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From YouTube: CityTalk with John McIntire: Neil Connor & Tariq Francis
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On this episode of CityTalk, John interviews Neil Connor from the Department of Innovation & Performance and Tariq Francis from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.
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Welcome
to
another
episode
of
city
talk
where
we
try
to
figure
out
what
these
people
do
all
day
and
by
these
people
I
mean
the
hundreds
of
employees
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
say
hello
to
neil
connor,
who
is
a
colleague
of
mine
in
the
department
of
innovation
and
performance
or
inp.
As
we
like
to
say,
neil
welcome
to
the
program.
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B
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So
a
lot
of
the
city,
computers
that
we
have
right
now
are
10
15
years
old,
they're,
barely
functioning
they're
falling
apart
and
so
we're
taking
all
of
their
devices
and
giving
them
new
windows
10
devices
provisioned
by
dell
and
in
some
cases
most
because
of
the
pandemic,
giving
them
laptops.
So
they
have
the
option
to
work
from
home.
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B
Yeah,
so
I
was
told
that
a
physician
was
opening
up
and
the
devices
team
and
they
said
that
they'd
like
to
see
me
apply
for
it
and
see
where
we
went
from
there.
I
was
one
of
four
candidates
and
they
said
that
my
qualifications
matched
and
I
had
been
with
the
department
for
nine
months
already
and
they'd
like
to
hire
me.
B
B
I
grew
up
in
florida
and
then
I
spent
let's
see
three
or
four
years
in
the
chicago
area,
with
the
bad
side
of
my
family
and
then
I
took
a
job
as
a
flight
attendant
and
ended
up,
not
using
my
degree
in
computer
science.
I
lived
in
new
york
for
a
little
bit
lived
in
denver
colorado
for
a
little
bit
and
then,
when
the
pandemic
hit,
I
got
furloughed
and
started
trying
to
use
my
prior
experience
and
my
degree.
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B
A
B
No,
I
think
I'm
going
to
stay
computer
focused
the
pandemic.
Really
left
me
with
an
impression
of
two
things:
two
careers
that
I
don't
ever
see
really
losing
value
are
computers
in
medicine,
and
so
I'm
very
thankful
that
I
had
some
experience
to
begin
with,
to
be
able
to
jump
into
this
internship
and
build
from
there,
and
I
think
I'll
just
stick
with
this
career
and
you
know,
try
and
really
accumulate
some
knowledge.
As
I
go.
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B
I
was
told
that
you
know
things
are
a
little
bit
chaotic
generally
across
departments,
and
I
don't
really
see
that
I
think,
especially
with
the
pandemic.
I
see
a
lot
of
cooperation.
I
see
a
lot
of
people
coming
into
work
and
they
didn't
have
to
see
a
lot
of
people
caring
and
going
the
extra
mile
to
try
and
get
everybody
moving
and
rolling.
So
for
me
it's
been
a
positive
experience.
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B
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B
B
Yeah,
I
would
actually
I
think,
that
the
city
takes
very
good
care
of
its
employees.
I
haven't
seen
anything
out
of
the
ordinary
that
would
make
you
say:
no.
I
really
enjoy
my
job
I
enjoy
interacting
with
other
people
and
all
the
other
departments
we
all
get
along
really
well.
We
have
good
working
relationships.
A
B
And
that
might
be
a
little
bit
different,
but
with
the
amount
of
zoom
falls
that
I've
been
in
every
day.
I
know
most
of
these
people
and
what
they
look
like
I'll,
be
it's
not
a
little
box
like
we
are
right
now,
so
maybe
seeing
them
in
person
will
be
a
little
different,
but
I'm
pretty
comfortable
with
everybody.
It'd
be
nice
to
see
them
and
point
out
be
like
hey.
I
know
you.
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C
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C
Oh
cops,
kids,
kids.
Yes,
that's
one
of
my
favorite
weeks.
We
do
it
for
about
three
or
four
weeks
with
for
different
groups
of
kids
due
to
covet
last
year
was
the
first
year
I
wasn't
able
to
participate
or
we
didn't
have
it,
but
those
are
of
that's
the
week
where
you
get
to
interact
with
different
youth
from
around
it
area
and
not
so
much
just
in
a
policing
setting
you,
you
take
them
to
different
places.
You
really
get
to
know
them.
C
C
They
don't
they
actually,
they
actually
treat
us
like
teachers
for
the
most
part,
so
they're,
very
respectful,
we've
never
had
any
issues
at
the
camp.
A
lot
of
kids
are
come
back.
So
a
lot
of
kids.
You
get
to
know
through
the
years,
because
they'll
come
from
the
time,
they're
not
to
the
time
they
age
out
of
the
out
of
the
camp.
C
A
C
C
C
C
C
What
do
you
like
about
it?
That
is
never
the
same
one
minute
you
can
be
dealing
with
a
parking
complaint
next
minute.
It
could
be
a
violent
domestic
next
call
might
be
a
missing
juvenile
you
just
you,
never
really
know
what
you're
going
to
get.
So
that's
that's
what
I
like
about
it
is.
Is
it's
not
bland?
It's
just
it's
something
different
call
to
call
so.
A
B
C
Phone
and
answering
machine
set
up,
she
was
blind,
her
husband
had
recently
passed
away
and
she
needed
the
new
phone,
her
phone
and
answer
machine
set
up
and
she
called
911
and
get
it
done.
So
I
just
you
know
I
came,
I
set
it
up
and
it
worked
with
another
officer
to
get
get
her.
Some
more
services
also.
C
You
definitely
do
a
little
bit
of
both.
You
just
got
to
be
patient.
I
mean
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
she
called
for
help,
you
know,
and
I'm
I'm
there
to
help
her
set
it
up
to
the
best
of
my
ability.
I
wish
I'm
more.
I
did
have
to
leave
the
answer.
The
hardest
part
was
she
wanted
her
answer
machine
in
spanish,
so
I
had
to
figure
that
out
to
set
up
her
answer
machine,
so
they
can
speak
spanish.
C
C
I've
been
fortunate,
we,
my
family,
fortunate.
We
we
didn't
miss
a
beat
cover,
19
came
into
effect
and
they
made
some
some
changes
at
work,
but
we
still
had
to
go
so
they
it
was
pre,
it
was
no
covet.
I
was
at
work,
they
said,
okay
covet
put
some
protocols
in
place
and
we
were
at
work
the
next
day.
So
I
mean
fortunate
for
me,
like
I
didn't
have
to.
I
wasn't
laid
off
or
anything
of
that
nature
and
my
family.
We
didn't
really
miss
a
beat.
C
I
would
it
has
to
be
a
calling,
though,
because
it's
not
it's
you.
You
have
some
really
really
good
days,
and
then
you
have
some
really
really
tough
days,
so
you
got
to
have
thick
skin,
especially
with
the
climate.
Now
you
gotta
be
willing
to
be
patient,
and
then
you
gotta
you,
you
really
have
to
to
be
an
effective
police
officer.
C
You
have
to
know
your
job,
you
have
to
know
what
you
can
and
can't
do
this
way
if
somebody's
telling
you
to
get
out
their
face
and
you
have
no
grounds
to
be
in
there
get
out
their
face,
leave
them
alone.
But
if
you
have
to
be
there,
you
have
a
lawful
reason
to
be
there
and
you
have
to
do
your
job
and
you
could
effectively
do
your
job
as
long
as
you
you
study
up,
and
you
know
what
your
job
is.
I
definitely
will
recommend
it
to
anybody
who's.
C
New
jerseys
look
just
a
little
bit
a
little
bit
faster
in
terms
of
the
hustle
and
bustle.
More
people
are
kind
of
hustling
in
new
jersey.
Like
you
know
everybody
you,
your
neighbors
selling
socks.
You
know
they
got
a
full-time
job,
but
they
you
know
they
might
be
selling
socks
or
two
houses
down,
they
might
be
selling
dinners.
So
it's
just
pittsburgh
is
really
is
really
unique,
because
it's
so
so
many
bridges
and
rivers
and
tunnels.