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From YouTube: March 2, 2021 Transforming Community Safety
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A
Good
evening,
everyone
we
apologize
for
our
technical
challenges,
we're
getting
started
a
little
late
here,
but
glad
folks
were
able
to
join
us
tonight
and
access
our
meeting.
Here
we
had
some
difficulties
at
our
last
meeting.
A
In
late
january,
we
had
a
very,
very
high
amount
of
attendees
which
caused
some
connectivity
issues
for
folks,
and
we
worked
with
our
I.t
teams
at
the
city
to
troubleshoot
those
issues
as
well
as
to
accommodate
all
of
our
translation
needs
and
then
had
some
additional
technical
difficulties
that
you
saw
us
having
today
to
get
started.
So
we
appreciate
your
patience
so
very
much,
and
we
know
that
this
is
an
important
topic
to
everyone.
A
So
welcome
and
welcome
to
the
second
meeting
of
the
transforming
community
safety
informational
meeting.
I
am
jen
white.
I
work
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention
as
the
project
manager
of
the
transforming
community
safety
work
work,
and
I
welcome
you
all
here.
So
first
we
will
go
over
a
couple
kind
of
just
general.
I
would
like
to
refer
to
them
as
housekeeping,
but
I
guess
notes
to
share
with
all
of
you.
We
unfortunately,
will
not
be
joined
by
our
office
of
performance
and
innovation.
A
A
We
will
also
be
welcomed
by
the
director
of
the
office
of
violence,
prevention,
sasha,
cotton,
our
assistant
chief,
henry
halvorsen,
from
minneapolis
police
department,
cheyenne
brodin
from
neighborhood
and
community
relations,
and
we
will
be
giving
an
overview
of
kind
of
the
priority
buckets
the
pillars,
what
we
refer
to
them
as
around
the
reimagined
community
safety
work.
A
We
recognize
that
it
is
difficult
for
community
members
to
imagine
a
new
system,
so
we
have
identified
kind
of
three
priority
areas
to
help
guide
the
work
and
the
conversation,
and
some
of
this
work
has
been
ongoing
at
the
city
for
some
time.
So
we
wanted
to
bring
that
information
out
to
you
in
an
accessible
way,
so
that
you
can
understand
where
things
are
at
and
also
help
along
with
this
process
that
we're
on
together.
A
So
the
overview
of
the
of
the
pillars-
our
first
pillar-
is
violence
prevention,
and
that
has
to
do
with.
How
can
we
work
to
prevent
violence
intervene
when
violence
is
happening
and
then
support
community
members
after
violence
has
occurred?
The
second
pillar
is
our
alternative
response
to
9-1-1
calls.
So
that
looks
at
what
are
what
types
of
calls
that
we
could
consider
alternative
responders
to
to
take
to
both
like
decrease
the
workload
on
our
officers,
but
some
of
the
other
professionals
that
we
have
might
be
better
equipped
to
respond
to
some
of
those
calls.
A
The
city
does
have
funding
this
year
for
a
pilot
project
around
a
civilian
mental
health
response,
and
that
will
be
evolving
into
late
spring
and
early
summer.
So
please
stay
tuned
for
updates
on
that,
and
then
the
third
pillar
of
this
work
is
police
policy
reform.
So
how
are
we
working
with
law
enforcement
in
our
police
department
under
the
guidance,
e-commerce
response
to
have
the
best
policies
and
procedures
for
our
officers.
A
As
best
they
can
to
support
community
with
those
calls,
so
those
are
kind
of
the
three
overview
pillars.
We
will
hear
from
two
of
those
three
pillars
tonight,
as
well
as
efforts
around
our
community
engagement
from
our
community
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department.
A
So
first
I
would
like
to
turn
it
over
to
oh,
I'm,
sorry,
and
after
that
we
will
do
some
q
a
apologize.
We
will
have
some
q
a
you
are
welcome
to
add
your
questions
in
the
chat
and
we
have
staff
that
will
be
monitoring
those
and
we
have
pulled
some
as
well
that
were
sent
in
advance
to
our
office.
C
Good
evening,
everybody,
as
jen
said
my
name,
is
sasha
cotton
and
I'm
the
director
of
the
minneapolis
office
of
violence
prevention,
I'm
going
to
do
a
little
bit
of
a
high
level
overview
of
our
approach
to
violence
prevention
and
what
that
means.
When
we
talk
about
it
from
a
public
health
approach,
minneapolis
has
been
using
the
public
health
approach
to
think
about
violence
prevention.
C
Actually,
for
some
time,
although
the
office
was
developed
in
2019
under
the
office
of
violence,
prevention's
guys,
we've
really
been
pulling
in
the
themes
and
practices
of
our
previous
work
focused
on
youth
violence
prevention
and
that
work
started
with
the
minneapolis
blueprint
back
in
2006,
and
so
while
the
work
continues
to
grow
and
evolve
and
certainly
has
been
building
in
the
last
several
years.
C
This
isn't
something
that's
new
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
what
we
mean
by
a
public
health
approach
is
really
thinking
about
how
we
can
build
out
models
that
focus
on
looking
at
risk
and
protective
factors.
How
we
can
test
models
to
see
if
they
are
effective
models
that
are
rooted
in
research,
evaluate
those
models
to
see
how
they're
working
in
minneapolis
and
then
try
to
build
on
widespread
adaptation
if
we
find
them
to
be
effective
at
reducing
violence,
violence
prevention
as
a
public
health
method
is
not
it's
a
relatively
old
theory.
C
We
think
about
all
epidemics,
with
that
kind
of
lens
in
mind,
and
I
use
covet
as
a
reference,
because
we
are
all
so
very
familiar
with
covid,
and
what
we
mean
is
that
proximity
to
the
virus,
whether
that
be
the
virus
of
violence
or
the
virus
of
kovid,
is
largely
spread
by
contact,
and
so
we
really
focus
in
the
public
health
sector
on
mitigating
the
spread
by
evaluating
how
the
virus
is
spread.
In
this
case,
we
know
that
contact
is
the
main
culprit
and
mitigating
the
factors
of
that
spread.
So
for
violence.
C
We
look
at
things
like
exposure.
If
you're
growing
up
in
a
neighborhood
where
violence
is
prevalent
or
a
home,
where
violence
is
prevalent,
you
will
be
more
vulnerable
to
violence.
That
doesn't
mean
you
will
inherently
be
violent,
but
it
does
mean
that
you
will
have
a
higher
likelihood
or
a
higher
predisposition,
potentially
to
involvement
with
violence,
whether
that
be
as
a
perpetrator,
a
victim
or
both,
and
so
we
want
to
concentrate
on
communities
where
those
things
unfortunately
are
prevalent
to
really
mitigate
those
things.
C
We
also
want
to
look
at
other
underlying
social
conditions
or
social
norms
that
we
know
may
contribute
to
violent
behavior
things
such
as
exposure
to
the
criminal
justice
system.
We
know
that
those
systems
can
often
lead
to
recidivism,
so
we
want
to
work
with
populations.
On
the
issue
of
reentry
per
the
department
of
justice,
we
really
like
to
think
about
our
work
in
four
key
areas.
C
The
prevention
pyramid
is
a
pyramid
like
we're
all
very
familiar
with
the
base
of
that
pyramid
is
primary
prevention
and
primary
prevention
really
focuses
on
thinking
about
healthy
hopeful
communities,
communities
that
are
thriving
good
schools,
high
quality
employment,
good
housing,
stable
neighborhood,
stable
communities,
and
when
we
have
those
things,
we
know
that
violence
is
far
less
likely.
So
a
key
part
of
what
we
do
in
the
office
of
violence.
Prevention
is
work
on
those
things
both
through
policy
and
programming.
C
The
second
tier
of
our
pyramid
of
the
prevention
pyramid
is
what
we
would
call
secondary
prevention
or
what
many
people
think
of
as
intervention.
This
is
working
again
in
those
most
high-risk
communities
where
we
think
that
violence
and
exposure
to
violence
might
be
more
common
than
it
is
in
other
places,
and
really
working
to
address
some
of
those
underlying
conditions,
as
well
as
intervening
at
the
first
sign
of
violence
or
predisposition
to
violence.
C
And
then
the
third
and
very
top
tier
of
the
pyramid
is
what
we
call
tertiary
prevention
and
tertiary
prevention
is
really
focused
on
that
recidivism
or
that
cycle
of
violence
and
wanting
to
interrupt
that
cycle
of
violence
and
many
of
our
programs
in
the
office
of
violence.
Prevention
that
are
focused
on
gun,
violence
focus
specifically
on
tertiary
violence,
and
that
again,
is
focused
on
trying
to
interrupt
the
pattern
when
someone
has
already
been
hurt
by
violence,
trying
to
convince
them.
C
That
retaliation
is
not
an
effective
strategy
to
resolve
their
concerns
and
really
trying
to
help
them
get
their
life
on
a
trajectory
that
moves
them
away
from
violence
and
towards
stability
and
peaceful
community.
And
so
I
think
that
that
is
some
context.
We
have
a
number
of
powerpoints
that
talk
about
this
that
are
in
our
limb
system
and
give
a
deeper
analysis,
but
I
think
that
that
provides
a
high
level
overview
of
the
general
philosophy
of
the
public
health
approach
to
violence
prevention.
So
I
will
kick
it
back
to
jen.
Thank
you.
A
Thanks
sasha,
I
apologize
I
was
not
able
to
unmute
myself.
We
appreciate
that
overview.
I
know
someone
put
in
the
chat
that
we
were
speaking
a
little
too
quickly
and
I
apologize
for
that.
It
was
likely
me
who
started
off
at
that
quick
pace,
noting
that
we
got
a
little
bit
of
a
late
start.
A
So
just
wanted
to
be
mindful
of
that,
and
I
appreciate
that
request
to
ask
us
to
slow
down
so
next
we
will
have
kind
of
an
overview
of
some
of
the
policy
reforms
that
are
happening
in
mpd,
and
for
that
I
would
like
to
invite
assistant
chief
halverson
to
speak
a
little
bit
to
some
of
the
current
reforms
that
we're
working
on.
B
Yes,
hello,
hello,
everybody
jen.
I
appreciate
the
the
time
and
the
opportunity
to
come
talk.
B
So
at
the
last
meeting
we
had,
we
talked
to,
I
had
discussed
some
of
the
policy
changes
that
we
had
addressed
in
the
last
several
years,
but
this
time
I
thought
I
would
focus
on
a
little
bit
more
of
some
of
the
other
transformational
changes
we're
trying
to
make
with
the
department
that
maybe
don't
specifically
touch
on
policy,
but
some
different
ways
that
we
are
trying
to
make
some
changes
within
the
organization.
B
So
so
first
thing
I'd
like
to
touch
upon
is
our
recruitment
efforts,
so
we
have
been
authorized
to
hire
several
classes
this
year
for
2021.
B
We
began
first
with
a
class
of
recruits
that
we
had
let
go
back
in
september
last
year
we
have
brought
those
those
people
back.
They
are
currently
in
the
recruit
academy.
That
is
approximately
19
officers
that
we
are
training
to
become
recruit.
Officers
on
our
street
we've
also
been
authorized
to
hire
another
class
of
recruits
in
the
summer,
which
is
we're
looking
at
approximately
48
to
49
officers.
We
will
be
hiring
during
that
class
along
with
a
class
of
cadet.
B
B
It
takes
people
who
are
in
different
different
lights
of
work,
different
professionals
who
have
a
little
bit
more
life
experience
and
we
hire
them
to
come,
be
police
officers,
basically
get
them
their
law
enforcement
degree
and
use
their
life
experience
to
hopefully
enhance
their
ability
to
be
sworn
employees.
B
B
So,
along
with
this,
this
ability
to
hire
we've
really
taken
information
from
the
or
changes
from
the
police
reform
act,
which
was
enacted
by
a
state
statute
back
in
september
of
2020
last
year
that
allows
departments
allow
cities
to.
B
Can't
have
people
make
a
requirement
to
live
within
the
city.
We
can
still
now
use
incentives
for
hiring
so,
for
example,
some
of
the
some
of
the
things
we
look
for
is
we
look
for
put
an
emphasis
on
volunteerism
within
different
organizations
throughout
the
city
or
throughout
the
states.
B
We
put
a
premium
on
language
being
able
to
speak
different
languages
to
be
able
to
respond
and
deal
with
the
different
communities
we
have
within
minneapolis,
and
we've
used
these
to
assist
in
in,
in
giving
a
little
bit
more
ability
for
candidates
to
use
some
of
these
different
talents,
they
have
to
improve
their
status
or
ability
to
to
continue
to
be
hired
or
the
hiring
process.
Another
part
of
this
is
we've
focused
on
trying
to
get
minneapolis
residents
again.
B
We
we
try
to
get
people
who
maybe
have
lived
in
the
city,
try
to
put
some
emphasis
on
that
importance
of
of
being
within
a
city
of
serving
within
the
city
and
again
try
to
use
that
that
part
to
give
them
a
little
bit
more,
a
little
bit
more
ability
to
be
able
to
finish
that
that
role
to
be
hired
along
with
this,
we
have
a
actually
have
for
the
first
time
for
a
while.
B
I've
had
a
sergeant
to
build
a
specifically
focused
on
recruitment,
working
with
different
partners
within
the
city,
different
enterprises
within
the
city,
to
try
to
focus
on
hiring
some
diversity
through
with
candidates
going
out
to
different
targeting
different
events,
different
locations,
to
try
to
spread
the
word
and
and
try
to
get
out
there
and
reach
out
to
some
of
our
people
that
we're
looking
to
try
to
add
to
the
city
of
annapolis.
B
So
a
second
thing
I
thought
I
would
touch
on
that,
I
think
would
be
important-
is
the
is
the
idea
or
thought
of
assisting
or
having
the
city
attorney's
office,
assist
with
internal
affairs
investigations.
B
So
too
often,
we
unfortunately
have
been
working
through
this
process
with
the
city
attorney's
office
and
they've
been
included
on
the
back
end
of
these
cases,
but
working
through
with
the
mayor's
office
in
the
city
attorney's
office,
we've
identified
some
possible
process.
B
To
include
the
city
attorney's
office
with
addressing
these
cases
and
work
in
these
cases
and
to
hear
from
them
on
different
perspectives
or
different
things
that
we
may
miss.
So
we
now
currently
have
the
city
attorneys,
embedded
with
the
internal
affairs
unit,
to
work
with
them
on
addressing
any
complaints
that
come
up,
addressing
any
questions
during
investigations
or
addressing
any
issues
that
may
happen
during
the
investigation.
B
It's
a
new
process
and
it's
still
kind
of
working
itself
out,
but
we
we
feel
very.
B
We
feel
very
good
with
the
partnership
that
we've
had
with
the
city
attorney's
office,
and
we
feel
that
it's
going
to
be
of
great
assistance
of
us
to
one
get
these
cases
completed
a
little
bit
quicker
and
to
ensure
that
any
issues
that
that
may
come
up
at
a
later
date
for
possible,
grievance
or
arbitration
will
be
addressed
by
with
the
assistance
of
the
city
attorney's
office
as
they
deal
with
a
lot
of
these
arbitration
cases
on
the
back
end
of
these
cases
and
have
some
good
history.
A
Jen
you
for
that
chief
appreciate
that
kind
of
overview,
and
I
know
that
there
are
questions
coming
in
the
chat
as
well
as
some
that
were
emailed
in
advance.
So
we
are
going
to
kind
of
work
our
way
through
these
presentations,
and
then
we
will
begin
responding
to
the
questions
just
to.
Let
folks
know
where
we're
at
and
how
we'll
be
responding
to
some
of
those
and
kind
of
next
on.
A
Our
agenda
is
around
that
first
phase
of
engagement
and
what
we
heard
back
through
the
various
methods
that
we
used,
which
was
you
know
the
survey
online,
which
is
still
open
and
available
for
folks
to
engage
with.
We
had
some
stakeholder
interviews
focus
groups,
and
then
we
pulled
that
data
together
in
a
report
that
we
presented
to
the
council
on
january
21st
and
that
link
we
can
share
with
you
all
as
well.
A
But
for
that
I
would
ask
director
cotton
just
to
give
us
a
really
broad
overview
of
kind
of
what
we
heard
from
that
first
phase
of
engagement,
and
then
I
will
turn
it
over
after
that
to
cheyenne
brodine
from
neighborhood
and
community
relations
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
in
depth
on
that
so
director,
cotton.
A
C
You
jen
yes,
so
we
have
created
a
community
engagement
strategy
that
tries
especially
during
cobit
to
do
its
best
to
reach
out
to
community
to
get
input
and
feedback
about
reimagining
public
safety,
and
I
think
the
language
we've
been
trying
to
use
lately
is
really
that
we're
in
a
phase
of
trying
to
reimagine
what
public
safety
could
look
like
in
minneapolis
and
we're
hoping
to
develop
recommendations
get
feedback
from
community,
as
well
as
from
national
experts
and
models
that
have
been
used
across
the
country,
so
that
we
can
then
begin
to
transform
public
safety
here
in
minneapolis,
and
we
know
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
process
and
we're
really
very
much
in
this
phase
at
the
beginning
of
that
process,
and
so
I'm
going
to
give
a
little
bit
of
an
update
about
the
phases
of
our
engagement
and
then
I'll.
C
C
We
used
surveys,
stakeholder
interviews,
policy,
maker
interviews,
engagement
sessions
and
research
using
a
mix
of
different
methods
is
helpful
in
giving
participants
a
voice
and
ensuring
that
findings
are
grounded
in
participants
experiences,
it
captures
different
perspectives
and,
when
taken
together
allows
for
a
more
complete
picture
of
the
current
situation,
it
should
also
help
to
identify
consistent
themes
across
a
diverse
community
like
we
have
in
minneapolis
so
method.
One
was
really
our
survey
and
we
did
collect
just
under
10
000
surveys
at
our
last
poll,
which
was
back
in
january.
C
We
know
that
we've
received
additional
ones
and
we'll
be
monitoring
and
evaluating
those
surveys
on
a
you
know,
ongoing
basis
to
get
that
information,
so
please
feel
free
to
go
and
check
out
the
survey
and
fill
it
out.
Give
us
that
feedback.
It
is
a
really
easy
and
direct
way
to
provide
some
insight.
It
doesn't
take
very
long.
C
The
next
phase
of
our
engagement
has
been
key
stakeholder
interviews
and
for
that
process
we
used
what's
called
a
snowball
process,
so
we
did
provide
some
initial
names
to
help
our
research
partners
get
started
with
talking
with
folks
in
the
community,
but
from
those
names
additional
names
were
given.
So
when
they
spoke
with
those
additional
those
initial
stakeholders,
names
were
given
and
then
those
folks
were
asked
to
give
additional
names,
and
so
sorry
I
just
need
to
pull
up
another
note
here.
So
apologize
like
turn.
C
My
screen
up
for
just
a
second,
so
snowballing
is
really
a
way
to
get
a
broad
range
of
stakeholders
involved
in
the
interviewing
process,
and
that
is
the
method
that
we
used.
Interviews
were
conducted
primarily
in
november
and
december,
and
they
were
one-hour,
semi-structured
interviews
and
they
were
done
with
organizations
like
neighborhood
orgs,
business
associations,
organizers
by
pop
community.
D
C
Safety
advocates,
faith,
communities
and
other
cultural
organizations
method.
Three
was
our
policy
maker
interviews.
This
was
really
capturing
input
from
our
policy
makers
of
the
city,
because
we
knew
that
starting
in
june
and
even
before
they
were
getting
lots
of
input
and
insight
from
their
community
and
constituents
about
public
safety
and
concerns
and
things
that
residents
wanted
to
see
change,
and
so
these
interviews
were
conducted
to
gather
as
much
of
that
information
as
possible,
so
that
it
could
also
be
taken
into
consideration
as
we
come
up
with
recommendations
for
this
plan
method.
C
Four
was
the
engagement
sessions,
and
that
is
really
the
area
that
cheyenne
will
focus
her
conversation
on.
So
I'm
not
gonna
speak
too
much
to
that
and
then
method
five
was
research,
and
that
was
really
looking
at
existing
models
of
community-based
violence
prevention,
identifying
existing
models
of
responses
that
can
serve
as
alternatives
to
police
response
and
exploring
which
of
these
models
may
most
may
be
most
suitable
for
implementation.
C
Here
in
minneapolis,
research
and
research,
assistance,
reviewed
scientific
literature,
media
and
public
websites
to
identify
public
health
and
violence
prevention,
alternative
models,
the
team
classified
these
programs
into
model
types
and
captured
model
structures,
and
the
team
also
captured
illustrative
information
on
jurisdictions
that
have
announced
intent
to
implement
alternative
models
in
the
months
since
the
killing
of
george
floyd,
and
so
at
this
point,
I'm
going
to
pause
and
ask
cheyenne
to
jump
in
and
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
engagement
sessions
that
ncr
led
on
this
project.
Thank
you.
D
Yeah
hi
everyone
thanks
again,
my
name
is
cheyenne
brodin
and
I
am
with
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department
and,
as
sasha
mentioned,
you
know,
this
effort
is
really
you
know,
have
produced
a
multi-pronged
approach
to
engagement
strategies
and
ncr
main
role
was
to
make
sure
that
voices
who,
maybe
typically
don't
connect
in
through
the
you
know,
to
a
city
survey
or
in
other
of
the
stakeholder
groups
that
sasha
mentioned
to
make
sure
that
their
voices
were
included
in
this
process.
So
we
held
some
focus
groups.
D
There
were
about
18
of
them
within
communities,
the
american
indian
community,
the
african-american
community,
the
southeast
asian
community,
the
east
african
community,
latino
community,
the
lgbtqia
plus
and
trans
communities,
as
well
as
the
disability
and
aging
communities,
and
from
those
conversations
we
had
about
seven
main
themes
that
were
common
throughout,
and
I
am
just
pulling
up
my
document.
But
I
will
go
through
what
those
themes
were
so
folks
have
an
idea
of
what
we
what
we
heard
from
these
groups.
D
So
the
one
of
the
themes
was
effectiveness
and
quality
around
community
safety
services.
Folks
felt
the
need
for
a
fair,
friendly,
respectful
and
timely
services
that
de-escalate
conflict
residents
should
be
taken
seriously
and
get
the
help
they
need.
D
Racism,
bias
and
militaristic.
Militaristic
attitudes
seem
firmly
entrenched
in
current
responses,
relationship
building
officers,
police
leadership
and
others
in
communities
in
the
community.
Safety
system
and
city
leaders
should
personally
invest
time
connecting
with
community
and
work
with
community
leaders.
D
The
city
should
pay
community
for
their
ideas
and
fund
communities
equitably
more
open,
regular
and
clear
communication
from
the
city
alternatives.
The
next
thing
is
alternatives
to
police,
responders
use
for
issues
like
mental
health
crisis
as
homelessness,
behavior
issues
with
children
concerned,
citizen
calls
report
taking
complaints,
non-dangerous
situations,
domestic
violence
and
sexual
assault
and
culturally
specific
responders
should
be
available
for
incidents
that
take
place
within
or
impact
cultural
communities.
D
Some
things
we
heard
here
would
focus
on
young
people,
make
positive
alternatives
to
violence
and
gang
membership
and
bring
back
the
police
activities
league
fund
community
organizations
who
do
this
work
and
the
their?
This
came
out.
I
think
in
multiple
sessions
but
meet
communities.
Members
basic
needs
financial
resources,
jobs,
food
housing,
employment
addiction,
support
and
empower
train
and
support
community
members
to
be
engaged
in
violence,
prevention,
emotional,
health
and
personal
development.
D
The
next
theme,
police,
misconduct
and
accountability,
abuse
of
power
reliance
on
using
force
racism
and
bias,
is
a
problem.
Police
should
always
de-escalate,
but
you
and
use
non-lethal
weapons.
D
The
next
theme
is
demographics
of
responders.
The
city
should
hire
and
promote
to
leadership,
more
multilingual,
racially
diverse,
responders
who
live
in
minneapolis,
and
the
last
thing
we
heard
is
training
for
community
safety.
Responders
officers
should
receive
training
around
mental
health,
de-escalation
working
effectively
with
cultural
communities,
alternatives
to
use
force
and
handling
language
and
accessibility
barriers.
D
So,
overall
those
were
the
seven
themes
we
heard
and
we
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
reported
out
what
we
heard
from
those
conversations
in
order
to
bring
those
voices
forward.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
for
that
cheyenne
and
director
cotton
good
to
just
level
that
and
give
us
a
little
bit
of
an
overview
about
where
some
of
the
work
is
at
and
now
I
think
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
turn
and
respond
to
some
of
the
questions
that
we've
been
receiving.
I
appreciate
folks
who
are
adding
their
questions
in
the
chat.
A
We've
got
staff
monitoring
those
I'm
trying
to
look
at
those
and
pull
them
as
I'm
able
as
well
and
some
that
were
emailed
and
are
currently
still
being
emailed
that
our
staff
are
sharing
with
me
too.
One
of
the
questions
that
we
did
receive
in
advance.
D
A
Around
the
whole
notion
of
centering
specific
community
voices.
D
A
Wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
respond
to
that,
the
question
really
was
centered
around
the
legality
of
doing
that,
and,
and
is
it
constitutional
for
the
city
to
say
that
we
are
going
to
center
certain
voices
over
others.
A
A
But
I
believe
that
when
the
phrase
center
voices
is
used,
it
is
meant
to
create
space
to
ensure
that
people
who've
historically
been
marginalized
or
denied
access
to
government
and
other
institutions
have
an
opportunity
to
participate
and
weigh
in
and
really
it's
meant
to
be,
a
signal
to
communities
that
have
been
and
continue
to
be
denied
access
in
many
institutions
across
our
country
and
in
our
state,
specifically
as
evident
by
the
persistent
and
ongoing
racial
disparities
that
we
have
and
in
minnesota
in
particular,
we
kind
of
toggle
between
being
the
worst
or
the
second
worst
or
you
know,
kind
of
near
the
bottom
for
our
racial
disparities.
A
So,
really
it's
not
to
give
preference
to
any
voices
over
another.
It's
just
really
to
signal
that.
A
We
welcome
everyone
into
this
conversation
and-
and
you
know,
I
also
feel
that
you
know
the
unspoken
exclusion
of
marginalized
communities
has
been
woven
so
deeply
into
the
fabric
of
our
culture
that
it
somehow
feels
wrong
even
for
us
to
say
that
we
are
going
to
be
intentional
around
making
sure
that
we're,
including
everyone
at
the
table,
which
also,
I
think,
signals
why
it's
important
to
say
that
that
that
being
said,
we
certainly
do
not
give
any
greater
weight
to
any
one
voice.
A
In
this
conversation,
we
absolutely
acknowledge
that
there
is
a
wide
range
of
perspectives
and
feelings
about
this
and
that
it
is
very,
very
personal
for
people
and
everyone's
experiences
are
different.
We
as
a
city
have
stated
that
racial
equity
is
a
goal
of
ours
as
a
city,
and
we
cannot
work
towards
that.
A
A
So
I
wanted
to
answer
that
one
another
big
question:
I
think
that
has
come
up
many
times
for
us
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
but
also
we're
submitted
to
the
community
safety
email
are
around
the
interrupters.
I
think
that
there
has
been
a
little
bit
of
confusion,
maybe
as
to
their
purpose
and
kind
of
what
happened
when
they
were
pulled
back
a
little
bit
during
the
cold
winter
months.
A
So
I
would
like
to
invite
director
cotton
just
to
speak
a
little
bit
more
about
the
interrupters
and
where
we're
at
currently
and
what
our
plans
are
for.
2021.
C
Thanks
for
that
jen,
so,
yes,
I
think
the
instructor
work
is
really
an
important
part
of
the
portfolio
and
developing
portfolio
of
the
office
of
violence.
Prevention.
We've
been
really
trying
to
think
about
our
work
as
it's
developing
in
three
key
streams,
one
of
which
is
lifting
up
nationally
evaluated,
evidence-based
practice
models,
and
so
right
now
we're
implementing
three
of
those
strategies,
one
of
which
is,
and
the
newest
of
them
is
the
cure.
Violence,
replication,
also
known
as
the
interrupters
or
the
minneapolis
strategic
outreach
teams
cure.
Violence
is
a
national
best
practice.
C
It's
been
evaluated
a
number
of
times
and
has
been
shown
to
be
very
effective
at
reducing
gang
and
gun
violence,
specifically
in
urban
density
communities,
as
it
retains
the
implementation
here
in
2020,
the
minneapolis
city
council
moved
to
allocate
some
money
to
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
to
pilot
the
notion
of
interrupter
teams.
We
did
work
preliminarily
with
cure
violence,
to
establish
the
ideology
of
that
work
and
begin
to
think
about
what
it
could
look
like
in
minneapolis.
C
We
do
still
have
some
teams
that
are
assembled
and
are
available
to
be
activated
in
the
event
of
a
need,
but
during
these
cold
winter
months,
especially
with
covid,
where
it's
very
difficult
for
them
to
do
their
work
indoors,
we
did
sort
of
roll
back
the
program
a
little
bit
and
are
actually
launching
the
new
version
or
the
updated
version
of
that
work
on
on
rfp
basis,
and
so
teams
that
are
currently
active
are
certainly
eligible
to
apply.
But
we'll
be
expanding.
C
The
number
of
teams
that
we
have
through
this
rfp
it
will
be
a
competitive
bid
process
and
we
are
working
very
closely
in
partnership
with
curve
violence
to
do
the
methodology
from
start
to
finish
with
them.
Now
that
we're
in
full
implementation
and
not
just
piloting.
C
That's
been
established
by
care
violence
for
over
two
decades
and
we're
really
looking
forward
to
the
measurable
outcomes
that
we'll
be
able
to
evaluate,
hopefully,
at
the
end
of
this
year,
once
we
have
a
notable
amount
of
data
and
are
able
to
capture
that,
based
on
the
way
that
cure
violence
has
designed
that
model.
So
we
are
meeting
with
them
on
a
weekly
basis.
They
are
anticipated
to
be
here
on
the
ground
in
late
march
to
really
begin
to
evaluate
the
the
teams
that
apply
and
help
us
with
the
selection
process.
C
C
So
I
would
badge-
and
I
will
pause
and
take
it
back
to
you
for
any
additional
questions.
A
Great
thank
you
and
I
think
there
might
be
a
couple
follow-ups
so
before
you
run
away
too
quickly,
we'll
invite
you
back
just
for
a
couple
of
clarifying
questions
and
follow-ups
here.
A
I
think
that
there
was
a
question
that
I
just
saw
around
the
current
work
that
the
teams
are
doing
with
can-do
and
corcoran
neighborhood,
and
I
know
that
we
were
recently
extending
those
contracts
just
to
have
some
continuity.
A
Another
question
I
think,
was
around
differentiating
the
interrupters
versus
one
of
the
other
rfps
that
will
be
coming
out
soon
and
that
is
to
provide
that
kind
of
neighborhood
and
community
level
supports.
During
and
after
the
trial.
Can
you
just
maybe
speak
a
little
bit
about
that
sasha?
What
the
difference
is
between
the
two.
C
Sure
so
I'll
address
the
for
the
la
the
last
question.
First
and
then
I'll
come
back
to
the
additional
question.
So
there
are
currently
two
rfas
that
have
some
parallels.
One
is
the
interrupter
rfp
which
is
currently
out.
It
is
a
competitive
bid
process
for
agencies.
C
C
The
rfp
that
many
of
you
may
have
heard
in
the
public
safety
committees
and
other
meetings
related
to
outreach
teams
for
the
derek
shavin
trial
is
really
focused
on
crisis
and
trauma
response
during
the
trial,
so
recognizing
that,
during
the
unrest
of
2020,
many
communities
experienced
significant
trauma
and
that
there
wasn't
always
a
clear
linkage
between
the
communities
and
the
cities.
C
As
we
face
some
of
the
things
that
are
going
to
come
into
our
communities
during
the
trial.
We
know
that
trauma
is
often
triggered
and
that
the
trial
may
trigger
some
residual
trauma
in
individuals
and
in
communities,
and
we
wanted
to
be
mindful
of
that
and
have
community
folks
who
already
do
this
kind
of
work
who
are
trusted
by
community,
be
able
to
do
that
kind
of
work
and
be
paid
by
the
city
to
do
that
kind
of
engagement.
Going
back
to
the
question
about,
I
believe
it
was
about
corcoran
and
candu.
C
The
pilot
for
the
interrupter
work
was
housed
in
neighborhood
associations,
and
so
both
of
those
organizations
hosted
teams
during
our
pilot
phase
in
2020,
and
so
those
would
be
the
resources
that
were
allocated
to
them.
It
was
for
that.
A
Purpose
thanks
for
that
sasha
and
I
think
there
may
have
been
one
more
follow-up
on
the
interrupters
and
then
I'm
gonna
maybe
switch
over
a
little
bit,
and
that
is
just
around
why
they
were
pulled
back
during
the
winter
months,
and
I
apologize
if
I
missed
this
while
you
were
speaking,
but
I
can
just
answer
that
really
quickly,
you
know.
Normally
we
would
have
had
them
meeting
with
community
members
and
young
people
indoors,
but
due
to
the
constraints
of
kovid,
we
just
decided.
A
That
would
not
be
a
great
idea
to
having
you
know
large
groups
of
outreach
staff
and
community
members
meeting
indoors
during
winter,
but
you
certainly
do
plan
on
having
you
know
once
once.
The
model
is
fully
up
and
operational
that
these
teams
will
be.
You
know,
working
as
we're
able
provided
that
you
know
situations
around
covid
and
safety
precautions
that
we
need
will
be
shifting.
A
A
So
I
would
like
to
shift
a
little
bit
here.
One
of
the
questions
that
came
in
that
was
emailed
in
advance
was
around
the
police
union
and
I
would
invite
chief
halverson
to
speak
to
this
question
so
now
that
bob
kroll
has
retired
what
is
the
city
of
minneapolis
going
to
do
about
the
police
union
moving
forward
chief?
Can
you
respond
to
that?
Please.
B
Thanks
yeah
thanks
jen
for
that
question.
So
so
you
know,
unfortunately,
we
don't
have
a
whole
lot
of
control
over
who
was
in
that
role.
But
again
I
I
think
our
interaction
with
them.
We
definitely
have
that
control.
B
So
now
that
bob
cole
is
gone,
the
the
vice
president,
sergeant
sheryl
schmidt,
is
her
name.
She
had
become
the
interim
president
of
the
police
federation
and
we
have
had
a
very
good
relationship
with
her.
We
have
now
again
interacted
with
them
to
have
the
the
chief
now
is
again
back
into
negotiations
with
them
over
collecting
bargaining
agreement.
B
We
have
had
meetings
with
the
police
federation
labor
management
meetings
regarding
issues
that
come
up,
so
it
it's
going
to
be
a
different
relationship
that
is
going
to
move
forward
with
the
police
federation
and
and
we're
hoping
that
it's
going
to
be
one
that
is,
is
going
to
be
able
to
foster
some
good
rel.
Some
good
discussions,
some
good
interactions
and
and
some
good
assistance
from
the
federation
to
assist
in
this
transformational
process
with
the
police.
A
Department,
thanks
chief
just,
was
waiting
to
be
able
to
unmute
myself
there,
so
not
gonna.
Let
you
run
away
too
quick.
Sorry,
we've
got
another
question
for
you:
how
will
the
training
of
the
new
cadets
and
recruits
emphasize
the
sanctity
of
human
life
and
the
dignity
of
all
people
versus
the
warrior
ideology.
B
Yeah,
so
another
good
question
I
touched
on
this
in
our
last
meeting
we
had
is
that
you
know
we've
really,
I
think
in
the
last
several
years,
a
lot
of
law
enforcement
agencies
have
really
moved
away
from
that
mentality
of
that
war
and
brutality.
So
we
in
fact
went
forth
and
banned
any
type
of
warrior
type
training
for
our
employees.
B
You
know
we're
taking
more
of
that
mindset
of
the
guardian
mentality
and
trying
to
refocus
on
that,
so
our
new
cadet
or
new
recruits
that
start
will
go
through
any
kind
of
modified
training,
focusing
on
on
bringing
that
guardian
mentality
and
and
realizing
that
we
are
the
the
stewards
of
of
this
new
line
of
thinking
of
the
guardian
guardian
idea
that
we
will.
B
Kind
of
focus
on
not
only
being
the
guardians
of
the
of
the
city
and
our
employees,
but
also
guardians
of
our
employees,
because
they
they
also
we're
focusing
a
lot
more
on
wellness
for
our
employees
to
realize
that
we
have
to
have
them
in
a
good
mind,
a
good
state
to
be
able
to
respond
to
certain
incidents,
to
be
able
to
respond
to
calls
and
to
be
able
to
have
that
focus
that
we're
asking
them
to
so.
B
A
Thank
you
chief,
and
not
to
keep
putting
you
on
the
spot
here,
but
just
have
a
couple
more.
I
think
that
you
can
respond
to
rather
quickly.
One
is
around
the.
A
B
Okay,
I
got
it
muted
here
so
another
great
question,
so
I
can
tell
you
that
the
chief
has
really
focused
on
this
this
issue
in
our
response
to
it.
So
we
had
our
homeless
kind
of
encampment
team
that
were
focused
on
addressing
these
issues.
We
realized
that
that
we
are
not
trying
to
criminalize
homelessness.
A
lot
of
different
factors
go
into
that,
so
we've
come
up
with
different
responses
to
homelessness
in
our
our
homeless
kind
of
homeless.
B
Encampment
team
has
really
worked
on
finding
resources
to
assist
these
people
with
either
maybe
social
services
or
finding
them
different
places
to
stay
different
places
to
go
and
live.
So
no,
we
we've
really
moved
away
from
that
criminalizing
homelessness
and
and
trying
to
find
different
resources.
We
can
do
to
help.
There
are
different
resources.
We
can
do
to
assist
these
people
who
are
are
going
through
these
difficult
times.
A
Thank
you
chief.
I
appreciate
that
response
there,
I'm
just
gonna
go
through
here.
I
believe
that
director
cotton
can
handle
this
one,
what
public
safety
models
and
or
the
chief
this
could
be
for
both
of
you
actually,
and
maybe
I'd
like
to
invite
both
of
you
to
respond.
C
Sorry,
just
so,
you
all
know
we
have
to
be
unmuted,
so
it
takes
us
a
minute.
It
may
seem
like
we're
stalled
for
a
second
that's.
Why?
So?
I
did
begin
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
fact
that
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
we're
really
trying
to
focus
on
part
of
our
work
on
evidence-based
practice,
and
so
we
do
have
three
models
that
are
really
rooted
in
evidence-based
and
that
are
supported
by
the
department
of
justice,
the
cc
health
and
human
services,
as
well
as
a
number
of
institutions
of
research
and
universities.
C
The
next
one
is
our
next
step
program,
which
is
a
hospital-based
model,
and
it
is
a
bedside
intervention
that
we
offer
to
anyone
who
comes
into
our
trauma.
One
centers,
which
is
hcmc
and
north
memorial
will
be
expanding
to
abbott
this
year.
C
Anyone
who
comes
into
those
hospitals
with
a
serious
injury
from
violence,
so,
whether
that
be
a
gunshot
wound,
a
stabbing
or
other
serious
assault,
gets
an
immediate
intervention,
and
we
know
that
nationally
about
40
percent
of
people
who
come
into
an
emergency
room
with
those
kinds
of
injuries
will
come
back
to
an
emergency
room.
In
that
first
year,
with
a
same
or
similar
injury
participants
in
the
next
step
program,
we've
seen
those
numbers
drop
to
under
10
in
the
years
that
we've
been
implementing
that
program
with
participants
in
that
program.
C
So
we
do
feel
like
we're,
seeing
some
real
trends
in
the
right
direction,
with
participants
in
that
program,
and
what
we
offer
is
an
immediate
bedside
intervention,
because
we
know
that
with
modern
medicine,
which
is
such
a
gift,
a
lot
of
the
times,
people
are
patched
up
and
sent
home
with
serious
gunshot
wounds
or
other
injuries
in
a
matter
of
hours
and
their
lives
are
saved,
which
is
a
gift.
But
no
one
is
asking
the
really
difficult
question
of.
How
did
this
happen?
Why
did
it
happen?
Is
it
safe
for
you
to
go
home?
C
Do
you
have
home
to
go
back
to
and
really
thinking
about
all
of
the
things
that
could
bring
a
person
to
the
point
where
they
are
a
victim
of
violence
and
also
wanting
again
to
mitigate
that
retaliatory
violence?
We
know
that
hurt
people
often
hurt
people
and
that
they
may
be
feeling
an
inclination
to
go
out
and
retaliate
for
the
violence
that
they've
experienced
themselves
and
so
really
also
a
big
part
of
the
focus
of
next
step.
C
Is
that
retaliation
and
then
the
third
evidence-based
model
that
we're
lifting
up
in
the
lbp
is
the
cure.
Violence
work
of
the
interrupters,
which
I
mentioned
before,
and
that's
the
newest
iteration
of
our
evidence-based
work,
and
I
will
pause
and
see
if
the
chief
has
other
things
that
he
wants
to
highlight
from
the
mpd.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
sasha.
I
agree
totally
on
those
things
you
had
addressed.
We've
seen
some
real
good
success
with
some
of
those
programs.
I
I
guess,
on
the
on
the
more
a
little
bit
more
of
a
police
side,
I
would.
I
would
talk
about
some
of
the
different
ways
we're
going
about
addressing
kind
of
that
public
safety
model.
B
Is
you
know
the
chiefs
really
put
a
tried
to
put
a
focus
on
on
that
community
engagement,
so
we
had
the
community
engagement
team
going
going
out
and
and
touching
based
with
different
different,
diverse
communities
throughout
our
community
or
throughout
the
city,
along
with
that
he
had.
B
We
still
have
the
navigators
who
are
civilian
employees
that
work
with
the
police
department
that
go
out
and
work
with
different,
diverse
communities
throughout
the
city
of
minneapolis
to
to
give
that
a
civilian
perspective
on
addressing
the
concerns
or
needs
of
our
citizens,
and
then
I
would
also
go
on
that.
We
are
really.
I
think.
B
So
our
officers
also
have
received
the
implicit
bias
training
in
being
able
to
deal
with
understanding
their
own
biases
when
they
are
working
with
people
when
they're
out
dealing
with
citizens
in
in
the
community,
along
with
their
procedural
justice
aspect,
we're
one
of
six
cities
throughout
the
nation
that
really
embraced
the
procedural
justice
model,
which
there's
four
core
components
that
allow
us
to
get
that
legitimacy
with
the
community
by
giving
them
a
voice
by
being
neutral
by
gaining
that
trust
and
being
respectful.
B
So
I
would
say:
there's
things
that
we
are
really
at
the
forefront
as
opposed
to
following
other
models
throughout
other
cities.
A
Thank
you
for
that
chief.
I
wanted
to
shift
gears
a
little
bit
and
there
is
a
couple
questions.
I
think
that
I
can
just
field
myself
really
quickly.
One
of
the
questions
was
around
from
from
the
last
meeting
that
was
asked
in
the
chat
around
the
mayor's
task
forces
and
the
third
task
force
table,
in
particular
around
community
engagement
and
what
happened
to
that.
A
So
at
the
time
I
was
working
in
the
mayor's
office
as
a
public
safety
policy
aide
supporting
him,
and
I
have
since
shift
now
over
to
the
office
of
violence
prevention
and
since
the
city
has
moved
to
a
broader
city-wide
engagement
plan,
we
have
just
folded
that
work
with
the
community
into
our
plans
here
and
how
we're
engaging
community
here
going
forward
with
this
process.
A
I
hope
that
is
response
to
that
question
a
little
bit,
I'm
trying
to
keep
up
a
little
with
some
of
these
that
are
coming
in
through
there
and
a
follow-up
to
that
asking
why
folks
are
only
able
to
answer
or
ask
questions
in
the
chat
in
this
meeting,
and
that
is
just
due
to
the
large
number
of
participants
and
we
wanted
to
allow
folks
to
have
the
opportunity
to
engage,
but
it
can
get
a
little
crazy
if
everyone
was
able
to
unmute
and
ask
questions
as
they
need
to.
A
We
are
planning
on
having
some
some
more
more
topical,
smaller
engagement
circles,
where
we
will
be
able
to
have
more
of
kind
of
like
that
dialogue
with
folks.
So
we
will
be
sure
to
share
that
as
those
opportunities
are
coming
forward.
A
We
recognize
this
is
not
the
best
platform,
either
and
and
in
a
pre
or
post
covered
realm,
we
would
likely
be
meeting
in
a
community
center
or
in
a
gym
somewhere
and
and
be
having
a
much
more
interactive
experience
to
be
asking
questions
and
and
responding
to
them
in
a
much
more
direct
and
interactive
way.
So
we
appreciate
everybody's
patience
with
us
here,
as
we
work
with
this
virtual
realm
that
we
all
live
in
now.
A
Another
one
of
the
questions
I
think
that
folks
have
been
asking
about
in
in
recent
days
is
around
the
difference
between
the
funding
that
the
city
was
going
to
use
to
engage
social
media
influencers
around
the
pre-trial
engagement
versus
the
money
set
aside
for
the
more
community
level
groups
who
will
be
providing
that
support
in
community
and
the
decision
to
pull
back
on
that
social
media
influencers
path.
A
So,
while
this
was
not
something
that
came
directly
from
our
office
and
office
of
violence
prevention,
I
do
have
some
knowledge
of
it
and
just
want
to
put
it
out
there
for
everyone
just
to
level
set.
So
I
think
the
idea
around
it
was
to
you
know,
use
some
of
these
credible
messengers
to
help
get
the
word
out
about.
A
You
know
a
range
of
topics
during
the
trial,
and
you
know
there
was
kind
of
some
negative
feedback
that
we
heard
and
and
and
even
in
some
ways
caused
some
harm
that
was
not
intended
at
all
on
behalf
of
anyone
at
the
city.
A
So
the
decision
around
this
was
just
to
pull
pull
that
back
and
director
david
rubidor
of
our
neighborhood
and
community
relations.
Department
did
speak
on
this
during
the
briefing
to
council
that
happened
yesterday
morning,
and
we
can
provide
that
link
to
you
all
as
well.
If
you'd
like
to
look
back
and
watch
that
meeting
so
just
wanted
to
give
a
little
bit
more
information
there
and
that
decision
and
and
why
it
was
made.
A
A
So
we
do
appreciate
everyone's
feedback
and
want
to
just
make
sure
that
we
are
using
a
variety
of
methods
to
engage,
but
also
that
we're
providing
engagement.
That
is,
wanted
and
provides
positive
outcomes
to
you
know,
residents
and
visitors
and
everyone
else
here.
A
So
that's
kind
of
what
I
wanted
to
say
on
that,
and
I
will
ask
another
question
of
the
chief,
and
that
is
around
some
of
the
safety
challenges
that
community
is
experiencing
right
now
in
the
city,
with
respect
to,
in
particular,
carjackings,
and
things
like
that.
Folks
are
asking
kind
of
what
the
plan
is
and
how
mpd
is
responding
to
some
of
our
urgent
safety.
B
Concerns
yeah
sure
so
we
have.
I
can
tell
you
that
we
put
our
focus
back
on.
You
know,
primarily
just
with
our
resources,
because
they
have
diminished,
as
I
think
has
been
publicly
documented.
B
These
types
of
incidents,
along
with
that
you
know
just
the
use
of
technology
to
to
ensure
that
we're
we're
trying
to
focus
on
the
right
areas
and
going
about
addressing
these
crimes,
and
we've
also
engaged
some
other
resources
to
assist
with
us
in
these
addressing
these
crimes.
We
had
a
couple
different
time
frames
where
we
use
task
force.
We
use
hema,
county
or
state
patrol
other
resources
to
assist
us
in
addressing
some
of
these
crimes.
B
We
had
one
that
was
in
end
of
december
and
january
that
end
up
resulting
in
56
arrests
over
a
weekend,
so
we
have
used
some
of
those
other
agencies
to
assist
us
in
response
to
some
of
these
crimes.
But
again
it's
ensuring
that
we
have
the
resources
and
the
data
to
back
up
where
we
need
to
have
those
resources
focus
on
to
address
some
of
those
crimes.
A
B
See
well,
I
think
the
biggest
thing,
obviously,
is
the
the
challenge
of
resources.
You
know
we
we,
we
have
had
a
lot
of
people
that
forgiven
whatever
reasons
and
again
has
been
publicly
documented,
is
that
we've
seen
people
leave.
So
I
think
our
biggest
thing
is
just
ensuring
that
we
have
enough
people
to
to
work
at
a
different
precincts
or
different
units
to
to
be
able
to
focus
do
the
job.
So
you
know
we
give
them
expectations.
B
We
give
them
goals,
we
give
them
things
we'd
like
them
to
do,
would
like
to
focus
on,
but
sometimes
the
resources
is
the
biggest
challenge.
So
we
do
everything
we
can
to
try
to
give
them
that
and
getting
those
resources
back
up
to
where
we
believe
they
can
effectively
do
that.
B
Job
is
one
of
the
big
things
we
give
them
the
support
they
need
to
get
that
job
done
to
do
what
we
ask
them
to
do
and-
and
I
think
the
other
big
thing
is
just
ensuring
that
we
are
taking
care
of
them
again.
One
of
the
big
things.
I
think,
I'm
not
sure
if
I
mentioned
last
time
with
the
big
things.
B
I'm
focusing
on
is
employee
wellness,
our
all
our
employees,
both
are
sworn
in,
and
civilian
employees
to
ensure
that
they
are
that
they
come
to
work,
refreshed
to
be
able
to
do
the
job
being
bring
that
a
game
to
do
what
we
ask
them
to
do,
and
that
means
taking
care
of
themselves,
both
mentally
and
physically
and
emotionally,
to
be
able
to
do
that
job.
B
We
have
really
focused
on
being
able
to
give
them
some
resources
to
be
able
to
do
that,
to
try
to
give
them
the
assistance
they
may
need
the
help
they
may
need
and
to
to
be
able
to
come
to
work
in
in
complete
those
those
expectations
that
we
ask
them
to
do.
A
Thank
you
for
that
chief
sorry,
here,
just
trying
to
pull
another
question,
someone
asked
what
the
office
of
violence
office
of
violence
prevention's
role
is
in
helping
with
response
to
the
drug
crisis,
and
how
are
we
involved
with
supporting
some
of
the
work
around
the
opioid
crisis
director,
cotton.
C
Okay,
I'm
muted.
Yes,
thank
you
for
that
question.
So
we
have
been
very
careful
in
the
opposite:
violence
prevention
to
not
criminalize
drug
use
or
abuse,
but
we
do
recognize
that
there
are
intersections
and
that
there
are,
you
know,
co-occurring
issues
and
so
right
now
we
do
actually
have
a
intern
in
our
office,
who
is
looking
very
specifically
at
those
intersections
of
violence,
prevention
and
opioid,
the
opioid
crisis,
as
well
as
mental
health.
We're
really
excited
about
that
work
and
also
in
the
health
department.
C
There
is
a
group
of
people
who
are
currently
working
on
the
issues
of
the
opioid
crisis
and
its
connection
to
homelessness,
so
that
work
lives
outside
of
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
but
we
do
coordinate
very
closely
with
them
and
that
work
is
directed
by
our
deputy
director
in
the
health
department,
noya
woodridge,
so
the
work
is
definitely
something
that
we're
evaluating
and
think
is
very
important,
but
we
do
believe
it
deserves
its
own
separate
focus
and
shouldn't
be
absorbed
in
the
office
of
violence
prevention,
to
avoid
criminalizing
drug
abuse
and
addiction.
Thank.
A
You
thank
you
director
and
don't
go
too
far.
I'm
gonna
ask
another
question
for
you,
and
this
is
around
the
interrupter
teams.
A
Will
the
interrupter
teams
operate
under
their
own
branding
or
are
they
going
to
be
required
to
have
the
city's
orange
uniform
once
deployed
this
year
in
2021.
C
So
we
are
following
the
advice
of
cure
violence
and
requiring
a
consistent
uniform.
So
we
want
to
have
a
consistent
look
for
the
interrupters
so
that
when
people
see
them
in
community
they're,
easily
recognizable
and
they're
easily
tied
back
to
the
city's
initiative
of
the
violence
interrupter
program,
the
explicits
about
what
the
uniform
will
look
like
is
yet
to
be
determined
and
will
likely
be
developed
in
partnership
with
cure
violence
and
the
teams
once
they're
selected.
But
there
will
be
some
form
of
a
uniform
for
all
the
teams.
A
Universally
thank
you
for
that.
I
think
that
there
have
been
several
questions
in
the
chat
about
the
opcr
and
assistant
chief
halverson,
I'm
wondering
if
you
may
be
able
to
help
with
some
of
these.
I
think
it's
around.
I
guess
the
the
discipline
rate,
and
maybe
you
can
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
difference
between
discipline
and
coaching
and
why
coaching
is
not
considered
disciplined
and
included
in
the
overall,
the
I
guess.
The
rate
of
the
numbers
that
we
see
from
the
opcr.
B
B
They
do
the
review,
they
do
the
investigation
and
then
they
have
another
arm
within
the
opcr.
Is
a
police
conduct
review
panel,
which
is
currently
a
panel
that
consists
of
two
either
commanders
and
inspectors,
and
two
civilian
people
that
are
selected
by
the
opcr
and
mayor's
office?
B
So
these
two,
these
four
panelist
members
review
the
investigation
review
the
allegations
and
they
make
a
determination
on
on
the
findings
of
fact,
regarding
those
allegations
deciding
whether
there's
merit
or
no
merit
to
allegations.
So
after
that
that,
after
that's
completed
their
process
is
done
so
they
do
not
make
determination
on
discipline
per
state
statute.
The
chief
is
the
only
one
who
can
make
determination
discipline
so
after
they,
after
they
complete
their
investigation.
B
The
case
is
then
routed
to
the
chief
to
make
the
decision
on
discipline
so
the
cases
they
can
review
the
cases
that
the
the
police
contribute
panel
will
review.
Are
administrative
cases
meaning
cases
that
have
gone
to
investigation?
There
are
also
allegations
that
can
go
to
coaching
and
these
coaching.
These
coaching
cases
are
lower
level
violations
they're
usually
so
I
the
prime
example
I
give
is
if
an
officer
didn't
give
their
name
or
badge
number
to
a
citizen
who
requested
it.
B
That
is
a
lower
level,
coaching
violation,
so
a
coaching
allegation,
so
the
the
the
documentation
for
that
would
go
to
the
officer's
supervisor.
B
They
would
talk
to
them
about
it
and
then
they
would
coach
them
on
find
out
whether
it
happened
whether
it
occurred
and
then
make
a
determination
and
then
decide
to
coach
them
on
this
incident
or
not
so
it's
it.
It's
been
a
certain
determination
that
coaching
is
not
disciplined.
It
is
simply
almost
like
performance.
Mentoring
is
what
we
kind
of
look
at
it
is
that
determine
that
determination
was
made
long
before
I
got
into
this
position
or
long
before
I
got
into
this
role.
B
Coaches
have
been
occurring
since
back
in
the
late
90s
when
they
were
called
the
ppi's
policy
procedure
inquiry.
So
but
again
it's
a
lower
level
violations
where
it's
more
of
a
performance
management,
performance,
mentoring
issue
with
our
employees
not
deemed
as
disciplined,
whereas
the
bigger
allegations
or
cases
that
that
turn
into
administrative
investigations
can
result
in
discipline.
A
Thank
you
for
that
chief
and
have
another
question
for
you,
a
question
from
the
chat
around
some
of
the
drug
dealing
and
use
in
neighborhoods
recently
and
officers
who
responded,
told
us
that
they
no
longer
have
a
narcotics
unit.
The
question
is
around:
how
will
mpd
address
drug-related
crimes
and
and
what
is
the
work
happening
around,
that.
B
Yeah,
so
we
we
do
not
have
our
narcotics
unit.
We
have
not
had
one
for
a
while,
I
want
to
say
it's
probably
been
about
six
seven
years
since
we
have
disbanded
our
narcotics
unit.
B
However,
we
do
have
our
precinct
community
response
team,
their
crt
teams,
so
what
they
have
been
tasked
with
is
they
have
been
primarily
focused
on
investigations,
with
issues
that
are
addressing
neighborhoods
they're,
addressing
businesses,
they're
stress,
addressing
things
on
the
street
issues
on
the
street,
so
drug
a
lot
of
what
they
deal
with.
Is
they
deal
with
the
drug
narcotics
investigations?
B
So
they
will
work
on
these
investigations
and
continue
to
work
on
on
these
investigations.
So
we
currently
have
two
community
response
teams.
The
first
precinct
downtown
has
one
and
the
fourth
precinct
has
one
where
they
will
work
in
tandem
on
some
of
these
investigations
into
drugs
and
street
narcotics.
A
Great,
thank
you
chief.
I
appreciate
that
okay
and
one
more
for
you
and
then
I
promise.
I
will
give
you
a
little
break
here.
One
question
in
the
chat
about
staffing:
how
does
the
staffing
of
mpd
compare
now
to
how
it
was
in
early
2020.
B
Yeah,
so
it
has
been
publicly
documented
on
the
issues
or
the
the
number
of
staff
that
we
have
lost
so
over
the
last
year.
For
a
myriad
of
reasons,
we
had
again
we're
authorized
at
a
strength.
We
have
been
authorized
strength
of
888
for
a
long
time,
pre-koved
and
pre-george
floyd.
We
were
hovering
around
that
number.
We
were
close,
but
since
then
it
has
gone
down
dramatically.
B
We
are
probably
down
around
200
people
and
again
this
is
a
part
of
the
reason
we
have
went
to
the
city
council
and
they've
authorized
us
to
do
hiring
for
this
year,
so
it
has
been
difficult
again.
B
It's
really
put
us
behind
the
ball
of
the
field,
to
ensure
that
we
focus
on
the
public
safety,
but
we
are
working
on
everything
we
could
do
to
try
to
get
that
number
back
up
to
ensure
that
we
have
the
resources
to
to
do
our
job,
to
be
able
to
to
protect
the
citizens
of
minneapolis.
A
Thank
you
for
that
chief
and
maybe
just
pull
one
more
here
for
the
group.
A
And
I
will
actually
throw
this
to
director
cotton
just
to
speak
a
little
bit
more
of
the
different
partnerships
that
the
ovp
has
with
community
and
and
to
the
work
that
we
have
collaboratively.
And
what
are
some
opportunities
that
community
members
or
organizations
can
plug
in.
C
Thanks
for
that
question
jen,
so
we
are
really
deeply
focused
on
engaging
with
partners
as
deeply
tied
to
the
community
as
possible
with
our
evidence-based
work.
It
really
is
about
a
replication
of
service,
and
so
the
partners
that
come
into
our
relationships
to
do
that
kind
of
work.
C
We're
also
really
focused
on
two
key
areas:
around
capacity
building,
training
and
investing
in
community,
and
that
is
through
our
blueprint,
approved
institute
where
we
are
training
with
three
cohorts
right
now:
small
grassroots
agencies
and
each
of
those
cohorts.
There
are
eight
agencies
who
have
a
budget
of
less
than
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
we're
providing
them
with
about
fifty
thousand
dollars
worth
of
training
and
really
focused
on
building
their
capacity
to
do
ongoing
grounds.
Prevention
work
in
minneapolis
and
this
week.
C
Those
are
grants
ranging
from
ten
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
agencies
can
apply
for
to
receive
funds
to
do
already
existing
work
that
they
believe
is
interrupting
patterns
of
violence
in
minneapolis,
and
so
those
are
two
key
ways
that
we're
working
with
a
large
pool
of
partners.
In
addition
to
the
ongoing
partnerships
that
we
have
through
our
evidence-based
work,
we
are
also
in
key
deep
relationships
with
minneapolis
public
schools,
minneapolis
parks.
We
work
closely
with
the
county
and
probation
both
in
juvenile
and
adult.
C
We
are
always
interested
in
expanding
that
network,
whether
that
be
through
traditional
means
and
a
competitive,
rfp
or
rfa
process,
or
really
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
work
with
other
jurisdictions.
We
do
have
a
steering
committee
and
we'll
be
looking
at
ways
to
recruit
new
members
for
that
as
well.
So
there's
lots
of
ways
to
be
involved
and
we're
really
looking
forward
to
as
the
covert
restrictions
getting
lifted
being
able
to
get
back
in
community
and
really
do
that
valuable
work,
not.
B
A
A
We
will
be
making
this
available
on
our
website
for
folks
to
view
after
the
fact
and
to
share
with
those
who
may
or
may
not
have
been
able
to
attend
tonight.
We
will
also
do
our
best
to
continue
to
answer
some
of
the
questions
offline.
You
are
free
to
reach
out
to
us
anytime.
A
I
know
that
folks
have
been
sending
emails
to
the
community
safety
inbox
asking
to
subscribe
for
updates,
and
you
are
more
than
welcome
to
continue
to
do
that
and
we
will
be
sharing
more
updates
with
you
all,
as
the
work
continues
through
gov
delivery
and
once
that
is
all
set,
there
will
be
a
link
on
our
webpage
that
you
can
sign
up
there,
also,
as
well
as
when
you're
ever
in
kind
of
the
system
of
government
and
selecting
different
topics
that
you
want
to
stay
engaged
on.
A
We
will
have
an
option
there
for
folks
to
plug
into
as
well.
It
took
just
a
minute
to
get
some
of
my
permissions
switched
over
to
to
this
new
body
of
work
so
that
I'm
able
to
share
updates
through
gov
delivery
with
everyone
also
coming
up
this
month,
we
will
be
having
a
learning
lab
series
with
national
experts,
as
well
as
some
of
our
local
experts
and
city
staff
on
specific
topics
to
do
more
of
a
deep
dive
into
topics
related
to
public
safety
and
community
safety.
A
So
please
look
for
that
to
come
and
those
will
be
offered
varying
times
during
the
day
and
in
the
evening
we
acknowledge
that
everyone
has
different
schedules
and
family
commitments
work
commitments.
So
we
would
like
to
be
mindful
of
that
and
make
sure
that
we're
offering
opportunities
for
people
to
plug
in
various
times
of
the
day
and
days
of
the
week,
and
in
addition
to
that,
as
the
spring
turns
we
are
hoping
to
get
out
and
do
some
in-person
engagement
with
folks,
of
course,
with
safety
precautions,
masks
and
social
distancing.
A
So
please
just
stay
tuned
for
more
updates
and
opportunities
for
you
all
to
plug
in.
I
really
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
in
particular
our
translators,
who
have
spent
their
evening
with
us
providing
accessibility
to
community
members.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
our
panelists
here
and
also
the
staff
city
staff,
who
has
been
working
tirelessly
on
these
issues
day
in
and
day
out.
I
really
want
to
show
appreciation
for
you
and
then,
of
course,
all
of
our
community
members.
A
We
appreciate
you
all
taking
the
time
this
evening
to
come
and
hear
from
all
of
us
about
some
of
the
work
that's
happening
and.
C
A
Look
forward
to
continuing
on
this
journey
with
you
all
with
that
being
said,
we
were
going
to
go
ahead
and
bring
this
meeting
to
a
close
and
we'll
be
in
touch
with
more
opportunities
to
engage
soon.
So
thank
you.
Everyone
really
appreciate
you
all
being
here
tonight.