Item 3B City Manager's Report - Back to School
Back to School Mobility and Safety
August 2, 2016
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Back to School
SROs report Aug 8
Advanced SRO training
Juvenile summit
Convocation
CISD training
The SRO’s all report the week of August 8.
Several of them will be in an advanced SRO certification school from Aug 8-10 that we are hosting at our training facility.
Following that,
the SRO’s will be participating in a juvenile summit on August 10-11 that we will also be hosting. SRO’s Allen Smith and Brett Wilson have organized the summit, which entails bringing
in experts to discuss developments in juvenile law and current best practices for School Resource Officers. This training is open to all regional law enforcement who wish to participate.
CISD’s
convocation will be August 15
SRO’s will spend the rest of that week working w/ CISD on receiving updated school specific training. This includes working with CISD staff on emergency
response and operations.
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Mobility
Communication
OTM traffic plan
All SROs directing traffic with assistance from patrol and traffic officers
OTM examining recommendations from school zone study
Communication from the Police Department will begin the week before school covering:
Back to school reminders
School zone speed reminders
School zone cell phone usage reminders
General
safety information
Office of Traffic Management has formulated a traffic plan that is in place for all 11 CISD campuses, as well as KISD campus Florence Elementary
All SRO’s will be
directing traffic with the help of patrol and traffic officers for the first week of school
Following that week, adjustments will be made as necessary
You may recall receiving information
at the summer retreat pertaining to an engineering study commissioned by the City focusing on school zone safety improvements. OTM is currently evaluating the results of the study in
order to prioritize the recommendations and formulate a plan going forward.
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Shady Oaks Drive Street Rehabilitation
Crews have paved & added new asphalt layers
Remaining Work:
Install flashing, pedestrian crossing at Sherwood and Shady Oaks intersection.
Repair the sidewalk along 800 Shady Oaks
Replace
pavement markings
Before and After
The project, which began June 16, 2016 and is this year’s street rehabilitation collaboration with Tarrant County Precinct 3, has made significant repairs and corrections to the segment
of Shady Oaks from the north property line of Bicentennial Park to West Highland Street. This includes the road in front of Durham Intermediate School. The work is scheduled to be complete
before school starts.
To date, crews have paved and added new layers of asphalt to the road - This week, you’ll see crews back-fill and complete sod work. In addition, crews will:
Install
flashing, pedestrian crossing at Sherwood and Shady Oaks intersection just north of Durham Intermediate School this will help greatly with school zone safety….
Repair the sidewalk along
800 Shady Oaks.
And Replace pavement markings.
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Other Updates
SRO staffing for Carroll High School and Johnson Elementary
Bi-directional amplifiers installed
There are currently two SRO vacancies:
Carroll High School due to Allen Smith’s retirement. This is a general fund, full time position and will be fill by an internal transfer prior
to the start of school
Johnson Elementary-this vacancy was created when SRO Jim Johnson applied and was hired as a full time officer. This entails finding a new hire through the less
than full time SRO process. We have been unable to find a replacement yet, but we are in the process of searching again. In the interim, the school will be covered by SRO Sgt John
Stokes and COPS volunteers.
A few months ago Council approved the purchase of two bi-directional public safety radio amplifiers for Johnson and Carroll Elementaries. These enable police
and fire radios to function more effectively within the school. Both amplifiers have been installed and are functioning correctly, enabling the respective SRO’s to have much clearer
communication in order to keep everyone safe.
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James Brandon, Chief of Police 817.748.8114
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