Jan 06, 2025 Public Safety Commission

WHEN I TALK TO THE DISTRICT REP, THE DISTRICT REP'S SUPERVISOR TALK TO P UH, INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS, THEY ALL SEEM CONFUSED ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

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, AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

OF MINUTES.

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

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.

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

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

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

I WASN'T HERE.

QUARTERLY REPORT FROM AUSTIN POLICE.

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.

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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BEEN A 29% DECREASE.

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.

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.

STABILIZED IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

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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OH, I'M SORRY.

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

AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TWO SLIDES.

THERE YOU GO.

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.

GET SOMETHING TO EAT, AND THEN WE HELP WRAP THE GIFTS FOR THEIR, UH, FOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THEY PURCHASED.

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.

OH, I'M SORRY.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WILL GRADUATE IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

OF SIMILARLY SITUATED CITIES.

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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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMISSION.

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.

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.

OF OUR COMMUNITY CONNECT.

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

SO, WELL, CADETS, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, THE CADETS.

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

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.

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.

SO WE'RE TWO YEARS IN.

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.

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.

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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TIME.

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.

WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT.

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

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

SO IT'S, BUT VERY, VERY THOROUGH.

SO.

GREAT.

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

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.

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.

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.

WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

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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SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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.

SO JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO, UH, KIND OF WANTED TO SHOW WHAT SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN DOING TO GET READY FOR WINTER WEATHER.

SO TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DID A FIELD EXERCISE.

UH, THEY DID THIS WHERE THEY KIND OF DROVE ALL THE PRESCRIBED, UH, ROUTES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING ISSUES IN THE PAST.

THEY ALSO DID A TRAFFIC SIGNAL EXERCISE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE UP DURING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.

AND THEY'VE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY ORDERED THEIR DE-ICING MATERIALS.

UH, AUSTIN ENERGY STARTING BACK IN OCTOBER DID A INCIDENT COMMAND EXERCISE TO PREPARE FOR OPERATIONS WHENEVER IT RELATES TO WINTER WEATHER.

AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAS ALREADY BEEN WORK WORKING ON IDENTIFYING WARMING CENTERS THAT WE CAN USE FOR EXTENDED HOURS.

SO THAT'S WHENEVER WE KEEP THEM OPEN.

PAST NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, UH, FLEET SERVICES HAS BEEN RETRAINING STAFF, UH, TO BE PREPARED TO APPLY CHAINS FOR CITY VEHICLES DURING EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENTS.

BEEN WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE, UH, TO KIND OF GET READY FOR SHELTER OPERATIONS AND ALSO STAGING OUR MISSION READY PACKAGES OR MRPS.

UH, SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN DOING TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT AND GET READY FOR WINTER WEATHER IS WE DID HAVE A WINTER WEATHER PLAN REVIEW.

WE DO THIS ANNUALLY WHERE WE KIND OF TAKE IN LESSONS LEARNED AND PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S PLAN FOR WINTER WEATHER.

UH, WE ALSO DID A TABLETOP EXERCISE.

WE DID THIS BACK IN DECEMBER.

WE PULLED EVERYONE TOGETHER AND RAN THROUGH A SCENARIO TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS PREPARED TO RESPOND TO A WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

UH, WE CONDUCTED LIAISON OFFICER TRAINING.

WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION INTO WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT THAT DOES FOR US.

UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION, EOC TRAINING.

SO WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR WHERE EVERY, UH, INDIVIDUAL THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN THAT WORKS IN COMMUNICATIONS HAS TO ATTEND THIS TRAINING.

AND THEN WE TAKE A SMALLER SECTION OF THAT AND WE, WE, UH, CONDUCT SOME LEAD PIO TRAINING.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STARTED DOING JUST EOC TABLETOP EXERCISES, SPECIFICALLY GEARED AT OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION GROUP.

SO, COLD WEATHER SHELTERS AND ACTIVATION TRIGGERS.

GOOD TIMING BECAUSE WE JUST OPENED THESE LAST NIGHT.

UM, OUR, WE KINDA SIMPLIFIED AND UPDATED OUR, OUR THRESHOLD FOR WHENEVER WE ACTIVATE OUR COLD WEATHER SHELTERS.

IN THE PAST, WE WOULD KIND OF DO A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

IT WOULD BE, HEY, IF IT'S BELOW 32, WE WOULD ACTIVATE.

IF IT'S BELOW 35 AND WET, WE WOULD ACTIVATE.

IF IT'S BELOW 35 WITH THE WINDSHIELD THAT TAKES IT TO 32, THEN WE WOULD ACTIVATE.

SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS MUCH EASIER JUST TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE'RE GONNA ACTIVATE AT 35 DEGREES OR, OR COLDER.

SO THAT TAKES A LOT OF THOSE OTHER THINGS OUT AND MAKES IT SIMPLER FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHENEVER WE'RE GONNA BE ACTIVE ACTIVATING.

UH, AS IN THE PAST, OUR INTAKE IS STILL CENTRALIZED TO ONE TEXAS CENTER.

UH, WE DO WORK WITH CAP METRO.

SO ON DAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ACTIVATION SUCH AS LAST NIGHT, THEY PROVIDE FREE TRANSPORTATION TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GET A RIDE TO ONE TEXAS CENTER TO TAKE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SHELTERING OPERATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND WE DO USE CAP METRO TO THEN MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.

OUR HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE, UH, HAS CONTRACTED WITH THE VENDOR PROVIDE, UH, SHELTER FOR THE FIRST 300 PEOPLE.

THAT NORMALLY TAKES UP THREE CITY FACILITIES TO DO THAT.

IF WE END UP GOING BEYOND 300 PEOPLE, THEN OUR OFFICE STEPS IN AND WE START PROVIDING, UH, MEALS, BLANKETS, MATS, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES WE DO FOR THE OTHER ONE TOO.

BUT THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE ONES THAT WE DO WHENEVER WE GET PAST THAT 300 PERSON MARK.

OUR WINTER SHELTER PLANS.

I THINK ONE THING THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING IS PEOPLE HEAR SHELTER AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SHELTERING OPERATIONS.

WHAT'S I THINK MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND ARE WINTER WEATHER SHELTERS THAT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT OF WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE CITY IS JUST BASED ON WEATHER.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE TARGETING, PRIMARILY THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

WHENEVER WE GET INTO OUR WINTER SHELTER PLANS, THAT'S WHENEVER WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE IMPACTS FROM WINTER WEATHER ON THE REST OF THE CITY.

SO IT'S KNOCKING OUT POWER.

WE END UP WITH SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE HAVING ISSUES AND THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IS NEEDING ADDITIONAL SHELTER OPERATIONS.

UH, WE'VE LEARNED THAT ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IS IF WE START WITH CITY OWNED FACILITIES, IT HELPS US OUT.

SO A LOT OF TIMES PART IS OUR PRIMARY PARTNER THERE.

THE REASON WE DO THAT IS SINCE IT'S A CITY OWNED FACILITY AND I CAN WORK

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DIRECTLY WITH PAR.

IF THEY SAY I CAN USE IT, IT MEANS I CAN USE IT WHENEVER WE START GETTING OUTSIDE THE CITY AND USING BUILDINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER.

SOMETIMES WE MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO IT FOR A FEW DAYS, BUT THEN IT NEEDS TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

IF IT NEEDS TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THAT MEANS EVERYBODY I HAVE THERE, I'M MOVING THEM AROUND, WHICH IS NOT THE BEST FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY NOT IN THE BEST SITUATION BECAUSE THEY'RE NEEDING TO USE ONE OF OUR SHELTERS BECAUSE OF A WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

SO WE DO THAT, UH, WE ARE STARTING TO REACH OUT AND DO, UH, WORK WITH A ISD TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME, UH, MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING IN PLACE FOR SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE.

THAT WOULD KINDA BE AVAILABLE 24 7 TOO, SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND.

UM, WE DID, I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DO HAVE THE MISSION READY PACKAGES, JUST SO THAT Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

WE KINDA GET THESE STORAGE CONTAINERS.

WE PUT IN ABOUT 72 HOURS WORTH OF FOOD, WATER, UH, BLANKETS, PILLOWS SO THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS NOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MOVE STUFF AROUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE ALREADY HAVE IT THERE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO SUSTAIN.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BEHIND IT THAT WE CAN MOVE UP, BUT IT JUST KINDA LETS US GET A JUMP ON GETTING THOSE SHELTERING OPERATIONS GOING.

WE DO WORK WITH HR.

UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING KIND OF YEAR ROUND ON, ON IDENTIFYING AND UTILIZING CITY STAFF TO ASSIST US IN BACKFILLING THOSE SHELTER OPERATIONS AND OUR, WE'LL COVER IT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE DO HAVE A NEW SECTION WITHIN HESO THAT'S GONNA COVER PRIMARILY SHELTER OPERATIONS.

AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON DEVELOPING TRAINING NOT ONLY FOR THE SHELTER OPERATIONS, BUT ALSO ON A MO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND DEESCALATION TRAINING SO THAT EVERYBODY IN, IN, WHETHER IT'S ON THE CITY SIDE OR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SHELTER, OF THE SHELTERS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING CAN STAY SAFE.

JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONE.

UH, THIS WEBSITE CAN BE FOUND ON, UH, AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/ALERTS.

WE KEEP ALL OF OUR, OUR INFORMATION THERE AS IT RELATES TO ANY KIND OF DA DISASTER RESPONSE, BUT THESE ARE GONNA BE THE WARMING CENTERS.

WE KEEP THIS UPDATED 24 7.

SO JUST KIND OF A QUICK RULE OF THUMB, ESPECIALLY FOR THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE LISTENING, ANY CITY FACILITY THAT IS OPEN FOR NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, IF IT'S COLD OUTSIDE AND YOU NEED TO WARM UP, YOU CAN GO INSIDE.

WE KEEP ALL THE EASY BUILDINGS TO GET INTO.

SO A LIBRARY IS OUR PARD STUFF.

UH, WE KEEP IT ALL UPDATED ON HERE TO INCLUDE THE HOURS.

THERE'S OCCASIONS THAT IT MIGHT STAY COLD PAST, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE DON'T HAVE SHELTERS OPENING YET AND IT'S STAYING COLD PAST WHATEVER THE NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS WOULD BE.

AND SO THAT WE STILL HAVE A FACILITY OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO.

WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH LIBRARIES AND PARDON AND IDENTIFY SOME THAT ARE GONNA STAY OPEN PAST HOURS.

THAT WILL ALL BE UPDATED ON HERE.

SO ANYBODY THAT NEEDS A PLACE TO GO TO, TO STAY WARM, THIS IS YOUR LOCATION TO GO TO TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE AND OPEN.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE PARTNER WITH THREE ONE ONE, SO ANYBODY CAN CALL 3 1 1 WITH QUESTIONS AS WELL TOO.

UH, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THERE TOO, UH, WE DO ALL THESE FACILITIES ARE GONNA BE OPEN TO SERVICE ANIMALS.

UH, THE WEBSITE THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THE AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/ALERTS, WE UPDATE THAT IN 14 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SO EVERYONE IN THE CITY HOPEFULLY BE COVERED AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION AS NEEDED.

SO THIS IS AVAILABLE THROUGH BOTH, UH, THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE AND UH, IPHONE.

KINDA WANTED TO GO OVER SOME OF OUR INFORMATION RESOURCES.

SO THIS IS KIND OF IN TWO PHASES.

THE TOP, THE EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE.

THESE ARE GONNA BE THE SYSTEMS AND THE WAYS THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC PREPAREDNESS IS MORE INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE PREPARED TO, TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES DURING A DISASTER.

SO WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG IS WHERE EVERYONE CAN GO TO SIGN UP.

UH, THIS IS GONNA BE THE PRIMARY METHOD THAT WE USE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION DURING A DISASTER.

ONE THING THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS CELL PHONES ARE GREAT, BUT BEFORE WE HAD CELL PHONES, THERE WERE LANDLINES THAT WENT INTO EVERYBODY'S HOUSE.

IT WAS EASY FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BECAUSE NOW WE COULD GET ALL THOSE PHONE NUMBERS.

THEY WERE TIED TO ADDRESSES.

NOW WHENEVER WE SEND STUFF OUT, I CIRCLE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL OF THE LANDLINES IN THERE, GET THAT, GET THAT NOTIFICATION THAT I SEND.

NOW THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE LANDLINES, MOST PEOPLE HAVE CELL PHONES.

THERE'S NOTHING, UH, WE BUY STUFF TO TRY TO FIX THIS, BUT THERE ISN'T THAT ONE STOP SHOP AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL WHERE I CAN GO IN AND GET EVERYBODY'S LIST OF ADDRESSES AS IT GOES, AS IT GETS TIED TO CELL PHONE NUMBERS.

SO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GET INFORMATION FROM US, PLEASE GO TO WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG AND YOU CAN SIGN UP THERE AND IT WILL TIE YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER TO WHATEVER ADDRESS YOU'RE AT.

IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP IN THERE BEFORE AND YOU'VE CHANGED LOCATIONS, PLEASE GO BACK IN AND UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU INFORMATION AT WHATEVER YOUR ADDRESS IS.

IF YOU SIGNED UP AND SOMEHOW CAN'T GET BACK IN BECAUSE YOU LOST YOUR STUFF, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

JUST CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT.

UH, I WOULD RATHER YOU END UP WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS AND GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION FROM US WHENEVER WE, WHENEVER WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT TO YOU VERSUS YOU NOT GO IN AND CREATE ANOTHER ONE AND MISS OUT ON SOMETHING.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE A READY CENTRAL TEXAS APP.

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UH, THAT'S AGAIN WHERE WE'LL PUSH INFORMATION THROUGH.

WHENEVER WE STAND UP SHELTERS, WE CAN PUSH THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THERE SO EVERYONE CAN SEE IT.

UH, READY TOGETHER IS SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE OFFERS.

IT'S A TWO HOUR PREPAREDNESS CLASSROOM TRAINING, UH, OFFERED QUARTERLY.

AND THIS IS JUST A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO WORK, TO BE PREPARED AT HOME FOR A DISASTER OR EVENT, KIND OF HELPS YOU BE READY FOR THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS.

WE ALSO DO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS POPUPS.

WE DO THESE MONTHLY.

THE ONLY MONTH THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE IS GONNA BE IN DECEMBER BECAUSE IT ENDS UP RELATIVELY BUSY.

SEPTEMBER IS THE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH.

SO THAT'S WHENEVER WE GO BIG.

WE HAVE OUR, OUR VERY LARGE EVENT IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

THE OTHER 10 MONTHS, WE SPACE ONE SPACE 'EM OUT AND DO A MONTHLY AND IT'S GONNA BE ONE IN EACH DISTRICT.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MOVE AROUND SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS GOOD ACCESS TO COME TO THOSE.

UM, WE ALSO DO SOME WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY DRIVES.

WE OFFER, WE DO THESE SEASONALLY AND PARTNER WITH, UH, OUR OTHER AGENCIES TO DO THAT.

JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS TOO.

WE DO DO OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

UH, WE START TARGETING AROUND THE AGE OF FIVE AND CONTINUE TO GO UP THROUGH ELDERLY GROUPS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN GET.

SO WE CALL OUR AGE RANGE THAT WE, WE FOCUS ON BETWEEN FIVE AND 95.

UH, WE'RE DOING SOME WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO GET INTERNSHIPS WITH US WHEN WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT TOO WITH SOME OF THE COLLEGES IN THE AREA.

THEN WE DO OUR WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PRESS CONFERENCE.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE STARTED DOING AHEAD OF KIND OF EVERY MAJOR CYCLE, WHETHER IT'S WILDFIRE, WINTER WEATHER, SUMMER HEAT.

AND SO THE MAYOR AND JUDGE KICKED THAT OFF.

THAT ALREADY HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

LAST MONTH THEY DID THEIR, THEIR FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE WINTER SEASON THIS YEAR.

SO, UH, KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS STUFF EARLIER, BUT THE NOVEMBER 6TH IS WHENEVER WE HAD THE MANDATORY TRAINING FOR ALL THE COMMUNICATION ROLES.

SO THAT ONE TOOK PLACE AT, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER.

I BELIEVE WE HAD OVER 140 PEOPLE, COMMUNICATION STAFF WISE, CITY IN THE CITY THAT WERE TAKING THAT ONE.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THAT TABLETOP EXERCISE THAT I REFERENCED EARLIER.

UH, JUST SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS THAT I DIDN'T COVER.

WE DO GO AHEAD AND START THE PROCESS OF CREATING SCHEDULES IN ADVANCE.

WE DO THIS SO THAT, UH, THE MOMENT THAT THE DISASTER STARTS, OUR PIO GROUP IS GONNA KNOW WHAT DAYS THEY'RE WORKING ON WHAT THAT CYCLE'S GONNA BE.

WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWORK ANYONE AND WE WANT TO BE PREPARED.

SOMETIMES THE CITY EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY THE DISASTER, SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW WHAT DAYS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE OFF SO THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR THINGS AT HOME AS WELL.

UM, JUST ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT KIND OF A THANKS TO THE REST OF THE CITY.

UH, IN THE YEARS PAST, A LOT OF TIMES THIS ROLE FELL PRIMARILY ON HE SOME STAFF.

AND NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THEM PROVIDING COMMUNICATION STAFF TO US HAS ASSISTED US GREATLY AND HELPED LIGHTEN THE LOAD ON OUR STAFF.

SO, UH, THANKS TO THE REST OF THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO IN JOINING WITH US TO ASSIST US FOR DISASTER RESPONSE.

THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW MUCH AUSTIN IS CHANGING, UH, MORE GROWING, UH, I SHOULD SAY THAN CHANGING, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING METRO AREAS.

UH, THEY'VE IDENTIFIED 14 PRIMARY LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, THE FIRST 12 WE KINDA SPLIT UP INTO THESE, THESE TIERS, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT HIGHLIGHTS HOW FAST WE TRY TO GET THE STUFF DONE.

SO THE THE TIER ONE ARE OUR RECOMMENDED.

THAT'S GONNA BE THE MAJORITY OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

OUR TIER TWOS KIND OF THE LESS SPOKEN, BUT STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT, UH, REPRESENTATION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE PROUD OF IS THAT WEBSITE THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/ALERTS.

THAT ONE GETS PUT OUT IN 14 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

SO IT IS NICE THAT WE HAVE ONE PLACE THAT I CAN POINT EVERYBODY TO AND THEY CAN GET IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT.

UH, THIS IS JUST OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION RESOURCE LANGUAGE ACCESS.

UH, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON, IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THESE ALERTS OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE TO, TO TRY TO TAKE THIS A STEP AT A TIME AND AB BITE AT A TIME IS TRY TO LOOK AT THE, UH, INFORMATION GOING OUT AND DECIDE IF IT'S CRITICAL, VITAL, MODERATE, OR OPTIONAL.

WE KINDA HAVE THE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE THERE.

WHENEVER WE TAKE IT AND LOOK AT THE PRIORITY LEVEL, WE CREATE THAT LIST, AND THAT'S WHAT LETS US PRIORITIZE WHERE WE WERE GONNA WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

UH, RIGHT NOW ON OUR INITIAL ALERTS THAT WE PUT OUT ON THE, UH, WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.GOV THAT I SPOKE ABOUT, THOSE GO OUT QUICKLY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE OTHER LANGUAGES A RIGHT NOW AT, AT WARREN

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CENTRAL TEXAS.GOV.

WE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT FOR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, SO THAT ONE GETS SENT OUT QUICKLY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DOING, UH, FASTER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE THERE AND THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO WORK IN THAT AREA AND MAKE THINGS BETTER.

UH, EMERGENCY TRANSLATIONS.

THIS JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THE PROCESS OF HOW IT WORKS.

SO, UH, WE ARE SET UP SO THAT INITIALLY WHENEVER WE'RE STARTING TO DO ANY KIND OF ALERTING TO THE PUBLIC, THAT, UH, AUSTIN HESO.

SO OUR OFFICE IS ABLE TO, UH, SELF SUSTAIN WHENEVER IT COMES TO TRANSLATIONS, BUT WE DO PARTNER WITH CPIO.

THEY ALSO HAVE A, A LIST OF APPROVED VENDORS AND THEY ASSIST US.

THEN WHENEVER IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LARGER EVENTS OR ONGOING EVENTS TO DO THAT LANGUAGE TRANSLATE EMERGENCY TRANSLATION SERVICES FOR US.

UH, THE LEAD, PIO CAN DIRECT LANGUAGE ACCESS MANAGER IN THE EOC TO REQUEST TRANSLATIONS AND THE EOC ACCESS MANAGER, UH, SUBMITS DOCUMENTATION FOR TRANSLATION.

JUST TO KINDA SHOW YOU SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRANSLATE THE LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE DOING IT IN.

UH, SOMETIMES IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS RELATIVELY EASY, WE CAN GET IT BACK WITHIN AN HOUR, BUT SOME OF THE STUFF CAN TAKE UP TO A DAY TURNAROUND TIME WITH SOME OF OUR VENDORS.

SO, UH, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT AGAIN, BASED ON THE LANGUAGE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE COMPLEXITY OF THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT.

EVEN THOUGH OUR JOB IS TO GET IT OUT ASAP, SOMETIMES WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF WAITING UNTIL WE GET IT BACK BECAUSE GETTING ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS GETTING THE INFORMATION ITSELF OUT.

UH, SO THIS IS OUR NEWS FLASH PROCESS.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT ISN'T NEW TO THE CITY, BUT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING WITH CPIO ON THIS.

THEY DO IT CITYWIDE.

THIS IS, I'M JUST GONNA TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW IT RELATES TO, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, BUT THESE ARE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS FOR HOW WE GET INFORMATION UP TO CITY LEADERSHIP.

SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE, UH, AN EMAIL.

IT HAS A NEW FLASH IN, AND IT COMES FROM C FROM OUR CPIO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

AND WHENEVER IT'S COMING FROM US, WE WILL PROVIDE THE INITIAL, INITIAL DRAFT AND WORK WITH CPIO.

THEY'LL REVIEW IT AND GET IT SENT OUT.

BUT WE'VE ALSO KIND OF REFINED THIS PROCESS.

WE USED TO KINDA WAIT UNTIL WE HAD MORE INFORMATION TO SEND IT OUT.

WE'VE LEARNED THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST WAY TO GO.

NOW WE'RE TRYING TO JUST KINDA SEND THE INITIAL ONE.

IT MIGHT NOT HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT AT LEAST IT LETS EVERYONE KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S HAPPENING.

AND THEN AS SOON AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO ADD, WE SEND A FOLLOW UP.

SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS, AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO GET INFORMATION OUT AND BE BETTER AT IT.

THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE CRITERIA SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD SEND THOSE OUT.

SO ANY KIND OF PUBLIC FACING FACING SITUATION THAT MAY HAVE CITYWIDE IMPACTS, IF THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS ANY IMPACT TO MORE THAN ONE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE SIGNIFICANT MEDIA AND OR SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE.

SO THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY FOUR REASONS THAT THOSE WOULD BE SENT OUT.

UH, COUNCIL RESOURCE LIAISON OFFICER.

WE LEARNED SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE NAME OF TRYING TO KINDA GET INFORMATION TO AND FROM THE EOC THAT WE'RE KEEPING EVERYTHING STREAMLINED.

WE IDENTIFIED A NEED TO HAVE A LIAISON OFFICER IN THE EOC.

SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH IS, THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS ALL THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ADVISORS ARE TRAINED ON LIAISON PROCESS.

SO THAT WAY IT'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE USED TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL LA MAYOR, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, AND THEN ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF ANY EOC ACTIVATIONS, THEY COME INTO THE EOC SO THAT THERE, THEY'RE GETTING REAL TIME INFORMATION.

MARYLAND COUNCIL, IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CAN PUSH IT THROUGH THAT POINT OF CONTACT.

THEY CAN GET THE INFORMATION FROM US AND GET IT BACK TO THEM.

AND THEN VICE VERSA, SINCE THEY'RE IN THE EOC AND THEY SEE THINGS HAPPENING, THEY'RE ALSO FREE TO HELP PUSH THAT INFORMATION BACK SO IT STREAMS LAND THE PROCESS SO THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT CONTACT POINT AND HELPS KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP SO THAT EVERYBODY'S GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION VERSUS HAVING INFORMATION BOUNCE AROUND.

AND WE END UP WITH SOME GAPS IN INFORMATION IF WE DO IT THAT WAY.

MAINTAIN COLD WEATHER SHELTER INFORMATION@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV SLASH ALERTS.

UH, PUBLIC RE RESOURCES FOR WINTER PREPAREDNESS.

THIS IS MOSTLY GONNA BE KIND OF A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THAT SUMMARY AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

SO, UH, WE REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE THE POP-UP EVENTS EACH MONTH.

THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE ONE IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.

UH, WE CO-HOST WINTER WEATHER SUPPLY DRIVES WITH OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENTS.

WE DISTRIBUTE WINTER WEATHER SUPPLIES TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

WE SHARE WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS ON WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS AND OUR AAS, WHICH IS THE, UH, SIGN LANGUAGE SYSTEM THAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

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WE TEACH WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS TRAININGS TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

THIS IS GONNA INCLUDE SENIORS, PEOPLE WITH ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS.

UH, AND THOSE UN IN UNHOUSED PARTNERSHIPS.

WE DO THIS WITH A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS.

UH, WE DO HAVE STAFF THAT GOES OUT AND DOES IT, BUT IT'S IN COORDINATION WITH SEVERAL OF OUR PARTNERS, BOTH AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL.

AND THEN WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS AND MARKETING CAMPAIGN.

SO THAT'S OUR DECEMBER KICKOFF.

WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE, THE MAYOR AND JUDGE.

AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER SMITH? YEAH, I HAVE A, A COUPLE.

UM, FIRST, UH, WELL DONE ON CONTINUING TO SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES OF GROWTH.

WE GET BETTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY FEEL THAT ON THE GROUND, UH, RELATED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TO THE PUBLIC, SPECIFICALLY OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.

UM, I'M GETTING REPORTS THAT, UM, OUR, UM, METHODOLOGY OR THE BASIS OF OUR METHODOLOGY, THINKING THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN DIGITAL ACCESS TO THAT POPULATION, UM, MIGHT BE MISPLACED.

UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY DATA RELATED TO THE INTERACTION OF THE UNHOUSED POPULATION ACTUALLY USING THAT RESOURCE OR BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES WHEN THEY'RE THROUGH A DIGITAL MEANS.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE THAT, BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY ON THE BACK END TO MAYBE SAY, YOU KNOW, RESPOND, WHY IF YOU'RE, IS THE ACTUAL WORKING DEVICE THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING INFORMATION OF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF COLLECTING DATA IN REGARDS TO PEOPLE ACTUALLY GETTING, UH, THOSE ALERTS IF THEY'RE UNHOUSED? NO, I DEFINITELY LIKE THE DIRECTION YOU GO IN THERE.

I'LL TALK WITH, UH, WITH DAVID GRAY, WITH OUR HOMELESS SERVICES OFFICE.

THEY MAINTAIN THAT LIST.

I KNOW HE DOES HAVE OVER A LIST OF OVER 2000 PEOPLE ON THE LIST, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'VE CONDUCTED A DRILL LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UH, I KNOW THAT THEY TRY TO DO MORE THAN JUST THAT THOUGH TOO.

THEY ALSO HAVE TEAMS GO OUT SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST BASING OUR HOPES ON TECHNOLOGY OF GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT THERE.

SOMETIMES WE'RE SETTING FALSE EXPECTATIONS.

EARMARK THAT.

'CAUSE I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THAT.

UH, ADDITIONALLY, WHEN WE DO SEND THOSE COMMUNICATIONS OUT, UM, I WOULD, UH, YOU MIGHT PERHAPS IT'D BE ADVISABLE TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE FRAME THE LANGUAGE.

I KNOW ONE OF THE ALERTS SAID, OH, SHELTERS OPEN THROUGH THURSDAY, THAT GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF 24 HOURS WHEN THAT WAS NOT THE TRIGGER OF THIS PARTICULAR ACTIVATION.

AND SO MANAGING EXPECTATIONS ON THE FRONT END WOULD HELP ON THE BACK END WHEN ACTUALLY, UH, UH, SHELTERING THEM.

UM, UH, GOING BACK TO THE ON GROUND SUPPORT THAT YOU DESCRIBED, UH, PRIOR THERE TOO, I'M HEARING OUR NORTHWEST REGION AND OUR DOWNTOWN AND DOWNTOWN IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING TO ME CONSIDERING SUCH POLICE PRESENCE THERE, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE COMPLETELY UNAWARE, UM, IN A MASS DEGREE OF HOW COLD IT WAS GOING TO GET, HOW THEY ACCESSED THE ONE TEXAS CENTER.

I KNOW IT'S THE SAME PLAY EVERY YEAR AND EVERY SEASON.

UM, BUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, THAT COMMUNICATION, THAT, THAT, THAT PRE COMMUNICATION TO GET THEM ENERGIZED, TO GET TO A WARM PLACE, UM, NEEDS SOME LOVING, UM, I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT THE CENTRALIZED INTAKE IS REALLY DIFFICULT.

UM, YOU'RE ASKING PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE CITY TO COME TO THAT CENTRALIZED LOCATION.

I DO THINK A DECENTRALIZED INTAKE COULD HELP US WITH EFFICIENCY, UM, AND OVERALL BANDWIDTH TO THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM.

UM, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.

I'VE HEARD AT LEAST ONE REPORT OF A FIRE AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO STAY WARM.

RIGHT? UM, BUT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IN REGARDS TO YOUR PARTNERSHIPS.

WOULD IT BE NICE IF, UM, THERE WAS ABILITY FOR SOME OF THOSE ENCAMPMENTS WHO ARE GOING TO STAY PUT TO HAVE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS JUST AGAIN, TO HELP, UH, LESSEN THE BURDEN AND YOU CAN STOP ME AT ANY TIME, LESSEN THE BURDEN, UM, ON THE ECOSYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, FIRES RELATED TO ENCAMPMENTS.

AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS THE PARTNERSHIP WITH A ISD.

ALSO HEARING REPORTS OF SROS, NOT KNOWING WHERE TO SEND FOLKS BEING ON GROUND, NOT KNOWING WHERE TO SEND FOLKS.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR COMMUNICATION IS WITH A ISD IN GENERAL AS FAR AS WHERE TO GO, HOW TO GO, WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO ADVISE OF, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THAT, AGAIN, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY OF GROWTH IN THAT PART OF THE SYSTEM.

DID ALL THAT MAKE SENSE? I THINK MY ONLY REQUEST IS THAT DATA, BUT THE OTHERS WERE JUST ADVISEMENTS FROM THE GROUND.

I THINK THOSE WERE GOOD SUGGESTIONS, AND I'LL WORK WITH DAVID AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT DATA FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

TEN FOUR.

I, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ALSO WALK ME THROUGH HOW, UM, HOW THIS IS HELPING THOSE THAT HAVE DISABILITIES AND, UM, THOSE, THOSE THAT MIGHT BE VULNERABLE, LIKE SENIORS GETTING TO THE ONE TEXAS CENTER AND THEN TO THE SHELTER.

DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER NEN? I I JUST WANNA ECHO, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M, I'M HEARING ON THE GROUND TOO.

UH, DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, EXTENSIVE REPORT.

UM, I,

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UH, I THINK IT, IT IS CHALLENGING WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO DOWNTOWN TO THE CENTRAL AREA AND THEN GO TO A SHELTER SOMEWHERE ELSE.

UM, I, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT CAP METRO PROVIDING, UH, TRANSPORTATION, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.

UM, ON TOP OF, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL COMMUNICATION ALSO ECHOING WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH HAD TALKED ABOUT, UH, IS NOT THE ONLY FORM AND, AND WONDERING HOW YOU'RE DOING THAT OUTREACH, UH, ON THE GROUND AS WELL.

YEAH, SO OUR PARTNERS WITH, UH, THE HOMELESS STRATEGIES OFFICE HANDLE THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTREACH, UM, ON THE, THE 3 1 1 SIDE, WE DIRT DO WORK WITH THEM TO GET REPORTS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE.

AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS.

SO, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF HIT IT FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES.

WE UNDERSTAND, I, I AGREE WITH, UH, TECHNOLOGY ITSELF IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN COUNT ON.

SO WE, WE TRY TO LOOK AT EVERY PARTNER THAT WE HAVE AND GET WORD OUT THAT WAY.

UM, WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T ANY GAPS.

IF WE LEARN OF ANYTHING THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE MISSED AND THERE'S A WAY TO ADDRESS IT, WE DO THAT TOO.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A, A DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT WE DO TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM AS MANY PERSPECTIVES WITH AS MANY PARTNERSHIPS AS WE CAN, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE BEST WAY TO GET THIS TACKLED IS THROUGH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS VERSUS KIND OF A ONE-STOP SHOP.

AND, AND, AND ARE THERE ANY LOCATIONS OR DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO GO DOWN TO ONE TEXAS CENTER TO GET REGISTERED TO? YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S EFFORTS BEING DONE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.

SO THERE'S, UH, CHURCHES AND THINGS THAT RUN THEIR OWN OPERATIONS.

THE CITY OPERATIONS, THE MAIN REASON THAT WE DO IT RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE, UH, THE SECOND PART OF IT IS KIND OF WHAT I HIGHLIGHTED IN, IN THIS PRESENTATION.

WE END UP WITH DIFFERENT SHELTERING OPERATIONS, BUT ALL OF OUR SHELTERING OPERATIONS, OUR PRIMARY STOP IS GONNA BE THE PARK FACILITIES.

SO BY HAVING EVERYONE AT ONE LOCATION, I KNOW THAT, THAT OUR, OUR HOMELESS SERVICES GROUP HAS TRIED TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO HAVE MULTIPLE EMBARKATION POINTS.

THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO GET IT THERE.

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR US IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGES OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

SO WHETHER IT'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF, OF BUSES TO MOVE THE PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY INTO, UH, KIND OF CONSOLIDATING SO THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR STAFF AND FACILITIES DOWN, BECAUSE THEN IF WE NEED TO OPEN ADDITIONAL FACILITIES BEHIND IT, BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING WEATHER IMPACTS TO THE REST OF THE FAC, THE REST OF THE CITY THAT LETS US HAVE MORE PART FACILITIES OPEN.

SO IT'S ABOUT THE, IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO OPTIMIZE THE, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US.

AND, AND JUST, UH, TO ELABORATE ON SOMETHING BESIDES THE WINTER PREPAREDNESS, UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT AUSTIN ENERGY HAD AN INCI INCIDENT COMMAND EXERCISE.

WAS THAT WITH ONLY WITHIN THEIR INCIDENT COMMAND, OR WERE THEY WORKING IN SOME TYPE OF UNIFIED COMMAND WITH OTHER AGENCIES? THAT ONE TO MY KNOWLEDGE WAS JUST FOR THEM, BUT THEY PARTICIPATED IN OUR WINTER WEATHER TABLETOP THAT WE DID AS A CITY IN DECEMBER.

UM, COMMUNICATIONS PLANS VERSUS COMMUNICATIONS METHODS.

THAT, THAT WAS MY FOLLOW UP WAS, UH, WHO WAS IT ALL THE CITY AGENCIES THAT WERE INVOLVED WITH TABLETOP EXERCISE AND WAS THERE ANY INVOLVEMENT WITH COUNTY OEM OR, UM, I, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM COUNTY OEM TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PIO STUFF THAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE DOING A, I I HEARD THAT THERE'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 50 OR 80,000 GOING TO, UM, THEIR COUNTYWIDE COMMUNICATIONS AND IT, IT, UH, I I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MENTION OF THEM COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS.

IS IS THERE COLLABORATION HAPPENING ON, ON THAT END? THERE IS.

SO I THINK YOU ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

LET ME TRY TO REMEMBER THEM AND SURE.

ANSWER THEM IN ORDER.

SO THE WINTER WEATHER TABLETOP THAT TAKES PLACE IN DECEMBER, THAT IS DONE WITH BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY.

SO, OKAY.

IN THAT ONE, TRAVIS COUNTY, OEM AS WELL AS CITY OF AUSTIN AND OUR DEPARTMENTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY DEPARTMENTS ALL TAKE PLACE IN THAT ONE.

WE'VE STARTED DOING THAT ANNUALLY, I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE FOURTH OR FIFTH YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT WE KIND OF CHANGED THE SIZE AND SCOPE EVERY YEAR SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT THAT'S BEEN A PART ANNUAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY EVERY YEAR.

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SO CITY OF AUSTIN, WE USE THE NEWS FLASH TO GET STUFF OUT TO, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR INFORMATION SHARING, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE WAY I, I THINK THAT THEY'RE A PART OF THAT.

SO THEY GET THE INFORMATION FROM US.

I THINK THEY DO END UP PARTICIPATING, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO ANSWER FOR THEM EXACTLY.

BUT TRAVIS COUNTY GETS TO, TO MANAGE INFORMATION SHARING THE WAY THAT TRAVIS COUNTY WANTS TO.

UM, THE ONE THING THAT WE DO SHARE IS THE WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS.ORG.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WHENEVER WE'RE SENDING OUT INFORMATION, WE DO WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING IN SYNC WITH WHAT WE ARE SENDING THERE.

TO YOUR POINT, I DON'T WANT TO SEND OUT A, A MESSAGE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR A PORTION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THEN HAVE THAT MESSAGE HIT THEM AGAIN 15 MINUTES LATER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COORDINATE WITH, WITH, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, AND NOW WE'RE BOTH SENDING THE SAME MESSAGE.

SO, UH, ERIC AND I, ERIC'S THE, ERIC CARTER'S THE DIRECTOR FOR TRAVIS COUNTY OEM, EVEN ON THE WAY TO THIS MEETING, HE WAS GIVING ME A CALL TO, TO TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT AS WE, WE HAVE THE WINTER WEATHER APPROACHING THIS WEEK.

SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE EACH OTHER ON SPEED DIAL AND, AND WORK TO KEEP THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.

UM, AND I JUST A QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTION JUST TO THE DEPARTMENTS, JUST IN TERMS OF HOW, UM, THE DEPARTMENTS ARE DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AS THEY MAKE CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY, LIKE OUR, OUR OFFICERS ON THE GROUND, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR EMS BUSES, EQUIPPED WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN DIRECT PEOPLE TO ONE TEXAS CENTER WITH CALL INFORMATION.

IS THAT GETTING DISSEMINATED ACTIVELY? I JUST SEE A NOD YES.

FROM EVERYONE.

OKAY, GREAT.

UM, AND JUST, UH, A QUICK THING BEFORE WE CLOSE IS COLD WEATHER SHELTER IS OPEN TONIGHT.

UM, CHECK-IN IS BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT AT ONE TEXAS CENTER.

UM, THE NUMBER, UM, IF YOU NEED TO CALL THE SHELTER HOTLINE IS (512) 972-5055.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL BUS ROUTES THAT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO ONE TEXAS CENTER THAT ARE RUNNING ON FREE FARES, UM, IF YOU NEED TO GET THERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY'S WATCHING, BUT IF THE NEWS THAT'S WATCHING WANTS TO ALL LIKE DISSEMINATE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THAT'S IT.

SO, WELCOME MICHELLE MILES.

UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[4. Presentation regarding the work of the Office of Violence Prevention, including partnerships with public safety agencies and review of the Gun Violence Problem Analysis. Presentation by Michelle Myles, Senior Business Process Consultant, Austin Public Health.]

OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

UM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AND IF POSSIBLE, A REVIEW OF THE GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS PRESENTATION.

WELL, THANK YOU EVERYONE.

UM, MY NAME IS MICHELLE MILES.

I LEAD THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION'S ROLE IN BUILDING AN ECOSYSTEM FOR PEACE IN AUSTIN.

UM, I, WE ARE A VERY INTEGRAL PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

UM, SO THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WE ARE SITUATED WITHIN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND, UM, WE TAKE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

OUR MISSION IS, UM, A PEACEFUL AND SAFE AUSTIN FOR EVERYONE.

AND WE DO THIS BY FOSTERING PEACE IN AUSTIN, UH, BY WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO DRIVE POLICY, COORDINATE VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES, AND, UM, HAVE INITIATIVES THAT ARE INFORMED BY DATA AND THAT IS FOCUSED ON EQUITY.

AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I KIND OF LOOK AT THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS BEING, UM, THE LOVE CHILD BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

RIGHT? WE ARE THAT INTERSECTION WE TAKE, BUT THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT AND THE WAY THAT WE, WE, WE WORK TOWARDS ADDRESSING VIOLENCE IS BY TAKING PUBLIC HEALTH TENANTS TO ADDRESS NEAR TERM HOMICIDES, RIGHT? AND ALSO VIOLENT CRIME.

UM, SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OFTEN WHEN WE TALK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOME OF THE CONCERNS ARE, AND I THINK, UM, CHIEF HENDERSON MENTIONED IT EARLIER, IS THAT YOU GO TO A SCENE AND THERE'S A RECOGNITION THAT THERE ARE THINGS NEEDED BEYOND WHAT THE POLICE OFFICERS CAN DO, RIGHT? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STEP IN.

THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO INCREASE PROTECTIVE FACTORS, REDUCE RISK FACTORS, AND, UM, DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS TO CHANGE THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS WITHIN PEOPLE'S LIVES, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS TO CREATE GREATER RESILIENCY.

AND SO THE WAY WE LOOK AT, UM, VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND DECREASING HARM IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THROUGH OUR ACTUALIZING PEACE MODEL.

AND IT'S A SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL WHERE EACH LEVEL OF THE MODEL, WE'RE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE A SPECIFIC GOAL.

WE TAKE KEY ACTIONS THAT ARE ADDRESSING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, UM,

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NOW, UM, SOME OF OUR KEY REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, REDUCING COMMUNITY VIOLENCE, REDUCING HOMICIDES, REDUCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REDUCING AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

UM, AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN A PUBLIC SAFETY LAND LANDSCAPE, WE WORK IN HOTSPOTS.

I'M SORRY, I'M LIKE STRETCHING.

UM, WE WORK IN, UM, HOTSPOT LOCATIONS.

UH, WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS AND WHO ARE MOST AT RISK, THAT SAID, BEING VICTIMS OF CRIME OR BEING PERPETRATORS OF CRIME.

AND THEN WE TAKE THIS CROSS-FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING APPROACH TO, UM, TO KINDA WORKING COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING, UM, UM, CRIME.

AND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC A HEALTH APPROACH, WE REALLY, REALLY WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, HOW YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND HOW DO WE FIX IT, RIGHT? AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS LOOKING AT DATA THAT'S QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA.

THAT'S, UM, LOOKING AT CRIME DATA, LOOKING AT OTHER METRICS, TALKING TO COMMUNITY, AND PUTTING ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER TO GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRIVERS OF CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ONCE WE UNDERSTAND THAT, WE DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS, AND THEN WE EXPAND THOSE TO THE LEVEL OF SCALE, AND THEN WE BAKE IT INTO THE CAKE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANNA CREATE THE SOCIETAL NORMS AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES IN THEIR LIVES.

UM, AND FOR US, AND I'LL SAY THESE IS VERY HARD TO SEE HERE, SO I'M LOOKING AT MY SLIDES HERE, .

UM, WE HAVE OUR VALUE PROPOSITIONS.

SO IF WE TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS, WE'LL HAVE CERTAIN IMPACTS.

SO IF WE INVEST IN PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW THAT WORK, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE HYPER, HYPER-LOCAL LEVEL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LESSONS LEARNED ON THE, ON, FROM THE NATIONAL LEVEL OR EVEN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, BUT WE WANNA UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE THINGS REFLECT ON A LOCAL LEVEL.

UM, AND WE DO THAT BY LOOKING AT LOCAL DATA AND TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT'S BEING IMPACTED.

UM, AND WE ALSO WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIGNED WITH THE WORK THAT WE WANNA DO, WHICH IS THE ACTUALIZED PIECE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IF WE DO ALL OF THESE THINGS, WE BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY, WE WORK WITH FOLKS, UM, THAT ARE ALIGNED AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE GOAL IS TO ACTUALIZE PEACE.

THE GOAL IS TO BUILD THOSE MATERIAL CONDITIONS.

THE GOAL IS TO AMPLIFY THIS WORK AND TO KIND OF LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY IN A WAY THAT'S MORE ROBUST, UM, THAN POLICING.

LIKE, I CAN KIND OF SEE POLICING AS IT IS VERY NECESSARY, RIGHT? AS AND ON THE CONTINUUM OF PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, POLICE, UM, THAT DO PREVENTION WORK, BUT ALSO DO A LOT OF CRISIS INTERVENTION WORK.

AND WE KIND OF SEE OUR WORK AT THAT, UH, PLACES WHERE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION MEET, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE CAN WORK WITH PEOPLE AND PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND KEY SKILLS AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, THAT THROUGH THAT ACTION AND THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE ACTION OF ALL OF US, WE CAN REDUCE CRIME.

NOW, WITH THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, WE OURSELVES HAVE INVESTED IN CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT WE FEEL THAT ARE VERY NECESSARY TO REDUCING CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT BY DOING SO THROUGH PROVIDING CERTAIN SERVICES, SO WE INVEST IN YOUTH PROGRAMS THROUGH, UM, COMMUNITY ART AND SCREENING, WHICH IS THE, IS THROUGH MEXICO CARTOON MUSEUM.

WE, UM, ARE DOING COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS.

AND THAT ONE SLIDE THAT I SHOWED EARLIER WITH THE MURAL, UM, THAT IS AT AIKENS HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE DID.

AND SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT MURALS AND DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT, UM, UM, THAT ARE HAPPENING IN SCHOOLS, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO BUILD GREATER COHESIONS WITHIN SCHOOLS.

UM, ALSO OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS PROVIDE GROUP SERVICES, GROUP THERAPY, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL THERAPY FOR, FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED OR THE SERVICE THEY NEED TO, TO HELP FOLKS HEAL.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF SEE KIDS, YOU KNOW, AS LIKE, THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE, RIGHT? OFTENTIMES KIDS ARE KIND OF LOOKED AT AS THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY'RE MORE OF A SYMPTOM OF SOMETHING MORE GLOBALLY HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SOME OF THE KEY WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IS AROUND FIREARM

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VIOLENCE REDUCTION.

WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM CALLED A TX PEACE, AND THEY ARE, THEY WORK TO ADDRESS, UM, UH, NEAR TERM HOMICIDES BY WORKING IN HOTSPOT LOCATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRUSTED MESSENGERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE.

THEY DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO WORK WITH IDENTIFIED PEOPLE WHO ARE AT HIGHEST RISK OF EITHER BEING A VICTIM OR A PERPETRATOR OF VIOLENT CRIME, AND THEN PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

IT ALSO TO INCLUDE, UM, CONFLICT MEDIATION, DEESCALATION, UM, AND DIFFERENT THINGS FOR HEALING AND RESTORATION, JOB TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS.

NOW WE HAVE OUR SAFE GUN STORAGE SAVES LIVES, WHICH PROVIDES GUN LUCK EDUCATION AND DISTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, SINCE THIS INCEPTION IS GIVEN OUT, THEY'VE GIVEN OUT ABOUT 8,000 GUN LOCKS.

WE OURSELVES AT THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION HAS ALSO GIVEN OUT 2000 GUN LOCKS.

SO ABOUT 10,000 GUN LOCKS WE'VE GIVEN OUT SO FAR.

AND, UM, SAFE GUN STORAGE SAVES LIVES, UM, WHICH IS THROUGH LOCK ARMS FOR LIFE.

THERE HAVE CREATED A GRAPHIC NOVEL FOR KIDS, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY, SECURING FIREARMS, AND, UM, AND HOW TO, TO, TO MAINTAIN YOUR SAFETY IN, IN, IN, IN THOSE, UM, INSTANCES.

NOW, I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, MORE LATER ON, BUT THE FIREARM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT THAT WE CALL FTAP, UM, IT IS A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

AND IT'S DESIGNED TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL, UH, STANDARDIZED FIREARM SURRENDER PROTOCOL AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.

AND THAT'S AN ONGOING WORK, AND IT'S LIKE A THREE TO FIVE YEAR, UM, PROJECT.

UM, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HEALING AND RESTORATION, I WANT TO PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE HARVEST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER.

UM, IT IS THE FIRST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER IN THE STATE OF, UM, TEXAS.

UM, IT'S A NATIONAL MODEL, UM, AND BASICALLY IT PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR CRIME VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND, UM, THE HARVEST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER IS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR OF OPERATING.

AND INITIALLY THEY WERE ONLY TO SEE 120 PEOPLE.

THEY'VE SEEN 800 PEOPLE, UM, DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONS.

UM, AND THEN 400 OF THOSE MET THE CRITERION OR MORE FOR THE HARVEST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER, BUT THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN TURNING ANYONE AWAY.

SO THEY PROVIDED SERVICES TO THE OTHER 400.

SO, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF BUZZ AROUND THE HARVEST TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER.

I KNOW CENTRAL HEALTH IS WANTING TO HELP FUND THEM.

UM, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A, UM, VERY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND HELP THEM SO THEY CAN HAVE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

SO GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, SO LIKE THE BACKBONE OF THE WORK OF THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS LOOKING AT DATA, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST LOOKING AT CRIME DATA.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE WORKING TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THOSE ROOT CAUSES TO, UM, VIOLENCE AND HARM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE ALSO KNOW IS THAT MOST CRIME IS NOT KNOWN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO WE REALLY WANNA GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON KIND OF, IF, IF WE, IF WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, LIKE THERE'S A SHADOW PART THAT WE DON'T SEE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHADOW PART AND ALSO UNDERSTAND LIKE CERTAIN THINGS WE SAY, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, POOR SCHOOL ATTAINMENT IS A, IS A, IS A PREDICTOR FOR VIOLENCE, BUT WE WANNA KNOW, IS IT POOR SCHOOL ATTAINMENT OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? DOES THAT SERVE AS A PROXY FOR SOMETHING ELSE? SO THAT WE'RE JUST WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THOSE THINGS.

SO THROUGH THIS SECTION, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO BETTER GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

SO WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, AND THEY'RE A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, AND, AND THEY, THEY, ONE THING THEY DO IS KIND OF BUILD OFFICES OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO, OR THEY COME INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DO GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS.

AND SO WE CONTRACTED WITH THEM TO COME TO AUSTIN TO DO THAT FOR US, AND THEY WORKED WITH, UM, A PD, UM, TO DO THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, AND WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR AP D'S PARTICIPATION IN THAT, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A RESEARCHER COMES DOWN AND, AND LOOKS AT THE DATA.

AND THE GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROOT CAUSES AND THE SOLUTIONS, RIGHT? THAT IS THE GOAL OF THE GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS.

AND, UM, TO FIND OUT WHO'S HIGHEST RISK AND HOW

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AND ALSO, THIS WORK IS USED TO, UM, HELP DRIVE POLICY.

NOW, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS HERE WITH THE DATA.

UH, WE COULD NOT EXAMINE NON-FATAL INJURY SHOOTINGS, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF NOT TRACKED HERE IN AUSTIN, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

AND I KNOW DUE TO A PD SHORTAGES, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO TALK TO SERGEANTS, UM, AND NOT, UM, THE DETECTIVES.

SO, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WAS AN ACCOMMODATION THAT A PD WAS GRACIOUS TO, TO, TO, TO MAKE FOR US.

AND THEN ALSO THE WAY THAT, UM, POLICE DATA IS TRACKED IN, UM, IN TEXAS, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR, UM, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE TO GET ALL OF THE CRIMINAL HISTORIES TO MAKE A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT.

SO I JUST WANNA SAY THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT AUSTIN HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S ONE OF THE SAFER BIG CITIES.

UM, THERE WAS A SPIKE IN CRIME EXPERIENCE IN 2021, AND WITH SOME REDUCING DOWN TO BASELINE, THAT'S HAPPENING IN 2023.

I CAN'T SAY, I DON'T KNOW, FOR 2024.

UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SAW FOR 2023.

I WILL ALSO SAY THE NATIONAL TREND WAS CRIME SPIKED DURING COVID.

AND, UM, LIKE FOR MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CRIME AND DRIVERS OF CRIME, UM, IT'S A LOT OF STRESSORS LIKE ALLOSTATIC LOAD.

AND SO AS THE, AS THE PLANET EXPERIENCED, COVID, EVERYONE STRESSED, ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED AND CRIME INCREASED, RIGHT? THAT'S MY THEORY, IS IT PROBABLY USE A LOT OF PEOPLE'S THEORY.

UM, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS, UH, THE HOMICIDE RATE DATA.

AND SO THIS IS JUST A DATA SHOWING THE HOTSPOTS IN AUSTIN, UM, FOR HOMICIDES AND, AND HOMICIDES, UM, WITH GUNS, WHICH IS ALONG THAT I 35 CORRIDOR.

AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS RELATED TO, UM, WORKING IN HOTSPOTS.

UM, AND WE HAVE SOME PROGRAMS, UM, AROUND GEORGIAN ACRES, RUNDBERG AREA, NORTH LAMAR, UM, RIVERSIDE, RF AREA.

THAT'S TWO SEPARATE AREAS, BUT I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

AND SO IN TERMS OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN HOMICIDES, BOTH SUSPECTS AND, AND VICTIMS ARE MOSTLY MALE, MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND MOSTLY HISPANIC.

I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE DATA IS BEARING OUT.

AND THEN ONE MORE SLIDE.

UM, AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT SUSPECTS, UM, TEND TO BE YOUNGER THAN THEIR VICTIMS. UM, IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, GRAPH IS JUST SHOWING THAT AND AL SHOWING THAT.

AND AS WELL, CRIME KIND OF CLUSTERS AROUND 18 TO 44, RIGHT? THAT IS KIND OF BEARING OUT IN THE DATA LOCALLY.

AND IT BEARS OUT IN THE DATA NATIONALLY A LOT.

BUT INTERESTING IS A LOT OF PEOPLE FOCUS ON YOUTH, RIGHT? UM, BUT WHAT IS SHOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS THAT THE OLDER FOLKS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DRIVING CRIMES IN COMMUNITIES.

AND SO, WHAT WAS FOUND FROM THIS ANALYSIS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, MOST SUSPECTS AND VICTIMS WERE KNOWN BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, RIGHT? AND KIND OF THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANALYSIS IS TO REALLY GET DOWN TO SOME KEY, UM, CRITERION OR OF KINDA WHAT'S DRIVING CRIME, WHO'S DRIVING CRIME, AND THEN TO DESIGN INITIATIVES BASED ON THAT CRITERION, RIGHT? SO LIKE, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CVI PROGRAM, OUR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE PROGRAM INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON MALES, HISPANIC, AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES, 18 OR 44 YEARS OLD IN HOTSPOT LOCATIONS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO PINPOINT AND WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE THE DRIVERS, BECAUSE WHAT IS ALSO KNOWN IS THAT A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL FRACTION OF THE POPULATION IS WHAT'S DRIVING CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE WANT TO WORK WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS WORK TO CHANGE THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THE NETWORKS AROUND THEM.

HOMICIDES THAT IT'S PLANNED, BUT OFTENTIMES A SPUR OF THE MOMENT.

UM, KIND OF, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE KNOWN, BUT I THINK SOMETIMES WE THINK WHEN IT, WHEN WITH

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AND SO WHAT THIS ANALYSIS IS ALSO BEARING OUT AND SHOWING ABOUT 74% OF CR OF THE HOMICIDES.

IT, THE PRECIPITATING EVENT WAS A DISPUTE, RIGHT? THERE'S SOME DISPUTE OF SOME, SOME FORM.

SO WE LIKE, SO WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED ADDRESS YOUR STRESS.

AND IN THE ADDRESS YOUR STRESS PROGRAM CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE BUILDING OUT, IT'S DESIGNED TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STRESS MANAGEMENT AND REDUCTIONS IN VIOLENCE AND CRIME, RIGHT? AND WE WANT, WANT TO KIND OF LEAN INTO THAT BECAUSE IF WE CAN HELP PEOPLE DEESCALATE, HELP PEOPLE ENGAGE IN CONFLICT MEDIATION, WE'RE HOPING TO REDUCE THE HOMICIDES AND JUST REDUCE CRIME OVERALL.

UM, SO OUR, OUR, UM, RESEARCH ANALYSTS AT OVP, UM, KIND OF BROKE OUT THE, THE CRIME DATA TO LOOK AT IT FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT.

AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THAT IN DISTRICTS 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR, UM, THERE ARE MORE HOMICIDES HAPPENING IN THOSE DISTRICTS.

AND WE WORK IN, WE WORK IN DISTRICT FOUR AND DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE A LITTLE BIT.

AND, UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HAPPENING, IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT IT ON A DISTRICT LEVEL.

AND WE REALLY WANNA GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT EVEN ON A MORE HYPERLOCAL LEVEL BECAUSE CRIME WILL CLUSTER EVEN TIGHTER IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS.

AND THIS IS, UM, THE SAME DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT IT'S, IT'S STACKED OVER TIME TO SHOW THE GREAT IMPACT THAT HOMICIDES IS HAPPENING IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS IS, IS VERY DISPROPORTIONATE.

AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM RESEARCH, WHAT THE SURGEON GENERAL PUT OUT IN JUNE OF 2024 REGARDING FIREARMS BEING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, TALKS ABOUT HOW, UM, HOW, HOW JUST A SINGLE HOMICIDE IN FACT IMPACTS THE FAMILY, RIGHT? AND THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT ALSO WHEN YOU COMPOUNDED BY MULTIPLE HOMICIDES, HOW THAT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THEIR ABILITY TO RECCO, RECOUP, GROW, THRIVE, AND FEEL HAPPY AND SAFE WITHIN THEMSELVES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO WE, UM, WORKED WITH OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND THEY COLLECTED SOME DATA, UM, FROM HOSPITALS.

AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR DATA, BUT THIS IS FROM HOSPITAL BASED DATA, IS THAT, UM, THE CRIME CLUSTERS AROUND 18 OR 44, UM, YOU DO SEE SOMEWHAT OF AN, IT'S NOT A TRUE EXCEPTION, BUT THERE'S A, FOR SEXUAL VIOLENCE, YOU SEE THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE ALSO BEING IMPACTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

AND THIS KIND OF IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO, ONE, TO SEE IF ALL THE DATA'S KIND OF TELLING THE SAME STORY, AS WELL AS HOW DATA MAY TELL DIFFERENT STORIES.

BUT FOR THIS, THESE PARTICULAR MEASURES, THE DATA IS TELLING A VERY SIMILAR STORY THAN WHAT THE POLICE DATA IS TELLING US.

IT HAS SHOWN IS THAT 50 TO 80% OF CRIME IS NOT KNOWN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN YOU BUILD OUT THIS MODEL, THERE IS THIS STRUCTURE WHERE YOU HAVE AN ANALYSIS TEAM, YOU HAVE A LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND DATA IS BEING ANALYZED AND FED TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM WHERE THE LEADERSHIP TEAM CAN MAKE THE DECISIONS ALMOST.

SO REGARDING GETTING A UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING, WE KNOW CRIME CLUSTERS AND HOTSPOTS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BUSINESS INCREASE IN CRIME DURING COVID, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHO IT IMPACTS IS MOSTLY MALES AND OF 18 OR 44 YEARS OLD.

AND SO KNOWING THIS AND ALSO WANTING TO GET A KEENER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF ANALYZING DATA.

SO WE CREATED A VIOLENCE, UM, DATA WORKING GROUP, AND WE'RE PULLING THIS DATA, THESE, THIS TEAM TOGETHER TO LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT DATA TYPES AND DATA POINTS, BUT ALSO WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER MODELS LIKE THE CARDIFF MODEL, WHICH IS OUT OF CARDIFF WALES.

AND THE CDC SUPPORTS THIS MODEL IN LOOKING TO BUILD IT OUT IN PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, ENTITIES, WHICH IS LOOKING AT HOSPITAL BASED DATA, BUT ALSO, BUT ALS BUT IT'S ALSO LOOKING TO ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY, WHERE CRIME IS HAPPENING, THE RELATION TO, UM, THE PERSON, UM, THE VICTIM AND PERPETRATOR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT HAS, WHAT IT, THE BENEFIT OF CARDIFF AND WHAT IT HAS BEEN SHOWN NAT, NOT EVEN NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY, IS THAT IT HAS REDUCED CRIME.

IT HAS REDUCED CRIME IN, IN THE UK, UM, AND OTHER PLACES.

SO, AND ALSO WITH THE CARDIFF MODEL, WHAT

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IT'S NOT REAL TIME.

'CAUSE OF COURSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LAG BECAUSE OF HOW, THAT'S HOW DATA WORKS.

BUT TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT BASED ON THAT INFORMATION TO REDUCE CRIME, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT WORKS.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS LIKE, TO BUILD THIS OUT.

NOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS WORK, AND IT'S KIND OF KIND OF FUNNY 'CAUSE YOU KIND OF LOOK AT DIFFERENT OFFICES OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, OR YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS AND THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIALLY SAYING THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW? AND SO AS I KIND OF KIND OF THINK, WELL, WELL, OKAY, WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING.

WE'RE ALL KIND OF DOING THE SAME THING.

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE DO IT BETTER THAN OTHERS? RIGHT? AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, RIGHT? AND SO, LIKE, GETTING BETTER AT WORKING TOGETHER, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BY YOURSELF.

YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T SEND A MAN TO THE MOON, A PERSON TO THE MOON BY YOURSELF.

YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF ANYTHING.

AND WE CAN'T MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND PEACEFUL BY OURSELVES.

WE CANNOT WORK IN A SILO WHEN NOT ONE PERSON HAS THE SINGLE ANSWER.

WE CAN COLLECTIVELY CREATE THAT TOGETHER.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE DO THIS COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT PLANNING.

NOW WE DO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

WE DO IT ON THE HYPER-LOCAL HOTSPOT LEVEL, AND THEN WE DO IT MORE BROADLY ON THE CITYWIDE COUNTYWIDE LEVEL.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS INTEGRATED, UM, STRUCTURE FOR IMPACT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THE COMMUNITY THAT WILL GUIDE OUR PRIORITIES.

WE NEED THE CITY, UM, WITH THE COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP, AND WE NEED THE PARTNERS TO DO THE IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH IS VERY CRUCIAL.

UM, ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER IN UNISON TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

AND WE NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

SO, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WE WERE BROUGHT IN TO WORK IN GIBBONS PARK.

AND, UM, THERE WAS A HOMICIDE THAT HAPPENED, UM, AT 2021, AND THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY IN THE PARK.

AND SO, UM, WE LED AN INITIATIVE, UM, TO ADDRESS THE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND, AND KIND OF GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

NOW, OFTENTIMES WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARK WAS NOT, SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL CRIME OR SAY SOMETHING IS VIOLENT WHEN PEOPLE ARE JUST KIND OF BE ENJOYING THEMSELVES, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST, UM, PEOPLE SAYING, OKAY, WELL IT'S, IT'S KIND OF, PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE LOUD AND GREGARIOUS, AND THAT MEANS THIS IS THAT, RIGHT? SO WE PULLED THE TEAM TOGETHER WITH PARKS AND REC, WITH A PD WATER SHARE PROTECTION COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO KIND OF, TO UNDERSTAND.

AND SO WE, WE FOCUS ON DATA COLLECTION.

WE DID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION.

WE DID CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, AND WE WORKED TO ENHANCE THE, UM, THE PARKS PROGRAMS. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE HOW THE, HOW THE, UM, PARK LOOKED IN THIS PARTICULAR, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, I THINK THAT WAS THE GROW ZONE AND HOW IT LOOKS AFTER THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IS, IS, IS STARK.

I MEAN, THERE WAS A LOT OF PRUNING OF TREES AND REMOVING OF DEBRIS AND, AND GETTING RID OF GARBAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT HAPPENED TO CLEAR SIGHT LINES.

PROGRAM WORKED TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE IN THE PARK, CONDUCTED SURVEYS FOR US.

AND SO, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THIS, UM, COLLABORATION, UM, AND WE MET LIKE BIWEEKLY WITH THE TEAM TO DISCUSS WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE PARK.

WE ESTABLISHED A, A GIVENS PARK, UM, ADVISORY BOARD.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

AND IT GIVES, UM, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PULL TOGETHER TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUESTS AND DEMANDS FOR WHAT THE PARK NEEDS, RIGHT? UM, THROUGH THAT WORK WITH THE GROW ZONES AND REMOVING OF DEBRIS, UM, WE, WE ENHANCE THE SAFETY THROUGH HAVING CLEARER SIGHT LINES, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT JUST FOR SAFETY, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR BEAUTY, RIGHT? WE WANT THE PARK TO BE BEAUTIFUL FOR FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, WANTING TO USE IT.

UM, THE CLEARING OF THE GROWTH ZONES WAS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THEN WE WORKED TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, PUT SIGNS OUT AND DID EDUCATION AROUND THAT.

AND WATER SHARE PROTECTION LED THAT INITIATIVE.

AND AT XPS, OUR COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION

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AND ALL OF THIS WAS DONE TO REDUCE THE CRIME.

SO THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE WORK THAT, ONE OF THE, THE, THE KIND OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE DONE WORKING IN A HOTSPOT LOCATION COLLECTIVELY.

AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR FIREARM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT AND IS LOOKING AT THE, THE NEXUS BETWEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE.

AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED FIREARM SURRENDER PROTOCOL, UM, IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

NOW, I, THIS GRANT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WAS A, IT WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT.

IT WAS $500,000 AND IT'S DESIGNED TO COVER THE SPAN OF THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER $500,000 FOR, AND IS NON-COMPETITIVE.

IT'S JUST REPEAT THE SITES.

SO IT'S 12 SITES IN THE NATION THAT'S DOING THIS WORK.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO, UM, APPLY FOR THAT ADDITIONAL $500,000 SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE WORK, UM, FOR THAT ENTIRE FIVE YEARS.

THERE WAS SOME WORK DONE IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY THROUGH THE YEARS TO BRING A STANDARDIZED FIREARM SURRENDER PROTOCOL, UM, THROUGH THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY FAMILY VIOLENCE TASK FORCE IN 2016 AND IN 2020, BUT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.

WHEN, UM, OVP STARTED, WE, UM, DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY SO THAT WE CAN HELP AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING IT OVER THE FINISH LINE.

UM, NOW WE, AS A CAVEAT OR A KIND OF AN ADDITION, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES HAVE A AGENCY SPECIFIC FIREARM SURRENDER PROTOCOL THAT, THAT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY LIKES, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ACROSS ALL JURISDICTIONS.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT STANDARDIZATION ACROSS JURISDICTIONS AND THAT EDUCATION AND THAT PROCESS IN PLACE, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE RECEIVED THE GRANT.

AND THEN IN DECEMBER OF 2023, WE ESTABLISHED OUR WORKING GROUP.

OUR WORKING GROUP CONSISTS OF JUDGES, MAGISTRATES, THE DA'S OFFICE, COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, PROBATION, UM, LEGAL AID SERVICES.

UM, I'M, I'M SURE I'M FORGETTING A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE 'CAUSE IT'S ABOUT 20 TO 25 OF US THAT MEET BIWEEKLY.

AND WE HAVE A, UM, OUR FTAP COORDINATOR, UM, AND HE'S IN THE ROOM BACK HERE, ETHAN, I GET MY WHOLE TEAM IS BACK HERE BEHIND ME.

UM, AND HE, UM, LEADS THESE GROUPS.

AND, UM, SO THE GOAL OF THE GROUP IS TO, AND THIS, THESE ARE GOALS THAT THE GROUP ESTABLISHED.

WE WANNA PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, AND REDUCE HOMICIDES, INCREASE REPORTING OF FIREARMS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, DECREASED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RECIDIVISM.

AND I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT MORE YOU CAN READ FOR YOURSELF.

THANK YOU, .

UM, AND SO THERE, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS REGARDING THE FIREARM SURRENDER WORK.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE MAPPING OUT THE CIVIL SIDE FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND WE'RE GONNA MAP OUT THE CRIMINAL SIDE.

AND ONCE WE DO THAT, AND, AND ALSO, AND I, THIS ETHAN, HE'S THE FAP COORDINATOR, HE'S WORKING WITH THE JUDGES TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WOULD WORK FOR THEM, BECAUSE REALLY WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT WORKS FOR THEM AND BE WORKING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.

UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE JUDGES ARE THE ONES THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I WANNA DO IF I, IF I ORDER A SURRENDER.

AND SO, LIKE, WHEN IT COMES TO KIND OF THESE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES OF HOTSPOT WORK, AS WELL AS CHANGING LARGER POLICY AND PROCEDURES, GETTING US ALL STANDARDIZED, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY CRUCIAL.

AND AT, AT THE CRUX OF IT IS THE WAY IN WHICH WE WORK TOGETHER, THE WAY IN WHICH WE CO-CREATE THE WAY IN WHICH WE DECIDE ON OUR OBJECTIVES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE OBTAIN THOSE AND WE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT IS KIND OF THE, THE THRUST AND KIND OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH FORWARD.

AND IT'S THIS CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, THIS GETTING BETTER AT GETTING BETTER.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, AND IN MY MIND THAT WE JUST HAVE TO GET BETTER.

WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT BETTER.

BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO IT, IF WE DON'T PUT THAT FIRE UNDERNEATH OF US, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO.

LIKE, WE'RE JUST, IT'S JUST, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO DO IT.

WE'RE GONNA DO IT.

BUT, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS, IS THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE ENERGY OF EVERYONE WANTING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

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I, NEXT SLIDE.

AND SO WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING OUT THIS ECOSYSTEM, YOU KNOW, OVP THOUGH, WE TAKE A, WE TAKE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE.

WE ARE PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE ME, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING ON, WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, OUR METRICS IS FOCUSED ON REDUCING HOMICIDES, REDUCING VIOLENCE, MAKING THINGS BETTER.

BUT WHERE WE LEAN HEAVILY IS GIVING AND PROVIDING AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO, TO IMPROVE THE MATERIAL CONDITIONS FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THEIR FAMILIES, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE IS A STRUCTURAL ASPECT TO VIOLENCE.

IT'S A STRUCTURAL ASPECT TO CRIME.

AND WE WANT TO DISMANTLE AND REBUILD THOSE STRUCTURES.

SO PEOPLE ARE LESS, THEY HAVE MORE CHOICE.

LIKE SOMEONE MADE A COMMENT ONCE, YOU KNOW, IF I HAVE, IF I HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITY OR A BAD OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? BUT OF ALL I HAVE IS A BAD OPPORTUNITY.

A BAD OPPORTUNITY IS AN OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT? AND WE WANNA PUT MORE GOOD OPPORTUNITIES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES.

AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, VIOLENCE REDUCTION PLAN, RIGHT? WE NEED THAT.

WE NEED THAT ENCOMPASSING ALL PUBLIC SAFETY ENCOMPASSING, YOU KNOW, OVP ENCOMPASSING EVERYTHING SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO REDUCE CRIME AND TO, UM, MAKE PEACE POSSIBLE IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, WE ALSO NEED TO INVEST TO THE LEVEL OF NEED.

THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS OLD, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE THINGS OUT.

BUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S MORE NEED.

I KNOW.

AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT HITTING THAT NEED.

WE'RE NOT HITTING THAT LEVEL YET.

SO WE'RE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND, UM, RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO HAVE MORE, MORE, MORE FUNDING, MORE RESOURCES, MORE THINGS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR FOLKS.

AND ALSO WE NEED TO HAVE REALLY STRONG SYSTEMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

UM, LIKE IF WE DON'T SET THE METRICS AND HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE METRICS AND PUSH TOWARDS IT AND CALL US EACH OTHER OUT, IF WE'RE NOT MEETING IT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE ROLE OF DECISION MAKERS AND THE WORK THAT WE DO.

BECAUSE, I MEAN, DECISION MAKERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN A LOT MORE SMOOTHLY, RIGHT? AND TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, YEAH, WE CAN DO THIS, OR WE CAN MOVE THAT THERE.

AND SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH LEADERSHIP.

AND THAT'S SLOWING DOWN PROGRESS.

LIKE, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT TEMPO TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD.

AND, UM, WE ALL HAVE TO BE COMMITTED.

LIKE, I, I'M JUST, I FEEL LIKE I'M SELLING MYSELF, RIGHT? LIKE SELLING, YOU KNOW, LIKE BE VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING, UM, AUSTIN A PEACEFUL AND SAFE PLACE.

LIKE THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND, AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND THERE'S SOME SMALLER CITIES IN, IN THE SOUTH, THEIR HOMICIDE RATE IS LIKE 99 PER HUNDRED THOUSAND AND WE'RE NOT THERE.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THERE, I THINK WE JUST, IT'S JUST LIKE SUCH A VERY AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND, AND HOPEFULLY KIND OF BE THAT KIND OF A BEACON, RIGHT? LIKE, 'CAUSE I HAVE ALL THIS QUESTION, I'M ALWAYS ASKING MYSELF, WELL, WHY IS AUSTIN A SAFE CITY? LIKE, WHAT MAKES IT SAFE? AND IF WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MAYBE WE CAN UNDER, WE CAN DUPLICATE IT, RIGHT? SO NEXT SLIDE.

UM, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE CONCISE 'CAUSE WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH.

UM, AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS THAT ANYONE HAS.

SO THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER SIERRA , UH, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION.

UM, MS. MILES, A COUPLE OF THIS IS PROBABLY PART OF A, A LONGER CONVERSATION.

UM, SOMETHING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

THIS, THE GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE IN 21, 22.

YOU DIDN'T GO INTO IT, BUT I NOTED THAT SOME OF THE FIGURES CITED GROUP MEMBER INVOLVEMENT MM-HMM .

THAT SUGGESTS THAT A GROUP AUDIT WAS DONE.

A GROUP AUDIT IS USUALLY PART OF A BROADER STRATEGY.

SOMETHING LIKE FOCUS DETERRENCE.

YES.

UM, IS THERE ANY PROGRESS ON A FOCUS DETERRENCE IMPLEMENTATION? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STOPPED HAPPENING? UM, WHY WAS THERE A GROUP AUDIT DONE

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THAT IS SMU NOT BEING USED NOW? AND THEN SOME JUST, UH, IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME, UM, AS FAR AS A TX PIECE IN THE CVI PROGRAM, ARE YOU USING A MODEL FROM CVI THAT HAS BEEN USED IN OTHER PLACES? IF SO, WHERE, UH, WHAT KIND OF METRICS ARE YOU TRACKING, UH, AS PART OF THAT CVI INITIATIVE? ARE YOUR CVI WORKERS, FULL-TIME WORKERS, PART-TIME WORKERS, CITY EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, UH, WHAT IS THEIR PAY? AND UM, LASTLY, WHAT IS THE FORMAL INTEGRATION BETWEEN OVP AND A PD? PROBABLY SEVERAL THINGS, BUT WHAT, WHAT ACTUALLY ARE THOSE FORMAL POINTS OF COLLABORATION? I'M GONNA TRY TO REMEMBER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.

SURE.

FIRST ONE WAS ABOUT THE PROBLEM ANALYSIS, THE GROUP AUDIT.

IS THAT PART OF FOLKS DETERRENCE? WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? SO THE, SO THE PROBLEM ANALYSIS REALLY IS TO GET THAT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRIVERS OF CRIME IN AUSTIN, RIGHT? AND SO THE GROUP INVOLVEMENT PIECE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAVE GROUP INVOLVEMENT, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS CLICKS AND GANGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT? SO TO IDENTIFY IF, IF THERE'S, UM, LIKE GANG ACTIVITY, CLICK ACTIVITY, GROUP ACTIVITY IS DRIVING CRIME IN AUSTIN.

AND SO IN TERMS OF THAT, AUSTIN DOES NOT HAVE LIKE A BIG GANG PROBLEM, ORLIK PROBLEM LIKE OTHER C CITIES.

NOW YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE FOCUS DETERRENCE.

NOW WE HAVE NOT DONE A FOCUS IN DETERRENCE.

SO THE GUN PROBLEM ANALYSIS WAS USING THAT DATA.

WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE GUN VIOLENCE PROBLEM ANALYSIS UNTIL LIKE MARCH OR MAY OF 2024.

AND THERE WAS ALSO SU GOING TO BE, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR IT, A GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGY RECOMMENDATION.

NOW WITHIN THAT RECOMMENDATION, THERE COULD BE A RECOMMENDATION FOR FOCUS DETERRENCE, RIGHT? SO THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED YET AND WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY WORK TOWARDS FOCUS DETERRENCE.

I KNOW A PD HAD A PROGRAM, UM, AND I, AND, AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT KIND OF, KIND OF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE WORKING TO INVESTIGATE TO FI TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT IS AND WHAT THOSE POSSIBILITIES ARE WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORK OF FOCUS DETERRENCE VERSUS DOING, UM, A TX PIECE, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION.

THAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN DIFFERENT PLACES WITH ADV ADVANCE, LIKE, LIKE PLACES WITH CURE VIOLENCE IS A, IS KIND OF A BRANDED FORM OF CVI.

UM, OTHER PLACES LIKE, UM, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK OR OTHER FOLKS, OTHER OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE CVI, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF MODELED IT BASED OFF OF, IT'S KIND OF LIKE CURE VIOLENCE, BUT IT'S NOT BRANDED CURE VIOLENCE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND WE WORK WITH DR.

CHICO TILLMAN.

UM, HE'S A NATIONAL EXPERT.

UM, HE USED TO WORK FOR, UM, CURE VIOLENCE TO HELP US BUILD THAT OUT.

WHAT WERE THE OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, ARE YOUR CVI WORKERS, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS? MM-HMM .

WHAT DOES THEIR PAY? SO WE CONTRACT WITH JAIL TO JOBS.

WHO SUBCONTRACTS WITH, UM, UM, UM, LIFE ANEW AND THEIR FULL-TIME WORKERS AND I DON'T KNOW THEIR PAY.

AND LAST QUESTION WAS ABOUT YOUR METRICS.

WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING? ARE YOU TRACKING CASES WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CONTACTED BY CVI WORKERS? ARE YOU LOOKING AT RECIDIVISM BY ARREST? VICTIMIZATION BY RE-OFFENDING? WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU TRACKING? SO I WILL BE, I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, WE WANNA LOOK AT ALL OF THAT MM-HMM .

UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO PUT THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO TRACK THAT.

AND REALLY ALSO WE WANNA LOOK AT HONESTLY REDUCTIONS IN HOMICIDES, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA LOOK AT NUMBER OF CONFLICT MEDIATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE CONFLICT MEDIATIONS CORRELATES WITH THE REDUCTIONS IN HOMICIDES, RIGHT? WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, SUCCESS IN CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, SUCCESS TOWARDS THEIR GOALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THE REAL MEAT OF IT IS THE CONFLICT MEDIATIONS, THE REAL MEAT OF THAT IS ALSO REDUCTIONS IN HOMICIDES.

AND IS THERE PLAN FOR AN EVALUATION? WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

SO WE WANNA, I'M GONNA WORK WITH DR. TILLMAN.

THAT'S THE GOAL, TO SEE IF WE CAN DO AN EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM.

IT IS STILL, WE'RE STILL BUILDING IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO, AND TO GET IT TO THE PLACE THAT ONCE WE BUILD IT TO A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL LIKE IT COULD BE VALUABLE, WE WANNA EVALUATE IT.

THAT RIGHT.

LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS MORE OFFICIALLY COLLABORATE AND WHAT PRO, WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE.

WE ARE OVER TIME, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER SIX O'CLOCK, BUT DO, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL, I'M JUST GONNA BOOKMARK THE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, ANY OFFICIAL WAYS THAT A PD AND OVP SORT OF COLLABORATE AND MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT IN BACKUP INFORMATION JUST SO WE CAN

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UM, AND THANK YOU.

I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, IT ALWAYS WORKS THAT WE EITHER DON'T FILL TWO HOURS OR WE WE'RE CRAMMING TOO MUCH.

UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE.

I WANNA KNOW THAT THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS A VERY NEW OFFICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND YOU GUYS HAVE A SMALL STAFF OF FOUR PEOPLE.

FOUR .

SO A SMALL STAFF OF FOUR.

SO THAT IS A LOT OF WORK THAT FOUR PEOPLE ARE DOING.

SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME.

TO HAVE THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA BE A DISCUSSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26 BUDGET.

AND, UM, WITH THAT, WE DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT, UM, WE WERE GOING

[5. Discussion of City of Austin Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 Budget timeline and process and formation of a working group to draft budget recommendations.]

OUR NEXT SORT OF BUDGET TIMELINE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION YET TO PUT TOGETHER A TIMELINE BEYOND BUDGET WILL BE VOTED ON IN JULY, AUGUST, LIKE THE REGULAR SORT OF MID-YEAR THING THAT HAPPENS.

BUT IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING HOW WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT UNMET NEEDS, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT UNMET NEEDS, UM, WHEN BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE DUE, I DO NOT THINK THAT WE HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION YET, UM, TO WORK FROM, DO WE, SO LAST YEAR WE FORMED A WORKING GROUP, UM, TO REVIEW THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S MEETINGS, UM, TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BUDGET RECOMME, LIKE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION CAN SUPPORT IN A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION.

UM, WE HAD A WORKING GROUP DO THAT AND THEY JUST BASICALLY WENT THROUGH THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S MEETINGS, IDENTIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT HAD PRESENTED TO US, AND WE SORT OF COMPILED THOSE INTO A BUDGET RECOMMENDATION FOR THE COMMISSION TO VOTE ON.

UM, WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN IF THERE IS INTEREST, UM, IN FORMING A WORKING GROUP.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? I THINK WE CAN TALK THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN FORMING THAT WORKING GROUP.

UM, OR WE CAN TABLE THIS DISCUSSION TILL NEXT MONTH WHEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET PROCESS IS GONNA WORK THIS YEAR.

I DEFINITELY THINK THE PROCESS WE HAD LAST YEAR WAS VALUABLE TO NOT JUST BE REACTIVE TO WHAT WAS BROUGHT BY THE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH IS HIGHLY VALUABLE IN TERMS OF AMET NEEDS, BUT TO LOOK BACK AT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.

BUT WHETHER I, I THINK WE CAN ALSO POSTPONE THE WORKING GROUP FORMATION UNTIL NEXT TIME.

UNLESS SOMEBODY FEELS THAT WE NEED TO FORM IT TODAY.

I CAN'T IMAGINE WE'RE GONNA DO A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN NOW AND FEBRUARY ON THAT PROCESS.

FEBRUARY I THINK WE DEFINITELY SHOULD FORM IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT NOW.

SO UNLESS WE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS, UM, WE ARE TABLING, IS THAT THE RIGHT WORD? WE'RE TABLING THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH.

ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM ANYONE? COMMISSIONER SMITH? YEAH.

ALRIGHT.

UM, AND THEN WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL JUST GO OVER BRIEFLY

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

FOR THE NEXT INCLEMENT WEATHER, UM, OUTPUT, I'D JUST LIKE, UM, HASSIM TO BE JOINED BY, UM, H-M-O-H-S-O .

AND, UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO TACK ONTO THAT AND JUST SAY THAT MAYBE IT'S WORTH IT FOR US TO PUT TOGETHER A RECOMMENDATION REQUESTING THAT, THAT BE A BIANNUAL PRESENTATION TO US, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME SORT OF UPDATES ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS, LIKE, UM, EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO TO CORRELATE WITH THE DIFFERENT WEATHER EMERGENCIES THAT WE HAVE.

UM, AND IT WOULD BE NICE IF THAT ALIGNED WITH PRIOR TO IT BEING INCLEMENT WEATHER.

SO YES, CERTAINLY OFF SEASONS ARE TIME IT DIFFERENT, TIME IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT YES.

UH, I SECOND THAT AND I, I THINK, UH, A GOOD TIME FOR THAT IS, YOU KNOW, DURING, UH, PROBABLY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MONTH IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, THAT, THAT'S USUALLY A GOOD TIME, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN PEOPLE ARE, ARE REALLY PUSHING OUT THAT MESSAGING.

ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS? I WANNA HEAR BACK ABOUT THE VERY DONE STAFFING REPORT.

I WOULD LIKE, UM, TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW THAT WENT.

UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE LINED UP FROM OUR MONTHS OF REQUESTS

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SO FAR.

AND COMMISSIONER, LIEUTENANT AND I WILL WORK ON PULLING TOGETHER THE AGENDAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

BUT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

I, OKAY.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.

UM, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

UM, STAY WARM AND WE'LL SEE EVERYONE SOON.