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B
Great
thank
you
jared.
Can
everyone
hear
me?
Okay,
okay,
great
hi,
everyone
thanks
so
much
for
joining
us
tonight.
This
is
the
fifth
of
six
public
outreach
meetings
held
as
part
of
the
binghamton
police
reform
and
reinvention
collaborative
tonight's
meeting,
as
you
all
know,
is
for
local
youth
and
education
organizations.
B
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
is
to
solicit
input
from
these
stakeholders
regarding
improvements
or
reforms
to
the
binghamton
police
department.
For
those
of
you,
I
don't
know,
my
name
is
megan
brockett.
I
work
in
mayor
rich
david's
office
as
assistant
for
neighborhood
and
youth
affairs
and
I'll
be
serving
as
the
moderator
for
tonight's
meeting.
B
That's
including
mayor,
rich
david
binghamton,
police,
chief,
joe
zakusky
district
attorney,
michael
korczyk
and
public
defender
mike
baker
and
several
others
for
the
members
of
the
public
watching
tonight
from
home.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
interest
and
remind
you.
There
will
be
one
final
opportunity
to
address
the
steering
committee
in
this
format
on
thursday
february
18th
at
6
30
pm.
That's
when
the
collaborative
will
host
its
open
public
comment
meeting.
B
As
a
reminder,
the
city
has
selected
the
finn
institute
for
public
safety
to
serve
as
an
independent
research
partner.
In
this
effort,
finn
is
charged
with
collecting
and
tracking
public
input
and
themes.
During
these
outreach
meetings
and
surveying
stakeholders
for
additional
input,
they'll
be
reviewing.
A
video
copy
of
tonight's
meeting
tonight
is
about
hearing
directly
from
local
youth
and
education
organizations
on
the
ways
the
police
department
can
better
serve
the
city's
diverse
community,
improve
public
safety,
implement
21st
century
policing,
strategies,
strengthen
relationships
and
address
the
disparities
that
affect
communities
of
color.
B
B
Your
participation
tonight
is
important,
and
we
appreciate
you
being
here
in
order
to
make
sure
everyone
has
a
chance
to
speak
I'll,
make
my
way
through
our
list
of
registered
participants
turning
the
floor
over
to
each
of
you
one
by
one
for
up
to
five
minutes
when
your
name
is
called
please
just
unmute
yourself,
introduce
yourself
tell
us
which
organization
you're
with
and
whatever
you
would
like
to
share.
As
part
of
the
record
for
this
meeting,
we
want
to
hear
your
experiences,
thoughts,
concerns
and
ideas
for
improving
policing
in
our
community.
B
As
a
reminder,
this
is
a
listening
session
and
not
a
q,
a
or
a
panel
discussion,
so
for
each
speaker,
I'll
start
the
five
minute
timer
when
your
input
begins
and
let
you
know
when
we
reach
the
time
limit
at
that
point,
I'd
ask
you
to
please
just
wrap
up
your
comment
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
speaker
after
tonight's
meeting.
The
steering
committee
may
wish
to
follow
up
with
you
for
additional
input
or
questions
again.
B
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
turn
it
over
now
to
our
list
of
participants
and
the
first
speaker.
Our
first
speaker
tonight
is
rob
egan
with
with
the
identity
youth
center
in
binghamton,
so
rob
if
you'd
like
to
unmute
yourself.
C
C
C
Research
has
shown
that
lgbtq
youth
are
more
likely
than
their
straight
counterparts
to
report
negative
contact
with
police.
A
number
of
factors
can
lead
lgbtq
youth
into
interacting
with
police
officers.
Some
lgbtq
youth
may
experience
rejection
after
they
come
out
to
their
parents
or
guardians
about
their
sexuality
or
their
gender
identity.
C
C
And
in
doing
so,
we
don't
even
have
to
look
very
far
for
some
reinvention.
In
fact,
our
neighbors
up
north
in
syracuse,
the
syracuse
police
department
in
december
of
2019,
actually
enacted
a
policy
for
interacting
with
transgender
people,
and
the
really
great
thing
about
this
is
that
it
was
written
with
collaboration
from
community
members
and
organizations
with
experience
and
expertise
so
that
it
really
helped
to
build
that
trust.
C
And
I'm
just
going
to
highlight
some
of
the
things
that
this
policy
does
and
it
requires
officers
to
use
a
person's
pronouns
that
they
use
for
themselves.
Regardless
of
what's
written
on
their
government.
Id
officers
are
also
directed
to
be
respectful
of
a
person's
gender
identity
and
refrain
from
using
derogatory
or
demeaning
remarks.
C
And
you
know
there
was
a
group
over
the
summer
that
actually
put
together
a
great
list
of
proposals
and
solicited
input
from
hundreds
of
community
members,
and
some
of
their
proposals
are
really
great,
and
I
think
some
of
the
highlights
are
some
community
advisory
board.
So
people
have
a
place
to
go
to
file
a
grievance
right,
that's
being
reviewed
by
an
impartial
committee
of
community
members,
so
that
people
who
do
have
grievance
actually
feel
that
their
grievance
is
going
to
be
addressed
with
fidelity.
B
Bob
thank
you
so
much
for
for
sharing
your
your
comment
tonight.
If
you
have
that
as
written
testimony,
we're
encouraging
all
panelists
to
go
ahead
and
share
that
to
the
bpd
collaborative
email,
so
we
can
get
it
submitted
as
part
of
the
record
as
written
comment
as
well.
Thank
you
again
for
for
for
participating
and
being
here
with
us
tonight.
A
Thank
you
megan,
and
thank
you
to
the
steering
committee
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
these
comments.
I'm
emilia
la
dolce
I'm
the
executive
director
of
vines
from
day.
One
vines
has
worked
toward
building
a
local
food
movement,
that's
inclusive
of
all
and
grows
community.
By
connecting
people
through
positive
and
empowering
endeavors.
A
A
Food
justice
is
social
justice
and
it's
vines
mission
to
create
a
just
and
sustainable
food
system.
These
two
things
go
hand
in
hand
in
our
country.
People
of
color
are
the
most
severely
impacted
by
hunger,
poor
food
access,
diet,
related
illness
and
other
problems.
With
the
food
system,
african-american
households
face
hunger
at
two
times
the
rate
of
white
and
non-hispanic
households
and
have
higher
rates
of
diabetes,
hypertension,
heart
disease
and
heart
disease
than
other
groups,
with
black
children
facing
a
500
percent,
higher
rate
death
rate
from
asthma
compared
with
white
children.
A
A
However,
this
issue
is
critically
important
and
we
encourage
you
to
take
more
time
for
this
process
and
learn
all
that
you
can
from
as
many
people
and
voices
as
you
can,
especially
those
who,
who
are
often
not
given
a
seat
at
the
table.
So
I
hope
this
is
just
the
beginning,
the
beginning
of
this
process.
B
Thanks
so
much
amelia
for
your
time
and
for
your
comment
tonight,
we
appreciate
it.
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
here
if
you're
on
the
list
be
a
speaker
tonight,
and
you
have
webcam
capabilities,
if
you
can
go
ahead
and
turn
your
webcam
on,
we
would
appreciate
it
next
up
on.
Our
list
of
speakers
is
dr
jody
dowey,
dr
jolly,
did
you
want
an
opportunity
to
comment
tonight?
B
D
So
can
you
hear
me
right
now?
Yes,
okay,
yes,
so
basically
I
teach
in
the
first
year
research
immersion
program
at
binghamton
university,
which
involves
the
first
year,
students
as
they
first
come
in,
and
I
have
a
student
team
who
had
generated
a
sort
of
pre-proposal
poster
last
semester
trying
to
address
issues
important
to
police
reform,
including
the
school-to-prison
pipeline
and
issues
of
folks
who
have
mental
health
conditions.
D
That
would
predispose
them
to
having
adverse
interactions
during
school,
and
so
these
students
are
very
interested
in
developing
surveys
to
to
get
feedback
from
members
of
the
community
on
how
they
feel
about
interactions
inside
the
school's
school
systems
of
binghamton,
with
both
police
officers
and
any
available
mental
health
counselors,
and
so,
but
basically,
we've
primarily
come.
I
have
some
of
my
students
here.
I
have,
I
don't
know
if
you
could
see
one
of
them.
Kaylee
fan
fans
here
and
alicia.
D
Any
of
these
proposed
changes
in
the
system
or
changes
in
emphasis,
etc.
So
that's
we're
just
kind
of
coming
forward,
hoping
to
learn
what
other
members
of
the
community
are
interested
in,
developing
and
hoping
to
be
part
of
the
process
to
to
kind
of
build
a
an
improvement
system,
moving
forward
to
kind
of
keep
track
of
data,
as
it
may
be
generated.
Does
that
make
sense.
B
Yes,
thank
you,
dr
joey,
and
and
your
students
for
being
here
tonight.
For
your
time
we
have
your
email
address.
If
you
have
that
and
written
testimony
or
anything
further
you'd
like
to
submit
as
written
testimony,
please
feel
free
to
send
it
over
and
thank
you
again
next
up
on
our
list,
we
have
damian
cornwell,
who
is
here
for
jen
lesko
tonight
from
the
broome
county
urban
league
damian.
E
Hi
folks,
first
of
all,
thanks
so
much
for
the
city
for
putting
this
together,
I'm
the
director
of
operations
for
the
broome
county,
urban
league
and
by
plan
we're
really
more
of
an
organization
in
need.
We
focus
a
lot
right
now
on
workforce
development
and
we're
just
designed
to
help
people
that
need
help,
try
to
give
them
a
hand,
a
hand
up
instead
of
a
handout.
We
do
retraining
in
the
workforce,
job
placement,
child
care
services
and
a
vast
right
of
a
vast
variety
of
other
things.
E
As
far
as
the
discussion
of
community
policing,
what
we'd
like
to
see
happen
is
we'd
like
the
negotiation
to
be
more
focused
on
involving
police
in
community
programs
with
kids
at
an
earlier
age.
I
think
the
issue
right
a
lot
of
times
is
the
communication
and
that
people
don't
have
a
chance
to
give
a
correct
perspective.
That's
untainted!
When
we
start
with
folks
that
are
of
an
older
age.
E
So
to
do
that,
one
of
the
things
we'd
like
to
see
is:
you
know
more
programs
that
are
integrated
with
officers.
I
think
back
in
the
day,
once
upon
a
time
we
used
to
have
basketball
leagues.
Now
I
know
the
pandemic
has
made
things
like
that
very
hard
to
do,
but
it's
something
we
should
still
think
about
for
different
activities.
You
know
mixing
and
matching
different
groups
of
kids
with
with
officers
and
then
one
of
the
things
that
the
urban
league
can
do
is
they
do
license.
E
E
So
that
would
be
my
story,
I'm
sticking
to
it.
I
don't
have
the
best
lighting
because
in
my
car
right
now
in
my
truck,
but
I
pulled
over
underneath
the
light
in
the
parking
lot
to
do
the
best.
I
could
so
I'll
keep
it
short
and
probably
leave
you
okay.
But
if
you
guys
have
any
questions
you
can
contact
us
at
723-7303.
E
B
F
Hi
megan.
Thank
you
very
much
for
inviting
us
I'm
looking
on
the
screen
for
my
student
asia
she's
a
student
at
binghamton
high
school.
I
teach
the
new
visions,
law
and
government
academy
and
I
recruit
my
students
from
15
different
districts
in
the
area
and
I'm
very
lucky
to
be
able
to
say
that
this
is
a
rich
environment
in
which
to
teach
students
about
the
law
and
the
government.
F
Some
things
are
brand
new
to
them
and
unfortunately,
some
of
my
students
have
had
experiences
with
a
lot
of
our
services
before,
but
thanks
to
the
public
defender's
office,
the
district
attorney's
office,
the
mayor's
office,
the
county
executive
and
all
our
local
and
federal
level
officials.
My
students
get
a
really
broad
view
of.
What's
going
on
and
what's
available
to
them
in
our
community.
F
I
do
appreciate
hearing
from
rob
egan
from
the
identity
youth
center.
I
think
that
is
really
important.
I
have
never
had
a
year
teaching
at
new
visions
where
I
haven't
had
students
who
face
issues
like
he
was
discussing
so
I'd
like
to
introduce
my
student
asia
and
she
can
tell
you
where
she
goes
to
school
and
what
her
career
interests.
F
And
we're
very
lucky:
we
do.
We
are
interviewing
all
of
the
candidates
for
family
court
for
the
2021
election,
as
we
did
for
the
judge,
holly
levine,
who
was
elected
in
2020,
so
we
have
really
good
access
to
family
court
under
normal
circumstances
and
also
through
teams
and
zoom
we're
able
to
watch
in
city
court.
So
I
really
think
giving
young
people
in
our
community
access
and
involvement
in
our
justice
system
is
a
really
critical
point
in
creating
connections
instead
of
divisions.
B
H
H
H
When,
when
will
binghamton
police
release,
information
to
another
agency?
Does
binghamton
police
release
information
about
immigration
status?
If
a
student
or
community
member
has
concerns
about
the
presence
of
a
federal
immigration
official
on
a
campus,
can
they
can
they
call
campus
police
to
let
them
know?
H
You
know
this
person
is
here
on
our
campus,
so
you
know
answers
to
those
questions
and
having
them
publicly
available
does
show
support
for
undocumented
students
and
people
within
our
community
for
greater
consideration
for
all
people,
regardless
of
immigration
status,
is
information
on
how
to
interact
with
police
believe
it
or
not.
This
is
not
exclusive
to
just
international
students
or
even
undocumented
students,
but
sometimes
that
can
be
new
for
all
students
and
and
younger
people
who
are
newer
to
the
community.
H
What
to
do
during
traffic
stops
on
and
off
campus
what
to
do
if
pulled
over,
mainly
because
with,
in
particular
with
undocumented
people.
That's
one
of
the
main
ways
that
they
are
detained
is
through
traffic
stops,
so
any
information
available
would
be
a
good
faith
effort.
Some
proposed
best
practices
would
be
that
university
police
in
particular,
will
not
question
hold
or
arrest
students
on
the
basis
of
immigration
alone,
that
police
will
not
participate
in
joint
immigration
enforcement
efforts
with
other
law
enforcement
officials
unless
required
by
law.
H
So
for
those
who
are
here
who
are
unfamiliar
judicial
warrant
is
an
official
court
document,
usually
with
the
designation
of
a
specific
core
and
signed
by
a
judge.
Administrative
warrants
are
signed
by
ice
agents
stating
that
a
person
is
being
designated
for
possible
arrest
and
possible
deportation
proceedings.
H
So
the
best
practice
we're
recommending
here
is
that
police
should
not
comply
with
administrative
warrants,
but
and
should
only
comply
with
the
warrants
that
are
signed
by
a
judge,
and
we
have
some
sample
documents
that
we
could
share
by
request.
We
won't
share
them
in
this
meeting
here.
So
that's
kind
of
a
basic
roundup
of
our
concerns
with
regards
to
undocumented
students
in
particular,
and
maybe
undocumented
people
within
our
community
and
ways
to
provide
some
information.
That
would
signal
the
welcoming
community
that
this
is.
B
I
That
may
be
helpful
in
resolving
crimes,
for
instance.
So
in
essence,
I
think
addressing
many
of
the
issues
that
were
identified
by
tanya
just
a
moment
ago
will
be
helpful
on
a
broader
scale
in
regards
to
promoting
security
security
in
our
community.
So
thank
you
again
for
providing
this
opportunity
to
address
these
issues
today
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
police
to
promote
better
policing
in
our
community.
B
J
We
strive
to
eradicate
injustice
in
all
forms,
including
disproportionate
policing
of
black
and
brown
people.
For
over
50
years,
we
have
been
working
diligently
with
young
boys
of
men
of
color
within
the
area
in
the
context
of
academic,
personal
and
social
support.
We
applaud
efforts
made
by
the
brome
county
law
enforcement
program
to
mitigate
bias
and
engage
in
community
policing
with
area
youth,
such
as
the
lunch
with
the
law
program
partnering
with
the
suny
brooms
men
of
excellence
program.
J
Such
initiatives
are
critical
in
moving
toward
toward
fostering
community
building
and
reducing
barriers
between
police
and
the
citizens
that
they
seek
to
protect
and
serve.
Additionally,
such
programs
provide
users
with
the
opportunities
to
see
law
enforcement
as
a
potential
career,
allowing
them
to
give
back
to
their
communities
as
an
organization
committed
to
racial
and
social
justice.
We
submit
this
statement
calling
for
binghamton
city
police
to
capitalize
upon
the
current
social
political
climate
by
engaging
in
reflection,
truth
seeking
reckoning
and
data
gathering
to
enact
strategic
change
and
development.
J
Such
efforts
are
rooted
in
accountability
rather
than
negative
criticism.
Additionally,
as
an
organization
committed
to
service
and
advocacy
for
our
communities,
we
submit
this
statement
as
an
invitation
to
collaborate
on
any
initiative
seeking
to
learn
more
about
the
experiences
of
community
members
and
police,
particularly
among
young
boys
and
men
of
color.
We.
J
The
key
to
police
reform
is
that
there
is
no
single
key,
unlocking
the
doors
of
opportunity
for
positive
relationships
among
community
members
and
police
requires
taking
time
to
get
to
know
community
members
for
who
they
are
and
all
they
are
becoming
actively
listening
to.
Their
experiences
has
the
potential
for
creating
systematic
change
and
strategic
reform.
J
So
we
we
offer
ourselves
our
resources
and
our
and
our
experiences
and
look
forward
to
collaborating
with
the
binghamton
police
community
department
on
this
important
and
necessary
work
to
reform
and
reimagine
policing
within
our
community.
So
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
and
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
share
our
statements
on
policing
in
our
community.
B
Thank
you
so
much
jeremy
and
thank
you
for
submitting
your
written
comment.
We
received
that
earlier
today
or
yesterday,
so
I
appreciate
that
we'll
make
sure
it
gets
shared
with
the
committee
members.
Thank
you.
Next
up
on
our
list
is
kaylee
fan
fan.
Kaylee.
Did
you
want
an
opportunity
to
speak
tonight?
L
I
think
that
dr
d
pretty
much
covered,
basically
everything
that
we're
looking
to
go
towards
with
our
project,
with
looking
to
go
out
into
the
community
and
get
some
to
get
like
some
type
of
survey
out
into
the
community
to
get
what
students
are
feeling
about,
like
the
police
presence
in
schools
and
stuff
like
that.
But
we
do
hope
to
collaborate
with
the
bigoten
police
department
and
get
get
somewhere
with
this
and
like
actually
do
something
and
make
a
change.
B
B
B
B
N
Megan
good
evening
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
serve
on
the
steering
committee
and
to
be
directly
involved
in
the
police
reform
efforts.
My
name
is
dr
tanya
thompson
and
I'm
the
proud
superintendent
of
the
binghamton
city
school
district,
the
positive
and
supportive
collaboration
that
the
district
has
formed
with
the
binghamton
police
department
cannot
be
understated.
N
They've
worked
with
the
district
proactively
to
protect
as
students,
faculty
and
staff
when
events
in
the
city
have
threatened
their
well-being
in
instances
such
as
shots
fired
near
binghamton,
high
school
bank
robbery
on
the
east
side,
investigations
that
have
taken
place
as
a
result
of
social
media
threats
or
the
awareness
of
a
sexual
predator
near
a
school.
The
binghamton
police
department
have
immediately
contacted
the
district
so
that
we
are
in
best
position
to
respond
and
protect
our
students.
N
We've
additionally
been
fortunate
to
collaborate
and
realize
three
outstanding
school
resource
officers.
The
presence
of
police
in
schools
is
a
critical
part
of
this
conversation.
I
hear
and
understand
those
that
worry
that
the
presence
of
police
creates
a
discomfort
for
students,
particularly
students
of
color,
as
a
very
diverse
school
district.
That
strives
to
be
welcoming
and
inclusive
to
all
our
administration
is
very
sensitive
to
that
concern.
N
The
district
is
extremely
selective
when
considering
individuals
to
serve
as
sros.
We
specifically
see
candidates
who
are
reflective
of
our
student
body
and
those
who
can
relate
to
our
students.
They
are,
first
and
foremost
tasked
with
building
positive
relationships
with
our
youth
and
in
turn
they
provide
students
with
a
positive
example
of
a
police
officer
and
bridge
the
gap
between
the
community
and
our
local
law
enforcement
agencies.
N
N
While
the
city's
demographics
show
that
nearly
27
percent
of
its
citizens
are
black
or
brown
60
or
double
that
of
our
students
in
our
school
district
are
black
or
brown.
This
alone
is
a
reason
for
our
all
for
all
officers
to
participate
in
annual
training
on
implicit
bias,
cultural
linguistically
responsiveness
and
structural
racism.
N
We
need
to
ensure
that
all
officers
have
access
to
this
type
of
professional
learning
as
an
expectation
from
the
police
department
and
the
city.
I
also
suggest
giving
a
voice
to
our
youth
in
developing
reform
programs
implementing
community
policing
tactics
that
focus
on
building
relationships,
which
has
been
suggested
by
many
of
the
community.
Members
is
a
great
start,
but
its
construct
should
be
accompanied
by
community
members
sitting
at
the
table
with
representative
use
either
sides
to
determine
the
best
course
of
action
locally.
N
N
We
additionally
need
alternatives
to
calling
police
when
a
child
or
parent
guardian
in
our
school
building
is
experiencing
a
mental
health
crisis.
Transporting
children
in
a
patrol
car
to
the
comprehensive
psychiatric
emergency
program
gives
the
message
that
a
mental
health
crisis
is
a
crime
when,
in
fact,
it's
a
symptom
of
an
illness.
N
The
community
deserves
better
and
we
must
realize
a
solution
that
results
in
the
maintenance
of
dignity,
an
effective
organization
engages
in
continuous
improvement
and
reflects
on
both
its
successes
and
areas
where
it's
failing.
Creating
transparency
around
those
issues
that
exist
and
the
solutions
being
explored,
builds
trust,
and
this
trust
translates
into
how
the
community
perceives
its
safety.
It's
critical,
that
all
officers
are
properly
selected
trained
and
utilized.
So
the
community
may
experience
the
same
successes.
Other
communities
have
had
with
the
right
reform
efforts.
N
We
must
be
open
to
learning
from
what
we've
been
deemed
effective
in
other
communities,
and
I
implore
my
fellow
panelists
to
listen
closely
to
the
community,
ask
questions
of
the
data,
seek
understanding
and
be
willing
to
think
flexibly
so
that
true
reform
results
from
our
collective
efforts.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
so
much
dr
thompson
for
being
here
tonight
and
also
for
your
work
as
part
of
the
steering
committee.
It's
appreciated.
So
thank
you.
Next,
up
on
our
list
from
the
steering
committee
is
brian
whalen
brian's,
president
of
the
binghamton
city,
school
district
board
of
education.
Mr
whalen,
the
floor
is
yours.
J
O
O
I
am
the
proud
graduate
of
the
binghamton
city
school
district,
as
is
my
wife,
barbara
and
my
three
daughters.
I
am
president
of
the
binghamton
city
school
district
board
of
education
and
have
been
elected
to
serve
on
the
board
over
the
past
22
years,
I
retired
from
local
defense
industry
after
37
years
of
service.
O
The
administration
and
police
department's
transparency
and
commitment
to
examining
practices,
policies
and
procedures
and
after
department
and
altered
departmental
operations
to
address
best
practices.
Accordingly,
the
audience
was
informed
that
the
police
continues
to
examine
operations
and
have
adapted
to
different
operational
models
like
engaging
mental
health
professionals.
To
assist
that's
certainly
a
start.
O
I
am
a
supporter
of
having
sros
in
our
two
middle
schools
and
our
high
school
and
and
I
and
as
I
speak
tonight,
I
speak.
I
don't
speak
on
behalf
of
the
board.
I
speak
on
behalf
of
myself
as
a
resident
of
the
district
and
as
a
a
school
board
member
anyway,
I
do
support
the
sros
and
our
two
middle
schools
in
our
high
school.
O
The
benefit
of
building,
trusting
relationships
and
providing
school
security
for
our
students
and
staff
as
part
of
a
larger
social
emotional
support
team
fosters
inclusivity
and
provides
safe
places
for
kids
to
learn
and
grow
over
the
course
of
these
meetings.
I
have
listened
to
community
representatives,
faith
leaders,
business
leaders,
civic
organizations,
residents
of
our
communities
and
other
groups
during
the
meeting.
O
O
Unfortunately,
misinformation
is
divisive,
counterproductive
and
counterintuitive
to
the
objective
of
building
relationships
and
bringing
people
together
when
a
few
groups
or
individuals
choose
to
make
public
attacks
through
social
media,
which
can
cause
a
devastating
impact
on
the
individuals
attacked
and
professionally
and
personally
malign
their
reputation
and
careers.
It
is
time
to
examine
our
values
and
methods
and
check
our
moral
compass
as
a
community.
We
can
do
better.
O
Only
then
can
corrective
action
be
taken
that
remedies
the
situation
appropriately.
This
is
an
opportunity
for
the
community
to
weigh
in
on
the
breadth
and
depth
of
police
services
and
how
delivery
of
community
level
policing
needs
should
be
aligned
with
community
needs
to
keep
all
people
consent.
Constitutional
rights
respected,
while
carrying
out
the
duties
to
to
safely
respond
to
calls
for
assistance.
B
K
Thank
you
megan.
I
don't
know
if
you
can
hear
me
now,
I
think
I'm
off
mute,
I
wanted
to
say
first
is:
I
also
was
a
member
of
the
binghamton
board,
I'm
speaking
again
on
myself,
I'm
not
on
a
position
to
speak
for
the
board
and
also
I'm
a
vice
president
of
the
broome
tioga
board,
boces
board
of
education,
and
I
was
very
proud
to
see
our
students
there
from
the
new
visions
program,
which
is
a
really
a
strong
program
that
we're
operating
there.
K
The
main
thing
I
wanted
to
talk
about
again
was
what
dr
thompson
and
brian
whalen
both
spoke
about:
the
the
importance
I
think,
of
the
resource
officers
in
our
schools.
And
again
I
am.
I
am
one
of
the
board
members
who
supports
the
resource
officers
because
of
those
reasons
that
both
of
those
that
I
won't
go
into
a
lot
of
that.
K
But
one
of
the
concerns
that
I
hear
throughout
a
lot
of
these
meetings
has
been
the
idea
that
we
need
to
have
community
policing
and
that
we
need
to
have
a
a
police
force
that
reflects
the
diversity
of
our
community,
and
I
think
this
is
one
of
the
areas
where
the
resource
officers
can
really
help.
They
understand
the
students
they
get
to
know
them.
K
K
B
B
P
Awesome,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
introduction.
So,
like
you
said,
my
name
is
mike
williams,
and
not
only
am
I
a
bpd
officer
for
four
years,
but
I'm
also
on
staff
as
a
pastor
for
my
in-laws
at
family
life
searching
festo
and
I
just
wanted
to
share.
You
know
a
couple
of
my
perspective
and
you
know
what
I
experienced
with
you
know
bpd
passing
four
years
so
for
all
my
four
years.
I
know
that
we
have
done
annual
training
and
during
that
annual
training,
one
of
the
things
that
I
enjoyed
about.
P
It
is
the
diversity
training.
Right.
This
year
we
had
sergeant
sammy
davis
with
the
broome
county,
sheriff's
department
who
came,
and
he
did
a
training
on
cultural
diversity,
and
it
was
awesome,
something
that
I
think
not
only
the
police
department
needs,
but
also
just
every
workforce.
Every
company
every
individual
needs
this
type
of
training
on
how
to
deal
with
someone
who
doesn't
look
like
you.
P
You
know
I
grew
up
in
lansing
michigan
until
I
was
13
and
where
I
lived
at
on
the
south
side
of
lansing,
I
lived
around
police
officers
who
lived
in
the
community,
and
I
remember
one
time
it
was
in
november
was
actually
during
thanksgiving.
I
was
10
years
old,
someone
broke
into
my
house
on
thanksgiving
and
I
remember
when
we
got
home
we
found
out,
our
house
was
broken
into.
What
did
we
do?
P
We
ran
over
to
my
neighbor,
who
was
an
officer
and
we
asked
for
help
and
that
right
there
just
lit
up
my
world
just
to
see
how
he
responded.
You
know
he
was
a
white
officer.
You
know
me
and
my
mother
came
and
ran
to
his
house,
but
he
responded
and
he
helped
us
and
I
think
what
we
need
in
our
community
is
this-
that
diversity,
training
and
that
ongoing
communication
with
everyone-
and
I
think
this
right
here
is
pretty
awesome,
but
I
think
it
doesn't
need
to
stop
right
here.
P
Nor
do
I
think,
obviously,
the
couple
weeks
that
we
had
just
does
it
justice.
This
is
an
ongoing
communication
that
we
need
with
everyone
in
the
community,
so
we
can
help
build
the
community,
and
that,
for
I
think
also
is
that
communication
with
police
officers
and
those
that's
in
the
community,
like
I
said
how
I
grew
up,
obviously
affect
how
I
police
you
know
so
me,
being
a
young
black
man,
it's
all
about
policing
with
respect
you
know,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
hear
or
saw
people
want
to.
P
You
know,
give
us
ideas
of
you
know
what
it
is
that
we
need
to
be
doing
is
collecting
data
on
individuals
that
we
stop.
Well,
that's
one
thing
that
we
do.
You
know
we
actually
collect
that
demographic
anytime,
you
do
a
traffic
stop.
That
officer
should
be
collecting
the
data
or
even
a
pedestrian
stop.
So
those
things
that
we
are
doing.
We
are
doing
de-escalation
training
year
annually,
right
to
be
able
to
talk
to
individuals
and,
like
I
said,
police
with
respect,
you
know
no
matter
what
you
look
like
no
matter.
P
You
know
where
you
come
from
it's
about
policing
with
respect
and
that's
one
thing
that
I'm
big
on
and
I
agree
with
you
know
the
two
individuals
work
for
the
superintendent,
vpd
or
binghamton
high
school.
It's
having
those
officers
in
school
too.
That
helps
because
not
only
do
I
work
there
as
a
patrol
man,
but
when
someone
like
art,
williams
or
armando
says,
hey
mike,
you
know
you
want
to
work
a
wednesday
or
something
I'll
go
on
there
and
work.
Then
what
happens
with
that
is.
P
P
So
I
just
think
that
what
we're
doing
right
now,
it's
good,
it's
a
communication,
but
also
we
also
need
to
listen
to
one
another
and
see
where
each
one's
coming
from,
because
we
all
bring
a
different
perspective
and
a
background
or
something.
So
you
know
those
are
my
comments.
Megan,
you
have
my
email.
If
anyone
want
to
reach
out
to
me,
please
feel
free.
I
am
here.
I
work
day
shift
now.
P
Is
that
communication
between
individuals
sitting
down
and
seeing
where
you're
coming
from,
and
I
think
that
will
help
our
community
and
in
the
bible,
like
she
said,
I'm
a
pastor,
so
the
bible
says
faith
for
our
works
is
dead.
So
it's
about
putting
into
action
where
we're
all
you
know
coming
up
with
these
ideas
and
and
another
thing
is,
you
know,
faith
works
without
love.
You
know
one
of
our
business
from
bpd.
You
know
it's
first,
it's
fairness,
integrity,
respect,
service
and
trustworthy.
P
You
know,
as
a
police
officer,
when
I
put
on
my
badge,
you
know
I
go
out
there,
policing,
respect
and
loving
individuals
even
on
a
job.
You
know
when
I
come
into
contact
with
individuals,
no
matter
what
they
look
like,
no
matter
who
they
are
so
once
again,
I
think
this
communication.
This
needs
to
be
an
ongoing
thing
between
everyone
in
the
community
and
I'm
all
about
empowering
the
youth,
I'm
all
about
just
growing
and
just
making
sure
that
everyone
is
safe
and
enjoying
where
they
live.
P
B
Officer
williams,
thank
you
so
much
for
for
your
comment
tonight
and
also
for
for
participating
in
the
steering
committee
and
your
work
throughout
this
process.
We
appreciate
it
also
on
the
steering
committee,
and
here
with
us
tonight,
is
dr
sharon
bryant
dr
brian,
is
the
director
of
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
for
binghamton
universities,
decker
college
she's,
also
a
west
side
resident
at
dr
bryant.
Q
Yes,
good
evening,
I
would
like
to
use
my
five
minutes
to
amplify
some
of
the
community
base,
some
of
the
police
reforms
that
have
been
identified
by
community-based
organizations
which
have
included
binghamton
university
student
faculty
and
staff.
These
forms
align
with
the
needs
of
binghamton
university
community,
especially
our
diverse
students,
faculty
and
staff
for
the
binghamton
police
to
create
procedures
for
tracking
analyzing
and
reporting
social
demographic
trends,
as
it
relates
to
all
vehicular
and
pedestrian
stops
by
law
enforcement.
Q
And
this
support
should
include
a
representative
from
the
university
to
require
that
prior
to
use
the
force
proper,
de-escalation
and
effective
communication
techniques,
they
use
to
prohibit
the
use
of
chokeholds,
including
tactics
that
restrict
oxygen
of
blood
flow
to
the
head
or
neck
and
to
require,
when
force
is
used.
Only
the
lowest
level
of
force
within
the
range
of
objectively
reasonable
force
that
is
necessarily
may
be
employed.
Q
My
healthy
husband
in
his
mid
30s
had
a
mental
health
crisis
late
one
night
in
which
he
was
speaking
gibberish
in
a
voice
like
he
was
possessed,
and
then
before
my
eyes,
he
was
on
the
floor
experiencing
a
seizure
in
which
he
was
foaming
at
the
mouth
and
writhing.
I
thought
he
was
dying
and
I
called
9-1-1.
Q
Q
Q
B
Dr
bryan,
thank
you
for
your
comment
for
your
participation
tonight
and
also
on
the
steering
committee.
It's
appreciated
also
on
the
steering
committee,
and
here
with
us
tonight
is
chris
perez.
Chris
is
a
social
worker
at
the
children's
home
he's
also
a
north
side
resident
chris.
Did
you
want
an
opportunity
to
speak
tonight.
B
B
B
Like
I
said
earlier,
the
final
public
outreach
meeting
for
is
for
open
comment
that
will
take
place
this
thursday
february
18th
at
6
30
pm,
please,
if
you
could
help
us,
get
the
word
out
on
that.
Anyone
who
wishes
to
speak
during
that
meeting
should
email,
the
bpd
collaborative
at
city
of
binghamton.com,
to
register
to
receive
a
link
as
a
reminder.
Any
resident
who
has
thoughts,
questions
or
input
can
email
that
same
address
and
they
can
submit
rand
comment
to
that
address
as
well.