Quality of Life

Strategic Plan Update

San Antonio Police Department
William P. McManus
Chief of Police
Public Safety Committee September 3, 2014
SAPD STRATEGIC PLAN
In order to develop viable and sustainable solutions to
quality of life issues such as
Panhandling
Graffiti
Prostitution
Open Air Drug Markets
Burglary of Vehicles
the San Antonio Police Department has developed a
strategic plan.

STRATEGIC PLAN FULL
COMMITTEE
Bexar County (BC) :
District Attorney's Office
Magistrate and Detention Center
Mental Health Court
Courts at Law Administration
Magistrates Office
Probation Offices
Sheriff's Office

Municipal Court
Felony Drug Court
Downtown Ops Department
Haven for Hope
Center for Health Care Services
Department of Human Services
Other service providers
Related administrative offices
SAPD Convened Committee of Stakeholders (Dec 2013)
The full committee met several times each month for
the first several months.
STAKE HOLDER SUBCOMMITTEES
The Full Committee organizes into subcommittees
focused on each of the five core issues
Each subcommittee is organized and coordinated by an
SAPD Captain
Each subcommittee meets at least once a month and some
meet more frequently
Subcommittees include representatives from SAPD, other
City departments, Bexar County Agencies, outside service
agencies, and community groups (HOAs, Moose Lodge,
etc)
PANHANDLING
Example of Initiatives:
Worked closely with Bexar County Mental Health,
the Probate Court, and the Center for Health Care
Services to develop a civil commitment process to
force chronic offenders into out-patient
treatment; the process has been finalized.
Successes:
Panhandling arrest are up 34% this fiscal year
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GRAFFITI
Example of Initiatives:
Pilot program with Greater Northwest HOA to
address graffiti problems.
Successes:
Thousands of incidents of graffiti tracked, cleaned
over 6,800 ft
2
of graffiti from 137
resident/business locations and 30,000 ft
2
from
drainage areas.
833 arrests for graffiti fiscal year to date have lead
to an 8.76% decrease in reported crimes.
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PROSTITUTION
Example of Initiatives:
Held meetings with the Texas Lodging Association
and the San Antonio Housing and Lodging
Association to discourage hourly sales of lodging.
Successes:
City-wide crackdown has lead to 1,048 arrests for
prostitution (up 9.39%) and 2,378 citations (up
25%) for this fiscal year.

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OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS
Examples of Initiatives:
Concentrated enforcement efforts in identified
hot-spots in each area of City.
Conducting quarterly buy-bust programs
throughout City.
Successes:
Narcotics arrests are up City-wide by an
astounding 20.5% this calendar year.


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BURGLARY OF VEHICLES
Example of Initiatives:
Initiated two projects along the IH-10 corridor
partnering with the business community,
neighborhoods associations, and law enforcement
stakeholders. Six Flags, La Cantera Mall, and the
RIM Shopping Center all reconfigured their
parking lots and/or security measures as a result
of the operation.
Successes:
Burglary of vehicles are down 7% this fiscal year.

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HAVEN FOR HOPE INITIATIVES
Example of Initiatives:
Central SAFFE performs sweeps bicycles and
patrol units saturate the area and make contact
with individuals found underneath bridges, stores,
abandoned houses, and other locations such as
the 900-1000 block of the W. Houston, 200-300
block of N. Frio, and the 1200 block of W. Martin.
Successes:
16 arrests for felony drug possession and delivery
of narcotics due to work with Haven for Hope.
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CONTINUING EFFORTS
SAPD will continue to address quality of life issues for
the community, as well as facilitate stakeholder
meetings to ensure efforts to address these issues
remain a priority for the Department.
THANK YOU
San Antonio Police Department
William P. McManus
Chief of Police
Public Safety Committee September 3, 2014