* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:09] 9:00 PM ON THIS 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2022. WE'LL CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT IS HERE VIRTUALLY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KEDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER IZE HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NURENBERG. HERE. MAYOR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, UH, WELL WELCOME TO OUR B SESSION. UH, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR CONTINUING THE, UH, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS OF THE ROOM ARRANGEMENTS. UH, [ ITEMS  ] SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER, CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH, TO GET US STARTED ON OUR BUDGET ITEM. THANKS, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL. UH, WE'LL TRY IT THIS WAY THIS WEEK AND SEE IF IT STICKS. UM, THREE PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON. WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, HE'LL HAND IT OVER TO CHIEF HOOD, WHO WILL COVER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROPOSED BUDGET, AND THEN WE WILL TRANSITION TO JUDGE ODO AND FRED GARCIA, A MUNICIPAL COURT. SO, BUT THAT WE'LL START WITH CHIEF MCMANUS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, OVERVIEW THE 20 20 23 PROPOSED BUDGET. UH, IN THAT WILL BE SOME DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES, UH, DEPARTMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND THEN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO COMPARING THE 20 20 20 23 PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET, WE ARE LOOKING AT A 6% INCREASE. UM, MOVING DOWN TO THE POSITIONS, UH, IN 20 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022, WE ARE AUTHORIZED 2,503, UM, OFFICER POSITIONS. UH, THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, IS 2,581, UH, FOR A 78 F T E IMPROVEMENT, THE, UH, AIRPORT AND PARK POLICE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OFFICERS, UH, COMBINED ON THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS IS TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE, A HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT FOR PARKS AND 57 FOR AIRPORT. THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THAT. AND FOR NON-SWORN OR CIVILIAN POSITIONS, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED 972, THAT'LL BUMP UP TO 980, UH, WITH THE, UM, NEW SUBSTATION, UH, ST. MARY'S SUBSTATION. UH, THAT WOULD BE, UM, SIX SERVICE AGENTS, UM, ONE FLEET AGENT, AND THEN ONE FISCAL ANALYST FOR HEADQUARTERS. LOOKING BACK TO 2019, UH, OUR BUDGET HAS IMP INCREASED GRADUALLY SINCE, UH, SINCE THEN. UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2023 BEING $567 MILLION. WE RECENTLY WENT FROM USING A U C R, UH, CRIME COUNTING, UH, METHOD. THE F B I CHANGED THAT FROM U C R TO NBRS IN 2021, UH, I'M SORRY, 2020 AND, UH, I'M SORRY, 2021. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT, UH, AN INCREASE, AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 12.3% HIGHER THAN THIS YEAR TO DATE, HIGHER THAN 2022, I'M SORRY, HIGHER THAN 2021. WE'RE LOOKING AT A 6.5% INCREASE IN CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS. A 15% INCREASE IN CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY AND A 5% INCREASE IN CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, CRIME AGAINST SOCIETY IS A DRUG VIOLATION, PROSTITUTION, WEAPONS, GAMBLING PORN OR OBSCENE MATERIALS AND ANIMAL CRUELTY. AND THOSE, THOSE OFFENSES ARE TABULATED BY THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS THAT ARE MADE. POLICE UNIFORM POSITIONS. WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, UNDERGOING A STAFFING STUDY BY, UH, MR. WEISS, WHO STARTED BACK IN APRIL. UH, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, WE'LL RECOMMEND, UH, HE'LL RECOMMEND STAFFING LETTERS, LE LEVELS, AND, UM, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND DETERMINE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE STAFFING SHOULD BE. AND IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS THAT HE, HE, UH, [00:05:01] HE RECOMMENDS THAT STUDY IS TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 2023. IF WE LOOK AT A SNAPSHOT IN TIME RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED, AS I MENTIONED, 2,503 POSITIONS. IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE A PICTURE FROM AUGUST 19TH, 2022, WE HAVE 20 VACANCIES. WE HAVE 125 CADETS IN THE ACADEMY AND OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND, UH, NUMBER 2358. IF YOU FAST FORWARD TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, WE'RE LOOKING TO, WE PROJECT 63 VACANCIES, 101 CADETS IN THE ACADEMY BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE JUST GRADUATED ONE. AND THAT WOULD LEAVE US TWO ACADEMY CLASSES IN THE, IN THE, UH, TWO ACADEMY CLASSES OF CADETS IN THE ACADEMY. UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UH, 24 17 POLICE ACADEMY CLASSES. WE HAD FOUR IN FISCAL YEAR 2022. WE ARE PROJECTING ANOTHER FOUR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 WITH A MINIMUM OF 55 CADETS IN EACH CLASS. OUR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS GOING BACK TO 2018. UH, I'M SORRY. OUR EMERGENCY CALLS, UH, LOOKING BACK TO 2018, HAVE INCREASED, UM, EACH YEAR EXCEPT FOR 2020. AND THAT ANOMALY IS DUE, UH, WE BELIEVE TO THE COVID. I, UM, THE COVID, UH, SHUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN. AND THEN, UM, FOR OUR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS, WE, UM, WE'VE INCREASED PRETTY MUCH EVERY YEAR. UH, AND YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE LOOKING AT FIVE THOU, 500 THOU 562,386. UH, FOR 2022, OUR EMERGENCY CALLS ARE ALMOST 770, 770 6,000. OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES IN MINUTES, UH, LOOKING BACK TO 2016 AGAIN, UH, WE, WE MAINTAIN PRETTY STEADY WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES. UH, AGAIN, WITH THAT ANOMALY IN 2020 FOR COVID, WE DROPPED DOWN TO SIX MINUTES AND FIVE SECONDS. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, CURRENTLY OCTOBER THROUGH JULY, UH, SIX MINUTES AND 28 SECONDS. OUR EMER NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES HAVE INCREASED GRADUALLY, UH, SINCE 2016 WITH A, UH, A RESPONSE TIME, UH, FROM OCTOBER TO JULY THIS YEAR, THIS FISCAL YEAR, 19 MINUTES AND 31 SECONDS. OUR PLAN IS, IS TO HIRE 50 POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH THE COPS GRANT, WHICH IS A, UH, $3.6 MILLION COST. UM, U T A U T S A IS DOING A VIOLENT CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGY FOR US RIGHT NOW. THOSE 50 OFFICERS WOULD BE USED, UH, TO, UM, UH, CARRY OUT THE STRATEGY, UH, THAT, THAT THE U T S A UH, PROFESSORS ARE, UH, CRAFTING RIGHT NOW. UM, THAT GRANT APPLICATION WAS APPROVED IN JUNE BY COUNCIL JUNE OF 2022. IF THE GRANT IS NOT, UH, IF WE DON'T, OR IF WE'RE NOT AWARDED THE GRANT, THEN WE WILL, UM, TAKE THAT CASH MATCH THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THE GRANT AND WE WILL HIRE 38 POLICE OFFICERS. THAT VIOLENT CRIME STUDY THAT I MENTIONED BY U T SS A, UH, STARTED IN APRIL OF 2022. THEY'RE CURRENTLY EVALUATING, UH, THE DATA THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT STRATEGIES. AND THEY WILL RECOMMEND, UH, UM, CRIME STRATEGIES OF THE DRAFT THAT WILL, THE DRAFT THAT WILL, UH, THE, I'M SORRY, DRAFT PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2022. AND WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND, UH, SEE WHAT THEY RECOMMEND. THE POLICE SUBSTATION ON NORTH ST. MARY'S, UH, ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED IN JANUARY OF 2024. IT ADDS, UH, 1.5 MILLION FOR 28 NEW SUPERVISOR POSITIONS, CAPTAIN, LIEUTENANT, AND SERGEANTS, AND SEVEN CIVILIAN POSITIONS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. SIX SENIOR SERVICE POLICE, SIX SENIOR POLICE SERVICE AGENTS, AND ONE FLEET AGENT FLEET SERVICE AGENT. AND IN OUR GENERAL FUND, ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, UH, UH, [00:10:01] $6.2 MILLION FOR POLI THE POLICE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. UH, A 3.5% INCREASE, WHICH WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 1ST, 2023 AND A $1.7 MILLION, UM, $1.7 MILLION FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR AGING, UH, IN-CAR VIDEO SYSTEMS, WHICH IS, UH, PUSHING 12 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW. UH, BACK IN, UH, 2020 A, UM, A PROGRAM WAS INITIATED AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH A COMMUNITY LEADER WHO ASKED IF, UH, WE COULD USE CONFISCATED PROPERTY MONEY TO FUND A COMMUNITY-BASED CRIME PREVENTION PLAN. UH, WE CHECKED WITH LEGAL ON THAT, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION WAS YES. UH, IN 2021, UH, A, A CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO WEST CARE, UH, FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, FOCUSED ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE PROMISE ZONE. AND THEN IN 2022, UH, THE NEW CONTRACT WILL BE, UM, WILL BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, THERE WERE THREE, UM, THREE GROUPS THAT, UH, WERE AWARDED THIS MONEY, THE FREE TEXAS GROUP, WHICH FOCUSES ON RECIDIVISM AND JOB TRAINING. WEST CARE, AGAIN, WAS, WAS AWARDED A, UH, A PART OF THAT GRANT AND RISING STARS, WHICH IS, UH, RUN BY CHARLES SATTERWHITE OVER ON THE EAST SIDE. HE WORKS WITH POLICE, UH, UH, WORKING WITH THOSE, THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THERE AND POLICE TO, UH, TAKING THEM TO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND WORKING ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM. UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT, UH, FOR MR. SATTERWHITE. UH, OUR SIX YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET PLAN. UH, A FEW IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR TRAINING FACILITY, UH, DRIVING TRACK IMPROVEMENTS, TRAINING, VILLAGE ACADEMY, PARKING EXPANSION. UH, OUR CANINE UNIT, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HOUSED AT BROOKS, WE'LL MOVE TO THE, TO THE ACADEMY. UM, WE WILL REPLACE THREE OF OUR FOUR HELICOPTERS OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS. AND THEN LASTLY, THE COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE SUBSTATION, WHICH WE'LL, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, PUTTING UP ON THE SOUTH, SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND CHARLES, UH, YOU'RE ON. IS THERE A BATON? PASTOR BATON? DO YOU WANT US TO DIMM THE LIGHTS AND TURN UP THE SPEAKERS CHIEF? YEAH, I ACTUALLY, I WOULD, WE'RE GONNA START THOSE WITH THE VIDEO AND, UM, JUST LIKE TO SAY GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL, UM, ERIC AND MARIA. SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF THE VIDEO. THANK YOU. DIM THE LIGHTS. SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT. YEAH, MAN, SIR. UH, MY CAR IS ON FIRE OFF OF THE SUPER TARGET OFF LIGHTS. TRAIL ACCIDENT RIGHT FRONT. WHAT DID SEE ON FIRE? OH MY GOD. SAN ANTONIO, A RATHER LARGE, LIKE SEMI-TRUCK, JUST HIT THE POWER LINE AND THERE'S SPARKS FLYING AND THERE'S FALLEN IN THAT TRUCK. I'VE [00:15:01] GOT HELP ON THE WAY OVER THERE. THEY'LL BE THERE IN JUST A MOMENT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, ERIC GUZMAN, OUR VIDEOGRAPHER FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. AND BEFORE I START, I DON'T WANNA FORGET MY STAFF, UM, CARLOS GUTIERREZ AND NOEL HARRAN, WHO WORKED ON OUR BUDGET. UH, BRIAN NORRIS IS BEHIND ME, ANDREW ESTRADA AND CHRIS MONIER. I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO. SO MISSION STATEMENT, WE'RE DEDICATED, DOING THE RIGHT THING, PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY FROM ALL HAZARDS WITH COMPASSION AND PROFESSIONALISM. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. IS THE, HOLD ON. OKAY, THERE WE GO. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW. SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE PROPOSED BUDGET DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND OUR CAPITAL BUDGET. UM, AS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, WE ARE A CLASS ONE DEPARTMENT. ONLY 1% OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS HOLD THIS CLASSIFICATION IN THE NATION. AND THEN WE ARE ACCREDITED, UH, BY THE, UH, CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE. ONLY 12% OF THE POPULATION IS SERVED BY ACCREDITED AGENCY. THERE ARE 300 ACCREDITED AGENCIES. MOST OF 'EM ARE SMALL DEPARTMENTS OR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. AGAIN, WE ARE THE LARGEST METRO, UH, AREA THAT IS SERVED, UM, OR SECOND LARGEST. ONLY LARGEST IS METRO, IS, UH, HOUSTON AS FAR AS SERVING A LARGE METRO AREA. SO, AGAIN, VERY PROUD OF THESE DISTINCTIONS, IS SOMETHING THAT I WANNA THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR ASSISTING US WITH. WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THOSE, UH, LEVELS OF ACCREDITATION, UM, THROUGHOUT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, RESTRICTED FUND AND GRANTS, UH, FOR 2022, THE ADOPTED WAS 3 354 0.8 MILLION. UH, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, PROPOSED IS 371, UH, WITH AN INCREASE OF 4.4 0.6% DEPARTMENT POSITIONS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 1900 WITH A PROPOSED OF 1,925. THAT CHANGES 25, UH, HISTORY AND APPROPRIATIONS. UH, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2019 TO WHERE WE ARE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE RESTRICTED FUND, UM, NUMBERS, THE GRANT NUMBERS, AND THE, THE CAPITAL NUMBERS PROPOSED FOR 2023 IS $371 MILLION. FIRE MEDICAL INCIDENTS, THEY CONTINUE TO GO UP. UH, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT 2018, UH, WE WERE RUNNING 197,000. THESE ARE INCIDENTS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE INCREASE OF 240, UH, 232,000 IS WHAT WE DID IN 21. PROJECTED RIGHT NOW IS 240,272. SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I THINK THAT WE COULD EVER SAY OUR E M SS RUNS ARE UNDER, UH, 80%. SO WE'RE DOWN TO 77%. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE THINK WE'VE, UH, ADDED SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO HELP US WITH THAT. AS FAR AS GOOD, SAM AND M I H OUR NON-MEDICAL THOUGH, ARE UP ABOUT 23%. AND OUR FIRES, ACTUALLY, WHEN I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR FIRES ARE UP ABOUT 31%. SO AS YOU SEE THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS IS UNIT RESPONSE. AND SO YOU REMEMBER THAT, UH, ON EACH CALL WE'RE GONNA SEND DIFFERENT UNITS. SO IT MAY BE AN ENGINE AND A MEDIC UNIT. IT MAY BE 20 UNITS THAT WE'RE SENDING TO A, A LARGE FIRE. SO THESE ARE THE UNIT RESPONSES. SO PROJECTOR FOR THIS YEAR IS 450,499. UM, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE IS E M SS. IT'S BASICALLY STAYING FLAT. UH, BUT IF YOU SEE THE RED, AGAIN, WE ARE INCREASING OUR FIRE ACTIVITIES. OUR, UH, GRASS FIRES ALONE ARE UP 101%. SO AGAIN, VERY DRY. A LOT OF PEOPLE BURNING STUFF. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, VERY BUSY ON THE FIRE SIDE BENCHMARK FOR RESPONSE TIMES. AND SO THIS BENCHMARK, UM, IS, IS EIGHT MINUTES. AND SO WE ARE HOLDING A LARGE CONFERENCE HERE THIS WEEK WITH FIRE DEPARTMENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE CREATED THIS BENCHMARK OF EIGHT MINUTES BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DISPATCH TIME, UH, HAVING PARAMEDIC DISPATCHERS IN, IN THE DISPATCH. AND WE ARE COUNTING FROM THE TIME WE PICK UP THE PHONE TILL THE TIME WE ARRIVE AT THE ADDRESS VERSUS OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THEY MEASURE THEIR CALL PROCESSING TIME, TURNOUT TIMES, AND SO YOU'RE NEVER REALLY GETTING A GOOD, ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE ATTRI ATTRIBUTE THE, THE LARGE INCREASE, UM, A LOT TO, UH, SUPERSTORM, UH, YURI OR, OR YURI. BASICALLY, IT SLOWED OUR [00:20:01] RESPONSE TIMES DOWN AND INCREASED OUR NUMBERS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTED OF 8 32. WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING SOME RESOURCES AND HOPEFULLY ALWAYS TRYING TO MANAGE THAT RESPONSE TIME THE BEST WE CAN AND HAVE AS MANY UNITS AVAILABLE FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, RESIDENTS CADET SCHEDULE. UH, WE HAVE A CLASS THAT IS IN RIGHT NOW IN E M SS AND, UM, 10 TRAINEES THERE. WE HAVE ANOTHER E M S CLASS THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING IN OCTOBER. THEY'LL GRADUATE IN MAY. IF YOU BOUNCE BACK OVER TO THE FIRESIDE, WE HAVE A CLASS IN, UM, AS WE SPEAK, AND THEY'LL BE GRADUATING, UM, IN OCTOBER IS 47 CADETS. WE ALSO GRADUATED A CLASS OF, UH, 47 IN APRIL. SO THEY'RE ALL OUT IN THE FIELD. AND, UM, THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, UM, FIRE CLASS THAT WILL START, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF 23, AND THEN OCTOBER OF 23 OF 50 CADETS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF PARAMEDICS ON ONE SIDE, UH, 10 40, UM, BE TRAINED. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE CADET CLASSES THAT WE'VE ALREADY GRADUATED AND COMING UP, SO WE DO HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND WE'LL BE EXCITED TO GET THEM. UH, UNIFORM POSITION COUNT, UH, FIELD POSITIONS RIGHT NOW, 1,771 WITH PROJECTED VACANCIES OF 25, UH, UNIFORM COUNT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2020, 2023 SHOULD BE 1,796. YOU SEE ON YOUR RIGHT, YOU SEE THE FRIEDRICH BUILDING, UM, D TWO COUNCILMAN, YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT BUILDING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO TAKE NOTICE OF, YOU SEE THOSE PLATFORM TRUCKS UP THERE. AND SO THIS IS THE MOST EFFICIENT, SAFE WAY FOR US TO FIGHT A LARGE DEFENSIVE FIRE IS TO BE ABLE TO PUT, UH, OUR FIREFIGHTERS ABOVE THE FIRE, UM, AND HAVE THEM ON AIR SPRINKLED AND PROTECTED. IF YOU SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT, YOU SEE A LADDER, WHICH IS UP THERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA MAN THOSE. SO AGAIN, THAT THE HOSE IS BEING, OR THE STREAMS BEING DIRECTED REMOTELY, BUT WITH THE PLATFORM TRUCKS, IT GIVES US A DISTINCT ADVANTAGE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR MEMBERS AND PUTTING LARGE VOLUMES OF WATER ON A FIRE. SO THE COST OF THIS UNIT IS 1.3 MILLION. IT'S GONNA ADD 15 POSITIONS AND ONE PLATFORM TRUCK. THAT TRUCK IS GONNA GO TO STATION 45. IT'S ONE OF OUR BUSIEST AREAS IN THE CITY. STATION 44 IS ONE OF OUR BUSIEST ENGINE COMPANIES. A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES RESPONDING TO 40 FOUR'S AREA, AND SO DOES 45. SO ADDING THIS UNIT IS, UM, GOING TO REDUCE 14 SECONDS OFF THE RESPONSE TIMES IN 40 FIVES, FIRST DUE AREA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. BY HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, OUR CLOSEST LADDER COMPANIES TO THIS AREA WILL BE COMING FROM 30 FIVES OR 30 SIXES. AND SO THIS IS GONNA INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIME OR, OR, OR KNOCK IT DOWN. 14 SECONDS. YOU'VE HEARD ME OVER THE YEARS, ANYTIME WE ADD A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE CITY IS GOING TO BENEFIT EVERYONE. SO IT'S GONNA KNOCK DOWN OUR OVERALL CITYWIDE RESPONSE TIME FOR FIRST ARRIVING UNITS TO 1.2 SECONDS. WE ANTICIPATE THAT UNIT TO BE ONLINE IN, UH, 2023. UH, MEDICAL RESPONSE FOR STATION 24 NEW STATION COMING UP. AND YOU CAN SEE IT DOWN TO YOUR RIGHT. YOU ALSO SAW IT ON THE VIDEO. UM, WE'RE HOPING TO OPEN THAT OCTOBER 31ST. WE HAVE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN, SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE UP. UH, THAT BORDERS, UH, DISTRICT 10 SITS IN D TWO. IT IS OUR BUSIEST SMALLEST STATION IN THE SYSTEM. AND SO BY ADDING, UM, TWO FIREFIGHTERS TO THAT POSITION, ACTUALLY SIX, UM, TOTAL, TOTAL. BUT ADDING TWO PER DAY IS GONNA ALLOW US TO MAN A SQUAD AT THIS STATION. SO SMALLER UNIT FOR MORE INCIDENTS AND, UH, BE ABLE TO RESPOND ONCE WE GET THAT STATION OPEN. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TIMES IN THE FUTURE BY HOPEFULLY PUTTING A PLATFORM OR A LADDER TRUCK INTO THAT STATION IN THE FUTURE. UM, ANOTHER WAY TO INCREASE RESPONSE TIMES IS TO BUILD NEW STATIONS TO, UH, IMPROVE THE STATIONS TO WHERE WE CAN GET MORE RESOURCES IN THOSE STATIONS. STATION 52 THAT YOU SEE IS A REPLACEMENT STATION THAT WE GOT IN AN, UH, DURING ANNEXATION. IT IS A STATION THAT IS DOWN OFF OF, UH, 35. UH, AND SO THE, UH, THE APPARATUS BAY IS COMPLETE. WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS STATION IS TO BUILD THE LIVING QUARTERS THE SAME AS A SISTER STATION STATION 53. WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE A LIVING QUARTERS. THEY'RE LIVING IN A, A TEMPORARY MOBILE SITUATION, SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, UPDATE THEIR LIVING QUARTERS. IF YOU BOUNCE DOWN TO FIRE STATION 10, IT'S THE OLDEST STATION. STATION 10 IS STATION NINE, WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE. THE OLDEST TWO STATIONS IN THE CITY, PROBABLY ABOUT 110 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE ARE GONNA REPLACE THIS STATION. IT'S [00:25:01] LOCATED AT ZAMO AND CULEBRA. AGAIN, SMALL FOOTPRINT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT THREE BAYS AND AN E M S BAY IN THE STATION TO ADD RESOURCES. STATION 33, UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER REPLACEMENT, UM, STATION IS OLD, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UM, VERY BUSY STATION, SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING TO REPLACE IT. ALSO, UH, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS INVENTORY WAREHOUSE, NINE MILLION'S GOING TO GO TO CREATING A, UH, LOGISTICAL CENTER, UH, FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS IN THIS CITY. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND AS YOU'VE KNOWN OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE HAVE NEEDED THINGS LIKE SALT OR DISINFECTANT OR GLOVES OR MASK, UH, ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN STOCK UP ON, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN SUPPLY CHAIN WITHIN THIS SYSTEM. IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY. ALSO, FIRE STATION 21 WILL BE REPLACED. ANOTHER, UM, OLD, OLD STATION. WE WILL MODERNIZE THAT, AND THAT'S 12.5 MILLION. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, LARGER SPACES, MORE RESOURCES GONNA INCREASE, INCREASE OUR RESPONSE TIME. SO WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. FITNESS EQUIPMENT. AGAIN, WE HAVE TACTICAL ATHLETES, SO WE NEED, UM, OUR FITNESS EQUIPMENT UPDATED. I'M REALLY PROUD THAT USUALLY, UM, YOU SEE BIG FIRES AND YOU DON'T SEE OUR FOLKS GOING DOWN BECAUSE OF HEAT. THEY'RE IN EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION. SO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THAT BUNKER GEAR, ADDITIONAL BUNKER GEAR. WE DO HAVE TWO SETS PER MEMBER AS PART OF OUR CANCER INITIATIVE. UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A, UH, QUARTERMASTER SYSTEM THAT IS STATE OF THE ART TO WHERE WE DELIVER BUNKER GEAR, CLEAN BUNKER GEAR, UH, AFTER EVERY FIRE IF NEEDED, AND WE CAN REPLACE THAT, HAVE IT INSPECTED AND BACK WITHIN THE DAY. STRETCHERS. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN, UM, UH, WE LOOKED AT STRETCHERS YEARS AND YEARS AGO, WE WERE TEARING UP KNEES AND BACKS. SO THESE STRETCHERS HAVE RATINGS OF ABOUT 750 POUNDS, THEY LIFT ON THEIR OWN, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PROTECT OUR MEMBERS CAPITAL OUTLAY, WHICH IS ALSO, UH, PART OF THE FURNISHINGS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR STATIONS TO REPLACE SOME OF THAT. SO INITIATIVES, AGAIN, WE ARE ON ALL HAZARD DEPARTMENT. AS I MENTIONED, COMPASSION, PROFESSIONALISM ARE KEY TO US. UH, WE ALWAYS WANT TO INCREASE OUR E M S UNIT AVAILABILITY. WE ARE DOING THAT WITH THE GOOD SAM APP. WE ARE SAVING PROBABLY CLOSE TO 13 TO 14 INCIDENTS A DAY. BY NOT DISPATCHING, WE ARE ALSO INCREASING THE, UM, AVAILABILITY OF OUR UNITS, BECAUSE WITH THAT, OUR UNIT RESPONSES WOULD BE DOUBLE. SO PROBABLY ABOUT 24 UNIT RESPONSES WE'RE SAVING A DAY. ALSO, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, N F P A 1710, UH, AS FAR AS INCREASING OUR LADDER COMPANIES AND EXPANDING THE COVERAGE AREA, UH, TO WHERE WE HAVE AN EIGHT MINUTE RESPONSE 90% OF THE TIME. AND ALSO, WE, UH, HAVE TO GET READY FOR ACCREDITATION AGAIN. SO PART OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO ADD A LADDER COMPANY IN OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST. NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE ADDING A MEDIC UNIT AND ANOTHER LADDER THE YEAR AFTER THAT WILL KEEP US IN COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FRED GARCIA AND I TO ADDRESS YOU TODAY. SINCE I DO NOT HAVE A VIDEO, I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT IN. MORE ACTION. I CAN TRY TO TAP DANCE, BUT I'M PLEASED TO UNVEIL THE COURT'S NEW MISSION STATEMENT. IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN THE COURT, THE JUDGES AND I WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A STATEMENT BASED ON THE FOUR PR CENTRAL PRINCIPLES OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE THAT IS TREATING PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, GIVING CITIZENS A VOICE, BEING NEUTRAL IN DECISION MAKING, AND CONVEYING TRUSTWORTHY MOTIVES. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT WHEN COURT PERCEIVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO BE FAIR, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDERS AND FOLLOW THE LAW IN FU IN THE FUTURE, REGARDLESS OF THE OUTCOME OF THEIR CASE. THE NEW MISSION STATEMENT WILL BE A DAILY REMINDER OF OUR DUTY AS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF THE COURT'S WORK. I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT EDUCATION CENTER RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE 2022 WINNERS OF THE MUNI MUNICIPAL, UH, TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. AND ONCE AGAIN, THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR HIGH VOLUME COURTS. THIS IS A CATEGORY OF CITIES WITH [00:30:01] POPULATIONS OF MORE THAN 150,000. THIS MAKES FOUR AWARDS SINCE 2019, AND INCLUDES AN AWARD FOR EMPLOYER TRAFFIC SAFETY FROM THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL. EDUCATING COURT STAFF IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS EDUCATING OUR CONSTITUENTS. FRED AND I WILL BE TRAVELING TO AUSTIN NEXT MONTH TO ACCEPT OUR AWARD. AS YOU KNOW, THE COURT OPERATES AS THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THE COURT HAS JURISDICTION OVER FINE ONLY CLASS C MISDEMEANORS CREATED UNDER STATE LAW AND BY CITY ORDINANCE. SOME, SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE TRAFFIC OFFENSES, THEFT, ASSAULT BY CONTACT, ASSAULT BY THREAT, AND THOSE INCLUDE FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES, ALSO NOISE DECIBEL VIOLATIONS AND VIOLATING ANIMAL NUISANCE REQUIREMENTS. CODE VIOLATIONS CAN BE FINED CRIMINALLY OR CIVILLY. MOST CASES ARE FILED THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS AS THEY ARE, AS THEY ARE A GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUICKER RESOLUTION, AND THERE IS NO POTENTIAL FOR A WARRANT TO BE ISSUED RIGHT NOW. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO FRED GARCIA, AND I'LL BE BACK WITH, UM, WHEN HE'S DONE. THANK YOU, JUDGE. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU HERE TODAY. UH, ALONG WITH OUR PRESIDING JUDGE, CARLA VETO TO PRESENT WITH TO YOU OUR FISCAL YEAR 2323, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, PRO PROPOSED BUDGET. BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 23 IS FIVE POINT $15.1 MILLION. THAT'S A 3% INCREASE FROM THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. UH, IT'S MADE UP OF $12.5 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND, UH, $2.2 MILLION FROM THE RESTRICTED FUND, UH, WHICH IS, UH, A FEE CALLED, UH, LOCAL CO CONSOLIDATED FEE ON MISDEMEANOR, UH, OFFENSES VIOLATIONS AND, AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS. THERE'S ALSO A $0.4 MILLION, UH, GRANTS. THAT'S, UH, A TRU JUVENILE JUSTICE AND TRUANCY PREVENTION GRANT FROM THE OFFICE OF OF THE GOVERNOR. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A REDUCTION, UH, IN THE GRANT, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR COMING UP FISCAL YEAR, AND THAT'S DUE TO A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UH, TO REDUCE FUNDING TO ESTABLISH PROGRAMS. THIS, THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS A, A HISTORY, UH, SINCE FISCAL YEAR 19, UH, THE, THERE'S A TREND LINE GOING UP AND DOWN, UH, AND THAT'S MOSTLY DUE TO THE GRANT, UH, FUNDING, UH, BEING DECREASED OVER TIME. UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO TO, TO TALK ABOUT AND, AND, AND TELL YOU THAT, UH, FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE OFFER SIX DIFFERENT AND DISTINCT, UH, SERVICE DELIVERY METHODS. UH, AS YOU SEE THERE ON THE, ON THE SLIDE, UH, THAT'S UP FROM TWO, UH, METHODS THAT WE USE PRE COVID. UH, WE BASICALLY HAD IN-PERSON SERVICES AND ONLINE PAYMENTS AND, AND RESOLUTION, UH, THAT WAY. UH, SINCE COVID, UH, WE'VE INCREASED OUR SERVICE DELIVERIES, AND THAT GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR COURT USERS TO, UH, ACCESS THE COURTS AND RESOLVE THEIR CASES. UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THE DATA SHOWS, UM, UH, FISCAL YEAR 22 DATA UP THROUGH, UH, AUGUST 15TH, 2022. AND YOU HAVE THE, UH, UPWARD GREEN ARROWS, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH FOR MOST OF THE SERVICE DELIVERIES, UH, WHICH SHOWS, UH, NOT A QUITE COMPLETE FISCAL YEAR, BUT OUR ACTIVITY LEVEL IS INCREASING, UH, THE CALL CENTER AND, AND, UH, EMAIL IS SLIGHTLY DOWN, AND THAT'S DUE TO WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE OF INDIVIDUALS COMING TO COURT IN PERSON TO RESOLVE CASES THAT WAY, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, RELYING ON THE CALL CENTER OR THE EMAIL BACK AND FORTH. BUT REGARDLESS, UH, THE ACTIVITY SHOWS, UH, QUITE A NUMBER OF CA CASE RESOLUTIONS AND CONTACT WITH, WITH OUR COURT STAFF. AND SO, UH, THAT JUST SHOWS YOU, UH, THE AMOUNT OF WORK, UH, THAT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR COURT EMPLOYEES, BOTH JUDGES AND COURT STAFF ARE DOING TO HELP THEIR CONSTITUENTS WITH RESOLVING THEIR CASES. SO, I WANNA, UH, PUBLICLY THANK ALL OUR STAFF AT MUNICIPAL COURT AND OUR JUDGES FOR THEIR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT, AND PROFESSIONALISM IN HANDLING THEIR CASES. AND, UH, UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, UH, CUSTOMER USER SATISFACTION THAT WE, UH, GOT LAST YEAR AND HOW IT'S, UH, WE, WE CONTINUOUSLY SERVE YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN A HIGH, HIGH CAPACITY. [00:35:03] WITH REGARDS TO CRIMINAL AND CIVIL COURT FILINGS, UH, THIS IS A, A TREND, UH, OR A HISTORY OF FROM FISCAL YEAR 19 TO 22. UH, OVERALL, YOU'RE SEEING IN 22 AN INCREASE OF CASE FILINGS, UH, TRAFFIC, NON-TRAFFIC, PARKING, AND CIVIL VIOLATIONS, UH, OVER 21 AND 20, NOT AS HIGH AS PRE C OVID 19, BUT YET IT'S, IT'S TRENDING HIGHER CLEARANCE RATE IS SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT FOR BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL OFFENSES, AND THAT'S THE ABILITY OF THE COURT TO KEEP UP WITH, UH, UH, INCOMING CASES. UH, FISCAL YEAR 22 IS AT 92%. WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF, OF COVID AS WE TRY TO HELP, UH, OUR RESIDENTS RESOLVE THEIR CASES, UH, THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM, UH, TIME FOR AND, AND NOT ADJUDICATED THEM. AND, AND DURING THE COVID PERIOD AS WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE, WE, WE TEND TO THINK THAT OUR, OUR, OUR CLEARANCE RATE WOULD GO UP. I ALSO SHOW YOU THE CODE AND A C S FILINGS. THESE ARE THE CIVIL FILINGS. AND, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, FROM FISCAL YEAR 19 TO 22. AND ALSO, AS YOU'RE AWARE, UH, OUR, OUR COURT HANDLES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE, OUR, OUR NUMBER COUNTS AND FILING COUNTS, UH, FROM FISCAL YEAR 19 TO 22. UH, THESE ARE, UM, ADDRESSED VERY SERIOUSLY IN OUR COURT, AND, UM, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR, UH, A FINDING OF GUILT, UH, AND A CONVICTION REPORTING TO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, IMMIGRATION STATUSES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, AND SO ON. AS YOU'RE, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE THE COURT, UH, HANDLES ALL THE MAGISTRATION FOR THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AS THE OFFICERS ARREST INDIVIDUALS ON THE, ON THE STREET, UH, FOR, UH, OFFENSES ARE BROUGHT TO OUR FACILITY. UM, AND THIS, UH, CHART THERE SHOWS, UH, THE LEVELS OF ARREST FOR THE, UH, LAST FEW FISCAL YEARS, INCLUDING 22. THE HIGHER LEVEL OFFENSES ARE CLASS B OFFENSES AND HIGHER, UH, D W I OR ROBBERY CASES THAT THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ARRESTING. THE HIGHER LEVEL OFFENSES WITH THE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR IS A, IS A HIGHER LEVEL JAILABLE OFFENSE, LIKE D W I, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL ARRESTED ALSO HAS A CLASS C WARRANT, A TRAFFIC WARRANT, UH, LIKELY, UH, AND THEY'RE COMING IN FOR THAT, THAT'S THAT COUNT THERE. AND THEN THE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR ONLY CASES, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ARRESTED ON, ON CLASS C ONLY WARRANTS THAT ARE BROUGHT INTO OUR FACILITY. THE CHART BELOW SHOWS, UH, THE ACTIVITY THAT OUR MAGISTRATES HANDLE, 24 7, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ORDERS, BLOOD DRAW WARRANTS, VIRGIN PROTECTIVE ORDERS, SEARCHED AND ARREST WARRANTS, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO, UH, S A P D AND OTHER AGENCIES TO, TO SIGN AND REVIEW THOSE, THOSE THOSE MATTERS. UH, LAST FALL, THE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATION LEGISL, UH, PASSED, UH, SENATE BILL SIX, WHICH REQUIRED THE USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT, UH, TO BE USED IN SETTING BAIL, UH, THROUGHOUT TEXAS. AND THIS REQUIRES PUBLIC TRANS, UH, TRANSPARENCY ON BAIL SETTING. SO WE USE THAT CHANGE IN LAW TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE IN OUR, IN OUR PRACTICES. UH, BEGINNING OF JANUARY 1ST, 2022, UH, OUR CITY MAGISTRATES HAVE BEEN FINDING PROBABLE CAUSE ON, ON ARRESTEES BROUGHT TO THE FACILITY, UH, GIVING THEM THE, UH, UH, MAGISTRATE WARINGS AND THEIR RIGHTS, AND THEN THEY'RE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THE COUNTY MAGISTRATES ARE SETTING BAIL. UH, AND THIS PREVENTS, UH, DOUBLE MAGISTRATION AND MAKES IT, UH, A DOUBLE BA BAIL SETTING AND, AND BOND CONDITIONS, THEREFORE, MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT, UH, FOR OUR HOLD. UM, COUNTY, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE JUVENILE PROGRAM, UH, WE HAVE 11 CURRENTLY. WE HAVE 11 JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS, UH, FOUR THAT ARE FROM THE, THE GRANT AND SEVEN FROM THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND. UH, THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE CASE MANAGERS THAT ARE SERVING, UH, MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND THAT'S TO ADDRESS, UH, TRUANCY ISSUES AND, UM, TO REDUCE, UH, THE TRUANCY RATE AND ALSO TO HELP THEM RESOLVE, UH, ISSUES OR THE FAMILY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE, SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND, AND GETTING THEM BACK AND ENGAGED IN SCHOOLS. UM, THE MEASURES THERE SHOW, UH, THE, UH, ATTENDANCE BY, UM, [00:40:02] THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TO, UH, ATTEND A, A SCHOOL FORUM. AND THAT'S USUALLY DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO BECOME TRUANT. UH, THE SCHOOL GETS INVOLVED, OR JS GETS INVOLVED, AND THE JUDGE CITY, THE PROSECUTOR AND THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WOULD MEET WITH THEM, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING TRUANT. UH, AND, AND, AND THAT HELPS MOST OF THE TIME FOR THOSE WHO, WHO CONTINUE TO BE TRUANT. UH, THEY GET, UH, MORE INTENSIVE, UH, SERVICES AND ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO COURT ON A MEDIATION, UH, ATTENDANCE. AND THERE THEY HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE JUDGE, OR THE JUDGE WILL SET CONDITIONS, UH, FOR THEM TO DO, UH, TO GET 'EM BACK IN LINE, TO GET BACK IN SCHOOL. UH, THE LAST, UH, MEASURE THERE SHOWS ATTENDANCE, UH, AND PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCE FROM COURT ORDER, UH, CLASSES. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A 0% IN 21, AND THAT'S DUE TO THE FACT THAT, UH, DURING C O V I D, THERE WAS NO, UH, FORMAL MEDIATION. HOWEVER, THE, THE JCMS WERE STILL MAKING CONTACT, USUALLY, UH, VIRTUALLY, UH, WITH THE STUDENTS AND GOT THEM ENGAGED IN, UH, SOME SERVICES AND SOME PROGRAMS, UH, THROUGH, UM, THROUGH, UH, A, A VIRTUAL SERVICE . UH, AS WE GO TO 23, UH, WE'RE ALIGNED FOR EXCELLENCE. WE'RE SUPER EXCITED OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST AND CONTINUE TO DO IN THE FUTURE. UM, AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR, UM, WE WERE PART OF ONE OF 12 COURTS SELECTED NATIONWIDE TO BE PART OF A, OF A SURVEY TO, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, COURT USER SATISFACTION AND, UM, AND, UH, FOR, FOR SERVICE DELIVERY AND THEN, UH, THE RESOLUTION OF THEIR CASES. UM, SO WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, IN ALL MEASURES, WHETHER IT'S IN PERSON, UH, BY VIDEO, UM, BY EMAIL, WE SCORED OVER 90, 90% IN ALL AREAS, UH, THAT INDIVIDUALS FELT THAT WE WERE RESPECTING THEIR TIME, BUT ALSO GIVING THEM OPTIONS TO RESOLVE THEIR CASES. UH, TO CONTINUE THAT POINT, UH, WE'VE ARE PARTNERING WITH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND U T SS A FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, AND, UM, LOOKING AT OPTIMIZING OUR COURT SERVICES, AND THEY'LL LOOK AT OUR DA, OUR DATA, TAKE THE SURVEY RESULTS, AND LOOK AT WAYS TO, UM, TO ATTACK THE FAILURE TO PEERS AND, AND LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES TO BETTER COMMUNICATE AND ADDRESS THOSE COMMUNITIES. UH, WE'RE HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE TEAM THAT'S LOOKING AT SOME NATIONAL STANDARDS, UH, TO STANDARDIZE OUR OPERATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD, AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE WHOLE CASE FLOW MANAGEMENT OF OUR CASES FROM, UH, FALLING TO CLOSURE OF A CASE AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S MOVING TIMELY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. UH, WE ARE EXCITED TOO ABOUT A MICRO RESEARCH PROJECT AGAIN, UH, UH, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND U C S A. AND THIS IS MORE LASER FOCUSED. IT'S A SMALLER, UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, WILL FOCUS ON MAYBE, UH, CO COMPLIANCE CASES, FOUNDING VIOLENCE CASES, OR MAYBE OUR ROAD READY DOCKET. WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED THAT YET, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW THAT CAN HELP US THERE. AS YOU RECALL, LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, COUNCIL APPROVED, UH, FUNDING FOR CITYWIDE KIOSK PROJECT, UH, TO ALLOW UP TO 10 KIOSKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIBRARIES, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND AS YOU SEE, THERE'S A, I A PICTURE THERE OF THE, AN ACTUAL KIOSK THAT'S IN OUR BUILDING RIGHT NOW. UH, IT'S FUNCTIONAL AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME TESTING ON IT AND, AND PROCEDURES FOR OUR STAFF TO USE THAT. BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO, UM, ADDRESS OUR USERS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY AND IN THE LONG RUN, AND THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ABLE TO GO UP TO A KIOSK AND TALK TO A JUDGE OR A CLERK TO RESOLVE THEIR CASES. AND IT'S, UH, FULLY, UM, COMPLIANT, UH, IN, IN ALL ASPECTS. UH, ALSO, THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC LIBRARY NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO GONNA USE IT. AND SO YOU HAVE, UH, A SYSTEM HERE THAT WILL, UH, HAVE MULTIPLE CITY DEPARTMENTS IN ONE UNIT SPREAD ACROSS THE TOWN AND, AND BE ABLE TO, TO DO SERVICE DELIVERY THAT WAY, WAY. SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 23. I'LL PASS IT BACK TO JUDGE ODO TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THE COURT IS COMMITTED TO CREATING AND DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PROCESSES THAT CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COURT. THIS INCLUDES ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM, TEXT MESSAGE, [00:45:01] NOTIFICATIONS, AND THE CREATION OF AN OF AN ATTORNEY E-FILE PORTAL. THE COURT IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING EVERY APPEARANCE NOTIFICATION. RESEARCH BASED ON BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE INDICATES THAT THE PLAN CHANGES TO THE COURT'S APPEARANCE NOTICES WILL IMPROVE THE FAILURE TO APPEAR RATES. BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM OF RECENT AWARDS THE COURT RECEIVED, I CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY FOR THE COURT TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE IN PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PAST YEAR, I IMPLEMENTED THE DRIVE SAFELY SA INITIATIVE TO DEEPEN THE COURT'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVE SAFELY. SA IS A YEAR-ROUND INITIATIVE CREATED TO KEEP DRIVERS ENGAGED AND COMMITTED TO SAFE DRIVING THROUGH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE PREVENTABLE DEATHS AND INJURIES ON SAN ANTONIO ROADWAYS BY PROMOTING SAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS. UNDER THIS INITIATIVE, THE COURT HAS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE SAN ANTONIO ROAD READY DOCKET, THE DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, THE 100 DEADLIEST DAYS OF SUMMER CAMPAIGN, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE STILL IN AND DISTRIBUTED BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY TIPS. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE SHARED SOME OF THIS INFORMATION ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. THIS PAST YEAR, THE COURT INCREASED OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS BY PARTICIPATING IN PROMOTING TARGETED CAMPAIGNS, ISSUING NEWS RELEASES, HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCES, GRANTING INTERVIEWS TO INTERESTED MEDIA, AND ATTENDING CAREER DAY AND SAFE DRIVING EVENTS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS. MANY OF YOU PROBABLY SAW MORE PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENTS WE SHARED WITH CITY LEADERS. UH, WE CREATED WITH CITY LEADERS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, THIS PAST SPRING AND SUMMER. THIS NEXT YEAR, THE COURT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ITS OUTREACH AND RAISE AWARENESS ON ISSUES IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN, AND BICYCLIST SAFETY. IT IS IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, TO MENTION THE CRUCIAL ROLE THE COURT PLAYS IN OFFENSES INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IN ADDITION TO HOLDING OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE IN TAKING STEPS TOWARDS PREVENTING FURTHER ABUSE, THE COURT CONTINUES TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS CAUGHT IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS. RELATIONSHIPS. I'M HAPPY TO TO TELL YOU THAT THE COURT HAS DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS. THE COURT PARTICIPATES IN MONTHLY TRAFFIC JAM COALITION MEETINGS WITH TXDOT NEXT LEVEL AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS SA OUR PRESIDENT, EVERY SA ROAD READY DOCKET INCLUDED IN OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY, MESSAGING AND EDUCATION. THE COURT IS PROMOTING READY, THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM ON OUR TV MONITORS, AND HANDING OUT READY TO WORK INFORMATION. ONE COLLABORATION THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS WITH VISION ZERO, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO E EXPAND ON OUR ROAD SAFETY MESSAGING AND PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. UM, I'M LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THIS COLLABORATION. UM, IT TAKES ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I THANK THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, CHIEF HOOD, UH, JUDGE ODO AND FRED FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UH, THIS IS A LOT OF MATERIAL, SO WE'RE GONNA GET RIGHT INTO DISCUSSION. UH, SO LET ME START WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA HAPPEN, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME MONIES TO DO THAT. UM, AND THEN THE PROGRAM ALSO, UM, COFFEE WITH THE COPS OR COFFEE WITH THE CHIEF. IS THAT YOUR PROGRAM? UH, CHIEF MCMANUS. UH, AND, AND [00:50:01] IS THAT GOING TO RESUME OR ARE WE JUST STICKING WITH THE TOWN HALLS? IT IS, NO, WE, WE CAN RESUME THAT. WE, YOU KNOW, THAT ALL WENT DORMANT WHEN, UH, COVID HIT. AND, UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY FULLY, UH, REVIVED THAT YET. BUT YES, THAT'S, THAT WILL COME BACK. GREAT. AND I KNOW YOU AND I HAVE BOTH TALKED ABOUT THE DISTRICT THREE, UH, SUBSTATION AND HOW THIS ONE, BECAUSE IT'S GOING, WE HAVE THE, AND WE HAVE THE DOLLARS, AND WE WE'RE GONNA WORK TO GET MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS KIND OF, UM, SOMETHING THAT HELPS US BUILD INTO THE FUTURE ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AS A POLICE SUBSTATION. UM, SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, CHIEF, UH, CHIEF HOOD, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UH, ARE THERE ANY, IF WE HAD HAD EXTRA DOLLARS MAGICALLY, WERE THERE ANY PILOT PROGRAMS OR ANYTHING YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN, WE SHOULD INVEST IN MORE, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THE, UH, FIRES BUDGET? UM, I, I WOULDN'T SAY NECESSARILY SAY PILOT, BUT IF YOU ARE OFFERING FREE MONEY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE COULD THROW IT INTO. UH, WE ARE TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH THE PILOTS THAT WE'VE HAD AS FAR AS STILL BUILDING OUT M I H AND, UH, GOOD SAM APPLICATIONS. SO THOSE ARE THINGS, WHEN YOU GET THE PILOTS, YOU GOTTA KEEP 'EM UP AND RUNNING. SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THOSE PILOTS. THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. UH, AND SO, UM, THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING, BUT NOTHING OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEADS, BUT IF YOU'RE OFFERING FREE MONEY, WE COULD FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. CERTAINLY. YEAH. I, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU PROPS, CHIEF TO YOUR TEAM. UH, WE DID, I DON'T KNOW IF THE SMOKE ALARMS THAT WE PASSED OUT TO THE SENIORS WAS SO SUCCESSFUL. AND WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THAT IS THE FIREFIGHTERS WENT INTO THE HOME AND GOT TO GET EYES ON THE HOME. AND WHAT THEY FOUND IS SOME OF THE SENIORS HAD SMOKE ALARMS, BUT IN THE WRONG PLACES. AND I WAS STARTING TO THINK THAT WHEN WE PASS OUT THESE BOX FANS IN THE WINTER, MAYBE WE ALSO GET FIREFIGHTERS OR, OR SOMEBODY TO KIND OF GET AN EYE, UH, IN THE HOMES AND WHERE THESE, THESE DEVICES SHOULD BE PLUGGED INTO. SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM SUCCESS FOR THAT. AND ARE YOU SURE WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER, BRUNO? DO WE NEED ANOTHER BRUNO? UH, AS I MENTIONED WITH PILOTS, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO TRAIN BRUNO, SO WE'LL JUST TAKE ONE DOG AT A TIME. UH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THOUGH, WE, UM, GO ON HUNDREDS OF E M S CALLS EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES. AND SO IF TIME PERMITS, WE ARE LOOKING FOR SMOKE DETECTOR PLACEMENT IF THEY HAVE ONE, WE CARRY SMOKE DETECTORS ON OUR FIRE TRUCKS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR HOARDING SITUATIONS, SO ANYTIME WE GET INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE, WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE THE RISK. SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. THANK, THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND, UM, JUDGE BLADA, I WANNA, UH, YOU CAN COME ON UP NOW AND I GET, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, JUST, JUST SOME OF THE MOST INPUT THAT I HAVE FOR SO FAR BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, UM, WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURTS. UH, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT WITH THE TRANSITION AS OUR MAGISTRATES TRY AND DO THEIR JOB. AND, UM, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING IF WE HAD IT THAT BECOME, BECAME AVAILABLE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO USE AT THE MUNICIPAL COURTS? ADDITIONAL, WE COULD ALWAYS USE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT MUNICIPAL COURT. UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE IS INCREASING, LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGING. UM, I KNOW THAT WE, UM, WANT TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. I HAD A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN CABELL HDA ABOUT HOW IF A INDIVIDUAL WANTS TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE, ONE OF THE COURSES THAT, THAT HE OR SHE HAS TO TAKE ON THE D P SS WEBSITE IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON A DESKTOP COMPUTER OR LAPTOP. UM, LOTS OF P IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE. THE VIDEO THAT THEY HAVE TO WATCH IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH AN IPAD OR AN IPHONE. SO I WOULD LOVE TO INCREASE TECHNOLOGY AT THE COURT IN ORDER TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, CONSTITUENTS WITH ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT VIDEO SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES. UM, I KNOW THAT FRED PROBABLY HAS A LONG LIST OF, OF, UH, OF THINGS HE WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, BUT, BUT WE ALWAYS WELCOME IT. THANK YOU, BECAUSE [00:55:01] I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE. AND THE ONE THING I WANT, UM, TO TAKE NOTE OF AND, AND HAVE, UM, UH, CITY STAFF SEE IS ON, ON SLIDE SEVEN, WHERE WE SEE THE CODE AND A C S CASES IS, AND I KNOW THIS WILL BE ANOTHER CONVERSATION, BUT AS WE TALK ABOUT, UM, STAFFING ISSUES AND WE TALK ABOUT CODE AND A C S AND TRYING TO RETAIN THOSE PEOPLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE PROGRAMS SO THAT MAYBE WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FILINGS WE HAVE. AND THEN, UH, JUDGE BLADA THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE, I, UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, AN ISSUE THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, I REALLY DO UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THESE ASSAULT CONTACT AND THESE TERRORISTIC THREATS CAN TURN, UM, CAN TURN INTO FELONIES VERY QUICKLY. SO I'M GLAD AT THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE DOING THERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, I ARE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ON THE CITYWIDE KIOSKS, UM, THERE'S TWO LIBRARIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE REUS AND MISSION, AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLACE ONE IN EITHER OF THOSE LIBRARIES, YOU JUST LET ME KNOW. WE'LL DO THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. UH, UH, THESE PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN, WELL, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OTHER THAN I THINK IT'S KEY THAT WE GO THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND LOOK AT THEIR BUDGETARY NEEDS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE MOST IMPACT WITH, WITH OUR FUNDS THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. I'M COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UM, CHIEF MCMANUS, UM, I'LL START WITH YOU. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I'M NOT SURE THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN LAN'S QUESTION WAS ANSWERED. IS THE SAFETY CORE, UM, IS IT GONNA BE FUNDED? YES. AFTER WONDERFUL. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, GREAT. UM, MAYBE I SHOULD STOP WHILE I'M AHEAD, BUT I HAVE NINE MORE MINUTES. SO, UM, ON SLIDE EIGHT, UM, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT OUR, UH, RESPONSE TIMES. UM, I'M CURIOUS, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OR EVEN THE AVERAGE IN TEXAS? YOU KNOW, IT VARIES FROM FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL AVERAGE, UH, THAT THERE MAY BE, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF IT. BUT THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES FROM CITY TO CITY. UM, IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO COMPARE. UH, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITY LEVELS, UM, UH, THAT THEY RESPOND TO. SOME, SOME DEPARTMENTS DON'T RESPOND TO CERTAIN TYPES OF CALLS AT ALL SINCE, UM, SINCE THE, THERE, THERE'S BEEN A SHORTAGE OF POLICE OFFICERS IN A LOT OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS, COUNCIL, SO YOU CAN'T, YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, WE CAN, IN, IN A FOLLOWUP MEMO, WE CAN PULL WHAT DATA WE HAVE, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CITY'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE. AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME PRIORITIES AS OUR CITY. UM, AND MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EXPLORE EVEN IN AT PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY. BUT, UM, LAST YEAR I TALKED WITH OFFICER BROWN ABOUT A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM THE DEPARTMENT WAS IMPLEMENTING, UH, WAS HAVING CADETS GO TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND KIND OF INCREASE PRESENCE THERE. DO YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE THAT PROGRAM IS, IF IT'S BEEN, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE PROGRAM? UM, IT WAS, HE HAD, UH, CADETS GO OUT AND, UH, AND HELP PATROL KIND OF SMALL BUSINESSES MAYBE. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CADET IMMERSION PROGRAM. YES. THERE WE GO. YEAH. SO THAT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CADETS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT, AND, UH, WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY, THEY'LL LIKELY BE ASSIGNED TO THE AREAS THAT THEY WERE IMMERSED IN. I'M CURIOUS IF WE CAN KEEP DATA ON, UM, IF THAT'S HELPING REDUCE PROPERTY CRIME. I'M SURE YOU ARE. OKAY. WE, WE, WE, WE, WE WILL, WE DO, WE WILL KEEP DATA ON THAT. UM, AND ACTUALLY THERE'S A STUDY BEING DONE OH, OKAY. ON THAT PROGRAM TO MEASURE AS SUCCESS, UM, AND LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES. SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION ONCE THE, UH, , MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE WE CAN BRING TO PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, SURE. ONCE YOU HAVE THAT STUDY, UM, WE TALK, WE'D OFTEN TALK ABOUT RECRUITMENT. UH, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS, UM, I THINK TO DO IT IS BY USING OUR POLICE ATHLETIC LEAVE AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SAFETY CORPS THAT WE'RE FUNDING NOW. UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE, UH, YOU KNOW, LOCAL, UH, RECRUITMENT. UM, I KNOW I THINK THE MAJORITY OF OUR OFFICERS ARE FROM SAN ANTONIO, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT INCREASED IS, UM, DO YOU KNOW IF WE'VE GROWN THESE PROGRAMS, THE, LIKE THE, THE SAFETY CORPS? UM, AND THE P POLICE, ATHLETICALLY GRID IS REALLY THE ONE I'M INTERESTED IN RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, UH, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY RECENTLY HAVE GONE INTO THE ACADEMY FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY CORPS. WE JUST SWITCHED THAT PRETTY RECENTLY MM-HMM. . BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF EXPLORERS THAT HAVE GONE FROM THAT PROGRAM TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS. OKAY. I, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEBODY ABOUT IT, I THINK IN, UM, ABOUT HOW EVEN IF THEY DON'T, UH, END UP BEING POLICE OFFICERS, THEY'RE THE DISCIPLINE AND [01:00:01] THE, UM, THE SKILLSET THAT THEY'RE LEARNING IS OFTEN VERY HELPFUL TO THEM, TO WHATEVER FIELD THEY DO GO TO. SO I, I, I HIGHLY SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE AS WELL HAVE BEEN OUT AND WATCHED A GAME AND, UH, SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THE YOUTH AND HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW, HOW THE POLICE, UM, HELP THEM AND, AND ALSO TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. AND, AND, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB. MATTER OF FACT, LAST WEEK THEY HAD THE, UH, UH, I, I, I WANNA SAY CITY CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL, UM, PLAYOFFS, AND THEN, UH, STOPPED BY THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN SATURDAY I STOPPED BY OVER AT LANIER HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY HAD, UH, A BASKETBALL CAMP, UH, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH U T S A. SO, UM, THEY'RE VERY, PAL IS VERY ACTIVE, UH, AND THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ON SLIDE SEVEN, YOU, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE, UM, SOME COMPARISONS OF DIFFERENT YEARS. IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, EVEN IF YOU LIFT OUT 2020, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IN SOMEWHAT OF AN ANOMALY YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE THE CALLS INCREASED BY OVER A MILLION. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHY THEY WOULD'VE INCREASED SO MUCH GOING INTO 2021 POPULATION GROWTH? UH, PARTLY, UH, I THINK THE, THE INCREASE IN CRIME HAS CAUSED AN INCREASE IN CALLS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO REASONS THAT I CITE FOR THE INCREASE. OKAY. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK POINT THAT WITHIN OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, UM, WE'RE TALKING OF COURSE, A LOT ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND EVEN SLIDE EIGHT OF THE MUNI COURT PRESENTATION SHOWED AN INCREASED NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH ORDERS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY. I, I'D LIKE US TO REMEMBER THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. THEIR JOBS ARE PHYSICALLY DEMANDING, BUT, UM, OF COURSE THEY'RE ALSO INCREDIBLY MENTALLY DEMANDING AND THEY NEED SUPPORT LIKE THE REST OF OUR SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY AS FAR AS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. THANK YOU. CHIEF AND CHIEF HOOD. UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PLATFORM TRUCK IN, UM, FIRE STATION 45. THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT 44, I THINK AT LEAST AT ONE TIME, WAS ONE OF THE, THE TOP, UM, THE BUSIEST. YES, 44 IS STILL, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE CITY STATION 44 STATION 19, STATION 24, THE BUSIEST STATIONS IN THE CITY. SO BY PUTTING THE PLATFORM, UH, THE NEXT CLOSEST STATION'S GONNA HELP 40 FOURS AREA. AND WE MENTIONED 14 SECOND, UM, DECREASE IN RESPONSE SIGNS FOR YOUR AREA. SO YEAH, IT'S A BIG DEAL ABOUT THAT. AND JUST A QUICK, QUICK POINT. IT, IT IS TE PHYSICALLY IN DISTRICT SIX, BUT UM, IT'S RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF FOUR. AND I MEAN, IT REALLY HELPS THAT WHOLE AREA OUT, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO WE WANNA REMIND COUNCIL, UM, OUR, OUR FIRE APPARATUS AND E M S UNITS, THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES. WE ARE FLUID, SO A G P S MAY PICK UP A QUICKER, UH, RESPONSE FROM A UNIT THAT'S COMING FROM H E B OR COMING FROM THE ACADEMY. SO ANYTHING WE, ANYTIME WE ADD, IT'S GONNA HELP THE WHOLE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE LESS PLATFORM, TRUCK OR LADDER HAVING TO RESPOND DOWN TO YOUR DISTRICT IF IT'S NEEDED. SO IT'S GONNA BE A BIG HELP. THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND JUST, UH, A QUICK, UH, ONE OF MY BUDGET ASKS WAS FOR A FULL-TIME PHYSICAL THERAPIST FOR THE DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, AND THEN TWO TRAINERS, AND I KNOW THAT WE WENT A DIFFERENT ROUTE WITH THE TRAINERS. WE WENT CONTRACT, WE ARE SO HAPPY WITH THE CONTRACT WE SIGNED WITH BETHPAGE FOR THE TRAINERS MM-HMM. . AND SO IT IS RUN OUTTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH THE SPURS TEAM, DOCTOR IS THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR. WE ALSO LOOKED IN AND HAD DISCUSSIONS OF PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS, WOULD BE MORE OF A PRIORITY FOR SOMEONE THAT'S GONE THROUGH CANCER TREATMENT OR SOMEONE THAT'S HAD A STROKE, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO WHERE THEY'RE GETTING PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR A BALANCE ISSUE OR WEAKNESS. UH, AND WHAT WE FOUND BY TALKING TO STAFF, TALKING TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FOR WHAT WE NEED A A TRAINER IS GOOD. AND WE'RE ECSTATIC ABOUT HAVING THE CONNECTION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I JUST MENTIONED. SO IT'S A STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT WE GO WITH TRAINERS AND WE HAVE TWO VERSUS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST RIGHT NOW. SO THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO HAVE TWO TRAINERS AND A PHYSICAL THERAPIST. SO WE'RE ELIMINATING THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST. WE'RE NOT HAVING A PHYSICAL THERAPIST RIGHT NOW. IT'S A, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND, JEN, THE REASONING, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID ABOUT THE DIFFERENT NEED, BUT, UM, RIGHT WHEN WE WENT THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE WENT TO THE, UM, THE WELLNESS CENTER. YES, MA'AM. THERE, THERE WAS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST THERE. AM I CORRECT? NO, MA'AM. WE OKAY. WE'VE HAD TRAINERS ALL ALONG. OKAY. SO THE LADY THAT LEFT SUBSEQUENT, SHE WAS A TRAINER ALSO. SHE WAS A TRAINER. OKAY. SO I, I MEAN, I STILL WANNA PUSH THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST. I, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS THE NEEDS. UM, MY, MY INTERACTIONS WITH FIREFIGHTERS, UH, AT THAT WELLNESS CENTER, BUT JUST ON MY OWN MM-HMM. , UM, THEY, THEY HAVE REQUESTED THAT. SO, I MEAN, NOT TO GO AROUND YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, THAT WAS ONE OF MY INITIAL REQUESTS AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THAT. OKAY. WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, YEAH. TO LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. AND, UM, EVALUATE HOW WE COULD, UM, ADD THAT IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. AND I JUST WANNA REAL QUICK, UH, I MENTIONED IT FOR POLICE AND FIRE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS [01:05:01] AS WELL, HOWEVER WE CAN SUPPORT YOU GUYS. UM, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT RESILIENCY. UH, I'M SO THANKFUL THAT YOU MENTIONED IT IS A CHALLENGE. WE HAVE HAD A, UH, COUPLE DEVASTATING RESPONSES, UH, FROM SOME OF OUR FOLKS FROM UVALDE AND THEN FROM THE, UH, TRACTOR TRAILER INCIDENT. AND SO WE, UM, WE WERE KIND OF TAPPED OUT, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTRACTING OUTSIDE RESOURCES TO AGAIN, HELP OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE DOING THE JOB. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING OUT FOR US THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AND JUDGE ODO, UM, I'LL BE QUICK. UM, UH, I, FIRST I WANNA OFFER THANKS TO YOU JUDGE FOR THE INNOVATIVE, UH, PROGRAMMING YOU'VE IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR SAN ANTONIANS TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR MUNICIPAL LEGAL ISSUES. UM, YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ALLOWING MORE ACCESS TO THE COURTS, UH, AND JUST TO HOW LONG? THREE, TWO YEARS YOU'VE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS. A LITTLE OVER, UM, WITH THE ONLINE PAY AND THE KIOSKS. UH, I, I GET A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THAT. GREAT. AND THEN, UM, ALSO YOUR INITIATIVES TO REDUCE DISTRACTED DRIVING EDUCATION ON PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER IMPORTANT INITIATIVES. I THINK, UM, YOU'VE BEEN DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. I THINK WE FORGET THAT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE HISTORY OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT. SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE REALLY STUCK YOUR NECK OUT IN A WAY TO, TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE INITIATIVES. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. YES, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING NEW THAT THE COURT HAS, UM, HAS ENGAGED IN. UM, AND SO IT WAS REALLY OUR FIRST YEAR OF, OF PARTICIPATING AND, AND, AND CREATING SO MANY EVENTS AND, AND INFORMATION TO HAND OUT. UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO MORE THIS NEXT YEAR. UM, WE ARE HOPING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE JCMS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET US CONNECTED TO, UH, DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CAREER DAY ACTIVITIES. WE'VE MADE ALSO MADE SOME, UM, UH, INTRODUCTIONS WITH OTHER, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING PUBLIC, UH, DRIVER SAFETY FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG DRIVERS. SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MORE OF THAT THIS YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB, HOWEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, UM, TO, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS AND, AND CHIEF HOOD AND JUDGE ODO. I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU ALL DO FOR US EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'LL START OFF WITH FIRE, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THAT, THAT PAGE PULLED UP ON MY BUDGET BOOK. AND CHIEF, UM, WHILE YOU COME UP, I, UM, ALSO, YOU MENTIONED THIS AND SO THANK YOU. I, I KNOW THAT NOBODY TRAINS, UM, TO FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF A TRAILER OR HAVING TO HELP SO MANY CHILDREN. UM, AND, AND SO, SO IT'S BEEN A ROUGH FEW WEEKS FOR YOU ALL, AND JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. AND I ESPECIALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU GAVE THEM BEREA BEREAVEMENT LEAVE OF SOME SORT, I DON'T DUNNO IF YOU CALLED IT BEREAVEMENT. YEAH. WE, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, IT, IT'S HARD TO COME BACK AND GET ON A FIRE TRUCK OR AN AMBULANCE AFTER THAT. AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THEM THE TIME TO, UM, TO COME BACK. AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE THAT WENT TO THAT INCIDENT HAD SOME TYPE OF, UM, CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFING AFTERWARDS, INCLUDING EVERYBODY BEHIND ME WITH THE WHITE SHIRTS AND MYSELF. SO AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE EMOTIONALLY PREPARED TO COME BACK ON, ON DUTY. SO THANK GREAT, WELL, THANK YOU FOR WATCHING UP FOR THEM LIKE THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AND, UM, I'LL ASK CHIEF MCMANUS IF THEY DID THE SAME THING. I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY DID. UM, AND THEN ALSO VIDEO PREMIERE. I FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE A VIDEO PREMIERE EVERY TIME I COME TO TAKE HEAR YOUR BUDGET PRESENTATION ON PAGE 3 43 OF THE BUDGET BOOK, YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED 6,610, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVED THROUGH THE GOOD SAM APP. LAST YEAR THERE WAS A TARGET OF 7,500. WE HAVE A TARGET FOR NEXT YEAR OF 7,000. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S BELOW? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I EXPECT THIS NUMBER TO GO UP BECAUSE WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL DISPATCHERS. SO, UM, 71% OF THE PEOPLE THAT USE GOOD SAM, WE DON'T SEND AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE TRUCK TO, SO AGAIN, WE ARE, WE'RE EXPECTING THAT NUMBER TO GO UP BY THE ADDITIONAL DISPATCHERS. SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS ON YOUR MEDICAL RESPONSE TIMES, UH, IT WAS 8 0 5, THAT WAS OUR TARGET. WE ARE AT ABOUT 8 39, AND THEN IT INCREASES TO 8 45 NEXT YEAR FOR OUR TARGET. WHAT'S THE NATIONAL AVERAGE? UM, THERE IS NO REAL TRUE NATIONAL AVERAGE BECAUSE AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT AUSTIN, THEY DON'T HAVE FIRE BASED D M S. IF YOU LOOK AT DALLAS, IT'S COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES. SO THERE'S NO REAL NATIONAL STANDARD FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, UM, BY HAVING THE GOOD SAM, BY HAVING M I H WE'RE TRYING TO ELIMINATE CALLS PERIOD FOR SERVICE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, OUR TRANSPORT RATES ARE FLAT. I JUST LOOKED AT AT SOME STUFF RIGHT NOW. UM, 61% OF THE TIME WE DON'T TRANSPORT MM-HMM. IN AN AMBULANCE. THAT AMBULANCE GOES AND TREATS, BUT THEY DON'T TRANSPORT. AND THEN MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE TRANSPORT ARE PRIORITY TWO IS LOW PRIORITY. ABOUT 5% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE [01:10:01] TRANSPORT, UM, ARE, ARE PRIORITY ONES, ARE CRITICAL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO NOT TRANSPORT PEOPLE IF WE HAVE TO. AND THAT'S WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS ABOUT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. AND ACTUALLY, MY MOM HAD A REALLY BAD FALL A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND SO YOU GUYS WERE OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND SHE FELT REAL COMFORTABLE. SHE WAS ONE OF THOSE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL . SO, AND WE'LL GLAD, WE'LL, WE WILL GLADLY DO THAT, BUT IF THERE'S AN ALTERNATIVE YEAH. AND THEY'RE NOT INJURED, UM, WHICH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE GO ON, AND YOU CAN TALK TO ANYBODY IN THIS BUSINESS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LONELY LATE AT NIGHT. THEY HAVE NO ONE. MM-HMM. THEY HAVE COMFORT BY HAVING A FIRETRUCK OR AN AMBULANCE WITH LIGHTS ON IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST THING FOR THEM OR THE BEST THING FOR THE SYSTEM. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AROUND THAT. MY MOM CALLS ME BEFORE 9 1 1, UNFORTUNATELY. TELL HER TO CALL ME FIRST. I KNOW I'M TRYING TO PUSH HER . UM, BUT POLICE, I'LL GO ON. THANK YOU CHIEF HOOD. UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, WHILE, WHILE YOU COME UP HERE, I DO WANNA VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CORPS. UM, THE SOUTH SIDE PUBLIC SAFETY CORPS IS INCREDIBLE. I GET TO VISIT WITH THEM OFTEN. AND, UH, UH, I DO WANNA SAY THAT WE USE THEM VERY WELL DURING FIESTA, SO THEY'RE VERY IMPRESSIVE AND, UH, THEY JUST TREAT EVERYBODY SO WELL, AND THEY'RE ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT. SO, SO I THINK THAT THEY DON'T HAVE UNIFORMS OR WE DON'T PAY FOR THEIR UNIFORMS CURRENTLY, OR THEY DO THEIR OWN FUNDRAISING. LIKE I REMEMBER BUYING A FIESTA MEDAL TO SUPPORT THEIR, THEIR UNIFORMS. IS THAT CORRECT? WE, YEAH, WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY BUDGETED, UH, GOOD. OKAY. THIS YEAR FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CORPS. OKAY, WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON MAYBE ANY INITIATIVES FOR RACING? I KEEP GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT. UM, THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IN MY AREA STILL DOING A LOT OF DONUTS ON PARKING LOTS. AND, AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT STILL, IN MY OPINION AND IN MY NEIGHBOR'S OPINIONS OUT OF CONTROL, LITERALLY LIKE I'M SLEEPING AND I CAN HEAR THEM DOWN FOUR 10, I WAS OUT AND I'M SORRY, IT WAS PAST 10 O'CLOCK THE OTHER NIGHT, AND I KNOW YOU SAY NOT TO BE OUT PAST 10 O'CLOCK, BUT I WAS, AND I WAS UP AND DOWN FOUR 10 BY, UM, IT WAS BETWEEN INGRAM AND MILITARY, AND THE KIDS WERE ALL PARKED OUT IN THEIR HOT RODS AT THE ACADEMY PARKING LOT. AND I WAS THINKING, OH MY GOD, THIS IS JUST A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT'S INTERESTING, UM, I'VE MET TWICE WITH THE, THE, THE CAR CLUBS, AND LET ME, LET ME, UH, LET ME CLARIFY THAT. SO THE, THE LEGITIMATE CAR CLUBS, BECAUSE THEY GET VERY, UM, VERY ANGRY WHEN YOU ASSOCIATE THEM WITH THE STREET RACERS, WITH THE TAKEOVER CAR CLUBS. YEAH, OF COURSE. SO WE MET WITH THEM TWICE. UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRAE WAS, WAS AT ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS. UM, WE WERE LOOKING TO BRING AN ORDINANCE, UH, TO COUNCIL, UH, ON, ON STREET RACING, UH, OR CAR CLUBS, THE, THE ILLEGITIMATE CAR CLUBS TO, UH, MAKE A, UH, UH, MAKE IT A VIOLATION FOR SPECTATORS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN, IN THAT ACTIVITY, UM, TO BE THERE. SO WE, WE SCRAP THAT IDEA AND WE, UM, THE WAY WE DEAL WITH THE, UH, TAKEOVER CLUBS NOW IS WE HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT. IF WE KNOW ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE, WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT. UH, WE'RE READY FOR THEM. AND WE HAVE AN AD, AN AD HOC TASK FORCE THAT DEALS WITH THEM CONSISTING OF OUR D W I UNIT, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT, UH, SAFE OFFICERS, A A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENT UNITS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS AD HOC TASK FORCE. IF WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN RESPOND TO IT IS IF PEOPLE CALL US. SO THEY POP UP ALL OVER THE PLACE UNANNOUNCED. UH, WHEN THEY DO, WE RESPOND. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND I GUESS THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION. SO I, I SAW 50 CARS OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? DO I CALL YOU AND SAY, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA RACE, OR AM I JUST MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY'RE GONNA RACE AT THAT POINT? LIKE, WELL, WHEN DO YOU MOVE? WELL, I MEAN, IT COULD BE AN ASSUMPTION AND THEY COULD BE GONNA RACE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY START, BECAUSE A LOT OF, UH, OF THESE, THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL ALLOW THEM TO DISPLAY THEIR CARS AND THEY, SOME OF 'EM COME OUT JUST TO DISPLAY THEIR CARS AND, AND THEY'RE VERY WELL ORGANIZED. UM, THERE'S SAN ANTONIO LOW RIDERS, THERE'S A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION HERE, UM, A CAR CLUB ASSOCIATION HERE, AND THEIR GOAL WAS TO SIMPLY DISPLAY THEIR CARS. YEAH. UM, I DO WANNA ASK, THERE WAS RECENTLY, IT WAS A, A PROPERTY OWNER THAT PLACED, UM, THE, WHAT DO THEY CALL IT? LIKE THE, WHERE YOU PARK IN THE, THE CEMENT, YOU KNOW, THE CEMENT BLOCKS WHERE YOU CAN'T DRIVE THE BOLLARDS. SURE. NO. IS IT, YEAH. YES. IT, THERE'S AT EVERY STORE. AND APPARENTLY THAT HAD HELPED CUT DOWN THE NUMBER OF, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE, SO I THINK THAT DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING, BUT I MEAN, THAT PROBABLY COSTS THAT PROPERTY OWNER A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF, UM, INCENTIVES FOR PROPERTY OWNERS. LIKE WOULD THEY DON'T GET FINED FOR ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN, OR? [01:15:01] NO, I MEAN, SOME, SOMETIMES THEY'RE THERE AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER'S WISHES. UH, WE HAVE, UH, OFFERED TRESPASSING AFFIDAVITS TO PROPERTY OWNERS TO, UH, ALLOW US TO COME ON AND TRESPASS PEOPLE OFF, UH, IF THEY'RE ON THERE WITHOUT PERMISSION. AND THE CLARK CLUBS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE PERMISSION AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, BUT WHEN THEY'RE ASKED TO LEAVE, THEY SAY THEY DO. GOT IT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS ON DWIS AND ON PAGE 3 77, WE HAVE, UM, AN ESTIMATE OF 4,037, SO UP FROM LAST YEAR BY ABOUT 700 AND SOMETHING. AND THEN WE'RE HOPING THAT IT GOES BACK TO 3,700. AND I'M WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL AS ANY ALCOHOL RELATED INCIDENTS, UM, WHAT IN ADDITION TO JUST THE BILLBOARDS THAT WE SEE KIND OF AROUND TOWN, AND I DON'T THINK WE DO THE BILLBOARDS. I THINK THAT IS TECH DOT MAYBE THAT DOES THIS. BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING AS S A P D TO KIND OF JUST REMIND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO DO EDUCATION. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT AND I, I THINK THE, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION FALLS SHORT WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO THINK IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO ME, UH, WHICH HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN. UH, BUT WE HAVE A VERY, UH, UH, UH, ACTIVE D W I UNIT, UM, AND I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR YEARS TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DRUNK DRIVERS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, AS GENERATIONS TURN OVER, YOU HAVE A WHOLE NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING IN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE MESSAGE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. AND THEN, UM, JUDGE BLEDEL, WHILE YOU COME UP HERE, THANK YOU FOR PUSHING THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, UM, AT, UH, AT, AT YOUR LOCATIONS. I, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE REMINDING PEOPLE SINCE THEY'RE, UM, A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN ALSO YOU CAME OUT TO OUR SAFETY, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY TOWN HALL, AND YOU MET WITH A FEW OF THE CHIEFS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MY AREA. UM, AND I MENTIONED TO YOU THE PROMISE PROGRAM, AND SO IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT SOUTHWEST I S D. I'M REALLY, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO WORK TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO, TO SEE IF THEY CAN IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM. YEAH. SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. UM, SO I, I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE CHIEF FROM THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. GREAT. WE CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. YES. THANK YOU. BECAUSE I THINK THE OFFICERS HAVE A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KIDS HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER RJA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THIS FIRST 10 MINUTES IS PROBABLY GONNA BE CONSUMED BY S A P D. UM, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME BLOCK WALKING. I'VE MADE IT A PART OF MY ROUTINE, AND SO I SPEAK TO A LOT OF FOLK WHO MAYBE AREN'T, UH, WHO AREN'T ENGAGED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR REGULARLY AT MUNICIPAL EVENTS. AND SO I'M SPEAKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT, WHAT CONCERNS THEM. AND OFTEN PEOPLE DO BRING UP SAFETY ARE MY DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS TAKE COMMUNITY SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY. AND SO TODAY'S MEETING IS OF COURSE, VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND MY LINE OF QUESTIONING IS TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR GOALS AS A DEPARTMENT, AN EXPLANATION OF THE FUNDING YOU'LL BE SPENDING THIS YEAR, AND TO SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS ON WHAT SERVICES THEY WILL RECEIVE BASED ON YOUR PLAN. UM, BUT FIRST I WANNA PUT THE POLICE BUDGET INTO PERSPECTIVE. THE PER CAPITA INCOME OF A DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT IS $19,055, UM, PER YEAR AT 567,278,000 129, UH, DOLLARS OUTLINED ON A PAGE 3 77 OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT. THE S A P D BUDGET IS THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT OVER 29,770 DISTRICT TWO RESIDENTS MAKE IN A YEAR COMBINED. SO THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, AND I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT THIS YEAR, THE SS A P D BUDGET IS INCREASING BY $31.8 MILLION ALONE FOR COMPARISON, A C S HAS A BUDGET OF 21.4 MILLION, SO WE COULD ADD ANOTHER 10 OR SO. WE COULD BASICALLY DOUBLE AC S'S FUNDING IN ORDER TO, TO SAVE MORE ANIMALS AND REDUCE STRAY ANIMALS ROAMING IN THE STREETS AND STILL GIVE S A P D AN ADDITIONAL 10.4 MILLION. JUST SAYING, UH, BUT WHEN WILL THE, I'LL ASK THIS. WHEN WILL THE U T S A VIOLENT REDUCTION PLAN BE COMPLETED? AND WHEN WILL WE HAVE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS? THIS IS IN THE BUDGET BOOK ON PAGE 2020 ON 22, THE U T SS A STUDY WILL BE DONE. UH, WELL, THE DRAFT WILL BE DONE IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. UM, ON THE SUBJECT OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME. SO IN 2022, THOUGH, WE INCREASED THE GENERAL BUDGET BY 3.2%, UM, THREE 3.26%, OR AN INCREASE OF $16,946,000. WE ONLY SAW AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 2.5% MORE CALLS. HOWEVER, IT TOOK 2.4% LONGER TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS AND 4.8% LONGER FOR NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. I'M GONNA ASK, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THROUGH ALL MY QUESTIONS. WE'VE, I SENT THESE TO MARIA EARLIER, AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN GIMME RESPONSES AFTER I'M DONE WITH THE 10 MINUTES. BUT, UM, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BUDGET CAN INCREASE AT A RATE THAT IS HIGHER THAN CALL VOLUME, BUT DOES NOT PRODUCE THE DESIRED EFFECT AND RESPONSE TIMES FOR EMERGENCY CALLS. ALSO, BETWEEN 2016 TO 2022, [01:20:01] THE POLICE BUDGET INCREASED BY 18.56%, $83 MILLION 800,000. IN 2016, THE POPULATION WAS 1.43 MILLION. AND AS OF MAY, 2022, OURS IS ESTIMATED AT 1.4 OR FIVE SIX AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.8%. SO, WHILE A GROWTH IN POPULATION HAS BEEN EXPLAINED AS A CAUSE FOR GREATER FUNDING, THE RESULTS OF INCREASED FUNDING ARE INCONSISTENT. AND CALL TO QUESTION, UM, HOW SPECIFICALLY WE USE DOLLARS WITHIN THE THE DEPARTMENT. SO TODAY, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY REDUCTIONS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY THAT YOU DO HAVE, THAT YOU ARE SPENDING IS BEING USED EFFECTIVELY. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $567 MILLION, MY CONSTITUENTS AND I EXPECT RESULTS AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS. I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF VIOLENT CRIME. SO MANY OF THE CALLS THAT WE GET ARE RELATED TO SHOOTINGS AS ACTS OF RETALIATION OR REVENGE AMONG RIVAL GANGS, AND THESE ARE OFTEN GENERATIONAL IN NATURE. SO I'M WONDERING WHAT POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTE GANG VIOLENT PREVENTION? WHAT ARE THE METRICS OF SUCCESS IN PREVENTING GANG VIOLENCE, SPECIFICALLY SHOOTINGS, HOW DO YOU RESOLVE IT? PREVENTS RETALIATION, THEREFORE, PREVENTING FUTURE SHOOTINGS. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN THE PAST TO RESOLVE GANG RELATED CONFLICTS? HOW MANY OFFICERS HAVE ENGAGED WITH GANG MEMBERS DIRECTLY TO RESOLVE DISPUTES? DO YOU KEEP A RECORD OF HOW MANY CALLS FOR SERVICE REFERENCE GANG ACTIVITY EXPLICITLY? AND HOW ARE THOSE RESOLVED IN A WAY THAT PREVENTS FUTURE VIOLENCE? AND ARE YOU TRACKING WHICH GANGS IN SPECIFIC DISTRICTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST MURDERS? AND HOW MANY GUNS HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED FROM KNOWN GANG MEMBERS AND TRAFFIC STOPS INVOLVING KNOWN GANG MEMBERS? UM, I ALSO, ON THE SUBJECT OF TRANS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT CRIME, $250,000 IS ALLOCATED TO CRIME PREVENTION ORGANIZATION THAT'S ABOUT 0.04%, UM, OF SAP'S BUDGET. AND SO I'D EXPECT ANY INCREASES TO A POLICE BUDGET WOULD SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OF CRIME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT THE CASE IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET. I'M WONDERING, IS THERE A RECORD THAT DEMONSTRATES THE TYPES OF CRIME THAT HAPPEN MOST OFTEN IN CERTAIN ZIP CODES? COULD YOU IDENTIFY WHERE MOST GANG RELATED INCIDENTS OCCUR? CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHERE MOST PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PROPERTY THEFT OCCURS, AND HOW HAVE YOU USED THAT DATA TO INFORM STRATEGIES TO PREVENT CRIME? I'M ALSO WONDERING THAT IF CRIME IS TAKING PLACE IN THE SAME PLACES REPEATEDLY TO INCLUDE VIOLENT CRIMES, PROPERTY THEFTS, ET CETERA, WHY WOULD IT TAKE SO LONG TO RESPOND TO CALLS? AND WHY DO CONSTITUENTS REPEATEDLY COMPLAIN OF A LACK OF POLICE PRESENCE IN THE AREA WHERE THERE IS REPEATED CRIME? SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WHERE LOCATIONS ARE, THE RECURRING LOCATIONS. WHY IS IT THAT IT TAKES SO LONG AND IT FEELS LIKE NO ONE KNOWS THAT, THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN? UM, PEOPLE ALSO COME TO US WITH RING DOORBELL FOOTAGE AND THEY SHARE THAT AFTER A SHOOTING HAPPENS, IT CAN TAKE AN HOUR OR SO FOR A COP TO ARRIVE. SO MY CONSTITUENTS WANNA KNOW WHY IS THAT THE CASE? AND IS AN OFFICER EXPECTED TO GO TO EVERY SHOOTING REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE WAS REPORTED SHOT? UM, ON THE SUBJECT OF CROSS DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION, I WANNA KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A RECORD OF HOW MANY CALLS REFERENCED NONS? THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. AND OFTEN WHEN WE ENCOUNTER SAFETY ISSUES IN NON-SERVICE ALLEYS, THEY'RE NOT ALLEYS, THEY'RE NOT A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE. SO OFTEN WITH SOMETHING ONGOING, WE'RE WONDERING WHEN THESE ISSUES ARRIVED, DO YOU INVOLVE PUBLIC WORKS OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO RESOLVE THESE CASES? AND WHAT DOES THAT COMMUNICATION LOOK LIKE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? AND IF POSSIBLE, WOULD YOU PROVIDE ME WITH EXAMPLES OF THAT HAPPENING IN DISTRICT TWO? ON THE SUBJECT OF HOUSELESSNESS, MANY CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO HOUSELESSNESS. SO SHELTERS ARE OFTEN AT CAPACITY, AND THERE ARE NOT MANY OPTIONS FOR HOUSING. AND WHEN ABATEMENTS DO TAKE PLACE, PEOPLE ARE ROBBED OF THE ONLY BELONGINGS THEY HAVE ONLY TO MY, UH, ONLY TO BE MOVED AROUND THE CITY IN SEARCH OF SAFETY AND REST TO OFTEN RETURN TO THE SAME ENCAMPMENT AT A LATER DATE. AND SO IF A COM, IF A CONSTITUENT DOESN'T SUPPORT A PERMANENT HOUSING PROJECT OR SERVICES FOR THE HOUSELESS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE SOLUTION TO ENCAMPMENTS IN THEIR AREA? I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS REFUSE SERVICES IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T TRUST THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHICH MEETS THEIR NEED. UM, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE THE ONES FORCEFULLY REMOVING THEM OUT OF PUBLIC SPACES AND PLAYING A ROLE IN ABATING ENCAMPMENTS. AND IN MANY WAYS, WE'RE STANDING IN OUR OWN WAY, UM, IN THE SOLUTION OF HOUSELESSNESS. SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD IMAGINE REIMAGINE A ROLE THAT S A P D CAN PLAY IN REGAINING THE TRUST OF OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS AND CAN POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLUTION TO HOUSELESSNESS. SO THESE ARE MY QUESTIONS. I'VE PROVIDED THEM BEFORE THE SESSION. IF YOU COULD RESPOND TO AS MANY OF THEM AS POSSIBLE, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL DO MY BEST. WE ONLY GOT THEM LIKE 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE, BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED. IT WAS AN HOUR BEFORE. NO, IT WAS 20 MINUTES. OKAY. WELL, Y'ALL DON'T GET ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE THIS, SO I, YOU GOT IT IN ADVANCE. COUNCIL COUNSEL, WE APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS. SO I THINK THE CHIEF IS PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT AS MANY AS YOU CAN, AND WHAT WE CAN'T WE'LL INCLUDE IN THE, IN THE, UH, BUDGET FOLLOW-UP MEMO. OKAY. LET'S GO WITH THE, LET'S START WITH THE NON-SERVICE ALLEY. [01:25:01] SO DO YOU WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR OTHER, OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS? AND WHAT DOES THAT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE PAST? THE, UH, ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN PLEASE. I HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN HERE SOMEWHERE. I, UM, HE, HE'S TALKING ABOUT CROSS DEPEN, CROSS DEPARTMENTAL WORK, WORK WITH D S D, FOR INSTANCE, ON, UH, CALLS TO SERVICE ALLEYS, ET CETERA. WE DON'T, WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DEALINGS WITH NON-SERVICE ALLEYS. UH, IF, IF, UH, A NON-SERVICE ALLEY WAS EXPLICITLY, IF YOU KNOW THAT CRIME IS OCCURRING IN NON-SERVICE ALLEYS, DO YOU WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR D SS D OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENTS? THAT'S OF COURSE, YEAH. SO, SO WE, WE WORK WITH, UH, DIFFERENT CITY DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHEN, UH, THE ISSUE WE'RE WORKING WITH WOULD FALL UNDER THEIR PURVIEW, OR AT LEAST PARTLY UNDER THEIR PURVIEW. SO THE ANSWER IS YES, WE WOULD WORK AND WE DO WORK WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, DART, WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EXCUSE ME, WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, EXCUSE ME, TO, TO IDENTIFY PROPERTIES THAT, UH, WOULD BE DARTED, UH, COULD BE DARTED. UM, YEAH, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES, WE DO WORK WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. OKAY. I'D LOVE SOME EXAMPLES LATER. UM, I'M ALSO WONDERING, UH, MY QUESTIONS REVOLVING GANG GANG ACTIVITY. I GUESS WHAT I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND IS, UM, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE IN THE PAST TO RESOLVE GANG RELATED CONFLICTS AND WHAT CAN MY CONSTITUENTS, UM, EXPECT IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR? UM, BECAUSE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE, AND THEY KNOW THAT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS REVENGE AND RETALIATION AND BACK AND FORTH. AND SO HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT AND HOW DO YOU PREVENT THOSE SITUATIONS IN IN THE FUTURE? WE HAVE A GROUP, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS THAT WORK OUT OF OUR HOMICIDE UNIT, AND THEY GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HIGH RISK FOR VIOLENCE, UH, OR THEY, THERE HAS BEEN RECENT VIOLENCE THERE, AND THEY'LL TALK TO THE PLAYERS, UH, ABOUT, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TRY TO GET THEM TO DISENGAGE, THEY'LL TRY TO REMEDIATE. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A GROUP THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON MY FLOOR, UM, AND THEY GO OUT AND THEY WORK IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS TRYING TO RESOLVE ISSUES. UM, SO WE DO IT AT THAT LEVEL. UH, WE DO IT CONSISTENTLY. THANK YOU. I'LL HAND BACK IN LATER. IF YOU COULD GET ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT TIME I CHIME IN, POTENTIALLY. THANK YOU. CHIEF, ARE THERE ANY THAT YOU CAN RESPOND TO RIGHT NOW BEFORE I GO ON TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, I CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTE, GANG VIOLENCE PREVENTION. SO THAT WOULD BE OUR PAL UNIT. UH, THAT WOULD BE OUR, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS POLICE, PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS. UH, THEY WORK WITH, UH, JUVENILES, UM, FROM AGES. THE POLICE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS, UH, WORKS 14 TO 21. UH, THEY WORK WITH, UM, TRYING TO GET THEM INTO THE, TO JOIN AND BE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE LOCAL. UM, WE'VE GOT QUITE A NUMBER OF, I MENTIONED EARLIER WE'VE GOT QUITE A NUMBER OF WHAT USED TO BE CALLED EXPLORERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, UH, FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, UH, THE, UH, THE GROUP THAT WORKS OFF OF MY FLOOR GOES INTO, UH, HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY DO, UH, UH, WALK A MILE IN MY SHOE PROGRAM, UH, SUCCESS THROUGH RESPECT PROGRAM. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO THAT, UM, COULD INFLUENCE, UH, MEMBERS WHO WERE IN A GANG TO, TO GET OUT. HOUSELESSNESS PARDON? HOUSE LISTENERS. ANY, ANY, ANY FURTHER, UH, CHIEF OR ARE WE GONNA RESPOND ON A MEMO? I, I, I THINK, I THINK IT'D BE BETTER, UM, UNLESS THE CHIEF AFTER IN THE NEXT ROUND THERE, THERE'S ABOUT, UM, 15 OR 16 QUESTIONS, I THINK. OKAY. I THINK WE GOTTA INCLUDE THEM IN THE FOLLOWING. WELL, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO THAT POST-MEETING, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SUMMARIZE ANY OF IT BEFORE I MOVE ON. IF I COULD GO BY JOE NINA WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. COUNCILMAN, IF YOU LIKE, I COULD EXPLAIN THE DART PROCESS, AND I ONLY BRING DART UP WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S A MULTI DEPARTMENT, UH, UNIT THAT BASICALLY SS A P D PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES OR OTHER CITY STAFF MEMBERS FOR LIKE THE, FOR EXAMPLE, D S D ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. UH, SO IT'S A, IT'S A COLLABORATIVE TEAM EFFORT THAT GOES AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST NUISANCE PROPERTIES. SO, UH, SO THAT'S ONE WAY THAT S A P D, UH, BASICALLY [01:30:01] WORKS WITH OTHER UNITS. BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY NON-SERVICE ALLEYS NOT DART IN GENERAL. SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE NEXUS OF, AND I SUSPECT BECAUSE THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS AN, HAS A MONEY SET ASIDE FOR NON-SERVICE ALLEY MAINTENANCE. SO HOW IS, SPECIFICALLY YOUR QUESTION IS HOW IS PUBLIC WORKS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CODE WORKING TO, UM, SOLVE POTENTIAL QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO CRIME ISSUES THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE, IN THE ALLEYS? AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL WORK TO, TO KINDA LAY THAT OUT FOR YOU. THANK YOU. AND TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER, MY QUESTIONS FALL IN LINE WITH ABOUT SIX MAJOR THEMES. I DON'T NEED SPECIFIC NUMBERS NECESSARILY TODAY, IF YOU COULD GIMME THOSE LATER, BUT I WOULD LIKE THOSE THEMES, THOSE TARGETS THE ROOTS OF MY QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT I, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND IS THAT, THAT THAT TYPE OF STUFF HAPPENS AT THE GROUND LEVEL, UH, BETWEEN THE CODE OFFICERS AND THE SAFE OFFICERS AND THE PATROL OFFICERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONDING TO THE REPEAT CALLS. IF WE HAVE REPEAT CALLS, WHETHER IT'S A NON-SERVICE ALLEY OR A SERVICE ALLEY OR A, A CORNER OR, UH, A RESIDENT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY IS SOME INTERSECTIONAL, UM, ISSUES THAT, THAT THE CITY THROUGH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS MAY EXPERIENCE IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. AND WE'LL LAY THAT OUT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, WE'RE GOING NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. CHIEF, SINCE YOU'RE UP THERE, GOT A FEW QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU, NOT NOT AS MANY AS THAT, UH, PRIOR, BUT I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UH, UM, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS HERE ON, UH, PAGE TWO, UH, OR SLIDE NUMBER TWO, YOU GOT A CHANGE OF 78, UM, POSITIONS HERE. AND, UM, I GUESS HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE THIS UP? BECAUSE IN A FUTURE, IN ANOTHER SLIDE, IT TALKS ABOUT AN INCREASE, UH, OR PROJECTED, UM, VACANCIES FOR NEXT YEAR IN 23 IS 63 POSITIONS ARE, ARE WE JUST, WE GONNA JUST STAY WITH OUR FOUR CLASSES AND LEAVE THIS PROJECTION AS DEFICITS TO OUR AUTHORIZATIONS? I'D LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER CLASS ADDED THAT THAT NUMBER IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE 70 POSITIONS THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON. SO UNTIL WE, UNTIL WE GET THAT 70 FILLED, UH, THAT VACANCY RATE WILL REMAIN WHAT IT IS. UM, THE, UH, SO OUR, OUR CLASSES WERE SCHEDULED FOR FOUR IN THIS BUDGET. MM-HMM. , UH, WE WILL, WE'LL LOOK TO PUT A MINIMUM OF 55 IN. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE UP THAT GROUND WITH THESE NEXT FOUR CLASSES. WELL, UH, I'M ASSUMING YOU TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND I'M STILL SEEING 63 VACANCIES FOR NEXT YEAR. SO WHY WOULDN'T WE PROGRAM IN ANOTHER CLASS TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN AT 55 THAT STILL WOULDN'T FILL 63 VACANCIES, COUNCILMAN? AND WHEN WE CALCULATED THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF VACANCIES AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF 2023, WHICH IS THE SLIDE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AN ESTIMATE OF WHEN RETIREMENTS WILL HAPPEN. SO SOME OF THOSE RETIREMENTS ARE HAPPENING TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO OUR CLASSES ARE ANTICIPATING TO ADDRESS THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ADDING AND THEN THE NORMAL ATTRITION THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SO, UM, AS CHIEF MENTIONED, WE WILL TRY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CADETS THAT ARE, UH, WE'RE BRINGING INTO THE CLASSES, BUT AT THIS POINT, THE ESTIMATE IS APPROXIMATELY 55 PER PER CLASS. OKAY. AND, AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT YOUR PROJECTION IS SHOWING THAT THIS NEXT YEAR WITH THIS BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 63 VACANCIES. SO I, I, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS STILL, WHY DON'T WE ADD ANOTHER CLASS IN THERE TO WIPE OUT THE DEFICIT OF AUTHORIZATIONS VERSUS ASSIGNED? WE, WE, WE WILL TRY TO BE, BECAUSE IF YOU GO BEYOND FOUR CLASSES, IT BE A, UM, THE ACADEMY CAN'T NECESSARILY HANDLE THAT MANY, THAT MANY CLASSES. WE'VE DONE FIVE BEFORE. BUT, BUT I'M SAYING IT'S, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO HANDLE THAT MANY, MANY CLASSES. WHAT, WHAT WE WILL TRY TO DO, AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS MINIMUM 55. SO WHAT WE'LL TRY TO DO IS, IS SHOOT FOR 65 70 IN THESE FOUR CLASSES, BUT, BUT PUTTING FIVE IN AT ONE TIME IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE ACADEMY STAFF. OKAY. UM, OUTTA THE LAST FOUR CLASSES THAT WE HAD, HOW MANY GRADUATES HAVE WE HAD OUTTA THE LAST FOUR CLASSES PER CLASS? [01:35:02] ON AVERAGE SLIDE SIX. SO THE GRADUATES IN, UH, 20 22, 42 OUTTA 21 D, 34 OUTTA 22 A 45 OUTTA 22 B, AND 45 OUT OF 22 C. OKAY. I SEE THAT NOW. SO I, I THINK THERE'S SOME WISHFUL THINKING HERE THAT WE CAN UP THIS TO 55. WE HAVEN'T GRADUATED 55 I DON'T THINK, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL. SO I, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE THIS DIFFERENCE UP TO TRY TO GET FULL STRENGTH OF THE AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE? I'M JUST SAYING, I, I'D LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS, ANOTHER WHACK AT IT TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD ANOTHER CLASS IN THERE TO MAKE UP THAT DEFICIT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND I TOO AM CONCERNED ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, UH, THE RESPONSE TIMES ARE, ARE CLIMBING INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ME, AGAIN, THAT'S A FUNCTION OF NUMBERS AND HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN GET OUT DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY THE OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING TO EVERYTHING. SO THAT ADDS TO MY, UH, ARGUMENT THAT WE NEED ANOTHER CLASS TO FILL THOSE, TO REDUCE THAT, THAT RESPONSE TIME. AND IT'S OKAY IF WE HAVE A FEW OVER, UH, AT ANY PARTICULAR MONTH, UH, OF OUR AUTHORIZED VERSUS ASSIGNED POSITIONS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH WE'RE GONNA HAVE RETIREES, UH, LEAVING, LEAVING THE FORCE. SO, AND WE, WE, AND WE DO THAT QUITE OFTEN AND WE, AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY TRY TO DO. YEAH. WELL, I, I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THE FIRE AND POLICE PENSION FUND. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN QUITE SOME TIME WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN O UH, OVERAGE AND, YOU KNOW, MY VIEW ON COUNTING CADETS AGAINST AUTHORIZED POSITIONS, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT, BUT THAT'S, THAT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT. ALRIGHT. UM, AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A, UM, A FEW SUICIDES HERE RECENTLY. WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A DEPARTMENT TO, UM, HELP IN THAT REGARD? WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UH, IF YOU LOOK UP ON THE SCREEN THERE, WE HAVE A FULL, UH, UH, A FULL CAST OF, UH, PSYCHOLOGISTS, THREE OF THEM FULL-TIME ON THE, ON THE DEPARTMENT. WE'VE GOT PEER SUPPORT, WE'VE GOT THE CHAPLAINS PROGRAM. CHAPLAINS ARE, ARE IN ROLL CALL, UH, QUITE OFTEN. UM, AND WE'VE GOT THE, YOU KNOW, FOUR OTHER, FOUR OTHER PROGRAMS. SO, UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A, A VARIETY OF, OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE THERE FOR THE OFFICERS THAT PROBABLY THE, THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS GETTING THEM TO, TO MAKE USE OF THEM. YEAH. BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SEE AS A STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH USING THEM. AND, AND COUNCILMAN THAT, THAT'S A, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. MARIA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT EARLIER. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO MORE PROBABLY IN COORDINATION WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A STIGMA, THERE'S PLENTY OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE. AND, AND I THINK THE QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, IS IT THE RIGHT TYPE OF RESOURCE AND IS IT PROVIDING THE RIGHT TYPE OF, UM, OF ACCESS TO CARE FOR OFFICERS THAT MAY BE IN THAT POSITION? SO, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION. I THINK THEY COULD HELP US WITH THAT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BECAUSE YES, THE STIGMAS IS STILL THERE ABOUT GOING IN TO VISIT ONE OF THESE AGENCIES. AND I HEARD AN IDEA FROM MARIA THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, UH, TEXTING, YOU KNOW, GETTING, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE FOR SOMEBODY TO REACH OUT, LIKE, OH, SO YOU, YOU DO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE NOW? YES. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. UH, BUT YES, IT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE ON TO FIND OUT WHAT ELSE WE CAN OFFER OUT THERE. UH, CHIEF ON, UH, SLIDE 14 ON THE, UH, UH, TRAINING VILLAGE. MAN, THAT PLACE NEEDS A LOT OF WORK AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING SOME REPLACEMENTS. AND AS FAR AS THE, UH, THE VIRTUAL TRAINING CENTER, ARE Y'ALL LOOKING TO REPLACE THAT AS WELL, OR KEEP THAT AND JUST BUILD A NEW FACILITY AROUND IT? BECAUSE THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE ACOG HAS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT TRAINING, UH, VIRTUAL TRAINING CENTER THAT THEY'VE SET UP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN JOINT USE THAT OR TAKE THAT AS A MODEL TO REPLACE THE ONE WE HAVE. THAT'S PRETTY ANTIQUATED. RIGHT. OKAY. GREAT. ALRIGHT. UH, CHIEF HOOD? WELL, YEAH, CHIEF HOOD, I'M GONNA RUN OUTTA TIME HERE. I'M GONNA HAVE TO JUMP BACK IN AGAIN. BUT, UH, CHIEF ON, UH, [01:40:01] YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN AGE OLD THING BETWEEN US OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. UH, ON SLIDE SIX, YOU SAY THE MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL AND, AND, UH, LOOKING AT THE, AGAIN, THE NUMBER OF CALLS ON THE MEDICAL SIDE, I, I, I DON'T SEE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL, UH, THE, THE EIGHT MINUTES. I THINK IT'S ALL COMBINED INTO THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A BREAKOUT FOR WHAT IT IS FOR WAITING ON E M S SERVICES OUT THERE, UH, TO RESPOND ON THAT. SO COULD YOU GO TO SLIDE 41? YOU KNOW, AND SO, UH, THIS IS A BACKUP SLIDE, COUNCILMAN. OKAY. SO AGAIN, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE TREND IS GOING DOWN AS FAR AS E M S UNITS, AS FAR AS TRANSPORTING, UH, AND FAR AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS. SO, UM, AND THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN AS FAR AS NOT TRANSPORTING AS MANY PEOPLE. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE NUMBERS ARE COMPLETELY GOING UP, SO I UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSE TIME THAT YOU, UM, ASK FOR, FOR THE MEDIC UNITS, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO COORDINATE WHEN YOU HAVE MEDIC UNITS COMING FROM HOSPITALS GOING ACROSS TOWN. IT'S NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A TRUE INDICATION OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRETRUCK AT THE HOUSE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES PROVIDING A L S. AND IT'S ALSO, WE HAVE FIGURED OUT OR FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE ONLY, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME WE GO ON THESE CALLS, 61% OF THE TIME WE'RE NOT USING THAT AMBULANCE TO TRANSPORT. SO, SO AGAIN, IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR US TO, UM, LOOK AT AN E M S UNIT NEXT YEAR, BUT WE ARE COMPLETELY COMFORTABLE WITH ASKING FOR FIRE RESOURCES IN THIS BUDGET. WELL, AGAIN, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT RESPONSE TIME, UH, FOR THOSE E M S UNITS, DEPENDING, NEVER, I DON'T CARE WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, BUT WHAT'S THEIR RESPONSE TIMES? AND WE REALLY WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THAT. I'LL HAVE TO CHIME BACK IN. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU CHIEF HOOD, CHIEF MCMANUS, JUDGE ELLO, AND FRED FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UH, EVERY TIME I ATTEND A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I AM OFTEN REMINDED ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE PLACE ON THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE OFTEN AND ALWAYS BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS REGARDING HOUSING INSECURITY AND UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS. SO MOVING FORWARD, I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS THIS THROUGH ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODELS. UH, BUT WHAT WE HEARD DURING ONE OF THE PAST, UH, RECENT BUDGET GOAL SETTING MEETINGS IS THAT, UH, INVESTING IN SS A P DOLLARS AND EXPANDING THE S SA CORE TEAM WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT HASN'T COMPLETED ITS COURSE AS A PILOT PROGRAM. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. COUNCILWOMAN, THE BUDGET DOES RECOMMEND $2 MILLION TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM AND RECOMMEND A POTENTIAL EXPANSION THIS FISCAL YEAR 23, THIS FISCAL YEAR? YES. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S CONCERNING KNOWING THAT THE SA CORE PROGRAM, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S STILL BEING STUDIED, UH, WE KNOW THAT IT IS A SUCCESS, RIGHT? AND WHEN WE LEARN THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 78 OFFICERS, THE HIGHEST INCREASE IN THE CITY'S HISTORY, UM, WILL LIKELY BE APPROVED, UM, DESPITE THE U T S A STUDY NOT BEING COMPLETE. SO I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THE LOGIC WITH, UM, PUTTING FORTH THE SOLUTION THAT WE DON'T KNOW IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED AND APPROVING THAT IN THE BUDGET. WHEREAS WITH SA CORE TEAM, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO LEARN SOME MORE DETAILS BEFORE SUPPORTING IT WITH FUNDING. SO THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE. AND WHEN WE LOOK TO DENVER, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE THE STAR MODEL, WHICH HAS SENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND PARAMEDICS TO OVER 2,700 NON-VIOLENT, NON 9 1 1 CALLS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR POLICE. AND DENVER HAS EXHILARATED FUNDING FROM THIS PROGRAM FROM $208,000 TO 3.9 MILLION IN JUST TWO YEARS. AND BY SCALING UP THIS PROGRAM, THEY WENT FROM ONE BAND TO SIX FANS TO SEVEN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS, FOUR PARAMEDICS, UH, AND TWO MORE EMTS. RIGHT? SO WE'RE SEEING THESE MODELS ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE PROVING RESULTS. AND MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT BUDGET AND WE GET THOSE RESULTS, THAT WE DO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SA CORE TEAM. AND AGAIN, RIGHT. THE CONCERNS THAT I DO HAVE IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GIVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO ROOKS AND TESLAS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, MY HOPE IS THAT THIS BODY KEEPS THE SAME ENERGY WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE MODELS THAT PROVE TO WORK. SO I, I'M CONCERNED WITH DELAYING, EXPANDING PUBLIC SAFETY MODELS, WHICH ARE WORKING WELL. UM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY ON THE SAME OLD SOLUTIONS, RIGHT? THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WE'RE SEEING, UM, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING IT'S NOT PRODUCING THE SOLUTIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE HOPING IT DOES. RIGHT. AND I THINK IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, RIGHT, I'M GLAD TO LEARN THAT CONGRESSMAN TONY GONZALEZ HAS SECURED [01:45:01] FUNDING TO EXPAND THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT IT CAN RUN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. UH, MY REQUEST IS THAT IF WE CAN LOOK TO IDENTIFY FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, IF WE'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO? SO COUNCILWOMAN THE $1 MILLION THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED THOSE FUNDS. MM-HMM. , I'M ASSUMING PERHAPS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT PROGRAM ONCE THE GRANT EXPIRES. AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PROPOSE, UH, IN THE, UH, IN 2024. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY AND IT DEMONSTRATES AND PROVES TO BE EFFECTIVE. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, MARIA AND JO FRANK. I KNOW THAT, UH, WITHIN DISTRICT FIVE, RIGHT, WE DO HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPERTY ROOM, AND I KNOW WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND SHERIFF SALAZAR HAS COMMITTED TO, UH, EXPANDING THE SPACE. SO COMMUNITY OR THOSE, UM, WHO ARE LEAVING THE JAIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STORE THEIR SELF AT THEIR STUFF AT THE COUNTY FACILITY, RATHER THAN HAVING TO WALK TO, UM, THE, THE ROOM WHERE THEY'RE STORING ALL THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY ROOM. AND THE CONCERN WITH THAT, RIGHT, IS THAT DESPITE THE PROPERTY ROOM BEING LOCATED, WHERE SS A P D SWAT TEAM IS MY COMMUNITY, AND THOSE FOLKS WHO LIVE WITHIN THAT AREA, UM, FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, RIGHT? SO I, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLICE PRESENCE AND SAFETY, LITERALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IS WHERE SWAT'S LOCATED AND THE FOLKS WHO LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET SAY THEY DO NOT FEEL SAFE. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MOVING TOWARDS SOLUTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY TO EXPAND THAT PROPERTY ROOM ONE, IT'S INACCESSIBLE TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE BEING RELEASED BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING TO FIND A WAY TO WALK, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY ROOM, UM, BUT ALSO 'CAUSE THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T FEEL SAFE AROUND THAT AREA. UM, SO AGAIN, JUST I WOULD HOPE THAT WE CAN, UM, WORK ON A PLAN TO FIND SOME SOLUTION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE FUNDING TIED TO IT, BUT MY REQUEST IS THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A PROPERTY ROOM COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION IF THESE ARE THE CONTINUED CONCERNS WITHIN THAT AREA, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON? AND IF SO, WHERE WOULD WE IDENTIFY THE FUNDING FOR THAT? WELL, I GUESS I'M, I GUESS I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW THE ISSUE YOU'RE ASKING COUNCILMAN, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE ADEQUATE ROOM FOR FOLKS IN THEIR FACILITY. SO ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THE COUNTY EXPANDING THEIR CAPABILITY OVER HERE OFF ALPHA RIO? I'M ASKING HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE COUNTY IN EXPANDING THAT PROPERTY ROOM. UM, AGAIN, RIGHT, RECOGNIZING THAT NOT ALL THE FOLKS GOING TO THE PROPERTY ROOM ARE COMING FROM THE COUNTY, RIGHT? SOME ARE COMING FROM THE DOWNTOWN MAGISTRATE AS WELL. UM, SO HOW CAN WE FIND A LOCATION THAT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE BEING BOTH RELEASED FROM THE COUNTY JAIL AS WELL AS FROM THE MAGISTRATE TO GET THEIR, THEIR, UM, PROPERTY? SO, SO, UH, I GUESS WHAT I'LL OFFER IS THAT, UM, UM, THAT, UH, THE CHIEF AND I WILL SPEAK TO THE COUNTY MANAGER AND THE SHERIFF ABOUT WHAT THEIR ANTICIPATED NEEDS ARE, IF THEY'RE GONNA EXPAND, THEY, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT PLANNED ADEQUATELY WHEN THEY BUILT THAT FACILITY. AND IT'S CREATED A, A PINCH BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET TO, UM, OUR PLACE TO GET THEIR PROPERTY AND, AND, AND SOMETIMES AS SMALL AS THEIR WALLET, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE. YEAH. THANK YOU. I I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOWARDS A SOLUTION ON THAT. UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS, RIGHT, WHICH I'M HESITANT TO LOOK AT AS VALID, IS THAT WHAT WE FOUND IN THE DISTRICT FIVE TOP AND BOTTOM PRIORITIES, PDS BOTH IN THE TOP PRIORITIES AND IN THE BOTTOM, UH, LEAST PRIORITY, RIGHT? BUT WHAT I DO HEAR FROM DISTRICT FIVE RESIDENTS IS THAT THEY DO APPRECIATE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THEY'VE BUILT WITH THEIR SAFE OFFICERS. UM, AND AGAIN, WHAT WORRIES ME ABOUT THE SAFE OFFICER PROGRAM IS THERE'S NOT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO MOVE UP. SO WHEN THE SAFE OFFICER'S BUILDING THOSE COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, THEY OFTEN GET PROMOTED OR LEAVE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PAY HIGHER. UM, AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT'S TAKING PLACE. AND MY HOPE IS THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT ON THE STREET, THAT WE CAN SHIFT SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS INTO THE SAFE OFFICER PROGRAM, UH, TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO THOSE SAFE OFFICERS BEYOND THE NINE TO FIVE. UH, AND I KNOW AGAIN, WITH THAT $1 MILLION, WE ARE SEEING EXPANDED, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE SAFE OFFICERS. WE JUST RECENTLY GOT ONE, UH, WITHIN THE ROOSEVELT AND LONE STAR AREA, BUT THEY HADN'T HAD ONE FOR MONTHS. UM, AND AGAIN, RIGHT, IT'S ONE OFFICER, UM, COVERING A HUGE AREA. UM, AND I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN REALLOCATE SOME OFFICERS INTO THAT PROGRAM WITHOUT INCREASING THE POLICE POLICE BUDGET, UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF. UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE, UM, AGAIN, RIGHT, WITH THE HIRING OF THE 78 OFFICERS BEFORE THE U T S A STAFFING STUDY, UM, I, I THINK WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHIFT SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS TO THE SAFE PROGRAM. SO I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER. SO ONE THING THAT I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING REGARDING CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL [01:50:01] DESIGN IS THAT I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY LOOKED INTO A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, AND I WANNA SHIFT THE FOCUS ON HOW HOME REPAIR HAS BEEN PROVEN TO LOWER CRIME AND HISTORICALLY SEGREGATED, UH, AND LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS FOUND THAT INVESTING STRUCTURAL HOME REPAIRS IN HISTORICALLY SEGREGATED LOW INCOME BLACK AND LATINO NEIGHBORHOODS, HAS THIS, UH, BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REDUCED IN CRIME RATES IN PHILADELPHIA. WHEN A HOME RECEIVED HOME REPAIRS THROUGH A CITY FUNDED PROGRAM, TOTAL CRIME DROPPED BY 21.9% ON THAT BLOCK. 21%. THAT'S HUGE, RIGHT? AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SCALE UP OUR HOMEOWNER REHABS, AND THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THE DATA, OVERLAY IT WITH THE VIOLENT CRIME DATA AND SEE HOW IMPACTFUL THAT THAT WILL BE AND CAN BE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO AGAIN, THAT NOT ONLY DID IT REDUCE CRIME BY 21.9% PER BLOCK THAT RECEIVED HOME IMPROVEMENT INVESTMENT THROUGH A CITY FUNDED PROGRAM, THEY ALSO FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THE NUMBER OF REPAIRS OF HOUSES ON THE BLOCKS, INCREASED INSTANCES OF CRIME FELL EVEN FURTHER. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WHO FOUND THIS 'CAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE AND HOW, UM, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOUSING STOCK CAN REDUCE CRIME. SO MY HOPE IS THAT U T S A IS EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE MODELS THAT DON'T REQUIRE A BADGE AND A GUN. SO AGAIN, UM, I THINK AS MENTIONED, SOMEONE POINTED TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERSECTIONAL BENEFITS OF ACROSS MENTAL HEALTH, RIGHT? MENTAL HEALTH, HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MORE. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST TACKLE PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT PUBLIC HEALTH AS WELL, UM, BY INVESTING IN ALTERNATIVES. AND AGAIN, WE ALREADY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. WE JUST NEED TO SCALE UP THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT CAN RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT, AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE REDUCTION OF CRIME, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT THE UNIVERSITIES ARE, ARE, ARE ARGUING AND THEY HAVE THE DATA TO BACK IT UP. UM, BUT MY QUESTION CHIEF, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, I BELIEVE ON SLIDE SEVEN WITH THE 9 1 1 CALLS, ARE THOSE ALL FOR PD OR DOES THAT INCLUDE E M S AND FIRE AS WELL? THEY'RE POLICE CALLS. THEY'RE ALL POLICE CALLS. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, UM, IN EVERY CORNER OF DISTRICT FIVE, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE COMMITTED TO ENDING GUN VIOLENCE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. UM, HOW CAN WE GET A REPORT ON GUN VIOLENCE TRENDS AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS IN DISTRICT FIVE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE? AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RECEIVE OUR OFFICE, WE WE CAN COME UP WITH, UH, UH, CRIME STATS FOR, FOR, UH, BOTH OF YOUR SUB THE SUBSTATIONS THAT, UH, UM, YOUR DISTRICT IS IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'D BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. LET ME START OFF WITH, UH, CHIEF HOOD, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. UH, CHIEF, I NOTICED, UH, IN THE BUDGET WE HAVE, UH, ARPA MO MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE BLUE TEAM. YES, SIR. AND, UH, IT'S BUDGETED FOR $2 MILLION IN 2023 WITH COVID IN DECLINE. WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF, OF THAT? UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S ITS FUNCTION? IT SEEMED TO INDICATE IT WAS RELATED TO ARPA FUNDING AND COVID. YES, SIR. AND, AND SO AGAIN, OUR BLUE TEAM WAS UTILIZED FOR OUR DEPARTMENT FOR, UH, OTHER CITY STAFF THAT WERE IN CRISIS DURING COVID. SO THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAD TO UTILIZE THAT. UM, HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GONNA EVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO. OKAY. I AM JUST WONDERING IF THAT 2 MILLION IS THE BEST ALLOTMENT FOR THAT, OR WHAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY WE HAVE IN THAT FOR A BETTER USE LATER. SURE. COUNCILMAN. AND THAT IS PART OF THE $50 MILLION IN ARPA DOLLARS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FOR, UM, EMERGENCY RESPONSE. AND TO WHAT THE CHIEF SAID, THAT IS THE BUDGET FOR 23. UH, IF WE DO NOT UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS, IF THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD INDICATED TO SHIFT THOSE DOLLARS TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO WE WILL BRIEF THE COUNCIL IF THAT IS THE CASE BEFORE THOSE DOLLARS ARE UTILIZED FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SURE. AND I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL, UH, ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO SEE WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THIS FALL AND IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RISE IN COVID AGAIN. SO YES, SIR. OKAY. I JUST WANNA TOUCH BASE ON THAT, UM, WITH THE CLINICAL DISPATCH PROGRAM, THE GOOD SAM APP. YES, SIR. UH, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING VERY, VERY WELL. UH, AND ARE THERE, YOU HAVE EIGHT CLINICAL DISPATCH POSITIONS SET TO COME ONLINE, SO YOU'RE YES, SIR. PRESUMING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SERVICING MORE INDIVIDUALS. THAT'S, THAT IS OUR [01:55:01] GOAL TO, UH, SERVE MORE. AND SO WHAT WE FOUND WITH THE PILOT, UM, ON AN AVERAGE, IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO MANAGE A GOOD SAM CALL. ONE THAT IS, THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE E M S SERVICES. THEY WOULD BE DISPATCHED IMMEDIATELY. BUT, UH, WHILE THAT GOOD SAM DISPATCHER WAS TAKING CARE OF THIS CALL, WE WERE DROPPING OTHER ONES. SO AGAIN, WE'RE PICKING UP MORE. SO THE ANTICIPATION IS TO HAVE TWO DEDICATED DISPATCHERS. THAT'S ALL THEY DO. AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE EXPERIENCE BETTER FOR PEOPLE TO CALL 9 1 1. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING WITH THESE, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, RESOURCES. SO IF A CALL, AND IT'S A HEALTH RELATED ISSUE, UH, WHAT DOES THE PERSON, THE DISPATCHER DO ON THE OTHER END? DO THEY RECOMMEND A CALL, GO TO LIKE A, AN ON CALL PHYSICIAN OR NURSE'S ASSISTANT? SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE COULD DO FOR YOU, AND I DID IT LAST WEEK, I WAS AT A, UH, UH, THE, UH, TRUMAN FIRE FOREMAN IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. I HAVE PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERESTED IN THE GOOD SAM. SO I SET UP A DISPATCH. I CALL JUST LIKE I'M A NINE ONE ONE CALLER. THEY SENT ME A LINK. AND SO I GET THE LINK TO MY SMARTPHONE. THERE'S NO COST, IT'S NOT GONNA STAY ON. AFTER WE'RE DONE, I HIT THAT LINK, I CENTERED MY FACE, IT TOLD THEM WHAT MY RESPIRATORY RATE WAS, WHAT MY PULSE RATE WAS. THEY COULD LOOK BEHIND ME TO SEE IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING DANGEROUS THERE, THEY COULD LOOK TO SEE IF I'M DIAPHORETIC, WHICH MEANS I'M SWEATING AND THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS IF, IF I WOULD'VE PRESENTED TO THEM TO WHERE I'M SWEATING. MY, MY, UH, HEART RATE IS AT 200. THEY'RE SENDING RESOURCES IMMEDIATELY. RIGHT. BUT IF YOU'RE PRESENTING AND YOU'RE SPEAKING IN FULL SENTENCES, EVERYTHING LOOKS NORMAL TO US. WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU A SERIES OF QUESTIONS BEFORE WE SEND, BUT THERE'S ALSO TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WILL CALL US AND SAY, HEY, MY MOM'S NOT FEELING GOOD. OKAY, TAKE THE PHONE AND TURN IT TO YOUR MOM. SO YOUR MOM IS APHASIC, SHE'S GOT A FACIAL DROOP, SHE'S HAD A STROKE. WE'RE SENDING RESOURCES AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE CALLING A STROKE CENTER TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GET THEM THE MOST APPROPRIATE TREATMENT. SO THIS IS, THIS IS JETSON'S STUFF IN THE FIRE SERVICE, AND AGAIN, WE ARE, ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU. UH, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU. LET ME TALK TO, UH, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, JUDGE BLATO. OKAY. THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION EARLIER. UM, DOES MUNICIPAL COURT ADJUDICATE SITE AND RELEASE CASES YOU LIKE? ALL OF OUR CASES ARE SITE AND RELEASE CASES. WELL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONES THAT THE STATE HAS SAID ARE WORTHY OF A CITATION RATHER THAN ARREST, LIKE A, A MARIJUANA CHARGE OR TAGGING OR, I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A HALF A DOZEN OF THOSE DIFFERENT CHARGES. 10. RIGHT. UH, THOSE, THOSE ARE JUST FOR CLASS B OR HIGHER OFFENSES. SO WE, WE ONLY ADJUDICATE CLASS C MISDEMEANORS, THAT MUNICIPAL COURT COUNSEL. OKAY. SO THEN YOU DON'T ADJUDICATE ANY OF THOSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. UM, HOW MANY CASEWORKERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING UNDER THE MUNICIPAL COURT TRUANCY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION FUND? WE HAVE 11 JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS CURRENTLY. AND DO THEY WORK WITH EVERY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT? NO, SIR. UM, OH, SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR OWN JUVENILE CASE MANAGERS THAT THEY'VE HIRED AND THEY'VE, UM, BASED THEIR PROGRAMS ON WHAT WE'VE STARTED TO DO AT MUNICIPAL COURT. WE ARE IN NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS RIGHT NOW. UM, SO NOT IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT? NO, SIR. OKAY. UM, ARE YOU GONNA BE JUST KEEPING IT AT CURRENT LEVEL? ARE YOU TRYING TO EXPAND THAT SERVICE? WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT SERVICE. UM, PART OF THE ISSUE THOUGH IS THAT, UM, OUR, THE GRANT THAT WE APPLY FOR EVERY YEAR HAS, HAS JUST GOTTEN LOWER AND LOWER. UM, ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE A JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND THAT'S BASED ON, UM, A PORTION OF THE COURT COSTS THAT PEOPLE PAY FOR ALL THEIR CITATIONS AT MUNICIPAL COURT GOES INTO THIS FUND. AND THAT HAS BEEN SHRINKING AS WELL. DOES DO THE CITY, EXCUSE ME, DO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THEY DO NOT. OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD WONDER BECAUSE IF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE HANDLING IT THEMSELVES, THAT MEANS THEY'RE ABSORBING WHATEVER THAT COST MIGHT BE. BUT SINCE WE ARE TAKING THIS ON FOR EIGHT OR NINE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, I WAS, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING, BUT WE DON'T ASK 'EM TO, WHAT, WHAT DOES HAPPEN IS THE COUNTY DOES CONTRIBUTE OR THEY HAVE IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT IS ON THE JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND IS ON ALL CLASS [02:00:01] C MISDEMEANORS IN THE COUNTY. SO EVEN THE JPS ARE COLLECTING THAT, UH, FEE FOR US WITH THEIR COURT COSTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S COME UP IN MY DISTRICT IS CROSSING GUARDS AND CROSSING GUARDS ARE, ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE CHILD SAFETY FUND. UM, THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS HAS STAYED THE SAME SINCE THE CHILD SAFETY FUND STARTED IN 2005, I BELIEVE. AND, UM, HOW MANY OF THESE POSITIONS ARE ACTUALLY CROSSING GUARDS? I THINK THERE'S 262 POSITIONS. I THINK THAT NUMBER'S RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL CROSSING GUARDS? YES. UH, HOW MANY ARE FILLED RIGHT NOW? 60. 66 0 6. ZERO 60 VACANCIES. SO WE'VE GOT OH, 60 VACANCIES, NOT 60 ACTUAL CROSSING GUARDS. WE HAVE 60 VACANCIES. OKAY. UM, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY MORE, I I I BELIEVE THIS IS PROBABLY JUST DEDICATED TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. IS THAT RIGHT? ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY DO MIDDLE SCHOOLS TOO. I'LL BET THERE'S MORE THAN 260 OF THOSE TODAY BECAUSE SINCE 2015 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH AND THERE'S BEEN MORE SCHOOLS ADDED. DOES THIS ALSO INCLUDE WORKING, UH, WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT REQUEST IT? I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES. OKAY. IT DOES. NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER. OKAY. UM, SO I, I RAN INTO A SITUATION WHERE A CHILD WAS, UH, INJURED AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT. 'CAUSE THE, UH, THE PERSON WHO HAD THAT RESPONSIBILITY COULDN'T BE THERE. THEY WERE OUT SICK. THEY WERE TOLD TO STAY OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE, UH, HAVING SOME REAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. UH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FILL ALL OF THESE POSITIONS? UH, ARE WE CONSIDERING GIVING INCREASE IN, UH, SALARY TO MAKE SURE WE FILL ALL OF THESE? AND ARE WE LOOKING AT A NEED FOR ANY MORE IN OTHER SCHOOLS, YES. ON THE SALARY. SO WE, WE HOPE TO ATTRACT MORE APPLICANTS THAT WAY. THAT ENTRY WAGE WILL GO, WILL, IS PROPOSED TO GO UP TO 1750 COUNCILMAN PER HOUR. YOU KNOW, I, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE EXPECTED TO SHOW UP 15 MINUTES BEFORE CERTAIN CLOSING, UH, EITHER DISMISSAL OR ARE STUDENTS ARRIVING. UH, SO THEY MAY BE WORKING LIKE AN HOUR, TWICE A DAY. IS IT HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK FOR $35 EVERY DAY? UH, TWO DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY? UH, SHOULD WE MAYBE BE OFFERING EVEN MORE BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FACTOR INVOLVED? UH, AND SO I GUESS THAT'S A, A RHETORICAL QUESTION. I'D LIKE THE CITY MANAGER TO CONSIDER. WILL WE GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO WORK FOR $35 A DAY COMING EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON? UH, OR DO WE NEED TO REALLY OFFER MORE AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES AND ANY OTHER SCHOOLS THAT NEED IT? SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. MEMBER K? WAS THAT, THAT WAS IT. I WILL BE BACK. I KNOW YOU'LL BE BACK. UH, COUNCILMAN K WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, CRIME, I THINK ABOUT HOW SOMETIMES MY CONSTITUENTS ARE UPSET WITH ME. 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE MORE TO REDUCE CRIME AND, UM, OR DO DO MORE TO PREVENT CRIME. AND, AND THAT'S A CHALLENGING POSITION FOR ME TO BE IN. THAT'S A CHALLENGING POSITION FOR CHIEF MCMANUS TO BE IN. AND THE TRUTH IS THAT, THAT POLICE ARE NOT THE ONLY TOOL WE HAVE FOR ADDRESSING CRIME. AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLICE WE HAVE, I WONDER ARE WE GONNA MAKE MORE ARRESTS? AND IF WE MAKE MORE ARRESTS, WHAT'S THE RESULT OF THAT GONNA BE? BECAUSE WHAT I HEAR RIGHT NOW IS A LOT OF TIMES WE ARREST PEOPLE AND THEN THEY'RE PUT RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE STREETS. AND SO I WOULD LIKE MAYBE SOMEBODY FROM THE, FROM THE, THE MUNICIPAL COURTS TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT AND UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, HOW ARE PEOPLE ENDING UP RIGHT BACK ON THE STREETS SOMETIMES, UH, AFTER POLICE OFFICERS MAKE ARRESTS. COUNCILMAN, UH, COULD YOU CLARIFY YOUR QUESTION? WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF OFFENSES ARE THEY? I, ARE THEY BEING ARRESTED ON IT? IT, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF OFFENSES THEY'RE BEING ARRESTED ON. MAYBE YOU COULD HIT ON A FEW OF THEM. OKAY. WELL, UM, UH, AT MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE DETEN, UH, FOR OUR MAGISTRATES DO, UM, WE DO PROVIDE MAGISTRATION [02:05:01] SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ARRESTED FOR CLASS C AND ABOVE OFFENSES. THOSE ARRESTS ARE MADE BY SS A P D AND D P S INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ARRESTED FOR CLASS B AND ABOVE OFFENSES. OUR MAGISTRATES ARE MAKING A FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE AND COMMITTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THEY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL SEE A COUNTY MAGISTRATE WHO THEN SETS BOND AND BAIL CONDITIONS ON THOSE BONDS AS THAT, THAT'S HOW IT'S WORKING ON CLASS BEING ABOVE. SO ALL WHAT WE ARE DOING THERE AT MUNICIPAL COURT IS JUST MAKING A FINDING OF PROBABLE CAUSE, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH INFORMATION TO CONTINUE TO DETAIN THESE INDIVIDUALS. AND THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE, WILL BE COMMITTED TO THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL SO THAT A COUNTY MAGISTRATE CAN SET BOND AND BAIL CONDITIONS. CLASS C MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS ARE, UH, FINE ONLY VIOLATIONS. THE VIOLATIONS THAT WE DO ADJUDICATE AT MUNICIPAL COURT, WE DO HOLD ONTO THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. BUT MOST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE RELEASED. WE DO NOT COMMIT INDIVIDUALS TO JAIL ON CLASS C MISDEMEANORS. AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT FOR, GOSH, OVER 15 YEARS, I THINK. SO IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO CLASS C MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS, THEN, THEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE BACK ON THE STREETS AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME. GOT IT. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CHIEF WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT TOO. THANKS, JUDGE. SO I COUNCILMAN I, THE, THE HEART OF THE ISSUE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, DOESN'T LIE IN MUNICIPAL COURT. IT LIES OVER IN, ACROSS THE STREET, UH, IN COUNTY. UM, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT WHEN YOU SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED AND THEY'RE RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE STREET. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT NOT ONLY YOUR COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT, IT'S COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. AND, AND IT'S CREATING, UM, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE DON'T FEAR GETTING ARRESTED BECAUSE QUITE OFTEN CHARGES ARE DISMISSED. UM, CHARGES ARE DROPPED, CASES ARE DISMISSED, UH, AND THEY'RE RIGHT BACK OUT ON THE STREET. SO IT, IT, IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. AND, AND IT, NO MATTER WHAT PART OF THE CITY I I'M ATTENDING A COMMUNITY MEETING AT, UM, IT'S THE SAME, IT'S THE SAME CONCERNS. YEAH. DISTRICT 10, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT FOUR, IT'S ALL OVER. AND IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. SO, SO THEN IF, IF, UM, AND I'M, THIS IS JUST ME TALKING OUT LOUD. I MEAN, IF, IF PEOPLE COME TO ME AND SAY, COUNCILMAN BRAVO, WHY AREN'T YOU DOING MORE? AND THEN I SAY, OH, WELL, I'M GONNA PUT MORE POLICE ON THE STREET. WELL, IT'S A POLICE ARREST, MORE PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE JUST LET BACK OUT. IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE I'M SOLVING THEIR PROBLEM. HERE, HERE, HERE'S HERE, COUNCILMAN, IF, IF I MAY, I THINK THIS IS GETTING A BIT OFF TOPIC. THIS IS ON THE, THE TOPIC, NOT THE TOPIC IS SHOULD WE SPEND MORE ON MORE POLICE OFFICERS? BUT YOU'RE GETTING IT TO HOW THE COUNTY HANDLES THEIR, UM, THEIR PROCESS, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THE CITY CONTROLS AND NOT WITHIN THE CI THE, THE BUDGET THAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT. BUT I, I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT SOLVING A PROBLEM HERE. IF I'M PUTTING MORE POLICE, IF I'M BUDGETING TO PUT MORE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET AND THEY'RE ARRESTING THE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE LET RIGHT BACK ON, I FEEL CHIEF, UH, IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE BUDGET QUESTION, AND, AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A, AN AGENDA ITEM I THINK WE NEED TO PUT ON, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY. I, I THINK I CAN NARROW IT. SO GO AHEAD. SO IF, IF PEOPLE AREN'T ARRESTED, THEN YOU WIND UP WITH, WITH AN AN, AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE DETERIORATE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY IS DETERIORATING. THE THING THAT THAT SEPARATES US FROM OTHER CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE JUST COMPLETELY OUTTA CONTROL IS THE FACT THAT WE ENFORCE THE LAW. WE MAKE ARRESTS REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AFTERWARDS. THERE HAS TO BE ARRESTS MADE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE FOR COMMITTING A CRIME. THANK YOU, CHIEF. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN UP HERE RIGHT NOW THOUGH, IS, UM, IS A PRESENTATION ON BUDGETS THAT LOOKED AT NOT JUST POLICE BUDGET, BUT LOOKED AT CRIME REDUCTION. AND WHAT, WHAT DO WE, HOW, WHAT, WHAT'S OUR BUDGET FOR REDUCING CRIME? BECAUSE POLICE ARE NOT THE ONLY TOOL THAT WE HAVE AND, AND THEY CAN'T DO IT ALL ON THEIR OWN. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE A, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE FOR PREVENTING CRIME FOR REDUCING CRIME. UM, GO AHEAD, MARIA. SURE. COUNCILMAN, JUST VERY, UH, QUICKLY, UM, AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH U T S A TO, UH, CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO [02:10:01] PROVIDES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, THE LIBRARY CODE ENFORCEMENT LIGHTING, ET CETERA, TO HELP US EVALUATE THOSE PROGRAMS AND, AND THEIR IMPACT IN REDUCING CRIME. SO WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS TO DO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT LENS, UH, AS WE COME BACK IN FUTURE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS TO BE ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING. THANK YOU, MARTY. AND COULD YOU SEND ME ANYTHING THAT MIGHT SHOW WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK IS FOR THAT U T S A STUDY? SO I'D LOVE TO SURE. AS SOON AS WE FINALIZE IT. WE HAVE A DRAFT RIGHT NOW. OH, WE HAVEN'T, WE, WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE FINALIZING THAT WITH U T S A. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE, YEAH, I'D DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THAT. UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE BUDGETING FOR 28 NEW POLICE OFFICERS TO BE AT THE, UH, NEW SUBSTATION. I SEE THAT, THAT, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. I'M ALSO A LITTLE CONCERNED WHEN IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THIS, THE CITY'S BUDGET SURVEY, I SAW THAT THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR IS TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES. THE NUMBER TWO THING THEY WERE ASKING FOR WAS POLICE. AND I SEE THOSE THINGS, THOSE TWO AS INTENTION, INTENTION WITH EACH OTHER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT POLICE BUDGET IS GROWING BY SO MUCH. I LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS THERE, AND IT, IT'S INCREASED BY 15.6% IN FOUR YEARS IF WE APPROVE THIS POLICE BUDGET. UM, SO REALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALSO, ERIC IN THE FUTURE, IS IN A BUDGET WHERE WE'RE JUST NOT GIVING THEM POLICE AS A, UH, BOX TO CHECK IN THE SURVEY, BUT CRIME REDUCTION AND LOOK AT IT MORE HOLISTICALLY. LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF ALL THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO, UM, TO REDUCE CRIME. BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK POLICE OFFICERS, UM, TO, TO BE THE ONLY TOOL THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. SO J, JUST TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE, THE STUDY THAT MARIA HAD MENTIONED, THE, THE IDEA, AND, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AFTER THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION IN APRIL. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS CRIME REDUCTION? IT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S JOB AND POLICE OFFICER'S JOB TO, UH, ENFORCE THE LAW AND THEIR VISIBILITY AND THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR PATROL AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT, UH, AS SAFE OFFICERS AT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, ALL HAVE SOME ELEMENT OF THAT. BUT, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO PUT INTO REAL TERMS INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH U T S A, WHAT ARE THE PRO THE PARK PROGRAMS? WHAT IMPACT DO THEY HAVE? THE PROGRAMMING AT COMMUNITY CENTERS, THE SUMMER YOUTH LEAGUE PROGRAMS, UM, OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, ALL ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO, METRO HEALTH, WHAT WE DO, UM, UM, DO THEY HAVE AN IMPACT ON CRIME REDUCTION? AND, AND THE TERM WE'RE USING IS, DO THEY, DO THEY ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY? UM, AND WE THINK THAT THERE PROBABLY IS, IT'S NOT BEEN QUANTIFIED BEFORE. AND WE'RE GONNA ASK U T S A TO HELP US WITH THAT INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE COUNCIL A YEAR FROM NOW IS TALKING ABOUT ADDING A, A NEW PARKS PROGRAM, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE GETTING THE KIDS OUT AND KEEPING 'EM BUSY AND, AND KEEPING THEM, UM, ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, DOES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SAFETY? RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT WE ARE PURSUING THAT BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S CONVERSATIONS IN APRIL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRAVO. WE'RE GONNA GO INTO ADDITIONAL ROUNDS NOW. I, UM, I'M GONNA ASK ANY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IN YET, IF THEY WANNA GO ON FIRST. SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST SOME INFORMATION, UM, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR FOLLOW UP. IF WE COULD GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE, UM, NO, CHIEF, YOU'RE NOT GONNA USE IT MY TIME. . THANK YOU, . THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR IT LATER. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? , UM, UH, A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, THE MEDICAL CALLS THEY'VE GONE UP OVER TIME. UM, IF WE COULD FIND OUT WHAT TYPES OF MEDICAL CALLS THOSE ARE AND THE GENERAL LOCATIONS FOR THEM. THANK YOU. UM, THAT'S ALL FOR FIRE. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT, ALMOST RIGHT. OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UM, AND, UH, I'LL, UH, JUST A, A QUESTION FROM MUNICIPAL COURT AND, UM, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A VERY LONG ONE, BUT CARLA, COULD YOU JUDGE ELLO, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US, OR AT LEAST TO ME, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES THAT COME TO YOUR COURT VERSUS THE ONES THAT END UP GOING TO, UH, THE DA THE CASES THAT COME TO OUR COURT ARE ASSAULT CASES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BY CONTACT OR, UH, BY THREAT. SO, UM, IT'S AN INTENTIONAL, [02:15:02] UH, KNOWINGLY OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSING AN UNPROVOKED CONTACT THAT A PERSON DID NOT WANT. AND THAT FOUND THAT THEN THAT THEY FOUND PROVOCATIVE ASSAULT BY THREAT IS, IS THREATENING SOMEBODY TO CAUSE, UH, A BODILY INJURY. SO, AND THE DIFFERENCES AND THE CASES THAT ARE FILED AT THE COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT COURT DO INVOLVE BODILY INJURY AT A, AT A, AT A MINIMUM. SO THEY HAVE ALREADY, THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN, UM, THE CONTACT HAS, GO AHEAD. YEAH. THE KEY DISTINCTION IS THE BODILY INJURY COUNCILWOMAN. IF IT'S A BODILY INJURY, THEN IT'S PROBABLY, IT IS A, A FELONY, WHEREAS THE ONES WE DO ARE CONTACT, THERE'S EITHER CONTACT OR A THREAT THAT DIDN'T RESULT IN BODILY INJURY. THAT'S THE DISTINCTION. OKAY. AND IN TERMS OF, UM, THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PERPETRATOR IN THAT CASE ARE, THEY ARE NOT AS GRAVE AS THE ONES THAT GO TO THE DA, BUT WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF CONSEQUENCES DO YOU SEE? WELL, AGAIN, WE ARE FINE ONLY, BUT WE ARE USING BEST PRACTICES THAT, THAT HIGHER COURTS ARE USING BECAUSE SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES CAN BE JUST AS SERIOUS AS ANY CASES THAT ARE FILED AT THE COUNTY OR DISTRICT COURT LEVEL. UM, IF A PERSON IS FOUND GUILTY OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, THERE'S EMPLOYMENT IS THERE'S EMPLOYMENT CONSEQUENCES, THERE'S IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES, THERE'S, UM, A PERSON MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CON, UH, CARRY A, A HANDGUN. UM, ALSO THAT CONVICTION CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE, UM, THE NEXT FAMILY VIOLENCE. ANOTHER CASE, RIGHT, EXACTLY. SO THE, SO EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE THINK IT'S JUST A FINE ONLY OFFENSE, YOU KNOW, THEIR LOW LEVEL OFFENSES, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT, EVEN IF THEY'RE JUST AT THE CLASS C MISDEMEANOR LEVEL. AND WE TAKE THEM VERY SERIOUSLY. AND YOUR TEAM IS IN CHARGE OF ALL THOSE OTHER CONSEQUENCES, LIKE ENSURING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO HAVE A HANDGUN, IT, IT IS TURNED IN OR THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET A NE ANOTHER ONE. WE, WE ARE RE WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IS REPORTING THAT TO D P S. OKAY. SO THEN LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS THAT INFORMATION THE NEXT TIME THAT THERE IS A CONTACT WITH THIS IN, WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN, UH, LAST QUESTION, IS PD RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE INVESTIGATIONS THAT END UP AT MUNICIPAL COURT? MOSTLY, YES. OKAY. YES. MM-HMM. . OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. UM, AND THEN, UH, IN TERMS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, I, ANOTHER DATA REQUEST, UH, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT REPORT, UM, OVER THE YEARS? UM, MAYBE THE, THE LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS? MM-HMM. ? YES. UH, ALSO IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT TYPES OF VIOLATIONS WE'RE SEEING AND THE GENERAL LOCATIONS YES. WHERE WE'RE SEEING THEM AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. UM, I'LL ALSO ECHO, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGES, UH, CONCERNS REGARDING THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM. UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. UH, JOHN, A REALLY GOOD POINT, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT EXIST. UM, IS THERE, UH, SOME WAY THAT YOU DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOLS DO GET A CROSSING GUARD ASSIGNED COUNCIL MEMBER? THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A STUDY AND AN EVALUATION DONE, UH, BEFORE A AND A CROSSING GUARD IS ASSIGNED TO A SCHOOL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND, UH, SO I GUESS THE ONES THAT ARE MOST DANGEROUS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN IS, IS I GUESS WHAT, WHAT METRIC IN THE STUDY ARE YOU USING TO ASSIGN THEM? SO YOU GOT A GOOD TEAM CHIEF. SO, UM, THEY PHYSICALLY SURVEY THE LOCATION DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON PERIODS AND ON AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT DAYS. AND THEY'LL OBSERVE, THEY'LL LOOK AT NUMBER OF CHILDREN USING THE LOCATION, WHETHER THEY'RE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT OR NOT. UH, THE VOLUME AND DENSITY OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC, UH, THE PERCEIVED SPEED OF TRAFFIC, UH, THE PAVEMENT, UH, CONDITION, THE LACK OF OR EXISTENCE OF CURBS AND SIDEWALKS, SITE DISTANCES, AND ANY OTHER HAZARD OR NON-HAZARDOUS FACTORS THAT MAY HAVE A BEARING ON THE DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT A CROSSING GUARD WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THAT LOCATION. THANKS. THAT'S GREAT. UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SEND THOSE REPORTS FOR THE DISTRICT SEVEN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN EVALUATED TO OUR OFFICE? THANK YOU, SIR. AND THEN, UH, OH, A COUPLE MORE THINGS. CHIEF DOGO, UH, I ALSO, UH, DO WANNA EXPRESS, AGAIN, SUPPORT FOR THE SAFE OFFICERS. THOSE ARE THE MOST APPRECIATED OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T COME AND GO, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AWARE OF SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING OR DEVELOPING. UH, SO IT'S A, A LITTLE BIT MORE PREVENTATIVE THAN THE REACTION THAT WE GET FROM THE PATROL OFFICER, WHICH IS STILL IMPORTANT. SOMEBODY DOES NEED TO SHOW UP FOR, FOR THAT. UM, SO I, [02:20:01] I WANTED TO ECHO THE COUNCILMAN'S COMMENTS ON THAT. UM, BUT LASTLY, I WANTED, UH, TO KNOW IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN TO US A LITTLE BIT OF HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH THE STANDUP PROGRAM THAT USED TO BE IN, UH, PD, BUT I BELIEVE NOW IT'S IN, IN METRO HEALTH. SO HOW IS, AND, AND I SEE, UH, CLAUDE IS HERE TOO. JUST WANNA KNOW HOW THAT WAS COORDINATED BETWEEN THE TWO. THANK YOU. SURE. UH, THE, I I, I KNOW THAT WE USED TO WORK VERY CLOSELY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP IS RIGHT NOW, TO BE CANDID. UM, BUT INFORMATION WAS, IS PASSED ON TO OFFICERS IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION. BUT, UH, I, AGAIN, MAYBE CLAUDE KNOWS BETTER THAN, BETTER THAN I DO, WHAT, WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS. I CAN HELP YOU WITH SOME OF THAT. UH, AFTERNOON COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE COORDINATE DIRECTLY, SO I LIAISON WITH, UH, DEREK OVER AT, UH, STANDUP. SO HE IS RUNNING THAT PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH METRO HEALTH. AND SO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT THEY MAY NEED, UH, GIVE THEM AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE CAN, AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED. UM, THEY, THEY TYPICALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A VISIBLE POLICE PRESENCE, BUT THEY DO WANNA KNOW THAT THEY'RE SAFE. AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF UH, INFORMATION REGARDING, UH, I GUESS INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY NEED, THEY SHOULD BE, I GUESS, CONTACT TO, TO, UM, TO AVOID, UM, RETALIATION IS, IS THAT HOW, I GUESS, COULD YOU BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC? YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION SHARING AGAIN, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A ONE WAY STREET. UH, WE'LL PROVIDE THEM INFORMATION THEY MAY ASK FOR. SO THAT'S, UH, MAYBE ASSISTING THEM WITH HELPING THEM CONTACT SOMEBODY, PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION ON SOME RELATIVES. BUT, UH, WE TRY TO KEEP THAT PRETTY CLEAN BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS DOING THE JOB, AND WE DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM IN ANY JEOPARDY AND THEY WANT MAINTAIN THEIR CREDIBILITY TO, THEY'RE NOT WORKING WITH THE POLICE. BUT, UH, WE, I DO THAT WITH DEREK DIRECTLY, AND THEN HE TAKES CARE OF THAT WITH HIS FOLKS, AND SO WE KEEP THAT PRETTY CLEAN. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, MARIA, I KNOW ERIC WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY THE BENEFIT OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND THE REDUCTION IN CRIME? AND I, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT PROGRAM WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT, IN THAT STUDY. OKAY. IT IS COUNCILMAN. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU KINDA A SENSE OF THE SCOPE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING, WE HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT CLOSE TO 300 PROGRAMS CITYWIDE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 170 70. THAT IS ONE OF THEM THAT WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS FOR U T S A TO REVIEW. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND, UM, THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH, WITH ALL OF US. I KNOW, UM, THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE REALLY BIG HIGH PROFILE, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE AT, AT THE CITY. NO OFFENSE, ANYBODY ELSE, UH, TO DOUG, I KNOW WHO'S, WHO'S BACK THERE, SUSTAINABILITY. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE HIGHEST PRICE. SO WE OBVIOUSLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING, UH, OUR, OUR MONEY'S WORTH. AND, AND I GET IT, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T ELIMINATED CRIME DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT MAKING A, A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO, TO DO THAT. BUT, UM, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS, RIGHT? THAT, THAT A ARE NOT AS EXPENSIVE AND, UM, YOU'RE WORTH EVERY DOLLAR CHIEF, BUT, UH, THAT ARE NOT AS EXPENSIVE. BUT, BUT THAT CAN MAYBE GIVE US BIGGER RETURNS. SO, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. AND I DO SEE CLAUDE IN THE BACK. UH, CLAUDE, CAN YOU BE PREPARED ON YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION TO TALK ABOUT CURE VIOLENCE? I ALSO HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAZ. THANK YOU. UM, JUDGE ODO, WELCOME. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU. UH, I, WHAT I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS, UM, THE MUNICIPAL COURT FACILITIES THEMSELVES. UH, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE GOT THE FACILITY THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE WORK THAT THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES PRODUCES FOR MUNICIPAL COURTS? RIGHT NOW WE DO, BECAUSE COMING OUTTA THE PANDEMIC, WE'RE SLOWLY STARTING TO SEE THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE SAW PRE PANDEMIC. INNOVATION WISE, WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS. UM, WE, THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO, UM, USING TECHNOLOGY RIGHT NOW. WE USE A WHITEBOARD FOR WITNESSES TO DRAW DIAGRAMS AND, AND, AND WHEN THE PROSECUTION IS, IS PRESENTING THEIR, THEIR EVIDENCE, THEY'RE USING A WHITEBOARD. WE'D LIKE TO USE TV MONITORS AND, AND COMPUTERS. UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO USE MORE TECHNOLOGY AND, AND JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INNOVATIVE, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK TO HAVING THE COURT OF THE FUTURE. HOW MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC DO YOU GET? I'M SORRY? HOW MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC DO YOU GET? UH, WHAT ARE WE, 500 PER MONTH. PER MONTH. PER DAY. PER DAY? YEAH. FIVE, ABOUT 500 PER DAY. WHEREAS PRE PANDEMIC, WE WERE SEEING ABOUT 1100 PER DAY. OKAY. NOW AT 1100 [02:25:01] PER DAY, IS THAT, IS THAT A MANAGEABLE CROWD? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE YOU, IS IT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SHOWING UP? UH, IS IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN TO THOSE BUILDINGS WHERE IT'S JUST TOO MANY FOLKS RIGHT. IN A BUILDING AND IT'S, IT'S HARD TO DO BUSINESS. WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REAL ESTATE IN THE COURTS. OKAY. SO WE ARE ABLE TO SPREAD FOLKS OUT, AND WE ARE VERY EFFICIENT WITH WHAT WE DO THERE. AS FRED HAD MENTIONED IN HIS PRESENTATION, UM, WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT VOICES PROJECT. AND SOME OF THE, THE BEST COMPLIMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COURT USERS THAT ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS IS THAT WE RESPECTED PEOPLE'S TIME. OKAY. SO WE HAD A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE IN AND OUT OF THE COURT IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME IS IN COURT? LIKE THE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IT'S A MOVING VIOLATION FOR A PLEA. HOW LONG WILL I BE THERE? RIGHT. IF IT'S JUST AN APPEARANCE, JUST A, JUST AN APPEARANCE. UM, MOST FOLKS ARE IN AND OUT IN 15 MINUTES. OKAY. UM, A LONG WAIT IS ABOUT 30 MINUTES, AND THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAPPEN TO GET A BIG CROWD AT ONE, AT ONE TIME. IS THE E-FILE SOFTWARE THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT ALREADY IN PLACE? UH, CAN, NO, CAN COUNCILWOMAN HOVER TO SUBMIT MOTIONS FOR HER CLIENTS THERE NOW? FROM, FROM THE DIOCESE? NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE HAVING TRAINING THIS FRIDAY, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET ALL STAFF TRAINED, WE'LL GET THE JUDGES TRAINED. THERE IS GONNA BE SOME TRAINING INVOLVED FOR THE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE GONNA BE USING THE E-FILE PORTAL. RIGHT. UM, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING VERY SOON. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. YES, SIR. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. CHIEF MCMANUS, I GOT, I GOT A TON OF QUESTIONS FROM YOU. I'LL GET, I'LL GET A LOT OF THEM ASKED IN, UH, IN ANOTHER BRIEFING. BUT I, I'M CURIOUS, UM, I'VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF CALLS AND I IMAGINE YOU ARE TOO, ABOUT CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT. UM, AND YESTERDAY WE WERE AT THE, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS OF DISCUSSION. THIS IS NOW A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM, AND WE'RE SEEING IT, UH, JUST OUTTA CONTROL. UH, WHAT TOOLS DO YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU TO, TO STEM THE TIDE RIGHT? OF, OF INCREASES IN CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT? AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE TOOLS, WHAT, WHAT WOULD THEY BE? WHAT WOULD YOU NEED? YOU KNOW, THE ONLY, THE ONLY WAY WE BECOME AWARE OF THE, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT IS WHEN WE GET A CALL ON IT. UM, DETECTIVES ARE, UH, ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE SALE, UH, OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. UM, BUT, BUT I, I AGREE WITH YOU. IT IS, IT IS PROBLEMATIC. IT IS, UH, HAS BEEN STEADILY, UH, ON THE INCREASE. UM, AND, UH, WE JUST, THE, THE MORE WE'RE MADE AWARE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE A NUMBER OF ARRESTS FOR THEM. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ONE, ONE CALL THAT WE RESPONDED TO WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER THE CAR TRYING TO GET THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE OWNER CAME OUT AND, AND SHOTS WERE FIRED AT HIM BY THE GUY. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT A JOKE. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SERIOUS THING. IT CAN BE DANGEROUS TO THE, TO THE, UH, TO THE CAR OWNERS IF THEY COME ACROSS THEM. BUT, UH, KIND OF A DIFFICULT ONE. UH, JUST LIKE CAR BURGLARIES AND CAR THEFT, UM, CARS ARE EVERYWHERE AND THEY'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. OKAY. THANKS. THANKS, KEITH. UH, I'LL, I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU LATER. ALRIGHT. UH, 'CAUSE I, I THINK THERE'S SOME OTHER CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO THINK THROUGH FROM A POLICY POINT OF VIEW, WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO. UM, BUT IT, IT WOULD REQUIRE YOU'RE, YOU'RE OKAY. UH, BUT A LITTLE MORE LATER. THANK YOU. THANKS, MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL. BEFORE WE GET TO ANOTHER ROUND, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, AND THIS IS REALLY FOR BOTH CHIEFS. UH, WE GET A PICTURE EVERY YEAR OF WHAT RECRUIT RU CADET CLASSES ARE COMING IN. WHAT I'M NOT GETTING FROM THAT THOUGH, IS HOW, WHAT OUR RECRUITMENT PIPELINE LOOKS LIKE. I MEAN, WE'RE HEARING THAT IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS FROM THE MILITARY TO BUSINESS. WHAT DOES OUR RECRUITMENT PIPELINE LOOK LIKE LOCALLY FOR CADETS? AND WHAT ARE THE ATTRITION RATES THAT WE'RE SEEING? UM, IN BOTH OF THE DEPARTMENTS? THE, UH, THE PIPELINE THAT WE'RE GETTING RECRUITS FROM, WE'RE GETTING FROM SOME, FROM THE CITY, NOT THE MAJORITY, BUT WE'RE GETTING SOME FROM THE CITY. UM, WE ARE GETTING, ALWAYS GETTING MILITARY. UM, A LOT OF FOLKS FROM OUTTA TOWN COMING IN. UM, THE, UH, THE ATTRITION RATE FOR THE ACADEMY IS AROUND 20%, UH, THE WASHOUT RATE. AND, UH, WE GOT ATTRITION NUMBERS, UH, ATTRITION, 20%. YEAH. OUR, OUR FOUR CLASSES, WAS IT LAST FOUR CLASSES? 20% LAST FOUR CLASSES, 20% ATTRITION OUTTA THE ACADEMY. IS THAT HISTORICALLY WHERE, WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN [02:30:01] AT? YES, SIR. OKAY. CHIEF, UH, MAYOR, OUR PIPELINE IS, UH, LAST CLASS WE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM THE CITY MILITARY, VERY HEAVY. UM, H E B U S A A, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF THAT ARE TRYING TO GET ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE. BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WHERE YEARS AGO WE'D HAVE 4,000 PEOPLE APPLY. WE MAY ONLY HAVE 1800 NOW. SO THERE ARE OTHER JOBS OUT THERE THAT ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE'VE HAD FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE, UH, RE UH, RESIGN WITHIN THIS LAST YEAR THAT PROBABLY HAD THREE OR FOUR YEARS ON PERIOD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THAT THE JOB IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT USED TO BE FOR PEOPLE. BUT AGAIN, THE PIPELINE IS HERE AND, UH, WE'RE PROGRAMS LIKE HERO, LIKE HER, WE'RE TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE IN AND TRYING TO GET THEM, ATTRACT THEM AT A YOUNG AGE. BUT AGAIN, THE PIPELINE IS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT THE, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING, UM, DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES NOW THAN 20 YEARS AGO. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, MAYOR, ONE THING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER AS WE GEAR UP, UM, A YEAR FROM NOW FOR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FIRE UNION, BOTH DEPARTMENTS, UM, THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND RECRUITMENT AND TESTING IS VERY DIFFERENT. UM, UNDER STATE LAW, WHICH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATES UNDER, THERE'S ONE TEST PER YEAR. EVERYBODY GOES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THAT, THAT'S THE LIST WE WORK OFF OF. AND THAT LIST IS ONLY GOOD FOR ONE YEAR. UM, BACK ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO IN THE POLICE CONTRACT, WE, UM, CHANGED IT SO THAT IT'S A PERPETUAL OPENING APPLICATION. SO WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 15 GOOD CANDIDATES OR 10 GOOD CANDIDATES, THEY'RE TESTING THEM AND KEEPING THAT PIPELINE. THAT'S, THAT'S HELPED US, THAT HELPED US, UM, WHEN WE GOT BEHIND IN TERMS OF POSITIONS. UM, AND, UH, WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, WE, WE BEGIN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FIRE UNION FOLLOWING A SIMILAR MODE SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YEAR ROUND, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK CAN BE IN THAT CONSTANT HIRING, UH, POSITION. IT'S BEEN ON MY MIND JUST GIVEN THE, THE CHANGING NATURE OF BOTH OF THE, THE JOBS, UH, AND HOW DIFFICULT IT HAS BECOME. AND YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW MUCH UNDER A MICROSCOPE, FRANKLY, UH, FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS. BUT WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM PEER CITIES ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF ATTRACTING RECRUITS INTO THE FIELD. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. UH, CHIEF, I HAD ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION FOR YOU, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, BEFORE. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A CHALLENGE WITH GUN VIOLENCE, UH, HERE IN VIRTUALLY EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY. AND, AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT, IT'S PARTICULARLY A CHALLENGE HERE, UH, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, INCLUDING OUR, OUR LAWS, UH, IN THE STATE. UM, IN TERMS OF THE CALLS THAT, UM, OFFICERS ARE RESPONDING TO, WHETHER THEY'RE NONVIOLENT, WHETHER THEY'RE EMERGENCY OR NON-EMERGENCY, WHAT PROPORTION OF THOSE INVOLVE A FIREARM? IF I CAN BE GENERAL. UM, IT'S NOT THE MAJORITY, BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THIS HELPS AT ALL, EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP, I READ CRIME REPORTS, AND EVERY MORNING THERE ARE SHOOTINGS, UM, UM, AG ASSAULTS, UM, SOMEBODY DIED, AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DYING OR BEING SHOT. SO, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A CONCERN THAT THE GUN VIOLENCE IS, IS SO FREQUENT, RIGHT? AND IT, IT JUST ANECDOTALLY SEEMS THAT CONFLICTS ARE, ARE OCCURRING, UH, AND ARE BEING RESOLVED QUITE OFTEN THROUGH, THROUGH THE USE OF A FIREARM. UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT FOR VARIOUS OFFENSES, PARTICULARLY FAMILY VIOLENCE, UH, OFFENSES, GUNS ARE CONFISCATED FROM OFFENDERS. WHERE DO THOSE GO IF WE, IF THEY'RE CONFISCATED, THEY GO IN OUR PROPERTY ROOM, HOW OFTEN ARE THEY RETURNED? NOT OFTEN. AND IF THEY'RE NOT RETURNED, WHERE DO THEY STAY? THEY GET DESTROYED. HOW SO HOW MANY DO WE HAVE IN THE PROPERTY ROOM NOW? PROBABLY THOUSANDS. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY? I DON'T KNOW. I I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT GIVING YOU A NUMBER THAT IT'S A LOT. A LOT. YEAH. AND SO WHAT ARE THEY SITTING THERE FOR? PARDON? WHY ARE THEY SITTING THERE? A LOT OF THEM ARE EVIDENTIARY, THE ONES THAT WE'RE HOLDING ONTO. ARE THERE ANY THAT ARE IN THERE THAT ARE NOT NON EVIDENTIARY? UH, I DON'T THINK WE, NO, UH, I MEAN, NO. I, I, I, I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE, BUT WE DON'T HANG ONTO THEM. WE DESTROY THEM. OKAY. WELL, THAT, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I, I WOULD HOPE, IS THAT WE WOULD DESTROY THOSE THAT, THAT AREN'T BEING HELD FOR ANY LEGAL REASON. RIGHT. UM, OKAY. ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S CONTINUE ON. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. AND, UM, I THINK, UM, THE ROOT [02:35:01] OF MY QUESTIONS, OR THE ROOT OF WHAT I WANNA GET TO IS INTENTION. SO EVERYTHING WE DO SHOULD HAVE INTENTION BEHIND IT. UM, AND I'VE BEEN INTERNALIZING THE PROCESS AND I THINK, UM, MAYBE I HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB JOB OF EXTERNALIZING MY REFLECTION. SO WHEN WE THINK OF THE SURVEY AND WE THINK OF SOME OF OUR COMMENTS, SOMETIMES WE ASK, AND I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION TO A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS, IF WE HAD A MILLION DOLLARS EXTRA, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT? AND MOST DEPARTMENTS WILL SAY, OH, WELL, I COULD PUT IT ANYWHERE. OR, WE'LL ASK IN THE COMM, IN THE SURVEY RESIDENTS, WHAT DEPARTMENT DO YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT? AND I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE DOING, AND MAYBE AT THE NEXT, UH, MAYBE AS A PART OF THE NEXT BUDGET PROCESS, BEFORE THE GOAL SETTING SESSION, MAYBE EACH OF US, UM, IDENTIFY TARGETS, UM, EITHER AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION OR IN A MEMO FORMAT. AND STAFF CAN REVIEW EACH OF OUR LISTS AND RECOMMEND SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TO ACHIEVE THESE CLEAR TARGETS. SO WHAT I MIGHT EXPECT, AND LET'S USE S A P D FOR AN EXAMPLE, I MIGHT EXPECT THAT NEXT YEAR WE DON'T SEE AN INCREASE IN CRIME THAT'S GREATER THAN THE INCREASE IN POPULATION. I MIGHT EXPECT THAT WE SHOULD SEE A REDUCTION IN RESPONSE TIMES, OR, YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANT TO SEE METRICS FOR SUCCESS IN OUR GANG VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND A DATABASE PLAN TO REDUCE GANG RELATED CRIME. I WOULD WANT TO SEE DEMOGRAPHICS AND SOCIOECONOMIC DATA TRENDS FOR TYPES OF CRIME AND A PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE TRENDS. UM, IT WAS JUST A FEW EXAMPLES, BUT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR, UH, CHIEF HOOD AND A FEW QUESTIONS FOR, UH, JUDGE OELA. UM, THE FIRST QUE OR THE FIRST CHIEF, CAN I ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU SAVE THEM, AND THEN I COME BACK TO YOU AT THE END, . SO, SO THE QUESTIONS WILL BE, UM, ARE ALL FIREFIGHTERS TRAINED ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE NARCAN AND OTHER TACTICS? AND HOW LONG HAS THIS SERVICE BEEN PROVIDED? AND HAVE YOU SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR HARM REDUCTION SERVICES PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? OKAY. YOU BLEW THROUGH THE LAST PART. ALL OF OUR EMTS AND PARAMEDICS CAN ADMINISTER NARCAN. OKAY. OKAY. THE SECOND PART WAS A BLUR. HOW LONG HAS THAT SERVICE BEEN PROVIDED? UH, FOREVER, BASICALLY. OKAY. IF, IF YOU CALL AN ENGINE OR A LADDER AND YOU SUFFERED AN OVERDOSE, THEY HAVE NARCAN. SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. OKAY. UM, I AM INTERESTED, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING I EXPECTED AN ANSWER TO RIGHT NOW, BUT I AM INTERESTED IN THE STRATEGIC FACILITIES PLAN. UM, I LOVE A GOOD STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE SCIENCE OR MATH BEHIND THE DECISIONS FOR THE FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED, UM, AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE A PART OF THAT, UH, THAT PLAN. UM, AND, AND I CAN, I CAN TELL YOU REAL QUICK, I DON'T WANNA STEAL YOUR TIME, BUT WE'RE GOING OUT FOR A, A NEW STRATEGIC, UH, PLAN AS FAR AS OUR FIRE STATIONS. THE LAST STRATEGIC PLAN, WE COMPLETED EVERY STATION. IT WAS EITHER BUILT OR REMODELED, AND, AND YOU GOT SOME OF THE FINEST, UH, FACILITIES IN THE CITY IN D TWO. NOW OH, I KNOW THAT. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT FIRE STATION 24. MY RESIDENTS ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE MET LAST YEAR ABOUT THE CHARITY CARE PROGRAM. UM, YES, SIR. TO ASSIST THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD AMBULANCE TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL. UM, I WOULD LOVE UPDATES ON THE PROGRAM AND DATA COLLECTED DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD AT A LATER DATE. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, SIR. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. NO PROBLEM. JUDGE O ELLO. UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS GONNA BE ABOUT OMNI HOLDS. SO DO YOU COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON WHO'S MOST IMPACTED BY OMNI HOLDS, UH, WHICH ARE THE HOLDS ON DRIVER'S LICENSES DUE TO FAILURE TO APPEAR? AND I'M CURIOUS, UM, TO SEE IF WE REDUCE THE NEED FOR OMNI HOLDS WITH A SUCCESSFUL TEXTING PROGRAM OR NOTIFICATION REVIEW, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. WE DON'T, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE. DO YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT ONE FOR, IS IT POSSIBLE TO START COLLECTING THAT DATA? LET ME GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. UH, YES. UH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN, IN FACT, THE, UH, THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH U T S A RIGHT NOW, UH, THEY ARE DOING THAT EXACTLY, LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA AND, AND LOOKING AT HOW THAT'S IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT THE EFFECT IS. AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE, WHEN THE STUDY IS CONCLUDED, UM, ON THAT ISSUE. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY LAST TWO QUESTIONS, AND I'LL ASK THEM IN A ROW. SO, ACT FOUR S A HELD A WARRANT CLINIC AT THE ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER AND CONDUCTED DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO SPEAK WITH THE DA, UM, AND OTHER AGENCIES TO CLEAR THEIR WARRANTS. AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OVER 100 FOLK ASSISTED THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. AND SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN AN EVENT LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN VISIT, CAN VISIT PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING, BUT FOR MUNICIPAL COURT VISITORS HAVE TO PAY $4 AND ONLY WITH A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD. AND SO I IMAGINE THAT MIGHT DETER PEOPLE FROM SHOWING UP TO COURT. WHAT CAN WE DO TO REMOVE THAT BARRIER? THAT IS THAT QUESTION. IS, MARIA WILL ANSWER . OKAY. COUNCILMAN [02:40:01] THE PARKING LOT OF MUNICIPAL COURT IS PART OF OUR PARKING SYSTEM THAT IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND. SO THE RESOURCES THAT I USE TO MANAGE THAT COMES OUT OF THAT FUND. SO WE MANAGE THAT LIKE THE ENTIRE PARKING SYSTEM. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT FREE, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. CAN YOU GET, UH, OR CAN IN THE MEMO BE WHY DON'T WE FOLLOW UP WITH HOW MUCH THE REVENUE IMPACT IS? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS THE WARRANT CLINIC. THE WARRANT CLINIC, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE CAN LOOK AT. UM, MY CONCERN I IF, IF ANY I INVITE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO SET UP A COURT ON THE GO AT ANY RESOURCE FAIRS THAT YOU HAVE. UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY. MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS MAINTAINING THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE COURT. I DON'T WANT THE COMMUNITY TO THINK THAT WE'RE AN EXTENSION OF SS A P D OR WE'RE ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON THE OTHER EXTREME. MY, I I I WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, EVERY MESSAGE THAT THE COURT SENDS OUT, PROTECTS THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE COURT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT WE DO. SO IF, IF WE, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ATTEND ANY TYPE OF RESOURCE FAIR THAT ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE HAVING, WE WOULD SET UP A COURT ON THE GO. WE'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT. BUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I, I DO WANNA TAKE ANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT. I DO WANNA TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT FOR THAT REASON. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR. ONE, ONE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE QUESTION ON NARCAN OFFICERS ARE ALSO TRAINED AND THEY HAVE THE NARCAN AS WELL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. CHIEF, UH, CHIEF HOOD, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS IN YOUR, YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION HERE. I I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, UM, UNIT THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE IN FIRE STATION 24, UH, THAT ALLOWS IN, THAT ALLOWS SMALLER UNITS TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL INCIDENTS AND REDUCE RESPONSE LOAD ON THE HEAVY APPARATUS. THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN, UH, UH, TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME. SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU INCORPORATE THAT. UM, BUT THE OTHER ONE MINUTE WE DID THAT JUST FOR YOU, COUNCILMAN. YEAH, THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S AWESOME. UH, THE OTHER ONE, I I, I DO WANNA SAY ON SLIDE NUMBER 15, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING FOR THE ACTUAL RESPONSE TIMES OF OUR E M S UNITS. ON YOUR, UH, SLIDE FOR THE 23 INITIATIVES, IT SAYS INCREASE E M S UNIT AVAILABILITY AND MANAGE RESPONSE TIMES. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE RESPONSE TIMES ARE, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO TO SEE WHAT OUR RESPONSE TIMES HAVE BEEN AND ARE THEY IMPROVING OR GETTING WORSE ON THE E M SS SIDE. SO IF, IF WE COULD GET THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. UH, JUDGE, GOT A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU. OVER THE LAST, UH, COUPLE YEARS HERE, UM, FROM THE, UH, 21 TO THE 22 BUDGET, YOU HAD A, UH, A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE. YOU HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, UH, COUPLE OF, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, ACTUALLY A RE REDUCTION FROM 21 TO 22, BUT THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING FOR ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT'S $2 MILLION IN TWO YEARS. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT GOING TOWARDS? UM, WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU REFERRING TO OR, WELL, IN THE, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT BUDGET, ARE YOU LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER? UM, MY NAME'S JUST TATE BUDGET DIRECTOR. ARE YOU LOOKING AT SLIDE NUMBER FIVE? NO, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THE BUDGET BOOK ITSELF UNDER MUNICIPAL COURT, UH, PAGE 360 6. GOT IT. SO MOST OF THAT IS AN INCREASE IN CIVILIAN COMPENSATION AS A PORTION. AS PART OF THIS BUDGET, UM, WE ARE INCREASING CIVILIAN COMPENSATION, SO MUNICIPAL COURT EMPLOYEES AND POSITIONS ARE RECEIVING THAT AS WELL. SO WE HAD A MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE IN COMPENSATION FROM, IT'S ABOUT 7 21 TO 22, AND NOW AGAIN, FROM 22 TO 23 $2 MILLION OF BUDGET COMPENSATION FOR TWO YEARS. SO FROM 22 TO 23, IT'S ABOUT $700,000. OKAY. IN, IN MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE, UH, IN COMPENSATION. AND THEN, UM, GIMME A SECOND AND I CAN PULL 2021 TO 2022. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF SECONDS. SORRY. I'LL, I'LL, UH, COME BACK UP. WE'RE ON IT TIME, WE'RE ON A STOPWATCH HERE. IT'S JUST, HI COUNCILMAN. THE, UH, OUR F D A COUNT F D A COUNT HAS NOT CHANGED IN THE LAST, UM, [02:45:01] COUPLE OF BUDGET CYCLES. WELL, I, I JUST NEED SOME MORE EXPLANATION. SURE. WHAT IS THIS $2 MILLION FOR IN TWO YEARS? SURE. UM, IF IT'S NOT MANPOWER, I UNDERSTAND THE 700,000 IN COMPENSATION INCREASE BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THIS OVERALL INCREASE, BUT WHAT, WHAT'S ALL THAT OTHER INCREASE? SURE. SO THE, THE, FROM 2021 TO 2022, THE CIVILIAN COMPENSATION'S ABOUT 400,000 INCREASE. AND, AND THAT IS, UM, AND BENEFITS ARE A PART OF THAT AS WELL ON TOP OF IT. AND THEN AS THE COURT HAS, UM, COME BACK FROM C OVID 19 AND IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, THEY WILL THE, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE MORE VACANT OR MORE FILLED POSITIONS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. UM, SO ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, IT'S A VERY BUSY SLIDE AND IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THERE. AND THE WAY I SEE THIS, THESE ARE JUST THE FILINGS, WHAT I REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION, BUT WHAT'S THE OUTCOMES OF ALL THOSE FILINGS? ARE THEY, ARE THEY PROSECUTED? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S THE OUTCOMES OF ALL THOSE FILINGS? AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT, WHAT THE OUTCOMES ARE. SO IF YOU COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND, UH, GET BACK TO ME, I'D APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE I'M, I'M A RESULTS GUY. WHAT'S THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU PUT INTO THE SYSTEM, BUT WHAT COMES OUT OF THE SYSTEM. SO IF YOU COULD GET THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES. COUNCILMAN, WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. HOW FAR BACK, HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT THAT INFORMATION? WELL, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ACTUALLY SHOW A TREND LINE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BONDING. DO Y'ALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE, THE COUNTY FOR BOND FOR BONDS? NO. NO SIR. SINCE, UM, APRIL, UM, BECAUSE OF SSB SIX WHEN, UH, A PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT IS CREATED THROUGH D P S THAT THE COUNTY MAGISTRATES ARE USING TO SET THEIR BONDS AND ORDER BOND CONDITIONS AS WELL. SO WE DO NOT MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AT ALL. OKAY. UM, I'VE, I'VE HEARD SOME HORROR STORIES ABOUT BONDS, ABOUT BEING BONDS BEING REDUCED AND LETTING, YOU KNOW, CRIMINALS WRITE BACK OUT ON THE STREET. AGAIN, IT GETS BACK TO SOME OF THE OTHER PREVIOUS COMMENTS ABOUT, AND, AND AS OF THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S OFF TOPIC. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT FROM THE UPENN STUDY IS THAT THE CRIMES THAT IT FOUND TO REDUCE RANGE FROM HOMICIDE, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, THEFT, ROBBERY, AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. RIGHT. AND WE KNOW THAT VIOLENT CRIME IS A CONCERN FOR FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND BY INVESTING IN HOUSING HOMEOWNER REHAB PROGRAMS, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TACKLE OUR HOUSING GOALS, PAIR IT WITH THE READY WORKFORCE PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A MATERIAL IMPACT, UH, AROUND THOSE CONCERNS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE AROUND REDUCING CRIME. RIGHT. UM, AND IF I HEARD CORRECTLY EARLIER, UM, THE ROLE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS IS NOT TO REDUCE CRIME, CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? THE ROLE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS IS TO ENFORCE LAW, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD EARLIER? NO, I MEAN, I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ROLE HAS IS TO, IS TO ENFORCE THE LAW. OKAY. REDUCE CRIME, MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE. THE QUESTION THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WAS, UM, ASKING U T S A TO HELP US DEFINE WHAT OTHER CITY SERVICES AND THE IMPACT. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND OFFLINE, I'D LIKE TO RECEIVE A LIST OF THOSE METHODS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING CRIME. UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO MOVE OVER TO, UM, CHIEF HOOD AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE GETTING, UM, INVESTMENT IN ASSISTANCE FOR MORE UNIFORMED AND MEDICAL CARE RESPONDERS AND REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE INVESTMENT OVER AT FIRE STATION 33. UM, I KNOW AFTER VISITING WITH SOME OF THE, THE FIREFIGHTERS THERE, THOSE CONDITIONS WERE REALLY, REALLY BAD. ABSOLUTELY. AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAD CITY EMPLOYEES, UH, IN THOSE TYPE OF FACILITIES, UH, BREATHING IN THAT AIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT TOO. YES, AND, AND UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT, THE HEALTH IMPACT THAT, UM, OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE WITH ALL THE CARCINOGENS AND THE HIGH RATES OF CANCER. UM, AND, AND KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MOLD IN THAT FACILITY AND IT'S JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, BUT AGAIN, PLEASED TO SEE THAT INVESTMENT. UH, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, A MEETING WITH THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE TEAM AND THEY ALSO TRAINED OUR TEAM ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE NARCAN. SO EVERYONE IN OUR OFFICE IS EQUIPPED TO DISTRIBUTE THAT AND SAVE SOME LIVES, UH, AS YOU ALL DO ON THE DAY-TO-DAY. SO THANK Y'ALL. UM, WHAT I, I LEARNED IS THAT THE STATE'S NOT GOING TO PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE UNIT. UM, MY, MY REQUEST IS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY FUNDING TO SUPPORT THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE FROM THE STATE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THERE'S ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ON SECURING [02:50:01] THAT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE UNIT? YES, MA'AM. WE WE'RE AWARE OF THAT. WE'RE WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO, UM, HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, A AS YOU KNOW, DISTRICT FIVE HAS HAD, UM, MORE FIRES THAN ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT OVER THIS PAST YEAR. YES, MA'AM. UM, SO AGAIN, RIGHT WITH THAT INCREASE IN FIRES, PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, SAFE. AND, UM, I, I GUESS MY OTHER QUESTION, RIGHT, REGARDING TO THE, THE UNIT, THE MOBILE INTEGRATED UNIT RATHER, IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING OPIOID CRISIS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED IN THE, THE INNER CITY. YES, MA'AM. UM, SO WITH THE FENTANYL STRIPS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE, UH, TO CONSTITUENTS OR HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT THAT WORK? SO FROM YOUR OFFICE? NO, JUST AS, AS, UM, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, MAYBE PD, HOW CAN WE BEST SUPPORT FOLKS GETTING THOSE FENTANYL STRIPS TO TEST THE FENTANYL FOR POTENTIAL FENTANYL? YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. YEAH, LET, LET US, LET'S LOOK INTO THAT AND PROVIDE YOU RESPONSE COUNSEL. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, BUT PRIMARILY ENSURING THAT, UM, WE IMPROVE FIRE SAFETY FOR THOSE VACANT STRUCTURES IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS. UM, AGAIN, MY DISTRICT HAS BEEN HIT WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF FIRES, UM, AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB PUTTING THOSE FIRES OUT. UM, SO THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR JUDGE RO. UH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS FOR, UM, ALL THE AWARDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING UP TO AUSTIN TO COLLECT. THAT'S GREAT WORK. UM, I, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AND, UH, IT'S CENTERED AROUND, UM, SPECIALTY COURTS, UM, WITH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, SYSTEM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPECIALTY COURTS? AND I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRUANCY COURT IS A, A GOOD MODEL ON HOW WE ARE PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO ADDRESS THE, THE RESIDENT'S NEED. UM, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, UH, BUCKETS OR COURTS THAT HAVE A SIMILAR MODEL? AND IF SO, WHICH ONES ARE THOSE? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE, UM, THE ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE COURT MM-HMM. , UM, THAT HEARS JUST FAMILY VIOLENCE CASE. WELL, THEY HEAR ASSAULT, ALL ASSAULT CASES INCLUDING FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES. WE HAVE THE SA ROAD READY COURT THAT IS A, TO COURT THAT FOCUSES ON, UM, HELPING YOUNG OFFENDERS. MM-HMM. , UM, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 17 TO 24 THAT ARE CITED FOR NOT HAVING A DRIVER'S LICENSE. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE. WE ALSO HAVE A CODE COMPLIANCE COURT AND ENVIRONMENTAL COURT THAT HERE'S THE CRIMINAL, UH, CASES THAT HAVE BEEN FILED ON FOR CODE CODE CASES. AND WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE A, A, A COURT THAT IS, UM, GEARED TOWARDS HELPING THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF BECOMING HOMELESS. WE ARE WORKING WITH A FEW AGENCIES AND WE'RE PLANNING TO EXPAND THAT COURT THIS NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS COURT AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT, CODE IS A HUGE CONCERN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M PLEASED TO SEE THAT YOU ARE, UM, EXPLORING WAYS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY THAT FIND THEMSELVES IN COURT. UM, BUT MY, MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A MODEL OR EXPAND THE ONE THAT YOU'RE, YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN THAT SECOND CHANCE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE OR WHATEVER THE UNIQUE CASE MAY BE. BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AT, UH, THE COURT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. I DO FORGET THAT WE DO HAVE AN ANIMAL DOCKET AS WELL. ANIMAL DOCKET, AC. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KURDS, ARE YOU IN THE QUEUE? I DON'T SEE YOU HERE, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT YOU ARE. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, CHIEF, UH, MCMANUS, WE'VE GOT, UH, A SCHEDULED HIRE 50 OFFICERS. UH, THE BUDGET BOOK STATES THAT THESE WILL BE DEDICATED TO ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN WHEN WE SAY THEY'RE GONNA BE DEDICATED TO FIGHTING VIOLENT CRIME? IT MEANS THAT WHEN THE U T S A VIOLENT CRIME STRATEGY IS COMPLETE, THEN THE STRATEGIES THAT IT CALLS FOR WILL THE 50 OFFICERS WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE STRATEGIES. OKAY. OUT OF THE 78 NEW TOTAL OFFICES THAT WE SEE IN THE BUDGET, UH, HOW MANY ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSING TRAFFIC CONCERNS SUCH AS EXCESSIVE SPEEDING IN MY DISTRICT AND AROUND THE CITY? OR HOW MANY ARE GONNA BE INVESTIGATORS WORKING TO SOLVE PROPERTY CRIMES OR HOW MANY MIGHT BE MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS TO EXPAND THAT OUT OF THE 78? NONE. OKAY. WELL, I THINK THOSE ARE SOME IMPORTANT AREAS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, WHICH IS WHY I'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO ADDRESS [02:55:01] A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS. UH, NOW ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHAT IF THE GRANT IS NOT AWARDED? I UNDERSTAND THEN 38 OFFICERS WOULD BE, ARRI WOULD BE AUTHORIZED, BUT THAT WOULD COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND. UH, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE FUNDS SET ASIDE AND THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR 38 OFFICERS? IF WE DON'T GET THE, UH, GRANT, WE'VE GOT THE CASH MATCH THAT WE'LL USE, THE CASH MATCH THAT WAS GONNA BE USED FOR THE GRANT WILL BE USED FOR THE 38 OFFICERS. WOULD THAT ACTUALLY FUND 38 NEW OFFICERS? OKAY. I SEE YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD IF YOU SAY THAT, I'LL BELIEVE YOU. YES SIR. OKAY. UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH, UH, THE SCORE TEAM. I THINK THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S DONE A GOOD JOB AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT TRYING TO GET THEM INTO OUR BUDGET SOONER. RIGHT NOW THERE'S STILL A PILOT PROGRAM AND WE HEAR THAT WELL, WE'RE GONNA WAIT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS AND, AND SEE HOW THEY DO. BUT I, I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SO FAR. HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA WAIT? ARE WE GONNA WAIT A WHOLE YEAR TO SEE IF WE'RE GONNA ADD ANOTHER SCORE? TEAM MARCH IS THE END OF THE PILOT. OKAY. SO AT THAT TIME WE'LL EVALUATE. WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A SECOND ONE? YES, SIR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET IN CASE WE WANT TO HAVE A SECOND ONE? YES. OKAY. OKAY. UH, ONE LAST QUESTION. UH, I SEE IN THE BUDGET IT HAS A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT EXPANSION FOR $1 MILLION AND A JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION FOR $175,000. WHAT ARE THOSE TWO SUPPOSED TO DO, COUNCILMAN? THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UNIT EXPANSION OF 1 MILLION IS A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, RECENTLY AND IS INTENDED TO ADD OVERTIME HOURS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT. AND I'M LOOKING AT THE CHIEF OR KAREN TO HELP ME WITH THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY OVERTIME CONTRACTUAL CLINICIANS, CONTRACT, CONTRACTUAL CLINICIANS AND CLINICIANS. OKAY. AND JUSTICE MENTAL HEALTH COLLABORATION, 175,000. THAT IS ALSO FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PROGRAM AND THAT IS ALSO FOR CLINICIANS? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS. RIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UH, ANY FURTHER, UM, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, WELL THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD DISCUSSION. UM, YOU KNOW, AND AND APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE INTERPLAY, UH, THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE INVEST IN OTHER, UH, PARTS OF THE CITY OPERATIONS. AND, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO REMIND OURSELVES ABOUT THE BALANCE NECESSARY IN ALL OF THESE THINGS AND, AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ARE STRUCTURALLY BALANCED WITH THE REST OF THE OVERALL BUDGET. I HEAR THOSE THEMES CONTINUALLY EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND SO AGAIN, PREVENTING CRIME IS NOT GOING TO BE THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE, UH, NECESSARILY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, IN PRIMARILY THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES. UH, BUT WE DO EXPECT, UH, A RISE, AT LEAST I DO, AND THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, WITH THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A GOOD DISCUSSION. UM, THAT IS IT FROM US. AND SO THE TIME IS 5:08 PM ON THIS 23RD DAY OF AUGUST, 2022. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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