Versión en español a continuación. Regular Meeting of the Public Safety Commission August 2, 2021 at 3:00pm Public Safety Commission meeting to be held, August 2, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (August 1, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the August 2, 2021 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION Meeting, members of the public must •Call or email the board liaison at (512) 974-5747 or Janet.jackson@austintexas.gov no later than noon, August 1, 2021 (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 COMMISSION la junta en reunión se residentes pueden ver FECHA de la reunion August 2, 2021 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 (August 1, 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión, los miembros del público deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de (512) 974-5747 or 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 …
` Michael Sierra-Arevalo Rebecca Webber Amanda Lewis Rebecca Webber PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, July 6, 2021 The Public Safety Commission convened a videoconferencing meeting Tuesday July 6, 2021 at City Hall 301 W. 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Chair Rebecca Gonzales called the Board Meeting to order at 3:01p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Rebecca Gonzales Kathleen Hausenfluck Nelly Ramirez John Kiracofe Board Members Absent: Rocky Lane and Queen Austin 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 Commissioner Gonzales. Citizen Communications - Citizens signed up to speak: -Carlos Leon spoke on Cap Metro Driver Threat during Citizen Communication -Carlos Leon signed up to speak on item 2a - APD officer response time to his call was within 10 minutes; unable to pay in person at APD Headquarters during regular business hours on June 25th due to building still closed to the public because of COVID-19; reopen APD Headquarters full-time to the in-person public 1. Approval of Minutes – Chair Gonzales called for comments/edits to the June 7, 2021 minutes and hearing no comments, she deemed the minutes approved as presented. 1 Citywide Crimes against Persons, Property and Society Citywide Response Times and Calls for Service Calls for Service and Response Times by Council District Overtime Budget vs. Overtime Spent Staffing (the 144th Cadet Class begin on June 7, 2021) The next cadet class is scheduled for -When was the last time APD met the target response times (8:24 seconds)? (Commissioner Webber) -Does APD run concurrent classes? (Commissioner Kiracofe) -Please add variance rates to APD quarterly reports? (Commissioner Bernhardt) -How are target times determined? (Commissioner Hausenfluck) -What is definition for Zero Calls (Commissioner Kiracofe) - Are self-initiated calls possibly a waste of time? (Commissioner Lewis) 2a. Public Safety Organizations Quarterly Update – Austin Police Department (sponsors: Commissioners Hausenfluck and Gonzales) Speaker – Troy Gay, Chief of Staff, APD Chair Gonzales invited Chief Gay to begin his quarterly presentation. Chief Gay presented stats from APD on: 2023 after the 144th Cadet Class has ended and results/feedback of the class is presented to city council for a council votes to approve another class in 2023. There were comments and questions from the Commissioners over the quarterly information presented and Chief Gay committed to following up with additional information regarding: …
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-30-cdc-fda-faked-covid-testing-protocol-by-using-human-cells- mixed-with-common-cold-virus.html# BREAKING: CDC, FDA faked “covid” testing protocol by using human cells mixed with common cold virus fragments… PCR tests are merely detecting the common cold Friday, July 30, 2021 by: Mike Adams (Natural News) In a shocking revelation first reported by Dan Dicks of Press for Truth (Canada) FDA document admits that the CDC and FDA conspired to fabricate a covid-19 testing protocol using human cells combined with common cold virus fragments because they had no physical samples of the SARS-CoV-2 “covid” virus available. , an Without physical reference material to use for calibration and confirmation, the test has zero scientific basis in physical reality. And all the PCR analysis based on this protocol is utterly fraudulent, flagging people as “positive” for covid when they merely possess tiny quantities of RNA fragments from other coronavirus strains circulating in their blood. The FDA document, available from the FDA.gov website, is entitled, “CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel .” The document astonishingly admits: (emphasis ours), Since no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV were available for CDC use at the time the test was developed and this study conducted, assays designed for detection of the 2019-nCoV RNA were tested with characterized stocks of in vitro transcribed full length RNA (N gene; GenBank accession: MN908947.2) of known titer (RNA copies/µL) spiked into a diluent consisting of a suspension of human A549 cells and viral transport medium (VTM) to mimic clinical specimen. In other words, they had no covid virus from which to develop and calibrate the test, so they mixed up a cocktail of human cells and RNA fragments from a common cold virus, then called it “covid.” The GenBank sequence referred to in this paragraph is simply a digital library definition that’s labeled “covid” but has no supporting reference materials in physical reality either. That’s because no doctor or researcher has isolated “covid” from any infected, symptomatic patient. As a result, no laboratory instruments can be calibrated against actual covid, and the tests simply rely on digital libraries pushed out by the CDC and WHO, using “covid” as the label. The PCR tests are then instructed to look for these genetic sequences obtained from the fabricated digital libraries, meaning the entire scheme is junk science circular logic with no basis in physical reality. Why are there seemingly no certified reference materials for covid available to laboratories for instrument …
https://www.infowars.com/posts/shock-doctor-warns-that-majority-of-vaccinated-patients-could-have- permanent-heart-damage-some-may-die-within-three-years/ Shock: Doctor Warns That Majority Of Vaccinated Patients Could Have Permanent Heart Damage, Some May Die Within Three Years by Adan Salazar - July 22nd 2021, 7:34 am Dr. Charles Hoffe found 62% percent of patients who received COVID mRNA jab test positive for blood clots...'The concern...is those people will probably all develop right-sided heart failure within three years and die because they now have increased vascular resistance through their lungs. A Canadian doctor demands further study into the link between Covid-19 vaccines and blood clots after his research found clots in a majority of vaccinated patients, some of whom he says could be dead within three years. During a Zoom meeting with other medical professionals, Dr. Charles Hoffe explained he’s been running a study on recently vaccinated patients, having them take D- dimer blood tests to determine whether they have blood clots. [WATCH THE 9:21 VIDEO EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINK] “So far I’ve got 62 percent positive elevated D-dimer, which means that the blood clots are not rare,” Hoffe informed fellow physicians. “That’s what the so-called experts keep telling us: ‘The clots are rare.’ The big ones are rare, but the small ones are clearly happening in the majority of people, 62 percent.” Dr. Hoffe says the clots, which could number in the thousands and are hard to detect due to their microscopic size, are caused by messenger RNA molecules in the vaccine which cause spike proteins to form, which in turn attach to the cell walls of a cell impeding blood flow and damaging blood vessels. So normally the cells that surround your blood vessels have to be very, very smooth to enable good and unimpeded flow of blood, but as soon as you’ve got all these little spike proteins that become part of the cell wall it’s now a rough surface. It’s going to be like a very coarse sandpaper. It’s now what the platelets are going to interpret as a damaged vessel. It’s no longer smooth. It’s rough. So clotting is inevitable because the platelets that come down that vessel are going to hit a rough spot and assume this must be a damaged vessel. This vessel needs to be blocked to stop the bleeding. That’s how our clotting works. So…because of this and because of the nature of this, clots are inevitable, because of these spike proteins in the capillary networks. The damaged …
https://www.infowars.com/posts/oops-fda-accidentally-shows-list-of-covid-vaccine-side-effects- including-myocarditis-autoimmune-disease-death/ Oops! FDA Accidentally Reveals List of Covid Vaccine Side Effects, Including Myocarditis, Autoimmune Disease & Death by Adan Salazar July 30th 2021, 3:58 pm An FDA slideshow presentation regarding Covid vaccines last year accidentally displayed a long list of possible adverse reactions to the vaccine, including myocarditis, seizures and even death. The slide, showing the FDA’s draft list of “possible adverse event outcomes,” appeared briefly during a public meeting by the US Food and Drug Administration’s Product Advisory Committee on Oct, 22, 2020 reviewing the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. While adverse events were generally discussed throughout the meeting, the slide’s contents were not covered in-depth. The meeting came as the FDA was considering granting emergency use authorization to Pfizer and Biontech’s experimental jab. Despite the long list of known possible side effects, the FDA later granted Pfizer emergency use authorization on December 11, 2020, about two months after the meeting. During the same meeting, a similar list of adverse reactions also appeared briefly during deputy director of the Immunization Safety Office at the CDC Tom Shimabukuro’s presentation (at around 2:06:29.
APD and CAP METRO video evidence against David R. Harris (Operator ID# 300230) Look first at Officer Guadarrama’s body cam footage (AXON BODY 3 X6039BFER) from 7:42:56 AM to 7:43:11 AM, corresponding to 13:17 - 13:31 (thirteen minutes, seventeen seconds to thirteen minutes, thirty-one seconds) within the body cam footage. Officer Guadarrama said to bus driver Harris, “He (León) claimed that when he was off the bus you went…”, demonstrating a throat-slashing motion to bus driver Harris. Bus driver Harris responded, verbally telling Officer Guadarrama, “I told him ‘Get on off the bus and just stay off the bus’”, and non-verbally using his right hand/arm to make a bold, strong motion from his chest outward to non-verbally back up what the he was telling Officer Guadarrama. For clarity and the record, Officer Guadarrama then mimics Harris’s motion from his chest outward, to which Harris says “Yeah”, meaning Harris was verbally confirming to Officer Guadarrama that he (Harris) was claiming that he (Harris) used his right hand/arm to make a bold, strong motion from his chest outward only. Officer Guadarrama then re-demonstrates the throat slash gesture to Harris, who says “Nah”, meaning Harris explicitly told Officer Guadarrama that he (Harris) did NOT make a throat-slashing motion. Officer Guadarrama then said “OK”. However, the 7:15:05:00 - 7:15:13:00 (7:15 AM and five seconds to 7:15 AM and thirteen seconds) clip of CAP METRO bus video file LT-2357-05-07 07.09.00 (6694) explicitly contradicts Harris’s verbal and non-verbal statements to Officer Guadarrama. Looking at Camera 3 [Bus2357_Driver_L), driver Harris repeatedly nods his head up and down in response to BOTH times León (standing outside the bus, shown on Camera 2 – BUS2357_Front Door L) loudly told Harris, “You’re a criminal!”, meaning Harris TWICE non-verbally confirmed that he (Harris) was admitting to being a criminal. Harris also simultaneously and repeatedly pointed at his own chest with his right index finger (closest finger to his thumb on his right hand) to further confirm his criminal status/admission. Then, looking directly at León, Harris clearly and explicitly makes the throat-slashing gesture across his own throat, from left to right, using with his right index finger. Then Harris drives away. NOWHERE in CAP METRO bus video file LT-2357-05-07 07.09.00 (6694) do you see Harris making that bold, strong motion from his chest outward that he later claimed to Officer Guadarrama that he (Harris) had made, because Harris NEVER made that gesture. …
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE 2’. Lse-’CLOCk 92021 Pursuant to his powers as Governor of the State of Texas. Greg Abbott has issued the following: Executive Order No. GA-38 relating to the continued response to the COVJD-19 disaster. The original executive order is attached to this letter of transmittal. Respectfully submitted. July 29. 2021 Mr. Joe A. Esparza Deputy Secretary of’ State State Capitol Room IE.8 Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Deputy Secretary Esparza: /Execjve Clelk to the Governor Attachment POST OFFICE Box 12428 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 512463-2000 (VoIcE) DIAL 7-1-1 FOR RELAY SERVICES !xnufhur lilhber BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS Executive Department Austin, Texas July 29, 2021 EXECUTIVE ORDER GA3S Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster. WHEREAS. I, Greg Abbott. Governor of Texas. issued a disaster proclamation on March 13, 2020. certifying under Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all Texas counties; and WHEREAS, in each subsequent month effective through today, I have renewed the COVID-19 disaster declaration for all Texas counties; and WHEREAS, from March 2020 through May 2021, 1 issued a series of executive orders aimed at protecting the health and safety of Texans, ensuring uniformity throughout Texas, and achieving the least restrictive means of combatting the evolving threat to public health by adjusting social-distancing and other mitigation strategies; and WHEREAS, combining into one executive order the requirements of several existing COVID-19 executive orders will further promote statewidc uniformity and certainty; and WHEREAS, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Texans are strongly encouraged as a matter of personal responsibility to consistently follow good hygiene, social-distancing. and other mitigation practices: and WHEREAS, receiving a COVID-19 vaccine under an emergency use authorization is always voluntary in Texas and will never be mandated by the government. hut it is strongly encouraged for those eligible to receive one: and WHEREAS, state and local officials should continue to use every reasonable means to make the COVID-19 vaccine available for any eligible person who chooses to receive one; and WHEREAS, in the Texas Disaster Act of 1975. the legislature charged the governor with the responsibility “for meeting ... the dangers to the state and people presented by disasters” under Section 418.011 of the Texas Government Code, and expressly granted the governor broad authority to fulfill that responsibility; and WHEREAS, …
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-25-cdc-withdraws-fraudulent-pcr-testing-protocol-used-to- falsify-covid-positives.html CDC withdraws fraudulent PCR testing protocol used to push the pandemic After 16 month of completely fraudulent PCR tests that were used to drive pandemic hysteria, the CDC has announced it is withdrawing the junk science testing protocol at the end of this year. PCR tests do not deliver quantitative results and can't count viral loads. Therefore, they are scientifically useless at diagnosing any so-called "infection." The entire covid pandemic has been based on this fraudulent, junk science test. And that means the entire pandemic is a fraud. See the full breaking news story here... CDC withdraws fraudulent PCR testing protocol that was used to falsify covid “positives” to push the plandemic Sunday, July 25, 2021 by: Mike Adams (Natural News) After more than a year of committing scientific fraud to push false “positives” via PCR testing, the CDC has announced it is withdrawing the RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel on December 31st of this year: After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. CDC is providing this advance notice for clinical laboratories to have adequate time to select and implement one of the many FDA-authorized alternatives. The use of PCR tests for covid illness diagnosis is a global scientific fraud, since no PCR instrument can produce quantitative results that might indicate a specific viral load. Yet this CDC-approved testing protocol was relied on to fabricate the “casedemic” illusion which pretended that hundreds of millions of people around the world were infected with covid. The entire thing was an elaborate quack science hoax, and anyone familiar with PCR technology (see below) has known this from the very start. The PCR testing approved by the CDC to diagnose covid was fraudulent from the very first day PCR instruments are not quantitative instruments. They cannot tell you how much of something is present in a given sample. Every lab scientist familiar with PCR instruments knows this. Yet they continue to go along with the global fraud of diagnosing “positive” cases via PCR testing. The entire covid “plandemic” has been based on fraudulent PCR testing, and now the CDC is announcing it is pulling the most frequently used test, perhaps in an effort to replace the test …
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2021/07/30/physician-group-rejects-ama-support-for- vaccine-mandates/ Physician Group Rejects AMA Support For Vaccine Mandates July 30, 2021 ADI Staff Reporter The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is rejecting the Joint Statement by the American Medical Association (AMA) and others supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all health care workers. American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) president Paul Kempen, M.D., Ph.D. outlined the reasons the group believes the mandate is not only a violation of individual rights, but wholly unnecessary: • As of mid-July, 30 million people have recovered from COVID-19 in the U.S. and have natural immunity. Vaccination of these persons confers only risk with little to no benefit, yet these mandates do not exempt them. • Serious side effects have been identified, including paralysis and inflammation of the heart muscle, which may not resolve and may cause death. • As variants multiply, “booster” shots may be required, with increasing risk of allergic phenomena. AAPS statement in opposition: “The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) declares that all human beings have the right to liberty, which they do not forfeit when they serve the sick or the disabled. The ethical commitment to protect others does not require workers to surrender their bodily integrity and self-determination…. “Risks and benefits differ in individual patients and differing circumstances. Achieving a stamp of approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)—premature because studies are not scheduled to be complete before the end of 2022—does not confer safety or effectiveness. FDA-approved products have frequently been withdrawn…. “The Joint Statement recognizes only a medical exemption, and omits mention of a religious exemption though many workers object to receiving these products based on their religious beliefs. Medical exemptions are virtually never recognized for the COVID vaccines because there is improper denial that they cause harm to anyone. “Long-term effects of these novel, genetically engineered products cannot possibly be known at this point. These could include autoimmune disorders, antibody-enhanced disease, infertility, cancer, or birth defects…. “AAPS favors insistence on fully informed, truly voluntary consent for all medical intervention. This includes full disclosure of all risks, and a diligent effort to identify and track risks…. Our medical organizations should be advocating for free and open discussion and opposing censorship…. “Without freedom, there is no safety for either workers or our patients.” On Wednesday, nearly 200 people gathered at the Arizona Capitol to protest forced vaccinations of healthcare workers. Hospital workers were joined by …
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-05-11-masks-proven-to-be-about-control-not-safety.html# WORTHLESS MASKS: We always knew the masks were about control, not safety… now we’ve been proven right Tuesday, May 11, 2021 by: S.D. Wells (Natural News) Recently, the hosts of ABC’s “The View” apologized for the CDC having failed to trick people better about getting vaccinated, by letting people who have gotten vaccinated take off their masks. Referring to all people who are opposed to vaccination as “dumb hillbillies,” the bigoted shills showed their true colors. The so-called “lone conservative” co-host, Meghan McCain, indirectly called the CDC’s move psychotic and questioned the entire premise of vaccination, in that dumbfounded way that epitomizes daytime television talk shows, “If the vaccine works, why do we have to wear masks?” The answer is that communism only works if people have no value except as proletariat (working class) clones, so the masks will never come off, with or without vaccines, but of course, they can’t say THAT live on the air, or everybody gets fired. Liberal talk show idiots are paid to regurgitate the CDC-scripted narrative for Covid-19 and they can’t even do that right According to Google and Wikipedia, a “hillbilly” is defined as a person who dwells in rural, mountainous areas in the USA, primarily in the southern Appalachian mountains and down in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. The hosts of “The View” believe that anyone who studies science and understands how dangerous vaccines can be, well, that person must be a redneck who lives on a dirt road somewhere in the backwoods of Hick town, USA. You’re just not tricking people correctly if you continue to force people to wear masks post- vaccination, McCain argued. In other words, you can’t fool all the toothless lumberjacks, their wives and children too, into getting the shot if they think they still have to wear their useless, bacteria-laden Covid-19 masks everywhere they go, even after they get the inoculation. Meaning it’s all just psychological, and these hosts think we’re all rednecks, including every land owner and every gun owner who knows better than to let the government control our genes and immune systems. Also, the hosts added that the U.S. will NEVER reach herd immunity because of the huge swaths of people who believe in God, and who are mostly whites and Republican. Can anyone be any more of a racist, bigoted pig than these American talk show hosts? She also fessed …
https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-07-27-authorities-order-the-vaxtermination-of-city-workers- doctors-and-nurses.html# Authorities order the VAXTERMINATION of city workers, doctors and nurses as spike protein MURDER injections target government and health care sectors Tuesday, July 27, 2021 by: Mike Adams (Natural News) Government authorities and large health care groups are ordering the vaxtermination of their own members and workers, demanding spike protein murder shots be injected into millions of victims who work in the government and health care sectors. NYC mayor Bill de Blasio, for example, just announced covid mandates (vaccinate or endure daily tests with high false positive rates) for all 314,000 city workers. This is government targeting government in the vaccine depopulation war. What it means is that if covid vaccines produce any significant number of fatalities or hospitalizations, NYC will suffer personnel losses and large increases in health care costs for its own workers, plunging the city into a dire situation where there are no longer enough city workers alive to keep the city running. Similarly, the American Medical Association and dozens of other medical groups have colluded to call for mandatory vaccines of all health care workers. Their public demand falsely claims that covid vaccines are “safe and effective,” even though the FDA has made no such determination, and the manufacturers of the vaccines openly admit in their own documents that these vaccines have unknown consequences and are experimental medical interventions. Both the State of California and the Veterans Administration have announced mandatory vaccine requirements for all their workers. In California alone, 15.4% of the workforce is employed by the government, according to 247WallSt.com, and there are 2.5 million government workers in the state of California (although not all of them work for the state itself and may instead work for county or city governments). In Arizona, a large health care group known as Banner Health has announced mandatory vaccine requirements for its 52,000 employees. Any who refuse the vaccine will be fired after November 1st, right as the winter flu season is rising, likely increasing the demand for health care services. In all, we are now seeing governments and health care “authorities” ordering the vaxtermination of their own workers and employees on a scale never witnessed in the history of human civilization. This is a genocidal self-culling operation that clearly seeks to murder as many people as possible as a way to collapse the nation. Watch this Maryland nurse warn the world about what’s really …
https://www.rt.com/usa/530741-cdc-vaccine-delta-study-masks/ CDC releases study showing 3/4 Delta cases are among the vaccinated, says masks are the answer 30 Jul, 2021 20:18 / Updated 1 day ago The CDC has released a study backing up its decision to recommend indoor masking for both vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans. The study examined one outbreak and found three-quarters of people testing positive were vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its masking guidelines on Tuesday, urging all Americans in areas with high Covid-19 transmission to mask up when indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Mask mandates in companies, government departments, and certain local jurisdictions followed, as CDC Director Rochelle Walensky insisted the decision was made on the back of fresh scientific evidence. The CDC released that evidence on Friday. In a study of 469 cases of Covid-19 that broke out in the resort town of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, earlier this month, 74% occurred in “fully vaccinated persons.” Four out of five patients hospitalized were fully vaccinated, and on average the inoculated had completed their two rounds of doses only 86 days before infection. The cases studied occurred in people vaccinated primarily with Pfizer and Moderna shots, with a smaller number having received Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose jab. No one vaccine was singled out as providing better or worse protection, and none appeared to prevent symptoms from developing. Some 79% of vaccinated patients were symptomatic, the study noted. Lab testing revealed that 90% of all the Cape Cod infections involved the Delta variant of the coronavirus. The report lends weight to the argument that the current crop of vaccines aren’t as effective against the Delta variant, although the CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) both insist that vaccination is effective against “severe disease and death” from the virus, to quote WHO technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove in a briefing earlier on Friday. However, the CDC study noted that similarly high viral loads were found in vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Walensky stated on Friday that “high viral loads suggest an increased risk of transmission” and raised concern that “vaccinated people infected with Delta can transmit the virus.” The study itself is less alarmist, stating that “microbiological studies are required to confirm these findings.” Walensky said that the Cape Cod study was “pivotal” in informing the CDC’s decision to recommend indoor masking. Previously, the agency drew flak from Republicans for using an extremely limited Indian …
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 20210802-002a August 2, 2021 Recommendation to cease citations and arrests of persons experiencing homelessness Date: Subject: Motioned by: Nelly Paulina Ramirez Seconded by: Rebecca Bernhardt Recommendation: The Public Safety Commission recommends that City Council, Mayor, and City Manager Spencer Cronk direct the Austin Police Department cease the citations and arrests set forth by the Responsible Public Space Management Plan unless the diversions being offered to persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness include a housing option. We also recommend the city invest $1.2M in funding to support non-profits like Austin Mutual Aid to house at least an addition 450 of our unhoused neighbors in hotels or alternative housing for a month while the HEAL initiative acquires more temporary housing. And finally, we recommend Council and the Mayor, direct City Manager Cronk to identify city owned land that can be used as a temporary legal encampment for the remaining sites that do not currently fall into the HEAL Initiative. Description of Recommendation to Council: Whereas the objective set forth by the Responsible Public Space Management Plan is to safely and humanely relocate persons camping in a public area, in a manner that preserves human dignity and respect while promoting voluntary compliance. Whereas the Public Space Management Plan set forth by APD currently allows for citations of our neighbors experiencing unsheltered homelessness. Whereas the Public Space Management Plan set forth by APD will allow arrests of our neighbors experiencing unsheltered homelessness starting August 8. Whereas housing options are not being provided to all experience unsheltered homelessness. Whereas citations and arrests directly impede our unhoused neighbors’ ability to secure housing independently. Whereas the threat of citations and arrests may cause those experiencing unsheltered homelessness to seek shelter in even higher risk areas where flooding and wildfire put them in even more danger. Therefore, The Public Safety Commission recommends that: • City Council, Mayor, and City Manager Spencer Cronk direct the Austin Police Department cease the citations and arrests set forth by the Responsible Public Space Management Plan unless the diversions being offered to persons experiencing unsheltered homelessness include a housing option • the city invest $1.2M in funding to support non-profits like Austin Mutual Aid to house at least an addition 450 of our unhoused neighbors in hotels or alternative housing for a month while the HEAL initiative acquires more temporary housing • Council and the Mayor, direct City Manager Cronk to …
Homeless Strategy Division Updates Public Safety Commission August 2, 2021 Dianna Grey, Homeless Strategy Officer Background On Feb. 4, 2021, City Council passed Resolution 2021-204-049 creating the Housing-Focused Homeless Encampment Assistance Link (HEAL) initiative “To immediately house individuals, create a path to permanent housing and over time, eliminate the necessity for unsheltered camping in our city.” “Focus on Housing First and the deployment of actions targeted toward rapid rehousing, emergency shelters, low barrier housing focused shelter and permanent supportive housing.” Core Components Outreach & Engagement • Initial Assessment, Census, Relationship Building, Housing Offer Temporary Shelter • Dedicated single-site shelter; other temporary housing as available Permanent Housing • Primarily Rapid Rehousing, plus diversion and linkage to PSH Voluntary Compliance Strategies • Communication, Built Environment & Amenities, Events, Perimeter Control First Phase: Four High Priority Encampments Priority locations identified by those that pose the greatest risk to public health and safety East Austin South Central Downtown (Central Business District) Northwest Austin Progress to Date Compassionate closure of first two HEAL sites Terrazas Library – June Ben White Bld. and Mancacha Road – July 15 Sites #3 and #4: August/early September 70 of 74 people who were offered housing accepted and moved to bridge shelter 67 of the original 70 guests remain at Southbridge, Of the 67 guests, approximately 50 have been enrolled in housing programs to on a path to permanent supportive housing Housing placements are expected to begin in August First Bridge Shelter • Non-congregate shelter • 75 guest rooms • Opened in June • Front Steps began operating Southbridge in mid-July Terrazas Library Encampment Ben White Blvd and Manchaca Road “Through the HEAL Initiative, we are connecting people to transitional shelter as well as providing primary and mental health care, social services, and substance use services.” Ruth Ahearn Integral Care’s Practice Administrator Housing and Health Care for the Homeless Initiatives
January 2021 February 2021 March 2021 Priority 1 Incidents by Council District Priority 1 Incidents by Council District Priority 1 Incidents by Council District Volume Missed 90th Percentile District Volume Missed 90th Percentile District Volume Missed 90th Percentile Austin-Travis County EMS Response Performance by Month District District 01 District 02 District 03 District 04 District 05 District 06 District 07 District 08 District 09 District 10 Priority Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5 District District 01 District 02 District 03 District 04 District 05 District 06 District 07 District 08 District 09 District 10 Priority Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5 Volume 564 Met 475 1,949 1,790 2,128 1,997 2,556 2,470 1,173 1,102 66 54 74 81 61 30 45 27 84 36 93 69 80 90 64 32 50 25 113 29 645 14 6 9 14 14 7 6 8 1 10 89 10 6 5 8 8 5 7 6 3 11 69 Volume 651 Met 582 1,874 1,724 2,302 2,167 3,021 2,913 1,329 1,236 00:11:20 00:10:01 00:10:25 00:11:17 00:10:58 00:12:34 00:10:31 00:11:51 00:07:59 00:11:45 00:10:53 Compliance 84.22% 91.84% 93.84% 96.64% 93.95% 93.60% 00:09:46 00:09:47 00:09:46 00:09:44 00:10:30 00:11:59 00:10:17 00:11:15 00:09:36 00:10:04 00:10:12 Compliance 89.40% 92.00% 94.14% 96.42% 93.00% 93.95% All Districts 558 All Districts 555 155 00:14:57 All Districts Overall Response Performance - All Council Districts Overall Response Performance - All Council Districts Overall Response Performance - All Council Districts All Priorities 8,370 7,834 All Priorities 8,426 6,754 All Priorities 8,686 8,238 April 2021 May 2021 June 2021 Priority 1 Incidents by Council District Priority 1 Incidents by Council District Priority 1 Incidents by Council District Volume Missed 90th Percentile District Volume Missed 90th Percentile District Volume Missed 90th Percentile District 01 District 02 District 03 District 04 District 05 District 06 District 07 District 08 District 09 District 10 Priority Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5 District 01 District 02 District 03 District 04 District 05 District 06 District 07 District 08 District 09 District 10 Priority Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4 Priority 5 Volume 566 Met 410 2,040 1,510 2,086 1,639 2,447 2,190 1,287 1,005 Compliance 72.44% 74.02% 78.57% 89.50% 78.09% 80.16% 24 18 18 24 22 16 12 9 4 8 15 12 15 11 13 12 15 5 11 8 82 50 70 81 67 40 …
Austin – Travis County EMS Staffing Authorized Strength 643 Sworn FTEs 528 Current Sworn FTEs 115 Current vacancies (7-23-21)* 2 Commander – Field 1 Captain – Field 61 Clinical Specialist Field 40 Medic – Field 4 Clinical Specialist – Communications 7 Medic – Communications *67 Sworn FTEs were funded in this Fiscal Year (24 FTEs funded only in the last two months) *12 Sworn Field FTEs funded in June 2021 *12 Sworn Field FTEs funded in July 2021 Current Academy (July 19 - October 8) 33 Cadets which upon graduation will fill Medic positions (Field and Communications) 31 Field Cadets 2 Communications Cadets Current Hiring Process Field (July – Aug 16) for the January Academy Communications Dates June 7 – July 6 July 12 – August 9 o o o August 23 – September 13 o December 20 – January 10
Evaluation of Sexual Assault Investigations April 2021 Update Council Resolution 20190131-077 Patricia Bourenane, City of Austin Sarah Mostyn, Police Executive Research Forum Public Safety Commission August 2, 2021 Background • Council Resolution 20190131-077 and Original Scope • Comprehensive evaluation of how reported sexual assaults are investigated and processed • At a minimum either 200 sexual assault cases or fifty percent of sexual assault cases from each year, whichever number is greater, for each of the prior seven years of sexual assault case reports 2 Challenges • Challenges to project budget and timeline: • COVID-19 and Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance • Legal review • Complex case review • Turnover in Sex Crimes Unit (SCU) 3 Proposed Changes to Scope of Work 4 Stakeholder Meetings • March 2021 – Council Member Sponsors • April 2021 – Meeting with Stakeholders • Survivor Justice Project, SAFE Alliance of Austin, and the Austin/Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team (SARRT) • Stakeholder preference, modify the original project scope to: • Add 2019 and 2020 case files • Review 30 percent of case files per each year 5 Updated Scope of Work Original Project Scope Cases New Project Scope Cases Calendar Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total Sample 240 206 305 260 294 303 321 1,929 Calendar Year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total Sample 144 124 183 156 176 182 192 153 120 1,430 6 Major Milestones and Timeline Kick-Off Meetings • COMPLETE Policy/Procedure Review • ONGOING • Initial phase complete November 2020 Case Review • ONGOING • Delayed to November 2021 from May 2021 Interviews/Site Visit • ONGOING • Originally May 2021/TBD depending on availability Final Report • RESCHEDULED • Originally February 2022/May 2022 Presentation on Findings • RESCHEDULED • Originally February 2022/May 2022 7 Preliminary Observations • Training that SCU detectives receive upon joining the unit should be formalized. New detectives should be required to complete training before being assigned cases. • Training should include a thorough explanation of how to properly clear and classify cases, including an explanation of when to suspend vs. exceptionally clear a case. • Detectives should be required to respond to all scenes where a sexual assault • Detectives should allow victims flexibility in the time and location for recently occurred. interviews. • Detectives should be required to make multiple attempts to contact a victim before suspending a …
87TH STATE LEGISLATURE Intergovernmental Relations Office – Brie L. Franco, Officer 87TH PASSED BILLS: NEGATIVE FOR CITY Disaster Rollback Camping Ban SB 1438 HB 1925 (Bettencourt) (Capriglione) Effective June 16, 2021 Effective Sept. 1, 2021 City Police Funding HB 1900 (Goldman) Effective Sept. 1, 2021 Gas Preemption HB 17 (Deshotel) Effective May 18, 2021 Historic Districts SB 1585 (Hughes) Effective Sept. 1, 2021 No Contracts : Firearm Boycott SB 19 (Schwertner) Effective Sept. 1, 2021 Permitless Carry HB 1927 (Schaefer) Effective Sept. 1, 2021 1 87TH POLICE FUNDING City Police Funding HB 1900 (Goldman) Effective September 1, 2021 • Applies only to municipalities over 250,000 • “Defunding municipality” reduces appropriation to police department compared to previous budget. [lower than the larger of previous two years’ budgets until 2023] • Determined by Office of Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (“CJD”). Some exceptions allowed at discretion of CJD • Penalties: • Dis-annexation elections and prohibition on annexations. • Must use lowest property tax rate (generally no-new-revenue rate) for upcoming year • Annual sales tax distribution decreased by amount determined by CJD that State spent to provide law enforcement services to City. • Increase contributions to APRS such that the combined City and member contributions are no less than the combined City and member contributions in FY2021. • AE & AWU rates capped at January 2021 levels unless utilities stop providing any funding to the City through transfers. County Funding SB 23 (Huffman) Applies only to counties over 1 million Effective January 1, 2022 9 other “defunding” bills did not pass 2 87TH BILLS IMPACTING THE HOMELESS Camping Ban HB 1925 (Capriglione) Effective September 1, 2021 • City must submit a plan for approval by TDHCA to designate a property for encampment. Designation of public parks is prohibited. • Offense is a Class C misdemeanor. Officers must make reasonable effort to connect persons to designated encampment and services. • Local entities cannot have policies that prohibit or discourage enforcement of the ban nor can they discourage peace officers or prosecuting attorneys from enforcing the ban. • Policies that encourage diversion or provision of services in lieu of citation or arrest are allowed. • HB 1925 Contingency Rider NOT included in the final appropriations act. • TDHCA has posted a proposed rule for encampment for public comment Purchase / Conversion: County Approval • SB 646 (Schwertner) • Vote failed in House Committee • HB 1803 …
` Michael Sierra-Arevalo Rebecca Webber Amanda Lewis Rebecca Bernhardt PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, July 6, 2021 The Public Safety Commission convened a videoconferencing meeting Tuesday July 6, 2021 at City Hall 301 W. 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Chair Rebecca Gonzales called the Board Meeting to order at 3:01p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Rebecca Gonzales Kathleen Hausenfluck Nelly Ramirez John Kiracofe Board Members Absent: Rocky Lane and Queen Austin 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 Commissioner Gonzales. Citizen Communications - Citizens signed up to speak: -Carlos Leon spoke on Cap Metro Driver Threat during Citizen Communication -Carlos Leon signed up to speak on item 2a - APD officer response time to his call was within 10 minutes; unable to pay in person at APD Headquarters during regular business hours on June 25th due to building still closed to the public because of COVID-19; reopen APD Headquarters full-time to the in-person public 1. Approval of Minutes – Chair Gonzales called for comments/edits to the June 7, 2021 minutes and hearing no comments, she deemed the minutes approved as presented. 1 Citywide Crimes against Persons, Property and Society Citywide Response Times and Calls for Service Calls for Service and Response Times by Council District Overtime Budget vs. Overtime Spent Staffing (the 144th Cadet Class begin on June 7, 2021) The next cadet class is scheduled for -When was the last time APD met the target response times (8:24 seconds)? (Commissioner Webber) -Does APD run concurrent classes? (Commissioner Kiracofe) -Please add clearance updates to APD quarterly reports? (Commissioner Bernhardt) -How are target times determined? (Commissioner Hausenfluck) -What is definition for Zero Calls (Commissioner Kiracofe) - Are self-initiated calls possibly a waste of time? (Commissioner Lewis) 2a. Public Safety Organizations Quarterly Update – Austin Police Department (sponsors: Commissioners Hausenfluck and Gonzales) Speaker – Troy Gay, Chief of Staff, APD Chair Gonzales invited Chief Gay to begin his quarterly presentation. Chief Gay presented stats from APD on: 2023 after the 144th Cadet Class has ended and results/feedback of the class is presented to city council for a council votes to approve another class in 2023. There were comments and questions from the Commissioners over the quarterly information presented and Chief Gay committed to following up with additional information regarding: …
