Jun 25, 2024 City Council Briefing Session

[1. Call the meeting to order.]

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SCHEDULED BRIEFING SESSION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.

ALL NOTICES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY POSTED.

WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL PRESENT.

I WANNA OFFICIALLY CALL THIS MEETING IN ORDER.

I HAVE 6 0 1 AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR CITY

[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]

HOW ARE YOU DOING, MR. CITY MANAGER.

HELLO, MAYOR.

AND GOOD.

UH, AFTERNOON MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S, UH, GREAT TO SEE YOU ON, UH, THIS, UH, VERY LAST WEEK OF JUNE.

UH, OBVIOUSLY SUMMER HAS DECIDED TO SHOW UP WITH A VENGEANCE.

SO, UH, IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE, UH, MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE HEAT WARNINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, BEGIN WITH JUST, UH, WISHING OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER A, UH, BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

SO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER MALONE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, SIR.

FROM THE, FROM THE WEEKEND, UH, WE'LL GO OVER CALENDAR.

WE HAVE, UH, TWO BRIEFING ITEMS TONIGHT, AND A RELATIVELY EFFICIENT REGULAR AGENDA.

SO, MOVING ON TO THE CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT.

UM, THURSDAY, JUNE THE 27TH, UH, IS, UH, FIRST THE WELCOME OF A, UH, NEW BUSINESS AND A NEW MEDICAL PROVIDER TO THE CITY, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT DAY.

UH, OUR FOLKS AT THE CHAMBER WILL BE, UH, CELEBRATING A RIBBON CUTTING FOR, UH, SMILE DOCTORS AT 4 0 8 NORTH, UH, HIGHWAY 67 FROM 12 TO 1:00 PM.

UM, AND THEN ON, UH, THURSDAY.

SO I GUESS I SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE, THE YOUTH SUMMIT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES EVERY YEAR.

ACTUALLY BEGAN THIS MORNING.

YOU'RE GONNA GET A BIG REPORT FROM, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

BUT, UM, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S ROOTED IN BEING ABLE TO CONNECT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND SOME OF OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO THE YOUTH, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY HAD, I BELIEVE, AROUND 50 KIDS THAT, UH, NEWMAN BRIGHT EARLY THIS MORNING AT NINE.

UH, LOTS OF, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE PART OF ONE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO POP INTO NEWMAN TOMORROW OR THURSDAY.

THAT IS SORT OF THE FINAL DAY, AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS LIKE.

IT'S PUT ON BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PAC TEAM, UH, REALLY GOOD THING.

SO THEIR LAST DAY IS, UH, ON THURSDAY FROM NINE TO TWO.

UH, AND I BELIEVE IT IS FOR KIDS FROM AGES 10 TO 15 OR SO.

UH, THIS FRIDAY, JUNE THE 28TH IS THE VERY LAST, UH, RENDITION OF MUSIC IN THE PARK AT THE AMPHITHEATER AT VALLEY RIDGE.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT MONTH.

WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CROWDS, SOME, UH, SOME PRETTY GOOD FOOD TRUCKS AND, UH, SOME, SOME GREAT BANDS.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ONE YET, UH, THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE, UH, UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

SO, UH, KEEP THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

UH, JUST A REMINDER THAT, UH, CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, JULY 4TH IN, UM, CELEBRATION AND OBSERVANCE OF, UH, INDEPENDENCE DAY.

UH, OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, WILL BE TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY.

THAT'S TUESDAY, JULY THE NINTH, UH, BRIEFING SESSION WILL BE AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THIS ROOM.

UH, SATURDAY, JULY 13TH WILL BE THE NEXT FARMER'S MARKET.

UH, THEY HAD ONE THIS LAST SATURDAY.

IT WAS ALSO VERY WELL ATTENDED.

LOTS OF GOOD VENDORS THIS YEAR.

LOTS OF GOOD ENERGY, GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE AND, UH, SEE ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL.

UH, AND THEN ON TUESDAY, JULY 16TH, BACK TO BUSINESS FOR US, UH, THE, UH, COUNCIL WILL GATHER AT 6:00 PM FOR ITS PRELIMINARY BUDGET WORKSHOP.

SO THIS'LL BE WORKSHOP NUMBER THREE, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR'S BUDGET.

THIS WILL BE HELD AT 6:00 PM AT THE RAF HICKMAN LIBRARY EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM.

WE'RE DEFINITELY PUTTING THAT ROOM TO GOOD USE THIS SEASON.

UH, AND, UH, I HAVE ENJOYED THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THAT, UH, ON THURSDAY, UH, JULY 18TH WILL BE A, UH, PUBLIC COMMUNITY PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS FOR THE, UH, UPCOMING PARKS, RECREATION, AND TRAILS MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

UH, THIS ONE WILL BE HELD AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER, UH, FROM SIX 30 TO 8:30 PM AND AGAIN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ATTEND, UH, TUESDAY, JULY THE 23RD IS, UH, THE FINAL, UH, COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY.

UH, USUAL TIME HERE AT 6:00 PM UH, SATURDAY, JULY 27TH WILL BE, UH, FARMER'S MARKET.

AND THEN ALSO, UH, OUR PARTNERS AT THE SERIAL EDUCATION AND FOUNDATION WILL BE HOSTING A NEW FUNDRAISING EVENT.

THIS WILL BE A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT, UH, AT CHICKEN AND PICKLE IN GRAND PRAIRIE.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PLAYING OR FIELDING A TEAM, OR JUST GOING OUT AND, UH, CHEERING ON YOUR FAVORITE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, UH, YOU CAN GET ON THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AND FIND THE INFORMATION FOR THAT.

UH, THURSDAY, AUGUST THE FIRST WILL BE OUR NEXT MAYOR'S PRO BREAKFAST.

SO THAT'S A, A BIG DAY.

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UH, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A SERIES OF THEMES.

THEY ALWAYS DO IT FROM 7 45 TO NINE, UM, AT THE CHARLESTON METHODIST, UH, CENTER AUDITORIUM.

UM, THIS ALWAYS PREDATES AN UPCOMING, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

SO WE DO HAVE ONE OF THOSE COMING UP IN JANUARY.

SO MAYOR WILL BE, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND HER TEAM TO DEVELOP OUR LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO BE PREPARED FOR ALL OF THAT.

UH, SO THE FIRST ONE WILL BE FRIDAY, AUGUST THE SECOND.

UH, IT WILL BE THE STATE OF THE CITIES FROM A CITY MANAGER'S POINT OF VIEW, THAT PROMISES TO BE A LOT OF FUN AND VERY EXCITING.

UH, THEN FRIDAY, AUGUST THE NINTH, UH, THE, UM, UH, THE THEME WILL BE THE STATE OF MENTAL HEALTH.

AUGUST THE 16TH IS, UH, THE STATE OF CANINE K NINE K THROUGH NINE EDUCATION, UH, FROM AN ISD SUPERINTENDENT'S VIEW.

UM, AND SO THAT WILL BE THE SERIES FOR THIS YEAR, UM, ON, UH, LET'S SEE.

UH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9TH IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT DAY BECAUSE OUR FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP NUMBER FOUR, UH, WILL BE HELD ON THAT AFTERNOON FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM THAT'S FRIDAY, AUGUST THE NINTH.

UH, WE WILL ALSO HOLD THAT AT THE TRAFFIC TECHMAN, UH, LIBRARY IN THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE CENTER.

AND THAT IS THE, OH, OUR NEXT, UM, WELCOME TO CEDAR HILL TOUR.

FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WILL BE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST THE 17TH, FROM NINE TO 11, UH, HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

UH, GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW RESIDENTS TO GET TO KNOW NEW RESIDENTS OR, UH, EXPERIENCED RESIDENTS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN OUT IN A WHILE TO GET TO, UH, KNOW ALL THE EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR CITY.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR AND NOT SEEING ANY? WE'LL MOVE RIGHT TO A QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS, UH, DURING BRIEFING TONIGHT.

FIRST ONE IS A PRESENTATION OF THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.

REMEMBER, WE WERE DOING THE AUDIT IN TWO PARTS THIS YEAR, THE PRIMARY AUDIT THE COUNCIL RECEIVED, AND, UH, APPROVED IN, UH, APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

UH, THIS IS THE SINGLE AUDIT, SO THIS DEALS WITH FEDERAL GRANTS.

AND SO, UH, CHUCK AND RACHEL WITH FOR WILL BE HERE TO, UH, GIVE YOU, UM, A PRESENTATION ON THE RESULTS OF THE SINGLE AUDIT.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH, UH, CONTINUES TO STEWARD, UH, THE AUDIT PROCESS FOR US.

UH, THEY MET, UH, EARLIER AND, UH, REVIEWED THIS REPORT AS WELL.

UH, THE SECOND ONE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR, AND THAT'S THE PRESENTATION OF OUR CEDAR HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT'S, UH, ANNUAL REPORT.

THIS ONE IS FOR 2023.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN THINGS ARE DONE THE CEDAR HILL WAY, UH, IT MEANS WE DO THINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

THINGS LIKE THESE ANNUAL REPORTS WILL GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE, UH, THE UNIQUE WAY IN WHICH, UH, CEDAR HILL PROVIDES THESE CRITICAL SERVICES.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, WE HAVE AN INVOCATION FROM, UH, MR. JOHN MAYS, A GOOD PARTNER OF THE CITY.

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING THE MONTH OF JULY, 2024 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH HERE IN CEDAR HILL.

UH, WE HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA WITH SEVERAL ITEMS ON IT.

WE HAVE, UM, ONE, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CASE, UH, RELATED TO A FINAL PLAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS AN AGNO, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MATTER.

UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT? AND SEEING NONE, MAYOR, THAT IS MY REPORTING.

THANK YOU, MR. SENIOR MANAGER.

COUNSEL, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON CONSENT TO BE PULLED OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT,

[3. Presentation of the Single-Audit Report for fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. ]

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I AM THRILLED TO BE HERE TODAY TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

THIS IS A SINGLE AUDIT, UH, AND LIKE MR. PORTER SAID, THIS IS PART TWO OF OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT THAT, UH, WAS ACCEPTED BACK IN APRIL, ON APRIL 9TH AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AND WE SPLIT THIS INTO TWO PARTS, MAINLY BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER LAST SUMMER IN THE FINANCE AREA AND ALSO OUR, OUR AUDITORS.

THIS WAS THEIR FIRST YEAR AUDITING US.

AND SO THEY SPENT SOME TIME GETTING TO KNOW OUR BUSINESS, WHICH TAKES A LITTLE LONGER ON THE FIRST YEAR.

UM, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR PARTNER IN CHARGE FROM OUR AUDIT FIRM FOR THIS AZAR, RACHEL SPE.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING.

GLAD TO BE HERE.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN, AUDIT COMMITTEE.

WE HAD A GREAT MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, KIND OF GOING OVER THE AUDIT RESULTS.

UH, AND AS CHUCK AND MR. PORTER MENTIONED, UM,

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AND SO I'M PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SINGLE AUDIT THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND PROBABLY IN YOUR PACKETS, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED WITH THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARING HOUSE WELL BEFORE THE REQUIRED DEADLINE.

THE REQUIRED DEADLINE IS, UM, ACTUALLY ON SUNDAY, JUNE 30TH.

AND SO WE EXCEEDED THAT DEADLINE BY HAVING THIS, UM, PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED LAST WEEK.

SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE AUDIT RESULTS, I'M PLEASED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AS PART OF THIS SINGLE AUDIT, UH, AS MR. PORTER ALLUDED TO, THIS REALLY RELATES TO YOUR FEDERAL GRANTS.

AND SO ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT SPENDS MORE THAN $750,000 ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS REQUIRED TO UNDERGO THE SEPARATE SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH IS A COMPLIANCE AUDIT.

AND SO AS PART OF THAT, UH, YOU'RE ACTUALLY GETTING SEVERAL AUDIT OPINIONS, ALL OF WHICH ARE CLEAN AND MODIFIED OPINIONS.

HEY, RACHEL? YEAH.

YEAH.

UM, DID YOU GIVE US A LITERATURE FOR US? OH, DID, DID I NOT, WAS THIS FINAL REPORT INCLUDED IN THEIR PACKET? I PROBABLY MISSPOKE.

I'M SORRY.

OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

I MISSPOKE.

NO PROBLEM.

I ASSUME WE, WE MET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.

IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH REALLY QUICK THOSE FINAL RESULTS.

AND SO, UM, THE CITY DID RECEIVE A CLEAN UNMODIFIED OPINION WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, UH, WITH THE GRANTS, AS WELL AS BEING IN WITH, AS WELL AS, UM, BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GRANTS AND INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE.

SO THERE WERE NO FINDINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED.

AND AS PART OF OUR SINGLE AUDIT, THE CITY HAD TWO FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE SUBJECT TO AUDIT.

IT WAS THE HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, UH, THE GREEN RIBBON PROJECT AND VARIOUS THINGS ALONG THE HIGHWAY, SUCH AS THE SOUTH CLARK TRAIL PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE ARPA FUNDING, UH, BOTH OF THOSE WERE SUBJECT TO AUDIT.

UM, AND AGAIN, A CLEAN REPORT.

THERE WERE NO FINDINGS TO BE REPORTED.

AND AGAIN, WE MET THAT DEADLINE, THE CITY DID, UM, AND SUBMITTED TO THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARING HOUSE WELL BEFORE THE DEADLINE.

SO THAT IS MY REPORT.

UM, I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSPOKE.

I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS IN YOUR PACKETS.

I JUST WANNA NOTE IT'S IN THE REGULAR AGENDA PACKET FOR THAT ITEM.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE A HARD COPY.

I'M SORRY, I MISSPOKE.

BUT, UM, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

BUT AGAIN, A CLEAN REPORT.

YOU KNOW, ANYTIME THERE'S TURNOVER AND A NEW FIRM COMING IN, THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE FINDINGS, THERE COULD BE PROBLEMS. BUT I'LL TELL YOU EVERYONE HERE, UM, ALL ACROSS THIS IS A GROUP EFFORT ALL ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS CAME TOGETHER TO REALLY PULL THIS OFF AND MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WAS MEETING AND EXCEEDING ALL THE DEADLINES.

SO, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WAS POURED INTO THESE AUDITS THIS YEAR.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, RACHEL, BEFORE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

UH, BEFORE YOU GO, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.

IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, KIND OF, UH, RESTATE THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW AUDITOR TEAM THAT CAME IN, AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE EVEN HAD TO MAKE SOME MAJOR CHANGES ON THE, IN THE UPPER ECHELON LEADERSHIP IN OUR, IN OUR FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, THE FACT THAT WE CAME BACK WITH AN EXTREMELY CLEAN AUDIT, UNMODIFIED, YOU KNOW, MATERIAL MISTAKES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

SO, UH, I THINK THE, THE CITIZENS OF CEDAR HILL KNOW, SHOULD KNOW THAT, UH, THAT THEIR FINANCE TEAM AND, AND THE, UH, UH, THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT IS, IS, IS DOING EXTREMELY WELL.

SO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THIS.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT.

ALRIGHT.

WELL, UH, BUT I DO WANNA INDICATE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE ARE COUNCILMAN, UH, CHAD MCCURDY AND MAYOR PRO, TIM ALLEN SIMS. SO, YEP.

SO IT, IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH THOSE GUYS AND, AND BE ON THIS COMMITTEE, SO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

WELL, UH, WE, WE THANK YOU FOR, UH, DOING, UM, DOING YOUR PART.

AND, UH, I AGREE IT'S NOT, UM, EASY FOR, UH, FOR THAT TYPE OF TRANSITION TO HAPPEN ON BOTH SIDES.

UH, BUT THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, FIND IT TO BE CLEAN, UH, THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR CITY OF CEDAR HILL, SO THANK YOU.

EXACTLY.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UH,

[4. Presentation of the Cedar Hill Police Department's 2023 Annual Report.]

THIS WILL BE GIVEN BY CHIEF REYES.

GOOD EVENING, CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU GUYS OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

UH, I HAVE SOME OF MY TEAM MEMBERS HERE THAT WILL BE PRESENTING WITH ME, UH, WITH OVER THEIR PERSPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.

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AND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING A PRESENTATION UP TONIGHT IS A SNAPSHOT OF ALL OF THOSE HARD COPIES ALONG WITH SOME OTHER INFORMATION.

SO IN YOUR BINDER, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOLLOWED BY THE RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, WHICH WE DID RECEIVE A A, A PRESENTATION ON.

AND THEN OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT, AND I'LL JUST NOTE ON THIS, IS THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY POLICE DEPARTMENTS, UH, IN THE REGION THAT DO AN ANNUAL INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT.

AND THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR DOING THAT INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT.

THAT'S GONNA BE FOLLOWED BY OUR USE OF FORCE ANALYSIS, OUR PURSUIT ANALYSIS, AND THEN OUR ACCIDENT INJURY ANALYSIS.

THOSE ARE COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS.

UM, AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IN THE ANNUAL REPORT IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF EACH OF THOSE REPORTS, UH, ALONG THE WAY.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ABOUT THE REPORT ITSELF OR ANYTHING IN YOUR PACKETS, JUST PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.

ALRIGHT, SO AS WITH EVERYTHING, WE START OFF WITH OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OF THE CITY.

UM, WE ENVISION CEDAR HILL AS A PREMIER CITY THAT RETAINS ITS DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER WHERE FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES FLOURISH IN A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.

PURSUING PREMIER, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE PREMIER STATEMENTS, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN MANY OF THESE, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, SAFE AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO, AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND HOW WE KEEP THE CITY SAFE, THAT THIS IS A COMMUNITY SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE ENTITY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS CO-MINGLED WITH MANY OF OUR OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES TO KEEP THIS CITY SAFE.

THE CEDAR HILL WAY, WE HEAR THAT A LOT ABOUT WHAT IS, HOW DO WE DO THINGS, AND WHAT IS THE CEDAR HILL WAY? IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIPS, SERVANT LEADERSHIP, HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BEHAVIOR AND INTEGRITY, AND A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A, UH, SEPARATE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES, UH, STATEMENT HERE.

UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH OUR CORE VALUES, BEING COMPASSIONATE, HONEST, PROFESSIONAL, AND DEDICATED.

ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S GET TO THE GOOD STUFF.

TALK ABOUT OUR CRIME STATS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR 2023 CRIME STATS, THE FIRST SLIDE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE HERE IS OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE.

OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE.

FOR OUR PART ONE CRIMES CONSISTS PART ONE CRIMES CONSISTS OF HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

AND THIS IS CALCULATED BY TAKING OUR POPULATION, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF VIOLENT CRIMES.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE FOR THE CITY OF CEDAR HILL IS AT 1.73 VIOLENT CRIMES PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR COMPARISON BEST, SOUTHWEST CITIES, WE ARE EXTREMELY BELOW ALL OF THOSE CITIES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES SUCH AS DALLAS AND GRAND PRAIRIE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROPERTY CRIME, IT'S SIMILAR.

UH, OUR PROPERTY CRIME RATE, UH, IS MUCH LOWER THAN OUR COMPARISON BEST.

SOUTHWEST CITIES PROPERTY CRIMES CONSISTS OF ROBBERY, BURGLARY, THEFT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT.

IF YOU NOTICE, ROBBERY IS INCLUDED IN BOTH VIOLENT CRIME AND PROPERTY CRIME.

UM, BECAUSE IT MOST CASES IT INVOLVES BOTH PROPERTY AND A PERSON.

SO OUR VIOLENT, OUR PROPERTY CRIME RATE IS 18.39 COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CITIES.

UH, THE ONLY GRAND PRAIRIES IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN OURS, BUT AS FAR AS OUR COMPARISON CITIES GO, WE'RE STILL HAVE THE LOWEST PROPERTY CRIME RATE.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS IN A CHART, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CRIME THAT WE HAVE IN CEDAR HILL IS THEFT RELATED.

93% OF THE CRIME THAT WE HAVE IN CEDAR HILL IS RELATED TO PROPERTY CRIMES, WHILE 7% IS RELATED TO CRIMES AGAINST PERSON.

THESE ARE OUR UCR CRIME INDEX.

IF YOU LOOK BACK OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, OUR CRIME RATE HAS REDUCED BY 41%.

SO IN 2017, WE HAD A CRIME RATE OF 34.19, AND AS IS LAST YEAR, IT'S 20.11.

NEXT I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CAPTAIN ALT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO, UH, TO GET A CHANCE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, TO MAKE OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY BETTER.

AND, UH, AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, THE, OH, PUSHING THE WRONG ONE, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE.

HAVEN'T

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THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS, DEVELOPING THE SCHEDULES, CONDUCTING TRAINING FOR, UH, FOR DEPARTMENT MEMBERS.

UH, WE CONDUCT THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS PROCESS.

WE OVERSEE THE HIRING AND TRAINING OF NEW, UH, POLICE RECRUITS.

WE HAD A VERY BUSY YEAR LAST YEAR, BY THE WAY.

AND, UH, WE MAINTAIN OUR T COLE CONTRACTUAL LICENSING AGREEMENT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO, UH, PROVIDE AND REPORT, UH, TRAINING TO THE STATE, UH, FOR NOT JUST OUR, NOT JUST OUR AGENCY, BUT ALSO OTHERS.

WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WE PROVIDE THAT TRAINING.

LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED 6,844, UH, TRAINING HOURS.

UH, THAT ALSO INCLUDES ONLINE TRAINING AS WELL.

ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT IS THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS FUNCTION.

UH, LAST YEAR, JUST TO PUT SOME THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, UH, OFFICERS RESPONDED TO 21,662 CALLS FOR SERVICE AND INITIATED ANOTHER 10,349 TRAFFIC STOPS.

OUT OF THOSE 31,000 OR 30, A LITTLE OVER 31,000, UH, CITIZEN CONTACTS, UH, ONLY 14 CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, UH, WERE GENERATED FROM THOSE.

THAT'S THE COMMUNITY COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, SITUATIONS OR EVENTS, UH, ON THEIR OWN.

ANOTHER 23 COMPLAINTS WERE FILED INTERNALLY.

THESE ARE SUPERVISORS OR OTHER OFFICERS THAT ARE CALLING ATTENTION TO, UH, VIOLATIONS OF POLICY, UH, FROM AN INTERNAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS COULD BE BODY CAMERAS, IT COULD BE, UH, PROCEDURAL ISSUES AS WELL.

SO, UH, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 55, UH, ALLEGATIONS ACROSS ALL OF THOSE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE FILED.

UH, SO REALLY PUTTING IN PERSPECTIVE, 30,000, UH, CITIZEN CONTACTS OR CIVILIAN CONTACTS, UH, AND ONLY 55 ACTUAL ALLEGATIONS, AGAIN, RANGING FROM BODY CAMERA ISSUES, UH, THE DAMAGED PROPERTY AND THOSE THINGS.

SWITCHING GEARS TO THE USE OF FORCE, UH, WE, WE TAKE ALL OF THE USE OF FORCES FROM, UH, FROM THE YEAR AND, AND COMBINE ALL OF THOSE TO, UH, TO CREATE THIS REPORT.

AND IT'S WORTH NOTING AGAIN, THE 32,000, UH, ENCOUNTERS WITH CITIZENS AND VISITORS.

UH, THERE WERE 1,173 ARRESTS.

AND OUT OF THOSE, UH, OUT OF THOSE ARRESTS, OR 53, UH, PARDON ME, THERE WERE 34 SEPARATE INCIDENTS OF PHYSICAL FORCE BEING USED.

AND IT'S 53 TYPES.

YOU'LL SEE ON, ON THERE.

IT'S 53 TYPES OF PHYSICAL FORCE THAT RANGES EVERYTHING FROM, UH, THE SOFT, EMPTY, EMPTY HAND, UH, TACTICS, HARD EMPTY HAND, WHICH WOULD BE A, A STRIKE OR SOME SORT OF A, A MORE FORCEFUL, UH, ENCOUNTER, UH, OC SPRAY, UH, AND OUR TASERS AS WELL, UH, ALL THE WAY UP INTO, UH, TO DEADLY FORCE.

SO IT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THOSE FORCES.

UM, SOMETHING THAT IS INTERESTING OBVIOUSLY, IS THAT WE ALSO REPORT THREATS OF FORCE.

THOSE IN THOSE INCIDENTS WHERE, UH, OUR OFFICERS USE, UH, THEIR HANDGUNS OR A RIFLE OF SOME SORT AND, AND POINTED AT ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL, UH, WE INVESTIGATE THOSE AS WELL.

UH, EVERY USE OF FORCE, UH, THAT IS, UH, USED BY OUR OFFICERS IS INVESTIGATED, UH, ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

IT'S MULTIPLE LAYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADHERING TO POLICY AND, UH, AND OUR TRAINING.

AND SO, UH, WE ALSO INVESTIGATE THE THREATS OF FORCE, THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE NO FORCE WAS ACTUALLY USED, BUT THE THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE WAS USED.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT, UH, OF ALL OF THOSE THREATS OF FORCE.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MOST AGENCIES AROUND HERE DO NOT ACTUALLY INVESTIGATE.

UH, IF YOU ASK ANOTHER AGENCY, THEY'LL TELL YOU, OH, WELL, OUR OFFICERS DO THAT TOO MANY TIMES FOR US TO INVESTIGATE.

NOW.

WE, WE DON'T DO IT THAT MANY TIMES FOR US TO TAKE THE TIME TO, UH, TO SPEND AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING POLICY AND FOLLOWING THEIR TRAINING.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CHIEF REESE FOR PATROL OPERATIONS.

THANK YOU, CAPTAIN.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND I GET TO GO OVER THE PATROL OPERATIONS WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

UH, WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH, UH, THE NUMBERS.

UM, AS YOU SEE, OUR NUMBERS DID NOT INCREASE LAST YEAR, ARE THE, WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE IN CITIZEN INITIATED CALLS.

UH, AS YOU'LL ALSO SEE, THE RESPONSE TIMES DECREASED, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A HIGHER NUMBER OF CALLS.

UH, PART OF THAT IS DUE TO MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS OVER THIS LAST YEAR, AS CAPTAIN ALLUDED TO, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HIRING AND TRAINING OFFICERS AND GETTING 'EM ON THE STREETS.

SO WE HAVE MORE PERSONNEL ON THE STREETS, UH, TO CUT THAT TIME DOWN.

SO BOTH THE EMERGENCY AND THE NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES BOTH DECREASED.

THIS LAST YEAR, UH, OUR TRAFFIC CRASHES REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME.

OUR ARRESTS WENT UP BY ABOUT JUST OVER 26%.

THAT'S ALSO DUE TO THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND MORE CALLS AND MORE SELF-INITIATED CALLS AND TRAFFIC STOPS FROM OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREETS.

OUR OVERALL CRIME CLEARANCE RATE ALSO

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UH, WE WENT UP TO 51%.

OUR CITED VIOLATIONS TOOK A LARGE INCREASE BY JUST UNDER 3000.

I THINK THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE DID HAVE MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREETS, BUT ALL OFFICERS ARE NOW USING ELECTRONIC TICKET RIDERS.

AND ON THOSE TICKET RIDERS, ALL IT TAKES IS A CLICK OF A BUTTON TO SAY EITHER CITATION OR A WARNING.

SO IN THE PAST, IF I WERE TO PULL SOMEONE OVER FOR DEFECTIVE BRAKE LIGHT OR NOT USING THEIR TURN SIGNAL OR SOME, SOME TRAFFIC VIOLATION IN THE PAST, I'D SAY, HEY, TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROBLEM, OR DON'T DO IT AGAIN AND BE DONE WITH IT.

NOW, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAND THEM A WRITTEN WARNING PER POLICY AND PER THE LAW.

SO WE SEE MORE CITATIONS SINCE THE OFFICERS HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT ALREADY.

THEY'RE JUST CLICKING THE, THE CITATION BUTTON VERSUS THE, UM, WARNING BUTTON.

SO WE, WE FEEL THAT'S THE MAIN INCREASE FOR THE CITED VIOLATIONS.

UM, ALSO FOR THE RESPONSE TIMES BEING CUT DOWN AND MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET, WE GIVE THANKS TO YOU, THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR DIRECTION AND YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, UH, DUE TO BUDGET AND OTHER THINGS.

YOU GUYS HAVE, UH, KEPT MORE OFFICERS HERE, UH, WITH, UH, WHAT YOU GUYS PROVIDE IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT.

WE ARE THANKFUL.

AND OUR CASES, UH, WENT UP SLIGHTLY TOO.

UH, THAT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE HIGHER NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS ARE OUR, UH, PROFESSIONAL STAFF EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE MATT GRIGSBY, SEAN BURKE, AND CALEB THOMASON.

THEY TAKE A LOT OF THE, UH, NON-EMERGENCY REPORTS, WHETHER IT'S AN ACTUAL REPORT WRITTEN OR JUST A PHONE CALL.

SOMEONE ASKED QUESTIONS.

THEY RESPONDED TO 3000, ALMOST 3,800 CALLS AND COMPLETED 927 REPORTS THAT SAVES OUR SWORN OFFICERS COUNTLESS HOURS OF SITTING AT THE STATION, TYPING REPORTS OR BEING ON THE TELEPHONE SO THAT THEY CAN BE OUT HANDLING MORE EMERGENCY, UH, TYPE CALLS.

THEY ALSO HELP PROCESS CRIME SCENES, COLLECT EVIDENCE, AND ARE THE MAIN, UH, ENFORCEMENT FACTORS FOR ABANDONED VEHICLES.

OUR TRAFFIC UNIT, UH, IN 2023 WAS LED BY SERGEANT PRITT AND HAD CMV OFFICERS, UH, SWEENEY AND VALENTI AND MOTOR OFFICERS CRIMES AND, UH, SERTA.

SO AS A DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, WE HAD, WE INVESTIGATED 14 OVER 1400 CRASHES.

WE HAD OVER ALMOST 600 MOTORIST ASSISTS, UH, ARRESTED, UH, ALMOST 141 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.

WE INVESTIGATED 513 TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS, RESPONDED JUST OVER 700 TRAFFIC HAZARDS.

HERE'S A LITTLE CLOSEUP PICTURE OF OUR FAVORITE TWO CMV GUYS.

UH, THEY INSPECTED 322 TRUCKS, UH, JUST OVER 1900 VIOLATIONS WITH 51% OF THOSE TRUCKS BEING TAKEN OUTTA SERVICE.

AS YOU'LL RECALL FROM THEIR PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST, THEIR MAIN GOAL IS TO KEEP OUR ROADS SAFE.

UH, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH ALL THE WAREHOUSES COMING IN DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, WE HAVE MORE AND MORE TRUCKS.

AND THEIR GOAL IS TO KEEP THOSE TRUCKS IN LINE.

AND, UH, THE DRIVERS AWARE OF ALL THE ISSUES THAT THEY CAN FACE.

THE MAJORITY OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE, UH, BRAKES, LIGHTINGS, WHEELS, TIRES, AND JUST OVERWEIGHT.

UH, HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT OUR, UH, OUTER SERVICE, UH, PERCENTAGE IS TWICE WITH THE NATIONAL SERVICES, THAT NATIONAL OUTER SERVICE PERCENTAGES, UH, BECAUSE THEY TAKE THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA JUST LET SOMEONE GET BY.

ALL RIGHT.

WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS FROM YOU SPECIFICALLY, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, LIEUTENANT MIKE ADAMS. HEY, UM, CHIEF, UM, THE CITED VIOLATIONS, IS THERE A WAY I CAN GET MORE OF A BREAKDOWN ON THAT? SURE, SURE.

JUST LET US KNOW WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR, AND WE WILL, YEAH, I GUESS I, I KNOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FULLY STAFFED.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE UPTICK ON THAT ON THAT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MOTOR VIOLATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

THE TYPES OF, THE TYPES OF CITATIONS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY.

SURE.

YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GET WARNING, I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE NOT WARNINGS, CITED VIOLATIONS? NO, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE CITATIONS.

OKAY.

AN ACTUAL VIOLATION WHERE THEY WERE CITED AND HAD TO FOLLOW UP TO CITY COURT.

YEP.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

UH, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY

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UH, MY NAME IS LIEUTENANT MIKE ADAMS AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, OF COURSE, OFFICERS GO OUT AND TAKE REPORTS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT REPORT IS TAKEN, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

ALRIGHT.

THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION IS COMPROMISE OF A LIEUTENANT, A SERGEANT, A CORPORAL, EIGHT DETECTIVES, TWO CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS, FORENSIC MANAGER, VICTIMS ASSISTANT MANAGER, AND A DIGITAL MEDIA COORDINATOR.

IN 2023, 4,483 CASES WERE CREATED WITH 2044 CRIMINAL CASES ASSIGNED FOR FOLLOW UP.

WE HAD A 50 POINT 88% OVERALL CLEARANCE RATE FOR 2023.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, WE HAD A 21 AND 22% PART ONE CLEARANCE RATE, AND WE STAYED ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, WHICH IS 12% AND 13%.

AND ALSO, WE WERE THE BEST IN THIS AREA OF THE SOUTHWEST REGION.

SO WE TAKE PRIDE IN THAT.

I KNOW THE GUYS THAT WORK IN THAT DIVISION, THEY WANT TO GET THERE.

I CAN TELL YOU I ONLY BEEN UP THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THEY PUT IN COUNTLESS NUMBER OF HOURS TO SOLVE THESE CASES FOR THE CITIZEN OF CEDAR HILL.

THANKS, MIKE.

YES, SIR.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

YEAH, I'M SORRY.

GO, GO AHEAD, .

I HAVE A QUESTION TOO.

GO AHEAD, SIR.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO CLARIFY FOR ME, THE SLIDE SHOWS PART ONE CLEARANCE RATE AND IT SHOWS 22%, THEN IT'S, IT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM IS 50.88, OVERALL CLEARANCE RATE FOR 2023.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO NUMBERS? UH, YES, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO IF, AS CHIEF SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE THAT, PART ONE IS THE VIOLENT CRIMES, WHICH INCLUDE HOMICIDE, HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, UH, AND THAT'S ALL DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION.

SO THAT PART ONE.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES, I'M SORRY, ROBBERY, BURGLARY THEFT, AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT.

SO THAT IS DIVIDED BY THE POPULATION.

SO WE TALKING ABOUT THE MAJOR CRIMES WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT.

AND THEN THE, AND THEN THE 50.88, UH, DEALS WITH ALL, ALL CRIMES.

ALL CRIMES.

YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, BUT, BUT CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, I DON'T, WHY IS THE STATE AVERAGE GOING DOWN? IS IT BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION IS HIGHER OR THEY'RE NOT AS GOOD AS WE'RE, SORRY.

YEAH, I, I'LL TELL YOU THAT IF YOU NOTICED IN 2020, UM, THERE WAS A DECLINE IN CLEARANCE RATES, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER COVID AND EVERYBODY WAS WEARING MASKS.

AND IT'S MUCH HARDER TO IDENTIFY SUSPECTS WHEN EVERYBODY'S WEARING A MASK.

AND SO THE CLEARANCE RATE ACROSS THE BOARD WENT DOWN.

AND SO WE'VE SEEN THAT KIND OF DOWNWARD TREND, UM, ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT FORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET, UH, PICK IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WE'RE STILL NOT AT THE SAME CLEARANCE RATES AS WE WERE PRE PANDEMIC, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

SO.

GOT IT.

OKAY.

PERFECT.

THANK YOU, SIR.

I'M GONNA BE PLAYING THE ROLE OF CHIEF LAFFERTY SINCE HE'S IN, UH, KANSAS TODAY, UH, TAKING HIS DAUGHTER TO WICHITA STATE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, POLICE RECORDS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES.

SO OUR TECHNICAL DE SERVICE SERVICES DIVISION IS, UH, SUPERVISED BY LIEUTENANT PAM BROWN.

IT COVERS THE, OUR PSOS WAS OUR PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICERS AT YOUR FRONT DESK.

YOU'RE 24 7.

UH, WE'RE OUT OF OUR, UH, THREE PARTNER CITIES.

WE'RE THE ONLY, UH, 24 7 OPERATION, UH, THAT HAS SOMEBODY AVAILABLE HERE ALL THE TIME.

ALARM BILLING, PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE.

UM, ALSO, UH, OUR TEXAS BEST PRACTICES, UH, AND SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND COMPLIANCE.

SO AS FAR AS OUR RECORDS AND ALARM BILLING, UM, THIS YEAR THEY ASSISTED OVER 2000 PEOPLE THAT WALKED INTO THE LOBBY REQUESTING SOME TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.

THEY ALSO COMPLETED OVER 3,500 OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS AND SPENT 113 HOURS ON BODY-WORN CAMERA, AND IN-CAR CAMERA OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS.

WE ALSO PROCESSED OVER 1500 FALSE ALARMS. OUR PSOS, WHO ARE OUR FRONT, FRONT DESK FOLKS UP THERE, UH, WAS LAST YEAR WAS JARED SALINAS, TRACY FARRELL, DAVID GOODSPEED, WHO JUST RECENTLY RETIRED.

LIZETTE ANDRADE, WHO HAS NOW TRANSITIONED INTO A POLICE OFFICER POSITION.

UH, AND, UH, CONNIE KOSKI.

SO THEY, UH, SPEND THEIR TIME UP THERE VALIDATING REPORTS.

THEY, UH, CHECK WANTED PERSONS AND PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

THEY VERIFY CRASH REPORTS, UM, AND THEY ALSO ENTER IN WARRANTS.

OUR PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE UNIT, WHICH IS LED BY OUR SUPERVISOR JOHN STEVENS AND OUR PROPERTY COORDINATOR, RACHEL KNUPPLE.

UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BRINGS IN.

UH, LAST YEAR THEY INVENTORIED ALMOST 20,000 PIECES OF PROPERTY.

UH, OF THOSE, UH, IN, IN SE, ABOUT 7,500

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AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO DESTROY OVER 5,500 PIECES OF EVIDENCE, UH, DUE TO CASE DISPOSITION OR MEETING THE RETENTION PERIOD THAT THAT'S REQUIRED.

OUR REGIONAL CARE TEAM, I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THEIR PERFORMANCE FOR LAST YEAR.

OFFICER ROLLINS HAS BEEN WITH THAT UNIT NOW FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

UH, LAST YEAR THE CARE TEAM SERVED A TOTAL OF 142 NEW CLIENTS AND HAD 53 RETURNING CLIENTS.

UM, AND THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF SERVICES, UH, MAINLY FILLING THAT GAP BETWEEN WHEN AN OFFICER HAS AN INTERACTION WITH ONE OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO'S SUFFERING SOME TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

UH, IF AN OFFICER DOES, UH, FEEL THE NEED TO TAKE CUSTODY OF THAT PERSON DUE TO THEIR EMERGENCY NATURE OF IT, UH, OUR CARE TEAM DOES AN IMMEDIATE FOLLOW UP THE NEXT DAY TO SEE IF THEY'RE GETTING THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED AND IF THERE'S ANY ASSISTANCE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO HELP THAT PERSON FROM CIRCLING THAT CYCLE AND GOING BACK INTO THAT CYCLE AGAIN.

AND SO, UM, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH THIS, UH, PROGRAM.

I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS GOING ON WITH DALLAS COUNTY, UH, AS FAR AS GRANT FUNDING GOES AND, AND FUNDING THE PROGRAM, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE IT ON.

AND IF IT'S NOT IN THIS, UH, SHAPE, THAT IT WILL CONTINUE ON IN ANOTHER SHAPE.

AND LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR PAC TEAM.

MR. PORTER SAID, UH, EARLIER THAT WE DID START OFF OUR YOUTH SUMMIT TODAY.

UH, IT WAS A LOT OF ENERGY IN THAT ROOM.

I WAS GLAD TO SEE A LOT OF, UH, FAMILIAR FACES, A LOT OF RETURNING, UH, KIDS COMING BACK AGAIN YEAR AFTER YEAR.

UM, AND SO WE HAD A GOOD TIME STARTING OFF THAT DAY TODAY.

I, I SAW SOME REALLY COOL PICTURES AND GOT SOME, UH, EXCITING STORIES ABOUT THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING AT THE YOUTH SUMMIT TODAY.

UH, ALONG WITH THAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT OUR PAC TEAM DOES.

THE BLOCK PARTY, OUR, OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OUR PI MEETINGS.

WE DO FOOD PANTRY DELIVERIES, OUR CRIME CRIME WATCH MEETINGS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR KIND OF WHAT'S BECOME OUR HALLMARK, UH, EVENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS.

SO LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE THREE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS, ONE IN BEAR CREEK RANCH, ONE IN CUMBERLAND AT HIGH POINT, AND THEN AT HIGHLANDS NORTH.

THIS IS, UM, AND THEN OUR, OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

LAST YEAR WE HAD TWO CPA CLASSES.

NUMBER 34 AND 35, THERE WERE 54 ACTIVE MEMBERS IN OUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

THE CCP, AAA IS A NONPROFIT, AND THEY DO, UH, RAISE FUNDS AND THEY DO, UH, PURCHASE THINGS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE OF OUR BUDGET.

UM, THEY ALSO DONATE A LOT OF THEIR TIME TO THE DEPARTMENT.

ALMOST 7,000 HOURS OF TIME, UH, THEY DONATED TO THE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE OUR COP PS, WHICH IF YOU RECALL, UH, A COUPLE OF SESSIONS AGO, WE HAD A, A PRESENTATION ABOUT ALLOWING VOLUNTEERS TO ISSUE HANDICAP ENFORCEMENT, UH, FOR DISABLED PARKING.

OUR COOPS WILL BE THE ONES THAT DO THAT.

WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO DEVELOP A FOUR HOUR TRAINING BLOCK FOR THEM BEFORE THEY CAN BE, UH, CERTIFIED TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW TALKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, GETTING THAT FOUR HOUR BLOCK OF TRAINING SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM CERTIFIED, UH, AND OUT THERE ISSUING THOSE DISABLED PARKING CITATIONS.

UH, THE COP HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED OVER 4,200 HOURS AND PATROLLED THE CITY, DRIVING ALMOST 10,000 MILES AROUND THE CITY EVERY YEAR.

UH, WE HAVE OUR OF THE YEAR, UH, PRESENTATIONS.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL BANQUET IN WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO HONOR SEVERAL OFFICERS AND SUPERVISORS.

AND SO THIS LAST YEAR, OUR, UH, OF THE YEAR AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO THE ROOKIE OFFICER OF THE YEAR, WHICH WAS AUSTIN WILLIAMS, OUR PATROL OPERATIONS OFFICER OF THE YEAR, SHAUNA COTTON, AND OUR SUPPORT OFFICER OF THE YEAR, WHO WAS DETECTIVE BEN SHAW AND OUR SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

OUR PATROL OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR WAS SERGEANT ASHLEY NOVI AND HODGSON, OUR SUPPORT SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR WAS JOHN STEVENS.

AND OUR CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR WAS MELINDA NICHOLSON.

ON THE HORIZON, OUR INTERNSHIPS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CURATE AND ESTABLISH IS A REALLY STRONG INTERNSHIP PROB, UH, PROGRAM IN THE CITY.

UH, THIS SUMMER WE HAVE TWO INTERNS THAT ARE INTERNING WITH US.

UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN INTERNING HIGH SCHOOL, UH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, UH, STUDENTS, ONE OF WHICH, UM, IS NOW EMPLOYED AS A PSO.

UH, SHE WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

SHE'S NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

SO WE HIRED HER AT 19 TO BE A PSO.

AND THEN AS SOON AS SHE'S, UH, ELIGIBLE, WHICH IS 21 YEARS OF AGE, UM, SHE'S GONNA TRANSITION INTO A POLICE OFFICER ROLE.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THESE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF CREATE A, A PATHWAY INTO THE, THE POLICING WHERE WE CAN HOME GROW OUR OWN POLICE OFFICERS.

UH, AND THEY LEARN THE CEDAR HILL WAY PRIOR TO EVEN STARTING

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AND SO WE'RE VERY, UH, THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AND, AND CREATE THAT GATEWAY INTO POLICING FOR THESE YOUNG, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

UH, ICAT IS OUR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION AND TACTICS.

IT'S A PROGRAM, A DEESCALATION PROGRAM THAT'S PUT ON BY THE, UM, POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM.

ALL OF OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO CON CONDUCT THAT.

THE ABLE PROGRAM IS THE ACTIVE BYSTANDER SHIP FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 25% OF OUR STAFF THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THAT.

THAT IS A HOW TO STOP ANOTHER OFFICER WHEN YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ENGAGING IN INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR OR CONDUCT.

UM, AND SO THAT'S A NEW PROGRAM THAT WAS RECENTLY PUT OUT.

UM, AND WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE ABOUT 25% OF OUR, OUR STAFF THAT'S BEEN THROUGH THAT SO FAR.

AND WE'RE GONNA GET A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEM THROUGH IT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, FLOCK, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND OUR FLOCK PROGRAM.

UM, IT HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER.

IT HAS BEEN A FORCE MULTIPLIER.

UM, AND JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW BIG, UH, OF A FORCE MULTIPLIER IT'S BEEN, I HAD, UH, THEM RUN A REPORT FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF STATS FROM OUR FLOCK CAMERAS.

UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, THE DATA IN THE LAST, UH, 12 MONTHS, UM, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE, UH, CEDAR HILL AND IN THE PIS, THAT'S NOT ALL THE CAMERAS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

WE, WE DO HAVE CAMERAS IN BEAR CREEK.

WE ALSO HAVE THEM IN WOODER CREEK ESTATE, AND WE HAVE THEM IN, UM, UM, WILD, UH, WILDWOOD, WILDWOOD.

UM, AND SO IN, IN THESE, UH, PITS, AND THIS ONE FEW ONES THAT WE HAVE IN CEDAR HILL, WE HAD ABOUT OVER 4,000 NCIC HITS.

THAT'S STOLEN VEHICLE, STOLEN LICENSE PLATES, HIGH RISK, UH, TRAFFIC, NOT HIGH RISK TRAFFIC, BUT HIGH RISK WARRANTS.

UM, AND ALSO HIGH RISK, UM, UM, PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

SO AN OFFICER WILL GET NOTIFIED, UH, OF HIGH RISK PROTECTIVE ORDER, AND HE CAN ACTUALLY GO TO THE RESIDENCE TO SEE IF THAT PERSON IS COMING TO THAT RESIDENCE.

UH, TO WHERE THAT HIGH RISK PROTECTIVE ORDER IS.

UH, WE DID, UM, MAKE A COUPLE OF ARRESTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE GOT STOLEN VEHICLE HITS.

UH, WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY.

OFFICERS GET IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION WHEN THAT HIT GOES OFF, UH, ON THEIR MDC AND ON THEIR CELL PHONES.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S A STOLEN CAR DRIVING AROUND ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AT TWO IN THE MORNING, I CAN PROMISE YOU THEY'RE NOT DELIVERING COOKIES TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER.

UM, AND SO I'M THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS, THESE, THIS FORCE MULTIPLIER TO HELP US RESPOND TO THESE, UH, CRIMINALS BEFORE THEY CAN, UH, COMMIT ANOTHER CRIME.

AND WITH THAT, UM, THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF COUNCILOR GLOVER? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UH, GREAT PRESENTATION.

JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.

IS THERE, IS THERE THE CAPACITY TO HAVE LIKE A POP-UP FLOCK CAMERA WHERE WE CAN PUT, MOVE THEM AROUND THE, THE CITY, RIGHT? DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT? SO THERE IS A A, THEY DO HAVE A VERSION THAT IS ON A TRAILER THAT WE CAN MOVE IT AROUND ON A TRAILER.

AND I THINK THAT IS ON ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE SUBMITTED THIS YEAR.

UH, I THINK IT WAS, UH, TO ADD ONE TRAILER AND THEN A COUPLE OF FIXED LOCATIONS.

SO, MM-HMM.

.

YEP.

GUESS, UH, MCCURDY.

THANK YOU.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.

NOT NECESSARILY, I GUESS IT'S SOMEWHAT RELATED TO, TO THE REPORT ITSELF, BUT OUT OF THE, THE 73 OFFICERS WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ACADEMY? OR IS, DO WE HAVE 73 OFFICERS THAT ARE ACTIVE YEAH.

IN THE DEPARTMENT? SO WE HAVE FIVE TRUE VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND WE HAVE ONE OFFICER THAT'S IN THE ACADEMY.