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TO ORDER THIS, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS ITEM ONE A.
CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2022.
ANYONE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THOSE? YEAH.
[a. Consider setting the time, date and location of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Meetings for the 2023 calendar year.]
ITEM TWO A, WE'LL CONSIDER SETTING THE TIME, DATE, AND LOCATION OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT MEETINGS FOR THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR.SO THESE MEETINGS ARE USUALLY HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE FIRST MONTH OF THE QUARTER, AND A MEETING IN JUNE FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET.
SO THE PROPOSED DATES ARE TUESDAY, APRIL 11TH, TUESDAY, JUNE 13TH, TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, AND TUESDAY OCTOBER 10TH, 2023.
ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AT CITY HALL 24 0 1 MARKET STREET AT 4:30 PM UM, ANY CHANGES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE DATES? NO.
[a. Presentation of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Street Crime Unit, Traffic Management Team, and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) statistical reports. ]
ITEM THREE A, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT STREET CRIME UNIT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENTS, FISCAL REPORTS.UH, THANK YOU FOR, AGAIN, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO TO, TO HELP US SERVE THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.
UH, AS ALWAYS, YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU, AND I CERTAINLY WON'T INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE BY, UH, READING WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THERE, BUT I WANNA TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THESE STATS MEAN.
UM, OVER THE LAST QUARTER, WE SAW, UH, AN INCREASE, OR AS I WAS OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN SOME OF OUR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, PARTICULARLY OUR PART ONE CRIMES.
I WILL NOTE THAT, UH, THAT MURDER WAS DOWN, UH, FROM LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE FORTUNATE ON THAT.
UH, IF YOU REMEMBER OUR, UM, IN 2021, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD FIVE MURDERS IN THE, IN THE MONTH OF OCTO, OR IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
UM, OUR STREET CRIMES UNIT, AS WELL AS OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON STREET LEVEL CRIME AS WELL AS THE MURDER RATE.
WE BELIEVE, UH, SOME CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, UH, UH, SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INCREASE IN SOME OF THE CRIMES THAT YOU SEE THERE BEFORE YOU THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED, UM, MAY BE OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS.
WE, WE DID EXPECT A SPIKE IN THE REPORT OF CRIMES AS WE BEGAN TO BUILD TRUST AND, UH, RAPPORT WITH OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HISPANIC OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT WE INITIATED CALLED UNIDOS.
AND, UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT, THAT, THAT'S AN INDICATION WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND DO SOME MORE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON IT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE SEEING A HIGHER INCIDENCE OF, UH, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BEING REPORTED FROM OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITY, WHICH TRADITIONALLY, UH, HAS A, A, A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM OF, OF, OF POLICE.
SO, UM, WE THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THE SPIKES IN CRIME WHEN IT COMES TO THEFT, AUTO THEFT, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE STREETS.
UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, WITH FUNDS PROVIDED BY CCPD, UH, OVER THE, THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE A TOTAL OF 26 CAMERAS, UH, 18 FLOCK CAMERAS AND EIGHT MOTOROLA CAMERAS THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED AROUND THE CITY WITH MORE COMING.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT IT'S A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
IT PUTS MORE EYES IN ONE PLACE FOR US.
AND EVENTUALLY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE LONG TERM, UH, MAYBE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, IS A, IS A REAL TIME CRIME CENTER WHERE THAT KIND OF STUFF CAN BE MONITORED ON A 24 HOUR A DAY BASIS.
AND WE HAVE EXPERTS, UH, FROM MAYBE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT WORK TOGETHER AND CAN HELP SOLVE CRIME IN REAL TIME.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE HORIZON THAT WE BELIEVE WILL BRING VALUE TO THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, WHICH AS YOU KNOW BY NOW, WE CREATED ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR IN RESPONSE TO OUR SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME AND, UH, SOME OF THE MURDERS THAT WE WERE HAVING, UH, THAT INCORPORATES STREET CRIMES.
AND, UH, WE, UH, THAT DIVISION HAS BENEFITED
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GREATLY FROM THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN PURCHASED THROUGH CCPD.UM, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE, UH, THE, THE FLOCK CAMERAS, THE MOTOROLA CAMERAS, BUT IT'S SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S ALLOWED US TO, UH, ENHANCE OUR INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO IS IN LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE AN ARREST FOR 68 KILOS OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE NORTH WOODS AREA.
UH, NOW THAT'S ABOUT 550 TO $575,000 ON THE STREET.
UH, WE ALSO TOOK TWO ILLEGAL WEAPONS, AUTOMATIC RIFLES OFF THE STREET AT THAT POINT, AND THAT'S JUST A SAMPLING OF WHAT THE FUNDS FROM CCPD ARE CONTRIBUTING TO BECAUSE THIS UNIT AS WELL AS OUR PATROL UNITS ARE TAKING GUNS OFF THE STREET ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND NOT JUST SIDEARMS AND PISTOLS, BUT FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS THAT OTHERWISE COULD NOT ONLY HURT A POLICE OFFICER, BUT AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
UM, UH, UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHILE YOU'LL SEE SOME FLUCTUATION IN THE NUMBERS, UH, OVER THE LAST QUARTER, WE'VE HAD SOME FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THAT HAVE BEEN SICK AND INJURED AND HAD SOME FAMILY ISSUES AS WELL AS AS TRAINING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN PUSHING IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR OFFICERS GET THE TRAINING THAT THEY NEED AND THAT THE PUBLIC IS DEMANDING OF POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE WANNA BE AHEAD OF THAT.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ALSO REALIZED, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST, UH, QUARTER OF THIS LAST YEAR, CALENDAR YEAR, UH, OUR, OUR TRAFFIC RELATED FATALITIES, UH, MOST OF THOSE WERE THE RESULT OF DWI.
SO WE BEGAN FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON, UH, DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND TERING OR, OR RESTRUCTURING OUR HOURS SO THAT OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM COULD BE OUT AT THE PEAK TIMES.
AND, UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ACROSS THIS NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
THERE'S GONNA BE A STRONG FOCUS AND A STRONG PUSH ON USING THESE FUNDS TO, UH, COMBAT DUI OR, I'M SORRY, IT'S TEXAS, IT'S DWI IN TEXAS, ALABAMA'S, DUI CHIEF.
WHO DOES MOST OF THE DWI ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE I NOTICED THE STREET CRIMES GOT ZERO 40 QUARTER.
STREET CRIMES IS A UNIFORMED ELEMENT OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
THEY ARE FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON STREET LEVEL, UH, VIOLENT CRIME, NARCOTICS, STEALING, AND, UH, THEY ARE ALSO THAT ELEMENT OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, WHICH HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TARGETING THE HEADS OF CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AND BASICALLY CUTTING OFF THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE.
UH, THEY KEEP PATROL FREE, SO WHILE STREET CRIMES IS A UNIFORMED MARKED, UH, DIVISION OR AS IT WAS UNIT, UH, THEY ALSO DO THE TRAFFIC STOPS OR THE TAKE DOWNS FOR THE INVESTIGATORS, UH, KEEPING PATROL UNITS FREE.
THEY DO THE TRANSPORTS TO THE JAIL AND TO THE COUNTY JAIL.
ALSO KEEPING PATROL UNITS OUT IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS ON REGULAR PATROL.
SO OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM, ALONG WITH ELEMENTS OF PATROL, IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AND DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.
YOU SAID THAT, UH, YOU TOOK TWO FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS OFF THE STREET.
WERE THEY, UH, TRUE FULLY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS OR ARE THEY THE KIND THAT THEY PUT THAT NOT A BUMP STOCK, BUT NOT A, NOT THE GLOCK SWITCH AND STUFF LIKE THAT? THE GLOCK SWITCH? YEAH.
UM, NO, THOSE WERE, WERE, WERE TRULY AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.
THEY WERE AK 47 STYLE WEAPONS, SKS WEAPONS.
UH, NOW IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE JUST CONCLUDED A CASE ON AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS, UH, PROBABLY NOT THE BRIGHTEST IN THE WORLD.
UH, IT, UH, IT, IT, THIS WAS CONDUCTED BY A GANG INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
UH, THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS ACTUALLY ADVERTISING GLOCK SWITCHES ON FACEBOOK.
SO, UH, WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE BEAT THE A TF TO 'EM.
AND DO YOU, DO YOU REFER THESE GUYS WITH THESE FULL AUTOS TO, TO THE FEDS FOR PROSECUTION AS WELL? WE CAN, BUT, UH, GIVEN THE CASELOAD IN THE HARRIS COUNTY AREA IN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT, UH, MOST OF THE TIME, UNLESS IT'S LINKED TO SOME OTHER HIGHER LEVEL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA DECLINE IT.
AND WE'LL TAKE IT THROUGH STATE COURT.
ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM OUR LOCAL DAS FOR THOSE TYPES OF, UH, DA'S OFFICE IS, UH, IS SOMETIMES A CHALLENGE TO WORK WITH.
UM, UH, WE OFTEN OUR OFFICERS WHO HAVE FELONY CASES OR COUNTY COURT CASES BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THE ARREST.
THEY'VE GOT A CALL AND CHECK THROUGH THE DA WHO'S, WHO'S ON DUTY AT THE TIME AND GET APPROVAL.
IT'S KINDA LIKE WORKING A FEDERAL CASE THAT BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY MAKE AN ARREST, YOU CONSULT WITH US ATTORNEY OR AN A USA BEFORE YOU, UH, MAKE THAT ARREST.
SO SOMETIMES THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION IN A BOTTLENECK, AND I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA PULL PUNCHES ON THAT.
UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH A SYSTEM THAT WORKS LIKE THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN AN OFFICER CAN ARTICULATE PROBABLE CAUSE AND, UM, HAS CHARGES ON SITE RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM IN VIEW.
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THE, UH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, UH, WE DO GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THEM.UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A SITUATION WHERE, UH, TWO B WARRANTS THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE GOING TO, UH, HAVE SIGNED AND EXECUTED, UH, CAN'T BE DONE AFTER HOURS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THAT, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL.
SO NOW WE'RE HAVING TO BRING PEOPLE IN ON OVERTIME, ALTER THEIR, UH, SCHEDULE SO THAT THEY CAN GET WARRANTS, UH, DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
AND THAT'S FOR THE ENTIRE OF HARRIS COUNTY.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OUR OFFICERS WILL HAVE TO STAND IN LINE OVER THERE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, BUT, UM, REST ASSURED, WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP PUTTING BAD GUYS IN JAIL JUST BECAUSE OF THAT.
UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFE.
AND THERE'S ONE MORE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO, LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW.
UH, UNIDOS, OUR HISPANIC OUTREACH TEAM IS HAVING A PROGRAM ON THE 25TH OF THIS MONTH AT, UH, 7:00 PM AT E EMMANUEL CHURCH.
UH, OUR TOPICS ARE GONNA BE ON CASH PURCHASES AND HOW OUR CITIZENS CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST FRAUD AND THEFT FROM VENDORS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO FOR US AND THE TIME THAT YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU SPEND AWAY FROM YOUR HOMES AND YOUR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST US.
[b. Receive the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2022.]
THREE B.WE'LL RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022.
THIS IS YOUR FOURTH QUARTER MONITORING REPORT, WHICH BRINGS YOU TO THE END OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
UM, I WOULD CAUTION THIS IS NOT THE FINAL AUDITED ACCOUNTS.
THIS IS PURELY A, A, A BUDGET UPDATE.
UH, HAVING SAID THAT, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THE FINAL FIGURES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT ON SALES TAX, THE GROWTH, UH, REMAINS STRONG.
WE WERE 6%, A LITTLE OVER 6% UP YEAR OVER YEAR, UM, ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, A LITTLE DOWN, UM, BY THE END OF THE, UH, THE FOURTH QUARTER, UH, GIVING YOU A SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE, THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU WILL SEE PERSONNEL IN THIS BUDGET.
IF YOU REMEMBER, WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE TOOK THE POLICY DECISION TO TAKE PERSONNEL OUT, FUND THOSE IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THIS WILL BECOME AN EQUIPMENT'S BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
SO WHEN YOU SEE YOUR FIRST QUARTER MONITORING REPORT FOR THE NEW YEAR, THERE WON'T BE PERSONNEL SERVICES IN THERE.
UM, UH, ALTOGETHER A, A GOOD, UH, REPORT I WOULD SUGGEST FOR THE YEAR, YOU HAVE A SURPLUS AND WE CAN GET ON THE SPENDING AT IN THE CURRENT YEAR, UH, WITH YOUR PERMISSION.
THAT'S ALL HAVE, SIR, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I WAS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THE BUDGET, BUT I NOTICED WE'VE GOT 165,000 IN CAPITAL OUTLAY WITH NO EXPENDITURES.
WHAT WAS THAT BUDGETED FOR? I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WOULD ASK THAT SO THAT I COULD TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASSISTANCE.
YEAH, THAT'S AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
IT WAS SET ASIDE FOR, UH, A RANGE BUILDING WHERE WE'D BE ABLE TO DO, I'M SORRY, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO MUNITION TRAINING AND BUILDING CLEARING AND, UM, THAT WAS GONNA BE PART OF THAT MONEY, THAT, THAT WOULD, WOULD GO INTO THAT IN ADDITION TO SOME THAT CAME FROM CIP.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE JUST RECENTLY LEARNED THAT WE CAN'T PUT A NEW STRUCTURE OUT ON THE RANGE BECAUSE OF THE SOIL SAMPLES.
SO THAT'LL CARRY OVER INTO A NEW PROJECT.
AND ACTUALLY, JUST ON THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, WHEN WE SET THE BUDGET, THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, WE INCLUDED THE AMOUNT, AN AMOUNT FOR N NEW MUNITION BUILDING AND THE CHIEF AND I JUST TODAY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO, UH, EXTEND THAT FURTHER.
SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU BECAUSE, UH, I WOULD SUGGEST WE PROBABLY DO WANT TO UTILIZE SOME OF YOUR SURPLUS, UH, TO GO TOWARDS THAT PROJECT GOING FORWARD.
BUT MORE OF THAT TO COME LATER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
REPORT IS CONSIDERED RECEIVED.
[a. The next Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at 4:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
RIGHT.THAT TAKES US TO ITEM FOUR, THE MANAGER'S REPORT, MR. REYNOLDS.
UM, ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL.
THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE.
AND THE NEXT MEETING, UH, WILL BE, UH, TUESDAY, APRIL 11TH, UH, AT 4:30 PM AND THE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, WELL THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S MEETING AND ALL AGENDA ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.