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From YouTube: OPAT Ceremonial Signing 1-4-21
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Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
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A
A
750
people
there
at
boston,
hope
and
in
the
midst
of
all
this
george
floyd
was
murdered,
and
that
was
for
me
personally
very
challenging
because,
as
I
said
in
the
past,
I
wanna
I
I
didn't
know
what
quite
honestly,
what
the
right
words
were
and
and
at
the
time
I
said
that
I'm
going
to
listen.
I
took
some
heat
for
that.
Some
people
criticized
me
for
saying
that,
and
at
that
moment
in
time
that
was
the
right
thing
to
do
and
what
we
did
was
we.
A
A
We
also
created
the
office
of
equity,
carolyn
crocker,
dr
carolyn
crockett
is
our
first
ever
chief
and
she's
on
this
now,
and
I
want
to
thank
her
for
her
work.
She's
done
some
amazing
work
in
a
very
short
period
of
time
and
really
making
sure
equities
at
the
center
of
everything
that
we
do
in
the
city
in
every
department,
every
cabinet,
every
office,
every
person
and
we're
working
there,
and
I
think,
one
of
the
most
dynamic
things
we
did
was
put
together.
A
This
police
reform
task
force,
and
I
want
to
just
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you.
I
want
to
thank
chairman
wayne
budd
for
sharing
this
reverend
brown.
Thank
you
alison
cartwright.
Thank
you
jamal
crawford.
Thank
you
sergeant,
eddie
crispin.
Thank
you,
joe
fisa.
Thank
you,
darren
howell.
Thank
you,
javier
flores.
Thank
you,
tanisha
sullivan
president
naacp.
A
Thank
you
maurice
st
floyd.
Thank
you
dennis
white
superintendent,
dennis
white.
Thank
you
because
when
we
put
this
task
force
together
or
what
I
said
to
you,
was
I'm
not
going
to
be
meddling
around
in
the
task
force,
I'm
not
going
to
be
giving
you
direction
and
telling
you
what
to
do
whatever
you
do
the
work
you
do.
A
You
do
and
you
make
recommendations
to
me
and
we're
going
to
take
those
recommendations,
and
you
know
it's
important
that
we
we
we
do
this
to
do
this
work
and
this
work
was
done
very
transparent,
very
open
and,
quite
honestly,
I
think
that
the
dynamic
responses
come
out
of
this,
creating
the
office
of
police,
accountability
or
known
as
the
opat.
I
think
more
people
will
will
be
able
to
understand
what
that
is
in
a
little
bit
working
on
the
reform
task
force.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
A
This
is
not
the
beginning
of
our
work,
and
this
is
not
the
end
of
our
work.
This
is
a
continuation
of
our
work
and
we're
going
to
continue
on
in
this
journey
together
the
task
force
those
people
that
the
public
that's
listening
today.
The
task
force
has
has
offered
their
assistance
to
me
as
advisors
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
here,
and
I
took
them
up
on
that.
A
I
also
want
to
say
a
word
about
our
police
department.
We
have
the
best
police
department
in
the
country
and
there's
no
reason
why
anyone
should
be
fearful
of
what
we're
doing
today.
What
we're
doing
today
is
adding
accountability,
whether
it's
in
training,
whether
it's
in
hiring,
whether
it's
in
diversity,
whether
it's
in
police
misconduct.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
do
everything
we
can
that
people
have
the
full
faith
and
trust
in
the
boston
police
department.
A
As
I
said,
this
is
a
continuation
of
work,
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
your
incredible
work
and
before
I
sign
this,
I
think
I'm
supposed
to
turn
over
to
jim
and
brad
to
say
a
few
words
so
chairman.
But
if
you
wouldn't
mind,
then
then
we'll
go
through
the
process
of
signing
this.
B
B
B
This
new
office,
now
known
as
the
oppac,
would
be
designed
to
staff
and
support
the
civilian
review
board
in
the
internal
affairs
oversight
panel,
replacing
the
previous
co-op
board.
It
would
create
a
single
point
of
entry
for
residents
issuing
and
having
complaints
and
would
offer
an
enhanced
and
strengthened
level
of
civilian
input.
B
We
also
recommended
that
the
overarching
commission
made
up
of
the
chairs
of
the
three
branches
be
given
the
power
of
the
subpoena
to
ensure
it
was
given
adequate
means
to
promote
accountability.
This
fall.
We
as
a
task
force
were
pleased
that
the
mayor
knew
mr
mayor
acted
swiftly
by
signing
two
executive
orders
to
create
a
civilian
review
board
and
an
internal
affairs
oversight
panel.
But
today,
by
signing
this
ordinance,
the
opat
office,
the
civilian
review
board
and
the
internal
affairs
oversight
panel
have
been
established
into
law.
B
I
want
to
thank
also
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
on
behalf
of
the
task
force
for
your
commitment
and
leadership
in
creating
the
task
force
and
not
only
supporting
but
implementing
our
recommendations
for
lasting
change.
So
our
thanks
goes
out
to
you,
mr
mayor,
and
on
behalf
of
the
task
force,
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
serve
in
this
capacity
for
you
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
for
your
great
work
and
I
truly
appreciate
everything
that
you've
done
guiding
this
and
I
appreciate
the
friendships
that
have
been
made
throughout
this
task
force
and
working
together.
I
also
want
to
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention,
commissioner,
william
grass,
commissioner
grass
is
the
leader
of
the
boston
police
department.
I
want
that
the
commissioner
for
his
his
great
work
and
the
command
staff
for
for
all
understanding
and
and
recognizing
the
importance
of
this
moment
in
time.
A
So
thank
you,
commissioner
gross.
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
city
council,
ed
flynn,
city
council,
kim
janey,
michael
flaherty,
michelle
wu,
julia
mejia,
liz,
braden,
anisa,
sabi,
george
councillor
bach.
I
think
that's
who's
here
today,
but
the
other
councils
as
well
for
your
great
work.
Thank
you
very
much
for
all
of
your
work
this
year,
because
this
has
been
really
an
incredible
year
and
it's
not
over.
I
mean
it's
2020
2020
is
over,
thank
god,
but
2021
is
now
a
year
of
action.
A
We
need
to
continue
the
action
we
need
to
continue
to
move
forward.
I
often
say
people
often
turn
the
page
when
an
incident
like
what
happened
in
minneapolis
happened,
we
don't
turn
the
page.
We
need
to
stay
on
that
page.
We
need
to
continue
to
do
this
work,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
all,
and
now
I'm
going
to
sign
this
ordinance
into
law
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
on
behalf
of
the
I'm
doing
this
for
the
residents
of
the
city,
but,
most
importantly,
the
task
force
members
that
are
on
here,
the
incredible
work.