Apr 20, 2021 Public Safety Committee on 2021-04-20 2:00 PM

TWO, UH, AND I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT OVER TO, TO JESS COUNCILWOMAN.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

UM, ANY OPPOSED? THE ITEM PASSES, SO WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM

[2. 21-3169 Briefing and possible action on the results of the Police Services Scientific Survey conducted by ETC Institute [Jeff Coyle, Assistant City Manager; Laura Mayes, Assistant Director, Government and Public Affairs]]

UM, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS MARIA VILLAGOMEZ, THE PD CITY MANAGER.

UH, THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ON OUR, ON OUR AGENDA WERE ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

THEY RELATE TO OUR REVIEW OF POLICE SERVICES PROJECT THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE BACK IN DECEMBER.

THOSE PROJECTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THAT WORK PLAN.

UH, THE FIRST ITEM IS RELATED TO A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THAT WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU IN JANUARY, AND THAT WAS COMPLETED.

WE PROVIDED THE RESULTS TO THE COMMITTEE, UH, ON APRIL THE FIFTH.

WE ALSO CREATED A WEBPAGE ON THE CITY'S, UH, UH, WEBSITE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT AND TO PROVIDE THOSE RESULTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE WILL DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE, OF THOSE RESULTS TODAY WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS, UH, THAT THIS FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS IS CRITICAL FOR THE GOAL OF THE REVIEW THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THROUGH THIS PROJECT.

AND THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THOSE GOALS THAT REQUIRE A TRADITIONAL POLICE RESPONSE FROM THOSE THAT COULD BE HANDLED PERHAPS BY A NON-UNIFORM, UH, RESPONSE OR PERHAPS A COMBINATION OF THE, OF A POLICE OFFICER A IN, UM, CIVILIAN OR PERHAPS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

SO, SO THAT IS THE, THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT AND THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY ALLOWS US TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND RESPECT TO THOSE CALLS.

THE OTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS, UH, NEXT ITEM IS A WORK THAT WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH U T S A AND WE HAVE, UM, PROFESSOR SMITH AND PROFESSOR TELLER WITH US TODAY TO REVIEW THE RESULTS OF THEIR REVIEW.

AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS TAKING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME.

UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY 23 YEARS, AND I CHECKED WITH OUR CITY MANAGER WHO'S BEEN HERE FOR 25, AND WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT DOING FOR THE FIRST TIME, A DETAILED REVIEW OF OUR 9 1 1 CALLS.

SO EXCITED ABOUT THOSE TWO, UH, PRODUCTS THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO, TO YOU TODAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, LAURA MAYS, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR, UH, FOR GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO INTRODUCE, UM, THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.

LAURA? THANK YOU, MARIA.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UM, AS MARIA MENTIONED, UM, THIS SURVEY IS SERVING AS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING OUR VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS.

OUR FIRST COMMUNITY WIDE ONE IS THIS EVENING.

UH, WE WILL BE BROADCASTING THAT ON TSA.

UM, AND ON THE WEBSITE THAT MARIA MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAVE LINKS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

THAT'S, UH, SAN ANTONIO.GOV/SAPD AND MEP.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE CHRIS TATUM OF THE E T C INSTITUTE TO WALK YOU THROUGH TODAY'S PRESENT PRESENTATION TO REVIEW THOSE SURVEY RESULTS.

THANKS, LAURA.

AND AS YOU ARE BRINGING UP THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE E T C INSTITUTE, UH, WE DO WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD.

I'VE ACTUALLY DONE SURVEYS FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND CITIES AND COUNTIES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

I THINK I'VE PERSONALLY MANAGED MORE THAN A DOZEN SURVEYS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALAMO AREA, M P O VIA TXDOT.

AND ALTOGETHER WE'VE SURVEYED OVER 20,000 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE LAST DECADE.

SO THIS WAS OUR MOST RECENT SURVEY, AND I THOUGHT I'D WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE FOUND.

SO, GO AHEAD.

THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, IS JUST OUR AGENDA.

AND

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WHAT I THOUGHT I'D DO IS JUST BRIEFLY GO OVER THE METHODOLOGY, HOW IT WAS DONE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE THE ONES WHO ULTIMATELY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

AND IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE SURVEY, THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO USE IT AS A DECISION MAKING TOOL.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS DONE AND THAT IT IS CREDIBLE.

UH, I'LL THEN WALK YOU THROUGH THE MAJOR FINDINGS OR WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS WITHOUT GOING INTO THE WEEDS.

UH, AND THEN CERTAINLY HAVE SOME TIMES, UH, FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END.

TO GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND GO ON.

THE NEXT ONE JUST REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE METHODOLOGY AND THE SURVEY IS CONDUCTED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 15TH AND MARCH 19TH.

UH, AND OUR GOAL WAS TO GET AT LEAST A HUNDRED SURVEYS FROM A RANDOM SAMPLE AND EACH OF THE CITY'S COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

AND WE ACHIEVED THAT AND WE ENDED UP HAVING AT LEAST A HUNDRED.

I THINK THE MOST WE HAD IN ANY DISTRICT WAS 120, UH, FOUR.

AND THE RESULTS AREN'T PERFECT, BUT THEY HAVE AN ACCURACY, OR WHAT WE CALL A PRECISION OF PLUS OR MINUS 2.8% AT THE 95% LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE.

AND THAT JUST MEANS IF WE DID THE SURVEY A HUNDRED TIMES, WE'D EXPECT TO GET THESE SAME RESULTS WITHIN ABOUT 3% OR LESS OF WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE.

UH, WE ALSO ADMINISTERED THE SURVEY IN THE FIVE OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT HAVE AT LEAST 500,000 RESIDENTS OR MORE.

AND WE DID THOSE SURVEYS AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT WAS TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT SO YOU COULD KIND OF COMPARE THE RESULTS FOR SAN ANTONIO TO OTHER BIG TEXAS CITIES.

UH, NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS REALLY THE PHYSICAL AND, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESULTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP ON THE LEFT, THAT GENERALLY SHOWS THE LOCATION OF RESPONDENTS TO THE SURVEY.

WE FELT VERY GOOD ABOUT THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.

AND ONE OF OUR CONTROL TOTALS THAT WE USE WHEN WE DO SURVEYS IS WE THEN LOOK AT HOW DOES OUR SAMPLE MATCH UP TO RECENT CENSUS ESTIMATES? AND THAT'S WHAT SHOWED ON THE RIGHT TABLE TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

AND YOU CAN SEE FOR RACE, GENDER, EVEN AGE CATEGORIES.

WE ARE VERY CLOSE AND WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, PRECISION OF THE SURVEY IN EACH OF THE CATEGORIES.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE SURVEY DOES TRULY REPRESENT NOT EVEN, NOT ONLY WHAT PEOPLE THINK CITYWIDE, BUT ALSO WHAT THEY THINK INTO THIS, EACH OF THE CITY'S COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

SO WITH THAT, LEMME KINDA WALK THROUGH THE MAJOR FINDINGS.

UH, THE FIRST MAJOR FINDING OR TAKEAWAY IS WE WANTED TO GET SOME ASSESSMENT FOR WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE FOUND FROM THE SURVEY THE SATISFACTION IS HIGH.

IN FACT, ON THE NEXT CHART, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL RESULTS OF THE SURVEY AND THE RANGE OF PEOPLE RATING, UH, THEIR SATISFACTION FROM VARIOUS SATISFIED TO DISSATISFIED.

AND YOU CAN SEE JUST 8% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE DISSATISFIED.

NEUTRAL WAS DOT A DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS JUST A THREE ON A FIVE POINT SCALE, BUT OVERALL, 72% OF RESIDENTS GAVE POSITIVE RATINGS.

ONLY 8% GAVE NEGATIVE RATINGS.

AND THE PERCENT WHO WERE SATISFIED OR VERY SATISFIED WAS AT LEAST 63% IN ALL 10 COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

WHEN WE COMPARE, UH, SAN ANTONIO'S RESULTS TO OTHER CITIES.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU STACK UP.

AND THE OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ACTUALLY HIGHEST IN SAN ANTONIO.

IT TIED, UH, WITH FORT WORTH FOR THE HIGHEST RATING.

YOU CAN SEE DALLAS WAS THE LOWEST AT 43%.

THE AVERAGE FOR THE SIX CITIES WAS 60%.

SO SAN ANTONIO WAS 12%, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE AVERAGE.

UH, NEXT FINDING, WHAT WE TOOK AWAY FROM THE SURVEY HAD TO DO ON THE NEXT CHART IS HOW SAFE PEOPLE FELT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WE'VE FOUND THAT IN MOST PEOPLE IN THE CITY DO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BOTH DURING THE DAY AND DURING THE NIGHT.

UH, YOU'LL SEE ON THE CHART TO THE LEFT SHOWS THE OVERALL RATINGS FOR SAFETY DURING THE DAY, JUST 3% REPORTED THAT THEY FELT UNSAFE OR VERY UNSAFE, BUT AT NIGHT, UH, IT WAS 12% REPORTED UNSAFE OR VERY UNSAFE.

AND YOU MIGHT WONDER, WELL, IS THAT WHAT SHOULD YOU EXPECT? HOW THE MOST LARGE CITIES RATE? SO THE NEXT CHART, UH, SHOWS HOW YOU STACK UP TO THE OTHER LARGE CITIES IN THE STATE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE NUMBER ONE OVERALL AT 79% EL PASO AND FORT WORTH, WHO WERE BOTH AT 78%.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE OTHER CITIES ARE AT DURING THE DAY.

WE HAVE MORE VARIABILITY THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY PERCEPTIONS AT NIGHT, WHICH HAS SHOWN ON THE NEXT CHART.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHEN IT COMES TO SATISFACTION AT NIGHT, EL PASO WAS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT SAN ANTONIO WAS SECOND AT 59%.

DALLAS WAS ACTUALLY AT 39% OF THE LOWEST AMONG THE, UH, LARGE CITIES.

THE AVERAGE WAS 52%.

BUT ALL IN ALL, WHEN IT COMES TO PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AND SATISFACTION WITH THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENTS, SAN ANTONIO, UH, PERFORM VERY WELL COMPARED TO OTHER LARGE CITIES IN TEXAS.

WHICH LEADS TO OUR THIRD MAJOR FINDING, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT CHART, WHICH IS, ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE, OR MOST PEOPLE I SHOULD SAY FEEL SAFE, WE DID FIND THAT THERE ARE POCKETS WITHIN THE CITY.

I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO ADDRESS, IS JUST 'CAUSE THE OVERALL RATINGS ARE RELATIVELY HIGH.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE OUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THESE TWO MAPS, PARTICULARLY AS YOU MOVE TO THE SOUTH,

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UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT RESIDENTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO REPORT FEELING SAFE AT NIGHT.

IN FACT, OF DISTRICTS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10, MORE THAN 70% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED THEY WERE VERY SAFE OR SAFE AT NIGHT.

BUT IN DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR, WE ACTUALLY HAD FEWER THAN 50%.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IS UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE A REALLY BIG CITY AND THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES BASED ON WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AS TO HOW SAFE THEY FEEL.

WHICH LEADS US TO OUR NEXT, UH, MAJOR FINDING IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS ACTUALLY THINK VISIBILITY AND POLICE IS RELATED TO THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY.

AND IN FACT, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT CHART, WE ACTUALLY FOUND THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY THOUGHT THE VISIBILITY OF POLICE SHOULD AT LEAST BE WHAT IT IS NOW, BUT THE MAJORITY THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE GREATLY INCREASED, OR AT LEAST SOMEWHAT INCREASED.

YOU CAN SEE THE PERCENTAGE THAT PICKED GREATLY INCREASED WAS 12%.

ANOTHER 45% SAID IT SHOULD BE INCREASED.

AND WHEN WE DID SOME ANALYSIS, WE TOOK A LOOK AT HOW DID PEOPLE RATE SAFETY AND WHAT DID THEY THINK ABOUT HOW VISIBILITY OF POLICE SHOULD CHANGE? AND THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE NEXT CHART.

AND ON THIS CHART, WHAT WE FOUND IS THE PE THERE WAS A REALLY STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN HOW RESIDENTS FELT SAFE, HOW SAFE THEY FELT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEIR DESIRE FOR MORE VISIBILITY OF POLICE.

IN FACT, WE FOUND A DISTRICT NINE WHERE THE RATINGS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFETY WERE THE HIGHEST RESIDENTS WERE THE LEAST LIKELY TO THINK THAT VISIBILITY SHOULD BE INCREASED.

ONLY 38.9% THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE INCREASED.

HOWEVER, IN DISTRICT THREE, WHERE THE SAFETY RATINGS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS WERE THE LOWEST, 75.7% OF RESIDENTS THOUGHT THE VISIBILITY OF POLICE SHOULD BE INCREASED.

SO AGAIN, DEFINITELY A CORRELATION.

I THINK THAT'S NOT, IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE GENERALLY HAD A FAVORABLE VIEW OF THE POLICE.

AND THAT WAS, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS IS PEOPLE SEE POLICE AS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

THAT LEADS US TO OUR FINAL KIND OF MAJOR FINDING ON THE LAST, OR I GUESS THIS TO SHOW YOU HOW IT STACKS UP.

EXCUSE ME, I FORGOT THIS WAS HERE, BUT WE ACTUALLY SEE HOW YOU STACK UP.

AND WE SAW THIS WAS CORE.

THE CORRELATION I MENTIONED WAS PRESENT IN ALL THE CITIES.

YOU'LL NOTICE DALLAS, UH, ACTUALLY HAD THE GREATEST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE OVERALL.

THEY ALSO HAD THE LOWEST, UH, PERCENTAGE WHO RATED THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE AT NIGHT OR FELT SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AT NIGHT, BUT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE THE MOST LIKELY TO THINK POLICE SHOULD VISIBILITY SHOULD INCREASE.

EL PASO, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAD THE HIGHEST RATINGS FOR SAFETY AT NIGHT, BUT THEY HAD THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE THAT THOUGHT THERE WAS A NEED TO INCREASE VISIBILITY OF POLICE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO ON TO OUR, UH, FINAL MAJOR TAKEAWAY.

AND THE LAST SLIDE IS THAT MOST, UH, RESIDENTS, OR AT LEAST A MAJORITY, ARE WILLING TO HAVE, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHARE SOME OF THEIR CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES WITH OTHER CITY AGENCIES.

AND THIS IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY, BUT WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO ONE TABLE, WHICH IS ON THE NEXT CHART.

SO YOU KIND OF SEE, UH, HOW PEOPLE RATED THIS.

AND WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD A NUMBER OF 9 1 1 CALLS AND WE ASKED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHO SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY SHARED OR BACKUP, OR WHAT SHOULD THE ROLE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE FOR EACH OF THESE? AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE THAT ARE IN THAT TOP TIER.

THOSE ARE, UH, TYPES OF CALLS THAT PEOPLE, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.

AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY TO THAT MIDDLE SECTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT 25 TO 49% OF FOLKS, UH, 25 TO 49% THOUGHT THEY SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.

AND THEN THAT GROUP AT THE BOTTOM, THINGS LIKE PARKING VIOLATIONS, GRAFFITI ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND ANIMALS, THOSE ALL HAD FEWER THAN 25% OF THE RESPONDENTS THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.

I THINK A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS ARE PROBABLY NEED TO CENTER ON WHAT'S KIND OF DIFFERS BETWEEN SHARED AND BACKUP.

I THINK THAT PROBABLY WASN'T AS CLEAR FROM THE SURVEY AS PERHAPS WE'D LIKE IT TO BE, BUT CLEARLY WE DID COME AWAY WITH A PRETTY STRONG VIEW ON WHAT SHOULD BE PRIMARY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT AREAS PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HAVE SHARED OR BACKUP RESPONSIBILITY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, UH, LEADING INTO OUR LAST COUPLE SLIDES, GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE REALLY THE SUMMARY I TAKE AWAY.

I THINK YOU CAN HAVE A FEEL GOOD ABOUT OVERALL SATISFACTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S HIGH, IN FACT, THE HIGHEST AMONG THE MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS.

UH, RESIDENTS GENERALLY FEEL SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT IT'S NOT EVERYWHERE.

AND I THINK RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MORE CONCERNED, WE SEE AT THE COUNCIL DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT IT'S PROBABLY MORE PRONOUNCED WITHIN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS, EVEN WITHIN SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS.

UH, ALL IN ALL, MOST PEOPLE LIKE THE POLICE AND THEY THINK THE VISIBILITY SHOULD BE INCREASED, AND THEY'RE ALSO WILLING TO HAVE, UH, CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RESPONDING TO 9 1 1 CALLS SHARED WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A REALLY, UH, HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE FOUND.

BUT IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THAT SAYS QUESTIONS.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY, IF THERE ARE, OH, I FORGOT.

UH, WE, WE CREATED A DASHBOARD, UH, TO BASICALLY BE AS TRANSPARENT

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AS POSSIBLE WITH THE DATA.

SO THERE'S NOTHING HIDDEN HERE.

UH, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ONLINE, I'M SURE, UH, LAURA CAN SHARE THE LINK, UH, WITH THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ON THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE RESULTS FOR YOURSELF, MAKE MAPS, UH, SEE HOW THINGS STACK UP, DO SOME OF YOUR OWN ANALYTICS, UH, BEYOND WHAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU TODAY.

SO WITH THAT, LAURA, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

THANK YOU, CHRIS.

AND, AND JUST TO CLOSE BEFORE WE, IF I MAY MAD SHARE, UM, DURING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE ARE PRESENTING THIS SURVEY DATA, AS I MENTIONED, AND GETTING SOME MORE QUALITATIVE DATA THAT GIVES US MORE NUANCE IN, IN WHAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS ARE SEEING.

SO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD YOUR DISTRICT MEETINGS HAVE STARTED TO SEE HOW THAT PROCESS IS ROLLING OUT.

THANK YOU ELIZABETH.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I I HAVE A A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND I'LL MOVE ON TO, TO OUR COMMITTEE QUESTIONS.

THE, THE RESULTS OF THE, OF THE STUDY WERE MADE PUBLIC ON APRIL 5TH.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SINCE THE RELEASE OF ON THAT DATE, WHAT HAVE WE RECEIVED? ANY FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC? WE HAVE MADAM CHAIR, AS LAURA MENTIONED, THAT WE STARTED OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS AT DIFFERENT, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE BEEN TO DISTRICT 10 AND DISTRICT THREE IN, UH, DISTRICT SIX AND DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT TWO.

AND YES, WE'VE GOTTEN, UM, FEEDBACK ON THOSE ON THOSE, UM, CALLS.

UH, SPECIFICALLY QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE ASKED IS, UM, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF HAVING MORE VISIBILITY? IS IT MORE POLICE OFFICERS, MORE RELATIONSHIPS WITH, UH, POLICE, PERHAPS MORE INVOLVEMENT WITH SCHOOLS AND, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FEEDBACK STRAIGHT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT KIND OF FEEDBACK ARE WE GETTING? ARE THEY, IS IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE STUDY SHOWED? WE'VE GOTTEN, YES, SPECIFIC FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT.

BUT WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN QUESTIONS FROM THE PROCESS.

WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS AS TO WHY WE WENT WITH A SCIENTIFIC SURVEY RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A CONVENIENCE SURVEY.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN A MIX OF, UH, QUESTIONS AND, AND FEEDBACK.

AND THEN, OKAY.

THANK YOU MARIA.

AND THEN THE REPORT STATES THAT 56.5% OF THE RESIDENTS SURVEYED THINK THAT POLICE VISIBILITY SHOULD BE INCREASED IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

CAN YOU GIMME DETAILS ON THE REMAINING PERCENTAGE CONCERNING POLICE VISIBILITY IN, IN NEIGHBORHOODS KIND OF BREAKDOWN, THE REMAINING, UM, PERCENTAGE? SURE.

AND I'M GONNA ASK CHRIS, IF YOU CAN, UH, RESIZE, CAN YOU BRING THE, SLIDE, THE PRESENTATION BACK UP AND GO BACK ABOUT FOUR SLIDES TO THE END? THAT WAS, UH, THE SECOND TO LAST MAJOR FINDING.

I CAN ACTUALLY JUST SHOW YOU.

UH, 'CAUSE THE 45% WAS, IT SHOULD BE INCREASED.

ANOTHER 12% SAID GREATLY INCREASED.

UH, SO A TOTAL OF 57% ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN IT CURRENTLY IS.

AND IF YOU BACK UP JUST A FEW, THERE YOU GO.

THERE'S THE SLIDE.

SO YOU CAN SEE ONLY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A PERCENT OR A LITTLE OVER A PERCENT, UH, SHOULD BE REDUCED, 42%.

AND THIS WAS CITYWIDE.

I DON'T HAVE THE BREAKOUT MEMORIZED, UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT BY DISTRICT.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE JUST SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR PEOPLE TO WANT MORE POLICE VISIBILITY.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT KINDA SHOWS HOW IT STACKS UP TO THE OTHER BIG CITIES IN TEXAS.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK GET ONE MORE.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S WHERE IT STACKS UP.

SO ON AVERAGE, MOST BIG CITIES HAD A MAJORITY OF FOLKS WANTING MORE POLICE VISIBILITY, BUT WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A CORRELATION BETWEEN SAFETY, PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AND THE NEED FOR MORE VISIBILITY.

SO PLACES WHERE THEY FELT LESS SAFE, WANTED MORE VISIBILITY, PLACES THAT FELT VERY SAFE, DIDN'T SEE AS MUCH NEED FOR THAT.

AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE PREVIOUS CHART RIGHT BEFORE THIS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S ALL IN THE REPORT.

UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

UH, START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEN.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, DID Y'ALL SEND THIS POWERPOINT TO US? YES, COUNCILMAN, THAT WAS SENT, UH, YESTERDAY BY LAUREN, UH, FISHER FROM MY OFFICE WITH ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE, THE POWER COORDINATE.

SO I SENT AN EMAIL TO THE COUNCIL ON SUNDAY WITH ALL THE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR THE POWERPOINT FOR THE SURVEY.

WE GOT THAT ONE YESTERDAY.

AND THAT WAS A SUBSEQUENT EMAIL FROM LAUREN WITH THAT ONE FINAL POWERPOINT.

CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME WHAT, WHAT WAS THE DEFINITION OF WHY THEY FEEL SAFE OR UNSAFE? DID Y'ALL, DID WE GET INTO THAT OR WAS THERE AREA FOR THEM TO, UH, DISCUSS THAT? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY PREPARED AN APPENDIX, UH, THAT'S QUITE LENGTHY WITH ALL THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS.

UM,

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AND SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT.

EVERYTHING FROM CONCERNS ABOUT THEFT TO GANGS, YOU KNOW, ROBBERY, BUT YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT DISTRICT BY DISTRICT.

IT'S ACTUALLY ORGANIZED BY DISTRICT, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE KIND OF WHAT THE TOP ISSUES WERE IN EACH DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT'S JUST, I THINK APPENDIX C IF IT IS ONE OF THE APPENDICES THAT WE CREATED.

AND I MEAN, AND I MEAN, MARIA, YOU, YOU MET WITH MY PRESIDENT MM-HMM.

, UH, THE OTHER WEEK, BUT YOU DIDN'T PRESENT THE FINDINGS.

WE STILL HAVEN'T HAD THAT CONVERSATION YET.

THAT'S NEXT WEEK WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE DISTRICT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVEN'T, UH, DONE THAT.

SO I'LL GO THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND I'LL LOOK THROUGH THE SURVEY AND I'LL LOOK THROUGH ALL THE COMMENTS HERE, UM, OF WHAT IT IS ABOUT FEELING SAFE OR UNSAFE, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS A COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT.

UM, CAN YOU PLEASE PULL UP THE POWERPOINT AND SHOW, UH, THE, THE SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES, PLEASE.

SO THESE, I GUESS THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE PRESENTED TO THEM, CORRECT? YES.

AND, AND LET ME JUST ADD, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT AT THE BEGINNING.

THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY WE DID WAS TO TAKE A PULSE OF THE ENTIRE CITY IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT POLICE SERVICES AND THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN CALLS.

WE'RE GOING TO THE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHAT IT MEANS TO THE, THOSE PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.

WE'LL BE DOING THAT THROUGH THE END OF MAY, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK AND PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK TO THE CITY, I MEAN, TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AS WELL.

SO, SO THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THAT, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS.

BUT WE WANTED TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE CITYWIDE SURVEY WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

SO THESE ARE THE CALLS THAT, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, THE WORK FROM U T S A AND THE WORK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT WE FELT THAT WE COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE ALSO LEFT OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TELL US WHAT ELSE THEY THOUGHT, IF WE HADN'T CAPTURED THAT IN THE SURVEY.

SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

YES, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, SO, UH, ALTHOUGH RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE, THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE RESIDENTS DO NOT FEEL SAFE, AND THAT'S IN DISTRICT THREE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SUBSTATION.

SO, UH, THERE'S OUR CONTINUED PUSH FORWARD FOR THAT CONVERSATION.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THIS DATA.

I, I, THIS IS ONE PIECE, BUT I THINK I NEED TO SEE MORE OF OUR LARGER CONVERSATION OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST, I'M NOT, UH, I'M NOT CONNECTING THE DOTS OF WHAT WE'RE, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SCIENTIFIC DATA RESULT.

OKAY, NOW WHAT? SO I'M AT THE NOW WHAT PORTION? THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UH, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.

COUNCILMAN DERAN.

AND THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.

UM, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FIRST FOR, FOR PUTTING THE INFORMATION TOGETHER.

I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, MEETING, WHEN IT CAME TO THE DATA, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WAS WHO WAS ACTUALLY SURVEYED WITHIN OUR PARTICULAR DISTRICT, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T REALLY REFLECT, REFLECT THE SENTIMENTS OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF WAS A CONCERN WHEN THEY SAW THIS INFORMATION WAS WHO IS REALLY, UH, RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY.

BECAUSE WHAT WE HEAR IS, IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN

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THE, THE SURVEY INFORMATION.

UH, WE KNOW THAT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS STILL HAVE A FEAR OF GUN VIOLENCE AND THE ESCALATION OF GUN VIOLENCE THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE IN THE DISTRICT TWO AREA SPECIFICALLY.

AND THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO BE REFLECTED WITHIN THIS SURVEY.

SO I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DID A RANDOM SURVEY, BUT INDIVIDUALS STILL DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE RANDOM SURVEY REFLECTS THE SENTIMENT OF THE, THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

SO IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT.

ALL OF 'EM TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE SIMPLE.

IT IS DONE RANDOMLY.

THERE'S ABOUT 500,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WE INITIALLY PICKED 5,000 OR 500 IN EACH DISTRICT AT RANDOM TO GET THE SURVEY.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROBABILITY OF BEING SELECTED INITIALLY WAS ABOUT ONE OUT OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE, UH, MORE OR LESS, OR ONE OUT OUT A HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS.

UH, WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH IS THAT'S REALLY THE BEST WAY TO ASSESS WHAT IS THE AVERAGE RESIDENT THING.

WE DO LOTS OF RESEARCH ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AND THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TEND TO HAVE MUCH DIFF MUCH SPECIALIZED INTERESTS.

IN FACT, LAST YEAR, ONLY, I GUESS IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE COVID, ONLY 3% OF US RESIDENTS WENT TO A PUBLIC MEETING OF ANY KIND OF, THOSE WHO WENT, 52% WENT TO SEE SOMEBODY GET AN AWARD OR RECOGNITION.

THE OTHER 48%, OR ABOUT 46 OF THE OTHER 48% WENT BECAUSE THEY HAD A SPECIAL INTEREST OR CONCERN.

AND SO AT PUBLIC MEETINGS, YOU TEND TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE ON THE ENDS.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE LEAST SAFE ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO COME TO THOSE VENUES.

AND AS YOU, AND THAT'S WHY THOSE VENUES ARE SO IMPORTANT, IS 'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU LEARN WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY THINK AND THE REASONS THEY FEEL THAT WAY.

THE PERSON WHO FEELS SAFE OR THINKS THINGS ARE FINE, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THEIR SOCCER GAMES OR BASKETBALL GAMES OR GO THROUGH THEIR LIFE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND SO THAT'S WHY A SURVEY LIKE THIS HELPS VALIDATE HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY FEEL DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND THEN THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE A GREAT WAY TO UNDERSTAND FOR THAT 20% OR 15% OR HALF WHO ARE, UH, DISSATISFIED OR DON'T FEEL SAFE, WHY THEY FEEL THAT.

SO I THINK BOTH TOOLS ARE GOOD USES OF YOUR RESOURCES TO GATHER INPUT AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS PUBLIC SURVEY ARE BEING, THE RANDOM SURVEY ISN'T RIGHT.

AGAIN, I'VE DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND, UH, I KNOW IT'S RIGHT ON TARGET.

AND THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU COMPARE THE RESULTS TO THE CENSUS ESTIMATES, AND THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON TARGET'S, A GOOD INDICATOR, THAT'S A GREAT CONTROL TOTAL, UH, FOR THE SAMPLE.

AND COUNSELMAN, IF I MAY, JUST TO ADD ONE POINT AS WELL, AS MARIA MENTIONED, UM, THERE WAS AN OPEN-ENDED RESPONSE AS WELL.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS, UM, THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED, THOSE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, UM, WHETHER IT BE SHOOTINGS, UM, BREAK-INS, THOSE WERE REPORTED TO IN THOSE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS FOR DISTRICT TWO.

SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE NUANCE WHEN WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE AND, AND PROVIDE THAT QUALITATIVE DATA.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF, UM, WANTING TO SEE OR GREATLY INCREASE, UM, THE VISIBILITY OF POLICE, ARE WE SPEAKING ONLY ABOUT OUR POLICE OFFICERS? ARE WE SPEAKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR STATE OFFICERS, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS, UM, EXACTLY WHICH OF THE OFFICER CATEGORY ARE THEY WANTING TO SEE MORE OF? COUNCILMAN? SO THE QUESTION WAS SPECIFICALLY ON FOR SS A P D, SO THAT'LL BE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

UH, WE ARE SEEING REQUESTS FOR MORE SAFE OFFICERS, MAYBE FOR OFFICERS TO GET INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. SO IT IS BEEN A, A COMBINATION OF EITHER SOURCE ON THE STREET OR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WELL, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

I THINK I FEEL ALSO A LITTLE BIT LIKE COUNCILWOMAN .

UM, UH, MARIA, I KNOW YOU SENT US SOME OF THE MATERIALS AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF APRIL.

UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

I, UH, DID NOT LOOK THERE WHEN I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING.

I LOOKED IN ANOTHER PLACE.

SO, UM, UH, SO I DON'T FEEL, UM, I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WE, UM, THAT THE FULL REPORT WAS, UH, WAS AVAILABLE.

UM, SO I, I APOLOGIZE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING READ THAT WHOLE THING IN ADVANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING, BUT I, I WILL ASK A FEW QUESTIONS BASED ON THE, ON THE SURVEY THAT WE REVIEWED, THE DRAFT SURVEY THAT WE REVIEWED THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, THERE WERE SOME REALLY INTERESTING QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND WE, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THEM YET.

UH,

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COULD YOU TELL US, UH, REGARDING THE QUESTION, HAVE YOU INTERACTED WITH ANYONE FROM S A P D DURING THE PAST YEAR? OF THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED OUT THE SURVEY, WHAT, WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE HAD INTERFACED WITH SSSS A P D? SURE.

SO, UM, WE HAD 44% THAT HAD AND 54% THAT DID NOT, AND 2% THAT DID NOT REMEMBER.

AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR INTERACTIONS WITH ANYONE FROM SS A P D DURING THE PAST YEAR.

THAT WAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION.

GREAT.

AND DID ANYONE, UH, TALK ABOUT CONCERNS WITH INTERACTIONS WITH SS A P D? OR SORRY, WHAT WAS THE, WHAT WAS THE BREAKDOWN FOR THAT QUESTION? YES, UH, SO WE DID ASK THE QUESTION.

UM, SO IT WAS QUESTION SEVEN, DO YOU AVOID CALLING THE POLICE BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT INTERACTIONS WITH AN S A P D? SO 92.1% SAID NO, 7.6% SAID YES, AND 0.3% DID NOT REMEMBER.

SO I GUESS THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, 7.6% OF THOSE WHO ANSWERED SAID THAT THEY, UM, AVOID CALLING POLICE 'CAUSE THEY HAD CONCERNS.

AND WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY EXPRESSED, MARIA, I CAN, I CAN JUMP HERE IF YOU'D LIKE.

UM, SO WE, WE DID ASK THEM OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS FOR THAT COUNCILWOMAN TO YOUR QUESTION.

SO THE TOP THREE CONCERNS THAT WE SAW WERE A LOSS OF TRUST, EITHER FROM BROKEN TRUST OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES, UM, RESPONSE TIMES, AND THEN MAYBE RESPONDENTS HAD INTERACTIONS WITH OFFICERS WHO, UM, DIDN'T PERCEIVE THE INTERACTION TO BE PROFESSIONAL.

UM, AND SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DID SEE, UM, THAT WE ALSO POSTED IN OUR OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS REPORT.

AND I MIGHT ADD THAT WE COMPARED THAT TO THE OTHER LARGE TEXAS CITIES, AND THE PERCENT THAT HAD NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH SAN ANTONIO WAS FAR BELOW THE OTHER AVERAGES.

IT WAS, THEY COMPARED, THE AVERAGE WAS 20% OF PEOPLE IN THE OTHER FIVE CITIES, AND I THINK THE NEXT LOWEST WAS 12 OR 13%.

SO THAT WAS DEFINITELY A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU COMPARE SAN ANTONIO TO THE OTHER FIVE.

FOR SURE.

AND THEN, UM, JUST ONE, UM, ACTUALLY WHEN WE LOOK THROUGH THE REPORT, WILL WE SEE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS? IS THAT ALL DOCUMENTED IN THERE? YES.

OKAY, GREAT.

YES, MA'AM.

UH, WE, YOU SHOWED US DISTRICTS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 AND OH ACTUALLY SEVEN, AS WELL AS THE ONES WHO FELT THE SAFEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PREVALENCE OF GATED COMMUNITIES IN THOSE, IN THOSE DISTRICTS.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IS A, IS A LOT NEWER AND WE DO TEND TO SEE MORE GATED COMMUNITIES, BUT I, I GUESS WE'D NEED TO KNOW, UH, WHERE THE RANDOM SAMPLES WERE SENT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT IMPACT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY.

EVERYTHING FROM LIGHTING TO GATED COMMUNITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THE FREQUENCY OF CRIME, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IT IS VERY MUCH RELATED TO WHAT PEOPLE SEE AROUND THEM AND THEIR CONCERNS WHERE THEY LIVE.

UH, THE SAMPLE OF A HUNDRED GI LETS, YOU KNOW, REALLY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, IT WOULD BE HARD TO PROBABLY DRILL IN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL BEYOND THAT.

BUT I THINK SOME OF YOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS MAY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO KNOW THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP.

OFTENTIMES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE NEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, OFTENTIMES THEY GET BETTER RATINGS.

AND I REMEMBER THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ABOUT A DECADE AGO, THEY ACTUALLY PURSUED SOME OF THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WITH, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GOT NEW STREETS AND NEW LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT SAW SATISFACTION WITH SAFETY GO UP.

UH, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THE CRIME HADN'T CHANGED, IT JUST LOOKED SAFER.

AND SO SOMETIMES WE DO KNOW THAT APPEARANCE OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND APPEARANCE OF COMMERCIAL AREAS DOES RELATE TO PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AND SIMPLY MAKING AREAS LOOK CLEANER.

UM, BETTER LIGHTING AT NIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT CAN CAUSE PEOPLE TO FEEL SAFER.

THAT HAS, IS INDEPENDENT OF ACTUALLY THE NUMBER OF CRIMES THAT TAKE PLACE.

SO KEEP IN MIND FOR OUR NEXT BOND CYCLE.

YES, LAURA, GO AHEAD.

JUST TO, TO BUILD ON THAT AS WELL.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE'RE ASKING IN THESE COMMUNITY WIDE MEETINGS.

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE? WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL UNSAFE? SO AGAIN, WE CAN LAYER IN SOME MORE QUALITATIVE DATA FOR YOU.

I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, LAURA, SOMETIMES SOME OF THAT IS PROBABLY NOT A CONSCIOUS, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ON, ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENT.

AND IF MAYBE WE SHOW LIKE PICTURES OR, UM, OR DESCRIBE SCENES OR,

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OR SOMETHING.

SO, SO WE CAN GET AT IT, UH, MULTIPLE WAYS.

COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL? COUNCILMAN TERRY, RELIGION.

COUNCILMAN TERRY.

I GUESS YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

WAIT, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.

WELL, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS WHEN THE SURVEY WAS DONE IN DISTRICT 10, I ASKED FOR THERE TO BE LEAVE AS IS ON THE DUTIES TO THE POLICE AT THAT .

WERE Y'ALL ABLE TO CATCH THAT? IT WAS BROKEN UP ON MY END, BUT IS EVERYBODY HEARING THAT? OKAY, COUNCILMAN? UH, CAN, UM, I'M SORRY, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING THE QUESTION? YOU, YOU WERE BROKEN UP.

OKAY, WAIT.

UH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, COUNCILMAN.

I'M GONNA, UM, GIVE YOU A MINUTE AND, UH, COME BACK TO YOU IF THAT'S OKAY.

UH, UH, SO I'LL GIVE YOU A MINUTE.

UM, WE'LL DO ANOTHER ROUND IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS.

I THINK, UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL, MAYBE AON AGAIN.

YEAH.

UM, JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, I OPENED UP THE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THEM.

AND SO QUESTION 18 IS, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOULD IMPROVE FOR DISTRICT THREE? THE TOP THREE THINGS RESIDENTS INDICATED ARE, ARE MORE OFFICERS PATROLLING NEIGHBORHOODS, RETRAIN AND GIVE MORE TRAINING.

AND THE THIRD ITEM WAS HOLD OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR BEING UNPROFESSIONAL.

AND AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH THESE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS, I CAN'T FIND THE WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE OR SAFE OR UNSAFE AT NIGHT AND IN THE DAY.

I, WHAT QUESTION WAS THAT? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR, UM, THE OPEN-ENDED OF WHAT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SAFE IN THE NIGHT AND IN THE DAY.

CAN YOU, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT THE 94 PAGE DOCUMENT.

IS IT IN THERE? COUNCILWOMAN? THIS IS MARIA.

UH, UM-HUH.

WE DID NOT ASK THAT QUESTION.

WHAT WE ASKED IS, UM, WE HAD THREE QUESTIONS RELATED IF, IF YOU FEEL SAFE IN, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE DAY, DURING THE NIGHT, AND THEN IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE OR INCREASE, CHANGE THE VISIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THEN THE FOURTH QUESTION WAS TO TELL US WHAT WERE THE, THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT CRIME OR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SO THAT WAS A OPEN-ENDED QUESTION, UH, IN THAT SECTION, BUT WE DID THAT AS SPECIFICALLY AS WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE OR WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL UNSAFE AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THAT'S DEFINITELY A QUESTION THAT WE CAN ASK OUR RESIDENTS AS WE'RE HAVING THOSE, UM, INTERACTIONS WITH THEM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO FIND THAT IN THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS.

UH, SO, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT AND, UH, TO GET THAT CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT'S HOW Y'ALL ANSWERED ME.

UM, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION.

COUNCIL IRAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OH, OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S TRY COUNCILMAN PERRY, CAN YOU HEAR US OKAY? ALRIGHT, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR.

SURE CAN.

YEAH, ONE OF MY, UH, COMMENTS WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO DISTRICT 10 WAS ON THE, THE, UH, DUTIES OF THE POLICE ONE WAS TO LEAVE AS IS.

DID THAT GET ADDED IN TO THOSE OTHER SURVEYS FOR THE OTHER DISTRICTS? I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN.

I'M, UM, I'M, I'M NOT FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION.

ON THE, ON THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POLICE, I, I ASKED FOR ANOTHER LINE ITEM BE PUT IN THERE AS, LEAVE AS IS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE CURRENT SITUATION, DID THAT GET ADDED TO THE SURVEYS? UH, I'M, I'M SORRY.

WE DID NOT.

ASK THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.

BUT AS IS, AS WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY

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MEETINGS, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE, FROM THE COMMUNITY IS IF THEY WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, THEY CAN TELL US TO DO.

SO AS WE'RE ASKING THEM WHO COULD BE PERHAPS THE OTHER AGENCY, THEY CAN DEFINITELY TELL US THAT.

TRAINING MANUALS, UM, AND, AND HOW THAT PIECE FITS INTO HOW SS A P D OFFICERS WIND UP RESPONDING TO CALLS, UH, FOR SERVICE.

I'LL, I'LL TALK TO Y'ALL OFFLINE.

MARIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M SORRY ABOUT MY CONNECTION OUT HERE.

UM, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS SURVEY TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S SHOWING SOME GREAT RESULTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HAPPY WITH THIS PARTICULAR SAMPLING AND THE RESULTS THAT IT'S SHOWING, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, COUNCILOR TERRY.

UH, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM THREE.

[3. 21-3170 Briefing and possible action on results of a review of Police calls for service [Dr. Michael Smith and Dr. Rob Tillyer, Professors of Criminology and Criminal Justice in the College for Health, Community, and Policy at UTSA]]

UM, TAKE IT AWAY, MARIA.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

SO ITEM THREE IS A RESULT OF A REVIEW DONE BY, UH, U T SS A PROFESSORS MICHAEL SMITH AND, UH, ROBERT TILLER.

AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE BEGAN WITH U T S A IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 AS WE BEGAN DISCUSSIONS ON HOW BEST TO REVIEW THE 9 1 1 CALLS THAT ARE RECEIVED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

HOW THOSE CALLS ARE RESPONDED IN TERMS OF RESPONSE TIMES THE RESULT OF, UM, POLICE REPORT, THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THOSE CALLS.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKEN, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THE RESULTS, UH, FROM, FROM, UH, THE U T S A PROFESSOR.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DR.

MICHAEL SMITH, UH, WHO IS GOING TO, UH, REVIEW THE PRESENTATION, UH, WITH US, DR.

SMITH.

THANKS, MARIA.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? I ASSUME YOU CAN.

UM, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, HAVING US WITH YOU TODAY.

AND, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON THIS, UM, IMPORTANT PROJECT, IF IT DOES, UM, APPARENTLY BREAKING NEW GROUND HERE ON, ON THE ANALYSIS OF THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE DATA BETWEEN JANUARY OF 2018 AND OCTOBER OF 2020.

UM, I UNDERTOOK THIS PROJECT IN, IN, UM, WITH MY PARTNER, UH, ROB TILLER, WHO'S ANOTHER, WHO'S ALSO A FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT U T SS A.

AND, UH, I'M GONNA TURN, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HIM, UH, TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE USED.

UM, AND THEN I'LL COME BACK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO ROB, ALL YOURS.

GREAT, THANKS.

THANKS, MIKE.

UM, AND, AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR INTEREST IN THIS, IN THIS SUBJECT, OBVIOUSLY, WE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE FASCINATED BY IT AND, AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IT.

UM, SO WHAT I WANT TO DO JUST IS, IS SORT OF GIVE YOU, UH, A QUICK, UH, OVERVIEW OF, OF WHAT WE DID, WHAT THE STEPS WE TOOK, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE RESULTS.

AND, AND MIKE, WE'LL CLOSE OUT WITH SOME SPECIFIC RESULTS THAT THAT MAY BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.

UM, SO IF WE CAN JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'D BE GREAT, PLEASE.

SO, UM, AS HAS SORT OF BEEN ALREADY DISCUSSED HERE, AND, AND, AND YOU FOLKS ARE WELL AWARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AROUND POLICE SERVICES, UM, AND POLICE RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY, UM, OUTREACH SINCE LAST SUMMER.

UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SORT OF STARTED TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE FALL AND REALLY WAS FOCUSED AROUND AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF 9 1 1 CALLS, UH, INTO THE, INTO SS A P D.

UM, WITH THE GOAL BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME EMPIRICAL LENS AND EVIDENCE AROUND, UH, FOR THE CITY LEADERSHIP, SS A P D, AROUND, UH, THE CALLS THEY'RE RECEIVING, THE DEMANDS FOR SERVICE, UM, POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE EVALUATE THOSE AND, AND ARE THERE CALLS THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO BE REASSIGNED OR, AND OR RESPONDED TO IN COOPERATION WITH ANOTHER CITY UNIT? UM, SO THAT WAS SORT OF OUR BROAD, BROAD, UM, MANDATE IN, IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT.

UM, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

UM, SO WE UNDERTOOK THIS WITH, WITH THE GOAL OF SORT OF TAKING A HOLISTIC VIEW OF, OF HOW THESE CALLS ARE HANDLED.

UM, AND SO THROUGHOUT THE, THE PROCESS, WE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH SS A P D, UM, TO, TO BOTH GET ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESSES BY WHICH THESE CALLS ARE RECEIVED AND, AND, UH, RESPONDED TO AND CATALOGED.

AND SO WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH SS A P D, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THE CITY AND, AND MARIA'S OFFICE, MARIA AND, AND, UH, HER FOLKS.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO SPENT TIME, UM, ON THE GROUND, SORT OF AT THE CALL CENTER, UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESSES THAT THEY HAVE THERE, REVIEWING THEIR

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, BECAME APPARENT REALLY QUICKLY, AND THIS ISN'T ABNORMAL AT ALL, IT'S PRETTY NORMATIVE FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, IS THAT A LOT OF THE INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN A VARIETY OF DATA SETS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO OUR GOAL INITIALLY WAS TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND TO COLLATE IT, PUT IT TOGETHER INTO ONE SINGLE DATA SET THAT WE COULD, UM, EXPLORE TO, TO GET ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WERE OF CENTRAL INTEREST.

UM, LEMME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO, THE, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, AS MIKE REFERENCED, UH, WAS TO LOOK AT, AT CALLS RECEIVED THROUGH THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM BETWEEN JANUARY OF 2018 THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER, 2020.

SO JUST SHORT OF THREE YEARS.

UM, AND THEN SOME IMPORTANT, I THINK JUST DISTINCTIONS HERE TO, TO MAKE, AS WE THINK ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT THE RESULTS WERE, SO OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME OF 33 MONTHS, UH, THERE WAS ABOUT 4 MILLION RECORDS OR CALLS RECEIVED INTO THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM.

UM, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE ARE CALLS RECEIVED, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ENDED UP BEING MOST INTERESTED IN, WERE THINKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT ACTUALLY POLICE TO POLICE, UM, OFFICERS MIGHT'VE BEEN DISPATCHED TO, RIGHT? SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT ON A ROAD, YOU MAY HAVE MULTIPLE CITIZENS WHO CALL IN RESPONSE TO THAT SAYING, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AN ACCIDENT, WE NEED ASSISTANCE.

UH, WE WERE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT THAT AS, AS OF ONE SINGLE INCIDENT, RIGHT? SO THAT WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE DEMAND FOR THAT PARTICULAR INCIDENT AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE CALLED ABOUT IT.

UM, WE ALSO DISCARDED SOME RECORDS THAT DIDN'T REALLY FIT THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

SO THE SYSTEM ITSELF CONTAINS INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE, ON OFFICERS WHO SELF-INITIATE CONTACTS WITH CIVILIANS.

AND THAT'S NOT REALLY THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT HERE.

UM, AND IN OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE CALLS WERE RECEIVED, BUT OFFICERS WEREN'T DISPATCHED, THEY WERE HANDLED INTERNALLY THROUGH THE, WHAT'S CALLED AN EXPEDITER WITHIN THE CALL CENTER.

SO, LONG STORY SHORT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WOUND UP WITH JUST SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 3 MILLION INCIDENTS, RIGHT, WHERE THE, THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM WAS USED AND AN INCIDENT OF SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME REQUEST WAS MADE INTO THE SS A P D FOR, FOR A RESPONSE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

LEMME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS, UM, BEFORE TALKING ABOUT THE RESULTS THAT, THAT WE SHOULD JUST SORT OF MAKE SURE ARE CLEAR IN TERMS OF DEFINITIONS AND, AND, UH, THE THINGS THAT WE WERE MOST FOCUSED ON.

SO THAT TOP SECTION THERE DETAILS HOW THE SS A P D, UH, AND THE CALL CENTER IN PARTICULAR PUT TOGETHER THE CALLS THAT THEY RECEIVE, THE INCIDENTS THAT THEY'RE, UH, RESPONDING TO.

SO THEY DO IT IN A COUPLE WAYS.

THE FIRST WAY IS THERE'S A GENERAL CALL TYPE, UM, USED.

SO A CALLER MAY CALL AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND THAT GETS CATEGORIZED INTO A CALL TYPE.

THERE'S OVER A HUNDRED CATEGORIES OF THOSE.

THERE ARE ALSO THOSE, THOSE INCIDENTS ARE ALSO THEN CATEGORIZED IN A PRIORITY SYSTEM, WHICH RANGES FROM ONE TO SEVEN.

UH, THE HIGHER NUMBER, UH, PARDON ME, THE LOWER NUMBERS, LIKE PRIORITY ONE IS THE MOST SERIOUS, UM, TYPE OF CALL THAT THAT'S RECEIVED.

AND THEY'RE ALSO ATTACHED TO RESPONSE CODE, WHICH INDICATES SORT OF WHAT THE PROTOCOL SHOULD BE FOR AN OFFICER RESPONDING, FOR EXAMPLE, LIGHTS ON, LIGHTS OFF, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

AND SO WE WERE INTERESTED IN BOTH UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF CALLS AT A VERY SPECIFIC LEVEL, AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE TYPES OF PRIORITY CATEGORIES THAT THOSE CALLS ARE RECEIVING.

AND WE'LL RETURN TO THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE RESULTS, UH, IN A COUPLE MINUTES.

THE MAIN FOCUS WAS THAT WE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THESE INCIDENTS AS THEY COME IN.

SO WE LOOKED AT A, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS, A COUPLE DIFFERENT MEASURES OF, OF POLICE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, SO ONE OF WHICH IS HOW MANY POLICE UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO RESPOND TO THAT INCIDENT.

UM, AND THEN A COUPLE OF TIME PIECES, WHICH INCLUDE THE RESPONSE TIME.

SO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE BETWEEN THE RECEIPT OF THE CALL AND AN OFFICER ARRIVING ON THE SCENE OR MULTIPLE OFFICERS.

AND THEN ALSO IMPORTANTLY, UH, HOW LONG DOES AN OFFICER NEED TO SPEND TIME ON THE SCENE, RIGHT? SO THAT THE TIME BETWEEN WHEN THEY ARRIVE AND WHEN THE OFF, WHEN THE LAST OFFICER EXITS THE SCENE AND THE, THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.

OR ONE RESOLUTION TO A, AN INCIDENT IS, UH, WHAT'S CALLED CLEARED.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT HERE IS WHAT'S THE RESOLUTION OF THE, OF THE INCIDENT? UM, AND THIS WAS OF, OF PARTICULAR INTEREST IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW SERIOUS AND, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE INCIDENT WAS AND THE REQUIREMENT OF POLICE OFFICERS TO RESPOND.

SO YOU HAVE TWO BROAD CATEGORIES HERE.

SO ONE OPTION

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SO THIS IS WHERE AN OFFICER THE INCIDENT REQUIRES, OR IS THERE'S EVIDENCE OF THE NEED TO TAKE A WRITTEN REPORT, RIGHT? SO A CRIME HAS OCCURRED, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY CALLS AND SAYS, I THINK MY HOUSE WAS BROKEN INTO, AND INDEED THERE IS EVIDENCE OF THAT.

AND SO AN INCIDENT REPORT IS WRITTEN, AND THAT WOULD BE, THAT INCIDENT WOULD BE CLEARED AS A BURGLARY, FOR EXAMPLE.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER TYPE OF SITUATION, WHICH IS MORE COMMON, UM, IS WHERE NO OFFICIAL REPORT IS, IS REQUIRED.

SO THERE'S NO FORMAL, UH, REQUIREMENT OF OFFICIAL, UM, INCIDENT REPORT OR TRAFFIC REPORT TAKEN, BUT THERE ARE NOTES TAKEN ABOUT HOW THE PARTICULAR INCIDENT WAS RESOLVED.

YOU KNOW, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THERE MAY BE A DIS A DISTURBANCE, THERE MAY BE SOME TRAFFIC SITUATION THAT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF REQUIRING AN OFFICIAL REPORT, UM, BUT STILL AN OFFICER OR OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED THERE, AND THEIR DISPOSITION OR THEIR RESOLUTION OF IT, UM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS IN THIS SORT OF NO OFFICIAL REPORT CATEGORY.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF KIND OF, OF THE TYPES OF INCIDENTS WE WERE LOOKING AT AND THE TYPES OF, UM, INFORMATION OR CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE INCIDENTS.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, IS, UH, A BROAD SNAPSHOT AT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF 10,000 FEET ACROSS THE CITY OF A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU SEE THE CALLS REPRESENTED ACROSS THE YEARS, UM, 20 18, 20 19, 20 20.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S LARGELY A PRETTY CONSISTENT LEVEL OF INCIDENTS THAT ARE, ARE BEING, UM, TRACKED AND RECEIVED BY THE CALL CENTER.

2020 IS A LITTLE LOWER.

UH, WE'LL JUST REMIND YOU QUICKLY THAT IT WAS ONLY 10 MONTHS OF DATA, SO THAT POTENTIALLY COULD EXPLAIN WHY WE SEE A SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVEL IN 2020 PLUS.

WE ALSO HAD THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, PRESUMABLY MIGHT HAVE CHANGED PATTERNS OF, OF DEMAND ON POLICE RESOURCES, BUT THAT'S A BIT OF AN ANOMALY RELATIVE TO OTHER YEARS.

THE TOP RIGHT, YOU SEE BY DAYS OF THE WEEK, AGAIN HERE, THERE'S RELATIVE STABILITY DURING THE, THE, UH, WEEKDAYS IN TERMS OF DEMAND ON POLICE, UH, RESOURCES AND SERVICES, SLIGHTLY LESS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BEING THE LOWEST, UM, DAY OF THE WEEK IN TERMS OF, OF CALLS RECEIVED IN THE MIDDLE, YOU, YOU CAN, UH, WE GRAFTED AND LOOKED AT THE CALLS RECEIVED BY HOUR OF THE DAY ACROSS THE 33 MONTHS OF, OF THE DATA COLLECTION PERIOD.

UM, NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ARE, ARE, ARE PRETTY LOW IN TERMS OF DEMAND, UM, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO EIGHT, 9:00 AM AND THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE DAY, THERE'S RELATIVE STABILITY, UM, IN THE DEMAND ON POLICE RESOURCES TO, TO RESPOND TO CALLS, UM, SLIGHT UPTICK MAYBE AROUND THE EVENING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DINNER HOUR INTO THE EARLY EVENING.

BUT LARGELY YOU'RE, YOU'RE AROUND, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 5% OF THE, OF THE OVERALL CALLS DURING THE DAY FALL IN THOSE HOURS.

AND THE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION HERE IS, IS, UM, AT THE BOTTOM IS IN REFERENCE TO THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES I MENTIONED BEFORE.

AND SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, RIGHT? PRIORITY ONE IS THE MOST SERIOUS TYPES OF CALLS, AND THOSE REPRESENTED LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT OF THE OVERALL CALLS TO THE POLICE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.

UH, PRIORITY TWO AND PRIORITY THREE, ALSO, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY SERIOUS WHEN YOU GET INTO 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN, THOSE ARE LESS SERIOUS, AND IN FACT, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE RESPONDED TO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WITH A LOWER, UH, RESPONSE CODE.

UM, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE INCIDENTS FALLING.

IN PARTICULAR, UM, PRIORITY SEVEN AND PRIORITY FOUR COMPRISE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, INCIDENTS OVER THIS TIME PERIOD.

YOU HAVE A SINGLE UNIT DISPATCHED TO RESPOND TO THESE INCIDENTS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCIDENTS ACROSS DISTRICTS AND ACROSS SS A P D ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS.

SO YOUR SUBSTATIONS, YOUR REPORTING AREAS.

UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF VARIABILITY, ALTHOUGH NOT MUCH AND AND COMPLETE GRAPHS ARE, ARE, UM, IN OUR FULL REPORT, WHICH I BELIEVE EVERYONE, UM, HAS HAD AN ACC HAS HAD ACCESS TO OR, OR CERTAINLY CAN IF, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.

UM, DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, AND FIVE, UH, PROBABLY HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER LEVEL OF, UM, OF INCIDENTS THAT, THAT, UH, THEY NEED TO RESPOND TO RELATIVE TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS.

UM, AND, UM, IN TERMS OF THE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS, UH, SS A P D UNITS, AGAIN, THERE'S RELATIVE STABILITY.

A COUPLE OF, OF, UM, SUBSTATIONS HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE DEMAND ON THEM, BUT LARGELY THERE'S A, THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD SPREAD ACROSS THE DIFFERENT, UM, BOTH CITY AND, AND, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL UNITS.

UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE, THE PRIORITY FOUR AND SEVEN ARE THE MOST COMMON INCIDENTS.

UM, AND THEN JUST FINALLY AT THE BOTTOM, UH, IN TERMS OF THE POLICE RESOURCES THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, RIGHT? SO UNITS DISPATCHED ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME

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UM, ON AVERAGE, SS A P D SPENDS ABOUT 40 MINUTES PER INCIDENT, UM, ON SCENE DEALING WITH WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR SITUATION IS.

AND FINALLY, ABOUT 80% OF THE INCIDENTS ARE RESOLVED WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL WRITTEN REPORT.

THAT IS, THEY, AS I MENTIONED, THAT DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLEARED AND NO OFFICIAL REPORT.

UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE INCIDENTS THAT THEY RESPOND TO DON'T REQUIRE THAT LEVEL OF, OF DETAIL.

SO, UM, THAT GIVES YOU SORT OF A BROAD VIEW, BIG PICTURE.

I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE, UH, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CALL TYPES THAT, THAT WE, UH, INVESTIGATED.

SO AS ROB MENTIONED, THE, THE SS A P D CATEGORIZES CALLS IN THIS, UH, PRIORITY USING A PRIORITY SCHEMA ONE THROUGH SEVEN, ONE BEING THE MOST, UH, THE MOST URGENT, SEVEN BEING THE LEAST URGENT.

AND OUR, OUR FOCUS, UH, BIG PICTURE FOCUS LARGELY WAS ON POTENTIAL, UH, TYPES OF CALLS OR, OR, OR GROUPS OF CALLS THAT THAT THAT'S, UH, POTENTIALLY COULD BE DIVERTED TO SOME, UH, RESPONSE OTHER THAN A, A POTENTIALLY A UNIFORMED SWORN POLICE OFFICER.

SO THAT THOSE LARGELY FALL WITHIN THE PRIORITY FOUR TO SEVEN CATEGORIES.

AND THAT'S WHERE, WHERE MOST OF THE REMAINING, UH, ANALYSIS THAT WE DID, UM, WAS FOCUSED.

AND, AND SO, UM, WE, WE LOOKED AT REALLY FOUR THINGS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THESE, UH, ARRAY ARRAY OF CALLS ACROSS THESE PRIORITIES, 4, 6, 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN, HOW MANY INCIDENTS WERE RECEIVED.

AND THAT, UH, IN THAT 33 MONTH PERIOD, UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME DID A S DID ALL, WAS ONLY A SINGLE OFFICER REQUIRED, UH, DISPATCHED TO, TO THE SCENE.

UH, HOW MUCH TIME DID THE OFFICER SPEND ON THE SCENE AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CASES WERE CLEARED, MEANING SOME OFFICIAL REPORT HAD TO BE TAKEN.

UM, SO, SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DELVE INTO ON A CALL BY CALL BASIS.

WE LOOKED AT 27 SEPARATE CALLS, UM, AND I HAVE A SLIDE FOR ALL OF THEM.

UM, I PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

DIFFERENT TYPE CALL TYPES LIKE THIS.

THIS, THIS GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT AND THIS IS SORT OF, UM, PURPOSELY BUILT SAMPLE OF THE 27 THAT WE ANALYZED.

SO THE TOP ROW THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A MINOR ACCIDENT, MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.

UH, DURING THE 33 MONTH PERIOD, SS A P D RECEIVED 167, ALMOST 168,000 OF THESE A RESPONDED 168,000 OF THESE, UH, MOST OF THE TIME, ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE TIME A SINGLE UNIT WAS DISPATCHED.

UH, IT TAKES ABOUT AN HOUR TO CLEAR A MINOR ACCIDENT, AND ABOUT HALF THE TIME A REPORT IS WRITTEN, AND THAT'S ALMOST, IT'S TYPICALLY A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORT.

UM, THE NEXT ROW, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN AS WE, YOU'LL START TO SEE THE PATTERN AS WE GO THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT CALL TYPES.

UH, MENTAL HEALTH DISTURBANCE IS A PRIORITY FOR CALL.

THAT'S THE PARENTHETICAL PRIORITY FOR CALL.

THERE WERE 22,000 OF THEM.

UM, A SINGLE UNIT WAS DISPATCHED TO A LITTLE OVER HALF.

AGAIN, IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR FOR THE S A P TO CLEAR THESE CALLS.

UH, BUT LESS THAN A THIRD WERE CLEARED WITH AN OFFICIAL REPORT BEING WRITTEN.

UM, LET'S JUMP DOWN.

AND YOU CAN SEE PANHANDLER MENTAL HEALTH IN PROGRESS.

ONE OF THE LARGER CATEGORIES OF CALLS THAT THE S A P D RESPONDS TO ARE DISTURBANCES.

UH, THAT'S ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN YOUR, UH, THE TABLE THERE.

IT'S A DISTURBANCES ARE PRIORITY FIVE.

UH, CALLS.

THE S A P D RESPONDED TO OVER 300,000 OF THESE INCIDENTS ACROSS THE 33 MONTHS, UH, A LITTLE OVER HALF THE TIME A SINGLE UNIT WAS DISPATCHED AND, UH, THEY WERE CLEARED, UM, IN ABOUT A HALF HOUR, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A HALF HOUR.

AND IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CASES, THEY WERE CLEARED WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL REPORT BEING TAKEN.

ABANDONED VEHICLES ARE ANOTHER ONE THAT HAVE, UH, THAT I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE FOR YOU OR LOUD MUSIC.

BOTH OF THEM YOU CAN SEE IF YOU JUST SKIP OVER TO THE PERCENT CLEARED, YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE RARELY RESULT, THESE TWO PARTICULAR TYPES OF CALLS RARELY RESULT IN AN OFFICIAL REPORT BEING TAKEN.

THEY'RE TYPICALLY CLEARED WITH NO OFFICIAL REPORT.

UH, WITH SIMPLE SIMPLY NOTES BEING ENTERED INTO THE CAD SYSTEM.

SO AGAIN, WE DRILLED INTO 27

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UM, THE, THESE ARE, UM, ARE SORT OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE, OF THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WE LOOKED AT.

UM, WE, WE MADE THOSE DECISIONS, UH, ABOUT WHAT TO EXAMINE.

REMEMBER THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED CALL TYPES.

WE LOOKED AT THE ONES AGAIN, THAT WERE IN, IN THE LOWER PRIORITY CATEGORY WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU CLEARLY DIDN'T NEED A UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER, UH, TO RESPOND AS YOU WOULD IN THE MORE SERIOUS INCIDENTS.

UM, AND THEN WE, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION WITH MARIA AND CHIEF MCMANUS ABOUT ONES THAT THEY WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT.

AND, UH, AND THE FULL RESULTS, RESULTS OF COURSE, ARE AVAILABLE IN THE REPORT, WHICH I HOPE EVERYONE HAS.

UM, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND I CAN, UH, WE CAN GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL, UH, EXAMPLES OF THESE CALL TYPES.

IF, IF YOU'D LIKE, WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO HERE'S SOME, SOME FINAL TAKEAWAYS.

UH, I THINK FROM THE PROJECT, UM, CERTAIN CALL TYPES AND, AND I'LL REFERENCE BACK TO THE, THE BARKING DOG OR THE DISTURBANCE CALLS RARELY RESULT IN AN OFFICIAL REPORT BEING TAKEN, UM, WHICH SUGGESTS THAT YOU PERHAPS DON'T NEED A SWORN POLICE OFFICER THERE TO DEAL WITH THEM.

UM, THEY'RE OFTEN DISPATCHED TO A SINGLE OFFICER, UH, WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF THE LEVEL OF SERIOUSNESS AND OR RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE CALL.

UH, THEY'RE FAIRLY LOW PRIORITY AND FAIRLY LOW RISK.

UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO, UH, SOME OF THESE CALL TYPES ARE HANDLED RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

UM, AND SO IT IS, IT IS THESE TYPES OF CALLS THAT, UH, POTENTIALLY COULD, COULD BE RESPONDED TO BY, BY AN ENTITY OTHER THAN THE POLICE OR MAYBE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS, AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE, ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, THIS SAME SORT OF EXERCISE THAT WE ARE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND, AND, AND RETHINKING, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THE POLICE ARE THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY TO RESPOND OR MAYBE EVEN THE BEST, UH, ENTITY TO RESPOND.

UM, AND SO, UH, SO THOSE ARE CLEAR TAKEAWAYS.

UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, OF BEING A SORT OF CAREFUL SOCIAL SCIENTIST, UM, WE NOTE A COUPLE OF LIMITATIONS FOR YOU.

UM, THE, THE, THE, THE DATA ARE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT OCCURRED, UH, WHEN AN OFFICER WAS DISPATCHED AT THE POINT OF TIME, THEN THE OFFICER WAS DISPATCHED.

UM, AND SO WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF AN OFFICER WASN'T SENT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SOME OTHER ENTITY, UH, UH, SOME OTHER RESPONSE PERSONNEL, UH, PERSON WAS SENT.

UM, AND WE WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT IF, IF, UM, IF THE SS A P D IS, IS DE DESIGNATED AS THE RESPONSE UNIT, THEN, UM, AND SOME OTHER ENTITY IS, IS INSTEAD ARE THEY REPLACED BY SOME OTHER ENTITY THAT OF COURSE HAS RAM, YOU KNOW, RAMIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND, AND THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY AND WHOMEVER IT SENDS, UH, TO RESPOND TO THE, THE REQUEST OF THE CITIZENS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL, UH, I'LL CONCLUDE.

THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SORRY.

THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, JUST A QUICK, MAYBE IT'S NOT A QUICK QUESTION, BUT I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER THE DEDUCTIVE DATA IS MATCHED THAT ACTUAL DATA.

WE DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE DEDUCTIVE EVIDENCE TO THE PERCEIVED, UM, INFORMATION.

SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN, CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

UM, I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING THE QUESTION.

CAN YOU ASK IT ONE MORE TIME? YEAH.

SO I MEAN, THE, THE DATA THAT WE, THAT, THAT, THAT WE'VE ACQUIRED, THAT THAT, THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING MM-HMM.

HAS IT, I MEAN, WE STARTED WITH A, YOU KNOW, I ASSUME WE STARTED WITH A THEORY THAT YOU STARTED WITH SOME KIND OF THEORY TO START OFF WITH.

SO HAS THAT DEDUCTION MATCHED UP WITH WHAT WE THOUGHT? I MEAN, HAS, HAS THE STUDY FINDINGS MATCHED THE RESULT OF, SAY THE SAMPLE SURVEY? OKAY, SO, SO YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS A, THIS WASN'T, THIS WASN'T INDUCTIVELY INDUCTIVELY CONDUCTED STUDY, RIGHT? SO IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T A THEORY, A THEORY DRIVEN STUDY AT ALL.

WE STARTED WITH A, THE EMPIRICAL QUESTION, UH, ABOUT WHAT WHAT IS THE, UM, WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION AND ARRAY OF CALLS FOR SERVICE RECEIVED BY THE SS A P D AND WHAT ARE THOSE? I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

I JUST WANNA MAKE CLEAR I DIDN'T, I SAID DEDUCTIVE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON? I THOUGHT YOU SAID INDUCTIVE .

RIGHT? SO, SO THIS WAS AN INDUCTIVE, AN INDUCTIVE STUDY.

SO THIS WAS A STUDY THAT, OKAY, THE DATA TOLD THE STORY, WE DIDN'T START WITH A THEORY AND THEN, AND THEN DEDUCE DOWN TO CONCLUSIONS

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GOT WHETHER IT WAS THE REVERSE.

AND SO THE, THE, UM, THE FINDINGS ARE, ARE REALLY DRIVEN BY THE RESEARCH QUESTION, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT A CALLS FOR SERVICE LOOK LIKE, UH, ACROSS, UH, THE CITY.

AND COULD WE POTENTIALLY HELP THE CITY IDENTIFY, UH, TYPES OF CALLS THAT MAY BE AMENABLE TO RE TO A NON-POLICE RESPONSE.

THAT, THAT, THOSE, THAT'S THE RESEARCH QUESTION THAT DROVE OUR ANALYSIS.

UM, NOT, NOT A, NOT A, NOT A, UM, AN A PRIORI THEORY.

THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD.

UM, I DON'T, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, WAS THAT LEFT OVER FROM BEFORE OR DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, IT WAS LEFT OVER, BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

RUSH HOUR IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN, UM, THAT KIND OF CALL, THAT KIND OF INCIDENT OFTEN GENERATES MULTIPLE CALLS BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A PUBLIC EVENT VISIBLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME.

NOW HAPPY, HAPPY TO GO NOW OR LATER.

UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UH, VERY INTERESTING.

OF COURSE.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UH, MARIA, FOR US TO GET A GLOSSARY OF WHAT PRIORITIES MEAN THE ONE THROUGH SEVEN AND WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THEM? UH, I, UH, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SHOCKING TO, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS WAS PRIORITIES FOUR THROUGH SEVEN CAN BE COVERED BY PERHAPS OTHER TYPES OF PERSONNEL, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT URGENT.

UM, AND THAT, THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE CALLS.

AM I, DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? SO, UH, THERE'S, WE, WE INCLUDED AN APPENDIX IN OUR REPORT.

IT'S ON THE FINAL PAGE OF OUR REPORT, WHICH IT LISTS THE PRIORITY CATEGORIES, THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT FALL INTO EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, AS WELL AS THE RESPONSE CODES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

IF YOU HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD FLIP THERE AND, AND, UH, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOU.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

SORRY, I LOOKED THROUGH ALL THE OTHER PAGES.

NOT HERE.

THAT'S OKAY.

THERE.

COULD I JUST ADD A QUICK COMMENT THOUGH? I, I, I GUESS I WOULDN'T, UM, I DON'T WANT THE, THE, THE, THE TAKEAWAY MESSAGE TO BE NECESSARILY THAT THE PRIORITY COURT CALLS FOUR THROUGH SEVEN, UM, YOU KNOW, DON'T REQUIRE A POLICE RESPONSE.

I, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY WHAT, WHAT WE CONCLUDED PER SE AT ALL.

I THINK THE IDEA IS THAT THOSE ARE, THOSE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE IN THE DISCUSSION OF WHETHER THEY MAKE SENSE OR NOT.

AND, UM, BUT I, BUT I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T CONCLUDE BASED ON THIS, THAT, THAT THOSE ARE CALLS THAT DON'T REQUIRE THE POLICE TO RESPOND.

THERE'S A, I THINK A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THOSE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT A HIGHER PRIORITY, THEY'RE STILL PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME POLICE PRESENCE TO RESOLVE THEM.

AND COUNCILWOMAN, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT, UH, THE PROFESSOR, UH, UH, JUST MENTIONED.

SO SS A P D HAS TO PRIORITIZE CALLS, SO BE ABLE TO RESPOND THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.

SO YOU'LL SEE ON THAT APPENDIX THAT WE HAVE OUR PRIORITY CATEGORIES ONE THROUGH SEVEN, AND THEN THE RESPONSE CODES, ONE TO THREE, THREE BEING THE, UM, EMERGENCY CALLS THAT WE RESPOND TO FIRST.

SO IS, IS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE CALLS, UH, IN TERMS OF HOW WE GONNA RESPOND TO THOSE.

SO I, I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT WE CAN GET INTO MORE DETAIL IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, TO DO SO.

NO, NO, THANK YOU.

I JUST, UH, I JUST FOUND IT.

AND THEN THE THANK YOU FOR, FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

AND THEN MY, MY OTHER QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH, YOU'VE, YOU DE DUPLICATED THE, THE CALLS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, ARE THERE TYPES OF CALLS THAT TEND TO GET, SORRY, ARE THERE TYPES OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT TEND TO GET MORE CALLS FROM MM-HMM.

, THE PUBLIC? IS THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT PATTERN.

WHAT THAT MIGHT TELL ME IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT MIGHT BE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM OR, OR CAUSE MOST STRESS TO THEM? RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T DO THAT ANALYSIS SPECIFICALLY, BUT, UM, BUT I, I CAN SPEAK, UH, I THINK GENERALLY TO THE, TO THAT QUESTION, UH, JUST HAVING DONE THIS KIND OF WORK FOR A LONG TIME, UH, WITH CALLS FOR SERVICE DATA, SO, SO OFTENTIMES THE CALLS THAT GENERATE THE, THE, OR THE INCIDENTS THAT GENERATE THE MOST CALLS ARE THOSE THAT ARE MOST HIGHLY VISIBLE.

OKAY? SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON A BUSY, YOU KNOW, ON, IN, IN, ON I 10 AT

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AND SO EVERYONE NOW HAS CELL PHONES, OF COURSE.

AND, AND SO LOTS OF PEOPLE WILL JUMP ON THEIR, ON THEIR CELL PHONE AND CALL THE POLICE.

SO, SO THE, THE MEASURE OF THE NUMBER OF CALLS PER INCIDENT, I WOULD SAY IS NOT NECESSARILY A MEASURE OF THE, THE, THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE PUBLIC PUTS ON THE CALL AS MUCH AS IT IS A MEASURE OF THE VISIBILITY OF THAT CALL TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

UM, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

BUT THE QUESTION THAT I WANT TO ASK IS, HAVE WE HAD A OVERLAP OR LOOKED AT HOW THE DATA FROM THIS INFORMATION OVERLAPS WITH THE POLICE SURVEY, UM, THAT WAS JUST DONE? AND IF NOT, ARE WE GONNA LOOK AT AN OVERLAP OF THIS DATA WITH THE POLICE? UM, SS A P D AND ME SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.

COUNCILMAN, I'LL TAKE THAT QUESTION.

AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR ASKING THAT ALL.

JUST TO, TO FURTHER CLARIFY, WE, WE TOOK A SURVEY OF OUR COMMUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT TYPE OF CALLS, PERHAPS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY OTHER THAN S A P D RESPOND TO.

THE WORK THAT U T S A HAS DONE WILL HELP US INFORM IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE RESPONSE CALLS, THE RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THOSE CALLS.

SO YES, TO YOUR POINT, WE WILL BE DOING THAT ONCE WE COMPLETE THE, UM, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND WE NARROW DOWN THOSE CALLS AND WE KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE, THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT THIS IS THE DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA GO FORWARD.

THE INFORMATION DONE BY U T S A WILL HELP US IDENTIFY THE RESOURCES NEEDED, HOW MANY OF THOSE CALLS WE GET BY COUNCIL DISTRICT BY TIME OF DAY, BY DAY OF WEEK.

SO WE'LL BE MARRYING THE TWO.

AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL WORK ON EITHER THE TRAINING WITH OUR OFFICERS OR IF IT'S GONNA REQUIRE MORE SAFE OFFICERS OR, UM, WHAT THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN.

AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING THOSE BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, EITHER IN JUNE OR AUGUST, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE, IN THE PROJECT, AND THEN INCORPORATE THOSE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARIA, AND THANK YOU, UH, SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, THE DATA THAT WE'RE RECEIVING TRULY SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT WE HEARD BACK IN JUNE.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.

ANDREW SULLIVAN.

UM, I THINK COUNCILMAN PERRY HAD TO DROP OFF DUE TO THE TECHNICAL ISSUES.

UM, JUST MAKING SURE.

COUNCIL , DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD.

UH, THANK YOU.

QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE DATA HERE.

UM, SO IT WAS JUST THE, THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT CAME IN TO 9 1 1, AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY? A ACTUALLY, UM, IT, IT WAS, IT INCLUDED NON-EMERGENCY CALLS THAT CAME INTO THE CALL CENTER AS WELL.

AND THE CALL CENTER.

SO THIS IS A, A COMPLETE, UM, MM-HMM.

CAPTURE OF ALL OF THAT.

AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY, UM, BROKEN DOWN BY A SUBSTATION, BUT IF PEOPLE CALLED A POLICE SUBSTATION DIRECTLY, IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN HERE.

IF IT MET A PRIORITY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, SO, SO THE, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE WERE DATA FROM THE CALL CENTER, UM, SO EITHER EMERGENCY OR, OR NON-EMERGENCY.

SO 9 1 1, OR SOMEONE CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY S SA, GENERAL S A P D NUMBER, UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN CAPTURED IN OUR DATA.

IF A CALL WENT TO A SUBSTATION AND IT WA YOU KNOW, AND IT WASN'T TRANSFERRED TO THE CALL CENTER, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN OUR DATA.

ALRIGHT.

TO, THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AND SEE, UH, WHEN WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE, LOOK AT PARTNERS OR NOT, THAT STILL NEEDS TO HAVE THAT POLICE PRESENCE TO, TO RESPOND.

UM, AND, AND SO TO YOUR, I THINK ONE OF YOU MENTIONED, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PRIORITY CATEGORY AND THEN THE RESPONSE CODES OR THE CALL, THE RESPONSE CODES, AND THEN THE CALL TYPE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME, UM, THAT MAY BE, I'M LOOKING AT THE GLOSSARY.

SO LOOKING AT, UM, IN PRIORITY CATEGORY NUMBER FOUR, YOU STILL HAVE, UM, SEXUAL OFFENSE, RAPE, UM, HIGH WATER, ET CETERA.

SO THOSE COULD STILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED

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SO, UM, THANK YOU AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN ASKED ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TOO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ALL I HAD CHAIR.

COUNCILMAN ARAN.

I, I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON JUST MY, MY LAST QUESTION.

UM, I, I WANNA BE CLEAR.

SO NUMBER ONE, CAN YOU STATE WHAT, WHAT THE RESEARCH QUESTION WAS? THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH QUESTION? THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH QUESTION WAS WHETHER, UH, YOU KNOW, COULD WE, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE THERE POTENTIAL CALL TYPES THAT WE COULD HELP THE CITY IDENTIFY THAT THAT MIGHT BE AMENABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR A NON-SWORN POLICE RESPONSE? OKAY.

SO GIVEN ALL OF THIS DATA THAT, THAT YOU'VE PROCURED, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DID THE FINDINGS SHOW AS THE ACTUAL CALLS THAT COULD BE NON-POLICE SERVICE? SO OUR, SO OUR, OUR, OUR JOB, OR OUR CHARGE, I SHOULD SAY FROM THE CITY, UH, WAS TO PROVIDE THIS ANALYSIS FOR THEM THAT WE JUST HAVE JUST PREVIEWED OR BRIEFED FOR, FOR YOU ALL, IT WAS NOT TO ADDRESS THE, THE ULTIMATE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY ABOUT HERE ARE THE FIVE OR 10 OR 20 CALLS THAT YOU, THAT YOU SHOULD POTENTIALLY THINK ABOUT DIVERTING.

THAT WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE WERE ASKED TO DO.

COUNCILOR, UM, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD, MANNY.

I'M SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ADD TO WHAT DR.

SMITH YOU JUST MENTIONED.

SO HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY THAT AS A RESULT OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, I'M GONNA PICK A CALL, A, UM, LOUD MUSIC, MAYBE THE COMMUNITY WANTS SOMEBODY ELSE TO HANDLE THAT CALL, OTHER THAN SS A P D.

THE, THE WORK THAT U T S A HAS DONE IS THAT TELLS US THAT DURING THIS THREE YEAR PERIOD, UM, OR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WE ROUGHLY HAVE ABOUT 20,000 OF THOSE CALLS.

AND, UM, OFFICERS SPENT ABOUT 18, 18 MIN MINUTES AT THE SCENE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE CALLS THAT WE WANTED TO TRANSITION HYPOTHETICAL, LET'S SAY CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT'LL HELP US INFORM WHAT DO WE NEED TO, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO ADD IN TERMS OF RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THAT CALL, UH, TO A NON S A P D RESOURCE, OR WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THOSE CALLS.

AND MAY WE DETERMINE THAT IT SHOULD BE A COMBINED RESPONSE, THAT IT SHOULD BE CODE ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING FIRST, AND THEN SS A P D, THE WORK THAT U T S A HAS DONE WILL HELP US INFORM THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

BUT TO, UH, DR.

SMITH POINT, THEY DID NOT PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION IN TERMS OF WHICH CALLS COULD BE ADDRESSED BY A, UM, NON S A P D AGENCY OR A COMBINATION OF S A P D AND ANOTHER DEPARTMENT.

SO I GUESS THE NEXT STEP FOR ME IS TO, TO, TO HEAR, AND US AS A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND AS A FULL COUNCIL, WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS GONNA BE? WHAT, WHAT CAN WE NOW, UM, EXTRACT FROM THIS DATA TO, TO PUT INTO PRACTICAL USE? SO, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW HAVING THAT PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE PUBLIC SAFETY.

YES, COUNCILMAN, WE'RE THINKING THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN JUNE.

I THINK THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM, UH,

[4. 21-3168 Briefing and possible action on amending the “Park Safety Zone” ordinance that prohibit all registered sex offenders from a) entering any City park (with certain limited exceptions), b) loitering within 300 feet of a City park, or c) establishing a residence within 1,000 feet of a City park to include areas close to schools. [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; William P. McManus, Chief of Police]]

FOUR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

SO ITEM FOUR IS A REQUEST FROM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, REBECCA VIGA TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR EXISTING PARK SAFETY ZONE.

THIS IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO TO PROHIBIT REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS FROM ENTERING ANY CITY PARK OR LEAVING WITH, UH, PROXIMITY TO A CITY PARK.

SO THE QUESTION WAS, CAN WE POTENTIALLY, UH, AMEND THIS EXISTING ORDINANCE, UH, TO INCLUDE PERHAPS SCHOOL SAFETY ZONES? SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TODAY IS FOR, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT PARK SAFETY ZONE, UH, ORDINANCE.

WE ALSO HAVE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PRESENT THAT, UM, TO ANSWER LEGAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF THE COUNCILWOMAN IS, YES, WE CAN AMEND THIS ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE SCHOOLS.

CHIEF MCMANUS HAS BEGUN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SCHOOLS.

UH, SO AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR FEEDBACK IF, IF THE DIRECTION IS FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN DEVELOPING A PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW, AND THEN EVENTUALLY THE FULL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UM, CHIEF BANK VENIS.

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THANK YOU, MARIA.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, I HAVE ON THE LINE OR ON THE CALL HERE, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF TONY MESICK AND CAPTAIN MIKE STARNES, WHO ARE BOTH, WHO BOTH OVERSEE THE AREA OF THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW THAT DEALS WITH SEX OFFENDERS.

SO WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE PRESENTATION'S GONNA GO OVER, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER THE, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, ORDINANCE THAT DEALS WITH SEX OFFENDERS, AND THEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT FOR THE SCHOOL SAFETY ZONES.

SO, OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2013, AND THE ORDINANCE MAKES A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR FOR A PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, TO HAVE A TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENCE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A PARK, OR TO ENTER, OR COME, COME WITHIN 300 FEET OF A CITY PARK.

SO IF, IF YOU VIOLATE, UH, EITHER OF THOSE CONDITIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE, IT'S A CLASSY MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE.

SO, UM, THE RIVERWALK IS, IS CONSIDERED A PARK BY THE CITY.

SO THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT AFFECT PEOPLE WHO ARE SEX OFFENDERS LIVING ON THE STREET LEVEL, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF THAT THOUSAND FOOT BOUNDARY.

AND THEN THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS OR VOTING, UH, WHICH MAY HAPPEN IN A PARK.

UH, THERE ARE, UM, CONDITIONS THAT EXIST THAT EXCUSE SOMEONE IF THEY LIVED WITHIN THAT AREA PRIOR TO THE ORDINANCE BECOMING LAW.

AND THEN THE CHIEF OF POLICE CAN ALSO GRANT AN EXCEPTION.

FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE MY GRANDSON, UH, PLAYING SOCCER.

I LIKE TO GO IN THE PARK THIS AFTERNOON FROM TWO TO FOUR.

THEY CAN REQUEST IN WRITING AN EXCEPTION TO THE ORDINANCE, AND IT CAN BE GRANTED OR NOT BASED ON WHAT THE, UH, WHAT THE REQUEST IS.

SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, A SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY DETAIL OR SWORD DETAIL, AND WE HAVE TWO OFFICERS ASSIGNED, UH, THAT REGISTER SEX OFFENDERS.

THEY KEEP THE WEBSITE WITH D P S UPDATED, AND THEY ALSO NOTIFY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS WHEN THERE'S SOMEONE NEW WHO'S PLACED ON THAT LIST, OR THE OFFENDER IS A, IS A PERSON IN THAT GOING TO SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREE DETECTIVES THAT MONITOR REGISTRANTS, AND THEY GO TO THEIR HOMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.

UM, AND THEN THEY FILE CASES, UH, AGAINST REGISTRANTS WHO FAIL, UH, UH, WHO ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, CHAPTER 62, WHICH PERTAINS TO SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION.

IS SO THIS MAP SHOWS A, A LOCATION FOR ALL OF THE SEX OFFENDERS IN THE CITY.

THE RED DOTS ARE HIGH RISK, THE YELLOW DOTS ARE MODERATE RISK, THE GREEN ARE LOW, AND THE BLUE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A DESIGNATION BY THE STATE.

SO, UM, THE SEX, UH, THE SWORD DETAIL MONITORS NEARLY 3000 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS.

UM, THERE ARE ABOUT 480 OFFENDERS, NEW OFFENDERS A MONTH.

UM, THE DETAIL CONDUCTS ABOUT 250 OR SO, UM, HOME CHECKS ON OFFENDERS EACH MONTH, AND THEN THEY FILE CHARGES ON ABOUT 15 OFFENDERS EACH MONTH FOR REGISTRATION VIOLATIONS.

UH, BACK IN MARCH, WE MET WITH THE, UM, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS FROM REGION 20.

WE HOSTED A WEBEX WITH THEM.

UH, WE INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE, UM, CURRENT ORDINANCE AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE, UH, WE MAKE, WE MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT.

UH, WE WENT OVER WHAT SAP'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE IN RELATION TO SEX OFFENDERS.

UH, WE SHARED SOME DATA WITH THEM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE EXISTING ORDINANCE, AND AS I SAID, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE'S POSSIBLY, UH, GOING TO BE AMENDMENTS TO THAT.

AS TO EFFECTIVELY PROHIBIT OFFENDERS FROM LIVING WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO, THE, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS, IS AGAIN, POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE, UH, THE RESTRICTION ON REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS TO INCLUDE SCHOOLS.

SO CITY COUNCIL COULD AMEND CURRENT ORDINANCE BY INCLUDING RESTRICTIONS AROUND SCHOOLS, BUT, UH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, THE CITY MAY NOT LIMIT PLACES WHERE SEX OFFENDERS CAN LIVE

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SO WE, WE, WE CAN'T, UM, WE CAN'T, UM, BAN SEX OFFENDERS BY RESTRICTING WHERE THEY CAN LIVE IF IT MAKES THEM, IMPO, MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO LIVE IN THE CITY BECAUSE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

SO IF WE LOOK AT THIS MAP, UH, THE GREEN IS, UH, WITHIN 1000 FEET OF PARKS AND THE THOUSAND FEET, THE BLUE IS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET, UH, OF A SCHOOL PROPERTY LINE.

SO ALL OF THESE AREAS THAT, THAT, UH, ARE COVERED IN RED AND BLUE, WE WOULD NOT, UH, A SEX OFFENDER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE UNLESS THEY GRANDFATHER THE, THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE IF IT WERE PASSED.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, IS INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS ORDINANCE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS AS THIS ORDINANCE IS EITHER DEVELOPED OR NOT.

UH, WE COULD AMEND OUR, OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, UM, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE ANOTHER TOOL FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, WORKING WITH SEX OFFENDERS.

UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT OTHER ORDINANCES AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEN, UH, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE DECIDES, WE COULD BRING A, A DRAFT ORDINANCE TO THE, UH, TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR POSSIBLE ACTION.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY PRESENTATION.

UH, AND I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

PLEASE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE THOUSAND FEET OF, UM, PARK RESIDENTIAL RESTRICTION AND THE 300 FEET PROXIMITY RESTRICTIONS, HOW CAN WE ENFORCE THAT? IS, IS THERE ANY WAY TO IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT IN ANY INNOVATIVE WAY? WE, WE WOULD HAVE THE, THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY DETAIL, UH, MAKE THOSE HOME VISITS AND, AND DO THOSE CHECKS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE WOULD KEEP TABS ON IT.

IT'S, IT'S, UH, THEY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NEVER ENDING STREAM OF FOLKS THAT GET ON THAT REGISTRY.

UM, AND, UH, SO THEIR WORK DOESN'T STOP.

AND IT'S, UH, UH, PART OF WHAT THEY DO TO, TO DO THESE MONTHLY CHECKS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE.

I MEAN, MOVING FORWARD, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, INNOVATE IN THAT REGARD.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE OVERWORKED AND IT'S, I'M SORRY TO SAY, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

UH, THIS LIST JUST FROZE EVERY MONTH, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK GOING FORWARD.

WE'LL START WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO, UM, CHIEF MCMANUS AND MARIA FOR, FOR HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND OPENING UP THE POTENTIAL FOR AMENDMENTS, UH, TO THIS ORDINANCE.

UM, I, I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT, UM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT ONE THAT, UH, SEEKS OUT A PROBLEM OR LOOKS JUST TO HAVE A SOLUTION AND FIND A PROBLEM.

UM, THIS CAME FORWARD WITH REALLY, UH, SOME CONCERN FROM RESIDENTS IN, UH, THE DISTRICT WITH GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WERE SEX OFFENDERS.

BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, THEY HAD A, UM, A SINKING FEELING, AND THEY WEREN'T SURE ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL.

AND AS THEY HAD TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH, THEIR RESEARCH ON THEIR OWN, THEY FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, AND HE WAS CLOSE TO A SCHOOL AND MORE EVEN SCARIER NEAR THE, UH, THE PLAYGROUND ON THE SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY WERE FRIGHTENED AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THE KIDS ON THE STREET AND SAID, COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT CAN BE DONE? UM, SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I KNOW IF IT'S JUST HERE, IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER THE CITY.

SO, UM, CHIEF, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT I HAVE WAS, UM, ARE THESE JUST PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR ARE THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS AS WELL? YOU'RE ON MUTE, CHIEF, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

NO, IN MY MIND IT WOULD BE ALL SCHOOLS.

SO THAT MAP ENCOMPASSED ALL SCHOOLS? YES, MA'AM.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, AND YOU SAID YOU SPOKE WITH THE REGION 20 OR THE, IS THE, THE SCHOOLS, WHAT WAS THEIR, UM, WHAT WAS THEIR FEEDBACK? WHAT WAS THEIR REACTION? COUNCIL MEMBER, WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL AND WE RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE, UH, ONLY, BUT THAT RESPONSE WAS IN FAVOR OF, UH, AMENDING THE ORDINANCE.

SO IN A SCENARIO, EVEN IF, UH, THERE'S POTENTIALLY POTENTIAL OF GRANDFATHERING, IF PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN CERTAIN PLACES, WOULD THIS CAN REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS VISIT SCHOOLS? ARE THEY ALLOWED TO DO THAT? RIGHT NOW? COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE'S NO LAW ON THE BOOKS THAT PROHIBITS, UNLESS THERE'S A CONDITION OF RELEASE OR, OR, UH, CONDITIONS ON PAROLE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SOMEONE FROM, UH, VISITING A SCHOOL OR BEING WITHIN SO MANY FEED OF A SCHOOL THAT THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND THEN,

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AND I AM TO WHAT THE CHAIR, UH, MENTIONED, IT IS PRETTY STAGGERING THAT WE HEAR OF SO MANY, SO MANY, UM, OFFENSES A MONTH.

WHAT, WHAT DID YOU HAVE? 480? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SLIDE FIVE, UH, FOUR 80, YES, FOUR 80.

AND I KNOW IN, UH, FOR SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED TO OUR OFFICE IS THE, THE SEX OFFENDER DATA FOR DISTRICT THREE ALONE.

THAT WAS FOR, UM, EITHER JUST REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS OR THE SITE VISITS CONDUCTED AS WELL, AND THAT THERE WERE REGISTRATION VIOLATIONS THAT WERE OCCURRING AS WELL IN THE DISTRICT.

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THOSE VIOLATIONS THAT WE CONTINUE, THAT WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE AND DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT, UM, OUR, OUR KIDS, OUR, OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN, OUR, OUR OUR STUDENTS.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD.

I THINK THE PARKS AND THE RIVER, THAT WAS ONE THING.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEIR KIDS AT SCHOOL, UM, THAT THEY CAN FEEL A SENSE OF PEACE, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE, UM, SEX OFFENDERS NEAR OR LURKING OR, UM, OBSERVING OR JUST NOT BEING NEAR, UH, THAT AREA SO THEIR CHILDREN CAN FEEL SAFE AS THEY'RE THERE.

AND TO GIVE A SENSE OF SAFETY AS WELL TO OUR, OUR TEACHERS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE WATCHING, UM, WHO ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR CHILDREN.

UM, SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TO DO, UM, SOME MORE INVESTIGATION TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UH, CHIEF, ARE THERE OTHER, UM, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER TEXAS MUNICIPALITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE LARGE OR SMALL, THAT HAVEN'T ENACTED ANY TYPE OF RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS OR RESTRICTIONS LIKE THIS? UM, I'D LOVE TO KNOW THAT AND, UM, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPAND AND AMEND THIS ORDINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS, THE SCHOOL SAFETY ZONE INCLUDED.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

COUNCILWOMAN ARAN, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.

UH, THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU CHIEF, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE AMBER ALERTS AS IT RELATES TO OUR YOUTH LATELY.

THEY'VE JUST BEEN KIND OF CONTINUOUSLY GOING OFF IT SEEMS. UM, AND SO THIS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE NOT, UM, IN A SAFETY ZONE WITHIN THE SCHOOLS.

THEY'RE JUST, A LOT OF 'EM ARE, ARE ATTEMPTING TO FIND THEIR WAY RIGHT NOW DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, UNFORTUNATELY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE FOR YOU CHIEF, ARE AT THIS PRESENT TIME, HOW MANY OUTSTANDING WARRANT VIOLATIONS DO WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL MEMBER YOU'RE REFERRING TO WARRANT VIOLATIONS IN, IN, IN THE CATEGORY OF, UH, SEX OFFENDER FOR BOTH NOT REGISTERED, ARE REGISTRY VIOLATIONS? WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE, THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF, UM, VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED, UM, THROUGHOUT, UH, 2020, WELL, IN MARCH, 2021.

AND I CAN GIVE YOU, UH, RISK LEVELS IF, IF I CAN FORWARD YOU THIS DOCUMENT, IT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER.

UM, AND IF ALL OF OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON, ON PUBLIC SAFETY CAN GET IT, I, I'D LOVE FOR US TO HAVE THAT.

US HOW MANY OF THOSE VIOLATIONS ARE LIVING WITHIN THE SCHOOL ZONE RADIUS? NO, MA'AM.

UM, AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE, WILL IT TELL

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NO.

IS THERE A WAY TO GET THAT INFORMATION? WE WOULD HAVE TO, WE WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT.

UM, AND, AND I GUESS THAT'S THE PIECE THAT, THAT COUNCILWOMAN WAS JUST REFERRING TO.

IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIND OUT, I GUESS, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW WE MAKE THIS, UM, REALLY HAVE VALIDITY TO IT, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AS WELL, UM, AS WE'RE DOING THE RESEARCH GOING FORWARD.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE REALLY ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND CONCERNS I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE, THE WORK THAT EVERYONE IS DOING WITHIN SS A P D.

WE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCILWOMAN SANDWELL.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

OH, CAN YOU HEAR? GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

UH, CHIEF SLIDE THREE.

YOU TALKED TO US ABOUT YOU CAN GRANT AN EXEMPTION AND YOU GAVE US AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEBODY GOING TO SEE A STOCKER GAIN.

ARE THOSE EXEMPTIONS TEMPORARY OR CAN THERE BE MORE PERMANENT EXEMPTIONS? UH, SUCH AS, I ACTUALLY WANT TO LIVE IN THIS PLACE THAT SOMEONE WHO MAY WANT TO LIVE IN A PLACE THAT THEY, THAT THEY CURRENTLY CAN'T? THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAD THOUGHT AT FIRST WHEN YOU SAID EXEMPTION COUNCIL MEMBER, I'VE ONLY GRANTED, UH, TEMPORARY EXCEPTIONS.

SO I, UH, UH, TONY, DO YOU KNOW OF ANY PERMANENT EXCEPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED? ALRIGHT, AT LEAST A YEAR AGO, SIR.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND THEY LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS.

THERE WAS, UH, VERY FEW, MAYBE ONE OR TWO, THERE'D BE JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

SO COUNCILOR, THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS PRIMARILY THE, THEY'RE TEMPORARY.

UH, AND IN THE CASE OF A JUVENILE WILL GRANT A PERMANENT EXCEPTION IF THEY'RE LIVING WITH THEIR PARENTS.

UM, YOU SAID YOU HAD A MEETING WITH REGION 20, UH, WITH SOME, WAS IT SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR, OR, OR WHO WAS IT? IT WAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

YES, MA'AM.

AND WHAT REPRESENTATIVES FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SO WOULD THAT BE SUPERINTENDENTS, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENTS, OR WHAT TYPE SUPERINTENDENT? YES.

? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SUPERINTENDENTS AND POLICE CHIEFS FROM EACH OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AH, OKAY.

AND SO WHAT WAS THAT DIALOGUE LIKE? WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? IT WAS PRIMARILY ME.

WHAT? YEAH, IT WAS PRIMARILY FOR, FOR US TO INFORM THEM OF IMPENDING CHANGES AND TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

AND, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

UH, WE DID ASK FOR FEEDBACK IN AN EMAIL, BUT ONLY GOT ONE RESPONSE.

YEAH, I HEARD THAT.

I'M SURPRISED.

UM, I, I THINK DIALOGUE IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

AND I MEAN, THEY MIGHT EVEN HAVE INSIGHT AS TO HOW WE, HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THIS OR HOW IT GETS, UH, IMPLEMENTED OR IF THEY, YOU KNOW, BECOME PARTNERS WITH US IN SOME WAY.

SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.

YOU ONLY GOT ONE EMAIL BACK.

UM, DO YOU PLAN TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN? WE'LL, WE'LL DOUBLE BACK WITH THEM.

MAYBE SET SOME TIME ON THE AGENDA TO GO AROUND AND MAKE SURE THEY EACH GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

UM, COUNCILMAN AND I WOULD CHARACTERIZE FOR THE CHIEF DESCRIBE AS THE BEGINNING OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

OH.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTINUE THAT DIALOGUE BEFORE WE COME BACK TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UM, SO I, I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VOLUME OF OFFENDERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE VERY FEW MEMBERS ON THE DETAIL, UH, THAT YOU HAVE.

IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING TO ME IF YOU HAVE, UH, HOW MANY REGISTERED, UH, 2,900 REGISTERED OFFENDERS, HOW, HOW LONG DO DO OFFENDERS STAY ON THAT REGISTRY? DO THEY EVENTUALLY, LIKE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES, OR DO THEY TURN OFF DEPENDING UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE OFFENSE? UH, IT COULD BE LIFETIME.

IF IT'S NOT, IT'S 10 YEARS.

SO AT A GIVEN TIME, WE HAVE 2,900.

AND YOU EXPECT THAT TO STAY ABOUT THE SAME OVER TIME, GIVEN THE AVERAGE OF, OF NEW REGISTRANTS EVERY MONTH? YES.

OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN, UH, MY, MY OTHER QUESTION FOR, WELL COUPLE QUESTIONS IS, COULD I PLEASE GET A COPY OF THE POTENTIAL RESTRICTIONS MAP IN A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RESOLUTION? ACTUALLY, THAT ONE DOESN'T GIVE AWAY ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT IN A, IN A HIGHER RESOLUTION.

WHAT WOULD THE ROLLOUT BE LIKE, WHO WOULD INFORM THE OFFENDERS ONCE THEY, YOU KNOW, MOVE TO SAN ANTONIO OR ONCE THEY GET OUT OF, UH, PRISON THAT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT? WHAT IS THE ENFORCEMENT PLAN FOR IT? HOW DOES IT CHANGE OUR OPERATION? I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I'M JUST, UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.

AND, AND THEN I'D JUST LIKE TO HEAR EITHER NOW OR AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH,

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SO WHEN, WHEN I CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A REAL QUICK ANSWER ON THAT.

WHEN YOU COME TO SAN ANTONIO AND YOU REGISTER, YOU'RE INFORMED OF THE RESTRICTIONS AT THAT TIME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMAN? OKAY.

UH, WE, THIS IS FOR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION, BUT, UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT REMAINS AND, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL.

UM, SO I, I THINK WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, A FOLLOW UP, UH, CHAIR ONE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE, MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE, UM, HOPING TO GET FROM THE COMMITTEE TODAY.

THERE'S INTEREST FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE OUR WORK AND COME BACK WITH TO THE COMMITTEE WITH A PROPOSED, UM, ORDINANCE.

AND, UH, SO THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WERE SEEKING, WHICH I BELIEVE WE GOT TODAY.

AND, UH, ALSO WITH ADDITIONAL WORK FOR US TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON.

SO WE WILL DO THAT.

THANK YOU FOR THE PERFECT, AND YES, MA'AM, AND THANK YOU.

WELL, UH, I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL, UM, LEADERSHIP.

I'M SURE EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, HERE AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, WILL, WILL WANNA ASSIST.

I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE FEEDBACK SPECIFICALLY FROM THEM.