Richardson — During public comment the council heard from Terry Smith, a Richardson resident, who described repeated late‑night disturbances at his home and asked the council to intervene so police can resolve the problem.

Smith said he lives on the 1300 block of Timberlake Circle and recounted about 36 months of frequent nighttime banging and rocks thrown at his house. He said he has repeatedly contacted police and spent money on repairs and security: "I just spent $3,000 on painting outside of my house... I've spent over $1,100 on [security cameras]... Unfortunately, security cameras do not reach the back fence at the creek where all this is occurring." (Terry Smith.)

Smith said at least one police sergeant made a disparaging comment about his health during a response and characterized that remark as a potential HIPAA exposure: "During 1 police initiated event... the sergeant asked me what medicines I was taking and made a negative personal comment about my health. This is a HIPAA liability exposure." He said calls to the police have produced surveillance attempts that have not identified a suspect and that he believes focused surveillance could resolve the matter: "If you're keeping a scorecard, the number of successful attempts at resolution to the number of police calls is 0 to 51. I'm requesting council intervention to oversee this issue as resolved since this is a neighborhood safety issue." (Terry Smith.)

City staff told Smith that Chief Gary Tittle or a member of his command staff would follow up the next day to discuss next steps and surveillance possibilities.

Why this matters: the comment raised resident concerns about neighborhood safety, police response effectiveness and handling of sensitive health‑related questions during on‑scene interactions.

Next steps: city staff committed to having Chief Tittle or a member of his command staff contact Smith the following day and the resident said he will return to future council meetings to update the council on progress.