Underway. [captions copyright national Cable Satellite Corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its Caption Content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] you may unmute yourself any time seek recognition. I will now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. As i said, good Morning And Welcome to a very important hearing, one that i hope will generate not only an understanding but as i will ask a number of witnesses, legislative fixes that may be relevant and important in this rise of technology against a document that has been a living document of a century and that is the constitution of the United States of america. Like many other leaps forward in technology, Facial Recognition offers our Society Promise and peril. Proponents extol the potential benefits of policing, greater certainty in Law Enforcement, safer orders and ultimately come a more efficient criminal Justice System. At the same time, Facial Recognition systems have clea
Clerk thank you. That motion passes, and places you on item 12, Presentation And Discussion regarding the Tow Program. Great, and we have is it miss hammonds . Are you leading this conversation . Good afternoon, Board Members. Victoria wise, chief of staff. So im joined today by diana hammonds, senior director of parking and sales, as well as sean [inaudible] our parking director. So the purpose of our presentation is to give you the status of towing, two, describing three different types of tows and what weve done to help homeless and those types of individuals, and really reevaluating our entire Tow Program generally, in terms of what it costs for a customer, what our towing policies are, which we intend to do during the rest of this calendar year. Before we dive into the details of this presentation, i do want to spend a couple of minutes setting the stage for todays discussion. Of course, when the Pandemic Emergency was declared and people were instructed to shelter in place, we di
The governor deployed the National Guard to Brooklyn Center. Hundreds of people ended up clashing with police, looting and more over the death of 20yearold daunte wright. Police say they tried to arrest him. During a Traffic Stop over an outstanding warrant. An officer shot him as he tried to drive away. Wright drove several blocks, hit a vehicle and then died at the scene. This all happened about 10 miles from where the trial of Derek Chauvin in taking place. Chauvin, the former Police Officer on trial charged with murdering George Floyd. Some 20 businesses damaged in the protesting. There are reports of Someone Firing on a police station. Now more National Guard troops could be on the way as daunte Wrights Family is asking for peace. He is only 20 years old. He shouldnt have died. I dont want all of this. I dont want all of this. I just want my baby home. Thats all i want. I want him to be home. I dont want everybody out here chanting and screaming and yelling. I just want him home,
Clerk thank you. That motion passes, and places you on item 12, Presentation And Discussion regarding the Tow Program. Great, and we have is it miss hammonds . Are you leading this conversation . Good afternoon, Board Members. Victoria wise, chief of staff. So im joined today by diana hammonds, senior director of parking and sales, as well as sean [inaudible] our parking director. So the purpose of our presentation is to give you the status of towing, two, describing three different types of tows and what weve done to help homeless and those types of individuals, and really reevaluating our entire Tow Program generally, in terms of what it costs for a customer, what our towing policies are, which we intend to do during the rest of this calendar year. Before we dive into the details of this presentation, i do want to spend a couple of minutes setting the stage for todays discussion. Of course, when the Pandemic Emergency was declared and people were instructed to shelter in place, we di
Bill the cameras are in and they have crayons and baby diapers and shelves in the background but you have the Overcrowding Situation that is extraordinary and hard to look at. Dana very upsetting. The White House is letting reporters inside this facility here in donna, texas where migrants are packed in holding areas. The video showing kids banging on glass walls and sleeping on Matts Shoulder to shoulder on the floor. It is over capacity and dont expect the surge to slow up any time soon. Capacity for this location for Covid Purposes is 250. Previous to that it was 2,000. We hold 4100 subjects in this facility. Were 700 over capacity. As we look at the threat and some of the Traffic Patterns we see and i fully expect based upon what weve already apprehended and looking at what is remaining in the fiscal year well have approximately A Million encounters this year. Bill think about that A Million encounters this year. We begin Casey Stiegel is live in eagle pass, texas, well begin with