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From YouTube: Reimagining Public Safety Committee - Jan. 18, 2022
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This video talks about items related to rethinking the organizational structure of public safety in Evanston.
A
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so,
please
indicate
by
raising
using
the
raisins
oops,
sorry
still
can't
use
zoom
it's
20
22
and
I
still
can't
use
zoom
anyhow,
please
indicate
by
using
the
raise
your
hand
function
in
the
zoom.
If
you
want
to
get
a
public
comment
scene,
none
we
can
move
on
to
item
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
approval
of
the
december
seventh
meeting
minutes.
Would
someone
like
to
make
a
motion
to
approve
those
minutes.
C
D
A
Aye,
all
of
any
opposed
seeing
on
the
motion
passes
and
the
minutes
are
approved.
So
this
brings
us
to
our
our
agenda
item
for
the
day,
which
is
the
report
out
from
the
working
groups.
The
violence
prevention
working
group
has
done
some
exciting
things
in
collaboration
with
audrey
thompson
and
her
team,
and
I
I
thought
that
they
were
gonna
be
present
to
report
out
some
of
that
work
as
well.
A
I
see
I
see
some
members
of
that
group
are
here
already,
but
I
think
there
may
be
more
who
join
so
we'll
we'll
reserve
that
for
the
for
second,
and
as
I
indicated
that
the
main
prop
for
this
meeting
was
that
council
member
burns
reached
out
and
said
that
the
rethinking
organizational
structure
working
group
had
had
some
interesting
discussions.
They
just
set
the
table.
E
E
That
is,
I
guess,
a
free
of
spirit
as
evanston
has
come
to
be
and
they're
looking
at
similar
approaches
to
rethinking
the
fundamental
structure
of
their
public
safety
strategy
and
the
more
we've
learned
I
think
about
them.
We're
not.
You
know,
obviously
at
a
point
where
we're
ready
to
make
any
of
you
know
official
recommendations,
but
certainly
the
commitment
to
to
public
health
and
investing
in
public
health
and
people
and
communities
and
is
is
something
that
brooklyn
center
is
committed
to
doing.
E
And
I
think
we
share
that
same
commitment
here
at
evanston,
so
without
carrying
off
too
much
too
too
much
further
I'll,
introduce
k,
dean
and
page
they're
going
to
walk
us
through
the
same
present.
So
the
same
presentation
we
received
from
them
in
our
in
our
working
group
meeting
they'll
provide
to
the
full
committee
today
so
kd
and
a
page
if
you
want
to
take
it
from
there.
F
The
zoom
the
new
year
new
zoom
anyway,
sorry
kadeem
bennett
with
the
aclu
of
illinois.
I'm
really
happy
to
be
here,
I'm
a
lawyer
lobbyist
with
the
aclu,
our
director
of
advocacy
and
intergovernmental
affairs,
and
it's
been
really
great,
having
the
chance
to
work
with
the
folks
on
the
subcommittee
and
mayor
bis
and
to
bring
whatever
knowledge
and
expertise
that
we
have
to
help
support
the
work
that
you
all
are
doing.
F
C
C
F
It's
a
bit
different
approach
than
I
think
folks
are
doing
in
evanston,
where
they've
passed
an
ordinance
and
they're
now
in
a
place
where
they're
forming
working
groups
to
really
rethink
some
of
the
buckets
of
work,
and
it
feels
like
from
then
from
the
conversations
we've
had
evanston
is
in
the
other
space
where,
with
the
mayor
coming
in
and
the
city
council,
having
conversations
with
city
council
folks,
there's
been
a
working
group
created
and
some
substructures.
So
there's
some
overlap
there
and
I
will
stop
talking
because
peter's
back.
C
I
am
cat
is
in
the
bathroom
he's
locked
in
the
bathroom
for
the
time
being,
he
had
to
go.
Thank
you
for
your
patience,
but
back
to
what
I
was
saying.
I
was
talking
a
little
bit
about
my
work
at
aclu
national.
So
right
now,
I'm
really
focused
on
local
level
work
working
with
jurisdictions
across
the
country
on
implementing
alternative
public
safety
and
health
models.
C
C
Most
recently,
we
did
work
in
brooklyn
center,
where
we
passed
a
resolution
in
may
of
2021
to
reimagine
public
safety
and
create
an
entirely
new
department
of
public
safety.
So
I'm
going
to,
I
know
a
lot
of
folks
on
this
call
have
already
heard
about
brooklyn
center,
so
I'll
try
to
run
through
it
fairly
quickly
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
afterwards.
So
I'm
just
going
to
share
my
screen.
C
Can
you
all
see
that
awesome,
okay,
so
diving
right
in
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
happened
in
brooklyn
center?
Why
this
happened
in
brooklyn
center,
as
folks,
I'm
sure
are
familiar?
Dante
wright
was
killed
by
a
brooklyn
center
officer
in
april
of
last
year.
She
was
just
convicted
of
manslaughter
in
december.
C
Community
advocates
and
elected
officials
in
brooklyn
center
knew
they
wanted
to
act
immediately
on
this.
How
do
we
prevent
this
from
happening
again
and
within
a
month
the
city
had
drafted
and
passed
a
comprehensive
resolution
that
is
aimed
at
addressing
police
roles,
responsibilities
and
power
while
providing
the
community
with
civilian-led
supportive
services.
C
What
I
think
is
really
critical
about
this
department
is
that
in
the
resolution
it
has
a
specific
public
health
oriented
mandate
approach
and
the
director
is
required
to
have
public
health
expertise,
not
just
public
safety
law
enforcement
expertise,
but
public
health
as
well.
So
this
can
be
as
holistic
and
expansive
a
department
as
possible
to
serve
all
the
community
needs.
C
So
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
traffic
enforcement
department,
this
department
will
be
unarmed.
It
will
be
civilian-led,
it
will
be
focused
on
harm
prevention
and
will
be
tasked
with
enforcing
all
non-moving
traffic
violations
in
the
city.
Just
a
point
on
the
language
around
non-moving
traffic
violations.
I
think
just
to
lift
this
up,
and
I
know
folks
are
already
thinking.
C
In
these
different
committees
in
evanston-
but
you
know,
the
language
we
had
to
use
was
very
specific
based
on
minnesota
state
law.
There
are
specific
state
statutes
across
the
country
that
dictate
what
kind
of
incidents
law
enforcement
has
to
respond
to
and
moving
traffic
violations
and
minnesota
is
one
of
them.
So
non-moving
traffic
violations
include
what
dante
wright
was
pulled
over
for
which
was
an
expired
registration
and
some
other
minor
offenses.
C
Things
like
duis,
but
includes
largely
like
equipment
violations,
often
things
that
people
are
stopped
for
that
then
escalate
into
worse
situations
or
result
in
car
searches
or
searches
of
a
person.
This
department
importantly,
is
not
going
to
be
focused
on
punishment,
though
right
the
it
isn't
now
they're
going
to
be
unarmed
civilians,
pulling
you
over
and
ticketing.
You
that's
really
not
the.
C
C
The
second
newly
created
department
is
the
community
response.
Department
again
will
be
unarmed
and
civilian-led
will
be
composed
of
trained
medical
and
mental
health
professionals,
social
workers,
peer
supporters
and
other
expert
staff,
and
it
will
be
in
charge
of
responding
to
all
incidents
where
a
city
resident
is
primarily
experiencing
a
medical,
mental
health,
disability
related
or
other
behavioral
social
need.
So
that
includes
responding
to
incidents
of
homelessness,
responding
to
incidents
of
substance,
use
situations
where
we
know
police
often
escalate
the
situation
and
where
supportive
services
are
needed
to
help
the
people.
C
In
that
situation,
you
know
when
you
are
unhoused,
you
do
not
need
to
be
arrested.
You
need
to
find
permanent
and
affordable
housing
for
you
to
be.
If
you
are
using
substances,
you
do
not
need
to
be
arrested
and
punished.
You
need
to
find
support
and
help
to
work
with
you.
So
that's
what
this
department
will
really
be
focused
on
the
let's
see.
The
fourth
big
aspect
of
the
resolution
was
the
creation
of
this
community
safety
and
violence
prevention
committee.
C
Importantly,
they
will
also
be
able
to
provide
comment
on
police
union
contracts
before
and
during
negotiations
to
the
city
council,
mayor
and
city
manager
who
sign
off
on
the
police
union
contract,
and
I
have
a
graphic
coming
up
of
how
this
all
works.
I
know
they're
like
a
lot
of
departments
and
different
entities,
so
just
bear
with
me
for
one
more
slide
and
then
I'll
show
you
an
outline
and
then.
C
Finally,
the
final
aspect
of
the
resolution
included
immediate
harm
reduction
policy
changes.
So
in
september
the
city
implemented
a
site
and
summons
policy
that
requires
officers
to
issue
citations
only
and
thus
prohibiting
custodial
refs
for
all
non-felony,
offenses
and
warrants,
and
right
now
the
city
is
developing
a
use
of
force
policy
for
the
police
department
to
implement
immediately.
C
So
I
just
went
over
a
lot
of
different
things:
a
lot
of
newly
created
departments
and
institutions
within
the
city
of
brooklyn
center.
So
here
is
a
quick
outline
of
how
it
all
fits
together,
starting
at
the
bottom.
We
have
these
two
existing
police
departments
right
you'll,
see
that
these
are
oval
shaped
for,
like
existing
the
police
department,
the
fire
department,
and
then
you
have
the
community
response
and
the
traffic
enforcement
department
newly
created
in
squares.
C
All
of
these
departments
will
be
reporting
to
and
under
the
oversight
of
the
department
of
community
safety
and
violence
prevention,
which
will
be
head
up
by
the
director
of
that
department.
So
the
police
chief,
the
fire
chief,
the
director
of
the
community
response
department
and
the
traffic
enforcement
director,
will
all
be
reporting
to
the
director
of
the
department
of
community
safety
and
violence
prevention.
C
The
city
manager
is
accountable
to
the
city
council
and
we'll
work
together
to
oversee
the
department
and
then
finally,
the
committee
that
I
just
mentioned
on
two
slides
ago
will
work
hand
in
hand
with
the
department.
However,
it's
important
to
note
that
this
committee
is
all
volunteer-led,
so
they'll
work
hand-in-hand
with
the
department
on
improving
policies
around
public
safety
and
public
health
throughout
the
years
to
come
in
brooklyn
center.
This
is
a
permanent
committee.
C
I'm
so
close
to
being
done.
Thank
you
for
bearing
with
me
just
diving
in
a
little
bit
to
where
we
are
right.
Now
in
december,
there
is
a
1.1
million
dollar
budget
passed
in
brooklyn
center
to
fund
the
resolution,
which
was
very
exciting
in
the
past
six
months.
The
city
has
secured
technical
assistance
and
have
signed
contracts
with
groups
like
leap,
which
is
a
law
enforcement
action
partnership
to
help
build
out
these
programs.
C
C
You
know
the
implementation
committees
look
kind
of
similar
to
the
public
safety
committees
that
already
exist
in
evanston,
so
just
bear
that
in
mind,
but
it
is
a
little
bit
complicated.
I
don't
think
you
need
these
details
are
important,
though
I
think
the
most
important
thing
is
to
note
that
the
implementation
committee
will
be
managed
and
overseen
by
the
project
manager
that
was
hired
about
a
month
ago,
and
so
this
committee
will
largely
be
composed
of
brooklyn
center
residents,
but
we'll
also
have
other
experts
who
help
out
with
policy
development.
E
And
yeah
and
paige
thank
thank
you
so
much
and
before
we
take
questions
mary
biz,
I
just
wanted
to
say
again.
This
is
we're,
don't
think
of
this
as
we're
ready
to
copy
and
paste
what
brooklyn
center
is
doing
and
bring
it
to
everest.
What
we're!
What
we
found
in
this
is
is
a
model
that
we
can
learn
more
about.
E
We
found
a
city
that
that
we
can
partner
with
and
learn
from
and
and,
and
you
know,
a
ton
of
support
in
you
know
aclu
through
paige
and
k
dean
as
well
as
some
other
partners
that
brooklyn
center
is
working
with
fuse
fellows
and
others
that
can
help
us.
You
know
really
determine
what
is
best
for
us
here
in
evanston,
so
I
just
wanted
to
to
preface
the
next
part
of
this
with
that
statement.
That
is
all
mayor
bis.
Thank
you.
A
B
Yeah
I'll
just
hop
in
and
note
that
I
think
this
is
I.
I
think
this
is
a
really
interesting
model
to
for
us
to
maybe
not
copy
and
paste,
but
to
really
follow.
I
think
the
working
group
that
you
may
or
miss
that
you
chair
is,
you
know
already
moving
in
a
similar
direction,
particularly
with
the
traffic
stop,
the
the
non-moving
violation,
traffic
stop
proposal
that
has
been
moved
forward.
So
I
think
this
is
a
solid.
H
Let's
not
wait
to
the
last
minute
to
bring
in
the
community
one
thing
the
city
has
done
is
we
have
left
out
the
community
and
the
only
thing
it
seems
to
be
saying:
pay
your
property
tax
and
we're
happy,
but
that's
not
what
it
should
be.
We
should
be
trying
to
build
it
where
we
are
not
having
incident
that
we
are
coming
to
a
place
where
we
are
together.
H
C
Well,
thank
you
so
much
miss
esther
I'll,
just
chime
in
and
say
that
yeah,
I
think
the
community
engagement
at
the
start
is
like
incredibly
important.
I
think
I
just
want
to
shout
out
the
like
grassroots
organizers
in
brooklyn
center.
This
seems
like
very
aclu
heavy,
but
I
think
it's
like
really
important
that
I'm
just
like,
representing
on
a
part
of
like
a
very
broad
coalition
that
includes
grassroots
partners,
law
enforcement
groups,
city
officials,
community
members,
especially
dante
wright
and
kobe
demiks,
heisler's
family
families.
C
So
I
think
that,
like
that
community
engagement
part
is
critical
and
something
that
we
hosted.
You
know
there
was
kind
of
a
short
window
for
passage
in
brooklyn
center,
but
we
did
host
a
few
or
a
few
a
couple
dozen
community
sessions
for
people
to
come
and
speak,
and
there
will
be
standing
community
sessions
with
the
city
council
every
month
moving
forward.
So
that's
exciting.
H
This
is
what
we
have.
This
is
what
how
we
want
to
see
our
community
and
us
to
be
engaged
with.
All
of
the
city.
Government
include
the
police
department
and
how
we
can
feel
safe,
don't
have
to
worry
about
things
and
feel
comfortable,
but
if
there
it
will
not
really
work
if
we
can't
keep
them
feeling
that
we
are
moving
towards
that
direction,
because
at
any
moment
that
there
is
a
heart
or
a
things
to
say
no
community,
we
don't
want
you
are
this
part
of
the
community.
H
I
I'm
sarah
bogan
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
evanston
fight
for
black
lives.
We
really
are
most
successful,
appealing
to
the
youth
and
the
young
people
in
the
community
whose
voice
are
really
important,
but
I
think
what
we've
started
to
see
and
what
I
would
suggest
is
like
just
especially
for
our
working
group.
I
think
if
we
can
have
a
plan,
something
tangible
that
we
can
present
to
the
community
rather
than
asking
them
to
continue
to
try
and
ask
to
get
input
into
how
it
should
be.
I
If
we,
if
we
have
something
loose,
that
we
can
present
to
people
and
then
ask
for
feedback
on
and
make
changes
rather
than
have
a
loose
plan.
I
think
am
I
making
sense
and
make
it
clear
that
we
we
really
do
want
to
hear
what
people
have
to
say
and
we're
open
to
adjusting
and
making
adjustments,
not
just
making
decisions
and
getting
a
yes
or
no.
But
I
think
if
we
could
start
getting
like
pieces
of
the
puzzle
together
and
then
we
could
talk
about
strategies
to
engage
people.
A
E
Has
been
my
approach
on
issues
like
this,
I
think
it
is
sometimes
really
exhausting
and
overwhelming
to
answer
the
same
questions
over
and
over
for
for
a
population
that
has
been
doing
it
for
quite
some
time,
and
so,
if
we
can
do
the
heavy
lifting
of
of
creating
address
something
to
present
to
them,
the
sarah
suggested,
with
the
understanding
that
it
is
everything
is
open.
You
know
to
change
and
and
amendments
and
changes
and
and
all
that
can
be
made
at
a
moment's
notice.
E
And
I've
always
said
how
do
we
not
only
put
forth
that
effort
during
campaigns,
but
how?
How
do
we
continue,
that
during
periods
of
legislation
and
governing
and
and
reform
and
and
and
structural
change,
and
so
I
just
whatever
we
need
to
do
as
a
city,
whatever
I
could
do
as
a
council
member
to
support
the
continued
engagement
of
our
community?
I
want
to
do
that
and
I'm
not
sure
when
that
should
happen.
Mayor
best,
I
guess
I
would
love
to
know
your
thoughts
on
it.
A
I
mean
I'll
say
I
think
we
should
always
do
that
work.
I
think
I
mean
it's
something
that
I
spent
some
time
pushing
for
last
summer
and
you
know
we
had
a
few
a
few
early
steps
that
that
we
took,
but
I
I
think
we
should.
We
should
always
be
doing
that,
and
I
take
your
point
at
sarah's
point
that
you
know.
A
Perhaps
it's
something
like
this
is
better
to
have
a
concrete
proposal
to
put
in
front
of
people,
but
I
would
say
you
know,
I
think
there
is
there's
real
benefit
in
not
just
sort
of
waiting
and
assuming
that
the
perfect
moment
will
happen
in
three
months.
I
think
I
think
you
really
need
to
to
reach
out
to
people
constantly
and
and
and
to
establish
a
pattern
where
they're
used
to
their
input,
actually
mattering
and
affecting,
what's
what's
being
done
here,
actually,
your
hand
is
up.
J
It
is
so
mayor,
bis,
I've.
I've
mentioned
this
in
the
past
and
I'm
mentioning
it
here
again.
If,
if
helpful,
the
moran
center
received
a
grant
from
northwestern
university
to
explore
with
system
players,
but
also
with
community
the
concept
of
a
restorative
justice
community
court.
As
you
know,
mayor
bis,
chief
judge
evans
has
launched
three
restorative
justice
community
courts
throughout
cook
county,
none
of
which
are
here
in
edison
and
at
the
outset
of
exploring.
G
J
A
really
wise
community
member
said:
well,
I
don't
know
if
the
community
doesn't
want
a
restorative
justice
committee
court
and
so
it
it
caused
the
marine
center
to
pause
and
instead
reach
out
to
communities.
So
we've
hired
former
clients
of
the
moran
center
to
actually
be
part
of
this
process
with
us
and
to
go
out
into
community
and
engage
community
some
questions
that
maybe
we
presume
we
know
the
answers
to,
but
maybe
it's
our
arrogance
that
we
that
we
make
those
presumptions
asking
questions
about
what
is
community?
J
J
J
I
am
I'm
happy
as
we
progress
in
in
our
outreach
to
report
back
to
to
this
committee,
with
with
actually
the
young
people
who
are
doing
the
surveying,
maybe
most
importantly,
reporting
out
what
they
are
hearing.
So
as
we
can
at
least
get
a
sense
as
to
what,
as
ms
bogan
referenced,
what
what
young
people
in
particular
are,
are
stressing.
As
of
import
to
just.
A
No,
but
it's
a
component,
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
on
a
different
moran
center
related
note
to
thank
you
for
the
the
circles
that
I
was
invited
to
participate
in
as
a
you
know,
kind
of
a
sort
of
initial
community
discussion
project.
I
think
again,
we
we
just
we
need
to
institution
a
lot.
We
need
to
be
in
the
habit
of
of
reaching
out
for
her
feedback
and-
and
I
think
that'll
that'll
result
in
both
better
feedback
and
a
better
feeling
of
feeling
of
openness
of
government.
A
All
right,
in
that
case,
thank
you,
councilmember
burns
for
bringing
these
speakers.
Thank
you
to
kadeen
and
paige.
For
this
conversation
and
thanks
to
the
working
group
for
all
the
time
you're
putting
into
this
and
we'll
you
know,
be
able
to
continue
to
kind
of
wait
to
hear
from
the
working
group
in
terms
of
the
direction
that
they
want
to
propose,
but
look
forward
to
the
continued
discussion
before
we
break.
I
just
wanted
to
give
an
opportunity
for
an
update
from
the
violence
prevention
working
group.
A
Ideas
that
this
this
committee
has
already
voted
in
support
of,
and
so
I
just
wanted.
I
see
that
both
audrey
and
andy
papakristos
are
on
the
call
and
just
wanted
to
give
them
a
chance
to
just
kind
of
update
folks
on
the
outcome
of
those
discussions
and
what
what
next
steps
are.
Looking
like,
and
one
thing
that
I'm
not
certain,
either
audrey
or
and
candy
know
about
saul's
share-
is
that
one
of
the
aspects
of
this
was
an
offer
on
the
part
of
andy's
group
at
northwestern,
perhaps
supported
by
academics
elsewhere.
A
To
do
data
analysis
and
as
of
today,
the
ellison
police
department
and
andy's
group
at
northwestern
have
entered
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
to
enable
data
sharing
and
so
that
we're
off
to
the
races
with
that
component
of
it.
So
I
want
to
thank
city
staff
for
working
much
more
quickly
than
as
customary
customarily
even
possible,
and
that
means
not
only
our
law
department
but
also
also
the
police
department
and
thanks
so
much
to
andy
for
for
making
your
your
team
available
to
help
us
with
that.
A
G
Okay,
no
problem
thanks
so
much
as
mayor
bill
stated,
we
did
have
a
part
of
our
proposal
accepted
and
approved
by
the
city
council
on
january
10th.
So
of
course,
now
the
the
real
work
begins
and
doing
our
best
to
implement
what's
already
in
the
proposal,
but
also
what
we
hope
will
be
the
start
of
a
workforce
development
program
with
violence
prevention
specifically
in
mind.
G
G
In
addition
to
that,
cta
has
a
second
chance
program
and
gisha.
Esther
has
also
agreed
to
be
a
part,
so
we
have
a
few
more
that
we
need
to
confirm
and
then
we'll
be
ready
to
hopefully
meet
in
the
next
week
to
two
weeks
to
start
really
crafting
our
evanston
program,
so
really
want
to
thank
the
violence,
prevention
working
group.
For
you
know,
I'm
always
that
person
that's
happy
to
have
my
coattail
pull
to
say:
hey.
K
Thank
you.
I
won't
spend
too
much
time.
I
appreciate
all
the
help
in
the
working
group.
Nathan,
evangeline
councilman
reed
fleming
was
part
of
the
group
sarah's
part
of
the
group.
You
know
it
was
really
the
the
sort
of
comment
at
the
december
20th
holy
cow
that
was
almost
a
month
ago.
What
happened
in
the
last
month
meeting
about
the
both-
and
you
know
we
were
this
working
group-
was
really
concerned
with
thinking
about
figuring
out
how
the
sort
of
tends
to
be
older
group.
D
K
Individuals,
you
know
what
sorts
of
special
concerns
and
programming
they
need,
which
I
think
I'd
mentioned
in
the
last
meeting-
won't
be
the
same
as
the
young
folks
or
different
needs.
They
might
have
their
own
kids,
for
example
the
conflicts.
How
do
we
track
those
things?
And
so
looking
at?
I
also
just
want
to
stress
to
this
group.
You
know,
as
we
look
at
the
data
that
we're
going
to
look
at
from
epd.
K
K
A
All
right,
well,
I
just
want
to
again
thank
thank
both
of
you.
I
think
you
know.
I
think
the
collaboration
here
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
really
get
this
right
and,
as
both
of
you
said,
build
a
model
that
is
informed
by
national
practices,
but
is
built
for
evanston
by
evanstonians,
and
I
think
that's
that's
really
where,
where
the
recipe
for
success
is
going
to
be
centered,
so
thank
you.
Everybody
really
appreciate
everyone's
making
themselves
available
for
this
on.
A
You
know
we're
sort
of
no
longer
in
the
habit
of
meeting
every
two
weeks,
but
really
thought
that,
given
given
the
updates,
it
was
important
to
get
together,
and
I
appreciate
making
the
time
and
with
that
seeing
nothing
further
on
our
agenda.
The
january
18th
meeting
of
the
rematch
public
safety
committee
stands
adjourned
and
we'll
be
in
touch
thanks.
Everybody.