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>> SUKH KAUR: ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE TIME IS NOW 2:34 2:34:00 P.M., AND WE'LL CALL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL.
>> CLERK: CHAIR, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> SUKH KAUR: GREAT. WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, BUT LET'S TAKE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FIRST.
ANY CHANGES TO MAKE? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? -- OH YEAH BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT -- ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MOTION -- DOES THAT -- YEAH, IT'LL CARRY, 3, 0, 1. WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE TO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. ALL RIGHT.
THE FIRST -- THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERFORMANCE METRICS SO COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE, FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, WHAT WE DO IS WE DO A MEMORANDUM OF STATISTICS EVERY MEETING THAT JUST SHOWS A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND SEVERAL METRICS THAT THEY'RE TRACKING, AND THEN WE DO A DEEP DIVE THE FOLLOWING MEETING DEP DEPENDING UPON WHAT FO FOLKS SAY IS OF INTEREST TO THEM.
SO THE FIRST ONE -- WE WELL, YOUR FIRST ONE IS FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ HAS REQUESTED A FIRE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND THE UPDATE I JUST RECEIVED IS WE SHOULD BE HIRING A CONSULTANT FOR THAT AT THE END OF THE MONTH, SO IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT WHEN IT COMES OUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE CHIEF OR MARIE TO
GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTERVIEW. >> SURE.
I'LL ASK CHIEF TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE STATISTICS SO YA'LL CAN SELECT THE ONES YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO MORE, AND I JUST WANT TO -- THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE PROPOSAL IS OUT ON THE STREET, CLOSEST AT THE END OF THE MONTH SO WE'LL BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL PROBABLY BY THE END OF APRIL OR MAY, SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO STAFFING BY THE BUDGET PROCESS.
>> SUKH KAUR: GREAT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON MEM MEMBERS.
TODAY I WILL BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS AND WHERE WE'RE AT SO FAR THIS YEAR. AS FAR AS INCIDENT ACCACTIVITY, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, IN FISCAL YEAR 2024FD RESPONDED TO THIS MANY INCIDENTS AND IN FISCAL 2025, THAT INCREASED TO 253,322 INCIDENTS, WHICH IS ABOUT IS 2.5 INCREASE OVERALL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSES CONTINUE TO MAKE UPMOST OF OUR WORKLOAD, ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY 78% OF TOTAL INCIDENTS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL TRENDS WITH URBAN FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 102,000 INCIDENTS.
SO I'VE ALSO PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF UNIT RESPONSES, WHICH IS ON THE PAGE 2 OF THE MEMO, AND SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE RECORDED OVER 166,000 UNIT RESPONSES, WHICH KEEPS US ON PACE WITH PRIOR YEARS. I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE INCIDENT ACTIVITY BY DISTRICT, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT ACTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY, DISTRICTS 1, 2, AND 5 CONTINUE TO SEE THE HIGHEST CALL VOL VOLUMES, AND THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO HIGH POPULATION DENSITY. THE OLDER INFRAST INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OBVIOUSLY THE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THAT IS VERY DENSE IN THAT AREA AS WELL. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE OF THE MEMO IS THE BUSIEST FIRE STATIONS. NORMALLY, WE BREAK THESE OUT BETWEEN SINGLE AND DOUBLE COMPANIES, BUT THIS TIME WE LISTED THE TOP TEN. MOST OF THOSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE DOUBLE COMPANY FIRE STATIONS. OVERALL, THE BUSIEST STATIONS CONTINUE TO BE FIRE STATION 32, 35, AND 29, 37, AND 44. AGAIN, THESE STATIONS, DOUBLE COMPANIES, VERY HIGH POPULATION DENSITY, AND THEY'RE VERY HIGH E EMS DEMAND IN POPUL POPULATION. SO NEXT ITEM, THE CALL TYPES. WHEN WE LOOK AT CALL TYPES RESPONDED TO, FOR
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NONMEDICAL CALLS, THE MOST COMMON RESPONSES INCLUDE FIRE ALARMS, LIFT ASSISTS, SMOKE INVESTIGATIONS, AND BRUSH FIRES.AND FOR MEDICAL INCI INCIDENTS, THE MOST FREQUENT CALLS INCLUDE SICK PERSON, VEHICLE COLLISIONS, FALLS, BREATHING PROBLEMS, AND CHEST PAIN. SO THESE HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR. THE NEXT ITEM IS ON THE NEXT PAGE OF THE MEMO IS STRUCTURE FIRE ACTIVITY. AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO JUST UNDER 1200 STRUCTURE FIRES, MOST OF THOSE OCCURRED IN SINGLE FAMILY HOME THE FOLLOWED BY MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN NEXT WOULD BE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS MOBILE INTE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE. THIS AREA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE MIH PRO PROGRAM, IT CONTINUES TO CONNECT RESIDENTS TO THE APPROPRIATE CARE R RESOURCES AND HELPS REDUCE THE UNNECESSARY 9-1-1 UTILIZATION, AND THROUGH END OF FEBRUARY OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE PROGRAM HAS ALREADY MADE OVER 8,000 CONTACTS.
NEXT, YOU'LL SEE FIRE PREVENTION. IN ADDITION TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSES, OUR FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION CONDUCTED NEARLY 24,000 INSPECTIONS LAST YEAR, WHICH HELPS US ADDRESS RISKS BEFORE EMERGENCIES HAPPEN. IN CLOSING, OVERALL, THE DATA SHOWS STEADY SERVICE DEMAND, STRONG OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, AND CONTINUED FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HELP MANAGE THE WORKLOAD WHILE KEEPING THE COMMUNITY SAFE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THIS BEFOREHAND, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC DATAPOINTS OR TRENDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE IN DETAIL, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PRESENT THAT NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
>> SUKH KAUR: THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> OF COURSE. >> SUKH KAUR: ANYTHING ELSE, MARÍA? GREAT. COUNCILMEMBERS, WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING ELSE FROM THIS FOR A DEEP DIVE NEXT MONTH?
GO AHEAD? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND CHIEF.
NOT NECESSARILY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING ITEM BUT WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR ME TO REVIEW IS IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC DISTRICT 5 DATA FOR EXAMPLE THE TOP TEN NONMEDICAL INCIDENTS, AND TOP TEN MEDICAL INCIDENTS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT DOWN BY DISTRICT, AND I REQUEST THAT INFOR INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE IF I FIND IN DISTRICT 5 THE TOP MEDICAL INCIDENT FOR A FALL, IT WOULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR PROJECT MEND OR RAILS, WALKERS, SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO HAVING A DISTRICT BR BREAKDOWN FOR THOSE CAUSES WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME IN TERMS OF WHAT SHOULD WE BE PRIOR PRIORITIZING AS A
COUNCIL. >> YES, MA'AM. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> SUKH KAUR: GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE.
>> WHYTE: YEAH. ONE THING I NOTICED, CHIEF, THE MEMO TALKS ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES R REMAINING STABLE, BUT THERE'S NO BENCHMARK DATA, TARGET TIMES, COMPLIANCE RATES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAN WE GET SOMETHING SHOWS THE DEPARTMENT'S TARGET RESPONSE TIMES, AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME BY UNIT TYPE AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CALLS
MET THOSE STANDARDS? >> YES, SIR. YOU WIN THE DOOR PRIZE TODAY BECAUSE YOU RECOGNIZED THAT WE LEFT THAT OFF ACCIDENTALLY.
BUT RESPONSE TIME, PERFORMANCE, JUST FYI, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO PULL THE SPECIFICS ON THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT YEAR OVER YEAR, IT'S INCREASED BY ONE SECOND, AND THIS FISCAL YEAR UP THROUGH END OF FEBRUARY, IT ACTUALLY DROPPED -- I THINK IT'S 8 -- .08 SECONDS.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY TR TRENDIING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE BETTER.
>> WHYTE: OKAY. THIS IS WHY YOU WANTED ME BACK, CHAIR.
>> SUKH KAUR: YEAH. I MISSED YOU SO MUCH. >> SORRY ABOUT
INADVERTENTLY LEAVING THAT OFF THE DOCUMENT. >> SUKH KAUR: IT'S OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE MEMO.
WHAT I WOULD BE INTE INTERESTED IN -- AS WE WELL, THE TOP TEN CALL TYPES FOR NONMEDICAL AND MEDICAL. WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, I THINK AT LEAST CITY WIDE FOR POTENTIAL DISCUSSION HERE, TRENDS GOING BACK TO MAYBE 20 2019, THINKING JUST PRE-PANDEMIC TO PRESENT, AND FROM THERE SEEING WHAT ARE THE TRENDS, ANY TYPES OF INCIDENTS GOING UP, TRENDING UPWARDS OR DOWNWARDS, AND ANY POLICY OR INVESTMENTS -- POLICY, DECISION-MAKING OR INVESTMENTS THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT MIGHT
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ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE TRENDS, SO I'M INTE INTERESTED IN THAT CITY WIDE. FOR SURE I WOULD LOVE THAT INVESTIGATION FOR DISTRICT 2 SPECIFICALLY, BUT I THINK THAT'S TH THE -- THAT'S THE DISCUSSION I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. THERE WAS SOMETHING EL ELSE. WHY CAN I NOT RECALL? I'LL THINK ABOUT ITLATER. BUT THANK YOU. >> SUKH KAUR: THANKS, CHIEF.
WHAT IS MV -- YOU SAID THIS AND I MISSED THIS, WHAT IS MVC.
>> MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION. >> SUKH KAUR: GOT IT.
I LIKE THE IDEA OF BR BREAKING DOWN BY DISTRICT OR AREA, EVEN BY STATION OF THOSE CA CALLS TO SEE WHERE WE'RE GETTING MOST OF THOSE TYPES OF CALLS, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS THINKING OF IS WE'RE COMING UP TO UDC CODE CHANGES, AND FROM FOLKS THINKING ABOUT HOUSING AND PLANNING DISCUSSION, IT'D BE HELPFUL TO SEE MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURAL FIRES AND SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURAL FIRES BROKEN DOWN BY CAUSE IF POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ACTUALLY TRACK TO SEE ARE THE THERE -- IS THE LARGE MULTIFAMILY OR SMALLER UNITS OR WHAT ARE THE CAUSES FOR THAT, AND MULTIFAMILY, HOW MANY -- BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN I GET YOUR MESSAGES THEY'RE LIKE A COUPLE -- LIKE ONE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE IN A COUPLE OF UNITS OR ET CETERA. SO IF POSSIBLE, WHAT DO YOU USUALLY CODE -- DO YOU CODE, LIKE, CAUSE OF FIRE IF POSSIBLE.
IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT O OUT. >> YES.
IF IT'S SUSPICIOUS, NOT OBVIOUS, WE'LL CALL FIRE INVESTIGATORS, ARSON INVESTIGATORS, WE'LL CONDUCT A FULL ON INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINE THE FIRE ORIGIN AND CAUSE, AND THEN THAT'LL BE
DOCUMENTED ON THE INCIDENT REPORT. >> SUKH KAUR: YEAH.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DIG IN MORE TOO FOR THE STRUCTURE FIRES TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE CAUSED BY. AND THEN THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M LOOKING AT THIS DATA LIKE THIS, AND IT'S SUPER INTERESTING, AND I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW THE LEVEL OF WORK THAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA, SO I'M NOT SURE IF -- HOW WE COULD LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE, LIKE, WHERE ADDITIONALLY COULD WE PROVIDE SUP SUPPORT, LIKE I SEE THE SA CORE NUMBER GROW TRIPLE, AND I KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE WE TRIPLED INVESTMENT BASICALLY IN SA CORE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND SO I'M TH THINKING WHAT ARE THE OTHER WAYS -- THE OTHER AREAS OF THESE INTE INTEGRATED HEALTH COMPONENTS THAT NEED MORE SUPPORT, AND WHAT ARE THE RESULTS WHEN WE DO TRANSFER TO THOSE FOLKS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO SHOW AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL THE UPDATED DASHBOARD AND MAP THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WO WORKING ON WITH MARÍA'S DEPARTMENT, SO SHE'LL WALK US THROUGH THAT.
ANY OTHER -- GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: YES. THANK YOU. REGARDING THE STRUCTURE FIRE DATA. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ANY CAUSES, THAT DATA BROKEN DOWN FOR US, AND I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN DO YOU KNOW HOW -- MAYBE A PERCENTAGE, EVEN ANECDOTALLY, HOW MANY OF THESE ARE VACANT
STRUCTURES. >> I DO NOT. BUT WE PROBABLY CAN OBTAIN THAT DATA IN ORDER TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HOW MANY OF THOSE
INVOLVED IN FIRE WERE VACANT. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY.
EXCELLENT. AND THEN LOOKING AT PAGE 2 OVER THE MEMO, THE OVERALL RESPONSES. I WOULD -- I WOULD GUESS THAT -- AND MAYBE IT'S PAGE 1, ACTUALLY. INCIDENTS. YEAH.
NUMBER 1. I WOULD GUESS THAT INCIDENTS ARE GREATEST AROUND DECEMBER, JAN JANUARY, APRIL, AND THEN SUMMER, LIKE JULY,
AUGUST, IS THAT . >> I WOULD SAY THAT'S PRETTY ACCURATE.
WE DEFINITELY -- IT'S SEASONAL, AND WE SEE AN UPTICK AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, AND SUMMERTIME WITH THE HEAT AND KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL, OBVI
OBVIOUSLY. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: OKAY. SO WE CAN EXPECT PROBABLY THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, IT'LL BE -- I GUESS -- I DON'T KNOW.
I WOULD IMAGINE SOME AMOUNT OF BALANCE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'LL BE
LESS THAN LAST YEAR'S. HMM. >> COUNCILMAN, WE CAN PROVIDE A TREND ANALYSIS WHEN WE COME BACK IN APRIL TO KIND OF SHOW YOU IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHAT IS THE SEASONALITY AND THEN WHAT WE'RE S SEEING THIS YEAR COMPARED TO THE LAST FEW YEARS.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: I THINK WHAT ALSO MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN DOING THE -- I GUESS A CONVERSATION FOLLOWING THE -- BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK ABOUT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE BEING POLICYMAKING AND REVIEWING INITIATIVES AND MAKING IMP IMPROVEMENTS THERE, WHAT ARE AL THE INITIATIVES THAT AIM TO P PREVENT INCIDENTS IN THE SUMMERTIME CAUSED BY HEAT, AND THEN DURING THE HOLIDAYS SO THA WE CAN MAYBE -- I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A CHECK-I
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THERE. >> SUKH KAUR: YEAH. WHAT COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO WAS SAYING, WHERE ARE WE INVES INVESTIGATING IN RESULT OF THE DATA; RIGHT? SO TALKING ABOUT THAT, THERE WAS THAT BIG BR BRUSH, GRASS FIRE ON THE SOUTH SIDE LAST YEAR IN 2025, WHICH IS WHY THAT NUMBER WENT UP 400 CALLS FOR THAT SITUATION -- OR FOR THAT TYPE, AND SO IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO DO MAYBE MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION COMMUNICATION AROUND WHEN WE ARE HAVING DROUGHTS AND POTENTIALLY MORE INCREASE IN BRUSH FIRE, SO I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING THERE AND
WHY IT MATTERS. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: YEAH. EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS NEEDS ASSESSMENT, CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO COME TO
COUNCIL. >> SUKH KAUR: AWESOME. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 3 WHICH IS AN UPDATE ON THE YEAR 3 VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE DON'T FALL ALL OF YOUR SEAT.
>> MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, DR DR. SMITH, A UTSA PROFESSOR HAS BEEN OUR PARTNER IN THE IMPL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PLAN. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR REPORT, AND THE OUTCOMES OF THE PLAN ARE SATISFACTORY, SO DR DR. SMITH WILL GO OVER THAT, AND THEN MARÍA WILL TALK ABOUT PHASE 3 OF THE CRIME PLAN, THAT'S THE PHASE WE HAVEN'T STARTED, BUT WE'RE IN THE PLANNING
PHASES. DR. SMITH. >> THANK YOU, MARÍA, AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL OF YOU. THANKS FOR HAVING US, AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE WORK THAT -- THANK YOU -- THAT SAPD HAS BEEN DOING IN THE PAST YEAR.
THIS IS THE THIRD ANNUAL EVALUATION WE'VE DONE OF THE SAN ANTONIO VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PLAN, AND SO -- WELL, LET'S JUST JUMP INTO IT.
THERE WE GO. OKAY. JUST BY WAY OF REFR REFRESHER, THE OVERALL PLAN HAS THREE PRIMARY STRATEGIES, A HOT SUPPORT POLICING STRATEGY THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR THREE YE YEARS, SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST STRATEGY THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED AND HAS BEEN -- HAS UNDERWAY FOR THE ENTIRE TIME. THE MIDTERM STRATEGY IS WHAT WE CALL PROBLEM-OR NOTED POLICE BASED POLICING, IT'S A PROBLEM ORIENTED BASED ON FREQUENTLY OR PERSISTLY VIOLENT PLACES, AND THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY IN TWO LOCATIONS NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND OUR LONGER TERM STRATEGY HAS NOT YET GOTTEN STARTED, IT'S -- BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THE CITY ABOUT THAT LATER TODAY, BUT FOCUSED DETERRENCE IS THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY, AND IT'S AN OFFENDER FOCUSED STRATY DESIGNED TO HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AMONG REPEAT AND PER PERSISTLY VIOLENT INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDE THEM AN OFF RAMP AND HOPEFULLY DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE THEIR LIVES.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE STRATEGIES. THE REPORT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THE IMPACTS OF ONE AND TWO BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY IN 2025. I DON'T HAVE THE CLICKER ANYMORE, SO NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. SO, AGAIN, HOT SPOTS UNDERWAY. THE HOT SPOTS TREATMENT INTERVALS ARE TWO MONTHS OR 60 DAYS IN DURATION, AND THEN THE POLICE MOVE RESOURCES AROUND DEP DEPENDING ON THE -- ON CRIME, AND CRIME PATTERNS, AND IT ROLLS LIKE THAT EVERY 60 DAYS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
THE UPDATE ON PROB PROBLEM-ORIENTED PLACE BASED POLICING WILL FOCUS ON THE SECOND LOCATION THAT WENT SORT OF LIVE IN JUNE OF 2025, THAT 4032 SOUTH CROSS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS JUST A TREND GRAPH OF CRIME OVER THE LIFE OF THE CRIM PLAN. THAT IS VIOLENT STREET CRIME THAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE. WHICH IS DEFINED, FOR OUR PURPOSES AS MURDER, ROBBERY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE -- THE RED IS WHAT CRIME WAS DOING IN SAN ANTONIO PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CRIME PLAN IN JANUARY OF 2023. THAT'S THE FIRST VERTICAL BLUE LINE THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S THE START OF THE CRIME PLAN, EACH OF THOSE BLUE LINES IS A YEAR. AND THEN THE GREEN IS WHAT CRIME HAS BEEN DOING IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE DOTTED LINE THAT TRENDS
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VERY CLOSELY TO THE SOLID LINE IS A TRENDS THAT REMITS VICTIMS AND THE SOLID LINE IS INCIDENTS BY MONTH. AND SO OVERALL FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CRIME PLAN COMPARED -- OR FROM THE END OF THE CRIME PLAN TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, LOOKING BA BACKWARDS TO THE F THREE YEARS PRIOR, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 9 AND A HALF OR A REDUCTION ACROSS THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE CRIME PLAN, THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT THAT DECREASE STEEPENED CONSIDERABLY, AND THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR, 2025, AND SAN ANTONIO SAW ABOUT 21% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT STREET CRIME INCIDENTS IN A SIMILAR AMOUNT IN VICTIMIZATION DURING THE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS, I THINK, FANTASTIC.OKAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I GUESS I HAVE THIS NOW.
THANKS. THIS GIVES YOU A BREAK DOWN ON CHANGE IN CRIME IN YEAR 3 JANUARY OF 25 TO THE END OF THE YEAR TO DECEMBER 25 BY CRIME TYPE.
SO WE SAW AN 18% REDUCTION IN MURDER, 17% REDUCTION IN ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS WERE DOWN ABOUT 20% IN DE DEADLY CONDUCT, DOWN ABOUT 32% IN 2025 COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THIS IS A GRAPH THAT COM COMPARES VIOLENT CRIME, VIOLENT STREET CRIME BY POLICE SUBSTATION. THE ORANGE BARS ARE THIS YEAR, 2023. OUR -- EXCUSE ME, 2025, THIS PAST YEAR, AND THE BLUE BARS ARE THE YEAR BEFORE. THE COMPARISON YEAR, WHICH IS -- WOULD BE 2024.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ORANGE BARS ARE ALL SHORTER THAN THE BLUE BARS WHICH IS, LIKE, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SO YOU SAW VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTIONS IN ALL OF THE POLICE SUBSTATIONS, AND THE PERCENTAGES ARE SUMMARIZED FOR YOU AT THE TOP OF THE SLIDE. YOU HAD REALLY GOOD SIZED REDUCTIONS IN A NUMBER OF POLICE SUBSTATIONS INCLUDING IN THE EAST AND IN THE WEST, AND IN THE NORTH, AND DOWNTOWN, AND THEN PRUE AND THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL WEREN'T QUITE AS -- DIDN'T QUITE SEE AS MUCH OF A REDUCTION, BUT STILL, A HEALTHY DOUBLE DIGIT REDUCTION COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE.
THIS GIVES YOU A GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF CRIME IN OUR HOT SPOTS.
AND WE LIST THE CITYWIDE THERE TO THE FAR LEFT OF THE GRAPH IS THE CITYWIDE, THE 21% REDUCTION THAT I MEN MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, JUST BY WAY OF REFERENCE.
SO READING ACROSS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU HAVE 21% DECREASE IN VIOLENT STREET CRIME IN SAN ANTONIO IN 2025 COMPARED TO THE YEAR BEFORE. IN OUR TREATED AREAS, THAT IS THOSE HOT SPOTS THAT ARE 300-METER GRIDS, AND YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 133 -- 134,000 OF THOSE IN SAN ANTONIO. WE TREAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 35 OF THOSE EVERY 60 DAYS, AND THOSE ARE YOUR MOST VIOLENT PLACES THAT GET TREATED, AND SO THAT NEXT BAR OVER FROM -- READING LEFT TO RIGHT, THE ONE THAT'S GOT THE 63.2% BELOW IT, THAT'S WHAT CRIME -- VIOLENT STREET CRIME DID IN THOSE 30 TO 40 GRIDS THAT WE TREAT EVERY 60 DAYS. SO THAT'S A VERY SUB SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN VIOLENT STREET CRIME AT MORE THAN 63%. AND THEN THE NEXT TWO BA BARS -- THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TREATMENT THAT OCCUR DURING A HOT SPOT PERIOD, ONE IS AN OFFENDER FOCUSED TREATMENT WHERE THE SAPD U USES SOME OF ITS SPECIALTY UNITS TO FOCUS ON REPEAT AND HIGH RISK OFFENDERS IN THESE PLACES, IN THESE HIGH RISK PLACES, AND WE CALL THAT AN OFFENDER-FOCUSED TREATMENT TYPE.
AND THEN THERE'S A HIGH VISIBILITY TREATMENT, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE AROUND THE CITY, THAT'S A POLICE VEHICLE WITH ALL OF ITS EMERGENCY LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITH THE OFFICER OUT OF THE CAR FOOT PAT PATROLLING AROUND THE AREA FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES DURING A PEAK CRIME HOUR, AND THOSE NEXT TWO BARS BREAK DOWN THE CRIME REDUCTION BY THOSE TWO TREATMENT TYPES. SO OFFENDER FOCUSED TREATMENT AREAS EXPERIENCED AN 83% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME, AND YOUR HIGH
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VISIBILITY TREATED AREAS WERE DOWN MORE THAN 50%. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO DO, OF COURSE, IS WE LOOK AT WHETHER CRIME WAS DISPLACED SPATIALLY AROUND THE AREAS THAT ARE BEING TREATED, SO WE CALL THOSE AREAS CATCHMENT AREAS AND WE BUILD OUT ONE THOUSAND FOOT CATCHMENT AREAS AROUND EACH HOT SPOT WHERE WE LOOK FOR POTENTIAL CRIME DISPLA DISPLACEMENT, AND WE RARELY SEE THAT, OCCASIONALLY WE D DO, BUT WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE IS THIS, WE SEE WHAT WE CALL A DIFFUSION OF BENEFITS EFFECT, WHERE THE AREA AROUND THE GRID THAT'S BEING TREATED EXPERIENCES A CRIME REDUCTION EFFECT, USUALLY NOT AS GREAT AS THE PLACE THAT'S BEING TREATED ITSELF, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT HERE. SO ABOUT 24% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THE AREAS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING YOUR HOT SPOTS. THIS IS A DIFFERENCES IN DIFFERENCES ANALYSIS, AN ECONOMY ANALYSIS THAT COMPARES CRIME IN AREAS -- THE HOT SPOTS THAT WERE TREATED TO AREAS THAT WERE NOT TREATED, AND SO IT HELPS US ISOLATE THE H HOT SPOT TREATMENT EFFECT RELATIVE TO A GROUP OF PLACES THAT WERE NOT TREATED, AND THE -- TH THE PERCENT REDUCTION USING THIS PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE WAS ABOUT 44%, SO YOU'RE -- THE TREATED HOT SPOTS, CRIME AND TREATED HOT SPOTS WAS DOWN NEARLY 50% COMPARED TO PLACES THAT WERE NOT TRE TREATED.ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DO IS WE LOOK TO SEE HOW LONG THE TREATMENT EFFECT LASTS ONCE THE POLICE MOVE TO THE NEXT SET OF GRIDS. KNOWING THAT SOME OF THE GRIDS ROLL OVER PERIOD TO PERIOD, OFTENTIMES, THEY DON'T, BUT SOMETIMES THEY D DO. BUT WE LIKE TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE PLACES ONCE TREATMENT IS REMOVED. AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE, WHICH IS THAT THE TREATMENT EFFECT PERSISTS. IT'S KIND OF A FREE BENEFIT, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO POLICE RESOURCES BEING D DEVOTED DURING THE MONTHS AFTER TREATMENT, AND YET USUALLY IN THE FIRST MONTH ANYWAYS YOU STILL CONTINUE TO SEE A CRIME REDUCTION EFFECT BEFORE CRIME BEGINS TO RISE AGAIN AND RETURNS TO JUST KIND OF AVERAGE LEVELS. SO ABOUT MONTH OF FREE TREATMENT I GUESS IS ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, AND SO CRIME WAS DOWN 30% IN THE FIRST MONTH AFTER HOT SPOT TREATMENTS WERE MOVED TO THE NEXT PLACE.
>> SUKH KAUR: DR. SMITH, SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I WAS INFORMED WE HAVE TWO HARD CUT OFFS EARLIER THAN BEFORE. SO WE'VE HAD THE DATA AND SKIPPED THROUGH IT, BUT IF THERE ARE THINGS YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH, THAT'D BE GREAT.
>> SURE. VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS ARE DONE, AS WERE WEAPONS ARREST, ALL THINGS WE LIKE TO SEE. VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE DOWN CITY WIDE, AND PARTICULARLY IN TREATED HOTSPOTS. THIS TELLS YOU THAT THE POLICE WERE WHERE WE WANTED THEM TO BE IN THE HOT SPOTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO BE TREATED 92% OF THE TIME, AND THAT'S A VERY, VERY HIGH FIDELITY RATE.
THE SECOND STRATEGY THAT'S UNDERWAY IS THE PROBLEM-ORIENTED PLACE BASED POLICING STRATEGY, THE RESULTS FOR 2025 FOCUS ON THE SECOND LOCATION, 4032 SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD, WHICH WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN JUNE WAS RANKED FIRST IN THE CITY FOR VIOLENT INCIDENTS AND SECOND FOR CALLS OF SERVICE. WORK STARTED THERE IN JUNE OF 2025.
MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE CITY WORKING GROUP PUT TOGETHER HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE LAST -- IN THAT 6-MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE, ESSENTIALLY TO DECEMBER OF 2025. AND WE TRACK -- IN ADDITION TO TRACKING KIND OF WHAT'S BEEN DO DONE, WE ALSO TRACK THE OUTCOMES OF INTEREST, LIKE VIOLENT CRIME, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE AND SO FORTH. THEY'RE ALL DOWN OF THE VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN 50% ON AVERAGE PER MO MONTH.
VIOLENT VICTIMIZATION, AND VIOLENT RELATED CA CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE DOWN AS WELL. SO AS THIS PLACE HAS BEEN TREATED AND R RESOURCES DEVOTED TO IT, THE QUALITY OF LIFE HAS IMPROVED, AND THESE CRIME METRICS HAVE IMPROVED AS WELL. THAT'S YOUR SUMMARY SLIDE, AND KIND OF WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT IS HO HOPEFULLY FOCUSED
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DETERRENCE, AND, AGAIN, I THINK MARÍA VARGAS HAS MAYBE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.>> SUKH KAUR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL START OFF WITH COUNCILMEMBER DISCUSSION
ON THE DATA. COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: THANK YOU FOR THIS.
I'M JUST GOING TO START OFF WITH WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST -- OR THE MOST STRAIGHTFORWARD BIG PICTURE TAKEAWAY FROM THIS.
IS THERE -- IS THERE ANY QUESTION IN YOUR MIND -- AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR WHAT? A COUPLE YEARS NO NOW; RIGHT?
>> THREE YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. >> WHYTE: IS THERE ANY QUESTION IN YOUR MIND AT ALL IS THAT THI HOT SPOT POLICING DECREASES CRIME.
>> NO QUESTION AT ALL. >> WHYTE: OKAY. AND SO THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR, HOT SPOT POLICING INVOLVES PUTTING POLICE PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND
IN THESE HIGH CRIME AR AREAS. >> RIGHT.
ABOUT 30 TO 40 PER 60 DAYS OUT OF 134,000. >> OKAY.
>> WHYTE: OKAY. AND IF WE LOOK BACK ON THE SLIDE WITH THE YEAR THREE RESULTS ON THE HOT SPOTS, YOU SAID -- AND YOUR WORDS WERE SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION, CITY WIDE MIGHT BE 21% CRIMES DOWN BUT 63% CRIME BEING DOWN IN THE AREAS WHERE MORE POLICE ARE PUT ON THE GROUND.
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHYTE: AND WHEN YOU MAKE THE POLICE EXTRA VISIBLE ON THE GROUND, RIGHT, THIS TREATMENT 3HV TREATMENT CRIME, IT'S DOWN 52%.
>> CORRECT. >> WHYTE: OKAY. AND MOVING TO THE -- TO YOUR NEXT SLIDE, CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN THAT 44%, WHAT THAT REPRESENTS.
>> YEAH. WE COMPARE THE GRIDS THAT WERE TREATED DURING THE YEAR WITH THE HOT SPOT TREATMENT TO GRIDS THAT ARE NOT TREATED,
AND THAT REPRESENTS A 3 34% DIFFERENCE. >> WHYTE: GRIDS THAT WERE TR
TREATED VERSUS THOSE THAT WERE NOT TREATED. >> CORRECT.
>> WHYTE: SO, AGAIN, WE'RE LO LOOKING AT THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS IN THE CITY.
>> CORRECT. >> WHYTE: AND THE ONES WHERE THERE WERE MORE POLICE PERSONNE
ON THE GROUND HAD A BIGGER REDUCTION IN CRIME. >> THEY HAD A 44% REDUCTION COMPARED TO THOSE THAT HAD CRIME BUT WERE NOT TREATED.
>> WHYTE: OKAY. AND THE NEXT MARKER THERE, THE 30% IS THAT EVEN AFTER THE POLICE PERSONNEL LEFT THE AR AREA .
>> CORRECT. >> WHYTE: THE AREAS WHERE THERE WERE MORE POLICE STILL SHOWED A
DECREASE IN CRIME. >> YEAH. FOR ABOUT MONTH.
>> WHYTE: OKAY. I GUESS -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT HOW DO W WE -- HOW DO WE DETERMINE -- HOW DO WE
DETERMINE WHICH AREAS TO SELECT? >> YEAH.
SO THE TREATED AREAS, THE HOT SPOT AREAS THAT GET TREATED ARE SELECTED BASED ON CRIME TRENDS UNTIL THE PREVIOUS 60 DAYS.
WE LOOK AT IT IN TWO LENSES, IN THE PREVIOUS 60 DAYS, AND THEN ALSO GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT THE FOCUS IS LARGELY ON WHAT WAS CRIME DOING IN THE PREVIOUS 60 DAYS, BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS THE STRONGEST PROJECTOR OF WHERE CRIME IS GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT 60 D DAYS IS WHERE IT WAS OCCURRING DURING THIS 6 60-DAY PERIOD, SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY PREDICTOR OF WHERE POLICE RESOURCES ARE REDISTRIBUTED EVERY 60 DAYS, WHERE CRIME HAS HAPPENED IN THE MOST RECENT 60 DAYS, AND SO WE MAP THAT CRIME DOWN THE SMALL GRID AREAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, RANK ORDER THEM -- ACTUALLY MARÍA'S TEAM DOES THIS NOW, WE RANK ORDER THEM FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST, AND THEN THE SAPD CAN TREAT IT -- ITS RESOURCES ALLOW IT TO TREAT SOMEWHERE FROM 30 TO 35 OF THEM, AND
THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. >> WHYTE: AND DID YOU SAY THAT THERE WERE 134,000 HIGH CRIME .
>> NO. 134,000 300-METER GRIDS IN SAN ANTONIO.
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WE TREAT BETWEEN 30 TO 35 OF THEM ROUGHLY EVERY 60 DAYS.>> WHYTE: GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY.
ANY REASON AT ALL TO THINK THAT IF ADDITIONAL HIGH CRIME AREAS WERE TREATED THAT WE WOULDN'T SEE THE SAME REDUCTION OF CRIME IN THOSE AREAS?
>> THERE'S NO REASON TO THINK THAT -- LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.
THERE ARE -- YOU KNOW, SAPD CAN TREAT 30 TO 35 OF THESE HIGH CRIME
GRIDS EVERY 60 DAYS. >> WHYTE: LET ME STOP YOU THERE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY
CAN TREAT THEM? >> THAT'S WHAT THEIR R RESOURCES ALLOW THEM TO
TREAT. >> WHYTE: OKAY. AND SO IF THEY HAD MORE RESOURCES, MORE PERSONNEL, THEY'D BE ALLOWED -- THEY COULD
TREAT MORE AREAS. >> YEAH. THAT'S WHERE I WAS GO GOING. SO WE COULD IDENTIFY MORE THAN 30 TO 35, TYPICALLY THAT PROBABLY COULD BE TREATED WITH TO EFFECT.
NOW, AT SOME POINT, CRIME IS -- IS SO LOW THAT PUTTING OFFICERS THERE IS UNLIKELY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT THERE ARE A BAND BELOW THAT TOP 35 THAT PROBABLY WOULD -- COULD STILL MAKE A TREATMENT LIST IF THERE WERE SUFFICIENT RESOURCES TO TREAT THEM.
>> WHYTE: OKAY. ONE OTHER QUESTION HERE. YOU GUYS HAD INDEPENDENT
EVALUATION OF PHASES 1 AND 2 OF THIS PLAN. >> YES.
>> WHYTE: WHO'S GOING TO EVALUATE PHASE 3, AND WILL THER BE A FORMAL EVALUATION FRAMEWOR
SET FORTH? >> WE WILL DO. THAT STRATEGY HASN'T GONE INTO EFFECT YET, SO NOTHING TO REPORT ON, BUT WE'LL BE THE ONES
THAT DO THAT. >> WHYTE: ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, CHAIR. >> SUKH KAUR: DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU DR. SMITH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE REDUCTIONS ARE SIMILAR TO THE TREND THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITH THE REDUCTION OF HOMICIDES, HOMICIDE RATHER REDUCTION AND AG RATE ISED SALTS ASSAULTS WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE NAT NATION, BUT I WANT TO COMMEND -- THE WESTSIDE HAS SEEN THE HIGHEST REDUCTION IN CRIME, SO IMMATERIAL TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM. SERGEANT ROSS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITES IN DISTRICT 5, SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM OUT IN THE WEST SUBSTATION. I DID HAVE A QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE HOT SPOTS AND THE CORRELATION WITH THE DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT TEAM, THE DART TEAM, WITHIN THESE HOT SPOTS HAS THERE BEEN ANY COORDINATION OR OVE OVERLAPPING WITH DART PROPERTIES WITHIN THE
HOT SPOTS? >> SO IF I MAY, MARÍA, AND YOU CAN ADD MORE.
SO THE HOT SPOT POLI POLICING, AS DR. SMITH MENTIONED IS PRIMARILY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE VIOLENT CRIME. A DART PROPERTY MAY NOT HAVE THOSE SAME QUALIFICATIONS, SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE LOCATIONS INCLUDED. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, COUNCILWOMAN, BUT WE CAN SEE THOSE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OVERLAP, TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, BUT
I'M HAPPY TO SEE ANY TRENDS BETWEEN THE TWO. >> CASTILLO: YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CORRELATION IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTIES AS WELL AS THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM; RIGHT? ARE WE SEEING SPECIFIC CENSUS TRACKS, ZIP CODES AND/OR BLOCKS WHERE THERE'S ALSO A CORRELATION, AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ON THE OFFENDER FOCUS, CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT
THAT LOOKS LIKE. >> THAT WOULD BE THE S SAPD.
>> YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT FOCUSED DETER RANCE. >> CASTILLO: ON THE OFFENDER FOCUSED PART OF THE PRESE PRESENTATION, WALK ME THROUGH WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
HOW HABITUAL OFFENDERS ARE IDENTIFIED AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR
AS OFFENDER FOCUS OF THIS PROGRAM. >> SO I THINK THERE'S AN OFFENDER FOCUSED PORTION OF PHASE 1, WHICH IS WE IDENTIFY -- AND I THINK WE'RE KIND OF COMINGLING THE FOCUSED DETER RANCE ASPECT OF PHASE 3.
SO THE OFFENDER FOCUSED ASPECT OF PHASE 1, WE JUST IDENTIFY THOSE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE VIOLENT CRIME, AND THEN RATHER THAN DO HIGH VISIBILITY TREATMENTS, WE DO WHAT WE CALL ENFORCEMENT TREATMENT, WHICH IS BASICALLY P PROACTIVE POLICING EFFORTS IN THERE, RATHER THAN SIT WITH OUR LIGHTS ON FOR 15 MINUTES AT SAID INCREMENTS.
WE USE STREET CRIMES AND OUR COVERT UNIT TO GO IN AND FOCUS ON INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE IN THE COMPLEX, MOST OF THE TIME, THEY'RE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT ARE DRIVING CRIME IN THAT AREA. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE KNOW WHO'S IN THE COMPLEX AT THAT TIME BUT WE TRY TO JUST DO MORE RANDOMIZED ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS THAT
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MAY BE DRIVING CRIME AND TRY TO ADDRESS THEM. >> CASTILLO: AND THEN IN THE TRENDS OF THE OFFENDER FOCUSED COMPONENT, IS THERE A TYPICAL - LIKE, I GUESS WHAT IS THE CAUSE
OF STOPPING SOMEONE SUSPECTED O BEING A REPEAT OFFENDER. >> AND SO A LOT OF TH THE -- SO THE OFFENDER FOCUSED PART, FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY USE -- SAY WE HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, SAFE MAY GO IN AND THROUGH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA OR MANAGEMENT, ASK THEM, IS THERE SOMEONE HERE THAT'S BEING PROBL PROBLEMATIC, AN APARTMENT THAT MIGHT BE SELLING DRUGS, WHERE DOES THE CRIME HAPPEN, DOES IT HAPPEN AT COMMUNITY POOL, MAI MAILBOXES, AND SAFE GOES IN AND TRIES TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS BUT POTENTIAL SOURCES OF CRIME IN THOSE AREAS, AND SO AFTER, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS OR MANAGEMENT SAYS APARTMENT 13, WE THINK THEY'RE UP TO NO GOOD, THEN WE USE COVERT AND OTHER RESOURCES TO TRY TO PUT FOCUSED EFFORTS ON THOSE.
>> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU CO COLORING THAT PICTURE FOR ME. LASTLY, IN TERMS OF THE AREA FOCUS WHERE WE MOVE TO THE FOCUS DETERRENCE, I GUESS WHAT DOES THAT PHASE LOOK LIKE? HAVE YOU ALREADY IDENTIFIED ARE THERE VACANT LOTS, VACANT STRUCTURES, AND WHAT ARE NEXT STEPS IN THAT COMPONENT.
>> SUKH KAUR: AND MARÍA, MAYBE YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE FEW SLIDES YOU HAD.
SORRY, I SKIPPED THAT. THAT WAS MY . >> MASH RIYA VARGAS, DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATED COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICE. SO DETERRENCE WILL BE COMPOSED OF SAPD ICSO POTENTIALLY OTHER EXTERNAL CITY PARTNERS SUCH AS THE DEA AND OTHERS WHO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, SO IT'S PERSON-BASED VERSUS PHASE 1 AND PHASE 2 ARE VERY MUCH PLACE-BASED AND SO PHASE 3, WE'RE SHIFTING TO SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS, REPEATED VIOLENT CRIMINAL OFF OFFENDERS, AND LOOKING TO HAVE AN INTERVENTION WITH NEMATODE TER THEM FROM COMMITTING FURTHER CRIMES, AND SO IT'S ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS PULLING LEVERS, AND YOU MIGHT HEAR PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS A CARROT AND A STICK TYPE OF APPROACH WHERE YOUR STICK IS S SAYING WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOUR HISTORY, AND WE'RE OBSERVING YOU, WATCHING YOU, AND IF YOU COMMIT ANOTHER VIOLATION WE'LL ENSURE YOUR PROSECUTION IS PRIORITIZED AND WE'LL BE PARTNERING WITH THE DA TO ENSURE THERE'S NO LENIENCY, ET CETERA, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, INSTEAD, WORK WITH US AND CONNECT YOU TO SERVICES TO IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS AND MEET THOSE NEEDS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYBE CANNOT GET OUT OF A CERTAIN KIND OF CRIMINAL ASPECT, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN GANGS OR OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKS THAT FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS, WE CAN GIVE THEM OPTIONS, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DHS TO CONSOLIDATE LUNCHED FUNDING TO IDENTIFY A NONPROFIT PARTNER IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE SERVICES TO GET THAT INDIVIDUAL INTO A PLACE TO BE STABILIZED AND HAVE INCOME THAT'S NOT RELATED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. AND SO THINGS LIKE TRAUMA COUNSELING, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, EDUCATION SUCH AS GED AND JOB TRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, HOUSING, AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, OUR TIMELINE IS THAT CONSOLIDATING FUNDING R RFPS CLOSED IN JAN JANUARY, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING TH THE -- IN SCORING THE SUBMITTED PROPOSALS ON APRIL 29, HUMAN SERVICES PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL AT B SESSION ON MAY 2, AWARDS CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL, AND JUNE 1, CONTRACTS BEGIN. SO WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE A PARTNER TO HELP US DO FOCUSED DETERRENCE TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS REQUIRE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY START FO FOCUSED DETERRENCE IN CALENDAR YEAR, 2026 CALENDAR YEAR Q4.
>> SUKH KAUR: THANKS, MARÍA, DI YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MARÍA YOU MIGHT WANT T
TO -- GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER CASTILLO. >> CASTILLO: AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DETERRENCE, HAVE YA'LL PARTNERED WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY REENTRY CENTER AND THEN ONE OF THE PATROL OFFICES IS IN MY DISTRICTS IS THAT SOMETHING THA YA'LL ALSO PARTNER WITH IF THERE'S FOCUS ON OFFENDERS TO HELP THEM KNOW ABOUT RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S TAKING OUT
IN THE COMMUNITY. >> I CAN'T SPEAK IN TOO MUCH DETAIL ON THE CONSOLIDATED ARE PRO PROCESS, AND DHS IS HERE IN CASE THEY CAN SPEAK WITH GREATER DETAIL THAN I CAN, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE PAROLE OFFICE, IF
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IT'S STATE OF TEXAS PAROLE OFFICE, WE CAN WORK WITH THE STATE, AND I KNOW UTSA DALLAS IS DOING FOCUSED DETER DETERRENCE, AND THEY'VE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE HOW THAT ATTEMPT WENT, BUT WE DO WANT TO PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO HAVE THAT CONTINUED LEVERAGE WITH OFFENDERS, SO PROBATION OR PAROLE LIKE YOU DESCRIBED TO GET THEM INTO SERVICES.>> SO I WOULD SAY WE HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION YET HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND DR. SMITH CAN TALK TO THE EXPERIENCE IN DAL DALLAS, SO ONCE WE HAVE THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS, THEN WE'LL BEGIN RE REACHING OUT TO ENTITIES OUTSIDE THE CITY TO START FORMING THE TEAM
THAT WILL MAKE THIS FOCUSED DETERRENCE WORK. >> CASTILLO: AND I THINK THERE' A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT, CROSS COLLABORATION BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS HAS A LOT O GRANTS IN TERMS OF PROVIDING WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS ON PAROLE, AS WELL AS RESOURCES FOR HOUSING AND INDIVIDUALS ON PAROLE AS WELL, SO I THINK IT COULD HELP WITH THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> SUKH KAUR: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN MCKEE
RODRIGUEZ. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND THE PRESENTATION. JUST BECAUSE THE SLIDE IS UP, I REMEMBER WE WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CONSOLIDATED -- NOT TH THE -- ABOUT THE AGENCY FUNDING, THIS IS THAT. THIS IS THE .
>> IT IS. IT IS THE SAME THING, COUNCILMAN.
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: WONDERFUL. I THINK SOMETHING TO BE NOTED IS THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH A HOLISTIC LENS, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IN ORDER TO REDUCE CR CRIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE A CONSORTED EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES.
WE CAN THROW MORE OFFICERS AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO RESPONDING TO CRIME BUT UNLESS WE'RE MAKING AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO ADDRESS THOSE ROOT CA CAUSES, CRIME WILL GO UP BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC U UNCERTAINTY, DESPE DESPERATION, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT LEAD PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO -- THEY'RE AT A CERTAIN PREDICAMENT, AND NOW THEY'RE COMMITTING CRIMES AND WHATNOT, AND SO YOU CAN ASK THE QUESTION, IF WE HAVE MORE POLICE OFFICERS, IS THAT GOING TO LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN CRIME, IS THIS -- YOU KNOW, IF WE DID HOT SPOTS AT MORE PLACES, WOULD THAT LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN CRIME, THE ANSWER IS LIKELY YES AS WE'VE HEARD; RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU INVEST IN HOUSING, DOES THAT LEAD TO REDUCTION IN CRIME? WHEN YOU INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, DOES THAT LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN CRIME? WHEN YOU -- WHEN YOUR COMMUNITY HAS JOBS WITH BENEFITS AND LIVABLE WAGES, DOES THAT REDUCE CRIME? WHEN YOU SUPPORT N NONPROFITS AND SOCIAL SERVICES, DOES THAT LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN CRIME? AND THE ANSWER TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IS YES. AND SO WHILE I CAN APPRECIATE THE VERY CLEAR AND HARD-FAST DIRECTION OF, YOU KNOW, HIRE MORE POLICE AND LET THAT BE THE END ALL BE ALL AND ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS WILL BE SOLVED, THE REALITY IS THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE, AND WE HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND SO I THINK THE N NONPROFITS THAT WE'LL ULTIMATELY END UP SEL SELECTING, I'M HAPPY TO KNOW WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THEIR ROLE THROUGH A LENS OF HOW COULD THEY HELP US ACHIEVE OUR CRIME PREVENTION GOALS. WE ALSO, SEVERAL YEARS AGO DID A.A.R.P. A DOLLARS AND WE WERE STRATEGIC HOW TO DO TH THAT.
AND WE WANTED TO ADDRESS IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS BEFORE THE HOUSING, YOUTH, SENIOR SERVICES, ALL OF THAT, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO FOOD AND TO HEALTHCARE AND TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WITH OUR VERY LIMITED R RESOURCES AND AS WE NAVIGATE A BUDGET DEFICIT, THAT WE'RE NAVIGATING IT WITH A CLEAR MIND OF IT'S NOT JUST ONE SOLUTION WILL BE THE END-ALL BE-ALL, WE HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS, AND SO I SAY ALL OF THAT TO GET US TO PHASE 2 AND PHASE 3.
WHERE ARE WE AT IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR PHASE 3. >> SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THE N NONPROFIT PARTNER AS PART OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE EVALUATING IS THE CAPACITY WITHIN MARÍA'S TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DEDICATE ONE INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO BE THAT COORDINATOR, AND WE ARE EXPLORING IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL CAUSES THAT WE CAN BRING TO -- TO DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE THAT FIRM AS OF NOW. WE THINK WE CAN MANAGE IT WITH THE CURRENT R RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, BUT IF THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, THEN WE WOULD MAKE
REQUESTS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: GOTCHA.
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BECAUSE I'M ALSO WONDERING. PHASE 2 I'M HAPPY TO SEE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING SOUTH CRO CROSS; RIGHT? IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD DO MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME, IF WE COULD DO MORE THAN ONE OR TWO PROPERTIES AT A TIME, AND I KNOW THAT'S ALSO ONE THAT -- THAT'S ALSO AN INVESTMENT THAT REQUIRES A PRETTY BIG COMMITMENT, AND SO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO MAYBE DO THREE OR FOUR AND A QUARTER OR IN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND TO DO THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEED UP THAT PROCESS. SO THAT WOULD BE, I THINK -- I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR HOW WE CAN DO THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT -- HMM. IF I WERE TO ASK THAT IN QUESTION FORM, WE NOW HAVE DONE JUST TWO -- WE'VE DONE TWO PROPERTIES AT PHASE 2. WHAT DOES THE COST LOOK LIKE, GENERALLY, AT A PROPERTY ON AVERAGE, AND THEN CAN WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD DO 3, 4, 5IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO? >> WE COULD EXPLORE, THAT COUNCILMAN, AND
BRING THAT BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. >> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: SOUNDS G GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> SUKH KAUR: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. OVERALL WE SAW A DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME FROM 24 TO 25. WOULD YOU SAY THAT THIS IS -- BECAUSE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DATA YOU SHOW IS HAD 4% DECREASE IN THAT AREA, ARE YOU ABLE TO TRANSLATE THAT
TO OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME THAT HAS DECREASED? >> SO FOR THE LIFE OF THE CRIME PLAN, THE LAST THREE YEARS, VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN ABOUT 9.5 OR 10%. IN THE LAST YEAR, IT'S DOWN MORE, IT'S DOWN 2
21%. >> SUKH KAUR: OKAY. ARE .
>> WE'VE SEEN A DROP IN EACH OF THE YEARS, IT'S JUST THAT THAT DECREASE HAS STEEPENED IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE CRIME PLAN.
>> SUKH KAUR: SO THE DATA THAT WE WERE SHOWN FROM 24 TO 25 S SHOWED A 7% DECREASE IN VIOLENT
CRIME SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT TH THAT -- SO . >> I'M NOT SURE WHAT
DATA YOU'RE LOOKING AT. >> SUKH KAUR: IT'S THE CRIME STATISTIC.
>> IF I MAY PERHAPS TO CLARIFY. SO THE DATA THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS MEN MENTIONING IS THE OVER THIS STATISTIC THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN VIOLENT CRIME, AND THE WORK THAT DR. SMITH HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH IS SPECIFIC TO A FEW OF THE CRIMES WITHIN THE
VIOLENT CRIME FAMILY. >> VIOLENT STREET CRIME. >> SUKH KAUR: WHICH ARE THOSE.
>> MURDER, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. >> SUKH KAUR: ASSAULT.
HOMICIDE, AND THEN WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? GOT IT.
>> YEAH. THOSE ARE -- >> SUKH KAUR: I'M TRYING TO CORRELATE THIS WITH THE OVERALL DATA THAT WE SEE ACROSS THE CIT TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHETHE OR NOT WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THIS TO OUR DECREASE IN OVERALL CRIME THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO FROM
SAPD. >> YEAH. SO THE STRATEGIES -- THE STRATEGIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS PLAN ARE DES DESIGNED TO ADDRESS VIOLENT STREET CRIME. THAT'S THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU SEE REPORTED ON IN OUR REPORT. THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO ADDRESS PROPERTY CRIME, PER SE, OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FAMILY VIOLENCE.
THOSE REQUIRE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. SO TO THE EXTENT THAT OVERALL VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, IF IT'S VIOLENT STREET CRIME, THE ONES THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN OUR REPORT, THEN, YEAH, I THINK THESE STRATEGIES HAD VERY -- HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
BUT, AGAIN, THEY'RE NO NOT -- THEY'RE NOT TARGETED AT THE OTHER -- ON THE VIOLENT SIDE, THE OTHER SORT OF HALF OF THE EQUATION IS FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND THIS PLAN DOESN'T ADDRESS FAMILY VIOLENCE.
>> SUKH KAUR: SO OF THE 31,000 CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS THAT WER LISTED APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY D YOU THINK ARE IN THIS CATEGORY? IN 2025 THERE WAS 31,000 CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO -- MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH THAT DATA.
THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IN A CON VEE CONVOLUTED WAY IS - THE CRIMES THAT WE SEE AGAINST PERSONS OVERALL IN OUR COMMUNITY IS ONLY A PORTION OF OUR OVERALL CRIME.
SO LAST YEAR IN 2025 OUR TOTAL NUMBER OF CRIME WAS 136,000 CRIMES THAT WE REPORTED. AND IF WE SAY THIS IS MAYBE EVEN LESS THAN 10% OF THE CRIME THAT WE ARE SEEING IN GENERAL AND THE SOLUTION ONLY SERVICES 10%, IT IS A SOLUTION THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING, BUT ONLY FOR A PORTION OF THE CRIME THAT WE
ARE SEEING. >> YEAH. >> KAUR: SO THAT'S THE
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CONVOLUTED POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE. >> YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT'S FAIR. I THINK THAT THE FOCUS ON THIS TYPE OF CRIME, VIOLENT STREET CRIME, IS INTENSE BECAUSE IT'S ARGUABLY THE WORST, RIGHT?
IT IMPACTS PEOPLE'S LIVES TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE. >> KAUR: 100%, WHICH --
MARIA, WERE YOU GOING TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT THE NIBRS STATISTICS ARE NOT A FULL REPRESENTATION OF CRIME TAKING PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE NIBRS STATISTICS ARE UTILIZED BY THE FBI TO DO COMPARISONS BETWEEN CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CRIMES THAT TAKE PLACE THAT ARE NOT CAPTURED UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH AS YOUR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. AND ANYTHING THAT'S NOT IN NIBRS GROUP A IS NOT SHOWN THERE. TO HIS POINT, THE PROFESSOR'S POINT, THE CRIME DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS PLAN IS NOT FELTERED OR CONTROLLED OR LIMITED BY THE NEIGHBORRERS STATISTICAL DEFINITION.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CALLS FOR SERVICE, OFFENSE REPORTS, AND NOT ALL OF THAT MAKES IT INTO A NIBRS STATISTIC. SO IT'S CERTAINLY TWO
DIFFERENT DATASETS AND TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. >> KAUR: OKAY.
THAT'S HELPFUL CLARIFICATION FOR ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS AS OUR KIND OF TRACKING TOOL SO IT MAKES ME THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THE NIBRS STATISTIC WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REPORTING AND'S THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY USING FOR DECISION MAKING PURPOSES AT SAPD. SO I THINK WE SHOULD GET PRESENTED WITH BOTH SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN OVERALL THAN IN A SILOED PRESENTATION. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'M GLAD THIS IS WORKING FOR VIOLENCE, THAT IS A BIG CHALLENGE, BUT A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES WE SEE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE DIFFERENT ROOT CAUSES.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INTEGRATED SAFETY DEPARTMENT THAT IT IS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH AND WE ARE THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW TO USE THOSE RESOURCES AND WHETHER OR NOT TO SAY WE NEED 100 OFFICERS MORE ON DUTY FOR HOTSPOT POLICING IS STILL SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. AND THE LAST QUESTION I'LL ASK BEFORE I HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IS THE ONE THING YOU MENTIONED IS A MONTH AFTER WE STILL SAW SOME -- THERE WAS A DECREASE IN CRIME, BUT IT WASN'T AS MUCH AS IT WAS. AT WHAT POINT DOES IT NO LONGER HAVE AN EFFECT? LIKE AT WHAT POINT DOES IT AUTOMATICALLY GO DOWN?
>> IN EACH OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL HOT SPOTS THAT GET TREATED, CRIME RETURNS
TO ITS PRETREATMENT AVERAGE AFTER ABOUT 60 DAYS. >> KAUR: IT'S LIKE IF YOU HAVE A MOSQUITO INFESTATION AND YOU JUST KILL A LITTLE BIT OF IT AND IT GOES AWAY
FOR AWHILE AND MOSQUITOS COME BACK. >> ABSOLUTELY.
HOTSPOT POLICING, THE ANALOGIES THAT WE USE IS IT'S 501(C)3 A FEVER REDUCER, LIKE IBUPROFEN. WHEN IT WEARS OFF YOUR HEADACHE COMES BACK UNLESS YOU TREAT WHAT CAUSES YOUR HEADACHE TO BEGIN WITH. THAT'S WHY IT'S ONE OF MULTIPLE STRATEGIES THAT ARE EMPLOYED TO ADDRESS VIOLENT STREET CRIME.
>> KAUR: I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER.
COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. >> WHYTE: I AGREE WITH IT, BUT TREATING THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME ARE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT YOU CANNOT DENY THE DATA IN THIS REPORT.
I SAID IT LAST YEAR AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, IT IS GOVERNMENT MALPRACTICE TO LOOK AT A REPORT LIKE THIS AND THEN NOT WANT TO FUND MORE OFFICERS TO BE PATROLLING THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO. IT JUST IS.
THE DATA IS RIGHT THERE. SO YES, A HEALTHCARE A HOLISTIC, YES, I'M FOR IT AND THAT CAN HELP PREVENT CRIME YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT TO PREVENT CRIME RIGHT NOW AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS RIGHT NOW, WE NEED MORE OFFICERS PATROLLING THE STREETS. AND WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE STUDY THAT THE COUNCILMAN REQUESTED, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WHEN THE THAT COMES BACK IT'S GOING TO SHOW PROBABLY SOME AREAS WHERE WE NEED MORE PERSONNEL OR WE NEED MORE EQUIPMENT, RIGHT, FOR OUR FIRE FOLKS. IF WE GET THAT BACK, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR, HEY, LOOK, WE NEED MORE FIRE PERSONNEL.
IT SAYS RIGHT HERE IN THE REPORT OR WE NEED MORE EQUIPMENT.
IT SAYS IT RIGHT HERE IN THE REPORT. WE DID A STUDY A FEW YEARS AGO IN 2023 THAT SAID WE NEEDED MORE OFFICERS. THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS SAID WE NEED MORE OFFICERS TO PATROL THE STREETS. THE DATA IS RIGHT HERE.
>> KAUR: COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE, FOR TIME'S SAKE, WE CAN CONTINUE THIS DEBATE,
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WHICH I KNOW WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO, WITH THE RESOLUTION COMES UP.IS THAT OKAY? >> WHYTE: YES. I'LL SAY ONE MORE TINY THING THAT I CAN. I KNOW THIS RELATES TO VIOLATE CRIME AND YOU DO BRING UP OTHER CRIMES, SOME OF WHICH I AGREE MORE POLICE ON THE STREET CAN'T HELP SOME OF THESE THINGS, BUT PROPERTY CRIME, FOR INSTANCE, WHICH I THINK WE SEE A LOT DOWNTOWN, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY HEAR ABOUT IN YOUR METRICS OF CARS GETTING BROKEN INTO AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DO WE NOT THINK IF SOMEBODY IS ABOUT TO TURN DOWN A STREET TO GO AND BREAK INTO A FEW CASHES, YET THEY SAW AN OFFICER RIGHT THERE, PERHAPS GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WOULD PROBABLY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I THINK WE COULD DRASTICALLY IMPACT OUR PROPERTY CRIME AS WELL WITH MORE PATROL. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> KAUR: THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE. GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
>> MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ: JUST A REAL QUICK REQUEST IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
SO FROM -- THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG DATA. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BASED OFF THE ARPA ALLOCATIONS WE MADE, BASED OFF OF BOND INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE AND BASED OFF OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHERE HAVE INVESTMENTS BEEN MADE THE MOST? IF WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NON-PROFITS, WHAT ZIP CODES HAVE THEY BEEN SERVING AND TO WHAT EXTENT? AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND COMPARE IT TO A MAP OF WHERE CRIME IS HAPPENING AND WHERE CRIME HAS DECREASED. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE INVESTMENTS HAVE PLAYED A ROLE IN REDUCING CRIME.
THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO ME. AND DR. SMITH, YOU DID JUST SAY A LITTLE BIT AGO THAT THE EFFECTS OF THE HOTSPOTTING WILL LINGER FOR ABOUT A MONTH, THEN RETURN BY 60 DAYS BACK TO PRE-HOTSPOTTING LEVELS.
SO UNLESS YOU CREATE A POLICE STATE IN WHICH A POLICE IS AT EVERY CORNER AT ALL TIMES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE PERMANENT RESULTS BY ADDING MORE POLICE
OFFICERS. YOU WON'T -- YOU WON'T. >> KAUR: OKAY, I'M TABLING
THIS DEBATE FOR ANOTHER DAY OUT OF RESPECT FOR -- >> THERE IS PRETTY ROBUST LITERATURE ON OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CRIME. WE CAN PULL TOGETHER A FEW OF THE RESOURCES AND SEND THEM TO MARIA AND MAYBE SHE CAN SEND THEM TO YOU.
>> KAUR: THANK YOU, DR. SMITH AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR A GOOD DISCUSSION. YOU GUYS, HARD-HARD CUTOFF AT 3:45 FOR THE MOST OF YOU.
IT'S HARD-HARD? WE'RE GOING TO LOSE QUORUM SO I WANT TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RUSH JOHN THROUGH HIS PRESENTATION. JOHN, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU'VE GOT SEVEN MINUTES BEFORE YOU LOSE QUORUM. >> I CAN GET THROUGH IT IN
SEVEN MINUTES, BUT -- >> KAUR: WE COULD STILL HAVE DISCUSSION EVEN WITHOUT QUORUM, RIGHT? OR NO. BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACTION?
>> WOULDN'T BE A MEETING. THE MEETING WOULD END WHEN YOU LOSE A QUORUM IS WHAT
I'M SAYING. >> KAUR: OKAY, JOHN. JUST FOR -- WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO BLAZE THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION.
IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS WE'LL PLAN TO. AND IF A COUNCILMAN AND I CAN STAY WE'LL GIVE THEM PERSONALLY HERE, WHOEVER IS PRESENTING FOR ITEM 5, WE WILL NOT MAKE IT TO -- SORRY, THE LAST ITEM, WHICHEVER NUMBER THAT IS.
YEAH, 5, WE WILL NOT MAKE IT TO ITEM 5 TODAY. ALL RIGHT, JOHN, GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY. I WILL GET THROUGH THIS AS QUICK AS I CAN.
I'LL START HERE AT THE MAP. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP OVER A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.
SO BASICALLY WE DID WANT TO SHOW YOU THE HEAT MAP THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS -- THIS IS FOR CRITICAL CALL RESPONSE. YOU CAN SEE DISTRICT 5 IS EASILY THE HIGHEST VOLUME FOR CRITICAL CALLS, BUT THREE AND TWO ARE DEFINITELY IN THAT RANGE AS WELL.
IT KIND OF WRAPS AROUND OBVIOUSLY THAT WEST AND SOUTHSIDE OF THE CITY.
OF THE 90,000 CALLS, ABOUT 60% THAT WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR ARE CRITICAL CALLS, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST UNDER 95% FOR CRITICAL CALL RESPONSE RATE.
THIS BREAKS DOWN WHAT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT ENFORCEMENT TYPES.
BASICALLY IT'S FIRST RESPONSE, BITES, DANGEROUS AND AGGRESSIVE AND CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS. THOSE ARE FOUR SECTIONS THAT WE WORK FROM WITH OUR OFFICERS. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE REPORTS, THIS IS ACTUALLY -- I WON'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT IT'S THERE FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE. THE PROCESS, YOU RECEIVE A BITE AND WHAT TAKES PLACE.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT AT THE BOTTOM THERE REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS SHEET AND YOU COULD SAY, OH, THE PERCENTAGE OF SEVERE BITES THAT WERE UP. I DO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THERE THAT YOU'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES THERE. THE REASON WHY IS IN DECEMBER OF 2024 WE CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF SEVERE BITE -- ACTUALLY, WHAT WE DID WAS WE BETTER DEFINED IT. SO WE TOOK OFFICER DISCRETION AWAY WHEN IT CAME TO IDENTIFYING BITES. WE BASICALLY SAID IF IT'S
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THIS, THEN IT'S THIS. SO THAT WE COULD GET A BETTER, ACCURATE PICTURE.SO I KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE IT APPEARS THAT SEVERE BITES IS UP, BUT IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISONS. AND WE ALSO MADE IT TO WHERE ANY BITE TO A CHILD TO THE FACE IS SEVERE. SO THAT'S -- EVEN A MODERATE BITE TO A CHILD TO THE FACE IS NOW SEVERE WHICH ALSO INCREASED THAT NUMBER.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU SEE THAT INCREASE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR SO IT DOESN'T -- THAT ONE KIND OF STICKS OUT A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN YOU MOVE ON TO OUR DANGEROUS DOG INVESTIGATIONS, AGAIN, THERE'S THE PROCESS THERE FOR YOU ALL TO REVIEW. OUR DANGEROUS DOG GOAL, LAST YEAR WAS 80%. WE GOT TO 82%. WHEN I GAVE IT LAST YEAR IT DROPPED TO 70% AND IT HAS GONE UP TO 74.8. WE HAVE FILLED TWO POSITIONS IN OUR DANGEROUS DOG TEAM AS WELL AS CROSS-TRAINED SOME FIRST RESPONSE OFFICERS TO HELP GET THAT UP. WE ANTICIPATE THAT DANGEROUS DOG COMPLIANCE RATE GETS UP TO ABOUT 80 WHERE WE'VE BEEN HISTORICALLY. AND THEN THE DANGEROUS DOG CASES WORKED, YOU COULD SEE WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FROM '24 TO '25 WHENEVER WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD AND OBVIOUSLY EDUCATING AND TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT IT. WE'RE RATE ON THAT SAME PACE AGAIN FOR FY26. CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS, AGAIN, HERE'S THE PROCESS FOR OUR CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT QUICKLY THE -- IT LOOKS LIKE --. IT'S DEFINITELY THERE. YOU WILL SEE THIS YEAR WE'RE ON PACE TO ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF -- ACTUALLY PROBABLY WILL OVER DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF CRUELTY CASES FILED. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THESE ARE THE CRUELTY CASES THAT ARE -- THESE ARE THE DISTRICTS THAT THE HIGHER LEVEL CRUELTY CASES THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. WE DO HAVE THE MUNICIPAL LOCAL -- MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES THAT WE WRITE ON FOR THE MORE MINOR OFFENSES, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDING IN THESE NUMBERS. THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT GO TO DISTRICT COURT. SO WE OBVIOUSLY, FY24 AND 25 WE STAYED AT ABOUT HALF OUR CAPACITY TEAM DURING THOSE FISCAL YEARS. WE'VE IMPROVED.
WE'VE GOT VACANCIES FILLED. WE ALSO HAVE DEDICATED SUPERVISOR TO THAT TEAM NOW WHICH THEY DIDN'T HAVE PRIOR. WE JUST DID THAT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, WHICH ALLOWED US TO BRING A LITTLE MORE FOCUS ON OUR CRUELTY CASES, WHICH AGAIN HAS BEEN PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO DO THAT. AND THEN HERE'S THE LAST ACS SLIDE. THIS BASICALLY BREAKS DOWN OUR STAFF.
WE HAVE 245 TOTAL POSITIONS. ABOUT 69 OF THOSE ARE FOR OUR RESPONSE.
SO WE HAVE 69 TOTAL POSITIONS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKOUT THERE.
VACANCIES ARE THERE ON THE FAR RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR VACANCIES. ONE WITH OUR FIRST RESPONSE, TWO WITH BITES AND ONE CRUELTY. THAT 49 THAT SAYS FILLED ON FIRST RESPONSE, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NINE OF THOSE ARE TRAINEES SO THAT MEANS THEY ARE STILL WITH THE TRAINING OFFICER, STILL LEARNING THE JOB. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THE NEXT ACADEMY IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE 7TH WHERE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN FIRST RESPONSE CADETS WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT, TWO DANGEROUS DOG OFFICERS AND A CRUELTY INVESTIGATOR AND THAT WILL FILL THE VACANCY IN OUR CRUELTY POSITION THAT YOU SEE THERE. SO THAT ACADEMY IS STARTING.
WE DID PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME MUNICIPAL COURT CITATIONS. I WAS GOING TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND ACTUALLY GO OVER THEIR SLIDES WITH YOU, BUT DUE TO TIME THE DATA IS THERE AND THEY ARE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT THESE ARE THE -- THIS INFORMATION CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE MUNICIPAL COURTS THESE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT YOU SEE HERE WITH OUR -- WITH THE CITATIONS, THE NUMBER OF FILINGSMENT YOU CAN SEE IS JUST OVER 12,000 AND THEN HAS THE BREAKOUT OF THE TOP THREE FOR BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL VIOLATIONS THAT YOU SEE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM.
>> KAUR: THANKS, JOHN. JUDGES, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO COME UP AND
SHARE ABOUT ON THOSE? SORRY TO RUSH YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JUST HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ON THE LAST SLIDE I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THESE ARE FISCAL YEAR '25 FILINGS IS WHEN THEY WERE ACTUALLY FILED AT THE COURT. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW COME THE COURT DOES NOT MATCH WHAT -- THE NUMBERS THAT ACS HAS, AND IT'S BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE FISCAL YEAR 25 CASES ARE CASES THAT OCCURRED IN FISCAL YEAR '24.
SOME OF THE FISCAL '25 CASES WON'T BE HEARD UNTIL FISCAL YEAR '26.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES ARE BEING FILED CRIMINALLY NOW. HERE IS A BREAKDOWN.
I DID COVER THIS AT THE MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING A COUPLE
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OF WEEKS AGO. WE DID BREAK DOWN THE DISMISSALS.I KNOW THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT JUDGES WERE DISMISSING CASES.
THERE WAS A PROCESS FOR THAT. WE MADE A MOTION OF THE PROSECUTOR AND WE'VE BROKEN THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO SOME OF THEM ARE FROM DEFERRED DISPOSITION, WHICH IS PROBATION. OTHERS ARE PROSECUTOR RECOMMENDS, SO IT'S EITHER COMPLIANCE, PART OF A PLEA BARGAIN OR MAYBE AN ACS OFFICER IS NO LONGER WITH THE DEPARTMENT. WE DO HAVE CIVIL HEARINGS WITH MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES HERE. WE HAVE MAGISTRATES THAT ARE ON DUTY 24/7/365 IN CASE AN OFFICER NEEDS A SEIZURE WARRANT SIGNED THEY COULD SHOW UP TO THAT COURT AND THERE IS SOMEBODY AVAILABLE TO SIGN THOSE WARRANTS AND ALSO SET A DATE FOR A HEARING. THESE ARE THE MONETARY OUTCOMES. BY LAW WE ARE OBLIGATED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOMEBODY'S ABILITY TO PAY. WE DO HAVE TO GIVE JAIL TIME CREDIT.
WE HAVE TO OFFER COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS. AND IN SOME INSTANCES A WAIVER OF FINES AND COURT COSTS. WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE MORE SERIOUS CASES SUCH AS THE BIKE CASES, ACS DOES WORK WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO CREATE A BITE REPORT FOR THE JUDGE TO REVIEW AT SENTENCING. SO THOSE CASES USUALLY HAVE A MUCH HIGHER FINE.
>> KAUR: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE TO RESPECT, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT TO GO. YOU HAVE TO GO TOO.
WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER, IF YOU WANT TO STAY WE CAN GIVE OUR FEEDBACK. SO AT 3:46, THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING IS
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