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From YouTube: Recover Forward: Racial Justice
Description
Mayor Hamilton’s Recover Forward initiative seeks to rebuild the community in a more permanently equitable way as it recovers from the current public health and economic crisis.
In this live conversation, Mayor Hamilton speaks with Community and Family Resources Director Beverly Calender-Anderson, Chief of Police Mike Diekhoff, and City Council member Jim Sims.
A
A
A
B
Thanks
so
much
can
you
all
hear
me
all
right
make
sure
the
connections
are
okay
and-
and
I
think
we'll
ask
folks
to
mute,
probably
as
you're,
not
speaking,
if
you
can
just
to
help
the
help,
the
sound
quality.
Thank
everybody
for
being
here.
Thank
you,
al
cassandra
for
for
emceeing,
if
you
will
council,
member
sims
chief
decoff
director,
calendar
anderson
and
all
of
you
who
are
participating,
I
just
want
to
frame
briefly
and
then
I'll
be
one
of
three
presenters
too.
B
We
have
seen
the
recent
engagement
of
millions
and
millions
of
people
around
the
country
and
thousands
and
thousands
of
people
in
our
own
community
around
the
issue
of
racial
justice,
calling
for
it
enough
is
enough
black
lives
matter.
Many
calls
for
racial
justice
in
that
wider
picture
of
equity,
inclusion
and
connectedness.
B
B
If
you
haven't
read
it
it's
in
today's
paper,
I
saw
it
in
the
new
york
times
it
may
be
in
others.
It's
a
beautiful
and
powerful
statement
that
he
wrote
just
briefly
before
he
died,
and
I
just
want
to
quote
briefly
from
part
of
that:
wonderful
up,
op-ed
and
it
says
quote:
democracy
is
not
a
state,
it
is
an
act
and
each
generation
must
do
its
part
to
help
build
what
we
called
the
beloved
community,
a
nation
and
world
society
at
peace
with
itself.
B
Close
quote:
I
love
democracy
is
an
act
as
anti-racism
is
an
act,
a
series
of
acts
there's
a
lot
of
very
good
work
that
has
been
done
by
very
good
people
toward
anti-racism
in
our
community.
In
our
country,
we've
seen
efforts
you're
going
to
hear
more
about
from
divided
communities
and
anti-racism
efforts
locally
and
today
what
we're
going
to
do
is
talk
about
recover
forward
and
this
particular
pillar.
This
particular
focus
of
anti-racism
you're,
first
going
to
hear
from
miss
calendar
anderson
talking
at
kind
of
at
the
highest
level
about
anti-racism
structural
racism.
B
C
C
I
think
the
the
issues
of
our
our
issues
as
a
city,
big
sea
city
with
justice
and
inclusion,
came
to
light
last
summer,
and
so,
when
that
began
to
happen,
we
consulted
with
the
divided
communities
project
at
the
ohio
state
university,
moritz
college
of
law
that
the
mayor
referred
to.
And
if
people
don't
know,
the
goal
of
the
divided
community
project
is
to
help
strengthen
communities
by
finding
collaborative
approaches
for
transforming
division
into
action.
C
So
it
recognizes
that
there
are
areas
of
division,
but
it
tries
to
to
give
communities
those
tools
and
resources
to
come
together
and
act
and
through
the
divided
communities
project
which
I'll
just
call
dcp
bridge
initiative,
consultants
visited
bloomington.
They
met
several
times
with
a
wide
variety
of
community
members
to
assess
our
communities
points
of
contention
related
to
equity.
They
also
spoke
by
phone
and
took
written
comments
from
people
that
they
weren't
able
to
meet
with,
and
in
december
they
published
a
report
with
recommendations
for
ways
our
community
might
be
able
to
move
forward.
C
You
know
to
address
issues
in
their
own
communities,
so
it
wasn't
like
they
were
coming
into
our
community
to
fix
a
problem,
but
it
was
giving
us
the
tools
to
recognize
issues
and
gather
our
resources
within
the
community
to
be
it
began
to
work
on
our
own
issues
and
so
bloomington
had
a
team
of
eight.
There
were
three
staff
and
and
five
community
members
that
attended
the
academy
in
chicago
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
walked
away
with
was
a
set
of
goals.
C
We
are
starting
to
pull
together
a
comprehensive
plan
of
for
racial
equity
and
justice,
and
I
think
that
we've
we
took
very
much
into
consideration
those
recommendations
from
from
the
community
that
were
related
to
us
by
the
bridge
initiative,
also
some
of
the
mayor's
commitments
and
goals
and
our
administration's
recommendations,
and
so
some
of
the
highlights
from
the
plan.
And
although
the
plan
is
not
formally,
it's
not
finalized.
Some
of
the
things
we
have
began
to
work
on.
C
C
We
are
also
developing
a
community-wide
and
community-led
racial
justice
task
force
that
is
in
the
works,
we're
looking
at.
Oh
I'm,
sorry,
I
had
to
look
at
my
notes
again
looking
at
a
racial
equity
impact
assessment,
and
that
will
be
a
a
list
of
components
that
every
department
you
know
not
just
cfrd,
not
just
police,
but
every
department
looks
at
when
it's
developing
programs
when
it's
developing
its
budget
to
say
you
know,
are
we
reaching
all
of
the
communities
that
we
need
to
reach?
C
Are
we
doing
this
in
an
equitable
way
and
are
in
a
just
way,
and
so
we
always
want
to
keep
justice
at
the
forefront
of
what
we're
doing
and
also
equity.
So
those
are,
those
are
some
of
the
highlights
of
that.
The
racial
justice
task
force-
I
didn't
say
this,
but
they
will
help
shine,
a
light
on
the
things
in
the
community
that
we
may
not
be
seeing
as
an
administration,
and
so
because
it's
community-led
and
community
run.
I
mean
community-led
and
and
has
community
members
in
it.
C
You
know
they.
They
are
more
likely
to
see
some
of
the
issues
that
are
bubbling
up,
maybe
even
before
people
in
city
hall
or
on
city
council
do
and
of
course,
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
the
things
that
we've
always
done.
We're
going
to
continue
to
staff
our
commissions
and
address
those
diverse
demographics
that
I
talked
about
earlier.
C
Our
latino
outreach
program,
which
addresses
the
needs
of
our
latino
and
hispanic
members
of
the
community,
will
continue
to
do
its
work,
and
so
you
know
I,
as
as
I
sort
of
bring
this
to
a
close
I'll
just
say
we
didn't
get
to
where
we
are
in
in
race
relations
overnight.
And
so
we
also
realize
that
there
is
no
magic
wand.
C
That's
going
to
fix
it
overnight,
but
I
think
by
equipping
ourselves
with
tools
and
resources
that
can
help
us
address
discrimination
and
help
us
address
racism
and
and
having
that
commitment,
not
only
the
commitment
from
staff,
but
the
commitment
from
our
elected
officials
our
and
you
know,
and
the
commitment
from
our
community
to
continue
working
on
this
and
to
listen
to
one
another.
Then
we
can
make
bloomington
better
and
and
hopefully
engaging
as
many
community
members
as
possible
in
the
process.
C
A
B
Thank
you
and
thank
you,
ms
calendar
anderson,
for
that.
I
I
think
hearing
the
the
news
of
the
plan
for
a
city-wide
task
force
focused
really
on
structural
racism.
I
think,
is
a
very
important
step.
I
congratulate
their.
I
know
you
and
chief
decoff
and
and
mayor
catherine
carmichael
from
the
city,
along
with
five
city
residents.
I
know
participating
in
that.
B
That
has,
of
course,
been
very,
very
front
of
mind
and
very
active
lately
has
been
the
issue
of
public
safety
and
the
legacies
of
racism.
There,
the
challenges
of
a
belonging
community,
a
beloved
community
and
within
that
wider
world
of
structural
racism
issues
to
address
and
to
act
upon
in
the
city.
I
want
to
talk
just
a
minute
about
some
of
the
particular
area
of
public
safety
and
police
that
we
are
interested
in
pursuing
in
one
particular
way
and
then
after
I
share
this.
B
Many
of
you
probably
know
the
the
the
role
of
the
board
of
public
safety
and
that
that
is
a
group
of
five
residents,
all
residents
of
bloomington.
It's
a
very
diverse
group
that
has
the
state
statutory
responsibility
to
oversee
our
department
of
our
fire
department
and
our
police
department,
and
I
believe
our
community
needs
and
will
benefit
from
a
kind
of
a
longer
term,
deliberate
review.
B
Discussion
of
the
issues
of
public
safety,
kind
of
the
long-term
design,
questions
and
goals
and
approaches
and
done
in
a
way
with
with
broad
input
from
the
city
residents
led
by
residents
of
the
city,
to
help
think
about
not
in
a
it
can't
be
done
really
in
a
month
or
two.
But
over
a
period
of
numerous
months
to
really
try
to
think
about
the
future
of
our
public
safety
efforts.
B
So
I'm
today
announcing
that
I'm
going
to
ask
the
board
of
public
safety
those
five
residents
who
oversee
public
safety
efforts
now
to
name
to
create
an
advisory
committee
on
public
safety
review,
to
pick
individuals
who
represent
our
community
and
viewpoints
and
expertise
to
form
an
advisory
committee
to
that
five-member
board
that
will
report
to
them
their
stat,
their
study,
at
least
some
of
it
by
next
summer.
It
may
be
they
want
to
do
longer,
but
at
least
to
have
some
short
term
results
within
six
or
nine
months.
B
Nine
months,
I
suppose
by
next
summer,
really
to
think
about
what
should
our
public
safety
efforts
look
like
in
the
longer
term?
What
components
should
there
be
of
our
public
safety
efforts?
What
allocations
of
resources
to
various
components,
learning
from
models
that
are
around
our
country,
our
state,
our
our
world,
about
how
to
do
the
best
we
can
be
building
on
what
is
a
very
progressive
and
creative
current
bloomington
police
department?
B
That
has
taken
many
steps
already
that
many
communities
now
are
evaluating
and
considering,
but
to
to
have
wide
open
discussions
to
welcome
viewpoints
to
be
a
forum
where
people
can
share
those
views
together
with
with
thought
and
with
research
and
with
deliberation
we
are
all.
As
ms
keller
anderson
said,
this
is
a
this
is
a
long-standing
issue.
It's
not
going
to
be
solved
overall,
structural
racism
and
certainly
the
piece
of
structural
racism
that
that
that
is
part
of
our
public
safety.
B
History
is
something
we've
paid
a
lot
of
attention
to
in
this
community,
but
it
is
absolutely
the
right
thing
to
do
a
a
deliberate
review
of
where
we
are.
What
should
our
public
safety
efforts?
Look
like
five
years
from
now
or
10
years
from
now
or
20
years
from
now,
and
to
have
that
wider
community
discussion.
B
I
expect
the
report.
Can
it
can
inform
the
board
of
public
safety?
I
expect
it
may
inform
city
council
too.
If
their
actions,
the
city
council,
wants
to
review,
it
will
certainly
inform
the
city
administration.
I
hope
it
may
inform
community
partners,
may
so
many
of
whom
work
together
on
issues
of
public
safety
and
and
really
inform
our
whole
community.
So
there
may
be
stages
of
recommendations,
but
I'd
like
to
see
at
least
a
first
stage
by
next
summer.
B
A
A
D
So
those
as
I
said
they
were
implied
in
policies,
but
it
wasn't.
We
thought
it
wasn't
direct
enough.
So
we've
updated
our
policies
to
reflect
that
and
require
officers
to
do
that.
Other
other
things
that
we
have
done.
We
have
we've
not
and
we've
not
used
choke
holds
in
the
past,
and
so
those
have
been
banned.
We
had
done
some
training
on
vascular,
neck
restraints,
but
those
have
now
been
banned,
so
that
is
that
is
in
our
policies.
D
D
One
of
those
is
eight
can't
wait
and
it
is
eight
recommendations
that
are
made
so
that
it
lessens
the
potential
for
people
to
get
hurt
or
killed
by
the
police
and
I'll
just
I'll
go
through
some
of
those
real
quick
and
we've
done
these
for
many
years
and
had
these
in
policies,
one
is
banning
chokeholds
one
is
requiring
de-escalation
training.
One
is
requiring
warning
before.
D
D
Another
one
is
ban,
shooting
vehicles,
another
is
establish
a
use
of
force.
Continuum
and
last
is
require
all
force,
be
reported.
We
we
do
all
of
those.
Now
we
have
done
those
for
many
years.
There's
a
lot
of
talk
about
use
of
force
policies
and,
and
this
and
de-escalation,
our
our
policy.
We
have
a
our
use
of
force
and
de-escalation,
probably
it's
a
it's
a
it's
a
circle
and
you,
depending
upon
the
situation,
there's
always
de-escalation.
D
D
Some
other
things
I'd
just
like
to
touch
on.
Well,
we
are
a
nationally
accredited
law
enforcement
agency.
There
are
less
than
five
percent
of
the
police
departments
nationwide
who
are
accredited
through
kalia,
which
is
the
commission
on
law
enforcement
accreditation.
And
what
that
is
is
it's.
It
is
a
lot
of
policy.
D
D
We
train
all
of
our
officers
in
in
cit,
which
is
critical
incident
training,
and
that
is
a
de-escalation
technique
that
is
is
is
used
in
people
who
are
who
are
in
some
kind
of
mental
health
crisis.
We
also
have
trained
all
of
our
officers
in
mental
health.
First
aid.
We
established
our
downtown
resource
officer
program
and
those
that
is
a
group
of
officers
who
whose
basic
responsibility
is
to
respond
people's
mind.
D
We
also
last
year
added
a
police,
social
worker.
We
were
one
of
the
first
agencies
in
the
state
to
do
so.
We've
had
body
cams
for
many
years.
We
record
every
interaction
that
our
officers
have
with
with
citizens
that
they
might
be
dealing
with
and
again
that's
that's
so
that
we
can
be
transparent.
If
there's
any
kinds
of
problems
or
complaints,
we
have.
We
have
video
evidence
that
we
can
review
to
to
see
what
happened
in
that
situation.
D
We
have
not
had
that
that
resource
in
the
community
in
the
past,
and
so
that
just
is
a
another
tool
that
we
will
have
to
try
to
help
people
who
may
have
had
you
know
some
kind
of
minor.
You
know
interaction
with
with
law
enforcement
and
it's
not
appropriate
to
to
get
them
into
the
criminal
justice
system.
It's
a
treatment
system,
and
so
we
can.
We
can
take
people
and
drop
the
map
off
at
that
center
and
treatment
professionals
that
can
take
over
and
try
to
address
the.
E
Thank
you,
I
saw
two
others
do
and
I
failed
to
do
it
myself.
Thank
you,
y'all.
I'm
glad
to
see
you
chief
decoff,
miss
calendar,
anderson
and
yourself
mayor.
I
am
glad
earlier
that
the
mayor
acknowledged-
and
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
do
so-
is
to
acknowledge
the
final
home
going
celebration
today
for
congressman
john
lewis
being
held
in
a
historic
ebenezer
baptist
church
in
atlanta,
and
that
not
only
was
his
spiritual
home,
but
it
was
also
the
home
of
reverend
dr
martin
luther
king
jr.
So
may
he
rest
in
peace.
E
Thank
you.
For
those
words,
not
only
am
I,
the
city
council.
Vice
president,
chair
of
the
council's
public
safety
standing
committee,
one
of
three
at-large
members-
I
am
also
the
immediate
past
president
of
the
naacp
of
monroe
county,
have
been
involved
in
many
social
justice
and
community
service
organizations.
E
I
in
doing
all
those
things
I
I'm
not
here
today
in
essence
representing
the
city
council,
but
like
my
colleagues,
I
am
a
resource
to
this
legislative
body,
so
I
am
here
to
listen
today
as
much
as
anything
I'm
hearing
a
lot
from
our
community
members.
A
lot
of
people
out
in
our
community
again,
I'm
here
to
listen
I'll,
give
input
when
needed,
but
the
one
of
the
things
I
I'm
hearing
already
that
we're
going
to
address
some
policy
level:
structural
change,
changing
racism,
practices
and
policies.
E
E
One
of
the
focuses
that
I
have
is
the
culture
of
many
of
the
organizations
we'll
talk
about
law
enforcement
and
there
will
be
individual
parts
of
that
that
we'll
discuss
that
chief
will.
I
am
also
focusing
on
the
overall
culture
of
law
enforcement
that
has
been
pervasive
across
this
entire
country
and
in
our
history.
E
Many
of
those
we
have
adjusted.
We
have
changed,
we
have
recognized
in
the
city
of
bloomington.
Can
we
do
better?
Yes,
we
can,
and
yes,
we
will,
but
many
of
those
we
have
dealt
with.
We
have
tried
to
make
better
we're
in
the
improvement
mode,
so
I
am
happy
to
be
here
today.
I'm
looking
forward
to
hearing
to
many
of
the
questions
that
I'm
quite
sure
you
three
will
answer.
I
am
available
if
need
be,
and
thanks
for
inviting
me
today.
A
A
Mayor
hamilton
called
for
non-badged
positions
similar
to
social
workers
and
the
downtown
resource
officers.
What
specific
positions
are
you
hoping
to
create
and
hire
for,
and
why
should
such
jobs
stay
within
the
police
department,
as
opposed
to
forming
a
separate
public
safety
department
for
such
positions?.
D
So
the
discussions
I've
had
with
the
mayor
about
creating
new
positions
were
we're
asking
in
in
the
budget
request
to
add
to
our
neighborhood
resource
specialist
program
and
add
a
couple
of
positions
there.
We're
also
asking
to
add
some
more
in
our
to
our
social
worker
team.
You
know
we
are
a
24
hour,
a
day
agency,
seven
days
a
week,
so
we
are
one
of
the
few
city
departments
that
is
always
out
working.
D
I've
been
asked
that
before
about
creating
specialized
teams
and
there's
been
discussions
nationwide
about
taking
away
the
responsibility
of
police
departments
to
respond
to
calls
with
with
people
who
might
have,
you
know
a
mental
health
issue
or
who
might
be
experiencing
homelessness
and
and
the
problem
with
that
is
we
get.
These
calls
24
hours
a
day,
and
you
know,
as
with
the
stride,
discussions
that
we
that
we've
been
having
over
the
last
year
and
a
half.
D
We
have.
We
have
one
social
worker
right
now,
but
we
have
officers
on
night
shift
that
are
that
are
always
sending
referrals
to
her
and
sending
her
emails
about
hey.
We
we
interacted
with
this
person,
you
know,
can
you
reach
out
to
them
and
and
see
what
you
can
do
to
help?
So
I
think
I
think,
adding
to
those
positions.
D
B
B
Thanks,
I
might
I
might
jump
into
in
regard
to
the
question
first
and,
and
I
wanna
I
wanna
emphasize
again,
our
police
department
has
been
doing
so
much
creative
work,
the
the
members
of
the
police
department
and
partners
of
theirs
throughout
the
community
to
take
many
of
the
steps
that
that
have
been
talked
about
in
many
places.
We're
not
done
with
that
and
we
continue
to
invest
in
it.
B
One
thing
I
do
want
to
share
with
the
the
media
and
his
news
is
the
budget
proposal
that
we're
going
to
be
sending
to
council
in
just
a
couple
weeks,
we'll
ask
to
reallocate
some
funding
from
five
sworn
officer
positions
to
reallocate
funding
into
new
five,
at
least
five
of
these
positions
in
the
neighborhood
resource,
specialist,
social
worker.
Maybe
a
data
and
public
connection
analyst
as
well,
but
we
are.
We
are
currently
funded
at
105
sworn
officers
and
we're
going
to
allocate
reallocate
five
of
those
foreign
positions
into
these
other
new
positions.
B
The
current
the
current
population
of
the
badged
officers
is
95
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
recruit
with
at
the
very
high
standards
that
we
do
to
make
sure
we
have
the
resources
on
the
street.
Now
I
do
want
to
also
just
very
briefly
mention
the
question
of
where
should
these
individuals
and
if
we
change
and
continue
to
evolve,
where
should
they
be?
I
think
I
agree
with
chief
decoff's
description
of
of
the
of
the
expansion
of
capacities,
but
those
are
questions
that
are
very
ripe
for
the
longer
term
community
discussions.
B
B
It
takes
a
lot
of
thought
and
deliberation
and
wide
open
input,
so
we'll
look
forward
to
those
kinds
of
questions
being
part
of
the
both
the
structural
racism
anti-racism
task
force,
community-wide
that
ms
keller
anderson
mentioned,
as
well
as
the
specific
advisory
committee
on
public
safety
under
the
board
of
public
safety.
That
I've
mentioned
thanks.
A
Okay,
thank
you,
and
we
do
have
a
lot
of
ground
to
cover
here
a
lot
of
questions
from
the
media
and
from
the
public.
This
probably
goes
back
to
beverly
calendar
anderson.
We
have
a
question
from
benta
boutier
of
wfiu,
also
from
emily
from
the
ht
asking
who
will
be
providing
the
anti-racism
training.
What
is
the
city
response
to
b-town
blm's
offer
to
provide
the
training,
and
so
yes,
please
go.
C
Ahead,
okay,
so
our
human
resources
department,
which
is
responsible
for
staff,
training,
sent
out
or
yeah,
published
a
request
for
qualifications
last
week,
so
for
providers,
and
so
we're
looking
at
providers
to
do
the
training,
and
we
have
spoken
with
the
core
council
of
black
lives
matter
bloomington
and
certainly
encouraged
them
to
complete
the
form.
But
it's
just
the
process
that
the
department
goes
through
in
order
to
acquire
providers
on
that
level.
C
A
A
Okay,
thank
you.
This
question
comes
from
the
b-square
beacon
and
the
question
is
currently
every
ordinance.
That's
enacted
by
the
city
council
needs
to
get
two
readings
at
two
separate
meetings
before
it
can
become
local
law.
That's
just
part
of
the
local
code.
So
here's
an
idea,
change
the
local
code
to
add
another
reading
for
every
ordinance,
so
we
would
have
a
first
reading,
then
an
anti-racist
reading
and
then
finally,
third
reading,
all
at
separate
meetings
of
the
full
city
council.
A
E
E
You
know
within
the
last
several
years
than
it
has
been
in
the
past,
so
managing
the
count.
The
council
calendar
is
a
challenge
in
and
of
itself
now.
Having
said
that,
it's
very
important
for
community
input
and
comment.
At
this
point,
I
think
the
current
statutory
code
or
local
code
that
we
operate
under
is
adequate
to
get
proper
community
input
and
comment.
E
Is
that
something
I'd
be
willing
to
discuss
with
my
colleagues,
it
sure
is.
I
also
think,
with
regard
to
discussing
the
anti-racist
culture
change
for
lack
of
a
better
term.
I
think
I'd
like
to
get
to
the
point
where
every
legislation
that
we
deal
with
has
already
been
embedded
through
that
lens,
as
opposed
to
maybe
doing
it
every
meeting
and
extending
our
calendar
and
probably
doing
some
of
the
other
community
a
disfavor
by
not
making
enough
time
in
order
to
get
to
other
issues.
A
All
right,
thank
you
in
in
response
to
that
same
proposal
from
the
b-square
beacon
mayor
hamilton,
you
are
asked
to
include
separate
anti-racist
reading.
The
administration
would
have
to
adjust
to
a
normal
legislative
rhythm
that
takes
one
month
for
every
ordinance.
Is
that
something
you
would
be
willing
to
do.
B
Well,
I'll
I'll
join
my
colleague
in
city,
government,
council,
member
sims
in
and
first
of
all,
the
mayor's
always
careful
to
tell
the
council
how
they
should
conduct
their
business.
I
don't
mean
they
may
they
may
wanna.
However,
they
wanna
structure
their
their
legislative
businesses
is
their
prerogative.
B
Anti-Racism
and
racial
justice
is
a
key
pillar
to
that
it
is
not
the
only
pillar.
We
need
to
think
about
climate
justice
too,
and
we
need
to
think
about
economic
justice
and,
in
fact,
all
three
of
those
things
often
interweave
in
in
important
ways,
powerful
ways,
complex
ways.
So
as
we
I
think
it's
right
to
think
about,
as
we
take
steps
forward,
whether
it's
ordinances,
whether
it's
budget
decisions
or
others,
we
think
through
the
impact
in
all
of
these
ways,
is
it
anti-racist?
Is
it
protecting?
B
Is
it
helping
us
do
what
we
should
do
for
climate?
Is
it
creating
more
economic
justice
and
opportunity,
and
I
think
all
those
are
really
important,
and
maybe
some
of
those
longer-term
questions
can
be
part
of
some
of
the
longer
term
discussions
about
how
to
implement
that
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
council
on
that
for
sure.
D
So
we
have
a
complaint
process
that
citizens
can
file
complaints
if
they
were
the
receiver
of
any
of
those
types
of
things.
There's
multiple
ways:
people
can
file
a
complaint.
They
can
file
it
in
the
legal
city's
legal
department
and
the
mayor's
office
online
with
the
police
department.
There's
a
kiosk
in
the
lobby
of
city
hall,
where
you
can
file
complaints.
So
that's
one
way
to
do
it.
D
D
Those
supervisors
then
have
their
investigation
reviewed
by
a
board
of
lieutenants
that
send
their
results
to
captains
and
the
deputy
chief
who
then
send
it
to
me.
It
also
is
reported
to
the
board
of
safety
that
there
was
an
incident,
a
complaint
and
and
what
happened
with
it.
So
the
board
of
safety
also
reviews
that
the
board
of
safety
also
has
the
authority
to
conduct
their
own
investigations
if
they,
if
they
deem
that
necessary,
and
so
there's
there's
multiple
ways
to
report.
A
Right:
okay,
the
next
few
questions
come
from
facebook
and
they're
somewhat
related,
and
I
think
that
these
are
for
mayor
hamilton.
They
have
to
do
with
your
announcement
of
the
advisory
committee
to
the
board
of
public
works
that
you've
proposed
today.
So
no
space
for
for
hate
asks
who
would
be
on
the
advisory
committee
and
who
decides
who's
on
that
advisory
committee
and
then
in
a
related
question.
Another
another
watcher,
danielle
byrd,
says
the
advisory
committee
to
the
farmers
market
wasn't
very
effective.
B
Thanks
for
those
questions
and
comments,
I
have
I'm
planning
to
ask
the
board
of
public
safety
to
undertake
this
effort
in
the
in
the
role
of
their
oversight
of
our
public
safety
departments
under
state
law.
They
are
responsible
to
oversee
the
departments.
They're
designed
to
be
residents
of
the
community.
That
board
for
us
is
a
very
diverse
board
of
five
individuals
who
are
assembled
to
oversee
that
those
departments,
and
I
will
be
asking
that
group
to
pick
an
advisory
committee
to
assemble
it,
to
to
name
the
folks
to
it.
B
B
Certainly,
the
city
administration
has
deep
responsibility.
I
feel
it
personally
and
I
know,
as
a
city
administration,
we
do
to
promote
justice
to
promote
anti-racism,
to
take
responsibility
for
this
work,
but
I
also
think
the
community
wants
to
have
and
should
have
a
direct
role
in
participating
in
this,
and
I
I
don't
know
that
it's
the
exact
right
approach.
B
A
Okay,
thank
you.
This
question
comes
from
councilmember
sandberg
susan
sandberg,
who
asks
from
last
year's
budget
discussion
in
which
it
was
almost
unanimous
that
we
reviewed
the
need
for
more
police
officers.
There
was
a
study
underway
by
consultants
to
help
us
in
that
examination
of
community
need
for
public
safety.
I
understand
she
writes.
There
is
a
draft
of
that
report
and
when
will
we
get
the
benefit
of
that
study?
To
add
to
the
current
discussions.
B
I'm
happy
to
take
that
and
thank
you
council
member
sandberg,
for
that
there
is
a
draft
of
that
report.
That
report
was
kind
of
done,
pre-coveted,
midst,
covid
and
it
is,
I
actually
haven't
seen
it.
I
don't
believe
that
draft,
but
it
is
in
draft
form.
I
do
expect
it'll
be
available
at
some
point
in
the
weeks
and
or
months
ahead
short
months.
B
I
don't
know
for
sure,
and
it
certainly
can
inform
the
current
discussions
and
should
it
was
done
by
a
third
party
reviewing
reviewing
the
police
department.
So
it's
another
voice
to
listen
to
and
we'll
look
forward
to
sharing
that
in
the
months
ahead
weeks
and
months,
I'm
not
sure
exactly
the
status
of
it.
A
A
D
D
I
think
personnel
changes
at
shalom
at
the
time
that
this
was
going
through
with
their
outreach
people
and
we
ended
up
funding
centerstone
also
had
outreach
professionals
that
they
applied
for,
and
we
ended
up
funding
the
center
stone
portion
of
the
street
outreach
workers.
Shalom
did
get
some
funding,
for.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Now
this
is
a
question
from
facebook
as
well
from
jdb.
She
asks.
Will
you
commit
to
not
hiring
any
new
officers
also
asks.
Will
you
commit
to
selling
the
bearcat
the
armored
vehicle
and
reinvest
that
money
in
the
black
community
she
asks.
Also?
Will
you
commit
to
removing
the
body
cam
fee?
Will
you
commit
to
removing
your
officers
from
the
schools
you
might
have
to
write
this
down?
A
B
B
I
believe
it
has
proven
to
be
very
important,
as
we've
projected
it
to
be
to
protect
our
officers
and
our
community
in
very
dangerous
situations.
I
sometimes
remind
people
they're,
probably
something
like
150
000,
privately
owned
firearms
in
monroe
county.
If
we're
anywhere
near
the
national
average.
B
Our
officers
and
our
public
are
sometimes
subject
to
very
dangerous
situations,
and
that
vehicle
has
been
used
under
very
strict
conditions
set
by
the
council
and
affirmed
in
the
general
orders,
and
I
think
it
saves
lives
and
helps
assure
that
we
have
the
capacity
to
respond
to
situations
that
we
would
want
to
respond
to
appropriately.
There
are
lots
of
other
recommendations
that
are
that
are
shared
and
happy
to
consider
those.
B
A
I
guess
not,
we
are.
We
are
coming
on
the
end
of
the
hour,
but
there
are
two
questions
that
we
have
here.
One
is
a
clarification
question
from
the
b-square
beacon
for
the
mayor.
The
b-square
beacon
asks
early
in
mayor
hamilton's
remarks.
He
mentioned
a
task
force
with
five
citizen
members,
that's
different
from
the
advisory
committee
to
the
board
of
public
safety.
I
I
think
he's
talking
about
the
group
that
went
up
to
chicago,
not
sure.
B
Well,
there
is
a
board
of
public
safety,
which
is
a
state
statutory
entity
that
has
five
members
five
resident
members
that
oversees
the
board
of
public
safety.
That
is
different
from
the
advisory
committee.
I
am
asking
them
to
name
of
an
unknown
size
that
would
advise
that
board
of
public
safety.
Maybe
it
was
confusing.
I
did
mention
that
the
divided
communities
initiative
had
a
total
of
eight
people,
three
or
four
more
cities
and
five
of
whom
were
other
three
boomer
city
employees
and
five
of
whom
were
resident
members.
A
Yeah,
the
nomenclature
can
be
confusing,
and
so
this
next
question
may
also
may
also
speak
to
that.
The
different
names
that
we
have
for
things
so
vox
booker
asks
us.
Has
our
community
explored
the
creation
of
an
independent
civilian
review
board,
which
is
a
term
we've
heard
a
lot
in
the
last
few
months,
not
sure
if
that's
what
we
consider
our
board
of
public
safety
to
be
or
if
that's,
what
we
consider
our
advisory
board
to
the
board
of
public
safety
to
be.
B
Well,
I
know
council
member
sims,
we
we've
had
discussions
about
this
issue.
I
think
it's
a
good
question.
I
do,
I
do
believe
under
indiana
state
law.
The
board
of
public
safety
is
meant
to
be
a
the
kind
of
like
a
civilian
review
board
under
state
law.
The
mayor
appoints
resident
members.
They
have
quite
independent
responsibility,
but
within
those
within
the
boundaries
of
state
law
and
others,
and
sometimes
those
can
change.
I
think
it's
open
to
I'm
open
to
thinking
about
what
is
the
best
way
to
manage
this
I'm.
B
E
E
Civilian
review
board
now
part
of
that
exploration
is
having
our
legal
folks,
obviously
look
into
the
old
and
the
state
law
seiko
with
regarding
to
our
board
of
public
safety,
and
what
are
some
of
the
issues
that
we
have
to
navigate
in
order
to
create
a
true,
independent
civilian
review
board.
It
would
take
some
time
and
yes
that
will
continue
to
be
our
discussion,
and
there
is
I'm,
not
the
only
council
person
who
have
discussed
that
we
haven't
done
it
as
a
group
are
those
discussions.
But
what
is
its
effectiveness?
E
What
can
it
legally
do?
I
do
know
that
what
the
mayor
has
proposed
is
something
that
can
happen
a
lot
quicker
and
I
think
we
can
develop
some
of
its
responsibilities,
some
of
its
strengths,
if
you
will,
in
order
to
work
with
the
board
of
public
safety
and
that's
what
I'm
looking
for.
Initially
a
true
representative
represent
representative
group
of
the
community.
E
I
do
understand
that
the
board
of
public
safety
is
that
I
consider
that,
but
we
also
know
the
perception,
I'm
not
so
sure
how
correct
it
is.
But
since
those
are
all
five
mayoral
appointments,
it
somehow
gives
you
the
perception
that
these
political
people,
these
are
independent
folks
in
the
community
who
care
to
do
a
job.
So
anything
else
that
could
assist
them
in
working
on
some
of
the
issues
in
our
community.
A
A
So
I
would
like
to
thank
everyone
who
has
participated
today
and
then
I'll
pass
it
over
to
our
mayor
community
and
family
resources,
department,
director,
beverly,
callender
anderson.
Thank
you
so
much
our
police
chief,
mike
decoff,
council
member,
jim
sims
and
then
to
you,
mayor,
hamilton,
I'd
I'd
like
to
let
you
close
out
this
conversation.
B
B
One
ms
calder
anderson,
identifying
the
city-wide
structural
racism
efforts
underway,
including
a
new
task
force
on
that
the
request
for
a
board
of
public
safety
advisory
commission
focused
on
some
longer
term
questions
and
then,
specifically
from
chief
decoff,
some
of
the
outlining
of
not
only
what
the
police
department
has
done,
but
what
it
plans
to
do
in
the
in
the
relatively
short
order
as
we
go
forward.
This
is
a
big
issue.
It's
a
real
issue.
Democracy
is
not
a
state,
it
is
an
act.