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          UH, YES, CHAIR. 
          WE DO. 
          UM, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT COMMISSIONER WYNN IS ABLE TO BE PRESENT SINCE WE'RE JUST AT QUORUM. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER WYNN, IF YOU NEED TO POP OFF AND THEN POP BACK ON, THAT MAY ADDRESS THE ISSUE. 
          IT'S JUST THE CAMERA PIECE THAT WE NEED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVERYBODY OVER PATIENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN YOU ALL SEE ME NOW? YES. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          COMPUTER'S NOT WORKING OUT TOO WELL. 
          NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. 
          UM, CHRISTIE, CAN WE GET STARTED WITH 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL]
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? YES. 
          CHAIR RYAN SAUNDERS. 
          THREE MINUTES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YES. 
          MY NAME'S RYAN SAUNDERS. 
          I LIVE IN THE, UH, EAST SU CHAVEZ STREET NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN EAST AUSTIN. 
          UM, MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE IS JUST TO POINT OUT, I THINK THAT THERE'S, KIND OF, AS A RESIDENT, I FEEL CAUGHT BETWEEN WHAT THE CITY RESPONDS TO AND WHAT, UH, POLICE OR EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPOND TO AND SPECIFIC WITH 3 1 1 AND ISSUES LIKE NON-EMERGENCY NOISE DOGS. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, AN ISSUE WITH WHEN A VEHICLE BLOCKS YOUR DRIVEWAY ON A PUBLIC STREET, AND YOU CAN'T CALL A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE THE VEHICLE. 
          SO YOU'RE EITHER BLOCKED IN OR BLOCKED ACCESS FROM YOUR HOUSE. 
          YOU HAVE TO WAIT TWO, THREE HOURS FOR POLICE TO RESPOND. 
          AND THEN WHEN THEY GET THERE, THEY TRY TO CALL THE DRIVER AND HAVE THE DRIVER MOVE. 
          I, I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S, AND NOW 3 1 1 DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO PUT SERVICE REQUESTS IN FOR ANIMAL NOISE. 
          I JUST THINK MAYBE A QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, ADVISORY BOARD OR SOME SORT OF COMMISSION OF, YOU KNOW, TO START LOOKING AT HOW TO DIVIDE UP HOW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR WHAT CITY DEPARTMENT OR WHAT 
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EMERGENCY SERVICES, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND PUTTING PRESSURE ON POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUT AS A RESIDENT YOU REALLY FEEL JUST TRAPPED A LOT OF TIMES. 
          AND ISSUES GO ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. 
          AND, UM, I'M ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD IN MY AREA AND I HEAR THIS FROM MANY DIFFERENT RESIDENTS AND JUST THE FRUSTRATION BUILDS AND IT CREATES TENSION BETWEEN BUSINESS OWNERS, BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS. 
          AND IT'S LIKE, IF PEOPLE CAN FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING HEARD AND THERE'S SOME SORT OF PATHWAY TO A RESOLUTION, I THINK A LOT OF THAT FRUSTRATION CAN BE AVOIDED. 
          BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S 3 1 1 OR WHETHER IT'S UNDERSTAFFED IN DEPARTMENTS WITH THE CITY OR STAFFING AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, BUT THERE'S JUST SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION THAT'S NOT HAPPENING AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          AND AS A RESIDENT, ESPECIALLY, I LIVE AMONGST A LOT OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN A BUSY URBAN AREA, AND I'M JUST HIT WITH EVERYTHING. 
          I'VE GOT THE BARKING DOG, I'VE GOT THE CARS BLOCKING MY DRIVEWAY, I'VE GOT THE NOISE ISSUES. 
          I'VE GOT JUST ANY, ANYTHING LIKE, LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. 
          AND IT'S JUST LIKE IMPOSSIBLE TO EVER GET ANY KIND OF RESOLUTION. 
          AND I'M AT MUNICIPAL COURT FILING CITIZEN AFFIDAVITS. 
          I'VE DONE EVERYTHING AND I TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET, YOU KNOW, TO FIND SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION THERE. 
          AND SO I JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH 3 1 9 1 NOW, REMOVING THE OPTION TO FILE A REPORT FOR A DOG. 
          AND THEN WITH, I REALLY, REALLY FEEL STRONGLY IF SOMEONE'S BLOCKING YOUR DRIVEWAY, IF IT'S ON A PUBLIC STREET, THEY'RE BLOCKING YOUR DRIVEWAY. 
          IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY, I CAN'T LEAVE. 
          I HAVE A FENCE. 
          I CAN'T DRIVE THROUGH MY FENCE, I CAN'T LEAVE MY CAR'S BLOCKED. 
          MY CAR HOUSE BURNS DOWN, MY CAR BURNS DOWN, SOMEBODY'S BLOCKED MY DRIVEWAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE DRINKING AT A BAR. 
          AND THEN THE POLICE SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND MOVE THEIR CAR. 
          SO THEN I WAIT ANOTHER 30 MINUTES FOR THE PERSON TO LEAVE THE BAR, WATCH THEM WALK OUT OF A BAR, GET IN THEIR CAR AND DRIVE AWAY AND NOT EVEN GET QUESTIONED BY THE POLICE OFFICER WHILE I'M STANDING OUTSIDE BLOCKED FROM ACCESSING MY HOUSE. 
          I KNOW THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT IT'S JUST, THIS IS LIKE A OVERALL LIKE, SITUATION THAT I'M SEEING AND HEARING FOR OTHER RESIDENTS. 
          I JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OR LOOKED AT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, CARLOS LEON, SOY, CARLOS LEON, FIRST AND FOREMOST, GRACIAS FOR LETTING ME EXPOSE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY SAFETY THREAT, POTENTIALLY TRAPPING A PD INTO MAKING FALSE ARRESTS. 
          IN FRONT OF YOU IS APLS MAY 13TH, 2024 CTN BANNING ME FROM ALL A PL PREMISES WITHOUT AUTHORITY TO DO SO. 
          EXHIBIT FIVE, PAGE 17. 
          BECAUSE ALL A PL PREMISES ARE CITY PROPERTIES, SUPERSEDING CITY OF AUSTIN'S RULES FOR PUBLIC USE OF CITY PROPERTIES. 
          RULE SIX H APPLIES. 
          A DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE MAY DENY PHYSICAL ACCESS ONLY TO THE CITY PROPERTY WHERE THE VIOLATION OCCURRED. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE VIOLATION OCCURRED AT A LIBRARY BRANCH, PHYSICAL ACCESS MAY ONLY BE DENIED TO THE SPECIFIC LIBRARY BRANCH WHERE THE VIOLATION OCCURRED. 
          YET LAST WEEK AT LITTLE WALNUT CREEK BRANCH LIBRARY SECURITY AND STAFF TOLD ME I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE THERE BECAUSE OF THAT CTN FOR A FALSELY ALLEGED VIOLATION AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. 
          WHEN I TRIED SHOWING AND TELLING THEM CITY'S RULES MAKE THAT CTN NOT VALID FOR THEIR BRANCH, THEY REFUSE TO LOOK OR LISTEN SAYING THE SYSTEM SAYS I'M BANNED FOR ALL LOCATIONS. 
          THEY TOLD ME TO LEAVE AND THREATEN TO CALL A PD VIOLATING MY FUNDAMENTAL FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ACCESS INFORMATION IN PERSON AT THAT LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM LIBRARY. 
          THAT CTN IS ALSO NOT VALID BY VIOLATING RULES SIX B AND SIX F ALL DOCUMENTED SINCE AUGUST, 2023, WHEN CITY'S RULES, CURRENT RULES WERE OFFICIALLY ADOPTED AND ENACTED. 
          A PL HAS KNOWINGLY BROKE CITY'S RULES BECAUSE A P'S RULES SAY THEY ARE CUMULATIVE OF CITY'S RULES. 
          A PL LIBRARY COMMISSION, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND MAYOR WATSON HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD ON RECORD, THOUGH A PL SAID DECEMBER 31ST, THEIR OUT OF COMPLIANCE CTN POLICY HAS BEEN RECENTLY REVIEWED, UPDATED, AND IS AWAITING SIGN OFF FOR FINALIZATION NO PROPOSED A PL RULE CHANGE HAS BEEN POSTED BY THE CITY CLERK A REQUISITE STEP BEFORE ADOPTION, 30 PLUS DAYS LATER PER CITY CODE ONE DASH TWO TO PROTECT MYSELF AND HELP A PDI KEEP CITY'S RULES WITH ME STILL TO PREVENT A PD FROM BEING MISLED GASLIT AND TRAPPED BY A PL EVERY A PD OFFICER ANSWERING AN A PL CALL MUST LOOK AT AND FOLLOW CITY'S CURRENT CONTROLLING RULES FOR PUBLIC 
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USE OF CITY PROPERTIES TO NOT ENFORCE A'S INVALID CTN AGAINST ME AND SAFEGUARD MY CIVIL RIGHTS TO BE AT AND USE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION, FOLLOW UP WITH A-P-L-A-P-D, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THEY FOLLOW THE RULES AND THE LAW. 
          IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          RUBEN RIVERA. 
          CLEMENTE. 
          CLEMENTE SENIOR. 
          IT WELL, MY NAME IS RUBEN RIVERA CLEMENTE SENIOR. 
          I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE HARASSMENT THAT I'M RECEIVING FROM A CERTAIN VARSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZED CRIME UNIT. 
          I MADE A PROMISE TO ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, FITZGERALD THAT I WAS GONNA BE HERE AND I WAS GONNA GET, MAKE, WRITE A LETTER SO I CAN GIVE IT. 
          SO MAKE SURE THAT CHIEF LISA DAVIS GETS THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HA BEEN HAPPENING TOWARDS ME. 
          AND CHIEF HENDERSON CAN, UH, CONFIRM THAT. 
          'CAUSE I CONFRONTED, UH, CHIEF KO BACK THEN. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS, UH, CERTAIN UNIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY'RE USING DOZENS OF OFFICERS AROUND JUST ONE PERSON. 
          ME, IN THIS LOCATION THAT MOVED SINCE NOVEMBER 30TH. 
          I HAD A ITEM STOLEN FROM MY APARTMENT. 
          MY VEHICLE IS BEING, UH, MAN, IT'S JUST SO FRUSTRATING. 
          IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS AND I'VE GONE THE, THE LIST. 
          I'VE DONE EVERYTHING. 
          AND I WANNA KNOW WHY, WHY SO MANY POLICE OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN CRIME HAS HAPPENED ALL OVER AUSTIN. 
          BOY, AND, AND I KNOW THIS AIN'T AN INVESTIGATION. 
          THIS HAS TO BE RETALIATION BECAUSE I'M COMPLAINING ABOUT THE POLICE. 
          'CAUSE I FILED COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE. 
          CHIEF CHIEF HENDERSON CAN CONFIRM THAT. 
          AND I'M GOING IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, WHICH ACTUALLY I'M ASKING FOR A MEETING FOR THE CITY MANAGER. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I FORGOT TO ASK, THIS IS MY, THIS IS MY WEAPON RIGHT HERE. 
          THIS IS A RECORDED DEVICE. 
          I USE THIS TO RECORD ALL THE HARASSMENT. 
          WHAT I CAN RECORD IS WHEN THEY DAMAGE MY VEHICLE, LIKE WHEN THEY SMASHED MY WINDSHIELD BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE INSIDE ASLEEP WHILE THERE'S SO MANY OFFICERS AROUND ME. 
          AND I MADE SURE THAT CHIEF, UH, DAVIS REALIZED ABOUT THIS. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T. 
          POLICE OVERSIGHT POLICE BACK THERE, POLICE MONITOR. 
          I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY I GOT A FOURTH COMPLAINT SPECIALIST. 
          I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THIS IS MY SECOND COMPLAINT AGAINST THEM. 
          I'VE BEEN COMPLAINING TO CHIEF, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF FITZGERALD ABOUT THIS. 
          HE HASN'T DONE NOTHING. 
          AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANNA CONFRONT CHIEF DAVIS, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S A DOZEN OF THESE OFFICERS AROUND ONE PERSON, ME. 
          BUT YET WHEN I HEAR SOME CRIME HAPPENING IN, IN NORTH WEST, EAST, SOUTH AUSTIN, AND I SAY, WHY THESE OFFICERS AROUND ME WHEN ALL THIS CRIME IS HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY? AM I SOME FORM OF CRIMINAL? WHAT AM I DOING? YOU KNOW, AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THE BAD THINGS THAT I MOVE FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER, TO ANOTHER, TO ANOTHER. 
          AND YOU KNOW HOW COSTLY THAT IS. 
          AND I'M NOT MOVING BECAUSE I WANT TO, I MOVE IT BECAUSE I HAVE TO BECAUSE THEY PUSH ME OUT. 
          THE HARASSMENT, STEALING, BREAKING MY PERSONAL ITEMS. THEY DID THAT IN THE LAST LOCATION. 
          AND I WANNA KNOW HOW CAN I GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE I ITEM THEY STOLE FROM MY APARTMENT. 
          THAT'S $133 THAT I PAID. 
          AND YOU THINK THEY CARE? NO, THEY DON'T. 
          WHO DO I GIVE THIS TO? YES, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING TO SPEAK. 
          UM, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR EMS QUARTERLY REPORT. 
          NEXT CHAIR. 
          MY APOLOGIES. 
          IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DO MINUTES? IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DO MINUTES ITEM ONE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, EVERYBODY, IF 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE CAN JUST TAKE A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR MINUTES FOR THE FEBRUARY 3RD MEETING. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, CHANGES, CORRECTIONS, OBJECTIONS, MOVE TO PROOF. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IF I CAN JUST SEE A SHOW OF HANDS BRIEFLY. 
          1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
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AND NOW WE'LL 
          [2.  Public Safety Quarterly Report, Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services  Department.]
GET STARTED WITH THE EMS QUARTERLY. 
          THANKS. 
          SURE. 
          GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS WES HOPKINS AND I'M THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. I WILL BE GIVING THE FISCAL YEAR 25 Q1 REPORT THIS MONTH, THIS QUARTER. 
          YEP, THAT SHOULD BE IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, SIR. 
          UH, CURRENT EMS, UH, DEPARTMENT STAFFING ARE AUTHORIZED. 
          STRENGTH IS SITTING NOW AT 714. 
          UH, THAT'S 599 FILLED SWORN. 
          GIVES US A SWORN VACANCY OF 115, PUTS US AT OUR Q1 AVERAGE OF 16.73%. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, A LAG WITH THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY STARTED IN ACADEMY IN, IN JANUARY, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT HERE JUST A LITTLE LATER. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE AN INCREASE IN OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH. 
          UH, SOME OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO OUR 24 HOUR C FOUR STAFFING, THE OPENING OF THE CANYON CREEK FIRE AND EMS STATION, AND THEN THE ENHANCEMENT OF A DOWNTOWN AREA COMMAND THAT WE GOT IN THIS BUDGET HERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UH, SWORN SEPARATIONS FOR THE LAST QUARTER. 
          WE DID INCLUDE JANUARY. 
          SO THAT IS 12 RESIGNATIONS AND SIX RETIRED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, YOU'LL NOTICE, LIKE WHEN WE GIVE THIS REPORT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL SEEING THE LION'S SHARE OF THOSE, UH, SEPARATIONS OCCURRING IN THAT LESS THAN ONE YEAR, FOLLOWED BY THAT ONE TO FIVE YEAR RANGE. 
          FIVE. 
          AND THEN THAT GIVES US A, A VACANCY RATE BY MONTH FOR SWORN AND CIVILIAN. 
          UH, WE DID INCLUDE JANUARY AND THIS AS WELL. 
          UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THAT, UH, CIVILIAN VACANCY RATE STILL AT ABOUT THAT, THAT, THAT 13%. 
          UH, HOWEVER, UM, JUST AS JANUARY AND INTO FEBRUARY, WE ACTUALLY DID FILL SEVERAL OF THOSE CIVILIAN VACANCY RATES. 
          AND SO I SUSPECT IN THE NEXT QUARTER THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT COME DOWN. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UM, EMS TURNOVER RATE, UH, IN INCLUDING THE MONTH. 
          UM, I WILL APOLOGIZE. 
          I NOTICED THAT THE LEGEND GOT REMOVED FROM THIS SLIDE, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDED IN NEXT TIME. 
          THE, THE GREEN NOTATES, THE SWORN TYPICALLY A BLUE LINE NOTATES CIVILIAN. 
          HOWEVER, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY TURNOVER ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE THE BLUE CRAP THERE, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL CONNECT CORRECT THAT NEXT QUARTER. 
          UH, WANTED TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT SOME OF THE ACADEMY CLASSES THAT WE HAVE. 
          IF, IF YOU'LL RECALL BACK, UM, WHEN I DID THIS REPORT IN DECEMBER, UH, WE HAD OUR ACADEMY CLASS 10 24. 
          THIS STARTED IN OCTOBER. 
          I INVITED THIS COMMISSION TO ATTEND THE GRADUATION. 
          THEY DID GRADUATE DECEMBER 13TH, SO THAT WAS 17 TOTAL CADETS. 
          I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT ALL OF THOSE CADETS HAVE CLEARED TO A TWO PERSON CREW. 
          SO THEY'RE POSI POSITIVELY AFFECTING THE SCHEDULE. 
          AND ACTUALLY OF JUST THIS WEEK, THEY'RE STARTING THEIR PRE CREDENTIALING TO CREDENTIAL TO, TO INDEPENDENT DUTY. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD AND, AND DOING GREAT WORK. 
          UH, TALKING ABOUT, UH, CADET CLASS OH 1 25 THAT I MENTIONED THAT WE STARTED, UH, THAT BOAST 41 CADETS. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT NUMBER BEING HIGH, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LAST TIME, ABOUT 45 OR 46. 
          BUT, UM, AS WE APPROACH THAT ACADEMY START DATE, SOME OF THOSE CADETS DEFERRED TO THE NEXT ACADEMY CLASS SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES DOWN HERE. 
          UH, THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE A 32 FIELD MEDICS, EIGHT DIRECT HIGHER CLINICAL SPECIALISTS AND ONE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIC. 
          THEY HAVE OFFICIALLY REACHED WEEK EIGHT AND THEIR GRADUATION CEREMONY IS FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH AT 4:00 PM AT THE TEXAS STATE CAPITOL. 
          AND AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO COME TO THAT GRADUATION, WE'D, WE'D SURE BE PLEASED TO SEE YOU THERE. 
          AND IF YOU'LL GET WITH ME AFTER THE MEETING, I CAN GET YOU THE FORMAL INVITATION. 
          I CAN FORWARD THE, THE MEETING INVITE. 
          BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE SOME COMMISSIONERS THERE TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, MEET THESE NEW CADETS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE PLUNGE TO WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO THE ACADEMY CADRE THAT DO SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB PUTTING ON THESE ACADEMIES. 
          I'LL TALK REAL BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR INTERNAL PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. 
          WHEN I SPOKE, YOU SPOKE TO YOU IN DECEMBER. 
          WE TALKED THROUGH OUR, UH, INTERNAL PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. 
          AND SO IN JANUARY WE GRADUATED 23, UH, PARAMEDICS. 
          AND SO THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO TEST FOR THAT CLINICAL SPECIALIST, UH, ALONG ABOUT MAY. 
          AND SO THAT'LL BE A LARGE PROMOTIONAL PROCESS FOR THOSE INTERNAL PARAMEDICS. 
          AND THEN IN FEBRUARY, UH, WE STARTED ANOTHER INTERNAL PARAMEDIC PROGRAM, AND IT'S HOLDING IT AT 14 CURRENTLY. 
          AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WELL INTO THAT INTERNAL PARAMEDIC PROGRAM. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          SO TYPICALLY AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS RUNS ABOUT FOUR ACADEMY CLASSES A YEAR. 
          WE WENT AHEAD AND PAUSED OUR, UM, APRIL ACADEMY. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR ACADEMY CLASS, SOME ACADEMY CLASSES ARE SMALL. 
          THEY HAVE NINE. 
          WE SAY THEY'RE SMALL BUT MIGHTY. 
          SOME HAVE 17 AND SOME HAVE 40. 
          AND SO WE REALLY DID TRY TO AGGREGATE THE, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF CADETS TO GET A LARGE ACADEMY CLASS. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE PIVOTING THOSE TO ABOUT THREE ACADEMY CLASSES A YEAR. 
          OUR NEXT ACADEMY CLASS WILL START, UH, JULY OF 25, 
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AND IT'S SLATED TO HAVE 30 CADETS. 
          AND WE'RE STILL FINALIZING THE BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS THAT WILL BE FIELD MEDIC, DIRECT HIRE, CLINICAL SPECIALISTS AND COMMUNICATION MEDICS. 
          WANTED TO TALK REAL QUICK ABOUT KIND OF HOW THINGS LOOKED IN FISCAL YEAR 25 Q1. 
          OBVIOUSLY IT'S A, IT'S A VERY BUSY TIME. 
          THAT'S THAT FALL SPECIAL EVENT SEASON. 
          SO AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, OF COURSE, WE WERE, YOU KNOW, INTEGRAL IN THE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS MUSIC FESTIVAL FORMULA ONE OUT AT CIRQUE THE AMERICAS, AUSTIN FC GAMES AND VARIOUS CONCERTS, OF COURSE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOOTBALL TRAIL OF LIGHTS AND, AND AUSTIN NEW YEAR'S. 
          UM, AS PART OF SPECIAL EVENTS, THIS DOWNTOWN AREA COMMAND ENHANCEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED THAT ALLOWED THEM TO KIND OF HONE AND NAVIGATE WHAT THAT DOWNTOWN PRESENCE LOOKS LIKE WITH THOSE DEDICATED RESOURCES. 
          AND SO THEY KIND OF DID THAT THROUGH THAT NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY. 
          BUT, UH, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST IS UPON US. 
          AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY FOR, FOR, FOR PRIME TIME COMING UP THIS NEXT WEEK. 
          SO THEY'LL BE INTEGRAL IN PART OF, UM, SO BY SOUTHWEST AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, FISCAL YEAR 25 Q1. 
          ALSO, UH, CHOSE TO, UH, BE JUST A VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RECRUITING, UH, TIME FOR US. 
          AND SO, UH, CHIEF LUCRE SPOKE AT THE ROTARY CLUB OF AUSTIN. 
          UH, WE DO A LOT OF FALL PREVENTION AND FALL'S A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT. 
          BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS WITH SENIOR HOME SAFETY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS. UH, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE AUSTIN CITY WORKS ACADEMY BECAUSE WE, UH, WORK IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          WE PARTICIPATED IN LAKE TRAVIS PUBLIC SAFETY DAY, SOME GOOD RECRUITING EVENTS FOR US. 
          THE TEAKS CAREER DAY AT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, A ISD PARTNERSHIP FOR AUSTIN CORPSE. 
          WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FUENTES IS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, OF COURSE HEB FEAST TO SHARING. 
          AND THEN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION BLUE SANTA. 
          WE, WE, WE SUPPORTED THEM AS WELL. 
          IT'S A VERY BUSY TIME FOR US IN THE FALL. 
          I PROMISE I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE STATIONS AGAIN. 
          UH, BUT, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO, UH, AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS ALONG WITH THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, OPENED UP OUR STATION 43, WHICH IS LOCATED IN CANYON CREEK. 
          SO THAT'S THAT NORTH SIX 20 AREA, NORTH OF FOUR POINTS. 
          UH, WE BEGAN OPERATING ABOUT A JANUARY 10TH, 2025 THAT GIVES THAT ADDITIONAL, UH, COVERAGE UP IN THAT AREA TO KEEP AMBULANCES IN THEIR JURISDICTIONAL AREAS. 
          AND THEN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS AND THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT KIND OF TAKE TURNS ON THESE FIVE HIGH PRIORITY STATIONS OF, OF KIND OF TAKING THE LEAD ON WHO'S GONNA DO THE GRAND OPENING. 
          AND SO THIS LAST STATION FALLS TO US. 
          WE HAVE FINALIZED A DATE OF SATURDAY, MARCH 8TH AT 2:00 PM AND SO WE'VE WORKED THROUGH ALL OF THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ATTEND. 
          BUT AGAIN, AN OPEN INVITATION ON THAT SATURDAY FOR THIS COMMISSION. 
          IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU LET YOU MEET THE MEDICS AND SHOW OFF THE STATION OF, OF, OF BOTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          UM, SECONDLY, ON THE STATION, I WANTED TO TALK THROUGH AN EXPANDED SERVICE OF OUR, UH, STATION 44, WHILE TECHNICALLY NOT IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INTERLOCAL WITH TRAVIS COUNTY, AND THAT AMBULANCE WAS KIND OF BROKEN UP INTO TWO 12 HOUR DEMAND UNITS. 
          AND WE COMBINED THOSE 12 HOUR UNITS TO A 24 HOUR AMBULANCE. 
          AND THAT'S IN THAT LAKE TRAVIS LAKEWAY AREA. 
          AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS, AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT AREA IS GROWING AND VERY BUSY, IT KEEPS AMBULANCES IN THOSE JURISDICTIONAL AREAS AND ALSO LETS THE CITY UNITS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO STAY IN THEIR AREA. 
          WE DON'T RUN IT LIKE A CITY SERVICE OR A COUNTY SERVICE. 
          IT'S, IT'S ALL ONE SERVICE. 
          SO THOSE AMBULANCES DO MOVE AROUND. 
          BUT WHAT WE NOTICED IN OUR ANALYSIS OF THIS IS THAT THAT LAKEWAY AREA, YOU KNOW, OUR DEMAND TRUCKS TYPICALLY OPERATE DURING THE DAY, BUT WE DO SEE A, A GOOD NUMBER OF CALL VOLUME IN THE EVENINGS AND AT NIGHT TOO. 
          SO, SO MAKING THAT CHANGE WAS, WAS, WAS PARAMOUNT FOR OUR, OUR STAFF AND FOR THAT AREA AS WELL. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE COLLABORATIVE CARE COMMISSION COMMUNICATION CENTER. 
          I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR SEA FLOOR LINE, AND SO IT REALLY IS PIONEERING, UH, CLINICAL NAVIGATION HERE IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          AND SO THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH. 
          IF YOU'LL REMEMBER IN DECEMBER, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS C FOUR LINE PIVOTING TO ALL PRIORITY FIVE OR THOSE LOWEST PRIORITY CALLS, UH, GOING TO THAT C FOUR FOR AN ADDITIONAL SCREENING, BUT THEN ALSO TRANSITIONING TO, TO 24 HOUR STAFFING. 
          AND SO WITH THAT BEING COMPLETED, UH, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER IN DECEMBER, I TALKED ABOUT THAT 4.73% OF INCIDENTS BEING HANDLED BY THEM. 
          SO JUST IN THIS SHORT TIME, THAT PERCENTAGE HAS JUMPED UP TO 9.2, A 30% RESOLVE WITHOUT AN AMBULANCE IS NOW SITTING AT ABOUT 36%, A 54.2 RESOLVE WITHOUT AN AMBULANCE. 
          TRANSPORT HAS JUMPED UP TO 63%. 
          THAT 0.3% IS HOLDING AT ABOUT THAT AREA WHERE WE DO THAT ADDITIONAL 
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SCREENING AND CATCH THINGS IN THE 9 1 1 CENTER. 
          THAT MIGHT REQUIRE AN AMBULANCE JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT ENHANCED PRACTICE PARAMEDIC UP THERE KIND OF NAVIGATING WHAT THOSE CALLS LOOK LIKE. 
          BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO, UH, HAVE THAT, UH, COLLABORATIVE CARE COMMUNICATION CENTER SEE MORE THAN 20,000 CALLS, UH, ANNUALLY. 
          AND WHAT THAT DOES IS INCREASE AMBULANCE AVAILABILITY FOR EMERGENCY CALLS. 
          AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE TIMING AND, AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THIS A LATER DATE BECAUSE AS WE GET MORE DATA ON THAT C FOUR, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT JUST LEANING INTO JANUARY'S WINTER WEATHER, UH, WE WERE KIND OF RIGHT ON THE FIVE YARD LINE OF GETTING THAT TO A 24 HOUR STAFFING. 
          AND WE, WE DEFINITELY TOOK THAT C FOUR LINE AND MADE IT 24 HOURS FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, WE'RE GONNA GET AN INFLUX POTENTIALLY OF 9 1 1 CALLS, AND A FAIR AMOUNT OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE LOW PRIORITY THAT WE CAN NAVIGATE WITH THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS A PRETTY ELEGANT SOLUTION THAT I THINK HELPED US ALL KIND OF, UH, REST EASIER KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING INTO AN UNKNOWN WINTER WEATHER EVENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, AND, AND JUST TO SHOW YOU ON THIS GRAPH OF, OF KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH THESE PRIORITY FIVES, THIS LOWEST PRIORITY GOING TO C FOUR AND THEN, UH, GOING TO 24 HOUR OPS, YOU CAN JUST SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT GRAPH THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE JUST SKYROCKETING. 
          AND WE, UH, CONTINUE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO IT, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO COME BACK HERE LATER ON TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND DO A RECAP OF THAT WITH SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED ON THAT. 
          UM, AND JUST, I KNOW WE'VE GOT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS HERE, BUT, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT THAT C FOUR LINE IS ABLE TO KIND OF NAVIGATE WHETHER THAT LOOKS LIKE A MENTAL HEALTH PARAMEDIC ON A LOW PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH CALL, WHETHER WE'VE GOT A PARAMEDIC PRACTITIONER OR A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT ON THE STREET, WHETHER WE HAVE AN MD ON THE STREET, UH, MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO TELEHEALTH, A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING VIA THE MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH TEAM. 
          UM, AND THEN ESPECIALLY NAVIGATING KIND OF THOSE LONG-TERM CARE THAT SOMETIMES AUGER INTO THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S TROUBLESHOOTING OR NAVIGATING DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, UH, PRESCRIPTION REFILLS, KIND OF THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND THEN JUST BRIEFLY KIND OF BRINGING US TO A CLOSE HERE, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE POPUP RESOURCE CLINICS, UH, THAT WE'VE KIND OF REALLY LEANED INTO IN, IN 2024. 
          AND SO, UM, THINK OF A POP-UP RESOURCE CLINIC IS WHERE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS PULL TOGETHER ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF NAVIGATE THEM TO GET THEM SERVICES THEY NEED. 
          UM, THIS GOES TO THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 
          AND SO THESE, UH, ISSUES, IF THEY'RE NOT ADDRESSED, THEY WILL AGAIN END UP IN THE 9 1 1 CENTER. 
          SO AS WE TAKE THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND NAVIGATE THOSE PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, IT'S LESS CHANCE THAT THAT AMBULANCE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR A HIGHER PRIORITY CALL BECAUSE IT IS DEALING WITH A LOW PRIORITY CALL. 
          SO THAT CAN BE THINGS LIKE, UM, MAP, UH, FUNDING, UM, IMMUNIZATIONS, ANY KIND OF ANIMAL CARE HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UH, SERVICE POINT ID CARDS FOR HOMELESS SERVICES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND VETERAN SERVICES ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE IN FEBRUARY TO STOP BY OUR DOWNTOWN PER, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO KINDA SHOW THIS NEW CITY LEADERSHIP A POPUP RESOURCE CLINIC, AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED. 
          IT WAS A, A COLD FEBRUARY DAY, AND, AND THOSE NUMBERS WERE GOOD. 
          SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT HAPPENING. 
          AND THEN BY THE NUMBERS ON THESE PERKS, UM, THIS IS THAT KIND OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND RECONNAISSANCE OF PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND THOSE PERKS, UH, ROTATE BETWEEN CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THAT I 35 CORRIDOR. 
          AND SO FOR THIS YEAR WE DID 15 PERKS AS OPPOSED TO OUR SIX PERKS THAT WE DID THE YEAR BEFORE. 
          SO THOSE 15 PERKS IS, IS, IS INCREASED BY QUITE A LOT. 
          IT'S ABOUT 4,113 INTERVENTIONS COMPLETED ARE ABOUT 790 CLIENTS SERVED. 
          UM, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, UM, AT A LOT OF THE PERKS, UM, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GRACIOUS. 
          UH, THEY'VE BEEN, UM, ALLOWING CADETS FROM THEIR ACADEMY CLASS TO COME TO THOSE PERKS AND, AND HELP OUT. 
          AND IT'S A GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND LET US, YOU KNOW, INTERFACE WITH THEM. 
          AND, AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED. 
          AND THEN, UM, AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, UH, PARTICIPATES IN THE HOST TEAM OR IN THE HOMELESS OUTREACH STREET TEAM. 
          AND SO THOSE NUMBERS SERVE 383 CLIENTS OR 570 INTERVENTIONS. 
          AND THEN I WANTED TO TALK THROUGH, UM, STREET MED, WHICH IS BASICALLY MEDICINE ON THE STREETS. 
          IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ARCH CLINIC AND COMMUNITY CARE. 
          IT IS PART OF, OF THE HOST PROGRAM. 
          UM, THIS NAVIGATES PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO ARE, UH, UH, MORE AFRAID OR HAVE TREPIDATION ABOUT ACCESSING HEALTHCARE VIA CLINICS. 
          AND SO IT TAKES THE MEDICINE TO THEM ON THE STREETS. 
          AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE 115 CLIENTS AND IN 423 INTERVENTIONS. 
          SO WITH 
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THAT, IT'LL CONCLUDE MY, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25 Q1 REPORT. 
          AND HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. 
          WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS UP ON THE SCREEN. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF HOPKINS? COMMISSIONER NGUYEN. 
          HEY, CHIEF. 
          UH, GOOD AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, PRES PRESENTING TODAY. 
          UH, I HAD A QUESTION ON YOUR ON-DEMAND TRUCKS FOR 12 HOURS. 
          UM, I IMAGINE THE SCHEDULE'S DIFFERENT. 
          CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH, UM, HOW THAT IS SCHEDULED, UH, FOR INDIVIDUALS ON A 12 HOUR? DO THEY LOSE HOURS? AND HAVE YOU GOTTEN FEEDBACK ON, UH, HOW MEDICS FEEL ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC SCHEDULES? CERTAINLY. 
          SO WE HAVE A, A WIDE VARIETY OF DEMAND TRUCKS WHERE THEY CAN WORK A 12 HOUR SHIFT, WHICH IS BASICALLY 9:30 AM TO 9:30 PM BUT THE LION'S SHARE OF OUR STAFF, UH, PARTICULARLY ENJOY THE 20 FOURS. 
          AND SO IN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGHER CALL VOLUME, BUT NOT UNTENABLE CALL VOLUME, THAT A 24 WOULDN'T BE EFFECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO FATIGUE. 
          SO TAKING THOSE TWO DEMAND TRUCKS THAT WERE TECHNICALLY FUNDED BY THE COUNTY AND MAKING THEM 20 FOURS, UH, WE, WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY PEOPLE BY THERE. 
          AND SO BECAUSE WE DO A TENURE BASED BID, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO BID THAT TO ALLOW THE LION'S SHARE OF TENURE TO GET 20 FOURS, BUT THEN HAVE SOME 12 HOUR TRUCKS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THAT WANT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DO YOU SEE A BE, BECAUSE I, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT ON A 12 HOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GETTING AS MANY, YOU'RE NOT KNOCKING IT OUT RIGHT AS YOU'RE NOT DOING A 24 HOUR AND YOU'RE, UM, NOT GETTING IT DONE ALL IN ONE DAY. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE WORKING THOSE, SO ARE THERE CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT IT, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU STAFF THAT? IT, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT MIGHT NOT BE AS DESIRABLE OF A SHIFT, BUT I I MAY BE WRONG ON THAT. 
          SO WE, WE FOLLOW THE MANTRA OF KIND OF THE MOST OPTIONS FOR OUR MEDICS. 
          AGAIN, THE, THE LION'S SHARE ENJOY THE 24. 
          AND SO EVEN ON OUR BUSY TRUCKS THAT ARE 24, WE ROTATE THEM WITH A SLOWER 24 HOUR TRUCK. 
          BUT WE DO WANNA LEAVE THAT 12 HOUR OPTION AVAILABLE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MUCH TO YOUR POINT, THERE ARE FOLKS THAT DO ENJOY WORKING THAT 12 HOUR SHIFT, UM, OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT LIKE TO GO HOME AND, AND, AND, AND GET THE DAY OFF OF 'EM AFTER A 12 HOUR DAY AND SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BEDS. 
          AND YOU CAN COUNT ME AS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. 
          I, I LEFT 20 FOURS IN 2011 AND NEVER LOOK BACK. 
          UM, SO, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT TO HAVE THE THOSE OPTIONS FOR, FOR BOTH OF THOSE. 
          SURE. 
          WELL, THANK, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RUTAN, UM, LOVE TO SEE ALL THE PROGRAMS LIKE C FOUR AND THE PERKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL IS NEEDED IN TERMS OF SUPPORT? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME INCREASED STAFFING TO HELP MAKE THAT 24 7. 
          DO YOU FEEL AT THIS POINT THAT YOU ALL HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO CONTINUE THOSE MORE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MEETING PEOPLE WHERE, WHERE THEY ARE? I THINK WHAT'S HUGE FOR US IS THIS COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT RECRUITING AND RETENTION DIVISION IN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL BECAUSE WHAT WE GOT ENHANCEMENTS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS, WE HAVE TO GET FOLKS IN THE DOOR AND GET ON THE AMBULANCE TO ALLOW OTHER FOLKS TENURE BASE TO MOVE OFF THAT, TO DO SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS. AND SO BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING THESE FOUR ACADEMIES A YEAR AND BRINGING FOLKS IN THE DOOR, IT ALLOWS US TO GET SOME FRESH BLOOD AND TO WORK ON THAT AMBULANCE, BUT THEN ALSO ALLOWS OUR TENURE FOLKS THAT WANT TO HAVE THEIR NEXT ADVENTURE AND DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BESIDES WORKING ON THE AMBULANCE TO GO INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATIVE CARE, COMMUNICATION CENTER, COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL TO US. 
          AND SO WE ARE AT A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE'RE SEEING THAT HARD WORK ON RECRUITING AND RETENTION AND BRINGING THOSE ACADEMIES ALLOW US TO REALLY PLUS UP THAT INTEGRATED SERVICES. 
          AND SO NOW IT'S TIME THAT, THAT WE DON'T OWE ANYTHING FROM OPERATIONS TO INTEGRATED SERVICES. 
          AND SO WE CAN BACKFILL THAT OPERATIONS PART OF THAT AND, AND THAT'LL BE THE WORK WE DO WITH THESE REMAINING ACADEMIES RUNNING THREE LARGER ACADEMIES A YEAR. 
          GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          AND FOR FUTURE REPORTS, IF Y'ALL NEED ANYTHING, JUST LET US KNOW. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH 
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THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION OF OP OPIOID USE AND MITIGATION EFFORTS, AGAIN WITH EMS. YES. 
          I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES MAKE THEIR WAY UP HERE BREAKING UP THE, THE, THE, THE MONOTONY UP HERE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME. 
          I'VE ACTUALLY ASKED, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVEN WHITE AND DIVISION CHIEF ANGELA CARR TO COME GET THIS OVERVIEW. 
          THIS IS, UH, DEFINITELY IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE. 
          THEY LEAD OUR INTEGRATED SERVICES AREA. 
          SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO Y'ALL. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          WE'RE BACK TO TALK MORE ABOUT, UH, OUR OPIOID, OPIOID RESPONSE AND, UH, I'M PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS UPDATE. 
          WE'VE HAD TWO VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS 
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IN, UM, AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY IN REGARDS TO OPIOIDS, AND I WANTED TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS. 
          UH, IF WE START WITH THE FIRST SLIDE, EVERYONE KNOWS THIS SLIDE. 
          THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT WE'VE INCLUDED INTO EVERY QUARTERLY REPORT, UH, GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS. 
          UH, THIS, THIS DATA TRACKS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2018, AND AS WE HAVE SPREAD IT OUT, IT'S KIND OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON CURRENTLY IN 2024, UH, HAVE KIND OF BEEN LOST. 
          SO I KIND OF WANT TO ZERO IN, IN THIS PRESENTATION OVER THE PAST YEAR SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          BUT THE MAIN MESSAGE GOING THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION IS THAT WE ARE SEEING A DECLINE FINALLY, IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2016 THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT. 
          SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I AM GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS A TREND THAT'S GOING ON, UH, ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          UH, AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF TO CHIEF CARR, WHO WILL GIVE YOU A MORE LOCAL UPDATE. 
          WE ARE SEEING A TREND ACROSS THE STATE, UH, WHERE OVERDOSES ARE FEWER AND OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE FEWER. 
          UM, TRAVIS COUNTY TRADITIONALLY HAS HAD THE HIGHEST RATE OF OPIOID DEATHS IN THE ENTIRE STATE. 
          NOT THE HIGHEST NUMBER, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT PER CAPITA OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE, TRAVIS COUNTY HAS BEEN AVERAGING MORE THAN TWICE THAT OF ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THE STATE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE IS THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES THAT ARE COMING DOWN. 
          WE'RE SEEING THE NUMBER OF OPIOID OVERDOSES COMING DOWN, AND WE'RE SEEING THE NUMBER OF OPIOID DEATHS COMING DOWN. 
          UM, AND I'M GONNA SAY COMING DOWN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ASTERISK, WE'RE AT LEAST SEEING IT LEVEL OFF. 
          ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENED, UH, IN TRAVIS COUNTY THIS YEAR IN THE WORLD OF OPIATES IS THAT THE MEDICAL EXAMINER WAS ABLE TO COME FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL PICTURE OF 2024, YET WE HAVE THE DATA UP TO THIS POINT. 
          AND IT'S LOOKING MUCH BETTER THAN IT WAS IN 2023. 
          UP UNTIL THAT TIME. 
          THAT WAS ABOUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. 
          SO WE ALL KIND OF HELD OUR BREATH AND CROSSED OUR FINGERS HOPING THAT THIS WASN'T JUST A ONE OFF, BUT THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE START OF A TREND. 
          AND SO I'M HERE AT THE END OF 2024 TO SAY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ACTUALLY A TREND. 
          SO LET'S TAKE THE GRAPH FROM THE VERY FIRST SLIDE THAT WE'RE ALL USED TO LOOKING AT AND BRING IT DOWN TO THE 2024 NUMBERS SO THAT CHIEF CARR CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THEM WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT TO SHOW EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          CLOSE UP. 
          IT'S HARD TO SEE UP THERE. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO UNDERSTAND, UM, WHICH CALLS ARE OPIATE OVERDOSES. 
          UM, YOU CAN HAVE AN OVERDOSE THAT IS NOT AN OPIATE, BUT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC, UM, PROGRAM WITH WITHIN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON OPIATES SPECIFICALLY. 
          UM, SO WE ALSO DO, UM, 24 HOUR FOLLOW UPS AFTER ANY OVERDOSE CALL THAT WE COME INTO CONTACT WITH, UM, AN OPIATE OVERDOSE, UM, WILL, THEY WILL BE VISITED BY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, UM, THE ROOT CAUSE AND OFFER SERVICES OR CONNECTIONS TO, UM, DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES FOR THEM. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THIS, UH, THE TOP, UH, GRAPH IS, UM, OPIATE SPECIFIC OVERDOSES, UM, THAT HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM. 
          SO TO, UH, CHIEF WHITE'S POINT, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE, IT SEEMS TO BE A STEADY DECLINE. 
          AND THE, UM, LAST, UH, LITTLE BOX THERE IS IS DECEMBER. 
          UM, AND WE SAW LOW NUMBERS, UM, AND IT CONTINUES TO TREND INTO JANUARY. 
          UM, THE GRAPH BELOW THAT IS, UM, THE BLUE LINE AT THE BOTTOM IS OUR OPIATE ALERTS. 
          UM, THE ORANGE LINE ABOVE THAT IS NARCAN OR NALOXONE KITS THAT ARE USED PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL ON SCENE. 
          THAT COULD BE FROM BYSTANDERS. 
          UM, ALSO OUR PARTNERS AT THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO WE ARE SEEING, UM, AN INCREASE IN, UM, NALOXONE BEING ADMINISTERED PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL, WHICH IS INSTRUMENTAL IN, YOU KNOW, AFFECTING THAT DEATH RATE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE GRAY LINE ABOVE THAT IS THE NUMBER OF 
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KITS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED BY EMS. SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF, UM, VENUES FOR PEOPLE TO GET NALOXONE, BUT WE FEEL LIKE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, UM, GET IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A, A GOOD WAY TO KIND OF PREVENT, UM, THESE OVERDOSE DEATHS. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING HARD, UM, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH A PH, UM, TO GET THESE KITS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT OVERDOSE SYMPTOMS, UM, HOW TO UTILIZE THE NALOXONE, UM, APPROPRIATELY. 
          AND, UH, AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, GOOD RESULTS, UH, WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE. 
          OH, YOU GOT IT. 
          SO WE HAVE SPOKEN PREVIOUSLY ABOUT OUR BUPRENORPHINE BRIDGE PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND THIS IS AGAIN, A PROGRAM THAT IS OFFERED TO ANY, UM, OPIATE OVERDOSE THAT IS COMING TO CONTACT WITH THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM. 
          UM, THIS IS A BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT IS ASSISTED WITH MEDICATION. 
          UM, A LOT OF, UH, PATIENTS THAT WE SEE, UM, ARE, THEY HAVE PHYSICAL ADDICTION TO THIS MEDICATION, TO THE OPIATE, AND WE CAN ASSIST THEM, UM, AND BRIDGE THEM TO A MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT THEY, UM, MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO IF WE, UM, COME INTO CONTACT WITH THEM AND THEY ARE WILLING, UM, AND ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, THEN WE WILL MEET THEM AND GIVE THEM THIS BUPRENORPHINE DRUG, UM, EVERY 24 HOURS UNTIL THEY'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH A CLINIC OR A PHYSICIAN THAT WILL, UM, CONTINUE THIS MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS 239, UM, CLIENTS ENROLLED, UM, OVER 2024. 
          UM, IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, WE GAVE A TOTAL OF 783 DOSES OF THAT BUPRENORPHINE. 
          UM, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE DOSES AGAIN, UM, KIND OF PREVENTS THEM FROM SEEKING THAT OPIOID FROM AN ILLICIT, YOU KNOW, UH, DEALER OR IN AN UNPRODUCTIVE WAY THAT MIGHT INCREASE THEIR, UH, OVERDOSE CHANCE. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UM, DISTRIBUTED 35, SORRY, 3,505 NARCAN KITS, AGAIN WITH OUR PARTNERS AT AUSTIN, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY JUST OVER 5,000 OPIATE USE DISORDER INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE COMPLETE BEEN COMPLETED. 
          UM, AND THAT IS, AGAIN, BY THOSE SPECIALIZED, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. 
          UM, AND THEN TO KIND OF, UM, TRANSITION INTO OUR BREATHE NOW AND NARCAN OR NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION, WE HAVE, UH, THROUGH THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH A PH AND THE SAMHSA GRANT, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRAIN 431 PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND MOST OF THOSE ARE CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES FROM THE AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM, UM, UH, PARKS AND REC AND, UH, VARIOUS OTHER, UM, CITY OF AUSTIN, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE TRAINING. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TARGET OUR DISTRIBUTION, UM, TO THOSE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, AGENCIES, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH, UH, NALOXONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE. 
          YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US SEVERAL YEARS TO GET TO OUR 500TH EN UH, ENROLLMENT IN THE BUTTE PROGRAM, AND IN ONE YEAR WE DID 239. 
          SO THE LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM, UH, TRYING TO GET THIS PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH TO NOW WHERE IT'S, IT'S ROLLING ALONG AT A PRETTY GOOD CLIP. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO COVER KIND OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS, BECAUSE WE KIND OF HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS. 
          YES, THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEF CARR MENTIONED THAT WE ARE DOING THESE DAILY OVERDOSE REVIEWS AND FOLLOW-UPS, EVEN THOUGH THOSE OPIOID ALERTS THAT WE IDENTIFY, THOSE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE TRENDING DOWN, SO WE'RE HAVING TO DO LESS AND LESS OF THOSE FOLLOW UPS. 
          UM, BUT WE ARE HAVING A RISE IN OUR, UH, ENROLLMENT IN THE BUTTE PROGRAM. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FEWER OVERDOSES, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE BUTTE PROGRAM. 
          THOSE ARE THE EXACT TRAJECTORIES THAT WE WANT. 
          UM, MAT SERVICES, THAT'S THE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT SERVICES THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN ADDICTION TO OPIATES ARE ENROLLED INTO. 
          THAT'S THE LONG-TERM CARE. 
          UM, WHEN, UH, MAP CARDS BECAME, UH, AVAILABLE TO USE AT MAP 
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CLINICS, THAT WAS A BIG GA GAME CHANGER. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH CENTRAL HEALTH TO BUILD A NEW CLINIC THAT WE CALL THE BRIDGE CLINIC. 
          UH, IT'S LOCATED AT CAPITAL PLAZA, UH, 51ST, 54TH, 54TH AND I 35. 
          THIS IS A ZERO ENTRY CLINIC. 
          UM, MANY CLINICS. 
          LET'S TAKE, UM, A COMMUNITY CARE CLINIC OR YOUR DOCTOR'S CLINIC OR SOME SORT OF HEALTH NETWORK CLINIC. 
          IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR A PERSON TO WALK INTO A CLINIC WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 
          NO, ID, NO HEALTH INSURANCE, UM, NO ESTABLISHED PHYSICIAN. 
          THESE ARE BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE THAT, UM, CAN KEEP THEM FROM ACCESSING HEALTHCARE. 
          SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH CENTRAL HEALTH TO CREATE A ZERO BARRIER CLINIC. 
          UH, WE CAN TAKE PATIENTS TO THIS CLINIC THAT HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN ID, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INSURANCE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SHOES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANY PREREQUISITE WHATSOEVER. 
          IT'S A ZERO BARRIER CLINIC THAT ALSO OFFERS MEDICATED ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR OPIOID ADDICTION. 
          IT CAN ALSO NAVIGATE ANY PATIENT, UH, EVEN INTO A PRETTY SPECIFIC SPECIALTY, WHETHER THAT'S NEPHROLOGY OR CARDIOLOGY OR ENDOCRINOLOGY OR ADDING NEW SERVICES, OR CENTRAL HEALTH IS ADDING NEW SERVICES ALL THE TIME. 
          BUT IT IS THE VERY FIRST ZERO BARRIER CLINIC THAT WE'VE EVER PARTICIPATED IN. 
          AND THIS CLINIC CAN GET PEOPLE THE INSURANCE THEY NEED. 
          THEY CAN GET THEM FOOD, SHELTER, TREATMENT, MEDICATIONS, LONG-TERM CARE, LONG-TERM THERAPY. 
          THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR C FOUR GROUP AND OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC GROUPS. 
          AND IT IS ONE OF ALL OUR ALTERNATIVE DESTINATIONS WHERE WE CAN TRANSPORT DIRECTLY FROM THE SCENE OF A NINE ONE ONE CALL TO THIS CLINIC AND COMPLETELY BYPASS THE HOSPITAL ALTOGETHER. 
          THE ADDITION OF THE MEDICATED ASSISTANT, THE MAT, UH, TREATMENT JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH BETTER. 
          AND OF COURSE, C FOUR IS 24 HOURS NOW, SO WE HAVE THIS OPIOID OVERWATCH SYSTEM IN PLACE 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 
          WE'RE NOT HAVING TO DELAY TO THE NEXT DAY. 
          IT HAS MADE OUR TURNAROUNDS ON OUR FOLLOW UP SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER. 
          UM, SAMHSA GRANT, UH, IS STILL, UH, MOVING ALONG VERY WELL WITH OUR BREATHE NOW TRAINING. 
          I DO BELIEVE WE, WE HAVE SOME BREATHE NOW TRAINING THAT WE ARE SCHEDULING FOR THIS GROUP, I THINK NEXT MONTH WHEN WE COME BACK, IF Y'ALL CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE OPIOID DASHBOARD WITH A PH SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH THESE NUMBERS AS LIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THAT KIND OF CONCLUDES THE OPIATE UPDATE. 
          WE'RE HERE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY. 
          UM, C DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, I I JUST WANNA SAY KUDOS ON GETTING C FOUR UP AND RUNNING, LIKE JUST ACROSS THE BOARD C FOUR UP AND RUNNING 24 7 IS JUST A SUPER EXCITING, UM, THING. 
          I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THAT STAFFED TO RUN 24 7. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER SMITH? I, UM, WELL, THE FIRST THING, I'LL FOLLOW THE KUDOS TRAIN. 
          THE CENTRAL HEALTH BRIDGE CLINIC, NO BARRIER CLINIC, UH, AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, THAT MAKES ME EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY, UM, HAPPY, UM, AND THANKFUL. 
          UM, I DID WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ON THE BRIDGE PROGRAM SLASH BREATHE. 
          NOW, UM, THAT MAP WITH THE PURPLE, CAN WE WALK THROUGH THAT MAP WITH THE PURPLE? IT APPEARS TO BE OPIOIDS BY REGION, BY ZIP CODE, LOCATION. 
          OKAY. 
          ZIP CODE. 
          BY ZIP CODE. 
          IS THAT OKAY? WHERE DO I FIND THE, THE ZIP CODES ON THAT THOUGH? IS DO I JUST NEED TO HYPER FIX IT ON ANOTHER MAP? YEAH. 
          I ACTUALLY HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT THE, THAT THIS SPECIFIC MAP IS PULLED OFF OF. 
          IT'S JUST A CLIP OF THAT DASHBOARD. 
          SO BY HOVERING ON IT IN THE POWERPOINT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT. 
          THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE REPRESENTED THERE ARE THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THE INTERESTING POINT, BECAUSE I'VE SHOWN A VERY SIMILAR MAP TO THIS BEFORE, UH, IN THIS COMMISSION, UH, WE AREN'T, WE STILL SEE THAT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC TOUCHES EVERY PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, EVERY PART OF OUR CITY 
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AND EVERY PART OF OUR COUNTY. 
          THE HOTSPOTS THAT WE SEE HAVE NOT REALLY CHANGED YEAR TO YEAR FROM 23 TO 24, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FLARE UPS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD OUR OPIOID SURGE, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST BIG EVENT FROM LAST YEAR. 
          IF, IF THE CITY AND, AND THE TEAMS LIKE CHIEF CARR'S TEAMS HAD NOT BEEN POISED AND PREPARED, UH, THE WAY THAT THEY WERE THAT DAY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GETTING THOSE OVERDOSES WOULD'VE BEEN THE MOST DEADLIEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS DEADLIER THAN ANY OTHER DAY, UH, IN RECORDED HISTORY. 
          AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE THEY WERE READY AND THEY WERE PREPARED. 
          SO OUTSIDE OF THAT SURGE, THE HEAT MAP REALLY HASN'T CHANGED THAT MUCH YEAR TO YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND AM I CORRECT THAT THE, THE, THERE'S A DASHBOARD, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          THAT, THAT'S PUBLISHED, CAN IT, THERE'S AN, THAT HAS OPIOID OVERDOSE INFORMATION. 
          THIS MAP LIVES IN THAT DASHBOARD ONLINE AS WELL? YES, MA'AM. 
          WE CAN GET YOU THE LINK TO THAT DASHBOARD. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A DASHBOARD THAT'S MAINTAINED BY OURSELVES AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UH, IT INCLUDES DATA, UH, A LOT OF DATA FROM EMS, BUT ALSO DATA FROM THE HOSPITALS. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE ARE OVERDOSES THAT DO NOT GO THROUGH EMS AND JUST GO STRAIGHT TO A HOSPITAL. 
          UM, EACH DATA SOURCE HAS A DIFFERENT LAG IN ITS REPORTING TIME, BUT, UH, THAT'S CLEARLY INDICATED. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE DASHBOARD. 
          OKAY. 
          A LINK TO THAT STUFF WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          FOR THE COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SURE. 
          I, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO ECHO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONGRATULATIONS ON EXPANDING THE AC FOUR PROGRAM. 
          I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUR NEWS COVERAGE ON KUT, UM, THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF A MENTAL HEALTH CALL. 
          AND I'M, I'M, I'M JUST REALLY PROUD OF, OF THE COVERAGE THAT YOU'RE GETTING AND THE VISIBILITY THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TO THIS PROGRAM. 
          'CAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU KNOW, THEIR CALL VOLUME HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE PAST, UH, 45 DAYS. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADJUSTING. 
          BUT, UH, YEAH, IT IS, IT IS A VERY GOOD TIME, UH, AN EXCITING TIME FOR US. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RUTAN. 
          UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          AGAIN, ECHO, I THINK WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IN TERMS OF THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE MAPS AND THE HOT ZONES, I'M ASSUMING YOU ARE DOING SOME TARGET OUTREACH BASED UPON THOSE MAPS, AND THEN WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM THAT? ANYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE, IF THOSE NUMBERS HAVEN'T BUDGED, THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING DIFFERENTLY TO TRY TO DRIVE DOWN TO THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS? YES, SIR. 
          SO I'D SAY WE TARGET IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS WHEN WE SEE A SURGE OF REALTIME TARGETING, AND THAT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, UM, TARGETING, LET'S SAY A NEIGHBORHOOD, A STREET. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE TARGETED BUSINESSES AS WE, AS WE MAINTAIN THE LIST OF ALL OF THE BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT HAVE THREE OR MORE OVERDOSES, FOUR OR MORE OVERDOSES IN THEM, OFFERING THE TRAINING PROGRAM, OFFERING THE BREATHE NOW TRAINING OFFERING TO SUPPLY, UM, UH, NARCAN KITS, UH, THERE AS WELL. 
          BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE STEP BACK AND YOU, AND YOU LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAP THAT'S INCLUDED IN IN THE PRESENTATION, THE BEST WAY FOR AUSTIN, EMS AND AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO TARGET THOSE AREAS IS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          BECAUSE WE SUPPLY THE NARCAN RESCUE KITS TO THEM TO SAY, WE'RE GONNA SUPPLY YOU THESE KITS, CAN YOU PLEASE TARGET THESE AREAS HERE? UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TARGET THE AREAS THAT WE'RE RUNNING THE OVERDOSE ALERTS INTO WHERE WE'RE EXPERIENCING THE OVERDOSE. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN WE SEE A SURGE, BUT THE BLANKETING OF A SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN PREPARATION FOR A POSSIBLE OUTBREAK, OR JUST BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING A, THAT, UH, SEEING AN INCREASE IN, UM, OVERDOSES, WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          AND HAS THAT, HAVE YOU NOTICED A SIMILAR DECLINE SPREAD EQUALLY TO SOME SPOTS ARE STILL HOTSPOTS? OR ARE THERE AREAS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN A SIMILAR DECLINE IN, IN CALLS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION THAT I DON'T HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF ME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO ANSWER IT AC ACCURATELY. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE DECLINES IN THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND, UM, I WILL GET WITH CHIEF HOPKINS SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHEN WE CAN HAVE YOU GUYS BACK. 
          'CAUSE GETTING THESE REGULAR REPORTS IS HELPFUL. 
          UM, IT, IT'S REASSURING, SO 
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THANK YOU. 
          OH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 
          YEP. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR 
          [4. Discussion of Office of Police Oversight's implementation of the Austin Police Oversight  Act (APOA) and update on vacancies and hiring.]
NEXT TOPIC, WHICH IS DISCUSSION OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE A POA AND AN UPDATE FROM THEM ON VACANCIES AND HIRING. 
          WELCOME. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. 
          UH, MY NAME IS GAIL MCCANN AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          UH, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR OFFICE ACTIVITIES TODAY. 
          UM, THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR HIRING PROGRESS UPDATE ON THE REESTABLISHED COMMUNITY, UM, POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION, A SUMMARY OF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED BY OUR OFFICE, AND INFORMATION REGARDING OUR UPCOMING QUARTERLY WORK GROUP PRESENTATION, WHICH ALIGNS WITH RESOLUTION 99 THAT WAS ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER BY CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, FIRST, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS, SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE, UH, AN OVERSIGHT OF, UH, THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          SO SARAH IS GOING TO PROVIDE, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OFFICE. 
          AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION. 
          WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          HI COMMISSIONERS. 
          HI COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS SARAH PERALTA. 
          I'M THE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MARKETING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          SO IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THEIR OFFICE, UM, THE AUSTIN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT IS SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE IMPARTIAL OVERSIGHT OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CONDUCT PRACTICES AND POLICIES TO ENHANCE ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY, INFORM THE PUBLIC, INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, AND CREATE SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE DO THIS BY ACCEPTING FEEDBACK ON INTERACTIONS WITH, UH, AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS. 
          WE ALSO MAKE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS BY ANALYZING EPD POLICIES, AND WE HOST EVENTS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PUBLISH DOCUMENTS RELATED TO POLICE OVERSIGHT, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER BACK TO GAIL TO TALK ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS. 
          SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR STAFFING. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR VACANCIES. 
          UM, OUR COMPLAINT SUPERVISOR POSITION IS CURRENTLY VACANT, A BUSINESS INTELLIGENT CONSULTANT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITION, AND OUR, UH, POLICE OVERSIGHT POLICY ANALYST POSITION. 
          UM, HERE YOU'LL SEE OUR ORGANIZATION CHART. 
          UH, IT IDENTIFIES THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT. 
          I WANT TO JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THE POSITIONS AND WHAT THOSE POSITIONS INVOLVE. 
          UM, WE'LL INVOLVE THE COMPLAINT SUPERVISOR POSITION, UH, WORK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MYSELF AS THE DIRECTOR. 
          UH, THE COMPLAINT SUPERVISOR WILL OVERSEE OUR COMPLAINTS DIVISION. 
          UM, THEY PLAN AND, AND DIRECT THE, THE DAILY ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPLAINTS STAFF, UM, WHO ARE ENGAGED IN INTAKE INVESTIGATIONS AND RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO COMPLAINTS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE OVERSIGHT OFFICE. 
          UM, THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, UH, POSITION THAT IS ALSO VACANT, UH, WILL WORK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE POLICY COMPLIANCE CONSULTANT. 
          AND THIS POSITION, UH, WILL UTILIZE THEIR EXPERTISE IN DATA ANALYSIS TO RECOGNIZE TRENDS AND PATTERNS THAT CAN BE USED TO MAKE INFORMED POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND OTHER DECISIONS. 
          ALSO VACANT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITION. 
          THIS POSITION WILL WORK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MARKETING MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST WILL FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WITH OUTREACH EVENTS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE. 
          AND LAST, WE HAVE THE OVERSIGHT POLICY ANALYSIS, UH, ANALYST POSITION. 
          AND THIS POSITION, AGAIN, WILL WORK UNDER THE POLICY, UH, COMPLIANCE, UH, CONSULTANT UPDATE ON HIRING AND RECRUITMENT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE HIRED. 
          MORE RECENTLY. 
          IN SEPTEMBER, WE HIRED A, UM, TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. 
          THIS EMPLOYEE, UM, JUST KIND OF FLOATS TO DIFFERENT DIVISION WHO REQUIRE ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, THIS PERSON HAS WORKED IN THE POLICY, UM, DIVISION AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE COMPLAINTS DIVISION. 
          UH, IN JANUARY OF 2025, WE, WE HIRED A POLICE 
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OVERSIGHT POLICY ANALYST. 
          AND AS I NOTED PRIOR, WE ARE RECRUITING FOR A SECOND POLICY OVERSIGHT POLICY ANALYST. 
          UH, IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE HIRED A PUBLIC INFORMATION SPECIALIST MORE RECENTLY. 
          UH, THIS STAFF WILL WRITE AND DESIGN MATERIAL FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR, UM, AND OUR WEBSITE, UH, A STATUS ON THESE VACANCIES. 
          UM, THE COMPLAINT SUPERVISOR, UH, THE POSITION CLOSED ON JANUARY 21ST. 
          THE INTERVIEWS ARE COMPLETE. 
          UH, FOR THAT POSITION, A TOP CANDIDATE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND WE WILL BE EXTENDING A OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT, UH, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. 
          THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENT CONSULTANT POSITION, THIS POSITION CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 17TH. 
          UH, INTERVIEWS FOR THIS POSITION ARE ALSO COMPLETE AS OF THE 27TH. 
          SEVENTH, AND A TOP CANDIDATE WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WOULD BE EXTENDED. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST BE, UM, POSITION, THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE FIFTH OF, UM, THIS MONTH. 
          UM, AND, UH, IF THERE IS, IF IT'S NEEDED, WE'LL DO A SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. 
          BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEWS SCHEDULED FOR THAT POSITION ON MARCH 18TH IN THE HIRING POLICY ANALYST POSITION. 
          IT ACTUALLY CLOSED TODAY, AND THE HIRING MANAGER WILL REVIEW APPLICATIONS. 
          AND AS WE IDENTIFY CANDIDATES, WE WILL BE SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS FOR THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          AND SO NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION. 
          ALRIGHTY,  . 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME NEW COMMISSIONERS WITH US, SO I'LL GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE, UH, ON THE CPRC. 
          SO, UM, AS A REMINDER, THE CPRC, THE COMMUNITY POLICE REVIEW COMMISSION IS SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, THE COMMISSIONERS ARE SELECTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 
          IN MAY, 2023, AUSTIN VOTERS APPROVED THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT. 
          NOW IT'S CALLED CITY CODE TWO 15. 
          AND THAT CHANGED SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, COMMISSIONER SURVEY ON THE, UM, THE, UM, BOARD. 
          SO WE, THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, THE CITY CLERK, AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO REESTABLISH THE COMMISSION. 
          SO SINCE OUR LAST UPDATE, UH, OPO HAS COMPLETED THE SELECTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE ONBOARDED THE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND WE'VE STARTED TRAINING. 
          SO I'LL DIG INTO THOSE UPDATES NEXT. 
          SO BACK IN NOVEMBER, UH, WE COMPLETED THE COMMISSIONER'S SELECTION PROCESS. 
          UH, WE DID A RANDOM SELECTION OF THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE 11 COMMISSIONERS WERE SELECTED BEFORE ALTERNATES. 
          ALL COMMISSIONER NAMES ARE WERE PUBLISHED ON THE COMMISSION WEBSITE. 
          THAT'S ATX POLICE COMMISSION.ORG ON THE SAME DAY. 
          AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON THE WEBSITE. 
          NOW, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK THEM UP, HERE'S A PHOTO OF SOME OF OUR COMMISSIONERS. 
          SOME OF THEM, UH, MISSED THIS PHOTO UP, SO IF YOU'RE COUNTY HEADS, SOME OF THEM ARE MISSING. 
          SO JUST A HEADS UP. 
          UM, SO WHAT ARE THEY DOING RIGHT NOW? OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE IN TRAINING. 
          THEIR FIRST DAY OF TRAINING WAS ON JANUARY 25TH, 2025. 
          UH, I'VE PUT SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THEIR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS. 
          WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP. 
          WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SOME FOLKS FROM REAL ESTATE, AN ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND MORE. 
          AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONER NAMES ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE, AND WE WILL HAVE THEIR BIOS AND HEADSHOTS, UH, UP THERE SHORTLY. 
          SO, UM, WHAT DOES OUR TRAINING LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THEY UP TO RIGHT NOW? SO, PER CITY CODE TWO 15, THAT'S THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT ACT. 
          UM, THE COMMISSIONERS MUST ATTEND 20 HOURS OF TRAINING. 
          THE TRAINING INCLUDES, UM, MATERIALS PRESENTED BY THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, UH, CITY LAW, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CIVILIAN OVER CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, PER CITY CODE. 
          NOW, I'LL HAND THIS OVER TO GAIL FOR SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          OH, LIGHT. 
          OH, THANK YOU. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR TOP PRIORITIES, UM, AND ACTIVITIES FOR 2023. 
          UH, THESE PRIORITIES, UH, REFLECT OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING TO ENHANCE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, RELATED TO THE OPO ANNUAL REPORT. 
          UH, THE CITY HAS ELECTED TO COMBINE THE 2023 AND THE 2024 REPORTS, AND WE EXPECT TO RELEASE THAT REPORT THIS SPRING. 
          UM, SINCE THE 2023 REPORT IS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR DELAYED, UH, COMBINING IT WITH THE UPCOMING REPORT WOULD HELP US GET BACK ON TRACK IN, IN TERMS OF THE 
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RELEASE OF THOSE REPORTS AND HELP THE STAFF IN THE WORKLOAD AND PROCESSING. 
          UM, THE SPRING TIMEFRAME WILL ALLOW THE TEAM TO GATHER DATA FOR 2024, ANALYZE THAT DATA, ORGANIZE THAT DATA, DESIGN THE THE DOCUMENT, AND THEN RELEASE THE, UH, FINAL OUTPUT. 
          UH, IN THE FUTURE. 
          UM, UH, REPORTS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE SPRING, ALLOWING STAFF TO PULL TOGETHER THE FULL YEAR OF DATA. 
          UM, THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, CITYWIDE. 
          YOU WILL SEE THAT, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS WILL RELEASE THEIR ANNUAL REPORTS, UM, IN, IN THE SPRING. 
          UM, MOVING FORWARD, UH, THE DATA FOR 2024 AND 2020, UH, 2023 AND 2024 WILL BE ORGANIZED IN A COMBINED REPORT, ENSURING THAT ALL THE DATA IS, UH, INCORPORATED. 
          UH, OPO IS STILL COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING, UM, TRANSPARENCY, OUR TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS. 
          WE CONSISTENTLY ENGAGE IN, UM, COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          WE'VE MADE A REQUEST, UH, TALK TO COMMISSIONER EARLY RELATED TO COMING BACK AND PROVIDING, UH, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, OVERVIEW OF OUR 2023 AND 2020. 
          UH, FOR REPORTS, WE ARE CONSISTENTLY DOING OUR QUARTERLY, UM, WORK GROUP MEETINGS WITH THE, THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, PUBLISHING INFORMATION ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE. 
          UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, AT, AT SOME POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INVITED BACK TO PROVIDE A SECOND, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF OUR, UH, 2023 AND 2024 REPORT. 
          BUT WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR, UM, 2023 PRIORITIES. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, UM, RECEIVED 578 COMPLAINTS AND 99 COMPLIMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER CONDUCT. 
          UH, OPO REVIEWED EVERY COMPLAINT, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, THAT INCLUDED REVIEWING BODY WORN CAM, DASH CAM FOOTAGE, UH, A PD DATABASES AND INTERVIEWING COMPLAINANTS AND WITNESSES IF AVAILABLE. 
          WE ALSO HOSTED OR PARTICIPATED IN 53, UH, PUBLIC EVENTS OR ENGAGEMENTS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, MEMBERS, SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT COMPLAINTS, PROCESS DISCIPLINARY, AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, WE, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED WITH OVER A THOUSAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN 2023, AND WE ALSO PUBLISHED 221 DOCUMENTS RELATED TO, UH, POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          THESE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS, UH, DATA DISCIPLINARY MEMOS, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, POLICY REPORTS, LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CITY THAT ALLEGE OFFICER MISCONDUCT. 
          AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY ME MEETING PRESENTATIONS ARE ALSO PUBLISHED. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 2024. 
          WE RECEIVED 641 COMPLAINTS, 114 COMPLIMENTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS RELATED TO AUSTIN POLICE OFFICER CONDUCT. 
          WE ISSUED 31 DISCIPLINARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO RECOMMEND THE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE FOR OFFICERS WHO VIOLATED A PD POLICY. 
          AND EACH CASE OPO OVERSAW THE INVESTIGATION, UH, REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE AND PARTICIPATED IN WITNESS AND OFFICER INTERVIEWS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH APDS DISCIPLINARY MATRIX. 
          AND THEN WE ANALYZED 65 AP D POLICIES AND ISSUED 26 RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE AD'S, POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND POLICING TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          WE PUBLISHED 151 DOCUMENTS RELATED TO POLICE OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON OUR ONLINE CENTRAL DEPOSITORY. 
          AND WE ALSO HOSTED OR PARTICIPATED IN 50 PUBLIC EVENTS OR ENGAGEMENTS TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          SO NEXT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MIA, WHO WILL PRO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S NEXT FOR OUR CPRC. 
          THANK YOU, GIL. 
          MY NAME IS MIA DEMARS WITH THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. 
          UH, I'LL BE GOING OVER WHAT'S NEXT SPECIFICALLY FOR CPRC. 
          UM, THEY ARE STILL IN TRAINING. 
          THEY STARTED THEIR TRAINING IN JANUARY. 
          THEY COMPLETED MORE TRAINING IN FEBRUARY, AND THEY HAVE MORE TRAINING TO DO TOMORROW NIGHT, AS A MATTER OF FACT. 
          UM, SO THE COMMISSION IS STILL ABLE TO SERVE IN THEIR ROLE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE 20 HOURS OF MANDATED TRAINING. 
          UH, WE ARE AWARE THAT THEY HAVEN'T COMPLETED, THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT THEY CAN STILL SERVE IN THEIR ROLE. 
          IT'S STILL VERY EARLY DAYS. 
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THEY'RE STILL ESTABLISHING, UH, HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS SUCH AS THEIR BYLAWS, PROCESSES, AND THEY'RE STILL LEARNING. 
          UH, WE ARE TAKING OUR TIME TO TEACH AND PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NOT JUST FROM THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, BUT FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER SCOPE AND LENS BY WHICH TO DO THEIR WORK WHEN THEY EVALUATE NOT ONLY THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, BUT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE TRAINING THAT'S HAPPENED. 
          WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE TRAINING IS STILL GOING ON. 
          WE HAVE VERY ENGAGED, ENTHUSIASTIC COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE EAGER TO SERVE. 
          UM, SO IT'S THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR US. 
          UM, NEXT, THEY WILL ESTABLISH THEIR BYLAWS, UH, AND WE WILL, O OPIOID IS GOING TO PROMOTE, UH, THEIR MEETINGS AS WE ALWAYS HAVE HISTORICALLY. 
          UM, THERE'S ALWAYS A PUBLIC SESSION BEFORE THEY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO THAT WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED AND SHARED WITH ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, ALONG WITH THEIR WEBSITE AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. 
          . 
          AND LAST, OUR LAST SLIDE FOR YOU ALL. 
          WE HAVE OUR NEXT POLICE OVERSIGHT IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP MEETING IN MAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATE YET. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE, UM, OR WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO SECURE A LOCATION, UH, TO HAVE THIS MEETING IN PERSON. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VIRTUAL AND HAVE HAD GOOD TURNOUT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING OURSELVES ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDING AN IN-PERSON MEETING SITE. 
          SO THAT DATE IS TBD. 
          UM, IF YOU FOLLOW US, WE WILL BE SURE TO SHARE THAT AS SARAH AND HER COMMUNICATIONS TEAM PROMOTE THAT EVENT. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING. 
          WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. 
          YEAH, OF COURSE. 
          UM, IF WE CAN GET THE CAMERA BACK UP AND IS EVERYONE CUES UP THEIR QUESTIONS? I ACTUALLY AM GONNA KICK IT OFF WITH A QUESTION ABOUT THE ANNUAL REPORT. 
          UM, THE 2023 REPORT IS VERY LATE. 
          UM, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE A-P-O-A-I BELIEVE THAT THERE'D BE ANNUAL REPORTING. 
          UM, AND SO AS NICE AS IT IS TO GET THEM ALL NICE AND TIDY WITH A 23 AND 24 REPORT, UM, IN THE FUTURE, IT MEANS YOU'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          DO YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, THE WAY TO HANDLE THAT? LIKE, HOW, HOW ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO GET IN WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF THE A POA IF YOU'RE NOT PUBLISHING THAT REPORT? WELL, AS I'VE NOTED, UM, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL FULFILLING OUR TRANSPARENCY OBLIGATIONS BY PROVIDING DATA, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AS WELL AS PRESENTING HERE. 
          UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR 2023 AND 2024. 
          UH, THE CITY HAS MADE A DETERMINATION THAT WE WILL NOT RELEASE ANY REPORTS TO AFTER THE, UH, CITY MANAGER HAS RELEASED HIS YEAR END REPORT. 
          OF COURSE, THAT REPORT HAS NOT BEEN, UH, RELEASED. 
          THAT IS, UM, GONNA HAPPEN CITYWIDE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE WILL COMBINE THOSE REPORTS AND HAVE THOSE, THE, THE 20 23 20 24 REPORT OUT. 
          WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION, UH, MAKING IT AVAILABLE ON OUR, OUR WEBSITE, UH, AGAIN, OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE. 
          SO THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO PROVIDE THE, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE, UM, ACTIVITY THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING AND ALL THE ENGAGEMENT YOU'RE HAVING WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT THE A POA DOES SAY THAT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL SESSION AND ACTIVE MEETING. 
          AND SO, UM, IT MEANS YOU'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. 
          SO JUST, I'M, I'M JUST SAYING THAT OUT LOUD. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE ENGAGEMENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BUT, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACTUAL A POA. 
          SO, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A SIMILAR QUESTION REGARDING COMPLIANCE. 
          AND I KNOW THIS CAME UP, UM, I BELIEVE THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS WERE HERE A FEW MONTHS BACK, UM, THE WEBSITE CONTAINS VERY LITTLE INFORMATION, UM, ONE TO TWO COMPLAINTS PER MONTH AT MOST. 
          AND I THINK YOU GUYS NOTED 578 COMPLAINTS, NINE, NINE COMPLIMENTS IN 2023. 
          AND VERY LITTLE OF THAT IS ON THE WEBSITE, WHEREAS EVERYTHING IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLISHED THERE. 
          WHY HAS THAT NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED YET? I KNOW LAST TIME THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT DATA AND CLIENTS, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A THEME WHERE THINGS ARE JUST NOT HAPPENING THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO, AND I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE ROADBLOCK IS FOR NOT HAVING AS PER THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HAVE IT PULLED UP AND LOOKING IN FRONT OF ME. 
          AND IT SPECIFICALLY SITES THAT ALL COMPLAINTS MUST HAVE THE TYPE OF COMPLAINT, POLICY VIOLATION, NATURE OF HIS CONDUCT, ANONYMOUS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, AND THE SECTOR THE COMPLAINT ORIGINATED. 
          AND THAT IS NOT PRESENT AT ALL ON THE WEBSITE FOR ANY COMPLAINTS. 
          SO, IN TERMS OF THE PUBLISHING OF COMPLAINTS, THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HIRED THE, UM, TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE BACK IN SEPTEMBER. 
          THAT EMPLOYEE IS GOING THROUGH ALL THOSE 
          [01:15:01]
DOCUMENTS. 
          HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE 2022 COMPLAINTS. 
          UH, WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PROPER REDACTIONS ON THOSE DOCUMENTS, ENSURING THAT THERE IS NO, UM, PERSONAL IDENTIFIERS ON THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE 2022, UH, COMPLAINTS, UM, AND THE 2023 COMPLAINTS FOR PUBLISHING. 
          SO WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, IF I WANTED TO LOOK BACK AND, AND CONFIRM, 'CAUSE I SPENT MAYBE AN HOUR LOOKING THROUGH AND I COULDN'T FIND ANY OF THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, WHICH, SO YOU SHOULD BE SEEING, UM, LAWSUITS THAT WERE FILED AGAINST THE CITY, UM, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, DISCIPLINARY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE CHIEF. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT YOU SAID YOU ANALYST HAS BEEN GOING BACK. 
          WHERE ARE THEY COMPLETE IN TERMS OF PUTTING EVERY COMPLAINT AND COMPLIMENT UP THROUGH 2022, OR WHERE ARE THEY UP TO NOW? YEAH, CURRENTLY WE ARE WORKING ON THE 2022 DOCUMENTS IN TERMS OF COMPLAINTS, UM, BEING ABLE, THE ABILITY TO PUBLISH ALL THOSE COMPLAINTS. 
          I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, ONCE THE RULING OCCURRED WHERE WE WERE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUBLISH THOSE COMPLAINTS, THAT IT WOULD TAKE SOME TIME IN ORDER FOR THE STAFF TO GO BACK, ENSURE THAT ALL THE PROPER REDACTIONS WERE DONE. 
          UH, WE ARE TALKING, UH, AS YOU SEE A THOUSAND COMPLAINTS PER YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOUSAND COMPLAINTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE REDACTIONS ARE THERE BEFORE PUBLISHING THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE IS CURRENTLY, UM, GOING THROUGH THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          AND WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR HAVING THAT COMPLETE? I MEAN, IF YOU HAD AN EMPLOYEE SINCE SEPTEMBER. 
          SEPTEMBER, THAT'S A LONG TIME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          MM-HMM . 
          WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION TO BE UP TO DATE? I, I DON'T WANNA BOX US INTO A DATE, BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO IS WITHIN THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS, WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS COMPLETE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE HAVING THE ABILITY TO GO THROUGH. 
          AND WE DEFINITELY WANT, DON'T WANT TO PUBLISH SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED WHILE THE AUSTIN OVERSIGHT ACT PROVIDES THE ABILITY AND THE PROVISIONS TO PUBLISH THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          UM, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING A CHILLING EFFECT ON COMPLAINANT'S ABILITIES TO, UH, FILE COMPLAINTS. 
          AND SO WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE ARE NOT PUBLISHING COMPLAINANT'S NAMES AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT MAY BE IN THOSE DOCUMENTS. 
          UM, ONE THING I'D URGE YOU TO CONSIDER, SINCE I KNOW TRANSPARENCY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS MM-HMM . 
          AND OBVIOUSLY GOING TO 2022 IS QUITE A BACKLOG. 
          IT'S SINCE YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR THEM TO START WITH ALL COMPLAINTS GOING HERE FORWARD. 
          SO THOSE CAN BE UPDATED. 
          AND THEN ALSO WORK IN THE BACKLOG. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU ARE GOING BACKWARDS, THE PUBLIC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE BOTH COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS. 
          'CAUSE NEITHER OF THOSE ARE UP THERE. 
          BUT IF WE COULD START POSTING THOSE GOING FORWARD, I THINK THAT'D BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A LONG LIST, BUT I WANNA GIVE EVERYBODY TIME IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, UM, JUST, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE, THE REASON FOR THE DELAY AND THE HIRING OF, UM, I MEAN, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS GOT SOME FOUR HIRES IN HERE. 
          I SAW THAT, UM, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTUALLY LISTED SIX VACANCIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          AND I DIDN'T SEE THOSE ALL LISTED IN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY SHOWED US, BUT WHAT WAS, WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THE DELAY IN, IN FILLING THESE POSITIONS? BECAUSE WHEN YOU GUYS WERE HERE LAST, WHAT WE, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, THERE WAS EVEN A CITYWIDE MEMO THAT WENT OUT THAT YOU GUYS NEEDED STAFF DESPERATELY TO FILL ALL THE G FILE, UM, PEER REQUESTS. 
          YEAH. 
          WE'VE REALLY HAD SOME CHALLENGES. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS. 
          YEAH, WE REALLY HAD SOME CHALLENGES, UH, CHALLENGES FILLING POSITIONS. 
          WE'VE GONE THROUGH WITH SEVERAL OUR POSITIONS, SEVERAL RECRUITS. 
          UM, JUST OUR INABILITY TO IDENTIFY CA UH, CANDIDATES THAT HAD THE SKILLSET THAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED FOR THE POSITION. 
          UH, EVEN OUR, UH, POLICY ANALYST POSITION, UH, WE POSTED TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE GONNA CLOSE IT. 
          AGAIN, LOOKING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS, JUST DID NOT SEE THAT WE HAD THE SKILLSET, UH, IN TERMS OF THE APPLICANTS WE RECEIVED. 
          SO WE EXTENDED THAT A WEEK. 
          AGAIN, WASN'T SEEING, UH, PERSONS WITH THE SKILLSET FOR THIS POSITION. 
          SO WE HAVE NOW EXTENDED IT A THIRD TIME AND IT CLOSES ON TOMORROW. 
          AND SO WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS. 
          SOME OF THE POSITIONS WE HAVE JUST REALLY HAD A, IT'S BEEN VERY CHALLENGING TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SKILLSET THAT WE NEED FOR THOSE POSITIONS. 
          I WANNA SAY ONE OF OUR POSITIONS, WE'VE, UM, WE'VE HAD THREE OR FOUR RECRUITS FOR THAT POSITION COMMISSIONER. 
          AND AGAIN, IT IS JUST IDENTIFYING PERSONS WITH THE SKILLSET FOR THESE POSITIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M JUST GONNA, I WAS TAKING SOME NOTES WHILE YOU WERE, SO I'M JUST GONNA LOOK THROUGH, UM, REALLY BRIEFLY. 
          IF ANYBODY WANTS TO JUMP IN WITH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, 
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FEEL FREE. 
          UM, CAN I, I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE, UM, CRCI KNOW THIS CAME UP WHEN Y'ALL CAME BEFORE AND SPOKE TO US. 
          I KNOW THERE WAS SOMEWHAT OF A DELAY FROM THE CITY MANAGERS IN TERMS OF GETTING THE FOLKS APPROVED, BUT WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THE DELAY IN TRAINING COMPLETION? BECAUSE IF THEY WERE SELECTED ON NOVEMBER 18TH, THE, UH, POLICE OFFICER ACT GAVE 90 DAYS FOR TRAINING COMPLETION TO BE DONE, AND WE'RE WELL PAST THAT NOW. 
          SURE. 
          SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE ISSUE IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT SENSE OF URGENCY FOR GETTING THAT UP AND RUNNING? IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A COMBINATION OF THINGS. 
          OPO HAS CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE AND THE URGENCY TO GET THESE COMMISSIONERS ONBOARDED AND TRAINING. 
          UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE PULLED 15 COMMISSIONERS IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, WE HAVE UTILIZED ALL FOUR OF THE ALTERNATES BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE COMMUNICATING THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER THAT AT THE TIME THEY APPLIED, THEY WERE ABLE TO SERVE. 
          BUT CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE CHANGES INTERFERED WITH THEIR ABILITY. 
          SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CONFIRMED 11 TOTAL COMMISSIONERS UNTIL EARLY JANUARY. 
          AND JANUARY 23RD IS WHEN WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST TRAINING SESSION WITH THE OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT, UH, THE LAW DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE EVEN HAD A SPECIAL GUEST COME IN TO GIVE THE COMMISSIONERS A PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF OVERSIGHT, SPECIFICALLY IN AUSTIN. 
          UM, SO I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A COMBINATION OF THINGS, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NO DELAY ON OPOS PART. 
          WE ALSO HAD TO CONTRACT WITH NACO, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CIVILIAN AND OVERSIGHT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WAS REQUIRED PER THE A POA LANGUAGE. 
          UM, THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SET UP. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST DIFFICULT TO PAY FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
          AND THEN TO ORGANIZE THEM, SCHEDULE THEM, THESE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS. 
          I BELIEVE MOST OF THEM WORK FULL-TIME AND HAVE JOBS DURING THE DAY. 
          SO, UM, THEY HAVE BEEN AGREEABLE. 
          WE HAVE ATTEMPTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS AND, AND WE'RE MAKING SOME GOOD PROGRESS. 
          AFTER TOMORROW'S TRAINING SESSION. 
          WE WILL BE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE TRAINING REQUIREMENT OF 20 HOURS, AND WE HAVE PLANS TO TRAIN MORE. 
          AND DO YOU THINK THAT USING THE JANUARY 23RD, YOU SAID YES. 
          WAS THAT, WILL WE BE DONE ENOUGH 90 DAYS FROM THEN? SO THAT'D BE WHAT PUT US INTO AP APRIL. 
          I, I SINCERELY HOPE SO. 
          OKAY. 
          I SINCERELY HOPE SO. 
          BUT THERE ARE, THERE ARE A LOT OF TECHNICAL ASPECTS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO LEARN. 
          UM, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT MM-HMM . 
          OR THE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT PRACTICE. 
          SO THE TRAINING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL AND IT'S INVOLVED. 
          AND A PD HISTORICALLY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY GOOD WITH THE TRAINING, BUT IT'S COMPREHENSIVE. 
          UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVING ON THIS COMMISSION, THEY WANNA BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE INFORMED. 
          SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE TAKEN THE POSITION OF WE'RE NOT RUSHING THEM JUST TO CHECK THE BOX AND SAY IT'S DONE. 
          THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WE WANNA CONDUCT THAT KIND OF BUSINESS. 
          BUT, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND WE HAVE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE SERVING. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED. 
          AND YES, I, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE SAYING, I THINK 90 DAYS FROM JANUARY 23RD IS A HUNDRED PERCENT ACHIEVABLE. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT ACHIEVABLE FOR HAVING A FIRST PUBLICLY BROADCAST MEETING, LIKE, OR YOU GUYS STILL HAVE. 
          AND SO THIS IS, I THINK JUST THE BIGGER PICTURE. 
          THIS IS ALL TAKING AN INORDINATELY LONG AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          UM, IT'LL BE TWO YEARS SINCE WE HAD THE, THE, THE, THE, THE A POA VOTED ON. 
          UM, IN MAY IT'LL BE TWO YEARS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, THAT IS TWO YEARS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY OF THESE THINGS IN PLACE. 
          UM, THAT'S TOO LONG. 
          UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CPRC. 
          I'VE SAID IT BEFORE. 
          I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE CPRC. 
          UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE, YOU GUYS SAW IT. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE COME SIT HERE IN FRONT OF OUR COMMISSION, UM, WANTING SOME RESOLUTION. 
          UM, AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN DO. 
          WE CAN LISTEN AND WE CAN HOPE THAT THERE ARE THE RIGHT PEOPLE LISTENING TO THEM. 
          UM, BUT THE, THE CPRC IS, IS, IS A STRONG PART OF THE A POA AND WITHOUT IT, UM, MAKING ROUNDS, TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE 99% DONE FEEL, FEELS A LITTLE INGENUINE. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT DONE. 
          WE'RE NOT NOWHERE NEAR DONE. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          UM, I AM JUST GONNA SAY IT AGAIN. 
          THIS ANNUAL REPORT NEEDS TO BE PUBLISHED. 
          UM, WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE UNTIL IT GETS PUBLISHED. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU GUYS BACK WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT PUBLISHED SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY, THE INFORMATION, THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT REPORTING TO US, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO ALL THOSE MATERIALS AS WELL. 
          SO, THANK YOU ALL. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND, OH, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER WITH TIME THAN I THOUGHT. 
          YAY. 
          OKAY. 
          . 
          UM, NEXT UP 
          [5. Discussion of Austin Police Training Academy’s chain of command and progress of data informed analytics as they relate to Kroll Report recommendations.]
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IS OUR PENULTIMATE ITEM. 
          UM, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE AUSTIN POLICE TRAINING ACADEMIES, CHAIN OF COMMAND AND PROGRESS ON DATA INFORMED ANALYTICS. 
          UM, WE HAVE, WELL, YOU GUYS GET SETTLED JUST FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S LISTENING AND AT HOME. 
          UM, WE HAVE HAD A TRAINING ACADEMY WORKING GROUP, UM, THE COMMISSION HAS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH, UM, STAFF FROM A PD. 
          WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE HELPED US WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WE MET WITH CHIEF HENDERSON, UM, AND THEY'VE SHARED INFORMATION WITH US VIA EMAIL. 
          AND SO WE JUST KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO HAVE A MORE SORT OF PUBLIC FACING MEETING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, UM, WITH THE TRAINEE ACADEMY. 
          SO WITH THAT, THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I'M GISETTE GASLIN. 
          I'M THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER THE TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          JUST HAD A FEW CH UH, LEADERSHIP CHANGES. 
          WE NOW HAVE LAWRENCE DAVIS AS OUR COMMANDER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          , UH, AS OUR COMMANDER, UH, COMMANDER CHANCELLOR HAS, UH, SINCE MOVED ON TO DOWNTOWN AIR COMMAND. 
          I HAVE WITH ME ROB MCGRATH, WHO'S A PROGRAM MANAGER, THEN MADISON DOYLE, WHO'S OUR RESEARCH ANALYST, WHO'S PART OF THE, UM, UH, NEW POSITION WE HIRED TO, UH, GATHER ALL OUR DATA FOR THE TRAIN ACADEMY. 
          UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, THERE'S SIX CORE REPORTS THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE APRIL 21ST THROUGH FEBRUARY, 2024. 
          THERE WERE 84 RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          OUT OF THOSE. 
          84 80 HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. 
          WE HAVE FOUR REMAINING, THREE ARE ON HOLD 'CAUSE IT'S A BUDGET ISSUE WITH FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          AND ONLY ONE WAS DECLINED, WHICH, WHICH IS ADJUSTING THE CADET LUNCH BREAKS, WHICH THEY HAVE TO GET AN HOUR FOR, FOR LUNCH. 
          SO THAT'S ONE WAS DECLINED. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, PHASE ONE, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, WORKED. 
          I HAVE TO GIVE, UH, MR. MCGRATH CREDIT. 
          HE'S DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK ALONG WITH COMMANDER CHANCELLOR. 
          UM, WE'VE HIRED, ONBOARDED THE CIVILIAN STAFF, WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED LAST JULY. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE REVIEW ACADEMY CADET CURRICULUM, WHICH WAS SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR. 
          WE ESTABLISHED OUR PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE PAC, WHICH WAS, UH, MAY OF LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN WE STARTED BEGINNING PHASE TWO IMPLEMENTATION OCTOBER OF, UH, LAST YEAR. 
          AND THEN ALSO ESTABLISHED THE, THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CAC. 
          WE ESTABLISHED THAT APRIL OF, UH, OF, WELL, THE GOAL IS APRIL THIS YEAR, BUT WE JUST, WE HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING MARCH THE 11TH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE TIMELINE, WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION PLANNING AND LOGISTICS, THAT'S PHASE ONE. 
          AND I'LL HAVE MR. MCGRATH TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF THE KROLL RECOMMENDATION CHIEF. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          I'M PROGRAM MANAGER ROBERT MCGRATH. 
          UM, LOOKING BACK TO THE PSE HEARING, WE HAD LAST MAY, YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IMPLEMENTING ALL OF THE ACADEMY RECOMMENDATIONS WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PHASES, PHASE ONE, TWO, AND THREE. 
          WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED PHASE ONE. 
          PHASE ONE BUILT THE FOUNDATION FOR IMPLEMENTING THE 84 CRAWL RECOMMENDATIONS, HIRING THE TEAM MEMBERS, RESEARCHING BEST PRACTICES, WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING, UH, COORDINATING WITH THE SWORN TEAMS TO, TO DIVIDE THE TASKS THAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED. 
          ESTABLISHING THE CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEES, WHICH THE LAST ONE JUST IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF, UH, NEXT WEEK AT THE CAC AND BUILDING THE INTERNAL AUDIT PROTOCOLS. 
          A LOT OF, A LOT OF WORK WAS DONE INTO THAT. 
          UH, AND A DETAILED OUTLINE AND EXPLANATION OF EACH OF THOSE 84 CORE RECOMMENDATIONS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE BACKUP. 
          UM, ONCE KROLL HAD PROVIDED ITS REVIEW OF THE ACADEMY OPERATIONS MANUAL IN THEIR FINAL REPORT, THE ACADEMY TEAM NOT ONLY BEGAN WORKING ON IDENTIFYING THE TASKS, UH, NECESSARY TO MEET AND EXCEED THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SPANNED OVER SIX KROLL REPORTS, BUT ALSO TO ADDRESS RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN OTHER REPORTS SUCH AS DR. 
          EVA'S ACADEMY. 
          REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, DR. 
          AMI MIGUEL FERGUSON'S ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW, AND THE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT OF THE REIMAGINED POLICE, UH, CADET ACADEMY. 
          IN TOTAL, THERE ARE 112 TRACKED TASKS THAT ARE IN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          TO DATE, WE ARE 66% DONE IMPLEMENTING THE 112 TASKS OUTLINED IN THE ACADEMY OPERATIONS MANUAL. 
          THE ACADEMY TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON 30 SEPARATE TASKS, MANY WHICH WILL BE COMPLETE, COMPLETED WITHIN THE UPCOMING MONTHS. 
          THIS IS A, A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE ACADEMY TEAMS, BOTH CIVILIAN AND SWORN, WHO DESERVE SIGNIFICANT RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR TO GET US TO THIS POINT. 
          UH, THE SUCCESS WAS ALSO MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAD AND ENVISION WITH COMMANDER MIKE CHANCELLOR, WHO JUST WAS TRANSFERRED, UM, WHOSE GUIDANCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL, UH, IN, IN DRIVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GETTING THIS TO THIS POINT. 
          AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR A PD, UM, COMMAND STAFF, AND A DETAILED OUTLINE OF THESE OF, UH, OUTLINE AND EXPLANATION OF EACH OF THESE 112 TASKS THAT IS, IS UP HERE, HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU IN THE BACKUP. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE 
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EXACTLY WHAT ALL 112, UH, TASKS ARE AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE 112, OH, SORRY. 
          SORRY, I SKIPPED TOO FAR AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, HERE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR TASKS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE IN PHASE TWO, BEGINNING COURSE EVALUATION AND INSTRUCTOR EVALUATIONS. 
          WE'RE AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THAT. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE LAUNCHING THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 
          UM, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED OBSERVING THE LEGAL BLOCKS OF THE COURSES WITH PENAL CODE, UM, UH, TEXAS CCP RESEARCH AND SEIZURE. 
          SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED WITH THAT, AND WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO HAVING THE INSTRUCTOR RUBRIC COMPLETED. 
          SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO START THE OFFICIAL, UH, INSTRUCTOR EVALUATIONS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, PROBABLY, I THINK, UH, DEVELOPING STUDY MATERIALS TO IMPROVE CADET ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES. 
          ALSO ON BOARD, UM, INCORPORATING AND TRACKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE BOTH BY THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          UH, THE CAC IS ABOUT TO KICK OFF NEXT WEEK. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE JUMPING INTO THAT NEXT PART OF PHASE TWO, UH, DEVELOPING AN IMPROVED MINDFULNESS AND RESILIENCY CURRICULUM FOR CADETS AND CONDUCTING A HOLISTIC REVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM. 
          ALL OF THAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, ONGOING IN PHASE TWO, AND WE'RE ACTIVELY DOING THESE THINGS NOW. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO DISCUSS OUR PLANS FOR CURRICULUM REVIEW. 
          RIGHT. 
          T COLE REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES HEAVILY DEFINE ACADEMY CURRICULA. 
          HOWEVER, THE PAC, WHICH IS THE PAC, THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS INFLUENCING THE CURRICULA BY HAVING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS PARTNER WITH THE ACADEMY AND IMPROVE THE CURRICULA WITHIN THE CONFINES OF TOL MANDATES. 
          WE HAVE ESTABLISHED BOTH A PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO START WITH OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. 
          THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO SET A NEW NATIONAL STANDARD FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, OVERSIGHT, AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. 
          OUR PAC AND CAC MODEL ENSURES THAT EVERY CADET COURSE IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED BY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, AND EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL AND PROFESSIONALS THROUGH A SYSTEMATIC AND STRUCTURED PROCESS. 
          THIS ENSURES THAT TRAINING MATERIAL RETAINED REMAINS CURRENT AND UNBIASED AND REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATIONS WHILE MEETING THE HIGHEST PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. 
          SO, I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CURRENT, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT WE HAVE, THE CONTRACTED SMES. 
          FOR OUR, UH, PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE HAVE DR. 
          SEAN ROCHE, WHO IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND MASTER'S PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZING IN POLICING PROCEDURAL JUSTICE AND CRIME ANALYSIS. 
          WE HAVE DR. ANDREA MARSH, WHO LEADS THE POFF PRO BONO PROGRAM AT UT AUSTIN, WHERE SHE DEVELOPS AND MANAGES LEGAL SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ENHANCE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO JUSTICE, WHILE PROVIDING LAW STUDENTS WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND WE LAST HAVE DR. 
          LUCIA SUMMERS, WHO IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZING IN ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY CRIME ANALYSIS AND OFFENDER DECISION MAKING. 
          UH, A COPY OF EACH, UH, SME. 
          UH, THIS, THEIR CV HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION IN THE BACKUP. 
          SO THE PAC, THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPRISES OF TWO WORKING GROUPS. 
          THERE'S THE ACADEMY WORKING GROUP AND THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT WORKING GROUP. 
          THE SME WORKING GROUP IS MADE UP OF INTERNAL MEMBERS OF A OF A PD, WHO BRING A LENS OF SPECIALIZED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE REVIEW OF THE CURRICULUM. 
          CURRENTLY, THESE ARE THE FIVE MEMBERS ON THE SME WORKING GROUP. 
          WE HAVE WITH WELLNESS, WE HAVE DIVISION MANAGER, KACHINA CLARK. 
          UH, WE HAVE THE EQUITY INCLUSION CO COORDINATOR, STEPHANIE GONZALEZ. 
          FOR THE DEIB LENS. 
          WE HAVE TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES WITH VICTIM SERVICES SUPERVISOR TRACY MORRIS, ALSO SERVING ON C UH, C-S-C-R-M, UH, PROCEDURAL JUSTICE WITH OUR RESEARCH ANALYST, SENIOR DR. MADISON DOYLE, AND EXTERNAL POLICY COMPLIANCE WITH OPO POLICY MANAGER CRYSTAL KIMBRO. 
          SO, IN ADDITION TO THE EXPERTISE THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OF THE PAC, AND NOW WE'RE WITH THE COMMUNITY VALUES BEING SHARED WITH THE SOON TO BE CREATED CAC, WHICH STARTS NEXT WEEK, THE PAC COMPRISES UP TO 16 MEMBERS EACH BRINGING A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO THE CURRICULUM REVIEW PROCESS. 
          AND ALL A PD HAS 22 PEOPLE ON THE CURRICULUM REVIEW TEAMS. THIS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS ENSURES THAT TRAINING ALIGNS WITH BEST PRACTICES, OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS. 
          THE P'S SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION PROCESS INCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS, WHICH IS DEPARTMENTAL 
          [01:35:01]
OVERSIGHT, CADET CLASS MANAGEMENT, TOL REQUIREMENTS, AUSTIN'S COMMUNITY AND CULTURE, INTEGRATING ICAP PRINCIPLES INTO NOT ONLY THE CURRICULUM, BUT ALSO THE ROLE PLAYS ADULT EDUCATION WITH OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT TEAM, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WITH WELLNESS, PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE, TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES, AND ALSO PAIRING WITH THE OPO TO HAVE EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT IN ALL THINGS IS THAT WE DO. 
          SO THERE ARE ALREADY COURSES THAT OUR PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY REVIEWED THIS YEAR, UH, INTERACTING WITH THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, CIVIL PROCESS AND HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE. 
          WITH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ACT. 
          UH, THE BACKUP INCLUDES THE FINAL DETAILED WORK PRODUCT OF THE PAC, UH, ON THEIR WORK ON INTERACTING WITH THE DEAF OF HEART OF HEARING AND CIVIL PROCESS, AND WITH ALL THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO, UM, THE COMMISSIONERS FOR REVIEW. 
          UM, AND NEXT STEP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS, VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS, TEXAS CCP AND RESEARCH AND SEIZURE IS ON DECK FOR THE PAC TO REVIEW. 
          UM, AND ALSO GOING TO BE IN REVIEW WITH THE CAC, WHICH I'M GONNA GET TO HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. 
          SO HERE WE HAVE, OUR FIRST MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL IS ON MARCH 11TH, 2025. 
          UH, ELAINE LOFTIN. 
          THESE ARE THE THREE MEMBERS THAT IS, THAT ARE, ARE, HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO, FOR THE INITIAL CAC LAUNCH IS ELAINE LOFTIN, WHO SERVES AS THE CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH HARVEST FOUNDATION, WHERE SHE LEADS STEM INITIATIVES, UH, YOUTH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. 
          WE HAVE DR. KEVIN FOSTER, WHO IS THE ASSOCIATE CHAIR AT UT AUSTIN'S, AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES DEPARTMENT, AND MR. BEE PRICE, THE VP OF INVESTOR RELATIONS WITH DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE. 
          THESE ARE THE THREE MEMBERS, UH, WHO WILL BUILD THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. 
          AS WE LATER EXPAND THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THAT WE CAPTURE A BROAD REPRESENTATION OF AUSTIN'S COMMUNITIES. 
          HERE ARE THE COURSES THAT THE CAC MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, BEGINNING WITH VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PROFESSIONALISM WITH ETHICS. 
          UH, AND THEN IN THE JUNE SESSION, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OVER ARREST, SEARCH, AND SEIZURE. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE CAC, UH, THE C-S-C-R-M TRAINING WORK GROUP IS ALSO WORKING WITH THE COMMU WITH THE ACADEMY TO EVALUATE A PD TRAINING, UH, ACADEMY COURSES TO ENHANCE AND REFINE CADET TRAINING, UM, AND THE MATERIALS RELATED TO THESE COURSES HERE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MISSING EXPLOITED PERSONS SEXUAL ASSAULT, THE COURSES THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH BOTH OF THOSE, UM, GROUPS EVALUATING THIS MUCH MATERIAL. 
          BY OCTOBER, 2026, NEARLY HALF OF APDS CADET CURRICULUM, WHICH IS 21 OF THE 43 CADET COURSES REQUIRED BY T COLE, WILL HAVE UNDERGONE A, A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT REVIEW, WHICH IS JUST PHENOMENAL GOING OVER THAT MUCH MATERIAL IN THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN THESE THINGS KICKED OFF. 
          UM, SO AFTER THAT IS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA AND I WILL INTRODUCE MY RESEARCH ANALYST, SENIOR, MY CLICKER'S NOT WORKING. 
          SORRY, . 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I'LL PASS IT OVER TO DR. MADISON DOYLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS GOING TO BE HERE, SO THERE'S A PHOTO OF ME, . 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, I, UH, GRADUATED FROM TEXAS STATE, SPECIALIZE IN POLICE, LEGITIMACY OFFICER WELLNESS, PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF POLICING, UM, AND TRANSITIONED INTO THIS ROLE AT THE ACADEMY, UM, WORKING ON DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS, REPORTING OUT ON, WELL, IMMEDIATELY STARTING OUT ALL THINGS KROLL REALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, UM, WHEN I STARTED, OH, SORRY, I GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          , UH, LAST AUGUST WE HAD THE ONE 52ND THAT WAS ABOUT TO GRADUATE. 
          WE HAD AGREED, I BELIEVE, IN THE KROLL RECOMMENDATIONS AND STUFF, THAT WE WOULD BE PUTTING OUT REPORTS ABOUT EACH OF THE ACADEMY CLASSES WITHIN LIKE 30 DAYS OF THEM GRADUATING. 
          SO IN THAT REPORT, YOU'LL HAVE THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF THAT CLASS, THE RETENTION AND ATTRITION INFORMATION, UM, SOME KIND OF QUALITATIVE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THEM ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE ACADEMY, AS 
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WELL AS SOME PERFORMANCE METRICS, UM, AS THEY RELATE TO LIKE THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE PT DT, WHICH IS DEFENSIVE TACTICS, UM, FIREARMS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ROLE PLAY STUFF WAS INCLUDED IN THERE. 
          I WAS REALLY TRYING TO JUST GET THE INFORMATION OUT, UM, WHILE ALSO NAVIGATING ALL OF THE DATA THAT EXISTS IN THE G DRIVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO FINDING WHERE IT IS AND GETTING IT IN SHAPE TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY ANALYZE SOMETHING FROM IT. 
          UM, SO IF IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE LAST REPORT, I'M WORKING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO INCLUDE ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN FORTHCOMING REPORTS ABOUT OTHER, UM, CLASSES. 
          AND THEN ONCE THOSE ARE ALL CAUGHT UP, I WILL KIND OF WORK RETROACTIVELY TO ADD THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN COMPARE ACROSS CLASSES MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, I ALSO REPORTED ON INJURIES. 
          ALL OF THIS INCLUDES ANALYSES, UM, OF LIKE GROUP BASED DIFFERENCES BY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE OR TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES BY GROUP IN TERMS OF THEIR EXPERIENCES, PERFORMANCE INJURIES. 
          UM, IN THAT REPORT, THERE'S ALSO INFORMATION ABOUT LIKE EACH OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE ACADEMY DURING, LIKE COMMUNITY CONNECT EVENTS, THE PRE ACADEMY, UM, ALL OF THAT SO THAT THERE'S KIND OF A PICTURE OF WHO IS, UH, ENGAGING WITH A CADETS AS THEY GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY FROM ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, DID I DO THAT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, SO BEING ABLE TO DO ALL OF THOSE ANALY ANALYSES AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, THE DATA ITSELF COMES FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT SOURCES. 
          SO WE HAVE OFFICIAL RECORDS, WHICH INCLUDES LIKE THE MASTER ROSTER, THE RECRUITING ROSTER, THEIR OFFICIAL GRADE SHEETS FOR LIKE THE CADETS. 
          UM, I JUST CREATED AND WAS ABLE TO ADMINISTER TO THE 154TH CADET CLASS, A PRE ACADEMY SURVEY, WHICH IS TAPPING MORE INTO, UM, OTHER THINGS ABOUT THEM. 
          SO WHY THEY WANTED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER, WHAT THEIR SOCIAL SUPPORT IS LIKE, WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS, WHAT THEIR LIVING SITUATION IS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD TO MOVE, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT, RIGHT. 
          TO TRY TO POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY OTHER REASONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT BE REALLY SUCCESSFUL OR STRUGGLE. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE SEPARATION SURVEY, WHICH IS GIVEN TO CADETS WHO END UP LEAVING BEFORE GRADUATION, THE COMPLETION SURVEY, WHICH IS GIVEN TO CADETS RIGHT BEFORE THEY GRADUATE. 
          UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME CLASS OBSERVATIONS FOR THE COURSE EVALUATIONS, WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO KIND OF SEE LIKE HOW DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS ARE USED, AS WELL AS THE INSTRUCTOR LEARNER AND INTERACTIONS AND STUFF. 
          I'M KIND OF TAKE NOTES OF THAT. 
          UM, AND MORE INFORMALLY, I DO LIKE ENGAGE WITH THE, BOTH THE CADETS AND THE INSTRUCTORS AND TALK TO THEM, RIGHT? AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK, UH, ABOUT KIND OF THEIR EXPERIENCES, WHAT THEY WANT, WHAT THEY NEED, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO MOVING FORWARD AND STILL LIKE ADDRESSING MANY OF THE KROLL RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          RIGHT? UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ON THE LIST HERE IS PREDICTIVE ASSESSMENTS. 
          SO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THE PHYSICAL AND ACADEMIC ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE BEING USED DURING RECRUITMENT. 
          RECRUITMENT ARE GOOD PREDICTORS OF PERFORMANCE IN THE ACADEMY. 
          UM, LOOKING INTO INSTRUCTOR AND CURRICULUM QUALITY VIA THE, UH, COURSE EVALUATIONS, INSTRUCTOR EVALUATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING BOTH WITH THE LIKE CURRICULUM INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS THE PAC AND THE CAC, UM, EVALUATING THE TIME AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY. 
          SO HOW COURSES FLOW, HOW TIME AND RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT POTENTIALLY? UM, WHICH WOULD ENHANCE LEARNING AND RETENTION. 
          UH, TRYING TO DEVELOP A WAY TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS AND PRE ACADEMY, WHICH HAS BEEN RENAMED ACADEMY FOUNDATION. 
          SO GETTING MORE OF LIKE A, OKAY, WELL THEY GOT THE INFORMATION, WHAT, WHAT DID THEY LEARN? WHAT CAN THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS? UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, REPORTING OUT ON STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WOULD BE THROUGH THE PIC AND CIC. 
          SO MONITORING WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, DETERMINING WHAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, UM, AND REPORTING 
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THAT UP. 
          SO THAT ALL WE HAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          UM, IF WE CAN GET CAMERAS UP, UM, DO WE HAVE, UM, DO, UM, WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO GET US STARTED WITH? I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES. 
          I HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I, UM, COMMISSIONER SIERRA , CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE. 
          THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IT'S INFORMATIVE, UH, OVERDUE, AND IT'S, IT'S APPRECIATED THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS AND THE WORK THAT A PD HAS BEEN DOING BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          I'M GLAD TO, TO SEE SO MUCH PROGRESS ON THIS. 
          THIS QUESTION IS FOR DR. DOYLE, UH, WHO I PRESUME IS SORT OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF THE, UH, RESEARCH WITHIN THE ACADEMY. 
          UH, SO SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE EVALUATION OF ACADEMY COURSES, SPECIFICALLY CLASS OBSERVATIONS, CADET FEEDBACK, AND INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SURVEYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE FIELDED. 
          MY QUESTION IS ABOUT METHODOLOGY. 
          WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING THOSE OBSERVATIONS, THE FEEDBACK AND THE INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK? ARE THESE THINGS GONNA BE, UM, GENERALLY UNSTRUCTURED? IS THERE GONNA BE, THERE WAS A MENTION OF A, OF A RUBRIC. 
          WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR GATHERING THAT DATA? RECORDING THAT DATA, AND THEN PRESENTING THAT DATA, NOT JUST WITH AN A PD, BUT TO OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN? WELL, , UH, SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS THE FORMAL, LIKE COURSE CRITIQUES THAT ALL OF THE CADETS DO. 
          SO I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE IN TERMS OF THE RUBRIC AND STUFF. 
          THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WERE DEVELOPED BY THE CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT TEAM THAT I HAVE BEEN SINCE PULLED ON TO ON THE BACKEND. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS IN TERMS OF SURVEY DEVELOPMENT FOR THESE EVALUATIONS THAT STILL NEED TO BE FLESHED OUT. 
          AND THE PLANS FOR THE OBSERVATIONS, FEEDBACK FROM THE CADETS AND THE INSTRUCTORS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN PROGRESS. 
          YES. 
          THE PLAN IS TO MAKE THAT A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT. 
          QUALITATIVE, WAS THAT? YES. 
          SO CURRENTLY THEY ARE IN PROGRESS. 
          IT IS, WE'RE SITTING IN ON COURSES. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME GUIDING QUESTIONS ABOUT LIKE WHAT YOU'RE OBSERVING, UM, THE TYPES OF INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS THAT ARE USING THAT ARE BEING USED, WHETHER OR NOT THE STUDENT, THE CADETS SEEMED ENGAGED OR HAD TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THINGS, WHETHER THEY USED ALL OF THE TIME THAT WAS ALLOTTED TO THEM, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE SITTING IN TAKING NOTES, AND THEN YOU FILL OUT THIS FORM AT THE END WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, ANSWERING ALL OF THE QUESTIONS TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. 
          HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF LIKE, I CAN'T GIVE UP RIGHT NOW MY ENTIRE 40 HOUR WORK WEEK TO SIT IN PENAL CODE THE ENTIRE 40 HOURS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . 
          UM, SO THERE'S LIKE A MIX OF MAYBE ONE PERSON CAN GO AND A DIFFERENT PERSON CAN GO A DIFFERENT DAY. 
          AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE MISSED, HOPEFULLY NOT. 
          UM, AND THEN SOME THINGS THAT ARE, WILL TAKE LONGER TO ANSWER IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW THE CADETS END UP DOING, RIGHT? SO WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT BASED ON THE OBSERVATION THAT REQUIRES THE FOLLOW UP OF LIKE THEIR GRADES, HOW WELL THEY DO IN ROLE PLAYS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS THAT ARE APPLYING THOSE, UM, THINGS. 
          BUT I DON'T, OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND JUST, IT'S JUST ONE BRIEF, SORT OF LIKE A TIMELINE FOLLOW UP. 
          THIS IS PROBABLY FOR ASSISTANT CHIEF, FOR, FOR MR. MCGRATH. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE FOR ON A PER ACADEMY CLASS BASIS, WHAT IS OUR TIMELINE FROM, UH, DATA COLLECTION TO ASSESSMENT OF THOSE DATA AND THEN PRESENTATION OF RESULTS ON AN ACADEMY CLASS BASIS? I WOULD SAY THAT WE ARE STILL BUILDING THE RUBRIC, RIGHT? WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINALIZED WHAT THE RUBRIC IS YET. 
          AND, AND DEFINING THE DIMENSIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO THEN REPORT OUT ON YET. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M HESITANT TO SAY, TO PUT ON A, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR NEXT MONTH THAT IT'S GONNA BE READY. 
          UM, I WOULD SAY THAT AS, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE FINALIZED RUBRIC FROM MY TEAM, THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING ON, UM, THAT'S WHEN WE AS A TEAM CAN GET 
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TOGETHER AND DETERMINE THIS IS EXACTLY WHEN IT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR THE TEAM TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE END OF END OF THE COURSE EVALUATIONS. 
          UM, I, IT, IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO ME THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE WITHIN THIS YEAR. 
          THAT SEEMS VERY REASONABLE TO ME, GIVEN THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE TILL TO COMPLETE THE RUBRIC AND START DOING THE FULL COURSE EVALUATION INSTRUCTOR EVALUATIONS. 
          I BELIEVE IT SOUNDS REASONABLE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE DURING THE YEAR OF 2025. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON A LITTLE, A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WITH REGARDS TO THE OBSERVATIONS, UM, IS THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AND I NOTICE THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE. 
          UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY IN THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, UM, INCLUDED IN THAT ALSO MENTIONED THERE'S POTENTIAL PLANS TO EXPAND THAT. 
          UM, CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT, LIKE, FLUSH THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE? HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE SELECTED? WHEN IS THIS EXPANSION GONNA HAPPEN? ARE THEY GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, OBSERVE, UM, WHICH WAS A LARGE POINT OF CONTENTION, UM, THE FIRST TIME AROUND, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID THIS WHOLE RMA ROLE TO REINVENT SUPPOSEDLY. 
          UM, SO IF YOU CAN TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          SO WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE A CRC AND THE, THE THREE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN, UH, RECOMMENDED BY THE ACADEMY FOR SELECTION BY THE CHIEF. 
          AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO ESTABLISH A, ESTABLISH HOW THE CRC WILL MOVE FORWARD AND FUNCTION WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THE ACADEMY AND ALL OF THE INTRICATE PROCESSES. 
          IT IS THAT WE KIND OF JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR, UH, ACADEMY CURRICULUM REVIEW. 
          IT'S A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO ESTABLISH HOW THE, HOW THE CAC MEMBERS WORK, UH, HOW THEY WORK WITH THE, HOW, HOW THEY WORK WITH THE ACADEMY, HOW THEY, HOW THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WORK WITH THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIEW IT, UM, HOW WELL WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, WITH THE TIME WITH THE TIMELINES, IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW ALL THEIR CURRICULUM TO HAVE A PROPER FEEDBACK LOOP TO GET TO THEM. 
          WITH THE CAC, WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON PROCESS FIRST. 
          AND THE INTENT HERE IS TO BUILD THAT FOUNDATION OF HERE'S HOW THE CAC WORKS. 
          IT WORKS PROPERLY, IT FUNCTIONS. 
          AND THEN ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT PROCESS SET IN PLACE, NOW WE CAN START TO EXPAND IT TO REALLY INCORPORATE THAT BROAD REPRESENTATION OF, UH, OF AUSTIN'S COMMUNITY. 
          JUST LIKE IT SAYS IN THE CROW REPORT. 
          SO THIS INITIAL STEP IS TO GET THE CAC PROCESS DOWN, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S PART OF WHAT EVERYTHING, SO MUCH OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST YEAR IS, IS, IS MANAGING THE CHANGE, THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE, THE VOLUME OF CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO DO AT THE ACADEMY. 
          AND THIS WAS A HUGE STEP. 
          SO INTENTIONALLY, WE, WE ESTABLISHED THE PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FIRST SO WE CAN FLESH OUT HOW DOES THIS FUNCTION, DOES THIS WORK? I LITERALLY, JUST BEFORE WE CAME IN HERE, GOT THE, UH, AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THE, UM, THE VERY FIRST COURSE THAT WE EVALUATED WITH THE PAC, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED AND HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. 
          AND WE HAVE THE VERY FIRST MEETING WITH THE TEXAS SCHOOL OF THE DEAF NEXT WEEK TO INCOR TO WORK WITH THEM AND BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP TO SEE HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE THEIR INSTRUCTORS TO COME IN HERE AND HELP US WITH OUR INSTRUCTION. 
          THAT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD. 
          AND NOW WE'RE ADDING ONE MORE LAYER ON TOP OF THAT WITH THE CAC, BUT WE WANT TO DO IT, RIGHT. 
          WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO WE'RE GONNA SET IT, WE'RE GONNA GET THE PROCESS CORRECT ONCE WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THE PROCESS SET. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA EXPAND. 
          SO WE'VE DONE THIS CORRECTLY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME, WAS WE, WE WERE TRYING TO DO SO MANY THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME. 
          IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UM, UM, WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IN THE MEANTIME, LIKE, AND, AND, AND IT, IT IS THE RIGHT VERSUS FAST SORT OF DICHOTOMY THAT, THAT WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH IS CONSTANT. 
          BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE CADET ACADEMIES GRADUATING. 
          THERE ARE MORE AND MORE CADETS COMING THROUGH. 
          UM, I, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. 
          UM, AND IT'S STILL ALL WITH CURRICULUM THAT HAS NOT BEEN, UM, THAT HAS NOT HAD THE COMMUNITY'S EYES. 
          UM, IT'S ALL BEEN PROFESSIONAL STAFF FROM WITHIN A PD. 
          UM, AND SO THERE'S STILL THAT, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, I ALWAYS BRING IT UP WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS 
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BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST POINTS OF, UM, THE ACADEMY AND THE ACADEMY REVISION PROCESS WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY, JUST REGULAR OLD PEOPLE, UM, WE'RE INVOLVED IN THIS, THIS REVISION PROCESS. 
          AND SO UNTIL THOSE ARE UP AND RUNNING, I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE IT . 
          SO, UM, THE SOONER WE GET THAT DONE, THE THE BETTER. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THE ACADEMY IS PROBABLY GONNA BE WORKING, AND A PD IS GONNA BE WORKING ON STAFFING UP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          I'M SURE THAT THAT'S PART OF CHIEF DAVIS'S PLAN. 
          UM, AND SO GETTING THAT, THAT COMMUNITY ELEMENT INSERTED INTO THIS REVISION, THIS REVISION PROCESS IS I THINK CRITICAL. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THERE ARE, THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL, UM, IN OUR BACKUP, UM, THAT I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          UM, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REPORT OF THE LATEST CLASS, THE 152ND, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE REPORT, UM, FROM PREVIOUS REPORT OUTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN. 
          UM, AND, UM, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO FOLLOW UP WITH MORE QUESTIONS IN WRITING TO US IF YOU HAVE THEM. 
          UM, THE TRAINING, THE, THE TRAINING ACADEMY WORKING GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO MEET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT COMES NEXT. 
          UM, I'M TURNING TO THEM SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING PRESSING ON YOUR MIND THAT YOU WANNA ASK THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, UM, HERE, AND WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN WRAP THIS UP PRETTY QUICKLY. 
          UM, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, 
          [6. Approve a Recommendation to Council regarding the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget.]
UM, JUST FOR CONTEXT. 
          UM, WE AS A COMMISSION HAVE THROUGH MARCH 31ST TO OFFER UP BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS THAT GO INTO THE LARGER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT THAT'S ISSUED ANNUALLY. 
          AND THAT'S PROVIDED AS GUIDANCE TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH REGARDS TO WHAT COMMISSIONS ARE PRIORITIZING. 
          WE DID THIS LAST YEAR, WE, IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL, THERE IS ALSO THE MEMO THAT WAS REFERRED TO US, UM, THAT WAS SENT TO US, UM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UM, LETTING US KNOW THAT, UM, ANY UNMET NEEDS, AND I'M, I WANNA MAKE SURE I, IF, IF I'M, IF I'M INCORRECT, SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME. 
          UM, ANY UNMET NEEDS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED LAST YEAR, UM, WILL GET THROWN INTO THE UNMET NEEDS BUCKET FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING THAT COME THIS YEAR WILL GET THROWN INTO, NOT THIS COMING BUDGET CYCLE, BUT THE FOLLOWING BUDGET CYCLE, WHICH IS 26, 27, IF I'M DOING MY NUMBERS RIGHT, UM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT, UM, WHICH IS A TWO YEAR FUNDING CYCLE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT REQUESTING NOW WHAT WE WANT IN THE JULY CYCLE. 
          UM, ON THAT NOTE, UM, WHAT I DID WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SURFACE ALL OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE WEREN'T MET LAST YEAR, UM, FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, WE INCLUDED IN THE ADDENDUM ALL OF THE UNMET NEEDS THAT THE DEPARTMENT, THE UNFUNDED UN, THE OUTSTANDING UNMET NEEDS FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE. 
          I INCLUDED IN THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WERE ECHOED IN OUR RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUMMER. 
          AND THEN, UM, A LIST OF PRIORITIES. 
          UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE SIMILAR PRIORITIES TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR WITH THE ADDITION OF A FEW ITEMS, UM, THAT WE WERE BRIEFED ON BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION CAME OUT. 
          AND THESE ARE VERY GENERAL SORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET DOLLAR AMOUNTS, UM, AND SPECIFIC BUDGET REQUESTS FROM A LOT OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT IT'S JUST, UH, UH, A REQUEST TO, TO, TO, TO CONSIDER CONTINUED FUNDING, UM, NO CUTS, , AND, UM, AND POTENTIAL GROWTH IN ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS. 
          WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ALL UP THE FLOOR QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTIONS? OKAY. 
          IF WE HAVE NO DISCUSSION, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION? MOVE TO APPROVE? OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH 
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THAT, WE WILL TAKE VOTE, UM, IF I CAN SEE IF THERE'S ONLY, IF I CAN SEE A SHOW OF HANDS FROM EVERYONE. 
          1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE ALL SIX. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, CHRISTIE, I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL STEP THAT'S REQUIRED NOW WHERE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT SOMETHING IN A FORM TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE ADDED TO THE BUCKET. 
          UM, WITH THAT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY, UM, FOR YOUR PATIENCE. 
          WE'RE FIVE MINUTES OVER. 
          WE DID A LOT. 
          UM, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW UP VIA EMAIL IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS OR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. 
          UM, HAVE A GOOD MARCH. 
          ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAKS AND SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST MADNI. 
          THAT IS TO ENSUE . 
          ALRIGHT, BYE EVERYONE. 
          WE'RE ADJOURNED.
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