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[ BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2023 4:30 P.M. BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
IS HERE.IT IS 4:30 PM TUESDAY, JULY 11TH, 2023.
CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING AT THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT AND ANNOUNCED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT.
[a. Consider a resolution adopting the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District's Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget.]
CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 2023.MOTION IS SECOND OF ANY DISCUSSION.
MAINTENANCE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ADD ABOUT THE BUDGET WE HAVE.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES TO YOU.
COULD WORK BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELPING THE POLICE GET THIS TOGETHER.
GREAT JOB BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Y'ALL, Y'ALL, Y'ALL SET THIS UP.
AND TO THE FINANCE TEAM FOR HELPING FACILITATE THAT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON RECORD AS THANKING AUDIENCE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ABOUT THE BUDGET? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.
[a. Receive the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending March 31, 2023.]
ITEM TWO A.REPORTS RECEIVED THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS WITH A QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2023.
WE'RE PRESENTING THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT PERIOD ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2023.
UM, REVENUE IS $1.2 MILLION AT 53% OF THE BUDGET RECEIVED.
WE HAVE 2.2 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS ABOUT 71% OF EXPENDITURES, UM, SPENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FUND BALANCE OF $1 MILLION OF $1 MILLION, AND OUR SALES TAX WAS UP ABOUT 10% DURING THIS QUARTER.
OUR INVESTMENT BOOK VALUE IS $1.6 MILLION, AND THE INVESTMENT EARNERS IS 21,463.
ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WE'LL CONSIDER THAT REPORT RECEIVED AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO TWO
[b. Presentation of the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Street Crime Unit, Traffic Management Team, and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) statistical reports. ]
B.WE'LL RECEIVE A PRESENTATION OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT STREET CRIME UNIT, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND CBE.
AND, AND AS ALWAYS, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU WITHOUT READING THE NUMBERS AND CONSULTING YOUR INTELLIGENCE.
UM, THE, UM, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ARE, UH, WE, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR, OUR TRAFFIC STOPS, I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, OVERALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT'S CERTAINLY REFLECTED IN BOTH THE STREET CRIMES, UH, UNIT AS WELL AS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND CVE.
UM, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS SINCE WE MOVED THESE PERSONNEL OUT OF, UH, OUT OF, UH, CCPD, IT'S LESS ABOUT THE PERSONNEL AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY USING THAT'S FACILITATING IT.
UH, THE VEHICLES, FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE PURCHASE THROUGH CCPD OBVIOUSLY ALLOWS US TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS CONTROL AND THE HIGHWAYS AND, UH, ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE, UH, WHAT ESSENTIALLY ARE THESE INTERDICTION STOPS.
UH, BUT IF YOU, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UH, FOR, UH, FOR APRIL, MAY, JUNE, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, A STEADY PROGRESSION OF ACTIVITY ACROSS THE UNITS.
AND IN SOME CASES, THAT DOES REFLECT PERSONNEL, WHERE WE'VE HAD PERSONNEL WHO HAVE EITHER BEEN ON LIGHT DUTY OR, UH, FMLA FOR BIRTHS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, IF YOU RECALL, IS A UNIFORMED ELEMENT OF OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE TYPES OF TRAFFIC STOPS AND YOU SEE THE ARRESTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH THESE, THESE TEND TO BE SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN, UH, THIS JUROR, AND I HATE TO SAY AVERAGE PATROL, UH, BUT THESE TEND TO INDICATE SUPPORT OF SOME TYPE OF AN INVESTIGATION.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT STOPPING PEOPLE WHO ALSO HAVE WARRANTS FOR, UH, FAILURE TO APPEAR IN COURT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT FOR STREET CRIMES, IT TYPICALLY INDICATES SUPPORT OF, UH, OF A BROADER, UH, INVESTIGATION WITH, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH HOPEFULLY MORE IMPACT ON CRIME IN OUR CITY.
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THE, THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH I THINK IS GONNA BE NEXT.UM, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT, UM, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE INCREDIBLY ACTIVE.
WE'VE GOT MOST OF THAT GROUP BACK, UH, BACK TO WORK AS WELL.
WE HAD SOME THAT WERE OUT ON LIGHT DUTY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THIS REFLECTS THE, UH, THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE THROUGH THE CCPD AND ASSIST THEM IN, IN, IN THEIR PARTICULAR DUTIES.
SO, ANY PARTICULAR HOTSPOTS THAT YOU'RE CONCENTRATING ON? WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD, UH, INTELLIGENCE ANALYST WHO'S BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY, UH, MICRO HOTSPOTS WITHIN OUR CITIES THAT ARE, UH, FOCUS POINTS FOR NOT ONLY OUR TRAFFIC STOPS, BUT ALSO FOR, UH, UH, UH, FELONIOUS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
UH, AND WHAT WE SEE THROUGH, UH, DATA DRIVEN, UH, UH, ARREST AND CRASH DATA, UH, D DECKS, IS THAT IN AREAS WHERE YOU TEND TO HAVE HIGHER INCIDENTS OF CRIME, YOU WILL HAVE HIGHER INCIDENTS OF TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS AS WELL AS TRAFFIC CRASHES.
NOW, THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO USE VEHICLES IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
SO IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE AREAS AND YOU CAN GO TWO, THREE STREETS OFF OF THOSE GENERAL AREAS, UM, WHAT'S YOUR, LET ME BACK UP ON THAT.
UH, YOU LOOK AT THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST INCIDENTS OF TRAFFIC CRASHES, AND YOU BEGIN TO GO TWO OR THREE STREETS OFF OF THOSE, UH, THOROUGH AFFAIRS, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BEGIN TO SEE SOME OF THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN ALSO IDENTIFY, UH, PATROL STRATEGIES AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND STREET CRIME STRATEGIES FOR DEPLOYMENT.
UH, BECK ON THE, UH, CRIME THAT STOPS, IT SAYS IN, IT SAYS IN HERE, YOU KNOW, FIREARMS. IS THAT, IS THAT, UH, FIREARMS? THEY'RE CONFISCATING? YES, SIR.
UH, IT JUST BEING ILLEGAL OR, YES, SIR.
SO IT'S, IT'S FOR, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, IT'S GONNA BE AN ILLEGALLY, UH, POSSESSED FIREARM.
UH, WHETHER IT'S A FELON IN POSSESSION OR IT'S AN ILLEGAL FIREARM, OR IT'S STOLEN.
SO SOME OF THESE MAY ACTUALLY BE RECOVERED PROPERTY.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
CONSIDER THAT RECEIVED, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MANAGEMENT
[a. The next Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 4:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
REPORT.UH, JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR, UH, APPRO THE BUDGET.
AND, UH, JUST TO GIVE JOHN OUR CHIEF STRINGER, UH, SOME KUDOS.
THE CHIEF HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED A BUSINESS PLAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BASED OFF THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT HAS A FOCUS ON TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, UH, CRIME, UH, UH, PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT, UH, JUST AS A, AS AN ENTIRETY, AND THEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO HE HAS A, HE HAS A GREAT PLAN WITH SOME GOALS THAT HE'S WORKING TOWARDS.
UM, WE HOPE TO SEE SOME ACTIVITY IN TRAFFIC AND IN CRIME, UH, GO DOWN.
UH, WE MAY HAVE SPIKES, UH, UPWARDS OR, OR DOWNWARDS WHILE THIS IS IMPLEMENTED FOR, FOR THE NEXT, UH, FEW YEARS.
AND SO HE HAS A VISION AND A, AND A BUSINESS PLAN TO GET HIS TEAM BEHIND.
AND I'M HOPING IN THE FUTURE, AS WE GET THAT UNDERWAY, THAT WE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING A WATERED DOWN VERSION THAT DOESN'T COMPROMISE, UH, THEIR MISSION, UH, TO BRING TO THIS BOARD AND TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS IMPRESSIVE.
UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND AT THE SAME TIME, NOT ALL OF IT CAN BE DIVULGED, JUST SO WE, UH, DON'T PUT IT OUT THERE.
UH, BUT IT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ON STORYTELLING, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE BECAUSE HE HAS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES THAT ARE, UH, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO WITH THAT, UH, THE NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 10TH AT 4:30 PM AND THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE, MR. CHAIR.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS HERE TODAY? COMMISSIONER CHAIR, MOTION SECOND.