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[ BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025 4:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM ]
ALL RIGHT.IT IS TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2025, AND THE TIME IS 4:36 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT.
UH, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND NO ONE SIGNED UP, SO WE WILL DISPENSE WITH THAT AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO
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A.WE WILL CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE CCPD MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025.
ANYONE? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY THE 14TH MEETING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? UH, MOTION PASSES AND WE'LL MOVE ON
[a. Receive the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending September 30, 2024.]
TO REPORTS.ITEM THREE A, WE'LL RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN CCPD QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF WE HAD THE, UM, ATTACHMENT ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S IN THE, BUT IT'S IN THE PACKET.
SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE, UM, FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL UNAUDITED REPORT FOR, UM, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
IS THAT WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU? YES.
AND SO I JUST WANNA, UM, NOTATE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
THE REVENUE CAME IN AT SIX POINT, I MEAN, 2.6 MILLION, WHICH WAS 103% OVER BUDGET.
AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURES CAME IN AT 2.8 MILLION, WHICH WAS 59% OF OUR BUDGET.
AND SO WE HAD A FUND BALANCE OF 2.1, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
WE, IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS, WE HAD $129,000 WITH A BOOK VALUE OF 1.6 MILLION.
UM, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT IS WE HAD ENCUMBRANCES ROLLOVER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SPEND ALL THE FUNDS THAT THEY HAD.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT WILL SHOW UP IN THE NEXT ONE THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO.
UM, SO, BUT, UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, IS THERE A REASON FUNDS WEREN'T SPENT? UM, SOME OF THE POLICE VEHICLES, SOMETIMES THERE'S A DELAY, THE DELAY IN THE PURCHASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO A MAJORITY OF THE TIME, THAT'S WHY, UM, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO SPEND THEIR FUNDS.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, THE VEHICLES, IT WAS THE VEHICLES WAITING ON DELIVERY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REPORT? NO.
WE'LL CONSIDER THAT ONE RECEIVED, AND
[b. Receive the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending December 31, 2024.]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO THREE B.RECEIVE THE BAYTOWN CCBD QUARTER QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
SO ON THIS REPORT SO FAR, REMEMBER THE SALES TAX IS A TWO MONTH DELAY.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS FOR, UM, OCTOBER, WHICH WE RECEIVED IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS 242,000.
UM, AND THEN THE EXPENDITURES WAS 2.5 MILLION.
SO THEY'VE STARTED TO, UM, SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY THAT WEREN'T, WASN'T SPENT LAST YEAR, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE A NEGATIVE BALANCE OF 119 PROJECTED AT THIS TIME.
UM, ONCE THE SALES TAX STARTS COMING IN, WE SHOULD BE OKAY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT, UH, COLUMN WHERE YOU HAVE THE BALANCE, WE'RE PROJECTING THE 2.2 TO COME IN, UM, IN REVENUE, AND THEN IN OUR EXPENDITURES, ANOTHER TWO POINT, I MEAN, $2 MILLION, WHICH WILL KEEP US IN THE BLACK AT 186 PROJECTED FOR THE FUND BALANCE.
AND SO FAR FOR THE YEAR, WE'VE EARNED 21,970 IN INVESTMENT EARNINGS WITH A BOOK VALUE OF 1.3935.
AND IF I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONSIDER THAT RECEIVED, AND WE WILL MOVE ON
[c. Receive status reports on crime and safety statistics and programs funded through the Crime Control Prevention District.]
TO THREE C RECEIVED STATUS REPORTS ON CRIME AND SAFETY STATISTICS AND PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT.GOOD AFTERNOON, JOHN STRINGER, CHIEF OF POLICE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, CCPD FUNDS, UH, NOT ONLY CAPITAL ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED FOR CRIME SUPPORT AND CRIME SUPPRESSION, UH, IT ALSO FUNDS SPECIAL PROGRAMS, UH, SUCH AS ENHANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, UH, TECHNOLOGIES AND ELECTRONICS.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A RECAP, WE'VE ALREADY MADE SURE THAT, UH, AXON WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
AXON IS THE AXON BUNDLE THAT WE PURCHASED.
THAT'S OUR BODY CAMERAS, UH, IN-CAR CAMERAS, AS WELL AS OUR TASERS, OUR ELECTRONIC, OUR ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICES, AS WELL AS THE EVIDENCE.COM SYSTEM.
EVIDENCE.COM IS A, UH, UNLIMITED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO STORE ALL OF OUR EVIDENTIARY, UH, DIGITAL
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EVIDENCE IN THE CLOUD, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR ENHANCED INFORMATION SHARING SO THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CAN VIEW IT OFFSITE.WHEN WE HAVE A CASE THAT'S GETTING READY TO GO TO COURT OR THEY'RE GETTING READY TO REVIEW FOR PROBABLE CAUSE, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEND THEM A LINK.
THEY CAN OPEN UP THAT INFORMATION, UH, FROM THE DA'S OFFICE OVER IN HOUSTON, AND, UH, THEY CAN REVIEW ALL THE EVIDENCE THERE.
UH, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IF NEEDED, WE CAN SHARE WITH OTHER AGENCIES ON JOINT INVESTIGATIONS.
UH, SO FAR WE HAVE ORDERED 16 MARKED UNITS.
UH, THEY'RE AWAITING DELIVERY.
UH, WE ARE STILL RECEIVING PREVIOUS YEAR'S VEHICLES.
UH, THEY'RE COMING IN FIVE, SIX, SOMETIMES EIGHT AT A TIME.
UH, BUT WE ARE STARTING TO GET THOSE, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE, THE ROLLOVER OF THE FUNDING THAT THERESA WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SIX UNMARKED UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN ORDERED, AND WE'RE WAITING ON DELIVERY FOR THAT.
UM, IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 25, UH, ENHANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL INVESTIGATIONS, UH, SOFTWARE WAS FUNDED, AND SO FAR WE HAVE FUNDED THE GUARDIAN PRO DIGITAL FORENSIC SOFTWARE, THE GRAY KEY DIGITAL FORENSIC SOFTWARE, CELLEBRITE, UM, AGAIN, AXON, WORCESTER, MORPHO, TRACK COP LOGIC.
AND MOST OF WHAT THESE DO ARE THE DI UH, FUND, THE DIGITAL FORENSICS UNIT PROGRAM AND DIGITAL FORENSICS NOW IS THE NEW DNA, UH, USED TO BE THAT, UH, WHEN YOU HAD A MURDER, WHEN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OR A BIG CRIME, THE FIRST THING THAT YOUR, UH, PROSECUTORS WERE GONNA ASK FOR WAS, DO YOU HAVE DNA EVIDENCE? NOW, THE FIRST THING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS DO YOU HAVE DIGITAL EVIDENCE? DO YOU HAVE EVIDENCE FROM CELL PHONES? LAPTOPS? BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GAME CONSOLE SYSTEMS AS WELL, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN COMMUNICATE OVER, UM, I GUESS IT'S PLAYSTATION AND, UH, XBOX.
UH, I'M NOT A GAMER, SO I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF 'EM.
I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER FROM MY CHILDHOOD.
UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU HAVE, UH, MORPHO TRACK, AND THAT'S THE, UH, THE AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
IT FEEDS IT DIRECTLY INTO, UH, APHIS, UH, IS IT, IS OUR STANDALONE SYSTEM AT THE JAIL, WHEN SOMEBODY IS BOOKED IN, UH, THEIR, THEIR FINGERPRINTS ARE SCANNED IN THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, MOBILE UNITS THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD, SO OUR OFFICERS CAN ACTUALLY USE 'EM IN THE FIELD AS PART OF FIELD INVESTIGATIONS TO HELP US IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.
UH, IF YOU'LL LOOK, YOU'LL SEE, UH, A TABLE ON THE DIGITAL FORENSICS UNIT JUST BELOW THIS INFORMATION, AND I'M NOT GONNA READ IT ALL OUT.
UM, I KNOW YOU'RE INTELLIGENT, YOU CAN READ THIS INFORMATION, BUT WHAT I DO WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO IS IF YOU GO TO THE, TO THE QUARTERLY TOTALS, YOU'RE SEEING THAT WE HAD, UH, OVER 30 ATTEMPTED EXTRACTIONS.
UH, WE HAD 54 SUCCESSFUL EXTRACTIONS AND, UM, UH, CELL PHONES PROCESSED, UH, FOUR VEHICLES PROCESSED WERE TWO.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE PHONE NUMBER RESEARCH REPORTS, THERE'S 43 DIGITAL, UH, DEVICES THAT WERE, WERE DOWNLOADED, 76.
ALL OF THESE ARE PART OF, UH, ARE PART OF SIGNIFICANT CASES.
AND, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO BORE YOU BY READING ALL THESE NUMBERS THAT ARE THERE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THIS IS THE WORK OF, OF TWO DETECTIVES.
THIS INFORMATION THAT'S BEING EXTRACTED USED TO TAKE MONTHS IF YOU COULD EVEN GET IT AT ALL.
AND PROBABLY ABOUT FOUR WEEKS OF THIS IS ONE DETECTIVE DOING THIS WORK, BECAUSE WE HAVE A DETECTIVE THAT'S BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH TO MY OLD HOMETOWN, UH, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, TO RECEIVE TRAINING FROM THE FBI IN THIS TYPE OF THING.
UH, BY THE WAY, THAT'S ALL FUNDED THROUGH THE FBI BECAUSE WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN A TASK FORCE WITH THEM, UH, TO DO JUST THIS KIND OF STUFF.
AND IT, THEY HAVE INFORMATION AND THEY HAVE, UH, SOFTWARE THAT EVEN ENHANCES WHAT THIS IS DOING.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL 72 CAMERAS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED, UH, THROUGH THE FLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.
WE'VE HAD OVER 500,000, UH, UNIQUE PLATE READS, 719 SEARCHES FROM WITHIN THE AGENCY.
AND, UH, JUST UNDER 3,500 HOT LIST HITS, WHICH INCLUDED LPR DATA TO ASSIST IN MISSING PERSONS MURDER INVESTIGATIONS, OR OTHER FELONY CASES.
UH, WE HAD NINE CASES INVOLVING FLOCK THAT, UH, I SELECTED RANDOMLY, UH, IN ORDER TO BE REVIEWED TO CONFIRM POLICY COMPLIANCE, INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT HIT VERIFICATION.
AND ALL OF THESE, UH, RANDOM AUDITS WERE, UH, WERE COMPLIANT WITH POLICY.
UH, ONLINE REPORTS COMPLETED IN THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH IS IN THE COP LOGIC PROGRAM, IS, UH, WE HAD 175, AND THAT'S 175 CASES THAT WERE FILED THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE A POLICE OFFICER TO LEAVE SERVICE, SO IT ALLOWED
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A POLICE OFFICER ON WHATEVER SHIFT IT MIGHT BE TO REMAIN IN SERVICE AS A CRIME DETERRENT OR ADDRESSING OTHER ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.UM, THE NEXT THREE TABLES ARE CRIME DATA.
BY MONTH THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THAT, UH, IN SOME CASES WE'VE HAD A, UH, AN INCREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
SOME OF THAT IS EXPECTED DUE TO SEASONAL CHANGES AS THE WEATHER BEGINS TO GET WARMER.
UH, WE HAVE ALSO GONE TO A NEW ZONE SYSTEM AND, UH, OUR OFFICERS ARE GETTING USED TO THAT AND A, A NEW WAY OF DISPATCHING OUT CRIMINAL CALLS.
SO WE, WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME FLUCTUATION IN THAT.
UM, UH, THE VERY LAST CHART ON THE, ON THE LAST PAGE ALSO GIVES YOU A LOOK AT, UH, AT WHAT OUR CRIME IS LOOKING LIKE.
UH, WE ARE STILL DOWN ON OUR BURGLARIES, EXCUSE ME.
UH, SAME TIME, UH, FOR, UH, UH, THE SAME TIME PERIOD COMPARED TO TO LAST YEAR.
UH, VEHICLE CRASHES REMAIN DOWN.
UM, AND, UH, UH, STOLEN VEHICLES ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE STILL DOWN.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, WE ARE UP, UH, WE ARE UP THIS QUARTER ON VIOLENT CRIME.
UM, WE'RE EXPLORING, UH, WE'RE EXPLORING THE, THE, THE VARIABLES THAT MAY BE, UH, ATTRIBUTING TO THAT BEYOND OUR SCHEDULING AND OUR NEW ZONE SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE HAD, UH, WE HAVE HAD SIGNIFICANT, UH, UH, LIGHT DUTY STATUS.
WE'VE HAD OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN HURT.
UH, WE RECENTLY HAD ONE THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WAS BREAKING INTO THE FLYING J.
UH, THAT VEHICLE STOPPED, PUT IT IN REVERSE, RAMMED OUR OFFICER, AND NOW I'VE GOT ANOTHER OFFICER OUT WITH, UH, WITH AN INJURY WHO'S GONNA BE ON LIGHT DUTY FOR A WHILE.
SO IT ALL IMPACTS, IT ALL ADDS TO IT.
THE MORE OFFICERS WE HAVE OFF THE STREET, UH, THERE'S LESS VISIBILITY THERE.
UH, THOSE NICE CARS THAT WE'VE BEEN BEEN PURCHASING THROUGH CCPD AREN'T BEING SEEN AS OFTEN WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE STAFF OUT THERE.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET THOSE OFFICERS HEALTHY AND GET 'EM BACK OUT ON THE STREET, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE, BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM FOR YOU.
ANYONE, FOR THE INJURED OFFICERS, DO YOU HAVE, DO WE HAVE LIKE A POOL WHERE, LIKE FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE WE WE CAN GET OTHER OFFICERS TO SUPPLEMENT FOR 'EM, OR IS IT JUST A VAC? NO, WE TYPICALLY SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH OUR OVERTIME BUDGET.
UM, IF, IF SHIFTS FALL DOWN BELOW THE, UH, MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS, UHHUH,
UM, QUICK QUESTION ON THE FLOCK ON THE 719 SEARCHES.
MAY SEEM OBVIOUS, BUT CAN YOU DEFINE WHAT A SEARCH IS? THE SYSTEM? SURE.
SO A SEARCH IS WHEN, WHEN AN OFFICER IS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, UH, WHETHER IT IS, UH, A CRIME THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED AND THEY HAVE A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION, THEY CAN GO IN AND THEY CAN PUT IN THE INFORMATION, UH, AND THEY CAN START LOOKING FOR IT MAYBE IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
UM, OR IF WE KNOW THAT A VEHICLE HAS BEEN, UH, SPOTTED IN AN AREA AND DURING CERTAIN DAYS, THE OFFICER CAN GO IN AND DO A SEARCH WARRANT AND SEE IF IT'S BEEN, BEEN IN THAT SAME AREA DURING THEIR SHIFT.
BUT IT IS A, AN INTENTIONAL CHECK, UH, WITH A TRAINED OFFICER WHO, WHO HAS TO GO THROUGH ANNUAL TRAINING AS WELL.
[a. The next Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 4:30 P.M., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.SO, UM, HOPEFULLY AS YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE, THIS IS, UM, THE YEAR WHERE WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION FOR THE CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT, UM, TO RENEW THAT TAX OR NOT, WHATEVER THAT IS.
UM, AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULING THAT FOR MAY 20TH TO BRING A COUPLE OF ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTION AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN BY THIS BOARD TO ENACT THE ACTUAL ELECTION.
UM, AND SO THOSE WILL BE COMING AND THERE MAY BE ANOTHER BUSINESS ITEM THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT THAT TIME AS WELL.
SO TENTATIVELY MAY 20TH WILL BE YOUR NEXT MEETING.