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SMITH, I'M SO SORRY. 
          I APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING. 
          WE GOT BEHIND TODAY. 
          WE'VE BEEN ON SCHEDULE FOR ALL 2020 OF 'EM, BUT THE LAST THREE HAVE THROWN US OFF. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WILL, UM, EXCITED TO DIG INTO THE DETAILS OF YOUR BUDGET. 
          SO WITH THAT, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIE DAVIS HAS BEEN HERE AND WAS HERE THROUGH THE LAST PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE I'VE ACKNOWLEDGED. 
          AND WITH THAT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          SORRY. 
          LEMME GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALCORN, UH, VICE CHAIR CASTILLO, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          ON BEHALF OF CHIEF DIAZ, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES A GENERAL FUND REQUEST OF JUST OVER $1.1 BILLION. 
          UH, HAVING SERVED THIS DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 23 YEARS, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AS THE EXECUTIVE CHIEF, UH, PROUD OF THE DEDICATION OF OUR CLASSIFIED OFFICERS WHO PLACE THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY DAILY AND OUR CIVILIAN PROFESSIONALS WHOSE TIRELESS EFFORTS ENSURE OUR OPERATIONS ARE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. 
          THIS YEAR MARKED A NEW CHAPTER OF LEADERSHIP FOR HPD, UH, WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF JAY NOEY DIAZ, JR. 
          WE ARE EMBRACING A RENEWED STRATEGIC VISION, ONE GROUNDED IN ACCOUNTABILITY, INNOVATION, AND SERVICE. 
          UNDER HIS DIRECTION, WE'VE STRENGTHENED OUR OPERATIONAL FOUNDATION AND LAUNCHED CRITICAL NEW INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE. 
          DESPITE LONGSTANDING STAFFING CHALLENGES, SOME WE DISCUSSED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE HERE, UH, HAVING OVER 229 FEWER OFFICERS AND MORE THAN 1000 FEWER CIVILIANS THAT WE DID 26 YEARS AGO. 
          OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PERFORM WITH EXCELLENCE. 
          WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR CITY WITH PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY. 
          EVEN AS THE DEMANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT GROW MORE COMPLEX, A BRIGHT SPOT WILL HIGHLIGHT. 
          WE'VE HIRED 559 CADETS SINCE FISCAL YEAR 2024. 
          AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE'RE MOVING TOWARD MORE COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVE PAY AND TO SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY FINALIZING THAT VERY SOON. 
          THIS INVESTMENT IS CRITICAL IN STABILIZING OUR WORKFORCE, IN BUILDING AN ORGANIZATION THAT REFLECTS OUR CITY'S FUTURE. 
          YOUR SUPPORT IN THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR, UH, HAS ALLOWED US TO MAKE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS. 
          SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW CITYWIDE DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE TEAM ADDRESSING QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS, CITYWIDE LAUNCH OF A DEDICATED FAMILY VIOLENCE DIVISION, RAISING CADET PAY BY $10,000, ALONG WITH THE $1,000 FIREARM STIPEND, ENHANCED CAPABILITIES IN OUR VEHICULAR CRIMES AND CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND MOST RECENTLY COLLABORATIONS WITH THE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL TASK FORCE, WITH MANY ORGANIZATIONS IMPACTING OUR AREAS OF TIME. 
          WITH OUR TOWN, WITH OUR VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE, AS WELL AS OVER $80 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING SECURED FROM FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PARTNERS, UH, WE CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE PROVIDING CRITICAL VICTIM SERVICES TO THOSE IMPACTED BY VIOLENT CRIME. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REACHING OVER 250,000 HOUSTONIANS THROUGH YOUTH PROGRAMMING, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 
          THESE EFFORTS AND THOSE OUTLINED IN THIS, THIS COMING SLIDES REPRESENT A DEPARTMENT THAT'S ADAPTING, IMPROVING, AND LEADING THROUGH CHANGE AND TRANSITION. 
          WE THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE SPECIFICS OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SORRY. 
          THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          SO AS ALWAYS, WE THROW OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN THERE JUST AS A REMINDER FOR YOU GUYS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE WE LOOK AT HPD AS A GLANCE. 
          UH, THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT OUR DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION. 
          OVERALL, WE'RE 75% MALE AND 25% FEMALE WORKFORCE. 
          IF YOU BREAK THAT DOWN BETWEEN CLASSIFIED AND CIVILIAN, OUR FEMALES COM UH, COMPRISED 18% OF OUR CLASSIFIED WORKFORCE AND 60, 66% OF OUR CIVILIAN WORKFORCE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE, IF NOT THE MOST DIVERSE DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTRY. 
          ONE OF THE, THE MOST DIVERSE, WE'RE A MAJORITY MINORITY DEPARTMENT. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWNS IN OUR PIE CHARTS. 
          OH, NATIONALLY, 13% OF SWORN OFFICERS ARE FEMALE, BUT FOR CITIES OF OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE, 19% ARE FEMALE. 
          AND HPD IS AT JUST OVER 18%. 
          SO WE'RE ON PAR WITH ALL OF OUR PEERS, THE SAME, SAME LEVEL OF POPULATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STRATEGIC GUIDANCE ALIGNMENT, UH, HPDS ALIGNMENT TO THE MAYOR'S DEFINED PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES. 
          SO AS YOU SEE HERE, ALL OF OUR DEFINED HPD PROGRAMS ALIGN 
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TO A MAYORAL PRIORITY IN THE OVERALL DEPARTMENT BUDGET BROKEN DOWN AS SUCH. 
          SO AS YOU WOULD'VE GUESSED, OBVIOUSLY 95% OF HPDS FUNDING IS TIED TO PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE. 
          COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VICTIM SERVICES FALLS UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FALLS UNDER GOVERNMENT. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, BAR GRAPH AT THE BOTTOM, THAT LARGE PERCENTAGE IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES THAT REPRESENTS POTENTIAL, UH, RAISES IN IN THE CONTRACT TO BE VOTED ON THIS WEEK IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          VOLUNTARY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT PAYOUT OPTION. 
          SO THE DATA ON THE SLIDE IS AS OF APRIL 20TH TO BE CONSISTENT. 
          IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT FALL UNDER BUDGET AND FINANCE TECH SERVICES OR OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICES GROUP 'CAUSE THOSE ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED AND ROLLED INTO THEIR BIG CITY, UH, COUNTERPARTS. 
          SO WITHOUT THAT, WE HAD 272 ELIGIBLE AND 70 SIGN UP FOR 26%. 
          IF YOU DO INCLUDE THOSE THREE THOUGH, WE HAD OVER 300 ELIGIBLE RETIREES AND 109 ACCEPTED THE OP, THE OPTION. 
          SO A TOTAL OF 33%. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          PROPOSED DEPARTMENT RESTRUCTURE. 
          SO THE EY ASSESSMENT, IT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE CITY POINTS OUT THAT PEOPLE MANAGERS REPRESENT 17% OF THE CITY HOUSTON ORGANIZATION. 
          42% OF THEM HAVE ONE TO THREE DIRECT REPORTS. 
          HBS 1300 PEOPLE, MANAGERS 403, MANAGING LESS THAN FOUR DIRECT REPORTS FOR A PERCENTAGE OF 31%. 
          OUR AIM IS TO HIT THE 15% SUGGESTED MARK BY THE EY REPORT. 
          THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS WE'LL BE DOING THIS YEAR TO, TO CUT THAT SPAN OF CONTROL. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT AS COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER LARGE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, THAT 31% IS THE LOWEST PERCENT OF, OF THAT, OF INDIVIDUALS WITH THAT SPAN OF CONTROL, ROLLING OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INTO HITS, IT'S PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO ALIGN WITH CITYWIDE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND ENHANCE DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. 
          WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT PROCESS AND THE CONSOLIDATION, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, COMMUNICATED AND COORDINATED AMONGST APPROPRIATE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDES THE MIGRATION OF OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND BUDGETARY RESOURCES. 
          SO WHILE THIS CHANGE REFLECTS A STRUCTURAL SHIFT IN MANAGEMENT, IT DOES NOT DIMINISH THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT MANPOWER IS A PROBLEM AND A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR LACK OF MANPOWER IS TECHNOLOGY AND OUR USE OF IT. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE REAL STAR OF TODAY'S SHOW. 
          DIRECTOR REMINDS. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          WELL, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE EXCEPTIONAL TEAM AT HPDS OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE SOON TRANSITIONING TO, UH, CENTRAL FINANCE WITH A FOCUS ON POLICE SERVICES THROUGH, UH, THIS DYNAMIC PERIOD, THEY REMAIN FOCUSED, RESILIENT, AND COMMITTED. 
          SO I TRULY THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION, AND IT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED AND IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. 
          SO THANKS GUYS HERE TODAY. 
          SO NOW MOVING ON TO THE SLIDE, SLIDE EIGHT, REVENUE BY FUND. 
          THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A VISUAL SNAPSHOT OF HPDS REVENUE BY FUND, COMPARING ACTUALS, ADOPTED BUDGETS, ESTIMATES, AND PROPOSED VALUES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 2026. 
          I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DESCRIBE THE MAKEUP OF THESE REVENUES AND SOURCES. 
          SO I AM GOING FROM THE BAR THAT'S FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 PROPOSED, AND FROM THE BOTTOM IT'S 76.8 MILLION OR 61%, UH, OF THE REVENUE PERTAINS TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND WITHIN THAT 76.8, A LARGE PART OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE REIMBURSEMENT WE RECEIVE FROM THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS, UH, REIMBURSEMENT FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT THROUGH THE METRO, UH, GENERAL MOBILE PROGRAM. 
          AND THEN MOVING UP THE BAR, IT'S THE NEXT ONE IS OUR POLICE SERVICE, UH, POLICE SPECIAL SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS 31.1 MILLION OR 24.7%. 
          THIS FUND IS A COLLECTION OF MONIES FOR RESTRICTED USE, SUCH AS SPECIAL EVENTS, EXTERNAL AGENCIES, AND OUR TURS, AND THEN KEEP MOVING UP. 
          WE HAVE THE AUTO DEALERS, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 10%. 
          AND THAT IS, UH, THE AUTO DEALERS, EXCUSE ME, FUND IT SUPPORTS REGULATION OF AUTOMOBILE DEALERS, AUCTIONS, TOWING AND STORAGE LOTS. 
          THIS REVENUE COMES FROM INDUSTRY LICENSING, INSPECTION FEES AND TOWING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE REVENUE BY FUND ON SLIDE NINE. 
          THIS SLIDE COMPARES HPDS FISCAL 
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YEAR 26, PROPOSED REVENUE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 ESTIMATE ORGANIZED BY FUNDING SOURCE. 
          IT SHOWS WHERE THE BIGGEST SHIFTS ARE HAPPENING. 
          OUR TOTAL REVENUE IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE BY 17.7 MILLION OR 16% IN FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          THIS IS MAINLY DUE TO REIMBURSEMENTS TIED TO ANTICIPATED LARGE SCALE SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THE WORLD CUP. 
          WHILE SOME FUNDS REFLECT MODEST DECLINES DUE TO ONE-TIME REVENUE, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT DECREASE IS VERY SMALL, AND IT REALLY PERTAINS TO, UH, THE FEMA REFUND THAT WE RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR 25, NOT BEING THERE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          SO IT'S REALLY JUST A, A WASH. 
          AND MOVING ON TO THE POLICE SPECIAL FUND, THAT $21 MILLION INCREASE OR 217% REALLY PERTAINS TO WHAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, IN THE WORLD CUP REIMBURSEMENT. 
          NEXT IS FOR THE AUTO DEALERS. 
          4% DECLINE. 
          WE, PART OF OUR DEALER'S REVENUE PERTAINS TO VEHICLE, UH, SALES OF VEHICLES, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT MAY SLOW DOWN. 
          AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE REDUCE THE, THE, UH, BUDGET BASED ON THE ESTIMATE. 
          AND THE NEXT ONE I'LL JUST FOCUS ON ITS ASSET FORFEITURE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LARGE AT, UH, 54%, BUT REALLY WITH ASSET FORFEITURE, THE ESTIMATE COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE CANNOT ACTUALLY BUDGET FOR ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          NOW WE HAVE THE REVENUE BY FUND, REVENUE BY PROGRAM. 
          AND SO AS PART OF OUTCOME BASED BUDGETING, THIS SLIDE DISPLAYS HPDS REVENUE BY PROGRAM, WHICH DIRECTLY TIES TO OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          SO WE HAVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF 125.9 MILLION FOR PROPOSED, AND THAT VARIES, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, 17 MILLION. 
          SO WE HAVE A 16% INCREASE. 
          AND IF YOU GO THROUGH EACH, UM, CATEGORY, I'M ONLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT REALLY STAND OUT. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, ONE THAT DOES IS THE HOMELAND SECURITY, AND THAT, OF COURSE IS, EXCUSE ME, WHERE THE WORLD CUP, UH, ACTIVITY IS. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT INCREASE THIS YEAR. 
          AND THE NEXT ONE IS IN INVESTIGATIONS. 
          AND THAT'S THE 2000 OR 2000002.8 MILLION DECLINE. 
          AND THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, OF ASSET FORFEITURE WE EXPEND FORWARD, BUT WE DO NOT BUDGET FOR IT. 
          SO IT'LL ALWAYS SHOW A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT I WILL FOCUS ON HERE. 
          AND I'LL WAIT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS. 
          I THINK I'VE ALREADY GONE OVER MOST OF THEM, SO I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING AND I'LL MOVE TO OUR GRANTS SECTION. 
          AND WITHIN GRANTS, WE WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON GRANTS AND, UH, TALK ABOUT GRANTS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A, A TREMENDOUS, UM, ACTIVITY FOR US. 
          WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST GRANT UNIT, AND WITHIN THAT GRANT UNIT, WE HAVE, UH, WE MONITOR AND HAVE, UH, PROGRAMS FOR 85, ABOUT 85 MILLION IN GRANTS THAT WE DO. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO APPLIED FOR, UH, ABOUT 18 MILLION IN APPROPRIATION FUNDING. 
          UH, SO WE'RE HOPING TO RECEIVE THAT. 
          SO WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE KNOCKING ON EVERY DOOR, UH, WITH GRANTS. 
          AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY WITHIN THE GRANTS. 
          UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME, UH, OPENINGS FOR US TO ACTUALLY APPLY, INCLUDING THE COPS HIRING. 
          SO WE WILL BE EAGERLY, UH, APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS. 
          BUT HERE IS A PIE CHART JUST SHOWING YOU HOW WE UTILIZE OUR GRANTS. 
          SO WHAT MAY STICK OUT TO YOU IS FOR SALARIES AT 35 MILLION, THAT'S THE COPS HIRING GRANT FOR IN, JUST FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE COPS HIRING GRANT, IF WE RECEIVE IT, THEN THEY WILL SUPPLEMENT, UH, FOR THREE YEARS, UH, FIRST THREE YEARS OF HIRING FOR, UH, CADETS ON THROUGH THEIR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR. 
          AND SO WE HAVE SEVERAL COPS GRANTS OPEN, AND WE ARE HOPING TO, UH, ACTUALLY ONCE AGAIN APPLY AND GET ANOTHER ONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE EXPENDITURE BY FUND, THIS SLIDE OUTLINES TOTAL EXPENDITURES ACROSS ALL HPD FUNDING SOURCES, BOTH GENERAL FUND AND SPECIAL FUND. 
          AS SHOWN HERE, APPROXIMATELY 95% OF HPDS TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE SUPPORTED BY THE 
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GENERAL FUND. 
          SO IF WE GO THROUGH AND WE LOOK AT THAT LAST BAR OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26, WE SEE THAT THE GENERAL FUND REPRESENTS 1.1 BILLION OR 95%, AS WE'VE SAID. 
          AND THEN MOVING UP IS POLICE SPECIAL SERVICE FUND AT 32 MILLION AT 2.8%, AND THEN THE REMAINDER IS AUTO DEALERS CHILD SAFETY, ASSET FORFEITURE AND FORENSIC, WHICH INCLUDES THE REST OF THE 10 OR 12%. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UNDER EXPENDITURES BY, UH, FUND THE DETAIL, THIS SLIDE COMPARES FISCAL YEAR 26, PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 CURRENT BUDGET BY FUND AND HIGHLIGHTS THE NET CHANGE IN EXPENDITURES. 
          PERSONNEL COSTS REMAIN THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE DRIVER. 
          THIS SLIDE ALSO HIGHLIGHTS STRATEGIC FUNDING INCREASES RELATED TO, UH, CITYWIDE EVENTS, AS WELL AS THE NET IMPACT OF THE VOLUNTARY MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM. 
          SO FOR THIS ONE, UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, THE PERSONNEL, ONE THING I WANT TO SAY HERE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IS THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 3%, AND THAT IS THE NET INCREASE WITH ALL OF THE INCREASES IN REFERENCE TO, UH, UH, SALARY ADJUSTMENTS, 54.9 MILLION INCREASE FOR CLASSIFIED OFFICERS, AND ANOTHER 3 MILLION FOR CIVILIAN COMPENSATION. 
          AND UNDER POLICE SERVICE FUND, UH, THIS IS AN INCREASE OF THE 21 MILLION. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, THAT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, THE WORLD CUP. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE IT IN DIFFERENT AREAS DEPENDING ON HOW WE ARE COMMUNICATING IT. 
          THE OTHER ONE THAT I, WE TALKED ABOUT AUTO DEALERS AND SO I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST HIGHLIGHT THE, THE ONES THAT WERE LARGE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE PERSONNEL SLIDE. 
          UH, THIS SLIDE REINFORCES THE FACT THAT HPD REMAINS LABOR INTENSIVE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MAJORITY OF FUNDS DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING STAFFING LEVELS. 
          IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY'S PROGRESS IN CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT SERVICES WHILE PRESERVING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS. 
          SO IF YOU TOTAL ALL OF THESE UP, THE PERCENT OF OUR BUDGET THAT PERTAINS TO PERSONNEL IS NOW 88%. 
          IN THE PAST, I'VE SAID 95, I'VE SAID 90, NOW WE'VE CONSOLIDATED AND IT'S 88%, WHICH IS ON PAR WITH A LOT OF OUR PEERS IN LARGER CITIES. 
          AND SO HPD IS MOVING TOWARDS SHOWING A BUDGET THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TIED TO OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF FTES. 
          NOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE MONEY, THE BUDGET IS NOT THERE FOR THE EXPENDITURES, IT'S ROLLED IN THROUGH THE, UH, SHARED SERVICES OF RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          BUT THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE ARE LOOKING NOW. 
          AND AS THE CHIEF MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT, UH, THE TRANSFER FOR ALL THE CONSOLIDATORS, ABOUT 181, UH, FTES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THIS SLIDE DEPICTS EXPENDITURE FUNDING BY PROGRAM AND COMPARES CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET TO PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET. 
          THIS IS ACROSS ALL FUNDS OF WHICH OF COURSE, GENERAL FUND IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER AT 95%. 
          THE EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAM OVERALL NET INCREASE IS 6%. 
          SO IF WE GO DOWN, UH, EACH ONE, AND LET ME JUST STOP HERE JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS A EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAM, BUT DUE TO THE, UM, THE TIMING OF THE BUDGET AND THE TIMING OF THE MEET AND CONFER AGREEMENT, UH, THE MONEY FOR THAT NUMBER WAS PUT INTO ONE CATEGORY. 
          IT'S CALLED ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, SERVICES. 
          SO WHEN WE'RE COMPARING THE TWO, IT WILL NOT BE APPLES TO APPLES UNTIL EVERYTHING'S FINALIZED, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND REDISTRIBUTED. 
          BUT FOR TIMING PURPOSES AND TO GET EVERYTHING OUT, EVERYTHING WAS PUT IN A LUMP SUM IN, IN A CONTINGENCY. 
          SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO THROUGH A A FEW THINGS. 
          WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT HOMELAND SECURITY QUITE A BIT, AND INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UM, THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER, EXCUSE ME, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE NET DECREASE THERE HAS TO DO WITH, UH, IT'S A 23% DECREASE. 
          AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE DID SOME RESTRUCTURING, THE ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING, WHICH INVOLVED THE TRANSFER OF ABOUT 13 POSITIONS FROM THE JOINT PROCESSING UNIT AND THE JUVENILE INTAKE UNIT TO THE PROPERTY AND DETENTION. 
          SO A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY YOU'LL SEE IN TERMS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH HA HAVE TO DO EITHER WITH ONE OF THREE THINGS. 
          IT HAS TO DO WITH THE, THE FACT THAT THE PENSION COST WENT DOWN, UH, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. 
          LAST YEAR IT WAS 32%, NOW IT'S 27, OR IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE DID A LOT OF RESTRUCTURING AND REORGANIZING, UH, TO, TO ADJUST TO OUR MISSION. 
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AND SO I KNOW I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND WHY IT WENT UP TO 49 MILLION OR 135%. 
          WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE LUMPED THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THERE TO, TO HOLD AS A HOLDING SPOT UNTIL WE CAN REALLOCATE AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          NOW WE HAVE 12 PROGRAMS AND WE, WE HAVE 12 SLIDES. 
          AND SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY. 
          AND THIS, THESE PROGRAMS ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT WHAT HPD DOES. 
          SO THE FIRST SLIDE IS, UM, PATROL, POLICE PATROL, AND THE POLICE PATROL PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF HPDS PATROL REGIONS ONE, TWO, AND THREE COMMAND, UH, SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASES HAVE TO DO WITH A SMALLER INCREASE IN THE CLASSIFIED PAY, WHICH WAS PART OF, UH, AN INITIAL HOLDING SPOT. 
          AND THEN THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION INITIATIVE, NOT INCLUDED IN FISCAL YEAR 26. 
          SO MOST OF THE POLICE PATROL PAY IS COMING FROM GENERAL FUND ASSET FORFEITURE IN POLICE SPECIAL PAY. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL PERFORMANCE, UH, INDICATORS ALSO. 
          AND JUST A SIDE NOTE, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING, OF COURSE, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND EY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEM, UNLESS ANY SOMEONE HAS A QUESTION BECAUSE THEY MAY LOOK DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. 
          THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          NEXT SLIDE IS HOMELAND SECURITY. 
          THE HOMELAND SECURITY PROGRAM LEADS PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF ALL DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH PREVENTING, PROTECTING AGAINST RES, PROTECTING, AGAINST RESPONDING TO AND RECOVERING FROM INTENTIONAL ACTS OF TERRORISM. 
          UH, ON THE SIGNIFICANT BUDGET ITEMS. IT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR CLASSIFIED PAY, INCREASES A SMALL PART THAT WE WAS A PLACEHOLDER AND MAJOR EVENTS LIKE THE HOUSTON MARATHON, THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE, AND ET CETERA. 
          AND MOST OF THAT FUNDING IS COMING FROM NOT ONLY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT A SIGNIFICANT PART FROM THE, UH, POLICE SPECIAL FUND BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE ARE REIMBURSED FOR. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO UNDER INVESTIGATIONS, THE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM HAS A CITYWIDE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DELIVERING A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UH, SO INCLUDED IN THIS ONE IS ALSO, WE ALWAYS SHOW THAT WE DO OUR LEASE VEHICLES ALSO, AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER, WHICH MAY BE UNIQUE, BUT YOU COULD SEE FROM THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE GET OUR FUNDING FROM JUST ABOUT EVERY, EVERY, UH, FUND THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US GENERAL FUND, ASSET, FORFEITURE, AUTO DEALERS, FORENSIC TRANSITION, POLICE SPECIAL SERVICES. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS OUR AIRPORT SYSTEM, AND IT CONSISTS OF, UH, INTERCONTINENTAL AS WELL AS HOBBY AND OTHER, UH, ELLINGTON FIELD AND ET CETERA, AND SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          UH, THE AIRPORT SYSTEM CONSISTS OF 24 7 POLICE SUPPORT AND BY PATROLLING THE PASSENGERS. 
          AND I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE UNDER TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 
          THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WORKS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC BY ENFORCING LAWS TO CURTAIL UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL DRIVING PRACTICES. 
          SO THE, THE NEW THING HERE IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE AN A ONE MORE YEAR OF THE, UH, EXPENSES BEING REIMBURSED BY METRO FOR TRAFFIC REFOR ENFORCEMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WE HAVE THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER UNIT. 
          THIS UNIT IS SHARED SERVICE MANAGED BY HARRIS COUNTY, AND IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING ALL PRISONERS ARRESTED BY THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FACILITATING ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UM, HPDS PORTION OF THE JOINT PROCESSING CENTER IS ABOUT $14 MILLION. 
          WE'VE EXTENDED IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR. 
          WE EXTENDED THE AMENDMENT. 
          THE ORIGINAL COST WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, BUT WE NEGOTIATED TO HOLD IT AT 14 MILLION. 
          WHILE WE CAN NEGOTIATE, IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACT REQUIRES FOR US TO DO AN AUDIT. 
          SO THIS YEAR WE ANTICIPATE DOING AN AUDIT. 
          SO WE'RE, WE HOPE TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN EXTENSION THAT'S MORE MULTI-YEAR AND MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE CITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO TRAINING, TRAINING IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, DIRECTING SUPERVISING COUNSELING AND MANAGING CADETS, DOING THEIR TRAINING. 
          AND THIS TRAINING, UH, ON THE BUDGET ITEM SIGNIFICANT, IT INCLUDES, UH, THE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT THE PAY INCREASE FOR CADETS TO 52,000 FROM 42. 
          SO THEY HAVE A LIVING WAGE. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S BEEN VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR US. 
          AND MOST OF THAT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND OR THE SPECIAL SERVICES AND THE, THAT'S IN THE SPECIAL SERVICES FUND. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
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AND NOW WE HAVE EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS, AND IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION SERVICES, DEPARTMENT-WIDE EMPLOYEES, WELLBEING, MANAGING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. 
          INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ITEM INCLUDES, UH, THE 1.5 MILLION FOR OUR EPRO PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR RETIRED OFFICERS. 
          AND THAT'S BEEN A VERY BIG SUCCESS FOR US IN ORDER TO FILL GAPS FOR OFFICERS WHO HAVE NOW RETIRED THAT COULD STILL ASSIST WITH POLICE WORK. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE CIVILIAN HIRING UNIT OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES DIVISION, WHICH IS NOW BEING MOVED OUT AND CONSOLIDATED WITH CITY HR. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, ACTIVITY FOR US. 
          AND THEN MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMERS THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS. IT INCLUDED IN HERE. 
          UH, WE JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT HPD ANTICIPATES AR RPA FUNDING THROUGH JANUARY, 2026, AND THEY'RE THE LAST GROUP ON. 
          AND SO, UH, THE SIX ARPA FUNDED CLASSIFIED POSITIONS, SIX CRISIS INTERVENTION RESPONSE TEAM CERT. 
          SO THOSE ARE FUNDED AND THEY'LL JUST MOVE BACK OVER. 
          THERE ARE OTHER ARPA FUNDING IN OTHER AREAS, AND FORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TRANSITION THOSE INTO GENERAL FUND MONIES, STRATEGIC OPERATIONS. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          STRATEGIC OPERATIONS IS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING, UH, OPERATIONS AND USE OF SOURCES BY ITS DIVISIONS. 
          THIS INCLUDES RECORDS TECHNOLOGY, SERVICES PLANNING, DATA GOVERNANCE, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES, INVESTIGATIVE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THIS ONE, UH, THE ONLY HIGHLIGHT ITEM I WILL INCLUDE IS THAT, UH, IT INCLUDED THE OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, WHICH IS NOW MOVED OVER TO HITS. 
          SO IT MAY LOOK VERY DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VICTIM SERVICES. 
          THIS PROGRAMS ARE RELATIONAL POLICING INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO FACILITATE PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT GREATER HOUSTON. 
          AND SO, UH, THIS IS WHAT I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE, THREE OUT OF EIGHT ARPA FUNDED POSITIONS INCORPORATED INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WE FOUND OTHER POSITIONS VACANT. 
          SO THOSE OTHER FIVE WILL BE, UH, INCLUDED IN GENERAL FUNDS, SO WE CAN CARRY ON THAT MISSION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, UH, PROGRAMS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR LEADERSHIP, AND THAT WAS THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, LEGAL RISK MANAGEMENT, GSD AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THAT WILL LOOK VERY DIFFERENT NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, ALSO, UH, AND THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO INCLUDE, IS IT THE REASON WHY IT'S HIGH IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE LUMPED THE INCREASES, BUT IT WILL SHOW, UH, WHEN EVERYTHING IS FINAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHIEF. 
          UM, THANK YOU DIRECTOR. 
          SO THE SUSTAINABILITY SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON SOME THINGS. 
          UH, HIGHLIGHT SOME AREAS OF CONCERN THAT REGARD OUR FUTURE PRIORITIES AT HPD AND KIND OF HOW WE FUNDED THEM THUS FAR. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE STAFFING OVERTIME REQUIREMENTS, CIVILIAN STAFFING, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INCLUDE MARKED VEHICLES AS WELL AS AIRCRAFT PARTS. 
          SO IT TAKES A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR ANNUALLY JUST FOR PARTS FOR HELICOPTERS AS WELL AS APPROXIMATELY 650 ADDITIONAL IN-CAR CAMERAS. 
          SO OUR GOAL OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE TO HAVE DASH CAMS IN EVERY POLICE CAR. 
          WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE WORKING TOWARD IT. 
          AND FUNDING IS A, A, A LITTLE BIT OF A, A HINDRANCE IN THAT ALPS, WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC, AND PROVIDING PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING FOR. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, LACK OF LACK OF STAFFING IS MADE UP FOR BY OUR USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND, AND THAT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER. 
          SO I THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL AS VARIOUS SOFTWARE NEEDS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO CURRENTLY THESE ARE FUNDED THROUGH PERSONAL ATTRITION AND SUPPLEMENTAL ONETIME FUNDING REQUESTS. 
          SO AS ATTRITION STABILIZES, HOPEFULLY, RIGHT? WE, WE'VE GOT THIS NEW CONTRACT COMING UP AND THIS BUDGET WE BELIEVE WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, MORALE. 
          AND SO AS ATTRITION STABILIZES, WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY SOME NEW FUNDING SOURCES FOR THOSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE TOUCHED ON, ON SOME OF THESE ALREADY ON RECRUITING. 
          I WANT TO TOUCH ON, UH, IN SEPTEMBER 24, WE INCREASED THE PAY TO 52,000 ALONG WITH A THOUSAND DOLLARS FIREARM STIPEND AND THEN A ONE TIME $5,000 INCENTIVE FOR COMPLETING THE ACADEMY AND EARNING YOUR T COLE CERTIFICATION AND FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WE ARE RECRUITING, WE PARTICIPATE IN OVER 300 RECRUITING EVENTS AND GENERATE OVER 2,400 APPLICANT CONTACTS. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THE MORE CONTACTS WE CAN GET, THE MORE APPLICANTS WE GET, THE MORE APPLICANTS WE GET, THE MORE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WE'LL GET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
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SO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND EVENT SUPPORT. 
          IT SEEMS EVERY SINGLE YEAR THERE IS SOME NEW, UH, VARIETY OF STORM HITTING SOMEWHERE, SOME OF WHICH I'VE NEVER HEARD OF. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A DERECHO WAS, , BUT I LEARNED IT, I THINK LIKE THE REST OF US. 
          AND I CANNOT THANK OUR PEOPLE ENOUGH FOR THE WAY THEY STEPPED UP AND RESPONDED. 
          ALSO, MAJOR EVENTS. 
          CITY OF HOUSTON IS NO STRANGER TO ANY SORT OF SPECIAL EVENTS SPORTING EVENT CONFERENCES AND THE LIKE. 
          AND OUR FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB OF PLANNING AND SUPPORTING ALL OF THOSE AS WELL AS SPORTS SECURITY FOR PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS. 
          ONE THING PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, AS WE AVERAGE BETWEEN 400, 450 PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS A YEAR IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          SO THAT'S EIGHT TO 10 A WEEK. 
          AND THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT IS PROBABLY A FANTASTIC REFLECTION ON OUR SPECIAL RESPONSE GROUP AND OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM. 
          OUT OF 450 PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES, WE'VE MADE A HANDFUL OF ARRESTS IN THE LAST YEAR. 
          I CAN THINK OF SIX OF THOSE ARRESTS WHERE THEY TOLD US AHEAD OF TIME, HEY, BY THE WAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO JAIL. 
          SO NOT EXACTLY A CONTENTIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR, OUR PROTESTORS, BUT UH, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY RESOLUTE IN OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH, UH, THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON THAT WANT TO HOLD PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. 
          AND I COULD NOT BE PROUDER OF OUR TEAM THAT HANDLES THAT ON A DAILY BASIS AND, AND THE WAY THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BUT ONE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS. 
          SO WE'VE REACHED OUT, WE'VE REACHED OVER 235,000 RESIDENTS OF BUSINESSES THROUGH OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES AND DIRECT COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES AROUND HOLIDAY TIMES THIS PAST YEAR, OVER 47,000 MEALS DISTRIBUTED IN COORDINATION WITH THE HOUSTON FOOD BANK, THANKSGIVING SUPER FEAST, VARIOUS NONPROFITS, 3000 YOUTH TOUCH MONTHLY THROUGH VARIOUS CLASSROOM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGH PALS AND THE LIKE, AS WELL AS 1000 SCHOOLS SERVE WITH OUR THROUGH OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE, ANOTHER THING TO TOUCH ON ON OUR LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CASE MANAGEMENT, OUR JUST INVESTIGATIONS IN GENERAL. 
          SO WE IMPROVED OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR CASE MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING MONTHLY AUDITS. 
          OUR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN INITIATED OVER 6,700 INVESTIGATIONS THIS PAST YEAR, CONDUCTED 371 PRO ACT INVESTIGATIONS AND MADE 307 ARRESTS AND RESCUED 33 CHILD VICTIMS, UH, WHICH IS JUST PHENOMENAL WORK BY THAT GROUP. 
          IT'S A GROUP THAT WORKS IN THE SHADOWS IN MANY WAYS, AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY VITAL TO KEEPING, UH, THE YOUTH IN OUR AREA SAFE AUTO CRIMES TASK FORCE, SECURING GRANTS FOR ANOTHER 190 ADDITIONAL LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS, WHICH WE TOUCHED ON THE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NARCOTICS EVIDENCE RECEIVING. 
          SO OUR, WE HAVE MADE SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS TO ACHIEVE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS BOTH IN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, BUT ALSO THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STREAMLINE OUR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND DISPOSE OF NARCOTICS EVIDENCE, WHICH REDUCES OUR STORAGE CAPACITY OR OUR OUR NEED FOR STORAGE CAPACITY AND ALSO DEPARTMENT COST. 
          WE PARTNERED WITH THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          THEY PROVIDE US $200,000 DONATION TO SUPPORT, UH, ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS REALM. 
          AND THAT MONEY WENT STRAIGHT TO EVIDENCE BURNS. 
          UH, NO, NO, NO SECRET. 
          IN THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE MADE IT VERY PUBLIC OUR, OUR CHALLENGES IN THAT SPACE AND I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR MAKING THE ADJUSTMENTS THEY HAVE TO, TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AND, AND REALLY START TO GET RID OF A LOT OF THE PROPERTY WE DON'T NEED TO HOLD ANYMORE. 
          OUR MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION IS ONE OF LEADERS IN THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO CERT AND CIT. 
          UH, THEY'VE MADE OVER 8,000 CLIENT CONTACTS THIS YEAR RESULTING IN NEARLY 3,500 SERVICE ACCEPTANCE, INCLUDING 600 SHELTER REPLACEMENTS AND 60 PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENTS. 
          OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION COORDINATES ISO SURVEILLANCE AUDITS FOR NINE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, ENSURING THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE CONSISTENT DELIVERY OF SERVICES AND OPERATIONAL CONSISTENCY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          VICTIM SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          THE, THE TEAM OVER AT VICTIM SERVICES DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB OF PROVIDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE GROUP OF NGOS FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THEY PROVIDE PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO OVER 24,600 ADULT VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. 
          THAT INCLUDES EMOTIONAL, UH, EMOTIONAL AND SAFETY SERVICES. 
          OUR DOMESTIC ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM DART PROVIDED ON SCENE NEEDS AND SAFETY ASSESSMENTS, NEARLY 7,000 VICTIMS AND FOLLOW UP OUTREACH TO 3,500 VICTIMS. THAT'S 7,000 VICTIMS THAT ARE SEEN ON SCENE THAT NIGHT, UH, BY OUR, OUR DOMESTIC ABUSE RESPONSE TEAMS. A PHENOMENAL RESOURCE. 
          THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORKED 
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AT THAT DETAIL IN THAT UNIT ARE INCREDIBLY COMPASSIONATE AND DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF HELPING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL AS COORDINATING SHELTER FOR OVER 180 VICTIMS. FLEEING INTIMATE PARTNER VICE VIOLENCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE WORK. 
          THIS SLIDE STOPPED WORKING. 
          SORRY, WE'RE KIND OF BACK. 
          WE'RE ONLY ONE BEHIND. 
          THANK WE'RE KIND OF BACK A COUPLE. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          COLLEAGUES. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO WAIT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE LISTENING. 
          ONLY WE HAVE IT ON. 
          WE HAVE IT ON OUR LAPTOPS. 
          PERFECT. 
          THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE. 
          SO THE LAST SLIDE. 
          TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE READINESS. 
          SO, AIR SUPPORT DIVISION EXPANDING OUR FLIGHT CAPABILITIES BY ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL DRONES, INCLUDING A TETHERED DRONE FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY AT LARGE SCALE EVENTS. 
          PREPARING TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TO ASSIST IN OUR PREPARATION AND EXECUTION OF SECURITY PLAN FOR WORLD CUP AS WELL AS OUR COMMAND CENTER ENHANCED CAPABILITIES THROUGH EQUIPMENT UPGRADES, UH, REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER, IMPROVING RESPONSE COORDINATION. 
          AND WE ALREADY DISCUSSED OUR TECH SERVICES BEING ROLLED INTO HITS. 
          SO BEFORE WE TAKE QUESTIONS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THIS BUDGET, THIS ADMINISTRATION, THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE STEADFAST IN OUR CONSISTENT APPROACH TO TRYING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER AND MORE EFFICIENT, NOT ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, BUT ALSO FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          WE TAKE, WE TAKE SPENDING THE COUNCIL, UM, MEMBERS AND THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON'S MONEY VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          A BUDGET IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY AWARE OF. 
          DIRECTOR SMITH AND HER TEAM, AND I WILL ECHO HER THANKS TO HER TEAM. 
          THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB OF ALLOWING US TO MOVE MONEY WHEN NEEDED AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          AND ALSO JUST A, A CONSTANT SOURCE, A CONSTANT RESOURCE FOR MYSELF AND THE CHIEF AND THE REST OF THE EXEC STAFF AND REALLY DRIVING OUR ABILITY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND SPENDING THE DOLLARS THAT MAKES OUR, OUR OFFICERS, UM, BETTER AT SERVING THE PUBLIC. 
          SO I JUST WANNA TELL THEM THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M ASSUMING SOMEONE ELSE WILL ASK ABOUT OVERTIME, SO I'LL I'LL DEFER ON THAT. 
          UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK THE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S TACKLING THE BAR AND NIGHTCLUB SAFETY AND NOISE ISSUES, UM, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING, THE PARTNERSHIP ON ONE SAFE HOUSTON AND FIREARM SAFE STORAGE. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIP IN WORKING WITH DISTRICT C. 
          UM, I, I SAY THIS EVERY YEAR, UM, I'M ALWAYS VERY CONCERNED WITH ASSET FORFEITURE PRACTICES. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT AN HPD SPECIFIC THING, RIGHT? IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, BUT THAT WE RELY ON THAT AS POTENTIAL REVENUE, UH, CONCERNS ME AS IT RELATES TO DISASTER COSTS. 
          CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE DERECHOS. 
          Y'ALL HAVE TO RESPOND, EVEN IF WE'RE STANDING UP WARMING CENTERS OR COOLING CENTERS, THE LIST GOES ON AS EXTREME WEATHER INCREASES AS A DIRECT RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 
          DO WE HAVE AN OVERALL ESTIMATE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS OF HOW MUCH THOSE COSTS ARE COMPARED TO THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE RECEIVE? AND IS THERE A, A GAP IN THAT REIMBURSEMENT? I DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL COST. 
          I KNOW FOR, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, BURL, WE SPEND OVER 12 MILLION IN BURL, BUT WE ANTICIPATE BEING REIMBURSED, BUT I KNOW THE CITY DOES NOT GET REIMBURSED A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          SO I WILL GET THAT TO YOU. 
          BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT IF IT'S NOT REIMBURSED, UH, WE ARE CHARGED WITH TRYING TO MANAGE THAT BUDGET. 
          RIGHT? AND, AND THE CHALLENGE BEING, I DO NOT FORESEE, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET ALL OF THE FULL REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD SO THAT GAP COULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE. 
          AND I'M CONCERNED WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY ACCOUNTING IS A CITY FOR WHAT THOSE COSTS MAY MOVING. 
          I CAN HEAR NOW, PETE, MOVING FORWARD. 
          UM, THAT ALSO GOES TO, ON SLIDE 12, UH, THE GRANTS HPD DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB, UH, THROUGH THEIR GRANTS TEAM. 
          I WISH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY WERE, UM, AT THAT LEVEL, BUT THAT'S 85 MILLION I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE RELYING ON IN TERMS OF GRANT FUNDING FOR CRITICAL LIFESAVING PROGRAMS. DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE GRANTS ARE AT RISK RIGHT NOW THAT MAY BE CUT BY FEDERAL FUNDING AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE LOSE SOME OF THOSE? SO WITHIN THAT 85 MILLION, 65 MILLION ARE FEDERAL GRANTS. 
          AND THE OTHER 20 MILLION, UH, PERTAIN TO STATE GRANTS, WHICH WE DO NOT SEE AT THIS TIME AS BEING A, UM, IN CRISIS. 
          I MEAN, SO THE GOOD NEWS WITH FEDERAL IS THAT WE ARE SEEING SOME OPENING AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS HOW COMPETITIVE IT'S GOING TO BE. 
          SO WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE ARE MONITORING IT QUITE A BIT. 
          WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN THE GRANTS AREA TO SUPPLEMENT WITH 
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OVERTIME PROGRAMS AND ET CETERA. 
          BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO NOW. 
          WE WERE A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT, UH, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME OPENINGS, BUT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL SUBMIT SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME UNPREDICTABLE, UM, SCENARIOS AND UNCERTAINTY HERE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND AGAIN, WITH PERSONNEL THAT ARE RELYING ON THOSE GRANTS TOO, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL IMPACT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT THEN COULD TRANSLATE INTO ADDITIONAL OVERTIME COSTS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UH, GOING TO, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE FAMILY VIOLENCE DIVISION. 
          UH, AND I'LL GET TO DART IN JUST A SECOND 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE DOMESTIC ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM WITH THE FAMILY VIOLENCE DIVISION IS THAT THE MAYOR USED TO, IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THERE USED TO LIVE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND THAT WAS ELIMINATED AND I WAS TOLD SHIFTED SOLELY TO HPD. 
          IS THAT THE FAMILY VIOLENCE DIVISION THAT, THAT NOW LIVES IN? SO TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO FAMILY VIOLENCE DIVISION HANDLES ALL USED TO BE PART OF MAJOR ASSAULTS AND FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          WE SEPARATED TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES. 
          SO THAT IS WHO HANDLES OUR FAMILY VIOLENCE. 
          HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS HANDLED BY OUR VICE DIVISION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ARE THERE ANY SERVICES PROVIDED, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THERE USED TO ALSO BE A FOCUS ON, UM, JOB TRAINING, RIGHT? IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CYCLE AND HELP SURVIVORS GETTING THEM PLACED AND STABILIZED. 
          IS HPD PROVIDING ANY OF THOSE SERVICES? YES. 
          SO PART OF VICTIM SERVICES IS THEY TOUCH ALL OF OUR DIVISIONS THAT HAVE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME OR POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS, AND THEY WORK WITH A NUMBER OF NGOS THAT CAN PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES OF A VARIETY OF TYPE, WHETHER IT'S COUNSELING, HOUSING, AND THE LIKE. 
          OUR VICE DIVISION ALSO WORKS WITH A NUMBER OF NGOS THAT ARE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SPECIFIC, AND OUR VICTIM SERVICES DIVISION LINKS UP WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT BOTH PARTIES ARE, ARE ASSISTING THE VICTIM IN ANY WAY WE CAN. 
          GREAT. 
          AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO DART, RIGHT, THE MOST DANGEROUS SCENARIO THAT OFFICERS ARE CALLED TO RESPOND TO IS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR FAMILY VIOLENCE SITUATION. 
          UH, ARE THERE CURRENT NEEDS THAT ARE NOT BEING MET IN TERMS OF FUNDING NEEDS OR RESOURCES? FOR DART SPECIFICALLY, YES. 
          I MEAN, WE, THE MORE THE, THE MERRIER. 
          I, I HATE TO PUT IT LIKE THAT, BUT THE, THE MORE DART UNITS WE COULD HAVE ON THE STREET, THE BETTER. 
          AND IT'S A SIMPLE, IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER OF DOLLARS. 
          LIKE EVERYTHING MANPOWER IS. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF WE HAD AN UNLIMITED BUDGET, WE WOULD HAVE MORE DART UNITS ON THE STREET EVERY SHIFT, EVERY AREA OF TOWN, EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PAUL. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I DO WANNA TALK ABOUT OVERTIME. 
          UM, IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE BUDGETED 65 MILLION FOR OVERTIME IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, IT'S $58 MILLION PROPOSED FOR OVERTIME. 
          UH, BUT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE BUDGETED 65 MILLION, WE'RE ALMOST AT 140 MILLION IN OVERTIME. 
          WHY ARE WE BUDGETING SO LITTLE? WE'RE BUDGETING LESS IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET THEN WE ARE IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GETTING UP THERE AROUND 140 MILLION. 
          IS THAT BECAUSE OVERTIME WON'T BE USED THE SAME OVERTIME IS BEING, UM, UTILIZED DIFFERENTLY? LIKE HOW DO YOU, UH, EXPLAIN THAT SIR? OVERTIME BUDGET IS TYPICALLY S STABLE. 
          AND THEN AS THE YEAR GOES ON, IF WE FIND THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR OVERTIME, WE WILL GO BACK AND REQUEST MONEY. 
          THAT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE. 
          AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE END UP BUDGETING THE SAME AMOUNT FOR OVERTIME WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT DURING THE YEAR WE KNOW IT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. 
          AND THEN WE WORK WITH CENTRAL FINANCE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          BUT THAT MONEY THEN HAVE TO, IF I MIGHT, IF I MIGHT JUST JUMP IN 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING, I'M SORRY. 
          IF YOU ALLOW, ALLOW ME, IF I'M LOOKING AT THE OVERTIME NUMBERS AND YOU'RE NOT BUDGETING THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE YEAR BEFORE, YOU'RE BUDGETING WAY LESS LIKE IN FIELD OPERATIONS. 
          IT'S DOWN FROM 16.3 MILLION TO 4 MILLION IN INVESTIGATIVE OPS FROM 6 MILLION TO 1.4. 
          IN STRATEGIC OPS 11.3 TO 8.7, YOU ARE GOING UP IN OVERTIME IN POLICE SPECIAL SERVICES FOR VISA. 
          ARE WE COMPARING IT TO ESTIMATE TO I'M GOING TO FY 25 ESTIMATE. 
          SO THE FY 25 ESTIMATE INCLUDES, UH, AN INCREASE THAT WAS DURING THE APPROPRIATION OF ABOUT 17 MILLION. 
          SO THAT MADE US WHOLE, AND SO NOW WE'RE GOING BACK DOWN TO WHERE WE WERE IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. 
          SO WE ARE COMPARING THE ESTIMATE TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          AND SO IT DOES APPEAR THAT IT'S GOING BACK DOWN BECAUSE IT IS, BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY BUDGETING FOR ABOUT 
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14 MILLION. 
          AND OF THAT MONEY, MOST OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE AIRPORT SYSTEM THAT WE GET REIMBURSED FOR. 
          THERE'S JUST, YEAH, I, I, I, MM-HMM . 
          I'M SORRY. 
          LISTEN, FOR ME, IT'S JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH WE SPENT COMPARED TO WHAT WE BUDGET. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WE SPEND MORE THAN WE BRING IN. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'RE A STRUCTURALLY IMBALANCED BUDGET. 
          ALL RIGHT? SO IF WE ARE ALMOST AT 140 MILLION IN OVERTIME THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE PROJECTED AT 137 MILLION. 
          WE ONLY BUDGETED FOR 65, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A HUGE GAP THERE. 
          SO INSTEAD OF SAYING, OKAY, WE ALMOST HAD 140 MILLION THIS YEAR, MAYBE WE NEED TO INCREASE IT TO MAYBE LIKE 75 MILLION WE WENT DOWN. 
          SO IT SEEMS LIKE IF, BASED ON THE PR, BASED ON THE PROPOSAL, IF WE DON'T STAY AT THOSE NUMBERS AND WE PUT IN MORE, THAT'S WHAT CREATES THE DEFICIT. 
          AND NOT JUST THROUGH POLICE, BUT IN EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          THE NUMBERS ON THE PAGE ARE JUST NUMBERS, BUT IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY AT THE END OF THE YEAR? AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY DETERMINE IF WE STAY ON BUDGET OR WE CREATE A DEFICIT. 
          AND THE CONTROLLER SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR ARE THE LARGEST DEFICITS WE'VE EVER SEEN IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE NOT BUDGETING UPFRONT IN A REALISTIC WAY THAT WILL MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA JUMP TO MY SECOND POINT 'CAUSE I KNOW MY, MY TIME IS COMING. 
          UM, I THINK WE ALL SUPPORT POLICE. 
          I KNOW I DO. 
          I I BELIEVE YOU ALL SHOULD MAKE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. 
          YOU DO AN EXCELLENT JOB. 
          UM, BUT MOST OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO AN EXCELLENT JOB TOO. 
          AND THEY ALL, FOR THE MOST PART, MANY OF THEM ARE RECEIVING CUTS. 
          DO WE, DO WE EVER LOOK AT ROOT CAUSE FOR WHAT CAUSES PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND FIND WAYS IN WHICH YOU ALL'S CONVERSATION TO PUT MORE IN PARKS AND LIBRARIES, HOUSING, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THAT WILL THEN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS? BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT BEING REACTIVE, BUT WE'RE BEING MORE PROACTIVE TO PEOPLE'S CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          YES. 
          IF YOU'RE ASKING, DO WE LOOK AT PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, UH, THAT IMPACT CAUSALITY? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YES. 
          OUR COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DIVISION AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AT EACH SPECIFIC DIVISION. 
          SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS DIVISION, AND THEN EACH PATROL DIVISION HAS COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS, DRT AND THE LIKE ARE ROUTINELY ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS WITH JUVENILES COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT BE A BIKE RODEO OR ANY SORT OF EDUCATION PIECE THAT IS AIMED TOWARD THAT. 
          WE'RE PRIMOR, WE'RE PRIMARILY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 
          WE, IF WE HAD A MILLION POLICE OFFICERS, THAT WOULD STILL BE OUR PRIMARY FUNCTION. 
          JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. 
          HOWEVER, WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATING AS MANY COMMUNITY, UH, FUNCTIONS AND ROLES AS WE CAN TO ASSIST IN THAT. 
          WE WANNA BUILD RELATIONSHIPS EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT ARE NOT BASED AROUND LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          WE WANT ALL OF OUR INTERACTIONS WITH OUR YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITIZENS OF HOUSTON TO BE POSITIVE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THE NATURE OF THE JOB DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALLOW THAT, BUT ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR THAT TO BE THE CASE WE'RE ALL IN FOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, JUST A, A QUESTION ABOUT THE OVERTIME. 
          UM, WE KNOW OVERTIME IS TYPICALLY PAID AT TIME AND A HALF. 
          AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID YOU GUYS FACTOR IN THE, UM, PAY INCREASES? BECAUSE I KNOW THE PAY INCREASES IS NOT, UM, IT'S NOT FOR NEW OFFICERS, IT'S FOR THE EXISTING OFFICERS. 
          SO NOW THAT YOUR SALARY IS GOING TO INCREASE TIME AND A HALF, HAVE WE FACTORED IN THAT IN OVERTIME? NO, IT WAS NOT FACTORED, BUT I DO NEED TO CLARIFY THAT EVERY YEAR WE TALK ABOUT OVERTIME AND THE COST OF OVERTIME AND THE INCREASES IN OVERTIME. 
          AND THAT IS ALWAYS DISCUSSED WITH CENTRAL FINANCE. 
          AND SO WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO CHANGE AND IT'S GOING TO INCREASE, BUT BASED ON HOW FRAGILE THE BUDGET HAS BEEN, UH, WE MANAGE IT AND WE MANAGE IT WITH THE, UH, GUIDANCE OF CENTRAL FINANCE. 
          SO NO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, CREATING PATHWAY FOR, UM, CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TO LEVEL UP, UM, TO CLASSIFY. 
          SO IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET THAT ACTUALLY ANY, YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO SHOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE, UM, MOVING SOME INITIATIVES TO BASICALLY, UM, UP CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO MOVE UP, UM, IN HPD FROM CIVILIANS TO CLASSIFIED? 
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YEAH, SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS. 
          I MEAN, TODAY WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE GOING FROM DISPATCHER TO CADETS STARTING THIS CLASS THIS WEEK. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY STRESS TO OR IN PART ON OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES THAT WE WOULD BE THRILLED IF THEY JOINED OUR CLASSIFIED RANKS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE LAID OUT PRIOR TO, UM, THE CIVILIAN HIRING FREEZE. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND THE BIG ATTEMPTS TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AS A CITY AND AS A DEPARTMENT THAT ARE KIND OF ON HOLD RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S TWO TWOFOLD. 
          ONE WOULD BE OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM, WHICH IS A YOUTH PROGRAM THAT TEACHES OUR, OUR YOUTH AT DIFFERENT STATIONS AROUND THE CITY ABOUT POLICE WORK AND HOW POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKS. 
          IT'S A PATH FROM BEING AN EXPLORER TO BECOMING A CADET THROUGH CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT. 
          SO WHEN THEY TURN 18, THEY COULD BECOME A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE, DO TWO YEARS WITH THE CITY, AND THEN JOIN OR APPLY TO THE ACADEMY AS LONG AS THEY WERE 21 BY DATE OF GRADUATION. 
          THAT PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD, BUT WE HAVE PUT OUT KIND OF THE STEPS FOR THAT AND DISCUSSED THAT. 
          AND THE SECOND IS, WE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU WORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CURRENTLY IT'S THREE YEARS. 
          OUR RECRUITING GUIDELINES, THREE YEARS EMPLOYMENT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IS ONE OF YOUR PATHWAYS TO APPLY TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE EMPLOYED BY THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A CIVILIAN FOR TWO YEARS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A CLASSIFIED POSITION. 
          YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE DEPARTMENT, YOU ALREADY KNOW THE CULTURE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE ABOUT AND YOU'RE READY TO GO TO WORK IN A CLASSIFIED CAPACITY. 
          WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT CHANGE THIS YEAR. 
          BUT IS THERE A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, UM, THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO 'EM? YES. 
          WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS MM-HMM . 
          YES MA'AM. 
          THERE WILL BE FOR SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED 'EM YET, WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT NO MA'AM. 
          THEY WERE PAUSED DUE THE CIVILIAN FREEZE HIRING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ONE LAST THING ON THE ASSET FORFEITURE. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY NEW PROGRAMS, UM, NEW STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE ASSET FOR FORFEITURE? I KNOW, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE PEOPLE CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, ASSET FORFEITURE IS A WAY TO MOVE SOME OF THESE SOCIAL PROGRAMS FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND EXTRA PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PLANS TO, AND IT'S A GOOD ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL FOR SURE. 
          WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY PLANS TO ENHANCE IT. 
          IT, IT'S A, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO ANTICIPATE. 
          IT'S YEAR TO YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE CASES THAT COME IN AND THE NATURE OF THE CASES. 
          AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T GEAR OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AROUND ASSET FORFEITURE. 
          IT JUST HAPPENS IN SOME OF OUR CASES AND WHEN IT, WHEN IT IS AND IT'S LEGALLY APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THE FUNDS, BUT WE DON'T DRIVE OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TOWARD THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          IT'S A VERY STRICT GUIDELINE THAT'S, UH, MANAGED THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE. 
          SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WANNA TOUCH JUST BRIEFLY ON THE OVERTIME SITUATION AGAIN AND MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY. 
          SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET FROM LIKE LAST YEAR, I JUST LOOKED AT FIELD OPERATIONS, ADOPTED BUDGET, AND IT'S THE SAME $4.3 MILLION. 
          SO YOU'RE RIGHT, WE KEEP IT FLAT, BUT THEN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT WE GET ON THE CURRENT BUDGET LINE, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE THEY ASKED FOR. 
          SO THAT'S BACK UP TO 16 MILLION IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          WE END UP THE ESTIMATE 16 MILLION, BUT YET WE'RE BACK DOWN TO, TO BUDGETING 4 MILLION. 
          AND THEN I LOOK AT THE ATTRITION YOU'VE GOT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE APPENDIX. 
          SO I'M THINKING, OKAY, WELL IF THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO, IF THEY'RE REALLY BUDGETING FOR, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP WHEN THIS WHOLE OVERTIME CONVERSATION HAPPENED, I SAID, MAYBE WE NEED MORE REALISTIC BUDGETING AT BUDGET TIME ON WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          'CAUSE IT'S HARD FOR US UP HERE. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING ONE NUMBER AND WE KNOW YEAR AFTER YEAR IT'S GONNA BE FINE AND WE'RE FINE. 
          WE, WE NEED POLICE OUT THERE WHEN WE NEED 'EM. 
          IT'S NOT THAT, IT'S JUST THAT I THINK IN, IN THIS ATTRITION FOR THIS YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE 30 EXTRA, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE DOING GREAT RECRUITING IN THE BAR CHART, YOU HAVE, I GUESS ON PAGE 41, 41, YOU'VE GOT ABOUT A NET PEOPLE RETIRE AND THEN PEOPLE GET HIRED. 
          YOU'VE GOT A NET OF ABOUT 30 OFFICERS. 
          SO, AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT'S ALL OR THAT'S GRADUATING CADETS VERSUS ATTRITION. 
          SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT FIELD OPS AND IF YOU'RE GONNA GO UP FOURFOLD IN, IN THE YEAR, ARE YOU UNDERSTANDING CHIEF? PARDON WHAT I'M SAYING? I MEAN, IF WE, IF WE'RE BUDGETING LOW, IT'S NOT THAT ANYBODY'S BEGRUDGING THE OVERTIME PAY. 
          WE, WE JUST WANNA HAVE A REALISTIC PICTURE WHEN WE PASS THE BUDGET OF WHAT ANTICIPATED OVERTIME'S GOING TO BE. 
          AND, AND RHONDA, WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU S WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS YOU GUYS HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY. 
          WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY. 
          WE WILL, WE WILL DO SUBMIT REQUESTS SAYING, HEY, THIS IS OUR BUDGET OVER TIME, THIS IS THE REALISTIC NUMBER. 
          AND UH, 
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THEN DURING THE YEAR WE LOOK AT IT EACH YEAR. 
          AND SO WITH EACH MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOUR NEEDS HAVE INCREASED TO. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER FLICKINGER, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I SEE INVESTIGATIONS WERE BUDGETING ALMOST $8 MILLION LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          UH, I, I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT. 
          UH, IN FACT, BILL KING HAD JUST WRITTEN A POST ABOUT THE CLEARANCE RATES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO I HAD GOTTEN THE CLEARANCE RATES FROM HPD AND IF THEY WERE UNHAPPY WITH THE CLEARANCE RATES FOR THE STATE, THEY'D BE EVEN MORE SO WITH HPD. 
          'CAUSE HPD DID NOT COMPARE FAVORABLY AGAINST THE STATE OR EVEN TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. 
          IS THIS NOT A CONCERN WITH REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF INVESTIGATION MONEY SPENT ON INVESTIGATION? UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UH, ONCE AGAIN, SOME OF THE OVERTIME, SOME OF THIS IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH ASSET FORFEITURE, SO THEN WE CAN'T BUDGET FOR IT NEXT YEAR. 
          SO IT, IT, IT GIVES THE APPEARANCE THAT IT'S A DECREASE, BUT IT'S NOT IN ADDITION, UH, OUR PENSION COST WENT DOWN AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. 
          SO LAST YEAR WAS 32%, THIS YEAR IS 27.1%. 
          SO THERE WAS FUNDING, THERE WAS SOME CHANGES THERE. 
          SO YOU THINK WE'LL END UP SPENDING MORE ON INVESTIGATION THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT IN THE BUDGET HERE OTHER THAN OVERTIME THE OVERTIME NUMBER MAY CHANGE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ON THE CLEARANCE RATES, DID THE SUSPENDED CASES PLAY INTO THAT? I MEAN, DID THAT NUMBER, OBVIOUSLY THE LONGER BETWEEN A CRIME BEING COMMITTED, THE LESS LIKELY IT IS TO BE SOLVED. 
          SO DO THOSE SUSPENDED CASES GO INTO THE DENOMINATOR AND MAKE THE CLEARANCE RATES LOOK WORSE THAN WHAT THEY THEY ACTUALLY ARE? THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. 
          UH, THE, THE SUSPENDED CASES, THE NUMBER OF THEM AS WE WORKED THROUGH THEM THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR, UM, IT, IT DEFINITELY, IT IMPACTED BOTH WAYS. 
          RIGHT. 
          SOME OF THEM WERE FOUND RIGHT BASED ON, ON WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND THEN SOLVED. 
          SOME OF THEM WERE NOT 'CAUSE OF THE BUCKET THEY WENT INTO. 
          SO YEAH, IT, IT FOR SURE HAD, HAS AN IMPACT, BUT I, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL BE GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR AS THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED THOUGH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP WITH THE CLEARANCE RATES PASS THE BUDGET? OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          I I THINK I SAY THAT HALF JOKINGLY. 
          SO A LOT OF THE, TO, TO BOTH OF Y'ALL'S QUESTIONS, A LOT OF THE OVERTIME COMES FROM VACANCIES, RIGHT? SO WE'RE BUDGETED FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFFICERS. 
          MM-HMM . 
          DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OFFICERS, RIGHT? SO THE, THE, THE WAY WE MAKE UP FOR THAT IS USING SOME OF THOSE VACANT SALARIES AND OVERTIME TO MAKE UP OPERATIONALLY FOR THAT. 
          SO THAT'S ONE THING ON OVERTIME, THE, THE SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR AND THE SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN SECOND TO NONE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          AND THERE HAS BEEN NO SHORTAGE OF OFFERS AND ACCEPTANCES OF EITHER PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDS OR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AIMED AT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND I PROMISE YOU, UH, WE WON'T HESITATE TO COME BACK FOR THINGS IN THE FUTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR CASTILLO. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO ON BEHALF OF DISTRICT H. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRANTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN WAS ASKING ABOUT THESE, HAVE ANY OF OUR GRANTS BEEN TIED TO INCREASED ACTIVITIES AROUND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT? HAS THAT COME UP AT ALL? NO. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, FEDERAL AND STATE HASN'T HAD, THAT HASN'T BEEN A CONVERSATION ON EITHER SIDE. 
          NO SIR, IT HAS NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW ON THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, DIVISION, SO FOR THE 2025 HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENDABLE ACTIVITY HERE. 
          600 SHELTER PLACEMENTS, 60 PERMANENT HOUSING PLACEMENTS, 4,500 CALLS DIVERTED. 
          UM, IS THAT DIVISION FULLY STAFFED? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY DIVISION THAT'S FULLY STAFFED. 
          UNFORTUNATELY. 
          WE HAVE ADDED STAFFING TO THEM AS OFTEN AS WE CAN, AS WELL AS FUNDED SEVERAL OVERTIME PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE TO WORK AFTER HOURS. 
          SOME OF WHICH, UH, WITH CHIEF SATTERWHITE HERE AT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND ALSO WITH OTHER NGOS, THE COUNTY, WE DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AFTER HOURS AS WELL. 
          BUT WE COULD ALWAYS USE MORE STAFFING IN, IN ANY OF OUR DIVISIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY THAT ONE WHEN THEY TOUCH SO MANY OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSISTENTLY 
          [01:00:01]
BOTH BALANCE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HELPING THEM AS WELL. 
          UH, IS THERE A SPECIFIC NUMBER AROUND THE VACANCIES IN THAT DIVISION? I DON'T HAVE 'EM WITH ME TODAY, BUT I CAN GET 'EM FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 
          JUST FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON'S QUESTIONS ABOUT ASSET FORFEITURE. 
          WE HAVE A NEW DA AND I'M WONDERING IF THE DIVISION OF PROCEEDS FROM ASSET FORFEITURES HAS BECOME MORE FAVORABLE TO HPD UNDER THIS DA OR HAS IT REMAINED THE SAME? I THINK SO. 
          WE HAVE A FANTASTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH, UM, THE DA'S OFFICE CURRENTLY. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE TOO SOON TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          ASSET FORFEITURE FUNDS. 
          OKAY. 
          MOVING TO, UH, SOUND METERS. 
          I TOLD YOU I WAS GONNA ASK YOU ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOISE ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN'T, IN MY OPINION, EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE BECAUSE WE CAN'T PROSECUTE PEOPLE FOR EXCESSIVE BASE. 
          IT'S VERY HARD TO DO. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE ARE SOUND METERS AVAILABLE NOW THAT MEASURE BASE THAT IF, IF WE GOT 'EM, UH, I THINK WE DO A BETTER JOB OF ENFORCING THE NOISE ORDINANCE. 
          SO ARE THERE PLANS IN THIS BUDGET TO PURCHASE NOISE METERS OR SOUND METERS THAT CAN, UH, MEASURE BASE I DUNNO IF I WOULD NECESSARILY SAY PLANS IN THIS BUDGET, BUT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT AND PRICE THEM OUT AND LOOKED AT THE, THE VARIOUS ISSUES. 
          PROS AND CONS WITH GIDEON. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A FEDERAL GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR RECENTLY WHERE SOUND METERS WERE INCLUDED IN THE ASK OF THE GRANT. 
          AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRACKING AND WE'VE LOOKED AT AND EVEN GONE AS FAR AS PRICING 'EM. 
          AND UM, IS THERE MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO BUY THOSE KINDS OF SOUND METERS OR NOT? THERE THERE IS, YES SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHERE CAN WE FIND THAT? WHERE CAN YOU FIND WHAT IN THE BUDGET? YEAH, SO I, TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE THROUGH GENERAL FUNDS. 
          WE, OUR DIVISIONS, IF THEY HAVE MONEY IN THEIR DIVISIONAL FUNDS, CAN PURCHASE IT. 
          WE CAN PURCHASE IT OUT OF ASSET FORFEITURE. 
          I THINK SOMETHING THAT SPECIFIC DOES NOT SHOW UP IN AS A LINE. 
          I'M IN THE BUDGET YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, BUT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE IT. 
          OH SURE. 
          AND THAT ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE PRICED OUT FOR OUR NEW CLUB SQUAD THAT WE ARE CREATING. 
          MM-HMM . 
          THAT WILL, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, BESIDES THE ONE WE HAVE IN CENTRAL, OUR LOUD NOISE UNIT, THE CLUB SQUAD, THAT'S GONNA HANDLE ALL OF OUR AREAS WITH OUR VIBRANT NIGHTLIFE. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IN THEIR, THEIR EQUIPMENT ASK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ARE WE WAITING TO SEE IF WE GET THE GRANT BEFORE WE BUY ANY OR WHAT, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT, DO YOU KNOW? NO, CURRENTLY WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF, IF THAT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE ROUTE, IF IT'S REQUIRED FOR, OR IF IT WOULD ASSIST WITH A, A MORE ROBUST ENFORCEMENT NOISE ORDINANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OTHER QUESTIONS? SO WE HEARD FROM HR YESTERDAY THAT THEIR, SOME OF THEIR TRAINING PEOPLE ARE GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE CA CAPE CENTER BECAUSE I THINK, UH, THEY SAID H HPDS MOVING INTO THE CAPE CENTER. 
          WHAT, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? SO, AS PART OF IMMINENT DOMAIN, AS PART OF THE I 45 EXPANSION THAT COMES THROUGH OUR SOUTH CENTRAL STATION SITS ON THE FEEDER ROAD OF, I SEE. 
          OF THE FREEWAY RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO VACATE THAT BUILDING BY A CERTAIN TIME. 
          I FORGET THE EXACT DATE, BUT THE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THAT IS WHERE SOUTH CENTRAL STATION WILL MOVE, IS WHERE CAPE CENTER CURRENTLY SITS. 
          SO, SO CAPE CENTER WILL BECOME A POLICE SUBSTATION? YES SIR. 
          IT'LL BE A SOUTH CENTRAL SUBSTATION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND BEFORE I LEAVE SOUND, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, I WAS ON WASHINGTON NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THERE WAS A CLUB THAT WAS PUMPING OUT SOUND THAT, UH, WAS PROBABLY IN VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND I SAW AN HPD OFFICER WORKING THE DOOR AS AN EXTRA JOB. 
          SO, SO WHY ARE HPD OFFICERS ALLOWED TO WORK EXTRA JOBS AT THESE CLUBS THAT ARE VIOLATING THE SOUND ORDINANCE? SO WE HAVE A LIST OF PROHIBITED CLUBS AND THAT LIST IS, UH, TABULATED IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. 
          CALLS FOR SERVICE CITATIONS, ARRESTS THEIR PERMITS, WHETHER THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS. 
          IF THAT CLUB IS NOT ON A PROHIBITED LIST, THE OFFICER IS FREE TO WORK IT. 
          NOW WHETHER THE CLUB NEEDS TO BE ON THE LIST OR NOT IS A SEPARATE CONVERSATION. 
          BUT IF THEY, IF THEY ARE NOT ON THE LIST, OUR OFFICERS ARE FREE TO, TO WORK EXTRA EMPLOYMENT THERE. 
          ALRIGHT, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          SO, UM, THERE WAS MENTION OF, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UM, OFFICERS, I'LL CALL 'EM FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, BEING FUNDED IN PART THROUGH ARPA. 
          SO ARPA WILL FUND IT FOR SIX MONTHS. 
          WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PERSONNEL AFTER THE ARPA FUNDS RUN OUT? SO FOR THE CLASSIFIED IT JUST GOES BACK ON THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE'LL PAY FOR IT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND? YES, WE'VE GOT THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, WE GOT RID OF, OR WE VOTED TO GET RID OF SHOT SPOTTER LAST YEAR. 
          IS THAT GONE OR ARE WE STILL USING IT? DO WE STILL HAVE IT? NO, SIR. 
          IT'S NOT BEING USED. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT LET ME PUT YOU BACK IN. 
          DID WE DING? I THINK WE DID. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE WASN'T A DING CAN I'M SORRY. 
          COUNT SOME MEMBER PLUMBER. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR 
          [01:05:01]
THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE, I SAW THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS ON THERE. 
          HOW MANY TEAMS DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY? SO CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINED OFFICERS AND A CERT TEAM ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          WHICH ONE? OH, CERT TEAMS. I'M ASKING CERT TEAMS. I I WILL GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DIDN'T SEE THE OTT DO WE NOT HAVE THE MEDICAL CRISIS OUTREACH TEAMS ANYMORE OR DO WE YES, THEY'RE JUST NOT LISTED IN HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, IF I COULD KNOW WHAT WE, HOW MANY OF EACH OF THOSE WE HAVE YES MA'AM. 
          AND THE BUDGET FOR THOSE. 
          'CAUSE I, I THINK IT'S KIND OF ALL BLENDED IN TOGETHER, BUT WHAT OUR BUDGET IS AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THAT IS REMAINING ON ARPA? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SURE. 
          WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU BY THE MOVE FORWARD. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, I'M GOING BACK TO THE OVER THE OVERTIME IS THE HOPE OR PRAYER, I GUESS THAT AS ATTRITION HAPPENS AND AS WE GET MORE CADETS AND AS WE INCREASE OUR, OUR WORKFORCE, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOWER OVER TIME. 
          IS THAT, IS THAT A NATURAL ASSUMPTION OR NOT REALLY? NOT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, I KNOW WHAT Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO DO IN TERMS OF KIND OF, YOU KNOW, NOT PUTTING INSANE NUMBERS ON A BUDGET SO THAT WE, WE WILL PASS THIS THING, BUT ONE THING THAT'S REALLY CHALLENGING FOR US IS THE, THE REACTIVENESS OF US. 
          IF YOU COME TO US ON A MONTHLY FINANCIAL AND SAY THAT YOU NEED MORE MONEY, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR A CITY THAT'S ALREADY HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME FINANCIALLY TO KIND OF CONSISTENTLY REACT. 
          SO I WOULD JUST SAY MAYBE NOT THIS BUT THIS TIME, BUT I WOULD REALLY BE INTERESTED IN HAVING CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS ALONG WITH, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS WITH COUNCILOR POLLARD AND, AND CHAIR ALCORN TO REALLY TRY TO GIVE US A REALLY GOOD VIEW UP FRONT BECAUSE THE REACTIVE PART OF IT MONTHLY IS, I THINK IS GONNA BE A CHALLENGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, GOING, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO HAD ASKED A QUESTION, UM, RELATED TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND WE HAD, SINCE I HAVE, Y'ALL HERE HEARD SOME RUMORS, UM, THAT CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AT THE AIRPORTS, UH, WAS DETAINING A FEW FOLKS, UH, GIVEN Y'ALL'S INVOLVEMENT WITH SECURITY. 
          I'M NOT SUGGESTING HPD IS DOING THOSE DETENTIONS, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY AWARENESS OR KNOWLEDGE OF CBP DOING THAT? I I JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER AT THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE DO NOT. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE NOT ENGAGED IN THOSE OPERATIONS, SO I COULDN'T TELL YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, GOING BACK TO DOMESTIC ABUSE, UH, DART DART TEAM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTION AND GOING TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF ISSUES, CHIEF, YOU AND I HAVE TALKED, BUT DO Y'ALL HAVE UPDATED NUMBERS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOMICIDES AND VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ABOUT WHAT PERCENTAGE IS RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? IT VARIES PER YEAR. 
          THE CURRENT NUMBER, DON'T QUOTE ME ON IT, BUT I BELIEVE LAST WEEK THE CURRENT NUMBER WAS 22%. 
          SO, BUT IT VARIES. 
          IT FLUCTUATES AND THAT'S A CONFIRMED NEXUS BETWEEN OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          BUT THOSE NUMBERS CAN GO UP RETROACTIVELY THROUGH INVESTIGATION, THROUGH OTHER YES MA'AM. 
          PROCEEDINGS. 
          SO IT ENDS UP BEING SOMETIMES A LOT HIGHER THAN EVEN A QUARTER OF ALL HOMICIDES. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IT COULD BE. 
          AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE AGAIN, GOING TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF VIOLENT CRIME, WE HAVE A HUGE CHUNK OF THAT THAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED. 
          DART HAS TO RESPOND TO THOSE, BUT WE ALSO NEED PREVENTION AS WELL, UH, TO MITIGATE THAT. 
          NOW, HPD DOES A LOT OF AWARENESS AND AND PREVENTION EFFORTS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          SO WE WILL, I'LL GET WITH Y'ALL OFFLINE, BUT GOING BACK TO THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR DART FOR OTHERS, THAT IS THE, WHAT I CALL THE WISHLIST. 
          IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW MUCH AN ADDITIONAL PATROL UNIT COSTS OR HOW MUCH X PROGRAMMING, UH, WOULD COST BECAUSE THAT TIES DIRECTLY BACK INTO CRIME REDUCTION AND PREVENTION, UH, IN AN ISSUE IN A REALM OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, AND REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS DRASTICALLY. 
          ON REALLY QUICKLY. 
          UH, I I GAVE YOU A HEADS UP. 
          I WAS GONNA ASK THIS. 
          RMS, SO WE'VE HAD TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FOR THE CURRENT SYSTEM. 
          ARE WE ON TRACK BASED ON THE NEW, I GUESS ESTIMATES TO ACTIVATE THE NEW RMS SYSTEM WITHIN? WHAT'S THE TIMEFRAME TO ANSWER WHETHER WE'RE ON TRACK OR NOT? IS, IS A DIFFICULT ANSWER, BUT WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE LIVE WITHIN A YEAR. 
          APRIL OF 26 IS STILL OUR CURRENT GOAL RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE ALREADY FUNDED THE COSTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MEET THAT 
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DEADLINE. 
          IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THERE ANOTHER NOT ENTIRELY, NO MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          HOW MUCH MORE IS NEEDED IF WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ENTIRE UP TO THE NEXT YEAR IN APRIL? SO WE CAN'T PROVIDE AN ACCURATE NUMBER RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT BOTH WITH THE, WITH HITS OUR TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AS WELL AS THE THIRD PARTY VENDORS THAT WE BROUGHT IN TO HELP WITH THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 
          AND WHEN WE GET A NUMBER WE'LL GIVE IT TO YOU. 
          OKAY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          AND AGAIN, WITH THAT WILL, THAT FINAL QUESTION, WILL THAT HELP IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND OPERATIONAL BENEFITS? UH, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PUT A NUMBER ON THAT, BUT BASED ON THE LACK OF STAFFING AND ALL OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES, WILL THAT BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT? YES MA'AM. 
          WE BELIEVE IT WILL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND TO, TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S POINT ABOUT THE RMS, IS THAT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY, ARE THEY FACTORED INTO THIS BUDGET? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE, I THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER JACKSON BROUGHT UP A REALLY STRONG POINT ABOUT TIME AND A HALF FOR OVERTIME, AND I DO THINK THOSE NUMBERS NEED TO BE AT LEAST SOMEWHAT CONFIGURED FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, UM, FROM A HOLISTIC STANDPOINT OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT. 
          BECAUSE ONCE THOSE SALARIES DO INCREASE AND YOU'RE DOING TIME AND A HALF, LIKE WHAT ARE WE BASING THE PROJECTION OF OVERTIME OFF OF LIKE THESE CURRENT RATES WHICH MAY CHANGE TOMORROW. 
          RIGHT. 
          OR THESE ELEVATED RATES. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SECOND THING YOU MENTIONED WORLD CUP A FEW, A FEW TIMES DURING YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          TELL ME HOW REVENUE, UH, IS CORRELATED WITH, UH, THE WORLD CUP. 
          SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY FOR OVERTIME FOR THE WORLD CUP AND THERE'LL BE A REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS AND I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE CHIEF FOR ANY DETAILS. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS FUNDING CAN BE PROVIDED THROUGH, THROUGH THE WORLD CUP. 
          ONE WOULD BE AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH WOULD BE A FEDERAL, UM, LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN DC WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          SO IF THAT WAS APPROVED, WE WOULD GET SOME OF THE MONEY AHEAD OF TIME, WHICH WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE PREFERABLE. 
          OTHERS IS BUDGET THROUGH LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, HOPING WE GET REIMBURSEMENT AFTERWARDS, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH STATE SPECIAL EVENTS FUNDS OR THROUGH JUST GENERAL REVENUE BROUGHT TO THE CITY THROUGH HOTEL VENUES AND THE LIKE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'RE NOT AN ANTICIPATING THAT EVENT, HAVING US TO EXPEND MORE DOLLARS FROM OUR SIDE ON UNCOVERING IT, THAT SINCE THAT EVENT IS BEING BROUGHT IN BY AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, ARE THEY, ARE THEY GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LION'S SHARE OF THE COST FOR ANY OVERTIME THAT'S EXPENDED? IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEF THAT, THAT WE WILL NOT GO OVER EVERYTHING THAT WE SPEND WILL BE COME BACK TO US IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. 
          NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT GUARANTEE, BUT THAT'S CURRENTLY THE PLAN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THERE MAY, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME TYPE OF, UH, FINANCE TRANSITION WITH YOUR TEAM? YES. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? SO THE OFFICE OF BUDGET FINANCE WILL NOW, UH, I'LL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND, BUT WE WILL STAY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BE THEIR HUB. 
          SO WE WILL BE A, A POLICE SERVICES IF YOU MAY, UH, WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE H HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SO LARGE AND HAVE SO MUCH ACTIVITY. 
          IT FOR EFFICIENCY PURPOSES, WE WILL STILL BE THERE. 
          BUT THIS ALLOWS US OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE INTERACTION AND SYNERGY WITH THE DEPARTMENT. 
          BUT WE WILL BE A DEPARTMENT. 
          AND YOU'LL STILL HAVE YOUR SAME ROLE WITH SAME TITLE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR ASKING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RAMIREZ. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 
          REGARDING, UH, WORLD CUP SECURITY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE MAY BE GETTING SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO COVER SOME OF THAT. 
          I'VE ALSO, UH, BEEN GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE SECURITY, UH, WILL BE PROVIDED BY OFFICERS FROM OUTSIDE OF HOUSTON. 
          DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I DO. 
          SO IN THE, THE PLAN THERE, THERE IS, THERE ARE MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS THAT WILL ASSIST US IN SECURITY FROM A VARIETY OF AREAS, LOCAL AND STATE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PAGE OF THE SLIDE DECK, THERE'S UH, A LINE DESCRIBED AS COMPENSATION CONTINGENCY AND THE AMOUNT THERE IS 50 MILLION. 
          CAN YOU SORT OF EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT PAGE YOU'RE LOOKING AT, SIR? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE PAGE NUMBER. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          IT'S THE ADMINIS ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PAGE IN THERE. 
          IS THAT THE RAISE? IT'S THE RAISES. 
          THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE RA THE RAISES, THE CONTRACT RAISES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE RAISES 
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ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          GREAT. 
          UM, ALSO IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, UM, COMMONLY KNOWN THAT DPS PROVIDES SOME TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON OUR, ON OUR ROADWAYS, UM, IS THAT INCREASED UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION OR HAS IT ALL ALWAYS BEEN TO THE LEVEL THAT IT IS NOW? CHIEF DIAZ AND THE MAYOR BOTH HAVE MADE A, A SIGNIFICANT POINT OF COLLABORATION. 
          NOW THAT'S NOT NEW, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ROUTINELY WORKED WITH DPS ON INITIATIVES, NOT JUST THEIR NORMAL DAY TO DAY, BUT FOR INSTANCE, JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID INITIATIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE WE HAD OVER A DOZEN TROOPERS HELPING US WITH TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. 
          SO THE ANSWER'S YES TO BOTH. 
          IT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION. 
          SO, SO THERE'S MORE OF IT NOW. 
          AND DOES ANY OF THAT COME OUT OF OUR BUDGET OR NOT? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND REGARDING THE JPC? SO THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'VE, WE'VE APPROVED AN AMOUNT THAT WE BELIEVE IS TOO MUCH GIVEN, UH, WHAT WE GET IN RETURN. 
          UM, AND UH, WE, WE, HERE AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND, AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE THAT. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT ON A, ON A FAIR NUMBER? SO CONTRACTUALLY WE CAN CALL FOR A COMMITTEE TO STAND AND THEN IN THE COMMITTEE WE NEGOTIATE AND THE, THE, THE AGREEMENT IS BINDING. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT WOULD BE OUR NEXT STEP. 
          INTERESTING. 
          WHO WOULD SERVE ON A COMMITTEE LIKE THAT? SO THE, THE MAYOR OR, UH, THE APPOINTEE, UH, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, POLICE CHIEF, AND THERE TWO OTHERS. 
          UH, THE SHERIFF I BELIEVE. 
          AND THEN THERE IS ONE PERSON THAT THE COUNTY JUDGE AND THE MAYOR APPOINT TO ACTUALLY, UH, FACILITATE THE MEETINGS AND THEY ONLY VOTE AS A TIEBREAKER, SO THEY FACILITATE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE CHIEF AND THE, SORRY, THE MAYOR AND THE COUNTY JUDGE WOULD HAVE TO APPOINT THAT PERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANKS COLLEAGUES. 
          WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF THE QUESTIONS. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          CHIEF HARDEN, RHONDA, YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB. 
          YOU TELL EVERYBODY IN YOUR, ON YOUR FINANCE TEAM, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK OF HPD TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO, AND WE WILL NOW HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          I WILL FIRST CALL, Y'ALL CAN STEP DOWN AND I WILL CALL TERRY CHEN. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS TERRY CHEN. 
          I'M A DISTRICT H RESIDENT AND I'M A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WITH WOODY JUNTOS AND A MEMBER OF HOUSTON LEEDS. 
          A COALITION COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE PROTECTION, SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND FREEDOM OF ALL IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE HOUSTON AREA. 
          THE PROPOSED INCREASE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY ESSENTIAL SERVICES ARE BEING CUT RAISES A SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE DEFINE PUBLIC SAFETY IN HOUSTON. 
          WHEN LIBRARIES ARE FACING BUDGET REDUCTIONS, WHEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING REMAINS OUT OF REACH FOR THOUSANDS, WHEN BUS STOPS HAVE NO SHADE AND SIDEWALKS ARE CRUMBLING, WE HAVE TO ASK WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY SAFE? IS IT MORE PATROLS OR IS IT PEOPLE HAVING WHAT THEY NEED TO LIVE STABLE, DIGNIFIED LIVES? EVERYONE DESERVES TO FEEL SAFE, BUT SAFETY DOESN'T COME FROM MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          IT COMES FROM ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, FROM HOUSING, FROM YOUTH PROGRAMS, LANGUAGE ACCESS, AND FROM STRONG WELL-FUNDED PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS THAT GIVE US A SENSE OF BELONGING AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ALREADY DON'T TRUST THE POLICE BECAUSE WHAT THEY, THEY'VE SEEN THEM COLLABORATE WITH ICE. 
          AND I HEAR FROM PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, UM, THAT WE DO NOT WANT MORE POLICE PRESENCE, BUT FOR MORE INVESTMENT IN THE THINGS THAT PREVENT HARM IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE YET TO SEE A CORRELATION OF INCREASING THE POLICE BUDGET AND A REDUCTION IN CRIME. 
          AND I URGE THIS COUNSEL TO TAKE A MORE BALANCED APPROACH. 
          LET'S FUND WHAT HELPS PEOPLE THRIVE AND NOT JUST WHO RESPONDS AFTER THINGS GO WRONG. 
          SO A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE RELATED TO THE BUDGET. 
          WILL THE BUDGET INCREASE RELATED TO THE WORLD CUP BE THE NEW MINIMUM THAT HPD GETS EVERY YEAR? WE, WE'LL SUBMIT THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HOW DOES THE BUDGET FOR HPD ACCOUNT FOR THE CURRENT COOPERATION WITH ICE? AGAIN, WE'LL GET YOU, WE'LL GET YOU ANSWERED. 
          SO WE'VE SUBMITTED THAT ALREADY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, THE 
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HPDS MEDIAN BASED SALARY IS 56,000, AND THE MEDIAN OVERALL PAY IS 98 THE HIGHEST AMONG CITY DEPARTMENTS. 
          WHAT IS THE CURRENT MEDIAN OVERALL PAY FOR HPD IN COMPARISON TO THE CITY'S OVERALL EMPLOYEES? YES, I, I'VE ASKED THAT OF HR AT YESTERDAY, JUST WAITING ON THE RESPONSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'LL GET THOSE BACK TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. 
          SARAH RAYMOND TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALDAIR, MOST OF VICE. 
          HELLO. 
          SO THE CHRONICLE HAS REPORTED THAT RESPONSE TIMES ARE THE SLOWEST SINCE THE NINETIES. 
          AND THE CHRONICLES REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE OVERSIGHT BOARD A CITIZEN BOARD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP HPD ACCOUNTABLE, UM, RARELY DISPUTES OFFICER DISCIPLINE. 
          AND SO WHY ARE WE POLICING THE POLICE AND 92% TO PUBLIC SAFETY? HOW WE HAVE SEEN HOW MANY TIMES HPD IS UPHELD WHITE SUPREMACY AND VIOLENT TACTICS AND NOT KEEPING PUBLIC SAFE. 
          I RECOMMEND YOU ALL READING THE PUB, THE SAFE PASSAGE REPORT BY TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT TO REALLY LEARN HOW TRAFFIC STOPS AND POLICE PATROL IS NOT SAFE FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE DUE TO RACISM AND CLASSISM. 
          AND WE SHOULD BE GETTING A LOT MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT HPDS OVERALL PERFORMANCE. 
          I I THINK THAT PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE INTERTWINED WITH PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          I JUST THINK THAT FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR US TO SEE THAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING? WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY, WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF A BILLION DOLLARS TO THE POLICE? WHAT, WHAT DO I GET OUT OF IT? YOU KNOW? AND SO I I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR TALKS A LOT ABOUT WASTE AND FRAUD AND EFFICIENCY, BUT THAT REALLY ISN'T APPLIED TO THE BIGGEST BUDGET IN THE CITY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE SPENDING MORE, THEN I WANNA KNOW WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR, FOR MY COMMUNITY, FOR ME, AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT I WANT US TO ALL BE SAFE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          AND I DID, I DO HEAR THEM SAY THEY ARE REVISING THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, SO WE'LL BE WATCHING THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AS WE, AS THEY COME EACH MONTH. 
          ALL DARE MOST VICE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS RIA SVA. 
          I'M A YOUNG ADVOCATE WITH URI JUNTOS AND I'M TESTIFYING TODAY ON INCREASING FUNDS PROPOSED FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM GIVEN HPDS CONTINUED OPERATION WITH ICE. 
          WE KNOW THAT HOUSTON POLICE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IF THEY DISCOVER A WANTED OR DETAINED PERSON HAS AN ICE HIT IN THE NCIC DATABASE. 
          HOWEVER, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER POLICE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING THIS INTERNAL POLICY WHEN RUNNING A BACKGROUND CHECK ON IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE NOT WANTED OR DETAINED. 
          THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ICE AND HPD BUILDS DISTRUST BETWEEN THE POLICE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THEY FEAR INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE IF IT MIGHT LEAD TO DEPORTATION. 
          THEREFORE, I'M ASKING YOU TO TRANSFER PROPOSED FUNDING FROM THE PATROL PROGRAM TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAMS, MAINTAINING FUNDING FOR THESE OUTREACH SERVICES AT 2025 FISCAL YEARS, ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $14,408. 
          WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM HPD HOW THESE SERVICES ENCOURAGE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HPD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          AND INCREASING FUNDING WILL PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DIRECTLY ASK POLICE HOW THEY ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH ICE SO THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN BE PREPARED TO STAY SAFE AND STILL RELY ON THEIR POLICE. 
          I WOULD LIKE THE COUNCIL TO ALSO CONSIDER AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS GIVEN THE CONCERNS REGARDING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND POLICE NEUTRALITY. 
          IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC FUNDING ALLOCATED IN THE HPD BUDGET TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF COMMUNITY TRUST AND COMMUNITY TRUST AND POLICING REFORMS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE CITY'S COOPERATION WITH ICE? FURTHERMORE, ARE THERE ANY BUDGETARY CHANGES OR FUNDING CONSIDERATIONS BEING MADE TO ADDRESS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ICE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, EITHER IN PERSON OR ONLINE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE HPD BUDGET? COME ON UP. 
          JUST STATE YOUR NAME SIR, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU ARRIVE. 
          COLLEAGUES, THERE IS LUNCH IN THE BACK WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE BEFORE WE START PUBLIC SESSION. 
          HI, MY NAME IS JULIO MCCALL. 
          I'M A LONGTIME, UH, UH, LONGTIME HOUSTON RESIDENT, A MEMBER OF TEXAS ORGANIZED PROJECT. 
          UH, THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE BETTER WAYS THAT WE CAN STILL ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY WITHOUT CUTTING FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICE FOR ESTONIAN. 
          SIMPLE PAYING MORE POLI POLICING DOESN'T STOP REDUCED CRIME PUBLIC STUDY IN RECENT YEARS. 
          SHOW THIS MERE AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I URGE YOU TO RETHINK THIS BUDGET 
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AT THE TIME WHEN NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE AFRAID TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC ACTIVITY WITH FEAR WITH THEIR FAMILY. 
          BECAUSE OF THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION VEIL, ANTI-IMMIGRANTS STAND AND ICE IMMIGRATE, UH, INCREASING AGGRESSIVE TACTICS, I BELIEVE WE CAN, WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THIS DRASTIC INCREASE TO THE PROPOSAL POLICE BUDGET. 
          AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PARAMOUNT HERE. 
          EVERY PERSON, NO MATTER THE AGE, YOUR RACE OR YOUR IN, UH, INCOME LEVEL DESERVE TO, TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR CITY. 
          THAT BEING SAID, SLASHING OVER DEPARTMENT FUNDING TO MASSIVELY INCREASE POLICE FUNDING DOES NOT ADDRESS THE, THE BURNING THAT'S SYSTEMATIC RACISM AND POVERTY AND EQUALITY IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          YES, OFFICER PAY AND MORAL MATTER TO ME THAT THIS GOES BEHIND PAY THIS BIG INCREASE IN POLICE FUNDING HING BACK TOUGH AND CRIME APPROACH THAT IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAS DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD AND IS NOT APPROACH HOUSTON SHOULD RE REVISIT. 
          WE CAN WORK TOWARD MAKING NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER WITHOUT CRITICIZING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          FURTHER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          IN THAT VEIN, HOUSTON POLICE SHOULD PROTECT AND SERVE US NOT VIA INSTRUMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, MASS DEPORTATION AGENDA. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. 
          I OVER WASTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE. 
          ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS? ANY OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS WANTING TO TALK ABOUT THE POLICE BUDGET? OKAY, SEEING NONE, COLLEAGUES, THAT IS OUR 23RD AND FINAL BUDGET WORKSHOP COMING TO A CLOSE. 
          I WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY STAFF, JORDAN FRAZIER, JUSTICE COIE MCCOLLUM AND KATIE SHELTON. 
          THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. 
          ALSO MY VICE CHAIR, MARIO CASTILLO AND RUSSELL ETHERTON. 
          AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, ON THE BUDGET TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 AM THERE ARE, UH, IT WILL BE ALSO BE A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL ON THE BUDGET THURSDAY, MAY 22ND. 
          WE HAD ONE IN PERSON ON SATURDAY. 
          THE CONTROLLERS ALSO HOLDING SOME BUDGET AMENDMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE MAY 28TH COUNCIL MEETING AND TAGGED FOR CONSIDERATION WILL BE HAVING THE BUDGET VOTE ON JUNE 4TH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY, POLLARD. 
          OH, ED POLLARDS IN THE QUEUE. 
          UH, CHAIR ON, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, UH, WE ALL WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL, UH, FOR THE, THE TREMENDOUS WORK AND EFFORT YOU ALL PUT FORTH. 
          WE KNOW THAT THESE BUDGET WORKSHOPS CAN BE TIME CONSUMING AND, UH, YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF MOVING THEM ALONG. 
          SO FROM ALL OF US, WE SAY THANK YOU AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU ED POLLARD. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY, WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED.
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