FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS HENRY SANTANA AT-LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
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NUMBER 0163. ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS ENHANCED PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES DURING LARGE EVENTS IN BOSTON. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS AARON MURPHY, ED
FLYNN AND ENRIQUE PIPPEN AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 8TH, 2025. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR ED FLYNN AND
COUNCILOR AARON MURPHY. THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE LEAD SPONSOR AND MY COLLEAGUES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE OPENING STATEMENTS STARTING WHEN COUNCILOR MURPHY
AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCILOR FLYNN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW ORLEANS MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT PRECAUTIONS AND WHAT PLANS DO WE HAVE AND I WANT TO START BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR
ALL THAT YOU DO DO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE AND THAT YOU ALL WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS, THE VISITORS ARE SAFE. BUT MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW,
THESE ATTACKS ARE GOING TO OUTSIDE OF THE NORM OF EVERYDAY PLANNING FOR OUR CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. RIGHT. AND WE ON THE COUNCIL THESE
CONVERSATIONS CAN HELP US MAKE SURE MOVING FORWARD IF WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE MORE RESOURCES IN MAKING SURE HOWEVER WE CAN PLAN FOR THE
MOST SAFETY AT THESE EVENTS. COUNCILOR FLYNN WELL I IMAGINE WILL SPEAK ON THIS BUT I WAS AT ONE OF HIS MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT HE'S BEEN HAVING SINCE
LAST YEAR'S EVACUATION DAY PARADE AND WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE CLOSE TO A MILLION PEOPLE AT THAT EVENT AND THERE WAS BEHAVIOR THAT WE KNOW IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND THERE WAS LOTS OF GREAT CONVERSATION AND DIFFERENT YOU WERE ON THE CALL THERE WITH COMMISSIONER BURKE AND OTHERS THAT YOU KNOW, COORDINATING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE IF WE NEED RESOURCES AND WE NEED TO LEAN
ON EACH OTHER, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT? SO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR EXPERTISE HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO AMPLIFY IT. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK ALSO IF
IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, A COORDINATED RESPONSE. AND I DID SPEAK TO A FEW CAPTAINS ACROSS THE CITY WHO SAID IN THE MUNICIPAL POLICE HERE AT THIS BUILDING HAD SAID THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THEY PUT A
CAR LIKE ON CITY HALL PLAZA IF THERE'S AN EVENT OR A CAPTAIN IT SAID THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU KNOW, LARGE EVENTS IN THEIR DISTRICT THEY MIGHT PLACE, YOU KNOW, A POLICE VEHICLE. BUT THINKING OF DIFFERENT WAYS
WE CAN MAKE SURE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FROM TRANSPORTATION ALSO TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT WE CAN LEAN ON ACROSS THE CITY DEPARTMENT. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY. THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER KIP BAN AND THEN NOW I'LL HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO COUNCILOR ED FLYNN FOR HIS
OPENING REMARKS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. BOSTON IS HOME TO NUMEROUS LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS INCLUDING PARADES, FESTIVALS, OPEN STREET
ACTIVITIES. THEY ATTRACTS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THOSE AT THESE EVENTS IS CRITICAL PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE
TO THE CITY. RECENT INCIDENTS AS COUNCILOR MURPHY HIGHLIGHTED SUCH AS THE NEW ORLEANS TRAGEDY TERRORIST ATTACK UNDERSCORED
THE CRITICAL NEED TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PROTECT LARGE GATHERINGS FOR POTENTIAL THREATS. THE USE OF PHYSICAL BARRIERS INCLUDING STRATEGICALLY PLACE
VEHICLES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN EFFECTIVE METHOD TO DETER AND PREVENT SOME OF THESE TYPES OF THREATS. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE BRIC THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT
ROLE. THEY DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN OUR CITY, IN OUR REGION AS WELL PROACTIVELY IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED SAFETY MEASURES
INFORMED BY BRIC INTELLIGENCE AND THEIR EXPERTISE COULD STRIKE COULD STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC
SAFETY OUTCOMES. AND FINALLY, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM THAT'S HERE FIVE DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL CITY EMPLOYEES BUT
ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TEAM, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR YOU THAT DO THE WORK EVERY DAY SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, 24 HOURS,
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON AND PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE THEY POSSIBLY CAN AND IN MY OPINION
SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR CITY WORKING HARD, BEING PROFESSIONAL, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND
TOURISTS IS PARAMOUNT. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND MORE IMPORTANTLY ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TEAM FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN HANDED OVER TO COUNCILOR PEMBERTON FOR HIS OPENING REMARKS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR HAVING ME AS A CO-SPONSOR FOR THIS
VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC TO THE BALANCE HERE TODAY. IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAD IT PERFECTLY. CITY OF BOSTON HAS MANY, MANY AMAZING COMMUNITY EVENTS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT COULD BE A PARADE, IT COULD BE A FESTIVAL, IT COULD BE BLOCK PARTIES. YOU NAME THEM. AND FOR ME MY PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE. SO FOR ME IT'S TO TO LEARN WHAT PROTOCOLS YOU GUYS PUT IN PLACE.
HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM SAFER BY INSTALLING NEW PROTOCOLS? I SAID AT THE PREVIOUS HEARING THAT ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT REALLY BROUGHT MY ATTENTION WAS AT A DOMINICAN FESTIVAL LAST
YEAR. I WAS PRESENT WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AND I REMEMBER JUST SEEING A SWARM OF CARS, YOU KNOW, BLOCKING CIRCUIT DRIVE AND FRANKLIN PARK AND I SAID
MAYBE WE SHOULD SHUT THIS DOWN THE STREET DOWN NEXT YEAR SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ABLE TO CONGREGATE LIKE THAT IN SUCH A CLOSED ENCLOSED AREA. SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO BE A
PART OF THIS HEARING TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM PART OF THE CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD AND BUT OVERALL I JUST VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WORK YOU ALL DO DAY AFTER DAY IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. THEN I WOULD LIKE TO NOW TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S PANELISTS. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AS
COUNCILOR FLYNN MENTIONED FOR BEING HERE FOR BEING PRESENT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ARE RETURNING FROM A PREVIOUS HEARING THAT WE JUST HAD.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS. I WILL NOW INTRODUCE THE PANELISTS THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. AFTER THAT IF YOU CAN, I'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR
TITLE FOR THE FOR THE RECORD AS WELL AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR OPENING REMARKS AND HAND IT OVER TO COUNCILORS. QUESTION SO WITH US TODAY WE HAVE ADRIAN JORDAN WHO IS THE
CHIEF OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OF THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. PAUL BURGE THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. DANIEL NI, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WITH PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT SUPERINTENDENT ROBBER CARLO. BUREAU CHIEF BUREAU FIELD SERVICES WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JAMES HOOLEY, CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. AND AGAIN, IF YOU CAN USE ALL YOUR STATE, YOUR NAME AND YOUR TITLE FOR THE FOR THE RECORD AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED. ADRIAN JORDAN, CHIEF OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
SUPERINTENDENT BOB PICCOLO, BOSTON POLICE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF FIELD SERVICES. PAUL BURKE, BOSTON FIRE COMMISSIONER AND CHIEF OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JIMMY O'MALLEY CHIEF BOSTON POLICE DAYTONA SUPERINTENDENT STREET OPERATIONS PUBLIC WORKS GREAT AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A GREAT LINEUP HERE
WITH US HERE TODAY. WITH THAT I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR PANELISTS FOR ANY OPENING REMARKS OR PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
GOOD MORNING. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL OF US DISCUSS WHAT RESOURCES WE
NEED, THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONSTANTLY REASSESSING WHAT WE DO FOR PUBLIC EVENTS.
WE USE THE BRIC INTELLIGENCE TO GUIDE THAT. WE USE OUR OWN PAST EXPERIENCE. WE USE EVENTS IN OTHER CITIES TO LOOK AND SAY GEE, COULD THAT HAPPEN HERE?
AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THAT. AND WE WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS TO REDUCE AND
MITIGATE THOSE RISKS AND WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMUNITY POLICING, WE DO THAT IN A WAY
THAT IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALSO FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC. THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AT THE COOPERATION AMONGST OUR AGENCIES IS SO IMPORTANT AND IT'S AT A HIGH LEVEL AND WE ALL
GET ALONG AND WE ALL MEET REGULARLY FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS. THE BOSTON MARATHON EVERY YEAR A MONTH AFTER IT'S OVER THEY START PLANNING THE NEXT ONE.
THIS IS WE DON'T TAKE THIS THIS INCIDENTS LIKE THIS LIGHTLY AND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ASKED BY THE FIRE CHIEFS IN FRANCE TWO YEARS AGO IF THEY
COULD COME AND SPEAK TO US ABOUT THE MARATHON BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING THE SUMMER OLYMPICS. SO WE HOSTED THEM. SO OUR REPUTATION IS WORLDWIDE. WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE HAVE A DIVISION OF FIELD
SERVICES THAT TAKES DOES ALL THE PLANNING FOR THIS IN COORDINATION WITH THE POLICE EMS OFFICE OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER, FOR WANTING A MR CHAIRMAN AND COUNCILORS.
YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A PRETTY COMMON THEME HERE I THINK AMONG ALL OF US AT THIS TABLE. BUT BUT BUT JUST REAL QUICKLY, JUST ON BEHALF OF BOSTON, THE
EMS ARE JUST A COUPLE YOU REMARKS. I JUST WANT TO GET INTO 2024 440 EMTS IN BOSTON, EMTS AND PARAMEDICS.
BOSTON UMASS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 140,000 DIFFERENT CLINICAL AND TRANSPORTED 93,774 PATIENTS
TO AREA HOSPITALS AND IN ADDITION TO DELIVERING PREHOSPITAL CARE TO THE RESIDENTS VISITORS THE CITY OF BOSTON DEPARTMENTS HAS PRIORITIZED EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING FOR
MASS CASUALTY EVENTS. SO ONE EVENT WHETHER IT'S SAFE STREETS I MEAN AND I AT A STREET FAIR BOSTON MARATHON,
NEW YEAR'S EVE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE THAT'S LIKE ONE EVENT OUT OF ALL THOSE EVENTS BUT SO THE SCALE OF PREPAREDNESS, YOU KNOW HAS TO BE GOES UP AS WELL
. BUT WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE REST OF THE CITY AND EVERYBODY WHO'S SITTING AT THIS TABLE WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PROTECTING OUR
COMMUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS VISITORS AT LARGE EVENTS FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS A ORGANIZING MEETING FOR THE MARATHON LAST NIGHT. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CONCENTRATED ON PROTECTING THE
COURSE AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE COURSE AND KEEPING THAT SAFE FROM WHATEVER. EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE IS JUST AS CONCERNED AS WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE THE FENCE OUT IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND TO FOLLOW THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. SO THAT'S WHAT AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S FOR SMALL EVENTS OR LARGER
EVENTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TENTACLES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY REEVALUATING WHAT WORK LAST TIME, WHAT WHAT HAS TO BE IMPROVED AND ALSO THE FACT THAT WE DO LEARN LESSONS
FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN OTHER CITIES AS COMMISSIONER BURKE HAS SAID, WE'VE BEEN LEARNING LESSONS FROM WHETHER IT'S A
SARIN ATTACK IN THE NINETIES IN TOKYO ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ,HURRICANE KATRINA, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DISRUPT EITHER TRANSPORTATION OR ABILITY OR ACCESS TO GET TO
PATIENTS. 911 OBVIOUSLY THE PERFORMANCE OF BOSTON DURING THE BOMBINGS IN 2013. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'VE
REALLY LEANED FORWARD INTO PREPARING SO THAT NOT REALIZING THAT IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF IF BUT WHEN. WHEN WE LOOK WHAT HAPPENS AROUND THE WORLD.
LIKEWISE WE TO HOST THE CONFERENCE HERE BACK IN I BELIEVE WAS ON 2017 WE BROUGHT OVER COUNTERPARTS FROM PARIS AFTER THE MULTI COORDINATED ATTACKS TO SEE HOW WE CAN
MAXIMIZE SURVIVAL IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT DESPITE THE BEST PLANNING STILL STILL OCCURRED AND JUST YOU
KNOW WITH THAT IN MIND, I JUST ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE DO TREAT ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS AS IF THERE IS IT IS IF IT'S A POTENTIAL FOR MASS
CASUALTY. BUT WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO PREVENT IT, BOSTON'S BEEN USING BLOCKING VEHICLES SINCE THE
2004 DNC CONVENTION THAT WAS HERE. MOST OF THAT WAS TO PROTECT THE VENUE RIGHT THERE T BUSSES OR SPECIALIZED POLICE UNITS DOWN THERE FOR RAMMING TRUCKS AND
ATTACKS. HOWEVER, THAT'S EXPANDED OVER THE YEARS AND WITH THE USE OF A BETTER USE AND BIG HEAVY EQUIPMENT AFTER WE SAW WHAT
HAPPENED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, COASTAL FRANCE ON THEIR BASTILLE DAY WHEN SOMEBODY WITH ONE PERSON IN A TRUCK WAS ABLE TO KILL SCORES AND SCORES
OF PEOPLE, THOSE LESSONS WERE EMBRACED HERE AND LEARNED WHERE WE DO USE A LOT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT HERE BUT THEN IT GOT ENHANCED SO THAT WE HAVE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE DRIVERS
ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE. SO IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE THOSE WE CAN GET PEOPLE OUT OR GET MORE RESOURCES AND WE COULD DO IT. WE CONSTANTLY REEVALUATE THOSE PLANS AND ALSO CAN WE STILL GET
HOSPITAL WORKERS AND STAFF TO THE HOSPITALS DURING THESE TIMES WHERE EVERYBODY TRIES TO STUDY EVERY PART OF THE PLAN SO WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING DELIVERIES OF OTHER ESSENTIAL
SERVICES WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT? AND YEAH, I MEAN I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT IN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE ALL INVOLVED
WHEN WE'RE PLANNING FOR OPEN STREETS AND SUCH AS WELL TO WHERE THE EMERGENCY CUT OUTS IN CASE WE HAVE TO GET TO A CALL ONE BLOCK IN. SO THAT'S THAT THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ANYONE WHO'S ON THE STREET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO COUNCILORS, THANK YOU PUBLIC WORKS. WE'RE HAPPY TO JUMP IN AND PLAY A SMALL OR SMALL ROLE IN PUBLIC
SAFETY WHENEVER ASKED BY BPD OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. SEE HOW WE CAN GET BETTER AND GROW BIGGER. THANK YOU.
REAL QUICK SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE PLAYS TO SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY. A REAL QUICK ABOUT THE EOC
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT WE DO. SO THE EOC SERVES AS A CENTRALIZED HUB FOR COORDINATION COMMUNICATION, DOING PLAN EVENTS AND UNPLANNED EVENTS. IT'S EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO MONITOR REAL TIME
CONDITIONS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND FACILITATE RAPID DECISION MAKING DURING EVENTS LIKE THE BOSTON MARATHON. THE EOC BRINGS TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL PARTNER AGENCIES ENSURE
SEAMLESS COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION AND A UNIFIED TO ANY SITUATION. AND LASTLY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS A CONTINUOUS YEAR ROUND EFFORT REQUIRED DEDICATION AND
COOPERATION FROM ALL THE AGENCIES THAT YOU SEE HERE. AND IT'S AN IT IS A CORPORATION THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO HIGHLY. AND OVER THE ALMOST YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AND I'M PRETTY SURE MY PREDECESSOR CAN SPEAK
TO THAT DIRECTLY AND THE PLANNING GOES THE PRESIDENT GOES INTO EVENTS LIKE THE MARATHON EXEMPLIFIES THE EXTENSIVE COORDINATION AND PREPARATION REQUIRED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO WITH THE WITH THE EOC BEING THE CENTRAL FOCUS TODAY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHIEF AND THANK YOU TO OUR PANELISTS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THOSE
OPENING REMARKS. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR AND I'M GOING TO MOVE TO MY OTHER COLLEAGUES AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A LIKE 7 MINUTES. WE'LL DO AS MANY ROUNDS AS WE WANT BUT JUST TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION MOVING I'M FLYING BETWEEN COUNSELORS WHAT WE'LL DO ABOUT 7 MINUTES PER
COUNSELOR. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. I'LL START MY FOR YOU AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OPENING REMARKS.
A FEW QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THAT SINCE 2004 YOU'VE BEEN USING VEHICLES TO BLOCK. DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED TO INCREASE THAT JUST BASED ON
BEHAVIORS THAT ARE DIFFERENT NOW IN 2025 ACROSS THE WORLD? SO I THINK I'LL TAKE THAT COUNCILOR IF THAT'S OKAY.
THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, WE A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, YOU HAVE TO CALL IT DISPLACEMENT TO SPEAK TO FOR EXAMPLE COUNCIL OF COMPANIES COMMENTS ABOUT CIRCUIT DRIVE
AND THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WIND OR WATER HERE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WE FOR THE SAKE OF AN ARGUMENT
IF THIS COMING YEAR WE CLOSED CIRCUIT DRIVE THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THAT BEHAVIOR THE CAR CLUBS WHATEVER ARE GOING TO MOVE THAT BEHAVIOR SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
BE ABLE TO REACT TO THAT IN AN AGILE FASHION. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THINGS LIKE THE MARATHON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, WHAT HAVE YOU IS
THAT YOU KNOW WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE THESE THE EVENTS YOU WERE SPEAKING OF HERE WITH BLOCKING VEHICLES ARE YOU HAVE A THINKING OPPONENT.
YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S LOOKING AT WHAT YOU DO AND MAKING THEIR OWN THE OTHER GUY HAS A PLAN TO IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE SAME AS YOURS. AND SO THAT'S THE CHALLENGE AND THAT'S WHERE FOR EXAMPLE, THE
INTELLIGENCE FROM THE BRICK COMES IN AND OUR EXPERIENCES FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS WE HAVE YES TO THE POINT WE'VE USED BLOCKING VEHICLES TO MY MEMORY
GOING BACK AS FAR AS THE AFTERMATH OF SEPTEMBER 11TH FOR HIGH PROFILE EVENTS WHEN WE ONLY USED THEM FOR HIGH PROFILE DIGNITARY SORT OF THINGS
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT AND THE LIKE AND IT HAS STEADILY GROWN AS THE THREAT HAS EVOLVED. THANK YOU. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY. COMMISSIONER BOK WE TALKED TO
THINK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT HINGHAM OR OTHER TOWNS WERE LEANING ON OUR DRONES AND OTHER THINGS. COULD WE SPEAK TO THE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS MAYBE
ENHANCED AND IF THERE IS A NEED TO GET EVEN BETTER TECHNOLOGY? WELL, WE DO HAVE A DRONE UNIT AND THAT IS THAT EVERY SPECIAL EVENT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU REALLY DON'T
KNOW ABOUT BECAUSE WE DON'T MAKE IT PUBLIC BUT AT A SPECIAL EVENT WE HAVE AIR QUALITY TESTING ALL OVER THE EVENT IN CASE THERE'S SOME KIND OF A CHEMICAL RELEASE THAT WE DON'T
KNOW ABOUT. IT GOES WE KNOW ABOUT IT WE CAN EVACUATE. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO DRONE IS PROBABLY THE MOST VALUABLE TOOL WE'VE HAD IN YEARS BECAUSE IT
CAN SEE EVERYTHING. IT CAN ZOOM INTO AN INCIDENT IN SECONDS SO WE KNOW WHAT RESOURCES TO GET THERE WITH A PARADE OR A SPECIAL EVENT IT'S
DIFFICULT FOR US TO MOVE 2010 FIRETRUCK TO A PARADE. WE CAN'T BREAK INTO THE PARADE SO WE STARTED USING IS THE GOLF CARTS. SO WE'LL HAVE FIREFIGHTERS ON THEM.
THEY CAN GET AROUND FASTER IF AN ALARM GOES OFF IN A BUILDING. SOMEBODY NEEDS HELP IN A BUILDING THEY GET THERE ON THE GATE. I WILL SEND THE DRONE AND THEN THEY CAN REQUEST MORE ASSISTANCE IF THEY NEEDED OF THE BUILDINGS ON FIRE OR
WHATEVER THE EMERGENCY IS. SO TECHNOLOGY PLAYS A LARGE ROLE FOR US TO GET THERE QUICKER AND TO MITIGATE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT GET THERE FIND WHEN THEY GET THERE. YEAH. COULD YOU SPEAK MORE?
I THINK ALL DEPARTMENTS ON THAT ISSUE WHERE WHEN THERE IS AN EVENT LIKE THE NORTH END FESTIVALS OR THE SOUTH BOSTON WITH THE PARADE AND WE'RE SHUTTING THINGS DOWN BUT THEN THERE'S NEIGHBORS OR YOU KNOW
BUSINESSES WHO WORRY LIKE WHAT IF I NEED TO CALL 911? WHAT IF WE NEED YOU TO COME IN FOR LIKE A YOU KNOW SOMEONE HAS A HEART ATTACK AND HOW DO YOU GET AROUND SO HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR THAT? ALSO NOT JUST THE ATTENDEES AT
THE EVENTS BUT THOSE RESIDENTS NEARBY. SO IN THE CASE OF THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE OR THE MARATHON BECAUSE THERE MIGHT NOT BE FIREHOUSES ON ONE SIDE OF THE PARADE ROUTE WE
STATIONED FIRETRUCKS HERE IN SOUTH BOSTON. WE'LL PUT THEM AT THE MURPHY RINK. WE HIRE A SEPARATE DISTRICT CHIEF AND WE BRING IN FOUR OR FIVE OTHER FIRE TRUCKS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY AND
STATION THEM ON THAT SIDE OF THE ROUTE AND WE HAVE THE OTHER SIDE COVERED BY THE D STREET FIREHOUSE, THE K STREET FIREHOUSE. SO WE TRY TO STRATEGICALLY COVER THAT. WE DO THE SAME THING AT THE MARATHON ON THE ONE SIDE
OF BOYLSTON STREET ARE NO FIRE HOSES. SO WE PUT FIRE TRUCKS THIS FOR THE DURATION OF THE PARADE SO THEY CAN RESPOND TO ANY EMERGENCY IS KEY TO US TO GEOGRAPHICALLY COVER EVERY AREA
OF THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S AN OBSTACLE LIKE A PARADE OR A MARATHON THAT CAN'T GET THROUGH. SO THAT'S HOW WE STATION PEOPLE TO PROTECT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY.
OKAY, TWO MORE QUESTIONS. IS THERE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE MEETINGS AND CLEARLY YOU GUYS DO MEET OFTEN AND IS THERE LIKE AN ATTENDANCE THRESHOLD THAT
MIGHT YOU KNOW, KICK IN A NEW LEVEL OF SECURITY? DO WE HAVE LIKE THE EVENTS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW IS IT AND IT IS ALWAYS BASED ON ATTENDANCE OR ARE THERE OTHER FACTORS THAT
MAY HAVE YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MORE SECURITY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS? I THINK MAYBE I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. WE HAVE, IF YOU WILL,
INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS FROM THE BRIC THAT TAKE IN A LOT OF FACTORS AND WE DISCUSS THEM INTERNALLY. WE DISCUSS THEM WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS ON AN ONGOING
BASIS. YOU KNOW, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, A PROTEST WITH 100,000 PEOPLE OR AN EVENT WITH 100,000
PEOPLE WHERE THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, THAT'S JUST A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF THERE IS OPPOSITION LIKELY TO BE PRESENT
THEN WE INCREASE OUR POSTURE. IT'S IN DOES THAT SORT OF THING . WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE WEATHER. I MEAN FOR THE SAKE OF AN ARGUMENT WE HAVEN'T HAD IT
LATELY BUT IT IS CONCEIVABLE THAT THE ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE TAKES PLACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLIZZARD. WELL THAT'S GOING TO ACTIVATE SOME DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT NEEDS THAN THAT. SO IT'S VERY MUCH EVOLVING AND
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HUMAN AUTHORED THREAT WE GENERALLY DON'T DISCUSS TOO MUCH WHAT OUR RESPONSE IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL ADJUST THEIR
PLANS AS WELL. BUT IT MAKES SENSE FOR ME. YEAH. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THRESHOLDS FOR
MOVING SECURITY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND THE SECURITY ISSUE ARE THAT'S A A POLICE MATTER BUT JUST SOME COMMENTS OF SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN THE
PERMANENT DEPARTMENT THAT MAYBE WE CAN TRIGGER CERTAIN PROTO SECURITY PROTOCOLS AROUND A CERTAIN THRESHOLD. SO IF THE CROWD SIZE HAS MOVED TO X-Y-Z ESPECIALLY ON THE EOC
SIDE, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS SIDE ,OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER SHOULD GET A TRIGGER FROM PLANNING OR PERMITTING SAY SAYING AND NOW WE'RE TO CALLS AND WE JUST NEED TO DEVISE A
WAY THAT WE CAN BE MORE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT SO WE CAN HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AROUND HEY, THERE'S GOING TO BE X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AT THIS EVENT MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING WE NEED TO ACTIVATE THE EOC MINIMALLY TO SO THAT WE HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS THAT IF THE POLICE ARE BUSY OBVIOUSLY WE CAN WE COULD ALSO BE ANOTHER SET OF EYES AND EARS. SO TO YOUR POINT WE ARE
ACTIVELY IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. I'LL WAIT TILL THE SECOND ONE. MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY AND COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING CAN CAN A COUPLE OF YOU TALK ABOUT LARGE
EVENTS WHERE? YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A LARGE SEGMENT OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AT THE EVENTS SUPPORTING IT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, LOGISTIC REASONS.
BUT EXPLAIN TO ME OR TELL US ABOUT THE PLAN ON HOW YOU'RE ALSO ENSURING THAT THE ENTIRE CITY IS ALSO PROTECTED AND HAS
THE NECESSARY PERSONNEL RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT IN CASE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY AT ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY? OH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY
AND THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 264 MEMBERS ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. OUR DEPARTMENT HAS OVER 1500 MEMBERS. WE DON'T HAVE A STAFFING ISSUE
SO IT'S ST PATRICK'S DAY, THE MARATHON I CAN HIRE 1000 PEOPLE. WE PROBABLY HIRE 200. WE DON'T HAVE A STAFFING ISSUE WITH THAT. SO THE STAFFING LEVEL IS FINE WHAT LAST WEEK'S STORM SO
EVERYTHING HAPPENS WE WE MEET SO LAST WEEK'S STORM INCREASED THE STAFFING ON CERTAIN VEHICLES WE INCREASED THE STAFFING ON LADDER COMPANIES
RESCUES THE TOWER COMPANIES WE ALSO FOR STORMS BECAUSE FIRE TRUCKS OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO GET BACK TO THE FIREHOUSE AND BE READY FOR THE NEXT CALL. SO WE HAVE THESE CARS WE CALL
TANGO CARS WITH A COUPLE OF FIREFIGHTERS IN THEM. SO WHEN Y IS GO DOWN WHICH IS A VERY COMMON OFFENSE, HIGH VOLTAGE WIRES ARE ON THE GROUND. WE CANNOT LEAVE THEM. WE THESE CARS IN AND THEY RELIEVE THE FIRE COMPANIES ON
THE SCENE THEY GO BACK TO IN-SERVICE. SO IT'S KEY TO KEEP AS MANY FIRE COMPANIES IN SERVICE AS WE CAN. WE DON'T WANT TO TIE THEM UP TO FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD BABYSIT PART DOWN THE WIRES.
SO WE HAVE THESE TANGLED CARS THAT SIT THERE AND DO IT UNTIL THE POWER COMPANY ARRIVES AND MITIGATES THE EMERGENCY COUNSELOR. WE MAINTAIN OUR MINIMUM STAFFING WITHIN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STATIONS AT ALL TIMES. WE'LL ALSO HIRE OVERTIME AS NEEDED OFFICERS WHO ARE OFF DUTY TO COME IN FOR THE MAJOR EVENTS. WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE
NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THEY WORK. WE HAVE LIMITATIONS ON THAT. SO YOU KNOW YOU MAY HAVE AT SOME POINT OFFICERS WHO WORK THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT THEY'RE NOW
AT AN EVENT AND IF THAT EVENT IS GOING TO GO PAST A CERTAIN TIME WE WILL RELEASE THEM SO THAT THEY CAN GO HOME AND GET SOME SLEEP BEFORE THEY HAVE TO COME BACK IN. WE KEEP VERY CLOSE TRACK
OF THAT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS INCLUDING OFFICER WELLNESS AND SAFETY. WE ALSO LEAN VERY HEAVILY EXCUSE ME ON OUR STATE AND
OTHER MUNICIPAL PARTNERS FOR THIS WILL YOU KNOW, WILL ALLOW OUTLAW ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE POLICE. WE WILL ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNSELS AND DEPENDING ON THE
SHEER LEVEL OF EVENT WE ALSO HAVE OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR VARIOUS SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS AS WELL.
I HOPE THAT HELPS IT DOES THAT GOOD. SIMILARLY, COUNCILOR WE DO STAFF UP AND AGAIN AS IS WERE SAYING THE PLANNING THINGS FOR
SPECIAL EVENTS OR LARGE EVENTS IS IS OF COURSE TO PROTECT THE EVENT PARTICIPANTS AND PEOPLE, THE SPECTATORS WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT AGAIN THE WHOLE GOAL OF ANY OF THOSE PLANS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO RELY ON PULLING IN RESOURCES FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TO
COME INTO AUGMENTING YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING WAS TRULY DISASTER. THE IDEA WE BAY AREA FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW AT THE
MARATHON USING A LOT OF THE MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS OTHERWISE TO TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF THE ROUTINE THINGS THAT HAPPEN THERE IS WE EXPLAIN THAT HEY SOMEBODY MUST HAVE IN THERE AND
AM I IN SOUTH BOSTON WHO HAS TO GET TO A CATH LAB? SOMEBODY ELSE MAYBE A ROOFER THAT FALLS DOING SOME WORK SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY COULD CARE LESS AT THE MARATHON RUNNING OR THAT THE CELTICS ARE
HAVING A VICTORY PARADE. THEY THEY NEED THEIR ATTENTION THEY GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND WE WE WE UNDERSTAND THAT SO WE TRY TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT
IN MIND WITH THAT WE WILL TRY TO STAFF UP IN NOT SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR
OUTSIDE THE EVENT BUT A LOT IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EVENT SO THAT WE CAN ONE GET GET TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AFFECTED AREA.
SIMILARLY WE USE GATORS AND WE HAVE THESE OTHER SMALL MINI EMAILS AS THEY CALLED ACE APPS THAT ARE THEIR ACTUAL LICENSES CLASSIFY. SO IF WE NEED TO WE CAN ALSO
TRANSPORT THEM NOW THEY CAN GET THROUGH SMALLER AREAS AND WE HAVE DEPLOYED THOSE AND USED THOSE EFFECTIVELY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WELL WE UTILIZE THE EMTS AND PARAMEDICS ON BICYCLES WITH
EQUIPMENT SO THEY CAN GET INTO SITUATIONS AND BE ABLE TO PERFORM A QUICK ASSESSMENT TO SEE DO WE EVEN NEED AN AMBULANCE OR IS THIS SOMEBODY WE CAN GET IN A CAR OR A
WHEELCHAIR OR SOMETHING ELSE AND BRING THEM BACK A TREATMENT AREA AND EVALUATE THEM THERE? WE WILL YOU KNOW, ON EVENTS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS LIKE FOR
FOR EVACUATION DAY WHERE WE ALWAYS WILL HAVE AT LEAST ONE TREATMENT AREA AND AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER WE NEVER WOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE
TYPICALLY DEPLOYED. OUR TANGO TEN UNIT WHICH IS A A BUS WHICH HAS STRETCHERS, THE ABILITY TO PUT WHEELCHAIRS, MULTIPLE EQUIPMENT ON IT WE MAY HAVE HAD THOSE TIMES DOWN ON D
STREET LAST YEAR. WE WOULD HAVE MAYBE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THERE AT A TIME. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HAVE SEVEN AMBULANCES TO COME IN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE MAYBE
OVERINDULGED OR WITH MENTAL STATUS CHANGE OR WE'RE EVALUATING, WE COULD KEEP THEM THERE FOR A BIT. WE HAD PHYSICIANS ON BOARD. WE COULD MAKE DECISIONS WHETHER SOMEBODY COULD BE TREATED,
RELEASED OR OR EFFECTIVELY, YOU KNOW, LEGALLY REFUSE OR OKAY MAKE A CALL TO LIKE HAVE A NEXT TIME WE HAVE A UNIT CLEARED. THIS IS A LOWER PRIORITY. WE CAN PUT TWO PEOPLE IN AN
AMBULANCE TAKE TO TRY TO BE MORE EFFICIENT ABOUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE AND TRIAGE FROM THAT POINT AND LIKE WHAT COUNCILOR MURPHY WAS ASKING
LIKE SOMETIMES THE AGAIN, DEPENDING WHAT THE EVENT IS IS THAT A FRIENDLY CROWD IS THIS CELEBRATORY CROWD OR IS THE ABILITY OR IS A POSSIBILITY THAT MOVES MAY BE SQUARING OFF?
WILL WE IN CASES LIKE THAT WILL OFTEN BE REQUESTED WILL DEDICATE EMT AND MEDICS WITH SOME SPECIALIZED YOU KNOW, A
HIGHER LEVEL OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO TO SUPPORT POLICE PUBLIC ORDER PLATOONS OR TO STAGE WHERE THEY'RE READY WITH WITH A SMALL VEHICLE SO THEY CAN GET IN AND QUICKLY EXTRACT
PEOPLE UNDER THE FORCE PROTECTION OF THE BOSTON POLICE. SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO ARE IN THERE AS WELL TO DEDICATE SOMEBODY TO THAT AND IF WE HAVE TO AND
AGAIN, IF SOMEBODY WERE EVACUATED TO A TREATMENT AREA AND THEN DECIDE HOW IT GOES FROM THERE AND KEY PARTNERS IN THIS ARE THE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. SO I MEAN EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT
THE EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE LIKE JUST ON A TYPICAL DAY NOW IN THE STATE OF MIND BOSTON THERE THE VERY CAPACITY BUT WHAT WE
HAVE SCHEDULED ARE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, NO NOTICE EVENTS. THEY POP UP WE DO GET ON OUR RADIO NETWORK AND WHAT WE END
UP AND PHONE TREES WE CONTACT THE REPS FROM THE ALL THE CONFERENCE OF BOSTON TEACHING HOSPITALS AND QUICKLY GIVE THEM UPDATES SO THAT THEY CAN GEAR UP SO IF NECESSARY THEY HAVE TO
HOLD OVER STAFF AT SHIFT CHANGE OR IF SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS THAT HEY MAYBE WE GET HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE FROM SOMETHING DOWNTOWN
AND YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT SURE SOMEBODY MIGHT LET SOME PEPPER SPRAY GO IN THE CROWD AND YOU KNOW, FIRES DECLINE TO THEM RIGHT NOW BUT JUST YOU KNOW, JUST BE AWARE SOME PEOPLE MAY WALK INTO YOUR HOSPITAL LIKE
THAT AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE TO SHUT THAT PLACE DOWN. SO WE THE IDEA IS TO REALLY KEEP THE INFORMATION SHARING GOING AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO IS DURING THOSE EVENTS WHETHER THEY COME
UP ABRUPTLY OR WHAT THE PLANNED MONTHS IN ADVANCE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE BESIDES THE EOC IN EOC WHICH IS A VERY
IMPORTANT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE THE BPD HOST THE THERE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE DELI DELI SERVICES DAY YEAH WHERE THEY
COORDINATE THE POLICE THE MTA YOU KNOW BOSTON WHAT HAVE YOU COLLEGES AGAIN IF IT'S A FRIENDLY CELL BUT IF YOU KNOW
THE RED SOX RUN A CHAMPIONSHIP THING WHICH THEY COULD BE OUT OF TOWN TYPICALLY WE WOULD SEE WAS THEY WOULD HAVE CAMERAS UP THERE WATCHING WHAT WOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WON THEY WON A
WORLD SERIES. YOU CAN SEE DORMS EMPTYING OUT. YOU COULD SEE WHATEVER GOING ON . YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE PIT THERE KIND OF CURTAILING IT AND YOU WOULD
SEE FOR SOME REASON KENMORE SQUARE BECAME A GATHERING POINT BECAUSE OF WE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST THE BPD WOULD HAVE A PLAN
TO KNOWING THAT CROWDS AND CARS DON'T MIX WHETHER THIS EVIL INTENT WHETHER THERE'S ALCOHOL INVOLVED OR NOT, THEY JUST THEY DON'T MIX SO THEY'LL JUST SHUT
DOWN TRAFFIC THAT CAN COME INTO THE AREA OR LIMITED AND DIVERTED FROM THERE SO THAT KNOWING THAT CROWDS AT A BUNCH OF CELEBRATORY COLLEGE KIDS OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE DON'T WANT
THAT MIX IN THE STREETS AT THE SAME TIME AS AS CARS BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT ONE EXCITED MOTORIST MIGHT DO. AND AGAIN BOSTON'S LEARNED FROM FROM THAT AND THEY'LL QUICKLY
DO IT AND A LOT A LOT OF REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY WITH THEIR MONITORING CAMERAS AND THEIR ABILITY TO LOOK AT HOW PACKED THAT T STATIONS ARE. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD
COORDINATION THERE WHICH REALLY PREVENTS A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UNNECESSARY INJURIES AND EVENTS. IT'S HARD TO IT'S HARD TO APPROXIMATE HOW MUCH IS AVOIDED
IN AND MANAGED BY THE THAT THAT THE WORK THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING CONCERT THANK YOU SO WE
HAVE MET EVERY ASK FROM BPD SO FAR AS FAR AS STAFFING LEVELS A LOT OF HELP FROM WATER AND AND BEAUTY AND PARKS DEPARTMENT TO HELP US GET THOSE BLOCKING
VEHICLE NUMBERS FOR US THE KIND OF REAL ISSUE IS CLEANING POST TO PREVENT AND THEN POST EVENT LIKE CLEANING UP AFTER THE PARADE LAST YEAR WAS DIFFICULT
THAT WE ALMOST WE HAD TO MOVE MOST OF THE CLEANUP TO OVERNIGHT BUT GET THESE GUYS HOME FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A REST AND THEN COME BACK IN TO GET TO GET THE PARADE ROUTE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, REGULAR STATUS.
YEAH OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN THE MORNING BUT AS OF YET WE'VE WE'VE ACCOMMODATED EVERY HAS COMPETED AT THIS POINT THANK
YOU MR CHAIR DO I AM I OUT OF TIME OR YES COUNSELOR I'VE GOT THAT WE'LL DO ANOTHER NO THAT'S FACT ROUNDS AS AGAIN AS WE NEED. THANK THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS GENTLEMEN APPRECIATE
THE THOROUGHNESS. I ALSO FAILED TO MENTION EARLIER THAT WE WERE BEING JOINED BY DISTRICT THREE CITY COUNCILOR JOHN FITZGERALD AND I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO HIM. COUNCILOR PREPARED FOR HIS
ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MY QUESTIONS ARE MORE TOWARDS THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT OR SPECIAL
EVENT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON WHEN SOMEONE IS SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION TO DO A FESTIVAL OR PARADE WHICH ONE OF YOUR DEPARTMENT SIT IN THOSE IN
THOSE MEETINGS? SO I KNOW POLICE, FIRE AND EMS ALL SIT IN THEM I WE DON'T RUN THOSE THEY'RE RUN OUT OF CITY
HALL HERE SO WE ARE A PARTICIPANT YEAH AND THEY BRING IN OTHER GROUPS AS NEEDED I MEAN IF THE EVENTS EVENT'S NOT IN A PARK YOU DON'T NEED PARKS DEPARTMENT. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY BRING IN OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THOSE. OKAY.
AND WHEN FOR I GUESS FOR PPD DO YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANTS CASE THEY DO REQUIRE OR ASK YOU FOR ANY SAFETY MEASURES OR POLICE
PRESENCE SO WE ON POLICE SIDE WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS UNIT THAT'S ALL THEY DO. THAT IS THEIR FULL TIME JOB TO
ENGAGE IN THE SPECIAL EVENT PLANNING PROCESS AND TO THEN DO AFTER ACTION REVIEW THAT GOES INTO THE FILE SO NEXT YEAR WHEN
YOU COME BACK WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME. THAT'S OUR PIECE OF IT. I'LL LET THE OTHER SPEAK. YOU KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKS AT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT SECURITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT FIRE SAFETY. SO IF THEY HAVE PROPANE TANKS WE WANT THEM SPACED APPROPRIATELY. WE WANT FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY BETTER PAY DETAIL TO WATCH THEM.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT EVACUATION ROUTES IF SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN, WE WANT TO KEEP THE ROUTES OPEN FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THERE. IT'S A PERSONAL EMERGENCY THAT
THAT'S WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRE SAFETY ASPECT OF IT AND EVACUATION IS OUR MAIN PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO THESE SPECIAL EVENTS. SO OKAY. OKAY.
AND FOR THE FOR THE DETAIL THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THE EVENTS THEN WHAT THE CULTURAL EVENTS NOT JUST A DOMINICAN FESTIVAL, THE PARADE, THE BERRIGAN FESTIVAL, THE THE CARNIVAL THAT HAPPENS
IN PARTS OF MY DISTRICT, THE POLICE THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THAT DO YOU TRY TO I KNOW IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THERE'S LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING TO
UNDERSTANDING. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? CERTAINLY IT IS IN THE YOU KNOW FOR VARIOUS IF THERE'S LANGUAGE
INVOLVED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM THAT CULTURE FOR EXAMPLE I'LL USE AN EXAMPLE WE JUST HAVE THE LION DANCERS IN
CHINATOWN IN AND CERTAINLY WE PUT OUT CITYWIDE THE ASKING FOR ANY OFFICERS WHO SPEAK THE LANGUAGES INVOLVED TO VOLUNTEER
FOR THAT. WE START WITH THAT MOST OF THESE EVENTS AGAIN WE ARE A COMMUNITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. MOST OF THESE EVENTS MOST
OF THE ORGANIZING GROUPS WE HAVE OUR MEMBERS WHO ARE PART OF THOSE ORGANIZING GROUPS AS WELL WHETHER IT BE THE CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL, THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL SAINT
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE WE PEOPLE WHO ARE BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS WHO IF YOU WILL ARE SITTING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE HUGE ADVANTAGES OF THE BOSTON
POLICE DEPARTMENT HOW WE DO THINGS THAT OUR PEOPLE ARE THAT DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY SO IT'S NOT THEY'RE OVER HERE AND WE ARE OVER HERE.
IT'S US DECIDING TOGETHER HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THINGS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? COUNCIL IT DOES. IT DOES. AND THE REASON WHY YOU BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT ADDS A HUGE ADVANTAGE TO THE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE I
SAW IT AT AT A DOMINICAN FESTIVAL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS FOR EVERYWHERE WHERE A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS AND FEEL COMFORTABLE AFTER THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT POINT IS WHEN AN INCIDENT HAPPENS, HOW DO YOU ANALYZE WHAT HAPPENED? HOW DO YOU TAKE IT TO CONSIDERING WHAT ARE WE GOT TO
CHANGE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR? OBVIOUSLY 2013 WAS A BIG EXAMPLE OF THAT BUT EVEN FOR THE SMALLER EVENTS WHERE IN MY CASE I'M USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL WITH
THE SHOOTING, HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU DO IN ORDER TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE NEXT YEAR? WELL I THINK IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT THE FIRST THING THAT TAKES PRIORITY IS THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY GETTY EMS GET FIRE IN, TAKE CARE OF THE INJURED. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? AND GET THEM OUT IN THE KILL
THEY NEED THAT THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE THERE ALWAYS COMES FIRST. SECONDLY, WE NOW HAVE A CRIME SCENE AND A CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION AND PART OF THE OUTCOMES OF BOTH OF THOSE THEN INFORM AN AFTER ACTION PROCESS AND THE IN MY DEPARTMENT AT
LEAST THE SPECIAL EVENTS UNIT THAT IS ONE OF THEIR SPECIFY FUNCTIONS IS TO TAKE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. YEAH DISCUSS IT WE WILL DISCUSS
IT WITH THE LOCAL COMMANDERS. WE WILL DISCUSS IT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW AGAIN WE ENGAGE IN DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO TRUST ME EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH EVERY SINGLE GROUP THAT BORDERED ANYWHERE NEAR FRANKLIN PARK FOR EXAMPLE AFTER THAT THAT WAS
SOME DIRECT DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE IT. ALL OF THAT GETS INCORPORATED
INTO OUR RESPONSE. OKAY. NOW I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT EARLIER IN THE HEARING WHERE YOU SAID ALL RIGHT, WE CLOSE
CIRCUIT DRIVE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE THEY'RE JUST GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT'S A BIG FISH TO TO TRY TO TO TRY TO CATCH SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO I JUST I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE AS COLLABORATIVE AS POSSIBLE TO TO WORK WITH YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCCESSFUL EVENTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. BUT I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP
THAT POINT AND FOR CLARIFYING A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES THAT YOU GUYS TAKE WHEN PREPARING FOR ANY OTHER IN THE CITY OF BOSTON . SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S A THANK YOU.
SO IF I MAY, I JUST I JUST JUMP ON THAT AS WELL. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE AFTER ANY EVENT WE ALWAYS SPECIFICALLY ALWAYS FROM THE SUPERVISORS,
THE COMMAND STAFF THIS INVOLVED WITH ANYTHING WE WE ASK THEM TO SUBMIT AFTER ACTION REPORT AND IT JUST JUST GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE ON ON THAT EVENT YEAH WE THAT WE WILL WE SPOKE TO ALL OF OUR CREWS THAT WERE UP THERE LAST NIGHT AND WE ENDED UP JUST TRY TO GET YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THE
GROUND, WHAT HAVE YOU AND LIKE DO WE SO SOME OF THE SOME OF THE ISSUES I'M TRYING TO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW WHERE THE EVENT HAD RUN A LITTLE BIT I THINK LATER THAN IT WAS FIRST ANTICIPATED AND IT
WAS A GORGEOUS NIGHT. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE TURNED UP LEAVING AND I'D HAVE TO SAY FOR AT LEAST A DOZEN PREVIOUS YEARS
THE THE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL WAS WAS ALWAYS MUCH MORE LOW KEY. WE DIDN'T HAVE REALLY HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT ASSOCIATED
WITH IT AND YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF I DON'T WANT TO SAY COMPLACENCY BUT IT WAS KIND OF WE WERE ALMOST
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH HAPPENED UP THERE. BUT WITH THE TRAFFIC WITH WITH THE ROADS AND JUST THE FACT THAT IT WAS JUST SUCH A GREAT
TURNOUT WHICH WAS GOOD FOR THE EVENT BUT THAT AGAIN BEING ABLE TO GET PEOPLE OUT AND ORDERLY WHEN A PARTY IS OVER AND IT'S TIME TO GO. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS TO GET THEY GET A RAISE ON THAT AND OBVIOUSLY WE'D WANT TO INCREASE OUR OUR SIZE THE FOOTPRINT OF OF THE EVENT NEXT TIME.
BUT AGAIN THE LESSONS FROM THAT ,YOU KNOW, DIDN'T NECESSARILY WAIT FOR THIS COMING YEAR COMING UP I'D SAY THAT WITH THE NEXT EVENT THAT WAS COMING UP
AFTERWARDS A BIG EVENT WAS GOING TO BE THE THE CARIBBEAN EDGE OF THE TWO PART AND WHICH HAS BEEN TWEAKED MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE OF MAYBE
SOME THINGS THAT WOULD HAPPEN AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING NOT NOT JUST LATER THAT AFTERNOON. THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS MADE TO BUT STEPS INTRODUCED THAT
CLOSED DOWN CERTAIN STREETS TO GET A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER ON HOW THINGS WERE WERE GOING TO BE MANAGED WITH THE ORGANIZERS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMMUNICATING
THINGS. SO THERE WAS ALREADY A LOT OF STEPS WE DIDN'T WAIT FOR THIS YEAR. WE STARTED MAKING ADJUSTMENTS EVEN JUST FOR THE NEXT EVENT
INCREASING OUR BY REPRESENTATION AT THESE EVENTS AND SIMILAR TO TO THE POLICE WE DO WE DO HAVE YOU KNOW, WE'RE
FORTUNATE WE DO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF ACTUALLY NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS WHO DO WELL ON
DUTY AND ACROSS THE CITY AT ANY GIVEN SHIFT WE WE WE DO OFFER OVERTIME TO EVERYBODY FOR THOSE EVENTS. WE DO ENCOURAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT'S YOU KNOW, NOT SURPRISING
. WE DO GET WE DO GET RESPONSE FOR THAT BUT BUT WE ALSO HAVE HAVE THE ABILITY WE HAVE PEOPLE ON REGULAR DUTY THAT DAY AND IF
YOU KNOW AND IF IF NEED BE WE CAN REASSIGN FOLKS FROM SO VERY GOOD REPORTING AND BACKFILL THEM WITH ALL THE TIME. SO THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. NO CHIEF, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THAT BREAKDOWN AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU GUYS ARE BEING EVEN PROACTIVE WITH MAKING SURE THAT FOR ANY NEXT NEXT EVENT HAPPENING YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY TAKING STEPS TO MAKE IT SAFER. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU, BEN WHAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AT ABOUT 7 MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
TODAY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. SORRY FOR MY TARDINESS TO TODAY'S HEARING. SO IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SOME OF THE STUFF ALREADY BEEN ASKED FOR, GIVE ME YOU GIVE YOU
A ABBREVIATED ANSWER AND I'VE GOT CATCH UP LATER. BUT FIRST QUESTION AROUND FEDERAL FUNDING AND SORT OF THE EFFECT THAT MIGHT TAKE ON OUR VIEW IS THAT IT WAS THAT ASKED ALREADY ARE GREAT HOW BIG IS
OUR CONCERN IN TERMS OF THE IMPACTS IT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU DO OPERATIONALLY TO STAFF THESE LARGE EVENTS? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT. THAT'S SORT OF THE THING. RIGHT. BUT I MEAN SO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS COULD BE AFFECTED. WELL, I'LL I'LL I'LL START
PLEASE. I WOULD THANK YOU SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. YEP. WE YOUR FOR THE IMMEDIATE HEARING NOW LIKE YOU SAID WHAT EVERYONE'S KIND OF WATCHING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WHICH IS
GOING TO BE LIKE WELL PAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY THIS AND WHAT JUDGE MAY PUT AN INJUNCTION IN OR WE WILL PAY FOR NOW BUT SO
AGAIN I I WATCHED THE NEWS EVERY DAY TOO BUT ASIDE FROM THAT SOME OF MY CONCERNS GOING FORWARD ARE WE'VE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL AS AS A CITY BUT AS OUR DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS AND SECURING SOME KEY GRANTS
THAT WOULD HELP US PREPARE TO TRAIN TO MAYBE GET DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT LIKE A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THAT WE MENTIONED THAT WE'VE GOT IN
YEARS PAST THAT WE HAVE NOW FOR FOR SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THE SMALL MINI VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF SOME OF THE SPECIALIZED PPE.
YOU KNOW, THE PORTABLE EYEWASH STATIONS IN CASE ALL WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF LARGE CROWDS FOR THAT. A LOT OF THINGS WERE PURCHASED WITH GRANT MONEY THEY CAME FROM
EITHER DIFFERENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THINGS FROM UAC OR FROM OTHER THINGS AGAIN. SO IF WE WORRY ABOUT THAT A LOT OF THE TRAINING INITIATIVES
THAT WE DID WHILE WERE GRANT FUNDED WHETHER IT WAS SUPPORTING URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE WITH MEDICAL DEDICATED MEDICAL PEOPLE OR OTHER THINGS
WERE DONE WITH THOSE FUNDS. SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DOWN THE LINE FOR THAT AND ALSO
CONCERN AND ABOUT OUR ABILITY THEN TO WE BROUGHT IN AS HAS AS I ALLUDED TO IN MY REMARKS WE BROUGHT IN USUALLY SOME GRANT
GRANT DOLLARS WE BROUGHT IN LIKE PHYSICIANS AND RESPONDERS AND OTHER PEOPLE FROM WHO DEALT WITH COORDINATED ATTACKS IN FRANCE. BUT BEYOND THAT I WENT BACK YEARS AGO WE BROUGHT OVER
PEOPLE FROM THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE METROPOLITAN POLICE OUT TO THIS SUBWAY BOMBING STATE AND SPENT LIKE YES, WE HAD A CONFERENCE BUT WE SPENT HOURS TALKING ABOUT HEY,
WHAT NEW PLAN WORKED AND DIDN'T WORK WHEN IT CAME TO GAME DAY, RIGHT. GOTCHA. AND WE BROUGHT IN PEOPLE FROM SPAIN AFTER THE TORCH CAR BOMBINGS AND ON AND ON AND ON.
IT'S THOSE VALUABLE THINGS THEY'RE BRINGING UP THE FIRST RESPONDERS FROM AFTER KATRINA LIKE HEY, WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO WHEN YOUR HOMES ARE GONE BUT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WORK SO
MUCH DIFFERENTLY THAT MAY NOT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS WILL COME FROM NOW AND THOSE WEREN'T FUN FOR ALL THINGS THOSE WERE LIKE I CAN'T
SEND MY WHOLE DEPARTMENT TO EUROPE TO LEARN FROM YOU. SURE I CAN BRING SOME PEOPLE OVER HERE NOW AND THEN SIMILAR TO BOSTON FIRE GOING OVER APPARENTLY SOME OF THAT STUFF
IS AT RISK YOU TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THE FIRST RECEIVERS HOSPITALS CLOSURES AS YOU WELL KNOW THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THAT ON US AND WHAT THE FEDERAL
DOLLARS MAY BE DOING THERE YOU KNOW THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE BIGGER HOSPITALS NOW ARE ANNOUNCING SECOND ROUNDS OF LAYOFFS BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR ABILITY. THANK YOU, CHIEF.
I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD IMAGINE FOR THE OTHERS VERY SIMILAR THINGS. IT'S I MEAN YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT EQUIPMENT TRAINING THAT ALL STUFF THAT PAID WITH FEDERAL GRANTS BUT DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO THE SPECIFICS BUT
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED THAT WOULD LATER ON COULD SHOW ITSELF IN A LARGE SCALE EVENT SHOULD SOMETHING GO WRONG WHICH IS CONCERNING
OBVIOUSLY AROUND DEMONSTRATION PROTESTS. I KNOW YOU CAN SAY THAT DEPENDING THAT CAN BE A LARGE EVENT. THE QUESTION WAS ON MY QUESTION SO WHAT IS THE CRITERIA? AT WHAT POINT? RIGHT.
I MEAN I DO A ROAD RACE EVERY YEAR 500 PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW IS THAT A LARGE EVENT AND I DON'T THINK THE POLICE HAS A DRONE OVER THE ROAD RACE FOR RIDE FOR THAT NECESSARILY BUT THERE ARE SO WHAT IS THAT WHAT IS THE
CRITERIA OF WHEN WE GO ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN LARGE EVENT STATUS HERE? WELL LET ME JUST SPEAK ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IF WE'RE CLOSING ROADWAYS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN IT BECAUSE WE TO
GET THE FIRE TRUCKS THROUGH SO WE'RE INFORMED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE THAT THESE ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED. WHETHER WE HAVE A PRESENCE HERE, IT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND AGAIN IF THERE'S
COOKING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO YEAH, IS THERE CREDIT, IS THERE CRITERIA AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO CONSIDER IT A LARGE SCALE EVENT THAT MIGHT BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT?
SO MY ANSWER IS I THINK I ADDRESSED IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WITH COME FROM MURPHY BUT THE ANSWER IS FUNGIBLE, RIGHT IN THAT I SAID 100,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL ON THE SAME
SIDE OF AN ISSUE THAT'S JUST A TRAFFIC PROBLEM. YEAH, RIGHT NOW I DID HEAR THAT. YEAH. 500 PEOPLE ON TWO DIFFERENT SIDES OF SOMETHING IT'S AN ISSUE.
YEAH THAT THAT REQUIRES THAT MAY REQUIRE MORE STAFFING THAN 100,000 AND WHAT IS THE ISSUE WHAT IS THE THREAT. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. FINAL QUESTION I KNOW I'M
PROBABLY APPROACHING MY TIME HERE TOO MUCH LIKE A LOT OF EVENTS WE'VE SEEN I MEAN EVEN JUST THIS MORNING IN GERMANY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THAT SOMEONE PLOWED THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE. RIGHT.
SO THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF STUFF THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN THE EVENT OF MASS CASUALTIES. I KNOW LIKE FOR THE MARATHON WE GOT WE WERE ALLOTTED FOR THE POST AFTER THE EVENT HOW QUICKLY WE GOT PEOPLE TO THE
HOSPITALS, HOW QUICK LIKE THE LIVES THAT WERE SAVED FROM ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS DO RIGHT IN THE COORDINATED RESPONSE IS WHAT I THINK PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY WHAT HOW DID
YOU GUYS DO THAT? WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT IN OTHER CITIES. I KNOW 1050 IS ABOUT 50 WHATEVER IT IS 1015 YEARS LATER HERE I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
DO WE STILL FEEL THAT IF THAT WOULD OCCUR ANYWHERE IN THE CITY THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT SAME RESPONSE? I KNOW BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THAT HOSPITALS WERE NEARBY AND IT MADE IT EASIER BUT IF
THAT WERE TO OCCUR IN SOUTH BOSTON, IN DORCHESTER AND ANOTHER LARGE SCALE EVENT A PARADE A SHORT DAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT. WHERE WOULD WE HAVE THE COORDINATED RESPONSE WE HAVE
FROM DOWNTOWN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S THOUGHT OUT OR WOULD THAT BE LIKE ON THE FLY TAKE THEM TO THE COLONY WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THE COUNTY IS GOING TO REOPEN AND
WILL THAT ALL MY LITTLE TIE IN THERE BUT IS THAT SORT OF LIKE COME INTO PLAY OF HOW YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT ALL RIGHT, IF THERE IS X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SOMETHING WENT OFF WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
WE'RE IN SOUTH DORCHESTER. WHERE ARE WE TAKING EVERYBODY? IS THAT ALL PLANNED OUT PRIOR TO OR IS IT SORT OF LIKE ON THE FLY? WELL, IF I COULD SQUEEZE THAT. OKAY. IN OUR CASE WE JUST WANT TO
COVER EVERYTHING LIKE THAT SO I CAN HAVE EVERY FIRE TRUCK IN THE CITY AT THAT INCIDENT. RIGHT. AND THE SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS WILL SEND FIRE TRUCKS IN TO COVER THE FIREHOUSES SO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY ARE NEVER UNPROTECTED FROM FIRE SAFETY.
YEAH. SO WE WOULD IT WOULD WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. WE WOULD BE THERE. WE WOULD DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MITIGATE THAT EMERGENCY AND NOT JUST IN SPECIAL EVENTS
EVERY DAY EVENTS IF YOU CANNOT PLAN FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT A SPECIAL EVENT LIKE IN GERMANY OR ANYTHING ELSE. IT COULD BE JUST A REGULAR DAY. SOMEBODY GOES DOWNTOWN AND DOES
SOMETHING SO WE'RE PREPARED 24 HOURS A DAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE WILL RESPOND AND EVERYBODY WILL BE PROTECTED THAT'S LEFT UNPROTECTED FOR A FEW MINUTES WHILE OTHER FIRE TRUCKS COME IN. SO THAT'S GREAT IDEA.
THANK YOU. I JUST WAS HOPING TO REPLICATE WHAT WE WERE ALLOTTED FOR IN THE PAST AND HOPEFULLY THAT COULD BE DONE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY IF YOU HAD THAT SAME RESPONSE.
I THINK THAT MAKES THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY FEEL A LOT BETTER. YEAH. SO SO REAL QUICK I CAN SPEAK I CAN SPEAK TO OBVIOUSLY THE PREPARATION THAT GOES IN TO THE EVENTS.
FIRST OF ALL TO YOUR FIRST YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT LARGE CROWD DESIGNATION OR LARGE EVENT DESIGNATION BASED ON THE CALLS THAT I'VE BEEN ON WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PERMITTING DEPARTMENT I'M NOT
SURE IF THERE'S A NUMBER AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER ABOUT A THRESHOLD AND WE WERE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A THRESHOLD SPARKING OTHER COMMITMENTS FROM THE CITY IN
TERMS OF THE LIKE THE EOC. AND THEN TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPENED IS OUTDOOR JUSTICE THAT'S WHERE OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE SO INTERMINGLED AND SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF LIKE THE EOC IF WE HAVE THE EOC
ACTIVATED WHICH WE PLAN TO DO MORE OF NOW AS AS EVERYTHING HAS MOVED ON OUR OUR NEED FOR MORE EYES IS ALSO GOING TO MOVE
US INTO A DIFFERENT SPECTRUM OF HOW MANY HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE GOING TO ACTIVATE EOC RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY PROBABLY ONLY DO IT FOR LARGER EVENTS AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT OTHER EVENTS.
PRETTY MUCH A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE CITIES CALENDAR TO BE HAVE EYES AND EARS TO HELP OUR PARTNERS AND HAVE THAT OVERALL JURISDICTION. SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENED WE ASSUME LIKE THE COMMISSIONER
SAID WE CAN'T PLAN FOR IT BUT BECAUSE OF THE GREAT COORDINATION BETWEEN OUR AGENCIES I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER CITY THAT DOES IT AS WELL AS WE DO. IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU GUYS.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK OUR PARTNERS WITH THE HOSPITALS WHAT'S THE SO IF AGAIN TAKE THAT SCENARIO OR WHATEVER SCENARIO YOU'RE JUST SAVING
THERE AND IN DORCHESTER OR ANYWHERE THE PRINCIPLES ARE THE SAME RIGHT WHERE IT'S THE IDEA OF IF YOU IDENTIFY A A MULTIPLE
CASUALTY, A MASS CASUALTY EVEN JUST BASED ON POTENTIAL NUMBER OF OF OF CASUALTIES, IT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DRILL IS TELL ME WHAT
THE GOAL IS TAKE OKAY GET GET THE RIGHT PATIENTS TO THE RIGHT HOSPITAL IN THE RIGHT TIME. SO TO DO THAT IT'S IT'S ESTABLISHING LIKE COMMAND OR
QUICK DESIGNATIONS JOB TRIAGE LIKE WHO'S FOR EXAMPLE WE TALKED ABOUT THE MARATHON THERE WERE 20 PEOPLE OF A TAGGED RED YOU KNOW PEOPLE WITH A MISSING LIMBS, PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T HAVE BLOOD PRESSURES.
PEOPLE ARE UNCONSCIOUS AFTER THAT I THINK IT WAS 25 YELLOW WHICH GOT THIS SERIOUS BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DIE IN THE NEXT HOUR. BUT SO SO YOU TRY TO GET THE
RED ZONE FIRST, TRY TO GET THE NEXT ONE SO IT SOUNDS IT SOUNDS EASY BUT BUT WITH THE IDEA IS WE TRY TO DRILL WE TRY TO PREPARE FOR THAT.
YES. HEY, YOU COULD BE THE THE NIGHT SHIFT FOR THE AMBULANCE 13 AND MAKE A PLANE HERE THE FIRST WIND LIKE ALL THE. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO? TRY TO SWITCH THAT MODE.
SUPERVISORS COME IN BUT BUT THE EARLY ON IS IS FOR US TO ALERT THE HOSPITALS ALERT THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE IS IN THE AREA TO TRY
TO GET THAT FORCE MULTIPLIERS AVAILABLE TO OR ABLE TO BRING THEM UP TO HELP BACKFILL TOP JOB NEIGHBORHOODS FOR US AS WELL. BUT FOR THE HOSPITALS IT'S SO
THAT THEY HAVE ALL HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL DISASTER PLANS. THEY'RE ACUTELY AWARE OF THE PRESSURES THAT ARE ON THEM NOW AND LIKE HOW DO WE STAND UP FOR
SOMETHING LIKE THIS SO THAT MEANS THAT BY COLLECTIVE SURGERIES GETTING CANCELED FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE COMING IN FOR A LIKE YET GUESS WHAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET GET THAT SHOULDER SURGERY YOU'RE
WAITING FOR FOR THREE MONTHS AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE CLEARING ALLIES OR THEY'RE PRIORITIZING THINGS OR THEY'RE GETTING READY TO WHO CAN THEY DISCHARGE NOW? WHO CAN THEY GET OUT OF ICU OR
MOVE SOMEWHERE EVEN IF IT MEANS TRANSFERRING THEM OUT OF TOWN THAT'S THEY GO THROUGH THOSE INTERNAL DRILLS. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE IF IF SOMETHING SHOULD SUDDENLY
OCCUR, IF WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVE A GOOD MAXIMIZE SURVIVAL. YEAH THAT'S THE BOTTOM BOTTOM LINE IS TO HAVE VERY GOOD COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND AND AND US WELL THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME WITH ALL OF MY TIME. THANK YOU, JOE. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR FITZGERALD I'M GOING TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO TALK MYSELF AND
THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR A SECOND ROUND JUST ON THAT I'M NOT THE CHIEF SHORTAGE YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE COORDINATION AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE BROUGHT IT UP IN YOUR RESPONSES IN TERMS OF THE
COORDINATION BETWEEN YOU ALL IN TERMS OF IN CASE OF EMERGENCY SOMETHING HAPPENED. SO NO, NOT TALKING ABOUT LARGE EVENTS THAT ARE PLANNED BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 2013 LIKE
SITUATIONS LIKE THAT WHO WHO LIVED OR DIED COORDINATION IS IN THE EOC WHO WHO'S THE ONE THAT ACTIVATES EVERYONE ELSE WHO YOU KNOW WE NEED EMS HERE. WE NEED FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE WHO WHO'S WHO'S MAKING THAT
CALL? WELL, IT'S ALL PREDICATED ON THE FIRST INITIAL CALL, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS. SO THE FIRST INITIAL CALL TO 911 WHATEVER RESOURCES MIGHT BE FOR POLICE, FIRE, EMS THAT
STARTS THE PROCESS AND IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU BRING THAT QUESTION THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION YESTERDAY ABOUT A ABOUT A MASS COMMUNICATION GATHERING THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY WITH ALL THESE AGENCIES THAT YOU SEE HERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET AGENCIES TOGETHER AND WE AND WE HAVE A CALL SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS IN THE CITY THAT WE HADN'T PLANNED FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS A NOTIFICATION
GOES OUT TO SOMEBODY ON THE STAFF, THE UPPER STAFF OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES HERE AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY WITH THE CLICK OF A BUTTON TO GET EVERYBODY ON A CALL SO THEY CAN GET SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING. HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN THEN ADVISE WHO WE NEED TO ADVISE FROM THERE. SO TO YOUR QUESTION WE JUST HAD TO HAVE FIRST INITIAL MEETING
YESTERDAY ABOUT LIKE EVERYBODY IS NOTIFICATION FOR THESE FOR THE THE SUPERIOR OFFICER IS SO THAT WE CAN START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AROUND WHAT IS GOING ON, WHAT'S HAPPENING, HOW DOES
IT HAPPEN BUT YOUR INITIAL QUESTION IT'S OBVIOUSLY TRIGGERED BY THE FIRST CALL THAT COMES IN TO WHICHEVER DISPATCH I'D ALSO SPEAK CONFLICT TO THE NATIONAL INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM WHICH
WE'VE ALL BEEN TRAINED IN WHICH SETS OUT A FRAMEWORK FOR INCIDENT COMMAND AND GIVES I WON'T SAY RULES BUT GUIDANCE ON
WHERE INCIDENT COMMAND SHOULD BE GIVEN THE TYPE OF INCIDENT. SOME OF IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE IT'S A FIRE. THE FIRE CHIEF IS IN CHARGE. WE TAKE OUR ORDERS FROM HIM OR
HER. YEAH, RIGHT. IT'S A SHOOTING. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S IN CHARGE. IF FOR THE SAKE OF AN ARGUMENT I DON'T KNOW.
YOU HAD AN AIRLINER COMING IN WITH THREE 300 PEOPLE VOMITING ,THAT WOULD BE A MESSAGE AND WOULD BE INCIDENT COMMAND FOR
THAT LARGE SCALE MEDICAL. THOSE ARE KIND OF THE SIMPLEST WAYS AND THE SUBTLETIES TO IT. BUT THERE IS A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR WHO IS ACTUALLY
INCIDENT COMMAND IN EACH ONE OF THE LEAD AGENCY WHO IS LEADING THE LEAD AGENCY WHICH LIKE YOU SAID POLICE IF IT'S A SHOOTING FIRE, IF IT'S A FIRE BUT WE ALL WORK IN A UNIFIED
COMMAND SYSTEM SO THERE WOULD BE A HIGH RANKING PERSON FROM THE POLICE, FROM THE FIRE, FROM EMS IN ONE PLACE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. WE MIGHT HAVE TWO LOCATIONS WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS SHOT AT IN
MATTAPAN LAST YEAR. SO THE POLICE AND THE FIRE COMMAND WERE TWO BLOCKS AWAY. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAD POLICE AND FIRE COMMAND AT THE BUILDING THAT THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE AND SO I THINK WE'RE THE BEST
IN THE COUNTRY. I TRAVEL AROUND AND THEY DO SAY THAT THAT WE WORK WELL WITH THE UNIFIED COMMAND SYSTEM. WE ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER, WE GET TOGETHER, WE WE DETERMINE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO VOICE IT.
WE KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE IF IT'S A SHOOTING OR A FIRE. SO IT WORKS OUT VERY WELL. I'D LIKE TO ADD CONFLICT TO THAT GOES RIGHT DOWN TO THE LOWEST LEVEL. YEAH. SO IT'S A SIMPLE HOUSE FIRE IN DORCHESTER THE PULL IT THE
SERGEANT SHOWS UP THE FIRST ON SCENE WHOEVER THE OFFICER IN CHARGE IS EMS SHOWS UP. FIRST THING THAT SERGEANT DOES IS FIND OUT FIND THE FIRE CHIEF AND SAY WHAT DO YOU NEED? RIGHT.
IT WORKS RIGHT DOWN AT THAT LEVEL. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE IS A PLAN WHERE TO HAND OFF INCIDENT COMMAND BASED ON THE PHASES OF THE EVENT.
SO TO USE YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT AT ONE POINT THE BOSTON MARATHON, THE BOMBER AND IN THE IMMEDIATE OC YOU KNOW POLICE
DEPARTMENTS INCIDENT COMMAND IN THE EVENT BUT THEN WE HAVE A RESCUE PHASE BUT THEN IT GOES IN YOU KNOW RESCUE TRIAGE AND SO ON AND THEN AT SOME POINT IT
TRANSITIONED BACK TO POLICE COMMAND WHEN IT BECAME A CRIME SCENE. YEAH. AND WE SO THERE IS SORT OF THIS FREE FLOWING FIRE SAYS OKAY, WE'RE OUT.
IT'S A CRIME SCENE, IT'S ALL YOURS NOW. YEAH. WE'RE LIKE MAKE SENSE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAN ASK ONE MORE QUESTION AND KIND OF SHIFT IN FOCUS AS I
KNOW I THINK COUNCILMAN HAD TALKED ABOUT OR ASKED ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THERE THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT HERE AND HAVING PERSONNEL FROM YOUR
STAFF AS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS YOU KNOW, SUCH LIKE DOMINICAN FESTIVAL AS I MENTIONED HAVING, YOU KNOW, SPANISH SPEAKING OFFICERS OR EMS ONSITE IN TERMS OF BEING
PROACTIVE AND COMMUNICATING TO COMMUNITY. SO NOT NECESSARILY THERE HASN'T BEEN AN YOU KNOW, AN EMERGENCY EVENT BUT HOW ARE WE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREPARE OUR
COMMUNITY FOR SUCH EVENTS AND THEN SPECIFICALLY ALSO ON THAT YOU KNOW HOW WE GET IT TO, YOU KNOW, OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE WHO SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? HOW ARE WE BEING PROACTIVE AND
THEN IN TERMS OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE MADE MY QUESTION CLEAR TO YOU SO HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS PRIOR TO ANY EVENTS HAPPENING?
YOU KNOW, ARE WE ARE WE HOSTING TOWN HALLS? ARE WE AS ONE KNOW OR ARE WE NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL? WE YOU KNOW, ARE WE EXPECTING RESIDENTS TO JUST REACT WHEN
EMERGENCY DOES OCCUR? I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMUNITY THE PLANNING PART OF THIS EVENT THIS THEY'RE ATTENDED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD BE THERE TO SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON. THEY WOULD CONVEY THE MESSAGE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS WE HAVE A DIVERSE FIRE FORCE AND OUR MY THING WOULD BE IF IT'S IN
DORCHESTER I WANT FIREFIGHTERS THAT WORK IN DORCHESTER THAT GO ON THE STREETS EVERY DAY THAT KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THE ONE WAY STREET IN THE SMALL STREETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I WOULD LIKE AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS GET
FIREFIGHTERS THAT WORK IN THAT COMMUNITY TO STAFF THESE EVENTS SO SO I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT AGAIN, IT'S A COMMUNITY POLICE
DEPARTMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS, MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT'S AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE IDEA OF HAVING A TOWN HALL OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO. WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IF WE FEEL THE NEED OR IF THE COMMUNITY FEELS THE NEED.
BUT I ALSO THINK THE IT'S IT'S JUST WHO WE ARE. IT'S WHO WE ARE AS A DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT IT'S WE ARE
PART OF THEIR DISCUSSION AT ALL TIMES SO WE CAN ALWAYS IF YOURSELF ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL TIME TO DISCUSS THE
SPECIAL ISSUE ALWAYS BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT'S WHO WE ARE. WE ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY DISCUSSION AT ALL TIMES AND SOMETIMES I THINK THAT GETS OVERLOOKED IN THE WHAT WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO ABOUT X OR Y? SO THANK YOU SIR. COUNCILOR REAL QUICK BEFORE YOU MOVE ON IN REGARD TO COMMUNITY WORK, I THINK THE COMMUNITY WORK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE DO. WE HAVE SO WE STARTED LIKE CPR,
WE GRADUATED 50 CERT COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM MEMBERS 50 PEOPLE LAST YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SEVENTIES WE STARTED CPR PROGRAMS BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN THE
PERSON NEXT DOOR BEING ABLE TO HELP THE PERSON WELL BY YOU CALL 911 WE'VE GOT TO STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM THAT WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO INITIAL STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY TOO SO WE CAN FACILITATE SOME HELP FOR THE OTHER SERVICES BY THE TIME THEY REACH. AND SO THAT'S THE COMMUNITY WORK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
THINGS AWESOME NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR SO I APPRECIATE THE PARENTS THAT WE HAVE. I'LL TURN NOW OVER NOW TO FIRST TAKE YOUR MIND OF QUESTIONS STARTING WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR
HOUSE MURPHY YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR FIRST OFF, I WANT TO DANIEL I THINK I GAVE YOU A JOB IN TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION ISN'T HERE SO I DO JUST WANT TO UPLIFT THAT.
YOU ARE THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FROM PUBLIC WORKS BUT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BUT I'LL START OFF WHERE YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. ONE THING I KNOW LIKE AFTER THE
SHOOTINGS AT THE CARIBBEAN FEST THERE WERE DEFINITELY MORE MEETINGS WITH MISS SHIRLEY AND THAT GROUP AND I DO WANT TO UPLIFT COUNSELOR OFFLINE. I KNOW AFTER THE ST PATRICK'S
DAY EVACUATION DAY PARADE LAST YEAR YOU KNOW, PROACTIVELY HAVING MEETINGS I KNOW THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE A LOCAL SEVEN IRONWORKERS YOU KNOW, CITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS WOULD COME TOGETHER BUT A FEW WEEKS
BEFORE THE PARADE. BUT I DO THINK IT'S COMMUNITY LEADERS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICE FIRE, EMS, PARKS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS IN SOUTH BOSTON ARE ATTENDING THAT AND CAPTAIN BOYLE SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS PROACTIVELY GETTING READY FOR AN EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
KNOW, THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, INFORMED AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BE TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY ALSO I KNOW TODAY BAKER WHO WORKS IN
THE SPECIAL EVENTS SHARED WITH US A LOT OF GOOD PROTOCOLS THAT THEY DO BEFORE THESE EVENTS AND LIKE WHAT COUNCILOR PEPEN HAD SAID LIKE WHICH DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT SHE SAID THAT THERE ARE YOU KNOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS DEDICATED IN THEIR HAVE THAT WEDNESDAY MEETING IF SOMEONE HAS APPLIED BUT I'LL JUST READ DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS I WAS
HAPPY TO SEE THAT PPD BEAT TD PARKS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT OWNS ESD ESD HEALTH AND BUILDING PUBLIC WORKS BOSTON FIRE SPECIAL HAD A HAZARD BOSTON
FIRE FIELD SERVICES EMS LICENSING ALCOHOL LICENSING ENTERTAINMENT AND BTA AND DCR AND OTHER OUTSIDE AGENCIES ALL ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE
ALREADY IS A PLAN IN PLACE TO COORDINATE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO I DEFINITELY FEEL SAFER KNOWING THAT THAT IS ALREADY HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COORDINATION.
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. ANOTHER THING IT WAS BROUGHT UP. THANK YOU ADRIAN. SPEAKING ABOUT 911I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FILED A
HEARING TO KIND OF TALK MORE ABOUT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR 911 SERVICES HERE HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES THEY NEED BECAUSE THEY ARE THAT FIRST CALL AND THERE'S SUCH A LOT OF PRESSURE
ON THAT DEPARTMENT AND SO MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED. I KNOW IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN HARD TO KEEP IT STAFFED AND HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED AND THEN ALSO ON THE POLICE
STAFFING THERE ARE TIMES LIKE COMMISSIONER BURKE LIKE IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALARM IT WOULD GET TO THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, RIGHT? IF AN INCIDENT GETS TO A POINT
THAT YOU KNOW A FIRE GETS OUT OF CONTROL OR OBVIOUSLY UNPLANNED CRIME SCENE HAPPENS. SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH SURROUNDING TOWNS AND CITIES BUT THEN THERE
IS TIMES WHERE WE ALREADY KNOW LIKE WE PLAN AHEAD, RIGHT? SO YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN CALL IN REAL TIME BUT I KNOW LIKE COMING UP FOR THE EVACUATION DAY PARADE THEY TALKED ABOUT
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOWN 135 POLICE SO WE'RE ALREADY REACHING OUT TO THE STATE POLICE ARE GOING TO BE THERE. THE MTA POLICE OR SURROUNDING TOWNS. SO COULD YOU SPEAK TO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUTSIDE
AGENCIES AND HOW IT WORKS DIFFERENTLY WHEN YOU NEEDED IN REAL TIME OR WHEN WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD SAYING, YOU KNOW ,LET'S LET'S PLAN FOR YOU TO BE THERE SO IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT EVERY FIREBOX IN THE CITY OF BOSTON HAS A A CAR THAT GOES WITH IT AND IT GOES UP TO NINE ALARMS AND IT TELLS YOU WHO COMES ON EACH ALARM SO IT'LL TELL YOU THE ENGINE, THE
TRUCK WHEN IT'S A SURROUNDING AREA LET'S SAY WEST ROXBURY ON PARTS OF WEST ROXBURY IT'LL SAY BROOKLYN ENGINE THREE. SO BROOKLINE KNOWS THEY COME WHEN THAT THAT FIRE COMES IN.
SO IT'S ALREADY LAID OUT IN ADVANCE FOR EVERY FIREBOX, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY WHO COMES EVEN IF THEY COME FROM OUT OF TOWN. SO THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. IT'S AUTOMATIC. THEY KNOW IT. WE KNOW IT.
SO THERE'S NO TIME DELAY IN GETTING OTHER AGENCIES IN FOR US. ARE WE ON ANY OTHER SURROUNDING TOWNS CALLS TO GO OUT? WE DO SO YES ALL THE TIME. YES.
AND AND THEY WILL ASK I MEAN MYSELF PERSONALLY I'VE GONE TO MALDEN AS A FIRE CAPTAIN AND DIFFERENT BECAUSE I WORKED IN THE SOUTH AND WE TRAVELED OUT
THERE DIFFERENT I'VE BEEN TO WOBURN, HAD A FIRE, YOU KNOW SO YEAH THEY DO WE WE TRAVEL OUT NOT AS COMMON IT'S GOT TO BE A BIG EVENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD GO WITH THEIR SURROUNDING TOWNS
BEFORE THEY WOULD JUMP FOR TOWNS TO HAVE US BUT CERTAIN RESOURCES LIKE THE DRONE NOW THE COMMAND CENTER TECHNICAL RESCUE WE'VE GONE TO EFFORT WITH SOMEBODY TRAPPED IN A
PIECE OF MACHINERY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS OR HAS MET. WE WE HAVE A MAJOR CITY IN THE STATE THE HUB OF THIS STATE WHICH THAT REQUIRES US TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY IN THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIALTY
RESCUES AND THEY KNOW THAT THE FIRE CHIEFS IN THESE TOWNS WILL CALL AND SAY WE HAVE SOMEBODY TRAPPED. YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM RESCUE. WE WILL GO TO THAT. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM.
IT WORKS WELL NOW. SO ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S SIDE I'M GOING TO DIVIDED INTO TWO DIFFERENT IF YOU WILL. THERE'S THE PLANNED AND THE
UNPLANNED YOU KNOW AND FOR THE PLANNED EVENT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE POLICE, WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS IN THE VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNCILS, THOSE COUNCILS THAT IS THEIR PURPOSE. THAT'S WHY THEY EXIST, YOU
KNOW, TO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF CONSOLIDATED A MECHANISM FOR CONSOLIDATED MUTUAL AID FOR AN EVENT. I KNOW CONSTABLE FLYNN SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED YOU KNOW
ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE THE STATE POLICE HAVE A NATURAL ROLE IN THAT ANYWAY THE SPACES ALONG THE HIGHWAYS COMING IN THE BEACHES, THE ROADS DAY
BOULEVARD, THE ROADS SURROUNDING IT ARE THEIR PRIMARY PATROL JURISDICTION SO THEY ALREADY HAVE A ROLE THERE. THERE ARE TIME WHEN IN ORDER TO
SUPPLEMENT WHAT WE DO WE WILL ASK THEM TO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT THAT ALREADY EXISTS MAYBE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE UP TOWARDS DORCHESTER
STREET, THAT SORT OF THING. AND POLICE TRUST ME IT'S ST PATRICK'S DAY. THEY HAVE ENOUGH ISSUES BUT YEAH THEY, ALSO EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT A BIT OUTSIDE THE
STATIONS THEMSELVES MAYBE INTO THE STREET SURROUNDING IT TO ASSIST US SO SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PLANNED PIECE OF IT THE UNPLANNED THE PIECE AS CHIEF
COMMISSIONER BURKE MENTIONED WHERE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IN CERTAINLY IN THIS PART OF THE STATE OUR BOMB SQUAD RESPONDS TO OUT YOU KNOW TO
OTHER MUNICIPALITIES CONSTANTLY . CERTAINLY THE FLOW TENDS TO BE OUTWARD RATHER THAN IN WITHIN THOSE SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THE UNPLANNED STUFF WHEREAS AS
PLANNED STUFF THEY'RE USUALLY HELPING US. I PERSONALLY YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD PUBLIC SAFETY EVENTS WHERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ASKED
US IN AN EMERGENCY SENSE FOR ASSISTANCE. I PERSONALLY HAVE RESPONDED AS FAR OUT AS NORTH ANDOVER DURING THE YEAR. SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THE GAS
EXPLOSIONS THAT THEY HAD UP THERE AND THEY SENT OUT A STATEWIDE CALL FOR HELP. I WENT UP THERE WITH APPROXIMATELY 40 POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE PULLED OUT
OF OUR VARIOUS DISTRICTS TO ASSIST THEM REVERE EVENTS. YOU KNOW, THEY A FEW YEARS BACK A SHOOTING AT A CINEMA WE SENT
OFFICERS OVER TO THERE. SO SO WE DO THAT SORT OF THING AGAIN IT'S A VERY FREE FLOWING THING AND WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL PAPER IN BOSTON AREA POLICE
EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK WHERE IT'S LITERALLY JUST DISPATCH A SEPARATE RADIO NETWORK BUT DISPATCHER THE DISPATCHER THE DISPATCHER FROM REVERE CAN JUST GET ON AND CALL BOSTON ON THE
RADIO AND SAY HEY, WE'VE GOT EIGHT PEOPLE SHOT AT THIS THEATER. CAN YOU PLEASE SEND US SOME HELP? THAT'S GREAT AND IT IF THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN REACH THE COMMAND
LEVEL IT'S ALL HAPPENING RIGHT AT THE UPPER IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL LEVEL YOU QUICKLY I KNOW MY TIME BUZZER WENT OFF BUT YOU MENTIONED THE GAS EXPLOSIONS. DO YOU HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
WITH THE UTILITIES ALREADY KNOWING THAT LIKE EVERSOURCE AND WE DO YOU KNOW VERY CLOSE REALLY I JUST MET A GUY IN THE ELEVATOR I MEAN STORIES SETTING UP TRAINING FOR US FOR THE GAS
WE DO ALL THE TIME. WE DRILL ON THAT WHENEVER THERE'S A FIRE WE SEND A CREW OF FIREFIGHTERS TO THE BASEMENT TO SHUT OFF THE GAS AND ELECTRICITY SO WE DON'T GET ELECTRICAL AT ALL.
WE DON'T HAVE A GAS EXPLOSION. THEY'RE FANTASTIC. THOSE AGENCIES THEY SHOW UP AND DOUBLE CHECK WHAT WE DID IF WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO DO IT, THEY'LL GO DOWN WITH THE FIREFIGHTER AND DO IT FOR US THAT THE UTILITIES ARE FANTASTIC.
THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN MURPHY, COUNCIL OPINION BEFORE THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT ROLE MICHAEL ROLE PLAYS IN WORKING CLOSELY WITH WHAT YOU GUYS HEAR AND WORKING
WITH WORKING WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION AS WELL. SO DAN, WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MICHAEL AND ALL OF THE ALL OF THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AS WELL.
YOU GUYS DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB SO SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BURKE YOU ATTENDED MY MONTHLY MEETING. I HAD TO DISCUSS THE EVACUATION
DAY PARADE AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE AND YOU HAD A VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATION AND
PROVIDED SOME GOOD GUIDANCE FOR ME ON THIS ISSUE. ON ONE ISSUE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SO I HIGHLIGHTED THE
OBVIOUSLY THE PARTIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN AND AROUND A PARADE. IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IT COULD BE IN SOUTH BOSTON. IT COULD BE AT ANOTHER LOCATION. BUT TAKE THE EVACUATION DAY
PARADE PEOPLE ON ROOFS, ON ROOFS ON ROOF DECKS WHETHER IT'S OVERCROWDING OR NOT. BUT THEN PEOPLE JUST ON ROOFS WITHOUT ANY ROOF DECK AND
BASICALLY WATCHING A PARADE AS THE PARADE GOES BY OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY DRINKING ALCOHOL BUT LITERALLY NO WAY, NO SAFETY
BANNERS AT ALL. CERTAINLY ILLEGAL TO BE UP THERE. CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED, COMMISSIONER? BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU PROVIDED WAS A LOT A LOT
OF GOOD FEEDBACK. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE SCHOOLED IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SO A ROOF DECK IS ONE THING BECAUSE THE ROOF IS REINFORCED LIKE YOU
JUST SAID THERE'S RAILINGS ON THE ROOF DECKS BUT THERE IS AN OCCUPANCY LIMIT TO THE WEIGHT LOAD ON THAT ROOF DECK. BUT THEN YOU HAVE ROOFS THAT DON'T HAVE ROOF DECKS ON THEM. THOSE RULES ARE CONSTRUCTED.
THE MAXIMUM LOAD WOULD BE FOR A HEAVY SNOW LOAD NOT FOR PEOPLE WEIGHING £200.20 OR 30 OF THEM WITH NO GUARDRAIL THEY COULD SLIDE RIGHT OFF THESE ROOFS. THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME WHEN I'M WATCHING THAT PARADE I YELL
AT PEOPLE ON THE ROOFS AND THEY JUST TOSS THE GLASS TO ME. I'M LIKE GET DOWN FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S AWFUL. IF THEY COME UP THEIR ROOF COLLAPSES. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INJURIES IN THAT.
SO THAT CONCERNS ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP THAT THOUGH. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEM OFF THE ROOF OR PROHIBIT THEM FROM GOING UP THERE BUT IT'S A MAIN CONCERN. SO THAT WOULD BE A TECHNICAL RESCUE.
WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAPPED UNDER LUMBER FROM THE ROOF WHEN IT COLLAPSES. I MEAN IT WOULD BE AN SITUATION. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THIS YEAR I DISCUSSED
WITH YOU BRINGING FOR GOLF CARTS AND SO I WANT TO HAVE GOLF CARTS SO THEY CAN GET TO THESE LOCATIONS QUICK. THEY CAN CALL FOR HELP AND DO SOME WORK BEFORE THE OF THE
FIREFIGHTERS GET THERE AND THE ROOFS ARE A BIG CONCERN FOR ME LET'S SAY NOW AND WE HAVE A SNOWSTORM SO WE HAVE A HEAVY SNOW LOAD ON THAT ROOF THAT WEIGHS ITS WATER AND THEN YOU
PUT PEOPLE ON TOP OF THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE EXCEEDING THE WEIGHT LIMIT BY A LARGE AMOUNT THAT COULD CAUSE A COLLAPSE. SO YEAH, THAT CONCERNS US VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, ALSO FIREHOUSES WHEN
I WAS A CHIEF IN SOUTH BOSTON, THE PEOPLE WANT TO USE THE RESTROOM IN THE FIREHOUSE, RIGHT? THERE'S ONLY ONE. SO WE TALK TO FIREFIGHTER MAINTENANCE AND WE HAD THEM TRY
I THINK 25 PORTA PARTIES ON THE FRONT OF THE FIREHOUSE TO TRY AND GET THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE FIREHOUSE AS THESE ARE CITY BUILDINGS. BUT WE NEED ACCESS TO GET THOSE TRUCKS OUT SO WE CAN'T HAVE THEM IN THE SIDE OF THE
BUILDING WAITING TO USE THE RESTROOM AND WE GOT TO JUMP ON THE TRUCKS AND THESE BIG TRUCKS ARE ROLLING OUT AROUND THEM. SO THINGS LIKE THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO TO TRY TO
PREVENT THEM IF THEY DO HAPPEN TO MITIGATE THEM AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE WHEN THEY TAKE PLACE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SUPERINTENDENT SO COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP IN THIS FORUM
BECAUSE PART OF THIS HOPEFULLY THERE'S AT LEAST A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WATCHING WHO WILL GET THE PUBLIC EDUCATION PIECE OF IT AND NOT GO UP ON THE ROOF. BUT THE OTHER PIECE OF IT IS IT
IS ACTUALLY PART OF OUR OPERATIONS PLAN. WE BRIEF OUR SUPERVISORS AND SO ON ALONG THE ROUTE WE'VE SPECIFICALLY WATCH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON ROUTE AND WE WORK
WITH OUR PARTNERS AT ESD SO THAT WE KNOW WHICH ARE LICENSED AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT AND WHERE THERE IS ONE THAT'S EITHER LICENSED BUT OVERCROWDED
OR WHERE THERE'S NO LICENSE FOR PEOPLE UP THERE ON THAT ROOF AND WE ROUTINELY SEND POLICE OFFICERS INTO THE BUILDING TO TELL THEM TO GET DOWN AND THERE'S A MECHANISM IF THEY'RE
UNCOOPERATIVE THEN THERE'S AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM FOR THAT THROUGH THE INSPECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. SUPERINTEND AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CAPTAIN BOYLE FOR
THE IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP HE PLAYS OUR COMMUNITY ON ALL THINGS RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING. HE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL POLICE OFFICER.
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGE HIS LEADERSHIP. MR CHAIR, I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FLYNN,
COUNCILOR CLYBURN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT'S FOR CHIEF JORDAN. I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES I WENT
OVER TO TO YOUR SITE IN JAMAICA PLAIN AND GOT A TRAINING ON DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN CASE THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMERGENCIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO
THAT WITH CITY COUNCILORS OR ANY OTHER CITY THAT WE CAN KIND OF PREPARE? HAVE WE HAVE AN OF WHAT YOU GUYS DO? I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND IT PUT THINGS INTO
PERSPECTIVE OF HOW MUCH IT TRULY GOES INTO WHENEVER THERE IS SOME TYPE OF NATURAL DISASTER OR A THREAT. SURE. I MEAN WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING EVERY EVERY YEAR WE INVITE THE
COUNCIL TO COME VISIT US AND WE SEE SOME SOME MEMBERS AND WE DON'T SEE OTHERS BUT THAT WOULD MOST DEFINITELY BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO. WE'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO
PUT ON SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU GUYS SOME EYES AND EARS AS TO IN SOME OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF WHAT THE STUFF THAT WE DO AS WELL FOR SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN WE CURRENTLY RUN I THINK OUR VISITS HAVE BEEN AROUND US TRYING TO FACILITATE
LIKE A NEW EOC AND MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE THE FOCUS OF THE VISIT TO HERE'S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY AND HERE SOME OF THE CAPACITY HERE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THAT WE'RE INVOLVED IN. SO MAYBE MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE
THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL. YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN THAT AND MAKE AND HELP MAKING THAT HAPPEN. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT IDEA OUT THERE. I KNEW THAT IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO ME BACK THEN TO
UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WAS IN INTO YOUR DECISION MAKING SO I COULD FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO THAT HERE? THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. I WILL BE HAPPY TO AS A CHAIR
WOULD BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH WORK WITH THE CHIEF AND AND GET SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OUT THERE. ARE YOU TALKING TO ME IN JAMAICA PLAIN? NO, I WAS I WAS GOING TO SAY I
I'M SORRY. YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW AS I SAY YEAH I KNOW THAT THAT'S OKAY. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALWAYS SETTING THE HIGHEST BAR IN THE COUNTRY AND HOPE WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE STANDARD FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO FOLLOW. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
GREAT. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A VERY IS VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
COLLEAGUES FOR ANY CLOSING REMARKS STARTING WITH THE LEAD SPONSOR AND COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU. JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I DEFINITELY FEEL SAFER AFTER
LISTENING TO YOU AND ALL OF THE COORDINATION THAT YOU DO PUT IN EVERY DAY AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ZOOMING IN AND FOR US AS COUNCILORS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT CONFIDENCE THAT WE
DO YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE PLANS IN OTHER CITIES, TOWNS AND ON JUST ACROSS THE CITY, THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY ACROSS THE WORLD LIKE LEAN ON US AND ASK FOR OUR ADVICE. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE THAT AND LIKE WHAT COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAID, IF WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FUNDING ABOUT FROM THE FEDERAL AND GRANTS WE HAD A HEARING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT LEARNING
THAT SOME OF THEIR GRANTS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTING STAFFING . SO KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE VIGILANT IN THE BUDGET SEASON TO MAKE SURE THAT NO FUNDING IS BEING TAKEN AWAY
FROM THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY DO. SO THANK YOU ALWAYS FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MURPHY, COUNCILOR FLYNN THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND THANK TO THE
ADMINISTRATION TEAM FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM AND FOR THE HARD WORK OF THE MEN AND WOMAN OF YOUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR TURNER. THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN DOES WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PANELISTS FOR FOR BEING HERE FIRST OF ALL AND FOR ALL THE WORK TO DO FOR THIS A NEW BOSS AND FOR ME IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO CALL YOU GUYS COLLEAGUES IN THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK ACROSS THE FIRST YEAR ALONE ALREADY HAD HIS WORK . WELL, I'VE ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY SEVERAL STAFF THAT WE HAVE
ZERO SIGNUPS FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY SO WITH THAT THERE ARE ANY FINAL REMARKS THAT YOU ALL AND IF YOU WANT TO SAY TO THE RECORD I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS FORUM I
THINK THIS TOPIC IS FRONT AND CENTER FOR ALL PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES WORLDWIDE, NOT JUST HERE AND TO TALK ABOUT IT IN ADVANCE OF ANY TRAGEDY HAPPENED. I THINK ONLY MAKES OUR RESPONSE BETTER.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS FORUM GOING AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO GIVE US THE COMMUNITY INPUT INTO INTO WHAT WE DO.
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING US ARE ONES YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING YOU AND YOU KNOW COMMUNITY POLICING IS ABOUT BUILDING TRUST. SO WE ANSWER RING QUESTIONS AS
PART OF THAT. THANK YOU. THAT COUNTS AS FOR ME A MESSAGE WELL THANK VERY MUCH FOR INCLUDING US. I THINK EVEN A COUPLE
OF DIFFERENT TAKEAWAYS FROM HERE AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING, MR CHAIR, WAS ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT EVEN IN SORT OF PLANNING AND
YES THERE IS BUT AS IS AS WE SEE THAT A LOT OF THINGS IF YOU MEET WITH WHITE COMMUNITY GROUP YOU MET WITH ONE COMMUNITY GROUP SOMETIMES SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON THINGS
BUT THAT THAT SHOULDN'T STOP US FROM SEEKING MORE INPUT IN ADVANCE AND IN BUILDING THAT CAPACITY IN THE ESPECIALLY I MEAN IT COULD BE AN ELDER
RUSSIAN SPEAKING POPULATION AND IN BRIGHTON WHERE OKAY WE MAYBE ONE RUSSIAN SPEAKER ON THE JOB SO IT'S UP THOSE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS AND ONE THING I'VE GOT
TONS OF PEPEN YOU REMIND ME AND I MEANT TO BRING UP WAS THAT THE WE ALL US HAVE GOOD REACH BACK AVAILABLE AND ACCESS TO A NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESPONSE I'M
SORRY NEIGHBORHOOD REPS AND THEY ALL HAVE SPECIALTIES THERE AND AT THAT AGE STRONG THIS THEY ALL HAVE CAPABILITIES COME UP AND HELP US WITH THAT SO
LIKE YOU KNOW LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD REP THE SOUTH IS ON CALLS THAT WE DO FIVE DAYS A WEEK ON VASQUEZ THEY'RE THEY'RE INVOLVED SO WE DO GET TO TALK
WITH THEM ALL THE TIME AROUND DIFFERENT ISSUES SO THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THEM IN A LITTLE BIT EVEN I THINK MORE FOR THE ACT OF PLANNING FOR LIKE WELL HOW DO WE BEST PREPARE YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS BECAUSE WE DID SEE BACK IN 2013 AT THE BOMBING THERE WAS A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE THEY HAD PRIOR EXPERIENCE
EITHER WHETHER IT WAS MILITARY OR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE ARE IN WORK FOR HOSPITALS OR THEY WERE IN HEALTH CARE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE EFFECTIVELY ABLE TO LIKE YEAH, YOU GOT
THIS. YEP, FINE. JUST HOLD PRESSURE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS GUY OVER HERE. THEY'LL DO IT. THEY'LL TELL US THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO YOU EMPOWER THEM AND THEY'RE THEY'RE
THEY'RE GOING TO HELP SO AGAIN HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE BACKED OUT AND EVERY PLAN WHETHER IT'S A THE ROAD RACE FOR 500 PEOPLE OR THE 4TH OF JULY THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS I'M
GETTING FROM TODAY. THANK YOU. AWESOME. YEAH, I THINK I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR
THOUGHTFULNESS AND ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS. ONE THING THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES THE PARTICIPATION IN TODAY'S HEARING AND SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COUNCILOR MURPHY,
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