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A
A
Together,
we
are
united
in
making
Minneapolis
a
safe
place
for
every
single
resident
and
visitor
in
our
city,
and
we
are
united
across
the
city
in
our
commitment
to
make
real
change.
We
have
the
responsibility,
as
a
council,
with
our
community
to
work
toward
the
structural
solutions
that
match
the
scope
of
the
problem
and
was
the
urgency
that
this
moment
demands.
So
each
of
my
colleagues
will
speak
more
to
this
moment
to
how
we
got
here
and
where
we
are
headed
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
councilmember,
Gordon
I.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
we
got
to
this
position.
I
think
so.
I
was
selected
to
do
this
because
I've
been
on
the
council
a
long
time.
I
first
was
elected
in
2005
and
started
serving
in
2006
and
I
will
say
during
that
campaign.
Police
accountability
was
a
big
issue
and
I
came
into
office.
Looking
for
ways,
I
could
make
improvements.
It
probably
took
about
a
month
or
two
when
I
was
serving
on
the
Public
Safety
Committee,
until
I
heard
from
our
deputy
city
attorney.
B
Who
explained
to
me
that,
even
when
the
council
gives
a
staff
direction
to
the
police
department,
it's
really
a
request
because
of
the
Charter
and
the
way
it
was
established.
We
then
went
on
to
try
to
change
city
policy.
I.
Remember
one
of
the
first
things
we
worked
on
was
the
task
force
to
improve
civilian
review
authority
and
one
of
our
biggest
recommendations
was
to
develop
an
early
warning
system.
B
Another
recommendation
that
came
from
the
bully
pulpit
that
we
had
from
that
task
force,
but
again
it
didn't
have
the
strength
to
actually
get
it
done
later.
We
looked
at
the
use
of
force
policy
and
tried
to
push
changes
there,
but
that
policy
wasn't
set
by
the
council,
I
learned
and
isn't
set
by
the
council,
that's
set
by
the
police
department,
which
is
separate
one
of
the
biggest
stories
that
I
remember
about
this
had
to
do
with
Tasers.
When
the
department
wanted
a
quarter
million
dollars
so
that
they
could
buy
Tasers.
B
Well,
we
were
able
to
use
the
budget
to
hold
back
those
sources
until
a
policy
was
developed
and
put
in
place.
That
was
worked
on
with
community
and
community
meetings
and
it
was
a
pretty
sound,
and
so
the
policy
is
to
police
agreed
to
implement
and
they
did
and
they
got
the
money
and
they
bought
the
tasers.
But
six
months
later
that
policy
disappeared
from
the
police
department's
website
and
was
was
gone
and
changed,
and
it
was
clear
that
that
policy
wasn't
city
policy
that
was
department
policy
that
they
were
setting.
B
So
discussions
about
how
we
could
look
at
the
Charter
and
changed
the
Charter
have
gone
a
long
time.
People
will
probably
recall
that
it
came
up
on
2018
when
there
was
a
suggestion
to
amend
the
Charter,
then
so
that
we
could
look
at
it
for
years.
People
have
pointed
to
the
Charter
as
the
reason
why
we
couldn't
do
more
to
make
systemic
change
and
I
think.
Well.
Now
we
have
a
great
opportunity
where
we
can
actually
look
at
it
and
we
have
proposal
before
us.
B
It
will
create
the
framework
and
the
structure
that
we
need
so
that
we
can
go
about
the
transformational
work
that
we
want
to
do
in
the
next
year
and
then
fill
in
the
details
and
modify
our
ordinances
as
we're
ready
so
that
we
can
really
have
a
new
kind
of
way
of
doing
Public
Safety
so
that
all
people
can
be
safe
in
our
city.
I
think
I'll.
Let
councilmember
Fletcher
take
it
next,
so
he
can
help
us
guide
us
through
the
rest
of
our
press
conference.
Thank.
D
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues,
corn
and
Fletcher.
You
know
I
wanted
to
say
that
I'll
keep
my
comments
short,
that
there
are
three
major
barriers
that
we
can
see
and
I
talked
about
this
a
little
bit
during
the
council
meeting.
But
the
state
legislature
is
a
barrier
to
you
know:
transformative
Public
Safety,
the
Police
Federation
is
presenting
themselves
as
a
barrier
to
transformative,
Public
Safety
and
the
Charter
has
long
been
a
barrier
as
councilmember
Gordon.
Just
so
succinctly
described
two
to
two
transformative
public
safety
of
those
three
things.
D
The
Charter
is
the
thing
that
we
have
some
say
over.
We've
been
in
our
own
way
in
a
lot
of
ways.
I
think
that,
because
of
how
the
police,
the
police
are
written
into
the
Charter,
there
has
been
a
lack
of
accountability.
There's
been
a
lack
of
it
of
inability
for
council
members
who
are
elected
by
the
people
to
affect
the
plans
and
actions
of
the
police
department.
So
we
think
that
it's
appropriate
for
us
to
examine
how
we've
done
policing
before
we
think
that
largely
it's,
it
has
been
a
failure.
D
You
know,
I,
think,
aside
from
that,
this
ultimately
is
is
is
on
a
trajectory
to
go
to
voters,
and
so
the
public,
almost
every
single
person
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
will
have
their
opportunity
to
say
you
know
you
know,
do
I
like
the
status
quo
or
do
I
think
that
we
can
do
Public
Safety
better.
That
will
really
be
the
real
question
and
the
public
will
be
absolutely
a
part
of
that
discussion
and
ultimately
make
the
final
decision
and
well
I'll
end
there
and
wait
for
questions.
C
Thank
You,
councilmember,
Ellis
and
I'll
make
a
few
brief
remarks
before
kicking
it.
To
a
couple
more
of
my
colleagues
and
I,
just
wanna
say
that
our
community
is
really
demanding
urgent
change
in
our
approach
to
public
safety
right
now
and
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
is
ready
to
act
well,
none
of
us
could
have
predicted
the
events
of
the
last
month.
Many
of
us
have
been
laying
the
groundwork
for
a
shift
in
our
approach
for
years.
C
In
2018,
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
created
the
office
of
violence
prevention
in
the
Department
of
Public
Health
and
reallocated
1.1
million
dollars
from
a
proposed
MPD
increase
to
give
it
its
initial
funding
that
office
on
that
meager
budget
has
built
programs
and
public-private
partnerships
to
deploy
a
public
health
approach
to
group,
violence,
at-risk
youth
and
more
as
a
result
of
that
work,
we
have
the
opportunity
to
invest
in
programs
that
are
proven
already
operational
and
can
be
expanded.
This
council
has
expanded
the
funding
for
mental
health
care
responders
and
increase.
C
The
percentage
of
mental
health
calls
that
we
can
respond
to.
We
can
continue
to
lean
into
that
work
in
2019,
the
city
of
Minneapolis
convened
a
9-1-1
working
group
composed
of
city
staff
and
community
members
publicly
appointed
by
the
City
Council,
which
has
done
a
groundbreaking,
deep
dive
analysis
into
how
we
respond
to
known
or
one
calls,
what
types
of
calls
we
receive
and
what
volume
and
where
there
are
opportunities
to
respond
better
and
produce
better
outcomes
with
non
police
responses.
C
Their
initial
report
came
through
too
late
to
be
implemented
in
last
year's
budget,
but
it
has
always
been
this
council's
intention
to
act
on
these
thoughtful
and
data-driven
suggestions.
This
work
resonates
with
work
in
progress
at
Hennepin
County,
spearheaded
by
Commissioner
Irene
Fernando,
to
improve
nine
runs
agility
to
enact
more
nuanced
dispatch
will
also
continue
to
leverage
and
support
community
partnerships
to
produce
solutions.
C
That
work
and
similar
partnerships
and
communities
all
over
the
city
also
provides
evidence-based
tested
programs
that
can
expand
and
adapt
to
our
safety
needs.
In
short,
the
Minneapolis
City
Council
has
generated
programs
partnerships
and
plans
that
we
can
build
on
now,
even
as
we
engage
in
the
big
picture
conversation
about
public
safety
with
that
I
want
to
turn
over
to
councilmember
Schrader.
E
Thank
You
councilmember
Fletcher
I've
been
hearing
a
lot
of
suggestions
from
many
constituents
with
their
ideas
of
how
we
can
transform
the
face
of
Public
Safety,
and
the
truth
is
that
these
changes
are
just
not
possible
or
under
the
current
city
charter.
Today
we
make
the
necessary
step
in
the
process
to
make
the
changes
I'm
hearing
my
constituents
want
to
see
thanks,
don't
turn
it
back
over
to
councilmember
Fletcher.
F
Thank
You
councilmember
Ellison,
so
I'll
just
start
off
with
saying
that
today
was
the
first
step
in
a
long
process,
but
it's
a
critical
step
in
the
right
direction.
Changing
the
city
charter
will
remove
barriers
that
can
get
in
the
way
of
us,
as
elected
officials,
making
sure
that
the
best
solutions
brought
forward
by
our
community
can
can
be
brought
to
life.
We
need
to
keep
moving
forward
in
this
effort
to
get
to
get
this
effort
on
the
ballot
and
I
hope.
Voters
will
vote
YES
so
that
we
can
keep
doing
this
work
together.
F
During
the
last
study
council
meeting,
we
passed
a
resolution
creating
of
futures
a
future
of
Community
Safety
work
group
as
a
council
member
leading
this
aspect
of
the
process.
I
am
so
grateful
to
the
city
staff
who
are
bringing
their
creativity,
brilliance
and
years
of
experience
and
expertise
to
the
table,
as
well
as
our
phenomenal
national
partners.
As
we
operational
operationalize,
a
plan
including
a
deep
engagement
prosecuting
engagement
process
to
get
us
to
a
place
of
having
systems
of
Public
Safety
that
are
rooted
in
the
public
health
approach
and
keep
all
of
our
residents
safe.
F
G
Thank
You
councilmember,
Fletcher
I
accidentally
turned
off
my
camera,
even
though
I
meant
to
turn
it
on.
So
today
is
a
pretty
historic
day
having
12
council
members
approve
the
language
before
us
to
send
it
to
the
Charter
Commission
for
their
for
their
input,
and
so
I
want
to
remind
us.
Two
weeks
ago,
roughly
nine
of
us
council
members
stood
together
on
the
stage
of
a
public
park
in
south
Minneapolis
to
talk
about
our
commitment
and
our
agreement
on
the
fact
that
we
don't
believe
our
current
policing
system
can
be
reformed.
G
I
think
many
of
us
clearly
saw
that
as
a
reality
when
the
murder
of
mr.
George
Floyd
was
documented
by
residents
and
and
became
a
national
call
to
action
or
for
a
new
way
for
a
new
way
to
do
safety
in
our
communities,
and
we
also
pledged
to
start
the
process
to
end
our
current
policing
system
and
I.
Think
that
today's
actions
are
us
clearly
demonstrating
that
that
process
it
has
begun
and
that
we
are
moving
forward
United
in
creating
a
new
system
that
cultivates
public
safety
and.
G
The
questions
we
have
to
propose
before
voters
are
really
about
ensuring
that
Minneapolis
residents
can
choose
their
own
future
on
policing
and
safety,
and
so
I
want
to
encourage
all
of
us
to
remember
the
thousands
of
people
that
have
come
out
to
the
streets
time
and
time
again
whether
it
was
the
losing
of
mr.
Dirk
Jamar
Clark's
life,
the
losing
of
mr.
young,
fondly
the
losing
of
the
life
of
Justine
Damon
and
now
George
Floyd.
All
of
those
voices.
G
Many
many
residents
have
engaged
us
time
and
time
again
over
years,
asking
us
to
make
sure
these
systems
work
for
our
community
and
the
Charter
questions
that
we
have
brought
forward
to
the
Charter
Commission
now
and
hopefully
to
the
voters
by
November
3rd
are
about
that
freedom,
the
freedom
to
choose
the
future
of
our
city
and
our
and
how
we're
going
to
be
able
to
provide
help
for
one
another
and
how
we're
going
to
be
able
to
protect
one
another.
And
so
I
believe
that
these.
C
Thank
You
councilmember
Khan,
oh,
and
thank
you
to
all
of
my
colleagues
we'll
turn
now
to
questions.
I
have
a
few
members
of
the
press
who
have
signed
up
to
ask
questions
and
colleagues,
if
you
would
like
to
respond
to
a
question
that
comes
to
all
of
us,
please
put
your
name
in
the
chat,
just
as
we
do
during
council
meetings,
we'll
start
off
calling
on
Liz
Navratil
from
the
Star
Tribune
Liz.
D
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I
I
also
think
this
is
consistent
with
that,
and
it's
also
consistent
with
the
resolution
that
we
passed
recently
and
it's
also
consistent
with
which
you'll
find,
in
many
other
places,
you'll
notice.
With
this
new
charter
language,
there
isn't
anything
called
the
police
department
listed
in
it
and,
in
fact
those
things
that
were
called
police
department
are
gone.
J
D
And
yeah
I
don't
mean
the
hard
time,
so
my
college
can
also
jump
in
I
would
agree
that
George
fluid
was
not
murdered
on
our
ideal,
maybe
bureaucratic
schedule
I
really,
but
that
that
that's
how
that
went
down.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
have
to
contend
with
the
fact
that
one
of
our
employees-
murder,
George
Floyd
at
the
intersection
of
thirty-eight
in
Chicago,
and
that
the
community
has
has
requested
that
we
make
it
possible
to
reimagine
what
public
safety
looks
like
in
our
city.
D
It
would
be
disingenuous
for
us
to
engage
with
the
public
about
what
a
new
public
safety
system
could
look
like
knowing
full
well
that
we
can't
implement
those
things
because
of
the
charter
provision
because
of
how
the
chunk
is
currently
written
and
so
we're
changing
we're
changing
the
Charter
for
a
number
of
reasons.
But
one
of
those
reasons
is
so
that
we
can
earnestly
engage
with
the
public,
knowing
that
we
are
not
lying
to
them.
When
we
say
we're
working
with
you
in
public.
F
Thank
you
and
thank
you
Steve
for
that
question,
so
I
think
that
it's
important
to
name
that
we
have
committed
to
a
community
and
gate
engagement
process
and
when
we
think
about
a
community
engagement
process.
Well,
that
also
includes
developing
the
plan
of
community
engagement
itself.
So
that
is
the
work
that
we
are
beginning
the
process
what
are
taking.
That
is
what
we
have
committed
to
is
a
year-long
process.
I
will
also
share
that
we
are
not
starting
from
scratch
there.
F
We
are
not
starting
with
a
completely
blank
slate.
We
have
examples
from
all
across
the
country,
including
here
in
Minneapolis
of
models
that
can
be
operationalized
or
scaled
in
order
to
be
able
to
actually
have
the
population
level
impact
that
we
would
like
to
see
the
the
model
again
we're
not
we're
not
operating
in
the
dark.
There
is
a
model,
the
public
health
approach
to
public
safety
which
treats
violence
like
a
disease
that
spreads
and
it
spreads
interpersonally.
F
It
spreads
intergenerationally
and
there
are
evidence-based
research-based
strategies
on
how
to
be
able
to
disrupt
that
cycle
of
violence
in
communities
and
in
in
the
home.
We
have
those
we
have.
Some
of
those
strategies
already
being
implemented,
but
they
are
not
at
the
scale
in
which
they
need
to
be.
F
We
can
work
with
coming
alongside
community
to
be
able
to
more
clearly
define
what
are
the
kind
of
responses
that
folks
would
like
what
are
the
kind
of
preventive
measures
do
folks
believe
is
most
impactful
in
our
communities
and
how
do
we
best
disrupt
and
interrupt
the
violence
as
it
is
occurring
in
our
community?
We're
not
starting
from
scratch,
we're
not
starting
from
a
blank
slate
we
are
going
to
be.
We
have
a
foundation
on
which
we
are
building.
B
I'm,
sorry
about
that
Thanks
facilitating
I,
just
wanna
I,
really
appreciate
what
councilmember
Cunningham
said
and
I
think
that
it's
very
helpful
and
very
useful
I
just
also
wanted
to
raise
an
interesting
point,
because
what
we're
talking
about
with
this
charter
isn't
necessarily
all
the
policies
and
what
some
department
will
be
doing.
This
is
the
Charter.
This
is
our
founding
document,
so
we're
talking
about
how
it
can
be
set
up
and
structured,
and
we
certainly
have
had
an
opportunity
to
see
how
something
setup
like
this
could
work.
B
All
we
need
to
do
is
look
at
the
Public
Works
Department
or
the
fire
department.
We
can
see
how
it
works
when
the
council,
working
in
cooperation
with
the
Mayo
and
with
the
mayor
I'm,
representing
the
people
that
we
represent,
setting
policy
for
a
department
helping
hire
a
head
of
a
department
to
manage
that
department
for
us
can
be
effective
and
can
work
well
and
that's
we're
suggesting
here
is:
we
want
to
set
up
a
structure
that
we
know
can
work
into
and
work.
B
Well,
you
will
have
a
very
large
department,
like
Public
Works,
with
a
variety
of
different
divisions
and
it
can
be
done
effectively
and
so
we're
actually
going
back
to
something.
I
think
that
is
tried
and
true,
and
not
nearly
so
unusual
and
I
would
suggest
archaic
as
what
we
have
been
having
to
work
under
for
the
past
of
decades.
B
C
Just
have
my
own
comment
briefly
that
I
think
it's.
It
is
common
when
you're
pursuing
bold
changes
for
people
to
say
that
you're
moving
too
fast
and
for
people
to
demand
absolute
clarity
and
to
try
to
imagine
all
of
the
ways
that
there
might
be
a
lack
of
clarity
in
something
that
hasn't
been
tried
before
and
so
I
just
want
to
frame
us
in
that
that
we
are
trying
something
bold.
It
is
going
to
take
courage
and
creativity.
C
H
D
You
know
I
I
would
say
that
the
current
structure
is
proven
to
be
a
failure
and
people
don't
just
want
someone
to
point
the
finger
at
after
the
facts.
They
want
to
know
that
when
they
elect
people
to
go
to
City
Hall
to
effect
change
with
the
police
department
that
those
people
have
a
say
in
doing
so
they
don't.
D
They
don't
just
want
someone
to
point
the
finger
at
when
things
have
gone
on
utterly
awry,
which
I
also
watch
the
press
conference,
and
that
seemed
to
be
what
his
definition
of
transparency
was
that
when
things
go
out
early
awry
people
get
to
blame
me.
But
what
people
don't
want?
Just
someone
to
blame.
They
want
things
to
work
and
the
current
system
has
not
worked.
D
D
The
mayor
would
still
have
executive
authority,
but
but
people
have
to
feel
confident
that
that,
when
policies
are
written
where
they
can
find
them
somewhere
that
they
are
that,
when
the
council
makes
a
retz
of
staff
direction
or
an
ordinance
regulating
the
behavior
of
our
public,
say
of
our
new
model
of
Public
Safety,
that
those
things
are
going
to
be
followed
and
that
they
have
to
be
followed.
And
so
I
would
say
that
this
actually
increases
transparency.
D
H
A
quick
follow-up
to
that
point:
councilmember
Allison,
you've,
probably
heard
from
folks
who
have
been
calling
for
community
control
of
the
police
for
four
years
now
on.
Does
this
model
allow
for
community
control
of
police,
or
is
this
just
the
City
Council
taking
over
something
and
adding
another
layer
of
bureaucracy
into
something
that
the
people
want
to
have
more
control
over.
D
Well,
the
last
time
I
checked
people
do
elect
city
council,
members,
I
think
that's
still
true
and
I
would
say
that,
like
every
other
department
in
our
city,
you
know
the
mayor
is
the
executive.
The
council
has
legislative
authority,
and
so
this
would
give
the
council
legislative
authority
that's.
The
clearest
I
could
really
answer
that.
The
question
you
get
your
ass
I'm.
C
C
Think
that,
as
a
representative
of
my
ward,
that's
something
that
that
people
want
to
have
happen
so
I
think
we
do
need
to
push
for
more
community
involvement
and
I.
Think
we
do
need
to
push
for
more
civilian
oversight.
I
think
people
have
been
clear
about
that.
We
are
fixing
I
think
in
the
Charter.
What
we
can
fix
now
and
we
are
creating
space
for
such
a
structure
to
exist,
especially
as
some
of
the
others
kurz
begin
to
change
over
time.
I'll
call
on
councilmember
Connolly.
G
Thank
you.
Come
summer,
flexure,
you
know
to
this
question
of
sort
of
the
community
role
in
in
our
system.
So
I
think
it's
very
important
to
acknowledge
that
by
us
making
a
motion
to
send
the
question
to
the
voters.
It's
I
would
say
the
prime
way
that
we
are
having
the
community
have
power
and
say
in
that
future,
and
so
I
don't
remember
when
the
last
time
the
City
Council
did
anything
like
this.
G
Before,
where
we
brought
forward
a
charter
question
before
the
voters
to
say
what
would
you
like
the
future
of
safety
to
be
like
in
the
city,
so
I
would
I
guess.
I
would
just
highlight
the
fact
that
that
motion
itself
speaks
volume
about
the
type
of
power
and
voice
that
we
want
every
Minneapolis
resident
to
have
in
constructing
this
this
new
system.
G
So
I
think
that
a
lot
of
the
a
lot
of
the
values
that
we've
heard
our
community
express
over
the
last
10
to
20
years
on
policing
issues
can
be
baked
into
those
ordinances
that
can
then
support
a
future
work
of
our
new
department
and
potentially
any
division
within
there
that
might
have
law
enforcement
services.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
very
much.
I
was
wanted
to
respond
a
little
bit,
I
think
to
the
original
question.
If
I'm
recalling
it
correctly
and
unfortunately,
I
didn't,
hear
the
mayor's
comments
that
he
made
recently
and
I'm
a
little
disappointed
that
it
sounds
like
he's
come
out
in
such
direct
opposition
to
this
I
would
appreciate
an
opportunity
to
hear
his
concerns
and
discuss
them.
This
idea
of
14
bosses.
This
came
up
last
time.
We
attempted
a
charter
amendment
like
this
as
well.
I
think
this
right
now.
This
charter
amendment
is
written
rather
differently.
B
The
person
who's
in
charge
of
the
license
piece
officers
should
we
choose
to
have
that
division
will
report
to
one
person
unless
the
department
had
the
head
of
the
department.
I'll
also
note
that
we
have
a
situation
like
this
with
other
department
heads
too
and
I
think
the
council's
can
be
pretty
nimble
and
pretty
good
in
terms
of
realizing
their
role
and
their
place
in
it.
We
have
a
director
of
Emergency
Management,
who
sometimes
has
to
make
with
second
decisions,
and
does
so
just
fine
based
on
policy
set
by
the
council.
F
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
our
current
mechanisms
for
accountability-
we
have
two
main
ones.
The
the
first
is
approval
of
the
appointment
of
the
police
chief
and
the
budget
because
of
the
fact
that
there
is
no
real
authority
over
the
police
department
outside
of
those
two
mechanisms
it
create
has
created
a
dynamic
that
whenever
we
engage
with
the
police
chief,
the
department
head
of
that
department
to
hold
him
accountable
for
how
his
employees
and
department
operates.
F
We
as
a
council
are
seen
as
picking
on
him,
which
is
unmatched
with
any
other
department
in
the
city,
despite
the
fact
that
the
police
department
is
the
army,
that
is
the
only
employee
or
the
des
Police
Department
is
made
up.
Is
the
only
department
made
up
of
employees
who
are
authorized
to
carry
guns
and
kill
our
residents?
F
So
what
we
need
actually
is
to
be
able
to
address
the
fact
that
those
current
dynamic
limits,
transparent
conversations
about
decisions
that
are
being
made,
how
they
are
being
made
and
what
they
will
look
like
when
they're
actually
implemented
for
us
to
be
able
to
keep
our
residents
safest.
We
need
to
be
able
to
actually.
K
My
question
coming
from
and
pardon
me
if
this
was
covered
before
I
was
at
the
Chiefs,
knew
his
Cochran,
so
I
joined
this
little
late,
but
he
raised
a
question
of
what
does
this
mean
for
chief
arredondo
who's
been
very
popular
with
the
public,
and
does
this
mean
he
is
eliminated?
Does
this
mean
he
has
devoted
what
happens
to
him
under
these
scenarios?.
K
B
Absolutely
nothing
is
status,
remains
the
same
right
now.
We're
moving
something
forward
to
the
committee
and
forward
to
the
Charter
Commission
for
review,
so
I
think
that's
a
his
status
remains
changed.
This
isn't
about
chief
arredondo
and
it's
gonna
be
a
long
journey
forward
to
see
if
there
are
any
changes
or
not.
F
F
His
potential
vision
for
being
able
to
create
or
co-create
a
new
division
of
law
enforcement
services
like
there's
a
space
there
for
him
to
really
be
able
to
operationalize
the
vision
that
he
has
brought
forward
and
that
folks
want
to
see
come
true
in
terms
of
law
enforcement.
Again,
law
enforcement
is,
is
one
perspective,
it's
one
component
of
a
comprehensive
approach
of
Public
Safety.
So
what
we're
doing
in
this
conversation
is
that
we
are
including
the
other
aspects
of
it
as
well.
That
does
not
diminish
Chief
arredondo.
In
doing
so,.
D
I
would
agree
with
what
my
colleague
said.
I
would
also
add
that
you
know
in
the
mayor's
press
conference
he
he
sort
of
personalized
some
things,
and
he
said
if
this
is
about
me,
then
we
could
take
that
up
next
election
and
I
think
that
that
really
punctuated
the
point
that
this
isn't
about
him,
and
this
isn't
about
the
chief
and
it's
not
really
about
the
council
either.
It's
about
the
fact
that
we
have
a
system
of
Public
Safety
on
that
that,
in
a
lot
of
ways,
fails
to
keep
people
safe.
D
That
is
burdened
by
a
lack
of
transparency
and
a
lack
of
consequences,
and
so
we
need
to
design
policy
that
isn't
personality
based,
but
that
is
structural
and
that
can
lead
us
down
a
path
that
is
sustainable,
long
term,
because
we
won't
always.
It
won't
always
be
me
in
this
seat.
It
won't
always
be
the
mayor
in
his
seat.
It
won't
always
be
chief,
Rondo
and-
and-
and
you
know
for
that
matter-
we've
got
a
great
administration
broad.
C
Thank
you
and
I'll
just
add
to
that
I
when
I
was
running
for
this
office
before
I
knew
who
the
mayor
and
the
chief
would
be.
It
was
a
common
talking
point
for
me
to
say
we
can't
keep
leaving
this
to
the
mayor
and
the
chief
looking
back
many
mayors
and
many
Chiefs.
This
is
a
this
is
a
relationship
and
a
fulcrum
of
responsibility
that
has
set
people
up
for
failure,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
what
this
does
for
chief
arredondo
is.
C
My
hope
is
that,
by
making
this
charter
change,
we
can
actually
create
a
job
that
a
really
first-class
leader
can
go
in
and
succeed
in
and
I
think
that
that's
something
that
we
haven't
had
I
think
it's
something
that
structurally
we
don't
have,
and
it's
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
need
to
make
the
structural
change
to
our
charter
next
I
have
sorry.
Let
me
just
go
back
and
just
check
if
Eric
from
KSTP
is
on
now,
if
you're
having
tech
problems.
C
L
There
we
go
thank
you
for
taking
my
question
I'm
very
grateful
and
I
apologize
if
I'm
reiterating
some
of
the
questions
that
we've
already
heard,
but
I
was
just
hoping
for
maybe
a
little
more
clarity,
because
I
did
just
listen
to
the
mayor's
press
conference
in
its
totality
and
again
I'll.
Just
reiterate
for
maybe
folks
who
didn't
hear
what
the
mayor
had
said.
L
You
know
he
said
he
agrees
that
asking
voters
to
vote
on
something
like
this
is
appropriate,
but
he
feels
he
says
that
you're
asking
voters
to
vote
on
something
without
details
and
without
precision,
and
it
was
in
his
estimation
that
it
is
precision
and
specifics
that
will
address
certain
problems
in
the
police
department.
This
question
specifically:
will
we
still
have
police
and
you
just
kind
of
covered?
This?
L
Will
chief
Arredondo
still
run
the
police
after
his
journey
to
becoming
chief,
and
will
that
law
enforcement
area
be
held
accountable
by
14
people
instead
of
one
or
two
so
I
guess
in
summation?
He
feels
like
the
voters
will
be
voting
on
something
that
hasn't
been
hashed
out
yet
Todd's
warning.
If
you
could
answer
some
of
those
specific
questions
so
that
the
public
ends
up
mayor,
I
guess.
H
E
C
Thank
you
for
that
question.
So
I'll
just
say
there
are
things
that
are
intentionally
not
hashed
out
yet
because
we
actually
think
that
it's
very
important
for
the
community
to
make
these
decisions
together.
Ultimately,
the
police,
chief
and
every
single
other
city
employee
is
accountable
to
430,000
Minneapolis
residents,
not
to
one
person
and
not
to
14
people.
We
do
create
a
clarified
structure
so
that
there
is
one
supervisor
for
the
director
of
the
new
division
within
that
department,
and
that
is
the
new
the
department
head
of
the
Department
of
Community
Safety.
C
We
think
that
that
is
a
clear
structure
for
day-to-day
communication.
We
think
that
that
allows
us
four
ways
through
ordinance
to
create
clear
lines
of
communication
and
direction
for
both
the
use
of
executive
power
and
legislative
power,
and
we
think
that
we
can
create
a
structure
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense.
I,
don't
think
any
of
us
can
speak
to
the
future.
C
It
would
be
any
time
a
job
is
changing
and
we
are
certainly,
regardless
of
this
charter
change,
having
a
broad
public
debate
about
changing
what
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
looks
like
it
will
take
both
the
city
moving.
Those
changes
and
the
employee
in
question,
in
this
case
chief
Arredondo,
to
decide
together
that
it's
a
good
fit
for
both
of
them
and
I
am
certainly
respectful
of
chief
or
a
Dumbo's.
Leadership
and
I
want
to
see
him
given
every
opportunity
to
contribute
to
that
vision.
F
Thank
you
so
I'll
just
say
that
I
have
heard
overwhelmingly
from
my
constituents
in
North
Minneapolis
that
they
want
to
see
some
sort
of
structural
and
systemic
change
to
the
police
department.
Even
if
we
don't
know
necessarily
what
the
specifics
are
of
what
the
various
other
strategies,
the
work
that
is
ahead
of
us
is
to
dig
into
those
specifics
with
community.
F
We
would
be
setting
up
the
entire
process
to
fail
by
going
through
this
process
working
alongside
community
building
these
new
systems
and
then
not
being
able
to
operationalize
that,
because
we
don't
have
an
umbrella
in
which
under
which
you
can
live
regardless.
If
folks
think
that
we
should
not
change
anything
about
the
police
department
or
they
think
we
should
complain
the
abolish
the
police
department.
F
The
reality
is
that
having
a
department
that
essentially
serves-
as
one
of
my
colleagues
explained
to
me
as
a
container
in
which
law
enforcement,
and
that
entire
comprehensive
approach
to
Public
Safety
fits
underneath
that
umbrella.
Ultimately,
we
are
not
able
to
operationalize
what
our
residents
are
asking
for.
Under
the
current
structure,
it
would
not
be
appropriate
for
us
to
bring
forward
a
fully
baked
plan
without
having
done
the
engagement,
and
it
also
is
not.
It
is
not
genuine
for
us
to
go
out
into
the
community
saying
we
are
going
to
do
major.
F
The
major
systemic
changes
that
you
have
asked
for
and
then
not
be
able
to
implement
it
because
we
have
the
barrier
of
the
Charter
as
it
currently
reads.
This
is
this
is
giving
us
space
to
be
able
to
do
the
thoughtful
and
intentional
work
of
building
new
systems
is
creating
the
space
for
us
to
do
so.
F
C
D
D
As
we
go
about
our
public
engagement,
you
asked
about
you
know
this.
This
quote-unquote
is
colloquialism
of
14
bosses.
The
truth
is
that
the
city
structure
for
every
other
department,
with
the
exception
of
the
current
police
department,
is
the
mayor
as
the
executive
and
the
council
as
the
legislative.
This
would
give
council
legislative
authority
and
and
and
so
that's
very
clear
and
I'll
break
down,
I
think
what
the
the
the
ultimate
debate
that
we're
having
here.
D
D
The
mayor
knows
very
well
that
if
we
went
out
to
do
public
engagement,
that
the
the
public
would
then
be
very
frustrated
to
learn
that
they
had
to
wait
yet
another
year
for
transformative
change.
It's
a
public
safety.
While
we
sort
out
this,
the
Charter
as
we
are
now
I-
think
that
the
the
Train
parent
thing
to
do.
C
M
F
Yes,
thank
you
for
that
question.
So
one
aspect
of
this
is
again
thinking
about
the
comprehensive
approach.
So
what
you're
talking
about
very
specifically,
is
around
restructuring
the
police
department.
Well,
we're
talking
about
here
is
completely
reimagining
Public
Safety,
and
we
want
to
do
so
in
a
way
that
routes
the
public
health
approach.
We
have
models
from
literally
all
over
the
world
that
we
can
build
on
so
I
I
gave
the
example
of
Vail
Colorado
that
has
they
sent
mental
health
experts
to
mental
health
crises
rather
than
armed
officers.
F
F
Excuse
me,
I'm,
sorry,
I
think
cure
violence,
which
is
a
step
even
beyond
what
we're
doing
here
with
our
group
violence,
intervention
by
having
teams
of
community
members
who
have
come
out
of
a
life
of
crime
and
violence
who
have
reformed
their
lives
gotten
on
the
right
path
and
now
are
on
the
ground
out
in
communities
interacting
with
and
disrupting
violence,
as
it
is
bubbling
up
so
they're,
preventing
it
from
even
happening
in
the
first
place
and
they're
doing
that
unarmed,
and
so
we
have
lots
of
examples.
I
recommend
for
folks.
F
Please
take
a
look
at
these
various
models.
The
City
of
Milwaukee
has
an
office
of
violence
prevention.
That's
doing
amazing
work.
Louisville
Kentucky
has
an
office
of
violence
prevention.
That's
doing
really
great
work
here.
In
Minneapolis
we
have
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
which
is
doing
amazing
work,
it's
just
not
at
scale,
so
that
we're
seeing
in
a
population
level
impact
that
our
residents
want
to
see,
and
so,
when
we
talk
about
reimagining,
Public
Safety,
we're
thinking
about
all
of
those
levers
so
that
we
can
actually
have
sustainable
safety
and
peace
in
our
communities.
F
We're
not
starting
from
scratch
we're
not
starting
from
a
blank
slate.
We
have
models
in
all
of
those
various
cities
and
more
for
us
to
be
able
to
continue
building
on
the
work
that
we've
already
started
here.
The
violence
prevention
work,
just
so
folks
understand,
has
been
in
some
way
opera
operating
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis
since
2006,
so
what
we
operationalize
the
office
of
violence
prevention
in
2018,
the
work
has
started
long
before
then.
The
expertise
of
the
public
health
approach
to
Public
Safety
started
long
before
them,
and
so
we're
just
going
to.
D
Say
it
too
much
better
than
my
colleague,
councillor
Cunningham
and
so
I'll
keep
my
comments.
Brief.
In
short,
I'll
say
that,
to
reiterate
what
councilmember
Cunningham
said:
we're
not
starting
from
a
blank
slate
I
think
you
know
Camden's
one
model:
it's
not
the
full
direction
that
we're
looking
to
go
in,
but
it
certainly
offers
some
insights
into
into
into
how
we
can
move
in
this
direction.
D
That's
it.
We
start
with
response.
What
councilmember
Cunningham
is
talking
about
is
starting
from
a
place
of
prevention
and
then
moving
into
response.
I
think
that'll
keep
Minneapolis
residents
safer.
I
also
want
to
remind
folks
that,
as
of
right
now,
not
$1
been
defunded
from
the
police
department,
not
one
tool
has
not.
D
One
tool
has
been
taken
from
the
police,
with
the
exception
of
the
state
ban
on
chokeholds
and
restrictions
on
crowd,
control,
and
so
this
so
our
current,
our
current
Public
Safety
system
is
operating
at
full
capacity
and
and
what
we're
seeing
right
now
is
the
best
it
can
do.
And
so
we
want
to
create
a
system
that
keep
people
safer
and
I.
Think
that
that's
what
we're
we're,
headed
towards.
G
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Come
smell.
Fletcher
I'll,
just
remind
I'll,
just
remind
the
journalists
to
go
back
to
the
charter
language.
It's
clearly.
We
have
a
department
director
there,
as
well
as
the
potential
to
create
a
smaller
division
that
provides
law
enforcement
services.
Overall,
we
are
talking
about
a
deeply
engaging
our
community
to
come
up
with
the
specifics
of
what
that
department
will
have
and
how
it
will
serve
community.
G
So
right
now
those
models
are
being
built
by
neighbors
neighbors
on
the
ground
block
by
block
as
a
response
to
the
destruction
of
our
city
that
we
witnessed.
That
was
part
of
some
of
the
impacts
of
the
George,
Floyd,
murder
and
so
I
want
to
reiterate,
like
it's
been
said
already,
that
we
have
a
strong
body
of
work
at
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
recognizing
Public
Safety
as
a
public
health
issue
or
matter,
and
that
work
has
steadily
grown
over
time.
G
I
anticipate
that
that
work
will
double
down
on
its
efforts
as
we
get
ready
to
put
together
this
new
department
and
the
language
that
we
approved
today
does
have
a
implemented
date
of
May
1st
of
next
year,
and
so
that
really
coincides
nicely
with
the
truth
and
reconciliation
community
engagement
process
that
we
want
to
begin
and
and
has
already
begun
in
some
ways
and
many
of
our
neighborhood
blocks,
where
leaders
and
neighbors
are
getting
together
once
or
twice
a
week
to
decide.
How
do
you
have?
G
How
do
people
show
up
for
each
other
in
this
moment,
when
perhaps
they
don't
feel
like
policing
is
the
right
solution.
So
please
do
take
a
look
at
some
of
those
neighborhood
organizations
that
are
happening
at
that
block-by-block
level.
Many
of
them
are
organizing
on
texting,
strings
and
communicate
each
night.
F
F
We've
actually
created
two
national
models
ourselves
locally,
but
I
do
want
to
also
just
point
to
the
Truth
and
Reconciliation
like
even
that
we're
not
starting
from
scratch
like.
We
have
examples
from
Native
communities
of
work
that
they've
done,
as
well
as
the
truth
and
reconciliation
process
in
post-apartheid,
South
America
or
sees
me
South
Africa.
So
we
have
even
examples
for
that
but
locally.
We
have
two
models
that
have
now
been
nationally
recognized.
The
first
is
a
pathways
program.
It's
an
early
intervention
program.
F
What
the
city
attorney
discovered
is
that
folks,
who
were
first-time
gun
offenders,
carrying
carrying
a
weapon
without
a
permit,
we're
disproportionately
likely
to
go
on
to
be
victims
or
perpetrators
of
gun
violence.
So
what
this
is
is
an
intervention,
an
early
intervention
to
be
able
to
help
prevent
the
violence
further
down
the
road.
F
Prevention
work,
whether
that's
basketball
groups
that,
like
infused
violence
prevention
within
what
they're
doing
that,
actually
helps
those
groups,
be
able
to
function
more
as
an
organization
and
be
more
competitive
during
the
grant
process
so
that
they
can
grow
and
scale
the
impact
that
they're
looking
to
make.
So
we
have
lots
of
good
examples
of
of
what
we're
doing,
and
these
are
all
sorts
of
ideas
that
we're
going
to
bringing
to
the
community
for
feedback.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you,
I'll
take
the
last
word
briefly:
there
is
no
city
in
the
United
States,
where
I
would
take
their
public
safety
approach
and
just
drop
it
into
Minneapolis
and
consider
it
good
enough.
I
believe
that
we
can
do
better
than
anybody
has
previously
done.
I
believe
that,
10
years
from
now,
everybody
will
be
looking
to
Minneapolis
and
looking
to
emulate
the
Minneapolis
model.
I
think
that
that
is
the
task
that
we
are
called
to
do.
I,
don't
think
we
chose
this
task,
I,
don't
think
we
would
have
chosen
this
task.
C
I
think
we
have
seen
compounding
tragedies
resulting
from
our
failures
of
the
past
that
lead
us
to
a
place
where
we
are
now
in
the
world
spotlight.
Everybody
is
watching
us
and
everybody
wants
to
know
what
we're
going
to
do
and
we
have
an
opportunity
to
change
the
course
of
public
safety
in
this
country.
I
believe
we
are
called
to
do
that
I
believe
we
are
capable
of
doing
that.