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From YouTube: Summer Safety Strategy Press Conference 2018
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Boston is getting a head start on preparing for the summer. Mayor Walsh joins Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley and other community leaders at Boston Police Department Headquarters to discuss public safety plans and initiatives for the upcoming summer months.
A
A
Let
me
just
first
of
all
thank
thank
the
media
for
covering
today
we
just
had
a
summer
strategy
meeting.
We
had
many
partners
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Obviously,
behind
me,
you're
gonna
hear
from
Commissioner
Evans.
In
a
few
minutes,
you're
gonna
hear
from
the
district
attorney
Dan
Conley.
We
have
members
of
the
faith-based
community,
the
clergy
we
had
members
of
the
nonprofit
community.
A
We
talked
about
working
to
improve
and
raise
the
number
of
summer
jobs
that
we're
gonna
have
this
year,
we're
working
with
our
nonprofit
partners.
Our
for-profit
companies
in
the
city
of
Boston
we've
been
willing
to
step
up
and
hire
more
young
people,
we're
working
on
revamping
our
own
youth
worker
program
in
the
city
of
Boston
and
making
sure
that
we
have
more
conduits
out
to
the
community.
A
In
this
year's
budget
we
have
additional
trauma
services
and
in
our
community,
working
to
really
deal
with
the
effects
of
violence,
but
we're
also
working
on
new
ways
of
reaching
out
to
reaching
out
to
parents
reaching
out
to
young
people
about
how
do
we
prevent
them
from
from
from
an
act
of
violence?
And
that
was
a
lot
of
the
focus
of
today's
meeting.
We're
gonna
be
continued
to
work
on
the
street
worker
program.
We're
gonna
be
continued
in
the
street
walks
the
peace
watch.
A
All
things
are
important,
but
I
know
that
the
questions
that
will
come
from
you
when
this
is
over
is
what
about
the
shooting
and
what
about
that?
Shooting.
What
the
intention
for
today
is
to
end
violence
and
reduce
the
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston.
That's
the
intention
of
this
conversation
today.
It's
about
dealing
with
the
root
cause
of
violence
in
the
city
of
Boston.
You
know
when
you
compare
Boston
to
other,
see
other
major
cities
around
America.
We
are
a
very
safe
city,
but
that
doesn't
mean
anything
for
me.
A
Well,
we
have
and
doesn't
mean
anything
for
the
Commissioner
where
we
have
one
homicide
and
we
have
to
notify
a
parent
that
they
lost
their
child.
That's
a
that's!
A
terrible
situation
to
be
in,
and
we
want
to
do
is
reduce
that
number
this
year.
So
I
commend
all
the
folks
that
are
here
today
and
I'd
like
to
turn
the
microphone
over
the
Commissioner
Evans
and
then
district
attorney
Dan
calling
is
going
to
speak
and
we
have
a
bunch
of
people
here
from
civic
engagement
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
B
Thanks
mr.
mayor
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
to
this
meeting,
I
think
the
whole
idea
where
the
meeting
was
to
pull
all
our
partners
together
and
have
the
best
strategy
going
forward.
So
we
don't
have
any
young
kids
shot
in
our
city
over
the
summer.
You
know
we,
we
went
over
all
the
programs
we're
going
to
have
to
engage
with
the
kids,
whether
it's
you
know
the
teen,
the
police
academy,
youth
police
dialogues.
You
know
so
many.
B
You
know
the
tennis
programs,
the
basketball
we
do
so
much
with
the
kids,
but
also
talk
about
you
know
where
we
need
to
deploy.
We
just
put
on
a
class
thanks
thanks
to
the
May
of
97
officers,
who
are
out
in
the
districts
now
I'm
hoping
that
will
allow
us
to
put
more
officers
out
on
foot
as
well
as
on
bicycles.
B
You
know
we
have
a
citywide
bike
unit
who
are
deployed
based
where
the
violence
is,
but
we're
looking
to
get
more
visibility
out
there
in
the
playgrounds
in
the
parks
everywhere
with
the
whole
idea
working
with
the
community
in
prevent
violence.
We
talked
about
mothers,
groups,
helping
us
be
proactive
to
prevent
violence,
but
oh
no,
it
was
a
very
productive
meeting,
we're
all
going
to
work
together
to
try
to
make
this
to
save
the
city.
B
We
started
out
with
prayer
and
we
ended
it
with
prayer,
hoping
we
have
a
peaceful
summer
so
far
this
year,
who
have
taken
almost
270
guns
off
the
street.
You
know
the
last
couple
of
days
I
think
we
took
three
or
four
off
a
day,
so
we're
trying
our
hardest.
You
know
to
solve
this
violence
issue,
it's
not
about
taking
guns.
It's
about
all
of
us
working
together,
the
police,
the
community,
the
district
attorney's
office.
All
of
us,
the
parents,
community
leaders,
because
you
know
working
together
is
the
only
way
we're
going
to
solve
this.
B
You
know
I'm,
proud
to
say
every
year
our
crime
has
been
going
down
under
Mayor.
Walsh
arrests
have
been
coming
down.
You
know,
oh,
that
the
only
thing
that
we
continually
have
problems
with
is
young
kids,
shooting
young
kids
and
that's
gonna,
be
our
main
focus
to
stop
the
violence
this
summer.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming.
I.
Also
want
to
thank
the
media
for
covering
it
because
we
all
have
to
work
together
and
you
get
the
word
out.
We'll
get
people
mobilized,
hopefully
to
help
us.
C
Commissioner,
thank
you
very
much.
I
stopped
making
an
observation
as
just
a
citizen
of
Boston
who's
lived
here.
My
entire
life
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
police
commissioner
for
the
tremendous
planning
and
preparation
that's
gone
into
this
summer
strategy.
It
was
very
impressive
and
they
are
well
prepared
to
deal
with
anything
that
may
come
this
summer.
C
So
congratulations
to
them
and
thank
you
to
them,
as
we
all
should
be
thankful
to
them
as
citizens,
for
the
work
that
they
put
into
this
preparation,
but
gun
violence
of
violence
and
gun
violence
in
particular,
is
that
is,
is
impulsive
generally,
so
they
can
only
do
so.
Much
and
they've
worked
very
hard
to
put
a
lot
of
things
in
place
so
that
kids
don't
resort
to
picking
up
guns
and
shooting
one
another.
So
the
message
I
guess
that
I
would
send
is
the
district
attorney
now.
C
Is
this
please
take
advantage
of
the
programs
and
the
opportunities
that
are
in
place
for
you
this
summer,
but
a
raid
to
my
left
and
right.
There
are
so
many
people
that
want
to
help
you
and
my
hope,
for
you
is
that
you
in
fact
will
take
that
opportunity
and
not
resort
to
joining
gangs,
picking
up
guns
or
using
violence.
But
I
will
say
this.
If
you
do,
then
we
are
going
to
come
down
on
you
very
hard
in
our
office
anyways.
C
We
are
going
to
try
to
hold
you
accountable
and
keep
you
off
of
the
street
this
summer.
That's
not
what
you
want.
That's
not
what
we
want.
So
please
take
advantage
of
these
many
programs
and
if
you're,
a
community
based
organization
and
you're,
not
here
today,
I'd
ask
you
to
reach
out
to
the
police
department
and
join
in
if
you
care
about
this
issue,
join
us
to
make
this
the
safest
summer
in
the
history
of
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you
very
much.
Come.
A
On
one
more
one
more
person
to
come
to
this
microphone,
one
of
the
things
that
I
hear
in
commissioning
his
a
lot
is
untreated
trauma
when,
when
a
young
person
experiences
violence,
when
a
community
experiences
violence,
how
do
we
respond
to
that
and
getting
the
proper
services
out
to
the
community
to
talk
to
these
young
people
that
are
hurting
because
their
friend
their
brother,
their
sister,
their
cousin
somebody
they're
connected
with
lost
their
life?
And
we're
really
been
focusing
in
the
last
two
years?
A
D
Thank
You
mayor
and
thank
you
to
all
of
the
folks
who
have
spoken
so
far.
It
really
is
the
working
together
that
will
make
the
difference.
As
the
mayor
said,
the
city
has
trauma
teams
that
are
buried
in
part
of
the
neighborhoods
that
we're
most
concerned
about.
So
those
teams
are
in
the
neighborhoods
that
they're
there
they
have
capacity
to
get
people
into
services,
both
practical,
concrete
services,
but
also
mental
health
services,
so
that
people
can
be
on
the
road
to
recovery.
D
After
some
violent
incident
has
happened,
we
also
have
a
team
that
is
Boston
trauma
response
that
is
part
of
jri
they're
part
of
our
network.
They
are
able
to
move
around
the
city
I'm
holding
in
my
hand,
a
car
that
we
give
to
people
when
they're
impacted
by
trauma
that
we
give
to
people
when
we're
at
a
scene,
and
so
the
car
talks
about
and
there's
a
larger
brochure
that
talks
about
what
is
trauma.
D
How
do
you
know
it's
impacting
your
health,
your
ability
to
cope,
to
go
to
school,
to
go
to
work,
to
build
relationships,
what
you
can
do
about
it
and
who
to
call
for
help?
The
who
to
call
for
help
is
a
hotline
number,
that's
on
the
back
of
the
car,
and
so
someone
calls
that
number.
We
will
respond.
What
we'll
reach
out
to
them
talk
to
them
about
how
you
can
get
connected
to
services
that
will
help
you
recover
from
your
exposure
to
seeing
of
being
being
exposed
to
some
violence
in
the
community.
A
And
one
last
thing:
chief
crotches
whispered.
In
my
ear,
this
is
probably
one
of
the
most
productive
some
meetings
we've
had
in
the
last
five
years.
We
just
hope
that
it's
the
most
effective
and
as
the
summer
goes
on,
we
will
know
how
that
works.
Open
up
for
questions
for
anybody's
questions.
For
me,
the
Commissioner
Dan
Connolly
Mott
Scott.
A
We're
gonna
be
whether
it's
a
peace
walk,
whether
it's
helping
identify
some
young
people
that
might
need
help.
Maybe
it's
a
summer
job,
maybe
maybe
it's
just
a
hug.
Maybe
you
know
some.
Some
mothers
and
families
need
help
whatever
whatever
it
is.
We
have
services
in
the
city
between
all
of
our
efforts
that
in
the
sheriff's
department,
the
district
attorney's
office
that
we
can
actually
help
and
I
think
that
you
know
Commissioner
Evans
talks
a
lot
about
if
a
parent
identifies
the
young
one
of
the
young
people
in
their
home
has
a
gun.
A
We're
still
working
on,
we
talked
about
a
strategy
and
so
I'm
not
we
were
just
putting
it
all
together
now,
but
we
have
a
lot
of
mothers
groups
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Is
there
an
opportunity
for
us
that
mobilize
some
of
the
mothers
to
do
to
do
visits?
Father
Conway,
who
was
here,
talked
about
going
to
young
people's
homes
that
might
have
dropped
out
of
high
school
they're
kind
of
in
the
shadows?
Is
there
an
opportunity
for
us
to
go
to
those
homes?
A
Get
those
young
people
re-engage
them,
whether
it's
a
summer
job
or
a
program,
so
that
we
don't?
They
don't
fall
off
the
shot
and
we
lose
them
forever.
Things
like
that
in
in
some
neighborhoods
people,
when
we
do
the
peace
walk
so
at
the
12th
after
this
church
passage
era
literally
knocks
on
doors
of
families,
and
they
people
come
out
and
they
see
us
and
we
talk
about
it.
So
how
do
we
get
more
engaged
in
opportunities
like
that?
As
far
as
reaching
out
to
different
communities
and
different
neighborhoods.
B
I
believe
right
now,
I
think
about
homicide
right
now,
it's
16
for
the
year
I
think
three
of
them
were
stabbed.
So
we
have
you
know,
and
so
we
are
up
right
now,
six
homicides
from
where
we
were
last
year,
but
tomorrow
last
year
we
had
four
whether
it
was
the
day
the
doctors
died,
which
is
sad
and
to
others.
B
So
if
we
knocking
what,
if
we
don't
have
any
today,
then
we'll
be
down
to
tomorrow,
so
the
good
thing
is
we're
down
on
the
ten
shooting
so
far
this
year
from
last
year,
so
of
all
gun,
violence
is
down.
Unfortunately,
we
had
two
more
deaths
than
we
will
have
as
of
tomorrow.
So
again,
with
with
we've
taken
270
guns
off
the
street,
a
lot
of
young
kids,
which
is
concerning
you
know.
Last
week
we
had
a
16
and
18
year
old
fire
shots
behind
the
building
and
the
officers
chased
them
down.
B
So
when
we
talk
about
strategy,
we
talked
about
getting
the
guns
out
of
these
young
kids
hands
and
in
it
just
can't
be
a
police
problem
because
somehow
they're
getting
them,
we
need
the
mothers
to
help
us.
Don't
be
afraid
to
call
us
if
they
need
help
community
members,
community
organizations,
but
you
know
for
months
through
the
year
we
have
16
debts
too
many.
But,
like
the
mayor
said
we're
probably
clearly
anyone
would
take
that
numbers
for
a
major
city,
but
we
won't
be
happy
until
we
have
zero
homicides
and
zero
shootings.
B
So
far
this
year,
yeah
yeah
yeah
I
mean
to
tell
you
the
issue
we
have
and
we
got
three
guns
off
an
individual
from
Maine.
Yesterday,
17-year
old
gray
riding
around
the
city
with
three
guns-
and
you
know
if
he
parks
that
car
somewhere,
then
those
three
guns
are
stolen
and
then
we're
out
there
dealing
with
the
violence
from
those
three
guns-
and
you
know,
as
we
always
say,
you
know,
we
still
have
the
gun
buyback
program
out
there.
B
So
if
people
want
to
turn
in
their
guns,
if
people
want
a
gun
lock,
we
have
those-
we
usually
send
out
letters
and
obviously,
if
your
gun
stolen,
are
you
going
to
sell
it?
You
know
transfer
it
by
state
law.
You
got
to
go
into
a
computer
database
and
record
that,
because
you
know
that's
the
way
we
can
trace
guns
and
find
out
where
all
the
guns
are
coming.
So
you
know
we
get
good
gun
laws
here.