Interim Report of Independent Evaluator: APD Training Academy
APD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CLASS # 3 FINAL PROJECT
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APD APD LEADERSHIP ACADEMYLEADERSHIP ACADEMY
CLASS # 3CLASS # 3FINAL PROJECTFINAL PROJECT
SGT. FRANK CREASEY
AUSTIN PARK POLICE
AUSTIN PARK POLICEAUSTIN PARK POLICE
CREATED IN 1968 BY CITY ORDINANCE 681212-D
ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AS PARK RANGERS
1979 STATE LEGISLATURE EXPANDS ARTICLE 2.12 TO INCLUDE PARKS PATROL AS PEACE OFFICERS
PARK POLICEPARK POLICECONTINUEDCONTINUED
1980 CITY OF AUSTIN CHANGED NAME FROM PARK RANGERS TO PARK POLICE
1984 PARD RECOGNIZES NAME CHANGE
LAKE PATROLLAKE PATROL
1969 PRIMARY LAW ENFORCEMENT OF CITY WATERWAYS TRANSFERRED TO PARK POLICE
ORIGINALLY CREATED WITH ONE OFFICER AND THREE WATER SAFETY SPECIALIST.
1975 SPECIALIST ELIMINATED
MISSIONMISSION
PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIROMENT FOR USERS OF CITY WATERWAYS– ENFORCE TEXAS WATER SAFETY ACT– CONDUCT SAFETY INSPECTION OF
VESSELS – PROVIDE BOATER SAFETY EDUCATION
CLASSES
WATERWAYSWATERWAYS
DECKER LAKE– CREATED FOR USE BY DECKER POWER
PLANT– GROWING USE AMONG CITIZENS– INCREASE USE DURING JET SKI BAN ON
LAKE AUSTIN
TOWNLAKE– USE RESTRICTED BY CITY ORDINANCES
WATER CONTINUEDWATER CONTINUED
MORE TOWNLAKE– GASOLINE MOTORS NOT ALLOWED– NO SWIMMING– GREATEST USE IS BY CANOES AND SKULLERS
LAKE AUSTIN– LARGEST OF THREE– MOST OF LAKE PATROL TIME SPENT HERE
LAKE AUSTINLAKE AUSTIN
LAKE IS 21 MILES LONG LINED WITH HOMESHEAVY RECREATIONAL USE FROM
SURROUNDING AREA
MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONSMULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS
LAKE AUSTIN PART OF LOWER COLORADO RIVER CHANGE– LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY
DEFERS JURISDICTION TO AUSTIN
CITY JURISDICTION– DETERMINED BY ELEVATION ABOVE
SEA LEVEL– NORMAL 492 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
MORE JURISDICTIONMORE JURISDICTION
CITY CONTINUED– CITY HAS JURISDICTION 12 FEET ABOVE
THE 492 LEVEL.– ANY PROPERTY UNDER 504 FEET ABOVE
SEA LEVEL IS CONSIDERED IN CITY
STREET ADDRESSES?STREET ADDRESSES?
LAKE IS 21 MILES LONG– EACH MILE IS A ZONE NUMBERED ONE
TO TWENTY– ZONE ONE BEGINS AT TOM MILLER
DAM AND GOES UP RIVER TO MANSFIELD DAM (ZONE TWENTY)
– ZONES ARE LIKE BLOCK NUMBERS ON A STREET
DOCK NUMBERSDOCK NUMBERS
DOCKS IN EACH ZONE GIVEN A NUMBER LIKE A HOME ADDRESS– EVEN NUMBERS TO LEFT GOING UP
RIVER ODD TO RIGHT– DOCK 1-1 WOULD BE FIRST DOCK IN
ZONE 1 ON THE RIGHT– FIRST DOCK IN ZONE 18 WOULD BE 18-1
DOCK CONTINUEDDOCK CONTINUED
DOCK NUMBERING SYSTEM IS OUTDATED– DOCKS NO LONGER MARKED– OLD NUMBERS ARE NOT EASILY
SEEN– DIFFICULTY IN PLACING OLD
NUMBERS ON NEW DOCKS.
MAJOR CONCERNMAJOR CONCERN
CALLS FOR SERVICE DELAYED– CURRENT SYSTEM DOES RECOGNIZE
DOCK NUMBERS– CALL FOR SERVICE COMES FROM HOME
IN UPPER END OF LAKE MAY GO TO TCSO
HOME ADDRESS SHOWS TO BE TCSO JURISDICTION
INCIDENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED ON WATER
MORE CONCERNSMORE CONCERNS
CALLS COMING FROM WATER– PEOPLE UNSURE OF LOCATION– SOME DESCRIPTIONS COVER SEVERAL
MILES THIS REQUIRES DELAYED RESPONSE DUE
TO HAVING TO SEARCH FOR THE PROBLEM
SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS
REQUIRES COOPERATION AMONG AGENCIES– TCSO, PARD AND APD
UPDATE DOCK NUMBERING SYSTEM– GATHER UPDATED DOCK NUMBERS
AND CORESPONDING PHYSICAL STREET ADDRESS
THIS INFORMATION IS CURRENT AT PARD
SOLUTIONS CONTINUEDSOLUTIONS CONTINUED
TURN INFO OVER TO APD EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS– DOCK NUMBERS ENTERED INTO THE CAD
SYSTEM AS HAZARDS ON STREET ADDRESSES MOST TIME CONSUMING AND EXTENSIVE GREATEST POSITIVE IMPACT
TRAIN 911CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCH– AWARE OF LAKE PATROL LIMITATIONS AND
ASSETS– BOTH TCSO AND APD
NEW NUMBERSNEW NUMBERS
NEW SIGNS NEEDED– SIMULAR TO REFLECTIVE STREET
SIGNS CURRENTLY USEDHAVE BOTH DOCK NUMBER AND
CORESPONDING STREET ADDRESSDIFFICULTY
– COST TO CITY OR HOMEOWNER– VOLUNTARY OR MANDATORY
WILL IT WORKWILL IT WORK
ONLY TIME WILL TELL– LOOK AT CURRENT CALL STATS COMPARED
TO PREVIOUS YEARS– STATS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE AT
PARK POLICE ADD ADDITIONAL CATEGORY FOR ASSISTING TCSO
(BACK UP)
– REQUEST FEEDBACK FROM APD AND TCSO TO SEE IF OUR PRESENCE HAS INCREASED
ULTIMATE GOALULTIMATE GOAL
INCREASE MANPOWER OF THE LAKE PATROL FROM ITS CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS