Presentation Jubilee Park, Dallas, TX

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PresentationJubilee Park, Dallas, TX

• Michael Dillon
• Vice President Business Development
• Global Municipal and Public Safety Markets

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Wireless Video Surveillance at Jubilee Park
Results by Thomas Harbison, Chair, Anti-Crime
Committee, Jubilee Park
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Jubilee Park Today
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Jubilee Park, South Dallas

• 65 blocks neighborhood
• About 25 of lots vacant
• Little or no consumer retail
• High unemployment and crime

Downtown Dallas
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Significant Reductions in Violent Crimes
Existing conditions at East Grand Avenue
Vicinity of Jubilee Park

• 2006 crime stats
• 2 homicides
• 4 rapes
• 38 assaults
• 49 burglaries
• 27 robberies

• 2007 crime to date
• 1 homicides
• 2 rapes
• 26 assaults
• 59 burglaries
• 20 robberies

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Jubilee Park Area Crime Fighting Efforts
Proposed condition at East Grand Avenue

• Comprehensive crime fighting efforts
• Business and resident STREET WATCH
• Increased police patrols
• Drug Free Zone classification
• Alley cleanup
• Improved street lighting

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Surveillance Project Timeline

• Nov05Started community outreach and fundraising
  with South Dallas Trust Fund (SDTF) and private
  sources
• Feb06Nov06Researched solutions
• Dec.06May07Negotiated contracts with DPD,
  SDTF, Private ,TXU Utilities City of Dallas
• June07Signed agreement with Bearcom
  (integrator) began deployment
• Sept 2007Launched the system

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The Dallas PD started seeing success from the
system just days after the installation, when a
drug deal was caught on video during Bearcom's
training session for the officers.
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Jubilee Surveillance System

• Deployed by Bearcom
• Managed by Dallas PD
• Components
• Firetide mesh nodes
• Sony cameras
• OnSSI video software
• Custom enclosures
• Benefits of wireless
• Cost effective
• Quick to deploy
• Easy to expand

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Private-Public Partnership _at_Work

• Funding managed by non-profit Jubilee Park
• Dallas PD monitors/dispatches _at_ 911 Center
• Project endorsed by the neighborhood and by the
  City of Dallas

Sept 13th Press Conference
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3-month Results

• 184 dispatches
• Real-time response
• 54 arrests
• 38 due to monitoring
• 16 due to patrol presence
• 10 decrease in crime
• Lower gang activity
• Increased safety of students to/from school
• Improved community esteem/dialog with DPD
• Business leaders ownership

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Whats Next for Jubilee?

• Expand surveillance system
• 7-10 additional cameras
• 6 million donation from Boone Pickens
• New Jubilee Park Resource Center
• 7 police officers, case worker, 3 prosecutors
• New Jubilee Community Center
• Fulfill demand for affordable housing
• Advise other neighborhoods in Dallas

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Lessons Learned

• The ramifications of INTENT
• One CANNOT over-communicate
• Its ok to USE and be USED
• The REASON behind the reason
• The TIME of the volunteer
• It is about.OWNERSHIP

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Jubilee Park Then Now
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