MY NAME IS HENRY SANTANA AT LARGE CITY COUNCILOR AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON'S COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. TODAY IS MARCH 26TH, 2026 AND
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ORDER FOR A HEARING TO DISCUSS 2026 LARGE EVENT SAFETY RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY COUNCILORS JOHN FITZGERALD AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 28TH, 2026.
TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR FITZGERALD AND COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BREADON. UM I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW UM OPENING REMARKS FROM MY COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH OUR LEAD SPONSOR. UM AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE OUR PANEL TODAY. UM, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATORS FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UH, BASICALLY I CALL THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE A BUSY SUMMER COMING UP. UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN
MADE AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO THIS. UH, THE REASON I WANTED TO HAVE THIS HEARING WAS I KNOW THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN TELL US. THIS IS I'M NOT TRYING TO DIG DEEP FOR DETAILS. WE'RE NOT GIVING AWAY THE
ANSWERS TO THE TEST HERE. THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO REMAIN UNDER WRAPS AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO AND HOW YOU OPERATE AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UH, BUT I LOOK AT IT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW AS MYSELF HAVING THREE KIDS AND OTHER FAMILIES
IN AND AROUND THIS CITY THAT ARE THINKING ABOUT COMING INTO THESE EVENTS AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL SAFE. UH, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN JUST WE ANSWER
SOME QUESTIONS AND FOLKS WILL FEEL BETTER, UH, ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN PLACE. UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE FULL FAITH IN EVERYBODY HERE ON THIS PANEL AND YOUR DEPARTMENTS AND THE WAY YOU GUYS COORDINATE
WITH EACH OTHER. UH, AND WE'VE NEVER BEEN LET DOWN BEFORE, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. APPRECIATE THE TIME. AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING THE FAMILIES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON FEEL SAFE FOR THIS UPCOMING SUMMER. AWESOME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER TO COUNCILOR FLYNN, YOU KNOW BEFORE. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND LEARN FORCÉMENT
PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HERE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO WORK WITH ALL FIVE INDIVIDUALS OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, INCLUDING CHIEF HOOLEY AND COMMISSIONER
BURKE, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HUMPHREYS. UH, CHIEF ELLIS ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE KEVIN COYNE ALSO WITH THE FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT
DOES AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AS WELL . UM, BEFORE I BEGIN, I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONER ON ON YOUR RETIREMENT
COMMISSIONER. BUT I I DO KNOW YOU'VE BEEN AN EXCELLENT COMMISSIONER AND DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, UM, THROUGHOUT YOUR ENTIRE CAREER ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, COMMISSIONER, AND, UM, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN AND HUMPHREYS ON SO MANY PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL. UM, AS WELL AS AS WELL AS UM CHIEF HARRIS AND CHIEF FOLEY THE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF E-M-S .
UM DURING VARIOUS EVENTS THAT I SEE YOU AT INCLUDING THE RECENT SAINT PATRICK'S DAY UH, EVACUATION DAY PARADE, I SHOULD SAY THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB ,UH, PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE
FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. BUT LIKE COUNCILOR FITZGERALD SAID, I'M HERE TO LEARN. UM, TO TO TO DO WHATEVER I CAN TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY, TO
SUPPORT OUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT WE WORK TOGETHER. WE LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, WE RESPECT EACH OTHER AND UM, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR
COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. UM, AND THANK YOU TO GERARD FOR CALLING THIS HEARING.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, CONVERSATION. UH, THERE IS SO MUCH HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. UM, AS, UH, WHEN WE TOOK THE WORLD CUP, THE TALL SHIPS AND JUST THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER ALL THE TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. UM, I ALSO HOPE THAT THE FUNDING COMES THROUGH AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET SUPPORT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A MAJOR THING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ALL
THE TIME ABOUT OVER TIME AND HOW UM, THAT WORK IS COVERED. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE THAT WE NEED TO AS BEST AS WE'RE ABLE TO UM, DURING UM,
THIS UPCOMING WORLD CUP FOR THE NORMAL SECURITY THINGS AND SAFETY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A HEARING A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE UH IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED THE THE THE DIFFERENT STORMS FORMS
OF SECURITY ISSUES THAT MAY UH RISE TO THE TOP UH, WHEN WE HAD THESE LARGE EVENTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, INCREASES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE BIG SPORTING EVENTS. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU
KNOW, WE ARE AS PREPARED AS WE CAN BE TO DEAL WITH THE JOY AND SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT COME WITH UH, THESE LARGE EVENTS. SO THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE. WE'VE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY
COUNCILOR CULPEPER. ALSO CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. UM THANK YOU, CHAIR SANTANA FOR HOLDING THIS HEARING. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD
FOR FILING THIS. AND TO ALL OF THE SPONSORS AS BOSTON PREPARES TO HOST A SERIES OF MAJOR EVENTS THIS YEAR INCLUDING THE WORLD CUP
TALL SHIPS BOSTON 250. WE ARE EXPECTING A SIGNIFICANT INFLUX OF VISITORS THAT WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL DEMANDS ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS.
THESE EVENTS REQUIRE CAREFUL COORDINATION ACROSS EMS FIRE, THE BOSTON POLICE AND THE STATE POLICE AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE WE ARE FULLY PREPARED.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE BROADER COMMUNITY PUBLIC SAFETY RISK THAT CAN ACCOMPANY LARGE SCALE EVENTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR
INCREASES IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING ,SEX TRAFFICKING AND DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY. AS WE PLAN FOR THESE EVENTS, WE SHOULD BE THINKING NOT ONLY ABOUT BASELINE SAFETY
OPERATIONS BUT ALSO ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE ADEQUATELY SCALING UP RESOURCES, COORDINATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS TO PROTECT VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS AND ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE BOTH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. I ALSO WANT TO SECOND THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHIEF ON
A LONG AND DISTINGUISHED UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORY AND UH, I WISH YOU WELL IN YOUR RETIREMENT. MAY YOU DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DIDN'T GET TO DO WHILE
YOU'RE WORKING FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHILE YOU'RE IN RETIREMENT. GOD BLESS YOU. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PEPPER . AND BEFORE I INTRODUCE MY, UM, OUR PANELISTS TODAY, I JUST
WANT TO MENTION THAT, YOU KNOW, BOSTON IS EXCITED TO HOST MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS EVENTS THAT ENRICH THE CITY, ALLOW RESIDENTS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND AND ENGAGE WITH THEIR INTERESTS, SHOWCASE THEIR
SKILLS AND ENGAGE WITH OUR CITY'S HISTORY. UM WITH THESE EVENTS, HOWEVER, COMES INCREASED CROWDING. UM PUBLIC GATHERINGS INVOLVING UM ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS. UM ENSURING THAT AT LARGE EVENT
IS CRUCIAL. ENSURING SAFETY AT THESE LARGE EVENTS IS CRUCIAL. AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR TAKING A PROACTIVE STEP ON THIS MATTER . UM I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM OUR PANELISTS.
SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE THEM NOW. AND UM, SO UM, WITH US HERE TODAY, UM WE HAVE UM JAMES HOOLEY WHO IS THE CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
WE HAVE PAUL BURKE WHO WAS A COMMISSIONER OF OUR BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SEAN MARTIN WITH THE BUREAU AND FIELD SERVICES WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT UM
HUMPHREYS UM WITH THE BUREAU OF FUEL SERVICES WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND PATRICK ELLIS UM CHIEF OF OPERATIONS WITH THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AND, UM, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU ALL FOR ANY, UM, INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENT REPRESENTATIONS YOU ALL WANT TO MAKE. AND WE COULD START WITH YOU,
CHIEF. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP. OKAY, SO I DID. THIS, SO I WAS ANYWAY. NO. UM. WELL THE AFTERNOON. UH. >> THANKS FOR. >> INVITING US, UH, DOWN HERE
TODAY AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, EXPRESS SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AND SOME OF OUR. PREPARATIONS BUT, UM, UH UH, ON BEHALF OF BOSTON EMS, MY NAME
IS JIM HALL AND I'M THE CHIEF AT BOSTON EMS. UH, IN 2025, ABOUT 440 EMTS AND PARAMEDICS RESPONDED TO MORE THAN 141,000 CLINICAL
INCIDENTS. AND WE TRANSPORTED OVER 95,500 PATIENTS TO AREA HOSPITALS IN BOSTON. ALONGSIDE PROVIDING DAY TO DAY PRE-HOSPITAL CARE FOR BOSTON'S
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. WE CONTINUE TO MAKE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND TRAINING FOR MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS A TOP PRIORITY. UH, IT WAS UH, LOUIS PASTEUR WHO.
FAMOUSLY SAID THAT CHANCE FAVORS THE PREPARED MIND. IN OTHER WORDS, GOOD OUTCOMES OR SUCCESS ARE DETERMINED BY LUCK OR CHANCE. RATHER, IT'S THROUGH
OBSERVATION, STUDY, PLANNING AND PRACTICE THAT MAKES FOR GOOD PREPAREDNESS AND GOOD OUTCOMES. WE SAW THE BENEFITS OF GOOD PREPARATION DURING APRIL
OF 2013 WHEN EVERYONE WHO SURVIVED THE INITIAL BOMBINGS ON BOYLSTON STREET AND WHO LEFT THAT SCENE ALIVE LIVED. AND OUR SURVIVING THIS DAY.
I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT YOU MAKE YOUR OWN GOOD LUCK. UNFORTUNATELY WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IT'S NOT DIFFICULT WHEN WHETHER IT'S A NATURAL DISASTER, AN. UNINTENTIONAL EVENT OR AN ACT
OF TERRORISM. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BE READY TO MAXIMIZE SURVIVAL. THE EVENTS OF 911. >> TO THE HURRICANE OF UH I'M SORRY TO HURRICANE KATRINA AND
TO MORE RECENT ATTACKS AND MASS CASUALTY EVENTS, CONCERTS AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS AROUND OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. WE ARE CONSTANTLY LEARNING AND ADAPTING UH, TO THE EVOLVING THREAT ENVIRONMENT.
THE PRIORITY IS PREPARING FOR ALL LARGE SPECIAL EVENTS HERE IN BOSTON. ALWAYS INCLUDE FIRST THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY NOT JUST ANY SPECIAL EVENT A
MARATHON, A TALL SHIP PARADE FIFA. UH IT'S CITYWIDE. UH, WE HAVE TO KEEP UP OUR RESPONSE POSTURE FOR ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS. UH. >> WE DON'T WANT, UH, SOMEBODY
WHO'S, UH, IN HYDE PARK, UH, DEALING WITH A MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION COMPETING FOR RESOURCES AS SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE, UH, PROTECTING IN A SPECIAL EVENT. SECOND, WE NEED TO.
PLAN FOR STAFFING AND RESOURCE NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES AT ANY OF THESE LARGE EVENTS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL DEPLOYED TO
SUPPORT THEM. THIRD, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE FLOW AND DISTRIBUTION OF PATIENTS ACROSS SEVERAL HOSPITALS IN BOSTON. RESPONDING TO.
COMPLEX INCIDENTS REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND BOSTON EMS HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF SECURING GRANT FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES AND TRAINING NEEDED NOT ONLY FOR
THE NEARLY 400 MEDICAL EMERGENCIES WE HANDLE EVERY DAY BUT ALSO FOR THE RARE HIGH IMPACT EVENTS. OUR MEMBERS. PARTICIPATE IN. NUMEROUS HOMELAND SECURITY,
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RESPONSE COMMITTEES. IN RECENT YEARS WE'VE STRENGTHENED INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS HOSTING OUR COUNTERPARTS FROM PARIS FOLLOWING THE COORDINATED
ATTACKS IN THAT CITY IN 2015. AND MORE RECENTLY HOSTING A DOMESTIC TERRORISM SEMINAR WITH THE COUNTER TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS NETWORK WHICH INCLUDES PARTNERS FROM EUROPE,
NORTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA. AT THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF THIS IN CLOSE COLLABORATION HERE IN BOSTON, WE ROUTINELY WORK, PLAN AND GROW WITH UH,
NOT ONLY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS BOSTON POLICE, BOSTON FIRE BUT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH UH, BTD, WITH PARKS, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THE SPECIAL
EVENTS GROUPS OF THE CITY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. UH OUR HOSPITAL UH CONFERENCE OF BOSTON TEACHING HOSPITALS, PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER
CITY DEPARTMENTS AND STATE AGENCIES, KEY PRIVATE SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS. UH, NOT JUST AROUND MAJOR EVENTS BUT AROUND EVERYDAY THINGS AND I'M SORRY, THAT INCLUDES UH, MASS BAY TRANSPORTATION MTA.
UH, IT'S STANDARD PRACTICE FOR US TO APPROACH PLANNED SPECIAL EVENTS THE SAME WAY WE WOULD APPROACH A PLANNED, UH, MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT. WE ASK WHAT COULD GO WRONG AND
WE PLAN AROUND THAT. WE ENSURE OUR PERSONNEL ARE PROPERLY EQUIPPED AND OPERATING UNDER AN INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE WELL BEFORE THE EVENT BEGINS. THIS ALLOWS US TO REGULARLY TRAIN AND TEST OUR CAPABILITIES
AND REINFORCE THE LESSONS THAT WE HELP SAVE THAT WE KNOW WILL HELP SAVE LIVES. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US IN THE FIRST RESPONDER AND FIRST RECEIVER COMMUNITIES TO CONTINUALLY REFINE OUR PLANS
AND TRAIN SO THAT WE REMAIN READY TO RESPOND. WE ARE ALSO READY TO SUPPORT THE LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR BOTH RESIDENTS AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
OUR CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS CAN INSTANTLY BRING UP A LIVE INTERPRETER ON 911 CALL. UH UH MANY OF OUR EMTS AND PARAMEDICS ARE BILINGUAL AND WE
ALL HAVE UH, TRANSIT A TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY THAT CONNECTS THEM TO REAL TIME VIDEO INTERPRETATION ON SCENE AVAILABLE. UH, SHOULD WE NEED IT SO THERE ISN'T A DELAY?
AT BOSTON, MASS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONTINUED SUPPORT AND FOR MAYOR WOO'S COMMITMENT TO OUR MISSION. WE INVEST YOUR INVESTMENTS STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY AND OUR
EXISTING CAPABILITIES ENHANCES OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR THE FUTURE. LAST YEAR ALONE, OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION HELPED COORDINATE MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR NEARLY 1000 EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
UH. JUST LAST WEEK, IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN POLICE AND FIRE, WE SUPPORTED THE SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE IN SOUTH BOSTON TREATING NEARLY 70
PATIENTS TRANSPORTING MORE THAN 28 OF THEM. AND ON THAT SAME DAY, UH, WE WE WERE ALSO CALLED TO TRANSPORT 251 OTHER PATIENTS FROM ACROSS
THE CITY. FOR NOT RELATED TO THE PARADE. LARGE EVENTS ARE NOTHING NEW TO US AND BUT THE AND THE PREPARATION FOR THE MILLIONS OF VISITORS EXPECTED THIS SUMMER BEGAN MANY MONTHS AGO.
I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS CITY WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION AS IT ALWAYS DOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH GOOD MORNING. UH, CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. >> TO SPEAK TODAY REGARDING. THE UPCOMING MAJOR EVENTS WE HAVE COMING TO THE CITY IN 2026. UM, I'M DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SEAN MARTIN. I AM CURRENTLY THE ASSISTANT BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE BUREAU OF FIELD SERVICES.
ALSO WITH ME IS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT DAN HUMPHREYS, THE ZONE COMMANDER FOR DISTRICT ONE WILL BOTH BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. UM, BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOGNIZES THAT THE SCALE AND
OVERLAP EVENTS INCLUDING FIFA UM, TALL SHIPS. THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY PRESENT A UNIQUE CHALLENGE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES WILL BE
ALLOCATED TO PROPERLY STAFF ALL THESE SPECIAL EVENTS OF SUMMER . BUT WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU, UH AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT THE COMMUNITIES WILL NOT BE IMPACTED REGARDING ANY STAFFING REDUCTIONS OR ANY RESPONSE
DURING THESE ACTIVITIES. SO WE WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES UH, INTERNAL EXTERNAL WITH OUR PARTNERS AND UM OUTSIDE ASSETS . HOWEVER, THAT WILL NOT IMPACT
THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE ON THE NIGHTLY BASIS. OUR APPROACH AS ALWAYS IS ROOTED IN EARLY PREPARATION UH ,COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING TRAINING, UH STRONG COORDINATION WITH ALL OF OUR
PARTNERS AT THIS TABLE AND BEYOND UM, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UH, AGAIN, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AND OUTSIDE JURISDICTIONS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS UM WORKING
IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON FIRE EMS, STATE FEDERAL AGENCIES, TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND REGIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ASSURE A UNIFIED AND SCALABLE RESPONSE.
THIS INCLUDES OPERATIONAL PLANNING, TABLETOP EXERCISES, UH CLEARLY DEFINED COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS THAT ALLOW US TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY IN EVOLVING CONDITIONS.
A CENTRAL COMPONENT OF, UH, OUR PLAN ON A WEEKLY BASIS IS CROWD MANAGEMENT AND SAFE OPERATIONS . SO WE'RE LEVERAGING THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST AND OTHER LARGE SCALE EVENTS IN BOSTON
DESIGNED TO LAST. AND WE DESIGN OUR SECURITY PLANS BASED ON THESE PREVIOUS EVENTS. UM. WE PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE MAINTAINING ACCESSIBILITY AND MOBILITY DURING THESE EVENTS AS WELL.
SO THE IMPACT THAT THESE EVENTS HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WITH TRANSPORTATION AND OUR CITIZENS DAY TO DAY WE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHILE WE'RE MAKING PLANS FOR THE SAFETY PLANS FOR THE EVENTS THEMSELVES.
UM, AGAIN THIS INCLUDES COORDINATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, PEDESTRIAN FLOW STRATEGIES, UM, THE STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES TO REDUCE CONGESTION POINTS, ENHANCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR EMS AT FIRE IF
NEEDED. EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY. UH WE UNDERSTAND THAT A VISIBLE AND ENGAGED PRESENCE MUST BE BALANCED WITH RESPECT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE NEED FOR THE
NEEDS OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. OUR OFFICERS ENGAGE PROFESSIONALLY, RESPECTFULLY, UH, WITH RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ENSURING THAT SAFETY MEASURES
ARE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED AND THE PUBLIC FEELS BOTH SAFE AND WELCOMED HERE AND ALL THESE EVENTS TAKING PLACE FROM A THREAT PERSPECTIVE. THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WORKS WITH WITH.
OUR PARTNERS TO MONITOR, ANALYZE AND SHARE INTELLIGENCE IN REAL TIME UH THROUGH THE BRICS INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING MODEL. WE'RE KIND OF, UH, CONSTANTLY CONDUCTING ONGOING RISK
ASSESSMENTS, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL THREATS AND INTEGRATING THAT INFORMATION DIRECTLY INTO OUR OPERATIONAL PLANS ON AN EVENT BY EVENT BASIS. AGAIN, THIS ALLOWS US TO TAKE A
PROACTIVE RATHER THAN A REACTIVE APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY DURING THESE PLANNING EVENTS. ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS TO DELIVER A COORDINATED, INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN AND COMMUNITY FOCUSED STRATEGY THAT
ENSURES BOSTON IS FULLY PREPARED TO HOLD THESE HISTORIC EVENTS. WE WILL REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNCIL TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, SECURITY AND SUCCESS OF THIS ORDINARY YEAR FOR THE
CITY OF BOSTON. UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU. >> FOR THOSE. >> WHO TIME. WISH TO.
KIND WORDS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS READY. WE'RE READY FOR EVERY EVENT THAT COMES OUR WAY. THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT IS. 1552 MEMBERS.
ON A 24 HOUR BASIS. >> WE HAVE. 264 OF MEMBERS ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES. THE IMPACT OF THESE EVENTS COMING UP WILL NOT IMPACT THE. COVERAGE SAME. >> AS. THE POLICE JUST. SAID ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND EVERYBODY. AROUND US.
>> I HAVE OVER 1000 MEMBERS TO CHOOSE FROM FOR OVERTIME TO STAFF. THESE EVENTS, SO. >> THERE WILL BE NO. DISRUPTION OF SERVICE TO. ANYBODY IN THE CITY. WE HAVE A DRILL CLASS. AND NOW. >> THAT WILL BE. GRADUATED IN APRIL WITH 60 MORE MEMBERS. SO I THINK THE COVERAGE.
>> IS IMPORTANT. IN MY 36 YEARS AS A FIREFIGHTER. I'VE WATCHED THE. EVOLUTION OF THESE THREE AGENCIES WORKING TOGETHER AND THAT WE'RE AT A POINT THAT IS AMAZING.
WE ALL MEET FOR THESE EVENTS. WE ALL INITIATE PLANS. WE HAVE A UNIFIED COMMAND SO WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME PLACE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S EVOLVED TO A LEVEL THAT'S
REALLY AMAZING. I THINK WE'RE A ROLE MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY HOW WE HANDLE EVENTS AND THERE WAS A BIG CHANGE OBVIOUSLY IN 2013 WITH THE MARATHON BOMBING THEN WE WE HAVE A DIVISION OF FIELD
SERVICES AS THESE OTHER TWO AGENCIES THAT HANDLE. STRICTLY SPECIAL. EVENTS LIKE THIS. WE HAVE THE PLAN READY AND STAFFED. IT MIGHT LOOK CHAOTIC BUT IT'S NOT. AND I. THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
MEETING THAT THE POLITICIANS THAT RUN THE CITY SEE HOW WE DO THIS, SEE HOW ORGANIZED IT IS AND HOW WE STAFF AND HOW SERIOUSLY WE TAKE THIS. THIS IS A BIG EVENT. IT'S A BIG SUMMER AND WE'RE READY FOR IT.
AND I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS HEARING TODAY. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. AND ALSO ME. OKAY GREAT. WELL THANK YOU UM YOU ALL FOR FOR SHARING I'M ALSO I RECEIVE
A LETTER FROM UM, ADRIAN JORDAN WHO IS THE CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND I'M GOING TO READ HIS LETTER INTO THE RECORD. UM, AND THEN I WILL GO TO UH AS QUESTIONS. SO ON BEHALF OF CHIEF UM,
ADRIAN JORDAN. UM GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT, I AM UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 0174 IN ORDER FOR A HEARING TO
DISCUSS 2026 AT LARGE EVENT SAFETY RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. I SAID MY SINCERE REGRETS. BOSTON IS NO STRANGER TO LARGE SCALE EVENTS, BUT WHAT DEFINES US IS NOT JUST HOW WE RESPOND.
IT'S HOW WE HOW WE PREPARE. THAT'S CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THAT PREPARATION IS NOT FOR OUR THEATRICAL BUT OPERATIONAL. WE COORDINATE ACROSS ALL
AGENCIES INFORMED BY RISK AND READY TO UH READY TO BE EXECUTED IN REAL TIME. UM, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, WATSON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ON
THESE EFFORTS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SITS AT THE CENTER OF THAT EFFORT. WE BRING TOGETHER PUBLIC SAFETY ,PUBLIC HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION AND OUR REGIONAL AND FEDERAL
PARTNERS TO ENSURE A UNIFIED APPROACH TO PLANNING RESPONSE AND RECOVERY. THIS COLLABORATION IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE PREPARE FOR A YEAR WITH MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING HIGH IMPACT EVENTS.
A KEY PART OF THAT PREPAREDNESS IS THE INVESTMENTS WE ARE MAKING IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTING A STATE OF THE ART EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT 12 CHANNEL STREET.
THIS FACILITY WILL SERVE AS A BACKBONE OF OUR COORDINATED RESPONSE. THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL ENHANCE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, STRENGTHEN UM INTER-AGENCY COMMUNICATION AND
NAVAL UM ON FIRE COMMAND UM DURING COMPLEX INCIDENTS. THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS MORE THAN A BUILDING AND IT'S A REFLECTION OF OUR COMMITMENT TO MODERN FORWARD LOOKING UM, EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THE MOMENT COMES WE ARE NOT REACTING. WE ARE READY AS WE ANTICIPATE WELCOMING MILLIONS OF VISITORS TO BOSTON. OUR FOCUS REMAINS CLEAR TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR
RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGH DELIBERATE PLANNING, STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THANK YOU. SINCERELY, ADRIAN JORDAN, CHIEF OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AWESOME. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNSELOR CLASS ABOUT THE UM AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO UH, MY COLLEAGUES STARTING WITH THE
LEAD SPONSOR FOR UM QUESTIONS TO OUR PANEL COUNSELOR FITZGERALD. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AND I'M GOING TO CALL IT SIX MINUTES. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY COUNSELOR CULPEPPER, I HOPE YOU WEREN'T ENCOURAGING, UH, OUR
FIRE CHIEF TO MAYBE RUN FOR COUNCIL IN RETIREMENT AND FOLLOW YOUR STEPS, SIR. UH, I. >> DON'T YEAH. YOU CAN DO IT. I'M SURE I'M SURE. UH. >> CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. >> UM.
I THINK YOU GUYS AND I DON'T WANT TO, UH, SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL. I THINK WE KNOW HOW WELL YOU WORK. I DO WANT TO GIVE THIS TIME, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT HOW YOU WORK
ALL TOGETHER? UH, BUT MORE I WAS GOING TO ASK WHAT IS OUR COOPERATION AND COORDINATION WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS POTENTIALLY ON ON SUCH BIG EVENTS THAT ARE COMING THIS SUMMER? UM. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIEF
ANSWERS. AS YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE SIX MINUTES. OH, WELL, I. I HAVE TO. SAY QUICKLY THAT. WE HAVE TEAMS THAT DO SPECIFIC THINGS THEY CALL THEM J HAT TEAMS.
SO WE HAVE STATE NATIONAL GUARD TEAMED UP WITH BOSTON POLICE AND BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS THAT MITIGATE CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE A HAZMAT. COULD BE. TECHNICAL RESCUE.
IT COULD BE SOMEBODY BLOCKING THE ROADWAY WITH. CHAINS ON THEM AND EVERYTHING ELSE BUT THAT THAT'S THE EXTENT THE STATE POLICE UH, THE THE. POLICE COULD TALK. MORE OF THAT ON THEIR JURISDICTION. BUT WE DO WORK WITH THE
NATIONAL GUARD. AND IT'S ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. AS WE ALWAYS HAVE WE HAVE A GREAT WORK RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO MOU WITH OUTSIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNCILS THROUGH THE STATE
POLICE, THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE UAC REGION. UM WE TRAIN TOGETHER. THEY COME TO ASSIST US IN MANY LARGE SCALE EVENTS SO WE ARE ALWAYS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM ALWAYS THE PLANNING PROCESS AND
ALWAYS WORKING THINGS OUT AMONGST ONE ANOTHER TO STAFF THESE THINGS SAFELY. SO AS FAR AS THE COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION THAT IS ONGOING ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS.
APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. >> SIMILARLY COUNCILOR THANK YOU. UH WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU TAKE THE UH THE 4TH OF JULY ALL THE ACTIVITIES DOWN ON ME, IT'S A
CITYWIDE EVENT SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO SEE. BUT THE LARGEST GATHERING THAT DAY IS YOU SIT DOWN ALONG THE THE CHILD'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S. >> YOU. KNOW. >> PREDOMINANTLY UPSTATE. BUT BOSTON STATE POLICE BRING A LOT OF. RESOURCES AND WE WORK VERY
CLOSELY WITH THEM ON ALL THE. PLANS EVACUATION CONTINGENCY PLANS. BUT THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH BOSTON BECAUSE UH AND ALSO WITH CAMBRIDGE BECAUSE EITHER SIDE HAS TO BE ABLE TO READY. >> TO.
FLEX TO SUPPORT THE OTHER. UH SUPPORT EVACUATION ROUTES HOW WE MOVE AMBULANCES IN AND OUT EVEN IF IT'S JUST UH, THE CROWD BREAKING AFTER FIREWORKS. SO EVEN. SIMPLE THINGS IT DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE UH, SOME DRAMATIC ATTACK. UH, JUST GETTING PEOPLE AROUND SOMETIMES IS REQUIRES A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH COMMAND POST. WITH ALL OF US UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE ZONES ARE.
A LOT OF PREPARATION THAT GOES ON AT ALL THE PLANNING MEETINGS WHICH ARE YOU KNOW, TO A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM MAYBE A. >> LITTLE. BIT DULL BUT YOU NEED FOLKS THAT CAN UH, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY KNOW WHO TO TALK TO AND THAT'S
IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I APPRECIATE IT. UM, THINKING ABOUT OR APPRECIATING THAT AND THE MAIN PILLARS I SORT OF WANT TO GET IT IS STAFFING LEVELS WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS ADDRESS AND I APPRECIATE KNOWING THAT
EVERYONE ELSE IN THE REST OF THE CITY OF BOSTON WILL REMAIN STAFFED AND TO TO TO THE DEGREE THEY SEE EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH YOU GUYS AS WELL AS THE COORDINATION WE HAVE GOING ON FOR THESE BIG EVENTS AND ANY
EXTRA FOLKS WE MIGHT NEED. BUT THE STAFFING LEVELS, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, UH, THE COORDINATION AND REALLY JUST ANY STRATEGY THAT YOU CAN SPEAK OF ARE SORT OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL HELP PEOPLE FEEL, UH, BETTER AND SAFER COMING IN
. UM. HOW ARE THE PLAN HOW FOR THE. BPD SPECIFICALLY HOW ARE WE PLANNING THESE STAFFING LEVELS? LIKE WHAT DO YOU I KNOW YOU SAY WE'LL HAVE THE SAME IN FOLKS, BUT HOW IS THAT WORK IN TERMS
OF I KNOW THE FIRE COMMISSION WAS SORT OF TALKING ABOUT WE'VE GOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PULL IN UH INTO THE POLICE FIELD. IT'S THAT SAME WAY THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE TO PULL IN FOR OVERTIME AND OF COURSE, UM, I KNOW WITH OVERTIME IS MANDATORY
AND WE'LL JUST YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE AT THE END OF IT OR DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA ROUGHLY OF A SCALE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EVENT BY EVENT BASIS. SO WE STAFF THE EVENTS BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT THE
LOCATIONS YOU KNOW THE AREA IT TAKES UP ANY INTELLIGENCE THAT COMES IN REGARDING POTENTIAL THREATS FOR THE EVENTS. SO INTERNALLY WE SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF PERSONNEL FOR VARIOUS EVENTS. HOWEVER THE LARGE EVENTS ARE
GOING TO REQUIRE YOU KNOW THROUGH OUR MOU AND OUR PARTNERS COMING IN SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES FROM THEM AS THEY DO FROM ANY MAJOR EVENTS TO COME IN TO FILL THE GAPS HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BURDEN ON
US AND HELP US, UH, SECURELY RUN THESE EVENTS. GREAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM. I KNOW WE. >> CAN'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL REGARDING SPECIFIC SECURITY MEASURES. UH, BUT WILL WE BE PREPARED FOR
POTENTIAL PROTESTS AND HOW WILL THOSE BE MANAGED? UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AROUND INTERNATIONAL BUT REALLY THE FIFA ONE IS THE BIG ONE BUT ALSO. SOME OF THE 250 I THINK MIGHT MIGHT GARNER SOME OF THAT. JUST THINGS THAT MIGHT COME UP
AS UNEXPECTED. >> UH, WE PREPARED AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE THAT. >> ONE THAT WILL HAVE THE KNOWN EVENTS. WE'LL HAVE OUR EVERYDAY GOING ONS THAT WILL BE FULLY STAFFED . BUT WHAT ABOUT FOR THE THINGS THAT UM THE LARGER EVENTS THAT
WE MIGHT NOT BE PREPARED FOR THAT COULD UH, ARISE? ABSOLUTELY. >> SO SO EVERY EVENT WE HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANNING TO TO DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT MAY ARISE PROTESTS UM WHATEVER MAY MAY
DEVELOP ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE INTELLIGENCE OR SOMETHING MAY HAPPEN. >> SO WE WILL HAVE. UM SEGMENTS FOR OUR PLAN WHICH WILL HAVE. STAFF ALLOCATED. >> AND READY TO GO TO DEAL WITH ANY PROTEST THAT MAY ARISE DURING THESE EVENTS.
SO YES, WE WILL HAVE RESOURCES DEDICATED FOR THIS IN RESPONSE PLANS IN PLACE TO MITIGATE ANYTHING THAT COMES UP DURING ANY OF THESE MONTHS. THANK YOU. >> UH MY LAST QUESTION FOR THIS ROUND AND THEN MAYBE I MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE MORE IF THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND. UM.
I THINK ABOUT THE CREATIVITY. OF WAYS PEOPLE, UH, INFLICT DAMAGE NOWADAYS. RIGHT. UM, DRONES BECOMING A NEW ONE AND I KNOW IT'S SORT OF A RELATIVELY NEW AREA SO IT'S A. RELATIVELY NEW.
AREA TO RESPOND TO. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT SORT. OF LOOKS AT UM, THE MORE NONTRADITIONAL WAYS OF DISRUPTING CROWDS UH, THAT MIGHT BE. BECOMING MORE PREVALENT.
UH, IN THE COMING DAYS I THINK OF DRONES OR SELF-MADE DRONES OR WAYS TO ATTACK FROM UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USING TECHNOLOGY THEY CAN BUY AND PUT TOGETHER THEMSELVES OFF. >> THE. INTERNET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, BUT JUST AS A PARENT,
RIGHT. THE PARANOIA GOES TO LEVELS THAT MIGHT NOT BE UH, THOUGHT OF BY EVERYONE BUT THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I FEEL I HAVE TO ASK. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE QUESTIONS. OF COURSE.
SO WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THESE FACTORS WHEN PUTTING SECURITY PLANS IN PLACE FOR THESE EVENTS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S VEHICLE RAMMING, STABBINGS PEOPLE GET CREATIVE USING DRONES UM, YOU KNOW, IEDS OR WHATEVER THE CASE
MAY BE. SO WE TAKE ALL THIS INTO ACCOUNT AND WE DO OUR PLANNING. WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO MITIGATE THIS TO VARIOUS STRATEGIES WHICH WE WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT TODAY. BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES AND
PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT ADDRESS THE MAJORITY OF THE STUFF YOU CONCERN ABOUT. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE'RE STILL LOOKING TO ENHANCE OUR CAPABILITIES TO MAKE. THINGS EVEN SAFER. THANK YOU. >> THAT CONCLUDES MY TIME FOR THE MOMENT BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU JEFF. YEAH THANK YOU COUNCILOR FITZGERALD. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND FOR THOSE WHO WANT. SO UM, COUNCILOR. >> FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM, LET ME START WITH, UH,
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE HOW IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE GATHERING IS AND THE OUTSTANDING WORK THE BROOK TEAM DOES AT THE BOSTON POLICE.
UM, CRITICAL PART OF POLICING PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, JUST TELL ME THE, UM GENERALLY SPEAKING, HOW DO YOU WORK WITH
CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS GREATER BOSTON, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS IS IT FOR US TO HAVE A POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHELSEA WITH WITH UH, NEWTON
WITH CAMBRIDGE AND TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP? ABSOLUTELY, SIR. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. SO WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES YOU MENTIONED AND
MANY MORE. UM, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. >> BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM. IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO BE ABLE TO STAFF THESE LARGE EVENTS TO THE DEGREE WE HAVE TO AND THE VOLUME OF THEM. SO THE RELATIONSHIP
RELATIONSHIPS ARE CRITICAL UM. TO MAINTAIN. AND KEEP BUILDING AS WE GO FORWARD. AND AGAIN THEY PROVIDE US WITH RESOURCES, PERSONNEL, EVERYTHING WE NEED THAT WE
INCORPORATE IN OUR PLANS TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE EVENTS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. SO AGAIN WITH THE U.S.C. REGION TO THE STATE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UM, WE'RE CONSTANTLY
YOU KNOW, BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS, TRAINING TOGETHER SHARE RESOURCES AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE COULD HAVE A SAFE EVENT. YEAH. >> THANK YOU DEPUTY. AND WHEN WHEN YOU WERE A1 UM,
CAPTAIN, YOU WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNITY AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY RESPECTFUL TO THE, UM, RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN
DISTRICT, BUT, UM, YOU PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP TO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DEPUTY . THANK YOU SIR. UM. >> MAYBE MY MY FINAL QUESTION. WELL, I'LL ASK ONE QUESTION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ONE QUESTION TO EMS. UM, LET ME START WITH WHAT CHIEF HUI. CHIEF MAYBE SIMILAR TO WHAT I ASKED. UM THE DEPUTY BUT HOW HOW ARE
WE SUPPORTING THESE LARGE EVENTS THAT THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. WE MIGHT NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH STATE PARTNERS, WITH
FEDERAL PARTNERS, MAYBE TALK A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THAT RELATIONSHIP WORKS WITH UH WITH THE EMS TEAM. OKAY. >> UH. >> NOW THANK. YOU FOR ASKING THAT. >> UH. IF YOU START AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL I MEAN. >> THERE IS A LOT OF. UH. >> COORDINATION INFORMATION THAT GETS SHARED THROUGH DIFFERENT BRIEFINGS AGAIN ABOUT EITHER THREATS OF POTENTIAL THINGS ALL THE TIME THAT COMES FROM UH UH THROUGH THE BREAK.
BUT A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM THE FBI AND UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKING WHAT'S GOING ON TRACKED PICTURES AROUND THE WORLD. UH. >> WHEN YOU LOOK. >> AT UH, SAY TALL SHIPS AND WHATEVER UH, COAST GUARD CHAIRS
MANY OF THE COMMITTEES ON THIS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE UH UH UH ON WATERCRAFT VERSUS UH UH WOOD. THERE COULD BE SHIPS THAT ARE TRAVELING IN HERE FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES OR IT COULD BE UH, JUST THE UH, BOATING PUBLIC THOSE OUT OF DIFFERENT ANCHORAGES. HOW DO YOU GET TO THEM? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE COORDINATE SAFE MOVEMENT. ACROSS TRANSIT ACROSS THE
HABEN, UH, SAFE PLACES TO BRING PATIENTS OFF WHERE IT'S ADEQUATE AND SAFE TO BRING PATIENTS OUT WITH THEM? YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT. >> AND. DO ASSESSMENTS WITH THEM. SO THAT'S. WORKING WITH THE STATE.
IT'S WORKING WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AROUND BOSTON NOW. QUINCY WENSTRUP UH UH, BUT ALSO WITH COAST GUARD AND STATE POLICE MARITIME OBVIOUSLY WITH BOSTON POLICE HAVE BEEN HAS
TAKEN A LEAD ON THAT. THAT'S JUST ONE ONE EXAMPLE THERE. UH, WE. WORK WITH THE. UH. >> UH. REGION FOR AN EMS TRAIN WHICH
IS UH 61 CITIES AND TOWNS THAT SURROUND BOSTON AND AS FAR AS UH SHARING. UH UH. UH PLANS AND UPDATES FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN BOSTON BECAUSE EVEN
WITH UH EVEN IF THINGS ARE GOING NOVEL IN BOSTON TODAY YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S IN CAMBRIDGE OR REVERE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD. INDIRECTLY IMPACT US BECAUSE UH
,THE MAJORITY OF THE HOSPITALS ARE ALL LOCATED HERE IN BOSTON. SO AS FAR AS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING UH, EVEN BIG GOING ON OVER THERE TO UH TO OUR SEEMED TO OUR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM THE WAY
PATIENTS GET DISTRIBUTED AROUND BOSTON THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN JAMAICA PLAIN. >> YOU KNOW. >> THIS INITIATIVE MAY BE HAPPENING. >> IN WATERTOWN. SO WE TRY TO SHARE AS MUCH INFORMATION, HAVE THEM SHARE INFORMATION WITH. US AS WELL.
TOO SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER PREPARED TO SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH. WELL THANK YOU CHIEF AND UM, WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOU ON GETTING AN EMS PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH BOSTON WATERFRONT.
WANT TO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND AND TO THE FIRE COMMISSION OF THE SAME THING WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU, TRYING TO GET A GETTING A FIRE PRESENCE IN THE SOUTH BOSTON
WATERFRONT AS WELL FIRE COMMISSIONER, FIRE COMMISSIONER . SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE UM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FIRE COMMISSIONER TO UM IF THERE'S A LARGE EVENT IN THE
CITY, A LOT OF TRAFFIC. BUT WHAT ABOUT IF THERE'S A HAZMAT SITUATION IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD? UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO RESPOND. JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HOW HOW YOU GUYS
WOULD RESPOND TO IT. WELL. FIRST OFF, THE. FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NO STATE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THERE IS NO FEDERAL. FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH. >> THE LARGEST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE REGION. SO WE ARE IT SO WE WE HAVE THE
CITY SPLIT IN TWO LAST THAT IS THE DIVIDING LINE IN THIS HAZMAT UNITS IN BOTH DIVISION ONE ON THE EACH SIDE OF MASS OUT SO THEY WOULD HANDLE IT WHEREVER THEY LOCATED THEY WILL NOT BE MOVED OUT FOR A SPECIAL
EVENT. WE WILL HIRE EXTRA HAZMAT TECHNICIANS BUT WE RESPOND TO EVERYTHING IF THERE WAS SOMETHING MAJOR I HAVE 57 FIRE TRUCKS IN THE CITY THAT WOULD RESPOND.
THEN WE USE MUTUAL AID TO COME IN AND MAN OUR FIREHOUSES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE LEVEL OF STAFFING ON THESE TRUCKS COMING FROM OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. I WOULD LEAVE A PERSON THERE AND HIRE OVERTIME TO DIRECT
THEM TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY'RE FROM OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS. BUT IT'S US. WE'RE RELYING ON US. THERE'S NO HELP FROM THE FEDS OR STATE. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AND WE WILL DO IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU TO THE UM, UH, PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE HERE, MR CHAIR. UM, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND I DO APOLOGIZE THAT I'LL BE LEAVING THIS MEETING EARLY. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FLYNN. COUNCILOR LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. UM, AND I DO ALSO JOIN THE CHORUS OF, UH, PEOPLE CONGRATULATING YOU. COMMISSIONER BURKE, YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN STELLAR AND
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE VISION THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. UH, TOWARDS PROGRESS. IT'S REALLY BEEN FELT AND SEEN BY ME AND I KNOW BY SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
UM, DO NOT RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. SO, UM, I WANT TO ASK UH, JUST THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED BEFOREHAND REGARDING UM OVER
LIKE COST REIMBURSEMENT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN A TIME RIGHT NOW AND I HOPE I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS IF YOU WANT TO SAY DEFER BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN THE WEEDS OF THE MONEY AND THAT'S FINE BUT UH, COSTS RIGHT NOW
CITY MUNICIPAL COSTS ARE A BIG QUESTION. UM, AND THESE BIG EVENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE COMING SOME SOME OF IT HAS COME THROUGH WITH FUNDING FROM UH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER WE
THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP COVER ALL OF THE COSTS, ALL OF THE OVERTIME COSTS, WHETHER WE THINK THAT THE UM THERE WILL STILL BE COSTS THAT WILL I'M GOING TO ANSWER MY OWN QUESTION. I'M SURE THAT THERE WILL BE COST BORNE EXCLUSIVELY BY THE
CITY. UM AND EVEN IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, WE'RE ALSO ANTICIPATING HOPEFULLY THAT THIS IS A REVENUE GENERATING UH THESE ARE REVENUE GENERATING EVENTS FOR THE CITY. SO JUST IF ANYONE HAS SOME INSIGHT INTO COSTS, HOW THEY'RE
BEING COVERED, HOW THEY'RE BEING SHARED THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS AT THIS TIME. WHATEVER IT IS GOING TO COST IS WE HAVE TO COMPLETE OUR STAFF AND MATRIX AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER, I CAN'T SAY WE ARE APPLYING FOR VARIOUS GRANTS FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS IN YOU KNOW, ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN THERE. THANK YOU. AND SO UM SO I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU ALL HAVE STATED THAT THERE WON'T BE AN IMPACT AND SO I WILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE AREN'T AN ABUNDANCE OF ANSWERS RIGHT NOW ON THE COST QUESTION I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE THOSE GRANTS THAT WE APPLY FOR WE DO GET THE FUNDING SO THAT WOULD BE LESS
OF A BURDEN ON THE CITY. UM, I MEAN I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY IMPACT OR THAT THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY IMPACT ON UH, NEIGHBORHOOD UH CITY SERVICES AS A RESULT
OF THESE NOT LARGE SCALE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING UH, BECAUSE THERE IS LARGE EVENTS HAPPENING DOWNTOWN UM, IN FOXBOROUGH NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. UM, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE
NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS AND I'M HOPING YOU KNOW, AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARTS, CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT, WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT MORE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS FEEL LIKE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND HAVE THEIR OWN WATCH
PARTIES. WE DO ALSO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE SAFE. SO WILL THERE ALSO BE UM UH POLICE PRESENCE AND UH IN A WAY
THAT'S COMMENSURATE TO THE NEED IN COMMUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS? YES, MA'AM. SO THE WATCH PARTIES WHEN THAT WHEN THEY'RE FINALLY ASSIGNED AND DESIGNATED WILL DEVELOP OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR EACH
SPECIFIC PARTY AND AGAIN THEY'LL BE TAILORED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, THE AREA ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SPECIFIC PARK WHERE IT IS TAKING PLACE. BUT YES, THERE WILL BE UM
ADEQUATE SECURITY FOR EMS AND FIRE RESOURCES ON SCENE AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE WATCH PARTIES SO THAT THE PEOPLE COULD ATTEND FEEL SAFE AND. UH. >> WE CAN MITIGATE ANYTHING THAT MAY ARISE.
UM, AND JUST SO THAT I AM CLEAR, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CITY RIGHT NOW THERE ARE THREE CONFIRMED, UH, CITY SPONSORED WATCH PARTIES AND THERE MAY BE THREE MORE DEPENDING ON WHO QUALIFIES.
UM, BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS SEPARATE FROM THOSE CITY SPONSORED ONES. MAYBE THE CITY WILL END UP GIVING A GRANT OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT THEY'LL BE LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD BASED THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY LIKE THEY'RE NOT SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON TRADEMARK. RIGHT? LIKE MAYBE THE CITY GAVE A GRANT OR MAYBE IT DID IT. AND SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED THERE WOULD BE MORE PEOPLE CELEBRATING AND CONGREGATING IN
NON-CITY CITY OFFICIAL EVENTS. AND SO I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE I WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PRESENCE OF SUFFICIENT PRESENCE
TO MAKE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, FEEL LIKE COMFORTABLE. I THINK ABSOLUTELY IT'S A GREAT POINT BUT I THINK WHEN WE'RE GIVING OUT THOSE PERMITS, THE CITY JUST HAS TO LOOK AT WHAT
OTHER MAJOR EVENTS GOING OUT ON THAT DAY AND MAYBE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THE PERMITS ON DAYS WHERE WE'RE NOT LARGELY IMPACTED BY MULTIPLE OTHER, YOU KNOW, FEE FOR LIKE EVENTS. SO I THINK IF THEY CHOSE, YOU
KNOW, EVENTS OUTSIDE OF FAN FEST, UM, OUTSIDE OF ANY FAN WALKS, UM OUTSIDE OF ANY HOME GAME WHERE WE'RE ALREADY AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF STAFFING TO ACCOMMODATE AND
DEAL WITH ALL THOSE SAFETY ISSUES, I WOULDN'T COMPOUND THAT BY ADDING A LOT MORE OF THE THESE SPECIFIC PARTIES DURING THAT TIME. I'D SAY IF WE COULD STRATEGICALLY ISSUE THOSE PERMITS AROUND THOSE TIMES WHEN
THERE'S NOTHING MUCH GOING ON IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER, A LOT LESS OF A BURDEN ON THE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR OFFICES AND YOU KNOW, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO STAFF AND KEEP
IT SAFE. THANK YOU. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ONGOING CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE GOING TO BE GAMES WHERE LIKE THE FIRST GAME IS A HAITI
VERSUS NORWAY GAME NO SCOTLAND HAITI VERSUS SCOTLAND GAME. UM AND THERE ARE GOING TO BE ACTIVATIONS AND FAN MARCHES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND I KNOW YOU KNOW THERE'S EXCITEMENT IN MATTAPAN AND HYDE PARK TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS THERE THAT WHEN CAPE VERDE IS PLAYING THAT YOU KNOW, I ALREADY KNOW OF LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED IN NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, THE DIFFERENCE THERE IS THAT CAPE VERDE WILL ALSO BE
PLAYING IN FOXBOROUGH. UM BUT SO I MEAN HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THESE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT PRESENCE WHILE NOT DETRACTING FROM WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS WANT TO DO, WHICH IS ALSO CELEBRATE IN
COMMUNITY. I MEAN IT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE EVENTS ARE NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS, RIGHT, THAT THEY'RE ALSO FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T STRETCH
OUR OUR UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, OFFICIALS THEN IS IS IS IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. AND SO UM, HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE PART OF ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FAN MARCHES, NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVATIONS AND WHAT WE'RE DOING DOWNTOWN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. UM AND JUST THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS JUST IN TERMS OF UH LIKE HOW WOULD YOU HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO UH WILL THERE BE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE PUBLIC SAFETY,
THINGS THAT WE'LL NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC BEFOREHAND AND HOW DO WE PLAN ON DOING THAT? WELL, DEPENDING ON THE EVENT AND WHATEVER'S COMING UP WE WOULD DO THAT TO THE NORMAL CHANNELS THROUGH MEDIA
RELATIONS THROUGH YOU KNOW, THEIR CONNECTIONS WITH. YOU KNOW. SOCIAL MEDIA, UH NEWSPAPERS AND EVERY WHICH WAY THEY CURRENTLY DO IT NOW THAT'LL PUNCH OUT MESSAGING WAS PERTINENT TO THAT
SPECIFIC EVENT AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL DO IT IN. MULTIPLE LANGUAGES UH MULTIPLE LANGUAGE AND SO FORTH. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT COVERED MA'AM. OKAY THANK. >> YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR.
LOUIJEUNE COUNCILOR. UM, CULPEPER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UH, DEPUTY MARTIN, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED STRATEGY. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT COMMUNITY FOCUSED STRATEGY ,SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF IT. REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE EVENT OR. YES. >> SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE EVENTS UM, WELL SAFETY IS ALWAYS A PRIORITY IN EVERY PART OF THE CITY. UH COMMUNITY FOCUS STRATEGY
WOULD BE YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE HAVING THESE EVENTS IN ISSUING THE PERMITS DOWNTOWN WE WANT TO SEE HOW IS THAT CAN AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR COMMUNITIES WERE SHUT DOWN YOU KNOW, GEOGRAPHICALLY CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CITY
FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THEIR HOMES SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT. SO WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO DEVELOP TRAFFIC PLANS AND DEVELOP THESE IN A WAY THAT IT. HAS THE MOMENTUM.
THE MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TO HOST THESE EVENTS. DO YOU HAVE PLANS FOR HOW YOU INFORM THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU'LL BE SHUTTING DOWN, THAT THAT AREA WILL BE SHUT DOWN FOR
A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME? SO I THOUGHT WE'LL DO IT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THE NORMAL CHANNELS BUT HOW THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICES IN EACH DISTRICT. OF THE AFFECTED. >> AREA THAT'S FOR THE EVENT
TAKING PLACE. THEY'LL BE GETTING THE MESSAGING OUT AT. COMMUNITY MEETINGS UM THROUGH CONSTITUENTS UM THROUGH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS GETTING THE MESSAGE ACROSS ALL TOGETHER WE CAN ALL GET THE YOU KNOW, THE
MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES ,INFORM THEM AHEAD OF TIME AND AND HELP MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN COMMUNITY MEETINGS THERE AROUND THE MAJOR EVENTS IF IT'S IN A
CERTAIN AREA. COMMUNITY EVENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS TAKE PLACE WEEKLY UM WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICES THROUGHOUT ALL THESE EVERY DISTRICT. SO IF THERE IS AN EVENT IN THAT DISTRICT, THOSE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS AT THE MEETINGS WILL ADDRESS THE COMMUNITIES AND. >> UM. THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED. AND WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD HER INFORMATION SESSION YESTERDAY.
UM WAS ANYBODY FROM THE BOSTON POLICE THERE? YES, YES FILM. AND UH THE CHIEF YES, SIR. AND WE KNOW THAT THEY TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE DIFFUSION CENTER
INTELLIGENCE HUB THAT THE STATE POLICE HAD. UH AND I KNOW THERE'S A BREAK THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER IS THERE SOME KIND OF MOU BETWEEN THE
BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER AND THE FUSION INTELLIGENCE CENTER THAT THE STATE POLICE HAVE OF HOW THE ONGOING SHARING OF INFORMATION WILL TAKE PLACE?
I CAN'T SPEAK ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S AN MOU IN PLACE. I DO. >> KNOW THAT THEY. WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON A DAILY BASIS AND. UH. >> ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVENTS. OH YOU TALKED ABOUT MOU WITH CHELSEA NEWTON AND CAMBRIDGE
AND GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP . BETWEEN CHELSEA NEWTON AND CAMBRIDGE. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF MOU WITH THE UH BRICK AND WITH THE FUSION
INTELLIGENCE CENTER THAT THE STATE POLICE ARE GOING TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY THE SIZE OF THIS EVENT AND THE INTERNATIONAL FOCUS OF COMING FROM ALL OVER
THE WORLD. SO SIR, THEY MAY HAVE AN MOU IN PLACE. I CAN'T SPEAK ON THAT BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND THEY COMMUNICATE LIKE DO ON A DAILY BASIS. >> SO BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.
IT'S NOT THAT I CAN'T SPEAK IN THAT LINE. NIGHT HAS ONE APPLICATION. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE ONE. IF YOU DON'T IF. NEEDED IF IT'S NEEDED I HAVE TO DEFER TO THE BRICK ON HOW THAT OPERATES. SIR, I COULDN'T ANSWER.
WELL LET ME ASK YOU DO YOU THINK IT'S NEEDED IF YOU IF IF . THE FUSION INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE CENTER IS GETTING INFORMATION THAT THE BRICK MIGHT NOT GET, DOES IT?
IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INFORMATION THEY GET WILL BE SHARED IN A SPECIFIC WAY. I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD NECESSARILY COME TO AN MOU, SIR . I THINK THAT'S JUST BASED ON
WHAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. THE MOU WITH THE OUTSIDE DEPARTMENT IS A REQUEST FOR PERSONNEL TO COME DOWN AND RESPOND TO EVENTS. NO I UNDERSTAND BUT I'M SAYING SINCE THIS IS A SPECIAL.
EVENT A MAJOR EVENT, AN INTERNATIONALLY FOCUS EVENT, DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF UNDERSTANDING OR MOU SINCE YOU DO THEM WITH THE
FUSION CENTER INTELLIGENCE HUB WHERE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE WILL BE COMING IN WITH REGARD TO FANS AND RESIDENTS, DOESN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SOME KIND
OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW THAT INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED? SO SORRY AGAIN THE THE FUSION CENTER COVERS THE WHOLE STATE ALREADY WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE WORKING WITH BOSTON AND IT'S A STATEWIDE ENTITY SO THEY DON'T
NEED THE MOU TO COME TO THE CITY OR WORK WITH THE BRICK. OKAY LET ME TRY THIS ANOTHER WAY. WOULDN'T IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT IS COMING
SPECIFICALLY FROM BOSTON THAT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE BRICK OR THOSE THAT ARE RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION? I MEAN, IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE INFORMATION COMING
INTO THE FUSION CENTER ABOUT BOSTON AND NOT HAVE BOSTON KNOW ABOUT INFORMATION THAT'S AFFECTING BOSTON COMING INTO BOSTON. AND MY POINT IS AND MY
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THERE BE SOME KIND OF MOU WORKED. OUT BETWEEN THESE TWO INTELLIGENCE CENTERS. SO THE INFORMATION THAT COMES IN CAN BE SHARED WHETHER IT'S
BOSTON GETTING INTELLIGENCE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE OR WHETHER THEY GET INTELLIGENCE THAT BOSTON DOESN'T HAVE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS SHARED. THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.
THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ASK. UH. >> WHAT LESSONS HAS THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT LEARNED FROM THE MARATHON BOMBING? WHAT WHAT KNOWING THAT WAS A MAJOR EVENT AND KNOWING THAT IT
WAS. JUST A DISASTER. WHAT WHAT LESSONS LEARNED DO YOU THINK THE BOSTON POLICE IS NOW EMPLOYING.
THAT WILL MAKE IT SAFER WITH THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP THIS SUMMER? YES, SIR. SO OUR SECURITY POSTURE TODAY COMPARED TODAY TO PRIOR TO THE MARATHON IS EXPONENTIALLY
HIGHER. UM, THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES BOTH INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE CITY STATEWIDE AND FEDERALLY. UM ARE ENORMOUS AND IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM RADIOLOGICAL
DETECTION, YOU KNOW. UM TO CAST MEMBERS J HATS THROUGHOUT THE ROAD, PEOPLE FROM COMING ALL OVER THE NORTHEAST TO COME SUPPLEMENT WITH WITH YOU KNOW, BOMB TECHS WITH UM K-9S, YOU KNOW, SWAT
SUPPORT OVERWATCH IT. IT IS AN EXTENSIVE PLAN TO INCLUDE ALSO BLOCKING VEHICLES . UM YOU KNOW I'M SURE YOU YOU'VE ATTENDED THE MARATHON AT SOME POINT DO YOU SEE. UM HOW YOU HAVE TO GET SCREENED
GOING THROUGH CHECKED BAG RESTRICTIONS? UM, YOU CAN'T DRIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE EVENT IT IS WE LEARNED THAT DAY FROM FROM THAT DAY AND WE'VE MADE. ,UM. >> A LOT OF MODIFICATIONS AND
INCREASE OUR SECURITY POSTURE AND TO DATE HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU. JUST ONE COMMENT FOR COMMISSIONER BURKE IF YOU
DECIDE TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, JUST MAKE SURE THAT DISTRICT SEVEN. WILL BE AT LARGE. >> THIS IS FOR. THE TIME.
BUT I JUST WANT TO TRY AND LOOK AT AREAS THAT UM WILL HELP MAKE THIS UH, A SAFER EVENT FOR US ALL. THANK YOU. >> I UNDERSTAND, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE BRICK IN THE
FUTURE SAID I WORK TOGETHER AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS SO I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY, UM, LACK OF INFORMATION GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE AGENCIES. THANK YOU. >> SIR.
BEING A COUNSELOR, CULPEPER COUNSELOR, CLINTON SUPPORTER YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU CHAIR AND I WANT TO THANK COUNSELOR. FITZGERALD FOR SPONSORING THIS AND BRINGING US HERE TOGETHER. UM, SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER BURKE. WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU REALLY,
TRULY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE IN THE CITY. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE CHORUS OF, UH, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID. UM, SHOUT OUT TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT NOW SEAN MARTIN, I KNOW YOU IN YOUR CAPACITY AS CAPTAIN AND A1 BUT, UM, HAPPY
TO SEE YOU HERE AND GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE. GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF, UM, THE PANELIST SERVICE HERE TODAY. UM, I'LL START WITH BPD. UH, JUST THINKING ABOUT UM, STAFFING AND OVERTIME.
SO IT WAS. RECENTLY COMMUNICATED UH, THAT VACATION TIME WOULD BE RESTRICTED AND THAT WAS ULTIMATELY RESCINDED UM OR LATER REVISED TO HONOR
PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LEAVE UM GIVEN THIS, WHAT SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS REALISTICALLY EXPECT IN TERMS OF WEEKLY HOURS ANTICIPATED OVERTIME UM DURING THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS?
SO WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT AS A WEEKLY UH, COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF BOSTON DURING THESE EVENTS? SO THERE'S MANY QUESTIONS WITHIN THAT. SO SO VACATION BLOCKS WILL BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN TACT.
SO IF YOU'RE ON A SCHEDULED VACATION BLOCK THOSE BLOCKS WILL BE HONORED. WHAT WILL BE RESTRICTED DURING THE HEAVY TIMES OF BUSY EVENTS OR INDIVIDUAL VACATION DAYS? YOU CAN'T DROP A DISCRETIONARY
DAY IF THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF STAFF NEEDED TO TO MAKE THESE EVENTS SAFE, SO THEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO BE ON VACATION DURING THIS PERIOD. IT'S JUST UM AS MANY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS MARATHON.
WE LIMIT DISCRETIONARY DAYS TO ENSURE THERE'S ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR THOSE EVENTS. UM, AS FAR AS OVERTIME OR WHAT THEY'LL BE EXPECTED TO WORK UM
,AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION IN CERTAIN DAYS AGAIN WILL BE A LOT HEAVIER THAN OTHERS DEPENDING ON IF IT'S YOU KNOW, HOME HOME GAMES ON FAN FEST IN CONJUNCTION WITH HOME GAMES AND WATCH PARTIES AND EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT'S GOING ON. SO I THINK A BIG HELP IS WE'RE PLANNING FOR THIS TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE OVERTIME AND THE BURDEN ON ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TO WORK AGAIN WITH WHEN WE'RE REQUESTING THESE PERMITS OR
PEOPLE ISSUING THESE PERMITS. I KNOW WE WANT TO ACTIVATE THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH WHICH IS FANTASTIC, BUT IF WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT DURING THESE LARGE SCALE MAJOR EVENTS BECAUSE AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON
EVERY OTHER WEEKEND EVENT AND EVERY PERMIT THAT ALWAYS HAPPENS IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN. YOU STILL GOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARTIES, THE PARADES. SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON. SO IF WE COULD HELP OURSELVES
AND HELP, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES BY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH CONSTITUENTS AND PUSHING THESE PARTIES TO TIMES WHERE IT'S NOT DURING THE MAJOR PERIODS THAT I
DISCUSSED YOUR FAN FEST, YOUR HOME GAMES, THE DAYS THEY HAVE MARCHES. IF WE COULD NOT HAVE THESE THINGS YOU KNOW, DURING THOSE SPECIFIC TIMES AND DO IT, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK OR WEEKS AFTER THAT OR DURING THE
SEMIFINALS AND QUARTER FINALS FINALS. IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN ON THE OFFICERS. SO AGAIN AS WE GET CLOSER I'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE STAFFING MATRIX AGAIN DEPENDING
ON THESE PERMITS WHAT COMES IN AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED. UM BUT THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK OVERTIME. WE WILL BE REQUESTING A LOT OF OUTSIDE ASSETS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT BURDEN, KEEP IT
SAFELY AND GIVE US THE ABILITY TO GIVE THEM SOME SOME REPRIEVE IF WE WILL. THANK YOU. >> AND THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE TO MY NEXT QUESTION. SO I WAS GOING TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY'S CURRENTLY ENTERING INTO OR HAS THE INTENT
TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE SECURITY FIRMS OR OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS TO SUPPLEMENT SAFETY CAPACITY OR STAFFING CAPACITY. SO WHAT ARE THESE LIKE OUTSIDE ASSETS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUTSIDE ASSETS I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU
KNOW, THE METRO LACKS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING COUNCILS THE OUTSIDE HCC UNIVERSITY, MOUNT NORTH MOUNTAIN BIKE OFFICES, THE FEDERAL YOU KNOW OFFICES OF MOBILE DETECTION
TEAMS UM, ACROSS THE BORDER UH YOU KNOW FIRE EMS THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO ABOUT BRINGING IN OUTSIDE PARTNERS TO COME IN TO HELP STAFF THESE EVENTS. OKAY. AND DO YOU PLAN TO CONTRACT OUT WITH ANY PRIVATE SECURITY
FIRMS? BPD IS NOT CONTRACTING ANYONE TO THE PEOPLE HOSTING THESE EVENTS AT DIFFERENT AREAS ARE GOING TO BE ENCOURAGED TO CONTRACT THEIR OWN PRIVATE SECURITY. UM AND THAT SHOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH GETTING THEIR
PERMITS ON CERTAIN EVENTS. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY AT THESE EVENTS TO THAT TO GET THE PERMIT. >> WHAT SORT OF OVERSIGHT DO YOU HAVE AND TO WHO THE ENTIRE. WHO THEY HIRE.
LIKE I. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH YOU AND THEY GET THEIR PERMIT BASED ON THIS, BUT THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN YOU AND WHO THEY HIRE. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT PROCESS BEHIND THE SCENES. I'D HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK OF OF
THE HIRE. I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN VENDORS THAT HISTORICALLY YOU KNOW, STAFF THE MARATHON AND OTHER AND OTHER EVENTS YOU KNOW THAT ITALIAN FEAST NOW UM I KNOW THEY TYPICALLY TEND TO USE THEM
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK TO GET YOUR ANSWER ON ON HOW THEY'RE VETTED. OKAY. >> THANK YOU. AND IS UM BBD PLANNING TO INTO A PROSPECTIVE CONTRACT AS IT RELATES TO INFRASTRUCTURE SO ANYTHING TO DO WITH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS OR
EMERGENT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE USING UM THAT'S GOING TO BE BRAND NEW TO ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR UH WHAT YOU'RE CHARGED WITH IN KEEPING US SAFE THIS SUMMER. SO I DIDN'T CATCH US FOR A WEEK.
SO CONTRACTS REGARDING SURVEILLANCE. YEAH. >> ANYTHING WITH SURVEILLANCE OR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. UH, COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, I TALKED ABOUT DRONES. I RECENTLY MET WITH A DRONE COMPANY THAT REMINDED ME OF MINORITY REPORT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE THEY'RE UP
THERE SURVEILLING THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF WEAPONIZED APPARATUS. IT'S JUST STRICTLY SURVEILLANCE AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE EYES ON, UM, MAJOR EVENTS. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WE'RE, UH,
GOING TO BE DEPLOYING. SO WE CAN'T I'M SORRY, MA'AM, WE STILL DON'T HAVE TIME. NO, PLEASE GO AHEAD. UM, SO WE CURRENTLY DEPLOY DRONES IN CONJUNCTION WITH BFD. UM, JUST TO MONITOR FOR SAFETY
ANY ANY ADDRESS, ANY ISSUES IF WE COULD PUNCH THEM OUT AND GET AHEAD OF IF WE CAN'T GET OFFICERS TO CERTAIN CROWDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMETHING OF A THREAT SO WE CURRENTLY DEPLOY THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH BFD ALREADY
FROM CERTAIN EVENTS. COMMISSIONER DO YOU WANT HYBRID ON THAT AT ALL? UH THEY'RE A GREAT TOOL. THE THE BEST THING THAT'S HAPPENED TO US IN A LONG TIME. WE CAN GET THEM TO THE REAR OF A BUILDING THAT'S ON FIRE WHEN THERE'S NO STAFFING THERE.
IF IT'S A LONG BUILDING. UM. >> WE CAN HELP THE POLICE. WE CAN GET IN A SUBWAY SYSTEM IF THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT HUMANS DOWN THERE, THEY'RE A GREAT TOOL AND WE WORK TOGETHER
WITH THEM WHENEVER WE NEED TO AND IT WORKS OUT WELL FOR SAFETY FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. >> SORRY. IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. EAST IS A GEM. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY SEPARATED.
UH, GEOGRAPHICALLY WE ARE DEFINITELY UM I WOULD SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE THE FRONT ROW AND BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE FOR TALL SHIPS. UM, WE ARE BECAUSE WE ARE SEPARATED BY A TUNNEL AND A BRIDGE AND ALL OF THAT.
IS THERE AN INTENT TO SET UP A A TEMPORARY FIELD, UM, OPERATION OR DISASTER RESPONSE SPECIFICALLY IN EAST BOSTON JUST GIVEN OUR GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION? UH, NOT FROM THE FIRE.
DEPARTMENT'S PERSPECTIVE. WE CAN, UH, INCREASE THE STAFFING IN THE FIREHOUSES OVER THERE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YEAH, I'M JUST CALLING I KNOW I MEAN, WE HAVE MASSPORT. WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING IN THROUGH
EAST BOSTON, UM, TO GET HERE AS AS OUR FRONT DOOR. SO JUST, UM, ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO THAT IS IF THERE ARE THAT THERE'S PROGRESS IN THAT REGARD. JUST PLEASE. >> LET ME KNOW. WE DO. >> WORK IN. CONJUNCTION WITH MASSPORT SO
IT'S IT'S NICE TO HAVE A SECOND FIRE DEPARTMENT TO RELY ON. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE AND WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER WHENEVER THERE'S A PLANE INCIDENT THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. THERE'S DANGER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR GLASS OF OTHER. UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE I TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE LEAD SPONSOR FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS. UM, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT UM,
MARTIN, I THINK YOU AND A COUPLE OF ANSWERS YOU TALKED ABOUT PERMITS, RIGHT? AND, UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND I THINK YOU'RE ALSO THE FORMER CAPTAIN. RIGHT.
SO WHENEVER A PARENT IS REACHED TO, UM, UH, IF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR RESIDENT WANTS TO HAVE A PERMIT FOR LET'S SAY A BLOCK PARTY, IT DOES HAVE TO GET SIGNED OFF BY THE LOCAL
CAPTAIN, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SO OKAY, SO UM, WITHOUT THAT SIGNATURE RIGHT. THE THE THE PERMIT DOESN'T MOVE FORWARD. IS IT.
AND THAT CAN STILL BE BYPASSED. I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND LIKE IF THERE'S AN ISSUE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PERMITS BEING APPROVED
WHILE STILL UM YOU KNOW, I THINK EVEN AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THIS THE SUMMER THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF MAJOR EVENTS JUST DELIVERY FESTIVALS AS YOU MENTIONED. UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK THAT
THERE'S ENOUGH THE STRUCTURE IS WORKING RIGHT NOW. UM OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, A VETERAN I GET A PERMANENT ON ON ON LARGE SCALE EVENTS.
I THINK UH, WAY TO ASSIST THERE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH CITY HALL I KNOW PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE EXCITED. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE THESE ACTIVATIONS AND PROBABLY A LOT OF UM AND THAT COMES BACK TO
YOU ALL I THINK SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL UH AND RESCHEDULE NEEDS TO DIFFERENT DAYS THAT WORK BEST FOR EVERYBODY WOULD WOULD BENEFIT US SO IF INTERNALLY IF YOU ALL COULD WORK WITH THE
COMMUNITIES AS WELL TO HELP US TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY WE REQUESTING THEM TO DO THESE ON DIFFERENT DAYS. UM THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US AND AND YOU KNOW, FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. NO ABSOLUTELY.
GREAT. THANK YOU WITHIN JUST ONE OF THOSE PERMITS I WANT TO SAY THE CAPTAIN SAYS NO, WE CAN'T APPROVE THIS PERMIT. UM, BECAUSE ARE THEY GIVING A REASON OR IS IT JUST KIND
OF YES. UH, APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED? SO THERE'D BE DISCUSSIONS WHEN WHEN YOU'RE FILLING OUT PERMITS WITH THE GROUPS AND WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AT CITY HALL THAT THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ON WHY
WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THAT DAY AND AND YOU KNOW, CITY HALL MAY SAY WHY THEY WANT IT THAT DAY. AND SO THERE ARE JUST I KNOW WE WORK WITH THE GROUPS SELVES AND ASK THEM IF WE COULD PICK ALTERNATIVE DAYS SO IT WOULD BE
AN ISSUE IF IT CAME DOWN TO EVERYONE TO HOLD STRONG ON A PARTICULAR DAY THAT IS REALLY CHALLENGING FOR THE CITY UM STAFF WITH THE OTHER MULTIPLE EVENTS IN ADDITION TO THESE EXTREMELY LARGE EVENTS GOING ON
AT THAT TIME. UH, UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. UM, I WANT TO GO TO A SECOND ROUND. SO COUNCILOR FITZGERALD, UM, YOU OFF THE FLOOR. THANKS. >> AND HOPEFULLY THIS ROUND WILL BE QUICKER I. APPRECIATE IT. >> UM. I DID HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND HOW
WE DO WATCH PARTIES AS WELL AS, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE AND GLENN AS A PART OF UH FOR GETTING THOSE ANSWERS AS WELL. UM, I GUESS UH, SUPERINTENDENT MARTIN, YOU'VE
DONE A LOT OF TALKING TODAY. WE'LL TRY IT. I'LL TRY AND FOCUS ON ANOTHER AREA HERE. UM, UH, CHIEF HOOLEY, UH. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL. AMBULANCES OR PERSONNEL GOING
TO BE STAGED OR POSTED UP? UH, BEYOND WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY FOR EMS UH, DURING THESE BIG EVENTS? UH YES. UH COUNCIL UH.
I UH UH A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES UH EVEN IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT THE MARATHON YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE UPWARDS OF AN ADDITIONAL. 85 PLUS. MORE PERSONNEL WORKING. STAFFING, UH, SEVERAL.
EXTRA AMBULANCES. UH, THERE'LL BE. UH MAYBE UPWARDS OF. TEN EMTS. >> AND PARAMEDICS. ON BICYCLES. GET SCHEDULED AROUND. WE HAVE. PROCEED OUT TEAMS ON FOOT, TEAMS ASSIGNED.
TO HEAVY AREAS. WHERE TRAFFIC'S YOU KNOW, NEAR FINISH LINES. >> OR. OTHER PLACES. WE'LL HAVE UH. PERSONNEL ON UH. BUT THE JOHN DEERE GATE IS FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM BUT MOST
OF NOW WE GOT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TO ENCLOSE WE CAN YOU KNOW KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE RAIN PATIENTS WE HAVE TO MOVE THEM. UH. >> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UH. A SAPS WHICH LITTLE MINI. AMBULANCES THAT WE'VE. WE'VE USED. BUT THAT'S THAT'S JUST UH ONE
EXAMPLE. WE WE. HAVE SIMILAR STAFFING MATRIX MATRICES THAT WE USE FOR THE LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY EVEN FOR THE. JULY 3RD WHEN THERE WAS
REHEARSAL EVENTS WHEN THAT BEGAN TO GROW INTO AN EVENT IN ITSELF LIKE HOW DO YOU STAFF UP FOR THAT VERSUS THE BIG ONE IN THE FOURTH? UH. >> TALL SHIPS WOULD BE THE SAME WAY TO WILL BE UH ESPECIALLY
FOR THE UH THE HEAVY PUBLIC VIEWING SITES IN EAST BOSTON THAT ARE REQUIRING ADDITIONAL EMAILS COVERAGE OVER IN EAST BOSTON BECAUSE WE ASSUME THAT THAT THERE COULD BE MORE. TRANSPORTS FROM THERE.
UH, AND DON'T NECESSARILY. HAVE TO. >> RELY ON JUST. YOU KNOW. CONSTANTLY TRYING TO UH BACKFILL AND REASSIGN TRUCKS OVER THERE BUT ALSO WITH UH AID STATIONS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN THAT MAKE REQUESTS FOR EMS DURING SOME OF THESE BIG EVENTS DO NOT NECESSARILY. REQUIRE TRANSPORT TO A HOSPITAL OR CERTAINLY DON'T REQUIRE IMMEDIATE THERE COULD BE SOME
AREAS AN ICE PACK IN THE ANKLE OR ABSORB GET IN THE SHADE BE EVALUATED FOR BUT ULTIMATELY THEY MAY HAVE TO BE TRANSPORTED. PARTICULARLY IF. >> THEY'RE MINORS. THERE'S NO ADULT ACCOMPANYING THEM. OR IF IT'S SOMEBODY WHO DOES
OF A. SERIOUS THING WE WILL. >> WE SET UP AID STATION STAFF PLACES UH SUB BOSTON HIGH VIEWING PLACES LIKE CASTLE ISLAND. WE WILL SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO THERE TO TURN AROUND PATIENTS
AND GET THEM BACK OUT OR VERSUS WHO'S GOING. >> TO. GO FIRST IS A PATIENT YOU IDENTIFY WHO WE GET TO GET THIS MAN OR WOMAN OUT NOW OR CAN WE WAIT TO WE HAVE 2 OR 3 PEOPLE AND THEN SEND THEM OUT.
WE TRY TO UH BE UH SMARTER ABOUT HOW WE DISTRIBUTE TO PATIENTS. OKAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, AND I JUST THINK ABOUT THE HEAT HOT SUMMER MONTHS AND LARGE CROWDS. I WOULD IMAGINE OVERHEATING MIGHT BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
DURING THESE MONTHS WE PREPARED FOR AN UPTICK IN THAT. OR IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND IF SO I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS PREPARED BUT UM I JUST IMAGINE THAT THERE MAY BE MORE WITH CONDENSED
CROWDS AND YOU KNOW, EXTREME HEAT. YOU KNOW, UH MOST MOST DEFINITELY UH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT UH THAT IS ADEQUATE. UM, UH, SOURCES OF WATER
AVAILABLE AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SOME UH, VENDOR STAND THAT MAY MAYBE OVERCHARGE PEOPLE WHATEVER. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, EVEN, UH, PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN REFILL WATER ON
OTHER THINGS ON THEIR OWN AND THAT UH, YES, EVEN WITH SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BE ALLOWED TO BRING YOU KNOW, I THINK CLEAR CONTAINERS WITH WATER AND WITH THEM INSTEAD OF. ASK THEM.
>> TO GO OUT AND. GET A GOOD SEAT IN THE SUN AND. BAKE FOR FOUR HOURS BEFORE WHATEVER IS HAPPENING GOING BY RIGHT? >> NO BORG'S. NO BOX. YEAH. NO. RIGHT. >> UM I'LL ASK THIS LAST ONE ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT'S TWO SEPARATE QUESTIONS. UH. ONE I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP ADVANCE I MEAN APPLYING FOR GRANTS OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? ANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK THAT WE CAN DO?
PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE BODY AS A WHOLE SO. >> WE CAN. SUPPORT YOU GUYS AND ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THAT MIGHT HELP YOU IN ASSISTING WITH THIS SUMMER. UM AND THEN UM. UH I. >> LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT
THERE ON THAT ONE BUT UM YEAH. OH. >> IS THERE ANY DATES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT MIGHT SAY OH, WE GOT A GAME UH, TALL SHIP UH, 250 EVENT AND UH, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE DATES
OF THINGS LOOKING OUT, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING CIRCLED ON THE CALENDAR THAT SAYS YEAH, THIS DAYS AT THIS DAY IS A BIG ONE AND YOU KNOW, UM, I JUST DON'T KNOW I APOLOGIZE I DON'T KNOW
THE FIFA SCHEDULE OR ALL THE DATES OF ALL EVENTS BUT IN LOOKING OUT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A UM YOU KNOW, AN ABOVE AVERAGE DAY FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. THIS SUMMER?
TO FIRST GET YOU GUYS ARE LIKE WE LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME. >> I'M WITH I'M WITH YOU GUYS. OKAY. WELL YEAH YEAH I BUT TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION. WHAT YOU CAN DO AS POLITICIANS . IS AS THE POLICE. OFFICER TALK ABOUT THE. PERMITTING PROCESS.
THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE. >> TO. PULL A PERMIT. IT'S KEY FOR THE. FIRE DEPARTMENT TO. KNOW THIS BECAUSE IT COULD BE. COOKOUT GRILLS. IF THEY'RE. >> GOING TO BLOCK ROADWAYS. WE HAVE FIRE TRUCKS 20 TON TRUCKS. COMING DOWN. >> THEY CAN'T GET. >> TO A FIRE.
>> BECAUSE OF. ROADWAYS BLOCKED WITH A PARADE OR. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IF YOU GUYS COULD KEEP EVERYBODY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOUR CONSTITUENTS INFORMED BE HAVING. A PARTY, THAT'S GREAT BUT JUST PULL A PERMIT SO EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT FOR THE SAFETY
OF EVERYBODY. AND I DON'T HAVE A DATE. >> I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF ELLIS HAS A DATE. UH. >> YOU KNOW THAT'S YES. IF. >> THAT'S. COME UP. YEAH. >> AND THE. DAY PARADES. >> ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW. YEAH YEAH PFA YOU KNOW WITH IT WITH THE.
FIFA GAME THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE AREA THAT I HAVEN'T EITHER BUT I JUST WANT AS LONG AS YOU GUYS ARE YOU KNOW HOPEFULLY LOOKING OUT FOR THAT STUFF AS WELL AS THESE DATES COME UP UH. SO BP WISE SIR YOU KNOW DURING THE UM INFORMATION CAMPAIGN
THEY'LL BE PUMPING OUT THEY WILL BE PUMPING OUT VERY SOON INFORMATION WITH SPECIFIC DATES TO THE COMMUNITIES AND YOUR POTENTIAL IMPACT. AWESOME. >> THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. UM THAT'S GREAT AGAIN UH THAT
THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS. BUT UH I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. OH SORRY. YEAH. AND JUST BUT JUST ONE EXAMPLE UH. FOR EXAMPLE. UH UH, LICENSING. AND SPECIAL EVENTS WHEN THEY
REVIEWING ALL THE PERMITS THEY HAVE ALL THE DATES ARE FROM FORGIVE ME I DON'T HAVE THAT CALENDAR. >> WITH. ME BUT THE UH THEY ARE WATCHING FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE WHERE UH WORKING WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS AND UH, THE LONG ESTABLISHED UH, UH, PRIDE PARADE UH. THAT WAS COINCIDING WITH ONE OF THE GAMES AND UH, THEY'VE AGREED TO SHIFT THE DATE OF THE
THINGS SO THAT WAS. MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL OF US. UH UH, BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ATTENDED PARADES WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
SO THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF. GOOD COOPERATION AMONG ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE I APPRECIATE UH. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE OTHER THING WITH THE HEAT YOU WERE ASKING EARLIER. YEAH.
AT FIRES OR HEAT INCIDENTS WE, UH, CONTACT THE MTA. THEY SEND US. BUSSES WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON THEM. SO WE PUT PEOPLE THAT ARE, UH, UNHOUSED BECAUSE OF THE FIRE OR IF IT'S A REALLY BAD HEAT
INCIDENT, THEY CAN GO IN THE BUSSES TO COOL DOWN AND IT'S WORKED GREAT IN THE PAST. IT'S A GOOD THAT THEY'RE VERY COOPERATIVE WITH US. SO AWESOME. WELL THANK YOU I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND UH
NEVER IN DOUBT IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUT I FEEL, UH, EVEN. MORE EMBOLDENED TO COME AND VISIT AND ALL THESE EVENTS AFTER THIS HEARING. SO I THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO AND THE PREPARATION THAT YOU PUT IN FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
TOWNSEND FITZGERALD THE CONSTITUTION YOU KNOW. I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. UM, WE CLAIM IT NOW. UM, AND WE'LL WORK IN COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT HAPPENS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE UM, TRY TO DRAW IN AS MANY PARTS OF OUR CITY AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILOR GLASS ABOUT. >> THE. UM I'M SORRY I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I PROMISE THAT QUICK AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU OUT OF THE TANK BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY'S BUSY. UM, WE HAVE A WATCH PARTY IN BOSTON STADIUM AND I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH EAST BOSTON MAIN STREETS WHO I MEAN, LIKE THERE'S THERE'S OBVIOUS
CONCERNS ABOUT UM, AGAIN, EAST IS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND THE, UH, LOGISTICAL, UM, CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE THERE . UH, LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS COPA AMERICA AND COLOMBIA WAS IN THAT AND WE HAD
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME IN TO EAST BOSTON TO A TALL SHIP AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING OUR OWN WATCH PARTY AT UH EAST BOSTON STADIUM. CAN YOU SO CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS OF UM WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE
SCENES WHEN UH, AN EVENT DOES HAPPEN LIKE THAT WITH ALL OF YOUR CITY DEPARTMENTS? AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS LIKE WHAT IS THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT'S ROLE AND PLAY IN ALL OF THIS? LIKE HOW ARE THEY COORDINATING
WITH YOU ALL AND UM YEAH WHAT HAVE THEY SAID? THANK YOU. SO YES OF PERTAINING TO THE WATCH PARTY AND THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE THAT WILL BE OUT THERE ON THAT DAY. PART OF OUR PLAN WILL BE
PUTTING AN EXTENSIVE TRAFFIC MITIGATION PLAN IN PLACE TO TRY TO FACILITATE GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT IN ADDITION TO THE SECURITY PLAN FOR THE EVENT ITSELF. SO WE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AGAIN WHERE WHERE THE WATCH PARTY IS
HAPPENING, YOU KNOW GEOGRAPHICALLY ANY ANY ISSUES OR CHALLENGES GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE WHETHER IT'S LEFT OVER, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY WILL BASE
AND STAFF WILL BASE OUR TRAFFIC ,UM, PLAN AND STAFF THAT BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. AND COUNCILOR FOR US SO I HAD. F EAST. BOSTON STADIUM.
IT IS GOING TO BE IN THE SUMMER SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT THE PLAN COULD EVEN SCALE UP MORE LOOKING AT THE WEATHER WHAT THE PROJECTIONS BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE I WOULD EXPECT AN ONSITE
PRESENCE FROM EMS THERE WITH UH UH WITH UH UH TEAMS THAT COULD UH UH GO INTO THE CROWD OR IN THE STADIUM HAVE UH SET UP PERHAPS A TENT OR SOME SHELTER PLACE. WHERE WE COULD HAVE.
>> SOME PLACE TO LIKE COOL PEOPLE IF NEED BE UNTIL WE COULD UH UH, HAVE AN AMBULANCE TRANSPORT THEM OUT OF THERE. UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME LANGUAGE, UH, CAPACITY FOR.
>> UH. MANY LANGUAGES SPOKEN. >> IN EAST BOSTON. RIGHT. AND UH, BUT ALSO TO UH TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ADEQUATE, UH, AMBULANCE SERVICES AVAILABLE. >> IN EAST.
BOSTON THROUGHOUT THAT SO THAT THAT ONE EVENT ISN'T TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE REST OF. >> THE CITIZENS. OVER THERE. I COUNCIL UH, SO IN THE CITY WE
GOT 33 PHASES WITH UH HIGHLY TRAINED, STAFFED AND EQUIPPED MEMBERS RIGHT IN EAST BOSTON ITSELF HAS UH THREE FIREHOUSES . SO ANY KIND OF UH ADDITIONAL UH BLOCK PARTIES OR UH, UH
FUNCTIONS THAT MAY BE COMING DUE TO SOME UH EVENTS WE'VE COME UP WITH ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL ACTION PLAN AND PART OF THAT ACTION PLAN, UH, ADDRESSES STAFFING. SO WE MIGHT PUT A LITTLE EXTRA STAFFING EITHER IN THE
FIREHOUSES OR AT THE SCENE ITSELF WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE UH, UH, AREA ARRAY OR ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING FROM A HAZMAT UH POINT OF VIEW OR YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON LIKE IF YOU PULL A PERMIT BECAUSE
YOU'RE HAVING A THING AND YOU GET PROPANE THERE, WE MIGHT PUT A FIRE WATCH UH, IN PLACE SO WE'LL HAVE EXTRA STAFFING FOR EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT'S A BLOCK PARTY OR UH, CITY HALL PLAZA OR
ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, UH, AND AS FAR AS THE UH THE SALE BOSTON TYPE STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HIGHLY TRAINED UH, MARINE UNIT WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH MASSPORT AND THE COAST GUARD, THE CAPTAIN OF THE PORT.
SO WE'LL HAVE ALL THE MARITIME ASSETS, UH, COORDINATED AS WELL TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE AND THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE, UH THE SAILOR SHIPS AS WELL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. ARE THEY QUESTIONING ALL OF YOU. AS WHAT I MENTIONED? UM, COUNSELOR UM, CHIEF JORDAN FROM THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WAS INVITED IN THE UM. HE HAD A HE.
COULDN'T HE HAD A. UH, SCHEDULING CONFLICT BUT HE DID SEND A LETTER. UM AND. I DID READ IT INTO THE RECORD. >> EARLIER TONIGHT. UM, BUT I THINK, UH, IT BASICALLY RESEMBLES A LOT OF THE UM, WHAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING TODAY IN TERMS OF WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH, UM, ALL OF YOU AND I THINK. >> HE ALSO. HIGHLIGHTED UM, THE NEW. CENTER UM, THAT'S BEING BUILT ON 12 CHANNEL STREET. UM, HAPPY. TO GIVE. >> YOU ALSO THIS LETTER AND HAPPY TO UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU ALL WANT TO. TRY BUT I.
>> JUST. WANTED TO. >> GIVE YOU THAT CONTEXT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE LATE. SO, UH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE AWESOME. THANK YOU. COUNCIL LET US BY THE, UM. ALL RIGHT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE NO, UH WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC TESTIMONY. SO, UM, I ALSO JUST WANT TO UM FINALLY, IF YOU CAN THANK OUR PANELISTS. UM, THANK YOU ALL. >> FOR. BEING HERE, TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND, UM, ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS. I TO THANK COUNCILOR FITZGERALD FOR FOR SPONSORING AND CONVENING US HERE TODAY. UM AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO UM TO OUR COMMISSIONER UM, ON YOUR RETIREMENT. UM, UH, YOU KNOW.
IT'S AMAZING THINGS AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER TO, UM, NOT JUST ME AND MY IN I CALL IT MY COLLEAGUES BUT, UM, TO THIS GREAT CITY SO I'M HAPPY RETIREMENT. UM, THIS HEARING ON DOCKET
NUMBER 0174 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. GOOD. >>