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THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS
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THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY 29TH MEETING.UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND? SO MOVED.
UH, TODAY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
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ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS A BRIEFING IMPOSSIBLE ACTION ON STREET RACING IN SAN ANTONIO, AND DISCUSSIONS ON A POTENTIAL ORDINANCE TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS STREET RACING AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ATTEND THESE EVENTS.UM, MARIA, UH, THANK YOU CHAIRWOMAN.
UH, CHIEF MCMANUS TODAY IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME FACTS AND DATA ABOUT STREET RACING EVENTS THAT HAVE INCREASED HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO THE PAST, UH, CALENDAR YEAR SPECIFICALLY, AND ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING IN, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, INCREASE IN ACTIVITY THAT WE HAVE SEEN, NOT ONLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALSO OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO OBTAIN INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A DRAFT ORDINANCE THAT WE COULD BRING TO THE FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME ALL MASKED UP.
IF YOU CAN'T, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL TAKE MY MASK OFF.
SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER YEARS AGO WHEN THESE CAR CLUBS, UH, AND I'LL REFER TO THEM AS CAR CLUBS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION, BUT I CAN REMEMBER WHEN THESE CAR CLUBS, UH, USED TO PRETTY MUCH JUST CRUISE UP AND DOWN THE, THE, UH, THE HIGHWAYS TO SHOW OFF THEIR CARS.
BUT OVER THE YEARS, IT SEEMS TO HAVE DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE SINISTER THAN THAT.
AND, UM, WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF, UM, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, UH, WE'VE GOT ASSAULTIVE BEHAVIOR, UM, ALL, ALL THESE THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH, WITH WHAT THESE CAR CLUBS ARE DOING NOW.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY WILL ORGANIZE OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UM, THEY CAN, UH, THEY CAN GROW IN NUMBERS VERY, VERY QUICKLY, JUST LIKE A FLASH MOB.
UH, THEY ASSAULT POLICE OFFICERS, THEY THROW BOTTLES.
UH, YOU SEE THAT LITTLE SQUARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE, OF THE, UH, SLIDE THERE.
IT SAYS, WHERE ARE THE BLOCKERS AT? WE CAN'T BE SCARED OF ONE COP.
SO IT'S GOTTEN TO A POINT NOW WHERE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THESE CAR CLUBS IN NUMBERS, UH, IT'S, IT'S DANGEROUS TO, FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT, THAT, UH, MIGHT TRY TO DO SO BY THEMSELVES OR WITH JUST A COUPLE OF OFFICERS.
UM, THESE CAR CLUBS BRING POTENTIAL INJURY TO THE, TO THE EVENTS THAT THEY PROMOTE.
UH, THEY BLOCK TRAFFIC ON THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
UH, THEY CREATE PROPERTY DAMAGE.
THEY SET UP, UH, THEY SET THE, THEY ASPHALT ON FIRE, UH, AND THEN THEY DO THEIR, THEIR STUNTS, UH, IN THE FIRE.
UH, SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND LAUREN, WOULD YOU MIND PLAYING THAT VIDEO, PLEASE? THIS IS A VIDEO FROM A, A CHANNEL IN, UH, IN HOUSTON.
AND BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE GOING ON HERE IS THE SAME THING THAT'S GOING ON.
THERE IS THE SAME ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON HERE.
THINK K P R C TWO INVESTIGATES HAS BEEN TRACKING FOR MONTHS NOW.
CARS, CROWDS AND CHAOS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL ACROSS THE HOUSTON AREA.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREET RACING AND PARKING LOT MEETUPS THAT ARE NOT ONLY LOUD AND DESTRUCTIVE, BUT DANGEROUS AS WELL.
AND LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THOSE GATHERINGS WAS DEADLY.
TWO SPECTATORS KILLED IN A STREET RACING CRASH
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RIGHT OFF TWO 90 IN WEST LITTLE YORK.OUR SENIOR REPORTER, PHIL ARCHER, LIVE WITH THAT STORY TONIGHT, PHIL.
WELL, ACCORDING TO POLICE AND WITNESSES, SUNDAY EVENING, MORE THAN A HUNDRED CARS PACKED THIS PARKING LOT FOR A CAR MEET.
AND WHEN IT WAS OVER, NOT EVERYONE WENT HOME.
SOME OF THOSE DRIVERS TOOK OVER THE FEEDER ROAD AND BEGAN RACING.
THAT ENDED WITH TWO DEAD AND A TEENAGER CLEANING TO LIFE.
TONIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL, ROARING ENGINES AND SQUEALING TIRES LEFT TWO DEAD AND A TEENAGER CLINGING TO LIFE.
IT BEGAN AS A CAR CLUB AUTO MEET, BUT WHEN IT ENDED AT EIGHT 30 LAST NIGHT, SOME STAYED BEHIND TO SHOW OFF THEIR CARS AND TO RACE ILLEGALLY.
THE ACTIONS SPILLING OUT INTO THE FREEWAY FEEDER ROAD.
ARNE CARDONA SAYS HE CAME FOR THE CARS, NOT THE RACING.
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CAR MEETS JUST TO CHILL, NOT LIKE TO GO OUT AND DO STUFF LIKE THIS.
A YELLOW CAMARO DRIVEN BY 22 YEAR OLD ANDREW MOCK RACED ANOTHER CAR IN WHAT'S CALLED A FLY BY.
IT SPEEDS TOPPING OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR.
AS SPECTATORS LINED THE ROAD, IT ENDED VIOLENTLY WHEN THE SECOND CAR CAREENED INTO THE CROWD, HE COLLIDED WITH THAT CAR, STRUCK IT, SENT IT INTO THE PEDESTRIANS.
HE STRUCK AT LEAST THREE OF THEM.
ONE OF THEM 35 YEAR OLD ROGER GLOVER WAS KILLED OUTRIGHT AS KEATON CIO AND SCORES OF OTHERS WATCHED.
IT WAS HONESTLY, UH, NOT TOO MUCH THAT WE COULD DO.
WE JUST HAD TO WAIT FOR PARAMEDICS TO ARRIVE AND JUST, UH, PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
TWO TEENAGERS WERE ALSO RUN DOWN AND HOSPITALIZED.
ONE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
THE OTHER STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
IT'S THE LATEST, DEADLIEST EXAMPLE OF ILLEGAL STREET RACING, WHICH POLICE SAY HAS BECOME EPIDEMIC IN HARRIS COUNTY.
AND THEY WARN THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN IT, RISK LOSING THEIR LIVES, THEIR FREEDOM AND THEIR CARS.
HE'S CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF THANK YOU, LAUREN.
SO WE, WE ARE SEEING THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY HERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, JUST AN EXAMPLE OF, OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THESE CAR CLUB PARTICIPANTS DO.
UH, OVER THE SUMMER, I'M SORRY, OVER THE, UH, THE, THE PAST FEW MONTHS, IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A TWO MEMBERS OF THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN, IN, IN A CAR EVENT, AND THEY WERE THROWING FIRECRACKERS AT POLICE.
AND THEY WERE TWO OF THEM THAT HAD THEIR HANDS BLOWN OFF.
I MEAN, LITERALLY BLOWN OFF, UM, UH, WHILE THEY WERE LIGHTING THESE FIREWORKS.
SO THESE, THIS IS SOME OF THE THING.
SEE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GO ON DURING THESE, UH, CAR GATHERINGS.
AND, UM, BACK IN, UH, OH, I DON'T KNOW, THE SUMMER, I THINK IT WAS, I HAD SPOKEN WITH, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HDA, AND I KNOW I'VE, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA HAS, HAS DISCUSSED IT WITH ME AS WELL.
BUT WE SPOKE ABOUT, UH, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THIS? AND, UM, I WILL, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT AN AD HOC COMMITTEE, UH, AD HOC TASK FORCE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH THESE, UH, CAR EVENTS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SENDING ONE OR TWO OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH THEM BY THEMSELVES.
NEXT, UH, SLIDE PLEASE, LAUREN.
SO, RESPONSES AROUND THE CITY, UH, HAVE BEEN, I'M SORRY, AROUND THE STATE, HAVE VARIED.
UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS A, AN A AD HOC TASK FORCE, AS DOES HOUSTON, DALLAS DOES NOT.
UH, WE SHARE INTELLIGENCE, UH, FROM CITY TO CITY, AND WE MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EVENTS THAT MAY BE UPCOMING.
UH, DALLAS HAS AN ORDINANCE, AND I'M GOING TO, UH, ASK JIM COBB TO TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE GOT A HOLD OF THAT, UH, DALLAS ORDINANCE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THE, UH, COMMITTEE REVIEW THAT AND POSSIBLY PUSH IT TO THE, UH, PUSH IT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OUTREACH, UH, IN AREAS WHERE THESE, UH, CAR CLUB GATHER.
UH, WE'VE HAD 26 TOTAL CRIMINAL TRESPASS SIGNED BY PROPERTY OWNERS, MEANING THAT IF, UH, MEANING THAT WE CAN MAKE ARREST FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASS, UM, ONCE THOSE AFFIDAVITS ARE SIGNED.
AND ONCE THOSE FOLKS START GATHERING ON THOSE LOTS, IF THEY REFUSE TO LEAVE.
AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE'S BEEN ENHANCED SECURITY BY PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, CAMERAS INSTALLED, SECURITY HIRED.
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WE DO RADAR ENFORCEMENT, UH, TRYING TO CATCH THESE, UH, CAR CLUB PARTICIPANTS SPEEDING.OUR FUSION CENTER, UH, MONITORS THE CLARK CAR CLUBS ACTIVITIES.
AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE AD HOC STREET RACING TASK FORCE.
UH, MOST OF THOSE, UH, AFFIDAVITS HAVE BEEN, UH, ON THE SOUTH PATROL AND ON WEST PATROL.
UH, THERE'S A FEW OF THEM, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY AS WELL.
WE, UH, WE USE A LOT OF RESOURCES TO DEAL WITH THESE CAR CLUBS WHEN THEY GATHER.
UM, OUR FUSION CENTERS INVOLVED.
THE HELICOPTER GOES UP, OUR D W I UNIT, STREET CRIMES, TRAFFIC PATROL, AND SAFE, AND ALL THESE, THESE EVENTS ARE TYPICALLY AT NIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOTTA GET THE UNITS THAT ARE WORKING AT NIGHT INVOLVED IN, IN, UH, IN, UH, DEALING WITH THEM.
SO THE MAP ON YOUR LEFT WILL SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD THESE EVENTS, UH, SINCE SEPTEMBER IN 2020.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, THE BOX ON YOUR RIGHT THERE.
IT HAS, UH, WE'VE ARRESTED 105 PEOPLE ISSUED, UH, WELL OVER 200 CITATIONS, TOTALED A LOT OF VEHICLES, 69, RECOVERED SOME WEAPONS, AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THIS 2085.
AND WE ALSO GET SOME HELP FROM D P S, UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, UH, ENOUGH TIME TO, UH, GET THEM INVOLVED.
SO THERE'S A BILL ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW THAT'S PENDING, UH, SENATE BILL 1495.
UH, AND IT'S, UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE TO DEAL WITH THESE STREET RACERS.
UH, IT, IT AMENDS, UH, THE SECTION AND THE PENAL CODE RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, UM, THAT DEALS WITH RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITIONS.
UM, THE, IT WOULD UP THE FINE AND THE, THE PENALTY THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR, AND IT'S ONLY PUNISHABLE BY, UH, A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $500.
IF THIS BILL WERE TO PASS, THE FINE WOULD BUMP UP TO A THOUSAND, BETWEEN 1,004 THOUSANDS, AND YOU COULD BE SENTENCED UP TO A YEAR IN JAIL.
SO IT WOULD BUMP IT UP TO A, TO A STATE JAIL FELONY.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE CHARGES THAT, THAT WE CAN CURRENTLY WRITE TICKETS FOR THAT WOULD INVOLVE, UH, THE STREET RACING EVENTS.
UH, THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF THEM, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE ONLY CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, AND IT'S A FINE ONLY, AND THAT, THAT APPARENTLY HAS NOT HAD ANY, UH, DETERRENT EFFECT ON THESE STREET RACERS COMING INTO SAN ANTONIO.
THE, THE EXISTING STATE LAWS THAT ARE CLASS B MISDEMEANORS.
ACTUALLY, IT WOULD BE A, YOU COULD CLASSIFY IT FROM A CLASS B ALL THE WAY UP TO A FIRST DEGREE FELONY, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE CHARGE WOULD BE.
BUT IT'S RACING ON THE HIGHWAY, UH, OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY, UH, PARTIES TO THE OFFENSE, ANYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, IN A, IN A SUBSTANTIAL WAY.
UH, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND CRIMINAL TRESPASS, THE, THESE ARRESTS, UM, WHICH HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN, UH, ALLOWING US TO SEIZE THE VEHICLE OF THE PERSON INVOLVED.
AND I WANT TO ASK, UH, JIM COP TO, UH, GO OVER THIS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, JIM.
IN THE FALL, CHIEF MCMANUS CAME TO ME AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TOOLS TO DEAL WITH STREET RACING.
SO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID RESEARCH AND DETERMINED THAT DALLAS HAD AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD INCREASE THE ABILITIES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO, FOR ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY, THE PROBLEM WAS YOU COULD GO AFTER THE RACERS, BUT THAT WAS IT.
THERE WAS NO PENALTY THAT COULD BE IMPOSED AGAINST THE SPECTATORS, WHICH THE THOUGHT WAS, IF WE CAN GO AFTER THE SPECTATORS, THEN THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY SOME OF THE ATTRACTION OF THE STREET RACING.
SO IN TERMS OF THE SPECTATORS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT A PERSON HAS TO BE PRESENT AT THE EVENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF VIEWING, OBSERVING, WATCHING, BETTING, GAMBLING, RECORDING, TRANSMITTING, OR WITNESSING.
SO A PERSON MERELY WALKING ACROSS A PARKING LOT WHEN THIS IS GOING WOULD NOT BE CRIMINALLY LIABLE.
BUT IF A PERSON IS A SPECTATOR, THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE, BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT
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TO ADVANCE IT.UM, IF A PERSON'S A SPECTATOR, THEN THEY COULD NOT BE AT A STREET RACE CONDUCTED ON A PUBLIC STREET, A HIGHWAY, OR ANY TYPE OF OFF STREET PARKING FACILITY, WHETHER IT'S CITY OR, UH, PRIVATELY OWNED OR AT A RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION AT THE SAME LOCATION, UM, AT THE SAME TYPES OF LOCATIONS, OR, AND THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT WHERE PREPARATIONS ARE BEING MADE.
SO IF THE RACE HAS NOT YET STARTED, BUT THERE'S THE STARTERS OUT THERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WOULD STILL BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR THE PERSON TO BE PRESENT.
AND THE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE UP TO A $500.
UH, I, I WOULD ADD THAT, THAT, UH, OVER THE MONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE STREET RACERS, WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT ARRESTS AND HAVE SEIZED, UH, THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WE'VE SEIZED.
SEEMS TO HAVE SLOWED THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, THE WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT DON'T GO TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE YOU'LL LOSE YOUR CAR IF YOU DO.
SO, WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, BUT, UH, IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT.
SO, SO THE NEXT STEPS WE'RE, WE'RE SEEKING INPUT, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
WE WILL DEVELOP, UH, WITH THAT INPUT, WE WILL DEVELOP A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, UH, SOMETIME, UH, BEFORE THAT, BEFORE THE END OF APRIL.
AND THEN, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO PRESENT THAT, UH, CITY ORDINANCE TO THE FULL COUNCIL SOMETIME IN MAY.
AND THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I'LL, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
UH, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FIRST, I JUST WANNA MENTION, I'M GLAD YOU DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN REPUTABLE CAR CLUBS.
THERE ARE CAR ENTHUSIA, UH, ENTHUSIASTS, AND THEY DON'T ENGAGE IN STREET RACING BEHAVIOR.
I'VE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CAR SHOWS, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT.
UM, THEY'RE NOT JUST CAR ENTHUSIASTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUT CREATING, AS WE'VE SEEN BY THE VIDEO, UM, BEHAVIOR THAT CAN COST LIVES.
THE STATE LAWS THAT YOU NOTED, UH, ONE OF THE SLIDES, IT, IT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES HIGHWAYS, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE STATES CAN, THE STATE CAN REGULATE, BUT NOT RESIDENTIAL OR OTHERWISE, CITY MAINTAINED ROADS.
IS THAT CORRECT? YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T, UH, BUT I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA DEFER TO, TO, TO, UH, MR. KOPP ON THAT QUESTION.
BUT I BELIEVE, AND, AND JIM MAY PROVE ME WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD APPLY TO A, TO A CITY STREET AS WELL.
IT WOULD DEFINITELY APPLY TO A CITY STREET.
WELL, I I, I, I WANTED TO BE CLEAR, UM, YOU'RE SAYING IT WOULD APPLY, I, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CURRENT STATE LAWS, THEY ONLY, THEY DO APPLY TO CITY STREETS.
I'M SORRY, KEEPING MUTE AND UNMUTING.
BUT YES, THEY WOULD, CURRENT STATE LAW APPLIES TO CITY STREETS ALSO.
UM, SO CHIEF, WE DISCUSSED THIS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, LAST SUMMER, I THINK IT WAS AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE INITIATIVE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED YIELD SOME RESULTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, HEARING THE, THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, DON'T DO IT IN SAN ANTONIO, YOU'RE GONNA LOSE YOUR CAR, UM, MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND SO THAT'S, I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON THAT.
UM, CAN YOU SHED A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON THE PROGRESS OF THE POLICY INITIATIVE? UM, MAYBE KIND OF NOT, NOT SO MUCH IT, IT'S FUTURE, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT CAN, THAT CAN CHANGE THAT MOVE THE NEEDLE A LITTLE FARTHER? WELL, I, I THINK THE, THE MAJOR THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE ORDINANCE, BUT PUTTING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN AD HOC TASK FORCE, WHEN WE RECEIVE INTELLIGENCE THAT THESE CAR CLUB, YOU KNOW, A CAR CLUB MAY BE COMING INTO TOWN, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO GET THE NUMBERS, WE TRY TO GET WHERE THEY'RE GONNA LOOK, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE LOCATED, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT TAKES A LOT OF RESOURCES.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN THINK THAT MAY, MAY MAKE AN EVEN BIGGER DENT IN THIS, UH, OR, OR MOVE THE NEEDLE A LITTLE FURTHER, WOULD BE MORE RESOURCES, MORE STAFFING.
BUT WE, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE OUTNUMBERED FOR THE MOST PART WHEN WE, WHEN WE DEAL WITH, WITH THE NUMBERS THAT THESE CLUBS BRING INTO TOWN OR, OR START HERE.
SO MORE STAFFING WOULD, WOULD BE THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD, UH, SEE THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, AFFECT THIS OR, OR, OR STIFFER LAWS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT I, BUT I, I THINK THAT THE STATE LAW, IF THAT, IF THAT GETS ANY TRACTION AND, AND THE ORDINANCE HERE, I THINK THAT'LL HAVE A, THAT'LL HAVE AN IMPACT.
AND, AND I, AND, AND WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT IN OUR, IN OUR EFFORTS.
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UH, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE TAKE A HOLIDAY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE, UH, UM, UNDER, IF WE, UH, UNDERSTAFFED AND WE'RE NOT EFFECTIVE IN, IN, UM, IN DEALING WITH THESE EVENTS AS THEY RISE, AS THEY TURN UP, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE, UH, UH, CONTINUE TO BE EFFECTIVE CONSISTENTLY.AND FINALLY, REALLY JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, IF, IF, WELL, ACTUALLY, I'M SORRY, NOT FINALLY, LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION.
THE SPECTATORS, DOES THAT INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO ARE SHARING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHO ARE MAYBE NOT PHYSICALLY PRESENT, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, PERPETUATING THE BEHAVIOR BY, BY SHARING IT AND, AND ON ONLINE? NO, MA'AM, I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES.
BUT JIM, IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME.
NO, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT ON THAT ALSO CHIEF, THE PERSON WOULD HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
UM, UH, SO, UH, FINALLY THEN, THIS IS MY REAL FINAL QUESTION.
UM, AND, AND REALLY, IT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION, I JUST REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM MY, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND START WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, PLEASE.
UM, CHAIR, I, I DON'T WANNA, UH, LEAVE OUT.
COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAD HER HAND UP FIRST, SO, OH, I'M SORRY.
I WAS GOING, I DIDN'T EVEN SEE PARTICIPANTS.
I WAS JUST GONNA GO IN ORDER, BUT, UM, YEAH, LET'S, LET'S GO BY, BY HAND UP.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN
UM, AND MARIA, EVERYBODY WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, IT'S BEEN, UM, THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS, AND, UH, I KNOW CHIEF JUST EXACTLY HOW MUCH RESOURCES AND COORDINATION THIS DOES TAKE, UM, BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOUR TEAM AND COORDINATING WITH B P SS TOO, BECAUSE MOST, A LOT OF THIS RACING DOES HAPPEN ON STATE HIGHWAYS, UM, LIKE LUKE 13, LIKE, UM, ROOSEVELT, LIKE OTHER STATE HIGHWAYS, UM, AND EVEN THOSE ARE STILL CONSIDERED STATE HIGHWAYS.
UM, SO I AM, I AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECTATORS.
NOW, TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, IF THEY SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IF THEY ARE THERE VIDEOTAPING THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKE DOING A LIVE INSTAGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT IS STILL CONSIDERED A SPECTATOR, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
SO ANYBODY WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT NEW STORY THAT WE SAW OF SOMEBODY VIDEOTAPING IT AND VIDEOTAPING THE RACE, THEY WOULD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE SEARCH WHO THAT WAS AND THEN FIND THEM.
JIM, WILL YOU ANSWER THAT? I, I, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THAT, THAT THEY'D HAVE TO BE, UH, CITED WHEN THEY'RE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
THEY'D HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT, BUT IF THEY WERE TRANSMITTING IT, THEN THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY FALL WITHIN THE STATUTE OR THE ORDINANCE.
UM, ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, UM, THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS FUSION CENTER ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE IS ONE OF THE RESOURCES.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT, WHAT THEY PART THEY PLAY WITH THIS, HOW THEY ARE ENGAGED IN THIS? YES.
SO THEY ARE THE MONITORS OF THE INTEL THAT WE RECEIVE, WHICH GIVES US A HEADS UP ON WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR.
SO THERE, AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING AWAY TRADE SECRETS HERE.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO, TO SHARE TOO MUCH ON THAT EITHER.
UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.
I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE AREAS WITH THE STARS.
SO THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS FOR STREET RACING.
NOW, DO YOU KNOW IF THESE WERE PREDOMINANTLY,
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UM, RESIDENTIAL STREETS OR, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, STATE HIGHWAYS? IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, A COMBINATION OF, OF BOTH, UH, TO INCLUDE PARKING LOTS.UM, AND IN YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE, PART OF THE RESOURCES OR YOUR AD HOC COMMITTEE, DOES THAT INCLUDE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO'VE BEEN BURDENED BY A LOT OF THESE MEETUPS THAT TAKE PLACE? AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ORDINANCE, UM, MARIA AND CHAIR, I THINK WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL BUSINESSES SO THEY CAN ALSO SHARE WITH US WHAT, UM, THEY'VE DONE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND WHAT HELP THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR AREA IS SAFE.
I KNOW WE ARE DOING THOSE CRIMINAL TRESPASS, UM, AFFIDAVITS THINGS, UM, YES.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE DOING THAT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GATHER IN INPUT FROM THEM AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS, UM, THIS ORDINANCE.
UM, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, IT'S ON SLIDE NUMBER, UM, THE INTEL SHARING IN EFFORT IN, NO, NO, NOT THAT ONE.
UM, WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTEL SHARING, YOU MENTIONED, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED, INTEL SHARING.
WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU CAN KEEP IT TO THIS SLIDE HERE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE HAD THE ARREST, THE CITATIONS, THE VEHICLES TOWED OF THE ARREST.
HOW MANY OF THOSE ARRESTS RESULTED IN, UM, JAIL TIME OR SOMETHING THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WERE NOT, UM, JUST DISMISSED AND THEY WERE LET BACK OUT? WE'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND RESEARCH THAT WITH THE DA'S OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND WE, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS WHOLE SHARING INTELLIGENCE, I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE FOLLOW THROUGH, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THESE ARRESTS, I'M YES, VEHICLES TOWED.
UM, BUT I THINK THE ARREST, AND IF THEY'RE CHARGED OR NOT CHARGED, MY UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ALSO PRESENT IS THAT INFORMATION OF HOW MANY OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE DOUBLE MAGGED WENT TO BOTH THE MAGISTRATE FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND THEN SOME OF THEM WERE DISMISSED, MAYBE CHARGED WITH THE CITY, BUT THEN DISMISSED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
IF WE CAN GET THAT DATA TO SHARE, BECAUSE IF WE ARE GOING TO PUT THIS ORDINANCE IN AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER COORDINATED EFFORT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS.
SO MAYBE WHEN YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE, WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE DA'S OFFICE, UM, JUST OBSERVING AND LISTENING.
AND OF COURSE, OUR MUNICIPAL JUDGES, UM, MAYBE OUR, OUR, UH, PRESIDING JUDGE CAN BE HERE AS WELL, UH, TO BE HERE TO, TO THINK THROUGH THIS WITH US AND GET INPUT FROM THAT SO WE CAN HAVE JUST THAT FOLLOW THROUGH AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DANGEROUS, AND THIS IS, I'M SORRY, THIS ISN'T SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE WE HEAR IT EVERY SINGLE, NOT JUST WEEKEND.
NOW WE HEAR IT, AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS MOVING EVEN DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WHICH CAN CAUSE TRAGIC THINGS TO HAPPEN IN PEOPLE'S HOUSES OR APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
SO THIS IS, UM, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND, UH, TO THE CHAIR'S POINT, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CAR CLUBS OUT THERE, AND THEY HAVE SOME PHENOMENAL LOOKING CARS, LET ME TELL YOU, AND DO INCREDIBLE THINGS TO THEIR CARS.
BUT WHEN IT GOES, MOVES FROM THAT TO THE STREET RACING, UM, THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY IS IN DANGER, THE DRIVERS, THE SPECTATORS, AND THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THESE HOUSES, AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO I'M GLAD WE HAVE THIS, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE DIALOGUE WHEN IT COMES TO AN ORDINANCE.
AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU.
UM, WE NEED TO STAY CONSISTENT IN OUR EFFORTS.
AND MAYBE IF YOU COULD, WHEN YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THIS ORDINANCE, THINK ABOUT ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE, YOU KNOW, TURNING IN THOSE BAD ACTORS WHO ARE NOT THE, YOU KNOW, CAR CLUBS THAT ARE THERE DOING JUST WHAT THEY DO,
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BUT THAT TURN INTO KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY ELSE A BAD NAME.SO IF WE CAN LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE CAN INCENTIVIZE OR JUST HOW THEY CAN BE A PART OF IT, UM, LET'S HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FOR ONE SECOND.
SO I JUST WANT TO, TO ASSURE EVERYONE THAT WE DO DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN A CAR CLUB AND THESE CAR RACERS, I'LL CALL THEM THE, YOU KNOW, THE CAR CLUBS ARE, I MEAN, YOU SEE THEM ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PARKING LOTS.
UH, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE DOING DONUTS.
THEY GOT THEIR CARS LINED UP, SHOWING THEM OFF THE, THE CAR.
THE STREET RACERS ARE COMING IN LATER AT NIGHT.
THEY'RE NOT SHOWING THEIR CARS OFF.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRIVING RECKLESSLY AND, UH, CREATING HAVOC OUT THERE.
SO THERE'S A, A REAL CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
AND THEY'RE, AND NOT EASILY, UH, ONE'S NOT EASILY MISTAKEN FOR THE OTHER.
UH, AND, AND CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE ON THIS TOPIC.
LIKE COUNCILMAN GERRAN SAID, HE'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
IT'S GETTING FURTHER INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND WE ALL HEAR ABOUT IT, UH, REGULARLY.
WE HAVE A BUSINESS OWNER OVER ON, UH, CALLAHAN IN FOUR 10, UH, IN, IN THAT GENERAL AREA THAT'S CALLED US MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND I, I REALLY FEEL AT A LOSS FOR HOW, HOW CAN WE HELP HIM FROM HAVING HIS PROPERTY OVERTAKEN BY WHAT'S NOT JUST A CAR SHOW, UH, BUT WHAT ENDS UP TURNING INTO, INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, SO I, I HAVE A FEW, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THIS.
FIRST, I, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, THE CURRENT RESPONSE TO, UH, TO THESE EVENTS WHEN THEY GET CALLED IN.
UH, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AD HOC, UH, GROUP THAT YOU MENTIONED, AND THEN I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONSE.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THIS BUSINESS OWNER HERE, UH, CALLS IN WHEN HE, WHEN HE SEES IT, HE DOESN'T GET ADVANCED NOTICE, RIGHT? THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, AN EVENT ON HIS PROPERTY.
UH, WHAT CAN YOU DO AT THAT MOMENT TO DIRECT RESOURCES, UH, OVER THERE TO DO ANYTHING? SO IF, IF, IF WE HAVE NO CLUE, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE NO INTELLIGENCE THAT, THAT THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN, IT WOULD BE A PATROL OFFICER RESPONSE, AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AT THE SCENE, THEN THAT OFFICER WOULD CALL FOR, YOU KNOW, OTHER UNITS TO RESPOND.
BUT TYPICALLY, IF IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY LARGE GATHERING, UH, WE NEED TO HA AND, AND ALL THE, THE COMMANDERS OF THE, THE VARIOUS UNITS THAT ARE ON THIS AD HOC TASK FORCE WILL BE NOTIFIED, AND THEY WILL HAVE PEOPLE READY TO RESPOND ON THE EVENING OR THE NIGHT THAT, THAT, UH, WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S PLANNED.
SO THAT'S HOW THE RESPONSE IS MADE.
IF THERE'S NO INTELLIGENCE, THEN IT'S, IT'LL BE BASED ON A CALL FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER OR SOMEONE ON THE STREET.
UH, IF THERE IS ADVANCED NOTICE, THEN WE ARE, WE ARE GEARED UP, UH, AND WAITING FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, LOCATION WHERE IT'S HAPPENING.
SO WHAT DOES THE PROPERTY OWNER DO IF THEY DON'T HAVE ADVANCED NOTICE? AND HOW DOES THAT CALL GET PRIORITIZED IN THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT YOU'RE GETTING ON A GIVEN NIGHT? NO, IF THE PROPERTY, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T HAVE ADVANCED NOTICE, THEN, UH, AND THEY CALL, THEY HAVE TO CALL, THEY HAVE TO CALL THE DISPATCH.
AND WHEN THAT, THAT CALL GOES OUT, THEN WE'LL RESPOND AND, AND THE RESPONSE WILL BE BASED ON HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, IF WE NEED TO CALL MORE OFFICERS FOR, FOR SAFETY REASONS, THEN WE'LL DO THAT.
IF THE OFFICER ON THE SCENE CAN DISPERSE THEM WITHOUT ANY ISSUE, THEN THEN THE OFFICER WILL DO THAT.
SO, UH, THAT, THAT'S HOW THE RESPONSES ARE GAUGED.
BUT TYPICALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BETTER FOR US TO HAVE INTEL IN ADVANCE BECAUSE WE CAN PREPARE.
I'M SURE THE OWNER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INFO IN ADVANCE, TOO.
AGAIN, I REALLY WANNA FOCUS ON WHAT DO I TELL OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHEN THEY, WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT'S GONNA HAPPEN, WHAT CAN THEY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT FROM OUR POLICE FORCE WHEN, WHEN THAT HAPPENED? SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT OFFLINE, HOW TO, HOW TO TELL THEM TO, TO REPORT WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE INSTRUCTIONS ARE.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AD HOC GROUP? WHO'S ON IT AND WHAT DO THEY DO? YES.
SO, SO THE, SO THE FUSION CENTER IS, UM, IS THE INTEL GATHERING UNIT.
WE HAVE THE HELICOPTER UNIT THAT GETS INVOLVED, THE D W I UNIT THAT GETS INVOLVED, STREET
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CRIMES, TRAFFIC PATROL, AND SAFE.AND IT'S TYPICALLY THE UNITS THAT ARE WORKING THOSE HOURS WHEN, WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE, ARE FORECASTED.
NOW, WHEN, WHEN WE RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE COMING TO TOWN OR THEY'RE GONNA FORM, OFTENTIMES WE DON'T HAVE A LOCATION WHERE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
SO WE HAVE THE HELICOPTER UP, THE HELICOPTER'S LOOKING FOR IT, AND WE HAVE OUR, OUR EARS WIDE OPEN WAITING FOR INFORMATION ON WHERE THEY MAY BE GATHERING.
IT IS JUST SO, IT'S, IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT, DIFFERENT TYPES OF, OF SPECIALISTS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT'S ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO ONCE WE KNOW AN EVENT IS HAPPENING? SO IT IS FOCUSED ON RESPONDING TO A GIVEN EVENT.
SO, SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT THAT, THAT THERE WAS A GROUP WORKING ON HOW TO RESOLVE THIS IN LONG TERM.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MISSING.
I MEAN, TO, TO SOME EXTENT, THE, THE COMMITTEE IS, IS DOING THAT NOW, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD IDEA, I THINK, TO SIT DOWN WITH SOME KEY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN, IN THE CAR CLUB FROM THE CAR CLUBS, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? I, UM, WE DON'T WANNA DO SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA HAVE BAD, YOU KNOW, INADVERTENT CONSEQUENCES WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
SO I, I'D RECOMMEND I'D MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, UH, CHAIR AS, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE ORDINANCE, UM, TO ABSOLUTELY NOT SAFE FOR SPECTATORS TO BE THERE WHEN THIS TYPE OF RECKLESS DRIVING IS, IS HAPPENING.
AND, AND, AND I GET THAT THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING THEM TOO.
UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE INTENT.
UH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IT WOULD WORK IN PRACTICE.
UH, ON THE ONE HAND, I COULD SEE THERE BEING, YOU KNOW, 50 PEOPLE OR A HUNDRED PEOPLE, AND HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, ARREST THEM ALL, UH, OR SORRY, CITE THEM, UH, CITE THEM ALL.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT CREATING SOME SORT OF PUBLIC RECORD FOR YOUTH WHO ARE OUT THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WATCHING.
AND, AND ALSO, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING FOR A WALK AS OPPOSED TO, UH, THERE TO WATCH THIS EVENT.
UM, AND LASTLY, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IF THE EVENT IS HAPPENING IN A PUBLIC PLACE, HOW CAN WE MAKE BEING IN PUBLIC A CITABLE OFFENSE? SO, I, I'M JUST, IT, IT DOESN'T, I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THE, THE LEGAL, UH, STANDING OF THAT.
BUT, BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY, I, I, I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS CREATING RECORDS FOR KIDS WHO MAYBE JUST DON'T HAVE SOMETHING, UH, BETTER TO DO.
SO, SO I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT MOVING FORWARD IN, IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, HOWEVER, I, I TOTALLY GET IT.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, AND I, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS YET.
COUNCILMAN, UH, SANDOVAL, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, CHIEF.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, AS OF TODAY, DO WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES WITHIN SAN ANTONIO AND AT WHAT RATE, UM, EACH YEAR HAS THIS ESCALATED? ARE YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CAR EVENTS? YES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAR EVENTS, NO.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE RATE IS OF INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN SAN ANTONIO? THE RATE OF INCREASE? UH, I, I COULD GO BACK.
THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I JUST, I HAVE THE NUMBER THAT, UH, SINCE, UH, LAST SEPTEMBER, BUT I DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY PRIOR TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, SEE IF WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
'CAUSE I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT THE HISTORY IS OF HOW DO WE GET TO HAVING SUCH AN INCREASE AND WHERE DID THAT TAKE PLACE, AND IS IT HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY OR IS IT HAPPENING IN CERTAIN POCKETS OF THE CITY? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WE CAN TRACK THE NUMBER OF, OF, OF SHOOTINGS, WE CAN TRACK THE NUMBER OF, OF CAR ACCIDENTS, BUT HAVE WE TRACKED THE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN RACING COUNCIL MEMBER? THIS IS, THIS IS SOMEWHAT ANECDOTAL, BUT I, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S SO MUCH OF AN INCREASE, BUT IT'S THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE EVENTS THAT IS, THAT IS THE ISSUE.
CERTAINLY THE, YOU KNOW, ONE IS TOO MANY, BUT I THINK REALLY WHAT IT, WHAT'S ATTRACTING ATTENTION IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THEM AND THE BOLDNESS AND THE BRAZENNESS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THEM.
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OKAY.IT'S NOT JUST SO MANY THAT IT'S MORE INCIDENTS, IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT THAT IT'S GROWING TO.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS TO ANY ROADS OR STREETS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, FROM THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE HAD, DO WE KNOW THE COST ESTIMATE OF THAT? I DON'T.
COUNCIL MEMBER THE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE SETTING THE, THE GROUND ON FIRE, AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE DRIVING, THEY'RE DOING DONUTS IN IT, AND IT'S TEARING UP THE ASPHALT.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOTS.
SO DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING OUR BUSINESS OWNERS RIGHT NOW TO REPLACE THOSE PARKING LOTS? I DO NOT.
UM, SO THAT'S SOME OF THE INFORMATION I'D LIKE TO SEE AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, IT JUST GIVES US A, A FULL TRANSPARENCY OF WHERE WE'RE SEEING THESE INCIDENTS MAGNIFY, UM, EXACTLY HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING OUR BUSINESS OWNERS TO REPAIR THE ASPHALT, UM, AND WHAT IS THAT, THAT LOOKING LIKE? I LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE IT GIVES US A FULL PICTURE OF HOW WE CAN TRULY MAKE THIS ORDINANCE SOMETHING THAT IS STRONG, NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT HAVE TO ENDURE THE COST OF REPAIR.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS WE GO FORWARD.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW, MADAM CHAIR.
CHIEF, THANKS FOR, UH, PROVIDING THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN CAR CLUBS AND, UH, STREET RACERS.
THAT THAT IS A, AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BECAUSE, UH, I'M IN A COUPLE OF CAR CLUBS MYSELF AND, UH, UM, WE CERTAINLY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THESE KIND OF ACTIVITIES.
UM, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF OUTREACH HAVE Y'ALL DONE TO CAR CLUBS OR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, DO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN CAR EVENTS? DO WE EVER DO ANY OUTREACH BECAUSE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ALSO ATTEND AND ARE MEMBERS OF OTHER CAR CLUBS AS WELL, AND, UM, UH, DO Y'ALL DO ANY KIND OF OUTREACH AND GO AND TALK TO THESE, UH, CAR CLUBS ABOUT, ABOUT THIS ISSUE? NO, I HAVE NOT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, I I, I, I'M STATING THE OBVIOUS, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT THE CAR CLUBS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF DRIVING, AND THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP AT THIS KIND, THESE KINDS OF EVENTS, THE SPECTATORS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN THE POLICE SHOW UP AND ASK YOU TO LEAVE AND, AND THEY START THROWING BOTTLES AND BRICKS OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON, I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY EVIDENT THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
SO, I, I, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT, BUT NO, THE ANSWER IS NO COUNCIL MEMBER.
WE HAVE NOT NOT REACHED OUT TO ANY CAR CLUBS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME METRICS ON THIS.
YOU, YOU SHOWED A MAP WITH ALL THESE DOTS ALL OVER IT, BUT, UH, ON, ON THE ACTUAL DATES THAT THESE, UH, OCCURRENCES HAS HAPPENED, AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THINGS HAVE SEEMED TO SLOW DOWN, UH, BECAUSE OF YOUR, YOUR ACTIONS THAT YOU'RE TAKING ALREADY, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME METRICS ON THAT NUMBERS INSTEAD OF JUST JUMPING OFF INTO AN ORDINANCE RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE, UH, WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING TO ME IS HAVING AN EFFECT ON IT.
AND, UH, YOUR ACTIONS THAT YOU'RE TAKING PLACE POLICY-WISE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, UH, I THINK, I THINK IS HAVING AN ACTIVE, UH, RESULT OUT THERE IN, UM, REDUCING THE NUMBERS OF THESE OCCURRENCES.
UM, SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF METRICS ON THAT, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE WERE, WHERE WE'RE AT, HOW OFTEN THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME TO SEE IF THAT BEARS OUT.
THE FACT THAT, UH, YEAH, THEY ARE TAKING NOTICE AND, AND THERE THESE OCCURRENCES ARE, UH, GETTING FEWER AND FAR BETWEEN.
SO WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND, UM, WITH THE, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID COME OUT WITH AN ORDINANCE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THESE, UH, THINGS THAT THEY'RE COMING UP WITH AT, UP AT THE STATE, UH, SOMETIMES THOSE CHANGE AND THEN, UH, UH, SOMETIMES THOSE CONFLICT WITH CITY ORDINANCES.
AND, UM, I, I, I WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I, I, I WOULD RATHER TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR EFFORTS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND IS THAT BEING EFFECTIVE VERSUS LAUNCHING OFF INTO AN ORDINANCE RIGHT AWAY THAT, UM, MAY CONFLICT OR MAY NOT CONFLICT WITH A STATE, UM, UH, REQUIREMENT AND, AND THEN HAVE TO GO BACK AND READDRESS AN ORDINANCE THAT'S, UH, IN CONFLICT WITH IT.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME NUMBERS AND, AND WHAT YOUR,
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WHAT THE RESULTS ARE THAT, UH, THAT YOU'RE, UH, EXECUTING OUT IN THE FIELD BEFORE, BEFORE I, YOU KNOW, GO ALONG WITH ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT.I, I JUST, I THINK WE, WE OWE IT TO THE CHIEF TO, YOU KNOW, LET, LET'S SEE WHAT HIS ACTIONS ARE, ARE, UH, PRODUCING WHAT RESULTS THERE ARE IN THESE ACTIONS BEFORE WE, UH, LAUNCH OFF INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN ANOTHER PATH AND LET'S, LET'S SEE, SEE WHAT THE RESULTS ARE.
I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH WE COME UP WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT MIGHT NOT DO ANY BETTER THAN, UH, WHAT THE CHIEF IS, UH, IS CURRENTLY DOING AND ENFORCING AND GETTING OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THIS SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO, UH, CONTROL WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHAT ORDINANCE WE PUT OUT THERE, IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE CHIEF TO, UH, EXECUTE AND, AND, UM, UH, CONTROL THE SITUATION OUT THERE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UH, THIS IS A BRIEFING ITEM ONLY, CORRECT? UM, COUNCILMAN, IT WAS POSTED FOR POSSIBLE ACTION AS WELL.
IF THE, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO, I'M SORRY.
THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO GIVE US DIRECTION OF MOVING FORWARD IN DRAFTING A DRAFT ORDINANCE.
UM, IT, IT SOUNDS TO ME, JUST FROM WHAT I HEARD, AND CHAIRWOMAN LET ME KNOW IF I CAPTURE THIS CORRECTLY.
IT, IT APPEARS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMITTEE IS, UH, COORDINATION WITH BUSINESS, UH, THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THIS ACTIONS THAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT TO, UM, TO THEIR PARKING LOTS, UH, COORDINATION WITH CAR CLUBS AND COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, PERHAPS TRYING TO IDENTIFY OTHER SOLUTIONS RATHER THAN AN ORDINANCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT EFFORTS, UH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE INFORMATION THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH AN, WITH AN ORDINANCE.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, UH, SUMMARY.
UM, SO UNLESS I HAVE A, A MOTION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO CREATE A DRAFT ORDINANCE, UH, COUNCILMAN
YEAH, I HAVE, UH, JUST A COUPLE MORE THINGS.
SO, UM, CHIEF, THERE WAS A DEATH BECAUSE OF THE STREETCAR RACING IN 2017, IN DISTRICT THREE OFF OF RESEARCH PLAZA.
A TEEN WAS CHARGED BECAUSE OF THE DEATH, BECAUSE OF STREET DRIVE RACING, AND IT HAPPENED IN 2017.
SO, TO THE POINT OF NEEDING MORE DATA, I WOULD SAY YES, BECAUSE I ALSO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CALLS THAT WE, THAT YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN CALLS INTO A NON-EMERGENCY, OR TO 9 1 1 ABOUT STREET CAR DRAG RACING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GET THAT DATA AS WELL, BUT CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE ALONG, EVEN IF IT'S UPDATED AT YOUR, AT OUR NEXT MONTH'S MEETING OF JUST AN UPDATE.
AND THEN WE COULD DO A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION, UH, FOR NEXT WEEK.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALSO FAIR THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE, UH, MORE DATA POINTS OF, UH, LET'S SEE IF THE, THE, HOW THE NUMBER OF CALLS ARE DOING, AND YES, GET MORE CLARITY ON THE DATA IN, OF DEATH CAUSED BY STREET RACING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO MAYBE AT THAT TIME HAVE, UH, THE DA AND THE, UH, PRESIDING JUDGE PRESENT TOO, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UM, CHRONIC OR CONSISTENCY.
I THINK I, I, I THINK THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER HAS MADE, UM, GOOD POINTS AND, UH, WE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION BEFORE MOVING FORWARD WITH EVEN A DRAFT ORDINANCE, A ESPECIALLY THE IDEA, IDEA OF OUTREACH TO BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY, AND OF COURSE, THE DATA THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.
SO, UM, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE NOBODY HAS A MOTION.
I DON'T WANNA SHUT ANYBODY DOWN, BUT BARRING A MOTION, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST, UM, FOR NOW, MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM.
ALL, OR I GUESS OUR THIRD ITEM.
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A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON AN APPLICATION BY THE SS A P D FOR A GRANT, NOT TO EXCEED 2000, I'M SORRY, 2,000,170 3086 FROM THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY FOR A HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA, UH, A GRANT FOR, FOR SAN ANTONIO, H I D T A INITIATIVE.AND THIS ITEM IS, UH, FOR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION AS WELL.
SO, UM, WELL, WE ARE, UH, SEEKING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS TO BRIEF THE COMMITTEE ON THIS, UM, APPLICATION
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TO THIS GRANT.THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BRANDS THAT WE GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT FOR A TRAFFICKING DRUG TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA HAVE, UH, GO OVER THE PRESENTATION.
SO, WITHOUT STATING THE OBVIOUS, UH, HAIDA IS, IS, UH, UH, AN ENFORCEMENT ENTITY THAT, UH, IS, UH, FOCUSED ON NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT.
BUT I THINK BEYOND THAT, ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT'S OVERLOOKED IS THEY ALSO SEIZE ILLEGALLY OBTAIN ASSETS IN EFFORT TO REDUCE THE PROFITABILITY OF NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING.
SO REMOVE THE PROFITABILITY, AND MAYBE WE REDUCE IT SOME.
SO THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT HEIDI DOES AS WELL.
SO WE'RE, MARIA MENTIONED THAT WE, WE'VE BEEN GETTING THIS GRANT FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE 28TH YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, OFFERED THIS GRANT IN 2019.
IT WAS A TOTAL OF 2.2 MILLION IN 2020, UH, 2.1 MILLION.
UM, SO YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS MADE TO EACH OF THESE GRANTS AND OR EACH OF THESE GRANT YEARS, AND TYPICALLY IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY HAVE, UH, WHEN THEY FIND THAT THEY HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, THEY WILL STEER IT OUR WAY.
SO WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE AND ACCEPT UP TO 2.1 MILLION, UH, IN THIS GRANT, UH, AND POSSIBLY, UH, AN INCREASE OF 20%, UH, FOR MODIFICATIONS.
AND THE GRAND PERIOD RUNS FROM JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND IT ACTUALLY FUNDS 17 POSITIONS.
THERE ARE, I'M SORRY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT, I, I'LL CALL IT DIVISION, WE CALL IT INITIATIVE INITIATIVES HERE, BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN HAIDA, AND THEY'RE LISTED HERE ON THE, UH, ON THE SLIDE.
SO THE ONE THAT, UH, UH, OUR DETECTIVES ARE MOST INVOLVED IN IS THE HAIDA SS A P D TASK FORCE, AND THAT IS THE, UH, THE BULK OF WHERE THEIR GRANT MONEY GOES.
UH, HOMELAND SECURITY ALSO HAS A, A PIECE OF HAIDA, UH, D E A, OF COURSE IS INVOLVED IN HAIDA FINANCIAL CRIMES INITIATIVE.
UH, THE INTELLIGENCE CENTER PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THIS, UH, HAIDA SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE, UH, DIRECTOR'S ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
AND THEN LASTLY, THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE.
AND YOU SEE THE FUNDING AMOUNTS NEXT TO EACH OF THOSE, UH, NEXT TO EACH OF THOSE DIVISIONS.
CHIEF, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I JUST WANNA ASK EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MUTED IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING.
SO, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL THE AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ALL THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, D E A A T F F B I, AND H S I.
AND THESE ARE THE, THE, UH, METRICS SINCE, UH, SINCE 2020 FOR 2020, UH, THE FULL YEAR, UH, 161 PERSONS ARRESTED.
AND THAT MAY NOT SEEM A LOT FOR A YEAR, BUT LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING METRICS UNDERNEATH, UNDERNEATH AT THE, UH, AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, CASH SEIZED, DRUG SEIZED.
UH, IT, IT'S ALL PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, AND WE'RE NOT SO MUCH DEALING THESE DAYS WITH LOCAL STUFF.
I SAY STUFF LOCAL, UH, FOLKS, A LOT OF THIS IS CARTEL WORK, AND A LOT OF IT IS LONG-TERM, UH, HIGHER UP INVESTIGATIONS.
SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FORWARD THIS REQUEST TO THE, UH, FULL COUNCIL.
AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WOULD GET ON THERE FOR THE, UH, APRIL, UH, APRIL, ONE OF THE APRIL, APRIL SESSIONS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY PRESENTATION, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
UM, THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AND FOR EDUCATING US ON THE VARIETY OF SUBSTANCES, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I, JUST TO PUT THE GRANT IN PERSPECTIVE, I, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR RESIDENTS HOW MUCH, HOW, HOW MUCH THESE SUCCESSFUL AWARDS MEAN TO OUR COMMUNITY
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AND OUR POLICE FORCE AND THEIR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.CAN YOU HEAR ME, KEITH? YES, MA'AM.
UM, CAN YOU PUT IT INTO A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT, UM, HOW IT'S, HOW IT'S THE IMPACT THAT IT'S MAKING, I GUESS, IN OUR COMMUNITY? SURE.
WELL, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THE, THE IMPACT, UH, YOU, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE, THE VISIBLE EFFECTS OF IT FROM LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE METRICS FROM FROM 2020.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR NARCOTICS UNIT HERE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, LIEUTENANT LUCIUS AND CAPTAIN KY, WHO OVERSEES THE, THAT UNIT ARE ON THIS CALL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF LOCAL WORK THAT GOES ON WITH BY BUST OPERATIONS AND LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT EMANATE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, A LOT OF WHAT HAIDA DOES, UH, COMES, I I IS CARTEL WORK AND THINGS THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I, I, I THINK IT HAS A, UH, WITH, WITH NARCOTICS COMES VIOLENT CRIME GANG ACTIVITY, AND, UH, WITH THE, THE, UH, GRANT DOLLARS FROM HAIDA, IT HELPS US, UH, IT HELPS US KIND OF TAMP THAT DOWN AS MUCH AS WE, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
UH, I WENT ON A RIDE ALONG A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND, UM, WAS EXPECTING, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING, BUT I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO BE INVOLVED IN, UM, A STOP THAT INVOLVED HIDA AND, UH, CARTEL.
I WAS, UH, SURPRISED, I GUESS TO SAY THE LEAST, AT, AT, UM, HOW IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT, THAT THAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, CHIEF, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR METRICS ON, ON SLIDE SIX.
ARE THERE, UM, WOULD YOU SAY, UH, OTHER WORK ALONG THE SAME LINES THAT MAYBE ISN'T, UH, FUNDED BY THE HAIDA GRANT, OR DOES A HAIDA FUND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THIS AREA? WELL, HI, HAIDA, HAIDA FUNDS, THEY, THEY DON'T FUND THE, THE WORK THAT WE DO LOCALLY IN OUR, FROM OUR NARCOTICS UNIT, BUT THIS IS A, A, A FEDERAL PROGRAM, UH, THAT IS FUNDED, UH, FUNDED TO, TO WORK FOR MUCH, MUCH LARGER AREAS AND MUCH MORE HIGH LEVEL CASES THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, UH, LOCALLY.
IS THERE A LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED? I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS.
UM, AND THEN CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE ARRESTED PERSONS, UH, DID THEY END UP, I GUESS WHAT HA DO YOU TRACK WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THEM? WELL, WE DO IN, IN AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, DETECTIVES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN, IN HAIDA ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY, BUT THESE ARE, UH, PRIMARILY FEDERAL CASES.
UH, WHICH USUALLY HAVE A, A PRETTY DEVASTATING OUTCOME FOR THE, UH, FOR THE DEFENDANTS.
UH, AT SOME POINT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SIT WITH, UH, SOMEONE FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I MEAN, THE, THE LIST IS, IS REALLY STRIKING, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY REALLY STRIKES HOME LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, WHAT, LIKE THE CHAIR SAID WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SEE WHERE IT IS IN, IN THE COMMUNITY.
WITH, WITH THAT, UH, CHAIR, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE GRANT SUBMISSION.
UM, NO ONE ELSE HAS YOUR HAND RAISED, JUST MAKING SURE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MANAGER SULLIVAN, COUNCILMAN GERRAN.
AND WITH THAT, UM, WE HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, SO WE STAND ADJOURNED.
UH, CHAIR, I WANTED TO BRING UP FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, A CONVERSATION
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ON SEX OFFENDERS.UM, BACK IN 2014, UH, CHAIR, I THINK IT WAS 2014, OR, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO EXPANDED OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE TO, UM, TO INCLUDE PROHIBITING ALL REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS FROM A ENTERING ANY CITY PARK WITHIN A CERTAIN LIMITED, WITH CERTAIN LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, AND B, LOITERING WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CITY PARK, OR C ESTABLISHING A RESIDENCE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A CITY PARK.
AS A HOME RULE, AS A HOME RULE, CITY SAN ANTONIO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO EXPAND ON THIS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE SCHOOLS.
HOWEVER, I THINK THE EXPANSION MUST NOT BE SO RESTRICTIVE AS TO EFFECTIVELY BAN ANYBODY, UH, FROM LIVING WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, SO CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE I HAVE, UH, MANY RESIDENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME WITH VERY BIG CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS, LIVING CLOSE TO SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.
AND ALSO, UM, NOTIFYING SCHOOL CAMPUS OR I S D POLICE TO LET THEM KNOW WHEN REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS COME AND LIVE AND MOVE IN CLOSE TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I THINK THAT'S JUST A WAY FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THEM.
AND WE DO WANT TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION CHAIR.
SO IF WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, I'D LOVE TO BRING THAT UP TO A COMMITTEE MEETING.
UM, AND I, I WILL ASK, UH, MARIA, I GUESS I'LL ASK YOU, IS, UH, IF WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THIS FOR THE NEXT, UM, AGENDA TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS, IS LOOKING INTO, UH, OF COURSE, STATE LAWS AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH, WITH OUR STATE LAWS? YES.
UM, AND Y'ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.