PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CRIME BRIEFING INDEX CRIME YEAR TO DATE 02/29/2012 CRIME TYPE Actual YTD Actual LYTD % CHG YTD Violent Crimes Murder 17 16 6.3% Rape 71 56 26.8% Robbery 599 467 28.3% Business 123 91 35.2% Individual 476 376 26.6% Aggravated Assault 551 506 8.9% Total Violent Crime 1238 1045 18.5% Non-Violent Crimes Burglary 2423 2788-13.1% Business 613 634-3.3% Residence 1810 2154-16.0% Theft 4775 5161-7.5% AutoTheft 1057 1060-0.3% Total Non-Violent 8255 9009-8.4% Total Index Crimes 9493 10054-5.6% 1

2011 Progression Chart Overall Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Murder 0% -16% -12% -8% 7% 7% 5% -5% -10% -11% -10% -10% Rape 6% -17% -18% -15% -12% -20% -18% -16% -16% -16% -16% -16% Agg. Assault -17% -16% -17% -13% -12% -9% -7% -6% -6% -7% -7% -8% Robbery -36% -32% -21% -18% -15% -15% -14% -14% -12% -11% -10% -9% Business -39% -34% -27% -23% -14% -15% -19% -17% -17% -15% -17% -14% Individual -35% -31% -19% -16% -16% -15% -13% -13% -11% -10% -9% -8% Total Violent -26% -24% -19% -15% -13% -12% -10% -11% -10% -10% -9% -9% Burglary 1% -1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% -1% -2% -4% -4% Business -6% -7% -3% -1% 1% 0% 0% -1% -3% -5% -6% -5% Residential 3% 1% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 0% -1% -1% -3% -4% Theft -11% -14% -10% -8% -8% -6% -5% -4% -4% -3% -3% -3% Shop Lift -11% -14% -13% -12% -11% -8% -4% -4% -3% -1% 0% 1% BMV/Auto Acc -13% -15% -10% -8% -9% -9% -9% -8% -9% -8% -8% -8% Other Theft -9% -11% -6% -4% -3% 0% 3% 5% 6% 6% 6% 6% Auto Theft -29% -31% -27% -22% -17% -12% -9% -9% -9% -6% -6% -5% Total Non-Viol -11% -13% -9% -7% -7% -5% -4% -3% -4% -3% -3% -3% Total -12% -14% -11% -8% -7% -6% -5% -4% -4% -4% -4% -4% 2

Dallas Police Department Reserve Battalion Public Safety Committee March 26, 2012 www.dallaspolice.net David O. Brown Chief Of Police

Overview Established in 1953 Recruiting primarily word of mouth Come from all walks of life, plumbers to PHDs All are sworn state certified peace officers Required to work a minimum of 16 hours per month 22 have received the President s Lifetime Service Award for over 4,000 career volunteer hours (the only ones in Texas) 3

What They Do Patrol On any given day or night, Reserve Officers can be found working at all seven Patrol Stations, as well as 4

What They Do Special Events & Task Forces High-crime areas St. Patrick s Day State Fair of Texas Texas OU Prairie View - Grambling 5

What They Do Specialized units such as: Bike Officers Helicopter Pilots Deployment Units SWAT Tactical Physicians Investigative Units 6

What They Do Patrol Rifle Officers Pawn Shop Unit Youth Narcotics Love Field Homeland Security Auto Theft Unit 7

Calendar 2011 Statistics 62 active officers 16,886 Total Hours Volunteered in 2011 Monetary Savings to the City: Over $500,000.00 8

Summary Dallas Police Reserve Officers Come from all walks of life Meet the same hiring standards Education Physical fitness Background check Psychological evaluation Polygraph 9

Summary Dallas Police Reserve Officers Same training as full-time officers State certified sworn police officers Work in multiple areas of DPD Positively impact departmental staffing Increases manpower without additional payroll expense Create a unique face for the department in the business community Make Dallas a safer place to live, work and visit 10

So how can you help? Dallas Police Reserve Battalion Our goal is to increase the size of the Reserve Battalion to 150 officers in the next 3 years. To accomplish this goal, we need a $150,000 investment the first year. 11

So how can you help? Dallas Police Reserve Battalion We started the Dallas Police Reserve Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 organization to assist in meeting some of our needs. Donations to the Foundation are tax deductable and can help supplement actual city budget funds. 12

So how can you help? Dallas Police Reserve Battalion The money will be spent as follows: Advertising TV Advertising Radio, Print Recruiting & Brochures Training Equipment, other Total $65,000 $20,000 $15,000 $25,000 $25,000 $150,000 13

In summary Dallas Police Reserve Battalion The Program provides high quality services through volunteer police officers, saving the City hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now they are looking to expand and need your help to make it happen. To achieve our staffing goals, funding is necessary from the city, grants, and/or private donations. 14

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Dallas Police Academy Basic Training Unit Public Safety Committee March 26, 2012 www.dallaspolice.net David O. Brown Chief Of Police

The Purpose of this briefing: Describe how the Dallas Police Academy, Basic Training Unit transitions civilians into Sworn Peace Officers Describe how the Dallas Police Academy far exceeds state requirements related to training peace officers Describe the phases of Basic Training 2

Goals of the Dallas Police Academy Continue to provide the best training for Dallas Police Recruits Maintain the high standards of Excellence required of the recruits, by the Dallas Police Academy Maintain the historical high passing rate required for State of Texas Academic licensing 3

STAFF Basic Training Staff Defensive Tactics Training 1 Sergeant (SGT) and 6 Senior Corporals (SC) Reality Based Training 1 SGT and 6 SC s Class Coordinators 1 SGT and 4 SC s Education and Administrative Staff 1 LT, 1 SC, and 2 Civilian 4

STAFF Staff supports the: Junior Police Academy Citizens Police Academy Reserve Battalion Defensive Tactics Training and Reality Based Training staff provide training to In-Service Officers CORE Community Policing Every Day is a Training Day 5

Basic Training Each class is 35½ weeks in length Each class receives a minimum of 1344 training hours or 168 training days Training is divided into 3 Phases Phase 1 Week 0 through Week 1 Phase 2 Week 2 through Week 24 Phase 3 Week 25 through Week 35 6

Phase 1 of Basic Training Human Resources payroll and benefits processing Classes taught to all new city employees Defensive Driving Drugs in the Workplace Violence in the Workplace Sexual Harassment Code of Conduct and General Orders of the Dallas Police Department 7

Phase 2- TCLEOSE Phase TCLEOSE- Texas Commission of Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education TCLEOSE s Basic Peace Officer Course (BPOC) is 618 hours BPOC is taught to all peace officers in the Sate of Texas State Troopers Parks and Wildlife County Sheriff s, Deputies, Constables, etc City Police City Marshalls Fire Department Arson Investigators Hospital and Mass Transit Police and any other Peace Officer 8

Phase 2 TCLEOSE Phase State of Texas requires a minimum of 618 hours to be taught Many community colleges, regional academies and smaller departments teach only the minimum requirement Dallas Police Recruit Officers receive a minimum of 1,344 hours, 726 hours over minimum requirement 9

Phase 2 TCLEOSE Phase Curriculum also includes law classes in: US & Texas Constitutions and Bill of Rights Code of Criminal Procedure Penal Code Arrest, Search and Seizure Traffic Code Alcoholic Beverage Code Health and Safety Code Drugs Family Code 10

Phase 2 TCLEOSE Phase Curriculum also includes: Fitness and Wellness and Stress Management Professionalism and Ethics Civil Process Written Communications Spanish Professional Police Driving Hazardous Materials Awareness Criminal Investigations 11

Phase 3 Training DPD Phase DPD specific training TCLEOSE requires 16 hours of Spanish DPD teaches a total of 64 hours of Spanish Firearms Training (Total of 81 hours) Reality Based Training (RBT) (Total of 154 hours) Defensive Tactics (Total of 130 hours) 12

Phase 3 Training DPD Phase Human Relations Communities Anglo African American Hispanic Native American Gay & Lesbian Hearing/Visually/Mobility Impaired Rape Crisis Intervention Racial Profiling Human Trafficking and High Risk Victims 13

Phase 3 Training DPD Phase Protective Orders and Family Violence Genesis Women s Shelter Asset Forfeiture Identity Theft Helicopter Safety and Landing Zone Procedures provided by CareFlite Municipal Court Procedures Juvenile Procedures 14

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Testing During Phase 2 recruits are tested approximately every other week (13-14 total DPD tests) Recruits must pass all exams Failure of test requires a retest Failure of retest results in termination Recruits must maintain a 70% average Recruits must pass a Final Comprehensive Exam of 200 questions over all of Phase 2 material Successful completion is passing TCLEOSE Test 16

Testing TCLEOSE Test given to all peace officer candidates in the State of Texas Must pass with a 70% grade. Total of 3 attempts are allowed All Academies in the state are evaluated by TCLEOSE based upon their 1 st Attempt Pass Rate Academies must maintain at least a 80% Pass Rate 17

TCLEOSE Test Of last 12 DPD Recruit Classes, 10 classes have passed on their first attempts and 2 classes had 1 failure each STATE FISCAL YEAR 1 ST ATTEMPT PASS RATE - DPD 2008 93.52 % 2009 96.75 % 2010 99.68 % 2011 99.13 % 2012 100.00 % 18

TCLEOSE Test State FY s 2007 through 2010 DEPARTMENT # OF TESTS GIVEN 1 ST ATTEMPT PASS RATE Dallas 1142 96.76 % Houston 1063 95.17 % Texas DPS 660 93.48 % San Antonio 426 92.72 % Fort Worth 295 94.92 % 19

ACADEMY ATTRITION FY # OF CLASSES RECRUITS HIRED RECRUITS GRADUATED ATTRITION RATE 2008 8 374 296 20.86 % 2009 9 401 330 17.70 % 2010 6 294 234 20.41 % 2011 1 22 18 18.18 % 2012 5 213 20

Why do recruits not graduate? REASON FOR DEPARTURE PERCENTAGE Academic Failure 16.19 % Career Change 2.38 % Personal Reasons 53.33 % US Government Position 1.90 % Other Public Safety Position 1.43 % Discharge 7.62 % Transfer to Non-Sworn 0.95 % Injured during Training 9.05 % Other Reasons 7.14 % 21

STAFF AND RECRUITS Community Service Projects Koman Race for the Cure White Rock Marathon Habitat for Humanity Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Trinity River Levee Run Carter BloodCare 22

SUMMARY The Dallas Police Academy is 35½ weeks long. The Basic Training Academy supports both Basic and In-Service Training The recruits receive over 726 hours of training over the minimum state requirements. The recruits receive extensive Community Relations training, i.e. Community Service Projects, Spanish, and Human Relations/Multiculturalism 23

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