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From YouTube: OPAT Commission Community Meeting - 09/21/2022
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Recording of the OPAT Commission community meeting held in a hybrid format (virtual over Zoom and in-person) and recorded on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022.
A
All
right,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
Today
is
Wednesday
September
21st,
and
it
is
OPAC
commission
meetings
community
meeting,
as
mandated
by
the
ordinance
that
created
us
in
2020.
We
are
required
to
have
four
Community
meetings
every
year.
This
is
actually
our
fourth
meeting
I
think
we
had
our
first
one
one
year
ago,
almost
exactly
October
of
last
year
and
then
so.
What
I
wanted
to
do
is
do
a
quick
introduction
of
who
was
actually
in
the
room
today,
but
before
I
get
there.
A
I
am
Stephanie
Everett
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
The
Office
of
police,
accountability
and
transparency,
and
this
meeting
is
a
public
meeting.
It
is
a
community
meeting,
it
is
not
a
hearing.
We
will
not
be
discussing
cases
here
to
put
that
out
there,
but
I
wanted
to
just
let
you
all
know
that
the
meeting
is
being
recorded.
A
A
We
also
have
with
us
the
chair
of
the
internal
affairs
oversight
panel,
honorable
Leslie
Harris,
and
joining
us
on
Zoom
is
chair
of
the
civilian
review
board.
Peter
Alvarez,
the
three
of
us
make
our
big
commissions
so
before
I
go
any
deeper
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
we
are
also
providing
language
access
for
those
who
need
it.
So
we
have
turned
on
the
zoom's
auto
captioning.
For
those
who
are
joining
us.
B
A
A
A
C
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F
F
G
A
Okay,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
present
with
us.
So
now
we're
going
to
go
quickly
through
the
agenda.
What
you
can
look
forward
to
for
today,
so
we're
going
to
do
approval
of
our
minutes
from
our
meeting
on
June
24th.
We
also
have
a
OPAC
commission
public
meeting.
We
are
required
by
audits,
to
also
produce
certain
information
out
to
you.
Every
time
we
do
have
a
community
meeting.
We
are
making
copies,
really
quick
to
realize
that
there
were
no
copies
available
to
the
public.
A
A
H
A
And
again
this
to
me
I
think
it's
the
floor,
not
the
ceiling
of
information
that
we
should
be
providing
to
the
public
when
it
comes
to
transparency
from
the
Boston,
Police
Department,
and
so
with
that
out
we'll
start
with
the
budget
for
FY
23.
When
we
met
in
June,
we
were
still
waiting
for
the
budget
to
be
finalized.
We're
happy
to
report
that
the
budget
was
finalized
in
what
we
did
receive
is
what
we
we
requested
for
the
FY
23.
A
So
we
do
have
two
internships
that
we
shall
receive
for
the
FY
23
one
of
the
high
school
student
one's
a
college
student.
The
high
school
student
will
be
paid,
20
18
an
hour,
the
cost
and
it
will
be
paid
22
an
hour
and
we
are
actively
looking
at
creating
relationships
with
local
colleges.
We've
reached
out
to
a
number
of
community
colleges
in
the
area
to
establish
that
relationship,
so
we
can
have
a
college
student
start,
hopefully
by
January,
or
we
want
this
fall,
but
we're
still
working
for
that
to
happen.
A
We
did
have
high
school
students,
some
members
in
the
audience
and
I
can't
see
who's
on
Zoom,
but
they
did
attend
this
summer.
We
did
the
rollout
of
our
summer
youth
program
this
summer
in
partnership
with
ye,
and
we
will
continue
that
with
our
own
internal
high
school
students,
starting
this
fall
and
really
just
working
on
keeping
the
movement
of
having
Youth
involved
in
police
reform
and
policy
and
getting
them
to
have
real
efforts.
A
So
we
have
a
consultant
we've
sent
out
the
requests
for
for
qualifications
they're
due
on
the
30th
of
this
month.
We
are
working
in
collaboration
with
a
number
of
offices
to
including
Boston
Police
Department.
We
are
meeting
with
infinity
on
boards
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks
from
City
associations
with
mvpd,
as
well
as
working
with
the
office
of
equity,
the
Human
Rights
Commission,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
being
very
inclusive
in
across
the
board
to
make
sure
that
we
are
going
to
do
this
work.
A
We
have
for
them
is
beginning
of
November,
so
we're
we're
really
being
intentional
and
making
sure
that
we
have
a
good
team
and
not
just
one
team,
but
we
sent
it
out
to
17
people,
17
different
organizations
and
I
believe
we've
already
heard
back
from
seven
or
eight
people,
and
also
we
are
hiring
for
a
community
mediator.
Some
of
the
complaints
that
we
have
received
do
not
rise
to
the
level
of
needing
to
have
a
conversation
happen
with
come
before
the
civilian
review
board.
A
They
need
to
have
a
conversation
with
our
community
and
with
the
officer
there
is
a
cultural
conversation
that
sometimes
need
to
happen.
What
goes
on
in
BPD?
What
goes
on
in
our
community?
Those
conversations
need
to
happen.
Having
a
community
mediator
will
also
allow
for
a
community
I
want
them,
purposely
call
them
Community,
because
I
want
this
person
to
be
in
our
community
I,
want
them
from
our
community
and
be
in
our
community
attending
the
meetings
time
and
be
enrolled
representation
of
our
community.
So
we
are
actively
hiring
for
that
now.
A
If
you
want
to
jump
in
anywhere
and
add
anything,
please
do
so
I,
don't
do
this
work
alone,
I!
Do
it
with
your
board
and
play
too
so
feel
free
to
add
in
where
you
want
to
add
in
I.
Also
again,
this
is
not
something
that's
in
the
honest
to
provide,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
provide
information
about.
What's
going
on
with
the
post
Commission,
so
the
peace
officer,
standards
and
training
permission,
which
is
basically
the
state
version
of
us,
they
also
were
created
in
2020.
A
A
They
were
required
to
have
all
of
their
paperwork
into
the
post
commission
and
that
paperwork
included
accessations
from
the
police,
commissioner
of
the
the
individual
officers
of
their
good
moral
character,
as
well
as
a
questionnaire
that
the
individual
officers
had
to
complete
due
to,
and
there
was
932
for
the
city
of
Boston-
it's
not
on
here,
but
I
know
it
because
I
go
to
these
meetings.
932
for
the
city
of
Boston.
A
A
All
this
was
supposed
to
go
through
the
post
commission,
but
due
to
their
own
newness
and
having
their
own
commission
their
own
Ed
side
around
roughly
a
couple
of
months
after
I
started
last
year
and
their
commission
being
appointed
not
too
long
later,
they've
been
coming
up
with
different
systems
to
certify
officers,
and
so
we
are
working
through
how
we
get
through
a
through
H
that
works
with
how
they
get
to
it
through
H,
and
that's
just
the
first
set
there's
another
set.
That's
due.
A
Obviously
it
was
just
only
not
this
first
batch
being
due,
but
I
did
want
to
provide
an
update
as
because
it
did
hit
the
paper
at
some
point,
but
there
was
an
extension
that
was
granted
and
I
think
the
reason
why
is
because
of
being
a
new
Commission
of
being
appointed
plus
there
was
932..
If
you
compare
Boston
to
the
other
cities
and
towns,
350
cities
and
towns,
they
are
vastly
larger
and
it
does
take
a
little
bit
some
time.
A
Also,
so
we
have
switched
over
if
you
have
been
with
us
from
the
beginning.
When
we've
been
doing
these
meetings,
we
were
doing
how
we're
doing
our
quarters
and
now
switching
over
the
fiscal
year
so
that
we
are
now
in
fiscal
year
quarter
one
week
before
we're
just
doing
quarters
based
on
like
when
I
started
so
I'm,
just
maybe
a
little
confusing
to
some
people,
but
just
so
that
we
are
all
going
in
line
with
the
rest
of
the
city.
A
Fiscal
year
will
be
quarter,
one
will
be
July
through
September
of
these
data
from
we'll
get
to
that.
You
gotta
we'll
get
to
that
so
July
through
September
22.
Is
this
quarter
so
just
to
give
you
some
update.
So
this
is
the
activity
that
is
required
by
the
ordinance
so
we've
so
on
sept
on
August
9th,
we
did
have
a
civilian
review
board
meeting.
There
were
17
cases
brought
before
the
board.
Seven
cases
were
dismissed
or
for
insufficient
evidence.
A
But
this
position
of
the
crb
cases
where
crb
referred
the
amounted
to
the
commissioner.
We
didn't
have
any
of
those
I
should
I
want
to
make
sure
I
answered
this.
One,
though
part
of
the
civilian
review
board
charge
is
to
review
cases,
make
recommendations
for
discipline
when
they
find
that
there
is
a
matter
that,
if
they
have
found
to
be
sustained
in
order
to
make
a
recommendation
for
discipline,
they
are
to
rely
on
a
disciplined
Matrix
that
is
provided
to
them
by
the
commissioner.
A
As
of
today,
we
have
not
received
the
discipline
Matrix
from
the
commissioner,
and
that
is
because
we
have
not
had
a
permanent
commissioner
that
conversation
is
ongoing
to
get
that
Matrix.
So
where
it
says,
None
of
none
of
the
complaints
from
last
month
were
actually
sustained,
but
I
think
it's
also
important
to
understand.
We
have
not
had
a
permanent.
A
There
is
not,
there
is
not
a
discipline
Matrix,
there
has
never
been
a
discipline
Matrix,
so
it's
not
there's
one.
They
have
to
be
created.
I
think
there
was
a
an
expectation
that
there's
been
one
in
that
that's
what
was
being
relied
on.
Discipline
always
has
been
something
that
was
up
for
be
a
police
commissioner
to
Institute
on
the
individual
officer.
What
the
civilian
review
board
will
do
is
issue
a
recommendation
of
discipline.
They
cannot
discipline
and
offer
them.
They
offer
recommendations
that
go
to
the
commissioner.
A
The
commissioner
can
either
accept
the
discipline
or
not
if
they
choose
not
to
accept
the
discipline.
The
commissioner
has
to
write
why
they're
choosing
not
to
accept
the
recommendation
of
the
civilian
review
board,
all
of
which
we
will
put
on
our
website
because
we
are
transparent,
but
I
did
want
to
acknowledge
that,
because
I
think
there's
been
a
lot
of
confusion
about
the
Matrix
where
people
think
there's
been
a
matrix
forever.
A
There
has
not
my
understanding
from
talking
to
a
lot
of
people.
The
reason
why
they
want
a
matrix
is
because
there's
been
a
lot
of
disparity
inside
of
BPD
about
discipline
especially
comes
to
my
park
officers.
So
we
are.
We
are
working
to
get
a
discipline
major
and
once
we
have
one
we
will
make
sure
that
that's
also
something
that
is
transparent
for
people
I,
think,
okay,
so
I
will
again
let
you
all
go
through
a
lot
of
the
public
report.
A
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
but
I'm
going
to
pause
on
my
reporting
out
and
turn
it
over
to
Mariah
who's,
our
policy
analyst
to
go
the
data
now
I
will
also
say
this
will
be
the
first
time
since
we've
started
having
these
that
a
lot
of
this
data
has
been
made.
Public
fio
data
has
historically
been
provided
through
BPD
on
their
dashboard.
Once
a
year
it's
given
out
and
because
there's
narrative
and
there's
reductions
that
happen
to
it.
A
We
have
a
mandate
that
we
issue
this
data
out
every
month,
arrest
data
fio
data
all
that
stuff
once
a
month.
We
don't
have
any
of
the
narrative
information
in
here,
so
we
cannot
give
you
provide
you
with
information
that
we
do
not
have,
because
we
did
not
we're
not
waiting
for
the
narrative
information.
We
just
wanted
the
raw
data
of
how
many
build
interaction,
observations
or
encounters
fio
on
what
that
means.
A
I
All
right,
so
here
we
go.
The
so
I
just
wanted
to
explain
again
the
data
that
we
have
in
here,
specifically
from
July
and
August
of
20
2022,
and
the
number
of
complaints
received,
type
of
misconduct,
alleged
and
the
investigatory
status
of
those
complainants.
So
for
a
quarter
one
July
and
August,
we
received
nine
complainants,
not
complaints.
I
The
complaints
reports
were
down
30
from
last
quarter,
so
there
was
52.2
percent
from
last
quarter
and
then
now
there's
only
22.5.
This
is
excluding
September.
The
types
of
misconduct
alleged
in
these
cases
for
the
quarter
were
unprofessionalism
harassment,
civil
rights
violations
and
all
of
these,
the
investors
investigatory
status
for
all
of
these
complaints
are
still
pending.
I
The
race,
ethnicity
and
gender
orientation,
and
age
of
the
complainants
were
Asian
and
white,
Cape
Verdean
and
white
alone,
and
so
I'm
declined
to
answer.
There
were
four
males
four
females
and
one
decline
to
answer.
Sexual
orientation
was
heterosexual,
gay
lesbian
or
same
gender,
loving
and
ages
range
from
29
to
58.
I
I
So
these
terms
come
from
bpd's
own
rule,
323
document.
That
explains
what
Foie
is
and
what
the
definitions
of
some
of
their
encounters
and
observation
and
stops
are.
But
we
kind
of
put
our
we
kind
of
made
sure
it
was
more
layman's
terms.
So
it's
not
ex
Verbatim
what
the
rule
323
document
has
on
there
for
definitions,
but
we
made
them
easier
to
understand
so
encounter
is
defined
as
agreed
upon
interaction
with
individuals
that
does
not
lead
to
an
official
stock
or
Frisk.
I
Interaction
or
stop
is
defined
as
holding
an
individual
in
custody
briefly,
whether
on
foot
or
in
a
vehicle
based
on
Reasonable
Suspicion.
This
is
determined.
This
is
to
determine
if
the
individual's
identity
and
subtle
office
of
Suspicion,
we
also
have
a
link
down
there
to
to
our
site,
which
gives
more
definitions
on
FYE
data.
So
you
can
go
there
too.
I
If
you
have
any
other
questions
so
specifically
I
can
you
change
yep
there
we
go
so
specifically
I
focus
on
right,
underneath
the
map,
where
it
says
stops
by
race
and
ethnicity,
I
wanted
to
specify
that,
because
clearly,
you
can
see
that
this
over
representation
of
black
people.
This
is
not.
This
is
including
their
ethnicity,
so
not
Hispanic
or
Hispanic,
as
well.
I
So
out
of
16
91
people,
16
000
and
91
people,
1600
1600,
sorry
out
of
1600
people
point
four
percent
are
Asian,
not
Hispanic
point
one:
where
Asian
black
Hispanic
were
six
percent.
Black
non-hispanic
were
26
percent.
Black
are
known,
as
this
knee
were
nine
other,
not
Hispanic
or
point
one.
Other
Hispanic
were
one
other
unknown.
Ethnicity
were
0.3
white,
not
Hispanic
was
five
percent
white
hispanic
was
four
percent
and
white
I
know
what
ethnicity
was
two.
I
So
this
right
now
is
the
fyd
f
o
I
f
o.
I
e
data
for
adults
was
74
for
adults
and
it
was
26
for
children
out
of
the
26
for
children.
One
was
a
12
year
old,
14
or
13
year
olds,
14
were
14
year
olds,
42
or
15
year
olds,
48
or
16
year
olds,
54
were
17
year
olds,
69
or
18
year
olds,
54
or
19
year
olds,
65
or
20
year
olds
and
73
were
21.
H
C
I
Stopped,
which
was
the
circumstance
in
the
encounter
the
basis
was
Reasonable
Suspicion
and
the
zip
code
was
zero.
Two
one
two
one
I
thought
that
was
alarming,
so
I
I
figured
I'd
point
that
out,
and
that
was
our
youngest,
so
yep
next
slide.
So
I
f,
I
o
e
by
circumstance.
So
this
wasn't
broken
down
by
ethnicity,
so
included
in
black
and
in
white.
Are
it
could
be
Hispanic
non-hispanic
as
well,
but
breaking
it
down
by
gender,
so
black
girls
20
were
stopped.
I
Around
10
were
encountered
black
boys
a
little
over
180
were
stopped.
Close
to
40
were
observed
in
around
50
were
encountered
for
girls
that
we
don't
know
their
race.
One
was
stopped
and
one
was
encountered
same
thing
for
boys.
Five
stops
and
three
encountered:
a
no
race
and
gender
One
Stop,
a
no
race
for
girls,
five
stops
and
one
encountered
a
no
Race,
For
Boys
40
stops
two
encountered
and
a
two
observed
and
ten
encounters
and
white
girls.
Five
more
stops.
I
D
I
J
J
I
These
are
the
ones
I
just
picked
out,
specifically
the
charts,
but
if
you
go
onto
our
website,
it's
interactive
and
I
have
a
chart
that
specifically
breaks
down
the
ethnicity
with
the
race
and
if
you
click
on
like
I,
say
one
of
the
charts,
the
others
will
filter
and
then
you
could
see
the
breakdown,
ethnicity,
race,
circumstance
bases
the
area
code,
the
age.
All
of
that
on
there
I
just
didn't
put
that
in
the
report
right
now,
because
I
need
I,
didn't
want
it
to
be.
F
A
A
That
carries
them
through
adulthood,
and
so
we
need
to
figure
out
what
that
looks
like
why
it's
happening.
Is
that
having
these
positive
conversations
and
with
them
and
opening
up
this
office
for
them
to
come
in
here
and
have
these
free
spirited
conversation
and
working
with
commissioner
Cox
about
what
does
that
look
like?
Why
is
it
happening?
Because
these
numbers
are
well
very
alarming
for
us,
especially
in
the
summertime,
when
we
have
more
kids
who
are
outside
in
the
summertime
right?
A
And
so
we
need
to
create
the
space
here
and
create
the
dialogue
in
the
community.
So
again,
the
March
is
not
happening,
but
our
feet
are
still
moving
and
we
do
need
to
create
these
conversations
and
create
these
Community
trucks
right.
So
we
want
to
have
trust
in
our
communities,
but
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
engage
Our
Youth
and
make
sure
that
our
youth
are
are
part
of
the
solutions
and
that
we're
not
always
driving
for
them.
A
What
they
should
be
doing,
because
a
12
year
old
had
an
interaction
with
an
officer,
and
we
don't
know
what
that
looks
like
because
they
didn't
call
us.
This
is
just
data
that
we
received
so,
of
course,
yeah
we're
going
to
go
to
the
when
we
get
to
the
public
comment
here.
I
have
one
more
thing
and
then
we're
going
to
get
the
public
comment
period
so
just
as
a
wrap
up
just
so
everyone
knows
what's
going
on
here
too,
we
did
have
without
our
first
annual
annual
report
on
August
4th.
A
A
If
you
know
me
individually
or
other
people
in
this
office
individually,
you
know
where
we
work
on
what
we
do,
but
not
enough.
People
in
the
city
know
who
we
are
and
how
we
exist
and
actually
what
our
our
job
is
and
what
some
of
the
limitations
of
our
jobs
are.
So
we
are
doing
a
public
Drive
of
getting
to
know
us.
H
A
Getting
people
here
so
that
you
know
what
we
do
and
we're
going
to
start
having
a
listening
session.
We
have
not
planned
thoroughly
out
yet,
but
that
listening
session
will
also
include
information
about
who
BPD
is
BTD,
so
Boston
Police
Department.
So
it's
not
just
people
who
arrest
someone,
but
knowing
what
the
clerk's
office
does
know
what
you
can
do
at
the
Boston
Police
Department
and
not
just
be
a
police
officer,
they
do
have
a
law
department.
A
We
will
continue
to
do
a
lot
of
Outreach
so
that
you
will
really
aware
of
what
we
do
here,
because
it's
important
that
we
are
just
as
transparent,
just
as
transparent
as
we
are
asking
the
police
department
to
see,
and
so
with
that
I
will
end
my
comments
on
the
public
on
our
public
report,
but
now
open
it
out
for
public
comment
period.
So
again,
we're
going
to
give
you
about
90
seconds
to
two
minutes
to
give
us
your
feedback,
those
who
are
on
Zoom.
A
I
can't
see
you
so
hopefully
my
staff
can
raise
your
hand
and
they
will
acknowledge
you
and
have
you
come
on
when
it's
your
turn,
we're
going
to
talk
to
those
who
in
in
person
first
and
let
them
speak.
If
you
are
speaking
here,
please
you
haven't
done
so
make
sure
you
sign
up
or
sign
up
when
you
leave
it.
So
just
so,
we
capture
who
did
speak
because
we
are
required
to
maintain
a
list
of
who
spoke
at
our
meetings,
but
did
I
get
everything
anybody
missing
anything
so
other
than
that.
L
L
What's
disturbing
to
me,
though,
is
how
this
seems
to
be
playing
out
in
real
life
in
real
time.
You've
had
several
meetings
from
what
I
understand
and
voted
on
several
topics,
but
the
public
is
very
limited
in
their
awareness
of
what
has
transpired.
Your
board
is
rather
shallow
in
terms
of
details.
So
how
does
that
differ
to
what
the
police
department
has
offered
the
public
from
the
internal
affairs
and
anti-corruption
and
internal
divisions
when
the
city
of
Boston?
Whenever
you
apply
for
things,
they
don't
turn
it
over.
They
don't
surrender
it.
L
L
I
have
my
own
personal
event
that
I
won't
discuss
in
detail,
but
I
have
no
knowledge
as
to
how
it
played
out
or
how
it
happened,
and
the
investigators
evolved
never
even
took
the
time
to
speak
with
me,
but
my
matter
was
presented
to
the
boards
and
they
made
decisions
without
my
input.
Now,
personally,
professionally
speaking,
I
know,
you
can't
have
an
investigation
without
talking
to
the
very
person
that's
involved,
but
unfortunately,
for
me,
that's
what
happened
here
and
my
fate
was
in
your
hands.
L
A
Yeah,
so
I
will
I'm
not
going
to
respond
to
everything.
I
think
it's.
The
matter
is
something
that
was
personal
to
you
and
you're,
you're
and
I.
Think
because
it's
personal
to
you
one,
we
have
not
had
meetings
behind
closed
doors
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
we
don't
keep
that
we
have
open
meeting
laws
and
I,
don't
want
and
I'm
not
going
to
have
it
out
there
that
we
have
violated
any
open
meeting
line.
A
Every
meeting
that
we
have,
we
publicly
know
that
is
number
one
number
two.
We
also
by
law
have
an
odd
have
a
right
and
everybody
who
has
a
case
before
aboard
receives
notification
that
their
case
is
going
to
be
heard
by
the
respective
vote
on
a
certain
date
in
that
notice.
You're
also
aware
that
cases
will
be
heard
in
an
executive
session
due
to
an
exception
to
the
open
meeting
law
that
allows
for
public
employees,
information
to
be
discussed
in
executive
sessions,
so
on
public
employees,
information.
A
Which
Boston,
Police,
Department
and
Boston
police
officers
are,
their
cases
are
discussed
and
public
executive
session,
not
an
open
meeting.
So
when
those
matters
are
heard,
public
is
made
aware
if
you
are
before
the
civilian
review
board.
You
are
made
aware
that
the
civilian
review
board
is
going
into
executive
session
and
these
walls
are
closed.
Sound
machines
are
put
on
and
the
public
hearing
is
put
on
hold
while
the
civilian
review
board
discusses
an
executive
session
which
is
not
open
to
the
public.
F
A
They
are
discussing
a
matter
before
the
Eternal
Affairs
oversight
panel.
They
are
allowed
to
close
out,
they
meaning
their
Eternal
Affairs
oversight
panel,
the
public
meeting
before
going
into
executive
session,
so
that
members
are
not
sitting
here,
because
the
audience
does
not
require
them
to
vote
in
public.
What
their
decision
is
on
the
case,
Internal
Affairs
oversight
panel
is
a
review.
Almost
it's.
M
F
A
Appeal
of
their
term
of
the
Boston
Police
Department's
Internal
Affairs,
so
they
are
looking
at
the
review
that
looking
at
a
review
of
what
Boston
Police
Department
did.
They
are
not
re-investigating
the
case
all
over
again.
There
is
a
difference:
it's
not
a
limitation
and
there's
a
difference.
It
is
similar
to
what
happens
in
in
courts.
Now
that
the
judge
explain,
you
know
the
difference
in
that,
but
you
don't
present
new
evidence
and
appeal.
You
look
at
what
was
there?
A
You
look
to
make
sure
that
the
Boston
Police
Department
did
their
job
and
if
they
should
have
done
something
different,
if
they
didn't
do
something.
We
we're
looking
at
those
things,
but
there's
not
a
re-introduction
of
new
information
to
the
panel
and
making
a
decision.
Whether
or
not
the
the
matter
would
be
was
looked
at
in
the
way
that
it
should
have
been
looked
at
at
the
time
that
it
was
presented
to
the
Boston
Police
Department.
But
those
matters
are
all
handled,
underneath
the
Massachusetts
open,
meeting
law
appropriately
and
as
required
by
law.
A
Nothing
is
done
in
a
way
that
it
should
not
have
been
done.
It
may
not
and
will
not
always
result
in
a
way
that
the
public
wants
it
to,
but
it
is
always
done
with
a
lot
of
care,
a
lot
of
meetings,
a
lot
of
time
with
staff
and
with
the
panel
and
I've
watched
every
board.
Member
give
it
if
they're
all
I've
watched
every
staff
member,
give
it
their
all
and
then
some
and
speak
to
numerous
people
about
cases.
Nothing
is
taken
lightly.
When
cases
are
given
a
a
decision.
J
J
Just
on
behalf
of
crb
just
want
to
make
it
make
a
statement
more
or
less.
We
have
a
lot.
The
crb
members
engage
in
very
impassioned
discussion
when
we
have
cases
before
us.
When
we
go
into
executive
session,
we
really
are
deliberate.
We
think
about
it.
We
ask
a
lot
of
questions,
so
I
just
want
people
to
know
like,
as
representatives
of
the
people
appointed
by
the
mayor
and
the
city
council,
you
know
I
think
it's
really
important
for
everyone.
J
Listening
to
know
that
in
this
civilian
review
board,
we
really
do
take
the
Mandate
seriously
and
I
know
that
IOP
does
that
as
well,
and
so
does
OPAC
and
I
want
people
to
know
that
what
was
in
place
prior
to
all
of
this
was
there
was
not
any
way
for
someone
to
go
and
really
make
an
independent
complaint
that
was
going
to
get.
You
know
outside
of
the
police
department
to
go
and
do
that
and
have
all
the
data
collection
that
we
have
now
and
actually
at
least
have
some
assurances
that
there
are.
J
J
M
Hello,
everyone
so
I'm
going
to
speak
now
as
a
resident
in
black
man
in
Boston.
First
of
all,
I
appreciate
this
office
for
many
reasons.
I
appreciate
that
you're
in
the
community
I
appreciate
that
you
all
have
created
a
space
where
one
of
the
most
complicated
institutions
within
the
bureaucratic
institution
of
the
city
of
Boston
can
be
challenged
and
legitimized
by
the
office.
M
M
Obviously
I
work
in
the
city
for
the
office
of
blackmail,
advancement,
I'm,
looking
at
these
data
and
right
around
41
of
the
people
that
were
stopped
in
July
and
August
are
black
men
I
suspect,
that's
even
higher
when
you
look
at
the
other
data,
that's
extremely
concerning
the
fio
of
Youth
data
is
extremely
concerning
I
guess.
My
question
is:
do
you
feel
that
you
all
have
the.
M
Ability
to
make
recommendations
to
the
police
department
based
on
these
data,
or
is
it
a
situation
and
also
who
collects
these
data
for
the
police?
Is
it
a
situation
where
they
collected
and
then
they
send
you
the
raw
information,
because,
if
they're,
the
ones
collecting
it
that's
inherently
problematic,
because
I
suspect
that
they're
not
being
entirely
truthful?
The
real
question
that
I
have,
though,
is
on
the
discipline
Matrix.
M
M
A
There
there
is
just
not
one
period
so
that
that's
and
one
of
the
tasks
that
I
have
when
I
first
came
on
is
they
decided
to
read
in
the
audience
before
I
even
apply
for
the
job
list
that
okay,
I'm
gonna
get
this
Matrix
and
I
think
that
there
was,
and
speaking
with
a
lot
of
people
and
I,
want
to
say
everyone.
There
was
a
belief
that
the
Matrix
existed
so
and
believing
that
the
Matrix
existed.
A
There
was
a
belief
that
there
was
some
Matrix
that
can
just
be
used
and
that
their
civilian
review
board
would
just
have
something
immediately
at
their
disposal.
What
we
have
found
is
that
there
are
different
discipline,
Matrix
and
play
across
the
country,
Boston
being
one
of
the
being
the
oldest
I'm
gonna.
Stick
to
that
saying
the
oldest
police
department
in
the
entire
country.
A
So
you,
this
is
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
weigh
in
it's.
It's
almost
a
good
thing
that
it
didn't
exist
before
you
want
it
to
exist,
but
given
that
the
structure
as
it
was,
has
not
been
great
as
I've
have
had
it
relayed
I,
don't
work
there,
but
bypass
officers
will
benefit
from
having
this
office.
A
Help
weigh
in
on
discipline
matrix
by
us
working
with
a
consultant
who
is
also
going
to
meet
with,
like
we're
meeting
with
the
Affinity
officers
on
groups,
we're
meeting
with
different
people
who
are
invested
in
making
sure
that
they're
that
BPD
is
diverse
as
the
community
it
serves.
So
it
doesn't
once
it's
in
place
in
place,
it's
going
to
be
hard
for
them
to
change
it
right.
So
I.
Don't
think
that
once
it's
in
play
that
it's
going
to
change
I
think
it's
also
going
to
have
some
ramifications
with
unions.
A
So
I
don't
think
it's
going
to
be
one
of
those
things
once
it's
in
play
that
the
next
commissioner
can
come
and
be
like.
Okay,
I,
don't
like
this,
so
I'm
going
to
change
it.
It
will
be
harder
to
change
it
then,
and
that's
why
it's
going
to
be
critically
important
that
we
as
a
community
we
as
opat.
We
as
everyone,
has
a
say
in
what
happens
next,
and
so
we
do
encourage
people
to
be,
and
this
is
why
getting
to
know
opat
is
so
important,
because
you
know
I
like
to
walk
up.
A
We
don't
do
anything
alone,
we
don't
do
anything
like
what
we
have
done
has
always
been
collaborative
approach.
So
can
we
do
it
alone?
Do
we
have
the
air
BPD?
Yes,
we
do
we
meet
with
epd,
we
talk
to
BPD,
we
meet
with
the
mayor,
and
but
do
we
do
it
alone?
No,
we
work
with
other
organizations.
We
work
with
the
organization
with
Frank
Sparrow.
We
work
with
ie.
We
work
with
Equity.
A
We
think
that
it
is
a
collaborative
approach.
We
also
think
it's
an
approach
that
requires
BPD
to
buy
in
from
the
beginning
and
so
meeting
with
the
new
commissioner
and
really
being
concrete.
We
do
meet
my
teammates
with
starting
as
early
this
year.
We
have
a
data
meeting
with
BPD,
because
we
know
that
the
data
comes
from
them
and
we
want
to
be
intentional
about
what
that
data
looks
like
again.
The
fio
data
was
we
were.
A
A
What
was
the
Reasonable
Suspicion?
What
was
it?
We
don't
have
all
that
information,
I'm
trying
to
be
very
nice
in
this
I
didn't
need
all
I
didn't
need
the
narrative.
What
I
wanted
to
know
was
the
data,
because
now
we
need
to
have
because
for
me
stopping
the
12
year
old,
I
think
I've
been
since
we've
gotten
this
12
year
old
data.
That's
how
I
talk
about
it.
A
A
A
And
I
can't
wait
a
year
for
you
to
tell
me
why
you
need
to
write
the
narrative.
So
it's
those
are
the
things
that
we
are
getting
to
in
this
office.
So,
yes,
we
can
do
it
because
we
did
do
it.
We
started
this
process
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
saying
we're
going
to
have
meetings
because
we're
going
to
start
getting
this
data
and
then
July.
H
And
nephew
in
this
community
living
here,
I
had
the
same
concerns
that
most
of
you
have
I've
been
stopped
out
of
police
I've,
had
guns
pulled
on
me
by
the
police
here
in
Boston
and
I
am
just
as
concerned
about
data
collection,
because
that's
our
proof,
you
know
a
12
year
old.
Being
stopped
in
question.
Is
never
voluntary
I,
don't
care
what
that
was
about?
H
H
A
K
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Leroy
Stoddard
I'm,
a
resident
of
Jamaica
Plain
I,
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
a
wrongful
death
suit
going
to
federal
court
next
Wednesday
I'm
going
to
be
there
with
supporters
of
this
man
and
his
family
and
I
want
to
leave
you
each
a
card.
You
can
read
about
this
case.
If
you
don't
not
familiar
with
it,
it
was
31
shots
fired
by
six
officers,
Five
Boston
police.
Two
and
a
half
years
ago,
there's
been
a
report
from
the
Norfolk
County
D.A
in
30
days.
K
She
exonerated
those
offices,
the
Suffolk
County
DA's,
have
not
yet
issued
a
report
after
two
and
a
half
years.
There
are
so
many
questions
in
this
case.
Just
from
my
layperson
examination,
it
stinks.
This
is
a
mentally
ill
man.
Four
out
of
ten
people
killed
by
the
police,
Nationwide
are
mentally
ill.
K
If
our
Police
Department
continues
to
employ
the
officers
without
an
examination
that
were
involved
in
this,
all
of
us
are
under
threat.
My
children
are
under
threat
because
you
take
racial
bias
out.
You
reach
the
default
position
of
a
police
department.
This
is
how
we
treat
people
who
look
like
us.
K
You
see
what
I'm
saying
this
needs
attention.
It
needs
Alliance.
It
needs
solidarity.
It
needs
examination
by
people
in
your
position
and
people
in
your
position
and
I
think
we
can
achieve
some
justice.
We
we
certainly
need
to
is
overdue,
so
please
hand
these
out
the
it's
9,
28
or
9
00
a.m.
A
week
from
today,
you
may
not
be
able
to
hold
a
sign
like
I
am,
but
the
other
people
will
and
for
this
commission
to
learn
from
this
case.
K
What
went
wrong?
What
went
wrong
after
that?
What
went
wrong
after
that,
what
was
said
by
offices
after
they
shot
look
into
that
there
were
some
things
that
nobody
should
be
saying
when
death
is
in
front
of
them
things
that
were
said,
they
raised
the
kind
of
issues
that
are
at
the
core
of
why
we
have
a
body
such
as
Opeth.
Why
we
need
it,
we
need
you
to
be
strong
and
determined
to
give
us
Justice
and
a
police
department
we
deserve.
Thank
you.
K
K
You
can
read
the
Press
I
have
done
what
what
you
do.
Is
you
read
the
Press?
You
read
other
reports.
You
can
inform
yourselves,
as
you
did
about
George
Floyd,
about
Brianna
Taylor,
about
what
happens
in
our
own
City,
so
I'm,
not
asking
you
to
conduct
an
investigation.
I
don't
have
standing
as
a
family
member.
K
H
K
B
My
name
is
Michael
reiskin
I'm
from
Jamaica
Plain
I've
got
three
questions,
I'll
ask
two
and
then
ask
to
be
heard
again.
If
there's
time,
I'm
wondering
if
surveillance
and
drones
and
helicopters
are
in
your
mandate,
I
know
they
are
in
the
post,
State
Post
mandate,
but
I'm
wondering
if
opat
is
planning
to
deal
with
it.
And
my
second
question
is
a
process.
Question
is
the
fio
form
used
by
the
Boston
Police
Department
available,
and
can
you
make
it
available
to
me?
Thank
you.