* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] WE WILL NOW CALL THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ORDER FOR A SPECIAL MEETING. TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2024, 6:00 PM WE ARE LOCATED IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT THE EXACT ADDRESS OF 24 0 1 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS SEVEN SEVEN FIVE TWO ZERO. I CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE AND ANNOUNCE QUORUM. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE. THANK YOU. UM, AND WE WILL BEGIN. UH, THIS IS AT, IT'S EXACTLY 6 0 2. AWESOME. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL START WITH CITIZEN INPUT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO. NO. ALL RIGHT. PEOPLE ARE READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. UM, THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE COMMUNITY INPUT. DOES ANYBODY FROM THE BAYTOWN POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ANY MEMBERS HERE HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WANNA SHARE FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS THAT THEY REPRESENT IN THEIR AREAS? NO. NONE AS OF YET. NO. NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO THEN I GUESS THING [a. Receive an update regarding the status of police outreach, community policing, officer training and/or policies and procedures.] IS THE REPORT FROM CHIEF WHO DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO HIS EMAILS ON HIS CELL PHONE, . UM, AND BECAUSE THIS WAS AN EARLIER, UH, MEETING, WE DON'T HAVE REPORT PREPARE, UH, PREPARED, UH, WE'LL DOUBLE OFF ON THE NEXT, NEXT MONTH. EXCELLENT. ASIDE FROM THAT, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING WELL. YEAH, EVERYTHING'S GOING WELL. RECRUITMENT'S GOING WELL. UM, WE, UH, WE'RE STILL DOING WELL WITH OUR, UH, WITH OUR CRIME STATUS. WE'RE TRACKING AT ABOUT 14% FOR FELONY CRIMES AND STILL RIGHT AROUND 10% REDUCTION OF ALL CRIMES. UH, OUR, OUR, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. OUR TRAFFIC, UH, OUR TRAFFIC FATALITIES ARE STILL HOLDING AROUND, UH, UH, 30, 32% REDUCTION. AND, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY TOO, WITH WHAT WE CAN DO WITH, UH, WITH THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US FOR HOMELESS OUTREACH AND, AND DIVERSION. SO, VERY GOOD. SO SOUNDS LIKE, AND THE MENTAL HEALTH, THE MENTAL HEALTH STUFF, YEAH. WE CONTINUE THE CORE GROUP. THE CORE GROUP IS GOOD. YEAH. WE CONTINUE TO PRESS FORWARD WITH THAT. AND, UH, AS, AS A SIDEBAR, I WAS RECENTLY ASKED TO, UH, HELP ESTABLISH A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR THE TEXAS, UH, POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION FOR NEW POLICE CHIEFS THAT COME IN. AND, UH, THAT'LL BE A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION, SO VERY GOOD. MAKE SURE THE BAYTOWN SUN GETS SET. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT. HAVE, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY SEES THAT. ALL RIGHT. AND THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA [a. Review of previous goals and future planning.] IS BUSINESS ITEMS. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS GOALS AND FUTURE PLANNING. SO, SINCE THIS IS MY LAST MEETING AFTER FOUR YEARS ON THIS SINCE DECEMBER, WAS IT DECEMBER 8TH, UH, 2020, WHICH WAS AT SURLY VILLE LIBRARY. LIBRARY, UM, I DID WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR MY SERVICE. I'VE SEEN A LOT, LEARNED A LOT. UH, BEING BORN IN HOUSTON, RAISED IN BAYTOWN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH OR HOW EVERYTHING EVOLVED IN TERMS OF CITY, CITY AND HOW THE CITY WORKS BECAUSE I'VE, MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION. UH, SO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SYSTEM FOR SURE. UH, I DID LEARN A LOT. I DID MAKE GOOD FRIENDS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE TO COME. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE LEFT IN GOOD HANDS HERE. I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE ON, UH, THE CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THINGS, UM, AND WE STAY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POLICE FOR SURE. SO, UM, I DID WANNA SAY THAT THERE WERE BUCKETS. I'M LEAVING FOUR YEARS OF AGENDAS AND NOTES WITH MICHAEL 'CAUSE HE'S THE CO-CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR. UM, SO Y'ALL CAN Y'ALL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF IT? UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HISTORY SO WE DON'T REPEAT HISTORY. THIS STARTED UNDER A, A DIFFERENT INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, AND NOW WE HAVE A, A NEW ONE, UM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE HELPFUL FOR HIM TO KNOW HOW FAR WE'VE COME IN THIS SPECIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UM, SO I WANTED TO LEAVE THIS WITH HIM. AND Y'ALL HAVE, I MEAN, IT'S ALL Y'ALL'S, IT'S PUBLIC. I MEAN, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK UP ALL, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ON PUBLIC RECORD SOMEWHERE IN SOME KIND OF DATABASE. BUT THESE ARE MY PERSONAL NOTES. SO IF YOU READ ANYTHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE, PLEASE JUST MARK IT OUT WITH, WITH A BLACK PEN. I TRIED TO GO THROUGH AS MUCH AS I COULD LAST NIGHT AND DID TAKE OUT SOME STUFF. UM, BESIDES THAT, UH, I, SOME OF THE BUCKETS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT WE ESTABLISHED DECEMBER 8TH, 2020, WAS MENTAL ILLNESS, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT AND POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT. AND UNDER EACH ONE OF THOSE, WE WENT THROUGH DIFFERENT PIECES OF IT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER, EVER FI FINISHED OR WENT THROUGH OR EVEN TALKED ABOUT EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF IT. I KNOW PREVIOUS TO ME IT WAS JUST RICHARD AND I THAT WERE LEFT ON THIS COMMITTEE, UH, FROM 2020. SO I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE NEW, SO IT DOESN'T HURT TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT SOME OF THESE THINGS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF, OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S COME TO FRUITION, UH, OR, OR COME TO COME TO PASS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE BUCKETS IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD. BUT I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU ALL TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK, LET THIS BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR CITIZENS AND THE POLICE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS RESOLVED. UM, BUT I DO THINK IT'S COME A LONG WAY. [00:05:01] AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO ME, I, I CAN, YOU CAN ALWAYS, I'M MICHAEL, YOU KNOW, WHERE I LIVE YEAH. WITH THEM IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. SO . BUT, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT EVER COMES UP, Y'ALL CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT. BUT I, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND, AND TO, UH, TO HAVE A GAVEL FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND THAT WAS FUN. UH, AND, AND NOW I GET TO PASS THE GAVEL ON UNTIL Y'ALL FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR NEW MEMBERS. THAT SHOULD BE COMING ON NEXT MONTH, I BELIEVE. AND THEN FROM THERE, UM, THE VOTING PROCESS THERE IS IN HERE HOW WE DECIDED ON HOW WE WERE GONNA VOTE FOR CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR OR VICE CHAIR. UM, SO THAT INFORMATION'S IN HERE AS WELL. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT THERE WAS TWO OPTIONS IN THERE AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA CONTINUE THAT AS WELL. SO, UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING Y'ALL WANNA REVIEW FOR PREVIOUS GOALS OR FUTURE PLANNING. UH, OKAY. UH, THE LAST MEETING, UH, CHIEF, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, GENER, UH, BUILDING A CARD THAT HAD CONTACT INFORMATION FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES ON IT. UH, I ACTUALLY TALKED TO MY SISTER, WHO'S A CASE MANAGER AT, AT UH, SAN JACIN HOSPITAL, AND SHE SAID SHE COULD PUT TOGETHER MOST OF THE INFORMATION FOR US. SO I'LL GET THAT. UH, AND THAT'S A PROJECT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON. YEAH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A CLASS ON HOW TO GET THE MICS ON . WE NEED, WE NEED MORE RESPONSIVE BUTTONS. UM, NO, THAT'D BE GREAT. UH, AND MAYBE, UH, MAYBE THEY'D LIKE TO BE A COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH US TOO. UM, YEAH, I'M SURE THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, I MEAN, UH, WE'VE GOT A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH 'EM, SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT MIGHT HELP THEM, UH, WITH, WITH THEIR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS TOO. YEAH. ANYTHING ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO ADD IN TERMS OF YOUR NEXT MEETING IN DECEMBER? WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE? I STILL HIGHLY RECOMMEND Y'ALL MEET WITH JAMIE. Y'ALL HAVE NOT MET WITH JAMIE BEFORE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CAPACITY. WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. YEAH. MONTH. DEFINITELY CONSIDER DOING THAT AGAIN AND MAYBE GOING BACK AND REEVALUATING THE BUCKETS. AND I EVEN HAVE IN THERE, UH, ANOTHER REEVALUATION OF THE BUCKETS. UH, I DON'T REMEMBER IF CHIEF STRINGER WAS THERE YET, WHEN WE HAD, UM, THE STUDENTS THAT WERE SITTING ON THE SIDE. WERE YOU THERE? YEAH, IT WAS LAST YEAR. YOU, WAS IT LAST YEAR? MM-HMM. MM-HMM . WERE YOU HERE? YEAH. THE, THE ONES THAT WERE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS? NO, IT WAS THE ONE THAT WE HAD OVER THERE AT THE LIBRARY. I KNOW YOU WERE THERE. THEY DID, THEY DID COME IN HERE FOR ONE MEETING. FOR ONE MEETING. BUT THAT WAS WHERE IT STARTED. STARTED. I MEAN, I WAS IN THE LIBRARY A COUPLE. YEAH. OKAY. PERFECT. PERFECT. I HAVE THAT IN THERE AS WELL. OKAY. TO REVIEW, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WERE CONCERNED. YEAH, HE, HE, UH, CHIEF ALFRED MET WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES AND, UM, I THINK THAT THE INTEREST ON, ON THEIR SIDE KIND OF DWINDLED AFTER A WHILE. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL AT THE UNIVERSITY AT THIS POINT. YEAH. SO WE'RE ALL THOSE STUDENTS, ? UH, I, I, I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON, UH, WORKING WITH A NEW POLICE CHIEF OVER AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. OH GOOD. WE HAD HIM ATTEND ONE OF OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF MEETINGS AND, UM, I'VE HAD LUNCH WITH HIM. UH, I, I, I THINK WE'LL HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, SO. PERFECT. WELL THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE Y'ALL ARE READY TO GO. HMM. ALRIGHT. YES. WELL, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, JUST KEEP ME POSTED. UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, I GUESS THE NEXT ITEM ON [a. Consider setting the date, time and location for the next Baytown Police Advisory Committee meeting, along with any related tasks and processes. ] THE AGENDA IS NEXT MEETING. CONSIDER SETTING THE DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION FOR THE NEXT BAYONA POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ALONG WITH ANY RELATED TASKS AND PROCESSES. AND SHE'S TRYING TO PUT THE MIC ON AT THIS POINT. DON'T TURN IT OFF. I DON'T THINK MINE WILL TURN ON. OKAY. SO MAYBE THE CHAIRS WERE SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED NEXT. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN, I THOUGHT. YEAH. YEAH, THE MICROPHONE THOUGHT YOU GOTTA HOLD IT DOWN FOR A SECOND, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK THAT WAY. THAT WE'LL CHECK ON THOSE. UM, OH, IT TURNED OFF. OKAY. OH, . THE NEXT MEETING WOULD REACTION, UH, I BELIEVE FALL ON CHRISTMAS WEEK FOR DECEMBER. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, DISCUSS A MEETING BEFORE THEN, OR WAITING FOR A MEETING UNTIL JANUARY. UM, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THE LIBRARY, BUT THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU. IT'S, IT WOULD BE CHRISTMAS EVE. UM, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOMETHING BEFORE AND OR AFTER YOU'RE, YOU'RE FREE TO SCHEDULE THAT AS YOU'D LIKE. YEAH, I'M, I'M GUESSING WE'RE NOT GONNA MEET AT STERLING LIBRARY ON CHRISTMAS EVE. NO. UH, THAT WAS A HARD NO ON THIS SIDE. . I MEAN, I'M GOOD WITH SKIP DECEMBER. I'M GOOD WITH THE WEEK BEFORE PROBABLY IS FINE TOO. UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, I'M GOOD WITH SKIP DECEMBER. OKAY. . OKAY. AND WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO REACH OUT FOR THE LIBRARY FOR JANUARY THEN TO START OFF THE MEETING? YEAH, I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. AWESOME. OKAY. WE WILL LOOK AT THAT AND THEN SEND YOU THE DATES AVAILABLE. OKAY. WILL THAT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MEET JAMIE? YEAH. YES SIR. GREAT. WE'RE GONNA REACH OUT TO SEE [00:10:01] IF SHE'S AVAILABLE. BE HERE. SHE'S GOOD. I HEARD. YEAH, I REALLY LIKE HER. YEAH, IT'S LIKE A STRATEGY SESSION. GOAL SETTING SESSION. OKAY. IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR IT. 'CAUSE UH, CHIEF STRINGER'S BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS. HE'S GOT, HE'S GOT LOTS OF GOALS. OH YEAH. . WE GOTTA MATCH UP TO THAT AND HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE. . ALRIGHT, WELL I GUESS IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE Y'ALL HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO AND READY TO ORDER AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL. AND I GUESS THIS ADJOURNS US AT EXACTLY SIX 12, MY FASTEST MEETING. . AND YOUR LAST, AND MY LAST RECORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GONNA BE AT HOME CHILLING. TRUST ME. IT'S, IT'S GETTING BUSIER, BUSIER FOR ME AT WORK. SO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.