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Mayor William Peduto, Councilman Reverend Ricky V. Burgess, and members of council, the community and the city Public Safety Department hold a press conference regarding legislation introduced later that morning.
B
Thank
You,
river
and
I
also
want
to
thank
Reverend
Burgess
for
putting
together
this
collaboration,
because
that's
that's
really
what
we're
talking
about
today.
It's
a
way
for
city
government
to
partner
with
organizations
that
are
on
the
ground
floor
in
our
neighborhoods
to
collaborate
with
the
people
that
we
serve
and
to
put
it
together
through
a
filter
of
not
just
public
safety,
but
the
men
and
women
who
make
up
our
different
public
safety.
B
Bureaus
pittsburgh
has
been
blessed
in
that
we've
had
a
positive
relationship
on
a
hole
between
Public,
Safety
and
community,
but
times
come
in
any
city
where
incidents
can
break
that
trust
where
it
was
a
separate
type
of
situation
can
harm
a
community's
relationship
not
only
with
its
Police
Bureau,
but
with
its
city
government
as
well,
and
we've
seen
that
happen
across
this
country.
Every
city
is
prone
to
it
in
the
cities
that
are
able
to
effectively
deal
with.
It
are
the
ones
that
are
proactive.
B
The
the
resolution
that's
being
presented
by
City
Council
formalizes,
a
relationship
and
a
bond
between
Pittsburgh's
Bureau
police,
our
Public
Safety
Bureau
and
our
people,
and
it
works
on
a
positive
way
to
find
ways
to
work
together
to
solve
problems
to
be
able
to
make
Pittsburgh
a
better
place
to
live.
I
want
to
applaud
the
work
of
Pittsburgh
City
Council.
Our
administration
has
been
about
community
policing
from
its
start,
and
this
only
helps
to
more
adequately
formalize
that
policy.
So
thank
you,
Robert.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
So
no
it's
my
task
to
sort
of
explain
or
give
you
an
overview
of
the
program.
Today
we
mayor
council,
Public,
Safety
officials
and
community
representatives
introduced
safer
together,
Pittsburgh's
Community
Partnership
I
would
like
to
thank
mayor
Peduto
members
of
his
administration,
President
Kraus
members
of
City,
Council
and
various
community
represent
a
representative
for
their
leadership
and
participation
in
creating
this
new
initiative.
A
A
This
initiative
is
housed
in
public
safety
and
guided
by
a
diverse
steering
committee
of
community
leaders
and
administered
by
the
dedicated
staff.
The
most
important
work
of
the
community
partnership
will
actually
be
performed
with
and
by
community
partners,
faith-based
and
community-based
organizations,
community
groups,
resident
councils
and
individual
citizens
throughout
the
city.
This
work
will
include,
but
is
not
limited
to
coordinating
a
series
of
local
community
conversations,
creation
of
a
participant
database,
new
communication
tools
and,
overall,
an
extensive
citywide
outreach
effort.
A
This
Community
Partnership
builds
on
the
work
done
by
US
Attorney,
David,
hickton,
Brandi
Fisher
and
the
Alliance
for
police
accountability,
Tim
Stevens
and
the
black
political
empowerment
program
and
the
mica
six
pastors
coalition,
convened
by
dr.
Darrell
Kennedy.
Today,
through
this
community
partnership,
we
can
build
relationships
of
trust
and
cooperation.
Together
to
this
community
partnership,
we
can
increase
diversity
in
mutual
understanding
together
through
this
community
partnership,
we
can
improve
public
safety
by
improving
community
confidence
because
I
believe
as
a
city,
we
are
indeed
safer
together.
A
C
C
So
I
could
not
be
more
proud
to
be
here
today.
I
would
like
to
applaud
the
leadership
of
council
councilman
Burgess
councilman
lavelle
senses.
Apologies
he's
having
some
car
troubles
this
morning.
He
cannot
be
here,
but
you
were
here
also
from
our
leadership
in
public
safety
as
to
their
commitment
to
this
and
again,
I
would
just
like
to
apply
leadership
from
councilman,
Burgess
and
proud
that
City
Council
is
a
part
of
such
an
historic
piece
of
legislation.
Thank
you
very
much
and.
D
Thank
You
Reverend,
as
most
of
you
know,
when
I
first
got
here,
the
mayor
charged
the
Public
Safety
Department
with
building
community
outreach.
We
started
that
effort
in
our
search
for
police
chief
by
having
six
meetings
throughout
the
community,
planting
seeds
and
gathering
information
on
what
the
city
wanted
to
see
in
a
new
police
chief.
D
Since
the
police
chief
arrived
and
I've
arrived,
we
built
a
staff
of
community
outreach
professionals
in
the
Department
of
Public
Safety,
whose
job
is
to
build
upon
those
seeds
for
all
the
bureau's
and
public
safety
throughout
the
city.
We
all
recognize
in
a
department
of
public
safety
that
we
can't
do
this
alone.
D
This
initiative
will
only
help
us
build
upon
the
seeds
that
we've
planted
so
far.
We
have
a
lot
of
great
ideas
in
our
community
outreach
staff
that
we
want
to
move
forward
with
throughout
the
year,
hopefully
get
into
some
youth
programs
into
the
schools
into
the
the
churches
and
other
establishments
and
organizations
in
the
city
and
all
of
the
structure
that
gets
put
in
place
by
this
legislation
will
just
add
to
the
information
and
advice
that
we
can
gather
from
significant
community
leaders
throughout
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
E
Thank
You
director-
this
is
a
very,
very
exciting
moment
for
me.
I
was
hired
here
with
the
understanding
that
I
had
to
a
couple
of
major
challenges:
one
to
build,
build
trust
between
the
Police
Bureau
and
some
of
the
communities
we
serve
particular
communities
of
color
and
two
to
restore
restore
accountability
in
the
integrity
to
the
systems
and
since
I've
been
here,
I've
been
excited
by
to
really
really
powerful
realizations
number
one.
E
The
relationships
between
our
Police
Bureau
and
our
communities
of
color
were
nowhere
near
as
fractured
as
I
had
feared
coming
in
the
door
and
the
continual
God
conversation
I
would
have
regardless
of
context,
is
chief.
What
do
you
need?
How
can
we
help?
We
want
to
work
with
you?
We
need
to
work
together
this
is
it
really
exciting
to
me,
because
the
public
safety
challenges
that
are
plaguing
our
communities,
particular
disadvantaged
communities
of
color,
are
problems
that
police
alone
cannot
solve.
E
I
love
the
name
of
the
initiative,
because
we
as
members
of
the
community,
really
are
safer
together.
When
we
stand
up
in
unison
and
look
at
those
who
are
driving
crime
and
say
we
love
you,
we
care
about
you,
but
we're
not
going
to
tolerate
this
anymore,
we're
with
Public
Safety
on
this
one,
so
I'm
very,
very
excited
about
the
opportunities
of
this
provides
us.
E
The
other
thing
powerful
thing
I've
learned
is:
this
is
a
far
far
far
better
Police
Department
that
people
realize
we've
got
a
lot
of
highly
dedicated
professionals
who
give
their
heart
and
soul
on
a
daily
basis
to
this
community
and
the
one
overarching
value
I
see
resonating
and
every
one
of
my
employees
is
pride
they
want
to
serve.
They
want
to
have
that
powerful
connection.
They
want
to
make
a
difference.
So
this
is
an
exciting
opportunity,
as
leadership
within
our
communities
are
coming
together
to
join.
E
We
the
police,
to
really
make
a
powerful
difference
on
the
public
safety
challenges
that
are
plaguing
us
right
now.
We
should
be
proud
of
ourselves
Pittsburgh
because
you
don't
have
to
look
too
far
around
the
nation
to
see
communities
handling
this
much
differently,
they're
pulling
apart
they're
playing
separate
from
one
another
here
in
Pittsburgh,
we're
pulling
together
so
I'm,
proud
of
us
and
I'm
excited
about
what
we're
going
to
accomplish.
Thank
you.
A
So
this
initiative,
although
lid,
obviously
by
our
mayor,
he
has
allowed
me
to
coordinate
it
and
we've
worked
with
Public
Safety
officials
but,
more
importantly,
and
probably
most
importantly,
we've
had
a
large
outreach
to
community-based
and
faith-based
organizations
who
participate
in
developmental
program.
We
have
two
community
leaders
who
are
going
to
represent
the
scores
of
community
and
faith-based
organizations
that
we've
talked
to
reached
out
to
and
who
have
played
a
important
part
of
the
development
of
this
new
initiative.
We
have
revin
Darrell
Reverend,
dr.
A
Darrell
Kennedy,
who
is
the
pastor
of
the
Rotman
street
baptist
church,
but
also
the
convener
of
the
mica
six
pastors
coalition,
which
is
a
coalition
of
over
50
african-american
pastors
throughout
this
region,
and
in
following
that
we
have
Tim
Stevens,
who
is
the
convener
and
chairperson
of
the
black
political
empowerment
project.
Tim
and
I
have
worked
on
a
series
of
legislative
agendas
in
the
past
and
this
work
continues
to
codify
our
work
and
expand
upon
the
work
we've
done
in
the
past
and
look
forward
to
a
brighter
future.
But
first
dr.
Kennedy.
F
Thank
You
mayor
Thank,
You
city
councilman,
for
giving
us
this
opportunity
to
come.
The
micro
six
coalition
of
pastors
is
not
just
African
American.
It
is
all
pastors
across
this
entire
region.
We
believe
that
it
takes
a
village
to
raise
a
city,
so
we
want
to
work
together
across
racial
lines
across
this
entire
region
to
make
Pittsburgh
the
most
livable
city
for
all
of
its
citizens.
So
we
are
honored
to
today
to
be
at
the
table.
F
We
have
learned
in
our
time
of
living
that
either
you
are
at
the
table
or
you're
on
the
menu
being
cutting
being
cut
up.
So
we
are
glad
to
be
at
the
table
on
the
front
end
to
helping
the
steering
committee
to
be
able
to
work
together
with
the
Public
Safety
with
our
new
police
chief
I
think
this
is
a
great
opportunity,
but
we
believe
that
the
church
has
always
been
a
cornerstone
for
the
community.
We
can
get
our
churches
together.
Our
faith
communities
together
to
work
with
the
government.
G
G
Declared
that
and
I'm,
depending
on
everyone
behind
me
to
back
that,
I
think
this
mayor
I
sent
a
clear
signal
when
he
appointed
mr.
hbu
car
from
out
of
town
as
our
safety
director
to
begin
a
new
day
when
he
had
the
wisdom
to
create
a
community
process
that
mr.
hbu
car
mentioned.
I
went
into
every
zone.
G
G
When
the
mayor
appointed
the
former
Citizen
Police
Review
Board
Chair
as
director
of
office,
a
municipal
investigation
and
his
former
legal
counsel
as
the
city's
solicitor,
think
that
send
a
clear
signal
that
a
new
day
was
beginning.
That's
President,
Barack
Obama
calling
to
congratulate
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
on
having
a
new
day
and
community
police
relations.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor.
G
G
So
the
citizen
Pittsburgh
can
in
fact
have
a
new
level
of
belief
in
the
Pittsburgh
viewer
police
and
how
we
operate
safer,
twogether
pittsburgh.
I
want
to
congratulate
mr.
Burgess
on
his
leadership
and
continuing
the
conversation
that
we
began
out
of
the
Jordan
miles
case
when
he
said
to
me
on
the
afternoon
of
January
26.
He
said
because
of
what
happened
in
Council
that
morning
and
because
he
said
specifically
of
the
kids
who
spoke
in
that
chamber,
we
will
begin
to
initiate
legislation.
G
A
I
want
you
to
do.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
the
presence
of
my
colleagues
on
council.
We
have
Councilwoman
Natalia
Rudy
at
councilman,
Carillo,
Connor
and
Councilman.
Then
Gilman
as
you
see
and
Councilwoman
Theresa
Smith,
who
has
been
from
the
very
beginning,
Theresa
came
to
me
and
said
Reverend.
We
have
to
do
something
to
increase
the
participation
between
the
community
and
and
public
safety
and
in
many
ways,
she's
the
the
the
beginning
of
this
process
and
I'm
going
to
thank
her
for
her
insight
and
so
I.
Think.
Mr.
A
B
Let
me
just
have
one
one
last
point,
because
a
lot
of
people
probably
wonder
what
does
this
affect?
How
will
it
do
changes
Tim's
been
through
this
so
many
times,
and
so
many
press
conferences
like
this
before
it
starts
at
the
very
bottom.
It
goes
to
the
very
top
everything's
on
the
table,
discussions
about
police
procedure
of
how
things
move
along
having
an
understanding
in
the
communication.
So
there
aren't
surprises
programs.
I
just
saw
our
firefighters
walked
by
they're
still
here.
That
would
involve
firefighters.
B
So
that
not
only
do
those
kids
see
that
officer
differently
when
he's
wearing
his
gym
clothes,
but
that
officer
sees
that
kid
differently
as
well,
and
maybe
that
kid
will
one
day
want
to
grow
up
to
be
a
police
officer
and
be
positively
influenced,
and
then
those
discussions
that
we
stay
away
from
the
discussions
on
race
relations.
Those
discussions
that
have
to
be
talked
about
in
order
to
be
able
to
solve
problems-
and
we
have
that
discussion
as
well.
But
we
do
it
in
a
way.