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A
Okay,
it's
just
about
6,
30
and
megan.
I
will
turn
the
meeting
over
to
you.
B
Great,
thank
you
hi.
Everyone.
Can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
okay,
great,
so
thank
you
for
joining
us
tonight.
This
is
the
second
of
six
public
outreach
meetings
that
will
be
held
as
part
of
the
binghamton
police
reform
and
reinvention
collaborative
tonight's
meeting
is
for
local
neighborhood
groups,
and
the
purpose
is
to
solicit
input
from
members
of
the
city's
various
neighborhood
organizations
regarding
improvements
or
reforms
to
the
binghamton
police
department.
B
B
Your
input
is
necessary
to
reach
these
goals,
as
outlined
in
governor
cuomo's
executive
order.
Just
for
some
contact
context.
For
those
of
you
who
may
not
be
familiar,
the
city
has
selected
the
finn
institute
for
public
safety
to
serve
as
an
independent
research
partner.
In
this
effort,
the
finn
institute
is
charged
with
collecting
and
tracking
public
input
and
themes.
During
these
outreach
meetings
and
surveying
stakeholders
for
additional
inputs,
they
will
be
reviewing
a
video
copy
of
tonight's
meeting.
B
As
you
can
see
on
your
screens,
we're
joined
tonight
by
other
members
of
the
collaborative
steering
committee,
including
mayor,
rich
david
binghamton,
police
chief,
joe
zakowski.
I
believe
district
attorney
michael
korczyk
is
here
with
us
public
defender,
mike
baker
and
many
other
members
of
the
steering
committee.
So
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
for
members
of
the
public
watching
tonight.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
interest
and
remind
you
about
the
upcoming
opportunities
for
public
input.
B
As
I
said,
tonight's
meeting
with
local
neighborhood
groups
is
one
of
six
outreach
meetings
that
includes
an
open
public
comment
meeting
on
february
18th
at
6
30
pm.
You
can
find
the
full
meeting
schedule
on
the
collaboratives
page
of
the
city
website
for
anyone
who
wishes
to
provide
comment
during
any
one
of
these
upcoming
meetings.
Please
email,
the
collaborative
to
register
at
bpd
collaborative
city
of
binghamton.com
community
members
can
also
submit
written
comments
to
that
same
email
address
and
again
that's
bpd
collaborative
at
city
of
binghamton.com.
B
For
tonight
we
will
hear
directly
from
members
of
local
neighborhood
groups
about
a
dozen
of
you
have
signed
up
to
participate
in
this
meeting
and
on
behalf
of
the
steering
committee,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
make
your
voice
heard
on
this
topic.
I
know
many,
but
not
all
of
you.
Through
my
work
in
the
mayor's
office,
I've
attended
your
neighborhood
meetings
and
I've
seen
firsthand
how
much
you
care
about
our
community
and
the
issues
that
affect
those
of
us
who
live
here.
B
B
And
again
all
of
this
information
is
part
of
the
community
input
record
that
will
be
included
in
the
finn
institute's
compilation
of
public
comment,
so
I
will
be
moving
down
the
list
of
order
based
on
when
participants
registered
to
speak
and
first
up
on
our
list
is
richard
janacio
from
the
south
side,
neighborhood
assembly.
B
Okay,
so
next
on
the
list
is
tina.
Cronopolis
tina
are,
are
you
here.
C
Problem
all
right,
I'm
ready
when
you
are.
C
Okay,
super
hi
good
evening.
My
name
is
tina
cronopoulos
and
I'm
here
representing
fair
deal,
binghamton
a
neighborhood
group
of
folks
who
live
mostly
on
the
west
side.
I
personally
have
lived
and
worked
in
binghamton
for
ten
and
a
half
years
last
summer,
some
of
us
decided
to
research
how
the
binghamton
police
operates
and
what
it
does.
I'm
here
to
share
with
you
what
we,
as
ordinary
people,
have
been
able
to
find
out.
C
According
to
historical
budgets,
the
number
of
people
employed
by
the
bpd
has
remained
more
or
less
steady
since
1970,
when
there
were
145
people
working
for
the
department.
The
budget
for
2021
lists
142
positions.
Since
1970
the
population
of
the
city
has
decreased.
We
have
gone
from
64
000
residents
to
an
estimated
45
000
residents
in
2019,
that
is
a
30
drop,
meaning
that
the
number
of
police
officers
per
resident
has
gone
up
when
it
is
not
clear
at
all
that
crime
has
gone
up
proportionally
and
thus
requiring
the
same
number
of
offices.
C
C
One
of
our
members
was
able
to
obtain
records
of
use
of
force
applications.
We
analyzed
these
records
from
2015
to
2019..
I
will
only
talk
about
applications
of
force
on
those
under
the
age
of
18..
This
is
what
we
found.
Use
of
force
is
disproportionately
applied
to
black
children
in
2015,
75
or
9
children
on
whom
force
was
used
were
black
in
2016,
55
or
21.
Children
were
black
in
2017,
78
or
21.
Children
were
black
in
2018,
68
or
15.
Children
were
black.
Finally,
in
2019,
82
or
47
children
were
black.
C
C
This
is
not
okay,
no
one
should
ever
be
laying
hands
on
a
child
least
of
all
police
officers.
The
experience
is
deeply
traumatizing
and
we
are
asking
for
this
committee
to
develop
robust
policies
and
a
system
to
ensure
that
bpd
officers
do
not
lay
hands
on
children,
nor
that
they
point
guns
or
tasers
at
them.
We
also
ask
that,
as
a
matter
of
course,
any
use
of
force
on
a
child
or
someone
under
the
age
of
18
be
investigated
by
a
citizen's
review
board.
C
There
is
no
information
currently
available
on
the
bpd
website.
That
would
make
it
possible
for
someone
to
figure
out
how
to
file
a
complaint
which
should
be
remedied
immediately.
There
should
be
information
on
how
to
submit
a
claim
and
to
whom
and
how
it
will
be
handled.
We
propose
that
the
committee
recommend
the
establishment
of
a
citizen's
review
board
that
includes
members
from
the
community
and
that
a
process
be
developed
which
would
allow
residents
to
put
themselves
up
for
election
and
for
residents
to
choose
who
represents
them
on
this
committee.
C
At
the
moment
there
is
no
oversight
and
transparency
as
regards
civilian
or
other
complaints
against
the
bpd.
Only
those
that
are
upheld
are
able
to
be
viewed
by
the
public
and
since
the
bpd
tends
to
rule
in
its
favor,
most
of
the
complaints
are
dismissed
and
the
community
will
never
know
about
these
incidents.
We
ask
that
the
bpd
get
rid
of
its
armored
vehicle
and
instead
call
on
the
national
guard
when
its
use
would
be
warranted.
C
In
addition,
there
is
no
reason
that
police
need
to
dress
up
in
military-like
equipment
and
essentially
play
soldier
when
ordinary
people
are
protesting.
The
failures
of
this
country,
bpd,
has
been
collecting.
Data
on
vehicle
and
traffic
stops
for
several
years
now.
We
would
like
to
know
if
this
data
is
being
analyzed
by
anyone,
whether
in
bpd
or
elsewhere,
and
what
you
are
learning
from
it
as
regards
the
race
or
ethnicity,
of
those
who
are
being
stopped
and
what
measures
are
going
to
be
put
in
place
to
work
against
potential.
C
C
C
A
final
note,
this
past
tuesday,
the
mayor
characterized
the
groups
that
have
worked
together
with
the
community
to
come
up
with
a
plan
for
police
reform
as
anti-police
hate
groups.
As
someone
who
has
worked
with
some
of
these
groups,
I
personally
am
dismayed
at
this
divisive
and
unproductive
language.
It
comes
across
as
a
rhetorical
tactic
aimed
at
silencing
and
dismissing
ordinary
people
like
me,
who
are
working
towards
a
world
in
which
black
folks
do
not
have
to
be
afraid.
They
won't
see
their
teenage
daughters
or
sons
again
after
they
leave
the
house.
C
The
definition
of
a
hate
group
is
this,
and
I'm
almost
done
a
hate
group
is
a
social
group
that
advocates
and
practices
hatred,
hostility
or
violence
towards
members
of
a
race,
ethnicity,
nation,
religion,
gender,
gender
identity,
sexual
orientation
or
any
other
designated
sector
of
society
notice.
How
about
just
about
all
of
the
above
are
circumstances
of
birth.
People
are
not
born
police,
so
they
should
not
be
lumped
in
with
the
above
groups.
The
police
is
a
profession.
C
If
my
and
our
desire
to
see
the
binghamton
police
department
be
held
accountable
and
be
more
transparent
to
be
demilitarized
and
to
have
resources
diverted
towards
tackling
the
devastating
effects
of
poverty,
addiction
and
houselessness
makes
me
and
us
anti-police
haters,
then
why
are
we
even
here?
Isn't
the
whole
point
to
look
at
how
policing
in
binghamton
negatively
impacts
black
folks
and
listen
to
the
community
when
it
tells
you?
These
are
the
problems,
and
here
are
some
ideas
on
how
you
can
fix
them?
C
B
Thank
you
tina
for
your
comment
and
for
for
making
time
to
to
address
the
committee
tonight
next
up
on
our
list.
We
have
well,
you
know
what
let's
circle
back,
I
see
richard
richard
janacio
from
the
south
side
neighborhood
assembly
has
has
joined
us
richard.
If
you'd
like
a
couple
minutes
speak
the
floor
is.
B
B
B
B
Okay
carol's
having
carolyn
is
having
tech
issues.
It
looks
like
okay.
D
D
D
Can
hear
you
if
you
all
this?
This
is
all
this
technical
stuff,
I'm
an
old
person
and
this
technical
stuff
is
like
whoa.
That's.
D
They've
been
to
my
house
a
few
times
the
other
morning.
I
forgot
to
turn
the
alarm
off
and
the
gentlemen
were
here
and
every
time
I've
talked
with
the
police
or
been
in
contact
with
them.
They've
been
very
good,
I'm
very
happy
with
them.
What
they're
they're
doing
I?
I
was
a
professional
firefighter
medic
with
the
city
of
binghamton
for
25
29
years.
D
B
B
Okay,
how
about
mike
woodward
you're
next
on
our
list
mike,
if
you
wanted
an
opportunity
to.
E
Speak
hello:
my
name
is
mike
woodward,
I'm
from
the
north
side
assembly.
Personally,
I've
never
had
any
issues
with
binghamton
anytime
that
we
had
a
problem.
Binghamton's
always
had
a
really
really
good
response
time.
As
far
as
getting
to
our
house,
I've
never
personally
seen
any
seen
any
issues
other
than
just
you
know
the
normal
parking
tickets
and
like
that.
So
I
have
no
complaints
about
binghamton
at
all
and
that's
all
I
really
got.
B
F
Oh,
my,
I
don't
have
a
big
speech
which
is
unusual
for
a
person
of
clergy
background,
but
I
I
want
to
echo
a
couple
of
things.
I've
already
heard.
F
I
think
we
have
a
fairly
effective
police
force
in
many
ways,
although
I
think,
as
as
tina
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
perhaps
more
officers
per
capita
than
is
necessary,
and
my
hope
is
that
as
statistics
show
us-
and
I
don't
know-
bingham
binghamton's
statistics
particularly,
but
as
statistics
tend
to
show
us
too
many
of
the
the
calls
that
the
police
and
some
of
the
most
dangerous
calls
the
police
have
to
respond
to
are,
are
involved
with
substance.
F
Abuse
are
involved
with
mental
health
issues,
and
I
know
some
communities
in
the
country
are
experimenting
with
some
kind
of
shared
program
with
other
kinds
of
psychological
services,
and
I
think
that's
a
huge
thing
and
I
think
that's
perhaps
the
most
important
thing
we
should
be
talking
about.
Is
you
know
I
don't
like
slogans
like
defund
the
police,
because
that's
not
the
issue
at
all.
I
think
change
the
priorities,
perhaps
for
some
of
that
funding.
F
Since
we
have
such
a
relatively
high
ratio
per
capita
of
police
to
citizens,
I
will
also,
however,
echo
that
my
experiences
with
the
binghamton
police
have
been
very
good,
so
I
don't
have
anything
to
complain
about.
I
just
am
hoping
that
we
can
do
better.
The
the
other
thing,
especially
in
those
mental
health,
related
issues.
F
F
I
think
in
my
work,
I'm
on
the
north
side.
By
the
way
I
didn't
say
that,
but
the
centenarian
street
methodist
church
on
the
north
side
and
and
I
live
in
the
city
of
binghamton,
but
up
near
ely
park
golf
course.
I
I
think
we
lose
so
much
when
we
don't
have
those
personal
relationships
between
the
police
and
the
citizenry
and
when
police
spend
as
much
of
their
time
as
they
do
either.
F
You
know
at
their
desks
in
the
station
in
the
cars
and
not
as
much
time
actually
talking
with
people
we
just
we
build
up
these
walls
and
and
assumptions
about
each
other.
I
find
that
in
my
work
in
the
church,
when
we,
when
we
don't
have
contact
with
even
our
neighbors
in
the
neighborhood,
we're
just
less
effective.
So
those
are
the
two
points
that
are
important
to
me.
F
I
think
we
need
to
somehow
build
relationships,
more
interpersonal
relationships
with
with
the
officers,
and
we
need
to
work
on
partnering
with
some
kind
of
of
psychological
services,
because
that's
that's
a
big
important
thing.
I
think
we
can
do
to
avoid
some
of
the
tragedies
we
have
seen
nationally.
B
Thank
you
reverend.
Thanks
for
for
sharing
your
input
and
for
taking
the
time
to
be
with
us
tonight,
I
want
to
try
again
with
mr
gennacio
from
the
south
side,
neighborhood
assembly.
I
think
he
reconnected.
Let's
see
if
we
can
hear
him.
B
Richard
we
are
still
we're
still
having
some
connections
with
you.
I
don't.
I
don't
think
it's
just
me.
It
sounds
like
your
service
might
be
breaking
up
a
little
bit
if,
if
you
wanted
to
send
us
a
written
comment,
just
like
everyone
else,
so
that
that
the
bpd
collaborative
for
yourself
or
the
south
side
neighborhood
assembly,
we
would
be
happy
to
take
comment
that
way
or
to
try
again
at
the
public
comment.
B
Meeting.
Okay
next
on
our
participant
list
is
michael
musa.
Mustaches
margaret's,
margaret
street
neighborhood
watch
is
michael
with
us
tonight.
A
Does
not
look
like
michael
is
with
us
here
at
the
moment.
B
Okay,
okay,
so
we
also
have
with
us
tonight.
As
I
mentioned
several
members
of
the
steering
committee,
we
are
fortunate
that
a
number
of
those
members
have
ties
to
our
neighborhood
groups
and
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
give
each
of
them
the
the
floor
and
a
chance
to
provide
some
input
here
too.
The
the
first
up
in
that
regard
is
marianne,
callahan
she's,
a
steering
committee
member
and
also
a
member
of
the
first
ward
neighborhood
watch.
So
mary
on
the
floor
is
yours,
hello,.
H
H
Rod
serling
one
of
binghamton's,
most
celebrated
sons
used
to
say
everyone
has
a
hometown
and
binghamton's
mine.
Like
him.
I
also
grew
up
in
binghamton.
The
first
ward
was
my
neighborhood
and,
except
for
nine
years
spent
in
afghanistan.
It
has
been
my
home
and
as
someone
who
spoke
at
the
faith
community
meeting
on
tuesday
mentioned,
binghamton
was
always
seen
as
a
safe
place.
A
great
place
to
grow
up
in
the
ward,
as
my
neighborhood
was
often
called,
was
heavily
immigrant
back.
H
H
In
fact,
all
of
us
kids
knew
that
if
you
ever
misbehaved
whether
at
school
or
as
we
played
on
the
street,
you
were
likely
to
be
stopped
and
reprimanded
by
neighbors
before
you
got
home
and
your
parents
got
you.
What
we
could
never
figure
out
was
how
they
always
seemed
to
know
and
in
that
place,
and
that
time
we
were
told
over
and
over
that
the
police
were
your
friends.
H
But
I
am
convinced
that
it
was
like
that.
For
so
many
of
us,
our
parents,
like
all
parents,
struggled
with
the
same
economic
challenges
and
they
all
wanted
the
best
for
their
kids
and
binghamton
was
right.
Next
to
the
home
of
the
square
deal,
there
was
an
archway
on
main
street
leading
to
johnson
city.
That
said
so,
but
times
change
and
places
change
as
well.
H
We
have
heard
tonight
many
people
talk
about
what's
right
and
what's
wrong
and
they're
all
right,
they're
all
correct
in
what
they're
saying,
as
as
far
as
it
is
in
their
view,
but
nothing's
going
to
change
until
we
start
to
to
look
together
for
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
need
to
do
so
as
we
move
forward.
One
very
important
thing
in
this
whole
exercise
is
that
we
create
opportunities
for
our
police
and
our
people
to
know
each
other
and
to
understand
each
other,
so
community,
policing
civilian
review
boards
neighborhoods.
B
Thanks
so
much
marianne
for
your
comments
and
for
being
here
with
us
and
your
work
on
the
steering
committee
next
up
is
deborah
hogan,
a
center
city
resident
and
also
a
steering
committee
member
deborah
are
you?
Are
you
here
with
us
tonight?
Yes,
I
am
megan.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
we
can.
The
floor.
Is
yours.
I
I
I
I
I
It
was
the
time
when
you
had
people
dealing
out
of
buildings
and
customers
pulling
up
in
their
vehicles.
I
remember
146
holly
street
that
is
now
torn
down.
I
utilized
that
scenario
of
a
business
because
it
was
a
business.
You
had
people
who
were
the
dealers
that
had
security
systems,
whether
it
be
human
or
the
rottweilers.
You
had
customers
of
all
socioeconomic
backgrounds,
be
the
customers.
I
You
had
office
managers
and
it
was
just
something
that
a
girl
from
the
suburbs
still
in
broome
county,
who
had
only
been
exposed
to
cigarette
smoke
in
the
girls
bathroom,
was
a
wide
opening
at
times
terrifying
experience.
I
was
the
proud
owner
of
a
consulting
that
I
had
opened
in
1994
and
having
an
annual
celebration.
I
I
We
decided
to
contact
the
police
department.
It
was
then
sergeant
munson
and
jim
lewis
that
came
to
my
office
to
meet
with
me
and
a
small
group
of
neighbors
to
understand
what
was
neighborhood
watch.
We
had
to
gather
a
grouping,
and
I
remember
our
very
first
meeting
hosted
at
saint
mary's,
church,
feya
and
court
street
and
mayor
bucci
was
our
guest
speaker
and,
of
course,
we
all
had
issues
of
trafficking,
whether
it
be
on
pine,
holly,
susquehanna,
fayette,
the
true
heart
of
center
city-
and
I
remember,
miss
angie
slider.
I
She
one
of
her
complaints
was
the
fireworks
at
nicest
stadium
and
we
didn't
think
that
that
was
a
complaint
because
it
wasn't
community
based
for
the
police
department.
But
what
it
was
is
everyone's
concerns
that
grew
into
what
was
known
as
neighbors
against
crime,
and
we
had
meetings
monthly
with
various
guest
speakers
from
the
police
department.
I
The
district
attorney's
office
to
help
us
in
essence
be
the
eyes
and
ears
for
the
police
department,
whether
we
were
taking
down
license
plate
numbers
or
descriptions,
and
it
was
very
hard
for
me
that
at
that
time
who
were
doing
the
sales
in
essence,
was
young
black
men,
age
18
to
approximately
24,
and
I
didn't
felt
very
uncomfortable
with
those
descriptions
and
when
I
was
suggested
to
go
to
the
citizen
police
academy,
which
I
encourage.
That
needs
to
come
back.
I
It
was
approximately
a
six
to
eight
week
once
a
week
and
we
learned
about
each
and
every
department
whether
it
was
a
traffic
department.
It
was
the
training
department,
it
was
a
face
to
the
badge
and
we
understood
how
the
police
could
help
us,
but
not
only
the
police,
the
various
departments
within
city
hall,
the
mayor's
office
code
enforcement.
I
We
then
grew
into
having
various
activities
in
the
community
to
build
those
relationships
to
get
to
know
neighbors
whether
it
was
the
christmas
party
at
st
mary's.
When
we
had
the
greenman
senior
center,
we
had
our
halloween
party
and
parade.
It
was
getting
families
together
and
getting
to
know
the
young
people.
I
We
then
morphed
into
the
national
night
out
celebration
very
proudly
with
reverend
osby
and
we
had
hot
dog
parties,
somewhat
upwards
of
400
people
attended
that
the
crime
prevention
booklets
were
given
out,
the
police
came
out
from
city
hall
and
they
were
in
our
park.
The
most
exciting
was
the
canine
demonstration,
the
young,
everyone
from
to
senior
citizens
from
the
binghamton
housing
authority
came
down
and
it
was
just
a
wonderful
celebration,
but
we
got
to
know
each
other.
I
We
got
to
know
the
city
officials
and
when
we
had
complaints
they
would
know
we
had
the
concerns.
It
was
very
much
a
bonding.
I
also
wanted
to
just
note
that
one
of
my
neighbors
when
tallied
the
cost
of
repeated
calls
at
one
property
that
was
an
issue
in
center
city.
She
figured
it
was
21
000
a
year
for
services,
whether
it
was
police,
fire
and
code,
so
working
with
those
departments
was
crucial,
was
able
to
share
our
experiences
and
spoke
to
many
neighborhood
watch
groups
in
the
first
ward,
the
west
side
and
east
side.
I
I
too
was
concerned
about
the
recent
acquisition
of
the
military
vehicle
and
was
able
to
reach
out
to
the
department
and
training
officer.
Charpinski
actually
was
able
to
schedule
an
appointment
for
me
to
see
it,
but
due
to
some
medical,
I
wasn't
able
to
do
that.
So
again.
If
there
was
a
concern,
we
were
able
to
discuss
it.
I
I
I
To
talk
about
those
relationships,
and
we
had
a
meeting
at
st
mary's
recreation
center,
where
we
gathered
youth
from
the
urban
league,
boys
and
girls
club,
and
I
think
there
was
a
programs
at
the
yw
and
ym
and
police
officers
that
were
off-duty
jeans
and
t-shirts
had
a
round
table.
They
got
to
talk
about
how
and
why
they
were
a
police
officer.
The
young
people
got
to
ask
questions,
so
that
was
a
partnership
that
was
founded
and
the
last
thing
the
diversity
I
was
a
proctor
for
the
civil
service
exams.
I
If
we
do
not
have
members
of
the
minority
community
taking
those
civil
service
exams,
we
cannot
have
them,
be
police
officers,
the
wheaton
seed
program,
partnered
officers
with
people,
young
people
wanting
to
take
the
exams.
Let's
dust
off
that
plan
of
several
years
ago,
phenomenal
program
brought
almost
a
million
dollars
into
this
community.
Thank
you
for
the
time,
and
I
just
am
very
passionate
about
center
city
and
the
relationships
we've
established
with
the
binghamton
pd.
B
Thanks
so
much
deborah,
thank
you
for
sharing
and
for
for
your
time
too,
on
the
on
the
steering
committee.
We
appreciate
it
also
on
the
steering
committee
and
and
with
us
tonight,
is
dave
hawley.
He
is
a
member
of
the
south
side,
neighborhood
assembly
and
also
a
long
time,
binghamton
school
board
member,
so
dave.
If
you
would
like
a
few
minutes
to
to
comment
the
floor,
is
yours.
J
Thank
you,
megan,
just
a
couple
of
quick
things.
I
would
like
to
mention
everyone
singer
mentioned
and
a
few
others,
and
in
our
last
meeting
talked
about.
I
think,
which
is
one
of
the
most
important
issues,
is
the
issue
of
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
and
the
need
for
the
police
department
to
have
more
support
in
those
areas
actually
for
the
whole
community
to
have
support
in
those
areas.
We
really
need
work
on
that.
J
And
the
other
thing,
I'm
a
long
time
resident
of
binghamton
and
over
the
years
I've
come
to
know
a
lot
of
binghamton
patrolmen,
a
lot
of
policemen
as
neighbors
and
friends,
and
as
tina
quinnopolis
mentioned,
that
I
think
it
is
important
that
the
police
officers
live
in
the
community
and
have
community
ties
in
the
neighborhoods.
I
think
that's
an
important
issue.
J
The
other
big
issue
I
hear
I've
heard
come
up
is
the
again
the
diversity
in
hiring
and
the
fact
that
we
need
to
make
our
police
force
look
more
like
the
community.
J
B
Steve
thanks
thanks
for
being
with
us
and
for
your
for
your
work
on
the
steering
committee.
Next
up,
we
have
councilman
joe
burns.
Councilman
burns
represents
the
fifth
district.
Also
on
the
south
side.
Councilman
the
floor
is
yours.
A
Thank
you
megan.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
being.
A
Here
you
know
my
experience
with
the
binghamton
police
department
personally
has
always
been
good,
and
I
grew
up
with
with
friends
whose
parents
were
were
police
officers
and
some
of
them
became
police
officers,
and
now
I
know
some
of
their
children
who
are
police
officers.
A
So
I
I
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
the
people
that
go
into
law
enforcement
and
the
binghamton
police
department,
but
as
everybody
was
talking,
and
especially
the
other
night
when,
when
we
had
the
speakers,
the
reverence
speaking,
I
thought
of
a
story
that
happened
and
you
want
me
to
speak
about
the
south
side.
This
this
story
happened
on
the
south
side
and
I
have
a
friend
named
perry.
Kendrick
perry
is
a
he's.
A
black
man
and
he's
grew
up
in
in
in
in
he
grew
up
in
this
community.
A
A
He
and
his
son
and
his
brother
put
together
this
whole
inside
of
my
house
that
you're
looking
at
they
worked
on
a
lot
of
the
burns
family's
houses,
my
brothers
and
my
nephews,
and
this
this
one
day
my
son
owns
a
two
family
over
on
brook
avenue
and
there
was
a
left
one
that
had
a
flood
over
there
due
to
one
of
the
tenants
leaving
water
on,
but
so
we
had
to
put
a
new
floor
in
and
we
had
a
plumber
go
in
and
we
had
an
inspector
go
in
to
make
sure
that
it
was
all
taken
care
of,
and
I
was
in
charge
because
my
son
was
living
up
in
ithaca
and
I
was
supposed
to
leave
the
key
in
the
mailbox
for
everybody.
A
A
A
A
I'm
gonna
have
to
be
nicer.
I'm
gonna
have
to
be
more
polite
than
you
have
ever
been
in
your
life,
and
I
better
have
my
story
down
absolutely
perfectly
and
if
my
son
reaches
for
his
hammer,
I
hope
the
cop
doesn't
think
he's
reaching
for
a
weapon
because
he
could
get
really
bad
and
he
said-
and
if
the
cop
isn't
nice
to
me,
then
my
son
is
not
going
to
like
that
at
all.
A
And
now
we're
going
to
have
a
real
problem
on
our
hands
and
I
said
perry
you
thought
of
all
that
in
five
seconds
and
he
said
joe
I've
had
to
live
my
whole
life.
Thinking
like
that
now
this
is
a
man
who
grew
up
whose
group
brought
his
family
up
just
off
riverside
tribe.
They
went
to
binghamton
high
school
they're,
absolutely
he's
a
wonderful
grandfather
and
he's
60
some
years
old,
and
he
has
been
having
to
live
that
way
and
think
that
way
his
whole
life.
So
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
here.
A
B
Councilman
burns.
Thank
you
for
for
your
comments
tonight
for
your
work
with
us
on
the
steering
committee.
We
also
have
with
us
councilman
tom
scanlan
councilman
scanlon
is
with
us
via
phone,
so
I'm
going
to
try
now
councilman
scanlon
can
are
you
able
to
to
talk
to
us
here?
B
Okay
looks
like
we
might
not
be
able
to
to
do
that.
I
apologize
and
I
thank
you
for
your
patience
for
the
the
tech
issues
that
we
were
having
tonight
with
both
on
our
end
and
on
with
some
of
the
participants.
B
B
All
public
input
meetings
are
recorded
and
will
be
available
online
on
the
city
of
bingham's
website
under
the
2021
binghamton
police
reform
and
collaborative
page.
The
next
public
outreach
meeting
is
for
community
advocacy
groups
and
will
take
place
tuesday
february
9th.
At
6
30
pm
representatives
from
community
advocacy
groups
can
email,
bpd
collaborative
at
city
of
binghamton.com
to
sign
up
and
participate
in
that
meeting
and,
like
I
said
any
resident
who
has
thoughts,
questions
or
input
in
general
can
email
that
same
address
at
any
point
to
submit
written
comment.