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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Public Safety Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/27/2024 9:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL bit.ly/cityofdallastv
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda  
Attachments: August 27, 2024, Agenda Packet
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24-2062 11. MINUTESApproval of the June 10, 2024 Minutes  
24-2063 1A. BRIEFING ITEMSPublic Safety Recruiting and Retention Update [Pollyanna Ashford, Major of Police, Dallas Police Department, Delridge Williams, Assistant Chief, Dallas Fire Rescue Department]  
24-2064 1B. BRIEFING ITEMSViolent Crime Reduction Plan Update [Jason Scoggins, Major of Police, Dallas Police Department, Kevin Oden, Deputy Director, Emergency Management & Crisis Response]  
24-2067 1C. BRIEFING ITEMSDallas Fire-Rescue 2023 Annual Report [Justin Ball, Chief of Fire (I), Robert Borse, Captain, Dallas Fire Rescue Department]  
24-2068 1D. BRIEFING ITEMSOverview of Violent Crime Clearance Rates [William Griffith, Deputy Chief, Dallas Police Department]  
24-2198 1E. BRIEFING ITEMSOverdose Program Update [Scott Clumpner, Deputy Chief, Fire-Rescue Department, Dr.Philip Huang, Director, Dallas County Health and Human Services, Keith Brown, Director, Texoma HIDTA]  
24-2069 1F. BRIEFING MEMOSPublic Safety Dashboards [Dominique Artis, Chief of Public Safety (I), City Manager’s Office]  
24-2102 1G. BRIEFING MEMOSDallas Police Department 2023 Racial Profiling Report [Eddie Garcia, Chief of Police, Dallas Police Department]  
24-2700 1H. BRIEFING MEMOSFlock Purchase - Additional Cameras and Extended Data Retention Period [Eddie Garcia, Chief of Police, Dallas Police Department]  
24-2196 1I. BRIEFING MEMOSMarshal’s Homeless Action Response Team Activity Report [David Pughes, City Marshal, Dallas Marshal’s Office]  
24-2073 1J. BRIEFING MEMOSDallas Fire Rescue Facility Construction Update [Justin Ball, Chief of Fire (I), Dallas Fire Rescue Department]  
24-2075 1K. BRIEFING MEMOSDallas Fire Rescue Fleet Maintenance Update [Justin Ball, Chief of Fire (I), Dallas Fire Rescue Department]  
24-2495 1L. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAn ordinance amending Chapter 51A, “Dallas Development Code: Ordinance No. 19455, as amended,” of the Dallas City Code by adding a new Division 51A-9.600; (1) providing for first responder street toppers to honor members of the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue who have been lost in the line of duty; (2) providing a penalty not to exceed $2,000.00; (3) providing a saving clause; (4) providing a severability clause; and (5) providing an effective date - Financing: No cost consideration to the City  
24-2492 1M. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAdopt the City of Dallas Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) in compliance with the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 to maintain eligibility for pre-disaster and post-disaster federal mitigation funding as well as state mitigation funding. Federal regulations require an update to the HMP every five years to maintain eligibility for federal mitigation funding and some state mitigation funding - Financing: No cost consideration to the City  
24-2493 1N. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAuthorize a three-year service contract for Deaf Link’s Accessible Hazard Alert System for the Office of Emergency Management - Deaf Link, Inc., sole source - Not to exceed $352,755.00 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations)  
24-2494 1O. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAuthorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. (CFE) for Emergency Financial Empowerment in the amount of $150,000.00 to support municipal engagement to improve the financial stability of low and moderate income households by embedding financial empowerment strategies into local government infrastructure for the period June 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 in the Cities for Financial Empowerment Grant Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 in the Cities for Financial Empowerment Grant Fund; and (4) execution of the award with CFE and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement - Not to exceed $150,000.00 - Financing: Cities for Financial Empowerment Grant Fund  
24-2672 1P. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAuthorize a three-year service price agreement for spoken language interpretation and associated equipment rental, American Sign Language interpretation, and translation services for Municipal Court Judiciary and Office of Communications and Customer Experience - Translation & Interpretation Network, LLC in the estimated amount of $550,668.50, WorldWide Interpreters, Inc. in the estimated amount of $393,030.00, Effectiff, LLC in the estimated amount of $35,366.40, and Homeland Language Services, LLC in the estimated amount of $31,075.10, lowest responsible bidders of eighteen - Total estimated amount of $1,010,140.00 - Financing: General Fund (subject to annual appropriations)  
24-2496 1Q. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAuthorize a three-year Interlocal Agreement with Southern Methodist University Simmons School of Education and Human Development to provide consulting and technical assistance for the Dallas Police Department Virtual Reality De-escalation Site-Based Initiative Grant project for the period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026 - Not to exceed $662,301.00 - Financing: U.S. Department of Justice Grant Funds, BJA FY 23 Virtual Reality De-escalation Site-Based Initiative Fund  
24-2497 1R. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAuthorize a five-year master agreement for a Law Enforcement Monitoring Facility product for the Dallas Police Department - Gladiator Forensics, LLC, sole source - Not to exceed $196,400.00 - Financing: Confiscated Monies-Federal Fund ($102,000.00) and General Fund ($94,400.00) (subject to annual appropriations)  
24-2498 1S. UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMSAuthorize an Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant County, through The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office for the provision of forensic, drug, toxicological, environmental, and physical evidence analysis, and other similar medical/forensic analytical services for the period September 1, 2024, through September 30, 2028 - estimated amount of $500,000.00 - Financing: General Fund