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Minneapolis Public Safety & Emergency Management Committee Meeting
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A
Good
morning,
everyone
welcome
T
to
the
regularly
scheduled
a
meeting
of
the
public
safety
and
emergency
management
committee.
Today
is
June
12
2019
and
my
name
is
Alan
dark,
no
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
committee
councilmember
for
Ward
9,
and
this
morning
we
are
joined
by
a
councilmember
Steve,
Fletcher
and
council
member
lenay
Palmisano.
We
are
waiting
for
one
more
person
to
have
official
quorum,
so
we
can
conduct
the
official
business
of
the
committee.
A
We
know
that
councilmember
Philippe
Cunningham
is
away
today
and
and
hope
that
he
is
taking
care
of
the
city
business
he's
in
charge
of
today
with
that
we
do
want
to
start
with
our
public
comment
period
at
week.
We
want
to
be
able
to
hear
folks
who
have
shown
up
this
morning
and
and
get
us
started
on
that
front.
Before
we
adopt
the
agenda,
we
need
one
more
person,
so
we
can
officially
adopt
the
agenda
and
and
receive
our
discussion
item.
A
So
let's
go
ahead
and
get
started
with
the
folks
who
have
come
this
morning
to
join
us
for
a
regularly
scheduled
public
comment
period
and
we'll
start
with
Todd
Schumann,
followed
by
mr.
Chuck
perchik.
Please
come
on
up
to
the
front
and
you
can
have
three
three
minutes
to
address
the
committee.
Thank.
B
You,
madam
chair
committee,
members,
my
name
is
Todd.
Schumann
I
live
at
five
zero.
Four
eight
Vincent
Avenue
South
last
week,
former
Minneapolis
police
officer
Muhammad,
nor
was
sentenced
to
12
years
in
prison
for
the
on-duty
murder
of
Justine
Damon
Bruce
check
in
her
sentencing
decision,
judge,
Katherine
acquaintances
highlighted
numerous
concerns
that
trial
jurors,
discussed
with
her
after
a
verdict
was
reached.
Quoting
now
from
her
statement.
Will
some
of
these
supervising
officers
be
fired
or
disciplined
is
what
we
saw
normal
for
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
and
the
Bureau
of
Criminal
Apprehension?
B
How
will
this
be
prevented
from
happening
again?
Why
are
officers
more
concerned
about
their
personal
safety
than
the
safety
of
the
public,
especially
in
such
a
low
crime
neighborhood?
Why
was
there
so
much
discussion
of
ambushes?
Why
should
a
civilian
have
to
be
afraid
of
approaching
a
squad
car
and
what
about
the
motto
on
the
card
or
to
serve
with
compassion,
judge
acquaintance
continues?
The
jurors
were
particularly
concerned
with
officer
Harry's
statement
that
his
priority
was
making
sure
he
did
whatever
he
had
to
do
to
get
home
safe.
B
Each
night
jurors
remarked
that
they
thought
the
priority
of
the
police
was
supposed
to
be
to
protect
and
serve
the
public.
These
remarks
do
not
come
from
activists
or
radicals,
but
from
ordinary
citizens
who
were
baffled
by
the
way
our
justice
system
operated
in
this
case
and
from
a
judge
who
was
helpless
to
offer
an
answer
to
the
jurors
questions,
but
judge
acquaintance
did
conclude
her
statement
with
a
call-to-action
quote:
Minneapolis
residents
await
the
promised
transformation
and
the
quest
questions
of
the
jurors
remain
unanswered.
What
has
changed?
B
What
will
change
so
this
does
not
happen
again
and
how
does
the
department
address
officer
safety
without
jeopardizing
public
safety,
the
jurors
and
the
people
of
Minneapolis
need
and
deserve
answers.
I
am
here
today
to
ensure
that
the
city
does
not
forget
his
obligation
to
address
these
questions.
Officer
Norris
headed
to
prison,
but
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
remains
on
trial.
Thank
you.
C
On
that
day,
the
city
officials
proudly
proclaimed
they
had
invited
the
DOJ
to
do
this
study
non-response
to
some
recent
high-profile
incident,
but
simply
to
improve
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department.
The
police
chief
announced
she
was
accepting
all
of
the
reports
recommendations
and
with
some
reforming
implementation
committees
to
come
up
with
recommendations
on
how
to
implement
the
studies.
More
generally
stated
recommendations
and
that's
what
the
MPD
did.
C
Five
committees,
price
of
City,
Councilmembers
city
staff,
police
officers
and
citizens
were
formed
to
come
up
with
implementation
recommendations,
which
should
be
forwarded
to
an
old
JP
steering
committee,
co-chaired
by
then
assistant
chief
Chris
Harrison
and
the
deputy
chief
Madera
Redondo,
which
would
make
the
final
recommendations
on
how
to
implement
the
ljp
reports
recommendations.
The
five
committees
were
a
performance
mentoring
committee,
a
police
conduct
and
oversight
committee,
a
community
engagement
committee,
a
communications
committee
and
an
early
intervention
system
committee.
C
Most
of
the
committees
began
meeting
in
February
2015
and
some
of
them
met
well
into
2016.
Well.
In
2018,
I
began
wondering
whatever
happened
with
the
implementation
of
a
ljp
recommendations.
What
had
come
out
of
those
committees?
What
had
the
steering
committee
ultimately
decided
and
how
are
those
implementation
recommendations
put
into
effect?
So
at
the
July
10th
2018
meeting
of
the
police
conduct
oversight.
Commission
committee
commissioned
a
citizen
group.
One
would
think,
might
be
concerned
with
the
DOJ
study
of
how
to
improve
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department's
accept
accountability
procedures.
C
I
suggest
that
they
should
consider
putting
pressure
on
the
powers-that-be
to
find
out
what
is
going
on
with
this
issue.
I
got
no
response,
so
I
followed
up
with
an
email
to
the
PLC
on
August
4th
2018.
That
email
was
copied
to,
among
others,
chief
Arredondo
and
to
all
six
members
of
this
committee
to
you,
four
people
and
the
two
who
aren't
here
today.
So
you
have
been
aware
of
this
now
for
about
312
days
again,
no
response
from
anyone.
C
In
the
months
that
followed,
I
wrote
to
chief
arredondo,
again
I
wrote
directly
to
the
10
co-chairs
of
the
committee's
after
hearing
from
an
aide
to
councilmember
Cunningham
that
the
issue
of
the
discuss
with
him
the
week
after
my
August
4th
email
to
the
chief
I
made
several
written
inquiries
of
that
office
as
to
what
happened
as
a
result,
all
with
no
response,
I
wrote
an
email
to
address
directly
to
the
mayor.
No
response,
I
discussed
this
issue
in
person
with
John
elder
of
the
MPD's
public
information
office.
C
I
gathered
bits
and
pieces
of
materials
available
online
that
had
come
out
of
the
committee's
I,
heard
back
from
two
committee
co-chairs
with
what
they
knew
had
come
out
of
their
committees
and
what
the
results
had
been
as
far
as
they
knew
I
was
told
by
the
chief
on
November
2
night,
that
is
reappointment
hearing
that
maybe
Chris
Arneson
no
longer
a
city
employee
would
know.
After
MPD,
commander
Granger
made
a
presentation
at
the
December
2018
meeting
of
the
PC
OSI
on
the
newly
revised
Minneapolis
piece,
Department
AIS
system.
C
C
Open
houses
I
raised
it
in
person
in
meetings
with
Jennifer
white
and
gia
Fatali
of
the
mayor's
office
on
four
different
occasion,
with
aides,
from
three
of
your
office's
and
by
phone
with
aides
from
or
by
leaving
voicemail
messages
at
all
of
your
office's
after
one
of
those
rants
I
did
hear
back
from
aide
to
council
member
jenkins,
who
said
she
was
unable
to
find
anything
more
and
didn't
see
anything
else
that
could
be
done.
I
wrote
an
email
addressed
directly
to
the
members
of
this
committee.
C
No
response
I
raised
the
issue
a
few
more
times
during
the
meetings
of
the
PCO,
see
I
made
a
formal
data
practices
request
of
the
City
Clerk's
office
and
did
receive
something
back
that
I
hadn't
seen
online
before,
but
nothing
from
the
steering
committee
and
at
the
may
2019
meeting
of
the
P
COC.
A
commissioner
finally
announced
that
she
had
raised
this
issue
with
Deputy
Chief
aalverson,
who
said
the
MPD
had
dropped
the
ball
on
this
and
he
would
be
getting
back
to
her
so
far.
Nothing
more.
C
My
question
for
you
is
what
in
the
hell
is
going
on
here.
Have
you
all
been
sworn
to
a
cult
of
secrecy
on
this
topic?
It's
not
as
if
police
accountability
is
an
insignificant
issue
in
this
city.
It's
not,
as
the
citizens
are
apathetic
about
this
issue.
I
could
go
through
all
of
the
nonsensical
acute
excuses.
C
I
have
heard
throughout
the
saga,
some
of
them
from
some
of
you
as
a
matter
of
fact,
and
tell
you
why
I
think
they
don't
make
sense,
but
I
will
spare
you
that,
but
in
response
to
there's
nothing
more
than
you
can
do,
I
would
suggest
this.
I
know
you
don't
have
oversight
of
the
police,
but
you
do
have
a
bully
pulpit.
This
committee
should
request
that
the
Chief
of
Police
appear
at
one
of
your
meetings
and
publicly
inform
you
what
has
happened
with
this
old
JP
implementation
process.
Was
it
dropped?
C
If
so,
why,
where
the
citizens,
who
volunteered
their
time
and
energy
some
for
a
year
or
more,
to
serve
on
those
committees
informed
of
what
happened
as
a
result
of
their
efforts?
If
the
chief
doesn't
want
to
come
in
I
end
up
here
before
you,
you
ought
to
go
public
with
a
letter
to
Mayor
Frye
with
the
same
questions.
C
C
In
Evans
should
the
United
States
Department
of
Justice
ever
again
respond
in
such
in
such
a
fashion
to
a
similar
request
coming
from
the
city
in
Minneapolis,
the
Department
of
Justice's
press
release
on
the
issuance
of
the
ojp
report
on
January
28
2015
is
headed
Department
of
Justice
Diagnostic
Center
provides
final
assessment
to
Minneapolis
Police
Department
to
help
build
trust
between
police
in
the
community.
The
follow-up
process
to
the
OCAP
report
and
the
lack
of
response
to
my
nearly
year-long
enquiries
does
little
to
help
build
such
crust.
The
first
paragraph
of
that
release
reads
today.
C
Can
finish
it
at
your
next
meeting?
I'll
come
back
to
it
and
make
comments
until
I
finish
it.
There's
I'm
down
here
on
this
page
I
could
wrap
it
up
in
two
minutes.
You
make
it
one
minute:
okay,
I'll,
try
the
first
paragraph
at
least
and
I'll,
just
quote
them
to
the
relevant
sentence.
In
that
paragraph,
the
assessment
focused
on
goal
set
by
MPD,
including
improving
police
accountability
and
preventing
officer
misconduct,
lofty
goals,
incompetent
follow-up.
This
whole
situation
has
been
redic.
C
C
You
should
be
embarrassed
and,
despite
your
predictably,
reminding
us
that
you
have
no
oversight
power
of
the
police
department,
you
can
do
something
about
this
continuing
sitting
embarrassment,
another
paragraph
of
the
DL
J
as
a
press
release
says
that
they
applauded
chief
harteau,
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
in
the
community,
on
their
leadership
and
commitment
to
implementing
sustainable
solutions
that
will
lead
to
increase
public
trust
and
safety
for
everyone.
My
hope
is
that
one
of
you,
just
one,
will
demonstrate
some
leadership
and
commitment
on
this
issue.
Thank
you,
I'm.
Sorry,
it
took
so
much
time.
A
Thank
You
mr.
Torchic
I
do
want
to
see
if
my
staff
member
Graham,
can
connect
with
you
briefly
here.
So
we
can
set
a
meeting
to
talk
or
deeply
next
week.
I
understand
you
have
a
series
of
issues
here
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
can
connect
with
you
before
the
next
public
safety
meeting.
D
C
A
D
A
E
I'm
Dave
picking
4200
Cedar
Avenue
in
Minneapolis,
just
some
brief
comments
on
the
proposed
body.
Camera
contract
that
you'll
be
considering
today
on
channel
5
TV
last
night,
commander,
Travis
clampy
was
quoted
quote
in
the
near
future.
Our
squad
cars
will
sync
up
with
a
body
cameras,
and
that
means
when
the
emergency
lights
are
turned
on
when
an
officer
gets
in
his
or
her
squad
car.
The
body
camera
will
automatically
turn
on
now
before
you
get
to
self-congratulatory
about
this
new
development.
E
I
must
remind
you
that
your
body
cam
purchase
contract
in
2016
included
two
hundred
axon
signal
units.
That
is
the
device
that's
mounted
in
the
squad
car,
which
automatically
turns
on
all
body
cameras
within
a
thirty
to
fifty
foot
radius
whenever
the
it's
triggered
by
the
lights
and
sirens
or
by
whatever
other
triggers
such
as
doors,
opening
that
the
Police
Department
would
want
to
set
it
for
those
signal
units
were
delivered
on
March
15
2016
exactly
one
year
and
four
months
before
Justine
Damon
was
murdered
at
the
time
of
her
death.
E
They
were
still
collecting
dust
on
a
shelf.
They
could
have
made
a
difference.
I've
passed
out
the
documentation
from
that
purchase,
contract
I,
actually
read
these
things
and
I'm
glad
that
I
do
because
our
last
summer,
I
asked
chief
Arredondo
about
their
installation.
It
turned
out
that
no
one
in
the
police
department
remembered
them
from
the
chief
on
down.
They
were
still
collecting
dust
he
committed
to
their
installation
as
a
result
of
our
conversation.
E
As
of
our
meeting
with
the
chief
last
month
in
May,
75
of
the
200
had
been
installed,
while
they're
with
the
rest
are
supposed
to
be
installed
as
the
cars
go
into
their
radio
shop
for
other
work.
So
no
great
rush
on
that
so
far.
This
is
over
three
years,
since
they
were
purchased
great
new
development,
but
don't
get
too
self
congratulatory,
as
I
said.
E
The
point
is,
though,
that
you
have
the
power
of
the
purse
with
that
comes
responsibility
for
oversight
that
what
you
bought
that
you,
what
you
was
brought
bought
with
your
appropriation,
is
actually
put
to
its
proper
use.
There
has
been
controversy
regarding
the
relative
power
of
the
City
Council
and
the
mayor
over
the
police
department.
E
Please
use
the
power
of
the
purse
that
you
have
on
a
similar,
but
more
important
note
see
you
AP
be
sent
a
letter
to
the
City
Council
before
your
previous
body
cam
contract,
urging
you
to
obtain
a
body
camera
policy
from
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
before
appropriating
four
million
dollars
their
purchase.
You
didn't
do
that
to
business
days
after
that
vote.
The
Police
Department
released
its
body
camera
policy.
It
was
terrible,
it
was
weak
and
it
was
confusing
and
we
all
know
how
that
worked
out.
E
F
Shirke,
you
know
fellow
council
members,
my
name
is
Brian
reek.
I
appreciate
the
pronunciation
that
I
would
have
gotten
a
little
bit
less
teasing
as
a
child
for
it.
But
I
appreciate
your
time
here
this
afternoon
I'm
here.
It's
urge
you
for
additional
resources
and
a
greater
police
presence
and
just
any
any
potential
additional
resources
that
this
city
could
offer
to
the
community
of
Uptown
in
the
general
Calhoun
Square
area.
I
am
the
director
of
human
resources
with
infinite
vapor.
We
are
a
small
electronic
cigarette
retailer
throughout
the
Midwest.
F
F
The
type
of
individuals
that
have
been
attracted
to
the
area
are
less
than
ideal
for
the
safety
I
feel
of
not
only
that
individuals
who
live
there,
but
work
there
as
well.
I've
got
one
of
our
awesome
employees
Aileen
here
with
me
today
to
share
some
of
her
experiences,
but
a
few
things
that
have
come
up
that
I'd
like
to
just
list
for
you
here
today,
with
my
remaining
time,
a
few
instances
that
we've
had
to
endure
and
come
up
with
solutions
for
and
as
a
director
of
HR.
F
One
of
my
main
roles
and
responsibilities
is
ensuring
that
all
of
our
staff
members
are
working
in
a
fun
and
safe
environment.
I
think
we
can
all
agree
in
every
single
environment
whether
it
be
a
school
museum,
public
service
building,
safety's
of
the
most
paramount
importance.
It's
everyone's
number-one
concern
and
I
think
it
goes
without
saying
that
we've
done
a
number
of
things
to
try
and
increase
safety
at
our
location,
including
installing
an
electronic
door
switch.
We
step
to
people
at
all
times
now
to
have
additional
presence.
F
There's
been
a
number
of
bar
fights
and
brawls
that
have
occurred
even
as
early
as
two
or
three
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
on
things
like
a
Tuesday
or
Wednesday
things
that
you
honestly
cannot
prepare
for
or
predict
by
any
stretch
for
the
imagination.
I
cannot
imagine
what
these
gentlemen
have
to
deal
with
on
a
daily
basis,
but
I
know
it
can't
be
easy,
but
all
I
can
do
is
at
this
point
really
urge
you
to
put
more
time
energy
and
resources
towards
that
effort,
because
it
is
a
genuine
concern
of
mine.
F
A
G
I'm
Eileen
Jackson
3310
Fremont,
madam
chair
council
members.
Thank
you
so
much
for
taking
the
time
out
to
listen
to
us.
I,
definitely
really
appreciate
it.
As
Brian
said,
I
work
at
infinite
paper
over
an
uptown
I've
worked
there
for
about
a
year.
I
live
in
the
area.
I've
lived
there
for
a
year
now
and
I
mean
I
love
the
Uptown
area.
G
We've
done
a
lot
with
our
shop,
at
least
again,
with
installing
electronic
door
switch
and
having
bouncers
and
all
of
that,
but
there
is
only
really
so
much
that
we
can
do
to
you
know,
protect
our
customers
and
our
employees,
but
yeah
I
do
really
appreciate
the
work
that
you
guys
are
doing,
but
we
would
love
to
see
definitely
more
activity
in
the
Uptown
area.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
H
Sorry
I'm
a
little
nervous.
I've
never
done
this
before
I'm
here
today,
because
I've
been
away
from
MCC
for
almost
nine
months
and
nothing
has
been
done.
H
I'm
watching
my
friends
get
stomach
ulcers
and
canker
sores
from
working
conditions
and
stress
and
watching
my
friends
leave
MACC
without
any
job
lined
up,
because
this
work
is
just
so
taxing
there's
a
complete
mismanagement.
And
now
the
city
is
down
36,
there's
openings
or
36
dispatchers
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
and
we
can't
fill
those
spots
because
people
don't
want
to
stay
as
a
former
employee
and
a
resident
of
Minneapolis
I'm,
just
disgusted
I
took
the
job.
H
Just
honestly,
it
just
completely
flabbergasted
that
this
issue
continues
to
get
ignored
and
the
mayor's
not
doing
anything
about
it.
I,
don't
see
city
council
doing
anything
about
it,
I,
just
wonder
what
I'm?
What
do
you
think
happens
when
you
call
911
for
your
kid
who's
going
into
anaphylactic
shock?
You
know:
do
you
want
to
wait
for
four
minutes
just
to
talk
to
someone
so
that
you
can
then
get
transferred
to
another
medical
dispatcher
I
mean
it's
just
it's
a
serious
problem.
We
are
the
voice.
They
are
the
voice.
H
On
the
other
side
of
the
line
you
need
to
care,
you
need
to
go
down
there
and
see
what
they
are
doing
in
the
sub-basement
of
this
building
right
below
our
feet,
care
about
them
look
into
what
is
going
on
hire
a
director,
that's
competent
that
is
not
going
to
tell
lies
and
falsehoods
to
reporters
when
they
come.
When
this
issue
tries
to
get
brought
up.
I
know
I'm,
not
the
only
ex-employee
who's
been
here
to
talk
to
you,
I
mean
how
for
how
long?
How
long
does
this
have
to
go
on?
I
Good
morning
committee
members
Catherine
Varna
110
Warwick
Street
southeast
I,
speak
to
you
today,
as
a
citizen
of
Minneapolis,
and
also
as
a
former
9-1-1
operator,
I
dedicated
approximately
two
years
of
my
life
to
answering
calls
from
the
public.
It's
not
an
easy
job.
As
Jordan
mentioned,
I
came
to
the
profession
after
being
a
towing
dispatcher
for
five
years
and
when
I
left
I
started
working
at
a
rape
crisis
center.
So
it
wasn't
as
if
I
left,
because
I
didn't
have
the
chops
people
leave
jobs,
not
because
of
the
job,
but
because
of
management.
I
People
die
because
of
the
mismanagement
going
on
at
MVCC
and
I,
don't
come
to
harangue
or
admonish
I'm
coming
to
beg,
I'm
begging
you
to
do
something
about
it.
It
is
so
terrible
that
since
I
left
less
than
a
year
ago,
over
100
years
of
dispatching
experience
have
walked
out
of
this
city.
I
changed
careers,
completely
I'm
no
longer
in
public
safety,
because
my
experience
at
MVCC
was
so
revolting
to
me.
I
left
the
profession
entirely.
I
It
is
not
fair
to
the
citizens
of
this
city.
It
is
not
fair
to
the
employees
of
this
city
that
they
are
consistently
ignored
when
they
reach
out
for
help
and
try
to
speak
to
these
problems
when
people
call
9-1-1
needing
to
wait
for
now
for
minutes
because
of
understaffing.
That
is
reprehensible,
that
is
below
the
national
standard,
the
national
standard
for
call
answer
times,
and
it's
not
because
of
the
call
takers.
It
is
because
of
poor
management
in
ability
to
retain
employees,
inability
to
adequately
train
an
inability
to
adequately
staff.
I
These
are
solvable
problems
in
the
few
months
before
I
left,
M
ECC
in
mid
2018.
The
city
spent
$50,000
on
overtime
for
MVCC
employees,
that
money
could
have
been
used
to
hire
temp
workers
who
are
employed
by
other
similar
piece
apps
in
the
area.
There's
there
are
other
than
one
centers
in
the
area.
There
are
other
people
out
there
who
would
be
willing
to
come
in
and
do
this
job
on
a
temporary
basis
or
on
an
interim
basis.
I
A
You
for
coming
to
speak
to
us
on
this
issue
and
I'm
just
typing
an
email
to
staff
to
get
us
some
more
information
about
this
issue.
This
is
a
public
comment
period,
so
we
can't
really
engage
with
the
public
right
now
on
this
topic,
but
police
know
we
are
paying
attention
and
listening
to
your
to
the
items
that
are
being
brought
forward
today,
do
we
have
any
other
speakers
that
want
to
come
forward
today?
We
have,
we
have
reached.
The
end
of
our
list
looks
like
we're.
A
Okay,
it
looks
like
we're
at
the
end
of
it,
so
with
that
I
do
want
to
welcome
council
vice
president
Andrea
Jenkins
to
the
meeting,
and
that
means
we
have
official
forum
and
therefore
we
are
going
to
first
adopt
the
agenda
and
then
go
ahead
and
receive
and
file
the
comments
from
today.
So,
as
you
will
see
for
today's
public
safety
and
emergency
management
committee
agenda,
we
have
three
items.
Item
number
one
was
receiving
filing
the
public
comments.
A
So
all
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
agenda,
please
say:
aye,
aye
and
I'll
go
ahead
and
receive
and
and
file
the
public
comments,
all
those
in
favor
of
recipient
files.
Please
say:
aye
aye.
We
will
now
move
on
to
our
third
item,
which
is
our
discussion
item.
So
if
we
can,
please
have
the
leaders
who
are
going
to
be
presenting
on
this
issue
join
us
here
at
the
podium,
and
this
is
the
authorization
of
an
increase
to
contract
number
C,
4
0,
5
201,
it's
Exxon,
okay
with
Exxon
enterprise
and
sorry
I.
A
J
Chair
Cano,
council
members.
Thank
you.
My
name
is
commander
Travis
clampy
I
oversee
the
business
technology
unit,
along
with
our
support
services
for
the
police
department.
The
way
the
department
is
broken
out
is
the
business
technology
unit
is
responsible
for
our
procurement
of
the
body
cameras
and
a
procurement
of
the
Taser
devices.
J
The
training
unit
is
responsible
for
the
deployment
of
those
tasers
and
I
have
with
me
today
in
the
tenant
Johnny
myself,
from
training,
to
talk
more
or
to
answer
questions
specific
to
those
when
we
get
to
it
so
very
quickly,
just
the
presentation
and
hopefully
elicit
the
questions
based
on
that.
Originally
we
have
and
we
entered
into
a
contract
with
axon
in
March
of
2016
a
five-year
contract
for
600
body
cameras.
J
After
that
we
did
receive
approval
in
budget
for
upwards
of
eight
hundred
and
eighty
eight
cameras
for
total
deployment
across
the
entire
Department
of
all
licensed
peace
officers,
and
since
that
time
we
have
purchased
more
cameras.
We're
right
about
717
I
think
is
the
number
of
total
cameras
right
now.
J
The
original
contract
included,
as
I
said,
the
600
cameras,
however,
that
total
dollar
amount
that
we
budgeted
for
in
the
contract
with
axon
did
not
include
the
future
budget.
We've
got
received
from
the
council
to
go
to
a
total
deployment,
so
what
we
received
budgetary
approval
from
Council
that
it
came
after
the
original
contracts,
so
that
contract
doesn't
hold
enough
authorisation
to
totally
fund
it.
J
We
also
had
a
approval
for
our
CAD
integration,
which
is
computer-aided
dispatch.
It's
what
our
dispatchers
used,
what
our
officers
used
on
the
street
to
receive
all
the
information
on
the
calls
they're
on,
and
we
received
budget
for
that
integration
into
the
body
camera
system
which
basically
allows
anytime
there's
a
body
cam
video
created.
It's
automatically
tagged
with
the
case
number,
the
type
of
call
the
retention
period
of
the
video,
all
those
mistakes
that
my
colleague
commander
Granger,
comes
in
and
talks
to
you
about
in
his
quarterly
audits.
J
This
takes
the
guesswork
out
of
that
makes
it
automatic
and
essentially
gets
rid
of
those
Nancy
are
nasty
and
problems
where
you
transcribe
a
couple
numbers
and
throw
the
the
case
numbering
system
off.
We
did
receive
approval
for
that.
The
funding
is
actually
going
to
or
the
price
is
actually
going
to
go
up.
Based
on
the
number
of
cameras
we
will
be
having
in
place
as
opposed
to
the
original
cost.
We
quoted
with
that
six
hundred.
J
Since
that
time,
we've
also
received
a
federal
grant,
which
we
was
awarded
to
us
this
year,
believe
it's
approximately
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
that's
meant
to
expand
our
program
as
well.
So
a
number
of
things
are
coming
together,
as
we
request
this
today
and
then
so.
Ultimately,
our
request
here
is
to
amend
our
current
contract
through
2024,
so
essentially
a
five
year
extension
on
our
current
contract.
That
will
include
additional
cameras,
so
we'll
have
complete
deployment
from
every
officer
to
the
chief
of
police.
That
will
include
me
lieutenant
Marcil.
J
Everybody
in
blue
uniform
will
have
that
camera.
It's
going
to
include
the
storage
it's
going
to
include
the
CAD
interface
and
then
we're
also
upgrading
asking
to
upgrade
our
tasers
our
conductive
electrical
devices,
and
we
would
like
every
patrol
officer
out
on
the
street
to
have
that
device
available
as
a
tool.
One
other
piece
that
I
didn't
list
here
but
I
would
like
to
include:
is
those
devices
have
a
five-year
warranty?
J
They
have
a
life
cycle
to
them
and
I
remember
coming
back
here
and
coming
to
this
committee
different
members
in
2013,
our
tasers
were
like
seven
and
eight
years
old
and
what
we
would
like
to
do.
This
will
put
us
on
a
constant
cycle.
So
we're
not
having
to
come
back
to
you
every
year
and
saying
well.
We
had
75
expired
this
year.
We
need
more.
This
will
put
us
on
a
five-year
cycle,
so
we
know
every
five
years.
J
J
If
we
were
in
this,
would
this
outfits-
everybody
in
patrol
I
should
say
that
with
that
taser,
if
we
were
to
stick
with
the
current
model,
the
cost
is
6.3
million,
and
then,
if
we
were
to
only
go
with
cameras,
additional
cameras
and
no
additional
tasers
over
five
years,
it
would
also
be
six
point
three
million
thirteen
thousand
dollars
less.
The
one
thing
is,
we
have
been
offered
discounts
as
you
can
see
the
breakdown
of
the
yearly
yearly
costs.
Axon
has
offered
us
discounts
to
go
with
those
tasers
and.
J
D
Thank
You
jerod
thanks
for
the
presentation,
this
answers
most
of
the
questions
we
had
a
chance
to
talk
in
advance,
so
I
asked
for
some
transparency
around
this
and
and
you've
provided
a
lot
of
it.
That's
great,
can
you
just
quickly
clarify
what
is
the
X
7
get
us?
What's
the
advantage
of
the
new
model?
Is
it
worth
paying
the
extra
money
for
that.
J
Council,
chair
councilmember,
Fletcher
and
in
our
page,
so
this
is
the
the
latest
model
the
Taser
has
put
out
and
I
think
they.
They
started
putting
this
out
late
last
year
and
it
offers
some
distinct
advantages
to
the
current
model,
and
one
is:
it's
meant
to
have
better
penetrating
power
through
clothing.
One
of
the
one
of
the
problems
we've
noted
with
the
Taser
in
Minnesota
is
when
you
try.
You
know,
jacket
seasons.
J
What
ten
months
out
of
the
year,
even
trying
to
get
effective
use
out
of
those
in
with
somebody
with
a
light
jacket
can
be
difficult.
This
has
increased
the
ability
for
that
probe
to
make
contact.
It
causes
no
more
injury,
but
it
makes
it
increases
that
probability.
It
becomes
a
smart
device.
It's
one
thing
is
the
the
current
tasers
are
meant
to
have
a
range
of
approximately
21
feet.
J
What
the
studies
have
shown
is
that
most
contact
with
the
tasers
happen
at
a
distance
of
about
eight
to
ten
feet,
and
even
that
difference
of
10
to
11
feet
in
the
spread
of
the
probes
as
they
go
out,
makes
a
huge
difference
through
their
research.
They
found
that
the
optimal
distance
to
have
them
calibrated
for
is
approximately
10
feet,
and
these
have
gone
ahead
and
done
that
they've
changed
the
angles
so
that
an
officer
is,
you
know
with
them
at
10,
feet
range
those
are
going
to
be
more
effective,
they've.
J
Also
they've,
recalibrated,
the
you
know
the
electronics.
This
is
all
it's
getting
into
the
technical
aspects,
but
certainly
the
effectiveness
of
this
new
device
for
us
is
something
that
we
would
like
to
go
to,
not
that
the
current
model
doesn't
do
its
job.
We
just
think
this
is
going
to
even
be
better
for
us.
K
J
If
I
could
just
also,
if
it
just
add
to
that
I,
remember
reporting
back
to
this
committee
again
when
we
were
here
in
2013
and
we
threw
out
the
number
of
like
68
deployments
that
was
actual
firing
of
the
the
the
probes
and
since
that
time,
we've
also
required
our
officers
any
time
they
take
that
taser
out
and
they
red
dot.
It's
called
when
they
point
the
laser
at
somebody
which
is
an
indicator,
is
a
precursor
to
firing
it
or
they
arc
the
weapon
to
display
it.
J
We're
now
requiring
officers
to
record
that
and
report
that
information
we
didn't
before.
So
the
number
that
we
had
back
in
2013
of
right
around
60
did
not
include
those
displays
where
we're
actually
displaying
the
Taser.
So
we
would
have
expected
our
numbers
to
go
up
dramatically
from
that
time,
but
the
actual
number
of
times
we
fired
the
darts
in
the
last
12
months
62.
So
we
are
very,
very
consistent.
J
D
Great,
thank
you
I'll
just
note
for
the
public
that
I
would
raise
some
questions
in
our
meeting
around
our
other
competitors
to
acts
on
other
other
opportunities
to
look
at
other
companies.
I
understand
that
there
or
not
I'm
a
little
bit
of
a
grudgingly
supporting
this,
because
I've
had
some
concerns
about
Exxon's
involvement
and,
for
example,
the
ketamine
study
and
some
of
the
other
things
that
raised
some
concerns.
But
in
this
case,
is
a
fairly
limited
opportunity
for
suppliers
for
this
and
having
access
to
non-lethal
weapon
technology
seems
like
a
worthwhile
investment.
J
Council,
chair
can
council
member
Fletcher.
We
did
take
a
look
at
what
what's
the?
What
are
the
options
for
us
with
the
tasers
and,
quite
frankly,
there
aren't
any
that
I
saw.
It
is
a
very
specialized
device,
the
body
cameras
again
because
they
go
so
closely
together.
Our
plan
with
this
is
to
have
this
five-year
contract
and
then,
as
we
get
to
the
end
of
this
now
that
we
will
be
in
full
deployment,
which
is
was
our
goal
all
along
is
to
get
to
this
point.
Then.
J
Hopefully,
the
technology
has
improved
across
the
board
and
we
have
the
ability
to
I
mean
at
least
make
sure
we're
at
five
years,
from
now
continuing
in
the
right
direction,
but
for
now
there
does
appear
to
be
that
single
source
and
then
certainly
with
the
body
cameras.
We
are
very
happy
with
the
performance
and
with
the
with
the
storage
plan
in
the
access
that
our
partners
have
with
getting
that
evidence
so
yeah,
unfortunately,
there's
just
no
competition
from
that
single
source.
Right
now,
for
us.
L
You
your
Connell
and
Thank
You
mr.
Lampe,
for
that
presentation,
I'm
curious,
similar
to
councilmember
Fletcher.
How
many
people
currently
have
how
many
officers
currently
have
tasers
and
what's
the
protocol
for
firing,
your
taser
I
know
you
said
you
had
some
protocols
around
camera
activation,
but
when,
when
does
an
officer
use
their
taser
so.
J
Council,
chair
and
vice
president
Jenkins,
we
have
approximately
420
tasers
deployed
right
now.
It's
between
410
and
420.
We've
got
the
exact
numbers
we
can.
We
can
pull
those
up,
we're
always
in
a
state
where
somebody
retires
and
turns
ours
in
it's
not
automatically.
We
don't
give
it
away
right
away.
We
have
to
you
know
it
takes
a
some
time
to
get
it
in
the
hand,
so
I
use
use
that
range.
J
As
far
as
the
deployment
goes,
we
utilize
the
the
force
continuum
that
specifically
states
that
you
you
have
to
of
it's
like
any
use
of
force.
You
have
to
use
the
least
amount
of
force
necessary
before
you
can
go
up
to
the
next
so
right
now
you
would
have
to
have
considered
things
like
distraction
techniques,
chemical,
aerosol,
joint
manipulation,
things
that
are
going
to
bring
about
a
low
likelihood
of
injury
to
a
person.
So
the
Taser
usage,
your
ability
to
use
it
it's
getting
very
high
on
that
force
continuum.
J
The
other
thing
with
this
to
emphasize
is
when
we
trained
in
all
our
officers
every
year
have
to
go
through
eight
hours
of
recertification
four
hours
for
the
research.
Four
hours
a
recertification
every
year,
on
top
of
the
on
top
of
the
initial
class,
and
we
again
it's
de-escalation,
it's
another
opportunity
for
us
to
emphasize
de-escalation
from
beginning
to
end.
It's
very
rare
that
somebody
can
just
show
up
and
pull
a
taser
out
and
use
it.
It's
it
takes
an
extraordinary
amount
of
circumstances.
J
A
A
Both
for
being
here
all
righty,
so
this
has
been
the
discussion
item
and
I'll
go
ahead
and
move
this
for
approval,
which
would
be
authorizing
an
increase
to
contract
number
C,
4
0
5,
2
Oh,
with
axon
Enterprise,
Inc
India
for
the
purchase
and
storage
of
body-worn
cameras,
tasers
and
CAD
integration,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
or
aye
and
without
further
business
before
us.
We
are
adjourned.
Thank
you.