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OKAY, WAIT.LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, BUT, UM, WE HAVE QUORUM, WELL, ALMOST
UH, WELCOME TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER THIS MORNING.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE? YES, MA'AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE.
AND THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, THERE'S THREE ITEMS. UH, WELL, ACTUALLY, THERE'S SIX ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA SURE SPARK DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR PROCESS.
UH, MEMBERS, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS, A THREE MINUTE FOLLOW UP.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT WHERE POLICE SERVICES REVIEW PROJECT STANDS.
WE'LL TAKE STEPS TO REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS, WHAT THEY ARE, WHAT THEY DO.
WE'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT THE CARDBOARD TODAY, SO OUR P IS FULL.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET TO WORK.
UM, THE FIRST, MY AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR OCTOBER 19TH MEETING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND, THE MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.
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NOW BEGIN WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, HA THERE'S TWO MINUTES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL AND, UM, DENISE, YOU HAVE THE TIMER SO THAT THEY CAN SEE IT, JUST SO THEY, IF THEY CAN SEE IT, SO THEY'LL KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE OR LESS WHERE THEY ARE.
SO, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
AND THE FIRST, UM, PERSON SIGNED UP IS, UH, ANANDA THOMAS.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY GIVE MY TIME TO DEB
UM, BUT I DO HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THEM ON THE INTERNAL ITEMS, CITIZEN OVERSIGHT.
THERE WE'RE, IF IT'LL TAKE JUST A MINUTE TO, TO PASS THOSE OUT WHILE, UM, MISS, UH, BUT, UH, THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST IS OLIN.
AND YOU'LL HAVE, UH, MR. UH, TWO MINUTES, SIR.
I AM CURRENTLY A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 10, BUT MY ROOTS IN THIS CITY ARE DEEP.
BEGINNING WITH MY BIRTH AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, I URGED THE USE OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS TO ESTABLISH AN ALTERNATIVE FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM FOR LOW PRIORITY EMERGENCY CALLS SIMILAR TO DENVER'S STAR PROGRAM.
THE CITY'S COSS RESPONDER PROGRAM WILL INEVITABLY RESULT IN CONTINUED UNNECESSARY DEATHS.
THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, IDENTICAL PROGRAM RESULTING IN THE KILLING OF NICHOLAS NORRIS.
MR. NORRIS WAS SUFFERING UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF AFTER HIS MOTHER'S DEATH FROM C OVID 19, COMPOUNDED BY KNOWN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
THE PROPER OUTCOME SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPASSIONATE INTERVENTION BY WELL-TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, NOT LETHAL FORCE BY INADEQUATELY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MORE TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER, AS THE NEEDED SKILLS ARE TOO DIFFERENT.
I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION INVOLVING AN IMBALANCE OF CERTAIN CHEMICALS IN MY BRAIN, KNOWN AS BIPOLAR DISORDER.
IT'S CHARACTERIZED BY MOOD SWINGS BETWEEN MANIA AND DEPRESSION.
AND I WILL HAVE IT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I'M STABLE NOW, BUT MY DISEASE CHANGES OVER TIME, REQUIRING ADJUSTMENTS TO MY TREATMENT.
MY MANIA CAN APPEAR TO ILL TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT AS INTOXICATION FROM STIMULANTS OR PSYCHEDELICS.
I WILL HAVE POOR IMPULSE CONTROL.
I WILL NOT CONSIDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS.
I WILL GROW ANGRY, BUT I WILL NEVER BE A THREAT TO OTHERS THAT THEY WILL NOT KNOW IT.
MY DEPRESSION WILL LEAD TO THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE AND THE GRIP OF UTTER DESPAIR.
SUICIDE BY COP MAY IN THE MOMENT SEEM LIKE THE BEST WAY OUT OF MY UNBEARABLE PAIN.
A FATAL OUTCOME IN EITHER CASE, CAN BE PREVENTED IF THE RESPONSE CONSISTS OF IN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH NO LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE A STATISTIC.
MORE SO I DO NOT WANT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN MY COMMUNITY TO BE STATISTICS.
UH, DEBORAH, WANT THIS? YOU'LL HAVE, UH, FOUR MINUTES.
UM, SHE HAS FOUR MINUTES BECAUSE SHE'S GOT, SHE'S GOT ANOTHER PERSON'S TIME.
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MY NAME IS DEBORAH ES FELDER, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY SEVEN YEAR OLD NEPHEW, A LITTLE BOY WHO THIS YEAR IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.THANK HIS DADDY FOR BEING AN ARMY VETERAN AND ARMY SERVING HIS COUNTRY, AND WHO ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS, ESPECIALLY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITH HIS DADDY AND FOREVER MORE, HE'LL NOT HAVE HIS DADDY PRESENT FOR THOSE EVENTS.
HIS DAD, JOHN BINGHAM, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY BELLIGERENT ONE YEAR POLICE OFFICER ON MARCH 26TH OF THIS YEAR IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND KIDS.
AS THAT OFFICER FAILED TO ADDRESS A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, EXTREME DEPRESSION THAT JOHN, MY YOUNGER BROTHER, MY YOUNGER BROTHER, WAS GOING THROUGH THAT DAY BEFORE HIS DEATH.
I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY REMAINING THREE BROTHERS AND MY REMAINING FOUR SISTERS, MYSELF INCLUDED.
AND FROM NOW ON, WE'LL, NO LONGER HAVE TO JOHN HEAR HE RECANT HIS STORIES, HIS FAMILY STORIES THAT HAD THE FAMILY LAUGHING ALL DURING CHRISTMAS OF HIS TIME WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD, AND HOW HE CRAVED A PAIR OF ROCK GROUP KISS BOOTS THAT, THAT YEAR, AND HOW HE HAD MY MOTHER TAKE HIM TO GO TRY THEM OUT.
AND HE FINALLY QUICKLY CHANGED HIS MIND BECAUSE HE WOBBLED AROUND IN THE STORE WITH THOSE BOOTS ON AND FELL DOWN IN FRONT OF ALL THE SHOE CUSTOMERS.
WE'LL NEVER HEAR THAT STORY AS ONLY JOHN COULD TELL IT.
WE'LL NEVER HEAR THE STORY OF HOW HE PERSONALLY HAD A FULFILLING GIG.
AS A RONALD MCDONALD CLOWN, HE LOVED TO PERFORM AT DIFFERENT FAMILY EVENTS AS A CLOWN.
BUT AS RONALD MCDONALD CLOWN, HE WAS ABLE TO PERFORM AT HOSPITALS IN THE RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE FOR SERIOUSLY ILL KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND HE LOVED TO MAKE THEM LAUGH AND FORGET THEIR TROUBLES, BUT HE COULDN'T FORGET HIS TROUBLES.
HE HAD DEPRESSION, AND THE OLDER HE GOT, THE WORSE IT GOT.
BUT HE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME HELP THROUGH THE VA, AND HE DID.
BUT ON THAT EVENING, OR THAT EARLY MORNING ON MARCH 26TH, HE WAS IN A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
AND INSTEAD, THAT OFFICER, THAT BELLIGERENT OFFICER, FAILING TO RECOGNIZE HIS EXTREME NEED FOR INTERVENTION AND DEESCALATION OF TENSIONS AND STRESS.
INSTEAD, WITHIN ONE MINUTE, 1.5 MINUTES OF HIS ARRIVAL, THAT POLICE OFFICER'S ARRIVAL AT THE HOME.
MY BROTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED, SHOT THREE TIMES AND KILLED.
JOHN DID NOT HAVE A GUN ON HIM.
WHAT JOHN NEEDED THAT MORNING WAS EXPERIENCED SPECIALIZED INTERVENTION AND COMPASSIONATE CARE AND ASSISTANCE.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT NINE ONE ONE CALL WAS MADE BY HIS WIFE IS BECAUSE THE VA, THEIR HOTLINE HAD TOLD THEM, CALL 9 1 1 FOR HELP AND ASSISTANCE.
AND WHAT DID SHE GET? A DEAD HUSBAND 1.5 MINUTES AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL? IT WAS NOT THE APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE THAT JOHN NEEDED.
THEREFORE, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGED THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT IT SUPPORT A PROPOSAL FOR AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONDER UNIT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE SS A P D OFFICERS AS FIRST RESPONDERS IN THAT UNIT, THAT RESPONDER UNIT WOULD BE, BE BETTER SERVED AND EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH THE SAFETY, PROTECTION AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FOR IMPACTED PERSONS INVOLVED IN MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENTS.
AND THAT CONCEPT WOULD NOT INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT INSTEAD ONLY HIGHLY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS TO PROVIDE SAFE, EFFECTIVE, AND COMPASSIONATE DEESCALATION OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND CONFLICT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR OKAY.
TIME, MOM, FATHER, MARY HOLLY.
ARE, UM, IS, ARE YOU GONNA DONATE YOUR TIME OR NO.
MS. TALI, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MARY TALI, AND I WORK FOR THE CONNECTION CENTER AT THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE.
I'M TESTIFYING AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I LIVE IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN.
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I AM A PERSONAL WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF A MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN.I HAVE ALSO BEEN A MENTAL HEALTH PEER SPECIALIST SINCE 2013.
A MENTAL HEALTH PEER SPECIALIST IS SOMEONE WHO SHARES THEIR RECOVERY STORY, UM, WITH OTHERS SHARE, STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.
THIS CAREER FIELD PROVIDES A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE NOT OFFERED BY OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND YOUR RELATIVES.
I'M A MIDDLE-AGED WHITE WOMAN, YOU WOULD THINK I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE POLICE, HOWEVER, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT MY DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
ONE IN FOUR OF ALL FATAL POLICE ENCOUNTERS ARE WITH PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS.
I TOLD MY BEST FRIEND, IF I AM EVER IN A CRISIS, DON'T CALL THE POLICE.
I WOULDN'T BE AFRAID IF THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEAM.
UM, I HAVE READ ABOUT THE REMARKABLY HIGH RATES OF INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
MUCH, MUCH OF THE INCREASE IN INCARCERATION ARE LINKED TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES.
UM, ONE IN FIVE PRISON INMATES OR PEOPLE IN JAIL ARE HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INMATE, UH, CONDITIONS.
UM, IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CRISIS MAY END UP IN JAIL OR WORSE YET DEAD WHEN THE POLICE RESPOND.
ROUGHLY NINE PER 19% OF ALL FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS IN TEXAS INVOLVE SOMEONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS.
HAVING THE POLICE RESPOND TO THESE CALLS IS NOT THE, NOT THE ANSWER BECAUSE THE POLICE ARE COMPLETELY ILL, ILL-EQUIPPED TO RESPOND TO CRISIS CALLS.
IF YOU RES, IF YOU APPROACH PEOPLE WITH COMPASSION INSTEAD OF, OH, THAT'S IT.
OH, IF YOU'VE APPROACHED PEOPLE WITH COMPASSION INSTEAD OF WITH THE THREAT OF FORCE, THE OUTCOME WILL BE DIFFERENT.
UM, WE SHOULD USE OUR RESOURCES NOW.
I SUPPORT THE, WE SHOULD USE OUR RESOURCES TO HELP PEOPLE, RATHER THAN CRIMINALIZING MENTAL ILLNESS LIKE WE ARE DOING NOW.
I SUPPORT THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE.
MY DAD FOUNDED THE SOLO SERVE DEPARTMENT STORE.
I HAVE A LOT OF LOVE FOR THIS CITY.
I'M ALSO A RETIRED TEACHER, HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT THAT IF AN ARMED POLICE OFFICER WOULD COME INTO MY ROOM, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT ESCALATES JUST BY THEIR PRESENCE.
AND THAT WILL NOT DO WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
WE'VE GOT RACISM IN THE MIX THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE.
IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED TOO MANY TIMES THAT SO MANY WHITE PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF PEOPLE WITH DARK SKIN.
WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEN SET UP A, A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT GO AND HELP MENTAL HEALTH FOLKS WHEN THEY NEED IT WITHOUT ARMED POLICE AND MAYBE ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS ARMED POLICE WHEN IT'S NECESSARY.
BUT WE OWE THAT TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
WE DO NOT LOCK PEOPLE UP OR KILL THEM WHEN THEY'RE SICK.
AND WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT, THAT WE SHOULD MAKE SAN ANTONIO NOT JUST AS GOOD AS SOME OTHER CITY, BUT THE BEST.
WHY CAN'T WE BE THE BEST IN THIS ISSUE AND SHOW THE COUNTRY OF HOW THIS CAN WORK IN A GOOD WAY AND BE COMPASSIONATE AND HELPFUL WITH PEOPLE IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
UH, JUST, YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE NOT SORRY.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN MARTINEZ, AND I WORK WITH THE TEXAS CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY AS A POLICY ANALYST AND BEXAR COUNTY PROJECT DIRECTOR.
I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE BEFOREHAND.
I HAD PREPARED FOR THREE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND CUT THIS DOWN.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR A SAFER, MORE EFFECTIVE AND COMPASSIONATE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND OR POVERTY RELATED ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.
AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING A COALITION OF LOCAL, STATE, EVEN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WANTING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN SAN ANTONIO, CREATING A RESPONSE WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT PART OF THE CORE TEAM, BUT IS INSTEAD ONLY PRESENT UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, MEANS THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HELP GET THAT HELP FROM PROFESSIONALS WITHOUT THE THREAT OF ARREST, INCARCERATION, OR OTHER ADVERSE AND SOMETIMES DEADLY OUTCOMES.
AND THEN I THINK IT'S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL WE ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT IT WOULD COMPLETELY IGNORE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WHILE COMPROMISING ON SAFETY,
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WHICH IS COMPLETELY INACCURATE.WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE MAY BE CERTAIN SITUATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY NEED TO BE INVOLVED, RIGHT? SO EVEN THOUGH WE ARE ADVOCATING THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT BE PART OF THE CORE TEAM, IN NOWHERE WAY ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT THEY BE COMPLETELY IGNORED, RIGHT? WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT SHOULD NOT BE A GIVEN IN THESE SITUATIONS.
AND OF COURSE, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THOSE INVOLVED IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, BUT THAT SAFETY NEEDS TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE PERSON WHO IS EXPERIENCING THE CRISIS.
I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC APPROACH.
PART OF THAT IS GONNA BE DISPATCH, MAKING SURE THAT DISPATCH CAN SUCCESSFULLY TRIAGE AND ASSESS CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN SO THAT WAY RESPONSES ARE GOING OUT, ARE GONNA BE MOST APPROPRIATE, ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
SO I STRONGLY URGE THAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDER THE CREATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM TO RUN ALONGSIDE THE APPROVED PROGRAM THAT PRIORITIZES PROVIDING CARE IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE SETTINGS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT PART OF THE CORE TEAM.
AND INSTEAD, ESTABLISH CLEAR AND NARROW PROTOCOLS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE INVOLVED AND INTEGRATE THE USE OF PEER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS.
LAURA MORENA, AND, UM, DENISE, UH, MS. MORENA WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES SIT.
SO, UM, GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE PROPOSED ITEM.
SO I WILL PROVIDE, WELL, ACTUALLY, EXCUSE ME.
SO I'M SURE SHE PROVIDED STATISTICS.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST TELL YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN RECOVERY WITH MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS.
SO I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH P T S D, MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND GENERALIZED ANXIETY.
SO MY P T SS D DID NOT COME FROM ANY MILITARY SERVICE.
IT CAME FROM MY FAMILY'S DESTRUCTIVE AND EXPLOSIVE HOUSEHOLD.
SO MY FATHER SERVED IN VIETNAM IN THE ARMY, AND WHILE HE WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH P T S D, I KNOW FOR CERTAINTY HE HAD IT.
SO, I REMEMBER AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, BEFORE I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MY FATHER CHOKING ONE OF MY BROTHERS BECAUSE OF A SMART REMARK HE MADE TO MY FATHER AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY TRYING TO GET MY FATHER OFF MY BROTHER.
SO IF 9 1 1 HAD BEEN CALLED MY FAM, EXCUSE ME, MY FATHER WOULD'VE ENDED UP IN JAIL, WHICH WOULD'VE HELPED NO ONE.
SO MY FATHER DID NOT NEED A JAIL CELL.
HE NEEDED SOMEONE TO TALK TO SOMEONE THAT I HAD, SOMEONE THAT HAD BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND OR, UH, WOULD HELP WITH PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR THE REAL HELP.
MY FATHER NEEDED THE HELP OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS NOT DISCIPLINE THROUGH PUNITIVE ACTIONS.
SO I ACTUALLY HAD A SUICIDE ATTEMPT ON MY BIRTHDAY IN 2019, AND HAD AN ALTERNATE, UH, EXCUSE ME, HAD AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TEAM BEEN AVAILABLE.
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE CHOSEN TO PICK UP THE PHONE RATHER THAN CHOOSE TO HAVE A SUICIDE ATTEMPT.
BUT, UM, I ALSO WORK AT THE CONNECTION CENTER AT THE SAN ANTONIO CLUBHOUSE.
AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL OF A HUSBAND WHO WAS IN DISTRESS OVER HIS WIFE'S MENTAL HEALTH.
HE WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING AND HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE HE WAS CRYING SO HARD.
SO SHE HAD RECENTLY HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO WORK AND WAS THE PRIMARY, UH, BREADWINNER FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLD.
SO HE WAS INITIALLY CALLING FOR RESOURCES AND DID RECEIVE THEM AT THE END OF THE PHONE CALL.
HOWEVER, HE ALSO RECEIVED RESOURCES FOR HIMSELF.
SO THE CALL TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TOTAL, BUT HE, BUT WE ENDED IT, AND HE LEFT IT WITH A FEELING OF HOPE FOR THEIR SITUATION.
SO, AS WE HAVE SEEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY, SOCIETAL CHANGES CAN TAKE CENTURIES, AND USUALLY AT LEAST THREE GENERATIONS WITHIN A FAMILY BEFORE NEW METHODS OR THOUGHT PROCESS PROCESSES ARE ACCEPTED.
SO THIS IS EVIDENCED BY THE WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO END SEGREGATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ET CETERA.
SO WE ALL HAVE THAT OLDER AUNT OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO REFUSES TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL UNTIL GANGRENE HAS JUST ABOUT SET IN ON THEIR LEG.
SO, LET'S NOT HAVE SAN ANTONIO BE THAT FAMILY MEMBER WHOM REFUSES TO ACCEPT NEW WAYS OF DOING THINGS, WHICH BENEFITS OUR SOCIETY OVERALL.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL SPEAKERS TODAY FOR, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND TALK WITH US.
UM, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM TWO, A BRIEFING BY THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICE SERVICES PROJECT.
I BELIEVE, UH, MARIA IS GONNA GIVE OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MORNING IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE INITIATIVES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS THEY, AS THEY RELATE TO OUR POLICE SERVICES REVIEW PROJECT.
WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT COMPRISE THIS PRESENTATION, AND THEY'RE HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON THOSE SPECIFIC INITIATIVES.
WE HAVE, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE METRO HEALTH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND OUR INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
NOW, ONE OF THE CHARGES THAT WAS GIVEN,
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UH, BY THE MAYOR TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS TO, UM, OVERSEE THE PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CITY'S ONGOING POLICE SERVICES REVIEW PROJECT.SO TODAY WE ARE, UH, 45 DAYS INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR, 2022.
SO THIS IS GONNA PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR EXECUTION PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THESE INITIATIVES.
OUR GOAL IS TO COME BACK TO THIS BODY IN MARCH OF 2022 TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE, UH, OR SOONER IF, IF, UM, REQUESTED BY THE, BY THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
SO THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
THIS IS A SUMMARY, AND THEN I'LL GO IN, IN DETAIL IN EACH OF THOSE.
UM, WE HAVE RESPONSE TO CERTAIN 9 1 1 CALLS WHERE WE ARE GONNA INTRODUCE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO THE WAY THAT IS, THAT IS DONE TODAY, WHICH IS A SOLE RESPONSE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THAT INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BARKING DOGS, PROPERTY, FOUND FIREWORKS, AND LOUD MUSIC.
WE ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT INITIATIVES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING THIS YEAR FOR, UH, POLICE TO INCREASE, TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONSHIPS, INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE FOR POLICE DATA AND TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS AN, AN ANALYSIS OF HOW CITY PROGRAMS MAY IMPACT CRIME.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST INITIATIVE IS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STREET INDEX THAT WILL RESULT IN THE, IN A STRATEGIC WAY OF, IN, UH, IN, IN, UH, INSTALLING NEW LIGHTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO LET'S BEGIN WITH THE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO CERTAIN 9 1 1 CALLS.
SO STARTING WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
AND THEN JUST TO PROVIDE YOU SOME CONTEXT WITH A NUMBER OF CALLS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADDRESSES TODAY, UH, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE, UH, PROVIDED BY THE MEADOWS FOUNDATION, WHO DID AN ANALYSIS OF OUR MEN, OUR FIRST RESPONSE, MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE, AND THEN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN FISCAL YEAR 2022.
SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE ON, ON THE TOP, YOU SEE THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF CALLS.
THIS ARE 9 1 1 CALLS THAT COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON AVERAGE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 22 TO 24,000 CALLS PER YEAR.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT FOR 2021, THIS IS CALENDAR YEAR.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS JANUARY TO OCTOBER.
SO WE ARE GOING TO EXCEED THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE IN THE PRIOR TWO YEARS.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MEADOWS, UM, POLICY INSTITUTE IDENTIFIED AS, AS, UM, AREA THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS IN 2022 IS THAT, AGAIN, THESE ARE 9 1 1 CALLS THAT COME TO OUR 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
HOWEVER, AS THEY COME AS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS, WHEN WE CLOSE THOSE CALLS OR WHEN THERE'S A DISPOSITION, WE HAVE NOT DONE AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE, THOSE CALLS ARE ENDED, IF THERE WERE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS OR SOMETHING ELSE, OR IF THERE ARE OTHER CALLS THAT COME TO THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM THAT WERE A MENTAL HEALTH CALL.
AND THAT INITIALLY CODED AS A MENTAL HEALTH CALL.
SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON.
NOW, THE 2022 BUDGET INCLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR MO MO MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, AND THIS TEAM IS GONNA FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE CALLS THAT COME TO THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION.
SO YOU SEE THAT IT'S ROUGHLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 18 TO 20% OF THE TOTAL CALLS, WHICH AS THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM.
THOSE ARE THE CALLS THAT THEY, THIS TEAM IS GONNA BE FOCUSING ON.
SO, UM, YOU SEE THAT IN 2021, THE NUMBER OF CALLS IS ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE AN THEN WHAT WE, UM, SERVICE IN, IN 2020.
SO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5,000 TO PROBABLY 5,200 CALLS THAT THIS MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OR THIS NEW UNIT IS GONNA BE FOCUSING ON.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO, AS WE ARE APPROACHING THIS, UH, WHAT WE ARE CALLING AN EVOLUTION ON WITH THIS MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM, WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO AS A CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH.
SO THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IS A, A RESPONSE TO ESCALATED MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT IS DONE BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN COORDINATION WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, AND ALSO WITH, UM, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN CLINICIANS THAT ARE CONTRACTED THROUGH STRAC, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE GOALS IF NEEDED.
CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING IS ALSO HANDLED BY THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT.
UH, THREAT ASSESSMENTS, UM, IS ALSO ONE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.
THEY PARTICIPATE WITH THE SOUTH TEXAS CRISIS COLLABORATIVE, AND THEY'RE ALSO PART OF A PROGRAM THAT IS CALLED INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION.
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NOW, THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE PRIOR TO THE 2022 BUDGET IS A TOTAL OF 13 OFFICERS THAT MAKE UP THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THREE HEALTH CLINICIANS THAT ARE CONTRACTED THROUGH STRAC.UH, AND THEN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE TWO PARAMEDICS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE.
THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 5:00 PM SO WE HAVE NO COVERAGE AT NIGHT, AND THERE'S NO COVERAGE ON THE WEEKEND.
SO THAT IS THE, THE CURRENT STATE OF, OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE.
NOW, TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE METRICS, UH, FROM OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, SOME OF THE WORK THEY DO, AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE OF METRICS JUST TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT THE PURPOSE OF THIS UNIT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CALLS FOR SERVICE IS 2100, AND THIS IS FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY TO OCTOBER OF 2021.
THEY REFER A TOTAL OF 897, UH, CLIENTS, UH, TO SERVICES.
AND YOU'LL SEE ALSO IN THERE THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS IS 23.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE CALLS, THE NUMBER OF ARREST IS LOW.
THE GOAL OF THE UNIT IS TO CONNECT INDIVIDUAL TO SERVICES RATHER THAN AN ARREST.
YOU SEE, ALSO OUR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UNIT, UM, INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT IN UNIFORM.
THEY ARE WEARING, UM, STREET CLOTHES.
AND THAT IS BY THE SIGN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A POSITIVE INTERACTION WITH, WITH, UH, THE CLIENTS THAT THEY SERVE.
SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION NEXT.
AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, THE SOUTH TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH IS, UH, STRAC AND THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO REDUCE EMERGENCY DETENTIONS, AND THIS IS WHEN INDIVIDUALS ARE DETAINED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
AND BY DOING SO, THEN THERE'S, UM, A LESSER USE OF EMERGENCY.
AND IN INPATIENT SERVICES, THE, THE GOAL IS ALSO TO PROVIDE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT AND WRAPAROUND CARE TAILORED TO PATIENTS WITH UNIQUE NEEDS.
NOW, THESE ARE, UM, THE OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM.
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 367 CLIENTS, UH, WITH A TOTAL OF 9,279 CONTACTS WITH THOSE CLIENTS.
SO THOSE WERE THE INTERACTIONS OF THIS PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION OR PICK THAT, THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
NOW, OF THOSE 367 CLIENTS TODAY, THEY HAVE 92 THAT ARE STILL ACTIVE, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THIS TEAM, AND THEY'RE 275 THAT ARE WHAT WE CALL INACTIVE 42%.
UM, WITHIN THIS 279 75 INACTIVE CLIENTS, WE ACHIEVE A REDUCTION IN EMERGENCY DETENTION.
SO THAT MEANS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL ANYMORE AS A RESULT OF THE SERVICES THAT WE, THAT WE PROVIDED TO THEM.
SO, AS AN EVOLUTION OF THE PICK, WE HAVE THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM THAT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.
THIS, UH, RESPONSE TEAM IS A PILOT PROGRAM, UH, AND IT INCLUDES A CLINICIAN, A PARAMEDIC, AND A POLICE OFFICER.
THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE BY THE MEADOWS POLICY INSTITUTE.
THE FOCUS AREA, AS I MENTIONED, IS GONNA BE THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION.
SO THIS IS NOT A CITYWIDE PROGRAM.
AND IF YOU MAY RECALL IN, IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CALLS, CENTRAL IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 4,500 TO 5,000 CALLS PER YEAR.
SO THIS, THIS PARTICULAR TEAM, THAT IS GONNA BE THEIR AREA OF COVERAGE.
NOW, THIS ONE TEAM IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, WHICH IS AN ENHANCEMENT THAT WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
TODAY, THE, THE, OUR MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE IS, IS FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
UM, THEIR COVERAGE HOURS ARE SEVEN IN THE MORNING TO 11:00 PM.
SO THE, THE TEAM IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE 16 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
NOW, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS TIME, OR WE, WE, UM, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WORK THAT THE MEADOWS POLICY INSTITUTE DID, BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME THAT WE GET MOST OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AT THE CENTRAL SUBSTATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH CALLS IN A DIFFERENT MANNER SINCE THE TIME THAT THOSE CALLS COME TO THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
SO, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE ARE ADDING, UH, THREE DISPATCH CLINICIANS TO COVER PEAK HOURS.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM 24 7 AT THE, UH, NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER.
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SELECTING IS, IS THE TIME WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE HAVE A GREATEST FREQUENCY, WHICH IS BETWEEN TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 10 IN THE MORNING TO 7:00 PM.SO THIS IS WHEN THESE CLINICIANS WILL BE AT THE FLOOR, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INTAKE THOSE, UM, MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NOW, LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM AND HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE, UH, THREE TEAM MEMBERS, THE POLICE OFFICER, THE PARAMEDIC, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH, THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.
SO THE POLICE OFFICER IS THERE TO SECURE THE SCENE TO DO EMERGENCY DETENTION IF NEEDED, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE VICTIM SERVICES.
THE PARAMEDIC WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION IF NEEDED.
UM, MEDICAL CLEARANCE AS A PARAMEDIC CAN IDENTIFY.
THERE'S AN EPISODE, UM, THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE HAVING A CHRONIC CARE CONNECTION, ALSO WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS CLINICALLY THE INDIVIDUAL ON SCENE, OR, UH, PERHAPS TRANSPORT THEM TO A HOSPITAL, UH, BY AMBULANCE.
OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDES TAXI VOUCHERS.
UM, IF AN INDIVIDUAL DOESN'T NEED AN AMBULANCE TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN HAS, UM, MORE OF, THEY EXPAND THEIR ROLE IN THIS PARTICULAR TEAM.
THEY REFER FAMILY TO TREATMENT, THEY REFER FAMILY TO SERVICES, THEY LINK WITH CARE, THEY CONNECT TO HOUSING RESOURCES OR THE RESOURCES THE CITY HAS AVAILABLE AS WELL TO, UH, UM, LIMIT A HOSPITAL INTAKE AND TO TRY TO DIVERT INDIVIDUALS FROM GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT RATHER TO GET THE TREATMENT THAT THEY NEED.
SO NEXT IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AS I SAID, WE ARE 45 DAYS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH TRAC TO BE ABLE TO AMEND THE CONTRACT THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS WITH THEM TO HIRE SEVEN ADDITIONAL HEALTH CLINICIANS.
FOUR OF THESE CLINICIANS WILL BE WITH A TEAM, THE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM, AND THREE WILL BE AT THE NINE ONE ONE CALL CENTER TO ADDRESS CALLS.
WE WOULD ALSO WOULD LIKE TO RETAIN, UH, THE MEADOWS POLICY INSTITUTE TO ASSIST THE CITY, NOT JUST ONLY WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ALSO THE EVALUATION OF THE PROGRAM.
SO WE CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, THIS ARE THE RESULTS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ANTICIPATED, AND THIS IS WHAT WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVE.
UM, SO WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN DECEMBER, UM, OF 2021 TO BE ABLE TO BRING THESE CLINICIANS ON BOARD FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH.
WE'LL ONBOARD THE CLINICIANS, DO THE TRAINING, PREPARE, UM, ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT IS NEEDED.
AND THEN OUR GOAL IS TO LAUNCH THE TEAM IN APRIL OF 2022.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS PILOT PROGRAM FOR 12 MONTHS.
SO WE WOULD DO A EVALUATION FROM MAY THROUGH APRIL.
AND AS I MENTIONED, OUR GOAL IS TO COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO GIVE YOU UPDATES OF THE PROGRAM.
SO I'M GONNA TRANSITION NOW TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
AND AS, UM, ALL OF YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN SAN ANTONIO HERE BEFORE, YOU ARE THE NUMBER OF 9 1 1 CALLS THAT COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IN 2020, WE HAD 68,000, UH, 2021, UH, JANUARY THROUGH OCTOBER.
WE ARE ALREADY AT SIX, UH, 61,000 CALLS.
SO LIKELY THAT WE'LL BE AT THE SAME LEVEL OR HIGHER THAN 2020.
SO, JUST LIKE WITH MENTAL, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT THE CITY HAS PRIOR TO THE 2022 ENHANCEMENT IS WE HAVE 22 POSITIONS IN METRO HEALTH.
THAT INCLUDES, UH, 20 FOR THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, UH, AND A MANAGER AND A SUPERVISOR.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 59 UNIFORM POSITIONS THAT ARE DEDICATED FULL-TIME TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
NOW, IN TERMS OF THE, UM, SERVICES PROVIDED BY METRO HEALTH, WHICH IS A CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, THE HOURS THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE, UH, TO ASSIST, UH, VICTIMS IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM SOME, UM, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, WORK TILL MIDNIGHT IN, IN SOME OF THE SUBSTATIONS, BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL OF OUR SUBSTATIONS.
SO DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED A GAP TO BE ABLE TO, UM, REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS TO ENHANCE, UH, SEVERAL PROGRAMS WITHIN METRO HEALTH.
METRO HEALTH IS OUR LEAD WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, PROGRAMS. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE ARE, UM, ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED, UH, DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR, STARTING WITH ON-SCENE ENHANCEMENT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THE C R T AVAILABILITY
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EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS, AND THREE SUBSTATIONS, SOUTHWEST AND EAST.AND THESE ARE THE THREE SUBSTATIONS WHERE WE GET MOST OF THE, UM, VIOLENCE CALLS, UM, THAT COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE ALSO GOING TO EXPAND CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE ALSO, UH, INTRODUCING DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS AND INTERVENE APPROPRIATELY AND TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SCREEN FOR LETHALITY.
WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING SERVICES TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY EDUCATION.
SPECIFICALLY THE SUPPORT IS AIMED TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS ON HOW TO HELP SURVIVORS, SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS I MENTIONED, AND AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE THE UNSEEN ENHANCEMENT, THE CRISIS RESPONSE ADVOCATES, AND THE CASE MANAGERS.
SO YOU'LL SEE A REFERENCE TO DANGER ASSESSMENT, UH, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SO THE DANGER ASSESSMENT IS A CONTINUOUS DYNAMIC PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE PLACE THE CLIENT AND THE CORRECT LEVEL OF CARE TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS OF NEED FOR THE CASE MANAGER TO HANDLE THE CASE MANAGER BEING IN METRO HEALTH, AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND STRENGTHS OR AVAILABLE SKILLS TO ENCOURAGE A CLIENT TO IDENTIFY THEIR OWN STRENGTHS, NEEDS, AND SOLUTIONS.
THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO EMPOWER, UM, AND I CALL OUR CLIENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME WITH, WITH THEIR, WITH THEIR LIVES.
NEXT, I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE, UM, DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES THAT, THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO, OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED A MULTI-AGENCY APPROACH TO COORDINATE RESPONSE ON TARGETED VIOLENCE.
THE OVERREACHING GOAL OF THIS, UH, RESPONSE IS TO PREVENT FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS BEFORE THEY BECOME EXTREMELY VIOLENT OR LETHAL.
AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES IS KEY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
SO IN TERMS OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET A TOTAL OF 34 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE WOULD COMPLETE OUR HIRING AND, AND ONBOARDING OF THE ADDITIONAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM ADVOCATES BY JANUARY, 2022.
OUR GOAL IS TO EXPAND THE WEEKEND AND EVENING, UH, C R T HOURS ON EAST, WEST AND CEN, I'M SORRY, EAST, WEST AND SOUTH, INSTEAD OF CENTRAL TYPO THERE, UH, BY MARCH, 2022.
AND THEN BY APRIL, 2022, WE WOULD HIRE AND ONBOARD DATA, COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT TEAMS. SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF COLD.
AND THIS IS NOISE VIOLATIONS, AND OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
THE PILOT PROGRAM WILL STARTED IN OCTOBER AND WILL END IN MARCH OF 2022.
THE IDEA IS TO, TO TEST IF WE CAN SEND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ADDRESS THOSE CALLS AND ONLY HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, GO TO THOSE CALLS IF THERE'S A VIOLATION FOR WHICH A CITATION IS NEEDED.
SO, SO FAR SINCE WE STARTED THE PROGRAM, UM, THERE WERE 2200 CALLS THAT WERE RECEIVED, UH, RELATED TO NOISE VIOLATIONS.
710 OF THOSE CALLS WERE INVESTIGATED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND OF THE, THOSE 710 106 VIOLATIONS WERE CONFIRMED.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WENT TO THOSE CALLS AND ISSUE 58 CITATIONS.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE AGAIN WITH, WITH THE EVALUATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
THE OTHER AREA THAT, THE OTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IS, IS BARKING DOG, UH, CALLS.
AND THERE'S ABOUT 9,800 ESTIMATED CALLS THAT WILL TRANSFER TO THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES ONCE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED.
THE BUDGET INCLUDES, UH, FOUR POSITIONS ADDED TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES TO ADDRESS, UM, THESE CALLS.
UH, THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HIRING THOSE POSITIONS, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE AN, TO HAVE THEM ON BOARD BY DECEMBER, 2021 OR JANUARY, 2022.
WE'LL TRANSITION THOSE NON-VIOLENT ANIMAL RELATED CALLS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DURING JANUARY AND AND MARCH.
SO OUR GOAL IS BEGINNING APRIL ONE, A C S IS RESPONDING TO THESE CALLS.
AND OF COURSE, SS A P D WILL BE AVAILABLE IF THERE'S ANY VIOLENT, UH, RELATED ANIMAL CALLS WERE WHERE AN OFFICER IS NEEDED, THOUGH THEIR INITIATIVE IS PR UH, PROPERTY FOUND CALLS.
AND ACTUALLY, THIS INITIATIVE CAME FROM A FOCUS GROUP THAT WE DID WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS
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AND TRYING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE USE OF OUR POLICE OFFICER TIME.THEY IDENTIFIED THAT THEY ARE, UH, PROPERTY PHONE CALLS WHERE OFFICERS ATTEND TO THOSE CALLS TODAY.
AND THE PROPERTY THAT IS FOUND, AND YOU SEE SOME EXAMPLES ON THE SCREEN, UH, COULD BE A WALLET, COULD BE A BICYCLE OR A CELL PHONE.
UM, THOSE ARE PICKED UP BY THE OFFICERS BROUGHT TO THE SUBSTATION, I'M SORRY, AND BROUGHT TO A DOWNTOWN PROPERTY ROOM.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT TAKES.
SO THIS INITIATIVE IS TARGETING ROUGHLY ABOUT 5,600 CALLS, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL INSTALL STORAGE UNIT AND EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS, UH, THE OFFICERS WILL COLLECT THE, THE PROPERTY FOUND, TAKE IT TO THE SUBSTATION RATHER THAN DOWNTOWN, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE FROM THE PROPERTY ROOM BRING THAT PROPERTY DOWNTOWN.
WE HAVE TO DO CERTAIN PROTOCOLS LIKE INVENTORYING THE PROPERTY AT THE SUBSTATION.
UH, WE NEED TO BUY A, A TRUCK TO BE ABLE TO BRING THE PROPERTY DOWNTOWN.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND WE EXPECT TO START BEGINNING FOR THE CIVILIANS TO BEGIN COLLECTING A CERTAIN FOUND PROPERTY BY MARCH, 2022.
NOW, I MENTIONED CERTAIN FOUND PROPERTY 'CAUSE THEY COULD BE PROPERTY THAT'S RELATED TO, UM, UH, A CRIME SCENE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR, OR POTENTIAL NARCOTICS.
AND THAT FOLLOWS A DIFFERENT PROCESS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT PROCESS WILL CONTINUE, UM, AS IT IS TODAY.
NOW, THE NEXT CALL THAT WE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGETS WAS, WAS FIREWORKS.
AND, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARSON DIVISION WILL HANDLE CALLS DURING NEW YEARS AND 4TH OF JULY.
WE ANTICIPATE ABOUT 3,500 CALLS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE GET CALLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, NOT ONLY THE DURING THOSE TWO HOLIDAYS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM HAPPEN DURING THOSE TWO HOLIDAYS.
WHAT WE, UM, ARE DOING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FOR, UH, 10 DAYS AROUND 4TH OF JULY, BEFORE AND AFTER, AND ALSO, UH, NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHICH IS WHEN WE GET MOST OF THIS CALLS.
THAT IS WHEN THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARTS DIVISION WILL BE ATTENDING THIS CALLS.
NOW, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE NUMBER OF CALLS ARE MORE THAN THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SO THIS CALLS WILL BE PRIORITIZED.
THOSE CALLS THAT ARE EMERGENCY CALLS, POLICE AND FIRE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO ADDRESS JUST LIKE WE DO TODAY.
UM, BUT THE, THE OTHER CALLS WILL BE ADDRESSED BY, BY THE ARSON DIVISION.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE, UH, NOW TOWARDS OUR COMMUNITY AND POLICE RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH IS ANOTHER INITIATIVE WITHIN THIS PROJECT.
AND STARTING WITH OUR SAFE PROGRAM.
SO THE, THE BUDGET ADDED 12, UH, SAFE OFFICERS.
UM, AND AS, AS YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF OUR PROGRAM IS TO FOSTER STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES, AND SCHOOLS TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.
SO THE 12 OFFICERS WILL BE ASSIGNED, UH, TWO TO EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS BY JANUARY, 2022.
SO THE CHART THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN REFLECTS THE NUMBER OF SAFE OFFICERS AS OF JANUARY, 2022, REFLECTING THE TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS FOR EACH OF OUR SERVICE AREAS.
UH, THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDED FUNDS OUT OF OUR CO CONFISCATED PROPERTY FOR CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. $250,000 IS WHAT, WHAT IS AVAILABLE.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE RELEASING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND, UH, IN DECEMBER TO BE ABLE TO GET PROPOSALS FROM NON-PROFITS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.
NOW, THE WAY THAT, THAT, THAT THE, UM, R F P IS DESIGNED IS TO GET, UH, PROGRAM PROPOSALS FROM, FROM THE NONPROFITS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS WORK.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT DICTATING HOW TO DO IT.
WE'RE ASKING THEM FOR IDEAS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT OF THE CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND.
THE NEXT AREA THAT WE'RE GETTING ASSISTANCE FROM OUR, UM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT IS ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE.
AND THIS IS WITH A GOAL TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND FOR OUR DATA TO BE MORE USER FRIENDLY THAN, THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
SO OUR IT DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING WHAT WE CALL A NEW SA GOV MAIN SITE, AND THIS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY, 2022.
NOW, THIS IS A NEW SITE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, SO THIS IS A PROJECT, AND CRAIG HOPKINS FROM IT IS HERE THAT HE'S BEEN, UM, HEADING.
HE'S, WE ARE GONNA BE GETTING, UM, FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'RE GONNA INVITE HIM TO PARTICIPATE AND TELL US WHAT THEY THINK.
AND BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MAY, WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING INCREMENTAL CHANGES TO THE SS A P D WEBSITE.
UH, THAT INCLUDES REPORTING DATA QUALITY, OPEN DATA, PORTAL ACCESS, UM, AND, AND OF COURSE
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WE WANT TO, UH, OBTAIN COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SO WE CAN TWEAK IT AS WE GO, AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.SO WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS THAT BY MAY, 2022, THE NEW SS A P D WEBSITE WILL BE LAUNCHED UNDER THE NEW ARCHITECTURE THAT IS BEING UTILIZED FOR ALL, FOR OUR ENTIRE WEBSITE AND, AND FORMAT.
AND OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH, UM, ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE US WITH FEEDBACK SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR WEBSITE.
NOW, THE OTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE, UM, AS PART OF THE BUDGET WAS THE ANALYSIS OF HOW CITY PROGRAMS CON CONTRIBUTE TO CRIME REDUCTION.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE TACKLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT FOSTER CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE CRIME.
AND THAT EARLY INTERVENTION UPSTREAM IS KEY, AS THERE IS A LARGE OVERLAP BETWEEN VICTIMIZATION AND OFFENDING.
SO OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE LEADING AN EFFORT TO ANALYZE THE IMPACT OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS TO INCLUDE CRIME.
UH, CLAUDE JACOB FROM METRO HEALTH IS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND HE'S GONNA BE LEADING THAT EFFORT.
UM, SS A P D WILL SUPPORT WITH CRIME DATA TREND ANALYSIS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, AND THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE A, UH, WORK PLAN ON HOW THEY'RE GONNA ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BY MARCH, UH, 2022.
NOW, ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE HEARD, UM, AS EARLY AS A GOAL SETTING SESSION WAS, UH, POLICE STAFFING ANALYSIS.
SO, UM, THEY ARE SEVERAL MODELS THAT ARE USING IN THE US AND I'M QUOTING THE INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION THAT SPECIFICALLY LISTS THE MOST COMMON METHODS.
AND THIS INCLUDE, UH, USING CRIME TRENDS, UH, PER CAPITA APPROACH, MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS AUTHORIZED OF BUDGETED LEVELS OF POSITIONS IN AND, AND ANOTHER METHOD THAT IS LEAST COMMONLY USED, WHICH IS WORKLOAD BASED, UM, MODELS TO MAKE STAFFING DECISIONS.
HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WE DID AN ANALYSIS, AND OUR ANALYSIS WAS BASED, UM, ON WORKLOAD, UH, THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT COME INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TACKLE WITH THE GOAL OF THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF A POLICE OFFICER TIME DEDICATED TO PROACTIVE PATROL AND A PERCENTAGE OF THE POLICE OFFICER'S TIME TO ADDRESSING CALLS.
SO, UM, WHAT WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO IS RETAIN A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT TO HELP US IDENTIFY, UM, A MODEL FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A STAFFING MODEL COMPLETED BY JUNE, 2022.
HOWEVER, THIS MAY CHANGE, UM, ONCE THE CONSULTANT IS ON BOARD, WE DON'T HAVE A CONSULTANT YET, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON, ON THAT PROCESS.
SO THE NEXT INITIATIVE, UM, IN, IN THE BUDGET WAS A STREETLIGHT INDEX.
AND ALSO WE HAD ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL STREETLIGHTS.
SO OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE LEAD ON DEVELOPING THE STREETLIGHT INDEX.
UH, WE ADDED TWO POSITIONS IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ON BOARD IN JANUARY.
AND THE, AND THE GOAL OF OF THIS WORK IS TO IDENTIFY STREETLIGHT GAPS.
UM, AND WE ANTICIPATE TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED BY JUNE, 2022.
WE ARE ALSO COORDINATING WITH C P S TO UNDERSTAND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF, UH, REPAIRING BROKEN STREETLIGHTS.
I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO THEIR GOAL IS TO HAVE, UH, REPAIRS DONE 95% OF THE TIME WITHIN SEVEN DAYS, UM, AS THEY REPORTED TO US IN OCTOBER.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT 65%, AND THEY EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO, TO MAKE PROGRESS.
SO THOSE ARE ALL OF THE INITIATIVES.
UH, WHAT WE, UH, WOULD LIKE TO DO IS COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IN MARCH WITH ANOTHER AB UPDATE TO TELL YOU WHERE WE ARE AND ALSO BEFORE WE START LAUNCHING SOME OF OUR, UM, OTHER INITIATIVES.
SO WITH THAT, AS I MENTIONED, UH, WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HERE TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY FROM THE COMMITTEE.
UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE MEASURES IN REGARD TO THE PICK THE PILOT PROGRAM? WHAT MEASURES ARE WE USING TO GAUGE OR WILL WE USE TO GAUGE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT PROGRAMS, THE INCREASES IN PERSONNEL, SPECIALIZED RESPONSE TEAMS, ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, AND I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM COUNCILWOMAN.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE, UM, PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, DEVELOPING THOSE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THEM ALL, BUT IT IS CONNECTING INDIVIDUAL TO SERVICES
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RATHER THAN EMERGENCY DETENTION.SO WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THOSE GOALS THAT WE RECEIVE, JUST LIKE WE DO WITH THE PICK THAT WE DO, UH, REFERRALS TO SERVICES RATHER THAN AN ARREST OR RATHER THAN EMERGENCY DETENTION.
UM, ALSO THE OUTCOME OF THAT INDIVIDUAL.
SOME OF, SOME OF THE, THE CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE ARE WHAT WE CALL HIGH UTILIZERS OF THE, UH, MEDICAL SYSTEM.
SO BY REDUCING THEIR UTILIZATION, THAT MEANS THAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE BEING EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THEM WITH THE CARE THEY NEED, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE IN, IN THIS CYCLE OF, UM, PERHAPS THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVING TO CALL 9 1 1.
UM, ALSO ANOTHER FACTOR THAT THE MEADOWS LOOKED AT IS THE INTERACTION OF THE POLICE OFFICER.
AND, AND THOSE CALLS, UH, WE TRACK, UM, USE OF FORCE AS, AS THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THEY LOOKED AT, AND THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT MEADOWS RECOMMENDED IS THAT WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, SO THAT'LL BE THE COUNTY TRACK CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ONLY BEING TAKEN CARE OF AT THE TIME OF RESPONSE, BUT ALSO CONNECTED LONG-TERM WITH SERVICES THAT WILL HELP THEM WITH THEIR SPECIFIC, UM, ISSUE.
SO THAT, THAT PIECE IS ANOTHER, UM, AREA THAT WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING ON.
WE HAVEN'T STARTED THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, I PERSONALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH STRAC ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S, UH, MORE WORK TO DO IN THAT AREA.
I, I'M INTERESTED AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO KNOW WHAT THE SPECIFIC MEASURES ARE AS, AS THEY'RE CREATED.
UM, AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE SPECIFICALLY IN A, IN A, I GUESS A TYPICAL MENTAL HEALTH CALL, IF IT DOES ESCALATE TO AN OFFICER INVOLVEMENT, UM, WHAT THE FACTORS ARE THERE, WHAT, WHERE, WHERE THE, THE DECISION IS MADE, WHAT, WHAT FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE.
UM, AND, UH, CAN YOU, CAN YOU VERY BRIEFLY WALK ME THROUGH A CALL LIKE THAT? SURE.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A SCENARIO HAPPENED.
UM, IT HAPPENED IN MY DISTRICT.
THERE WAS A, A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS, UM, HAVING, UH, HE WAS, HE WAS HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, UH, HIS FAMILY CALLED.
AND, UM, WELL, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS FROM, IN THIS NEW PILOT PROGRAM, WHAT HAPPENS FROM THERE? THE FAMILY CALLS 9 1 1, THEN WHAT? SURE.
I'M GONNA ASK CHIEF MCMANUS TO START THE PROCESS AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THE, UM, CLINICIAN RESPONSE.
SO THE CALL WOULD START WITH THE DISPATCHER, I'M SORRY, WITH THE, UH, CALL TAKER.
AND DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE CALL TAKER IS, IS TOLD, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD GAUGE THE TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY DISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM.
AND IT WOULD ALSO GAUGE THE LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT THAT THE POLICE OFFICER IS INVOLVED IN IN THAT CALL.
SO IF A CALL WAS MADE WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS WAVING A WEAPON AROUND THREATENING TO KILL SOMEONE OR HURT SOMEONE, THE OFFICER'S INVOLVEMENT WOULD PROBABLY BE RIGHT UP FRONT.
UM, IT WOULD BE A VERY MEASURED APPROACH.
UH, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE CHANGED OUR, UM, TYPE OF APPROACH, UH, TO THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS BY STANDING BACK AND LET THEM PLAY OUT.
UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY, UNLESS SOMEONE IS GETTING HURT RIGHT NOW, UNLESS THERE'S EXI EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES, WE LAY BACK AND WE TRY TO CALL THAT PERSON OUT.
WE TRY TO GET RELATIVES INVOLVED OR FRIENDS INVOLVED, AND GET THAT PERSON TO COME OUT AND WORK WITH US.
UM, IF THERE WAS NO, UM, UM, CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE, THE POLICE WOULD TAKE A BACK SEAT AND WE WOULD SIMPLY STAY BACK UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENED TO CAUSE US TO BE INVOLVED.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, IT ALL STARTS WITH WHAT THE, WHAT THE CALL TAKER, WHAT INFORMATION THEY'RE RECEIVING, AND WHAT PRIORITY LEVEL THAT, THAT, UH, THAT GETS.
AND I WANNA GET A LITTLE BIT INTO THE WEEDS ABOUT IT.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STAY BACK? WE WOULD STAND BACK AND OBSERVE.
SO WE WOULDN'T, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT OUR PRESENCE TO INCITE OR, OR EXCITE, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S, WHO'S, UH, BEING CALLED ON.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE SITUATION, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CURRENT SITUATION WOULD DICTATE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIONS.
UM, I THINK, MARIA, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? THANK YOU, CHIEF.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO ADD, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE SITUATION, UM, IF, IF THE POLICE OFFICER STANDS BACK AND, UH, DEPENDING ON THE SAFETY OF THE SITUATION, WE
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HAVE NOW THE, UM, PARAMEDIC AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.UM, SOMETIMES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL TRY AS HE, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, TO ENGAGE FAMILY MEMBERS.
UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE CLINICIAN WHO'S A PROFESSIONAL TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT TYPE OF SITUATION TO TRY TO, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, DEESCALATE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A WEAPON INVOLVED.
AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, DEPENDING ON THE CALL, IF THERE'S NOT A WEAPON INVOLVED, THEN THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION TAKES A MORE ACTIVE ROLE RIGHT UP FRONT.
THE, THE, THE SCENE IS SECURE FOR THAT INTERVENTION.
THE PARAMEDIC IS THERE BECAUSE SOMETIMES AN EPISODE THAT, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY HAVE, COULD BE A MEDICAL EPISODE RELATED TO DIABETES, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THOSE ARE THE DYNAMICS THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UM, OF COURSE EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND THE TEAM WILL BE TRAINED AND BE READY TO ADAPT DEPENDING ON, ON THAT SITUATION.
IS IT A POSSIBILITY THAT THE OFFICER, IF, IF IT'S, IF IT'S AN NOT AN OBVIOUSLY VIOLENT CALL OR THERE'S NOT A WEAPON THAT THE OFFICER STAYS IN THE VEHICLE IN THEIR VEHICLE TO OBSERVE? OR IS IT PHYSICALLY STANDING? I'M GETTING REALLY SPECIFIC, BUT I'M, I'M JUST, JUST CURIOUS OF HOW, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND TOO THAT IT DEPENDS ON THE SCENARIO, BUT I MEAN THAT THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBER, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE SCENARIO.
UH, WHAT, WHAT ROLE WHERE THE POLICE OFFICER WOULD POSITION THEMSELVES.
UM, SO THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE WITH THIS IS, UH, UM, THE, THE CALL TAKERS, ARE THEY TRAINED BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE CALLING BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBOR IS ACTING ERRATICALLY, DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF THEY HAVE, UM, A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION OR, YOU KNOW, INTO YOUR EXAMPLE MARIA DIABETES EPISODE.
SO ARE THEY ASKING SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF CALL TAKERS TO TRY TO FARE IT OUT? UM, WHERE, WHERE THE, THE, THE MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE TEAM WOULD BE USED? YES.
AND, AND IN FACT, UH, YOU MAY HEAR IF YOU WERE TO LISTEN TO THE CALLS ON, ON A TAPE MM-HMM.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN, IF I MAY, ONE MORE THING, AND THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WILL BE NEW AS WE ONBOARD THE, THE CLINICIANS IS TO HAVING THOSE EXPERTS, OUR, OUR NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS TAKE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, ADDRESS ANY TYPE OF CALL THAT COMES IN HAVING THE BENEFIT OF HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN WILL ABLE TO BETTER ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE.
WE'RE STILL, AS I SAID, WORKING ON STEPS TO GET THE, THE PROJECT LUNCH, BUT YOU MAY RECALL THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS AN, UM, A, A WAY TO BE ABLE TO SEE AN INDIVIDUAL MM-HMM.
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
UM, SO I WANT TO TALK FIRST ABOUT THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AND THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATIVE.
UH, I, I'M ALL FOR TRYING SOMETHING NEW I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE.
UH, BUT IF WE GO DOWN TO THE PILOT PROGRAM, THE SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK, 7:00 AM TO 11:00 PM I THINK WE REALLY DO NEED TO MONITOR IF WE NEED TO MAKE THIS A 24 7 ASPECT, JUST BECAUSE THESE INCIDENTS DON'T HAPPEN IN ISOLATION, UH, FROM SE FROM SEVEN TO 11:00 PM BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT MEADOWS DID THE RESEARCH AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US, THE PEAK TIMES ARE.
SO, SO I'M FOR THAT IS WHEN WE GET TO THE PORTION OF THE ROLES OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TEAM, I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN TO SEE WHO TAKES THE LEAD AND HOW, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT IS ONLY A POLICE OFFICER THAT CAN DO THE EMERGENCY DETENTION.
AND WHAT IF THERE IS A CONFLICT WHERE THE POLICE OFFICER SAYS, NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
BUT THE MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN GOES, YES, WE DO NEED TO ED THIS PERSON.
UH, HOW IS THERE GOING TO BE A PROTOCOL ON, ON HOW THEY, THEY DO THIS? DOES ANYBODY HAVE YES, WE DO.
COUNSEL? I, I THINK THAT I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A DEFINITIVE ANSWER TO, TO YOUR QUESTION.
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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS WORKED AT ON THE SCENE.AND IN THE END, SINCE IT'S THE POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS THE DISCRETION, THE AUTHORITY TO EMERGENCY DETAIN SOMEONE, I THINK THAT IT FALLS ON THE POLICE OFFICER TO MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION.
AND, AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, I THINK SOME OF, UH, THOSE THAT SPOKE, UM, IS THEIR CONCERN THAT IT, IT ENDS UP WITH THE OFFICER AND ARE, ARE THE, THE PARAMEDICS AND THE CLINICIANS GOING TO HAVE MORE OF A SAY IN, IN THIS PROCESS OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA WORK IT OUT.
BUT I'M, I WANNA GIVE IT A CHANCE AND I WANNA SEE THIS HAPPEN, UH, SEE THIS PILOT PROGRAM HAPPEN.
SO IN THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM, IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, THE ONE THING IS, AND I WASN'T HERE WHEN Y'ALL HIRED MOD MEADOW, UM, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WANNA BRING THEM BACK ON, BUT I THINK WE NEED LOCAL INPUT FOR THIS EVALUATION.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE SA CLUBHOUSE BE PART OF THIS, BECAUSE THIS CULTURALLY SAN ANTONIO IS DIFFERENT, EVEN FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, AND COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY, HOW WE HANDLE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED DIFFERENTLY AND, AND, AND STIGMAS ATTACHED TO IT, CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT IT.
SO I REALLY WANNA BRING PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE INTO THAT EVALUATION PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT I WANNA SHARE ON THAT.
AND THEN, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS, AND Y'ALL KNEW I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS, SO, UM, SLIDE 13, THAT, THAT 68,000 CITYWIDE AND WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HIT THAT THIS YEAR IS JUST AWFUL.
UM, AND I REALLY, I REALLY LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT MORE RESOURCES TOWARDS IT.
UH, MY THING, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN YOU COME BACK, MARIA, IS BEING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THESE ROLES ARE IN TERMS OF CRISIS RESPONSE ADVOCATE VERSUS CASE MANAGERS.
WE HAVE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, PARTNERS AND GROUPS THAT WORK OUT THERE AND, AND DO CASE MANAGEMENT AND DO ADVOCACY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE AT THE, AT, UH, THE, WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO SEE WHEN YOU COME BACK IS THE, UM, THE ACTUAL HOMICIDE RATE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY AND THOSE, UM, THOSE SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, UH, STATISTICS IN TERMS OF CASES THAT WE'RE GETTING AND THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO THE DA.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS, THE CALLS ARE ASTOUNDING, BUT I WORKED IN THIS, THIS, SO I KNOW THAT THEY CAN BE ANYTHING FROM HARASSMENT TO, UM, HOMICIDE.
AND I, I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE GET THOSE NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOMICIDE AND ASSAULT BODILY INJURY.
SO, UH, AND I DO WANT TO GET MORE OF AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR ADVOCATES ARE GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE, 'CAUSE WHERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONCERN IS, THIS IS ALL ABOUT PATTERNS AND WE NEED TO KNOW, UM, PEOPLE'S CRIMINAL HISTORY.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WHEN WE GO INTO THIS COUNCIL MAY WAS GONNA OFFER.
UH, WE HAVE JENNY HIXSON WITH, UH, METRO HEALTH, WHO IS, UH, OVERSEEING OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION DIVISION.
SHE CAN ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CASE MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE.
SO I THINK I, IT'S A LITTLE BIT NUANCED.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ADVOCATE AND A CASE MANAGER COULD, WILL DO, BECAUSE HONESTLY, IT'S OFTENTIMES BASED ON WHAT THE VICTIM NEEDS AT THAT MOMENT.
SO THE RULES ARE GONNA OVERLAP, BUT THE INTENTION IS THAT THE ADVOCATES WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE ROLE THAT THEY'VE PLAYED FOR, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME, WHICH IS THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ADVOCACY DONE.
THE EXPANDED HOURS WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE THOSE CONTACTS FASTER.
UM, AND THE CASE MANAGERS WILL BE THE FOLKS THAT WILL TAKE EITHER THE PEOPLE THAT NEED A LOT LONGER TERM ENGAGEMENT, UM, THE FOLKS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK.
SO THAT'S WHERE MARIA SPOKE ABOUT THE DANGER ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A LETHALITY ASSESSMENT, BUT ALSO THE MOVERS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S BEEN USED STATEWIDE IN COLORADO, A COUPLE OF OTHER PLACES, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE A MULTI-POINT ASSESSMENT.
SO YOU DON'T DO IT ONCE YOU'RE ACTUALLY INTENDED TO DO IT AT LEAST THREE TIMES TO IDENTIFY SORT OF HOW PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH THEIR EMPOWERMENT PROCESS.
UM, IF WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING SUCCESSFUL WITH OUR INTERVENTIONS OR IF WE NEED TO RETOOL.
THEY'RE ALSO USING AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S BASED AROUND, UM, THE TRANS THEORETICAL MODEL OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE.
AND IT'S BASICALLY LOOKING AT STAGES OF CHANGE.
AND SO USING THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WHO YOU REALLY WANNA WORK WITH, BUT THEY'RE NOT AT A POINT WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE
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ABLE TO ACCEPT HELP.UM, AND SO WE DON'T WANNA TRY TO FORCE PEOPLE AND TO HELP.
WE WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE READY, WE'RE HERE.
UM, BUT IF YOU ARE READY AND WE KNOW YOU'RE READY, HERE'S, HERE'S A CASE MANAGER WHO'S GONNA WORK WITH YOU TO GET YOU ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE STRUCTURING THAT.
THE STAFF ROLL ON WHERE THE MORE OF THE STAFF ARE GONNA BE ROLLED ON AROUND CRTS THIS YEAR.
THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A LARGER CASE MANAGEMENT WING THAT ROLLS ON NEXT YEAR SO THAT WE HAVE ALMOST EQUIVALENT, UM, TEAMS THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT SORT OF JUST IN TIME SERVICE, BUT THEN ALSO CAN PROVIDE THAT LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.
UM, AND I'LL, OKAY, UH, I'LL, I'LL CHIME IN AFTERWARDS.
UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL, MAYBE ARAN.
I JUST GOT MY BOOSTER SHUT SO I FEEL SIMULTANEOUSLY FREEZING AND BURNING AT THE SAME TIME.
UH, BUT YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR ARPA, UM, TOWN HALL AT ELLA AUSTIN, AND WE HAD A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PREVENT CRIME AND GANG VIOLENCE BY ENGAGING YOUTH.
UM, AND THIS RELATES TO THE, UM, $250,000 FOR CRIME, UH, CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATIONS AND WHATNOT.
UM, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.
IS THERE, UM, A TIMELINE FOR THAT? SO WE WOULD OPEN THE R F P AT THE, IN PROBABLY SECOND WEEK IN DECEMBER, AND IT IS OPEN, I'M LOOKING AT RICK, I THINK IT'S 30, 45 DAYS, 30 DAYS.
UM, SO THEY HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPLY, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY WE HAVE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION TO LET 'EM KNOW.
I'M, I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH A COUPLE OF THEM WHO ARE INTERESTED, SO WE CAN EXTEND THE INVITATION TO, TO ALL OF THEM TO APPLY.
UM, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS MAY NOT, UM, MAY NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF MM-HMM.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT, UM, APPROACHED US DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, I CONNECT THEM WITH OUR SMALL, UH, BUSINESS UNIT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'LL DO THE SAME SO THEY CAN GET SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON HOW TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE, UM, MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAM.
AND I'M WONDERING, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANEL OR BOARD TO BE PUT TOGETHER, UM, TO, UM, HELP EVALUATE AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS? SO WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD DO, COUNCILMAN, IS BRING THE, THE EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS AS A COUNCILWOMAN, UM, TALKED ABOUT, UM, BACK TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EVALUATING? UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PROCESS AS WE HAVE THOSE RESULTS.
UM, AND WE, THE MEADOWS RECOMMENDS THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF GROUP THAT IS COMPRISED OF SOME OF OUR PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE PERFORMANCE OF THE M D R T.
UM, LET ME LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND GET AN ANSWER TO YOU IN TERMS OF THE COMPOSITION OF THAT, OF THAT EVALUATION TEAM.
UM, I'VE ALSO, IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, TALKED A LOT ABOUT DATA AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AND BEST PRACTICES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND I THINK NOW THAT SS A P D IS GOING TO BE LAUNCHING A PILOT PROGRAM THAT ADDRESSES OUR POLICE RESPONSE TO MENTAL HEALTH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR OPTIONS.
AND I LIKE SCIENCE, AND ARPA IS GIVING US A, ARPA IS GIVING US A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ONE-TIME INVESTMENTS.
AND TO, I, I'LL MAKE IT DIRECT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO RUN SIMULTANEOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, PILOT PROGRAM USING THE MODEL THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.
IS IT POSSIBLE, COULD WE USE ARPA FOR THAT? UH, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.
I THINK WHAT WHAT WOULD, WOULD COME DOWN TO IS, UM, LIKE WE HAVE SHARED WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE SHARED WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE INTERESTED AND SPOKE TODAY, THAT AT THIS POINT, UM, OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION TO, TO THE COUNCIL IS TO HAVE A, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE AS WE DO THIS PILOT PROGRAM IN THE TEAM.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO HAVE, ONCE WE HAVE THE DATA TO EVALUATE A DIFFERENT MODEL, WE JUST WOULDN'T FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE AT THIS POINT.
'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM WITHOUT, WITHOUT COMPONENT.
BUT THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, YES, IT IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.
IT WILL BE COME DOWN TO HOW WE IMPLEMENT THAT.
I GUESS THE DILEMMA I HAVE THERE IS THAT AS WE LOOK AT OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO FUND UP ANOTHER PILOT PROGRAM, OR THAT MIGHT NOT BE A PRIORITY.
UM, AND WE'LL JUST STICK WITH THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD, OR WHATEVER IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING.
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UM, SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT KIND OF CO LIKE WHAT COSTS THIS A SIMULTANEOUS ONE WOULD BE.
THEN I WOULD LIKE IT TO TAKE PLACE IN A ZIP CODE SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE'RE USING FOR THIS RESPONSE TEAM.
WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I ALSO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SS A P D CODES, ITS CALLS FROM PRIORITY ONE TO SEVEN, WITH ONE BEING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, UM, AND SEVEN BEING THE LOWEST.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEVEL FOUR THROUGH SEVEN CALL VERSUS A LEVEL ONE CALL? SURE.
I'LL ASK THE CHIEF I ADDRESS THAT.
UM, EXPLAIN A LEVEL ONE CALL VERSUS A LEVEL FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY A LEVEL CALL.
IT'S, IT'S THE PRIORITY CALL PRIORITY.
SO YOUR PRIORITY ONE CALLS WOULD BE, UM, ANY TYPE OF, OF AN EMERGENCY, UH, SOMEONE BEING ROBBED OR ASSAULTED OR, UH, ROBBERY IN PROGRESS OR ANYTHING IN PROGRESS WHERE THERE'S, UM, UM, SOMEONE POTENTIALLY GETTING HURT OR KILLED.
UH, AND THEN A LEVEL, WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? WHAT, FOUR THROUGH SEVEN FOUR? THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE OF YOUR, UM, DISORDERLY TYPE CALLS.
UH, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY.
UM, RICK, CAN YOU GIMME A, AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, SPECIFIC EXAMPLE? YES, SIR.
SO, UH, YOUR PRIORITY FOUR THROUGH SEVENS ARE, AS THE CHIEF SAID, IT'D BE YOUR PROPERTY CRIMES TYPE CALLS, UH, NOT IN PROGRESS TYPE CALLS.
COUNCIL MEMBER, MY NAME'S RICK RILEY.
I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AS I WAS SAYING, YOUR PRIORITY FOUR THROUGH SEVEN CALLS ARE YOUR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS, UH, PROPERTY CRIMES CALLS, CALLS THAT AREN'T IN PROGRESS, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
I CAN GET YOU A LIST OF WHAT'S A FOUR, WHAT'S A FIVE, WHAT'S A SIX, WHAT'S A SEVEN? I CAN'T RECITE THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
UM, THE REASON I ASK IS THAT I WANNA GO BACK TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS LAID OUT.
IS THAT WHAT, OR FIRST WITH THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE, WHAT PRIORITIES WILL BE, UH, ADDRESSED THERE? I THINK ALL OF THEM.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DO THE, UM, THE SIMULTANEOUS PROGRAM WITH MAYBE LEVEL FOUR THROUGH SEVEN, OR THE ONES THAT MAYBE WON'T REQUIRE AN OFFICER? UM, COUNCILMAN, I THINK WE GO BACK, UM, TO, TO WHAT I STATED EARLIER, I THINK AT THIS POINT, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE THIS, UM, A TEAM THAT INCLUDES LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ALL OF THOSE MENTAL HEALTH GOALS.
ALL THOSE PRIORITIES THAT YOU MENTIONED, LIKE A PRIORITY SEVEN, A, A SUSPICIOUS PERSON, A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, UM, THOSE ARE ADDRESSED BY A POLICE OFFICER.
SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.
UM, I THINK OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO THE COMMITTEE AND TO THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN, LET US RUN THROUGH THIS PILOT PROGRAM THE WAY THAT, THAT IT WAS ADOPTED, EVALUATE RESULTS, AND THEN COME BACK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVES, ALTERNATIVE WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS CALLS.
UM, SO, SO THAT'S THE, THE, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
I'LL END BY STATING MY REQUEST WOULD BE, UM, TO GET THE PRICING POTENTIAL, LIKE ANY BUDGET IMPLICATIONS, IF NOT FOR ARPA, THEN FOR A FUTURE BUDGET CYCLE.
ANY OTHER, UM, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL? THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU MARIA AND CHIEF FOR THE UPDATE.
UM, RIGHT NOW, WHAT PHONE NUMBER ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CALLING FOR, FOR THE CALLS THAT ARE NON-EMERGENCY, THAT WE ARE REDIRECTING TO SAY A C S OR THE, YEAH, A LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, A C S OR CODE, RIGHT? SO, UH, OUR EMERGENCY NUMBER IS 9 1 1.
THE NON-EMERGENCY IS 2 0 7 7 2 7 3.
BUT THAT'S STILL SS A P D, RIGHT? IT'S 2 0 7 S A P G.
SO THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW? YES.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, I NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU DO ISSUE NOISE CITATIONS, THEY ARE STILL BEING ISSUED BY SS A P D.
IS THAT RIGHT? EVEN THOUGH A CODE OFFICER GOES OUT? THAT IS CORRECT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, IS THAT BY, UH, BY CHARTER OR STATE LAW? I'M GONNA ASK MICHAEL SHANNON, COUNCILWOMAN WITH, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION.
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UH, FOR EVERYONE, I'M MIKE SHANNON, I JUST WANTED YOU TO COME TO THE FRONT.I KNEW, UH, I'M MIKE SHANNON, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, WHAT WE HAVE IS A PILOT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW THAT, UM, CODE OFFICERS, WE HAVE SIX OF THEM ASSIGNED, UH, THREE NIGHTS A WEEK, UM, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY.
THOSE WHERE WE GET THE MOST CALLS, UH, WE'VE EQUIPPED THEM ALL WITH NOISE METERS.
WE GO OUT, WE TAKE A READING, AND WE VERIFY IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OR NOT.
UH, WE DO, WE DO NOT WANT THESE, UH, CODE OFFICERS.
WE ARE NOT PEACE OFFICERS TO ENGAGE WITH THOSE HOUSE PARTY EVENTS AND OR BUSINESSES WITH LARGE GATHERINGS, LOUD NOISE AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND HAVE THE POLICE OFFICERS COME, UH, AND ACTUALLY ISSUE THE CITATIONS AFTER WE ARE.
AND IF YOU SEE BY THE NUMBERS, ABOUT 80 OR 85% OF THEM ARE NOT VIOLATIONS WHEN WE GET THERE.
SO WE'RE KIND OF SAVING THAT RESPONSE TIME, UH, FOR THE POLICE HAVING TO GO OUT.
BUT, UH, THEY ARE RESPONDING TO THOSE, UH, THOSE VIOLATIONS AT THIS POINT.
SO MARIA, MIKE, I IMAGINE THAT WILL BE, UH, DURING THIS PILOT PHASE, YOU WILL BE EVALUATING HOW MANY OF THOSE CITATIONS ACTUALLY INVOLVE SOMETHING THAT COULD PUT OUR CODE OFFICERS IN IN JEOPARDY.
BUT YOU'LL HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATION AT THE END OF THAT.
UM, NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, WHEN WE, UH, RECEIVED EARLIER PRESENTATIONS ON THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSE TEAMS, UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THREE PARTICULAR ZIP CODES AND AREAS THAT SAW THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, THE OTHER TWO ZIP CODES, MY RECOLLECTION THERE WAS, UM, ONE, AND WAS IT PRO SUBSTATION? IT WAS THE PR 7, 8 2 9 AND 7 8 2 2 8.
SO, YES, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON CENTRAL, WHICH IS 7 8 2 0 5.
THE, THE ZIP CODE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION, AM I GETTING SEVEN? I'M SORRY? 7 8, 2 0 7, RIGHT.
WHERE HAVEN FOR HOPE IS, UH, WITHIN THAT ZIP CODE? YES.
AND THE, AND ONE OF THE, THE FINDINGS FROM THE MEADOWS IS THAT THE GREYHOUND BUS STATION HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF CALLS COMING OUT OF THAT STATION, THAT BUS STOP.
I DO RECALL THERE WERE TWO OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE CITY THAT HAD AN EXTREMELY HIGH AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE BOTH ALONG THE BANDERA CORRIDOR AND BOTH IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
SO MAYBE AFTER THIS WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO PILOTS IN THOSE AREA, OR, OR DO YOU FORESEE DOING THE ADDITIONAL TWO PILOTS THIS FISCAL YEAR? NO, COUNCILWOMAN, WE, UM, ONLY HAVE RESOURCES TO DO THAT ONE PILOT.
UM, SO WHAT OUR THOUGHT WAS, IF THERE WAS, UM, UNFORTUNATELY BY THE TIME WE'RE DOING BUDGET, WE WOULDN'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA FROM THIS PILOT.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA START IN APRIL AND WE'RE DOING BUDGET DECISIONS IN AUGUST.
BUT THERE WAS A, UH, DESIRE FROM THE COUNCIL TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, THAT'LL BE PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAD NOT, UM, UM, PLANNED TO DO THE, THE ADDITIONAL AREAS.
AND, AND ONE OF THE PERHAPS CHALLENGES OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IS, UM, HAVING THE CLINICIAN, UH, IN PLACE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TEAM OF, OF THREE PROFESSIONALS AT THE SCENE.
SO THE, THE SEVEN CLINICIANS THAT WE ARE ADDING, UM, AGAIN, OUR, FOR THE TEAM FOUR, AND THEN THREE FOR THE 9 1 1, UM, CENTER.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS, THIS IS NEWS TO ME.
I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE BUDGET PROCESS IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION MULTIPLE TIMES IN, IN COMMITTEE, I, I WALKED AWAY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THOSE THREE PILOTS.
SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK LATER ABOUT WHAT
WHEN WE CAME TO, UH, THE CHECK COMMITTEE AND THEN WE WENT, CAME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE MEADOWS RECOMMENDATION HAS THREE AREAS.
WHEN WE PROPOSE A BUDGET IN AUGUST, WE ONLY HAD CENTRAL.
SO THAT'S WHEN THE CHANGE HAPPENED ON AUGUST 17 WHEN WE PRESENTED THE POLICE BUDGET.
I GUESS I, I MISSED THAT PART THEN.
SO THE IDEA IS WE WOULD ONLY DO ONE PILOT, AND THEN WE WOULD BE READY TO MOVE ON TO EITHER IMPLEMENT CITYWIDE OR MAKE A DECISION AT THAT POINT OF WHETHER OR NOT WE DO ADDITIONAL PILOTS WITH, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR IS THE LATTER.
I, I THINK A CITYWIDE APPROACH, UH, WOULD TAKE, UM, SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES.
OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE STARTED THIS BEFORE US INCLUDE DALLAS
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AND, UM, AND AUSTIN, AND THEY HAVEN'T GONE CITYWIDE.DALLAS HAS, UH, SEVERAL TEAMS IN PLACE.
UM, SO WE ALSO ARE TALKING TO DALLAS TO LEARN FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MODIFY HOURS.
BUT THEY, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT WE ALL IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL AREAS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CITYWIDE, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
UH, LET ME TELL YOU ONE, UM, ONE CONCERN THAT I'M, I'M NOT SURE WE'VE, UH, THAT I'VE HEARD HOW IT WILL BE ADDRESSED YET WHEN WE DO IMPLEMENT THE PILOT PROGRAM, AND EVENTUALLY WHEN WE GROW CITYWIDE, IS THE TRACKING AND THE FOLLOW-UP ON EACH OF THE CASES.
UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE REFERRED, UH, THAT CLIENTS WILL BE REFERRED TO SERVICES, BUT IT IS VERY EASY WITH THE NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTY.
AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MANY JURISDICTIONS, RIGHT? WE'VE GOT THE, THE COUNTY, WE'VE GOT THE CITY AND A NUMBER OF SUBURBAN CITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND WE WILL.
UM, SO I, AT SOME POINT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW, HOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
MARIA, UM, YOU SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE METRICS.
HAVE, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING PUT TOGETHER YET ON METRICS FOR TRACKING THIS PILOT PROGRAM? WE'RE WORKING ON IT, COUNCILMAN.
WE DON'T, BUT WE'LL, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THOSE TO THIS COMMITTEE.
AS I MENTIONED IS OUR, UM, DECREASE IN EMERGENCY DETENTIONS, REFERRALS TO SERVICES, AND THEN THE, UH, DECREASE IN UTILIZATION OF HOSPITALS.
THOSE ARE THREE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE HAVE STARTED TO PUT TOGETHER, BUT THERE'S MORE, AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING NOW.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DRAFTS WHENEVER YOU PUT THOSE TOGETHER.
I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ALSO ON HOW INFORMATION THAT I'D BE, I'D BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT.
UM, I, I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT GOING FORWARD WITH TWO DIFFERENT PILOT PROGRAMS. I, I, I SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM, UH, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY LAID OUT.
WE, YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT.
WE'RE COMING INTO THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THAT.
UM, UM, I'M, I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT LAUNCHING INTO ANOTHER PILOT PROGRAM, AND I HAVE STRONG RESERVATIONS ABOUT, UH, NOT HAVING A, UM, A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSON RESPOND WITH THE TEAM OUT THERE.
I, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN, ANY INJURIES OR EVEN DEATHS OF, UM, INDIVIDUALS RESPONDING WITHOUT POLICE PROTECTION OUT THERE.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AND I, I, I, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANOTHER PILOT PROGRAM, UH, TO GO ALONGSIDE WITH THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK WE NEED TO FLESH THIS OUT, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, UH, IF NE NECESSARY, AND SEE WHAT THIS, SEE WHAT THIS PROGRAM YIELDS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE MEASURE THE RIGHT THINGS WITH METRICS, UH, TO SEE HOW EFFECTIVE THIS PROGRAM IS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M SITTING AT AT THIS POINT, BUT ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THIS, UH, R F P THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS CURRENTLY, RIGHT? THIS TYPE OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING HERE IN THIS R F P, IS THIS FOR THE CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY DO, WE, THE FIRST R F P WE DID WAS IN, UM, YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND, UH, WE SPECIFICALLY LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM ON THE EAST SIDE.
WE HAD ONE PROPOSAL FROM WEST CARE, AND, UH, SO WE EXECUTED A CONTRACT WITH THEM.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT RICK, I THINK IT WAS IN 2019 OR 2020.
2019 WENT OUT 2021 STATE THE YEAR FOR HUNDRED 50,000.
UM, THAT, THAT WENT OUT IN 2020.
THAT'S WHEN WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT WITH WEST CARE.
SO THIS IS A SIM SIMILAR TYPE CONTRACT, OR THE SAME TYPE OF CONTRACT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OUT WITH.
I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE WOULD GO OUT WITH ANOTHER R F P IF WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT.
UH, THIS IS DIFFERENT COUNCILMAN.
UM, AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO MORE ENTITIES, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE EAST SIDE THAT HAVE APPROACHED THE CITY FOR CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, THERE ARE MANY SERVICES THAT THEY OFFER.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, I MET WITH ONE OF 'EM THAT, UH, PROVIDES SERVICES, UM, TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN FORMERLY INCARCERATED.
UM, AND THEY PROVIDE STIPENDS.
SO THEY CAN EITHER FINISH THEIR G E D OR GET A CERTIFICATE.
UM, THEY CONNECT THEM WITH, UM, ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO DO THAT PROGRAM.
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THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, UM, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY THE GOAL OF THE FUNDS, THIS IS COMING OUT OF OUR CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND, IS THE, THE, THE LAW ALLOWS US TO USE IT SPECIFICALLY FOR CRIME REDUCTION ACTIVITIES.SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN OPENING IT TO OTHER IDEAS THAT NONPROFITS MAY HAVE ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO TACKLE ISSUES, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WE HAVE, UH, ACROSS THE CITY.
AND, UH, ARE WE PROJECTING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FUND THIS THROUGH THE CONFISCATION PROGRAM? YES, SIR.
IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR, OUR CONTINUED RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT IF FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE, UH, THEN THAT WOULD BE A DISCUSSION AS PART OF OUR GOAL SETTING SESSION.
IF THERE'S A PRIORITY FROM THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, UM, IT WILL DEFINITELY BE A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT AS, AS OF NOW, THE CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND HAS BEEN A SOURCE FOR THIS PROGRAM FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, AND THEN I, I WOULD RECOMMEND ON THAT PARTICULAR R F P, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW, UM, NON-PROFITS, THAT 30 DAYS IS PRETTY QUICK TO RESPOND TO AN R F P, THAT'S AN ESTABLISHED CONTRACTORS.
BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW ONES THAT DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT AT 45 OR EVEN 60 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THAT, TO GIVE THEM TIME TO DO THAT RESEARCH AND GET OUT INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, FIND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM RESPOND TO AN R F P.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT EXTENDED.
UM, NOISE ORDINANCE, MR. SHANNON.
UM, YOU HAVE THIS PILOT THAT WILL BE RELIEVING SOME OF THE PRESSURE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT AREN'T WE WORKING ON A MUCH BROADER SCALE ON THIS NOISE ORDINANCE TO, UM, TIGHTEN THE REQUIREMENTS OR CODIFY, YOU KNOW, SOME PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE? YES.
SO, UH, THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CURRENT NOISE ORDINANCE, IS WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'VE DESCRIBED TODAY.
AND IT'LL RUN THROUGH MARCH AND WE'LL HAVE SOME RESULTS.
WE'LL TRY A FEW NEW THINGS, UH, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN HAD MENTIONED, WE'LL, WE'LL ADDRESS WITH THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, BUT YES, THE, THE C C R THAT YOU AND OUR FORMER COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAD ASKED US TO LOOK AT LAST YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE A TASK FORCE, UH, RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL CODE, THE NOISE CODE TO SEE WHAT, IF ANYTHING COULD AND SHOULD BE CHANGED, UM, DECIBEL LEVELS, HOURS WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT GETS A LITTLE QUIETER, UH, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT, UH, SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE CODE THAT MAKES IT EASIER TO ENFORCE, UM, MORE CLEAR FOR BUSINESS OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES ARE, HOW TO STAY WITHIN COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING OF THAT TASK FORCE THIS AFTERNOON, UH, AND THAT'LL LIKELY, UH, GO THROUGH ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THIS PILOT PROGRAM.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE DATA WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM, ALONG WITH THIS TASK FORCE, LOOKING AT THE CURRENT CODE, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT, UM, SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE CODE ITSELF, UH, TO MAKE IT, UH, EASIER TO ENFORCE AND BETTER TO COMPLY WITH.
UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TYING THE TWO TOGETHER.
IT'S GOOD TIMING AND, UH, YEAH, GREAT TIME WORKING TOGETHER.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE SAFE OFFICERS COMING TO THE EAST AND THE SOUTH PATROL BECAUSE THOSE TWO, UM, SUBSTATIONS COVER THE AREA.
ARE, IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC ROLE THAT THESE SAFE OFFICERS ARE GONNA HAVE? OR ARE WE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE GONNA BE TRAINED TO DO WHAT OUR REGULAR SAFE OFFICERS DO? ARE THEY GONNA BE FOCUSED ON YOUTH OR, UM, SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS? I ACTUALLY HAVE A CENTRAL SAFE OFFICER ALSO, BUT, UM, SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THESE SAFE OFFICERS COUNCIL MEMBER? THEY'LL, THEY'LL ASSUME, UH, YOUR TYPICAL SAFE OFFICER DUTIES, UM, LOOKING AT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, CHRONIC COMPLAINTS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UH, ATTENDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
BUT I, I, I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSION, NOT A LOT ABOUT, UM, EXPANDING THE ROLE OF, OF WHAT SAFE DOES, UH, BEYOND WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
BUT AGAIN, THAT, THAT CONVERSATION REALLY HASN'T GOTTEN STARTED YET.
MATTER OF FACT, I HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED IT WITH MARIA YET, BUT, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE ANYTHING, UH, AND I KNOW SOME OF MY SAFE OFFICER, UH, SOME OF THE SAFE OFFICERS WHEN I WORKED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID THIS AND TOOK THAT EXTRA EFFORT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, GET,
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GET THAT TRAINING.SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO WITH OUR NEW SAFE OFFICERS IN, IN THE, UH, SUB SERVICE AREA SUBSTATIONS THAT'S CURRENTLY SERVICE DISTRICT THREE, I LOOK FORWARD TO.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
COUNCILWOMAN VIEGA AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL.
I'D LIKE TO GO TO SLIDE 26 IF WE COULD.
UM, AND I REMEMBER AT OUR FIRST, UH, MY FIRST BUDGET RETREAT IN 2017, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASKED WAS, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO U UPSTREAM? WHAT ARE OUR UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS? I REMEMBER COUNCILWOMAN
BUT I, SO I'M VERY GLAD, UH, TO SEE THIS ON THERE.
UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET MAYBE A FEW WORDS FROM, UH, CLAUDE ABOUT THE APPROACH THAT WILL BE TAKEN? SURE, YEAH.
UH, CLAUDE JACOB WITH METRO HEALTH, UM, UH, JUST, UH, NOW A FEW MONTHS HERE, UH, AS THE HEALTH DIRECTOR, UH, BIDDING GREETINGS FROM THE NATIONAL ACCREDITED METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO WHAT WE TALK ABOUT, THE DIFFERENT DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH OR DIFFERENT DRIVERS OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG 20 MONTHS FOR FOLKS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'VE SEEN HOUSING INSECURITY, FOOD INSECURITY, JOB INSECURITY, SO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER, AT LEAST WITHIN METRO HEALTH, WE'RE AMPLIFYING OUR INFORMATICS WORK.
UH, SO WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED UNIT TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE DO HAVE DEDICATED DISEASE DETECTIVES OR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ON STAFF.
OUR TASK HERE IS TO MAKE SURE WE WORK IN CONCERT WITH S A P D, WITH FIRE, WITH OTHER PROVIDERS ACROSS THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
SO WHILE IT'S NOT CAUSAL IN LINK RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB LOOKING AT THE CONSTELLATION OF DATA AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS.
ONE EXAMPLE, AND I SHARED THIS AT THE CHECK MEETING, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE COMMITTEE, RIGHT? UH, WE USE AN EQUITY ATLAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HEAT MAPS, WE LOOK AT THE BURDEN OF C O V I D.
WE'VE FIGURED OUT USING THAT TOOL, HOW TO DEPLOY POP-UP TENTS, POP-UP CLINICS, COVID TESTING SITES.
SO WE'VE USED THAT AT LEAST TOOL TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO DEPLOY RESOURCES.
WE HAVE THE TEAM THAT WE'RE MOBILIZING.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF AT LEAST CONNECTING TO THE DATA THAT WE ALREADY COLLECT, UH, WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.
BUT THIS IS TO BE FURTHER UPSTREAM.
WE ARE DOING THIS INTENTIONALLY.
WE WERE, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, THE BIGS, THAT HAVE THIS, UH, CAPABILITY AT LEAST ANCHORED IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO COMING BACK IN MARCH TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S, UH, BUILDING THE STAFF, ENHANCING OUR CAPABILITIES, MAKING, UH, BETTER DECISIONS ANCHORED TO THE DATA.
BUT JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS FURTHER UPSTREAM BY DESIGN.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, MARIA, CHIEF, EVERYBODY, UM, A LOT OF SPEAKERS HERE TODAY IS A LOT, UH, INVOLVED, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE INPUT, UH, AND GOOD QUESTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEMS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUSH, UM, ITEM SIX TO THE NEXT, UH, MEETING.
I WANNA GIVE IT THE TIME THAT IT DESERVES.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO ITEMS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE TOGETHER.
SO I HAVE, I HAVE THREE, UH, GRANTS TO BRIEF Y'ALL ON.
AND, UH, I WILL BE RATHER QUICK DOING IT.
THEY'RE RATHER STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND, UM, LET'S START WITH THE, THE JAG GRANT OR THE, UH, CHILD WELFARE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
SO THIS GRANT WAS FIRST AWARDED BACK IN 2005.
UH, IT'S BETWEEN THE CITY AND BAYER COUNTY.
WE SUBMIT A JOINT APPLICATION.
UH, THE COUNTY IS THE, UM, FIDUCIARY FOR THIS GRANT.
UH, FUNDS ARE USED TO CONTINUE THE CHILD, I MEAN, THE, UH, CITY COUNTY CHILD WELFARE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
THAT IS WHERE WE JOINTLY INVESTIGATE, UH, OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN, SEXUAL OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN, UH, CHILD ABUSE.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM, AGAIN, IS TO CONDUCT THAT JOINT INVESTIGATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE.
THE TOTAL GRAND AMOUNT IS $864,000.
UH, BEAR COUNTY GETS THE LARGER PORTION OF THAT, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIDUCIARY, AND BECAUSE IT'S
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ALSO USED TO SUPPORT, UM, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SOME OTHER COUNTY FUNCTIONS.UH, SAN ANTONIO RECEIVES 40% OF THAT GRANT.
THE GRANT PERIOD IS FROM OCTOBER, 2022, SEPTEMBER, 2024.
UM, IT FUNDS TWO SS A P D DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THAT PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, THE, UH, COUNTY'S PORTION OF IT FUNDS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE JUVENILE AND ADULT PROBATION OFFICE, AND THE, UH, AND POSITIONS IN DRUG COURT.
UH, IN SUMMARY, AGAIN, THE GRANT SUPPORTS THE CITY COUNTY PROJECT, UH, CALLED WELFARE CHILD WELFARE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE PROGRAM, WHERE JOINT INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, THE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT IS THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, CHRISTA SANTA ROSA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
LOOKING AT OUR METRICS SPECIAL VICTIM UNITS, THE SPECIAL, SPECIAL VICTIM UNIT, UH, INVESTIGATES OVER 9,000 CASES EACH YEAR, AND APPROXIMATELY 2,900 OF THOSE CASES INVOLVE CHILDREN.
THE, UM, CHILD RELATED FELONY CASES ARE HANDLED BY DE, UH, BY GRANT FUNDED DETECTIVES.
YOU CAN SEE THE METRICS OVER THE YEARS, HOW MANY CASES THEY'VE INVESTIGATED.
AND FOR THE PERIOD OF 2017 TO 2021, THE GRANT DETECTIVES HAVE INVESTI, HAVE HANDLED 21% OF THE CHILD RELATED FELONY CASES.
A RECOMMENDATION IS THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE SUPPORTS THE APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT AND THE EXECUTION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY, WITH BEXAR COUNTY.
AND THAT IS THE END OF THAT PRESENTATION.
UH, THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE THE 2021 D N A TESTING GRANT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, I BELIEVE WE'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED.
UH, THIS MORNING, THE GRANT WILL ASSIST WITH COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING, UM, FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE RELATED TO SEX OFFENSES, UH, AND REIMBURSING THE COST FOR THE D N A KITS.
THE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, 2020 TO SEPTEMBER WILL BE FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER, 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 21, AND THE GRANT IS IN THE AMOUNT OF $200,000.
THERE WERE 464 TESTS CONDUCTED AND PROCESSED, UH, IN 2020 FISCAL YEAR 2020.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TESTS PER MONTH, UH, WAS 39, AND THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT WAS $152,656 COST PER KIT, $329.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FORWARD THIS ITEM TO THE FULL COUNCIL TO ACCEPT THE FUNDS FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF D N A KITS.
AND LASTLY IS THE TEXDOT IMPAIRED DRIVING MOBILIZATION D W I ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT, THE PURPOSE FOR THIS GRANT IS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL RELATED, UH, CRASHES.
UH, THE PERIOD IS FROM OCTOBER 21 TO SEC, UH, OCTOBER OF 2021 TO SEPTEMBER OF 2022, GRANT AWARD, $50,000 WITH AN IN-KIND MATCH OF 12,500.
THE FUNDS WILL, UH, BE USED TO AUGMENT THE WORK OF ON-DUTY, UH, D W I ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND IT, IT IS BASICALLY ON A, AN OVERTIME PROGRAM.
YOU SEE HERE, WE'VE HAD 61 D W I ARRESTS, UH, FELONY ARREST, 72, AND ON DOWN THE LINE, UH, PERSONNEL HOURS INVESTED IN THIS HAVE BEEN 751.
AND, UM, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, AGAIN, $50,000 FROM TXDOT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF D W I OFFENSES.
UH, IT'S ON AN OVERTIME BASIS.
WE'LL AUGMENT THE, UH, WORK OF ON-DUTY, UM, OFFICERS 12,500 IN, IN-KIND MATCH THAT GOES TO, UH, VEHICLES FUEL, UH, REPAIRS.
AND IT, UH, IT'S USED WHILE PERFORMING GRANT ACTIVITIES AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S
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SALARY OF PERSONNEL TO MANAGE THE GRANT.AND ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UM, FORWARD THIS TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THAT INVESTIG, UH, THAT
CHIEF, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE THREE PRESENTATIONS CHIEF.
UM, I, I DIDN'T, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILWOMAN ON THE WALL, UM, UM, SUBMITTED.
AND THEN THE ANSWERS, I'M LOOKING NOW AT THEM, AND I HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, IF YOU COULD JUST MAYBE EMAIL THE RESPONSES TO THE FULL COMMITTEE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
ONE OF THEM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WAS OF THE CURRENT D N A TEST BACKLOG, UH, WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
BUT I THINK IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE, THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU ANSWERED THE BACKLOG OF, OF THE, THE KITS.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I SEE HERE, SO THANK YOU
UM, UM, ON THE THIRD ITEM IS, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE, THE, THE, THE JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, AND IF IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE IN HELPING THE VICTIMS OF, UH, CHILD VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT? SURE.
TH THOSE DETECTIVES ARE, UM, FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ARE BASED, UH, DOWN, NEAR, DOWN NEAR THE CHILD.
UH, YEAH, THE, UH, BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER.
AND, UH, AS DESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK, UH, CHILD SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE CASES.
UM, AND THEN HOW MANY OFFICERS GO THROUGH THE I D M TRAINING? GO TO WHICH TRAINING? THE, IS IT THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I D M STANDS FOR.
I GUESS IT'S THE, THE, UM, AIR DRIVING MOBILITY.
SAY IT AGAIN? AIR DRIVING OVER LOCALIZATION.
SAY, SAY IT AGAIN, MA IMPAIRED DRIVING LOCALIZATION.
THAT ALL OUR DWI I GUYS, RIGHT.
WE, WE USE, UH, MANY OFFICERS.
CAN YOU GO THE MICROPHONE? OH, YEAH, SORRY.
BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE WATCHING YEAH.
I'M THE, UH, TRAFFIC SECTION COMMANDER.
UH, SO THE, THE I D M OR IMPAIRMENT DERIVING MOBILIZATION GRANT IS A PHASED.
SO WE USE THAT TO HELP, UH, ENHANCE OUR D W I ENFORCEMENT.
DURING CRITICAL PARTS OF THE YEAR, HOLIDAYS, PEOPLE THAT HAVE TRADITIONAL HIGH DRINKING TIMES, UM, ALL OFFICERS ON THE DEPARTMENT ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO WORK THAT, UH, THEY DO NEED TO HAVE THE, UH, THE SKILLSET FOR THE STANDARD OF THAT STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, THE SSSTS, UM, AS LONG AS THEY ARE CERTIFIED IN THAT THEY CAN WORK THE GRANT WE ORGANIZE, IT'S ORGANIZED THROUGH, UH, A HEADQUARTERS OFFICE, BUT THEN IT'S MANAGED OUT ON THE STREETS BY THE TRAFFIC, UH, UNITS.
SO, SO DO ALL THE OFFICERS, HOW MANY OFFICERS GO THROUGH THAT TRAINING? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S, UM, CURRENTLY THE, THE WAY, UH, UM, IN, IN THE WAY BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, WE DIDN'T ALL GO THROUGH IT.
NOW, EVERY, FOR MANY YEARS NOW, EVERY OFFICER GOES THROUGH THAT TRAINING.
EVERY OFFICER ON THE DEPARTMENT'S CAPABLE OF PROPERLY CONDUCTING A SS F S T AND HANDLING A D W I, ALTHOUGH WE'VE GOT OUR SPECIALTY UNIT THAT DO IT IN AND OUT EVERY DAY.
UH, AND THE FOLKS THAT TEND TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK THIS GRANT ARE FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY ON BOARD WITH THE PROGRAM OUT THERE TRYING TO GET THESE DWIS OFF THE STREET.
COUNCILMAN, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN PERRY? THANK YOU, MA'AM.
UM, I GUESS THE CHIEF OR MARIA, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING METRICS, YOU KNOW, I, I LOOK AT IT AS THIS IS WHAT'S COMING IN THE DOOR.
I'M, I'M REALLY INTERESTED WHAT'S COMING OUT, OUT THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, ON THESE GRANTS AND WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THESE GRANTS? I, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS REALLY DOESN'T TELL ME THAT MUCH.
YOU KNOW, EVEN ABOUT THE, UM, UH, GRANT FUNDED DETECTIVES FOR THE CHILD RELATED FELONY CASES.
UM, I, WE NEED TO TAKE THIS TO THE NEXT LEVEL ON ALL OF OUR METRICS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT? NOT JUST THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THOSE CASES? ARE THEY BEING PROSECUTED? WERE THEY PROTECTED? SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THE SAME THING WITH DWIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I JUST, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK MORE AT WHAT THE RESULTS OF THE, OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE, AND NOT JUST WHAT'S COMING IN THE FRONT DOOR.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE BACK DOOR.
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YES.WE, WELL NOTED AT COUNCILMAN WE, WE, WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED TO START DOING THAT.
SO WE'LL START INCORPORATING THAT INFORMATION, TO YOUR POINT, AS OUR INPUTS AND OUTPUTS, AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUTPUTS.
YOU KNOW, BEEN CHASING THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND I, EVERY COMMITTEE I'M ON, THAT'S WHAT I KEEP STRESSING.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THIS? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH Y'ALL AND TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN.
UH, I WANTED, UH, MY FIRST QUESTION, AND IT, I GUESS IT'S RELATED TO WHAT COUNCILMAN PERRY JUST MENTIONED FOR THE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET THE INFORMATION, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE IT, IS HOW MANY OF THE CHILDREN ARE HOMELESS OR WORK ARE, ARE IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, INTER INTIMATE VIOLENCE PARTNER RELATIONSHIP? I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
UM, AND I GUESS I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
DO YOU WANT THEM ALL TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY HAVE TO DO, DO WE HAVE TO, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE MOTIONS INDIVIDUALLY? I'M GONNA ASK THIS IF WE CAN DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE OR SEPARATELY.
IT'S IDEAL FOR IT TO BE INDIVIDUAL SINCE THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. OKAY.
SO LET ME USE MY SUPPLEMENTS TO ASK THE OTHER QUESTION ON THE D N A TESTING GRANT.
UM, SO ARE WE USING THE MOST EFFICIENT, UM, D N A TESTING KITS OR DO THEY LIMIT TO, IS THERE LIKE A STANDARD THAT WE HAVE TO USE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A BACKLOG, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAID THAT SOMETIMES THE, THE BACKLOG HAPPENS BECAUSE THE TESTING KIT IS NOT, LET'S SAY THE BEST IS, IS A STANDARD SET BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
STANDARD SET BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
AND, UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTION, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR THE IMPAIRED DRIVING MOBILIZATION ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM GRANT, ARE WE USING THAT TO IDENTIFY MAYBE THOSE BARS THAT TEND TO SERVE A LITTLE TOO MUCH OR MAYBE, UH, SERVE UNDERAGE DRINKERS? AND IF, IF WE DO USE IT, UM, DO YOU BREAK THAT DOWN INTO DISTRICTS OR AREAS OF TOWN? I, I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE MORE OF A VICE, UH, UNIT ISSUE.
UH, THE WAY WE DETERMINE WHERE TO WORK.
UH, THE I D M GRANT IS BASED UPON, IT'S A DATA DRIVEN APPROACH.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE DO WE HAVE, UH, THE MOST, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, ALCOHOL RELATED TRAFFIC CRASHES AND FATALITIES, AND WE CONCENTRATE IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, JUST 'CAUSE I KNOW MY RESIDENTS AND DISTRICTS WOULD HAVE AN OPINION OF WHERE THEY THINK THE DRUNK DRIVERS ARE.
SO I, UH, THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.
WELL, I ALL, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, GOVERNOR'S, THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, D N A TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
I'M SORRY, WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SEC.
WELL, I'M, LEMME JUST MAKE SURE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCILMAN.
UM, A MOTION IN THE SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
ANY OPPOSED? MOTION, UH, FOR ITEM FOUR, CARRIES, UH, PASSES.
CARRIE, I'LL MAKE MOTION TO, UH, MOVE TO THE COUNCIL, THE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT, CHILD WELFARE WELFARE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE PROGRAM.
A MOTION WITH A MOTION AND A SECOND.
AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, ITEM FIVE.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UM, THAT WE FORWARD TO FULL COUNSEL, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, D W I, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT GRANT.
SECOND, THE MOTION AND A SECOND.
UM, SO I, I MENTIONED WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE THE ITEM SIX TO OUR NEXT MEETING, TO, TO GIVE IT, UM, THE TIME THAT IT DESERVES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU TODAY.
UM, YOUR PATIENCE AND, UM, FOR ALL OF THOSE THAT, THAT ARE, UM, THAT SPOKE.
UM, AND REMEMBER OUR NEXT MEETING AS IS NOT ACTUALLY SCHEDULED UNTIL JANUARY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK WITH YOU ALL, UM, IN THE NEW YEAR.
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