FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS HENRY SANTANA AT-LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. TODAY IS DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 AND
THE EXACT TIME IS 11:07 A.M. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAM BOSTON DA GOV SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH
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SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR
CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PAC SHANE DART PAC BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST. TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET
NUMBER 0336. ORDER FOR A SERIES OF HEARINGS REGARDING ALL CITY OF BOSTON GRANTS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY
COUNCIL BY MYSELF COUNCILOR AT FLYNN AND COUNCILOR BRIAN MORROW AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 29, 2025. WELL READ THE DIFFERENT COURSE
THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY TALKING NUMBER 1400 IS A MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT
OF $3,966,900 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 26 SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND A COMPREHENSIVE INTER-AGENCY STRATEGY THAT CONNECTS LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. DOCKET NUMBER 1409 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND
THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 AND ONE PENNY IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 23 NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND A DRUG CONTROL UNIT.
THOSE TWO MATTERS ARE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST SIX, 2025. DOCKET NUMBER 1548 MESSAGE AN
ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $4,125,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 26
PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT SUPPORT AND INCENTIVE AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SECURITY AND WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ENHANCED 911 SERVICES. NUMBER 15549. MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT
AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $528,000. $528,156.32 AND A FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 26 STATE 11
TRAINING GRANT AWARDED BY THE ARMY EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF A
HANDS 911 TELECOMMUNICATIONS STAFF. THESE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WERE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 27TH, 2025. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY
COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR FLYNN AND COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY. I'LL GIVE BOTH MY COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GIVE
OPENING REMARKS AND I WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT. COUNCILOR FRIENDLY OF THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS IMPORTANT HEARING AS WE DISCUSS VARIOUS
GRANTS FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HERE AS
WELL AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY DEALING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY CHALLENGES BUT
ALSO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND AND FOR RESIDENTS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE CITY OF BOSTON HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO A CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY IN A LOT OF THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDING VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SUPPORTING SUPPORTING SURVIVORS
OF CRIME AS WELL. I RESPECT THE WORK YOU'RE DOING . LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK MR JO. ALSO BEING A COUNCILOR FRIEND,
COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THESE IMPORTANT GRANTS FROM BOTH PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMISSION KNOWING THAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. SOME YOUTH DEVELOPMENT MONEY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS SHOWING UP AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE WORK
YOU DO. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MURPHY, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND PANEL FOR COMING TO SPEAK ON THESE IMPORTANT GRANTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S DISCUSSION ON THE GRANTS
AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY. THESE GRANTS WOULD CONNECT
AGENCIES TO REDUCE YOUTH VIOLENCE FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND TO DRUG CONTROL UNIT FUND ADDRESS VERIFICATION FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SEX
OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD AND ENHANCE 911 SERVICES AND STAFFING. THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES DEPENDS ON THESE SERVICES WHETHER THEY INVOLVE INTERAGENCY STRATEGIES, FULLY
FUNCTIONING REPORTING SYSTEMS OR DYNAMIC 911 SERVICES. THESE SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITIES SAFETY. THESE GRANTS WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY RESOURCES FOR THIS CONTINUED WORK AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION ON THESE GRANTS. I ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT RUFUS LOUIJEUNE. BEFORE I INTRODUCE TO TODAY'S PANEL COUNCIL PRESIDENT DO YOU
HAVE ANY OPENING REMARKS? NOPE. JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I'M INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE GRANTS AND HOW
THEY'RE SUPPORTING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE TWO POLICE DEPARTMENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. WE'VE HAD SOME HEARINGS ABOUT 911 OPERATIONS NOW ABOUT HOW
THE TECHNOLOGY CAN NEEDS TO BE DRASTICALLY IMPROVED. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM EVERYONE. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT WE'VE ALSO
BEEN JOINED BY CITY COUNCILOR GABRIELLA POTTER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR ANY OPENING REMARKS. COUNCILOR I THINK YOU KNOW OPENING REMARKS JUST HELLO AGAIN TO RYAN AND THE BRICK. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU LAST
NIGHT. ANY SPACE FOR COMPSTAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO UNDERSTANDING WHERE THESE GRANTS ARE GOING AND HOW IT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. THANK YOU. THINK IT COMES WITH A LOT OF SUPPORT. I WOULD LIKE NOW TO INTRODUCE
TODAY'S PANELISTS WITH US WE HAVE FRANK DELUCA WHO WAS AS WELL AS Y PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE DANIEL DUFF WHO'S THE COMMANDER WITH THE HOMICIDE UNIT WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. CHRISTOPHER FOR MIKE NOTICE THAT I'M PART DIRECTOR
OF OPERATIONS DIVISION WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. RYAN WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE CENTER BROOKE WITH THE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS WITH THE BOSTON POLICE
DEPARTMENT. AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THE FAMOUS MARIO CHEEVERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO
YOU. I THINK AGAIN, I'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ROLE FOR THE RECORD AND I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU ALL FOR ANY PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. I WAS ACTUALLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD GRANT BUT THEN I WAS NOTIFIED RIGHT BEFORE THE HEARING THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED SO I WILL NOT TAKE UP
PEOPLE'S TIME HANDED OVER TO RYAN NEXT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNCILORS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY TODAY IN SUPPORT OF A FUNDING AWARD FROM THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 IN THE AMOUNT OF $850,000 AND TO DISCUSS OUR PLANS TO UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
MY NAME IS RYAN WALSH. I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUS REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WITHIN THE BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE BRICS MISSION IS TO SERVE AS THE REGION CENTRAL POINT FOR THE
COLLECTION SYNTHESIS ANALYSIS AND DISSEMINATION OF STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FIRST RESPONDER AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS IS A RESOURCE THAT SUPPORTS THE CITY'S PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES BY ANALYZING,
MAINTAINING AND SHARING INFORMATION IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE PRIVACY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF OUR CITIZENS. WITH THAT GOAL IN MIND WE HOPE TO USE THIS FUNDING TO SUSTAIN
FIVE INTELLIGENCE ANALYST POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HIRED PREVIOUSLY USING APPROVED FUNDING FROM THIS LINE ITEM TWO OF THESE POSITIONS ARE CURRENTLY SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY COMPSTAT PROGRAM ENABLING THE DEPARTMENT TO HOST
23 COMMUNITY COMPSTAT MEETINGS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS INCLUDING JUST LAST NIGHT IN EAST BOSTON. AS WE'VE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST COMMUNITY COMPSTAT IS A NEW TOOL THAT WILL SUPPORT THE
ONGOING EFFORTS TO BUILD TRUST WITHIN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY INCREASE PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING EFFORTS. WE ANTICIPATE HOSTING AT LEAST
TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH MOVING FORWARD AS THIS PROGRAM MATURES WE ANTICIPATE DEDICATING THE REMAINDER OF THIS FUNDING TO THE SUSTAINMENT OF THREE AND A HALF ANALYST POSITIONS ON OUR CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS TEAM. THESE ANALYSTS SUPPORT OUR
FIREARM VIOLENCE ANALYSIS, SEXUAL ASSAULT ANALYSIS AND ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME ANALYSIS EFFORTS. THIS FUNDING WILL SUSTAIN AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST POSITION SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT SEXUAL ASSAULT UNIT PROVIDING
DIRECT INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT TO DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING THESE MAJOR OFFENSES AND ALSO PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS ON DRINK SPIKING INCIDENTS IN THE CITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUNDING SUPPORTS AN INTELLIGENCE
ANALYST POSITION FOCUSED ON FIREARM VIOLENCE AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ANALYTIC INSIGHTS ON FIREARM TRAFFICKING IN THE CITY INCLUDING ENHANCING THE ANNUAL PUBLIC REPORT REQUIRED UNDER THE ORDINANCE THE COUNCIL PASSED IN 2023
REQUIRING THE STUDY AND REPORT ON THE TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS. THIS FUNDING ALSO SUPPORTS ANOTHER HALF OF AN ANALYST SALARY WHO'S FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING THE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE
ENHANCING OUR FIREARM VIOLENCE INTELLIGENCE EFFORTS. FINALLY, THE FUNDING HAS ALSO ALLOWED US TO HIRE A DEDICATED ANALYST WHO IS FOCUSED ON ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT'S SAFE SHOPPING INITIATIVE.
JUST LAST MONTH WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY COMP SET FOR RETAIL PARTNERS IN THE BACK BAY, FENWAY AND SOUTHEND NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THE POSITION HAS ALLOWED US TO SHARE VALUABLE INSIGHTS AND INFORM OFFICERS AND THE
COMMUNITY ABOUT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN RETAIL CRIME AS WELL AS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SUPPORT PROSECUTION OF SIGNIFICANT REPEAT OFFENDERS AND ORGANIZED THEFT GROUPS.
EACH OF THESE ANALYSTS WORK PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GREATER COLLABORATION WITH KEY PARTNERS WITHIN THE CITY. THIS WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO BETTER ANALYZE, UNDERSTAND AND POSITIVELY IMPACT CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN AREAS
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS INCLUDING THE STATE POLICE, TRANSIT POLICE AND MASSPORT POLICE. THE ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY THE BROOKE ANALYSTS IS CRITICAL TO THE DEPARTMENT'S DATA DRIVEN COMMUNITY POLICING MODEL AND ENSURES THAT RESOURCES ARE
FOCUSED MOST STRATEGICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY IN THE INTERESTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROTECTING PRIVACY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES OF ALL ULTIMATELY SUSTAINING THESE CRITICAL PERSONNEL WILL ENHANCE OUR
ANALYTIC CAPABILITY AND PROVIDE COUNTLESS BENEFITS TO THE CITY THROUGH OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT A DIVERSE RANGE OF DATA DRIVEN STRATEGIES AND RELATED NEEDS. THE FUNDING PRESENTS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DISCUSSING THIS
REQUEST WITH YOU AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. GOOD MORNING COUNCILORS CHRIS
MARQUIS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OPERATIONS NO. ONE DIVISION FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF TWO GRANTS THAT THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES AND ADMINISTERS IN REGARDS TO THE ENHANCED NINE YEAR ONE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE FIRST GRANT IS CRITICAL FUNDING.
IT IS A911 SUPPORT GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,125,000 THAT GRANTS ARE AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY THE STATE NAME ONE DEPARTMENT IT ENABLES US TO FUND OUR CAD SYSTEM
MAINTENANCE WHICH IS THE BACKBONE THE TECHNICAL BACKBONE OF THE NINE ONE RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON AMONGST ALL THREE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES. BOSTON FIRE ALARM, BOSTON EMS
AND BOSTON POLICE OPERATIONS. IT ALSO HELPS THE CITY DEFRAY THE COST OF STAFFING THE NINE ONE OPERATION CENTER IN ALL THREE PUBLIC SAFETY LOCATIONS. IT'S CRITICAL FUNDING.
IT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT THAT THE CITY RECEIVES BASED ON CALL VOLUME AND POPULATION. THE SECOND GRANT THAT I'M HERE SPEAKING ON IS THE TRAINING GRANT 4911 THAT GRANT IS THE
AMOUNT OF $528,156.32. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THE $0.32 BUT APPARENTLY IT'S NOT. IT'S THE FORMULAS THAT GRANT IS ALSO CRITICAL IN NATURE THAT IS ALSO DEFRAYED OR DIVIDED
BETWEEN THE THREE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AND THE CITY OF BOSTON EMS, BOSTON FIRE ALARM AND POLICE OPERATIONS THAT GRANT ASSISTS US IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR NINE ONE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND DISPATCHERS AMONGST ALL THREE AGENCIES ARE CERTIFIED AND UP TO DATE ON THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND ANY OTHER TRAINING THAT WE DEEM NECESSARY FOR OUR
EMPLOYEES THAT THAT GRANT GOES TO FUND. IT'S CRITICAL IT'S IT REALLY HELPS THE CITY IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST TRAINED STAFF IN THE COUNTRY TO ANSWER THOSE 911 CALLS AND WELCOME ANY
QUESTIONS WE HAVE. WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO I KNOW SOME OF THE COUNCILORS I THINK EVERYBODY SPUN UP AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER AND TRAINED IN, YOU KNOW, TOWARD OPERATIONS AND NINE ONE AT POLICE OPERATIONS
ANYWAYS AND EMS AND WE ALWAYS WELCOME THE COUNCIL TO COME UP AND TAKE A LOOK AND SEE AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING UP THERE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
I'M LIEUTENANT DAN DUFF. THE BOSTON POLICE HOMICIDE UNIT. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT A GRANT WE RECEIVED FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EVERY YEAR THE
MASSACHUSETTS VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM GRANT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THEM SINCE 2003 . OUR STAFF MEETS WITH THE INJURY
SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM STAFF FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH KATE CHAMBERLAIN AND SHEILA HARRIS. EVERY YEAR OR A FEW DATA ELEMENTS ABOUT THE TYPES
OF HOMICIDES THAT OCCUR IN THE CITY. THIS INFORMATION INCLUDES CIRCUMSTANCES, SUSPECTS, RELATIONSHIP UPS BETWEEN SUSPECTS AND VICTIMS OR ALSO
FIREARMS AND BALLISTICS INFORMATION. THE STAFF FROM BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REVIEWS THE APPROXIMATE VOLUME OF VIOLENT DEATHS ANTICIPATED EACH YEAR AND DEVELOP A PLANNING PROCESS
WITHIN THE PPD OF THE DATA AND DATA UPDATES FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WE REVIEW SUSPICIOUS DEATHS THAT MAY BE PENDING IN A
PENDING CAUSE AND MANNER. WE ALSO IDENTIFY ENTIRE YEAR CASES GENERALLY TWO YEARS PREVIOUSLY. SO THIS PAST YEAR WE WORKED ON
THE 2023 CASES WITH THEM AND WE GIVE THEM ALL THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. THEY ALSO USE OTHER DATA FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER AS WELL AS INFORMATION
THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE MEDIA TO COMPILE THEIR INFORMATION. WE SIT WITH THEM AND WE PROVIDE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO THEIR PROGRAM STAFF NEEDED FOR THE
INTERPRETATION OF THE DATA AND ATTEND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN ADDITION TO RECEIVING DATA FROM THE HOMICIDE UNIT ANALYST THEIR INJURY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
STAFF MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOMICIDE SQUADS AND THE HOMICIDE SQUAD SUPERVISES TO ADD CONTEXT TO THE INDIVIDUAL CASES IN THE PAST THE MONEY HAS
FROM THE GRANT HAS BEEN USED TO BUY EQUIPMENT THAT ISN'T OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT. BUT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS WE'VE BEEN USING THE MONEY SOLELY FOR TRAINING AS OUR TRAINING BUDGET IS VERY LIMITED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING COUNSELORS. MY NAME IS FRANK DELUCA, A
PROGRAM COORDINATOR IN THE OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I HAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ASSIST WHY I FOR YOU THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS BEEN AWARDED
OVER $3.9 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO SUPPORT ITS SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH
INITIATIVE OR ASSIST Y AND THAT'S FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 TO 28 REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACTING AS THE S Y I GRANTEE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT TO THE S IS WHY I PROGRAM AS IT WORKS WITH COMMUNITY COALITIONS TO IMPLEMENT A COMBINED IND PUBLIC
HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORT TOWARD ELIMINATING YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. IT'S JUST WHY I FOCUSES ON YOUNG ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES
OF 17 TO 24 BOTH MALE AND FEMALE WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS PROVEN RISKS. THAT MEANS THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE PERPETRATORS OR VICTIMS OF SHOOTING VIOLENCE AND THIS IS WHY I RECEIVED REFERRALS FOR
THE PROGRAM FROM OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS SUCH AS THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, SUFFOLK COUNTY HOUSE OF CORRECTION AND ITS NATIONAL
STREET JAIL. IN ADDITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE FROM THESE REFERRALS, BPD IDENTIFIES THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WHO SATISFY THE SS Y ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WHICH IS PRESCRIBED BY THE FUNDER THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
THE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO BE THE PROGRAM'S LEAD AGENCY. THE COMMISSION'S SSI CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM COORDINATES DELIVERY OF INTERVENTION
SERVICES TO THOSE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AS SS Y ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WHILE ALSO PROVIDING INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. THE CASE MANAGERS REFER THEIR
PARTICIPANTS TO PARTNERING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER BEHAVIOR HEALTH COUNSELING, EMPLOYMENT OR EDUCATION SERVICES.
THE COMMISSION CONTRACTS CURRENTLY WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN MORE THAN WORDS AND IN A CITY WEIGHTLIFTING TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WITH THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES BOSTON TO
PROVIDE EDUCATION SERVICES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS WITH THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER TO PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THROUGH THESE SERVICE
PROVISIONS. THE BOSTON'S ESSENCE WHY I PROGRAM ENGAGES PROVEN RISK YOUNG ADULTS DIRECTS THEM AWAY FROM A LIFE OF CONTINUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO STREET VIOLENCE
AND INTRODUCES THEM TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A MORE POSITIVE PRO-SOCIAL PROSOCIAL ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE.
AND I'M JOINED BY ROY MARTIN WHO'S THE SS WHITE DIRECTOR AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION. THANK YOU.
AWESOME. WELL, THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL GOING THROUGH THOSE GRANTS JUST BEFORE WE GO INTO CROSSWORD QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO JUST
CLARIFY SOMETHING UNFORTUNATELY, DR. WALSH, THE GRANT THAT YOU ARE HERE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF THERE WAS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND IT
WASN'T PROPERLY NOTICED IN THIS HEARING AND THEREFORE WE WILL NO LONGER TALK ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR GRANT. WE WILL I WILL TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ON HOW DO WE GET IT THROUGH
THE REST OF THE YEAR BUT JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T PROPERLY NOTICE WE WILL NOT BE TALKING ABOUT THE GRANT AND COUNCILORS WILL NOT BE ASKING QUESTIONS OR
I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TESTIFYING ON ANY OTHER GROUNDS BUT IF YOU ARE NOT I WILL I'M HAPPY TO DISMISS YOU FROM THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO PROBLEM, DAWSON.
THANKS. SO WITH THAT I WILL NOW. SO I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE BEEN JOINED BY CITY
COUNCILOR AT LARGE JULIAN BOND HERE AND NOW WE WILL GO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF REVIVAL FOR COUNCILOR QUESTIONS I WANT TO GIVE 5 MINUTES PER FOR EACH
COUNCILOR FOR THE FIRST ROUND AND IF WE HAVE IT WE NEED ANOTHER ROUND WE CAN DO THAT BUT SO LET'S START WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MR CHAIR AND THANK
YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE PRESENT HERE AND THE TESTIMONY YOU PROVIDED. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE
CITY AND INTERESTED IN A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID IN MAYBE MAYBE I'LL START WITH WITH WITH WITH YOU FRANK CAN YOU TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION AND WHAT IS THE
OVERALL GOAL IN HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THAT? HOW ARE WE ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL? BUT I ALSO WANT TO BEFORE BEFORE YOU ANSWER I ALSO WANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE I WORK WITH YOU ON ON REENTRY ISSUES WHEN I WAS A PROBATION OFFICER AND YOU DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB WORKING WITH PEOPLE COMING OUT OF JAIL IN PRISON PROVIDING THEM HOPE AND
OPPORTUNITY AND ALWAYS IN ENCOURAGING WORD TO PEOPLE. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROFESSIONALISM FOR SO MANY YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR FLYNN.
THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM THERE IS INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF SS Y AND THE IDEA IS
SIMPLY TO REDUCE ANY STREET VIOLENCE MOSTLY SHOOTING VIOLENCE THAT WILL OCCUR
ESPECIALLY IN THIS AGE GROUP 17 TO 24 AND BY MY PROVIDING THESE SERVICES THAT I MENTIONED EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT THE THE CASE MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO REDIRECT THESE PEOPLE THESE YOUNG ADULTS AND THE WORK IS
IMPORTANT AND CERTAINLY THE RECENT SUCCESS OF MANIFESTED BY THE REDUCED NUMBERS OF HOMICIDES AND OTHER VIOLENT
CRIME DEFINITELY HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY OUR CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THEY DO UNSUNG WORK WORKING
WITH SOME EXTREMELY VIOLENT INDIVIDUALS AND THANK GOD WE HAVE THEM. I DO HAVE AS I SAID DIRECTOR ROY MARTIN HERE WHO COULD EVEN
ADDRESS IN MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COUNSELOR FLYNN THANK YOU, SIR. SO I MEAN TO BE VERY BRIEF OUR GOAL IS PROBABLY THE NARROWEST OF ANY PROGRAM IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON BECAUSE WE'RE FOCUSED STRICTLY ON FIREARM VIOLENCE AND YOU KNOW, THE FIRST GOAL IS TO OUTREACH AND ENGAGE AND
ENROLL INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS FIREARM VIOLENCE REDUCTION BOTH
PERPETRATION AND VICTIMIZATION. SO THAT'S AS BRIEF AS I AS I COULD STATE IT. BUT IT'S VERY NARROW SCOPE FIREARM VIOLENCE AND YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR
WHAT 14 YEARS COLLECTIVELY AND WE'VE NOT PIVOTED FROM THE STRATEGY. WE STUCK WITH IT AND I THINK WILL YIELD IN THE RESULTS. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I DON'T REMEMBER FOR WAS OBVIOUSLY RYAN IS GONE BUT I WASN'T SURE LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT DUFF, WERE YOU
TALKING ABOUT SPIKED DRINKS OR WAS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS AN ISSUE I'M CONCERNED WITH ABOUT THIS THE SPIKING OF DRINKS.
THE OTHER ISSUE I THINK I WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT'S ALSO COULD I ASK YOU SOMETHING, MARIA? OKAY.
THIS IS AN ISSUE I'VE WORKED ON FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS AND WANT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING OR WHAT STEPS WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO
TO SUPPORT MOSTLY WOMEN I THINK OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE BUT ALSO SURVIVORS BUT HOW WE CAN PREVENT IT IN A PUBLIC ANY TYPE
OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OUTREACH THAT COULD BE HELPFUL TO PREVENT ANY TYPE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL VIOLENCE. JUST WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOUR
THOUGHTS MIGHT BE. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THAT SENTENCE AND YOUR THE WORK YOU'VE SORT OF BROUGHT TO THIS TOPIC OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND
DEFINITELY SEEING THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT WITH REGARD TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT WE DID REAPPLY FOR OUR SAKI MONEY. WE PUT THAT APPLICATION IN IN
SEPTEMBER AND WE EXTENDED OUR FBI 21 SAKI MONEY. SAKI IS THE SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT INITIATIVE. OKAY. AND WITH THAT SAID WHAT WE WILL
WILL BE DOING WITH OUR LAST YEAR OF FUNDING IN THE FBI 21 MONEY IS WE RECEIVED A BUDGET REVISION APPROVAL TO TAKE THE MONEY THAT WASN'T SPENT DOWN
YET AND MOVE IT TOWARDS THE TRANSITION WITHIN THE FORENSIC LAB AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR SEROLOGY TESTING TO WHY SCREENING NOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T BECAUSE YOU TEND TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN MOST PEOPLE. BUT THE RESULTS OF BEING ABLE TO INTERNALLY TEST WITH WHY SCREENING VERSUS SEROLOGY
SCREENING IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FORENSIC LAB COULD BE UP TO A 25% INCREASE AND US BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY PROFILE READY DNA
THAT THEN GETS UPLOADED INTO THE CODIS DATABASE AND OFTENTIMES WHEN IT GETS UPLOADED TO THAT DATABASE THERE IS A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE
OF PROFILE DATA THAT GETS MATCHED TO A PERSON'S NAME AND OFTENTIMES WHEN IT'S MATCHED TO THAT PERSON'S NAME, THAT PERSON COULD HAVE COMMITTED TWO OR THREE SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, THIS ONE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, ONE IN CALIFORNIA. BUT IT'S A NATIONAL DATABASE. IT ALLOWS US TO ALSO GET THAT PERSON WHOSE DNA WAS RETESTED THROUGH THIS SAKAI GRANT ON OTHER CASES.
AND THEN WE BEGIN TO BUILD A CASE OUT FROM THOSE CODIS SETS. SO AGAIN, WE START WITH BEING ABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB UP TO 25% OF THE TIME INTERNALLY
WITHIN THE FORENSIC LAB BY SWITCHING OVER TO Y SCREENING. AND SO WE TOOK WE'RE TAKING SOME FUNDING FROM THE 2021 GRANT AND WE TRENDS WHERE WE WE
DID A BUDGET REVISION TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH THE TRANSITION FROM SEROLOGY TO Y SCREENING AND THEN WE APPLIED FOR THE 2025 GRANT YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT THAT IN PROBABLY FEBRUARY MARCH AND THERE'S ALSO MONEY IN THE F Y 25 GRANT WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IF IT GETS APPROVED AND WHEN WE HEAR MORE DETAIL
BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME MONEY IN THAT WE SET ASIDE TO CONTINUE THE TRANSITION TO Y SCREENING ABILITIES WITHIN OUR FORENSIC LAB. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A
DIFFERENT LAB GRANT THAT IS THAT WE ALSO DID A BUDGET REVISION ON TO ALLOW US TO GET SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THE TRANSITION SO THE PSAKI GRANT DOESN'T PAY FOR
EQUIPMENT, THE OTHER GRANT DOES. SO THE COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THOSE GRANTS AND DON'T GET ME WRONG I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GOING TO COVER ALL OF THE TRANSITION BUT IT DOES A
GOOD JOB IN ENABLING US TO LAUNCH A TRANSITION FROM SEROLOGY TO Y SCREENING. SO THAT'S THAT'S A HUGE VICTORY AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU IN
PART FOR THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR INTEREST IN THIS MATTER. I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT IN TERMS OF THE 2021 PSAKI INITIATIVE, I THINK IT DID
BRING A LOT OF LIGHT AND ATTENTION TO THAT RECOMMENDATION AND THAT ALSO HELPED BRING FORTH THE NEED TO TRANSITION FROM SEROLOGY TO Y SCREENING. WELL, THANK YOU, MARIA.
I'M OUT OF QUESTIONS BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MARIA, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT THE POLICE FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND OUTSTANDING WORK ON BEHALF
OF THE BOSTON POLICE IN THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU, MARIA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR TRUMP. THANK COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR MURPHY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THESE GRANTS. JUST A FEW SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE SWI I GRANT ALMOST 4
MILLION YOU COULD USE MORE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY BUT YOU MENTIONED MORE THAN WORDS AND MAYBE A GYM ARE THERE OTHER AGENCIES YOU PARTNER WITH WITH THIS MONEY OR WOULD THAT BE OTHER MONEY THAT'S USED TO
PARTNER WITH OTHER NONPROFITS? WE PARTNER WITH MORE OF THEM HERE. WELL CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH MORE THAN WORDS IN A CITY WEIGHTLIFTING CATHOLIC
CHARITIES BOSTON AND THE BMC THE BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER THERE ARE ALSO A HOST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT AREN'T UNDER CONTRACT THAT WE CAN GET
INTO. SO ONE IS OBVIOUSLY WHILE YOU WHO'S THE BIG CITY PARTNER AND SORT OF THIS A DEMOGRAPHIC BUT SINCE THEY'VE MOVED TO THEY'RE
PRETTY MUCH LIKE A CITY PROGRAM NOW SO THEY'RE PARTNER JUST NOT FUNDED AND SO WE CLEARLY USE ALL THE OTHER WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR?
YOUTH OPTIONS UNLIMITED. OKAY AND WHAT WHAT DO THEY FOCUS ON CAREER EXPLORATION, JOB DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY'RE AN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SHORT ANSWER COUNCIL SOME NO, NO THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, BESIDES ARRESTS OR CRIME STATS, WHAT OTHER WAYS ARE WE
MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THE WORK YOU DO BESIDES ARRESTS AND CRIMES? THAT'S ARE THERE OTHER WAYS WE WELL, FIRST METRIC IS
ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S A ROSTER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE REFERRED TO US FROM SOME LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCE AND THERE COULD BE REENTRY IT COULD BE
YOU KNOW OFFICERS WERE BOOTS ON THE GROUND GANG UNIT PROBATION, PAROLE COURTS BUT FOLKS WHO WOULD KNOW THE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'S REFERRED AND THE TOUGHEST
THING IS TO CONNECT WITH THEM. SO THAT'S THE FIRST METRIC. DID YOU GET THEM HOW LONG WE RETAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THEN THE METRICS IN TERMS
OF WHAT THEY ARE ENGAGED WITH LIKE YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRAMMATIC KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AREAS ARE EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN CASE MANAGEMENT.
SO WE MEASURE ACTIVITY IN THOSE CATEGORIES AS WELL AND THEN YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE MEET OUR PROJECTED LIKE ENROLLMENT
TARGET NUMBERS. TARGET PROBABLY IS NOT A GOOD WORD TO USE IN THIS CONTEXT BUT WE ALSO MEASURE THAT AS WELL. SO NO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND I KNOW WHAT IT
MEANT BUT YOU PROBABLY WORK CLOSELY WITH LIKE THE SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTER. WE DO SO AGAIN WE MENTIONED NOTRE DAME EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX
AS A CONTRACTED PARTNER. THE CITY OF BOSTON'S RE-ENGAGEMENT CENTER IS PROBABLY OUR GREATEST IN-KIND EDUCATION CITY PARTNER SO THAT
RELATIONSHIP WE'VE BEEN IN SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PROGRAM WE JUST DON'T HAVE A FINANCIAL CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BUT THAT'S ONE
OF OUR STRONGEST RELATIONSHIPS AND THEN UH DID YOU ASK MORE OF THAT? NO KNOWS ABOUT EDUCATION. OKAY. AND THEN TYPICALLY WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE CITYWIDE
VIOLENCE PREVENTION MEANS WHERE ARE THE BEEPS? I CAN'T THINK OF THE EXACT NAME RIGHT NOW BUT YOU'RE INCLUDED. THEY CALL YOU IN FOR ALL THAT
WORK AND REFERRALS BACK AND FORTH AS WELL. SO SO YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE DEATH REPORTING I MEAN IT'S
A SMALL GRANT IT'S ONLY $10,000 BUT IS IT MAINLY TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OR THE TIME LIKE OR HOW WE SHARE OUT TO FAMILY
MEMBERS OR JUST IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH REPORTING INFORMATION UP TO THE STATE. THEY TAKE THE DATA THAT THEY HAVE AND THEY REPORT IT UP TO THE CDC AND THAT WAY THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPARE STATE BY STATE
AND SHOW THE DIFFERENCES IN VIOLENT DEATH OCCURRENCES WITHIN THOSE RESPECTIVE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. MASSACHUSETTS HAS A VERY LOW
VIOLENT DEATH STAT COMPARED TO SOME OTHER STATES. RIGHT. BUT THAT HELPS GET OUR NUMBERS UP THERE. IT BE PART OF THE DATA. YES. THANK YOU.
AND I KNOW WE'VE I'VE VISITED A COUPLE TIMES AND WE'VE HAD HEARINGS ON OUR 911 CALL SYSTEM. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND ON BOTH SIDES I KNOW I SEE THE EMT
HERE ALSO EMS SIDE OF OUR 911 CALL SERVICE SO JUST WE HAVE TO JUST CONTINUE GOING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON ALSO WITH UPGRADES NEEDED ON BOTH SIDES AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
TRAINING AND THE PAY AND EVERYTHING BUT THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ADVOCATING FOR THE STAFF THAT'S THERE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOE. THANK YOU COUNSELOR MURPHY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE,
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THIS AS
WHY DO DO YOU WORK? I MEAN I HEAR THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BPH USE VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM. IS THAT ONE THAT YOU WORK WITH
? UM NO THERE THEIR SCOPE IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN OURS. THEIRS IS MORE OF A GEOGRAPHICAL FOOTPRINT NEIGHBORHOOD BASED PROGRAM
WHERE OURS IS MORE DIRECT SERVICE YOU KNOW PERSON TO PERSON CASE MANAGEMENT AND SO
YEAH, IT'S JUST THE THE I GUESS THE OUTPUTS OF BOTH PROGRAMS SO YOU KNOW VERY DIFFERENT BUT YOU KNOW THEY ALSO HAD THE ABILITY TO REFER INTO OUR PROGRAM AS
WELL IF THEY COME ACROSS INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE THE SAME ENTRY CRITERIA AS THE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR PROGRAM. SO IN THE PROCESS TO SAYING YOU
KNOW, SEND IT THROUGH TO THE BREAK TO GET VETTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE INDICATORS ON THEIR CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE ON THE PROGRAM RISK. THANK YOU.
DO YOU WORK AT ALL WITH OR HAVE YOU WORKED AT ALL WITH ISAAC DIABLO WHO USED TO BE HE'S NOW THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE UNDER.
YES. YOU ARE UNDER THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION NOW. YES BPD HAD BEEN YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO YOU WERE BOTH ARE WITH BPH
OR WITH BP? SEE, I'M WITH BP. OKAY. IF RATES WITH BP SO THE MONEY COMES THROUGH THE BP IT GOES TO THE BPH. SEE WHAT HURTS WORK EXACTLY.
OKAY, GREAT. BECAUSE I WAS I WAS GOING TO GET VERY WORRIED TOO IF IF YOUR WORK WAS VERY SEPARATE FROM ISAAC'S WORK BECAUSE I OH NO, THIS IS VERY MUCH BECAUSE I'VE CALLED AND I'M LIKE WHAT IT'S
AND TRIED TO GET PEOPLE REFERRED FOR SERVICES AND ACTUALLY OUR WORK WAS CONNECTED PRIOR TO HIM. OKAY GOING OVER TO THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS WELL SO YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING PRETTY
WELL. WE'RE ENCOURAGED ABOUT ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SURE HE CAN SPEAK MORE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE OFFICE. IT'S JUST RELATIVELY BRAND NEW .
BUT YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE WHEELHOUSE BUT SOMETHING I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY FOLKS ABOUT
COUNTRIES THAT HAVE WITH DIABLO AND OTHERS ABOUT AND THIS GOES A LITTLE FURTHER THAN 17 TO 24 BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES LIKE
OFTENTIMES SHOOTINGS IN I WANT TO BE ACCURATE I ALWAYS WANT TO BE ACCURATE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SHOOTINGS THAT DO HAPPEN, THEY TEND TO NOT BE A YOUNG PERSON
BEHIND THE TRIGGER. IT'S LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER. CORRECT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE 25 TO 35, CORRECT. 40 RIGHT. CORRECT. RIGHT. IS THAT THAT THAT THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.
AND SO THEY SEEM TO BE SORT OF LIKE IN THIS LOST WORLD OF SERVICES THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT IS SO CAN YOU TALK TO THAT?
THAT'S WHAT I ASSUME SO. SS WHY EXIST WITHIN WHAT IS NOW IS RELATIVELY NEW AS WELL? THE LIFE COURSE HEALTH UNIT AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMISSION UNDER THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. SO I KNOW THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL BUT THAT PROGRAM IS AT THE
EXTREME END OF OUR CONTINUE ON WITH SERVICES AND SO THAT'S 25 YEAR OLD AND BEYOND UP UNTIL INFINITY AND WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT AGAIN? THE LIFE MEN'S HEALTH.
WELL THAT PROGRAM IS CALLED THE MEN'S HEALTH INITIATIVE. IS IT IS IT SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE CAUGHT INVOLVED IT'S IT'S OR IS IT FOR EVERYONE
? NO, IT'S THE SAME CRITERIAS AS IS WHY IS SPECIFIC TO FIREARM INVOLVE INVOLVEMENT OR SOME FORM OF EXPLOSIVE COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE INCIDENT SO YOU KNOW IN TERMS OF THE COMPLETE CONTINUUM WE ALSO HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED P TO BOSTON WHICH IS MORE OF A PILOT RIGHT
NOW BUT THAT WAS US AND THAT ACTUALLY CAME AS A RESULT OF A HEARING WE HAD WITH LIKE COUNCIL OF LAND COUNCIL MURPHY AND THEN COUNCILOR FLAHERTY WHERE THERE WAS A PUSH FOR US
TO IDENTIFY THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE INTERVENTIONS POSSIBLE BY WHERE WAS THAT MOMENT WHERE WE COULD HAVE LEARNED REALLY EARLY ON THAT WE HAD AN
EMERGENT PROBLEM ON THE HORIZON AND SO THAT IS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 16 AND UNDER. SO THE CONTINUUM IS SO THAT WE
UP OUR ABILITY AS A CITY TO ENGAGE AND ENROLL AND START WORKING WITH ANYBODY THAT EXHIBITS THIS TYPE OF EXPLOSIVE BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITY. SO. SS WHY IS OUR FLAGSHIP PRODUCT
IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMING IS BUILT OFF OF THAT TEMPLATE IS JUST MORE A SPECIFIC LIKE FOR INSTANCE WHERE P TO WE KIND OF GOT OUR BUTTS KICKED REALLY
EARLY ON BECAUSE WHAT LEARNED IS THAT'S REALLY A PARENT PROGRAM LIKE AT A CERTAIN AGE UP TO A CERTAIN AGE LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN'T CONSENT THEMSELVES
TO CERTAIN SERVICES. THEY CAN AGREE TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO EXAMINE THEIR RECORDS LIKE SCHOOL RECORDS AND FOR THE MOST PART YOU NEED A PARENT
PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE CERTAIN OUTCOMES WITH A YOUNG PERSON. AND THEN AS YOU MENTIONED, THE AND YOU'RE CORRECT THE MAJORITY OF CERTAIN CRIMES ARE ACTUALLY OCCURRING WITH INDIVIDUALS OVER
THE AGE OF 24. AND SO WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, AT OUR PARTNERSHIP TO START TO CREATE PROGRAMING THAT COULD FIT THAT AS WELL.
AND SO THE OVERALL NUMBER OF PERSONS THAT YOU WOULD ANTICIPATE WOULD BE IN NEED OF SERVICES IS NOT AS HIGH AS THAT 17 TO 24 YEAR OLD CHUNK
THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHUNK. BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT THAT 25 AND OVER IS LIKE THE NEXT BIGGEST AND THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL WITH
THAT PROGRAM BUT EVERYTHING IS BASED OFF THE SSRI PARADIGM WHICH PRIOR TO THAT WAS BASED OFF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S PACT PARADIGM PARTNERSHIP ADVANCE
AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER. SO THIS GROUP HAS BEEN TOGETHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME. YOU KNOW, ONCE THE STATE STARTED TO TAKE OVER AND FUND
SS Y WHICH YOU KNOW GLENDALE IN HIS TEAM BEEN VERY GOOD TO US. WE WENT AGAIN VERY A'S IN EXPERIENTIAL YOU KNOW,
DEMOGRAPHICS 17 TO 24 SPECIFIC SO THAT KIND OF ELIMINATED THE ABILITY TO GO OUTSIDE THOSE THOSE AGE RANGES. BUT ONCE WE KIND OF YOU KNOW WE
GOT OUR FEET UNDER US PRETTY GOOD THEN WE EXPANDED OUTWARDS TO THE OTHER AGE RANGES SO SO YOU'RE CORRECT AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE IN FRONT OF THAT AND YOU
KNOW, CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT WHAT WE THINK IS NECESSARY THERE PARTICULARLY AS THE ASK THE LAST TIME WE WERE ALL HERE TOGETHER WHAT IS THE SOONEST
POINT THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT WE GOT A REAL PROBLEM ON THE HORIZON? SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNSELOR CLASS OPERATOR YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. I MIGHT A LINE OF QUESTIONING WAS ALONG THE LINES OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE AND OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST GIVEN THAT THERE WAS A RECENT TRAGIC
EVENT IN EAST BOSTON WHERE A YOUTH ADJACENT INDIVIDUAL I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AGE BUT IN THAT SAME AGE RANGE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS UNFORTUNATELY MURDERED.
AND SO MY HEART AND AND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES . I WITH THAT I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE THE $4 MILLION
OR THE 3.966 THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING WITH YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND SPECIFICALLY HOW YOU WORK WITH AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS IN DISTRICT ONE. SO I REPRESENT EAST BOSTON
CHARLESTOWN IN THE NORTH END IN THE WORK DISTRICT. WHAT DOES YOUR RELATIONSHIP LOOK LIKE WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN D.C. BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE THROUGH SOMEBODY I DEEPLY
RESPECTED AND ADMIRED SO MUCH WHICH IS DR. ISAAC JOBLO AND WHAT HE'S DOING AND HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR AT MAVERICK LANDING AND WORKING WITH REED LRA AND ASH
NOT SOUTH SHORE PLAZA BUT SHORE PLAZA AND BRANDYWINE VILLAGE AND OTHER PLACES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A HOTSPOT OR A HOTBED OF ACTIVITY. SO JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO WORK WITH ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS
AND IF NOT I GUESS WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS CITY COUNSELORS TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE THERE IN OUR DISTRICT AND MAKING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST WE COULD
DO BETTER IS WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB THAT KIND OF EXPRESSING HOW TO REFER INTO THE PROGRAM LIKE AGAIN WE'RE
WE'RE VERY DIFFERENT PROGRAM THAN MOST YOUTH SERVING PROGRAM . THESE ARE AGENCIES BECAUSE WE'RE SO SPECIFIC ABOUT FIREARM VIOLENCE AND WHAT CHALLENGE
WE'VE HAD IS THAT I THINK THERE'S JUST A HABIT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO REFER INTO ANYTHING THAT SERVES A PARTICULAR AGE RANGE.
SO AS A PROGRAM WE'RE KIND OF FORCED TO FOLLOW THE REFERRAL. SO THE REFERRAL SOURCE TENDS TO DETERMINE WHERE WE GO AND WHO WE OUTREACH TO.
SO AND THEN I GUESS THIS IS GOOD AND BAD AT THE SAME TIME EAST BOSTON HAS DONE VERY WELL LIKE THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND I'M FORTUNATE WE JUST HAD
ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH SOMEONE WHO WAS JUST ABOVE THE AGE 20 SO AGAIN THAT IS THE EBB AND FLOW OF OUR PROGRAMMATIC CHALLENGES AND TO A CERTAIN
DEGREE GOOD BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AS RIGIDLY STUCK TO A GEOGRAPHICAL FOOTPRINT. SO WHEREVER THE INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING WE CAN MOVE TO AND YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO AND
ENGAGE AND ENROLL. SO AT TIMES THAT ALSO AGAIN WITH THE EBB AND FLOW IF FOLKS DO WELL THEY DON'T MAKE A REFERRAL WHEN LIKE ABOUT FOUR
OR FIVE YEARS AND THEN YOU LOSE THE MUSCLE MEMORY AND YOU DON'T QUITE REMEMBER HOW TO DO IT. SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB IS BOSTON HAS NEVER BEEN AT THE
SAME LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AS LIKE ROXBURY, DORCHESTER, MATTAPAN SOUTH IN AND IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS I GUESS HAS DONE VERY
WELL AND YOU KNOW HENCE NOT MANY REFERRALS COMING FROM EAST BOSTON AT ALL. SO WE JUST NEED TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH LIKE THE COURTS IN EAST BOSTON WHATEVER GANG UNIT
ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN EAST BOSTON AND THEN RETURN AND IN CITIZENS THAT ARE GOING BACK TO EAST BOSTON SO PROGRAMMATICALLY I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUALS
IN OUR ENTIRE SCOPE OF PROGRAMING WHICH IS GOOD ULTIMATE PLEA BUT IT DOES PRESENT SORT OF A LAPSE IN JUST
A RIGOR IN MAKING SURE FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHO WAS THE CLIENT THAT YOU SHOULD BE REFERRING AND HOW TO DO IT LIKE HOW TO SEND SOMETHING TO FRANK BASICALLY. YEAH. SO THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. CLARE OH MARIA I WANT TO ASK SO WE HAVE A PREVENTION INITIATIVE THAT WE JUST RELAUNCHED OVER IN EAST BOSTON WITH MAVERICK LENDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT IT
ISN'T SORT OF THE LATE STAGE INTERVENTION THAT THIS PROJECT MODEL IS. IT'S MORE ABOUT THE PREVENTION IN THE EARLIER TEENAGE YEARS. SO WITHIN THE PAST MONTH WE HAD
IT'S CALLED THE YOUTH POLICING PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE. WE USED TO HAVE IT IN FRANKLIN FIELD YEARS AGO AND IT DROPPED VIOLENT CRIME AT FRANKLIN FIELD BY 19% OVER THOSE YEARS WE PARTNERED WITH WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OVER IN FRANKLIN FIELD AND WE PARTNERED WITH A BUNCH OF SERVICE PROVIDERS OVER THERE AND POLICE AND WE DID A LOT OF GOOD WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE OVER THERE TO BUILD TRUST, TO DO ACTIVITIES WITH
THE YOUTH, TO GET YOUTH AND POLICE TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER ON COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO WE JUST LAUNCHED THAT THIS PAST MONTH IN EAST BOSTON AT THE MET AT THE MAVERICK
DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE ALSO DOING IT IN FRANKLIN FIELD AGAIN BECAUSE IT AGAIN IT WAS IT WAS SORT OF ON ICE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE JUST RELAUNCHING NOW AND THEN WE
HAVE A THIRD SITE BUT ALL OF THE SITES ARE SORT OF GROUNDED WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH POLICE AND WITH THE TOP NONPROFITS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO IT'S A THREEFOLD PARTNERSHIP AND YOUNG PEOPLE GET PAID, THEY GET STIPENDS AND WE DO A LOT OF GOOD ACTIVITIES WITH THEM AND IN THE PAST IT'S IT'S SHOWN A LOT OF GOOD DATA IN TERMS
OF CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIME REDUCTION IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANY OF THAT RESEARCH LET ME KNOW I HAVE IT AT MY FINGERTIPS PLEASE. THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING ON TO THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND AGAIN HOW HOWEVER BEST I CAN BE HELPFUL PLEASE LET ME KNOW THERE'S BEEN A BEAUTIFUL WORK HAPPENING AT MAVERICK LANDING AND IT SPEAKS TO THE TO HOW POWERFUL COMMUNITY POLICING IN ITS
TRUEST FORM CAN IMPACT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE BETTER. AND SO I JUST DO WANT TO SHOUT OUT SEVEN CAPTAIN BICKERTON AND THE LEADERSHIP AT MAVERICK
LENDING FOR CREATING AND BUILDING THAT TRUST TO THE POINT IN WHICH WE ARE NOW AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS PROGRAM CAN ONLY HELP WITH THAT READ LRA WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ALLOWING US TO SORT OF WORK
WITH HER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEAR AND WE'VE WORKED ON AND OFF FOR READER FOR SO LONG. SHE'S AMAZING. YEAH, SHE'S GREAT TO SHOUT OUT TO HER AS WELL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MEJIA YOU HAVE APPLAUD THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING WITH I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY COUSIN BRENDA ORTIZ USED TO WORK AT THE DISPATCH AND SO I USED TO HEAR ALL THE THE CHAOS AND THE
RAPID EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BE AN OPERATOR IN A MOMENT OF CRISIS AND JUST THE LEVEL OF OF JUST EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THAT YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN CRISIS. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK BUT IT IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SOME FRIENDS ON THE
INSIDE BUT ANYWAY IT'S, GREAT TO SEE YOU AND I'M HAPPY TO TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST MARIA A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AROUND SPIKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND. I ALSO HAVE BEEN LEANING INTO THAT CONVERSATION AND LEARNING
MORE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND SO I'VE LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME TESTING KITS THAT WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL THEY DON'T APPROVE IT. A THEY DON'T THEY DON'T ALLOW
YOU TO TEST IT UNLESS IT'S LIKE A DRUG AND BECAUSE BIKING IS NOT CONSIDERED A DRUG THERE'S NO SO SO ONE OF THE ISSUES AROUND HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS AROUND
TESTING IS EVERY HOSPITAL THAT YOU GO INTO HAS DIFFERENT TESTING SORT OF APPARATUSES. SO IF YOU END UP IN A HOSPITAL
IN MILTON I'M JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE AND YOU WERE YOU WERE DRUGGED WITH SORT OF RUFFINO AND THEY ONLY TEST FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DRUG.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON ANYTHING THAT WAS IN YOUR SYSTEM IN REGARDLESS OF WHAT EXACTLY YOU WERE DRUGGED WITH. IT TYPICALLY LEAVES THE BODY WITHIN 4 HOURS TO 6 HOURS.
SO IF YOU WERE PASSED OUT SOMEWHERE FOR 8 HOURS AND THEN YOU WENT AND GOT TESTED INTO A HOSPITAL AND THEY TRIED TO TEST YOU WITH SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE
HAVE A CERTAIN TESTING PROTOCOL AND YOU WERE DRUGGED WITH SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT MASSACHUSETTS IN GENERAL HAS TO START WORKING ON BECAUSE ONE
OF THE PUSHES IN MASSACHUSETTS RIGHT NOW IS TO GET THE HOSPITALS TO SORT OF BECOME ACROSS THE BOARD DO THE SAME TYPES OF TESTING AND MORE THAN
ONE TYPE OF TESTING BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DRUG THAT IS OFTEN USED IN DRUG SPIKING. SO GOOD POINT. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP BECAUSE LITERALLY I HAVE
LIKE TWO MORE MINUTES LEFT AND I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS SO I'M GOING TO DO ONE MORE. I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH SITUATIONS LIKE
THAT AND I'M WONDERING WHAT IF ANY OPPORTUNITIES YOU CAN SHARE WITH US EXIST TO DO THIS WORK IN SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTERS WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN ORDER OF BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOU AS A PERSON WHO'S BEEN WORKING IN
THIS SPACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS VERSUS OFFICIAL BPD ANSWER I PREFER THAT. YEAH. SO I FEEL LIKE THERE NEED THERE NEEDS TO BE A REAL PUSH IN THE
CITY AROUND SOCIAL NORMS ON GENDER VIOLENCE IF WE CAN. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE WHAT WE DID WITH SMOKING CESSATION AND HOW
WE REALLY MADE IT AROUND SORT OF MOTIVATING COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND THE HARM THAT TAKES PLACE WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT AND THE FACT THAT IT NOT ONLY HARMS THE INDIVIDUAL BUT IT HARMS THE
FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY AND THE PERSON THEMSELVES WHO ARE COMMITTING SUCH A CRIME AND COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR FIVE DAYS BUT IT'S GOTTEN WORSE OVER YEARS BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET,
BECAUSE OF THE ONLINE BLOGOSPHERE THAT IS ALMOST PROMOTING GENDER VIOLENCE AND SO ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IN THIS WORK OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS SORT
OF CHANGING THE CULTURE AROUND WHAT GENDER VIOLENCE IS AND HOW HARMFUL IT IS TO BOYS AS MUCH AS IT IS TO GIRLS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON BECAUSE I CAN'T GO AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU, MARY AND I WITH MY
TIME. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW MARIA WHAT I NEED WHAT I NEED WHAT WILL BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I GOT A QUESTION FOR ROY AND I HOPE THAT THE CHAIR WOULD ALLOW ME ONE EXTRA MINUTE WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW
SPECIFICALLY IS ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE COUNCIL ALONGSIDE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND OTHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LISTENING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD IMPLEMENT SOME OF THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH CENTERS BECAUSE YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A DISCONNECT AND THAT SOMEONE'S NOT GOING TO GO TO A HOSPITAL BUT THEY MIGHT GO TO
THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER IS THERE A BRIDGE SO I WORK WITH KIM MENDOZA FROM THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION'S BRAND NEW OFFICE OF GENDER VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SHE'S DOING SOME GREAT WORK.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE SHOULD DO OFFLINE TO GIVE YOU YOUR TIME BACK IS PROBABLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH KIM BECAUSE I REALLY THIS IS A SOCIAL NORMS ISSUE SO IT'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S DO THAT. LET'S START MOVE HERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT TOOK 5 MINUTES. WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WE'RE GOING TO CHAIR REMIND VOTERS FROM SARA AND KIM NO.
YEAH, MARIA MARIA YEAH. WELL PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH KIM. YES, SHE'S AMAZING. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON OVER TO ROY BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN THE
VIOLENCE PREVENTION SPACE IN THE NINETIES LIKE YOGA I'M AN OLD GUY, OKAY? I'M NOT NEW TO THIS, OKAY? I'VE BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS IN MANY DIFFERENT CAPACITIES WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
DURING THE ERA OF, YOU KNOW, DURING THE BOSTON MIRACLE I DID YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN THAT TIME AND AS SOMEONE WHO WAS ON THE OTHER
SIDE JUST TRYING TO PREVENT VIOLENCE, A LOT OF OUR FOCUS WAS ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAVING WORKED IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR
FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DECADES, WHAT I'VE REALIZED IS THAT WE POUR SO MUCH INTO YOUNG PEOPLE BUT THEN WE SEND THEM TO HOMES THAT ARE NOT READY TO
PREPARE OR TO NURTURE THEM WITH THE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH CONFLICT. AND SO AS PART OF YOUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION STRATEGY I KNOW YOU
MENTIONED EARLIER PARENTS I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN AND MAYBE PEER PARENTING PROGRAMS THAT YOUTH
NOT JUST YOUTH PARENTING OUR YOUTH PEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS AS PART OF THE STRATEGY TO HELP REDUCE VIOLENCE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE USUALLY TURNING A BLIND EYE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS WHAT THE RIGHT QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, AND I AND I FIGURED THAT YOU WOULD BE APPROPRIATE PERSON TO HELP US UNDERSTAND I
APPRECIATE WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT WORK THROUGH SOME OF THIS GRANT MAKING PROCESS. SO I APPRECIATE IT WELL AND AS I MENTIONED, FIRST OF ALL I
WOULD HAVE REFLECTION IS PROBABLY GOING TO SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF OOH BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED WE'RE GETTING OUR BUTTS KICKED RIGHT NOW LEARNING WHAT WE NEED TO AND YOU KNOW IN
ORDER TO BETTER SERVE YOUNG PEOPLE THE PARENTS AND SO YOU WE'RE DOING A LOT OF RIGHT IN WE'RE DOING A LOT OF DATA CRUNCHING. WE'RE SORT OF REVAMPING A LOT
OF OUR PROCESSES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO RETROFIT IT FOR PARENTS SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING COMING OUT. IT IS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE
SORT OF MORE OF A GUIDING DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BUILD ON AT LEAST THE BARE BONES FRAMEWORK THE START WORKING WITH PARENTS BECAUSE FOR US I THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT IS THAT WE KNOW AT SOME POINT WE HAVE TO LEAVE AND WHAT'S LEFT BEHIND SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE BETTER STABILIZE AS A HOUSEHOLD AND IMPROVE THE
ABILITY OF A PARENT TO SERVE AND LASTLY JUST ACHIEVE SOME DEGREE OF PARTNERSHIP OR RE ENFRANCHISEMENT OF A DECENT FRANCHISE HOUSEHOLD TO MAKE
SURE THAT LIKE YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEIR SIBLINGS AND OTHERS THAT ARE GOING TO COME OF THAT HOUSEHOLD AS WELL THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM A BETTER PREPARED PARENTS.
SO YOU KIND OF JUMP IN JUMP IN THE LINE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING. SO YOU'RE SPOT ON. WE'RE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. WE AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.
WE JUST CURRENTLY YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING ROUGHED UP RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A NEW FRONTIER REALLY FOR US PARTICULARLY PARENTS THAT ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK ON . SO I TOTALLY AGREE AND I'M SO SORRY THAT MY TIME UP BECAUSE I
CAN I CAN SAY THIS IS THE AREA OF MAJOR THINGS ALL THE HELP WE COULD GET I GOT SOME IDEAS AND I IN SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH IN THE PARENT ENGAGEMENT SPACE THAT I
THINK IS IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE VIOLENCE AREA BUT I THINK ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE INTERCONNECTED BECAUSE IT DOES START IN THE HOME. I DO WANT TO ADD THIS AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHUT UP THAT I
THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY GET IN FRONT OF NOT JUST A VIOLENT INCIDENT BUT AN EXPLOSIVE VIOLENT INCIDENT
BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS START OFF WITH SIBLINGS FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, WITH BEEF BETWEEN THE KID AND THE MOM AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT MAY NOT REGISTER ON A RADAR SCREEN LIKE
AN EXTREME ACT OF VIOLENCE. BUT THERE'S SOME PRECURSORS THAT WE KNOW WE SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO COULD BE HINTS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
THOSE THOSE SORT OF INTERNAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE ALTHOUGH CLASSIFIED AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOMETIMES WILL GROW UP INTO AN INCIDENT A COMMUNITY.
SO SO YEAH I AGREE AND WE WANT TO GET TO A MORE FORCEFUL BILL SO I TOTALLY AGREE YOU KNOW AND I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO OVER THINGS SO I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH
YOU ALL INDIVIDUALLY SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE ON SOME OF THIS. BUT THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERE WE'VE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY A
DISTRICT BY CITY COUNCILMEMBER. WE GET PREPARED AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS STARTING WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THEN YOU CAN GET ANOTHER ONE RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
A GREAT CAST OF FRIENDS GATHER FOR THANK YOU MR CHAIR. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT IS PRESENT HERE FOR THE WORK YOU ARE
DOING. MAYBE I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR MARIA AND AND LISTENED CLOSELY TO YOUR COMMENTS AND WAS
WONDERING MARIA, ARE YOU DOING OR IS YOUR TEAM DOING ANY WORK WITH THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS IT RELATES TO DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE WHEN A STUDENT SEES THEIR LITTLE KIDS OR A STUDENT I SHOULD SAY IS THEIR PARENT PARENTS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE? BUT ARE WE PROVIDING THAT
STUDENT EVEN EVEN ESPECIALLY BOYS SUPPORT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIPS OR WHAT TO DO IF THEY EXPERIENCE A FAMILY MEMBER ENGAGED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? BUT THE THE SUPPORT SERVICES
POLICE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH COULD PROVIDE A STUDENT THAT MIGHT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF SEEING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION AT
THEIR OWN FAMILY. SO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE BOSTON
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE A RECENT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JFK ACTION CORE THAT'S ALSO LAUNCHED WITHIN THE RECENT PAST
12 MONTHS AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE WORK WITH THEM IS AROUND THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A DIVERSION MODEL, A JUVENILE DIVERSION MODEL TO SORT OF KEEP KIDS FAR AWAY FROM THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM. SO WHAT WE'LL WHAT WE WOULD WHAT WE DO WITH THE JFK ACTION COURT AND I SHOULD SAY YOUTH CONNECT SO IT'S YOUTH CONNECT JFK ACTION CORE BOSTON SCHOOL
POLICE ARE WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS TO GET REFERRAL TO SORT OF FROM THE SCHOOLS WHEN THERE IS A VIOLENT INCIDENT IN THE SCHOOL AND THEN THIS THEN
THERE'S INTERVENTION THAT TAKES PLACE ON A CLINICAL FRONT INSTEAD OF A INSTEAD OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT FRONT. IT OFTENTIMES WHEN THOSE CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS TAKE PLACE THAT'S WHEN YOU UNCOVER
THAT THE YOUNG PERSON IS ACTING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME AND IT'S TRAUMATIZING THEM AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCING LEVELS OF PTSD
THAT'S THEN CAUSING THEM TO ACT IN RAGEFUL WAYS SO IT'S RELATIVELY NEW BUT THERE'S ALSO AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH BOSTON SCHOOL POLICE AND THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT WHERE THERE WAS JUST SORT OF MORE INFORMAL REFERRALS TO SERVICES. THIS ALMOST TIGHTENS UP THAT REFERRAL. SO YOU'VE GOT CLINICIANS ON THE JFK ACTION SUICIDE CLINICIANS
ON THE YOU CONNECT SIDE INTERACTING WITH THE SCHOOL CLINICIAN IN THE IN THE SCHOOL POLICE. SO IT'S SORT OF FORMING A TIGHTER SORT OF ABILITY TO ACT SOONER AND THE BENEFIT OF ALL
OF THAT IS TO KEEP KIDS OUT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAUSE THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS A IS TO PREVENT KIDS ENTERING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WELL, THANK YOU, MARIA AND CHRIS. I HAVE A QUESTION KIND OF KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION I ASKED MARIA. BUT IF IF A SURVIVOR
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT CALLS 911 SEEKING SEEKING ASSISTANCE A RESPONSE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT
IS THE TRAINING LEVEL OF THE 911 OPERATOR AS IT RELATES TO HOW THEY COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE PERSON MAKING THE CALL? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION COUNSELOR.
SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. IF IT'S AN EMERGENT SITUATION WHERE THERE IS THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT OR SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENING AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WHEN WHEN THEY
DIAL 911 WE'RE GOING TO DISPATCH RESOURCES REALLY QUICKLY TO THAT TO THAT ADDRESS AND GET THEM THE HELP THEY NEED. POLICE WILL RESPOND EMS IF NECESSARY. THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNIT WHICH FOLLOWS UP ON A LOT OF THOSE CALLS AFTER THE FACT ONCE THE INITIAL RESPONSE AND THE EMERGENT NATURE HAS BEEN RESOLVED, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DETECTIVES WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE THE VICTIM AS FAR AS THE
NINE WHAT CALL TAKERS CALL THEY ARE TRAINED IN BASIC SORT OF TRIAGING, QUESTIONING WHAT TO ASK AND SITUATIONS INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES, THE CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.
WE ACTUALLY WE TRY TO JUST GET THE BASIC INFORMATION SO THAT THEY'RE NOT LEGALLY BOUND AND YOU KNOW, BY THE COURT, THE MORE QUESTIONS THEY ASK THEM IS GOING TO BE A DETRIMENT TO THE CRIMINAL CASE.
SO THEY ARE TRAINED IN THOSE AREAS IN HOW TO PROPERLY HANDLE THOSE CALLS. AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE TRAINING WE DO IS MORE ABOUT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND SENSITIVITY ISSUES WHEN YOU GET THOSE CALLS OF HOW TO SPEAK TO
A VICTIM, PARTICULARLY IF THEY'RE REALLY UPSET OR EMOTIONAL ON THE PHONE WHEN THEY'RE CALLING. WELL, EXCELLENT INFORMATION. JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
911 OPERATORS AS WELL AND THEIR PROFESSIONALISM IN SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FLYNN COUNCILOR CALL UP UP IF YOU HAVE A SECOND ROUND YOU HAVE A FOUR. I DON'T HAVE A SECOND ROUND. I DO JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO A STATE BILL RIGHT NOW AS IT RELATES TO DRINK
SPIKING AND TRYING TO STANDARDIZE THE RESPONSE SPONSORED BY SENATOR FEENEY I GOT A CHANCE TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE.
I FORGET EXACTLY WHAT IT'S CALLED BUT SENATOR FEENEY HAS INTRODUCED A BILL TO BETTER SERVE SURVIVORS WHEN THIS DOES HAPPEN. AND SO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE
PUSHING THAT FORWARD AND THEN JUST COSIGN THE CALL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTERS TO GET ON BOARD THAT BILL DOES ENCOMPASS THEM AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS. BUT THAT'S IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CHAIR THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELOR CLASS SPARTA COUNSELOR I'LL BET BEN YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE. I WAS ACTUALLY AT THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT 15 FOR BREAKFAST FOR SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE VICTIMS AND I WAS ABLE TO BE IN A ROOM FILLED WITH A LOT OF HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY FIELD, A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND JUST HEAR THE STORIES OF WHAT A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE EXPERIENCED AND ESPECIALLY NOTICING THAT THERE WAS A LARGE PATTERN
OF YOUTH BEING VICTIMS AND YOU'VE BEEN IMPACTED. SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT ONE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY IS THE THE GRANT IS GOING TO GO TO SO SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH
INITIATIVE GRANT AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT DEAL HERE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE WITH OUR OUTREACH. OUR YOUTH DEFINITELY NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT OUT THERE. I I HATE IT WHEN I GET A CALL
IN MY DISTRICT THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY TYPE OF YOUTH VIOLENCE. IT DOESN'T MATTER THOUGH THE SEVERITY OF IT BUT I THINK THAT I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND I'M I'M NOT GOING TO WASTE ANYONE'S
TIME UP. I JUST WATCH THE RECORDING TO HEAR ABOUT THE SPECIFICS OF THE GRANTS. BUT HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR THIS AND JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. BUT THEN THEN AGAIN I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY.
I LEARNED A LOT THESE TARGETS WELL, WE HAVE OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY SO I WILL PUT UP A COMMITTEE REPORT AND MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK ESPECIALLY IN THE YOUTH VIOLENCE SPACE THAT I REALLY, REALLY VALUE AND APPRECIATE.
GO TO MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY CLOSING STATEMENT. I'LL LET COUNCILOR FLYNN MAKE A COUNCIL CLOSING STATEMENT. I KNOW THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TIME
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ONE FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO I'LL ALLOW COUNCILMAN FLYNN TO MAKE A CLOSING STATEMENT AND I HAVE YOU ALL HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS OR WITHOUT
COUNCILOR FLYNN AND THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I WILL BE BRIEF. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HERE. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
IMPORTANT WORK YOU ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON ESPECIALLY I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE WORKING ON DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS RELATED ISSUES AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BUT ALSO WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT AND COORDINATE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING TO AT THE BEGINNING.
THANK MR CHAIRMAN. ALSO THANK YOU ANY OF OUR PANELISTS HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS ? NO. AWESOME. WELL, I REALLY DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
I ALSO KNOW I SEE SOME PEOPLE IN THE CAR THAT YOU KNOW, DO AMAZING WORK SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON AND FOR FOR OUR RESIDENTS THIS HEARING ON DOCKETS NUMBERS 0336 I'M DOCKET
NUMBER 1400 DOCKET NUMBER 1409 AND 1548 AND 1549. IT'S ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU