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Oh
I,
just
unmuted
the
bridge
and
now
you're
alive.
C
Good
morning,
and
vice
mayor
Shanika,
Smith
and
chair
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee
I
like
to
welcome
you
all
to
the
November
17th
meeting,
all
council
members
and
staff
for
participating
virtually
we
are
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
Hub,
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accessible
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virtual
engagement
Hub
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the
city
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public
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city,
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on
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take
three
minutes
for
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go
through
and
introduce
those
who
are
participating
with
us.
Virtually
just
give
a
quick
hello,
powerful
woman,
Kilgore.
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E
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you
do
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in
the
speaker
queue
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open.
G
Good
morning,
everybody,
this
is
Tom
tester
with
the
Asheville
Coalition
of
Public
Safety.
It
was
a
pleasure
meeting
everybody
the
other
day
at
the
at
the
council.
Meeting
I
have
a
couple
of
points.
I
want
to
be
really
brief
and
complete
and
number
one
I
would
like
to
voice
a
complete
support
for
the
bbp
grant
for
the
bulletproof
vests
that
are
coming
up.
We
had
a
camp.
We
had
I
think
two
council
members
last
time
who
voted
no
to
me.
G
If
you
vote
no,
it's
an
indication
that
you're
not
supporting
Public
Safety
and
you
are
antithetical
to
Public
Safety,
which
is
then
you
are
not
fulfilling
your
duty
as
one
of
the
main
points
being
supporting
the
average
citizens.
Safety,
Astro,
villian,
citizen
safety.
Also,
the
Jag
Grant
I,
think-
should
be
completely
supported
as
well
and
I'd
like
to
get
into
a
conversation
about
I.
Think
that
you
folks
now
are
aware
of
our
group,
and
we
are
laser,
focused
on
building
our
police
force
back
up.
G
So
now
we're
going
to
start
to
give
you
some
ideas
to
what
is
workable.
We
have
done
some
extensive
research
as
to
what
salaries
are
around
we've
looked
at
what
Greenville
offers,
what
the
North
Carolina
state
highway
patrol
is
offering
and
what
we
offer
and
Greenville,
and
we
are
very
much
below
what
they're
offering
if
I
were
an
individual
either
an
existing
police
officer
or
a
trainee
I
certainly
would
not
come
to
Asheville,
because
I
would
make
much
more
money
and
have
much
better
benefits
going
to
one
of
these
other
departments.
G
We
have
to
become
competitive
if
not
more
competitive.
We
must
raise
the
salaries
starting
and
retention.
We
must
offer
Health
Care
in
retirement
to
retain
our
officers.
We
are
going
to
lose
officers
to
these
higher
paying
locales.
If
we
don't
take
action
folks
and
being
down
close
to
100
officers,
we
can't
afford
that
anymore.
It
is
really
absolutely
crucial
that
we
get
on
track
to
increase
salaries
and
benefits
specifically
for
police
officers,
because
that's
where
the
city's
deficit
is
and
that's
where,
in
essence,
the
foundation
for
citizen
safety
lies
besides
fire
and
EMT
Etc.
G
This
is
critical.
As
I
mentioned,
I
gave
everybody
an
example
in
California
of
a
county
that
stopped
daytime
patrols.
We
are
going
to
eventually
get
there
if
we
do
not
take
action,
so
I'm
asking
every
council
member-
and
we
have
elicited
also
radio
and
TV-
to
follow
up
on
everything
that
is
going
to
be
viewed.
Laser
focused
on
this,
so
there's
going
to
be
accountability
and
we
want
to
see
action
and
we
want
to
see
three
minutes.
H
We
can
hear
you
okay.
The
first
reason
I'm
calling
today
is
to
ask
for
Kim
Rooney's
removal.
Kim
has
shown
for
years
that
she's,
not
supportive
of
policing.
She
does
not
see
a
need
for
a
full
police
staff
and
in
fact
she
wants
to
revolutionize
the
police
force
by
eliminating
50
percent
of
police
and
supplementing
in
community
paramedics
and
social
workers.
H
She
recently
said
that
she
wants
to
send
Community
paramedics
and
social
workers,
and
I
quote
with
the
right
tools
and
training
to
calls
for
service
around
the
opioid
overdose
crisis,
homelessness,
response,
intimate
partner,
violence
and
mental
health.
You
can't
be
seriously
expecting
a
social
worker
or
Community
paramedic
to
show
up
unarmed,
with
no
police
support
to
domestic
violence
and
drug-related
mental
crisis.
How
does
that
make
sense?
We
all
see
it
is
a
unified
approach
that
includes
police.
During
the
debates
she
participated
in
for
her
run
for
mayor
she
never
even
mentioned
police.
H
When
asked
about
violent
crime.
These
Community
paramedics
won't
respond
to
investigate
or
solve
violent
crimes.
It's
not
even
reasonable
to
consider
such
ridiculous
suggestions.
Here's
another
quote
from
her
in
2020
and
while
she
softened
her
approach
to
gain
the
mayoral
seat,
this
did
not
age
well.
Briefing
in
the
United
States
in
the
National
is
budgeted
and
permitted
through
complicit,
Behavior
to
perpetuate
white
supremacy,
classism
and
racism
under
the
guise
of
Public
Safety.
H
There
are
constant
and
egregious
violations
of
the
Constitution,
because
the
system
does
not
equal
ensure
equal
protection
under
the
law,
and
that
happens
through
criminalization
of
poverty.
Racial
bias
and
traffic
stops
family
separation,
addictions
and
foreclosures,
and
in
our
schools
the
city
of
Asheville
must
reduce
harm
immediately
by
committing
to
divest
fifty
percent
of
the
Asheville
Police
Department
budget.
Extending
the
current
city-wide
hiring
freeze
to
include
the
APD
looking
at
bringing
9-1-1
dispatch
under
community
control
and
expanding
written
consent
and
search
policy
for
all
modes
of
traffic.
H
How
could
you
seriously
have
this
person
on
the
Committee
for
Public
Safety?
This
is
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
of
radical
anti-police
thinking
she
has,
and
it's
appalling
that
here
she
sits.
Please
remove
her
immediately
on
a
separate
note.
We
recently
saw
that
the
state
highway
patrol
has
an
excellent
new
school,
offering
a
high
higher
rate
of
pay
than
APD.
We
know
we're
losing
APD
officers
who
were
seasoned
and
trained
to
this
program.
Why?
H
Wouldn't
we
City
Hall
has
moved
too
slowly
and
we
know
that
the
state
highway
patrol
is
hiring
laterally
at
a
higher
salary
rate,
starting
forty
six
thousand
fifty
eight
dollars
for
basic
training
and
up
to
76
253
dollars
within
six
years.
We
know
we
are
losing
Patrol
officers
to
this,
and
yet
nothing
is
being
done.
Why?
If
the
goal
we
need
to
to
achieve
here
is
to
hire
a
new
APD
shouldn't,
we
be
making
their
salaries
more
competitive
in
an
effort
to
retain
the
officers
we
have
left.
H
We
want
to
see
a
plan
of
action
as
soon
as
possible
on
how
Council
and
the
city
manager
will
move
forward
on
this.
It's
unconscionable
to
sit
back
and
act
like
what
we
have
to
offer
is
enough.
If
I
were
working
in
APD
with
the
sheer
amount
of
absolute
disrespect
from
the
city,
the
police,
haters
and
the
crappy
pay
I
would
leave
too.
H
H
B
I
I
As
you
know,
I'm
a
member
of
the
Asheville
Coalition
for
Public
Safety.
Yes,
we
are
paying
close
attention
to
how
our
First
Responders
are
being
supported.
Now,
Asheville
really
isn't
a
Tipping
Point,
we're
at
a
pivotal
point
and
we're
requesting
that
any
request
the
police
put
forth.
You
all
support
the
Jag
grant
for
sure
anytime.
The
police
requests
a
vest.
I
It
just
has
to
be
a
yes,
because
what
you're
doing
is
you're
validating
that
their
actual
life
is
important.
They
show
up
in
situations
where
they
could
be
outgunned
and
out
powered
by
citizens.
We
only
see
the
news
every
day
we
see
continual
shootings
in
our
schools,
our
colleges,
we
see
situations
that
can
turn
violent
very
very
quickly
and
those
are
not
situations
to
call
a
social
worker
for
you
just
can't.
I
The
other
thing
is
liberal
cities
right
now
are
becoming
places
where
police
don't
want
to
work
anymore.
So
that's
a
real,
deep
concern
and
again
I'm
a
lifelong
Democrat.
Part
of
the
values
of
the
democratic
party
were
always
supporting
middle
class
incomes.
I
Teachers,
nurses
and
police
absolutely
need
a
solid
middle
class
income
to
be
able
to
afford
to
live
in
Asheville.
All
three
of
those
careers
are
not
getting
raises
fast
enough.
So
if
we
want
to
attract
officers,
black
brown
or
white
doesn't
matter,
they've
got
to
be
able
to
afford
to
live
here,
so
we
need
to
make
it
tantalizing
for
them
to
want
to
come
and
work
here
and
afford
to
buy
a
decent
home,
raise
their
kids
here
Etc.
I
A
Yes
hi,
my
name
is
Tom
Kirk
Gasser
I'm
in
Montfort
and
I
first
wanted
to
thank
Council
and
our
Police
and
Fire
Chiefs
for
their
their
service
to
the
community.
I
personally
believe
that
safety
is
the
number
one
priority
for
government
period,
full,
stop
and
I
think
it's
very
clear
that
we're
in
crisis
that
we
have
a
serious
situation
that
needs
serious
attention,
clear
leadership
and
local
support
from
Council.
A
If
council
members
have
different
points
of
view,
they
should
be
clear
and
transparent.
That's
fine,
no
word
salads,
no
oblique
references.
Where
do
you
stand
and
then
citizens
can
make
a
judgment
about
how
we're
being
led
I
also
think
there
need
to
be
clear.
Metrics,
let's
be
aggressive,
let's
be
clear
about
what
we're
going
to
accomplish
when
we're
going
to
accomplish
it
and
who's
accountable.
If
we
don't,
we
need
to
make
progress,
we
need
to
make
progress
rapidly.
A
A
So
I
I
think
that
there's
opportunities
to
do
that
and
I
frankly
think
perhaps
councils
should
consider
putting
out
a
referendum
to
get
let
the
citizens
weigh
in
on
this,
because
I
think
it's
important,
so
no
hidden
agendas,
no
word
salads,
be
clear,
be
concise,
say
what
you
mean
and
people
will
hold
you
accountable.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
service.
J
Hi,
this
is
Grant
Millen
long
time,
Asheville
resident
and
I
I
am
not
part
of
the
movement
to
ask
Kim
Rooney
to
step
down
from
the
public
safety
committee
meeting.
J
She
was
duly
elected
she's,
been
she
volunteered
to
serve
on
the
on
the
Public
Safety
Committee
meeting
I
am
I
I
just
joined
the
Asheville
Coalition
Public
Safety
Committee
Facebook
group
I'm,
not
necessarily
aligned
with
anything
they've
they're,
saying
because
I
just
joined
a
couple
of
days
ago
to
see
what's
going
on,
but
one
of
their
admins
has
got
to
post
up
about
this
movement
to
ask
Kim
Rooney
to
resign.
J
So
that's
we're
saying
that
that
they're,
one
of
the
groups
that
are
they're
asking
for
this
thing,
that
you
really
it's
it's
not
it's
not
a
real
thing
to
go
over,
because
because
Kim
is
a
a
member
of
City
count,
Asheville
city
council
and
the
council
deciding
is
backing
her
being
on
the
Public,
Safety
Committee
meeting
and
she's.
She
her
ideas
are
not
illegal
or
unethical
or
anything,
but
they
are
they.
They
may
be
different
ideas
and
transformation
is
not
something
I
pose.
J
So
what's
what's
something?
That's
a
big
deal
is
the
Public
Safety
Committee
transformation
into
the
environment
and
Safety
Committee
Council
committee.
As
of
January,
it
happens
after
January
after
this
meeting
I
think
it's
January,
maybe
the
last
Public
Safety
Committee
meeting
straight
up,
Public
Safety,
Committee
meeting
and
I
am
not
going
over
it
all
today,
because
I
got
a
probably
30
seconds
left,
but
we
get
to
go
over
how
this
transformation
occurred,
because
I
am
a
co-founder
of
the
city
of
Nashville.
It's
not
necessarily
a
city
of
Asheville
anymore,
we're
sort
of
on
our
own.
J
Now
the
boards
and
commissions
realignment
work,
group
and
I
was
exposed
to
these
ideas
of
moving
Public
Safety
over
into
something
with
15
strategic
layers
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
over
all
that,
but
it
includes
Recreation
storm
water
and
climate
and
I
am
all
about.
You
know
climate
and
I
happen
to
have
developed
a
a
bachelor's
degree
at
UNCA.
That
is
about
sustainability
and
security.
Studies
and
I
can
tell
you
just
walking
into
mixing
these
kinds
of
issues
that
the
UN
might
deal
with
this
kind
of
transdisciplinary
approach
to
Public
Safety.
C
C
C
F
Today,
Asheville
PD
is
requesting
to
either
renew
or
enter
into
new
contracts
with
two
vendors.
Our
first
request
is
to
renew
our
contract
with
LexisNexis
for
our
accurate
virtual
crime
Center
for
a
second
and
final
renewal
of
this
contract.
This
Nationwide
crime
analysis
platform
has
been
extensively
used
internally
by
APD
and
its
crime
analysts
since
2016,
and
is
also
available
for
use
by
the
citizens
of
Asheville.
We
also
have
a
request
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
Cole
Pro
media
who
were
selected
for
award
after
an
RFP
process.
F
Internally,
it's
Contracting
with
an
advisor
to
fulfill
the
recommendation,
8.4
of
the
policy
and
procedure
review
report
issued
in
August
of
2018
by
21
CP
Solutions
LLC,
as
engaged
by
the
Asheville
city
council,
to
review
the
arrest
tactics,
policies
and
procedures
involved
in
an
excessive
force
incident.
This
contract
allows
for
Community
transparency
through
counseling,
advising
and
guidance
of
the
Asheville
Police
Department
by
a
third
party
established
professional
agency
next
slide.
Please
APD
also
has
two
existing
grants.
F
We'd
like
to
apply
for
an
additional
year
of
funding
for
the
Edward
Byrne
Justice
assistance
grant
Jag
allows
for
APD
to
use
federal
funding
to
purchase
items
not
budgeted
for
by
the
city.
The
funds
may
be
used
to
provide
equipment,
supplies,
contractional
report
support
training,
technical
assistance
and
information
systems
for
criminal
justice,
and
we
also
have
the
bulletproof
vest
Grant,
which
allows
for
us
to
use
federal
funding
to
offset
the
cost
of
required
bulletproof
best
for
our
officers.
The
grant
requires
matching
funds
and
that
funding
is
already
included
in
our
current
operating
budget.
F
Next
slide,
please,
the
the
Lexus
Nexus
accurate
virtual
crime,
Center
contract.
We
entered
into
this
contract
for
a
local
and
Nationwide
crime
analysis
platform.
For
the
first
time
in
November
of
2016.,
we
continued
our
partnership
with
Alexis
Nexus
executing
this
current
contract
January
1st
of
2021,
the
Asheville
Police
Department
and
its
citizens
both
have
access
to
utilize.
This
platform
access
is
provided
through
the
web,
the
web-based
community
crime
mapper
that
disseminates
crime
data
in
a
geospatial
map
and
on
a
link
analysis
chart
crime.
F
Member
allows
customers
to
access
real-time,
Nationwide
public
records
databases,
the
total
annual
cost.
When
we
started
this
contract
was
thirty
six
thousand
fifty
dollars
and
with
a
three
percent
annual
increase,
the
contract
was
last
renewed
for
37
131.50,
bringing
the
current
contract
total
to
73
000.
181.50
we're
requesting
approval
to
enter
into
the
third
and
final
year
of
this
contract.
F
The
renewal
amount
another
three
percent
increase
to
thirty
eight
thousand
two
hundred
forty
five
dollars
and
forty
five
cents
brings
the
contract
total
for
all
three
years
to
a
hundred
and
eleven
thousand
four
hundred
twenty
six
dollars
and
ninety
five
cents,
thus
requiring
Council
approval
to
proceed.
We
already
include
this
expense
in
our
annual
budget
process,
so
no
additional
funding
is
required
next
slide,
please
so
we're
requesting
the
committee
recommend
to
counsel
the
following:
allow
APD
to
renew
the
Asheville
Police
Department's
contract
with
LexisNexis,
accurate
virtual
crime
Center
for
a
second
and
final
renewal.
H
A
Mayor
I'm
thinking,
do
you
want
her
to
go
through
yeah.
C
Should
we
take
the
action
yeah
I
wanted
to
actually
go
back
and
take
action
after
each
one.
Thank
you
and
then
we'll
just
knock
this
out
at
least
okay
Grant.
My
grant
is
there
a
motion
to
well
I
guess
I'll
make
the
motion,
so
we
heard
too
so
far,
if
I'm,
if
I'm
keeping
up
correctly.
Yes.
H
E
Yes,
I
do
see
that
with
this
contract
that
it
is
available
for
use
by
the
citizens
of
Asheville,
so
my
question
is:
how
does
this
relate
to
our
dashboard?
Does
it
inform
our
dashboard?
Is
it
parallel,
for
example,.
K
They're
two
separate
platforms:
the
police,
transparency
dashboard
is
an
S3
product
where
we
push
out
our
data.
That's
available
on
the
open
data
portal,
as
well
as
some
supplementary
data
sets.
The
community
crime
map
is
the
Lexus
Nexus
platform
that'll
that
again
pulls
our
incident
data
and
called
data
and
presents
it
onto
a
map.
K
E
Then,
before
fourth
vote,
I
do
appreciate
that
we
are
voting
on
these
separately.
I
need
to.
Let
folks
know
that
it
is
the
council's
duty
to
oversee
the
budgets,
plans
and
policies
of
the
organization
as
a
whole.
This
committee
is
still
lacking
the
requested
update
on
fiscal
year,
up-to-date
budgets
and
projections,
there's
an
expectation
anticipation
that
we
will
again
have
a
budget
surplus
that
can
be
used
to
meet
the
very
serious
Public
Safety
needs
in
our
community.
E
C
Any
other
statements
or
comments,
questions
for
release
before
we
do
a
roll
call
vote
for
approval
with
none
I'll,
do
a
roll
call,
Vogue,
Sandra,
councilman,
Kilgore,
sorry,
councilman,
no
and
myself
I.
The
motion
carries
to
one
okay.
We
go
to
the
next
on
the
loose.
F
Sorry,
let
me
look
at
a
smile
on
my
screen
up
there
in
August
of
2018
21cp
Solutions
LLC
was
engaged
by
the
city
of
Asheville
to
review
the
arrest,
tactics,
policies
and
procedures
involved
in
an
excessive
force
incident.
Recommendation
8.4
of
the
policy
and
procedure
review
report
issued
by
the
company
stated.
The
city
should
consider
retaining
a
firm
to
provide
crisis
response
services
to
the
APD
in
the
city
of
Asheville
in
the
future.
F
Relying
on
skilled
crisis
management
experts
can
reduce
the
scope
and
impact
of
a
critical
incident
by
taking
an
active
role
in
developing
a
cohesive,
coordinated
response
across
involved
parties.
These
strategic
responses
can
involve
asserting
control
over
media
exposure,
reducing
liability
and
preserving
Public
Safety.
In
the
immediate
aftermath,
the
Asheville
Police
Department
is
requesting
approval
from
Council
to
enter
into
a
contract
with
cold
Pro
media
LLC.
F
The
company
identified
for
award
as
the
result
of
an
internal
RFP
process,
cold
Pro
media,
will
provide
services
to
APD,
which
include
counseling,
advising
and
guiding
the
police
department
in
matters
of
transparency,
engagement
issues,
crisis,
Communications,
social
media
messaging,
critical
incidents
or
any
other
Council
requested
by
the
police
department.
The
total
annual
cost
for
this
contract
is
fifty
four
thousand
dollars.
Two
optional
renewals
will
be
included
in
the
contract
documents,
bringing
the
intended
three-year
contract
total
to
162
000
apdr.
F
C
C
F
The
next
is
we're
moving
on
to
Grants.
Now
the
city
of
Asheville
receives
an
annual
opportunity
to
apply
for
a
Department
of
Justice
Edward
Byrne
Justice
assistance
grant.
The
doj
has
preliminary
preliminarily
determined
that
the
Asheville
Police
Department
is
eligible
to
receive
a
2022
Award
of
eighty
thousand
dollars.
F
One
hundred
and
forty
eighty
thousand
one
hundred
forty
five
dollars,
which
is
allocated
to
APD
and
Buncombe
County
Sheriff's
Office
in
the
amounts
of
61
926
and
18
219
respectively
APD
will
use
the
funds
to
help
pay
for
our
DNA
analyzer
machine
Buncombe,
County,
Sheriff's,
Office,
crime,
investigations,
Division
and
crisis
negotiation
team
will
use
their
Grant
funds
to
purchase
access
licenses
for
magnet
Axiom
for
38
3840
and
to
update
vital
technology
programs
and
related
equipment
for
their
CID
at
the
amount
of
6840
and
CNT
departments
7545
for
CNT
and
the
grant
does
not
require
local
matching
funds.
F
Next,
please
so
we're
requesting
the
committee
recommend
to
counsel
the
following
that
well,
APD
can
apply
for
and
receive
the
2022
Jag
Grant
in
the
amount
of
eighty
thousand
dollars.
One
hundred
eighty
thousand
one
hundred
forty
five
dollars,
which
is
allocated
to
APD
and
Buncombe
County
Sheriff's
Office
in
the
amounts
of
61
926
and
18
219,
respectively.
F
Okay
next
slide-
and
this
is
the
final
Grant-
we
receive
an
annual
opportunity
to
apply
for
the
U.S
Department
of
Justice
bulletproof
vest
partnership
Grant.
The
doj
has
preliminarily
determined
that
the
Asheville
Police
Department
is
eligible
to
receive
a
2022
Award
of
10
163.61,
which
requires
a
dollar
for
dollar
match
by
the
city.
Bulletproof
vests
expire
after
five
years
and
during
the
life
of
this
grant,
50
current
officers
of
us
will
expire
and
require
replacement
funding,
allows
the
purchase
of
26
bulletproof
vests
over
the
two-year
life
of
the
grant.
C
E
C
That
concludes
on
agenda
item.
Three:
we'll
move
on
to
oh
for
a
moment,
a
presentation,
two
presentations
from
on
the
community
response
program.
The
first
is
an
overview
of
Buncombe
County's,
Community
paramedics
program
from
Claire
Hubbard
and
then,
after
that,
Chief
Burnett
will
provide
an
update
on
the
city
of
Asheville's
efforts
to
develop
a
community
responder
pilot
program.
M
I'm
going
to
ask
Miss
Miller
to
click
slides
for
me
and
I
want
to
just
briefly
pause
on
this
page,
just
to
clarify
I,
think
for
the
general
public
that
our
program
is
largely
a
community
Paramedic
program
and
underneath
that
umbrella
we
have
smaller
teams.
One
of
them
is
a
post
overdose
response
team.
One
of
them
is
a
medication
team
for
substance
use
and
our
newer
team
is
an
Outreach
team.
M
So
I'll
go
through
all
those
in
detail,
but
I
just
wanted
to
give
pause
for
a
moment
and
say
that
these
are
all
under
the
umbrella
of
community
paramedicine
and
what
you'll
see
there
at
the
bottom.
M
I
want
to
pause
for
remote
too
and
say
that
striving
to
go
beyond
charity
models
and
help
people
find
their
agency
is
an
important
part
of
the
program
because
in
an
effort
to
get
away
from
just
providing
Aid
to
people
versus
relief,
we're
trying
to
look
for
sustainable
models
of
working
with
people
instead
of
just
offering
charity
and
that's
a
big
part
of
what
our
program's
based
on
and
you
can
go
to.
The
next
slide.
M
So,
like
I
said,
we
have
several
teams
under
our
program.
One
of
them
is
a
post
overdose
response
team.
That's
been
running
for
a
little
over
two
years.
Now
this
team
is
dispatched
through
the
911
call
center.
We
do
a
co-responder
model
along
with
police
and
fire.
This
is
a
way
for
our
community
paramedics
to
both
free
up
other
First
Responders
in
the
event
that
they're
not
necessary
and
also
to
support
them
in
giving
our
patients
more
access
to
wraparound
Services.
M
Our
mobile
medication,
assisted
treatment
team
is
a
team
that
supports
our
post
overdose
response
team.
This
is
a
team
of
paramedics
that
are
able
to
actually
give
medication
at
the
time
of
an
overdose
and
continue
to
give
medication
to
a
patient
who's
willing
to
receive
treatment
for
Recovery.
We
also
take
these
patients
and
deliver
them
over
to
mayheck
who
we
partner
with
where
they
can
receive
a
full
year
of
care.
This
includes
psychiatric
care
care
for
recovery
and
payment
for
the
medications.
M
And
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please,
most
recently,
we
were
funded
for
a
two-year
pilot
to
add
an
Outreach
component
to
our
program
over
the
course
of
the
two
years
that
we've
worked
with
populations
around
opioid
use
and
overdose
deaths.
We've
identified
that
the
easiest
way
to
say
this
is
not
all
not
all.
Opioid
users
are
just
opioid
users
there's
also
there
can
be
overlapping
issues
around
mental
health
or
housing,
access
or
other
substances,
and
so
in
an
effort
to
support
all
First
Responders.
M
In
navigating
these
complex
scenarios,
where
someone
is
maybe
not
having
an
emergency
but
needs
help
navigating
primary
care
that
they
would
normally
call
the
9114,
and
would
you
would
utilize
the
emergency
room
for
we're,
trying
to
provide
relief
on
the
911
system
as
well
as
support
our
our
citizens,
who
are
just
needing
maybe
complex
medical
care
that
a
standard
Outreach
team
doesn't
have
capacity
or
training,
for
this
does
give
us
access
to
EMTs
nurses
and
community
health
workers.
M
M
M
We
do
a
variety
of
trainings
anywhere
from
Crisis
Intervention
training,
with
the
police
department
to
community
trainings.
That
help
us
understand
certain
communities
need
for
transparency.
M
M
M
I
think
the
useful
thing
to
mention
around
this
slide
is
just
the
in
an
effort
again
to
be
transparent
and
to
help
the
general
public
and
our
stakeholders
understand
kind
of
the
effect
that
we're
able
to
have
on
the
911
system
and
on
EMS
responder
burnout
or
alternative
responses
in
the
community
to
non-emergent
calls.
We
just
purchased
new
software
to
be
able
to
have
reliable
data
next
slide.
Please.
M
M
This
just
goes
over
the
physician
collaborators
and
current
team
members
that
we
have
mostly
again,
we
have
Community
paramedics,
peer
support,
people
and
Physicians
that
collaborate
with
us
to
Define
our
scope
of
practice
in
the
field.
M
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
in
our
program
when
we
talk
about
striving
to
be
part
of
a
larger
cultural
shift
in
EMS.
I
want
to
acknowledge
this
comes
from
all
angles.
We
are
in
a
national
crisis,
we're
in
a
shortage
of
First
Responders
and
workers
across
all
disciplines
were
short
on
fire
police,
EMS,
nursing
and
I.
Think
it's
important
to
talk
about
why
that
is
beyond
just
pay.
M
It's
also
there's
part
of
a
cultural
shift
in
making
it
easier
for
our
First
Responders
to
help
people
in
ways
that
are
meaningful
and
try
to
involve
the
community
when
asking
for
how
we
can
improve
those
response
systems
so
that
it's
an
authentic
collaboration
between
businesses,
community
members,
Patients
Hospital
systems
and
other
First
Responders.
M
This
just
briefly
goes
over
future
goals
for
our
program
in
summation.
In
summary,
that
we
have
a
post-repidation
response,
team
and
mat
team
again,
those
are
dedicated
to
opioid
response,
our
newest
team,
hopefully
with
the
information
that
we
can
gain
from
this
pilot
and
the
city's
program,
we
look
forward
to
seeing
how
these
types
of
programs
can
help
one
another
also
help
to
support
all
first
response
and
address
some
of
the
calls
that
are
again
non-emergent
but
very,
very
complex
in
our
city
and
county
I,
believe
that
is
all
I.
M
I
guess
I
will
say
one
more
thing,
which
is
that,
as
these
kind
of
programs
expand,
it's
not
there's
also
another
component
of
addressing
that
same
burnout
in
public
safety
and
First
Responders,
giving
those
people
options
for
different
kinds
of
work
than
we've
traditionally
had
in
911
systems.
C
E
While
we
have
some
of
the
Buncombe
Community
paramedicine
team
here,
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
this
morning
to
meet
with
us.
Do
we
have
any
updated
data
on
what
percentage
of
your
services
or
call
for
service
have
been
answered
within
the
city
limits.
E
And
I
noticed
that
in
the
last
slide,
especially
at
the
bottom,
it
mentions
essentially
diverting
calls
per
service.
E
What
are
some
of
the
ways
that
the
services
that
are
provided
by
Community
paramedicine
interrupt
things
getting
to
a
bigger
crisis
mode.
M
I
think
the
simplest
way
to
describe
that
is
that
again,
I
want
to
emphasize.
We
are
using
a
co-responder
model,
and
so
we
are
not
aiming
to
replace
a
police
response
in
a
in
a
dangerous
scenario.
We
are
trying
to
acknowledge
that
often
dangerous
scenarios
start,
especially
when
it
involves
mental
health
and
substance
use.
M
They
start
somewhere
much
much
before
that
initial
call,
and
so
in
trying
to
take
a
proactive
approach
having
Community
responders
paramedics
available
out
out
in
the
community
sooner,
we
may
be
able
to
catch
some
of
those
calls
and
when
I
say
diversion
I
mean
away
from
the
hospital
I
mean
preventing
additional
units
being
dispatched
when
they're
already
running
a
lot
of
non-emergent
calls
throughout
the
night.
M
E
Thank
you,
I
think
the
my
follow-up
question
would
be,
for
our
staff
would
be
if
we
could
get
a
future
analysis
of
how
many
of
our
calls
for
service
over
the
last
six
months
to
two
years
have
been
non-emergent
calls
would
be
helpful
in
identifying
what
some
of
the
gaps
are
and
how
we
should
move
forward.
D
So
in
September,
as
you
all
remember,
we
presented
information
on
a
community
responder
program
that
was
being
proposed
similar
to
and
intended
to
complement
and
support,
Buncombe
County's
efforts,
as
was
just
provided
in
in
Paris
presentation.
So
our
pilot
program
is
proposed
to
have
a
multi-disciplinary
team
and
that
will
complement
Buncombe,
County's
efforts
and
other
partners
to
not
only
respond
but,
most
importantly,
be
proactive
to
address
our
community
safety
and
quality
of
life
issues
as
Claire
just
talked
about
before
they
escalate.
D
So
what
we're
doing
right
now
is
we
are
creating
this
cross-departmental
teams,
we're
working
together
information
and
to
find
the
details
and
we're
coordinating
with
Buncombe,
County
and
other
key
partners
making
contact
with
other
cities
that
have
successful
programs
and
our
community
Economic
Development
Department
with
Emily
ball.
We're
waiting
on
the
the
findings
from
the
needs
assessment
from
the
national
velocity
and
homelessness
to
be
delivered
in
January
to
help
inform
and
guide
us
on
next
steps.
D
D
So
our
next
steps
are
to
outline
the
specific
issues
that
we
would
like
to
address
as
a
city
with
our
pilot
program
such
as
potentially
providing
business
support
connection
connecting
folks
to
Services,
Etc
and
developing
more
detailed
action
plan
to
implement
the
pilot
program
in
coordination
with
Buncombe,
County
and
other
partners,
and
also
identify
appropriate
Staffing
and
other
resource
needs.
And
we
plan
on
providing
another
update
to
the
Public
Safety
Committee
in
early
spring
assistant.
E
Thank
you
Scott
for
providing
this
update.
We
have
very
serious
public
safety
concerns
in
our
community,
and
local
taxpayers
are
picking
up
the
tab
for
our
daytime
and
tourist
population
increases,
including
sanitation
and
Public
Safety.
E
My
concern
is
for
success
and
support
of
these
new
potential
staff
members
who
might
be
involved
in
this
pilot.
The
the
staff
members
of
the
city
and
the
county
they
would
be
collaborating
with,
since
collaboration
is
the
word
that
has
been
used
and
I
think
that's
really
important.
I
think
it
needs
to
be
done
carefully
and
right,
not
just
fast
and
I,
say
that
acknowledging
that
we've
asked
for
really
tight
turnarounds
on
report
Backs
from
staff
like
yourself,
but
we
do
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
get
this
right.
E
So
some
of
the
questions
I
have
are
around
job
description,
training
required
and
pay
range.
What
training
and
skills
are
required
for
this
new
pilot
program
and
how
would
the
job
description
and
pay
differ
from
Buncombe
County,
community,
paramedicine
and
or
our
own
police
and
fire?
When
we
have
issues
with
recruiting
and
retaining
staff.
D
Yeah
excellent
questions
and
those
are
exactly
the
types
of
things
that
we
will
be
working
through
with
Buncombe
County,
as
we
continue
to
collaborate
to
to
identify
exactly,
but
with
this
this
pilot
program
and
with
this
collaboration.
We're
not
at
that
point
yet
to
even
have
those
those
items
identified.
But
that
certainly
is
on
our
agenda
to
have
those
answers
and
and
certainly
won't
have
those
when
we
provide
that
next
update.
E
Excellent
and
the
next
one
is
role
in
vision.
So
when
we're
looking
at
a
new
program,
we
definitely
need
community
members
and
our
partners,
like
the
county
at
the
table,
I
think
about
an
example
that
I've
heard
often
of
an
employee
of
a
local
business
when
they
approach,
maybe
their
first
opening
of
the
business
at
work.
They
meet
someone
who's
having
either
a
mental
health
issue
or
an
opioid
poisoning
issue
both
of
those
would
require
a
mental
health,
professional
and
an
opioid
crisis
professional.
E
So
my
concern
is
that
it's
really
important
that
we
not
just
reimagine
someone's
uniform,
but
that
we
are
reimagine
Public
Safety,
so
we
don't
put
both
our
community
members
and
our
staff
in
a
precarious
situation
and
I
know.
That's,
certainly
not
the
intention
of
our
staff.
But
those
are
my
the
heart
of
my
question.
So
I've
previously
asked
for
a
cause
comparison
of
Contracting
with
the
county
to
expand
the
paramedicine
program.
I
understand
that,
to
date
the
County's
not
yet
been
asked
for
a
quote.
E
So
what
would
it
look
like
to
get
a
quote
for
a
collaborative
downtown,
specific
24,
7
unit
of
community
paramedicine?
To
be
able
to
expand
on
what's
working
and
the
trust
that's
being
built
instead
of
duplicating
the
spirit
of
that
comes
from
also,
we
we're
looking
at
what
it
would
look
like
to
collaborate
with
Transit,
where
we're
also
doing
a
what
I
think
is
a
much
better
job
of
coordinating
our
9-1-1
through
Contracting.
E
D
Think
an
important
First
Step
would
be
to
determine
what
those
outcomes
are
and
so
that
that's
what
this
collaboration
with
the
county
is.
We
continue
to
build
this
this
this
partnership
to
to
find
out.
You
know
what
what
is
the
best
path
forward
and
what
what
is
the
best
scope
and
responsibilities
for
all
of
our
responders
is,
as
Claire
mentioned
several
times,
that
co-responder
model
is,
is
so
important
to
have
that
diversity
of
responders
with
skill
sets
equipment,
training,
depth
capacity
to
to
be
very
similar
to
all
of
our
other
Public
Safety
models.
D
Probably
the
best
example
is
our
current
Emergency
Medical
Services
delivery
system,
and
you
know
that
important
co-responder
model
is
is
rather
than
being
contracted
out.
It's
a
collaboration
to
add
Synergy
rather
than
have
a
you
know,
just
a
cell
responder
model
rather
than
a
pair
responder
model.
So
to
answer
your
question:
we're
we're
not
far
enough
along
in
identifying
with
the
county,
what
those
outcomes
and
what
that
scope
would
look
like
to
even
prepare
my
request
for
a
proposal
from
the
county.
E
Thank
you,
I
know
it
may
take
some
time
to
get
into
the
details
of
this.
Staying
at
the
table
with
the
county
and
community
members
and
Community
organizations,
I
think
is
really
important.
I
would
ask
once
again
explicitly
that
we
have
a
side-by-side
comparison
to
the
cost
of
a
pilot
versus
the
cost
of
Contracting
and
expanding
Community
paramedicine
with
the
county.
C
L
Taylor,
how
are
you
I
am
great?
Can
I
can
I
just
provide
just
a
little
quick,
update,
yeah
sure
response,
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
face
in
EMS
is
a
shortage
of
Workforce
members
right
now.
What
council
member
Ronnie
is
speaking
of
as
far
as
having
a
ability
to
have
a
fully
Community
Paramedic
program,
building
around
24
or
70.?
L
There's
really
just
not
the
Personnel
to
do
that
right
now
to
the
level
of
Behavioral
Health
response,
the
model
that
we're
going
down
the
road
to
create
right
now
and
line
with
the
fire
department,
the
police
department,
the
sheriff's
department,
this
code,
respondent
model
is
really
the
best,
because
it's
really
going
to
take
all
of
us
coming
together
all
hands
on
deck
approach.
Just
like
we
did
during
covid
to
address
these
issues,
you
know
and
it's
we
can
be
stronger
if
we're
unified
and
we're
together.
L
Your
your
point
to
moving
slow
I,
really
appreciate
that,
because,
with
our
Workforce
shortage,
you
know
this
is
going
to
be
a
slow,
methodical
process
that
we've
all
got
to
build
together.
But
I
just
want
to
kind
of
point
that
out,
because
you
know
three
years
ago
that
wouldn't
have
been
an
issue
with
Workforce,
but
we
kind
of
find
ourselves
post,
coveted
in
a
different
place
and
I
just
wanted
to.
L
You
know
kind
of
throw
that
out
there
and
you
know,
bring
out
the
importance
of
a
unified
front
and
how
that
is,
what's
really
going
to
be
required
to
touch
all
the
multi-disciplinary
areas
that's
required
here.
But
with
that.
Thank
you
all
for
all
this
work.