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6:00 PM WE ARE ALL LOCATED IN THE, THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL QUARTERS, UH, 24 0 1 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 0.[1. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the Baytown Police Advisory Committee from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future Baytown Police Advisory Committee Session.]
THE FIRST ITEM.UM, ARE THERE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM.
[2. CITIZEN INPUT]
INPUT.I DO HAVE TO SAY YOUR ADDRESS.
UH, DO I NEED TO SAY HER PHONE NUMBER TOO? NO.
UM, AND YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES.
I'VE BEEN BORN AND RAISED HERE.
I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF HOMELESS SERVICES WITH MARCELLUS WILLIAMS RESOURCE CENTER.
WE ARE LOCATED IN HIGHLANDS IS WHERE OUR MAIN OFFICE IS LOCATED AT.
BUT I DO HAVE AN OFFICE HERE IN BAYTOWN AT THE STERLING MUNICIPAL LIBRARY ON TUESDAYS.
THIS IS WHERE I SERVICE THE HOMELESS CLIENTS OF BAYTOWN, UH, FOR ANY SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED, SUCH AS FILING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS REPLACING DOCUMENTATION, SHELTER, HOUSING, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES IS WHAT WE DO.
UH, MY CONCERN IS, UH, A LOT OF THE CLIENTS FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN COMING AND TELLING ME, UH, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HARASSED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OR THEY HAVE BEEN, UM, APPROACHED IN AN UNFRIENDLY WAY BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MY CONCERN AND QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES SOME OF THEM ARE A NUISANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF 'EM CAN BE A HANDFUL, BUT I JUST WANT TO, UH, SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY'VE BEEN RUN OFF FROM, UH, SOME WOODED AREA THAT THEY MAY BE TRYING TO REST IN FOR THE NIGHT.
UH, MY THING IS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE, THE ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO ME, ARE THEY TRUE? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO WORK TOGETHER? I WANT TO WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, UH, TO HELP THE, THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN BAYTOWN.
YOU KNOW, I SEE THEM DAY IN AND DAY OUT AND I KNOW WHAT THEY NEED.
I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, BUT I DON'T WANT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE HARD ON THEM HARASSING THEM, RUNNING THEM OUT WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE VERY BEST THAT THEY CAN.
THE HOMELESS SITUATION HAS GROWN IN BAYTOWN OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM IN 2020 AND IT HAS GROWN, UH, EACH AND EVERY WEEK I SEE AT LEAST UP TO 10 NEW PEOPLE EVERY WEEK THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
I WANNA WORK WITH THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM, TO HELP THEM MAYBE MOVE ON SOMEWHERE ELSE IF POSSIBLE, OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS OR WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS ARE.
I WANT TO WORK TOGETHER NOT TO, FOR THEM TO FEAR YOU, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF 'EM ARE AFRAID.
A LOT OF 'EM ARE, ARE FEARFUL, AND THEY COME TO ME TELLING ME THEIR CONCERNS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION TO HELP THEM AND HELP THEM TO BECOME STABLE CITIZENS, UH, PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY IF THEY CHOOSE TO STAY IN BAYTOWN OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.
I'M JUST HERE TO GET ANSWERS TO WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN BAYTOWN.
UM, SINCE I DON'T WORK FOR B-B-P-D-B-P-D, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT HE, THAT THE CHIEF GETS THE INFORMATION OKAY.
SO THAT HE CAN ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS.
IS SHE ALLOWED TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
UH, OFFICER ROBINSON BAYTOWN PD, UH, SO WITH YOUR CONCERNS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BUREAU WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE HOMELESS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT NATURE, WHAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES IS WE'LL GET CALLS FROM BUSINESSES MM-HMM
WHO WILL WANT THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STAYING OR CAMPING OR LOADING IN THE CITY TO BE REMOVED FROM THEIR PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALSO AGAINST CITY ORDINANCE.
UH, SO WHEN WE GET THE CALLS, WE HAVE TO GO AND SEE IF WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON.
IF THEY ARE UNDER A CRIMINAL TRESPASS AFFIDAVIT MM-HMM
SO EVEN THE CLOSED BUSINESSES AND WE SEE INDIVIDUALS THERE, WE HAVE TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
UM, IN NO WAY DO WE TRY TO BE RUDE TO THEM OR ANYTHING ELSE.
HOWEVER, SOMETIMES JUST OUR PRESENCE ALONE MM-HMM
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OFFICER KING WHO HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON THIS EFFORT MM-HMM
AND WHERE WE'LL ASK THEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO TO THE DIVERSION CENTER? MM-HMM
AND IT ACTUALLY GETS THEM TO, UH, AS WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE STERLING LIBRARY AND I'VE EVEN, UH, TOLD PEOPLE TO GO THERE WHENEVER THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ON THEIR FEET.
THE DIVERSION CENTER IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD.
HOWEVER, WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO GO.
IF WE, WE CAN OFFER IT, WE CAN ASK 'EM IF THEY LIKE A RIDE OVER THERE MM-HMM
UH, IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO, THEN WE JUST HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, WELL THEN YOU JUST HAVE TO MOVE ALONG.
AND A LOT OF THEM SAY NO, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS AREA.
AND AS FAR AS THE WOODED AREA AS WELL, WE'LL GET THE SAME PHONE CALLS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS MM-HMM
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THEM AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE RESTING AND UNDERSTAND THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS INCREASED MM-HMMAND IT, THERE'S JUST SO MUCH THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND WHERE WE, WE HAVE TO ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
AND I'M SORRY THAT THEY FEEL THAT WAY MM-HMM
BUT OUR INTERACTIONS ARE TRYING TO GET THEM HELP.
BUT AS YOU SAID, SOMETIMES THEY DO BECOME AGGRESSIVE.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO ACT ACCORDINGLY.
I JUST, I JUST WANNA WORK TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH, UH, MEET WITH Y'ALL ANYTIME THAT WE TO MEET AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.
YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE LOTTERY.
LIKE I, I TELL 'EM ALL THE TIME TOO, LIKE WHEN THEY COME TO THE LIBRARY AND THEY WANT TO STAY AROUND THE LIBRARY TOO LONG AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T STAY HERE AT NIGHT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET YOUR STUFF AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND FIND SOMEWHERE SAFE TO GO.
AND IF THE POLICE DO APPROACH YOU AND THEY ASK YOU TO LEAVE, YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE RULES.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW.
I DO, I DO PUT THAT INTO THEM.
BUT SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN MISTREATED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL CAN WORK TOGETHER ON ONE ACCORD.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I'M HERE FOR IS ADVOCATE FOR THEM TO WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS BEST AS I CAN SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, IN ANY SITUATION THAT THERE IS.
AND I DO THANK YOU FOR REFERRING THOSE CLIENTS TO US, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN TRY TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TOGETHER.
'CAUSE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY MM-HMM
UH, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES I'M ON NIGHT SHIFT.
AND I HAVE NO WAY TO GET THEM SHELTERED BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE ONE YEAH.
YOU KNOW, OVER HERE IN DISTRICT NINE MM-HMM
AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WON'T TAKE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ID OR THERE'S NO ROOM.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY RESOURCES YOU CAN GIMME AFTERWARDS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
SO THAT WAY I CAN HAVE ALSO TO PASS IT ON TO OTHER OFFICERS.
AND I, AND I, I'LL GET YOUR INFORMATION.
I CAN EMAIL YOU ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE AS FAR AS SHELTERS AND OTHER PROGRAMS. AND LIKE YOU SAID, THEY DON'T WANNA GO INTO HOUSTON.
I TRY TO GET 'EM TO GO INTO HOUSTON AS WELL.
SO, BUT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WANNA DO IS WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WORK WITH ADVISORY BOARD AND THAT WE CAN ALL JUST WORK TOGETHER TO HELP THOSE CITIZENS THAT ARE HOMELESS RIGHT NOW.
'CAUSE WE DON'T, WE ALSO DON'T WANNA BE LOOK LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, BUT MM-HMM
WE HAVE TO HELP ALL THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.
SO WE GET CALLED AND THEN SAY, AND WE HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER.
THEN WE JUST HAVE TO GO WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE TOWARDS A SOLUTION, SO, YEAH.
AND I'M, AND I'M WILLING TO, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER.
[3. COMMUNITY INPUT]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A COMMUNITY INPUT.THIS WE RECEIVE AND DISCUSS COMMUNITY INPUT OBTAINED BY BPAC MEMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE? ANYTHING? I'M SORRY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE FROM, UH, COMMUNITY WISE? NOTHING, MICHAEL.
[a. Receive a report and discuss the status of police outreach, community policing, officer training and policies and procedures.]
TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, REPORTS, RECEIVE, REPORT AND DISCUSS THE STATUS OF POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT TYPICALLY COMES FROM POLICE CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE.ARE YOU HIS REPRESENTATIVE? I AM.
AND, AND IF I'M LATE, I DO APOLOGIZE.
I WAS GIVEN SIX 30, SO, AH, OH, WELL WE WERE, YOU'RE EARLY.
WELL, I GUESS I WAS WELL, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT CHIEF STRINGER, UM, CHIEF.
WE HAVE TO DO A LOWLIGHT QUALIFICATION, UH, EACH YEAR.
AND SO HE'S OUT AT THE RANGE TONIGHT, UH, DOING HIS LOWLIGHT QUALIFICATION.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS RICHARD WHITAKER.
I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS I SERVE IN THE OPERATIONS BUREAU.
AND SO I GET THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING THE REPORT WITH YOU TONIGHT AND, UH, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AT BPD RIGHT NOW.
AND CERTAINLY WHEN WE GET DONE, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH, UH, OUR STAFFING LEVELS ARE AT ABOUT 95%, UM, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 10 LATERAL APPLICANTS UNDER REVIEW.
AND OUR LATERALS ARE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRE FROM, UH, OTHER AGENCIES WHO HAVE BEEN PEACE OFFICERS BEFORE.
UH, THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, AND WE'RE PROBABLY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER OF LATERAL ENTRY OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S QUITE A FEW.
AND THE, THE BENEFIT TO THAT IS WE'RE GETTING OFFICERS IN HERE FROM OTHER AGENCIES WHO ARE, UM, UH, EXPERTS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO IT'S SAVING US A LOT OF TRAINING HOURS AND A LOT OF TIME GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED TO HELP, UH, IN THESE VARIOUS AREAS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE NEED TO ATTEND TO.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A NUMBER OF RECRUITING EVENTS.
UM, WE'RE, UM, ADVERTISING ON A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PLATFORMS AND ATTENDING A LOT OF SCHOOL FUNCTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO GET, UH, 'CAUSE WE'RE STILL HIRING THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE.
UM, ONE OF OUR GOALS, AS YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE GOALS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WAS TO HAVE THE DEPARTMENT DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, MATCH MORE UP WITH THE COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND WE HAVE REALLY MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA
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IN THE LAST, UH, PROBABLY 18 MONTHS.AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING THAT, UH, AS THESE OFFICERS HIT THE STREET, YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING THAT THE, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE MUCH MORE, UM, UH, MATCHING TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, COLLABORATION AND OUTREACH.
UM, WE HAD 20 EDUCATIONAL CONTACTS SUCH AS CRIME STOPPERS AND CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS, CHILD, UH, SAFETY SEAT CLASSES, UH, RAPE, AGGRESSION DEFENSE, AND OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM.
UH, EVEN DURING THEIR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS OR DURING TRAFFIC STOPS, UH, THEY'RE NOTICING THAT, UH, SOME CITIZENS ARE NOT, UH, PUTTING THEIR KIDS IN THE CAR SEATS ACCORDING TO STANDARDS.
AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW THE, UM, UH, THE PEOPLE, UH, HOW TO PROPERLY, UH, AFFIX A CAR SEAT, UH, IN A CAR, AND ALSO HOW TO PROPERLY PUT THAT INFANT OR THAT CHILD IN THERE.
AND WE FIND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW THOSE THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SET UP.
AND WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS WE WERE ABLE TO, THROUGH DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY THREE CAR SEATS ON TRAFFIC STOPS AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE OFFICERS INSTALL THEM IN THE CARS FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T, DIDN'T HAVE THEM AVAILABLE.
SO THAT'S A REALLY NEAT, A NEAT, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE'VE, THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON THERE.
AND WE DO THAT IN, IN A COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE BUREAU, UH, TRAINING.
UM, MAN, I TELL YOU, WE GOT A LOT OF TRAINING GOING ON DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND I'LL JUST KIND OF READ THE OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE HOURS.
UM, SINCE, UH, JANUARY, UH, THE, WE'VE, UH, RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,843 TRAINING HOURS.
UM, AND, UH, THREE OFFICERS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR ADVANCED PEACE OFFICER LICENSE.
UM, THE BAYTOWN POLICE ACADEMY PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 2,184 TRAINING HOURS FOR FROM JANUARY THE 23RD TO THE PRESENT, UH, 14 COURSES WITH A TOTAL OF 142 STUDENTS.
UH, WHAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WE HAVE SOME, UH, NEW LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED CLASSES THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE TEACHING THIS YEAR.
ONE IS A, A CLASS ON FOR OFFICERS ON HOW, UH, TO BE TO FOR, FOR OFFICER WELLNESS.
IT TALKS ABOUT HOW TO REDUCE STRESS LEVEL.
IT TALKS ABOUT HOW TO COPE WITH SOME OF THE PTSD THAT OFFICERS RECEIVE.
IT EVEN TEACHES US HOW TO EXERCISE BETTER, HOW TO EAT BETTER SO THAT WE'RE HEALTHIER AND THAT ALL THAT REDUCES OFFICER INJURIES.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING CLASSES ON, ON HOW TO, UH, BETTER, UM, UNDERSTAND THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES AND, UM, AND HOW THE DYNAMICS OF THAT ARE AND HOW THE MIND WORKS.
AND THERE ARE SOME TIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T, UM, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A VICTIM WHO CANNOT RECALL ALL OF THE DETAILS AT ONE TIME DUE TO THE TRAUMA THAT'S, UH, UH, THAT'S OCCURRED IN THEIR LIFE, THAT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BEING EVASIVE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO THAT IS A REALLY NEAT, UM, UH, SET OF TRAINING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THERE TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THESE VICTIMS. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH A REALLY, UM, INTENSE, UH, DEFENSIVE TACTICS TRAINING PROGRAM.
ALL OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE OFFICERS WENT THROUGH THAT IN JANUARY 23, AND WE'RE GOING BACK THROUGH IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA DO IT EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT HELPS US BETTER LEARN HOW TO DEFEND OURSELVES WITHOUT USING LETHAL WEAPONS.
AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT EQUIPPING OUR OFFICERS, UM, WITH THOSE SKILLS WILL HELP US REDUCE THOSE INSTANCES OF FORCE, EVEN DEADLY FORCE.
SO, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE.
UM, SO, AND, AND REALLY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF GOING ON, BUT WE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO MOVING INTO OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TENTATIVE MOVE IN DATE OF MARCH THE 18TH.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS, WE'LL, WE WON'T MOVE EVERYBODY AT ONCE.
WE'LL KIND OF DO A, UM, A STEP BY STEP.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUR PROPERTY ROOM FIRST.
UH, THAT'S THE MOST, UM, UM, INTENSE ONE THAT WE'LL BE DOING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTY THAT HAS TO BE MOVED THAT'S PART OF EVIDENCE IN CASES, AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY METICULOUS ON HOW WE DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL START MOVING THE PATROL DIVISION.
BUT, UM, AND THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, UH, FOR, UH, THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO COME AND, AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE, THE CHIEF PRESENTED THE ANNUAL RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, UH, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE 28TH.
UM, AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THAT, UM, THAT, UH, OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ALL OF OUR PATROL CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH DIGITAL, UH, RECORDING EQUIPMENT.
ALL OF THE OFFICERS ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH, UH, BODY CAMERAS, DIGITAL BODY CAMERAS THAT, UH, THAT RECORDS ALL
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INTERACTIONS.UM, WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE, UH, THAT DEFINE AND PROHIBIT RACIAL PROFILING ON THE PART OF OUR OFFICERS.
UH, WE GIVE CLASSES, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS ON CULTURAL AWARENESS, ANTI-BIAS AND RACIAL PROFILING.
UM, AND WE DO ACCEPT COMPLAINTS OF MISCONDUCT.
AND THAT CAN BE MADE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEY CAN BE MADE IN PERSON, THEY CAN BE MADE OVER THE PHONE OR ON, UH, THE, UH, CITY'S PD, UH, INTERNET PAGE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, WE ALSO WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T USE SNAIL MAIL ANYMORE, BUT WE WILL ALSO ACCEPT LETTERS THAT GET SENT TO US THAT ARE ADDRESSED TO THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.
UH, SOME OF THE DATA, UH, IN THAT RACIAL PROFILING REPORT, UH, IN 2023, THERE WERE 13,545 INTERACTIONS, UH, WITH VIOLATORS.
UM, 37% OF THOSE DRIVERS WERE WHITE, WHICH IS UP 4%.
33% WERE HISPANIC, WHICH IS DOWN 5%.
AND 28% WERE BLACK, UH, WHICH IS UP 1% 93% OF THE TIME.
RACE WAS NOT KNOWN PRIOR TO THE STOP.
UH, THERE WERE 1,460 SEARCHES CONDUCTED, UH, ONLY 11%.
UM, AND 47% OF THOSE WERE INCIDENT TO AN ARREST, UH, ARREST ON TRAFFIC STOPS EQUALED 1065.
UH, 40% OF THE ARRESTS WERE FROM TRA UH, FROM TRAFFIC STOPS WERE WHITE.
UH, 32% WERE BLACK AND 27% WERE HISPANIC.
UH, THERE WERE NO RACIAL PROFILING COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN 2023.
UH, AND BASED ON DATA COLLECTED, A PERIODIC REVIEW OF OFFICERS VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS, WHICH IS CONDUCTED BY THE SUPERVISORS, UH, IN COMPARISON TO TO PREVIOUS YEAR'S RACIAL PROFILING, THAT DATA IS CONSISTENT AND THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OR INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS ARE ENGAGING IN ANY TYPE OF RACIAL PROFILING.
UM, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF GOOD WORK IN THE LAST, UH, FEW, UH, MONTHS.
UH, OUR OFFICERS CONTINUE TO, TO SHINE ABOVE, UH, AND BEYOND, UH, AND MEET ABOVE AND BEYOND EXPECTATIONS THAT WE SET.
UM, I KNOW AS I STEPPED IN, I HEARD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE HOMELESS.
UH, WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, AND WHAT I REALLY LIKE IS THE, IS IS OFFICER UH, ROBINSON POINTED OUT IS THERE ARE A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US NOW TO HELP WITH THE HOMELESS AS OPPOSED TO, TO JUST ENFORCING LAWS AND, AND EITHER TAKING THEM TO JAIL OR, OR JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO LEAVE WHERE YOU'RE AT.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATED YOU STEPPING IN AND GIVING THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE, BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS.
IS THE REPORT, UH, THAT WAS GIVEN TO CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE AT ALL? IT CERTAINLY IS.
UM, AND, UM, IF YOU GO TO, UH, WWW.TCOTCOLE.TEXAS.GOV, UH, IT'S AVAILABLE THERE 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THAT TO TCO AND IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ALSO ON OUR, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND I HAD A QUESTION FROM A CONSUMER WHO ASKED, IS THE POLICY FOR OFFICERS RECORDING, IS THAT, IS THAT A, SOMETHING THEY CAN LOOK UP ON THE POLICE WEBSITE OR YOUR POLICIES PUBLISHED? OR ARE THEY JUST INTERNAL? WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR POLICIES AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE POLICY FROM PROCEDURE MM-HMM
UM, AND, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME SENSITIVE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE, LIKE OUR SWAT POLICY FOR EXAMPLE.
WE DON'T WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THAT MIGHT COMPROMISE OFFICER SAFETY.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING THOSE.
AND WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO PUBLISH THOSE VERY SOON.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE POLICY.
SO YES, THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE.
THEY'RE JUST NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU FOR REPORTING ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR, AND THANK YOU FOR TELLING US WHERE TO FIND IT TOO.
[5. NEXT MEETING]
TO THE, MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS FIVE A SETTING, CONSIDER SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION FOR THE NEXT B BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ALONG WITH ANY RELATED TASKS AND PROCESSES.SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA START TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA START TALKING ABOUT.
RIGHT? I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING
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OFFICER TRAINING, AS WELL AS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE WANTING TO START FOCUS ON, FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD AND HEARING EXACTLY WHAT HE JUST, I MEAN, 'CAUSE HE LITERALLY, THE POLICE, THE POLICE OR THE CHIEF STRINGER'S REPORT ALWAYS IS CONSISTENT WITH POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING AND POLICIES, PROCEDURES.
SO I, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL GET THAT INFORMATION FROM T STRINGER EVERY MONTH.
BUT DO WE WANT TO START ACT OR FOCUSING ON OTHER CONCERNS TO START ADDRESSING NEXT MONTH? AND IT, THIS IS THE, THE BUCKETS THAT WE STARTED OUT WITH, CORRECT.
UM, I THINK WE HAD A, WE HAD AN EXERCISE IN THE FALL, I THINK WHERE WE REVISITED THE BUCKETS, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY MODIFY 'EM A LOT.
SO I THINK, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AGAIN AT WHAT'S THERE AND, AND SEE WHAT ALIGNS WHAT WE'RE DOING WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS.
WE DID, BUT WE HAVEN'T, UM, FOLLOWED UP WITH ANY SPECIFIC ITEM THAT WE CAN ONLY DRIVE.
AND THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO A LOT OF PEOPLE'S HEARTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHERE CAN WE BE EFFECTIVE? IS REALLY THE QUESTION OUTSIDE OF BEING AN AN A PLACE WHERE SHE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN COME TALK, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE TO BE HONEST.
SO I THINK, I THINK FOR, FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE FUNDAMENTAL FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS HOW DO WE GET BETTER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE GET THEM TO COME TO US? HOW DO WE GO TO THEM WHERE THEY, WE THINK CAN BE HEARD? WHAT THEIR CONCERNS, QUESTIONS, OR ISSUES ARE.
SO IT'S, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES ABOUT HOW DO WE GET OUT INTO THE, INTO THE WORLD AND STAY OUT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO THAT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT I'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO.
'CAUSE THAT'LL DRIVE WHAT WE HEAR.
UM, ANGIE, WHEN DID THEY START NEXT MEETING? SO, UM, THEY MAY NOT START UNTIL IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN START NEXT MEETING.
UM, THE, IS THE APPOINTMENTS ARE GONNA GO BEFORE COUNCIL MARCH 14TH.
UM, UNLESS IT CHANGE TO THE 28TH.
THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO SAY IT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, IF THEY GO BEFORE ON THE 14TH, THEN YES, THEY'LL BE IN THE MARCH MEETING.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR NEXT MEETING TO REVIEW WHAT WE WORKED ON WITH UM, JAMIE? I CAN REACH OUT TO HER AND SEE.
I, I THINK SHE SENT US SOMETHING.
I I FEEL LIKE SHE SENT US A, A REV IF YOU COULD SEE IF SHE HAS ANYTHING THAT SHE MAY HAVE SENT US.
AND SO, SO, SO THE ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK WOULD BE TO REVIEW OUR LAST COLLABORATIVE THAT WE DID AT THE, WHERE WERE WE, WERE WE AT THE LIBRARY AT THAT TIME TOO? YEAH, I THINK SO.
WHERE WE WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND WE HAD STUDENTS THERE TOO.
AND, AND MAYBE FROM THERE START GATHERING SOME INFORMATION IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.
WOULD YOU WANT JAMIE TO FACILITATE THAT OR WE JUST WANNA REVIEW IT FIRST? DO YOU WANNA HAVE IT AT THE, THE MEETING, THE LIBRARY AND SEE IF WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY? I WANNA DO THAT.
I SAY IF WE, THAT MAY BE AN APRIL MEETING, UH, BECAUSE BY THEN WE SHOULD HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE AND THEN THAT WE CAN REINTRODUCE IT.
BUT I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD JUST GET THE INFORMATION, REVIEW IT NEXT, NEXT TIME COME AROUND.
YEAH, I THINK SO REVISIT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE GONNA START, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE MEETINGS.
I MEAN, I CAN ALWAYS OFFER LEE COLLEGE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT AT SOME POINT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET OUTSIDE OF THE, THE COLLEGE WALLS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK IF WE REVIEW WHO, WHO WE HAVE NOW AND REVIEW WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN COME TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH NEW FOLKS, WE CAN ALL GO OVER TOGETHER AND KIND OF PUSH AND SEE AT THE LIBRARY.
'CAUSE WE THINK WE HAVE SOME FACILITATION.
DO WE NEED TO CHANGE COURSE OR WHATEVER THE STORY IS.
AND THEN DO WE WANNA KEEP HIM ON TUESDAYS? TUESDAY'S MY BOWLING NIGHT, SO EVERY TIME I HERE I, I DON'T BOWL.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I'M FINE.
UM, SO IT'S WHATEVER WORKS FOR THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.
I MEAN, TUESDAYS HAVE WORKED OUT WELL FOR US.
I THINK THEY'VE WORKED WELL FOR THE CITY.
WE DON'T INTERFERE WITH OTHER MEETINGS VERY WELL, SO YEAH.
WE CAN STAY WITH THAT IF THAT WORKS.
I KNOW WE DISCUSS EITHER MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, WE ALSO, LIKE AT SOME POINT, DO WE, ARE WE OKAY WITH MEETING MONTHLY OR IS IT SOMETHING WE WANNA LOOK AT ONCE EVERY THREE MONTHS? OR DO WE WANNA DO WELL, I THINK WE WOULD LOSE EFFECTIVENESS IF WE GO TO QUARTERLY MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET MUCH DONE BETWEEN THE MEETINGS.
UNLESS WE HAVE THE MEET MONTHLY MEETING.
SO I, I I WOULD SAY MONTHLY WORKS BEST FOR EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS.
BUT IF OTHERS FEEL OTHERWISE, AND SURE WE CAN, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A NEW GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING MM-HMM
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MONTHLY, TUESDAYS HE JUST, HE'S JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE OKAY WITH NO BOWL ONCE A MONTH.UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT SHOW? WE, BOEING, SO I GUESS NEXT MONTH WE'LL MEET HERE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING.
THE FOLLOWING MONTH, WE'LL MOST LIKELY GO BACK WITH JAMIE IF YOU CAN BOOK HER, IF YOU CAN BOOK HER WHAT HER SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE.
UM, AND THEN HOPEFULLY AT THAT POINT WE CAN START ADDING TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THE, THE CHIEF WILL, YOU KNOW, UM, REPORT ON OUTSIDE OF POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
UH, AND THAT A WAY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD.
ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT HEARING? NONE.
SEE, THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE A FULL PACKED AGENDA.
WE'VE GOTTA FIND SOME STUFF TO START REALLY DIVING INTO.
BUT YOU DID GIVE US A LOT TO TALK ABOUT AND TO THINK ABOUT AND I APPRECIATE, UH, OFFICER ROBINSON.
IS IT OFFICER? WHAT IS IT? IT'S OFFICER.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I DID NOT DISMISS YOUR TITLE.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HER AFTERWARDS AND GET HER EMAIL SO Y'ALL CAN, AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON THAT AND JUST KEEP US POSTED.
AND IF YOU TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE, PLEASE TELL 'EM TO COME.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS TO HEAR THESE THINGS SO WE CAN GET IMMEDIATELY ADDRESSED.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THINGS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, I GUESS WITH THAT BEING ALL, I GUESS WE'RE ADJOURNED AND WE STARTED AT SIX 12 BY THE WAY, AND WE'RE ADURING AT SIX 40.