* 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] GET MY AGENDA. [ BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT NOTICE OF MEETING BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2025 4:30 P.M. HULLUM CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL 2401 MARKET STREET, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77520 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF QUORUM] ALL RIGHT. IT IS 4:35 PM TODAY IS TUESDAY, JULY 8TH, 2025, AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, CITIZEN COMMENTS, BUT I UNDERSTAND NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO [2. MINUTES] ITEM TWO A. CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 10TH, 2025. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO [a. Consider a resolution adopting the Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Budget.] ITEM THREE A, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE BAYTOWN CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26. BUDGET, MS. MCKENZIE. UH, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING BOARD. UM, BEFORE YOU, IS THE BUDGET YOU'VE RECEIVED PREVIOUSLY. AGAIN, WE ARE, UH, BUDGETING 2.5, UH, MILLION IN REVENUE AND 2.7 IN EXPENDITURES. THE DETAILS ARE IN YOUR PACKET. WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY CHANGES SINCE YOU RECEIVED IT LAST TIME. UM, AND YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDS A POOL, RIGHT? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ITEM. I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR ACCEPT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? UH, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? UH, MOTION PASSES AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR [a. Receive status reports on crime and safety statistics and programs funded through the Crime Control Prevention District.] A, WHICH IS RECEIVED STATUS REPORTS ON CRIME AND SAFETY STATISTICS AND PROGRAMS FUNDED THROUGH THE CRIME CONTROL PREVENTION DISTRICT. UH, THANK YOU BOARD. UH, CHIEF STRINGER IS IN TRAINING AND ASK THAT I STEP IN FOR HIM. SO, ANY MISTAKES ARE ALL MINE. . OKAY. IF I DO IT RIGHT, IT'S HIM. UH, I WON'T BELABOR BY READING THE ENTIRE REPORT, BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VALUABLE THINGS THAT CCPD TAKES CARE OF. UH, THE AXON BODY WOR CAMERA, THE BODY WORN CAMERAS, AND AS WELL AS THE CAR SYSTEMS PROVIDE THAT THIRD PERSON OUT THERE ON, WHEN AN OFFICER TALKS TO A CITIZEN OR IS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT TO INCLUDE CRA CRASHES AND ARREST SITUATIONS, YOU SEE THE MARKED VEHICLES, UH, ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES BEEN, HAVE BEEN RECEIVED EXCEPT FOR FOUR MARKED VEHICLES, AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATED ON BEING HERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS. YOU SEE THE SOFTWARE ENHANCED, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL INVESTIGATIONS. THIS IS THE, AND YOU'VE HEARD THIS PHRASE PROBABLY BEFORE, IS THIS IS TODAY'S DNA, WHEREAS DNA WAS YEARS AGO TODAY WHEN WE PROSECUTE A CASE, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE PROSECUTOR IS, DO YOU HAVE DIGITAL FORENSICS? HAVE YOU DUMPED A PHONE, GPS OUT OF THE CAR, TABLETS, ET CETERA? AND WE HAVE SOLVED SEVERAL CASES, UH, QUITE A FEW CASES OFF OF WHAT WE CALL DUMPING THE PHONES, GETTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION TO INCLUDE. ONE WAS THE GPS, UH, STRING OF DATA THAT CAPTURED THE MURDERER'S PATH AND WAS A VERY STRONG, UH, COMPONENT IN THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO THE COUNT, TO THE, UH, PROSECUTOR. AND OF COURSE, THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS. AND THOSE ARE WELL REGULATED, HIGHLY REGULATED. LOOKED AT MULTIPLE TIMES, UH, CONDU, UH, REGULAR AUDITS TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO BE PURGED IS GONE. AND, UH, IT USUALLY GOES IN THERE. IT GOES IN BY OFFICERS THAT ARE ALL TRAINED. UH, FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I CAN'T PUT SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T NEED TO. IF I NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING, IF I STUMBLE ACROSS SOMETHING, THEN I CAN CONTACT ANOTHER OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE UPDATED TRAINING AND THE HIGHER LEVEL TRAINING, AND THEY CAN ACCESS THAT INFORMATION, PUT IT ON THE, ON THE, UH, FLOCK. AND THAT'S ALSO, AGAIN, ACCESSED BY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SO THAT IF IT POPS UP, WE CAN ACTUALLY TRACK STUFF. IT HELPS US FROM, I THINK IT MITIGATES PURSUITS. IT REDUCES THAT BECAUSE NOW WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN FRONT OF IT AND MOVE MORE ASSETS AVAILABLE TO A, A MOVING VEHICLE. AND, UH, AND OF COURSE IT DOESN'T STORE THINGS. I'M, WE'RE NOT WATCHING THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHO'S SPEEDING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THESE ARE NOT RED LIGHT CAMERAS. THESE ARE VERY SHORT TERM, VERY SPECIFIC DATA DRIVEN, UH, LICENSE PLATES AND THAT ARE PURGED. ONCE THAT NEED IS DONE, UH, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK. UH, ALTHOUGH WE SEE SOME INCREASES IN OUR CRIME RATE, IT'S LIKE THE STOCK MARKET. IT'S UP AND DOWN [00:05:01] AND OUR GOAL IS ZERO. WE KNOW WE'RE NEVER GONNA MAKE THAT, BUT WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO BE ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN, UH, HARRIS COUNTY. AND YOU SEE THERE WITH A LOT OF THE NEGATIVES THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH, UH, A LOT OF PROACTIVE ACTIVITIES AND INVESTIGATIONS TARGETING MAJOR OFFENDERS THAT WE HAVE FOUND. AND OF COURSE, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS. AND, UH, LIEUTENANT KROLL OVER THERE IS MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY SOUND ON THE SPECIFIC ITEMS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE AS WELL. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, HERE'S NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. CONSIDER THAT REPORT RECEIVED AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO FIVE [a. The next Baytown Crime Control and Prevention District meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 4:30 P.M., in the Baytown Conference Room located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ] A MANAGER'S REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, NOTHING MUCH TO REPORT. UH, WE WILL HAVE THE NEXT MEETING, UH, FOR THE DISTRICT. UM, OCTOBER 14TH, 2025, UH, FOUR 30, UH, IN THE BAYTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM OVER HERE AT CITY HALL. ALRIGHT, QUICK AND EASY TODAY. UM, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION FIRST, SECOND. ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. ANY OPPOSED? WE ADJOURNED AT 4 41. * 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.