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Description
Mayor Jacob Frey announces his nomination for the Commissioner of Community Safety. This role will oversee the mayor’s newly proposed Office of Community Safety, which will integrate five departments: 911, Fire, the Office of Emergency Management, Police, and Neighborhood Safety, formerly known as the Office of Violence Prevention. The mayor’s nomination will be transmitted to the Minneapolis City Council for consideration at its July 21 meeting.
A
We
are
in
the
process
of
setting
up
an
office
of
community
safety,
and
today
we
are
at
a
seminal
moment
in
that
work
to
reshape
and
redefine
the
way
we
serve
the
public
for
purposes
of
safety
and
on
the
campaign
trail.
You
heard
me
frequently
talk
about
the
importance
of
integrating
that
service,
providing
a
specific
skill
set
with
the
specific
circumstances
that
are
happening
on
the
ground.
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
As
you
heard,
the
mayor
mention
one
of
the
most
important
parts
of
my
work.
The
fact
the
essential
part
of
my
work
is
being
able
to
bring
together
those
five
entities
of
public
safety
together:
police
fire,
911,
emergency
management,
office
of
violence,
prevention,
bringing
them
together
collaboratively
making
them
work
together
in
a
way
that
provide
some
preventative
measures
around
much
of
the
crime
that
we
have
seen
in
ways
things
have
been
carried
out
in
this
community.
B
We
have
to
think
in
a
forward
type
of
of
idea.
Now
we
know
the
history
of
this
community
before
george
floyd,
we
know,
george
floyd
is
still
very
much
a
part
of
our
lives.
People
feel
still
feel
the
pain
around
it,
but
the
most
important
thing
here
for
me
is
that
we
never
forget
the
history
and
the
challenges,
but
what
we
have
to
look
forward
to
now
is
a
future
of
change.
The
community
says
it
wants
something
different.
B
That's
what
I've
been
charged
with
doing.
I
want
to
encourage
everyone
in
this
community
to
help
me
look
forward
with
you
in
terms
of
changing
things,
the
way
that
they
have
been.
We
you
I
all
of
us
in
this
community
elected
officials
and
media
included.
We
all
have
a
responsibility
to
move
forward
today
in
this
community.
B
It
has
to
start
somewhere
and
I
would
say
that
it
starts
right
now.
This
is
something
that
is
hugely
important.
This
is
a
wonderfully
dynamic
city.
I've
lived
in
a
lot
of
cities
over
the
course
of
my
career.
I've
been
in
and
out
of
your
city
here
in
minneapolis,
the
last
four
or
five
years
for
a
variety
of
different
reasons,
but
one
thing
I've
noticed
about
this.
B
We
all
have
some
ownership
in
our
public
safety,
even
the
way
that
public
safety
get
reported.
So
I'm
encouraging
everyone
all
of
us
to
help
me
help
you
with
this
process.
There
is
no
one
savior
in
here:
it's
not
me,
it's
not
the
mayor,
it's
all
of
us
collectively,
that's
how
we
provide
good
public
safety
when
public
safety
stood
up
in
london.
England
under
sir
sir
appeal
commission
appeal
at
that
time.
His
his
remarks
were
very
very
plain
and
you've
heard
it
a
thousand
times
the
police
is
the
community
and
the
community's
police.
B
That's
just
not
some
adage
that
should
just
get
thrown
around
because
it
sounds
good.
The
fact
of
the
matter
is
we're
only
as
safe
in
our
community
as
we
have
good
policing
and
police
can
only
do
a
good
job
for
us
if
they
have
the
support
of
the
community.
It's
not
a
one
and
done
it's
all
of
us
together
reaching
that
goal.
B
This
is
the
day.
Hopefully
we
can
turn
the
page.
Hopefully
this
is
a
day.
We
can
now
begin
to
think
about.
How
do
we
go
forward
in
public
safety?
How
do
we
redefine
how
we
provide
safety
to
ourselves-
and
I
think
minneapolis
here
also
has
the
opportunity,
more
than
anything
else,
to
be
the
new
brand
of
what
policing
looked
like
in
america.
B
B
They
need
your
support
and
they
also
need
to
be
sensitive
to
the
needs
and
the
feelings
of
people
who
reside
in
our
communities
across
this
great
city.
This
is
a
mutual
respect.
This
is
a
mutual
honor
of
public
safety.
This
is
not
who's
right
or
who's
wrong.
Any
longer
it's
about.
How
do
we
make
this
right
for
all
of
us?
B
We
recognize
and
understand
that
across
all
these
various
platforms,
even
in
violence
prevention,
we
have
the
opportunity
now
in
violence,
prevention
to
sit
down
and
talk
about
and
create
and
develop,
and
look
at
programs
that
have
worked
very
great.
That
worked
very
good
for
this
community
in
terms
of
advancing
opportunities
for
young
people
to
stay
out
of
trouble
not
get
in
trouble
and
then
respond,
but
to
stay
out
of
trouble.
The
operative
word
here
is
prevention.
B
B
I've
been
around
public
safety
a
very,
very
long
time,
and
I've
worked
in
a
number
of
different
domains
over
the
years
from
the
federal
sector
to
the
state
to
local,
and
I
understand
public
safety.
I
understand
community
policing
but
also
understand
in
order
for
any
of
it
to
be
successful
in
order
for
this
city
to
be
the
leaders
around
advancing
policing.
B
There's
no
one
person,
there's
no
one
entity,
there's
no
one
program,
there's
a
city
of
over
four
hundred
thousand
residents
who
have
a
long
in
in
in
historic
history
behind
you,
but
really
what
I'm
looking
forward
to
is
what's
up
in
front
of
us,
that's
where
we
want
to
go.
Where
do
we
go
from
this
moment
forward?
We
can't
keep
looking
back.
We
don't
forget
the
history,
but
in
order
to
move
forward,
we
got
to
do
things
different.
B
So
I
implore,
as
I
begin
to
close
here,
I
implore
from
everyone
in
this
community
help
me
help
me
help.
You
help
this
community.
Let's
all
help
each
other
community
members
business
community.
It
is
important
that
our
business
community
feel
a
sense
of
public
safety.
They
drive
business
in
industry
in
an
economy
in
this
community.
We
need
them
downtown.
We
need
them
in
this
city.
B
And
we're
going
to
do
everything
that
we
can
at
our
power
in
the
charge
that
has
been
given
to
me
by
mayor
frye,
to
make
this
the
safest
city
in
america.
That's
the
goal.
We
don't
get
there
overnight,
because
we
didn't
start
out
right,
maybe
in
that
place,
but
we
can
get
there
and
we
will
get
there
and
for
those
who
may
be
feeling
that
that
cannot
happen
visualize
it
close
your
eyes
and
visualize
this
community,
this
city
in
this
moment
in
america's
history,
which
we
know
that
there's
a
number
of
challenges.
B
We
have
the
opportunity
in
this
city
to
make
this
the
greatest
city
in
the
country
and
we're
gonna,
do
it
from
the
day
I
start
and
up
until
the
time
that
I
leave.
That
is
my
commitment
to
you.
I
need
your
help,
we're
going
to
support
our
communities
and
we're
going
to
be
sensitive
to
their
needs
across
this
entire
community,
every
part
of
our
community,
because
if
any
parts
of
our
community
is
not
safe,
then
none
of
us
are
safe.
It
is
a
collective
effort.
B
It
is
a
ball
game
that
we're
in
we're
all
on
the
same
team
and
for
me
I'm
about
winning
super
bowls.
So
let's
go
win
this
super
bowl.
Let's
go
take
this
championship,
let's
be
the
greatest
in
the
safest
city
in
this
country
and
it
and
it's
not
pie
in
the
sky.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
citizens
of
this
community,
it
is
a
reality
and
it's
in
our
reach
to
do
so.
So
let's
go
get
it.
Let's
go
get
it
today,
starting
right!
Now,
let's
go
get
it.
Let's
make
it
happen.
B
That
is
a
great
question
and
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
very
sincere
answer
because
I
believe
in
this
city
I
was
at
home
in
pensacola,
florida,
retired
fishing
20
miles
offshore.
When
I
get
a
phone
call-
and
I
said
to
my
buddy
on
the
boat-
that's
the
mayor.
He
wants
me
to
talk
to
him
about
being
public
safety.
I
mean
being
a
a
commissioner
and
I
looked
at
my
buddy
yeah
yeah
yeah
sure
I'll
get
back
to
you
mayor,
but
the
reality
of
it
is.
We
have
had
a
number
of
wonderful
conversations
together.
B
What
to
your
question?
What
drives
me?
What
attracts
me
to
this
city
when
I
look
over
the
course
of
my
career
over
the
last
40
plus
years,
even
in
recent
years,
as
a
senior
administrator,
I
don't
see
any
other
opportunity
that
ever
bit
ever
been
put
in
front
of
me
than
right.
Now,
it's
not
just
this
city.
It's
this
moment
in
timery,
in
in
america's
history,
where
we
were
you,
we
have
an
opportunity
to
show
people
that
we
can
do
something
different
here
and
we
don't
have
to
nobody
had
to
beg
me
to
come
here.
B
Let
me
be
clear
about
that.
This
is
a
conversation
that
the
mayor
and
I
had
he
asked
me
and
we
talked
about
it
and
I
shared.
I
wasn't
sure
if
I
was
the
right
person
to
be
perfectly
honest
with
you,
but
through
further
conversations
and
us
getting
to
know
each
other
and
building
relationship
based
on
trust
and
legitimacy.
B
This
is
why
I'm
standing
in
front
of
this
podium
today
and
trust
me
if
you
don't
hear
nothing
else.
If
you
don't
report
anything
else
that
I
say
I'm
here,
because
I
believe
in
this
city-
and
we
have
an
opportunity
in
this
great
american
city
to
show
the
rest
of
the
country
and
rest
of
the
world
from
which
we
have
come
is
to
where
we
are
going
and
we're
going
and
we're
going
to
demonstrate
our
ability
and
we're
going
to
need
all
of
us
to
do
it.
B
B
B
We
want
to
be
very
strategic,
but
at
the
end
of
all
this,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
what
we
have
in
place
are
opportunities
where
I
will
be
meeting
with
five
entities:
five
entities,
a
public
safety
on
a
regular
basis,
to
discuss
what
not
just
to
discuss
police,
not
just
to
discuss
fire
but
to
discuss
those
other
areas
as
well
too,
and
how
we
collectively
provide
safety
and
prevention
to
this
community.
Now
that
does
not
negate
nor
minimize
the
fact
that
each
one
of
these
platforms
police
for
an
example
with
this
very
specific
function.
B
We
know
we
got
things
there
we
want
to
do.
We
want
to
recruit
more,
we
want
to
train
more.
We
want
to
be
able
to
provide
in
our
public
safety
profile
across
all
domains.
We
want
to
provide
the
type
of
consistency
that
will
help
this
community
move
forward.
So
as
we
grow,
we
develop
and
as
we
stand
up
very
strategically,
because
we
don't
want
to
hurry
this,
but
we
know
we
got
to
get
busy
and
get
it
started,
because
this
is
huge
for
this
city.
B
This
is
a
first
in
the
history
of
this
city
and
I
am
committed-
and
the
mayor
has
heard
and
felt
my
commitment
to
be
able
to
do
this
and
to
do
this
right
in
regard
to
the
police
search.
That
is
a
search
that
is
currently
in
progress.
It
is
a
search
that's
being
rendered
across
this
country.
It
is
currently
being
advertised
as
we
speak,
and
it
will
continue
until
it
reached
the
part,
the
term
of
its
termination,
determination
of
it,
but
to
your
question.
It
is
currently
in
progress
in
moving
right
along
next
question.
E
B
B
B
That
is
the
one
thing
that
drives
me
to
push
me
to
do
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
for
years
and
I've
done
a
lot
of
it
over
the
years,
and
things
are
certainly
very
challenging
in
our
country
in
our
cities,
but
we're
going
to
defeat
this
and
we're
going
to
defeat
this
in
this
community
and
we're
all
going
to
work
very,
very
hard
at
it.
Yes,.
F
F
What
you
told
them
about
that
case?
What
your
thoughts
are
about
it,
what
you
think
might
be
done
differently
in
the
future
in
situations
like
that,
and
the
second
question
is
your
911
staff
is
about
50,
understaffed
right
now
and
they're
having
a
hard
time
answering
calls
you
plan
on
meeting
with
them,
you're
assuring
them
that
help
is
on
the
way,
and,
what's
that.
B
Gotcha,
so
let's
talk
about
their
meal
lock
case.
Okay,
if
you
will
understand,
I
know
no
more
about
that
case
than
what
I
read
that
you
reported
in
the
media.
All
of
you
have
reported
in
the
media.
That's
all!
I
know
that's
what
gets
reported
right,
but
in
terms
of
that
case,
in
terms
of
that
case,
being
a
no
knock
warrant
and
I
believe
the
city
and
the
mayor
and
the
chief
have
already
reviewed
what
some
of
the
new
policies
and
procedures
are
going
to
be.
B
Once
I
come
on
board,
that
will
be
part
of
my
examination,
not
just
that
particular
case,
but
examining
throughout
the
entire
law
enforcement
of
police
platform.
What
are
the
things
they're
doing?
Well,
what
are
the
things
that
we
can
do
better,
because
that's
what
I'm
looking
forward
to
is
enhancing
doing
better,
making
sure
we
don't
make
the
same
stakes
over
again,
making
sure
that
our
men
and
women
have
the
resources,
the
training
and
the
preparation
to
do
the
jobs
that
they're
tasked
to
do
so.
B
911
is
severely
understaffed
and
if
you
go
across
many
parts
of
this
country,
many
of
your
911
centers
are
under
staff,
just
like
your
police
departments
are.
So
what
does
that
mean
for
us
by
the
way
on
tomorrow
morning,
and
I
haven't
even
officially
started
work
yet,
but
on
tomorrow
morning
I
will
be
going
there
personally
being
on
the
ground
with
911
personnel,
because
I
want
to
meet
them
in
the
domain
in
which
they
work.
B
I
want
to
share
my
concerns
about
the
hard
work
that
they're
doing
and
we're
going
to
be
talking
more
with
the
leadership
in
9-1-1
as
to
what
are
some
new
things
that
we
can
do
in
order
to
increase
our
hiring
but
understand
that
is
very
challenging.
Stressful
grinding
work
and
the
training
is
grinding,
had
the
same
type
of
challenges.
B
Another
place,
I've
chiefed
in
this
country,
both
in
rochester
new
york
in
in
metro,
atlanta
and
dekalb
county,
but
I
think
more
than
anything
else,
we
all
work
with
shortages
right
now
you
work
with
them
in
your
newsroom
they're,
working
with
them
in
downtown
in
restaurants
and
hotels.
So
we
all
are
learning
how
to
make
these
adjustments,
but
what's
critical
to
is
911
and
death,
those
men
and
women
who
are
working,
they're
busting
their
butts
they're
committed,
they're
coming
to
work
every
day
and
they're
still
getting
it
done.
B
So
there
is
an
urgent
call
for
help
being
given
to
help
them
to
recruit
so
that
we
can
get
their
staffing
up
to
where
we
want
it
to
be,
and
why
you're
talking
about
that
before
somebody
asked
the
question
about
police
and
the
shortages,
because
I
know
that's
coming
too
right
is
this
same
type
of
energy.
We're
going
to
use-
and
I
said
this-
and
I
will
always
say
this.
Yes,
we
got
to
look
at
how
we
recruit
today,
because
we
just
don't
want
to
recruit
anybody.
B
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
recruiting
the
right
people.
We
got
to
look
deeper
into
their
backgrounds,
their
social
media
platforms,
who
they
hang
out
with
their
histories.
We
got
to
look
deeper
and
harder
and
that
even
makes
it
just
that
much
tougher,
but
the
only
people
that
I
want
serving
in
this
community
in
any
particular
criminal
justice
or
public
safety
platform
are
the
very
best.
B
So,
yes,
we're
going
to
be
thinking
of
some
new
ways
to
recruit,
but
here's
something
I
will
say
to
this
community
at
large,
I'm
going
to
say
to
the
police
officers
that
are
out
there.
We
got
550
plus
officers
that
can
help
us
recruit
every
day.
We
all
take
some
ownership
in
it,
but
we
even
have
a
bigger
base
than
that.
You
got
over
400
000
people
that
reside
in
this
city
and
we
all
need
to
become
recruiters.
A
A
G
Are
you
looking
at
some
of
the
underserved
communities
here
in
the
twin
cities
for
your
recruiting?
I
know
I've
followed
some
of
your
work
over
the
years
and
you
talk
about
it's,
not
the
number
of
officers.
It's
the
quality
of
officers.
We've
been
looking
for
quality
candidates
within
these
communities,
absolutely.
B
And
there's
quality
candidates
everywhere
in
every
part
of
this
community,
right
from
the
north
side
of
town
to
the
south
side
of
town,
they're,
good
people
who
want
to
be
police
officers,
but
we
also
have
to
encourage
it.
We
have
to
help
them
understand
the
importance
of
service
in
their
communities
in
which
they
were
born
and
raised
in
which
they
love,
but
we
have
to
invite
them
in
and
one
of
the
charges
I'm
going
to
give
to
all
five
of
those
platforms
is
to
encourage
go
out.
B
All
of
us
have
an
opportunity
to
encourage
citizens
in
this
community
and
wherever
they
may
happen
to
come
from.
One
of
the
greatest
things
you
will
ever
do
in
your
life
is
to
serve
the
community
in
which
you
live
in
whether
you're
a
firefighter
a
police
officer,
a
911
person.
Rather
you
up
work
in
violence
prevention,
or
rather
you
work
in
emergency
management.
B
B
But
I
can't
win
it
by
myself.
I
need
running
backs,
I
need
wide
receivers,
I
need
corners
and
I
need
everybody
to
be
on
the
on
the
on
the
field
in
the
fight
playing
a
role.
So
we
can
win
a
game.
I
want
to
wrap
it
up
here.
Thank
you
all
very
much
and
I
look
forward
to
communicating
with
you
in
the
future.
I
really
do
sincerely.
Thank
you.
G
A
Easy
you
get
what
you
pay
for.
We
need
top
national
talent
right
now
to
lead
this
new
department,
and
that
is
exactly
what
we
got
in
our
soon-to-be
commissioner
alexander.
I
wanted
to
just
make
a
a
another
note
here
in
terms
of
the
next
steps
in
this
process.
We
plan
to
move
forward
with
a
a
council
request
for
this
particular
nomination
later
this
month.
I
believe
it's
on
july,
27th
and
then
in
early
to
mid
august
is
when
the
confirmation
will
ultimately
take
place.
A
A
lot
of
that
is
up
to
the
city
council
on
the
exact
timing,
so
we're
moving
forward
in
as
quick
a
timeline
as
we
possibly
can,
but
we
really
appreciate
all
the
questions
today.
I
appreciate
you
and
of
course
I
appreciate
the
partnership
with
our
soon-to-be
commissioner.
Thank
you
so
much
everybody.
A
A
A
That
consultant
firm
was
working,
chose
to
work
with
someone
who
had
relationships
nationwide,
and
that
was
dr
cedric
alexander,
as
we
began
exploring
a
number
of
different
options
for
our
chief
of
police,
and
I
was
looking
both
locally
and
nationally
for
the
best
possible
experts
to
be
the
commissioner.
What
became
more
and
more
readily
apparent
is
top-tier.
Talent
was
right
in
front
of
me,
and
so
I
began
having
conversations
in
some
cases
hard
conversations
with
dr
cedric
alexander.
He
asked
me
some
very
tough
questions.
A
Is
it
an
easy
lift?
No,
it's
not.
I
think
we
all
know
that
this
is
going
to
be
difficult
and
by
the
way
we
all
know
that,
after
the
pomp
and
circumstance
of
this
particular
press
conference
in
a
number
of
weeks,
when
dr
cedric
alexander
is
on
the
job,
things
are
going
to
get
tough
and
when
they
do,
we
got
to
stay
united.
We
have
to
stay
a
team
because
he
and
I
are
going
to
be
working
together
every
single
day.
Thank
you
so
much.
Everyone.