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I AM GONNA DO THIS. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAYBE NEW TO THE LEADERSHIP, I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR CHIEF, OUR HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF TROY FINNER. 
          HE IS THE HEAD HONCHO OF THE LARGEST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
          HE LEADS OVER 5,200 SWORN PERSONNEL AND OVER 900 CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS. 
          CHIEF FINNER IS COMMITTED AND DEDICATED TO RELATIONAL POLICING, WHERE EACH CONTACT WITH THE CITIZEN IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS, A MEANS BY WHICH WE ALL BUILD TRUST. 
          GIVE IT AROUND FOR OUR CHIEF TROY FINNER. 
          SEE WHO DO I HAVE NEXT ON THE SCREEN? OUR FIRE CHIEF SAMUEL PENA. 
          CHIEF PENA IS A 28 YEAR VETERAN OF THE FIRE SERVICE AND HAS BEEN CHIEF OF THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2016. 
          CHIEF PENA LEADS THE THIRD LARGEST MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY WITH APPRO APPROXIMATELY 3,900 PERSONNEL AND AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF 559 MILLION. 
          PENA HAS DIRECTED THE CITY FIRE PROTECTION THROUGH HARVEY, EMELDA, BETA, NICHOLAS WINTER STORM, URI, THE SUPER BOWLS, AND THE WORLD SERIES. 
          GO AHEAD AND PUT YOUR HANDS, HEAT, 'CAUSE IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. 
          NEXT UP WE HAVE, HOLD ON, LET ME TURN MY SLIDES. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE NEEDS AN INTRODUCTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA DO IT. 
          CEO. 
          BRAD BRADFORD, HE'S AN ATTORNEY, A PUBLIC SAFETY CONSULTANT, A FORMER HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF AND FORMER VICE MAYOR, PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          I THINK THERE WAS SOME CLAPS GOING OUT. 
          GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM SOME CLAPS FOR THAT. 
          HE'S ONE OF OUR OWN. 
          HE'S COMBINED HIS EDUCATION, LEGAL TRAINING AND POLICE EXPERIENCE TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, BUSINESSES NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO HELP DEVELOP SAFETY STRATEGIES. 
          BRADFORD HAS SERVED 24 YEARS AS A HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER, AND SEVEN YEARS AS CHIEF OF POLICE AS CHIEF BRADFORD MANAGED 7,000 PERSONNEL AND A $500 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          AND HE'S CURRENTLY A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, KIM UGGS OFFICE. 
          SO GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE OUR ALE, ISD POLICE CHIEF DAN TURNER. 
          AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO INVITE HIM BECAUSE OFTENTIMES, UM, THE CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AT OUR SCHOOLS IS LEFT OUT OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          UM, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE ENTER THE SUMMERTIME, YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GET IN TROUBLE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR MAKING YOURSELF AVAILABLE AND THEN SHARING WITH THE PUBLIC ALL OF THE STRATEGIES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE. 
          SO, LEMME GO AHEAD AND READ YOUR BIO. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S A GOOD PART TO CLAP. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JEFF. 
          CHIEF TURNER IS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AT A LEAF, ISD, THE A LEAF ISD DEPARTMENT'S AN OUTSTANDING AGENCY THAT'S WELL RESPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND OUR CITY WITH THE PRIMARY MISSION OF PROTECTING LIVES, PROPERTY, AND THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE. 
          TURNER HAS SERVED OVER TWO DECADES AT THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO HIS TENURE AS CAPTAIN. 
          AND THEN NOW CHIEF AT A LEAF, ISD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND LASTLY, AND DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, I WANT TO INTRODUCE VICTOR GONZALEZ. 
          HE'S THE DIVISION MAYOR, UH, DIVISION MANAGER AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF GANG PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION. 
          MR. GONZALEZ CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE DIVISION MANAGER UNDER THE APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. 
          HE'S IN CHARGE OF SUPERVISING THE DELIVERY OF SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR THE MAYOR'S ANTI-GANG OFFICE AND ASSISTING WITH POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY AND TRAINING GANG AND INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS IN THE OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO I WANNA GET INTO IT BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE, MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I KNOW THEY COME WITH QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME, SO DON'T BE SHY 'CAUSE I READ Y'ALLS EMAILS. 
          Y'ALL SEND THE EMAILS TO ME. 
          SO NOW HERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE. 
          CHIEF FINN, I WANNA START WITH YOU AS, UM, THE THE TOP POP IN THE CITY. 
          UM, IT'S OFTEN MENTIONED, UH, THAT YOU SHARED AT CITY HALL THAT YOU HAVE A HEART FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND REALLY GETTING OUT INTO COMMUNITY. 
          SO IF YOU CAN OPEN WITH THAT AND THEN ALSO POINT TO SOME OF, UM, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING AT CITY HALL FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TUNE IN. 
          WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILWOMAN AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HOLDING THIS, UH, TOWN HALL. 
          TOWN HALL MEDIAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR BRAGGING ON, UH, YOUR DISTRICT FOR BEING NUMBER ONE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS FOR LEADING AND A REDUCTION OF CRIME. 
          AND I, I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THINGS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, GREAT CITIZENS WORKING WITH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR, OUR PARTNERS, 
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UH, AND, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, GREAT LEADERSHIP AND, AND, UH, COMMANDER HARDT AND, UH, CHIEF OVERSEERS AND, AND IN THE BACK AND Y'ALL WAY IN THE BACK. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY, BUT, UH, THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, UH, EVERY DAY, UM, TO THE YOUTH. 
          UH, THE YOUTH ARE OUR FUTURE AND, AND WE MUST INVEST IN THEM. 
          AND, AND, AND, UH, MAYOR AND ALL OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE REALLY SUPPORTED US IN, IN PROGRAMS AND INVESTED IN THEM. 
          WE HAVE OUR EXPLORERS SITTING UP FROM, I THINK FROM WEST SIDE, UH, UP HERE ON THE SECOND ROW. 
          AND I WISH Y'ALL MIDWEST, MIDWEST, MIDWEST, MIDWEST, THROW SOME STAND UP. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          IF IT'S EXPLORER PROGRAM, IF IT'S TAPS PROGRAM, IF IT'S OUR PAL PROGRAM, WE'RE REALLY SERIOUS ABOUT WORKING WITH YOUTH BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. 
          AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR YOUTH? AND, AND, AND NEGATIVE, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SIMPLY HAVE TO WRAP OUR ARMS AND OUR HEARTS AROUND THEM AND LEAD THEM AND GUIDE THEM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, UH, IN THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING WITH OUR PARTNERS, UH, ALL THE, UH, ISDS, UH, WE WORK WITH THEM AND, UM, TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY THROUGH THE SUMMER. 
          ONE THING I WOULD ASK REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY 'CAUSE I WANT TO GET OUT THE WAY BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE. 
          AND THE MAIN THING WITH TIME HALL IS, IS US ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS, US ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS. 
          BUT, UM, LIFEGUARDS, POOLS, POOLS, IT BURNS UP A LOT OF PENT UP ENERGY. 
          OKAY? KIDS COME HOME FROM POOLS, SWIMMING AND ACTIVITIES IN THE HEAT. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DO? THEY GET SOMETHING TO EAT, THEY GO TAKE A SHOWER, AND THEY GET REST. 
          THAT'S A REDUCTION IN CRIME. 
          SO PLEASE HELP US WITH THAT. 
          BUT WE'LL CONTINUE, UH, TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          SO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, AND, AND A GOOD PIVOT IS THAT THE ALE, UM, WE HAVE ONE CITY POOLING DISTRICT F THAT THE NEW A LEAF COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND WE, WE ARE FULLY STAFFED WITH LIFEGUARDS. 
          UH, AND SO WE ARE OPEN AND ROCKING AND ROLLING. 
          SO WE WANT EVERYONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT RESOURCE. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, OFTENTIMES IN, IN OUR EMAIL INBOX AND WHAT WE SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FEW THINGS RELATED TO CRIME NOISE. 
          AND THIS IS NOT CRIME, BUT THIS IS SOME OF THE IRRITANTS, RIGHT, THAT WE HEAR NOISE VIOLATIONS, THE AFTER HOUR CLUBS, HOMELESSNESS AND GUNFIRE. 
          AM I CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT WE HEAR? IS THAT WHAT Y'ALL EMAIL ME? I KNOW YOU DO. 
          'CAUSE I GET THE EMAILS. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE GONE AT YEOMAN'S LENGTH, UM, DEDICATING O UM, OVERTIME DOLLARS TO MIDWEST TO ASSIST WITH NUISANCES ON PROPERTY, UH, NOISE. 
          UH, SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS I CALL NON-EMERGENCY. 
          I DO WHAT YOU ASK. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A 40 MINUTE WAIT, UM, OR I CALL, AND THEN NO ONE SHOWS UP. 
          UM, SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE, UM, DECISIONS Y'ALL HAVE MADE RECENTLY AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE DONE AT COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THAT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE HEAR Y'ALL AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CHIEFS AND, AND LEADERS AND AND ENTIRE DEPARTMENT TO HEAR OUR CITIZENS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LISTEN, I FOUND OUT A LONG TIME AGO, AFTER 33 YEARS, WE FALL SHORT AND WE FALL WAY SHORT. 
          SO, UM, WE HEAR YOU ON LOUD NOISE AFTER OUR CLUBS AND, AND WE RUN THE STATS EVERY JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. 
          AND YOU SEE, UH, CHIEF BRADFORD AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AFTER HOUR CLUBS THAT'S, THAT'S OPENING UP. 
          SO WE REALLY HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITIES AND SEE WHICH CLUBS AND WHICH LOCATIONS ARE CAUSING US THE MOST PROBLEMS, GO AFTER THOSE IN THOSE CLUBS. 
          I LOVE IT THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, ARE, ARE PUTTING IN STRONG CITY ORDINANCE FOR US TO COME IN AND, AND GO AFTER THOSE, UH, CLUBS. 
          BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I HAD A A, A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITIZEN TODAY IN MY OFFICE. 
          IT WAS ON THE SAME THING, THE CLUBS AND NO ZONING IN HOUSTON AND ALL THIS. 
          AND I SAY, LOOK, WE CAN'T TACKLE THE NO ZONING THING RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT WE CAN TACKLE RIGHT AWAY IS WORKING TOGETHER AND IDENTIFYING THEM. 
          AND, AND LOOK, NOBODY'S TRYING TO CLOSE ANYBODY, ANY BUSINESS DOWN PER SE, THAT'S TRYING TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. 
          IF YOU'RE A CLUB OR WHATEVER, BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT, WE'RE GONNA BRING THE FULL FORCE OF OUR AGENCY, A CODE ENFORCEMENTS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE CAN DO, ESPECIALLY THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE TERRORIZING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE VIOLENT CRIME. 
          IF YOU CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE IN YOUR APARTMENT OR IN YOUR HOME OR IN YOUR CONDO, THAT IS TERRORIZING YOUR DAILY LIFE, OKAY? SO WE LOOK AT IT AS THE SAME, UH, UH, WAY AS WE DO WITH VIOLENT CRIME. 
          SO, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU, 
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UM, AND, AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AT COUNCIL, THIS WAS IN THE NEWS AND IN THE NEWSLETTER, UH, WE VOTED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY, UH, TO SUPPORT A-B-Y-O-B ORDINANCE. 
          MANY OF THE AFTER HOURS, UH, THE IMPACT THAT WE SEE PER THE DATA, THE MOST ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING ON WESTHEIMER RICHMOND AND WEST PARK. 
          AND THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE THE DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE THAT. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU, UM, AS SOON AS THAT ORDINANCE WENT, THE, THE PHASE ONE OF THE EDUCATION WENT INTO EFFECT, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS SENT SOME NOTES SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T HEAR THE SAME AMOUNT OF NOISE. 
          THEY SAW SOME OF THAT MITIGATED. 
          SO WE HAVE MUCH MORE WORK TO DO, WHICH IS GOOD. 
          THANK YOU SERGEANT HUTCHINSON FOR ALL OF THAT  AND SENDING YOUR STAFF OUT THERE TO, UH, FOLLOW OUR REQUEST. 
          BUT I WANNA PIVOT TO, UH, CO BRADFORD. 
          YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, HP D'S DOING THEIR JOB, THEY'RE ARRESTING, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FINDING THE VIOLENT OFFENDERS, THEY'RE DOING THAT, BUT THEN THEY GET BACK OUT ON THE STREET AND THEN PEOPLE ARE IN ALERT. 
          AND THAT'S OFTEN THE CONVERSATION WE HEAR. 
          COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AND HOW, HOW THE, UH, LEGAL SYSTEM HAS TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND OUR DISTRICT F ON THE WEST, UH, CHIEF, UH, INVITATION ON THE WEST SIDE ON BEHALF OF OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, UH, KEN MARK, WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE. 
          BUT LEMME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          THAT MEANS THAT CITIZENS, BUSINESSES OF FAITH LEADERS, POLICE OFFICERS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND JUDGES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE. 
          YOUR ROLES ARE INTERTWINED. 
          WE MUST WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE MUST PRIORITIZE WHAT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE WANT TO UTILIZE OUR LIMITED RESOURCES ON. 
          AND AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE ARE 86 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN HARRIS COUNTY. 
          YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT MANY EITHER. 
          DURING MY POLICE CHIEF DAYS ABOUT, THERE WERE ABOUT 30. 
          WHEN I GOT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, I DISCOVERED THAT 86 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BRINGING THINGS AND CASES AND STUFF THROUGH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          AND PART OF WHAT I DO IS COORDINATE, UH, UH, THOSE ACTIVITIES, BUT WITH THOSE AGENCIES IN THE FIELD DOING, IN MY VIEW, A WONDERFUL JOB. 
          NOW, THE MAJOR AGENCIES ARE THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND THE COVAL OFFICES. 
          NOW THERE ARE OTHERS, BUT THOSE ARE YOUR AGENCIES THAT BRING MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          NOW, DURING THE COURSE OF A YEAR, ABOUT 100,000 CASES ARE FILED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          ABOUT 45,000 OF THOSE ARE FELONY CASES. 
          AND ABOUT 55,000 ARE MISDEMEANOR CASES AND ABOUT 12,000 INVOLVED JUVENILE, UH, INSTANCE A JUVENILE OR CONDUCT. 
          NOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 370 ATTORNEYS IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          YOU CAN DO THE MATH REAL QUICKLY. 
          100,000 CASES PER YEAR, 380 70 ATTORNEYS. 
          THAT IS QUITE A LOAD. 
          AND THEN SOME, SO DISTRICT ATTORNEY OCK HAS TO PRIORITIZE. 
          AND WE WORK WITH CHIEF FAN, WITH SHERIFF GONZALEZ, THE VARIOUS CONSTABLES, CHIEF TURNER AND THE OTHER CHIEFS IN THE AREA TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MANAGE WHAT WE HAVE. 
          NOW, AS I SIT HERE TODAY, THERE ARE A APPROXIMATELY 1800 MURDER AND CAPITAL MURDER CASES PENDING AS I SIT HERE TODAY, ABOUT 1800 MURDER CASES, SOME CAPITAL, SOME MURDER. 
          OF THAT 1800, ABOUT 500 ARE CAPITAL MURDER CASES. 
          YES, I'M SITTING HERE TODAY. 
          OF THAT 1800 MURDER CASES, 900 ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN JAIL. 
          THERE ARE ABOUT 300 OUT ON BOND. 
          THE OTHER 600, THEY'RE FUGITIVES, THEY'RE FUGITIVE, THEY'RE LOOSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME CAUSING OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. 
          AND THEY WILL GET ARRESTED WHEN THEY'RE STOPPED ON A TRAFFIC STOP OR ENGAGED IN OTHER ACTIVITY. 
          BUT IT'S A MATTER OF RESOURCES. 
          UH, OUR CHIEF CENTER, UH, THE CONSTABLES, SHERIFFS, EVEN PRIVATE SECURITIES INVOLVED IN THIS EQUATION ALSO. 
          AND YOU ARE, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH, BUT WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. 
          ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THINGS. 
          CREATED A SPECIAL DIVISION TO DEAL WITH THE MOST VIOLENT OFFENDERS. 
          CREATED A HOMICIDE SQUAD IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BROUGHT IN SOME OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED PROSECUTORS, DEAL WITH THE MOST VIOLENT, UH, OFFENDERS, TRYING TO PRIORITIZE THINGS. 
          WE GET YOUR CALLS. 
          ALSO, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF MY BURG OF MOTOR VEHICLE CASE? WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CASE? THOSE, THOSE CASES ARE THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE. 
          WE ALSO GET THE ISSUE OF CRIMINAL TRESPASS, HOMELESSNESS, PEOPLE WITH ADDICTION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND YOU IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BUSINESS 
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OWNERS FAITHFULLY AS, ET CETERA. 
          YOU ARE WORKING WITH, I'LL SAY THIS, IN OUR YIELD, WHEN WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH, 100,000 CASES PER YEAR, WE LOOK AT THE MOST VIOLENT OFFENDERS. 
          THEN WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE CRIME DRIVERS? WHAT IS REALLY CAUSING CRIME IN HOUSTON OR HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, YOU MEAN, YOU MEAN I'VE SAID ALL, DIDN'T THAT MIC HASN'T BEEN HOT? YES. 
          DIDN'T YOU START ALL OVER? THAT WAS GOOD. 
          THAT WAS OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU KINDLY. 
          BUT NOW, WHAT ARE THE CRIME DRIVERS HERE IN, IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS? UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? YEP. 
          DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE MAIN, UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF THE MAIN CRIME DRIVERS HERE IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 
          AND WE HAVE GANG ACTIVITY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF GANG ACTIVITY, A LOT OF CRIMES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, GANG ACTIVITY AND LESS. 
          THE THIRD ONE IS LESS SO TODAY THAN IT WAS IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, BUT STILL AN ISSUE IS THE RELEASE OF THESE VIOLENT OFFENDERS, THE REPEATED RELEASE OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS. 
          WE STILL SEE TOO MUCH OF THAT OCCURRING WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS TO CONFRONT SOMEONE A SECOND TIME OR A THIRD TIME THAT'S ON A BOND OR SHOULD BE INCARCERATED. 
          THAT'S A DANGER FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAVING TO CONFRONT THAT PERSON AGAIN. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE PREPARED AND RESIST WITH VIOLENCE. 
          AND THAT PERSON'S PERMITTED TO WREAK HABIT ON THE COMMUNITY AND BRING ABOUT OTHER VICTIMS. I SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL YIELD AND GET TO THE Q AND A SECTION, BUT THAT IS KIND OF A 40,000 FOOT VIEW OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DISTRICT ATTORNEY A AND THE SUPPORT STAFF IS GRAPPLING WITH THERE IN THE OFFICE AT THIS TIME. 
          AND YOU RAISE REALLY GOOD POINTS AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, AND I WANNA REPEAT SOME OF THE NUMBERS, UM, MY STUDENTS IN THE ROOM, SO Y'ALL SHOULD BE TAKING NOTES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, BUT HE SAID 1800, THAT'S A LARGE NUMBER, 500, 1800 FOR CAPITAL MURDER. 
          NO, NO. 
          1800 MURDER CASES. 
          1800 ARE CAPITAL MURDER CASES. 
          MURDER CASES 500, CAPITAL MURDER, 900 IN JAIL, 300 ON BOND. 
          600 ARE FUGITIVES. 
          AND MOST OF THOSE OFFENSES ARE VIOLENT. 
          SO I THINK IN TERMS OF CONTEXT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE OBLIGATION OUR AGENCIES HAVE AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM HAVE AS ACTIVE CITIZENS, AND YOU'RE ACTIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE HERE TODAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND SO, UH, UH, AND TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AND FOR PUBLIC AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT NOT JUST HAVE THE RESOURCES, BUT THE RIGHT RESOURCES. 
          BECAUSE PARTICULARLY IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO GO BACK TO? AND WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT. 
          UM, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE THOSE RESOURCES. 
          YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WHEN I REALLY WANT TO PIVOT, UM, TO VICTOR ON AND CHIEF DAN TURNER. 
          HE MENTIONED ALL OF THE GANG ACTIVITY. 
          AND I WILL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN THE EIGHTIES AND THE NINETIES, I JUST THOUGHT GANG ACTIVITY STOPPED IN. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A, A FAD. 
          IT WAS A TREND. 
          AND THEN IT WENT AWAY. 
          PEOPLE GREW UP AND CHANGED THEIR LIVES. 
          BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED OFFICE AND YOU ARE, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE ACTIVELY IN THE STREETS, UM, YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT STORY. 
          SO CAN YOU HELP COLOR IN THE LINES FROM WHAT, UM, CHIEF BEDFORD HAD MENTIONED TO US, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER, THE WAY YOU KEEP UP WITH IT, IS TO EDUCATE YOURSELF, INFORM YOURSELF. 
          ATTENDING MEETINGS LIKE THIS ARE, ARE HUGE. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 30, ALMOST 38 YEARS. 
          IN JANUARY, I'LL BE WITH THE OFFICE 25 YEARS. 
          SO I'VE WATCHED THE GANGS HIT HOUSTON IN THE NINETIES. 
          UH, I SAW IT GROWING UP IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF HOUSTON. 
          IN THOSE DAYS IT WAS THE PRISON GANGS. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ANY GIVEN YEAR, 20,000 DOCUMENTED GANG MEMBERS, THAT'S JUST ADULTS. 
          YOU USUALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, WITH THE GANG UNITS THAT EXIST IN HPD TO TACKLE THE YOUTH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNG KIDS OUT THERE THAT ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN THESE GANGS AS EARLY AS 10, 11, 12, 13. 
          ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE YOU'RE MORE ESTABLISHED ALE, I WOULD CONSIDER AN AREA THAT IS ESTABLISHED. 
          I WORK A LOT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH CHIEF TURNER. 
          WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OF FIGURING OUT WHO'S WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH, WHO OUR MAIN PLAYERS ARE. 
          UH, OUR OFFICE IS THERE TO HELP THOSE THAT WANT AND MAKE A MOVE FROM THAT LIFESTYLE. 
          BUT I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ASPECT IN THE OFFICE, AND THAT'S THE INTERVENE AND VIOLENCE. 
          SO THEY CALL IT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. 
          I CALL IT INCIDENT RESPONSE. 
          WE'RE GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF ISSUES THAT MAY BE SHOOTINGS, SOME MAY BE FIGHTS, UH, VERY LOW KEY. 
          I DON'T MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. 
          YOU WON'T SEE ME A LOT ON TV. 
          I JUST DON'T LIKE TO TO MOVE THAT WAY. 
          FOR ME, I HAVE TRIED TO POSITION MYSELF IN THE OFFICE AS THE MIDDLE GROUND, RIGHT? I'M THE ONE THAT, THAT BRIDGES THE GAPS BETWEEN THOSE TROUBLED KIDS IN SCHOOLS, THOSE ACTIVE GANGS OR GANG MEMBERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OR, OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES LIKE PROBATION AND PAROLE. 
          WE DO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH PROBATION AND PAROLE, UH, WITH PROJECT YES. 
          AND GRIP COURT WHERE WE'RE SUPERVISING SOME OF THE MOST VIOLENT 
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GANG MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE JUVENILE COURT. 
          AND WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH OF PROVIDING SERVICES, COUNSELING, INTERVENTION. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T WANNA FOLLOW THE LAW, I TELL 'EM ALL THE TIME, GO PLAY WITH POLICE. 
          SO YOU CAN PLAY WITH US. 
          IF NOT, COURTS WILL SIT YOU DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE. 
          SOME OF THESE KIDS NEED TO TIME OUT. 
          YOU'RE GONNA HEAR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          AND I'LL YIELD AFTER THIS. 
          CLIQUES. 
          IT'S JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF GANGS. 
          YOUR YOUNG KIDS ARE INVOLVED IN THESE CLIQUES. 
          THEY'RE A LOT MORE INVOLVED WITH, UM, THE ROBBERIES AND THE VIOLENT CRIMES, THE SHOOTINGS, WEAPONS, WEAPONS. 
          WEAPONS ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH WITH THE WAY KIDS HAVE ACCESS TO GUNS AND THE WAY WE'RE USING THEM IN A VIOLENT MANNER IN THE CITY. 
          HOUSTON, WE'RE NOT CHICAGO, WE'RE NOT LA WE'RE NOT NEW YORK. 
          NONE OF THOSE OTHER CITIES. 
          FOR AS LARGE AS WE ARE, I THINK WE, WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF CONTROLLING AND MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY. 
          BUT OFFICE IS THERE TO HELP. 
          UH, OUR OFFICE IS THERE TO INTERVENE AND ASK, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AS A CONSTITUENCY ABOUT GANGS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE THERE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN. 
          I WILL COME OUT HERE PERSONALLY, ALONG WITH SOME OF MY STAFF IN THIS AREA TO KNOCK ON DOORS OR GET IN AREAS THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO AND WORK ALONGSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          IF IT'S, IF IT'S NECESSARY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA ALWAYS DO AND HAVE BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          I APPRECIATE. 
          THAT'S GREAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, BECAUSE I REMEMBER, AND JUST AS A HOUSEKEEPING, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, 'CAUSE MY BRAIN IS MOVING JUST AS FAST WITH THIS INFORMATION, RAISE YOUR HAND. 
          OUR DISTRICT F INTERNS WILL, UM, PUT A CARD IN YOUR HAND SO YOU CAN WRITE A NOTE AND THEN WE'LL OPEN UP Q AND A WITH THE MIC IN THE HALLWAY. 
          THE MIC IN THE AISLE. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          SO I REMEMBER WHEN SCHOOL OPENED BACK UP AND CHIEF TURNED, I'M A PIVOT TO YOU. 
          UH, SCHOOL OPENED UP. 
          STUDENTS WERE ONLINE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INTERNET BEEF. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT HAPPENING. 
          AND I REMEMBER LEAVING MY HOUSE AND DRIVING PAST DAIRY ASHFORD AND BEL AIR AT THE POPEYE'S ALWAYS. 
          AND IT WAS GOING DOWN. 
          AND I REMEMBER A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS A PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH GANGS TEXT ME AND SAID, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE COPS? 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S ESCALATING HERE. 
          AND I REMEMBER ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WERE SO MANY FIGHTS OF KIDS IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. 
          SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU FAMILIAR WITH THAT. 
          BUT CHIEF, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE COVID AND SOME OF THE INTERVENTIONS THE DISTRICT IS DOING TO ADDRESS THAT? WELL, ONE OF THE FIRST INTERVENTIONS THAT, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE OVER 40,000 STUDENTS AND 5,000 EMPLOYEES. 
          THAT'S IN A 36 SQUARE MILE AREA THAT'S, THAT'S LARGER THAN MOST CITIES. 
          AND WITH OUR KIDS, WE WANT 'EM TO LEARN. 
          SO, AND WE DON'T WANT TO POLICE THEM WHAT WE DO, THE ONES THAT NEED POLICING, WE DO. 
          SO IF YOU NEED TO BE ARRESTED, THEN WE CALL CHIEF BREAKFAST'S OFFICE . 
          IF YOU WANT TO GET A REAL GOOD EDUCATION, THEN WE DO INTERVENTION BEFORE ENFORCEMENT. 
          BUT TO CHIME IN ON POPEYE'S, THAT CORNER NOW BELONGS TO CHIEF DAN TURNER. 
          THAT'S MY CORNER. 
          TOOK IT OVER. 
          BUT TO GET TO THAT POINT, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE A DECISION TO CLOSE ALL OFF CAMPUS, LEAVING DOING HOURS. 
          AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAD HUNDREDS OF KIDS LEAVING ALL DAY. 
          AND THERE IS NO WAY TO KEEP THOSE KIDS ON CAMPUS WITHOUT A POLICY INTRODUCED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          AND THAT POLICY HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND WE ARE ENFORCE OF THAT POLICY. 
          AND THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP THEIR KIDS ON CAMPUS. 
          SO IF WE CAN KEEP A THOUSAND KIDS, 'CAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE LARGE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE OVER 3,700 KIDS, IF WE CAN KEEP A THOUSAND KIDS FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM LEAVING, THEN THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST SUCCESS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UH, WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, UH, OUR MEDIA RELATIONS, UH, WE DEAL WITH PARENTS. 
          WE HAVE PARENT NIGHT. 
          SO WE ARE INVOLVED WITH THESE KIDS, BUT THE PARENTS AREN'T INVOLVED WITH THEIR KIDS. 
          SO, UH, I'VE BEEN IN AILEY FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW, AND I HAVE, MY KIDS GREW UP, UH, THEY GRADUATED FROM ELSIK. 
          THEY, TWO OF 'EM CAME BACK, WAS TEACHERS, AND NOW THEY'VE MOVED ON WITH THEIR LIFE. 
          BUT WE ARE INTERVENTION BEFORE ENFORCEMENT. 
          AND WHEN ENFORCEMENT IS NECESSARY, WE WILL ENFORCE IT. 
          BUT WE NEED PARENTS HELP. 
          WE NEED THE PARENTS TO COME OUT, WALK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, AND WE'LL SHOW THEM WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE LEARNING OR WHAT THEIR KIDS SHOULD BE LEARNING. 
          AND IT'S NOT LEARNING HOW TO BE A GANGSTER. 
          WE DON'T TEACH THAT IN NA. 
          LEAF 
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AND CHIEF, YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          I THINK THERE WAS SOME APPLAUSE THERE. 
          WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE HER SOME APPLAUSE BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN SCHOOL. 
          AND IN MY PRIOR, PRIOR ROLE AS A TRUSTEE, UM, SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOLS IS ONE OF THE MAIN PRIORITIES, AND I'M SURE TRUSTEE BRO, IT'S STILL THE SAME TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS ARE SAFE. 
          SO THERE'S TWO POINTS I I WANNA RAISE TO THAT, JUST TO MAKE THE CONNECTION. 
          UM, WITH KEEPING THE SCHOOLS OPEN AND PARTICULARLY GANG ACTIVITY, MANY OF US WERE AT THE, UH, OPENING OF THE A LEAF NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ON JANUARY 14TH, 2023. 
          IT WAS A SITE TO SEE. 
          IT WAS AMAZING. 
          UM, WE ARE A GYM IN THE CITY AND WE CONTINUE TO BE THAT. 
          UM, WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THAT OPENING, UH, GANG ACTIVITY TOOK PLACE WHERE THEY DESTROYED THE BATHROOM IN THE GARAGE. 
          UH, THEY SPRAY PAINTED GANG AFFILIATION ALL OVER THOSE BEAUTIFUL MARKERS. 
          AND WE HAD TO QUICKLY CLEAN THAT UP. 
          UM, I CALLED CHIEF TURNER AND WAS LIKE, WE HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE ONCE THEY LEAVE SCHOOL PROPERTY, THEY'RE ON CITY PROPERTY. 
          AND I WAS MEETING WITH THE STAFF, MEET A MEMBER AT THE TIME, UM, AT THE CENTER FOR, WE WERE HAVING A STAFF MEETING, AND THE FIGHT BROKE OUT. 
          THIS WAS FRIDAY AT THREE O'CLOCK. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 
          A FIGHT BREAKS OUT. 
          AND I RUN TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT. 
          I'M LITERALLY TUSSLING WITH KIDS TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT WITH TWO OTHER ADULTS AND FIRE AND POLICE SHOWS UP. 
          AND THE, THE YOUNG, I THINK HE CAME FROM A MS HE WAS 13, IT WAS A BULLYING INCIDENT. 
          AND HOUSTON FIRE, I THINK AT 76 PULLED UP AND THEY SAID, HEY, WHATCHA Y'ALL DOING WITH SECURITY? THIS IS OUR FIFTH TIME HERE. 
          AND WE HAD JUST OPENED UP WITHIN FIVE MONTHS. 
          SO THIS IS A GOOD PIVOT TO SAN PENA BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN WE THINK OF PUBLIC SAFETY, MANY OF US DON'T MAKE THE CONNECTION THAT HOUSTON FIRE IS RIGHT THERE. 
          WHEN THAT 9 1 1 CALLS FOR A VIOLENT CRIME OR THERE'S AN OFFENSE, HOUSTON FIRE IS RIGHT THERE OFFERING SERVICES AND TREATMENT, UM, UM, TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED. 
          AND SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAFE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO BROADLY HOW WE'RE PREPARED FOR HURRICANE SEASON, THIS HEAT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE RESOURCES ON THE WEST SIDE GET OVER HERE? ABSOLUTELY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR SETTING UP THIS FORUM. 
          THIS IS IMPORTANT AND, UH, FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AS WELL. 
          UM, AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, THE, UH, IMPACTS AND THE ILL EFFECTS OF ALL THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED HERE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, MOST OF THEM WILL REQUIRE A RESPONSE FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE EMS CAPACITY. 
          AND FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, IT'S, IT'S A BUSY SYSTEM. 
          WE, IN 2022, WE RAN ABOUT 384,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          ALMOST 90% OF THOSE CALLS ARE EMS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TYPE CALLS. 
          AND A LOT OF THOSE CALLS ARE AS A RESULT OF US RESPONDING TO THE SAME INCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED UP HERE. 
          THE VIOLENCE, THE, UH, THE GUN VIOLENCE, THE ASSAULTS, THE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, THOSE ARE WHAT'S DRIVING UP THE CALL VOLUME FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE, UM, WE'RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE KEEPING UP WITH JUST THE, THE, UH, THE RAPID INCREASE IN, IN SERVICE DEMAND. 
          WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME OF ABOUT 17% OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, UH, PRIMARILY IN EMS TYPE CALLS. 
          SO THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON IN THE LAST SIX YEARS IN ADJUSTING OUR, OUR DEPLOYMENT MODELS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SENDING THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO THE RIGHT CALLS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, A VERY INEFFICIENT SYSTEM THAT WAS BUILT YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT. 
          THE REASON YOU SEE A FIRE TRUCK RESPONDING WHEN WHAT YOU NEED IS A, IS AN AMBULANCE FOR TRANSPORT, IS THEY WERE JUST FOCUSED STRICTLY ON RESPONSE TIMES. 
          SO THEY WOULD SEND, THEY'LL DEPLOY THE FIRST UNIT AVAILABLE, STOPS THE CLOCK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE RESOURCE THAT YOU ALL MAY NEED WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1. 
          UM, WE'RE SHIFTING THAT, UH, THAT FOCUS NOW. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE ON THE PATIENT OUTCOME. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON, WHICH WILL, UH, REQUIRE US TO YOU, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SEND JUST THE AMBULANCE AT IN FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INCIDENTS, BUT IN SUCH A BUSY SYSTEM, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR US TO, TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF, OF THE, THE, UH, FOCUS GOING INTO HURRICANE SEASON, WHEN HARVEY HIT, UM, WE HAD ZERO HIGH WATER EVACUATION VEHICLES. 
          MATTER OF FACT, WE GOT THE FIRST HIGH WATER VEHICLE FOR THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT THE DAY THAT HARVEY HIT MADE LANDFALL IN ROCKPORT. 
          AND SINCE THAT TIME, 
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THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF, UH, MAYOR TURNER AND CITY COUNCIL, CERTAINLY, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS IN, IN DISTRICT F ADVOCATING FOR, FOR THESE RESOURCES. 
          WE ARE NOW UP TO 15 HIGH WATER EVACUATION VEHICLES FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE REPLACED ALL OUR BOATS. 
          WE'VE, UH, INCORPORATED AND IMPLEMENTED, UH, WITH TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT, AN 80 MEMBER WATER STRIKE TEAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO AUGMENT THE NORMAL UNITS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
          WE'VE ALSO, UH, STOOD UP A WILD LINE FIREFIGHTING TEAM OF 42 PEOPLE. 
          AND THE, THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE, THE IMPACT THAT THEY PROVIDE DURING, DURING THESE, UH, FLOODING EVENTS IS THAT THEY'RE EQUIPPED WITH SAWS, WITH EQUIPMENT THAT, UH, IS DESIGNED TO CLEAR ROADS. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, WE'RE FOCUSED ON, ON REALLY FUNDING THE NEEDS FOR THE EXPECTED RISK. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FLOODING HERE IN HOUSTON WHEN IT, WHEN IT RAINS, WE'RE SUSCEPTIBLE TO, UH, MAJOR STORMS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO FUND AND, AND RESOURCE FOR THE EXPECTED RISK IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE MITIGATION PROCESS, THE PLANNING, THE PRE-PLANNING, THE COORDINATING WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS HERE, UH, IN PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE NON-PROFITS WITH THE PRIVATE BUSINESSES IS IMPORTANT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, UH, ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE PREPARATIONS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR, FOR, UH, UH, IN CASE OF A, OF A STORM AND, AND A FLOOD. 
          WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL LILY PADS, THAT THOSE ARE THE TACTICAL, UH, AREAS THAT WE WILL DEPLOY ONSITE, WHERE WE WILL EVACUATE PEOPLE, PUT 'EM IN A TEMPORARY LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN BE MOVED OVER TO A MORE PERMANENT, UH, RESILIENCY CENTER. 
          AND IN THAT RESPECT, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN FINDING RESOURCES, MORE PERMANENT STRUCTURES THAT CAN BE QUICKLY BROUGHT UP TO SPEED AND OPENED AS A TEMPORARY SHELTER OR FOR PERSONNEL. 
          AND, UH, SO AGAIN, THE PLANNING NEVER STOPS. 
          WE, UH, WE'RE LUCKY AND BLESSED THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS AND THE DEMANDS ON THE BOTH POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND HAVE, UH, BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE TO OUR REQUEST FOR FUNDING AND RESOURCING. 
          SO WE HOPE TO BE, UH, PUT OURSELVES IN A BETTER PLACE FOR THE NEXT STORM TO COME. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF PENNETT. 
          AND AS IT RELATES TO DISTRICT F, WE HAVE A DISTRICT SPECIFIC DISASTER RESPONSE PLAN, UM, IN RESPONSE TO WINTER STORM URI, UM, AND RECEIVING NOTES ON FACEBOOK ASKING, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A WARMING CENTER? LIKE, WHAT, WHAT'S OUT HERE ON THE WEST SIDE? I REALIZED THAT WE WERE LIMITED IN RESOURCES. 
          SO WE HAVE PARTNERS ALL THROUGHOUT. 
          UM, ONE OF 'EM IS HERE, UH, PASTOR DAMON WILKINS WITH PILGRIM'S REST. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          UM, WE IMMEDIATELY, I SAID, I WILL NEVER WANT, I, I DON'T WANT OUR DISTRICT TO BE IN A POSITION AGAIN WHERE, UH, WE'RE ASKING INDIVIDUALS TO TRAVERSE FROM THE WEST SIDE TO GEORGIA BROWN. 
          AND I ALWAYS THINK OF A WAYS TO GIVE RESOURCES TO, UM, PEOPLE BECAUSE MY DADDY DOESN'T LEAVE THE BELTWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO HE'S LIKE, I'M NOT, IF IT AIN'T NOT THE BELTWAY, I'M NOT GONNA GET THERE. 
          SO I THINK OF THAT IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE GET, UH, RESOURCES TO PEOPLE. 
          SO CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS ON ELDRIDGE, UH, WHAM IN WEST CHASE WE HAVE PINEY POINT ELEMENTARY, A LEAF, ISD, TRACY G, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, UH, AND A FEW OTHERS, AND HOPEFULLY THE RED CROSS. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE AND WE'RE, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE CITY'S PLAN SO THEY CAN ACTIVATE. 
          I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. 
          I DO HAVE SOME AT THE PODIUM THAT I'M GONNA LEAD WITH. 
          SO JUST HOUSEKEEPING RULES. 
          IF YOU CAN STAND AT THE MIC, UM, ASK YOUR QUESTION. 
          I HAVE A STAFF MEMBER THAT'LL BE THERE, SO YOU WON'T BE THERE ALL DAY. 
          UM, BUT, UM, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A QUESTION AND, AND NOT STATEMENTS AND COMMENTARY, UM, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ANSWERS OUT FOR YOU TODAY. 
          SO HERE'S A, A, A QUESTION THAT RECEIVED ON THE CARD. 
          IT SAYS, MANY OF OUR FAMILIES IN A EAF ARE NEW TO THE COUNTRY, AND MANY HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE, ARE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BASED ON INFORMATION THEY DON'T HAVE. 
          AND WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES POSSIBLE FOR FUTURE PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNICATION TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO TEACH OUR COMMUNITY AND PROTECT THEM FROM BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GANGS? OUR FAMILIES WANT HELP, BUT NEED RESOURCES AND COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 
          AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE. 
          AND, AND I'LL JUST SPEAK FROM A, IN THE COUNCIL SEAT OF, I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES BECAUSE WE ARE SO DIVERSE, BUT THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UM, GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT VIA EMAIL, GETTING THIS OUT TO THE CIVIC CLUBS. 
          THIS IS WHY WE ARE HARD PRESSED TO COLLECT THIS INFORMATION, 
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UM, TO GET THIS ON THE INFORMATION BOARDS WITH THE VOICES THAT YOU TRUST. 
          SO WE CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR SPONSORS TODAY, THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT SPONSORED THE, UM, REFRESHMENTS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TASK FORCE, UH, AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY. 
          THEY WORKED ACTIVELY TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAS THE RESOURCES. 
          OH, THERE GOES, DADDY, HEY DADDY, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU. 
          MY DADDY'S HERE. 
          OH, YAY. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLAP. 
          THAT'S MY DADDY'S HERE. 
          BUT THEY ACTIVELY HAVE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH TO WORK WITH THAT. 
          AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PATHWAYS TO. 
          SO IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO GET TO, WE CAN PUT THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR HANDS REGARDLESS OF WHAT INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU SPEAK. 
          UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I PRIDE MYSELF ON IN MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU NEED SPANISH OR FARSI OR URDU, UH, CHINESE, WE CAN GET THAT TRANSLATED AND MAKE SURE THAT TRUSTED VOICES GET THAT OUT. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE A BARRIER. 
          THE SECOND QUESTION BEFORE WE OPEN TO THE FLOOR, WHY DOES HPD ALLOW DRUG DEALING AT THE DIAMOND HILL APARTMENTS ON WESTHEIMER AND WESTLAND? I THINK I KNOW WHO, WHO WROTE THIS QUESTION? I THINK I KNOW. 
          WHY DO WE ALLOW IT, ALLOW IT? I I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWING IT, ESPECIALLY THAN DRUG DEALING. 
          UM, BUT UM, WE GOT MY COMMANDER, MY CHIEF, AND EVERYBODY'S HERE. 
          UM, SO YOU, YOU BRING IT UP AND, AND WE KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          UM, I HADN'T CHECKED THE STATS OVER THERE AND, AND I WILL BEGIN WITH MY COMMANDER AND, AND THE ASSISTANT CHIEF TO SEE. 
          NOW I WILL TELL YOU THIS, YOU DON'T KNOW EVERY ARREST THAT WE MAKE, THE CITIZENS DON'T, A LOT OF TIME THERE IS SOME, SOME ARRESTS, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. 
          THEY CYCLE IN, THEY CYCLE OUT, THEY CYCLE RIGHT BACK IN. 
          SO WE HAVE TO WATCH THAT. 
          BUT IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AND YOU IN COMMUNICATION WITH US. 
          SO YOU AT LEAST KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING SOMETHING AND WE'RE WORKING. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALWAYS STRONGER WORKING TOGETHER. 
          SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, SEND, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE A REPORT CARD WHEN I, AFTER I COME TO THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, LIKE WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP AND THEN COMMANDER, CHIEF OR LIEUTENANT, UH, WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND GET BACK WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE GOT THAT LOCATION AND WE'LL, WE, WE WILL GET ON IT. 
          AND, AND THAT'S BEEN A PROBLEM LOCATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS WITH, UM, THE SUBDIVISION RELATED 'CAUSE IT BACKS UP TO THEIR SUBDIVISION. 
          UH, BUT AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, CO BRADFORD MENTIONED PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND THEN OFTENTIMES THERE'S INFORMATION THAT HPD CAN'T EVEN SHARE WITH ME IN TERMS OF PARTICULAR OPERATIONS, THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT MUST BE, BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL, BUT THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE. 
          SOMETIMES THAT'S LED BY OVERTIME. 
          SOMETIMES THAT'S JUST A PRIORITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR PATIENTS AND ASKING FOR MORE TIMES, OFTENTIMES IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE. 
          WE'RE ALLOWING HPD TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO DO THAT. 
          THE SECOND PIECE TO THAT IS THAT THOSE APARTMENTS, THOSE ARE PRIVATELY OPERATED. 
          SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T ALWAYS DEPLOY OR ESCALATE THINGS TO HPD BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A NOISE VIOLATION. 
          UM, WE HAVE TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON THE VERY SERIOUS, UM, ISSUES. 
          BUT AS CHAIR OF HOUSING FOR THE CITY, HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH PROPERTY OWNERS HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND BENEFICIAL WITH MEDIATING SOME OF YOUR ISSUES, MAKING SURE THAT THE GATES ARE FIXED, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S LIGHTING ON PROPERTY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DUMPING THE TRASH THAT'S ON PROPERTY. 
          SO FAMILIES HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE LEADS TO A LOT OF THAT. 
          AND SO IF THERE IS A MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY THAT YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT, FIRST WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO CALL THREE ONE ONE THREE ONE ONE IS A CALL CENTER. 
          IT INTAKES THE INFORMATION. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA SOLVE YOUR REQUEST. 
          IT'S A CALL CENTER. 
          IT DOCUMENTS THE INFORMATION AND THEN FEEL FREE TO SEND IT TO THE OFFICE SO WE CAN ESCALATE, GET THIS IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT SO WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. 
          I APP, GO AHEAD. 
          IF I MAY, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THERE, UM, THE MAYOR HAS A, UH, ESTABLISHED A A TASK FORCE YES. 
          AN DEPARTMENT TASK FORCE TO LOOK INTO THE JUSTEE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE IT, IT'S MORE THAN JUST A CRIME PROBLEM. 
          UM, IT'S A, IT'S A HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE. 
          IT'S A FIRE HAZARD. 
          UM, THOSE JUST, UH, IT'S THE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY, RIGHT? IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THOSE MINOR ITEMS, UH, AS THEY OCCUR, IF, IF SOMEBODY IS NOT WATCHING OUT AND, AND UH, AND VISITING THESE LOCATIONS, THEN IT ESCALATES TO THE POINT WHERE IT DOES AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF, OF THOSE RESIDENTS. 
          SO THE MAYOR HAS, IS, UH, AWARE OF THOSE. 
          HE DOES HAVE A TASK FORCE, UH, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS IN PLACE. 
          3 1 1 IS THE ACCESS TO THAT. 
          YEP. 
          AND, UM, AND WILL ENSURE THAT WE GET, UH, VISITORS OUT THERE FOR, FOR THESE, THESE REPORTS. 
          AND THE TASK FORCE WAS ACTUALLY IN DISTRICT F UM, EARLIER TODAY. 
          UM, THERE WAS A A, A, A WEAKENED OCCURRENCE. 
          UH, A RESIDENT WAS WITHOUT AC. 
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AND THEN IN MY EXPERIENCE OF SITTING IN THIS SEAT, OFTENTIMES WHEN LANDLORDS ARE RESISTANT TO, UH, ADDRESSING, UM, BASIC QUALITY OF LIFE, THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WAS INTIMATED THAT'S HAPPENING ON PROPERTY. 
          THE TASK FORCE ESCALATED THAT AC UNITS WERE BROUGHT IN, UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT HANDLED. 
          AND SO THERE WE HAVE SOME GOOD LANDLORDS THAT, UM, TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND WE ALSO HAVE BAD ACTORS. 
          AND SO IF THERE'S SOME BAD ACTORS AND YOU OR YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE AWARE OF THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN A ADDRESS THIS. 
          UM, I WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, A GENTLEMAN WAITING. 
          GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. 
          CAN YOU TELL US YOUR NAME, NAME AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN? MY NAME IS VICTOR V. 
          HELLO. 
          HELLO. 
          MR. V. 
          I'M THANK, GLAD YOU CAME. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          UH, I'M FROM LEEWOOD AND MY PARENTS ARE FROM LEEWOOD. 
          UH, WE BOTH ACQUIRE OUR HOUSES 85 0 6 AND 85 10 FROM MY FATHER BACK IN THE NINETIES. 
          SO EVER SINCE WE'VE BEEN LIVING HERE, IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE. 
          UH, COMING FROM 85 0 2 AND 85 0 3 D JUST PARK EVERYWHERE. 
          UH, THEY DON'T PARK IN THE FRONT CURB, THEY JUST PARK IN OUR FRONT CURB. 
          THEY PARK IN THE OTHER NEIGHBOR'S FRONT CURB AND THEY'LL PARK IN THE OTHER NEIGHBOR'S FRONT CURB. 
          AND EACH ONE OF THESE HOUSES HOUSEHOLD HAVE AT LEAST FIVE TO 10 CARS AT LEAST A HOUSEHOLD. 
          SO WHEN THESE GUYS DO THIS, MY ROOMMATE COME HOME, HE CAN'T EVEN PARK. 
          HE GOES KNOCK AT THE DOOR. 
          THEY PRETTY MUCH TELL ME IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANY ONE OF OUR PAL PANELISTS. 
          YEAH, I GOT A LOT OF LET'S YOU WANT SOME ACTION. 
          I LET I GET IT. 
          LET'S, LET'S LISTEN. 
          IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER SIX YEARS. 
          I GOT IT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          LET ME, UH, LET ME ADDRESS, GET A, GET THAT ADDRESS AND GO AHEAD AND LET, LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON THAT. 
          UH, DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, I, I MEAN I GOT LOTS AND MY OTHER NEIGHBORS AREN'T EVEN HERE TO TESTIFY 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT EVEN HOME FROM WORK YET. 
          WELL, RIGHT. 
          AND WE DO HAVE MR. VS. 
          UM, WE HAVE PHOTOS, WE HAVE THE ADDRESS AND, AND HERE'S THE, THE DEAL WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY ISSUES. 
          AND SO IT MAY BE A SIMPLE PARKING ISSUE FOR YOU, BUT WHAT IT CAN ESCALATE TO, AND I HAD TO ASK MR. VICTOR NOT TO ENGAGE WITH HIS NEIGHBORS. 
          UM, BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A CUL-DE-SAC AND EVERYBODY HAS A CAR THESE DAYS. 
          LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS WHERE THERE WAS A ONE OR TWO CAR IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 
          UM, SO WE, WE HAVE YOUR INFORMATION. 
          WE'LL GET THAT TOO HPD ABSOLUTELY, UM, WILL DO THAT. 
          I, BUT I, THE ISSUE IS, UM, THE, THE, THAT NECESSARILY THE PARKING, BUT THE VIOLENCE THAT COULD HAPPEN. 
          AND OFTENTIMES THIS IS HAPPENING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          AND SO WE ARE LIMITED IN WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO TO RESOLVE ISSUES BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. 
          MR. VIEW, MR. VU, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA MOVE DOWN THE LINE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MUCH. 
          WE DO HAVE HIS INFORMATION. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          MY NAME IS RAMAN MOTON AND I HAVE IN DISTRICT F UH, YOUR DISTRICT, UM, HALAWA FOUNDATION AND THE MOSS, UH, WE NEED JUST NOTHING, NO COMPLAINT, NOTHING. 
          I WANT TO THANK YOU TODAY. 
          ALL THE PANEL CAME OUT WITH YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE AND ALL OF, ALL OF YOU, I KNOW YOU PERSONALLY. 
          AND UM, I WANT JUST UPDATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DISTRICT F ONLY AND, UM, ON RANCHER STREET TO THE, ON THE TOWN PARK WHERE THE CASNER THAT HOLE STREET IS RIGHT NOW IS THE FOOD MARKET. 
          YOU CANNOT DRIVE YOUR CAR AT NIGHT. 
          AND I HAVE BEEN LIKE MYSELF, SOMETIME I WANT TO GO TO MY COMMUNITY CENTER FROM GESNER. 
          I MAKE A LEFT TURN TO THE, WHERE THE CHURCHILL CHICKEN IS ON THE CORNER. 
          AND WHEN YOU MAKE IT, YOU CANNOT GO. 
          MA'AM, THERE IS A ONE LANE ONLY AND THE CENTER LANE AND THE ONE LANE COMING TO GESNER AT 6:00 PM TO MIDNIGHT, THAT IS ALREADY BLOCKED. 
          AND GOD FORGIVE IF THERE IS A FIRE AMBULANCE OR, UM, OR ANY TIME THE UH, EMS WANT TO COME THERE DEAD AND ALIVE, NOBODY CAN GO THERE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF CAR PARK ON THE MAIN ROAD BECAUSE ON THE WALKWAY, THE, ALL THE PEOPLE ARE WITH THE GAS TANK, THEY ARE COOKING. 
          THERE AT LEAST 50 TO 60 PEOPLE ARE WITH THE FLAME AND WITH THE GAS TANK. 
          SO JUST MAYBE ANYTIME IT GETS ONE GUEST, THE PROPANE WILL BLAST. 
          THERE'LL BE VERY RISK FOR EVERY SINGLE PEOPLE. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          AND ON THIS ISSUE, THIS IS THE NUMBER, THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE. 
          HOLD ON. 
          BUT LET ME, LET ME ADDRESS, I'M YOU SURE. 
          LET ME ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S AN ACTIVE CASE AND MIDWEST AND WEST SIDE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          SO WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, UH, WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE COOKING ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          UM, THEY'RE NOT PERMITTED. 
          UH, IT IS LITERALLY A WHOLE MARKET DOWN THE SIDEWALK. 
          UM, SO LET'S FAST FORWARD, YOU KNOW, TO SOME PEOPLE IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU SHOULD LET MAMA AND GRANDMA COOK WHAT THEY'RE COOKING. 
          THEY'RE JUST SELLING FOOD. 
          SURE. 
          BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE DRAINAGE BEHIND THE BAYOU BEHIND TRASH IS GETTING PUT IN THE DRAINAGE, UH, EQUIPMENT IS THERE. 
          UH, AND SO WHEN WE DO HAVE A STORM AND ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT, UM, FIRE 
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CHIEF PENA TALKED ABOUT MM-HMM  THEN UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THEN IN TROUBLE BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET THOSE DRAINS CLEAR. 
          UM, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 20 CITATIONS, UM, I WANNA SAY OVER FIVE DIRECT VISITS FROM WEST SIDE AND MIDWEST. 
          UM, MIDWEST HAS OVERTIME TO, UM, IN AN INCLUSIVE OF THEIR OVERTIME. 
          THAT'S A PRIORITY AREA. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON. 
          UM, HPD WILL TELL YOU THEY'RE GONNA START WITH EDUCATION FIRST. 
          SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO, SO THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT FIRST. 
          HOWEVER, WHEN THEY'RE HABITUAL, THEN THE CITATIONS HAPPEN AND THEN THEY ESCALATE. 
          AND SO THAT IS AN ACTIVE CASE, NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT F BUT ALSO IN DISTRICT J AND WITH THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST THE INDIVIDUALS YOU SEE HERE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FULLY AWARE OF AND ACTIVELY WORKING ON. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE, UH, EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS I DO 300 FAMILY DONATION, FOOD, GROCERIES, WATER, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SO PLEASE JOIN UH, WITH ME, MS. UH, CHIEF PENO BEING ALREADY THERE. 
          MAYOR HAS BEEN THERE. 
          SO I WANT TO INVITE YOU OFFICIALLY, YOU CANNOT DENY ME LATER 'CAUSE WE'RE ON 'CAUSE WE'RE ON CAMERA NOW. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          MAKE SURE MY CHIEF OF STAFF HAS YOUR INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MUCH YOU THANK, APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          YOU SO MUCH. 
          YES. 
          THERE'S NOT COMPLAINT. 
          JUST WANT TO ABSOLUTELY YOU, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU, YOU AND UM, YOU CAN HANDLE IT LIKE A FIVE, SIX POLICE CAR WITH THE LIGHT. 
          NOBODY WILL OPEN THE STORE THAT DAY. 
          NOBODY WILL OPEN THE BUSINESS. 
          I CAN BET YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOT YOU MUCH. 
          MY APOLOGY TO YOU. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          I HAVE TO GRANT FOR THE ANOTHER EVENT FUNDRAISING. 
          EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE IN HIGH DEMAND. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOU. 
          HI. 
          HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS NAIA KO. 
          I LIVE IN TANGO. 
          WHILE THERE'S SEVERAL OF US HERE FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THERE IS A HOUSE. 
          THIS IS THE SAME THING AS THAT FIRST GENTLEMAN SPOKE ON THE CORNER OF RICHMOND AND GASNER. 
          IT'S 96 66 RICHMOND. 
          THE OWNER RENTS IT OUT TO STUDENTS AND THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM 12 CARS ON UP ON THEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY CAN FIT THAT MANY CARS ON ONE LAWN. 
          I MEAN, IT'S IN THE, ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          THEY PUT TRASH OUT. 
          THERE'S BEEN A SOFA OUT THERE. 
          I MEAN IT'S JUST HORRIBLE. 
          AND, UM, THERE'S SEWAGE RUNNING AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS, I MEAN, IT'S ALL OVER NEXT DOOR. 
          IT IS HAVE HAVE COMMENTED AND, AND TRIED CALLING THE CITY AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE NOTHING'S BEING DONE. 
          WELL, WE HAVE A LOT THAT'S HAPPENING ON THAT CORNER HOUSE. 
          UM, THAT'S AN ACTIVE CASE. 
          AND, UM, I'M ON NEXTDOOR SOMETIMES TOO, UH, RESPONDING TO THOSE, SORRY, I'M ON NEXTDOOR SOMETIMES RESPONDING TO SOME OF THOSE STATEMENTS. 
          AND SO, UM, UH, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION. 
          SO ON RICHMOND AND NER, THERE IS A CORNER HOUSE JUST FOR THOSE, IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR HER AND SOMEONE'S USING THAT HOUSE AS A LOGIC FACILITY. 
          AND SO, UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY, UM, INITIATE THAT. 
          THAT IS ALREADY ROUTED UP TO CITY LEGAL. 
          AND JUST A CAVEAT, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, D RESTRICTIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          TANGO OUT IS SO UNIQUE. 
          THEY HAVE EIGHT SECTIONS AND EIGHT DIFFERENT SETS OF DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          SO, UM, IT IT'S TAKES US LONGER WITH CITY LEGAL TO WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS. 
          VERONICA HERNANDEZ IS IN THE BACK. 
          VERONICA CAN YOU WAVE WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF, UH, UH, DEPART MAYOR'S OFFICE OF ASSISTANCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          SHE CAN GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WHAT'S BEING HAPPENED. 
          CITY LEGAL HAS RESPONDED. 
          WE'VE RES UM, SHARED THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, I DON'T WANNA PUBLICLY TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT THAT'S BEEN ESCALATED. 
          UH, AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          AND SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE, UM, HOMES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT ARE NOT BEING USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY USE, UM, DEFINITELY REPORT THAT. 
          AND, BUT WE ALSO NEED A COPY OF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. 
          WE HAD THIS WORKSHOP APRIL 29TH TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          SO VERONICA IN THE BACK CAN GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CITY LEGAL AND, AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. 
          SO THAT'S AN ACTIVE CASE, RIGHT? THANK YOU. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUESTION. 
          HEY LARRY. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          LARRY. 
          YOU ARE THE FLOORS OKAY? YEAH, YEAH. 
          SEE IF YOU WERE GONNA GO THROUGH THOSE YET. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          ALRIGHT, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I HAVE ONE BROUGHT UP ABOUT FLOODING. 
          UH, ONE OF THE LOCAL ISSUES OF FLOODING IN NEIGHBORHOODS IS DUE TO THE DRAIN SYSTEMS BEING CLAWED, I SAW AN ARTICLE THAT THE CLEANING OF THE DRAINS WAS PASSED ON TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA INSTEAD OF THE CITY. 
          IS THAT THE CASE OR IS THE CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING THE STREET DRAINS? I'M GONNA ANSWER THAT. 
          'CAUSE UH, I I, I, SO YOU'RE CORRECT. 
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IT WAS INITIALLY MADE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE, UH, OF THE OWNERS. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S GONE BACK NOW. 
          THE CITY'S TAKING SOME RESPONSIBILITY. 
          NOT YET. 
          USE YOUR MIC. 
          YEAH, START OVER PLEASE. 
          MAN, I HAD A BRILLIANT ANSWER. 
          NOW I FORGOT WHAT I SAID. 
          . 
          UM, I THINK THE CITY HAS TAKEN BACK THE RESPONSIBILITY TO START CLEANING SOME OF THOSE OUT. 
          BUT, UM, LOOK, IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IS IT'S ABOUT SELF PRESERVATION, RIGHT? IF THERE IS A WAY THAT, UH, US AS, AS RESIDENTS IN OUR AREAS, WE CAN TAKE THE TIME TO CLEAN THOSE THINGS OUT. 
          UM, IT'S GONNA, IT IS GONNA HELP EVERYBODY. 
          BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS NOW TAKEN THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO CLAIM THE MAINTENANCE ACT. 
          IT'S, IT'S COMING AS AN ORDINANCE. 
          SO YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          SO WHEN WE, AT THE CITY LEVEL, WHEN WE SAY DRAIN MAINTENANCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE DRAIN, RIGHT? MAKING SURE IT'S NOT CRACKED. 
          THAT TREE ROOTS AREN'T ROTTED THERE. 
          WHEN WE ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CLEAN THEIR DRAIN LITTER DEBRIS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR LANDSCAPER IS NOT BLOWING LEAVES MM-HMM . 
          THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY BAGGING IT UP, BAGGING THIS UP. 
          ESPECIALLY FOR OPEN DRAIN CONCEPTS. 
          MANY OF Y'ALL ARE LIVE IN CURB AND GUTTER, RIGHT? AND SO EVERYONE HAS TO TAKE A RESPONSIBILITY IN CLEARING THE DRAINS, THE STRUCTURE OF THE DRAIN, THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT, THAT IS THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, UH, AND THE ADVOCACY OF LOCAL DRAINAGE PROGRAMS, WE DESIGNATED AN ADDITIONAL $20 MILLION FOR THAT WHICH WE SHOULD BENEFIT CITYWIDE. 
          AND THEN THERE'S A ORDINANCE THAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL, UH, WHENEVER MAYOR TURNER SLATES THAT FOR US TO VOTE TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT, UM, SOMETHING CODIFIED IN THE CITY. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST PRACTICE, BUT IT'S POLICY. 
          SO IT IS COMING, BUT JUST IN, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER, BUT ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CLEAR THAT DRAIN. 
          MAKE SURE THAT THEIR LANDSCAPER, THEY'RE NOT JUST BLOWING THAT INTO BECAUSE IT ALL, IT ALL MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 
          UM, AND WHEN WATER IS NOT, UH, DRAINING APPROPRIATELY, UM, THEN PEOPLE ARE CAUSED FOR CONCERN. 
          FUN FACT, CITY STREETS SERVE AS SECONDARY DRAINAGE. 
          SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CALL AND SAY MY STREETS ARE FLOODED, IT'S ON PURPOSE, THAT MEANS IT'S NOT IN YOUR HOME. 
          SO KEEP THAT IN MIND IN TERMS OF HOW THE, THE DRAINAGE IN THE CITY HAPPENS. 
          UM, BUT YES, THERE'S A, THERE'S A, AN ORDINANCE TO COME TO COUNCIL VERY SOON TO ADDRESS THAT VERY FACT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT THE GAME, UH, GAME ROOMS IN THE, UH, AREA. 
          WHAT'S, UH, WHAT'S THE CITY'S POLICY ON THE GAME ROOM CHIEF FINNA, CAN YOU TAKE THAT? WELL, UM, GAME RULES IS, IS NOT ANYTHING AGAINST, UH, POLICY, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BREAKING THE LAW. 
          AND, UH, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EXCHANGING CASH, BUT WHEN I SEE THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES  AT THE GAME ROOMS, THERE IS SOME CASH THERE, BUT THERE'S SO MANY OF 'EM THAT'S POPPING UP AND, AND, UM, WE, WE CLOSE ONE OR TWO DOWN, THREE OR FOUR MORE OPEN UP. 
          SO, UH, WE, WE ARE TRYING TO REGULATE AS BEST AS WE CAN. 
          UH, BUT IF YOU SEE A, A NEW GAME ROOM POPPING UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, LET YOUR DRT OFFICERS OR YOUR, OR YOUR DIVISION OUT THERE AND WE'LL GO OUT AND WE'LL, WE'LL CHECK 'EM. 
          UH, I'LL V VICE TEAMS, THEY CONDUCT REGULAR INVESTIGATIONS, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GAME ROOMS IN OUR CITY AND THEY KEEP OPENING UP. 
          SO ABSOLUTELY. 
          I I DO THINK, UM, SOME OF 'EM MAY BE OPERATING LEGALLY, BUT THEY ARE EXCHANGING CASH THERE. 
          AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, UM, THANK YOU CHIEF, UM, THE HARRIS COUNTY ATTORNEY CHRISTIAN MENIFEE, UH, ACTUALLY THEY CLOSED FOUR. 
          THEY HAVE INJUNCTION ON FIVE, I BELIEVE GAME ROOMS OFF SOUTH WILCREST. 
          SO REALLY CLOSE TO YOU. 
          UM, AND SO GANG ROOMS ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE AFTER HOURS. 
          THESE ARE ALL VERY DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          ON JEANETTA IN RICHMOND, YOU HAVE A POKER CLUB THAT I THINK THEY HAD 11 OPEN POLICE REPORTS OF. 
          SO HOMICIDE, SHOOTING IN THE PARKING LOT, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. 
          UH, AND THERE'S A PARTICULAR TASK FORCE AROUND THAT. 
          AND BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE COMING FROM THAT, UH, THAT'S WHY WE PASSED THAT BYOB ORDINANCE, UM, TO ALLOW HPD AUTHORITY TO GO INTO THESE BUILDINGS AND ACTUALLY CITE THEM. 
          SO WORK IS HAPPENING RELATED TO THAT. 
          BUT AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, IF YOU, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ONE THAT'S NOT ON OUR RADAR AND MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S ALREADY ON WEST SIDE'S RADAR, UM, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. 
          BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY ALSO HAS A HAND IN THAT'S BEEN REALLY HELPFUL IN PUTTING INJUNCTIONS AROUND THERE. 
          SO THAT ALL GOES BACK TO QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SPEAKING TO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU LARRY. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS, HOW YOU DOING? I'M ANTOINE MIKKEL. 
          I KNOW YOU PROBABLY TIRED OF ME. 
          UM,  WITH THE ISSUE WITH, UH, THE NOISE ISSUE WITH OMEGA FIRE MINISTRIES. 
          UM, I'VE BEEN TALKED WITH ISAAC, 
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UM, BASICALLY YOUR PREVIOUS CHIEF OF STAFF, MS. DUNCAN, UM, BASICALLY WENT TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT IT AND HE TURNED IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT. 
          BUT IT IS THE CONSTANT BOOM BOOM. 
          I HAVEN'T SLEPT PAST 9:00 AM ON A SUNDAY IN THREE YEARS AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH HIM. 
          I HAVE OVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF TEXT MESSAGES TRYING TO TALK TO THIS GUY. 
          I'VE GOT HIM AS HIGH AS 77 DECIBELS FROM MY PROPERTY LINE. 
          UM, AND HE REFUSES TO TURN IT DOWN. 
          THIS IS A NEIGHBOR, AND BASICALLY ALL THE NEIGHBORS ON THE FENCE LINE WE'RE SUFFERING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND IT'S BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. 
          SERGEANT PARKINSON, HE SENT ME AN EMAIL TODAY. 
          HE SAID HE WENT THERE TODAY AND IT WAS JUST BASICALLY SAYING THAT HE WAS ENRAGED. 
          THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT THE BASE COMES COMING THROUGH YOUR HOUSE, SHAKING YOUR FIXTURES ON YOUR WALLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          AND I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, SINCE THEY GOT IT WRONG AGAIN, CAN WE FIND A RESOLUTION GOING FORWARD? EITHER SOMEBODY, DO I HAVE, DO I HAVE TO HIRE A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR OR CAN WE GET SOME COMPLIANCE MONITORING LIKE WE DO THE NIGHTCLUBS AND STUFF BECAUSE THIS GUY IS A NUISANCE. 
          NO, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE STRENGTHENED THE NOISE ORDINANCE, UM, TO THAT, TO SPEAK TO THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE. 
          AND CHIEF, I'M GONNA PIVOT TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND NOISE. 
          UM, BUT YOU'RE, HERE'S THE CHALLENGE WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING, AND THEN YOU CALL NON-EMERGENCY, RIGHT. 
          YOU CALL NON-EMERGENCY. 
          AND BY THE TIME THEY GET THERE, THAT OFFENSE MAY BE OVER FRUSTRATING. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART. 
          AND SO, UM, PARTICULARLY IN MIDWEST, WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS DESIGNATE OVERTIME FOR THEM TO GET TO THE CLUBS. 
          YES. 
          UM, DURING CLUB TIME SO THEY COULD ACTUALLY CITE THEM. 
          AND SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO DO WITH, UH, WEST SIDE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME MORE, UH, FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THAT, I'M WILLING TO DO THAT. 
          UM, BUT CHIEF, I WANNA, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE NOISE AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE CITY. 
          WHAT, WHAT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT? I'M SORRY. 
          I IT'S A CHURCH. 
          IT'S A CHURCH. 
          IT'S A CHURCH. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU HEARD. 
          I, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU, SIR. 
          IT'S IN THE SHOPPING CENTER BEHIND THE HOUSES. 
          YEAH, BUT IT'S, IT'S A RELIGIOUS, OKAY. 
          YES. 
          GOT YOU. 
          BUT HE'S, HE HAS AMPLIFIED MUSIC. 
          LEMME TELL YOU THE CHIEF'S FEEL ON THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          , REGARDLESS, YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, CHURCH, CLUB, BAR, WHATEVER. 
          YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. 
          SO, UM, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT DEEPLY. 
          IT SHOULDN'T PERSIST. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ONCE YOU'VE BEEN A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND YOU GO OVER THERE AND YOU TALK TO 'EM, SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT CODES AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, FROM DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME, IT GETS A LITTLE BIT, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, FRUSTRATING. 
          THE MAIN THING IS WHEN YOU CALL, IT'S A LOWER PRIORITY CALL. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE'RE SHORT, AND THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE, THIS IS A FACT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE OUR DRT OFFICERS, THAT'S MY DRT SERGEANT RIGHT THERE. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING, UH, SET UP A MEETING WITH THIS ORGANIZATION WITH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAID IT'S A CHURCH, CHURCH, THEY NEED TO ABIDE BY, YOU KNOW, THE LAW. 
          BUT THEY NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A RELIGIOUS, RELIGIOUS GROUP. 
          THEY NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          AND WE NEED TO ALL WORK TOGETHER. 
          SO I THINK THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING DONE. 
          UH, WE'LL SET UP THAT MEETING, AND IF THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, UH, WE'LL USE WHAT WE EVER WE CAN DO, UH, WITHIN THE LAW TO, TO ENFORCE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS ALMOST A A YEAR. 
          THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON THREE YEARS FOR ME. 
          YEAH. 
          AND HE'S BEEN THERE A LOT LONGER. 
          BEEN WELL SINCE YOU CAME TO COUNCIL. 
          YEAH. 
          CAME TO OH FOUR AND COMPLAINED MANY TIMES. 
          I MET THE LOTS OF OFFICERS IN THE PARKING LOT AND, UH, NOTHING HAPPENED. 
          REALLY. 
          AND I GIVE UP. 
          WELL, DON'T GIVE UP ON US UNLESS THAT'S HOW WORK TOGETHER. 
          BUT THE TOP COP IS HERE, SO DON'T YOU WORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          THE TOP COP IS HERE. 
          DON'T YOU WORRY. 
          AND THEY GOTTA REPORT TO ME. 
          I ALWAYS SAY I HAVE A REPORT CARD AFTER A MONTH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO, AND, AND, AND MY CHIEF OF STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION. 
          SO HERE'S A QUESTION ON THE CARD. 
          PROSTITUTION, AS YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE IN THE SOUTHWEST HOUSTON AREA, ESPECIALLY THE BISSONNET CORRIDOR. 
          , THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE ACTIVITIES HAVE OCCURRED ON OCCURRED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THEY'VE TRESPASSED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AS WELL. 
          WHAT'S THE CITY'S SHORT AND LONG TERM SOLUTION? SHORT AND LONG TERM SOLUTION. 
          LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. 
          AS CHIEF OF POLICE AND, UH, A SO-CALLED LEADER HERE IN HOUSTON, I'M NOT FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT. 
          THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS PERSIST YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR. 
          BUT LET ME SAY SOMETHING, I AM SO PROUD OF EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS PUTTING MONEY IN THE MAYORS. 
          UH, HE CALLED ME PERSONALLY AND SAID, LOOK, CHIEF, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS IS A AREA THAT THE BINETTE CORRIDOR WHERE YOU GUYS, 
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AND YOU LADIES, WHEN Y'ALL DRIVE BY, YOU CAN SEE IT OPENLY. 
          YEAH. 
          NOW, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES, OKAY? BECAUSE THE COURT SYSTEMS AND, AND THE BACKLOG AND EVERYTHING, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT TO GO AFTER. 
          AND, AND CERTAIN JUDGES WON'T. 
          IF YOU ARREST THEM, PROSTITUTE, THEY LET 'EM WRITE BACK OUT. 
          I'M ALL FOR TRYING TO SERVICE PEOPLE AND HELPING PEOPLE. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM, THERE HAS TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE JOHNS ALLOTTED TIME, IT'S A FELONY NOW. 
          SO WE ARE ACTIVELY ENFORCING. 
          BUT UNDER, UH, UH, UH, CHIEF, UH, COMMANDER REESE HARDEN, UM, DESIGNS AND BLOCKING OFF STREETS. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME Y'ALL BEEN OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE SEEN REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE. 
          WE SET IN SOME OVERTIME PROGRAMS AND YOU DO AN INITIATIVE AND YOU HIT 'EM HARD FOR A MONTH OR SO, AND THEN IT'S RIGHT BACK. 
          SO THE, THE CHALLENGE IS FOR US TO SU SUSTAIN THE SUS SUCCESS. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, UM, HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          UM, BUT ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 
          AND ONE GOOD THING THAT WE DID, UH, THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD THUS FAR, WE BOUGHT ALL THOSE SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN. 
          WE NEED EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S JUST NOT THE POLICE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN TO HELP A LOT OF SOCIAL SERVICE, UH, UM, PROVIDERS TO COME IN. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING AS A TEAM. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING OVER THAT AREA AND WE WANT IT TO SUSTAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET VICTOR AND CHIEF BRADFORD TO CHIME IN ON THAT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S POSITION AND WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND PROSTITUTION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND THEN ALSO HOW THAT'S CONNECTED TO SOME OF THE GANG ACTIVITY. 
          BECAUSE IT'S, UM, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE HEAR TRAFFICKING, THERE'S AN INTERNATIONAL FACE, OR THERE'S A STORY WE PAINT THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING BROUGHT INTO HOUSTON, WHICH IS ACCURATE. 
          PEOPLE ARE BEING BROUGHT TO THIS CITY FOR TRAFFICKING, BUT THEY'RE ALSO CONNECTED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND GANG ACTIVITY, UH, RUNAWAYS OUT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          ALL OF IT'S INTERCONNECTED. 
          SO CHIEF, COULD YOU OFFER TO THAT AS WELL? SURE. 
          IF THERE'S ANY POSITIVE SIDE TO WHAT WE REFERENCE REGARDING GANG ACTIVITY, IT IS THAT IT IS LEARNED BEHAVIOR. 
          MM. 
          THAT'S THE POSITIVE SIDE TO IT. 
          IF THERE IS A POSITIVE SIDE, BECAUSE IF IT'S LEARNING BEHAVIOR, THAT MEANS WE CAN MODIFY IT, WE CAN CHANGE IT, WE CAN CORRECT IT. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF THE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS, ADOLESCENTS, TEENAGERS, YOUNG ADULTS, THEY'VE LEARNED THAT WAY OF LIFE AND THEY'VE MADE A DECISION TO ENGAGE THOSE ACTIVITIES. 
          WE, AS ADULTS CAN AND SHOULD DO THINGS TO HELP CHANGE THAT BEHAVIOR. 
          UNDERSTAND THAT HUMAN BEINGS ALL OVER THE GLOBE RESPOND TO TWO THINGS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, INCENTIVES AND REWARDS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          SANCTIONS AND PUNISHMENT. 
          SEE, WHAT ARE WE RECOGNIZING AND REWARDING? WHAT ARE WE SANCTIONING AND PUNISHING? YOUNG PEOPLE GRAVITATE TOWARD RECOGNITION, NEED FOR ATTENTION, STRUCTURE, ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          NOW, NOW HAVING SAID THAT, THIS ISSUE IS COMPLEX. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE STREET THAT YOU SEE PHYSICALLY ON THE STREET, ARE THERE REAL SOLICITORS OR ARE THEY VICTIMS THEMSELVES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING? AND WHEN YOU START TRYING TO CUT THROUGH THAT, YOU LEARN THAT SOME OF THEM ARE VICTIMS THEMSELVES. 
          AND IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHAT WE TRY TO DO, WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE TRY TO DETERMINE IS THIS PARTICULAR PERSON ON THE STREET, SOMEONE THAT IS SOLICITING OR JUST SOMEONE THAT IS A VICTIM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE AND NEEDS RESCUING THEMSELVES? MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, WE ARE LEARNING THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS DRIVING A LOT OF THIS. 
          AND SOMETIMES IT'S GANG ACTIVITY RELATED, BUT IT'S EASY TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, UH, LET'S GRAB, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S GIRLS, BUT NOT ALWAYS GIRLS OFF THE STREET. 
          THAT'S EASY TO DO. 
          BUT YOU GRAB THE VICTIMS AND THE REAL FELONS, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THE TRAFFICKERS, THEY TAKE A FREE RIDE OR A FREE WALK, AND THEY GET SOME OTHER GIRL AND, YOU KNOW, IMPRISON HER AND GET HER TO DO THE WORK. 
          SO IT'S COMPLEX. 
          WE DO WHAT WE CAN. 
          AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE JOHNS, NOW THE SOLICITORS, THEY CAN BE CHARGED WITH A STATE JAIL FELONY. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT A SERIOUS CHARGE. 
          UH, IT ISN'T. 
          BUT THE TRAFFICKING IS MM-HMM . 
          A SERIOUS CHARGE. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT THOSE CASES ARE HARD TO MAKE. 
          WE USE TECHNOLOGY A LOT TO MAKE THOSE CASES. 
          WE, IF WE CAN ACCESS SOME OF THE, UH, THE TEXT MESSAGES, THE EMAIL, PHONE CALLS, ET CETERA, WE DO A LOT OF THAT. 
          BUT LET'S WORK TOGETHER. 
          AND WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW THAT, AS I SAID 
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EARLIER, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          WHEN WE INTERVIEW SOME OF THE YOUNG GANG MEMBERS AND TALK TO THEM, WHAT ARE THEY DOING? HOW DO THEY GET INVOLVED? AND YOU START TALKING TO PARENTS AND, AND, AND GRANDPARENTS. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL SAY, GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS. 
          WELL, I, I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE WERE INVOLVED IN. 
          AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 14 OR 15-YEAR-OLD, SOMETIMES SOMETIME EVEN YOUNGER. 
          AND, AND I'LL SAY TO YOU, IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR GRANDPARENT, YOU SHOULDN'T SUBSCRIBE TO CHILDREN HAVING FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS IN YOUR HOME. 
           CHILDREN SHOULDN'T HAVE PROTECTIONS AGAINST SEARCH AND SEIZURE IN YOUR HOME. 
          PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS CHILDREN. 
          NO. 
          NO. 
          I, I, I DON'T GO IN THERE AND LOOK, UH, CHIEF AND MY DAUGHTER'S, UH, CHESTER DRAW A CABINET WHEN SHE'S UP. 
          'CAUSE I TRUST HER . 
          I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE. 
          HOLD ON. 
          UH, YOU NEED TO GO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN IT. 
          IT MAY BE THAT YOU GO IN AND TAKE A LOOK AROUND AND YOU MAYBE FIND JUST, JUST A BULLET. 
          NOW, MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT'S CONNECTED TO THAT BULLET, OR MAYBE IT ISN'T. 
          MAYBE JUST AN INNOCENT CHILD PICKED UP SOMETHING THEY FOUND. 
          BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THERE'S A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND IT'S A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSON WITH A WARRANT COMING IN TO ARREST THAT CHILD OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. 
          SO LET'S FULFILL OUR ROLE IN PROVIDING THAT GUIDING COACHING COUNSELING FOR THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HELP GET THEM BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK. 
          REMEMBER, CHILDREN SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION IN YOUR HOME. 
          AND IN MY HOME. 
          YOU NEVER HAD THAT. 
          IF YOU'RE A CHILD, I'M SORRY, WHETHER YOU MARRIED OR SOMEONE ELSE, IF YOU'RE A CHILD, YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE AND SPEND THE NIGHT OR EVEN TIME AND THINK THAT YOU GOT PROTECTION FROM SEARCH AND SEIZURE. 
          NOT IN THE BRADFORD HOUSE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AND I, AND I'M GONNA ADD TO THAT, UH, MY MAMA USED TO READ MY JOURNAL, SO I HAD NO FREEDOM. 
          I, SHE, I COULDN'T HAVE NOTHING. 
          SO, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND AND, AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, UH, TODAY ONLY LOCKED DOOR WAS THE RESTROOM. 
          IT WAS NO LOCKED DOORS. 
          YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T LOCK A DOOR IN THE THOMAS HOUSE. 
          UH, VICTOR, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT GANG ACTIVITY WITH BINET, BECAUSE IT'S LAYERED AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE STORY. 
          AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT AND HOW Y'ALL'S WORK CAN ASSIST WITH MITIGATING THAT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GANG INVOLVEMENT. 
          SO WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE TRAFFICKING ASPECT OF IT, IT'S ALWAYS MONEY DRIVEN. 
          IT'S ABOUT MAKING MONEY AT ALL COSTS. 
          WHETHER YOU, THOSE YOUNG LADIES AND YOUNG MEN, IF THEY'RE PULLED INTO THAT LIFESTYLE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE VICTIMS OF THAT WHOLE SITUATION. 
          BUT AS A PERSON WHO'S TRYING TO MAKE MONEY, I DON'T CARE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT AT THAT LEVEL, IT ALWAYS IS GONNA COME DOWN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. 
          IT'LL HIT THE STATE, HIT THE COUNTY, COMES DOWN TO THE CITY LEVEL, AND YOUR STREET GANGS GET INVOLVED. 
          THAT BINET CORRIDOR, AND YOU GOT FORM PARK AROUND THE CORNER, TEN ONE TEN. 
          YOU GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT, YOU GOT GANGS IN THERE. 
          THERE'S BLOODS, THERE'S CRIPS. 
          SO YOU HAVE THEM SITTING IN THERE. 
          AND THAT OLDER GENERATION OF, OF MEN THAT ARE OUT THERE, AND SOME WOMEN ARE INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          WHAT I'M WATCHING NOW, THE TREND FOR THE LAST MAYBE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE WATCHED IS MY 18 TO 25-YEAR-OLD ADULT MALES ARE GETTING CAUGHT MORE AND MORE CLOSER TO THE BORDER BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ASSISTING WITH SMUGGLING, UH, IMMIGRANTS FROM THE BORDER UP. 
          THEY'RE GETTING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3000 AND 7,000 A RUN. 
          FOR EVERY RUN THAT YOU MAKE, YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. 
          AND ANYBODY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 18, 19, 20, WHO DOESN'T HAVE A JOB, MAYBE HAS A FELONY BACKGROUND AND THEY'RE NOT VERY CONNECTED THE WAY THEY NEED TO BE, LIKE THE REST OF US, THEY'RE GONNA LEAD A LIFE OF CRIME. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN THAT SITUATION, LIKE DRUG DEALING, YOU'RE GONNA GET CAUGHT UP IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU CONNECT WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAS ACCESS AND THEY NEED YOU TO TRANSPORT AND YOU BRING THOSE FOLKS TO WHEREVER THE DESTINATION IS, AND WE'LL PAY YOU FOR THAT SERVICE. 
          I'M WATCHING MORE AND MORE YOUNG GUYS GET INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          PROBABLY IN THE LAST YEAR, I CAN THINK RIGHT OFF THE TOP, ABOUT EIGHT OF 'EM THAT I KNOW. 
          AND IT WAS SAD BECAUSE FIVE OF 'EM HAD ALREADY GRADUATED, HAD REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM THE GANG, BUT THEY HAD A BABY AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WEREN'T MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO PROVIDE. 
          SO THEY GOT INVOLVED IN THAT. 
          AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THIS YOUNG PERSON WASN'T CHARGED, BUT HE WAS INTERVIEWED. 
          HOMELAND SECURITY GOT HIM. 
          THEY PULLED HIM UP. 
          THEY CAUGHT HIM UP IN ARIZONA. 
          AND HE'S CALLING ME FROM UP THERE AND HE'S LIKE, VIC, MAN, I GOT MYSELF IN THIS SITUATION. 
          AND SO WE DEAL WITH THOSE YOUNG LADIES. 
          'CAUSE WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS GET RECRUITED. 
          SOCIAL MEDIA IS HUGE. 
          MONITOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF GROOMING, THERE'S A LOT OF SOLICITATION ONLINE, UH, WITH THESE PHONES. 
          YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          BECAUSE NOWADAYS THAT INTERNET IS JUST EVERYWHERE FOR THESE KIDS. 
          AND THEIR EYES ARE WATCHING THINGS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AT YOUNG AGES. 
          AND WE HAVE TO MONITOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THOSE PHONES. 
          UH, THERE'S HELP IN THE CITY, UH, WITH THE PROSTITUTION UP AND DOWN BINET. 
          WE KNOW A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT, THAT TRY TO HELP THOSE YOUNG WOMEN THAT ARE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THAT LIFESTYLE. 
          BUT I ALSO GET CAUGHT UP WITH 
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GANG MEMBERS WHO ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, VIC? I NEED TO CHANGE IT UP. 
          MY LIFESTYLE'S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 
          I NEED SOMEBODY THAT UNDERSTANDS ME, HELP ME GET WHERE I'M TRYING TO GO. 
          VOCATIONAL TRADE JOBS, GEDS, TATTOO REMOVAL. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO DO THOSE THINGS TO HELP THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE GET AWAY FROM THAT. 
          THOSE ADULTS THAT WANT A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE. 
          BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOTTA WANT IT. 
          I'LL CHASE YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M NOT CHASING YOU ALL THE TIME. 
          BUT MY DOOR WILL BE OPEN. 
          YOU CAN KNOCK ON IT, BUT DON'T COME IN WITH A BUNCH OF FOOLISHNESS. 
          I AIN'T GOT TIME. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE BODIES. 
          I ONLY HAVE SO MUCH, SO MANY BODIES. 
          AND I'M IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY FOR A REASON. 
          I'M IN THE HIGH GANG CRIME AREAS ONLY. 
          I'M LIKE HPD, I'M STRAPPED. 
          I DON'T HAVE A BIG BUDGET. 
          I WORK OFF PROBABLY A $1.6 MILLION BUDGET. 
          IT'S NOTHING. 
          WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 
          THE ONLY WAY I I KEEP UP, IF THERE'S EVER A SITUATION THAT YOU NEED, AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IS THAT IF WE NEED TO DO SOME EDUCATION, IF THERE'S A, UM, SOME TYPE OF FORMAT THAT WE NEED TO CREATE, UH, THROUGH ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' OFFICES, I'LL START WITH YOU TO BE ABLE TO EDUCATE YOU ON WHAT CERTAIN GANG SIGNS ARE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, THE CERTAIN COLORS, THE RIVALRIES, THE ALLIANCES, TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IS IN OUR CITY. 
          NOT TO SCARE YOU, ONLY TO INFORM YOU. 
          SO I'D BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH YOU IN A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN CREATE THAT FORMAT. 
          I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          UM, I, WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE IN LINE. 
          I HAVE TWO BARBARAS, UH, IN THE DISTRICT. 
          I CALL 'EM MY BARBARAS. 
          I HAVE BARBARA, JEAN KELLY, AND I HAVE BARBARA QUATRO. 
          ONE'S IN A LEAF AND ONE'S IN TANGLE WILD. 
          SO, UH, BJK LET US HAVE, LET US HAVE IT. 
          WHAT YOU GOT? EASY. 
          THIS IS AN EASY QUESTION REGARDING FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          I'M INTERESTED IN FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          UM, THREE PART QUESTION. 
          VERY EASY. 
          FOR THE UNINITIATED, WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT A FLOCK CAMERA IS? NUMBER TWO, IN THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, ASIDE FROM HPD, WHAT OTHER ENTITIES CONTRIBUTE WITH THEIR OWN FLOCK CAMERAS LIKE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING, YOU KNOW, BIG PROPERTY. 
          WHO, WHO ELSE HAS GOT 'EM THAT'S HELPING AND FEEDING TO Y'ALL? AND NUMBER THREE, ASIDE FROM, UM, THE OBVIOUS A LICENSE PLATE, WHAT OTHER CLUES CAN YOU GET FROM LOCK FILM? OH MY GOODNESS. 
          REALLY GOOD INFORMATION. 
          CHIEF, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND, AND I, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO, UH, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND, UM, FOR INVESTING IN FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LICENSE PLATE READER. 
          BUT LET, LET ME GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN, THAN THAT. 
          THEY'RE CONNECTED AND WE'RE CONNECTED TO, UH, DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND ENTITIES. 
          UM, IF YOUR CAR IS STOLEN OR IF A CAR IS REPORTED STOLEN, OR IF IT'S IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME, A FLOCK CAMERA, NOT ON AGAINST THE PLATE, YOU MAY HAVE A, A, A VEHICLE THAT HAS A PAPER PLATE ON IT OR THE WRONG PLATE. 
          FLOCK CAMERAS IS A SYSTEM WHERE IT CAN SAY, WELL, HEY, THERE WAS A RED PICKUP TRUCK. 
          AND IT'LL TELL YOU, UM, THE MAKE AND THE MODEL REALLY CLOSE TO WHERE THAT TRUCK. 
          SO IF WE HAD A ROBBERY FIVE BLOCKS AWAY, OKAY. 
          FIVE MINUTES AGO AND WHATNOT. 
          AND THEN THE FLOCK CAMERAS, A LOT OF THOSE SYSTEMS, EACH OFFICER HAS A CELL PHONE. 
          SO THAT GOES TO THE CELL PHONES IMMEDIATELY. 
          AND I'M, I'M DATING MYSELF. 
          MOBILE PHONES, NOT CELL PHONES. 
          NO CELL PHONES ANYMORE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOBILE PHONES. 
          SO WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND IT'S ALMOST REAL TIME. 
          SO I, I I SAY IT AND, AND IT IS NOT JUST FLOCK THERE, THERE ARE OTHER, UH, UH, VENDORS OUT THERE, BUT LICENSE PLATE READERS AND, AND SYSTEMS WHERE YOU CAN QUICKLY LOOK AT A VEHICLE, UH, THAT, UH, A SUSPECT IS DRIVING. 
          IT'S BEEN A COMMISSION OF A CRIME. 
          WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE GET IT IN THE FIELD TO THE OFFICERS REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. 
          SO, UM, THE CHIEF WISH IN MY ASK, AND IT FLOCK CAMERAS, LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE JUST SIMPLE CAMERAS AT HOMES. 
          WE, WE HAVE CITY ORDINANCE ON CERTAIN BUSINESSES WHERE WE HAVE TO, UM, HAVE CAMERAS. 
          BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO AS A, AS A COMMUNITY, AS A, AS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE, AS BUSINESSES GET 'EM UP BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DETERRENT IN THIS SENSE WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THAT EVERY MOVE I'M MAKING, SOMEBODY IS LOOKING AT ME. 
          BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A TOOL TO HELP US IN SOLVING CRIMES ONCE A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED. 
          SO, UM, UM, I'VE TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IT. 
          I'VE TALKED TO A FEW OF THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SOME BUSINESS OWNERS. 
          WE REALLY WANT, AND I WANT TO DO JUST A REALLY, REALLY BIG PR THING WHERE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA NAME IT, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE THE MORE CAMERAS WE HAVE OR SYSTEMS, IF IT'S FLOCK OR ANY OTHER SYSTEM, IT HELPS WITH CRIME. 
          IT'S SOME KNOCKOUT WORK THAT'S GOING ON, YOU KNOW, UM, WITH US GETTING ON CRIMES REALLY, REALLY QUICK AND, AND GETTING THOSE BAD MEN AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, SUSPECTS IN, IN, IN JAIL. 
          SO, AND, AND I WILL ADD TO THAT, THAT, UM, 
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PARTLY IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY OUR CRIME IS, UH, THE DECREASE IS 21% IS BECAUSE DISTRICT F AND THEN WE HAD, I THINK, WANNA SAY J AND G. 
          YES. 
          UH, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO COME OUT, UH, AND OUR 50 FLOCK CAMERAS WERE INSTALLED OCTOBER, 2022. 
          SO WE HAVE 50 CAMERAS ALL THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. 
          UM, PARTNERS THAT ARE ADDING SOME SOUTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAS SOME, UH, WESTCHASE IS IN THE PROCESS, I BELIEVE. 
          UM, I'M NOT CLEAR ON INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THEY'RE WORKING TO DO. 
          SO WE HAVE SOME SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE INITIATING CONVERSATIONS ON THEIR OWN 'CAUSE THEY WANT THEIR PRIVATE RESIDENTS TO HAVE THE FLOCK CAMERAS. 
          UH, BUT, UM, WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE FULLY INSTALLED AND RECEIVED SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION FROM HPD AND WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH THOSE CAMERAS. 
          SO I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. 
          DON'T ASK US ABOUT, ABOUT THE LOCATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          , DON'T ASK ME THAT. 
          YEAH, SOME OF THAT STUFF, WE CAN'T, THEY CAN'T DISCLOSE, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO. 
          YEAH, MANY DON'T MANY GOOD HITS. 
          YOU CAN'T ASK . 
          NO, BUT WE DO HAVE 50 IN THE DISTRICT. 
          WE DO. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          YES, SIR. 
          HI, I'M JOHN LANGWORTHY, UH, ALSO FROM TANGO WILD. 
          UH, MY QUESTION IS SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE OTHER TOPICS, IS, IS OPERATION OF AN AIRBNB SOMETHING, IS THAT A VIOLATION THAT CAN BE TURNED INTO THREE? ONE ONE? UH, SO A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, WE CURRENTLY IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON DO NOT HAVE A SHORT TERM, UH, RENTAL ORDINANCE ON THE BOOKS. 
          THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, DURING NCAA AND WHAT WE ARE NOTICING, TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, UM, MANY INVESTORS DURING THE, YOU KNOW, PEAK REAL ESTATE DURING COVID WE'RE PURCHASING THESE HOMES, UM, OFF THE ROLLS AND THEN FLIPPING THEM FOR RENTAL, UH, FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          THEN ALSO AS THE CONVENTIONS IN OUR CITY INCREASE, UM, SO THESE, SO DO THE HOUSE PARTIES, RIGHT? SO, UM, NCAA ACTUALLY WORKED WITH, UH, MANY OF THE OWNERS, UH, THE AIRBNB OWNERS TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S NOT TOLERATED IN CORPORATE AIRBNB AND THE OTHER RENT, UH, CORPORATIONS ARE WORKING WITH THEM. 
          THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, UH, WITH REGULATORY NEIGHBORHOOD AFFAIRS. 
          UH, MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, SALLY ALCORN IS CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S COME UP THROUGH CONVERSATION. 
          OUR INTENTION IS TO HAVE SOMETHING, UM, AT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD LOOK AT SO WE CAN HAVE SOME BARRIERS IN PLACE. 
          UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WITH TANGO WILD BEING SO UNIQUE WITH EIGHT DIFFERENT SETS OF DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT'S GONNA TAKE US A WHILE TO KIND OF COME UP WITH SOMETHING WHERE CITY LEGAL CAN, CAN NAVIGATE WHAT CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN. 
          BUT YOUR ISSUE IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR AROUND SAFETY OFTEN. 
          UM, UH, AND, AND NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO, UH, INVEST IN REAL ESTATE, UM, AND TO HAVE RESIDUAL INCOME. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT WHEN IT COMES TO DISRUPTING THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, NOISES, UH, TRAFFICKING, PROSTITUTION, THAT'S HAPPENED AS WELL. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING TO MITIGATING THAT AND HAVING AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOK. 
          SO MORE TO COME ON THAT ONCE WE GET WORD FROM THE ADMINISTRATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW, HERE'S MY OTHER BARBARA . 
          YOU KNOW, THAT I COULDN'T STAND . 
          I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          UH, TIFFANY, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE DRAINS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          I'VE SEEN ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, UH, YARD, YARD FOLKS AND JUST REGULAR, INCLUDING AT THE, UH, FIRE STATION ON WILCREST BLOWING GRASS. 
          THE ROAD, EXCUSE ME, WHAT'S THE RULE? I MEAN, IS IT ALLOWED OR NOT? NO, IT'S NOT BECAUSE, UH, I HAD, UH, SALLY ALCORN'S OFFICE, LOOK IT UP. 
          IF YOU LOOK UP THE CODE, IT'S VERY VAGUE, VAGUE TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          AND IT GOES ON IN OUR SUBDIVISION ALL THE TIME. 
          IT GOES ON AT THE FIRE STATION, AND SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH. 
          I THINK SHE CALLED ME AT 7:00 AM AM SCREAMING AND HOLLERING, LIKE, ARE THEY BLOWING LEAVES INTO THE DRAINS? AND I'M LIKE, BARBARA, HOLD ON. 
          SO, NO, IT, IT, IT IS HAPPENING. 
          BUT I THINK, AGAIN, IT, IT POINTS TO US HAVING A STRONGER COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AROUND THAT. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, WHEN WE SAY MAINTENANCE AT THE CITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE. 
          WHEN WE SAY MAINTENANCE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THEY'RE THINKING, YOU'RE GONNA COME SWEEP MY DRAINS. 
          AND WE'RE NOT. 
          THAT'S NOT IT. 
          AND SO IN THE NEWSLETTER, WE HAVE, UM, PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, BEFORE AND AFTER ROUTINE RAINS, UM, INFORMATION ON HOW TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN DRAINS, ESPECIALLY OPEN DITCHES. 
          BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE. 
          AND, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD MENTIONED TO MAYOR TURNER WHEN WE PASSED THE BUDGET, IS THAT BEFORE THE ORDINANCE COMES TO COUNCIL, THAT WE WE'RE REAL STRATEGIC WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND DEFINE WHAT MAINTENANCE IS, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS WHAT. 
          SO WE CAN LEVEL SET WITH HOUSTONIANS. 
          BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD HATE IS FOR THERE TO BE A DRAIN, UH, AN OPEN A DRAIN THAT'S NOT MAINTAINED AND SOMEONE'S HOME IS FLOODED BECAUSE WE FAILED TO DO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. 
          OR PEOPLE JUST SIMPLY WEREN'T AWARE. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WHEN THAT ORDINANCE COMES, WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE RELIEF. 
          BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          NONE OF THAT IS, IT'S VERY VAGUE. 
          IT IS VERY VAGUE. 
          YES. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          BUT IT HAPPENS ALL, ALL THE TIME, EVERY DAY. 
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AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION. 
          AND, AND WE'LL ADDRESS IT. 
          I MEAN, WE NEED TO DO OUR PART AND WE NEED TO BE LEADING THE WAY IN, IN WHAT, UH, EXPECT. 
          THAT MADE ME CRAZY. 
          WHEN I SAW THOSE, THE FIREMAN, I SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. 
          SHE WAS IN THE SEAN. 
          IT WAS TRUE. 
          LIKE, GOOD FOR YOU. 
          SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH. 
          BUT I, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON, ON THAT ASPECT. 
          I MEAN, WE SHOULD BE SETTING THE EXAMPLE AND NOT, UH, NOT GOING THE OTHER WAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE TALKING CAMERAS ALL OVER THE CITY. 
          UH, WE TOOK OUT RED LIGHT CAMERAS A A LONG TIME AGO. 
          IS THAT EVER GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AGAIN? BECAUSE, UH, YOU TAKE YOUR LIFE, LIFE IN YOUR, IN IN YOUR HANDS. 
          WHEN, IF YOU, IF YOU ACTUALLY STOP WHEN IT'S, UH, YELLOW STATE LAW PROHIBITS RED LIGHT CAMERAS, CHIEF FINNER LOVES. 
          SO WHENEVER DO THAT LIGHT CAMERAS. 
          SO STATE LAW RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          AND UH, LOOK, CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. 
          I DON'T GET INTO POLITICS, BUT CALL, CALL YOUR LAW MAKERS ANDRS AND TELLEM, YOU WANT 'EM BACK. 
          I MEAN, IT'S DANGEROUS. 
          MY GOODNESS. 
          IT'S A NO BRAINER TO ME. 
          SO IF YOU WERE A CITY, YOU HAD THEM, YOU WERE GRANDFATHERED IN, YOU CAN'T, SO NOW THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE REAL LIGHT CAMERAS, WE CAN'T COME TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE RED LIGHT CAMERAS WITHIN THE CITY ORDINANCE WILL VIOLATE STATE LAW. 
          OH, LOVELY. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I'VE GOT ONE MORE. 
          STATISTICALLY WHAT AGE GROUP COMMITS THE MOST CRIMES? AND I KNOW IT'S MORE MEN THAN WOMEN, BUT , BUT STATISTICALLY, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A A A RANGE? I MEAN, IS ARE THE YOUNG PEOPLE? IT'S ALWAYS, UM, PRETTY, PRETTY CONSISTENT. 
          AND, AND, UM, CHIEF BRADFORD, EVEN WHEN HE WAS, WAS CHIEF AND HE, HE'S STILL YOUNG AND, UH, I'M, I'M GETTING OLDER, BUT, UM, I WAS A ROOKIE THEN. 
          YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT THAT AGE FROM 17 TO TO MID TWENTIES, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THAT, THAT'S WHO'S COMMITTING A, A LOT OF THE VIOLENT CRIMES NOW. 
          UH, WE HAVE SEEN, UH, A LOT OF VIOLENT CRIMINALS GETTING VERY YOUNG. 
          UM, THERE, THERE'S A TREND FOR THAT. 
          AND, AND VIC, UH, CAN, CAN BACK ME ON THAT. 
          YOU HAVE 13 AND 14 YEAR OLDS COMMITTING VERY VIOLENT CRIME. 
          BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT STATISTICS, UM, THAT GROUP, AND IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT THROUGH MANY YEARS, UM, THAT AGE GROUP. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF YOUR, YOUR, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT STATISTIC, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE TO, TO GET CHANGES FROM THE YOUTH, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT YES MA'AM, IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MUCH. 
          WE HAVE TWO MORE AND THEN I WANNA WRAP UP. 
          I KNOW SOME OF Y'ALL WANT TO TALK ONE-ON-ONE WITH SOME OF OUR PANELISTS, SO I WANT TO, JEFF, IF YOU CAN COME UP. 
          HI. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JEFFREY BARNETT. 
          UM, AS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STUDENT, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S AN AGE GROUP DIFFERENCE GAP HERE. 
          WHAT ARE YOU, PROFESSOR THOMAS, EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS AND THE PANEL. 
          WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET WITH MILLENNIAL AND THE GEN Z PEOPLE? YOU CAN'T ASK ME NO QUESTION IN MY OWN. 
          I'M JUST PLAYING. 
          SO REALLY GOOD POINT. 
          AND, UM, MY OFFICE WORKS TIRELESSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR PARTNERS, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED, UM, AND TRYING TO OFFER RESOURCES TO THEM. 
          UH, OFTENTIMES THE FORMATS THAT I HAVE TO HOST THINGS IN DON'T WORK. 
          UM, THAT'S WHY A LOT OF MY OFFICE WORK IS IN COMMUNITY, UM, PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOLS, UM, WITH PARENTS TO GET THIS OUT. 
          UM, AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. 
          AND, AND I'LL, AND THE CHIEF, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THIS. 
          SO AT THE PEAK OF 2020 AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER, WE HAD A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT, UH, WANTED TO DO SOMETHING BUT THEY COULDN'T GET DOWNTOWN. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY WERE THE CLASS PRESIDENTS OF ALE TAYLOR AND ELSIK. 
          AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WALK OF 50 PEOPLE. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS WERE BEING HIJACKED, UH, PEOPLE WERE GETTING HURT. 
          AND I CALLED OUT TO COMMUNITY AND SAID, WE'RE NOT GONNA SHUT YOUR MARCH DOWN, BUT I WANT YOU TO GET ORGANIZED AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE. 
          AND I'LL USE MY POSITION TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A VOICE. 
          AND I DID A CALL OUT TO COMMUNITY AND WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 50 PEOPLE TURNED IN HUNDREDS. 
          I I MEAN HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. 
          UM, AND WE HAD LIBRARIANS ON WALKERS SAYING, NO ONE'S GOING TO HURT MY BABIES. 
          WE HAD PEOPLE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY THAT REALLY RALLIED AROUND, PHYSICALLY RALLIED AROUND THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD EXPRESS THEMSELVES. 
          AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT REALLY IS THE GENESIS OF MY YOUTH LED, UH, CONFERENCE. 
          UM, UH, THE REASON WHY I HAVE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AS INTERNS RUNNING POINT, TOMMY AND ISABELLA ARE HERE. 
          AND SO I'M INTENTIONAL WITH THAT, BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. 
          I NEED YOUNG PEOPLE, TEACHERS, TRUSTEES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PARENTS, ALL OF THAT. 
          UH, AND WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN FIND, SEE THEMSELVES IN SOLUTIONS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY HAVE IN SOLUTIONS. 
          'CAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          AND ONLY BECAUSE I TALK TO MY NIECE, I KNOW THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO FEEL SAFE 
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ABOUT. 
          SO IT'S HAPPENING. 
          BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU JUST GAVE YOURSELF A NEW ASSIGNMENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JEFFREY BARNETT. 
          OH BOY. 
          AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL DO THAT. 
          I APPRECIATE YOU. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          UM, HI, MY NAME IS, UH, GABRIELA, AND I HAVE A ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SPEED BUMPS IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS. 
          I WAS TOLD A LONG TIME AGO THAT THAT COULDN'T HAPPEN. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS SPEEDING THROUGH IN FRONT OF, UM, SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SET UP THE, UM, THE, UH, RACES AND DRAGS AND ALL SUCH LIKE THAT, THEY'RE THERE. 
          THEY'RE IN THE, THEY START IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. 
          THEY UP AND DOWN THE STREET. 
          THERE ARE NO SPEED BUMPS TO STOP THEM. 
          MY BACKYARD SPACE IS THAT. 
          SO I KNOW WHEN THEY'RE THERE. 
          'CAUSE MY WHOLE HOUSE SHAKES. 
          THAT'S HOW MANY ARE COMING UP AND DOWN THE STREET. 
          AND I THINK, I MEAN, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A SPEED BUMP IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL TO HELP PROTECT THE SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SO HOT. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE GOING TO THE SPARK PART. 
          SURE. 
          UM, AT NINE, 10 O'CLOCK, 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. 
          AND I MEAN, IT, IT, IT, IT'S JUST LIKE NEAR MISS, YOU KNOW, EVERY HALF HOUR. 
          YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT NOISE AND PEOPLE YELLING AND IT'S JUST, SO WE, WE'VE REALLY AT, UH, HPD WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE REALLY CRACKED DOWN ON A LOT OF THE GROUPS. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM AND, AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          BUT SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, TO YOUR SPECIFIC, IF IT'S A SPECIFIC LOCATION, I DON'T KNOW ANY LAW THAT'S PREVENTING BUMP, NO BUMP. 
          WE HAVE SPEED BUMPS ALL THROUGHOUT FOR FIVE DUE. 
          WE NEED TO YEAH, THERE'S, YEAH, IT'S AN APPLICATION AND ISAAC CAN GET THAT TO YOU. 
          THAT'S A SIMPLE APPLICATION ALL DOWN. 
          HIGH STARS, SPEED BUMPS. 
          LIKE WE, I, I FUND THAT, BUT I ALSO WANNA GIVE CHIEF TURNER BECAUSE THEY SPEAK, YOU KNOW, HE CAN SPEAK TO A LOT OF THE STUFF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, EVEN AROUND SNEAD, THE, THE TRAFFIC ISSUE, THE PARKING ISSUE, UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH AILEY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TRAFFIC IN SPEEDING IS MITIGATED THROUGHOUT BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM. 
          BUT I'VE FUNDED EVERY SPEED BUMP THAT COMES THROUGH SO WE CAN GET THAT APPLICATION. 
          I AIN'T GOT NO MONEY THIS YEAR, SO Y'ALL GOT TO HOLD ON, COME OUT TWICE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STANCLIFFE HAS BEEN X OUT SO THAT WE COULD NOT SURE, IT'S JUST A SIMPLE APPLICATION AND WE'LL GET THIS RIGHT. 
          BUT THAT, THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. 
          THAT SPEED BUMPS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN FRONT OF SCHOOLS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          'CAUSE WE NEED THEM. 
          BUT CHIEF TURNER, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. 
          THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE OUR SCHOOLS USUALLY ARE CLOSED BY SEVEN O'CLOCK WITH ALL OF THEIR DUTIES. 
          BUT I WILL BRING THAT TO MY NIGHT SHIFT OFFICER'S ATTENTION AND WHERE THEY OUT PATROLLING, UH, IF THEY FIND OR SEE OF ANY DENTS THAT'S OCCURRING THERE, THEY WILL ADDRESS IT. 
          SO I WILL TALK TO MY COMMANDER ABOUT THAT TOMORROW. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL I DO HAVE YOU GO AHEAD. 
          JUST ONE MORE CONCERN. 
          WE HAD AN INCIDENT A FEW WEEKS AGO IN MY CALL, CUL-DE-SAC. 
          SOMEBODY SPEED IT THROUGH, CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE, RAN OUT, THEY RAN TOWARDS MY BACK FENCE AND SUCH. 
          AND THEN THEY JUST THREW A WHOLE BUNCH OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND WEED AND PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES AT RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF MY DRIVEWAY. 
          TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE OUTSIDE, SAW THIS, SAW THE CAR, SAW THE PERSON KNOCKED ON MY DOOR TO TELL ME THEY PUT SOME STUFF UNDER YOUR TREE, YOU NEED TO CALL THE POLICE. 
          AND THEY RAN BACK TO THEIR HOUSES. 
          SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO CALL THE POLICE, BUT I FINALLY CAME OUT AND SUCH, IT WAS SEVERAL HOURS LATER. 
          SO IN ASKING THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WELL, WHERE WERE YOU? THIS AND THAT SAID, DO, DO YOU LIVE ALONE? AND SAID SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, NO, MY SON IS HERE, BUT HE'S, UM, 25 AND HE HAS ASPERGER'S. 
          AND HE SAYS, OH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. 
          AND JUST WENT ON TO DA DA. 
          MY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AS A, A MOTHER OF A BLACK MALE CHILD, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ASPERGER'S WAS AND HE DIDN'T CARE ENOUGH TO ASK WHAT IT WAS. 
          AND THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME BECAUSE IF SAY A SITUATION COMES UP YEAH. 
          AND POLICE ARE GO RIGHT, MY SON IS GOING TO COMPLETELY FREAK AND END UP BEING SHOT JUST BECAUSE, AND IT'LL ESCALATE UNNECESSARILY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          I WANT YOU TO, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. 
          HE SHOULD KNOW. 
          AND, UH, IF HE DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST EDUCATE YOURSELF AND AT LEAST BE RESPECTFUL AND CONSIDERATE TO, TO YOU AS A PARENT. 
          UM, I WANT YOU TO GET WITH MY SERGEANT, IF YOU CAN KIND OF GIVE US CLOSE TO THAT DATE. 
          WE CAN GO INTO OUR SYSTEM AND PULL IT UP AND WE CAN FIND OUT THAT OFFICER, GIVE HIM A DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFICER BECAUSE I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          I WANT ADDRESS THAT RIGHT AWAY. 
          WE HAVE TRAINING, UM, THANK YOU ON THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF, AND THAT'S, 
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THAT'S THE WRONG RESPONSE, PLEASE INFORMATION. 
          AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          INFORMATION. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO AT SEVEN 15, I WANNA BE A GOOD STEWARD OF YOUR TIME. 
          UM, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GIVE OUR PANELISTS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE? SO I ALSO WANNA SEND SOME RE UM, SHARE SOME REMINDERS BEFORE WE DISPERSE. 
          I KNOW Y'ALL WANT TO, UH, SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 
          UH, WE HAVE, THIS IS THE START OF THE SUMMER OF SE THE SUMMER OF SAFETY SERIES. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. 
          WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH HOUSTON FIRE ON JUNE 30TH. 
          UM, AS, UM, WE ARE GONNA CANVAS BECKFORD PLACE. 
          UH, BUT THIS IS NOT LIMITED TO YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          HOUSTON FIRE PROVIDES SMOKE DETECTORS AT NO COST TO YOU. 
          SO WE KNOW AS WE GET READY FOR THE SUMMERTIME, THINGS CAN HAPPEN IF THERE'S A SMOKE, IF YOU NEED A SMOKE DETECTOR, THERE'S A FORM FOR THAT. 
          WE CAN GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF. 
          HOUSTON FIRE WE'LL INSTALL. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH HOUSTON WAVES ON JULY 16TH, THE DAY BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY, UH, FOR A SWIM SAFETY EVENT AT THE NEW ALE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, AGE GROUPS, UH, THE TEACHING THE BASICS SO PEOPLE CAN, SO THE FAMILIES CAN FEEL SAFE SWIMMING IN THEIR, UH, POOLS AND, AND THEY DON'T DROWN BECAUSE THE DATA SHOWS US THAT LOW INCOME AND MINORITY CHILDREN DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO POOLS, UM, OR THE TRAINING TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          UM, SO I WANNA APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND MAKING THIS A PRIORITY, UH, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU, UM, PERSONALLY FROM, UH, MY HEART TO YOURS AND THE, OH YEAH, WE GO AHEAD AND TALK ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT THEY'RE HERE WITH US TONIGHT. 
          I WANT TO THANK HCC FOR HOSTING US. 
          MY STAFF, OUR PARTNERS. 
          THERE'S SOME RESOURCES HERE, RED CROSS AND THERE WAS SOME OTHER FOLKS EARLIER. 
          UM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT INFORMATION. 
          IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE DISTRICT F NEWSLETTER, I WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. 
          WE HAVE A Q QR CODE, WE'RE FANCY. 
          UM, SCAN THE CODE, GET YOUR INFORMATION. 
          WE HAVE ACCURATE CURRENT INFORMATION EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          I WANNA APPRECIATE YOU. 
          AND SO IF MY, IF YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH ME ABOUT PARTICULAR INFORMATION, MY CHIEF OF STAFF IS IN THE BACK. 
          STEPHANIE AND KEN AND KATHY, ALL OF THEM CAN GET YOU TO ME AND GET YOU SCHEDULED. 
          SO I WANNA APPRECIATE EVERYONE AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME GROUP PHOTOS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DISPERSE. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, MAY I SAY SOMETHING? SURE, PLEASE. 
          JUST REALLY QUICK, JUST BEFORE WE END UP, AND THIS IS JUST A REMINDER, UM, WITH THE HEAT, UH, THE WAY IT IS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO STAY HYDRATED. 
          WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PETS, OUR ELDERLY VISIT ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. 
          AND IF WE HAVE INSTANCES WHERE THE POWER GOES OUT AND YOU LOSE ELECTRICITY AND YOU RUN UP YOUR GENERATORS, PLEASE BE VERY CAUTIOUS ON THE, ON THE PROPER USE OF THOSE GENERATORS. 
          HAVE 'EM OUTSIDE AT LEAST 20 FEET FROM YOUR HOME. 
          DO NOT BRING THEM INSIDE AND TURN THOSE GENERATORS ON. 
          WE JUST HAD A TRAGIC INCIDENT, UH, A FEW DAYS AGO WHERE A WHOLE FAMILY WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          ONE UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT, UH, SURVIVE THE, UH, CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. 
          IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. 
          CARBON MONOXIDE IS ODORLESS. 
          IT'S COLORLESS, TASTELESS, AND IT CAN KILL YOU IN, IN SMALL AMOUNTS. 
          SO PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS OF THE PROPER USE OF OF YOUR GENERATORS. 
          AND THE LAST THING BEFORE I CLOSE THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HIRING HFD CAREERS.ORG 350 FIREFIGHTERS EVERY YEAR. 
          PLEASE, UH, LET YOUR, YOUR RELATIVES KNOW, UH, 18 TO 36. 
          IF THEY WANT TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, IF THEY HAVE THE HEART TO SERVE, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM BE PART OF THE TEAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PLUS A $5,000 INCENTIVE. 
          YES, 5,000. 
          I.
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