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[1. Call the meeting to order.]
IS JUNE 27TH, 2023.I HAVE, UH, 6 0 4 WHEN OFFICIALLY CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, OPEN IT UP TO MR. CITY MANAGER.HOW YOU DOING, MISS? CITY MANAGER? I'M DOING WELL, MAYOR.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THIS WEEKEND ON OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WALK IN THE COBBLER CUMBERLAND SECTION OF HIGHPOINT.
UH, AS ALWAYS, WE RECEIVED GREAT HOSPITALITY AND SOME REALLY GREAT ENGAGEMENT, UH, FROM OUR COMMUNITY, UH, GOING DOOR TO DOOR.
APPRECIATE, UH, CHIEF REYES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TEAM, AND THEN ALL OF THE STAFF THAT MADE IT FOR THAT AS WELL FOR A GREAT WEEKEND OF ENGAGEMENT.
ALL RIGHT, I ALSO WANNA WELCOME, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER OZZY TO, UH, HOST SEAT.
SO NOW THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME FORMALITIES TO BE DONE.
SO AFTER WE GET THROUGH THE BRIEFING, WE WILL GET TO THOSE.
I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SERVING, UH, WITH YOU, UH, COUNCILWOMAN.
UH, SO I'M GONNA GO VERY BRIEFLY THROUGH MY SECTION.
YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR BRIEFINGS, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, ONE OF THEM ON YOUR, UH, ONGOING DELIVERY OF THE, UH, PREMIER ITEM OF YOUR 2017 BOND, THE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND PARK.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM OUR, UH, AMAZING POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SERVANT LEADERS WHO KEEP US SAFE EVERY DAY AND NIGHT.
SO, I WANNA GO OVER THE CALENDAR REALLY QUICKLY.
WE'VE HAD A VERY BUSY CALENDAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL.
IT SLOWS DOWN EVER SO SLIGHTLY IN JULY, AND THEN KICKS RIGHT BACK UP IN AUGUST.
SO, UM, THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 30TH IS THE NEXT, UH, MUSIC IN THE PARK.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD ACTS AND REALLY GOOD FOLKS, UH, TURNOUT FOR THAT.
SO, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE AT VALLEY RIDGE PARK THIS FRIDAY, UH, AT 8:00 PM UH, YOU'RE MOST CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO THAT.
UH, OF COURSE, WE'RE APPROACHING, UH, THE JULY, UH, FOURTH HOLIDAY.
SO JUST A REMINDER THAT, UH, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY NEXT SATURDAY, JULY 8TH IS THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT THE CHAMBER HAS HOSTED DOWNTOWN.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY VIBRANT GROUP.
THEY'VE GOT AN, AN EVER SORT OF CHANGING GROUP OF VENDORS, AND SOME HAVE BEEN THERE THE WHOLE TIME.
IT'S A REALLY COOL VIBE IN DOWNTOWN ON SATURDAY MORNING.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE SOME OF THAT AS WELL.
AND IF YOU LIKE THE BAKED BREAD GOODS, THEN YOU GOTTA GET THERE EARLY BECAUSE THEY GO QUICK.
SO, THAT'S MY ONE HINT, UH, FOR YOU THERE.
UH, OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, AND FIRST 1ST OF JULY IS JULY THE 11TH, UH, THEN TUESDAY, JULY THE 18TH, UH, VERY IMPORTANT DATE WILL BE OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE RECEIVED THE INITIAL PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT HAD ALL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT, UH, WE REQUESTED BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THIS YEAR, UH, WITH A FANCY LITTLE MEMO FROM ME THAT IS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE, UH, AND, UH, UH, REVIEW PRIOR TO THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.
THEN DURING THAT MEETING, WE'LL LAY OUT REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, EXPECTATIONS, GET PRIORITIES, AND WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE.
UH, THEN THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THAT IS THE, THE JULY 20, UH, FIFTH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, NEXT MAYOR'S PRO BREAKFAST IS THURSDAY, AUGUST THE THIRD FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER.
AND THEN AS WE GET INTO AUGUST, UH, THE BEST SOUTHWEST WILL AGAIN BE HOSTING THEIR LEGISLATIVE SERIES.
SO THIS WILL BE THE ONE WHERE THE LEGISLATORS, LEGISLATORS HAVE COME HOME AND THEY WILL FILL US IN ON ALL THE THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE.
UH, DURING THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH WILL BE, UH, OUR REPRESENTATIVE CARL SHERMAN.
AND BY THE WAY, ALL OF THESE WILL BE HELD AT SEVEN 15, UH, BACK AT, UH, CHARLTON METHODIST IN THEIR AUDITORIUM.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE THEY'VE HAD THOSE.
IT'LL BE NICE FOR THEM TO HAVE HOST THAT AGAIN.
UH, THEN FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH, UH, WILL BE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE CHEA DAVIS.
UM, AND THAT'S FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH, FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 18TH IS REPRESENTATIVE YVONNE DAVIS.
AND THEN FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 25TH WILL BE SENATOR ROYCE WEST.
UH, THE ONLY OTHER ITEM I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS FRIDAY, AUGUST THE 11TH, FROM ONE TO FIVE.
THAT WILL BE OUR FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
SO IT'LL BE THE BOOKEND FROM PRELIMINARY, UH, FINAL BUDGET DECISIONS WILL BE MADE, AND THEN WE WILL POST THE, UH, DRAFT RECOMMENDED BUDGET, UM, AFTER THAT DATE AND BEGIN THE BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? ALL RIGHT, IF NOT, A QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO, UH, BRIEFING ITEMS TONIGHT.
ONE, UH, FROM OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ON THE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND SIGNATURE PARK PROJECT.
AND THE SECOND ONE, UH, WILL BE BY CHIEF, UH, REYES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTING ALL OF THEIR ACTIVITIES
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OF 2022, UH, ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, WE DO HAVE, UH, ELECTION MATTERS WHERE WE WILL DO THE FORMAL SWEARING IN OF, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ENE.UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND A PROCLAMATION DECLARING JULY AS PARK AND RECREATION MONTH HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN TO REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE? AND IF NOT, MAYOR, I WILL YIELD BACK THE REST OF MY TIME.
COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION? NOT HEARING ANY.
I WILL CONTINUE ON WITH THE BRIEFING SESSION.
[3. Briefing on the Library, Museum and Signature Park project. ]
THE AGENDA IS BRIEFING ON THE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND SIGNATURE PARK PROJECT, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
THE PRESENTATION WILL BE BA UM, BROKEN UP INTO TWO PIECES.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING LIBRARY HERE, TEAM HERE THAT WILL BE BRIEFING YOU ON THE RATES, UM, FOLLOWING UP FROM THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED FROM CITY COUNCIL.
AND THAT ITEM IS ON YOUR AGENDA FOR AS A RESOLUTION.
BUT FIRST I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MONUMENT SIGN AND THE NAMING JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO OUR LAST WORKSHOP.
SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE FOLLOW UP FROM THE DIRECTION WE RECEIVED.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE TWO CONSULTANTS THAT ARE WORKING ON, UH, THE SIGN PACKAGE FOR THE NEW LIBRARY, SIGNATURE PARK AND MUSEUM, AND FOCUS EEG D AND 10 I.
AND THIS IS THEIR RECENT UPDATE.
UH, THE LAST TIME WE MET, YOU ALL GAVE US DIRECTION.
WE, YOU GAVE US DIRECTION ON THE NAMING OF THE LIBRARY AS THE TRAFFIC HIGMAN LIBRARY, AND YOU ASKED US TO MAXIMIZE THE LETTER SIZE FOR THE SIGN SO IT'S VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
UM, AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE MAYOR ON MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, WE'RE PRESENTING THIS OPTION, THESE OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR FEEDBACK.
SO WE TOOK THIS SIGN DESIGN, AND THEN WE STARTED BUILD UPON IT.
UM, JUST WANNA ORIENT YOU TO THE SITE AND WHERE THIS MONUMENT SIGN IS.
OF COURSE, THIS IS PIONEER TRAIL, AND THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRY OF THE LIBRARY HERE.
THE RED LINE IS WHERE THE MONUMENT SIGN IS LOCATED, AND THE, AND THE DETAILED SECTION IS IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER BELOW RIGHT HAND CORNER.
AND FROM THE ENTRY TO THE TOP OF THAT SIGN IS ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN FEET.
AND SO I JUST, IT'S, IT'S A MASSIVE SIGN.
UM, AND WE HAVE REVIEWED IT WITH BOTH THE LEAD ARCHITECT, B G A L, AND THE PARK ARCHITECT 10 IKE TELE.
AND THEY ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED TO YOU THIS EVENING.
SO, JUST WANNA ORIENT YOU TO THE SIGN, UH, THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
IT SAYS CEDAR HILL LIBRARY IN A PARK AS THE PROJECT PROJECT, AND THEN THE TNE HICKMAN LIBRARY, SIGNATURE PARK AND CEDAR HILL MUSEUM.
TOTAL EIGHT WORDS ON THE BOTTOM, THAT'S A 25 FOOT WALL, 14 INCH TOP LETTERS, AND SIX INCH BOTTOM LETTERS.
SO WE STARTED WORKING WITH THAT ORIENTATION, AND LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN GET THOSE LETTERS AS LARGE AS WE, WE CAN, AS AS YOU DIRECTED US.
SO WHAT WE DID WAS, THE FIRST THING WAS, UM, WE TOOK OUT SIGNATURE PARK.
THE PROJECT NAME IS CEDAR HILL LIBRARY IN A PARK.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE PARK AT A, ANY, AT, AT YOUR DISCRETION AT A FUTURE DATE.
AND YOU CAN PUT THAT PARK ENTRY SIGN AT THE PARKING LOT OFF OF CEDAR HILL ROAD.
WHAT THAT ALSO DOES, IT'S THE SAME 25 FOOT WALL, SAME 14 INCH TOP LETTERS, BUT YOU INCREASE THOSE BOTTOM LETTERS BY TWO INCHES TO GO TO EIGHT, EIGHT INCHES.
THEN WE STARTED GOING FURTHER.
WE LOOKED AT INCREASING THE WALL SIZE BY FIVE FEET, WHICH WENT FROM 25 FEET TO 30 FEET AND INCREASED THE TOP.
UH, AS A RESULT, WE COULD INCREASE THE TOP LETTERS BY TWO INCHES TO 16 INCHES, WHICH IS REALLY FROM THE, UH, DESIGNER.
HE FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO YOU CAN SEE CEDAR HILL LIVE PARK PROMINENTLY RIGHT BEFORE THE BUILDING, AND THEN THE BOTTOM LETTERS INCREASED BY ONE INCH TO NINE INCHES.
SO REMEMBER, WE STARTED OUT AT 14 INCHES FOR THE TOP LETTERS AND THEN SIX INCHES FOR THE BOTTOM.
SO WE INCREASED IT, THE 14 TO, UH, 16, AND THEN THE SIX TO NINE.
SO, UH, THE VISIBILITY FROM THE STREET IS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED.
THE SIGNATURE PARK HAS A FUTURE NAMING OPPORTUNITY, AND, UH, AS YOU DO IN ALL PARKS, WE HAVE A SIGN THAT, UH, EN ENTERING INTO THE PARK AND THAT PARKING LOT OFFICE, CEDAR HILL ROAD, IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT A AT GIVEN YOUR DIRECTION.
WE CAN DO THAT AT A FUTURE TIME.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE SIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE.
CEDAR HILL LIBRARY IN A PARK, UH, TNE HICKMAN LIBRARY AND CEDAR HILL MUSEUM.
I HAVE RAN THIS PAST THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THE LIBRARY
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AND THE MUSEUM, AND THEY ALL, UH, THOUGHT, UH, THAT IT WAS WITHIN LINE WITH WHAT THEY HAD DESIRED AND EXPECTED.SO, WE'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AND, UH, GET, GET SOME DIRECTION THAT HAYDEN, SO THE PICTURE I'M LOOKING AT NOW IS THAT THE 16 INCH LETTERS AT THE TOP.
SO THAT'S HOW KIND IT WOULD LOOK.
16 ON THE TOP, NINE INCHES ON THE BOTTOM.
THE THE ONES ON THE TOP ARE LIT, FACE LIT FROM THE INSIDE.
THE ONES ARE THE BOTTOM ARE BACK LIT.
HOW DO YOU HAVE THE GOVERNMENT CENTER SIGNAGE RIGHT NOW? NICE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COME? IT'S COUNSEL DID.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR AMAZING LIBRARY TEAM AND RDA BELL, OUR LIBRARY DIRECTOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TONIGHT'S OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AS MELISSA SAID, THIS PROJECT IS JUST MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
AND I FIRST WANNA JUST GIVE HONOR TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP, UM, IN THIS ENDEAVOR.
SO LAST TIME WE MET, UH, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT WOULD BECOME OF THIS 5,400 SQUARE FEET OF EVENT SPACE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE NONE, UH, LIKE NONE OTHER IN THE ENTIRE REGION, NOT JUST THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, BUT IT WILL SERVE THE ENTIRE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION.
UM, AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU, UM, BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND YOUR DIRECTION FROM LAST TIME WE MET THE, UH, PROPOSED RATES FOR EVENT RENTALS.
BUT I'M NOT PRESENTING TONIGHT BY MYSELF.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, AND I'D LIKE, LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
WE HAVE RACHEL BURKE, WHO IS OUR LIBRARY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, UM, AND WHO WILL, WHO HAS DONE REALLY ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING FOR THIS, UH, RESEARCH, FOR JUST COMPARING ALL THE RATES, AND, UM, REALLY JUST PUT ALL THIS INTO A BEAUTIFUL FORMAT AND EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE FOR US.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR LIBRARY, UH, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE MANAGER, WHO IS KAREEM CONSTANTINO, WHO IS HERE ALSO TO JUST ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
SO IF YOU ALL REMEMBER BACK IN THE FALL, WE PRESENTED TO YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ABOUT OUR FUTURE LIBRARY IN THE PARK, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE EVENTS SPACES THROUGHOUT THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION.
WE EVEN REACHED ALL THE WAY TO AUSTIN TO GIVE YOU SOME OTHER EXAMPLES AND BENCHMARKS TO REALLY COMPARE TO.
BUT I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS SPACE WILL BE LIKE, AGAIN, NONE OTHER.
WE ALREADY ARE MANIFESTING THAT IT'S GONNA BE AWARD-WINNING AND THERE WILL BE PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO COME AND SEE THIS SPACE BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE, UM, YOU KNOW, PIECES OF IT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PROPOSED RATES AND, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AND, UH, HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE SO THAT WE CAN, UH, BEGIN MAKING THIS AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE RACHEL BURKE, OUR LIBRARY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.
UM, SO AS A RANDOM MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE COME TO YOU WITH PROPOSED RATES.
PREVIOUSLY ON APRIL 18TH, THE COUNCIL MET TO DISCUSS PROPOSED RENTAL RATES FOR THE FUTURE LIBRARY EVENT SPACES.
UM, AFTER THAT MEETING, YOU GAVE US THREE DIRECTIVES.
YOU REQUESTED A RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT RATE, YOU REQUESTED A WEEKEND VERSUS WEEKDAY RATE, AND YOU ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A HIGHER RATE FOR THE ROOFTOP DECK.
BEING THAT THAT'S GONNA BE A ONE OF A KIND SPACE IN THE BEST SOUTHWEST REGION, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A RATE THAT VALUES THAT SPACE.
WE TOOK THOSE DIRECTIVES AND ARE READY TO NOW PRESENT YOU WITH A NEW RATE SCHEDULE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NOW A WEEKDAY VERSUS WEEKEND RATE.
THERE IS A RESIDENT VERSUS NON-RESIDENT RATE.
UM, I JUST AS A REMINDER, THE RENTAL INCLUDES SET UP AND BREAKDOWN OF THE TABLES AND CHAIRS, TABLECLOTHS, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
AND, UM, OF COURSE, THE USE OF OUR STATE-OF-THE-ART AV SYSTEM AS NEEDED.
UM, MUCH LIKE THE REC CENTER, WE WILL ALLOW ALCOHOL, SORRY, UM, BUT WE'LL REQUIRE A BARTENDER AND A SECURITY OFFICER, WHICH WOULD BE A CEDAR HILL POLICE OFFICER.
UM, NOW I BELIEVE YOU GUYS DO HAVE THE, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU'LL BE APPROVING LATER.
UM, IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE VERSUS WHERE WE'LL BE SOON.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LANDING PAGE ON OUR LIBRARY WEBSITE.
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LOT OF TRAFFIC, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.UM, BUT IT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPACES DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT SPACES THAT WE'LL HAVE.
AND IT ALSO HAS AN INTEREST FORM THAT THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CAN FILL OUT, UM, TO GET SOME ANSWERS, QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS ANSWERS, EXCUSE ME.
IT'LL EMAIL ME AND I'LL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE EVENT THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE IN THE FALL TAKING RESERVATIONS, UM, ALTHOUGH AFTER GRAND OPENING, WE'LL PROBABLY FOR A FEW MONTHS HAVE CITY EVENTS, LIKE COUNCIL EVENTS, THAT SORT OF THING, POSSIBLY A POLICE GALA.
UM, AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, OPENING IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 14.
I, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, RENTING A FACILITY FOR ACTUALLY MY WIFE'S SEVENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE IS A RENTAL RATE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR ALCOHOL, I MEAN ALCOHOL, BUT IF YOU HAVE, UH, I THINK FEWER THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PATRONS, THERE'S NO, UH, NEED, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO HAVE AN, UH, AN OFFICER ON DUTY.
BUT IF YOU GET OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PATRONS, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SECURITY PERSON OR AN OFFICER ON.
HAS, HAS ANYONE LOOKED INTO, OR IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAS ANYTHING LIKE THAT EXIST HERE OR HAS ANYBODY LOOKED INTO THAT? WHETHER IF, IF IT'S JUST A FEW PEOPLE YOU COULD HAVE ALCOHOL, BUT ABOVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT, I MEAN, A DIFFERENT SCALE, HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED? YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE CONSIDERED THAT MUCH LIKE THE REC CENTER.
THEY, I, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A, A FULL POLICY OF WHERE IF THERE'S ALCOHOL IN THE BUILDING PERIOD.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN EVENT SPACE, BUT WE'RE ALSO IN A LIBRARY.
SO WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST HAVE A GLASS OF WINE AND WALK INTO THE LIBRARY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LOOK, I, I KNOW WE MET, UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I THINK YOU SAID, UH, LOOKS LIKE YOU CAPTURED, UM, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL.
UH, I FELT LIKE THESE RATES ARE AT LEAST STARTING OUT TO BE FAIR AND REASONABLE.
UM, AND, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, TO SEE WHAT IT TURNS OUT TO BE.
BY THE WAY, LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE AND ACTUALLY LOOKING OUT, LOOKING OUT THERE, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY COMING TO SHAPE.
DID YOU GO BACK TO THE
IS THERE A MINUTE? THIS IS PER HOUR.
UM, THE TWO RATES AT THE BOTTOM, THE WARMING KITCHEN AND EVENT DRESSING SUITE ARE A FLAT FEE THAT'LL JUST BE ATTACHED TO WHATEVER HOURLY EVENT YOU'RE HAVING.
SO, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS IS THERE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF HOURS THAT, THAT YOU HAVE TO, IS IT ON THERE? AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE AN HOURLY MINIMUM.
UM, THERE IS A DEPOSIT, UM, THAT'S REFUNDABLE FOR EACH SPACE.
SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, RENT FOR THREE HOURS, THE DEPOSIT WOULD BE THE SAME AS IF YOU WERE RENTING FOR SIX HOURS.
UM, SO THIS WILL BE MY FIRST QUESTION,
SO IN READING THROUGH, UM, KIND THE DETAILS, UH, OF THE, JUST THE GUIDELINES FOR USE AND RENTAL, I WANTED TO ASK, HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THINGS LIKE, LET'S SAY, IF THERE'S A CATERER OR AN EVENT PLANNER THAT MAY, MAYBE NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT START TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, REGULAR RENTALS? UM, AND THEN THERE'S SUCH A SHORT, UM, TURNAROUND TIME FOR CANCELLATION MM-HMM.
UM, SO THAT IS, I SAY EVERY SECOND AND FOURTH SATURDAY, I GO AHEAD, I PAY THE DEPOSITS, AND THEN IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MY EVENT'S GONNA WORK OUT FOR MOST OF THOSE, AND THEN I GET MY DEPOSIT BACK BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN THE ONE WEEK, YOU KNOW, NOTICE, BUT THEN THERE'S A VACANCY, UM, AND LOSS OF REVENUE.
UM, WELL, AS RIGHT NOW, I, I THINK WE HAVE A POLICY ON THE AMOUNT OF TIMES YOU CAN RENT OR, YOU KNOW, RESERVE THE MEETING ROOM THAT WE HAVE.
SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WILL MIRROR THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
WE, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS VERY NEW EVENT SPACE, UM, WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE MONITORING AND ADJUSTING EVERY RESERVATION, UM, AND REALLY ADDRESSING THOSE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, AS WE NEED TO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COVER, AND WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF, KIND OF OUR BASES ARE COVERED.
BUT IF WE SEE THAT THAT DOES BECOME, UH, AN ISSUE, THEN WE'LL MONITOR AND THEN WE'LL ADJUST OUR POLICY OR PROCEDURE AS NEEDED.
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AS IT RELATES TO CITY BLOCK DATES, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE A SYSTEM HOW YOU DO THIS, BUT CITY BLOCK DATES OR ANY, UM, COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL EVENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK? HOW, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THERE'S NO CONFLICTS WITH, UM, E EVENTS VERSUS ANY MEETINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE IN THE MEETING SPACE? WELL, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I HAVE A WORKING CALENDAR.THERE'S ALREADY BEEN DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SETTING DOWN SOME DATES.
SO I HAVE KIND OF A WORKING LIST AS OF RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE THE RESERVATION, YOU KNOW, PRO UH, SOFTWARE UP AND RUNNING IN THE FALL SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CITY EVENTS.
AND I HATE TO USE Y'ALL'S PRACTICE, BUT YOU'LL KIND OF BE PRACTICE
UM, SO WE'LL BE DOING, WE'LL BE USING THE, UH, THE RESERVATION SYSTEM TO, TO TAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS.
I DO BELIEVE IN THE RESOLUTION.
IT DOES SAY THAT CITY EVENTS WILL SURE.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, AND, AND, AND Y'ALL DO THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT I, I JUST HOPE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE IF, IF I HAVE A FOUR WEEK ADVANCE NOTICE, THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE TIME FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN PLUGIN IN EVENT INSTEAD OF BEING BOOKED OUT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, UH, AS IT RELATES TO CITY EVENTS.
SO I HOPE THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF, UH, PRIORITY FOR, FOR COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL OR CITY.
UH, I, I THINK I WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE SOME TYPE OF A MINIMUM, MAYBE A TWO HOUR MINIMUM OR SOMETHING.
UM, UH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING A SETUP FEE AND ALL THAT STUFF, AT LEAST I THINK AT LEAST NEEDS TO BE A TWO HOUR MINIMUM.
UH, MAYBE THE MEETING ROOM, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH, BUT FOR THE ROOFTOP DECK, FULL MEETING ROOM, UH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST A MINIMUM.
SO, I MEAN, A TWO HOUR MINIMUM, YES, WE CONSIDERED THAT.
UH, ALSO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW IN BEING JUST CONSISTENT FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE USING THE SAME SOFTWARE, UM, WHICH IS ACTIVE NET AS THE REC CENTER, SO THAT IF A PERSON ALREADY HAS AN ACCOUNT CREATED WITH THE REC CENTER AND THEY'VE ALREADY UTILIZED THAT FOR RENTALS, THEN THEY CAN USE THAT SAME ACCOUNT FOR THIS SPACE.
SO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS USER-FRIENDLY AND VERY SIMPLE FOR EVERYONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND THE PRESENTATION.
[4. Presentation of the Police Department's 2022 Annual Report.]
ALL RIGHT.UH, COUNSEL, THAT LEADS US TO OUR LAST ITEM ON THE BRIEFING, UH, SESSION.
AND THAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2022 ANNUAL REPORT.
HOW YOU DOING, CHIEF? DOING GREAT, MAYOR.
ALTHOUGH THE BAHAMAS WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
SO, UM, SO MAYOR, UH, COUNSEL, I'M VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT THE 2022 POLICE ANNUAL REPORT TO YOU.
UH, THIS IS REALLY, UH, MY, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK THAT THE WOMEN AND MEN OF THE CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR.
I'LL BE PRESENTING, UH, THE REPORT, UH, ALONG WITH MY EXECUTIVE AND COMMAND TEAM.
UM, AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AS ALL AS WE START WITH THE MISSION AND VISION AND VALUES OF THE CITY.
WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS THIS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.
PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS VALUES STEWARDSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY, AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP.
PURSUING PREMIER CEDAR HILL IS SAFE.
CEDAR HILL IS AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY.
CEDAR HILL IS SAFE AND A STRONG AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
AND AS SCHOOLS OF CHOICE, UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IN THE CITY.
KEEPING THE CITY SAFE IS NOT JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE, IT INCORPORATES ALL OF THESE ENTITIES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS CHART.
WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CITY.
THIS IS, UH, CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION AND VISION AND OUR VALUES, COMPASSIONATE, HONEST, PROFESSIONAL, AND DEDICATED.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, CEDAR HILL IS SAFE.
AND I'M GONNA START OFF THIS PRESENTATION WITH GOING OVER THE CRIME STATS FROM LAST YEAR COMPARED TO OUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES.
SO FOR 2022, OUR VIOLENT CRIME COM COMPARISONS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE OUR FIRST FOUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES THERE.
AND THEN ADJACENT TO THAT, JUST TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW THE LARGEST CITIES CRIME RATES ARE, WE INCLUDED DALLAS AND GRAND PRAIRIE INTO THIS CHART.
IF YOU NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM, OUR CRIME RATE IS CALCULATED PER 1000 RESIDENTS.
THEN CEDAR HILL HAS THE LOWEST VIOLENT CRIME RATE OF ALL OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES AND SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER, UH, THAN KANSAS CITY.
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OF THE HARD WORK THAT OUR OFFICERS DO OUT ON THE STREET.PROPERTY CRIME COMPARISONS, SAME CHART, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRIME, SAME COMPARISON.
AGAIN, PROPERTY CRIME RATE PER 1000 NCE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, UH, WE HAVE A 18.32 PROPERTY CRIME RATE, WHICH AGAIN, IS THE LOWEST OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES AND LOWER THAN OUR LARGER CITIES AS WELL.
THIS BREAKS DOWN THE, THE CRIMES BY THE TYPES OF CRIMES BEING A RETAIL DESTINATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SHOPLIFTING, THEFT IS OUR NUMBER ONE CRIME DRIVER IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY DRIVES OUR CRIME RATE.
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, UH, IS OUR NEXT ONE.
LAST YEAR, NATIONALLY AND AROUND THE STATE, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN STORIES ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE KIA BOYS, UH, AND TIKTOK CHALLENGES FOR STEALING KIAS AND HONDAS.
UH, CEDAR HILL WAS NOT IMMUNE TO THAT, ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT AFFECTED AS MUCH AS A LOT OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES.
SO OUR UCR CRIME INDEX, THIS IS THE CRIMES PER A THOUSAND RESIDENCE.
AND SO THIS IS CRIME BY CRIME.
SO A ROBBERY COUNTS THE SAME AS THE THEFT.
SO IF YOU LOOK BACK TO 2016, IT WAS 35.1, WE SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS.
WE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE THIS LAST YEAR FROM 17.88 TO 19.73.
UH, THAT, THAT NUMBER IS DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO AN INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTINGS.
UM, THAT EXACT NUMBER OF CRIMES IS THE EXACT NUMBER OF SHOPLIFTINGS THAT WE HAD DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
UH, SO OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE IS STILL, UH, TRENDING DOWNWARD.
HOWEVER, OUR SHOPLIFTINGS WENT UP, WHICH CAUSED OUR PART ONE UCR CRIME RATES TO ALSO INCREASE.
THESE ARE OUR COMPARISONS FROM FIRST QUARTERS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO THIS YEAR.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE BOTTOM NUMBER, WHERE THE TOTALS ARE IN QUARTER ONE OF 2021, THERE WAS 179 TOTAL CRIMES IN 20 22, 273, AND IN 2023, FIRST QUARTER, 197.
SO WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR.
ALREADY THIS YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM 2020 AND 2021, WE'RE STILL HAD A VERY LOW RATES DUE TO COMING BACK OUT OF COVID AND A LOT OF STUFF NOT BEING OPEN.
UM, AND SO THINGS ARE BEGINNING BACK TO NORMALIZE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW.
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER NOW TO CAPTAIN CHANEL FROM OUR PROFESSOR STANDARDS DIVISION.
THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION HELPS DEVELOP SCHEDULES AND CONDUCTS TRAINING CONSISTENT WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION, UH, BEST PRACTICES ACCREDITATION PROGRAM, AND OTHER SOURCES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE DIVISION OVERSEES THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES COMPLETING ANNUAL REPORTS FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINTS, USE OF FORCE VEHICLE PURSUITS, AND EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIVISION INCLUDE MANAGING THE SELECTION AND HIRING OF NEW OFFICERS AND PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM FOR NEWLY HIRED, UH, POLICE OFFICERS.
AND, UH, AND MAINTAINING THE CONTRACTUAL TRAINING LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY TRAINING, BOTH INTERNALLY TO OUR OWN, UH, PERSONNEL AS WELL AS OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
DURING 2022, MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED 4,004, I'M SORRY, 4,647 HOURS OF IN-PERSON AND ONLINE TRAINING.
2022 ALSO PROVIDED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR SEVERAL OF OUR OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH WAS HELD IN DALLAS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1979.
THIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS HELD IN VARIOUS CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH TYPICALLY LIMITS THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
UH, DURING 2022, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 20,905, CITIZEN GENERATED CALLS FOR SERVICE AND INITIATED, INITIATED ANOTHER 8,694 TRAFFIC STOPS.
THESE NEARLY 30,000 INTERACTIONS GENERATED ONLY 15 COMPLAINTS FILED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND ANOTHER 17 COMPLAINTS FILED INTERNALLY BY SUPERVISORS OR OTHER PERSONNEL.
A TOTAL OF 51 ALLEGATIONS WERE INVESTIGATED FROM THESE 32 TOTAL COMPLAINTS.
IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT EACH OF THESE COMPLAINTS MAY CONSIST OF MULTIPLE ALLEGATIONS OF POLICY VIOLATIONS.
THESE SAME INTERACTIONS ALSO RESULTED IN 969 ARRESTS, AN INCREASE OF EIGHT ARRESTS OVER 2020.
ONE OF THESE ARRESTS, 35 WERE JUVENILES, WHICH IS ALMOST DOUBLE THE, UH, DOUBLE FROM
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THE PREVIOUS YEAR.A TOTAL OF 34 REPORTED USES OF, UH, REPORTED TYPES OF PHYSICAL FORCE WERE RECORDED DURING 23 SEPARATE INCIDENTS.
IF AN OFFICER USES, UH, MULTIPLE FORCES OR MULTIPLE TYPES OF FORCE, OR MULTIPLE OFFICERS USED FORCE, EACH FORCE TYPE IS RECORDED WITHIN THE INCIDENT.
PHYSICAL FORCE WAS USED IN ONE OUT OF EVERY 1,286 CUSTOMER VIOLATOR CONTACTS IN 2022.
I WOULD CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SECTION UNDER THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE.
THREATS OF DEADLY FORCE OCCUR WHEN THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE OFFICER POINTING THEIR WEAPON AT THE PERSON IS TO CREATE AN APPREHENSION THAT THE OFFICER WILL USE DEADLY FORCE WHEN NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH A LAWFUL OBJECTIVE.
SUCH AS IN SUCH INSTANCES MAY INCLUDE HIGH RISK TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, VIOLENT, INVOLVING VIOLENT SUBJECTS, A VIOLENT CRIME OR ARTICULABLE CONDUCT BY ANOTHER PERSON, WHICH JEOPARDIZES AN OFFICER'S SAFETY.
THIS STATISTIC IS NOT COMMONLY MEASURED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HOWEVER, CEDAR HILL HAS BEEN TRACKING THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND NOT ONLY ARE WE TRACKING THIS, BUT IN EVERY INSTANCE WHERE THIS OCCURS, WE INVESTIGATE, UH, THIS THROUGH THE OFFICER'S CHAIN OF COMMAND FOR ADHERENCE TO POLICY AND PROPER PROCEDURE FORCE, INCLUDING THE THREAT OF FORCE, WAS ACTUALLY USED AGAINST 118 INDIVIDUALS OF WHICH 101 WERE MALES AND 17 WERE FEMALES.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS PORTION.
I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF CHARLES REESE.
UH, I'LL GO OVER THE OPERATIONS WITH YOU THIS EVENING, AND I'M GONNA START WITH PATROL.
UM, THE BIGGEST INCREASE THAT WE LOVE TO SEE IS OUR AUTHORIZED STAFF WAS INCREASED BY TWO, UH, MEMBERS IN 2022.
THANKS FOR THANKS TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.
OUR CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE.
OUR EMERGENCY, OUR RESPONSE TO OUR CALLS HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE.
THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CRASHES AND CRASH INJURIES SLIGHTLY INCREASED.
OUR IN OUR ARREST SLIGHTLY INCREASED.
BUT THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO SEE IS OUR OVERALL CRIME CLEARANCE RATE ROSE BY ALMOST 14% TO 46%.
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS ALSO CALLED CSOS, INCLUDE MATT GRIGSBY, SEAN BURKE, AND CALEB THOMASON.
CALEB JOINED THE GROUP LATE IN 2022, AND BETWEEN THE THREE OF THEM, THEY RESPONDED TO ALMOST 2,800 CALLS FOR SERVICE, COMPLETED ALMOST 650 REPORTS, WHICH ALLOWED MORE TIME FOR OFFICERS TO GO OUT THERE AND BE PROACTIVE AND HANDLE THE LARGER, MORE IMPORTANT CALLS PRIOR TO THE, THEIR DAILY DUTIES INCLUDE CHECKING ON ABANDONED VEHICLES, FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE, UH, TAKING DELAYED REPORTS WHERE SUSPECTS ARE NOT ON SCENE, AND, UM, HELPING PROCESS MINOR CRIME SCENES WHEN AVAILABLE.
NEXT, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS LED IN 2022 BY SERGEANT COOLEY, UH, WHO HAS SINCE BEEN PROMOTED, AND SERGEANT PRITCHARD HAS TAKEN OVER.
IT ALSO INCLUDED COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICER SWEENEY AND VALENTI AND MOTOR OFFICERS CRIMES.
AND, UH, EDDIE CERDA, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, UH, THEY HANDLED ALMOST 3,500, UH, CALLS, INCLUDING ACCIDENTS, MOTORIST ASSIST DWIS, TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS, TRAFFIC HAZARDS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WE'VE HAD A COMPLETE TRAFFIC UNIT, INCLUDING A SERGEANT AND FOUR OFFICERS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THAT WAS THANKS TO YOU.
UH, AUTHORIZING TWO NEW ADDITIONAL OFFICERS IN 22, ALLOWING US TO HAVE A FULL-TIME TRAFFIC UNIT.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT WE GET FROM NEIGHBORS ARE CAR SPEEDING OR FROM NA UH, CITIZENS ARE CAR SPEEDING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WITH THE ADDITION OF THESE GENTLEMEN TO THE TEAM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A LOT MORE, UH, PROACTIVE AND VISIBLE PRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES, UH, SWEENEY AND NEY, THEY INSPECTED 618 TRUCKS AND IDENTIFIED OVER 3,500 VIOLATIONS THAT COMES OUT TO ABOUT EIGHT VIOLATIONS PER TRUCK.
UH, 58% OF THE TRUCKS THEY INSPECTED, THEY TOOK OUTTA SERVICE WHEN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 24%.
WHAT THEY DO ISN'T JUST TO ISSUE TICKETS AND TAKE TRUCKS OUTTA SERVICE.
EVERY TIME THEY STOP AND INSPECT A TRUCK, THEY EDUCATE THE DRIVERS OR OPERATORS.
THEY PROVIDE THEM A LIST OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR VEHICLES, AND IF THEY ARE PUT OUT OF SERVICE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE OUTTA SERVICE VIOLATIONS CORRECTED BEFORE THE SEMIS ARE BACK ALLOWED ARE, UH, ALLOWED BACK ON THE STREETS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE CITED WERE THE BRAKES, LIGHTING WHEELS, TIRES, AND OVER THEIR WEIGHT LIMITS.
IT'S, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL PASS IT ON TO ASSISTANT.
BEFORE, BEFORE YOU GO, I JUST, UM, YOU HAD A, A STAT ABOUT CITIZEN
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INITIATED CALLS WAS DOWN.UM, IF YOU JUST AVERAGE THAT FOR 12 MONTHS, I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT 1700 CALLS A MONTH.
UH, BUT IS THERE A CERTAIN MONTH THAT WAS, THAT WAS MORE PEAK MORE THAN OTHER MONTHS? UH, I MEAN, HOW SHOULD, HOW SHOULD I USE THAT AS A, UH, BAROMETER TO SEE THAT? UM, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT GETTING ANY, ANY, ANY EMERGENCIES.
SO THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE USUALLY OUR BUSIER MONTHS.
UH, WE DO HAVE, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME, BUT WE DO HAVE IT BROKEN DOWN BY MONTHS, THE BUSIER MONTHS, AND BUSIER TIMES OF EACH DAY, AND THE ACTUALLY DAYS OF WEEK AS WELL.
SO, AND, AND SAYS INITIATED CALLS, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S A POLICE OFFICER? I MEAN, WHEN YOU SAY CITIZEN INITIATED, I MEAN, WHAT OTHER EMERGENCY VERSUS POLICE INITIATED? SO IF YOU CALL US, WE'LL COME, IF I SEE YOU DOING SOMETHING, ARE THEY MARK OUT ON TRAFFIC, MARK OUT ON SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIES, SUSPICIOUS PERSON.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE MEAN BY CITIZEN INITIATED CALL.
ANYONE THAT CALLS INTO DISPATCH WHERE THEY DISPATCH AN OFFICER.
JUST A, I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE SAME, I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE SAME, UM, OFFICERS ARE ON THE TRAFFIC UNIT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ON THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.
AND SO, UH, UM, HOW DO THEY OPERATE IN BOTH? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT IS CONSIDERED BOTH MOTORCYCLES AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.
SO THEY, THEY'RE LUMPED INTO THAT UNIT.
I'LL, UH, NEXT UP IS ASSISTANT CHIEF STEVE LAFFERTY.
I WAS TOLD I ONLY HAD 35 MINUTES.
UH, REAL QUICK, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND THE SUPPORT, UH, SERVICES BUREAU.
UH, REAL QUICK, THE C I D PART ONE CLEARANCE RATE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CHART, CEDAR HILL HAS, AGAIN, KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
UH, WE'RE SITTING AT 21% FOR LAST YEAR WHEN OUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES, UH, HAVE FAILED THEIR RESIDENCE.
IN MY OPINION, UH, DUNCANVILLE SITTING AT 4%, UH, LANCASTER AT 14, THE STATE AVERAGE IS 12%.
WE HAVE ALWAYS, UH, BEEN PREMIER WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CLEARANCE RATE.
UH, BUT AS SINCE CHIEF REESE MENTIONED A MINUTE AGO, THE 46% OVERALL CLEARANCE RATE FOR 2022 IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
I SPENT 16 YEARS IN C I D AND I THINK THAT'S ALMOST THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER HAD.
UH, LAST YEAR THERE WERE 4,300 CASES THAT WERE CREATED.
THAT MEANS OFF OFFICERS WENT OUT AND TOOK 4,300 INCIDENT REPORTS OF THOSE, THEY ASSIGNED ALMOST 200 CRIMINAL CASES FOR INVESTIGATION.
SO A LOT OF THE CASES WE GET ARE, UH, INFORMATION REPORTS JUST TO DOCUMENT SOME BEHAVIOR, SOME ACTIVITY.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION IS SUPERVISED BY LIEUTENANT PAM BROWN.
UH, THIS DIVISION CONSISTS OF THE PSOS, THE PUBLIC SERVICES OFFICERS, ALARM, BILLING AND RECORDS, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE, BUT ALSO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES UNIT.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES UNIT, UH, WORKS ON THE TEXAS RECOGNITION PROGRAM, T R P, OUR ACCREDITATION, BUT ALSO DOES FLEET MAINTENANCE, UH, AXON CAMERAS AND MDCS.
SO IT IS NOTED THAT WE PASSED OUR FOURTH RE-RECOGNITION LAST YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR 16 YEARS.
UH, RECORDS AND ALARM BILLING, UH, THIS IS SUPERVISED BY JOHN STEVENS.
UH, THESE GIRLS KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK.
NOT ONLY DO THEY REVIEW EVERY SINGLE REPORT THAT COMES THROUGH, THEY VERIFY EACH REPORT, THEY VALIDATE THE NUMBERS.
UH, THEY ASSISTED OVER 1800 PEOPLE AT THE WINDOW, UH, COMPLETED ALMOST 3,300 OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.
AND IN DOING THAT, THEY REVIEWED 122 HOURS OF VIDEO.
WHEN YOU'RE REVIEWING THE VIDEO, YOU HAVE TO ALSO REDACT INFORMATION THAT COULD BE PRESENT IN THE VIDEO THAT THEY DID NOT REQUEST, OR THEY CANNOT SEE PSOS.
UH, IT'S NOTED, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT CEDAR HILL IS ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES AROUND HERE THAT IS OPEN 24 7.
UH, OUR BEST SOUTHWEST CITIES USE S W R C C, THE DISPATCH CENTER TO CONFIRM THEIR WARRANTS.
UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE A T C I C N C I TERMINAL, WE HAVE TO BE OPEN 24 7, SO WE CAN RESPOND TO ANY TYPE OF HIT CONFIRMATIONS THAT COME THROUGH.
UH, THESE GUYS ARE REMARKABLE.
UH, WE HAD HIRED LIZETTE ANDRE AS A POLICE OFFICER ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, SO THEY'VE BEEN WORKING SHORTHANDED, COVERING EACH OTHER.
RECORDS HAS STEPPED IN, AND JOHN STEVENS
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HAS ALSO STEPPED IN TO MAKE SURE THESE SHIFTS ARE COVERED.THEY ALSO VALIDATE ALL THE ACCIDENT REPORTS, UH, NAME CANDIDATE ON THE, UH, INFORMATION THAT COMES IN, CONFIRMS THE VIN NUMBERS AND THE DL NUMBERS, AND THEY CATCH QUITE A FEW ERRORS THAT, UH, HELPS US OUT IN THE LONG RUN PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE.
UH, RACHEL MOVED INTO THIS POSITION AFTER RENEE, UH, LEFT.
UH, SHE, UH, CURRENTLY WE HAVE ALMOST 20,000 PIECES OF PROPERTY, UM, OF THAT LAST YEAR.
WE TOOK IN 3,100 PIECE AND WE DESTROYED 5,400.
UH, THE LOGIC IS WE DESTROYED MORE THAN WE TAKE IN SO WE CAN KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL.
REGIONAL CARE TEAM, THIS IS MUCH NEEDED IN THE REGION.
UH, THIS STARTED BACK IN 2021.
UH, DESOTO, UH, RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE COUNTY WITH CEDAR HILL, LANCASTER, DUNCANVILLE.
I THINK AT ONE TIME GLEN HEIGHTS WAS ON BOARD.
UH, THIS IS TO HELP DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN CRISIS.
UH, CEDAR HILL JUMPED ON IN AUGUST OF 2022 WITH OFFICER ROLLINS, UH, SINCE IN 2022, UH, HE HAD DEALT WITH 84 INDIVIDUALS AND AT 369 FOLLOWS.
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THIS, UH, GROUP IS THEY HAVE A CLINICIAN ASSIGNED SO THE CLINICIAN CAN GO ON THE FOLLOW-UPS WITH THEM.
THEY ASSIST IN FINDING THERAPISTS, THEY TRANSPORT INDIVIDUALS TO APPOINTMENTS, PROVIDE SMALL SCALE COUNSELING AND SKILLED TRAINING, BUT ALSO HELP INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATE SOME OF THE DISABILITY PROGRAMS. THIS IS, THIS IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN THIS.
I KNOW FUNDING IS SECURED THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, AND I KNOW THEY'RE CURRENTLY SEEKING OTHER, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AT THIS TIME.
WITH THAT, I'M PASSING IT BACK TO THE BIG GUY.
UH, MAYOR, UH, I JUST WANNA ALSO TOUCH ON THE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
UM, IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE, UH, INITIATED A, WHERE CITIZENS CAN DO ONLINE REPORTING.
UM, AND SO SOME OF THOSE CALLS THAT WOULD NOR WOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED, UH, 9 1 1 IN THE PAST ARE NOW BEING DONE ONLINE.
THAT MAY BE PART OF THE REDUCTION AS WELL.
SO, OUR PAC TEAM, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF THIS DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS WHAT MAKES OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER CITY AROUND HERE.
UM, WE HAVE A MUCH LARGER, UH, COMMUNITY POLICING TEAM THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT AROUND THE AREA.
UH, DUNCANVILLE HAS ONE OFFICER, WE HAVE SIX.
JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU, THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT COMMUNITY POLICING IS TO THIS AGENCY.
THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO OUR PAC TEAM DOES AMAZING WORK.
UM, JUST THIS LAST YEAR, UM, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
UH, AS WE ALL KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME STAFFING CHALLENGES, UM, JUST LIKE MOST OTHER POLICE AGENCIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, UH, WHICH OUR PAC TEAM HAD TO WORK SHORTHANDED.
UM, SOME OF THEM HAD GOT CALLED BACK TO WORK PATROL.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD STILL COME IN AND ATTEND THESE EVENTS.
THEY WOULD STILL COME IN AND DO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS AND DO THE, THEIR, UH, CRIME WATCH PROGRAMS, THE FOOD PANTRY DELIVERIES, UM, AND STILL ATTEND ALL OF THESE EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT CEDAR HILL AND OUR COMMUNITY IS SO USED TO.
I'M, UH, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS PAST SATURDAY I MISSED MY FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD WALK.
UM, SINCE STARTING THE FIRST ONE FOUR YEARS AGO, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ALREADY VISITED OVER 20 DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS.
AND ALTHOUGH THIS, UH, PROGRAM IS POLICE DEPARTMENT LED, IT HAS REALLY, UH, IT IS REALLY A CITY INITIATIVE.
IT IS NO, NO LONGER JUST, UH, ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKING, UH, GOING DOOR TO DOOR AND TALKING TO PEOPLE.
UM, AND I KNOW MAYOR, FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THAT YOU WERE A LITTLE, UH, APPREHENSIVE ABOUT IT.
UH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, UH, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU HAD CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN ME.
UH, AND LET US DO THAT FIRST WALK, UM, BECAUSE IT HAS REALLY BLOSSOMED INTO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE ON THESE WALKS AND WE HEAR PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN WHAT WORLD, UH, DO YOU HAVE THIS, THE MAYOR, THE POLICE CHIEF, AND THE CITY MANAGER, KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR ON SATUR SATURDAY MORNING AND ASK YOU, HOW CAN WE DO THINGS BETTER? RIGHT? AND I'LL TELL YOU, IN WHAT WORLD, IT'S IN THE CEDAR HILL WORLD, AND IT'S ONLY IN CEDAR HILL.
THIS LAST YEAR, WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO START BACK UP OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR US.
WE HAD ONE CLASS LAST YEAR, AND OUT OF THOSE, THOSE CLASS MEMBERS, A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP TO VOLUNTEER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ARE ALREADY GOING OUT AND PERFORMING A LOT OF THE DUTIES OF THROUGH OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL PROGRAM.
UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE SOME OF OUR, UM, RETIRED VEHICLES.
THEY DRIVE AROUND THE CITY, SHOW AN EXTRA PRESENCE.
UM, THEY DO HANDICAP ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND SO THEY ARE EXTRA EYES AND EARS OUT THERE ON THE STREET, AND THEY ALSO
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VOLUNTEER AND HELP WITH TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.AND A LOT OF OUR SPECIALTY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY.
THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE SEVERAL OFFICERS WHO WERE VOTED BY THEIR PEERS AS OFFICERS OF THE YEAR.
FOR OUR ROOKIE OFFICER OF THE YEAR, IT WAS ANTHONY COVAR RUBIO.
OUR OPERATIONS OFFICER, WHICH IS PATROL OF THE YEAR, WAS JOHN MORRISON.
OUR SUPPORT OFFICER OF THE YEAR WAS ANN MCSWAIN.
OUR OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR WAS SERGEANT PRITCHET, SUPPORT SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR WITH SERGEANT MIKE ADAMS. AND OUR CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR WAS SEAN BURKE.
SO, ON THE HORIZON COMING UP, IF YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, ON THE HORIZON, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD ON THERE WAS OUR, UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF'S ADVISORY, UH, COUNCIL.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL IN THE ROOM WITH ME TODAY.
BUT THIS IS A COUNCIL OF, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, FROM OUR CITY.
IT INCLUDES, UH, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.
GERALD HUDSON, UH, FROM THE MAYOR'S TEAM COUNCIL, RICARDO ROME, UH, ABDEL RUIZ FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, PASTOR VIC JACKSON, AND PAST PRESIDENT FROM NAACP, JANICE DUNN.
UM, SO WE MEET QUARTERLY, UM, TO DISCUSS.
WE GO OVER INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINTS, ANY HIGH PROFILE INCIDENTS THE CITY, UH, HAS.
AND THEN WE JUST TALK, HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY CONCERNS OR ANYTHING THAT I NEED TO BE AWARE OF OR ANYTHING I NEED TO TAKE BACK TO THEM.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, TO MEET, HAVE THESE MEETINGS, AND BEING PART OF THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COUNCIL.
SO FOR NEXT YEAR, UH, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS, UH, INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH THE LOCAL, SOME LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ASKED US IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO, UH, HAVE INTERNS.
WE DID HAVE ONE THIS PAST YEAR, AND IT WAS VERY GOOD.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON TRYING TO BRING HER BACK AS A, UM, AS AN INTERN AFTER SHE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL, AND AS SHE GOES THROUGH COLLEGE, UH, TO TRY TO GET THEM INTO THE PROGRAM IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS YEAR IS THE ICAT TRAINING.
UM, THAT'S GONNA START NEXT IN JULY.
UH, ICAT IS STANDS FOR THE INTEGRATING COMMUNICATIONS ASSESSMENTS AND TACTICS.
IT IS A USE OF FORCE TRAINING GUIDE DESIGNED TO FILL A CRITICAL GAP IN TRAINING POLICE OFFICERS AND HOW TO RESPOND TO VOLATILE SITUATIONS IN WHICH SUBJECTS ARE BEHAVING ERRATICALLY AND OFTEN DANGEROUSLY, BUT DO NOT POSSESS A FIREARM.
IT'S ONE OF THE GAPS THAT WE'VE HAD IN POLICING FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT HOW TO USE TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND TIME AND DISTANCE.
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOMEONE, ESPECIALLY IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT HAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A FIREARM, A LOT OF TIMES YOU SEE, THEY MIGHT HAVE A BAT OR THEY MIGHT HAVE A, A, AN EDGED WEAPON OF SOME SORT.
AND WE WANNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE BRING THAT, UH, TO A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION.
AND SO THIS TRAINING, UH, IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.
UM, ALSO, WE ARE BRINGING IN THE ABLE TRAINING, WHICH IS THE ACTIVE BYSTANDER SHIP FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THIS PROGRAM IS, WAS CREATED BY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY.
OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITY THAT SPONSORED US IS U N T DALLAS, THE POLICE CARRUTH INSTITUTE.
UM, SO THIS ACTUALLY STARTS THIS WEEK WITH FOUR OF OUR OFFICERS ACTUALLY ATTENDING THE TRAINING.
UM, AND THEN THEY WILL GO ON TO BE CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS, AND THEN THEY WILL TEACH THE REST OF THE OFFICERS.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE FREQUENTLY FACED WITH HIGH STRESS, HIGH STAKES DECISIONS, ABLE BELIEVES IT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY OFFICER TO ACT, TO PREVENT MISTAKES, PREVENT MISCONDUCT, AND PROMOTE THEIR FELLOW OFFICER'S HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
IT IS A HARD THING TO SUCCESSFULLY INTERVENE AND TRAINING CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SUCCESSFUL AND UNSUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION BY AN ACTIVE BYSTANDER OFFICER.
ACTIVE BYSTANDER SHIP HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING HARM AND MANY OTHER PROFESSIONS, SUCH AS THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY, AIRLINE INDUSTRY, AND ONCOLOGY AND UNIVERSITIES CAMPUSES.
IT IS TIME NOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ADOPT THESE PRINCIPLES OF ACTIVE BYSTANDER SHIP.
TO KIND OF PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE'S 18,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
THERE ARE 330 AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM IN TEXAS.
THERE ARE 2,700 AGENCIES AND THERE'S 41 AGENCIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, UM, CEDAR HILL IS REALLY ON THE CUSP OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE AHEAD OF TRAINING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE NECESSARY TO THEM TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES AND REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT STARTED MANY YEARS BACK WITH OUR COMMUNITY POLICING AND THEN WITH OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER I GOT HERE, WE STARTED FAIR AND IMPARTIAL POLICING.
WE STARTED DEESCALATION TRAINING, AND THESE ARE CONTINUATION OF THOSE THINGS COMING ON.
AND THEN THE LAST THING WE'RE GONNA DO IS TRY TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR FLOCK, UH, CAMERA PROGRAM.
WE HAVE ABOUT 26, UH, ACTIVE CAMERAS IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL IN HELPING US SOLVE MANY HIGH PROFILE CRIMES IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ENHANCING THAT AND, AND GETTING MORE CAMERAS AROUND THE CITY.
THE LAST THING, UM, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
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AGAIN FOR, UM, WHAT Y'ALL DID EARLY ON THIS YEAR WITH THAT MID BUDGET, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMPENSATION.I W WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP OUR LATEST, UH, OFFICERS THAT JUST GOT SWORN IN LAST WEEK, Y'ALL COME UP.
SO, UM, WITH US RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FOUR RECENT GRADUATES THAT JUST GRADUATED FROM THE REGIONAL POLICE ACADEMY.
UH, WE HAVE GREG WINGER, AUSTIN HALE, SEAN DARWIN, AND DONALD MERCER.
ANDREA LAWLESS IS NOT RECENT GRADUATE.
SHE ACTUALLY IS COMING TO US WITH OVER EIGHT YEARS EXPERIENCE FROM GRAND PRAIRIE.
AND SO, UM, SHORTLY AFTER, UH, THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, CHANGES WITH COMPENSATION, WE OPENED UP OUR APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE HAD OVER 91 APPLICATIONS THE FIRST THREE WEEKS.
UM, WE HAVE FIVE CERTIFIED LATERAL OFFICERS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT IS A, A DIRECT REFLECTION OF YOUR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF FILLING THESE GAPS THAT WE HAVE SO WE CAN GET FULLY STAFFED.
SO REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.
WELL, FIRST, BEFORE WE BEGIN, UH, CHIEF, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE AND WELCOME YOUR NEW SW IN OFFICERS.
YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU GIVE US OUR REPORT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S POSSIBLE EVERY SINGLE YEAR YOU'RE VERY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR, WITH OUR, UM, CRIME RATE, UM, UM, I GUESS RATIOS.
UM, WE ALWAYS ARE LOWER THAN ALL OF OUR OTHER CITIES THAT WITHIN THE REGION, UM, NOT THAT YOU ARE DOING IT TO BE COMPETITIVE TO THEM, BUT I MEAN, FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THAT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY COMPETITIVE.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AMAZING AND GREAT LEADERSHIP ON YOUR PART.
UM, AS IT RELATES TO ALL THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAD BROUGHT HERE TO CEDAR HILL SINCE YOU CAME IN, SUCH AS THE POLICE WALK AND A FEW OTHERS.
UM, YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND ME AS A NEW MAYOR, YOU BRINGING ALL THESE NEW IDEAS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PREVIOUS CHIEF, YOU KNOW, HAS DONE.
SO, UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DID, UH, TRUST YOU FROM DAY ONE AND, UH, THE, THE RESULTS IS, UH, IS, UM, DEFINITELY, UH, REFLECTING ITSELF.
SO, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE STILL GOING BEYOND, UH, THE CALL OF DUTY FOR US STILL BE A SAFE COMMUNITY.
WE DO HAVE, UH, ABOUT 20 HARD COPIES OF THE ANNUAL REPORT IN THE BACK, UH, OVER THERE ON THE TABLE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET A COPY, UH, YOU CAN, IT'LL BE POSTED ONLINE, UH, TOMORROW FOR ANYBODY TO SEE ONLINE AND DOWNLOAD.
OH, BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU GO COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS LIKE THAT SAY SO.
YOU, YOU GOTTA USE YOUR MICROPHONE.
WE CAN'T, WE GOTTA HEAR ON THE AUDIO, SO, OKAY.
DO YOU ALL HAVE A SCANNER NOW? THAT'S ON WHERE PEOPLE CAN, UH, SCAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? ARE THERE WHEREABOUTS? OH, DO WE, SO LIKE THE NEWS REPORTERS OR WHATEVER? NO, OUR, OUR RADIO CHANNELS ARE ENCRYPTED, MA'AM.
NO, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ON, NOT GONNA NEVER BE ON NO
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF? ALL RIGHT.
UH, LAST MEETING ON THE AGENDA IS TO ADJOURN.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN? I DO HAVE A MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, THERE'S NONE A FAVORABLE MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
UH, I HAVE 6 57 COUNSEL, LET'S RECONVENED ABOUT SEVEN 10, UH, FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING.