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From YouTube: April 15, 2021 City leaders media briefing
Description
Mayor Jacob Frey, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo and other City officials will hold their weekly press briefing to share public safety updates.
A
A
A
C
Tragic
killing
of
dante
wright
in
brooklyn
center
has
expedited
phase
three
by
a
few
days
prior
to
the
deliberation
itself,
and
at
this
point,
you're
well
aware
that
I
will
not
be
commenting
on
the
trial
of
derek
chovin.
It's
so
important
for
the
the
substance
of
these
proceedings
to
go
in
uninterrupted
by,
and
the
judge
has
made
it
exceedingly
clear
and
at
this
point
the
the
facts,
as
have
been
illustrated
by
the
heart-wrenching,
video
of
the
killing
of
dante
wright
have
been
revealed,
and
it
is.
C
I
want
to
make
it
very
clear
that
we
are
standing
with
the
people
of
brooklyn
center
as
they
deal
with
this
tragic
and
agonizing
phase,
and
as
we
use
this
time
to
talk
about
public
safety
measures
here
in
minneapolis.
I
want
to
make
it
absolutely
clear
that
chief
are
dondo
and
I
do
not
have
authority
or
control
over
any
non-mpd
law
enforcement
activity
in
any
jurisdiction
other
than
minneapolis
and
the
minneapolis
police
department
did
not
receive
any
requests
to
assist
in
brooklyn
center,
but
chief
ardando
will
be
talking
about
that.
C
Shortly
here
and
I'll
note,
operation
safety
net
has
been
a
plan,
a
coordinated
one
that
has
been
worked
on
over
the
last
nine
months
beginning
in
august.
It
has
been
a
collaboration
between
city,
state
and
county
officials
in
setting
up
this
unified
command
structure,
and
I
know
that
the
chief
and
law
enforcement
agencies
have
been
conducting
individual
outreach
to
elected
and
community
members
for
quite
some
time,
whether
that
is
outreach
in
the
press
conference
that
you're
watching
right
now
legislative
breaches,
individual
briefings
of
council
members.
C
We
wanted
to
make
sure
throughout
that
people
were
as
up-to-date
as
possible
with
the
plans
as
they
proceed
and
as
local
government.
All
of
us,
including
the
mpd,
we're
very
much
focused
on
the
work
here
in
minneapolis.
That
has
to
be
our
top
priority.
C
Safety
and
security
for
the
residents
here
in
our
city
and
again,
chief
ardando,
will
be
shortly
here,
expanding
on
the
operations
of
of
operation
safety
net
and
specifically
the
work
here
in
minneapolis
and
what
things
will
look
like
as
we
progress
here
towards
the
deliberation
and
the
verdict
in
this
final
phases
of
the
trial,
keeping
our
focus
squarely
where
it
needs
to
be
right
here
on
the
city
of
minneapolis,
we
have
several
updates
our
office
of
violence.
Prevention
will
be
providing
an
update
through
our
director
sasha
cotton.
C
As
was
mentioned
in
last
week's
briefing,
director,
cotton
has
entered
into
several
formalized
contracts
with
seven
different
community
organizations,
making
sure
that
the
approach
is
not
exclusively
based
on
law
enforcement
and
the
work
that
director
cotton
has
been
doing
is
supplemental
to
that
law
enforcement
work.
Ensuring
that
we
have
that
two-way
of
stream
of
communication
between
community
leaders,
neighborhood
associations
block
captains
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
receive
that
critical
feedback,
as
it
happens
on
the
ground
and
we're
also
able
to
disseminate
the
correct
and
true
information
is
as
quickly
as
possible.
C
We
know
how
important
those
community
relationships
will
be
over
the
coming
couple
of
weeks
and
I'll.
Just
note.
This
is
a
hard
time
for
our
city.
The
these
times
are
tense.
They
are
traumatic
and
they're
going
to
need
all
of
us
working
together
in
every
respect.
That
means
community
members.
That
means
neighborhoods.
That
means
these
black
captains.
That
means
law
enforcement.
That
means
all
of
us,
working
together
in
a
unified
approach.
C
Over
the
last
several
days
following
the
officer-involved
shooting
that
happened
in
brooklyn
center,
dozens
of
minneapolis
community-based
businesses
have
sustained
some
form
of
damage.
In
the
last
five
days,
and
earlier
this
week
I
was
out
on
west
broadway
and
heard
directly
from
a
number
of
community
members
and
businesses
about
the
impact
that
that
destruction
has
on
residents.
It
has
on
individuals.
C
D
C
I
want
you
to
check
in
on
your
neighbors,
see
how
your
family
members
are
doing
and
take
care
of
yourself
as
well.
This
is
a
tough
time
that
is
undoubtedly
filled
with
quite
a
bit
of
trauma.
We
recognize
that
and
we
want
to
express
our
solidarity
with
every
resident
throughout
the
city
of
minneapolis
that
is
going
through
so
much
during
this
very,
very
difficult
time.
E
Thank
you
mayor
fry
good
morning
as
part
of
our
weekly
update
on
operation
safety
net.
I
want
to
first
and
foremost
also
condolences
to
the
wright
family
and
certainly
all
those
impacted
by
that
just
tragedy
out
there
in
brooklyn
center
and
so
condolences
there
operation
safety
net.
As
mayor
fry
has
indicated,
we
are
in
phase
three.
E
This
has
come
a
few
days
earlier
than
we
had
anticipated,
and
so
what
our
community
members
certainly
have
seen
over
the
last
48
hours
and
what
they
can
continue
to
see
is
a
robust
presence
of
both
our
citizen
soldiers,
our
men
and
women,
of
our
national
guard,
and
certainly
now
a
just
a
gathering
of
local
law
enforcement,
state
and
county
agencies,
so
our
hindi
county
deputies,
our
state
patrol
officers,
our
metro
transit
police
officers
and,
of
course,
our
men
and
women
of
the
minneapolis
police
department,
joined
by
other
jurisdictions
and
so
to
date.
E
I
want
to
first
acknowledge
to
the
demonstrations
and
gatherings
in
minneapolis
those
who
continue
to
demonstrate
peacefully.
We
want
to
say
thank
you.
Operation
safety
net
is
built
on
those
two
pillars
of
first
amendment:
peaceful
demonstrations
and
gatherings,
but
also
again,
protection
of
people
and
property
is
mayor.
Frye
also
noted
some
of
the
events
that
occurred
in
brooklyn
center
a
couple
of
nights
ago.
E
E
Again,
we
understand
that
our
communities,
our
cities,
are
going
through
a
tough
time
and
trauma
is
certainly
present,
but
we
do
not
want
to
re-traumatize
our
city
and
our
communities
by
these
acts
of
vandalism
burglaries
in
looting.
E
Teenage
kids
can
have
after-school
part-time
employment
to
damage
that
and
to
jeopardize
that
just
does
not
do
any
good
for
our
city.
We
continue
again
director
cotton
from
office
of
violence.
Prevention
will
talk
about
the
community
aspect,
but
operation
safety
net.
Again,
it's
a
layered
approach,
community
partnerships
and
and
conversations
and
feedback
is
so
very
vital
to
this,
and
we've
been
engaged
with
our
communities
over
the
last
eight
months,
and
so
that
continues
our
faith
leaders,
our
faith
healers,
our
community
healers,
our
social
workers
and
our
young
people.
E
Our
young
people
are
going
to
be
vital,
as
we
are
dealing
with
this
time
or
going
through
this
time,
and
certainly
as
we
come
out
of
this
time,
and
so
those
conversations
are
going
to
continue
to
be
very
important
operation
safety
net.
Again
with
all
of
these
different
agencies,
we
are
prepared
to
respond
not
only
here
in
minneapolis
but
to
other
jurisdictions.
Should
we
be
needed.
We
continue
to
monitor
that
as
an
executive
team
group
and
and
will
do
so
over
the
coming
days.
D
Thank
you
chief
and
mr
mayor.
I
stand
here
with
a
heavy
heart
today.
The
office
of
violence
prevention
extends
its
condolences
to
the
family
of
mr
right
and
to
the
community
as
we
suffer
the
loss
of
another
young
black
male.
Our
office's
mission
is
largely
focused
on
reducing
violence
and
when
we
see
the
loss
of
life,
it
is
deeply
impactful
to
our
work,
our
partners
and
our
community,
and
so
we
are
grieving
with
those
who
knew
mr
wright
and
those
who
are
feeling
this
pain.
D
D
Our
engagement,
as
I
said,
has
focused
largely
on
the
curfew
on
the
days
that
there
was
one
imposed.
We've
also
been
able
to
respond
to
some
mental
health
and
trauma
response.
That
community
has
brought
to
our
attention
recognizing
that
this
is
a
very
difficult
time
in
our
community
and
that
the
purposes
of
our
patrols
are
really
to
help
bridge
that
gap
with
our
community,
who
we
know,
are
struggling
right
now
during
this
very
tense
time
and
to
help
bring
about
peace
in
the
community
to
the
degree
that
that
is
possible
through
our
work.
D
F
Hanson,
thank
you
sasha,
as
the
mayor
and
the
chief
and
sasha
talked
about
the
police,
killing
of
dante
wright
had
residual
impacts
in
minneapolis,
my
condolences
to
the
right
family
of
another
tragedy
and
the
loss
of
a
black
man
in
america
in
this
region
and
those
residual
impacts
into
minneapolis
was
a
crime
spree
that
occurred
over
the
last
few
days,
where
we've
seen
burglaries,
audible,
business
alarms
and
damages
to
property
between
april
11th
and
april
13th,
the
city
received
at
least
200
calls
into
911
about
these
damages.
F
These
were
not
related
to
the
unrest
and
the
protests
in
brooklyn
center.
These
were
an
opportunity
to
attack
the
businesses
and
most
many
of
the
businesses
in
areas
where
unrest
impacted
them
last
year,
and
a
number
of
them
are
just
getting
back
on
their
feet.
These
are
businesses
that
are
operated
by
our
community.
There
are
people
who
have
put
their
livelihoods
on
the
line
to
open
retail
services
and
others
other
businesses
in
minneapolis,
and
they
continue
to
get
attacked.
F
F
F
We
have
a
list
of
businesses
that
we
believe
are
as
accurate
as
we
have
now
we'll
be
releasing
that
in
a
map
later
today
and
we're
asking
businesses
to
report
to
the
state
city.
So
we
can
better
understand
how
to
support
them
through
our
small
business
team
or
our
business
technical
assistance
providers.
F
We've
received
assistance
from
business
associations
and
city
council
members
offices
to
collect
this
information.
We
thank
them
for
that,
and
anybody
who
wants
to
directly
connect
with
the
city
of
minneapolis.
Please
call
the
small
business
team
at
612-673-2499
or
email
us
at
small
business
at
minneapolism.
F
Now,
as
we
look
forward
to
the
next
week
as
the
trial
moves
in
potentially
into
the
jury
deliberations,
businesses
will
continue
to
be
on
edge
and
there'll
be
some
anxiety
in
the
community.
We
encourage
everybody
to
continue
to
shop
local
as
they
get
through
this
this
trying
time
and
support
our
community
as
they
support
us
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
back
to
the
mayor.
Thank.
F
G
C
Thank
you,
miss
navratil.
The
question
was
regarding
who
is
the
final
say
with
respect
to
munitions
use
in
minneapolis.
As
you
know,.
C
There's
presently
a
tro
in
place
that
requires
authorization
to
be
provided
by
the
chief
of
police
with
respect
to
gas
munitions
and,
additionally,
we've
authored
additional
restrictions
beyond
that
with
respect
to
munitions
themselves
I'll,
let
the
chief
more
fully
answer.
E
So
as
it
relates
to
in
charge
of
the
jurisdiction
when
we
have,
if
we
have
civil
unrest
here
in
minneapolis,
specifically
to
gas
munitions,
the
tro
states
that,
if
they
have
to
be
utilized
that
I
ultimately
will
make
that
final
call
obviously
I'll
be
in
briefings
with
the
mayor
to
assess,
make
sure
that
he's
assessed
of
the
situation,
but
ultimately
in
our
jurisdiction.
It
would
be
my
call
that
of
course,
can
transfer
over,
for
example,
if
the
situation
would
occur
on
our
highways
or
freeways.
E
Colonel
langer
of
the
state
patrol
then,
would
have
that
jurisdiction.
So
it's
it's
really
predicated
on
the
jurisdiction,
but
for
minneapolis.
I
would
make
that
final
call.
B
E
It's
a
good
question,
so
operation
safety
net
is
built
under
four
phases.
The
first
phase
was
really
a
the
planning
and
pre-assessment
and
looking
at
critical
infrastructure
meeting
with
community,
which
is
ongoing.
The
second
phase
which
we
were
in
when
we
started
the
opening
statements.
E
E
The
fourth
phase
is
demobilization,
and
so
that's
when
operation
safety
net,
we're
talking,
obviously
with
our
elected
officials,
we're
talking
with
our
community
and
that's
when
we
can
feel
the
temperature
that
we
can
sort
of
collapse
all
of
those
resources,
so
we're
in
phase
three
and
there's
four
four
phases
to
it.
E
Yes,
phase:
three
is
the
highest
level
of
that
presence
in
our
communities,
and
so
yes.
B
E
So
the
question
being
the
situation
in
brooklyn
center.
How
is
that
impacted?
Certainly
my
responsibilities
and
our
preparation.
You
know
we
plan
for
the
unexpected.
E
Clearly,
our
our
even
our
phases
did
not
account,
for
you
know
a
specific
officer-involved
shooting
you
know
just
right
in
the
midst
of
of
certainly
the
trial.
I
think
that
the
biggest
impact
is
that
we
have
to
be
flexible
and
adaptable
to
allocate
resources
metro
wide,
which
we
are
doing
in
terms
of
operation
safety
net
in
brooklyn
center
there's,
obviously
been
the
assistance
of
state
patrol
hannah,
county
deputies
and
other
agencies,
but
we
just
have
to
remain
flexible
and
adaptable.
E
So
but
again,
we've
put
in
several
several
months
of
preparation
and
planning
and
and
it's
a
good
plan,
it's
a
good
plan
are.
B
E
The
question
being:
am
I
concerned
about
the
national
guard
in
terms
of
those
resources
with
these
other
events
that
are
happening,
I
have
the
utmost
confidence
in
general
mankey.
He
has
done
a
wonderful
job
in
terms
of
drawing
up
more
additional
resources
if
we
need
them
and
we're
placing
those
citizen
soldiers
in
the
areas
that
we
do.
I
can
also
just
say
to
everyone
too.
Over
the
last
48
hours,
I've
received
numerous
calls
from
businesses
and
residents
that
have
been
very
happy
about
the
presence
of
seeing
them
out
there.
E
Deputy
director
hanson
mentioned
about
some
of
the
the
harm
that
was
done
to
some
of
our
local
businesses.
They've
been
very
happy
to
see
them
around
broadway
lake
and
lindell
uptown,
and
so,
but
no
general
monkey's
done
a
wonderful
job
of
making
sure
that
those
soldiers
are
where
we
need
them.
A
E
Yeah
the
question:
are
there
any
credible
threats
right
now
to
the
city
of
minneapolis,
based
on
where
the
chauvin
trial
is
in
progress?
I
briefed
the
mayor
daily
on
our
intel
threat
assessment
and,
as
I
briefed
him
this
morning,
there
is
no
specific
intelligence
that
says
that
minneapolis
right
now
is
under
threat,
specifically
related
related
to
the
trial.
E
Of
course,
our
partners
were
monitoring
that,
on
the
hour,
phase
three
by
the
way
is
also
a
ramped
up
intelligence
apparatus
to
make
sure
that
we're
monitoring
any
threats
either
locally
or
that
could
come
in
from
other
other
places.
So
as
of
today,
there
are
no
threats
related
to
our
city
and
the
trial.
E
So
the
question
was
being
what
will
be
the
criteria
for
for
me
to
decide
if
gas,
munitions
and
other
things
should
other
less
lethal
should
be
used
in
in
minneapolis
and
part
of
that
really,
we've
laid
out
through
operation
safety
net
over
the
past
couple
of
months
we
talk
about
what's
encouraged
activity,
and
then
we
also
talk
about
what's
unlawful
activity,
the
mayor's
stresses
too.
We
we
cannot
allow
damage
to
property
chief
tyresha.
We
cannot
allow
structural
fires,
arsons
assaultive,
riotous
behavior.
E
E
Then
of
course
I'm
getting
real-time
information
from
those
folks
who
are
out
there
and
then
I
would
ultimately
make
that
that
judgment,
but
I
think,
there's
a
clear
distinction
that
we've
always
tried
to
make
over
the
last
several
months
of
what's
encouraged
activity
and
what's
unlawful
again,
we
can't
allow
buildings
to
be
set
ablaze.
We
can't
allow
folks
to
be
assaulted.
We
we
can't
allow
looting
those
those
types
of
things
so.
G
Just
declare
are
the
mutual
aid
agencies
required
to
follow
your
directions
on
munitions,
or
can
each
individual
agency
make
its
own
decision
for
their
own
officers
so.
E
The
question
is
under
the
mutual
aid
agreement:
are
all
those
agencies
bounded
by
just
simply
the
minneapolis
police
department
policies
and
tierro?
No,
no,
they
are
not.
However,
the
the
wonderful
thing
about
having
all
of
us
at
the
table
is
all
of
those
leaders
of
operation.
E
Safety
net
are
aware,
as
mayor
indicated
or
wherever,
a
tro
or
temporary
restraining
order,
they're
aware
of
the
the
criteria
that
I
have
to
have
on
the
ground
here
in
minneapolis,
they
still
have
to
have
their
own
policies
that
they
have
to
abide
by,
there's
still
laws
and
regulations
that
they
have
to
abide
by,
but
we're
working
in
concert
with
each
other,
and
so
that
communication,
I
think,
is
key
in
making
sure
that
we
can
do
things
safely
and
and
peace
and
keep
our
keep
our
community
safe
and
peaceful.
Are
you.
E
I'm
not
the
question
was:
am
I
concerned
about
different
law
enforcement
agencies
and
maybe
some
wanting
to
take
a
different
approach?
Operation
safety
net,
just
based
on
its
concept,
is
about
consistent
communication,
and
so
we
we
would
not
have
an
agency
for
another
term
just
kind
of
operating
on
their
own,
particularly
in
our
jurisdiction,
because
we're
at
the
table,
the
leaders
are
at
the
table.
We're
constantly
talking,
there's
strategic
plans
that
are
developed
for
those
situations,
so
hope.
A
That
answers
it
about
the
residual
violence
that
happened
in
some
of
our
businesses
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
responsible
brooklyn
center.
Your
message
to
those
business
owners
they're
anxious:
can
they
call
and
ask
for
more
protection
from
the
national
guard?
Can
what
can
they
do
to
protect
their
business?.
E
That's
a
good
question,
so
the
question
was:
what
can
our
business
owners
do?
Who
have
been
anxious
and
and
kind
of
on
pins
and
needles,
as
they
watch
situations
play
out?
Yes,
they
have
actually
called
and
asked
for
more
protection
for
more
guard
for
more
for
for
more
mpd
and
other
deputies
and
troopers
and
resources
we
are
reaching
out
to
them.
Our
operations.
Safety
net
is
doing
daily
assessments.
What
we
call
property
protection
details
so
they're
doing
those
daily
assessments.
E
I
was
driving
by
lake
and
lindo
yesterday
and
saw
our
guard
out
there
and
and
other
parts
of
north
minneapolis,
and
so
so
yeah
we're
and
we'll
continue
to
keep
monitoring
that
the
mayor
mentions
phase
three.
Certainly
as
we
get
into
verdict
time,
there's
gonna
be
obviously
much
more
of
a
presence
out
there,
so
we
wanna
keep
our
city
safe
and
we
want
to
certainly
keep
our
businesses
protected.
G
D
Sure,
thank
you
for
the
question.
The
question
was
related
to
our
response
to
some
mental
health
crisis
and
needs
in
the
community
with
our
community
patrols
and
groups.
We
are
not
formally
using
you
know.
Mental
health
is
not
a
formal
purpose.
However,
we
do
have
some
teams
that
have
trained
mental
health
responders
on
their
teams.
D
We
did
in
the
midst
of
you,
know
the
very
challenging
times
this
week
get
some
calls
from
community
members
that
people
were
experiencing
crisis
and
that
they
would
prefer
a
non-law
enforcement
response,
and
so
we
were
able
to
deploy
those
resources
upon
request.
G
Some
folks
in
the
city
have
said
they
thought
they
saw
more
kind
of
concrete
barricades
going
up
around
different
buildings.
Is
the
city
boosting
up
barricades
around
any
of
its
facilities.
C
So
the
question
was
whether
the
city
is
boosting
up
additional
support
structures
and
barricades
around
key
city
pieces
of
city
infrastructure.
C
There
was
an
initial
fortification,
as
you
know,
of
city
hall
of
hennepin
county
government
center
done
through
a
multi-jurisdictional
collaboration
in
addition
to
our
police
precincts
through
going
into
phase
three,
some
of
the
precincts
did
receive
some
additional
bolstering
as
well,
but
I'll
I'll
turn
it
over
to
our
interim
director
brett
jelly,
who
can
provide
some
of
the
updates.
H
H
Thank
you,
mayor,
brett,
jelly
interim
director
of
public
works.
The
mayor
is
correct.
H
Each
of
the
locations
from
government
center
city,
hall
and
city
precincts
had
a
kind
of
a
phase,
one
perimeter
plan
that
was
installed
prior
to
the
trial,
beginning
or
right
around
the
start
of
the
trial,
and
then
there
was
a
plan
to
add
some
barricade
at
some
locations
as
we
approached
verdict
that
work's
been
happening
this
week
and
should
be
completed
by
the
end
of
the
week.