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BUSY.UH, I NOW CALL TO ORDER AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2023, 6:00 PM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL 24 0 1 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 0 FOR THE RECORD.
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting held on August 22, 2023.]
ORDER ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.DO WE HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? SECONDED IT, IT PASSES.
ALL THOSE IN, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO.
SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN INPUT.
THIS IS WHERE WE RECEIVE CITIZEN INPUT CONCERNING POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING, OFFICER TRAINING, AS WELL AS POLICE AND PROCEDURES.
THIS ITEM GIVES ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING, AS WELL AS POLI POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
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.
EVERYONE 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 PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
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 THIS EVENING.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE PERSON.
CHAIRPERSON MORENO AND THE COMMITTEE.
UH, I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE THIS EVENING AFTER BEING GONE FOR A WHILE AND JUST, UH, ADDRESS THE FACT THAT, UH, SOME PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP TOOK PLACE WITHIN THIS COMMITTEE.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATUITY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
I WITNESSED IT AT THE LIBRARY ALSO.
UH, UH, THINK THAT, UH, JAMIE EUSTIS, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, UH, PRESIDENT DR.
VILLANUEVA FROM LEE COLLEGE, ALL HANDS WERE ON DECK.
EVERYBODY RESPONDED TO THOSE KIDS WHO CAME INTO THAT COMMITTEE MEETING AND ASKED FOR WHAT ASKED FOR PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS TO, UH, THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL.
ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO OR SO, I'VE BEEN LOSING TRACK OF TIME.
IT'S BEEN ONE BIG BLUR THIS SUMMER.
UM, A A GENTLEMAN WALKED, UH, NEAR A SCHOOL ZONE.
UH, HE WAS APPREHENDED, UH, GOOSE CREEK AND, UH, UH, GOOSE CREEK PD.
AND BAYTOWN PD WORKED COLLECTIVELY TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED.
UM, THERE WERE MULTIPLE, UH, MAGAZINES ON THE INDIVIDUAL.
HE WAS 27 SECONDS AWAY FROM THE FRONT DOOR FROM A SCHOOL.
I THINK MULTIPLE LIVES MAY HAVE BEEN SAVED THANKS TO THIS COMMITTEE, UH, BEING INCLUSIVE WITH THOSE KIDS.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE THE, THE FACT EXPRESS, MY APPRECIATION FOR THE FACT THAT THE BAYTOWN POLICE, UH, UH, ASSOCIATION, UH, DECIDED TO, UH, TAKE A STANCE ON THE WAY THAT THE, THE INDIVIDUAL WAS TRIED THROUGH THE HARRIS COUNTY COURTS.
TO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, HARRIS COUNTY CHANGED THEIR DECISION, UH, PER PUBLIC PRESSURE.
UH, AND SO THAT'S SORT OF THE MOBILIZATION THAT WE AS, UH, THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO MOVE.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THIS COMMITTEE.
WE JUST HEARD DR. MORENO EXPRESS WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS FOR, UH, IN, IN THIS WHOLE, UH, CHANCE TO GET A SPEECH.
AND NOBODY REALLY TALKS EVERY WEEK, BUT I TRY TO TALK WHEN I CAN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THE GROUND, I'VE KNOCKED ON DOORS, AND I'VE SEEN THOSE THINGS.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THIS COMMITTEE, UH, ADDRESS THOSE KIDS.
I, I BELIEVE LIVES MAY HAVE BEEN SAVED WITH THAT PROACTIVE, UH, SOLUTION THAT THEY ASKED FOR.
AND I APPRECIATE, UH, THE CHANGE THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAY PERHAPS, UH, I THINK THAT COMING UP SOON, THERE WILL BE A, UH, AN EXPIRATION FOR ONE OF YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
JUNE STANSKI, WHO HAS BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING I'VE BEEN WATCHING MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK, UH, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULDN'T GO, UH, FOR GRANTED.
WE SHOULDN'T TAKE HER PRESENCE HERE FOR GRANTED.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DIVERSE VOICES ON THIS BOARD.
YOU LOOK TO YOUR LEFT, YOU LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT.
THERE'S NOT ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT LOOK LIKE ME.
BUT I HAVE KNOCKED ON DOORS IN DR.
I KNOW WHAT THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY WANTS.
SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF MY VOTERS, ONE OF MY SUPPORTERS.
AND IF YOU COULD USE THE PUBLIC INFORMATION GIVEN TO YOU TO CONTACT HER COUNCILMAN, UH, MR. KEN GRIFFITH.
OR OTHER COUNCILMEN WHO HAS A VACANCY, BECAUSE I THINK SHE CONTINUES TO SH TO NEED TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
THAT IS MY, UH, UH, UM, OPINION.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
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THREE MINUTES FLAT, DAVID.UH, SO I WANT TO THANK IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK.
I WANNA THANK EACH OF YOU, YOU SPECIFICALLY, DAVID, SINCE IT WAS JUST YOU
UH, FOR YOUR COMMENTS TODAY, PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS HEARD YOU WE'LL THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER EACH, UH, MATTER RAISED, UM, AND WILL FORMULATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS COMMUNITY INPUT, WHERE WE RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT OBTAINED BY ANY OF US COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON THE PANEL OR ON UP HERE.
IF YOU'VE RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM ANY, ANYBODY FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS THAT YOU WANNA SHARE, PLEASE, THIS IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO SHARE.
NOTHING THIS TIME AND NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
UH, WITH NOTHING BEING SAID, WE WILL MOVE OVER TO
[a. Discuss and consider a Properties and Neighborhood List for citizen engagement opportunities.]
NEW BUSINESS.THIS IS WHERE WE DISCUSS AND CONSIDER A PROPERTIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD LIST FOR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, THANK YOU TO CHIEF STRINGER FOR GETTING US THIS LIST.
INITIALLY IN MAY, UH, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OUR OTHER BPA, UH, BPAC MEETING.
UM, BUT THE LIST WAS THEN TRANSFERRED OVER TO RICHARD, WHO RICHARD TOOK ON THE TASK OF TRYING TO SOLIDIFY A PLACE FOR US TO BE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M GONNA PASS THIS OVER TO RICHARD TO GIVE US A REPORT.
TO GIVE US A REPORT ON HIS FINDINGS.
SO I VISITED WITH, UM, LET'S SEE HOW MANY OUT OF THE 11, 1, 2, 3, 7 OF THEM.
UM, WE LOOKED AT WHAT THEIR FACILITIES WERE.
WE TALKED WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGEMENT ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, COULD NOT FIND BETWEEN SCHEDULING THE TIMING, UM, A FACILITY AND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT WHO WOULD BE THERE.
UM, CITIZEN WISE, THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD REALLY HANDLE CAPACITY FOR A LARGE CROWD.
UM, AND NOT HAVING A GAUGE OTHER THAN LEE COLLEGE TO GO TO.
I EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULDN'T BE A HUGE CROWD, BUT THEY WERE, THERE WERE CONCERNS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE NOT LOCATED AN APARTMENT FACILITY YET THAT'S WILLING TO HOST US AT THIS TIME.
ALL OF THEM SAID, CHECK BACK IN A MONTH OR TWO, SEE WHAT, WHAT'S UP.
I'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 'EM TO SEE.
BUT A LOT OF THEM JUST DON'T HAVE A FACILITY THAT THEY FELT WOULD MEET THE NEEDS.
AND THEN ACCESS AND PARKING AND WHATNOT WAS A CONCERN.
BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF A LARGE CROWD.
AND I'M MINIMIZING THAT WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, 20, 30 VEHICLES MAYBE AT THE TOP.
'CAUSE WE, AT LEE COLLEGE, WE'VE HAD SOME EXTREMELY HIGHLY VISITED EVENTS, AND WE'VE HAD SOME NONETHELESS.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A, AS WE GET OUT INTO THE PUBLIC LIKE THIS, UM, IT'S A HIT OR MISS.
SO I COULDN'T GUARANTEE THEY'RE REASSURE THEM OF ONE OR THE OTHER.
SO, UM, BUT, BUT THEY WERE ALL VERY, UM, COMPLIMENTARY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON VARIOUS THINGS.
SO, UH, I, I FEEL THAT WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE.
WE JUST HAVE TO BE MORE REFINED IN HOW WE APPROACH IT.
WHAT OTHER OPTIONS DO WE HAVE? WE TALKED ABOUT SOME, WHEN WE MET WITH JAMIE AT THE LIBRARY IN TERMS OF IMMERSING OURSELVES INTO THE COMMUNITY TO HOST A MEETING.
I KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAD APARTMENT COMPLEXES AS ONE OF THEM, BUT WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? DO YOU REMEMBER IF WE HAD, WAS IT CHURCHES? YEAH, CHURCHES AND HOAS POSSIBLY.
BUT EVEN THAT, THE HOAS, DEPENDING ON THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT, WHAT I FOUND IS THEY MEET YEARLY OR QUARTERLY.
SO IT WOULD BE HIT OR MISS TO GET 'EM IN THERE.
BUT THE HOAS LIKE TO HAVE BPD COME IN AND GIVE A REPORT.
MY OWN HOA DOES IT ONCE A YEAR.
SO IT'S, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF TIMING.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT CHURCHES, DO WE WANNA START CONSIDERING POSSIBLY VISITING? YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THE BAYTOWN, THE PENTECOSTALS OF BAYTOWN, RIGHT? UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, I THINK IT WAS IN, IN THE SPRINGTIME, THE ONE MEETING MEETING.
DO WE WANNA CONSIDER? AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY SHOW UP FOR THAT.
DID ANYBODY COME WITH YOU? NO, BUT RHONDA LOPEZ WAS IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO WE ONLY HAD ONE PERSON THAT SHOWED UP.
UM, SO I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD CONSIDER LIKE, ANOTHER CHURCH, SOME OTHER CHURCHES POSSIBILITY.
WHAT DO Y'ALL, WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK ON THE COMMITTEE, SINCE WE SEEM, WHILE, WHILE HE CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR US TO BE AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, I DON'T WANNA LOSE MOMENTUM ON THE THOUGHT.
AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD START CONSIDERING CHURCHES.
COULD IT BE A CHURCH CLOSE TO SOME OF THESE PRIVATE COMPLEX? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
AND I, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING.
I JUST, THE QUESTION'S GONNA BE, UM, WHERE DO WE GO? AND, AND I WENT ALL OVER BAYTOWN.
I DIDN'T STICK WITHIN JUST DISTRICT FOUR.
I WENT ALL UP AND DOWN WARD ROAD, UM, OLD BAYTOWN.
UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CHURCHES ALL AROUND THERE.
AND A LOT OF THEM ARE, I THINK THEY'RE COMMUNITIES WE OPEN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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ONE ON AIRHART, ISN'T IT? UH, THEY HOST COMMUNITY THINGS.AND, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UM, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WE CAN ALSO, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHICH ONE.
UH, ALSO WE CAN REACH OUT TO, UM, UH, REVEREND RAPHAEL, WHO WAS PREVIOUS MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND SEE IF WE CAN GET INTO HIS CHURCH.
WHERE IS HIS CHURCH? I, IS THAT IN CITY LIMITS THOUGH? 'CAUSE WHEREVER WE GO, YES, WE DO HAVE TO STAY IN THE CITY LIMITS.
IT WAS HIS HOUSE THAT WAS OUTTA CITY LIMITS.
BUT, UM, HIS CHURCH, UM, BURNED.
AND SO THEY'RE SHARING SPACE WITH, I THINK, MEMORIAL.
AND IF I MAY THROW SOMETHING OUT FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT EVER SINCE I GOT HERE, WAS LET'S GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT WHAT ABOUT MAYBE ASKING ONE OF THE, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS IF, IF WE COULD DO A, A BPAC WITH THEM, AND THAT COULD MAYBE BE THEIR, THEIR CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING, UH, FRED AGUILAR.
UH, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD, GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BPAC TO HEAR FROM THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS WELL.
COULD BE THE, UM, NEW BUILDING.
UM, IS IT GONNA BE OPEN BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR? WE SHOULD BE THE END OF JANUARY.
UM, I GOT SOME INFORMATION YESTERDAY ON ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE THAT'LL BE GOING INTO IT.
AND THAT'LL HAVE TO GO IN, IN, IN, IN DIFFERENT PHASES.
SO SOME, MAYBE SOMETIME BY 24.
IS THERE A FACILITY, A ROOM THERE THAT WE COULD HOST SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THERE'S A COMMUNITY ROOM.
SO I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD INTRODUCTION FOR THE CITIZENS TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE AND TO SEE WHAT WAS IN ACTION.
SO THAT'S, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY AN FY 24 THING.
SO HOW DO WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEXT MEETINGS? DO WE WANNA REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND? UM, DO YOU, I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING IT NEAR THE, THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT YOU VISITED.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT CHURCHES YOU MAY OR MAY HAVE NOT PASSED? I PASSED A BUNCH OF 'EM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE NAMES OF IT, BUT, BUT COULD OKAY.
THEN WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH 'EM AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME, I WON'T BE USING GOOGLE, BUT YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD, DON'T SAY THAT.
SO I, I LIKE THE FRED AGUILAR AT THE PROMISE CENTER IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
UM, POSSIBLY SEEING IF MAYBE WE CAN HOST ONE AT THE PO, THE PROMISE CENTER.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE COLLEGE FOR THE PROMISE CENTER, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT THERE.
UM, CAN I ALSO POSSIBLY SAY, CONTACT THE, UH, CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST ON MARKET STREET? WE HAVE A CONNECTION IN THE ROOM.
CAN YOU WORK WITH THE CONNECTION THAT YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH? SO YOU'LL WORK WITH THE CONNECTION THAT YOU'RE CONNECTING WITH? I'LL WORK WITH THE CONNECTION.
UH, AND SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN SET UP A TIME THAT WORKS OUR NEXT, UM, AND IF YOUR CONNECTION COULD GET IT, LIKE NEXT MONTH, OCTOBER 24TH, WE'LL WORK ON IT FOR OCTOBER 24TH MEETING.
IS OCTOBER 24TH THE NEXT ONE? I THINK SO.
IS IT OCTOBER 4TH? TUESDAY? YEAH.
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT ONE OCTOBER 24TH.
I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN I'M OUT OF TOWN THAT WE THAT.
I'M FLYING BACK FROM MISSOURI.
UM, SO YEAH, OCTOBER 24TH, WE CAN SEE IF WE CAN WORK THAT OUT.
IF YOU'RE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT.
SO THEN DO WE NEED TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT HERE THAT IF SHE IS IN FACT ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT WHEN WE COME, THEN YOU'LL JUST LET US KNOW AND THEN YOU'LL JUST POST IT.
RIGHT? SO WE'RE ALL, ALL OF US IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING
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HER DOING THIS? ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE.YOU ALREADY SAID ALL THOSE FAVORS.
SO IF JUNE IS ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT AND GET US ON THEIR, ON THEIR MEETING FOR OCTOBER 24TH, OR ON THEIR LIST FOR OCTOBER 24TH, THEN SHE WILL LET THE CITY KNOW.
THE CITY WILL THEN DOCUMENT IT.
LET ALL OF US KNOW, AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM THERE.
BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE ON ITEM SIX A.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD ON THAT AND THEN REPEAT, BRING THAT ALL BACK ON.
SO ON THIS ITEM ON NEW BUSINESS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH APARTMENTS.
RICHARD'S GONNA CONTINUE WORKING ON IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE LOOKING AT CHURCHES.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO LET THE CITY KNOW WHAT, TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME AT LEAST, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN POST IT, THAT THIS IS WHERE THE MEETING'S GOING TO BE.
[a. Receive an update regarding the status of police outreach, community policing, officer training and policies and procedures.]
BUSINESS IS REPORTS.THIS IS WHERE WE RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE STATUS OF POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING, OFFICER TRAINING, AND, AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FROM POLICE CHIEF.
UM, LITTLE BIT SHORTER TONIGHT, BUT, UH, IMPACTFUL.
I THINK WE SWORE IN THREE NEW OFFICERS INTO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, YESTERDAY ON THE 25TH.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SELECTION PROCESS UNDERWAY THAT, UH, I HOPE THAT I'M NOT JINXING US, BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING WE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL OUT THE REMAINDER OF OUR RANKS.
UH, WELL, WITH THIS CURRENT SELECTION PROCESS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD OFFICERS, LATERAL OFFICERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES.
SO, UH, WE ACTUALLY VET THOSE TOUGHER AND, AND MORE IN DEPTH THAN WE DO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT POLICE OFFICERS ALREADY, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT 'EM AND THAT, UH, THEY'RE COMING TO THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
SO, UM, HOPING TO HAVE A, A GOOD REPORT ON THAT IN A FEW WEEKS AS WELL.
UH, COLLABORATION, UH, AS, AS, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE WORKING WITH APARTMENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND BAYTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF PROPERTIES.
UH, THIS INCLUDES UPDATING RENTAL ADDENDUMS THAT REQUIRE ANYONE COMMITTING A FELONY TO, UH, WILLINGLY VACATE THE PROPERTY WITHIN 24 HOURS.
IS THAT CORRECT, SARGE? THAT'S THE FELONY ADDENDUM.
UM, AND MOST OF OUR, UH, MOST OF OUR PROPERTIES HAVE, HAVE ADOPTED THIS, AND TENANTS HAVE, HAVE SIGNED IT.
SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY, THEY THEY RENT AND THEY COMMIT FELONIES, THEN THEY HAVE AGREED THAT THEY WILL VACATE THE PREMISE.
SO, UM, PROPERTIES ARE ALSO UPDATING THEIR TRESPASS AFFIDAVITS, WHICH GIVES OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO CITE OR ARREST PERSONS WHO ARE THERE WITHOUT PERMISSION, UH, WHO HAVE NO GOOD LEGAL REASON THAT ARE THERE TRESPASSING.
SO THAT HELPS US IN, UH, KEEPING THESE AREAS SAFE AND BEGIN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WITH 'EM.
UM, AND I AM CURRENTLY ON TWO COMMITTEES WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, THE COMMUNITY POLICING COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN UPDATE OF THE OFFICIAL DEFINITION OF WHAT COMMUNITY POLICING IS, AS WELL AS AN ONLINE TOOLKIT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE, UH, VIA THE IACP, WHICH WILL GIVE THEM, UH, DIFFERENT TOOLS AND SKILL SETS TO HELP THEM WITH COMMUNITY POLICING EFFORTS AND HOW TO ADOPT COMMUNITY POLICING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE ON THERE IS THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT ENGAGED IN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, MOST, UH, MOST PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEING DONE BEFORE.
SO VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT BAYTOWN.
BUT THAT, UM, THE OTHER IS A SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH.
AND WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED TO WRITE A MODEL POLICY ON DUTY TO INTERVENE FOR AGENCIES, AGAIN, AROUND THE WORLD TO USE AN IMPLEMENTING A DUTY TO INTERVENE STANDARD THAT WOULD REQUIRE PERSONNEL TO TAKE ACTION WHEN OFFICERS VIOLATE THE LAW OR POLICY.
UH, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I CAN GIVE YOU, AND PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH ON DUTY TO INTERVENE, IS IF ONE POLICE OFFICER OR MORE, UH, WITNESS PERSONNEL USING EXCESSIVE FORCE, THEY HAVE A DUTY, MORAL, LEGAL, AND ETHICAL TO MAKE AN INTERVENTION.
AND NOT ONLY TO INTERVENE, BUT TO REPORT IT SO THAT IT CAN BE PROPERLY INVESTIGATED.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT THE LAST TWO MONTHS NOW WITH ZOOM MEETINGS FROM, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OVER NORTH AMERICA.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
WE JUST ABOUT HAVE THAT POLICY FINISHED.
UH, TRAINING, EXCUSE ME, IS THAT, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS SUPPOSED TO INTERVENE OR CITIZENS ARE SUPPOSED TO INTERVENE, POLICE OFFICER, ACTUALLY EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THEY'RE SWORN OR NOT.
SO IS THE GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE GIVING AND TO WHAT DEGREE AN AGENCY USES IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY ADAPT THE POLICY.
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AND A FOUNDATION FOR 'EM TO START WITH.UM, IN, UH, MOVING ON TO TRAINING, WE HAD 52 BAYTOWN POLICE OFFICERS RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 2054 TRAINING HOURS BETWEEN AUGUST 22ND, 2023.
AND TODAY, UH, THE BAYTOWN POLICE ACADEMY PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 1,336 TRAINING HOURS, WHICH INCLUDES OUTSIDE AGENCIES BETWEEN, UH, AUGUST 22ND, UH, AND TODAY.
AND, UH, THAT INCLUDES EIGHT COURSES THAT WERE, UH, THAT, THAT WERE TAUGHT FOR BOTH OUR OFFICERS AND OTHER AGENCIES.
SO WE CONTINUE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO OUR OWN OFFICERS HAVE, HAVE GOOD QUALITY TRAINING, BUT OFFICERS FROM SURROUNDING AGENCIES AS WELL.
UH, OUTREACH NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, OCTOBER 3RD, UH, 5:00 PM TILL 9:00 PM AT TOWN SQUARE.
UH, PLEASE PUT THE WORD OUT FOR US.
WE'VE BEEN ADVERTISING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND, UH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR, UH, SPECIAL EQUIPMENT OUT FOR DISPLAY DRONES.
THERE'LL BE ENTERTAINMENT AND, UM, DIFFERENT BOOTHS WILL BE SET UP FOR, UH, FOR, FOR INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UM, UNIDOS HOSTED THE FIRST, UH, THAT, IT, IT SOUNDS BETTER IN SPANISH, BUT, UH, TRANSLATED
AND WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 350 CITIZENS ATTEND.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ANITAS, UH, UH, UNIT WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED, BUT I THOUGHT 350 PEOPLE WAS AMAZING FOR A FIRST TIME EVENT.
SO, UM, YEAH, I, I, I, I WAS, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.
UH, LIEUTENANT HINOJOSA, WHO'S GIVEN REPORTS, HIS BAND PERFORMED, HE PLAYS THE ACCORDION AND, UH, AND, AND YOU GUYS REALLY MISS SOMETHING BECAUSE HE CAN SING.
HE DID A VERY GOOD VERSION OF JOHNNY CASH'S, UH, FOLSOM PRISON BLUES.
UM, SO, BUT IT, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TIME AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
BUT, UM, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY, REALLY COOL WAS WE HAD UNIDOS UNITS FROM PLANO, TEXAS, UH, WACO PD, AS WELL AS HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHO WE COLLABORATE WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
BUT, UH, WACO AND PLANO TRAVELED ALL THE WAY HERE TO, TO BE A PART OF THIS EVENT WITH US.
SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WAS THAT PART OF THE, UM, FESTIVAL ON THE 23RD? THE, THE LATIN FESTIVAL? OR WAS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? NO, THAT THE G***O FEST, THE G***O IS COMING, COMING AFTER.
BUT THERE WAS A LATIN HERITAGE FESTIVAL.
NO, IT WAS, THEY, THEY, THEY WERE NOT APART, THEY WERE NOT GUN.
YEAH, THEY WERE INDEPENDENT EVENTS.
I'M SORRY, THAT WAS ON SATURDAY.
WHAT DAY WAS THIS ONE? THIS ONE WAS ON SATURDAY AS WELL.
SO IN THE SAME, IN BOTH IN TOWN SQUARE? I THINK SO, YEAH.
I THINK ONE JUST FOLLOWED CONFUSING.
ONE FOLLOWED RIGHT AFTER ANOTHER.
SO IT ENDED UP BEING AN ALL DAY EVENT, I GUESS.
THEY HAD THE MARKET SQUARE THERE BEFORE THAT.
UM, AND THEN OVER THE LAST MONTH, OUR OUT OUTREACH PROGRAMS, UH, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY LED BY SERGEANT, UH, JONES' UNIT, UH, UH, REACHED MORE THAN 650 CITIZENS IN NON-ENFORCEMENT, UH, ENCOUNTERS.
SO THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM SAFE RIDERS, CAR SEATS TO CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS, UM, OUTREACH INTO THE, UH, INTO THE APARTMENTS, THE DARE PROGRAM.
UM, THEY ARE JUST REALLY, REALLY LEADING THE WAY WITH THAT, AND I APPRECIATE 'EM.
UM, AND THEN I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME EXCEPTIONAL POLICE WORK FOR YOU GUYS.
UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK WE HAD, UH, OR ACTUALLY IT WAS LAST WEEK, I'M SORRY.
WE HAD A, AN AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AT MOTEL 19.
UH, THE VICTIM WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PISTOL WHIPPED AND ROBBED OUTSIDE THE MOTEL ROOM.
UH, WE HAD AN OFFICER IN TRAINING, UH, CLOUDER, A FIELD TRAINING INSTRUCTOR.
OFFICER SALINAS ARRIVED AND OBSERVED THE SUBJECT FLEE ON FOOT.
ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ARRIVED AND THE PERIMETER WAS ESTABLISHED.
AND OFFICER DODSON WITH HELP FROM THE, THE DRONE PILOT, OFFICER RIVERS SPOTTED THE SUBJECT IN THE WOOD LINE TO THE SUBJECT INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
UM, THE SUBJECT FITTING THE DESCRIPTION WAS IN POSSESSION OF A PISTOL.
AND THE VICTIM'S TRUCK KEYS APPREHENSION WAS DUE IN LARGE PART BY ALL THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND WORKED AS A TEAM.
AND THE SUBJECT WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
AND I'M, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE DA'S OFFICE ACCEPTED THE CHARGE, UM, AS WELL AS FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THOSE OFFICERS AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT THEY'RE MAKING.
SO ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT MOTEL 19 FROM THE CITIZENS AND THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA.
SO, UH, WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO, UH, BE PROACTIVE IN THAT AREA AS
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WELL.THAT'S THE ONE ON 1 46 THAT USED TO BE THE REBEL.
IT USED TO BE WHAT? THE REBEL.
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THEY, THEY RENAMED IT.
ALSO DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT STILL EXISTED.
DID, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET A TABLE FOR Y'ALL AT THE MM, THAT WAS MY NEXT, YES.
SO, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REACH OFFICER OCONNOR YET.
HE HAS NOT BEEN AT FACILITIES THAT I GO TO.
AND HE NORMALLY DOES, BUT I TALKED TO HIS PARENTS, BUT THAT DIDN'T EXACTLY HELP, SO.
UH, I, I ACTUALLY WILL PROBABLY SEE HIM TODAY, BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM TO GET A TABLE.
AND I HAVE THE BANNER AND EVERYTHING, SO I'LL BE OUT THERE.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO COME OUT? YES.
I NEED TO MAKE SURE I GET YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER YEAH.
'CAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW UP.
AND IF YOU KNOW ANY GIRLS THAT WANNA BE GIRL SCOUTS, WE'RE RECRUITING OUT THERE TOO.
YOU'LL BE OUT THERE FOR GIRL SCOUTS.
I'LL BE OUT THERE WITH GIRL SCOUTS.
AND THEN I CAN, I CAN JOIN YOU, RICHARD.
I'M NOT SURE IF I WANNA STAY FOR FOUR HOURS, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY SHOW UP AND IT'S FINE.
IF YOU STAY THE FULL FOUR HOURS, THEY LET YOU DRIVE A DRONE.
I DUNNO HOW THAT'S GONNA, WE'VE KNOWN TO DO THAT.
[a. The next Baytown Police Advisory Committee Regular Meeting is scheduled for October 24, 2023 at 6:00 P.M., in the Council Chamber at Baytown City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520.]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE NEXT MEETING.SO WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING THE NEXT MEETING, OC OCTOBER 24TH, 2023 AT 6:00 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS CURRENTLY HERE.
BUT WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE SAID THAT, AND WE HAVE AGREED UPON THAT IF JUNE IS ABLE TO SECURE A SITE AT A CHURCH THAT SHE WILL LET CITY CLERK'S OFFICE KNOW.
SO WHO THEN WOULD JUST ALLOW, LET US KNOW AS WELL.
SO WE WOULD JUST NEED A MOTION GIVING, UH, DR.
THIS IS WHERE THE MOTION HAPPENS.
SO WE NEED A MOTION TO ALLOW DR.
STANSKI TO CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ONCE SHE IS ABLE TO SECURE THIS LOCATION.
SHE'S WORKING WITH SOMEONE ON.
ALL, UH, ANY DISCUSSIONS? NOPE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT? WHEN WE, IF, IF WE DO END UP GOING TO THE CHURCH, IS IT JUST GONNA BE STRAIGHT OPEN FORUM? WE'LL ASK POLICE, UH, TO STRINGER TO GIVE A REPORT AND THEN AT SOME POINT, I GUESS IT'S JUST GONNA BE STRAIGHT COMMUNITY INPUT, CORRECT? WELL, WE'D HAVE AN AGENDA I THINK.
BUT WHAT DO YOU ONE ON THE AGENDA, UM, AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA? COMMUNITY INPUT.
I MEAN, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IN THE BEGINNING, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IS THAT TYPICALLY WE TALK ABOUT NEW BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESS OR, AND OR YEAH.
I MEAN THIS CURRENT AGENDA LOOKS FINE.
I THINK WE STICK TO THIS AGENDA AND JUST ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF IT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T WANNA ADD ANYTHING.
'CAUSE WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING WE DON'T ADD.
UM, OH, CAN WE ADD AN ITEM THAT JUST SAYS WE'LL RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT? OR CAN WE, DO WE HAVE TO BE MORE SPECIFIC? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE CAN'T RESPOND TO THAT COMMUNITY UNLESS IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I DON'T EVEN THINK IF IT'S ON THE AGENDA THAT'S ASKING CAN WE PUT A, A RESPONSE PERIOD? I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT HIM ITEM SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS WITH THEM.
THE SPECIFICS, YOU'VE GOTTA JUST LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND NOT RESPOND.
BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S GONNA BE THE HARDEST THING WHENEVER WE'VE HAD THESE FORUMS IS THEY, WE CAN'T RESPOND.
AND THAT'S, SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK FOR Y'ALL TO DO, SINCE I PROB I PROBABLY WON'T BE THERE.
UM, IF YOU CAN AT THE END OF THAT MEETING REQUEST TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE INFORMATION OR TO TO CONSIDER WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, AND, AND, AND, AND TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE CAN DO, WE CAN DO THAT.
'CAUSE WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE.
AND THEN PLEASE DON'T LEAVE THE MEETING WITHOUT DOING THAT.
YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO CLOSE THE MEETING.
AURN, I THINK HE'S READY TO GO.
SO ANY I MOTION ADJOURN? I'LL SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADJOURNING? I'M BEEN SECOND ALL DAY.
I DON'T THINK WE DISCUSSED ADJOURNMENT.
IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT UP, UP OR DOWN.