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          IF WE COULD HAVE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS 
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ONLINE, TURN THEIR CAMERA, THE OCTOBER 6TH MEETING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION TO ORDER. 
          UM, AND I AM CHAIRING THE ABSENCE OF, UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ, WHO IS WITH US ONLINE, BUT COULD NOT BE HERE IN PERSON. 
          SO THAT, I GUESS WE'LL TAKE, UM, ROLE, UH, COMM UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER BARNHART PRESENT. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER CARROLL IS NOT PRESENT. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER DURAN PRESENT, UH, LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER ROGO IS NOT PRESENT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER HOLMES PRESENT AND I'M PRESENT. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER WYNN IS ACTUALLY NO LONGER ON THE COMMISSION, CORRECT? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT NOTIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER OR HERE? COMMISSIONER SIERRA ELLO. 
          I DO NOT SEE AT THIS TIME. 
          AND THEN COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, WE HAVE OUR QUORUM. 
          WE'VE GOT SIX, SO WE WILL START OUR MEETING. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION? NO, WE DON'T. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS, 
          [APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, UH, FROM SEPTEMBER 8TH. 
          IF EVERYBODY HAS HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES OR IS ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK OVER THOSE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MOVE TO APPROVE MINUTES OR MOVE TO APPROVE? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT WE COULD HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS AND A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY. 
          YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THEM PRESENT TO HAVE VOTE. 
          AND WE NEED EVERYBODY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. 
          SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, SO MINUTES ARE APPROVED. 
          MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM. 
          I THINK I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO, UM, SKIP OVER. 
          UM, OUR A PD REPRESENTATIVE IS RUNNING A LITTLE BIT LATE, I BELIEVE, AT THIS MOMENT. 
          UM, HAVE WE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT TIMING ON I HAVE NOT. 
          I HEARD ABOUT THREE MINUTES AWAY. 
          OKAY, PERFECT. 
          SO WE WILL HOLD ON. 
          ITEM TWO. 
          UM, IS, UM, MR. 
          [3.	Presentation regarding severe weather preparedness and evacuation planning. Presentation by Jim Redick, Director, Homeland Security and Emergency Management.]
REDDICK HERE, ARE YOU, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PRESENT SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER JUST IF, UM, ABLE TO GO ON THE TIME? IF NOT, I WOULDN'T. 
          MANAGER . 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I WILL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THIS, UH, TO, TO OUR COMMISSION. 
          I KNOW. 
          HOW LONG, LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS ROLE? FOR NOW? SINCE FEBRUARY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, FROM YOU, UM, ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND, AND UPDATES. 
          I SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD, I BELIEVE YOUR PREDECESSOR GAVE US A PRESENTATION AROUND THAT SIMILAR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING SOME UPDATES. 
          COOL. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          UH, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE, UH, AND TO SERVE ALONG THESE GENTLEMEN TO MY RIGHT. 
          UH, MY NAME'S JIM REDDICK, AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          NO LONGER HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, AND THAT'S A CHANGE I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BECAUSE, UH, I THINK WE'RE ABLE TO REACH A LOT MORE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITHOUT THOSE TWO WORDS IN OUR TITLE, AND WE CAN REALLY FULFILL OUR MISSION IN, IN A BETTER WAY. 
          UM, WE ARE IN A STATE OF JUST WHOLESALE CHANGE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY NEW THINGS. 
          NOT ONLY MY POSITION, UH, BUT THE BRANDING, OBVIOUSLY THE NAME OF THE DEPARTMENT, THE ORGANIZATION, THE WAY WE'RE DOING PLANS, AND THE WAY WE'RE APPROACHING THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UM, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE, WE ADOPTED THE, THE PHRASE PREMISE INTER PARIS, WHICH IS, UM, UH, LATIN FOR FIRST AMONG EQUALS. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE WILLING, AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO DO THE RESEARCH, TO BRING THE PLANS TOGETHER, TO DO ALL THE WORK, THE HOMEWORK, THE LEGWORK, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PLANS ARE OVERARCHING CITY PLANS ARE INFORMED, ARE ACCURATE AND REFLECTIVE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, SOPS THAT ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE. 
          BUT ALSO A LOT OF OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A MINUTE, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE OF COMMUNITY APPROACH. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE DEPARTMENT OR ONE CITY. 
          UH, IT'S COLLECTIVELY PUBLIC, PRIVATE, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, HIGHER EDUCATION, MILITARY, AND THE FAITH COMMUNITY. 
          UH, BRINGING ALL THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER TO TAP INTO THE TALENTS, THE RESOURCES AND EXPERTISE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE CAN WITHSTAND, UH, ANYTHING THAT 
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COMES OUR WAY WITH, WITH REALLY THE FOCUS BEING ON RESPONSE AND NOT REACT. 
          UM, THAT'S OUR MISSION STATEMENT. 
          OUR VISION IS TO BE A PREPARED AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY. 
          OUR MISSION IS TO BE THAT ONE CENTRAL AGENCY THAT, THAT DOES THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER. 
          SO THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID WAS FIGURE OUT WHERE THE BOTTLENECKS WERE AND HOW WE CAN BE MORE STREAMLINED AS A DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, SO WE'VE ALREADY MADE THOSE CHANGES THAT WENT INTO FULL EFFECT, UH, OCTOBER ONE, UH, WITH THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. 
          BUT WE ARE, WE HAVE PUBLIC INFORMATION, UH, FINANCE, UM, AND TECHNOLOGY IN ONE BRANCH. 
          AND THEN THE OPERATIONS, UH, STRATEGIC VISION AND TRAINING EXERCISES IN ANOTHER. 
          UM, AND THIS IS HOW WE'LL OPERATE DURING PEACE TIME, BLUE SKIES, BUT PRIMARILY DURING, DURING RECOVERY AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE PLANNING. 
          WE'RE TRAINING AND WE'RE EXERCISING. 
          AND, UH, REALLY FROM THERE, FIGURING OUT HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN WORK TOGETHER. 
          THE NATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK THAT WAS WRITTEN BY FEMA HAS, UH, 15 EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
          T DEM, THE DEPARTMENT OF, UM, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS 20. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT HAVING ONE MORE TO RECOGNIZE OUR, OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND EMS, UH, FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL. 
          THIS IS A FRAMEWORK BY WHICH WE CAN REALLY BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT AGENCIES, UM, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE SAME FUNCTION. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE A ROLE IN INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE VERIZON WIRELESS, WHETHER YOU'RE THE MILITARY, WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, WE'RE GONNA BRING YOU TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT BECAUSE PEOPLE OPERATE AT THE SPEED OF TRUST. 
          AND SO WE WANT THO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BUILT ON TRUST RATHER THAN EXCHANGING BUSINESS CARDS DURING A DISASTER. 
          SAME THING FOR EACH EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTION. 
          THIS ALLOWS US TO MEET TOGETHER PER FUNCTION, BUT ALSO REACH OUT TO THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL, SO WE CAN MITIGATE, PREPARE FOR, RESPOND TO AND RECOVER FROM ANY DISASTER. 
          UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A SYSTEM. 
          IT'S A TEAM. 
          IT'S ONE CITY, UH, ONE TEAM AND, AND ONE FIGHT, IF YOU WILL. 
          WE'RE ALSO OVERHAULING ALL OF OUR PLANS. 
          IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR PLANS IN THE PAST, THEY READ VERY MUCH LIKE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS. 
          AND SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT IS USABLE DURING A DISASTER FROM US IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, FOLKS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, UH, THEY ARE INFORMED PLANS BASED ON SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, BASED ON COMMUNITY MAKEUP, UH, AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS, AS WELL AS THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLANS AND THE THREAT HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE READY FOR, ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, INCIDENTS AND HAZARDS FOR WHICH WE FACE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE DEVELOPED, AND I'M ALMOST DONE WITH THE BASIC PLAN. 
          THE BASIC PLAN IS THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO RESPOND TO ANY DISASTER, NATURAL OR MANMADE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT OUTLINES THE AUTHORITIES, IT OUTLINES THE WAY WE'RE GONNA REQUEST RESOURCES, HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK AS A TEAM BETWEEN THE CITY, UM, AND THE COUNTY. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, REGARDLESS IF IT'S A NATURAL HAZARD OR AN ACT OF TERRORISM, WE'RE GONNA PULL OUT THE BASIC PLAN FIRST. 
          AND THEN THERE IS THE ESF ANNEX, WHICH YOU SEE TO THE BOTTOM LEFT. 
          SO WHEN WE WORK WITH OUR ESF PARTNERS, WE'RE GETTING THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION, WHAT TOOLS THEY USE FOR AN OPERATIONAL PICTURE, WHAT RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING TO BEAR. 
          SO OUR LOGISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL KNOW KIND OF WHERE TO START LOOKING FOR VARIOUS RESOURCES, UH, UNDER WHAT AUTHORITIES THEY OPERATE AND, AND SO MUCH MORE. 
          SO THE BASIC PLAN IS, IS THE START. 
          THE ESF ANNEXES ARE WHAT WE'RE GONNA USE TO BRING OUR, UH, PARTNERS TO THE TABLE, BUT ALSO LOOK FIRST FOR VARIOUS RESOURCES, UH, BEFORE WE EVER LOOK TO THE COUNTY OR STATE. 
          AGAIN, WE ARE WELL RESOURCED AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND ALL THOSE RESOURCES WE'RE TRYING TO PUT INTO ORGANIZED STRUCTURES THROUGH THE ESFS. 
          SO THE BASIC PLAN, THE ESF ANNEX, THAT OUTLINE THE WHO, AND THEN WE HAVE HAZARD SPECIFIC ANNEXES. 
          SO BASIC PLAN IS THE FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT. 
          THE HAZARD SPECIFIC ADDRESSES THE NUANCES THAT EACH DISASTER BRINGS. 
          SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE'RE GONNA TALK WILDFIRE, YOU'RE GONNA FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT WHERE THE WILDFIRE THREAT IS GREATEST, WHAT THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND, WHICH WOULD BE FIRE. 
          UH, HOW WOULD WE WOULD COMMUNICATE FROM THE INCIDENT COMMAND TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, HOW WE WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC AND DIFFERENT, UM, UH, MATERIALS THAT FOLKS CAN USE, UM, TO GET PREPARED THEMSELVES. 
          AND, AND WE'VE TAKEN THE STEP TO INCLUDE IN OUR PLANS WHAT WE WOULD WANT THE COMMUNITY TO DO, UH, BECAUSE THEY TOO ARE PART OF THE TEAM. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FUNCTIONAL ANNEXES KIND OF TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE MIGHT USE ON VARIOUS HAZARDS. 
          ONE OF THEM MIGHT BE A SHELTER PLAN. 
          IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE HOW TO, HOW WE WOULD, UH, 
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BUILD ONE UP, HOW WE WOULD BE STAFFED, WHAT RESOURCES. 
          WE WOULD BRING A MORE OF A SOP TYPE OF DOCUMENT. 
          AND SAME THING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PLANS OR SUPPORTING ANNEXES, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO SEE. 
          IT'S JUST THE HOW TO, HOW DO WE ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FROM TURNING ON THE LIGHT AND THE COFFEE TO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE USE. 
          UM, AND, AND SAME THING WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA LOG ON TO VOC, OUR NEW OPERATIONAL TOOL. 
          UH, JUST ADMINISTRATIVE THINGS THAT WE CAN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT EVEN IF SOMEONE COMES IN TO TAKE OUR PLACE, THEY CAN PICK UP THOSE PLANS AND GET TO GOING. 
          UH, THE PLANS ARE NOT GONNA BE WRITTEN IN A TECHNICAL DOCUMENT STYLE. 
          UM, IT'S COMMUNITY DRIVEN. 
          SO AGAIN, WE DON'T PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE WANT TO PLAN IT WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND REALLY INCLUDE INFORMATION ON WHERE THE VULNERABILITIES ARE, BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE, UH, THAT SHOULD REALLY DRIVE OUR PROCESSES IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA STAGE RESOURCES OR REDEPLOY RESOURCES, OR CERTAINLY DISPATCH RESOURCES, UH, AFTER, AFTER THE INCIDENT. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW THROUGH DATA AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WHERE THOSE NEEDS ARE GONNA BE THE GREATEST. 
          AND WHILE WE ARE COMMITTED TO UPDATING THE PLAN EVERY YEAR, AND THEN FORMALLY WITH THE STATE EVERY FIVE YEARS, THESE ARE LIVING DOCUMENTS. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S THROUGH TRAINING, UM, DRILLS, EXERCISE, RURAL WORLD EVENTS, WE'RE CONSTANTLY GONNA BE UPDATING THESE PLANS AS WE GO. 
          INFORMATION SHARING STRATEGIES. 
          UH, WE ARE COMMITTED TO NOT ONLY SHARING INFORMATION WITH OUR LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE WANT TO OVERSHARE, UH, IN FACT, WE CAN'T SHARE ENOUGH. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, IPA AND WEA IPAS IS THE INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING, UH, SYSTEM. 
          AND THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT IS, UM, THE, THE, THE UNIQUE RINGTONE AND VIBRATION. 
          SO I PAUSE IS THE SCROLLING TEXT THAT YOU WOULD GET ON YOUR TELEVISION OR THE TEST ALERT ON THE RADIO AND WIRELESS WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO SEND THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WOULD GET FOR AN AMBER ALERT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO THE IDEA THERE IS, COLLECTIVELY AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE A UNITY OF EFFORT. 
          WE HAVE MESSAGE TEMPLATES, UH, AND ALSO A MESSAGE TO SYSTEM MATRIX SO WE KNOW WHO'S GONNA MAKE WHAT ALERTS, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA LOOK LIKE UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER WHOSE AUTHORITY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA MEET THIS FRIDAY TO DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE MORE. 
          AND THE IDEA BEING, HAVING THOSE TEMPLATES READY TO GO PRE-APPROVED SO THAT DECISION COULD BE MADE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL POSSIBLE AND REMOVE ANY ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET CRITICAL MESSAGES OUT OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MAKE OUTREACH, UH, EFFORTS. 
          AND THERE WAS A MANTRA CALLED MARKET THE STORM, UH, THAT WAS A PREVIOUS FEMA ADMINISTRATOR DURING THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, WHICH TALKS ABOUT YOU HAVE TO MARKET IT JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, THERE'S SO MANY COMPETING PRIORITIES ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          NO ONE IS REALLY GONNA THINK ABOUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS UNTIL THEY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. 
          SO WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO THE PROVERBIAL MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, UM, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT SOMEWHAT INTERESTING. 
          I'M NOT THE GUY TO DO THAT, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE A TEAM. 
          UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN HELP GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS. 
          UH, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO GET FOLKS ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. 
          UH, GIVE THEM THE TOOLS BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY WILL BE THE FIRST, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO SO IN A WAY THAT THEY DON'T BECOME VICTIMS THEMSELVES. 
          UH, AND THROUGH THOSE, UH, THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS, THEY'RE ALSO OPEN TO OTHER PROGRAMS THAT OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PEERS PROVIDE AS WELL. 
          WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS WILL BE A WAY THAT WE STILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND THE REASON BEING IS THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT AND THE IPAS, THOSE ARE FOR LIFE SAFETY MESSAGES. 
          SO WHETHER IT'S FLASH FLOODING OR A TORNADO WARNING, WE'RE GONNA SEND IT OUT, OR THE WEATHER SERVICE IS GONNA SEND IT OUT. 
          BUT WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS WILL ALLOW US TO SEND FOLLOW UP MESSAGES THROUGHOUT, OR LEAD UP MESSAGES TOO. 
          SO IF WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FAST FLOODING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND IT OUT THROUGH WARREN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA OVER COMMUNICATE RATHER THAN UNDER COMMUNICATE, BUT ALSO TRY TO NAVIGATE THAT THAT PATH BY NOT PROVIDING, UH, OR, OR CREATING ALERT FATIGUE, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW HOW THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED UNDER WHICH CIRCUMSTANCES, SO THEY CAN LOOK FOR THOSE, BUT NOT JUST CONSTANTLY BE PINGED BY INFORMATION THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE OR, OR DON'T NEED. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO, IS BE TIGHTER WITH THE MESSAGES THAT WE SEND OUT. 
          UH, FOLKS AND, AND COUNTIES WAY OVER FROM US DON'T HAVE TO GET OUR TYPES OF MESSAGES. 
          SO BEING, BEING RESPECTFUL OF, OF THE FOLKS TIME AND, AND ATTENTION SPAN, IT WOULD BE RIGHT FOR US TO REALLY HONE IN ON WHERE WE'RE SENDING MESSAGES OUT. 
          UM, THE ALERT TEXAS, UH, DOT GOV, I'M SORRY, AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV ALERTS, THAT IS A CITY PAGE WHERE WHEN THERE IS A DISASTER, WE'RE SENDING ALL OF OUR MESSAGES THERE, ALL OF OUR UPDATES. 
          UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A BLOG THAT I UPDATE AND PROVIDE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU'LL GET FACTUAL INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROCESSES. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE EOC 
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BRIEFINGS. 
          WE HAVE COORDINATION CALLS. 
          WE GET INFORMATION FROM OUR PARTNERS LIKE AUSTIN ENERGY AND, AND WEATHER SERVICE AND, AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE, WE CAN SUMMARIZE WHAT THAT IS AND LET FOLKS GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. 
          NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE AS WELL. 
          IT'LL BE A LINK THAT WE PUT ON TWITTER AND SENT OUT TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, OPEN TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE WANNA BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, AND WE WANT FOLKS TO HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE SO THEY CAN MAKE THEIR IMPORTANT DECISIONS, WHETHER IT'S FAMILY, BUSINESS, UH, HOUSE OF WORSHIP OR WHATEVER. 
          IT'S, UM, AND LIKEWISE BE OPEN TO ANSWERING QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT AN EOC ACTIVATION AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE LIVE FACEBOOK BRIEFINGS. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING INFORMATION OUT, UH, THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES. 
          UM, AND THROUGH PRESS RELEASES, ANY AND EVERY WAY, WHETHER FOLKS ARE ENGAGED WITH TECHNOLOGY OR HAVE NO TECHNOLOGY AT ALL, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS GET THE SAME INFORMATION, UM, OFTEN THROUGHOUT AN INCIDENT. 
          SO WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THE PLANNING, THE TRAINING, THE DRILLING, THE EXERCISING, GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTION PARTNERS, IDENTIFYING WHO HAS EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER IT'S IN HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, MILITARY. 
          THERE'S SO MANY OF OUR PARTNERS WHO HAVE TO HAVE EXERCISES TO BE ACCREDITED, LICENSED OR OTHERWISE. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BREAK DOWN SOME OF THOSE SILOS AND REALLY FORCE OURSELVES TO WORK TOGETHER IN SOME MORE COMPLEX AND COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISES, AND ALSO FORCE OURSELVES, FORCE EACH OTHER TO COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          SO WE'LL BE ALL THE MORE PREPARED WHEN WE HAVE TO, UH, DURING, DURING THOSE GRAY SKY DAYS. 
          AND THAT ALSO GOES FOR CROSS SECTOR TRAINING. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRAIN IN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT ALL DAY LONG, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA DO ANY GOOD IF WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH POLICE EMS, UH, FIRE AND THE LIKE. 
          SO GETTING TRADITIONAL PARTNERS TO THE TABLE, NON-TRADITIONAL PARTNERS TO THE TABLE, LIKE THE FOOD, UH, CENTRAL TEXAS FOOD BANK, UH, A ISD, SOME OF OUR HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS REALLY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD EXERCISES THAT ARE, UH, THOUGHTFUL, THOUGHT PROVOKING, AND COME AWAY WITH SOME REALLY GOOD LESSONS LEARNED, UH, BASED ON INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SO WE CAN UPDATE OUR PLANS, UH, OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          SO DOING THAT PLANNING, DOING THAT TRAINING AND DRILLS, UM, EXERCISING AND IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A REAL WORLD INCIDENT, TAKING THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT, AND THEN JUST COMPETING THAT, COMPLETING THAT CYCLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE A THREE YEAR TRAINING AND EXERCISE PLAN THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. 
          AND BASED ON WHAT OUR GAPS ARE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING OUR CAPABILITIES, UH, WHERE OUR STRENGTHS ARE, WHERE OUR GAPS ARE. 
          IDENTIFYING THOSE GRANTS, GRANTS THROUGH THE SSI GRANT, UH, URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE, HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT DOLLARS, STATE HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT DOLLARS, OR IF IT'S A MOU OR A CONTRACT, WHATEVER HELPS US MEET THAT NEED DURING DISASTER. 
          WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THAT PRESCRIPTED AND READY TO GO, IF NOT JUST A GRANT THAT WE APPLY FOR. 
          AND THAT KIND OF DRIVES WHERE OUR TRAINING AND EXERCISE IS GONNA BE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 
          UM, AND THEN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING NATIONWIDE INCIDENTS. 
          THIS IS A NO COST THING THAT WE CAN DO. 
          WE SEE THINGS PLAY OUT THROUGHOUT THE NATION ALL THE TIME, JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY AND WITH OUR PARTNERS JUST ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT IF THAT HAPPENED HERE? ARE OUR PLANS ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT? ADDRESS IT? HOW CAN WE IMPROVE BASED ON THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS? AND, AND REALLY, FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HONOR THE VICTIMS? HOW DO WE HONOR THOSE? WE'VE LOST, BECAUSE THERE ARE LESSONS HERE THAT NOTHING IS UNPRECEDENTED ANYMORE. 
          WE SHOULD REALLY BE TAKING THESE LESSONS OUT OF RESPECT FOR AND INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR PLANS. 
          UH, AND IF YOU EVER SEEN, WE WERE SOLDIERS, UH, WITH MEL GIBSON, UM, THE COLONEL AT THE TIME, HE, AS, AS HE GREW IN THE, IN THE CAREER AND BECAME A GENERAL, THAT'S ONE OF HIS QUOTES, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE MORE THING WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE. 
          AND AFTER WE'VE DONE THAT, THERE'S ALWAYS ONE MORE THING THAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY THE CULTURE THAT WE'RE ADOPTING IN AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          SO, QUESTIONS. 
          I, I KNOW THE QUESTION. 
          ONE OF THE QUESTIONS HAD TO DO WITH SHELTERING, RIGHT? UM, AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, HAVING ONE, ONE PLACE TO PICK UP AND AND TRANSPORT FOLKS TO SHELTERS IS HOW THE HOMELESS OFFICE DOES IT, RIGHT? FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNHOUSED. 
          SO THE IDEA IS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF, OF TRANSPORTATION TO, UM, ONE TEXAS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BUSES TAKE THEM TO WHICHEVER SHELTER THEY'RE GOING TO. 
          I THINK THAT'S HOW THE LOGISTICAL, UM, STRATEGY THAT THEY'RE USING, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MANY RESOURCES AT THE DIFFERENT SHELTERS, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO AND WHEN, UH, AND THEN AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROVIDES SOME SUPPORT IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          SO IF WE HAVE TO OPEN UP MORE, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. 
          UH, BUT THAT WAY THE FOOD IS COORDINATED, THE LODGING'S COORDINATED, UM, AND EVERYTHING IS, IS, IS EVERYONE IS REGISTERED IN ONE PLACE AND THEN TRANSPORTED OUT. 
          SO THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS. 
          THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 
          AND, AND MY IDEA, MY PLAN IS REALLY WHAT THE REST OF THE NATION KIND OF DOES. 
          WE TELL PEOPLE WHERE THE SHELTERS ARE, AND THEN THEY GO AND THEN THEY REGISTER ON SITE. 
          SO SOMEONE IN, YOU KNOW, ONE PART OF 
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THIS COUNT OR ONE OF THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME INTO DOWNTOWN REGISTER AND THEN TURN AROUND AND GO TO ANOTHER SHELTER THAT'S CLOSER TO WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          SO WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND REALLY ASKING THE MASS CARE TEAM, UM, TO REIMAGINE WHAT SHELTERING SHOULD BE, UH, IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I'M CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT WON'T HAVE TO, WE WON'T HAVE TO USE ONE TEXAS FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS FOR THE UNHOUSED. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S DAVID GRAY'S SHOP. 
          AND I THINK THEY HAVE A REALLY GOOD PROCESS, UH, EMERGENCY SHELTERS, ESPECIALLY IF THE EMERGENCY IS IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WANNA GET SHELTERING AS CLOSE TO POSSIBLE, UM, TO THE FOLKS IN THAT AREA. 
          AND THEN, SINCE I MENTIONED MASS CARE, UH, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE AUSTIN RESILIENCE NETWORK IS FANTASTIC. 
          IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN PRACTICED DURING THE MICROBURST, IT'S BEEN PRACTICED A LITTLE BIT DURING THE JULY FLOODING, UH, BECAUSE THEY'VE RESPONDED TO THE FLOODS, WHETHER IT WAS IN TRAVIS COUNTY OR IN KE COUNTY. 
          UM, REALLY KICKING THE TIRES AND FIGURING OUT HOW BEST TO COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE, UM, AND, AND REALLY LEVERAGE AND MAXIMIZE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE THERE AND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND FURTHERMORE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME TRAINING ON HOW TO TRACK THOSE, THOSE EFFORTS, BECAUSE THAT COMES WITH A DOLLAR VALUE. 
          UH, THOSE DONATED HOURS OF VOLUNTEER TIME COUNTS AS THE CITY'S SOFT MATCH, IF THERE EVER IS SOME PRESIDENTIAL, UH, REIMBURSEMENT COMING LATER DOWN THE ROAD. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER PERTAIN TO AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? YEAH, I JUST WANNA PAUSE FOR A SECOND. 
          WE HAVE A FEW MORE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE JOINED US. 
          JUST PRETEND LOOKS. 
          WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SIERRA , LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER, UM, WYNN, AND ALSO, UH, COMM COMMISSIONER ROGO. 
          DID I MISS ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS JOINED US SINCE WE TOOK ROLE? OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND WE'LL GO TO, UH, OUR FOLKS ONLINE AND, UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THE, UM, SINGLE EMBARKATION POINT. 
          UM, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, I THINK I JUST WANNA SAY OUT LOUD THAT, UM, THE INSTANCES WHERE WE ARE USING A SINGLE EMBARKATION POINT ARE ACTUALLY PROBABLY THE INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST DECENTRALIZED NEED BECAUSE THEY'RE DURING EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME COLD INSTANCES, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER. 
          AND SO, SORT OF PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT YOU SAID, THAT WE WANNA BE CLOSE TO PEOPLE, UM, WHERE INCIDENTS HAPPEN, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THOSE INSTANCES WHEN WE HAVE EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS WHERE HOMELESS STRATEGY IS TAKING THE LEAD, THAT WOULD, THAT IN MY MIND, MEANS THAT THAT IS POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE INSTANCES WHERE IT'S EVEN MORE PRESSING TO HAVE DECENTRALIZED, UM, EMBARKATION POINTS. 
          BECAUSE OUR, OUR, OUR IN-HOUSE COMMUNITY AND OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS ARE NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, UM, . 
          THEY'RE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER. 
          AND, AND SO I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT OUT LOUD AND, AND KIND OF PUSH TO THIS, THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I THINK I'M, WE'RE GONNA KEEP PUSHING. 
          UM, WE NEED MORE THAN ONE EMBARKATION POINT. 
          UM, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO SERVE NOT JUST OUR IN-HOUSE COMMUNITY, BUT OUR, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY IN NEED ALL OVER, ESPECIALLY DURING HEAT, HEAT AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          I HAVE UTMOST RESPECT FOR DIRECTOR GRAY. 
          UH, I'LL CERTAINLY WORK WITH HIM AND WE'LL APPROACH IT, UH, AS, AS ONE TEAM. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. 
          UM, I, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ABOUT REALLY PARTICULARLY EXTREME HEAT SHELTERS. 
          UM, AND I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT IN EXTREME WEATHER SHELTERS GENERALLY, BUT I I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR, OUR SYSTEM FOR WINTER WEATHER SHELTERS IS OLDER AND MORE WELL ESTABLISHED. 
          YES. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND MY CONCERN WITH THE HEAT SHELTERS IS THAT AT LEAST IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN USING REC CENTERS AND LIBRARIES, UM, AS, UH, LIKE COOLING CENTERS. 
          SURE. 
          AND MAYBE HAVING LIKE SORT OF ONE OFFICIAL COOLING CENTER THAT WAS MAYBE RIGHT, LIKE SOUTH OF THE RIVER OR SOMETHING. 
          UM, AND THAT A LOT OF THEM CLOSED WHEN IT WAS STILL EXTRAORDINARILY HOT OUTSIDE. 
          UM, AND THAT PEOPLE UNDERUTILIZED THE HEAT SHELTERS. 
          AND IT, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA BE STUCK OUTSIDE A LIBRARY ACROSS TOWN. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, WHEN IT'S, I MEAN, FIVE, 6:00 PM IS THE HOTTEST TIME IN THE DAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I KNOW THAT PHOENIX AND PHOENIX IS LIKE THE ONE CITY THAT'S DOING THE BEST ON HEAT, UM, FOR NOW HAS, HAS 24 HOUR HEAT SHELTERS OR COOLING SHELTERS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA FOR US TO GET THE FUNDING. 
          'CAUSE I'VE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEY'VE 
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SAID, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO KEEP THOSE PLACES OPEN. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE GAPS IN THAT CARE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, IF THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TO ADDRESS AND TO EXPAND, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY LEAST, UNTIL, I DON'T KNOW, 10 AT NIGHT WHEN IT ACTUALLY COOLS OFF. 
          SURE. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, NOT ONLY IS IT ON OUR AGENDA, THERE WERE REPRESENTATION FROM, FROM MY SHOP, I WENT, UM, AND THE RESILIENCE OFFICE WENT AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WENT TO HARVARD TO TALK ABOUT EXTREME HEAT RIGHT NEXT TO PHOENIX. 
          RIGHT NEXT TO ATLANTA, FLORIDA, AND SOME OTHER PLACES. 
          AND THERE WERE REALLY SOME GOOD TAKEAWAYS THAT WE, THAT WE CAME, CAME, UH, BACK WITH. 
          SO WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO MEET, TO KIND OF PULL THOSE TOGETHER AND PUT THEM INTO THE PLAN. 
          UM, AND CERTAINLY WITH THOSE, THERE'S, THERE'S TYPICALLY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE'RE UPDATING AS WE SPEAK. 
          AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ADDRESS IN THERE. 
          AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE MITIGATION PLAN, IT IDENTIFIES THE NATURAL HAZARDS THAT WE FACE, UH, THE PROBABILITY, THE VULNERABILITIES, THE IMPACTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THAT THREAT. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA ELIMINATE EXTREME HEAT, UH, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT LIFE SAFETY IS ALWAYS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR ANY DISASTER. 
          UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED IN THERE. 
          UM, SO I AM NOT SURE THAT THIS WOULD BE WITHIN YOUR BAILIWICK, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I UNDERSTAND ABOUT PHOENIX IS THAT THEY MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO UPDATE AND, UM, SYSTEMATIZE, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS ON THE SAME PAGE, UM, IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING, UH, EITHER HEAT CAUSED OR HEAT CONTRIBUTED, UH, MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S ON THE CITY AND THE COUNTY'S RADAR, BECAUSE WHAT I'VE HEARD STATEWIDE IS THAT, UH, NOBODY'S COUNTING HEAT DEATH THE SAME WAY. 
          THERE IS NO STANDARD. 
          UM, AND SO WE KIND OF DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE'RE STARTING. 
          RIGHT, OKAY. 
          IN TERMS OF HOW MANY DEATHS WE HAVE. 
          SO PUBLIC HEALTH DOES A MORTALITY, UH, STUDY, UH, REPORT THAT THEY SEND US WEEKLY. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE TRACKING IT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND USE IT FOR OUTREACH. 
          AND, AND OTHERWISE, I NEVER, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT UNTIL THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FATALITIES DUE TO DROWNING BECAUSE PEOPLE WANNA STAY COOL. 
          UM, SO, SO THAT INFORMATION IS BEING COLLECTED, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD HOPE THAT IT'S BEING CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. 
          SO I'LL DO SOME DIGGING IN THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT. 
          I WORK FOR A VERY SMALL ORGANIZATION THAT'S INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH ANY STANDARDIZATION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA OKAY. 
          FOR DETERMINING IF HE WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, UM, UH, TO A DEATH OR A SERIOUS INJURY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, UH, BUT IT'S JUST WAY TOO BIG FOR US. 
          LIKE, WE JUST KNOW IT'S A STATEWIDE PROBLEM. 
          OKAY. 
          GOTCHA. 
          OKAY, I'LL I'LL BRING THAT BACK. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE? UH, ANY QUESTIONS? UM, COMMISSIONER WYNN. 
          COMMISSIONER WYNN? UH, YES. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? MIC CHECK. 
          YES, GO AHEAD. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          HOW ARE YOU DOING? UH, DIRECTOR REDDICK. 
          UH, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, I JUST WANNA NOTE, UM, THAT I WORK CLOSELY WITH, UM, WITH AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MY CAPACITY WITH THE RED CROSS, AND, AND WE DO PART PARTNER ON DISASTER RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS, UH, ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          SO, UM, I'M EXCITED FOR THE WORK, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TRANSPARENCY AND ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          IT, IT, UH, AND HOW IT'S LINED OUT. 
          I I THINK IT REALLY CREATES A LOT OF CLARITY ON, ON WHAT, UH, AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS DOING. 
          UM, BUT I, I DID WANNA ASK, UM, WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, THE STRUCTURE FOR WARMING CENTERS AND COOLING CENTERS. 
          I, I, I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND STRATEGY IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS THE LEAD. 
          UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT RELY ON THOSE CENTERS THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE UNHOUSED. 
          UH, THEY MIGHT BE SENIORS, THEY MIGHT BE MEDICALLY FRAGILE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES IN UNDER-RESOURCED HOUSING THAT MIGHT LOSE POWER. 
          COULD YOU JUST SHARE HOW THE CITY IS ENSURING THAT COORDINATION INCLUDES THOSE BROADER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND WHETHER THERE'S CONSIDERATION FOR MORE, UH, INTERDEPARTMENTAL APPROACHES THAT REFLECTS THAT RANGE OF NEEDS? SURE. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOUR NEW CEO TOMORROW. 
          I BELIEVE IT IS. 
          UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH, WITH THE RED CROSS. 
          I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA TIGHTEN UP OUR, OUR, OUR COLD WEATHER AND EXTREME HEAT PLANS. 
          UM, BUT IN THE BASIC PLAN, WE NOW HAVE A COMMUNITY, UH, MAKEUP SECTION WHERE THOSE VULNERABILITIES, UH, ARE LISTED IN THERE 
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AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN EVERY HAZARD SPECIFIC ANNEX THAT WE DEVELOP, OR FUNCTIONAL ANNEX, UH, BEING DATA INFORMED BY HOW THE COMMUNITY REALLY IS VERSUS JUST ONE SWATH OF, WE JUST WANNA DO THIS TO CHECK THE BOX. 
          SO WE WANNA KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE NEED EXISTS, HOW WE CAN HELP MEET THOSE NEEDS. 
          AND WE'RE ONLY GONNA GET THAT BY TALKING WITH FOLKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO THE, THE INSTRUCTION THAT, THAT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF HAS BEEN TO GO OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TALK WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, WE'RE TALKING WITH ALL KINDS OF GROUPS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR, THEIR ISSUES AND CONCERNS ARE ACCURATELY REFLECTED. 
          THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES ARE ACCURATELY, UH, UH, IN INCLUDED. 
          AND ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A STRATEGIC GROUP OF FOLKS WITH NO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER, DIFFERENT MAKEUPS OF THE COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT DEMOGRA, UH, DEMOGRAPHICS, DIFFERENT FAITHS, WHATEVER IT IS. 
          SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, UH, WHAT, WHAT CULTURAL BARRIERS WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN, CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THESE HAZARDS TOGETHER. 
          SO HAVING A DATA DRIVEN, THE DATA INFORMED PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HAZARD SPECIFIC PLANS MEET THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS, THOSE VULNERABILITIES, AND HAVING RESOURCES THAT CAN ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY, THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, UM, AND, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK CHAIR RAMIREZ, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE TWO QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS WITH, UM, THOSE DARNED WEATHER RADIOS, WHICH WE'RE ALL ADVISED TO KEEP AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY KITS. 
          UM, AND I WANNA SAY THAT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, UM, MAYBE EVEN LONGER, UM, IT'S BEEN SPOTTY, THE, LIKE, THE, THE, THE, THE NOTIFICATIONS BEING SENT THROUGH WEATHER RADIOS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY HAVE BEEN SPOTTY, UM, TO THE POINT THAT I DON'T GET MY WEEKLY WEDNESDAY 11:00 AM TEST. 
          UM, WHICH IS STRANGE. 
          LIKE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE CLOCKWORK. 
          IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE A TORNADO SIREN THAT GOES OFF, UM, TO TEST. 
          UM, AND THOSE AREN'T COMING THROUGH. 
          SO JUST AN ALERT ABOUT THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND IS JUST ON THE HEELS OF STUFF THAT HAPPENED IN JULY AND THE JULY 4TH FLOODS, UM, AND EMERGENCY EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 
          UH, WHAT DOES AN AUSTIN EMERGENCY, UH, MANAGEMENT HAVE IN PLACE FOR, FOR AFTER HOURS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THINGS HAPPEN QUICKLY? UM, LIKE A, A DO YOU HAVE A DUTY PHONE? ARE THERE HOURS? LIKE WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL FOR AFTER HOURS INCIDENTS? OH, I MEAN, CERTAINLY OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A DUTY OFFICER ON, YOU KNOW, 24 7, BUT TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO, TO WAKE YOU UP DURING A DISASTER, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT DOES. 
          SO LONG AS FOLKS DON'T OPT OUT OF THE SYSTEM, AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, TEXAS LEADS THE NATION WITH FOLKS WHO OPT OUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, ONE BEING ALERT FATIGUE. 
          SO, SO AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP PREVENT ALERT FATIGUE, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, INFORM THE COMMUNITY THAT IF WE CAN'T ALERT YOU, WAIT, IF WE CAN'T CONTACT YOU, WE CAN'T ALERT YOU. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE WEATHER RADIO. 
          SO I'M REALLY, I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND I'LL DO SOME FOLLOW UP BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEND ALERTS THROUGH THE WIRELESS, OR I'M SORRY, THE, THE ALL HAZARDS RADIO AS WELL, UM, WHICH DOESN'T RELY ON, YOU KNOW, WIFI OR, OR CELL COVERAGE. 
          SO I, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. 
          IT'S NOT JUST, UH, AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHO SENDS INFORMATION OUT THROUGH THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE'LL RECONVENE AND KIND OF TALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE THINGS. 
          BUT TO HELP IDENTIFY THAT, WE'VE ALREADY SCHEDULED OUT DOING A TEST EVERY MONTH OF THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT, AND WE'LL HAVE TO INCLUDE THE WEATHER RADIO ON THAT, UM, NOT EVERY MONTH TO EVERYBODY. 
          UH, WE'LL PROBABLY DO IT IN ONE, UM, ONE, UH, COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE MONTH, ANOTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT THE NEXT MONTH, AND COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE IT, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS AS TO WHY, UM, WE SAW FIRSTHAND FOLKS NOT GETTING MESSAGES AT KERRVILLE OR EVEN AT TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND KEEP IT ON EVERYONE'S RADAR OF HOW WE'RE GONNA BE COMMUNICATING. 
          SOME FOLKS EVEN THOUGHT THAT WE STILL HAD WARNING SIRENS HERE. 
          SO AGAIN, JUST HAVING THAT EDUCATION OF WHAT WE USE, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHEN, UH, THAT THAT'LL BE FORTHCOMING. 
          AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN DALLAS AND, UM, AND IS VERY ACCUSTOMED TO, UM, UM, WEEKLY TORNADO SIREN TESTS, UM, THEIR ABSENCE WAS LIKE ACUTE WHEN I MOVED TO AUSTIN ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. 
          UM, IT'S STUNNING TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE THEM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE RELY ON WEATHER RADIOS. 
          SO, 
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UM, SO YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE HAVE ANY OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS? OKAY. 
          UM, I, ONE QUESTION. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME COMING BEFORE THIS IS A COMMISSION, ONE OF THE, OUR ROLES IS TO HELP TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ABOUT NEEDS. 
          UM, SOMETIMES FINANCIAL, SOMETIMES OTHERWISE. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'RE FAIRLY, YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL LEARNING AND COMING UP WITH ALL THESE NEW PLANS, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO DO OR THAT YOU NEED THAT'D BE USEFUL, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE COULD DO? NOT YET, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND LET ME SAY THIS. 
          WHEN, WHEN WE ARE ASKED TO COME UP WITH IDEAS TO ADDRESS FLOODING AND ALERTS, UM, FOR THE SPECIAL SESSION, IT WAS THE MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE WENT TO. 
          UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S WORK THAT'S, THAT'S DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION, WATERSHED, A LOT OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS. 
          SO WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE GONNA BE, THEY'RE TYPICALLY IN THERE. 
          UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME THAT DON'T MAKE IT, 'CAUSE IT, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE MITIGATION PLAN. 
          SO I WILL, I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I'LL CERTAINLY COME BACK WITH, WITH SOME IDEAS. 
          WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BE A REGULAR, UM, PARTNER PRESENTER, SO WE CAN WORK IN AS IT'S OBVIOUSLY TOUCHES SO MANY LAYERS OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR AUSTIN. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN 
          [2.	Public Safety Quarterly Report, including an update on car burglaries and the G-File Public Information Requests, Austin Police Department.]
THE NEXT STEP, CHIEF HENDERSON, WE FLIP FLOP. 
          SO IF YOU'RE ABLE AND READY TO FOR, UH, THE AUSTIN, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY QUARTERLY REPORT FROM AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN UPDATE ON CAR BURGLARIES AS WELL AS CHIEF FILE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, CHIEF OF STAFF, ROBIN HENDERSON, READY TO PRESENT ON ABDS QUARTERLY REPORT. 
          AND SO, UM, STARTING WITH OUR FIRST SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          OR IF I, OR IF I WANNA GRAB THE, YOU WANT ME TO GRAB A CLICKER? I THAT MIGHT. 
          COOL. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF OUR CRIME REDUCTION, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, OF COURSE RELATED TO AUTO THEFT. 
          AND SO WE ARE SEEING THAT, UH, AUTO THEFT INCIDENTS ARE DOWN APPROXIMATELY 31%, UM, OVER THE PAST YEAR AND APPROXIMATELY 18% OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          AND OF COURSE, SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES INCLUDE PARTNERING WITH, UM, DEALERSHIPS AND ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER THEFT LOCATIONS AND RECOVERY LOCATIONS, AND THEN PUTTING IN MITIGATING TYPE, UH, PREVENTATIVE MEASURES WHEN IT COMES TO IDENTIFYING WHERE AUTO THEFTS ARE, UH, OCCURRING. 
          BUT THEN ALSO WHERE THE RECOVERIES ARE ARE HAPPENING. 
          ALSO WORKING ON THEFT AT STORAGE FACILITIES. 
          WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN, UH, INCREASE IN AUTO, I'M SORRY, IN THEFT FROM STORAGE FACILITIES, ALSO FROM RESIDENTIAL GARAGES. 
          AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S RECENTLY BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT. 
          SO WE ARE NOW PUTTING IN, UH, FORMULATING INITIATIVES IN ORDER TO ADDRESS, ADDRESS THOSE STEPS AT STORAGE FACILITIES AND AT, UM, RESIDENTIAL, UM, PLACES. 
          AND SO SOMETHING THAT WE INITIALLY ARE GOING TO BE DOING IS JUST CREATING MAGNETS, UM, THAT WE CAN PLACE ON, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, OVERHEAD DOORS FOR THEIR GARAGES. 
          OUR OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE GOING TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED, UH, CHECKING THEIR GARAGE DOOR, AND IF EVERYTHING'S GOOD, GREAT, AND IF NOT, THEN PLACING A MAGNET ON THERE. 
          THAT WAY WHEN SOMEBODY COMES HOME, THEY'LL REALIZE, HEY, I LEFT MY GARAGE DOOR UNLOCKED. 
          WE'RE HERE, WE'RE, WE'RE CHECKING. 
          AND THEY JUST NEED TO MAKE A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY SECURE THEIR PROPERTY. 
          WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE RECKLESS WRITING. 
          YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS, YOUR NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WE'VE HAD RELATED TO THE SPEEDING ON 2222. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH, WITH TDOT IN ORDER TO PUT, PUT ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE OUT THERE, JUST THE SPEED SIGNS, UM, IDENTIFYING PEOPLE HOW FAST THEY'RE SPEEDING, BUT THEN ALSO JUST MESSAGE MESSAGING SIGNS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          ALSO, ALSO, OUR, UH, MOTORS UNITS HAVE BEEN DOING PROACTIVE INITIATIVES OUT THERE TOO, TO ADDRESS THE SPEEDING. 
          THAT'S ON 2222. 
          ALSO WORKING ON OUR PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS THAT'S LOOKING HOW, UM, BASICALLY HOW LOCATIONS, UH, ATTRIBUTE TO THE CRIMINAL NEXUS AND IDENTIFYING PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND THEN WORKING ON WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT, NOT JUST THE A PD RESOURCES, BUT WHAT OTHER CITY RESOURCES MIGHT WE LEVERAGE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS ANY KIND OF PLACE, NETWORK, UM, INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMES THAT OCCUR THERE IN ORDER TO DISRUPT THE, THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, DISRUPT THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND BRING RESOLUTION TO THAT LOCATION. 
          CRIMES AT PARKS, WE ARE MAKING A CONCERTED EFFORT TO BE COLLABORATIVE WITH THE DA'S OFFICE, WITH THE CA'S OFFICE, AND ALSO WITH DPS TO ADDRESS BURGLARIES, VEHICLE BURGLARIES IN ADDITION TO CRIMES AT OUR LOCAL PARKS. 
          WE'RE ALSO, UH, REDEPLOYING 
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OUR MOUNTED UNIT. 
          THEY'RE NOW DOING REGULAR PATROLS IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS. 
          THE COMMUNITY ENJOYS SEEING, SEEING THEM, THEM OUT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ABLE TO NAVIGATE SPACES THAT TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT EITHER ON A, UH, A BIKE OR SOME OTHER, UH, MOTORIZED VEHICLE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE. 
          SO OUR AMOUNT OF PATROL HAS BEEN DOING SOME ACTIVE PATROLS THERE. 
          IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, COORDINATED ENFORCEMENT, UM, PROSECUTION, MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING IN CONTACT WITH THE DA'S OFFICE AND THE C CA'S OFFICE WHEN WE DO HAVE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT WE BELIEVE NEED TO HAVE THAT EXTRA POINT OF CONTACT OR THAT EXTRA INTEREST FROM, FROM THEIR OFFICE, JUST SO THEY'LL UNDERSTAND THE REPETITIVE NATURE AND THE SERIOUS NATURE OF SOME OF THE OFFENDERS THAT WE RUN RUN ACROSS IN THESE, THESE AREAS. 
          UM, ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES. 
          WE DON'T WANNA JUST BE A REVOLVING DOOR OR PEOPLE TO GET APATHETIC TO REPORTING CRIME. 
          WE WANT THEM TO KNOW, HEY, IF YOU, IF THERE'S A CRIME, YOU'RE A VICTIM OF CRIME AND YOU BRING IT TO OUR, OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE'S GONNA BE CONSEQUENCES RELATED TO THAT CRIMINAL CONDUCT. 
          GOING ON TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, YOU REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON OUR GFI RELEASE. 
          AND SO FAR THROUGH MID-SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 184 TOTAL REQUESTS, 45 OPEN REQUEST. 
          AND OF THOSE 139 REQUESTS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. 
          UM, UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE GETTING PROCESSED ON A ROLLING BASIS. 
          SO AS WE CLOSE, WE GET MORE. 
          UM, AND SOMETIMES, UH, WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE REQUESTER AND CLARIFY WHAT THE REQUEST IS AND JUST UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PROCESS, BUT THEY ARE BEING WORKED, WORKED THROUGH. 
          BUT JUST UNDERSTAND AS WE CLEAR THEM OUT, WE ARE OF COURSE ACCEPTING, ACCEPTING, ACCEPTING MORE OF THOSE, THOSE G FILE REQUESTS. 
          ALSO, THE TIME RELATED TO EACH ONE OF THE G FILE REQUESTS DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF REDACTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT FILE. 
          ALSO, DEPENDING ON THE OFFICER'S HISTORY WITH THE DEPARTMENT, HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE IN THEIR FILE JUST BASED ON HOW LONG THEY'VE BEEN AT THE DEPARTMENT. 
          OF COURSE, A NEWER OFFICER IS GONNA HAVE LESS MATERIAL IN THEIR G FILE, WHEREAS A, A MORE SEASONED OFFICER, SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, 28 YEARS, IT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO PROCESS IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION THAT REQUESTS IN THE FILE. 
          IT ITSELF, THOSE G FOLLOW UP REQUESTS DO, UH, FOLLOW ALONG WITH A FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST. 
          AND WE, OF COURSE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES RELATED TO THAT. 
          AND SO WHILE I'M SPEAKING TO THOSE REDACTIONS, THAT'S PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 
          SO ON AVERAGE, WE, WE RECEIVE ABOUT 633 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST A WEEK. 
          AND SO UNDERSTAND WE ARE HAVING TO PROCESS THE GFI REDACTION AND RELEASE, BUT ALSO JUST OUR STANDARD PIR THAT WE GET OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS THAT WE GET IS IN ADDITION TO THE GFI REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE TOO. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE HELPING US PROCESS THOSE REQUESTS, BUT JUST KNOW, UM, THOSE ARE A LOT MM-HMM . 
          BUT WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, TO FULFILL THOSE. 
          AND GOING TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS. 
          SO OF COURSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY DOING, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS. 
          WE WERE SUPER BUSY OVER THE SUMMERTIME. 
          WE HAD A LOT OF SUMMERTIME FUN TIME, UH, DOING OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, OF COURSE SHARING SAFETY MESSAGES WITH, UM, VARIOUS GROUPS. 
          WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR YOUTH AND SCHOOLS TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATION SHIP WITH OUR, OUR YOUNGER COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE ENGAGED, OF COURSE, WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO UNDERSTAND KEY ISSUES, UM, RELATED TO OUR PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS, AND ALSO, OF COURSE IN INTERACTED WITH VARIOUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT, UH, NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FAIRS. 
          ALSO, WE STARTED OUR 106 POLICE ACADEMY, UM, COMMUNITY POLICE ACADEMY. 
          WE JUST STARTED ABOUT, UM, SEPTEMBER 2ND. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED. 
          UM, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 25 STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS, AND IT'LL END ON DECEMBER 25TH AND IT'S 14 WEEKS. 
          AND TYPICALLY THEY MEET ONCE A WEEK ON TUESDAYS AND THEY MEET FOR FOUR HOURS, AND THEY ARE EAGER TO GET THROUGH THE, THE DOOR AND GET, GET TO LEARNING. 
          AND SO IT'S BEEN, UH, AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE TO BE A PART OF THAT AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO ENGAGE WITH THEM AND UNDERSTAND. 
          THEY JUST LEARN FROM A RANGE OF TOPICS RELATED TO OUR DEPARTMENT, TO OUR OPERATIONS. 
          ALSO, WE HAVE OUR FORENSICS DEPARTMENT THAT COMES OUT OUR WELLNESS DIVISION, AND IT'S JUST A WHOLE MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE EDUCATE THE, THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON THAT ARE PART OF THE COURSE. 
          WE WILL BE OPENING UP APPLICATIONS AGAIN TOWARDS THE END OF DECEMBER FOR STARTING A CLASS AT THE BEGINNING OF, I'M SORRY, AT THE END OF JANUARY. 
          SO IF ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING DOES HAVE AN INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICE ACADEMY, PLEASE LOOK FOR THOSE, UH, APPLICATIONS TO BE COMING OPEN. 
          PROBABLY DECEMBER TIMEFRAME FOR A JANUARY START. 
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UM, AND SINCE THE INCEPTION OF OUR COMMUNITY POLICE ACADEMY IN 1987, WE'VE HAD 2,846 PARTICIPANTS GRADUATE FROM THE A-P-D-C-P-A. 
          SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS. 
          IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM, VERY PROUD OF IT. 
          COOL. 
          AND JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT I SPOKE TO. 
          UH, OF COURSE, OUR SPEED CAMPAIGN WITH THE TXDOT, WE HOSTED SEVERAL BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY FAIRS. 
          UM, NOT JUST HANDING OUT, UH, SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPLIES, BUT ALSO GUN SAFETY AWARENESS, STRANGER DANGER, UM, SAFE CROSSING AT, UH, CROSS GUARDS TRAFFIC SAFETY FOR, FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WHEN THEY COME TO ROADWAYS AND, AND CROSSINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING VI VIGILANT WHEN IT COMES THERE. 
          ALSO HAD, OF COURSE, COFFEE WITH A COP, WHICH IS A STANDING ROTATION. 
          SO BY ALL MEANS, IF UH, YOU SEE A COFFEE WITH A COP GOING ON, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN. 
          WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU. 
          WE'VE HAD SAFETY TRAINING FOR OUR OLDER COMMUNITY RELATED TO 9 1 1 VERSUS 3 1 1. 
          AND THEN ALSO CYBERSECURITY SAFETY, UM, FOR OUR SENIORS, PARTICIPATE IN OUR PRIDE FESTIVAL. 
          WE ALSO HAD THE WALMART RE GRAND OPENING IN SOUTH PARK MEADOWS, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY GOOD FACILITY DOWN THERE THAT THEY'VE, THAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE REBRANDING OF THE, UH, WITH THE WALMART DOWN THERE. 
          AND SO IT'S VERY NICE. 
          SO THEY INVITED US TO THERE AND WE JUST HAD A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT THAT THEY, UM, THAT THEY ALLOWED US TO HOST AT THE RE GRAND OPENING. 
          SO THAT WAS VERY NICE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN THE RAKSHA DU, WHICH IS A HINDU FESTIVAL, AND THEY CAME DOWN AND, UM, DID A BLESSING OF OUR, UH, OUR STAFF AND INVITED US TO PARTICIPATE TO THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS VERY NICE. 
          THEY DO THAT ONCE A YEAR. 
          SOME OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE ARE, UM, BUSY WITH THIS WEEK, OF COURSE, WE HAD ACL THIS PAST WEEKEND. 
          UM, THERE IS A, A GREAT STORY THAT CAME OUT OF THAT. 
          ONE OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS ON OUR TRAIL DOWN THERE AND GOT BIT BY A VENOMOUS SNAKE. 
          AND THE, THE TRAIL HEAD WAS INACCESSIBLE TO MOTORIZED UNITS, SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUR MOUNTED UNIT DOWN THERE. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO ADMINISTER ANTI-VENOM ON SITE, UM, AND THEN HAD TO TRANSPORT HER OUT ON, ON ONE OF OUR MOUNTED HORSES BECAUSE WE, WE COULDN'T GET ANY MOTORIZED UNITS OUT THERE. 
          AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE HER TO THE TRAILHEAD AND PASS HER OFF TO OUR, OUR TEAMMATES WITH, WITH EMS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TRANSPORT HER TO, TO A HOSPITAL. 
          AND SO JUST, UM, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD THAT THEY WERE, THEY WERE OUT THERE, BUT THAT WAS JUST A UNIQUE SITUATION THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, BUT WE WERE PREPARED, PREPARED FOR AT A, AT ACL. 
          SO, UM, ALSO WE HAVE FIVE CONCERTS GOING ON AT THE MOODY CENTER THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IN ADDITION TO THREE SOCCER GAMES OVER AT THE Q2 STADIUM. 
          WE ARE BUSY, BUT ALL, ALL POINTS ARE COVERED. 
          AND TRULY, IT'S A, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE, NOT JUST WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS PARTNERS, BUT ALSO WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION THAT GOES ON AND MAKE MAKING SURE IT'S A SAFE AND FUN EVENT. 
          AND SO JUST TO SHOUT OUT TO, TO ALL MY TEAMMATES THAT ARE HELPING US, UM, WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE SEVERAL EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON, REMINDER THAT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TOMORROW NIGHT. 
          WE HAD OUR KICKOFF PARTY TWO WEEKENDS AGO, SEPTEMBER 7TH, WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND GET RESOURCES, TIPS, SUPPLIES, UM, FOR THEIR NATIONAL NIGHT EVENT THAT THEY ARE HOSTING AT THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD PARTIES. 
          AND SO THAT IS TOMORROW NIGHT, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OCTOBER 7TH, WE HAVE 266 PARTIES THAT ARE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD PARTIES THAT ARE REGISTERED. 
          SO CHIEF DAVIS WILL BE OUT, I WILL BE OUT. 
          UM, OUR PATROL OFFICERS WILL BE OUT JUST STOPPING IN ON, ON PARTIES AND OUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES. 
          SO IF YOU SEE A PARTY GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD MIND IF YOU, IF YOU POPPED IN AND, AND AND JOINED. 
          SO, OH, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY'S TAKING ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. 
          IT'S GONNA BE WARM, BUT IT'S WORTH IT. 
          IT'S, IT'S ONCE A ONCE A NIGHT, UM, ONCE A YEAR SO WE CAN POWER THROUGH THE HEAT FOR ONE NIGHT. 
          UM, ALSO WE ARE WORKING ON OUR TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT. 
          WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH A ISD AND THAT'S GONNA BE ON OCTOBER 25TH. 
          AND UNDERSTAND THAT EVENT IS OVER AT, UH, REAGAN FIELD AND YOU CAN COME DRESSED UP, KIDDOS DRESSED UP, AND YOU JUST DRIVE THROUGH AND YOU GET LITERALLY LOADED UP WITH, WITH CANDY. 
          YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GET OUTTA YOUR CAR. 
          YOU CAN JUST, IT'S LITERALLY A DRIVE THROUGH FOR CANDY DISPENSER, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO, UM, HOPE EVERYBODY COMES OUT FOR THAT, FOR THAT EVENT. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S OCTOBER 25TH, UH, AT, UH, 71 0 5 BERKMAN DRIVE AT NELSON FIELD. 
          GOING TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE ALSO DOING OUR COMMUNITY FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM AND IT'S A ANNUAL COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT FOSTERS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITIES WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          UM, AND THE POLICE RELATED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS RENTAL PROPERTIES. 
          AND THAT IS A GRANT FUNDED. 
          PART OF THE RESULTS ARE 
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GRANT FUNDED AND SO PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAMS, FOLLOWING THROUGH IMPLEMENTING SAFETY PROCEDURES AND SAFETY PLANS MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT. 
          AND SO IT'S JUST AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM. 
          WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH PARD. 
          THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE STARTING WITH PAR FOR AN A AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE A POSITIVE, THAT INTERACTION WITH OUR YOUTH AND ALSO TO BUILD, UH, TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS. 
          THERE'S GONNA BE, OF COURSE, EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS RELATED TO SAFETY AND PREVENTION AND JUST AWARENESS. 
          AND THEN ALSO GONNA DO SOME FUN, FUN SPORTS WITH THE KIDS TRANSITIONING TO SOME OF OUR DATA. 
          SO THIS IS OUR COMBINED P ZERO AND P ONE CALLED VOLUME. 
          THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR MEAN. 
          AND SO THE P ZERO IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND P ONE IS OUR NEXT PRIORITY CALLS. 
          AND SO THE FIVE YEAR MEAN WE ARE ESSENTIALLY HOLDING STEADY WITH OUR FIVE YEAR MEAN AS IT COMES TO OUR COMBINED CALL VOLUME RELATED TO P ZERO AND P ONES. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMBINED P ZERO AND P ONE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE FIVE YEAR MEAN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN OUR RESPONSE TIMES. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT ON OUR NEXT REPORT OUT, THERE'LL BE A DROP DUE TO THE REALLOCATION OF THE OFFICERS THAT TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST. 
          SO THAT WAS AUGUST 24TH THAT THAT REALLOCATION HAPPENED, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE ON PATROL. 
          SO WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL SEE A, UH, A DECREASE IN THOSE RESPONSE TIMES IN THE NEXT REPORT OUT THAT I DO FOR THE, FOR OUR QUARTERLY REPORT. 
          NEXT IS OUR STAFFING LEVELS FOR STARTING WITH OUR SWORN PERSONNEL. 
          OUR CURRENT VACANCY RATE IS AT 17.6% FOR OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF. 
          OUR VACANCY RATE IS AT 9.3%. 
          AND THEN FOR OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, WE ARE AT 6.7%. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          CONCUR. 
          THAT IS, UH, TO GIVE A THUMBS UP. 
          SO, UH, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THERE'S BEEN SOME GREAT WORK GOING ON OVER AT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
          UM, WE HAVE A VERY, UH, VALUED STAFF OUT THERE AND THEY ARE JUST, UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN. 
          THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A RESOURCE GAP AS FAR AS RECOGNI RECOGNIZING OUR EMPLOYEES AND WHAT THEY DO AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE COMPENSATED APP APPROPRIATELY FOR, FOR THAT. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD JUST TREMENDOUS OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CAREER PROGRESSION PLAN. 
          BUT THEN ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO RETAINING OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SAME TURNOVER THAT WE DID BEFORE. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE HAPPY EMPLOYEES THAT WANT TO WORK, WANNA WORK AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR NEXT SLIDE IS OUR PATROL STAFFING LEVELS BASED ON AREA OF TOWN, OUR SECTORS. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW YOU'LL SEE OUR HIGHEST VACANCY RATE IS IN EDWARD, WHICH IS NORTHEAST AUSTIN, AND THEN FRANK, WHICH IS IN SOUTHEAST AUSTIN. 
          NOW WE DO HAVE A CADET CLASS THAT JUST GRADUATED THREE WEEKS AGO. 
          HOWEVER, THEY'RE STILL IN PROBATIONARY STATUS, SO THEY ARE RIDING WITH THEIR FTOS. 
          SO THEY HAVE NOT GONE ON WHAT WE CALL SOLO, MEANING THAT THEY CAN FUNCTION AS AN OFFICER BY THEMSELVES. 
          AND SO THOSE 34 OFFICERS, ONCE THEY GET CUT LOOSE FROM THEIR SOLO PHASE, WHICH LASTS THREE MONTHS, WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN THOSE STAFFING NUMBERS. 
          AND THE STANDARD ALLOCATION AT THAT TIME THAT THEY BECOME AVAILABLE IS THAT THEY GET PLACED IN THOSE SECTORS WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF, OF VACANCY RATES. 
          AND SO AGAIN, AT THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT, WE'LL WE'LL LIKELY SEE AN, SEE A, A INCREASE, UM, IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE TWO AREAS. 
          'CAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A SHORTAGE THERE, WHICH IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE OTHER AREAS. 
          SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO OUR SWORN VACANCY RATES, JUST SHOWING OVER THIS IS AIM OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
          SO THE GREEN IS FY 23, THE RED IS FY 24, AND THEN THE BLUE IS FY 25. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AT AN APPROXIMATE 17%, UM, VACANCY RATE. 
          UNDERSTAND THAT THAT FLUCTUATES DEPENDING ON WHEN OUR CLASSES GRADUATE AND WHEN THEY GET, GET CUT, CUT LOOSE. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE TRENDING TO WHERE WE ARE HAVING LESS VACANCIES AT OUR, OUR SWORN STAFFING LEVELS AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THAT CONTINUAL ATTRITION. 
          ONE OF THE ASKS FROM THE COMMISSION GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE WAS RELATED TO ATTRITION SPECIFICALLY TO OUR CADET CLASS. 
          SO THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION IN OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS, SO ADDED THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE HAD A HIGH ATTRITION RATE FOR OUR PAST THREE CLASSES, THE ONE 52ND THROUGH THE ONE 54TH. 
          PLEASE NOTE THAT THOSE THREE CLASSES WERE HIRED WHEN WE WERE OUT OF CONTRACT. 
          AND SO IT CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE CAN DO OUR TESTING PROCESS, THE WAY THAT WE CAN DO OUR ONBOARDING, 
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WHICH WE ANTICIPATE THEN LED TO THE HIGH ATTRITION RATE THAT WE DID. 
          DID SEE RIGHT NOW THE ONE 55TH IS IN SESSION AND THEY WERE HIRED UNDER, UNDER CONTRACT. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SITTING AT A 33% ATTRITION RATE THERE, BUT THEY ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE, UM, IN TWO MORE MONTHS. 
          AND SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT IN BETWEEN THAT TIME THAT THEY GRADUATE AND THE FIFTH 33% THAT WE HAVE NOW, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A DRAMATIC IN INCREASE THERE. 
          AND SO BEING UNDER CONTRACT GIVES US TO THE ABILITY TO PUT THOSE HIRING AND VETTING PROCESSES IN PLACE TO NOT HAVE THAT SAME HIGH AMOUNT OF ATTRITION. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE 1 56 CADET CLASS THAT JUST STARTED. 
          THEY HAVE 49 IN THAT CLASS, AND THEN THE ONE 57TH, THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO START IN JANUARY OF 2026 ON THE 26TH. 
          SO GOING TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR, OUR CADET PERSONNEL THAT ARE COMING THROUGH OUR DOOR. 
          WE REALIZE WE'RE IN SOME, UH, UNIQUE SPACES WHEN IT COMES TO JUST POLICING OVERALL. 
          UM, OF COURSE COMING OUT OF COVID AND ALSO FINDING THE RIGHT CANDIDATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE HIRING, THE HIRING PROCESS, BUT THEN IT WILL THEN YIELD A POLICE OFFICER. 
          SO, UM, TO HAVE THEM HIRED ON BUT THEN NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE ACADEMY. 
          UM, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE INTENTIONAL ABOUT GIVING THEM THE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH THIS STRINGENT PROCESS. 
          IT'S A LONG PROCESS AND IT'S A, IT'S A CHALLENGING ONE FOR, FOR A REASON, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANTED TO TAKE EXTRA MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THOSE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES. 
          SO WE'VE, UH, IMPLEMENTED AN ENHANCED ONBOARDING PROCESS, AND ALSO SUPPORT DURING THE RECRUITING PROCESS IN AND OF ITSELF, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THESE ARE THE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO YOU, BUT THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY START ACCESSING THOSE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES AS SOON AS THEY GET THEIR OFFER OFFER LETTERS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GET HIRED ON TO START PROVIDING THOSE SUPPORTIVE RESOURCES. 
          UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH A PHYSICAL PREPAREDNESS GUIDE IN ADDITION TO OPTIONAL, UH, PHYSICAL FITNESS SESSIONS THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE WITH OUR STAFF. 
          SO IT'S OUR, UH, PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND ALSO OUR SWORN STAFF THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE PHYSICAL FITNESS SESSIONS JUST FOR ACCLIMATION TO THE, TO THE HEAT ACCLIMATION TO WHAT THE TRAINING PROGRAM IS. 
          UM, WE PROVIDE THAT TO 'EM. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, UH, EARLY ACADEMIC INTERVENTIONS FOR CADETS THAT ARE AT RISK OF FAILING EXAMS. WE PUT MEASURES IN PLACE. 
          WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY FAIL AN EXAM. 
          WE IMPLEMENT THAT TUTORING PROCESS AND WE SEE THAT THEY'RE HAVING LOW QUIZ SCORES, UM, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, EVEN THEIR, THEIR MAJOR EXAMS, IT'S NOT TO THE FAIL POINT YET, BUT THEY'RE TRENDING ON THE LOW SIDE TO WHERE WE HAVE CONCERNS. 
          SO IMPLEMENTING STEPS AND PROCESSES THERE TO DO THE MENTORING STUDY SESSIONS. 
          AND THEN ALSO THEY CAN HAVE ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING WITH OUR INSTRUCTORS WHO TO ACTUALLY TAUGHT THE MATERIAL ITSELF SO THEY CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RETAINING THAT INFORMATION. 
          ALSO, HAVING A STANDARDIZED DELIVERY, UM, AND ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF LESSON PLANS. 
          THAT WAY THE MATERIAL IS CONSISTENT. 
          IT'S NOT ONE STYLE HERE IN A DIFFERENT STYLE, IN A DIFFERENT LESSON PLAN. 
          EVERYTHING'S CONSISTENT. 
          THE MATERIAL IS BEING, UM, PROVIDED IN A CONSISTENT AND COHESIVE MANNER. 
          AND THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE THAT DIVERSION OR CONFUSION. 
          I'M SEEING A DIFFERENT STYLE OR IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME FLOW, AND THEN THEY'RE JUST HAVING TO ADJUST TO THAT. 
          SO WE ARE CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE JUST PROCESS TO WHERE EVERYTHING IS STREAMLINED AND CONSISTENT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VICTIM SERVICES THAT IS ASSIGNED TO THE TRAINING ACADEMY FULL-TIME. 
          UM, THEY CAN PROVIDE ANYTHING FROM COUNSELING TO E-M-D-D-R TO ONE-ON-ONE TO GROUP, UM, SESSIONS WITH OUR CADETS. 
          AND THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR OUR, OUR STAFF ARE, ARE HIRED ON STAFF TOO, BUT THEY PRIMARILY CATER TO OUR CADETS. 
          AND THEN ALSO OUR DOG THERAPY PROGRAM ALSO GOES OUT THERE TOO, WITH OUR CADETS. 
          TRANSITIONING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, TALKING ABOUT OUR STAFF STABILIZATION. 
          AND SO OUR PLAN NOW IS TO HAVE SMALLER CADET CLASSES. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE ONE THAT WE JUST HIRED. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AROUND THE 50 TO 60 RANGE WHEN WE'RE HIRING ON THAT WAY, WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR CADETS HAVE THAT ATTENTION, THAT INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION THAT THEY, THAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT WE ARE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT WE ARE, WE ARE HOLDING. 
          UM, SO WE AREN'T GONNA BE HAVING FOUR, UH, A YEAR WITH THAT CYCLICAL START, START DATE. 
          NOT ONLY THAT, WHEN APPLICATIONS, WE GET APPLICATIONS IN THE DOOR, IF PARTICULARLY THEY'RE NOT PREPARED OR READY TO GO AT THAT TIME, IT'S ONLY A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE TO WAIT TO THEN 
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START ANOTHER CADET CLASS. 
          AND WE DON'T LOSE THAT, THAT POTENTIAL INTEREST THAT THEY HAVE IN JOINING OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS TO GRADUATE APPROXIMATELY 50 CADETS PER CLASS, AND WE'RE SEEING A DOWNTREND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SWORN ATTRITION. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MANY OFFICERS THAT ARE LEAVING THE, THE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE SEPARATIONS THAT YOU SEE OFF TO THE SIDE THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR ATTRITION IS DEFINITELY MUCH IMPROVED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT AN AVERAGE OF 6.8, UM, OFFICERS THAT LEAVE THE DEPARTMENT EACH MONTH, WHETHER THAT IS THROUGH, UM, THEM CHOOSING TO LEAVE OR EITHER A RETIREMENT OR EVEN A POTENTIAL, UM, INDEFINITE SUSPENSION. 
          BUT STILL, THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE DRASTICALLY IMPROVED FROM, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF, COUPLE OF YEARS, YEARS AGO. 
          AND THEN WITH THE STABILIZATION THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE INCREASE OF CADETS, UM, THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING PROMISING THAT WE'LL BE FULLY STAFFED BY THE END OF CALENDAR YEAR IN 2028. 
          UM, IT'S A GOAL THAT CHIEF DAVIS HAS. 
          I'M DIRECTLY OVER OUR TRAINING ACADEMY NOW, AND CHIEF DAVIS HAS PUT, PUT ME ON IT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE HIRING THEM, WE'RE NOT LOWERING THE STANDARD. 
          IT IS STILL THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS THAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN HAS, OUR AUSTIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE FOR OUR CADETS WHEN THEY GRADUATE. 
          BUT BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING AND FOSTERING A CULTURE OF INCLUSION AND NOT, WE ARE TRYING TO OUT PROCESS PEOPLE. 
          SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RELATED TO OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS, OUR TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION AND HEROES RESOURCE, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM. 
          WE HAD A, A RESOURCE FAIR WITH THEM ON SEPTEMBER 17TH. 
          WE ARE ALSO DOING, UH, BETTER ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETES, UM, AND HAVING INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING STUDENT ATHLETES, THEY SHOW MORE COMMITMENT AND EAGERNESS TO SERVE. 
          THEY LIKE THAT COMRADERY, THAT TEAMWORK ASPECT OF IT. 
          SO FOCUSING ON STUDENT STUDENT ATHLETE, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAP THAT WE, WE HADN'T UTILIZED AS A, AS A ACCESS POINT OR A RESOURCE. 
          SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR COPS, UH, GRANT RECRUIT LETTING MODEL THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH THE DOJ. 
          IT'S A GRANT FUNDED PROJECT THAT WE SUBMITTED, AND WE, WE GOT AWARDED IT AND WE WORKED ON IT FOR NINE WEEKS OVER THE SUMMER WHERE WE ENGAGED WITH 63 YOUTH FROM AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          AND THEY ARE DEVELOPING A RECRUITING MODEL AND RETENTION MODEL FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE ARE EXCITED. 
          I'VE HAD AN, I'VE HAD A PREVIEW OF WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH IT, AND IT'S TRULY BEEN IMPRESSIVE, IMPRESSIVE WORK. 
          SO NOT JUST A RECRUITING MODEL AND A RETENTION MODEL, BUT THEN ALSO THEY'VE COME UP WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS FOR, FOR YOUTH IN PARTNERING WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, WHICH IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE IMPRESSIVE. 
          SO I'M SUPER EXCITED, SUPER EXCITED WHEN THEY'RE READY TO ROLL THAT OUT. 
          GOING ON TO OUR BUDGET, UM, THIS IS JUST OUR BUDGETARY OVERTIME VERSUS THE ACTUAL OVERTIME THAT WE SPENT, UM, UNDERSTAND WHILE WE HAVE GONE OVER IN OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURES, WE DO HAVE A VACANCY SAVINGS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RECOUP THOSE, THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL IN A GOOD STANDING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MANAGING OUR BUDGET OVERALL, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REPORT OUT ON THE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO OUR OVERTIME, BECAUSE THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR HIGH VACANCY RATE WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SWORN. 
          SO YOU WILL START TO SEE THAT TAPER OFF OR DIP DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURES AS WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SWORN SWORN OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE. 
          GOING ON TO OUR NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST THE OVERALL, UH, PERSONNEL AND BUDGET EXPENDITURES FOR OUR, FOR OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE SO FAR, WELL, THIS IS, I SAY OLD DATA. 
          THIS IS, WE JUST CLOSED OUT FFY FY 2020, UH, FIVE. 
          AND SO MOVING INTO FY 26. 
          SO WE DID COME AT UNDER, UNDER BUDGET WHEN IT CAME TO OUR EXPENDITURES FOR FY 2025. 
          COOL. 
          AND THAT ARE ALL MY UPDATES. 
          JUST A FEW MORE ITEMS THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE POWERPOINT. 
          THERE WAS A REQUEST TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON NARCAN AND OUR NARCAN USES. 
          AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS WHEN WE'VE BEEN REPORTING OR ADMINISTERING AND THEN REPORTING ON IT, WE'VE HAD A GRANT TOTAL OF 254 ADMINISTERING OF NARCAN. 
          NOW, ONE THING THAT WE DID NOTICE IS THAT THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC DROP OFF IN YEAR 2025. 
          WE'VE ONLY HAD 17 REPORTED USES OF NARCAN AS OPPOSED TO 2024. 
          WE HAD 59, 20 23, WE HAD 88, AND THEN IN 2022, WE HAD 54. 
          AND SO WE'RE UNPACKING THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          IS IT, UH, TRAINING THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE TO OUR DEPARTMENT? ARE THEY FORGETTING TO ADD THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A FIELD THAT YOU JUST CHECK WHEN 
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YOU'RE DOING A REPORT, UM, OR IS IT THAT MAYBE NARCAN IS MORE READILY AVAILABLE NOW? AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO UNPACK WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A LOW REPORTING NUMBER IN 20 20 17 WHEN IT COMES TO THE ADMINISTERING OR THE TRACKING OF THE ADMINISTERING OF, OF NARCAN. 
          DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A REDUCTION IN THE ACTUAL APPLICATION OF, OR JUST OFFICERS NOT REMEMBERING TO, TO DOCUMENT WHEN THEY ADMINISTER THE NARCAN. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS, UH, SURROUNDING THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED OVER ATSER PARK AND THE COMMUNITY MESSAGING SURROUNDING, SURROUNDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A ISD TO HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, OUR MESSAGING, IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THAT VERIFICATION PROCESS WHEN THOSE COMMUNITY MESSAGES FIRST GET PUT OUT, AND THEN WHETHER OR NOT THOSE COMMUNITY NOTIFICATIONS SHOULD BE RESCINDED AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO DO SUCH. 
          SO WE REALIZED THAT THERE WERE SOME GAPS, FIRST OF ALL, WHEN IT CAME TO THE INCIDENT ITSELF. 
          BUT THEN WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT, WELL, WHAT ARE THE PROTOCOLS? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF VETTING APPROVAL AND THEN FOLLOW UP THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR WHEN IT COMES TO THAT PUBLIC, PUBLIC MESSAGING. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A ISD, UM, AND OUR OTHER, UH, LOCAL, UH, PARTNERS OVER AT TRAVIS COUNTY. 
          ALSO, IT TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT OF SISD WITH THE AREA THAT WAS, THAT THAT ALERT SENT OUT TO. 
          SO INTEGRATING, UM, SIFD ROLLINGWOOD PD IN THOSE CON CONVERSATIONS AS FAR AS THE PROCESS, THE NOTIFICATIONS, THE TIMING OF SUCH, AND THE, IN THE PROTOCOL SURROUNDING YET, THERE'S STILL SOME ADDITIONAL MEETINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND THEN OF COURT OF, OF COURSE, THE REPORT OUT TO, TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS TO THESE ARE THE MEASURES THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN ORDER TO, TO REMEDY WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED, TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          SO ON THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT, YOU CAN SEE A REPORT OUT ON THAT. 
          YOU'LL ALSO SEE SOME OF THE PLACE NETWORK INVESTIGATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING RELATED TO OUR CAR BURGLARIES THAT YOU REQUESTED IN ADDITION TO, THERE'S ONE MORE THING. 
          YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN THE, THE PRESS CONFERENCE RELATED TO THE PROGRESS THAT WAS MADE ON THE YOGURT SHOP, UH, MURDERS. 
          AND SO JUST, UM, SOME TREMENDOUS WORK THAT WAS DONE BY, UH, DETECTIVE DANIEL JACKSON, UM, IN OUR COLD CASE IN ADDITION TO OUR FORENSICS TEAM. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE. 
          NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THE, UH, APPRECIATE THE REPORT, CHIEF HENDERSON. 
          UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL GO TO THE ONLINE FOLKS FIRST, AND THEN JUST ONE REQUEST. 
          WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ABOUT, UM, THE CADET TRAINING ACADEMY FROM THAT WORKING GROUP. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ACADEMY, I ASK THAT YOU HOLD THOSE, UM, UNTIL THAT DISCUSSION AND JUST ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE FROM, UH, CHIEF HENDERSON'S REPORT? YEAH, AND I, AND I DID SUBMIT THE, THE AUDIT FOR THE ONE 54TH AS A BACKUP DOCUMENT. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THAT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ONLINE, HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? VICE CHAIR? UH, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ONE. 
          YES, GO AHEAD. 
          HEY, UM, SO I HAVE A FEW, UH, AND, UM, CHIEF, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, REPORT. 
          AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITY POLICING WORK YOU'RE DOING. 
          I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I'LL TRY TO LIGHT LIGHTNING AROUND THEM FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 
          I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN TOMORROW. 
          IS THERE A LIST OF, UM, WHERE THOSE WILL BE OCCURRING ANYWHERE? LET ME, LET ME CHECK WITH OUR PIO OFFICE, AND I'LL DEFINITELY RESPOND TO THE GROUP THIS EVENING, UM, RELATED TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          WHERE THAT, WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND THAT LIST? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          AND APPRECIATE YOU SEEING OUT, UH, SEEING YOU OUT LAST NIGHT AT ACL SUPPORTING OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DOING GREAT COMMUNITY SERVICE, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          IT WAS GREAT SEEING YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND SAME TO YOU. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE EVERYWHERE. 
          SO I, I APPRECIATE YOUR VISIBILITY AS WELL. 
          UM, AND, UH, SO THE CYBERSECURITY, UH, TRAINING THAT YOU DID FOR SENIORS, WAS THAT A ONE-TIME EVENT OR ARE YOU, WAS THAT IT LOOKED FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL BASED ON THE PICTURE? MM-HMM . 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, UH, A PD IS PLANNING ON? BECAUSE I KNOW I'M SEEING INCREASES AS TECHNOLOGY GETS MORE, UH, MORE SOPHISTICATED, UM, OF THOSE ATTEMPTS. 
          SO IS IS THERE GONNA BE INCREASE OF THOSE SAFETY TRAININGS? YES, SIR. 
          IT IS. 
          VERY MUCH SO. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE 2222, UH, INITIATIVE THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT RESIDENTS, UM, IN DISTRICT 10, UM, HAVE COME TO ME AND ASKED ME, UH, UH, ON WHAT SPECIFICS WERE HAPPENING FOR THAT. 
          UM, I, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU WERE WORKING WITH TEXT DOT, BUT, UH, WAS THERE ALSO CONVERSATIONS WITH DPS? I KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENTS, UH, ARE ENFORCING THAT IS, HAS BEEN KIND OF DIFFICULT. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY OUTCOMES, ENGINEERING OUTCOMES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UH, FOR, UH, FOR THAT AREA? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S 
          [01:10:01]
FAIRLY DANGEROUS. 
          THERE'S THERE, UH, RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE MOTORCYCLES THAT COME BY AND, YOU KNOW, SMACK ON THEIR, THEIR DOOR AS THEY'RE DRIVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SO JUST WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY OUTCOMES AND IF YOU'VE SEEN A, A REDUCTION IN, IN THAT SORT OF ACTIVITY. 
          YEAH, I, I'LL NEED TO PULL THE, PULL THE DATA ON, ON THAT AND HAVE A REPORT OUT AT OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT. 
          BUT I DO KNOW THAT DPS HAS BEEN MORE VISIBLE AND MORE ACTIVE THAT IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUTSIDE WHAT WE CALL THE CAPITAL COMP COMPLEX AREA. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE ANY INITIATIVES, UM, RELATED TO THE 2222 OR, OR IF THEY'RE, THEIR LEADERSHIP WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THEM DOING ANY KIND OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT THAT FAR OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL COMPLEX. 
          BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I CAN ENGAGE THEIR LEADERSHIP ON TO SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER OF, OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT CAN, THAT CAN BE PROVIDED, UM, WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AREN'T AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE BRAND LOGO INITIATIVE, I NOTICED ON THE PRESENTATION, AND YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN MIXED CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BRAND. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT IN THEIR PRESS RELEASE THEY SAID THAT UNIFORMS WERE NOT GONNA CHANGE. 
          UM, IS THAT ALSO GONNA BE THE SAME FOR VEHICLES OR, UM, 'CAUSE I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S GONNA BE CONFUSION WITH THE PUBLIC, UH, IF ANY OF THAT IS GONNA CHANGE. 
          AND I GUESS THAT GOES FOR ALL OF THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS. 
          ARE Y'ALL GONNA KEEP WITH YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LOGOS, UM, SO THAT SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN RECOGNIZABLE OR IS IT ALSO CHANGING OVER AS WELL NOW? YES, SIR. 
          I CAN SPEAK FOR THE AU AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO OUR UNIFORM, SPECIFICALLY OUR PATCH AND OUR BADGE, THOSE WILL NOT BE CHANGING. 
          SO UNIFORM PATCH BADGE WILL NOT CHANGE. 
          HOWEVER, OUR VEHICLES WILL UNDERSTAND. 
          WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH, UM, MOCKUPS THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN STANDARDS AND CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO STAY WITH THE REBRANDING OF THE CITY. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH HOW THAT'S GONNA LOOK AND WHAT COLOR THE CAR IS GONNA BE TO MAKE SURE IT, IT'S PLEASING TO THE EYE, IF YOU WILL, BUT ALSO EASILY RECOGNIZABLE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT YES, THIS IS A POLICE VEHICLE, BUT YES, THIS IS AN AUSTIN POLICE VEHICLE. 
          JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CROSSOVERS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT JURISDICTIONAL, UH, RESPONSE THAT YOU SEE, SEE ACROSS AUSTIN, WE HAVE TRAVIS COUNTY, WE HAVE CONSTABLES, WE HAVE UT PD, WE HAVE ROLLINGWOOD, PD MEANS ISD POLICE, A ISD. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ENTITIES. 
          BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE, THE PUBLIC IS AWARE THAT, HEY, YOU ARE INTERACTING NOT JUST WITH THE POLICE OFFICER, BUT THIS IS AN AUSTIN, UH, POLICE OFFICER. 
          WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR OFFICERS, AND WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW WHEN YOU'RE INTERACTING, WHO YOU'RE INTERACTING, WHO YOU'RE IN INTERACTING WITH, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY COMPONENT, UM, TOO, THAT THEY CAN EASILY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A, A FIRST RESPONDER, EASILY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY THE, THE POLICE. 
          SO, UM, THERE WILL BE A CHANGING OF THE VEHICLES. 
          IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE OVER TIME, PARTICULARLY OUR CURRENT MOCKUPS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR VEHICLES. 
          IF YOU TRY AND REMOVE THE CURRENT LAYOUT OF IT, IT THEN LEAVES, UH, A SHADOW, IF YOU WILL, FROM FADE. 
          AND SO IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK VERY, VERY APPEALING. 
          IT'S NOT VERY PROFESSIONAL LOOKING. 
          IF WE TRY AND REMOVE WHAT'S CURRENTLY ON THERE TO PUT SOMETHING NEW, WE TRIED IT AND IT JUST DIDN'T, JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA DO IT THROUGH A REPLACEMENT PROCESS THAT WE STANDARDLY DO WHEN IT COMES TO REPLACING VEHICLES. 
          AND SO THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THE PUBLIC WILL BE SEEING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLICE VEHICLES, BUT PRIOR TO THEM SEEING EVEN THE FIRST ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT DOING PUBLIC MESSAGING RELATED TO IT, AND GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY WILL, WILL BE OUT THERE, UM, MM-HMM . 
          IS THERE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE WHEN WE, WHEN WE SEE, SEE IT, ARE THE SIRENS GONNA SOUND DIFFERENT. 
          SO JUST GIVING THAT, THAT, THAT SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO WEIGH IN WHEN WE DO START ROLLING THOSE, THOSE VEHICLES OUT. 
          BUT BEFORE A, A SINGLE ONE HITS THE STREETS, THERE WILL BE SOME VERY STRONG PUBLIC MESSAGING AROUND IT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ONLINE? JUST, JUST, UM, ONE MORE. 
          SO I NOTICED THAT FOR ADAM SECTOR, WHICH IS NORTHWEST AUSTIN, UH, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY DISTRICT 10, UM, THAT THERE WAS A 10% LEAVE RATE. 
          UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, UH, HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING, UM, UH, TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF, UH, WHY THAT, THAT HAS HAPPENED? AND I, I MEAN, I, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE SECTORS MM-HMM . 
          THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON, BUT UNDERSTAND, OUR LEAVE RATES TEND TO FLUCTUATE QUITE A BIT FOR THE REASONS OF 
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LEAVE. 
          WINDOWS OF TIME ARE DEPENDENT JUST ON WHETHER SOMEBODY IS ON FMLA OR EITHER LONG-TERM MILITARY OR EITHER, UH, IT COULD BE A INTERMITTENT FMLA WHERE IT'S CAPTURING WHEN WE RUN THE REPORT, IT'S CAPTURING A DATE IN TIME WHERE THERE COULD JUST BE, UH, A HIGHER NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE BEING CAPTURED IN ON THAT DATE WHEN WE RUN THE REPORT, AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT'S OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UM, BUT THE, THE LEAVE RATES PRIMARILY ARE FOR FMLA AND THEN FOR MILITARY, MILITARY LEAVE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR QUESTION? MM-HMM. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. 
          UM, I, I, I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE STORY ABOUT THE MOUNTED PATROL REMINDS ME OF BONANZA WHEN I WAS A KID, BUT ANYWAY, UM, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE G FILES. 
          UM, THE TOTAL REQUESTS A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHTY FOUR THROUGH MID-SEPTEMBER, DO THOSE INCLUDE, UM, REQUESTS WHERE THE REQUESTER DIDN'T END UP GETTING THE DOCUMENTS BECAUSE THE, THERE WAS AN ESTIMATE AND THEY DIDN'T PAY IT? OR IS THAT THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY GOT DISTRIBUTED? NO, THOSE ARE JUST THE TOTAL REQUESTS THAT COME, CAME IN. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE OF INFORMATION, LIKE HOW MANY REQUESTS ACTUALLY GOT TOTALLY FULFILLED? UM, AND I'M ASKING BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE, UM, REQUESTS COME WITH RELATIVELY SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR THE WORK INVOLVED IN PRODUCING THEM, UM, AND THAT THEREFORE A LOT OF THEM AREN'T ACTUALLY BEING PAID FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M ALSO CURIOUS, UM, WHEN THOSE WORK ESTIMATES ARE DONE, IS THAT WORK DONE BEFORE THE, UM, THE REQUESTER DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA PAY IT? OR IS IT SORT OF DONE? IT'S A, IT'S AN ESTIMATE THAT'S KIND OF BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THINGS WORK. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY WORK DONE UNTIL IT'S PAID. 
          THERE IS WORK DONE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE PERSON HOW MUCH, WHAT THERE IS, WHAT THE ESTIMATE IS. 
          RIGHT? SO THERE IS WORK THAT'S, THAT'S DONE BASED ON WHAT THE REQUEST IS. 
          WE HAVE TO THEN GO FIND THE FILES, HOW MANY POTENTIAL FILES. 
          AND SO INCLUDED IN THAT COST IS THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO, FOR THE PERSON WHO'S GONNA BE PROCESSING THE REQUEST. 
          IN ADDITION TO, THERE'S A MINIMAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH HOW THE PERSON WANTS IT TO BE DELIVERED. 
          IF THEY WANT IT ON PAPER, OF COURSE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER CHARGE BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING, MIGHT HAVE TO PRINT OUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF PAPER OR EITHER IF IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT, BUT THERE'S A MINIMAL COST. 
          SO THE PRIMARY COST IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THAT EMPLOYEE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IN ORDER TO PROCESS THOSE. 
          REDACT FIRST GET ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT TYPICALLY WE DON'T GET COMPENSATED FOR THAT, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY THEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR REQUEST ONCE WE PROVIDE THE COST ESTIMATE. 
          SO THERE IS WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THAT DOES NOT GET CHARGED TO A PERSON. 
          IF THEY THEN DO NOT THEN FOLLOW THROUGH WITH WANTING THO THOSE FILES. 
          BUT THE PRIMARILY, PRIMARILY THE COST ASSOCIATED IS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE OR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND THE TIME TO DO THOSE REDACTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE. 
          SO THE SMALLER THE REQUEST THAT THE EASIER OR FASTER AND LESS EXPENSIVE IT IS JUST BECAUSE THERE ISN'T AS MUCH MATERIAL TO, TO REDACT. 
          UM, AND IT'S THE REDACTION RULES, ARE THOSE STANDARD OR DOES, UH, DOES LIKE LEGAL OR SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN DECISION? OH, YEAH. 
          YES, YES MA'AM. 
          SO LEGAL IS INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR, WE HAVE A LEGAL, UH, MS. KATZEN INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR OPEN RECORDS, UH, REQUESTS, AND THEN REVIEWING THE MATERIAL TO MAKE SURE THE PROPER REDACTIONS ARE, ARE DONE PRIOR TO IT BEING RELEASED. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S STANDARD, UH, PROCESS OF HAVING CITY LEGAL IN INVOLVED IN ALL OF OUR OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, G FILE REQUESTS, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST THAT THAT VETTING OR REVIEW PROCESS IS BUILT IN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NO, YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          AND MA'AM, JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE, FOR THE GFI ONES, ALL THE REQUESTS, THEN THE REQUESTS THAT WERE NOT FULFILLED FOR MONETARY REASONS, OR YOU WANNA BREAK DOWN OF WHY EACH AND INDIVIDUAL GFI REQUESTS THAT WAS NOT FULFILLED? YEAH, SINCE WE HAVE THE TOTAL REQUESTS, ALL I REALLY WANNA KNOW IS HOW MANY OF THOSE REQUESTS WERE ACTUALLY FULFILLED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO OUT OF THE 180 4, HOW MANY DOCUMENTS WERE ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED? OKAY. 
          LIKE, SETS. 
          SETS, OKAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          AND ONE OTHER JUST QUICK QUESTION ON, UH, THE PARKS CHIEF HENDERSON, AND I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA BRING THIS UP A LITTLE MORE, UH, SUBSEQUENT QUARTERLY, YOU, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME ISSUES IN TERMS OF REPEAT OFFENDERS AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN 
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FOLKS ARE CAUGHT, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT AS COMMON AS WE WOULD LIKE, UM, THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT DETERRENT PUNISHMENT. 
          WHAT ARE THE CURRENT LIMITATIONS OR CHALLENGES THERE, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP TO ADDRESS THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, SOME OF THE, THE CHALLENGES OF COURSE IS JUST WITH REPEAT, UH, OFFEND OFFENDERS AND THE REARRESTING OF OFFENDERS THAT, UM, TEND TO BE CHRONIC, CHRONIC OR HABITUAL OFFENDERS. 
          AND SO WE ARE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT ENGAGING, LIKE I SAID, WITH OUR, UH, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND ALSO WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          SO CHIEF DAVIS HAS HAD SIT DOWN MEETINGS WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE NUANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND THEN HOW WE CAN BE BETTER PARTNERS WHEN IT COMES TO IDENTIFYING LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. 
          AND WHETHER THAT, UH, INVOLVES, UH, A DIVERSION CENTER OR WHETHER THAT INVOLVES A JAIL, JAIL TIME, DON'T KNOW, BUT BEING MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST OUTCOME THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR ALL INVOLVED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON THAT. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I HAD A QUICK QUESTION, ACTUALLY. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON CAMERA AT ALL. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOW. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF HENDERSON. 
          YOU HAD MENTIONED ONE THING THAT WAS ON MY LIST ALREADY WAS JUST TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW MANY, UM, OFFICERS ARE ON MILITARY LEAVE. 
          UM, JUST WITH THE EXTENSION OF NATIONAL GUARD DUTIES, UM, BEING A WHOLE THING. 
          IT'D JUST BE, UM, GOOD DATA TO HAVE. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND, UM, POINT, I JUST WANTED TO ACTUALLY PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER WYNN'S QUESTION ABOUT BRANDING OF CARS. 
          AND, UM, IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT AND IT'S JUST, UM, AGAIN, WITH SO MUCH GOING ON, UM, WITH REGARDS TO ICE ENFORCEMENT AND ALL THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT ARE GETTING PULLED INTO THAT THROUGH, UM, THESE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS, UM, THE REBRANDING OF VEHICLES MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STARKLY SORT OF CREATE A VISUAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN A PD VEHICLES, WHICH ARE NOT DOING ICE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER, UM, SO, UM, I GUESS IT'S JUST SAYING A THING OUT LOUD, WHICH IS THAT IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN EXPLORE, UM, THIS REBRANDING OF PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES IN A WAY TO MORE CLEARLY DISTINGUISH AUSTIN PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES FROM TRAVIS COUNTY, FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY, HAYES COUNTY DPS, AND ALL THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, I THINK, UM, I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL SORT OF, UM, UM, WAY TO, UM, CAPITALIZE ON THIS REBRANDING. 
          SO JUST SAYING THAT OUT LOUD. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, YES, MA'AM. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE BEEN INTENTIONAL WHEN WE'VE BEEN GIVEN MOCKUPS RELATED TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, UM, ONE MOCKUP THAT WE SAW, THERE WAS A BREAK IN THE WORD POLICE IN BETWEEN THE TWO CAR DOORS. 
          AND SO IF ONE CAR DOOR WAS OPEN, IT LITERALLY SAID ICE IN VERY BIG, BIG LETTERS. 
          AND SO UNDERSTAND, WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT BEING INTENTIONAL, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE REBRANDING AND KEEPING THAT SPECIFICALLY IN IN MIND. 
          SO, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, BRINGING THAT UP. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF WE CAN HAVE BRIGHT GREEN CARS, I WOULD LOVE THAT. 
          . 
          WELL, UM, WELL THANK YOU ALL. 
          I'LL WRITE THAT ONE DOWN. 
          NOW, , I DO WANNA MOVE ON AND JUST HAVE TIME TO OUR 
          [4.	Update from the Public Safety Commission’s Collective Sex Crimes Response Model Working Group on the progress, risks, and adjustments to reporting schedule of data.]
NEXT SET. 
          I WANT START WORKING GROUP UPDATE, UM, AND CHAIR RAMIREZ, I BELIEVE YOU HAD AN UPDATE ABOUT, UM, THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE MODEL WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, OUR PROGRESS ON THIS, I BELIEVE YOU'RE MUTED RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM, I WAS GONNA BRING UP A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          ONE IS, I BELIEVE THE DOCUMENT WAS CIRCULATED VIA EMAIL BY CHRISTIE, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT, WHICH IS THE QUARTERLY UPDATE, UM, THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED VIA EMAIL, UM, BRINGING THAT UP. 
          UM, AND WHILE I BRING THAT UP, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE ARE CHANGING OUR REPORTING SCHEDULE TO SEMI-ANNUALLY, JUST TO, UM, MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT, THE, THE QUARTERLY PRESENTATION WAS BEING DIFFICULT FOR THE AGENCIES TO, THAT IT JUST CAME UP TOO FAST AND TOO SOON, AND IT WAS EATING QUITE A BIT OF OUR AGENDA TIME UP AS WELL. 
          SO WE'VE SWITCHED TO SEMI-ANNUAL FOR THE TIME BEING WHILE EVERYBODY GETS UP AND RUNNING, AND WE KIND OF STANDARDIZE WHAT THESE PRESENTATIONS AND WHAT THIS DATA IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          THAT IS THE BIGGEST COMPONENT OF THIS, UM, UPDATE THAT WE GOT. 
          UM, 
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THAT I, THAT I WANTED TO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS, UM, GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PROJECT. 
          UM, Q2 UP. 
          CHRISTIE, IS THAT GONNA BE GOING, UH, UP INTO THE BACKUP FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL? HI, CHAIR RAMIREZ. 
          I HAVEN'T RECEIVED CONFIRMATION YET THAT IT'S OKAY TO PUBLISH. 
          UH, IF I DO, I WILL CERTAINLY PUBLISH IT  BEFORE, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT COULD PLEASE GO UP. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS, UH, THE ATTENTION TO JUST THE GENERAL, UM, PROJECT UPDATES IN THAT DOCUMENT, WHICH ARE THAT 29 ITEMS OF THE C-S-C-R-M PROJECT, UM, UH, ARE COMPLETED AS OF Q2, WHICH BRINGS IT TO 51% COMPLETION ON THE OVERALL PROJECT. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED TO 2026 AND 2027. 
          UM, THE ROOM ITEMS ARE RELATED TO GENERAL ORDERS UPDATES AND, UM, THE 2027, UM, ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED ARE IN REGARD AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          AND, AND SO HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THERE WAS ALSO A SLIDE ABOUT JUST PROJECT CHALLENGES AND RISKS, AND I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU. 
          UM, AND WE'LL HAVE EVERYBODY JOINING US NEXT MONTH. 
          WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, BUT I WAS JUST HOPING YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE THAT DATA SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE GO INTO OUR NOVEMBER UPDATE FROM THE AGENCIES. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUICK QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MINUTE OR TWO OF ANYONE THAT HAS A QUESTION FOR CHAIR RAMIR. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE WORKING GROUP THAT WANTED TO BRING ANYTHING UP? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO JUMP AHEAD ONE ITEM JUST IN CASE OUR DISCUSSION TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR THE A CADET TRAINING ACADEMY GROUP. 
          UM, 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE TO PROVE OUR REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          UM, AND THAT'S, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS DONE, UM, TODAY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM SIX BEFORE WE 
          [6.	Approve the Public Safety Commission’s 2026 Regular Meeting Schedule.]
DO FIVE. 
          UM, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED, AND IT'S IN THE BACKUP, OUR REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE FOR 2026. 
          UH, THE ONLY DATE THAT IS DIFFERENT IS IN SEPTEMBER. 
          IT'S SEPTEMBER 14TH, 'CAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY. 
          OTHERWISE IT'S THE SAME. 
          UM, FIRST MONDAY, UM, SAME TIME AT, AT 4:00 PM DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE CAN, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO PROOF? YEAH, QUICK, JUST QUICK COMMENT ALSO, JUST TO SAY THAT, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S, UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ, UM, TO SAY THAT, UM, THE HOLIDAY, UM, MEETING, I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT OUT LOUD. 
          THE HOLIDAY MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGING THAT JULY 6TH MEETING, UM, THE DECEMBER, UM, AND JANUARY MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS TOUGH FOR US TO MAKE QUORUM, UM, JUST SAYING. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT SEPTEMBER 14TH MEETING? IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT? I DON'T KNOW. 
          AND I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M JUST EXPRESSING MY GENERAL DISSATISFACTION WITH THOSE DATES , BUT THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE, I SUPPOSE. 
          UM, UH, I GUESS YOUR QUESTION, CTI, IS THERE ANY FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF ADJUSTING, OR DO WE WELL, THE SEPTEMBER 14TH DATE WAS MOVED BECAUSE OF THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY, SO I'M, WHAT, WHAT WAS YOUR PROPOSAL? UM, I MEAN, EVEN IS A NON MONDAY DATE OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR US, IS THAT TOO, IS THAT TOO STARKLY DIFFERENT FOR US TO CONSIDER? UM, JUST THAT SEPTEMBER 14TH DATE GIVES US VERY LITTLE PLANNING TIME FOR OUR FOLLOWING OCTOBER MEETING. 
          UM, IT LEAVES US ALL OF TWO WEEKS, AND IF NOT, THAT'S FINE. 
          I, I, WE'LL JUST DEAL WITH IT. 
          BUT IT'S JUST, UH, I GUESS THE OTHER OPTION I COULD CONSIDER AS A GROUP WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 8TH WOULD BE, 'CAUSE THE LABOR DAY FALLS ON THE SEVENTH, SO I SUPPOSE WE COULD TRY TO DO IT ON TUESDAY THE EIGHTH. 
          UM, THAT WOULD DEPEND ON STAFFING AVAILABILITY. 
          I DO STAFF OTHER COMMISSIONS AS WELL, AND SO I, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT THOSE WEEKS ARE SOMETIMES CHALLENGING AS WELL AS, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE CHIEFS, CHIEFS OF STAFF ARE AVAILABLE ON A DAY. 
          THAT'S NOT THAT PARTICULAR SETASIDE DAY. 
          YOU ARE ONLY REQUIRED TO MEET QUARTERLY. 
          SO IF YOU DECIDE THAT SEPTEMBER'S TOO DIFFICULT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I, I, MY SENSE IS THAT IN THE PAST, WE, WE REGULARLY MET, UM, THAT WEEK, BUT ON, ON A DIFFERENT DAY LIKE TUESDAY OR, OR EVEN WEDNESDAY. 
          NOT SURE WE EVER DID WEDNESDAY. 
          UM, BUT IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO JUST LOOK INTO IT, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
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SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. 
          I MOST LIKELY IT WON'T BE HELD AT CITY HALL BECAUSE CITY HALL BOOKS UP. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO CHOOSE THAT DATE, THEN OTHER FACILITIES ARE NOT BOOKING OUT THAT FAR IN ADVANCE AT THE MOMENT. 
          SO YOU GUYS CAN CHOOSE THAT DATE, AND THEN THAT WILL PROBABLY BE HELD OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL. 
          SO THE PROPOSAL ON THE FLOOR IS TO MOVE, KEEP THE SAME SCHEDULE, MAKE SURE EVERY MARK'S IN THEIR CALENDARS FOR THE OTHER ONES OF THE HOLIDAY MOVE FOR THE NINTH MEETING, THAT IT'S SEPTEMBER 14TH TO MOVE THAT TO SEPTEMBER 8TH. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MOVE TO DO THAT? I HAVE A CLARIFICATION QUESTION. 
          UM, ARE WE JUST NOT SURE WHETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU AT THAT MEETING? WELL, THAT IS OVER, WELL, ABOUT A YEAR AWAY. 
          SO , I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT I COULD POTENTIALLY BE STAFFING, BUT OUR OFFICE WILL TRY TO ACCOMMODATE IF THAT'S THE DATE THAT THE GROUP CHOOSES. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE HERE AT CITY HALL, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, YES, I MOVE TO CHANGE THE DATE TO SEPTEMBER 8TH, SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. 
          UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. 
          ALL IN FAVOR? THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY. 
          1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, 4. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE SIX VOTES, AND THEN I DO NOT SEE A VOTES FROM COMMISSIONER HALL. 
          OKAY. 
          SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES. 
          SO THEN OUR AMENDED SCHEDULE AS IN THE BACKUP, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BEING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION OR CHANGES OR ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE FOR THE MEETING SCHEDULE? NO, JUST TO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. 
          SO MY APOLOGIES WERE DID YOU JUST VOTE ON APPROVING THAT ONE DAY OR ARE YOU NOW MOVING TO VOTE ON SCHEDULE? WE'RE GONNA SCHEDULE THE WHOLE, OKAY. 
          AND COMMISSIONER ORR, WERE YOU VOTING FOR THAT SEPTEMBER 8TH DATE? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          DOES ANYBODY WANT I MOVE? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. 
          SO THE VOTE NOW IS TO APPROVE THE 2026 MEETING SCHEDULE AS AMENDED WITH SEPTEMBER 8TH INSTEAD OF SEPTEMBER 14TH. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THEN COMMISSIONER HOLMES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, SO APPROVE THE MEETING SCHEDULE. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO BACK TO DISCUSSION. 
          [5.	Approve a Recommendation to Council regarding implementation, tracking, and transparency of recommendations made for Austin Police Department’s Cadet Training Academy.]
UM, ITEM FIVE FOR WHICH IS, UM, TO, UH, APPROVE RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL, UH, REGARDING LESSON POLICE, UM, DEPARTMENT CADET TRAINING ACADEMY THAT'S COMING OUT OF OUR WORKING GROUP. 
          UM, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM WORKING GROUP THAT WANTS TO, UM, INTRODUCE THAT, UM, AND DISCUSS THERE? AND I KNOW THERE IS ALSO IN THE BACKUP, UM, A ITEM FROM A PD ABOUT THEIR ANALYSIS IN THOSE RECENT GROUP. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER SIERRA . 
          UH, HI EVERYONE. 
          UH, I, I'M, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP, WHICH WAS FORMED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. 
          WE DISCUSSED THIS, I BELIEVE, TWO MEETINGS AGO. 
          UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION, WE DIDN'T HAVE QUORUM. 
          UH, AND SO I'M GONNA TRY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW. 
          I'M NOT GONNA READ THE WHOLE THING FOR YOU, BUT JUST SORT OF A, A BRIEF RUNDOWN OF THE TIMELINE BRINGING US FROM APPROXIMATELY 2021 UNTIL TODAY, UH, REGARDING THE, UM, VARIOUS AUDITS OF THE OSTEO POLICE TRADING ACADEMY AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY KROLL AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS PROGRESS UP UNTIL THIS POINT. 
          UH, SO BEGINNING IN 2020, THERE WAS A SERIES OF LAWSUITS AND FOLLOWED BY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM KROLL AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH WAS RETAINED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, TO ASSESS THE POLICE ACADEMY. 
          EVERYTHING FROM RECRUITMENT TO THE FUNCTION OF THE ACADEMY, UH, WAS LOOKED AT IN THESE VARIOUS REPORTS. 
          UM, THESE REPORTS HAD VARIOUS ITERATIONS. 
          THERE WERE INTERMEDIARY REPORTS, AS WELL AS VARIOUS FINAL REPORTS. 
          THERE WERE SPECIFIC LOOKS AT THE ACADEMY AS A WHOLE, AS WELL AS PARTICULAR ACADEMY CLASSES. 
          AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF EACH ONE OF THOSE VOLUMINOUS REPORTS. 
          SUFFICE TO SAY THERE HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE REPORTS DONE REGARDING THE POLICE ACADEMY AND A VARIETY OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REPORTS, JUST TO NOTE HERE, UH, AND THIS IS ALL LISTED IN THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION LANGUAGE I'M READING FROM THERE. 
          SO THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT'S ALREADY IN THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, AS NOTED BY KROLL IN ITS ASSESSMENT OF THE APDS TRADING ACADEMY, THEY RECOMMENDED A SHIFT AWAY FROM STRESS ORIENTED MILITARY STYLE OF CURRICULA TOWARDS A RESILIENCY STYLE APPROACH, UH, THE ADOPTION OF A QUOTE GUARDIAN APPROACH, UH, THAT EMPHASIZES SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS IS OF COURSE, IN CONTRAST TO THE QUOTE WARRIOR APPROACH, OFTEN EMPHASIZED IN STRESS ORIENTED MILITARY STYLE CURRICULA, UH, AND FOR THE A PD TO BECOME AN EVIDENCE-BASED LEARNING ORGANIZATION THAT TESTS CHANGES TO ITS TRAINING AND SHARES RESEARCH FINDINGS WITH ACADEMY STAFF TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE ACADEMY CURRICULA. 
          UH, THERE WERE A VARIETY OF, UH, SHORTCOMINGS NOTED IN THESE VARIOUS REPORTS. 
          MOST NOTABLY, A LACK OF BUY-IN FROM ACADEMY 
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STAFF REGARDING THE MANDATED REFORM EFFORTS. 
          A LACK OF CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ACADEMY MODULES RELATED TO DEESCALATION USE OF FORCE, UH, WITH, AS LISTED IN ONE OF THE REPORTS ON THE ONE 44TH ACADEMY CLASS, LITTLE OR NO ATTEMPT BY THE ACADEMY STAFF TO MAKE CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING AND BROADER LEARNING OBJECTIVES. 
          UH, CONTINUED EMPHASIS ON THE MILITARY STYLE CULTURE AT THE ACADEMY. 
          THIS IS NOW IN 2022, UH, AND WIDESPREAD RIDICULE BY THE ACADEMY STAFF AT THE TIME OF THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE REIMAGINED POLICE ACADEMY. 
          UH, JUMPING FORWARD, UH, THE, UH, THE WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, TO TRY TO GET MORE CONCRETE UPDATES ON THE EFFORTS OF THE ACADEMY TO ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY KROLL ACROSS MULTIPLE CO, UH, REPORTS AS WELL AS COUNSEL. 
          UH, WE MET AT VARIOUS TIMES WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE ACADEMY. 
          UH, AND IN SOME, UH, AS MUCH EFFORT HAS HAS BEEN DONE BY THE ACADEMY, AND THERE HAS BEEN EFFORT MADE BY THE ACADEMY TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES. 
          THEY HAVE PRODUCED VARIOUS, UM, ATTEMPTS AT TRACKING THEIR PROGRESS ACROSS THE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ACROSS THESE REPORTS. 
          UH, IT IS MY VIEW AS WELL AS THAT, OF THE WORKING GROUP, THAT TO DATE, WE DO NOT HAVE CLEAR, UH, DOCUMENTATION OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE WHERE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS STAND, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, A CLEAR ARTICULATED PLAN FOR HOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE A PD ACADEMY. 
          UH, THIS IS ALL WITHIN THE CONTEXT AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, UH, OF VARIOUS ANNOUNCED CHANGES WITHIN THE ACADEMY. 
          MOST NOTABLY, UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE IN FISCAL YEAR 26 27, UH, IN AN ATTEMPT TO STABILIZE PATROL, THAT THERE WILL BE THE REMOVAL OF 14 INSTRUCTORS FROM THE ACADEMY, UH, WHO WILL THEN BE REPLACED WITH OFFICERS OF DIFFERENT RANKS, INCLUDING CORPORALS AND SERGEANTS. 
          UM, AND THIS LEADS US TO THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          SO IS SORT OF A RUBBER MEETS ROAD. 
          SO IN LIGHT OF NOW ABOUT HALF A DECADE OF EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES AT THE POLICE ACADEMY, UH, A LACK OF WHAT THE WORKING GROUP BELIEVES TO BE CLEAR EVIDENCE, UH, OF EFFORTS TO DOCUMENT THESE CHANGES, TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS CHANGES. 
          AND AGAIN, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE MEASURABLE OUTCOMES WOULD BE TO MANIFEST THE LONG LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, UH, AS WELL AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF REMOVAL OF THOSE 14 INSTRUCTORS AND REPLACEMENT WITH SERGEANTS AND CORPORALS. 
          UH, WE SUGGEST, UH, A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL THAT HAS ESSENTIALLY TWO BIG POINTS, THE SECOND ONE BEING THREE SUB POINTS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND A COUNCIL, AND I'LL READ HERE DIRECTLY, UH, RECOMMENDS NO CHANGES TO THE STAFFING OF OFFICERS AT THE CADET ACADEMY UNTIL IMPLEMENTATION OF A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. 
          THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IS RECOMMENDED IN ONE OF THE CORE REPORTS INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PROGRAM AND OR CONTINUITY PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE FOR TURNOVER IS PUT IN PLACE. 
          I'LL NOTE THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES, UH, THAT CHIEF HENDERSON LAID OUT TODAY FOR CADET RETENTION, UM, THOSE ARE ALL IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE DOING, UH, AND IT IS MY BELIEF, UH, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE WORKING GROUP, BUT SPEAKING AS SOMEBODY WITH SOME EXPERTISE IN POLICING AND POLICE TRAINING, UH, FROM A RESEARCH SIDE, THAT CONTINUITY WITHIN THESE ROLES IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE GOOD ON THOSE, ON THOSE EFFORTS TO RETAIN CADETS AND TO REACH OUT TO THOSE CADETS AND TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ATTRITION IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION, WHICH IS OF COURSE DOWN. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND POINT, WHICH HAS THREE SUBPOINTS, UH, WE RECOMMEND WE WOULD, OR THE, THE LANGUAGE RECOMMENDS A FULL AUDIT OF THE PROGRESS MADE ON THE TRAINING ACADEMY REFORMS TO BE COMPLETED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE. 
          POINT TWO, UH, AN EXPANSION OF THE POLICE DATING RELEASE PORTAL TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY ON THE PROGRESS AND COMPLETION OF ALL RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, KROLL, OFFICE OF POLICE OVERSIGHT AND CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS GERMANE TO THE ACADEMY. 
          AND LASTLY, PUBLIC, A PUBLIC APPLICATION PROCESS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          THESE ARE TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE NOTED IN PRIOR PAROLE REPORTS AS HAVING BEEN CREATED, UM, BUT LARGELY FALLING SHORT OF THEIR INTENDED GOALS OF FOSTERING POSITIVE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS, UH, BETWEEN THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE ACADEMY, AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THEN. 
          CHAIR RAMIREZ, WHO'S ALSO ON THE WORK, I'M SURE CAN ALSO PROVIDE INSIGHT AS WELL. 
          YEAH, I THINK ALL I'LL ADD IS THAT, UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER , UM, I, I THINK I'LL ALSO JUST ADD THAT, UM, ECHO WHAT, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER SAID, WHICH IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE. 
          UM, WHAT HAS BEEN LACKING IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THOSE CHANGES MAP AND ARE 
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ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL OF THE REFORMS THAT WERE CALLED FOR. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, I, I WAS LOOKING AT THE, THE LATEST 154TH ACADEMY, UM, REPORT EARLIER TODAY. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY STRUCK ME WAS, UM, THE PART WHERE THEY SURVEY, THEY SURVEYED, UM, GRADUATES AND, UM, THE, IT IT ASKS THEM TO PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER YOU BELIEVE TIME SPENT ON EACH OF THE LISTED AREAS OF INSTRUCTION SHOULD BE EXPANDED, SHORTENED, OR UNCHANGED. 
          UM, AND THE AREA WHERE THE MOST CADETS WANTED, UM, THE, THE, THE TRAINING MODULES TO BE SHORTENED WERE THE ONES WHERE IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNITY AND CULTURE. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS REALLY STRIKING TO ME BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE MAJOR TENETS OF A LOT OF THE REFORMS WERE TO MORE READILY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, TO MORE EMBRACE THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND COMMUNITY SORT OF LED EFFORTS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANTED MORE OF WERE STILL DEFENSIVE TACTICS, FIREARMS TACTICS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT IS EXACTLY THE IMBALANCE THAT WE HAD AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS IN 20 20, 20 21. 
          AND LOOKING AT THAT REPORT FROM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, IT STILL SHOWS THAT SAME IMBALANCE. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, YEAH. 
          ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? UH, COMMISSIONER HOLMES, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UH, MAYBE ONE, MAYBE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          UM, FIRST I SEE THAT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS FOR THERE NOT TO BE A CHANGE IN THE STAFFING. 
          UM, I HEARD IN, IN THE, IN THE DESCRIPTION THAT THERE IS A LETTING GO OF A NUMBER OF CURRENT TRAINERS AND, UM, A SHIFT THERE. 
          UM, IS THAT INHERENTLY BAD? I I'M NOT REAL CLEAR ON THE, THE VALUE OF, IN THE, THE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THERE, JUST TO PUT IT SIMPLY. 
          UM, AND PLEASE, SO PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER IS JUST, UM, UNDER THE THREE POINT RESOLVE, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT EXPANDING THE DATA PORTAL TO INCLUDE A BUNCH OF TRANSPARENCY ON THESE DIFFERENT, UM, INITIATIVES. 
          AND I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS TOO VAGUE. 
          I I WASN'T SURE WHAT TRANSPARENCY ON THESE THINGS MEANT. 
          YOU MAY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE ON THERE. 
          UH, IT'S JUST NOT CLEAR TO ME. 
          UH, I'LL TAKE A FIRST STAB. 
          UM, SO THE, THE THINKING OF THE WORKING GROUP IS THAT ONE OF THE CONTINUAL, UH, BARRIERS, UH, AS OUTLINED IN VARIOUS CALL REPORTS AS WELL AS IN SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH A PD, UM, IS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONSISTENCY IN KEY ROLES WITHIN THE ACADEMY. 
          UH, AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE POSITIONS, ONE OF THE NOTABLE POSITIONS, UH, WAS THE ROLE OF ANNE KREGAN. 
          SHE'S NO LONGER WITH THE A PD. 
          SHE WAS ESSENTIALLY A CIVILIAN ROLE WITHIN THE A PD. 
          UH, AND THERE WAS A VARIETY OF, UH, COMPLICATIONS WITH HER ROLE, NAMELY SOME CULTURAL ISSUES RELATED TO CHAIN OF COMMAND, UH, AS DOCUMENTED IN PAROLE REPORTS. 
          ESSENTIALLY, DR. 
          KRING WAS FIGHTING UPHILL TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY WITHIN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. 
          OFFICERS WERE, UM, NOT READILY, UH, WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH HER AS POTENTIALLY A SUPERIOR OR SOMEONE TO WHOM THEY REPORTED BECAUSE SHE WAS OUTSIDE FORMAL CHAIN OF COMMAND. 
          UH, IF YOU ALSO MOVE PEOPLE THAT ARE EXPERIENCED IN THE ACADEMY, YOU'RE BRINGING IN FOLKS, UH, THAT HAVE ESSENTIALLY VERY LITTLE, IF ANY, POTENTIALLY INSIGHT INTO THE OPERATIONS, THE EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS REFORMS IN THE ACADEMY. 
          AND YOU'RE REMOVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE WHAT EXPERIENCE THERE IS IN GETTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS DONE AND PUTTING THEM BACK ON PATROL OR WHEREVER THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVED TO, AND EFFORTS TO ADDRESS STAFFING ISSUES WITHIN THE WIDER DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE THINKING IS TO PREVENT THAT EXPERIENTIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE FROM BEING SHIFTED AWAY FROM THE ACADEMY AND PUT INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE DEPART, UH, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          AT LEAST THAT WAS THE RATIONALE FROM WITHIN THE WORKING GROUP. 
          AS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE OPEN POLICING DATA PORTAL, UH, IT IS ADMITTEDLY VAGUE IN PART BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THE AUDIT WOULD FIND. 
          UH, THE IDEAL WOULD BE THAT THE AUDIT, UM, OR WHATEVER DOCUMENTATION A PD WOULD PROVIDE AT SOME LATER DATE WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE READILY PORTABLE ONTO A PUBLIC PLATFORM FOR, YOU CAN IMAGINE IN YOUR MIND'S EYE, SOMETHING LIKE A SPREADSHEET. 
          WE'RE LISTING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          WE HAVE PROGRESS ON EACH ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT IS TO BE DONE BY WHAT DATE. 
          THAT IS IN, IN PART, WHAT WE ARE ENVISIONING, BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING 
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THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED AT A GRANULAR LEVEL AT THIS TIME. 
          I THINK A NICE MODEL VOTE WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THERE, AS IN THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          BUT WHAT WE, UM, SAW IT THAT SENT FROM THE C-S-C-R-M WHERE THEY HAVE PROJECT TRACKING AND IMPLEMENTATION DATES AND SOMETHING THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE AND THAT, AND THAT CAN BE SEEN, WHICH I THINK EVERYBODY GOT THAT IN THEIR EMAIL TODAY. 
          UM, AGREED. 
          I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO ADD SOME LANGUAGE IN THIS THE SECOND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING SPECIFIC, THAT THESE ARE ALL CADET TRAINING ACADEMY ASPECTS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALL IMPLIED, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY AND OPO. 
          DO WE THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE TO SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF PERTINENT TO THE CADET TRAINING ACADEMY, OR DO Y'ALL FEEL THAT IT'S IMPLIED ENOUGH AS IT IS THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE TRAINING ACADEMY AND NOT ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY? THAT SEEMS LIKE AN EASY ENOUGH, UM, AMENDMENT AND YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'D SUGGEST THE SECOND BULLET POINT WHERE IT SAYS AN EXPANSION OF OPEN POLICE DATA REPORT AT THE END OF WHERE IT SAYS, AND CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS, WE JUST SAY PERTINENT TO THE CADET TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          IS THAT A, IS THAT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? YES, MOST DEFINITELY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEN WE DON'T NEED A VOTE ON THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, YOU SHOULD CALL FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FIRST, AND THEN YOU REALLY SHOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF AMENDING THE DOCUMENT. 
          UM, MOTION TO APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT, OR MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN A SECOND, AND THEN IT'LL BE ON THE FLOOR, AND THEN SOMEONE CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND, MOTION TO APPROVE THE DOCUMENT. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT WHERE IT'S SITTING PERTINENT TO THE CADET TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          SECOND. 
          SO THE WOULD READ AN EXPANSION OF THE CADET TRAINING ACADE, UH, OF THE OPEN POLICING DATA RELEASE PORTAL TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY ON PROGRESS AND COMPLETION OF CADET TRAINING. 
          UM, SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION AT THE END, AT THE END. 
          SO IT WOULD SAY, IN COMPLETION OF ALL REIMAGINING PUBLIC SAFETY TASK FORCE, KROLL  OVERSIGHT AND CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS PERTINENT TO THE CADET TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? SECOND, I HAVE, UH, YOU AS A MOTION FOR THAT AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT AS THE SECOND. 
          SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, AFTER AND ON THE SECOND BULLET POINT YOU'RE GOING TO ADD PERTINENT TO THE CADET TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY. 
          THAT'S APPROVED. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER, OR I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO NOW BEFORE WE HAVE OUR FINAL VOTE, UM, IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS? YES, I'M SORRY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER , UH, TO ACTUALLY EDIT SOME OF THE WRITING THAT WE DID, UM, WE CURRENTLY SAY RECOMMEND NO CHANGES TO THE STAFFING. 
          I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE OVERLY BROAD. 
          UM, I THINK IT MIGHT BE, UH, OR RECOMMENDS NOT REASSIGNING CURRENT ACADEMY STAFF. 
          UM, I THINK IF THEY WANT TO ADD ACADEMY STAFF, AND I THINK IF THEY WANNA SUPPLEMENT ACADEMY STAFF, IT'S GREAT. 
          I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF IS LOSING THE EXPERIENCE, UH, OF OFFICERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ROLES AT THE ACADEMY. 
          SO I THINK THAT NO CHANGES MIGHT BE OVERLY BROAD. 
          UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND POTENTIALLY CHANGING THAT LANGUAGE TO, UH, RECOMMENDS NOT REASSIGNING 14 OFFICERS FROM THE ACADEMY TO OTHER SECTIONS OF THE A PD, LIKE VERY, VERY SPECIFICALLY, OR, YES. 
          SO YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT I WOULD READ NOT REASSIGNING. 
          YOU WANNA HAVE, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER IN THERE? UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE COULD MOST EFFICIENTLY REFERENCE. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE IS, UM, STAFFING CHANGES RELATED TO FISCAL YEAR 26, 27. 
          I DUNNO IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO REFERENCE. 
          THE STAFFING CHANGES PROPOSED IN THERE. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MARY DUNN REPORT, AND THEN THERE WAS THE STAFFING CHANGES FROM A PD THAT CAME OUT THAT HAD THAT REASSIGNMENT NUMBER. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THAT NUMBER CAME FROM. 
          SO WE CAN CITE THAT, UM, THAT FOUR, I THINK IT'S 14. 
          UM, UM, BUT MAYBE IT JUST GENERAL, NO REASSIGNMENT OF CURRENT STAFFING. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT, DOES THAT WORK? I 
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THINK SO. 
          OKAY. 
          I'LL SECOND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, AND THEN WE THEN THAT NOW WOULD READ, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION RECOMMENDS NOT REASSIGNING CURRENT STAFF OF OFFICERS AT CADET TRAINING ACADEMY. 
          IS THAT OKAY? SO WE HAVE A VOTE ON THAT. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY. 
          ANYBODY OPPOSED? I THINK THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION WITH THE TWO AMENDMENTS AS NOTED? OKAY. 
          IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAD ALREADY HAD A MOVE AND A SECOND ON THERE, SO WE CAN NOW GO TO VOTE. 
          THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION. 
          SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE TWO AMENDMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED AS AMENDMENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE OF, FINISH UP THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE 
          [7.	Approve a Public Safety Commission representative to the Downtown Commission.]
IS TO APPROVE A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION, UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ. 
          I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, UH, BRIEFLY ON THIS. 
          I KNOW THIS IS A ROLE THAT YOU STEPPED IN TO FILL, UH, TEMPORARILY, BUT WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF DOING THIS, UM, PERMANENTLY. 
          SO I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA GIVE A, A BRIEF, UM, SELLING IT TO ANY, ANY, ANY NEW MEMBERS OR ANY NEW VOLUNTEERS. 
          YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THIS IS ME PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA AND ASKING FOR HELP . 
          UM, I'VE BEEN DOWN, I'VE BEEN, UM, DOWNTOWN COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER HOLMES TOOK A STAB AT THIS AS WELL. 
          MY PLATE IS JUST TOO FULL, UM, TO TAKE ON ANOTHER COMMISSION AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, AND I DID DO IT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD BE TEMPORARY SO THAT WE WOULD GO WITHOUT. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S SOMEONE THAT IS READY TO STEP UP, UM, TO, UM, DO THIS. 
          AND IF NOT, I BELIEVE WE MAY JUST GO WITHOUT A, AN APPOINTMENT TO THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION IN THE INTERIM. 
          UM, SO COULD YOU REMIND FOLKS OF WHAT THE, UM, ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND VIRTUAL IN-PERSON OPTIONS? UM, THE, UM, MEETINGS ARE THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT, OH, CHRISTIE, REMIND ME, IS IT FIVE 30 AT FIVE 30? YES. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN ATTEND VIRTUALLY. 
          WE DO HAVE AN ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT. 
          THERE'S ONLY SO MANY MEETINGS WE CAN MISS. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S THREE. 
          UM, IT'S A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO JUST KIND OF LEARN THAT THEY DO A LOT OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION. 
          THERE'S TRANSPORTATION PEOPLE, HISTORICAL COMMISSION PEOPLE, PUBLIC SAFETY, ARTS DESIGN, LIKE IT'S KIND OF A NICE CROSS SECTION OF A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S KIND OF A NICE LITTLE LEARNING, UM, LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY THAT JUST KIND OF WANTS TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT KIND OF WORK. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHAIR RAMIREZ ABOUT ROLE AT ALL? IS THERE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? MR. HOMES, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? WAIT, YES. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER HOLMES? NO, THAT MY CAMERA HAS BEEN FROZEN FOR A WHILE, I GUESS SINCE THE LAST VOTE. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          DOES ANYBODY, UH, IF NOBODY'S INTERESTED IN DOING IT RIGHT NOW, WE CAN CERTAINLY THINK ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND JUST, AND JUST LET US KNOW. 
          WE DO HAVE TO APPROVE IT AS A COMMISSION. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AS A AGENDA ITEM FOR, FOR A FUTURE MEETING. 
          UM, BUT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER NOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND APPROVE. 
          UM, I'D BE WILLING TO TAKE IT ON FOR A WHILE. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT, IS ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED OR SHALL WE MOVE? ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, ALL DO WE, DO WE NEED TO MOVE IN SECOND? WE DON'T NEED IT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO APPROVE? UH, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT AS OUR DOWNTOWN COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVE? I MOVED. 
          I MOVE TO APPROVE COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT WITH A HARDY THANK YOU. 
          . 
          DO, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, I GUESS I SHOULD. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER WYNN, ARE YOU, I'M JUST ABSTAINING. 
          ABSTAINING. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO APPROVED. 
          COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION. 
          UM, AND THE OTHER NEXT ITEM THAT 
          [8.	Approve updates to the membership of the Bylaws Working Group.]
WE HAVE, UM, SO A QUICK UPDATE ON THE BYLAWS WORKING GROUP. 
          WE'RE SORT OF IN A LITTLE BIT OF A HIATUS, UM, BECAUSE, UM, COUNCIL IS WORKING ON APPROVING SOME OF ITS BYLAWS, UPDATES AND AMENDMENTS. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME SHIFTS WITHIN OUR COMMISSION IN TERMS OF 
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PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS ON THERE. 
          UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY RIGHT AT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FIVE PEOPLE TO, UM, BE BELOW HAVING A QUORUM, UM, WITH SOME OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGES UPCOMING, UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ WAS POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT TO HELP THE FORM, THE BYLAWS. 
          I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO IS CURRENTLY ON, UM, THE BYLAWS WORKING GROUP WHO IS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          SO WE COULD SWAP OUT, UM, IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH THAT, IT'S ALSO OKAY AS WELL. 
          AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO STEP ASIDE IF, IF, IF WE NEEDED TO, WE HAD THOUGHT, UH, WHEN, WHEN CHAIR, ME AND I WERE DISCUSSING THAT THERE COULD BE SOME, SOME BENEFIT IF WE, UM, HAD HER, UM, INVOLVEMENT JUST GIVEN SOME OF THE UPCOMING CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM COUNCIL. 
          UH, CHAIR MES, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR? YEAH, AND I JUST SAID I REALLY WANTED TO, UH, ACTUALLY COME ONTO THE BYLAWS WORKING GROUP BECAUSE AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT STAGE WHERE WE ACTUALLY ADOPT ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES, THERE'S POTENTIALLY SOME OPPORTUNITY TO PUT, TO HELP PUSH THESE THROUGH, LIKE BY PRESENTING TO AUDIT AND FINANCE, BY MAYBE TALKING TO OTHER COMMISSIONS. 
          AND SO I'M, I'M MOST CERTAINLY GAME FOR THAT ASPECT OF IT AND WITH THE HELP WITH THAT. 
          SO, UM, THAT WILL BE EASIER IF I'M PART OF THE WORKING GROUP. 
          SO THERE'S ANYBODY WHO'S CURRENTLY ON IT WHO WANTS TO STEP OFF. 
          OTHERWISE, I'M ALSO HAPPY TO, UM, STEP OFF IF NOBODY EL IF EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER BURNER. 
          I MEAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO STEP OFF AND TRADE IT FOR THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION ORDER. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FAIR TRADE OR NOT. 
          . 
          UH, WE CAN ASK HOWEVER IT IS, BUT, UM, IF THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. 
          SO WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO, UM, REPLACE, UH, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT WITH COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ OR WITH CHAIR RAMIREZ. 
          DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? I MOVE. 
          WE HAVE A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, SO VOTE TO, UM, TRADE OUT. 
          UM, EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? ALL RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE UNANIMOUS. 
          UM, SO WE'LL NOW, UM, MR. BERNHARDT WILL TAKE OVER DOWNTOWN COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ WILL JOIN IN THE BYLAWS ONCE WE GET SOME UPDATES FROM CITY, UH, COUNCIL. 
          WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE OR 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
TWO MINUTES LEFT. 
          UM, FOR ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OR DISCUSS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS? VICE CHAIR? UM, I JUST WANTED TO JUST REITERATE FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UM, CHIEF, IF YOU CAN GET THOSE, UH, THOSE PLACES WHERE THE, UH, EVENTS ARE GOING ON. 
          UH, OR IF YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT BEFORE FOR THOSE THAT WANNA BE INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND SO OUR PIO ADVISED THAT THOSE, UH, SITES ARE POSTED ON THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AREAS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HOSTING THE PARTY. 
          WE TRIED TO CONSOLIDATE, BUT THERE WERE TOO MANY CHANGES AND VARIATIONS FOR US TO POST ACCURATE DATA BECAUSE THE PARTIES WERE CHANGING THEIR LOCATIONS, CHANGING THEIR, THEIR TIMES, HOW LONG THEY WOULD BE POSTING. 
          SO APOLOGIES, YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO REFER TO THE INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS TO, TO GET WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GONNA BE HOSTING ONE. 
          AND THEN THE SPECIFIC DETAILS. 
          AND I'LL SAY TYPICALLY IF YOU GOOGLE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT NEAR ME AT YOU, JUST PRETTY SUCCESSFUL THERE IS A WONDERFUL EVENT. 
          UM, AND I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO'S ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND. 
          YES. 
          AND, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH QUITE A FEW JUST FROM LOOKING AT NEXTDOOR. 
          YEAH. 
          YEP. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST ONE MORE THING, I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT. 
          SO I, I GOT THIS THING IN THE MAIL, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL CAN SEE THAT, UH, TEXAS MONTHLY, IT'S PROBABLY BLURRED. 
          UM, BUT I NOTICED ON HERE, UH, THAT IT SAID, UH, BY MICHAEL SIERRA OLO. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU, UM, ON THAT, UH, FRONT PAGE ARTICLE, UM, THAT YOU HAD, UH, DID NOT REALIZE YOU WROTE THAT UNTIL IT CAME IN MY MAIL. 
          SO, UH, JUST, JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR WORK. 
          OH, THANKS EVERYONE. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I ACTUALLY FORGOT THAT IT WAS IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          UH, THANK YOU  . 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          UM, CHAIRMAN, I THINK YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. 
          YEAH, JUST ONE LAST REMINDER THAT TODAY IS A DEADLINE TO VOTE AND TO CHANGE ANY INFORMATION. 
          SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE, UM, CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO ADDRESS, UM, HURRY ON UP, PRINT THAT THING ONLINE AND GET IT TO A TRAVIS COUNTY OFFICE, , UM, AND OR GET IT POSTMARKED BY TODAY. 
          UM, SO, UH, YEAH. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL WITH THAT, THANKS Y'ALL. 
          IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 5 59. 
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