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Description
Minneapolis Public Safety & Emergency Management Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
welcome
to
our
regularly
scheduled
public
safety
and
emergency
management
committee.
Today's
date
is
Thursday,
October,
25th
and
with
me
today,
our
council
members,
a
Steve
Fletcher
council
member
Philippe,
Cunningham
councilmember,
Linea,
Palmisano
and
I
am
the
chair
of
this
committee,
councilmember
Allen,
dedicado
and
together
we
are
a
quorum.
This
committee
and
therefore
can
conduct
business
before
us.
We
have
several
items
on
our
agenda
item
number.
One
will
be
a
public
comment
period,
which
is
now
regularly
a
part
of
our
committee
meetings.
A
We
have
the
consent
items
which
are
items
2
through
9,
and
so
what
we'll
do
first
is
take
the
public
comment
period
before
approving
the
consent
agenda,
and
then
we
also
have,
after
the
consent
agenda,
3
discussion
items
so
for
now
we
will
go
ahead
and
do
the
well
are
there.
Any
questions
in
the
agenda
looks
like
very
good
all
right.
So
then
we
shall
go
ahead
and
do
our
public
commentary
section
here,
and
so
this
is
typically
opened
up
to
anyone
in
the
community
who
wants
to
come
up
and
share
thoughts,
ideas
or
suggestions.
A
The
work
of
the
Public
Safety
Committee,
or
topics
relating
to
public
safety
and
emergency
management.
So
if
there
are
people
here
who
wish
to
speak,
you
may
do
so
now
there
is
a
sign-in
sheet
behind
the
person
with
the
camera.
Oh
just
kidding,
there's
a
sign-in
sheet
that
our
clerk
has
in
her
hand
Kelly.
So
if
you're
here
to
speak,
you
can
go
ahead
and
sign
up
and
then
join
us
here
at
the
podium.
A
A
That
motion
passes
and
we
will
now
move
on
to
the
consent
agenda
here
and
I
will
read
these
items
and
then
take
a
vote
on
approving
them.
So
item
number
2
is
a
powers
and
duties
of
the
fire
chief
and
fire
department
activities
ordinance,
and
this
is
going
to
be
setting
a
public
hearing
for
November
29th
to
consider
an
ordinance
amending
title
9
chapter
173
of
the
Minneapolis
Code
of
Ordinances
relating
to
the
fire
and
police
protection,
specifically
the
fire
amending
provisions
related
to
powers
and
duties
of
the
fire
chief
and
authorized
department
activities.
I.
A
Remember
three:
is
an
agreement
between
the
Minneapolis
Fire,
Department
and
big
fish
entertainment
to
record
an
MFD
personnel
to
record
MFD
personnel
for
a
television
series
titled
first
responders
live
number.
Four
is
a
training
reimbursement
from
the
Minnesota
Board
of
firefighter
training
and
education.
Number
five
is
a
donation
of
heavy
duty
shelters.
So
it's
accepting
a
donation
of
heavy
duty,
shelters
from
the
Department
of
Defense
fire
firefighter
property
program
to
the
Minneapolis
Fire
Department
item.
A
Number
eight
is
a
9-1-1
director
survey
and
that
is
a
staff
direction
that
has
been
worked
on
with
our
staff
and
our
council
members
here
and
item
number.
Nine
is
a
contract
with
infiniti
Wireless
for
two-way
radio
airtime
trunking
services.
So
those
are
the
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
Are
there
any
questions
or
comments?
I
see
councilmember
Philippe
Cunningham
on
Q.
Thank.
B
You,
madam
chair,
excuse
me
I,
just
wanted
to
speak
to
item
number
eight
quickly,
that
it
is
important
that
our
city
employees
know
that
we
are
looking
out
for
them,
that
we
are
watching
that
we're
supporting
them
when
there
are
challenges,
and
so
this
staff
direction
worked
in
partnership
with
city
staff
is
meant
to
really
help
strengthen
our
9-1-1
department.
Hope
that
helped
the
employees
feel
supported
that
it's
a
well
operating
department,
and
so
this
is
really
meant
to
be
acknowledgement
of
important.
It
is
for
our
employees
to
be
happy
and
thriving
in
the
workplace.
B
C
C
Look
at
one
he's
got
it
set
up
at
one
of
our
facilities
so
that
we
could
see
it
and
I
just
really
appreciate
him
going
out
of
his
way
to
get
these
donations
in
a
timely
way
in
a
way
that
could
be
part
of
our
planning,
so
just
acknowledging
some
great
work
in
the
fire
department.
Thank
you.
Beautiful.
A
Thank
you.
So
those
are
the
items
on
our
consent
agenda
today.
So
if
there
are
no
further
questions,
I
will
move
to
accept
these
items
and
move
them
to
the
full
City
Council.
So
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
and
those
items
are
approved.
We
now
move
to
the
discussion
section
of
the
agenda
and
I
will
note
that
we
have
been
joined
by
councilmember
Jeremiah
Ellison.
So
the
first
discussion
item
will
be
a
presentation
from
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
on
our
third
quarter
or
2018
third
quarter
body,
worn
cameras
and
metrics
report.
D
So
this
first,
this
first
slide
here
shows
how
many
require
body
more
camera.
Videos
were
recorded
for
the
quarter,
fifty
thousand
in
July,
fifty
five
thousand
in
August
and
fifty
two
thousand
in
September,
and
then
what
I
did
is
I
broke
down
these
these
numbers
by
precinct,
as
you
can
see
here,
and
then
also
by
videos
recorded
on
the
average
per
day,.
D
These
next
slides
represent
a
comparison
by
percentage
of
the
overall
or
specific
cat
events
that
required
activation
of
a
body,
worn
camera
and
the
individual
officers
were
equipped
with
a
body,
worn
camera
and
responded.
The
percentage
does
not
include
events
where
an
officer
was
canceled
off
the
event
before
arriving.
These
percentages
are
by
month.
So
the
first
slide
here
is
the
count
of
the
overall
cat
events
that
required
camera
activation
and
officers
equipped
with
body
worn
cameras
in
June.
D
D
Okay,
I
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
now
about
CAD
data
and
our
compliance
percentages.
In
quarter
three,
we
began
using
our
dashboard,
which
allows
us
to
view
individual
BWC
usage
per
cat
incident.
Improvements
remain
to
the
dashboard,
which
included
adding
more
cat
information.
More
evidence,
evidence
calm
information,
so
we
can
get
a
clearer
picture
of
usage
and
compare
those
two
datasets.
We
experiment
with
the
dashboard
to
vet
its
accuracy
and
determine
what
kind
of
audits
we
could
do
and
how
long
it
would
take
to
complete
when
reviewing
an
individual
incidents.
D
We
noticed
that
some
of
the
cat
information
was
missing
or
inaccurate.
Some
incidents
had
no
arrival
time,
no
call
or
no
call
disposition
or
no
vehicle
location
data.
We
also
noticed
that
the
officers
cleared
or
were
cleared
by
dispatchers
with
a
disposition
that
appeared
to
indicate
the
officers
arrived
when
they
didn't
these
inaccuracies
and
the
CAD
data
occur
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
An
officer
may
forget
to
announced
arrival
on
an
emergency
call
given
what
they
have
to
immediately
deal
with
at
the
scene
or
for
a
routine
call.
D
They
just
may
fail
to
press
the
arrival
button.
They
arrived
or
a
dispatcher
may
not
catch
a
squad
arriving
on
the
air
or
may
quickly
clear
a
squad
from
one-call
to
handle
another
urgent
call
without
being
able
to
completely
enter
all
the
call
information
missing
or
inaccurate
cat
information
requires
auditors
and
supervisors
to
conduct
a
deeper
review
of
the
incident
to
accurately
determine
if
arrival
occurred,
to
determine
whether
or
not
body
worn
camera
activation
was
required.
The
review
could
include
listing
the
radio
traffic,
and
this
is
a
database
control
supervisors.
D
Don't
currently
have
access
to
reviewing
police
reports
if
they
were
generated.
Reviewing
call
incident
reports
for
information
that
may
be
contained
in
the
added
remarks
or
by
reviewing
acts
on
data.
Another
issue
we
discovered
was
that
officers
didn't
have
the
ability
to
cancel
themselves
on
their
squad,
computers
from
calls
they
didn't
arrive
on.
They
were
dependent
on
the
dispatcher
to
enter
this
information
for
them.
In
some
cases,
this
resulted
in
officers
using
other
clearance
codes.
That
indicated
an
arrival
in
the
data.
D
For
example,
clearing
with
an
assist
canceled
calls
are
not
counted
in
the
data
used
for
determining
if
body
worn
camera
activation
should
have
occurred.
When
there
are
discrepancies
discovered
in
the
CAD
data.
The
information
cannot
be
corrected
in
the
data
fields.
The
only
way
to
correct
the
CAD
record
is
to
add
remarks
in
the
call
which
cannot
be
extracted
quantitatively.
D
These
discrepancies
in
the
CAD
data
directly
impact
the
compliance
percentages
generated
by
the
dashboards,
reusing
the
logic
used
to
pull
the
CAD
data
and
the
data
into
the
dashboard
and
compared
to
the
acts
on
data
is
sound,
but
because
the
data
is
inaccurate
or
incomplete
at
the
source,
it
counts.
The
incident
and
the
dashboard
is
one
that
should
have
video
when
the
officer
never
arrived
on
the
call.
We
have
not
found
a
solution
yet
to
correct
for
these
discrepancies
in
the
dashboard
and
the
compliance
percentages
it
generates.
D
In
an
effort
to
improve
the
accuracy
of
CAD
data,
the
cancel
clearance
code
has
been
added
to
squad
computers,
so
officers
can
properly
use
this
code
when
it
applies.
A
department-wide
email
was
also
sent
to
the
officers,
reminding
them
of
the
importance
of
insuring
their
call
activity
is
documented
accurately
in
CAD
and
to
let
them
know
that
the
cancel
code
was
added.
D
Our
next
item
is
one
of
our
three
audits
that
we
did
earlier
in
the
quarter.
We
used
July
data
and
we
looked
at
50.
We
did
50
individual
officer
audits
and
when
we
started
looking
at
the
data,
we
started
to
notice
that
there
were
issues
with
uploading
in
a
timely
manner,
as
required
by
policy,
and
also
there
were
issues
with
categorizing
and
adding
case
numbers
as
well.
D
Supervisors
were
asked
to
review
the
audit
issues
with
the
officers.
Have
the
officers
make
any
necessary
Corrections
and
to
remind
the
officers
of
what's
required
to
be
in
compliance
in
the
future
when
the
audits
were
completed
by
the
supervisors
audited,
auditors
review
them
to
ensure
the
items
have
been
addressed
or
sent
them
back
for
further
correction.
We
need
it
and
that's
a
standard
process
that
we
use
for
all
of
our
audits.
D
D
Our
next
audit
we
conducted
was
our
activation
on
it.
This
is
the
first
audit
of
its
kind
that
we've
done
so
far
with
the
new
dashboard.
These
audits
examine
whether
individual
officers
were
activating
their
body.
Weren't
cameras
were
required
for
the
calls
that
responded
to
the
audit
focused
on
BWC
usage
data
from
either
July
or
August
of
2018.
Whichever
month
indicated
the
greatest
need
for
improvement,
the
auditors
were
directed
to
select
only
cat
incidents
where
the
officer
was
assigned
when
an
arrival
time
was
present
and
where
there
was
no
BWC
video
recording
for
the
incident.
D
The
presumption
was
that
most
of
these
calls
should
have
reporting's.
No
additional
analysis
was
conducted
at
this
point
by
the
auditors.
This
basic
methodology
was
chosen
because
our
goal
was
to
reach
as
many
officers
as
possible,
who
appeared
to
need
improvement.
165
officers
were
audited.
The
audits
were
sent
to
the
inspectors
and
commanders
of
the
officers
for
action
on
September
or
September
25th
through
the
27th.
The
audits
were
sent
electronically
using
a
program
that
makes
completing
the
form
the
audit
form
as
efficient
as
possible
for
supervisors
supervisor
is
assigned
to
address.
D
The
audits
were
directed
to
review
the
calls
identified
in
the
audits
and
conduct
any
additional
review
or
inquiry
needed
to
verify
whether
or
not
BWC
video
was
required
for
each
incident,
and
that
can
include
reviewing
that
with
one
call
information,
evidence,
comm
or
police
reports.
They
were
also
asked
to
indicate
on
the
form
whether
they
agreed
or
disagreed.
There
should
have
been
a
recording
if
they
disagree,
they
were
required
to
document
the
basis
for
their
decision.
D
If
the
supervisor
determined
that
an
officer
was
not
activating
they're
BWC
as
acquired
by
policy,
they
were
required
to
mentor
the
officer
on
what
the
policy
requires
and
to
convey
to
the
officer
the
expectation
that
change
was
needed
and
that
they're
BWC
usage
must
occur
immediately
and
consistently.
Once
the
form
was
completed.
It
was
reviewed
by
the
auditors
to
ensure
the
assessments
meet
by
the
supervisors
were
correct.
The
auditors
would
then
conduct
any
deeper
analysis
of
the
incident
that
was
necessary,
which
could
include
listening
to
radio
transmissions
or
reviewing
vehicle
location
information.
D
D
370
of
these
events
were
parking
problems
that
had
no
BWC
present
and
318
of
those
enforcement
action
was
taken.
This
issue,
I
believe,
was
just
an
error
in
an
interpretation
of
what's
required
by
the
policy
I.
Believe
it's
been
corrected,
I,
don't
think
we'll
see
this
anymore.
The
types
of
cat
incidents
with
missing
ewc
video
included
suspicious
person
calls
disturbances
unknown
wireless
cell
phone
theft
theft
calls
where
report
was
needed.
Traffic
stops
check
the
welfare
calls
and
unknown
trouble
calls
at
this
time.
D
Two-Thirds
of
these
activation
audits
are
still
in
progress
in
the
precincts
and
then
our
last
audit
for
the
quarter.
Again,
we
did
our
random
sample
of
25
officers.
We
selected
five
officers
randomly
from
each
precinct
and
reviewed
did
a
quality
review
of
ten
of
their
videos
during
the
quarter
and
the
criteria
was:
was
there
a
full
30-second
pre-event
recording?
Did
the
activation
at
the
conclusion
of
the
call
appear
to
be
appropriate?
Was
there
a
proper
case
number
entered
and
was
there
a
category
entered
before.
F
D
Okay,
all
right
and
the
results
from
the
random
sample
of
25
officers.
The
number
of
videos
reviewed
was
250
no
proper
case
number
entered
was
found
in
only
three
of
the
cases.
One
percent
no
category
listed
one
only
one
case
was
found:
no
complete
30-second
pre
recording
11
cases
at
4
percent,
which
is
a
decrease
from
last
quarter,
but
did
not
appear
to
proper
to
be
a
proper
deactivation
at
the
conclusion
of
the
event
or
reason
was
inconclusive.
That
went
out
by
two
cases
at
five
percent.
D
Some
of
the
patterns
observed
again.
There
were
some
videos
that
had
pre-recorded
that
were
less
than
30
seconds,
partial
or
camera.
A
partial
or
full
camera
obstruction
from
uniforms
were
observed
or
seatbelts,
and
in
these
cases
these
were
temporary
and
they
were
not
during
any
kind
of
situation
that
was
controversial
or
tense
or
confrontational.
D
So
events
with
multiple
body
work,
camera
video
have
consistent
deactivation
narration,
which
was
good
to
see
and
deactivation
occasionally
occurred,
while
officers
were
still
on
scene
at
a
call
that
had
not
been
completed
and
again
when
I
spoke
to
the
auditors
about
what
they
had
observed.
This
was
you
know,
situations
the
best
way
to
describe.
D
It
was
maybe
towards
the
end
of
a
call
they're
still
dealing
with
the
people
on
the
call
nothing
really
happening,
but
they're
engaged
in
conversation,
so
the
camera
should
be
kept
on,
but
it
was
turned
off
in
a
few
those
cases
and
then,
lastly,
our
next
steps,
our
focus
will
remain
on
activation
audits
for
the
remainder
of
quarter,
four,
we're
going
to
continue
to
process
and
review
the
remaining
first
round
of
activation
audits.
Coming
back
from
the
precincts,
we're
also
going
to
conduct
additional
rounds
of
activation
audits
each
month
for
October
through
December.
D
Our
goal
is
to
ensure
our
group
of
middle
performers
in
the
71
to
89
percentile
that
they
use
their
cameras
more
consistently.
Our
focus
and
we'll
be
focusing
on
addressing
our
group
of
low
performers.
Anyone
at
70%
or
below
that
on
October
19th,
precinct
inspectors
and
patrol
lieutenants
were
given
access
for
the
first
time
to
a
body.
More
camera
uses
dashboard
that
allows
them
to
view
the
performance
of
their
assigned
personnel
and
address
issues
proactively.
D
The
second
thing
we're
planning
is
some
of
our
lowest.
Performers
will
be
subjected
to
intensive
supervision.
The
officer
in
question
will
what
that'll
look
like
is
the
officer
in
question
of
meet
with
their
supervisor
at
the
end
of
each
shift
for
15
days,
the
supervisor
will
verify
that
each
call
that
requires
BWC
video
has
it.
D
If
bodywork
camera
video
isn't
recorded
as
required,
the
officer
will
have
to
explain
why
and
the
supervisor
will
document
the
reason
and
the
direction
the
officer
was
given
for
improvement.
The
documentation
will
be
forwarded
to
the
officers
lieutenant
for
review
and
then
forwarded
to
the
officers
inspector
commander
and
the
quality
assurance
unit,
where
auditors
will
verify
the
accuracy
of
the
supervisor
reviews
and
then,
lastly,
a
work
group
has
been
meeting
to
determine
the
criteria
and
process
that
could
be
used
for
referring
continued
non-compliance.
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
want
to
point
out
that
we're
in
ever-increasing
stages
of
refinement
in
how
we
look
at
in
our
tracking
body,
camera
use
with
officers.
That's
a
good
thing.
Even
just
last
quarter.
The
quarter
to
report
didn't
have
information
on
CAD
data
uses
right
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
so
I
think
we
just
have
a
new
and
more
refined
level
of
evaluation.
D
F
F
So
well,
that's
good
and
that's
important.
It
seems
like
there's,
probably
still
some
things
that
could
be
done
with
super
supervisor.
Reviews,
like
you
say,
and
discipline
documentation
like
you
were
talking
about
at
the
end.
That
might
be
more
impactful,
I'm
curious.
Why,
on
the
last
page,
you
said
your
focus
will
remain
on
activation
audits.
I'm
wondering
does
that
mean
you
think
that
this
is
maybe
why
a
few
and
a
decreasing
few
officers
don't
have
good
or
consistent
usage
of
their
body
cameras.
It's.
D
Definitely
an
error
area.
I
think
we
need
to
focus
on
before
we
move
on
to
other
phases
of
what
we
have
planned
for
auditing
I
would
like
to
get
our
lowest
people
up
and
I
would
like
to
get
our
middle
people
more
consistent
and
that's
going
to
improve
it's
going
to
show
improvement
for
us
overall.
So
I
think
we
have
two
months
roughly
remaining
in
the
quarter.
I
think
our
time
would
be
very
well
spent,
focusing
on
that
for
the
quarter.
Okay,.
F
D
E
D
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
this
report.
It's
very
thorough,
very
encouraging
I
think
it
makes
sense
to
me
that
we're
never
going
to
collect
it
to
100%
that
auditing
against
data
is
only
as
good
as
the
data
is,
and
obviously
there's
always
going
to
be
some
amount
of
data
error,
and
you
know,
processing.
You
know
50,000
calls
in
a
month
right,
so
it
makes
sense
to
me
that
there's
probably
still
a
little
room
for
improvement.
It
looks
like
you
guys
have
a
plan
for
that.
C
So
that's
great
one
question
I
had,
though,
is
it,
looks
like
overall,
the
first
Precinct
lags
about
10%
behind
the
other
precincts
in
their
overall
percentage
of
activations.
So
I
was
wondering
if
you
had
a
theory
about
why
the
first
precinct
is
there.
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are
different
about
the
first
precinct
with
the
downtown
entertainment
district,
and
everything
else
is
just
things
that
are
different
about
the
rhythm
of
police
in
there,
but
I'm
curious.
If
you
have
a
theory
about
why
the
first
Precinct
is
showing
different
numbers,
I.
D
F
F
More
careful
and
then
on
slide
number
fourteen
in
starting
to
talk
about
some
of
the
CAD
issues
and
how
it
it's
an
it
is
not
a
perfect
data
set
I'm
curious
at
the
end.
You
talk
about
officers
having
been
cleared
by
the
dispatcher,
but
with
a
disposition
that
it
seemed
like
the
officers
arrived
when,
actually
they
didn't
do
you
have
a
sense.
How
often
does
that
happen?
Well,.
F
F
As
you
look
at
your
options
on
how
we
want
to
look
at
increasing
compliance
and
how
we
were
a
little
bit
stagnant
last
quarter
in
this
quarter,
I
think
that's
going
to
be
something
that
is
going
to
push
it
further
and
higher
up
with
the
compliance
that
we
want
is
so
understood,
I
encourage
that,
and
that's
all
my
questions.
Thank
you.
A
F
A
A
D
Ma'am
so,
ultimately,
where
I'd
like
to
go
with,
this
is
I'd
like
to
get
the
quantitative
methods
to
the
point
of
automation
and
then
shift
that
response
that
direct
responsibility
to
the
precinct.
So
they
can
be
proactive
and
then
our
role
on
the
quantitative
side
of
things
is
to
oversee
that.
To
make
sure
that
people
who
do
slip,
you
know
in
their
performance,
are
addressed
at
the
precincts,
but
where
I'd
like
to
take.
D
My
auditors
is
I'd
like
to
do
a
deeper
dive
of
the
content
and
quality
of
the
recordings
themselves,
which
is
the
most
time-consuming
piece
of
what
we
do
in
our
auditing
effort
and
all
in
part,
part
of
getting
the
precinct
inspectors
in
patrol
lieutenant
access
to
a
dashboard
pushes
us
in
that
direction.
Yeah.
A
A
So
if
you
could
maybe
talk
to
us
a
little
bit
about
what
could
we
consider,
you
know
as
a
as
a
successful
full
implementation
of
the
program.
I
know
you
and
I
talked
about
briefly
about
whether
or
not
these
things
should
be
at
a
hundred,
and
what
what
does
that
mean?
Was
that
mean
for
us
and
and
how
can
we
make
sure
that
folks
are
feeling
like
there's
they're
reaching
that
goal?
A
You
know,
instead
of
just
chasing
the
problem,
but
really
being
able
to
like
fully
provide
the
services
that
our
residents
need
by
activating
their
body
cameras
when
we're
asking
them
to
do
it.
So
as
a
hundred
percent
our
success
or
what
are
there
components
that
we
could
consider
a
success
of
of
this
kind
of
effort?
Well,.
D
I
believe
councilmember
Fletcher
is
set
at
best,
I
mean
whenever
you're
dealing
with
data,
there's
always
going
to
be
a
percentage
of
error,
but
there
may
be
a
way
for
us
to
look
at
the
data
in
a
way
to
sort
of
figure
out
what
that
error
rate
actually
is,
and
then
that
would
give
us
a
finish
line
or
the
standard
that
we
want
the
the
top
standard
that
we
want
to
reach
or
strive
for.
So
that's
something
we're
going
to
be
doing
in
the
future
as
well.
Thank.
A
You
so
I'm
not
seeing
any
more
questions
on
this
presentation,
and
we
know
we
will
see
you
in
January,
so
it
will
be
a
regular
communication
with
you
here
so
appreciate
it
and
thank
you.
So
we
shall
then
move
to
receive
and
file
this
report
and
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
that
moves
forward.
A
Actually
so
we
were
both
part
of,
and
our
committee
was
part
of,
the
the
staff
direction
on
May
25th
of
this
year,
related
to
the
contract
that
the
city
of
Minneapolis
has
with
Hennepin
County
for
jail
services
and
the
concerns
that
we
have
between
the
separation
of
local
law
enforcement
and
federal
immigration
agents.
So
if
we
could
have
our
city
attorney
Susan
Segal,
kick
it
off.
Okay,.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I
am
standing
I'm
gonna
try
to
channel
our
city
coordinator
here,
because
she
unfortunately
is
not
able
to
be
here
so
I
am
her
stand-in
to
start
out
just
understanding
the
the
statutory
what
state
law
provides
with
respect
to
the
jail
and
Minnesota
statute.
That's
three.
Eighty
seven
point
one
one
dictate
that
sheriff's
have
charged
in
custody
of
the
jail.
So
while
the
County
Board
is
tasked
with
funding
the
jail
and
owns
the
jail
building,
the
sheriff
the
Hennepin
County
Sheriff
is
in
control
of
the
jail.
G
We've
been
in
a
number
of
conversations
with
County
board
members
as
well
as
I
personally,
have
had
a
conversation
with
the
sheriff,
and
there
is
with
the
sheriff.
There
is
just
a
policy
disagreement.
I
will
put
it
that
way.
When
it
comes
to
immigration,
control
and
enforcement,
the
city
does
have
a
contract
with
the
county.
It's
with
the
county,
not
with
the
sheriff
for
use
of
the
jail,
and
it's
a
pretty
per
functor
agreement
and
largely
it's
just
a
payment
agreement
is
what
it's
been
so
far.
G
The
it's
automatically
renewed
every
two
years.
With
six
months
notice.
We
can
terminate
the
agreement.
The
cost
of
the
city
contract
with
the
county
for
use
of
the
jail
is
3.7
million.
Over
two
years.
I
will
note.
I
looked
up
the
budget
numbers
for
the
Adult
Detention
Center,
the
jail
and
the
2018
budget
for
the
jail
is
about
thirty
little
over
thirty
nine
million
dollars.
So
the
city
is
nowhere
as
close
to
paying
any
significant
portion
in
the
jail
cost.
G
The
county
board
has
taken
some
actions.
In
March
of
this
year,
the
Board
of
Commissioners
passed
a
resolution
directing
the
county
to
issue
an
RFP
that
would
provide
legal
services
for
Hennepin
County
residents
facing
deportation,
particularly
those
who
are
being
held
in
custody
in
the
jail
with
an
amount
of
$250,000,
and
they
directed
an
RFP
be
issued.
G
Part
of
that
resolution
also
directed
County
staff
to
include,
with
a
twenty
five
thousand
dollar
contract
value,
that
a
protocol
be
developed
for
providing
foreign-born
residents
being
booked
and
placed
in
custody
of
the
county
with
the
immigration
recount
regarding
their
immigration
rights
and
that
the
money
also
be
used
to
help
implement
this
protocol,
including
translating
it
into
number
of
multiple
languages.
As
you
know,
we.
G
English
here
and
I
a
while
back,
had
provided
the
draft
language
for
that
two
people
working
on
it
and
the
count
the
contract
has
been
entered
into
by
the
county,
with
mid
Minnesota
legal
aid
and
effective
October
1.
So
we
expect
that
protocol
to
be
developed,
and
our
understanding
is
that
the
sheriff
has
agreed
that
that
can
be
posted
in
the
jail
and
I
think
it
will
include
a
phone
number
for
assistance
with
immigration,
legal
advice
for
persons
being
detained
in
the
jail.
G
Earlier
this
year,
also,
commissioners,
Callison
and
mcLaughlin
directed
staff
to
develop
a
policy
relating
to
the
conduct
of
federal
immigration
authorities
in
Hennepin
County
in
Hennepin
County
facilities
and
was
to
include
provision
to
the
county
of
notice
of
the
presence
of
federal
agents
within
county
buildings.
I
will
note
that
I
also
reached
out
I.
G
The
next
step
that's
planned
is
to
meet
with
the
sheriff
directly,
along
with
Hennepin
County,
the
assistant
administrator
in
charge
of
Public
Safety
at
the
county
to
continue
these
discussions.
But
that's
the
progress
that's
been
made
today
because
there's
there
have
been
communications,
there
have
been
letters,
we've
made
progress.
G
You
know
the
city
alone
as
part
it
was
an
out-group
outgrowth
of
the
work
I
put
together
a
group
to
make
sure
we
were
implementing
and
improving
our
processes
with
respect
to
UNT
visa
processes,
and
we
got
input
from
legal
aid
and
Minnesota
advocates
for
human
rights
and
then
Michelle
Rivero
who's
here
helped
us
finalize
the
language.
That's
now
on
the
back
of
squad,
so
I
wish
I
had
more
to
report,
but
but
it
is,
it
is
a
work
in
progress.
H
So
our
when
the
officers
make
a
decision
to
arrest
someone,
they
are
usually
the
ones
who
transport
them
be
mostly
wonder:
I'm,
sorry,
mostly
to
Monster
Squad
cards.
They
were,
they
will
transport
the
people
to
jail
from
whatever
precinct
they're
working
at
we
with
with
a
little
bit
of
variance
down
in
the
first
precinct,
because
first
free
skate,
it
has
a
booking
band.
H
Booking
bands
sometimes
goes
to
calls
when
officers
request
them
to
come
pick
up
the
rest
these
and
then
the
booking
band
will
take
the
arrest,
seized
and
put
it
into
the
book
event
and
transform
down
to
have
a
cocktail,
as
the
officers
drive
down
to
the
jail.
If
you're
not
familiar
with
the
public
safety
facility.
Is
what
it's
called
over
there?
The
entrance
to
the
jail
is
on
4th
Street
in
between
4th
Avenue
and
5th
Avenue
South
officers
drive
up
to
the
garage
door.
H
H
That's
called
nomenclature
for
the
garage
area
in
there
where
the
squad's
pulling
officers
then
walk
to
this
door
and
when
they
get
to
the
door,
the
door
is
opened,
slid,
open
and
then
Henry
County
deputies
are
there
to
receive.
The
prisoners
take
the
prisoners
in
at
that
time.
That's
when
the
formal
kind
of
transfer
custody
of
the
prisoner
from
the
police
officers
goes
to
the
county.
The
officers
stayed
there
in
this
area
until
the
prisoners
searched.
H
The
Henry
County
deputies
usually
do
a
very,
very
thorough
search
people
that
they're
booking
into
the
jail
and
can
take
anywhere
from
a
couple
of
minutes
up
to
ten.
As
for
the
search
once
the
search
is
done,
the
jail
staff
then
take
these
people
and
they
put
them
in
the
processing
room
and
our
officers
are
then
completed
with
paperwork
and
they
are
done
with
process
and
they
then
get
back
to
the
vehicles
and
leave
the
jail
until
then.
H
Usually,
we
are
not
involved
with
working
with
anybody
or
dealing
with
anybody
inside
of
jail
until
an
investigator
will
you
go
see
them
most.
People
are
recently
arrested
and
if
an
investigator
needs
to
speak
to
them,
they
will
usually
go
to
the
public
safety
facility,
because
that's
where
they
usually
keep
most
of
the
prisoners
are
the
arrestees
who
have
been
just
arrested
in
the
last
few
days.
H
However,
there
is
also
a
facility
that
jail
still
has
here
in
City
Hall,
that
houses
prisoners
that
we
will
go
and
speak
to
arrest
these
up
there
for
you
to
interview,
so
the
public
safety
facility
over
there
has
330
beds,
so
that's
their
maximum
amount.
They
believe
they
can
handle
over
there
and
the,
but
they
also
have
another
500
and
509
beds.
Here,
father
9,
wouldn't
say
hall.
H
So
moving
on
I
guess
some
issues
we
would
foresee
for
us
for
the
arrestee
for
other
people's
involved
with
the
arrest.
If
we
were
unable
to
house
arrestees
here
in
Hemet
County
or
at
the
county,
jail
or
Public
Safety
facility
is
that
if
we
looked
around
two
other
jails,
for
instance,
Ramsey
County,
they
have
500
beds,
we
be
very
difficult
to
work
with
them
to
hold
our
prisoners
and
to
hold
their
prisoners.
They
have
a
fairly
decent
County
that
has
a
lot
of
cities
that
bring
people
in
the
addition
of
st.
Paul.
H
If
we
had
prisoners
over
at
Randy,
I'm,
just
gonna
use
the
Ramsey
County's
example,
which
closest
may
be
the
next
biggest
jail
besides
Henry
County.
If
we
had
prisoners
at
Ramsey,
County
access
for
family
getting
to
over
there
to
the
Ramsey
County
to
see
them
from
Minneapolis
may
be
difficult.
Public
defender
try
to
get
over
there
to
see
them
may
also
be
difficult.
So
just
going
back
to
the
process
when
officers
arrest
someone.
H
H
If
there
are
any
injuries
that
occur
and
the
nursing
staff
medical
staff,
there
believe
that
they
need
to
be
seen
by
a
doctor,
then
the
officers
are
asked
to
take
the
prisoner
back
and
then
we
will
take
them
to
have
become
a
medical
center
where
they
will
then
be
seen
by
doctor
address
the
concern,
the
issue
they
have
and
then
receive
paperwork
from
them.
And
then
we
have
things
paperwork
back
with
the
adversity
and
back
to
jail.
H
Management,
so
we
we
currently
do
we
have
system.
Is
we
call
it
the
tiger
system,
and
so,
when
officers
have
investigated
case
spoke
to
the
arrestee,
what
they
do
is
they.
They
call
a
tiger
a
case
to
the
Henry
County
for
possible
consideration,
charges
and
that's
done
done.
The
computer
I
am
unsure
if,
if
Ramsey
County
has
that
or
what
they
use
for
that
process,
and
then
probably
one
of
the
biggest
things
would
be
transportation
of
the
prisoner
back
to
the
county.
H
So
again,
if
we
had
a
person
over
Ramsey
County
that
maybe
had
to
be
seen
in
court
for
their
36
hour,
hold
36
48
hour
hold
after
they've,
been
arrest,
arrested
or
for
a
possible
cold
case.
Then
we'd
have
to
transport
it
back
here
from
Ramsey
County.
Currently
the
public
safety
facility,
along
with
the
jail
that's
here
here
and
City
Hall.
They
have
tunnels
that
connect
to
the
government
center.
H
And
then,
finally,
you
know
after
adjudication:
if
a
trustee
is
found
guilty
of
a
crime,
they
may
need
to
be
transferred
to
the
war
cost.
An
atomic
war
cost,
which
is
here
have
a
county.
It's
in
Plymouth
depend
another
time
that
may
be
given
to
them
for
their
conviction
or
possibly
to
the
department
department,
Corrections
Facility,.
I
H
I
Angie
50%
of
the
total
of
eight
hundred.
Yes,
okay,
do
you
also
do
you
know
whether
so
the
county
doesn't
own
this
building?
Neither
does
the
city
we
lease
space
from
the
Building
Commission,
so
the
county
presumably
must
be
leasing
space
for
the
beds
that
they're
using
from
the
Building
Commission
I
suspect
you
don't
know,
but
there
must
be
some
kind
of
lease
agreement
that
could
be
terminated
changed
at
some
point.
You
don't
know
if
the
lease
expires
at
any
date
or
just
an
ongoing
agreement.
I
H
I
That
I
don't
either
so
I.
Had
it
a
another
question,
maybe
for
the
city
attorney
to
help
with
could
I
just
keep
going
a
little
bit.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
So
I
had
a
conversation
with
the
sheriff.
He
also
sent
us
all
a
letter
and
he
explained
the
process
that
he
goes
through
and
he
was
claiming
that
a
lot
of
these
things
he's
required
to
do
by
law.
He
talked
in
his
letter
about
how
he
asks
all
the
arrestees
that
come
in
where
were
they
born
and
that
he's
required
to
do
that
by
state
law.
I
G
Madam
chair
and
council
member
Gordon
there
is,
it
is
not
a
law.
There
is
a
rule,
a
regulation
of
the
State
Department
of
Corrections
requiring
places
of
detention
to
ask
the
place
of
birth.
So
it's
not
allied
as
a
rule
and
the
reason
behind
that,
though,
is
not
to
a
sister
aid
and
immigration
enforcement.
G
The
reason
for
that
being
there
and
it
could
be
changed,
I
think
I,
don't
know
if
there's
federal
treaty
obligations
to
require
that
or
not
honestly,
I
haven't
researched
that
far,
but
it's
for
the
benefit
of
the
person
being
detained
so
that
a
counselor
if
they
are
a
citizen
of
another
country,
but
they
are
being
detained
in
our
country,
so
that
their
their
consulate
or
embassy
can
be
notified.
So
it's
there
to
benefit
the
individual
not
to
benefit
our
federal
immigration
enforcement.
G
I
Appreciate
that
and
and
I
don't
think,
the
sheriff
tells
him
that
before
we
asked
him
the
question
either
and
I
know,
we
don't
require
him
to
ask
that
in
the
contract
in
any
way.
Also,
the
other
thing
that
he
told
me
is
that
he
will
notify
immigration
authorities,
homeland
security
personnel
about
some
people,
and
they
also
get
access
to
information,
I
believe
through
FBI
reporting
automatically,
even
if
he
doesn't
notify
and
that
they
will
call
and
request
to
find
out
when
somebody's
going
to
be
released
and
then,
when
anytime,
they
request
the
notification.
I
G
I
Then
he
also
told
me
that
he
will
get
notification
and
if
it's
during
the
regular
work
week
and
the
federal
officials
requested,
he
will
bring
the
prison
the
prisoners,
the
arrestees,
when
they're
being
released
to
the
Sallyport
in
custody,
and
he
will
turn
that
individual
over
from
the
custody
of
the
sheriff
right
over
to
ice
in
custody,
and
they
will
take
the
person
out
so
they're
technically
never
even
released
to
there.
The
way
I
think
that
a
judge
had
intended
or
the
court
system
would
have
said
if
they're
released
on
the
weekend.
I
He
said
interesting,
Lee
enough,
he
said
or
late
at
night
ice
will
sometimes
have
the
personnel
to
come
and
pick
them
up,
and
so
there
isn't
that
exchange.
But
if
they
request,
if
they
do
the
exchange
in
the
tunnel
and
obviously
I,
that's
not
a
legal
requirement.
That's
decision
he
apparently
is
making
I
mean,
if
he's
not
even
I'm,
assuming
he's
not
even
required
to
notify
them.
The
release
he's
not
required
to
turn
them
over
to
Asians.
I
I
In
my
last
question,
I
think
I
know
the
answer
to
this.
One,
too,
is
about
the
process
to
amend
our
contract
with
the
sheriff,
so
we
do
have
a
contract
with
the
sheriff.
It's
just
an
ongoing
contract
and
there's
a
stipulation
in
there
to
make
an
amendment
and
in
order
to
make
amendment
it's
my
understanding,
all
it
would
take.
Is
both
parties
agreeing
on
the
amendment
and
then
it
would
become
a
new
part
of
the
contract.
Is
that
your
understanding
as
well?
Well.
G
Sharon
councilmember
Gordon.
Well,
it's
been
a
number
of
years
since
I
took
contracts
in
law
school.
Yes,
if
you
have
a
meeting
of
the
mind
there
are
notice
provisions
etc,
but
and
as
a
zone
as
I
know,
you
all
can
appreciate.
The
problem
is
getting
to
the
agreement
here,
but
you're
absolutely
right.
So.
I
So
my
theory
was
we
could
try
to
come
up
with
something
and
we
could
say
for
our
arrestees.
Please
do
X,
do
not
do
Y
and
see
if
the
sheriff
could
agree
to
those
things.
For
example,
before
you
ever
ask
a
question
about
your
country
of
origin,
please
inform
the
Minneapolis
arrestee
that
they
do
not
have
to
answer
this
question
and
also
we
can
stipulate.
Please
do
not
notify
about
the
release
of
any
of
our
arrestees
to
any
federal
officials.
I.
Don't
think
that
he
necessarily
would
agree,
but
it
might
be
worth
asking
the
question.
I
G
Chair
and
councilmember
Gordon,
we
more
or
less
have
I
think
the
first
issue
will
be
resolved
when
this
protocol
is
posted
and
so
I
think
that
is
solved
in
getting
further
changes
in
terms
of
providing
us
with
access
and
notification
of
one
end
of
roles
are
being
released.
I
think
that's
a
tougher
issue.
I
And
I'll
just
note
and
I
appreciate
all
the
information
about
Ramsey
County.
One
of
the
problems
here
is
we're
not
in
a
very
good
negotiating
position
when
we
don't
have
any
viable
alternatives.
There
was
a
time
in
the
city's
history
where
we
did
have
a
detention
center
and
there
actually
is
at
least
I
believe
one
jail
in
the
first
precinct,
there's
a
little
bit
of
a
detention
opportunities,
and
some
of
the
precincts
are
at
least
one.
So
that
would
be
the
other
thing
we
have
to
do
is
well.
What
are
our
alternatives?
G
Not
only
is
it
a
matter
of
paying
Minneapolis
police
officers
to
drive
elsewhere
if
there
are
available
beds,
which
is
a
whole
nother
issue,
because
I
don't
imagine,
the
Ramsey
County
Jail
operates
with
a
major
vacancy
rate
and
is
staffed
up
and
ready
to
suddenly
handle
more
people.
But
let's
assume
we
could
even
solve
that
issue,
so
they
drop
them
off
there,
but
that's
not
the
end
of
it.
G
As
I
was
looking
at
the
sheriff's
budget
in
the
Hennepin
County
budget
book,
the
sheriff's
escort
detainees
to
their
court
hearings
in
their
strict
time
limits,
obviously
for
the
first
appearance
and
for
some
any
subsequent
court
hearings
for
people
who
are
held
in
custody
and
they
escort
them
in
the
public
safety
facility.
There
actually
is
a
special
opening
in
the
arraignment
court
rooms,
where
they
aren't
actually
in
the
courtroom
they're
sitting
in
the
courtroom
through
an
open
window,
but
the
budget
book
said
that
in
2017,
sheriff's
deputies
handled
36,000
courts,
security
escorts.
G
So
if
you
assume
that
half
of
those
people
may
be
Minneapolis
residents,
that's
a
lot
of
of
having
sworn
law
enforcement
drive.
Someplace
else
pick
up
a
detainee
escort
them
to
court
stay
with
them,
while
they're
in
court
in
Hennepin
County
I
mean
so
it's
a
practical.
It's
practically
impossible.
It's
a
good
idea,
but
it
you
know
I
mean
nothing's
impossible,
but
it
would
be
incredibly
expensive.
E
I'm
sure
I
know
councilmembers.
My
name
is
Michelle
Rivero
I'm
at
the
office
of
immigrant
and
refugee
Affairs
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
I
can
respond
to
that
question
first
and
then
talk
about
the
things
that
I
was
planning
on
addressing
today.
So
I
have
been
in
contact
with
officials
with
Ramsey
County
and
st.
Paul,
as
well
as
with
individuals
with
the
University
of
Minnesota
law,
school
detainee
rights
clinic
the
pinger
Center
for
new
Americans
and
with
regard
to
detainers,
there
is
information
indicating
that
there
are
detainers
issued
through
Ramsey
County.
E
My
understanding
is
that
Ramsey
County
does
not
cooperate
with
ice.
What
does
that
mean?
That's
a
challenging
question.
They
may
not
cooperate
with
ice
but
at
the
same
time,
ice
issues
Tanner's,
and
there
is
information
on
this
link
that
I
have
here
from
track,
which
is
through
Syracuse
University,
which
provides
specific
information
regarding
the
number
of
detainers
per
county
so
for
Ramsey,
County
I've
not
gone
beyond
Ramsey
and
Hennepin
County,
but
for
Ramsey
County
from
October
2017
to
april
2018,
and
the
number
of
detainers
issued
by
ice
is
7
d.
E
Let's
say
for
a
fiscal
year,
2017
at
64,
Ramsey
County,
so
to
the
extent
that
Ramsey
County
is
cooperating
with
ice
and
ensuring
that
those
individuals
for
whom
a
detainer
has
been
issued
are
actually
apprehended
by
ice.
I.
Don't
have
that
specific
information
but
I'm
in
continuing
communication
with
counterparts
in
Ramsey
County
to
get
more
specific
information
regarding
that
subject,
I
can
go
through
what
else
the
other
subjects
I
was
planning
to
address
if
that's
acceptable
to
mom
sure.
E
Thank
you
so
I'm
briefly
going
to
talk
about
the
national
and
local
enforcement
trends
and
changes
from
the
Obama
administration
to
the
Trump
administration.
Ice
enforcement
and
removal
operations
made
a
total
of
143
thousand
four
hundred
and
seventy
arrests
in
fiscal
year
2017,
which
represents
a
30
percent
rise
from
fiscal
year,
2016
from
January
20th
the
inauguration
to
end
a
fiscal
year
of
September
30th
2017
ice
made
one
hundred
and
ten
thousand
five
hundred
and
sixty
arrests,
which
represents
a
42
percent
increase
over
2016.
E
There
was
a
priority
on
individuals
who
had
criminal
histories,
whereas
towards
the
beginning
of
the
Trump
administration,
there
was
an
expansion
of
enforcement
priorities
to
include
virtually
anyone
who's
in
the
United
States
without
authorization,
the
simple
field
office
of
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement,
which
also
encompasses
Minneapolis.
So
one
of
the
largest
increases
nationwide
in
ice
arrests
in
2017,
a
Pew
Research
Center
report
dated
February
18
2018,
which
is
here.
E
Another
report
by
track,
which
is
run
by
Syracuse
University,
indicates
that
the
largest
single
component
of
ice
arrests
remains
those
where
non-citizens
are
picked
up
from
local
jails,
run
by
police
and
County
Sheriff
department's
track
compiles
statistical
and
detailed
statistical
information,
including
information
on
ice
detainers,
the
number
of
detainers,
as
I
indicated,
issued
for
individuals
to
Tina,
oh
I,
did
not
say
this
sorry
detain
in
Hennepin
County
Jail
for
fiscal
year.
2017
is
494,
which
is
more
than
twice
the
amount
for
fiscal
year,
2016
and
2017,
and
from
October
2017
to
April
2018.
E
E
I
I,
don't
necessarily
have
a
question.
I
just
have
comments,
so
it
feels
to
me
like
we
are
violating
our
own
separation
ordinance
and
we're
forcing
our
own,
potentially
our
own
police
officers,
to
violate
our
own
separation
ordinance
by
taking
arrestees
to
the
Inman
County
Jail,
and
that
just
and
we
may
be
violating
it,
because
that's
what
we've
set
up
is
the
only
option
and
the
only
thing
they
can
do
and
that's
just
frustrating
and
it's
discouraging
and
I-
don't
really
know
what
what
to
necessarily
do
about
it.
I
I
think
having
us
all,
arrested
and
taken
over
to
Hennepin
County
Jail
might
not
be
the
answer,
but
I
would
like
to
see
us
try
to
come
up
with
some
alternatives
and
what
we
could
do
and
I
good
conscience
it's
hard
for
me
to
just
sit
still
well.
This
is
going
on
and
I
noticed.
You
said
there
were
70
from
Ramsey
County
and
over
400
from
Hennepin
County
that
have
been
gone
through
this
and
from
what
I
understand
any
of
those
who
were
released
during
the
work.
I
C
Thank
You
chicano
I'm
wondering
if
it's
helpful,
to
have
statistics
on
how
many
detentions
are
happening
in
relationship
to
arrests,
I'm
wondering
if
we
know
what
people
are
being
arrested
for
that's
leading
to
this
activity,
because
it
occurs
to
me
that
there
might
be
ways
you
know
we
unfortunately
can't
do
much
about
a
sheriff
who
won't
cooperate
with
us
and
who
doesn't
share
our
values.
We
might
be
able
to
think
about
adapting
the
way
we
do
arrest.
C
E
G
Madam
chair
and
councilmember
Fletcher
they're,
the
number
of
people
taken
to
jail,
has
been
greatly
reduced.
There's
been
a
53%
reduction
and
I
think
just
over
the
last
couple
of
years,
there
are
more
I
mean,
were,
for
example,
doing
pre-charge
diversion
we're
working
hard
on
reducing
arrests
for
bench
warrants.
We
started
this
sign
and
release
warrant
where
people
are
not
taken
into
jail.
So
there's
a
lot
of
work
around
that
already
that
we
are
very
committed
to
continuing.
A
I
do
have
a
question,
and
you
know
we
have
discussed
this
issue
before
this
presentation
just
to
try
to
get
a
sense
of
where
we
were
taking
this
and
as
council
members
know.
This
is
a
topic
that
comes
up
frequently
in
especially
immigrant
communities
and
commune
of
color,
and
it's
oftentimes
one
that
we
don't
have
a
clear
response
to.
So
it
does
feel
like
there's
this
injustice
happening
and
there's
not
a
lot
that
the
city
can
do
and
so
part
of
contextualizing.
A
A
So
so
I
am
curious
to
know
more
about
how
our
work
through
MPD
can
help
mitigate
that
and
bring
more
clarity
to
that
and
just
have
more
I
guess
you
know
racial
equity
lens
into
that
conversation
as
it
impacts
immigrant
populations,
specifically
so
I'm
gonna
be
following
up
with
some
folks
here
afterwards
and
I
hope
that
you
know
cam.
You
know
you
and
I
can
continue
to
work
on
this,
and
certainly
anyone
in
our
committee,
who's
interested
is
more
than
welcome
to
join
that
conversation
and
that
work.
A
How
are
you
helping
our
community
in
this
way?
So
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
fertile
ground
here
for
us
to
build
on.
I
do
have
just
sort
of
one
technical
question.
Just
in
terms
of
the
I
heard,
there
was
a
letter
from
her
City
coordinator
that
was
sent
to
the
county,
maybe
the
County
coordinator,
so
the
Hart
counterpart
there
and
I
was
just
curious.
What
that
letter
was
about
and
what?
A
G
Chair,
yes,
a
letter
was
sent
over
the
summer
from
our
city
coordinator
to
the
County
Administrator,
and
it
was
sent
to
the
county
administrator,
because,
if
the
jail
contracts,
the
county
contract
and
I
am
sure,
city
coordinator
would
be
happy
to
share
copies
of
that
and
and
to
provide
it
and
it
set
out
the
staff
direction.
I
mean,
basically,
is
that
we
want
the
you
know
the
measures
identified
by
councilmember
Gordon.
You
know
it
as
well
as
other
protections.
A
I
But
there
might
be
a
role
that
the
council
could
play
by
passing
a
firm
resolution
unanimously
saying.
We
would
like
to
see
these
specific
things
changed
in
the
jail
practices
and
jail
contract
and
at
least
on
the
sheriff
could
see
that.
Oh,
this
is
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor
saying
they
want
these
three
very
specific
things
or
four
or
two
or
whatever.
We
have
changed
and
hearing
this
and
feeling
the
urgency
of
it.
That
is
something
that
I
might
consider
trying
to
get
up
to
the
council.
I
The
next
round,
working
with
folks
on
doing
that.
I
know
that
it
won't
change
the
contract,
but
it
would
send
a
message
that
we
would
like
to
change
the
practices
and
maybe
they
could
change
without
a
contract,
change
or
the
contract,
and
it
would
be
more
of
a
formal
city
action
than
just
the
staff
direction
which
never
feels
too
like
it
has
quite
the
same
weight
as
a
resolution.
I
A
That
sounds
like
a
great
next
step.
Absolutely
thank
you
all
right,
so
we
have
some
homework
to
do
and
some
more
action
to
take
on
this
in
the
future
and
really
talented
staff.
Thank
you
for
your
presentation
today.
So
with
no
further
questions
or
comments
on
this,
we
shall
go
ahead
and
receive
and
file
this
presentation,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
aye
and
that
moves
forward.
We
now
have
a
final
presentation
today
on
the
domestic
domestic
violence.
A
G
Can
somebody
help
make
it
close?
Freddie,
oh
I'm,
trying
I'm
trying
Oh
first
I.
Thank
you
for
for
including
this
on
the
agenda.
October
is
Domestic
Violence,
Awareness
Month,
and
it
is
an
area
that
we
have
placed
a
lot
of
focus
on
I,
know
in
our
office,
our
health
department,
the
police
department
and
it's
an
area
work
that
urgently
needs
more
attention
and
I
know.
G
All
of
you
are
committed
to
this
councilmember
Cunningham
I
know,
certainly
as
as
well,
but
first
I
want
to
introduce
brandy,
Bennett
and
Tatiana
grant
who
are
here.
They
are
two
of
our
Victim
Witness
service
employees
who
work
with
us
with
our
domestic
violence,
victims
and
witnesses,
and
just
do
a
terrific
job
and
they're
just
outstanding.
So
so
I
want
to
give
credit
to
the
people
who
do
the
actual
work.
G
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
council
members,
for
letting
us
speak
today
about
the
very
important
work
that
we
do
surrounding
domestic
violence
in
the
City
Attorney's
office
and
throughout
the
city,
as
Susan
mentioned,
I'm.
The
supervising
attorney
of
our
domestic
abuse
team,
which
consists
of
myself
six
attorneys,
three
wonderful
Victim,
Witness
specialists
and
three
paralegals,
and
we
have
several
initiatives
that
we
have
ongoing
and
things
that
we
are
looking
forward
to
doing
in
the
future.
That
I
will
cover
today.
J
One
of
the
main
things
that
we
do
on
an
ongoing
basis
is
outreach
and
training
to
our
various
justice
partners.
Each
year
we
do
a
criminal
justice
partners
update,
which
includes
probation
officers,
advocates
and
other
partners
within
the
criminal
justice
system
about
domestic
violence,
issues,
new
laws,
initiatives
and
areas
of
interest,
and
we
always
get
very
good
attendance
at
that
and
good
feedback
this
year.
J
In
addition,
and
I'll
talk
about
it
a
little
bit
more
in
a
moment,
we
did
specifically
training
addressing
strangulation,
which
we
are
realizing,
is
an
issue
that
requires
more
training
in
recognition
in
how
to
treat
these
cases
appropriately.
We
also
do
ongoing
training
with
our
lawn
for
partners,
obviously
including
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
Metro,
Transit,
State,
Patrol,
doing
training
not
only
for
their
new
recruits
and
their
academies,
but
doing
ongoing
roll
call
and
in-service
trainings.
In
fact,
mr.
J
These
are
the
conviction
rates
for
the
domestic
violence
cases
at
my
team
handles
over
the
last
few
years.
As
you
can
see
right
around
2000
2007
2008
there
was
a
market
increase,
that's
where
we
implemented
our
domestic
violence
protocol
response
protocol
for
Minneapolis
Police
Department,
where
they
started
gathering
much
more
information
on
these
calls.
So
we
had
that
information
up
front,
as
you
may
or
may
not
know,
on
the
misdemeanor
level
cases.
What
we
get
on
the
scene
is
generally
what
we
get.
J
Obviously,
body
cams
have
made
a
big
difference
there
as
well,
and
therefore
we
can
more
effectively
move
forward
on
our
cases
with
better
information
right
from
the
beginning,
so
that
our
conviction
rates
reflect
that
and,
as
Susan
mentioned,
the
domestic
abuse
service
center
is
where
we
review
all
of
the
gun
on
arrival
cases
where
there
has
been
an
support,
allegation
of
domestic
violence
and
the,
but
the
suspect
is
not
present
to
be
arrested.
The
domestic
abuse
service
center
reviews
all
those
cases,
and
these
are
the
the
charging
numbers
for
the
domestic
abuse
service
center.
J
As
you
can
see,
there
was
a
big
jump
after
2013.
That's
when
we
started
having
more
information
available
and
more
resources
to
these
offenses,
and
we
are
continuing
to
charge
many
more
cases
in
the
past
few
years
than
we
had
previously,
and
that
includes
sometimes,
as
you
can
see,
for
the
numbers,
felony
level
cases
that
are
discovered
as
we
dig
into
the
backgrounds
of
the
individuals
who
are
suspects.
In
the
case.
J
The
work
at
the
domestic
news
service
center
has
also
allowed
us
to
greatly
reduce
the
amount
of
time
that
it
takes
to
review
the
case
and
get
the
keys
charged
and
resolved.
So
with
better
resources.
There
were
able
to
make
those
charging
decisions
much
more
quickly
and
get
the
cases
into
court
more
quickly,
as
anyone
who
works
with
domestic
violence
can
tell
you.
Time
is
not
a
good
thing
for
a
domestic
violence
prosecution,
the
faster
you
can
get
the
cases
in
the
system,
get
them
resolved
and
hopefully
move
on
to
services
for
the
family.
B
B
J
You,
madam
chair
and
councilmember
Cunningham,
the
one
of
the
wonderful
things
about
the
domestic
abuse
service
center
is
the
level
of
advocacy
for
the
support
there.
In
fact,
there
are
advocates
available
at
that
Center
for
same-sex
couples
out
front,
and
so
is
there
on
a
regular
basis.
There
are
advocates
specializing,
east
african
services,
Asian
women,
United
and
African
American
services.
J
J
Okay,
I'm
going
to
move
on
briefly
to
talk
about
some
of
the
improvements
that
we've
tried
to
make
in
strangulation,
training
and
awareness.
First
of
all,
I
just
want
to
coach
this
with
the
information
that
domestic
strangulation
is
actually
a
felony
level
offense,
and
that
was
due
to
a
statutory
change
several
years
ago.
J
One
of
the
issues
we
were
finding
in
reviewing
some
of
our
cases
that
came
to
us
as
misdemeanors
is
there
may
have
been
strangulation
allegations
that
weren't
followed
up
on,
and
one
of
the
reasons
for
that
is
because
some
of
the
signs
and
symptoms
of
strangulation
are
not
very
apparent
and
there's
not
as
much
information
about
what
strangulation
looks
like.
And
so
we
saw
an
opportunity
to
increase
our
training
in
that
area,
because
we
are
the
ones
who
are
training
the
police
officers
on
a
regular
basis.
J
So
in
September
of
this
year,
Chris
Bates,
who
was
our
attorney
adonis
domestic
assault
unit
and
Kirsten
Kim,
who
was
our
third
victim?
Witness
specialists,
worked
with
the
domestic
assault
unit
of
the
MPD
to
bring
in
a
national
national.
You
know
trainer,
and
this
was
a
trainer
that
they
had
seen
at
one
of
their
trainings.
J
He
is
very
well
known
and
respected
lieutenant
mark
when
he
was
in
the
Nashville
Police
Department,
so
we
had
that
training
in
September
we
had
over
a
hundred
individuals
present
and
based
on
that
we've
been
able
to
share
a
lot
of
that
information,
and
we
also
have
added
some
information
on
strangulation
to
our
protocol
training.
Now
this
is
just
one
slide
that
gives
kind
of
a
fact
sheet
of
some
of
the
the
types
of
information
we're
sharing.
J
Our
actual
training
on
this
is
several
slides
in
our
bring
our
presentation,
but
this
kind
of
shows
you
not
only
the
dangerousness
of
strangulation,
strangulation
and
the
possible
lethality,
but
that
many
cases
it's
it's
a
little
difficult
to
determine
without
some
additional
digging
that
that
may
or
may
not
have
occurred.
So
we,
our
effort,
is
to
try
to
because
these
are
responding
officers
who
generally
have
to
make
the
is
it
going
to
be
a
misdemeanor?
J
What
we
had
found
out
through
an
earlier
burn
grant
was
that
in
those
violent
crime
hotspots,
the
number
one
call
for
service
was
domestic
violence
related
calls.
What
we
also
discovered
is
that
a
lot
of
these
addresses
have
had
multiple
domestic
violence
related
9-1-1
calls
in
a
relatively
short
period
of
time.
J
So
what
we
decided
to
do
by
developing
this
project
was
to
follow
up
with
these
households,
where
there
was
a
domestic
related
call
made,
but
no
police
report
done
and
generally
just
you
know,
the
police
report,
what
we
found
in
our
data
and
following
up
on
these
calls.
So
the
reason
the
police
report
was
not
done
is
that
there
wasn't
a
criminal
action
to
report
on,
but
that
doesn't
mean
there
weren't
issues
and
there
were
problems
at
the
home.
J
Now
what
the
team
did
would
follow
up
with
these
families,
where
they
had
made
a
call
that
was
somehow
domestic
related,
but
where
there
wasn't
an
arrest
able
offense
there
wasn't
a
police
report
done
and
that
team
was
a
police
officer
and
a
family
therapist
from
the
domestic
abuse
project.
Initially,
we
have
brought
in
other
therapists
as
well,
and
the
team
would
offer
services,
provide
resources,
collect
data
and
would
use
that
data
just
to
try
to
figure
out.
How
can
we
improve
services?
How
can
we
better
address
this
issue
for
these
families
in
the
community?
J
I
made
several
goals
with
the
hotspots
project,
and
you
can
see
the
goals
up
here,
but
they're
mainly
surrounded
around
having
better
engagement
with
the
community,
making
sure
services
are
more
available
and
that
people
know
how
to
access
these
services
and
that
the
system
itself,
the
police
officers.
Perhaps
who
are
the
first
you
know
response
to
these
calls
knows
how
to
get
people
hooked
up
with
these
appropriate
places
and
where
to
direct
them.
J
So
so
far
in
our
pilot,
through
the
first
quarter
of
this
year,
we've
made
over
2,200
hotspots
visits
and
that
we
actually
were
able
to
visit
at
over
1,600
of
the
addresses
we
got
a
41
percent
success
rate
in
making
contact
with
someone
at
the
address,
which
means.
Basically,
somebody
came
to
the
door
of
the
people
who
came
to
the
door.
78
percent
of
them
were
willing
to
speak
to
us,
which
is
great.
J
We've
spoken
with
over
a
thousand
people
under
the
pilot
and
over
60%
of
those
individuals,
accepted
a
resource
handout
during
the
home
visit,
and
we
were
able
to
increase
awareness
of
over
170
persons
with
how
to
best
locate
resources
to
address
their
needs.
Good,
we
would
ask
them
that.
Has
this
helped
you
and
have
a
better
idea
now
of
how
you
can
proceed
and
because
this
is
an
evolving
process,
our
focus
has
changed
a
bit
recently
on
what
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
these
visits.
You
know
initially
we're
trying
to
get
some
information.
J
It
was
a
little
bit
more
of
a
research
lens,
but
now
we're
really
trying
to
improve
our
responsiveness
and
figure
out
the
best
way
to
help
increase
the
safety
for
these
families.
At
this
point,
I
wanted
to
bring
up
one
of
our
therapists,
Carrie
Crawford,
who
used
to
be
with
domestic
abuse
project
and
is
now
has
her
own
therapy
consulting
business
and
has
gone
on
a
lot
of
these
visits.
Just
to
give
you
a
perspective
of
what
it
looks
like.
K
Thank
you
for
having
me
here:
Karrie
Crockford,
I'm
in
private
practice.
Right
now
in
my
area
of
expertise,
is
working
with
perpetrators
of
domestic
violence.
I
have
developed
a
program,
that's
trauma-informed,
also
meet
state
statute.
Prior
to
that,
I
was
with
domestic
abuse
project
running
their
perpetrator
program.
I've
been
involved
with
the
hot
spots
project
since
its
inception
in
2015,
working
with
Michelle
Jacobson
and
developing
kind
of
a
protocol
for
going
out
onto
these
visits.
K
So
the
what
we've
learned
in
the
last
three
years,
I
won't
bog
you
down
with
all
the
time
consuming
but
fun
stories
that
I
could
tell
you
about
the
evolution
of
the
project
right
now.
What
we're
finding
is
that
there
is
a
desperate
need
for
access
within
each
individual
precinct.
We
are
going
out
in
three
four
and
five.
My
specific
area
is
in
four
and
in
those
various
precincts
we're
finding
that
communities
in
neighborhoods
even
have
their
own
specific
needs
and
their
own
their
own
resource
palette
that
they
need
to
draw
from
so
the
goal.
K
Right
now,
we've
changed
some
of
our
questioning.
We've
changed
some
of
our
approach
and
that's
to
really
figure
out
what
exactly
they
need
in
place
of
using
911.
The
biggest
indicator
that
we're
seeing
across
all
three
precincts
is
that
9-1-1
is
used
as
a
diversionary
tactic.
It's
it's
a
you
know
come
in
make
something,
stop
then
go
away,
and
it's
the
only
number
that
they
know
it's
an
easy
number
I
mean
we've
been
learning
it
since
we
were
little
and
it
works,
and
the
effectiveness
of
it
seems
to
be
pretty
successful.
K
The
other
thing
that
we're
finding,
because
we're
going
to
the
visits
within
two
weeks
to
four
weeks
after
the
original
call,
is
that
no
matter
who
we're
talking
to
at
the
residence
they're
indicating
other
needs,
in
addition
to
police
support,
they're
talking
about
their
children
needing
services.
There's
mental
health
issues,
there's
chemical
dependency
issues.
K
I
would
be
running
into
gentlemen
that
were
in
need
of
or
going
through,
the
court
process
for
DV
programming
and
so
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
are
accumulating
all
of
those
NEADS
and
figuring
out
what
resources
are
in
the
community
that
they
could
have
access
to
and
creating
a
warm
handoff.
It's
very
difficult
to
call
a
1-800
number
and
cycle
your
way
through
an
incredibly
large
County
that
has
a
ton
of
resources
to
funnel
down
into
that
specific
space
that
you
need
to
be
with.
K
Our
goal
would
be
to
implement
a
person
within
precinct
who
would
be
able
to
have
access
to
the
resources
that
are
available
to
those
residents
in
the
precinct
that
they
could
say
here,
go
call
cari
go
call
Bob.
This
is
the
person
you
want
to
talk
to
and
I'll
help
you
do,
that.
We've
also
created
orange
carts
that
are
similar
to
the
blue
cards,
only
they're
resource-based
right
now.
The
next
steps
would
be
translating
them
into
multiple
languages.
We
have
large
Somali
population
over
in
South
Side.
We
have
a
native
population
in
little
earth.
K
That
would
benefit
from
having
resources
that
are
accessible
in
that
way
and
they're
able
to
read
and
understand
those
resources
as
well.
Cultural
responsiveness
is
huge,
so
we're
also
changing
the
way
that
we're
asking
questions
and
what
questions
were
asking
where,
because
we've
discovered
that
there's
different
questions
that
need
to
be
asked.
That's
resulted
in
our
little
earth
advocate
who
is
going
out
specifically
into
little
earth
she's
carrying
around
little
grab
bags
that
have
toiletry
items
in
them.
K
Things
like
that
diapers
toothpaste,
deodorant
stuff,
like
that,
so
the
other
big
piece
of
this
is
reintegrating
the
police
into
the
community
as
well
getting
them
to
understand
the
needs
of
their
residents,
so
they're
doing
more
motivational
interviewing
in
these
situations
versus
interrogation,
which
allows
them
because
they
are
going
back.
These
are
repeat
places
they're
going
to
be
visiting
they'll,
be
back
next
week.
Now
they
have
context
for
the
people
that
they're
serving
they
can
better
do
their
job.
So.
J
J
So,
instead
of
calling
9-1-1
when
the
family
is
in
crisis,
they
know
who
to
speak
to,
and
they
know
the
best
place
to
go
for
the
services
that
they
need.
One
of
the
other,
wonderful
things
that
kind
of
grew
out
of
this
pilot
project
was
the
realization
that,
having
a
person
that
works
with
MPD
to
do
some
of
this
community
navigation
would
be
very
helpful
and
the
MPD
is
now
posted
and
it
is
going
to
work
on
hiring
that
individual.
J
So
we're
very
excited
about
that
to
see
you
know
the
continuation
of
this
work
on
a
much
broader,
more
permanent
basis,
so
that
we
can
really
offer
the
best
services
to
these
families
when
they
reach
out
for
help
and
whoever
they
reach
out
to.
We
want
to
make
sure
we
get
them
to
the
right
people,
I.
L
Murmurs,
thank
you
for
having
us
today,
I've
been
with
the
state
office
for
about
five
years
now,
but
a
domestic
assault
team
for
about
two
years
and
I've
been
down
at
the
DEA
you
for
about
a
year
now
so
I'm
down
there
embedded
with
the
sergeant's
everyday,
is
just
seeing
them
with
their
cases
I'm
in
every
aspect
of
cases
made
in
cases,
they
are
conducted
felonies.
As
you
all
know,
many
of
those
felonies
may
decline
and
come
to
us
as
misdemeanors,
of
course,
misdemeanors.
So
I'm.
L
There
work
in
those
cases
every
day
with
those
officers
had
many
many
activities,
including
I,
made
it
to
the
phone
enhancer
list,
which
I
think
we'll
talk
about
a
little
bit
and
I
also,
as
has
been
indicated,
help
doing
training
right
now.
Currently,
brandy,
Bennett
and
I
and
I
started
from
the
MPD,
our
training,
all
900
officers.
Our
have
training
we're
doing
that
twice
a
week,
Monday
the
Monday
days
in
covering
the
domestics
on
protocol
all
13
months
of
that,
as
well
as
a
torsional
strangulation.
L
G
So
Chris
has
just
done
a
terrific
job
and
he's
a
great
resource
to
have
a
prosecutor
embedded
down
in
that
unit
to
really
help
guide
their
investigations
and
the
work
they're
doing
to
get
the
best
results.
We
also
have
a
paralegal
down
in
that
unit.
It's
I
think
it's
a
it's
an
important
part
of
our
work
with
with
law
enforcement.
G
So
something
else
we've
done
that
ties
into
our
work
with
in
domestic
violence
is
work
around
improving
the
city's
processes
around
UNT
visas,
because
one
of
the
permitted
grounds
to
be
able
to
apply
for
a
visa
to
stay
in
the
country
is
if
you've
been
a
victim
of
a
domestic
crime
and
the
police
department
and
the
City
Attorney's
Office.
We
were
already
processing
those
pretty
quickly,
but
at
the
end
of
last
year,
led
by
councilmember
Glidden,
there's
an
ordinance
with
with
some
deadlines
and
providing
for
an
expedited
process
and
we've.
G
Now
we
I
formed
a
group
that
included
legal
aid.
Minnesota
advocate
lieutenant
geo
valleys
has
been
assigned
to
oversee
this
work
in
the
police
department,
as
well
as
our
office.
Jennifer
Saunders
does
that
in
our
office,
and
we
now
have
these
like
it's
easy
to
find
on
our
website.
We
each
each
of
the
department
pages
as
well
as
the
city
page
overall,
have
links
on
who
to
contact
how
to
go
about
it.
Here's
the
forms!
G
You
know:
when
can
you
certify
because
it
takes
some
discretion,
there's
guidance
on
it,
but
we
don't
want
people
request
for
certification
being
denied
because
you're
taking
too
narrow
or
few
of
it,
and
so
here's
a
link
total
on
video
about
that
training
that
was
organized
by
lieutenant
police,
the
felony
enhancement
list.
So
there
are,
if
you
commit
certain
domestic
qualifying,
misdemeanor
gross
misdemeanor
crimes,
the
next
one
can
be
enhanced
as
a
felony
we've
been
manually,
maintaining
this
list.
G
What
we
have
been
doing
for
the
last
couple
of
years
is
working
with
the
BCA
as
they've
gotten
their
new
system
up
and
running
to
try
to
automate
this
process.
So
we've
got
it,
maybe
about
halfway
done,
but
not
enough,
so
that
we
can't
do
it
manually
and
the
benefit
of
that
is
that
then
it
would
be
statewide.
So
we
will
be
working
with
gene
Ranieri
and
others
to
try
to
keep
moving
that
work
forward
and
we
think
that's
important.
G
So,
what's
ahead
for
for
our
work,
Jennifer
is
already
outlined.
Some
of
it.
We
I
am
also
committed
to
working
and
reaching
out
to
the
LGBTQ
community,
which
we
haven't
done
enough
of
in
this
work
or
in
our
work
around
sex
trafficking
and
commercial
sexual
exploitation.
So
those
are
both
priorities.
G
There
also
is
an
assessment
that
started,
but
you
know
the
philosophy
for
so
long
has
been
on
punishment,
catch,
prosecute,
punish
and
as
we're
trying
to
evolve
in
our
thinking,
particularly
with
these
lower
level.
Misdemeanor
domestic
abuse
offenses,
where
the
couple
may
want
to
stay
together,
they
just
want
the
violence
to
stop
of
trying
to
make
sure
that
the
best
programming,
the
most
effective
kinds
of
programming
and
culturally
specific
programming
are
available
as
well,
as
you
know,
trying
trying
out
some
different
models.
So
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
that
more.
G
As
Jennifer
mentioned,
we're
doing
some
community
listening
sessions,
we're
working
with
the
cultural
Wellness
Center
out
of
North
Point
and
also
intend
to
reach
out
to
like
Casa
de
Esperanza,
tells
Barry
United
runs
a
program
in
the
Brian
Coyle
Center
specifically
focused
on
domestic
violence
within
the
Somali
community
and
really
reaching
out
to
different
groups
and
seeing
what
we
can
do
better.
What
we
can
do
differently,
and
particularly
at
the
very
lowest
levels.
G
What
can
be
done
to
try
to
intervene
early
before
you've
got
any
kind
of
a
significant
criminal
case,
but
I'm
just
really
proud
of
the
work
our
office
has
done
and
will
continue
to
do
and
they're
just
terrific
I'm,
a
very
lucky
person.
I.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
If
there
any
questions,
I'm
sure
that
Jennifer
or
Chris
or
Kerry
will
be
happy
to
answer
them.
B
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
council
member
Cunningham.
Yes,
as
part
of
the
domestic
violence
protocol
response
for
the
officers,
one
of
the
points
of
the
protocol
is,
they
call
a
domestic
violence
hotline.
We
are
currently
contracted
with
the
domestic
abuse
project
that
they
staff
that
hotline
and
they
call
the
hotline.
They
get
pregnant
information
about
the
case
and
contact
information
for
the
victim
and
the
goal
then
of
the
hotline
is
one
of
the
advocates
from
the
domestic
abuse
project
reaches
out
to
that
victim
within
a
short
period
of
time
to
offer
services.
J
J
H
B
I
know
that
in
two
thousand
years
2010
that
the
federal
government
had
the
defending
childhood
to
fill
in
defending
childhood
initiative,
which
was
specifically
focused
on
intervening
with
childhood
exposure
to
violence
through
domestic
violence
and
I
was
just
curious.
I
know
that
it
was
called
out
as
an
area
of
more
need,
with
children's
supports,
so
I'm
just
curious
about.
B
Are
there
federal
initiatives
that
are
currently
happening,
that
we
would
be
able
to
incorporate
that
in
or
state-level
initiatives
that
are
happening?
I'm
just
curious
about
what
the
landscape
is
now
if
we
did
have
something
that
was
so
specific
to
really
help
support
kids
I'm
just
curious
about
if
there's
anything
still
continuing
I
know
there
was
a
three-year
program,
so.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
councilmember
Cunningham.
As
part
of
my
duties.
I
do
sit
on
a
couple
of
committees,
one
of
them
being
the
Family
Violence
Coordinating
Council,
and
one
of
the
purposes
of
that
council
is
to
try
and
improve
services
surrounding
all
issues
of
domestic
violence.
Most
of
the
interaction
we
have
with
programming
is
the
statutorily
required
offender
programming
once
they
are
conducted
the
offense.
J
I
know
that
that
is
a
very
top
priority
of
theirs
to
make
sure
that
the
programming
that
they
are
doing
is
appropriate.
You
know,
as
Susan
mentioned,
there
has
been
a
shift
from
this
you're,
a
batterer
you're,
going
to
jail,
you're
doing
this
to
what
is
going
on
in
your
life
that
we
can
help
you
with,
and
you
know
when
you
look
at
that
trauma
lens.
First
of
all,
it
just
it
blows
open
a
lot
of
criminal
offenses,
obviously,
but
in
the
domestic
field,
especially
it's
very
well
recognized.
J
So
if,
if
we
find
a
case
that
meets
the
threshold
for
a
CPS
referral,
for
example,
we
were
able
to
make
that,
but
by
just
being
in
this
community
and
being
in
this
work,
I
can
tell
you
that
that
focus
is
right.
Here,
I
mean
it
is
really
something
that
everybody
involved
in
domestic
violence
recognizes
as
a
need
and
is
working
very
hard
to
make
sure
there's
addressed
properly
great.
B
Thank
you
if
I
just
can
say
one
last
make
one
last
comment
here
and
and
I'm
so
grateful
to
hear
that
as
somebody
who's
worked
with
kids
for
a
really
long
time,
knowing
the
long-term
impacts
of
complex
trauma
on
children's
brains
and
how
that
hardwires,
their
brains
and
how
much
work
it
takes
to
unwire
their
brains.
That
way
and
as
somebody
who's
going
through
the
foster
care
licensing
process
right
now,
I
realized.
B
Actually,
the
only
person
like
the
only
people
who
are
being
trained
on
like
how
to
be
able
to
interact
with
children
and
support
children
who
are
experiencing
complex
trauma
are
essentially
foster
care
parents
going
through
the
going
through
that
process
and
at
that
point
we're
so
far
down
downstream
that
we
have
a
lot
of
backtracking
to
do,
and
so
I
am
a
huge
supporter
of
early
intervention
and
figuring
out
how
we
can
really
bring
those
supports
here.
It's
when
I
first
got
started
at
the
city.
B
The
first
thing
I
did
was
youth
violence,
prevention,
Executive
Committee,
and
that
was
when
I
got
to
see
the
data
and
the
stories,
a
very
clear
connection
between
you
know
the
16
or
the
19
year
old,
that
now
up
for
their
second
felony
or
something
like
that.
If
you
go
back
to
the
very
first
time
that
they
had
interaction
with
the
police,
it
was
between
three
and
five,
with
a
domestic
violence,
call
so
and
then
again
and
then
again
and
then
it's
at
their
own
turn
to
interact
with
the
cops.
B
And
so
when
we
see
that
so
clearly
we
talk
about
community
violence.
We
have
to
understand
community
violence
is
connected
to
violence
in
the
home
too,
and
so
just
want
to
throw
that
out
there
for
my
colleagues
to
take
into
consideration
as
we
move
forward
with
this
work,
and
thank
you
all
so
much
because.
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I'll
echo.
The
thanks
for
this
work.
I
know
how
challenging
it
is
and
and
how
important
it
is,
and
how
often
you're
navigating
sort
of
contradictory
needs
and
impulses
in
the
community
as
you
as
you
try
to
really
support
everyone.
So
thank
you.
Everybody,
who's
engaged
in
this
work.
C
The
sanctuary
City
conversation
that
we've
had,
but
but
also
recognizing
that
some
of
these
situations
need
response.
So
how
are
we
currently
balancing?
How
do
we
sort
of
if
we
have
sort
of
good
policy
guidance
around?
What
are
the
points
where
we
say
this
really
does
need
to
rest,
and
this
really
does
need
charging
versus
this
needs
some
kind
of
other
intervention.
How
are
we
making
that
determination
or
how
do
we
balance
the
competing
and
sometimes
contradictory
factors
that
go
into
these
cases?
Absolutely.
J
Thank
you
manager
and
comes
member
Fletcher,
and
thank
you
for
expressing
that
tension
very
clearly,
because
that's
attention
that
exists
in
our
work
very
strongly
under
the
statutory
guidelines.
If
officers
are
called
to
a
location-
and
there
is
an
allegation
made
that
meets
the
definition
of
a
domestic
assault,
it
meets
the
criminal
offense.
They
do
need
to
arrest
on
that
offense,
as
you
saw
from
the
information
in
the
hot
spots
protocol,
something
that's
coded
as
a
domestic
when
they
get
out,
there
might
not
be
a
domestic
assault
under
the
statute.
J
It
may
be
a
family,
that's
having
a
crisis,
it
may
be
an
issue
with
men
were
issues
with
regards
to
their
children,
so
the
the
decision
point
very
often
for
the
police
officers
comes
fairly
straightforwardly.
Was
there
a
criminal
offense
or
was
there
not?
And
if
there's
probable
cause
for
a
criminal
offense
for
the
domestic
violence
statutes
they
do
need
to
arrest.
However,
you
know
once
we
get
these
cases,
we
do
take
all
of
this
into
consideration.
J
We
definitely,
you
know,
have
a
lot
of
input
from
the
victims
thanks
to
our
wonderful
staff,
and
we
also
look
at
each
of
these
cases,
and
I
can
tell
you,
I've
been
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
for
almost
18
years,
eight
of
those
years
on
the
domestic
violence
team,
as
a
frontline
prosecutor
and
some
of
the
work
I've
been
doing
since
then
has
been
more
focused
on
community
initiatives,
treatment,
courts
and
other
things
that
really
sort
of
speak
to.
There
are
other
ways
we
can
approach
issues
that
bring
people
into
the
criminal
justice
system.
J
Now
we
always
have
to
be
very
very
aware
of
victim
safety
and
family
safety
and
address
those
issues
and
follow
the
statutes
surrounding
that
there
are
a
lot
of
statutes
surrounding
domestic
violence
cases.
What
can
happen?
What
needs
to
happen,
and
if
someone
is
put
on
probation,
for
example,
they
need
to
go
to
programming.
J
So
what
we
are
trying
to
do
is
look
at
these
cases
through
the
lens
of
what
needs
to
happen
in
this
particular
case,
based
on
the
dangerousness
of
the
offense,
based
on
the
history
based
on
victim
safety
concerns
and
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
forward
through
our
negotiations,
to
make
sure
that
the
offender
is
held
accountable,
but
that
we
are
also
at
as
much
as
we
can
with
our
limited
scope
addressing
the
other
issues.
So
it
is
a
tension
that
exists.
You
know,
based
on
the
statutes
that
we
have
in
place
now.
M
I,
don't
so
much
have
a
question,
but
just
wanted
to
echo
what
my
colleagues
are
saying
and
you
know
the
appreciation
of
this
work
and
and
how
hard
it
is
to
date.
You
know
how
difficult
it
can
be
to
balance
and
I.
It's
funny.
Councilmember,
Cunningham
and
I
have
a
long
history
of
working
with
youth
or
some
young
ourselves
and,
and
and
you
know,
we
can't
have
children
exposed
to
violence.
On
the
other
hand,
you
know
I
know
in
my
long
history
of
working
with
youth.
M
You
know
I've
never
heard
folks
say
like
man,
you
know
then
Child
Protective,
Services
stepped
in
and
they're
really
safe.
Everything
was
better.
You
know.
Oh
man,
phosphorus
foster
your
system
really
like
fix
things
for
me
and
so
on,
and
so
yeah
so
I
want
to
also
respect
and
acknowledge
that
you
guys
are
dealing
with
really
good
work,
really
important
work
and
in
navigating
some
really
tricky
situations,
as
this
customer
Fletcher
Illustrated.
So
just
want
to
extend
my
thank
you.
Do
union
team
counts.
B
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
councilmember
Cunningham
I
do
know
because
we
are
more
aware
now
of
when
there
are
children
present
and
that
are
impacted
by
this.
That
has
increased
the
referrals
we've
made.
We
don't,
unfortunately,
know
what
happens
in
all
of
those
cases.
I
know
that
our
victim
witness
folks
work
very
closely
with
and
have
a
lot
of
contacts
and
outreach
and
training
with
CPS.
J
These
children
are
at
risk,
and
you
know
the
the
we
have
to
let
the
child
protection
services
do
their
jobs,
but
I
do
know
that
getting
them
involved
sometimes
is
I
like
to
call
them
points
of
intervention.
Whenever
you
can
have
a
point
of
intervention
with
a
family
that
it's
in
crisis,
it's
an
opportunity
to
help
them,
and
sometimes
that
point
of
intervention
is
a
good
motivator
to
address
underlying
issues.
J
Thank
you
and
Sharon
councilmember
Cunningham.
You
know
that
part
of
it.
We
are
not,
as
involved
with,
unfortunately,
we're
sort
of
at
the
beginning
part
of
the
process.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
looking
at
moving
forward
is
integrating
some
of
these
systems,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
different
court
systems
you
have
in
the
criminal
system.
You
have
a
family
court
system.
J
B
A
Do
you
still
have
a
question?
Okay,
just
take
it.
Alright,
so
I
don't
see
any
more
questions
or
comments
and
just
wanted
to
add
also
that
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work
that
the
City
Attorney's
Office
does
I'm,
always
impressed
with
the
breadth
and
depth
of
the
work
and
initiatives
that
you
all
do
with
the
community
and
always
getting
grants
to.
You
know
help.
Do
certain
initiatives
so
really
appreciate
you
taking
the
time
to
do
this
and
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
receive
and
file.