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MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAVE CAPTAIN TIM HOLLYFIELD UP HERE AND WE ALSO HAVE SERGEANT MIKE RUBY.

>> GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ON BEHALF OF SHERIFF HENDERSON, IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2023 OF PUBLIC SAFETY CALL FOR SERVICE IN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP.

FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, YOU HAVE HAD THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU. THOSE ARE THE TOTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE. THOSE IN BLUE ARE CREEK SIDE VILLAGE, GREEN ARE MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

YOU SEE A NATURAL DIP AND RISE WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOL TIME.

MARCH, SPRING BREAK, THAT GENERATES ADDITIONAL CALLS FOR

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SERVICE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT PEAK IN MARCH. SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION IN APRIL AND THE CALLS DROP DOWN AND AS THE SUMMER OR THE SPRING TAKES HOLD, YOU SEE THE INCREASING CALLS FOR SERVICE.

I'M GOING TO BRING SOME THINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE OF EFFORTS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL ARE FACING AS IT RELATES TOO OUR PROXIMITY OF HARRIS COUNTY AND THEIR POLICIES AS IT RELAWSUITS TO CRIME.

WE HAVE A SERIES OF CRIME CATEGORIES.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE UP FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF 35, THESE ARE NOTABLE REPORTS. IN THOSE CATEGORIES YOU HAE EVERYTHING FROM FAMILY VIOLENCE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN'T TYPICALLY PREVENT, BUT WE STILL ARE OBLIGATED TO REPORT THOSE AND WE PRESENT THOSE TO THE DIRECTOR SO YOU'RE AWARE IN WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED INCREASED EDUCATION TO TRY TO HELP FAMILIES THAT SUFFER WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THEN WE TRACK THINGS LIKE BURGLARIES AND BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES AND IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE ON THAT AS WELL AS FRAUDS AND FORGERIES WHICH I REPEATEDLY COME UP AND SPEAK ON THE ISSUES OF FRAUD AND FORGERY AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO FALL PREY TO VICTIMS OF THOSE CRIMES.

THEN WE TRACK HOMICIDES, ROBBERIES AND SUICIDES AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDES AND THEN ATOE THEFTS AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE LATER ON. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE.

PART OF THE PROBLEM WE'RE NEEDING THOSE IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE NOT DOING THE SAME LEVEL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO PROTECT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS.

THOSE RESOURCES WILL HELP US AND STAFFING LEVELS TO ENSURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE NUMBER OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE A VISUAL DETERRENT TO CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND THIS IS MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONE.

I DON'T HAVEJ ALONE. I DON'T MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONE.

I DON'T COUNTY ALONE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE COMPUTED BECAUSE WE JUST STARTED DOING HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

THIS IS MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONE. WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THERE ARE THE FIVE QUALITY OF LIFE CRIMES THAT WE TRACK IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT WE REALLY LOOK AT, THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE A ROBUST LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRESSIVE AGENCY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IMPACT ON GIVING ADEQUATE STAFFING LEVELS AND THOSE ARE BURGLARIES, BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES, CRIMINAL MISCHIEFS, ROBBERIES, THEFTS AND VEHICLE THEFTS WITHOUT AUTHORIZED USE.

I SHARE THAT TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE.

WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN AUTO THEFT AS DENOTED ON THE CHART BEFORE YOU. SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE REST OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAVE ARRESTED OVER 70 PEOPLE AND CHARGED THEM WITH UNAUTHORIZED USED OF A VEHICLE OR THEFT OF A VEHICLE. LAST YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS 130. THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, THAT NUMBER WAS 70. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WHILE WE'RE SEEING THOSE CRIMES INCREASE, WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE PERSONS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT AND THE MEN AND WOMEN DOING THE JOB THAT YOUR TAX DOLLARS PAY THEM TO DO TO GO OUT HERE AND FIND THOSE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMITTING CRIMES AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.

THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE NOT EQUALLY YOKED.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR FOLLOWING THE SAME RILES. IT'S MUCH LIKE A FAMILY.

IF MOM OR DAD IS SAYING ONE THING AND THE OTHER PARENT IS SAYING THE OTHER, YOU HAVE MIXED SIGNALS AND OUR CRIMINALS ARE SEEING MIXED SIGNALS. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GET ARRESTED IN HARRIS COUNTY FOR COMMITTING A CRIME, YOU MAY GET OUT ON A PR BOND. YOU COME UP TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY, YOU COMMIT A CRIME, WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU IN JAIL.

OUR JUDGES AND DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ARE GOING TO PROSECUTE YOU AND OUR SHERIFF IS GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THREE SQUARE MEALS AND A COT AND YOU WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

WHILE THEY'RE IN JAIL IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THEY'RE NOT OUT COMMITTING CRIMES. IN HARRIS COUNTY, MANY TIMES

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THEY'RE BACK OUT BEFORE THE DEPUTY COMPLETES THE BOOKING PAPERWORK. THAT'S THE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND A SET OF JUDGES THAT MAYBE ARE NOT CONNECTED WITH THEIR COMMUNITY ON EXPECTATIONS UNDER THE GUISE OF EQUALITY WHEN IT COMES TO BAIL REFORM. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, SO WHEN THEY LET THEIR GRASS GROW, IT AFFECTS US.

WE ARE HAVING TO PUT MORE RESOURCES AND ASK FOR MORE RESOURCES IN ORDER TO PUT A HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND OUR RESIDENTS. I SHARE THAT WITH YOU NOT IN ANY INDICTMENT IN MY COLLEAGUES DOW. IN FACT, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING IS THEIR MEN AND WOMEN ARE LEAVING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY AREA AND SEEKING EMPLOYMENT HERE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND TODAY I CAN REPORT TO YOU THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS NO OPENINGS RIGHT NOW.

THAT TELLS YOU MEN AND WOMEN ARE WANTING TO COME SOME PLACE WHERE THEY'RE APPRECIATED BY THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE VALUES AND SERVE A COMMUNITY WITH HONOR.

>> BEFORE YOU GO, CAN YOU GO BACK ONE? I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATES AND THE PATTERNS AND THIS LOOKS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A PATTERN OR CYCLICAL WITH RESPECT TO AROUND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR AND THEN AROUND JULY AND AUGUST.

>> CORRECT. >> IS THAT AS A RESULT OF MORE PEOPLE OUT, SCHOOL'S OUT, THINGS ARE GOING ON?

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? >> SURE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. MOST OF IT IS CYCLIC.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING WHO ARE THERE, YOU DRAW THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT AS MUCH AS YOU ARE. WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE VISITING AND WE HAVE VENUES THAT ARE OPEN, WE HAVE VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH THIS COMMUNITY PRIDES ITSELF ON WELCOMING VISITORS AND ATTRACTING VISITORS WITH THE PAVILION, THE MALL, AND ALL THE SHOPS AROUND, WHILE WE ATTRACT A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE, WE ALSO ATTRACT SOME WHO HAVE NEFARIOUS INTENTIONS.

>> SUFFICE IT TO SAY, MORE DEVELOPMENT, MORE SHOPPING CENTERS, MORE HIGH-END STUFF LIKE WE SAW THIS WEEK, YOU'RE GOING TO ATTRACT MORE CRIMINALS WHICH REQUIRES MORE LAW

ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. >> WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET IN AND HELP OUR BUSINESSES THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON YOU HAVE TO ALSO HAVE A LITTLE DISCERNMENT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OFFERING A HIGH EENT PRE D PROD SOMEBODY.

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MAKE SURE THEY ARE OF A MEANS THAT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BUY IT AS OH POSED TO GRAB IT AND RUN OUT THE DOOR WITH IT. THOSE THINGS HAPPEN.

WE HAVE INCREASED OUR PRESENCE AND WHILE WE CAN INCREASE THE PRESENCE, WE STILL, MANY TIMES, ARE BEHIND BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT CALL TO COME IN TO GET THERE.

WE ARE CERTAINLY DOING IT AND WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP AND DIRECTION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE THE MEN AND WOMEN AND THEY ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB BUT THEY TRULY ARE FIGHTING AGAINST A CHAIN SAW

AT TIMES. >> CHAIRMAN?

>> YES, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU, CAPTAIN HOLLYFIELD. TELL ME SOMETHING FROM YOUR REPORT HOW MUCH MORE AID, HOW MANY MORE MEN AND WOMEN IN

UNIFORM ARE YOU IN NEED OF. >> WE HAVE PREPARED A BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WE HAVE ASKED FOR SEVEN ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES ALLOCATED JUST TO TOWN CENTER AREA. IN ADDITION TO THAT, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE CRISIS INTERVENTION CALLS, MENTAL HEALTH CALLS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE INCREASE, WE ASK FOR TWO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT WOULD BE ASSIGNED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE TREAT FOCUSED ON PATROLS RATHER THAN SITTING FOR HOURS WHILE SOMEONE GETS MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OR GETS INTO A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY WHEN THEY'RE IN CRISIS. WE WOULD RATHER THEM GET TREATMENT THAN INCARCERATION BUT UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES THAT TAKES A LITTLE MORE TIME AND SO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN, WHEN THEY'RE OFF THE STREET, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT.

LASTLY, WE ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL CRIME PREVENTION UNIT BECAUSE FOR THOSE VERY REASON THAT IS WE WANT TO EDUCATE OUR SHOP OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS ON PROTECTION, BOTH PROTECTION ON WAYS TO PREVENT THEMSELVES FROM BEING VICTIMS OF CRIME, BUT ALSO TALKING TO OUR BUSINESSES ABOUT WORKPLACE SAFETY AND SO OUR

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES UNIT WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP DOES AN OUTSTANDING JOB BUT THEY HAVE A PARTNER AND THAT'S OUR CRIME PREVENTION DEPUTY SO WE ASK THAT WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL OFFICER GIVING US A TOTAL OF FOUR SO THEY CAN ROTATE SHIFTS AND WE CAN GIVE SEVEN DAY A WEEK SERVICES.

>> FOLLOWUP QUESTION: DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS TO TRACK OR

SIT AND WRITE TICKETS -- >> I HAVE THAT ON THE NEXT

SLIDE. >> GOING ALONG THE LINES OF DR. SEKULA-GIBBS. MY QUESTION IS IF YOU INCREASE BY SEVEN TO TEN, 15 OFFICERS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, HOW

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LONG WILL IT TAKE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO SCREEN THOSE FOLKS, HIRE THOSE FOLKS, BOOTS ON THE GROUND?

>> OUR LEAD TIME RIGHT NOW I THINK IS ABOUT 90 TO 120 DAYS DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE BRINGING SOMEBODY IN LATERAL, MEANING SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THE ACADEMY VERSUS ONBOARDING SOMEONE AND PUTTING THEM THROUGH AN ACADEMY.

WE HAVE A GREAT RECRUITING DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE A LIST OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE READY, WILLING, AND ABLE AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IF WE GET TO THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED, I WOULD ASK PERMISSION AT THIS TIME TO START THAT PROCESS KNOWING THAT IT COULD HAPPEN NEXT WEEK IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, RETIRING FROM AN AGENCY OR RELOCATING HERE, READY TO HIT THE GROUND, BOOTS ON THE GROUND, VERSUS HAVING TO GO THROUGH AN ACADEMY PROCESS. WHEN AND IF THE BOARD WERE TO CONSIDER THAT, LET'S SAY IN AUGUST AND YOU WERE TO AGREE TO FUND THOSE, I WOULD ASK THAT WE BE ALLOWED TO START THAT PROCESS THEN VERSUS WAITING UNTIL JANUARY TO START SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THESE PEAKS, SPRING BREAK, FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALREADY

HAVE THOSE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. >> I'M NOT TRYING TO HIJACK YOUR PRESENTATION BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE YOU HERE AND WE CAN'T, BECAUSE OF TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT UNLESS YOU'RE HERE.

I HAVE A QUESTION. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. YOU THINK ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IT'S NOT JUST PULLING SOMEBODY OVER, IT'S ALSO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT PERSON GETS PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED.

IF YOU'RE LETTING THEM OUT OR NOT PROSECUTING THEM TO THE FULL EXTENT OR YOUR DETECTIVES ARE NOT WELL-SUPPORTED, ETC. I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME WHO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION RELATIVE TO THE COURTHOUSE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO MAYBE HAVE SOMEBODY DEDICATED, PERHAPS AS A PROSECUTORIAL PERSON WHO IS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE ONLY TO THE WE'RE CRIMES OR TO DETECTIVES DOING CALLOUTS AND WORKING THOSE CRIMES. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? DO YOU HAVE A POSITION? LET ME HEAR FROM YOU.

>> SURE. FIRST OF ALL, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. I DO HAVE A POSITION ON IT.

I THINK YOU ARE SPOT ON BUT I'M GOING TO ADD A CAVEAT TO THAT: NOT ONLY DO I AGREE WITH YOU, SO DO SHERIFF HENDERSON AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. WE NOW HAVE A PROSECUTOR ASSIGNED IN OUR OFFICE AND THEY WORK THERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DETECTIVES AND TO THE DEPUTIES AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE IS THAT THE TROOPS LOVE IT. THEY LOVE THAT KNOWLEDGE, THAT CONSTANT EXCHANGE OF IDEAS. IS IT A GREAT IDEA? IT'S A PHENOMENAL IDEA. IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE'RE DOING IT AND THANKS TO THE GENERAL ROSSTY OF THE -- GENEROSITY OF THE TOWNSHIP, WE HAVE OFFICES THERE AND IT'S VERY VALUED. OKAY.

SO DR. SEKULA-GIBBS, YOU ASKED ABOUT IT.

FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TALK CRASHES OR ACCIDENTS AND I GIVE YOU THE FIRST HALF OF 2022, THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS VERSUS 2023.

WE HAVE STARTED AN AGGRESSIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN TRYING TO REALLY REDICECEUCE TH NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS AND SO WHILE I REALIZE THESE ARE SMALL AND DIFFICULT TO SEE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, WE'RE SEEING A REDICOCUCED NUMBF ACCIDENT ACCIDENTS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WIRE LOOKING FOR. IF I'ME'RE LOOKING FOR.

IF I'M TRYING TO ENFORCE A RED LIGHT, I NEED TO BE WHERE I CAN

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RECORD. PEOPLE NOW DENY EVERYTHING, ADMIT NOTHING WITHOUT PROOF. THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE PROOF BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT'S WORDS USED TO MATTER.

TODAY IF IT'S NOT RECORDED ON A VIDEO CAMERA IT DIDN'T HAPPEN SO WE HAVE TO RECORD IT SO WE'RE HAVING TO POSITION OURSELVES IN SUCH A FASHION SUCH THAT WHEN WE TURN ON OUR EMERGENCY LIGHTS, OUR VIDEO CAMERA GOES BACK AND RECORDS 60 SECONDS BEFORE THE LIGHTS WENT ON, WHICH IS GREAT. IF I'M SITTING THERE AND A VEHICLE RUNS THROUGH A RED LIGHT, IT RECORDS THE VIOLATION.

WHEN WE GO TO COURT, WE ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE THAT, OR AT LEAST GIVE THE PROSECUTORS CLEAR CUT EVIDENCE THAT THAT VEHICLE ENTERED ON A STANDING RED LIGHT.

THERE ARE PROGRAMS BEING USED IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LIGHT ON TOP THAT ALLOWS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO SEE WHEN THAT LIGHT IS RED FROM ANY POSITION, NOT JUST DIRECTLY BEHIND IT. I HAVE ASKED FOR CONSIDERATION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ALLOWED A PILOT PROGRAM TO SEE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE ACCIDENTS IN INTERSECTIONS THAT

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INCLUDES PROPERTY DAMAGE. I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONER HIS CONSIDERATION ON THAT. THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE SEEING THE OVERALL IS A REDUCTION IN ACCIDENTS IN OUR AREA BUT NOT TO WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE, BUT WE ARE SEEING REDUCTIONS.

NOW, SPECIFICALLY THE QUESTION IS ON RESEARCH AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT ARE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, EACH ONE OF THOSE RED DOTS REPRESENT PTRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS WHERE A DEPUTY MADE CONTACT WITH A VIOLATOR FOR AN ALLEGED VIOLATION THAT THE DEPUTY PERCEIVED OCCUR. WE CONTINUE THAT, WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC TRAILER OUT THERE WHICH WE USE FOR A COUPLE OF THINGS, NUMBER ONE IS ANALYTICAL. IT AWE HOW ARES US TO -- IT ALLOWS US TO SEE WHEN THE PEAK TIMES ARE WHEN THERE'S THE MOST LIKELIHOOD OF A VIOLATION AND REDUCE THOSE AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE ANAND REDUCE THOSE AND H REDUCE AN ACCIDENT AS WELL.

KNOW THAT YOU'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS USE EVERY TOOL YOU GIVE US TO DO THE VERY BUST JOB WE CAN IN PREDICTIVE POLICING MODELS AS WELL AS STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYING RESOURCE WHERE IS WE

CAN TO MAKE THE MOST EFFECT. >> THOSE OF YOU WATCHING AT HOME, DON'T SPEED ON RESEARCH FOREST.

>> PLEASE DON'T SPEED AT ALL, HONESTLY.

[LAUGHTER] THIS WOULD BRING US THEN TO OUR COMMUNITY BULLETIN AND JUST THINGS THAT I WOULD REMIND YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN SHARING IN AND ABOUT VILLAGE MEETINGS AND MEETINGS WITH FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMUNITY. FRAUDS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE US.

THERE'S NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T READ A REPORT, AND I READ EVERY REPORT THAT'S GENERATED IN THIS COMMUNITY SO THAT I'M FAMILIAR SHOULD YOU EVER CALL ME AND ASK ME WHAT'S GOING ON, I SHOULD HAVE THOSE ANSWERS. FRAUDS CONTINUE TO LEAD WHERE PEOPLE ARE DUPED INTO REVEALING PRIVATE INFORMATION THAT COMPROMISES THEIR BANK ACCOUNT OR THEY HAVE A CREDIT CARD COMPROMISED. SOCIAL MEDIA EXTORTION CONTINUES SO WE ASK PEOPLE REALLY WATCH, ESPECIALLY YOUNG ADULTS, ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA IS A GREAT TOOL AND IT MAY HELP.

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MY SON IS IN SPORTS, YOU SEE A LOT TRYING TO GET COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE THOSE OUT THERE.

ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS ON RESERGE FOREST, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP.ARCH FORES FOR THE COMMUNITY'S HELP.

I WOULD MUCH RATHER ASKS FOR SOMEBODY'S HELP IN REDUCING SPEED. WE ASK FOR THEIR HELP.

>> AND TO THAT POINT, TOO, CAPTAIN, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE ROAD NOISE THAT INCREASES PARTICULARLY ON THAT LONG STRETCH THERE. AN INCREASED PRESENT THERE SHOULD HELP SLOW SOME OF THAT DOWN.

>> WE HAVE AND WE HAVE, OF COURSE, LEGACY PREPARATORY SCHOOL THAT'S ABOUT TO OPEN. THERE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE EFFORTS THERE TO TRY TO KEEP IT SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS AND ALSO HOPEFULLY REDICE SOMUCE SOME OF THAT ROAD.

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LASTLY, SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START AND SO WE WILL BE OUT IN FULL FORCE TRYING TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITHOUT SAFETY, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. YOU CAN'T ENJOY YOUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, SO YOU'RE IMPORTANT AND YOU'RE VITAL.

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE SERGEANT MIKE RUBY HERE SO I'M GOING TO EEL TO HIM FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND ANYTHING YOU MAY WANTYIELD TO H QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND ANYTHING YOU MAY WANT TO ADD.

>> WE RAN OUT OF QUESTIONS. >> I WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE A

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LITTLE BIT. PRECINCT FOUR DID GET THE CONTRACT FOR SCHOOLS. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP US BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SCHOOL ZONES AND WITH THE PATROL DEPUTIES, THEY CAN FOCUS ON THE CALLS AND THAT WAS A HARD THING FOR US LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO BE OUT THERE RUNNING THE CALLS AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING AND IT'S HARD TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL ZONES AND TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY THERE.