Versión en español a continuación. Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Commission November 2, 2020 Public Safety Commission meeting to be held November 2, 2020 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (November 1, 2020 by Noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Public Safety Commission, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at (512) 974-5747 or Janet.jackson@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to Janet.jackson@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Reunión del PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSON FECHA de la reunion (November 2, 2020) La junta se llevará con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (November 1, 2020 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en (512) 974-5747 and Meeting Janet.jackson@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una vez que se haya llamado o enviado por correo electrónico una solicitud para hablar al enlace de la junta, los residentes …
` William (Bill) Kelly Rebecca Bernhardt PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES Monday, October 5, 2020 The Public Safety Commission convened a videoconferencing meeting Monday, October 5, 2020 at City Hall 301 W. 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Commissioner Gonzales called the Board Meeting to order at 3:11p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Rebecca Gonzales Kathleen Hausenfluck Nelly Ramirez Rebecca Webber Board Members Absent: Chris Harris and Daniela Nunez Staff in Attendance: Troy Gay, Chief of Staff, Austin Police Department Jasper Brown, Chief of Staff, Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services Rob Vires, Chief of Staff, Austin Fire Department 1. Approval of Minutes – Commissioner Gonzales asked for comments/edits of the September 9, 2020 Special Called Meeting minutes. Hearing no edits or corrections to the minutes, Commissioner Gonzales deemed the minutes approved. Public Communications - Citizens signed up to speak on agenda items only: There were no citizens signed up to speak. 2. Public Safety Quarterly Report for ATCEMS (Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services – sponsors Commissioners Hausenfluck and Gonzales Commissioner Gonzales called for this item and introduced Chief of Staff, Brown, to present. COS Brown commented his intent was to entertain a Q&A session the board may have concerning the data provided, but not to review all of the data that was provided prior to the meeting. Commissioner Hausenfluck asked Chief Brown if he has noticed any trends upwards 1 or downwards in the quarterly data as it relates to response times or any other variables. Commissioner Kelly had a question concerning the new ambulance units and where does the new units place Austin in terms of population growth. Does Austin have enough units now and are responses times better? COS Brown answered their questions and committed to Commissioner Gonzales requests of adding any additional categories for/of reporting stats on future quarterly reports. 3. Wildfire Code Update (sponsors: Commissioner Webber and Gonzales) Chief of Staff, Rob Vires was introduced by Chair Gonzales, and he began the presentation with a clarification of the topic listed on the agenda is actually a six month Wildfire Readiness Update. The presentation today is actually a directive from council, Resolution #20160512-016 “Direct the City Manager to provide a progress report every six months to the Public Safety Commission for the following important components of a comprehensive Wildland Urban Interface risk reduction Vires, introduced Andre DeLa Reza, Assistant Chief of Wildfire and Justice Jones, Wildfire Mitigation …
AUSTIN FIRE Public Safety Commission November 2, 2020 Chief of Staff Rob Vires 1 Requests for Service FY2019 and FY 2020 – Q4 Comparison FY 2019 FY 2020 2,710 2,551 2,797 2,648 2,449 2,443 2,306 2,298 2,075 2,461 2,441 3,348 2,469 1,920 1,572 1,519 1,271 1,477 1,392 1,024 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 2 Requests for service are all calls, regardless of priority. Emergency Incidents FY2019 and FY 2020 – Q4 Comparison FY 2019 FY 2020 2,500 1,000 500 0 3 2,000 1,829 1,876 1,500 1,362 1,535 1,251 1,644 1,443 1,327 1,255 1,934 1,454 1,126 1,117 973 908 853 815 533 788 634 District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 Emergency Incidents are Code 3 priority responses. OV ERA LL DA TA T R END S Call volume has decreased by roughly 4% in a comparison of 4th quarter FY 2019 to FY 2020. This can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic: • Cancellation of large scale events • • Limited capacity for shopping and dining Teleworking reduced traffic 4 Emergency Response Time (hours: minutes: seconds) FY2019 and FY2020 – Q4 Comparison FY 2019 FY 2020 00:10:15 00:09:40 00:08:20 00:09:08 00:11:10 00:11:32 00:09:39 00:10:03 00:10:18 00:10:42 00:09:14 00:10:12 00:10:11 00:10:02 00:09:08 00:10:09 00:10:18 00:10:55 00:09:44 00:10:16 District 10 District 9 District 8 District 7 District 6 District 5 District 4 District 3 District 2 District 1 00:00:00 00:01:26 00:02:53 00:04:19 00:05:46 00:07:12 00:08:38 00:10:05 00:11:31 00:12:58 5 Emergency Incidents are Code 3 responses, to time when frontline unit arrives on scene. While call volume has decreased, response times have increased by roughly 20-30 seconds. This can be attributed to: • Changes in medical response protocol when caller is identified as potential exposure to COVID-19/flu-like symptoms • Airport Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) station not responding to medical calls to reduce potential exposure of specially trained firefighters RES P O NS E TIME D A TA T RENDS 6 R E Q U E S T F O R S E R V I C E F Y 2 0 1 9 a n d F Y 2 0 2 0 – Q 4 C O M P A R I S O N Fire …
Crisis Call Diversion AN UPDATE TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN Meadows Report Recommendations Total of six recommendations* 1. Advisory Function Developed Within the Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (BHCJAC) 2. Mental Health Training for Call Takers 3. Mental Health Integrated Dispatch Sustainability of EMCOT, Including Telehealth Expansion 4. 5. 6. Collaboration with APD Crisis Intervention Team and Community Health Paramedic Program Community Outreach in Collaboration with NAMI Central Texas * http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/pio/document.cfm?id=320044 Meadows Report Recommendations Recommendation #3 “Integrate Integral Care crisis clinicians into the Austin Police Department’s call center for mental health triage of 911 calls and support for officers tasked with answering crisis calls in the field.” Goal Divert appropriate mental health related 9-1-1 calls to a mental health clinician, and when diversion is not appropriate, attempt de-escalation and provide pertinent information to responding officers & EMS staff. Developments: FY19-20 Based on recommendations made in the 2019 Meadows Report: All APD licensed Tele-Communicators trained in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) APD providing quarterly updates to the Behavioral Health Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (BHCJAC) Integral Care facilitated meetings with local community advocates to discuss report recommendations EMCOT Clinicians stationed on the operations floor & assisting with 911 calls Developments: FY20-21 Continued integration & refinements to workflow in APD City Council approves funding to fully implement Meadows Report recommendations Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute was contracted to oversee implementation EMCOT clinicians assigned to the ATCEMS area of the operations floor Identifying & establishing performance measures Crisis Center Counselors (C3) APD & EMS dispatch workstations provided to Integral Care Clinicians Available 7-days a week ◦ Monday-Friday, 8am to 12am ◦ Saturday-Sunday, 10am to 8pm Working towards 24/7 availability in both dispatch areas Access to both call taking & dispatch systems Current Workflow Person calls 911 for help APD call taker speaks with caller to ensure situation is safe Depending on the circumstances a police officer and/or an ambulance is dispatched Integral Care clinician joins the call and speaks with caller The situation is assessed to determine next steps (i.e. hospital, etc.) Current Data (APD) Timeframe: December 16, 2019 – October 26, 2020 ◦ 39,681 – 911 calls received by APD where mental health was a factor ◦ 1,133 – 911 calls diverted to EMCOT Clinician ◦ 929 – “True Diversions” (No officer dispatched) 911 Calls Appropriate for C3 Transfer Individuals with a non-emergency mental health crisis …
` Rocky Lane Daniela Nunez PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Monday, November 2, 2020 The Public Safety Commission convened a videoconferencing meeting Monday, November 2, 2020 at City Hall 301 W. 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Commissioner Gonzales called the Board Meeting to order at 3:04p.m, and took a moment to thank Commissioner Lane for reminding her of Transgender Day on November 20, 2020. She shared a couple of readings about Transgender Day that explained the contributions and importance of why this day is celebrated. Board Members in Attendance: Rebecca Gonzales Kathleen Hausenfluck Nelly Ramirez Rebecca Webber Board Members Absent: Chris Harris and Rebecca Bernhardt and William Kelly Staff in Attendance: Troy Gay, Chief of Staff, Austin Police Department Jasper Brown, Chief of Staff, Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services Rob Vires, Chief of Staff, Austin Fire Department Public Communications - Citizens signed up to speak on agenda items only: There were no citizens signed up to speak. 1. Approval of Minutes – Commissioner Gonzales asked for comments/edits of the October 5, 2020 Public Safety Commission meeting minutes. Hearing no edits or corrections to the minutes, Commissioner Gonzales deemed the minutes approved. 1 a. Proposed Decommissioning and Reusing Land at Austin Police Department 2. OLD BUSINESS Headquarters (sponsors: Commissioner Gonzales and Webber) 3:25pm-3:55pm Connor Kenny introduced Pete Valdez and asked that he begin his presentation on what is the role of the Community Court and the type of services the court currently provides to the community. Pete commented the Community Court is a court of law, and in addition to the primary function is a social services provider. There are various services the Community Court provides: - Connor Kenny, Past Chair Planning Commission - Pete Valdez, Director of Downtown Austin Community Court Speakers: -Some of the homeless they encounter have a criminal background that go beyond a Class C Misdemeanor; which means they must be served in a different/higher court of law. - Community Court funds some support of 59 housing units where they can directly place homeless individuals. -In 2016 the Downtown Austin Community Court became a member of the HOST (Homeless Outreach Street Team) -Current wait list for case management is over 200 people What is the number of case managers needed to get 200 people off of the waiting list? (Webber) Response: 8-9 additional case managers would be needed (Pete Valdez) Pete introduced Alex Gale with City …
