05.07.2025 Public Safety Subcommittee Meeting

I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE WORD RECORDING SO GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE. IT IS MAY 7TH, 2025. WE'RE IN THE FIRST THING TO PLEASE ARE THOSE NEW HALL, CORRECT HERE AND AS WE GET GOING TONIGHT, OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY OR HEARING ANY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS AN OVERVIEW OF PRICE STATISTICS. AND STAFFING. SO JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF STAFFING HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BEAR WITH ME. I THOUGHT I WAS… I'M GOING TO ADVANCE HERE. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, AS WE PRESENTED IN THE PAST, WE'RE ALLOCATED 88 TOTAL SWARM POSITIONS. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THREE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUT IN SOME TYPE OF STATUS, MILITARY LEAVE, SOME TYPE OF INJURY. OR OTHER. WE HAVE 11 VACANCIES, BUT I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY WITH THOSE 11 VACANCIES. WE HAVE SIX RECRUITS OR TRAINEES THAT ARE IN THE ACADEMY THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE THE END OF MAY, ACTUALLY, NOT JUNE. SO WE HAVE SIX NEW OFFICERS THAT WILL BE SWORN IN TOWARDS THE END OF MAY. WE HAVE FOUR MORE THAT STARTED THE ACADEMY ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO NOW. SO THEY WILL GRADUATE IN OCTOBER OF 25 AND THEN I JUST OFFERED OUR 11TH VACANCY, OUR LAST POSITION TO ONE UM ONE TRAINEE THAT WILL START THE ACADEMY AUGUST AND WILL GRADUALLY IN JANUARY OF 26TH. SO AS FAR AS NUMBERS WE ARE ALLOCATED WITH THOSE 11 VACANCIES WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND THERE'S A CORRECTION HERE, OFFICERS IN TRAINING THAT YOU SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE UH FOUR WE HAD FOUR THAT GRADUATE ACADEMY IN JANUARY. THEY ACTUALLY WERE JUST RELEASED FROM THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM THIS WEEK. SO THEY'RE NOW WORKING AS SOLO INDEPENDENT OFFICERS IN THE FIELD SO WE… AND THEN OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, NON-SWORN STAFF, WE HAVE A FEW VACANCIES THERE. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF FINISHING THE HIRING PROCESS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. SHE WILL BE COMING ON NEXT WEEK. OR THE WEEK AFTER, ACTUALLY. AND THEN THE OTHER POSITIONS UH WE'RE LOOKING AT HOLDING THOSE FOR JUST RIGHT NOW AS WE WORK THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST A RECAP OF OUR GOALS FROM COUNCIL. THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE. THIS IS FINISHING OFF THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS PARTICULAR GOAL MARKET NEXT YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME AND ALL CRIME IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT WE'RE FOCUSED ON VIOLENT CRIME TO A LEVEL OF 3.0 PER CAPITA FOR PERSONAL CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES TO NO MORE THAN 20.0. SO AS WE LOOK AT THESE AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THESE SLIDES, BUT I WAS TRYING TO CONDENSE THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD TONIGHT. AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE 23 AND 24 COMPARISONS. IT GOES BY POPULATION INITIALLY. POPULATION WENT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN OUR VIOLENT CRIME CATEGORY, 23 WAS AT 351. 24 WENT DOWN TO 298. PROPERTY CRIMES INCREASED JUST A LITTLE BIT YOU SEE THERE FROM 1587 TO 1641 AND THEN A COMBINED TOTAL OF 1938 TO 1939. VERY CLOSE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT PER CAPITA PER THOUSAND RESIDENTS. WE SEE THAT VIOLENT CRIME DROPPED SLIGHTLY, ALMOST A FULL PERCENT, NOT QUITE THERE. WE'RE AT 4.0, WORKING TOWARDS THE 3.0. AND PROPERTY CRIME RATE INCREASED SLIGHTLY TO 21.9 WITH A COMBINED RATE OF 25.8, WHICH IS A SLIGHT DECREASE. AND THEN AT THE TOP RIGHT SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL COUNTS FOR SOME OF THE PRIMES THAT WE LOOK AT. THE HOMICIDE LEVEL DROPPED FROM 23 TO 24. THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT LEVEL DROPPED FROM 2324 OR SEXUAL ASSAULTS, RAPES DROPPED. A LITTLE BIT THERE. ROBBERY DROPPED FROM 103 TO 84. THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THERE. AND THEN OUR PROPERTY CRIMES YOU SEE THOSE SLIGHT INCREASES WERE CARRIED BY A LITTLE BIT MORE BURGLARY CRIMES AND A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE STOLEN VEHICLE CATEGORY, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST. THAT'S KIND OF A AN ISSUE, THAT BARRIER WHY LAW ENFORCEMENT WE'RE WORKING ON AS A GROUP. WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THAT AND A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH OUR AGENCY PARTNERS AS WELL AS CHP AND THE COUNTY ON WORKING ON TRYING TO REDUCE MONETARY EFFECT IN THE COUNTY. SO COMBINED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE BAR GRAPH AND THE LINE CHART THAT GOES ACROSS. YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'VE LOOKED THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2015, KIND OF A HISTORICAL. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LEVELS HAVE CONTINUOUSLY DROPPED, LEVELED OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE PERIOD OF 21, 22. THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE PANDEMIC. IN THE WAY SOCIETY WAS OPERATING THERE SO THAT YOU KIND OF LOOK AT 21 FOR 2021, THEY'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN NORMS. WE KIND OF WENT BACK TO OUR NORM THERE IN 22 AND THEN NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT SLOW CROP, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AS POPULATION INCREASES. WE WANT TO SEE THAT CREDIT RATE DROP. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR FOCUSES THERE. AND JUST TO THROW IN, AND I JUST GOT THE NUMBERS TODAY, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR YOU ON THE SLIDES. LOOKING AT OUR NIBRS NUMBERS, OUR CRIME STATS THAT WE UTILIZE WHEN WE POST, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH. OUT OF ALL THREE OF THOSE MONTHS, I SEE A DROP IN BOTH IN PERSONAL TRENDS, I SEE A DROP IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH. JANUARY INCREASED JUST A SLIGHT BIT FOR US, BUT PROPERTY CRIMES DROPPED IN ALL THREE OF THOSE MONTHS. SO WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD AS WE GET OUR QUARTERLY STATS TOGETHER. I'LL BRING THAT FORWARD IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS. BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ENGLISH. CALLS FOR SERVICE. THIS IS ALL FROM 2024. JUST ABOUT 65,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE. OF THOSE 65,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 25% OF THOSE WERE INITIATED BY OUR OFFICERS. THAT INCLUDES OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR POLICE OFFICERS MAKING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT STOPS, PERSON STOPS, BASICALLY SELF-INITIATED ACTIVITY. WE AVERAGE A LITTLE OVER 5,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE. A MONTH. AND THEN DOWN BELOW THERE, AND WE USE THESE STATISTICS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND OUR BEAT ASSIGNMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNIFICANT HOURS AND THE LEVEL OF CALLS THAT WE SEE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. SO WE TRY TO MATCH OR MIRROR THE AMOUNT OF STAFFING WE HAVE ON THE STREET. AND MYSELF AND THE TWO CAPTAINS ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME ANALYTICS ON THAT ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING EVER SEEN THE ADDITIONAL POPULATION INCREASE THAT WE ANTICIPATE, HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR STAFFING AND WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. AND THEN CALLS FOR SERVICE PER WEEK. AGAIN, WE BREAK THAT DOWN YOU CAN SEE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR US. TYPICALLY, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING IN AND SERVICES THAT ARE NEEDED. YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR COMMUTE TRAFFIC THAT CREATES CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR US, THOSE COMMUTING THROUGH OUR AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHTS ARE FAIRLY BUSY AND WE SEE SATURDAY, SUNDAY, TROPIC AND NOT CONTINUE AND A LACK OF SOME OF THE BUSINESSES BEING OPEN. I HAVE A QUESTION. JUST CURIOSITY. YOUR OPINION WHY DO YOU THINK THERE'S SUCH AN UPSWING OF CALLS BY TIME OF DAY BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN? P.M. 4 A.M. I'M SORRY? A.M. A.M. WELL, A LOT OF YOUR PUBLIC IS NOT UP AND OPERATING OR ON THE ROADS YET. THEY MIGHT BE UP AND AT HOME, BUT THEY'RE NOT OUT IN OUR STREETS OR IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE STILL AT HOME. ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK IS WHEN WE REALLY START SEEING THAT TRAFFIC INCREASE ON STATE ROUTE 4 AND ON OUR SERVER STREETS. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO SEVEN, EIGHT O'CLOCK, NOW YOU HAVE YOUR SCHOOL TRAFFIC THAT INCREASES, YOUR BUSINESS IS OPEN, MAYBE WHEN IT WAS ANALYZED AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, THEY'RE GOING TO START CALLING US IN FOR THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO THAT'S WHY WE SEE THAT SPIKE RIGHT ABOUT THAT SEVEN TO EIGHT O'CLOCK MARK. AND THEN IT TAPERS DOWN FOR A MOMENT. YEAH, IT GOES WAY UP. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT. AND LOOK AT OUR STAFFING LEVELS AND EVEN WITH OUR TRAFFIC TEAM, OKAY, WE WANT OUR TRAFFIC TEAM TO MAYBE START. WE NEED THE MAJORITY OF THEM HERE AT 6AM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S WHEN OUR TRAFFIC COMMUTE STARTS NOW. THE DOWNFALL IS YOU ALSO WANT TO TRY TO COVER THAT AFTERNOON TRAFFIC AND COMMUTE TRAFFIC. SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT BALANCE GAME. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND HOW THEY VARY BECAUSE THEY DO VARY DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON. IN THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE BAY AREA. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS NEXT GRAPH HERE, THIS IS KIND OF JUST LOOKING OVER OUR RESPONSE TIME. ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO AND LOOKING AT ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE. AS OUR CITY EXPANDS AND GROWS. JUST LIKE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET DOWN RAILROAD AVENUE AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON SO ARE POLICE OFFICERS TRYING TO GET TO ANOTHER CALL. SO WE LOOKED THROUGH THIS. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. YOU GOT OUR THIS GOES BACK TO 2019 BUT VERY CONSISTENT ON OUR PRIORITY LEVELS. PRIORITY ONES ARE YOUR HIGHER PRIORITIES, YOUR MAJOR EMERGENCIES, YOUR ACTIVE, MAYBE YOUR ACTIVE ASSAULT TYPE INVESTIGATIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. THOSE ARE PARTY ONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO. THAT'S OUR TEAM. AND TRY TO GET THROUGH THE CITY AS FAST AS WE CAN. PRIORITY TWOS ARE A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT LESS OF AN URGENCY, BUT SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO GET TO AS SOON AS WE CAN. AND PRIOR TO THE RESORT YOUR CALLS WHERE MY MAIL WAS STOLEN AT SOME POINT AND I'M WAITING FOR AN OFFICER RESPONSE SO I CAN HAVE A REPORT TAKEN. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE LEVELS HAVE VARIED THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT AGAIN, BEEN VERY, VERY SIMILAR AND THEN THE BOTTOM GRAPH THERE YOU SEE IN BLUE, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL AVERAGE FROM 2019 TO 2024. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK OVER IT, IT'S VERY, VERY SIMILAR AS WE'RE TALKING SECONDS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESPONSE TIMES. IT IS GETTING MORE DIFFICULT AS THE CITY EXPANDS YOU KNOW YOU GOT SAN MARCOS ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST YOU HAVE BUSINESSES ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EAST EVEN OUT TO CENTURY PLAZA AND IT'S NOT THAT OFFICERS AREN'T ABLE TO ALWAYS JUST STAY WHERE THEY'RE ASSIGNED. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO RESPOND ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CITY TO ASSIST THEIR PARTNER IF IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY CALL. SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT WITH THE CITY GROW, WE LOOK AT THE STREETS, YOU KNOW. THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY WE'RE PAYING VERY MUCH ATTENTION TO ALL THAT SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE SETTING UP OUR SHIFTS OUR SCHEDULES THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS YOU HAVE AND THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO RESPOND WHERE THEY NEED TO EITHER TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THIS REALM OF WATER RESPONSE TIMES CURRENTLY ARE. ANY QUESTION OF THAT? MOVING ON. THE NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS JUST TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS AND COLLISIONS WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. PART OF THE FOCUS ON THOSE GRANTS IS TO REDUCE COLLISIONS, REDUCE INJURIES, REDUCE DRUNK DRIVING. THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR. SO COMPARATIVE TO THE PRIOR YEAR, THIS IS THE 2024 STAT YOU CAN SEE WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN MANY AREAS. OUR TOTAL COLLISIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED BY 4% OVER 23. OUR FATAL COLLISIONS WERE REDUCED OVER 23 BY ONE, BUT EVEN THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR US. AND THEN INJURY COLLISIONS DROPPED JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR US BY FIVE OVER 23. AND THEN PROPERTY DAMAGE COLLISIONS, THOSE ARE THE FENDER BENDERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE NO ONE'S INJURED. THOSE EVEN DROPPED A LITTLE BIT. SO WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING ON THAT. ONE OF MY FOCUS AREAS IS TRAFFIC RELATED AND IS TRAINING TO INCREASE OUR TRAFFIC TUNE, BUT WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH ALL THE OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE AS A DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY HAS SO WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY REACHING OUT AND LOOKING FOR MORE OF THOSE GRANTS AND WE'LL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTING ON SOME OF THOSE BRANDS. NEXT WEEK, NEXT FRIDAY. AT ANOTHER SHOP COMMITTEE ON THE GROUNDS OF GOING AFTER SO ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON TRAFFIC ON THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR TRAFFIC TEAM'S BEEN DOING. AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS IS FOCUSED OFF OUR GRANTS BASED AND THEN THEIR PROACTIVITY YOUR 12 500 AND YOUR 14601 SITES, THAT'S THE VEHICLE CODE TERMS WE USE. THOSE ARE FOR YOUR UNLICENSED OR SUSPENDED DRIVERS. WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS EDUCATED AND OPERATING WITH A LICENSE WHEN THEY'RE ON THE RUNWAY. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE REDUCTION IN THOSE. OUR TOTAL CITATIONS WERE UP BY 14% OVER 23. OUR ENTIRE CITATIONS, MEANING OUR TRAFFIC CITATIONS, BECAUSE WE ALSO WANT TO DO BARGAIN CITATIONS, WE'RE UP BY 21% OVER 23. AND THEN ON THIS HEAT MAP, AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TOP LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR WHERE WE FOCUSED BASED ON EVERYTHING FROM OUR COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN THROUGH OUR CITY WEBSITE OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE, GOCITIES. AS WELL AS WHAT WE DID WE SEE VISUALLY FROM OUR OFFICERS WHAT THEY SEE WHERE THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND THEN WE ALSO ANALYZE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS BECAUSE THAT'S OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO REDUCE THOSE SO WE FOCUS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE AREAS SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TOP FIVE SPOTS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MANY MORE YOU CAN SEE BY THE RED AREAS ON THE MAP THAT SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT IF THEY'RE GOING TO POPULATE IN THE RED, YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHERE YOU CAN ENROLL IN SOME OF OUR MAJOR ARTERIES BUT UH THE WEST END WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC RELATED CONCERNS THERE. LING MOON SAN MARCOS AND THEN RAILROAD HIGHWAY 4, OBVIOUSLY, JUST BECAUSE OF THE INTERSECTION THERE OUT TOWARD THE NORTH WHEN WILLOW PASS AND BELT LUTHER AND THEN CENTRAL AND HARBOR ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SPOT WITH SPRING TRAFFIC AND THEN BAIN ROAD AND HIGHWAY 4. AND MOVING ON TO OUR REST. TOTAL MADE 1,326 ARRESTS. OUR AVERAGE IS ABOUT FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE IS 1,672. MONTHLY AVERAGE IS ABOUT 111 AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE THE NUMBERS FROM 21 TO 24 FAIRLY CONSISTENT, 22 BEING A LITTLE BIT OF A SPIKE THERE AT 1645. AGAIN, IT DEPENDS. THERE'S SO MANY FACTORS THAT RELATE TO HOW THIS ALL WORKS BETWEEN NEW LAWS THAT ARE PASSED, LAWS THAT ARE MAYBE NO LONGER IN PLACE. LEGISLATURE ACTION IS AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, LET ALONE THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING US THAT AFFECT THAT SO THOSE ARE OUR TOTAL NUMBERS THERE. THE BLUE BARS THAT YOU SEE BELOW THE DARK BLUE BARS, THOSE ARE OUR JUVENILE ARRESTS AND YOU SEE OVER THE YEARS, VERY CONSISTENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH THE HIGHEST YEAR BEING 50 TOTAL JUVENILE ARRESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THE AVERAGE IS RIGHT THERE ABOUT THE HIGH 30S, LOW 40S. LAST YEAR, WE HAD 41. THE ARRESTS THAT UM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENCOUNTER ARE THEY REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT YOU GUYS SEE OR ARE THEY JUST DIFFERENT PEOPLE ALL THE TIME THEY CAN BE. WE DO SEE REPEAT OFFENDERS. THERE ARE THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT REPEAT OFFEND. WE ALSO LOOK AT ONE OF US WE TRY TO ANALYZE. WE ALSO LOOK AT LOCATION OF THE RESIDENCY. SO ARE THEY A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY OR DID THEY SOMEHOW, WERE THEY TRAVELING FROM OUR COMMUNITY? FROM ANOTHER AREA REGION OR WERE THEY FROM ONE OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE ALSO TRACK TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE TOO. LIKE OUR FOLKS ARE COMING INTO OUR TALENT COMMIT CRIME OR ARE THEY PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND RESIDE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE COMMUNITY AND THEN REAL QUICK. OBVIOUSLY, OUR GOAL IS A CRIME REDUCTION. ONE OF MY FOCUS POINTS AND A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE HERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN TRAINING OUR OFFICERS AND OUR STAFF AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE VERY IN TUNE WITH CRITICAL INCIDENT COMMUNICATION WITH DE-ESCALATION, WITH LEVELS OF USE OF FORCE. THESE ARE USE OF FORCE TOTALS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS FROM 22, 23, AND 24. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WE HAVE PER YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF USES OF FORCE INCIDENTS AT OFFICERS HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S VERY CONSISTENT BUT WHAT I'M HAPPY TO ALSO SEE IS THAT I ALSO CONTINUE TO DROP. SO WE GO FROM 0.05% OF INCIDENTS INVOLVING SOME TYPE OF LEVEL OF TORRES BY OFFICERS 2.01 FOR 23 AND 24. AND THEN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS OUR 25 TOTALS FOR QUARTER ONE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THESE TOGETHER FOR THIS MEETING. IN THIS QUARTER, WE HAD THREE INCIDENTS TOTAL THAT INVOLVED OFFICERS USING SOME TYPE OF FORCE. DURING THOSE THREE INCIDENTS, THREE SUBJECTS WERE ARRESTED AND A TOTAL OF THREE OFFICERS WE'RE USING FORCE. SO OUT OF THE 16,055 CALLS FOR SERVICE WE HAD DURING QUARTER ONE 0.02% OF THOSE INCIDENTS OR CALLS FOR SERVICE RESULTED IN AN OFFICER BEING FORCED AND NO FOOD THAT'S THREE LOOKING AT THREE-YEAR TOTAL AND AVERAGES. OUR AVERAGE USE OF FORCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS ABOUT 21 AND THAT AGAIN HAS CONTINUED TO GO DOWN THROUGHOUT THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS. THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS USING FORCE OR THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN SOME TYPE OF YOUTH SPORTS INCIDENT HAS CONTINUED TO GO DOWN. THE AVERAGE THREE YEAR IS 28. AND THEN, AGAIN, THE USE OF FORCE NCA FOR A THREE-YEAR, THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE IS ABOUT FIVE. SO YOU CAN SEE OUR FIRST QUARTER IS BELOW WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR. AND THEN ONE MORE SLIDE HERE THAT COMES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN USE OF FORCE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT I DID, BUT BEAR WITH ME. I JUST GRABBED IT A LITTLE TOO HARD. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN. SO AGAIN, THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP ARE THE SAME NUMBERS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. THREE INCIDENTS THIS QUARTER, THREE PERSONS ARRESTED AND THREE OFFICERS USING BOARDS. THE TYPE OF RESISTANCE THAT THE OFFICERS SAW WERE THE SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO PUNCH OR STRIKE, ATTEMPTED TO FLEE. ATTEMPTED TO CHARGE, WAS IN A FIGHTING STANCE WITH THE OFFICER OR EVEN HEADBUTTED THE OFFICER AND OBVIOUSLY EACH INCIDENT, THERE'S MORE THAN THREE HERE SEVERAL OF THOSE ACTIONS CAN BE INVOLVED IN ONE MINUTE. BUT WE HIGHLIGHT EACH ONE OF THOSE. THE TYPE OF FORCE THAT THE OFFICERS USED, WE GO EFFECTIVE AND NON-EFFECTIVE. A STRIPE OR WHAT WE CALL A CLOSED FIST ANOTHER TYPE OF STRIKE, A PUNCH OR A DISTRACTION STRIKE AND THEN THE USE OF THE TASER IN ONE AND A BABY STRIPES IN ANOTHER ONE. THE TWO IN BLUE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE EFFECTIVE AND THE NON-EFFECTIVE, THE TASER, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES. WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN JUST THAT THEY DIDN'T DEPLOY CORRECTLY. THE SUBJECT'S CLOTHING DIDN'T ALLOW FOR THE TASER TO DO ITS JOB. AND THEN THE KNEE STRIKE JUST WASN'T EFFECTIVE AND MAKE THE REST. WE ALWAYS LOOK AT INJURIES AND EXAMINE THAT BOTH FROM OUR OFFICERS AND THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED. EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN USE FOR SOME TYPE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT, WE MANDATE THAT. BUT WHEN I HAVE TWO MEDICAL EVALUATIONS TWO OF THE THREE SUBJECTS ARRESTED REPORTED SOME TYPE OF INJURY AND THE INJURIES ARE LISTED BELOW ABRASIONS, LACERATION AND, YOU KNOW, VISIBLE INJURY OR NOTED INJURY AND THEN FOR THE OFFICERS, TWO OF OUR OFFICERS WERE MEDICALLY EVALUATED AT SOME POINT IN THESE THREE INCIDENTS. TO HAD SOME TYPE OF INJURY AND THOSE INJURIES WERE ABRASIONS, SWELLING AND THEN THE OTHER ONE DID NOT NOTE ANY VISIBLE OR NOTABLE INJURY. SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON AND THE EFFECTIVE TRAINING THAT WE DO, WE HIGHLIGHTED OUR ARE USEFUL FOR SIMULATOR SYSTEM MONTHS BACK WITH THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. THESE ARE ALL THE TOOLS THAT WE USE TO REALLY DRIVE THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS DOWN AND BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THOSE CRIMES. ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW I THREW A LOT AT YOU ON THAT ONE, BUT ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS INFORMATION? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. MY SECOND QUESTION. IN REGARDS TO THE RESPONSE TIME, I SEE THAT THE THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME BASED ON THAT BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS IS BETWEEN SIX TO 10 MINUTES AND OUR AVERAGE TIMES. THE PRIORITY ONES ARE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES AND EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES AND THEN THE TUNES ARE ABOUT ALMOST 10 MINUTES OR SO. IS THAT PRETTY TYPICAL OR IS IT I'M SURE IT'S BASED ON WHAT TIME IT IS BECAUSE TWO IN THE MORNING OF COURSE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THE COMMUTE TIME. BUT IS THAT A GOOD RESPONSE TIME AS FAR AS POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES. I KNOW WHEN IF YOU HAVE A, JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE A DV CASE EIGHT MINUTES SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME WHEN SOMEONE'S GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE. SO IS THAT AN AVERAGE TIMEFRAME ACROSS THE BOARD THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS EXPERIENCE OR ARE THERE TIMES A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN OURS. JUST CURIOUS. FOR THIS REGION IN THE BAY AREA, CONTRAS COUNTY, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAJOR CITIES AND WE ARE WE'RE NOT THE LARGEST CITY, BUT WE'RE IN THE MEDIUM OF THIS COUNTY. I MEAN, 76 OR TOWARDS 80,000 PEOPLE THAT'S NOT A SMALL COMMUNITY AND WE'RE SURROUNDED BY TWO MAJOR LARGER CITIES, CONCORD AND ANTIOCH. WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THEIR RESPONSE TIMES AND SIMILAR. EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT. THE GEOGRAPHY IS DIFFERENT. THE ROADWAYS ARE DIFFERENT. THE AMOUNT OF LANES THEY HAVE ON A ROAD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST RESPONDERS TO GET TO. THEY'RE ALL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU GO BACK TO THIS GRAPH WHERE WE SEE SPIKES IN TIMES OF DAY IN RESPONSE. THOSE ARE FACTORS TOO. WHEN A SCHOOL GETS IN, WHEN A SCHOOL GETS OUT. YES, 2 A.M. IN THE MORNING, THERE'S OFFICERS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM THE WEST END OF THE CITY ALL THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. SO THESE ARE AVERAGES OF ALL THOSE RESPONSE TIMES BROUGHT TOGETHER. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE AVERAGE. SO THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE'RE A LOT FASTER THAN THIS AVERAGE PRIORITY ONE OF 8.23. AND THEN THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE MAY BE STUCK IN TRAFFIC JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO GET TO THOSE CALLS. PRIORITY ONES, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABILITY TO UTILIZE OUR LIGHTS AND SIRENS IF NEEDED TOWARD YOUR PRIORITY TWOS AND THREES. THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR POLICY. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET SOME TYPE OF APPROVAL TO GET AROUND TRAFFIC THAT WAY. SO THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT. THIS IS AN AVERAGE AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OUR SURROUNDING AREA AGENCIES. SO A LITTLE QUICKER. THE MORE OFFICERS YOU HAVE ON THE SCENE, THE FASTER WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER. THE MORE OFFICERS YOU HAVE WORKING, THE FASTER YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO A CALL BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OFFICERS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THEY MIGHT BE CLOSER. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A BIG ANALYTIC PROJECT ON REALLY DISSECTING EVERY LITTLE BIT OF DATA THAT WE CAN TO LOOK AT A RESTRUCTURING OF THE DEPARTMENT, EVEN LOOKING AT NEW SHIFTS, TYPE OF SHIFTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY TRYING TO HONE IN ON THESE TYPE OF THINGS, RESPONSE TIME, NUMBER OF OFFICERS AVAILABLE BASED ON THE HOURS OF DAY, BASED ON THE HOURS OF CALLS WE SEE AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADEQUATELY STAFFED. FOR THE RIGHT TIME OF DAY FOR THE RIGHT TYPE OF WORK. THANK YOU. OKAY. ON THIS PAGE, THE ARRESTS YES FOR 2024, IT'S 1285 AND IT'S YOU KNOW PRETTY IT'S LOW BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING, DO YOU THINK THAT THE CRIME RATE IS ACTUALLY LOWER BECAUSE YOU CAN ARREST MORE NOW BECAUSE THE LAW CHANGED FOR LIKE RETAIL. I MEAN, PRIOR TO THAT, YOU COULDN'T ARREST FOR A 958 AND UNDER OR WHATEVER YOU CAN, BUT YOU CAN'T. NOTHING COMES OF IT. BUT NOW THAT THAT'S CHANGED AND THE NUMBERS ARE STILL LOW, DO YOU THINK THAT THE CRIME RATE IS EVEN LOWER NOW BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT YOU'RE ARRESTING VERSUS HERE WHERE YOU COULDN'T SHOW? YOU GOT AN ANSWER? I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT MAKE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ARREST AND THE PROSECUTION PIECE. SO NOTHING REALLY CHANGED WITH US ARRESTING ON RETAIL THEFT. THE CHANGE IN THE LAW THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS NOW THE PROSECUTION PIECE. SO THE ACTIONS WE WERE TAKING WERE ALWAYS THE ARREST, IT WAS A SITE OKAY UM BASED ON THE MISDEMEANOR THAT WAS UP TO 950 WITH THE LAW CHANGING NOW THAT IT THE PROSECUTION COMPONENT IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE MAYBE A DIFFERENCE BUT THE FRONT END, LIKE WE REFER TO OF THE PUBLIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH IS US YOU KNOW WE'RE MAKING THOSE ARRESTS. THAT WAS NEVER ANYTHING THAT CHANGED. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WHERE I WORKED, WE HAD THEFT ALL THE TIME. AND WE WOULD CALL AND THE COPS WOULD TELL US, WELL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S UNDER 950. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO TO COURT. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TELL THEM TO GO AWAY. AND SO THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE THAT I PERSONALLY HAD. SO I APOLOGIZE. IT DIDN'T MEAN TO LIKE ASSUME ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NO, NO, NO, NO. THAT COULD DEFINITELY HAPPEN. NO, I'M NOT. THAT'S PLEASANT HILL, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS LEGISLATIVE CHANGES. WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE WITH THE LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS. THAT'S OUR ROLE AND WHAT WE CAN DO. AND WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING WITH OUR RETAIL AND ESTABLISHMENT THAT WE'RE DOING OUR JOB WITH THAT. THE PROSECUTION SIDE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WE PUSH OFF THE REPORT, WHETHER IT GETS FILED OR NOT THAT'S UP TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO BE POLITICALLY UH DEALT WITH ALSO IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND A LOT OF COUNTIES ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS INSTEAD OF GOING INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO TAKE SOME EVEN REPEAT OFFENDERS AND HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TYPE OF AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OUTCOME FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL DEPENDING ON THEIR SITUATION. THAT DOES MATTER TO US, BUT OUR EMOTIONAL LEVEL DOESN'T CHANGE WITH THAT. WE'RE STILL GOING TO ENFORCE. WE'LL STILL TAKE YOU IN CUSTODY. WE'RE STILL GOING TO WRITE THREE PORTIONS. THE OTHER THING WE SAW DICTATE DURING THIS TIME AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAD SOME RETAILERS THAT MADE SOME DECISIONS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS CORPORATE POLICY. SOME OF THESE CORPORATIONS MAKE A DETERMINATION OR THEY WILL OR WILL NOT CALL US RIGHT REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION. YEAH, SO WE WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THAT WITH SOME OF OUR CORPORATIONS THAT WERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT TOOK A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS AND EDUCATION AGAIN WE'RE WORKING WITH MANAGERS OR DISTRICT MANAGERS THAT ARE LOCAL, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CORPORATE POLICY, THAT CORPORATE LIABILITY LENS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T FORCE YOU TO CALL US IF YOUR CORPORATE POLICY IS DIFFERENT. SO WE WERE BATTLING THAT A LITTLE BIT AND THAT WAS MORE LIKE 21, 22. WE REALLY SEE A CHANGE IN SOME OF THE CORPORATIONS THAT OPERATE IN OUR CITY. A LOT MORE COOPERATION, A LOT MORE WILLING TO BE INVOLVED AND CONNECTED. SO WE'RE HAPPY FOR THAT BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO CALL AND WE CALL US. UTILIZING OUR COMMERCIAL RETAIL ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAS REALLY MADE A LOT OF THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONNECTIONS WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND THE STAFF AT THESE RETAILERS THAT HAS REALLY CHANGED A LOT OF THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS. I MEAN, THEY WILL CALL HER ASSIGNED WORK CELL PHONE NUMBER EVEN ON HER DAYS OFF UH AND IF SHE'S NOT WORKING, SHE'LL STILL MAKE SURE THERE'S CONNECTION MADE HERE SO WE CAN DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OR THE PROBLEM. SO YEAH, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MORE. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW THAT CAN CHANGE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY. AND THEY'RE JUST… AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO MANY NUANCED THINGS THAT GO INTO ANY ONE OF THESE, EVEN TO YOUR POINT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 5,000 CALLS. A MONTH. 5,500 FALLS A MONTH AND YOU'RE FROM A PRIORITY ONE SO THE SAME CALLER COMES IN AND SAYS, HEY, WE'RE HAVING AN ARGUMENT EVERYTHING IS RELAXED. THEY'VE STEPPED OUTSIDE. I'M GOING TO WAIT INSIDE FOR YOU BUT BUT WE DID HAVE AN ARGUMENT. THAT'S STILL LIKE PRIORITY ONE. THAT DOESN'T BECOME A PRIORITY TWO. THAT'S STILL A DOMESTIC INCIDENT. SO WE'RE RESPONDING TO THAT AS OPPOSED TO THAT OPEN LINE. YOU HEAR A PHYSICAL CLOUD CRASHING, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A HUMAN BEING STANDPOINT, THERE'S AN URGENCY TO GET THERE AND THOSE NUMBERS ALTHOUGH THEY OBVIOUSLY OCCURRED. WHEN WE CAN PARSE THIS OUT, FOR SURE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT JUST FROM A STAFFING AND RESPONSE TIME. WE DID THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO THIS SAME SUBCOMMITTEE WHEN WE PARSED OUT LIKE THE TOP 10 CALLS PRIORITY ONE WISE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS IN THERE BUT IT WAS IN THAT 25 TO 30 IN A MONTH. SO IT JUST GETS THOSE CALLS ARE OBVIOUSLY A LOT FASTER RESPONSE TIME. BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BIG CONGLOMERATE NUMBER, YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM THOSE LARGER AVERAGES. BUT IF YOU WERE TO GO INTO THE SHOOTING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. YOU KNOW THAT THAT THING THAT REALLY IS FRONT AND CENTER PRIORITY ONE THAT WE ALL JUST HUMAN BEINGS KNOW TO BE A SENSE OF URGENCY FOR THE POLICE THE RESPONSE TIME IS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ON A BUSY NIGHT, WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE PRIORITY ONES THAT COME IN AT ONCE. AND THEN THERE'S TWO OFFICER MINIMUM ON THOSE CALLS. AND THEN SO THEY'RE KIND OF STRETCH THIN REAL QUICK. RIGHT. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY OTHER QUESTION IS IT COULD IT BE THAT WE CAN, I KNOW, OF COURSE, MORE STAFFING WOULD HELP. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED CHANGING THE SHIFTS AROUND SO OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT OUR OFFICERS TO BE FATIGUED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WOULD WE OR DO WE HAVE THE BUDGET TO INCREASE OUR DEPARTMENT? I KNOW EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT BUDGET. I KNOW MY CITY IS TALKING ABOUT BUDGET WHERE I WORK. SO THAT'S LIKE THE MAIN THING. BUT… IN REGARDS TO JUST, AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR OFFICERS HAVE ENOUGH. AND SINCE WE DO HAVE TO HAVE TWO OFFICERS AT A SCENE OR ON UM OUT WOULD THERE BE A POSSIBILITY TO MAYBE HAVE OR TO DISCUSS PUT IN A DISCUSSION, INCREASE OUR NUMBERS IF YOU GAVE ME 100 MORE POLICE OFFICERS, I WILL FIND WORK FOR 100 MORE POLICE OFFICERS. AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ANY CHIEF OR DEPARTMENT SAY, DON'T GIVE ME MORE POLICE OFFICERS. RIGHT NOW, MOST AGENCIES IN THE BAY AREA HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SHORTFALLS OR CONSTRAINTS RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE DID ADD ONE MORE THIS YEAR. WE WENT FROM 87 TO 88, WHICH IS POSITIVE FOR ME. PROBABLY NINE MONTHS AGO, MAYBE MIDDLE LAST YEAR, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF PRESENTATION HERE ON OUR FORECAST WITH THE COMMUNITY GROWING, SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY APPROVED AND IN THE PROCESS YOU KNOW WE CAN KIND OF FORECAST THE POPULATION WE CAN FORECAST BUSINESS GROWTH, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND LOOKING AT THAT, TRYING TO STAY CONSISTENT, FORECASTING HOW MANY OFFICERS WE NEED TO LOOK AT TO KEEP THE SAME RATIO, IF YOU WILL, OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO POLICE OFFICERS OVER THE NEXT, I THINK I WENT TO 2030 ON THAT SPREADSHEET UM SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOUND AND MORE STAFF TO DO MORE THINGS. THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE CONSTRAINTS FINANCIALLY. I THINK WE'RE ALL COMMITTED. I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THEIR GOAL OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND REDUCE CRIME THAT DOESN'T COME OUT WITHOUT ADDITIONAL WORK. WE'RE FORTUNATE. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC POLICE OFFICER. WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WORK VERY HARD THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD AND GROWING. SOME OF US THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME HAVE SEEN THE CHANGES FROM THE WAY THIS COMMUNITY WAS BACK IN THE 1900S. WE CAN SEE THAT NOW, ALL THE WAY TODAY. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING ON GROWTH AND POSSIBILITY OF OPTIONS. LIKE I SAID, YOU SAID, HEY, CHIEF, YOU KNOW, FIVE MORE COPS I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU NO. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I NEED THEM. BUT WE HAVE A LEVEL RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT IT THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE ANALYTICS WITH THE MODERN AGE OF BEING ABLE TO ANALYZE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE NEED TO, I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE LEVEL. WE GET FULLY STAFFED TO THIS 88 WHEN ALL THESE TRAINING OFFICERS COME OUT AND AGAIN THIS ISN'T COME OUT THESE NUMBERS DON'T COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL YOU GRADUATE IN JANUARY, THE ACADEMY OF JANUARY 2026. THAT POLICE OFFICER IS GOING TO BE IN TRAINING FOR ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS. THEY'RE REALLY NOT EFFECTIVE AS A SNOW LEVEL POLICE OFFICER UNTIL ABOUT MAY OF 2026. SO WE'RE TALKING ANOTHER FULL YEAR TILL WE WOULD BE TRULY STAFFED. IF NOBODY RETIRED. NOBODY RETIRED ON AN INJURY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE WON'T BE FULLY STAFFED TILL THEN. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THAT AND KIND OF LIKE CHEST. YOU'RE MOVING PIECES AROUND THE BOARD TO TRY TO HAVE THE BEST PLAN AND THE OUTCOME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING. NO, JUST REST ASSURED THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY MITIGATING THAT THAT'S LIKE ALL NIGHT LONG, ALL DAY LONG. WHERE THE CALLS ARE COMING IN AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THESE TWO OFFICER RESPONSES AND WE CAN UH GET SOME CALLS STACKED UP SOMETIMES LIKE TO USE THE DV SCENARIO THIS IS REAL LIFE. SOMEBODY IS BEING ASSAULTED SOMEBODY'S PEACEFULLY SEPARATED, BUT THEY NEED A POLICE OFFICER TO MITIGATE WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY'RE BOTH PRIORITY ONES. THIS IS MORE OF A PRIORITY. SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY JUST MANAGING THAT SUCCESSFULLY. HONESTLY, I FEEL REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT THAT. CAPTAIN WILKERSON CAN SPEAK TO IT. SHE RUNS THE OPERATIONS SIDE. I DID FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. I KNOW THAT OUR FOLKS OUT THERE, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING IS CONSTANTLY UH MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET TIMELY RESPONSES TO THE CALLS. AND THE REALITY OF IT IS THE ONES THAT GET TO TWO OR THREE ON A BUSIER DAY, THE CALLS MAY WAIT, YOU MAY WAIT LONGER FOR A POLICE OFFICER SERVICE. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. IT'S NO DIFFERENT MAYBE IN YOUR CAREER AT SAFEWAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU DID, BUT I THINK OF GROCERY SHOPPING AND I'M LIKE, I GET IRRITATED WHEN I'M THE FIFTH PERSON IN LINE AND THERE'S LIKE TWO, THREE CHECK STANDS WIDE OPEN, BUT NOBODY'S THERE. I'M LIKE, AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES AND FILLS IT AND I'LL TAKE THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE. IT'S KIND OF THE SAME SCENARIO. THE LINE'S GOING TO STACK UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT ONCE YOU SEE IT'S GETTING A LITTLE LONG, YOU GOT TO, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO MAKE A CHANGE AND GET THE SERVICE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SERVING. YEAH, THANK YOU. AND I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE I DO GIVE KUDOS BECAUSE I DO SEE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE ALL THE TIME. SO I DO APPRECIATE BECAUSE YOU CAN GO TO SOME CITIES AND SAY, WHERE IS AN OFFICER? CAN YOU FIND AN OFFICER IN SOME STATES? BUT I DO SEE YOU GUYS ALWAYS OUT. I SEE. I'M LIKE, OH, THERE'S MY PD. YOU KNOW, DRIVING AROUND AND STUFF. SO I DO, I ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO APPRECIATE LORI. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON NEWS? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS ONE OUT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD AGENDA ITEM, COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND I BELIEVE CAPTAIN JUST RUN US THROUGH ONE PARTICULAR COMMUNITY EVENT, AND THEN I'LL JUST NOTE A COUPLE MORE BEFORE WE FINISH THAT. SO WE'LL START WITH OUR CAR SHOW. EXCUSE ME. IT'S OUR FIFTH YEAR. IT'S THE 24TH OF MAY, WHICH IS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ON SATURDAY RIGHT OUT HERE ON THE FROM CITY HALL. EACH YEAR WE'VE SELECTED A BENEFICIARY OR POA RUNS THIS SHOW FOR THE MOST PART THIS YEAR IS THE PITTSBURGH HIGH MARCHING BAND. YOU GUYS CAN SEE THEY HAD AN EQUIPMENT TRAILER THAT WAS STOLEN BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2024 SO WE PARTNERED WITH THEM THIS YEAR. WE'VE PARTNERED WITH CAL LAST YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS SPECIAL OLYMPICS. WE'VE RAISED APPROXIMATELY ABOUT $5,000 EACH YEAR THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DONATE THROUGH OUR DREAM SALES REGISTRATION FEES AND OUR T-SHIRT SALES THAT WE COME UP WITH. THIS IS OUR EVERY YEAR WE CHANGE OUR T-SHIRT AND OUR FLYER WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF GENRE OF VEHICLE SO THIS ONE THAT 60S BRONCOS HERE. ABOUT 250 TO 300 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THIS YEAR WITH JUST THE ENERGY AND THAT'S COMING THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT 500 PEOPLE. SO REALLY. A REALLY WELL ATTENDED REALLY NEED ADVANCED. YOU GUYS KNOW THE CAR SHOWS DOWNTOWN IT NEVER ARE SHY OF ATTENDANCE AND MAYBE THERE'S JUST ONE ON THE FRONT LINE PITT HIVE, J-R-O-T-C. WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE COLORS THIS YEAR IN OUR MARCH BAND, AH MARCH MEAL WILL BE PLAYING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM WE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER AND LOCAL BUSINESS TO SPONSOR US SEVERAL OF THE CAR SHOW AWARDS REALLY NICE TROPHIES. WE HEAR FROM A LOT OF THE THE CAR SHOW BUFFS THAT COME THROUGH AND HIT THE HIT THE CIRCUIT THAT WE HAVE… WE DO A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE JUDGING AND AWARDS TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN MAKING SURE THE AWARD IS WORTHY OF THEIR TIME AND EVENT. WHO'S JUDGING? HOW DO YOU THINK? I MEAN, LAST YEAR WE DID… WE HAVE A COUPLE OFFICERS WHO'S BOTH THEIR FATHERS ARE CAR PEOPLE AND WE UH THEY VOLUNTEERED TO COME IN AND DO THE JUDGING I THINK THE LAST TWO YEARS I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING IT, TJ. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE HE'S DOING IT THIS YEAR. I THINK THEY'RE CAR ENTHUSIASTS. AND THEN USUALLY THERE'S SOME FOLKS FROM THE CAR IF I REMEMBER RIGHT FROM I KNOW TWO YEARS AGO THERE WERE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE CAR SHOW WORLD YOU KNOW THAT THAT JUDGE FOR US AND WITH US. ARTURO FERNANDEZ OUR SURO AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS WAS HIS LIKE BRAINCHILD FIVE YEARS AGO UM AND I KNOW HE'S VERY WELL CONNECTED IN THE CAR WORLD AND THE CAR SHOW. SO I KNOW HE DOES A LOT OF THAT RECRUITING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS DEMAND THE JUDGES. I THINK THERE'S A PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD TOO THAT PEOPLE CAN VOTE. YEAH. YEAH, PEOPLE, YEAH, PEOPLE'S CHOICE. ONE OF THEM IN THE FIRST YEAR. OH, YEAH? WHEN IT WAS OUT THE FIRST YEAR WE DID OUT HERE YEAH UM OUR FOOD PARTNERS THIS YEAR ARE CHICK-FIL-A AND KOREA GORDIAS. SO THAT'S OUR CAR SHOW. ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO GET ON TO FROM A KIND OF A BIGGER COMMUNITY EVENT AND MADE CHIEF THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT IT CAME TO ME AS WE'RE SITTING HERE. WE STARTED OUR PAL AMBASSADOR OR ADMINISTRATOR IS ESPINOZA, WHO IS A CAREER COUNSELOR AT PITT HIGH. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AGO ABOUT KIND OF FILLING ANY SERVICE HOURS FOR SENIORS AND JUST KIND OF BRAINSTORM AND I SAID, WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU CONSIDER COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS KIND OF INTEGRATING THE YOUTH WITH RIDE-ALONGS WHERE THEY DO A NICE RIDE ALONG A COUPLE HOURS AND THEY WRITE YOU UM SOME ESSAY, SOME DOCUMENTATION PIECE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT KIND OF HAS THAT GOAL OF CONNECTING OUR YOUTH WITH OUR POLICE. AND THEN, SO WE KIND OF KICKED THAT OFF. SERGEANT SMITH IN OUR TRAINING BUREAU KIND OF KICKED THAT OFF WITH LIZ AND THEN IT GREW. TO WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S EIGHT PAID HIGH STUDENTS THIS IS THE SECOND I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE SESSION DOING OUR FORCE OPTION SIMUL WE'VE HAD 10. SENIORS DO RIDE-ALONGS AND WE HAVE TWO MORE TO DO THREE MORE TO DO. I THINK WE DID THIRD. WE'RE GOING TO DO 13 I JUST WALKED IN THERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO BEFORE WE CAME OVER HERE AND THEY WERE ALL PLAYING A GIANT VIDEO GAME RIGHT NOW. AND EVERY SINGLE ONE THAT'S BEEN IN THE SIMULATOR HAS ALSO DONE THE RIDE ALONG AND HAS PREPARED THEIR PAPER I SPOKE WITH LIZ CABIN WALKS AND I DID EARLIER TODAY, AND SHE'S JUST EMPHATIC IN FACT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WIND UP DOING THIS IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING, JUST SO THERE'S THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO GROW IT. IT'S TOO EASY AND IT'S GREAT. CONNECTION WITH WHAT OUR YOUTH IS SEEING US DO. AND HONESTLY, FROM DOING THIS 25 YEARS, IT'S SO REFRESHING TO BE ABLE TO JUST MAKE SURE THEY KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE UNIFORM THAT WE WEAR UH BUT UH THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE MEETING AND WE'RE MEETING THEM TOO. AND JUST TO WATCH THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND THE KIDS. SO IT'S A REALLY IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT THING AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BECOME EVEN A BETTER THING OVER THE COURSE OF THE FALL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY NEXT SPRING. AND I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, KATHERINE BUT I WOULD YOU MIND SHARING, AS YOU WERE GOING TO ABOUT THE YES SO, UM. BACK IN THE FALL, SERGEANT SANDERS DID A PRESENTATION ACTUALLY AT THE LAST SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON THE YOUNG MEN'S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM THAT THEY HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME WELL, FROM THAT, WE JUST STARTED THE YOUNG WOMEN'S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM. SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE 12 YOUNG LADIES. THEY JUST STARTED LAST NIGHT. IT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT, THEIR FIRST SESSION TUESDAY BEFORE WE MET WITH ALL THE PARENTS ALONE THEY KIND OF WENT OFF WENT OVER WHAT ALL THE TOPICS WERE GOING TO BE ABOUT IS LIFE SKILLS AND JUST REALLY LIKE EXPANDING ON ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT PARENTS TYPICALLY HAVE THEIR KIDS AND LIKE BUILDING LIFE SKILLS AND ALL OF THAT MORE MORE CATERING TO UM ISSUES THAT YOUNG LADIES FACE VERSUS WHAT THE YOUNG MEN'S TOPICS WERE. SO SOME OF THEM ARE THE SAME, LIKE FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT THERE'S ALSO MORE FEMALE RELATED TO TALK ABOUT THAT TOO. SO THEY STARTED LAST NIGHT. I GOT TO MEET THEM ALL. THEY ARE ALL REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC AND HIGH ENERGY. SO THEY'LL BE WITH US FOR THE NEXT UH THE REST OF THIS MONTH, ONCE A WEEK. I'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK ON HOW THAT ALL GOES. HOW DO WE GET INFORMATION ON THAT TOO OR LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOUNG WOMEN OR LIKE TO HELP VOLUNTEER OR YOU KNOW WHATEVER SO WE WANT TO EXPAND IT MORE WITH BOTH THE MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN. THIS WAS KIND OF A STARTER YEAR FOR US TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR IT AND THE TOPICS AND GET FEEDBACK, SEE HOW WE CAN ADJUST AND HOW MUCH WE CAN EXPAND. SO WE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN IN THE FALL. WE'RE HOPING TO DO BOTH YOUNG WOMEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S IN THE FALL AGAIN. WE'VE BEEN GETTING THE RECRUITMENT THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL, THROUGH THE COUNSELORS AND SEEING WHAT THE INTERESTS ARE AND THEY'RE HAVING THE STUDENTS SHOW INTEREST AND SO THEY ALREADY HAVE IT. MOTIVATION WANTING TO BE THERE BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT WHEN THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL THEY'RE ALSO SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND GETTING THE WORD OUT SO THAT IT JUST DRAWS MORE INTEREST. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TWEAK OUR TOPICS OR OUR LESSONS OR HOW MANY HOURS WE NEED TO PUT INTO THIS AS WE GO. WE DO KEEP IT BETWEEN COULD BE AROUND JUNIORS AND SENIORS. IN HIGH SCHOOL. JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE KIND OF WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON. YEAH, WE MAKE SURE THAT PARENTS ARE FULLY ON BOARD AND THEY'RE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AND THEY'RE THEY THEY'RE SO ENTHUSIASTIC. THEY WANT AN ADULT ONE. SO THIS COULD GROW LIKE IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO DO IT LIKE WE COULD DO THIS QUITE A BIT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. THE FEMA OFFICERS THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, THEY'RE VERY ENGAGED IN THIS THEY NOBODY, NONE OF US TOLD THEM, HEY, WE DID A YOUNG MEN'S NOW. YOU HAVE TO DO THIS. NO, THEY WERE LIKE, WE WANT TO DO THIS. CAN WE DO THIS? THEY WERE EAGER TO DO IT. THEY WANT TO DO MORE. SO THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME. ARE WE STILL DOING THIS AGAIN? THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK. YEAH, SO WE TYPICALLY DO THE CITIZENS ACADEMY WE'VE TRIED DIFFERENT VARIATIONS BETWEEN THE FALL AND THE SPRING. FALL, WE ALWAYS RUN IN THE FOOTBALL ISSUES. BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO BE HOME FOR FOOTBALL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. SO WE MOVE IT TO THE SPRING. THE LAST CITIZENS ACADEMY WE DID, WE PUT IT OUT TWICE AND WE ONLY HAD ONE APPLICATION. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN PERSON LIKE YEAH WE LOVE DOING THEM THEY'RE JUST YOU KNOW. WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE BUSY. A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY WORKS AND COMMUTES YOU KNOW WHEN WE TRY TO START SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO EITHER START IT SO LATE BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE FINALLY GETTING HOME AND ABLE TO GO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS UH OR YOU KNOW WE EVEN TRIED WEEKENDS WHICH YOU KNOW NOW YOU'RE LEARNING IF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU HAVE SPORTS ON THE WEEKENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT BACK OUT THERE. MAY NOT BE UNTIL THE FALL AND WE MIGHT TRY TO DO ANOTHER FALL GO AROUND. DOES IT FILL UP PRETTY QUICKLY IT USED TO. IT USED TO GROW UP REALLY FAST. AND THEN EVER SINCE THE PANDEMIC, WE SAW A REAL REAL STEEP DROP OFF. SO WE KEEP PUTTING IT OUT THERE. WE'LL PROBABLY, LIKE I SAID, WAIT A COUPLE MONTHS, PUT IT OUT THERE AGAIN AND THEN YOU KNOW. BUT IN REPLACING, NOT THAT YOU CAN'T REPLACE THAT, BUT THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS, THE YOUNG WOMEN'S ENRICHMENT PROGRAM, THE CAR SHOW THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS WHERE WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST PROBABLY 10 YEARS, JUST THE DIVIDENDS THAT WE GET BACK AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY YOU CAN'T EVEN COUNT THE NUMBER OF PAGES WE PUT IN OUR PIGGY BANK OVER THIS. IT ALLOWS US TO SHOW THE HUMAN SIDE OF OUR OFFICERS. IT ALLOWS THOSE CONNECTIONS, ALLOWS THOSE CONVERSATIONS. THE YOUTH PROGRAMS, EVEN THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS A YOUTH INTERNSHIP OR EVEN A SHORT-TERM ONE WITH THE PROJECTS WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR INTEREST. WE MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE JUNIORS OR SENIORS ARE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO OFF AND DO OR WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO TRADE SCHOOL OR COLLEGE AND MAYBE ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING CONNECTS. I KNOW FOR ME. I WAS A LITTLE LAW ENFORCEMENT. I TOOK ONE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLASS AT LMC AND I WAS HOOKED AND THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO. SO SOMETIMES IT'S THAT ONE LITTLE THING AND IF WE CAN SPARK THAT INTEREST IN ONE OR TWO OF THESE YOUNG ADULTS. AND GET THEM INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT'S A WIN FOR US. KIND OF STARTS THAT FARMING, IF YOU WILL, FROM A BASEBALL PROGRAM. AND THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY STARTED OUR COLLEGE INTERNSHIP. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE SAW. WE BROUGHT IN ONE OR TWO INTERNS. ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE INTERESTED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, LIKE WE NEED TO EXPAND THIS. AND NOW I COULDN'T COUNT RIGHT NOW HOW MANY COLLEGE INTERNS THAT STARTED WITH US WHILE THEY WERE FINISHING THEIR DEGREES. AND NOW WE'RE WORKING POLICE OFFICERS FOR US OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, 10 YEARS. SO IT'S REALLY, WE REALLY SEE THE BENEFITS OF THAT, THIS EXPANSION INTO THE SCHOOLS WITH OUR YOUNG JUNIORS AND SENIORS UH AND JUST OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH THEM. BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THOSE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES ALL THE TIME. LIKE I SAID, THE OFFICERS THAT ARE DOING THIS THAT ARE DOING THIS ALL ON THEIR OWN BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PHENOMENAL WORK. I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH. AND I THINK IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY OF YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY HOW OUR COMMUNITY SEES POLICE OFFICERS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? THE ONLY THING, OBVIOUSLY IT'S GETTING WARM. SUMMER'S COMING OUT. THERE'S A TON OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE CITY, SO WE ALWAYS ENJOY TRYING TO BE PART OF THAT WHEN WE CAN. OUR NEXT BIG THING AFTER THE CAR SHOW IS PROBABLY NATIONAL NIGHT OUT SO WE'LL START GEARING UP FOR THAT RIGHT AFTER COURT SUPPLY IS WHEN WE START WORKING ON THAT SO UH WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION THAT COMES AROUND. BECAUSE WE NO LONGER HAVE THE SEAFOOD FESTIVAL. FIRST TUESDAY OF AUGUST IS NOT JULY NOW. IT'LL BE A BANGER. WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE FUN. WE JUST REPLACED THE LOBSTER WITH A VIRGIN OLIVE. SO STICKING WITH THE SAME THING, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE AS HOT. I DON'T HAVE ANY VARIABLE FOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY CHIEF SUPPORT TONIGHT. I THINK WE COVERED QUITE A BIT. HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS. SO UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IT IS. GOING TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.