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          [Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on September 21, 2023. ]
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          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO TODAY'S, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON, PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 2:02 PM TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PRESENTATIONS, UH, BOTH BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, ON RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL REPORT, UH, FROM HPD, INCLUDING BY, UH, CHIEF NER. 
          UH, HE'LL BE PROVIDING A REPORT ON BASICALLY THE PAST FOUR YEARS OF WHAT'S BEEN COMING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE AND THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE. 
          UH, THEY WILL ALSO, UH, BE PRESENTING ON THE, UH, DASHBOARD, CAMERA PROCUREMENT, UH, THAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO GONNA GET AN UPDATE ON THE NEWLY RELEASED, UH, PURSUIT POLICY. 
          UH, FROM HPD. 
          UH, WE'RE JOINED, UH, IN PERSON BY COUNCIL MEMBERS PECK AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ALCORN, UH, AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS'S, OFFICE COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM MARTIN. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN'S OFFICE, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S OFFICE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S OFFICE. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN PERSON AND ONLINE. 
          UM, DO WE STAFF ALSO IS PRESENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER AND ROS'S OFFICE. 
          DAVE ROBINSON IN PERSON. 
          UH, FEW QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. UH, WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER EACH PRESENTATION. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED UP IN PERSON TODAY, SO WE WILL CALL YOU, UH, AT THE END. 
          UH, I WANTED TO JUST SAY A FEW QUICK OPENING REMARKS BEFORE WE GET STARTED. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE A BUSY SCHEDULE. 
          UM, THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, UH, IS CALLING ON ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW TO SPEAK OUT AND SIGN THE PETITION. 
          UM, THERE IS A CASE, US V RAHIMI, THAT'S GONNA BE GOING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. 
          UH, IT WAS A DECISION THAT CAME THROUGH THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, UM, AND IT'S REALLY A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE MOVEMENT TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC ABUSE. 
          UM, IN THE HOUSTON AREA, WOMEN'S CENTER IS TAKING A STAND. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW, THE COURT, THE FIFTH CIRCUIT RULED, UM, THAT COURTS COULD NOT, UH, UNDER FEDERAL LAW, PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY DOMESTIC ABUSERS UNDER CERTAIN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS. 
          UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN LONGSTANDING FEDERAL LAW. 
          IT GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SURVIVORS A TOOL TO KEEP THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY SAFE IN A COURT OF LAW. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW THAT IS BEING CHALLENGED. 
          SO, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSTON AREA WOMEN'S CENTER, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT AND THAT THEY HAVE FILED AN AMICUS URGING THE SUPREME COURT TO KEEP PROTECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVORS IN PLACE. 
          AND THEY ARE USING THIS PETITION TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE DECISION. 
          SO WE APPRECIATE THEIR WORK THERE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, I DID WANNA, UM, PUBLICLY THANK MAYOR TURNER. 
          UH, BASED ON THE LAST PRESENTATION WE HAD RELATED TO, UH, MY PROPOSAL FOR THE GUN VIOLENCE INJURY DATA, UM, PROGRAM AND DASHBOARD, WE HAVE ALLOCATED THE FUNDING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          IT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION, UM, TO GATHER THIS DATA SO THAT HEALTHCARE EXPERTS CAN, UH, CREATE HEALTH BASED INTERVENTIONS TO KEEP, UM, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR CHILDREN, AND OUR FAMILIES SAFE. 
          SO A BIG THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR PUSHING THAT THROUGH. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT. 
          AT THIS TIME, UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, CHIEFS ZAPATA AND WALKER. 
          UH, I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE WE HAVE WITH US CHIEFS WEST AND WELLS IN THE AUDIENCE. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AND IF Y'ALL WANNA LOWER THOSE MICS JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, . 
          I WILL HAVE TO STAND TO SEE THIS SCREEN. 
          OKAY. 
          OH, PROCEED. 
          UH, SHELBY WALKER, ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT, UH, ALSO, UH, OVER RECRUITING. 
          UM, SO WE ARE DEALING WITH, UM, I GUESS WE CAN CALL IT A SITUATION WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO HIRE ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          WE'RE NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE ISSUE. 
          UM, BUT 
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WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TRIED TO BROADEN OUR BRUSH. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN GOING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE STATE, AND HITTING SEVERAL COLLEGES, UH, UNIVERSITIES, UH, GOING INTO HIGH SCHOOLS AND TRYING TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH LIKE HISD, UH, SEEKING OUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GRADUATING WITH DUAL CREDIT. 
          UM, THEY MEET THE, UH, AGE REQUIREMENT AND ALSO THE COLLEGE REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, WE ARE COMPETING WITH ALL OF THE CITIES IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA. 
          UM, AND IT IS SOME PRETTY STIFF COMPETITION, BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING UP. 
          WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF WHAT YOU'RE GETTING WHEN YOU WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES, SIR. 
          YOU DOING GREAT? AND SO I'M GONNA GO TO MY, UM, POWERPOINT. 
          I CAN'T, I'M GONNA HAVE TO STAND UP 'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE IT FROM HERE. 
          I'VE GOTTA STAND UP. 
          AND SO, NEXT PAGE. 
          SO WE DO OFFER AN INCENTIVE OF $5,000, UH, FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGN UP AND FIND THEMSELVES, UH, ATTENDING THE ACADEMY. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE INITIAL PAY 36,000. 
          IT'S 36,000. 
          UM, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST IN THIS GENERAL AREA. 
          UPON, UM, GRADUATING AND GETTING OFF PROBATION. 
          IT GOES UP TO $51,842. 
          NEXT PAGE. 
          UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE WENT BACK TO, UH, FY 21, 22, AND 23. 
          UM, BETWEEN THOSE THREE YEARS, WE DID HANDLE ABOUT 7,018, UH, APPLICATIONS. 
          UH, WE TESTED 2,543. 
          WE HIRED 760. 
          SO WE WRITE AT ABOUT 10 POINT, UH, NINE 5%. 
          NEXT, PLEASE. 
          AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK. 
          AND I'M JUST GONNA FOR A SECOND. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING ON THE TV SCREEN. 
          UM, IT SAYS WORKING ON IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA STALL Y'ALL SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THE POWERPOINTS. 
          THERE'S JUST SOME OTHER ACTION ON THE SCREEN, AND I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW WE ARE AWARE AND HITS HIS WORKING ON IT. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          UM, RECRUITING 77% OF OUR HIRING GOALS. 
          FY 21. 
          OUR HIRING GOAL WAS 3 50, 350. 
          UH, WE ACTUALLY HIRED 243 AND FY 22 WAS 280, UH, BEING THE GOAL. 
          UH, WE ACTUALLY HIRED 276 AND FY TWENTY THREE, THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AND 2 4241. 
          UH, SO OUR TOTALS BETWEEN 21 AND 23 ARE 980. 
          ACTUAL HIRED IS, UH, 760. 
          SO RIGHT AT ABOUT 77.5%. 
          NEXT SCREEN, PLEASE. 
          UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE IS THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED, UH, GOING ON RADIO, UH, BEING INTERVIEWED, UH, BY A MYRIAD OF, UH, DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS. 
          UH, WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN INTO TELEVISION YET 'CAUSE THAT IS A LITTLE COSTLY. 
          UM, AND I SAID, BROADENING OUR BRUSH. 
          WE'VE BEEN INTO LOUISIANA. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN TO MISSISSIPPI. 
          UH, WE'VE RECRUITED PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO. 
          BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'VE ACTUALLY RECRUITED A COUPLE PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ACCOMPLISHED IT, BUT WE DID IT. 
          UH, WE HAD ONE OR TWO PEOPLE FROM LOS ANGELES, AND OF COURSE, THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA AND, AND THE INNER HOUSTON AREA AS WELL. 
          UH, NEXT SCREEN PLEASE. 
          UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DROPPED THE COLLEGE HOURS, UH, DOWN TO 15, 15 COLLEGE HOURS. 
          UM, NEXT SCREEN. 
          UH, I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT RADIO AND MEDIA. 
          YOU CAN MOVE ON. 
          AND WE'RE TO TRAINING ANY QUESTIONS WHATSOEVER ABOUT RECRUITING. 
          YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SCREEN. 
          AND THE NEXT ONE, . 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THAT BETTER FOR YOU, CHIEF ? YEAH, THAT'S BETTER. 
          THAT'S BETTER. 
          UH, YOU CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SCREEN. 
          UH, I'M, UH, MICHAEL ZAPATA. 
          I'M, UH, THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO, UH, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH TRAINING FOR HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND ESPECIALLY OF COURSE, UH, CADET TRAINING AND RECRUIT, UM, CADET TRAINING AT THE ACADEMY. 
          UM, YOU CAN MOVE ON. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE VAL YCA TRAINING FACILITY, WHICH IS LOCATED, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HOBBY AIRPORT'S. 
          BEEN AROUND SINCE 1969. 
          UM, WE'VE TRAINED, UH, THOUSANDS 
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OF PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, AND ON AVERAGE, UM, UP TO, UH, 400 CADETS IN A YEAR. 
          AND, UM, THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THE REGION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AT THE ACADEMY WITH RECRUITS, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSES. 
          WE HAVE A LONG TRACK AND A FAST TRACK. 
          UH, AND DEPENDING ON WHAT THEIR CERTIFICATIONS ARE, THEY'LL BE CLASSIFIED INTO ONE OF THOSE TWO TYPES OF CLASSES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THE LONG TRACKS. 
          WE HAVE FOUR CLASSES PER YEAR, UH, STARTING IN APRIL, JUNE, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AROUND THERE. 
          AND OCTOBER. 
          UH, EACH CLASS IS EIGHT MONTHS LONG. 
          UM, USUALLY THERE'S ABOUT 70 OR MORE CADETS PER CLASS. 
          UH, THE CLASSES START WITH EMT SCHOOL AND THEN PROCEED INTO FIRE SCHOOL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, EMT SCHOOL IS APPROXIMATELY SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION. 
          UH, NORMALLY OUTSIDE AT, UH, ANY COLLEGE, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT TWO SEMESTERS. 
          AND WE KIND OF CRAM TWO SEMESTERS OF, OF INSTRUCTION INTO SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS. 
          UH, AT THE ACADEMY, UM, AFTER THEIR SIX OR SEVEN WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION, THEY HAVE TWO WEEKS OF CLINICALS, AND THEN ABOUT A WEEK OF, UH, TESTING FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTRY AND EMT. 
          AS FAR AS FIRE SCHOOL, ONCE THEY'VE COMPLETED AND ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH EMT, THEY MOVE ON TO FIRE SCHOOL. 
          THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION REQUIRES, UH, 468 HOURS TO GET YOUR BASIC CERTIFICATION. 
          AND, UH, THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT ACADEMY IS APPROXIMATELY 650 HOURS. 
          SO WE'RE WELL ABOVE WHAT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND WE ADD A LOT OF, A LOT OF EXTRA STUFF TO IT, TO THEIR TRAINING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, OUR GRADUATION RATES, UH, AVERAGE AROUND 60%. 
          UM, IN FY 22, WE DID REALLY GOOD WITH 87%. 
          UH, I'VE SEEN, UH, SOME YEARS, UH, BEFORE I STARTED AT THE ACADEMY BEFORE COVID HIT, AND WE WERE RUNNING AROUND 80%. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 60% GRADUATION RATE. 
          UH, THIS FY 23 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FAST TRACK CLASSES IN THERE. 
          WE HAD, UH, 25 FAST TRACK MEMBERS, AND WE GRADUATED 23 OF 'EM. 
          SO ABOUT 92%. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ALRIGHT, SO LONG TRACK. 
          OF COURSE. 
          UH, THE SUCCESS IS FOR, UH, LONG TRACK, UH, EMT SCHOOL. 
          IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF OUR ACADEMY. 
          UH, IT'S VERY FAST PACED AND DIFFICULT, SO ONCE THEY CAN GET, THEY CAN GET THROUGH EMT SCHOOL, THEY, THEY SHOULD BE REALLY GOOD. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF THE CADETS IS WORK EXPERIENCE. 
          IF, IF, UH, THESE CADETS HAVEN'T HAD ANY WORK EXPERIENCE IN, UH, A LABOR INTENSIVE JOB, UH, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM. 
          UM, PHYSICAL FITNESS, OF COURSE, COMES INTO PLAY. 
          WE, WE NEED 'EM TO BE PHYSICALLY FIT. 
          WE CAN WORK WITH A LOT OF 'EM, UH, AND GET 'EM WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 
          BUT THEY HAVE TO BE AT A GOOD STARTING POINT ONCE WHEN, WHEN THEY GET TO THE ACADEMY. 
          UH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK IS THE, UH, APTITUDE FOR SERVICE. 
          IF SOMEBODY'S GONNA COME TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND THE ACADEMY, AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY WANTING TO HELP SERVE THE PEOPLE THAT'S NOT IN THEIR FORTE, SO TO SPEAK, THEN, UH, THEN THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO WELL. 
          UM, YEAH. 
          LET'S MOVE TO NEXT SLIDE. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          NOW WE GOT FAST TRACKS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED FOR, UH, RECRUITS THAT ARE CERTIFIED IN, IN FIREFIGHTING AND EMT OR PARAMEDIC. 
          UH, THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS LONG AND USUALLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MEMBERS PER CLASS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE SUCCESS FACTORS FOR FAST TRACK, PHYSICAL FITNESS, EVEN, EVEN MORE, BECAUSE THESE, UH, CERTIFIED MEMBERS, EVEN THOUGH THE CLASS IS SHORTER, THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET THE SAME PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AS A LONG TRACK. 
          SO THEY HAVE LESS TIME TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS. 
          UM, BUT EVEN WITHIN, WE, WE STILL DO PRETTY WELL. 
          UM, A LOT OF THESE CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS THAT WE GET, UH, DON'T HAVE ANY WORK EXPERIENCE IN ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE, THE, IT'S A CHALLENGE. 
          SOMETIMES THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR CERTIFICATION ONLINE, UH, OR THROUGH A COLLEGE THAT, THAT JUST BARELY PUT 'EM THROUGH WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO LEARN. 
          UH, SO IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US TO GET 'EM UP TO DATE AND WHAT THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIRES. 
          BUT EVEN THEN, OUR SUCCESS RATES WITH FAST TRACK MEMBERS ARE, UH, SOMETIMES A HUNDRED PERCENT ON OUR CLASSES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, SO THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING, UH, NOT ENOUGH 
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APPLICANTS. 
          SO WITH LESS APPLICANTS OUT THERE, THERE'S LESS CERTIFIED MEMBERS. 
          UH, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO HOLD A CERTIFIED CLASS WITH 10 OR LESS, UH, MEMBERS IN IT. 
          IT, IT REQUIRES A LOT OF MANPOWER. 
          SO, UM, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF FAST TRACKS LATELY. 
          UH, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE HAD 25 FOR, UH, FY 23. 
          UH, BUT WITH RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE HOPING TO, TO SEE MUCH HIGHER NUMBERS. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, SO, UH, OUR TRAINING ISSUES, UM, LESS APPLICANTS, LESS OR SMALLER CLASSES. 
          UH, THE LONG TRACKS ARE APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 60 MEMBERS IN THERE, AND WE'RE GRADUATING 30 TO 40 OF THOSE. 
          UM, AGAIN, WITH THE WORK EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY'RE COMING TO US, MANY OF 'EM ARE JUST TRYING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY INTEREST THEM. 
          AND WHEN THEY GET THERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY'LL FIGURE OUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE THERE OR NOT. 
          UH, SO WE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEAVING RIGHT AT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. 
          AND, UH, PHYSICAL FITNESS, OF COURSE, UH, THAT, THAT TENDS TO BE A BIG ONE. 
          UH, WE JUST, JUST THROW NUMBERS AT YOU GUYS. 
          UH, OR A LITTLE STORY. 
          WE JUST HAD TWO RESIGN TODAY, BUT NOT FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS BECAUSE OF CLAUSTROPHOBIA. 
          UH, MANY OF, MANY OF OUR, UH, RECRUITS WILL FIND OUT. 
          THEY MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT THEY WERE CLAUSTROPHOBIC BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE SURE GONNA FIND OUT WHEN THEY GET THERE. 
          SO, UM, AND WE HAD TO RESIGN TODAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, ONLY THOSE RECRUITS WHO MAINTAIN THE HIGH STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE AT HFD, UH, WITH THE DESIRE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS ARE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH. 
          UM, WE, WE, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO, NOR WILL WE LOWER THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED. 
          IT WOULD BE EASY TO JUST LET IT SLIDE, BUT, UM, UH, THAT THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES DEPEND ON IT. 
          AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, IT'S COME TO EXPECT EXCELLENCE FROM THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GIVE 'EM THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, UH, HAVE, UH, LED TO AN INCREASED NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FROM, AT LEAST WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. 
          UH, WE WANNA TRY AND TARGET CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS. 
          WE HAVE A HIGH SUCCESS RATE WITH THOSE. 
          SO IF WE CAN TARGET THESE CERTIFIED FIREFIGHTERS AND GET 'EM TO JOIN OUR RANKS, I THINK WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS. 
          UH, AND WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, UH, A DIFFERENT WAY OF WORKING WITH A COMPANY TO DESIGN A PHYSICAL FITNESS ROUTINE FOR, UH, RECRUITS WHO THINKING ABOUT JOINING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT MAY NOT BE THERE. 
          UH, WE CAN GET 'EM ON THIS PROGRAM AND IT'LL HELP THEM BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY DO GET INTO THE ACADEMY. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I GOT. 
          DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. 
          UH, AND REMINDER, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UH, FIRST UP, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I'M LOOKING AT SLIDE 16 WITH THE LONG TRACK GRADUATION RATE. 
          UM, IS THAT PRETTY TYPICAL FOR MAJOR CITIES? AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HIRED AND THE NUMBER THAT ACTUALLY GRADUATED? I DON'T HAVE THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS. 
          I'M NOT REALLY SURE. 
          FROM, FROM SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WE'VE TALKED TO, IT'S ABOUT RIGHT. 
          UM, UH, 60% GRADUATION RATE. 
          UH, IT, WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT. 
          WE'D, WE'D RATHER BE IN THE EIGHTIES, UH, WHICH WE'VE BEEN BEFORE. 
          UH, I, I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY, UH, THAT AFFECT THAT RATE OR HAVE RECENTLY AFFECTED THAT RATE. 
          BUT I, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE, UH, NUMBERS TO COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES. 
          AND ARE YOU SERVING EACH PERSON AS THEY ARE LEAVING TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHY THEY'RE LEAVING? IS IT TYPICALLY JUST FOR THE ISSUES THAT YOU MENTIONED, OR ARE THERE OTHER ISSUES LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER CITIES BECAUSE OF HIGHER PAY OR OTHER ? WE, WE HAVE HAD, UH, SOME SAY THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER CITIES, UM, UH, JUST IN THIS PAST COUPLE OF CLASSES, WE'VE HAD A FEW THAT, THAT, UM, HAVE LEFT TO GO TO OTHER CITIES. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, THEIR HOMETOWN. 
          'CAUSE WE RECRUITED THEM FROM A, A LONG WAY AWAY AND THEY WANT TO GO BACK HOME. 
          UH, BUT I WOULD SAY THE LARGEST MAJORITY OF 'EM IS ACADEMIC, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH, UM, EMT SCHOOL BEING SO DIFFICULT. 
          AND ONCE THEY GET INTO FIRE SCHOOL, IT'S PHYSICAL. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, UM, ON SLIDE SIX, THE RECRUITING EFFORTS, I'M LOOKING AT THE FY 23 AND THE FY 22, AND KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO. 
          ARE YOU ALSO SERVING PEOPLE AS FAR AS WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING, HOW THEY FOUND OUT AND, YOU KNOW, DECIDED TO APPLY AND USING THAT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHERE TO RECRUIT? ABSOLUTELY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, UH, GO TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO EMT SCHOOL. 
          UH, WE GO TO THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
          UH, WE GO TO HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL. 
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UM, THEY NEED TO BE, HAVE A DEGREE OF WISDOM AND BE GOOD PROBLEM SOLVERS. 
          AND, UM, I THINK MOST PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE WHAT IT TAKES TO DO WHAT WE DO. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH, WHICH ADDS TO OUR ATTRITION RATE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE, UM, WE ALSO ONLINE HAVE STAFF FROM VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM CASTEX, TATUM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ'S OFFICE ON, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE SLIDE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF THE SLIDE, BUT, UM, THE ONE THAT SAID, LIKE, THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS YOU GET VERSUS THE NUMBERS THAT WEED IT THROUGH, I KIND OF WANTED TO WALK THAT THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE MM-HMM . 
          SO, SO HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONES TO TEST YOU? THAT'S OBVIOUSLY SOME KIND OF PROCESS, BUT YOU, YOU VET THE APPLICATIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES TO TEST, RIGHT? WELL, PART OF THAT, UH, THE, THE LARGE NUMBER, THE 7,000, UH, THOSE ARE THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE GET, RIGHT? UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THE TEST. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE MANY INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, JUST DECIDE NOT TO TAKE THE TEST. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S THERE, YOU'LL TEST ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE TESTED. 
          YES. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TO 760. 
          UM, SO THAT'S REALLY THE KEY RIGHT THERE THAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, SOME OF THAT'S OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE THAT DON'T, YOU KNOW, MEET THE TESTING REQUIREMENTS OR WHATEVER. 
          SOME OF IT'S, HOW MUCH OF IT IS, I WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH OF IT IS PEOPLE THAT ARE SAYING THAT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY , OR THEY KNOW THAT GOING IN. 
          WELL, IF THEY'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE TESTING, WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WE LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE INITIAL DISCUSSION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE STARTING PAY IS. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE YOU GET FROM THE 7,000 THAT THOSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE THEY'RE COMING OUT DURING THAT 7,000 TO 2,500? YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY HONEST. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE UPFRONT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'S, BUT SEVEN 60 IS AFTER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING HIRED, THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VETTED, THEY'VE HAD BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THEY'VE HAD PHYSICALS, HOW THEY GET DRUG TESTED. 
          AND SO THAT GETS US DOWN TO THAT SEVEN, SIX. 
          SO THE PEOPLE MA THE PEOPLE FALL OUT AFTER THEY, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN THING. 
          YES. 
          SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER CITIES, WE'RE THE LOWEST IN THE, IN THE REGION OR THE LOWEST AROUND, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER CADET ENTRIES AND IN NEIGHBORING, UH, FIREFIGHTERS? I MEAN, 36,000 IS LOW, $5,000 SIGNING BONUS. 
          BUT WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE OTHER STARTING THE DEBT? UM, WELL, WE, WE DID CALL AROUND AND FIND OUT WHO ELSE IS DOING INCENTIVES. 
          AND THE COMMON STATEMENT WE GOT IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, I'M SORRY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INCENTIVES. 
          OH, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE INCENTIVES. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA? I MEAN, ARE THEY GETTING 50,000, ARE THEY GETTING 45,000 OR THEY, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT'S THE RANGE OF 50 TO 60? YEAH, 50 TO 60 FOR A CADET. 
          MM-HMM . 
          COMING IN AND DO THE FINALLY A CHAIR. 
          THE, THE LONG, I MEAN THE SHORT TREK CADETS, ARE THEY THE SAME ENTRY PAY? YES. 
          YES. 
          36,000, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OR THEY HAVE THE TRAINING. 
          RIGHT. 
          THEY MAY NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE AT ALL, BUT HAVE CERTIFICATION. 
          THEY HAVE THE CERTIFICATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, YES, THEY, THEY RECEIVE THE SAME PAY, THE SAME INCENTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY HELPFUL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN. 
          UM, ON PAGE THREE WITH THE SALARIES, YOU TALK ABOUT THE TRAINEE SALARY AND THEN THREE BULLETS IT HAS UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PROBATIONARY PERIOD. 
          WHAT'S THE AVERAGE TIMEFRAME OF THIS FROM START TO WHEN THEY COMPLETE BEING OFF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE TIMEFRAME OF THIS. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, UH, THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIOD AT THIS TIME IS 12 MONTHS FROM THE TIME THAT THEY WERE HIRED. 
          SO THREE MONTHS AFTER THEY GET OUT OF THE ACADEMY, IF THEY WERE IN THE LONG TRACK, UH, THEY'LL BE OFF PROBATION. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAD, GREAT QUESTION. 
          UM, CHIEFS, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE A FEW, UH, QUICK QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL. 
          AND, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SHARE STORIES, UM, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE SKILL, ENDURANCE AND GRIT, UM, OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, DO MAKE IT THROUGH IN OUR SERVING. 
          SO OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM, UM, AND I I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND AT SOME OF THE GRADUATIONS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING, UH, SOME CADETS FROM NEW YORK EVEN, UM, WHO, YOU KNOW, THE REPUTATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE IS ONE THAT'S PASSED ON FROM GENERATIONS, AND YET WE HAVE PEOPLE WANTING TO COME DOWN TO HOUSTON TO SERVE. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW, THE, THERE'S SEVERAL, I BELIEVE, IN STATE LAW LIMITATIONS, UM, INCLUDING AGE LIMITS ON WHO, UM, CAN APPLY TO SERVE. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          AND, AND WHAT AGE IS THAT, IF YOU RECALL? THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE, UM, HAVE TO BE GRADUATE OR SWORN IN BEFORE THEY TURN 36. 
          OKAY. 
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AND, UM, I WOULD JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE AS SOMETHING I KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN LOOK AT, I KNOW IT'S INTERSTATE LAW, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER VEHICLES. 
          AGAIN, IF WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN UP THE POOL OF WHO CAN APPLY, UM, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. 
          IS OUR GRADUATION RATE ON PAR WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS? I KNOW IT SOUND, AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR, AND LEMME JUST SAY, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING, RIGHT? THAT WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE OUR MEN AND WOMEN ARE PREPARED. 
          HOW DO, DO WE KNOW HOW OUR GRADUATION RATES ARE COMPARING? UH, I THINK WE'RE ON PAR WITH MOST OF THE OTHER CITIES OF OUR SIZE. 
          UM, WHEN I, WHEN I SAY THAT WE HAVE MORE TRAINING, UM, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE CADETS MAKE IT THAT FAR, WHERE WE'RE DOING THOSE EXTRA STUFF THAT'S WELL INTO THEIR ACADEMY, AND WE HAVE VERY FEW THAT ARE GET, ARE NOT MAKING IT THROUGH THE ACADEMY BY THAT TIME. 
          SO MOST OF THE TIME IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE ACADEMY THAT, THAT WE'RE LOSING THEM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND, UM, WHAT IS THE COST TO TRAIN AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF SOMEBODY IS LEAVING A YEAR AFTER THEY, YOU KNOW, GRADUATE OR COMPLETE THEIR PROBATIONARY PERIOD, WHAT'S THAT EXPENSE THAT WE'RE PAYING UP FRONT AND THEN LOSING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER? I HAD THAT NUMBER FOR YOU, . 
          I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          NOT A PROBLEM. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE A WAY OF RECOVERING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST SEND US THAT COST. 
          SURE. 
          UM, I JUST, AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE INVESTING INTO, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE COMING INTO TRAINING VERSUS WHAT WE'RE LOSING, THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL JUST FOR OUR AWARENESS. 
          UH, I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS IN QUEUE. 
          I DO SEE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ HERSELF, HAS JOINED US ONLINE. 
          SO WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CHIEFS. 
          I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, ALL FOR, UH, NOT ONLY THE PRESENTATION, BUT LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AT RECRUITMENT. 
          AND I THINK RECENTLY YOU JUST HAD A, UH, WAS IT A MEMORIAL PARK IN THE DISTRICT TO TRAIN WITH A TRAINEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? HOW DID THAT GO? CORRECT, YES. 
          THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          YES. 
          UH, MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE, BUT, UH, YES, IT WAS NICE. 
          WELL, I'M IMPRESSED THAT PEOPLE TURNED OUT EVEN IN THE HEAT, SO YEAH. 
          , THANK YOU BOTH. 
          THANKS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT, AT THIS TIME, UH, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES CHIEF FINNER AND ASSISTANT CHIEF MARTIN, WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. 
          JUST FOR THE RECORD, I CAN SEE THE SCREEN. 
          YOU CAN OR CANNOT? I CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          . 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELCOME CHIEF. 
          IT'S, IT'S A THANK YOU ALSO FOR WAITING. 
          USUALLY WE GO BY RANK, BUT SINCE WE HAVE SO MUCH, UM, THAT WE'RE COVERING FOR HPD, WE APPRECIATE YOU LETTING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GO FIRST. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          AND, UH, THOSE ARE OUR PARTNERS AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, SO THEY CAN, WE ALWAYS WORK AS A FAMILY. 
          WANNA, WANNA START OFF BY, BY SAYING GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UM, AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING, UH, SERGEANT RICKY COLLINS AND HIS FAMILY, HIS MOTHER, UH, DR. COLLINS WITH FUNERALIZED TODAY. 
          AND, UH, HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING WHAT A DYNAMIC WOMAN. 
          AND, UH, YOU JUST REALLY SAD, BUT OTHER, UM, MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE LOST LOVED ONES. 
          SO WE WANT TO LIFT EVERYBODY UP IN PRAYER, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. 
          THIS, THIS IS A, UH, NU A NUMBER OF, UH, SLIDES, AND WE'RE GONNA ROLL THROUGH 'EM AND JUST HIT ON SOME, UH, MAIN POINT POINTS. 
          BUT, UH, CHAIRPERSON, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT, UH, FROM COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR. 
          UH, THERE WERE IN THIS, UM, THIS POWERPOINT, THERE'S, UM, SEVEN POINTS THAT, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          AND, UH, IT WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, BY MAYOR TURNER'S, UH, RECENT STRATEGIC, UH, GUIDANCE PUBLICATION. 
          UM, SO WE LOOKED AT NOT ONLY THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BUT JUST SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, AS WE KNOW, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UM, CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND EVEN BEYOND THAT, COVID, THE PANDEMIC, UM, HISTORICAL PROTESTS, UM, EXTREME WEATHER, UM, UH, EVENTS, BUT ALSO, UH, UH, TREMENDOUS BACKLOG IN IN THE COURT SYSTEM, UH, CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEM. 
          SO WE'VE ALL WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE, UH, INITIATIVES. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, RESPONSE RESPONSIVE AND EFFICIENT POLICE SERVICES. 
          UM, TO PROVIDE MOST RESPONSIVE AND EFFICIENT, UH, SERVICES, HPD HAS ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF, UH, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, 
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TO UTILIZE VARIOUS PUBLIC FORUMS. UM, AND, AND JUST AS WE ARE DOING TODAY, UH, PRESENTING, UH, TO COMMITTEES, UH, MEDIA BRIEFINGS WITH, UH, CONCERNING CRITICAL INCIDENTS, LARGE SCALE INVESTIGATIONS, AND ALSO POLICY DISCUSSIONS. 
          UH, THESE, UH, UH, EVENTS AND, UH, ARE HELD AT TOWN HALL MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, POSITIVE INTERACTION, UM, PROGRAM MEETINGS, ALSO CIVIC CLUB MEETINGS, MANAGING MID DISTRICT MEETINGS, AND ALSO NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETINGS TO STATE, TO STATE A FEW LOOKING AT EFFICIENT, UH, POLICE SERVICES. 
          UH, TO YEAR TO DATE, WE'VE RUN OVER 650,000, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          UM, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY CALL PRIORITY ONE, UH, WE'RE ARRIVING AND OUR RESPONSE TIME IS WITHIN SIX MINUTES. 
          AND, UH, THAT IS AMAZING, UH, CONSIDERING, UM, AS YOU COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES IN THE NATION AND ALSO IN TEXAS. 
          UM, AND WE COVER OVER 672 SQUARE MILES. 
          UH, WE ARE LOW ON STAFFING, JUST LIKE MOST AGENCIES. 
          UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS TRYING TO BE, UH, AND THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. 
          WE'RE STANDING UP, UM, PATROL DESK UNITS AND WHAT THAT IS INTO EVERY REGION. 
          WE HAVE THREE PATROL REGIONS IN, IN THE CITY, UH, WHICH IS DIVIDED WITH, UH, SEVERAL, UM, UH, PATROL, UM, DIVISION STATIONS. 
          UM, SO WE'RE STANDING UP THE PATROL DESK AND WHAT, WHAT IT IS, AND PATROL DESK UNITS, WHAT THAT IS. 
          UH, WHEN WE TAKE LIGHT DUTY, UH, OFFICERS THAT'S ASSIGNED A LIGHT DUTY AND THEY CAN HANDLE, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICES, CALLS, UM, AND, AND COMING AND LIFT THE LOAD ON THOSE OFFICERS THAT'S RESPONDING. 
          UM, A LOT OF THIS, UH, IS NOTHING, UH, TO THE PUBLIC IF, IF YOU'RE NOT, UH, TRANSPARENT. 
          UM, SO WE STOOD UP A NUMBER, A NUMBER OF, UM, UH, WEBSITES AND, AND IT'S COMING UP ON THE MAYOR TURNER'S OFFICE OF, UH, POLICING AND, UH, REFORM AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          SO WE INTEND TO STAND UP EVEN MORE DASHBOARDS, UH, JUST, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER OF THE PURSUIT POLICY. 
          UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FORWARD FACING, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO, UM, TO OUR OFFICERS. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'LL BE STANDING UP, UH, EVEN MORE, UH, AS YOU COME, AS YOU SEE. 
          THE NEXT, UH, SECTION IS, UH, PREVENTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'M SORRY, PERMISSION AND, AND ENFORCEMENT. 
          THESE ORDINANCE, UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES, UH, ORDINANCES, UH, I'M SORRY, A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES. 
          UM, LET'S GO OVER JUST A FEW OF THEM. 
          BYOB ESTABLISHMENT, UM, TOWING, UM, STORAGE LOTS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, OUTDOOR, UM, MUSIC ORDINANCES, AND ALSO THE CONVENIENCE STORE, WHICH, UM, UH, WE ALSO IN, IN INCLUDED THE, UH, SECURITY CAMERA, AUDIENCE ORDINANCE. 
          ALRIGHT, THIS NEXT PAGE. 
          YEP. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE DOING GREAT. 
          THEN. 
          WE  I WAS MOVING KIND OF FAST ON YOU. 
          I TOLD YOU WE WAS GOING TO START THROUGH, UH, ONE SAFE HOUSTON, UH, IN PREVENTION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. 
          UM, A NUMBER OF, UH, INITIATIVES THAT WE HAD IN THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK, UH, UM, MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL FOR IT. 
          BUT UNDER THAT WAS, UH, ENHANCING, UH, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO ROADWAY, UH, IN, UH, INITIATIVES, REDUCTION OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND, UM, RESTORING A DIS, UH, BINET CORRIDOR. 
          EXTREMELY PROUD OF THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANY, ANY OF OUR, UM, CITY OUR CITIZENS, YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE. 
          THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR FOR MANY YEARS WAS, WAS RATED AND, AND, AND ALWAYS TERM AS THE NUMBER ONE PROSTITUTION AREA IN NOT ONLY OUR CITY, BUT THE ENTIRE NATION. 
          UM, WE ALSO, UH, SO LET ME BACK UP TO THE, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, ENFORCEMENT AND ROADWAY INITIATIVES. 
          OVER 10,300, UM, HOURS OF INITIATIVES, UM, TO MAKE DWI ARRESTS, THE STREET TAKEOVER ARRESTS, UH, TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, SEIZURES OF ILLEGAL OF DRUGS AND FIREARMS ALSO, UM, THAT CAME UP UNDER ONE OF THESE INITIATIVES. 
          OUR DART PROGRAM, DOMESTIC, UH, ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM. 
          UM, OUR DART UNITS RESPONDED TO OVER 3,800 SEAMS FILED MORE THAN 2000 CHARGES. 
          AND TWO B WARRANTS HELP CONNECT OVER THREE, UH, I'M SORRY, OVER 675 FAMILIES WITH EMERGENCY SHELTERS. 
          AS WE KNOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THEY NEED HELP. 
          SO, GREAT PROGRAM. 
          WHAT'S THAT? NEXT, NEXT PAGE, REDUCTION, UH, REDUCED FIREARMS, 
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SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAD UNDER THAT. 
          UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, UM, WE USED A MULTIFACETED APPROACH, UH, WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          DONATED, UH, OVER 7,000 GUN SAFES TO HOUSTON FAMILIES, UH, DISTRIBUTED, UH, FREE GUN LOCKS TO COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOME OTHER ONES FOR, UH, FUNDING AND, AND, AND HELPING OUT WITH THAT. 
          OUR BUYBACK, UM, EVENTS. 
          WE HAD, UM, I'M SORRY, THREE BUYBACK, UH, EVENTS WHERE WE RECOVERED OVER THREE, 3000, 3,500, UH, FIREARMS. UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INITIATIVE, WE CREATED A PUBLIC FACE AND FIREARM INJURY, UH, DASHBOARD. 
          AND WE PARTICIPATED IN LOCAL RESEARCH TO, UH, FARTHER, UH, STUDY THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE. 
          I AM EXCEPTIONALLY, UM, UM, REALLY, UM, PROUD OF OUR, UM, EFFORTS WITH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ALL OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, OUR LOCAL AND OUR STATE PARTNERS. 
          UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE BACKLOG. 
          WE, WE GET IT. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT. 
          SO, UM, JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. 
          AND I HAD, WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE PROBABLY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. 
          I'M LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF TRACK OO OF THE WEEKS. 
          WE'VE BEEN SO BUSY ON THE LAST TWO I KNOW. 
          BUT OVER 78 FIREARMS WERE, WERE SEIZED. 
          AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE MOST IMPORTANTLY, OVER 40 GANG MEMBERS, UM, ARE UNDER FEDERAL INDICTMENTS. 
          AND, AND THAT IS HUGE FOR OUR CITY, AND IT'S GONNA BE MANY MORE. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR DA'S OFFICE, HARRIS COUNTY AND ALSO THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT U UM, US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          AND AGAIN, ALL OF OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE DISMANTLED AT LEAST THREE GAMES. 
          I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND GIVE NAMES OF GANGS TO GIVE THEM, UH, PUBLICITY, UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE SHOULD JUST DO AWAY WITH THEM. 
          I THINK IT'S A PLACE FOR, FOR 'EM AND IN JAIL. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET THAT FEDERAL TIME, YOU, YOU SPEND A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF TIME IN THERE. 
          SO, UH, NEXT PAGE SAYING ALL OF THIS, UH, IT ADDS UP TO, UH, THE SUCCESS. 
          AND I WANT TO PREFERENCE SOMETHING. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STATS. 
          IF A FAMILY HAS LOST A LOVED ONE OR A INDIVIDUAL HAS JUST, UH, BEEN THE, UH, VICTIM OF VIOLENCE, THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT STATS. 
          BUT, UM, ON A REPORT CARD, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT 'EM. 
          SO, UM, I, I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE PRAY FOR THOSE FAMILIES, BUT WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, THE STAFFING, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT BETTER ON THAT. 
          AND I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THAT JUST HERE IN, IN A SECOND. 
          BUT LOOK AT OUR STATS. 
          UM, AND LET ME PREFERENCE, UM, THESE STATS CAME, UH, UH, FROM, UH, LAST MONTH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, UH, GET THE OFFICIAL STATS UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. 
          AND THEN WE NEED ANOTHER, UM, WEEK GOING INTO THE FOLLOWING MONTH TO, UH, SEND EVERYTHING THROUGH STAFF REVIEW. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, UH, MURDER WORK RATE WAS, UH, 20%, UH, DOWN, UH, TODAY. 
          AND, AND ON THAT SLIDE, UM, THE, UM, THE MURDER RATE YEAR TO DATE. 
          'CAUSE WE TRACK THAT EVERY DAY. 
          UM, IT'S 17% REDUCTION, BUT YOU CAN SEE A REDUCTION IN EVERY MAJOR, UM, VIOLENT CRIME OR OVERALL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RAPE, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, IT'S AN OVERALL 8% REDUCTION IN VIOLENT CRIME. 
          AND THEN YOU GO DOWN TO A NONVIOLENT CRIME, IT'S A REDUCTION OF 3%. 
          SO, UH, I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, NOT SO MUCH CELEBRATE, BUT THANK OUR OFFICERS, UH, AND, AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING, UH, EVERY DAY IN OUR CITY. 
          UH, NEXT PAGE, STAFF AND RECRUITING AND RETENTION. 
          UM, WE'RE AT, UM, YEAR TO DATE, AND THESE NUMBERS CHANGE EVERY DAY, BUT THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE GOT A COUNT CLASSIFIED. 
          WE'RE AT FIFTY ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE OFFICERS, CIVILIANS. 
          WE'RE AT 880, UH, CIVILIANS. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT I, I WANT TO HIT ON AND, AND LET ME SLOW DOWN AND SAY VERY MUCH, UH, THANKS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO, UH, OUR COUNCIL AND, AND, AND OUR MAYOR AND EVERYONE FOR GIVING US THE, UH, $10,000 INCENTIVE, BECAUSE EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TALKED ABOUT IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A, A COMPETITIVE PAY COMING IN, IT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD TO RECRUIT. 
          BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING VERY WELL HERE IN, UH, UH, HPD OF LATE, I WANT TO THANK OUR RECRUITING DIVISION. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UM, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO GO OUT AND THEY RECRUIT EVERY DAY BY DOING AN AMAZING JOB, AND WHEN PEOPLE LOOKING UP AND RESPECTING THEM. 
          SO, UM, I AM EXTREMELY PROUD, EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR ACADEMY RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S 214 
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CADETS OF THOSE CADETS IN, IN, IN OUR, UM, DEMOGRAPHICS ON IT. 
          34% WHITE, 32% HISPANIC, 25% BLACK, 9% ASIAN. 
          BUT THIS IS THE MOST COMPELLING, AND, AND MOST, I'M MOST PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT WE WANT TO GET TO A POLICE FORCE WHERE YOU HAVE AT LEAST 30 TO 40, UH, PERCENT THAT FEMALES, WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME, 27% FEMALES IN OUR, IN OUR ACADEMY. 
          AND I WANT US TO REALLY CELEBRATE THAT AND PUT THAT OUT. 
          PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO KNOW OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR ACADEMY IS REALLY REFLECTIVE RIGHT NOW OF, UM, THE SOCIETY AND, AND THE CITY THAT WE LIVE IN. 
          IT'S THE MOST DIVERSE. 
          SO, UH, ASKING THE, UM, THOSE WHO CAN COME, WHO CAN COME OUT TO OUR ANNUAL, OUR SECOND ANNUAL, UH, JOB FAIR. 
          WE'LL SEND OUT THE LOCATION AND, AND ALL THAT OVER ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SEPTEMBER THE 30TH AT, UH, I'M SORRY, IT'S GONNA BE A DISCOVERY GREEN AND I'LL, I'LL GET A TIME. 
          SO, ATTRITION, WHEN THE MAYOR FIRST CAME IN, UH, 38 PER 38.5% OF OUR CLASSIFIED WERE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. 
          WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER, OKAY? AND THAT SHOULD HELP US WITH RETENTION. 
          SO WE'RE AT 29, I'M SORRY, 27.9% RIGHT NOW. 
          NEXT PAGE. 
          KEITH, CAN YOU GIVE BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN JUST AS A COMPARISON? YES. 
          THE, UH, ATTRITION, UH, RATE, WHEN THE MAYOR FIRST, WHEN HE FIRST CAME IN, IT WAS AT 38.5%. 
          THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. 
          UH, NOW IT'S BEEN REDUCED TO 27.9% THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'RE ALL GETTING A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER, JUST A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER. 
          SO , SO IN ADDITION TO, UH, UM, THE TRAINING, THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND, AND, AND WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE WELLNESS OF OUR OFFICERS, IT'S VERY, UH, UH, STRESSFUL JOB. 
          AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE DOING, UH, RIGHT BY THEM. 
          UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ENHANCED OUR PEER SUPPORT, UM, ALSO OUR PSYCH SERVICES. 
          WE EVEN HAVE A WELLNESS APP FOR OUR OFFICES. 
          WE KNOW SOME, OUR GENERATION Z LADIES AND GUYS, THEY LOVE THOSE PHONES. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING OUT TO 'EM AND, AND, UM, WE'RE ADDING TO OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES STAFFING TOO AS WELL. 
          SO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS FAR AS, UH, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND, AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, WE, WE JUST SPOKE, UH, ON SOME THINGS AND, AND YOU WANT MORE, UH, PUBLIC FACING AND, AND, AND A LITTLE BIT OF POLICY ON, ON, UM, THE CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE PUTTING UP BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA PUT UP MORE, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WORKING ON, UH, UM, UH, IT'S GONNA COME BEFORE A COUNCIL PROPOSAL ON, ON MORE BODY-WORN CAMERAS, LICENSE PLATE READERS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THAT, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A CITY, UH, WHERE THE CRIMINALS KNOW THAT, UH, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, SOMEBODY IS WATCHING, THAT'S A DETERRENT IN CRIME. 
          BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A, A, A, UM, AN ABILITY FOR US TO SOLVE MORE CRIMES, UM, WHEN A CRIME IS COMMITTED AND WE CAPTURE IT AND, AND, AND TO HAVE THAT MANY CAMERAS, UM, IN OUR CITY, AND WE WANT EVEN MORE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING THAT. 
          BUT I, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEARLY, AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OTHER CITIZENS, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE POLICY SO PEOPLE WON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE JUST GATHERING INFORMATION ON THEM. 
          IT NEEDS TO BE FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND SOME INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL. 
          SO, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT OUT. 
          UM, THE LAST I CAN SAY, UH, THE LEAST I CAN SAY ON, UH, RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING UP WITH, UM, UM, FOR COUNCIL, UH, ON THE PROPOSAL. 
          AND, UM, WHEN WE GET THAT, IT'S GONNA HELP US. 
          AND LET, LET ME, LET ME SAY THAT, UM, IT'S AGE AND IT NEEDS REPLACEMENTS. 
          SO I'M ASKED FOR SUPPORT ON THAT. 
          UH, OUR LICENSE PLATE READERS, I SAID THAT OUR GUN, UH, SHOT DETECTIONS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM AROUND THE CITY, EVERYBODY WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE. 
          CHIEF FINN'S NOT GOING TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE, JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. 
          OKAY? SO NEXT PAGE, OUR PURSUIT POLICY. 
          UM, AND, AND, UM, WE HADN'T CHANGED IT IN, IN, IN A WHILE. 
          THERE HAS BEEN CIRCLERS OUT, BUT I WANT TO START WITH JUST A, A, A FEW NUMBERS. 
          WHERE AM MY, OH, I LOST IT. 
          DID IT GO? MY NUMBERS HAVE DISAPPEARED. 
          I CAN LOOK ON THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO YEAR TO DATE, THAT WAS A 26, UH, PERCENT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PURSUITS, 73%, UM, INCREASE, I'M SORRY, 63% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COLLISIONS. 
          UM, 38% IN THE NUMBER OF INJURIES. 
          SO THE, THE QUESTION CAME UP AND, AND, AND I, I'LL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, 
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BUT, UM, AT SOME POINT, WE DON'T NEED TO CHASE EVERY VEHICLE AND SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP AND, AND, AND SAY IT. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO CHASE EVERY VEHICLE THAT FLEES FROM US YET. 
          AND STILL, WE CAN'T BE A CITY THAT TURNS THE OTHER EYE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT NEW YORK. 
          AND I DON'T MEAN THAT IN A NEGATIVE WAY. 
          IT'S NOT CHICAGO AND, AND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, WE DON'T HAVE MASSIVE, MAJOR, MASSIVE TRANSIT SYSTEMS. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THEIR CARS TO AND FROM, AND CRIMINALS ARE USING THESE VEHICLES TO, UH, CREATE A LOT OF VIOLENT CRIME. 
          SO IF WE JUST STAND DOWN, TOTALLY, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT EQUATION, OKAY? BUT WE CAN BE SMARTER, AND IT'S ALL RIGHT WHEN SUPERVISORS AND, AND OFFICERS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT, AND THEY GOT POLICY THAT'S DRIVEN. 
          IF IT'S TOO DANGEROUS, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE DUE REGARD, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT BALANCE AND TEST. 
          IF YOU GOTTA WEIGH THE NEED TO APPREHEND THAT SUSPECT IMMEDIATELY WITH THE RISK, WHEN THAT RISK GOES UP AND THIS DISCONTINUE OR, OR, OR TERMINATE THAT PURSUIT. 
          AND I'M PROUD OF OUR POLICY. 
          I'LL TELL YOU A BIT, A BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS. 
          THIS IS NOT ANY, UH, POLICY THAT CHIEF NER AND MY OTHER EXECUTIVE CHIEFS AND, AND, UH, UM, ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND COMMANDERS. 
          WE WENT DEEP INTO OUR AGENCY AND AGENCY AND SPOKE TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE, AND WE CRAFTED A POLICY THAT PEOPLE SUPPORT. 
          AND, UM, I'M GONNA GO OVER THAT REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. 
          UM, BUT I EXPECT TO SEE US BEING A LOT SMARTER, UM, INTENTIONAL, UH, AND, AND MOVING ON AND, AND, AND ARRESTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS IN, IN, IN OUR CITY. 
          BUT I WANT US TO BE SMARTER ABOUT IT. 
          AND, AND I THINK THAT Y'ALL SEE SOME IMMEDIATE RESULTS ON IT. 
          I'M GONNA BE TRACKING THE, THE, UM, THE PROGRESS ON THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA GET OUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, I'M SORRY, A PUBLIC FACING, UH, DASHBOARD HERE REAL SOON, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRACK AS POLICE LEADERS, AS POLITICAL LEADERS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS A COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO SAID, UH, IN, IN SEVERAL PRESS CONFERENCES, UH, WE CAN'T FIGHT THIS AND WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS ALONE. 
          UH, EVERYBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT PURSUITS. 
          UM, AND WHEN A SUSPECT FLEES AND MAKES THAT DECISION TO FLEE, IT IS SO DANGEROUS. 
          THAT IS A, AT LEAST A 4,000 POUND VEHICLE, A MISSILE THAT THEY'RE DRIVING RECKLESS WITH NO REGARD FOR ANYBODY. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK FOR IT. 
          AND I HAVE ASKED FOR SUPPORT FROM LAWMAKERS AND JUDGES IN AN ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          IF SOMEBODY CAME IN HERE AND FIRED OFF A FEW SHOTS, WE LOOK AT THAT REALLY, REALLY SERIOUS. 
          A CAR CAN KILL PEOPLE AND, AND IT DOES KILL PEOPLE, SO WE GOTTA GET TOUGHER ON IT. 
          BUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POLICY RIGHT QUICK. 
          UM, IF AN, UH, UM, PUT ON MY SPECS, IF AN OFFICER, UH, AN OFFICER SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE PURSUIT, WHEN A SUSPECTS, UH, ONLY POSSIBLE OFFENSE OTHER THAN EVADING ITSELF IS A CLASS C OFFENSE, A TRAFFIC OR MISDEMEANOR WARRANT, OR NONVIOLENT, UH, MISDEMEANOR WARRANTS. 
          OKAY? SO THAT DOESN'T STOP US FROM POLICING OUR CITY, BUT IT DOES REDUCE. 
          AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THAT NUMBER, THAT WAS OVER 40% OF OUR PURSUITS. 
          SO THOSE PURSUITS SHOULD GO DOWN. 
          UM, THE, UH, WHEN THERE IS AN, UH, THE VEHICLE OR THE SUSPECT IN, IN THE VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. 
          UH, THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE STILL WILL PURSUE. 
          UH, THE VEHICLE HAS NO LICENSE PLATES. 
          WE KNOW FOR A FACT IN OUR CITY, WHEN THEY TAKE THOSE PLATES OFF OF THOSE VEHICLES, UH, THEY ARE UP TO COMMITTING VIOLENT CRIMES. 
          WHEN IT'S A PLATE THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON THERE, IT'S A DIFFERENT PLATE, THE SAME THING. 
          OR IF YOU ARE ON AN, AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM THE A SUPERVISOR TO PURSUE ANOTHER LEVEL. 
          AND THE FINAL THING THAT I'M GONNA SAY ABOUT THE PURSUIT POLICY, WE BOUGHT IN, UH, MIDDLE MANAGERS, LIEUTENANTS, IN SOME CASES, COMMANDERS TO MANAGE THE PURSUITS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY EXTEND OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT. 
          NOW, I SAID THE OTHER DAY, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, I'M TRANSPARENT. 
          I'M PROBABLY THE, THE MOST TRANSPARENT CHIEF. 
          UM, AND I'M PATTING MYSELF ON THE BACK A LITTLE BIT. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 33 YEARS THOUGH, AND I'VE BEEN AROUND WITH A LOT OF GREAT CHIEFS. 
          BUT I THINK THAT, UM, OUR ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST TRANSPARENT. 
          AND I WILL BE AND CONTINUE TO BE TRANSPARENT. 
          WITH ONE EXCEPTION. 
          I WILL NOT DISCUSS TACTICS. 
          I'M NOT GONNA GIVE, UM, THE, THE ADVANTAGE TO, UH, SUSPECTS OUT HERE WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ADVANTAGES. 
          SO ANYTHING, UH, WE WITHOUT, UM, TACTICS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A REDACTED EVEN WHEN WE PUBLIC SAFE, UH, FACE OUR 
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POLICIES. 
          AND, AND I JUST THINK THAT'S FAIR. 
          UH, NEXT PAGE. 
          I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, EVERYBODY, THE MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN, MEMBER CAYMAN, UH, THE HOME, UM, THE, UH, CHAIR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY. 
          AND EVERYONE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO STAND UP IN OUR CITY AND WORK WITH CITIZENS AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO, UH, REDUCE CRIME, UM, AND BE AS TRANSPARENT, UH, AND PROFESSIONAL AS WE CAN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, CHIEF MARTIN FOR, UH, INCAR DASH CAMERA PROGRAM FOR OUR UPDATE. 
          THANK THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE K DASH CAMERA, I DO WANNA GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK QUESTION ON WHAT WE'VE COVERED. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EVAN SHABAZZ IN THE QUEUE. 
          I KNOW WHAT SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL MEMBER AS FROM THE COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, REALLY BEING AT THE FOREFRONT AND ADVOCATING FOR THIS CHANGE TO POLICY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR IN HPD. 
          SO, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR. 
          AND YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO GET POLICY CHANGES AND I ENGAGE WITH YOU CHIEF AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          AND WHEN MICHAEL WAYNE JACKSON, I WANNA CALL, HIS NAME WAS KILLED, WALKING FROM THE BARBERSHOP ON SCOTT STREET, BUT IT IS YOUR SENSITIVITY CHIEF AND MAYOR TURNER THAT MOVED TO CHANGE THIS POLICY. 
          MOST POLICE CHASE A START IN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO COMMUNITIES. 
          THEREFORE, IT WAS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO ADDRESS THE SAFER WAY TO CATCH SUSPECTS. 
          THESE POLICY CHANGES WILL RESULT IN THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE. 
          WE ALL WANNA GET HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND I WANNA SAY SOMETHING TO THE SUSPECTS, DO NOT THINK THAT THE POLICE HAVE GONE SOFT ON CRIME. 
          YOU WILL BE CAUGHT. 
          BUT PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO RUN, BECAUSE IT MAY BE YOUR LAST DECISION. 
          AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CAMAN, MAYOR TURNER, AND CHIEF NER FOR HEARING MY CRIES AND THE CRIES OF MY COMMUNITY. 
          THANKS SO VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, CO COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, AND MAKE OUR CITY SAFE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, FIGHTING CRIME. 
          AND YOU HIT IT, YOU POINT ON, I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO LONG. 
          YOU SOUND LIKE A CHIEF, BUT, UH, , THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          WE ARE NOT GONNA STAND DOWN AND, AND STOP FIGHTING CRIME IN OUR CITY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, NEXT IN THE QUEUE, COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF, UM, FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          UH, REMEMBER, I REMEMBER DOING SOMETHING ON RETIRED OFFICERS. 
          WE WERE GONNA GET RETIRED OFFICERS TO COME HELP US OUT. 
          WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT EPRO? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU A NUMBER OF THEM ARE WITH US, AND I LOVE THAT EPRO PROGRAM. 
          SO WHEN IT COMES UP FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE, EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAIN 'EM. 
          THEY'RE RETIRED OFFICERS AND THEY COME IN AND THEY WORK PART-TIME. 
          UH, THEY WORKING AND DOING INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT WORK. 
          UM, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS FOR US AND, AND THEY LOVE IT COMING BACK AND, AND THEY GET A, A LITTLE BIT OF A SALARY. 
          UH, THEY HAVE THEIR PENSION ALREADY, BUT THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT IT AND, AND THEY BRING GREAT VALUE TO OUR AGENCY. 
          SO I'M GONNA GET YOU THE NUMBER OF, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          APRIL, THAT WE HAVE SUBMIT, IS IT ALL INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT AND KIND OF O OFFICE KIND OF STUFF? YES. 
          THEY'RE NOT OUT IN THE CARS ANYMORE. 
          NO. 
          CAN'T GO OUT IN THE, THEY, THEY'RE NOT OUT IN, ON, ON THE FRONT LINE. 
          BUT AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST, UM, 20 YEARS, WE'VE LOST HALF OF OUR CIVILIAN STAFF, RIGHT. 
          SO THEY SUPPLEMENT THERE AS WELL, SO. 
          GREAT. 
          AND, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT ARE WE TALKING LIKE 50 PEOPLE OR, YOU KNOW, MEMBER WHAT? 40, 49. 
          SO ALMOST 50. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, SO I HOPE I CAN INCREASE THAT WITH MORE FUNDING, . 
          OKAY. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL FORMALLY SUBMIT THAT QUESTION, AND THEN WHEN WE GET A RESPONSE BACK ON THAT, OKAY. 
          UM, I SEE A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. 
          BEFORE WE GET TO EVERYONE, I DO JUST WANNA SAY CHIEF, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS OVERVIEW AND THE PARTNERSHIP. 
          UM, THE INTENT OF THIS IS WE GET WE NEAR THE END OF THE TERM AND YOU HIGHLIGHTED ON SOME OF THE, UM, UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE FACED. 
          UM, BUT IN THOSE CHALLENGES, I THINK WE HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER, UH, TO FIND OPPORTUNITY AND GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY, AND EVEN A HIGHER CALIBER OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, THANK YOU, THAT LOOK BACK, UM, AND WHAT WE'VE COVERED IN FOUR YEARS. 
          I, I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON SOME OF IT, BUT SITE AND RELEASE, YES. 
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BODY-WORN CAMERA POLICY. 
          YES. 
          UH, SAFE ROADWAYS WE SAW DURING THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT? A LOT OF STREET TAKEOVERS OR SAFE ROADWAYS DART. 
          YES. 
          AND BRINGING TO THE FOREFRONT, UM, HOW DANGEROUS AND CRITICAL ARE DOMESTIC ABUSE. 
          YES. 
          UM, RESPONSE IS, UH, OUTDOOR MUSIC EVENTS, CONVENIENCE STORE CAMERAS. 
          AND I KNOW VICE MAYOR PRO, TIM CASTEX TATUM REALLY WORKED ON THAT HARD, UH, TOWING ORDINANCE CHANGES. 
          I MEAN, THE LIST GOES ON. 
          I WAS GOING BACK OVER FOUR YEARS OF WHAT HAS COME THROUGH THIS COMMITTEE. 
          UH, AND IT IT'S PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY, THE PROGRESS. 
          THERE'S STILL MORE TO DO. 
          AND I DID WANNA RECOGNIZE, I THINK I COUNTED A NEARLY 10%, UM, DROP IN, UH, WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT WHO'S QUALIFIED, UH, TO RETIRE. 
          YES. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE A 10% DROP IS IT'S HUGE. 
          IT'S A PRETTY, WE, WE STILL HAVE TO GET MORE AND WE HAVE TO GO YOUNGER AND WE HAVE TO KEEP RECRUITING. 
          BUT A 10% DROP IS, IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. 
          AND ALL OF THIS UNDER MAYOR TURNER'S ONE SAFE HOUSTON, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD ON THE BISSONET CORRIDOR, YOU ALL WORKING WITH ME ON SAFE STORAGE AND LOCK IT UP, SAFE COUNCIL MEMBER PECK HAS HAD INITIATIVES. 
          I MEAN, YOU LOOK AROUND THE HORSESHOE AND Y'ALL HAVE PARTNERED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WITH MANY OF US. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT AND I'LL, I'LL STOP TALKING FOR JUST A MINUTE AND, UH, RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PECK FOR SOME QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU CHIEFS FOR THE PRESENTATION, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. 
          UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, RECRUITMENT AND THE NUMBER OF CADETS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN. 
          AND YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I ALWAYS BRING UP WITH YOU, UM, GETTING MORE OF THE CADETS THAT ARE COMING IN TO ACTUALLY THE STATIONS IN DISTRICT A. 
          SO, UM, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID A PATROL ALLOCATION STUDY TO SEE WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE GOING AND WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED THE MOST? PATROL ALLOCATION IS GOOD, AND, AND I, I WANT TO DO ONE IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE CHALLENGE WHEN I'M 2000 OFFICERS SHORT, IT'S , YOU CAN DO IT. 
          BUT IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER, WHAT I FIND MYSELF DOING, AND IT'S BEEN, UH, UM, EFFECTIVE, WE HAVE TO MOVE OFFICERS ALMOST DAILY. 
          UM, AND, AND OUR CRIME SUPPRESSION TEAMS, OUR CREW UNITS, ALL WE HAVE TO MOVE OUT DRT OFFICERS JUST LIKE WE DOING ON THE WEEKENDS, AND THEY'RE WORKING, UM, A A, A WEEKEND ALL THE WEEKENDS, UM, WE GOT 40 OR 50, UH, DRT OFFICERS AROUND THAT ADJUSTED THEIR SHIFT WORKING TILL FOUR AND 5:00 AM IN THE MORNING. 
          SO THE, UH, PATROL ALLOCATION IS, IS GOOD AND YOU, YOU, YOU WANT TO DO IT, AND WE WILL, BUT I'M GONNA JUST BE HONEST WITH EVERYONE. 
          WE'VE JUST BEEN MOVING GROUPS OF OFFICERS AROUND, UH, DEALING WITH PROBLEMS, TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE WHEN WE CAN, UH, BASED ON DATA. 
          BUT, UM, IF, IF THIS DIVISION IS, IS 30 OFFICERS SHORT, IF THIS DIVISION IS, ISN'T, IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT. 
          AND UM, I WANT TO DO IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO ACT ON IT UNTIL YOU, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT TO WASTE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON SOMETHING THAT'S JUST GONNA BE ON THE SHELF FOR A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          UM, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, WE'RE JUST MOVING BODIES EVERY DAY. 
          SO IF, EVEN IF YOU DO THAT ALLOCATION STUDY, IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE IN, IN YOUR EVERYDAY OPERATION, BECAUSE EVERY, WE'RE MOVING PEOPLE EVERY DAY, EVERY, EVERY WEEK. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, I'LL UPDATE YOU WHEN WE DO IT. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, UH, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S OFFICE. 
          HI. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVE LOST CIVILIANS. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT? JUST OVER THE YEARS, UM, AND WE, WE'VE LOST, UH, UM, OVER A THOUSAND. 
          I, I, I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT, THAT I CHECKED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I FORGOT WHICH ADMINISTRATION IT WAS, BUT, UM, TIMES GOT ROUGH. 
          UM, AND, AND THEY HAD THAT LAYOFF. 
          WE NEVER RE FULLY RECOVERED. 
          AND, UM, YOU, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STAFF ALL OF THESE AND, AND WHEN WE'RE SHORT, UH, EVERYONE, EVEN THE CITIZENS GONNA WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAFF UP AS MANY CLASSIFIED OFFICERS. 
          BUT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, SOMEBODY HAS TO DO THE WORK. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY I LOVE OUR EPRO PROGRAM. 
          BUT, UM, AS MORE FUNDING COME IN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MORE CIVILIANS BECAUSE I CAN FREE UP MORE OFFICERS ON THE FRONT LINE. 
          BUT, UM, BUDGET IS BUDGET AND, AND I, I SAY IT, I STAY OUTTA POLITICS, Y'ALL KNOW THAT. 
          BUT, UM, I, I WANT OUR CITIZENS TO GET MORE EDUCATED. 
          WE GOTTA LOOK AT, UH, PUBLIC FUNDING AND SOURCES AND, AND I'M NOT ONE TO SAY TAX PEOPLE TO DEATH. 
          I'M NOT. 
          BUT, UM, YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND YOU LOOK 
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AT THE, THE, THE FUNDING, LOOK AT ALL CARS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A NUMBER OF THINGS, CIVILIAN, THE STAFF AND OUR CARS. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT TO COME HERE JUST TO DISGUS FALLING BECAUSE I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT WE GIVE FROM COUNCIL AND OUR MAYOR, BUT Y'ALL CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH THE MONEY THAT'S COMING IN. 
          AND, AND I DO APPRECIATE IT, BUT THAT'S THE PROBLEM. 
          IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL OR, OR ANYBODY'S FAULT. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT. 
          AND AS MORE FUNDING COME IN, MY GOODNESS, THEY, THEY'RE SO VALUABLE. 
          I LOVE 'EM TO DEATH, YOU KNOW, I, I'LL SUPPORT STAFF AND, AND THEY DON'T GET THE CREDIT THAT THEY NEED. 
          AND ANOTHER THING IS, UM, I'M ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT THE CIVILIANS THAT ARE HERE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING A COMPETITIVE PAY. 
          JUST AS WE LOOK OUT AND, AND SAY, WELL, OFFICERS NEED, OUR CIVILIAN SUPPORT STAFF NEED THE SAME THING TOO. 
          SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS IT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO YOU SAYING THAT YOU'RE HAVING RETIRED OFFICERS COME BACK TO DO THE CIVILIAN WORK, AND SO WHAT, HOW DOES THE PAY FOR A RETIRED OFFICER COMPARED TO IF A CIVILIAN OFFICER, I MEAN, A CIVILIAN HAD THAT IT'S, IT'S PART-TIME. 
          IT'S NO BENEFITS WHATSOEVER. 
          UM, AND, AND I'VE, I'VE HEARD THAT THE ARGUMENT AND, AND THE CONCERN ON THAT, UM, I DON'T HAVE TO TRAIN, UM, THAT, THAT OFFICER AND SOMETIMES AS COMPARED TO, UM, A CIVILIAN WHO HAS NEVER DONE THE, UH, INVESTIGATIONS OR WHAT WE, WE TRY TO PUT THEM IN AREAS WHERE THEY CAN HELP AND HAVE AN IMPACT RIGHT AWAY. 
          ALSO, THEY ARE IN SOME P UH, CIVILIANS POSITIONS, BUT I CAN'T BRING THEM BACK BECAUSE YOU GOTTA PAY AS A FULL TIME. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY BENEFITS AND ALL THAT. 
          AND YOU JUST BRING THEM BACK AT, AT, AT AN HOURLY SALARY. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S EASIER, MORE ECONOMIC RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, CHIEF, A FEW QUICK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS WAS HERE. 
          I, I THINK YOU HAD TO STEP OUT AGAIN, BUT I WANNA RECOGNIZE HIS PRESENCE. 
          UM, YOU TOUCHED VERY BRIEFLY ON RESPONSE TIMES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF HEADLINES. 
          WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF INQUIRIES ON THAT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID THAT WE ARE ON, ON AVERAGE UNDER SIX MINUTES. 
          YES. 
          AND I, I KNOW FOR EMERGENCY CALL THE CODE ONE CALL YEAH. 
          FOR CODE ONES. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN SHARE RELATED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I BELIEVE SOME CITIES COUNT TIME DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UH, UM, THE THING, WHEN YOU TRY TO LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, EVERYBODY DOES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S NO, UH, I, I TALK, SPOKE TO MY COLLEAGUE AND, AND MAJOR CITY CHIEFS AND I SAID, WE REALLY NEED TO GET A SYSTEM WHERE, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHEN A CALL COMES IN, UM, TO, UM, WHERE, UM, THE CAR PULLS UP IN, IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIFURCATED, UH, SYSTEM. 
          UM, IT'S THE NINE ONE ONE CALL TAKERS. 
          UM, SO CALLS COME INTO THEM, BUT WE CAN ONLY, AS, AS HPD, WE COUNT THE TIME, THE MINUTE THE CALL SLIP IS SENT TO US. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S SIX MINUTES RESPONSE TIME. 
          AND IT, AND IT'S, WHEN YOU ADD APPLES TO APPLES AND ORANGES TO ORANGES, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST IN, IN, IN THE WHOLE NATION. 
          UM, UH, IT REALLY IS. 
          I DON'T THINK ANY, MAYBE SAN ANTONIO WAS BETTER THAN US AND, AND, UM, I THINK LOS ANGELES FOR ITS MAJOR CITY CHIEFS, BUT I, I WANT TO FACT CHECK THAT. 
          BUT WE, WE ARE DOING WELL, BUT WE GOTTA LOOK AT THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          BECAUSE IF OTHER CITIES SAY, WELL, I GOT A BETTER RESPONSE TIME, A WORSE RESPONSE TIME, HOW YOU CALCULATING? AND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES. 
          BUT I'M, I'M, UH, PLEASED WITH, UM, NOT PLEASED WITH IT. 
          UM, I, I ALWAYS WANT TO IMPROVE IT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. 
          I DON'T CARE IF IT'S ONE OF THE BEST, LET'S GET EVEN BETTER BECAUSE OUR CITIZENS IN HOUSTON, THEY'RE THE BEST AND THEY DESERVE THE BEST. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AND I HAVE BEEN, I THINK SINCE DAY ONE, PUSHING EVEN CAT. 
          I'LL GET TO RMS IN A, IN A MINUTE, WHICH I CANNOT WAIT FOR. 
          BUT, UM, OUR COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AS WELL, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PECK AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN VERY EAGER FOR. 
          UM, IT'S VERY OLD. 
          I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN IN THE QUEUE. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          YES, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          SO EVERYTHING'S ABOUT STAFFING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MM-HMM . 
          AND I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE RESTRICTED BY BUDGETS AND WHAT WE HAVE. 
          BUT, BUT WHAT, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN STUDIES, WORK, DEMAND ANALYSIS, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF STALE, PROBABLY OLD NOW AT THIS POINT. 
          DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT YOU FEEL IS THE OPTIMUM NUMBER? IF YOU HAD, IF YOU HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD? YES. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT NU WHAT NUMBER OF OFFICERS IS 2000? 2000? 2000. 
          2000. 
          IF I HAD ALL THE MONEY IN, IN, IN, IN, IN THE WORLD, I REALLY WOULD. 
          BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IF WE GOT 500 MORE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO 2000 OVERNIGHT AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET TO 
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500 OVERNIGHT, UM, AS THE ATTRITION RATE DECREASES, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA START GROWING. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT STUDY WAS YEARS AGO. 
          IT'S ALL, AND WE, AND WE REALLY NEED TO, I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON A STUDY, BUT, UM, I, I, I REALLY AM INTERESTED AND I WANT TO DO THAT, UM, GET WITH SOME OF OUR UNIVERSITIES AND, AND, AND PUT SOME, UH, UM, PHD STUDENTS ON IT AND, AND, AND LET, LET THEM DO A STUDY FOR US AND, AND SEE, UM, WHAT THEY SAY. 
          BUT I, I GUARANTEE YOU, UH, THE NUMBER HASN'T DECREASED BECAUSE OUR POPULATION, UH, WHEN SOME OF THOSE STUDIES WERE, WERE DONE, UM, WE, WE, WE HAD, UH, 500 MORE OFFICERS AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, A A LOT LESS IN THE POPULATION. 
          SO WHEN THE POPULATION IS UP AND, AND CRIME IN, IN SOME AREAS WHERE WE'RE UP, YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED MORE. 
          SO I ALWAYS, I LOVE THAT NUMBER 2000, SINCE YOU ASKING. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, GLAD TO HAVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, AND LASTLY, UH, CHIEF, I DID WANNA ALSO SPOTLIGHT THE INNOVATIONS CONTINUING, UM, WHEN WE'RE TALKING. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T COMPARE TO NEW YORK, WE CAN'T COMPARE TO CHICAGO. 
          AND OFTENTIMES I SAY WE HAVE 650 SQUARE MILES. 
          THE WAY THAT WE ADDRESS PUBLIC SAFETY HAS TO BE DIFFERENT YES. 
          FROM CITIES THAT ARE MUCH MORE COMPACT. 
          UM, IT, IT JUST IS DIFFERENT. 
          SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A HOUSTON WAY OF DOING IT. 
          YES. 
          THE, AND I THINK I'M REALLY EXCITED AND HOPE WE CAN GET SOME UPDATES AT SOME POINT ON THE NEW PATROL DESK UNIT YES. 
          AND HOW THAT, UM, I THINK DIRECTLY POINTS TO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE GAPS YES. 
          OR, OR, UM, TROUBLE SPOTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. 
          SO, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE RMS SYSTEM, UM, IF JUST AS A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC, OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UH, IT IS WAY, UM, PAST ITS END OF LIFE. 
          CAN WE SAY IT'S A DINOSAUR  AND IS GOING TO DRASTICALLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCY. 
          YES. 
          UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON IT PREVIOUSLY, UH, BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, CHIEF FINN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          UM, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IF YOU NEED TO STEP OUT AND GET BACK TO, UM, BEING THE CHIEF. 
          I DO. 
          CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING IN HERE? 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANT. 
          UM, AND MAYOR TURNER'S TWO, UH, TERMS, HE'S ADDED OVER, UH, UM, 2,300 CADETS. 
          AND THAT'S IN, AND, AND A, THAT'S, THAT'S THE SECOND LARGEST I, I THINK IN, UM, UNDER, UM, MAYOR, UH, WHIT WHITMEYER, KATHY. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          AND SHE HAD I THINK, TWO MORE YEARS IN, IN HER TERM TERM THAT HE DID. 
          SO, AGAIN, IN CLOSING, THANK Y'ALL FOR THE SUPPORT. 
          I, I MEAN, UM, THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM Y'ALL SECOND TO NONE IN THE NATION, AND I, I REALLY MEAN IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND WE'VE ALL DONE THIS, AND THE MAYOR'S DONE THIS IN SPITE OF REVENUE CAPS THAT, UH, MAYOR KATHY WHITMEYER DID NOT HAVE. 
          SO AGAIN, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THIS OVERVIEW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          RIGHT NOW Y'ALL ARE STUCK WITH ME, CHIEF. 
          GOT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE, ALL THE GOOD STUFF WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          UH, I, I THINK THIS IS COMING TO, TO COUNCIL POTEN POTENTIALLY NEXT WEEK. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GET INTO THE DASH CAMS. UH, TWO THINGS THAT CHIEF TALKED ABOUT, UH, THAT I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PATROL DESK UNIT. 
          UH, THAT IS A FANTASTIC DEAL. 
          UH, IT'S ALLOWS US TO HANDLE, UH, CALLS THAT HAVE MAYBE BEEN OUT THERE FOR A WHILE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE RESOLVED OVER THE PHONE, ON THE PHONE WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO ROLL A PATROL CALL TO THAT LOCATION WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE CALLER. 
          THE CALLER HAS TO AGREE, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AT THE DISPATCH CENTER FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. 
          NOW WE ARE STANDING UP REGIONAL UNITS TO DEAL WITH THE SPECIFIC PATROL REGIONS MORE IN THE FIELD, UH, TO BETTER UTILIZE SOME OF OUR LIGHT DUTY PERSONNEL WHO, UH, MAYBE CAN'T BE ON FULL DUTY RIGHT NOW AND HAVE RESTRICTIONS DUE TO HEALTH OR WHATEVER REASON, UH, TO ALLOW THEM TO STILL BE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND, AND BENEFIT THE, THE CITIZENS. 
          UH, SO WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          UH, AND THEN I'LL JUST PLUG RMS AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A, I I REFERRED TO IT BEFORE AS A GENERATIONAL CHANGE. 
          UH, IT IS GONNA IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR OFFICERS BEYOND I THINK EVEN WHAT WE THINK. 
          UH, THE ABILITY TO DO A LOT ON A MOBILE DEVICE. 
          UH, KEEPING OFFICERS IN THE FIELD WHEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR PAPERWORK, ALLOWING THEM TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE, LICENSE RUNNING LICENSES, LICENSE PLATES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHEN THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY SITTING IN THEIR CAR. 
          UM, THOSE ARE CHANGES THAT, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT'S READILY AVAILABLE IN EVERYBODY'S HAND, IN EVERYBODY'S POCKET TODAY. 
          UH, AND WE NEED OUR OFFICERS TO HAVE THOSE TOOLS. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'VE SEEN ON THAT. 
          AND IT SHOULD BE COMING HOPEFULLY SOON, UH, BEFORE Y'ALL. 
          ALRIGHT, SO I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS. UH, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, BUT THEN I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THIS FALLS UNDER A LOT OF WHAT THE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          HE TALKED ABOUT BEING THE MOST TRANSPARENT. 
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UH, OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS, BOTH BODY-WORN CAMERA AND IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE TO THAT LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, IT RECORDS THOSE INTERACTIONS. 
          IT ACTS AS A THIRD PARTY STANDING THERE IN A SITUATION WHERE IT MAY HAVE IN THE PAST ONLY BEEN THE OFFICER AND THE RESIDENT AND THE PERSON WE WERE INTERACTING WITH, UH, WHO COULD SAY WHAT HAD OCCURRED. 
          UH, OR IN SOME SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S, THERE'S NO ONE TO SAY AND WE HAVE TO RECREATE AND TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. 
          SO HAVING THESE SYSTEMS REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO TRANSPARENCY, BUT IT ALSO DOES A NUMBER OF THINGS AS WELL. 
          IT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR INVESTIGATIVE EFFICIENCY, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE HAVING A, A WALKING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA GOING AROUND WITH THAT OFFICER THAT DOCUMENTS EVIDENCE, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, UH, INTERACTIONS, STATEMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON SCENES, UH, THAT WE CAN THEN LATER USE, UH, WHEN PURSUING, UH, CHARGES ON A SUSPECT OR INVESTIGATING A CRIME AND TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO DID WHAT AND, AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. 
          AND THEN INTERNALLY AS WELL, BOTH FOR OUR INTERNAL INVESTIGATION, WHEN AN OFFICER'S ACCUSED OF MISCONDUCT, THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS BENEFIT BOTH THE OFFICER AND THE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY SAY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. 
          THEY, THEY SHOW THE INTERACTION AS IT OCCURRED, UH, SO THAT THE OFFICERS ARE PROTECTED FROM FALSE ALLEGATIONS, WHICH DO HAPPEN. 
          AND THEN THIS PUBLIC IS PROTECTED FROM OFFICERS WHO MAY HAVE ENGAGED IN MISCONDUCT, WHICH WE HOPE HAPPENS AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, BUT WE DO KNOW DOES OCCUR. 
          SO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IN-CAMERA CAR IN-CAMERA SYSTEMS AND WHERE WE CAME FROM. 
          AND IN WHERE WE ARE NOW, BACK IN JANUARY OF 2017 WAS WHEN WE MADE OUR FIRST MAJOR PURCHASE OF IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS. WE'D HAD SOME OLDER SYSTEMS BEFORE THAT BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS THAT USED VHS TAPES, BUT THOSE WERE LONG GONE BY THEN. 
          AND WE PURCHASED 225 CAMERA SYSTEMS. THEY WERE ROLLED OUT PRIMARILY TO OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNITS BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT ON THE FREEWAYS ROLLING AROUND. 
          THEY NEEDED THAT TO DOCUMENT THOSE STOPS, DOCUMENT THOSE INTERACTIONS. 
          'CAUSE THEY WERE DOING A LOT OF ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTION WITH CITIZENS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          AND THEN THE REMAINDER BEYOND OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNITS WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST PATROL DIVISIONS. 
          SO THAT WAS OUR INITIAL PURCHASE. 
          225 CAMERAS, UH, IN A DEPARTMENT OF OUR SIZE. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF A DROP IN THE BUCKET, BUT IT'S, IT WAS A START AND IT GOT US, UH, GOING ON THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. 
          FAST FORWARD TO DECEMBER OF 21 WHEN WE EXECUTED OUR BODY-WORN CAMERA, UH, CONTRACT AND WENT AHEAD AND, AND ROLLED OUT BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL, UH, WHICH WE'RE NOW EVEN ROLLING OUT SECOND GENERATION ON THAT, THAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL BOTH TO THE PUBLIC AND TO OUR OFFICERS, BOTH IN THE PROSECUTION. 
          AGAIN, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY. 
          UH, YOU SEE OUR, UH, CRITICAL INCIDENT VIDEOS THAT WE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          ALL THAT COMES FROM THAT PROGRAM. 
          WE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 29 INCAR CAMERA SYSTEMS AT THAT POINT. 
          AND THAT WAS AT THE END OF 2021. 
          FAST FORWARD AGAIN TO APRIL OF 22. 
          THIS WAS OUR MOST RECENT PURCHASE. 
          I WAS ACTUALLY OVER THE FLEET UNIT WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING. 
          WE PURCHASED AN ADDITIONAL 325 IN-CAR SYSTEMS IN 22 AND HAD THEM INSTALLED. 
          UH, THESE SYSTEMS WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST OUR PATROL DIVISIONS. 
          OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNITS ALREADY HAD CAMERAS. 
          AND SO WE REPLACED A FEW OF THOSE THAT NEEDED REPLACING. 
          BUT THESE, THE LION'S SHARE OF THESE CAMERAS WENT DIRECTLY INTO PATROL UNITS OUT IN THE FIELD, IN THE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          THIS WAS THE FIRST MAJOR DISTRIBUTION FOR US INTO THOSE AREAS. 
          UH, BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN VERY LIMITED WITH ONLY THE 225 THAT WE INITIALLY HAD. 
          SO THIS PURCHASE ACTUALLY BROUGHT US TO A TOTAL NUMBER OF IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS OF 579 AT THAT POINT. 
          THAT ACTUALLY REPRESENTED 157% INCREASE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INSTALLED IN-CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT WE HAD VERSUS THAT FIRST PURCHASE IN 2017. 
          UH, SO THAT WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT WE'RE STILL NOT EXACTLY WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE WITH THESE SYSTEMS. SO, FAST FORWARD AGAIN TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          THE ASKS THAT WE HAVE NOW FOR THE FUTURE STATE OF OUR, UH, IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM, UH, HPD HAS BEEN ALLOCATED $2.4 MILLION TO PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL 1.8 186 IN-CAR VIDEO SYSTEMS THAT'S COMING TO COUNCIL FOR Y'ALL'S APPROVAL. 
          I KNOW THE, THE MAYOR HA HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS, AND WE HAVE SOME OF IT IS GRANT FUNDED. 
          IT'S A, IT'S 2.1 MILLION ALLOCATED BY THE MAYOR FOR 160 UNITS AND 343, ALMOST 330, 340 4,000 FROM A GRANT THROUGH OUR GANG DIVISION FOR AN ADDITIONAL 26, UH, IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS. THIS PURCHASE WHEN COMPLETED, WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS TO 765. 
          ONCE THESE ARE ALL INSTALLED, IT WILL MEAN THAT WE'VE SEEN A 240% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS SINCE 2021 IN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          NOW THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE STILL NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. 
          OUR LONG-TERM GOAL IS A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR MARK UNITS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO FIELD OPERATIONS. 
          NOT COUNTING THE 
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ONES USED IN TRAINING AT THE ACADEMY OR, YOU KNOW, SHOW CAR FOR RECRUITING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR FIELD OPERATIONS UNITS NEED THESE CAMERA SYSTEMS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          THESE SYSTEMS ARE NOT CHEAP, BUT WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THE FURTHERANCE OF THAT GOAL. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO THIS PURCHASE IN THE FUTURE, IT IS THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INTENTION THAT EVERY NEW UNIT PLACED IN SERVICE IN FIELD OPERATIONS GOING FORWARD WHEN IT IS INITIALLY PURCHASED AND PUT ONLINE, WILL BE OUTFITTED WITH AN IN-CAR SYSTEM AS PART OF THE COST OF THAT VEHICLE. 
          UH, IT INCREASES THE COST OF THE VEHICLE, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT REDUCES THE TOTAL NUMBER WE CAN PURCHASE. 
          UH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE. 
          UH, HAVING BEEN OVER FLEET THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, THE WE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH CARS. 
          AND, UH, OUR FLEET IS IN, IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT WE NEED TO BE ROLLING THESE OUT WITH THE, WITH THESE SYSTEMS IN PLACE, UH, TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE, TO WHERE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR FIELD SERVICE UNITS HAVE CAMERAS IN 'EM. 
          BUT THE ASK RIGHT NOW IS APPROVAL FOR THE 2.4 MILLION TO PURCHASE THE ADDITIONAL 186 UNITS, WHICH AGAIN, THAT'LL REPRESENT A 240% INCREASE OVER WHERE WE WERE BACK IN 2017. 
          A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UH, TOWARDS BETTER TRANSPARENCY. 
          UM, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN, IF YOU WATCH NEWS FOOTAGE WHERE YOU SEE BOTH BODY-WORN CAMERA FOOTAGE AND A DASH CAM FOOTAGE OF THE SAME INCIDENT, IT'LL TELL YOU WHY THIS, THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          I HAD SOMEBODY ASK ME THE QUESTION THE OTHER DAY, WELL, YOU HAVE A BODY CAM. 
          WHAT DO YOU NEED A DASH CAM FOR? THOSE BODY CAMS CAN BE BLOCKED IF THE OFFICER'S TAKING COVER BEHIND HIS CAR, IF THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR FIREARM OUT, IF THEY'RE WRESTLING WITH A SUSPECT, OFTENTIMES JUST WITHIN THE POSITION OF THAT CAMERA ON THE OFFICER'S CHEST, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE BLOCKED. 
          AND THE EXTRA PERSPECTIVE PROVIDED BY THAT IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM SOMETIMES IS INVALUABLE TOWARDS US BEING ABLE TO SEE AND GET A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY OCCURRING. 
          SO THE MORE EYES WE CAN HAVE ON A SITUATION, THE BETTER. 
          AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, BOTH IN THESE TECHNOLOGY INCREASES TO BETTER IMPROVE OUR TRANSPARENCY AND OUR EFFICIENCY. 
          AND WE HOPE WE CAN KEEP GOING WITH THIS IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THAT'S IT FOR THE SLIDES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY HAS, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER. 
          UH, I SEE ONE COUNTS NUMBER IN THE QUEUE. 
          AND BEFORE WE, WE GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN CHIEF, REALLY QUICKLY, 'CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, NUMBERS OF HOW MANY ARE BEING INSTALLED, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PERCENTAGES OF HOW MUCH, RIGHT. 
          240% INCREASE MM-HMM . 
          WHAT'S THE JUST RAW NUMBER TOTAL OF VEHICLES, UM, THAT WE, WE HAVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS SCOPE? THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES. 
          CAR, I, I HAD THE EXACT NUMBER IN MY BACK POCKET THE OTHER DAY, AND NOW I DON'T HAVE IT SITTING HERE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS APPROXIMATELY 1,150 ISH VEHICLES. 
          I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE 1148, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          VEHICLES THAT ARE IN SERVICE THAT WE WOULD PUT A CAMERA SYSTEM IN. 
          SO WE ARE OVER 50% NOW. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO BEING, BEING OVER LIKE 60, 65% OF OUR FLEET ONCE THESE NEW CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE INSTALLED. 
          SO WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          UH, THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATES AS CARS ERECTED AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO I DIDN'T USE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS, AS WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY IN THE 65 ISH PERCENT RANGE ONCE WE HAVE THIS, ONCE WE HAVE THIS NEW PURCHASE INSTALLED. 
          OKAY. 
          TERRIFIC. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          YOU TOOK MY QUESTION, BUT, UM, BUT ALSO I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT, UH, MAINTENANCE ON THESE CA IS THAT BUILT INTO THE, THE PRICE? I MEAN, DO, WHAT KIND OF MAINTENANCE DO THEY NEED? THE CONTRACT THAT COMES ON THE BACK END? UH, THE, THE SYSTEMS THEMSELVES, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SOLID STATE DIGITAL CAMERAS. 
          THEY DON'T REQUIRE A TON OF MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST MORE THE DATA STORAGE IS, IS THE ISSUE. 
          AND WE DO HAVE A DATA STORAGE CONTRACT THROUGH MOTOROLA, UH, SYSTEMS. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WILL SCALE BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF VIDEO THAT WE PUT IN IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE MORE CAMERAS YOU HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THE MORE STORAGE. 
          UH, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS ACTUALLY I THINK A SEPARATE CONTRACT, FRANK, PROBABLY, I THINK THE DATA STORAGE FOR OUR DIGITAL EVIDENCE IS, IS SEPARATE FROM THE PURCHASE OF THE SYSTEMS THEMSELVES. 
          SO THIS PARTICULAR PURCHASE WILL HAVE THE STORAGE ALL THE WAY, BUT ONCE WE, UH, ONCE, UH, THAT FIRST TERM OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE BODY-WORN CAMERA, THEN IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT CONTRACT, THE BACK SYSTEM. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          GOT IT. 
          AND WHAT'S THE LIFECYCLE OF THE CAMERAS? I MEAN, ARE THEY GOOD FOR THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS? THE, THE REALLY, IT'S MORE THE LIFECYCLE OF THE VEHICLE MORE THAN LIKELY. 
          OH, GOT IT. 
          GOT IT. 
          DIGITAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY MOVES FORWARD RELATIVELY QUICKLY, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE THE LIFECYCLE OF THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO BE SHORTER THAN THE LIFECYCLE OF THE CAMERA. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT A LOT OF OUR VEHICLES GO OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO DAMAGE INSTEAD OF AGE. 
          UH, SO WE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY HAVE IN EXCESS OF 20 SYSTEMS DOWN RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WAITING TO PULL OUT OF A WRECKED VEHICLE TO PLACE INTO A NEW VEHICLE. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS THE SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE TO GO WITH THE CAR AS LONG AS THE SYSTEM ITSELF WAS NOT DAMAGED. 
          WE CAN REMOVE IT FROM A WRECKED OR JUNKED VEHICLE AND PLACE IT INTO A NEW VEHICLE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO THE CAMERA SYSTEMS THEMSELVES WILL PROBABLY OUTLAST THE VEHICLE THEY'RE INSTALLED IN. 
          GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT, YES. 
          TERRIFIC. 
          AND, UM, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE. 
          JUST ONE MORE, UM, KIND OF 
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NUANCED QUESTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          WITH OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS, THERE WAS TALK, YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF AS SOON AS YOU EXIT THE VEHICLE, IT CAN AUTOMATICALLY TURN ON. 
          ARE THERE CERTAIN TYPES OF FUNCTIONS WITH THESE CAMERAS, UM, IN THE VEHICLE THEMSELVES? LIKE SPECIAL FEATURES THAT WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF? THERE ARE TRIGGERS THAT TURN 'EM ON. 
          DIFFERENT THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR VEHICLE THAT ACTIVATE THE CAMERA AUTOMATICALLY. 
          AND WE WERE LOOKING INTO SYSTEMS. UH, I WOULD BE, UH, JUST TALKING OUTTA SCHOOL IF I TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING. 
          'CAUSE I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          BUT THERE ARE EVEN SYSTEMS THAT'LL ALLOW THE TWO TO BE LINKED TO WHERE IF THE DASH CAM COMES ON, THE BODY CAM COMES ON, AND VICE VERSA, SO THAT YOU, YOU GET BOTH ON AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'VE LOOKED AT AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS FOR BODY-WORN CAMERAS. 
          SOME WORK, SOME DON'T. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HIT OR MISS ON WHAT YOU DO. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT SENSORS AND HOLSTERS. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL, UH, SYSTEMS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO, UH, RECAPTURE DATA IF WE MISSED IT. 
          UH, THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT'S, UH, DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO. 
          TERRIFIC. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S IT ON QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK YOU BOTH UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS. 
          NO, ACTUALLY, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UH, I, I WANNA REITERATE WHAT THE CHIEF, FRANK, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT, UH, POSSIBLY WE WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK AGENDA. 
          SO IF WE'RE ON AGENDA, WE'RE JUST, UH, HOPING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND THEN FOR ME, JUST TO REITERATE WHAT THE CHIEF HAS SAID, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THIS BODY, FROM COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, UH, IN TECHNOLOGICAL PURCHASES. 
          YOU'VE SEEN ME A FEW TIMES, PROBABLY GET SICK OF SEEING ME EVERY NOW AND THEN, BUT, UH, TECHNOLOGY IS, IS WHAT'S HELPING US RIGHT NOW. 
          THE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT THE 2000 MORE OFFICERS, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT'S BEEN BATTED AROUND SINCE I WAS A ROOKIE. 
          AND I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE YOUNG GUYS. 
          SO, UH, THE 500, HE'S RIGHT, 500 WILL MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW IF WE HAD 500 MORE PEOPLE. 
          BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT EVERY PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN PUT AN OFFICER'S HAND AND MAKES THEM MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EFFECTIVE IS SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS US TODAY. 
          AND, AND SO THAT, THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR LATELY IS, IS TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UH, THE RMS SYSTEM IS A HUGE EXAMPLE OF THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY THAT THOSE THREE LETTERS OFTEN ENOUGH, UH, BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY IS GONNA BE A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR GUYS IN THE STREET. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I, I HEAR YOUR REQUEST, UH, RESPECTFULLY FOR NO TAG WHEN IT DOES COME UP. 
          I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL HAVE TO GET THE CONTRACT GOING AND RIGHT. 
          UH, MOVE THAT FORWARD. 
          YEAH, PUT THIS ONE IN RMS. LIKE I SAID, UH, WE'RE ALREADY, UH,  WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY BEHIND WHERE WE WISH WE WERE ON RMS, BUT, BUT WE, WE ARE GETTING THERE. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT IN FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF Y'ALL BEFORE TOO LONG. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH, UM, FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALL OF THE EFFORT ON THIS. 
          AND, UH, THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN FOR STAYING TILL THE END. 
          I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD TO GO TO A FEW OTHER THINGS, BUT TO STAFF AS WELL. 
          UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CITY, PLEASE STAY, UH, WE CAN'T CONCLUDE YET. 
          WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I ALMOST WRAPPED IT UP AND DOUG HAS BEEN SO PATIENT. 
          THANK Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO PUBLIC SESSION RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU SCARED ME. 
          FOR ME, I, I KNEW YOU WOULD'VE FOUND ME AND WE WOULD'VE FIXED IT, BUT DOUG, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR WAITING. 
          UM, YOU'LL HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I WON'T NEED TWO MINUTES. 
          UM, I WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THAT CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE PURSUIT POLICY. 
          ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT WAS UPSETTING TO ME. 
          THERE WAS A STREET TAKEOVER GOING ON IN THE NORTHWEST MALL PARKING LOT AND ONE OF THE DRIVERS TOOK OFF UP STEAD HIGHWAY AND WAS PURSUED BY AN OFFICER. 
          THE CHASE ENDED UP WITH THE FUGITIVE T BONNING, A CAR KILLING A PERSON AND PROBABLY MAIMING THE PASSENGER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 
          AND THE SAD THING WAS, I THINK THE KILLER WALKED AWAY TO BE ARRESTED. 
          WHAT BOTHERED ME ABOUT THIS WAS THE POLICE OFFICER KNEW THERE WAS A STREET TAKEOVER GOING ON. 
          WHY DIDN'T THEY CALL FOR SUPPORT AND BLOCK OFF THE EXITS SO THEY COULD ARREST EVERYONE ON THE SPOT RATHER THAN INITIATING A CHASE THAT ENDED IN THE DEATH OF AN INNOCENT CITIZEN. 
          IN A TELEVISION INTERVIEW, I SAW THE CHIEF AND HE TALKED ABOUT OFFICERS RUNNING RED LIGHTS WITH THEIR LIGHTS AND SIRENS GOING. 
          THE POLICY IS FOR THEM TO SLOW DOWN IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THE CHIEF SAID SOMETIMES ADRENALINE GETS THE BETTER OF THEM. 
          THE UNION PROBABLY WILL HATE ME, BUT I THINK IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS WITH PROOF, EITHER THROUGH DASH CAM OR BODY CAM VIEWS, OR IN THE WORST CASE ANOTHER WRECK KILLING AN INNOCENT CITIZEN, THAT OFFICER SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE DISMISSED. 
          THAT SHOULD HELP PUT A STOP TO FUTURE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS. 
          FINALLY, IN TALKING ABOUT THE ADRENALINE, YOU SEE CHASES ON THE TV ON THE FREEWAYS WITH MAYBE EIGHT POLICE CARS FOLLOWING THE FUGITIVE IN PURSUIT. 
          EVENTUALLY THE FUGITIVE IS CAUGHT AND YET ALL EIGHT POLICE CARS SEEM TO STAY WHEN THEY COULD HAVE RETURNED TO THE, TO THE PATROL ACTIVITIES. 
          IS THAT ALSO A FUNCTION? POSSIBLY HAVE INCREASED ADRENALINE CAUSED BY THE CHASE? THESE ARE MY OBSERVATIONS AS A CITIZEN 
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WITH NOT COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. 
          AND IF THERE'S INFORMATION THAT COULD CHANGE MY MIND, I'M CERTAINLY WILLING TO HEAR IT. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, DOUG. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU. 
          UH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, OUR COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY. 
          AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE ON THE COMMITTEE'S WEBPAGE. 
          THE RECORDING OF THE MEETING WILL BE POSTED ON HTVS WEBSITE. 
          THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 3:27 PM.
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