>> GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE SUPERCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. PART II. MY NAME IS I AURIN CHOWDHURY. THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF YESTERDAY'S COMMITTEE.THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TOOK UP MOST OF THE AGENDA, BUT WE DIDN'T COMPLETE
SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE DISCUSSION AGENDA. WE COMPLETED ALL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ALL OF THE PUBLIC AND QUASI JUDICIALS HEARINGS AND ONE PRESENTATION WAS RECEIVED AND FILED FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY. ALL ITEMS CONSIDERED YESTERDAY AND TODAY WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS CONSIDERATION AT THE MEETING THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 5th, AT 9:30. AS USUAL, THESE MEETINGS ARE BROAAST LIVE AND LIVE STREAMED FROM THE PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNELS. AND THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY. WITH THAT, I
WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. AND ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY A QUORUM. >>
> PRESENT. [ AWAY FROM MIC ] APOLOGIES. WE CAN START OVER. >> START WITH -- COUNCIL MEMBER
RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PRESENT. >> OSMAN. IS ABSENT. SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> [ COUGHING ] STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> PALMINO. IS ABSENT.
CHUGHTAI. VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI IS ABSENT. CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> WE HAVE NINE PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. BEFORE BEGINNING THE MEETING, LET ME OFFER A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO
ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PRESENTATION. THE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TE CAPTIONING TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE COMMUNITY. BE MINDFUL RATE OF OUR SPEECH SO OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL
COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO PLEASE MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR SPEECH AND THEIR COMMENTS. LIKE I STATED BEFORE, YESTERDAY WE WORKED THROUGH A MAJORITY OF OUR AGENDA. NOW REMAIN WITH FOUR ITEMS. FIRST,
A STAFF DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS PALMISANO AND WHITING. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND MOVE APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. AND I MIGHT NEED SOME SPECIFICS FROM OUR CLERKS OVE HERE. HOW TO MOVE IT. JUST KIND OF MOVE
IT FORWARD TO BE ACCEPTED. I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HERE. I KNOW WE HAVE ANDREW, I BELIEVE, PROBABLY DIRECTOR BAKKENS SOMEWHERE TO ALSO FOR QUESTIONS. HAPPY TO SPEAK TO IT. THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO KIND OF
UNDERTAKE SOME OF THE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, PARTICULARLY TO BEST PRACTICES AND TRAINING FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE DIRECTOR BAKKENS IS HERE TO SPEAK TO IT. >> BEFORE WE HAVE IT, YOU WANT
TO SAY, I WANT TO MOTION FOR APPROVAL. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. >> I'LL SECOND IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YES. >> DIRECTOR BAKKENS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS?
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. IT WAS A LONG DAY YESTERDAY. HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. IF I COULD SPEAK TO THIS BRIEFLY. THIS IS A STAFF DIRECTION AS WE RECEIVE FROM THE BODY. THE IDEA BEHIND THIS ONE WAS THAT, OBVIOUSLY, THE ADMINISTRATION IS BRINGING
FORWARD IN THE COMING WEEKS. INFORMATION TO COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ABOUT PENSION LOCATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILIT THE FOCUS OF THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE, WHAT THE CITY IS PURSUING. OUR GOAL IS TO KIND OF WORK AS A PARALLEL TO THAT.
TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, AS FAR AS WHAT IS BEING DONE NATIONALLY AND WHAT IS BEING DONE IN OTHER CATIONS, BEST PRACTICES FOR TRAININGS FROM COMPARABLE CITIES AND FACILITIES AND DEPARTMENTS. SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, ESSENTIALLY BENCHMARK WHAT WE'RE DOING AND MAKE SURE THERE'S
ALIGNMENT. AND PURSUING ALL POTENTIAL OPTIONS OUT THERE. I ALSO THINK THAT THE TIMING OF THIS ONE, IF WE DO IT AS POLICY BRIEFING, WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING THE INFORMATION BACK FAIRLY QUICKLY. SO THE COUNCIL HAS TIME TO CONSIDER WHAT IS BEING BROUGHT BEFORE THEM. BUT
THEN IT SETS UP A LONGER TERM NOT PARALLEL TRACKS. THEY'RE RELATED. BUT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATI AS WE EVENT WE DO MOVE FORWARD DOWN THIS PATH. SO IF SOMETHING DOES PASS AND THIS ADVANCES, AS WE CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION INTO
THE FUTURE ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE DOING THAT KIND OF RESEARCH ON AARALLEL TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING ALL POTENTIAL OPTIONS AND EVALUATING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN COMPARISON WITH BEST PRACTICES AND STANDARDS OF COMPARABLE JURISDICTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. I'LL NOTE FOR THS JOINED THE MEETING. COLLEAGUES, ANY DISCUSSION? FIRST, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WON WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I'LL NOTE THAT THE STAFF DIRECTION IS A BIT HARD FOR ME
TO SUPPORT BECAUSE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, ANDVER MULTIPLE TIMES -- MY OFFICE, AND I NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE HAVE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS. ALSO
DIRECTOR -- THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WROTE A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO IN 2023 ASKING VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT PLANS REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY WORK FORCE SIZE, ANTICIPATIONS, AND NEW WAYS IN WHICH WE WERE
LOOKING AT NOT JUST BEEFING UP MPD STAFF. THAT'S ALWAYS PREDOMINANT POINT OF CONVERSATION, BUT AS WE'RE EMBRACING THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES PLAN. THAT MEANS WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER ALTERNATIVES, SAFETY SERVICES,
AND WORK FORCES WEEED TO BE LOOKING AT AND SCALING UP WHAT ARE OUR PLANS TO DO THAT? AND HOW DO THEY RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER? I ALSO ASKED ABOUT SPECIFIC DETAILS REGARDING HOW WE'RE MAPPING OUT OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AS IT RELATES TO
SAFETY SERVICES. AND, AGAIN, TO OUR FACILITY NEEDS. WE HAVE LONG HAD THE CONVERSATION FOR THREE PLUS YEARS AROUND NOT ONLY MPD'S FACILITY NEEDS, BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, WE HAVE PREVENTION OR VIOLENCE PRESTRENGS SERVICES AND CONTRACTORS OUT IN THE
FIELD. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR THEM? THAT SAID, FOR THREE YEARS, THOSE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVES THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD WERE NEVER ANSWERED BY THE ADMINISTRATION. IN FACT, JUST LAST CYCLE, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED CONTINUING ONE OF THOSE MOTIONS AS IT RELATED
TO OUR CAPITAL SAFETY PROJECTS. BECAUSE THE ADMINISTRATION FAILED TO PRESENT ANSWERS TO CRUCIAL QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING. AND ASKING FOR THOROUGH PLANS AND ELABORATIONS ON FOR, AGAIN, NEARLY THREE
YEARS. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, EVEN IN PRIOR BUDGET CYCLES, IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR CAPITAL LONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE THAT HAS ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND IT'S DOCUMENTED IN THEIR OWN REPORTS. PLEASE PROVIDE A PLAN. UMM, ACTUALLY,
HIRE A CONSULTANT TO PRESENT SAID PLAN AROUND WHAT THESE PUBLIC SAFETY CAPITAL PROJECTS YOU'RE REQUESTING -- HOW DO THEY RELATE TO THE OVERALL VISION ANN CONSULTING WITH OUR OWN CL
IC BOARD MEMBERS, I TRIED TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AROUND BRINGING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FORWARD TO DO EXACTLY THAT. TO HIRE A CONSULTANT THAT COULD GIVE US A THOROUGH AND INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF WHAT WE COULD BE DOING IN A MORE THOUGHTFUL WAY. BEFORE JUST RUSHING INTO A MULTIMILLION
DOLLAR PURCHASE. WE WERE TOLD BY THE ADMINISTRATION IN RESPONSE TO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT IT WAS NOT NEEDED. PROPERTY AND FINANCE SERVICES WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THEIR OWN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT. AND THEY WOULD PRESENT THE INFORMATION THEY GATHERED FROM THAT AND
PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL AND PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 2025. ONCE AGAIN, THAT NEVER HAPPENED. I TOOK THE PRO ACTIVE INITIATIVE TO REQUEST INFORMATION FROM THE ADNISTRATION FOR THREE PLUS YEARS. BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT US TO WALK INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ONCE AGAIN. RUSHING
INTO THE PURCHASE OF A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUILDING AND FACILITY AT THE DROP OF A HAT MPLY BECAUSE THE MAYOR, JACOB FREY, AND MPD DECIDED THEY WANTED IT IN THAT CURRENT MOMENT. WE HAVE LONG HAD CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW ON THIS
BODY AROUND THE PROCURETY WE'RE WALKING INTO FINANCIALLY AND THOUGHTFUL HOW WE SPEND OUR GENERAL FUNDS AND BONDING DOLLARS. AND HOW WE'RE BEING INTENTIONAL OF OUR INVESTMENTS AND PROJECT. SUCH AS CAPITAL PROJECTS. CAPITAL PROJECTS
AREN'T JUST FOR BEING THE EXTENSION OF A BLANK CHECK FOR SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. THEY CAN ALSO BE TOOLS TOENERATE REVENUE. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THAT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING INNOVATIVE IN HOW WE'RE MEETING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
FACILITY NEEDS, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GOING TOO. WHICH IS MOVING AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL POLICING THAT LED TO THE MURDER OF HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS THAT LANDED US INTO A CONSENT DECREE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I HAD HOPED THAT, AGAIN, WE
COULD HAVE AVOIDED THAT FOR THREE YEARS. BUT WE ARE HE, AGAIN, PROPOSING A NEARLY $40 MILLION -- I'M SORRY. THE MAR'S ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING A NEARLY $40 MILLION BUILDI. AND IT'S STILL NOT FLUSHED OUT. SIMULTANEOUS I
WILL I WILL ASKING US TO RUBBER STAMP THAT PURCHASE OF A BUILDING. THEY'RE SIMULTANEOUSLY CUTTING ALMOST $5 MILLION FROM OUR ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, LIKE VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER WITHIN MPD. WHICH WE WILL BE TAKING UP TWO ITEMS FROM NOW. WE'RE BEING ASKED TO
ELIMINATE. THIS, AGAIN, RAISES SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR ME. I HAVE BEEN REQUESTING INFORMATION ON FOR YEARS WITH LITTLE-TO-NO-RESPONSE FROM THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION. I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING THIS PARTICAR DIRECTIVE. I THINK A
GENERAL PREMISE OF THIS BODY HAS BEEN WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABLE TO SEEK INFORMATION. AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THIS DIRECTIVE ESSENTIALLY ALIGNS WITH THAT INTENT. BUT CRITICAL INFORMATION AROUND ANTICIPATED
VIGORS A FULL STAFFING LEVELS FOR ALL PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UMM, AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON. NOT JUST POLICE OFFICERS. HOW THAT WAS GOING TO RESULT TO
GROWTH IN THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. WE COULD HAVE HAD THREE YEARS OF DISCUSSION IF THE ADMINISTRATION RESPONDED. AS OPPOSED TO SEEING A DUPLICATION OF INFORMATION WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR AND DENIED FOR THREE YEARS. SO, UMM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW THIS DIRECTIVE COMES BACK AND
GIVES US MORE INFORMATION ON WHY WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF A $40 MILLION DOLLAR COP CITY. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW YOU ALL DO A THOROUGH -- HA-HA -- THOROUGH JOB IN YOUR
ANALYSIS OF THINGS. I WANTED TO SHARE THOSE COMMENTS AS MY CONCERNS AROUND SUPPORTING IT. >> THANKS, C. CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FOR THOSE WATCHING ALONG AND FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD. I WANTED TO JUST
PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHERE THIS STAFF DIRECTION CAME FROM. LAST WEEK WE HAD A SERIES OF BRIEFINGS FOR ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS. PERHAPS MIGHT HAVE BEEN TWO WEEKS AGO, ACTUALLY. AND IN WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION
PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY THAT -- THAT -- THAT WAS A PART OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET LAST YEAR. AND WE -- THE COUNCIL, THROUGH ITS BUDGET
PROCESS, TOOK SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WERE ALLOCATED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR THIS TRAINING FACILITY, AND, UMM, USED THOSE FOR OTHER SAFETY, UMM, UMM, INITIATIVES. SUCH AS
THE EXPANSION AND FULL FUNDING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAMS, OUR PROTECTED KEWAYS, UMM, AND SO ON. SO, UMM, IN THOSE BRIEFINGS, COUNCIL MEMBERS RAISED A SE SERIES OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE
ARRIVED AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS. AND IN -- IN -- UMM, CONSULTATION WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND
OVERSIGHT DIVISION IN THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO AND WHITING ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE STAFF DIRECTION, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS DIRECTING THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH AND OVERSIGHT STAFF TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT TRAINING NEEDS IN ALIGNMENT WITH
NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES. ALONG WITH THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES IN COMPARABLE CITIES AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FACILITIES. YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THIS STAFF DIRECTION, YOU DON'T SEE A SPECIFIC DATE BY WHICH STAFF ARE ASKED TO COME BACK AND
PRESENT THIS INFORMATION TO THIS COMMITTEE. UMM, AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. UMM, AND THAT'S -- THAT WAS -- THAT WAS A DETERMINATION MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH STAFF AND THE AUTHORS. WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CURRENT TRAINING NEEDS. AGAIN, IN
ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL BEST PRTICES. AND INCLUDE THE EMERGING AND INNOVATIVE TRAINING TECHNOLOGY AS PART OF THAT. THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES AND THE WAY THAT COMPARABLE CITIES ARE APPROACHING PROPOSED
CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, FUNDING, LOCATION, FUNCTION OF FACILITIES LIKE THIS. AND THEN THE IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM ALONG WITH LONG-TERM COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH NEWER, UPDATED FACILITIES. AND THE TRADE-OFFS RELATED TO BUILDING NEW FACILITIES. CURRENTLY THPOLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS A TRAINING FACILITY AT THE HAMILTON SCHOOL. KNOWN AS THE HAMILTON SPECIAL OPERATIONS CENTER, LOCATED ON 41st AND DUPONT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND, UMM, SO I JUST WANTED TOPRR
COLLEAGUES ALONG WITH JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG WERE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT IT IS WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER VETA >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE CHAIR
CHUGHTAI FOR THE ANALYSIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHY IT'S BEFORE US AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE BRIEFINGS THAT WERE NOT PUBLIC THAT SPOKE TO MONEY THAT WE NEED TO MAYBE GET FROM THE STATE, AND THAT WE NEED TO POOL TOGETHER AT THE CITY LEVEL.
THERE'S ACTION COMING BEFORE US AT A LATER DATE. ALSO, THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO THE PUBLIC. AND SO I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE STAFF DIRECTIVE BEFORE US. BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S NEEDED FOR ME TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE PUBLIC. WHY WE'RE DOING THIS, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPACT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE CITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE IMPACT THAT THE POSITIVE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. BECAUSE TWO OF THESE TRAINING NEEDS ARE LOCATED IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.
AND FOLKS HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING TO GET THEM OUT OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND OUT OF A RESIDENTIAL -- OUT OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A LONG TIME. I'M HOPING THIS STAFF DIRECTIVE TAKES US IN THE DIRECTION OF REALLY SHOWING US NOT ONLY JUST ABOUT -- I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I ALSO
WANT TO SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT FIRE AND 9-1-1 AND ALL THE OTHER PUBLICAFETY ENTITIES THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PACKAGE. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IAS LEADING TO. I KNOW IT'S NOT LISTED AND THAT THE FOCUS IS A LOT ABOUT POLICE, BUT THERE ARE
OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS TRAINING. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS TRAINING CENTER. AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT TO SHARE WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ONE THING, IN PARTICULAR, IS WE HAVE THE FACILITY IN NORTHEAST THAT WAS INITIALLY THE EMERGENCY
CENTER. THAT WAS INITIALLY A FIREFIGHTER CENTER. AND NOW IT'S -- IT WAS FOR FIREFIGHTERS FOR TRAINGS AND CLASSROOMS AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR THE OTHER THINGS. WHEN WE HAVE EMERGENCY TO POP UP AT THE CITY. WILL IT NOW GO BACK TO THE FIREFIGHTERS EXCLUSIVELY USING THAT AND ALL OF THAT WORK
BEING MOVED OUT TO THIS FACILITY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN. BUT I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THIS STAFF DIRECTIVE IS BEFORE US. I KNOW THERE'S NO DATE. I'M HOPG WE CAN GET SOME INFORMATION BACK BEFORE WE TAKE THAT VOTE ON IF WE'RE GOING
TO BE MOVING MONEY AROD OR WHATEVER STAFF IS GOING TO BRING BEFORE US THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT IN THE BRIEFING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW'S POINT. THAT IS THE GOAL OF THIS. TO BRING IT BACK IN TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ALSO, THE WAY THAT WE WILL
GENERALLY WTE THE KIND OF HELP AND STAFF DIRECTIONS TO KEEP THEM SPECIFIC ENOUGH. THE SUBJECT MATTER TO LOOK AT AND BROAD ENOUGH BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND. WE DON'T WANT TO BOX OURSELVES IN TOO MUCH. I THINK FROM A CURSORY LOOK, THE STAFF WORKING
ON THIS -- I THINK THE FIRE AND POLICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, LIKE, THAT DOES SEEM TO BE A TREND THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS SPACE. I FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S NOT JUST EXCLUSIVELY POLICE SPECIFIC TRAINING FACILITIES. AS WE LOOK
AT OTHER JURISDIIONS, WE WANT TO SEE WHERE THERE'S EFFORTS TO COLLABORATE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. >> I LIKE THAT. AND APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ONE-ON-ONE BRIEFINGS ABOUT THIS WHEN IT COMES BACK. I DO BETTER IN THOSE! THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YES. THANK YOU. FIRST, CAN YOU BRING THE MIC CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH. WE CAN'T REALLY HEAR WHEN YOU'RE TALKING. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS WHAT YOU ANSWERED. SO LOONG AT IT. IS
THIS JUST POLICE OR IS IT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS. MY SECOND QUESTION, MAYBE THIS IS TO THE CLERKS. I DON'T KNOW. WHAT COMMITTEE IS THIS GOING TO GO THROUGH WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH SUPER C.O.W.? >
[ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> OKAY. COULD I MOVE TO AMEND IT TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY EVERYTHING THAT'S IN HERE, BUT ALSO A LOOK AT WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED. A LOT OF POLICY GETS MADE BASED ON WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS. BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE
ACTUALLY NEED. WHAT CAN'T WE DO RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE. CAN I MOVE TO AMEND? >> UMM, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, YOU CAN CERTAINLY SAY THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO INCLUDE AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
OR YOU COULD BRING IT TOMORROW AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. >> OKAY. THE LANGUAGE I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE IS JUST ADDING ON THE END OF "NATIONAL LANDSCAPE OF
PUBLIC FACILITIES ISSUE -- SORRY. COMPARABLE CITIES" AND INCLUDE WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING WE'RE UNABLE TO DO RIGHT NOW WITH OUR CURRENT
FACILITIES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, IF I MIGHT OFFER AN ASSIST. >> YES. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE -- TO ME, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ADDING A NUMBER FOUR. WHICH BRINGS HOME THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS THAT THE LRO DIVISION
IS LOOKING AT TO THE SPECIFIC CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS NEEDS. AND I THINK POTENTIALLY YOU AND I COULD WORK OFFLINE AND HAVE THE AMENDMENT FOR COUNCIL TOMORROW. THAT WOULD IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY WHAT THAT FOURTH NUMBER COULD BE. >> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND LASTLY, JUST TO TALK TO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE TALKED ABOUT WH THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BUILD. WE ARE NOT MOVING ON THAT YET. WE VE MADE NO VOTES ON THIS. PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING.
IT'S $38 MILLION WE T DON'T HAVE. WE HAVEN'T YET BEGUN TO DISCUSS IT YET. EVEN THOUGH THERE WASES A PRESS RELEASE, IT IS NOT HAPPENING YET. WE HAVE YET TO DECIDE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> YES. THANK YOU CHAIR
CHOWDHURY. JUST KIND OF WANT TO SPEAK TO AND APPRECIATE, I THINK, THE CONCERNS THAT SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE RAISED. PARTICULARLY ON THIS. I THINK THIS IS THE HOPE OF THIS STAFF DIRECTION. THAT CAN KIND OF GIVE US INFORMATION. GIVE US THE BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE. PARTICULARLY
AS IT RELATES TO THE FACILITIES REPORTS AND PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT OUT THERE BY THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT DECREE REQUIREMENTS. ARECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THE WORK AND, ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ADD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A STAFF DIRECTION BROUGHT BY
COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. I THINK IT'S HER HOPE TO HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS KIND OF ADDRESSED, AS WELL. AND SO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT HER OFFICE HAS DONE. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING AT AN ABILITY. I KNOW THE PROPOSED SITE IS IN WARD 11. AND HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS
WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, AS WELL, HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME THINGS THAT HAPPENED I NORTH MINNEAPOLIS HAPPEN IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. I KNOW WE'LL BE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION TO ENSURE THAT THE INEQUITIES THAT HAPPENED ON THE NORTH SIDE DO NOT FOLLOW ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AS WELL. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT
EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING FORWARD. AND EXCITED TO SEE WHEN THIS REPORT COMES BACK TO US. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE WE TWO. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
I WANT TO OFFER A QUICK CLARIFICATION REGARDING SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI RAISED. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE BRIEFINGS AND THE DISCUSSIONS AND POTENTIAL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE ACTION ON THIS ITEM. ALL TOOK PLACE OR WAS INITIATED LAST WEEK. THIS IS THREE-PLUS YEAR LARGER
CONVERSATION. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN LONG KNOWN AND ADVOCATED FOR BY THE ADMINISTRATION. THERE'S BEEN LONG DISCUSSION AND DEBATE BY THE VARIETY OF PARTNERS AROUND WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY NEEDED REGARDING THIS PROJECT TO ASK FOR FULLER DETAILS. AND THOSE EXTERNAL PARTNERS, FOR SEVERAL YEARS,
WERE NOT GIVING THE INFMATION THAT WE ARE NOW SEEKING. SO I JUST NEED TO PUT THIS INTO LARGER CONTEXT FOR OVER THREE YEARS. PEOPLE HAVE HAD C CURIOSITIES HOW WE HAVE PRO ACTIVE PLANNING AROUND THE PROJECTS. TO ME, NOT ONLY MPD'S TRAINING OR WELLNESS NEEDS, BUT
TO MAKE SURE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE NEWER DIRECTION THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWAS WITH THE SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES PLAN. AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT. SO I JUST NEED THAT TO BE GROUNDED. THESE CONVERSATIONS DIDN'T JUST START LT WEEK. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING
PROJECT IN DELIBERATION AROUND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT OUR NEW VISION AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY, AND NOT JUST DOING A REGRANT OR RUSH AROUND MPD'S CAPITAL PROJECTS TO FIT THEIR
NEEDS AND THEN SLAP, UMM, A NEW SAFETY SERVICE, SUCH AS BCR, ON THE FRONT TO SAY, "OH, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT." KIND OFIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER WE'RE ROLLING OUT IN MY WARD. WHERE THAT WAS A RUSHED PROCESS
AND PURCHASE. WHERE SEVERAL YEARS, COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED, "CAN WE BE PRO ACTIVE" AND THE ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T DO SO AT THAT TIME. I THINK IT'S LARGELY PART OF IT'S A $38 -- NEARLY $40 MILLION. I THINK WE NEED TO BE
COGNIZANT OF THAT, TOO. WE WERE GIVEN A DIFFERENT AMOUNT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AROUND THE PROJECT. IT'S $40. WE SHOULD NOT ANTICIPATE WITH THE WAY THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND BUILDING COS ARE THAT WE ARE JUST SIMPLY LOOKING AT $40 MILLION. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIALLY EXPENSIVE PROJECT.
AND WE WANT TO BE SOBER AROUND HOW THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT ONLY SUPPORTING OUR CITY SERVICES, BUT ACTUALLY IS THIS THE RIGHT PRIORITIZATION RIGHT NOW. COULD WE BE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH BONDING MONEY. THIS BODY HAS ALREADY MADE VOTES ON. WE
MADE VOTESUST LAST DECEMBER TO SAY, "NO, WE WANT TO REINVEST MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PROJECT TO OTHER PROJECTS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CALMING AND A DID ADA COMPLIANCE" SO THOSE EXPERIENCING MOBILITY AND DISABILITIES CAN HAVE A VARIETY OF SAFETY SERVICES AND PROJECTS
THAT CAN IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE MADE DECISIONS AROUND THAT. SO THIS IS CONTINUATION OF A LONG STANDING DEBATE THAT DID NOT JUST START LAST WEEK. >> NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. THAT'S CORRECT. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ONGOING CONVERSATION. I ACTUALLY STARTED IT THE YEAR WE GOT ELECTED AS THE CHAIR OF BLIC SAFETY. YOU SAID THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS WHO HAS BEEN BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I
WOULD SAY THE ADMINISTRATION IN COLLABORATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. ONE OF THE THINGS HEARD FROM NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, WARDSES 5 AND 4, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO AS A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, PLEASE GET THIS OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. PLEASE GET THIS OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION SINCE 2022 TO FIGURE OUT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THESE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ENDURING MORE AND MORE TRAUMA EVERY D WHEN THEY HAVE TO WATCH WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR
POLICE OFFICER TO DO THEIR WORK. LIKE, THE POLICE ARE DOING NOTHING WRONG. IT'S THE TERRIBLE LOCATION FOR TRAINING FACILITIES. IT'S A TERRIBLE LOCATION FOR A GUN RANGE. AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT OUT OF NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. I WAS HAPPY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION EVEN LISTENED TO ME AND TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT I WAS
TRYING TO DO. AND THERE WAS A SENSE OF URGENCY THEN. I COOLED MY JETS. I CALMED DOWN OVER THE YEARS. THE PROJECT HAS TAKEN WAY TOO LONG, IN MY OPINION, TOY CONVERSATIONS WITH CLIC REPRESENTATIVES. IT FEELS LIKE THE NORTH SIDE HAS TO WAIT UNTIL
IT'S OUR TURN. AND OUR TURN NEVER SEEMS TO GET THERE. WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE THINGS HAPPEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY. ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR FAIRNESS ON THE NORTH SIDE. SO THIS PROJECT MEANS A LOT TO ME. I KNOW IT MEANS A LOT TO COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. SHE'S NEW.
SHE'S BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT A LOT, ALSO. AND SO MY HOPE, WE CAN WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. WE CAN USE THE STAFF DIRECTIVE TO NOT ONLY HELP THE NORTH SIDE, BUT HELP OUR ENTIRE CIT THIS TRAINING FACILITY, IN MY OPINION, IS NECESSARY FOR FOLKS TO DO THEIR
WORK. IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT IS NOT RETRAUMATIZING PEOPLE. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING IS SAYING, YES, WE HAVE A SPOT. POSSIBLY AFTER WE GET THE INFORMATION BACK IN WARD 11 THAT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S A COMMERCIAL AREA THAT WE CAN DO
THIS IN. THAT'S NOT EASY TO SAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS TO MY CONSTITUENTS A WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS TRAINING CENTER THERE. SO I'M HAPPY THAT HE'S EVEN OPEN AND WILLING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG CONVERSATION WITH
THE NORTH SIDE. I MEAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. AND I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FROM THE TIME I STARTED HERE. THIS IS OUR THIRD TERM TOGETHER, SOME OF US. AND THIS CONVERSATION STARTED
IN 2022. ANDY ADVOCACY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THESE TRAINING FACILITIES ARE OUT O NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN I WILL NOTE FOR THE CLERKS, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE HAS JOINED THE MEETING. KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME NOW. I'LL RECOGNIZE YOU FOR
COMMENT. >> THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME AS BEING HERE AND ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT MY INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT. AND AS WE WANT
TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S BCR, MPD, THE FIRE, 9-1-1. WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY. MY LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT NOTHING IS FREE. AND IF WE WANT
TO KEEP IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM, IT'S GOG TO COST MONEY. AND WE HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY FOR OUR CITIZEN. THIS IS MON WELL SPENT. IF WE GO FORWARD, IT'S GOING TO HELP US. IT'S GOING TO HELP OUR CITIZENS. IT'S NECESSARY. SO I COMMEND THE
HARD WORK THAT -- AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THA COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW HAS PUT IN OVER THE YEARS. AND I WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THE CONVERSATION IS STILL GOING ON. BUT IT'S BEEN GOING ONOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION AND GET THE STATE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS,
IF WE CHOOSE TO GO FORWARD. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BEFORE US FOR APPROVAL. I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. QUICK QUESTION. IS THIS ALSO RECOGNIZING THE AMENDMENT. >> THAT WILL OCCUR TOMORROW. >> OKAY. AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN.
>> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> 11 AYES. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND WE'LL BE FORWARDING TO
TOMORROW'S COUNCIL MEETING. NEXT WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE 2025 ANNUAL TRAFFIC CAMERA REPORT. I WELCOME ETHAN
FAWLEY TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. >> THANKS. CHAIR CHOWDHURY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS ETHAN, A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER IN MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC WORKS. I ALSO PREVIOUSLY WAS THE VISION ZERO PROGRAM COORDINATOR. AND THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE TRAFFIC CAMERA SAFETY PILOT.
I'LL BE HERE TODAY. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES CALLED THIS SUPER C.O.W. YOU CAN USE IT, IF YOU LIKE IT. ALL RIGHT. REMINDER. I KNOW THERE'S FOLKS NEWER ON THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA PILOTS. I'LL GIVE A OVERVIEW AND ANNUAL REPORT DETAILS. TRAFFIC SAFETY
CAMERAS ARE ONE PART OF THE OVERALL VISION ZERO WORK TO GET TO AND MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD GETTING ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON THE STREETS. WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPORTANT STRATEGIES, AS WELL. THIS IS IMPORTANT, TOO. WE'VE BEEN TALKING AND RESEARCHING AND
ENGAGING AND PLANNING AND NOW IMPLEMENTS ON THE TRAFFIC CAMERA WORK SINCE 2019. AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STEPS WE'VE TAKEN OVER TIME. INCLUDING INITIAL ANALYSIS WORK AND ENGAGEMENT WORK TO DECIDE IF WE WANT TO PURSUE THIS, REALLY. AND GOING TO THE LEGISLATURE AND GETTING AUTHORITY TO DO A PILOT
PROGRAM. AND SINCE THAT, WE GOT THAT AUTHORITY IN 2024, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO PREPARE THE DETAILS TO IMPLEMENT IT. WHICH WE STARTED THIS YEAR. WE DO HAVE AUTHORITY FOR THE PILOT PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF JUNE
IN 2029. THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY ON OUR STREETS. BUT FOR THIS PILOT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE ALSO NEED TO BUILD COMMUNITY TRUST BY IMPLEMENTING THE SYSTEM FAIRLY, EQUITABLY, PROTECTING PRIVACY. DOING IT EFFICIENTLY. THOSE ARE
REFLECTED IN OUR GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM. AND AN IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL PART OF THIS WORK, AS WELL. I WANT TO -- I'M UP HERE PRENTING. THE OVERALL PROJECT MANAGER, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS INVOLVED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. PUBLIC WORKS,
OVERALL, WE LEAD ON THE REPORTING AND EVALUATION WORK AND THE OVERALL COORDINATION AND WE DETERMINE THE CAMERA LOCATIONS. REGULATORY SERVICE STAFF, TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENTS, ARE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY REVIEW WHEN THERE'S A VIOLATION THAT
COMES IN TO CONFIRM IT AND ACTUALLY ISSUE THE WARNING OR CITATION AS APPPRIATE. CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MANAGE A LOT OF LEGAL COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY COURTS AND, ALSO, MANAGES DISMISSALS. AND THEN WE HAVE A CAMERA CONTRACTOR, THEY OPERATE
AND MAINTAIN THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES. NOVOAGLOBAL AND MAIL OUT THE WARNINGS OR CITATIONS AND MAINTAIN AN ONLINE SYSTEM PEOPLE CAN CALL IN AND PROVIDE INFORMATION. SO THAT IF THEY HAVE A REASON FOR A DISMISSAL. WE HAVE A LOT OF
OTHER IMPORTANT PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY AND EXTERNALLY, AS WELL, IN THIS. JUST TO REMINDER ON THE STEPS OF HOW IT GOES. SO THIS IS FOR INITIALLY WE ONLY HAVE SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS OUT. AND THEY
ON RECORD IF -- AND PROCESS FOR A VIOLATION IF SOMEONE IS GOING 10 OR MORE MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. THEN IT'S TAKING A PICTURE FROM THE REAR. AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANYBODY BE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN THE
PICTURES. AND THEN THAT INFORMATION, WHICH IS PICTURES AND A SHORT VIDEO CLIP. IT'S SENT TO THE AGENTS IN REGULATORY SERVICES WHO CONFIRM AND ISSUE THE WARRENNING OR CITATION. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT OUR PROGRAM IS SET UP. IT'S UNIQUE IN THE COUNTRY. THAT THE FIRST VIOLATION IS A WARNING FOR
EVERYONE. AND THEN THE SECOND OFFENSE, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A FREE ONLINE TRAFFIC SAFETY COURSE. AND BEYOND THAT, IT'S $40 FINE OR $80 FINE, IF IT'S 20 OR MORE OVER THE LIMIT. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY WE TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE TRYING TO
REDUCE THE UNSAFE BEHAVIOR. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE GENERATING REVENUE OR BEING OVERLY PUNITIVE HERE. AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S SENT OUT. PEOPLE GET IT. AND THEY CAN GO AND RESOLVE IT ONLINE, IF THEY'D LIKE. AND WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO IMPROVE
THOSE SYSTEMS, AS WELL. IN 2025, WE HAD FIVE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA LOCATIONS SPREAD ACROSS THE CITY. YOU CAN SEE HERE. WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. AND SO THIS IS REPORTING THROUGH
DECEMBER. AND YOU CAN SEE OVER THE TWO MONTHS THERE FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, WE SAW QUITE SIGNIFICANT DROP IN SPEEDING AT THE CAMERA LOCATIONS OF MORE THAN 50% FOR BOTH 10 OR MORE OVER AND 20 OR MORE OVER. I'LL NOTE, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT
I'D EXPECT BASED ON RESULTS IN OTHER CITIES. WOULD ALSO EXPECT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THIS GO DOWN. WHICH IS MY HOPE! I'LL JUST SAY THAT. BASED ON OTHER CITIES. B IT'S A GOOD FIRST-STEP. I WANT TO NOTE THIS IS JUST A FEW MONTHS DATA. THERE'A PLOT GOING ON. RIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE REPORTING OUT HERE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. THIS IS NOT OUR EVALUATION. RIGHT. ON THE OVERALL PROGRAM. WE WILL BE DOING MORE EVALUATION TO COME. THIS IS ENCOURAGING BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE TO LOOK AT. AND AS WE GO FORWARD.
WE SAW MORE THAN 40% DROP IN SPEEDING AT ALL OF THE CAMERA LOCATIONS. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE JUST THEIND OF THE TRENDS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS HERE AND KIND OF THE VARIABILITY AND AMOUNT OF SPEEDING BEFORE AND HOW IT'S GONE DOWN. THAT'S
ENCOURAGING IT WAS QUITE UNIFORM ACROSS LOCATIONS. OVERALL, YOU CAN SEE WE ARE -- OUR TEAM, OUR STAFF AND CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR MANAGED MORE THAN 33,000 VIOLATIONS IN THOSE THREE MONTHS LAST YEAR. AND SO THERE IS A
LOT HAPPENING HERE. THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT VOLUME. RIGHT. AND WE'RE -- BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, LIKE, WE REDUCED, I THINKT WAS BY, YOU KNOW, THAT REDUCTION WAS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 14,000 FEWER DRIVERS SPEEDING PAST THESE LOCATIONS IN DECEMBER. SO VERY
SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF REDUCTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE WE REPORT ON THESE THINGS, PART OF THE STATE REQUIREMENT. BUT OUR AGENTS DID SEE A FEW TIMES WHEN THEY DETERMINED THEY SHOULDN'T ISSUE A WARNING OR CITATION. BUT NOT A TON. AS A PERCENTAGE. AND THEN SO FAR, NOT THAT MANY
PEOPLE HAVE OPTED INTO THE FREE ONLINE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA COURSE. THATILL INCREASE AS WE GO. AND GOOD TO HAVE IT AS AN OPTION. OKAY. SO WE ARE -- WE DO ANTICIPATE ADDING ADDITIONAL SPEED SAFETY CAMERA LOCATIONS AS EARLY AS MAY 1st THIS YEAR.
THOSE WILL COME FROM THIS LIST HERE. HIGH PRIORITYUTURE EXPANSION LOCATIONS SPREAD AROUND THE CITY. WE ARE STILL FILING THE EXACT TIMELINE AND LOCATIONS FOR THE INITIAL EXPANSION. AND THEN I WOULD ANTICIPATE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO MOST OF THESE HIGH-PRIORITY
LOCATIONS THIS YEAR. AS PART OF THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME MOBILE CAMERA LOCATIONS. WE MIGHT MOVE ONE OF OUR EXISTING ONES TO A NEW LOCATION, AS WELL. BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PILOTING AND EVALUATING DIFFERENT THINGS. THAT'S PART OF IT. WE'RE TRYING TO FINALIZE HAVING SOME ONE OR
TWO LOCATIONS THAT DO SPEED AND RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND LOOKING AT OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND BEYOND THAT IN THE FUTURE. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. AND, ETHAN, I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT YOU IN FRONT OF MY COLLEAGUES. I WAS AT THE
STATE WHEN YOU WERE TESTIFYING LAST YEAR. AND ONE OF THE RE LEGISLATORS QUESTIONED YOU ABOUT WHY SHOULD HE BE RESPONSIBLE WHEN IT'S 15-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW BOROU BORROWS YOUR CAR AND SPEED. AND YOU WERE LIKE,
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW YOUR 15-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW IS SPEEDING AND YOU'D LIKE TO HELP HIM. IT NEUTRALIZED THE ROOM. THANK YOE QUESTION I HAVE, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO EXPAND THE COTY AND STATE ROADS? I KNOW YOU HAD TO WORK OUT THINGS. DOES THE
LOCATIONS YOU SHOWED US FOR POTENTIAL EXPANSIONS, IS THAT INCLUDING COUNTY AND STATE ROADS IN THE CITY? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO WE CURRENTLY OUR ANALYSIS ONLY LOOKED AT CITY STREETS. IF WE -- WE ARE INTERESTED AND
OPEN, I THINK, TO LOOKING AT COUNTY OR STATE ROADWAYS IN THE FUTURE. THAT DOES REQUIRE SIGN OFF FROM THE COUNTY OR STATE FOR THOSE ROADWAYS. THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE' EXPLORING WITH THEM. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR POTENTIALLY 2027 OR BEYOND
LOCATIONS. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE. >> WELL THANK YOU. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLY. BECAUSE SO MANY COUNTY AND STATE ROADS ARE IN OUR CY. AND THEY'RE A PROBLEM AS WELL AS THE CITY STREETS. MAYBE A BIGGER
PRLEM. WHEN I THINK OF HENNEPIN OVER IN NORTHEAST OR BROADWAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT BRIDGES? ARE THOSE ON YOUR RADAR AT ALL? YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT AN AREA THAT HAS A LOT OF BRIDGES OVER THE RIVER. AND
CARS SPEED OVER THAT ALL TIME. IT'S A PROBLEM. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF POTENTIAL LOCATIONS WE COULD -- THAT WOULD BE GOOD LOCATIONS, RIGHT. THAT'S ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IN THE ANALYSIS. AND WE GET A LOT OF COMMUNITY REQUESTS. AND SOME
OF THOSE ARE ON BRIDGES AND OTHER PARKWAYS. ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE GET COMMUNITY REQUESTS QUITE A BIT. THERE'S A LOT OF SPEEDING HAPPENI HAPPENING IN LOCATIONS. WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM, AS WELL, THATS ALSO SUPPORTING TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS. SO
THIS ISN'T THE ONLY TOOL WE HAVE. BUT OVERALL, OUR ANALYSIS REALLY FOCUSES ON PRIORITIZING BASE ON WHAT IS THE INJURY CRASH HISTORY WE HAVE AT LOCATIONS. ALONG WITH LOOKING AT OTHER FACTORS LIKE PROXIMITY TO
SCHOOLS AND EQUITY AND MAKING THOSE PRIORITIZATION DECISIONS. SO THE REALITY IS, WE HAVE A LOT MORE CANDIDATE LOCATIONS THAN WE CAN LOCATE CAMERAS. AND I THINK BRIDGES KIND OF FALL OFF. THEREN BRIDGES. AND A LOT OF CASES. BUT THERE MIGHT BE FER INJURY
CRASHES THAN WE HAVE AT SOME OTHER LOCATIONS. BECAUSE THEY'RE ON INTERSECTIONS. AND MOST OF OUR INJURY CRASHES ARE HAPPENING AT OUR CLOSE TO INTERSECTIONS. >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR FAWLEY. A QUICK QUESTION I WAS LOOKING AT. THE PROPOSED LOCATIONS ON THERE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE FOUR OF THOSE ARE IN WARD 11. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SLOW ME DOWN, I PROMISE, I'LL SLOW DOWN! BUT IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO TALK TO A LITTLE BIT OF WHY YOU'RE PRIORITIZING THESE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS IN WARD 11. AND THEN SECOND QUESTION, ESPECIAL WHEN THEY'RE AROUND SCHOOLS. KIND OF WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS. WHEN YOU WERE PUTTING THE CAMERAS AROUND SCHOOLS, AS WELL.
>> YEAH, CHAIR, COU COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK MOST OF THE LOCATIONS ARE ON THE BORDER WITH ADJACENT WARDS, AS WELL. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FAIRNESS AND EQUITY THAT WE'VE HEARD AROUND IS WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR CAMERA LOCATIONS? RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S THIS BALANCE OF
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS IN AREAS WHERE MORE FOLKS WITH LOWER INCOMES. AND ANYTHING -- ANY FINE-BASED ENFORCEMENT IS INHERENTLY INEQUITABLE WHEN IT'S A STATIC FINE AMOUNT. SO I THINK BALANCING WHAT WE'VE HEARD AND THEN STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS AROUND THAT. WE ARE LOOKING TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE LOCATING AND SPREADING CAMERAS AROUND THE CITY. I WILL NOTE THAT THE REALITY IS WARD 11 HAS FEWER INJURY CRASHES THAN SOME OF THE OTHER WARDS. AND THAT SORT OF -- AND THE REALITY AND SO
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY CITY STREET LOCATIONS WHERE WE STILL SEE THE VALUE ADDED THERE. AND THE NICOLLET AND 46th LOCATION HAD THE HIGHEST SPEEDS. I THINK YOU GO OUT THERE. ANYBODY GOES OUT THERE, LIKE, THERE'S A DAYCARE RIGHT THERE! IT'S A RESIDENTIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S NO REASON PEOPLE SHOULD BE GOING 35 PLUS ON THAT STREET RIGHT THERE. RIGHT. AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST SPEEDING AREA THAT WE HAVE. SOO ADDRESS THAT. AND I THINK THESE OTHER LOCATIONS HAVE A HIGH AMOUNT OF SPEEDING, EVEN IF THEY DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY INJURY
CRASHES AS THE OTHER LOCATIONS. BUT I THINK WE WILL BE BALANCING THESE WITH MOBILE LOCATION TESTING. SOME OF THESE WILL MOVE AROUND. AND THEY WON'T BE AS PERMANENT AS SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE THERE'S JUST A LITTLE MORE INJURY CRASHES. >> THANK YOU. EAH. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, TOO. I
THINK IT'S BEEN HELPFUL IN OUR WARD. I THINK WE'VE SEEN A MASSIVE DECREASE IN SPEEDING. PARTICULARLY THE 46th AND NICOLLET LOCATIONS. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE MORE OF THESE POP UP. PARTICULARLY FOR SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR YOUTH AND
YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND MOST OF THESE SPOTS. ANOTHER QUESTION HERE, AS I'VE STARTED -- I'VE HAD A LOT MORE COMMENTS COMING IN IN SUPPORT OF THESE. BUT, OBVIOUSLY, A FEW HAVE COME IN WITH FRUSTRATIONS OR QUESTIONS. IF YOU CAN KIND OF TALK TO THE SIGNAGE. I KNOW
WE HAVE TO GIVE SOME LEVEL OF NOTICE FOR THESE THINGS. CAN YOU TALK TO WHY THERE ISN'T, LIKE, A SIGN WITH MASSIVE LIGHTS TELLING YOU THAT A SPEEDING TRAP IS RIGHT HERE. JUST KIND OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND THAT, AS WELL. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. SO OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN AHEAD OF
AND THEN TT FIRST WEEK OF THE LAUNCH, WE PUT OUT THE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS SAYING THERE'S A TRAFFIC CAMERA COMING. AND THE START DATE. SO THAT WE ARE REALLY EDUCATING FOLKS AHEAD OF TIME. AND THEN EVERY LOCATION
HAS SIGN AGE AHEAD THAT WE'RE REQUIRED UND STATE RULES TO DO THIS. ITOTIFIES THERE'S ENFORCEMENT AHEAD. I THINK I HAVE A PICTURE. REMIND FOLKS OF THE SPEED LIMIT THERE. AND I DO GET THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE REACH
OUT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 25. WELL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IS EDUCATING FOLKS. YOU GET A WARNING FIRST. BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO EDUCATE FOLKS. AND WE GOT THE SIGNAGE A AND WE SEE A DECREASE RIGHT AWAY FROM THE SIGNAGE. WE SAW
IT RIGHT AWAY. AND AT THE SAME TIME THOSE VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS, THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE OVER TIME. AND WE DON'T WANT TO CLUTTER OVERALL THE MESSAGE, YOU KNOW LIKE, IT'S JUST YOU HAVE TOO MUCH AND IT KIND OF BLENDS IN AND PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT.
THAT'S THE BALANCE OVERALL AROUND THE SIGN. THE SIGNAGE IS IMPOANT AND WE DEFINITELY DO IT FOR ALL LOCATNS. >> AMAZING. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT'S BEEN GREAT. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. THE
FIRST IS, HOW ARE EXPANSIONS BEING DECIDED? I THINK YOU GOT INTO IT A LITTLE BIT. COULD YOU GO OVER THAT AGAIN. >> YEAH. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO FROM THESE 11 HIGH-PRIORITY EXPANSION LOCATIONS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE DETAILS CITING. CITING A
CAMERA AND LOCATION TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MAYBE YOU THINK AT THE SURFACE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, GETTING ONE ON HENNEPIN AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN NEAR SEVENTH STREET. IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLGING FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE LOCATE THAT IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO WORK WELL. AND WE HAVE THE POWER AND NEEDS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, GENERALLY, WE ARE INSTALLING NEW POLES TO PLACE THESE ON FOR THE PERMANENT LOCATIONS. SO CITING IS A THING. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT. WE HAVE SOME LOCATIONS WHERE THE
SITE IS FIGURED OUT AND READY. THEY'RE ADY TO GO. AND THOSE -- THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONES WILL COME FIRST. ALONG WITH JUST THE OVERALL PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM THAT WE HAD IN OUR ANALYSIS. AS WELL AS MAKING SURE WE GOT GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE AROUND THE CITY. SO MAINTAINING
THAT. SOME LEVEL THAT GEOGRAPHIC BALANCES AND EQUITYBS IMPORTANT. EVEN AS WE FACE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE LIMITS, LIKE, BY THE STATE LAW AS TO HOW MANY YOU CAN ROLL OUT? OR HOW MANY YOU CAN
ROLL OUT AT ONE TIME? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO, YEAH. WE DO HAVE THE STATE LAW MAXIMUM OF 42 LOCATIONS DURING THE PILOT PERIOD. AND SO WE, OBVIOUSLY, CAN ADD ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS HERE. AND PART OF THIS IS JUST SORTING OUT THE BUDGETARY SIDE OF THIS. SO ONE
OF THE THINGS -- I DIDN'T GET INTO IT BUT I'LL MENTION IT NOW. ANY REVENUE GENERATE FROM THE CITATIONS IS REQUIRED TO BE EITHER SPENT ON A OPERATING L PROGRAM OR EXCESS REVENUE REQUIRED TO BE INVESTED IN TRAFFIC SAFETY EFFORTS. SO WE
ARE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. ALL THE REVENUES GO INTO. AS WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION. SO THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT. SO ONE OF THE THING WE'RE STILL WOING OUT IS EXACTLY HOW MUCH REVENUE WILL IT GENERATE FROM
CITATIONS. ND THAT, I THINK, IS JUST WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, I GOT THE JANUARY NUMBERS. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE REPORT THAT, LIKE, MOSTLY THIS IS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND. THAT'S, I THINK, GOING TO BE CONTINUE TO BE TRUE THIS YEAR. AND THE CITATION REVENUES.
UNDERSTANDING THAT HELP, HELPS US UNDERAND WHAT CAPACITY WE HAVE TODD ADDITIONAL CAMERA LOCATIONS. EVERY NEW LOCATION, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CAMERA. WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENTS TO ACTUALLY RENEW AND SEND OUT THE WARNINGS. ISSUE THE WARNINGS AND CITATIONS. THOSE
ARE FACTORS AND KIND OF HOW QUICKLY WE ADD ADDITIONAL CAMERA LOCATIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE LIMITS IN STATE LAW FOR THE CITATION TIERING? THE REASON I'M ASKING, IS BECAUSE 46th AND NICOLLET, THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE IS IN WARD 8. THAT IS WHERE THERE WAS AN
INSANE AMOUNT OF SPEEDING. PEOPLE GOING 45 MILES AN HOUR ON THAT STREET. PEOPLE LIVE ON THE STREET. PEOPLE ARE WALKING. I PERSONALLY THINK IF YOU GO 45 MILES PER HOUR YOU SHOULD GET TO A TICKETIGHT AWAY. ARE YOU LIMITED IN YOUR CITATION
ABILITIES? >> CHAIR AND COUIL MEMBER, SO, YES. THOSE SETUPS AROUND FIRSTA ONE-MONTH WARNING PERIOD AT THE START. I THINK WE'LL DO AT NEW CAMERA LOCATIONS, AS WELL. TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY GOTTEN THEIR
WARNING AT A NEW LOCATION BEFORE CITATIONS ARE ISSUED. AND THEN THE FINE AMOUNTS. $40 OR $80, IF IT'S 20 OR MORE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. THOSE ARE SET IN STATE STATUTE. AND SO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE STATE LAW. I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAD, YOU
KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION WITH LEGISLATURE ABOUT THAT AS WE WERE CREATING THE PROGRAM. I MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS ARE FAIRLY UNIQUE. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING AS PART OF THE PILOTROGRAM. YOU KNOW, IS -- DOES THAT STRUCTURE MAKE SENSE GOING FORWARD? I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFITS
TO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ARGUE WE SHOULD FINE-TUNE SOME THINGS. I'LL NOTE, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER CITIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY FOCUSED ON IS PEOPLE WHO IGNORE IT. AND I THINK WE HAD ONE PERSON WHO HAS 76 VIOLATIONS SO FAR. AND SO WE WILL BE
LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE BIT, TOO. RIGHT, GENERALLY, WE CAN SEE FROM THE DATA THAT I SHARED THAT PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING. AND WE KNOW MOST PEOPLE WILL. AND THEN MAYBE THAT PERSON WILL, ONCE THEY GET A REALLY BIG BILL AT SOME POI. AND THEN COLLECTIONS IF THEY'RE NOT
PAYING IT. BUT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT PART OF IT, TOO. SO THERE'S A LOT WE CAN LEARN THROUGH THE PILOT AND HOW PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING LOCALLY AND HOW WE REFINE IT OVER TIME WITH THE LEGISLATURE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT INJURY CRASHES. ARE YOU LOOKING AT,
LIKE, HOW MANY TIMES A SIGN HAS BEEN REPLACED? I BRI IT UP BECAUSE 35th AND 36th AND BLAZEDALE, THE SIGNS ARE CONSTANTLY BEING RUN INTO. THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME PARALLEL WITH THE GROUND. SO IT'S JUST, LIKE, A PLACE WHERE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING ALL THE
TIME. I'M WONDERING, DOES THAT GO INTO THE CONSIDERATION, AS WELL? >> CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, I GUESS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OF OUR SIGNS FOR THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA PILOT BEING DAMAGED SO FAR. >> OH I GUESS I MEANT CITY SIGNS. ARE YOU, LIKE, HIGH-INJURY STREETS AND, ALSO, LIKE, HOW MY TIMES HAVE YOU
HAD TO REPLACE? TO ME, IF SOMEBODY IS STANDING THERE, THEY WOULD HAVE DIED. SO IS LIKE -- >> YEAH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO THE -- THAT HASN'T BEEN PART OF OUR CALCULUS. I THINK WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED AROUND THE DATA WE HAVE AROUND REPORTED CRASHES.
PARTICULARLY INJURY CRASHES. THERE ARE OTHER DATA POINTS WE CAN PULL IN. BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GOOD DATA THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN PRIORITIZE BASED ON THAT. AND REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT'S OUR VISION ZERO COMMITMENT. IT'S FOCUSING ON REDUCING THOSE FATAL AND SERIOUS
INJURY CRASHES. AND THAT ISN'T TO SAY -- WE WANT TO THE BRING DOWN ALL CRASHES AND ALL INJURY CRASHES. BUT THO, IN PARTICULAR, ARE OUR FOCUS WITH THE PROGRAM. >> OKAY. I ONLY HAVE 41 SECONDS LEFT. AH, SO MY CONSTITUENTS
ARE GOING TO DEFINITELY WANTS ME TO ASK. HOW ARE YOU MAKING SURE THE DATA ISN'T GOING TO I.C.E.? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. GREAT QUESTION. THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL PART AND FOCUS FOR US AS WE WORKED AT THE LEGISLATURE. RIGHT. AND SODA DRAFT SECURITY, PRIVACY, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS. SO I
THINK AT THE CORE, WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE IS NOT COLLECTING DATA THAT'S USEFUL FOR OTHER THINGS. RIGHT. LIKE, WE'RE NOT COLLECTING -- THEY'RE NOT JUST REGULARLY RECORDING VIDEO. THEY ONLY RECORD VIDEO AND TAKE PICTURES IF THEY SENSE A
VIOLATION. AND IN THAT -- COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON IS OUT OF TIME. I'M IN QUEUE NEXT. SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE ANSWER TO YOUR WE. QUESTION. >> OKAY. SO WE -- SO THAT'S PART OF IT. NOT HAVING THE DATA THERE. THAT PEOPLE CAN PULL. PEOPLE CAN'T BE PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE IN -- SO IF YOU -- HOPEFULLY NO ONE HAS GOTTEN YET. IF YOU WERE TO GET ONE AND YOU GO AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE AREAS BLURRED OUT IN THE VIDEO AND CAMERA FOOTAGE. THAT'S INTENTIONAL TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY WALKING THE SIDEWALK AND SEE THEM IN
THE FOOTAGE THE STATE LAW PROHIBITS USE OF THE CAMERA VIOLATIONS FOR SUBPOENA FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SPEED AND RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT. LIKE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE USED FOR. AND WHAT
WE HAVE THEN IS DATA IS REALLY OUR CONTRACTORSULLING IN DATA THAT IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR VEHICLE OWNERS. RIGHT. AND FROM THAT, THEY'RE ABLE -- THAT'S HOW THEY SEND IT TO THE RIGHT PERSON. AND SO THAT --
BUT THAT'S DATA THAT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE PUBLICLY. AND SO I THINK WE TRIED TO LIMIT THAT. THEY HAVE NOT HAD A REQUEST. I ASKED THEM. "HAVE YOU HAD A REQUEST A SUBPOENA FROM A FEDERAL AGENCY FOR ANY OF THE DATA?" THEY HAVE NOT. AND I
THINK THAT'S BECAUSE WE TRY TO LIMIT WHAT DATA IS THERE. AND THE PRIVACY AND THE PROTECTION OF THAT DATA WAS A CRITICAL PART OF THIS OVERALL APPROACH. AND OF OUR RFP SELECTION AND I.T. WAS A BIG PART OF THAT, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SECURITY AND PRIVACY. AND THAT'S A BIG PART
OF WHAT WE'RE MONITORING, AS WELL. WE'LL BE DOING AN AUDIT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO WELL ON THAT, AS WL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. I AM VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TRAFFIC CAMERA WORK. I THINK, LIKE, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
THE AMOUNT OF SPEEDING DECREASE IN THESE PROJECT AREAS IS INCREDIBLE. I THINK WE'RE CLEARLY IN A POINT IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WHERE THE REAL THING THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO CHANGE IN SPEEDING IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO THINGS THAT WILL
CHANGE PEOPLE'S PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR. THE ACTUAL BUILT ENVIRONMENT. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE RESULTS HAVE GONE OVER SO WELL. I THINK IT'S STAGGERING THERE'S 33,000, ALMOST 34,000 VIOLATIONS IN JUST
A COUPLE OF MONTHS. BUT, ALSO, JUST NAMES THE PROBLEM. AND I THINK, LIKE, THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SINCE COVID-19 THAT HAVE JUST BEEN COMPLAINING AND ALSO MORE SEVERELY VERY NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED BY SPEEDING AND CRASHES AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES. OR SEEING SOMEONE THEY LOVE OR THEMSELVES HAVE A PERMANENT DISABILITY. THAT'S LARGELY A HUGE REASON WHY THIS
WAS PUSHED SO HARD BY YOU, BY PUBLIC WORKS, BY THE CITY AT THE CAPITOL. LIKE, THAT WAS THE WHOLE GOAL. SO WE CAN SAVE MORE LIVES AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE NOT DAMAGED AND THEY CAN MOVE AROUND OUR CITY FREELY. AND WE ALSO WANT PEOPLE TO BE
BETTER DRIVERS. WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DRIVE LESS. SO IF THIS ALSO PLAYS A PART IN THAT, THEN GREAT! ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, IT'S RELATED TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON'S QUESTIONS AROUND DATA PRIVACY. AND I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO LIFT UP. I THINK EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC CAMERAS BEFORE US. BRING IT UP. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SHARE, LIKE, KIND OF THE MECHANISMS AND THINGS THAT WERE SET IN PLACE INTO STATUTE THAT THE ACLU
BROUGHT UP. THAT THE MINNESOTA COALITION FOR GOVNMENT INFORMATION, MICOGI, THE PARAMETERS PUT IN PLACE. >> I CAN TELL YOU'RE ON THE INTERGERNMENTAL RELATIONS -- BEING ABLE TO NAME WHAT MINCOGI
MEANS. SO, YES. THOSE DATA PRIVACY AND PRACTICES PIECES WERE ESSENAL FOR THIS. RIGHT. AND SO WE DID WORK WITH THOSE PARTNERS THAT YOU MENTIONED. ACLU, MINCOGI, AND OTHERS AT THE CAPITOL ON BEST PRACTICES. AND
I THINK I WAS REALLY INTRIGUED THAT MINCOGI, WE THINK, IN A LOT OF WAYS YOU'RE SETTING UP A MODEL HOW WE CAN MANAGE AND PROTECT DATA THERE'S DATA RETENTION REQUIREMENTS IN THERE. DATA INSTRUCTION,IMELINE REQUIREMENTS IN THE STATE LAW. I MENTIONED SOME OF THE
LIMITATIONS AND THE DATA WE CAN RETAIN. AND HOW IT CAN BE USED. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS FORE ALL INTERESTED IN DOING THE BEST PRACTICES. BECAUSE IT HELPS TO HAVE THE STRONGEST PROGRAM POSSIBLE. AND I'LL JUST NOTE. I DIDN'T MENTION IN MY
PRESENTATION, BUT TO YOUR POINT AROUND SAVING LIVES AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE, IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN MINNEAPOLIS, HAD MORE THAN -- WE NOW HAD 50 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED IN CRASHES THAT INVOLVED CLEAR SPEEDING OR RUNNING RED LIGHTS. AND THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD ALL BE ALIVE, AS WE KNOW. BUT
IT'S EXTRA TERRIBLE THAT MT OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE NOT SPEEDING OR RUNNING A RED LIGHT THEMSELVES. THEY WERE KILLED BY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DID. AND NOW THIS IS NOT THE ONLY THING WE'RE WORKING ON IN THAT SPACE. BUT WE DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HELPING TO RESETOME OF THE DRIVING CULTURE, WHICH HAS, I
THINK WE ALL SEE HAS EVOLVED IN A NEGATIVE WAY SINCE COVID-19 AND EVERYTHING IN 2020. SO THIS IS JUST PART OF THAT. BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION
THAT I HAVE IS MORE RELATED TO THE FEDERAL OPERATION METRO SURGE. WE HAVE GOTTEN SEVERAL REPORTS FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT ERRATIC DRIVING BEHAVIOR, SPEEDING, VIOLATING OUR BASIC
TRAFFIC LAWS. I'M SURE THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THEY'RE INVOLVED IN SOME CITATIONS THAT WE MIGHT SEE. BUT THEY HAVE RENTAL VEHICLES. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD AT THE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO THIS? >> YEAH, CHAIR. IT'S A GOOD
QUESTION. I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT BEHAVIOR MYSELF. RIGHT. AND WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE DATA AND HOW IT'S HANDLED THROUGH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA PROGRAM. IT'S HARD TO KNOW HOW MANY FEDERAL AGENTS HAVE VIOLATED OUR
TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS BECAUSE THEY ARE REPORTED TO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. SO IT'S A RENTAL OR LEASED VEHICLE, IT GETS REPORTED TO THAT AGENCY. MOST OF THE BIGGER COMPANIES THAT RENT OR LEASE, THEY JUST TAKE CARE OF IT AND THEY WOULD PASS ON THE CHARGE. BUT IF IT'S A WARNING, RIGHT, THEY DON'T
HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO TELL US WHO WAS DRIVING. AND IF IT'S A CITATION, MOTU MOST PAY IT AND PASS IT ALONG. AND THEY DON'T COME BACK WITH WHO WAS DRIVING. >> I'M OUT OF TIME. I'M GOING TO PASS ITVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> TH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
THE REPORT. IT'S EXCITING AND I'M SUPERSUPPORTIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I REALLY RESONATE WITH THE IDEA OF THE PARKWAYS. YOU MTIONED YOUR MAIN MET METRIC IS, YOU KNOW, THE REPORTED INJURY CRASHES. WHAT IS YOUR NEXT TIER
OF METRICS WITHIN THAT, OR WILL YOU PRIMARILY LAND ON THAT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO UNDER THE STATE LAW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO CONSIDER AND SHOW THERE IS A TRAFFIC -- A DOCUMENTED TRAFFIC SAFETY
CHALLENGE, AND THE WAY THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN TO, LIKE, AS A FIRST SCREEN FOR THAT IS SOME LEVEL OF INJURY CRASH HISTORY. I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN HERE, BUT IF THERE'S A LINK IN THE RCA AND THE ANNUAL REPORT TO OUR TRAFFIC CAMERA ANALYSIS THAT WE DID.
AND AS PART OF THAT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW WE NARROWED IT DOWN. AND WE HAVE A MAP. SORRY, I DON'T HAVE IT IN HERE. BUT WHERE ARE ALL T LOCATIONS THAT HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE INJURY CRASH. OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. AND IF WE HAVE
LOCATIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THEN WE WEREN'T CONSIDERING THEM FOR A LOCATION. FROM THERE, WE WERE DOING ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT BUILDS OFF THAT. LOOKING AT PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS. THEY HAVE TO BE WITHIN 2,000 FEET OF
A SCHOOL, UNDER STATE LAW. SO THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF FILTER FACTOR. WE'RE ALSO THEN LOOKING AT PEDESTRIAN DEMAND AND GENERATORS AND OTHER FACTORS IN THERE. AND THEN EQUITY AND GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY THERE. THE PARKWAYS THEMSELVES, I THINK
WE GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. AND I DEFINITELY IT'S ONE WHERE WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF SPEEDING GOING ON THERE. AND THE REALITY IS, WE DON'T SEE THAT MANY INJURY CRASHES ON PARKWAYS. SO IT'S HARD FOR US TO JUSTIFY PRIORITIZING IT BROADLY IN THE SYSTEM. IT MIGHT
BE A SIMILAR THING TO THE BRIDGES. PARKWAYS OFTEN DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY INTERSECTIONS. AND SO THERE'S JUST FEWER OF THOSE CONFLICTS. THERE'S A LITTLE -- THEY EASIER TO MANAGE THAN ON THE BUSIER STREETS. THAT'S A REALITY. AND I'LL BE HONEST, I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM THAT.
BUT, LIKE, MY PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE, ULTIMATELY, IS WE HAVE TO PRIORITIZE WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE BIGGEST SAFETY BENEFIT AND WE HAVE THAT OBLIGATION. >> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. I TOTALLY CONCUR WITH THAT. I GUESS YOU MIGHT JUST -- I MEAN, THE PARK SYSTEM HAS ALL THE DATA ON THE
USAGE AROUND MULTIMODAL AND PEDESTRIAN. AND YOU MIGHT JUST, FOR FUN, PULL THOSE UP AND SAY, EY, ARE THESE TARGETED SPOTS THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN ANYWHERE AFFECTING THESE THE HIGHEST VOLUME IN MULTIMODAL TRAILS WE?
IN OUR CITY." I THINK IF WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SENSITIVITY TO THAT, WE MIGHT INCREASE USAGE IN THOSE AREAS AN FORM OF TRANSPORTATION, IF PEOPLE FELT SAFER. RIGHT NOW I THINK PEOPLE ARE AFRAID SOMETIMES OF, YOU KNOW, CROSSING WEST RIVER PARKWAY TO GET TO THE GREENWAY. OR WEST RIVER PARKWAY
IS WHAT COMES TO MIND. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THERE COULD BE ALSO SOME, YOU KNOW, ANALYSIS AROUND THAT. JUST FOR COMPARISON SAKE, IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT E DETAIL. >> THANK YOU. >> NEXT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANTED
TO THANK YOU, MR. FAWLEY FOR THIS AMAZING WORK. I KNEW THIS WOULD TURN OUT GREAT WHEN YOU STARTED LEADINGHE WORK. I SAID "EVERY TIME YOU'RE HERE, WE WORKED MANY YEARS AGO IN OUR PREVIOUS LIFE TO GET RID OF THE INEQUITABLE CAMERA PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS TARGETING PEOPLE
IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS." AND BECAUSE IT WAS TARGETING PEOPLE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. SO I ALWAYS TRUST THAT YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY NOT BREACHING ANY SORT OF USING SURVEILLANCE TO
BREACH FOLKS' IDENTITIES OR PUT THEM AT-RISK FOR ANYTHING. I KNEW THE DAY YOU BROUGHT THIS PROGRAM BEFORE US, THIS PILOT PROGRAM,ND WHEN YOU TOOK IT TO THE STATE THAT IT WAS ABOUT ENSURING THAT NO ONE DIED FROM TRAFFIC DEATHS IN THIS CITY. YOU'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO WORK
FOR AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN YOU. I'M CERTAIN YOU'LL STAY COMMITTED TO THAT WORK. ANY WAY I CAN SUPPORT YOU ON THIS BODY TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM. I MEAN, I'VE TOLD YOU, I NEED AT LEAST 50 CAMERAS IN WARD 4! HOWEVER I CAN HELP YOU REDUCE TRAFFIC DEATHS IN OUR CITY.
THESE AREAS WHERE IT IS SOMEPLACES IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE'S ACCIDENTS MORE THAN WE WOULD EVER KNOW. AND PEOPLE ARE BEING DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BY TRAFFIC DEATHS. SO I'VE ALWAYS JUST ADMIRED HOW COMMITTED YOU'VE BEEN TO THIS WORK. AND HOW YOU STAY ON TOP
OF THIS AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ALL AROUND THE WORLD WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE PRESENTATIONS. I KNOW IT'S JUST GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER! THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I PUT MYSELF BACK IN QUEUE. I THINK I'M THE LAST ONE, UNLESS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDE TO JUMP IN. JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM I UNDERSTOOD THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. SO, THE CHARGE WOULD GO TO THE RENTAL COMPANY AND
THEY WOULD PASS IT ON TO WHOEVER WAS THE DRIVER OR THEY WOULD INCUR THEMSELVES. WE WOULD HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHO THE DRIVER IS. >> CHAIR, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO REPORT BACK AND HAVE US TRANSFER THE VIOLATION. BUT
THEY DO NOT DO THAT, THEY TEAR OF IT THEMSELVES. THE CHALLGE OF GETTING ANY LEVEL OF, LIKE, CONSISTENT DATA THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO SAY WITH ANY LEVEL OF CERTAINTY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO DO. >> YES. WE KNOW IF IT'S A RENTAL COMPANY, CORRECT?
>> YES. WE DO, CHAIR. I HAVE THE NUMBERS. WE HAD -- I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK. I CAN SHARE THEM. WE HAD HUNDREDS OF RENTAL COMPANY VIOLATIONS IN THE THREE MONTHS. AND 2025. I THINK IN
JANUARY, WE HAD, LIKE, 60 OR SO. RENTAL COMEAN VIOLATIONS FROM THE BIGGEST FIRMS. AND THERE MIGHT BE OTHER LEASING AGENCIES NOT PULLED INTO THE NUMBERS FULLY. >> YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO COMPARE THAT TIME TO THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. SO WOULD LOVE TO
FOLLOW UP AND KNOW WHAT THAT ENDS UP BEING AND SEEING IF THERE' A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE. THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE. I THINK IT'S MY LAST QUESTION AND I HAVE SOME COMMENTS. IS PARTNERING WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, HENNEPIN COUNTY,
PARKS, OR THE STATES, PARTICULARLY HENNEPIN COUNTY. IF THEY WERE TO DO A TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMA PILOT. WOULD THAT BE A SHARED PROJECT WITH THE CITY OF MINNPOLIS? AND WOULD THE HOPE BE THEY TAKE ON SOME OF THE COSTS TO DO IT? I ALSO
THERE'S PERHAPS DISCUSSIONS OF THEMOING A PILOT THEMSELVES. BUT I GUESS I'M NOT CLEAR AS TO IF THE STATE STATUTE ONLY GIVES THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THE AUTHORITY AS AN ENTITY. OR IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES HENNEPIN COUNTY.
>> CHAIR, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THE STATE LAW IS -- GIVES US AS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AUTHORITY TO DO OUR PILOT. WE CAN THROUGH THE PILOT LOCATE ON COUNTY OR MNDOT OR PARKWAYS. AND WITH THAT AGENCY'S APPROVAL.
AND SO THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE HAD SOME IN THE PAST. WE'LL BE REVISITING THOSE CONVERSATIONS THIS YEAR. WITH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MIGHT THERE BE SOME LOCATIONS WE LOOK AT FOR 2027. AND IF WE GET TO THAT,
THEN WE WOULD DO ADDITIONAL LOCATION ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT THOSE ROADWAYS AND PRIORITIZE FROM THEM. AND DO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THAT. TO GET FEEDBACK. WE HAVE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALREADY ON COUNTY AND MNT ROADWAYS AND PARKWAYS, AS
MENTIONED. THAT WOULD BE PART OF THAT. AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE IT BE PUBLIC. AND IT WOULD BE LOOKING TO 2027. THE REALITY, I THINK, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE, LIKE, KIND OF CALLING THE QUESTION ON THAT WITH THOSE PARTNERS THIS YEAR. BECAUSE FOR THE PILOT PERIOD, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MAKE
SENSE TO, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY WANT TO GET IT IN NEXT YEAR, IF WE WERE GOING TO DO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST SOME PARTNER LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN CONSIDER FOR '27. MNDOT IS ALREADY DOING A PILOT IN WORK ZONES. I THINK THEY'RE MAYBE
READY TO PARTNER WITH US. WE'LL HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES. >> GREAT. AND I'LL JUST MAKE MY COMMENTS IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENTS. PARTICULARL THE COUNTY. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB
OF TEEING UP THE NEED ON COUNTY ROADS, IN PARTICULAR. AND I WILL GO BACK TO KIND OF THE ORIGIN OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT. AND A LOT HAD TO DO
WITH THE AMOUNT OF CRASHES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON SOME OF THE HIGHEST INJURY STREETS IN OUR CITY. AND LAKESTREET IS THE HIGHEST INJURY STREET IN THE STATE. IT'S A COUNTY ROAD. AND
ROUTINELY COUNTY ROADS, LIKE MINNEHAHA AVENUE, CEDAR, THEY SEE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SPEEDING. AND THEN ON LAKE STREET, IN PARTICULAR, THE ARE THREE SISTERS WHO WERE DRIVING AND THERE WAS A CRASH AT AN INTERSECTION. PERSONAL SPEEDING. WENT THROUGH A LIGHT.
AND THEY LOST THEIR LIVES. AND THAT WAS A KEY PART OF THE TESTIMONY FOR WHY WE NEEDED THE STATE TO PASS THIS. AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED HENNEPIN COUNTY'S PARTNERSHIP. SO ANY WAY I CAN BE OF SERVICE IN SUPPORTING AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I WILL SORT OF ALSO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH THE COUNTY ON MAKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT LAKE STREET, IT LOOKS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN WHEN THAT TERRLE FATAL CRASH HAPPENED. AND THAT IS PARTNERSHIP WE HAD
WITH THE COUNTY. AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THE FOUR-TO-THREE-LANE CONVERSION. SPEEDS ARE DOWN. CRASHES ARE DOWN. AND SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM ON LOTS OF OTHER PROJECTS THERE, TOO. SO I APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND IT'S ONE WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN A VARIETY OF AREAS. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING WHO WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME GO OVER A LITTLE BIT. >> YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. AND I'LL BE QUICK ON ONE. SORRY I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU. FOR THE
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS THAT ARE ON THE BORDERS OF IT LOOKS LIKE 11th, 13th, AND THIS WOULD BE 8. FOR THOSE WARDS, DO YOU KNOW WHICH SIDE OF THE BORDERS THEY'RE ON?
>> CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO THE NICOLLET NEAR 46th STREET LOCATION IS NEAR 47th STREET. RIGHT. AND THAT'S KIND OF DOWN WHEN WE GET DOWN TO, LIKE, WHERE CAN WE LOCATE AND GET POWER AND, LIKE, WHEN WE GET INTO THOSE
THINGS. THAT'S WHY WE SAY "NEAR" BECAUSE, LIKE, WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY. I KNOW THAT 28th AVENUE SOUTH NEAR MINNEHAHA PARKW, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE A POLE IN THE GROUND TO SUPPORT A PERMANENT CAMERA LOCATION THERE. THAT WILL BE SOUTH OF MINNEHAHA PARKWAY. ON 28th AVENUE
SOUTH. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE OF -- I THINK THAT'S 11. AND MAYBE. BUT IT'LL IMPACT BOTH SIDES THERE. >> WARD 12 CLAIMS ... >> YOU CAN ARGUE OVER THAT. AND I THINK THE OTHER LOCATIONS
WE'RE LOOKING AT IS FOR MOBILE LOCATIONS. AND I DON'T RECALL HOW THOSE HAVE BEEN SITED. IT GETS INTO, LIKE, TECHNICAL. AND A LOT IS ABOUT POWER AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY. THERE AREN'T TREES IN THE WAY AND OTHER STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO WANTS IT ON HER SIDE FOR THE WARD. IF YOU WANT TO PUT IT OVER THERE, THAT'S OKAY WITH US. [ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I GREATLY
APPRECIATE IT. COMING FOR YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS MOVING FORWARD. I'M JUST WONDERING, IN THE FUTURE SCOPE
OF WORK, WOULD THIS PROJECT -- ARE WE GOING TO HAVE LIFETIME, REAL-TIME VIDEO THAT WILL AID US IN BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING. LIKE, ON SITE AND ON SCENE. AND I
WANT TO THANK COUNCIL CHAIR FOR BRINGING UP THAT INSTANCE WITH THE DEATH OF THOSE YOUNG LADIES WHO WERE IN THAT VEHICLE. WHEN WE'RE SEEING THINGS LIKE THIS, IT WOULD, LIKE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE REAL TIME RESPONSE FOR, YOU KNOW, TO AID IN THOSE
EMERGENCIES OR EMERGENT-TYPE SITUATIONS. I CAN THINK OF SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE WE HAVE LOST, YOU KNOW, DEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THE RESULT OF VEHILAR VIOLENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS RECKLESSLY DRIVING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE JUST HAD AN INCIDENT ON OLSON HIGHWAY. WE LOST, YOU KNOW, TWO BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO THAT. AND THE ERRATIC DRIVING THAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT. IS THERE A FUTURE SCOPE OF WORK WHERE WE WILL HAVE LIVE TIME VIDEO AIDING
IN US BEING ABLE TO RESPOND MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY TO THOSE TYPE OF VIOLATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITHIN COMMUNITY. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO THE STATE LAW PROHIBITS THAT. RIGHI THINK THAT WAS RESPONDING TO
QUITE A FEW CONCERNS WE HEARD AT THE CAPITOL AROUND THAT. NOW, THERE ARE OTHER CAMERAS THAT THE CITY HAS OUT ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT -- INCLUDING TRAFFIC CAMERAS THAT ARE MANAGING SIGNAL OPERATIONS. AND SOME OF THAT DATA. WE CAN PULL
FROM SOME OF THAT. AND THIS IS -- THESE CAMERAS ARE NOT SET UP TO DO THAT. BECAUSE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT. BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO JUST BECAUSE THE INTENTION OF THIS PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON UNCERTAIN OUTCOME AND
THE OTHER -- THERE ARE OTHER CAMERAS THAT ARE SERVING SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. AND SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS WE WERE HEARING AROUND SURVEILLANCE. AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THIS PROGRAM, TO BE SUCSSFUL AT THE CORE, DOES NOT NEED EXTRA
SURVEILLANCE . SO THAT'S BUILT INTO THE STATE LAW. >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. I'LL ASK COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THERE'S AONE ELSE THAT HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY. SO THANK YOU, AGAIN, MR. FAWLEY
FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO FILE THAT ANNUAL REPORT. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR THE APPOINTED POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTITLED DIRECTOR OF
POLICE HELP AND WELLNESS. I'LL WELCOME UP BRENDA MILLER TO KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN ASK EVERY SUBSEQUENT PRESENTER TO JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CHOWDHURY, MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. I'M BRENDA MILLER, THE CLASSIFICATION SUPERVISION FOR THE CITY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE DIRECTOR OF POLICE HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THIS IS A NEW POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S RESPONSIBLE R THE OVERALL STRATEGY FOR
POLICE HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SAFETY. IT'S BEEN EVALUATED AT 578 POINTS. AND IT'S A GRADE 12. THE 26 SALARY SCHEDULE RANGES FROM APPROXIMATELY $132,000 TO $157,000 IN THE INCREMENTAL COST IS IN THE
BUDGET. CHANGES WOULD BE EFFECTIVE MARCH 5th OF 2026. THIS POSITION MEETS THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 201010 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES. IT REPORTS TO THE POLICE CHIEF. IT'S A
MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM. IT LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO WELLNESS AND SAFETY. IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, VISION, TEAM BUILDING, AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION, AND ESTABLISHES
POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL AND THE POLICE CHIEF. PLEASE FIND THAT THE DIRECTOR OF POLICE HEALTH AND WELLNESS MEETS THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 201010
ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND FORWARDED ON TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE'S
ADDITIONAL PRESENTATION, CORRECT? >> YES. >> OKAY. PERFECT.
>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TOP PRESENT HERE THIS MORNING. I RECOGNIZE THIS IS -- AS WE ENTER DAY TWO OF THE C.O.W. MEETING, I WANT TO ENSURE YOU WE'LL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT WE CAN KEEP AT CENTER FOCUS THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED
HERE. WITH THAT SAID, MY NAME IS MARK HANNAAN. A SERGEANT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, DR. MEREDITH. THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGER. AND TOGETHER WE COMPRISE TWO-THIRDS OF MPD'S HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT. HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TODAY ON
THE PROPOSED REALLOCATION OF FUNDS T TO SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A HEALTH AND WELLNESS DIRECTOR. WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE TO YOU ALL THIS IS AN INCREASINGLY VALUABLE POSITION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ITS CRITICAL AND VITAL TO OUR ONGOING WORK TO
MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL MEMBERS OF MPD ARE PREPARED TO FACE THE CHALLENGES THEY OFTEN DO THROUGHOUT THE J JOB. TH >> THANK YOU, SERGEANT. SO THIS POSITION WOULD USE REDISTRIBUTED
FUNDS, AS DISCUSSED EARLIER BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. FROM A VACANT COMPLIANT SPECIALIST POSITION AND ONGOING REDUCTION IN THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORK CONTRACT. THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS DIRECTOR WOULD BE THE GO-TO SME CONCERNING ISSUES OF
GENERAL WELLNESS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLNESS. THE DIRECTOR OVERSEE A NEWLY CREATED HEALTH AND WELLNESS DIVISION INCLUDING HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT, WHICH WE'RE A PART OF. SAFETY AND HEALTH UNIT AS WELL AS THE INTERVENTION SYSTEM. CREATING A
SHIFT WITHIN MPD FROM REACTIVE TO BEING PRO ACTIVE BY DEDICATING FULL STAFF TO FOCUS PURELY ON WELLNESS TRENDS. THE DIRECTOR WOULD COCREATE AND IMPLEMENT A UNIFIED MISSION, VISION, AND GOALS AND OVERSEE THE COMPLIANCE PROCESS. THE
DIRECTOR WOULD BE FILLED BY A SNON SWORN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT. SO WHY DO WE NEED THIS? FIRST, MPD IS NEEDING A LEADER TO CO-CREATE A HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN APPROACH TO THE
DEPARTMENT THAT PRIORITIZES THE HEALTH, WELL BEING, AND DEVELOPMENT O ITS EMPLOYEES SO THAT THE COMMUNITY IS RECEIVING OPTIMAL AND SAFE SERVICES. THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE EXPANDING OFFERING OF PROGRAMS AND BENEFITS THAT ENHANCE EMPLOYEE WELLNESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
BY HAVING A DIRECTOR, MPD WOULD ACHIEVE REDUCED STRESS AMONGST THE RANK AND FILE, IMPROVE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT. AND A POSITIVE WORKPLACE CULTURE TRANSLATING TO THE MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. NEXT A DIRECTOR DEDICATED PURELY TO WELLNESS CONCERNS WOULD DEMONSTRATE A
STRONG SEN OF PURPOSE TO IMPROVING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AND FOSTER A POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE WORK ENVIRMENT. FOCUSED ON SELF-AND COMMUNITY CARE. AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, THE DEPARTMENT HAS LACKED A NON-SWORN SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT TO LEAD THE WELLNESS EFFORTS. AND THIS POSITION WOULD BRING
THE EXPERTISE REQUIRED TO LEAD LONG-TERM CHANGE AND REFORM. AND LASTLY, THE IMPACT OF HAVING A DIRECT OR FOCUSED ON CULTURE OF WELLNESS DEMONSTRATING AN INVESTMENT BY THE CITY IN ESTABLISHING A CLEAR COMMITMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORTING MPD EMPLOYEES AND THEREBY THE
MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. >> SO WE ASK THE QUESTION WHY NOW. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS REQUEST OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL BUDGETING WINDOW. AND I WANT TO OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY LESSON ABOUT HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. PARAGRAPH 245 OF THE AGREEMENT
REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A NEEDS ASSESSMENT RELATED TO THE ONGOING HEALTH AND WELLNESS NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE CONTRACTED WITH A GROUP CALLED THE CONSORTIUM, AND IN THAT REPORT, THEY OFFERED A STAFFING PLAN. WITHIN THAT STAFFING PLAN, THEY RECOGNIZED A NEED FOR US TO APPOINT A DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
SO WITH WE CAN MAKE CERTAIN WE'RE PROVIDING A MODEL OF SERVICE THAT ALIGNS WITH PROFESSIONAL BEST STANDARDS. SOMEONE WHO IS A DIRECTOR, WHO HAS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE, WHO CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY FROM A NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE. CAN MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE CLINICALLY ALIGNED,
AND ALIGNED WITH, LIKE I SAID, BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO HOW WE DO WORK. ALI FARMERS MARKETS ADOPTED THAT PLAN FROM THE CONSORTIUM. IN THE MEETINGSON GOING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE MANDATED US TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE CON
CONSORTIUM'S REPORT. WE HAVE BEEN SEEKING FOR SOME TIME TO ATTEMPT TO FULFILL THAT STAFFING PLAN. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE STAFFING SHORTAGES WITHIN MPD, THERE'S ONGOING STRUGGLES TO FILL ALL OF THESE REQUIRED FTES AS WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK OF
REFORM. WE NEED TO BE GOOD STEWARDS RELATED TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WELLNESS THAT FITS. THE CONTRACT CAME BEFORE THE BODY SOMETIME AGO. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, AS THE MEMBERS OF THE
INTERNAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT, WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT CONTRACT IS BEING USED APPROPRIATELY. WE NEED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE PLUGGING IN OUR MEMBERS WHO REQUIRE THE USE OF THOSE SERVICES. AND MAKE CERTAIN THEY ARE GETTING THOSE SERVICES GIVEN TO THEM IN THE
BEST POSSIBLE W WAY. I'LL POINT TO SOME NUMBERS IN THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. BUT THE LAST THING I WANT TO SPEAK TO, AS WELL, IS RECENT NEEDS OR EXCUSE ME RECENT EVENTS AND HOW TO THEY ARE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR THE POSITION. I WAS TRANSFERRED INTO HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN AUGUST. AND WHAT I
NOTICED RIGHT AWAY WAS WE UNDERWENT THE HORRIFIC INCIDENT AT THE ANNCIATION SCHOOL. AND DR. MARTYR, MYSELF, AND THE OTHER RGEANT WITHIN THE UNIT. WE TOOK THE TIME TO ATTEMPT TO CONNECT WITH OUR MPD MEMBERS.
AND RECOGNIZED THE STRUGGLE THEY HAD IN PROCESSING THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY, AS WELL. WE WORKED TO CONNECT MPD OFFICERS WITH THE VICTIM'S FAMILIES. AND WE ALSO WORKED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR EFFORTS ALIGNED UP-AND-DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS. AND WE
WERE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE DAYS OFF TO THOSE WHO REQUIRED THEM. BUT ADMITTEDLY, THE WORK WAS OVERWHELMING FOR JUST THE TEE OF US. IN OUR POSITION AT THE TIME. SO THERE'S AT LO OF NUMBERS ON
THIS SCREEN HERE. I WANT TO POINT $2.6 MILLION. THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT SPENT FOR WELLNESS SERVICES WELLNESS AS IT FITS. THAT'S PAID OUT AS USED, OBVIOUSLY. YOU CAN SEE A
SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENT FROM THE BODY ALREADY IN ENSURING OUR MEMBERS OF MPD, SWORN AND UNSWORN HAVE ACCESSO THERAPY SERVICES. NEXT THE NUMBER 89 UP HERE FROM JANUARY OF 2026, THIS IS A UNIQUE NUMBER. IN THE PROCEEDING 15 MONTHS, WE HAD
APPROXIMATELY 450 THERAPY VISITS IN TOTAL FROM OUR MEMBERS. IN JANUARY OF 2026, WE SAW 89 VISITS ALONE. AND WHAT IT SHOWCASES, AGAIN, IS OPERATION METRO SURGE INCIDENTS SUCH AS ANNUNCIATION, AS WELL AS THE
ONGOING STRESS OF BEING UNDERSTAFFED DEPARTMENT TASKED WITH A MOMENT TAL AMOUNT OF REFORM WORK LEAD TO AN ACCUMULATION OF STRESS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OVERALL. WE'RE DE-STIGMATIZING THE USE OF THE THERAPY SERVICES. WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE SURE
THAT SUPPORT IS GIVEN WHERE SUPPORT NEEDS TO BE GIVE. ON THIS NOTE, IF YOU LOOK THIRD FROM THE BOTTOM, YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE 15 MEMBERS WHO HAVE EITHER SEPARATED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OR GONE ON WHAT WE CALL PTSD LEAVE SINCE THE START OF 2026. THIS IS AN ALARMING NUMBER. AND
IT REPRESENTS A DEPARTURE FROM OTHER RECENT NUMBERS. IT SHOWS THAT, YES, THE STRESS IS CONTINNG TO MOUNT. WE ARE NOT THROUGH THE ISRA VAIL OF WHAT TOOK PLACE IN 2020. THIS IS A CONTINUING AND ONGOING EFFORT THAT REQUIRES CONTINUED ATTENTION FROM THE HEALTH AND
WELLNESS UNIT AS WE CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO REBUILD THE STAFFING OF THE DEPARTMENT. SEEKING FUNDING FOR THE POSITION, WE ARE
SEEKING TO CREATE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS DIVISION. I WANT TO JUST NOTE QUICKLY THAT THE GREEN-SHADED ARE BOXES WITHIN THE CHART ARE SWORN POSITIONS. AND THE BLUE-SHADED ARE FOR NON-SWORN POSITIONS. AT PRESENT, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE
MYSELF AS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR, THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGER, AND ONE ADDITIONAL SERGEANT. THE THREE OF US REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF. IN THIS NEW STRUCTURE, WE HOPE TO BRING TOGETHER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY UNIT, AS WELLA
NEWLY-FORMED DIVISION WHICH THE DIRECT WOULD BE THE HEAD. THROUGH THE DIRECTOR, WE WOULD REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO FIRMLY STREAMLINE OUR EFFORTS AS WE OFTEN AS THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY UNIT. AS WELL AS THE EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM.
IT WOULD ALLOW US TO BE MORE COHESIVE IN OUR OWN INTERNAL COMMUNICATION. AND THEN BY REMOVING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS BETWEEN US AND THE CHIEF, IT ALLOWS US TO BE EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE TO HIS NEEDS. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, A LOT OF WHAT WE CAN DO AS A
HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT, IT RELATES TO OR REQUIRES THE CHIEF'S PERMISSION IN ORDER FOR US TO GIVE AND PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES. BY ALLOWING US TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO HIM, WE'RE ABLE TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND MORE QUICK TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR
MEMBERS. >> I'LL WRAP IT UP BY TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL PRECEDENT. THERE IS A NATIONAL PRECEDENT OF HAVING DIRECTORS OF WELLNESS IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING RECOGNITION OF THE IMPACT OF POLICE WORK ON GENERAL WELLNESS OF EMPLOYEES. THIS TREND REFLECTS A GROWING
DERSTANDING THAT INVESTING IN WELLNESS PROGRAMS IS NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL CONCERN, BUT IT IS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR PDS. PARTICULARLY FOR THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THIS IS, AGAIN, A PRO ACTIVE MEASURE TO ADDRESS THE UNIQUE STRESS FACTORS FACED BY SWORN
AND NONSWORN EMPLOYEES. SUCH AS WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN CRISIS, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAUMA EXPOSURE. THESE PROGRAMS HELP PREVENT, REDUCE, AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF STRESS AND TRAUMA. AND THEREBY INCREASE RETENTION. THIS LIST IS NONEXHAUSTIVE, BY THE WAY. BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD JUST SHARE WITH YOU SOME
OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS. OTHERWISE THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. AND WE'RE READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CITY COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE.
I'LL TBOL TO VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND SOME OF THOSE ARE, I THINK, GOING TO BE BEST DIRECTED TO THE TWO OF YOU. AND THEN SOME MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR MS. MILLER.
SO JUST TO BEGIN, CAN YOU BOTH JUST REMIND ME OF YOUR ROLES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW. >> YES. I CAN GO FIRST. SO MY NAME IS DR. MEREDITH. THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS UNIT MANAGER. SO I AM NON-SWORN
EMPLOYEE. I'M A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. >> AWESOME. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, M POSITION IS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR AT THE SERGEANT LEVEL. AT PRENT, MY JOB IS TO ATTEND TO THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND WHAT THAT MEANS, IS WE HAVE
MEMBERS WHO STRUGGLE, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH FAMILY ILLNESSES, STRESS RELATED TO FIELD TRAINING, AND IT'S MY JOB TO PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICES WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE. AND THEN ALSO TO COMMUNICATE TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO RECEIVE PERMISSION TO AFFORD SPECIFIC SERVICES BASED ON NEEDS. >> THAT'S HELPFUL. AND, YOU
KNOW, I THINK I WANT TO BEGIN BY COMPLIMENTING YO ON A THOROUGH AND EXTENSIVE PRESEATION. REALLY OUTLINING WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO ACHIEVE FROM THIS POSITION. IT IS NOT OFTEN THAT
WE SEE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE THIS THOROUGH. AS IT RELATES TO THE CREATION OF A NEW APPOINTED POSITION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THAT SERIOUSLY. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS DURING AGENDA SETTING. I SEE THAT REFLECTED SO WELL IN THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK A PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION, AS YOU WERE SHOWING US THAT YOU PROPOSED ORG CHART. THAT I THINK I, PERHAPS, DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY. HOPING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION HERE. IS, SERGEANT, YOU SPOKE
ABOUT HOW THE THREE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THIS UNIT RIGHT NOW ARE REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF CURRENTLY. AND THAT THIS NEW STRUCTURE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF. AND THOSE -- I'M JUST CONFUSED AS TO YOU'RE REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF NOW. I DON'T KNOW
HOW THE POSITION MAKES IT MORE SSIBLE FOR YOU TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE WHAT I WOULD CALL A NONTRADITIONAL REPORTING STRUCTURE AT THE MOMENT. IT'S MEANT TO BE INTERIM IN BASIS. IT'S NOT TYPICAL FOR A MANAGER
AND TWO SERGEANTS TO REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE. HOWEVER, WE LEARNED THROUGH OUR RESPONSE TO ANNUNCIATION, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER VERY SPECIFIC, INTENSIVE EVENTS INVOLVING SOME OF OUR MEMBERS IT WAS CRUCIALLY NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
TARGETED SERVICES. IN OUR PREVIOUS MODEL, WE REPORTED TO A COMMANDER WHO REPORTED TO A DEPUTY CHIEF WHO REPORTED TO AN ASSISTANT CHIEF WHO SPOKE TO THE CHIEF. OFTEN TIMES WE NEED TO BE IMMEDIATELY REACTIVE TO TIME-SENSITIVE NEEDS. AND SO THE ABILITY FOR US TO, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, CUT OUT MIDDLE MEN,
GO DIRECTLY TO THE PERSON TO GRANT THE ABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES MADE US MORE STREAMLINED AND EFFICIENT. IN CREATING THE DIVISION, WHAT WE SEEK TO DO IS PUT A SINGULAR PERSON UNDERNEATH THE CHIEF. A DIRECTOR WHO CAN BE THE GO-TO PERSON RELATED TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND OUR INTERNAL STAFF COULDOUTE DIRECTLY
THROUGH A DIRECTOR. >> THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. SO -- I THINK MY NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS ARE, UMM, ABOUT THE -- THE, UMM, HOW THE POSITION IS GOING TO BE PAID FOR AS THIS WILL BE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT OVERTIME COSTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. JUST THIS YEAR ALONE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME REALLY WRAPPING MY HEAD AROUND, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, SALARY SAVINGS OR SAVINGS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WHEN IT FEELS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME RIGHT NOW THAT THIS
DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO GO OVER BUDGET BY THE END OF THE YEAR. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND, UMM, IS ALL OF THIS BEING PAID FOR THROUGH THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER CONTRACT? >> UMM, I CAN JUST START WITH THAT, VICE CHAIR. AND JUST SAY
THAT I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THIS. RIGHT NOW THE DATA WE HAVE IS IT WOULD BE FUNDED VIA TWO POSITIONS. SO $120,000 FROM THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST POSITION. AND THEN $67,000 WOULD BE THUGH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER
CONTRACTUAL REDUCTION. >> AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, DIRECTOR. I SEE SHE'S ALSO HERE TODAY. IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW YOU IDENTIFY THESE AS THIS POSITION AND THEN CONTRACT AS THE PLACE
FOR REDUCTION TO PAY FOR THIS POSITION. >> THANK YOU. VIKKI TROSWICK. I THINK THERE'S ONLY 12 TO 15 ON
THE LIST. THE LIST IS MINIMAL. WE DID PICK THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY CONNECTED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION UNIT FOR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. SO THE RELATIONSHIP IS USING A VACANT POSITION RELATED TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT
TO ADDRESS THE SETTLEMENT NEED. >> HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER POSITION. AND AS YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THAT, IF YOU CAN TELL ME TOTAL EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS ARE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT NOW. THROUGH THE COUNTY. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL
WORKER, THERE'S CURRENTLY FOUR. AND WE PAY $345 $354,000 A YEAR. WE DID DISCUSS THIS WITH LEAH, THE HEAD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY TO DISCUSS SERVE IMPACTS. IT WOULD BRING US DOWN TO THREEH
DECEMBER. THAT'S THE $67,000 REDUCTION. AND SHE SAID WITH THE REDUCED COMPLEMENT, THEY DOT EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF THE CITY. AND THAT THEY'RE OPEN TO TT. >> YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK I HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW A 25%
REDUCTION TO THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM IS GOING TO HAVE NO IMPACT. BUT, UMM, THAT, UMM, THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. BUT I HAVE ABOUT 30 SECDS LEFT.
I'LL NAME IT NOW AND MS. MILLER -- I'LL GET BACK IN QUEUFOR YOU TO RESPOND LATER. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTD HOW WE LANDED ON THIS $186,000 NUMBER. AND, YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY I THINK IT'S LIKE AN AVERAGE OF
STEP THREE. AND I KNOW THAT AS PART OF THE 2026 BUDGET, THAT PROCESS WAS CHANGED. SO THAT THE FTE COSTS ARE CALCULATED BASED ON STEP ONE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTANDOW WE WENT FROM STEP ONE BEING $132,000O
THE POSITION COSTING $186,000. ,000. WITH THAT, I'M OUT OF TIME. I'LL GET BACK IN QUEUE FOR YOU TO RESPOND LATER >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. AS HELPFUL, I THINK I'LL PROBABLY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR
DR. MARTER AND THE SERGEANT. I WANT TO START AND CUT ME OFF IF IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH KIND OF WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND, AS WELL. I WANT TO WALK THROUGH I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO BRING SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT INTO OUR ASSESSMENTS AND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMTS HERE.
SO SORRY FOR THE PAIN. BUTUST WANT TO -- I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND IT, AS WELL. AND SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES 144 PAGES OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL THINGS PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING IN
OUR CITY. IN PARTICULAR, WITHIN THOSE I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT AND REQUEST IN THAT DOCUMENT. OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE THOUSANDS OF PAGES. AND SO WHAT I BELIEVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT HAS DONE IS KIND OF OUTSOURD THAT
TO CONSULTANTS AND OTHER VERSIONS TO RECOMMEND. THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD FIVE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. THAT THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS ASSESSMENT. WHICH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WAS DONE BY THE
CONSORTIUM AS THE CONSULTANT WE USED. THE PROVIDER WE USED TO DO THAT. WITHIN THE ASSESSMENTS, RIGHT, THEY MAKE A LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO DO TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY THINK IS BEST F IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN
THAT AREA. FOR THEIR SPECIFIC -- WHAT THEY WERE HIRED FOR. AND THEN ONCE DO YOU TWO THROUGH THAT, THE MPD AND THE CITY HAS TO DO A PLAN BASED ON THOSE ASSESSMENTS. AND SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEN THE CITY HAS TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN THAT HAS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN
THERE. AND THAT IS WHAT THE MONITOR ELEFA WOULD APPROVE. ONCE THEYPPROVE THAT, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, BASED ON THE ASSEMENTS IN THE PLAN, THAT ELEFA THEN APPROVES IS WHERE COMPLIANCE COMES. AND SO IF WE DO NOT DO THE
THINGS IN OUR EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN, WE DO NOT RECEIVE COMPLIANCE. IS THAT -- DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? SORRY. HA-HA. >> THAT WAS INCREDIBLY ACCURATE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SO THEN THE QUESTION IS,
THEN, IS THIS POSITION, OUR DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS WITHIN, I THINK BOTH THE PLAN AND THE ASSESSMENT. JUST BROADLY. IS THAT -- HAS THIS POSITION BEEN INCLUDED IN BOTH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS? >> THROUGH THE THEIR,
CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. YES. SO THE CONSORTIUM REPORT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIES A STAFFING PLAN. THAT STAFFING PLAN IDENTIFIES THE NEED FOR A DIRECTOR. WE ARE THEN REQUIRED TO CONDUCT OR COMPILE WHAT'S CALLED AN EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PLAN. AND WITHIN THAT EMPLOYEE SUPPORT
PLAN, WE CALL IT THE NEED TO HIRE FOR THIS POSITION. AND, YES, ELEFA, AGAIN, THEY'LL NOT VE US COMPLIANCE UNTIL WE COMPLETE ALL OF THE CONDITIONS OF THAT EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PLAN. AND THUS IN ORDER FOR US TO BECOME COMPLIANT, WE DO ULTIMATELY NEED TO FULFILL THIS
POSITION IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THE EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PLAN COMPLIANT WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> AND ELEFA HAS APPROVED THE SUPPORT PLAN? >> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING LIVING DOCUMENT. IT WILL NOT BE DEEMED COMPLIANT
UNTIL WE HAVE FULFILLED ALL OF WHAT IT IS WE HAVE SET OUT TO DO WITHIN THAT EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PLAN. THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PLAN. W MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY. AND WE GO OVER WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ACCURATELY WORK TOWARD COMPLETION OF THE WORK. BUT,
AGAIN, LIKE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, YOU'RE THE LAWYER. NOT I. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE ARE SEEKING TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE THROUGH COMPLETION OF EVERYTHING OUTLINED WITHIN THE EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PLAN. >> AND THEN OE ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS IN THE PLAN ARE DONE AND HAVE BEEN PROVEN BY THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THAT IS WHEN THE CITY WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH PLAN. OKAY. HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THAT IS KIND OF ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. AND ALSO WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO BOTH OF
YOU. PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF WHAT WE SAW AT ANNUNCIATION. I KNOW BOTH OF YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR NEEDS NOT JUST FOR MPD BUT OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL. AND FOR MANY VOTES OF APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING.
WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, AH, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. UMM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS GOES BACK TO AN ONGOING CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING. EVEN JUST REGARDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS CENTER
AROUND THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU ALL BRING PROPOSALS, SPECIFICALLY THE ADMINISTRATION MPD THROUGH OUR FORMAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PROCESS. AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING AND YOU ARTICULATED. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT DOES NOT GIVE ANY DIRECT TO-DOS. THEY GIVE A LOT OF
RECOMMENDATIONS OF "YOU SHOULD CARRY OUT ASSESSMENT. WHICH YOU COMPLETED." IT DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE DO THE ASSESSMENTS. NOW, THIS IS WHERE LOOKING AT ELEFA'S MOST RECENT REPORT SHARED IN JANUARY 2026. THEY HIGHLIGHT,
AGAIN, IT'S OUR TASK TO DO THE ASSESSMENTS. THE EVALUATIONS OF OPTIONS WE COULD BE RESPONDED TO THE CONCERNS AND PROVISIONS RAISED WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WE DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT ALL OF THEM. THISAS ONE THAT MPD BROUGHT TO ELEFA
THROUGH THE REQUEST OF HAVING ADDITIONAL DEDICATED STAFFING TOWARDS WELLNESS. AND SUPPORT. BUT AS YOU ALL HIGHLIGHTED, I'M ASSUMING BECAUSE I SEE IN THE PRESENTATION. YOU ALSO BROUGHT THAT CONTRACT AS PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO ELEFA, AS
WELL. FOR COMPLETING HEALTH AND WELLNESS. IS THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> RIGHT. OKAY. SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU ALREADY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. OTHER ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS THAT ALSO CAN SUPPORT COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISION AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. WHERE IT'S A HARD LE FOR ME IS WHERE
WE'RE SEEING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BE USED TO THEN COUNTER ACT OR UNDERMINE PARTICULAR SAFETY SERVICES. ONE OF CONCERN IS THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. I'LL NAME WHERE WE'RE SEEING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY DEPARTMENT JUST SHARE AN E-MAIL. SERIES OF E-MAILS SAYS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THE FINANCIALLY CHALLENGING POSITION, DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING ASKED BYHE FRYE ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE CUTS AND REDUCTIONS. THEY ARE DOING SO AND HAVE ESSENTIALLY PROPOSED REDUCTIONS
TO A VARIETY OF THEIR CONTRACTS TO BE ABLE TO STILL MEET SOME CRITICAL SERVICES. BUT THEY'VE D TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS SAYING WE HAVE TO GO WITHOUT SOME THINGS. WHERE WE'RE SEEING THERE WAS SAFETY MAKE THE REDUCTIONS. I'M CONFUSED WHY IT'S NOT HAPPENING
TO YOU WITH ACTION THAT WILL FIT CONTRACTS. SO IF SOMEONE CAN SHARE WITH ME, BECAUSE AS YOU HIGHLIGHTED AND, ALSO, WHAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION. IT'S ABOUT $2.6 MILLION ALLOCATED, RIGHT. I'M SORRY. $2.7 MILLION
ALLOCATED TO THAT CONTRACT, CORRECT?>> CORRECT. >> OKAY. OR MAYBE IT'S DIRECTOR MILLER. IS THERE A CONSIDERATION WHY NOT LOOKING AT MPD'S EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF CONTRACTS TO TICK THROUGH REDUCTIONS THERE THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN FILLED WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING FOR THIS AS 0 PIECED TO CUTTING A SOCIAL WORKER POSITION? >> WELCOME. >> CHAIR CHOWDHURY, HI. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, HI. I'M KATIE BLACKWELL. SOME OF YOU I
HAVEN'T MET YET. ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS FOR THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, WE DID NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY TO CUT AN EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AT HENNEPIN COUNTY. WE KNOW WE COULDN'T DO THE WORK WITHOUT EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS OR
SOCIAL WORKER COVERAGE. WE DON'T HAVE MANY CONTRACTS. AND I THINK YOU CAN PROBABLY SPEAK MORE TO THE CONTRACT STUFF. WE LOOKED UP-AND-DOWN OUR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE COUNT WHERE WE COULD DO THE BEST WE COULD WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES WE HAVE IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO IN IN
POSITION, IF I THOUGHT FOR MINUTE IT WAS GOING TO BREAK THIS RELATIONSHIP OR THE SERVICES IN ANY WAY, WE WLD HAVE NEVER EVEN HAVE CONSIDERED IT. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM SAYING WHAT OTHER COVERAGES, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE DEDICATED
IN CERTAIN AREAS. FOR INSTANCE, WE'RE LOOKING AT CUTTING ONE DOWNTOWN. D.I.D. HAS TWO SOCIAL WORKERS, AS WELL. THEY'RE ABLE TO HELP AND FILL IN. AND THAT CONSTANT COLLABORATION AND COMMUNICATION WE'RE WORKING WITH, THAT'S WHERE WE DECIDED WE COULD REASONABLY DO THIS RIGHT NOW. >> DID YOU LOOK AT POTENTIALLY
REPROPOSING AND EVEN MOVING THAT SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE THIRD PRECINCT. ONE OF THE LARGEST YOU HAVE. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. WE HAD FIVE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. ONE IN EVERY PRECINCT. >> I THOUGHT THAT THE REDUCTION -- SO WE GOT A
PRESENTATION LAST TERM SAYING YOU, AGAIN, REDUCED. >> CORRECT. >> SO WE HAD FIVE AND WENT DOWN TO FOUR. >> UH-HUH. >> WE WORKEDDED WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTOR OVER THERE. AND THEY WERE SHOWING US WHERE THE REFERRALS WERE THE MOST WHERE THERE WAS OTHER SEGUES AND PATHWAYS FOR RESOURCES IN THOSE PRECINCTS. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE
LOOKING AT ANOTHER PRECINCT FOR THIS POSITION. IF WE AORB THE EMBED DED SOCIAL WORKER FROM THIS POSITION. WHERE THERE'S OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE. >> YOU SAID WHERE YOU WILL ABSORB. LAST PRESENTATION WITH THE CUT GOING TO FOUR, THERE WAS
AN EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER THAT HAD TO SPLIT PART-TIME BETWEEN TWO PRECINCTS. THERE WERE OTHER PRECINCTS GETTING INCREASED REFERRALS. MY WHOLE POINT IS -- AND I WOULD LOVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP ON THIS. I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE ANALYSIS YOU DID OF YOUR CONTRACTS. AND ACTUALLY IF YOU
COULD ALSO HIGHLIGHT WITHIN MPD'S BUDGET WHAT IS THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED FOR CONTRACTS. SO YOU COULD HAVE LOOKED AT. AGAIN, USING THAT CONTRACT THAT HAS $2.7 MILLION ALREADY. ALSO, I CAN POINT ANOTHER ONE THAT THIS BODY ACTUALLY HAD A RESOLUTION
OF SUPPORT FOR CUTTING. ZEN CITY. I KNOW THERE'S TWO CONTRACT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN REDUCTIONS. THAT THIS COULD HAVE ABSORBED. DIRECTOR, I KNOW YOU MTIONED YOU WANTED DO THE THOROUGH ANALYSIS. I'M HAVING A
GREAT DEAL OF CHALLENGES TO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THERE WAS EXHAUSTIVE ASSSMENT OF MPD'S COMPREHENSIVE LISTS OF CONTRACTS THAT REPRESENTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO FULFILL THIS POSITION. AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING A SOCIAL WORKER POSITION THAT OTHER
PRECINCTS COULD HAVE ALSO USED. AND WE'RE SEEING OVER THE SPAN OF A YEAR BE CUT DOWN AND CUT DOWN. AND THAT'S GREAT THERE'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. THAT'S BEING MAINTAINED AROUND THIS. BUT EITHER WAY, I THINK THE OVERALL PIECE IS WHY ARE WE EXPANDING TRADITIONAL
POLICING POSITIONS AND THEN PUTTING THAT AT ODDS WITH OUR ALTERNATIVE SERVICES THAT WE KNOW ARE ALSO HELPING KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. LIKE OUR SOCIAL WORKERS. SO MY ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A DIRECTOR TROSWICK'S QUESTION. WHAT IS THE TOTAL
AMOUNT RIGHT NOW FOR THE CONTRACTS WITHIN MPD? ALLOCATED? STAFF MEMO FOR THAT. AND THEN LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY CAN THIS -- THESE CUTS BEI BE ABSORBED WITH THOSE? ZEN CITY. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I HAVE NO TIME LEFT. THAT'S
ALL. >> IT LOOKS LIKE OUR CLERKS GOT THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. IF WE'RE VOTING ON THIS TOMORROW, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP FOR TOMORROW.. >> YES, CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER ON
QUEUE IS COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> >> YES. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POSITIONS BEING CUT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER BEING CUT. WHAT THAT
POSITION IS. >> >> FAMILY GOOD MORNING. I THINK IT'S STILL MORNING. GOOD MORNING. AND, CHAIR, AND
COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. THE POSITION FOR THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? >> OKAY. IT'S A POSITION THAT PROVIDES KIND OF THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND OPERATIONAL AND
INTERNAL CONTROLS AND SYSTEMS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PERSONNEL COMPLIES WITH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT. >> OKAY. >> IN SHORT. >> OKAY. IN SHORT. IS THIS POSITION COMING OUT OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OR WAS
IT PRIOR TO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> THIS POSITION IS WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND THIS POSITION IS SOMETHING BLACKWELL SAID. WE LOOKED AT THESE. WE WERE LOOKING AT THEM SERIOUSLY. WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS WE COULD
HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF IMPACT. AND STAY AWAY FROM HAVING TO LAYOFF EMPLOYEES, AS WELL. AND STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACTUALLY ARE EXPECTING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE POSITIONS, THIS IS THE CUTS. THIS IS A POSITION THAT, IN ALL DUE RESPECT, WE MAY REVISIT IN THE FUTURE. AT ASKING TO BRING THIS POSITION BACK. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ALIGN AND LOOK AT AND PRIORITY OF
POSITIONS, THIS POSITION FELL UNDER THE NEED FOR THE WELLNESS PIECE. BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AS WELL. IN A SUGGESTIVE MANNER. FOR US TO PROVIDE. AS WE KNOW, AND HAVE SEEN OVER NOT JUST
ANNUNCIATION, BUT EVEN RECENTLY, NOT JUST OUR SWORN PERSONNEL. THESE ARE NON-SWORN PERSONNEL, AS WELL. WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ROBUST NATURE WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM IN WELLNESS. MAKING SURE ALL EMPLOYEES ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AS WE
LOOK AT IT, OURS, AS WELL. OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND MAKING CERTAIN THAT WHEN THEY'RE GOING OUT, THEY'RE HEALTHY. WITH NO COGNITIVE IMPEDIMENTS WHEN THEY PROVIDE SERVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE EXPECTING SERVICE. >> YEAH. THANK YOU.
SO THE WAY I SEE THIS IS WE'RE BEING ASKED WHICH ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO FILL RIGHT NOW. HEALTH AND WELLNESS DIRECTOR OR THIS SOCIAL WORKER, WHICH IS CURRENTLY A JOB THAT WE'RE HAVING AND THE COMPLIANCE
OFFICER. WE'RE BEI ASKED TO WEIGH THOSE. BECAUSE IT'S, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, EVERYTHING WILL COME BACK. AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU ASK FOR EITHER IN THE NEXT BUDGET OR IN THE FUTURE. SO IT SEEMS TO ME
LIKE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT WHY THESE POSITIONS ARE GOING TO GO ON IN THE FUTURE. WE'RE ASKING WHICH POSITIONS WE NEED RIGHT NOW. AND WHICH POSITIONS CAN WE GET AT THE END OF THE YEAR. A NOTE ON TRAUMA ON WELLNESS.
OFFICER HANNEMANN, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, IT WAS BODY CAM FOOTAGE THAT SHOWED ME GETTING SHOT BY A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER. THERE IS TRAUMA TO GO AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT OFFICERS ARE UNDER SUCH INTENSE TRAUMA. WITNESSING VIOLENCE, WITNESSING HORRIBLE
THINGS. BUT OUR COMMUNITY IS ALSO UNDER INTENSE, INTENSE TRAUMA. BEING THE VICTIMS OF SAID VIOLENCE. BEING THE VICTIMS OF SAID TERRIBLE THINGS. AND SO WE'RE WEIGHING DO WE WANT AN EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER AND A COMPLIANCE OFFICER OR
COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST TO MAKE SURE THAT OFFICERS ARE FOLLOWING OUR POLICIES OR DO WE WANT A DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE IN DECEMBER, WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE HAVING ALL THESE POSITIONS FILLED AGAIN. IF YOU
ASK ME, I THINK HAVING A SPECIALIST AND EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER ARE A RIGHT-WELL NOW NEED AND A WELLNESS DIRECTOR IS A NEED WE CAN FILL IN DECEMBER. SO I'D LIKE TO, IF POSSIBLE, REFER THIS BACK TO STAFF TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT WAY OF FUNDING THIS PROPOSAL. WE NEED
THIS WELLNESS DIRECTOR. WE NEED IT NOT BY CUTTING A SOCIAL WORKER THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED IN THIS CITY. AND, ALSO, A COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST THAT WE ALSO DESPERATELY NEED. >> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON HAS
MOTIONED TO REFER BACK TO STAFF. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ HAS SECONDED. I'M NEXT IN QUEUE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I DEFINITELY SEE THE NEED FOR THE DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS POSITION. I THINK A LOT OF US SEE THE NEED FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO GET TO A PLACE OF BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT IT. A LOT OF WHY I CAN'T SUPPORT IT,
IN THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IS THE SOURNG FOR IT. AND I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS WITH MPD ABOUT THAT CONCERN. I THINK THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST PORTION OF IT, I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF A CONCERN. BECAUSE I
BELIEVE WE HAVE OTHER COMPLIANCE SPECIALISTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT WORK. COULD SOMEONE SPEAK TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLIANCE SPE SPECIALISTS WE HAVE DOING THE WORK. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A CERTAINTY THE DEPARTMENT WILL BRING BACK
THIS POSITION. >> GOOD MORNING, I THINK, CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> COULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
>> I'M SORRY. BRIAN O'HARA, THE POLICE CHIEF. SO THE QUESTION WAS RELATED TO -- I DAWGHT THE TAIL END. THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST AND SPEAKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT THE NUMBERS WE HAVE, RIGHT? I THINK. >> YEP. WHAT IS THE CURRENT
AMOUNT OFTES WE HAVE FOR THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST ROLES AND WORK. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO THERE'S SIX POSITIONS TOTAL FOUR OF WHICH ARE FILLED. THEY'RE PART OF A LARGER IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION, WHICH WAS FORMED TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND SO THEY WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 20 OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING IMPLEMENTATION WORK. DIRECTLY. >> GREAT. A SO THIS THEN
PROPOSAL WOULD BRING THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST FTES FROM SIX TO FO FIVE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR FILLED, CORRECT? >> YES. CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION FOR NOW. I'LL MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. I MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION DOWN THE LINE.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> SO FOR ME, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST PORTION OF IT. BECAUSE IT'S APTLY FILLED. I THINK FOR ME, BASEDN THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S A PRETTY STRONG CERTAINTY IT'S GOING TO COME BACK INTO THE CITY BUDGET. AND THAT TAKES CARE OF $127,000 OF THE TOTAL PORTION. THE PLACE IN WHICH I HAVE AN ISSUE IS THE HENNEPIN COUNTY
EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER, WHICH IS JUST AT $67,000 CONTINUOUS FUNDING. THE FIRST REASON WHY I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH TAKING FROM THIS SOURCE IS ESSENTIALLY WE'RE PUT IN A DIFFICULT POSITION OF
PITTING OFFICER WELLNESS WITH SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL WORK CAPACITY. A BIG PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FOR ME, AND FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT, IS ENSURING THAT WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES. AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE CARE TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT NEED IT. AND THE
THIRD PRECINCT, I HAVE WORKED SEVERAL CASES IN DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT ISSUES WHERE WE HAVE HAD TO RELY ON THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. WE'VE HAD TO RELY ON THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL RKER AROUND ISSUES AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING A FORM OF
HOMELESSNESS. THEY'RE UNHOUSED. WE'VE HAD TO WORK WITH FAMILIES WHO HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF TROUBLE AND FOR SOME OF THE FAMILIES WE WORKED WITH, THEY'RE KIDS THAT DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE GUARDIAN. AND SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE'VE HAD TO -- IN ORDER TO
RESPOND TO CONSTITUENTS AND THE NEEDS THEY HAVE, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN WE WILL CONNECT WITH THE B EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. IT FEELS LIKE THE RIGHT FIT. LOOKING A THE REFERRAL DATA WE
HAVE GOTTEN ACROSS PRECINCTS, THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF NEED. IT WAS ALREADY DIFFICULT TO SEE THESE POSITIONS GO DOWN FROM FIVE THEN TO FOUR. AND NOW SEE A PROPOSAL OF IT GOING DOWN TO THREE. I THINK WE SHOULD AN INCREASE OF SOCIAL WORK
AVAILABILITY. ESPECIALLY AS IT'S CONNECTED TO HENNEPIN COUNTY. BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE HMIS SYSTEM. THEY CAN LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL HAS CONNECTED TO THE COUNTY ON PRIOR. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ANY OF
OUR CITY STAFF HAS. IT'S AN INVALUABLE, INVALUABLE RESOURCE. I ALSO FEEL VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL NOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE SOCIAL WORK NEEDS THAT
ARE GOING TO PRESENT THEMSELVES AFTER THE PEAK OF OPERATION METRO SURGE AND THE I.C.E. OPERATION. FAMILIES HAVE BEEN TORN APART. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK. THERE ARE PEOPLE GOING TO FALL INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND THERE ARE FAMILIES WITH
KIDS WHO ARE MENTALLY TRAUMATIZED. AND THAT WAS INDICATED IN OUR OWN ASSESSMENT REPORT. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT REPORT WHERE WE DETAILED THE COST OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND SO MY BIG ASK TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND MY FELLOW
COUNCIL MEMBERS, IS LET'S FIND ANOTHER SOURCE FOR THE $67,000. LET'S KEEP THE FOUR ON. I KNOW THIS PERSON IS ON LEAVE AND IF WE CUT THIS, IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE COUNTY. WE NEED TO KEEP IT AT THE CITY. AND I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO BE ON A PATH WHERE WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR MORE
EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS AND GET BACK TO HAVING ONE IN EACH PRECINCT. AND SO PERHAPS THAT'S A QUESTION TO THE CHIEF OR AC BLACKWELL. WILL YOU PLEASE LOOK AT A PLACE WHERE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER SOURCE FOR THE $67,000.
>> CHAIR, YES. OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS OR WHATEVER SUGGESTIONS THE BODY HAS. YES, OF COURSE. THANK YOU. >> AND MY OTHER REQUEST WOULD BE, IT'S NOT A SOURCE THAT IS COMMUNITY FACING. WHERE THEY'RE DOING NAVIGATION WORK WITH OUR
BILINGUAL COMMUNITY OR ON-THE-GROUND AND BEING THAT TYPE OF CONNECTOR THAT WE RELY ON. I SAW A LIST OF SOME OF THE POTENTIAL FTES. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE THERE. BUT, ALSO, IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A POSITIONHAT REQUIRES A
PERSONNEL HIRE, I THINK IT'S $67,000. AND WE CAN FIND THAT. >> YES, CHAIR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM THEIR. MS. MILLER, IF I COULD HAVE YOU SPEAK TO HOW WE GOT TO THIS $187,000 NUMBER FOR THE TOTAL
COST WHEN STEP ONE IS $132,000. >> SURE. CHAIR CHOWDHURY AND VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, WE HAD A RECENT CHANGE IN HOW WE'RE CALCULATING OVERALL COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO CLASSIFICATION STUDIES. SO WHAT
IT IS, WE TAKE THE AVERAGE OF ALL THE STEPS IN A SALARY SCHEDULE AND THEN ADD INTO THAT ESTIMATED BENEFITS AND FRINGE BENEFITS. AND I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING. BUT IT'S ALONG THOSE
LINES. >> SO LAST YEAR, AS THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET WAS PUT TOGETHER FINANCE WENT THROUGH THE EXTENSIVE PROCESS. WHERE THEY CHANGEDOW CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL COSTS FOR FTES WERE CALCULATED. ARE YOU T
TELLING ME IT CHANGED YET AGAIN. >> I CAN'T SAY FROM A -THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO TROUBLE. WE HAVE A FINANCE WAY OF DOING THINGS AND A CLASS WAY OF DOING IT. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE WERE ALL IN AGREEMENT ABOUT HOW THIS WAS BEING HANDLED. IT IS THE NUMBER THAT GOES TO
FINANCE FOR FINAL APPROVAL IS THE AVERAGE OF THAT OF THOSE STEPS. >> OKAY. >> AND THE, YOU KNOW, COST BENEFITS AND FRINGE. >> GOT YA. I'M SEEING A $55,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEP ONE AND THE TOTAL PROPOSED COST HERE. I
UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME -- THAT WE HAVE, LIKE, A LONG STANDING PROBLEM WITH SYSTEMS AND FINANCE SYSTEMS AND HR AND HOW THEY SPK TO ONE ANOTHER. SO THIS FEELS LIKE ACTUALLY ANOTHER ADDED REASON TO REFER THIS ITEM BACK TO STAFF. IT'S A DISCREPANCY THAT NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT BEFORE THIS ITEM IS
APPROVED. THE SECOND THING I WILL SAY, IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTINCTION, YOU KNOW, AS THE CHAIR SPOKE ABOUT THE VIE CANT COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST POSITION AND THAT -- HER LEVEL OF COMFORT
WITH USING THAT POSITION. I THINK BECAUSEE HAVE SO MANY LEADERS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE DHAM CHAMBER HERE. EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW HAS TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS. AND REALLY
LOOK AT WANT VERSUS NEED. NICE TO HAVE WOULD MAKE THINGS EASIER. MISSION CRITICAL. YOU KNOW THIS AS WELL AS I DO, THAT -- THAT -- THAT -- UMM --
AS THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IS GOING TO BE PUTOGETHER FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, REQUESTS FOR NEW POSITIONS OR NEW INVESTMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO REALLY BE HAPPENING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU WANT TO TAKE A VACANT POSITION AND BRING BACK NEXT YEAR. BUT THEN DOING
MAKE YOUR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR SOMETHING POTENTIAL I WILL NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL FOR NEXT YEAR. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE, YOU SHOULD MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO THE MAYOR AS A PART OF PUTTING TOGETHER
THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND ULTIMATELY THE MAYOR CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THAT IS A NEED THAT RISES TO A LEVEL THAT HE WANTS TO INCLUDE IN HIS RECOMMENDED BUDGET OR NOT. INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW. REPROPOSING VACANT
POSITIONS THAT YOU INTEND TO BRING BACK. THAT MAKES NO SENSE. I GO WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE, THOUGH. THAT THE REDUCTION TO THE -- THANK YOU, MS. MILLER.
THE REDUCTION TO THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER PROGRAM IS, IF THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. I MEAN, WE'VE -- I REMEMBER WHEN THIS PROGRAM FIRST CAME TO EXIST WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I REMEMBER I BELIEVE AC BLACKWELL
WAS THE FIFTH PRECINCT INSPECTOR BACK THEN. I REMEMBER TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMING ONLINE. HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF OF THE PLATES OF 9-1-1 DISPATCHERS WHO
ARE RECEIVING FREQUENT FLIER CALLS. HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO BE AN INVESTMENT IN STAFF. HOW MUCH IT WAS GOING TO BE AN INVESTMENT IN SOME OF THOSE MORE COMPLICATED PIECES. AND TAKE SOME OFF SWORN PERSONNEL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO,
HEARING HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS. AND HOW A BIG DEAL IT WAS THAT WE WERE GETTING THIS SERVICE. AND NOW HEARING "OH, IT'S TOTALLY FINE. WE CAN MAKE A 40% REDUCTION TO THE TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL WORKERS." IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT NOTHING. NOTHING IS GOI TO
HAPPEN AS A RESULT. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. I'M SO SORRY. I FORGOT YOUR NAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR THE PRESENTATION. WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE RCA, I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL OF THIS POSITION. BEING REMOVED FROM THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. BUT AFTER CONVERSATIONS AND FIGURING THINGS OUT. I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB OF FIGURING OUT HOW TO
COLLABORATE WITH THE PARTNERS AND ELIMINATE DUPLICATE SERVICES. THAT'S WHAT WHAT I SAW AND THE CONCLUSION I DREW. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. HOW WE ELIMINATE A LOT OF DUPLICATE SERVICES WE'RE DOING AT THE CITY. THAT THE
COUNTY IS DOING. AND SO YOULL ARE BEING NEW TO IT BY DOING THIS. LIEUTENANT, THERE WAS A CHART YOU HAD UP. WHO IS THE LIEUTENANT ON THIS WORK? PLSE. >> THROUGH THE THEIR, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. PRESENTLY THERE
IS NO LIEUTENANT WITHIN THE UNIT. AS PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO BEEF UP STAFFING WITHIN HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WE ANTICIPATE, AGAIN, WITH CHIEF O'HARA'S GUIDANCE, WE WOULD ULTIMATELY SEEK TO OBTAIN A LIEUTENANT FOR THE UNIT. UNIQUENESSES OF SWORN POSITIONS
IS WITHIN THE NEEDS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, PERSONNEL CAN BE MOVED. AND I CAN SPEAK FROM THE HEART FOR A MOMENT. WELLNESS IS EXPERIENCING AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPONENT. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK THAT WE
NEED TO DO. EVERY DAY I HAVE AN HOUR LONG CONVERSATION WITH A COP WHO IS STRUGGLING. AND REALLY IT'S JUST TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE SUPPORTED AND DOING THE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT JOB. IT'S TRNG TO SUPPORT THEM TO DO THIS JOB IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE BEING
ASKED TO DO NOW HERE TODAY IN 2026. PEOPLE IN SUPPORT AND BELIEVE IN THE MISSION. AND REALLY WE JUST NEED THEM TO KNOW THEY HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS BEHIND THEM. SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHIEF
TO STAFF UP OUR UNIT. THE LIEUTENANT POSITION IS ANTICIPATED AND PLANNED AT A POTENTIAL FUTURE DATE. AND, REALLY, WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS MEET THE NEEDS HERE AND NOW OF THE DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU..
>> CHAIR, THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE MAKING YOU UNCOMFORTABLE STANDING BEHIND YOU WHILE YOU'RE TALKING. I WANT TO ADD TO THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CONSORTIUM, THE REPORT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE
THIS THING HAPPEN. AS YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER. I PUSHED THIS WITHIN THE LAS COUPLE OF MONTHS. BECAUSE I WAS VERY CONCERD. I'VE LIVED THROUGH -- WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH
SOME OF OUR RESPONDERS WHO ANNUNCIATION HAVING VERY SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. A MEMBER THAT COMMITTED SUICIDE. AND THROUGH THIS, I UNDERSTAND, COUNCIL MEMBER, OF COURSE. THE
TRAUMA HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. BUT MY FEAR HAS BEEN WHEN I STARTED TO SEE THE PTSD NUMBERS AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENED HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE PTSD NUMBERS WENT
INTO, I THINK, WELL OVER 200. MY CONCERN IS WHAT ARE WE DOING RESPONSIVELY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF THING HAPPEN AGAIN. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S URGENT NOW. WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. >> TNK YOU, CHIEF. ALSO, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THE DATA AROUND WHO IS WALKING IN TO GET RESOURCES FOR WELLNESS. THE CULTURE SHIFT THAT YOU ARE
REALLY FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, I HAVE FATHER HAYES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW FATHER HAYES. FATHER HAYES IS A CHAPLAIN FOR MPD AND HAS BEEN FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HE LIVED IN MY WARD FOR MANY YEARS. I TAKE HIM TO THE 50s GRILL FOR A
SHAKE AND BURGER AS MUCH AS I CAN. THISS ONE THING THAT HE'S ALWAYS TALKED TO ME ABOUT. OFFICER WELLNESS. AND OUR LAST CONVERSATION, HE TALKED ABOUT THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO REACH OUT TO HIM AFTER THESE TRAGIC EVENTS WE'VE
HAD IN MINNEAPOLIS. INCLUDING ANNUNCIATION. INCLUDING THE ATTACK ON ELECTED FI OFFICIALS IN OUR STATE. INCLUDING THE I.C.E. SURGE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. AND WHAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD IT IS TO GET
OFFICERS TO EVEN SAY THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. AND NOT JUST ON THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL. SOMETIMES FOLKS COME IN WITH SOMETHING ALREADY HAPPENING AT HOME, AND THEN YOU KNOW, YOU RESPOND TO A SITUATION YOU'VE NEVER EXPECTED YOU WOULD RESPOND TO. AND WE'VE HAD THESE HUGE
EVENTS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. BUT THERE'S STILL CRIMES HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY. LAST WEEK, WE HAD A SHOOTING IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND I IMMEDIATELY CHECKED IN WITH MY INSPECTOR TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO TO SEE HOW PEOPLE WERE NAVIGATING THROUGH THE TRAUMATIC SCENE OF TWO YOUNG MEN BEING
KILLED IN A HOUSE WITH FOUR OTHER CHILDREN IN THE HOME AND A GRANDMOTHER AND A MOM RUSHING TO THE SCENE. AND SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ABOUT THE OFFICER'S WELLNESS ONLY. BUT OFFICERS WHO
ARDOING WELL TREAT OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. OFFICERS WHO SHOW UP, WITH HAVING THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO GET THINGS IN ORDER FOR THEMSELVES AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN SEVERAL TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS. I WILL SAY TO YOU, AN OFFICER HELPED ME AND AN OFFICER WASN'T
SO NICE TO ME IN THE TRAUMATIC SITUATIONS. THAT'S WHY I DO THIS WORK. BECAUSE I KNOW IT MATTERS. WHO SHOWS UP WHEN YOU ARE YOUR MOST VULNERABLE. WHEN YOU NEED HELP. WHEN YOU DIAL 9-1-1, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS A STATE OF PANIC THAT YOU NEVER EVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. AND SO
I WANT OUR OFFICERS TO BE WELL. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS SOCIAL WORKER POSITION -- AND IF YOU CAN, CHIEF, FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT. I THINK THAT'S A FAIR ASK FOR YOU TO FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT. WHAT I KNOW IS, WE NEED OUR OFFICERS TO BE WELL.
AND WE NEED OUR NON-SWORN STAFF TO BE WELL, TOO. I HOPE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, AS WELL. BUT, YEAH. CHIEF, IF YOU CAN FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DO HOPE THIS
GETS A UNANIMOUS VOTE AT SOME POINT. TO SHOW WE CARE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND WELL OFFICERS ARE A BIG PART OF THAT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW PEOPLE SHOW UP IN COMMUNITY. ESPECLLY IN VULNERABLE --
>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW THAT'S YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL, MAYBE CLEAR UP SOME CLARIFICATION, TOO. THIS IS NOT A POSITION, RIGHT THAT, MPD JUST DECIDED TO MAKE. THIS HAS BEEN A POSITION
THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR TWO YEARS. CORRECT? >> CHAIR, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> THANK YOU. AND SO THIS POSITION ISN'T SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, THAT MPD IS, LIKE, "HEY. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WILLY-NILLY." IT'S BEEN BROUGHT THROUGH BY THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THROUGH THE ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED
TO BE COMPLETED. AND THUS, AGAIN, THROUGH THAT WITHIN THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN. WHICH THEN WAS APPROVED THROUGH THAT PROCESS. NOT FOR COMPLIANCE. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS,
AGAIN, WITHIN THOSE CONFINES OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS BROADLY. >> CHAIR, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER. >> THANK YOU. AND I THINK WHAT IS HELPFUL TONOW, AND I HAVE A QUESTION, PROBABLY, FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AS WELL. HEARING KIND OF COMMENTS FROM THE DAIS IS
NEEDS TO BE MISSION CRITICAL. THERE'S KIND OF -- IS IT GOING TO COME BACK UP. I THINK THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANOER EXAMPLE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF HOW MISSION CRITICAL THIS POSITION IS NEEDED. RIGHT. WE'VE SEEN IT AFTER THE AFTERMATH OF ANNUNCIATION.
WE'VE SEEN IT OVER THE LAST TWO TO THREE MONTHS OF OCCUPATION IN OUR CITY. AND I THINK THIS POSITION, AGAIN, SHOWS THAT DIRECT NEED. AND THAT MISSION CRITICAL TODAY. AND SO BEFORE KIND OF I ASK THE QUESTION OF OUR CITY ATTORNEYS. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING -- AND I
APPRECIATE OUR COMMENTS OF ALTERNATIVES AND OTHER AREAS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD A PRESENTATION THAT SHOWED BALTIMORE, LAS VEGAS, AND OTHER CITIES THAT HE THE POSITIONS. RIGHT. WE'RE SEEING FANTASTIC LEAPS AND BOUNDS OF REDUCED CRIME. BOTH FROM THOSE
POSITIONS AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS I WILL BE SOMEBODY EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT REQUIRES AND DEMANDS APP STAARD OF EXCELLENCE. BOTH FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO THOSE ALTERNATIVES. ND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, CONTINUES TO PUSH THAT FORWARD. THAT WE ARE HOLDING OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THOSE ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE TO A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE IN THE CITY. THOSE ARE COMMENTS THERE. WE HAVE ABOUT HALF OF MY TIME LEFT. A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEYS. I THINK IT'S MAYBE HELPFUL, FOR ME, AS WELL, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY ITSELF IS -- AND WHAT
WE ARE BEING ASKED TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD HERE. BASED -- ITE POSITION. AND THEN KIND OF APPROVING THE SALARY SCHEDULES, AS WELL. JUST WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND
COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO DO TWO SPECIFIC THINGS HERE. THE FST IS TO CREATE THIS POSITION UNDER THE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS MCO201010. AND THE QUESTION THERE IS WHETHER THE
POSITION MEETS THE FIVE CRITERIA THAT ARE IN THE ORDANCE. THOSE WERE OUTLINED IN MS. MILLER'S PRESENTATION. THEY PRIMARILY HAVE TO DO WITH THINGS LIKE LEVEL OF DISCRETION REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION. THAT THE POSITION REPORTS TO
MANAGEMENT. AND IT'S REALLY A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF DOES THE POSITION MEET THE CRITERIA. AND THEN THE SECOND THING THAT THE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO APPROVE IS TO APPROVE THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE POSITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPENSATION
PLAN. AND THEN THERE'S DOCUMENTS IN LIMS DISCUSSING THAT. WHEN IT COMES TO -- I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FINANCIAL PIECE. THE CITY COUNCIL'S BUDGETING AUTHORITY IS AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. SO IT'S ULTIMATELY UP TO A DEPARTMENT TO
FIND SPACE WITHIN ITSPPROVED BUDGET. IF IT'S CREATING A POSITION LIK THIS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT MAKE THE DECISION ON WHERE THE FUNDS COME FROM. WNL THAT APPROVED BUDGET. IF THE DEPARTMENT CAN FIND ROOM WITHIN ITS BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST AS WE CLOSE UP HERE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE COMMENTS TODAY FROM OUR PRESENTERS THAT, RIGHT. WE HAVE THREE SOCIAL WORKERS EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS. WHICH I THINK ARE NECESSARY AND HELPFUL FOR THE CITY. AND THEN
MULTIPLE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS WITHIN MPD, AS WELL. RIGHT. AND WE DON'T HAVE A SINGLE WELLNESS DIRECTOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY.
MY QUESTION WOULD BE MPD, MAYBE CHIEF O'HARA OR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I'M WONDERING IF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES US TO CUT A SOCIAL WORKER POSITION TO FUND THIS POSITION. ANYBODY..
>> IS THERE ANYBODY THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> I CAN ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. NO. THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IS NOT IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, ONE, I SUPPORT THE POSITION ITSELF. I WILL JUST NOT BE SUPPORTING THE CUTTING OF A SOCIAL WORKER POSITION THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO MY COMMUNITY. THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. SO MY QUEION TO CHIEF O'HARA IS, WHAT IS THE PLAN TO MAKE SURE WCAN VOTE ON THIS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT CUTTING CRITICAL SERVICES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. >> CHAIR, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> YEP. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PROCEDURE IS. BUT HAPPY TO -- AS I SAID EARLIER, HAPPY TO OFFER OTHER ALTERNATIVES IN WHATEVER MEANS THE COUNCIL PREFERS TO DO THAT. >> AND IS IT LOOKING INTO OR A
COMMITMENT THERE WILL BE AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE WE'LL BE HAPPY WITH. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE'LL FIND AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE THAT, HOPEFULLY, WILL BE MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TO EVERYONE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> TO YOUR QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO FIGE OUT THE
PROCESS FOR THAT. RIGHT NOW THERE IS, LIKE, A MOTION TO REFER BACK TO STAFF. MEANING WE'LL COME BACK ANOTHER COMMITTEE MEETING. THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING IS ON MARCH 24th. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW. I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE T
COME BACK ON MARCH 24th WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL. CAN WE DO THAT? >> CHAIR, WE'RE HOPEFUL WE CAN RESOLVE TODAY OR TOMORROW.
[ WHISPERING OFF MIC ] >> OKAY. I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A COUPLE MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS I'M HEARING FROM THE VICE CHAIR. WE DON'T KNOW THE TOTAL COST. IT'S ALSO NOT MY TIME. I'M COMING BACK INTO QUEUE LATER. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON HAS THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE
FLOOR, AS WELL. SO I WILL GET OFF QUEUE AND THEN IF COUNCIL MEMBER CHAZ IS DONE WITH HIS COMMENTS, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T WANT TOP CUT YOU OFF. YOSTILL HAVE TIME. I'LL TWO TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER IN QUEUE. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I
JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I AM IN FULL AND TOTAL SUPPORT. AND I KNOW THAT THE CONSTITUENTS WITHIN MY COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OF WELLNESS AND WELLNESS AS IT RELATES TO OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT -- THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE FOCUSED ON TAKING A PRO ACTIVE APPROACH TO THE WELLNESS OF OUR OFFICERS THAT ARE SERVING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. INSTEAD OF PAYING REACTIVELY ON THE BACK END WHEN
SOMETHING HAPPENS. BECAUSE THAT ENDS UP COSTING OUR CITY A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY THAN IF WE TAKE A PRO ACTIVE APPROACH AND MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SHOWING UP TO SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE IN THEIR
WELL AND BEST OPERATING PRACTICE ABILITY. SO KEEPING OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ONE AVAILABLE AT EACH AND EVERY PRECINCT, AND SOMETIMES TWO, IF IT CALLS FOR IT. WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. IN ADDITION TO THE WELLNESS -- THE WORK
YOU'RE DOING. BECAUSE IT'S A LOT. I'VE ALSO HEARD, YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS BODY MAKE RERENCE TO OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. AND WORKING OUT IN THE FIELD OF DOING, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE WORK FOR ALMOST TWO
DECADES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE WELLNESS WRAPPED AROUND THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THAT WITH RESPONSE TO COMMUNITIES. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DELICATE DANCE FOR EVERYBODY. BUT IT'S MOST NEEDED AND MOST
NECESSARY BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW OUTREACH AND INTERVENTION WORKERS, WE DON'T CARRY FIREARMS. BUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS TO. AND SO I WANT YOU AT YOUR MOST OPTIMUM BEST PRACTICE. AND ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING AND ENSURING THE
SAFETY AND SECURITY AND WL BEING FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE FOR A
QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. JUST TO CLARIFY A COMMENT YOU MADE EARLIER. ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THE BUDGET SOURCE. AND MAKE CHANGES. I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH MY UNDERSTANDING.
COULD YOU CLARIFY WHAT COMMENT YOU MADE. >> SURE, THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY. WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGETS, THE BUDGETING IS AT THE THE PR DEPARTMENT LEVEL. AND A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS FREE TO MOVE MONEY
WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT BUDGET. SO IN FINDINGINGS, ULTIMATELY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL BEING ASKED HERE TO DO TODAY IS TO FIND WHETHER THE POSITION MEETS THE FIVE CRITERIA IN THE ORDINANCE. MPD IS SAYING WHERE THEY INTEND TO TAKE THE MONEY
FROM BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S UP TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN ITS ADOPTED BUDGET TO FIND THAT. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL IS ULTIMATELY APPROVING. >> OKAY. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE
WOULDN'T HAVE THE ITEM BEFORE US AND CHANGE THE BUDGET SOURCE AS AN AMENDMENT. BECAUSE IT'S AN ITEM BEFORE US. SO, LIKE, I WANT TO BE CLEAR. LIKE, SOURCE X, COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO -- SOURCE Y THROUGH AMENDMENT
PROCESS. I'M GOING TO GO TO MY -- TO THE BUDGET CHAIR. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THERE ISN'T A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN FRONT OF YOU NOW. THE COUNCIL CAN AMEND THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. >> OKAY. >> CAN I GO TO THE BUDGET CHAIR?
>> AH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HOPEFULLY I CAN OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION. I MEAN, I GUESS TECHNICALLY THIS IS NOT A BUDGET AMENDMENT. BUT IT TOTALLY IS. IT IS. IT'S REDUCING A SERVICE TO ESTABLISH A NEW POSITION.
MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 201010, WHICH IS WHAT IS MS. MILLER ALWAYS PRESENTS ON WHEN SHE BRINGS FORWARD THESE APPOINTED POSITIONS OUTLINES THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION CREATES NEW APPOINTED POSITIONS. AND THE
PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT APPOINTED POSITIONS WHICH HAVE A HIGHER DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY HAVE -- ARE GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT PROCESS AROUND HIRING OR NOT REPRESENTING. AND THERE ARE
ENORMOUS PRIVILEGES THAT COME WITH BEING AN APPOINTED OFFICIAL. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE WITHIN THAT PROCESS. SO JUST TO -- THAT PROCESS IN SECTION 201010 IS THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT OF RIGOR
PUT INTO THE CREATION OF NEW APPOINTED POSITIONS. CERTAINLY, YES, AT ITS TECHNICAL LEVEL, WE'RE ADOPTING FINDINGS. WHEN NEW APPOINTED POSITIONS ARE CREATED 201010, OUTLINES THAT THE COUNCIL U.S. MUST APPROVE THE CREATION OF A NEW APPOINTED POSITION. AND SO ULTIMATELY, LIKE, THE REAL
QUESTION BEFORE US, IS DO WE WANT TO CREATE A NEW APPOINTED POSITION. THE DEPARTMENT IS TELLING US HOW THEY WANT TO PAY FOR IT. AND WE GET TO SAY YES OR NO TO THAT. BY RETURNING THIS ITEM TO STAFF, ALLOWING STAFF TO SUBMIT A NEW RCA, FIGURE OUT THE DISCREPANCY OF
THE COST OF THIS FTE A HOW THAT HAS BEEN CALCULATED. WHICH WILL GIVE MS. MILLER TIME TO GO BACK AND TALK WITH FINANCE AND FIGURE OUT HOW WHAT THE TRUE COST OF THIS ITEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE. AND THEN FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO FUND THIS
POSITION. WHICH MIGHT BE MORE AMENABLE TO THE COUNCIL AND MIGHT RESULT IN THE COUNCIL SAYING YES THIS IS AN APPOINTED POSITION WE'RE READY TO APPROVE AT THIS TIME. SECTION 201010 ALSO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE ANPPOINTED POSITION RESTS WITH
THE COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO SAY THIS IS NOT A POSITION WE WANT TO APPROVE AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH YOU ARE PROPOSING TO PAY FOR IT. I HOPE IT'S HELPFUL. >> YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S CLARIFYING. IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO EAT LAUNCH AT
12:00. YOU SO AREN'T! WE GOT SEVERAL MEMBERS STILL IN QUEUE. SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER ON THE ITEM. THIS IS THE DMEE OF THE WHOLE. ALL THE COMMITTEES END UP HERE. WE'RE ING COMMITTEE WORK NOW.
I'LL NAME, I WOULD LOVE TO GET CLARIFICATION FROM MEMBERS AS WE CONTINUE TO PROCEED ON THIS REFER TO STAFF OR THIS WAITING UNTIL TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT IS PROPOSED. I ALSO HEAR THIS
QUESTION ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT NEEDED FOR THIS POSITION. AND I'M AT MY TIME. SO I'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI APPROPRIATELY EXPLAINED SOME OF
THE COMMENTS I WOULD HAVE HAD. HEALTH AND WELLNESS HAS BEEN A CONSISTENT THEME THAT I'VE PUSHED ON THE COUNCIL SINCE I GOT HERE. STEMMING FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS A FIRST RESPONDER. IN 2018, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER,
WE EVEN GOT SERIOUS ABOUT MINDFULNESS TRAINING. THAT WAS PREDICATED BY A HORRIBLE INCIDENT IMY WARD. BUT IN 2020, ALL OF THAT WENT AWAY. BASED ON RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. THERE ARE UNIQUE STRESS FACTORS IN THIS
ENVIRONMENT. IN THIS KIND OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. IT'S OKAY IF THE WILL OF THE BODY IS TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT FUNDING MECHANISM. BUT I ALSO NEED TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT OFFICER WELLNESS IN NEW
WAYS. IN DE-STIGMATIZED WAYS. IN PERSONAL WAYSHAT STAFF HAS BEEN CALLING OUT. AND THAT'S A REALLY POSITIVE DIRECTION. WE, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, REALLY NEED TO FOSTER AND NOT HOLD BACK THIS KIND OF FORWARD PROGRESS. IT'S
BEEN A LONG ROAD. AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO ACHIEVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I'D ASK THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH URGENCY ON THIS MATTER. I REALLY ASK US TO NOT STALL OUT HERE IN PUSHING THAT FORWARD PROGRESS IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH THEY
ARE DEMONSTRATING HERE. SO I'D ASK IF WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE A CHANCE, A CHANCE, NOT THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK OUT. BUT TO MOVE FORWARD TOMORROW. I WOULD ASK COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON IF HE'D BE WILLING T HOLD OFF ON THE MOTION TO REFER BACK TO STAFF UNTIL TOMORROW, IF WE
CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. CONSIDERING THAT OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THIS IN THIS COUNCIL STRUCTURE IS THREE FULL WEEKS AWAY. THIS POSITION DEFINITELY MEETS A CRITERIA OUR CITY ATTORNEY POINTED OUT. IT'S
AN IMPORTANT POSITION, TO ME, TO HAVE. SO LET'S APPROVE THIS POSITION. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BUDGET AMENDMENT, AS POINTED OUT BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, THAT'S A DIFFERENT MOTION. BUT COULD WE AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO REFER THIS BACK TO STAFF, ASSUMING WE
CAN'T GET ALL OF THE THINGS POINTED OUT EARLIER ACCOMPLISHED. >> UMM, YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR CHOWDHURY ALSO ASKED ME. SO, YEAH. I'M NOT AGAINST THIS POSITION. I WANT THIS POSITION. I DON'T WANT US TO CUT SOCIAL
WORKER OUR COMMUNITY SEPARATELY DESPERATELY NEEDS. SO, YES, PLEASE COME TOMORROW WITH OTHER FUNDING SOUES AN WE CAN DEAL WITH IT THEN. >> GREAT.. >> I WILL BE REMOVING MY MOTION. >> SO THAT MOTION IS NOW OFF THE
TABLE. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER STE STEVENSON, YOU'RE IN QUEUE. I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S WHY YOU WERE IN QUEUE. >> THAT'S WHY I WAS IN QUEUE. >> OKAY. GREAT. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH. I WANT TO SAY IT'S ENCOURAGING FOR ME TO HEAR ALL
OF MY COLLEAGUES SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS POSITION. AND I HEAR THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME. TO HEAR THAT. AND I THINK THAT MEANS A LOT TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRESENTED US HERE TODAY. AND TO OUR OFFICER COMMUNITY. BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE
THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES DEALING IN STRESSFUL SITUATIONS. THEIR OWN PERSONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON FOR CLARIFYING YOUR MOTION. AND I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THESE NEW ADDITIONS
TOMORROW. AND MOVING THIS FORWARD. THANKS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT. I WOULD LIKE
TO MOVE A MOTION WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. SO WE CAN BE IN ALIGNMENT THURSDAY. >> SECOND. >> GREAT. IT HAS BEEN MOTIONED AND SECONDED. AND IT TOOK SO MANY PEOPLE OFF QUEUE! MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE THAT MOTION. HA-HA.
[ LAUGHTER ] SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN WE'LL SEE EVERYONE TOMORROW. AT OUR FULL
COUNCIL MEETING. NOW WE'LL TAKE UP OUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ALSO OUR LAST ITEM. A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF OPERATION METRO SURGE FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'LL
WELCOME BACK CHIEF BRIAN O'HARA AND MPD LEADERSHIP FOR THIS
PRESENTATION. WELCOME.
>> ALL RIGHT GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. I'VE TRIED TO GET A LOT OF INFORMATION IN KIND OF AN ORGANIZED WAY. I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT 12 WEEKS DURING THE SURGE TO INFORM THE COUNCIL ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PREPARATIONS FOR THIS, THE POLICY REFORM PROCESS THAT LED INTO THIS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND, REALLY, THE
CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE DURING THIS. I WOULD SAY, ESSENTIALLY, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESPONSE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING THE LAST 12 WEEKS. I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS NOT PERFECT. THERE ARE THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE
BETTER. AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, AS WELL. SO KIND OF QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'LL SPEAK ABOUT. BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE SURGE, THEN KIND OF GO
THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE 12 WEEKS, THE TIMELINE, SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, AND KIND OF TRY TO GO THROUGH CHRONOLOGICALLY THE EXPERIENCES AND THE OPERATIONAL ISSUES WE FACED, HOW WE TRIED TO LEARN FROM WHAT WAS HAPPENING. TRIED
TO ADJUST, TRIED TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY DURING THIS PROCESS. AND SORT OF TIMELINE OF SOME KEY EVENTS. AND THEN THE IMPACTS OF THE SURGE, AND KIND OF OUR NEXT STEPS.
SO BEFORE THE SURGE GOING INTO THIS, OBVIOUSLY, THE DEPARTMENT HAD START TO MAKE GAINS RECRUITING AND TRYING TO REBUILD THE RAN OF THE DEPARTMENT. WE ENDED 2025 HIRING 125 MORE PEOPLE FOR SWORN POSITIONS THAN
WH WE LOST. SO THE OVERWHELM MAJORITY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS AND 75 OF THEM AND OTHER TWO OR THREE DOZEN OR SO ARE CADETS. AND OTHERS IN VARIOUS STAGES OF THEIR TRAINING. BUT NO DOUBT, A SOLID POINT LINE OF PEOPLE TO
TRY TO BUILD THE DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE ALSO SOME SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CRIME. MURDER WAS DOWN. THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS WAS DOWN, AGAIN, AUTO THEFT, BURGLARY, AND SOME SIGFICANT DECREASES IN ROBBERY, AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO JUST THE CRIME
STATISTICS, AND PERSONNEL. WE WERE STARTING TO MAKE PROGRESS IN RESPONDING FASTER TO CALLS FOR SERVICE. FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. WITHOUT HAVING ANY NOTABLE INCREASE IN STAFF. SO IN
THE YEARS PRIOR TO 2020, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TYPICALL RESPONDED TO LIF THREATENING EMERGENCIES IN SEVEN MINUTES OR LESS. THAT HAD GONE TOEARLY NINE MINUTES IN THE YEARS SINCE. AND RIGHT BEFORE THE SURGE, WE HAD GOTTEN IT DOWN TO ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN
STAFF. WE'D ALSO IMPLEMENTED SOME REFORMS IN HOW THE DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND STARTING TO SEE GREATER IMPACTS BOTH IN THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS THAT WERE BEING MADE AND DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF RESPONSE TIME.
SO THE OVERALL THREE-PRONGS OF THE YEAR PRIOR GOING INTO THIS. PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT REFORM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LEARNING SESSIONS THAT WERE HAPPENIN THE POLICY DIRECTIONS, DIRECT I HAVES, A LOT OF REFORM WORK THAT HAD BEEN
HAPPENING. AND THE DEPARTMENTAL TRAININGS. A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THAT, WE HAD 29 POLICIES THAT HAD BEEN APPROVE THROUGH MDHR AND ELEFA PROCESS. WE IMPLEMENTED A POLICY RESOURCE
HUB, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN APP THAT BETTER MANAGES BOTH THE DISSEMINATION OF POLICY AND IT'S ALSO KIND OF BETTER USER-FRIENDLY. PREVIOUSLY THE POLICY MANUAL WAS SIMPLY A PDF
DOCUMENT. A 700-PAGE PDF DOCUMENT THAT WAS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE IN THE FIELD. THE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR COMPLETED OVER 20,000 HOURS OF TRAINING THAT WAS DELIVERED TO MEMBERS. AND IN TERMS OF THE SELEMENT AGREEMENT, THERE WERE 24 FOCUS GROUPS, 10 COMMUNITY
SSIONS, AND REALLY COUNTLESS, PERHAPS HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF FEEDBACK THAT WAS RECEIVED THAT WENT THROUGH -- WENT INTO THE POLICY REFORM PROCESS. AS THE SURGE WAS TALKING SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT IMMIGRATION ISSUES, WE ALSO HAD REVISED POLICY AROUND THE MPD'S INTERNAL POLICY ON HOW WE RESND TO IMMIGRATION MATTERS. THAT'S THE WRITTEN FORMAL POLICY.
THIS HAD SIGNIFICANT IMPACT -- SIGNIFICANT INPUT FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE CIVILIAN COMMISSION FOR POLICE OVERSIGHT, THE MAYOR'S IMMIGRATION TASK FORCE, AND JUST COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE. POSTED ONLINE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK ON WHAT
THEY WANTED TO SEE AND THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY IN REGARD TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. AND WHAT I THINK BENEFIT OF TRNG TO DO THIS PROCESS, I THINK, TO TRY TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT POLICE CAN
AND CANNOT DO AROUND IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SO I THINK BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IN THE SIX MONTHS -- FIVE OR SIX MONTHS BEFORE DECEMBER, I THINK WE WERE IN AN EVEN BETTER POSITION AS AN AGENCY ONCE THE
SURGE DID OCCUR. SO SETTING UP THE 12-WEEK PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 4th THROUGH THE 24th. AND, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S THE TIME THAT THE SURGE HAPPENED IN THE CITY. OVERVIEW A
TIMELINE HERE. BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, WHEN THE SURGE IS ANNOUNCED. THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT, I WOULD SAY HAPPENED AROUND DECEMBER 9th. THERE WAS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN THAT WAS ARRESTED IN THE CEDAR RIVER SIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT THAT KIND OF GOT A LOTF ATTENTION. BY DECEMBER 15th, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AT 29th AND PILLSBURY. AND, REALLY, THE WAY
BOTH CALLS CAME INTO 9-1-1 AND THE WAY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, THAT'S THE FIRST CHANGES THAT I BEGAN TO MAKE TO HOW THE DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONDING TO THIS STUFF. SO WHAT HAPPENED ON
DECEMBER 15th, THERE WAS A 9-1-1 CALL THAT EVENTUALLY CA TO MECC. AND IT WAS TONED OUT CITY WIDE AS A HEALTH CALL. IT MEANS THAT THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A BEEPING NOISE THAT COMES ON THE POLICE RADIO. IT SENDS ALL OF OUR AVAILAB OFFICERS IN THE
CITY TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION. AND WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WAS THE INFORMATION THAT CAME INTO 9-1-1 LATER PROVED TO NOT BE ACCURATE. IT WAS A REPORT THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE ASSAULTING,
ACTIVELY ASSAULTING FEDERAL AGENTS. THEFFICERS WOUND UP RESPONDING. IT WAS A CROWD CONTROL SITUATION, BUT THERE WERE NO ACTIVE THREATS OF VIOLENCE THAT THE OFFICERS RECEIVED. AND THE MPD WOUND UP CLEARING THE SCENE VERY QUICKLY.
I THINK IN ABOUT NINE MINUTES. AND WHAT I LEARNED FROM THIS WAS WE WERE VERY QUICKLY EXPERIENCING A DRAMATIC INCREASE FOR CALLS IN SERVICE. IT WAS VERY HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WHAT IANTED
TO HAPPEN WAS, AS THE CALLS CAME IN, I WANTED TO HAVE IT DESIGNATED SUPERVISOR TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIELDING THESE CALLS, TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE, AND IF THERE WAS AN EVENT WHERE LEGITIMATELY THERE WAS
LARGE-SCALE VIOLENCE OR A SITUATION WHERE A FEDERAL OFFICER NEEDED TO BE RESCUED, THAT WE WOULD INSTEAD OF JUST RANDOMLY SENDING POLICE TO THE SCENE, WE WOULD HAVE A SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GET INDEPENDENT INFORMATION. WHETHER IT'S LIVE STREAM, CAMERAS, DRONE FOOTAGE,
THAT SORT OF THING. AND DESIGNATE A SUPERVISOR TO BE IN CHARGE, AND TO ASSEMBLE POLICE OFFICERS TO GO IN WITH A PLAN. SO THEY COULD GO IN SAFELY AND GET OUT SAFELY, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO HAVE A DESIGNATED SUPERVISOR ON DUTY
AROUND THE COOK TH -- CLOCK THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIELDING ALL THESE EVENTS. BY JANUARY 5th, THAT'S WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES THAT THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 2,000 MORE AGENTS. IT'S BELIEVED THERE WERE WELL OVER 3,000 AGENTS IN THE CITY AT THAT TIME. AND TO
PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, FOR ALL OF YOU. THERE'S ABOUT 10,000 LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS IN THE TIRE STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OVER 3,000 FEDERAL AGENTS HERE. JUST FOR THIS SURGE. IT TELLS YOU THE
VOLUME AND JUST, REALLY, HOW OVERWHELMING A LOT OF THESE ACTIONS COULD BE. AS THAT WAS ANNOUNCED, I ORDERED EVERY SWORN MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT TO BE IN UNIFORM. SO THAT INCLUDED OUR INVESTIGATORS, PEOPLE THAT ARE TYPICALLY NOT IN
UNIFORM. BECAUSE THEY'RE DUTY ASSIGNMENT. I WANTED EVEONE TO BE IN UNIFORM IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, SO THEY'D HAVE TO DEPLOY ON THE STREET. AND LITERALLY THE NEXT DAY, THAT'S WHEN MS. GOODE IS KILLED. AND SO THAT BECOMES THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE TO MOBILIZE THE
ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. EVERYONE WAS ALREADY IN UNIFORM. WE BEGAN CALLING IN FOR MUTUAL AID. I CAN GET INTO SOME OF THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AHEAD. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE A NONFATAL SHOOTING ON THE NORTH SIDE. THERE'S A VICE PRESIDENT VISITS DOWNTOWN DURING
A LOT OF THIS. AND THEN, OBVIOUSLY, JANUARY 24th, ALEX PRETTI IS KILLED. UNTIL, FINALLY, A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT BORDER PATROL COMMANDERS REASSIGNED AND EVENTUALLY START TO EXPERIENCE THE DRAW DAWN.
I THINK WE'VE ALL LIVED THROUGH THIS. IT'S JUST BEEN SO MUCH. PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE. DECEMBER IS WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH THE LOT OF HARASSMENT AROUND SOME OF THE SOMALI BUSINESSES AND SE OF THE ETHNIC BUSINESSES THAT KIND OF
MORPHS INTO, REALLY, JUST A VOLUME OF BOMB THREATS THAT WE WOUND UP GETTING. AS DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES, DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE CITY. SO ALL THIS STUFF JUST CONTINUES TO MORPH. THIS IS THE 29th AND
PILLSBURY. THIS IS THE INCIDENT I MENTIONED WHERE THE OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE HELP CALL. THIS ULTIMATELY LED TO ME ASSIGNING A FULL-TIME LIEUTENANT TO SCREEN THESE CALLS, AND DEVELOPED A SOUND TACTICAL PLAN TO ASSEMBLE OFFICERS, IF WE NEED
TO GO IN ON A REPORT OF LARGE-SCALE VIOLENCE. THAT KIND OF THING. THIS LIEUTENANT WAS STAFFED IN THE NEW FIRST PRECINCT. THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY CIVILIAN PERSONNEL, CIVILIAN COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS THAT HELPED MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIVE
FEEDS. ALSO, THE CITY'S CAMERAS TO HELP TRY AND GET REAL TIME INFORMATION AROUND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE CITY. RENEE GOOD IS KILLED ON THE
7th. THE DAY BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT, EVERYONE IS ORDERED TO BE IN UNIFORM. EVERYONE HAS ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT. THE DEPARTMENT RAPIDLY RESPONDS TO THE SCENE. AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE ACTIVATE OUR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM. WE CALLED PEOPLE TO DUTY THAT WERE OFF
DUTY. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE UNDE WE WOUND UP DOING MULTIPLE TYPES FOR DURATION OF THE OPERATION. IT'S ALSO THE FIRST DAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT LARGELY TRANSITIONS FROM DOING CONVENTIONAL POLICING IN THE CITY TO REALLY BEING IN A STATE,
A CONSTANT STATE OF BEING PREPARED TO DO PUBLIC ORDER POLICING. SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, PULLING OFFICERS OUT OF THEIR USUAL ASSIGNMENTS. PULLING OFFICERS OUT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. LLING OFFICERS AWAY FROM INVESTIGATIONS IN ORDER TO
ASSIGN THEM TO SECONDARY FUNCTIONS AND REALLY BE IN THIS KIND OF HEIGHTENED STATE. TO BE PREPARED FOR PUBLIC ORDER POLICING IN HAD THE CITY. ALL SWORN MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT ARE RECALLED. WE COMMUNICATED AND ASKED FOR, YOU KNOW, MUTUAL AID FROM STATE, COUNTY, A
LOCAL OFFICIALS. AND I HAVE TO SAY, LIKE, THIS CONTINUED. IT SEEMED, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, IT CONTINUED AND CONTINUED SEEMINGLY TO ESCALATE WITHOUT END FOR SOME TIME. I HAVE TO
SAY, THOUGH, THIS SCENE, IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME. THERE'S MANY TIMES SINCE THEN. I CANNOT THANK ENOUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE. ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS STARTING
ON THIS DAIS. WE KNOW HOW ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED PPLE WERE. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE OUT THERE THEMSELVES ONLINE TRYING TO HELP US DEESCALATE THINGS. NOT JUST THIS TIME, BUT SEVERAL TIMES. AFTER GOING FORWARD. AND THEN LATER BEING JOINED BY MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY WHO HELPED US THROUGH THIS. SO WE ALL KNOW HOW TENSE AND HOW REAL AND HOW MUCH THE POTENTIAL WAS THIS DAY AND GOING FORWARD. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, STATE OFFICIALS, STATE
REPRESENTATIVES, AND STATE SENATORS THAT WERE THERE WITH US THROUGH THIS TRYING TO DEESCALATE THINGS. SO WE BEGIN IN THIS SORT OF PUBLIC ORDER FOOTING. OPERATION TRUST AND SAFETY. WE'RE CONCERNED TO BE BE ABLE TO
RESPOND QUICKLY IN THE EVENT OF ANY SIGNIFICANT UNREST AND DESTRUCTION IN THE CITY. ALSO, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS TIME IS WE BEGIN PLANNING TO SUPPORT THE VIGIL SITE THAT IS THERE. WE
START HAVING THE FIRST OF HOTEL PROTESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO DURING THIS TIME, ALL DAYS OFF ARE CANCELED. EVERYONE HAS BEEN REORDERED -- ORDERED BACK TO DUTY. WE'RE ON THE SUSTAINED
DEPLOYMENT PERIOD. AND JUST TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME SENSE OF PREDICTABLE PROCEDURES FOR OUR OFFICERS. AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH JUST AN UNPREDICTABLE EVENT THAT WAS CONTINUING TO UNFOLD.
WH WAS ALSO DESTABILIZING FOR US, AS I'MURE FOR THE LARGER COMMUNITY, IS THAT WE -- WHILE WE WEREOUNGE T DOING THIS, AND THERE WAS EMOTION AND FRUSTRATION OVER WHAT HAPPENED. WE WERE STILL SEEING IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT HAPPENING IN WAYS THAT WERE DISTURBING TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE STREET. DURING THIS TIME, WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE VIGIL SITE. WE WOUND UP ASSIGNING A CAMERA THERE. HAVING SOME DIALOGUE OFFICERS. THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. REGULAR RESIDENTS,OMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELPED US, THAT CAME TO THE SCENE. TRIEDTO BE PRESENT WITH FOLKS WHO WERE UPSET. TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. BRING SOME OF THE OFFICERS INTO THE CONVERSATION. AND IT WAS JUST, I THINK, IT WAS JUST CRITICAL TO KIND OF LOWERING THE TEMPERATURE AND
HELPING US BE THERE TO PRESERVE THE PEACE. THE FOLLOWING WEEK NOW, THERE'S A NONFATAL SHOOTING ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND THIS KIND OF GETS EVERYBODY, OBVIOUSLY, BY SURPRISE. THIS IS NOT AN EVENT
THAT WAS FORESEEABLE. AND SO THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT STAFFING CHALLENGES GETTING PEOPLE TO THE SCENE. NOT JUST FOR US, BUT FOR THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES, AS WELL. THE MPD SECURED THE SCENE, WHICH WOUND UP PROVING ESSENTIAL FOR
HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY IN THIS CASE. IT'S CAMERA FOOTAGE THAT WAS RECOVERED BY THE MPD, THAT I BELIEVE WOUND UP MAKING A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THIS CASE. THIS EVENT STARTED WITH A VEHICLE PURSUIT THAT WOUND UP GOING THROUGH NORTH MINNEAPOLIS
AND RESULTED IN A SHOOTING. OFF LYNDALE AVENUE. THE SCENE BECAME VERY HOSTILE, AT TIMES. THERE WERE FEDERAL OFFICERS, FEDERAL AGENTS PRESENT THAT WERE DEPLOYING CHEMICALS. CHEMICAL AGENTS. REPEATEDLY. IN A
MANNER THAT WE WOULD NOT. AND I THINK WOUND UP JUST ADDING TO SORT OF THE INCREASING OF TENSIONS THA WERE THERE AT THE SCENE. ULTIMATELY, THERE WERE
FIREWORKS THAT WERE BEING THROWN AT POLICE, ICE, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. WE HAD REPORTS OF PEOPLE NEEDING HELP AT THIS. THERE WAS A 6-YEAR-OLD CHILD THAT OFFICERS HAD TO GET TO BECAUSE THE FEDERAL AGENTS HAD DEPLOYED TEAR GAS. AND THERE WAS A CHILD IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. THERE WAS AT LEAST
ONE OR TWO OTHER CALLS FOR HELP THAT WOUND UP BEING UNFOUNDED. BUT THE OFFICERS TRIED TO LOCATE PEOPLE THAT MAY NEED HELP. AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT SCENE FROM THE WEEK BEFORE.
ULTIMATELY, IT BECAME A SCENE WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS THEMSELVES. AND WE DEPLOYED CHEMICAL MUNITIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFELY EVACUATING THE OFFICERS
AT THE END. THERE HAD BEEN CHEMICALS USED FOR HOURS DURING THISVENT. AND IT WAS INCREASINGLY TENSE BEFORE THAT. BUT ONCE OUR OFFICERS NEEDED TO LEAVE, IT HAD BECOME SO UNSAFE THAT THEY DID THAT AS A WAY OF
TRYING TO EVACUATE OUR OFFICERS WITHOUT ANYONE ELSE GETTING INJURED. THAT WAS INFORMED BY, IN PART, NOT JUST HOW VOLATILE THIS SCENE WAS. IT WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD THE WEEK BEFORE. THE WEEK BEFORE
WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS LARGELYPS WERE LEAVING THAT SCENE, I'D SAY THE LAST 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF IT, THINGS DID DETERIORATE AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS, AND AT LEAST ONE STATE TROOPER THAT WAS INJURED AS THE OFFICERS WERE LEAVING. SO TO
GET OUR OFFICERS OFF OF THIS SCENE SAFELY, AND TO PREVENT, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF ANY BATONS OR PHYSICAL FORCE OR THAT KIND OF THING, I MADE THE DECISION TO AUTHORIZE GAS TO BE DEPLOYED ON
THAT NIGHT. THER WERE A NUMBER OF DEMONSTRATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT OCCURRED. THIS ONE ON THE 17th IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN FROM OUT OF STATE. THAT WERE THREATENING TO BURN A
QURAN ON CITY HALL AND MARCH THROUGH CITY RIVER SIDE. AND POTENTIALLY GENERATE SIGNIFICANT UNREST. THERE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, AS TENSE AS THINGS WERE. THERE WERE A LOT OF PLANNING. A LOT OFENGAGEMENS
WITH THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF HELP FROM OUTSIDE ANCIES THAT THE STATE PATROL AND THE NATIONAL GUARD WERE ACTUALLY STAGED ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, IF THEY WERE NEEDED. AND I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MENTION IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE
12 WEEKS, WE RECEIVED 518 9-1-1 CALLS RELATED IN SOME WAYS TO PROTESTS. SO THAT'SHETHER PEOPLE WERE REPORTING THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY STANDING IN THE STREET OR SOMEBODY IS MAKING NOISE SOMETHING. THERE WERE 518 CALLS RELATED TO THAT.
BUT OF THOSE, I BELIEVE THERE WAS 97 MARCHES OR PROTESTS THAT WE TRACKED THAT WERE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OPERATION METRO SURGE. AND, AGAIN, RELATED TO THIS, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY THE MARCH NEVER
WENT TO CEDAR RIVER SIDE. THERE WERE A LOT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE WORKING WITH US. OUR INSPECTOR, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF WAS PRESENT IN CEDAR RIVER SIDE WITH A LOT OF ELDERS. MANY OF US HAD MET WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEFOREHAND.
AND THIS, LARGELY, THIS LARGELY WENT OFF PEACEFULLY. THEN THE THIRD SHOOTING AND SECOND FATALITY. THIS WAS A SATURDAY MORNING. AGAIN, THIS
WAS UNPLANNED. AND SO IT WAS CERTAINLY A CHALLENGE STAFFIN WISE. I WOULD SAY THIS DAY IS THE CLOSEST TT WE CAME TO HAVING LARGE-SCALE DESTRUCTION IN THE CITY. THERE IT WERE -- DURING THE
COURSE OF THIS THERE WERE TWO SMALL FIRES THAT STARTED AT THE SCENE DURING THE DAY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY HAD TO EVACUATE THEIR STATION BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE STREET. THEY WERE RESPONDING FROM AN ALTERNATE SITE. AND WE
WERE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN OUT THERE FOR WEEKS. LL THESE DEMONSTRATIONS AND STUFF SAYING THAT THEY WERE WORRIED THAT THE VIBE WASUST KIND OF DIFFERENT. AND JUST WITH THE TOYING WITH
THE FIRE CHIEF, CHIEF RUCKER YOU KNOW, WE WERE BOTH REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE COULD GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE DESPITE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE PEACEFULLY, AND REALLY DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PEOPLE THAT WERE HELPING THE POLICE
DEESCALATE THE POLICE AT THE SCES INTERVENING SO THE COP DIDN'T HAVE TOTAL APPLICANTS TO, TO CORRECT PEOPLE. THAT WAS HAPPENING. DESPITE THAT, WE WERE CONCERNED COULD START A FIRE AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THERE QUICK ENOUGH. OR
SOMEBODY COULD LOSE A STORE ON NICOLLET AVENUE ON EACH STREET AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THERE FAST ENOUGH. THAT WAS THE WORRY. SO THAT NIGHT, WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, WE MADE A JOINT RECOMMENDATION TO ESSENTIALLY
CUT OFFEHICULAR TRAFFIC INTO THE AREA TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GATHER FOR THE VIGIL. BUT TRY TO DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUTSIDE PEOPLE COMING IN WITH FLAMMABLE MATERIALS, WITH ACCELERANTS, THAT KIND OF THING.
THAT COULD CAUSE LARGE-SCALE DESTRUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE THINK THAT WAS HELPFUL. AND WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS WITH US THROUGH THIS. AND ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND EVERYONE WHO MADE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CAUSE DESTRUCTION
TO THE CITY. THIS IS THE MT SIGNIFICANT DAY, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DEMAND FOR MUTUAL AID, THAT KIND OF THING. IT WAS ABOUT A 24-HOUR PERIOD THAT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE WERE NOT RESPONDING, FOR THE MOST PART, WE WERE NOT RESPONDING TO CALLS
FOR SERVICE IN THE CITY. AND IT WAS PRIMARILY BEING HANDLED BY THE SAINT PAUL POLICE TOOK A LOT OF IT. THE UNIVERSITY POLICE. AND A NUMBER OF SURROUNDING SUBURBAN JURISDICTIONS, AS SO MANY OF THE OFFICERS WERE
REDEPLOYED ON THESE OTHER PUBLIC ORDER-TYPE DETAILS. BUT ULTIMATELY, WE WERE VERY QUICKLY ABLE TO REOPEN THE ZONE. THE ZONE THAT NIGHT COLLAPSED IN AS CROWDS LEFT. PUBLIC WORKS
WERE ABLE TO WORK TO CLEAR THE STREETS AND THE ROADWAYS. REALLY, THE NEXT DAY HAVE A SAFE, RESPECTFUL PLACE THAT COULD DEVELOP AS A VIGIL SITE. AND THANKFULLY, WITHO BEING INFLICTING FURTHER DAMAGE ON THE
COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS ABOUT 12 HOTEL PROTESTS THAT HAPPENED DURING THIS THING. THEY TARGETED FIVE HOTELS IN THE CITY. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF HOTELS OUTSIDE THE CITY THAT WERE TARGETED. BUT TALKING ABOUT THE ONES IN THE CITY. THIS ONE ON THE 25th. I
MENTIONED THERE WAS SOME THINGS WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. THIS IS ONE WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER. THIS WAS AN EVENT ANOTHER EVENT THAT WAS UNPLANNED. WE HAD THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT WORKING 18 DAYS STRAIGHT FOR EXTENDED TOURS WITHOUT A BREAK.
AND WE JUST WERE NOT ABLE TO GET OFFICERS THERE FAST ENOUGH. WE ASSEMBLED -- RECALLED OUR STAND-BY FOLKS WITH, OUR STRIKE TEAMS DEALING WITH THIS TYPE OF THING. BOOKING ELEMENTS THAT CAN MAKE ARRESTS. THEY CAME IN QUICKLY, BUT BY THE TIME THEY
GOT TO THE SCENE, WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THIS HOTEL, THERE WERE FEDERAL AGENTS COMING OUT OF THE HOTEL WITH RIFLES POINTED IN THE SAME DIRECTION WHERE OUR OFFICERS WERE POACHING. SO THEY DISENGAGED. AND IT WOUND UP BEING FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ALING WITH THE CROWD. AND
THEN WE AIM B C CAME BACK IN LATER WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO CLEAR THINGS UP. IT'S IMPORTANT, ALSO, TO NOTE THE DATE. I MEAN, THIS WAS SUNDAY THE 25th. WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAME IN.
THAT TYPICALLY DO THIS WORK, THAT CAME IN 3:00 A.M.THAT DAY. THEY WERE WORKING IN THAT ZONE AROUND THE VIGIL SITE TO HELP PUBLIC WORKS CLEAR THINGS OUT. AND IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS JUST WITH ALL OF THIS WE'RE NOT BUILT TO SUSTAIN THESE
LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC ORDER POLICING, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONS FOR WEEKS UNENDING. WE DID WORK WITH THE HOTELS PRIOR TO ALL THIS. ABOUT 40 HOTELS IN THE CITY THAT WERE CONNECTED WITH A SINGLE LIEUTENANT THAT WE WERE SHARING INFORMATION WITH. SO THEY COULD
PREPARE ON THEIR OWN, AS THIS QUICKLY BECAME A THING IN EARLY JAARY. BUT, AGAIN, THIS WAS ONE THAT WASN'T ON ANYBODY'S RADAR. AND THE OTHER CHALLENGE DEALING WITH THIS IS THERE WERE STILL THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SUBURBS. STUFF WITH HOTELS,
OTHER THINGS HAPPENING IN THE SUBURBS. THE STATE PATROL WAS NEEDED ELSEWHERE. SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS NEEDED ELSEWHERE. SUBURBAN TOWNS HAD THEIR OWN NEEDS. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THE SUICIENT MUTUAL AID. WHICH WAS, AGAIN, ANOTHER REASON WHY I HAD BEEN PUSHING TO HAVE
THE NATIONAL GUARD AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY. WE DIDN'T NEED THEM THAT NIGHT. THE ONLY TIME THEY WERE DEPLOYED WAS ON THE 24th, AFTER ALEX PRETTI WAS KILLED. TO HELP US SECURE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THAT
VIGIL SITE. PFS THERE WAS PROTESTS AT THE GRADUATE HOTEL. THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNIVERSITY POLICE. WE HAD BEEN STANDING BY. I THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER TIMES, AND WOULD ONLY GO IN IF THEY CALLED US. THIS NIGHT, THIS NIGHT WE
WERE PREPLANNED TO BE THERE WITH THEM. AS WELL AS THE STATE PATROL, THE N DNR, AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE NIGHTS WHERE THERE WERE MASS ARRESTS. I BELIEVE THERE WAS 67 ARRESTS THAT WERE MADE.
MAJORITY OF THEM, I THINK, CITED AND RELEASED. DEMONSATIONS, IN GENERAL, IN JANUARY. OF THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATIONS, POWDER HORN PARK JANUARY 10th, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WE THINK. DOWNTOWN ON THE 23rd. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THE 30th. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. THERE WERE ZERO ARRESTS ON THE 23rd, AND ON THE 30th. THERE WAS ONE ARREST ON JANUARY 10th. AND THAT'S AFTER THE MAIN ELEMENT OF THE PROTEST HAD FINISHED. THERE WAS
ONE PERSON THAT WAS FOLLOWING A GROUP THAT KIND OF SPLINTERED OFF THAT WE BECAME AWARE WAS VANDALIZING BUILDINGS ALONG LAKE STREET. WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM ON CAMERA AND ARREST THE PERSON. BUT AT THESE PROTESTS
AND MARCHES, OVERWHELMINGLY NO NOTABLE INCIDENTS. THERE WAS A LOT OF COORDINATION BEFOREHAND WITH THESE LARGER EVENTS. BETWEEN THE EVENT ORGANIZERS, SOME MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO SUPPORT THEM SAFELY. THEY WERE JUST
WELL ORGANIZED AND REALLY VERY SAFE. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT BARRICADES WERE CLEARED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. STILL GETTING CALLS ON THIS. CALLS OVER THE WEEKEND. I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WAS -- I THINK THERE
WERE UNFOUNDED, THE CALLS OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT STARTING ON THE 7th, WHEN THERE WERE BARRICADES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AT THE FIRST VIGIL SITE. ULTIMATELY, WE WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO OPEN THE ROADWAY AND ENSURE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD ACCESS. AND THERE WERE CALLS THAT WERE
COMING IN DURING THIS TIME. THERE WAS A BABY NOT BREATHING CALL ON THE PORTLAND AVENUE CORRIDOR, AS WELL. SO I THINK THIS LARGELY WORKED OUT WELL. THERE WAS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE MAKING COMPLAINTS. I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, WE WERE ABLE TO
RESPOND IN A COORDINATED WAY WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. AND, AGAIN, GET THROUGH THIS. NOT JUST THESE, BUT GET THROUGH ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS WITH A REALLY, REALLY MINIMAL USE OF FORCE BY THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE AFTERMATH IS OF THE 15th. IT WAS A HIGH HIGH-STRESS SITUATION. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE FOR ALL OF US AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST -- I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH
HOW MANY RANDOM RESIDENTS THAT IT THEIR N PART. EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE PEACEFUL PROTESTING. THEY IT THEIR PART TRYING TO HELP US DEESCALATE THINGS. WHEN PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO CREATE A SCENE. TO GET
PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS. STEP OUT OF LINE. THERE WERE MANY, MANY TIMES THAT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY MOVED TO DEESCALATE AND TO HELP US KEEP THE PEACE. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT. DURING THIS TIME, THERE'S ABOUT 50,000
CALLS IN THE COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH SYSTEM. IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL WHAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THE WORLD OF EVERYTHING THAT WAS RELATED TO THIS. THERE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CALLS THAT WERE RELATED IN SOME WAY. SO TALKI WITH THE 9-1-1 DIRECTOR, I THINK
WE'RE ESTIMATING IT'S ABOUT 10% INCREASE. IT'S ABOUT 6,000 MORE CALLS THAN USUAL DURING THE T TIME PERIOD. THERE WERE A LITTLE OVER 1,000 DAYS OFF THAT WERE CANCELED FOR SWORN MEMBERS
OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 500 SHIFT EXTENSIONS. WE MENTIONED THE PTSD CASES EARLIER. NINE OFFICERS WERE INJURED. A MAJORITY INJURED DURING THE WHILE LEAVING THE FIRST SCE ON
PORTLAND AVENUE. ONE OFFICER -- SOMETHING BROKE THE WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE HE WAS IN. GOT SOME GLASS IN HIS EYE. AND ANOTHER ONE GOT A CONCUSSION FROM BEING HIT BY SOME ICE. AND THE OFFICERS WERE OUT THERE. AND
RIGHTFULLY SO. THE WAY I AM DRESSED THAT DAY. , YOU KNOW, THEY WERE NOT OUT THERE WITH HELMETS OWN AND RIOT GEAR. THE CROWD WAS SAFE. SO WE ENSURED THEY MATCHED WITH THE CROWD. THEY TOOK THE EQUIPMENT OFF.
AND IT WAS FINE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY. BUT WE LEARNED FROM THAT WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO LEAVE. AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS HAD LEFT, WE HELD THE SCENE SO THAT THE BCA, THE FBI COULD PROCESS THE SCENE. THEY COULD GET THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS REQUIRED. IT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING
THE SCENE THAT THINGS KIND OF KEY TI DETERIORATED FROM A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE. WE LEARN FROM THAT. AND WE'LL CONTINU TO TRY TO LEARN AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AS BEST WE CAN. THERE'S BEEN ABOUT -- WELL, AT
LEAST $5.2 MILLION THAT WAS SPENT ADDITIONAL ON POLICE SERVICES. OVERALL A MAJORITY OF THAT IS OVERTIME. BUT THERE'S ALSO THE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS. SO THERE WERE SHIFT EXTENSIONS, CHANGE OF TOUR, SOME EXPENSE WITH ALL OF
THAT. WE HAVE TO PUT LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ON STANDBY TO COME BACK IN AT NIGHT, IN CASE THERE'S SOMETHING AT THE HOTELS. THERE'S STANDBY PAY THEY GET. SO THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY O THAT IS OVERTIME. THERE'S OTHER COSTS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH THAT, AS WELL. WE WORKED VERY
DEEPLY WITH ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. WE HAD A RANGE OF AGENCIES FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS IN THE COMMAND POST WITH US SEVERAL TIMES. TO THE SUBURBAN DEPARTMENTS, THE STATE AGENCIES, AND, REALLY, EVERYONE KIND OF WORKED SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER. AND
JUST A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY GANIZATIONS AND RESIDENTS THAT STEPPED UP AND ANSWERED THE CALL WHEN WE NEEDED HELP. YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HAVE DIALOGUE AND DEESCALATE THINGS.
THE TWO OF OUR LIEUTENANTS, LIEUTENANT O'ROARK MANAGED THE SITE ON PORTLAND AVENUE. AND THE 26th AND NICOLLET AVENUE. I THINK THEY DID A GREAT J COMING UP WITH ENGAGEMENT AND SAFETY PLANS INVOLVING THE COMMUNIT TRYING TO GET
DIALOGUE OFFICERS OUT THERE. TRYING TONSURE, REALLY, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS. AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'RE NOT SHOWING UP IN A WAY THAT KIND OF ADDS TO THE STRESS OR UNNECESSARILY ESCALATE THINGS. AND THEY DID A LOT OF WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO HELP US DO THAT. AND THEY DID A GREAT
JOB! WE MAINTAINED SECURITY AT THE SITES. INITIALLY 24/7. WE PUT VIDEO ON IT. AND THEN MADE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE OPERATIONAL NEED. AS, YOU KNOW, THINGS WERE HAPPENING. AS CROWDS DECREASED, THAT KIND OF THING. WE COORDINATED THE DELIVERY AND
REMOVAL OF DEBRIS THAT WAS AT THE SITES. COORDINATED SOME COMPOST THINGS AND HPED CLEAN UP THE BUS SHELTER. AND NICOLLET AVENUE A LOT OF FLOWERS HAD BEEN LEFT. THAT NEEDED TO BE RETRIEVED. AFTER THEY HAD DIED. WORKED WITH CHAPLAINS,
FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, REALLY, A LARGE RANGE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS T TRY TO HELP ASSIST AT THE SITES. OUR CRIME PREVENTION SPECIALISTS WERE OUT THERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND A NUMBER OF CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE HELPING, AS WELL.
THIS IS A MIX OF REPORTS. POLICE REPORTS THAT HAVE NOTABLE. IT'S NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. AND SOME OF THE CALLS THAT ARE NOTABLE AND, OBVIOUSLY, NOT EXHAUSTIVE. SO WE HAVE TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS. ONE NONFATAL SHOOTINGS. THOSE WERE REPORTED BY US. ALL THREE
INSTANCES I IMMEDIATELY REQUESTED THE BCA TO RESPOND. WHICH THEY DID. AND THEY HAVE AT INVESTIGATION ON THEIR HANDS. IT'S NOT AN MPD INVESTIGATION. ANY OF THOSE CASES, IN TERMS OF THE NONFATAL SHOOTING, WE PROVIDED THAT
NIGHT. WE PROVIDED SOME VIDEO THAT, I BELIEVE, MAKES A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THAT CASE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ABANDONED VEHICLES. THERE'S THREE INSTANCES THAT A SHOOTING ON THE NORTH SIDE. AFTER WE LEFT THE SCENE, GOT THE OFFICERS OUT. WE WERE OBSERVING
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, WE REALIZED THREE SPECIFIC VEHICLES WERE BEING TARGETED BY THE CROWD THAT WAS THERE. AND REALIZED THAT THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD LEFT THREE CARS THERE. SO WE HAD TO REASSEMBLE TEAMS. A COUPLE OF FLAT BED TOW TRUCKS TO GET IN THERE AND RECOVER THE
VEHICLES. AND ULTIMATELY TRY TO ACCOUNT FOR WHAT WAS INSIDE. ULTIMATELY, THERE WAS SOME, I BELIEVE, SOME FIREARMS THAT WERE STOLEN THAT HAVE BEEN SINCE RECOVERED AS WELL AS SOME OTHER MATERIALS. THERE'S TWO POLICE REPORTS THAT WE HAVE. INVESTIGATIONS WE
HAVE, EXCUSE ME, THAT WOULD CONSTITUTE MISDEMEANOR ASSAULTS, IF PROVEN TO BE CRIMES. THE STATUS OF THOSE IS -- IT'S GONE THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. THE ISSUE WE DON'T KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGENT. D
STATUS OF THOSE WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OFFICER OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. WE BELIEVE ONE PERSON IS A FEDERAL AGENT WITH I.C.E. THE OTHER ONE WITH CUSTOM AND BORDER PROTECTION. WE HAVE PROVIDED THEM VIDEO EVIDENCE, INSPECTOR GENERAL, THAT WE HAVE OF THAT.
AND HAVE REQUESTED THE IDENTITY OF THE AGENTS INVOLVED. SO WAITING TO HEAR BACK IF WE GET FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THEM. IF NOT, WE'LL SEEK LEGAL COUNSEL FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, WORK FURTHER. WE CAN GO FROM
THERE. SEVEN CALLS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO CHEMICAL CANISTERS LEFT. AND THERE WERE 12 ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY THAT INVOLVED FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOME WAY. ONE CASE ON THE NORTH SIDE. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I THINK AT
PENN AND BROADWAY. THEY WERE CHASING SOMEBODY AND ONE OF THE VEHICLES THEY WERE CHASING HIT SOMEBODY ELSE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IN THERE. OTHER CASES, THERE'S AT LEAST ONE WRE THEY CRASHED AND ABANDONED THE VEHICLE THAT THEY WERE USING. I TRIED TO GIVE SOME SENSE OF
THE REPORTS AND CALLS OUT THERE. IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND LOOKING FORWARD. I MENTIONED WE HAD FULL-TIME LIEUTENANT POSITION THAT WAS DEVELOPED AFTER THE DECEMBER 15th INCIDENT. I INTEND TO KEEP THAT POSITION
STAFFED. AND WHAT I'D LE TO DO NOW IS USE THAT PERSON TO HELP MANAGE RESPONSE TIMES CITY WIDE. AS CALLS FOR SERVICE SPIKE UP IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY AND ENSURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET OUR RESPONSE TIMES BACK DOWN TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE -- UTILIZE OUR CIVILIAN CSOS TO HELP WITH THE CAMERAS TO ADDRESS CRIMES IN PROGRESS. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB DOING THAT. CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WITH OUR POLICY DEVELOPMENT, ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS, AND REALLY TRYING
TO BUILD ON SOME GAINS THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN MADE WITH COMMITY PARTNERS DURING THIS INCIDENT. SO LOOKING AHEAD, I MEAN, IT'S NOT TRUE, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SEE OUT THERE THAT CRIME WENT DOWN DURING THIS THING. THAT'S
NOT TRUE. SOME CRIME DID. OTHER CRIME WENT UP. AND THE PROBLEM IS, WHEN YOU PULL INVESTIGATORS AND YOU PULL COPS OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC ORDER POLICING, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO. NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE BACK TO IT. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
IN AUTO THEFT AND SOME DAMAGE TO PROPERTY WORK THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW. WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE WERE WITH RESPONSE TIMES. I THINK THE LAST WEEK, WE WERE BACK DOWN TO ABOUT 7:40,
ON AVERAGE, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS IN THE CITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET TO OUR RESIDENTS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. WHEN THEY NEED HELP. AND, YOU KNOW, WE MENTIONED WITH THE EXTENSIVE DISCUSSN ON WELLNESS STUFF BEFORE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, KIND OF GOING
INTO THIS, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS. SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH INCIDENTS INVOLVING EMPLOYEES. AND THEN THIS THING HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, DURING JANUARY VERY QUICKLY GET A DOZEN PEOPLE FILING FOR PTSD. IT WAS
CONCERNING FOR ME. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION -- I KNOW THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HASN'T PROCESSED, YOU KNOW, AND DEALT WITH TRAUMA FROM 2020. THEN THIS THING HAPPENS AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THIS SURGE HAPPENS. IT'S
JUST IMPORTANT, ALSO, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT ALSO HAS TAKEN A LOT OF THE OFFICERS BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE AND SOME OF THE FEELINGS THEY HAD IN 2020. IT WAS JUST VERY CONCERNED THAT WE TRY TO BE AS PRO ACTIVE AS WE CAN TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY THAT THEY'RE WELL AND CAPABLE OF
SHOWING UP THE WAY THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS THEM TO. BUT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE. WE CANNOT HAVE A MASS EXODUS LIKE WE HAD AFTER 2020. AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE BIGGEST FEAR I HAD THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS NEVER GOING TO END. WAS THAT WE WOULD HAVE
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPEN, WE WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT CIVIL UNREST, AND THEN WE'D HAVE THIS DO DRAMATIC INCREASE IN T CRIME AGAIN AND PEOPLE LEAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANKFULLY, MOST OF THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
THE OTHER ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY, IS FINANCIAL. IT WAS AN EXTREME HIT ON THE BUDGET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE OVERTIME BUET. I'VE SENT WEEKLY MEMOS ON THIS. JUST THE ENORMOUS EXPENSE IT'S BEEN TO CANCEL DAYS
OFF. TO HOLD EVERYBODY OVER. TO DO THE EMERGENCY RECALLS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT GOING FORWARD. SO, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. FIRST,
COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU,HAIR CHOWDHURY AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING HERE. ON DECEMBER 15th, 29th AND PILLSBURY, I SAW MPD HELP THE FACILITATION OF A KIDNAPPING OF TWO OF OUR NAVY
NEIGHBORS BY I.C.E. WHEN THEY DID CROWD CONTROL. DID DO YOU HAVE AN UPDATE. DID IT LEAD TO DISCIPLINE? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. THERE WERE SEVERAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THAT DAY. THERE WERE VIDEO FROM OFFICERS THAT RESPONDED
THAT DAY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S BEEN NO COMPLAINTS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF ANY POLICE OFFICER FROM MPD THAT DAY. THAT'S THENCIDENT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. MY CONCERN WAS THAT WEERE JUST IMMEDIATELY
SENDING COPS TO THE SCENE. THE CALL CAME IN TO 9-1-1, AND IMMEDIATELY THE -- THERE'S ALONN THE POLICE READ AND SAYS "OFFICERS NEED HELP AT 29th AND PILLSBURY." RANDOMLY, PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. COPS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY WOUND UP
GOING THERE WITHOUT ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. FROM THE TIME THEY ARRIVED TO THE TIME THEY LEFT THE SCENE, WAS A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES. THE OFFICERS, FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THE OFFICERS DIDN'T HAVE
ANY INTERACTION WITH ANYONE THAT WAS BEING ARRESTED OR ANY OF THE OTHER INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED THERE THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MEDIA. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU'RE SAYING THERE WAS NO COMPLAINTS
ABOUT THIS CASE WHATSOEVER. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO. WHAT I REMEMBER THAT DAY WAS A LOT OF INQUIRIES ABOUT WHY WAS MPD THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND, TO ME, I HAD
THE SAME THING WHY DID WE JUST DIRECTLY RESPOND TO THE SCENE. WHICH IS WHY WE IMPLEMENTED PROCEDURAL CHANGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT. CREATEDDED THAT DESIGNATED LIEUTENANT TO FIELD THESE CALLS BEFORE THEY GO OUT. THEY'RE NOT LIKE IF THE STATE
PATROL CALLS US AND SAYS THERE'S A TROOPER THAT NEEDS HELP ON 35. IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME THING. SO THE POLICE WERE BEING SENT BLINDLY INTO THOSE SITUATIONS WITHOUT ANY AWARENESS OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CHANGE IT. IT'S
BOTH -- IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY. THESE TYPES OF THINGS WERE SO VOLATILE, LARGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE. WE NEED TO BETTER KNOW WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED TO RESPOND, AND THEN IF IT WAS THE CASE WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO RESPOND, WE NEED
TO HAVE A PLAN WITH A SUPERVISOR TO GO IN BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. AND THAT'S WHY THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE AFTER WARDS. >> OKAY. I WANT TO CLARIFY. THERE'S NO COMPLAINT. THERE'S NO DISCIPLINE. MAYOR FREY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO YOU WHEN I TEXTED HIM AUT MY CONCERNS
YESTERDAY? > I WAS THERE SO I SAW LITERALLY ESCORT I.C.E. I LITERALLY WAS THERE. I'M CONCERNED THERE'S NO DISCIPLINE. NO ACTION TAKEN. MAYBE SOME
CHANGES MADE. SO THERE'S NO COMPLAINT. >> CHAIR, COUNCI MEMBER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO COMPLAINT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A COMPLAINT IN INTAKE. >> I REPORTED THIS TO THE MAYOR. I'M WONDERING IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. HAS THERE BEEN DISCIPLINE?
>> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE'S BEEN NO DISCIPLINE. >> OKAY. >> FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CALLS THAT I GOT. AND THINGS WERE PEOPLE ASKING ME WAS WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. WHY WERE WE THERE? AND MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS ACTED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY AT THE TIME. WE CAN REVIEW THE WHOLE INCIDENT. IT'S EASY. AND THERE'S EXTENSIVE POLICE REPORTS. HERE'S REPORTS FROM THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED, WHAT THEY SAW, WHAT THEY DID. AND BODY-WORN CAMERA VIDEO. WE CAN REVIEW ALL OF THAT. >> OKAY. I WOULD LOVE FORHE
DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY WAS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED EVER AGAIN IN THIS CITY. IT JUST SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ASSIST I.C.E. IN THAT WAY. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, IN EARLY DECEMBER, Y WERE
RECORDED SAYING "IF UNLAWFUL FORCE IS BEING USED AND ONE OF OUR OFFICERS IS THERE, ABSOLUTELY I EXPECT THEM TO INTERVENE OR THEY'LL BE FIRED." BASED ON TODAY'S PRESENTATION. IT APPEARS NO MPD HAS INTERVENED IN THE COUNTLESS DOCUMENTS AND
EXAMPLES BY OUR CONSTITUENTS OF UNLAWFUL FORCE BEING USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY, BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS INSTANCE I'M TALKING ABOUT I.C.E. FEDERAL OFFICIALS. AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS CORRECTLY. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER. THE DUTY TO INTERVENE IS ESTABLISHED BY LAW IN MINNESOTA.
THE ONLY LOOPHOLE IS THE LAW ONLY APPLIES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE LICENSED AS PEACE OFFICERS IN THE STATE. I'VE VERY CLEARLY COMMUNICATED MY EXPECTATIONS TO THE OFFICERS HERE. THAT I EXPECT THEM TO INTERVENE, WHETHER IT'S A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, A STATE PATROL, MINNEAPOLIS COP,
OR SOMEBODY ELSE. THE REALITY WITH THAT IS, THE OFFICER HAS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE. IF WE'RE NOT SENDING OFFICERS OUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD NEED AN OFFICER TO BE PRESENT TO
OBSERVE ME EGREGIOUS, ONGOING USE OF FORCE. TALKING ABOUT USE OF FORCE, SPECIFICALLY, DUTY TO INTERVENE. LIKE THE RODNEY KING INCIDENT. LIKE GEORGE FLOYD. WHAT HAPPENED TO GEORGE FLOYD. THE OFFICER WOULD NEED TO BE PRESENT TO OBSERVE IT AND HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PHYSICALLY INTERVENE. THAT EXPECTATION WAS COMMUNICATED VERY CLEARLY. AT THE SAME TIME, I REALIZED THAT WE WERE NOT PRESENT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE TIME THINGS HAPPENED. THAT'S
SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY WERE FOLLOWING THE POLICY THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE MONS PREVIOUS TO THIS. THAT EXPECTATION WAS REAL. AND I KNOW THE OFFICERS WERE QUITE AWARE OF IT, AS WELL. BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED MYSELF OR
ANY OFFICER WHO DID INTERVENE IN AN EGREGIOUS USE OF FORCE SITUATION, DESPITE IT BEING THE CORRT AND MORAL THING TO DO. I WOULD EXPECT US TO BE IN HANDCUFFS BY THE END OF IT. BUT IT DN'T MEAN THAT WE WERE NOT PREPARED AND WILLING TO DO THAT. >> OKAY. SO, CHIEF, IS IT YOUR
POSITION THAT IN A THREE MONTHS SINCE YOU MADE THOSE COMMENTS PUBLICLY, MPD DID NOT WITNESS A SINGLE SOLITARY INSTANCE OF UNLAWFUL USE OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AGAINST ANYBODY IN MINNEAPOLIS? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'S
MY POSITION THAT THERE IS NO INCIDENT WHERE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR AN OFFICER TO INTERVENE. BASED ON THE DUTY INTERVENE STATUTE. WHAT THAT ANS. IF THERE IS ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENT, THE GOOD THING IS WE
CAN LOOK THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE VIDEO, WE HAVE REPORTS, WE KNOW WHEN AND WHERE OUR OFFICERS WERE. SO IF THERE ARE ANY INCIDENTS SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE HAPPY TO REVIEW THAT. >> JUST REALLY QUICK, SO I WAS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE CLERKS
BEFORE THE DISCUSSION STARTE AS THE CHAIR DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT FOR HOW ROBUST OF A CONVERSATION THIS IS AND THE FACT THAT WE MOVE THIS TO A DIFFERENT DAY AND THE LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF
TIMES YOU CAN GET IN. USE SPEAKER MANAGEMENT UNTIL YOU ARE LOCKED OUT A BIT AND THEN MOVE TO YOUR TAGS. WE DO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS SPACE BY 2:00 P.M. BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE LOSE CAPTIONING. YOU MAY CONTINUE AND
YOU MAY CONTINUE. >> I JUST HAVE TO ASK AND I HAVE A FEWOMMENTS AND I'LL BE DONE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT CLARIFICATIO IS IT YOUR OPINION FROM WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED AND HEARD THERE HAS BEEN NO INSTANCES WHERE AN
OFFICER SAW FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT VIOLATE THE LAW? >> NO THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. >> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. I GUESS I JUST WANTED AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. I'LL FINISH BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. I WANTED TO WRAP BY SAYING WHAT WE HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION IS NOT FULLY
ALIGNI WITH WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE FACED ON THE GROUND IN PARTICULAR. WE HAVE VIDEO, PHOTOS, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE ABUSES OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE KNOW THAT OUR NEIGHBORSAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED. THEY HAVE WITNESSED
MULTIPLE TIMES THE CRUELTY OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THIS CITY. THIS IS THE DISREGARD OF THE LAW OF OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HAD THEIR VEHICLES DESTROYED. WE KNOW THAT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS WERE GASSED
AND BEATEN FOR EXERCISING THEIR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BASED ON THEIR RACE, SKIN COLOR, AND WHO THEY ARE. SPEAKING FOR MYSELF IN PARTICULAR, I WAS PRESIDENT -- PRESENT AND I FEEL
COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN SAYING THAT WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT HASN'T DONE WHAT IT SHOULD BE DOING TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS. I THINK IT'S
IMPORTT THAT WE DOCUMENT THE ACTIONS AND WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HOLD FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABLE SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST MENTION THAT. YOU
MENTIONED WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING, I WAS VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I FELT HOPE THAT AS A DEPARTMENT, WE WOULD BE TAKING THESE ACTIONS AND BE HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE. THAT WAS JUST A COMMENTED I WANTED TO MAKE.
>> MAY I RESPOND CHAIR? >> YES, WE TOOK OFF THE SPEAKER LIMIT SO WE CAN USE THE FULL BREATH OF THE HOUR SO COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN ASK THEIR QUESTIONS. THERE IS A LOT TO DISCUSS IN THIS MATTER. GO AHEAD CHIEF. >> THANK YOU CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER, THE DUTY TO INTERVENE IS
SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT. IT' VERY WELL ESTABLISHED WHAT THAT IS. AN OFCER NEEDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVENE IN AN EGREGIOUS, ONGOING, AND UNLAWFUL USE OF
FORCE. THAT'S WHAT THE DUTY OF INTRAVENOUS IS TALKING ABOUT. WE HAVE A COMPLICATED SITUATION IN THE MANNER WHICH LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED A LOT OF THIS STUFF. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC INCIDENTS, WE CAN FILE REPORTS, WE CAN DO THE BEST WE CAN TO HELP REPORT THINGS TO THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY, TRY TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, BUT EVEN TAKE AWAY THE FACT THAT IT'S FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT, WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE TAKING ACTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTY, IT IS VERY, IT IS VERY COMPLICATED AND A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO TRY TO PROVE THAT A
CRIME OCCURRED. THEN WHEN YOU ADD IN THE FACT THAT THIS IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OPERATIIG UNDER A TOTALLY SEPARATE SET OF LAWS THAT HAS DIFFERENT CASE LAW ON WHAT THEY'RE PERMITTED TO DO, DIFFERENT POLICIES AND THINGS,
D ISN'T NECESSARILY COOPERATING WITH US, TELLING US WHO SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE, IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT SITUATION. SO, THAT IS JUST TO LEVEL SET TRYING TO GO AFTER SOMEONE CRIMINALLY FOR
WHAT THEY DID. WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHEN SOMEONE HAS AN INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN FORCED, IT WAS APPROPRIATE, SOMEONE GOT SHOVED OR SPOKEN IN A CERTAIN TYPE OF WAY, WHATEVER. THERES AN INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY
THAT CAN GO THROUGH THAT. IT IS GENERALLY RESOLVED BY AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AGAINST THE EMPLOYEE, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BECAUSE IT'S A LOWER BURDEN OF PROOF TO TRY TO PROVE THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE FORCE OR INAPPROPRIATE USE OF
FORCED A MINUTE STRAITTIVELY UNDER THAT AGENCY'S RULES, TRAINING, AND PROCEDURES, THAN TO PROVE A CRIME OCCURRED UNDER STATE LAW. THAT IS NOT AN EXCUSE, IT'S STATING THE REALITY OF THE WAY THINGS ARE. IF YOU CAN FIND AN INCIDENT WHERE YOU
CAN GET A FEDERAL AGENT, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT DID SOMETHING OFF-DUTY, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY TO TRY TO PROVE A CRIME OCCURRED. IT'S A WHOLE LOT LESS COMPLICATED. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW, IF PEOPLE DO HAVE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO REPORT, THAT WE WILL TAKE THE REPORTS. THEY SHOULD
REACH OUT. WE WILL DO WTEVER WE CAN TO TRY TO WORK TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, REFERRING IT TO THE APPROPRIATE ENTITY, INVESTIGATIVE ENTITY AND TRYING TO GET SOME LEVEL OF IDENTIFICATION. THE DUTY TO INTERVENE THING IS SPECIFIC TO WHAT IT MEANS UNDER STATE LAW
AND WHAT IT IS WELL-KNOWN TO FUNCTION AS LAW ENFORCEMENT. >> THANK YOU. >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE
SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU SIR. LET'S START WITH THE WEEKLY MEMOS YOU HAVE BEEN APPARENTLY WRITING ABOUT THE OVERTIME SITUATION. WHERE DO THESE GO? CAN WE SEE THEM? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. I BELIEVE
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS COPIED. COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS COPIED. IT GOES TO THE COMMISSIONER AND TO THE MAYOR. >> REALLY? OKAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WILL YOU DOUBLE CHECK AND IF SO, WILL YOU PLEASE SEND
THEM TO ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS? >> YES. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. OKAY, NEXT I ACTUALLY WANTED TO SHIFT GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK TO SOME REALLY
SPECIFIC INCIDENTS THAT I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ABOUT. YESTERDAY, THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATRNEY WAS IN OUR CHAMBERS AND PRESENTED ON HER OFFICE'S RESPONSE TO OPERATION METRO SURGE AND A FEW THEMES HE MERGED
FROM THERE THAT I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR YOU ABOUT, STARTING WITH WHETHER THERE ARE ANY CASES OR IF YOU CAN JUST TELL ME HOW MANY CASES
OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL AGENTS THAT M.P.D. HAS SUBMITTED FOR CHARGING DECISIONS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. THERE IS NONE THAT WOULD GO TO THE COUNTY
ATTORNEY. THERE IS AT LEAST TWO MISDEMEANOR ASSAULTS THAT IF THEY WERE ESTABLISHED AS ASSAULTS AND WE COULD PROVIDE THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON, IT WOULD GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. AGAIN, IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE, WE WOULD TAKE THE
REPORTS AND ASSIGN THEM, BUT IT LIKELY WOULD HAVE THE SAME CHALLENG. >> OKAY. SO, OKAY. THE COUNTY ATTORNEY SPOKE PRETTY
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THEIR OFFICE'S TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT. I'M WONDERING YOU KNOW, SHE SPOKE ABOUT TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY ON THIS BUT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
YOU. ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ATTOEY'S OFFICE ON THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT GHT NOW? IF NOT, ARE YOU WILLING TO COMMIT TO WORKIN? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR. I LEARNED
ABOUT THIS ON MONDAY THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER. I HAVE A PLAN AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE A FULL PARTNER FOR ANY CASES THAT OCCURRED IN MINNEAPOLIS. I HAVE TO MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONER
FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. >> OKAY. WELL, SO YOU WILL BE MEETING WITH THE COMMISSIONER AND THEN PERHAPS WE WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT COMES FROM THAT. >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, YOU KNOW,
I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE -- IF THERE ARE ANY CASES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT THAT COULD RISE TO THE LEVEL OF INVOLVING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, WHICH IS FELONY-LEVEL MISCONDUCT, WE SHOULD BE TAKING REPORTS FOR THAT. WE SHOULD BE ASSIGNING AN INVESTIGATOR. WE
SHOULD BE WORKING FULLY THROUGH THOSE ISSUES. I MENTIONED BEFORE, I KNOW THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS VERY WELL-VERSED ON THE ISSUES THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT COURT IT LANDS IN AND ALL THAT STUFF. THE ISSUES WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON THE FRONT END,
WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS BEING ABLE TO ESTABLISH THAT A CRIME OCCURRED AND BEING ABLE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON. OUR INVESTIGATORS HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROSECUTORS IN THAT OFFICE THAT ARE DOING THAT. WE WOULD VERY
MUCH LIKE TO BE A FULL PARTNER IN THAT EFFORT. >> YEAH, THIS ACTUALLY LEADS ME TO TWO FOLLOW UPS, THE FIRST IS RELATED TO THE POLICE REPORT SLIDE WHICH YOU TALK ABOUT THE TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS WHICH ARE NOT INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE BY THE B.C.A., BUT THE NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS, THE ABANDONED VEHICLES, MISDEMEANOR ASSAULTS, CHEMICAL SPRAYS, VEHICLE COLLISIONS, ARE ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS THAT ARE BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY? HAVE YOU -- DO YOU PLAN TO SUBMIT ANY OF THESE FOR CHARGING DECISIONS TO EITHER THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, I THINK OF
EVERYTHING WE HAVE, I THINK THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL MISDEMEANOR ASULTS IN THE WORLD OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED. AGAIN, IT'S GETTING OVER THE INITIAL DIFFICULTY OF WHEN YOU HAVE
SOMEONE WORKING FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ACTING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES, PROVING THAT ACTION WAS A CRIME NUMBER ONE AND THEN NUMBER TWO, TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON. SO, LIKE IN THOSE CASES, WE'LL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY IF
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. YES, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY, WITH WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY HAVE O OTHER CASES. >> YEAH, SO I JUST SAW THAT A COUPLE DAYS AGO THERE ARE TWO
INCIDENTS THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY HIGHLIGHTED WHEN THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED. THE FIRST ONE WAS THE GASSING OF CHILDREN AND EDUCATORS AT ROOSEVELT HIGH
SCHOOL AND THE SECOND WAS AROUND GREG BOVINO, AND THE TEAR GASSING OF PROTESTERS. SO THOSE ARE TWO REALLY CONCRETE EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING PURSUED BY THEIR OFFICE YESTERDAY, THE
COUNTY ATTORNEY SPOKE ABOUT THE INCIDENT INVOLVING MR. JULIO AND POTENTIAL CHARGING DECISIONS THAT SHE IS CONSIDERING RIGHT NOW AND FEW OF THESE OTHER
INCIDENTS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED IN YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL. SO, IN THOSE CASES, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU GIVEN THEIR OFFICE THINGS LIKE ANY EVIDENCE YOU MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIKE POLICE
DEPARTMENT -- LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS ON SCENE THE NIGHT MR. SOLICE WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. YOU HAVE LOTS OF EVIDENCE,
WAS THAT SUBMITTED? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, WE HAVE THE EDENCE THE NIGHT HE WAS SHOT AND THAT WAS PROVIDED TO B.C.A. I THINK THE EVIDENCE KELY IS PART OF EVIDENCE THAT I THINK WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT CASE. >> OKAY, SO AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS MAKING CHARGING
DECISIONS, ARE YOU PLANNING TO SUBMIT IT TO HER OFFICE AS WELL? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, IT HAS GONE TO THE B.C.A. WHEN THE B.C.A. INVESTIGATES THE CASE, THEY PROBABLY SEEN IT ALREADY. FORMALLY WHENHEY PRESENT THE CASE, IT WILL COME WITH EVERYTHING. >> OKAY.
>> I'M SUR THEY SEEN IT ALREADY, THE PROSECUTORS. >> I THINK I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DUTY TO INTERVENE HERE AND THE TWO EXAMPLES THAT REALLY STRUCK ME
OR ONE EXAMPLE THAT REALLY STRUCK ME IN YOUR PRESENTATION WAS THE HOTEL DEMONSTRATION SLIDE. AS YOU WERE DESCRIBING THE INCIDENT FROM THAT NIGHT, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO HELPFUL TO HEAR, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YOU
DESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVEDN SCENE, FEDERAL AGENTS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PRETTY TENSE SCENE YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT SHOWING UP TO HELP DE-ESCALATE THE DEMONSTRATORS THAT WERE PRESENT AT THAT SITE, SO WHEN YOU
ARRIVED AND AS THIS IS -- THERE ARE FEDERAL AGENTS AND THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PROTESTERS, THAT AS YOU ARE ARRIVING, YOU SEE FEDERAL AGENTS POINTING THEIR WEAPONS TOWARDS YOU GUYS,
TOWARDS -- I WOULD PRESUMABLY ASSUME WHERE THE CROWD IS AND YOU ARE TRYING TO ENTER THE SCENE AND AT THAT TIME, YOU MADE THE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE. THOSE WEAPONS STILL REMAIN POINTED AT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND YOU DID NOT FEEL A DUTY TO PROTECT OR SERVE THEM? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, IT WAS CLEARLY A SCENE WHERE THERE WAS PROPERTY DAMAGE HAPPENING TO THE HOTEL. OUR OFFICERS, I WANTED
OUR OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH THAT, TO CLEAR THEMOUT. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET THERE UNTIL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BEGAN CLEARING OUT THE CROWD. MY RECOLLECTION WAS THAT THE SUPERVISOR ON SCENE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO OUR TRIED TO
SPEAK TO SOMEONE FROM FEDERAL W ENFORCEMENT TO DO IT IN SOME COORDINATED WAY ANDHEY WERE NOT ABLE TO. SO, THE SUPERVISOR MADE A DETERMINATION THAT THEY WERE ALREADY ENGAGED IN CLEARING THE CROWD AND IT JUST WASN'T
POSSIBLE AT THAT POINT. >> I THINK I'M STRUGGLING TO FIND THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE SENSE OF DISAPPOINTMENT I FEEL RIGHT NOW. YOU SHOW UP TO A SCENE, YOU SEE FEDERAL AGENTS
POINTING THEIR WEAPONS AT PEOPLE, AND YOU DON'T FEEL A DUTY TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND INSTE CHOOSE TO LEAVE THE SCENE. >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, HOWEVER WE ALL FEEL ABOUT FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT, THEY ARE A LAWFUL GOVERNMENT AGENCY. WE CANNOT PREVENT THEM FROM ENFORCING FEDERAL LAW ON THE CITY. IF THERE IS SOME, YOU KNOW, CONCERN ABOUT SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT
HAPPENED, WE COULD REVIEW IT. WE WOUL HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE HANDLED THAT SCENE OURSELVES. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO SINCE THE FIRST SHOOTING IN THE CITY. WE TRIED TO GET THEM TO LEAVE. WE WERE UNABLE TO
DO THAT AT TIMES AFTERWARDS. WE CANNOT PHYSICALLY OBSTRUCT OR STOP FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM PERFORMING A FUNCTION. THEM SIMPLY BEING PRESENT, DOING
WHATEVER IT IS THEY DO WITH CROWD CONTROL, WHICH WE ARE NOT TRAINED IN BOTH THEIR AUTHORITY OR THEIR PROCEDURES OR THAT KIND OF THING. AGAIN, UNLESS SOMETHING EGREGIOUS WAS
OBSERVED, READILY APPARENT THAT IS UNLAWFUL, THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY. >> BUT YOU LEFT THE SCENE. HOW WOULD YOU HAVE POSSIBLY OBSERVED SOMETHING EGREGIO HAPPENING? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, THEY
DISENGAGED FROM THE SCEN THEY STAYED UNTIL THEY MOVED IN. >> SO YOU WERE NO LONGER THERE TO OBSERVE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS. WE
HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO MONITOR WHAT FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING. WE DEVELOPED A POLICY PRIOR TO THIS THAT VERY CLEARLY DEFINES THE INCIDENTS THAT WE WILL GET INVOLVED WITH. NO, WE
CAN'T STOP ANOTHER GOVERNMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FROM ENFORCING THE LAW. >> SO, EVERY DAY ORDINARY PEOPLE SHOULD DO THAT WITH THEIR WHISTLES AND THEIR BODIES. >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, THAT WAS VERY CLEARLY A SCENE WHERE THE HOTEL WAS DAMAGED. IT WAS
UNLAWFUL WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED FOR US TO BE THE PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH IT BUT WE WER UNABLE TO DO THAT AT THAT TIME. >> THE NIGHT THAT MR. SOLACE WAS
SHOT, WHEN I ARRIVED ON SCENE, IT WAS RIGHT AS THE JACKSON FAMILY WITH THEIR BABIES AND THEIR VEHICLES HAD TEAR GAS CANISTERS THROWN INTO THEIR VEHICLES. FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE NIGHT, IT WAS LIKE A CONSTANT USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, FLASH BAGS, THAT
CONSTANT USE OF FORCE, YOU DIDN'T FEEL THE DUTY TO INTERVENE EITHER? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OF A PERSON. >> SO THE SAME OFFICER SHOOTING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS NOT. >> TERRIBLE TACTICS AND I CAN'T
EXPLAIN IT. THERE IS NO TIME THAT THE MINNESOTA POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH GAS LIKE CRAZY, TH SEEMINGLY NO OBJECTIVE. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. NONE OFHIS MAKES SENSE TO ME. WAS IT A SCENE THAT IT WAS READILY
APPARENT THAT A PERSON WAS BEING SUBJECTED TO UNLAWFUL FORCE, BEING INJURED IN SOME WAY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT EXISTS, WE WILL DEAL WITH IT. >> WELL, YOU WERE THERE THAT NIGHT. I'M ASKING WHY YOU DIDN'T DEAL WITH IT.
>> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, WE'RE NOT CAPABLE -- WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TELL FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY CANNOT ENFORCE THE LAW. THAT WAS A DANGEROUS SCENE, PARTLY CONTRIBUTED BY THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING, THE TACTICS THEY WERE EMPLOYING.
>> I WOULD ARGUE THAT ALMOST ENTIRELY CONTRIBUTED. >> FOR SURE. >> I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD BE THAT MANY PEOPLE THERE. >> ABSOLUTELY, THE SHOOTING HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THEM. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO THERE I WHAT WE TRIED TO DO ON PORTLAND AVENUE
THE WEEK BEFORE, TO GET THEM TO LEAVE SO WE COULD DEAL WITH THE SCENE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT STAND BY PAY IS? >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, STAND BY PAY IS WHEN --
>> OR HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO OVERTIME OR DOUBLE OVERTIME. >> HOW MUCH IS IT? [INDISRNIBLE]. >> CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, IT
DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF STAND BY IT IS, BUT IT'S A 0.25 PAY AND ANOTHER THAT IS 0.5 PAY, SO IT DEPENDS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR PEOPLE TO BE READY TO RESPOND. >> THAT'S VERY HELPFUL, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR PATIENCE WITH ME. I WILL JUST END WITH ASKING YOU ABOUT BARRICADE RESPONSE. I THINK I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU, IF THE DEPARTMENT HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT JUST TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WERE PUTTING UP THE BARRICADES AND THEN FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHY YOU CHOSE TO TEAR THEM DOWN WHEN -- FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE
REASON THAT COMMUNITY BARRICADES STARTED GOING UP IS RECKLESS AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR FROM FEDER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THAT ENDANGERED THE LIVES OF PEOPLE, JUST RECKLESS DRIVING, HITTING
VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED, ALL OF THIS TYPE OF REALLY, REALLY NEGLIGENT AND RECKLESS BEHAVIOR THAT FRANKLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT RESPONDING TO, WAS NOT SHOWING UP TO SCENES AND INVESTIGATING. SO IF I AM A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, RIGHT? AM SITTING THERE, DO I WANT TO
SEND MY KIDS OUTSIDE AND POTENTIALLY GET RUN OVER, ONLY FOR NOTHING TO HAPPEN? OR AM I GOING TOUT UP A MAKESHIFT BARRICADE? SO I AM GOING TO MAKE THE DECISION TO PUT UP A MAKESHIFT BARRICADE TO KEEP MYSELF AND MY COMMUNITY SAFE. WHY DID YOU GUYS MAKE THE DETERMINATION TO TEAR THEM DOWN
INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU COULD SET UP, HOW YOU COULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY ON SAY LIKE THE NIGHT THAT YOU GUYS PUT UP THE PERIMETER IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AROUND6th AND
NICOLLET, THAT LARGE PERIMETER. I KEEP HEARING ABOUT EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS BUT IF YOU CAN PUT UP NO VEHICLE ZONES AND THAT IS COMPLETELY FINE, IT DOESN'T
DO ANYING FOR SAFETY VEHICLE ACCESS, THEN WHY DID YOU MAKE THE CHOICE TO TEAR DOWN COMMUNITY BARRICADES? I DON'T GET IT. >> CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, T VEHICLE EXCLUSIONARY ZONE AROUND 26 AND NICOLLET, PART OF THAT WAS TO KEEP THE STREET OPEN AS
BEST WE COULD. >>NO, IT WAS QUITE LITERALLY CLOSED. >> YES, BUT IT'S NOT CLOSED BECAUSE THERE IS TON OF GARBAGE, REFRIGERATORS, WASHERS AND DRYERS OUT THERE, WHICH IS WHAT
HAPPENED ON PORTLAND AVENUE AND PLACES AND THERE, MAKING IT COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE FOR AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IMMEDIATELY AFTER. THERE WERE RESIDENTS ON THAT BLOCK, ON PORTLAND AVENUE THAT WERE THANKFUL THAT THE
OBSTRUCTIONS WERE CLEARED. SO, THAT IS WHY BOTH WITH THE FIRE CHIEF SAYING YOU KNOW HOW SERIOUS OF AN EMERGENCY IT WOULD BE IF SOME OF THIS WAS IMPASSABLE, AND WITH THE CONCERNS FROM THE RESIDENTS, THE
OBSTRUCTIONS WERE REMOVED. >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU. NEXTE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. AT ABOUT -- IF YOU GET TO THE 12 MINUTE TIME, I AM GOING TO DO A SOFT CHECK IN WITH YOU SO WE CAN
KEEP ON MOVING THROUGH THE QUEUE. SO I WOULD JUST ASK, JUST TAKING A LOOK AT THE QUEUE WITH ME. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE IN QUEUE, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE FOLKS GET A CHANCE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY, JUST GOING TO THE TOP, I WANTED TO ECHO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DUTY TO INTERVENE. I THINK MOST OF US HAD LOTS OF CONCERNS AROUND THAT OR THE LACK OF USAGE OF IT, AND CHIEF YOU STATED THAT NO OFFICERS INTERVENED BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ON THE SCENE AT THE
TIME WHERE USE OF FORCE WAS EMPLOYED BY I.C.E. AGENTS. HOW DID YOU LAND ON THAT ASSUMPTION AS COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HIGHLIGHTEDHE FACT THAT THE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING WHERE A NUMBER OF US WERE AT, WE SAW
I.C.E. AGENTS AN M.P.D. ON THE SCENE SHOOTING A NUMBER OF MUNITIONS, ONE OF WHICH TARGETED A FAMILY OF SIX THAT WAS DRIVING AWAY FROM THAT INCIDENT AND THEIR 6-MONTH-OLD ENDED UP BEING HOSPITALIZED. I AM CURIOUS TO
KNOW WHERE THE LAPSE OF CAPT CAPTURING THESE INCIDENTS, HOW THAT PREVAILS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR CONCLUSION THAT NO OFFICER WAS ABLE TO BE AT THE SCENE WHERE THESE AGGRESSIVE USES OF FORCE WAS BEING EMPLOYED. DID
YOU HAPPEN TO REVIEW BODYCAM FOOTAGE TO LAND AT THIS CONCLUSION AND TO CONFIRM THIS? >> CHAIR AND CNCIL MEMBER, IF I CAN, I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS EARLIER, I WILL READ WHAT THE POLICY SAYS FOR DUTY TO INTERVENE SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
MEMBERS SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH OR OBSTRUCT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, HOWEVER WHEN IT IS APPARENT TO A MEMBER THAT FEDERAL AGENTS ARE USING CLEARLY EXCESSIVE FORCE, MEMBERS SHALL VERBALLY OR PHYSICALLY INTERVENE TO STOP THE EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN
THEY HAVE THE REASONABLY SAFE OPPORTUNITY AND THE MEANS TO DO SO. SO THAT IS THE SPECIFIC PART OF THE POLICY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ALLEGATIONS OR COMPLAINTS THAT
HAPPENED AND AN OFFICER FAILED TO INTERVENE. IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC INSTANCES, WE CAN LOOK INTO ANY OF THEM. GIVE US A DATE, TIME PLACE, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT AS MUCH INFORMATION WE HAVE. >> SORRY CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING AT THE CORE OF THE QUESTION. THE
QUESTION IS, WE ALL HAVE A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF THAT POLICY. HAVE YOU REVIEWED, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS PART OF YOUR POLICY TO DO PERIODIC REVIEWS OF YR BODYCAM FOOTAGE, TO CONFIRM THAT NO OFFICERS WERE WITNESSES OF THAT AT THE TIME OR
RETROACTIVELY. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE BODY WORN CAMERAS GET REVIEWED WHEN USE OF FORCE IS REPORTED AND AUDITS REPORTED WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION. SO, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAS BEEN -- AND THERE HAS BEEN MINIMAL NUMBER OF FORCE OF USE BY POLICE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 12 WEEKS. THOSE INCIDENTS EITHER HAVE BEEN REVIEWED OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF STILL BEING REVIEWED. THAT IS
CLOSE TO BE BEING COMPLETE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO AUDIT HAS UNCOVERED ANYTHING RELATED TO THIS. THIRD, I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY SPECIFIC COMPLAINT ABOUT AN INCIDENT.
>> OKAY, SO SUMMARY OF THAT, THERE HAS BEEN NO AUDIT EITHER REQUTED FROM THE CITY AUDITOR OR YOU OF VIDEO CAM FOOTAGE THAT FROM OFFICERS AT THE SCENE OF THESE INCIDENTS WHERE I.C.E. WAS PRESENT WHERE THEY COULD HAVE BEEN CAPTURED, EXCEPT THE USE OF
FORC IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT REVIEW OR ASSESSMENT HAS NOT HAPPENED, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE CITY AUDITOR AS THEY'RE MAKING THE PERIODIC REVIEWS TOO. AND CLARIFICATION, THOSE COMPLAINTS CAN HAPPEN RESIDENT TROTH
ACTIVELY. >> YES. SO EVEN AFTER A BODYCAM FOOTAGE SHOWS SOMETHING, AN OFFICER OR YOU AS LEADERS COULD MAKE A COMPLAINT. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, ONE OF THE REVIEWS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE WILL BE AN INTERNAL
COMPLAINT GENERATED BUT THAT H NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT HAS TO DO WITH USE OF FCE POLICY. NO, ALLF THE FOOTAGE FROM THE LAST 12 WEEKS WHERE ALL OF THESE THINGS
WERE POSSIBLE KNOW THAT FOOTAGE, THAT HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE TERMS IN THE POLICY. WE ARE SAYING DUTY TO INTERVENE WHEN AGGRESSIVE FORCE IS BEING SEEN BY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT ANCIENTS.
>> YES. >> NOW I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE DISREPRESENTATIVE SITS IN THE PRESENTATION AND THE ASSESSMENT RERT. IT'S ALL RELATED TO OPERATION METRO SURGE. SLIDE 21 SLATED THAT M.P.D. HANDLED AT
MINIMUM 50,000 CALLS BUT THE ASSESSMENT REPORT OFFERS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER NUMBERS, CITING SIX I.C.E. RELATED CALLS MADE IN JANUARY AMONG CMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT'S BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN
REPEEDLY TARGETED AND ATTACKED DURING THE OCCUPATION AND WELL BEYOND SIX TIMES. I'M INTERESTED IF THERE ARE STAFF HERE WHO CAN SPEAK TO WHY THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE DATA HERE OF HOW DID YOU GET TO THE 50,000 AND THAT REPORT NOT REALLY
ADDING UP. >> YEP. CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHEN I SAY ABOUT 50,000 THAT IS EVERYTHINGHAT IS IN THE C.A.D. FOR POLICE, THE COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH. SO EVERYTHING A POLICE OFFICER SELF INITIATES INVOLVING
POLICE, SO THAT IS EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE 12 WEEKS. IT'S NOT JUST I.C.E. RELATED THINGS. IT'S EVERYTHING THAT POLICE HANDLED. I KNOW WITH
9-1-1, THERE IS SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CA CALLS. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN DIICULTY IN PULLING THE DATA.
>> SO FOR THE PRESENTATION, I THINK WE WERE HOPING TO GET A S PROBLEM THAT WERE MOST COMMONLY USED IN RELATION TO OPERATION METRO SURGE, SEPARATING O THOSE TYPICAL SERVICE CALLS FROM
THE I.C.E. RELATED CALLS AS WELL. I ALSO WANTED TO GET CLARITY AND IN THAT BREAK DOWN, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE GOOD TO NOTE WHICH MIGHT NOT NEATLY FIT
WHEN THE PUBLIC CALLS 9-1-1 ASKING FOR FOLLOW UP FROM M.P.D. OR FIRST RESPONDERS BECAUSE AN I.C.E. AGENT WAS DOING UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOR. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE AFTER MULTIPLEEQUESTS AND WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTS MADE
THOSE CALLS LIKE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT AND IF THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE 50,000. SO THOSE ARE STAFF FOLLOW UPS, I CAN ALSO ND YOU THE QUESTIONS. ALSO, THIS PRESENTATION CONFIRMS THAT O.C.S. AND M.P.D. DID A LOT OF PRIORITIZATION OF CRISIS CLEAN
UP FOR I.C.E. AND THE HOTEL DEMONSTRATIONS, BARRICADE REMOVALS, I THINK WE'RE ALL STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THAT RELATES TO NOW THIS 50,000 UNIVERSE OF CALLS THAT'S --HAT YOU RESPONDED TO OVERALL AND
JUST THINK THAT WILL BE FOLLOW UP. FOLKS WERE WONDERING IN THAT 50,000 UNIVERSE, IF THERE WERE CALLS BEING MADE TO HELP YOU ALL SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN DOING PATROLS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS DID AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO SCHOOLS, ALSO AGAIN WITH THE
SCENE, VIOLENT BEHAVIOR BY I.C.E. AGENTS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW THE PRIORITIZATION WAS MADE FOR YOU TO FOCUS ON THOSE SPECIFIC PIECES. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, IN THE
CALL PART, AS BEST I CAN TELL WITH TALKING TTHE 9-1-1 DIRECTOR, WE ESTIMATED IT WAS ABOUT 10,000 MORE CALLS. THAT WOULD ROUGHLY BY AROUND 6,000. THAT IS HOW MANY MORE CALLS TOTAL WERE HANDLED IN THE PERIOD AND NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES
RELATED TO THE EVENT. IN TERMS OF RESPONSE, THE CALLS RELATED TO POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION TIVITY WERE FOLLOWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY AS IT WAS REVISED, WHICH GENERALLY
STATES THAT OFFICERS SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED TO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT-RELATED ACTIVITY EXCEPT IF THERE ARE THREATS OF VIOLENCE, ACTUAL VIOLENCE, LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS, OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. SO, I THINK THAT IS THE BES GUIDANCE
THAT THE POLICY GIVES TOWAR LAR LARGELY. GOING INTO TH, TO ME, IT FELT LIKE THE THEME, THE CONCERN THAT WASEING COMMUN COMMUNE -- COMMUNICATED IS NOT HAVING M.P.D. OFFICERS PRESENT
UNNECESSARILY. SO THAT WAS THE DESIRE TOWARDS CHANGING THE POLICY AFTER THE JUNE 3RD SEARCH WARRANT AT LAKE AND BLOOMINGTON. THAT IS WHAT WAS LARGELY DRIVING THAT, NOT GETTING OUR OFFICERS UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT UP IN THESE
THINGS WHERE IT CAN BE AVOIDED. SO, IT PROHIBITS OFFICERS FROM SELF INITIATING, RESPONDING ON THEIR OWN TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. IT PROVIDES SOME GUIDANCE AS FAR AS RERTING REQUIREMENTS, THAT KIND OF
THING. IN TERMS OF TRIAGING THE CALL, THAT'S THE MAIN ISSUE. BEFORE A POLICE OFFICER IS SENT, ERE WOULD NEED TO BE THREATS OF VIOLENCE, PROPERTY DAMAGE, THOSE ARE THE MAIN THINGS. >> GOT YOU.
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I AM JUST GOING TO REQUEST FROM THE CHIEF AND ANY OF COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS GOING TO SPEAK, IF YOU CAN SHORT YOUR RESPONSES, WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH OTHERS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CAPTIONING, BUT WE DO NEED TO MAINTAIN QUORUM. >> SOUNDS GOOD. NEXT ONE, HOPEFULLY THIS IS A MORE CONCISE RESPONSE ORTAFF FOLLOW UP. CAN YOU ESSENTIALLY SHARE HOW MANY
ARRESTS WERE MADE BY M.P.D. RELATED TO DEMONSTRATIONS OR 1ST AMENDMENT EXERCISES? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THERE WAS ONE MASS ARREST OUTSIDE OF A HOTEL. THE TWO HOTELS THAT WERE
DAMAGED DOWNTOWN AND SEVERAL PEOPLE GOT INSIDE, IT BECAME AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY. THERE WERE ABOUT 27 OR 29 PEOPLE CITED THAT NIGHT. THERE WAS 1 PERSO AFTER THE POWDERHORN PARK MARCH
DEMONSTRATION, THERE WAS ONE PERSON THAT TAGGED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BUILDINGS ALONG LAKE STREET, GRAFFITI. THERE WAS AN ARREST THERE. THE ARREST AT THE GRAD
GRADUATE, WE WERE ASSISTING THE UNIVERSITY POLICE. OTHER THAN THAT, IAN'T THINK OF -- WERE THERE ANY OTHERS? [INDISCERNIBLE]. >> THERE WERE 41 TOTAL. THERE WERE A COUPLE PEOPLE CITED AT
THE TARGET IN DINKY TOWN. THERE WAS A PROTEST THERE. THEY WERE COOPERATIVE BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO NOT BLOCK THE DOORWAY UNTIL THEY WERE CITED, SO THEY WE ISSUED CITATIONS AND THEY WERE RELEASED. A TOTAL OF 41 ARRESTS,
INCLUDING THOSE CIT AND RELEASED. >> THIS IS A FOLLOW UP ON THE CITY ATTORNEY AYSIDE BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THOSE CHARGES WENT FURTHER WITH THE CITY ATTORY FOR FOLLOW UP STEPS. I WOULD LIKE CLARITY ON ALL OF THOSE ARRESTS, WHICH ARE THOSE ARE BEING PROCEEDED WITH MORE
SERIOUS CHARGES THAT REQUIRES THE CIT ATTORNEY TO INTERVENE? SO THAT IS A STAFF MEMO. JUST QUICK QUESTION AROUND OVERTIME, SO I AM LOOKING AT THE MEMO THAT WAS SENT BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WHERE THE M.P.D. RACKED UP
$6.4 MILLION IN RELATION TO OPERATION METRO SURGE. IT WAS BETWEEN JANUARY 7TH AND 11th RIGHT? >> COUNCIL MEMBER, NO, THAT WAS ONGOING. THERE WERE MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE PEOPLE WERE RECALLED DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THE 7th THROUGH THE 11th, EVERYONE'S
DAYS OFF WERE CANCELED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MONEY SPENT DURING THAT TIME. WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED ON THE NORTH SIDE, THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY RECALL. AFTER PRETTI WAS KILLED, THERE WERE OTHER TIMES THAT THERE WERE
RECALLS FOR HOTEL DEMONSTRATIONS, THAT KIND OF THING. THERE WAS A LOT THUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS. JANUARY, ROUGHLY JANUARY 7TH THROUGH THE 29th IS THE BULK OF IT. >> OKAY, THE REASON WHY I ASKED IS IN THE MEMO, YOU STATED THAT
THE OVERTIME WAS SPENT FOR OPERATION TRUST AND SAFETY. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFUSED BUT I THINK THEREILL BE MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND OVERTIME AS WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET. I WILL E-MAIL QUESTIONS OVER THERE SO OUTSTANDING, JUST BE COG
CONSTANT OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS BEING IN QUEUE. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. I AM NEXT IN QUEUE. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. THE FIRST QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS IN RELATIONSHIP
TO OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURE, COULD YOU STATE WHAT OUR OVERTIME EXPENDITURE IS THROUGH OPERATION, THE START OF OPERATION METRO SURGE AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT OR THE LATEST POINT THAT YOU HAVE. >>HANK YOU CHAIR. JUST TO
CLARIFY ALL THE MEMOS WE SENT, THAT THE COMMISSIONER SENT TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE TITLED THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD BECAUSE THERE WAS IMMIGRATION RESPONSE AND THAT WAS THE CODE WE WERE USING THROUGHOUT THE WEEKS. SO OUR MEMOS ARE ALL LABELED, NOT
LABELED THE FOUR DAY PERIOD BUT THE WHOLE FROM 1/1 TO 2/8, CLOSE TO $6.4 MILLION, INCLUDING THE STAND BY. >> YOU SAID 6.1?
>> 6.4 THROUGH 2/8. >> WHEN IS THE STARTING TIME? >> 1/1. >> THANK YOU. A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT IS HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT ARE ACTIVE DUTY?
>> CHAIR, 619 TOTAL SWORN. >> 619 TOTAL SWORN BUT MANY ARE ON VARIOUS LEAVES. THERE ARE SEVERAL OFFICERS IN PAID FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE DURING THE SURGE,G THAT BUT THERE ARE ALSO OTHER
REASONS. I UNDERSTAND 619, BUT THE NUMBER IS LOWER, SO IF YOU HAVE THAT. >> SO CHAIR, 527 TOTAL ACTIVE S NUMBER OF OFFICERS ON THE PT LEAVE AND A FEW OFFICERS, 26
OFFICERS ON CONTINUOUS LEAVE RELATED TO THETATE PFML LEAVE. >> SO 527 BOOTS ON THE GROUND NOW DOING VARIOUS LEVELS OF WORK. DO YOU THINK THAT IS A BIG
PART OF THE HUGE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME? >> CHAIR, YES. OF COURSE. >> I WILL SHARE WHAT CONSTITUENTS ARE SHARING WITH ME AND WHAT I FELT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS BODY THAT $20 MILLION AT THE END OF THE YEAR WAS VERY HARD TO STOMACH
GIVEN THE BUDGETING CRISIS WAS WERE IN THEN AND EXASPERATED NOW AND THE 6.4 IN ADDITION TO THE 20 MILLION, OBVIOUSLY UNRSTANDING THE SURGE BUT ALSO THE QUESTIONS OF CONNECTING THE
DOTS BETWEEN WHAT COMMUNITY EXPECTED IN TERMS OF OFFICERS SHOWING UP AND QUESTIONS I GET, WHICH IS WHAT IS M.P.D. DOING? I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS HELPFUL AND I SHOULD BE SHARING THIS WITH CONSTITUENTS. THERE IS
100% A BIG TENSION THERE AND THIS WILL BE A DIFFICULT BUDGET CYCLE. I KNOW THAT IS NOT LOST ON YOU. THERE IS A POINT IN THE PRESENTATION WHERE OFFICERS WERE
CLEARLY MARD WITH THEIR BADGES AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A DIFFERENTIATION. I DID NOT SEE THAT OCCUR WITH UNMARKED VEHICLE FROM M.P.D.
THERE WERE MANY VEHICLES THAT SCARED COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT VEHICLES ARE NOW MARKED VERY CLEARLY?
>> IT'S A UNIQUE PROBLEM THAT WE GET, WE TRIED TO GET THE MAGNETS TO PUT THE DECALS ON THE CAR QUICKLY. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE IT FASTENOUGH. WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MARKED VEHICLES TO DEPLOY WHEN WE WERE MOBILIZING THE DEPARTMENT. >> THERE WERE SOME INSTANCES
WHERE LIKE PARKING ON LAKE STREET OUTSIDE OF BUSINESSES OR THAT, WHERE A CHURCH GOT REALLY SCARED. I FEEL LIKE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE AVOIDABLE
BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING IN A SENSITIVE AREA. ARE ALL VEHICLES MARKED? IS THERE A DECAL? IS THERE A WAY TO IDENTIFY IT? >> NO, NOT ALL VEHICLES ARE MARKED. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
MAGNETS THAT CAN BE USED. THE FLEET HAS MARKED AND UNMARKED VEHICLES. >> OKAY, I WILL ASK FOR A FOLLOW UP AND WHAT IS THE PLAN AS IT COMES TO THE UTILIZATION OF
UNMARKED VEHICLES ON CITY STREETS WHILE WE ARE CONTINUING TO FACE I.C.E. PRESENCE I OUR CITY. IT WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. IT'S STILL GOING TO ALARM PEOPLE. WE WILL LEAVE THAT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP. THE LAST ONE I HAVE IS THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I THINK
THERE WERE THREE INSTANCES WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS AN I.C.E. VEHICLE INSIDE OF PRECINCT PARKING LOT. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO THAT? >> CHAIR, THERE WERE AT LEAST
THREE OR FOUR TIMES I CAN THINK OF WHERE THERE WAS A VEHICLE IN THE FIFTH PRECINCT, AT LEAST ONE TIME IN THE SECOND PRECINCT. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER AT THE FIFTH PRECINCT, AT LEAST TWO OF THOSE TIMES THE AGENT DROVE TO
THE STATION BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS FOLLOWING TH. THEY HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THERE IS NOT ANYTHING TO ARREST THE PERSON FOR AND ULTIMATELY THEY LEFT. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY
TIMES WHERE THEY REFUSED TO LEAVE. >> OKAY, SO THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE. >> YES. >> OKAY, THAT IS MY QUESTION AND WE HAVE LIMITED TIME SO I WILL GO TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY, I AM TRYING TO MANAGE BOTH MY
QUESTIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON'S QUESTIONS HERE. HE HAD TO LEAVE A LITTLE EARLY. I THINK YOU SPOKE TO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY AROUND HOW WE'RE MANAGING CASES BUT I
WANT TO PUT ANOTHER POINT ON IT. SOUNDS LIKE OFFICERS DN'T REPORT ANY I.C.E. OR D.H.S. ACTIVITY, IS THAT A CORRECT THING? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WE
HAVE SOME REPORTS AND SOME REFERRALS THAT WERE MADE BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHINGHAT WAS SELF INITIATED FROM A POLICE OFFICER? >> LIKE M.P.D. OFFICERS WITNESSING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND THEN REPORTING THAT FOR AOLLOW UP OR INVESTIGATION.
>> CORRECT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE ANSWER IS NO, IT WAS SELF INITIATED BY A POLICE OFFICER. >> OKAY. I THINK THERE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOME. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ WAS ASKING ABOUT THE INCIDENT OVER ON
PORTLAND, DOING A FOLLOW UP ON BODY WORN CAMERA ON THAT BUT I IMAGINE THERE ARE OTHER INCIDENTS WE CAN IDENTIFY THINGS IN OUR RECORD THAT REFLECT ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YEAH, THE ASK IS IF YOU COULD
GIVE ME OR US SOMETNG SPECIFIC. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LOT OF CHAOS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING. WE STILL HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE CITY HAPPENING. PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING ROBBED AND CALLING THE POLICE FOR OTHER THINGS. NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS TIME, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND
LOOK AT VIDEO AND WE JUST NEED TO KNOW SPECIFIC TIMES AND PLACES OF CONCERN. >> AND THEN AS FAR AS THE ACCOUNNG OF OVERTIME AT THE 6.4 MILLION, IS THAT SPECIFIC - IS THAT CODED TO THE OPERATION
OR IS THAT INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF OUR TIME THAT WAS SPENT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL OVERTIME I DON'T KNOW IF -- ALL OVERTIME FOR SWORN DURING THAT PERIOD. IT WOULD BE VERY
DIFFICULT TO PARSE OUT BECAUSE ON A REGULAR DAY, WE NEED OVERTIME JUST TO FILL 9-1-1. IT'S THAT MUCH WORSE WHEN WE'RE PULLING EVERYBODYO DO ALL THIS STUFF CREATED BY THIS SURGE. SO, I WOULD SAY ALL OF IT IS RELATED
TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE TIME PERIOD. >> YOU SPOKE ABOUT AGAIN THE PORTLAND INCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS JUST AN OFFICER THAT NEEDED ASSISTANCE, A CALL THAT LED TO HUGE SHOWING OF M.P.D. AND HOW
YOU MADE REFINEMENTS TO THAT POLICY. EVEN JUST YESTERDAY DURING OUR MEING, THERE WAS A VIDEO OF A BOUNTY HUNTER RIGHT OUTSIDE A CITY HALL THAT WAS BRANDISHING A WEAPON AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A SHERIFF HAD DRIVEN BY, SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT YOUR AGENCY, BUT I AM CURIOUS TO WHAT
EXTENT YOU CAN SPEAK TO HOW M.P.D. HAS REFINED ITS PROTOCOL WHEN THERE IS AN OFFICER BRAN BRANDISHING A WEAPON >> CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THEIF
THERE IS A CALL FOR THAT, IT WOULD GO THROUGH MECC, B AGAIN WE HAVE A LIEUTENANT THAT IS ABLEO TRIAGE THAT CALL IF FOR SOME REASON IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED TO IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT. IF IT'S SOMEONE BRANDISHING A GUN, A PERSON THAT GOES OUT IMMEDIATELY, AND IT'S NOT UNUSUAL. THERE ARE DEFINITELY TIMES WHERE WE HAD ISSUES WITH BOUNTY HUNTERS AND
RELATED THINGS AND CALLS IN THE PAST. >> YOU SPOKE TO THE SECOND PRECINCT. I CALLED YOU THAT MORNING AND YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THERE WAS AN OFFICER IN THE PRECINCT AT THE TIME SO YOU COULDN'T GET AN OFFICER
THERE. WHAT HAPPENED IS I DEMANDED THEY LEAVE AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY LISTEN TO ME AT FIRST, BUT THERE WERE ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE BLOWING WHISTLES THAT THEY WERE ANNOYED TO LEAVE ON THEIR OWN. YOU MENTIONED IN OTHER INCIDENTS, THE FIFTH PRECINCT, MAYBE OTHERS, WERE YOU
ABLE TO GET OFFICERS THERE TO ENFORCE OUR SEPARATION OR DID THEY COMPLY? HOW DID THOSE WORK OUT? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YES, THAT'S CORRECT. I THOUGHT WE FOLLOWED UP AFTERWARDS, BUT THERE WAS NO ONE INSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN YOU WERE THERE,
WHICH IS WHY NO ONE CAME OUT. WE EVENTUALLY SENT A SUPERVISOR, BUT IT WAS GONE. SO THERE IS AT LEAST ONE TIME I REMEMBER, MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME, THEY WENT TO THE FIFTH PRECINCT. IT MAY HAVE COME IN FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER. I DON'T
REMEMBER. THEY WENT INTO THE FIFTH PRECINCT, THEY PARK IN THE AREA, A PUBLIC ACCESS PARKING LOT. THEY MANAGED TO GET INSIDE, THE FRONT DOOR WAS OPEN BUT THE INNER DOOR WAS LOCKED BECAUSE NO ONE WAS STAFFING THE DESK AT THE TIME. SO I THINK THERE HAD BEEN A REPORT THAT THE PERSON WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND WE
CHECKED ON THE FOOTAGE AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IN. THERE WAS NO ONE INSIDE THE BUILDING. THERE WERE TWO OTHER TIMES WHERE THEY SPOKE TO OFFICERS AND WOUND UP LEAVING. I THINK IN BOTH OF THOSE CASES, THERE WERE SOME
CIVILIAN MOTORISTS THAT FOLLOWED THEM AND THEY WANTED THE PERSON ARRESTED OR SOMETHING AND THEY EXPLAINED THERE IS NOTHING TO ARREST THE PERSON FOR AND THEN THEY LEFT. THOSE ARE THE TIMES I REMEMBER OFFHAND.
>> THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, NEXT WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING AND THEN I WILL JUST SAY TO THE BODY, WE DON'T HAVE A HARD CUT OFF AT 2:00, SO PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH THEIR QUESTIONS. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO NOT SPEND THE REST OF OUR DAY HERE, IF POSSIBLE.
>> THANK YOU CHAIR CHOWDHURY. I WILL BE QUICK AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE CHIEF O'HARA I THINK IT'S HELPFUL AND SOME COMMENTS, SOME QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE HELP FOR MEMBERS OF THIS BODY AND THE PUBLIC. I AM JUST GOING TO READ VERBATIM THE DUTY TO INTERVENE
POLICY, I BELIEVE IT WAS UPDATED DECEMBER 18TH OF 2025. SO, THOSE LISTENING ONLINE, THAT'S WHERE WE'REULLING IT FROM. OUR DUTY TO INTERVENE FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE. MEMBERS SHALL NOT
OBSTRUCT LAWFUL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, BUT WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS ARE USING CLEARLY EXCESSIVE FORCE, MEMBERS SHOULD INTERVENE TO STOP THE EXCESSIVE FORCE WN THEY HAVE BOTH THE REASONABLY SAFE OPPORTUNITY AND THE MEANS TO DO SO. THE REASON I AM READING THROUGH THAT RIGHT
NOW AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MORIARTY YESTEAY IS WHILE WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTERVENE AND ARE REQUIRED TO DO SO, THE QUESTION I ASK HENNEPIN COUNTY MORE YARTY IS HAVE WE
SEEN IN ANY CITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, HISRICALLY HAVE WE SEEN ANY OFFICER FROM MUNICIPAL AGENCI ACTUALLY INTERVENE. THE ANSWER WAS NO. SO WHILE IN THEORY WE HAVE THIS, WHAT WE ARE SEEING PLAY OUT IS TENSION IN
COMMUNITY OF THE PRACTICAL LEGAL EFFECTS OR THE THEORETICAL LEGAL EFFECTS AND THE PRACTICALITY OF THAT, SO I THINK IT IS HELPFUL TO NOTICE THAT THESE THINGS ARE REQUIRED BUT WE ARE ASKING OUR OFFICERS TO DO SOMETHING
UNPRECEDENTED, WHICH I HAVE NO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN DONE IN A CITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU, I COULD BE WRONG WITH THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE, HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY COULD BE WRONG, HAVE YOU HEARD OF AN
OFFICER INTERVENING IN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE ANSWER IS NO. NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF AND THE ONLYHING CRIMINALLY I AM AWARE OF IS THE DISTINCTION I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN BORE IS OFF-DUTY
ACTIONS, SOMEWHERE I BELIEVE AROUND CHICO, ILLINOIS, A FEDERAL OFFICER WAS CHARGED UNDER STATE LAW FOR CONDUCT OFF-DUTY. THAT IS A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO PROVE THAT A CRIME OCCURRED THA IT IS TO PROVE THAT AN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ACTING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR DUTIES COMMITTED A CRIME. IT'S EASY TO PROVE THEY DIDN' ACT ACCORDING TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, THEY WERE UNSAFE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ADMINISTRATIVELY, IT'S A LOWER BURDEN OF PROOF. IT'S COLICATED WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH A WHOLE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, DIFFERENT SET OF LAWS, DIFFERENT AGENCY, DIFFERENT TRAINING, DIFFERENT COURT RULINGS THAT AFFECT THEM TO TRY TO SAY WE'RE NOT AWARE OF TO TRY TO SAY THAT THEIR ACTION IMPOSSIBLE, BUT IT'S JUST THE REALITY IS THAT IS WHAT HAS TO
BE SURMOUNTED ASIDE OF IDENTIFYING PEOPLE INVOLVED, IF SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH ANYTHING UNDER MINNESOTA LAW. >> YEAH, THANK YOU CHIEF. I THINK THATLLUMINATES A POINT THAT I HAVE SPECIFICALLY. I THINK IT IS REALLY HARD. WE WERE ASKING OFFICERS TO KIND OF DEAL
WITH CONSTUTIONAL ISSUES THAT A LOT OF ATTORNEYS HAVE A HARD TIME DEALING WITH. SO I THINK IT MAY BE HELPFUL WHETHER IT'S OUR BODY, M.P.D., BUT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT HEY, IF YOU DO SEE THIS, THIS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE
OF THAT. SO THERE ARE MORE CONCRETE ACTIONS THAT OFFICERS CAN SEE TO MAYBE INTERVENE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> YEP. >> ANOTHER COMMENT HERE AND I THINK YOU BROUGHT IT YOU BELIEVE, I APREYOU BROUGHT UP
THE ON THE SCENE EFFORTS OF ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THE MURDER OF RENEE GOOD. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO GIVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCENE IN THAT SITUATION. IT WAS DAY THREE ON THE JOB FOR US AND THAT WAS MYIRST INTRODUCTION TOEE HOW THIS BODY WORKED AND ACTUALLY I
WAS QUITE PROUD OF EVERY SGLE ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, THOSE WHO WERE THERE AND PRESENT AND THOSE WHO WERE NOT. AS THEY WERE DOING VERSIONS THAT WERE MEANT AND PROTECTIVE FOR THEM. SO, ONE I WANTED TO SEPARATE OUT
THAT SCENE WITH THE MURDER OF RENEE GOOD AND THEN THE MURDER OF ALEX PRETTI. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND I SAW YOUN THE SCENE, HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR BGEST ASK
FOR ALL OF US WAS CAN M.P.D. GET I.C.E. TO LEAVE. THAT WAS COMMUNICATED BY ALL OF US, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED AS A LEVEL OF COLLABORATION, AND WAS RECEIVED BY YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS AND YOU MADE THAT ASK OF I.C.E. AND THEY LEFT. AGAIN,
CONTRASTING THAT TO THE SCENE OF ALEX PRETTI, SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND I HAD WITH YOU AND YOU TOLD THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN LET YOU ON THE SCENE, THEY KICKED YOU OFF THE SCENE. SO A QUESTION TO THAT POINT IS
UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS HELPFUL AND I THOUGHT IT WAS HELPFUL. IS THERE A WAY OR HAVE YOU ALL BEEN THINKING OF HOW TOUILD IN SOME LEVEL OF FORMALITY TO THAT PROCESS, WHERE WE CAN BE
HELPFUL, IF THERE IS A WAY WE CAN BE. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT COME UP,AYBE IT'S AN AREA WE CAN LOOK INTO AND YOU ALL AS WELL. MAYBE IT'S A COMMUNICATION STANDARD ORB SOME VERSION OF PROCESS WHEN THESE EVENTS COME UP, SO WE ARE
ABLE TO DO SOMETHING TOO. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. HOPEFULLY WE DON'T NEED TO EMPLOY IT ANY TIME SOON BUT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. >> LAST COMMENT HERE, I GUESS WE'RE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR
TIME IS LOOKING LIKE. I'LL GO QUICK. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING TOWARDS -- BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE BEEN SEEING AND A LOT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ARE SEEING ISSUES WITH THIS TENSION BETWEEN THE OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY AS YOU ARE THE
BUFFER BETWEEN I.C.E. ACTIONS IN THE INSTANCE. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO PORTLAND DOES IT, I THINK BOULDER, COLORADO HAS SOME EFFORTS WHERE THEY CALL IT DIALOGIAISON OFFICERS, WHERE THEY SIT IN A DISTINCT POSITION
WITHIN T COMMUNITY THAT ARE THERE FOR 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS ACTIS, OTHER ACTIONS AT PROTESTS, OTHERWISE, CELEBRATIONS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE LOOKED INTO, THESE DIALOG LIAISON OFFICERS? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE TRIED TO EMPLOY AT DIFFERENT PARTS AROUND THE VIGILS, AROUND THE PROTEST ACTIVITY THAT WAS PLANNED FOR CEDAR RIVERSIDE, AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO, A STRATEGY WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE GOING FORWARD WHEN APPROPRIATE.
>> GREAT, THAT'S HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL -- COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> CHIEF, YOU SOUND EXHAUSTED AND I THINK THAT EXEMPLIFIES WHAT EVERYONE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT IS FEELINGIGHT NOW. I
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATIONND AN EXHAUSTIVE ONE AT THAT. I READ YOUR ARTICLE IN THE ATLANTIC. IT WAS AN INTRER VIEW THAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT GAVE ME INSIGHT ON YOU AND YOURDEPARTMENT'S APPROACH. I
ALSO MADE MY TEENAGE SON LISTEN TO IT AS HE WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS FRIENDS AND PEERS ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT. THEY WERE PROCESSING WHAT WAS GNG ON. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO ON DURING THE MIDST
OF SUCH A CHAOTIC TIME LIKE THAT. I REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT DO THAT IN TIMES OF CRISIS AND THAT'S PRETTY UNIQUE, AND THAT'S WHY IT JUMPED OUT AT ME AT THAT TIME. IT WASN'T ABOUT CONTROLLED PRESS CONFERENCES, IT
WAS REALLY THIS OVERNIGHT, I THINK, RIDE ALONG TYPE OF THING THAT YOU AVAILED YOURSELF TO. IT ALSO SHARED A BIT MORE WITH THE PUBLIC AND I THINK IT HELPED WITH THAT LARGER NATIONAL NARRATIVE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE AND WHY. I KNOW THERE
ARE A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS HERE TODAY, HARD QUESTIONS, AND THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN PUBLIC AND THOSE ARE ALSO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MY OFFICE HAS CEIVED. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT M.P.D. RESPONSE HAS NOT BEEN PERFECT IN ALL
INSTANCES. THIS IS REALLY UNCHARTERED TERRITORY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE SITUATIONS EVOLVE VERY QUICKLY AND THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN. WHAT I AM ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING IS HOW YOU WOULD TAKE THIS EXPERIENCE AND
LEARN FROM IT OR PROCESS IT TO MAYBE ADVANCE, EVOLVE PROTOCOLS, AND DO IT BETTER IN THE FUTURE, GOD FORBID. I DO SEE THIS AS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR TRAINING THAT WE'RE WORKING SO HARD ON
MAKING EVERMORE COMPLETE. I ALSO HOPE YOU CAN TAKE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT SPECIFIC INCIDENTS THAT YOU MAY WEREN'T ABLE TO FOCUS ON DURING THIS TIME, JUST TO KNOW THAT IS THE FRAME OF AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR COMING
FROM THE PUBLIC. DO YOU AT THIS POINT HAVE ANY SENSE HOW YOU WOULD TAKE THIS TIME, THIS OPERATION METRO SURGE, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY COMING TO AN END SOON, AND MIGHT INCORPORATE THAT IN THE FUTURE? OR LIKE, YOU KNOW. I HOPE YOU GO ON A SPEAKING TOUR
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU LEARNED FROM IT BUT IMPORTANTLY HERE, HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO USE IT TO BENEFIT OUR DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU. THERE IS DEFINITELY --
THERE ARE THINGS THAT DIDN'T GO WELL OR, AS WELL AS WE HOPED AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE LOING TO IMPROVE UPON IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS A LONG OPERATIONAL PERIOD. ALL OF THE
OTHER AGENCIES AROUND US WERE STRAINED WITH RESOURCES. SO, BEING BETTER AT BEING ABLE TO RECALL PEOPLE FASTER, KIND OF TURN ON AND TURN THINGS UP AND TURN THEM DOWN IN RESPONSE TO
THINGS HAPPENING, RESPONDING FASTER, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AS WELL AS JUST AROADER CHANGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AROUND HOW WE APPROACH SOME OF
THESE INCIDENTS, HOW WE APPROACH PUBLIC ORDER ISSUES. I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR SOME IMPROVEMENT THERE AS THERE WILL ALWA BE. I THINK UNDER THE STRAIN, UNDER ALL OF THE MIXED DEMANDS AND JUST UNCHARTERED
TERRITORY, I THINK THE MEMRS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PER M PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL DURING THIS. HAVING TALKED TO A COUNTRY BEFORE AND AFTER THIS, THE LAPD CHIEF, OTHER SHERIFFS,
OTHER PLACES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE SURGE BEFORE US, THERE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE INTENSITY OF WHAT THIS COMMUNI WAS UNDER DURING THIS TIME. >> THANK YOU.
>> THA YOU. NEXT WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YES, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY AROUND OVERTIME FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IT IS CLEAR THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO WATCH THESE PICTURES EVEN TODAY. I THINK THE FEELINGS ARE STILL
PRETTY FRONT AND CENTER AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE FOR ALL OF US. WHEREVER WE WERE, WHAT ROLE WE HAD, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BECOME STRONGER AND GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND BY TOGETHER, I
MEAN BRING US TOGETHER FROM OUR VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES. MY QUESTION WAS AROUND OVERTIME. WITH YOUR -- AND THIS IS RECOGNIZING THIS IS A CORE CITY SERVICE, YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND YOUAVE ALREADY STATED THAT OVERTIME WILL BE ONGOING DUE TO
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, PTSD, RETIREMENT, ET CETERA. DO YOU FORESEE ANY KIND OF CHANGE IN THE TRAJECTORY OF SPEND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE PARTICULAR CATEGORIES? I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE TODAY WE ARE PROBABLY SPENDING 5 MILLION A MONTH.O
YOU SEE THAT CHANGING IN APRIL? DO YOU SEE THAT CHANGING IN JUNE? DO YOU HAVE ANY FORWARD LOOK? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU. IT HAS CHANGED, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT WILL BE. FEBRUARY WILL BE A MIXED BAG BECAUSE THERE IS STILL A LOT
GOING ON, IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH. IN NO WAY WILL IT BE $5 MLION A MONTH. IT WILL COST MORE PER MONTH THAN IT DID COST PER MONTH LAST YEAR AND THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL THINGS, PEOPLE GOT RAISES, THE STEP INCREASES,
THE LONGEVITY INCREASES. IT WILL BE MOR OF A COST EVEN IF WE WERE DOING THE SAME AMOUNT OF HOURS ON AVERAGE THAN LAST YEAR, T I THINK WE WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE BY NEXT MONTH OR SO WHAT THE NORM SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD. I WOULD EXPECT A SPIKE
AROUND THE SUMMER MONTHS.T'S ANNUAL EVERY YEAR, IT INCREASES AROUND THE SUMMER. >> THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> YES.
>> STEVENSON GO -- COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, GO AHEAD UNLESS YOU HAVE A BURNING QUESTION. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE QUEUE AND DISCUSSION AFTER HIM. >> YEAH, THANK YOU. SORRY I HAD
TO RUN AND I DIDN'T BRING MY COMPUTER WITH ME SO I MISSED MOST OF IT. SORRY, I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT. I CONFERRED W QUESTIONS I HAD INITIALLY THAT MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN FULLY ANSWERED AND I WILL GO BACK AND
WATCH EVERYTHING THAT YOU DISCUSSED. THE COST OF -- CAUSE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE COST HAS GONE THROUGH THE ROOF. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY TO CONTROL
COST OVERRUNS AND GET THINGS BACKO BUDGET? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU. I WOULD SAY THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS OPERATIONALLY THAT WE'RE DOING TO RESPOND BETTER, WHETHER THAT'S RESPONSE TIMES, TRYING TO CLEAR OUT
SERIOUS CRIMES. THAT MAY NOT DIRECTLY IMPACT THE COST OF SERVICES, BUT THEY ARE NECESSARY JUST TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT. I THINK YOU KNOW,
ESPECIALLY WITH PATROL, HOW WE HANDLE THINGS. DO NOT EXPECT THIS LEVEL OF OVERTIME TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. WE DO HAVE A STRUCTURAL
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WE HAVE BEEN RELYING UPON VACANCIES OF SWORN PERSONNEL TO ACCOUNT FOR A LOT OF THE OVERTIME THAT WAS NEEDED OPERATIONALLY. THE
REALITY NOW, I MENTIONED EARLIER WE HIRED 125 MORE PEOPLE LAST YEAR THAN WHAT WE LOST BUT ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE CIVILIANS. THEY ARE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS IN SCHOOL FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS OR CADETS IN SCHOOLS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN GO TO THE
ACADEMY. SO WE ARE SPENDING TT MONEY THAT HAD BEEN VACANCIES, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS. THAT IS A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM IN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
ABOUT TRYING TO RIGHT SIZE. I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN CUT BACK FURTHER BEFORE THE SUMMER MONTHS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INEASE OF DEMAND FROM THE COMMUNITY. FRANKLY, THE STATE LEAVE PROGRAM, I THINK THERE ARE
CLOSE TO 50 PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THAT. THAT IS CAUSINGS AN INCREASED STRAIN ON PEOPLE THAT ARE AVAILABLE. THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR, THE ADDITIONAL LEAVE. >> OKAY, YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ADDITIONAL BUDGET ASKS YOU WILL ASK OF US TO COVER ANY SHORTFALLS THIS YEAR? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE NORMAL FOR THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL OVERTIME. THIS HAS BEEN ALL OUT OF WHACK SINCE THE
1st OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS STUFF RELATED TO THE SURGE. I THINK HOPEFULLY BY NEXT MONTH, WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY BE NEEDED TO MAKE UP THE GAP. >> SO WE CAN EXPECT IN THE FUTURE YOU WILL HAVE A CLEARER IDEA OF HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL YOU
WILL NEED TO ASK. >> CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. IT'S BEEN IMPOSSIBLE BASED ON JANUARY 1ST, WE HAVE BEEN IN THIS SURGE STAFFING PUBLIC ORDER STUFF, IT'S BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT. >> OKAY, YEAH. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE PRESENTATION AND STANDING FOR QUESTIONS. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WITH THAT, I WILL DIRECT THE CLERK TO FIL THAT REPORT AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE MARKED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE? >> YES, FOR THE ONE I AUTHORED. >> THE ONE YOU AUTHORED. YES. WITH THAT, YOU ALL MADE HISTORY IN THE LONGEST COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING. WE HAVE COMPLETED
ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND HEANG NO OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. [GAVEL]