[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM]
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ORDER OF BUSINESS.UH, UH, ITEM ONE A IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON NOVEMBER THE 16TH, 2021.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALL OPPOSED? AND IT IS CARRIED.
SECOND, UH, ITEM ONE B, WHO IS CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER THE 14TH, 2021.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? YOU WANT THAT ONE? I'LL TAKE THE MOTION.
MOVING ON TO SEC, UH, TO ITEM TWO A, WHICH IS OUR CITIZEN INPUT, REFER OVER TO THE CLERK.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR THAT TONIGHT? NO, SIR.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE UNDER OUR BUSINESS ITEMS THREE A IS TO
[a. Receive a report and discuss the status of police outreach, community policing, officer training and policies and procedures.]
RECEIVE A REPORT AND DISCUSS THE STATUS OF POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY, UH, POLICING OFFICER TRAINING, AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.FIRST OF ALL, EXCUSE ME, I'M TRYING TO LOSE MY VOICE, SO DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON EXCEPT MY ALLERGIES.
MAYBE, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'D JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY POLICING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A HISPANIC, UH, UH, UH, HISPANIC OUTREACH TEAM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEING, UH, THAT'S BEING LED BY, EXCUSE ME, LIEUTENANT RENEE HINOJOSA.
WE HAVE SEVEN OFFICERS WHO ARE ON THE, UH, THE TEAM.
UH, WE'VE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING.
I SPENT SOME TIME WITH 'EM ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, I SPENT ABOUT AN HOUR TALKING TO 'EM, SHARING MY VISION WITH 'EM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE, LIKE THIS TO BE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, THE END RESULT FOR ME WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS, IS, IS DEVELOPING A RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING A RAPPORT WITH OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT, UH, OVER 51% OF OUR POPULATION IS ESTIMATED, UH, TO BE, UH, HISPANIC, UH, CITIZENS IN BAYTOWN.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THAT SEGMENT OF OUR SOCIETY, AND THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
SOME, UH, SOME, SOME IDEAS TO WORK WITH.
UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES BUREAU FROM DFE STREET, WHICH IS NOW UNDER CHIEF DAVID ALFORD, WHO HAS A PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND LOVES BAYTOWN.
SO HE'S GONNA BE THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE, UH, LEADING UP THAT BUREAU.
BUT THEY WILL, THESE OFFICERS ARE COMPRISED OF PATROL OFFICERS, AND THEY WILL BE MERGING THAT GAP.
UH, YOU KNOW, REALLY WHAT, WHAT I'M HOPING IS THAT WE'LL CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF TRUST WHERE OUR CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY SAY ON THE STATE STREETS, UH, FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING TO POLICE OFFICERS, WHETHER THEY'RE BILINGUAL OR NOT.
BUT ALL OF THESE OFFICERS ARE IN FACT, BILINGUAL.
AND, UM, WHEN I WALKED INTO, UH, WHEN I WALKED INTO THE MEETING, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW I WAS GREETED, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT I STARTED.
I'VE GOT AN APP WHERE I'M DOING IT EVERY MORNING ON MY PHONE AND I FROZE UP.
SO, UH, BUT, UH, I ACTUALLY HAVE MY FIRST, UH, SPANISH CLASS COMING UP, STARTING TOMORROW.
UH, SO I'VE GOT MY FIRST, UH, FIRST THREE DAYS OF SPANISH CLASS THAT'LL BE TAUGHT AT OUR POLICE ACADEMY.
SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO, UH, TO LEARN TO SPEAK SPANISH AS WELL.
MY CHILDREN ARE ALREADY AHEAD OF ME ON THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY GOALS HAS BEEN TO ESTABLISH A, UM, MENTAL HEALTH COALITION FOR WESTERN, UH, HARRIS COUNTY IN EASTERN CHAMBERS COUNTY.
WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING ON THAT, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO.
UH, KODA IS PLAYING A BIG PART IN THAT AND BRINGING, HELPING US IDENTIFY SOME OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE.
UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP, UH, IN TWO WEEKS, I BELIEVE.
AND, UH, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE, UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY INVITED, UH, CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, UH, AND, UH, THE, UH, GOOSE CREEK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEMS, UH, POLICE CHIEF WILL BE THERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS THAT WE NEED TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE RESOURCES
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THAT ARE OUT THERE SO THAT OUR, OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISES, OR THEY'RE MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS IN GENERAL, THAT THEY'RE NOT FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THEY CAN GET SOME FOLLOW UP.AND, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE THE LOFTY GOAL THAT MAYBE IN A FEW YEARS WE CAN SEE A TRUE MENTAL HEALTH COURT ESTABLISHED, AND EVEN A, UH, MAYBE A CRISIS TRANSFER CENTER WHERE IT'S OVER HERE ON, ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTY.
AND WHEN WE IDENTIFY SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO GO AND, AND, AND HAVE A, AN ONSITE ASSESSMENT AND, UH, NEEDS, WE NEED TO GET THEM SOME HELP THAT THERE'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN TAKE THEM THAT'S SUFFICIENT, THAT WHEN WE GET THERE, WE CAN DO A QUICK TRANSFER TO THE NURSING STAFF AND OUR OFFICERS CAN BE BACK OUT ON THE STREET, UH, SERVING THE PUBLIC IN, YOU KNOW, FIVE OR 10 MINUTES, WHICH IS WHAT WE SAW IN, IN MY PREVIOUS JURISDICTION.
UM, DO YOU HAVE DOCTORS ON THE COMMISSION? HMM? YOU HAVE DOCTORS ON THE COMMISSION? UH, NOT YET.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, IS DOCTORS WHO'D BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE WITH US.
AND, UH, SO JUST REMEMBER WE'VE HAD ONE MEETING, AND WHAT WE'RE STILL DOING IS KIND OF ESTABLISHING WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE AND, UH, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, WHAT THE VISION IS, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A MISSION.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY DID IN MY, MY HOME JURISDICTION.
WHERE I CAME FROM WAS, UH, UH, SEVERAL OF US IN LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT TOGETHER WITH CONCERNED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WITHIN ABOUT THREE YEARS, WE WENT FROM JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO WERE SHOWING UP, UH, TO MEETING IN A ROOM THAT WE WOULD HAVE EASILY FILLED THIS ROOM UP WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THAT, THAT WERE THERE BETWEEN VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR, UH, SENIORS, UH, TEENS, CHILDREN.
UM, AND, AND EVERYBODY WAS THERE BRINGING THEIR PARTICULAR SKILL SETS TO THE TABLE AND UPDATING EACH OTHER ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE LATEST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LATEST, UH, TRENDS OR FINDINGS OR EVEN TREATMENTS AND, UH, UH, UH, OPTIONS WERE FOR DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE BROUGHT IN THE HOMELESS, UH, UH, COALITION TO, TO, TO SIT WITH US AND TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD ASSIST THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT WE HAD THERE AS WELL.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT TURN INTO.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT COULD TURN INTO SOMETHING EVEN EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT, UH, WHAT OUR VISION IS, BUT, BUT I'M VERY HELPFUL FOR IT.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE TWO OF THE BIG THINGS THAT, UH, THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON WITH OUR, WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE THINGS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I THINK WE'VE GOT, UH, ANOTHER BICYCLE SCHOOL CERTIFICATION SCHOOL COMING UP SO WE CAN GET MORE OFFICERS OUT ON BIKES, ESPECIALLY THIS SUMMER.
UM, I WISH MY SCHEDULE PERMITTED ME TO GO THROUGH IT.
THEY'RE JUMPING ON THAT AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S IN JUNE, IS SECOND WEEK OF JUNE, I THINK.
AND, UH, IT WAS SPEAKING OF GOOSE CREEK, AND, AND THEN I PROMISE I, I WON'T GO ON MUCH LONGER.
UM, UH, I HAVE BEEN MEETING ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH CHIEF SMITH, AND, UM, WE ARE, UH, NOT ONLY ARE WE, UH, SHARING INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO, TO, TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, OR THAT STARTS IN THE SCHOOLS AND MAYBE SPILLS OUT ONTO, UH, ONTO THE STREETS AFTER HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING TOGETHER, UH, A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM A HIGH SCHOOL, UH, SOME OF HIS OFFICERS AND OUR OFFICERS, UH, PROBABLY NEXT YEAR.
WE REALLY WANT TO START, GET IT, KIND OF GET IT STARTED THIS YEAR, UM, AND DO ONE OR TWO MEETINGS, UH, BEFORE SCHOOL WAS OVER.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF LOGISTICS WERE REALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UH, BUT TO JUST TO HAVE A SIT DOWN AFTER SCHOOL SO IT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH CURRICULUM AND JUST TALK MM-HMM
JUST TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? WHAT CONCERNS YOU AS A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR OR SENIOR? UM, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR US? DO YOU KNOW WHY WHEN WE STOP YOU THAT WE STAND THE WAY WE DO, THAT WE TURN OURSELVES AT AN ANGLE TO YOU? DO YOU KNOW WHY WE ASK YOU FOR THE THINGS THAT WE DO? BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU.
AND TO HAVE JUST HONEST CONVERSATIONS.
AND MY HOPE IS, IS ONE, THAT WE'LL LEARN WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE, AND TWO, THAT IF, IF WE IDENTIFY THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT SOME OFFICERS THAT WE NEED TO CORRECT.
UM, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING TO, TO, TO, TO HAMMER PEOPLE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IF WE'RE TREATING KIDS DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THEY'RE KIDS, YEAH.
THEN, THEN WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
BECAUSE I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE GONNA BE MY BOSSES ONE DAY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE SITTING UP HERE AS CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE.
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AND, UH, I'D MUCH RATHER THEM HAVE THE CORRECT IMPRESSION OF WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HERE FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAN TO HAVE TO TRY TO EDUCATE THEM AFTER THEY TAKE HOME LEADERSHIP ROLES.UM, I'D RATHER THEM HAVE THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH US WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THE POLICE REALLY ARE THERE FOR ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S FRIENDS OR NOT IS THEY SHOULD UNDERSTAND IT'S A SERVICE ORGANIZATION.
SOMETIMES WE, UH, SOMETIMES WE TAKE PEOPLE TO JAIL, SOMETIMES WE WRITE TICKETS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OUR DISPATCHERS TALK PEOPLE THROUGH CHILDBIRTH, WHICH JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE RUN THE WHOLE WHOLE GAMBIT OF, OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES, BUT MOSTLY WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT CRIME FROM EVER HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK OUR TEENAGERS ARE, ARE GETTING AND SHAME ON US FOR NOT DOING IT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON THAT TOO.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR TRAINING OR OUR TRAINING SCHEDULE HAS JUST GONE UP.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THE, THE SPANISH CLASSES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE STARTING THAT TOMORROW.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
AND, AND I PROMISE I WILL, I WILL, I WILL SHUT UP NOW.
UH, ANYBODY ON THE DIOCESE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? UM, YOU MENTIONED YOU'VE GOT A NEW ACADEMY, POLICE ACADEMY COMING UP.
UM, WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CLASS? UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE A, A POLICE ACADEMY COMING UP.
OH, THE TRAINING IS AT THE ACADEMY
THE TRAINING IS AT THE ACADEMY.
I THOUGHT MAYBE WE HAD A NEW BATCH OF RECRUITS.
SO I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT.
UH, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE OPENED THE DOOR.
UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANNA SEE.
AND SO THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RUN ITS OWN BASIC POLICE ACADEMY IN HOW MANY YEARS? WHEW.
MY GOAL, AND IT'S A LOFTY GOAL, BUT MY GOAL IS WITHIN THREE YEARS THAT WE RUN OUR FIRST BASIC POLICE ACADEMY SO THAT WE CAN BRING OFFICERS IN, WE CAN TEACH THEM THE BAYTOWN WAY WE CAN TEACH THEM YES.
ALL THE STUFF THAT PEOPLE GET, THE SHOOTING, THE DRIVING, THE HANDCUFFING, THE SELF-DEFENSE, UH, BUT ALSO THE, THE VISION AND THE MISSION OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH, IF YOU'VE SEEN OUR WEBSITE LATELY, WE HAVE A NEW VISION STATEMENT AND WE HAVE A NEW MISSION STATEMENT AND, UH, THAT, UH, THAT'S HOW WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TRAINED FROM DAY ONE, NOT BY SOMEBODY ELSE MM-HMM
SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THESE ARE YOUR STANDARDS, YOU WILL BE HELD TO 'EM.
AND, UH, NOT ONLY THAT, WE CAN REDUCE THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO PUT A POLICE OFFICER IN A CAR, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD SAY FOUR TO SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, IS YOU GOTTA CUT THAT DOWN BIG TIME.
UM, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE WE, WE MET CHIEF.
UM, DO YOU BY CHANCE HAVE ANY, ANY UPDATES FOR, FOR THIS COMMITTEE, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE CORE AND, UH, YEAH,
UH, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY, IF NOT DAILY, THEN EVERY OTHER DAY WE'RE USING THE, UH, WE'RE USING THE TABLETS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE JUDGE LAST WEEK ON HOW WE SHOULD BE HANDLING, UH, MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR JAIL.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING, UH, THE SUPERVISORS IN THE JAIL, UH, CERTIFIED IN THAT PROGRAM AND GETTING THEM SOME TABLETS SO THAT AS THEY GET SOMEONE WHO EITHER GOES INTO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS WHILE THEY'RE IN CUSTODY, OR WE BRING SOMEBODY IN WHO'S ARRESTED THAT MAYBE ON THE, ON THE EDGE, UH, UH, THAT, THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH, UH, UH, UH, AN ASSESSMENT YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING IT.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT TOO, UH, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY EXPAND THAT OVER INTO CHAMBERS COUNTY BECAUSE THE SERVICE PROVIDER IS, UH, IS, IS, IS CONNECTED WITH SERVICES IN, IN CHAMBERS.
NOW, I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT SPECIFICS ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO, TO TALK TO, TO STEVE DORIS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
AND IF IT IS, WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON IT.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED WITH, WITH 20 LAPTOPS OR IPADS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT NUMBER WAS GONNA BE.
SO I THINK 20 WAS JUST KIND OF AN ARBITRARY NUMBER.
AND THE IDEA IS TO BE ABLE TO KEEP 'EM ON ALL THE SHIFTS.
WELL, NOW WE'RE REALIZING THAT, THAT WE COULD DO WITH MORE IPADS, SO WE'RE GONNA START MOVING TOWARDS GETTING MORE OF THOSE IPADS OUT ON THE STREET AS WELL.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEEING SUCCESSES, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS TO, TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER, WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE WHO IS IN
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THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE SUICIDAL, OR SOMEONE WHO IS JUST IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, AND WE NEED TO CONNECT THEM WITH SOMEBODY.SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT UPDATE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE, UH, UH, WE HAD A SUBJECT ON, ON THE BRIDGE YESTERDAY THAT, UH, UH, WAS GETTING READY TO JUMP.
UH, A CITIZEN STOPPED AND INTERVENED, AND THEN OUR OFFICERS GOT THERE RIGHT AFTER THAT.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO, TO GET THIS LADY SOME HELP.
AND I THINK WE, IF, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM READING THE UPDATE ON IT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY THE CORE PROGRAM WITH THAT, THAT AS WELL.
STANKY'S WHIST WHISPERING IN MY EAR.
DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE DECAL, UH, DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE DECALS FOR AUTISM AND MENTAL HEALTH? THE DECALS, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE CONTINUING TO OFFER THEM AND, UH, THAT IT CONTINUES TO REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THE CITIZENS.
ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE GOT, UH, THE, THE, THE FORMS AND STUFF AT THE POLICE STATION AND THE LOBBY.
SO, UH, LIEUTENANT DORIS COULD, COULD TELL YOU SOMETHING.
BUT YEAH, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE DIOCESE HERE? NO, WHISPER.
I DO, I DO HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, CHIEF, AND THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE POLICE ACADEMY.
WHAT IS, UM, WHAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE EVER HAD THIS SPECIFIC NUMBER, BUT MM-HMM
WHAT IS, WHAT IS OUR, FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT IS FULLY STAFFED AND HOW, WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW AS 175 OFFICERS? AND I'M 16 SHORT AT THIS POINT.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER AND WANTS TO WORK FOR A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ORGANIZATION, THEN SEND 'EM TO COME SEE ME.
AND THE TRUTH IS, WE COULD DO WITH MORE, UH, BUT FIRST THING IS WE GOTTA GET FULLY STAFFED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, CHIEF.
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ACTUALLY GOING TO GO BACK TO, UM, UH, ITEM TWO A.WE DO HAVE A CITIZEN'S INPUT AND, UM, THE CITIZEN'S INPUT.
UH, THIS ITEM GIVES ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING, OFFICER TRAINING, AS WELL AS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
AND IT IS THE GOAL AND MISSION OF THIS COMMITTEE TO ENHANCE AND ENCOURAGE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND TO PROVIDE VALUABLE COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, ANYONE DES DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH PER, EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD.
UH, THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, UH, IT'S ENCOURAGED TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
AND ADDITIONALLY, PURSUANT TO OUR RULES, A PERSON REQUESTING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE MAY NOT PASS HIS OR HER TIME TO ANOTHER AS WE WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO WE HAVE MR. MICHAEL SPRING.
IF YOU'LL STEP UP TO THE MIC, SPRINGER, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I TOLD HER EVERY TIME I'VE SAID THE LAST NAME, THEY THINK IT'S, UH, YOUR LAST NAME,
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO BRING YOUR CONCERN TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
AND MY NAME'S MICHAEL SPRINGER.
I LIVE IN THE LAKEWOOD SUBDIVISION.
IT'S 200 NORTH BURNETT, 7 7 5 2 0 IS THE ZIP.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED, THANK YOU.
IF YOU WANNA MAIL ME SOMETHING, SORRY.
I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS JUST AS A CITIZEN.
YOU KNOW, I, I ACTUALLY HAD AN INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE ON FRIDAY.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE THE, UH, INFORMATION ON THAT, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
I THINK THERE'S SOME TRAINING ISSUES THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT BELABOR, UH, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T COME TO GRIPE ABOUT SPECIFICS.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, RESPONSE TIME IS SOMETHING I'VE NOTICED AS A CITIZEN THAT'S, THAT'S WAY OFF.
OR, OR COULD BE VASTLY IMPROVED.
UH, MY WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN JANUARY.
UH, SOMEBODY REAR ENDED HER AT A STOPLIGHT, AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.
UH, SHE CALLED 9 1 1 TO REPORT THE ACCIDENT.
WE LIVE ABOUT TWO MILES FROM WHERE IT OCCURRED.
I JUMPED IN THE CAR, DROVE DOWN THERE.
I BEAT THE POLICE BY AT LEAST 30 MINUTES.
AND I ALMOST HAD TO RESTRAIN THE GUY.
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MULTIPLE PIECES.I ACTUALLY CLEARED THE ROADWAY BECAUSE CARS WERE DRIVING THROUGH BIG PIECES UNTIL I REALIZED I WAS GONNA DIE FROM
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, UH, DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU WHERE THIS OCCURRED? AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS CIRCUMSTANCES WERE? UH, THE SPUR THREE 30, FEETER AND BAKER ROAD, APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE HIGH, LOW OR SO O'REILLY'S IS, HILO IS THE OLD NAME, SORRY.
AND, UH, IT WAS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, BUT IT WAS IN THE EVENING, LIKE BEEN NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
I CAN PROBABLY, I FIND THE POLICE REPORT.
UM, ANYWAY, UH, AND MOST RECENTLY, ACTUALLY, I WAS, UH, PULLED OVER ON FRIDAY, UH, FOR A, UH, FRONT LICENSE PLATE VIOLATION, FIVE PATROL CARS.
SAT THERE FOR 45 MINUTES TO DEAL WITH THIS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, WHICH I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THERE WEREN'T OTHER CALLS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED.
UM, I COULD ONLY COUNT FOUR, BUT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ALL FACING TOWARDS ME, SO I COULDN'T COUNT 'EM.
MY BROTHER WAS IN A DIFFERENT VEHICLE WHO STOPPED.
UH, I MEAN, I, THERE WERE, I WAS DEALING WITH ONE OFFICER.
THERE WERE FOUR MORE STANDING THERE DOING NOTHING.
THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR MORE BACK AT THE BACK OF THE GROUP OF CARS THAT STOPPED.
UH, I SPOKE TO, UM, SERGEANT, UH, GONZALEZ ABOUT IT.
HE INFORMED ME IT WAS ALL PROTOCOL THAT WAS NORMAL, THAT THEY BACKED EACH OTHER UP, ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY NEEDED FIVE.
SO THAT'S GETS BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT ANSWERING OTHER CALLS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOTTA BE ACCIDENTS OR PEOPLE JUMPING OFF BRIDGES OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO REDIRECT SOME OF THOSE CARS TO HANDLE OTHER CALLS.
BUT YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE.
YOU WANT ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
UH, I'D BE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THE CITIZENS, UH, ADVISORY BOARD.
I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN THROUGH THE CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY YEARS AGO.
I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL STILL DO THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU MR. STRINGER FOR SPRINGER.
MR. FOR THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.
SPRINGER
[b. Consider setting any tasks and processes for future meetings.]
ITEM, UH, THREE B.AND THAT IS, UH, TO CONSIDER SETTING ANY TASK AND PROCESSES, UH, FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
UM, AS IT'S BEEN SAID, UH, I THINK TONIGHT WE, IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE WE HAD OUR, OUR MEETING.
AND ACTUALLY TONIGHT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A NIGHT THAT WE WERE TO VOTE ON, UM, NEW OFFICERS.
I HAVE FILLED THE SPOT OF I VICE CHAIRMAN, UM, SINCE PASTOR MONTGOMERY.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS WORK IN PROGRESS TRYING TO GET OTHER, UH, COMMITTEE PERSONS ON, ON THE COMMITTEE.
UM, BUT WE ARE STILL SOMEWHAT HAMPERED UNTIL WE GET THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS, UM, UNTIL WE DO HAVE A FULL, FULL PANEL, IS MAYBE NOT MEET EVERY MONTH.
AND IT'LL ALSO GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO ALSO GET INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND GET SOME, UH, GET SOME, SOME INPUT FROM THAT.
PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS, BUT ALSO, UH, GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON THAT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD CONSIDER ON THIS IS, UH, DOING BIMONTHLY MEETINGS UNTIL SUCH TIME, WE NEED TO.
AND, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW.
IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER, UH, OUTSIDE OF OUR, WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED IN LOOKING TO, TO DO MORE IN THE FUTURE? SO WE'LL FURTHER DISCUSS THAT TOPIC NEXT MONTH.
UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE CONSIDERING SETTING ANY TASKS AND PROCESSES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
YOU SAYING THAT THAT MEANS THAT NEXT MONTH WE TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YES.
SO, SO YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT TASK WE DO WANNA START WORKING ON? YEAH.
THE TASK WE WANNA START WORKING ON IS, IS TODAY'S SUBJECT.
SO CAN WE GET A LIST OF, UM, WHICH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR WHO'S NOT MADE THEIR APPOINTMENTS? IT'S ONLY, UH, THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT AND DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE LESTER.
SO, UM, MR. SPRINGER, IF YOU'RE IN MIKE LESTER'S DISTRICT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DISTRICT YOU'RE IN.
HE'S IN ONE? YEAH, I THINK SO.
SO ANYWAY, SO THREE FROM BRANDON CAP.
WELL, IF YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH BRANDON, YOU CAN POSSIBLY SPEAK TO HIM.
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WE'RE EACH APPOINTED BY EACH DISTRICT.SO THAT'S HOW THE, YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, OKAY, I'M GONNA VOLUNTEER.
YOU HAVE TO BE APPOINTED BY YOUR CITY CO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M JUST, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THOUGH.
I MEAN, YOU WOULD LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MY ASSUMPTION IS I'M, THAT MAKES NOT WANT ME ON THE LIST.
BUT I MEAN, IF YOU, BUT BRANDON'S POSITION IS, IS NOT FILLED RIGHT NOW.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU KNOW THE MAYOR WELL, YOU CAN SHOW HIM YOUR INTEREST OR HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT YOUR INTEREST.
I MEAN, HE HASN'T SUBMITTED SOMEONE'S NAME.
SO, UH, AND I HAVE ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
SO WE NEED FROM THE DIOCESE, IS THERE ANY, ANY ITEMS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BRING UP IN NEXT MONTH'S MEETING? I WANNA REVIEW OVER THE BUCKETS AGAIN.
I DIDN'T BRING MY MATERIAL TODAY.
UM, BUT I DIDN'T SET IT THE LAST MEETING THAT Y'ALL HAD IN DECEMBER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO BUCKETS GO.
I'LL BRING MY MATERIAL TO REVIEW THE BUCKETS.
AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE BUCKETS, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE BUCKETS FOR SURE.
UM, YOU ANSWERED A LOT OF 'EM WITHOUT KNOWING.
UH, BUT I DIDN'T BRING MY MATERIAL TO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
WELL, I WILL TALK ALL NIGHT IF YOU LET ME.
SO I GOT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON, I GET EXCITED.
SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE YOU
MS. RAQUEL, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU, UH, SEE THAT CHIEF STRINGER GETS A COPY OF OUR YES, SIR.
OF OUR BUCKETS OF, OF CONCERN AND FOCUS THAT WAS SET AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF, UH, LAST YEAR.
ALSO, IF THERE'S ANY ITEM THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER ON THAT, PLEASE BRING THAT UP.
UM, AND WE CAN DEFINITELY, UH, LOOK INTO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THAT.
CAN CAN YOU ALSO INCLUDE, UM, THE TWO OR THREE? I THINK WE'RE THREE DEEP IN CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS SO THAT HE KNOWS WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PRESENTED THUS FAR.
UM, AND WITH THE ORIGINAL BUCKET LIST, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS ARE SUPER HELPFUL.
'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOW THE DIRECTION AND THE PROGRESS OF THE BUCKETS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THE BUCKETS ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN.
POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING, OFFICER TRAINING, POLICIES, PROCEDURES.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YEAH.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED UPON SOME STUFF, UM, YET.
AND IT'S, I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW I'M TRYING TO GET MY BEARINGS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN OUT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
MR. INGER, ANY, ANY COMMENTS? NO, I SAID THE, UH, THE ONLY THING THAT I WANT TO SEE FUTURE IS I'D LIKE TO GET AN ITEM TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN TAKE THIS MEETING MORE PUBLIC, TO THE PUBLIC INSTEAD OF HAVING IT HERE.
HAVING SOMEPLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC THAT'S GOOD.
HAS MORE VISIBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY.
MR. OAS, YOU ARE OUR COMMUNITY
WHAT IS, WHAT IS SOME THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO CONSIDER TO REACH OUT TO, IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT CHIEF STRINGER IS SAYING, REACHING OUT WITH THROUGH G-C-I-S-D? WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT THIS COMMITTEE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP GUIDE AND GIVE SOME CLARITY FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING WELL WITH THE SCHOOLS? LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE ABOUT, WE'RE ALMOST FINISHING OUT WITH THEIR PROGRAM AND WE'RE STARTING, UH, TRYING TO GET TOGETHER WITH LEE COLLEGE AGAIN.
YOU'RE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LEE COLLEGE, WITH THE, UH, POLICE ACADEMY, THE, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT, WHAT THE NAME WAS, WHAT IT WAS CALLED? CRIMINAL JUSTICE? UH, NO, FOR THE, FOR SUMMER PROGRAM EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE STILL SOUNDS LIKE, LIKE YOU RAISE AT THIS POINT TOO.
WE GOT, WE GOT, WE GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON AS FAR AS WITH THE SCHOOL, UM, AND ALSO TRYING TO GET WITH, UH, UH, PAR, UH, UH, PARKER WITH THE EXPLORER PROGRAM.
UH, BUT WITH HIM THE OTHER DAY, UH, TRYING TO GET, UH, BETTER IDEAS HOW WE CAN MAKE, IMPROVE THAT AND GET THAT A LITTLE BIGGER.
I THINK HE'S GOT, UH, MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN, UH, STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS.
WE'VE INCLUDED THEM IN OUR BUDGET NOW.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, GET TOGETHER WITH THAT MONEY NOW.
WELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT ON THAT PROGRAM FOR THE DURATION OF, OF YOUR TENURE ON HERE.
YES, DEFINITELY PLEASE BRING IT, BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO, LIKE, UH, DR. MORENO JUST SAID A WHILE AGO, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ONLY FURTHER WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS AND HELP BRIDGE THAT POLICE OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY POLICING THAT IS GOING TO HELP INTO OUR YOUNGER, YOUNGER, UM, CONSTITUENTS.
AND WE'RE ALSO HELPING OUT WITH THE OUTREACH, THE HISPANIC OUTREACH.
UH, BECAUSE YOU, YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, LIEUTENANT OSA YEAH.
HE SERVED HERE WITH, SO HE'S ALSO REACHED OUT TO US, UH, ABOUT HELPING HIM OKAY.
WITH HIS, HIS PROGRAMS AND GETTING OUT TO THE CHURCHES AND, OKAY.
SO IS ANYBODY ABLE TO GIVE US LIKE MORE OF A, UH, NOT AN ITEMIZED AGENDA, BUT ESSENTIALLY LIKE PARAMETERS OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE? 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT AND IT SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY GOOD, BETTER ABOUT
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HISPANIC OUTREACH.SO RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL FORMING.
UH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT AS I CAME IN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO, UH, I HAD TO STUDY AND GO THROUGH MY OUT-OF-STATE PEACE OFFICERS COURSE SO THAT I COULD SET FOR MY LICENSURE.
AND, UH, THEN I REALLY WAS ABLE TO START GETTING INTO V EXCUSE ME, GETTING INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I IDENTIFIED WAS, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PORTION OF IT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAD THIS VISION THAT WE NEED TO ESTABLISH OUTREACH TO OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, BILINGUAL POLICE OFFICERS.
AND THAT BECAME INCREDIBLY APPARENT WHEN I STARTED ATTENDING SOME OF THE MEETINGS IN MISS ALVARADO'S DISTRICT.
AND, UM, SO AS FAR AS AN AGENDA, NO, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT RATHER THAN ME TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO, I HAVE GIVEN THEM WHAT WE REFER TO AS COMMANDER'S INTENT.
SO COMMANDER'S INTENT SAYS, UH, WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR, UH, HISPANIC COMMUNITY THAT INVOLVES BUILDING, UH, RAPPORT AND TRUST.
YOU CAN'T DO THOSE THINGS UNTIL YOU HAVE FACE TO FACE WITH PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE STARTING.
THEY'VE HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING AND THEY'RE ALREADY PLANNING THINGS LIKE GETTING OUT INTO THE PARKS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO LIKE, MAYBE NEXT WEEK OR, OR NEXT MONTH, YOU CAN LIKE, GIVE US A, GIVE US A BRIEF OR BRIEF BRIEF FROM WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS.
JUST BE PATIENT WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S NO, NO, NO.
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT WE'VE NEVER TALKED ABOUT IS, IS PRETTY COOL.
LIKE I REALLY, AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN HAVE TO, TO LOOK OVER IT FOR SURE.
BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY THAT I CAME FROM, UH, WAS ALMOST LIKE 90 SOMETHING LANGUAGES SPOKEN MM-HMM
SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO SEE EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, SPANISH TO, UH, VIETNAMESE, UH, SOUTH KOREAN LANGUAGE, UH, RUSSIAN, I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, IT WAS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, SPOKEN THERE.
SO, UM, AND THEN LASTLY FOR ME, I THINK, UM, I, YOUR PREDECESSOR, IS THAT RIGHT? PREDECESSOR? IS THAT RIGHT? I'M, I'M OFF ON WORDS.
I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, DON'T MARK THAT.
DON'T SAY, DON'T PUT ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN THE NEWSPAPER
UM, BUT I, HE HAD SENT ME A CULTURAL DIVERSITY TRAINING THAT THEY HAD GONE THROUGH BEFORE, AND IT WAS LIKE FROM 2009, I BELIEVE.
AND SO, YEAH, THAT'S THE THING IS, SO T COLE, UH, YEAH, I KNOW ABOUT THEM.
SETS THE, SETS THE BASICS FOR THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME, UH, THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT YOU BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPAND ON.
UM, AND I ALSO THINK THAT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, NOT AS A, A TRAINING PROGRAM, BUT MORE ON THE JOB, REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE, IS ONCE OUR HISPANIC OUTREACH TEAM, AND THEY'VE GOT A, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT NAME THEY CAME UP WITH FOR IT? DID THEY TELL YOU? HE HASN'T, HE HASN'T.
UH, WELL, HE CAME OUT WITH A, UH, THEY'VE GOT LIKE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
HE HASN'T COME UP WITH IT YET.
LARRY CAME UP WITH ANOTHER NAME TO GIVE 'EM TOO.
SO YEAH, THEY'VE GOT TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
I, I THOUGHT THEY HAD SETTLED ON ONE, BUT, UM, ANYWAY, UM, SO ONCE THEY GET REALLY UP AND RUNNING AND THEY'RE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THE IDEA IS WE'RE GONNA DRAW OTHER PATROL OFFICERS OUT THERE WITH 'EM AND GET THEM EXPOSED TO THE CULTURE, UH, TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY'RE GETTING ON THE JOB TRAINING, WHICH, WHICH I APPRECIATE, RIGHT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO DO HAVE A HUGE CARIBBEAN, CARIBBEAN POPULATION, BLACK AMERICAN POPULATION, AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OTHER POPULATIONS THAT, AND HANG ON TO YOURSELF AT, AT MY INSTITUTION, I'M AT LEE COLLEGE.
I'M ON THE DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION.
REALLY INVOLVED WITH ALL THAT WORK AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS MM-HMM
AND SO I JUST WANNA KNOW THAT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE HISPANIC POPULATION, THAT IT'S BEING CONSIDERED.
AND SO I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SEE MM-HMM
I THINK IT'S T CLOSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT T COLE.
UM, THAT, THAT THERE IS A MM-HMM
YOU, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL TRAININGS.
YOU, WE ARE IN A SYSTEM RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALL LOOKING AT DEI WORK FOR EVERYTHING.
SO I'M SURE YOU CAN FIND LIKE A, A PRESENTER TO COME IN OR, OR A TRAINER TO COME IN.
WELL, WE ALSO HAVE THINGS LIKE, UH, ONLINE TRAINING THROUGH POLICE ONE ACADEMY.
LIKE I STARTED A CULTURAL DIVERSITY CLASS FOR MYSELF THIS MORNING ON, UH, ON POLICE ONE ACADEMY.
AND IT'S, UH, I THINK THAT ONE'S A, AN EIGHT L COURSE.
WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT, I ALSO DO KNOW THAT I HAVE TO DO TRAININGS AS WELL, AND IT'S JUST AS EASY AS PUTTING IT ON PLAY AND THEN JUST LISTENING TO AS MUCH AS I NEED TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE QUIZZES AT THE END.
NOW I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M, I KNOW, BUT AT SOME POINT, DR.
MARIANO, I, I, I WANNA PAUSE HERE BECAUSE
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THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT I THINK CAN, CAN, CAN, CAN REALLY TAKE US A DEEP, DEEP, DARK RABBIT HOLE.I AT LACEY KNOWS WHERE THE HOLE'S GOING.
I MEAN THAT'S EXACTLY, AND WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK.
AND I'M NOT SAYING WE WON'T HAVE CLASSES ON.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT BEING IGNORED EITHER.
SO DEFINITELY IF WE CAN GET SOME FRAMEWORK ON THAT CHIEF, UH, IN, IN THE FUTURE, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY GOOD ON THAT.
UM, MS. YOLANDA, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT YOU WANNA CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE? JUST DOING THAT.
REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, REACHING OUT? YES.
OUT OF THE POLICE CARS, WE NEED TO, OUT OF THE POLICE CARDS, INTERACTING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, WITH, WITH THE PEOPLE.
UM, WHETHER IT'S IN APARTMENTS OR PARKS OR, UM, COFFEE WITH A COP IS JUST NOT OKAY.
ATTRACT MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE YET.
WHY WOULD I WANNA GO TO COFFEE WITH A COP? I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE.
I MEAN, SHE WOULDN'T WANT TO GO BECAUSE THERE'S STANDING ROOM ONLY AND THAT'S WHY I KNOW.
BUT HOW ABOUT SHE NEVER GO TO ONE? HOW MANY PEOPLE? ALRIGHT, HOW MANY, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE UNDER 30?
AND I, WHY DON'T YOU GET AN ICE CREAM TRUCK? HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK OF THE, I DUNNO HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST FOR THAT ONE.
JUST, I TRIED
DEFINITELY SUBMIT THOSE SUGGESTIONS IN MR. SPRAYER.
AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DRIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
YOU GOT A LOT OF KIDS IN THOSE LOCATIONS OR THOSE SPRAY PARTIES.
WE, WE ARE GETTING OFF OUR AGENDA.
WE ARE GETTING OFF OUR AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
SO IF NO OTHER ITEM ON THREE B, UH, THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO,
[4. NEXT MEETING]
UH, NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING.OUR NEXT BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
REGULAR MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, APRIL THE 26TH.
2022 AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THE CHAMBER COUNCIL AT BAYTOWN CITY HALL.
AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION? MOTION.