I THINK WITH THAT, THE OTHER QUESTION, I, I ASSUME MOST AUTO THEFTS GET REPORTED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, BUT I KNOW THERE IS SOME CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY THAT PERHAPS SOME REFLECTION OF NON-VIOLENT CRIME DROPPING MIGHT BE A LACK OF REPORTING DUE TO A PERCEPTION THAT THERE'S NOT A RESPONSE SOMEWHAT FROM OUR SPEAKER EARLIER TODAY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK OR ADDRESS OR HAVE ANY SENSE IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT OF THAT.

OKAY.

NO.

YES, SIR.

TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION RELATED TO BURGLARY OF VEHICLES, WE, WE ARE DOING A TARGETED INITIATIVE RELATED TO BURGLARY OF VEHICLES.

'CAUSE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT TYPICALLY CERTAIN VEHICLES ARE TARGETED BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THERE WILL BE A FIREARM IN THAT VEHICLE.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A BREAKDOWN OF CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BROKEN, BROKEN INTO JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MORE LIKELY TO BE A FIREARM IN THERE.

AND THEN THAT FIREARM IS THEN LATER USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME.

AND SO WE ARE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT A INITIATIVES THAT FOCUS ON OWNERS OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CERTAIN TYPES OF VEHICLES.

FORD F1 FIFTIES IS AT THE TOP OF TOP OF THE LIST.

AND THEN GOING TO PLACES WHERE FORD F1 FIFTIES ARE TYPICALLY PARKED, UH, ANY KIND OF HOME CONSTRUCTION TYPE, UH, BUSINESS, HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

AND BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING ON, ON OUR INITIATIVES ON, SO NOT ONLY JUST THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT THEN ALSO PARKS ALSO, UH, NIGHTTIME AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

A LOT OF THE BARS RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM CARRYING A FIREARM IF THERE'S MORE THAN 51% ALCOHOL SALES.

SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL LEAVE THEIR FIREARM IN THEIR VEHICLE AND THEN WHAT DO YOU KNOW THEIR VEHICLE GETS BROKEN INTO AND THEIR FIREARM IS, IS STOLEN.

AND SO FOCUSING INITIATIVES AROUND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BURGLARY OF VEHICLES.

THANK YOU.

NO, YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, I'M GONNA LOOK ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS MYSELF.

UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE TRAINING ACADEMY, UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS THIS COMMUNITY CONNECT AND ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

UM, IS THAT, SO IT'S A TWO PART QUESTION.

THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION.

OKAY.

UM, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SET UP, UM, SUPPOSEDLY AFTER THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION WAS UP AND RUNNING.

I WANTED TO ASK, ASK ON A STATUS FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION AND HOW THAT'S POTENTIALLY CONNECTED TO THIS COMMUNITY CONNECT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHTY.

UH, FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ON THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO CHIEF DAVIS.

AND SHE WANTED SOME BACKGROUND JUST 'CAUSE SHE'S NEW, NEW TO AUSTIN AND WASN'T QUITE SURE HOW, HOW WE CAME UP WITH THE LIST OF THOSE THAT WE PROPOSED TO, TO HER TO BE A COMPONENT OF THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO THOSE ARE IN HER INBOX.

WE'RE JUST WAITING TO GIVE HER SOME MORE BACKGROUND SO SHE COULD MAKE A SOUND, SOUND DECISION ON THAT.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMUNITY CONNECT, THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A CROSSOVER THERE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT PROJECT THAT WE WORK ON, WHERE WE HAVE EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS PRESENT ON THE VARIOUS RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT PROJECT DOES, IS BRINGING IN EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS THAT CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES.

OFFICER GOES TO A HOME AND THERE'S, UH, A MOTHER THERE THAT'S NEEDING DIAPERS.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COMMUNITY RESOURCE WHERE WE CAN ROUTE HER TO, TO, UH, GET DIAPERS OR BABY FORMULA, STUFF LIKE THAT.

THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY CONNECT THAT'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ACADEMY WHERE WE DO HAVE JOYCE JAMES CONSULTING.

SHE GOES OVER THE GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS, THE INSTITUTIONAL RACISM THAT IS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CADET CLASS IS ANOTHER TWO WEEK COMPONENT

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OKAY.

SO COMMUNITY CONNECT IS SOMETHING THAT THE OFFICERS GO THROUGH? CORRECT.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

SO, WELL, CADETS, I'M SORRY.

CADETS.

YES.

THE CADETS.

MM-HMM .

I'M SORRY, THE CADETS.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO BOOKMARK THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

IT'S BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AT THIS POINT.

UM, MAYBE, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT'S A YEAR OR TWO YEARS.

I REMEMBER IT WAS JANUARY, DECEMBER-ISH.

IT WAS EITHER OF 2023 OR 2020.

I BELIEVE THE, I BELIEVE IT WAS 24 IS WHEN THE FINAL REPORT CAME OUT.

24.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE WE SORT OF HIGHLIGHTED THAT THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS STALLED.

OKAY.

UM, AND THAT THERE WASN'T ANY MOTION AND THAT THEY WEREN'T BEING GIVEN ACCESS TO, UM, OVERSEE ANY OF THE CLASS CLASSES AS THEY HAD REQUESTED.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BOOKMARK THAT.

THAT'S, THAT'S STILL WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE A YEAR PAST WHEN WE OKAY.

THAT IT'S BEEN A YEAR.

.

YES, MA'AM.

SO WE'RE TWO YEARS IN.

YEAH.

UM, SO, UH, I WOULD, I SH WE SHOULD HAVE, I SHOULD HAVE THAT BY THE, BY OUR NEXT MEETING AND AS SOON AS THEY'RE STORED UP I'LL EMAIL IT TO, TO THE COMMITTEE.

OKAY.

OKAY.

OKAY.

AND THEN, UM, MY OTHER QUESTION WAS JUST WITH REGARDS TO RESPONSE TIMES.

UM, I'M TRYING TO SCROLL BACK TO THE RESPONSE TIME COMBINED PO AND PO AND P ONE RESPONSE TIMES, UM, THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE 13 MINUTE RANGE.

UM, AND WANTED TO ASK ABOUT HOW C FOUR STATUS, UM, POTENTIALLY IMPACTS THESE RESPONSE TIMES AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY SORT OF ATTEMPTS TO LOOK AT HOW OFFICERS USE THEIR C FOUR TIME, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO P ZERO AND P ONE CALLS AND WHETHER OR NOT THE BARRY DUN CONSULTING SORT OF GROUP THAT CAME IN TO SORT OF HELP ASSESS WITH STAFFING, UM, LOOKED AT THAT.

OKAY.

YES, MA'AM.

SO FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION, UH, C FOUR IS CODE FOUR.

YES.

JUST FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S ON THE, ON THE LINE.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHEN AN OFFICER RESPONDS TO A CALL FOR SERVICE, SOMETIMES IT COULD BE, UH, MULTIPLE OFFICERS THAT RESPOND ONCE AN OFFICER GETS ON SCENE OR MULTIPLE OFFICERS GETS ON SCENE AND THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO, TO ARRIVE, THE OFFICER WILL GO CODE FOUR.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY A NOTIFICATION OR BROADCASTING TO EVERYONE.

EITHER ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE NOT NEEDED, WHOEVER'S ON SCENE IS, IS ENOUGH AND THAT THE SCENE IS SEEN AS SAFE.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO, IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANALYZE WHETHER OR NOT CODE FOUR TIME IS IMPACTING RESPONSE TIMES 'CAUSE OF THE VARIATION OF THE CALLS THAT WE GO ON.

AND BECAUSE OF THE VARIATION OF THE CALLS, THERE'S A VARIATION OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED.

SO A CRASH, A SIMPLE CRASH COULD ONLY REQUIRE ONE, TWO OFFICER RESPONSE.

BUT A LARGE SCALE CRASH THAT HAS MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND INJURIES COULD REQUIRE EIGHT OFFICERS TO RESPOND.

AND SO HOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY BEING ON CODE FOUR THEN IMPACTS A POTENTIAL RESPONSE TIME TO ANOTHER CALL FOR SERVICE.

NOW, WHAT OUR SUPERVISORS ARE INTENTIONAL ABOUT IS MONITORING, 'CAUSE OUR OFF SUPERVISORS CAN SEE A CAD CALL COMPUTER AID DISPATCH ON THEIR MDC MOBILE DATA TERMINAL OR MOTOR MOBILE DATA COMPUTER, HOW MANY OFFICERS ARE ON A CALL AND HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN THERE.

AND SO IT'S UP TO OUR INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS THAT ARE MONITORING TO CALL TO SEE, HEY, WE'VE HAD SEVEN OFFICERS ON THIS CRASH THAT'S BEEN CLEARED FROM THE ROADWAY.

IT'S NOT LIKELY WE STILL NEED SEVEN OFFICERS.

IF IT'S ALREADY MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY OUT OF HARM'S WAY OF, OF TRAFFIC, THAT INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISOR CAN REQUEST OR TELL THE OFFICERS ON SCENE, WHOEVER'S OUT THERE THAT'S STILL NOT NEEDED, I NEED YOU TO GO BACK IN, BACK IN SERVICE.

AND THAT POTENTIALLY FREES UP ANOTHER UNIT TO RESPOND TO A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT CALL FOR SERVICE.

BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DIRECTLY CORRELATE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT CODE FOUR TIMES ARE THEN IMPACTING RESPONSE TIMES.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? JUST 'CAUSE OF VARIATION OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALLS? YEAH.

AND, AND I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE I, UM, WHEN I, WHEN I DID A RIDE ALONG, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO NOT NOTICE THE LONG STRING IN THE, IN THE COMPUTER OF C FOUR STATUSES, CODE FOUR MM-HMM .

UM, UM, IT, THE CODE FOUR STATUSES, THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE CODE FOUR STATUSES THAN NOT MM-HMM .

AND SO, UM, AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU KNOW, I I SEE RESPONSE TIME SORT OF TICK UP, TICK UP THE CALL, SIT THERE LONGER AND LONGER AND LONGER.

SO I, THAT IS WHY I WAS ASKING IF THERE WAS A CORRELATION OR A POTENTIAL CORRELATION.

AND IF BARRY DUNN, BARRY DUNN CONSULTING HAD LOOKED AT ANY OF THAT AS THEY WERE DOING THE STAFF STAFFING CONSULTATION FOR YOU GUYS, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT CODE FOR

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THERE ARE, UH, AND THE FINAL REPORT SHOULD BE OUT BY END OF JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.

FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING THAT END OF JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY.

UM, BUT SPECIFICALLY RE RELATED TO CODE FOUR TIMES.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT.

THE, THE REPORT ON THE, IT'S VERY THOROUGH.

OKAY.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE 118 PAGES.

SO IT'S, BUT VERY, VERY THOROUGH.

SO.

OKAY.

GREAT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD TIME FOR ONE QUICK, I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE.

YEAH.

I, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING.

IN TERMS OF THE VACANCY RATES MM-HMM .

UM, I'M GUESSING THIS IS JUST BECAUSE THE PATROL VACANCY IS MUCH HIGHER, BUT I NOTICED MOST OF THE, ON THE SLIDE THAT HAS PATROL OFFICER STAFFING VACANCIES, IT'S YOUR SLIDE 15 RUNNING 19 TO 32% FOR THE VACANCY RATES THERE, WHEREAS THE OVERALL SWORN VACANCY IS 17.8.

IS THAT JUST A DISCREPANCY THAT WE'RE MUCH LOWER ON THE PATROL FOLKS AND WE HAVE LESS VACANCIES AT, UH, MORE SENIOR LEVELS OR THAT THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, THE WAY THE, I'M TRY NOT TO BURN UP TOO MUCH TIME , THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A RESPONSE.

SO THERE'S, UH, VARIOUS RANKS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION.

WHENEVER A VACANCY IS CREATED FROM A A RANKED POSITION, THAT VACANCY WILL THEN GET FILLED THROUGH A PROMOTION.

THE NEXT LEVEL TO PROMOTE UP IS TYPICALLY FROM THE OFFICER RANK BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE DETECTIVES THAN FEWER SERGEANTS THAN FEWER LIEUTENANTS THAN FEWER COMMANDERS.

BUT EITHER WAY, WHETHER OR NOT A A PROMOTION OCCURS OR A VACANCY CREEK GETS CREATED, IF THE VACANCY THAT'S BEING CREATED AS IS AT A RANK HIGHER THAN AN OFFICER, IT'S GOING TO CREATE A VACANCY ON PATROL AT AN OFFICER POSITION.

SO THAT OFFICER, MOST OF OUR OFFICERS ARE, ARE ON PATROL, IS LIKELY GONNA CREATE A VACANCY ON PATROL.

THAT OFFICER COULD BE AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY, COULD BE, UH, ON A SPECIALIZED UNIT, BUT MOST LIKELY THAT OFFICER IS GOING TO BE ON A PATROL STATUS CREATING A VACANCY THERE WITH THE RATE AT WHICH OUR ACADEMY CLASSES OCCUR BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY A GRADUATION EVERY FOUR MONTHS, THERE'LL BE A LARGE UPTICK IN VACANCIES, UH, AT THE OFFICER RANK.

A CLASS WILL GRADUATE, THEN THAT VACANCY RATE WILL BE, THERE'LL BE A DRAMATIC DROP OFF ONCE THOSE OFFICERS GET CUT LOOSE, WHICH WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS GONNA OCCUR, I BELIEVE IN TWO, TWO WEEKS, BUTANO.

AS THAT CLASS THEN GETS, YOU KNOW, SET OUT ON THE STREETS, MORE PROMOTIONS OCCUR, THEN THE VACANCIES NATURALLY OCCUR AT THE OFFICER RANK.

IF THE PERSON THAT IS LEAVING IS AT THE RANK OF, UH, DETECTIVE OR DETECTIVE CORPORAL OR HIRE, OR EVEN JUST AN OFFICER LEAVES, UH, SOMEBODY AT AN OFFICER RANK SEPARATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT, IT'S GONNA BE A VACANCY AT THE OFFICER RANK.

YEAH.

WHICH DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE.

I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, IF WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHERE AS WE ARE DEALING WITH STAFFING CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, IS IT AN ISSUE THAT WE'RE NOT KEEPING THE JUNIOR PEOPLE AND THAT'S CREATING THE BUBBLE THERE? OR IS IT MORE AT A HIGHER LEVEL? IS THAT, THAT, THAT PULL THROUGH? UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? IS IT, YOU SAY THAT WE'RE LOSING THOSE PEOPLE IN THEIR VERY FIRST FIVE YEARS, BUT THEY'RE STILL PATROL OFFICERS CREATING A PATROL VACANCY? OR ARE WE LOSING THE PEOPLE AT A, AT A HIGHER, MORE SENIOR LEVEL AND THAT'S THE PULL THROUGH.

I I SEE, UH, MOST OF THE SEPARATIONS ARE AT THE OFFICER, OFFICER LEVEL.

UM, OFFICERS GRADUATE, THEY GET OUT ON THE STREETS.

THEY REALIZE IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT FOR NOT FOR THEM.

THERE'S ALSO A STRONG DRAW TO GO TO OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS 'CAUSE JUST THERE'S SUCH A SHORTAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, LUCRATIVE FOR AN OFFICER TO JUST TRANSFER TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, UM, AND LEAVE IN, LEAVE IN THAT MANNER.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR SEPARATIONS ARE AT THE OFFICER RANK MOSTLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE POSITIONS ARE AT.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY.

OKAY.

I THINK WE'RE OUT.

I HAVE THAT OPENED UP A WHOLE OTHER STREAM OF QUESTIONS IN MY HEAD, BUT WE, I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

UM, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CADET GRADUATION RATES, UM, AS COMPARED TO NATIONALLY AS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.

AND THEN, UM, WE CAN TALK A A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, THAT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, THE VERY DUN CONSULTING REPORT.

UM, AND WITH THAT, UM,

[3. Presentation regarding the inclement winter weather plans including communication and partnerships with area organizations. Presentation by Bill Wilson, Interim Director, Homeland Security and Emergency Management.]

AND WHAT WE HAVE IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WEATHER PLANS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH AREA ORGANIZATION.

IF YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I KNOW IT'S A BUSY DAY.

YES MA'AM.

BUSY WEEK.

SO THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

UH, MY NAME IS BILL WILSON.

I'M THE INTERIM DIRECTOR WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, OFFICE OF HOMELAND

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UH, WHAT I WANT US TO GO OVER TODAY IS KIND OF AS YOU MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER KIND OF SOME CITYWIDE PREPARATION HIGHLIGHTS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING, NOT WITH ONLY IN HESSON, BUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.

WE'RE GONNA GO OVER OUR, OUR PLAN AND SOME CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE FOR OUR COLD WEATHER SHELTERS AND WHAT WE'VE CHANGED WITH SOME OF THE ACTIVATION POINTS THERE.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA KIND OF HIGHLIGHT, UH, KIND OF OUR GENERAL WINTER SHELTER PLAN.

WE'RE GONNA GO OVER WARMING CENTERS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY AND WHAT BENEFIT THEY OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ALSO GONNA COVER EMERGENCY PUBLIC INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND EOC OPERATIONS.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO OVER COUNCIL COMMUNICATION, UH, THE NEWS FLASH PROCESS AS WELL AS THE LIAISON OFFICER THAT WE HAVE.