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UM,[ CITY OF BAYTOWN NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2024 6:00 P.M. CONFERENCE ROOM, PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING 3200 NORTH MAIN STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
WE WILL NOW CALL, CALL TO ORDER THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.TODAY IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2024, 6:00 PM WELL, IT ACTUALLY, IT IS SIX, UH, 6:00 PM WE ARE AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AT THE NEW PBPD SPACE.
UH, 3,200 NORTH MAINE STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 7 7 5 2 0.
UH, WE CALLED AN ORDER AN ANNOUNCE OF A COR ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM, AND WE'LL START TODAY WITH THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? NO, MA'AM.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD HUNSINGER, UH, REMEMBERING HIS IMPACT AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
WHO WANTS TO START? UM, STEVE.
OH, YOU'RE GONNA START WITH A PRAYER.
UH, IF Y'ALL DON'T MIND, BOW YOUR HEADS.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME OF GATHERING FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN.
UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR ONE OF OUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES, MR. RICHARD HUNSINGER.
UM, HE ENJOYED THIS BEING A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE AND SERVING THE CITIZENS OF BAYTOWN, AND HE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO MAKE THIS A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
AND HE CARED ABOUT IT, AND HE CARED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AROUND HIM.
SO, I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COMFORT HIS FAMILY AND BE WITH THEM AT THEIR TIME OF LOSS.
AND I KNOW, FATHER, THAT, UH, SOMETIMES WE QUESTION WHEN YOU TAKE OUR LOVED ONES.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'S JUST IN OUR NATURE BECAUSE WE MISS HIM.
BUT WE KNOW THAT HE IS SAFE IN YOUR ARMS, AS IT SAYS IN SECOND CORINTHIANS FIVE, ABSENT WITH THE BODY, PRESENT WITH THE LORD.
WE KNOW THAT HE IS WITH YOU, AND WE WILL, AND WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN ONE DAY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE THINGS, AND WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BE WITH US AND ALLOW US TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS AND ASK ALL THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF YOUR HOLY SON JESUS.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE, OKAY.
UH, ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UM, FIRST OF ALL, OUR CONDOLENCES.
I CANNOT IMAGINE THE LOSS YOU FEEL, UM, THE GRIEF THAT YOU'VE SUFFERED.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN SAY OR DO OR TRY TO SAY TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
UM, AND TO DO THAT WOULD ONLY CHEAPEN THE EXPERIENCE THAT, UH, THAT YOU'VE HAD TO LIVE THROUGH.
I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UM, I WILL PERSONALLY BE PRAYING FOR YOU GUYS AND, AND HAVE BEEN SINCE, UH, UH, SINCE I LEARNED ABOUT THIS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT A LOST WORD.
UH, IT'S NOT A HOLLOW WORD, IT'S A TRAGEDY.
BUT I'VE BEEN PRAYING FOR YOU TO HAVE PEACE, TO BE ABLE TO REST AND TO HAVE WISDOM THROUGH THIS.
UM, IN TIMES LIKE THIS, I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO PRAY FOR, FOR PEOPLE.
UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL, I REALLY APPRECIATED WORKING WITH RICHARD.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS A GOOD MAN, AND, AND WE DEFINITELY LEARNED THAT HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
UH, SARGE IS RIGHT IN HIS PRAYER.
HE CARED ABOUT PEOPLE, AND HE WAS OBJECTIVE.
BUT HE CARED ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SOMETIMES HE ASKED HARD QUESTIONS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I NEVER TOOK OFFENSE TO IT, AND I WELCOMED IT.
IT HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHAT SOME OF OUR CITIZENS MAY BE LOOKING FOR FROM US.
THE THINGS THAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIM, YOU ALREADY KNOW, AND YOU KNOW MUCH DEEP, MORE DEEPLY THAN I DO.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, HE WASN'T JUST A FRIEND OF THE BPAC AND WASN'T JUST A MEMBER OF THE BPAC.
UH, HE WASN'T JUST A FRIEND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA COME IN HERE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE YOU ANYMORE.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU WERE PART OF OUR FAMILY, AND WE WILL ASSIST, SUPPORT, AND ADVANCE YOU BY EVERY HONORABLE MEANS.
AS LONG AS I'M HERE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING RICHARD WITH US.
HE THOUGHT THE WORD YOU DID WAS IMPORTANT.
HE WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE CITY.
HE WANTED PEOPLE NOT TO BE AFRAID
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TO REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.HE DEFINITELY MADE AN IMPACT ON ME.
ANYBODY ELSE? I MEAN, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, I THINK OF ANYBODY, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM OUTSIDE OF ANGELA THE LONGEST.
UM, WE STARTED TOGETHER COVID DECEMBER, 2020, UH, IN A SMALL ROOM AT, AT THE LIBRARY.
SO, UH, HE CHANGED MY PERCEPTION OF PEOPLE AROUND BAYTOWN A LOT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S VERY HARD TO, TO WHEN YOU WORK WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BEING AT THE COLLEGE.
YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC, BUT WITH HIM, IT WAS JUST, HE SHOWED A HUMBLE HEART.
HE SHOWED A PASSION FOR BAYTOWN.
UH, HE RENEWED MY PASSION, AND I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE.
UM, AND SO I FEEL LIKE, UM, IT WAS, IT'S A SEVERE LOSS BECAUSE I LOOK FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH HIM.
WE WERE EVEN TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA DO ANOTHER YEAR? LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THIS, ARE WE GONNA EXPIRE? IS OUR TIME UP? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
AND SO, UM, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GONNA BE THE SAME BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA HAVE ANYBODY PRESSING ME TO DO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ANYMORE.
AND SO, UM, I, I DEFINITELY AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SERVED WITH HIM AND TO GET TO KNOW WHO HE IS, HIS HEART.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST PIECE FOR ME, IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME GUARDED.
HE ALWAYS CAME WITH AN OPEN HEART.
UM, AND I LEARNED A LOT FROM HIM, A LOT FROM HIM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT.
HE KNEW IT, AND HE'D SAY IT FOR ME.
AND, AND OFTENTIMES IT HIT BETTER WITH HIM BECAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, HE WAS AN OLDER MAN.
UM, BUT HE, HE, IT DEFINITELY, UM, HE DEFINITELY MADE AN IMPACT AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE DID, UH, WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH STUFF THAT WE'VE DONE, EVERYTHING.
AND HE DID ASK A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS, AND HE BACKED ME WHEN I ASKED A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS, AND I BACKED HIM.
SO THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING HIM WITH US, BECAUSE HE'S, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE, IT WAS A PRIVILEGE TO, TO WORK WITH HIM.
IS THAT IT? ANGELA? YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME, SOME OF US, I JUST COMPLETED MY FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD, SO I, I'VE ONLY KNOWN HIM FOR THAT SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THIS BOARD HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY IN THE YEAR I'VE BEEN HERE.
SO SOME PEOPLE DON'T, DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM, BUT MAYBE ONCE OR TWICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, I BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY DID WAS LUCKY.
HE HAD AN OUTSTANDING CHARACTER.
HE WAS, HE TOOK YOUR ROLLED UP SIGN AND WENT AND STOOD ON TEXAS AVENUE IN THE HEAT.
UH, WE TOOK YOUR ROLLED UP SIGN IN OUR TABLE AND STOOD AT TEXAS AVENUE IN THE RAIN MM-HMM
WELL, I TALKED TO SOME OF HIS, UH, BOWLING COMPANIONS THAT HE BOWLED ON A LEAD WITH.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DEAL.
BUT THEY, THEY ARE TRULY GONNA MISS HIM AS WELL.
THEY WERE, THEY WERE HEARTBROKEN AND, AND ENJOYED BEING WITH HIM ON THEIR, THEIR BOWLING NIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT.
WELL, STEVE O IS USUALLY HE RAINS AWAY FROM US.
AND HE WANTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HE HAD ANOTHER, UH, ENGAGEMENT THAT HE HAD TO SPEAK AT, AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON HE IS NOT HERE.
WELL, I APPRECIATE IT, YOU ALL.
AND IF YOU GUYS ARE MOVING ON TO THE BUSINESS, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LEAVE, SO, OKAY.
WE CAN GO HOME AND CRY
MANY OF YOU, AND YOU GUYS ALL HAVE, UM, THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HAS YES.
WE WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO COME TO SERVICE.
WE'RE HAVING VISITATION FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO THE SERVICE ON SATURDAY, AND THEN HAVE A LUNCHEON AT
WE HAVE PEER SUPPORT OFFICERS THAT ARE VERY GOOD AT GRIEF COUNSELING.
THANK, IF, IF YOU NEED TO REACH OUT, YOU CAN USE ANYONE OF MY OFFICERS.
UH, CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON JUNE 25TH, 2024.
DID WE HAVE A MEETING ON JUNE 25TH? WHAT MONTH ARE WE IN? IT'S AUGUST.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, WAIT, WAIT.
DO WE DO DISCUSSION ON THIS? REMIND ME.
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ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.UM, THE NEXT ONE IS CITIZEN INPUT.
HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY CITIZEN INPUT CONCERNING POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING, AS WELL AS POLICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES? NO.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CITIZEN INPUT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS COMMUNITY INPUT.
UH, RECEIVE AND DISCUSS COMMUNITY INPUT OBTAINED BY ANY OF US ON THE BPAC.
HAS ANYBODY HEARD ANYTHING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN YOUR SPACES, IN YOUR AREAS? I'M PERSONALLY SEEING MORE, UH, SOLICITORS DOOR TO DOOR IN LAKEWOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING ANYWHERE ELSE IN TOWN, BUT I MEAN, I'VE SEEN THEM, YOU KNOW, DROPPING PEOPLE OFF WITH VANS, YOU KNOW, WITH LITTLE SCOOTERS TO WORK THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
ONE OF 'EM, I, I ACTUALLY CALLED THE POLICE 'CAUSE THEY WERE PARKED IN MY YARD FOR 12 HOURS.
WAS IT LAST YEAR TOO? UH, AT LEAST LAST YEAR WHERE WE DID THE ROADSIDE, UH, VENDORS AND SOLICITORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND I MADE A NOTE, AND SARGE, IF, IF YOU WILL, ON YOUR END FROM MAYBE, UH, OFFICER KING, AS MUCH AS WE USE HIM, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY STARTING TO STRETCH HIM THIN, BUT IF HE CAN BE HEADS UP FOR, FOR SOME OF THESE SOLICITORS.
I CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND THE OFFICER RESPONDED, THIS WAS THE GUY'S CAR WAS PARKED IN MY YARD FROM DUS TO DAWN MM-HMM
AND IT HAD OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE PLATES.
THE INSPECTION WAS EXPIRED ON THE RE THE REGISTRATION ON THE LICENSE PLATE WAS EXPIRED, AND THERE WAS NO REGISTRATION ON THE WINDSHIELD AT ALL, AND THERE WAS A PERMIT FROM A HOTEL ON THE WINDSHIELD.
SO, UH, AND WE'LL LOOK DEEPER INTO IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CORRECT ON THAT.
I KNOW THE ROADSIDE SOLICITING AND VENDORS ARE, ARE, ARE NO LONGER GIVEN PERMITS AND IT'S NO GO.
UH, WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SOLICITING ACTUALLY.
UH, BUT THERE'S A NO, SINCE THE CHIEF DORIS TOLD ME THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE OUT AS WELL.
THERE'S ONE WHERE THEY CAN SELL ONLY BETWEEN CERTAIN HOURS, BUT THEY HAVE A SPECIAL ONE.
AND IT'S ONLY FROM, I'M GUESSING THE ONES THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW ARE BECAUSE OF THE STORM WE HAD.
AND THEY'RE EITHER LEGITIMATE PEOPLE TRYING TO COME IN AND DO GOOD WORK AND, AND MAKE SOME MONEY, OR THEY'RE CRIMINALS TRYING TO COME IN AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN CONTACT THEM, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM TOO.
AND UNTIL YOU TALK TO 'EM, YOU CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, I KNOW THEY'RE HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AND IF THEY'RE GONNA HELP SOMEBODY GET A NEW ROOF ON THEIR HOUSE OR, YOU KNOW, IN A LEGITIMATE WAY, I'M NOT GONNA STEP ON THEIR TOES, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
BUT IF THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND GET ALL HER INSURANCE MONEY AND RUN, THEN THAT'S WHEN I WANT TO STEP IN AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PREVENT THAT.
I, I, ONE ACTUALLY KNOCKED ON MY DOOR THIS MORNING AND I OPENED THE DOOR AND HE HAD A SOMETHING OR OTHER ROOFING SHIRT ON, AND I, HE SAID, OH, I FIRST, HE ACTUALLY SWORE BECAUSE I SAW HIM COMING TO THE DOOR, SO I WENT TO THE DOOR AND OPENED IT AS SOON AS HE GOT TO THE DOOR.
AND I SAID, CAN I HELP YOU? AND HE SAID, HE STARTED TO RAMBLE ON, AND I SAID, I DON'T NEED ANY ROOFING.
AND HE SAID, I'M NOT SELLING ROOFING.
AND I SAID, YOU'RE WEARING A ROOFING SHIRT,
I JUST CLOSED THE DOOR AND HE LEFT.
BUT, UH, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL, UH, LOOK INTO THAT.
I, I JUST SEE THIS GUYS, UH, SEEMS LIKE A LOT MORE MM-HMM
I MEAN, ANOTHER ONE I SAW HAD A IPAD WITH BUGS ON IT, AND HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUGS.
I HAD A GUY SHOW UP AT MY DOORSTEP LIKE THAT, AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT INTERESTED.
HE, HE GOT A LITTLE PUSHY, LET ME SHOW YOU MY BADGE.
YOU HATE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS A CITIZEN I SHOULD JUST BE ABLE TO SAY, RIGHT.
BUT YEAH, I ENDED UP HAVING TO, I'M LIKE, LOOK MAN, I'M, I'M, I WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST, JUST, JUST GO ON.
SO
I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT I'M BEING TRUTHFUL.
ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY WANNA SHARE? NO.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS DISCUSSION.
DISCUSS ANY TASKS AND PROCESSES FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE CITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE WILL CONTINUE FUNCTIONING AS A GROUP.
UM, ANDY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT I JUST SAID? SO THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE WILL HAVE WILL BE CALLED BY Y'ALL UNTIL WE HEAR BACK FROM, BUT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS YOU
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ARE FUNCTIONING NOW.THE ONLY THING THAT'S GONNA CHANGE IS THE OPEN MEETING ACT PART.
AND SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU GUYS, AND IT'S JUST MAINLY HAVING TO DO WITH POSTING, UH, ON THE 72 HOUR NOTICE PIECE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU CAN STILL MEET.
AND THEN THE DISCUSSION WHERE, UM, IF YOU CAN MEET WITHOUT, HAVE, YOU KNOW, WITH A QUORUM AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT PIECE WILL BE AVAILABLE.
SO AGAIN, THERE'S STILL, UM, THE AD HOC BOARD IS STILL HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH THAT, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT, WHICH ALL KIND OF GOES TOGETHER.
UM, SO AGAIN, I WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO MEET, UM, AS USUAL UNTIL YOU HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, SO SOMEONE'S STILL GONNA CONTACT EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL MEET THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND STILL SET THE THAT IS CORRECT PLACE.
AND THEN ONCE WE HEAR MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DECIDE HOW WE WANNA FUNCTION FROM THAT, FROM THAT TIME ON.
UM, ANY OTHER HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT OR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I, UH, I KNOW WE'RE BACK TO THE SAME OLD TOPIC, BUT, UH, AS WE SIT IN THIS EMPTY ROOM, IT'S JUST US MM-HMM
AND, UM, LAST TIME WE, THE, WE GOT, I GOT THE CHIEF WILLINGLY TO, UH, MAKE A NICE VIDEO AND I KIND OF JUMPED THE GUN ON IT.
THINKING WE WERE GONNA HAVE THE MEETING.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THROW SOMETHING ELSE TOGETHER OKAY.
AND START POSTING IMMEDIATELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE HERE FOR NOT IF, IF NOBODY SHOWS UP.
I REALLY THINK THIS COULD BE SOMETHING GREAT FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE CITY.
IF WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND, UH, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO REACH THESE PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WELL, AND, AND BEYOND JUST BEING UNHAPPY, I MEAN, LET'S NOT FOCUS SOLELY ON THAT.
FORMING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE, THAT HAVE RESOURCES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO COME AND SAY, I'VE GOT THIS GREAT IDEA FOR A PROJECT AND I WOULD LIKE TO PARTNER WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO, TO HELP ME WITH THIS.
MAYBE WE, OR WE COULD EVEN SAY, IT'S REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE DO KNOW SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN PARTNER WITH AND WE CAN, WE CAN BE THAT CONDUIT OF INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE ADVISORY COMMITTEES LIKE THIS ARE WORTH.
THEY'RE WEIGHT GOLD BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT JUST HEARING THE THINGS THAT NEED TO IMPROVE.
YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE WITH SOME IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN PUSH THE WHOLE COMMUNITY FORWARD.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU START BRINGING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER, SO YOU HAVE MORE OF A UNI UNITY AND PURPOSE, UH, UH, PHILOSOPHY GOING ON AS WELL.
SORRY, SORRY TO INTERRUPT ON THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD POINT THOUGH.
WE COULD PUT THAT IN THE VIDEO.
AND WE NEED MR. LAND DOWN HERE.
I MEAN, HE'S, HE KNOWS MORE PEOPLE THAN
SO HE, HE COULD GET ON HIS LITTLE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SAY, HEY, COME VISIT US,
I'LL BE GLAD HE'LL CAN THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU'RE A WELL RESPECTED MAN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE LOOK UP TO YOU AND, UH, IF THEY WERE TO HEAR YOU INVITE 'EM, I THINK WE, WE CAN GET SOME MORE PEOPLE IN HERE.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE ON THE DISCUSSION ANYWAY? ALL RIGHT.
RECEIVE A REPORT AND DISCUSS THE STATUS OF POLICE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY POLICING OFFICER TRAINING AND OR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FROM CHIEF.
UM, YOU'RE PROBABLY HERE TIRED OF HEARING THAT OUR STAFF STAFFING LEVELS STAY CONSISTENT AT 95%.
UM, IN THE LAST WEEK, THEY PROBABLY JUMPED JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE'VE GOT TWO MORE HIRES IN THAT ARE GOING THROUGH ORIENTATION NOW.
UM, THEY ARE PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED OFFICERS, SO THE, THEY SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD IN ABOUT, UH, UH, I WANNA SAY ABOUT 16 WEEKS, UM, BETWEEN THEIR BA, THEIR LATERAL PEACE OFFICERS COURSE THAT WE PUT ON AND, UH, FIELD TRAINING.
BUT, UH, I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THEM MAKING IT THROUGH TRAINING.
UM, UH, BOTH, UH, BOTH YOUNG WOMEN HAVE, UH, ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO, I THINK 12 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ONE OF 'EM HAVING BEEN A SERGEANT WITH ANOTHER AGENCY.
SO WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE PROGRAM FOR LATERAL RECRUITMENT THAT WE DO.
UH, WE ALSO BEGAN OUR CIVIL SERVICE TESTING FOR, UH, ENTRY INTO OUR BASIC PEACE OFFICERS COURSE THAT WILL BEGIN NEXT YEAR.
UM, BASIC PEACE OFFICERS COURSE IS ESSENTIALLY THE POLICE ACADEMY.
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BEEN ABLE TO PUT ONE TOGETHER AND WE WILL BEGIN TO TRAIN, UH, OUR POLICE OFFICERS ACCORDING TO BAYTOWN PHILOSOPHY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE KNOW THE QUALITY OF TRAINING THAT THEY'RE GETTING IS UP TO OUR STANDARDS INSTEAD OF SENDING THEM OFF TO ANOTHER POLICE ACADEMY.UH, AFTER THIS ONE, WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES.
IT WILL NOT BE AN OPEN ACADEMY WHERE ANYBODY CAN COME LIKE THEY CAN TO A COLLEGE.
UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO BE SPONSORED THROUGH ANOTHER AGENCY, BUT WE'LL OPEN IT UP AND, UH, THE, UH, THE HGAC WILL ACTUALLY BE INVOLVED IN THAT AND, BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO RECRUIT SOME OF OUR EXPENSES, UH, FROM THE HGAC.
SO THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD.
BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THIS, WE HAD 65 APPLICANTS SHOW UP FOR THE WRITTEN AND, UH, PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST.
WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN EIGHT AND NINE OPENINGS.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I'VE GOT SO MANY OFFICERS THAT CAN RETIRE AT ANY TIME THAT, UH, I GIVE MYSELF A ONE OR HEY, SORRY, UH, UH, I KIND OF GIVE MYSELF A, A ONE OR TWO OFFICER BUFFER ON THAT.
UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS AGENCY HAS PROBABLY BEEN NEEDING FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE GRADUATIONS FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES, AND HONESTLY WAS, WAS NOT VERY IMPRESSED WITH LIKE, THE LACK OF DISCIPLINE AND BEARING THAT THEY WERE TEACHING THE OFFICERS.
SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UH, CRIME PREVENTION HAS ATTENDED A, OR ATTENDED A SAFETY EVENT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, IN THE LAST MONTH.
IT WAS ATTENDED BY ABOUT 200 OF OUR CITIZENS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE CHILD ID KITS.
SAFE RIDER SAFETY SEAT PROGRAM IN THE LAST MONTH HAS INSTALLED 16 FREE CAR SEATS TO AREA FAMILIES.
UH, AND WE DID THAT HERE AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WITH SCHOOL BEING BACK IN SESSION AND DARE BEGINNING TO RAMP UP, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH, UH, AS MANY OF OUR PROPERTY MANAGERS AND THE APARTMENTS AS WE'D LIKE TO.
BUT WE DID HAVE ONE GOOD MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGER TO DISCUSS CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES THAT WERE OCCURRING ON SITE, TRY TO ASSIST THEM WITH DEVELOPING SOME STRATEGIES ON THAT.
UM, UH, AC ALFRED, ASSISTANT CHIEF ALFRED REPRESENTED US AT, UH, THE, THE SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOLS COMMITTEE MEETING, AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT AGAIN IN THE NEXT MONTH.
AND NATIONAL NOT OUT PLANS ARE COMPLETE.
SO THEY'RE COMPLETE, UH, IT'LL BE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 IN TOWN SQUARE.
UH, YOU GUYS KNOW YOU HAVE A SPOT AVAILABLE, SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU THERE.
AND, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL STOP BY AND HELP YOU DRAW PEOPLE IN TO TALK ABOUT THE PPAC AS WELL DURING THAT EVENT.
UM, UH, TRAINING OUR OFFICERS HAVE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,206 TRAINING HOURS IN THE LAST MONTH.
UH, WE'VE HAD ONE OFFICER RECEIVE AN ADVANCED PEACE OFFICER LICENSE.
IF YOU'LL RECALL FOR A WHILE, UH, I WAS UPDATING ADVANCED PEACE OFFICERS LICENSE AND INTERMEDIATES AND MASTER MASTERPIECE OFFICERS.
I THINK WE'RE REACHING THAT POINT WHERE SO MANY OF OUR OFFICERS ARE REACHING THOSE ADVANCED CERTIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE A DELAY IN THAT.
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE MORE ADVANCED THAN, THAN, THAN, THAN WE DON'T RIGHT NOW.
BUT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE REALLY INCREASED AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE STARTING TO SEE ONE AND TWO TRICKLE IN ON US RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE BAYTOWN POLICE ACADEMY DID PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 1,324 TRAINING HOURS, UH, NOT ONLY FOR OUR PERSONNEL BUT AREA OFFICERS AS WELL IN THE LAST MONTH.
AND WE ALSO HOSTED AN ALERT ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING COURSE WHERE WE TRAIN 19 POLICE OFFICERS FROM AROUND THIS AREA, INCLUDING BAYTOWN PD.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF A LIVE MONTH.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY, ALRIGHT, SO I GUESS THE NEXT THING IS THE TOPIC OF NEXT MEETING.
UH, CONSIDER SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION FOR THE NEXT BPAC BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
I LIKED YOUR IDEA ABOUT PUTTING IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I'M WONDERING IF WE SHOULD COME BACK HERE NEXT MONTH.
IT'S STRICTLY UP TO Y'ALL WITH, WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS HOW ARE PEOPLE GONNA FIND IT? BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
RIGHT? LIKE, HOW, LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN ABOUT GETTING TO THIS ROOM NEXT MONTH.
WE'LL SEE SOME, WE'LL SEE SOME MORE GROUND BEING TURNED UP FOR THE, FOR THE COURTYARD AREA OUT HERE.
BUT THE PARKING BEING OUT FRONT, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE YET.
WE COULD WAIT A MONTH RIGHT IN THE NEXT MONTH.
GO BACK TO CITY CHAMBERS, DO THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITUATION, SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE, GENERATE MORE INTEREST AT THE
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CITY.UM, AND THEN AFTER THAT, CONSIDER MAYBE COMING BACK IF THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO NOT GET LOST.
AND GET HERE WHAT'S, SAY YOU ANYONE.
SO DATE, UM, WHAT MONTH ARE WE GOING INTO? SEPTEMBER 24TH.
HOW DOES SEPTEMBER 24TH LOOK FOR EVERYONE? SAME PHONE? YES, SIR.
I'M GOOD IF WE CAN GET IT ON OUR, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IF WE CAN GET IT ON OUR CALENDARS PRETTY QUICK, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
MAKE SURE YOU GET MICHAEL'S RIGHT EMAIL ADDRESS.
I'LL, I'LL ACTUALLY, I DID HAVE THE EMAIL.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT FROM LAST FRIDAY.
WHAT DID YOU SAY? I, I'LL HAVE SOMEBODY ATTEND IN MY, UH, IN MY STEAD, BUT, UH, I'LL BE DOING THE MAKEUP LISTENING SESSION FOR DISTRICT THREE THAT NIGHT AT THE FIRE TRAINING FIELD.
I'LL HAVE ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS ATTENDING MY PLACE.
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? I'M LOOKING AT YOU.
AM I OKAY WITH YOU? ARE YOU OKAY WITH HIM NOT BEING HERE? THAT'S MY BOSS.
NO, I, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, UH, WELL, BETWEEN THE BOTH OF Y'ALL, I THINK WE'LL BE FINE.
WHOEVER HE ASSIGNS TO FILL IN IS GOING TO STEP IN AND DO WHATEVER THEY NEED TO.
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE A PLAN.
UM, I GUESS THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED AT, UH, 6 33.