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DOCK NUMBERING SYSTEM IS OUTDATED– DOCKS NO LONGER MARKED– OLD NUMBERS ARE NOT EASILY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