DERT INFORMER

ldquoWe know public safety

is measured not simply

by the absence of crime

but also by the presence

of fairness and justicerdquo

Ronald Davis

US Department

of Justice

In This Issue

bull Dallas Community Court

bull Weekly Event Summary Emails

bull No One Tool

bull School Violence Functional Exer-cise

bull DSDA Constituency and New Member Mixer

bull Training LinksmdashWeather LinksmdashHelpful HintsmdashOther Resources

bull Outdoor Warning Siren System

Dallas ISD Police Department

Dallas Independent School District Police Department (DISD PD) employs over 200 people to protect and serve nearly 180000 students and staff in 228 campuses across the 3858 square miles of Dallas In the stu-dent population DISD PD deals with enroll-ment ages from Kindergarten to 22 which creates unique challenges DISD PD is a leader in school-based policing They are aligned with nation-wide best practices de-veloped with Miami-Dade and Los Angeles

as well as within the state with Houston Austin and San Antonio DISD PD switched to intelligence-based policing which not only addresses service calls and targeted incidents but also monitors an overwhelming amount of social me-dia for threats DISD PD works with local state and Federal partners ndash like the FBI and ATF ndash to address the growing occurrences of school violence including active shooter threats DISD PD works year-round not only on threat assessment but also for the rise in property crime that occurs during the summer The department sees a rise in property crimes during the summer months The Downtown impact of this is increased activity in the West End station Representatives from the department worked with Parkland Florida and in Santa Fe Texas after their active shooter incidents to learn from and assist those communities as well as have a better understanding of how to respond if a similar situation were to happen here Some takeaways from these events are that police need multiple tools to combat active shooters Metal detectors in schools are not the catch-all solution theyrsquore just one available tool in the ongoing efforts of ensuring school safety To that end DISD PD is a full-service police department They have patrol and traffic enforcement units and resource officers in the middle and high schools They also have a Criminal Investigative and Crime Analysis Unit a Crime Scene Forensics and Evidence Unit Narcotics K-9 Unitand are adding a Bomb Detection K-9 this summer continuing to work closely with DPD K9 Unit These resources are elements in DISD PDrsquos mission for ldquosafer schools safer econo-my safer Dallasrdquo With schools in Downtown Dallas DISD PD works with homeless-ness activity in the West End Station the former Dallas County Schools Bus System and a growing student enrollment DISD police works to build strong working relation-ships with the community businesses and law enforcement agencies to challenge the status quo and develop and grow mentoring programs to keep from criminalizing behavior and con-tinue to feed the prison pipeline Find out more about DISD Police through their website at httpswwwdallasisdorgpd or following them on all social media at DISDPolice

Downtown Dallas Inc July 2018

Dallas Community Court

Since 2004 the City of Dallas has offered greater ac-

countability to ldquoQuality-of-Liferdquo offenders by establishing

Community Courts in five locations throughout Dallas

Community Courts work to rehabilitate individuals to

prevent future criminal acts and to restore communities

by combining punishment with help with problems that

lead to crime Their goal is to bridge the gap between

communities and court to make justice visible accessi-

ble and proactive The central business district is

served by the Night Community Court

Community Court allows for more than sentencing of-

fenders to jail or fines Community Court provides for

individualized justice based on access to information on

the offender as well as an expanded range of sentencing options that lead to pos-

itive community impacts Options may include restitution to community through

community service projects or enrollment in alcohol and drug treatment job train-

ing and even education or job placement

These courts serve not only regular community court docket but also serve with

Specialty Court Dockets These dockets serve specific needs in the community

and include Prostitution Diversion Docket Drug Court Docket Homeless Docket

and two newer dockets ndash Veterans Docket and SCCIP Court The South Oak Cliff

Community Court has been awarded a grant to assist Veteran-specific needs

SCCIP Court is the Second Chance Community Improvement Program Court and

is the first-ever felony Community Court in Dallas These courts also work with the

Dallas County Truancy Community Service Program

The Dallas Community Court system has reduced incarceration with their cost-

effective problem-solving practices Theyrsquove engaged the community and restored

order Theyrsquove won awards and recognition for their work and have been desig-

nated a Mentor Court for other court systems around the nation

Community Court holds dockets at their vari-

ous locations on certain days and times

Night Community Court adjudicates V- and C

-Citations on Thursdays at 3 pm 5 pm and 7

pm For a listing of locations times and oth-

er information on Community Courts go to

their website at http

wwwdallascityattorneycom

Community_Courtshtml

Weekly Event

Summary Emails

The Office of Emergency Man-agement began a new feature in 2017 the Weekly Event Sum-mary Emails The idea behind them was to alert our partners about events that might have elements that will impact busi-nesses or traffic in Downtown OEM pulls information from Dal-las Police Department and cal-endars for Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and the Of-fice of Special Events to ensure the greatest coverage possible for our stakeholders

Other information in these emails include road closures when necessary weather infor-mation that may impact the ar-ea along with safety tips and useful links Updates are sent out if events are added at the last minutemdashsuch as protests or other pop-up events

The purpose of these emails is to ensure timely communication and dissemination of infor-mation to our partners Please send any comments or sugges-tions you may have about these summaries to Rhonda Simpson at rhondasimpsondallascityhallcom

Dallas Community Court

Dallas Community Court

Since 2004 the City of Dallas has offered greater ac-

countability to ldquoQuality-of-Liferdquo offenders by establishing

Community Courts in five locations throughout Dallas

Community Courts work to rehabilitate individuals to

prevent future criminal acts and to restore communities

by combining punishment with help with problems that

lead to crime Their goal is to bridge the gap between

communities and court to make justice visible accessi-

ble and proactive The central business district is

served by the Night Community Court

Community Court allows for more than sentencing of-

fenders to jail or fines Community Court provides for

individualized justice based on access to information on

the offender as well as an expanded range of sentencing options that lead to pos-

itive community impacts Options may include restitution to community through

community service projects or enrollment in alcohol and drug treatment job train-

ing and even education or job placement

These courts serve not only regular community court docket but also serve with

Specialty Court Dockets These dockets serve specific needs in the community

and include Prostitution Diversion Docket Drug Court Docket Homeless Docket

and two newer dockets ndash Veterans Docket and SCCIP Court The South Oak Cliff

Community Court has been awarded a grant to assist Veteran-specific needs

SCCIP Court is the Second Chance Community Improvement Program Court and

is the first-ever felony Community Court in Dallas These courts also work with the

Dallas County Truancy Community Service Program

The Dallas Community Court system has reduced incarceration with their cost-

effective problem-solving practices Theyrsquove engaged the community and restored

order Theyrsquove won awards and recognition for their work and have been desig-

nated a Mentor Court for other court systems around the nation

Community Court holds dockets at their vari-

ous locations on certain days and times

Night Community Court adjudicates V- and C

-Citations on Thursdays at 3 pm 5 pm and 7

pm For a listing of locations times and oth-

er information on Community Courts go to

their website at http

wwwdallascityattorneycom

Community_Courtshtml

Weekly Event

Summary Emails

The Office of Emergency Man-agement began a new feature in 2017 the Weekly Event Sum-mary Emails The idea behind them was to alert our partners about events that might have elements that will impact busi-nesses or traffic in Downtown OEM pulls information from Dal-las Police Department and cal-endars for Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and the Of-fice of Special Events to ensure the greatest coverage possible for our stakeholders

Other information in these emails include road closures when necessary weather infor-mation that may impact the ar-ea along with safety tips and useful links Updates are sent out if events are added at the last minutemdashsuch as protests or other pop-up events

The purpose of these emails is to ensure timely communication and dissemination of infor-mation to our partners Please send any comments or sugges-tions you may have about these summaries to Rhonda Simpson at rhondasimpsondallascityhallcom

Dallas Community Court

No One Tool

There is no one way to get

information in an emergen-

cy Have multiple ways to

get informed in case of dis-

aster whether at home or at

work

Does your business have a

notification system to alert

employees of an emergen-

cy Consider creating a text

or phone treemdashupdate it

often and test it

Have a weather radio with

good batteries in case a

storm hits and the power

goes out

Weather alerts go out on the

Wireless Emergency Alert

system (WEA) If you get an

alert take shelter and find

information about the situa-

tion

If yoursquore outdoors and hear

the Outdoor Warning Sirens

get inside a building quickly

and tune into broadcast or

online news to get more

information on your situa-

tion

For more information on how

you can get informed in

times of emergency go to

wwwDallasEmergencyMana

gementcom

School Violence Functional Exercise School violence is a hot issue in the news We have been working with our partners in Dallas schools Dallas Police and Dallas Fire Rescue to conduct functional exercises around school violence scenarios

These exercises are more than discussions These exercises incorporate building blueprints and pieces to represent available resources Facilitators run groups through the scenario place and move resources and add chal-lenges throughout the discussion of tactics

These exercises are designed to develop working relationships between differ-ent agencies and identify strengths and areas for improvement By having these functional exercises we can prepare better devise other trainings and continue to increase our abilities to respond to situations as they arise no matter what the scenario or place

We are working on expanding and evolving these scenarios including devel-oping a way to offer these trainings in other environments To learn more about our training and exercise program contact Tiffany Reid at tiffa-nyreiddallascityhallcom

School Violence Functional Exercise

DSDA Constituency and New Membership Mixer

The Downtown Security Directors Association (DSDA) held its first Constitu-

ency and New Member Mixer on Thursday June 28 2018 This was a new

initiative to encourage members to introduce others to the group and en-

courage growth and information sharing in the group

This event was held at Corrientes 348 on Ross Avenue as an informal way

to build relationships and partnerships between building and company secu-

rity Downtown Safety Patrol and the City of Dallas The DSDA board plans

to make this a more regular event to give members more opportunities be-

yond monthly meetings to get to know

each other and bring more people to the

table when it comes to safety

To find out more about this event and oth-

ers in the future contact TJ Warner at

Warnerdowntowndallascom

mdashTraining Linksmdash

httpwwwpreparingtexasorg

httpwwwfemagov

httpwwwnctogorgeptraining

mdashWeather Linksmdash

httpwwwsrhnoaagovfwd

httpwwwsrhnoaagovfwdradiohtml

httpwwwsrhnoaagovfwdskywarnhtml

mdashOther Resourcesmdash

httpwwwknowhat2docom

httpwwwreadygovamericagetakit

httpwwwdallasalertorg

httpwwwdallascertcom

httpwwwdomesticpreparednesscom

Training LinksmdashWeather LinksmdashHelpful HintsmdashOther Resources

mdashHelpful Hintsmdash

Emergency supplies to keep handy

bullFlashlights with extra batteries

bullFirst Aid kit

bullFoodwater for employees and customers

to use during a period of unexpected

confinement at your business

bullPlastic to cover expensive equipment and

furnishings

bullHard hats gloves and boots

bullNOAA weather radio with batteries

bullCommunication plans

Subscribe to Downtown Dal-

las Incrsquos newsletters and e-

blasts to stay up to date on

the latest Downtown news

events and openings

Outdoor Warning Siren System

Office of Emergency Management

1500 Marilla Room L2AN

Dallas TX 75201 Tel 2146704275 Fax 2146704677

oemDallasCityHallcom

The region has revised the criteria for activating the Outdoor Warning System (OWS) The OWS is a

first line of defense for emergency notification and is a key service OEM offers to residents guests

and businesses to alert those outdoors to go inside and seek more information OEM works to make

sure the system is maintained and updated to cover the most area possible

Criteria for Siren Activation

1 The National Weather Service issues a Tornado Warning for areas in and around the City of Dal-

las

2 The National Weather Service issues a Severe Thunderstorm

Warning with destructive winds greater than 70 mph in and

around the City of Dallas

3 Trained storm spotters have reported a tornado in the City of

Dallas or in a neighboring jurisdiction with the potential to af-

fect the City of Dallas

4 Reported hail of 15 in diameter or greater (this may be

adjusted for areas or events where large numbers of people

are outdoors)