Apr 23, 2024 City Council Briefing Session

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GOOD EVENING

[1. Call the meeting to order.]

TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2024.

THIS IS LIBRARY GRAND OPENING WEEK.

OOH, I OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

I HAVE 6:00 PM I DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENCE.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS HAS, UH, IS, UH, ABSENT AT THE MOMENT.

UH, I DO ANTICIPATE HER TO JOIN US AT SOME POINT THIS EVENING.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, TURN IT TO

[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]

GOOD EVENING, MR. CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU TODAY.

AND, UH, ON, UH, LIBRARY OPENING WEEK, AS YOU SAID.

UH, IT HAS BEEN AN ALL HANDS ON DECK WEEK FOR US, AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THE SITE IS COMING ALONG VERY NICELY.

YES, SIR.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, BUT I DID NOT IDENTIFY WHICH MEETING THIS IS.

SO THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION.

ALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, SO WE HAVE A, UM, A PRETTY INVOLVED BRIEFING, UH, SESSION FOR YOU TONIGHT.

SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS. UH, THE RETURN OF THE ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILING REPORT.

THAT'LL BE PRESENTED BY, UH, DR.

FR, UH, WITH, UH, THE JUSTICE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS GROUP.

I'M VERY PROUD THAT I WAS JUST TALKING TO DR.

FRITZ.

WE BELIEVE WE'RE APPROACHING OUR 20TH YEAR OF HAVING DONE THIS REPORT, PRODUCED IT, AND PRESENTED IT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, IT'S STATE LAW NOW.

BUT IN THE FIRST FIVE OR SIX YEARS THAT IT WAS DONE HERE, UH, CEDAR HILL WAS A PIONEER IN THE STATE FOR BEING ABLE TO COLLECT THIS DATA AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE FOR THE PUBLIC.

AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE PIONEERED THIS AND THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.

AND THEN UNDER, UH, WITH CHIEF REYES'S LEADERSHIP, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER REPORTS THAT NOW COME OUT ANNUALLY THAT THEN HELP TO UNDERSCORE, UH, AND SUPPORT AND REINFORCE THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SERVE HAVE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERVED.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE, HIS PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT ONE.

IT WAS THE PRESENTATION OF THE FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE.

I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THIS HAS BEEN ON THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITY AND BIG ROCK LISTS FOR SEVERAL STRATEGIC PLANS.

UM, THE STAFF HAS, UH, WORKED ON IT AND WORKED ON IT.

AND IT TOOK OUR NEW PLANNING DIRECTOR, UH, UH, CHASSIS VINCENT TO GET HERE, LEARNED THE PLACE, AND TO BE ABLE TO REALLY PUT THE CONCENTRATION ON IT AFTER THE COUNCIL REINFORCED, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WANT TO HAVE IT, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT IT WANTED A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE COULD START PRETTY SOON.

SO THE PROGRAM THAT SHE WILL BE BRINGING YOU TODAY INCLUDES THE INPUT THAT YOU'VE HAD, AS WELL AS THE INPUT FROM PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION, UH, THE COMMUNITY THAT DO FOOD TRUCKS, AND THEN ALL OF THE INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC OVER THE YEARS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT DAY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS BIG ROCK TO YOU, AND THEN EVEN MORE SO TO IMPLEMENTING IT IN THE VERY EARLY SUMMER, UH, ASSUMING IT MEETS YOUR APPROVAL.

UM, GOING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE INVITATION BY PASTOR, UH, JOE BURLESON FROM HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH.

UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, INCLUDING THE PRESENTATION OF THE BEST SOUTHWEST, UH, MAYORAL SCHOLARSHIP.

UH, ALSO A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY FI FI, FIFTH THROUGH THE 11TH AS PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK.

UH, MADAM CITY SECRETARY, ALSO A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY 11TH IS WORLD MIGRATORY BIRTHDAY, A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING MAY, 2024 IS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH, AND THEN A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 6TH.

THE 10TH IS NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEEK HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

AND THEN ALSO A RECOGNITION TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHO HAS RECENTLY, UM, RECEIVED THEIR RE-ACCREDITATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, COUNCIL FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO IMPROVE OUR ECONOMY.

UH, THEN WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE HAVE MINUTES FOR THAT.

WE DO HAVE THE COUNCIL'S FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN BRIEFING.

AND THEN ALSO THE ADOPTION OF THE FOOD TRUCK, UH, ORDINANCE AS WELL.

UH, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ENCLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TONIGHT TO DISCUSS BELCON RANCH BY AMERITAGE HOMES IN TEXAS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON BRIEFING OR REGULAR AGENDA? AND IF NOT, I'M GONNA GO RIGHT QUICKLY THROUGH THE CALENDAR, UM, FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH.

AS YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING, UH, VERY BUSY ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH.

UH, THE CEDAR HILL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS, IS, UH, HOSTING AN ANNUAL BREAKFAST.

IT'LL BE AT THE RECREATION CENTER, ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER FROM EIGHT TO NINE.

AND THEN ALSO ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH IS THE BEST SOUTHWEST RED SUMMIT, UM, STEAM EVENT.

IT IS FROM 1:00 PM TO 4:00 PM AT, UH, DALLAS COLLEGE, UH, AND ON THE CEDAR VALLEY CAMPUS OF THAT,

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THAT'S ALSO ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, HERE, UH, IN THE, UH, THIRD FLOOR ISD TRAINING ROOM HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER, UH, SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH.

THAT'S THIS SATURDAY.

JUST IN CASE YOU, UH, DID NOT REMEMBER IS A SMALL EVENT OPENING YOUR BRAND NEW LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND SIGNATURE PARK.

AT YOUR DESK, YOU HAVE A PACKET THAT INCLUDES A PARKING PASS, UH, ALSO A SHIRT THAT YOU'RE BEING REQUESTED TO WEAR, AND THEN INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW AND WHERE TO PARK.

JUST A REMINDER, WE, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO ENTER OFF OF UPTOWN BOULEVARD RIGHT NEXT TO THE POLICE STATION, IS THAT WILL BE THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PLACES THAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED FOR YOU.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND FRIDAY, NOW AND SATURDAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, ASSIST YOU IN THAT.

JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE COUNSEL, THAT WE DO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ROYAL BLUE SHIRT LINE FOR US TO BE UNIFIED.

UH, SO, UM, THAT IS THE UNIFORM FOR THE GRAND OPENING.

SO, SO I DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT IN MY WARDROBE.

OKAY.

MOVING.

RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

AS SOON AS WE GET DONE CELEBRATING LIBRARY, WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO BUSINESS.

EXCUSE, UH, LET THE RECORD REFLECT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DANIELS ARRIVED AT 6 0 7.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILWOMAN.

HELLO, MS. DANIELS.

UH, TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH.

THIS IS NEXT TUESDAY IS A SPECIAL CALLED JOINT SESSION OF PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

THIS WILL ALSO BE TO DISCUSS THE BELCON RANCH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THIS WILL BE ON THE, UH, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING IT.

SO, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT MEETING.

UM, MAY 1ST WE'RE HOSTING AN EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION LUNCHEON AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER FROM 11 TO ONE.

ALL COUNCIL IS, UH, UH, IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND HELP US CELEBRATE THE WORK OF OUR FOLKS FOR THE PAST YEAR.

THURSDAY MAY 2ND.

THIS IS AGAIN, NEXT WEEK IS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

AS ALWAYS, THERE ARE TWO EVENTS.

THE FIRST ONE, UH, WILL BE AT NOON, AND IT'LL BE HOSTED BY HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ON PLEASANT RUN ROAD.

AND THEN THE EVENING EVENT, UH, WILL BE AT 7:00 PM AT THE NEW TRAFFICKING HICKMAN LIBRARY RIGHT BEHIND IT.

SO THIS PROMISES TO BE VERY SPECIAL EVENING.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.

UM, FRIDAY, MAY 3RD OF NEXT WEEK IS ALSO THE ANNUAL CEDAR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, AWARDS BANQUET.

THIS IS THEIR 50TH YEAR.

SO IT'S A, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL YEAR.

IT'LL BE HELD FROM SIX TO 10:00 PM AND IT WILL ALSO BE HELD AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.

UH, ON THURSDAY, UH, MAY THE NINTH, UH, AT 6:00 PM WE WILL, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A CIP WORKSHOP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO, UH, DISCUSS AND PREPARE FOR THE 22 5 BUDGET WILL BE STREET DRAINAGE, PARKS AND FACILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WORKSHOP, UH, SATURDAY, UH, MAY THE 11TH IS THE VERY FIRST FARMER'S MARKET OF THE SEASON IN BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL.

UM, THE, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THAT DATE TENTATIVELY TO RESCHEDULE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALK, UH, IN HIGH POINT.

SO THAT'S SATURDAY, MAY THE 11TH.

WE ARE GONNA CONFIRM THAT AND THEN GET BACK WITH YOU WITH DETAILS.

WELL, THAT'S THE RESET DAY FOR LAST SATURDAY, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, WAS RAINED OUT.

AND THEN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN, UH, MAY THEN WILL BE MAY 14TH, UH, AT THE USUAL TIME.

UH, I DO WANT TO, UH, MENTION ALSO ON WEDNESDAY MAY THE 15TH.

IT WILL BE THE ANNUAL POLICE MEMORIAL, UH, CANDLELIGHT VIGIL.

IT'LL BE HELD AT THE GRADY LAND BUILDING AT SEVEN 30, AND WE WILL GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR YOU THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA ON THE CALENDAR? UM, NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT JUST A CALENDAR.

YES, SIR.

UH, THERE, THERE IS A PUBLIC NOTICE FOR MEETING TOMORROW.

DID YOU ALREADY ADDRESS THAT? AND THE MEETING FOR TOMORROW? UH, THE, FOR THE DRONE? OH, YES.

SO, SO WE HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A TOUR, UH, OF THE, UH, LEWISVILLE WALMART DRONE HUB.

UH, THAT IS A GROUP THAT'S LOOKING FOR, UH, CONSIDERING LOOKING AT OUR WALMART FOR THAT.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'VE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

WE WILL LEAVE HERE AT 10 30.

UH, THE TOUR WILL START AT 1115.

THEY EXPECT IT TO TAKE 45 MINUTES, AND THEN WE WILL RETURN HERE, HOPEFULLY CLOSE TO NOON OR SO.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT CONCLUDES CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

[3. Presentation of 2023 Racial Profiling Analysis by Dr. Eric Fritsch with Justice Research Consultants, LLC.]

ERIC FR WITH, UH, JUSTICE RESEARCH CONSULTANTS, LLC.

GOOD EVENING, SIR.

HI, IT'S ME.

THAT, THAT IS YOU, SIR.

I THOUGHT THE CHIEF SAID HE WAS GONNA INTRODUCE ME, BUT OH, OH, I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, CHIEF.

DID I MISS THAT? OH, OKAY.

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ERIC FIT.

SO, HEY, CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNSEL.

UH, YEAH, IT'S MR. PORTER.

PREFACE THIS WITH, THIS IS, UH, GOING ON OUR 20TH YEAR FOR THE RACIAL PROFILE AND REPORT.

AND, UM, AS IS CONSISTENT WITH YEARS IN THE PAST, WE, UH, USE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTING FIRM TO DO OUR ANALYSIS FOR US.

AND, UH, WE CONTINUE TO USE THE SERVICES OF DR.

FRITCH AND HIS TEAM FOR THIS.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO PRESENT TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL, THIS EVENING.

I'LL, I'LL GO THROUGH OUR RACIAL PROFILING ANALYSIS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2023.

SO ALL TRAFFIC STOPS, WHICH OCCURRED IN, UH, 2023.

POLICE OFFICERS IN CEDAR HILL MUST COLLECT CERTAIN INFORMATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

UH, THAT LAW HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE, UH, 2001, AND PART OF THE LAW NOW REQUIRES THE ANNUAL REPORTING OF THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT IS PERFORMED.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

SO THE FIRST THING THAT, THAT WE DO WHEN WE WORK WITH AN AGENCY EACH YEAR IS WE GET ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLIANT WITH THE RACIAL PROFILING LAW IN THIS STATE.

AND SO CERTAIN THINGS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW.

FOR EXAMPLE, POLICY PROHIBITING RO, RACIAL PROFILING.

THERE MUST BE A RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINT PROCESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.

AND WE VERIFY THAT THAT IS ALL IN PLACE.

THERE MUST BE OFFICER TRAINING AND EDUCATION.

AND THEN REALLY WHAT WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON IS ON THE DATA ANALYSIS PART.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE DATA ANALYSIS, THE ANALYSIS IS PERFORMED PRESCRIBED BY LAW.

SO IN OUR TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, IT STATES YOU GET THE DATA, AND THIS IS THE ANALYSIS THAT IS PERFORMED ON IT.

SO EACH ONE OF THESE SLIDES KIND OF GOES THROUGH THAT, THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THAT'S PERFORMED, UM, EACH YEAR.

THE FIRST ONE BASICALLY IS YOUR STOPS BROKEN DOWN BY RACE ETHNICITY, AND THAT'S WHAT'S ON THIS SLIDE.

AND SO IN 2023, YOU HAD JUST SHY OF 10,000, UH, 350 TRAFFIC STOPS.

AND THEN THAT IS BROKEN DOWN BY, UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY.

UM, MOTORISTS THAT WERE MOST LIKELY TO BE STOPPED IN, UH, CEDAR HILL IN 2023 WERE BLACK MOTORISTS, THEN HISPANIC MOTORISTS, WHITE MOTORISTS, ASIAN MOTORISTS, AND THEN, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN, UH, MOTORISTS.

WE THEN COMPARE THAT TO SOME BENCHMARK.

AND THE BENCHMARKS, UH, THE CITY, THE POPULATION CENSUS BENCHMARKS ARE PRESCRIBED BY T COLE.

SO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OTHERWISE SHORTENED FOR T COLE IS OUR LICENSING BODY FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS STATE.

AND KIND OF THE TRAINING STANDARDS BODY, WELL, THEY'RE TASKED BY LAW TO IMPLEMENT THE RACIAL PROFILING LAW.

AND SO THEY, THEY HAVE COME OUT WITH A DIRECTIVE THAT SAYS, TAKE THE DATA THAT YOU HAVE BROKEN DOWN BY RACE ETHNICITY AND COMPARE IT TO YOUR POPULATION.

AND SO FOR THE CEDAR CITY OF CEDAR HILL, WE USE THREE POPULATION METRICS.

WE USE, UH, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THEN THE REGION, WHICH IS, UH, 16 COUNTY AREA, UH, CHIEF REYES LAST YEAR.

AND IT IS ALSO INCLUDED THIS YEAR.

UH, SO FOR THE SECOND YEAR WE HAVE CITY DRIVER'S LICENSE.

UH, YOU'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION THAT YOU HAVE A UNIQUE ZIP CODE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILLS.

SO WE HAVE THE CITY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN THERE AS WELL.

AND BASICALLY WE COMPARE THAT TO THEN THE PERCENTAGE OF STOPS BROKEN DOWN, UM, BY RACE ETHNICITY.

BUT WE HAVE FOUR BENCHMARKS THERE.

UH, THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH ANY BENCHMARK THAT WE UTILIZE.

AND SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE, WE HAVE IS THAT BASICALLY THE BENCHMARKS DON'T MEASURE THE DRIVING POPULATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT.

WE KNOW WHO WAS STOPPED AND THE RACE ETHNICITY OF THE PE PEOPLE THAT WERE STOPPED.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHO DRIVES INSIDE, UH, THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

AND EVEN WITH LIKE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE ONE, WHICH, UM, SEEMS LIKE A BETTER BENCHMARK THAN THE CENSUS.

UM, IT STILL DOESN'T HAVE ANYBODY THAT DOES LIVE INSIDE OF THE CV OF, UH, CEDAR HILL IN THAT DATA.

ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE, UM, ANYTHING REGARDING FREQUENCY IN WHICH PEOPLE DRIVE THEIR DRIVING BEHAVIOR, THOSE TYPES OF FACTORS THAT IMPACT, UM, A PER A PERSON'S PROPENSITY TO BE STOPPED.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DATA AS PRESENTED ON TRAFFIC STOPS.

THE OTHER PROBLEM IS, IS THAT OFFICERS GENERALLY DO NOT KNOW THE RACE OR ETHNICITY OF THE PERSON IN WHICH THEY'RE STOPPING.

AND SO THAT DATA HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN THIS STATE FOR EVERY TRAFFIC STOP SINCE 20, UH, 2009 AND STATEWIDE AVERAGE LAST YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 5 MILLION TRAFFIC STOPS ACROSS ABOUT 1200 DIFFERENT AGENCIES, OBVIOUSLY EXCLUDING, UM, DPS 'CAUSE THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, TWO THIRDS OF THOSE STOPS.

SO EXCLUDING THEM, THE PERCENTAGE IS 2%.

SO 2% OF THE TIME IN THIS STATE DOES THE OFFICER KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY PRIOR STOP.

CITY, CITY OF CEDAR HILL FALLS RIGHT IN LINE WITH THIS.

IT'S SLIGHTLY UNDER, UH, 1% OF THE TIME.

THAT'S PROBLEMATIC FOR WHAT WE

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THAT'S WHAT IT'S DEFINED BY IN OUR LAW.

BUT IF THE OFFICER DOESN'T KNOW THE PERSON'S RACE, IT CAN'T BE RACE PROFILING.

THE ACTION IS THE STOP.

AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE MOVED BEYOND.

WE BEING RESEARCHERS HAVE MOVED BEYOND LOOKING AT STOP DATA AND REALLY FOCUS ON POST STOP OUTCOMES.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE MOVING TO.

AND THEN THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT BASICALLY, THE OFFICERS APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND IDENTIFIED THE MOTORISTS.

NOW THEY KNOW THE PERSON'S RACE, KNOW THE PERSON'S ETHNICITY, AND THEN WE LOOK FOR CONSISTENCY AND BEHAVIOR, UH, CONSISTENCY AND OUTCOMES BASED UPON, UH, PURSUANT TO THOSE TRAFFIC STOPS.

SO THE SECOND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BASICALLY LOOKS AT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PERSON AFTER THEY ARE STOPPED.

ONE OF THREE THINGS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM.

THEY'RE EITHER GONNA GET A WRITTEN WARNING, THEY'RE GONNA GET A CITATION, OR THEY'RE GONNA BE ARRESTED.

AND SO THESE ARE COLUMN PERCENTAGES.

SO IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW, UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO WHITE MOTORISTS PURSUANT TO STOPS IN 20 23, 50 5% RECEIVE A WRITTEN WARNING, 43% RECEIVED A CITATION AND A LITTLE LESS THAN 2%, UH, WERE ARRESTED.

AND WE DO THE SAME FOR BLACK MOTORISTS, HISPANIC MOTORISTS AND ASIAN MOTORISTS.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR IS CONSISTENCY.

SO WE LOOK FOR WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE ARE, UH, RECEIVE A WRITTEN WARNING IN 20 23, 50 1% RECEIVED A WRITTEN WARNING.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT, IS THERE CONSISTENCY ACROSS BRACES? DO THOSE NUMBERS KIND OF HANG TOGETHER, IN WHICH CASE THEY DO IN THIS REGARD.

AND THE SAME FOR CITATIONS.

SO IN CITATIONS, 43% OF THE WHITE MOTORISTS RECEIVED A CITATION.

43% OF THE BLACK MOTORISTS RECEIVED A CITATION, 54% OF HISPANICS AND 57% OF ASIAN MOTORISTS.

YEAH, THERE'S DIFFERENCES, THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES.

BUT WE LOOK FOR, UH, GENERAL CONSISTENCY IN, UM, BEHAVIOR.

USUALLY THE ONE THAT HAS THE, THE, THE DISPARITY IN IT IS ARRESTS AS AS IT DOES HERE.

BUT ONE OF THE NICE THINGS IS WITH THE LAW THAT WE HAVE NOW AND THE DATA WE COLLECT, WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED.

AND MOST OF THE TIME THIS IS OVER 90% OF, UM, YOUR ARREST, ALMOST 95% OF YOUR ARREST.

IT'S EITHER BECAUSE OF AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.

SO THE PERSON WAS STOPPED, OFFICER DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD A STANDING WARNING, RAN 'EM, AND THEY HAD AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT, OR THEY WAS BASED UPON A VIOLATION OF PENAL CODE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THE PERSON COMMITTED A, A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

AND SO WE KNOW NOW THE REASONS FOR THE ARREST.

SO THAT'S THE SECOND ASSESSMENT WE DO.

THAT'S THE FIRST KIND OF POST-OP OUTCOME ASSESSMENT THAT WE DO.

THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS THE THIRD ANALYSIS REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW, IS TO LOOK AT SEARCHES.

SO A SUBSET OF YOUR, UH, MOTORISTS THAT ARE STOPPED WILL BE SEARCHED.

AND SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

AND 621 OUT OF YOUR 10,349 TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, INVOLVED A SEARCH THAT'S 6% STATEWIDE AVERAGE IN ABOUT 1200 AGENCIES FOR, UH, 5 MILLION TRAFFIC STOPS.

STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 5.4%.

SO BEHAVIORS, CEDAR, UH, HILL OFFICERS ARE IN LINE WITH OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE REGARDING THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH THEY, UH, SEARCH, UH, MOTORISTS.

SAME KIND OF ASSESSMENT IS DONE AS FAR AS COLUMN PERCENTAGES ARE DONE.

AND SO BASICALLY, UH, 3.2% OF THE WHITE MOTORISTS WERE SEARCHED.

7.5% OF THE BLACK MOTORISTS, 3.8% OF THE HISPANIC MOTORISTS, AND 1% OF THE ASIAN MOTORISTS WERE SEARCHED.

SIMILAR KIND OF PROCESS OCCURS.

WE LOOK AT KIND OF WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING, UH, SEARCHED AND CAN ANY DISPARITY IN THE SEARCHES BE EXPLAINED BY, UH, THOSE DIFFERENCES? TWO PRIMARY REASONS, UH, FOR SEARCH SEARCHES, INCIDENT, UM, SEARCHES BASED UPON PROBABLE CAUSE.

SO THE OFFICER HAS A PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THERE'S EVIDENCE OF A CRIME INSIDE OF THAT VEHICLE, AND THEREFORE CAN SEARCH THAT VEHICLE INTO THE LAW.

SECOND MOST LIKELY IS SEARCH INCIDENT TO, UM, ARREST.

AND WHAT'S HA AND, AND IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WITH THESE TYPES OF ANALYSIS, IS THAT YOU SEE A DISPARITY ON THE ARREST SIDE AND THEN THAT CARRIES OVER TO THE SEARCH SIDE BECAUSE OF THE CATEGORY OF SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST.

IF BLACK MOTORISTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED, WHICH WOULD BE SHOWED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THEN THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE SEARCHED INCIDENT TO ARREST, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF, UM, THE ARREST PROCESS, UM, INVOLVING A, INVOLVING A MOTOR VEHICLE.

THE SEARCH WE LOOK AT THAT RECEIVES THE MOST SCRUTINY OR CONSENT SEARCHES.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES IN WHICH THE OFFICER ASKED PERMISSION OF THE MOTORIST TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE, WHEN IT COMES TO SEARCHES, THAT'S THE ONE THAT MOST OF THE RESEARCH IS DONE ON.

AND SO WE LOOK AT

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THEY ARE, UM, UNCOMMON IN THE CITY, CITY OF CEDAR HILL.

UH, 22 OF YOUR 621 WERE CONSENT SEARCHES.

SO LESS THAN 4% OF ALL THE SEARCHES WERE CONSENT SEARCHES.

AND 0.21% OF ALL TRAFFIC STOPS RESULTED IN A CONSENT SEARCH.

AND JUST TO KIND OF PUT THAT IN THE FRAME OF THOSE 1200 AGENCIES AND 5 MILLION TRAFFIC STOPS, STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 1.5%.

SO 1.5% OF THE TIME A MOTORIST IS STOPPED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UM, THERE'S A CONSENT SEARCH AND YOUR, YOUR FAR, FAR BELOW, UM, THAT THE LAST THING WE LOOK AT IN REGARDS TO SEARCHES IS WHETHER OR NOT CONTRABAND WAS DISCOVERED, BUT IT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE HIT RATE.

SO THE OFFICER CONDUCTS A SEARCH.

ARE, ARE THOSE SEARCHES PRODUCTIVE IN FINDING CONTRABAND BECAUSE THEY EITHER HAD CO PROBABLE CAUSE THEY HAD CONSENT TO DO IT, IT WAS A SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

AND IN 2023, UH, YOUR HIT RATE CONTRABAND WAS DISCOVERED IN ABOUT 64% OF ALL SEARCHES.

AND WE HAVE IN THERE CONSENT SEARCHES TOO.

THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE REALLY BETWEEN THEM REGARDING THE, THE PROPENSITY, THE LIKELIHOOD OF WHICH AN OFFICER'S GOING TO, UH, FIND CONTRABAND, WHETHER THAT IS A GENERAL SEARCH OR MORE SPECIFICALLY WHETHER THAT IS A, UM, CONSENT SEARCH SITTING AT ABOUT 63 TO 64% STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 48%.

AND SO YOUR OFFICERS ARE MORE LIKELY, UM, TO FIND CONTRABAND IN A SEARCH, UM, THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

WHAT'S FOUND, MOST LIKELY 80% OF THE TIME IT IS DRUGS THAT ARE FOUND IN A, IN A CONTRABAND SEARCH.

SO THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THE THREE COMPARATIVE ANALYSES THAT WE DO.

THE LAST ONE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT LOOKS AT COMPLAINTS.

SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE LAW IS A COMPLAINT PROCESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT THE COMPLAINT PROCESS.

AND, UH, CEDAR HILL PD HAD ONE COMPLAINT, UM, LAST YEAR ALLEGING THAT AN OFFICER ENGAGED IN RACIAL PROFILING UPON INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

UH, THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT SUSTAINED, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO, UM, PROVE THE ALLEGATION.

THAT'S THE ANALYSIS REQUIRED, UM, THAT WE PERFORM AND IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL OR, UM, I GUESS FOR ME ON THAT LAST, UM, THAT LAST QUESTION, UH, ANALYSIS, UM, I GUESS, UM, IS THERE LIKE A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT TO, UH, TO INVESTIGATE THAT PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS LIKE INTERNAL AFFAIRS PROFESSIONAL, INTERNAL STANDARD UNIT INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

OKAY.

AND REPORT DIRECTLY TO YOU? YEAH.

OKAY.

THEY USUALLY DO, THEY REPORT DIRECTLY TO CHIEF.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

THAT, THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

IT MIGHT BE EVEN BETTER TO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEONE TO WANNA READ UP ON THE, ON THIS, UH, PRESENTATION FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, A DIFFERENT DIVISION OR A THIRD PARTY TO BE ABLE TO YES.

UH, UH, TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT.

UM, MY, UM, I'LL RESERVE MY LAST QUESTION AFTER COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS.

UH, COUNCILOR HAYDEN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT WHILE AGO, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, UM, THAT THOSE ARRESTED IN CEDAR HILL OR, OR WHAT RESULTED IN ARRESTS WITH CONTRABAND AND STUFF WERE A HIGHER RATE IN, IN, UH, IN, I I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT CEDAR HILL.

WAS IT A HIGHER RATE IN OUR AREA COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE? WAS THAT RE REGARDING ARRESTS? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T USE ANYTHING REGARDING, UM, ARRESTS REGARDING HIRE WAS SEARCHES, SEARCHES WERE ABOUT EQUAL CONSENT SEARCHES WERE, WERE FAR LESS THAN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE.

AND THEN CONTRABAND HIT RATE WAS HIGHER.

SO THE, THE FINDING EVIDENCE IN A SEARCH, WHAT'S USUALLY CALLED A HIT RATE IS HIGHER IN CEDAR HILL THAN THE STATE.

YEAH.

YOU'RE SITTING AT ABOUT 64% IN THE STATE AVERAGE IS 48.

AND THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF PICKING ON ON THAT.

SO I WONDER, I WONDER WHY THAT WOULD BE.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

YEAH.

SO WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT WHEN, WHEN OFFICER SUSPECTS PROBABLE CAUSE TO DO A SEARCH ON THE VEHICLE, USUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE 'CAUSE THEY OBSERVE OR SMELL SOMETHING THAT LEADS THEM TO BELIEVE THERE MAY BE CONTRABAND IN THE VEHICLE.

SO OUR OFFICERS ARE USING THEIR DISCRETION TO EXERCISE THEIR PROBABLE CAUSE SEARCH WHEN THEY BELIEVE THAT, STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THERE'S CONTRABANDS.

'CAUSE WE'RE FINDING CONTRABAND MORE FREQUENT THAN IN, IN MOST AREAS OF THE STATE.

SO THEY'RE NOT, UH, SEARCHING CARS INDISCRIMINATELY, THEY'RE REALLY BASING IT ON PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED.

RIGHT.

AND SO CAN I, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND, AND I WAS SEEING THE, YOU KNOW, THE ARREST RATE VERSUS CONSENT VERSUS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLE CAUSE, UH, AND THAT OURS WAS HIGHER THAN THE STATE THAT WAS TELLING ME THAT MAYBE OUR OFFICERS ARE BEING MORE PROACTIVE AND TRYING TO, TO PROTECT OUR STREETS.

YEAH, THEY DO.

AND

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AND SO PROACTIVE POLICING IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE KEEP OUR CITY SAFE.

I WAS KINDA LOOKING AT IT AS A POSITIVE SIGN WHEN I WAS TRYING TO PICK THAT UP.

SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN OZZIE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE PRESENTATION.

OF COURSE.

I, UH, ONE, I GUESS ONE, UM, I GUESS JUST STATEMENT AND THEN ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT I'M HOPING FOR.

SO ON THE INFORMATION REGARDING, I WROTE DOWN 7.5% OF BLACK MOTORISTS, UM, ARE SEARCHED AND I UNDERSTAND THE, I UNDERSTAND BETTER NOW ABOUT PROBABLE CAUSE AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT ENTAILS.

SO IF, IF THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS THAT ARE BEING STOPPED, DID YOU SAY THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE STOPS THAT LEAD TO ARREST SPECIFICALLY, UM, FOR THOSE, FOR THAT 7.5% SO THE SEARCHES THEN LEAD TO AN ARREST? YEAH, THE, THE ONLY WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN, UM, AGGREGATE NUMBER ON THAT.

AND SO IT, IT GOES TO THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS THE CONTRABAND DISCOVERY.

MM-HMM.

.

SO IF CONTRABAND DISCOVERY IS DISCOVERED, THEN PART OF THE DATA IS DID YOU ARREST THE PERSON DUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF THAT CONTRABAND? AND BEFORE I MISSTATE THE PERCENTAGE, I THINK I HAVE IT IN MY HEAD, BUT I'LL FIND IT REAL QUICK.

AND I GUESS FOR TIME'S SAKE WHILE YOU'RE, WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING MM-HMM, FOR THAT, UM, I GUESS MY, MY OTHER, MY GENERAL STATEMENT IS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO LIKE LEARN MORE KIND OF OFFLINE.

IT'S, UH, IT'S A LITTLE TROUBLESOME TO ME THAT WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THE STOP DATA, UM, AND TOWARD THE POST STOP ACTIVITY MM-HMM.

ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE 7.5%.

SO IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO THE BLACK MOTORISTS, WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THAT DATA POINT, UM, TOWARD WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.

AND I THINK BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT.

RIGHT.

WELL, WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM PERHAPS A MISSPOKE IS WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM, UM, BASICALLY ANY INTERPRETIVE VALUE TO THIS CHART RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS THE, THE, THE STOP COMPARED TO YOUR, TO SOME BENCHMARK.

I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE FOUR THERE.

WE HAVE YOUR CITY, COUNTY, AND REGION POPULATION, AND WE HAVE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE TOO.

BUT IT, AND IT'S NOT, UM, CEDAR HILLS DOING IT ALL.

IT'S ME AND OTHERS AS RESEARCHERS.

IS IS THAT, THAT'S NOT AN INVALID, THAT'S AN INVALID CHART.

THERE'S NO VALIDITY TO IT.

AND SO WE TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM IT.

'CAUSE PEOPLE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO INTERPRET THAT TO SHOW A DISPARITY IN STOPS, BUT BENCHMARKS AREN'T GOOD AND THEY DON'T KNOW THE RACE ETHNICITY.

AND SO WE NEED TO KIND OF SET THAT FIRST ANALYSIS ASIDE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW, IT'S THERE.

AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE SECOND AND THIRD ONE, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE MO AFTER THE MOTOR'S BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE OFFICER.

SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT IN TIME? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTION.

AND IT IS REQUIRED TO COLLECT THAT DATA POINT.

OH YEAH.

THAT IS, NOTHING IS CHANGING REGARDING COLLECTION.

IT'S JUST FROM A, UM, WHAT ARE THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE, FROM THE REPORT OR FROM A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING REALLY TRYING TO MINIMIZE THE, THE, THE, BASICALLY THE VALUE OF THAT FIRST PART.

OKAY.

I, I, UH, MY, MY LAST, UM, STATEMENT IS, I, I THINK THAT, UM, A KEY TAKEAWAY WOULD BE 7.5% WHY IT'S, UM, WHY IT'S HIGHER AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT POINT.

YES.

SO I, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION.

IT'S REALLY VALUABLE TO ME.

YEAH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YEAH.

SO FROM A, JUST TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I'M GLAD I LOOKED 'CAUSE I WAS FOUR PERCENTAGE, UH, POINTS OFF, BUT 36% OF THE TIME.

SO THIS IS NOT BROKEN DOWN, UM, BY RACE ETHNICITY IN THE REPORT.

AND THE CHIEF COULD, COULD BREAK IT DOWN BY, UH, RACE ETHNICITY IF, IF REQUESTED.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT'S ASKING IS, IS WHEN CONTRABAND IS FOUND, WHICH IS THE ONLY TIME CONTRABAND CAN BE FOUND, IS IN ONE OF THESE SEARCHES.

SO IT'S ONLY THOSE 621 ACTIONS.

MM-HMM.

, IF CONTRABAND'S FOUND IS THE PERSON ARRESTED AND THE ANSWER IS 36% OF THE TIME THEY ARE, MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE NOT ARRESTED.

THEY ARE, UM, EITHER RELEASED OR THEY'RE CITED AND RELEASED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM.

, UH, COUNCILOR GLOVER.

THANK YOU.

UM, LOOKING AT DATA, LOOKING AT, LOOKING AT NUMBERS IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING WHEN YOU HAVE 10,000 STOPS AND RESULTING IN 600 SEARCHES.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN YOU DRAW DOWN TO THOSE 600 SEARCHES, THEN THOSE NUMBERS START TO, UM, IT CAN BE A DIFFERENT

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SO I I, I APPRECIATE YOU NARROWING THE SCOPE AND PROVIDING THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I SAID, UH, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE ANSWERED THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

THE 37.1% OF THE ARRESTS LEADING TO BASED ON PENAL VIOLATION, IS THAT AT THE TIME OF THE STOP OR IS THAT AN OUT, THE, THE PENAL VIOLATION? IS THAT AT THE TIME, AT THE TIME OF THE STOP.

OKAY.

YES.

THANK YOU.

AND THE WRITTEN WARNING IS THAT WHERE AN A MOTORIST GETS A VERBAL WARNING, BUT WE NOTATE IT AS A WRITTEN WARNING.

IT'S, IT'S PHYSICALLY WRITTEN AND A LOT OF AGENCIES HAVE MOVED TO THAT AS A BEST PRACTICE TO BE ABLE TO BETTER TRACK DATA.

AND BECAUSE OTHERWISE THE PERSON COULD JUST GO UP AND SAY, DON'T DO THAT AGAIN AND LEAVE.

AND THEN THERE'S REALLY NO DOCUMENT.

OF COURSE THERE'S BODY CAMERA, BUT THERE'S NO DOCUMENTATION.

SO A LOT OF AGENCIES HAVE DONE AWAY WITH VERBAL AND ONLY ALLOW WRITTEN, AND THAT'S WHAT OKAY.

CEDAR HILL'S DONE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

THANK YOU.

AND THE LAST QUESTION AT, AT MORE OF A STATEMENT, WHEN I LOOK AT NUMBERS, I, I TYPICALLY NEED A THRESHOLD.

SO WHY IS THIS COMPARATIVE? AND WE DON'T HAVE THRESHOLDS? 'CAUSE THIS IS ANALYSIS.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE WHEN YOU REACH THIS THRESHOLD, THEN WE MAY NEED TO INVESTIGATE, UH, TO A GREATER DEGREE.

AND THIS IS A GREAT DEAL OF DATA, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A COMPARATIVE THRESHOLD.

SO LIKE WITH, UM, WHITE MOTORISTS BEING WRITTEN, WARNINGS BEING 55%, WHERE WOULD THAT BE A THRESHOLD WHERE WE GO, OKAY, ARE WE TARGETING OR FOCUSING ON THE RACE? IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE 75%? WOULD THAT BE 85% OR DO WE NOT? DOES THAT I, I KNOW I, I WISH WE HAD IT, BUT THAT KIND OF DATA DOESN'T EXIST AND IT REALLY IS DEPENDENT ON THE AGENCY.

I WAS, I USUALLY DON'T DO BACK TO BACK PRESENTATIONS, BUT I WAS AT ONE YESTERDAY, 80% OF THEIR, UM, TRAFFIC, UH, OUTCOMES ARE WARNINGS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST WE HAVE OF ALL THE AGENCIES WHO DO.

BUT I ALSO HAVE AGENCIES THAT 80% OF THEIR CITATIONS.

AND SO IT REALLY DEPENDS.

SO I CAN'T SAY, THAT'S WHY I DON'T USE THE STATEWIDE AVERAGES FOR THAT.

'CAUSE IT, IT, IT'S REALLY, IT, IT VARIES TOO MUCH ON THE, THE SPECIFIC AGENCY AND THEN THE ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THEY'RE PERFORMING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE SOME ACTIVITIES ARE PROBABLY MORE LIKELY TO LEAD CITATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES ARE MM-HMM.

ON THE, ON THE PART OF THE MOTORIST.

AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S TOO MANY FACTORS TO REALLY SAY THIS IS, THIS IS A THRESHOLD WHERE WE CAN WE PUT IN THE STATEWIDE AVERAGES JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT WHERE WE THINK IT FITS.

ALRIGHT.

AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB, WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW.

AND IT'S A CONFIRMATION.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILOR MC GLOVER.

DO HAVE ANOTHER ONE FROM CUSTOMER MCCURDY? YES.

I, I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS.

NOW I REMEMBER.

UM, CHIEF, I THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT THIS PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT WE HAVE A SUPERVISOR THAT GOES OUT BEFORE CONSENT SEARCHES OR ARE PROCESSED.

IS, IS, IS THAT ACCURATE? OR, OR, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU CONDUCT A SEARCH, WE SEND THE SUPERVISOR OUT.

IS THAT THAT'S CASE? NO, WE DON'T REQUIRE ANY SUPERVISOR ACTIVITY FOR A CONSENT SEARCH.

OKAY.

IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S REQUIRED TO BE ON THE BODY CAMERA THAT THEY ASK FOR CONSENT.

THAT THEY RECEIVE CONSENT.

OKAY.

SO, OKAY.

AND THAT KIND OF GOES INTO MY, TO MY NEXT QUESTION IS ARE, ARE WE LOOKING AT BODY CAM FOOTAGE OR ANYTHING ON, ON SOME OF THESE JUST AS A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A RANDOM REVIEW? SO WE DO HAVE A RANDOM REVIEW PROCESS FOR BODY-WORN CAMERA DATA, UH, AS PART OF OUR, UH, BEST TEXAS BEST PRACTICES AND THE SUPERVISORS CONDUCT THAT.

AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF, OF STOPS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF INSTIGATES A REVIEW OF THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE? WELL, WE CAN REVIEW IT IF WE HAVE A COMPLAINT.

UM, EVERY TIME WE GET A COMPLAINT, WE REVIEW THE FOOTAGE, BUT WE ALSO JUST HAVE A RANDOM AUDIT THAT SUPERVISORS ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM ON A MONTHLY BASIS PER OFFICER.

THEY'RE REQUIRED TO LOOK AT SO MANY STOPS.

OKAY.

AND, UM, DO WE HAVE, DO YOU LIKE, KEEP TRACK OF OUT OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE, WHAT PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE? I, I KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A, A SEPARATE REPORT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

YES.

OUTTA THE COMPLAINTS RECEIVED.

WHAT, WHAT PERCENT END UP IN, IN DISCIPLINE OR? CORRECT.

SO IF YOU RECALL, TWO YEARS AGO, WE, WE CREATED THE FIRST INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT.

UM, AND SO LAST YEAR WAS OUR SECOND YEAR DOING IT, AND THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE OUR THIRD YEAR PRESENTING IT TO YOU.

AND SO AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, YOU'LL BE RECEIVING, UH, FOUR COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS, UH, THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT, THIS RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, A REPORT ON PURSUIT ANALYSIS, AND ALSO OUR USE OF FORCE DATA.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

AND, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, MY, MY, UH,

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ONE IS, DO WE, DO YOU COMPARE THE, THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT DATA TO INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS TO SEE IF, IF ONE PARTICULAR OFFICER IS A SKEW FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE AVERAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT OR, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU UTILIZING THE, THE DATA ONE, ONCE YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STOP DATA? YES.

UH, SO WE DON'T EVALUATE IT BY OFFICER.

UM, WE EVALUATE IT.

IF WE GET A COMPLAINT ON AN OFFICER, THEN WE INVESTIGATE THAT COMPLAINT.

MM-HMM, .

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU.

UH, I GUESS ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR ME IS, UM, UH, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THE THREAT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET, UH, REPORTS, UM, FOR RACIAL PROFILING? NO, I DON'T, I I THINK, I THINK THIS IS WELL EMBEDDED IN TEXAS LAW AND WILL CONTINUE.

I DON'T SS SEE US GOING OKAY.

IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

LET'S JUST SAY, I HOPE WE DON'T GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.

I JUST SAY PERFECT.

ALRIGHT, CHIEF, UM, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT, MAYOR, MAYBE YOU CAN, UH, ASSIST ON THIS.

I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SENATOR ROYCE WEST'S STAFF, UM, TO LOOK INTO CREATING SOME TYPE OF PATHWAY FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR NON-CITIZENS.

UM, BECAUSE WE DO, THAT IS A BARRIER FOR CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE, THE DATA WHEN IT COMES TO DRIVER'S LICENSE AND, UH, INSURANCE VIOLATIONS, THERE'S DISPARATE, UH, NUMBERS THAT ARE ISSUED TO BLACKS AND HISPANICS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE INABILITY TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

UM, AND SO I HAVE ASKED THEM TO RESEARCH, UH, TO CREATING THAT PATHWAY.

SO THESE ARE US CITIZENS? NO.

OH, THEY'RE NOT US CITIZENS.

OKAY, GOTCHA.

FOR NON-US CITIZENS THAT WE KNOW ARE RECITING IN THIS COUNTRY, UH, IT WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THEM WITH A DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT'S CLEARLY MARKED NON-CITIZEN.

UM, AND THEY CAN HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO PATH FOR THEM TO OBTAIN A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IF THEY'RE DRIVING, THEY'RE GONNA GET A TICKET FOR NO DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AND THAT HAPPENS A LOT.

UM, AND WE SEE IT IN THE DATA.

IF YOU SAW IT ON THE, ON THE CHART HERE, HISPANIC MOTORISTS RECEIVE A CITATIONS AT 10% HIGHER RATE THAN WHITES AND, AND, AND THAT'S DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO NO INSURANCE AND NO DRIVER'S LICENSE.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

UM, COUNSEL, THE NEXT ITEM

[4. Briefing on the Food Truck Pilot Program Ordinance.]

UH, IT IS BRIEFING ON THE FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE.

WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, MS. CHASON SAMPLES? NO SAMPLES.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.

THEY'RE ASKING DO YOU HAVE SAMPLES? OH, NO, NO SAMPLES.

I BELIEVE, UH, WE DID INVITE THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS TO BE PRESENT HERE, SO, WELL, WE GOT PLAN A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT.

MS. PLANNER.

UM, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, I'D LIKE TO NOTIFY MY CITY SECRETARY, THAT MAYOR PROAM HAD A STEP OUT AND HE'LL RETURN FOR THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

FOR AS YOURS.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT, UM, BEFORE YOU THE FOOD TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE.

UM, AS ALWAYS, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR POLICIES ALIGN WITH OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS ESTABLISHED, UM, TO LEAD ALL OF OUR POLICY DIRECTION HERE IN THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PREMIER STATEMENTS ARE ALSO, UH, EMPLOYED WITH THESE, UH, POLICY DECISIONS.

AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNING WITH THAT.

SO, UH, AGAIN, THIS SLIDE SAYS 2022, BUT DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO FOOD TRUCKS ACTUALLY GO FURTHER BACK THAN THAT.

UM, BUT THERE WAS A REVIVED CONVERSATION, UH, RELATED TO THEM IN 2022 WHEN THE PLANNING STAFF PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION INFORMATION RELATED TO A POTENTIAL FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE.

UM, PRESENTED THAT SAME INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND CITY COUNCIL, UM, WANTED TO, UH, PROCEED WITH, UH, DEVELOPING A, UH, AN ORDINANCE.

AND AT THAT TIME, UH, PLANNING STAFF MET WITH SOME FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS TO GAIN SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, EVEN HAD A POPUP FOOD TRUCK, UH, DEMO AT THE HOLIDAY ON THE HILL IN 2022.

UH, AND THEN, UM, THE PROCESS, UM, PAUSE AS WE HAD SOME TRANSITION, UM, FOR THE STAFF.

UM, BUT WE ARE, UM, BACK INTO IT TODAY.

UM, AND SO, UH, FOR THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, SO SOME OF THESE THINGS WERE THE, THE, UH, ITEMS THAT COUNCIL BROUGHT UP IN THE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS.

UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THAT TIME ABOUT, UM, CREATING FOOD TRUCK PARKS, WHICH IS MORE OF A PERMANENT LAND USE THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE LOCATION WHERE FOOD TRUCKS CAN LOCATE.

THAT WAS, UH, DISCUSSED.

THERE WAS A, A DISCUSSION REGA REGARDING, YOU KNOW, HOW SALES TAXES COLLECTED AND WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS.

ALL REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS AND REALLY INFORMED, UM, THE ADDITIONAL

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SO, UM, AS, UH, MR. PORTER MENTIONED, UM, YOU ALL HAD REVIVED THIS CONVERSATION DURING YOUR COUNCIL RETREAT AND YOUR COUNCIL RETREAT FOLLOW UP.

AND THE DISCUSSION MOVED TO THE, THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE A PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE AND THE BENEFITS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM.

IT REALLY DOES ALLOW FOR A FASTER PATH TO IMPLEMENTATION.

UM, IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR US TO, UM, GATHER INFORMATION, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW.

WE, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

WE'VE HEARD FROM FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW TO BEST, UM, ADDRESS THE, UH, THE ISSUE.

AND SO THE PILOT PROGRAM GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UM, SO WE DID PROPOSE THE PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE DURING YOUR FOLLOW-UP RETREAT.

AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING FOOD STARTS FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO MODIFY OR AMEND THAT ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THE PILOT PROGRAM.

SO, UM, AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT, A FOLLOW UP MEETING, UM, COUNCIL ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS.

SO WE HELD A MEETING IN FEBRUARY.

WE EXTENDED THAT INVITATION, UM, OUT, WE ALSO EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO SOME MAJOR RETAIL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY.

UH, SO WE HAD ABOUT SIX FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS ATTEND AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

AND THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE BECAUSE, UH, AS YOU SEE, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE, UM, ASPECTS OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP IS REALLY, THEY PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN HOW WE'RE WE'VE CRAFTED THE ORDINANCE.

AND SO, UM, WE GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK DURING THAT MEETING.

UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS MAKE THE PROCESS SIMPLE.

THEY, UH, DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OVERLY BURDENSOME REGULATIONS OR PROCESS.

UM, THEN ALSO THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONSIDERATION OF THE LONG-TERM FOOD TRUCK PARK IDEA.

SO THERE'S CERTAINLY, UM, THAT'S STILL, UH, A CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD STILL, UH, CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.

BUT I THINK THIS, UH, PILOT PROGRAM ORDINANCE WILL ACTUALLY EVEN INFORM US WHERE'S THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT TYPE OF USE, BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE THINK IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.

BUT I THINK THE DATA THAT WE GATHER FROM THIS PILOT PROGRAM WILL REALLY BEAR OUT, WELL, MAYBE IT'S ACTUALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA VERSUS ANOTHER.

UH, AND THEN THE OTHER FEEDBACK WAS TO NOT DUPLICATE THE DALLAS COUNTY HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.

SO, UM, THE, UH, FOOD TRUCKS THAT OPERATE, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY DIRECT , WELL, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE A LEGISLATION CHANGED, UH, RECENTLY UNDER THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

AND SO, UM, IF YOU ARE A FOOD TRUCK, UH, OPERATOR AND YOU OPERATE WITHIN DALLAS OR TARRANT COUNTY, UH, THEN YOU ONLY HAVE TO GET YOUR HEALTH PERMANENT INSPECTIONS THROUGH DALLAS COUNTY.