Apr 16, 2024 Public Safety Committee

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>> HAVRDA: ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 10:32 A.M., APRIL 16TH, 2024. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU'LL PLEASE CALL ROLL.

>> CLERK:

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(. >> HAVRDA: ANY OPPOSED? REALLY? WELCOME BACK. WELL, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> CLERK: WE HAVE ONE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, JOHN

BACHMAN. >> HAVRDA: OKAY. MR. BACHMAN, YOU HAVE

THREE MINUTES. >> ARE YOU HERE? JOHN BACHMAN?

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COUNCILWOMAN, IF I MAY, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED FOR OUR LAST PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COVER, SO CARRIED OVER TO THIS MEETING. SO WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SHANNON GABRIELSON WHO IS GOING TO BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION. AND THIS PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PHYSICAL

YEAR 2024 BUDGET. SO SHANNON? >> GOOD MORNING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, MY NAME'S SHANNON GABRIELSON, I'M FILLING IN FOR SHANNON SIMS THIS MORNING. HE HAS A FAMILY EMERGENCY. AS YOU REMEMBER IN 2023ASC DEVELOPED A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN -- YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THOSE INITIATIVES ARE AT AND WHERE OUR PLAN IS AT TO DAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THERE'S FIVE FOCUS AREAS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE FIRST ONE IS SUPPORTING A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF PEOPLE. THE FIRST INITIATIVE WAS TO IMPROVE RESPONSE RATE TO CRITICAL CALLS FOR SERVICE.

THIS IS PART OF A MULTIYEAR PLAN TO INCREASE OUR RESPONSE RATE FROM 44% TO 100% OVER A FEW YEARS. THIS YEAR ALONE WITH EIGHT OFFICERS, WE'RE -- OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE RESPONSE RATE FROM 44 TO 64% THIS YEAR. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT ALL EIGHT POSITIONS HAVE BEEN HIRED. WE RECEIVED OVER 48,000 CALLED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, IT'S A 2% INCREASE, AND WE'VE IMPOUNDED OVER 15,000 ANIMALS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE IMPOUNDED BY ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS. OF PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE IS THE 330% INCREASE IN CRIMINAL CITATIONS. THIS IS A MASSIVE INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR DUE TO POLICY, PROCEDURAL CHANGES AND HAVING MORE OFFICERS BEING ABLE TO WRITE CITATIONS. THE SECOND INITIATIVE IS CONDUCTING AN UNRESTRAINED DOG SURVEY. SO THIS IS OFTEN WHAT WE CALL THE STRAY AND ROAMING DOG STUDY. WE DID THIS IN 2018, AND WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IT AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE 2018, AND NOW OUR PLAN WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS TO DO IT EVERY GO YEARS, SO WE'RE GOING TO SET A BENCHMARK OF HERE'S THE NUMBER OF STRAY AND ROAMING DOGS IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO MEASURE EVERY OTHER YEAR HOW EFFECTIVE OUR PROGRAMS ARE, IF OUR INITIATIVES ARE WORKING, IF WE'RE MAKING INCREMENTAL CHANGE, IF WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. AND THEN ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT IS BEING ABLE TO TARGET OUR OUTREACH AND OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.

ARE THERE PARTICULAR POCKETS OF SAN ANTONIO THAT NEED MORE ENFORCEMENT? MAYBE THERE'S MORE PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT? THIS IS SOMETHING I'M REALLY PERSONALLY EXCITED THAT WE GET TO DO THIS EVERY OTHER YEAR. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PARTNERING WITH ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND UTSA TO DO THIS SMED AND WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE TO HELP CONDUCT THE STUDY, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED.

THE NEXT INITIATIVE IS ENHANCING OUR BITES AND DANGEROUS

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IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME AT THIS TIME WE WERE AT 55%, SO WE'RE SEEING AN IMPROVEMENT. AND THEN WE'RE ADDING THROUGH THE BUDGET A&M-TEAMENDMENT PROCESS, WE'RE ABLE TO GET TWO NEW SPAY/NEUTER FACILITIES. WE HAVE TWO TODAY, THIS WOULD ADD TWO ADDITIONAL FACILITIES. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE DEVELOPED A VETERINARY CARE DESERT, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THAT MAP.

WE DEVELOPED A VETERINARY CARE DESERT SO THAT WAY WE CAN TARGET THE AREA NEEDED THE MOST. WE USED THE SAME PRINCIPLE WHEN MAPPING SCHOOL DESERTS, FOOD SCARCITY MAPPINGS, WE USED THE SAME PRINCIPLE.

THE YELLOW DOTS ARE CITY-SPONSORED CLINICS WITH FREE OR [INDISCERNIBLE] SURGERY THAT'S THE CITY SU SUBSIDIZES AND THEN WE MAPPED A ONE-MILE RADIUS AROUND THAT. WE CHOSE 1 MILE BECAUSE REALLY THAT'S THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN GO CARRYING A CAT CARRIER OR YOUR DOG AFTER SURGERY. WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT SYSTEMATIC INEQUITIES THAT HAVE PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM GETTING SERVICES F YOU HAVE AN EQUITY ATLAS AT 7 OR HIGHER, THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN RED, THE LESS LIKELY YOUR FAMILY IS TO HAVE A CAR. SO THE DARKER THE GREEN, THE LESS LIKELY YOU ARE TO HAVE A CAR. SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREAS ON THE WEST SIDE JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN AND SORT OF DOWNTOWN AND THEN TO THE EAST SIDE. SO THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY TARGETING, WE'RE WORKING WITH BESD, THE REAL ESTATE DIVISION AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES, WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THOSE. WE'RE WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECT TO DETERMINE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS, IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY MANAGER EARLY SUMMER AND THEN HAVE IT BEFORE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE JULY RECESS. AND THEN THE NEXT FOCUS AREA IS PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF PETS, SO THIS IS REALLY THE FOCUS AREA ABOUT PETS. ONE OF THE MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMMUNITY IS INCREASING OUR ANIMAL WELLNESS CLINICS. SO WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A WELLNESS CLINIC THAT WE WORK WITH PARTNERS AND THEY MICROCHIP AND THEN PROVIDE CORE VACCINES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

RIGHT NOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A CLINIC ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND OF THE YEAR. SO OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE 36 THIS YEAR WITH THIS INITIATIVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 48. SO WE'RE IN SOMEONE'S NEIGHBORHOOD ALMOST EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND OF THE YEAR.

WE USE THE EQUITY ATLAS TO MAP OUT THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO IF YOU'RE IN DISTRICTS 1 THROUGH 5, YOU'RE LIKELY TO HAVE A CLINIC -- UP TO FOUR CLINICS A YEAR IN ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL AT ACS, WE DON'T HAVE IT ALL AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO A PARK WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT, A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE FOUND THIS IS MORE EFFECTIVE.

WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF REPEAT CUSTOMERS, THEY'RE COMING BACK TO GET THEIR VACCINES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.

THE I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET 5,000 AND MAYBE MORE THIS YEAR.

THE LAST BULLET POINT THAT WHILE THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WITH THIS INITIATIVE, IT'S AN IMPORTANT METRIC THAT WE'RE TRACKING IS THE NUMBER OF PETS STERILIZED. 29% ARE STERILIZED THAT GO TO THIS CLINIC. THIS JUST SHOWS WHAT A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING WE HAVE. THESE ARE THE PET FAMILIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE, THEY'RE TAKING THEIR PET TO A CLINIC, GETTING THEM VACCINATED AND ONLY 29% ARE STERILIZED. SO WE HAVE A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRACK AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS SO WE CAN SEE AGAIN ARE OUR INITIATIVES BEING EFFECTIVE. AND THIS IS JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THIS IS THE CLINIC SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE ONE -- SO WE GO TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS BASED ON THE EQUITY ATLAS AND WE ALWAYS HAVE ONE A MONTH AT THE ACS CAMPUS AND WE HAVE ONE A MONTH AT THE BRACKENRIDGE FACILITY, AT THE PAVILION.

THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, DEPENDING IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH OUR PARTNERS, PEOPLE ARE SICK, ET CETERA. AND THEN THE NEXT INITIATIVE IN THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF PETS, WE WANT TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY STANDARD OF CARE. WE HAVE OUR CHAPTER 5 STANDARD OF CARE WHICH IS OUR SHELTER, OUR WATER, FOOD, THE BASICS OF PET CARE. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF YOUR NEIGHBOR? WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY? WE HEARD A LOT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN ABOUT WANTING TO SEE A HIGHER

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WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT DO YOU EXPECT, BECAUSE WE CAN GO OUT AND WRITE CITATIONS ALL DAY, WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPOUND PETS.

BUT UNTIL WE CHANGE BEHAVIOR AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY'S REAL EXPECTATION, HOW DO WE GET PETS OFF THE STREETS AND NOT ROAMING ANYMORE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A PET PROBLEM.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE THIS A COMMUNITY-OWNED PROBLEM. IN THE NEXT MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT A SURVEY, OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETE 5,000 SURVEYS.

WE'LL DO IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL OUTREACH AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS IN EVERY DISTRICT. THAT'S MORE TO COME.

WE'LL HAVE SOME INFORMATION FOR FOLKS ON BEST PRACTICES AND REALLY HEAR WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SAY. AND WE HOPE IT WILL BE PEOPLE THAT ARE PET OWNERS AND NONPET OWNERS, BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY PROBLEM, NOT JUST PET FAMILY PROBLEM. AND ULTIMATELY LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO REALLY HELP US TARGET OUR ENFORCEMENT, TARGET PROACTIVE OUTREACH, TARGET OUR MARKETING AND OUR EDUCATION AND WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WE NEED TO BE PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY.

THE NEXT AREA IS THE PLACEMENT OF PETS. SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE. THE FIRST AREA IS ENHANCING OUR ON-CAMPUS ADOPTION. THIS IS REALLY KIND OF A MULTIPRONG APPROACH TO INCREASING OUR ADOPTIONS. SO OUR GOAL WAS TO INCREASE ADOPTIONS 1500 BY HIRING A TRAINER, HIRING AN ADDITIONAL VET CARE TEAM AND HIRING SOME ANIMAL CARE ATTENDANTS TO BE ON THE FLOOR TO HELP WITH ADOPTIONS. SO THE TRAINER, WE HAVE HIRED THAT, THEY'RE IN PLACE. AND TO DATE, WE HAVE A -- WE'VE HAD 3300 BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENTS AND BIOS COMPLETED BY THIS TEAM. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU WALK INTO ACS AND THE KENNELS, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT PET. A SHORT BIO CAN TELL YOU FLUFFY IS HOUSE BROKEN, LIKES TO PLAY WITH A TENNIS BALL, FOOD MOTIVATED, IT'S JUST THOSE LITTLE SNIPPETS THAT GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF I'M GOING TO TAKE THEM TO THE PLAY YARD TO SEE IF I BOND WITH THEM. JUST A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION. IT HELPS OUR RESCUES. THE VETERINARY CARE TEAM PROVIDING MORE MEDICAL CARE SO THAT WAY YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO. AND THEN THE ANIMAL CARE AT 10 DAPTDS, WE HAVEN'T HIRED THOSE POSITIONS BUT WE WILL SOON AND I KNOW THAT THOSE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT. WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE ADOPTION FLOOR. WHEN I STARTED AT ACS AND YOU GO OUT ON THE ADOPTION FLOOR, IT WAS KIND OF A -- YOU'RE JUST KIND OF PICKING A DOG OUT OF THE KENNEL, I'LL LOOK AT THAT, CATTLE HOLD IT. WELL HERE, WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY HELP YOU. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE MOST ABOUT THE PETS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, LIZ, YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE FAMILY, YOU LIKE TO GO FOR A RUN, LET ME GO SHOW YOU FLUFFY OVER HERE THAT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD RUNNING COMPANION.

IT'S GOING TO BE THAT ONE-ON-ONE HELP THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY HELPING YOU TO SHOP. I FULLY EXPECT US TO MEET THIS TARGET THIS YEAR, 6500 ADOPTIONS. THE RESCUE INCENTIVE WAS THE NEXT INITIATIVE.

THTHEY WERE RECEIVING 7500 FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW, IT WAS TIME TO CHANGE -- INCREASE THAT, RIGHT SIZE IT, COMMODITIES, COST OF VETERINARY CARE HAS GONE UP. WE INCREASED THAT, IT WAS ABLE TO AD TRACT A FEW NEW PARTNERS TODAY WE'RE AT 11%.

WE'RE AT 7800 RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE'LL MEET OUR METRIC FOR THAT.

THIS IS JUST A TABLE SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE, HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER. WE OFTEN SAY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IT'S NONADOPTION PROBLEM, IT'S NOT A RESCUE.

WE NEED TO DIVERSIFY OUR PLACEMENT OPTION, SO IT'S NOT JUSTONE THING.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE WAY TO DO ADOPTIONS, TO RESCUE, IT ALL PLAYS IN.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE WANT OUR LIVE RELEASE RATE TO BE HIGHER, WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WE ARE 85%. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE, WE DID A REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THIS WEEKEND. HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SAW SOME MEDIA ABOUT IT.

WE DID AN EVENT CALLED POCHANGA. IT WAS OUR FIRST EVER REAL LIFE FIESTA EVENT FT IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WASN'T JUST AN ADOPTION SPECIAL, WE HAD VENDORS, FOOD TRUCK, ENTERTAINMENT.

IN TOTAL WITH SAPA, 125 PETS WERE ADOPTED THAT SINGLE DAY.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, AGAIN, TRYING DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE'RE PILOTING IT. THIS WASN'T TIED TO A BUDGET INITIATIVE.

BUT WE SAID, I THINK THERE'S SOME SPACE FOR US TO DO SOME THINGS AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL WITH IT. WE HAD A WINTERTIME SPECIAL THAT WE HAD A LOT OF FOSTERS, BUT HAVING 125 PETS BETWEEN ACS AND SAPA IS AWESOME! AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL COME NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. AND THEN THE NEXT AREA IS FOSTERING POSITIVE CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS IS REALLY HOW WE CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY BUDGET INITIATIVES TIED TO THAT, WE ARE RETOOLING

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I THINK IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT AREA THAT WE START TALKING ABOUT NEXT YEAR ALREADY. SO WE -- GOING TO MARKET, USING THE TOOLS AND THE DATA THAT WE'RE GATHERING THIS YEAR. WE'RE NETWORKING, WE'RE NETWORKING OUR PETS, WE'VE REORGANIZED OUR EDUCATION TEAM SO THAT WAY WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN NETWORK OUR PETS AND HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THAT IN FUTURE YEARS AND INCREASE PLACEMENT OPTIONS. CONTINUING TO MAKE ACCESS TO SPANISH LANGUAGE MORE ACCESSIBLE, CONNECT WITH OUR SPANISH SPEAKERS, AND THEN DEVELOPING A NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED ENGAGEMENT PLAN.

SOME OF THIS, AGAIN, IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THAT COMMUNITY STANDARD OF CARE, BUT REALLY GOING OUT AND MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

AND THEN THE LAST AND FINAL AREA IS CHAMPIONING A HEALTHY AND THRIVING WORKFORCE. SO WE RECEIVED A FEW POSITIONS HERE, AND I WILL SAY, THESE ARE PROBABLY THE HARDEST SPOT POSITIONS THAT WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR, BUT ARE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT. WE CAN'T DO THE WORK THAT WE DO IN FRONT LINE OPEROPERATIONS UNLESS WE HAVE THE STAFF SUPPORTING THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IT DISTRACTS FROM OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO THE ENFORCEMENT, TO DO THE PLACEMENT. SO WE GOT A CONTRACT COORDINATOR WHO HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. SHE'S DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB, MANAGING RESCUE CONTRACTS, WORKING ON SPAY/NEUTER, WORKING ON AMENDMENTS, A VARIETY OF NEW CONTRACTS. WE HAVE A DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER AND THAT TEAM -- WE NOW HAVE A TEAM OF TWO THAT DO DATA, AND THIS IS GREAT.

WE ALWAYS SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE DATA-INFORMED DECISIONS AT ACS, WE CAN'T JUST FLY BY OUR GUT OUR USE REACTIVE DATA. WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THE DATA WE'RE DOING AND MAKING DATA-INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE WORK. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THIS POSITION IS DOING.

ANOTHER THING THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO IS WORK WITH THE GIS TEAM AT HISD. WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPDATE THAT, MAKING IMPROVEMENTS. AND THEN A FACILITIES MANAGER.

WE HAVE A VETERINARY CARE HOSPITAL THROUGH THE BOND PROJECT, WE'VE GOT AN OFFFIS TRAILER COMING ONLINE, WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO INSTEAD OF OUR CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER ACTING AS THE FACILITIES MANAGER, WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH THAT EXPERTISE, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN MAKE ON MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES DONE, PLACEMENT OPTIONS FOR AS MANY PETS AS POSSIBLE.

SO REALLY POSITIVE CHANGES WITH THOSE THREE POSITIONS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, ANTSDZ I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, THESE ARE REALLY JUST THE INITIATIVES TIED TO OUR BUDGET. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS AT ACS, AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING

IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHANNON, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I -- THE NEW POSITIONS AND THE PRESENTATION, THE PLANNING, ALL OF IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING. YOU PRESENTED A GOAL OF INCREASING SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, RESCUES, ADOPTIONS, ALL OF THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT -- THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, AND SO I AM THANKFUL FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL SAY THAT IT'S MAYBE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE ACS UPDATE I'VE SEEN. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF ACS AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I HAVE SOME ISSUES. THE FIRST -- I MEAN, LET'S START WITH THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF PETS. WE REPORT THAT ALL THE WELLNESS CLINICS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE YEAR.

MY TEAM AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK ON A WELLNESS CLINIC WITH YOU GUYS FOR PROBABLY A YEAR, AND IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET COOPERATION. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PARTNERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, FOSTERS, ADVOCATES, AND IT'S BEEN -- WE'VE HAD TO POSTPONE THE CLINIC MANY TIMES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WANT TO SAY FOUR TIMES BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF COOPERATION FROM ACS.

SO -- AND IT WAS A VACCINATION AND MICROCHIPPING CLINIC, IT WASN'T ANYTHING -- I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE TOO DIFFICULT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. I'M STILL NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, THAT THE ACS'S ROLE WAS GOING TO BE MINIMAL.

WE'VE BO BEEN WORKING WITH PETCO LOVE, THEY WERE ON BORD TO DO THE HEAVY LEFTING AND AGAIN WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ACS COOPERATION.

THAT'S ON ONE LEVEL. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, DEVELOPING NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED PLANS, THERE'S 10 CLINICS, SEVEN OF THOSE ARE AT ACS AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PULL IN COMMUNITY, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BRING IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD HELP.

AND AT THE VERY LEAST, ADVERTISED IT TO HELP YOU MARKET IT TO COMMUNITY TO BRING IN PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. WE'RE ALSO TOLD -- WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH -- WELL, OKAY, SO LET ME MOVE ON TO INCREASING THE PLACEMENT OF PETS. MY OFFICE CAME TO YOU GUYS WITH A PLAN TO PARTNER WITH THE FOSTER COMMUNITY FOR AN ADOPTION

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I'M TALKING ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH ACS AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY, MUCH LESS A PERSON THAT'S OUT THERE TRYING TO DO THIS WORK AND HELP YOU GUYS. AND COMMUNITY BEGINS AT HOME, IT BEGINS IN OUR DISTRICT OFFICES, AND WE JUST DON'T SEE THAT COMMUNITY -- I DON'T SEE THAT COMMUNITY EFFORT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH ACS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN POSTPONING OUR CLINICS. WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND PUT A LOT OF THESE PLANS INTO FRUITION. RIGHT NOW, I SEE A LOT OF HOPE AND PLANNING, BUT IT HAS TO BE IN PRACTICE. WE HAVE TO SEE IT HAPPENING. AND YOU HAVE TO -- YOU DON'T HAVE TO, I G ES, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS. AT THE VERY END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IS REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, INCLUDING YOUR EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WE TALK ABOUT, AGAIN, THIS ENGAGEMENT, I WANT TO SEE AN UPDATE PRETTY REGULARLY FROM ACS AS WE ALL, I THINK, AGREE, THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE ENGAGED, BUT THESE PLANS AND PROCESSES ARE EXCITING, BUT I NEED TO SEE THEM HAPPENING AND WE NEED TO SEE THEM IN INTERVALS. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE, MAYBE ONCE A QUARTER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. OAIVE IF IT'S A MEMO FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS BEING PUT INTO PRACTICE.

AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COOPERATION, ACS COOPERATION WITH COMMUNITY, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES OF THAT

COMMUNITY. >> I HEAR YOU. WE'LL DO A BETTER JOB OF

ENGAGING WITH YOUR OFFICE. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THE COMMUNITY. COUNCILMAN

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO FIRST MAKE A PLUG FOR CCR THAT WE HEARD BY GOVERNANCE TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THIS COMMITTEE, A PET DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH SHOULD ACCOMPLISH TWO GOALS, ONE IS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FOSTERS AND ADOPTIONS FROM ACS DIRECTLY, AND THE SECOND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PET OWNERS TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH ACS AND OUR PARTNERS BEFORE ADOPTING A PET.

THUS CREATING MORE RESPONSIBLE OWNERS. I BELIEVE THAT THE MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE ADOPTING PETS THAT COME INTO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CONTACT WITH ACS OR OUR PARTNERS RECEIVE VERY NECESSARY EDUCATION ON HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS. WE'RE EXCITING TO BORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATION CRAFTING THE PROPOSAL AND WE'RE HOPING IT RECEIVES OUR SUCCESS, SHOULD IT COME HERE. ONE THING WE WERE HOPING THAT AN ACS MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS A CCR OF MINE AND THE CHAIR, WE WERE HOPING THAT IT WOULD ACCOMPLISH WHAT'S CREATING A PLAN TO ACHIEVE AMBITIOUS GOALS BY A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD.

AND A LOT OF WHAT I SEE HERE ARE METRICS. WE ALREADY KIND OF EXPECT TO ACHIEVE. IF, ONE, WE WERE UTILIZING FUNDING APPROPRIATELY OR, TWO, FUNDING THE DEPARTMENT ADEQUATELY.

AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE BUDGET, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US WAS SEEING THAT 100% OF CRITICAL CALLS WERE BEING ADDRESSED. AND IN THE BUDGET, WE WERE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT EVEN IF THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE FUNDING, YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STAFF THE DEPARTMENT ADEQUATELY. AND SO I'M WONDERING, WHAT PART OF THE PLAN OR WHAT PARENTED OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ARE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON REMOVING THOSE BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS

THAT WE HAVE. >> YEAH ONE THING THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE REALLY RAMPED UP OUR ACADEMY. FRED DAVENPORT, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, CAN SPEAK TO THAT ABOUT THE ACADEMY.

>> GOOD MORNING. SO RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT 12 CADETS IN THE ACADEMY THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE 13-WEEK COURSE. THEY'LL BE GRADUATING MAY 18TH. THIS WILL PUT 12 NEW OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.

WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED 13 BRAND-NEW TRUCKS, WHICH WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO MEET LINEUP EVERY DAY. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CLASS THAT IS SCHEDULED TO START MAY 28TH, SO WE'VE ALREADY POSTED FOR THAT POSITION, AND WE'VE HAD 72 APPLICANTS. WE'RE WORKING WITH HR RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO OVERHIRE ESSENTIALLY, SO WE CAN MEET THAT GAP. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSTANTLY HIRING AND THEN YOU HAVE PROMOTIONS, ATTRITION, ET CETERA.

ONE THING ALSO IS THAT NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS THAT ARE FULL-TIME AND CAN TRAIN NEW CADETS, THAT RATIO CHANGES, SO IT'S EASIER TO IN THE FUTURE TRAIN MORE CADETS AT ONE TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE

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OFFICERS TO TRAIN THEM. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: HOW MANY ACOS ARE USUALLY OUT

ON A PARTICULAR SHIFT? >> SO FOR FIRST RESPONSE, WE HAVE OUR TWO NIGHT SHIFTS THAT EQUALS SIX OFFICERS. AND THEN OUR TWO DAYTIME SHIFTS ARE NINE AND 10. THAT'S A LITTLE DISCOURAGING BECAUSE EVEN FOR THE NIGHT SHIFT, IT'S NOT EVEN ONE PER DISTRICT AND WE'RE A VERY, VERY LARGE CITY. HOW MANY SAFE OFFICERS DO WE HAVE ON A PARTICULAR

SHIFT? >> 122ISH AND SOMETIMES WE RECEIVE CONCERNS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SAFE OFFICERS, SO I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A FEELING THAT NINE OR 10 PER SHIFT IS ANYWHERE NEAR ADEQUATE. THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE ADDRESSED AND I WOULD LIKE TO -- I GUESS WHAT I'M EXPECTING TO SEE FROM THE DEPARTMENT IS A SENSE OF SELF-ADVOCACY.

IF WE NEED TO -- IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS A DEPARTMENT, AS ACS, AND PEEPP ARE SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH AND THEY DON'T SEE US, THEY DON'T SEE OUR TRUCKS HARDLY EVER, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEIR LOCAL ACS OFFICER LOOKS LIKE, THEN HOW DO WE ACHIEVE A GOAL THAT ALLOWS US TO ACHIEVE THAT? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED? AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED MORE STAFFING, BUT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE HIGHER STAFFING LEVELS, WE'LL NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT MORE TRAININGS. WHAT DO WE -- WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT TO SEE IN A PLAN

LIKE THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN BOOK, IT DOES IN THE BACK ACTUALLY LAY OUT WHERE WE'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE YEAR 2 OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FORWARD SO YOU GUYS CAN --

CORRECT, MARIA? >> VILLAGOMEZ: THAT IS CORRECT.

AND I THINK THAT DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN, TO YOUR POINT, WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. THE NIGHT SHIFT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FAIRLY NEW. BEFORE WE ONLY USED TO HAVE ONE OFFICER, BUT YOUR POINT, WE KNOW THAT IT'S A PRIORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL, SO WHEN WE HAVE GOAL-SETTING SESSION ON THURSDAY, THAT'S ONE

OF THE AREAS THAT WE PLAN TO DISCUSS WITH YOU ALL. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. I THINK AS WELL, HMM, SO SOMETHING THAT WE GOT TO ADVOCATE FOR IN THIS LAST BUDGET AND WAS APPROVED AS ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS WAS A SPAY/NEUTER HUB ON THE EAST SIDE AND A SPAY/NEUTER HUB ON THE WEST SIDE. AND WE'RE HOPEFUL -- IT SAYS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE -- THOSE WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 13 HOW SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES. IS THAT EACH OR IN TOTAL?

>> THAT'S IN TOTAL. TYPICALLY THEY PROVIDE 6500 EACH.

THEY'RE LOW COST. WE'RE IN THE ID MANY L OF LOOKING AT -- MIDDLE OF LOOKING AT THE BALANCE OF LOW COST VERSUS FREE WE'LL ALWAYS TRY TO PUSH IT MORE. THAT'S JUST GENERALLY THE CAPACITY THAT ONE CLINIC HAS. I HAVE YET TO SEE MANY CLINIC THAT CAN DO MORE

THAN 8,000 SURGERIES IN A CLINIC. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: LAST QUESTION BEFORE -- I'LL CHIME IN ON THE NEXT ROUND, WHAT WOULD -- I KNOW THAT PUBLIC COMMENT WE RECEIVE, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND BASICALLY A PETITION. WHY DOESN'T ACS HAVE A

MOBILE SPAY/NEUTER VAN OR WHATEVER. >> YEAH.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS AND WHAT WE'VE LOOKED

AT? >> YEAH. WE ACTUALLY USED TO HAVE ONE. WHAT WE FIND IS THAT IT'S MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE TO HAVE A BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITY. THEY CAN DO ABOUT TWO, THREE TIMES AS MANY SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES IN ONE SITTING.

WE CAN ATTRACT HIGHER QUALITY -- NOT HIGHER QUALITY.

WE CAN ATTRACT MORE VETS TO DO A PRACTICE LIKE THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF HIGH VOLUME PETS GET PAID PER SURGERY. SO THE MORE SURGERIES THEY DO, THE MORE THEY GET PAID. THERE'S MORE INCENTIVE TO DO BRICK AND MORTAR. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO A NUMBERS GAME.

NOT A LOT OF PLACES DO MOBILE. IT'S MORE IF THEY NEED TO GO OUT TO A REMOTE TOWN AND THEY DON'T HAVE A VETERINARY CLINIC -- SO IT'S SORT OF A LOGISTICS. IT'S NOT AROUND AS MUCH, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO EXPLORE ANY OPTION WE CAN TO HAVE SPAY/NEUTER

IN THE COMMUNITY. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN ALDARETE

GAVITO? >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR ME AND FOR ALL OF US, IT IS A TOP PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN.

I THINK THE S STRATEGIC PLAN IS A START BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH TO ADDRESS THIS HUGE PROBLEM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

I DO WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING BRAD AND ANDY SEGOVIA AND JOE NINO ON OUR DISTRICT 7'S TEAM EFFORTS ON FIGURING OUT WAYS WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG STANDING COMPLEX ISSUE.

YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, IT IS A COMMUNITY PROBLEM.

IT HAS TO BE SOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY, AND SO WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN THINK OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO DO MORE. I THINK THAT THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED BY COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ AND

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YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT IN DISTRICT 7, DOGS ARE LEFT OFF AT WOOD LAWN LAKE ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, I DEALT WITH SOMETHING FIRSTHAND WHERE I'M PICKING UP A DOG AND TRYING TO CALL ACS. I THINK AT THAT TIME THERE WAS PROBABLY FIVE OFFICERS AND THIS WAS ON A WEEKEND OUT IN THE FIELD AT THAT TIME. AND I WAS JUST LIKE HOW CAN THERE ONLY BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS MANY OFFICERS FOR A CITY OUR SIZE OUT IN THE FIELD? SO I DEFINITELY SHARE YOUR STAFFING CONCERNS. I KNOW THAT CITIES LIKE DALLAS HAVE DONE STUDIES THAT LOOK AT THEIR IDEAL STAFFING LEVELS BASED OFF THE POPULATION SIZE. IS THAT WHAT WE DID FOR OURS?

>> WE LOOKED AT COMPARABLE STUDIES, COMPARABLE STUDIES.

WE USED THAT. WE TOOK OUR CALL VOLUME AND USED OUR DATA ANALYTICS MANAGER AND FIGURED OUT HOW LONG IT TAKES PER CALL TO GET TO THE RESPONSE THAT WE WANT. WE DID A FULL ANALYSIS OF HOW MANY OFFICERS, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO ACTUALLY GET TO THOSE CALLS.

>> GAVITO: AND THAT'S HELPFUL, BUT I DEFINITELY DO FEEL THAT WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE UPCOMING -- ON THURSDAY, TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IS IT ENOUGH, HOW FAR ARE WE OFF WITH OUR MARK.

BECAUSE, I AGREE, THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT OF ACS PRESENCE.

YOU KNOW, FOR AN AREA THAT HAS A DON OF DOG, A TON OF DOG COMPLAINTS, IT'S VERY RARE THAT I SEE AN ACS TRUCK. YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DEDICATED ACS OFFICER IN DISTRICT 7. WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ONE FOREVER BECAUSE IT'S MUCH NEEDED BUT WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

LAST, IN MARCH, OUR OFFICE HELD AN -- LOOSE, DANGEROUS DOG PROBLEM AND IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL ATTENDED.

PEOPLE NEEDED THE SPACE TO BE HEARD. ACTUALLY, JAMES ON MY TEAM HAD THE GREAT IDEA TO BRING IN MUNICIPAL COURTS INTO THE MIX, AND I THINK THAT THAT WAS SO HELPFUL, SO THAT THEY CAN HEAR THE FRUSTRATION FROM RESIDENTS. OBVIOUSLY ACS HAS TO HEAR THE FRUSTRATION FROM RESPECTRESIDENTS ALL THE TIME, BUT I DO THINK THAT MUNICIPAL COURTS WHERE RESIDENTS ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE ARE SOMETIMES MISSING. IT WAS GOOD FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS TO HEAR THAT FEEDBACK. I AM REALLY HAPPY TO SEE A HUGE INCREASE IN CRIMINAL CITATIONS, BECAUSE THAT WILL SPEAK LOUD AND CLEAR FROM RESIDENTS. THEY WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THERE WAS THIS ONE WOMAN WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS CALLED ABOUT HER NEIGHBOR'S DANGEROUS DOGS SEVERAL TIMES. SHE'S DOING HER PART AND GETTING IGNORED, AND THEN THE DOG WENT AND ATTACKED HER HUSBAND, YOU KNOW.

AND NOW -- YOU KNOW, IT'S A LIFE-CHANGING SITUATION FOR THEM.

SO IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY IF SHE DIDN'T DO HER PART.

SHE DID. AND IT FELL ON DEAF EARS.

THAT'S AT LEAST WHAT SHE FELT LIKE. AND I CAN SEE WHY SHE FELT THAT WAY. SO I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO HOLD THEIR FELLOW NEIGHBORS ACCOUNTABLE, TOO, AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.

U KNOW THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT THE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC IN -- THAT WE'RE GOING TO BORDER WITH DISTRICT ONE, 5 AND 7. I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE READY IN SEPTEMBER, AND I'M COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS.

. >> WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST.

THE TRICK IS THAT WE HAVE TO GO IN AND -- I MEAN, IT COULD BE THIS ROOM AS A SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC, SO WE HAVE TO BUILD IT OUT. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME WORK. BECAUSE THE MORE -- THE BETTER THAT WE BUILD IT,

THE MORE EFFICIENT. >> GAVITO: SURE, OF COURSE.

>> AND THE BETTER PARTNERS WE'LL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT.

>> GAVITO: WE WERE TOLD SEPTEMBER. WE'RE WAITING FOR

SEPTEMBER. >> OKAY. WE WILL DO OUR BEST.

>> GAVITO: THANKS. I DO ALSO THINK THAT THE -- I CAN GO BACK AROUND. I HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THE UNSTERILIZED ANIMALS BEING -- YOU KNOW, IF RESIDENTS ARE BEING PROVIDED WITH EDUCATION ABOUT STERILIZING THEM.

WE HEAR A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS ON HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO STERILIZE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO

BE ABLE TO GET TO THE ROOT OF THIS ISSUE. >> UH-HUH.

>> GAVITO: YEAH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

>> HAVRDA: I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK POINT ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL COURT ISSUE, THREE OF US HERE ARE AT LEAST ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT COMMITTEE.

ARE Y'ALL WORKING WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS? THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE THE JUDGES CAN ONLY MAKE A CALL BASED ON THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE

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ISSUE? >> YES, WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS AND WE'RE WORKING ON PROCESSES AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT HELP THE CASES GO THROUGH. SO WE ARE WORKING WELL WITH THEM.

WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, RECIDIVISM PLANS FOR MINIMUM TICKET FEES, SO THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS WE'RE WORKING ON TOGETHER.

>> HAVRDA: GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN DR. KAUR?

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR WORK. WE KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS NOT EASY. I KNOW WE HAD STAFF THAT WENT OUT ON MY ACS BOARD APPOINTMENT ALSO WENT OUT TO PACHANGO ON SATURDAY. I GOT A BRIEFING AND HEARD THAT IT WENT REALLY WELL. I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE TRYING THINGS TO INCREASE THE ADOPTION RATE. SIMILAR TO COUNCILWOMAN CABELLO HAVRDA POINT, I HEARD ABOUT IT FROM MY ACS ADVISER AND NOT FROM ACS ITSELF. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEND IT TO OUR OFFICE, TOO.

>> WE DID SEND INVITES. WE HANGED DELIVERED THEM TO EACH OFFICE.

I APOLOGIZE -- THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, FIRST TIME

DOING A BIG EVENT. >> I DON'T DO PAPER WELL, SO PROBABLY WHY I NEVER SAW IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO OVERALL ASK A QUESTION, I APPRECIATE THE BUDGET UPDATES THIS LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET YOU GUYS RECEIVED $28.5 MILLION, WOULD LOVE TO KNOW, IS THERE A BREAK DOWN FOR HOW THAT'S BEING SPENT, HOW MUCH OF THAT'S BEEN SPENT, ARE WE ON TRACK -- WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH ALMOST. HAVE WE SPENT 50% OF

THOSE DOLLARS? >> YEAH. SO WE'VE -- WE'RE -- TOMORROW IS THE SIX PLUS SIX PRESENTED. WE'RE ON TRACK TO SPEND ALL OF OUR FUNDING AND WE DO HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY INITIATIVES AND BY ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, SO THAT'S IN THE SIX PLUS SIX. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE

RIGHT ON TRACK TO SPEND OUR BUDGET. >> KAUR: IN THE FUTURE WHAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ME IN THE PRESENTATION SLIDES WHERE YOU'RE OUTLINING EACH OF THE PRIORITIES AND HOW YOU'VE BEEN UPDATED, IF YOU CAN LIST HOW MANY DOLLARS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT THERE AND HOW MANY HAS ALREADY BEEN EXPENDED BECAUSE IT HELPS ME UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PRIORITIZED BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE DOLLARS ARE SPENT, THAT'S WHERE -- THE THINGS THAT WE ARE MAKING A PRIORITY. SO IF YOU COULD ADD THAT TO THE PRESENTATION, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN THE -- A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS THAT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE OUT LOUD, AND I SAID THIS BEFORE, GETTING INFORMATION -- WE GET A LOT OF CALLS, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF HARD WORK, BUT OUR OFFICE GETS A LOT OF CALLS FOR SPAY/NEUTER.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR 3-1-1 DATA, WE GET OUR MONTHLY REPORTS.

IT'S THE MOST AMOUNT OF OPEN CASES THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THESE CASES DON'T CLOSE, RIGHT? WE CAN -- OUR CONSTITUENTS -- WE CAN CLOSE A POTHOLE CASE PRETTY QUICKLY, WE CAN'T CLOSE ACS CASES BECAUSE THEY TAKE FOREVER. SO WHAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IF THERE WAS BETTER COMMUNICATION THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS WHERE CASES ARE ON Y'ALL'S SIDE FROM OUR OFFICE WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND THAT CONSTITUENT E-MAIL, THAT E-MAIL THAT WE USE. IT WOULD BE EASIER IF THERE WAS THE BACK END OF 3-1-1, IF OFFICERS COULD PUT INFORMATION IN THERE THAT OUR STAFF COULD DIRECTLY ACCESS. RIGHT NOW, THE SYSTEMS DON'T KIND OF MATCH, SO WE CAN'T REALLY READ -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO

COMMENT ON THAT. >> YES, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH 3-1-1 RIGHT NOW TO IMPROVE HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS.

WHAT OUR OFFICERS DO AT THE END OF EVERY CALL IS PUT IN RESULT CODES, MAKE CONTACT WITH OWNER -- TRANSLATE INTO LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR THE RESIDENTS, IT COULD BE CONFUSING.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PAUL AND 3-1-1 IN

THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO IMPROVE ON THAT. >> KAUR: I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO I KNOW THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT CAN'T BE SHARED, BUT THAT OUR STAFF CAN SEE BUT RESIDENTS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO. AND SO JUST GETTING ALL OF THE NOTES FROM THE ACS OFFICERS' VISIT IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR OUR STAFF. AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO SEND THE DIRECT E-MAIL TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE NOTES. AND JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT PROCESS COULD BE MADE BETTER, TOO, IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT F FOR THIS UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN GET WITH YOUR STAFF FOR SOME

IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT. >> KAUR: IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 3, PLEORASE.

THE INCREASE IN CRIMINAL CITATIONS, SO I'M WONDERING, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO INCREASE THE CRITICAL RESPONSE FROM 44 TO 64%, BUT THE DATA UNDERNEATH IT, I DON'T SEE WHERE WE ARE IN DIRECTION TOWARD THAT GOAL. I SEE THAT WE'RE DOING MORE CITATIONS, BUT I WAS ON A RIDE A LONG WITH YOU ALL AND I KNOW WE SAW THE SAME PERSON FIVE TIMES.

ARE THOSE REPEAT OFFENDERS OR ARE THOSE NEW CASES?

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT NUMBER A LITTLE BIT? >> SURE.

SO WE ACTUALLY RAN DATA FOR ALL OF OUR CITATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

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TIMES. >> KAUR: GOT IT. SO THAT INCREASED RATE IS

MOSTLY FOR NEW CITATIONS. >> THAT IS CORRECT, YES.

>> KAUR: SO WE'VE HAD THAT 48,000 CALLS THAT WE'VE HAD, THAT'S HOW

MANY WE'VE HAD YEAR-TO-DATE? >> YES.

THAT IS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THROUGH -- FROM OCTOBER 1 THROUGH

MARCH 31ST. >> KAUR: FISCAL YEAR. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE

CALLS HAVE WE ADDRESSED? >> SO OF THE CRITICAL CALLS, WE'RE AT 52%

RESPONSE RATE AT THIS TIME. >> KAUR: GOT IT.

>> LAST YEAR WE WERE AT 44%. OUR GOAL'S 64, SO WE'RE

ABOUT HALFWAY THERE. >> KAUR: GOT IT. I'LL CHIME BACK IN.

>> HAVRDA: THANKSGIVING, COUNCILWOMAN DR. KAUR. COUNCILMAN WHYTE?

>> WHYTE: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DR. KAUR'S POINTS AT THE END WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR STAFF AND GETTING THE NOALTS ON THOSE CASES. THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. ON SLIDE, I THINK 4 IT IS, WHAT EXACTLY -- WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL ON THESE INVESTIGATIONS RELATED TO DOG BITES?

>> I'M GOING TO HAVE BRAD EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE HE OVERSEES OUR FIELD

DIVISION. >> SO FOR DOG BITES, THE OFFICER ACS WILL RECEIVE NOTIFICATION EITHER THEY CALL 3-1-1 TO REPORT IT OR WE GET FAXES THROUGH THE HOSPITAL, IF THEY HAVE TO GO GET TREATMENT.

THE HOSPITAL WILL FAX OVER INFORMATION TO US. AT THAT POINT, WE'LL GO TO LOCATION AND DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE BITE, WE'LL EITHER DO A 10-DAY QUARANTINE ON LOCATION OR HOME QUARANTINE.

THE DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO DEPEND ON IS THE -- WAS IT OWNER/VICTIM SAME. SOMETIMES YOU'RE PLAYING WITH YOUR DOG AND THEY MIGHT NIP YOU AND YOU NEED TO GET MEDICAL TREATMENT, BUT YOU'RE NOT -- IT WASN'T NECESSARILY AN ATTACK. IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO GET TREATED FOR. AND THOSE CASES IF THEY WEREN'T FREE OF RESTRAINT, IF THEY WERE -- HAVE PROOF OF RABIES THERN WE'LL LET THEM HOME QUARANTINE. SO IF THEY ARE BROUGHT IN, THEY'RE HELD FOR 10 DAYS. ON THE 11TH DAY, THEY'RE

RELEASED BACK TO THE OWNER. >> WHYTE: OKAY.

AND SO NO QUESTIONS ASKED, 10-DAY HOLD, RELEASE BACK REGARDLESS

OF THE SEVERITY? >> WELL, SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN IS IF THE BITE IS SEVERE -- IF THE DOG WAS FREE OF RESTRAINT, THEY'LL GET CITATIONS FOR FREE OF RESTRAINT, FAILURE TO PREVENT BITE, POSSIBLY FOR NOT HAVING PROOF OF RABIES, NOT HAVING A MICROCHIP, THERE COULD BE SEVERAL CRIMINAL CITATIONS VISH ISSUED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

DEPENDING IF THE VICTIM WANTS TO SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT OR NOT, THAT WILL GET TRANSFERRED TO OUR DANGEROUS DOGS INVESTIGATION TEAM.

IF THEY DEEM THAT DOG TO BE DANGEROUS AT THAT TIME, THEN THE INDIVIDUAL, THE OWNER, HAS TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS. ITHERE'S 10 STATE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY

HAVE 30 DAYS TO DO SO. >> WHYTE: SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WHERE IT SAYS INCREASE THE COMPLIANCE RATE OF DANGEROUS JOBS FROM 55% TO 80%?

>> RIGHT. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND WAS LAST YEAR, WE HAD DEEMED -- THERE ARE ABOUT 120 DOGS DEEMED DANGEROUS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. ABOUT HALF OF THOSE, THE OWNERS WERE IN COMPLIANCE OF ALL 10 STATE REQUIREMENTS. WE WERE GETTING TO EVERY AFFIDAVIT, WE'RE INVESTIGATING EVERY CASE, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FOLLOW-UP ON COMPLIANCE. SO ONE OF THE GOALS FROM LAST YEAR'S INITIATIVE WAS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DANGEROUS DOG INVESTIGATE FORS WITH THE AYE-IN THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD THE OWNERS ACCOUNTABLE AND IN

COMPLIANCE AT A HIGHER LEVEL. >> WHYTE: MOVING TO, I THINK IT'S SLIDE 11, TALKING ABOUT THE RESCUE INCENTIVES, ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECEIVE COMPENSATION FROM ACS, ARE THEY ALL IN

SAN ANTONIO OR SOME OUTSIDE OF THE CITY? >> IT VARIES.

SOME ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SOME ARE FROM FURTHER

AWAY. IT JUST VARIES. >> WHYTE: AND SO WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR WHO -- BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY GETS THE INCENTIVE,

RIGHT? >> YEAH. SO WE WENT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. WE -- IT'S REQUESTS FOR APPLICATIONS, SO WE PUT OUT, HERE'S WHAT THE SCOPE LOOKS LIKE, HERE'S THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF INSURANCES THAT YOU NEED, THIS IS A TREATMENT THAT YOU MUST PROVIDE, AND THEN THEY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND WE GO THROUGH AND VET IT. AND THEN FROM THAT, WE DEVELOP A CONTRACT IF IT

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MEETS OUR CRITERIA. >> WHYTE: OKAY. >> SO WE HAVE A FORMAL CONTRACT WITH PAID PARTNERS, AND THEN WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF NONPAID

PARTNERS WHERE IT'S MORE OF AN INFORMAL CONTRACT. >> WHYTE: AND SO HOW MANY

PAID PARTNERS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY? >> 11, I BELIEVE.

11. >> WHYTE: I GUESS MY LAST POINT HERE WOULD BE -- AND IT'S A GE QUESTION, ON WHAT SORT OF COORDINATION DO WE HAVE BETWEEN ACS AND THESE PARTNERS THAT HELP RESCUE THESE DOGS.

>> YEAH. >> WHYTE: BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU THAT IN TALKING WITH SOME OF THESE GROUPS, IT SEEMS LIKE AT LEAST FROM THE GROUP -- FROM SOME OF THESE OUTSIDE GROUPS, THAT THERE ISN'T ENOUGH COORDINATION BETWEEN ACS AND THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING WHERE IT WOULD HELP TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON HOW WE CAN BETTER WORK

TOGETHER. THOUGHTS ON THAT? >> YEAH.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT EVERY TWO YEARS WE HEAR THAT.

WE DID THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WE DID DO SPECIFIC FOCUS GROUPS AND OUTREACH TO OUR RESCUE GROUPS SO WE COULD.

AND A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES ARE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE INPUT THEY GAVE US, THE VETERINARY CARE TEAM, DIRECT RESULT OF WHAT THEY SAID THEY NEEDED. THE TRAINER, DIRECT RESULT OF WHAT THEY SAID THEY NEEDED. SO WE ARE. I THINK IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROCESS --

>> MCCARY: ALSO, COUNCILMAN, YOU HAD ASKED A PARTICULAR QUESTION ABOUT ADL AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT ARE RECEIVING IN THAT CERTAIN AMOUNT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES SEPARATES THE AGREEMENTS, FOR INSTANCE,S ADL HAS TWO AGREEMENTS.

ONE, THEY GET $225 PER ANIMAL. THE OTHER ONE DEALT WITH THE BOND AS IT RELATES TO 2013 WHEN THEY FIRST BUILT ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES. SO THEY, IN TURNS, DID A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT POINTED OUT WE WOULD HAVE OVER 3,000 RESCUES AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT.

SO IN SOME CASES, THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THEM TO IN KIND GIVE BACK CERTAIN SERVICES THAT COVERS SOME OF THE EXPENSES THROUGH OUR BOND PROJECT AS WELL. SO SOMETIMES THEY'RE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, AND OTHER TIMES THEY'RE A LITTLE MORE. BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO STILL HAVE THOSE INDEPENDENT AGREEMENTS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DATE BACK AS FAR AS 2013, AND THEY'RE 25-YEAR AGREEMENTS.

SO THAT'S -- EVERY NOW AND THEN, YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH SOME OUTLIERS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING.

>> WHYTE: YEAH. AND, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ADVOCATE FOR PERIODICALLY -- I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN EVERYBODY GETTING IN THE SAME ROOM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. IT CAN JUST HELP WITH HOW

WE MOVE FORWARD. >> I AGREE. >> WHYTE: THANKS.

>> HAVRDA: THANKS, COUNCILMAN WHYTE. COUNCILMAN

MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ? >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU MIND GOING TO SLIDE 12 FOR ME. I JUST HAVE TO GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE I FORGET. SO RETURN TO OWNER, ONE OF TWO NUMBERS IS WRONG, EITHER 2313 IS WRONG OR THE NEGATIVE 1% IS WRONG. IF IT'S 3313, THEN THAT WOULD REPRESENT A 1%

DECREASE. >> YEAH, IT'S THE THREE -- IT SHOULD BE 3313. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. BECAUSE IF IT WAS THAT, I WOULD WONDER WHY WE WEREN'T HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

>> WE ORIGINALLY HAD THIS IN FEBRUARY AND WE'RE UPDATING.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. THE SECOND ONE IS JUST RELATED TO SPAY/NEUTER HUBS. SO THAT IS -- IF I'M& REMEMBERING ACCURATELY, IT WAS ABOUT $1.5 MILLION AMENDMENT THAT WAS PASSED. BASED ON THE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS THAT I'VE SEEN, BECAUSE I'VE RECEIVED A FEW OF THE ADDRESSES THAT COULD BE POTENTIAL LOCATIONS, THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF LOVE, AND I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, DO WE BELIEVE THAT 750 TO 800K WILL BE ENOUGH AND ARE WE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OF

THOSE FACILITIES? >> YES. WE ARE.

WE'VE TALKED TO VSD ABOUT THAT'S A HIGH PRIORITY TO MAKE SURE THEY LOOK LIKE BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY BUILDINGS. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS TO SAY, HERE'S SOME PICTURES, WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE? IT ALSO IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL TRY TO NEGOTIATE IN THE LEASE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND THEY LOOK LIKE A

COMMUNITY ASSET. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AT -- I'VE DONE A FIELD OFFICE RENOVATION, AND IT COST ALMOST HALF OF THAT FOR JUST THE INTERIOR FOR A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER SPACE, AND SO WHAT MATTERS TO ME IS WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE M MIDYEAR BUDGET DISCUSSION AND BECAUSE WE DID THE WORK TO DEMONSTRATE IT AS A PRIORITY IN THE BUDGET, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN.

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>> VILLAGOMEZ: YES, COUNCILMAN. NOTED.

>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. THE THIRD THING, AND I THINK THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE HAVEN'T HAD THUS FAR, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US COMMIT TO A TRUE NO KILL POLICY, AND I KNOW THAT WOULD TAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE WAY THAT ACS IS OPERATING, THE RESOURCES THAT ACS AS AS A DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL COUNCIL DIRECTION.

SO FOR A FUTURE PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT A PLAN TO ACHIEVE NO KILL STATUS WOULD CONSIST OF, WHAT KIND OF RESOURCES WOULD THAT TAKE, WHETHER IT'S REALISTIC OR NOT, I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN GET THERE. SO, CHAIR, I'D REQUEST THAT THAT BE A FUTURE

ITEM. THANK YOU. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ. COUNCILWOMAN DR. KAUR?

>> KAUR: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON SOME SLIDES I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT. FOR SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THE SECOND POINT ON IT WAS THE UNRESTRAINED DOG SURVEY.

DOING SOME PRELIMINARY RESEARCH, I SAW SOME OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE THAT ACTUALLY DID THIS, IS THE PURPOSE OF IT JUST TO HAVE A GOAL THAT WE CAN SET. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REASON --

>> SO WHAT I'LL SAY, THERE'S REALLY NOT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THIS IS NEW TERRITORY BECAUSE WE WENT OUT TO DIFFERENT RESOURCE INSTITUTIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND NO ONE IS REALLY DOING IT. SO WE DID THIS IN 2018.

WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN. WE WANT TO HAVE A BENCHMARK.

WE NEED TOO KNOW IF OUR PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE. 2024, THIS IS THE NUMBER

WE'RE AT AND THEN WE CAN SET REALISTIC GOALS. >> KAUR: I HAD SEEN AN ARTICLE THAT DALLAS DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOURCE -- OF THIS WOULD BE AND HOW WE WOULD TRACK THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS SO -- IT'S SUCH A DIFFICULT THING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IF Y'ALL WOULD SEND OVER INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO ACTUALLY GET THAT DATA, THE GOAL, AND THEN WHAT WE DID IN 2018, WHAT

THOSE NUMBERS LOOKED LIKE. >> YEAH.

>> KAUR: ON THE TWO NEW SPAY/NEUTER CLINICS, SO THE NEXT SLIDE, I AGREE REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS LAUNCHED, LIKE I WANT TO ECHO, WE NEED THIS SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC, BUT I ALSO -- I ADVOCATED A LOT LAST YEAR FOR THE MOBILE SPAY/NEUTER VAN THAT COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT AND I GOT THE SAME FEEDBACK THAT IT'S NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS THE ACTUAL IN-PERSON CLINIC. AND I KEEP COMING BACK TO COMMUNITY ASKING US FOR THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THE ROI ON AN ACTUAL FACILITY VERSUS THE VAN IN TERMS OF COSTS, BECAUSE A PART OF OUR PROBLEM TRANSPARENTLY WITH ACS IS WE HAVE A COMMUNITY PERCEPTION PROBLEM WITH THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.

AND SO IF THERE IS A WIN, EVEN IF IT'S A $2 MILLION -- I DON'T EVEN THINK IT WOULD BE THAT MUCH, WHATEVER THE COST IS, IF THAT COULD ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION ACCESS, IF THERE WAS SOME WAY -- IF THIS WAS A SMALL ENOUGH WIN FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY SEE WE ARE LISTENING AND TRYING TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT US TO DO, I'D LIKE

TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THAT WOULD COST. >> YEAH.

WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS A MOBILE CLINIC WILL DO MAYBE 20.

BRICK A MORTAR FACILITY WILL DO 40 TO 60, SOMETIMES 80 A DAY.

WE ARE -- WE KNOW THAT THE TRANSPORTATION IS AN ISSUE.

THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE THOSE.

WE DO HAVE AN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, AND THEN THE CLINIC THAT'S AT BRACKENRIDGE HAS A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, SO THE AMBASSADOR IS GOING TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND PICKING UP PEOPLE, HELPING THEM GET THEIR PETS SPAYED AND NEUTERED.

IT'S BEEN REALLY POPULAR, HUGELY SUCCESSFUL. THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM THAT SPAY/NEUTER NETWORK IS DOING IS PHENOMENAL.

>> KAUR: I'VE HEARD THAT NUMBER BEFORE, I'VE HEARD THE 20, AND 40 R AND 60 NUMBER BEFORE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS WHAT THE COST OF THE VAN WOULD BE. THE POINT ISN'T NECESSARILY -- WE KNOW WE CAN DO MORE AT AN ACTUAL BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITY BUT MY GOAL IS COMMUNITY PERCEPTION AND IMPACT OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE REQUEST THERE, JUST TO GET A COST AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THE SIX VERSUS SIX.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONLY TWO COMMENTS THAT I HAD WERE JUST AROUND THE EDUCATION COMPONENT. I KNOW LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATING COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GET TO OUR GOALS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE LIVE IN A STATE WHERE DOGS ARE PROPERTY AND YOU CAN'T TAKE SOMEONE'S PETS AWAY.

AND SO UNTIL WE GET EDUCATION IN PLACE, THAT'S THE -- I THINK, THE ONLY LONG-TERM SOLUTION WE REALLY HAVE. SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS

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MEDIA AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. >> YEAH.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY IS WE'VE REALLY BROUGHT UP THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE OF OUR VISUAL AND DESIGN. SO IF YOU SAW SOME OF THE PACHANGA GRAPHICS, THEY'RE AMAZING. SO OUR DESIGN -- IT'S TOP NOTCH. I CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT THAT TEAM.

WE'VE ALSO REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

WE DON'T HAVE STAFF, PER SE, TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

SO WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED DOING THIS ON OVERTIME, DOING IT ON STAFF, AND ALL STAFF WANTS TO PARTICIPATE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO PICK AND CHOOSE THE MOST VALUABLE WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE MOST CONNECTIONS AND HAVE TA ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION ABOUT RESPONSIBLE PET CARE, HAVING THEM TAKE A PLEDGE, MAKING A PET TAG FOR THEM, TALKING ABOUT MICROCHIPPING. THAT'S ONE THING WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY.

DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE ABANDONED ANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND WE REALIZE WE NEED TO KIND OF RETOOL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT LINE OF WHAT ARE WE DOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE.

AND THEN THOSE ON SITE EVENTS. WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE, AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE A PERCEPTION PROBLEM. WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT ACS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE O MAJOR GOALS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS YEAR.

I THINK EVENTS LIKE PACHANGA AND FA LA LA LA ADOPTION EVENT ARE WAYS

WE'RE DOING THAT. >> HAVRDA: THANK YOU. AFFI

>> GAVITO: HOW ARE Y'ALL PARTNERING WITH -- >> IN THE FALL WE DID A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, THEY SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

THERE SHOULD BE CONTRACTS COMING TO COUNCIL FOR FERAL CATS FOR TNR AND FERAL CAT TS. WE'RE CONSTANTLY RECRUITING THAT. IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES, WE NEED MORE PROVIDERS. THERE'S A NATIONAL VET SHORTAGE, SO BRINGING SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO TO INCREASE CAPACITY IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS WE CAN DO.

SPAY/NEUTER NETWORK IS ONE WE WERE ABLE TO BRING IN, WE RENOVATED THE BRACKENRIDGE CLINIC, THEY CAME IN AND THEY'RE A PHENOMENAL PARTNER.

I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THAT'S THE TRICK IS TRYING TO RECUTE. SO GOING TO A CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH, I'M GOING TO TRY TO TALK TO EVERYBODY POSSIBLE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A SUMMIT WITH ALL OF OUR WELLNESS PARTNERS TO SEE, OKAY, WHAT'S OAT THERE, WHERE DO YOUST A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY BECAUSE 10 SURGERIES IS 10 SURGERIES. IF WE CAN GET 10 MORE A WEEK, THAT'S 520 A YEAR. IT'S INCREMENTAL SOMETIMES BUT U IT MAKES

A DIFFERENCE. >> GAVITO: AWESOME. THANK YOU CHAIR.

>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> HAVRDA: WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.

>> VILLAGOMEZ: MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE NEXT ITEM IS ABOUT CRIME STATISTICS AND ALSO THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH UTSA TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN SAN ANTONIO.

SO CHIEF MCMANN IT'S IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR RELATED TO CRIMES CITY WIDE AND THEN DR. ROBERT TELLER WITH UTSA WILL GO OVER THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST

YEAR OF THE PLAN. GO AHEAD, CHIEF. >> CHIEF MCMANUS: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOPEFULLY THE INFORMATION I'M GIVING YOU THIS MORNING WILL BE OF GOOD NEWS TO Y'ALL.

SO LOOKING AT OUR EMERGENCY CALLS, WE HAD FROM MARCH TO -- JANUARY TO MARCH, FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD 556,000 -- ALMOST 556,800 CALLS. 306 OF THOSE WERE EMERGENCY CALLS, 250,000 OF THOSE WERE NONEMERGENCY CALLS. AND OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME IS SIX MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS. NONEMERGENCY IS 20 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS. AND ASKING AROUND AT OTHER CITIES, TALKING WITH OTHER CHIEFS, THE QUESTION THEY HAVE FOR ME IS HOW THE HECK DO YOU GET YOUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES DOWN TO SIX MINUTES AND 19 SECONDS. SO APPARENTLY WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD IN COMPARISON TO OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES WITH OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES. CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS OR VIOLENT -- AND VIOLENT CRIME DROPPED ABOUT 6%, ALMOST 6%. CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY, IT WAS DOWN 4%. AND PROPERTY CRIMES DROPPED NEARLY 5%.

AND THE BULK OF THE OFFENSES WERE PROPERTY CRIMES.

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AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND MADAM CHAIR, WITH YOUR OKAY, I WILL CALL UP DR. ROBERT TILLYER TO GO OVER THE YEAR'S END

REPORT ON OUR VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. >> HAVRDA: PLEASE DO,

CHIEF. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

IT'S JUST THE GREEN TO GO FORWARD, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. COOL. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. APPRECIATE IT.

MY NAME'S ROB TILLYER, I'M A PRO FIS SER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. GOOD TO SEE SOME FACES I RECOGNIZE AROUND THE TABLE FROM UTSA. I HAVE DAVID AND BRIAN, PART OF OUR TEAM HERE.

WE HAVE ACTUALLY ANOTHER PRESENTATION AT ANOTHER CITY TODAY, SO WE'RE SORT OF SPLITTING DUTIES, AND SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

THIS PRESENTATION AND THE NUMBERS WITHIN IT FOCUS ON THE FIRST YEAR OF OUR CITYWIDE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN. AND GIST WANT TO RESET THE STAGE FOR THOSE THAT -- TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND BRIEFED ON THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE CITYWIDE PLAN.

THE FIRST PART OF THIS PLAN, WHICH I'M PRIMARILY GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY AND HAVE RESULTS ON, IS THE NEAR-TERM HOT SPOT STRATEGY PLAN FOCUSED ON INCREASING POLICE VISIBILITY IN PARTICULAR AND PRIORITIZING STREET LEVEL DETERRENCE, AND I'LL HAVE -- WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF RESULTS THERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THAT. THE SECOND PART OF THE OVERALL CRIME PLAN IS A MIDTERM STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN INITIATED, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT IN A MINUTE, FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON VIOLENT PLACES AND MOVING A PROBLEM-ORIENTED BASED APPROACH TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR PROBLEMATIC LOCATIONS. AND THEN THIRD IS A LONGER-TERM OFFENDER BASED STRATEGY, DETERRENCE, WHICH IS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AMONG REPEAT AND HIGH-RISK OFFENDERS, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF OUR PRESENTATION HERE TODAY. THOSE THREE COMPONENTS COMPRISE THE CRIME PLAN.

SO THE FOCUS OF OUR ASSESSMENT, OR THIS PRESENTATION AND OUR ANALYSIS IS THE ACTIVITY BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST, 2023, AND DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. AS I MENTIONED, THE FIRST PHASE, THE HOT SPOT COMPONENT, WE EXECUTED -- SAPD EXECUTED, I SHOULD SAY, IN TWO-MONTH INTERVALS AND WE ASSISTED WITH THE EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL PRESENT IN A MINUTE. THE SECOND PHASE, THE PLACE-BASED FOCUSED USING PROBLEM-ORIENTED POLICING OR PROBLEM-ORIENTED STRATEGIES IS UNDERWAY AND INVOLVES MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS.

WE STARTED THAT LATE IN 2023 AND WE'RE UNDER WAY WITH A LOCATION AND I'LL GIVE YOU A FINAL UPDATE ON THAT IN A MOMENT. AND THEN THE FOLKS DETERRENCE IS TO COME DOWN THE ROAD. TODAY WHAT I WANT TO PRESENTS TO YOU IS JUST THE RESULTS ON YEAR 1. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT CITYWIDE TRENDS, LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PLACES WE DIRECTLY TREATED WITH OUR HOT SPOT STRATEGY, GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF ARRESTS AND ALSO CALLS FOR SERVICE AND FINALLY I WANT TO MENTION FIDELITY BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN.

SO BIG FICKU PICTURE, THE HOT SPOT STRATEGY IS A STRATEGY WHERE WE EXAM THE ENTIRE LAND AREA OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BREAK IT INTO VERY SMALL 100-METER GRIDS OR 300ISH-FEET GRIDS AND THE GOAL AS I MENTIONED IS TO LOCATE OFFICERS IN THOSE PLACES THAT ARE MOST CRIME PRONE DURING PARTICULAR DAYS OF THE WEEK AND HOURS OF THE DAY.

THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY ACTIVITIES THAT THOSE OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN AT THOSE LOCATIONS. ONE, WIT WE'VE TERMED HIGH VISIBILITY WHICH IS SIMPLY FOR AN OFFICER TO BE IN THOSE LOCATIONS FOR 15 MINUTES WITH THE RECOMMENDED HOUR WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON TO PROVIDE A PRESENCE AND TO BE VISIBLE. WE'VE ALSO INSTITUTED -- ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH

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AND ALSO VICTIMS. I SHOULD NOTE, HERE WE'RE FOCUSED ONLY ON MURDERS, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, ROBBERIES AND DEADLY CONDUCT.

SO THAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE TYPES OF INCIDENTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON HERE. AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, THOUGH THE COLORS ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF, ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE IS THE RED LINE THAT WAS BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN STARTED FROM JANUARY OF 2019 THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2022.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE SORT OF TREND UPWARD TREND IN VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. THE VERTICAL LINE IS BLUE, BLACK, THAT'S THE INITIATION OF THE CRIME PLAN AND ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE IN THE GREEN THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED CITY WIDE IN TERMS OF VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS SINCE THE PLAN WAS INITIATED. THEED LINES ABOVE THE SOLID ARE VICTIMS. WE TRACK BOTH INCIDENTS AND VICTIMS. YOU CAN HAVE ONE VICTIM OR MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE VICTIMS WITHIN ANY ONE INCIDENT. WE WANT TO TRACK THOSE BOTH TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT. YOU CAN SEE HOW SIMILARLY THEY TRACK ONE ANOTHER OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. I THINK THE BIG PICTURE STORY HERE AND WHAT I WOULD POINT YOUR ATTENTION HERE IS THE INCREASING TREND IN RED BEFORE THE CRIME PLAN STARTED AND WHAT WE WOULD TERM COMING OFF OF COVID, WE LEARNED THIS TERM, THE FLATTENING OF THE CURVE IN 2023.

THAT GREEN LINE, THE GREEN DOTTED LINE IS AN AVERAGE ACROSS THE YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN FLATTENED AND IS NO LOCKER INCREASING.

IN FACT, IF WE LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY IN 2023, COMPARED TO 2022, THE MOST RECENT YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY A 7% REDUCTION IN INCIDENCE AND NEARLY A 7.5 REDUCTION IN VICTIMS. SO THOSE ARE REAL LIVES IN SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED IN A POSITIVE WAY AS A RESULT OF THIS. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT CITYWIDE. THIS IS A BREAK DOWN OF THE INDIVIDUAL CRIME TYPES OVER THAT SAME ONE-YEAR PERIOD COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO 2023 COMPARED TO 2022. AND WHAT I WOULD JUST NOTE IS THAT IN EVERY CASE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BUSINESS ROBBERIES, WHICH ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO FLAT, THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE ACTIVITY IN 2023. AND WHAT I THINK IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THESE ARE AVERAGE MONTHLY INCIDENTS. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE LOOK AT DEADLY CONDUCT, IN 2022, THERE WAS AN AVERAGE OF 112 PER MONTH. AND IN 2023, THE AVERAGE NUMBER WAS 87.

SO A 25-INCIDENT REDUCTION PER MONTH FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

THAT'S CRITICAL AND NOTICEABLE AND IT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THESE DIFFERENT CRIME TYPES, SO IMPACT THERE FOR SURE.

THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR GRAPH THAT SHOWS BY THE POLICE SUBSTATION.

I RECOGNIZE IT DOESN'T EXACTLY MAP ONTO THE DISTRICTS AND I REALIZE THAT, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, BECAUSE THIS IS A CITYWIDE PLAN, THERE'S EFFE EFFECTIVENESS.

CENTRAL, EAST, NORTH, GO RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. THERE'S A REDUCTION IN 2023 INCIDENTS COMPARED TO 2022, WHICH I THINK IS NOTICEABLE AND IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. SO IF WE DRILL INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, ON THE VERY FAR LEFT THERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THAT 7% REDUCTION THAT I REFERENCED A MINUTE AGO, THAT'S THE CITYWIDE CHANGE FROM 2022 TO 2023, THE REDUCTION IN IBTS. INCIDENTS. THE BARS IN THE MIDDLE IS WHEN THE TREATMENT WAS APPLIED, THE OFFICERS WERE OUT FOR 15 MINUTES WITH THEIR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND/OR OUT FOOT PATROLLING THAT AREA. THAT INDICATES THAT IN THE TREATMENT LOCATIONS DURING 2023, VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS WERE DOWN NEARLY 37%, RIGHT? SO THE PRESENCE OF OFFICERS IN THOSE LOCATIONS IS HAVING A NOTICEABLE EFFECT. WE ALSO BROKE IT BY THE TWO DIFFERENT TREATMENT TYPES, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE LARGELY VERY SIMILAR -- TELL A VERY SIMILAR STORY, AND ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE WE ALSO TRACK WHAT WE TERM CATCHMENT AREAS, THESE ARE LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE PARTICULAR PLACES THAT WE'RE TREATING. THIS IS COMMONLY DONE IN OUR FIELD IN ORDER TO ASSESS DISPLACEMENT OR IS CRIME MOVING NEXT DOOR? IS IT MOVING AROUND THE CORNER? THAT SORT OF THING.

IT'S OFTEN A COMMON CONCERN. ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE THAT EMPIRICALLY NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT'S NOT A PHENOMENON

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NORTH. AND WHAT IT SHOWS HERE IS BOTH THE TREATMENT, THE FIRST BAR, AND THE CATCHMENT EFFECTS FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

AND SO JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE, THE NORTH TREATMENT GRIDS WERE DOWN 48% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THEIR CATCHMENT AREAS WERE DOWN 13%. YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTE THE ONE -- ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS AS YOU DRILL INTO THESE DATA, THESE ARE VERY SMALL LOCATIONS, AND THEY HAVE OFTEN VERY VOLATILE NUMBERS.

AND IN PRUE INFOR IN PARTICULAR IN LOOKING AT THAT INCIDENT, THAT'S ACTUALLY AN INCREASE ON ONE INCIDENT. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT NEARLY AS CONCERNING OR IMPACTFUL AS IT MAY APPEAR.

OKAY. THIS CHART HERE LOOKS AT ARRESTS.

SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE INTERESTED IN CRIME, BUT WE'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN ARRESTS AND CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND WHAT WE DID HERE IS WE LOOKED AT ARRESTS IN 2023 VERSUS 2022. WE LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ARRESTS. THE LEFT-HAND BARS LOOK AT ALL ARRESTS, REGARDLESS, CITYWIDE AND THEN TREATMENT AREAS. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS, WE LOOKED AT WEAPONS ARRESTS, DRUGWHAT WE CAN DETERME SORT OF VARYING DEGREES OF CHANGE HERE IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE CITY LEVEL FOR THESE PARTICULAR TYPES OF ARRESTS, ONE YEAR VERSUS THE NEXT, AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE OFFICERS WERE PRESENT AND PROVIDING TREATMENT.

AND I THINK A COUPLE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE. FIRST OF ALL.

AT THE VERY FAR LEFT. CITY ARRESTS WERE UP SLIGHTLY. 25%.

2022 TO 23. IN THE TREATMENT AREAS, UP MORE. AND THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WHY IS THAT. YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

THOSE TWO BIGGER BARS THERE, WEAPONS AND DRUG ARRESTS; RIGHT SO IN PLACES WHERE OFFICERS WERE PRESENT, PROVIDING VISIBLE DETER RANCE. ACTIVITY WAS GOING ON AND/OR, YOU KNOW, CRIMES WERE OCCURRING IN THEIR VISIBILITY THAT LED TO A HIGH ARREST OF WEAPONS OR DRUGS. THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IF YOU LOOK BACK ONE COLUMN ON THE VIOLENT ARRESTS. VIOLENT ARRESTS IN THOSE LOCATIONS, DOWN 44%.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MUCH LESS VIOLENT CRIMES GOING ON. WHICH WAS THE PREVIOUS SLIDES IN VIOLENT CRIMES INCIDENTS. BUT THE OFFICERS ARE PICKING UP ACTIVITY, AND THERE'S AN UPTICK IN ARRESTS THERE, SO SORT OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE ACTIVITIES OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN AS AN IMPACT.

AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SHOW YOU, CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT RESTRICTED TO ONLY VIOLENT CALLS OF SERVICE. SO VIOLENT CRIME-RELATED CALLS OF SERVICE.

ACROSS THE CITY LARGELY, FLAT ABOUT 1%, MAYBE A SLIGHT UPTICK. BUT IN THE TREATMENT AREAS, DOWN 13%; RIGHT? SO RESIDENTS IDENTIFYING, SEEING, VIOLENT ACTIVITY, CALLING THE POLICE, DOWN 13% IN PLACES WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE PRESENT. THE LAST THING I WANT TO NOTE -- AND THIS IS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE -- IS THE QUALITY OF WORK AND THE CONSISTENCY AND COMMITMENT OF SAP TO THE PLAN AS LAID OUT. SO EVERY PERIOD WE HAD OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, 6 PERIODS, 2 MONTHS, WE ROTATE THE HOT SPOTS, AND WE EVALUATE EVERY 2 MONTHS, WHAT'S HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AND WHERE WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE ALSO IMPORTANTLY TRACK THE LEVEL OF FIDELITY. SO THIS IS, WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SAPD ABOUT WHERE TO GO, HOW TO BE THERE, AND THIS IS IN EFFECT THEIR COMPLIANCE OR ABILITY TO MEET THAT EXPECTATION, AND AS YOU COULD SEE ACROSS OVER PERIOD, THEY'RE IN THE HIGH 80S SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN UP TO 96% IN PERIOD 2.

THAT'S IN A TREMENDOUS COMMITMENT AND A TIP OF THE HAT TO THE OFFICERS IN SAPD AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS PLAN, NOT AN EASY THING TO BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE IN THIS MATTER AND GET THIS LEVEL OF FIDELITY, SO A TESTAMENT TO THEIR WORK AND THEIR COMMITMENT.

SO BIG PICTURE, WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THIS ANALYSIS? AS I'VE MENTIONED, CITY WIDE, VIOLENT CRIME INCIDENTS ARE DOWN MORE THAN 7%. VICTIMS, ABOUT 7.5%.

THAT'S CONSISTENT ACROSS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CRIME TYPES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SLIGHT

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AND I WOULD JUST NOTE -- AND THIS IS A LOT OF VERBIAGE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE THAT THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT, BUT WHAT I WOULD NOTE HERE IS THAT WE LOOK AT OUR THREE MAIN ASSESSMENT METRICS, VIOLENT CRIME, ARRESTS, AND CALLS FOR SERVICE. ALL OF THEM ARE DOWN IN THE TREATMENT LOCATIONS RIGHT SO WHATEVER ANGLE AND WHICHEVER SORT OF LENS WE WANT TO USE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PLACES OFFICERS ARE, IT'S A CONSISTENT DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY.

AND I THINK THAT'S -- WHILE WE CAN'T BE DEFINITIVE NECESSARILY THAT THAT'S DIRECTLY A CAUSAL FACTOR IN THE CITY-WIDE REDUCTION, I THINK THE POINT BEING -- OR THE IMPORTANT POINT, I GUESS, BEING THAT WE ARE PUTTING OFFICERS IN PLACES THAT ARE HIGHLY VIOLENT, HISTORICALLY, SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACTING THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IN THOSE LOCATIONS, AND THAT INDIRECTLY THEN IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON OUR CITY WIDE LEVELS OF VIOLENCE, WHICH IS ALL POSITIVE. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE HIGH FIDELITY AND TREATMENT APPLICATION BY SAPD. SO WE ALSO HAVE A REPORT, IT HAS MORE DETAILS, YOU CAN READ IT IF YOU PREFER IT MORE THAN THE PICTURES, BUT THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF WHERE WE STAND TODAY.

FINALLY, I'LL JUST NOTE SORT OF WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT. THE HOTSPOTS WILL CONTINUE.

WE'RE INTO PERIOD 7 IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, NOW PERIOD 8 IN MARCH AND APRIL.

AS I NOTED, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PLAN INVOLVES THE -- SEVERAL CITY OFFICERS, THE CREATION OF AN OVERSIGHT BOARD AND ONE THAT DEVELOPS, PLANS AND EXECUTES, THAT WORKING GROUP HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK IN DEVELOPING AN OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE FIRST LOCATION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON, AND THE PLAN IS TO PRESENT THE OPERATIONS PLAN TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL IN EARLY MAY, AND THEN ACTION WILL OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW THAT. WE STARTED SOME INITIAL DISCUSSION ON DETER RANCE, THAT'S A MUCH LONGER AND COMPLICATED STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT, SO THAT'LL TAKE MORE TIME, AND WE ANTICIPATE, AGAIN, TO DO ANOTHER ASSESSMENT SORT OF MID YEAR TO JULY AUGUST IN THE SUMMER, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE FIRST HALF OF YEAR 2. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. DR. TILLYER.

>> IT'S ALL GOOD. I'VE HEARD IT LOTS OF WAYS. IT'S CLOSE.

>> I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. MY NAME IS HAVRDA. IS SUCKS.

SO THIS IS AN ENCOURAGING REPORT. THE TREND IS ENCOURAGING, CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE. PROPERTY HAS DECREASED 5% OVERALL, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO A CHIEF, TO OUR OFFICERS, I DO APPRECIATE, DOCTOR, THE HIGH LEVEL OF FIDELITY, AS YOU MENTIONED SHOWS THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS, AND I FIND THAT TO BE AN ACCURATE STATEMENT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I ALSO THINK -- I MEAN, MY CONCLUSION OF THIS IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE MORE OFFICERS DOING PROACTIVE WORK AS OPPOSED TO REACTIVELY ANSWERING CALLS, THAT'S GOING TO SHOW LESS VIOLENT CRIME, LESS WEAPONS, LESS DRUGS ON THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. REGARDING THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROJECT, THE HOT SUPPORT POLICING PROGRAM HAD AN OVERALL DECREASE, AS YOU MENTIONED. HOW ARE WE DEFINING SUCCESS? WHAT WAS OUR METRIC? WHAT WERE WE TRYING TO GET TO? MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR CHIEF, I'M NOT SURE.

>> WELL, I WOULD JUST OFFER -- AND CERTAINLY, CHIEF, JUMP IN, PLEASE.

BUT I WOULD JUST SAY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AS AN EVALUATOR, I THINK THE FIRST GRAPH WAS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO SEE, RIGHT, IMMEDIATELY. WAS THERE WAS AN INCREASING TREND. IF WE INTERVENE AND APPLY AN EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY IN A CONSISTENT MANNER, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THE FIDELITY, THAT WE WOULD SEE A FLATTENING, AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, A DECREASE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A POLICY EVALUATOR, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP THAT YOU WANT TO SEE, AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE FIRST YEAR

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: SO WHAT'S THE LONG TERM GOAL? IF THIS IS THE FIRST

STEP AND WE ACHIEVED IT. >> YEAH. I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO BE SIMPLE, BUT TO REDUCE. RIGHT.

TO BEND THAT DOWNWARD FURTHER, AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE THE INTERSECTION OF MULTIPLE STRATEGIES, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE MORE THAN JUST THE HOTSPOTS, YOU KNOW, BUT IN SOME WAYS -- AND MY COLLEAGUE NOT WITH US TODAY, DR. SMITH REFERENCES IT AS SIMILAR TO IF YOU HAVE AN

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REDUCE THE FEVER. FLATTEN THINGS, BEND THEM DOWN IF POSSIBLE SO YOU HAVE THE SPACE AND TIME AND ENERGY TO BE ABLE TO THEN ENGAGE LONGER TERM STRATEGIES AND START HAVING MORE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: SO I'LL ASK IT MAYBE A DIFFERENT WAY. YA'LL IMPLEMENTED THIS COMPONENT, THE HOT SPOT POLICING IN DALLAS; IS THAT CORRECT.

>> YES. MULTIPLE CITIES. BUT DALLAS IS ONE.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: DALLAS IS MAYBE THE CLOSEST. >> YES.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: OKAY. SO DID WE REDUCE -- WHAT WERE THEIR NEIGHBORS? HOW DID WE COMPARE TO THE NUMBERS WE ACHIEVED IN DALLAS?

>> SO IN YEAR 3 OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, ADOPTION OF THE CRIME PLAN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO DODGE THE QUESTION, BUT COMPARISONS TO OTHER CITIES ARE NOT PARTICULARLY HELPFUL BECAUSE OTHER CITIES ARE DIFFERENT. WHAT I CAN SAY GENERICALLY IS THE RESULTS YOU'VE EXPERIENCED HERE IN SAY ARE TRENDING THE SAME.

VERY CLEAR REDUCTIONS WHERE OFFICERS WERE ASSIGNED AND OVERALL CITY WIDE REDUCTIONS, ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT'S CONSISTENT NOT ONLY IN DALLAS, BUT IN OTHER CITIES WE'RE WORKING IN.

BUT SORT OF DIRECT COMPARISONS OF NUMBERS, X PERCENT, THOSE BECOME CHALLENGING JUST BECAUSE

THE DYNAMICS OF CITIES ARE DIFFERENT AND SO FORTH >> CABELLO HAVRDA: YEAH.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT AT ALL. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT.

THE COMPARISON BETWEEN DALLAS AND US. MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES BUT DALLAS HAPPENS TO BE THE CLOSEST.

>> SURE AND ALL OF THOSE REPORTS ARE PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE.

ABSOLUTELY. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEE.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU. AND CAN YOU TELL ME -- AGAIN, MAYBE THIS IS FOR CHIEF. HOW ARE OFFICERS RECEIVING THE COMPONENT, WHAT'S THE FEEDBACK FROM THE POLICE OFFICERS FROM THIS FIRST COMPONENT.

>> TO BE CANDID. I THINK WHEN THE PLAN FIRST ROLLED OUT, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAPPY WITH IT BECAUSE IT SEEMED TOO SIMPLISTIC, AND AGAIN, QUITE CANDIDLY, KIND OF BORING.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER, IT'S WORKING, AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS GOTTEN USED TO IT BY NOW, AND THERE'S NOT AS MUCH -- ACTUALLY, I DON'T HEAR ANY GRUMBLING ANYMORE, BUT THERE WAS GRUMBLING BEFORE ABOUT

IT. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: I REMEMBER HEARING IT.

NOT JUST FROM THE OFFICERS, FROM THE COMMUNITY, THEY DIDN'T

GET JUST PARKING IN THE LIGHTS. >> WELL.

I DIDN'T EITHER. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: YEAH. IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. AND I DO THINK IT'S A SUCCESS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOME MORE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME GOALS. AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR DOCTOR, HOW MUCH OF THE REDUCTIONS DO YOU THINK CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO OTHER COMPONENTS.

WE HAVE NOW A MENTAL HEALTH TEAM, POST PANDEMIC EFFECTS, DID

YA'LL ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THINGS? >> YEAH.

LOOK, I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, A BIG CITY WITH A COMPLEX POLICE ORGANIZATION IS ENGAGED IN LOTS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF POSITIVE PROACTIVE THINGS TO IMPACT THEIR LEVELS OF CRIME.

BE IT VIOLENT OR PROPERTY WHATEVER THE CASE.

IT'S NOT LIKE SAPD WAS ONLY DOING THIS, AND THAT'S IT.

SO I DON'T WANT TO SUGGEST AND I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, IMPLY THAT SOMEHOW THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY IN AND OF ITSELF IS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REDUCTIONS. BUT I THINK THAT THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE IS VERY CLEAR, AND WE'VE DONE MORE SOPHISTICATED ANALYSIS THAT I WON'T BORE YOU WITH HERE RIGHT TO SUGGEST THAT THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE CRIME WAS REDUCED IN THE WORST PLACES IS CLEARLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL REDUCTION IN THE CITY.

AGAIN, THAT'S NOT TO SUGGEST THAT OTHER ACTIVITIES AREN'T ALSO CONTRIBUTING, I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE, AND I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE AND OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO ATTACK A PROBLEM FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.

BUT WHAT WE CAN SPEAK TO IN THIS DATA AND WHAT WE STUDY DIRECTLY CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THAT WAS A MA MAYOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE OVERALL REDUCTIONS

IN CITY CRIME. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU. AND I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS TOWARDS THE END, BUT WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME TO MOVE INTO THE SECOND PHASE, AND IS IT CUMULATIVE. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE HOT SPOT POLICING AND MOVE INTO THE SECOND PHASE OR ABANDONING HOT

SPOT AND MOVING ON. >> NO. I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT BUILDS UPON ONE ANOTHER. HOT SPOTS WILL CONTINUE.

THERE'S VALUE IN IT. OBVIOUSLY HOT SPOTS CHANGE OVER TIME.

YOU WANT TO BE EMPIREICALLY DATA DRIVEN IN MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, AND THAT'S WHY WE DO IT EVERY 60 DAYS, AND THAT'LL CONTINUE. IN TERMS OF PHASE 2, THAT'LL GET LAYERED ON

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SO THAT'S UNDERWAY. THAT ALSO HAS AN OVERRIDING BOARD, AND SO THE WORKING GROUP IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF FINALIZING THEIR OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THEIR FIRST LOCATION. THEY'LL PRESENT IT TO

THE BOARD. >> THE BOARD WILL ASK QUESTIONS, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, SO FORTH, AND THEN THAT'LL BE IMPLEMENTED, AND WE'LL START TO TRACK HOW EFFECTIVE THAT IS GOING FORWARD, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE ACTIONS THEY'RE TAKING. EVALUATIVE, AND THEN THE IMPACT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND CALLS AND

OTHER THINGS. SO THAT'S ALL IN MOTION. >> AND CHAIRWOMAN, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF A DATE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR.

THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE WORK GROUP IS WORKING ON WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU, THE CHIEF, OTHER DIRECTORS, THE DEPARTMENTS INCLUDED, THE WORK GROUP AND MYSELF IN EARLY MAY. SO BASED ON THAT REVIEW, I ANTICIPATE THAT PROBABLY BY JUNE WE'LL START WORKING ON THOSE INITIATIVES BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. BUT IT'S COMING IN SHORT ORDER.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU. IS THE OVERSIGHT BOARD, THAT'S PART OF THE

SECOND PHASE; CORRECT. >> CORRECT. IT'S DIRECTORS, CHIEFS, HIGHER LEVEL FOLKS OVERSEEING THOSE OFFICES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE

PLAN. >> AND COUNCILMAN, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA.

THOSE ARE DIRECTORS OF HUMAN SERVICES PLANNING. POLICE DEPARTMENT, AM I

FORGETTING ANYBODY? >> CITY ATTORNEY. >> CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. EQUITY OFFICE AND MYSELF.

>> OKAY. SO IS THIS -- ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A REGULAR PD OFFICER THAT'S ON THAT BOARD TOO NOT JUST THE EXECUTIVE?

>> OH. >> YEAH. AND ON THE WORKING GROUP. THERE'S A CAPTAIN CURRENTLY.

YEAH. AND SO THE FOLKS THAT ARE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEIR HANDS DIRTY, THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THE STRATEGY AND THE PLAN, YOU KNOW, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OF THOSE PLACES, WORKING COLLECTIVELY AS A TEAM, INCLUDING PD.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE -- MAYBE IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE OR, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A REGULAR OFFICER WORKING THIS TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT, AND ALSO MAYBE A COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE OR THERE. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE I GUESS ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT GET VERY TECHNICAL, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INPUT FROM KIND OF

STREET LEVEL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> SURE.

>> CABELLO HAVRDA: OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WHYTE.

>> WHYTE: YEAH. SO NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THIS HOT SPOT POLICING

IS WORKING. IS THAT FAIR TO SAY. >> I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT'S HAVING AN INTENDED EFFECT ON REDUCING

VIOLENT CRIME, YES. >> WHYTE: SO I WANT TO BEGIN BY THANKING UTSA, THE -- OUR POLICE FORCE, FOR WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE. THE SLIDES TO ME AND THE DATA CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE THAT AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE, THERE'S A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INCREASE IN POLICE PRESENCE AND A REDUCTION IN CRIME. SO I APPLAUD THE -- REALLY THE PROACTIVE AND INTENTIONAL EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING HERE. THIS IS NOT TO SAY, AGAIN, THAT THERE'S NOT A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, MORE THAN JUST POLICE PRESENCE, TO HELP DETER CRIME BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK POLICE PRESENCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, THE NUMBERS SHOW IT, AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT WIDENING THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER HOT SPOT AREAS AROUND THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT TREATING AT THE PRESENT TIME.

DO WE HAVE THE MANPOWER AND CAPACITY DO ADDRESS THOSE SPOTS?

>> PROBABLY AN ANSWER FOR CHIEF, BUT I'LL JUST QUICK I WILL NOTE THAT -- OF COURSE, YOU KNOW. THERE'S -- YOU HAVE TO CUT IT AT SOME POINT, THE RESOURCES ARE LIMITED.

BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE STRENGTH OF THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY IS THE EMPIRICAL FACT -- AND WE CAN GO TO ANY CITY, ANY TIME PERIOD, AND SHOW IT, CRIME CONCENTRATES DISPROPORTIONATELY IN SOME LOCATIONS. AND SO THIS STRATEGY LEVERAGES THAT.

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ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE. ET CETERA, ET CETERA, PERSONNEL, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. THAT'S A RESEARCH QUESTION. BUT THAT'S THE SORT OF TENSION WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE. HOW MANY PLACES CAN YOU AFFECT AND TREAT WHILE ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT YOU HAVE RESOURCE LIMITATIONS.

>> SO AS LONG AS WE DON'T GET -- I MEAN, THERE'S A CAPACITY ISSUE HERE AT SOME POINT, DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF HOT SPOTS THAT WE HAVE. IF WE HAVE TOO MANY IN ONE SUBSTATION, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COVER THEM ALL, OUR FIDELITY WILL GO DOWN, IF THEY'RE SPREAD OUT EVENLY OR ALMOST EVENLY ACROSS THE CITY, WE'RE ABLE TO COVER THEM. BUT AT SOME POINT IF THERE'S TOO MANY HOT SPOTS IN ONE PARTICULAR SUBSTATION AREA, THE FIDELITY GOES DOWN.

SO WE DO HAVE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS. >> WHYTE: OKAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT BRINGS TO MIND THE BUDGET COMING UP, RIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW WE GOT 100 + OFFICERS IN THE NEXT BUDGET, MORE OFFICERS GETTING OUT THERE ON THE STREET COULD HELP US COVER MORE AREAS I

ASSUME; RIGHT. >> SORT OF. SO THE 100 OFFICERS ARE

GOING DIRECTLY TO PATROL. >> WHYTE: RIGHT.

>> IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT 60/40 RATIO THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

AND I GUESS IT WOULD GET TO A POINT WHERE WE WOULD BECOME -- WHERE THAT EFFORT WOULD BECOME DILUTED IF WE START TAKING THOSE OFFICERS, TAKING THEM OUT OF SERVICE AND DISRUPT THE BALANCE WE'RE CREATING

THEN. >> WHYTE: SO HOW DO WE CREATE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR

ADDITIONAL HOT SPOTS. >> HIRE MORE OFFICERS. >> WHYTE: HIRE MORE OFFICERS.

OKAY. NEXT QUESTION IS JUST QUICKLY ON THE FOCUSED DETERRENCE. WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE LOOKING AT THERE?

>> SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE JUST -- WHEN WE DEVELOPED A CRIME PLAN, WE WENT THROUGH AND IDENTIFIED THE BEST, MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO AFFECT VIOLENT CRIME, AND THAT'S ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THEM. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.

WE'VE STARTED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THAT WOULD INCLUDE, THE STAFFING ON THAT. SO PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS HAVE STARTED THERE. IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS, IT'S AN OFFENDER-FOCUSED -- SO AN INDIVIDUALLY-FOCUSED -- STRATEGY THAT IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN VICTIMIZED AND/OR HAVE PREVIOUS HISTORIES WITH VIOLENCE. IT'S BEEN WORKED IN A NUMBER OF OTHER LOCATIONS, OTHER CITIES HISTORICALLY OVER THE LAST PROBABLY 30ISH YEARS, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT NOW, AND IT'S SHOWN EFFECTIVENESS CONSISTENTLY ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

THE BASIC PREMISE OF IT IS THAT THERE'S A FOCUSED EFFORT TO ENGAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS, HAVE A CONVERSATION, A COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, PARTNER TOGETHER LAW ENFORCEMENT IN A VERY DIRECTED WAY WITH A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES SO THAT YOU PRESENT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH A CHOICE IN EFFECT. WE NEED THE VIOLENCE TO STOP. WE NEED PEOPLE TO STOP SHOOTING.

WE HAVE INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GETTING SHOT.

IN FACT, YOU'RE LIKELY TO BE A FUTURE VICTIM, GIVEN YOUR LIFESTYLE.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. HERE IS AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS FOR YOU. JOB TRAINING, EDUCATION AND DRUG TREATMENT.

MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THAT'S OPEN TO YOU. THAT'S OPEN TO THE PEOPLE YOU RUN WITH, THAT'S OPEN TO YOUR FAMILY, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO ENGAGE IT. WE'LL SIGN YOU UP TODAY. GIVE YOU A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, GET YOU INTO THE PROCESS, GET YOU HELP OR GET YOU OPTIONS.

IF YOU PREFER TO CONTINUE THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN GOING, THEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT FOCUS ON YOU AND THE RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT, AND IT OFTEN INVOLVES A SIGNIFICANT PARTNERSHIP WITH FEDERAL LEVEL LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS A BIGGER AND MORE IMPOSING WEIGHT THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BEAR.

>> I'M SIMPLIFYING IT TO SOME DEGREE. >> YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW, BUT IN ESSENCE, IT'S AN OUTREACH TO THIS

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>> WHYTE: OKAY. THANKS. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN WHYTE. COUNCILMAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMUNITY FEELS SAFE, AND THAT'S MY TOP PRIORITY.

I KNOW THAT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT FEELS LIKE GUN VIOLENCE HAS BEEN SKYROCKETING. EVERY DAY IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE READING ABOUT THIS, ACTUALLY TWO WEEKENDS AGO -- AND CHIEF, I FAILED TO MENTION THERE WAS A DRIVE BY RIGHT BY MY HOUSE.

WE CAUGHT IT ON CAMERA. I DIDN'T CALL THE POLICE UNTIL THEY CAME BACK SECOND TIME. SHELLS ON THE STREET. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TARGET GUN VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY. OR ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO TARGET THAT SPECIFICALLY. MAYBE THAT'S THE

QUESTION. >> I'LL LET CHIEF ANSWER THAT.

I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS PLAN IS -- WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING GUN RELATED VIOLENCE WITHOUT A DOUBT.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF IT, WE'VE SEEN EFFECTS ON THOSE PRIMARY VIOLENT RELATED INCIDENTS, MURDER, ASSAULTS, DEADLY CONDUCTS, SHOOTINGS IN EFFECT, THAT WAS THE LARGEST REDUCTION OF ANY OF THE CRIME TYPES. SO I WOULD SAY THIS PLAN IS FOCUSED ON DOING THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING.

AND I THINK THE OTHER PART IS WE'RE IN PHASE 1 OF 3.

AND I THINK THE PLAN HAS SHOWN RESULTS, YOU'VE SEEN THEM TODAY, THAT ARE EFFECTIVE. BUT OFTEN, UNFORTUNATELY, GUN VIOLENCE IS TIED TOE AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION, AND SO THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS PHASE 3 AND THE IDEA OF INTERVENING AND ENGAGING INDIVIDUALS LIKELY TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS GUN VIOLENCE, THAT'S A NECESSARY STEP TO ULTIMATELY CHANGE THE SORT OF CALCULUS, IF YOU WILL, AND THE DEGREE OF THOSE -- OF THESE INCIDENTS HAPPENING. THAT'S ULTIMATELY I THINK WHERE YOU HAVE TO GET TO IN ORDER TO HAVE SUSTAINED LONG TERM CHANGE IN THAT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE. THE POLICE CAN DO CERTAIN THINGS, AS WE'VE DEMONSTRATED SO FAR. YOU KNOW, SHORT TERM AND THE IMMEDIATE, BUT THE HOT SPOT STRATEGY IS NOT GOING TO DIRECTLY CHANGE MINDS, NECESSARILY, ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE ON AN INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL BASIS, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO DO. SO I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO

THAT. >> THANKS, DOCTOR. SO TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT GUNS, OUR COVERT AND STREET CRIMES UNIT, THEY RECOVER A LOT OF GUNS. THEY'RE OUT THERE DEALING WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME SPECIFICALLY, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING DIRECTLY TO ADDRESS GUNS. OTHER CITIES -- AND YOU'VE READ IT IN THE NEWSPAPER OR HEARD IT ON THE NEWS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOTTEN SUED FOR VIOLENTING PEOPLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ON THE STOP AND FRISK, THEIR STOP AND FRISK PROGRAM WHERE THEY GO OUT AND STOP PEOPLE WITHOUT REASONABLE SUSPICION, SEARCH THEM FOR GUNS.

WE DON'T DO THAT HERE. BUT OUR COVERT UNIT AND STREET CRIMES UNIT, AS I MENTIONED, THEY RECOVER A LOT OF GUNS. THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY JOB TO WORK STREET CRIME, STREET VIOLENCE, AND THEY'RE PROVEN TO BE GOOD AT IT AND LET ME MAKE ANOTHER POINT THAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE EARLIER. THAT -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT PHASES OF THIS VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE -- AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SIGNIFICANT -- EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT RESULTS AS THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS BUILDS UP, AND WE'RE DOING ONE NOW, STARTING TO, AND WE GET TO 3. I JUST THINK THERE'LL BE A VERY NICE CUMULATIVE EFFECT AS A RESULT OF THE THREE WORKING IN SYNC

>> GAVITO: AND THAT'S HELPFUL. AND I DO THINK THE NUMBERS WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO HEAR, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEAR MOST OF ON ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS WE GO TO IS WE'RE HEARING GUN SHOTS,

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IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS DAY-TO-DAY. >> AND UNFORTUNATELY I HEAR THAT ALL OVER THE CITY, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, AND GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW THE PHENOMENON CAUSING THAT, IT'S HAPPENING NOT JUST HERE, BUT THROUGHOUT TEXAS.

>> GAVITO: YEAH. AND THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING -- OH, GO

AHEAD. SORRY. >> I'M SORRY.

COUNCILWOMAN, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION OUTSIDE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THEY'VE TAKEN UNDER THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN. THEY STARTED TO WORK UNDER STRATEGY, SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WE BRING BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY ARE, AND GUN VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THOSE PILLARS THEY'RE TACKLING WITH THEIR PLAN, AND THAT IS MORE TAILORED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE UPSTREAM AND TRYING TO CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR OR PREVENTIVE BEHAVIOR FROM HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH.

>> YEAH AND YOU KNOW DISTRICT 7 GOES FROM WOOD LAWN AREA BUT IT GOES ALL THE WAY PAST BENDER ROW PAST 604, SO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE GUN SHOTS AT NIGHT, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS DON'T MAKE ANYBODY FEEL SAFE.

SO WHILE WE CAN REPORT THAT NUMBERS ARE DOWN, I THINK THAT THEY MAY NOT BE SEEING IT AND FEELING IT TOO. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE PHASES SO THAT HOPEFULLY THIS COULD ALL MELD TOGETHER.

I HAD ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. WHAT OFFICERS ARE DOING THE CRIME PLAN, IS IT PATROL

OFFICERS, SAFE OFFICERS? >> A COMBINATION OF PATROL, SAFE, I BELIEVE STREET CRIMES IS

INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL. >> GAVITO: I KNOW TWO OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SAID, YEAH, OUR SAFE OFFICERS ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE OF HOT SPOT POLICING, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR SAFE OFFICERS, SO THEY'RE NERVOUS

ABOUT HOW MUCH IT TAKES THEM AWAY FROM THEIR DAILY WORK. >> I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO STOP. WE NEED THEM TO COVER THOSE AREAS WHEN THERE'S NO ONE ELSE AVAILABLE. WE TRY OUR BEST NOT TO PULL SAFE OFFICERS OFF THEIR AREAS BECAUSE WE KNOW THE COMMUNITY THEY WORK FOR IS SENSITIVE TO

THAT SO WE TRY OUR BEST NOT TO DO. >> GAVITO: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILMAN MCKEE

RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.

A QUICK QUESTION. IS SIG SIGHT AND RELEASE STILL A POLICY?

>> YES, SIR. >> MCKEE RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION SIGHT AND RELEASE WOULD BE A DOWN FALL OF OUR CITY. SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT PROPERTY THEFT.

LARCENY. ARE ALL DOWN. I KNOW THE ANSWER.

DO WE KEEP DATA BY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CRIME ARE COMMITTED BY REPEAT

OFFENDERS. >> WE HAVE THE DATA. I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY

HEAD. >> MCKEE RODRIGUEZ: I KNOW WE KEEP THAT DATA.

AND IS IT POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT DATA WE RECEIVE.

>> WE HAVE THE DATA, AND WE TRY TO KEEP UP WITH IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT GOES INTO THAT.

TRY TO FIND THAT INFORMATION. YES, WE COULD BRING THAT

INFORMATION BACK. >> MCKEE RODRIGUEZ: THAT'D BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. SECOND, SOMETHING I WANT TO KEEP CENTERED IS THIS PLAN IS NOT HAPPENING IN A SILO. AND THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. SO I'M WEARY TO MAKE PARTNERSHIPS OF THIS PRESENTATION AND I WOULD CAUTION MY COLLEAGUES OF THAT.

WHAT INTRIGUES AND EXCITES ME IS WE'RE MAKING MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES INCLUDING SA CORE TEAM INCLUDING JOB TRAINING AND VIOLENCE DISRUPTION. SO I'D LOVE TO SEE AN OVERLAY OF PROGRAM INVESTMENTS OF THESE SERVICE AREAS AND THE RESULTS WE'RE SEEING HERE, AND I THINK THAT'LL TELL A STORY.

AND I'D LOVE TO RECEIVE THOSE UPDATES -- OR UPDATES ON THOSE PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY SA CORE, I WOULD LOVE TO RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THAT THIRD. AGAIN, I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THIS ISN'T YIELDING RESULTS ON THE OWN. I DON'T THINK ANYONE BELIEVES HAVING OFFICERS TURN THEIR LIGHTS ON ISSUE BUT WHAT'S BEEN SURPRISING IS THAT IT'S NOT MOVING OR DISPLACING CRIMES IN FINE LOCATIONS, EXCEPT FOR ONE. I BELIEVE THE LAST ONE, THE ENCATCHMENT GRID DID SEE INCREASE IN THOSE FIELDS FAIRLY CONSISTENT.

WHAT'S GOING ON? >> WELL, I WOULD JUST NOTE -- YEAH.

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THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE IS A LITTLE MISLEADING IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, I THINK IT WAS 2.3 TO 3.5 ISSUE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IN AND AROUND ONE INCIDENT.

SO THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT OR NOTHING, BUT IT'S NOT AS MAYBE SHOCKING AS THE PERCENT CHANGE SUGGESTS. SOMETIMES -- AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE SUBSTATION LEVEL, YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT MUCH FEWER NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AS WELL, AND SOME LOCATIONS HAVE PARTICULAR UNIQUE STRUCTURES, AND I'D HAVE TO DIG INTO THAT LOCATION IN MORE DETAIL TO GIVE YOU DETAILED ANSWER, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE SOME OF THOSE GRID LOCATIONS WE'RE TREATING ARE NEXT TO PROBLEMATIC PLACES, MORE CLUSTERING THERE, AND SO YOU MAY SEE ACTIVITY POP UP RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW BEYOND THAT.

WE DIDN'T DRILL INTO EVERY LOCATION AT THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU A FIRM ANSWER ON THAT. BUT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

THE LOCAL ACTIVITY IN THE PLACES VARY SOME. BUT IN GENERAL, THE MESSAGE IS STILL CONSISTENT; RIGHT? THAT'S NOT A PATTERN THAT'S SHOWN TO OCCUR REGULARLY.

THAT'S MOVEMENT DOWN THE CORNER, TWO BLOCKS DOWN. THERE'S VERY LITTLE CONSISTENT

EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THAT THAT'S HAPPENING. >> MCKEE RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.

AND I BELIEVE THAT I ASKED A SIMILAR QUESTION LAST TIME AND RECEIVED A SIMILAR ANSWER ABOUT THE SAMPLE SIZE OR THE VARIANCE BEING SMALL NUMERICALLY. AND I THINK ONE PROBLEM WE HAVE SOMETIMES IN TERMS OF OUR PRESENTATIONS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS -- WHERE IS PRO? IS THAT 3? NO.

EIGHT? SIX? OKAY.

SO IF I'M IN 6 OR 8 OR THIS IS MY SERVICE AREA. I MIGHT LOOK AND BE LIKE, OH MY GOD, ALL HELL HAS BROKEN LOOSE. AND HAVE IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, SOMETIMES WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE -- I DON'T KNOW,

MAYBE WE DON'T PRESENT THAT DATA IN THAT WAY. >> YEAH.

NO. AND THAT'S FAIR. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR BEHIND THE CURTAIN, BUT WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF ITERATIONS OF WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO, YOU KNOW, DEMONSTRATE A CONSISTENT ACCESSIBLE STORY, AND THERE'S LIMITATIONS AND STRENGTHS OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT. THE PERCENT CHANGE WE FEEL IS THE MOST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT ROBUST WAY TO DO IT THAT'S ACCESSIBLE, BUT IT HAS THE LIMITATION, ABSOLUTELY, OF SMALL, YOU KNOW, UNDERLYING NUMBERS CAN INFLUENCE IT. SO WITHOUT A DOUBT.

FOR SURE. >> MCKEE RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. AND RELATED TO GUN VIOLENCE, WE ALL RECEIVE THOSE CALLS WHERE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, GUN SHOTS AT NIGHT, HAPPENING DOWN MY STREET, FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND I THINK THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO OR SHOULD DO IS ADVOCATE AND THIS SHOULD BE PART OF LEGISLATIVE AGENERAL DARKS WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR THE STATE TO SIGNIFICANTLY FUND GUN VIOLENCE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THIS NEXT SESSION.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN MISSING FROM THEIR BUDGET.

AND SO THAT'S -- I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND EVERYTHING THIS PROGRAM HOPES TO DO, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT GUN VIOLENCE IS GOING TO PERSIST TO BE A PROBLEM, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE EVER GOING TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS IT, AND SO THAT'LL HAVE TO COME FROM OUR COUNTER PARTS AND OTHER

GOVERNMENTS. THANK YOU. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU

COUNCILMAN. >> THANK YOU. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I LOVE TO SEE THE RI SEARCH PRESENTED AND I THINK ALL DATA SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND LOOKED AT WITH CAUTION, AND IT HELPS ME TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

ALSO ECHO THAT I LOVE DATA, BUT THE SLIDES THE WAY THEY'RE PRESENTED RIGHT NOW AND ON THE REPORT, THEY'RE KIND OF CONFUSING, SO MAYBE WE COULD ADD MORE NARRATIVE OR THINK OF -- AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF THIS, AND THIS IS FOR THE DATA REPRESENTATION PURPOSES, BUT SPECIFICALLY AROUND FIDELITY. HOW DO WE MEASURE

FIDELITY TO THE PLAN. >> YEAH. NO. I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT, SO THAT PROVIDES A LOT MORE DETAIL. I JOKED WITH SOMEONE IF -- YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD SLEEPING AID, THEN THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU. THE FIDELITY IS -- AND I WON'T -- I'LL KEEP IT SIMPLE. BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT WE RECOMMEND FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS.

WHERE OFFICERS SHOULD BE, WHAT LOCATION, FOR WHAT HOURS OF THE DAY.

AT THE END OF THE PERIOD, WE GET A REPORT FROM THEM THAT THEY SHARE WITH US THAT DEMONSTRATES, YES AN OFFICER WAS AT THIS LOCATION AT THIS POINT. AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE COMPARISON; RIGHT? AND SO WHEN YOU SEE A NUMBER LIKE 96%, THAT MEANS

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OFFICER WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. >> AND I'M CURIOUS FOR P3, P6. IF THEY WERE IN THE 80%S OR P2.

DO WE SEE DATA CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THAT FIDELITY DIFFERENCE.

>> YEAH. I WOULD SAY FIRST OF ALL, FROM A RESEARCHERS PERSPECTIVE. THE PD MAY SEE THIS DIFFERENTLY.

THEY'RE SAMING FOR 100%. WE'D LOVE THAT TOO. FROM RESEARCH, IF WE'RE NORTH OF 80%. THAT'S PHENOMENAL. THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY IN EXECUTING THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AND HOURS AND GETTING OFFICERS THERE WHILE ALSO BALANCING ALL OF THE OTHER DEMANDS IS SUBSTANTIAL. SO, YOU KNOW, TO DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, OF COURSE. THE DATA DEMONSTRATES THERE'S A SLIGHT DIP HERE OR THERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS GOING ON; RIGHT? A PARTICULAR DAY THERE COULD BE A HIGH EVENT INCIDENT THAT YOU NEED LOTS OF OFFICERS AT, THERE COULD BE SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY IT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO BE AT THE PLACE YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TIME.

BUT IF WE'RE NORTH OF 80%. AS A RESEARCHER, WE FEEL THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOSAGE OR TREATMENT BEING APPLIED

BASED ON WHAT WE NEED TO SEE. >> SUKH KAUR: I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT PHASE 2 AND 3. AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THE OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR PHASE 2.

AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT FOR PHASE 3. SO I THINK HOT SPOT IS EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND FOR US FOR COMMUNITY THAN THE OTHER TWO, SO THE NEXT TIME WE GET THIS PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING WHETHER IT'S RESEARCH, COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AS REQUESTED ON PHASE 2, PHASE 3 SO WE COULD UNDERSTAND THE

IMPACT OF THAT. >> YEAH. I WOULD JUST OFFER, OF COURSE, ABSOLUTELY. AND THE REASON IT'S KIND OF LIGHT ON THOSE DETAILS, WE'RE NOT THERE YET IN THE NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR ANALYSIS, BUT I WOULD SAY FOR PHASE 2 IN PARTICULAR, THERE'S A DETAILED PLAN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIFIC ACTIONS. WHAT OFFICE OR OFFICES IS SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE, AND THEN A CLEAR FOLLOW UP, YES, YOU DID THIS X NUMBER OF TIMES OR THAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE PREMISE OF PHASE 2 IS BASED IN THE IDEA THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC SET OF PROBLEMS THAT'S OCCURRING AT A PARTICULAR LOCATION, AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A KNOCK ON THE PD, BUT IF IT WAS A SPECIFIC THING THEY COULD HAVE FIXED, THEY WOULD HAVE FIXED IT; RIGHT? SOMETHING ELSE NEEDS TO HAPPEN. OTHER THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE ACTIVITY IN THAT PLACE.

THAT'S WHY IT'S AN ALL GOVERNMENT APPROACH. RESOURCES.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED AND SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED JUST BY PUTTING AN OFFICER THERE; RIGHT? AND SO THERE'S A VERY DETAILED PLAN BEING EXECUTED AND WE'LL

EVALUATE THAT. >> SUKH KAUR: I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

SO MY QUESTION IN PARTICULAR, WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR GUNS. I GOT ONE YESTERDAY FOR SHOOTING UP ON STREETS ON CAMERA.

WE GET A LOT OF CALLS FOR SPEEDING -- WHAT IS IT? THE WHEELLIES? I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A LIST OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THAT WOULD MAKE AN AREA ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, AND THEN WHAT -- ALSO WHAT THAT OPERATIONAL PLAN WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE CHECKLIST ITEMS THAT FOLKS WOULD BE DOING.

>> SO I'LL JUST OFFER YOU THIS, THE EVALUATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED IS DRIVEN BY DATA. YOU KNOW, PROBLEMATIC CRIME LOCATIONS, THAT DROVE WHAT PLACES COULD AND AGAIN THIS IS THE FIRST LOCATION WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS. COP SEPTEMBER YULELY.

THERE WOULD BE MULTIPLE OTHERS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT TO YOUR SECOND POINT OF KIND OF WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT'S A DEEP DIVE.

LIKE, IT IS NOT A SURFACE LEVEL, LIKE, OH THERE WAS A SHOOTING THERE LAST WEEK. LIKE, IT'S A VERY -- LIKE, TO THE DEGREE OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LITTER, THERE'S GRAPHITETY, THERE'S BROKEN DOORS. MANAGEMENT, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENT THAT ARE CONSIDERED, AND THE NAME PROBLEM ORIENTED IS FOCUSED.

THAT'S THE FOUNDATION. WHAT ARE THE LIST OF PROBLEMS IN THOSE PLACES THAT MAY BE CRIMINAL AND MAY NOT BE. AND THAT'S THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT'S PRETTY DEEP OF WHAT MIGHT BE ON THAT LIST AND THEN GENERATED

AS A SOLUTION TO EACH OF THOSE PROBLEMS. >> IF THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER -- LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF A PLAN, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.

I'M SURE MY COUNSEL COLLEAGUES WOULD TOO. BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND THE RESEARCH. QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON THE NONEMERGENCY CALLS ON THAT SLIDE. NONEMERGENCY CALLS HELPS

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JUST A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. >> NONEMERGENCY CALLS ARE BASED ON THE LEVEL OF PRIORITY, IF I

UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. >> OH. SO THAT'S NOT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE -- THAT SLIDE DOESN'T SHOW THE NUMBER OF CALLS GOING TO THE NONEMERGENCY LINE?

>> YEAH. IT -- THE NUMBERS WE WENT OVER TODAY?

>> YEAH. IT WAS ON SLIDE 2, I THINK. >> YES, MA'AM, IT DOES.

>> OKAY. SO I GUESS MY REALLY QUICK QUESTION WAS, LIKE, DO WE WANT PEOPLE CALLING -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WANT PEOPLE USING THE NONEMERGENCY LINE.

>> PREFERABLEBLY, IF IT'S NOT EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, YES. >> GOT IT.

I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS MORE WE COULD DO FOR PEOPLE CALLING THE NONEMERGENCY LINE BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS EASY TO MEMORIZE, AND IF WE ASK FOR POLICE DATA FOR SPECIFIC SITES

DOES THAT INCLUDE NONEMERGENCY TOO? >> YES, MA'AM.

>> THANKS, CHAIR. >> CABELLO HAVRDA: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER FOLLOW UP?

[Consideration of items for future meetings  ]

I THINK I GOT THAT ONE. >> LIKE YOU SAID, THE INNER FREQUENT ACS

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