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Dockets #0666, 1151, 1152, 1386, 1495, 1496, 1583, 1662, and 1668- Various Public Ssfety Grant appropriations
A
If
the
in
criminal
justice
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
ed
Flynn
and
councillor
Frank,
Baker
I
want
to
remind
you
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
being
recorded
and
broadcasted
on
Comcast
8:00,
I
cnat
to
Verizon
1964
and
streamed
on
the
city
of
Boston
website.
Please
silence
your
phones
and
other
devices.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
the
hearing.
If
you'd
like
to
sign
up,
we
have
a
sign-up
sheets
over
to
my
left.
A
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
in
residence
and
limit
your
comments
to
a
few
minutes
to
ensure
that
everybody
has
a
chance
to
give
their
comments,
and
you
can
also
submit
wrist
written
testimony
by
mail
or
email
to
the
city
of
Boston
webpage.
Today's
hearing
we
have
various
public
safety
grants.
A
A
A
Docket
number
thirteen.
Eighty
six
four
hundred
seventeen
thousand
eight
hundred
nine
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
Edward
Byrne
memorial
justice
assistance,
grant
program
known
as
jag
awarded
by
the
United
States
Department
of
Justice
administrative,
the
Boston
Police
Department.
This
grant
will
fund
for
domestic
violence
advocates
and
then
we'll
skip
down
to
docket
number.
Sixteen
sixty
eight
two
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
c
s--
boston
awarded
by
the
donor
group
to
be
administrated
administered
by
the
Boston
Police
Department.
A
This
grant
will
fund
cities
empowered
against
sexual
exploitation
or
a
cease
network
in
Boston.
A
multi-sector
strategy
among
law
enforcement,
businesses,
faith,
community
legislators
and
survivors
who
are
working
in
partnership
to
abolish
the
demand
for
human
trafficking.
So
first
we
have
the
Boston
Police
Department.
So
if
you
could
introduce
yourself
and
we'll
go
right
through
we'll
start
out
with
docket
number
zero,
six,
six
six.
B
David
Carib
and
I
serve
as
the
the
assistant
bureau,
chief
of
the
Bureau
of
intelligence
and
analysis
at
Boston,
Police
Department
and
the
director
of
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center.
This.
This
funding,
in
particular,
is
a
expansion
on
some
development
that
we've
been
doing
within
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center,
to
enhance
some
of
our
analytic
capabilities.
As
you
know,
we're
responsible
for
analyzing
vast
amounts
of
law
enforcement
data
to
help
provide
direction
to
our
officers
on
the
street
and
in
the
surrounding
communities.
B
What
we
are
doing
with
this
funding
is
helping
to
create
a
consolidated
platform
that
helps
improve
the
efficiencies
of
our
workflows.
We've
already
invested
quite
a
bit
of
money
into
this
so
far,
so
this
money
here
is
gonna
help
us
improve
upon
that
a
little
bit
and
then
pay
for
maintenance
fees
and
a
couple
of
additional
expansions.
B
Anecdotally,
we've
already
seen
some
major
improvements
in
the
amount
of
time
that
is
taking
our
analysts
to
process
a
lot
of
data,
identify
connections
between
individuals
that
otherwise
wouldn't
have
been
noticed,
and
primarily
what
we're
finding
is
in
providing
analytic
and
investigative
case
support
and
the
analysts
are
able
to
call
through
vast
amounts
of
data
and
notice
connections
at
a
time,
speed
that
is
much
greater
than
what
they
had
in
past
then
past
times
and
past
experiences.
So
in
a
nutshell,
that
is
what
this
is
looking
to
go
towards.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
David
you've
been
in
front
of
us
several
times.
This
is
a
repeat
grant,
but
I
always
ask
the
question
for
the
people
who
are
who
are
watching.
You
just
explain
a
little
bit
just
really
the
monarch
notes
of
what
what
the
brick
does
and
how
we
utilize
the
brick
to
continue
to
make
Boston
the
safest,
major
city
in
the
nation.
Sure.
B
So
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center
consists
of
approximately
60
individuals,
both
sworn
and
civilian,
and
we
focus
on
providing
intelligence,
which
is
not
necessarily
secrets.
Instead,
it's
information
that's
been
collected
and
analyzed
in
order
to
improve
public
safety
decision-making
so,
depending
on
the
different
types
of
priorities
that
are
put
in
front
of
us
by
city
representatives
such
as
yourself
and
the
the
Police
Commissioner,
as
well
as
the
Chiefs
in
the
surrounding
jurisdiction.
B
D
B
B
Explain
to
me
what
that
is
so
think
about
it.
This
way,
if
some
of
the
traditional
ways
of
running
searches,
so
typically
what
ends
up
happening
is
there's
an
individual,
that's
that's
under
investigation
and
so
we'll
be
asked
to
identify
an
individual's
criminal
background,
look
into
their
other
criminal
connections
to
see,
if
there's
some
type
of
an
organizational
structure
at
times.
What
that
typically
requires
is
looking
at
police
reports
that
are
written
by
our
men
and
women
on
the
streets.
B
It
usually
involves
a
combination
of
running
queries
through
structured
data
systems,
but
also
reading
a
lot
of
reports.
So
what
this
does?
Is
it
there's
a
lot
of
data
processing
in
the
background,
so
that,
when
you
run
a
query
on
an
individual
or
some
type
of
a
subject,
instead
of
just
showing
up
as
strict
text,
it
actually
will
show
link
diagrams
that
show
connections
between
people,
so
it
could
show
how
a
phone
number
and
an
address
and
other
individuals
are
connected
to
folks,
and
it
can
actually
go
eight
points
of
separation
out.
B
B
B
E
You,
council
McCarthy
and
thank
you
David
and
the
bric
for
what
you
do:
I,
just
an
innocent,
probably
a
conversation
that
has
to
continue
separate
from
this
hearing.
Obviously,
we've
been
following
whether
it's
concerns
from
the
ACLU
are
the
organization's
and
concerns
from
particular
populations
of
folks
in
the
community
around
the
data
that
you
do
have
to
gather
that
you
do
gather
to
keep
us
safe,
and
so
the
question
is
how
transparent
can
you
be
with
respect
to
the
criteria
and
the
information
that
you
gather
without
sort
of
violating
I?
B
You
know
contrary
to
some
beliefs,
there
is
no
bias
based
on
ethnicity
or
religion
or
place
of
birth,
or
a
lot
of
those
different
factors.
We
view
things
like
that
is
just
descriptors
as
attributes
to
some
of
the
data
that
we
may
come
in
contact
with.
It's
never
used
as
a
starting
point
or
rationale
for
for
anything
related
to
law
enforcement.
To
be
to
be
honest,.
E
So
I,
respectfully
I'm
gonna,
you
know
push
back
just
a
little
bit
more
time.
Why
I
say
that,
because
it's
actual
examples
from
folks
in
the
community
that
I
represent
coming
forward
and
saying
I
was
picked
up
or
stopped
because
I
fit
a
description
even
though
okay,
no
criminal
activity
whatsoever,
right
or
I
was
sort
of
caught
up
in
a
ring
of
activity,
but
I
was
happened
to
live
in
that
community,
but
was
not
participating
in
the
activity
that
the
police
was
interested
in.
E
So
I
do
think
at
some
point,
whether
it's
you,
the
brick
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
in
this
space.
I.
Think
it's
better.
If
it's
not
in
this
space,
there's
a
serious
disconnect,
I
think
between
what
folks
on
the
ground
perceive
as
bias
and
then
the
policies
and
practices
you
guys
have
to
do
your
jobs
right,
and
so
how
do
we
make
sure
that
that
disconnect
that
may
exist
between
certain
communities
frankly
goes
away
and
I
should
only
way
we
do.
That,
obviously,
is
communicating
with
one
another.
E
F
E
The
work
that
you
go
do
frankly,
then,
and
to
know
more
about
the
work
that
you
guys
do
in
keeping
us
safe,
of
course
well
at
the
same
time,
creating
a
safe
space
where
folks
can
articulate
examples
where
policy
was
not
adhered
to
in
some
way
and
as
a
result,
there
was
an
outcome
for
a
family
that
wasn't
a
good
one.
Sure.
G
E
B
A
B
A
F
Hi,
wonderful
Carter,
I'm,
a
deputy
superintendent
I'm,
the
commander
of
the
operations
division
and
that
grant
is
a
piece
sap
support,
incentive,
grant
piece.
App
stands
for
around
public
safety,
answering
point
for
the
state,
9
1
1
department,
and
it
provides
funding
specifically
for
the
city's
9-1-1
call
center
and
emergency
communications.
F
This
year,
funds
will
be
utilized
by
the
the
BPD,
the
Boston
Police,
Boston,
Fire
and
EMS
to
defray
costs
associated
with
maintenance
and
the
and/or
upgrades
of
the
computer.
Aided
dispatch
systems
which
is
I,
can
a
computer-based
system
intended
to
increase
the
efficiency
in
accuracy
of
public
safety
call
handling
in
dispatching
funds
will
also
be
used
to
cover
several
fire
and
EMS
maintenance
fees
associated
with
9-1-1
operations
so
which
include
maintenance
and
serving
of
the
nice
911
one
recorder
system.
C
A
F
And,
and
the
purpose
of
this
grant
is
to
provide
training,
training
fees,
materials
and
training
for
the
Boston
Police
Department
Boston
Fire
in
Boston
EMS,
the
grant
will
provide
over
time
for
training
participants
as
well
as
over
time
for
replacement
costs.
Each
department
is
required
to
attend
training
that
they
have
been
previously
designated
approved,
seb
training
courses,
the
approved
training
courses
are
relative
to
the
following
subjects:
communication
courses,
products
and
software,
enhancing
9-1-1,
administrative
and
public
safety,
communications.
A
Good
doctor
number
thirteen
eighty
six
four
hundred
and
seventeen
thousand
eight
hundred
nine
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
edward
byrne
memorial
justice
assistance
grant,
which
was
jag
program
awarded
by
the
u.s.
department
of
justice.
Administrative
by
the
police
department
fund,
will
fund
for
domestic
violence
advocates.
E
H
My
name
is
maria
Cheevers
I
work
for
the
Boston
Police
Department,
as
the
director
of
research
and
development.
I'm
a
little
have
allergies,
so
my
voice
is
very
weak
right
now,
but
I
live
in
140,
M,
Street,
South,
Boston,
I'm
a
resident
was
that
it
okay,
so
the
grant
is
called
the
BJA
Edward
Byrne
justice
memorial
grant
and
it's
for
2017.
The
city
of
Boston
has
been
receiving
these
funds
since
2006.
H
The
main
goal
of
the
funding
is
to
reduce
crime
across
the
city
of
Boston,
employed,
data-driven,
collaborative
community,
oriented
approaches
to
crime
prevention,
intervention
and
enforcement,
and
move
the
department
forward
in
the
area
of
information
sharing
and
technology.
The
funds
that
are
used
for
this
grant
include
for
domestic
violence
positions.
Three
of
those
are
advocates,
and
one
of
them
is
a
data
analyst
that
looks
at
the
data
and
helps
us
understand
where
we
should
be
deploying
resources
and
other
factors.
H
The
other
position
is
a
separate
position
and
that
is
used
to
help
the
city
of
Boston
move
from
the
record
management
system
that
we
have
right
now,
which
is
an
intergral
system
over
to
mark
43,
which
is
a
brand-new
record
management
system
that
will
be
going
online,
I
think
in
November
of
next
year.
There's
training
coordination
that
is
involved
in
that
and
this
interfacing
with
the
contractors
to
also
set
that
process
up.
But
basically
it's
a
full-time
IT
position.
That's
been
funded
off
of
this
grant
for
several
years
now.
H
We
have
several
domestic
violence
advocates
throughout
the
city.
It
just
so
happens
that
this
grant
covers
three
of
them.
It
also
covers
the
domestic
violence.
Data
analyst,
who
serves
the
whole
city
of
Boston,
including
the
domestic
violence,
advocates
that
do
not
work
on
this
particular
grant
again
each
year.
The
amount
of
money
that
we
get
from
this
grant
depends
on
our
crime
rate.
So
every
year
we
report
UCR
crime
data
by
2021,
we'll
be
reporting.
H
Nieghbors
and
I
can
talk
to
you
about
that
in
a
separate
reading,
but
it's
the
difference
between
reporting,
the
heirarchy
crime
and
reporting
all
crime,
and
that's
gonna
happen
in
a
couple
of
years,
but
right
now
based
on
our
UCR
crime
data,
it
depends
on
the
amount
of
money
that
we
get
from
this
grant,
because
it's
actually
a
formula
gram,
not
a
competitive,
grant.
I
think
that's
it.
Does
anybody
have
any
other
questions
about
the
grant
program?
I
do.
A
H
Three
of
them
that
are
covered
here
about
five
more
covered
with
other
grant
funds
in
there
placed
in
area
districts.
So
so
we
clearly
need
probably
twice
as
many
to
be
honest
with
you,
but
right
now
we're
trying
to
get
a
domestic
violence
advocate
to
work
out
of
each
district,
depending
on
the
calls
for
service
that
come
into
that
district.
H
At
this
point
we
do
have
some
domestic
violence
advocate.
That's
vaq,
'it's
that
split
their
time
between
two
districts,
but
the
way
in
which
we
deploy
these
domestic
violence
advocate
really
advocates
really
does
depend
on
the
number
of
calls
for
service
that
go
into
any
given
district.
And
what
happens
is
they
receive
a
referral
on
that
desk
from
the
officer
and
what
they'll
do
is
they'll
follow
up
on
the
referral
so.
H
A
So
let's
say
this:
a
domestic
violence
call
just
walk
me
through
the
steps
of
you
know.
Frank
and
I
are
boss
police
officers,
domestic
violence,
we
darken
the
door,
we
separate
the
couple
whatever
the
situation
may
be,
do
we
have?
How
do
we
proceed
with
letting
them
know
that
we
have
these?
These
can
help
them.
That's.
H
Such
that
interaction
will
not
happen
at
that
call
for
service
at
their
call
for
service.
What
will
happen
is
oftentimes
they'll
decide
on
whether
or
not
arrest
an
arrest
is
gonna
be
made
most
of
the
time
when
they
go
to
call
for
service
the
perpetrator.
Well,
the
assumed
perpetrator
has
already
left
and
then
the
woman
needs
to
decide
whether
or
not
she's
gonna
file
charges
formally
and
and
whether
or
not
she's
gonna
also
need
an
emergency
restraining
order
and
then
a
follow
up
longer
term
restraining
order.
H
She's
then,
given
instructions
on
how
to
get
the
emergency
order,
which
is
only
10
days,
and
then
during
that
10
day
period,
the
person
who's
being
accused
of
domestic
violence
has
to
show
that
the
court
needs
to
that
call
when
that
person
shows
up
judge
then
decides
whether
or
not
to
issue
a
longer
term
restraining
order.
In
the
background
you
have
this
domestic
violence
advocate,
and
you
have
a
DV
detective
now
with
the
DVD
tected.
The
DV
detective
follows
up
on
the
case.
H
If
the
woman
are
the
victim,
decides
that
she's
going
to
move
forward
with
the
case
if
she
decides
she's,
not
gonna,
move
forward
with
the
case
you
have
that
an
advocate
that
says
that's:
okay,
we're
gonna
meet
you
where
you
are
right
now
and
we're
gonna
try
to
work
with
you
where
you
are,
and
in
situations
like
that
oftentimes
they'll
try
to
meet
them
for
coffee
at
a
safe
space
and
they'll,
give
them
information
on
how
to
do
safety
planning
what
you
need
to
start.
Setting
aside
to
do
safety
planning.
H
You
know
I
thoughts
about
opening
up
a
separate
account.
Where
can
you
go?
Where
can
you
hide
documents,
safety
documents
and
things
like
that
so
oftentimes,
because
so
many
women
decide
not
to
move
forward
on
a
formal
criminal
case?
What
will
happen
is
that
at
least
that
they
will
get
the
information
that
they
need
from
the
Advocate
to
put
themselves
in
a
safer
space
and
as
they
just
as
they
move
forward.
Okay,.
A
H
We
do
it
numerically,
but
we
also
do
it
through
anecdotal
stories
so
often
times
when
we
rewrite
our
grants
year
after
year.
We'll
ask
a
couple
of
DB
advocates
to
send
us
a
success
story
and
they'll
send
us
a
couple
of
paragraphs
on
specific
incidents
where
they
helped
victims
in
situations
that
made
them
much
safer.
You
know
whether
it
be
you
know
a
different
place
to
live,
moving
forward
on
restraining
order,
moving
forward
on
a
case
sitting
again:
safety
planning
and
oftentimes,
even
if
a
woman
decides
that
she
doesn't
want
to
move
forward
again.
H
She'll
continue
to
do
outreach
to
this.
Should
this
DV
advocate,
so
she
may
not
be
in
a
place
right
away
with
she's
ready,
but
she
could
call
them
four
months
later
and
say
you
know
what
this
is
getting
insane
I
am
in
danger:
I'm,
look.
How
can
you
help
me
so
the
introduction
may
be
made
beginning
with
the
call
for
service,
but
that
relationship
continues
on
and
on
with
many
of
these
all.
C
Thank
You
Council
McCarthy,
just
as
a
point
of
reference,
I
myself
and
council
president
Kimball
filed
a
hearing
order
on
domestic
violence
and
will
probably
have
the
hearings
sometime
over
the
next
several
months.
Last
last
week,
I
had
an
opportunity
to
visit
a
a
domestic
violence
center
in
the
South
End
and
learned
a
lot
about
the
the
issue.
H
We
we
have
this
grant
and
then
we
have
about
two
or
three
other
grants,
so
it's
sort
of
a
patchwork
of
a
bunch
of
different
grants
that
come
together
so
that
we
can.
We
can
support
all
the
different
domestic
violence
advocates
in
the
different
districts.
So
many
of
our
advocates
speak
English,
I'm,
sorry
speak
Spanish
as
their
primary
language
English
as
the
secondary
language
I
believe
we
have
somebody
who
also
speaks
Haitian
Creole,
and
so
we
do
go
out
of
our
way,
depending
on
what
district
that
they're
gonna
be
placed
and
to
find
an
advocate.
H
C
C
H
Statistically,
the
level
of
domestic
violence
in
the
lbgtq
community
is
is
consistent
with
the
level
of
domestic
violence
and
other
populations.
Just
as
you
know,
demographics
and
ethnic
big
background
is
also
pretty
consistent,
so
it
you
know,
I
think
we
have
these
ideas
that
you
know
certain
cultures
participate
in
domestic
violence,
more
than
other
cultures
and
in
fact
that's
not
true.
The
percentages
of
you
know
white.
H
You
know
European
background
batteries
are
very
consistent
to
the
percentage
of
batteries
and
other
cultures
in
as
well
as
in
the
LBGT
community.
I
know
I
keep
one,
listen
that
one
up,
but
but
there
are
some
programs
that
often
we
partner
with
that
can
reach
out
to
folks
in
that
community
and
to
really
help
them
with
their
unique
needs
in
terms
of
being
victims
and
survivors
of
that
particular
situation,
we
also
do
training
with
Boston
Police
in
the
Academy
around
domestic
violence
extensively
and
how
it
impacts
different
populations.
C
When
I
was
a
I
was
a
probation
officer
for
10
years,
when
a
judge
would
order
someone
into
a
domestic
violence
program
oftentimes,
it
was
difficult
to
actually
get
a
program
and
also
be
eligible
to
participate
in
the
program
due
to
insurance
issues.
It
was
expensive.
Is
there
any
way
that
we
could
look
down
the
road
in
terms
of
helping
people
get
into
these
programs,
even
if
they,
even
if
they
don't
have
the
funds
or
the
money
to
get
into
them?
Well,.
H
I'd
first
like
to
say
that
the
evidence
on
the
efficacy
of
these
programs
isn't
is
weak,
so
the
programs
are
not
that
effective,
so
I'm,
not
sure
that
insurance
is
gonna,
be
the
answer
to
that.
But
what
they
do
know.
Research
wise
is
that
the
younger
you
can
get
a
person
into
a
program,
the
more
effective
it
is
so
say
you
have
a
teen
dating
violence
situation
in
the
schools,
and
you
realize
that
young
teenagers
are
involved
in
battering
their
girlfriends
or
other
women
in
there
are
other
people
in
their
lives.
H
That's
when
the
interaction
or
the
intervention
should
take
place.
So
you
know
if
we
were
to
sort
of
invest
in
prevention
funding
around
the
batterers.
It
should
be
really
targeted
to
a
much
younger
population
as
early
as
you
know,
high
school
yeah,
young
man,
and
because
that's
where
it's
effective,
when
you
start
moving
into
older
age
groups
of
men,
batterers
intervention
statistically
in
evidence-based,
just
doesn't
work
as
well.
Very
small
percentage
do.
C
H
H
D
H
D
E
H
We'd
like
to
have
one
in
every
every
district,
some
districts
obviously
have
higher
numbers
in
terms
of
calls
for
service
than
others,
and
we
could
figure
that
out
based
on
what
the
need
is.
But
it
would
be
nice
ideally
to
have
eleven
so
that
every
single
district
gets
coverage.
I
mean
we're
actually
sharing
one
in
East
Boston,
which
is
insane.
E
H
D
E
F
G
E
I
think
the
question
is,
then:
how
do
we
make
up
for
the
gap
in
the
operating
budget
for
these
positions
that
are
so
vital,
obviously,
to
the
work
in
the
calls
that
the
officers
are
getting
so
you
can
email
it?
It's.
You
don't
have
to
have
this
on
the
top
of
your
head,
but
said
I
think
it's
some
sixty
nine.
E
E
A
H
We've
approached
it
on
a
social-media
front.
We've
approached
it
through
law
enforcement.
By
going
after
buyers,
we've
approached
it
by
partnering
with
the
faith
community.
We've
approached
it
by
also
partnering
with
the
private
sector.
23
businesses.
Major
corporations
in
the
Boston
area
have
signed
on
a
pledge
to
work
with
their
employees
to
get
them
to
stop
buying
sex
online
while
out
there
and
work
and
to
do
zero-tolerance
programming
for
this.
The
initial
funder
was
an
organization
called
demand,
abolition
and
they
were
located
in
Cambridge.
H
They
decided
to
switch
tracks
and
they
moved
on
to
DC
and
right
now,
they're
lobbying
they're,
using
a
lot
of
their
resources
to
do
lobbying
of
members
of
the
House
and
the
Senate
around
this
to
me
and
reduction
work
may
go
day
was
involved
with
us
from
the
beginning.
So
when
the
funding
source
for
the
first
foundation,
sort
of
dissipated,
mego,
Day,
stepped
forth
and
said,
okay,
what
do
you
need
to
continue?
This
work?
H
We
have
about
30
faith
leaders
that
are
showing
up
once
every
three
meetings,
doing
major
strategic
planning
with
them
on
how
they
can
impact
change
through
their
congregations,
whether
it
be
through
youth
programs
or
men's
groups
in
other
ways,
up
from
the
pulpit
through
just
community
education
and
prevention,
we're
going
to
continue
working
with
the
23
business
leaders
in
the
Boston
area,
because
they're
interested
now
and
now
that
we've
done
human
resource
policies.
What
else
can
we
do
to
impact
change
in
this
area?
H
So
you
really
do
have
to
approach
the
lot
of
foresman
piece
through
a
social
media
lens,
and
you
know
so.
These
are
four
different
components
that
they're
gonna
support
financially
over
the
next
three
years
and
hopefully,
as
time
goes
on
all
of
those
sectors
which
is
the
business
sector,
the
faith
sector,
the
law
enforcement
sector
and
the
City
of
Boston
can
come
together
and
do
a
broader
campaign
called
the
red
light
campaign
with
that
we
want
to
replicate
from
Ireland
moving
forward
in
the
next
couple
of
years.
C
H
H
Not
yet,
but
we
are
hiring
a
full-time
coordinator,
the
position
once
this
grant
is
approved.
We
will
be
moving
forward
on
posting,
a
full-time
position
to
lead
the
cease
effort,
and
one
of
those
components
are
one
of
the
work
tasks
that
they'll
be
tasked
with
this
to
interface,
with
the
up
to
43
universities,
Kotkin
colleges
in
the
Boston
area
and
reaching
out
to
their
wellness
folks
in
thinking
about
ways
to
sort
of
get
that
public
education
campaign
and
messaging
out
there,
because
that
is,
that
is
the
population
that
starts
buying
sex
when
they're
in
college.
H
D
H
Just
online
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
what's
going
on
in
the
massage
parlor,
so
what's
happening
on
this
on
the
street
level,
and
so
it's
a
major
problem
that
can't
be
impacted,
obviously
by
law
enforcement
alone.
That's
why
we
have
that's
why
this
grant
is
gonna
help
us
bring
all
the
sectors
together
and
sort
of
think
strategically
about
how
they
can
impact
in.
H
Not
very
much
money,
not
it
gives
us
money
to
hire
a
full-time
coordinator,
cuz
right
now
we're
all
kind
of
just
working
a
full-time
jobs
and
doing
this
work.
But
the
full-time
coordinator
will
allow
us
to
also
hire
a
couple
of
consultants
that
can
lead
the
efforts.
So
we
can
get
somebody
that
can
just
do
the
law
enforcement
piece
on
contract
small
contract,
but
these
experts
in
the
field
that
have
done
it
a
million
times
already.
So
it's
not
like
we
have
to
they
have
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
catching
up.
H
D
H
D
D
A
E
You
counsel,
McCarthy
and
hello
to
your
dad,
no
Maria.
Thank
you
for
the
work
you
you
do.
You
know.
Well,
it's
this
work
or
domestic
violence
work.
It's
so
important,
work,
more
resources,
more
resources.
We
also
had,
frankly,
to
give
kudos
to
c11
some
issues
in
the
cabinet
square
area
and
new
captain
over
there
and
sergeant
Dunford
responded
quickly
in
such
a
way
that
the
residents
felt
the
impact
and
they're
seeing
less
activity
in
the
common
square
area.
E
H
A
D
I
I
Yep
Deputy
Commissioner
for
Boston
Fire.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
this
afternoon.
So
we're
actually
very
excited
about
this
grant.
It's
a
grant
that
we
got
from
the
assistance
for
firefighters
so
through
FEMA.
It's
a
regional
tech,
rescue
support,
so
there's
a
big
program
in
Texas
called
teks.
So
what
we've
done
is
invited
some
of
our
sister
town,
so
everett
Cambridge,
Somerville
Chelsey
to
join
us
and
fund
for
them
at
air
tech
rescue,
because
we
do
provide
a
lot
of
regional
tech
rescue.
I
I
A
A
A
Easy
one
docket
number
fourteen
ninety
six
one
hundred
seventy
two
thousand
four
hundred
and
twenty
seven
dollars
in
the
form
of
grant
assistance
to
firefighters,
regional
grant
awarded
by
the
by
FEMA
administrator
by
the
fight
upon
this
ground
will
fund
the
growing
need
for
the
fire
department.
Personnel
trained,
Texan,
town's
Boston.
So
the
is
an
addition
to
1495
I
believe
no.
A
I
Also
came
to
us
from
the
AF
G,
and
this
is
in
was
funding
in
particular
to
our
radio
system.
So,
as
you
all
know,
the
only
way
we
communicate
on
the
fire
ground
is
through
our
radios.
Our
radios
are
supported
by
Motorola,
but
our
parts
are
no
longer
supported
by
them,
so
we
requested
some
funding
to
replace
our
radios
in
addition
to
replacing
our
radios.
I
We
also
requested
that
we
have
the
capability
to
go
to
another
bandwidth
on
those
radios,
as
you
also
may
also
be
aware
of
in
2021,
our
megahertz
level,
which
is
around
470
to
480,
is
going
to
be
discontinued,
and
since
we
rely
very
heavily
on
our
radios,
we
need
to
have
the
ability
to
change
out
our
radios
and
go
to
a
different
level.
Bandwidth,
we're
hoping
to
go
to
use
700
or
800
megahertz.
These
radios
that
AFG
has
supported
will
help
us
get
to
that
new
level
of
the
megahertz.
I
C
I
D
I
H
I
To
go
to
another
range
that
will
support
in
the
future
some
personal
accountability
technology
on
the
radios,
so
the
best
thing
to
do
is
go
to
the
higher
megahertz,
which
should
also
get
better
clarification,
voice,
clarification
you
hear
better
and
they
can
actually
have
the
radio
talk
through
the
mask,
so
they
don't
have
to
take
off
their
masks
to
talk
on
the
radio.
So.
D
D
A
The
president
all
set
okay,
alright,
we're
going
to
docket
number
of
fifteen
eighty
three,
two
hundred
and
thirty,
seven
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant.
Fy
nineteen
state
hazmat
grant
awarded
by
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Fire
Services
to
be
administrated
by
the
hazmat
response
team
through
the
Boston
Fire
Department.
Yes,.
I
This
is
similar
to
our
state
training,
grant
that
we
get
for
moon,
island
and
all
the
training
that
we
do
there.
This
is
specific
to
hazmat,
so
this
helps
the
hazmat
team
trained
in
hazmat
incidents.
It
helps
them
buy
the
props
and
supplies
that
they
need
so
D
contents
and
things
like
that
that
are
paid
for
off
this
grant.
Okay,.
A
I
A
A
We're
moving
right
along
to
docket
number.
Sixteen
sixty
two
fourteen
million
dollars
in
the
form
of
a
grant
to
continue
to
support
unique
planning,
exercises,
training
and
operational
needs
that
will
assist
in
building
enhanced
and
sustainable
security
capabilities
to
prevent
the
help
prevent
respond
in
to
recover
from
threats
act
to
terrorists,
including
chemical,
biological,
radiological
nuclear
and
explosive
incidents
awarded
by
the
US
Department
Homeland
Security,
passed
through
the
mass
executive
office
of
Public
Safety
and
security
to
be
administered
by
the
mayor's
office
of
Homeland
Security.
J
J
Omni
NC
Anderson
I
am
the
deputy
director
down
at
the
Office
of
Emergency
Management,
so
Boston
and
its
surrounding
communities.
I'm
comprised
the
metro,
Boston
Homeland,
Security
region,
so
it's
Boston,
Brookline,
Cambridge,
Chelsea,
Everett,
Quincy,
Revere,
Somerville
and
Winthrop,
and
we've
all
been
awarded
this
14
million
dollars
as
part
of
the
urban
area,
Security
Initiative
grant
or
the
UIC
program.
You
hear
the
word
You
assie
around.
J
We
talked
about
the
purpose
already,
but
we
work
at
the
regional
partners
to
allocate
the
funds
using
a
risk-based
methodology
and
the
projects
funded,
focus
on
eight
specific
mission
areas.
Safety
and
security
gets
about
1.3
million,
critical
infrastructure
protection
about
2.2
million
Intel
and
info
sharing,
2.4
million
interoperable
communications,
2.3
million
Sabini.
J
That's
the
mouthful
chemical,
biological,
radiological,
nuclear
and
explosive
detection,
1.4
million.
What
we
call
medical
surge,
five
hundred
fifty
nine
thousand
and
community
preparedness.
2.9
million
cybersecurity
is
new.
This
year.
It's
about
three
hundred
and
forty
eight
thousand,
and
about
six
hundred
and
forty
nine
thousand
for
program
administration.
A
J
Cyber
security-
actually
DHS,
is
required
this
year
that
we
have
a
cyber
security
project.
We're
doing
a
couple
of
things,
we're
doing
some
two-factor
authentication
in
the
city
of
Revere,
believe
it
or
not.
Some
jurisdictions
still
use
Kaspersky
software,
so
we're
doing
some
Kaspersky
mitigation.
That's
the
Russian
right
we're
doing
some
cyber
security
infrastructure
hardening
about
50,000
of
that,
based
on
recommendations
of
a
security,
cyber
security
liaison
we've
hired.
J
C
J
Really
I
don't
know,
were
you
familiar
with
the
vigilant
guard
exercise
that
just
took
place
that
what
you're
talking
about
I
think
only
the
Boston
Fire
Department
had
any
role
in
that
and
they
worked
on
an
exercise
down
at
the
Joint
Base
on
Cape
Cod.
But
we
don't
typically
work
a
lot
with
US
military.
The
only.
C
Reason
I
ask:
is
we
have
a
you
know
the
US
Coast
Guard
there's
a
major
presence
in
Boston.
The
the
US
Navy
has
a
major
presence
in
Boston
right
in
the
ocean.
Obviously,
in
the
north
end
in
Charlestown,
I
would
be
interested
in
knowing
what
type
of
interaction
they
would
have
with
the
Boston
Fire
Boston
Police
State
Police.
So.
J
Last
year
remember
sail
Boston
last
summer,
June
17,
we
worked
with
them.
It
established
an
emergency
operation
center
over
at
dry
dock
over
a
dry
dock.
So
we
worked
extensively
with
the
Coast
Guard
then,
and
National
Guard
police
fire
FEMA.
Everyone
was
involved
all
the
stakeholders,
but
typically
this
grant
doesn't
do
a
lot.
We
don't
do
a
lot
to
interact
with
military.
Okay.
J
D
D
J
J
D
J
Correct
so
there's
actually
the
city
of
Boston.
Do
it
yeah.
D
J
J
D
D
E
J
They
haven't
put
a
percentage
on
that,
yet
they
may
in
their
next
grant
cycle,
but
DHS
is
definitely
taking
an
interest
in
cyber
they're,
also
requesting
that
we
include
cyber
representation
in
the
grant
allocation
in
the
decision
making
that
we
need
to
have
a
representative
there,
which
is
all
new.
You
know
our
decision
makers
tend
to
be
law
enforcement
fire.
J
E
J
A
You
very
much,
madam
president.
That
concludes
our
hearing.
For
today,
this
hearing
has
been
on
docket
number:
zero
666
docket
one
one;
five,
one
docket
one,
one:
five,
two
docket
one:
three:
eight
six
docket
one:
four:
nine
five
docket
1
4
9
6,
docket,
number
1,
5,
8,
3,
docket,
number,
1,
6,
6
2
in
docket
number
16,
68,
I,
look
forward
to
putting
this
out
in
the
infirmities
and
the
next
council
meeting.
Council
hearings
adjourned.