[FY 2024 Budget Workshop: Houston Police Department]
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WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM CHIEF MATT SLINKER AND DEPARTMENT CFO, RHONDA SMITH, WHO WILL NOW PROVIDE THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER AND COLLEAGUES.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR SLIDE SAYS, CHIEF FINNER, AND NO, I'M NOT CHIEF FINNER.
SO, UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS MORNING, I WAS WATCHING COUNCIL WITH YOU ALL, UM, CHIEF NERS, STILL IN WASHINGTON, DC UH, TO HONOR SERGEANT KENDRICK SIMO, WHO WAS THE, BLESS YOU, WHO WAS THE FIRST, UM, EVER HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER IN OUR HISTORY TO RECEIVE THE PRESIDENT'S MEDAL OF VALOR, UH, FOR PUBLIC SERVICE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, SO GREAT HONOR FOR SERGEANT SIMCO IN WASHINGTON, DC TODAY, THAT MEDAL WAS BESTOWED BY THE PRESIDENT.
I THINK WE EVEN, UH, SENT OUT SOME PICTURES, UM, AND SOME INFORMATION, UM, ON OUR PAGE, UH, REGARDING THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH SERGEANT SIMCO AS WELL WHEN HE RETURNS.
AND THIS WAS FOR THE, UM, INCIDENT THAT HE THWARTED AT THE GALLERIA, UH, SOME TIME AGO.
UH, DISARMED AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A RIFLE, A HANDGUN, AND 120 ROUNDS OF AMMO.
AND SO, UM, JUST GREAT TO SEE HIM HONORED TODAY.
AND IT'S JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE I THINK, OF THE HARD WORK THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DO ON A DAILY BASIS IN THE BRAVERY, UH, THAT THEY EXHIBIT.
SO I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CHIEF FINNER TO GIVE YOU OUR FY 24 PROPOSED BUDGET, ALONG WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR RHONDA SMITH, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
AND FIRST LEMME BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING, UM, REALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON.
AND AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR PRESENTATION AND IN OUR SLIDE FORMAT, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
BUT FY 23 THUS FAR, AND THE CALENDAR YEAR, IF YOU WILL, OF 23 AND 22, VERY BUSY FOR US.
UH, WE'VE HOSTED SOME MAJOR EVENTS VERY SUCCESSFULLY, AS WE OFTEN DO IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, AS WELL AS, UM, COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME.
AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A VERY ENGAGED AND A BIG PART OF THAT IN OUR EFFORTS THROUGH ONE SAFE HOUSTON AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL, UH, TO REALLY, UM, CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND TURN THE TIDE ON WHAT WE WERE SEEING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, WHICH WAS A VIOLENT CRIME RISE THROUGHOUT THE NATION THAT WAS REALLY JUST GRIPPING ALL OF US.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE WERE HERE JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE OVERALL CRIME NUMBERS AND, UM, THE DEFINITE, YOU KNOW, UM, STRIDES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, AND LARGELY DUE TO THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AND TO SUPPORT US TO TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THE VIOLENT CRIME.
AND, UM, STILL TODAY, THOSE NUMBERS, JUST LIKE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
HOMICIDES ARE STILL DOWN IN THE CITY.
ALL OF OUR VIOLENT CRIME CATEGORIES AS A WHOLE ARE DOWN IN THE CITY.
WE STILL HAVE SOME INROADS TO MAKE ON SOME PROPERTY CRIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
WE, NAMELY MENTIONED AUTO THEFT.
UM, BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE DOING A, A GREAT JOB, I THINK, MOVING THINGS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND LARGELY WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
AND, UM, THERE'S MUCH MORE IN THE PRESENTATION AND IN THE APPENDIX THAT WE'LL SPEAK TO THAT.
SO LEMME JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR PRESENTATION REGARDING TODAY'S BUDGET.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NEW PROCESS, A NEW PROCESS FOR YOU, A NEW PROCESS FOR US AS WE GET INTO, UM, THE FORMATTING OF THE SLIDES AND HOW WE'RE PRESENTING THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO YOU.
AND THEN BREAKING UP THAT, THAT, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET THROUGH PROGRAM AND PROGRAM INITIATIVES.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.
BUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, FOR YOUR REFERENCE, OUR DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, AND THEN OUR STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ALIGNMENT.
UM, AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, JUST STAY ON THIS SLIDE FOR ME PLEASE, RIGHT NOW, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ALIGNMENT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE SUMMARY, THE REVENUE SUMMARY, SOME OF THOSE FY 23 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WHICH I ALREADY MENTIONED, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ANNOTATED HERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW AT YOUR LEISURE.
UM, OUR HPD DEMOGRAPHICS, WHICH WE ALWAYS GET QUESTIONS ON, AND, AND WE ALWAYS MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU, AND THEN SOME POTENTIAL RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED IN THE FUTURE, THINGS THAT, UM, CURRENTLY WE COULD SAY MIGHT BE UNMET NEEDS, BUT WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TOWARDS THESE THINGS.
AND SO BY THE TIME WE, UH, FINISH OUT THE FISCAL YEAR, THEY LIKELY WILL NOT BE UNMET NEEDS AND THINGS THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH WORKING TOGETHER.
AND THEN IN THE APPENDIX, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR YOU TO REVIEW, INCLUDING OUR STAFFING, STAFFING OVER TIME, UM, OUR CIVILIAN AND CLASSIFIED HEADCOUNTS, UH, ET CETERA.
SO ON THIS CHART RIGHT HERE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE BASICALLY THE MAIN MANAGERIAL AREAS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND BUDGET BROKEN DOWN LIKE THAT WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE CHIEF, UM, YOU KNOW, HELPING THE CHIEF ADMINISTER THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCY, AND THEN INVESTIGATIVE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND PATROL OPERATIONS, WHICH IN THOSE TWO AREAS YOU WILL SEE THE LION'S SHARE, UM,
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OF OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET.UM, AND I WANT TO PAUSE HERE AND, AND GIVE THANKS TO, UM, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF LARRY SATTERWHITE, OVERALL PATROL OPERATIONS, WHO'S WITH US HERE TODAY, AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT CHIEF BAND 10, WHO'S OVER INVESTIGATIVE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
UH, THEY WORK TIRELESSLY EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, TO HELP THE CHIEF AND MYSELF ADMINISTER THE ORGANIZATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST WE CAN FOR THE CITIZENS AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN, UM, THAT THEY LEAD IN THEIR COMMANDS.
I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
AND AT THIS TIME, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE RHONDA SMITH'S TEAM AND ALL OF OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE PERSONNEL.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE HERE FROM OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE AND, UH, WHAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE DOLLARS THAT YOU PUT FORWARD FOR US TO SERVE THE 2.3 MILLION CITIZENS IN THIS CITY.
SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE OUR STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ALIGNMENT, AND REALLY HERE'S WHERE WE, UM, ALIGN OUR PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES AS DEFINED IN THE MERIT STRATEGIC GUIDANCE DOCUMENT, WHICH YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
AND THIS REALLY IS OUR DEFINED HPD PROGRAMS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT.
AND TO NO SURPRISE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT 95% OF HPDS FUNDING IS TIED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE IN THAT STRATEGIC, UM, GUIDANCE ALIGNMENT.
AND SO, AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU'LL HEAR LATER IN OUR PRESENTATION, 95% IS TIED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE.
BUT AS YOU'LL ALSO HEAR, AND AS YOU'VE HEARD MANY TIMES, 91% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS, UH, PERSONNEL AT THIS TIME.
UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SMITH TO GO OVER OUR GENERAL FUND DOLLARS AND HOW THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN.
AND WHAT YOU'RE REALLY GONNA HEAR TODAY, UM, IN THIS NEW FORMAT IS DIRECTOR SMITH IS GOING TO COVER OUR EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM.
AND THEN WITHIN EACH OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BROKEN DOWN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME PERFORMANCE MEASURES, IF YOU WILL.
NOW, ALBEIT THIS PRESENTATION, WE WOULD BE HERE FOR PROBABLY TWO OR THREE DAYS IF UNDER EACH PROGRAM INITIATIVE 12 IN TOTAL, I BELIEVE IF UNDER EACH PROGRAM INITIATIVE WE WERE TO LIST EVERY SINGLE PERFORMANCE MEASURE OR METRIC BY WHICH WE WOULD GAUGE HOW WE'RE SERVING THE CITIZENS, THEN WE WOULD BE HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, AND AS WE WORK WITH YOU ON A DAILY BASIS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES WITHIN THESE VARIOUS PROGRAMS, UH, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE LISTED HERE AND SOME OF WHICH MAY NOT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY METRICS OR ANYTHING, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND GET YOU WHATEVER FOLLOW UP INFORMATION YOU NEED, UH, FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR SMITH TO GO OVER THE ACTUAL GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
THANK YOU CHIEF AND GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL AND PUBLIC AT LARGE.
AS MENTIONED, I'M RHONDA SMITH, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'VE ALSO MENTIONED THAT TODAY MARKS A, THE DEBUT OF OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION IN THIS FORMAT, SHOWCASING OUR BUDGET ORGANIZED BY PROGRAM ALONGSIDE THE PROGRAM, CORRESPONDING PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IT WAS DEFINITELY AN UNDERTAKING, AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE HPD EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR THEIR INVALUABLE GUIDANCE, UH, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS OF MY TEAM IN THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE.
AND I JUST WANT THEM NOT ONLY TO RAISE THEIR HAND, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST STAND FOR ME, WHERE'S EVERYBODY? OH, THEY MOVED, RIGHT? THEY WANTED TO, I CAN ASSURE YOU, THEY WERE DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT NO DETAIL WAS OVERLOOKED.
SO NOW WE WILL START WITH OUR FIRST SLIDE, WHICH IS THE EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAM SLIDE, WHICH SUMMARIZES THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PROGRAM AND COMPARES THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET WITH THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.
NOW, THIS EXPENDITURE OR EXPENDITURES FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE GENERAL FUND AND OUR, UH, FOUR SPECIAL FUNDS.
BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE OVERVIEW AND DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE BOTTOM LINE.
AND THAT IS THE TOTAL SEC TOTAL LINE, WHICH SHOWS THAT COMPARING FISCAL YEAR 23 TO 24, UH, THE INCREASE STANDS AT 2%.
NOW, WITHIN THIS, UH, SCHEDULE ARE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, ALL 12, AND YOU'LL SEE MOVEMENT WITHIN THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT REALLY WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THAT IS THAT THE MOVEMENT THAT YOU SEE WITHIN THE PROGRAMS, UH, GENERALLY, UH, ACCOUNT FOR ONE OF TWO THINGS.
EITHER THE INCREASE BECAUSE OF, UH, THE INCREASES IN, UH, SALARY THAT WE WILL GET, UH, FOR BOTH CIVILIAN AND CLASSIFIED, BUT ALSO THE MOVEMENT WITHIN, UH, OUR RESOURCES.
AS WE HAVE VARIOUS RESOURCES, WE MAY MOVE THEM FROM ONE PROGRAM TO THE OTHER.
NOW, THE, THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY DOESN'T CHANGE, BUT WHERE WE REFLECT, IT DOES CHANGE.
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THROUGH ALL 12 OF THE LINE ITEMS, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST.AND THOSE ARE OUR TWO LARGEST, UM, PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE THE PUBLIC, WHICH ARE THE POLICE, UM, PATROL, AS WELL AS THE INVESTIGATIONS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLICE PATROL, WHICH IS THE FIRST LINE ITEM, AND YOU MOVE ACROSS THE ROW, UH, OUR CURRENT BUDGET, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 IS 393 MILLION.
AND IF YOU MOVE FORWARD TO THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET, WHICH IS 394 MILLION, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S REALLY A NET OF VERY MINIMAL.
SO IT SHOWS ABOUT A 0%, BUT REALLY THAT'S A NET BECAUSE WE HAVE THE INCREASES FOR SALARY INCREASES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF MOVEMENT WITHIN THE BUDGETS.
AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE MOVING PERSONNEL TO THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM, UH, LINE ITEM.
AND SO I'M GONNA MOVE DOWN TO THE INVESTIGATIONS SECTION.
AND SO THE INVESTIGATION LINE ITEM, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, THE CURRENT BUDGET IS $208 MILLION.
AND IF YOU MOVE FORWARD, THE FISCAL YEAR 24 BUDGET IS 215 MILLION, WHICH GIVES ABOUT A 4%, WHICH WE WOULD ANTICIPATE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST A 3% INCREASE FOR SALARIES, AND MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE MADE UP OF PERSONNEL COSTS.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU SEE THAT, THAT WE, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT EACH LINE ITEM SEPARATELY.
SO THE FOLLOWING 12 SLIDES, STARTING WITH POLICE PATROL DETAILS, EACH PROGRAM AND THE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR EACH.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE COMPRISED OF SEVERAL COST CENTERS, WHICH WE HAVE DETAILED IN THE APPENDIX UNDER SLIDE 35.
I WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THESE SLIDES AND LEAVE TIME AT THE END TO ADDRESS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
SO FIRST, WE'LL START WITH A POLICE PATROL.
THIS IS OUR LARGEST, UM, PROGRAM IN TERMS OF FTES.
WE HAVE FTES OF 2,873, AND OUR TOTAL FTES FOR THE FULL DEPARTMENT IS 6,254.
SO 46% OF OUR FTES ARE IN THIS, UH, PROGRAM.
AND SO WITHIN POLICE, UH, POLICE PATROL, UH, IT IS COMPRISED OF HPDS PATROL REACHING ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
EACH COMMAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT AND OPERATIONS OF PATROLS WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SO I'M MOVING TO THE THE LAST COLUMN, WHICH SHOWS THE, THE FUNDING.
UH, SO MOST OF THE EXPENSES UNDER THE PATROL ARE COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND OF COURSE, IN OUR GENERAL FUND, 97% OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE OUT OF GENERAL FUND.
WE ALSO HAVE WITHIN PATROL, UH, EXPENDITURES THAT COME OUT OF OUR ASSET FORFEITURE AND OUR POLICE SPECIAL SERVICES.
SO LET ME PAUSE HERE AND AT LEAST EXPLAIN WHAT THE ASSET FORFEITURE AND POLICE SPECIAL SERVICES FUNDS ARE.
SO FOR ASSET FORFEITURE, IT WAS ESTABLISHED TO ACCOUNT FOR ASSET FORFEITURE PROCEEDS.
THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ASSET FORFEITURE PROCEEDS UNDER GUIDELINES SET BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THESE FORFEITURE PROCEEDS ARE GENERATED AS A RESULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AGAINST ILLEGAL A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND THE FUNDS MUST BE USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
SO UNDER THIS CATEGORY, ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS ARE USED FOR OVERTIME PROGRAMS, SPECIFICALLY FOR UNSCHEDULED SPECIAL EVENTS, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIFIC OVERTIME PROGRAMS THAT WE MAY ESTABLISH THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT COMING OUT OF THIS, UM, PROGRAM.
AND THEN FOR POLICE SPECIAL FUND.
SO THE POLICE SPECIAL FUND IS A COLLECTION OF MONIES FOR RESTRICTED USE.
THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE JOINT POLICE OPERATIONS AND UNDERCOVER SUPPORT SERVICES WITH OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL.
THE PRIMARY MONIES USED IN THAT'S COMING OUT OF THIS FUND PERTAIN TO OUR TURS IN DOWNTOWN, WE RECEIVE ABOUT $988 MILLION.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE THE COST, WHICH IS FOR OVER TIME ON.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR HOMELAND SECURITY SPECIAL EVENTS.
THE HOMELAND SECURITY SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM LEADS PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF ALL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PREVENTING AND PROTECTING AGAINST RE AND RESPONDING TO AND RECOVERING FROM INTENTIONAL ACTS OF TERRORISM AND ACCIDENTAL NATURAL CATASTROPHIC INCIDENTS.
LET ME PAUSE FOR A SECOND THERE, THERE ARE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ON EACH.
SO LET ME GO BACK UP TO THE POLICE, UH, PATROL, THOSE ARE OUR PRIORITY ONE AND PRIORITY TWO, AND THOSE ARE THE TYPICAL ONES YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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UNDER HOMELAND SECURITY, UM, WE HAVE THREE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, WHICH WE CAN TALK ABOUT LATER.AND AS CHIEF SLINKER SAID, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND THIS JUST PROVIDES YOU WITH A FRAMEWORK.
SO I WILL LEAVE THAT TO THE END IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
NOW, MOVING FORWARD, AFTER HOMELAND SECURITY, WE HAVE THE INVESTIGATION, UH, PROGRAMS, WHICH IS ALSO ENTAILS QUITE A FEW COST CENTERS.
AND THE FTES FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE 1,356 OR ABOUT 22%.
SO BETWEEN PATROL AND INVESTIGATIONS, IT MAKES UP OVER 65% OF OUR FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.
SO WITH THE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM, UH, IT HAS A CITYWIDE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELIVERING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIONS, UH, POLICE SERVICES TO THE HOUSTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE HOMICIDE AND ET CETERA.
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES WHICH I MENTIONED WILL BE IN SLIDE 35 IN THE APPENDIX.
SO MOVING TO HOW, UH, INVESTIGATIONS ARE FUNDED, UH, MOST OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS ABOUT 107, $197 MILLION ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOR OUR, UH, OVERTIME FOR OUR NARCOTICS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT AUTO DEALERS, WHICH IS A SEPARATE FUND.
UH, AND IT IS A SEPARATE STANDALONE FUND, WHICH IS WITHIN THE INVESTIGATIONS PROGRAM.
AND THEN OUR FORENSIC TRANSITION, WHICH IS A VERY SMALL FUND THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2014 WHEN WE TRANSITIONED FROM, UH, HPD TO THE FORENSIC UH, ORGANIZATION.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ONLY THREE INDIVIDUALS LEFT.
SO THE WHOLE GOAL IS FOR IT TO BE ZERO.
SO THE TOTAL FOR INVESTIGATIONS IS $217 MILLION.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM.
IT'S COMPRISED OF OUR, UH, WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO BOTH INTERCONTINENTAL AND HOBBY, AND WITHIN HOBBY ALSO INCLUDES THE ELLINGTON FIELD.
SO WITHIN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, UH, THE GENERAL FUND IS THE PRIMARY FUND AT $35 MILLION.
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM IS FULLY REIMBURSED BY THE HOUSTON AIRPORT.
I'M SORRY, NOT THE, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM IS FULLY REIMBURSED BY THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, WHICH IS THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT.
SO, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT HAS A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENCE OF 166 INDIVIDUALS, AND THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WORKS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC BY ENFORCING LAWS TO CURTAILS UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL DRIVING PRACTICES.
AND THAT COST FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS $24 MILLION.
SO NOW WE HAVE THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER.
AND THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER IS, UM, A SHARED SERVICE MANAGED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOOKING AND PROCESSING OF ALL PRISONERS ARRESTED BY THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FACILITATING ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATIVE HOLES ON SUCH PRISONERS SO THAT THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND AT 25 MILLION.
NOW, THAT 25 MILLION IS COMPRISED OF, UH, THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH HARRIS COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS, UH, INTERNAL FOR INTAKE AND THE OPERATIONS FOR THE OVERVIEW OF, UH, THE JOINT PROCESSING PROCESS.
SO WITHIN TRAINING, TRAINING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TRAINING FOR HPD, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE CADETS AS WELL AS RECRUITING.
THE ONE THING I WANTED TO NOTE HERE IS THAT, UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE INCENTIVE FOR RECRUITING CADETS.
WHILE WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING GRANTS WITHIN THIS GROUP, WITHIN THESE PROGRAMS, WE WANTED TO AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SIGNIFICANT, UH, INFUSION IN, IN ORDER TO RECRUIT AND AND RETAINED CADETS.
SO WITHIN THAT, THE GENERAL FUND IS 35 MILLION, AND UNDER POLICE SPECIAL SERVICES IS, UH, 4,460 5,000.
SO, EMPLOYEE SERVICES, UH, EMPLOYEE SERVICES IS AN ARRAY OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, WHICH INCLUDES PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES AS WELL AS DEPARTMENT-WIDE EMPLOYEE WELLBEING.
WE ALSO MANAGE ALL OF OUR HIRING AND, UM, VARIOUS BENEFITS AND PROMOTIONS.
SO WITHIN EMPLOYEE SERVICES, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND COST OF ABOUT $70 MILLION.
THIS ALSO INCLUDES A PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR, UH, WHICH WE
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REFER TO AS THE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR RETIRED OFFICERS.WE BRING BACK RETIRED OFFICERS AS TEMP, AND THEY WORK, UH, 30 HOURS OR LESS.
AND THEY ACTUALLY ARE VERY HELPFUL IN PROVIDING THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE TRY TO BALANCE THE SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES, AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO UNDER MENTAL HEALTH, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMERS THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE CRISIS INTERVENTION RESPONSE, HOMELESS OUTREACH, CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING, AND CLINICAL REMOTE.
NOW, THE GENERAL FUND REFLECTS MOST OF THE COST COMES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND IT'S 7.1 MILLION.
AND UNDER THE POLICE SERVICE POLICE SPECIAL SERVICE, IT'S ANOTHER 411,000.
BUT I WILL SAY ONCE AGAIN, THAT THIS IS FUNDED THAT HAS A LOT OF SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IN GRANT FUNDING, INCLUDING ARPA FUNDS, AND IT'S BEEN VERY, UH, A SIGNIFICANT INFUSION INTO OUR GOAL OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED.
THIS IS OUR SUPPORT SIDE, WHICH INCLUDES OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, OUR PLANNING, AND OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION, AND AN ARRAY OF SUPPORT DIVISIONS THAT ASSIST WITH, UH, THE, OUR MISSION.
SO THAT GENERAL FUND COST IS 132 MILLION WITH POLICE SPECIAL SERVICES OF ANOTHER 1.1 MILLION.
SO, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM, THAT PROGRAM THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED ARE, ARE RELATIONAL POLICING INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT GREATER HOUSTON.
AND THEN VICTIM SERVICES, UH, PROGRAMS PROVIDE RESOURCES AND REFERRALS THAT FACILITATE HEALING AND RESTORATION FOR CRIME VICTIMS. ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO PAUSE AND SAY THAT THIS IS ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT IS SUPPLEMENTED, UH, CONSIDERABLY WITH GRANT FUNDING.
SO THE GENERAL FUND COST FOR THESE PROGRAMS IS $11 MILLION IN ASSET FORFEITURE, AND THERE'S VERY SMALL AMOUNTS COMING OUTTA ASSET FORFEITURE AND POLICE SPECIAL FUNDS.
AND LASTLY IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, UM, PROGRAM.
AND THAT IS THE OVERHEAD PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES OVERHEAD, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE BUDGET AND FINANCE, LEGAL SERVICES, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE COST FOR THAT COMES OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND AT 32 MILLION ASSET FORFEITURES, SMALLER AMOUNTS.
AND WITHIN, UM, THIS IS CALLED THE CHILD SAFETY FUND, AND THOSE MAY BE, FOLKS MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CHILD SAFETY FUND.
WE ACTUALLY, UM, BRING IN REVENUES OR REALLY REVENUES OF CERTAIN STARTS COMES TO THE HPD, AND THEN WE JUST FUNNEL IT TO, UM, SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL CROSSINGS AND GUARDS.
SO FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, THE GENERAL FUND, AS I SAID, IS 32 MILLION, BUT THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PROGRAMS IS 35.7.
SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR MORE, UH, TRADITIONAL WAYS TO SHOW OUR EXPENDITURES, AND WE'RE SHOWING IT BY FUND.
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND AND FIVE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL FUNDS.
SO WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, UH, WE ARE SHOWING THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, THANK YOU FOR, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE SHOWING FISCAL YEAR 24 PROPOSED OF 1 BILLION, 11 MILLION, WHICH IS A 2% INCREASE.
AND WE HAVE A POLICE SPECIAL FUND, WHICH IS SHOWING A, A SMALL DECREASE, BUT REALLY THE POLICE SPECIAL FUND IF THEY'RE RESTRICTED.
AND SO FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING, UH, A LOT OF BIG EVENTS THAT WE HAD LAST FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE WILL, SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT CHANGE.
BUT OVERALL, IT'S A 2% CHANGE.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR BUDGET AS CLOSE TO THE JUST AS POSSIBLE.
SO THIS IS OUR TYPICAL PERSONNEL VERSUS NON-PERSONNEL.
YOU'VE HEARD US MENTION OVERALL THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY A PEOPLE-DRIVEN DEPARTMENT, AND THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THAT FIRST PIE CHART.
FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE CLASSIFIED OFFICERS REPRESENT 82% OF OUR BUDGET, AND CIVILIANS REPRESENT 9%.
SO OUR PERSONNEL COSTS REPRESENT 91% OF OUR BUDGET, AND THE REST ARE REPRESENTING FOR RESTRICTED FUNDS, WHICH IS ABOUT 4%, AS WELL AS UNRESTRICTED FUNDS, ANOTHER 3%.
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CONTRACTUAL, INCLUDING THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER.AS MENTIONED, MOST OF OUR REVENUE ARE REIMBURSEMENT, AND IT'S THE, THE BULK OF IT COMES FROM OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS THE FOURTH LINE DOWN WITH THE AIRPORT SYSTEM.
UH, THE CURRENT BUDGET IS 36 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 IS PROPOSED AT 39 MILLION, WHICH IS A 1.5, UH, MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE.
BUT MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, OF COURSE, THE ALLOCATION FOR THE, UH, SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT JUST REMEMBER, WE ARE REIMBURSED BY THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR SERVICES, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT SECURITY.
SO THIS GIVES YOU A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THE REVENUE, AND IT'S THE REVENUE BY FUND, AND IT'S REALLY JUST SHOWING YOU THAT MOST OF THE REVENUE COMES FROM GENERAL FUND AND THE REMAINDER IS, UH, NOMINAL.
THIS IS JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR REVENUES.
I BELIEVE I'VE KIND OF GONE OVER IT, BUT I'LL JUST REPEAT FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THAT $1.6 MILLION INCREASE FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OVERTIME.
SO THAT INCREASE THAT YOU SAW WITHIN THE AIRPORT SYSTEM, SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL, UH, NEED FOR OVERTIME AND, UH, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AT THE INTER INTERCONTINENTAL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD END LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S GOING ON FOR THIS YEAR TOO.
IT MAY GO ON A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UH, FOR POLICE SPECIAL FUND, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE SEEING A DECREASE, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO NCAA MARCH MADNESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT PERTAINS TO.
AND AUTO DEALERS, UH, WE HAD A HUGE SURGE AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 23, UH, FOR VOLUMES OF TOWED VEHICLES RELEASED FROM CITY STORAGE LOTS.
SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT GOING ON.
SO WE, UH, BUDGET CONSERVATIVELY.
SO FOR ASSET FORFEITURE, AS I MENTIONED WITH ASSET FORFEITURE, WE CAN'T REALLY BUDGET.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO BUDGET BECAUSE THAT MONEY IS NOT GUARANTEED.
UH, WE CAN BUDGET FOR THE STATE, AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO COME BACK DOWN AND BUDGET JUST FOR THE STATE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE MISLEADING, BUT THAT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT.
AND OF COURSE, I MENTIONED OUR FORENSIC TRANSITION FUND.
SO THE REVENUE IS A DIRECT OFFSET OF EXPENDITURES.
THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER FOR CITY EMPLOYEES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND ARE MANAGED BY, UH, HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE CENTER.
AND RIGHT NOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE THREE AND THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO, UH, AS PEOPLE TRIP OUT, THIS WILL GO DOWN TO ZERO.
WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE SUMMARY FOR THE BUDGET, AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHIEF SLINKER.
RHONDA DOES AN AMAZING JOB, UM, HELPING US MANAGE, UH, THIS BUDGET EVERY SINGLE DAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS, LIKE I SAID, AND, AND, AND HER, SHE AND HER TEAM.
I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM.
UM, REAL QUICKLY, I JUST WANNA GO OVER, UM, A A COUPLE OF OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR FY 23.
UM, IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THAT SLIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH ONE SAFE HOUSTON AND I MENTIONED IT AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, INITIATIVES, UM, THAT WE'RE ENGAGED IN, WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, MARKED REDUCTION IN, IN CRIME AND SPECIFICALLY VIOLENT CRIME.
AND WE'VE TALKED AT LENGTH, UH, TO THIS BODY ABOUT THAT.
UM, ALSO VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, A 20% REDUCTION, UH, THIS YEAR IN EXTERNAL CITIZEN COMPLAINTS.
UM, AND THAT RUNS ALL TYPES OF COMPLAINTS THAT MIGHT BE RECEIVED, UM, AS WE INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC ON A DAILY BASIS, MAKING, YOU KNOW, AT MINIMUM 1.2 MILLION ALMOST CONTACTS PER YEAR BECAUSE OF THE CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE RUN.
AND THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY INCLUDE SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITIES, UH, AND CONTACTS.
AND SO, UM, TO SEE SUCH A MARKED REDUCTION IN, UH, IN CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, I THINK IS FANTASTIC THAT WE'VE ENHANCED THE CADET RECRUITING, UH, AND NAMELY THROUGH THE $10,000, UH, INCENTIVE.
AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE LARGE EVENTS THAT I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, RESPONDING TO THOSE AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE MEN'S FINAL FOUR, THE MARATHON, THE LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO, THE WORLD SERIES, UM, FREEDOM OVER TEXAS, MANY, MANY MORE.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS LISTED HERE THAT YOU CAN, UH, REVIEW WHEN YOU HAVE TIME.
UM, SPEAKING QUICKLY ABOUT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF HPD, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, UM, IT'S 75% MALE, 25% FEMALE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT GENDER COMPOSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT, UM, ON THE SWORN SIDE NATIONALLY,
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UM, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR SWORN, UH, FEMALE OFFICERS IS 13%.UH, THAT'S THE NATION AVERAGE.
HPD IS AT 17% FOR, UM, CLASSIFIED OFFICERS, UH, THAT ARE FEMALE, UM, CIVILIANS.
UM, NATIONALLY, 60% OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ARE FEMALE.
AND WITHIN HPD, UH, TODAY, UM, WE ARE ABOVE THAT.
UH, WITHIN HPD TODAY, WE'RE 67%.
UM, AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN, UM, OF OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, AS THE CHIEF HAS SAID MANY TIMES, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR DIVERSITY.
UH, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A MAJORITY MINORITY DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, I THINK WE'RE VERY REFLECTIVE, UH, TODAY OF THE CITY THAT WE'RE SERVING AND BEING THE MOST DIVERSE, UH, CITY IN AMERICA.
AND SO, MOVING PAST THAT, YOU'LL SEE A SLIDE THAT, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED IN, IN, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS.
UM, AND THIS IS, UM, LABELED AS UNMET NEEDS, NOT TO MEAN THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNMET NEEDS.
IN FACT, MANY OF THE THINGS LISTED HERE, WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, ON PBJS AND GOING THROUGH THAT, UH, PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED TO DO PBJS FOR EACH OF THESE THINGS.
UM, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED HERE, UH, FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND THINGS THAT WE WILL NEED TO WORK ON, UM, AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET YEAR.
UM, AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THE ADDITIONAL OVERTIME DOLLARS.
AND, UM, SOME OF THAT WAS MENTIONED YESTERDAY IN THE NEWS CONFERENCE THAT I THINK YOU AS A BODY AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR AND, AND EVERYBODY HAS COMMITTED THAT, UH, THOSE OPERATIONAL OVERTIME DOLLARS LIKE THAT WHICH WE EXPENDED IN ONE SAFE HOUSTON, WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED, UH, TO FILL THE GAP, IF YOU WILL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES OUT THERE, UH, PRESENT AND FIGHTING VIOLENT CRIMES.
SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL AS A BODY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IS ON THE, UM, DEFINITELY THE OPERATIONAL OVERTIME DOLLARS.
AND SO WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME THAT WE WERE GIVEN AND WE'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST IT.
AND SO I'M GONNA YIELD THERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
AND KEEP IN MIND IF WE, UH, DON'T HAVE THE FOLLOW UP THAT YOU NEED TODAY, THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY COME BACK TO YOU, UH, WITH WHATEVER ANSWERS YOU NEED.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL YOUR DILIGENCE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE QUEUE.
UM, FIRST OFF TO BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU, UH, RHONDA, YOU ALWAYS, UM, HAVE SUCH A TREMENDOUS UNDERSTANDING AND DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT COMES TO HPDS BUDGET, UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE UNDERSTAND WHY.
AND, UH, CHIEF TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, THANK YOU REALLY QUICKLY.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS, UM, SEVERAL THINGS THAT YOU TOUCHED ON, BUT I'D LIKE TO DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AS IT RELATES TO HOMELAND SECURITY AND CHIEF TIN, YOUR DIVISION DOES AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.
SPECIAL EVENTS FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.
UM, OFTENTIMES, I MEAN, YOU HIGHLIGHTED RIGHT? IT'S THE BASIC HOUSTON EVENTS, THE MARATHON, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THEN THE BIG EVENTS THAT COME IN, AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WITH SOME OF THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE MAJOR PLAYERS, UM, THEY PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO PROVIDE TO ENSURE A SAFE EVENT.
UM, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, OFTENTIMES THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE WITH SOME OF THESE SMALLER EVENTS.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT IN THE COST THAT IT TAKES? I MEAN, EVEN SO MUCH AS A BASKETBALL GAME IS THE SAME TIME AS A BASEBALL GAME.
AND WHILE YOU KNOW, OUR AMAZING PARTNERS, UH, AT BOTH, YOU KNOW, ARENAS HANDLE INSIDE SECURITY, IT'S HPD THAT'S ON THE OUTSIDE, MANAGING A LOT OF THAT JUST TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE COST THAT WE INCUR COMPARED TO WHAT REVENUE WE MAY BE BRINGING IN ON THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AND THE CHALLENGES? SURE.
NOW TO GIVE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO FOLLOW UP, BUT LET ME JUST SPEAK VERY PLAINLY AND TELL THIS BODY EXACTLY.
I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN IS ASKING.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE HAVE MAJOR EVENTS IN THIS CITY THAT WE HAVE PARTNERS, AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE A LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, RIGHT? THAT WE DO A GREAT JOB AT SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT, RIGHT? FOR THOSE PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THINGS LIKE A SUPER BOWL, RIGHT? OR A FINAL FOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE DO A GREAT JOB, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THIS CITY THAT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT PROBABLY SHOULD BE DISCUSSED, UM, AS A WHOLE, UH, GOING FORWARD.
AND THEN YOU ADD IN EVENTS THAT HAPPEN, WHICH ARE GREAT FOR THE CITY AND THEY'RE EXCITING AND WE'RE NOT ARGUING THAT.
BUT THEN YOU ADD IN EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ONE ON TOP OF ANOTHER IN A SMALL FOOTPRINT.
UM, AND THERE IS SOME ROOM, I BELIEVE, TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD ON ARE WE TRULY SEEKING OUT BEING REIMBURSED, RIGHT?
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FOR A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS THAT OCCUR WHERE I THINK, UM, WE'RE NOT BEING MADE WHOLE.AND IF WE WERE MADE WHOLE, I THINK IT WOULD AFFECT THE HPD BUDGET FOR THE NUMBER OF POLICE RESOURCES, EVEN AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY THAT IT REQUIRES TO KEEP THESE EVENTS SAFE AND SECURE.
BECAUSE HERE'S THE BOTTOM LINE, THE REALITY IS WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE HANDLE SPECIAL EVENTS.
AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA LET THIS CITY FALL SHORT, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT GETTING REIMBURSED ON A SPECIAL EVENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT IT TAKES TO STAFF IT, WE STILL GO DO IT ANYWAY.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LEAVE A HOLE WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY IS REQUIRED, YOU SIMPLY CAN'T DO IT.
AND SO WE GO OUT THERE AND WE PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND WE GET IT DONE, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SEEKING OR GETTING REIMBURSEMENT OTHERWISE.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT OCCUR, UM, WHERE WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEED TO GET REIMBURSEMENT MOTION TO EXTEND MM-HMM
WITH THAT, SO IF WE COULD GET, AGAIN, SOME WAY TO CALCULATE THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW.
UH, ON TOP OF THAT, I SAW THE UNMET NEEDS.
UM, A LOT OF THAT IS BASED IN TECHNOLOGY.
THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL AND YOU KNOW, RHONDA, AS YOU'VE APTLY POINTED OUT, THE THIS INCREASE, THIS 2% BUDGET INCREASE IS SOLELY BY AND LARGE THE, UM, PAY RAISES THAT WE'RE SEEING AND IT'S PERSONNEL COSTS THAT MAKE UP THE MOST OF THIS BUDGET TO COVER 650 PLUS SQUARE MILES.
AND I SAY PLUS, BECAUSE WE HAVE REGIONAL PARTNERS, RIGHT? AND REGIONAL COVERAGE, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THAT SQUARE MILEAGE.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO UTILIZE AND HARNESS THAT TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES TO CYBER, WHICH WE AREN'T GONNA GET INTO IN THIS PLATFORM, BUT ARE THERE OTHER TECHNOLOGY NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S DRONE USAGE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY IN A NEXT GEN, NO PUN INTENDED WAY, RIGHT? AND YOU TALKED ABOUT RMS, BUT ARE THERE SOME OF THOSE OTHER NEEDS? YEAH.
AND LEMME START WITH A BASIC ONE, OKAY? THAT'S ON THAT SLIDE RIGHT BEFORE WE GET INTO TO SOME OTHER ONES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, NOT VERY LONG AGO, UM, EVERY HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER OUT THERE AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW, DID NOT HAVE A SMART DEVICE IN THE FIELD.
THE ONLY THING THEY HAD WAS THEIR PERSONAL CELL PHONE.
WELL, I REALLY DON'T NEED YOU TAKING PICTURES WITH THAT PERSONAL CELL PHONE AT A CRIME SCENE.
NOW I NEED TO TAG THAT AS EVIDENCE.
OKAY? SO THERE'S SOME REASONS WHY YOU'RE NOT USING THAT FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO, BUT ONLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET SMART DEVICES AND A CITY CELL PHONE IN THE HANDS OF BASICALLY EVERY SINGLE HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER TO DO WORK AND WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
NOW, GOING FORWARD THOUGH, YOU'LL SEE THERE AS AN UNMET NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL HAVE SMART DEVICES IN THE FIELD, WHICH IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THAT NEXT GEN ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING THE YEARLY COST ON THE FACT THAT NOW INSTEAD OF JUST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT HAVING MOBILE SMART DEVICES IN THE FIELD, NOW WE HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND.
AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE, WE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S A RECURRING COST OF, YOU'LL SEE IT ON THAT SLIDE OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT NEEDS TO BE MET.
BECAUSE SEE, THE NEXT GEN THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, AND I'LL SPEAK BROADLY BECAUSE ON SOME OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES, WE HAVE QUIET PERIODS GOING ON, SO WE WON'T DELVE INTO SPECIFICS.
BUT IN THE NEXT GENERATION, IF YOU WILL, OF DOING OFFENSE REPORTS, YOU NEED A SMART DEVICE IN THE FIELD, BECAUSE WE'RE HIRING A GENERATION OF OFFICERS THAT CAN TYPE THEIR OFFENSE REPORT FASTER WITH THEIR THUMBS THAN THEY CAN ON A KEYBOARD.
AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF OFFICERS DOESN'T WANT TO USE A MOBILE COMPUTER IN THE CAR OR A DESKTOP AT THE OFFICE TO DO A REPORT.
THEY CAN SIMPLY DO IT HERE AND DO IT FASTER.
AND TO A GREAT DEGREE, USING THESE DEVICES IN THE FIELD WILL ALLOW ME TO DO THINGS LIKE SCAN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION I NEED FROM A COMPLAINANT OR A REPORTEE, AND IT AUTOMATICALLY POPULATES THAT REPORT.
AND WE'RE GETTING MORE EFFICIENT.
BUT THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
NOW, TO OFFSET THAT, WE TALK ABOUT THE STAFFING AND WE TALK ABOUT OUR AGENCY, AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW THIS BODY HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN HELPING US HIRE IN A TIME WHERE ATTRITION HAS BEEN REALLY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE AGING DEPARTMENT THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND THE MAYOR MENTIONED IT EVEN YESTERDAY, RIGHT? WHEN THIS ADMINISTRATION CAME IN, THE MAYOR CAME IN UP TO 38 TO 39% OF THE DEPARTMENT WAS ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE.
AND NOW YOU AS A BODY ARE BRINGING THAT DOWN THROUGH OUR HIRING.
AND SO THE REALITY IS, THOUGH, TO BRIDGE THE GAP WHERE WE'RE SHORT ON OFFICERS, IT'S THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS US DO THAT.
BUT THESE TECHNOLOGIES, WHETHER IT'S NEW RMS SYSTEMS, WHETHER IT'S NEW CADS, WHETHER IT'S MOBILE SMART DEVICES IN THE FIELD, THESE TECHNOLOGIES UNFORTUNATELY HAVE A COST.
AND, AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE.
RIGHT? AND LASTLY, IF SOMEONE COULD JUST GET BACK TO US, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE OUTTA TIME ON, UM, ONE WITH ASSET FORFEITURE.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GETTING THOSE REVENUES FROM THE STATE, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT HPD ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THE PRACTICE OF ASSET FORFEITURE.
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WE GIVING OR GENERATING FROM THAT? UM, SETTING ASIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE WITH RIGHT.SOME OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH ASSET FORFEITURE.
AND THEN IF SOMEONE COULD ALSO GET BACK TO US ON WHAT ARE THE, UM, WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE, WELL, IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF WOMEN IN THE FOREST AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT TYPE OF DIVERSITY? ABSOLUTELY.
SO A REMINDER TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN UPLOAD YOUR OWN QUESTIONS INTO SHAREPOINT AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT WILL GET BACK TO YOU.
I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, BOTH OF YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, S WHITE, I SEE MY MAIN MAN BAND 10 AND THE, AND THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE FOR, FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR PRESENTATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
AND, UM, YEAH, I, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE LASER FOCUSED ON CONTINUING ON THE CRIME EFFORTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE.
UH, FORTUNATELY WE HAVE A FAMILY NIGHT TONIGHT AT THE ACADEMY FOR A NEW GROUP OF CADETS.
AND SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS AND WE'RE WEL WELCOMING THEIR FAMILIES.
AND SO I'M GONNA BE LEAVING HERE, HEADING OUT THERE TO WELCOME THOSE FAMILIES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, THE FIRST IS GONNA BE DIANA DALI.
I HAVE QUICK TWO QUESTIONS TODAY.
UH, NUMBER ONE IS HPD HAS A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DIVISION THAT DUPLICATES A LOT OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ITS BUDGET FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
WOULD YOU SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BEING CONSOLIDATED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR GREATER EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY? UH, WE WANNA LIMIT OUR QUESTIONS TO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF LIKE MAKING OUR CITY MORE EFFICIENT, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOVING TO OUTCOME BASED BUDGETING.
WHAT IF INSTEAD OF HAVING AN, LIKE A COMMUNITY DIVISION IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, WHAT IF WE WERE TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS? AND THAT WAY WE, WE HAVE A MORE EFFICIENT SYSTEM WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE SOMEBODY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR HPD, FOR THIS, FOR THIS, FOR THAT.
DO WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA? I THINK THAT'S AN IDEA WORTH EXPLORING.
AND IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE CAN MAYBE MODEL, UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, OR JUST A IDEA THAT YOU, SOME SUGGESTIONS YOU HAVE WITHIN THAT, THAT YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER, UH, YOU CAN EMAIL THAT TO ANY ONE OF OUR OFFICES AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION DUE TO THE HIGH RATES OF DEATHS IN CUSTODY.
DOES THE BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER INCLUDE FUNDING FOR LITIGATION AND OR DAMAGES FOR DEATHS IN HPD CUSTODY? OR WHERE IN THE BUDGET WILL WE FIND THIS? IF THAT'S NOT IT, UH, WE WILL GET THE SPECIFICS BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS MELISSA MARTINEZ.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AFTER ALL THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO WHERE IS IT? UM, OH YEAH.
IN REGARDS TO THE HBDS VIOLENT CRIME STATISTICS THAT WAS SHOWN, UM, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO ONE SAFE HOUSTON BEING IMPLEMENTED.
I I WAS JUST CURIOUS, BASED ON SPENDING FROM OUR GENERAL FUNDS AND THEN FROM OUR ARPA FUNDS AND THE GENERAL AND BEING USED FOR POLICE, I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, HOW ARE WE ABLE TO DETERMINE FROM CITY COUNCIL, HOW ARE WE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THIS IS THE MAIN IMPLICATIONS FOR SAFETY ON JUST TO INVEST ON THIS DEPARTMENT COMPARED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HELPS ON PROVIDING SECURITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS? UM, YEAH.
CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? UM, SO IN CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, AS COUNCIL MEMBER GAYMAN MENTIONED OF BEING THE LARGEST OF USING OUR FUNDS FOR THIS ONE SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, AND ALSO THE MOST FOR, COMPARED TO ALL OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UM, WHAT IS THE FACTOR THAT IS BEING USED TO MEASURE TO YOU TO PUT IN MOST INVESTMENT TOWARDS THIS ONE SINGLE DEPARTMENT COMPARED TO OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS?
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SO, UM, I THINK I'M FOLLOWING YOUR QUESTION.SO THIS, THIS ONE DEPARTMENT FOR ONE, HAS MORE EMPLOYEES THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, OKAY? AND THE PRESENTATION SHOWED THAT 91% OF THEIR, UM, BUDGET ALLOCATION WILL GO TOWARDS PERSONNEL.
UH, I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN WAS STATING THAT WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY, AND BASED ON THAT WE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LARGER DEPARTMENT WITH A LARGER ALLOCATION OF DOLLARS FOR THIS.
UM, THE WAY I LOOK AT THINGS IS, UH, THROUGH CONSTITUENT FEEDBACK, YOU CAN LOOK AT EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S SURVEY THAT SHE PUT OUT THERE ON WHAT ARE THE, THE CITY'S PRIORITIES.
WE ALSO LOOK AT CALLS TO SERVICE, RIGHT? HOW MANY CALLS ARE COMING INTO THE CITY FROM, WAS IT LISTED ON THE SURVEY THAT THAT WAS THE TOP ON SAFETY YET? YEAH.
OH, WELL, THE MAYOR, THAT'S RIGHT.
WHICH PUBLIC SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE.
SO PUBLIC SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CALLS THAT COME INTO THE CITY PER DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER IT'S POLICE OR FIRE, USUALLY IS AT THE TOP.
AND POLICE IS, IS IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE, THE MAYOR'S.
IS THAT JUST THE MAYOR'S SURVEY OR ALSO Y'ALL'S IN GENERAL? SAY THAT AGAIN.
OR LIKE WHO'S, WHO'S FORMATTING THE QUESTIONS ON THAT SURVEY? THAT PARTICULAR SURVEY WAS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS CASSANDRA JONES.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS PUBLIC SESSION.
UM, MY ONE QUESTION TO Y'ALL RIGHT, RIGHT NOW IS, IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT SPENDING FUNDS ON TRAFFIC STOPS DECREASES FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES FOR, UH, FROM VEHICLE CRASHES? AND IF SO, WHAT PAGE ON THE, ON THE OUT ON THE, UH, ON THEIR PDF, IS THAT ON? WHAT DATA OR EVIDENCE IS THERE? YEAH, I DON'T RECALL SEEING THAT ON THE, UH, PRESENTATION.
'CAUSE THIS WAS MORE TOWARDS FINANCE.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO SHAREPOINT AND GET A RESPONSE TO YOU.
AND THEN I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION IS, FOR THE AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS, WHAT EVIDENCE DO THEY HAVE THAT IT KEEPS PLATE, KEEPS NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE, OR WHAT, WHAT EVIDENCE OR WHAT METRICS ARE THEY USING FOR THAT? IT'S NOT A BUDGET QUESTION, BUT WE CAN, UH, IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT THAT TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOU.
UH, THE ANSWERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE TRYING TO BE RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD ON THE BUDGET.
I, I JUST SAW THE UNMET NEEDS PART, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING MORE ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE ANYTIME YOU PLAN FOR ANY KIND OF PROJECT PROJECT MANAGEMENT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE INFO THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, BUT ALSO ASK WHY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTOPHER RIVERA.
UH, SINCE HPD RELEASED ITS TRAFFIC STOP DASHBOARD, WE HAVE SEEN THAT BLACK AND BROWN DRIVER EXPERIENCE STOPS SEARCH ARRESTS USE OF FORCE, EVEN DEATH AT HIGHER RATES WHEN COMPARED TO WHITE DRIVERS.
YET THE OUTCOME-BASED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PERFORMANCE GOALS FAILS TO RECOGNIZE OR MENTION THE REDUCTION OF THESE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.
HP D'S GOAL IS TO REDUCE VEHICLE, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN DEATHS, BUT IGNORE THE DEATHS THAT ARE CAUSED BY HPD DURING TRAFFIC STOPS, WHICH INCLUDE TWO FOR 2022.
THESE DEATHS CAN EASILY BE AVOIDED IF WE REMOVED ARMED POLICE FROM CONDUCTING NON-SAFETY TRAFFIC STOPS.
WILL HPD INCLUDE METRICS THAT SHOW THE RACIAL DISPARITIES FOUND IN TRAFFIC STOPS AND WORK TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF BLACK AND BROWN DRIVERS WHO ARE HARMED BY THE POLICE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE BY RESTRICTING THEIR BUDGETS? SO THAT A COMMENT OR IS THAT A QUESTION? UH, IT'S A COMMENT AT THE END.
UH, 'CAUSE I'M WONDERING IF HP BD WILL INCLUDE THOSE METRICS 'CAUSE THEY'RE INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE BICYCLE DEATHS, BUT DO NOT INCLUDE THE DEATHS THAT CAUSED BY THEIR OWN HANDS.
AND ARE YOU CHECKING OUT THE, UH, THE POLICE TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR, UM, YOUR DATA ON THE TRAFFIC STOPS? YEAH, IT'S FROM THE DASHBOARD, BUT I'M SAYING SINCE WE'RE MOVING TO A OUTCOME BASED, UM, BUDGETING,
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I THINK IT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THESE TYPES OF METRICS TO REALLY MEASURE IF THEY'RE INCREASING PUBLIC SAFETY OR NOT HARMING PUBLIC SAFETY.AND THEN WE SHOULD DEFER FUNDING FROM THEM IF THEY ARE CAUSING MORE TROUBLE THAN GOOD.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD OBSERVATION.
IF YOU WANT TO SEND THAT DIRECTLY TO MY OFFICE, DISTRICT J@HOUSTONTX.GOV, I'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON TRYING TO GET YOU AN ANSWER FOR THAT FROM THEM.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN IS IN THE QUEUE.
AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK ON THE FACE THAT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD METRIC TO POSSIBLY KNOW, BUT I THINK WHAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOESN'T NECESSARILY KNOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, HPDA LOT OF TIMES, UM, WHEN THERE ARE TRYING TO APPREHEND A WANTED FUGITIVE OR SOMEONE THAT HAS MULTIPLE FELONY WARRANTS, INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE HOME AND DOING WARRANT SERVICE ON THE HOME, THEY'LL WAIT, DO SURVEILLANCE, FOLLOW THEM IN A CAR, UM, IN ORDER TO PULL 'EM OVER THERE.
THAT WAY THEY KNOW THE PERSON, YOU KNOW, IS ALONE, UM, NOT NECESSARILY IN THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT AT HOME.
UM, AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT GO INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, AN HP OFFICER USED FORCE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, GO INTO IT THAT DON'T NECESSARILY GO INTO A BICYCLE DEATH OR A PEDESTRIAN DEATH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY LIKE IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROLLABLE.
UM, THEY HAVE POLICIES THAT, YOU KNOW, HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.
SO IF WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AS A METRICS TO DEFER THEIR FUNDING, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD SOURCE.
BUT I'LL SEND MY QUESTION TO DISTRICT J AND YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I GOT YOU GOT A GOOD QUESTION, MAN.
I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A RESPONSE FOR YOU.
UM, DOUG SMITH IS NOT IN THE AUDIENCE.
THANKS FOR TAKING OUR QUESTIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, AS YOU JUST AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, WAS THINKING ABOUT, UH, MOST OF THE FUNDING GOING TO PERSONNEL COSTS, WHICH IS THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY ON THE GROUND.
I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HPD WAS SPENDING IN RESPONSE TO ISSUES THAT HAVE NO INDICATION OF DANGER SUCH AS FOOD NOT BOMBS AND UNHOUSED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS A GOOD USE OF PERSONNEL, TAX DOLLARS, PERSONNEL, UH, COSTS? AND ALSO DO YOU THINK THERE ARE BETTER WAYS WE CAN RESPOND TO THESE ISSUES? YEAH, THERE'S A LOT RIGHT THERE.
UM, I, I WILL GIVE YOU MY, MY INPUT ON IT AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN CHIME IN.
I THINK AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS PROVIDE THE FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO EACH DEPARTMENT SO THAT THEY CAN PUT FORTH A STRATEGY THAT THEY BELIEVE IS BEST, UM, FOR THEM.
AND I THINK THAT, UH, THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY PUT FORTH THEIR OWN STRATEGY THAT THEY BELIEVE WILL KEEP YOU ALL SAFE.
OUR JOB IS TO LOOK AT THAT POLICY AND DECIDE IF WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS APPROPRIATE OR NOT FOR THE FUND, FOR THE DOLLARS THAT WE WILL ALLOCATE.
SO IF THERE ARE, UM, SPECIFIC INSTANCES THAT YOU THINK WE'RE ALLOCATING DOLLARS TO PROGRAMS OR SERVICES WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT THAT YOU DON'T SEE BENEFICIAL, THEN WE CAN TRY TO RAISE THOSE POINTS AMONGST OURSELVES AND SEE IF THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO GO FORWARD WITH, WITH FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.
UH, I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME OBSERVATIONS JUST FROM THE BUDGET WE WENT OVER.
UM, IT'S EVIDENT THAT HVD IT'S BUDGET CONSTITUTES A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE CITY'S EXPENDITURE, RIGHT? OR $1 BILLION OF THE 6.2 BILLION.
BUT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SEEING, AND THIS IS MADE JUST AN OBSERVATION, HOW THE INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET CORRELATES TO LOWERING CRIME.
WE ARE HEARING FROM OUR COLLEAGUES, BUT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, CRIME HAS FLUCTUATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE HERE PROBABLY DON'T THINK INCREASING THE BUDGET IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES APPEAR TO BE DISPROPORTIONATELY LOWER.
UM, I IMPLORE YOU TO CONSIDER OTHER THINGS WHILE ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET.
AND THIS IS A COMMENT, UM, IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE AN ANALYSIS OR STUDY
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OF ROOT CAUSES, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT LEAD TO CRIME LIKE POVERTY, INEQUALITY, LACK OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION OR HEALTHCARE.UM, I ALSO HAD A QUESTION I'D LIKE TO POSE.
I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, I WANTED TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SAID TODAY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A REPRESENTATION OF PERFORMANCE METRICS TODAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA, UM, ABOUT INITIATIVES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY USE LAW ENFORCEMENTS? LIKE, LIKE, LIKE OTT, UM, THE MOBILE CRISIS OUTREACH, UH, TEAM, DID THEY, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE DESIRED OUTCOMES? HOW IS SOMEBODY SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION? HOW IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET? SO YEAH, I, I THINK THEY DO HAVE THOSE METRICS AVAILABLE.
THEY JUST DIDN'T, AS THEY STATED BEFORE, IT WOULD TAKE A MUCH LONGER PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH EACH, EACH OF THOSE METRICS.
SO IF SPECIFIC ONES THAT, UH, YOU WANT US TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO YOU ON, THEN YOU WOULD REACH OUT TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, LET US, UH, GET THAT, UH, UPLOADED INTO SHAREPOINT TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK FOR YOU.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET INCREASE, UH, HPD IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, IT IS PRETTY MUCH FLAT.
THE ONLY INCREASE IS GOING TO BE DUE TO THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO, UH, OUTSIDE OF THAT PAY RAISE THAT THEY'RE CONTRA CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO GET BASED ON THE NEGOTIATIONS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH FLAT.
CAN I HAVE JUST AN EXTENSION TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? SURE.
UM, I ALSO WAS JUST REVIEWING THE HBD WEBSITE AND NOTICED THAT THERE IS A GOOGLE TRANSLATE OPTION TO SEE THINGS IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT IT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION LANGUAGES THAT MAY BE INDIGENOUS AND DON'T HAVE LIKE, RATED MATERIALS.
HOW IS THAT BEING, UH, REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET AS IT OPPOSED AS IT RELATES TO THE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES THAT IS BEING PUT IN PLACE.
THEY HAVE A LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT READILY OR WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF YOU ARE TRYING TO HAVE INTENTIONAL OUTREACH AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF AND, UH, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPAND UPON THAT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CORETTA BROWN.
ACCORDING TO JASON SPENCER, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
QUOTE, MORE RESOURCES NEED TO BE DIRECTED TOWARD ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OUTSIDE OF A JAIL SETTING.
WOULD YOU COMMIT TO REDUCING THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET? SO WE MAY DIRECT REDIRECT MORE RESOURCES TOWARD OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SO, UH, THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
UM, THERE WAS A MENTAL HEALTH LINE IN THE PRESENTATION.
YEAH, BUT, BUT YOU, YOU'RE SPEAKING OF WHAT SOMEONE FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS, HAS STATED THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY NEEDED.
IT'S JUST FOR CONTEXT, WOULD YOU SUPPORT REDIRECTING MORE MONEY TOWARD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? AND SO INSTEAD THE POLICE? I, WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THIS, UH, BUDGET.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, RESOURCES THAT WE PUT FORTH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARPA DOLLARS, UH, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE CLINICIANS, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, UH, WITH CERTAIN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS THAT GO OUT TO THE SCENE.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE COLLABORATIONS WITH HARRIS COUNTY OPEN UP DIVERSION CENTERS AND X, Y, Z.
SO THERE ARE, UH, INTENTIONS THAT HAVE PUT FORTH THAT SPEAK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO INCREASE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND MAKING SURE THOSE RESOURCES GO OUT AND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST SENDING TRADITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS TO EVERY SINGLE CALL TO EVERY SINGLE SCENE.
SO, UH, I THINK YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET AND I THINK WE'RE PROUD OF IT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
I WANNA JUST WANNA RESPOND BACK TO ONE PIECE.
SO WE HAVE TWO TEAMS. WE HAVE THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM, RIGHT? AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTT TEAMS. UM, THEY ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WAS, WAS GIVEN IN THROUGH THE ARPA UH, DOLLARS.
WE ARE THOUGH LOOKING SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOESN'T REALLY DEAL WITH WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WE DON'T REALLY SERVICE MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS OR NEEDS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT COLLABORATIONS WITH THE COUNTY.
SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE COUNTY AND, UM, HARRIS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'RE LOOKING TO COLLABORATE BETTER TO, TO PROVIDE MORE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR THOSE CONCERNS.
NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JILL GROSS.
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THANKS Y'ALL FOR A THIRD TIME.UM, SO ASSET FORFEITURE WAS MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES TODAY IN THE BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, ASSET FORFEITURE IS LEGAL, BUT IT'S CON IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL WAY FOR POLICE TO TAKE MONEY AND PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTS TO USE FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, SUCH AS OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE CREATING PROTECTIONS TO MONITOR THIS AND ENSURE THAT POLICE AREN'T STILL TAKING MONEY FROM LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS AS FOUND BY THE TEXAS TRI TRIBUNE IN THE PAST.
AND THEN TO ADD TO THAT, UM, ACCORDING TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NEAL GORSUCH, CIVIL ASSET FOR FORFEITURE IS AN EXTRAVAGANT PUNISHMENT.
ALSO, A STUDY OF NEW MEXICO'S ABOLISHING OF THE PRACTICE SHOWED NO INCREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AFTERWARD.
WHY IS IT, WHY DOES IT CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE HOUSTON'S FUNDING SCHEME? WOULD YOU COMMIT TO ELIMINATING THE USE OF A ASSET FORFEITURE AS PART OF YOUR FUNDING? AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, I KNOW YOU'RE RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.
I ASKED A LONG QUESTION ABOUT ASSET FORFEITURE.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REPEAT IT? ASSET FORFEITURE WAS MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE BUDGET.
ASSET FORFEITURE IS A ILLEGAL BUT CONTROVERSIAL WAY FOR POLICE TO TAKE MONEY AND PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTS TO USE FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES, SUCH AS OVERTIME.
HOW ARE WE CREATING PROTECTIONS TO MONITOR THIS AND ENSURE THAT POLICE AREN'T STILL TAKING MONEY FROM LAW ABIDING RESIDENTS AS FOUND BY THE TEXAS TRIBUNE IN THE PAST, AND ALSO ACCORDING TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH, CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE IS AN EXTRAVAGANT PUNISHMENT.
ALSO, A STUDY OF NEW MEXICO'S ABOLISHING, UM, OF THE PRACTICE SHOWED NO INCREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AFTERWARDS.
WHY DOES IT CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THE H HOUSTON'S FUNDING SCHEME? AND WOULD YOU COMMIT TO ELIMINATING THE USE OF ASSET FORFEITURE AS PART OF YOUR FUNDING MOTION TO EXTEND? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR REPEATING ALL THAT.
UM, YEAH, IN REGARDS TO OVERTIME, I KNOW THAT, UH, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF IN REGARDS TO, TO DISTRICT, I, UH, I KNOW THAT I HAVE IT SEVERAL TIMES, UH, UH, CONTRIBUTED FROM MY DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS TO PAY FOR OVERTIME.
UH, AND MY CONCERN, AND I HAVE TOLD THAT TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF, IS THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE MONIES THAT I'M USING FOR MY, MY DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS FOR OVERTIME ARE ACTUALLY BEING USED WITHIN DISTRICT I FOR OVERTIME.
SO WE DO GET A REPORT FROM HBD IN REGARDS TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING REGARDING OVERTIME IN DISTRICT.
I, I KNOW WE HAVE HAD ISSUES, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH PROSTITUTION, UH, ALONG BROADWAY AND TELEPHONE ROAD.
UH, SO TO TACKLE THAT, I AM BEEN PUTTING MONEY IN, UH, FOR OVERTIME FROM DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS.
UH, SO, SO THE THEREFORE, I GUESS JUST STAYING ON TOP AND GETTING REPORTS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO ANY MORE DETAILS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT IT, UH, AND WE CAN GET IT FURTHER, FURTHER EVALUATED FROM, UM, THE, UH, COMMAND STAFF OR FROM THE ASSISTANT CHIEF THAT ACTUALLY REPORTED IT ON THE BUDGET TODAY.
BUT DO YOU SUPPORT ASSET FORFEITURE AND PROFITING FROM THAT? NO, I MEAN, IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO, NO, I DON'T, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU WERE ASKING IN REGARDS TO OVERTIME ALSO BEING USED FOR OVERTIME PURPOSES.
I KNOW THAT, AGAIN, IN DISTRICT, I, WE DO PAY FOR OVERTIME, BUT IT'S FROM OUR DISTRICT SERVICE FUNDS.
UH, ANY OTHER DETAILS, UH, IN, IN, IN REGARDS TO OVERTIME? I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT IF YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST, WE CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION OUT ON IT.
BUT I'M JUST REFERRING TO WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING REGARDING OVERTIME.
SO I, I I THINK YOU BRING UP A, A CREDIBLE POINT.
UH, I THINK AS A CITY WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, WAYS IN WHICH, UH, WE NEED TO CONSIDER HOW TO GO ABOUT, UM, PUTTING FORTH CERTAIN POLICIES WITHIN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.
IF IT HAS BEEN SHOWN BY STUDIES OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT THINGS, UH, MAY BE MORE IMPACTFUL OR BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC.
GOOD, THEN YEAH, I THINK AS A COUNCIL BODY, WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.
SO IF YOU HAVE, UM, INFORMATION SHOWING HOW, UM, THAT MAY STRENGTHEN OUR DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS BE, UH, MORE TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS AND HAVE SOME DATA TO BACK IT UP, THEN I KNOW I WOULD BE PERSONALLY INTERESTED IN, UH, SPEAKING WITH YOU FURTHER ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU CAN REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE AND
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MAYBE WE CAN SCHEDULE TIME TO TALK.UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR TIME TODAY.
UM, MY QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THE CELL PHONES, WHICH ARE NOW RECURRING COSTS, AREN'T SIMPLY A WASTE OF MONEY? WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING OUTCOME FOCUSED, AND I'M WONDERING WHAT METRICS ARE BEING USED TO SEE HOW THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE, UM, BEING SURVEYED? RE REPEAT YOUR QUESTION.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I DIDN'T FOLLOW IT.
HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THE CELL PHONES, WHICH ARE NOW A RECURRING COST, AREN'T SIMPLY A WASTE OF MONEY? UH, WHAT METRICS ARE WE USING TO SEE HOW THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING USED? WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO GET A DETAILED RESPONSE FROM YOU FROM HPD, BUT JUST FROM LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, IT WAS, UH, DISCLOSED THAT BEFORE THEY WERE ACTUALLY HAVING THEIR OWN CELL PHONES, THEY WERE HAVING TO USE THEIR PERSONAL CELL PHONES, WHICH WOULD THEN BE TURNED IN, HAVE TO BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE, WHICH WOULD MAKE THINGS FOR THE OFFICER MORE BURDENSOME AND PROBABLY LESS EFFICIENT.
AND SO, FROM A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE, FROM A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE, WE COULD JUST SEND, I, I'M GIVING YOU MY COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE.
GIVEN THE ABILITY FOR A, A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE TO HAVE A-A-A-A-A, A PUBLIC OFFERED PHONE MM-HMM
OR DEVICE WOULD SEEM THAT IT WOULD BE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE EVIDENCE IS PRESERVED AND THAT THEY'RE NOT USING THEIR OWN PERSONAL PROPERTY TO CONDUCT ANY CITY INVESTIGATIONS.
UH, MY NEXT QUESTION IS JUST IN THE PAST BUDGET WORKSHOPS, CHEF FEINER HA UH, CHIEF FEINER HAS TOLD US THAT THE RECRUITMENT WAS GOING WELL.
WHAT EVIDENCE DO WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE, UM, BUDGET FOR POLICE CADET RECRUITMENT? IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT THAT TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER, WE WILL UPLOAD IT TO SHAREPOINT AND PROVIDE YOU A RESPONSE.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TAHIRA RAZA.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AMANDA SHY, OR AMANDA, SHE, YES.
I THINK THAT COMPLETES OUR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR TODAY'S SESSION.
UM, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, PLEASE NOTE THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW AND THROUGH THURSDAY, MAY 25TH.
A REMINDER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CHECK YOUR SHAREPOINT TO UPLOAD PRESENTATIONS, AS WELL AS RESPONSES FOR ANY QUESTIONS SUBMITTED.
UH, AGAIN, TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO CAME, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS OVER TO YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS SO WE CAN GET THOSE UPLOADED TO SHAREPOINT.
SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILED ANSWERS FOR YOU, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WANT TO GET THOSE BACK TO YOU.
SO PLEASE SUBMIT THOSE TO US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GOING FORWARD, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.