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A
Okay,
it
looks
like
we
are
recording,
so
we
we
should
be
good
to
go
on
our
end,
hi
everyone
thanks
again
for
joining
us
tonight.
This
is
the
third
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
community
advocacy
groups,
and
the
purpose
is
to
solicit
input
from
representatives
of
these
groups
regarding
improvements
or
reforms,
the
binghamton
police
department.
A
A
As
a
member
of
this
collaborative
steering
committee,
my
role
tonight
is
limited
to
ensuring
that
everyone
who
has
registered
for
this
meeting
has
an
opportunity
to
speak
for
those
of
you
who
have
joined
us
at
prior
meetings,
either
as
steering
committee
members,
speakers
or
members
of
the
public
watching
from
home
I'll
be
repeating
myself
here,
as
I
give
a
brief
overview
of
tonight's
meeting
structure
for
those
joining
us
for
the
first
time.
So
thank
you
in
advance
for
bearing
with
me
and
for
your
patience
as
you
can
all
see
on
your
screens.
A
We
are
joined
tonight
by
other
members
of
the
syrian
committee,
including
mayor
rich
david
binghamton,
police,
chief,
joe
zakusky
district
attorney,
michael
korczyk,
public
defender
mike
baker
and
many
others.
Thank
you
to
the
entire
steering
committee
for
being
here
with
us
tonight
for
another
meeting
tonight,
we're
hearing
about
local
we're
hearing
from
local
advocacy
groups
on
ways
that
the
police
department
can
better
serve
the
city's
diverse
community,
improve
public
safety,
implement
21st
century
policing,
strategies,
strengthen
relationships
and
trusts
and
address
the
disparities
that
affect
communities
of
color.
A
Your
input
is
necessary
to
reach
these
goals,
as
outlined
in
governor
cuomo's
executive
order.
For
some
context,
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,
finn
will
be
reviewing
a
video
copy
of
tonight's
meeting
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.
A
A
For
tonight,
we'll
hear
directly
from
representatives
of
local
community
advocacy
groups
about
a
dozen
representatives
have
signed
up
to
participate
in
this
meeting
and
on
behalf
of
the
steering
committee,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
taking
the
time
to
make
your
voice
heard
on
this
topic.
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.
A
A
We
want
to
hear
your
experiences,
thoughts,
concerns
and
ideas
for
improving
policing
in
our
community.
This
is
a
listening
session,
not
a
q,
a
or
a
panel
discussion
for
each
speaker
I'll
start
the
five
minute
timer
when
your
input
begins
and
leave
myself
on
muted.
So
hopefully
you
can
hear
the
timer
go
off
when
we
reach
that
time
limit.
At
that
point,
I
just
ask
you
to
please
wrap
up
your
comments,
so
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
speaker
after
tonight's
meeting.
A
B
Hi,
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
we
can
okay,
thank
you,
megan
hi
good
evening,
I'm
becky
sutliff
and
I'm
the
binghamton
police
department's
captain
of
the
internal
affairs
department.
The
reason
I'm
talking
tonight,
because
I
wanted
to
bring
forth
some
information.
It
was
disseminated
at
last
top
of
last
week's
meeting
by
a
member
of
the
public
that
needs
to
be
clarified
and
corrected
being
as
specific
as
I
can,
without
obviously,
without
invading
anybody's
privacy.
B
Okay,
first
of
all,
there
was
reference
of
five
instances
of
seven
eight
and
nine-year-old
children
being
respond.
Restrained,
I'm
sorry
by
a
police
since
2016.-
and
I
just
want
to
explain
a
little
bit
about
that.
Each
of
these
instances,
please
recall
to
help
transport
a
child
experience,
a
mental
health
crisis
to
the
cpap
center,
and
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
what
that
is,
it's
the
comprehensive
psychiatric
emergency
program
at
binghamton
general.
It's
for
it's
for
people
in
crisis.
B
Social
workers
were
involved
in
three
of
these
incidents,
and
two
of
them
were
actually
our
mobile
crisis.
Social
workers
came
to
the
scene
with
us,
and
hopefully
I
there's
more
people
out
there
familiar
with
the
service,
but
we
do
have
social
workers
that
work
mobile
crisis
responses
with
us,
because
it's
a
very
important
partnership.
B
B
I
just
want
to
make
that
clear
at
the
request
or
of
the
parent
or
the
guardian,
in
one
case,
to
keep
the
children
from
harming
themselves
and
other
children,
family
members,
the
social
workers,
medics
and
officers
that
were
all
trying
to
help
them
labeling
these
incidents
is
just
laying
hands
on
children
is
a
gross
mischaracterization
of
what
happened,
and
it
doesn't
speak
to
the
reality
of
our
officers
that
are
just
being
called
to
help
families
in
crisis.
It's
a
big
big
part
of
our
job.
B
B
Okay,
the
statistics
that
we
shared
for
2019
were
a
bit
off,
so
I'm
not
going
to
get
deep
into
the
specifics
of
it,
but
I
wanted
it
to
be
noted
that
I
understand
the
speaker
was
referring
to
people
under
the
age
of
18..
Those
stats,
though
they
included
dozens
of
individuals
who
the
criminal
justice
system
viewed
as
adults.
They
were
of
age
several
of
them.
Unfortunately,
two
were
armed
with
weapons
when
the
use
of
force
occurred.
B
Understanding,
that's
one
part
of
the
whole
spreadsheet
of
statistics,
but
it
does
happen.
Age
doesn't
stop
people
from
being
armed
with
weapons,
especially
with
guns,
and
lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
it
was
necessary,
obviously
to
get
everything
in
the
proper
context,
because
for
many
years
bpd
has
gone
above
and
beyond
in
documenting
any
physical
force
used
by
our
officers.
B
But
many
law
enforcement
agencies
don't
consider
these
use
of
force
dcjs,
who
we
report
to
monthly.
Their
standards
aren't
nearly
as
broad
as
ours
are
when
it
comes
to
reporting
the
use
of
force.
Our
department
feels
that
it's
best
to
document
any
physical
contact
at
all
and
that's
our
way
of
being
thorough
in
auditing
our
officers
and
holding
them
accountable.
B
So
I
understand
the
term
use
of
force
may
be
interpreted
differently
by
different
agencies
and
the
public,
obviously,
but
it's
important
to
understand
how
it
is
used
by
the
department
if
we're
going,
to
have
an
open
discussion
about
bpd
policy,
so
hopefully
that
helps
clarify
things
and
opens
up
future
discussion.
Thank
you.
A
A
C
Yeah
so
as
megan
sat,
I'm
executive
director
of
rise
rise
is
a
comprehensive
domestic
violence
service
provider,
we've
operated
in
the
community
since
1979,
we
provide
shelter,
advocacy,
counseling
hotline
and
community
education
services,
so
we
would
welcome
the
opportunity
to
serve
on
the
steering
committee.
I
know
a
lot
of
other
domestic
violence.
Service
providers
have
been
invited
to
serve
on
their
local
steering
committees,
so
unfortunately,
it
looks
like
no
domestic
violence.
C
C
Unfortunately,
a
majority
of
those
pages
were
written
accounts
of
negative
interactions
between
btd,
our
bpd
and
our
staff
and
clients.
One
of
the
prevailing
themes
of
these
accounts
was
that
victims
were
hesitant
to
contact
the
police
again
after
negative
interactions
with
them.
So
this
isn't
really
anything
new.
The
national
domestic
violence
hotline
found
that
one
quarter
of
women
who
had
called
the
police
to
report
domestic
violence
or
sexual
assault
would
not
call
again,
but
if
we
are
reimagining
policing,
surely
we
can
do
better
if
victims
fear
contacting
the
police
again.
C
This
can
put
their
family
at
risk
for
further
violence,
and
it's
also
a
public
safety
risk,
because
domestic
violence
spills
into
the
workplace
and
into
the
school
another
theme
was
that
the
police
did
not
thoroughly
investigate
or
the
response
was
rushed.
One
client
recounted
driving
with
her
abuser
and
a
young
child
in
the
car.
C
Both
she
and
her
abuser
are
white.
Her
abuser
was
high.
He
was
driving
erratically.
He
was
screening
up
sundays
at
her
this
caught
the
attention
of
bpd
they
were
pulled
over.
He
was
let
go
with
just
a
warning.
It
was
a
very
brief
stop,
so
they
drove
home
and
the
abuser
actually
continued
the
abuse
for
several
more
hours.
She
was
strangled
repeatedly.
C
So
she
felt
that
had
the
police
intervened
in
this
traffic,
stop,
she
would
have
been
saved
like
further
trauma.
Another
client
reported
that
binghamton
police
department
responded
after
she
called
for
help
and
was
overheard
by
neighbors.
Her
abuser
had
broken
into
her
apartment.
He
was
causing
extensive
property
damage
and
he
was
verbally
and
physically
assaulting
her.
It
actually
trapped
her
under
a
mattress
and
was
sitting
on
top
of
it.
C
C
C
C
A
D
A
A
E
I've
heard
concerns
of
substance
use
and
addiction
brought
up
multiple
times
during
these
hearings,
and
what
I
can
tell
you,
without
hesitation,
in
and
in
full
confidence
is
that
policing
and
arresting
people
does
not
help
the
task
this
committee
has
before
you
is
to
improve
relationships
between
the
community
and
law
enforcement
and
to
reduce
racism
in
your
operations,
and
we
have
several
simple
solutions
to
offer
to
that
end:
pass
a
city
charter
to
stop
arresting
people
for
misdemeanor
level,
drug
charges.
It's
one
tiny
step
that
could
have
a
huge
impact
in
saving
lives.
E
Reducing
these
arrests
would
also
improve
community
relationships
and
reduce
racism
in
policing,
as
we
know
that
these
arrests
are
disproportionately
impacting
communities
of
color,
think
it
can't
be
done.
Think
again.
Actually,
multiple
cities
and
counties
throughout
the
united
states
have
taken
this
powerful
step
over
the
past
two
years
and
binghamton
could
be
the
next
city
to
do
so.
E
So
here's
a
really
simple
idea:
how
about
make
it
a
commitment
to
eliminate
that
disparity
altogether,
tie
poor
performance
evaluations
or
cut
and
pay
or
cotton
benefits,
or
something
like
that
in
the
police
force
every
time
they
have
a
racial
disparity
in
their
arrest
records.
It
would
be
a
very
simple
solution
to
simply
commit
that
you
will
not
arrest
more
people
of
color
than
white
people
in
our
community
number.
E
Four
reduce
the
number
of
police
on
the
force
to
an
appropriate
number
and
shift
those
funds
to
community-based
organizations
that
meet
the
needs
of
the
the
people
in
this
community,
because
that's
the
best
way
to
reduce
crimes
and
reduce
police
involvement
is
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
people
in
the
community.
First
number:
five:
stop
escalating
situations
by
a
show
of
quantity
of
officers
to
every
situation.
E
E
It's
obvious
when
I
walk
downtown
and
see
the
line
of
pickup
trucks
parked
in
front
of
the
city
building
which
belong
to
the
officers
who
work
there
and
they
have
multiple
images
stickers
on
their
vehicles,
which
are
racist
symbols
that
we
have
an
issue
in
our
police
force
related
to
racism
and,
looking
at
you
know
the
what
has
been
going
on
nationally
and
even
what
happened
in
dc.
We
know
that
a
lot
of
times
people
who
are
in
the
police
force
are
specifically
racist.
E
Looking
at
their
vehicles
and
seeing
these
stickers
should
be
a
concern
for
anyone.
Any
one
of
the
police
officers
who
has
these
stickers
on
their
vehicles
should
be
terminated
from
their
jobs
immediately,
and
I
think
that
every
white
person's
testimony
who
is
called
in
to
say
that
they
have
no
issue
with
the
police.
Their
testimony
should
be
struck
from
the
record.
It
really
doesn't
matter
if
white
people
have
an
issue
with
the
police
or
not.
A
Miss
plus
I'm
sorry
to
interrupt.
We
just
had
our
timer
go
off.
I
don't
believe
we've
received
written
testimony
from
you
yet,
but
if
you
want
to
send
it
over
during
the
meeting
or
afterwards
we'll
make
sure
it
gets
to
all
the
steering
committee
members
and
is
included
in
full
as
part
of
the
record,
I
appreciate
you
being
here
tonight
and
and
and
sharing
that
in
the
interest
of
time
we're
going
to
move
on
to
our
next
speaker.
A
F
Thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
andy
pragus.
I
am
a
founding
member
of
the
organization,
justice
and
union
for
the
southern
tier,
an
organization
dedicated
to
ending
mass
incarceration
in
broome
county
in
all
its
forms.
Much
of
the
work
that
we
do
is
on
the
broom
county
jail
and
supporting
people
that
are
currently
incarcerated
to
make
sure
that
when
they
get
out
they're
in
a
better
position
to
ensure
their
success,
a
an
endeavor.
F
This
is
not
just
from
the
prison
system,
but
from
the
jail
have
no
support
outside
of
that
which
is
provided
on
very
short
funding
by
a
few
smattering
of
organizations
and,
of
course,
when
you
get
out,
is
incredibly
difficult
to
navigate
the
various
systems
that
are
put
in
place
in
the
various
agencies
from
county
and
city
level.
Agencies
up
to
state
and
even
federal
ones,
it's
a
difficult
system
to
to
navigate.
F
So
that
would
be
one
of
the
first
things
that
I
would
call
for.
But
you
know
I
am
here
today
for
to
advocate
for
real
reform
or
the
criminal
justice
system,
our
community,
one
that
prioritizes
and
respects
the
humanity
of
all
people,
one
that
is
invested
not
in
just
arresting
and
locking
up
people,
but
assisting
all
members
of
our
community
with
a
full
and
vibrant
life.
F
As
such
I'd
like
to
add
my
voice,
to
the
add
the
voice
of
just
and
mine,
to
the
calls
for
stronger
laws
and
regulations
that
were
shorn
and
to
racial
profiling
by
criminal
justice
actors,
police
included,
but
not
exclusively
increased
transparency
and
accountability
for
the
binghamton
police
department.
A
demilitarization
of
the
police
department,
which
we
should
think
of
as
much
wider
and
broader
than
simply
certain
types
of
equipment.
Training,
is
really
important.
The
very
militarized
training
we
have
in
the
united
states.
F
I
support
each
one
of
those
in
full.
I
would
also
add,
however,
in
addition
to
investing
in
people
returning
from
the
broom
county
jail
that
they're
a
full
accounting,
a
full
comprehensive
review
of
what
the
binghamton
police
actually
do,
how
they
actually
spend
their
time
and
and
and
the
types
of
calls
that
they
respond
to
is
in
order.
As
we
know,
many
police
are
responding
to
mental
health.
F
Calls
unnecessarily
calls
that
that
are
going
to
be
far
better
handled
by
other
organizations,
and
I
should
also
note
one
of
the
real
dangers
here
is
that
police
will
be
I'm
just
kind
of
an
adjunct
to
a
mental
health
unit
or
something
like
this.
That
should
not
happen.
It
should
be
mental
health
units
divorced
from
the
police
they've
been
shown
to
work
in
many
cases,
new
york
city
is
doing
a
pilot
program.
Cahoots
out
is
another
one
that
we
can
look
into
and
investigate.
I
hope
the
city
takes
hopes.
F
The
county
committee
takes
this
very
seriously.
We
also
need
concerted
effort,
as
alexis
noted,
to
ensure
to
to
examine
and
correct
the
incredible
racial
disparities
in
arrest
and
incarceration
that
happened
in
this
county.
Thirty
percent
of
everyone
incarcerated
the
broom
county
jail
is
black,
five
percent
of
the
population
is,
do
the
math
and,
and
you
can
figure
out
how
many
black
people
binghamton
is
sending
into
that
jail
every
day.
F
F
F
I
know
that
I
got
a
time
slot,
but
frankly,
especially
the
comments
that
I
heard
last
week
by
mayor
david,
I'm
calling
organizations
like
mine
that
have
been
consistent,
calling
for
police
reform
and
and
anti-racism
our
organizations
were
called
hate
groups.
Please
think
about
that.
For
a
moment,
I
have
no
confidence
in
how
are
the
people
of
binghamton
supposed
to
have
confidence
when
administration
calls
organizations
like
mine
who
help
put
food
in
people's
bellies
clothes
on
people's
back
and
pick
up
the
slack
of
the
county
in
the
city?
F
F
We
can't
I
I
I
would
also
just
to
end
my
comment
very
briefly.
Megan
I'd
also
just
like
to
direct
your
attention.
Everyone's
attention
to
the
chat
I
put
in
a
a
video
of
a
12
year,
old
girl
being
handcuffed
by
binghamton
police
and
then
a
13
year
old,
black
child
being
thrown
to
the
ground
and
being
handcuffed
after
he
refused
to
open
his
backpack
this.
For
the
second
time
he
opened
it
the
first
time.
F
A
G
Good
evening,
everyone
thanks
for
having
me
so
first.
I
would
like
to
say
that
andrew
cuomo
ordered
this
plan
to
happen
in
june.
So
I
think
is
very
shameful
that
we
started
in
january
because
he
didn't
put
the
call
out-
and
I
feel
like
that
this
community
did
not
take
that
seriously
at
all
because
they
started
in
january.
G
When
people
the
community
hit
the
streets
when
everyone
else
was
hitting
the
streets
about
black
lives
matter,
we
didn't
go
out
to
the
street
in
the
middle
of
pandemic,
because
we
all
just
wanted
to
have
a
party
in
the
streets.
We
went
out
in
the
street
because
we
wanted
solutions
and
because
of
that
we
and
starting
in
june,
as
soon
as
andrew
cuomo
did
the
call
out.
G
We
were
able
to
gather
other
organization
and
go
around
the
community
to
canvas
and
actually
speak
to
people
that
were
impacted
by
police
brutality
and
things
like
that.
We
didn't
go
running
to
miss
sally
that
sit
in
front
of
her
window
on
the
west
side
that
called
the
police
over
barking
dogs.
We
went
to
people
that
actually
were
impacted
by
these
type
of
behaviors
from
the
binghamton
police.
We
canvassed
in
every
park
on
each
side
of
the
community,
the
west
side,
the
south
side,
east
side,
north
side.
G
We
went
to
every
park
and
we
met
with
community
members
to
ask.
How
would
you
like
the
police
reform,
to
look
like
what
are
your
recommendations
after
the
march
we
had
over?
I
don't
even
think
you
guys,
as
the
city
could
even
pull
off
having
400
people
at
rec
park,
making
a
plan
and
talk
about
the
issues
in
the
community
and
what
they
wanted
to
resolve.
You
guys
can't
even
get
20
people
in
your
city
hall
chamber.
G
We
actually
got
400
people
at
rec
park,
talking
about
mental
health,
public
safety,
schools,
jail
reforms
and
things
like
that
and
the
things
that
we
recommended.
That
was
on
the
drop
paper,
because
I'm
sure
some
of
you
guys
have
received
it.
These
come
from
community
members.
They
come
from
average
people
that
work
at
the
wise
that
work
at
domestic
violence,
shelters
that
are
work
at
the
hospitals
that
are
nurses.
These
come
from
actually
community
members,
my
next-door
neighbor
that
don't
have
a
job
that
put
her
input
as
well.
We
spoke
to
real
people.
G
We
didn't
speak
to
people
that
pretty
much
were
neighborhood
watch
people
and
they
never
had
interact
real
interactions
with
police.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
say
was
that
the
board
is
supposed
to
represent
community,
and
I
really
don't
see
that
much
like
where's
the
domestic
violence,
people
at
they're
definitely
important
to
have
on
your
committee
where's
regular
joe
smo
he's
his
voice
is
important
to
having
a
committee
too.
G
I
haven't
seen
any
of
these
faces,
canvas
anything
or
even
ask
community
members
about
their
inputs
around
police
or
what
the
reform
may
look
like.
The
recommendations
that
we
have
are
not
even
recommendations
that
are
not
possible.
Some
of
these
recommendations
that
are
listed
were
actually
even
some
of
the
people
in
the
trump
administration
agreed
with
some
of
them,
so
they
are
highly
to
be
considered
so
I'll
just
end
it
that
how
I'll
just
end
it
that
we
should
not
the
police
should
not
be
policing
police
period.
G
More
community
members
need
to
be
involved
in
the
process
and
I
feel,
like
you,
guys,
didn't
take
this
seriously
because
you
started
way
too
late
and
just
said:
okay,
let's
get
this
together,
because
this
is
what
the
governor
wants
and
also.
I
don't
appreciate
that
our
groups
are
called
hate
groups,
because
we
did
nothing
violent
every
march
that
we
organized
were
very
peaceful
every
march
that
were
up
that
we
organized
were
actually
really
organized
every
march
that
we
put
together.
At
the
end,
we
had
solutions
for
people
to
come
together
to
voice
their
opinions.
G
Nothing
was
violent.
People
didn't
hit
the
streets
doing
anything
crazy
called
terrorists
is
because
andy
said.
Also
we
give
away
food
to
people
every
tuesdays
and
thirsts,
and
we
don't
tell
them
to
bring
id
for
them
to
eat.
We
give
away
clothes
and
we
help
our
community
out
so
we're
far
from
terrorists.
Thank
you.
A
H
H
All
right,
good
evening,
members
of
the
binghamton
police
reform
collaborative-
I
am
speaking
as
a
representative
of
the
binghamton
chapter
of
the
democratic
socialists
of
america,
part
of
the
duroc
coalition.
The
dsa
stands
for
social
and
economic
justice
and
for
building
a
truly
democratic
society.
It
is
out
of
this
interest
that
we
advocate
for
divesting
from
the
police
and
prison
system
and
investing
in
community
well-being.
H
The
pandemic
crisis
we
are
all
currently
suffering
through
has
been
prolonged
and
exasperated
by
our
society,
forgetting
any
notion
of
a
common
good
of
any
collective
responsibility
for
human
well-being.
The
only
public
functions
that
flourish
are
those
dedicating
to
punishing
and
controlling.
I
saw
us
on
display
in
governor
cuomo's
nonsensical
vaccine
policies,
finding
hospitals
that
gave
vaccines
to
the
wrong
people
and
also
finding
hospitals
that
didn't
use
all
their
stock.
A
recipe
for
shortages.
H
There
is
simply
no
notion
of
providing
for
as
many
people
as
possible
and
raising
revenue
supported
only
punitive
action
to
maintain
material
scarcity.
The
same
logic
is
on
display
in
municipal
budgets,
across
the
country
that,
like
binghamton's,
have
bloated
police
departments
and
anemic
public
services.
H
This
punitive
morality
is
also
very
far
from
any
notion
of
blind
justice.
As
we've
heard
from
other
panelists,
it
falls
disproportionately
and
more
heavily
on
citizens
who
are
working
class
and
of
color
than
those
well-off
in
white
policing
as
an
institution
born
from
the
shotgun
wedding
of
slave
catching
and
strike
breaking
fits
well
into
this
vision
of
the
city
for
the
affluent
for
businesses
and
landlords,
keeping
working
people
fearful
and
divided.
H
I
say
this
is
not
the
way
it
needs
to
be
in
dsa.
We
advocate
for
a
society
which
police
and
prisons
are
effectively
obsolete.
It
is
a
far-off
vision,
difficult
to
bring
into
focus
from
where
we
are
now.
One
step
we
can
take
towards
making
a
reality
is
bringing
the
bloated
and
unaccountable
institution
of
policing
under
control
by
diverting
its
budget
to
real
social
welfare
and
funding
mental
health
crisis
intervention,
support
for
substance,
users
and
education
in
its
place.
H
What
this
collaborative
recommends
will
set
the
tone
for
how
we
in
the
city
deal
with
the
problem
of
policing.
I
urge
you
not
to
let
this
opportunity
be
squandered
on
more
toothless
and
symbolic
reform
efforts
which,
in
over
100
years
of
attempts,
have
never
brought
the
racist
violence
of
policing
under
control.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
We
also
what
we've
been
doing
at
some
of
these
past
meetings
is,
if
we
have
steering
committee
members
that
intersect
with
the
constituency
group,
that
is
that
this
outreach
meeting
is
for
we're
happy
to
give
them
the
floor
for
a
few
minutes
tonight
to
speak
tonight.
I'd
like
to
do
that
with
nicole
sergio
johnson,
who
is
the
president
of
the
broome
tioga
naacp,
we're
very
fortunate
to
have
nicole
on
our
steering
committee
and
I'd
like
to
turn
the
floor
over
to
her
to
provide
some
comments
tonight.
J
Members
of
the
collaborative
bpd,
the
city
of
binghamton
community
members,
finn
institute.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
evening.
My
name
is
nicole
sergie
johnson.
I
am
the
president
of
the
bloom,
tioga
naacp
and
I'd
like
to
reach
you
a
statement
from
our
national
organization,
and
it
will
then
culminate
into
a
list
of
demands
concerns
for
our
local
branch.
J
G
J
How
we
become
the
land
of
the
free
depend
largely
on
what
happens
next,
as
we
continue
to
advocate
in
memory
of
george
floyd.
Now
is
the
time
to
ask
ourselves
what
does
justice
really
look
like?
Yes,
we
want
all
officers
involved
in
the
murders
of
black
people
everywhere
to
be
immediately
arrested,
tried
for
murder
and
convicted,
but
justice
for
george
floyd
also
means
bringing
an
end
to
the
criminalization
of
black
skin.
It
means
holding
police
departments
accountable
for
their
role
in
terrorizing
our
communities
for
years.
J
It
must
mean
a
complete
and
thorough
policy
reset
so
that
no
black
person
is
ever
put
on
trial
for
their
own
murder,
as
we
have
seen
in
the
cases
of
trayvon
martin
eric
gardner
sandra
bland
and
michael
brown,
to
name
a
few
to
ensure
our
survival
as
a
free
black
people
in
our
country.
Two
things
need
to
happen.
First,
what
has
now
become
clear
to
the
world?
Is
the
ongoing
practice
of
police
brutality,
specifically
against
the
back
the
black
community?
It's
not
only
a
civil
rights
issue,
but
it's
also
a
human
rights
issue.
J
Secondly,
we
need
sweeping
police
reform,
federal
legislation,
mandating
a
zero
tolerance
approach
and
penalizing
and
or
prosecuting
officers
who
kill
unarmed,
non-violent
and
non-resistant
individuals
in
an
arrest.
Federal
legislation
must
include
the
following
principles:
a
ban
on
the
use
of
knee
holes
and
chokeholds
as
an
acceptable
practice
for
officers.
The
use
of
forced
continuum
for
any
police
department
in
the
country
must
ensure
that
there
are
at
least
six
levels
of
steps
with
clear
rules
on
escalation.
J
Each
state's
open
records
act
must
ensure
officer,
misconduct,
information
and
disciplinary
histories
are
not
shielded
from
the
public.
Recertification
credentials
may
be
denied
for
officers
if
determined
that
their
use
of
deadly
force
was
unwarranted
by
federal
guidelines,
implementation
of
a
citizens
review
board
in
municipalities
such
as
ours,
to
hold
police
departments
accountable
and
to
build
public
confidence.
The
elimination,
of
course,
of
racial
disparities
in
arrests
of
black.
J
Has
already
already
been
stated
this
evening
for
the
portion
of
the
community
that
african
americans
make
up
in
the
city
of
binghamton.
We
are
disproportionately
arrested
in
this
city
and
this
needs
to
end.
We
support
the
naacp,
supports
the
widespread
of
body
cameras
and
dash
cam
cameras
for
the
entirety
of
an
officer's
duty.
J
We
support
the
implementation
of
the
21st
century
community
policing
model.
We
support
revision
and
review,
and
revision
of
police
use
of
deadly
force
policies.
The
compre
and
the
comprehensive
retraining
of
all
police
officers,
the
brunette
yoga
and
the
naacp
supports
increased,
intensive
and
intentional
cultural
competency.
Training
for
law
enforcement
law
enforcement
prides
itself
on
the
measure
of
professionalism
by
which
number
of.
D
J
Are
used
to
discuss
what
professionalism
looks
like
in
terms
of
their
dreams
for
officers?
Much
of
their
training
involves
the
use
of
deadly
force
according
to
a
study
by
the
pew
research
center
in
a
national
survey
conducted
by
the
national
police
research
platform
in
2016
in
a
representative
poll
of
over
7
900
sworn
officers,
only
27
percent,
less
than
a
third
of
all
officers
everywhere
report
to
ever
fire
their
weapons
in
the
course
of
their
career.
J
Yet
more
time
is
spent
in
training
officers
than
deadly
force
than
in
cultural
competency,
whereas
the
city
of
binghamton
is
a
diverse
community
and
where
bpd
officers
spend
more
than
50
percent
of
any
given
work
week,
interacting
with
ethnic
populations
different
from
their
own,
the
broom
county
naac,
the
broom
tyoga
naacp
urges
the
increase
of
intentional
cultural
competency,
training
of
officers
and
a
decrease
in
deadly
force.
Training,
as
it
rationally
runs
counter
to
the
needs
of
both
our
police
department
and
the
greater
community.
J
J
J
We
urge
the
ban
and
again
the
use
of
knee
hosts
chokeholds
and
as
a
acceptable
practice
among
law
enforcement,
whether
it
be
in
bpd
or
the
sheriff's
office.
The
finn
institute
to
review.
We
urge
that
the
finn
institute
review
all
independent
and
credible
data,
as
it
relates
to
binghamton
police
department
practices
and
patterns
that
have
arisen
in
pre
in
recent
years.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
attention
this
evening
and
again
to
the
work
that
is
being
done
in
this
collaborative
and
the
research
for
it.
Thank
you.
A
Nicole,
thank
you
for
for
being
here
tonight
for
for
providing
that
input,
but
also
for
your
work
on
the
on
the
steering
committee
and
your
participation
in
that.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
signed
up
to
participate
tonight.
As
a
reminder,
please
submit
written
testimony
to
the
bpd
collaborative
email,
we'll
make
sure
that
it
gets
sent
to
all
steering
committee
members
and
is
also
included
as
part
of
the
public
record.
A
The
next
public
outreach
meeting
is
for
business
organizations
and
will
take
place
this
coming
thursday
february
11th
at
6
30
pm
business
organizations,
representatives
can
email
a
bpd
collaborative
city
of
binghamton.com
to
sign
up
and
participate
in
that
meeting
and
in
addition,
as
a
reminder,
any
resident
who
has
thoughts,
questions
or
input
in
general
can
also
email
that
same
address.
At
any
point
to
submit
written
comment,
there
will
be
the
open
public
comment
meeting
on
february
18th
at
6
30
pm,
where
any
member
of
the
public
can
sign
up
to
speak.