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WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE OUT TO THE SACHSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 2026, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS GROUNDHOG DAY.
AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT, YOU WILL NEED TO FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S CARD PRIOR TO APPROACHING THE COUNCIL. SO PLEASE FILL OUT A CARD IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. AND ALSO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO WELCOME MISS MORRIS BACK.
THANK YOU. YOU JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF US. SO SHE WAS HERE LAST TIME, SO SHE WILL BE BACK WITH US.
THAT'S RIGHT. WE KEEP HAVING YOU. THAT'S TRUE. SO THANK YOU, MISS MORRIS, FOR COMING BACK TONIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THE TIME MISS GRANGER. 6:30 P.M..
I WILL LEAD THE INVOCATION AND MISS BUHLER WILL LEAD THE PLEDGES.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE RISE. LET US PRAY. DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE TONIGHT AS WE SERVE THE PEOPLE OF SACHSE. GRANT US WISDOM AND OUR DELIBERATIONS.
WE ASK THAT YOU PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, PAST AND PRESENT, AND ALL WHO CALL SACHSE HOME. WE ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS.
ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU.
MAY BE SEATED. AGAIN, WELCOME, EVERYONE OUT TONIGHT.
[B. Public Comment]
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM B, PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING ANY TOPIC NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR ACTION OR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY DISCUSSION.A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD SHALL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT. THE COUNCIL IS PROHIBITED FROM DISCUSSING ANY ITEM NOT POSTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WILL TAKE COMMENTS UNDER ADVISEMENT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE CARDS. FIRST ONE IS MARTY HOLBOKE.
MARTY HOLBOKE, 5511 OAK RIDGE CIRCLE SACHSE, TEXAS.
TOP OF THE HILL. SHOULD, SHALL AND MAY. WHAT A CRAZY WORLD? IN THE POINT OF KEEPING IT FAST. BECAUSE I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN 2.C, NO INFORMATION PROVIDED BEFOREHAND. SO I'M SURE BICKERSTAFF BICKERSTAFF SLUSH FUND AND THE BUHLER PRESTENBERG SLUSH FUND. AND HOW MANY SPEED BUMPS ON HIGH RIDGE ALLEY AND JUST A WHOLE PLETHORA OF ITEMS WILL STILL BE AROUND.
SO, 2.C, LET'S GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOLBOKE.
NEXT CARD I HAVE IS MISS JAYNE REED.
JAYNE REED 2204 CORNWALL LANE. I HATE TALKING, BUT SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WILL PROBABLY BE ANSWERED TONIGHT DURING THE ITEM E.1 BUT SINCE THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, I HAVE TO GIVE IT THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THE FLOCK CAMERAS. I KNOW THE, ON THE MEETING OF MAY 19TH, 2025, IT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT GETTING A, I CAN'T, A GRANT FOR FIVE FIXED FLOCK CAMERAS AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAD TO AGREE, SO. AND IF THEY DID AGREE, THEN THE, IT WAS GOING TO BE SUBMITTED, THE GRANT WOULD BE SUBMITTED ON MAY 23RD, 2025.
ALSO IN THIS PRESENTATION, IT STATED THAT THE CAMERA DEPLOYMENT WOULD BE THE LATEST OF JANUARY 2026.
SO I'M ASSUMING THE CAMERAS ARE ALREADY UP. IF SO, WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? AND ALSO I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO CHIEF SYLVESTER ON MAY 30TH. JUST STATING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN ABOUT THE CAMERAS, AND ALSO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, THAT TXDOT IS IN CHARGE OF HIGHWAY 78 AND IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR AND A HALF FOR APPROVAL TO INSTALL ONE OF THESE CAMERAS.
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I SAID, WHY WOULD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT GO AHEAD AND INITIATE THE PAPERWORK FOR APPROVAL FOR A CAMERA ON HIGHWAY 78? SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR THE CITY WOULD BE READY TO HAVE ONE OF THESE CAMERAS INSTALLED ON THE MOST TRAVELED ROAD IN SACHSE.I DID NOT GET ANY RESPONSE ON THAT. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION.
WELL, LIKE I SAID, MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS? AND WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO, TO GET TO LOOK INTO THIS TECHNOLOGY LIKE ALL THE OTHER CITIES AROUND US ALREADY HAVE IT. SO IT'S LIKE WE'RE BEHIND.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS REED. IT'S ALL THE COMMENT CARDS I HAVE.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM C, COUNCIL/STAFF REPORTS AND UPDATES.
[C. Council/Staff Reports and Updates]
ITEM ONE, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING SPECIAL EVENTS, CURRENT ACTIVITIES AND LOCAL ACHIEVEMENTS. ANYBODY ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME? MISS BUHLER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL RESIDENTS, WE WILL HOST THE ANNUAL DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT THE MICHAEL J.FELIX COMMUNITY CENTER GYMNASIUM FROM 7 TO 9 P.M..
REGISTRATION FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY FULL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BUHLER. MR. MILLSAP.
OKAY FOR LIBRARY UPDATE ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK AT 6 P.M., THERE WILL BE A CHOCOLATE AND COZY COLORING EVENT FOR ADULTS 14 YEARS OLD AND OLDER, AND THIS WILL BE SOME GOOD MUSIC BACKGROUND AND COLORING WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND SOME CHOCOLATE TREATS. ALSO, THERE'S A BLIND DATE WITH A BOOK ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH THROUGH THE 14TH.
THAT'S A WEEK LONG EVENT. TEENS AND ADULTS ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LIBRARY'S BLIND DATE, WITH A BOOK PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH 14TH.
PARTICIPANTS CAN CHECK OUT A SURPRISE BOOK WRAPPED IN SWEETS AND TREATS.
BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, SO IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PICK THROUGH THE SELECTION, YOU BETTER BE THERE FIRST. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT'S LEFT IN THIS.
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE.
AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH.
THERE WILL BE A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION. IT'S ACTUALLY, LIBRARY WILL BE HOSTING A LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH FROM 6 TO 07:30. COME AND GO EVENT WILL FEATURE CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
IF YOU HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED OR SEEN A LUNAR NEW YEAR IN INDONESIA, YOU'VE MISSED A LIFETIME.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. MR. LINDSEY. YES.
SACHSE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM IS HOSTING AN ANNUAL TRAINING EVENT.
IT'S COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 28TH AND MARCH 7TH.
THOSE ARE BOTH SATURDAYS, AND BOTH DAYS ARE REQUIRED.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE SACHSE CERT PROGRAM IS, YOU CAN GO TO SACHSECERT.ORG.
IT'S GOT INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLASS AND THE LINK TO REGISTER.
BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DURING COLD WEATHER AND OTHER BIG EVENTS SUCH AS SEVERE WEATHER, COMING UP IN THE SPRING, IT TEACHES YOU HOW TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT FOR 72 HOURS, TEACH YOU SOME BASIC SKILLS, HOW TO HELP YOUR NEIGHBORS.
SO DEFINITELY CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE AND SIGN UP IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. LINDSEY. MR. PRESTENBERG. YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE A FEW ANIMAL SHELTER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FIRST, THERE'S A BUNCH OF TEMPORARY FOSTER APPRECIATION ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO GIVE HERE.
AS WEATHER, WINTER WEATHER APPROACHES ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, SACHSE ANIMAL SHELTER PUT OUT A CALL ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE FREEZE, ASKING FOR TEMPORARY FOSTERS TO HELP KEEP ANIMALS SAFE DURING THE STORM.
IN RESPONSE, 15 RESIDENTS STEPPED UP AND OPENED THEIR HOMES, PROVIDING PETS WITH A WARM, LOVING PLACE TO STAY DURING SOME OF THE COLDEST DAYS OF THE SEASON. THEIR GENEROSITY NOT ONLY KEPT THESE ANIMALS COMFORTABLE AND CARED FOR, BUT ALSO CREATED MUCH NEEDED SPACE AT THE SHELTER SO STAFF COULD TAKE IN STRAY ANIMALS FOUND DURING THE FREEZE. BECAUSE OF THESE FOSTER PLACEMENTS, TWO PETS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED AND FOUR MORE ADOPTIONS ARE CURRENTLY PENDING AFTER FAMILIES FELL IN LOVE WITH THEIR FOSTER PETS. WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO THESE RESIDENTS FOR SHOWING SUCH COMPASSION AND FOR SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF OUR ANIMAL SHELTER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A NEW SHELTER.
SHOULD HAVE BETTER ELECTRICITY. BUT I THINK IT WAS FANTASTIC THAT WE DID THAT.
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SACHSE ANIMAL SHELTER. ROXY WAS PICKED UP AS A STRAY ON DECEMBER 1ST AND DELIVERED TEN PUPPIES JUST A FEW DAYS LATER.HER PUPPIES ARE NOW FOSTERED OR ADOPTED, AND ROXY IS READY FOR A HOME OF HER OWN.
SHE SPENT SIX DAYS IN A FOSTER HOME DURING THE ICE STORM.
HER FOSTER SHARED THAT SHE IS A YOUNG DOG WITH LOTS OF SWEET ENERGY, LOVES TOYS, ESPECIALLY SQUEAKY ONES, AND PLAYED WITH THEIR DOG VERY WELL. ALSO NOTED THAT SHE IS HOUSE TRAINED.
WE NEVER HEARD HER BARK AND SHE LOVES TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND CUDDLE.
IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN MEETING ROXY OR IS ENCOURAGED, OR THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THE SACHSE ANIMAL SHELTER AT (972) 675-9662 OR VISIT THE SHELTER AT 6424 SACHSE ROAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PRESTENBERG. ANYONE ELSE ON COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, MISS NASH.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS I WANT TO DO A CORE VALUES RECOGNITION OF THREE OF OUR CORE VALUES SERVICE, EXCELLENT AND NEIGHBORLY. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY OF SACHSE EMPLOYEES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO SUPPORTED OPERATIONS DURING OUR RECENT WINTER STORM.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR FIELD OPERATIONS TEAMS, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SACHSE FIRE AND RESCUE, AND PUBLIC WORKS, WHO WORKED LONG HOURS IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND MAINTAINING CRITICAL SERVICES.
SO THEY MADE SURE THAT THINGS WERE IN PLACE AND READY TO GO AS EARLY AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND THEN LATE INTO FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS READY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT TEAMS WHOSE WORK RESIDENTS MAY NOT SEE, BUT IS ESSENTIAL TO KEEPING THE CITY RUNNING.
FROM MAINTAINING FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS TO SUPPORTING OUR OPERATIONS, STAFFING NEEDS, PERMITTING AND COMMUNICATIONS, THESE TEAMS HELPED ENSURE THE CITY COULD CONTINUE SERVING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
AND TOGETHER, THESE EFFORTS REALLY REFLECT OUR CORE VALUES OF SERVICE, EXCELLENCE AND NEIGHBORLY, AND DEMONSTRATE HOW EVERY ROLE PLAYS A PART IN KEEPING SACHSE RUNNING DURING CHALLENGING CONDITIONS.
THEN A COMMUNITY UPDATE I'D LIKE TO GIVE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC STUDY AT THE STATION.
WE DID DO A PRESS RELEASE EARLIER TODAY, BUT IF YOU DID NOT SEE THAT, I WANT TO SHARE AN UPDATE REGARDING A TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY STUDY THAT THE CITY IS CONDUCTING IN THE AREA AROUND AND IN THE STATION.
SO WE HAVE ENGAGED LEE ENGINEERING TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY, COMFORT AND OVERALL TRAFFIC FLOW AS THE AREA CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE DID NOT WANT THE INFORMATION TO BE OVERSHADOWED BY CRITICAL WINTER WEATHER COMMUNICATIONS.
SO ONCE THE STUDY IS COMPLETE, STAFF WILL BRING THE FINDINGS IN ANY RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS EFFORT REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO THOUGHTFUL PLANNING AND PRIORITIZING SAFETY AS THE STATION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
I TALKED ABOUT THAT IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST MONDAY AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB.
THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THE REASON THAT NOBODY THINKS ABOUT THEM DOING A GOOD JOB IS BECAUSE THEY DO EVERYTHING AT A TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, EMS AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS GUYS.
I DON'T KNOW [LAUGHS], BUT YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB.
SO AGAIN, I WOULD ECHO MISS NASH'S COMMENTS. MY ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ABOUT THE SACHSE SCHOLARSHIP.
IT IS NOW OPEN FOR 2026. THE CITY SACHSE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2026 SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH AWARDS $1,000 TO AN OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR WHO RESIDES IN SACHSE.
THE APPLICATION IS OPEN TO 12TH GRADE STUDENTS ATTENDING PUBLIC, PRIVATE OR HOME SCHOOL.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MARCH 25TH, 2026.
LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE REVIEWED. SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE AWARDED IN THE SPRING OF 2026.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO LOGAN THATCHER AT FOR PLACES THREE AND FOUR. FILING IS OPEN UNTIL FEBRUARY THE 13TH AT 5 P.M..
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FILING FOR CITY COUNCIL, YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE COUNCIL, EXCUSE ME, THE FILING DETAILS AT SO. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WE HAVE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM C2 REPORT ON PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE JANUARY 20TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.I JUST WANT TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND ADDRESS THE COMMENTS MADE BY MR. HOLBOKE AT OUR LAST MEETING. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, MR. HOLBOKE STOOD AT THE PODIUM AND WAXED POETIC ABOUT A SO-CALLED BICKERSTAFF SLUSH FUND. I ASSUME THAT MR. HOLBOKE IS REFERRING TO THE CONTRACT WITH CWD THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ON MARCH 18TH, 2024.
IT APPEARS THAT MR. HOLBOKE HAS A BASIC MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRACT.
THIS CONTRACT ALLOWS COUNCIL TO LOWER THE RESIDENTIAL TRASH RATE BY ALMOST $3.
IN SHORT, ANY COMMERCIAL REVENUE CWD EARNS IS BETWEEN THEM AND THEIR COMMERCIAL CLIENTS.
THIS IS NOT CITY MONEY. THE CITY DOES NOT CONTROL, MANAGE OR DISTRIBUTE IT.
LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. THE CITY, IS NOT CITY MONEY.
THE CITY DOES NOT CONTROL, MANAGE OR DISTRIBUTE IT.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT TEXAS LAW ALLOWS CITIES TO AWARD EXCLUSIVE COMMERCIAL SOLID WASTE CONTRACTS, AND ALSO STATES THAT CERTAIN VENDOR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION, SUCH AS INTERNAL REVENUE PROJECTIONS AND COMPETITIVE BUSINESS DATA, IS PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC DISCOURSE. THAT PROTECTION COMES FROM STATE LAW, NOT THIS COUNCIL.
THUS MR. HOLBOKE STATEMENTS THAT, QUOTE, "NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH MONEY IS INVOLVED OR NOBODY'S SAYING", AND QUOTE, "WHEN ARE THE REPORTS COMING OUT OR THE AUDIT", AND QUOTE "WHEN IS THE AUDIT COMING OUT ON THE BICKERSTAFF SLUSH FUND?" END QUOTE.
THESE STATEMENTS ARE LAUGHABLE AND NOT AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS CONTRACT WORKS.
MR. HOLBOKE'S BASELESS CLAIMS OF A SO-CALLED PRESTENBERG SLUSH FUND AND A BUHLER SLUSH FUND, AND NOW A PRESTENBERG/BUHLER SLUSH FUND ARE BEYOND THE PALE AND COWARDLY, ESPECIALLY FROM SOMEONE WHO RAN FOR OFFICE PREVIOUSLY.
NOW, REGARDING OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOLBOKE AT THE LAST MEETING, MR. HOLBOKE ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF BAILEY ROAD AND WONDERED IF IT WOULD BE READY BY, QUOTE, LABOR DAY. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE UPDATED COMPLETION DATE IS SPRING 2026, SUBJECT TO THE WEATHER, OF COURSE. MR. HOLBOKE ALSO ASKED, QUOTE, "WHERE IS MY $500,000 THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAVED AND BE DONE IN NOVEMBER? WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE AROUND HERE? NOBODY EVER SAYS" END QUOTE.
OUR RESIDENTS HOLD COUNCIL TO ACCOUNTABLE, TO ACCOUNT EVERY SINGLE MAYOR IS CALLED ELECTIONS.
THE FACT THAT MISS NASH RECENTLY RECEIVED A RAISE TELLS YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW. MR. HOLBOKE ALSO ASKED, QUOTE, "HOW MANY SPEED HUMPS ON HIGH RIDGE ALLEY? IF YOU NEED HELP COUNTING, JUST LET ME KNOW", END QUOTE. I CAN ASSURE YOU WE DO NOT NEED MR. HOLBOKE'S HELP COUNTING. WE HAVE ONE SPEED HUMP ON HIGH RIDGE ALLEY.
HOPEFULLY THIS PUTS THIS QUESTION TO BED. IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT MR. HOLBOKE HAS NEVER MADE A MISTAKE WHEN ANSWERING THE QUESTION. MR. HOLBOKE STATED, QUOTE, "WE HAVE THE HIGHEST TAX RATE IN NORTH TEXAS", END QUOTE.
THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE AND HAS BEEN FALSE EVERY TIME MR. HOLBOKE STATED IT. ACCORDING TO THE DALLAS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, SACHSE HAS THE 11TH HIGHEST TAX RATE PER $100 OF ASSESSED VALUE OUT OF 31 TAX ENTITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE TEN OTHER CITIES IN DALLAS COUNTY THAT THEY HAVE A HIGHER TAX RATE THAN SACHSE.
NOW, IF YOU WANT TO THROW IN COLLIN COUNTY, WHERE THE 12TH HIGHEST. LASTLY, MR. HOLBOKE STATED, QUOTE, "IT WILL BE A FUN BUDGET YEAR. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO APRIL", END QUOTE.
FINALLY, SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE ON. IN CLOSING, I DON'T NORMALLY JUSTIFY RESPONDING TO COMMENTS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN COMPLETE NONSENSE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION.
DOES ANYBODY ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? I WOULD SAY IF YOU DO, JUST MAKE SURE THE COMMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE ADDRESSED AT THE LAST MEETING. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[D. Consent Agenda]
ITEM 1, APPROVE THE JANUARY 20TH, 2026 MEETING MINUTES.ITEM 2, APPROVE AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 2ND OF MAY OF 2026, IN THE CITY OF SACHSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING A COUNCILMEMBER PLACE 3 AND A COUNCILMEMBER PLACE 4.
DESIGNATING THE LOCATION OF A POLLING PLACE. ORDERING NOTICE OF ELECTION TO BE GIVEN AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ELECTION. AUTHORIZING JOINT ELECTION AGREEMENTS WITH DALLAS COUNTY AND COLLIN COUNTY. PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE.
HAVE A MOTION BY MISS HOWARTH TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A SECOND? MR. PRESTENBERG? SECOND. HAVE A SECOND BY MR. PRESTENBERG. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
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MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE DISCUSSION ITEM E.[1. Receive the Police Department 2025 end of year review.]
ITEM 1, RECEIVED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW.MISS NASH. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS OF THE SACHSE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMMAND STAFF HERE, WITH ONE IN THE BACK FOR SUPPORT. CHIEF SYLVESTER AND ASSISTANT CHIEF BAXTER WILL BE TAG TEAMING THIS YEAR-END REVIEW PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND THEY'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END OF IT.
HELLO, CHIEF. HELLO, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND SPEAK TO THE GOALS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN 2024, AND WHAT WE PLAN ON ACCOMPLISHING THIS NEXT YEAR.
WHY IS THIS NOT WORKING? THERE WE GO. I WAS GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WHENEVER THE TEACHER COMES UP, IT'S ALWAYS.
I KNOW SHE SAVES ME EVERY TIME. SO THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO WORK, THIS IS I'M GOING TO GO OVER OUR CRIME DATA, AND CHIEF BAXTER WILL REVIEW OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND THEN I'LL COME BACK BEFORE YOU AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT OUR GOALS FOR NEXT YEAR.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WE'VE CHANGED THE COLORIZATION OF IT AND TO BETTER ALIGN WITH CITY, POWERPOINT GRAPHICS.
BUT OVERALL OUR TOTAL CRIME IS UP 6%. YOU'LL SEE, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS MAINLY DRIVEN BY PART II OFFENSES. OUR PART I OFFENSES, WHICH, AGAIN, ARE THOSE CRIMES THAT REALLY AFFECT THE SENSE OF SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THOSE ARE ASSAULTS, SEXUAL ASSAULTS, HOMICIDES, BURGLARIES, THEFTS, BURGLARIES OF ALL TYPES.
AND THAT IS A FIVE-YEAR REPRESENTATION OF WHERE CRIME HAS BEEN TRENDING SINCE 2021.
WE'RE FINALLY COMING OUT OF THE COVID YEARS. THIS IS REALLY THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEPICT THE ANOMALY THAT WAS COVID WHEN CRIME WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE INDOORS. HOMICIDE, WE KNOW THE TWO HOMICIDES WE HAD THIS YEAR, WE'VE SOLVED ONE. THE OTHER ONE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH FULL TIME INVESTIGATORS ASSIGNED WORKING THAT EVERY DAY.
OUR ASSAULTS. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS AND MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT.
THAT IS A DRIVER HERE, AND IT'S PREDOMINANTLY FAMILY VIOLENCE RELATED ASSAULTS.
SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 2024.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE FIVE YEAR TREND AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IN A MINUTE.
YOU KNOW, ONE NIGHT, TWO NIGHTS, THREE NIGHTS.
IN OUR CASE, THIS PAST YEAR CAN REALLY HAVE AN IMPACT ON THIS NUMBER.
AND OVERALL THEFTS DOWN 7%. PART II OFFENSES.
AGAIN, THE DRIVING FORCE OF THE INCREASE IN OUR OVERALL CRIME RATE IS RELATIVE TO PART II OFFENSES.
THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LISTING OF EVERY PART II OFFENSE.
YOU WOULD HAVE 100 OF THEM UP HERE. DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR PUBLIC OVERALL.
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, VANDALISM TO CARS OR PROPERTY, THAT TYPE OF THING DOWN 12% FROM 53 TO 47.
PUBLIC INTOXICATION REMAINS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EXPERIENCED YEAR TO YEAR.
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THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. THIS INCREASE IS SPECIFICALLY DUE TO OUR OFFICERS IN THE FIELD STOPPING PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE PEDESTRIANS OR PEOPLE IN VEHICLES, THAT ILLEGALLY POSSESS FIREARMS. AND THEY'RE GOING TO JAIL FOR IT. SO THAT'S A NOTABLE STATISTIC.ROADWAY SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR STAFF.
THEY DO NOT LET INTOXICATED DRIVERS GO. THEY DON'T MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM.
THEY GO TO JAIL, PERIOD. DRUG OFFENSES DOWN. THIS IS NOTABLE.
WE DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU SEE IN OTHER CITIES WITH SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL DRIVEN DRUG USAGE.
AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I ALSO HAVEN'T PUT ON PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I FELT IT NOTEWORTHY GIVEN THIS SIGNIFICANT RISE.
BUT BY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE OFFENSES WHICH RESULTS IN CITATION OR ARREST, IT TELLS YOU THAT OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER STAFF ARE ENGAGED AND VIGILANT AND TAKING ACTION WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER THIS OR IT'S REPORTED TO THEM.
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES. I MEAN, WE'RE STILL OVER TIME AND OVER MY TENURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ENCOUNTERED VERY OFTEN IN OTHER CITIES, CERTAINLY IN ANY CITIES AROUND US, WHERE THIS NUMBER OR LACK OF NUMBER IS PREVALENT IN OUR CITY YEAR TO YEAR.
I THINK THAT'S A CREDIT TO OUR CITIZENS TAKING CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
LOCKING THEIR DOORS AT NIGHT, HAVING SECURITY SYSTEMS. NEIGHBORS WATCHING OUT FOR EACH OTHER AS WELL AS OUR STAFF.
BUILDING BURGLARIES, GENERALLY WHERE I EXPECTED TO BE.
THIS YEAR, AS OUR CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES HAS DECLINED.
VEHICLE BURGLARIES. YES. UP SLIGHTLY FROM 2024.
BUT NOT WHERE WE HAVE SEEN NUMBERS IN THE PAST, CERTAINLY 2019 AND 2018, WHICH IS NOT DEPICTED HERE.
AUTO THEFTS ON A DOWNWARD TREND. THAT'S GOOD.
AND AGAIN, WE'VE SOLVED OVER HALF OF THOSE THAT WERE STOLEN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS TEXAS, AND THE GREEN LINE, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, WE ARE FAR BELOW ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER AGENCY OR COMMUNITY AROUND US.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MURPHY. BUT THEY'RE HALF OUR SIZE AND HALF OUR POPULATION.
THIS IS A RESULT OF A HOLISTIC APPROACH BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS.
SURE, WE GO OUT, WE TRY TO MITIGATE AND INTERVENE AND PRECLUDE VIOLENT CRIME.
SO THERE'S NOT RECIDIVISM AS A RESULT OF OUR COMING OUT.
AND WE DON'T TAKE AN ASSERTIVE APPROACH. WHEN SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL, THEY GO TO JAIL, END OF STORY. AND THERE'S FOLLOW ON ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE WITH THAT, WITH OUR CRIME VICTIMS COUNSELING AND VARIOUS THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. MAN, THIS IS NOT WORKING FOR ME VERY GOOD.
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IDEA OVERALL ABOUT WHERE WE'RE TRACKING. OUR ARRESTS ARE UP THIS PAST YEAR, IN 2024 FROM 349 IN 2024 TO 397 IN 2025. AGAIN, TO ME, THAT DEPICTS THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE BEING ASSERTIVE, BEING INQUISITIVE, BEING VISIBLE AND ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY AND ARRESTING VIOLATORS WHEN APPROPRIATE.VEHICLE CRASHES, WE HAD 490 VEHICLE CRASHES IN 2024.
YEAH. LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S WHAT A GOOD TEACHER DOES.
SOME ADDITIONAL METRICS. WE TALK ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES EVERY YEAR.
PRIORITY 1, PRIORITY 2, RESPONSE TIME. THAT'S MAJORITY OF OUR CALLS.
PRIORITY 1 CALLS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
CALLS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY VIOLENT CALLS OR VIOLENT ACTIVITIES IN PROGRESS OR CRIMES IN PROGRESS.
THOSE WE WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE SCENE IN FOUR MINUTES OR LESS.
THIS DEPICTS HISTORICALLY, WE'RE RIGHT ON THE MARK.
PRIORITY 2 CALLS OR ALARM CALLS OR VARIOUS THINGS THAT THAT ARE NOT EMERGENT IN NATURE.
AND WE WANT TO ARRIVE WITHIN SIX MINUTES OF THAT CALL.
WELL, WITHIN THAT YEAR TO YEAR. I'M VERY PLEASED WITH OUR RESPONSE TIMES OVERALL.
AND I WILL ALSO MAKE THE POINT, AS I DO EVERY YEAR.
THESE CALLS ARE NOT RUN LIGHTS AND SIRENS. IF WE HAVE TO RUN SOMEWHERE LIGHTS AND SIRENS ON A TRUE IN-PROGRESS EMERGENCY, WE'RE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY GENERALLY IN TWO MINUTES OR LESS.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN THAT STATEMENT. TRAFFIC STOPS DOWN 6%.
NOW, I'LL PREFACE THAT BY SAYING THAT COMES ON THE HEELS OF TRAFFIC STOPS BEING UP 18% IN 2022, UP 2% IN 2023, AND UP 30% IN 2024. SO THIS SLIGHT REDUCTION IS NOT ALARMING TO ME.
I'VE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR WARNINGS AND CITATIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, AND I WILL BE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IN A RACIAL PROFILING REPORT THAT I FILED WITH THE STATE LATER ON THIS MONTH.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU, WE'RE CONSISTENTLY NOT HEAVY HANDED WITH CITATIONS, BUT WE'RE STILL ISSUING MORE CITATIONS THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE COMPLETED LESS TRAFFIC STOPS.
THERE'S CERTAINLY NO QUOTA IN THE CITY OF SACHSE AT ALL, BUT WE WANT TO BE ASSERTIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO ENGAGING AND SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMITTING HAZARDOUS MOVING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS; SPEEDING, RUNNING STOP SIGNS, RUNNING RED LIGHTS, AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. 911 CALLS, UP 8%.
THIS IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT. THEY'RE GENERALLY TRACKING 3 TO 4% ANNUALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS, BUT CERTAINLY THE FACT THAT WE'RE STAFFING OUR DISPATCH CENTER WITH TWO DISPATCHERS 24/7 AND HAVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW WE'RE ABLE TO PROCESS THAT WITHOUT ANY DELAY OR UNANSWERED CALLS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AVERAGE TRAINING HOURS PER OFFICER. THIS IS SPECIFICALLY DUE.
I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO NECESSARILY BE THIS HIGH, I EXPECTED IT TO BE AROUND 90 TO 100 PER HOUR PER OFFICER BECAUSE WE EMPHASIZE TRAINING IN OUR ORGANIZATION. WE WANT OUR OFFICERS TO BE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED, WELL EQUIPPED AND HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO ENGAGE IN ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT THEY'RE NEEDING TO DO. AND SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN TRAINING THEM TO BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE IN THE FIELD.
ALL UNFUNDED, SO WE AS A CITY HAVE TO ABSORB THAT COST.
BUT WE HAVE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME IN ALERRT TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND PURSUIT DRIVING TRAINING, WHICH WE DO EVERY OTHER YEAR. IN BOTH OF THOSE ARE MULTI-DAY CLASSES THAT WE CONDUCT IN-HOUSE.
WE SEND OUR OFFICERS TO BECOME CERTIFIED INSTRUCTORS IN THESE FIELDS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MORE MONEY TO SEND PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE CITY TO ATTEND TRAINING SOMEWHERE ELSE, SAVING TAXPAYER DOLLARS WHEREVER WE CAN.
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ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS BY CONTACTING A BUSINESS OWNER, A HOMEOWNER.HEY, YOUR GARAGE IS OPEN AT 10:00 AT NIGHT, DID YOU KNOW THAT? PARK AND WALKS, GETTING OUT AND TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS, BEING IN OUR BUSINESSES, MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH THE SHOP OWNERS AND CLERKS, AND OF COURSE, JUST BEING VISIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND APPROACHABLE.
YEAH. SPACEBAR. OKAY. SO NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF BAXTER WHO KNOWS HOW TO WORK THE SPACEBAR.
MAYOR, COUNCIL. KIND OF GETTING OVER A COLD. SO IF YOU HEAR ME KIND OF WHEEZING, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
FOR INTERNAL OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENTS. THE FLOCK LPR CAMERA GRANT AWARD THAT WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER.
WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR FOUR OF FIVE CAMERAS.
FOUR OF THE FIVE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE.
THOSE CAMERAS INCLUDE MILES AND BUNKER HILL AREA.
INCLUDES, MY GOSH, I JUST WENT BLANK. MERIT. MERIT IS, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE PERMIT PROCESS TO COMPLETE BEFORE IT GETS INSTALLED. WE HAVE ONE AT MURPHY ROAD AREA BY THE WALMART, NEIGHBORHOOD WALMART.
CODY LANE AND WATERVIEW, AND THEN OUR FIFTH ONE IS ALSO ON A SIDE STREET, IT'S NOT ON 78 WHICH IS MAXWELL CREEK AT THE CITY LIMITS. SORRY, THAT WAS KIND OF THROWING ME.
I WASN'T REALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE LOCATIONS, BUT SINCE WE'RE THERE. THOSE ARE THE LOCATIONS, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FIFTH ONE. ONCE THE PERMIT PROCESS TAKES PLACE THEY WILL DO THE INSTALLATION, WHICH USUALLY TAKES REALLY QUICK.
THE TCOLE POLICY MANDATES IMPLEMENTATION. THE KIND OF COMMENT THE WANDERING OFFICER TCOLE REQUIRED US TO EMPHASIZE THREE THINGS IN POLICY MAKING, MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS, HIRING PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL FILES.
A LOT OF OUR POLICIES COVERED EVERYTHING THAT TCOLE WANTED, BUT THEY WANTED CERTAIN LANGUAGE. SO WE HAD TO KIND OF ADJUST A LITTLE BIT OF OUR POLICIES. BUT ONE THING THAT WAS REALLY BIG, THAT THEY WANTED THE PERSONNEL FILE TO BE IN A SPECIFIC ORDER OF WHAT'S TAKING PLACE.
SO WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL FILES AND PUTTING THAT ORDER THAT TCOLE WANTED. SO IT DID TAKE SOME A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, A LITTLE BIT OF RESOURCES FOR US TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS, BUT WE WERE ALL GOOD TO BEGIN WITH.
WE JUST KIND OF HAD TO JUST SOME OF OUR TERMINOLOGY, BUT WE'RE GOOD.
IT DEALS WITH OFFICERS WELLNESS. IT ALLOWS AN OFFICER WHO IS GOING THROUGH A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OR SOME STRESS IN THEIR LIFE TO GET SOME ANONYMOUS HELP BY THIS BLUE CHIP PROGRAM. SO WE PUSH THIS OUT TO THE OFFICERS JUST IN THE CASE IF WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THEIR WELLNESS, IF THEY'RE HAVING ANY ISSUES THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT AND THEY JUST WANT SOME HELP. JK SACHSE PARK, WE INSTALLED THE CAMERA THERE TO HELP WITH SOME SECURITY ISSUES.
GOING FORWARD HOPEFULLY THIS WILL KIND OF HELP SOLVE SOME OF OUR ISSUES THAT WE HAD THERE. THE CHIEF TALKED ABOUT ALERRT TRAINING, I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT, ALERRT HAS MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF INSTRUCTION, AND THREE OF OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE CERTIFIED IN THREE OF THOSE AREAS.
BUT OFFICER SHUFELDT, OFFICER SCHAFFER, OFFICER SMITH AND SERGEANT BROWN PUT TOGETHER THIS ALERRT TRAINING, WHICH NOT ONLY INCLUDED A RESPONSE TO THE SCHOOL, AND WE USE HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS AT THIS THIS TYPE OF TRAINING, BUT ALSO DEALT WITH THE PARKING LOT, WHICH IS NOT REALLY YOUR TYPICAL ALERRT.
SERGEANT CALLOWAY AND DETECTIVE SCOTT ALSO PUT ON THIS GREAT TRAINING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALLEN PD.
THEY HAVE A DRIVING PAD OUT THERE WHICH WORKS ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PURSUIT DRIVING.
I THINK IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE. CRASE TRAINING.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WORKED WITH THE CITY STAFF HR TO TRAIN OUR CITY STAFF IN RESPONSE.
SO CRISIS CITIZENS RESPONSE TO ACTIVE EVENTS IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.
BUT THE S STANDS FOR SHOOTER IN THIS IN THIS CASE.
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BUT IT'S ACTUALLY ALL ACTIVE EVENTS. AND THE RESPONSE TO THOSE.I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN [INAUDIBLE] HAVE ANY OTHER OFFICERS IN LOAD BEARING VEST.
THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN WEARING THOSE AND SUPPORTING THOSE, SERGEANT BROWN HAS ONE ON OVER THERE.
CERT. WE WORKED WITH CERT BECAUSE THEY HAD OLD RADIOS.
AND AS YOU REMEMBER, WE JUST CHANGED OUT OUR RADIO SYSTEM.
SO WE TOOK IN THEIR OLD RADIOS AND WE GAVE THEM NEWER RADIOS AND REFRESHED ALL THEIR PLATFORM FOR THEIR RADIO FOR THEIR, THEIR SYSTEM THERE. SERGEANT MERRYMAN, HE COMPLETED HIS ONE MONTH, ILEA, A POLICE SUPERVISION SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL IS AN INTENSIVE ONE MONTH PROCESS.
SERGEANT CALLOWAY COMPLETED HER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS A WEEKLY MEETING WITH CHIEF SYLVESTER, AND THAT GOES ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. AND SHE'LL BE GOING TO ILEA LATER ON THIS YEAR.
SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH ACTIVITY, WE COMPLETED OUR THIRD SYSTEM, POLICE ACADEMY.
IT'S VERY INTERACTIVE WITH PARTICIPANTS. I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY SAW A LOT OF ESTHER'S VIDEOS, BECAUSE SHE WAS DOING WELL WITH PUTTING OUT WEEKLY UPDATES ON WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE.
RAPE. AGGRESSION. DEFENSE. SERGEANT CALLOWAY, OFFICER SHUFELDT, AND SERGEANT GOODING HAVE TO DO, LIKE, TWO OF THESE CLASSES A YEAR. AND ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HONE IN ON WOMEN, WE FOCUS IN ON WOMEN.
SO WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE WOMEN AND WE TRY TO DO TWO OF THESE CLASSES.
WE DID A CLASS NOT TOO LONG AGO FOR SOME WOMEN IN OUR IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE CIVILIAN RESPONSE TO ACTIVE SHOOTER, SERGEANT BROWN AND OFFICER SHUFELDT GO OUT TO BUSINESSES.
AND THEY KIND OF TAILOR THE, THE TYPE OF TRAINING THAT THEY WERE REQUIRING.
OF COURSE, WE'RE ALSO ON A TIME CRUNCH. THEY DON'T WANT TO BRING ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES IN FOR AN HOUR OR TWO HOURS. SO THEY KIND OF TAILOR IT TO GET THEM TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY PROCESS. ALSO, WE ALSO HOST IT, WE TRY TO DO 1 OR 2 OF THESE A YEAR, AND WE TRY TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY IN TO LISTEN TO THIS AND GO THROUGH IT.
YOU WENT THROUGH ONE. YES, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THEY RECOMMEND FOR THE RAD THAT THEY HAVE.
WE HAVE A MALE INSTRUCTOR AND A FEMALE INSTRUCTOR.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE THE MALE INSTRUCTOR GETS BEAT UP [LAUGHS] BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT TO GO ALONG WITH IT BECAUSE THEY DO DO NOT ONLY CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION TO INCREASE THAT CONFIDENCE LEVEL, BUT ALSO THE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE.
SOME OF THE LEGACY PROGRAMS, COPS AND CAMPERS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THROUGH.
WE DID THREE CAMPS LAST YEAR, WEEK LONG CAMPS.
OUR SROS HIGHLIGHT THAT, AND THEY PUT THAT ON, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, ALTHOUGH WE HAD 14 EVENTS AND THAT'S IN THERE IS 14 EVENTS WAS OUR HIGHEST WE'VE HAD. SO WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS GROW AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU ALL HELP US OUT, GOING AROUND TO ALL THESE PARTIES THAT WE HAVE TO KIND OF HONE DOWN, WE CAN'T GO TO AS MANY AS WE USED TO BE ABLE TO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MUCH TIME. BUT 14 EVENTS IS A VERY LARGE FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HE HAD JUST UNDER 200 KIDS FOR TOYS THIS PAST TIME, AND I THINK IT WAS AROUND 57 FAMILIES. SO HE WAS ABLE TO SUPPLY A LOT OF KIDS TOYS TO KIDS TO HELP WITH THEIR CHRISTMAS VERY GREAT EVENT.
AND I THINK HE DID AN AWESOME JOB WITH THAT. SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES WHEN WE DO SUMMER BICYCLE SAFETY, OF COURSE. LOCKS, LOCK BOX PROGRAM. DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE LOCK BOX PROGRAM IS? I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISS THIS BOAT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO KICK IN DOORS TO SENIORS WHO MIGHT HAVE ISSUES, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET IN, AND THEY CAN CALL AND SET THE LOCK BOX FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET IN EASILY.
SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE GOOD FOCUS.
AND THAT'S NOT ONLY OUR BOX INSIDE, BUT THAT'S ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY GREEN, GREEN EVENT.
SO WE TOOK OVER 200 POUNDS OF DRUGS. PUBLIC SAFETY TRICK OR TREAT.
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CHARLENE THOMPSON AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE THOSE BLOW UP HALLOWEEN, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM ALL OVER THERE.AND THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN HAVING THOSE UP THERE AND GETTING ALL THE CANDY TOGETHER SO THERE COULD BE A SAFE PLACE FOR YOUNGSTERS TO COME AND DO SOME TRICK OR TREATING AND TAKE PICTURES IN FRONT OF THOSE BLOW UPS AND DO A GREAT GREAT JOB AT THAT.
HOLIDAY PACKAGE PROGRAM. WE ACTUALLY HAD AN INCREASE THIS YEAR, I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A LOT MORE FOR PEOPLE TO AROUND THANKSGIVING TIME CAN START SENDING THEIR PACKAGES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM SIT OUTSIDE IN FRONT OF THEIR DOOR AND THEN COME TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PICK THEM UP. SO THAT WAS THAT'S ACTUALLY GROWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. HOPEFULLY IT COULD CONTINUE TO GROW. WE WENT UP TO 30 VOLUNTEERS.
THAT GAVE US JUST UNDER 5000 HOURS WITH A VALUE OF 118,000 HOURS OF SERVICE.
CONTINUES TO GROW, I KNOW WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND THINKING THAT'S ALL THE VOLUNTEERS DO, BUT THERE IS A GREAT PART OF VOLUNTEERS OUTSIDE OF JUST THAT PIECE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE HELPING RECORDS. WE HAVE PEOPLE TO HELP IN PROPERTY.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE OUR STAFF ADDITIONS.
WE ADDED FIVE OFFICERS, OFFICER DONCASTER, JUNG, MCKINNEY, SAMANO AND TIPTON.
AND THEN WE ADDED TWO TELECOMMUNICATORS, BRANEN AND COFIELD.
AND LET'S TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHIEF. THANKS FOR HITTING THE SPACEBAR.
OKAY, SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO TO ACCOMPLISH FOR 2026? OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR LEGACY PROGRAMING.
CHIEF BAXTER TALKED A LITTLE BIT AGO ABOUT FLOCK CAMERA, FLOCK CAMERA IMPLEMENTATION.
WE EXPECT TO GO LIVE WITH THAT IN MARCH. THAT'S.
I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY DOABLE. AND HOPEFULLY IT'S PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT SOME OF THIS IS NOT DEPENDENT ON US. RELATIVE TO THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY DO WE NOT GO AHEAD AND PLAN FOR HIGHWAY 78? THAT IS A EASY QUESTION WITH A COMPLICATED ANSWER.
WE WANT TO EVALUATE THIS SYSTEM. FIRST. IT'S A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE CAMERA THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE OPERATED ON HIGHWAY 78 BECAUSE OF THE MULTI-LANE ROADWAY. AND THERE IS NOT IT'S NOT A ONE TIME COST.
THIS IS LEASED EQUIPMENT THAT WE PAY A CONTRACT FOR EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOGICAL IN OUR THINKING THAT WE HAVE A BASELINE OF EXPERIENCE AND A DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS BEFORE WE PLOW AHEAD AND SEEK ADDITIONAL CAMERAS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
GMRS RADIO INFRASTRUCTURE. SO, AS YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE REFRESHED ALL OF OUR PORTABLE HANDHELD RADIOS AND OUR IN-CAR RADIOS, AND THAT WAS ALSO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE ITSELF HAS TO BE REFRESHED IN THAT CONTEXT.
THERE'S A LOT OF UPGRADES THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE SYSTEM WIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL HERE PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH.
JEAN AND I HAVE TO DETERMINE WHERE ON THE CALENDAR IT NEEDS TO BE.
HOW THAT CAN WORK AND CERTAINLY FUNDING OPTIONS RELATIVE TO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH DE-ESCALATION AND PROCEDURAL JUSTICE. YOU HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THIS A LOT.
THIS IS IMPORTANT IN TODAY'S MODERN POLICING WORLD.
WE'RE EXPECTED TO BE A JACK OF ALL TRADES AND CERTAINLY HAVE A A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION, ABILITY TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE FORCE.
WE DON'T WANT TO USE FORCE. SOMETIMES IT'S REQUIRED, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE A DE-ESCALATOR AND A SOLVER RATHER THAN STRICTLY. WE COME AND WE DRAG YOU OFF, AND IF WE HAVE TO LAY HANDS ON YOU, WE DO THERE.
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WE USE FORCE, IT'S ONLY ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXERCISE. THIS IS ALSO A COMPONENT OF ALERRT.
IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE ON US BY TCOLE.
MISS NASH AND I ARE ALREADY SPEAKING ABOUT THAT.
SO YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE THAT I EXPECT WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN DISCUSSION AND WORKING TOGETHER ON A COMPONENT OF A 2027 BOND PROPOSAL TO REMODEL CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I AM REALLOCATING ONE OF OUR EXISTING POSITIONS.
IT'S, IT NEEDS ANOTHER DETECTIVE. THE CASELOAD IS SUCH THAT I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT.
WE'RE AT A STAFFING LEVEL NOW THAT THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A PERMANENT TRANSFER.
IN FACT THAT THAT REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS BEGINS TOMORROW.
BICYCLE PATROL DEPLOYMENT. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE ALSO AT A STAFFING LEVEL THAT I THINK WE CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE ASSIGNMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF WHILE ALSO INCREASING OUR SERVICE CAPABILITY TO OUR PUBLIC RELATIVE TO ENGAGEMENT.
WE HAVE ONE CERTIFIED BIKE OFFICER NOW. ACTUALLY, TWO.
SERGEANT MALONEY IS ONE OF THEM. BUT HE NEEDS TO BE MONITORING STAFF IN THE FIELD, RIGHT.
THE COST IS MINIMAL OVERALL. WE INTEND TO BLEND THEM WITHIN OUR PATROL DEPLOYMENT.
NOT FULL TIME, BUT CERTAINLY FOR OUR CITY EVENTS AND CERTAINLY AS STAFF LOADS PER EACH DAY ALLOW FOR THIS, YOU'LL SEE BIKE OFFICERS DEPLOYED, RIDING IN OUR PARKS, RIDING IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, CONDUCTING INITIATED ACTIVITY. HAVING BEEN A BICYCLE PATROL OFFICER IN MY MUCH, MUCH, MUCH YOUNGER YEARS, I CAN TELL YOU YOU CAN INITIATE ACTIVITY OFF A BIKE.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT STARTED HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
I WANT TO START WE'RE WE'RE UP FOR REVIEW IN MARCH OR APRIL OF NEXT YEAR.
LATER ON THIS SUMMER, WE'RE GOING TO START PREPARING FOR THAT SO THAT I DON'T PUT PRESSURE ON STAFF, THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REVIEW EVERYTHING.
THERE IS A, THERE'S AN ONGOING REVIEW PROCESS THAT WE TAKE, THAT WE TAKE AND UNDERTAKE EVERY YEAR.
BUT WHEN IT'S TIME FOR REACCREDITATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING WIRED TIGHT.
SINCE MY TENURE TEN YEARS AGO, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A DEFICIENCY AT ALL.
AND THIS LAST ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE CALLED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE UP TO CHIEF BAXTER. BUT I WANT TO INITIATE AN OUTREACH PROGRAM WHERE WE TRAIN AND EMPOWER OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE OUT WALKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WALKING THEIR DOGS AT NIGHT TO BE ABLE TO CONTACT US IF THEY SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.
AND WE WANT TO TRAIN THEM ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S A CITIZEN WALKER CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM.
WE'LL COME UP WITH A NAME HERE BEFORE TOO LONG.
SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT. GOTTA HAVE A GOOD ACRONYM. YEAH, WE GOT TO HAVE A GOOD ACRONYM.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE PLANNING AS HIGHLIGHTS FOR GOALS THIS NEXT YEAR.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF SYLVESTER. MAYOR PRO TEM FRANKS.
SO, CHIEF, I ALWAYS POINT OUT ONE SLIDE EVERY YEAR.
VEHICLE BURGLARIES, ARE THOSE PRIMARILY UNLOCKED VEHICLES? ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNLOCKED VEHICLES LAST YEAR WAS, IF I'M ACCURATE, IT WAS 83%. THIS YEAR. IT WAS LIKE 74% WERE LEFT UNLOCKED.
IT'S STILL OVERWHELMINGLY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
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MOST OF MOST OF THE STOLEN CARS WERE KEY LEFT.THAT'S THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION ON THE, ON THE AUTO THEFT.
HOW MANY WERE UNLOCKED OR THE KEYS LEFT IN THE VEHICLES? I MEAN, WHAT PERCENTAGE? THE MAJORITY OF THEM. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD ASSUME. SO. LOCK YOUR VEHICLES, TAKE YOUR KEYS OUT. ABSOLUTELY. THE OTHER THE OTHER COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE DURING THIS RECENT ICE STORM, I WAS, I NEVER WATCH THE NEWS, RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING BUT TERRIBLE NEWS.
THEY HAD A STORY ON SAFE TRADE AREAS AND DIFFERENT CITIES AND BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE GET TOGETHER IN WEIRD AREAS AND TRY TO TRADE AND THEFTS, ASSAULTS, ALL KINDS OF GOOD STUFF. SO ROBBERIES.
SO JUST. YEAH, POINT THAT OUT AGAIN. WE HAVE AN AREA THAT IS MONITORED AND IN A SAFE AREA, MONITORED 24/7 AND FREE AND A SAFE PLACE TO CONDUCT THOSE TRANSACTIONS.
YEAH. THE NEWS STORY WASN'T NECESSARILY FEMALES.
IT WAS MALES AND FEMALES GETTING ASSAULTED ROBBED WHATEVER.
SO YEAH. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. PRESTENBERG. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
BOTH OF Y'ALL APPRECIATE IT. TWO QUESTIONS. ONE PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT DO WE HAVE DATES YET FOR THE NEXT RAD CLASS AND THE COPS AND CAMPERS? SO COPS AND CAMPERS IS ALWAYS IN THE SUMMER. WE DON'T HAVE DATES VERIFIED YET, BUT I KNOW, SERGEANT, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT LAST WEEK. SERGEANT MERRIMAN IS WORKING ON DATES, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE THOSE PUBLISHED WELL IN ADVANCE SO PEOPLE CAN PLAN.
AND THE RAD CLASS, SAME THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT YES, WE'LL WE'LL CERTAINLY CONDUCT A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS YEAR.
OKAY. AND IN FACT I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITY POTENTIALLY WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY IF THEY DESIRE TO ENGAGE WITH US. OKAY. YOU MADE A COMMENT DURING THE REVIEW OF THE STATS AND YOU SAID I CAN'T REMEMBER. IT WAS PART TWO CRIMES, I BELIEVE.
AND YOU SAID IT WAS DISORDERLY CONDUCT WAS WHERE THE SCHOOL ALTERCATIONS KICK IN OR WHATNOT.
BUT YOU HAD SAID SOMETHING THAT HIGH SCHOOL FIGHTS IS REALLY WHERE YOU.
WHY THAT NUMBER IS INCREASING. YES. THAT THAT DROVE THIS NUMBER THIS PAST YEAR.
SO IS THAT JUST A SACHSE THING OR IS THAT A GISD THING? I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL THING, BUT JUST FROM A.
IN SPEAKING WITH THE SROS, IN THAT GENERAL CONTEXT, WE'RE ON THE LOWER END.
OKAY. AND IS IT PREVENTABLE THINGS OR IS IT JUST KIDS BEING KIDS? WELL. AGAIN, A VERY EASY QUESTION WITH A COMPLICATED ANSWER.
WHEN WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE OR INFORMATION THAT THERE MIGHT BE A FIGHT.
YES, STEPS ARE TAKEN BOTH BY HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS AND STAFF TO MITIGATE THAT, BUT ALSO OUR OWN STAFF TRY TO ENGAGE THEM ON THE FRONT END TO KEEP THAT FROM OCCURRING.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S SPONTANEOUS. IT'S THEY SEE SOMEBODY IN THE HALLWAY THEY WANT TO HAVE A BEEF WITH, AND THEY GO AT IT. YEAH. OR AS SOON AS THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL, THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IN THE SCHOOL IN THAT CONTEXT, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR SROS ARE ENGAGED. I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION STAFF REGARDING THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
SO I THINK FROM THE ASPECT OF BEING FULLY COMMITTED, I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.
OKAY. NOW I REALIZE EVERY SRO AT EVERY LEVEL OF DIFFERENT SCHOOL IS HAS DIFFERENT CHALLENGES, RIGHT? ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIGHT LOOK EASIER, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS INVOLVED THAT HIGH SCHOOL KIDS MIGHT NOT HAVE TO.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH HIGH SCHOOLERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BIGGER, THEY'RE FASTER, ALL THAT STUFF? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE SRO. IS THAT A DECISION FOR US OR IS THAT A GISD OR SCHOOL DISTRICT DECISION? WE HAVE TWO SROS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY, I WASN'T SURE IF WE HAD ONE.
YEAH. IT'S COMING. SO JUST FROM MY OWN PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, WE HAD A ALARM GO OFF AT WORK PROBABLY FIVE MONTHS AGO. IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, BUT IT WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ALARM, AND IT JUST CAME ON AND SAID, ACTIVE SHOOTER ON CAMPUS.
DO WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THAT OR IS IT MORE OF A EVERYTHING'S QUIET? OR ARE WE NOT SUPPOSED TO GIVE STATE SECRETS HERE? OR IS IT MORE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WITH EMPLOYEES, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL AWARE OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO GET NOTIFIED THINGS ON THOSE LINES OF,
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HEY, SOMETHING'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS. THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.WE HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT I CAN SPEAK TO YOU OFFLINE IF YOU WANT.
THAT'S FINE. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO. WHEN YOU DO THE TRAINING EVERYONE'S SIGNED OFF ON, HEY, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO DO. YES. OR NOT DO.
OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. MILLSAP. I THINK IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION FOR MYSELF ON THIS DISORDERLY CONDUCT. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GROUP.
MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU FIND THAT DISORDERLY CONDUCT ACTIVITY AT THE SCHOOL PRIMARILY A ONE ON ONE, OR IS THIS A GROUP AGAINST ANOTHER GROUP? IN OTHER WORDS, 3 TO 5 KIDS HAVING A BEEF AGAINST SCHOOL POLICY OR DIRECTION OR TEACHER ASSIGNMENT OR SOME OTHER GROUP. OR IS IT BASICALLY JUST ONE ON ONE PERSONAL ACTIVITIES THAT WAS NORMAL ANYWAY? IT'S GENERALLY CONFLICT BETWEEN STUDENTS. IF A STUDENT ASSAULTS A TEACHER, THAT'S NOT DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARGE. SO THAT'S DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
RELATIVE TO WHAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN BETWEEN STUDENTS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT PREDOMINANTLY, IT'S TWO PEOPLE.
THREE PEOPLE. NOW, THERE WAS AN ALTERCATION OFF CAMPUS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE ONE YOUNG MAN WENT TO JAIL AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE ISSUED CITATIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE FIGHTING AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WERE THERE QUICKLY AND IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS ACTORS.
SO THAT WAS A MULTIPLE PERSON EVENT THAT STEMMED FROM TWO PEOPLE AND OTHER PEOPLE GOT INVOLVED.
IT STARTED AS INDIVIDUAL DISAGREEMENTS. ANOTHER QUESTION IS ON YOUR DEAL.
YOU SHOWED AN 8% INCREASE IN 911 CALLS. YES, SIR.
AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO MONITOR THAT FAIRLY.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE 8% INCREASE WERE LEGITIMATE OR NOT LEGITIMATE? 911 CALLS. IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEBODY CALL 911, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE CLASSIFIED AS A TRUE 911.
SO ARE YOU JUST GETTING AN OVERABUNDANCE OF THAT? I DIDN'T BREAK IT DOWN TO THAT LEVEL. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, YES, EVERY AGENCY RECEIVES 911 CALLS THAT ARE NOT REALLY A 911 ISSUE. SOMEBODY INADVERTENTLY DIALED IT OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THE DOG HIT THE EMERGENCY BUTTON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. BUT EVEN THAT REQUIRES A RESPONSE.
YEAH. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S WHETHER IF IT'S SIMPLY THE DISPATCHER OR THE TELECOMMUNICATOR PROCESSING THE CALL, CALLING THE PERSON BACK AND ASCERTAINING THAT NOTHING'S GOING ON.
THAT STILL IS, IS A A PERIOD OF TIME THAT'S REQUIRED THAT THEY CAN'T FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE.
AND OFTENTIMES THE TELECOMMUNICATOR DOES NOT GET AN ANSWER SO WE DISPATCH STAFF.
OKAY. AND IT'S NEVER ONE FOR THAT TYPE OF CALL, IT'S TWO.
OKAY. BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE SOMEBODY NEEDED US AND THE PHONE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
YEAH THAT'S TRUE. SO WE SEND THAT AS A TWO PERSON CALL.
SO EVEN THOUGH YES, A NUMBER OF THEM IS JUST ROUTINE, THERE'S NO EMERGENCY.
SO I DON'T DISMISS IT IN THAT CONTEXT. NO. OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MISS BUHLER? HI, CHIEF. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, BOTH OF YOU, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND JUST FOR KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE.
I THINK THERE WAS AN OUTSIDE PARTY THAT DID SAFEST CITIES IN TEXAS.
DO YOU RECALL WHAT NUMBER WE WERE? AND. I THINK THE MAYOR RECALLS [LAUGHS].
PERSONALLY, I DON'T PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IT BECAUSE IT'S.
BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD. THEY'RE A VENDOR, AND THE DATA THEY PROVIDE IS ALWAYS TWO YEARS OLD.
YEAH. IT WAS 11TH OUT OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WHICH HAS OVER 300 OR 300 PLUS.
YEAH. SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD NUMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY BLESSED IN THIS CITY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT DEPARTMENT, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP. AND IN OUR WEEKLY REPORTS, I SAW HOW MANY PEOPLE Y'ALL PUSHED OUT OF THE ROAD LAST WEEK, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE AND JUST BEING A HELPING HAND TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
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NEXT TIME, HOPEFULLY WE GET A HIGHER RANKING THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CHIEF.YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON YOUR PRESENTATION, AS ALWAYS. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMAN MISS BUHLER HAD SAID, THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE JOB THAT YOU AND YOUR STAFF DO.
YOU AND CHIEF BAXTER, LIEUTENANT DOERR, [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, HE, Y'ALL ARE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICING, AND THAT'S GREAT.
THE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME THE MOST, HOWEVER, IS THAT OUR LEADERSHIP IS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S VISIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU CHIEF. WITH THAT, WE ARE AT ADJOURNMENT.
THE TIME IS GRANGER? 7:36 P.M. 7:36 P.M.. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.