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Dockets #0192, 0408, 0710 - Various grant appropriations
A
A
A
A
Thank
you
for
the
record.
My
name
is
Andrea
Campbell
I
am
the
district
for
Boston
city
councilor
I'm.
Also
the
chair
of
the
Committee
on
Public
Safety
in
criminal
justice.
I
am
joined
this
morning
by
my
colleagues,
the
vice
chair
of
the
Committee
on
Public
Safety
in
criminal
justice,
councillor
Michael
Flaherty,
my
district
colleagues
council
is
braden
and
councillor
Ricardo,
Arroyo
I,
anticipate
other
councillors
will
join
this
hearing
as
well.
A
They
are
some
are
caught
in
a
another
zoom
meeting,
so
this
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
live
streamed
at
Boston
gov,
slash,
City,
City,
Council
TV.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
Comcast
channel
8,
RCN
channel
82,
Verizon
channel
1
964.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
the
hearing.
At
this
point,
I
have
to
make
clear
we
have
received
over
10,000
emails
with
respect
to
this
hearing,
which
is
a
beautiful
thing.
A
So
at
this
point,
because
we
have
a
hard
stop
at
1
o'clock,
there
is
another
council
hearing
hosted
by
the
council
president
rate.
After
this
hearing,
we
have
a
hard
start,
stop
at
1
all
of
the
folks
who
signed
up
for
public
testimony.
We
will
go
through
in
the
order
in
which
you
signed
up,
but
at
this
time
we
cannot
accept
new
participants
to
sign
up
I
know.
We
already
have
some
folks
already
in
the
the
meeting
who
have
signed
up.
A
We
will
get
to
you
towards
the
end
and
allow
you
to
give
your
public
testimony
for
those
who
are
who
are
not
able
to
participate
in
the
hearing
and
provide
public
testimony.
We
take
written
testimony
at
all
times,
even
when
the
hearing
is
adjourned
going
back
to
some
logistics.
The.
If
you
wish
to
submit
written
testimony,
you
can
do
so
by
emailing
cc's
DDPs
at
Boston
gov.
A
The
first
is
I
want
to
thank,
of
course,
the
police
department
and
the
representatives
that
were
sent
today
for
being
here
to
testify
with
respect
to
these
dockets
I
also
want
to
thank
the
advocates
and
all
of
those
who
submitted
emails
and
submitted
messages
through
social
media
called
our
offices.
All
of
that
is
greatly
appreciated.
A
It
serves
examining
and
updating
our
police's
use
of
force
policy
to
reduce
incidents
of
excessive
force
and
violence,
revamping
our
co-op
board
to
be
your
civilian
review,
Review,
Board
and
so
much
more.
All
of
these
will
not
be
addressed
in
this
particular
Public
Safety
hearing,
but
will
be
addressed
at
other
hearings
before
this
council
all
are
important
and
we
hope
that
you
and
the
public
and
stakeholders
will
participate
in
those
conversations.
A
Today's
budget
hearing
or
today's
hearing
I
want
to
also
clarify
is
not
a
budget
hearing.
In
two
weeks.
We
will
actually
go
through
the
budget
and
we
will
take
a
vote
on
the
overall
budget,
not
just
for
the
police
department,
for
our
schools
for
every
department.
In
the
city
of
Boston,
that
process
is
overseen
by
councillor
Bach,
who
is
the
chair
of
the
Committee
on
ways
and
means,
and
just
yesterday
we
all
voted
initially
to
reject
the
administration's
budget
and
to
send
it
back
without
prejudice.
A
So
there
would
be
a
second
chance
to
discuss
the
overall
BPD,
the
police
department's
budget
in
a
couple
of
weeks
time,
and
we
hope
that
participants
will
participate
in
those
discussions
as
well.
That
is
not
that
discussion.
That
discussion
will
not
happen
today,
that
is
chaired
by
Ways
and
Means
councillor
Bach,
and
during
that
process
the
councillors
have
an
opportunity
to
vote
up
or
down
on
the
operating
budget,
which
includes
Boston,
Police,
Department
and
the
school
budget,
and
to
be
clear,
we
have
limited
Authority
with
respect
to
our
budget
process.
A
In
the
form
of
a
grant
for
the
federal
fy16
innovations
and
community-based
crime
reduction,
formerly
the
Bern
Criminal
Justice
passed
through
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission,
to
be
administered
by
the
police
department.
All
of
these
dockets
come
with
specific
instructions
on
how
the
funds
are
to
be
spent
and
I
will
be
asking
the
administration
to
address
just
that.
Each
docket.
How
weird?
Where
that,
of
course,
the
money
comes
from
specific
instructions
to
pull
that
apart
for
us
and
the
public.
A
So
I
am
going
to
jump
right
in
and
allow
the
administration
to
speak
to
all
of
the
dockets
and
then
allow
my
colleagues
faster
questions
and
I
will
put
time
limits
on
every
one
so
that
we
can
get
to
public
testimony
which
is
critically
important
and
I
know
that.
Folks
are
adding
questions
to
the
chat.
A
Michelle
Goldberg
Goldberg,
who
is
our
central
staff
committee
chair,
will
be
responding
in
answering
questions
in
the
chat,
Thank
You
Michelle
for
all
of
your
hard
work.
We've
been
fielding
thousands
of
emails.
Thank
you
Carrie.
A
A
E
The
Shannon
grant
is
a
at
this
point,
a
15-year
grant
that
we
received
from
the
executive
office
of
public
safety
and
security
for
the
city
of
Boston.
The
grant
funds
support
the
city
of
Boston's
comprehensive
strategy
aimed
at
reducing
gun,
gang
and
youth
violence
in
the
city
by
providing
services
and
intervention
to
at-risk
and
gang
affiliated
youth.
E
In
the
past,
14
years
in
Boston,
Shannon
grant
has
built
a
successful
collaboration,
balancing
city
community
faith,
social
service
and
law
enforcement
partnerships
within
the
community,
using
the
following
elements:
opportunity
provision,
social
intervention
and
prevention
strategies,
community
mobilization
and
organizational
change
and
development.
In
2015,
we
introduced
a
competitive
RFP
process
to
apply
for
the
Shannon
grant.
This
opened
the
grant
to
all
nonprofits
and
allow
for
funds
to
be
granted
to
new
organizations
with
a
vested
community
interest.
E
The
process
is
now
an
annual
part
of
the
Shannon
funding
cycle,
and
it
occurs
in
August
to
be
clear.
The
Shannon
grant
is
a
calendar
year
grant.
It
does
not
prey
on
the
fiscal
year.
We
believe
the
Shannon
programming
has
held
an
impact
on
youth
violence
citywide.
Since
its
inception,
we've
seen
the
16%
decrease
in
homicides,
a
9%
decrease
in
aggravated
assault
and
a
10%
decrease
in
total
violent
crimes.
E
Peters,
Teen
Center,
the
three
point
foundation,
ABCD
busting
refugee
and
immigrant
center
Somali
youth
sports,
the
chica
project,
sportsmen,
tennis,
enrichment
center
level,
ground
mixed
martial
arts
and
missions
safe
each
one
of
these
organizations
that
are
nonprofits
get
about
forty
thousand
dollars
in
funding.
There
are
five
organizations
that
get
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
funding.
Those
are
ones
that
do
intensive
case
management
that
would
be
Boston
centers
for
youth
and
families.
E
F
E
E
If
you
have
a
every
year,
there
is
an
evaluation
of
the
programming,
there's
an
evaluation
of
individuals
that
are
in
said
programs,
so
each
organization
might
have
from
ten
to
a
hundred
young
people
that
they
serve
or
even
more
they're
required
to
do
an
evaluation
on
at
least
twenty
percent
of
that
population,
and
the
evaluation
is
a
an
assessment
tool.
That's
created
by
yacht's
that
we
administer
through
with
this
brain.
E
So
this
year,
all
right
we
are,
we
are
funded,
like
the
counselor
said:
1
million
seven
hundred
ninety
four
thousand
six
hundred
eighty
three
dollars
and
forty
seven
cents
of
that
going
to
city
of
Boston
for
administration
is
$167,000.
Six
hundred
and
fifty
three
cents
when
the
city
and
community-based
partners
is
1
million,
two
hundred
and
four
thousand
and
eight
hundred
and
forty
seven
dollars
for
civilian
salaries.
It's
eighty
eight
thousand
one
hundred
dollars
and
95
cents
and
for
police.
It
is
three
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars.
G
E
Cents
we
split
it
up.
The
about
67
percent
of
the
grant
goes
to
city
and
community-based
partners
through
that
competitive
grant
application.
The
rest
is
divvied
out
for
police
for
different
units.
That
would
be
community
policing
unit
that
would
be
drug
unit.
Youth
violence
strike
force
unit
and
the
community
I
mean
in
the
community
outreach.
E
So
that's
that's.
The
Shannon
grant
injustice
is
again.
I
said
this
is
a
the
fourteenth
year
of
existence,
worked
really
hard
to
make
sure
we
kind
of
keep
our
funding
increasing
in
small
bits.
Just
for
your
kind
of
assessment,
when
the
grant
was
first
started,
we
got
three
million
dollars
and
so
that
kind
of
went
down
that's
gone
down
since
maybe
Oh
8
no
see
the
highest
in
at
least
5
years,
1
million
the
highest.
A
Okay,
before
I
turn
it
over
to
Maria
I
want
to
want
to
acknowledge
that
we've
been
joined
by
additional
colleagues,
councillor
Wu
and
councillor
sabe
Jorge
Maria
I
will
turn
it
over
to
you
to
speak
to
the
other
dockets
and,
specifically
the
larger
question
on
when
we
receive
state
funds
in
these
dockets.
What
are
the
restrictions?
Can?
Can
money
be
redirected?
A
H
So
my
name
is
Maria
Cheevers
I
am
the
director
of
research
and
development
for
the
Boston
Police
Department
our
office.
This
has
two
roles.
One
of
the
roles
is
a
research
role
in
which
we
partner
with
community
nonprofits,
higher
education
institutions
in
a
wide
range
of
other
local
and
national,
and
sometimes
international
partners
to
do
research
projects
on
best
practices
and
how
we
can
work
better
to
build
trust
and
lower
global
crime
rates.
That
includes
also
a
data
analysis
functioning
and
crime
data
reporting
analyses.
So
that's
one
half
of
the
work
we
do.
H
The
other
half
is
around
resource
development,
where
we
apply
for
federal
state,
sometimes
city
and
sometimes
Foundation,
grant
funds
to
help
us
test
out
innovative
strategies
again
to
work
with
the
community
to
work
in
partnership
to
tackle
difficult
issues
like
domestic
violence
and
substance
use
disorder.
Mental
health
disorders
knock
in
distribution,
so
we
have
a
wide
range.
H
We
have
almost
have
about
20
different
program
models
that
we're
implementing
in
partnership
with
the
community
and
with
community-based
organizations
to
do
a
wide
range
of
Public
Safety
like
efforts
when
we
apply
for
these
grants,
we
apply
for
them.
Based
on
an
application,
that's
put
out
by
the
federal
government
or
an
application
that
may
be
put
out
by
the
state
or
by
a
private
foundation,
so
we
have
to
get
these
applications,
read
them
carefully
and
then
bring
community
partners
and
city
agencies
to
exam.
And
what
would
the
best
strategy
be
for
us
to
put
together?
H
If
we
are
competitive
and
we
do
get
the
grant
funding,
we
are
held
to
a
standard
of
evaluating
that
everything
that
we
are
doing
is
done,
that
based
on
best
practices,
goals,
objectives,
missions,
visions
and
so
we're
carefully
monitoring
they're
carefully.
Monitoring
that
we're
doing
exactly
what
we
said.
We
were
going
to
do
in
the
right
way,
based
on
best
practices
in
partnership
with
community,
and
if
we
do
don't
do
it
in
those
ways,
they
could
take
the
money
away
from
us
and
not
fund
us
for
a
second
term.
H
So
we've
been
pretty
successful
on
long
trying
to
really
practice
research-based
strategies.
Look
at
data
in
the
way
that
we
approach
this
job
with
the
community
again
so
oftentimes.
Some
of
these
funds
come
down
and
they're
earmarked.
For
example,
one
of
the
one
of
the
dockets
that
were
going
to
report
on
today
was
a
state
earmark
where
they're,
giving
the
money
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
to
work
with
other
public
safety
agencies.
Statewide.
H
So
there's
a
lot
that
goes
into
the
development
of
these
grants
and
we
develop
these
grant
strategies
and
program
models
in
partnership
with
community
from
day
one
and
it's
a
response
to
what
the
application
is
telling
us.
So
I
wanted
to
clarify
that
first
I
would.
Is
there
anything
more
you'd
like
to
say.
A
Specifically
to
these
other
two
dockets
and
the
specifics
of
those
it's
on
these
three
dockets
so,
for
example,
for
docket
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
have
it
right,
docket,
zero,
four,
zero,
eight,
the
docket
pertaining
to
the
brick.
Is
the
police
department
allowed
to
redirect
those
funds,
for
example,
for
other
purposes,
and
if
so,
what
does
that
look
like
and
then
specifically
that
amount
of
that
money?
What
can
you
pull
apart?
A
What
that
that
money
is
for,
and
then
the
second
question
is,
for
the
other
two,
the
same
question:
can
those
monies
be
redirected
by
the
police
department
to
other
things?
So
obviously,
we've
received
a
lot
of
emails,
saying
take
that
money
and
give
it
to
youth
programming
it
give
it
to
young
people,
give
it
to
other
sources,
give
it
to
black
and
brown
communities.
Is
that
possible?
H
H
That
means
that
if
we
present
a
strategy,
that's
been
well
thought-out
in
partnership
with
community
and
with
other
partners
that
we
work
with
depending
on
the
topic
area,
and
then
they
hope
they
agree
to
fund
that
strategy,
and
then
they
give
us
an
award
letter.
City
Council
approves
of
it
because
we
describe
to
them
what
that
strategy
and
teals,
and
then
we
come
back
and
we
do
this
sort
of
this
thought
process
we're
like.
Oh,
we
don't
want
to
do
that.
H
Instead,
we're
going
to
do
XY
and
Z
we're
really
not
allowed
to
do
that
if
it
is
within
the
mission
of
the
RFP
and
it's
a
small
revision
that
says
you
know
what
we
identity
worked
with
the
community
and
the
community
decided
they
want
to
do
this.
Instead,
we
could
go
through
the
proper
procedures
and
ask
for
permission
and
the
funder
can
grant
that
permission,
and
then
we
can
change
the
budget
and
then
we
can
move
forward,
but
it
still
has
to
be
underneath
the
vision
and
the
mission
of
the
overall
application
itself.
H
So
small
revisions,
as
long
as
they're
under
the
vision
and
the
mission
of
the
application
of
course,
can
be
made,
but
if
we
can't
decide
that
instead
of
using
this
money
to
do
this
mission,
we're
going
to
do
a
completely
different
mission
without
any
consultation
with
community
without
any
consultation
from
the
funder,
that's
that's
not
gonna
happen.
And,
furthermore,
if
we
do
do
that
behind
some
clothes
to
our
thing,
which
doesn't
happen,
they
the
funder
could
pull
the
money
from
us
within
30
days
and
so
yeah
that
we've
never
done.
That.
H
A
H
So
I'll
start
with
that
one,
the
third.
This
is
a
thirty
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twenty
two
dollar
point.
91
cent
grant
that
comes
through
us
through
subcontract
from
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
It
is
from
the
US
Department
of
Justice
in
its
title,
the
fy16
innovation
and
community
based
crime
reduction,
grant,
which
used
to
be
referred
to
as
the
burned
criminal
justice
innovation
grant.
H
That
was
awarded
to
us
under
the
Obama
administration
initially,
and
it
was
awarded
to
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
to
do
some
deep
community,
organizing
and
community
planning,
with
probably
about
30
community-based
organizations
in
both
in
the
voting
Geneva
area
and
it
included
police
into
that
process.
The
process
was
led
or
staffed
by
the
Boston,
Public
Health,
Commission
and
again
included
about
30
nonprofit
organizations
as
well
as
community
residents
and
community
leaders
from
Boeing
and
Geneva.
H
Community
policing
efforts,
something
what
we
refer
to
as
sceptered,
which
is
community
policing
through
Environmental
Design
I,
can
explain
that
a
little
bit
more.
When
we
talk
about
budget
and
in
a
wide
continuum
of
prevention
and
intervention
programming
that
would
come
in
partnership
with
police
and
community,
then
the
Trump
administration
came
into
office
and
sort
of
pulled
the
grant
back
because
they
wanted
a
look
at
what
this
grant
was
doing
and
they
wanted
to
sort
of
put
that
spin
on
it.
H
Now
septate
is
community
policing
for
environmental
design
and
it's
a
model.
That's
lowered
crime
all
over
the
country
in
certain
areas
and
basically,
they
use
Environmental
Design
a
physical
space
in
housing
developments
neighborhoods
storefronts
and
they
change
that
environmental
design
to
make
it
so
it
reduces
or
discourages
crime
taking
place
in
those
neighborhoods.
So
we're
going
to
use
this
money
to
train
community
and
train
police
on
how
to
create
design
in
these
communities,
including
storefronts
and
developments,
so
that
we
reduce
crime
simply
by
changing
the
environmental
physical
space
in
these
areas.
H
H
That's
just
one
example
lighting,
and
it
is
another
example
where
you
would
put
lighting
in
certain
places
so
that
when
people
are
trying
to
get
into
their
homes
and
in
development,
they're
not
walking
into
dark
spaces
and
and
increasing
the
possibility
that
they
could,
you
know,
be
jumped
or
attacked.
In
this
dark
space,
so
they're
adding
lighting
into
those
areas,
so
there's
a
lot
of
different
things
that
you
would
do
to
it
to
a
physical
environment,
to
make
it
more
user
friendly
for
community
but
also
safer.
H
The
other
funding
will
be
used
for
cameras.
Now
the
cameras
were
asked
for
in
the
strategical
strategic
plan
by
the
community
because
they
felt
like
certain
key
areas
in
Boden
and
Geneva.
That
did
not
have
cameras
were
being
much
more
disproportionately
disproportionately
impacted
by
violent
crime
and
they
wanted
to
be
able
to
protect
those
physical
spaces
in
the
bone
in
Geneva
target
neighborhoods
with
cameras.
H
Now,
since
this
grant
again,
this
almost
took
two
years
to
go
from
the
original
design
and
plan
that
came
out
of
the
strategic
planning
process
through
many
different
budget
revisions
and
changes
to
the
new
Department
of
Justice
that
we
have
under
this
administration
to
approve
of
these
two
strategies.
So
what
is
going
to
take
place
now
is
that
we're
going
to
obviously
reconvene
the
group
that
created
the
strategic
plan
with
these
funds
and
we're
going
to
rethink
where
these
cameras
are
needed,
because
it's
obviously
over
two
years.
H
Some
cameras
have
come
in
to
that
area
that
originally
weren't
there
two
years
ago.
So
now,
with
this
funds,
we
can
say:
okay,
we
got
this
these
many
cameras.
Let's
do
a
walk
around
this
neighborhood
with
community
and,
let's
think
strategically
about
now
we
have
these
cameras,
we'll
go,
and
so
the
30,000
is
paying
for
the
secretary
training
and
the
cameras,
and
so
oh,
if
no
one
has
any
questions
on
that
particular.
H
H
Safety
state
of
Massachusetts
or
its
technology
support
at
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center.
So
this
is
this
will
help
to
support
the
salary
in
fringe
of
six
crime
data
analysts,
four
of
those
crime
data
analysts
will
work
out
of
what
they
call
the
real
of
the
real
time
crime
I'm
Central,
which
is
a
which
I
will
read
you
a
little
bit
about
what
the
real
time
crime
Center
is
the
Briggs
real
time
crime
Center
serves
as
an
intelligent,
triage
center
for
the
bric
seven
days
per
week,
facilitating
a
critical
Regional
watch
and
wanting
analytical
functionality.
H
The
BRIC
currently
has
four
analysts
facilitating
the
responsibilities
of
the
real-time
crime
Center
dubbing
days
a
week
from
9:00
to
5:00
and
from
five
to
one.
The
real-time
crime
Center
is
short
staffed
and
does
not
have
analytical
personnel
to
cover
the
timeframe
from
1:00
to
9:00
a.m.
in
the
morning,
which
is
the
last
shift
on
a
daily
basis,
leaving
the
BRIC
operation
vacant
and
non-responsive
to
regional
and
other
partners.
During
this
time
frame.
The
proposed
analyst
positions
will
ensure
regional
support
and
intelligence
sharing
to
critical
incident
information
triage
during
this
otherwise
vacant
shift.
H
A
You
Thank
You
Maria,
just
I'm
gonna,
ask
a
couple
of
clarifying
questions
and
then
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues
and
the
order
in
which
they
arrived.
The
first
is
with
respect
to
all
the
dockets.
You
know
have
these
funds
been
spent
already
and
if
so,
to
what
extent
and
what
is
what
then,
does
this
process
sort
of
look
like
if
the
money's
already
been
spent
and
say,
for
example,
the
council
does
not
pass
these
dockets?
That's
one
question
and
then
I'll
ask
my
other
two
questions
for
clarifying
purposes
in
a
minute.
H
So
we're
not
allowed
so
we're
not
allowed
to
spend
funding
that
we
receive
until
City
Council
approves
of
that
funding.
After
let's
say,
City
Council
does
approve
of
funding.
It
still
has
to
go
to
the
process
of
being
set
up
in
the
city
budget
off
and
then
typically
what
we
do
is
we
reconvene
folks,
and
we
say:
oh
okay,
does
this
budget
make
sense
given
we
may
have
applied
for
this
money
a
year
ago
and
then
at
that
point
we
may
do
some
budget
revisions
based
on
changing
dynamics
that
happened
over
the
prior
year.
I
A
Other
two
questions:
I'm
gonna
come
timing
myself
before
I
turn
it
over
to
councillor.
Braden
is
on
the
Bowdoin
in
Geneva,
the
thirty
thousand
dollar
grant,
who
specifically
will
be
trained
and
then
the
second
is
in
terms
of
the
cameras.
I
know
community
was
advocating
for
that
who,
in
the
community,
will
sort
of
be
a
part
of
that
group
in
determining
where
these
cameras
go.
If
this
docket
were
to
pass
so.
A
J
A
My
last
question
before
I
turn
it
over
to
my
colleagues.
Is
we
get
a
lot
of
questions
as
you
can
imagine?
This
is
not
the
first
time
in
terms
of
the
gang
database
and
over
representation
of
men
of
color
in
that
database,
curious
Maria.
From
your
perspective,
I
know
we
don't
think
have
David
from
the
brick
here.
A
H
Is
a
database
is
primarily
fully
made
up
of
data
from
maybe
two
or
three
different
data
set
of
people
who
have
been
in
the
criminal
justice
system
and
who
are
active
in
the
criminal
justice
system
based
on
arrests,
fi,
OS
and
so
you're
not
going
to
find
anybody
on
that
database.
Who's
not
very
actively
involved
at
the
current
time,
I'm
in
criminal
activity,
and
so
that's
that's
I
would
have
to
turn
it
over
to
the
brick.
To
tell
you
exactly
what
those
database
design
I
know.
H
It's
not
just
one
database
and
I
know
that
we
cannot
have
a
conversation
about
anybody
who's,
not
in
the
criminal
justice
system,
because
that's
against
the
law,
and
so
it's
pretty
again.
These
names
are
made
up
of
people
who
are
in
the
criminal
justice
system
and
have
criminal
record
setting
based
on
these
databases,
and
we.
A
No,
it
does,
and
in
just
for
the
public
in
my
colleagues
as
well,
you
know
David,
who
oversees
the
brick
is
not
on
the
panels.
I
want
to
be
fair
that
most
of
those
questions
would
be
directed
to
him
in
terms
of
a
significant
detail.
So
some
of
those
questions
I
will
absolutely
have
to
follow
up
with
to
get
responses
to
you,
including
some
that
came
from
the
public.
So
I
want
to
put
that
on
the
record
at
this
time,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
counsel
I.
K
H
Give
that
direct
question
to
the
brick
to
answer
I
do
want
to
say
that
folks
that
are
on
that
list.
We
provide
outreach
and
case
management,
job
training,
job
placement,
access
to
health
care
and
a
wide
range
of
services
to
folks
that
are
on
that
list
as
a
means
to
work
with
them
to
get
them
away
from
criminal
activity
and
towards
you
know,
a
productive,
the
ability
to
productively
access
services
and
supports
that
they
need,
as
well
as
job
training
and
placement
in
terms
of
the
databases.
H
E
H
K
Think
it
was
really
just
more
information
on
the
sort
of
intelligence.
That's
being
gathered,
the
real
the
real
time
crime
Center
works
in
real
time.
What
sort
of
things
is
a
real
time
center
crime,
Center
monitoring
on
a
on
an
hourly
basis,
and
you
know
for
analysts
and
then
for
for
analysts
and
then
two
regional
analysts.
K
H
K
B
A
B
B
G
B
B
E
Again,
it
goes
to
police,
police,
different
police
units,
so
there's
four
different
units
that
it
goes
to
on
the
goes
to
civilian
salaries,
which
is
to
civilian
staff
that
are
administering
this
grant
and
it
goes
to
the
city
of
Boston
for
admin
fees.
So
in
specific
amount
for
you
police
over
times
about
three
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars,
civilian
salaries
about
$88,000.
B
E
B
E
G
E
E
B
Basically,
I
guess
what
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
is
the
Shannon
grant
is
goes
gets
distributed
through
BPD
right.
But,
yes,
these
organizations
have
applied
to
bpv
to
get
this
money
and
we're
told
they
were
gonna.
Get
this
money.
Yes,
it
may
have
or
did
already
spend
the
money
they
thought
they
were
getting
from
this
bread.
Yes,.
B
A
I
was
just
I
was
just
saying
that
councillor
Rory
I
was
Neil,
who
was
representing
administration's
I
was
saying
David.
He
needs
to
be
here,
he's
not
here
because
he's
the
one
who
needs
to
answer
questions
specifically
on
the
brick
and
so
trying
to
work
that
out,
and
if
that
doesn't
happen,
then
we're
gonna
have
to
send
these
questions
specifically
to
him.
With
respect
to
the
brick.
Okay,.
B
H
B
H
B
H
B
H
A
A
No,
yet
because
your
internet
is
a
bit
choppy
if
you
stopped
your
video,
would
that
work
better
so
that
the
everyone
can
hear
you
clearly
and
then
I'm
gonna
give
councillor
royal
one
more
minute
and
then
I'm
gonna
try
to
do
six
minutes
or
so
for
each
each
colleague,
but
going
counts
are
royal.
Thank.
B
B
And
then
just
a
real,
quick
question
on
community
involvement
or
engagement
on
these
things.
What
how
how
is
community
brought
into
the
process
on
just
this
I
know
it's
a
grant
that
you
request,
but
other
than
that
in
terms
of
community
process
or
wanting
these
cameras
are
trying
to
discuss
these
cameras
and
their
placement
I
think
he
brought.
There
was
a
process
to
that,
and
so
what's
the
community
process
for
all
of
this,
so.
H
Our
strategies
forward
is
that
we
can
be
big
communities
and
these
meetings,
our
strategic
planning
sessions,
where
people
have
the
process,
have
the
opportunity
to
go
through
the
grant
with
us
step
by
step,
and
we
read
it
together
and
then
we
brainstorm
as
to
what
is
currently
going
on
in
that
community.
What
supports
does
that
community
need?
How
can
we
fulfill
those
supports
and
those
needs
through
this
opportunity,
for
this
particular
grant?
H
So
if
we
tend
to
design
and
build
these
grant
application
responses
with
community
as
the
lead
and
we
staff
and
facilitate,
we
convene
and
facilitate
the
process,
and
so
the
community
is
involved
to
actual
submission
of
the
grant,
and
they
we
do
that
because
it's
the
only
way
to
create
an
effective
strategy,
but
also
in
these
grant
applications.
They
call
for
you
to
do
that
so
that
not
only
do
we
submit
the
grant,
but
we
submit
letters
of
support
from
30.
H
Different
organizations
are
a
memorandum
of
agreement
that
these
organizations
have
signed,
and
it
also
allows
us
to
be
able
to
get
resources
into
those
communities.
So
you
know,
for
example,
many
years
I've
worked
in
voting
in
Geneva
with
community
members
and
the
community
managers
themselves
that
the
voice
is
saying.
Listen,
we
need
you,
we
need,
you
know,
living
wage
pay
jobs
in
our
community.
You
know
our
community
members
are
working
three
jobs
around
the
clock.
H
The
kids
are
by
themselves,
there
are
all
minimum
wage
jobs
and
so
a
lot
of
one
of
our
past
grants
was
really
around
job
development,
job
training
and
placement
for
parents
that
lived
in
Boden
and
Geneva.
This
is
just
one
example
of
that:
the
community
telling
us
where
they
are
and
with
what
their
needs
are,
and
then
us
trying
to
fulfill
those
needs
through
writing
these
applications
and
getting
money
brought
to
the
city
via
Boston.
To
do
that
so.
B
A
Just
for
clarification
purposes,
the
the
grants
have
specific
breakdowns,
so,
for
example,
demand
just
went
through
the
Shannon
grant
in
terms
of
that
money
being
broken.
Apart
for
salaries
for
different
purposes,
you
know
grants
for
organizations.
You
will
send
around
those
breakdowns.
If
you
could
send
those
to
us,
you
will
send
those
around
to
all
the
colleagues
those
breakdowns
for
each
docket
and
we
will
separately
because
we
do
not
have
David
here
from
the
break.
A
We
will
hold
another
hearing
with
David
from
the
break
because
it
is
essential
they
can
be
here
to
answer
questions
with
respect
to
this
specific,
specific
docket
on
the
Gregg,
but
all
the
other
questions
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
have
so
just
wanted
to
let
folks
know-
and
then.
Lastly,
you
know
earlier
in
the
record,
I
asked
a
question
around
spending.
Is
this
money
spent?
A
G
D
Good,
whether
or
not
we
have
the
ability
to
sort
of
redirect
which
we
don't
so
it's
that
was
important
for
our
newer
colleagues
and
their
ratification
and
obviously
good
morning
to
Maria
and
Daman,
and
appreciate
the
work
that
you
guys
do.
The
partnerships
that
you
guys
have
created
and
obviously
in
an
effort
to
keep
our
city
safe
and
and
moving
forward
Demond.
Just
a
couple.
Questions
on
the
docket
that
you
addressed
in
specifically
are
this
year's
funders
funding
partners?
Are
they
the
same
as
in
previous
years?
D
And
how
do
we
monitor
the
outcomes
with
respect
to
our
funding
partners?
What
are
sort
of
the
deliverables,
the
metrics
by
which
you
know
we're
achieving
or
the
funding
partners,
are
achieving
success.
If
you
will,
in
other
instances
where
they're
not
and
we
decide
to
to
move
on
and
identify
a
you
know,
a
new
partner.
A
E
I'm
so
for
Shannon,
there's,
there's
typically
about
five
new
partners
every
year
out
of
22
partners
that
we
it's
a
different
community-based
organization,
every
partner
when
they
apply
they're
applying
under
a
different
metric,
and
some
people
are
serving
a
hundred
kids
through
specifically
a
summer
oh
I'm,
so
worried
about
the
waiting.
Is
the
kids
did
you
serve
and
what
did
they
do?
What
they
said
they
were
going
to
do
and
did
they
do
that?
On
the
other
side,
we
do
a
plumbing.
We
do.
E
We
are
assessing
how
much
crime
is
up
or
down
and
say
the
neighborhood
grantee,
isn't
if
your
neighborhood
and
so
we're
tracking
those
most
of
them
are
the
neighborhoods
with
the
highest
rates
of
violence
in
the
city.
That's
pretty
much.
The
average
of
a
local
bar
Shannon
goes
to
those
neighborhood
that
would
be
Dorchester
Roxbury
Mattapan.
Most
of
our
organizations
are
in
those
South,
Bend's,
sometimes
organizations
we
do
monitor.
We
have
two
different
program
assessments
that
they
are
that
they
do
a
year
at
the
end
of
the
year.
E
D
I
noticed
a
soy,
you
know
if
I'm,
recalling
correctly
last
year's
funding,
the
the
largest
spending
categories
for
the
grants
were
case
management,
street
outreach
and
intervention,
as
well
as
education
and
employment.
Are
these
the
same
sort
of
funding
priorities,
the
dishes
in
light,
probably
of
COBIT
and
our
response
to
Cove
it,
as
anything,
should
have
changed
with
respect
to
the
mindset
of
our
funding
partners?
I,
don't.
E
M
D
Good
then,
shifting
to
the
other
dark,
it's
what
upgrades,
probably
more
Maria,
what
upgrades
expansion
and
integration
technology
will
well,
this
grant
helped
fund.
They
know
that
you
know
this
body
or
a
certain
members
of
body
have
been
critical
of
the
brick
in
the
past
and
I
understand
the
role
of
brick
in
in
helping
solve.
D
Partnering
with
the
anti-terror
terrorist
organizations,
as
well
as
emergency
response
situations,
but
obviously
wanted
to
recognize
and
sort
of
lift
up
that
we
have
received
calls
and
emails
from
folks
concerns
around
that
type
of
funding.
So
can
you
maybe
explain
what
type
of
upgrades
expansion
and
integration
technology
this
grant
will
fund?
And
then
my
last
question
will
be
with
respect
to
the
last
grant.
Was
the
what
was
the
community
process
like
to
determine
the
boat
in
Geneva
neighborhood?
You
know,
why
was
that
neighborhood
selected?
D
H
The
other
question
again
to
the
brick
when
I'm
looking
at
the
budget,
it
seems
to
be
some
technology
upgrades
both
the
hardware
and
the
software
integration
interrupts
ability,
as
they
call
it
between
two
data
systems.
I'm,
not
a
technology
person.
I
know
some
of
the
language
so
I'm
going
to
leave
that
question
to
the
brick
in
terms
of
the
community
process.
We
typically
in
the
Boston
Police
Department
in
my
office,
particularly
didn't.
H
Do
this
grand
strategic
planning
process,
because
this
is
a
subgrant
to
us,
so
we
were
involved
in
the
meetings
as
well
as
police
officers
were
at
these
strategic
planning
meetings
and
involved.
But
this
particular
grant
is
the
Public
Health
Commission
squared
that
they
then
subcontracted
this
this
portion
of
it
to
us,
however,
that
process
itself
included
again
up
to
25
to
30
nonprofit
organizations
and
community
leaders
as
well
as
police.
H
H
What
is
driving
what
what
is
happening
in
our
community
and
then
the
next
part
of
that
process
is
identifying
needs
in
the
community
to
sort
of
not
only
reduce
crime
but
to
reduce
the
underlining
drivers
that
produce
crime,
and
so
it's
a
very
professional
process
that
that
that
these
that
takes
place
in
the
community,
with
these
community
leaders,
oftentimes
facilitated
by
unbiased,
neutral
facilitators
that
are
there
just
to
get
ample
feedback
and
input
from
community.
It's
a
the
process
itself
was
it
wasn't.
It
was
a
great
process.
H
Everybody's
created
who
created
the
recommendations
and
strategies
were
the
community.
So
there
wasn't
things
that
the
Boston
Police
was
imposing
on
people
or
even
the
funder
was
imposing
on
people.
It
was
community,
led,
community,
driven
and
then
again
with
that
process.
There
was
a
final
report
that
was
then
sent
to
the
Department
of
Justice
for
final
approval,
and
then
the
transition
into
16
took
place
and
it
kind
of
got
caught
up
for
a
couple
years.
Almost
maria.
A
N
N
So
just
in
terms
of
the
application
process
to
receive
these
funds,
I
want
to
focus
on
the
two
that
come
through
the
state
or
at
least
pass
through
the
state
yaps
rather
than
the
federal
government.
What
what
is
the?
What
level
of
detail
are
going
to
the
applications
to
the
state
and
are
those
documents
public?
Is
it
possible
to
send
those
over
to
this
committee
to
review.
E
For
Shannon
there's
is
a
the
application
is
from
it's
on
the
EFS
website.
If
you
can,
if
you
look
it
up,
but
I
can
I
will
definitely
send
you
the
Shannon
application
for
the
calendar
year
2020.
It
includes
what
our
efforts
are
going
to
be
for
the
city
in
preventing
violence
in
high-risk,
neighborhoods
neighborhoods,
with
the
propensity
of
higher
rates
of
violence.
It's
a
about
50
pages
of
application
and
there's
I
believe
20
about
22
municipalities
that
receive
Shannon
funding
out
of
those
Boston
is
the
largest
funded
site,
but
it's
a
pretty
detailed
application.
H
The
other
one
is
an
earmark
which
is
a
little
different
than
a
formal,
honest
grant
application.
So
even
with
it
being
in
the
air
mark,
you
still
have
to
fill
out
somewhat
of
an
application,
and
so
I
can
get
you
that
application
and
it's
not
as
heavy
on
the
narrative
as
it
is
on
the
budget
and
the
budget
narrative.
So
you'll
get
both
pieces
of
that.
H
It's
pretty
prescriptive
because
it's
almost
like
a
contract
and
that
they're
looking
for
specific
services,
which
is
different
than
an
application,
an
application
you
get
to
your
more
best
practices
and
innovation
and
all
that
good,
meaty,
interesting
stuff,
gets
to
be
put
in
applications
versus
sometimes
with
the
earmarks.
It's
like
this
isn't
a
service
is.
N
Got
it
and
then
I
don't
know
if
you
all
are,
have
you
all
seen
it
all?
The
City
Council's
proposed
legislation
around
surveillance.
There
were
two
pieces
to
it:
one
an
outright
ban
to
face
surveillance
and
then
to
a
set
of.
Essentially,
it
boils
down
to
a
requirement
that
any
new
surveillance
technology
would
need
to
be
approved
through
the
council
and
with
a
public
process
before
purchase
or
deployment.
H
H
Obviously
they're,
just
like
when
people
put
cameras
in
front
of
their
homes
but
I
I
think
this
would
be
something
that
the
legal
department
would
need
to
look
at
with
the
with
the
brick
and
to
look
at
the
technology
more
closely
to
see
if
it's
would
be
considered
surveillance.
If
it
was
a
camera,
we
don't
have
that
technology.
That's
flying
up
in
the
air.
I'm.
Sorry
I
just
forgot
the
name,
but
we
don't.
H
N
Okay,
great
and
then
just
back
to
the
Shannon
grant,
for
my
I
think
my
last
question
in
terms
of
BPD
being
the
administering
entity
Daman
or
I'm
Maria
also,
could
you
just
specify?
Is
that
could
another
agency
within
the
city
apply
for
those?
What
would
that
involve
in
terms
of
logistics
of
switching
over
to
another
agency?
Just
some
more
clarity
on
that
part
would
be
great.
O
E
The
other
places
that
received
the
grant
are
the
police
departments
applying
for
their
city.
That's
just
it's
just
a
historical
part
of
the
grant.
Senator
Charles,
E
Shannon
was
a
police
officer
and
before
he
became
a
senator,
so
I
I
believe
they
set
up
the
funds
in
that
in
his
memory
through
the
police
departments.
For
that
reason
are.
E
A
P
You,
madam
chair
Thank,
You
Maria,
and
thank
you
to
man
for
being
here
this
morning
and
I
am
I
too
look
forward
to
some
of
those
unanswered
questions
through
the
information
that
the
brick
has
provided.
I
see
that
Jena
savage
has
joined
us
this
morning
and
a
big
piece
of
my
work
has
been
around
making
sure
that
our
communities
across
the
city
are
able
to
access
mental
health
services
and
it's
a
big
part
of
Jenna's
work.
P
C
C
So
on
the
scene
we
have
clinicians
who
can
de-escalate.
You
know
basically
try
to
help
someone
be
diverted
from
arrest
and
get
them
into
treatment,
because
getting
someone
the
criminal
justice
system
really
just
oftentimes.
It's
not
the
right
answer
and
during
Cova,
especially
how
we're
doing
some
really
interesting
things,
because
we
now
have
starting
in
October
I,
believe
a
street
outreach
unit
under
the
supervision
of
Deputy
Superintendent
Michael
Stratton,
and
this
is
a
proactive
team
that
works
and
does
proactive
outreach
with
high
utilizers
and
right
now.
C
Our
best
clinicians
are
actually
housed
with
the
street
outreach
unit
and
doing
work.
Centralized
citywide
so
are
they're
doing
great
work
there.
In
addition,
the
street
now
is
doing
a
lot
of
great
work
with
it.
The
course
people
may
think
the
courts
are
not
working
right
now,
but
they
are
still
doing
section
35
in
section,
12
is
and
they're
working
with
them
to
do
virtual
hearings
and
they're
still
trying
to
get
people
into
detox.
There's
a
lot
of
great
work
going
on
we're
also
using
telehealth
and
medicine.
C
We
have
grant
funds
that
are
letting
our
best
health
clinicians
our
best
mental
health
clinicians
do
telemedicine,
so
they
can
help
people
over
the
phone
and
virtually
trying
to
minimize
contact
with
people
and
in
this
high-risk
time.
So
there's
a
lot
of
really
great
mental
health
work
going
on
right.
Now,
a
lot
of
its
grant
funded
and
a
lot
of
is
also
again
funded
through
city
council,
and
we
can
always
use
more
help.
P
C
E
P
Something
that's
come
up
and
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
have
received
the
same.
Thousands
of
emails
that
I've
received
some
of
the
questions
is
about
our
about
the
use
of
some
of
this
grant
funding
for
overtime
spending.
Is
there
a
way
to
break
down
the
grant
spending
by
type
so
I
have
a
very
specific
interest
to
making
sure
that
we're.
We
have
a
mental
health
response
to
a
person,
that's
in
crisis,
because
we
know
that
that
is
so
often
part
of
it.
P
So
what
I'd
love
is-
and
my
time
is
up-
but
perhaps
in
this
follow-up
conversation
a
breakdown
in
sort
of
coding,
we're
spending
is
happening
so
how
much
of
these
grants
are
going
to
overtime
spending?
How
much
are
going
to
mental
health
services?
How
much
are
going
to
whether
it's
housing,
search
or
sort
of
other
other
pieces,
so
the
case
management?
All
of
that
I
think
that
that
breakdown
would
be
interesting
to
see,
and
madam
chair
I
may
have
questions
for
the
second
round.
P
Q
You,
madam
chair,
and
apologize
for
being
late
to
the
hair
you
may
have
covered
this
I
think
you
know,
as
we
were,
all
we
were
juggling
a
conflict
at
10:00
when
it
began
so
I
believe
I
missed
your
opening
statement,
but
but
you
know
through
you,
can
you
just
briefly
reiterate
sort
of
the
difference
there
I
guess
the
timeline
on
this,
as
opposed
to
sort
of
the
general
budget.
This
is
a
grant
and
just
sort
of
I'm
sure
you
made
that
that
that
point
that
there
are
two
different
things.
Q
A
We
of
course
have
the
school
department
budget,
which
will
be
reviewed
and
voted
on
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
and
that
process
is
handled
by
councilor
Bach
as
the
chair
of
ways
and
means,
and
that's
separate
from
these
three
dockets,
which
are
grants
that
we
get
every
year
where
we
go
through
a
process
to
determine
whether
or
not
we
want
to
vote
them
up
or
down,
and
then
that
vote
will
take
place.
Possibly
at
the
next
council
meeting.
A
We
will
decide
that
one
one
of
the
grants
has
to
do
with
the
brick,
of
course,
and
David
from
the
break
isn't
here,
which
is
obviously
true
troubling,
given
most
of
the
questions
would
have
to
be
answered
by
him
versus
Murray
and
Emma
and
want
to
be
fair
to
them.
So
that's
what
we
covered
somewhat
and
then
so.
Q
I
think
I
guess
it's
already
dry
but
I
guess
that's
my
question
so
docket
Oh
408,
which
is
specifically
the
$850,000
for
the
brick.
Would
we
and
obviously
it's
your
call
as
the
chair,
but
would
we
consider
voting
on
dockets,
Oh
192
and
oh
seven,
one
zero
and
not?
Oh
four,
oh
eight!
Until
further
for
the
hearings
or
for
the
hearing.
A
A
Jamaa
and
Maria
were
able
to
break
down
in
specifics
and
can
still
answer
questions
on
those.
But
there
are
some
a
lot
of
questions
with
respect
to
the
brick
and
so
I'm
trying
I'm
talking
offline
to
try
to
figure
out
what
we
can
do
with
respect
to
getting
representation
from
them.
To
specifically
answer
questions
because
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
in
the
public
have
questions
on
the
brick.
No.
Q
Fantastic,
you
know
and
I
would
add
my
voice
to
that
and
certainly
support
you
and
sort
of
I
think
what
your
your
line
of
thinking
is
so
certainly
call
me
for
that.
I
will
be
brief.
I
know
we
have
a
lot
of
members
of
the
public
in
ten
years
in
this
business.
I,
don't
think
I've
ever
seen
as
much
many
email
correspondence
over
the
last
24
hours
and
it's
great
to
see
people
engage.
Q
Obviously
it
is
because
people
are
hurting
and
people
are
looking
to
us
rightfully
to
do
everything
we
can
to
address
systemic
racism,
overt
racism
in
every
aspect
and
as
we're
talking
about
criminal
justice.
Now
this
is
an
opportunity
to
have
hard
conversations
and
look
at
ways
that
we
can
do
better.
So
you
know
having
said
that,
mr.
Cheevers
mr.
Bill's
miss
Savage.
Thank
you
all
for
your
work.
I
we
worked
well
together.
I
know
your
hearts
are
in
the
right
place.
I'll
make
my
questions
on
docket
Oh
408.
Q
Q
Apologies:
I'm,
sorry,
I'm,
sorry,
so
the
Shannon
grant
goes
how
much
okay!
So
we'll
start
we'll
start
with
that!
Oh
192!
That's
the
she
and
grant
one
point
just
under
1.8
million
dollars
for
when
you
had
mentioned
the
Louis
D
Brown
Peace
Institute,
it's
one
of
the
recipients
of
that
money.
How
much
of
how
much
of
the
grant
will
be
going
to.
Q
That's
great
and
again
I
apologize
for
being
late,
but
could
you
get
furnish
us
with
sort
of
a
breakdown
of
where
all
the
all
the
dollars
are
going?
Sure
that's
great!
You
I
appreciate
that
and
then
on
docket
710.
This
is
a
smaller
grant.
It's
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
grant
for
the
it
was
passed
through.
The
Public
Health
Commission
to
be
administered
to
the
police
department
and
I
was
just
wondering
why
wouldn't
the
Public
Health
Commission
just
administer
it
as
well.
H
This
was
originally
called
the
choice
neighborhood
grant.
We
did
it
then
did
it
I've
done
it
in
the
past
in
another
hotspot
location,
and
so
when
we
reapplied,
they
wanted
a
specific
Public,
Safety
piece
of
the
overall
larger
grant
application,
and
so
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
was
better
suited
to
do
the
broader
community
organizing
work,
and
then
they
cut
a
piece
of
that
out
around
the
public
safety
piece
to
focus
on
community
policing
and
so
that
that's
the
piece
that
Boston
Police
will
own
of
that
broader
larger
grant
will
be
the
community
policing
piece.
Q
R
Can
you
see
me,
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
a
little
things
were
breaking
yes,
yes,
great!
Thank
you.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair
I'm,
just
curious.
You
know
something
that
I
want
to
be
mindful
is
in
this
space,
how
many
people
have
called
our
office?
Tweeted
emailed
us
sent
us
Facebook
message,
just
old
American
that
we
did
fun
with
BPD.
You
know,
I
grew
up
in
Boston,
I
survived
the
busing
era,
but
I
don't
know
if
I've
ever
seen
so
much
distress
in
our
government
as
I
see
today.
R
E
Sure
it's
a
it's
a
it's
different
thing:
we're
both
we're
civilian
employees
of
the
Boston
Police
Department.
This
grant
that
I
administered
is
the
most
predominant
community-based
portion
of
the
Boston
Police
Department.
This
we
give
funds
to
22
different
organizations
and
have
done
that
for
fit
14
years.
I,
don't
like
that.
I
feel
like
that.
That
question
counsel
is
a
huge,
is
a
huge
question.
I
feel
personally
in
this
job.
E
That's
my
job
to
go
out
and
get
the
money
that
we
get
from
the
state
to
the
community
being
from
nonprofits
I'm,
always
working
on
profits
in
the
city
of
Boston.
It's
it's
kind
of
my
drive
here,
I
can't
say:
I
can't
say
how
it
it
improves.
Trust
in
the
community.
I
can't
say
that,
because
I
don't
have
that
answer,
I,
don't
I
can
say
that
it
improves
trust
to
the
22
organizations
that
I
support
I
mean
the
22
organizations
that
are
doing
their
hardest
work.
R
E
R
This
is
something
to
note
that
this
question
came
from
a
constituent
right
in
this
funding
would
be
better
suited
in
an
agency
whose
goal
is
racial
equity
like
the
basa,
Public,
Health,
Commission
and,
while
I
appreciate
you
know,
come
on.
We
talk
about
the
prevention
and
intervention
tactics,
but
I
think
that
we
didn't
hear
much
about
the
law
enforcement
and
the
prosecution
part.
How
do
those
tactics
fund
it?
How
are
those
factors
from
the
through
the
spreads
so.
E
We
fund
for
different
units
of
the
police
department,
the
youth
violence
strike
force,
the
community
policing
unit,
the
drug
unit
and
community
outreach,
and
so
those
four
they
receive
about.
Seventy
thousand
dollars
a
piece
for
for
overtime,
because
that's
the
only
way
I
could
we
could
fund
I
can't
hire
officers
under
this
grant.
I
can't
I
can't
do
those
things
that
can
only
go
for
that,
and
so
that's
deci.
That's
the
real
levy.
Yeah.
R
That
just
blows
my
mind
in
the
city
where
almost
half
of
the
city
is
white
alone.
Somehow
90%
of
our
gang
database
is
black
and
Hispanic
to
me
that
points
to
the
implicit
bias
in
our
system.
So
my
question
is
I
know
that
this
grant
will
be
used
to
combat
quote-unquote
gang
violence.
But
what
I
want
to
know
is
how
we
would
use
this
money
to
come
back.
The
explicit
bias,
implicit
bias
that
exists
in
your
system.
E
Well,
you
know
I
would
lead
towards
towards
agencies
again
we
do
support
teen
empowerment.
We
do
support
project
right
and
they're
all
in
these.
In
these
conversations,
so
through
this
grant,
we
are
supporting
those
things,
but
yes,
you
are
one
represent
correctly.
There
is
an
implicit
bias
and
it
exists.
It's
not
something
that
we
should
open.
Look.
E
C
R
H
Over
the
years,
the
past
five
years
to
six
years,
we've
had
extensive
curriculum
development
and
training
in
our
Academy
in
service
as
well
around
implicit
bias
in
policing
without
bias.
So
there's
there's
training
in
our
Academy
that
has
to
one
extent
or
another,
depending
on
the
curriculum
been
given
to
every
single
police
officer
in
the
city
of
Boston
right.
R
Are
we
measuring
the
outcomes?
Is
there
like
an
accountability
system
put
in
place
where
we're
looking
at
the
folks
who
have
gone
through
this
training
and
we're
tracking
how
they're
responding
to
this
training?
Are
we
holding
them
accountable
to
what
they're
learning
what
what
systems
and
checked
imbalances
do
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
our
due
diligence
that
this
bias
is
led
to
something
like
you
sit
through
and
do
a
checkbox,
lock,
I.
H
Understand
what
you're,
saying
and
I
understand
about
systemic
racism,
I
understand
about
bias
and
I
think
that
over
the
past
number
of
years
we
have
moved
towards
the
reactive
policing
to
community
policing
and
a
multitude
of
ways
in
in
a
multitude
of
content
areas,
and
that
has
included
a
multitude
of
consistent
and
constant
training,
not
only
in
content
specific
areas
such
as
domestic
violence,
sex
trafficking,
prostitution,
sexual
assault
and
again
mental
health
substance
use
disorder.
You
know
we're
trained
constantly
and
we're
providing
resources
and
information.
H
R
Of
course,
all
right,
yeah
Maria,
no
I,
appreciate
all
that,
but
cuz
I
know
my
time
is
limited.
I
just
want
to
kind
of
push
back
a
little
bit
more
on
this.
What
I'm,
trying
to
get
at
is
what
I
would
love
to
know
is.
How
are
we
tracking
those
node
officers
who
have
a
problem
with
aggression,
have
a
problem
with
de-escalation
who
just
who
have
a
struggle
with
racial
biases?
Well,
what
are
what
systems
and
how
are
we
utilizing
these
dollars
to
to
help
support
these
officers
so.
H
R
What
I'm
trying
to
get
at
here
for
me,
what
is
important
to
to
uplift
is
that
we've
gotten
to
the
point,
but
we
need
to
re-evaluate
how
we're
utilizing
these
dollars
and
making
sure
that
we're
investing
in
the
service
part
of
the
work,
not
just
the
protect
right
and
I,
think
that
this
is
an
opportunity-
and
this
is
our
moment
in
time
to
really
take
a
moment
to
reflect.
Are
we
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
protect
and
serve
our
community?
R
A
S
I
will
like
my
colleague,
counselor
Mallory,
I'm
gonna
leave
the
questioning
I
have
four
BRIC
aside.
I
will
just
make
a
general
statement.
I
have
no
intention
folding
for
funding
for
the
BRIC
funding
until
we
can
have
a
thorough
analysis.
I
do
think
this
is
an
important
time.
We're
all
law
enforcement
needs
to
step
up
and
say
just
stand
in
solidarity
and
be
and
understand
the
kind
of
pain
and
us
the
pressure
that
we
as
politicians
are
facing
right
now,
but
also
just
just
just
in
general.
S
What
this
nation
is
facing
right
now,
so
I,
don't
know
why
he's
not
here
today,
but
I
do
think
these
answers.
These
questions
absolutely
need
to
be
answered
and
there
needs
to
be
a
general
statement
about
BRICS
role
in
either
achieving
a
more
racially
equitable
police
force
or
country
or
city,
and
if
they
don't
have
a
role
in
doing
that,
then
we
we.
We
have
every
right
as
a
city
council,
to
question
whether
we
should
be
funding
brick,
so
I
look
forward
to
either
a
statement
from
brick.
S
I
look
forward
to
their
analysis
about
how
they're
going
to
be
doing
better
and
I
and
until
I
get
those
things.
I
can't
see
how
this
I
can
vote
at
all
for
this
funding.
I
do
appreciate
Maria
and
Daman
being
here
today
and
trying
to
carry
the
water
and
answer
the
questions.
I
think
you
broke
it
down
as
best
as
you
could,
but
we
do.
We
have
other
questions
and
deeper
questions
about
the
brick.
S
How
could
you
be
partnering
with
them?
They
are
allowed
to
look
at
systemic
and
their
tasks,
with
looking
at
systemic
biases
they're
tasked
with
looking
at
systemic
injustice,
and
so
when
you
partner
with
them
to
look
at
who
you're
going
to
be
also
working
with
in
the
community
and
that
the
standards
are
going
to
hold
them
to
in
the
community,
as
well
as
the
standards
you're
going
to
hold
the
police
departments
who
get
your
money
I.
Think
it's
really
important
to
what
I
guess.
S
You
know
not
just
the
peace
walks,
but
looking
at
all
the
coming
together
for
violence
against
against
violence
in
Boston,
we
need
more
funding
to
go
to
the
community,
and
this
is
one
of
the
major
funding
grants
to
do
that.
So
a
lot
of
people
understand
why
the
Shannon
grant
is
different
than
say
from
the
surveillance
and
the
brick
grant,
which
is
two
different
worlds.
As
far
as
I'm
concerned.
S
I,
don't
disagree
that
the
Shannon
grant
should
have
be
held
accountable
right
if
and
should
be
held
to
certain
standards
and
also
be
working
with
civil
rights
organizations.
You
know
what
are
your
conversations
with
the
ACLU?
What
are
your
conversations
with
n-double-a-cp?
How
are
you
looking
towards
racial
justice?
Not
just
in
you
know
who
you
give
the
money
to,
but
when
they
go
to
administer
the
money?
What's
what's
the
line
of
accountability,
including
in
the
BPD?
If
they're
going
to
receive
your
money
for
overtime,
you
know
and
how
are
they?
S
What
reports
are
you
requiring
from
them?
What
data
are
you
requiring
them
and
if
and
if
you're,
not
requiring
any
data
I,
you
know
I
think
that's
a
problem
and
I
think
it's
gonna
make
your
accountability
very
hard,
so
I
am
encouraging
or
actually
asking
you
to
work
with
these
different
offices
have
certain
transparency
and
accountability,
because
I
do
want
the
shiny
grant
to
succeed
now
say
that
I
do
want
you
to
be
working
with
more
communities
of
color
and
I.
S
S
So
we
need
more
money
for
that,
but
I
also
need
to
know
you're
gonna
be
holding
all
of
them
accountable,
including
the
BPD
who
get
anyone
who
gets
your
money
and
so
I
would
encourage
you
to
work
with
organizations
that
can
get
you
a
accountability
list
or
how
to
hold
for
certain
entities,
entities
accountable
and
if
they
don't
I,
think
you
should
be
denying
money
right.
Then
you
have
a
powerful
tool
to
be
holding
these
folks
up.
S
S
U
Thank
you,
Thank
You,
councillor
Campbell,
and
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here.
I
had
one
or
two
questions
on
the
brick,
obviously
well,
I'll
hold
hold
off
until
the
representative
comes
and
just
want
to
say.
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
attention
on
this
hearing,
but
it's
a
it's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
continue
to
learn
about
what
our
city
is
doing.
U
What
our
city
is
funding
in
the
specific
impact
it
has
and
Nate
in
neighborhoods
across
the
city,
especially
in
neighborhoods
of
communities
of
color
I'm,
committed
also,
like
my
other
colleagues,
have
mentioned.
Listening
and
working
with
the
residents
of
the
city
for
racial
justice,
inequality
and
one
one
issue.
One
aspect
I'd
like
to
phone
is
consulate
Edwards
are
in
state,
but
the
communication,
the
dialogue
with
our
immigrant
neighbors
across
the
city,
especially
our
immigrant
neighbors,
that
don't
speak
English.
H
E
E
E
H
So,
in
the
criteria
piece
of
the
scoring
of
these
grant
applications,
there
is
encouragement
to
to
give
extra
points
to
nonprofits
that
work
in
the
most
diverse
communities
in
Boston.
So
there
are
extra
points
that
are
given
so
that
we
do
have
a
broad
range
of
grantees
that
represent
a
broad
range
of
immigrant
communities
and
it's
built
into
the
scoring
mechanism
within
the
grant
process
and
again
scored
not
by
police
but
by
community
leaders
from
those
from
communities
not
affiliated
directly
with
those
nonprofit.
U
U
One
group
is
the
Asian
task
force
against
domestic
violence,
I
met
with
them
and
they
always
highlight
to
me
their
number
one
challenge
is
language
access
for
for
a
survivor
coming
forward
to
report
their
story
to
report
their
incident
to
get
services,
but
you
know
what
what
can
we
do
as
it
relates
to
domestic
violence
and
combining
more
language
access,
outreach
and
the
into
our
immigrant
community?
On
that
on
that
issue,
it's
something
we
are
focused
on
and
well
I.
H
Yeah
but
I
can
send
you
a
list
of
access
language
access
services
that
we
are
contracted
to
utilize
in
the
Boston
Police
Department
that
we
use.
We
also
have
a
separate
list
of
domestic
violence
service
providers
that
we
provide
funding
for
through
a
different
grant
program
that
we're
not
talking
about
today,
and
so
we
do
a
lot
of
work
around
language
access
and
domestic
violence.
Victims,
I
do
have
to
say
with
regard
to
domestic
violence
nationwide,
we
are
not
funding
it
at
the
rate
that
it
should
be
funded
at
the
federal
or
the
state
level.
H
So,
yes,
we'll
apply
for
grants.
Nick,
then
that
are
written
for
police
departments
to
apply,
for
we
usually
take
that
money
and
then
direct
it
directly
to
nonprofits,
but
it's
a
drop
in
the
bucket
compared
to
the
amount
of
funding
that
we
actually
need
to
better
serve
women
and
children.
Victims
of
domestic
violence
and
I
think
that's
a
broader
call
to
action
around
gender-based
violence
that
as
a
nation,
we
have
refused
to
take
seriously,
and
so
we
do
everything
we
can
to
apply
for
every
dime
and
then
get
it
to
the
service
providers.
H
U
Thank
you
I
appreciate
that
don't
have
any
any
more
questions.
I
just
want
to
make
one
final,
Commodus
you're
exactly
right,
we're
at
a
hearing.
We
work
with
Northeastern
University,
Law
School
on
domestic
violence
issues
and
the
providers
that
will
with
us.
You
know
that
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
they
had
was
also
funding.
So
maybe,
including
some
of
those
organizations
in
the
conversation
going
forward
would
be,
would
be
critical.
A
Thank
You
councillor
Flynn
and
before
I
jump
into
public
testimony,
because
this
has
come
up
quite
a
bit.
I
wanted
to
flag
that
you
know
this
Committee
held
a
hearing.
You
know
I
found
a
hearing
order
back
in
May
of
2019,
and
we
held
a
hearing
in
August
at
the
Matapan
library
Matapan,
which
is
in
my
district
specifically
asking
about
all
of
these
grants
that
we
receive
not
just
these
three
asking.
You
know
how
much
money
do
we
get
for
violence
prevention?
How
much
money
do
we
get
for
violence,
intervention
for
re-entry
asking
for
breakdowns?
A
You
know
how
much
money
of
how
much
of
that
money
goes
to
salaries
to
the
fees
for
the
city
of
Boston,
how
much
go
directly
to
young
people?
What's
the
oversight,
the
organizations
that
receive
the
money?
What's
the
metrics
of
accountability?
How
do
we
define
those
metrics?
What's
the
application
process?
What
data
do
we
collect
to
determine
those
organizations
are
successful
in
reaching
our
goals
and
preventing
violence?
The
list
was
long
right
and
I
sent
hearing
questions
before
that
hearing
to
every
single
participant,
including
our
House,
Commission
and
I,
know.
A
Most
of
us
left
extremely
disappointed,
and
this
is
not
directed
at
YouTube
but
extremely
disappointed
at
the
lack
of
metrics
sort
of
the
accountability
piece.
The
breakdown
in
terms
of
how
much
money
actually
exist
overall
for
various
purposes.
So
it's
it's
a
conversation
we're
definitely
going
to
renew
and
for
folks
in
the
public
who
are
interested,
the
hearing
is
recorded,
it
was
recorded
and,
and
that
work
must
continue.
Many
of
my
colleagues
talked
about
the
importance,
including
councillor
Edwards,
most
recently
on
these
issues.
There's
a
lot
more
work
to
do
there
at
this
point.
V
V
Because
I'm
sure
so
one
I
apologize
I
was
on
that
earlier
call
about
the
restaurant,
so
I
missed
the
opening.
I
had
problems
in
and
out
so
much
of
what
I
may
have
wanted
to
cover
I'm
sure
my
colleagues
may
have
done
it.
So
I
will
just
kind
of
recap
what
I
hope
that
we
can
get
out
of
this
I'm
moving
forward.
V
V
Your
recap
that
we
will
get
a
breakdown
of
these
grants
that
are
geared
toward
violence,
prevention
and
intervention,
how
much
into
whom
the
resources
are
distributed,
which
organizations
how
effectiveness
is
measured,
which
constituents
are
being
touched
with
the
resources
and
then
have
that
broken
down
by
zip
code
by
race
by
language.
So
not
just
the
organization
and
entity
that
receives
it,
but
then
who
is
touched
with
it
certainly
want
to
support
Lewis,
D,
Brown,
Institute
and
others
that
are
doing
the
good
work.
But
it's
important
that
we
just
know.
V
You
know
how
this
money
is
being
spent
for,
that
Shannon
grant
I.
You
know,
I
didn't
again:
I
was
in
and
out
I'd
be
interested
and
I'm
sure
it
might
be
in
some
of
our
the
papers
that
have
the
documents,
but
where
the
rest
of
the
money,
the
rest
of
the
breakdown
I,
just
also
wanted
to
echo.
This
is
my
final
point.
V
A
Thank
you,
madam
president.
We
will
follow
up
with
all
of
that
information
and
I
agree
with
all
my
colleagues
with
respect
to
the
brick
that
grant
has
been
going
anywhere.
If
we
don't
have
our
questions
answered,
so
that
will
make
clear
at
the
end
after,
of
course,
I
hear
public
testimony
as
well.
So
thank
you
Jeannie.
Thank
you,
madam
funny,
that
I
want
to
quickly
just
go
to
a
counselor.
Rory
I
think
has
a
quick
question
on
where
grants
can
come
out
of.
A
I
will
say
the
Youth
Development
Fund,
for
example,
which
is
a
city
resource
that
comes
out
of
our
Police
Department
for
organizations
that
are
doing
violence.
Prevention.
There's
been
a
lot
of
talk
for
the
last
couple
of
years
about
moving
that
into
the
Health
Commission
space
and
that
being
determined
by
the
administration
and
that
didn't
go
anywhere.
So
I
think
his
line
of
question
has
to
do
with
that.
So
councillor,
Roy,
I'm
gonna,
give
you
a
quick
minute
and
then
I'd
like
to
go
to
public
testimony
as
soon
as
possible.
Thank
you.
Yes,.
B
And
I
want
to
go
to
both
testimony
as
well,
because
I
know
they've
been
waiting
patiently.
My
one
thing
here
is
with
Shannon
my
understanding
with
Shannon
and
just
to
be
clear.
I
think
that
public
health
agencies
and
community
health
centers
and
be
cyf
are
probably
all
better
decision-makers
about
our
community
in
terms
of
these
kinds
of
programs.
B
E
Would
I
have
a
committee
that
looks
over
all
the
grains,
so
it's
myself:
mass
housing,
northeastern
Center
for
sports
and
society,
Suffolk
County
Sheriff's
Department.
We
have.
We
have
about
seven
members
on
the
council
that
are
all
impartial
to
this.
To
this
grant
they'd
only
sleep,
the
funds
but
they've
reviewed
the
fund.
They
review
the
the
grants
and
and
the
Office
of
Public
Safety
and
the
mayor's
office.
Suppose
they
we
all
review
the
grants
and
then
we
kind
of
disperse
the
funds.
Thank.
B
A
You
counsel,
I
will
say,
though,
the
youth
Development
Fund,
for
example,
which
is
within
the
police
department,
and
it's
used
for
funding
youth
based
organizations
only
who
do
violence,
prevention,
workers
or
frankly
serve
our
youth
in
any
capacity
that
is
within
the
city's
budget.
It's
currently
within
BPD,
that
has
there
has
been
conversations
on
moving
that
to
the
house,
commission,
that
is
within
our
power
that
has
been
raised
with
the
administration.
So
that's
a
question.
A
That's
outstanding
for
the
administration
about
moving
that
to
another
department,
so
I
do
want
to
make
that
piece:
clear
versus
the
state
grants
and
the
federal
grants
us
having
to
advocate
to
them
to
disperse
it
to
other
departments.
So
I'm
gonna
go
now
into
public
testimony.
Michelle
I
think
you
have
a
list
for
me.
A
Let
me
just
make
sure
the
name
correctly
and
Michelle
are
you
if
you
could
just
call
out
the
first
person
that
might
be
easiest,
given
the
long
list
that
we
have
or
thank
you
and
go
ahead
and
actually
before
you?
Do
that
a
reminder
that
public
testimony
has
two
minutes.
We
have
a
lot
of
folks
signed
up.
We
want
to
be
as
fair
as
possible
to
allow
as
much
community
voice
in
this
hearing
as
possible,
so
I'm
going
to
be
a
sort
of
strict
on
the
two
minute
timeline
and
look
forward
to
everyone's
comments.
X
Yes,
you
actually
pronounced
it
correctly:
I'm
Fatima
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Muslim
Justice
League
and,
as
many
of
you
have
figured
oh,
it
is
our
campaign
that
resulted
in
these
thousands
of
emails.
You
know,
flooding
your
inboxes
and
calls
flooding
your
your
phone's
about
this
incredibly
important
issue
and
I'm.
You
know
grateful
to
to
have
the
chance
to
talk
about
this
and
really
excited
to.
X
You
know
see
some
of
the
some
of
you
city,
council
errors,
asking
really
fantastic
questions
which,
hopefully
we'll
see,
if
save
my
time
a
little
bit
with
regards
to
you
know
the
Shannon
grants
and
how
we
fund
nonprofits.
We
love
the
work
that
ReactOS
with
our
immigrant
community.
We
love
the
Louis
D
Brown
Peace
Institute.
We
want
to
support
more
mental
health
services
and
all
of
these
things,
but
I'm
J
El
Nino
deeply
from
our
work
around
the
countering
violent
extremism
framework.
X
What
it
looks
like
to
be
criminalized
while
you're
asking
for
funding
and
should
have
to
go
to
law
enforcement,
to
get
the
resources
that
you
desperately
need.
I,
don't
want
to
spend
another
youth
workshop
having
to
explain
to
Somali
youth.
Why?
The
Boston
Police
Department
gets
so
much
money
to
call
them
criminals
and
to
say
that
they're,
inherently
violent
and
on
a
path
to
radicalization
when
they
just
want
money
to
support
youth
centers
and
the
things
that
they
actually
want
a
need,
and
so
we're
in.
X
We
are
asking
you,
as
our
City
Council,
to
work
with
us
and
to
work
with
the
State
Department's
yotz,
to
create
clear,
direct
and
easy
paths
for
nonprofits
and
community
organizations
and
institutions
to
actually
receive
funding
without
having
to
accept
these
narratives
that
criminalize
them
or
bloat
the
BPD
budget,
with
additional
overtime
funding
for
them.
On
the
issue
of
brick,
which
you
all
know
is
one
of
my
favorite
topics
and
I
happen
to
be
a
former
tech
worker
and
so
I
love
thinking
about
all
of
that
data.
X
We're
also
still
waiting
from
the
2017
hearing
to
get
that
inventory
of
all
technology
and
software
and
hardware
and
equipment
that
BPD
has
for
any
surveillance.
I
know
that
some
of
you
city
councilors,
have
even
tried
to
follow
up
with
APD
to
get
that
inventory
and
we're
still
waiting
on
it.
I
think
we
need
it
as
soon
as
possible
to
address
these
issues,
and
lastly,
I
know
that
this
hearing
today
is
just
about
these
grants,
but,
as
you
can
see,
people
are
not
going
anywhere.
X
We
are
fired
up
and
we
are
ready
for
things
to
change.
We
can't
have
hundreds
more
hearings,
asking
the
same
questions
and
waiting
for
the
same
details
that
we've
been
waiting
for,
and
so
we
know
that,
as
you
all,
are
reviewing
the
fiscal
year
2021
proposal
that
includes
four
hundred
and
fourteen
million
dollars
just
from
city
funding
for
BPD-
that's
not
external
funding
that
they
got.
We
really
hope
that
you
can
figure
out
with
the
mayor.
We
know
that
the
mayor's
office-
it's
the
one,
writing
the
grant.
X
How
are
we
gonna
cut
at
least
10%
from
the
BPD
budget?
Hopefully,
40
million
could
be
cut
from
overtime
spending
alone,
which
I
know
that
we
have
to
keep
some
of
the
overtime
spending,
but
I'd
like
to
think
20
million
dollars
left
would
still
be
enough
and
the
brick,
let's
start
with
overtime
in
the
brick,
because
I
know
so
many
people
here
today
we're
just
wildly
offended
that
police
officers
get
to
more
than
double
their
salary.
A
Can
keep
going
I
I
want
to
give
AG
you
the
courtesy
and
I
didn't
make
that
clear.
I
was
saying
two
minutes
you
can
keep
going.
I
know
we
talked
offline.
If
you
have
more
points,
given
your
leadership
role,
you
probably
should
have
been
in
panelist
here
there
were
some
hiccups,
given
the
thousands
of
emails.
So
please
do
take
a
few
more
moments
so
that
you
can
make
your
points
do
not
feel
rushed
at
all.
Thank.
X
A
Of
my
colleagues
who
were
on,
do
you
guys
have
any
questions
for
Fatima
and
you
can
raise
your
blue
hand
or
just
wave
your
hand.
Oh
I
will
say
I
share
your
frustration
in
that
some
of
those
hearings
you've
referenced
whether
it's
around
the
brick.
You
know
these
grant
hearings
where
David
has
actually
shown
up.
A
X
You
I
think
you
know
for
that
brick
hearing
it.
Ideally,
we
should
have
that
inventory
of
you
know
everything
that
they
have
at
their
at
their
disposal
ahead
of
time
and
also
a
real,
transparent
budget,
because
I
know
that
what
they
got
out
of
the
city
budget,
which
is
not
it's
not
clearly
demarcated
and
BPD's
budget.
That's
just
you
know
a
small
portion
of
the
bricks
entire
budget,
so
we
need
to
understand
who
is
funding
them?
Who
has
access
to
that
data?
I
will
add
to
unless
other
city
councillors
have
a
question.
X
S
S
X
I'm
getting
there
so
one
is
say:
the
city
of
San,
Francisco
and
I
believe
the
city
of
Portland
Oregon
both
cut
their
law
enforcement.
There,
local
law
enforcement
from
participating
in
the
Joint
Terrorism
Task
Force,
which
here
locally
the
JTTF
is
that
is
you
know
how
a
summer
team
was
murdered.
That
allows
cops
to
actually
act
as
FBI
agents,
which
means
that
they
can
surveil
anybody
and
investigate
anybody
without
a
criminal
predicate.
So
without
you
know
suspecting
that
they've
done
something
wrong.
X
Providence,
Rhode,
Island,
just
nearby
did
a
really
awesome,
Community
Safety
Act
that
had
significant
restrictions
on
their
game
database
and
particularly
on
youth
being
entered
into
the
gang
database
and
the
rights
of
our
young
people,
and
so
you
know
they're
just
an
hour
away.
We've
been
talking
to
them
about
how
to
do
that
around
the
game
database.
So
I
think
you
know
we
could
we'd
love
to
continue
these
conversations
about.
How
do
we?
A
R
A
You
councillor
Edwards
just
to
allow
for
some
of
the
other
folks
that
you've
signed
up
to
participate
to
testify.
You
want
to
have
taken
one
more
minute
before
I
go
through
this
long
list
in
the
chat
and
get
to
as
many
people
as
possible
and
then
we'll
connect
on
offline
on
a
subsequent
hearing.
Sure.
X
I
feel,
like
I,
have
said
plenty
here
and
online,
but
I
really
do
you
know,
look
forward
to
continuing
these
conversations
with
you
all
and,
of
course,
bringing
this
up
to
the
mayor's
office
as
they're
working
on.
You
know
that
new,
that
new
budget
that
you
all
are
reviewing
and
figuring
out.
How
can
we
move
forward
and
make
some
real
steps
because
people
are
are
done
waiting
for
it?
Thank
you
so
much,
madam.
J
B
X
A
Thank
You
councillor,
Roy
and
fátima.
Those
questions
have
been
recorded
along
with
some
others
that
we
have
as
well,
and
so
what
we'll
do
is
compile
an
extensive
list
based
on
your
questions,
folks
from
the
public
as
well
as
colleagues,
and
for
that
next
hearing
try
to
get
responses
before
the
hearing
so
that
it's
a
productive
hearing
and
not
a
waste
of
anyone's
time.
So,
thank
you
so
much.
We
will
talk
again.
A
Offline
I'm
gonna
go
through
as
many
of
the
folks
who
are
listed
in
the
chat
for
public
testimony
as
we
as
we
can,
and
just
we
have
a
hard
stop
at
one
because
of
a
subsequent
hearing
held
by
our
Madam
President.
So
again
you
can
submit
written
testimony
if
you
haven't
already
so.
The
next
person
is
Paulina.
Y
So,
first
of
all,
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
mostly
council.
You
guys
all
asked
basically
what
a
lot
of
us
here
really
wanted
to
know
about
not
only
the
grants
but
like
the
the
functions
of
brick
and
yeah
I.
Think
it's
pretty
telling
regarding
the
transparency
of
brick,
considering
that
the
representative
isn't
actually
here
right
now
to
answer
any
questions
we
have
for
them
honestly,.
H
Present
and
so
I
do
feel,
like
I
should
say
that
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
didn't
reschedule
at
that
time
because
we
wanted
to
get
these
grants
set
up
so
that
we
could
begin
getting
the
money
into
the
community.
So
these
were
bundled
as
three.
So
if
we
had
rescheduled,
it
would
have
taken
another
month
to
get
the
Shannon
part
of
this
hearing
into
the
community,
and
so
I
do
just
have
to
say
they
didn't
purposely
not
attend
this.
This
was
something
that
that
wasn't
done
like.
A
Maria
I
hear
you
I
think
we
could
have
thought
creatively
around
how
we
do
that,
and
we
know
you
know
all
of
us
are
busy.
We
could
have
scheduled
things
really
quickly
right,
so
we'll
schedule
another
one
just
with
the
brick
in
short
order,
but
Sam
I
want
you
to
continue
and
then
we'll
go
on
to
the
next
person.
A
Y
You,
but
so
basically,
I
personally
feel
that
it
we
really
should
get
a
lot.
I
want
a
lot
more
transparency
through
brick,
I'd
love
to
find
out
exactly
what
they're
doing
and
what
they're
spending
on
also
how
they're
funded
outside
of
this
actual
police
budget,
because
yeah,
like
everybody's
brought
up
the
the
gang
database,
is
honestly
a
really
horrible
part
of
what
brick
does.
Y
There's,
also
like
just
the
complete
like
the
flow
of
information
and
how
we
don't
actually
know
what
exactly
goes
to
the
federal
go,
because
there
was
a
16
year
old
student
who
was
deported
even
though
he
was
on
track
to
get
a
green
card
because
her
lunchtime
scuffle.
But
the
incident
report
ended
up,
making
its
way
to
break
and
that
information
made
its
way
to
ice
and
he
was
deported,
El,
Salvador
and
and
falsely
accused
of
being
an
ms-13
gang
member
by
the
Boston
Police
Department.
Y
So
I'll
yeah
I
think
like
a
lot
of
us
here.
I
just
want
more
oversight
for
the
police
in
general,
and
definitely
more
just
a
more
careful
look
over
the
money
that
they
receive
and
also
how
they
use
it.
Because
there's
definitely
a
lot
of
overspending,
especially
in
terms
of
overtime,
for
cops,
but
also
like
how
much
of
the
money
gets
spent
on
actual
like
of
gear
and
what
because
I
I
was
flipping
through
them.
The
Boston,
Police
Department
budget
and
I
couldn't
really
find
a
solid
breakdown
of
how
they
spent
their
money
on
supplies.
Y
All
I
saw
was
about
five
million
dollars
allocated
to
like
miscellaneous
gear
and
auto
parts.
So
I
don't
know
how
much
that
went
to
like
you
know,
armored
vehicles
that
they
used
to
run
over
protet,
try
to
run
every
protesters
with
him
like
last
Sunday
or
like
teargas
and
such
so
I
would
just
appreciate
a
lot
of
a
lot
more
transparency
through
the
police
department.
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
really
looking
into
that
and
considering
changing
how
the
police
is
funded
to,
hopefully
bring
about
better
change
for
our
community.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AA
Yes,
we
can
okay,
great
hi
I'm,
it's
so
nice
to
see
all
of
you
I'm
a
bps
teacher.
My
name
is
Lena
Pappa
Yanis,
obviously
also
BTU
member
I'm,
one
of
the
leaders
of
unafraid
educators,
which
is
the
BTUs
in
different
rights,
organizing
committee,
and
it's
really
been
a
pleasure
to
get
to
know
so
many
of
you
in
recent
months
over
zoom
also-
and
it's
very
exciting-
that
we
have
a
city
council
like
this
one
who's
asking
a
lot
of
these
hard
questions.
So
I
echo
Optimus
comments
about
that,
as
well
as
a
t-shirt.
AA
I
definitely
understand
the
temptation
of
free
money.
We
need
money
and
if
somebody
offered
me
over
two
and
a
half
million
dollars,
I
can
certainly
think
of
a
lot
of
things
that
I
would
do
with
it.
But
this
money
comes
with
strings
attached
and
our
study
should
not
be
accepting
money
for
the
Boston
Police.
The
proposed
budgets
over
400
million
dollars.
AA
I
see
the
titles
of
these
grants
and
I
think
about
how
I
teach
my
students
about
you
know
the
way
that
language
matters
and-
and
these
are
really
slick
titles,
and
they
come
off
really
to
me
as
advertising.
These
are
not
quote-unquote
innovative.
They
will
not
quote
unquote,
prevent
crime,
they're,
really
nothing.
New
they're
gonna
continue
to
make
the
city
unsafe,
especially
for
Brecon
Brown
residents
of
our
city.
AA
I,
really
consider
myself
very
lucky,
because
I
got
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
with
young
people
these
days
very
remotely,
but
obviously
still
it's
important
that
we're
listening
to
them
and
I'm
hearing
kids
say
what
they
want
and
that's
youth
jobs.
It's
community
programs,
it's
healthcare,
it's
more
resources
at
school,
it's
internet!
These
are
things
that
will
make
all
of
our
lives
better
and
that
really
stands
in
stark
contrast
with
these
grants.
You've
all
talked
about
the
brick.
It
seems
to
me
that
it
you
know
the
question.
AA
I
really
have
it
I,
don't
understand
why
we
should
help
to
fortify
a
federally
funded
Center
that
systematically
tracks
and
surveilled
people
on
our
city.
That's
not
what
young
people
are
asking
for.
They're
not
asking
for
the
installation
of
cameras
they're
not
asking
for
increased
surveillance,
they're
the
BPD
and
eyes
having
drones.
Yet
community
members
have
seen
them.
We
don't
need
more
money
for
that.
AA
The
Shannon
grants
you
know
they
may
sound
good,
but
tying
these
programs
to
the
police
really
makes
a
mockery
of
the
demands
that
young
people
are
making
they're
making
demands
for
community
programs
and
community
programs
need
to
be
just
that
of
by
and
for
community.
None
of
this
money
needs
to
go
through
the
police.
We
can
change
the
way
that
money
is
funneled.
It
really
can't
go
through
the
police
if
these
are
going
to
be
actually
grounded
in
community
programs.
AA
So
I
really
I'm
so
excited
that
so
many
people
are
here
today
and
to
hear
their
hard
questions,
because
we
need
to
be
listening
to
young
people,
to
youth
justice
power
Union
to
the
Muslim
Justice
League
to
the
movement
for
black
lives
to
the
student
immigrant
movement
I
really
urge
you
to
decline
these
grants
and
pressure
the
state
to
reallocate
these
funds
to
what
our
communities
actually
need.
Thank
you
so
much
for
holding
this
hearing
and
for
the
promise.
A
I
Like
to
thank
the
City
Council
for
allowing
me
and
my
friends
to
speak
due
to
the
recent
murders
of
a
mock,
armory,
Brianna,
Taylor
and
George
Floyd
police
brutality
and
misconduct
has
really
come
to
the
forefront
of
like
America's
consciousness.
Many
like
myself
have
been
deeply
moved
by
their
deaths
and
I'm
here
to
answer
that
call
to
action
that
their
untimely
demise
has
really
invoked
I'm
here,
to
make
the
case
that
funds
should
not
go
towards
discriminatory
policing
in
Dorchester
and
money
should
not
be
given
to
law
enforcement
that
lacks
basic
protection
against
police
violence.
I
Putting
surveillance
cameras
in
Bowdoin
and
Geneva
is
a
discriminatory
tactic
and
it's
gonna
be
used
to
over
police
a
community.
That's
demographic
majority
is
black
Americans,
historically
policing
in
monitoring
communities,
harder,
hasn't
made
them
safer
and
in
fact
the
inverse
is
true.
It
creates
distrust
between
governing
bodies
and
community.
I
Another
waste
of
money
is
funding
our
hostile
in
militarized
police
department
that
undermines
protests
and
was
violent
against
peaceful
protesters
on
May
31st.
We
can't
fund
a
police
department
that
doesn't
enforce
I,
think
the
following
protections
requiring
police
officers
to
deescalate
before
using
force,
requiring
officers
to
intervene
and
stop
excessive
force
used
by
other
officers,
requiring
a
verbal
warning
before
the
use
of
force
and
requiring
officers
to
report
each
time
that
they
use
or
threaten
to
use
force
and
we're
really
not
safe
from
the
police
until
these
are
put
into
practice.
I
I
do
recognize
the
good
that
the
Charles
E
Shannon
Partnership
can
do,
but
none
of
that
money
should
to
over-policing
communities.
This
money
should
really
be
going
to
the
advancement
of
education
and
the
arts
in
these
neighborhoods
and
we
need
to
see
money
sent
to
key
communities
to
create
structural
change,
not
individual
programmatic
responses
and
definitely
not
to
militarizing
to
the
police,
so
yeah,
no
more
band-aids
on
the
flesh,
wound
and
yeah.
I
Your
constituents
are
energized,
but
we
won't,
but
me
and
my
girlfriend
got
together
and
we
made
some
posts
outside
of
any
agency
or
like
no.
Nobody
provoked
us
to
do
this
other
than
our
own.
You
know
our
own
intentions
to
better
the
situation
and
our
posts
ended
up
getting
over
I.
Think
a
hundred
shares
on
Facebook
and
like
close
to
200,
to
300
shares
on
Instagram.
So
people
are
out
there
were
angry
and
we're
energized
and
it's
we
want
to
do
something
about
it
and
yeah.
Your
constituents
are
angry.
So
please
listen
to
us
I'm.
I
A
AB
AB
AB
It
thank
you
so
much
mom
chair
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
questions.
Today.
We
have
found
some
claims
made
by
the
city
today
quite
new
to
us,
because
we
didn't
know
they
are
claiming
that
they
do
have
drones,
which
is
strange
because
the
community
members
saw
cops
flying
a
drone,
the
middle
Hayley
apartments
recently.
So
so
we
are.
We
are
just
curious
about
that,
but
anyways
thank
you
for
for
giving
me
opportunity
to
speak.
AB
My
name
is
Semyon
Falco
Maryland
the
policy
also
for
the
technology
for
liberty
program
at
the
ACLU
of
Massachusetts,
on
behalf
of
the
ACLU
and
our
more
than
10,000
members
and
supporters
in
Boston's.
I
am
here
to
test
him
to
present
testimony
in
opposition
to
the
order
to
authorize
the
reception
of
the
a
UPS
grant
for
the
brink
for
the
Boston
Regional
Intelligence
Center.
It
is
no
news
that
we
are
living
in
uncertain
and
fighting
times
nationwide.
AB
People
are
marching
in
record
numbers
to
demand
justice
for
black
communities,
long
subject
to
police
violence
and
an
end
to
racism
and
white
supremacy
in
response
agencies
from
the
local
to
the
state
of
federal
governments
are
mounting
increasingly
aggressive
attacks
on
freedom
of
speech
and
Association
on
Monday.
The
world
watch
in
horror
are
also
vicious
tear
gassed
residential
neighborhoods
in
Washington
DC
and
action,
which
is
prohibited
under
the
laws
of
war.
AB
This
came
just
hours
after
the
President
of
the
United
States
deployed
state
violence
against
a
group
of
protesters
merely
so
he
coul
engage
in
an
awkward
photo-op.
Trump
was
restrained
by
Attorney
General
Bill
Barr,
who
has
instructed
the
FBI
is
judge
terrorist
Terrorism,
Task
Force,
who
has
strong
relationship
with
a
DBD
to
investigate
protesters
and
help
repair
federal
prosecutions
under
the
riot
act.
This
attacks
on
freedom
of
assembly
and
other
First
Amendment
rights
in
our
nation's
capitol
were
just
one
of
countless
examples
of
police
and
federal
agency
violence
unfolding
across
the
country.
AB
Every
night
on
the
news
on
social
media,
we
see
police
forces
and
federal
agencies
are
to
the
teeth
watching
us
through
a
sophisticated
and
interlinked
Whalen
up
surveillance
apparatus
and
protected
with
face
guards
shields.
Buttons
and
guns
here
in
Boston
were
witnessed.
The
National
Guard's
of
scene
Display
of
power
deploying
warfare
vehicles
on
weaponry
downtown.
Our
beloved
city
now
appears
as
if
it
is
under
military
occupation,
with
areas
of
downtown
dotted
with
tanks
and
soldiers
and
already
meanwhile,
as
the
police
and
National
Guard
show
us
how
well
fountain
will
funded
and
equipped.
AB
They
are
our
nurses,
a
miracle
personal
still
months,
into
the
pandemic.
Like
the
personal
protective
equipment,
they
need
forced
to
reuse,
masks
that
in
ordinary
time
will
be
of
knowing
of
one
use
and
because
our
government
has
failed
to
adequately
fund
robot
axis.
We
see
unacceptable
disparities
in
how,
in
hookahs
internet
access
to
participate
in
remote
learning.
Predictably,
here
in
Boston,
families
from
low-income
communities
of
color
are
more
likely
to
lack
internet
access.
AB
Those
are
the
same
communities,
lack
of
for
so
long
being
subjected
to
violent
policing
and
racism
and
the
same
communities
that
are
overwhelmingly
getting
sick
and
dying
from
Kobe
19.
For
too
long
we
have
largely
accepted
that
police
departments
and
agencies
will
be
funded
to
the
hilt,
to
buy
weapons
and
surveillance
equipment
at
the
expense
of
what
our
communities
really
need,
and
for
decades
data
has
been
the
case,
but
this
must
stop
now
at
the
end
and
the
end
of
those
practices
must
begin
with
the
city.
AB
The
Boston,
City
Council,
taking
action
to
reject,
runs
for
more
surveillance
and
racially
is
very
policy.
Today,
this
committee
is
discussing
whether
the
city
of
Boston
should
be
authorized
to
spend
money
or
more
policing
and
more
surveillance.
The
answer
is
no.
We
are
especially
concerned
about
the
grand
of
eight
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
yields
that
the
brick
will
use
to
upgrade,
expand
and
integrate
technology
and
protocols
related
to
anti-terrorism,
anti-crime,
anti-gun
and
emergency
response.
AB
Despite
sustained
community
outcry
about
persistent
racial
disparities
in
the
gang
database,
under-filled
interrogation
and
observation
database,
the
Boston
Police
Department
has
farad
be
forbid
from
dismantling
these
systems
of
oppression,
not
even
provided
empirical
evidence
that
supports
the
continuation
of
this
racially
disparate
police
practices
before
the
City
Council,
currently
is
an
ordinance
proposed
by
Council
President
Kim
Janey,
which
would
subject
request
for
surveillance
technology
upgrades
such
as
this
to
rigorous
oversight,
transparency
and
accountability
mechanisms.
Currently,
no
such
protections
exist.
AB
In
this
context,
the
City
Council
cannot,
in
good
conscience,
accept
more
money
for
the
gang
database
and
related
for
its
religious
surveillance
programs.
Furthermore,
the
council
can't
even
be
sure
what
is
voting
on
based
on
the
materials
provided.
The
single
sentence,
description
provided
the
administration
does
not
provide
the
council
or
the
community
with
any
real
information
about
how
this
man
is
going
to
be
used
as
written
the
City
Council
or
der
riese
imprecise
and
leaves
too
much
discretion
to
the
police
department.
AB
In
the
past,
we've
seen
the
Boston
Police
Department
stick
absurdly
invasive
surveillance
technologies
such
as
a
1.4
million
social
media
spying
system
only
to
scuttle
the
plans
after
community
backlash.
The
unfettered
discretion
allowed
in
this
order
and
police
in
general
and
the
lack
of
attendant
accountability
are
part
of
the
reason
why
people
in
this
city
are
taking
the
streets
in
historic
numbers.
AB
Doing
so,
will
send
a
message
to
the
state
government
that
Boston
six
funds
for
human
needs
not
Mercer,
a
no
sund
policy
for
true
community
health
and
safety.
We
Universal
testing,
so
Boston
can
safely
reopen
and
people
can
protect
themselves
and
their
families
in
the
middle
of
the
corona
virus
pandemic.
We
need
money
for
you,
your
jobs.
We
need
funding
to
eliminate
the
education
achievement
gap.
We
do
not
need
more
money
for
racially
disparate
surveillance.
As
multiple
city
councilors
powerful
expressed
yesterday
during
the
Scout,
the
council
meeting,
we
need
to
do
more
than
just
talk.
AB
L
As
of
2019
over
70%
of
bricks,
gang
assessment
database
is
black
individuals
in
2018,
the
ACLU
sued,
the
Boston
Police
Department
to
gain
access
to
their
game
game
database,
because
the
police
refused
to
provide
complete
information.
House
database
is
being
used.
Currently,
individuals
are
not
informed
when
they're
added
to
this
database,
and
yet
it
has
been
used
against
them
in
courts
of
law
and
when
seeking
asylum
it
can
take
over
ten
years
to
be
removed
from
the
database.
The
lack
of
transparency
from
brick
is
unacceptable
and
we
cannot
continue
to
accept
money.
L
The
funds
and
further
docket
zero
seven
one
zero
to
install
surveillance
cameras
in
the
boat
in
Geneva
neighborhood
is
also
extremely
troubling.
To
set
up
surveillance
cameras
in
a
predominantly
black
neighborhood
is
to
further
perpetuate
the
racist
lie
that
black
folks
are
not
to
be
trusted
that
they're
criminals
Brooke
has
access.
Brooke,
has
access
to
this
footage
and
could
use
this
as
another
way
to
target
black
people.
This
grant
should
not
be
rejected
and
instead
we
should
focus
on
community
initiatives,
youth
programs
and
improving
public
schools
in
Dorchester.
L
We
need
to
invest
in
the
people
of
these
neighborhoods,
not
the
tools
we
use
to
police
them.
There's
a
huge
disconnect
between
what
the
police
say.
This
money
does
versus
what
the
money
is
actually
doing.
The
areas
this
grant
money
is
going
towards
and
then
metrics
for
its
alleged
success
of
these
programs
were
not
clearly
defined
in
this
meeting
and
were
not
clearly
defined
in
the
dockets.
We
cannot
further
fund
an
organization
that
provides
excuses
instead
of
results.
L
The
BRIC
representatives,
failure
to
attend
this
meeting
shows
their
level
investment,
their
level
of
investment
and
making
changes
during
this
pivotal
time.
I
urge
the
City
Council
to
divest
from
funding
the
Boston
Police
Department
any
further.
We
cannot
accept
federal
funding
for
these
discriminatory
initiatives.
Thank
you.
A
W
AC
I'm
gonna
try
to
make
this
as
brief
as
possible,
so
everybody
else
has
time.
I
am
here
today
to
raisin
to
question
how
rich
we
can
trust
the
BPD
with
directing
some
of
their
budget.
That,
like
here,
seems
to
be
discretionary,
especially
like
to
like
riot
control,
equipment,
armored
vehicles
to
your
gas,
etc.
I
personally
think
that
I've
seen
a
lot
of
evidence
over
this
past
weekend
to
kind
of
prove
that,
while
they
are
their
job,
is
to
protect
and
serve,
they
are
failing
to
truly
protect
the
people.
AC
This
is
really
alarming
to
me
because
we
are
living
through
like
the
biggest
pandemic
we've
seen
in
a
century,
and
the
purpose
of
masks
is
to
protect
all
of
the
people
around
you
more
so
than
it
is
to
protect
yourself
and
by
seeing
these
people
whose
job
is
to
protect
us
deciding
not
to
wear
masks
proves
to
me
that
they
aren't
really
protecting
us.
I've
also
seen
only
two
National
Guardsmen
actually
wearing
masks
out
of
the
dozens
that
I've
seen,
and
that
really
disturbs
me.
AC
I
wish
that
them
not
wearing
masks
was
the
biggest
example
of
them,
not
protecting
us
that
I
could
bring
forth
to
you
guys
today.
Unfortunately,
it
is
not
while
I
was
at
the
protests
on
Sunday,
which
I
want
to
emphasize
was
peaceful
for
the
first
multiple
hours
of
the
protest
I
was
standing
peacefully
in
front
of
City
Hall.
AC
When
cars
started
driving
through
the
crowd
like
the
first
time,
it
happened,
I
think
they
were
going
about
normal
traffic
speeds,
maybe
30
to
40
miles
an
hour,
and
they
were
driving
through
white
right
where
I
had
just
been
standing.
My
friend
actually
had
to
be
tackled
out
of
the
way,
so
he
was
not
hurt
by
a
car.
They
drove
through
the
crowd
multiple
times.
AC
One
time
I
was
actually
standing
in
the
crowd
in
front
of
an
armored
vehicle
that
I
looked
up
as
about
250,000
dollars
and
it
was
driving
straight
at
us
and
when
it
was
like
10,
maybe
15
feet
away
and
still
not
slowing
down,
I
decided
it
wasn't
worth
sacrificing.
My
life
for
and
I
jumped
out
of
the
way,
but
I
don't
think
that
police
that
are
willing
to
literally
drive
down
there.
AC
Citizens
should
really
be
trusted
with
all
of
this
budget
and
all
of
this
money
without
any
kind
of
oversight
really
and
I
like
I,
feel
like.
Maybe
you
guys
could
create
an
oversight
committee
or
some
kind
of
thing
to
really
try
to
like
make
sure
that
police
are
trying
to
de-escalate
situations
and
keep
like
their
officers
in
checked
and
held
accountable.
I
see
there
are
a
lot
more
people
here,
I
could
go
on
I
I'm
gonna
yield
the
rest
of
my
time,
though
I
just
think
it's
important.
W
AD
You
I
just
want
to
speak
directly
to
two
of
the
dockets
that
are
up
for
consideration
today
regarding
docket
number
zero
one.
Nine
two
I
agree
that
money
should
go
to
community
organizations.
I,
don't
agree
that
Boston
Police
Department
should
be
the
middleman
in
that.
First
of
all,
the
representative
said
that
forty
percent,
or
almost
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
that
money,
would
be
essentially
kept
within
the
department
going
to
different
different
police
departments.
That
aside
grant
administration
is
still
an
immense
responsibility.
AD
How
can
an
agency
whose
actions
have
demonstrated
distrust
and
disregard
for
the
community,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
the
safety
of
communities
of
color,
be
expected
to
manage
and
distribute
nearly
1.8
million
dollars
in
an
equitable
way?
That
is
cognitive
dissonance
that
does
not
make
sense.
Furthermore,
you
say
this
grant
has
been
administered
for
15
years
with
high
quality,
evaluation
and
research
backing
it.
Why,
then,
when
I
go
to
look
at
the
2019
grant
brief,
do
I
see
not
a
single
outcome
for
the
program
under
the
strategies
and
outcomes.
AD
Section
I'll
tell
you
what
I
see
I
see
thirty
eight
hundred
and
participated
in
youth
development
programs?
Okay,
10,000
people
attended
events,
meetings
and
presentations.
These
are
outputs,
not
outcomes.
Telling
me
that
X
number
of
people
completed
a
program
tells
me
nothing
about
the
impact
that
that
program
has
actually
had
on
youth
violence
and
safety,
telling
me
that
2,300
hotspot
patrols
were
completed
whatever.
That
means
also
tells
me
nothing
about
the
state
of
safety
in
our
communities.
AD
You
have
some
loose
data
on
overall
decrease
of
arrests
in
a
certain
age
group:
okay,
you're
getting
closer
that
still
doesn't
tell
me
that
violence
has
gone
down
in
these
communities
or
that
feelings
of
safety
has
gone
up
have
gone
up
because
they
haven't.
It
doesn't
tell
me
that
feelings
of
safety
have
increased
as
a
result
of
BPD
designing
program
and
determining
programming,
because
it
hasn't
you
don't
want
the
nonprofit's
from
the
previous
year's
programs
holding
the
bag.
AD
Great
stop
holding
them
hostage,
give
them
back
the
funds
from
PPD's
414
million
dollar
proposed
budget
for
next
year
regarding
docket
number:
zero,
four
zero,
eight
there's
another
example
of
cognitive
dissonance
and
I'll
keep
this
short,
because
brick
didn't
even
bother
to
send
somebody
out
here
or
try
to
make
sure
they
rescheduled,
so
they
could
represent
their
point.
Brick
is
responsible
for
violating
privacy
and
civil
liberties
of
activists
and
bps
students,
and
there
have
been
several
lawsuits
filed
to
that
point.
AD
At
least
one
of
which
was
settled
that
has
led
to
at
least
one
student
being
deported
over
a
lunchtime
argument
at
school.
Brick
has
been
deliberately
evasive
about
their
surveillance
methods
and
their
relationship
and
sharing
information
with
ice,
giving
$800,000
to
an
agency
with
this
reputation
in
a
place
that
calls
itself
a
sanctuary.
City
is
not
just
dissonance,
it
is
a
farce.
Thank
you.
AE
AE
The
city
needs
to
find
a
way
to
channel
these
funds
to
expand
things
like
use,
job
programs
and
youth
programming
directly.
We
need
the
plea:
we
don't
need
the
police's
the
middleman
and
meet
these
funds
directly
to
the
community
as
a
whole.
If
the
city
stands
for
racial
justice
at
all,
we
have
two
significant
defund
leasing
and
invest
in
black
and
brown
communities,
and
we
can
start
by
cutting
these
obviously
untransparent
and
harmful
parts
of
the
BPD
budget.
AE
As
a
member
of
the
somaye
community
in
the
city,
we
know
all
too
well
that
increased
surveillance
makes
us
unsafe,
BPD
community
efforts
do
not
provide
safety
in
in
reality
that
caused
community
division,
tensions,
tension
in
a
sense
of
insecurity.
The
City
Council
has
a
responsibility
to
stop
investigating
investing
in
the
targeting
of
racist
and
criminal
targeting
of
black
and
brown
people.
AE
T
Hello,
can
anyone
hear
me?
Yes,
my
name
is
Asia
and
I
grew
up
in
the
Boston
area.
For
some
time,
I
attended
many
schools,
I've
witnessed
so
much
police
brutality,
so
much
police
discrimination,
harassment
and
it
all
began
when
I
was
only
15
years.
Old
I
was
harassed
and
falsely
discriminated
by
Boston,
Police
and
I
was
abused.
T
I
was
left
in
the
in
the
police
station
and
one
of
the
offers
literally
told
them
to
my
face
that
I
would
be
a
prostitute
and
I
will
end
up
in
the
streets
do
in
gang
violence
and
all
that
I've
never
had
a
record
in
my
life,
I've
never
done
anything.
I
went
to
the
John
do
Brian.
Those
normally
refer
to
speak
to
me
that
way,
and
at
that
moment
I
knew
that
the
system
was
absolutely
disgusting
and
the
same
questions
have
been
asked.
How
can
we
help
our
community?
The
quote?
T
The
answer
has
not
and
will
never
be
Boston
Police
Department.
It
will
always
be
counselors
teachers,
community
programs,
that
will
help
black
communities
and
minority
communities
to
succeed
in
life
both
financially
and
mentally,
and
I
would
like
to
emphasize
financially
because
we
are
very
poor
and
it
is
sad
four
point.
T
Even
the
answer
is
to
help
the
black
communities
and
minorities,
which
BPD
does
not
do
by
some
Police
Department,
have
no
ethics
and
have
been
known
to
stir
up
trouble
with
citizens
who
live
in
Dorchester,
Roxbury
Mattapan
in
more
cities
like
collectimus,
said,
youth
rights
are
important
and
they
are
left
completely
astray
and
victims
of
police
brutality
and
terrible
police
ethics.
They
have
to
be
helped
why
we
can
still
help
by
financing
the
need
for
black
communities
and
minority
communities.
Are
these
officers
being
held
accountable
for
the
action?
T
T
Bpd
is
not
answer
they,
for
they
do
not
need
these
funds,
but
the
city
of
Boston
has
been
desperately
asking
for
their
children
for
their
children's
education
for
their
college
tuition
for
black
people
to
have
spent
a
substantial
way
well
paid
payroll,
youth
jobs,
jobs
for
black
people
because
they
have
been
up
left
or
straight
for
too
long
resources
and
diverse
programs
for
students.
I
would
like
to
address
the
increased
policing
in
our
own
city
and
I'm,
deeply
afraid
of
the
outcome.
George
Ford
has
passed
due
to
a
terrible
and
racist
system.
T
We
have
been
attacked
and
protesting
for
a
change.
We
have
been
abused
by
police
for
too
long.
We
are
not
tired.
We
are
not
only
tired
of
policing,
but
the
money
that
enables
these
officers.
It
needs
to
end.
Bpd
needs
to
be
defunded
and
those
funds
need
to
be
directly
used
elsewhere.
Those
funds
need
to
be
funded
directly
into
our
own
community.
Listen
to
us,
we
are
victims
and
we
have
done
nothing
wrong.
Do
you
think
it
is
okay
to
fund
a
system
that
wrongs
innocent
people?
T
A
Z
Think
of
Sean
when
I
look
at
the
inexhaustible
list
of
names,
because
it
reminds
me
of
something
an
old
white
friend
once
said
to
me
about
how
he
lives
his
life
each
day,
I
am
going
to
a
wedding.
It
is
not
the
institution
of
marriage
or
the
vows
or
the
flowers
that
holds
my
attention.
It's
the
posture
of
so
operation
and
I'm,
looking
forward
at
the
uncertain
future
with
Wonder
and
with
the
reassurance
that
you
are
loved,
thoroughly
expansively
and
unconditionally.
Z
If
you
give
these
grants
to
the
Boston
Police
Department,
to
use
or
to
disperse,
you
will
knowingly
continue
to
arm
one
of
the
most
brutal
American
institutions
responsible
for
terrorizing
black
people,
snuffing
out
by
people
routinely
mundane
ly
and
without
consequence
in
a
world
without
police.
The
embarrassing
stories
we
tell
about
one
another,
the
tears
we
cry
and
the
toasts
that
we
raise
are
too
and
for
the
living,
defund,
the
police
and,
let
us
say
each
day,
I
am
going
to
a
wedding
rather
than
for
one
more
day,
I
escaped
my
funeral.
Thank
you.
AF
Hi
good
afternoon,
I
would
like
to
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
share
our
thoughts.
I
am
a
nursing
student
with
a
bachelor's
degree
in
both
psychology
and
sociology
and
I'm,
also
a
proud
member
of
the
transgender
and
Russian
Jewish
communities
and
a
lifelong
Boston
resident.
My
main
focuses
are
on
public
health
and
safety
and
mental
health
advocacy.
Today
you
are
gather
to
vote
on
whether
to
grant
additional
funding
to
the
Boston
Police
Department.
AF
We
are
all
highly
aware
that
we
are
living
in
highly
emotional
and
intense
times
due
to
a
global
pandemic
and
the
highly
publicized
atrocious
acts
of
police
brutality.
I
strongly
urge
you
to
reconsider
funding
the
BPD
and
instead
allocate
these
funds
to
efforts
contributing
to
public
health,
education
and
infrastructure.
Boston
needs
to
remain
a
leader
in
setting
progressive
examples
for
the
rest
of
the
country.
It
is
imperative
that
we
remain
committed
to
keeping
our
community
vibrant,
healthy,
egalitarian
and,
most
importantly,
safe,
equipping
the
Boston
Police
Department,
with
more
aid
towards
force.
AF
W
AG
AG
How
I
put
this
you
know?
It
would
be
one
thing
if
I
were
here
commenting
on
education
or
health
care
in
Boston,
but
you
know
every
day,
I'm
going
to
be
affected
by
policing
when
I
go
to
school.
I
always
see
police
officers
on
my
campus,
and
so
this
issue
affects
me
and
other
students
in
Boston,
especially
students
of
color,
and
so
I
hope
that
you
know
I
hope.
AG
My
testimony
convinces
you
guys
to
downvote
these
fee
docket
items
for
now
until
we
get
a
thorough
analysis
on
exactly
how
and
where
Boston
the
Boston
Police
Department
is
putting
its
money.
There's
no
transparency,
it's
very
difficult
to
find
exactly
where
the
Boston
Police
Department
is
putting
its
money
and
that
needs
to
change.
I
yield
the
rest
of
my
time.
F
I
want
to
be
as
brief
as
possible,
but
every
day
I
walk
around
my
neighborhood,
which
is
in
the
st.
marqs
area
of
Dorchester,
between
Ashmont
and
fields,
corner
I,
guess
shaman
is
our
closest
T,
stop
and
there's
a
project,
the
dot
Greenway
that
would
connect
Ashmont,
shaman
and
fields
corner
and
give
the
residents
of
this
community
a
place
to
walk
and
bike
and
enjoy
nature,
and
it
only
needs
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
do
a
design
phase
and
then
can
be
completed
because
we
have
the
funds
already
allocated
to
build
it.
F
A
You
Adam
and
thank
you
for
bringing
up
that
green
ray
all
right.
Part
of
my
district
we've
been
working
on
that
since
I
was
a
counselor
and
I
started
five
years
ago.
So
thank
you
for
raising
that
point.
The
community
has
been
incredible
to
try
to
get
funding,
but
it's
a
solid
point:
I
appreciate
it
Michelle
if
you
could
call
him
the
next
person
next.
M
Can
everyone
hear
me?
Yes,
thank
you.
Katherine
delay,
JD
born
and
raised
in
Hyde
Park
black
lives
matter.
In
this
moment
it
is
imperative
that
we
listen
to
black
organizers
and
defend
black
life
by
defunding,
disarming
and
dismantling
the
police.
These
grant
funds
should
not
go
to
the
militarized
violent
Boston.
Police
I
was
at
the
protest
on
Sunday
night.
The
Boston
Police
were
solely
responsible
for
instigating
and
causing
violence.
M
I
watched
the
militarized
Boston
Police
commit
war
crimes
against
peaceful
protesters,
with
no
provocation,
not
that
there
is
any
excuse
for
police
to
commit
war
crimes
after
9:00
p.m.
protesters
moved
from
the
Boston
Common
to
the
street
and
spread
out
across
the
street
so
that
everyone
could
exit
the
common
peacefully.
All
of
a
sudden
Boston
police
drove
three
police
SUVs
at
full
speed
straight
at
the
crowd
we
sure
eat
and
terror.
M
As
we
tried
frantically
to
clear
the
street,
there
were
so
many
of
us
that
we
were
nearly
trampling
one
another
as
we
scramble
to
get
out
of
the
way
of
the
SUVs.
We
begged
the
police
to
stop
the
SUVs.
They
wouldn't
even
slow
down.
Many
of
us,
including
myself,
were
almost
run
down
in
the
street
by
these
SUVs.
It
is
a
miracle
that
no
one
was
killed
as
we
fled.
M
We
began
to
run
down
to
the
other
end
of
the
street,
as
we
did
militarized
Boston
police
emerged
in
riot
gear
and
began
macing
and
throwing
tear
gas
canisters
at
peaceful
protesters.
That
is
when
things
escalated.
That
is
how
the
Boston
Police
have
been
violently
terrorizing
traumatizing
and
depressing
black
and
brown
communities
in
and
around
Boston.
Since
the
police
originated
as
slave
patrols,
the
police
make
our
communities
dangerous
and
they
incite
and
cause
violence.
M
There
is
an
enormous
cruelty
and
using
tear
gas,
a
chemical
weapon
that
causes
uncontrollable
coughing
during
a
pandemic
that
affects
the
respiratory
system,
a
pandemic
that
is
disproportionately
killing
black
and
brown
people.
The
funds
needed
to
pay
for
one
cops
riot
gear
could
pay
for
full
PPE
for
55
health
care
workers
who
this
pandemic
has
revealed
to
be
tragically
under-resourced,
defund
the
Boston
Police
dismantle
the
Boston
Police,
invest
in
black
and
brown
communities,
not
in
their
death
and
violence
against
them.
I
promise
you
that
I
will
be
out
in
these
streets.
M
W
AH
So
first
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
am
actually
a
straight
strategic
planning,
professional
and
I'm
here
primarily
to
talk
about
the
City
Council's
strategy
to
addressing
the
issues
that
are
coming
to
the
forefront
right
now.
That
includes
ways
to
handle
items
on
the
dock
today
and
as
well
as
items
docketed
for
the
future
I'm,
not
here
as
the
result
of
any
particular
campaign
that,
as
a
result
of
my
own
understanding
that
changes
needed
and
that
all
voices
possible
need
to
be
working
in
support
of
it.
These
are
run
out
of
time.
AH
The
most
important
request
that
I
can
make
today
is
that
the
City
Council
begin
using
a
strategy
driven
approach
to
funding
and
governance
in
strategic
planning
work.
We
begin
with
what
we
want
to
achieve
in
terms
of
outcomes
that
we're
pursuing,
alongside
the
criteria
that
we
will
use
to
determine
whether
we
are
being
successful
in
achieving
them
and
because
how
we
do
things
matters.
We
often
include
in
our
strategic
plans
information
on
the
values
that
we
use
when
we
work.
So
to
give
you
an
understanding
of
what
that
kind
of
approach
looks
like
in
practice.
AH
I
want
to
clearly
state
today
the
outcomes
I'm
looking
for
I'm
looking
for
the
communities
that
I
live
and
work
in
to
be
using
evidence-based
practices
for
public
health
and
for
public
safety.
To
me,
this
means
traceable
spending
that
continually
reduces
funds
spent
on
policing
and
continually
increases
investment
in
our
community
resources
that
are
evidence-based
to
benefit
communities
of
people
of
color
and
who
are
disproportionately
affected
by
community
infrastructure
deficiencies.
AH
I
believe
the
City
Council
needs
to
establish
a
clear
set
of
outcomes
they
are
pursuing
and
the
measures
and
criteria
they
are
using
to
evaluate
their
progress
toward
these
outcomes.
This
is
relevant
to
today's
docket
because
it
speaks
to
the
criteria
being
used
to
solicit
and
accept
grant
funds.
We
need
art,
we
need
our
values
to
be
understood
by
everybody
and
we
then
need
to
have
those
values
front
and
center
in
the
governing
process.
AH
Evidence
based
community
funding
practices,
as
recommended
by
the
Leadership
Conference
on
civil
and
human
rights
and,
as
recommended
by
the
evidence-based
report
and
toolkit
that
the
Elsi
CHR
has
developed
based
in
part
on
data
collected
from
the
Task
Force
on
21st
century
policing
that
the
Obama
administration
did
recommends
partnerships
with
many
of
the
organizations
such
as
those
that
are
on
the
Shannon
grant.
Now
the
problem
is
the
police
partnerships
and
specifically,
the
police
role
in
oversight.
AH
This
committee
is
hearing
plenty
of
testimony
about
the
public's
trust
in
police,
as
well
as
the
police's
track
record,
so
to
be
clear,
I
am
NOT
personally
supportive
of
the
Shannon
grant
with
the
terms
as
they
stand
now
there
are
18
reputable
community
partners
listed
in
that
grant,
which
are
not
the
police.
Other
partners
could
be
added,
including
human
rights
organizations.
I
personally
can
attest
the
effectiveness
of
some
of
those
programs.
AH
AH
My
feeling
is
that
our
youth
deserves
schools
that
are
free
of
police
and
resources
that
directly
support
them.
I
also
believe
that
the
City
Council
needs
to
spearhead
a
community
position
paper
to
the
state
advocating
for
shifting
oversight
for
public
safety
work
to
a
community
task
force,
as
opposed
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
I
do
not
feel
that
the
Boston
Police
Department
needs
to
be
a
direct
partner
on
that
grant.
It
creates
the
wrong
focus
and
the
act
and
activities
and
sends
the
wrong
message.
AH
So
with
all
of
that
in
mind,
it
is
my
view
of
myself
and
literally
every
single
person
that
I
know
that
funding
and
budget
needs
to
be
solicited
and
allocated
for
community-centric
resources
that
address
things
like
homelessness,
education,
youth
programs,
access
to
health
care
and
Social
Work
and
youth
jobs.
I
echo
the
sentiments
of
everybody
who
has
spoken
to
the
issues
of
police
brutality
who
have
gone
before
me,
I'm
not
going.
AH
A
W
J
J
J
Similarly,
to
Paulina
I
work
in
bps
I,
previously
taught
at
a
school
in
the
Geneva
Bowdoin
area
and
much
like
husband
mentioned
I
feel
very
strongly
about
that
community.
I
know
what
I
know
what
those
community
members
have
wanted,
especially
the
youth
and
providing
services
through
the
cops
to
community
organizations,
is
not
it,
as
many
people
have
already
mentioned.
J
I
strongly
believe
that
City
Council
needs
to
work
to
reduce
the
Boston
Police
Department's
budget
and,
alongside
that
addressed
a
lack
of
investment,
predominantly
in
black
and
brown
communities
and
their
over
investment
in
the
criminalization
and
surveillance
of
those
communities,
including
the
spending.
That's
you
know
allotted
for
brick
so,
as
many
have
said,
like
I
100%
agree,
but
we
need
to
not
only
avoid
supporting
more
funds
going
to
the
police
departments,
but
we
actually
need
to
defund
and
completely
dismantle
the
Boston
Public
I'm.
W
O
Cool
yeah
I
agree
with
most
of
what
everyone
else
in
the
audience
has
been
saying.
I
want
to
emphasize
I
think
the
most
important
thing
about
my
opposition
to
the
grants
specifically,
is
that
I
I've
lived
in
Boston,
my
entire
life
or
like
the
Greater
Boston
area
for
eight.
So
that's
18
years
at
this
point
and
I
do
not
trust
the
DPD
and
I
do
not
know.
O
Basically,
anyone
who
does
I
don't
think
that
the
police
should
be
given
the
power
to
decide
where
the
money
is
going.
I
think
that
this
should
be
done
by
civilians.
I
think
this
should
be
done
by
the
people
in
these
communities.
I
have
a
friend
who
at
16
was
tear
gassed
by
the
BPD.
They
were
standing
on
a
sidewalk,
but
happened
to
be
in
the
wrong
place
at
the
wrong
time,
I
suppose
and
so
hearing
BPD
talk
about
allocating
funds
to
youth
organizations
and
gang
prevention
seems
really
ridiculous.
O
Considering
that
kind
of
behavior
goes
on
at
the
BPD
and
I
think
that
if
from
the
city
of
Boston
and
the
state
of
Massachusetts
really
want
to
help
youth
communities
and
disadvantaged
communities,
majority
POC
communities
and
what
should
be
done
is
the
youth
of
those
communities
should
be
consulted
and
talked
to
when
grants
are
being
decided,
not
the
BPD.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Lucas
and,
as
I
said
at
the
beginning
of
the
hearing.
Unfortunately,
we
could
go
all
day,
but
we
have
another
council
hearing
scheduled
on
an
important
topic
by
our
madam
president
and
so
I'm
going
to
wrap
this
hearing
up.
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
sort
of
asked
one
clarifying
question
Daman
before
you
jump
off,
which
I
don't
think
was
answered
throughout
the
hearing
specifically
for
the
Shannon
grant.
A
Is
it
possible
to
separate
that
out
in
such
a
way
where
money
within
that
grant
that
is
intended
to
go
to
community-based
organizations,
for
example,
could
go
to
community-based
organizations
and
the
other
money
if
it
were
rejected,
for
example,
could
be
rejected?
Can
you
separate
that
grant
apart?
That
was
one
outstanding
question.
E
A
So,
for
example,
the
Peace
Institute
many
of
the
organizations
that
you
listed
the
people
well
aware
of
that
do
incredible
work
in
the
community
on
the
ground
with
our
residents
could
that
money
still
go
to
them,
while
also
rejecting,
for
example,
the
other
pieces
that
go
to
overtime
or
other
BPD
cost?
Does
the
state
allow
us
to
separate
that
grant
and
if
it's
a
question
and
answer,
if
you
don't
know
now,
we
can
follow
up,
but
it's
an
outstanding
question.
I,
don't.
A
So
I
will
follow
up
on
that
and
we'll
make
sure
to
bring
all
this
to
the
next
council
meeting.
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
end
by
saying
thank
you
both
to
Maria,
Maria
and
Amon,
for
showing
up
today
for
answering
questions
for
providing
further
details
on
these
grants.
Look
forward
to
the
breakdowns
and
various
information
that
you
email
to
us
that
we
will
get
out
to
colleagues
in
the
public.
I
also
want
to
thank,
of
course,
Michelle
and
Keary
from
central
staff
who
are
navigating
all
of
this
in
my
team
as
well.
A
I
want
to
thank
all
of
my
colleagues
who
participated
today.
I
absolutely
want
to
thank
all
of
the
residents
who
not
only
showed
up
to
provide
hearing
testimony
via
this
council
hearing
who
showed
up
via
email,
social
media,
every
platform
you
can
imagine
it
was
phenomenal.
Every
colleague
I
have
spoken
to
has
appreciated
that
advocacy
and
these
issues
will
continue
to
be
not
only
discussed,
but
action
taken.
A
I
will
specifically
follow
what
some
of
the
organizers
and
leaders
with
respect
to
a
hearing,
an
additional
hearing
with
respect
to
the
brick
and
that
docket
will
remain
in
committee
until
we
have
that
hearing
with
the
break
to
have
more
questions
answered,
not
just
by
folks
or
the
public,
but
also
by
my
colleagues,
so
I
will
follow
up
with
neil
from
the
administration
and
david
in
BPD
and
then.
Lastly,
with
respect
to
other
reforms
that
were
mentioned,
there
are
various
hearing
orders
on
all
of
this.
A
That
will
be
brought
up
again
in
this
committee
to
not
only
have
conversation
around
but
to
also
take
action.
Everyone
knows
that
now
is
the
time
to
take
action,
and
I
want
to
be
crystal
clear
on
another
point
before
I
wrap
up
and
gavel.
This
hearing
is
not
about
individual
police
officers
or
attacking
individual
police
officers.
There
is
a
narrative
out
there
that
suggests
or
wants
to
suggest
and
us-versus-them
mentality.
Many
of
us,
including
my
council
colleagues,
know
a
lot
of
our
officers
who
are
on
the
ground
just
last
night.
A
In
my
district,
which
is
largely
Mattapan
and
Dorchester,
there
was
a
significant
amount
of
violence,
including
a
homicide.
Obviously
our
police
showed
up
for
those
incidents.
This
hearing,
though,
to
be
clear,
is
about
greater
transparency,
accountability
and
racial
justice
in
a
way
in
which
to
rethink
how
we
do
things
in
order
to
move
those
values
forward
and
I
think
it
is
a
unique
opportunity
to
do
just
that.
So
I
wanted
to
make
that
point
clear,
because
sometimes
folks
can
suggest
that
when
we
say
black
lives
matter,
we
are
anti
police,
we
say
black
lives
matter.
A
We
were
anti
our
officers
who
are
doing
hard
work
every
single
day.
This
is
about
system
reform.
This
is
about
police
reform
as
a
system
and
all
the
other
systems
that
need
to
be
reformed.
So
I
want
to
make
that
point
very
clear,
Maria
and
demand.
This
also
is
not
directed
at
you
guys.
I
know
you
work
extremely
hard.
You've
been
doing
this
work
for
a
long
time.
You
too
are
members
of
our
community
residents
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
for
the
collaboration
and
the
partnership.