Mar 26, 2024 Baytown Police Advisory Committee

THANK YOU.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

NO PROBLEM.

WE'LL TRY TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE NEXT TIME, OR POPCORN OR SOMETHING.

UH, AND THE FIRST ITEM ACTUALLY IS TO, UH, SEE IF WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN, UH, COMMENTS.

NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP.

IS TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE, UH, BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 23RD, 2024.

UH, SO WE WILL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE AGENDA.

UH, TWO A

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting held on January 23, 2024. ]

UH, WE'LL NEED A MOTION FOR THAT TO APPROVE.

SECOND, AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

AND SO THAT'S APPROVED.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR.

[b. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Police Advisory Committee Meeting held on February 27, 2024. ]

UH, CONSIDER THE APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION TO APPROVE? ALL SECOND.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? A.

THREE A, WHICH IS CITIZEN INPUT.

THAT PASSES AS WELL.

UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[a. Receive citizen input concerning police outreach, community policing, officer training, as well as policies and procedures.]

UH, DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CITIZEN INPUT CONCERNING, UH, POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING, OR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

HOW DO I, I JUST, YEAH, JUST SPEAK.

UM, I ACTUALLY DO, UM, LIKE TO STATE THAT SOME OF MY COWORKERS WOULD LIKE TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

UM, THEY ARE, I WANNA SAY IN THIS, THEIR STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE, BUT THEY DO VOICE THAT SOMETIMES THEY, UH, THEY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES AREN'T HEARD.

UM, THEY'RE INTIMIDATED TO COME TO POLICE TO TALK BECAUSE THEY'RE FEARED THEY'RE GONNA BE DEPORTED.

THEY HAVE SEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS HERE AND THERE WHERE THEY WOULD CONSIDER ILLEGAL, YOU KNOW, CRIMES OR PEOPLE GETTING MUGGED OR DRUGS GOING BY, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T COME TALK BECAUSE THEY FEAR THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET DEPORTED.

YOU KNOW, SO THEY, THEY UNDERSTAND THEY'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, ILLEGALLY, BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUT AS WELL IF THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT, UH, COMES ACROSS A LOT THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO HELP, BUT THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR HANDS ARE TIED AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE, UH, LAW THAT THE NOTES STATE RIGHT NOW.

BUT THE SB FOUR, THEY WANTED TO FIND, UH, WHERE BAYTOWN, WHERE BAYTOWN STANDS ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE COME UP QUITE A BIT.

SO, SB FOUR, UM, IT'S ACTUALLY BEING CHALLENGED.

SO, AND IT WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED FOR SOME TIME.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS WE NORMALLY HAVE.

AND, UH, WE WILL SEE WHAT, UH, WHAT LEGAL ISSUES COME OUT OF IT AND, UH, WHERE THE DUST SETTLES.

AND THEN WE WILL REVISIT THAT ISSUE AS FAR.

AND I'M ALSO GONNA, UH, ASK SARGE TO SPEAK TO THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THIS GROUP.

UH, AS FAR AS, UM, OUTREACH TO, UH, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, LATIN COMMUNITY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I REALIZED THAT, UH, ALREADY BAYTOWN WAS ABOUT 51, ALMOST 52% HISPANIC.

AND I KNEW FROM MY LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WHERE I CAME FROM, THAT THERE WAS OFTEN A MISTRUST, OR AT LEAST A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

SO I MET WITH LIEUTENANT RENEE HINOJOSA, WHO WAS OVER OUR INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION, AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD HELP ME WITH THIS.

SO I WORK, UH, A LOT ON COMMANDER'S INTENT.

I DON'T GET DOWN IN THE WEEDS, I DON'T MICROMANAGE, BUT I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP COMMUNICATIONS, BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND, UM, I WOULD REALLY LIKE YOU TO HELP ME WITH THAT.

HE GOT A GROUP OF BILINGUAL OFFICERS TOGETHER, AND THEY, UH, THEY INSTITUTED THE ODOS PROGRAM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT OR NOT, BUT, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINATED IN, OH, HELP ME, SAR PLANO, PLANO, TEXAS.

AND THEY MENTORED US THROUGH IT.

WE VISITED WITH 'EM AND, UH, SAW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

THEY ACTUALLY CAME OUT, UH, TO AN EVENT WE HAD THROUGH UNIDOS IN THE PARK, UH, OVER THE SUMMER AND PARTICIPATED WITH US AS WELL AS HARRIS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

BUT WE HAVE, UH, AT LEAST QUARTERLY TOWN HALL MEETINGS, MOSTLY AT THE CHURCH ON, UH,

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JAMES STREET.

IS THAT THE YES, THE CHURCH, IS IT JAMES EAST? JAMES? I'LL FIND IT FOR YOU.

UM, BUT, UH, I, I THINK IT'S EXCHANGE.

BUT, UH, UH, WE, WE HAVE INFORMATIONAL, UM, SESSIONS.

UH, I THINK THE LAST TIME IT WAS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, MENTAL HEALTH.

WE'VE HAD 'EM ON CAR SEATS, ALSO ONLINE PURCHASING WITH MEETING PEOPLE WITH CASH, NOT GETTING WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR.

UM, AND WE TYPICALLY HAVE MAN, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 65 TO A HUNDRED PLUS, UH, PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK.

UNIDOS IS ALWAYS PUT OUT IN PLENTY OF TIME, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR COWORKERS SHOW UP FOR THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO TELL 'EM THAT BEING A POLICE OFFICER IS A HARD JOB.

IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THOSE JOBS.

IT'S JUST SUPER HARD.

SO THEY TRY TO TELL 'EM THAT.

MM-HMM.

NOT EVERY COP IS BAD.

NOT EVERY, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY, NOT EVERY HISPANIC IS BAD.

YOU KNOW, I TRY TO PUT EVERYBODY IN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL THE SAME.

WE'RE ALL EQUAL.

YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY'S THE WAY THEY PERCEIVE EVERYBODY TO BE.

SO I WANT, UH, TO BRIDGE THAT, BRIDGE, THAT LITTLE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

'CAUSE SOMETIMES IT MAY BE THE LANGUAGE BARRIER, SOMETIMES IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE AFRAID, YOU KNOW? AND, UH, I TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, I MYSELF WAS IMMIGRATED ILLEGAL TO THIS COUNTRY, BUT THEN I OVERSTAY I BECAME ILLEGAL.

BUT THEN I WAS, UH, UNDER DACA TEMPORARILY.

UH, BEFORE I RECEIVED MY, UH, PAPERWORK NOW.

SO I TELL 'EM, I, I'VE ALWAYS TRUSTED COPS, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS A CHILD, I, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER.

I JUST DIDN'T MAKE IT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.

BUT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DECIDED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN IT, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, OKAY.

SO, BUT I TELL 'EM, IT CAN, YOU, YOU CAN TRUST THEM.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE WE CAN TRUST.

YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR STORIES, THE MEDIA PAINTS IT TO BE A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT, UH, EVERY MAJORITY OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE OFFICERS THAT I'VE COME ACROSS HAVE BEEN HELPFUL AND UNDERSTANDING.

I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

SO UNIDOS IS LINKED OFF OF YOU, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OR THE POLICE OFFICER? THE POLICE WEBSITE.

IT IS, IT'S ON THE POLICE WEBSITE.

THAT'S WHAT I FACEBOOK PAGE.

YOU CAN DEFINITELY FIND IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO TO, TO SPEAK TO YOUR COMMENTS, NO ONE DESERVES TO BE MARGINALIZED.

EVERYBODY DESERVES TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS HUMAN BEINGS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY PUSH MORE AND MORE IS THE IDEA OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.

SO, AND SARGE, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THE UNIDOS PROGRAM? A LOT OF YOUR FOLKS ARE INVOLVED WITH IT.

I JUST FOUND OUT YESTERDAY THAT, UH, UNIDOS WAS FALLING IN MY LAP, .

AND, UH, I'M ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

UH, MY BETTER HALF'S FAMILY IS FROM MEXICO.

AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER, I'VE EMBRACED THE CULTURE.

SHE'S EMBRACED MY CULTURE.

AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED HOW CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN FEEL WHEN THEY CALL THE POLICE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKING DISPATCHER, AND WE'RE WORKING ON IMPROVING THAT.

UH, THEY DON'T WANNA CALL THE POLICE AND GET SWITCHED OVER TO A LANGUAGE LINE.

AND ONE OF MY NUMBER ONE GOALS, WHEN THIS ACTUALLY COMES OVER TO WHERE I'M AT, IS HAVING YOUR FRIENDS NOT FEEL THE WAY THEY DO.

AND IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME WORK TO GAIN THEIR TRUST AND, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EARN THEIR TRUST.

BUT ONCE WE DO, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP IT AND MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE.

'CAUSE IT, I MEAN, IT, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, AND IT MEANS A LOT TO EVERYBODY ON THE UNIDOS TEAM.

AND, UH, THEY ACTUALLY ENJOY IT.

DIDN'T WE BRING BANDS IN TO YEAH, WE BROUGHT BANDS IN, FED EVERYBODY.

I MEAN, IT'S, THEY'RE NICE EVENTS AND MY DOOR'S ALWAYS OPEN.

BRING YOUR FRIENDS.

COME BY MY OFFICE.

TELL 'EM I PROMISE THEY WON'T GO TO JAIL.

, IT IS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE PUT HANDCUFFS ON SOMEBODY, AND I PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE PAPERWORK .

SO, UH, YES, PLEASE BRING 'EM BY.

I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 300 SHOW UP TO THE EVENT THAT WE HAD IN THE PARK.

YES.

SO, AND THAT WAS EVEN, EVEN WITH ROUGH WE WEATHER.

SO YEAH, IT WAS GOOD.

IT WAS NICE.

I HOPE TO, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA BE THE VOICE FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T SPEAK SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I TOLD 'EM, YOU CAN WRITE, YOU CAN WRITE WHATEVER YOU FEEL.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOW I CAN VOICE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER I NEED TO OVER HERE IF I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY CAN COME HERE.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THERE.

BROWN OR WHITE, BUT EVERYBODY FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE HERE TO HELP.

I WANNA MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, IF I PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO, I WANNA MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, KNOWN THAT, HEY, THERE WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN.

YOU KNOW? AND SO THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD, WOULD ASK IF THE MESSAGE YOU COULD CARRY BACK IS WE'RE NOT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

EXCUSE ME.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'LL MAKE MY BEST EFFORTS I CAN TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT AWARE.

I REALLY WANT TO WORK ON THAT.

AND NOT JUST PEOPLE,

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'CAUSE I KNOW Y'ALL ARE, AND IT'S A TOUGH, IT'S TOUGH SHOES TO FILL IN.

IT'S A TOUGH POSITION TO BE IN.

AND, AND I THANK Y'ALL AND, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT AND FOR ALL THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD SOME BAD INSTANCES HERE AND THERE, BUT, UH, I WON'T GO INTO THOSE.

THOSE ARE IN THE PAST.

AND I ALSO WASN'T THE BEST, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, I'LL GO THROUGH THAT STAGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME I CAN SAY THAT, UH, BAYTOWN HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL, YOU KNOW, BEEN TREATED WELL.

SO THANK Y'ALL.

IF, IF IT ANYTHING, I CONSIDERED AN OPPORTUNITY, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEM FEEL COMFORTABLE LIVING HERE.

YES, SIR.

I, I REALLY DO.

YES, MA'AM.

SO LET 'EM KNOW THAT.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

UH, WE'LL MOVE TO,

[a. Receive and discuss community input obtained by the Baytown Police Advisory Committee Members.]

UH, FOUR A.

AND I HAD REVERSED THOSE.

SO THIS, NOW WE WILL, UH, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS, UH, ANY, UH, CONCERNS, UH, COMMUNITY INPUT OBTAINED BY THE, UH, BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHICH PROBABLY IS WHAT WE WERE ALREADY DOING, ACTUALLY.

[a. Receive a report and discuss the status of police outreach, community policing, officer training and policies and procedures.]

TO FIVE A IS REPORTS AND RECEIVING A REPORT AND DISCUSSING THE STATUS OF POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

CHIEF STRINGER, NO RELATION.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I ALMOST CALLED DAD .

WELL, I LOOK LIKE IT.

UH, UH, AND I PROMISE THIS REPORT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE BRIEF THAN, THAN, THAN MOST OF THEM.

SO THAT I'M NOT BORING.

YOU GUYS, UH, JUST GIVE YOU, EXCUSE ME, GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

I CAN'T SEEM TO BREAK THAT 95% STAFFING LEVEL, AND I KNOW MOST POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT PROBLEM.

UM, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT OUR GOAL.

UM, HOWEVER, EIGHT OFFICERS WERE RECENTLY SWORN IN WITH SIX BEING LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HIRED FROM, UH, OTHER AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE.

UM, WE HIRED THEM IN UNDER OUR, UM, AND RAN THEM THROUGH OUR NEW LATERAL, UH, PEACE OFFICER COURSE.

WE CALL IT THE OC.

UM, WE WERE ABLE TO BEGIN FIELD TRAINING IMMEDIATELY, AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE GOALS SINCE I GOT HERE.

I NOTICED THAT IT, UH, AND SARGE CAN TESTIFY TO THIS, IT WAS TAKING MONTHS EVEN AFTER NEW HIRES HAD FINISHED THE ACADEMY TO GET THEM OUT INTO THE FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.

AND THEY WERE JUST SITTING AND FILLING CHAIRS AND READING POLICIES.

SO I DEVELOPED A GOAL OF ACTUALLY HAVING OUR OWN BASIC PEACE OFFICER COURSE.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

UH, WE STARTED, UH, LATERAL HIRES, UH, DOING REALLY GOOD BACKGROUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING GOOD QUALITY POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALREADY TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED SO THAT WE CAN PUT THEM OUT ON THE ROAD FASTER WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS.

AND WE DEVELOPED THE LATERAL PEACE OFFICER COURSE, AND ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE, MAYBE WE CAN EVEN PRESENT THIS TO T COLE IN THE FUTURE, UH, TO HAVE A, A, A, A CURRICULUM FOR LATERAL PEACE OFFICERS WHO WOULD EVEN COME IN FROM OUTTA STATE, AND BASICALLY IT WOULD BE AN ABBREVIATED ACADEMY.

UH, SO I'M REAL PROUD OF OUR, OUR TRAINING DIVISION AT THE POLICE ACADEMY THAT HAS, HAS TAKEN CARE OF THAT.

AND, UH, THEY GRADUATED ON A FRIDAY, AND THEY STARTED FIELD TRAINING ON A MONDAY, WHICH IS BRAND NEW FOR US.

USUALLY THEY GO OVER TO PATROL.

THERE'S A THREE WEEK ORIENTATION TO SOME OTHER STUFF.

THEY DIDN'T NEED ANY OF THAT.

THEY WERE READY TO BEGIN TRAINING IN THE CARS WITH THEIR FIELD TRAINING INSTRUCTORS, UH, AFTER THE WEEKEND.

SO THAT'S A SUCCESS.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, DETECTIVE ZUKA, WHO WAS A 30 YEAR PLUS VETERAN OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, RETIRED THIS MONTH.

SO WE LOST NOT ONLY, UH, YOU KNOW, A GOOD FRIEND AND A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, UM, BUT WE LOST A DETECTIVE THAT WAS JUST OUTSTANDING AND JAM UP WITH, WITH HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS AND WHATNOT.

UH, AND THAT KEEPS US HOVERING THERE AT THAT 95% STAFFING MARK.

SO I'VE GOT EIGHT OPENINGS, SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO, WHO WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, SEND THEM TO SEE US.

I SAT ON AN INTERVIEW BOARD LAST NIGHT TOO.

UH, COLLABORATION AND OUTREACH.

IT WAS VERY GOOD.

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD CANDIDATE.

GOOD.

UH, MANY EDUCATIONAL CONTACTS SUCH AS CRIME STOPPERS, UM, CAMPUS CRIME STOPPERS, WHERE WE DO THE PROGRAM WITH OUR, OUR AREA SCHOOLS.

UH, CHILD SAFETY SEAT CLASSES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM ASSISTED CITIZENS DURING TRAFFIC STOPS WITH CORRECTING IMPROPER CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND INSTALLATION.

UH, WE HAD OUR DARE CLASSES AND GRADUATIONS THIS MONTH, AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE RECURRING THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY HEARD LAST MONTH, BUT WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE.

UH, DURING OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATION EFFORTS, UH, WE HAD OVER 1500 CITIZEN STAKEHOLDERS IN ATTENDANCE FOR SOME OF THESE.

UM, WE WERE DOWN TO THREE MEETINGS WITH APARTMENT MANAGERS FOCUSING ON THOSE WITH A HIGHER INCIDENTS OF

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CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

UH, IF YOU RECALL, I THINK LAST MONTH WE HAD 11 OR 12, BUT, UH, OUR GOAL WAS TO HIT FOUR A MONTH.

SO, I MEAN, WE'RE AVERAGING IT OUT SO FAR.

UM, CRIME PREVENTION OFFICERS AND PATROL WORKED WITH TWO LOCAL BUSINESSES REGARDING ISSUES AND CONCERNS WITH HOMELESS PERSONS TRESPASSING ON THEIR PROPERTY.

EXCUSE ME.

AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR AGENCY CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON COMPLAINTS OF LOITERING AT PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS STOPS TO CORRECT THE CONCERN, BUT WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE AREA HOMELESS THEMSELVES TO, TO, TO GET THEM THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEED IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE THE HELP, UM, IF THEY WILL.

UH, WE CAN USE THE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION CENTER TO OBTAIN HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND ID, UM, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION.

AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING SOMEBODY IN JAIL OR JUST MAKING THEM LEAVE A A CERTAIN LOCATION AND CONTINUE TO SHUFFLE AROUND THE CITY, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE HELP, WE'LL GET 'EM A RIDE.

WE'LL TAKE 'EM OVER AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN BECAUSE IT BEHOOVES NOT ONLY US AND OUR CITIZENS, BUT THAT'S HELPING SOMEBODY UP AND, AND, AND GETTING THEM BACK TO A PLACE OF PROBABLY SELF-RESPECT AND, AND FEELING PRODUCTIVE.

SO, UH, AND I GOTTA GIVE, UH, A LOT OF CREDIT TO OFFICER TOMMY KING, WHO WORKS FOR SARGE HERE.

HE DOES A LOT OF THINGS.

HE'S ONE OF OUR DARE OFFICERS.

UM, HE DOES A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH, HOMELESS OUTREACH, UH, YOU NAME IT.

HE'S DOING IT.

AND HE'S THE ONE WHO IS ALSO COORDINATING ALL OF OUR EFFORTS WITH OUR, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE HIGHER, HIGHER INCIDENTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

SO, UH, HE IS, HE IS REALLY GETTING AFTER IT.

AND HE HAS SPEARHEADED THIS WITH THE HOMELESS TOO.

SO, UM, TRAINING, UH, BAYTOWN POLICE OFFICERS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,859 TRAINING HOURS FROM FEBRUARY 27TH TO DATE.

UM, SINCE FEBRUARY 2ND, TWO OFFICERS HAVE RECEIVED THEIR INTERMEDIATE PEACE OFFICERS LICENSE AND TWO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR MASTERPIECE OFFICER'S LICENSE.

UH, THE POLICE ACADE HAS PROVIDED A TOTAL OF 2,886 TRAINING HOURS FROM FEBRUARY 27TH TO DATE.

AND THAT IS UP ALMOST 700 HOURS FROM LAST MONTH'S TOTALS.

UH, WE'VE RUN A TOTAL OF 11 COURSES WITH 127 STUDENTS.

UH, THE NEW POLICE AND FIRE, UH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING IS CLOSE TO COMPLETION.

HOWEVER, WE WERE HOPING TO BE IN BY THE 18TH OR 20TH OF THIS MONTH.

THAT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAPPEN.

WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH SOME MINOR PUNCH LIST THINGS.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, THE, WE, WE HAD SOME FAULTY CARD READERS FOR CONTROLLED ACCESS, SO THOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED.

WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE TO COME IN.

AND A VERY SMALL SWITCH THAT, UH, TRANSITIONS THE, THE GENERATORS THAT ALL OPEN UP IN, IN SEQUENCE BEFORE WE CAN GET IN THERE.

SO, UM, THE NEW PROJECTED DATE IS APRIL 22ND, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE YOU GUYS ON A TOUR OF THAT TOO.

SO, AND WITH MARCH, UH, BRINGING SPRING BREAK AND INCREASED HIGHWAY TRAVEL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM CONCENTRATED ON TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT, UH, 1 46, SPUR THREE 30 AND I 10 TO ENSURE SAFE TRAVEL, UM, THEY'VE ASSISTED WITH, UH, CAR SEAT INSTALLS INSTRUCTIONS AT THE MEDICAL CENTER, LOCAL, OTHER AGENCIES.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOME OF THE SAME THINGS THAT WE WERE DOING LAST YEAR TOO, OR, OR SORRY, LAST MONTH.

UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR PROACTIVE INITIATIVES.

AND THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO ENFORCEMENT.

UM, WE HAVE A VERY GOOD, UH, CRIME AND CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS, UH, USED TO DO THAT JOB FOR THE MARINE CORPS.

UH, INCREDIBLY WELL TRAINED.

UH, HE'S WORKING ON A SECOND MASTER'S DEGREE FOR THIS, UH, THIS KIND OF STUFF TOO.

WRITES A LOT OF HIS OWN CODE FOR OUR, OUR, OUR PROGRAMS. UM, AND HE GAVE US, UH, THIS IS CORRELATIONAL DATA.

WE CAN'T SAY THAT THERE'S A CAUSE AND EFFECT YET BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT, UH, AT TWO MONTHS, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2024, UM, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

UM, CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE DOWN 11%.

VEHICLE CRASHES ARE DOWN 37%.

VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN 14%, UH, SPENT.

SHELL CASINGS, WHICH ARE SUBMITTED TO THE, THE, THE SYSTEM, WHICH DOES, DOES A FORENSIC SEARCH ON ALL OF THE, THE SPENT SHELL CASINGS TO SEE IF THEY, THE GUN THAT FIRED THEM MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN OTHER AREAS.

UM, THOSE ARE DOWN 50%, WHICH MEANS WE'RE RESPONDING TO FEWER SHOTS FIRED CALLS, UH, BURGLARIES, UH, RESIDENTIAL OR BUSINESS ARE DOWN 52%.

AND FIREARMS COLLECTED OR SEIZED ARE DOWN 58%.

UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING ARE FOCUSED PATROLS ON HIGH CRIME AREAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WITH HIGHER INCIDENTS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FOCUSED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BASED ON COLLISION AND CRASH DATA, UM, ARE PART PATROLS, WHICH IS MORE OF A COMMUNITY

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POLICING OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH APARTMENT PROPERTIES AND WORKING WITH THEM TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. SO WE CAN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA YET, BUT IT'S POINTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND WE SET A GOAL OF REDUCING, UH, PART ONE CRIMES ARE FELONIES BY 10%, UM, OVERALL AND, UH, REDUCING OUR TRAFFIC FATALITIES BY 20%.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE AT 9% REDUCTION FOR OUR, UM, FOR OUR PART ONE CRIMES FOR OUR FELONIES.

AND WE WERE ALREADY AT, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS 22% FOR DWI RELATED FATALITIES AND EVEN HIGHER FOR LIKE 23 OR 24% FOR, UH, TRAFFIC FATALITIES OVERALL.

AND THAT JUST GOES BACK TO GOOD LEADERSHIP AT THE LINE LEVEL.

OUR, OUR OFFICERS GETTING INVOLVED, COMMUNICATING THE RESULTS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO THAT WE HAVE INTERNAL TRANSPARENCY AND INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.

BECAUSE I BELIEVE IF IT COMES FROM THE TOP DOWN, THAT'S HOW THEY'LL INTERACT WITH OUR CITIZENS AS WELL.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

HOW MANY TRAFFIC FATALITIES OCCUR IN BAYTOWN IN A YEAR, ROUGHLY? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? I DON'T HAVE THAT DATA WITH ME.

I JUST WOULD'VE ASSUMED IT'S A SMALL NUMBER.

IT GOES UP AND DOWN.

MM-HMM.

YEAH, IT JUST, I CAN TELL YOU OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE I FIRST GOT HERE, IT WAS STEADILY ON THE RISE.

WHICH IS A REASON WE LOOKED AT THAT DATA.

AND THE REASON THAT, THAT THESE STATISTICS ARE IMPORTANT TO US IS, UM, I GUESS I'D BEEN HERE A YEAR WHEN I SET THE VERY SIMPLE GOAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, FOR BAYTOWN TO BECOME THE SAFEST CITY IN HARRIS COUNTY.

I THINK OUR CITIZENS DESERVE THAT.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT PERSONNEL THAT CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

ON THE AGENDA IS TO, UH, SET THE MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING.

THE, UH, NEXT ITEM

[a. Consider setting the date, time and location for the next Baytown Police Advisory Committee meeting, along with any related tasks and processes. ]

UH, AND, UH, SERGEANT JONES, I THINK, DID YOU HAVE A LOCATION? YES.

UM, BAYVIEW .

IT'S 6,900 NORTH MAIN.

IF YOU'RE GOING UP NORTH ON MAIN, YOU'LL PASS UP, UH, SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH ON YOUR LEFT.

AND THEN, UH, FAITH FAMILY ON YOUR RIGHT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE BREAD PLACE RIGHT PAST MM-HMM .

THAT THERE'S A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND MANAGEMENT THERE HAS AGREED TO LET US HAVE IT THERE.

UM, WELCOME.

THEY, THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE SNACKS AND , WHATEVER, BUT, UH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE IT TONIGHT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED THE LAST MEETING, SO I FORGOT TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION.

BUT IF WE CAN HAVE IT THERE NEXT TIME, THEY'LL BE EXCITED.

AND I TOLD THEM, IF WE DO TO PUT A FLYER ON THEIR DOOR AND INVITE THEIR TENANTS MM-HMM .

BECAUSE I MEAN, Y'ALL LOOK AT THE ROOM.

WE'VE GOT TWO BEAUTIFUL LADIES OUT THERE, .

UH, WE JUST, THE CITIZENS AREN'T SHOWING UP.

AND MAYBE WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF A JOB ADVERTISING OR WHATEVER, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

AND I WANT TO SEE MORE CITIZENS AND IF THEY CAN INVITE THEIR AT TENANTS THAT LIVE THERE TO COME ASK US QUESTIONS.

SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE AFRAID, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOUR FRIENDS.

BUT WE WANT TO GET PAST THAT POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT AFRAID AND DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

AND THIS IS A VERY FORMAL SETTING THAT MAY POP PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH, TRUE.

THAT COME UP HERE AND STAND BEFORE I DIE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THAT ONE YOUNG LADY THAT CAME FROM THE SCHOOL ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS AGAIN? OH YEAH.

I WAS SO IMPRESSIVE.

I WAS JUST EXCITED JUST TO LISTEN TO HER TALK.

THE WHOLE GROUP.

YEAH, THE WHOLE GROUP.

THAT, THAT WAS GREAT.

SO, BUT I, I, I THINK TOO, I MEAN, IT'S ONE, IT'S GREAT FOR US TO SAY, YOU KNOW, OUR ALWAYS MEANS WAITING FOR PEOPLE.

SO I TELL YOU, I GUESS, I GUESS YOU STILL CALL IT MANAGEMENT.

SO TYPICALLY WE'RE ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY, UH, OF EVERY MONTH.

SO DOES THAT DATE WORK? THAT'D BE APRIL 23RD.

I, I'M GOOD WITH IT.

YOU THINK THAT'LL BE FINE? COMPLEX IS GREAT WITH IT.

THEY SAID, THEY SAID PRETTY MUCH THEIR DOOR'S OPEN ANYTIME.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APRIL 23RD AT THE, UH, WHAT COMPLEX BAYVIEW APARTMENT? BAYVIEW APARTMENTS, 6,000 NORTH MAINE.

AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO ADJOURNMENT.

SO, UH, WE, WE DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR THAT ONE,

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I DON'T THINK.

SO ONE MORE THING, JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW.

UH, THURSDAY NIGHT, IS IT SIX OR SEVEN CHIEF? OUR ASSISTANT POLICE ACADEMY, THEY HAVING THEIR GRADUATION.

FUNNY.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU WERE STILL DOING THAT.

I DID THAT A LONG TIME AGO.

IS IT 7 6 30? SIX 30? SIX 30? IF, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME TO IT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.

IT'S OPEN.

AND, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH IT, IT'S SEVEN WEEKS.

10 IS IT IT IS 10 WEEKS EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT.

I THINK IT'S WHAT, FOUR HOURS OF TRAINING? SIX.

SIX 30 TO NINE 30.

SO THREE HOURS OF TRAINING.

BUT, UH, THEY GET TO SEE A LOT OF STUFF AND THEY ENJOY IT.

I'M, I'M HAPPY FOR THEM.

'CAUSE I DID IT A LONG TIME AGO.

I LIKED IT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING.

WELL, Y'ALL CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

I MIGHT HAVE TO , BUT YEAH, I JUST WANNA LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT.