 Hello, and thank you for watching the Crime Control and Prevention District 2020 Continuation Election presentation. I'm Chief of Police Ed Krause, and with me today is Assistant Police Director, Kristianne Simmons. We're here to provide information about the Crime Control and Prevention District, or CCPD for short, why it was created, the programs it funds, and the continuation election on May 2nd. So what is the Crime Control and Prevention District? The Crime Control and Prevention District, or CCPD, provides revenue from a half-cent sales tax dedicated to funding programs aimed at reducing and preventing crime in Fort Worth. The district was established in 1995, following high crime rates that occurred in the late 1980s. The CCPD is managed by a nine-member Board of Directors that is responsible for establishing the annual budget and policies, overseeing expenditures, and evaluating programs. CCPD budgets must also be approved by city council, and funds of the CCPD are administered by the city, primarily the Fort Worth Police Department. Referring to the chart, the crime rate has dropped 63% since 1995 when the CCPD was established, while population continues to increase. The black line on the chart is the crime rate, and the blue area is population. As you can see, the crime rate continues to decrease, while the population continues to increase. The next continuation election on whether to continue the district in tax for a ten-year term is on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020, and early voting is April 20-28. This slide shows the breakdown of sales tax in Fort Worth. The total sales tax collected is 8.25 cents of every dollar spent. 6.25 cents goes to the state, one cent is for the city's general fund, a half cent is for Trinity Metro, and a half cent is for the CCPD. And this chart shows the CCPD's sales tax each year since 2011. Sales tax revenues have generally increased year over year. In fiscal year 2020, the CCPD's sales tax is expected to be more than 81 million. That year-to-date sales tax line is as of January 31st. This chart shows how that 81 million dollars will be spent. There are five funding categories, neighborhood crime prevention, enhanced enforcement, partners with a shared mission, equipment, technology, and infrastructure, and recruiting and training. Equipment, technology, and infrastructure receives 38 percent of the funding, followed by enhanced enforcement at 29 percent, neighborhood crime prevention at 19 percent, recruitment and training at 8 percent, and partners with a shared mission at 6 percent. I will go into greater detail of each of these categories in the coming slides. The district funds 294 total positions, including 251 sworn officer positions and 43 civilian positions. The city's general fund pays for the remaining sworn and civilian positions. In addition to sales tax, revenue is received from other sources, including reimbursement revenue from partner organizations, sale of capital assets, and miscellaneous revenue. Now for more detail about each of the five funding categories. First is neighborhood crime prevention. CCPD provides funding for these programs. Code blue volunteer programs such as Citizens on Patrol, the Clergy and Police Alliance, Ministers Against Crime, and CERT. For those of you who are not familiar with the COP program, it is a program in which citizens patrol their neighborhoods, surveying as the eyes and ears of the neighborhood, and work with officers to solve and prevent neighborhood crime. The Crime Prevention Unit coordinates community events to educate on various safety programs, including personal safety, identity theft, workplace violence, and others. Fort Worth PD has partnered with the Park and Recreation Department to implement the graffiti abatement program, which removes graffiti from hundreds of properties each year. Finally, the Neighborhood Police Officer or NPO program. NPO's are assigned to specific geographic areas throughout the city to serve as a designated resource for residents and businesses in the area. As far as enhanced enforcement, CCPD funding provides additional officers to specialized units and patrol divisions to respond to emerging crime trends, target violent crime, and work on getting the most active offenders off the street. This includes an expansion of the city's general fund SWAT team and special response team officers. CCPD has partnered with six independent school districts to split the cost of providing officers in middle schools and high schools throughout Fort Worth. Seventy-nine school resource officers are funded through a partnership between the CCPD and the ISDs. School resource officers are in schools within the Fort Worth, Crowley, Eagle Mountain Saginaw, Keller, Lake Worth, and Northwest ISDs, as well as the Lena Pope Home. CCPD provides funding for parks, community policing, and facilities for residents participating in various park and recreation department and neighborhood services department programs and events. Enhanced enforcement through details that designate special events to assist with traffic management and details in the stockyards every Saturday night. Partners with a shared mission includes partnerships with several local agencies and organizations to further extend Fort Worth PD's crime prevention strategies to portions of the city's population, including youth and students, gang members, and victims of domestic violence. These partnerships include after-school programs at four ISDs, Fort Worth, Crowley, Keller, and White Settlement, and two safe haven locations, Safe City Commission, Unsafe Place, Crime Stoppers, Coming Up Gang Intervention Program, Youth and Young Adult Athletic Leagues, and other community-based organizations whose efforts are to prevent crime in the community and aid victims of crime. CCPD funds specialized equipment, technology, and facilities. The crime control and prevention district pays for all jail costs as well as the replacement of high mileage vehicles and motorcycles. Examples of the types of law enforcement equipment supplied by CCPD funds include in-car video systems, mobile data computers, the police radio system, and technology improvements. CCPD helps fund the Fort Worth PD's DNA crime lab. CCPD has funded several facility projects including the new North Patrol Division headquarters on North Riverside Drive, a new heliport at Meacham Airport, and renovations and security improvements at various patrol and administrative facilities. The last funding category is recruitment and training. CCPD funds new officer recruitment in which Fort Worth PD recruits at events, colleges, and career fairs throughout the country. This program also encompasses the Explorer Program to raise awareness of law enforcement as a career among youth throughout the city. The CCPD also funds recruit officer training, which includes the funding of supplies, equipment, uniforms, instructors, and salaries for recruits while they're attending the police academy. CCPD also funds two training officers to enhance the department's existing training staff. The CCPD continuation election will have the following proposition on the ballot. Whether the Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District should be continued for 10 years and the Crime Control and Prevention District sales tax should be continued for 10 years. For more information, please visit our website, give us a call, and or email us. Election Day is May 2nd and early voting begins April 20th through the 28th. Please come out and vote.