>> WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEEE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUIE FOR APRIL 29th, 2026. I AM JAS, E CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. BEFN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A Y REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF,E
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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH HENY HUMAN SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALT ITEM NUMBER 10 REFE 10 REFERS T, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE COMMITTET REGARDING INTERNAL REVIEW OF THF
DAVIS MATURI. COLLEAGUES IS THY DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. I DON'Y ON QUEUE SO WITH THAT I WILL MOF ALL THESE ITEMS EXCEPT FOR ITEMI WILL MOVE TO POSTPONE TO JUNE 3,
MEETING. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. D SAY NAY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? AND THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN MOVE FULL COUNCIL MEETING. AND ONE N POSTPONED TO JUNE 3rd FOR FURTHR DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION. CR
NEXT IM IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SY PLAN. I'LL INVITE COMMISSIONERO
BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION. OR ANL WELCOME, COMMISSIONER. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FO I'M TODD BARNETTE, COMMIIONER OY
SAFETY FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOY WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE CITY'S PF THE SUMMER, A TIME WHERE WE KNOE ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY INCREASEE DEMAND ON OUR SYSTEM DURING THES
IS A COORDINATED EFFORT ACROSS R DEPARTMENTS. OUR FOCUS IS ON V, COORDINATION, AND RESULTS. WE'N THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN MAKING
I'LL START WITH A QCK OVERVIEW.I SAID EARLIER, TS IS A MULTIDEPAT EFFORT WITH ALL OF OUR OCS DEPA, POLICE, FIRE, 9-1-1, EMERGENCY , AND NEIGHBORHD SAFETY. SUMMER E
BEGINS AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S MOO 9-1-1. 3-1-1 AS WELL AS MORE AH PULLETS A DEMAND ON OUR -- PUTSN OUR SYSTEM. OUR FOCUS DURING TF THE YEAR IS AROUND PREVENTION AR
RESPONSE, AND ALSO COMMUNICATIOO PREVENT ISSUES BEFORE THEY ARISO WANT TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY WHED KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED. THE O MAINTAIN STRONG SERVICES ACROSSM
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, AND THE R OF THAT IS OUR LARGE EVENTS THAE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. ANS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF THOSI WON'T GO THROUGH THEM, BUT YOU W
MINNEAPOLIS ONCE AGAIN HOSTS A T NUMBER OF LARGE EVENTS. THESE E FROM LOCAL CELEBRATION TO MAJORL EVENTS AND NATIONAL EVENTS. THF COURSE SHOWS A LIST OF THOSE EVE
EVENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY ALSO INCREASE DEMAND ON OUR SYSD MANAGEMENT TO EMERGENCY RESPONSS IS MAKING SURE THAT THESE EVENT,
WELL MANAGED, AND COORDINATED AS DEPARTMENTS. OUR PLANNING FOR S ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. AND THATO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH DEALS WITG AND PLANNING. OF COURSE COORDIE
FOUNDATION OF OUR PLANS. DEPARE WORKING TOGETHER EARLY AND MORE, SHARING INFORMATION, ALIGNING R THE SUMMER, AND CLARIFYING ROLET WANT TO FORGET TO MENTION, YOU E
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCALY PARTNERS, OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, E PARTNERS DURING THIS TIME AS WET ALLOWS US TO BE PROACTIVE AND RR
EFFICIENTLY WHEN NEEDED. ULTIMS ABOUT OPERATING AS ONE SYSTEM TE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT THE PUBLIO FROM HERE I'M GOING TO PASS IT F O'HARE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. , CHIEF. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANK YO, COMMISSIONER. MY NAME IS BRIANM THE POLICE CHIEF. JUST GOING TF WITH TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARER
TO DATE IN TER OF CRIME IN THE U KNOW, THE LARGER METRICS OVER AD OF TIME ARE A GREATER INDICATORY WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS PARTICULARE
IN TERMS OF SHOOTINGS AND HOMIC- THE TIME THAT THIS WAS DUE TO TR THIS PRESENTATION, IT WAS COMPAA LULL THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR. SON YOU THE FIGURES AS OF RIGHT NOW NONNEGLIGENT HOMICIDES IN THE CT
11 COMPARED TO 10 AT THIS PERIO, WHICH YEAR TO DATE IS AN INCREA AND THE 28 DAYS, THE CURRENT 28S THREE THIS YEAR VERSUS TWO. OF1 HOMICIDES THIS YEAR, 9 WERE THEF
FATAL SHOOTINGS. ONE INCIDENT T FORCE A PERSON WAS PUNCHED AND D THEN WOUND UP DYING AFTER THE FT COUNTS AS A HOMICIDE. ANOTHER S SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY STRUCK BY SO THAT ALSO COUNTS AS HOMICIDEF
SHOOTINGS IN THE CITY, AS OF TOE 59 SHOOTING VICTIMS IN THE CITYO 69 AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR, WHIA DECREASE OF 14% YEAR TO DATE. E
STATISTICS REMAIN THE CHANGES RY CONSTANT. 48 CARJACKINGS YEAR S 47. AS OF THE TIME PERIOD ON T9 ASSAULTS VERSUS 671. AND THEN N VIOLENCE INDEX, WHICH IS A COUNF
THE DATA METRICS THAT WE HAVE AD SHOOTINGS, SO REPORTS OF SHOOTIT SPOTTER ACTIVATIONS,ALLS FOR SHD AND PERSONS WITH A GUN CALL, THL AGGREGATED TOGETHER IN THE GUN X SO THAT TALLY OF ALL OF THOSE CN
BY 7% YEAR TO DATE. ROBBERY YE, WHICH IS GOOD, CALL IT LIKE A GL WEATHER CRIME TO TELL HOW YOU'RH STREET CROIM IN GENERAL, WE HADT DECREASE LAST YEAR. WE'RE ON PA DECREASE AGAIN OVERALL THIS YEAL
ROBBERY INCIDENTS DOWN SO FAR YE 20%, 220 COMPARED TO 274. WITH, SLIGHT UPTICK FOR ROBBERY OF PE2 VERSUS 67. AGGREGATED ROBBERY,E
SERIOUS CATEGORY, 86 VERSUS 137A DECREASE OF 37%. CARCKINGS UP 1 VERSUS 50. AND BUSINESS ROBBER, 11 VERSUS 20. THE PREVIOUS THRR
AVERAGE FOR ROBBERIES IS 345, SE AVERAGE OF THE PREVIOUS THREE YG INTO 2026. SO WE'RE AT A DECRE% COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE OF THE E YEARS. POLICE FOCUSED ENFORCEM,
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STEP UE SUMMER. WE INTEND TO DO THAT AR AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PREVIOUS T, WE'VE HAD AN ENTIRE WEEK WHERE H ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCS AGENCIES, THE COUNT ATTORNEY'S E CITY ATTORNEY, AND WE CONDUCT WG
OPERATIONS OF TARGETED ENFORCEMS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT OF INVS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE NOT JUST E DEPARTMENT HERE, BUT ALL OF THET OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT PARTICIPAL CONDUCT ENFORCEMENT WITH US, TAE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE GREATEST PR VIOLENCE. THE GOAL OBVIOUSLY ID SET THE TONE AS THE WEATHER IS , AND TO SHOW POLICE PRESENCE FOCE WHO ARE REALLY DRIVING A LOT OFY VIOLENCE IN THE CITY. THE OBJEO
COORDINATE RESOURCES WITH ALL OR PARTNERSHIPS, FEDERAL, STATE, AE AVAILABLE INTELLIGENCE AND DATAE THAT WE'RE HAVING AN IELLIGENCED APPROACH, AND ENSURE THAT OUR FS ARE MAINTAINED DURING THE PEAK F
VIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CIS WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO, WE A AND METRICS AROUND THAT, AND FON CRIMINAL CASES. ONE O THE CHALS EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT WE'VET
YEARS HAS REVOLVED AROUND AUTO E HAD A SLIGHT UPTICK IN HOTO THEN THIS -- AUTO THEFT AGAIN THIS YA RELATED PROBLEM TO AUTO THEFT TN AFFECTING THE RESIDENTS THIS YEN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. HAVE BEEN G
AROUND IN STOLEN CARS AND DAMAGS OUT OF VEHICLES. SO A NEW APPRE HAVE JUST IMPLEMENTED THAT WILLP THIS SUMMER STARTED THIS WEEK, E ASSIGNED PERSONNEL FROM POLICE O THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S AUTO THE T
THAT'S LED BY THE SHERIFF, SHERD SHE HAS A TEAM OF AS WELL AS SOR AGENCIES I BELIEVE THAT ARE INTO JOIN, THAT WILL HELP US FURTHERE AUTO THEFT IN THE CITY WHICH BYN SHOULD HEL US BETTER DEAL WITH E
ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING AE SPREES WITH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.D PARTNERS WITH OUTSIDE LAW ENFORT AGENCIES, COUNTY-WIDE TO CONDUCT AUTO THEFT, CARJACKINGS, AND RE A NUMBER OF THE STOLEN CARS, MAE
INVOLVED IN JOY RIDING AND DANGG IN THE CITY WHILE A NUMBER OF OE INVOLVED IN MORE SERIOUS CRIMESE PERSONS ARRESTED FOR CARRYING FN THERE VEHICLES, COMMITTING ROBBD OTHER CRIMES. SIGNS DEDICATED S DEDICATED PERSONNEL TO THE TASKE
STILL PLACING THEM UNDER THE SUF THE MPD. SO THERE HAS BEEN A SR ASSIGNED IN THE JUVENILE UNIT WO THE JUVENILE LIEUTENANT AS THISA PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH A SMALL NUF
JUVENILES AND THE ADDITIONAL OFO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO WORK WITHC SERGEANT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TK FORCE. IT PROVIDES RAPID RESPOE CAPABILITIES TO THESE POLICE WHS OCCUR IN THE CITY, IT HELPS COOD REALLY EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO COT INVESTIGATIONS AROUND THESE CRIN
HAINSES OUR COORDINATION -- ENHR COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION W ENFORCEMENT IN THE REGION. SO THESE TWO ACRONYMS, THE FIREARMT TEAM AND THE VIOLENT CRIMINAL AN
TEAM. SO THESE BEGAN, THESE TWN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. WE HAVE A NF OUTSIDE AGENCIES T THAT ARE PARH US IN THESE TASK FORCES, IN THE BOTH FAST AND VCAT. WE HAVE SUE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TRANSIT POLICY OF MINNESOTA POLICE, BCA, THEREW ENFORCEMENT IS NOT YET, HAS NOTD PERSONNEL BUT WE'RE IN DISCUSSIE EXPECT TO HAVE SUPPORT BOTH FROD
THE ATF IN HOUSE WITH US. AS WF THE OTHER SURUNDING TOWNS. I BE BLOOMINGTON WILL BE, WILL BE ASH US THIS SUMMER AS WELL. SO THEE OF THE FAST TEAM IS TO HAVE A TN
THAT'S DEDICATED TO TARGETING SY NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. I KNOW THN AN ISSUE THAT COUNCILMEMBER WONS CHAMPIONED, AND SHE HAS BEEN, SO THE UNIT AND MET W LOT OF THE FA LOT OF FOLKS, SEEN, YOU KNOW, HE
THIS SET UP AND STRUCTURED, ANDY BEHIND REALLY NEEDING A N-FATALG TEAM IS THE NATURE OF COMMUNITYD TO TRY AND INCREASE -- TRY AND E CLEARANCE RATES. SO FOR EFFORT,
LOOKING BACK ON 2025 AS SOME OF5 HOMICIDE CASES HAVE RECENTLY BED INCLUDING ONE I THINK YESTERDAYT 80% CLEARANCE RATE FOR 2025, WHE HIGHEST DEPARTMENT HAS EVER HADT HISTORY. AND FOR 2025, NON-FATS
WE ARE AT 40% CLEARANCE RATE NOE EXPECT THAT TO, TO GO UP AND TOR NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR. F COMMUNITY VIOLENCE AS I WAS MENE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF SHOOTIE
SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. IT SHF THE SAME FOLKS INVOLVED, BOTH AD AS VICTIMS. AND WHEN YOU COMPAL SHOOTINGS VERSUS NOT FATAL SHOOY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE MAIN REASONA
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARANCE RAT LAW ENFORCEMENT'S ABILITY TO FOS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON INVESG NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. THE WAY TN HANDLED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OFE OF STAFFING IS THAT THE HOMICIDS
INVESTIGATING THE NON-FATAL SHOS WELL, IN BETWEEN INVESTIGATING YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE, JUST AS I G BEFORE, NOW HAVING A SEPARATE TS THE ABILITY TO SEND A SPECIFIC T
INVESTIGATOR OUT TO THE SCENE IY WHENEVER WE HAVE A REPORT OF A THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PE PAST, THE PRACTICE HAD BEEN WHAN DUTY INVESTIGATOR WAS, NO MATTET INVESTIGATIVE UNIT THEY WERE FRD BE THE INVESTIGATOR GO TO THECEN IT WOULD BE ASSIGNED ON THE NEXY
TO A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATOR TO F THAT HAS CHANGED NOW SO NOW WE Y HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF RESPONSEL SHOOTINGS THAT WE DO FOR HOMICID THAT'S WHY WE EXPECT, WE EXPECTE RATES TO BE HIGHER NOW FOR THIS
ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE CREATIONE VIOLENT CRIMINAL APPREHENSION TS A SIGNIFICANT GAP OVER THE LASTN THE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE JT DIE ONE SET GROUP OF PEOPLE TOO OUT, YOU KNOW, FUGITIVES AND OTHER WT
OFFENDERS, SO NOW AS SOON AS ANR DEVELOPS PROBABLE CAUSE, TO ARRR OR ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIMINAL, WEM SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO TRACKE INDIVIDUALS. IN THE PAST, THISO BE FARMED OUT TO THE PRECINCT'SY
RESPONSE TEAM OR THE GUN INVEST THERE WAS NO CENTRAL PLACE4 HOUY THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IE HAVE THIS, THIS TEAM AND THAT WT FRANKLY THET HELPS GET VIOLENT Y GUN OFFENDERS OFF THE STREET, SF
THE STREET FASTER. AND THAT TEAS SUPPORTED BY THE OUTSIDE AGENCII MENTIONED. SO ADDITIONAL STRATE MOST FOLKS ARE AWARE OF THE CURK FORCE. THAT'S OUR JUVENILE UNIS
OUT AND ENGAGES WITH THE FAMILIG PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW ARE ACTIVE O POLICE AND ACTIVE IN CRIME. WEA NUMBER OF SUCCESS STORIES FROM E INVESTIGATORS ARE ABLE TOEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARENTS AND D ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT REFERRALS WN APPROPRIATE TO THE FAMILY AND OS THAT THEY MAY NEED SO THAT WILL PART OF THE ISSUE I THINK THAT N THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THE DAMAY
STUFF IS WE HAVE HAD SOME YOUNGE GETTING INVOLVED IN CRIME THATHT KNOWN TO US BEFORE. SO I THINKT OF THE LAG TIME IN TRYING TO ADF THIS BETTER. CREATED A 24-7 WA SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE TRADITIONE
WATCH COMMANDER POSITION WAS 10S OVERNIGHT, AT NIGHT AND OVER TH AS A RESULT OF THE SURGE I ADDES POSITION AT THE OPERATIONS CENTN AND I EXTENDED THE WATCH COMMANO 12 HOURS SO THAT EFFECTIVELY NOA
LIEUTENANT ON DUTY 24 HOURS A DS A WEEK THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR OS CITYWIDE. ONE OF THE PRIORITIEE LIEUTENANT NOW IN THE OPERATIONE THE SURGE H ENDED HAS BEEN TO MS FOR SERVICE CITYWIDE. THAT I TN
EFFECTIVE. I HAVE SOME SLIDES I CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THE RESULTE IN TERMS OF BETTER RESPONSE TIMS ONE THING THAT PLAYS INTO OUR AO RESPOND FASTER TO CALLS FOR SERT ALSO HELPS COORDINATE CITYWIDE D
ENSURES THAT THERE IS ONE PERSOE FOR THE CITY 24 HOURS A DAY AS R SERVICE ARE HAPPENING. AN ADDIE THAT WE ARE MAKING, THE PROPERTS INVESTIGATORS REMAIN UNDERSTAFFE DISBURSED OUT THROUGH THE DIFFE
PRECINCTS. I THINK ONE THING TE SEEING CITYWIDE IS WE'RE SEEINGS HAPPEN THAT RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT G IN NORTHEAST, AND IN THE NEXT HE CREW MIGHT BE SOMEWHERE IN SOUT AND YOU KNOW DAMAGING WINDOWS AR THINGS. SO JUST TO ENSURE TT WT
LOSING COORDINATION BECAUSE IT'T FROM THE WAY PROPERTY CRIMES HAE TRADITIONALLY BEEN INVESTIGATEDG TO PLACE THAT UNDER ONE SUPERVIE THAT THERE IS BETTER COORDINATIE INVESTIGATIONS OVERLAP AND BETTR ACCOUNTABILITY. WE'VE ADDED A L
EFFICIENCY BEAT. SO THAT'S ESSE IDENTIFYING TIMES WHERE WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF ARRESTS AND WEE GREATEST WAIT TIME FOR OFFICERST TRANSFER THE PRISONER OVER IN T THERE ARE TIMES, YOU KNOW, BECA,
BECAUSE OF HOWHIS PROCESS WORKSS ONLY ONE PLACE AND ONE DOOR YOUO THROUGH AT THE COUNTY JAIL TO BS IN. THERE ARE TIMES WE'VE HAD N SQUAD CARS DOWNHERE FOR A COUPLS LITERALLY WAITING FOR A -- WITHN THE CAR JUST WAITING TO TRANSFEN OVER. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WED
TIME PERIODS WHERE THAT'S THE WK IS GOING TO BE GREATEST AND WE'O HAVE YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAS COMING IN AND NOW WE HAVE OFFICD TO A SPECIFIC BEAT WHEN THERE AS BUT ONCE THERE ARE ARRESTS THEYN AND THE POLICE OFFICER MAKING TN
TRANSFER THERRESTEE OVER TO THES ASSIGNED TO WORK THE JAIL BEAT Y DON'T HAVE TO SIT THERE AND WAIR CUSTODY OVER. AND WE HAVE A VAF THERE ARE MULTIPLE PRISONERS COE OFFICERS CAN SIT IN THE BOOKINGD ESSENTIALLY YOU KNOW HOLD FOLKSN
INSIDE OF THE GARAGE AS THEY'REO TRANSFER CUSTODY OVER TO THE SHS OFFICE. SO I THINK THAT, THAT H RESPONSE TIMES BECAUSE WE'RE NOO HAVE COPS SITTING FOR HOURS SOMA PRISONER IN THE BACK OF THE CARO TRANSFER THEM OVER. AND I THINO
HES FOR PROACTIVITY. BECAUSE YE OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE OUTHERN PROACTIVE BEATS WHETHER UPTOWN R PARTS OF THE CITY ARE LOOKING TN ENGAGED WE'RE ABLE TO GET THEM N SERVICE AND BACK ON THE STREET E NEEDED. THE LATE NIGHT SAFETY E
GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. N REDUCED THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LD IT'S BEEN REDUCED FOR FINANCIALT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO THIS YEARS DIFFERENT FOR THE SMER TO REALLS
IS WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CHIEF'T WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT DIFFEREN SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO ASSS LATE AT NIGHT FRIDA AND SATURDAM 6 P.M. TO 4 A.MIN THE AREAS OF Y WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED. DOWNTOWN,
UPTOWN, WHERE THE BARS ARE, BUTG TO HAVE EVERYBODY THAT'S NOT ASO PATROL HAVE TO PICK SHIFTS FRIDR SATURDAY NIGHT. SO WE'RE LOOKIF ABOUT 30 PEOPLE EVERY WEEKEND NN
STRAIGHT TIME. SO THEY'RE O GOE TIME OFF THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE, INVESTIGATORS NOT GO TO THE OFFE DURING THAT OR TRAINING STAFF OS INCLING YOU KNOW THE CHIEFS ANDD THEN HAVE TO STAFF ON STRAIGHT E
LATE NIGHTS. SO THAT'S THE WAYS BEATS WILL WORK. IT'LL RUN THR, JULY, AND AUGUST, JUNE 5th THROH SEPTEMBER 6th. AND THAT'S EVERS SWORN THAT WORKS IN THE POLICE T THAT IS NOT ASSIGNED TO RESPOND1
CALLS CURRENTLY SO THAT WILL GRE OUR ABILITY TO HAVEOLICE PRESENT NIGHT OVER THE SUMMER WITHOUT IY ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR OVERTIME. O RELATED TO THE RESPONSE TIMES, O THE COMP STAT PROCESS EVERY WEEE
INSPECTORS HAVE TO BRIEF OUT ONS ARND RESPONSE TIMES. IF THERE Y CALLS THAT TOOK UNUSUALLY LONG,E OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO, THE INSS INTO IT AND IS ABLE TO EXPLAIN T
HAPPENED AND WT'S BEING DONE TO SO LET'S TALK ABOUT RESPONSE TIE TIMES DING IT YOU CAN SEE TOWARD OF 2025 WE WERE ON A TRAJECTORY1 CALLS ARE EMERGENCY CALLS FOR S TRADITIONALLY THE DEPARTMENT PR0
THE GOAL HAD BEEN TO RESPOND TOS IN SEVEN MINUTES OR LESS. AS Y, THAT HAD BEEN GOING UP FOR MOSTR AT ONE POINT THIS YEAR IN THE LF YEARS IT HAD GONE AS HIGH, THERS WHERE THE AVERAGE WAS 9 AND A HO
RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALLS. THR SERVICE. THERE'S A NUMR OF CHAT WERE IMPLEMENTED TOWARDS THE ENR TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE HAVING OFR OUT FASTER, HAVING SUPERVISORS E RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSIGNING OF,
AND OTHER CHANGES THAT WE' MAKID STAFFING AND OVERTIME TO TRY ANT GAPS ARE ADDRESSED SO THAT WE CO CALLS FOR SERVICE FASTER AND IFN SECOND FROM THE RIGHT THERE, WE, THE 13th WEEK OF THIS YEAR, WHEE
BELOWEVEN MINUTES. AND THAT PAR WEEK WAS THE FASTEST WEEK THE PE DEPARTMENT HAD ON AVERAGE FOR RS SINCE MID-MAY OF 2020. SO IT'SY SIGNIFICANT WITH THE STAFFING SG
MUCH LOWER AND NOT HAVING A POLN THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE OFFICERS WG FROM BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE E HAVE IS THE CHALLENGES AROUND SE WITH OFFICERS COMING FROM DOWNTD TO CALLS IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS. Y
SIGNIFICANT THAT WE HAD MET THAS LAST WEEK WE'RE AT 715 ON AVERA1 CALLS. TO COMPARE IT TO LAST YS POINT WE'RE AT 8 MINUTES AND 24O MORE THAN A MINUTE FASTER WITH E
PRIORITY 1 CALLS FOR SERVICE THD AGAIN THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PLO THAT FULL-TIME LIEUTENANTS POSII HAVE TO MONITOR CALLS FOR SERVIE AND REASSIGN PEOPLE IF WE NEED R RESPONSE TIMES ALSO EXTEND TO P2
CALLS WHICH ARE THE NON-EMERGENS YOU CAN SEE THEY ALSO WERE ON AY GOING UP UNTIL WE IMPLEMENTED SR AND NUMBER OF CHANGES. THIS WET AN AVERAGE OF 19 MINUTES AND 46 THIS POINT LAST YEAR WE WERE ATS
AND 28 SECONDS. SO IT'S ABOUT S FASTER TO RESPONSE TIMES TO PRIS FOR SERVICE AGAIN WITH MORE CAL AND WITH THIS I'M GOING TO INVIT CHIEF GATORS UP TO SPEAK ON SOME
COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING THAT'S BED AROUND THE SUMMER. >> THANK YOU, WELCOME, ASSIST. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD AF, CHAIR CHAVEZ, VICE CHA STEVENSOD COUNCILMEMBERS. JUST WANTED TOK
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT W IMPORTANT IT IS THAT FACTORS INS WORKED IN WITH OUR STRATEGIES OE SUMMER. HOLISTICALLY WHEN YOU L THIS AND THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN T SINCE THE CHIEF BROUGHT IN HIS D FOR THE SUMMER PLANS, IT'S EXTRY
IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO ER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THD I'LL GET TO THE END OF THIS SLI I'LL EXPOUND ON IT A LITTLE BITE HAVE INSTITUTED THE MPD YOUTH AF YOU REMEMBER THE CITIZENS ACADES
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THINGS WORK, CITY ORDINANCES, L, THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE HAVE D WITH OUR YOUTH. WE PUT IN A PLA STRUCTURE TO WHEREE NOW BRING IH TO A YOUTH ACADEMY THAT GIVES TE
EDUCATION THAT THEY NEED AS FARS UNDERSTANDING HOW LAWS WORK. GE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION OFFICERY THINGS A DONE THE WAY THEY'RE DD GIVES THAT STRUCTURE OF INVITINO ENGAGE WITH OFFICERS AND THEY GE OFFICERS AS WELL IN THE PROCESSD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE -- A VET
PART OF OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WELT GOING TO THE ADULTS. IN THE PAN WHERE WE HAD HAVE COMMUNITY ACAD TINES WOULD SHOW UP WITH THEIR D THEY WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION AD
COME THROUGH THE PARENTS. IF YE THIRD POINT DOWN FOR OUR CHIEFSY BARBECUE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HIR THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THIS BIG, BE QUESTION WE GET ALL YEAR ROUND E NEXT CHIEF'S BARBECUE. AND WHAF
DID WAS INSTITUTE A FORMULA WHED ACTUALLY BE OUT IN THE SPACE OFN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH COMMUNITY CAN COME UP AND ENGAGE WIT EVERE CHIEF, THE ASSISTANT CHIEFS, DE, OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT ALONG Y MEMBERS AND WHO ARE IN PARTNERSE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAN N CONVERSATION AND ASK ABOUT WHATN WITH THE COMMUNITY, WHAT'S GOINE NEXT STEPS IN THE POLICE DEPARTN ASK THE CHIEF HIMSELF AND HEAR T FROM THE CHIEF'S MOUTH. FROM TD
THE PEOPLE'S BARBECUE. MANY YED THE BATTLE OF THE BADGES. KINDF IN AROUND THE 2020 PIECE, AND CT THAT BACK, AND THAT'S A PIECE WE HAVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVINGE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY MEET WIE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT BT
POLICE, COUNTY, SHERIFF'S DEPARL TOGETHER WITH CMUNITY, AND WE HE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GO OVER WHA, GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, AND S THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AGAIN. GK INTO THE YOUTH PIECE AGAIN, WE D
BIKE RODEO AND THAT PROMOTES BIY AND SKILLS WHILE THEY'RE PROVIDG DEMONSTRATIONS AND THE FREE BIKO GO OUT SO THAT ALSO HELPS WITH Y PIECE. THE OTHER POINT AND I KT ONE COUNCILMEMBER IS PAYING CLON
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IT BACK TOGETHER. THE CHIEF WAO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT OFFIE AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT ANDE APPROACHED BY COUNCILMEMBER VET AND, AND THIS IS SO IMPORTANT BT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE, YOU HAVE Y
GRANDMOTHER, SHE USED TO SAY IDU KNOW, AND NEVER WAS A GOOD CONVD IF YOU KEEP KIDS BUSY AND OFF TF YOU' KEEPING THEM BUSY THEY'REOD
IN DOING THINGS THEY AREN'T SUPE DOING. THE POLICE LEAGUES DO TR COMMUNITIES ALL OVER SO WE'VE BG VERY HARD IN BRINGING THAT BK. F HAS ASSIGNED TWO OFFICERS TO THO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH IT AE TRYING TO BRING YOU BACK THE ACT TAKE PLACE IN THE EVENINGS, ANDE
WANT TO GET THE EDUCATIONAL PIET AS WELL TO ASSIST THEM WITH THE WITH THAT AS WELL AS YOU SEE INT PART OF THAT IS THE FIELD TRIP.G
TO TAKE THEM ON FIELD TRIPS ANDO EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF WHAT THER OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THE OTHER VE RUNNING PIECE TO POPULARITY IS N PROGRAM. THE LIGHTS ON PROGRAME PROGRAM WHEN IN THE PAST WHERE E PULLED OVER FOR SAY A HEADLIGHTA
TAILLIGHT. THEY HAD TO PAY FOR NOW WE ARE NOT CHARGING THEM FOR INFRACTIONS HOWEVER THERE ISHE Y WHERE THE CHIEF PUT IN PLACE WHE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHY WE ENGAGE WITH THE LIGHTS ONROGY CAN COME OUT AND GET VOUCHERS. N COME TO OUR PRECINCTS AND GET VD
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ONE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LR TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. >> THANK YOU, AND BEFORE WE -- [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. AND BEFORE WE G, COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT TO GET E CHECK TODAY. DO WE WANT TO WAIE ENTIRE PRESENTATION AND THEN EVT
ON QUEUE, OR IS IT OKAY IF WE BN INTO -- SO THE WAY I'M PROPOSINS THERE'S THE FIRST TWO WILL BE O, WE'LL OPEN THAT UP FOR QUESTIONT DEPARTMENT WILL BE NSD AND MFD WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS L
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IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE S HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AND THAT WOULDE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE COOPERATIOE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND YOUR NO THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN -- POLICYU IT'S BEEN VERY REWARDING. HOW E DOING WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP TN
CHANGE THEIR LIVES AROUND AND NS ANYMORE. >> CHAIR, THANK YOU. COUNCILK YOU. YES, AND THE -- THANK YOUE SHERIFF FOR ORGANIZING THIS TASD THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARE WITH, EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE STREET L
OF THIS STUFF. LOOKING OVER THH FOR EXAMPLE FIVE DIFFERENT TIMED SPREES WE MADE ARRESTS, A TOTALS
DURING JUST THESPREES. THERE IY OF WHO THESE, WHO THESE YOUTH ARE IN TERMS OF THEIR HISTORY, AND WHAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN. SOME REMAIN IN CUSTODY, AND THEY'RE ALSO WANTED FOR MORE
SERIOUS CRIMES. BUT THERE'S A COUPLE, THERE'S A COUPLE THAT WERE NOT KNOWN TO US THAT WERE PICKED UP. SO THOSE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ALTERNATIVES, BUT IT IS, IT IS
ND OF A, A WIDE VARIETY OF WHO THESE KIDS ARE. BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE FROM TH PEOPLE WE ARE MAKING ARRESTWISE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, OVER THE LAST MONTH, THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS, THEY ARE INVOLVED IN MORE
SERIOUS CRIME AS WELL. >> SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THE COUNTY AWARE THAT THESE YOUNG MEN NEED HELP? >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, YES.
OFFICERS WORK WITH THE COUNTY EVERY DAY ON THESE ISSUES, BUT I THINK AT LEAST WHAT I'M SEEING FROM WHO WE ARRESTED OVER THELAE ALSO HAVE SOME SERIOUS PENDING
CASES AS WELL. WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM INELIGIBLE. >> LAST QUESTION AND THEN I WILL HAVE ONEOR A.C. GAITERS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN TO STAFF DINKYTOWN, UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN ON
THE WEEKENDS. IS THERE ANY CONCERN THOUGH THAT YOU'RE PULLING THESE OFFICERS AWAY FROM THEIR REGULAR DUTIES AND IF YOU HAVE TO WOR UNTIL 4 IN THE MORNING AND THEN HAVE TO COME IN AT 9 A.M., ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, YES. IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON NORMAL DUTIES. HOWEVER, JUST WITH THE BUDGETARY CONCERNS, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS THIS YEAR, AS A WAY TO STAFF UP LATE AT NIGHT, WHICH
LAST YEAR QUITE FRANKLY DOING THE SAME THING WE WERE PAYING CRITICAL STAFFING OVE OVER TIME TO DO. THIS YEAR WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT THIS WAY TO IMPOSE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE IT BE PART OF THE REGULAR SHIFT. ONE
I THINK IT HEL MOTIVATE THE OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING THE STREET AROUND THE CLOCK EVERY SINGLE DAY, KNOWING THAT LITERALLY EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME JOB, AS THE REST OF THEM AND WE HAVE THEIR BACK. I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL FOR THEM. THERE IS A TRADEOFF THOUGH. THERE WILL BE
FOR EACH NIGHT THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE, THERE WILL BE A DAY FOR THEIR REGULAR SHIFTHAT THEY WON'T BE THERE DOING THEIR NORMAL DUT DUTIES. SO YES IT'S A TRADEOFF. THEY'RE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THE DATES THAT ARE
CONVENIENT FOR THEM AND THE WAY THAT IT'LL BE ASSIGNED IS ON THE BASIS FOR SENIORITY BUT I THINK NORD FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESS -- IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, IT NEEDS TO BE EVERYONE NOT ASSIGNED TO 9-1-1 FULLY PARTICIPATING IN THIS. >> WONDERFUL, I WISH YOU THE
BEST OF LUCK ON THAT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. GAITERS? SO YOU'RE SO YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH WERE IMPRESSIVE BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S BARBECUE. I KNOW THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WON THAT LAST YEAR.
WASN'T IT? >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, I DO RECALL THAT. AND THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE PERSON WHO CREATED THE MEAL FOR THEM AND WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING. >> OH, OH, SO, HAD PROBLEMS WITH
THE JURY AND THE JUDGE. BUT WHILE I JUST, I'M WONDERING, MAYBE CHIEF YOU CAN HELP TOO, DON'T YOU HAVE SOMEONE ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT KNOWS HOW TO BARBECUE? [LAUGHTER] >>ELL, IT'S NOT ME, CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER. I'M SURE WE CAN
FIND SOMEONE. >> OKAY. >> WITH E HIRES THAT WE HAVE I'M SURE THERE IS A, A CHEF IN THERE SOMEWHERE. >> WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT ON THAT, THANK YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, CHIEF, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER
A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. AND APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. JUST KIND OF A QUICK QUESTION AS IT RELATES PARTICULARLY TO THESE KIND OF SMASH AND GRABS AND KIND OF PROPERTY DAMAGE WE SEE. I KNOW IN MY WARD PARTICULARLY WE SAW OVER MONDAY NIGHT I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON AND
COUNCIEMBER CHOWDHURY HAD KIND OF A STRING OF THESE KIND OF INCIDENTS HAPPEN I THINK OVER AT LEAST IN WARD 11 IT SOUNDS LIKE UPWARDS OF 20 AND THEN A COUPLE WEEKS AGO UPWARDS OF A DOZEN. KIND OF JUST I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF YOU CAN
KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE SEEING MAYBE AN INCREASE IN THOSE, WHETHER THAT'S WEATHER RELATED, OR IF IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVEN'T BEEN KNOWN TO MPD. JUST KIND OF WALKING THROUGH WHAT MPD IS DOING KIND OF RIGHT NOW. AST RELATES TO THOSE INCIDENTS.
>> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. THERE IS, THERE IS SOME VARIETY IN WHAT IS HAPPENING. THERE ARE SOME KIDS THAT ARE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY
THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. A LOT OF THIS IS DRIVEN WITH I BELIEVE SOCIAL MEDIA. SO JUST LIKE WE SAW A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE THEFT OF VEHICLES BEING IVEN IN SOME OF THESE SPREES
AND E ACTIVITY BEING POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIAND ENCOURAGED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE BELIEVE SOME OF THAT IS HAPPENING HERE. T THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. SO SOME OF THE ARRESTS THATT WE HAVE MADE AROUND THE SPREES AND AROUNDAUTD
PROGRAMMING DEVICES. SO PEOPLE THAT ARE STEALING STILANTIS VEHICLES, DODGE AND JEEP, MORE HIGH END VEHICLES THEY'RE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BE STOLEN BY KEY FOB PROGRAMMERS SO WE'VE MADE
SOME ARRESTS. WHERE WE'VE RECOVERED JUVENILES THAT HAVE BEEN IN POSSESSION OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO TT'S, THAT IS A SMALL NUMBER. BUT THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE HAVE, WE
HAVE MADE ARRESTS WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS, AT LEAST ONE THAT I CAN THINK OF OFF HAND, WAS CONNECTED TO A SHOOTING. SO THERE IS KIND OF A VARIETY OF THINGS HAPPENING.
THERE IS SOME, WE BELIEVE SOME NUMBER OF THESE JUVENILES WHO ARE NOT KNOWN TO US THAT ARE ACTIVE NOW. SO THERE IS FORENSIC WORK THAT'S GOING ON EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE SPREES, WE'RE UTILIZING
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS TO GO OUT AND CANVASS, TO DEVELOP VIDEO WE'RE USING OUR FORENSIC SCIENTISTS TO PROCESS THE INVOLVED VEHICLES WHEN THEY'RE RECOVERED, WHETHER IT'S FINGERPRINTS OR DNA, OTHER EVIDENCE TO TRY AND IDENTIFY WHO
IS INVOLVED. BUT IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S NOT JUST ONE ISSUE THAT'S DRIVING IT BUT I THINK PART OF THE PROBLEM FOR SURE IS THE KIND OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA ASPECT AND THE NEGATIVITY THAT THAT
ENCOURAGES. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND PARTICULARLY AOTE OF APPRECIATION AS WELL I KNOW IN THE LAST ONE AND I WILL BE KNOCKING ON SOME DOORS TODAY AS WELL BUT INSPECTOR GOMEZ AND LIEUTENANT MUHAMMAD HAVE COME AND TALKED TO RESIDENTS AND
FOLKS HERE. SO A QUESTION OF WHEN THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN AND WE'R KIND OF CONNECTING WITH SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHAT LIKE BEST PRACTICES, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO, SHOULD THEY FILE A POLICE REPORT? SHOULD THEY DO THE ONLINE THING TO SUBMIT VIDEO EVIDENCE? WHAT IS THE BEST
PRACTICE FOR THEM? >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, YES, TO ALL OF THE ABOVE. WHAT' MADE THE DIFFERENCE AT TIMES WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SE OF THESE ARRESTS IS WHEN PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE. AND OFTENTIMES THE LAG TIME WITH THESE ISSUES IF IT'S
HAPPENING LATE AT NIGHT OR EARLY IN THE MORNING PEOPLE ARE NOT OBSERVING WHEN SOMEONE'S GOING DOWN THE STREET BREAKING OUT A CAR WINDOW AND SO WE'RE CATCHING IT A COUPLE HOURS LATER BUT WHEN PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DO OBSERVE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS, THEY SEE A CAR THAT THEY THINK
IS CIRCLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, CASING, LOOKING INTO VEHICLES AND THEY CALL US, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED SOONER. I KNOW THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION BECAUSE IFE AND SOMEBODY BREAKING OUT A CAR WINDOW, IF WE COME THERE AND THE
PERSON FLEES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN A VEHICLE PURSUIT. BUTHERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE, WHEN WE ARE AWARE THAT A SPREE IS HAPPENING, WE INITIATE A PROTOCOL WHERE WE ASK FOR HELP FROM ALL OF THE AGENCIES, ALL THE OTHER -- THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, THE TRANSIT, THE STATE PATROL HELICOPTER, THEY'REBLE TO MONITOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS FROM THE AIRCRAFT ABOVE. AND THAT HAS HELPED MAKE ARRESTS. SO THE ASK FORT COMMUNITY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IS -- FOR THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ALL
OF THAT LEVEL OF AWARENESS, PROVIDING VIDEO EVIDENCE IF THEY HAVE IT, BUT REALLY IF THEY ARE AWARE OF SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS AND SEE SETHING HAPPEN TO CALL US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THESE PARTICULAR TYPES OF SPREES, IT'S NOT A CRIME AGAINST A PERSON. IT'S PROPERTY DAMAGE HAPPENING. IT'S OFTENTIMES WE'RE NOT AWARE OF IT UNTIL WELL
AFTER TH FACT. >> I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WE HAVE THE FAST TEAM UP AND RUNNIN HERE, AND SO THANK YOU TO, TO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I KNOW SHE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND. AND SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW YOU KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS AN 80% CLEARANCE RATE IT SOUNDS
LIKE FOR FATAL OR HOMICIDES AND THEN ABOUT A 40% CLEARANCE RATE FOR NON-FATAL. KIND OF WITH THAT FAST TEAM. DO YOU THINK, I GUESS FROM YOUR EXPERTISE, IS THE HOPE HERE THAT THAT KIND OF -- THOSE CLEARANCE RATES WILL
GET CLOSER TO THE 80% AND HIGHER NUMBER WITH THE I GUESS CREION OF THE FAST TEAM? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER, YES. YOU KNOW, THEY, THIS ALLOWS HOMICIDE TO FOCUS ON HOMICIDES. YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY WERE FOCUSING ON
EVERYTHING. IN BETWEEN HOMICIDES, THEY WERE TRYING TO INVESTIGATE THE NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. AND FNKLY NOT EVERY NON-FATAL SHOOTING WAS BEING IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNED. THIS ALLOWS NOW EVERY SINGLE NON-FATAL SHOOTING THAT HAPPENS, IT GETS A SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATOR TO RESPOND TO THE
SCENE JUST LIKE IT WOULD IF IT WERE A FATAL SHOOTING, AND IT DRAWS IN THESE OTHER AGENCIES TO HELP US. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INTELLIGENCE UNIT, IS HELPING WITH THAT. THESE DIFFERENT
OUTSIDE AGENCIES. AB NUMBER OF OF OUR SHOOTINGS EACH YEAR INVOLVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND ARE COLLECTED WE KNOW THROUGH BALLISTICS AND EVIDENCE TO INCIDENTS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES SO IT IS A GREAT FORCE MULTIPLIER LITERALLY WE'RE GETTING HELP FROM THESE OTHER
AGENCIES TO INVESTIGATE TO GET PEOPLE PULLING TRIGGERS OFF THE STREET, AND FOR SURE I BELIEVE IT WILL HELP INCREASE THE CLEARANCE RATES. AND I NEGLECTED TO MENTION EARLIER, I WAS MENTIONING A ALL THE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THIS IS SOMHING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ALSO
ONE OF THE MAIN PARTNERS IN THIS TTING THIS DONE. >> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT, CHIEF. >> NEXT UP, PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU, CHIEF. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD MAYBE EXPAND ON MORE DETAILS AROUND HOW WE'RE COLLABORATING WIT OTHER AGENCIES. I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENTS. WE'VE HAD MUAL AID AGREEMENTS. AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES OTHER AGENCIES JUST SHOW UP WITHOUT ANY FORMAL AGREEMENT IN HAND AND IF YOU COULD JUST LIKE KIND OF OUTLINE MAYBE WHAT SOME OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EITHER INFORMAL OR FORMAL WAYS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HENNEPIN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S, METRO POLICE AND THEN IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON FEDERAL AS WELL THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILPRESIDEF AGREEMENTS IN PLACE. I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THEM OFF HAND. BUT
OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THE BCA IS ONE OF THE MAIN PARTNERS. WE'RE IN MINNESOTA. THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE THINGS HERE. SAME THING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. TRANSIT, TRANSIT POLICE, THE UNIVEITY POLICE, SIMILAR, SIMILAR
ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM. I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME MOUs TO FORMALIZE SOME OF THIS. BUT AS OF NOW, YOU KNOW THERE IS NO
AGREEMENTS IN PLACE THAT THAT, THAT PROVIDES FUNDI FOR THESE AGENCIES ESSENTIALLY GIVING US, YOU KNOW, FREE HELP. >> SO IS THAT KIND OF THE MAIN CATEGORY DIFFERENCE OF AN MOU AND JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT IS
WHICH WAY THE MONEY IS FLOWING? >> CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT, BUT ONE THING, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT I THINK WOULD EXPAND WOULD EXPAND THE ABILITY OF AGENCIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, AND I
MENTION THIS TO COUNCIL IS TO TRY D LOOK FOR WAYS THAT I BELIEVE IT IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO THEN IF WE HAD FUNDING TO REIMBURSE AGENCIES FOR OVERTIME FOR ASSISTING US ON OUR INVESTIGATIONS. >> OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK
YOU. >> YEP. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. REALLY HAPPY TO GET MORE UPDATES AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING TO PLAN A MORE THOROUGH PRESENTATION ON THE NON-FATAL TASK FORCE ALSO
KNOWN AS FAST. I THINK THIS IS ONE THE AREAS WHERE WHEN WE TARGET OUR RESOURCES, ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN SEEFFECTIVE OUTCOMES MOVE FORWARD, SPECIFICALLY IN REDUCING CLEARANCE RATES, WHICH HAS BEEN A PERSISTENT PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITHIN OUR PICE DEPARTMENT AND ULTIMATELY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
WHO HAD NUMBERS OR THOUSANDS OF CASES THAT JUST WENT UNANSWERED. SO I'M VERY THANKFUL TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS AND FOR COLLABORATION AND ACTUAL SERIOUS IMPLEMENTATION BY THE ADMINISTRATION SPECIFICALLY UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, CHIEF.
IN GETTING THIS GOING. I DID HAVE A QUESTION RELATED ALSO TO WAYS IN WHICH WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE AUTO THEFTS THAT ALSO WAS A MAJOR ISSUE SOMETIME -- ABOUT 2 1/2 YEARS AGO AND IT SEEMED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOWARDS A DOWNWARD SPIRAL. ONE
PROGRAM IN GETTING AHEAD OF THOSE THEFTS I KW WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY SPECIFICALLY COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHEN THEY PRESENTED MENTIONED THIS I THINK IT'S AN AUTO THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT'S TARGETED AT YOUTH AND WANTING TO SEE IF MPD WERE STILL
PARTICIPANTS OF THAT PROGRAM. >> YEP. CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, YES. WE ARE STILL PARTICIPANTS. JUST LOOKING AT THE 12 THAT I'M LOOKING AT FROM THE SPREES WE'VE HAD RECENTLY, I THINK THERE WERE PROBABLY ONLY 2 THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ELIGIBLE JUST IN TERMS OF
LOOKING AT PENDING SERIOUS CASES. I BELIEVE. BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER DIVERSION PROGRAMS THAT THERE IS SOME OVERLAP WITH THEKY
ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER, OTHER DIVERSION PROGRAMS AS WELL. BUT WE CAN GET, WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. >> YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW WHAT DIVERSION PROGRAMS WE ARE INORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH. I JUST KNOW THAT HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY'S
PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY MENTIONED IT WHEN THEY WERE HERE BUT JUST TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS BEEN OUR REFERRAL RATES, WHAT ARE WE SEEING AS OUTCOMES, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT CONTEXT AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION OR INFORMATION SHARED ON SLIDE 5, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT AS A STAFF FOLLOW-UP FOR
THAT PIECE. AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE SLIDE 7, NO, NO, NO, SORRY.SLIDE 10. LOOKING AT MORE LATE NIGHT SAFETY PLANS OR TARGETED EFFORTS, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER RAYMOND BROUGHT THIS UP IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE
MORE TARGETED AREAS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. UPTOWN OF COURSE IS GETTING TONS OF CONVERSATION I'M PRETTY SURE THERE WILL BE SOME INFORMATI SHARED ABOUT THAT PROBABLY IN NSE'S PRESTATION BUT I DIT WANT TO -- DID WANT TO KNOW IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME DETAILS AROUND YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH UMPD AROUND
DINKYTOWN IN TERMS OF HOW YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AND KEEPING THE BROADER, AND MOST IMMEDIATE CAMPUS COMMUNITY SAFE, SOME CREATIVE TOOLS THAT YOU ARE USING IN ADDITION TO SWORN PERSONNEL. I KNOW MOST RECENTLY THERE SHOULD'VE BEEN A FUNDING
REQUEST APPROVED BY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR SOME BARRICADES THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE HELPING WITH SOME CONGESTION ISSUES THAT HAS ALSO LED TO INCREASE IN INCIDENTS BUT IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND ALSO IN THAT IF THERE IS COMMUNITY PARTNERS YOU'RE WORKING WITH TOO IN ADDITION TO
UMPD THAT MIGHT BE A PCE ON NSD'S PRESENTATION WHICH I WILL NOTE FOR QUESTIONS WHEN THEY COME UP BUT I KNOW SOMALI YOUTH LINK FOR INSTANCE HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT YOU ALL HAVE WORKED WITH BEFORE SO WANTED TO KNOW IF THEY'RE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOO. >> YES, YES. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER. YES, THE
UNIVERSITY POLICE HAVE BEEN TAKING THE LEAD AROUND LATE NIGHT SAFETY IN DINKYTOWN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AS I MENTIONED WITH THE CHIEF' BEATS, THOSE 30 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS A NUMBER OF THEM WILL BE ASSIGNED EVERY WEEKEND LATE AT NIGHT TO
WORK WITH UNIVERSITY POLICE AND TO STAFF UP DINKYTOWN AS WELL. AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME TRAFFIC BARRIERS TAT ARE BEING PROVIDED -- THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED TO ASSIST IN, YOU KNOW,
DISRUPTING SOME OF THE, THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS THE TO HELP TRY AND ENSURE SAFETY. THEY'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THAT IN THE PAS IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, I WOULD DEFER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DIRECTOR TO SPEAK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT IS ONGOING THERE. BUT FOR
US, WHEN WE KNOW OF MAJOR EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP, SO PARCULARLY LIKE THE JULY 4th WEEKEND AND THAT TYPE OF THING, WE WILL BE REACHING OUT AS WE HAVE IN ADVANCE TO SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE THINK MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE
HELPFUL THERE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WASN'T SURE TOO FOR CLARIFICATION COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE A STAFF -- IF THERE IS TIME TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR COME UP. I KNOW WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE UMPD CHIEF THAT ALSO
BROUGHT UP THIS CONVERSATION OF HOW WE'RE FORMALIZING AGREEMENTS WITHOME THE AGENCIES THAT MPD PARTNERS WITH, IF IT'S THROUGH MOUs, OR JPAs, BUT IT'S KIND OF LEFT UNENDED ON YOUR -- IF THE DIRECTOR WANTED TO COME SPEAK ON THAT, THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR AROUND OR IF
THIS IS A STAFF FOLLOW-UP OF LOOKING AT WHICH CONTRACTS CURRENTLY ARE ZERO DOLLARS THAT HAS AN MOU VERSUS THOSE THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME FUNDING AND IF THERE IS A JPA OR MOU IN PLACE.
>> SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS IF SOMEONE FROM MPD WOULD HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IF NOT,A FOLLOW-UP MEMO WOULD BE APPRECIATED. >> CHAIR, I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP WITH A STAFF MEMO SO THAT WE CAN BE PRECISE IN THE RESPONSE, BUT I KNOW EARLIER I
KNOW LIKE COUNCILMEMBER WAS MENTIONING ALSO THE FEDAL AGENCIES. THE ONLY ONES, THE ONES THAT I'M AWARE OF WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE OFFICERS TO BE DEPUTIZED TO WORK ON FEDERAL CASES. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ATHING IN
REVERSE. >> OH, NO, AND I KNOW, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE MENTIONED MORE SO ON THE FEDERAL. HE ALSO MENTIONED SOME OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES SO IF WE HAVE FOR SOME OF THESE YOU MENTIONED NON-FATAL BUT ALSO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT TRAINING SERVICES TOO. LE
YOU, THERE IS AGREEMENT, A FORMAL AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD TOO ENTER INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TO DO THAT. AND IT CODIFIED THERE WAS A ZERO FISCAL NOTE OR ZERO LLAR FISCAL NOTE TIED TO IT SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLARITY TOO OF WE KNOW THERE IS
INFORMAL. WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TOWARDS FORMAL AGREEMENTS IF IT'S THROUGH MOU OR JPA AND JUST GETTING A SENSE OF, OKAY, WHAT TYPE OF IN KIND SERVICES ARE BEING GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENT TO ALSO ADDRESS, U KNOW, SAFETY CONCERNS, PROVIDE SAFETY
SERVICES AND HELP IN ADDITION TO YOUR EXISTING BUDGET. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR THEPRESENTE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHIEF'S BEATS. YOU SAID THAT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY AROUND LIKE BAR CLOSING OR THESE ENTERTAINMENT KIND OF VENUES AND I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT HOW THE CHIEF'S BEATS WOULD FITNTO NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS. I MEAN, WE DO HAVE SOME BARS, BUT I THINK CERTAINLD LIQUOR STORES THAN IT IS BARS. AND WE HAD OPERATION SAFE SUMMER I THINK WAS THE NAME OF IT WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE. SO WONDERING HOW THE NEW APPROACH IS GOING TO FIT INTO THE NEEDS
THAT WE HAVE ON THE NORTH SIDE. >> YES. YES. CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU. YES, WE CAN ADJUST THIS DEPENDING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY. BUT TYPICALLY VERY LATE AT
NIGHT, THE CONCENTRATIONS OF VIOLENCE THAT WE HAVE HAVE HAPPENED IN THOSE AREAS BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY ADJUST THIS LATE AT NIGHT DEPENDING ON WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE CITY. AND THIS SHOULD ALSO FREE UP SOME OF THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT FRANKLY
OTHERWISE WOULD BE PULLED FROM SOME OF THE PRECINCTS IF THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP DOWNTOWN. THE WAY THAT WE'RE OR IN THESE OTHER AREAS. THE WAY THAT WEAVE RIR BEEN KAFFING THIS -- WE'VE BEEN STAFFING THIS THIS YEAR, IS WE HAVE CUT ESSENTIALLY IN HALF THE STAFFING OF LATE NIGHT SAFETY,
SO WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES VERY LATE AT NIGHT, AROUND BAR CLOSE, WHAT'S REQUIRED NOW IS OFFICERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED IN OTHER PRECINCTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE PULLED IN TO SUPPLEMENT THAT. SO THIS IS TRYING TO BOTH HAVE
ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AVAILABLE LATE AT NIGHT THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM HIGHLY VISIBLE, BUT THERE ARE, THEY'RE CITYWIDE. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT IS GOING ON, TY CAN ABSOLUTELY BE DEPLOYED IF WE KNOW THERE'S A GATHERING HAPPENING SOMEWHERE ELSE OR THERE'S SOME YOU KNOW, EVENT O
ANYWHERE ELSE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR POLICE PRESENCE. >> MAYBE I'M ASKING IT WRONG. I THINK I'M ASKING ABOUT EVEN BEATS DURING THE DAYTIME. BECAUSE THE NEED ISN'T ALWAYS LATE AT NIGHT EVERYWHERE.I THINK WHAT WE SEE IS A REGULAR
OCCURRENCE LIKE DURING THE DAY DURING SO LIKE IS YOUR BEATS JUST LIKE A NIGHTTIME THING OR HOW DO WE TRANSITION IS FROM HELPING US ON PENN AND LOWRY TO THE NIGHTTIME IS WHAT I'M ASKING.
>> CHA, COUNCILMEMBER, YES. SO THIS IS FOCUS SAID -- FOCUSED ON LATE AT NIGHT ON THE WEEKENDS, BUT WE DO HAVE A SEPARATE NEED EXACTLY AS YOU ARE SAYING, AND I'M HOPUL YOU KNOW WE GOT 31 RECRUITS IN THE ACADEMY THAT'LL BE OUT SOON THAT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPREAD AROUND THE CITY. WE DO NEED TO EXPAND BEATS IN SOME OF THE OTHER PRECINCTS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE A BEAT IN THE THIRD PRECINCT. THERE'S A BEAT IN UPTOWN NOW AND YES THE GOAL IS ULTIMATELY TO
STAFF UP YOU KNOW LIKE THE FOURTH PRECINCT CERT TEAM HAS LOST PEOPLE RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF THESE OTHER UNITS BUT ALSO TO ADD BEATS BACK INTO THESE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKEHE THEIR THERE USED TO BERIOR TO 2020. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR SAYING
THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST SOME OFFICERS OF COURSE. WE HAVE GAINED SOME BUT SOME OF THESE NEW INITIATIVES MEANS WHAVE LOST OFFICERS IN THE FOURTH PRECINCT AND IT'S NOT AAYS NIGHTTIME. IT'S DAYTIME THAT WE NEED ASSISTANCE, AND SO YEAH, I'M JUST ADVOCATING FOR THAT. MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE
SUPPORT WE NEED DURING THE DAY INTO THE TIME WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THESE NIGHTTIME BEATS AND HOPING THAT YOU KNOW THE MOST AMAZING INSPECTOR IN THE WORLD CAN BE WORKED WITH ON THIS, INSPECTOR ADAMS. I THINK THE FOURTH PRECINCTS DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, BUT YOU KNOW CERTAINLY HAVING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP OUT WITH PRESENCE AND PATROLS ALSO METRO TRANSIT HAS BEE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF HELPING US WITH THE BUS STOPS IN SOME OF THESE
PROBLEM AREAS AND THE SHERIFF HAS ALWAYS AND PREVIOUSLY PARTNERED WITH MPD TO HELP IN THESE AREAS, AND SO HAS THE STATE TROOPER, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUING BUT HOPAL THAT WE WON'T JUST THINK OF IT AS THIS NIGHTTIME THING BUT THAT
RESOURCES NEED OUR, ARE NEEDED IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS DURING T DAY AND THAT WE CERTAINLY HAVE BARS THAT CLOSE AND HAVE PROBLEMS ALSO. A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH ON WASHINGTON AVENUE YOU KNOW WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE NORTH LOOP AND THERE'S A FEW PLACES UP THERE THAT WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, SO I JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ON THE RADAR AS WELL WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE OPERATE THIS NEW INITIATIVE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR HELP WITH THE PAL PROGRAM. OF COURSE LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT
COMMUNITY ASKED FOR. I THINK IT'S GOING WELL. HAPPY TO SEE THEM CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK AND I MEAN REALLY STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. THAT PROGRAM HAD BEEN COMETELY JUST TAKEN APART AND THERE IS SOME WONDERFUL OFFICERS DOING GREAT WORK ON
ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY AT CITY VIEW SCHOOL. ONE OF THE SCHLS THAT NEED THE MOST ATTENTION I THINK, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AT GETTING THESE KIDS NEW EXPERIENCES AND EXPOSING THEM TO POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT THERE WHEN THEY'RE AT THEIR
WORST, BUT HELPING THEM THROUGH LIFE AND SHOWING THEM NEW EXPERIENCES AND YOU KNOW HELPING THEM WITH THEIR HOMEWORK. THEY'RE OFFERING TUTORING SERVICES NOW. IT'S NOT JUST AN ATHLETIC INITIATIVE ANYMORE. THEY REALLY ARE MENTORING, HELPING THESE YOUNG PEOPLE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF, FOR
BRINGING TT BACK UP AND ASSIGNED OFFICERS TO IT BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT I BUT IF THERE ARE NOT OFFICERS ASSIGNED THEN THERE IS REALLY NO PROGRAM. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS AROUND LIKE HOW DO, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THESE THINGS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO KNOW THAT
THESE NEW INITIATIVES THAT YOU ARE STARTING IS WORKING VERSUS LIKE WHAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY HAD? >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU. SO WE'RE TAKING -- WE TRACK DATA ON ALL OF THIS. ESSENTIALLY THE BIGGEST CHANGE
LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR AROUND THE LATE NIGHT STAFF IS GOING TO BE HAVING IT DONE WITH STRAIGHT TIME AS OPPOSED TO CRITICAL STAFFING OVERTIME. SO IT'S GETTING THE SAMEUMBER OF PEOPLE HOPEFULLY OUT THERE WITH
A LESS EXPENSE AND THEN WE WILL MEASURE THE CRIME AND CLS FOR SERVICE AROUND THAT. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE OTHER INITIATIVES LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING DURING THE DAY ON THE NORTH SIDE, WE DO HAVE OPERATION SAFE SUMMER BUT WE ARE
ADDITIONALLY PLANNING FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT DETAILS DURING THE DAY, NOT JUST THAT TW WEEK, EVERY WEEK THERE WILL BE SOME LEVEL OF FOCUSED ENFORCEMENT DURING THE DAYTIME. A LOT OF THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SO YOU WILL BE SEEING, YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT
STEPPED UP THAT HAD BEEN DECREASED PARTICULARLY DURING THE SURGE AND IN RECENT MONTHS BUT YOU WILL BE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THAT AS WELL. AND THEN JUST IN REGARD TO THE PAL PROGRAM I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND
YOUR NUDGE GETTING US BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH THAT AND HELPING LEAD AND ADVOCATE FOR THE PROGRAM THAT HAS BECOME. SO THANK YOU. >> AND NEXT UP WE HAVE VICE CHAIR STEVENSON.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHIEF AND OTHERS FOR COMING AND PRESENTING. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NON-FATAL SHOOTING INITIATIVE AS WELL AS THE UPDATES TO THE PROPERTY CRIME INVESTIGATION. BOTH OF THOSE THINGS HAVE PLAGUED MY WARD FOR
SOMETIME NOW. I WAS WONDERING MY STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP ACTUALLY BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU OR OTHERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO A COMMUNITY MEETING AND PRESENT ON THESE. I THINK MY CONSTITUENTS WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING MORE ABOUT TM. >> CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER, YES, IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW WHEN AND
WHERE, YES. >> GREAT, YEAH. WE'LL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL FOR ME. >>> THANK YOU. NO ONE ELSE IS ON QUEUE SO NEXT UP WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOODAFETY DEPARTMENT I
BELIEVE, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. >>> THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, AMANDA HARRINGTON, DIRECTOR FOR E NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. BEFORE I START ON THE SUMMER SAFETY PLA I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MENTION THAT TODAY IS DENIM DAY. SO ME AND
PEOPLE LIKE ME AROUND THE GLOBE ARE WEARING DENIM IN OBSERVANCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. IT'S A SMALL WAY TO SHOW WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS AND WE NEED TO CHANGE HARMFUL
NARRATIVES AND CREATE SAFER ENVIRONMENTS FOR EVERYBODY SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DIVERT FOR A MOMENT. REGARDING OUR SUMMER SAFETY PLAN I'M VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE FIRST OF WHAT I'M HOPING IS AN ANNUAL OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY SUMMER SAFETY KICKOFF COMMUNITY EVENT. JUNE 6th FROM 12 O'CLOCK TO 4:00 WE'RE GOING
TO BE HOLDING AN EVENT AT PB PARK. WE CHOSE THAT AREA BECAUSE OF SHOOTINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THIS SPRING, BUT NEXT YEAR WE'RE PLANNING TO VE IT IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE LOVE AROUND SUMMER SAFETY. WE'RE
HOPING TO HAVE RESOURCES, FUN ACTIVITIES, JUST TO START EVERYONE OFF HAVING A SAFE SUMMER, AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY IN OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATED EVENT. SO IT WILL NOT JUST BE FOCUSED ON GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
PREVENTION. WE'LL HAVE KIND OF THE LARGER SCOPE OF SAFETY HOPE THROUGHOUT THE CITY HOPEFULLY REPRESENTED AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS. ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE THAT JUNE IS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MONTH. SO THERE'LL DEFINITELY BE SOME GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION STUFF THERE. THE DEPARTMENT IS
ALSO FOCUSED ON SOME PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES FOR THIS SUMMER REGARDING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS. WE'RE HOPING TO SFT THEIR HOURS ALONG LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN AVEN TO 10:00 TO 6:00. WE HAVE AN EARLIER SHIFT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPANY STUDENTS AS THEY
GET FROM TRANSIT STATIONS TO SCHOOL ESPECIALLY SOUTH HIGH FOR EXAMPLE BUT WHEN SCHOOL GETS OUT WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM COMMUNI THEY WISH THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS WERE OUT LATER SO WE'RE WORKING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. WE ALSO HOPE TO HAVE SAFETY AMBASSADORS PRESENT AT LARGE EVENTS ALONG LAKE AND FRANKLIN. I KNOW THEY
WILL BE PRESENT FOR THE NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH PARADE MAY 1st FOR EXAMPLE, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE PRESENT AT LARGE EVENTS. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ENGING IN ENGAGEMENT IN THE UPTOWN COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR EXPANSION THERE WHILE UP TTOWN
WON'T HAVE SAFETY AMBASSADORS THIS SUMMER, THAT WILL HAVE T WAIT TILL NOVEMBER, FOLKS WILL SEE US OUT ENGAGING ON THE STREET AND AT COMMUNITY ENTS SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS ARE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. REGARDING VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS
WE HAVE MOVED TO LARGER GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. WE MOVE TO THOSE AREAS BASED ON CRIME DATA BUT THEN ALSO INPUT FROM CONTRACTORS THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY COULD COVER LARGER PARTS OF THE CITY. AND SO BOTH SOUTH AND NORTH MINNEAPOLIS HAVE MUCH
LAER GEOGRAPHIC AREAS. THOSE NEW MAPS ARE OR WILL BE REFLECTED ON OUR DASHBRD THAT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PAGE. THIS IS ALSO THE SEASON WHERE A LOT OF THE VIOLENCE INTERVENERS HOST EVENTS SO THEY DO LOT MORE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR
COMMUNITIES. THEY ARE REALLY IN CHARGE OF KNOWING WHERE THOSE EVENTS NEED TO BE, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE DISPLACING NEGATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH POSITIVE ACTIVITIES. BUT WE'LL BE SHARING THOSE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE EVENTS AS THEY COME OUT. WITH OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES PROGRAM WHAT WE'VE
REALLY DONE IS EXTEND CONTRACTS THAT WERE SET TO EXPIRE THIS SPRING OR SUMMER BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS COVERAGE DURING THE WARMER MONTHS, SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMALI YOUTH LINK. WE'RE ENSURING THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE PRESENT IN
WHITTIER AND STONE ARCH BRIDGE THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF OCTOBER WE'RE ALSO PLANNING ON WORKING WIT TRAJECTORY CHANGING SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PRESENT IN STEVENS SQUARE AND LORING, THAT WORK ORDER WAS SET TO END UN UN--
IN JUNE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE BENEFITED THOSE COMMUNITIES. THIS SUMMEREIGHBORHOOD SAFETY IS ALSO FOCUSING ON IMPROVING OUR PROCESSES RELATED TO COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION. WE'RE STARTING A PILOT, A SHOOTING ABELTER PROCESS WHICH WILL INCREASE TIMELINESS AND CONSISTENCY OF COMMUNICATION
FROM THE CITY TO CONTRACTORS WHEN SHOOTINGS OCCUR. WE'RE GOING TO START THAT PILOT WITH VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND HOPING TO EXPAND TO OTHER CONTRACTORS. WE'RE HOPING TO START HAVING MONTHLY CONTRACTOR MEETINGS SO WE CAN INCREASE COMMUNICATION, TRAIN, AND COLLABORATION. THAT MONTHLY MEETING WILL STARTITH
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, SO THE NEXT STEP PROGRAM, GBI, YGBI AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS BUT AGAIN WE HOPE TO EXPAND THAT AS TIME GOES ON. AND THEN WE'RE INCREASING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY STAFF PRESENCE IN COMMUNITIES. SO WEY
MEETINGS SO WE CAN HEAR CONCERNS, CONNECT CONTRACTORS WITHEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS BUT WITH ALSO WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE DOING VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORK IN MINNEAPOL, AND THEY DON'T ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. SO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN STEP INTO THAT ROLE AND MAKE
MORE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I LL PASS IT ONTO FIRE. >> THANK YOU, WELCOME CHIEF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM INTERIM FIRE CHIEF MELANIE RUCKER. MY FIRST SLIDE IS STARTING OFF TO NOTICE THAT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE DEPARTMENT CONSISTENTLY EXPERIENCES A NOTAB RISE IN
TOTAL EMERGENCY INCIDENT CALLS. AND THIS IS DUE TO THE INCREASED TEMPERATURES, HIGHER PUBLIC ACTITY LEVELS, AND SEASONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSCOLLECTE ELEVATION OF OPERATIONAL DEMANDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE
IS A PEAK IN JULY, AND AS W KNOW THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TO FIREWORKS ACTIVITIES, BUT IN REGARDS TO OVERALL FIRE RELATED INCIDENTS, THERE ALSO IS AN INCREASE IN THE SUMMER MONTHS DUE TO AGAIN THE INDEPENDENCE
DAY, DRY WEATH CONDITIONS AND OVYOOFTEN, YOU KNOW, DROUGHT CONDITIO AND AGAIN RECREATIONAL FIRES ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE THE OUTDOOR FIRES, CAMPFIRES, GRILLING, AND OUTDOOR GATHERINGS ALSO INCREASE THOSE FIRE INCIDENTS WITHIN THE
OVERALL SUMMER MONTHS. IN ADDITION TO T INCREASE IN FIRE ACTIVITY, SEVERAL OTHER INCIDENT TYPES SHOW A SEASONAL SPIKES. AS WE CAN SAY VEGETATION FIRES AND SO THAT'S OUTSIDE GRASS FIRES, AND THE CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR TO THESE AGAIN IS THE DRY WEATHER. AND THE INCREASING AND COMBUSTIBILI OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE OUTDOOR CONDITIONS. ALONG WITH THE STRESS DROUGHTS OF THE GRASS, BUSHES, AND AGAIN, EVEN ALSO THE WILD LAND FIRES
AROUND THE RIVER BANKS AND THEN IF YOU HAVE SOME YOU KNOW UNHOUSED POPATIONS THAT ARE IN THOSE GRASS AREAS AS WELL AS IF YOU'RE FLICKING OUT CIGARETTES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WITH THESE DROUGHT CONDITIONS, IT CAN CAUSE FIRES. AND THEN ALSO THE,
YOU KNOW THE HUMAN ACTIVITIES OF YARD DEBRIS BURNINGS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN THE FIRE WORKS, RECREATIONAL FIRES, AND EQUIPMENT SPARKS THAT CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THESE FIRES. AND THEN ALSO THE INCREASED ACTIVITIES IN THE PARKS, ALONG
THE TRAILS AND THE NATURAL AREAS AL INCREASE THESE ACTIONS. AND THEN WINDY CONDITIONS OF THE SUMMER ALSO INCREASES THE FIRE SPREAD OF THESE OUTSIDE FIRES. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WATERONDITIONS, WATER
RESCUES, INCREASE IN THE SUMMER. THERE IS INCREASED SWIMMING, BOATING, AND WATER RECREATION ACTIVITIES. ALCOHOL USE ALSO IN THE SUMMER AND SUMMER EVENT GATHERINGS. AND THEN OVERESTIMATIONS OF SWIMMIN
CAPABILITIES AND LACK OF LIFE JACKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN RAPID WEATHER CHANGES THAT CAN CAUSE CONDITIONS ON THE WATERS.
THE POWER LINE IS KIN OF LIKE A SPIKE THAT YOU KNOW WAS UNEXPECTED AS WE WERE DOING THE PLAN OUT OF THE AVERAGES OVER THE FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE SEVERE STORMS, IN THE WINTERTIME AND E HIGH WINDS. AND THEN YOU
KNOW, THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ALSO SOMETIM WITH THE TREES FALLING DOWN AND THE WINTER STORMS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE POWER LINES DOWN, AND THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IN THE SUMMERTIME, THERES ALSO OUGHT ALL OF STREET ACTIVITY -- AL
ALSO A LOT OF STREET ACTIVITY, POWER LINES, GAS LINES,RE IN THE SUMMER AS WELL THAT INCREASES THAT VOLUME FOR US IN-SPUNKING TO -- IN RESPONDING TO THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS. ANDHEN AGAIN ALSO THE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS HAVING INCREASE OVER
THE SUMMERTIME AND THAT'S DUE TO HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUMES, DUE TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM AND HOLIDAY EVENTS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE ENJOYING THE WEATHER, INCREASING ROAD CONGESTION AND THEN YOU KNOW THE FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND STREE CLOCHERS AND ALSO YOU KNOW, WITH A LOT OF
CONSTRUCTION THAT HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER. ON TOP OF THAT IN THE HEAT OF SUMMERS, VEHICLES SOMETIMES CATCH FIRE BECAUSE OF THEIR TIRE BLOWOUTS, OVERHEATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT SO WE DO
HAVE A LOT OF FIRE INCIDENTS AND ACDENTS RELATED TO THAT. AND SO OVERALL, THE SUMMER ELEMENTS HIGHLIGHTED IN THESE SEASONAL TRENDS CREATE A HIGH RISK ENVINMENT THAT REQUIRES US TO ELEVATE OUR PREPAREDNESS, HEIGHTEN OPERAONAL AWARENESS,
PROACTIVE RESOURCE PLANNING, AND TARGET PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGES AND OUTREACH THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER OPERATION PERIODS. SO THE PREPAREDNESS THAT WE DO FOR OUR SUMMER OPERATION PERIODS THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON AGAIN IS
THE WATER RESCUE. AS YOU MIGHT T KNOW, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SEVEN BOATS. ONE OF THOSE BOATS IS AIR BOAT WHICH IS MAINLY FOR WINTER OPERATIONS THAT WE CAN SKID ACROSS ICE SO THAT ONE DOESN'T REALLY GET UTILIZEIN THE SUMMER, BUT WE HAVE TWO
BOATS THAT ARE MOORED ON THE RIVER, SO WE HAVE THE UPPER LOCK AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ONE BY THE BOATING AND BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA THAT CAN GET DEPLOYED RIGHT AWAY, AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL BOATS THAT ARE ON TRAILERS. ONE AT FIRE
STATION 2, 12, 19, 22, AND 28 THAT CAN BE LAUNCHED ON RIVERS, AND THE LAKES AS WELL AS LIKE ON SO FOR 22s IS THE LAKE MIC MICASA, THAT'S WHERE WE
LAUNCH THAT ONE AT AND THE OTHERS ARE ON THE RIVER, BOOM ISLAND AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN LAUNCH AND GET TO UPPER LOCKS AND LOWER LOCKS AND GET TO THOSE BOAT RESCUES. WE AND ADDITIONAL TO THE BOATS THAT ARE ON THE PREPARED AND READY TO DEPLOY, WE HAVE TRAINING
REFRESHERS WHICH REGARD BECAUSE, THE RIVER IS SWIFT WATER TRAINING AND RESCUE SO WE PARTNER WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFFS AND WE GO OVER OUR BOAT RESCUE OPERATIONS, OUR ROAD RESCUE SYSTEMS AS WE'RE, AND THEN AGAIN BY THE RIVER BANKS WE DO SOMETIMES HAVE PEOPLE THAT
FALL DOWN THE RIVER BANKS OR WE HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS OF HAPPENING ON THE RIVER SO WE DO MAKE SURE THAT WE PRACTICE THOSE VICTIM RESCUES AND APPROACH TECHNIQUES. WE CHECK OUR PPE,
WE PREPARE AGAIN HIGH RISK AREAS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THOSE DEPLOYMENTS AND HH RESCUE ACTIVITIES. AND AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY, EDUCATION,PROMOT, AND THEN AVOIDING INTOXICATIONAR CHILDREN. AND THEN WE ALSO
AGAIN COORDINATE WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES, ALIGN WITH THE PARK SERVICES, LIFEGUARD AGENCIES AT THE JOINT POOLS AND LAKES, AND THEN WE ALSO PARTNER AGAIN WITH THE HENNEPIN COUNTY AS WELL AS MAC FIRE, ST. PAUL FIRE BECAUSE
SOMETIMES OUR RESCUES DO SPAN ACROSS JURISDICTIONS SO WE DO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRACTICING AND TRAINING WITH THOSE PARTNERS. AND AGAIN, WITH THE BRUSH FIEWRS WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
READY, HAVE OUR TOOLS READY. WE DON'T REALLY, WE'RE NOT LIKE TRAINED FOR YOU KNOW FOREST FIRES AS YOU DO LIKE THE LARGE AREAS WHERE WE DO HAVE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE THAT FOAM, AND THEN WE ALSO TRY TO MONITOR THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS AND HUMIDITY AND THE HIGH FIRE INDICATORS FOR THOSE
TYPES OF RPONSES. AND THEN YOU KNOW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS KEY. WE PARTNER WITH FAMILY AND YOUTH SAFETY CAMPAIGNS AND FOCUS ON WATER SAFETY, FIREWORK RISK, RECREATIONAL AND CEREMONIAL FIRE RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND
SAFETY. AND THEN GRILLING PRACTICES AS WELL AS YOU KNOW DURING PUBLIC EVENTS AND STIVALS, WE ARE USUALLY TABLING AND HAVING THAT OUTREACH MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AND DEMOS AND REALLY PUSHING THAT
SAFETY MATERIALS. AND THEN SUMMER STOS AND SEVERE WEATHER, WE YOU KNOW REVIEW THE PROCEDURES FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES, DOWNED POWER LINES IN ROADWAYS AND HAZARDS AND COLLAPSES -- STRUCTURAL
COLLAPSE READINESS. AND THEN WE'RE BIG ON HEAT RELATED INCIDENTS AND MITIGATION AND SUPPORT DURING IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. IT IS NOTNLY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT OUR RESPONDERS BECAUSE WE ARE OUT YOU KNOW
ENCOURAGING THE HYDRATION AND REHAB CYCLES. Y KNOW, IT'S HARD TO -- IT'S -- WE HAVE BASED ON EVEN THE COLD VERSUS THE SUMMER YOU KNOW HAVING ALL THAT FIRE GEAR ON AND YOU'RE FIGHTING FIRES, YOU CAN DEFINITELY GET OVERHEAHEATED AND EXHAUSTED AND HAVING HEAT ILLNESSES AND INJURI TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS SO
WE DO EXCESSIVE MONITORING AND PULL PEOPLE OUT MORE OFTEN FOR THOSE HEAT RELATED RESPONSES DURI THE SUMMER. AND AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY MESSAGING REGARDING THE HEAT EXOSTIONS AS WELL AND -- EXOSTIONS AND WARNING SIGNS AS WELL AND HYDRATION IF THE COMMUNITY TO
KNOW BECAUSE WE DO RESPOND THROUGH OUR EMS CALLSO A LOT OF HEAT RELATED CALLS. THE TARGETING AND APPROACH TO TRY IT TO PUT THE MESSAGING OUT FOR COOLING CENTERS AND THINGS LIK
THAT FOR OUR UNHOUSED POPULATION AND THEN WHEN WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THOSE LARGE EVENTS WE ARE PRESENT. WE WILL SET UP THE COMMAND POST AS WELL AS DURING LARGE EVENTS, IT'S HARD FOR FIRE TRUCKS TO GET OUT AND AUT IN THOSE LARGE CROWDS, SO WE HAVE A
WAY GAGAITERS THAT WE WILL STAFF UP WITH OUR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AS HELP SUPPORT THOSE COOLING STATIONS AND PROVIDE EMS D WATER AT EVENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LARGE EVES THAT WE
HAVE, COULD BE PRIDE, TASTE OF MINNESOTA, AQUATENNIAL. WE MAKE SURE TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THAT IS IT FOR FIRE. >> THANK YOU. NOW A LITTLE -- WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. WE FIRST HAVE PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. THIS IS FOR YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. I KNOW THAT WE JUST ANNOUNCED SAFETY AMBASSADORS FOR UPTOWN, AND I HAD TO REMIND MYSELF WHAT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WAS. I WENT BACK TO
THE RECORD. IT WAS ORIGINALLY WE WORKED WITH DID TO KIND OF GET A ROUGH ESTIMATE ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO IMPLEMENTER WITH CORRIDOR, AND WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT SLATED FOR THE SEVEN CULTURAL DISTRICT CORRIDORS. THAT GOT EXDENDED TO YOUNOW THANKS TO WORKING WITH
COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI TO INCLUDE UPTOWN, DINKYTOWN, MILL DISTRICT AND EAST HENNEPIN AND AGAIN WITH A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF $300,000 PER CORRIDOR. YOU KNOW, IF I WAS SELFISH I WANTED TO LAUNCH THIS JUST FOR LOWRY
AND CENTRAL AVENUE THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY I WANTED THIS TO BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT I SAW THE VALUE OF THIS CITYWIDE AND I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTOOD WHY LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN WERE PRIORITIZED OVER LOWRY AND CENTRAL. BUT I'M
WONDERING IF YOU COULD EXPAND ON WHY THERE WERE CHOICES TO ONLY FOCUS ON LAKE STREET AND FRANKLIN AND NOW H WE'VE ARRIVED AT UPTOWN AND HOW BUDGETS MAY HAVE SHIFTED OVER THAT DURATION BECAUSE I STILL
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE RESOURCES COMING TO NORTHEASTULED LIKE TO SEE THESE RESOURCES COMING TO DINKYTOWN AND IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHERE THE BUDGET IS RIGHT NOW, AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET AHEAD OF THAT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THESE CORRIDORS FOLLOWED
THROUGH ON SO IF IT I HAVE TO MAKE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE OPERATIONAL REALITIES ARE NOW COMPARED TO WHEN WE PUT THOSE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TOGETHER BACK IN 2023. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A, IF THERE IS A SUTINCT QUESTION IN THERE. -- SUCCINCT QUESTION IN THERE.
>> CHAIR CHAVEZ, PRESIDENT PAYNE. THAT IS ACTUALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU DID THE INITIAL KIND OF BUDGETING IN TALKS WITH DID, DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHEN WE INITIALLY WERE WORKING ON THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE LOOKED AT HOW MANY SAFETY AMBASSADORS DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT
HAS PER SQUARE FOOT, AND WE REALIZED THE THREE MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR THIS WAS NOT GOING TO COVER 11 AREAS. UNFORTUNATELY. WE DID DECIDE TO START WITH TWO AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, PILOTING TWO
AREAS WE CAN DO THAT A LOT BETTER THAN TRYING TO PILOT SOMETHING IN 11 AREAS AT THE SAME TIME. WE DID DECIDE TO GO TO UPTOWN NEXT BAUSE WHEN WE LOOKED AT DATA OF 9-1-1 CALLS, 3-1-1 CALLS, UPTOWN HAD THE NEXT HIGHEST BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
NUMBER OF CALLS. AND IT REMAINED HIGH EVEN WHEN WE LOOKED AT PROPPULATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO -- POPULATION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST ASSUME A BIGGER NUMBER OF CALLS BECAUSE IT WAS A BIGGER GEOGRAPHIC AREA. IF YOU LOOK AT POPULATION DENSITY IN THAT AREA, IT ALSO REMAINED HIGH ON THE LIST. SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S THE
NEXT AREA FOR US TO EXPAND TO. TO YOUR POINT OF WHERE ARE WE WHERE THE BUDGET -- WHERE ARE WE WITH THE BUDGET, WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH ABOUT NOVEMBER 2027 WITH THE INITIAL APPROPRIATION THAT WAS MADE FOR SAFETY AMBASSADORS. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK
FOR GENERAL FUNDS OR ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR USO CONTINUE SAFETY AMBAS DARS AND CERTAINLY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM. >> LET'S WORK CLOSELYOON THAT BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST SOME ADDITIONAL CORRIDORS GET INCLUDED WITHIN EXISTING RESOURCES, AND THAT MEANS
PROBABLY BEFORE 2027 WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES. SO LET'S WORK CLOSELY ON THAT SO WE CAN GET REAL NUMBERS. THANK YOU. >> VICE CHAIR STEVENSON. >> THANK YOU, THAN YOU, DIRECTOR HARRINGTON. I HAVE A
QUESTION. COMMUNITY MEMBER BROUGHT UP TO ME THAT WAS AN AMAZING IDEA, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T THINK OF IT MYSELF. THEY ASKED ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE DURIN THE STREET
RECONSTRUCTION. >> CHAIRHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUAR AS YOU KNOW THERE IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY GROUP THAT FEELS THEY HAVE VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS IN THAT
AREA AND THAT DIIDANT NEED ADDITIONAL -- THAT THEY DIDN'T NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OF CITY CONTRACTED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS SO WHEN WE REDID THE BOUNDARIES FOR SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS, WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL AS LOOKING AT SHOOTING DATA AND WE MOVED THEM UP A COUPLE OF
BLOCKS SO THEY DON'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO GEORGE NOWED SQUARE. NOW THAT BEING SAID, IF A SHOOTING HAPPENED IN GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE OUR SAFETY AMBASSADORS ARE ABLE TO HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THEIR AREA. THEY
COULD LIKELY GO TO THAT AREA IF THEY WERE NEEDED. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN ANOTHER THING, THIS IS ABOUT BUDGETS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AND I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED ON THE CUT OF BEBATHANY'S CONTRACT WAS EXTREMELY PAINFUL IN MY COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THE ORB
SPENDING LAST YEAR -- OVERSPENDING LAST YEAR IS THE SOURCE OF THAT. SO PLEASE, THIS IS JUST ME CALLING OUT, WE'LL NEED TO WORK CLOSELY TO MAKE IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT KIND OF ABRUPT CONTRACT CHANGE DOESN'T HAPPEN TO OTHER VENDORS AND MAYBE DO SOME REPARATIVE WORK BETWEEN THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND SEBATHANY AS WELL BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION AND I HOPE AT THIS EVENT THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THAT YOU'D ALSO BE ABLE TO BE THE OR ONE OF YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU. >> CNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. LORD JESUS. CHAIR CHAVEZ. JUST A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION. I'M WAS LOOKING ALSO FOR THE COVERAGE AREAS FOR SOME OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS OR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT RIGHTOW THE
DASHBOARDS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW OR TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE, SO IF THERE COULD BE A FOLLOW-UP STAFF MEMO TO TALK ABOUT WHAT AREAS ARE RECEIVING THAT EXPANDED
COVERAGE, IN TERMS OF WHOEVER IS IN -- FOR MISSISSIPPI SPECIFIC -- MINNEAPOLIS SPECIFICALLY. AND I'M NOT SURE IF SOME SOME OF OUR VY VIOLENCE PREVENTION CONTRACTORS. I THINK IT JUST WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A VISUAL AID TO SHOW WHERE THE COVERAGE
WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH ALL THESE SERVICES, I THINK THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IN A PRIOR PRESENTATION BEFORE. AND WITH THE DASHBOARD BEING DOWN IWANTEU
ALL'S ATTENTION. >>HANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THE DASHBOARD IS DOWN. WE WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW-UP WITH THE MAPS. >> AND NEXT UP WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RAINVIL. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO I GOT A LITTLE CONFUSED THERE, DIRECTOR
HARRINGTON. EXCUSE ME, PRESIDENT PAYNE, HAD BROUGHT UP THE BUDGETS, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEPLETED BY, YOU HAD SAID THE BUDGETS WE DEPLETED BY '27 FOR THESE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
IS THAT, DOES THAT INCLUDE HIS AREA, MY AREA, THE DINKYTOWN, AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET? >> CHAIR D CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBERAINVILLE, $3 MILLION WERE IMPLEMENTED TO NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY FOR SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND WHAT I'M SAYING
IS THE $3 MILLION WILL BE UTILIZED, FULLY GONE JUST BEFORE THE END OF 2027. >> OKAY. BUT WOULD THAT INCLUDE PUTTING SAFETY AMBASSADORS ON LORI AND CENTRAL, DINKYWN, THE MILL DISTRICT?
>> CHCHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE WE WOULD NEED TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR US TO EXPAND. >> I'M TRYING TO SAY THAT SO I'M HERE AND I APOLOGIZE I HAVEN'T BEEN CLEAR. I HAVEN'T SEEN SAFETY AMBASSADORS ON THE RIVER
DISTRICT. ALTHOUGH $300,000 IS ALLOCATED SO ARE YOU TELLING ME IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN? IN THAT AREA? THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN ON LOWRY AND CENTRAL? >> CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THE $3 MILLIOHAS BEEN USED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR
LAKE STREET, FRANKLIN AVENUE, AND THEN UPTOWN. WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM INTO ANY OF THE AREAS, EVEN THOUGH 11 AREAS WERE CONTEMPLATED WHEN THAT APPROPRIATION WAS MADE. >> THAT'S REALLY DISAPPOINNG BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS CITY GOES
BEYOND, IT GOES NORTH OF HENNEPIN AVENUE. SO JUST MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT A MAP. THANK YOU.
>> I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE. DIRECTOR HARRINGTON, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SHIFT IN TIMES FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM SO I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BETTER AFFECT SOME OF THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT. AND COLLEAGUES, I
THINK AS WE LOOK INTO THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, I THINK WE SHOULD ALL WOR TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT IN THE BUDGET WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO PUT MORE FUNDING INTO THE PROGRAM TO GO IO OTHER AREAS, SO I THINK WE CAN WORK ON THAT AS THE BUDGETS COME. SO. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE WE WILL
PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATIONS. NEXT UP WE HAVE BELIEVE 9-1-1 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. WELCOME. >> HI. CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBERS, EMILY CARDENAS,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 9-1-1 AND I WILL BE PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF OUR DEPARTMENT TODAY. WE SEE AN INCREASED CALL VOLUME DURING THE SUMMER. THE INCREASE BEGINS ABOUT MID-MAY WITH THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUMES NORMALLY OCCURRING IN JUNE AND JULY AND AUGUST.
CURRENTLY WE ARE ON AVERAGE ABOUT 40,000 CALLS MONTHLY. YOU'LL SEE AN UPTICK OF 5,000 TO 7,000 IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST. WE INCREASE OUSTAFFING MINIMUM STARTING APRIL 15th TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE ON STAFF TO HANDLE THE CALL VOLUMES AND THE
RADIO TRAFFIC WHICH IS CREATED BYHE -- WHICH CREATES ADDITIONAL OVERTIME EXPENSES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE ALSO ADD ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR MANY LARGE EVENTS THAT OCCUR DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. THESE EVENTS REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER, EITHER ON SITE AT MACC OR WORKING OUT OF A COMMAND
POST AT A DESIGNATED LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT 3-1-1 WILL BE OPEN DURING 4th OF JULY AND THE TASTE OF MINNESOTA WEEKEND AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND WE WILL BE WORKING WI THEM CLOSELY ON JOINT MESSAGING FOR FIREWORK SAFETY AND COMPLAINT LIKE WE DID IN 2025. SINCE WE SAW A
REDUCTION OF ABOUT 800 CALLS ON JULY 4th BY UTILIZING THE MESSAGING THAT WE DID. A SUMMER SAFETY GUIDEBOOK GEARED SPECIFICALLY FOR MECC AND 9-1-1 WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL OF OUR STAFF IN MAY. AND THAS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. NEXT WE HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WELCOME, DIRECTOR SAYER. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MY NAME IS RACHEL SAYER. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS
SUMMER WE'RE FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS AS READY AS POSSIBLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER, WHICH IS THE MAIN HAZARD CATEGORY THAT WE FACE IN THE SUMMER. SO I'M JUST GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUTHE HAZARDS, READINESS, AND AN IMPORTANT SIREN REMINDER. SO IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS, OUR MOST LIKELY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, AND TORNADOERIZE ACTUALLY THE LEAST -- TORNADOES ARE ACTUALLY THE LEAST AMONG THOSE. THE SIRENS WHICH ARE SOUNDED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY AND WE MAINTAIN BY MY TEAM WOULD SOUND IF WE HIT
CERTAIN TRIGGERS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH WHEN YOU HEAR THE SIREASON, TAKE SHELTER. THE THING THAT STRESSES ME OUT MOSTS WHETHER I START -- WHEN I START SEEING SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS OF PEOPLE IN SOME PART OF THE CITY WANDERING AROUND THE
STRE WHEN SIRENS ARE GOING OFF. YOU MUST TAKE SHELTER. THE NEXT THING YOU NEED TO DO IS GATHER INFORMATION. THE BATTERIES LAST FOR TWO OR THREE MINUTES. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE DANGER HAS PASSED. THAT MEANS THE BATTERY RAN OUT. YOU TAKE SHELTER AND SEEK INFORMATION FROM A TRUSTED LOCAL SOURCE, ANY
OF OUR GREAT LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT TRACKING THE WEATHER. BUT YOU NEED TO DO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. THE OTHER EXTREME WEATHER THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE SUMMER IS EXTREME HEAT. AIR QUALITY, PLEASE SIGN UP THERE THE
MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY ALERTS. THEY SEND OUT WHEN AIR QUALITY'S ESPECIALLY BAD, A THEN OF COURSE AROUND THE COUNTRY WE'RE SEEING EXTREME ATHER EVENTS SUCH AS VERY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT TIME. THAT WOULD BE VERY
UNUSUAL HERE, BUT IT'S BEEN UNUSUAL IN THE OTHER PLACES THAT IT'S OCCURRING AS WELL. SO THE THINGS WE CAN ALL DO, AND I WOULD ASK YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO DO, WOULD BE TO SIGN UP FOR THE CITY ALERTS, WE HAVE SET UP OUR CITY ALER
ALERT SYSTEM TO PUSH FORBWAR NATIONAL ALERTS. THESE ARE THE BEST WAY TO GET IMMEDIATE WATCH AND WARNINGS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS IMMEDIATE TAKE ACTION INFORMATION; TWO WE HAVE READY CAMP AVAILABLE. THOSE ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS. THOSE ARE HOUSEHOLD FAMILY LEVEL
PREPAREDNESS COURSES THAT ARE OPEN TO EVERYONE. THREE, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO NOW ASSEMBLE YOUR AT-HOME READINESS FOR SEVERE WEATHER KIT. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FLASHLIGHT, YOU HAVE A NUMBERS THAT YOU ND TO KNOW WRITTEN DOWN IN CASE POWER
IS OUT, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE MEETING YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT'S OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME IN CASE SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO YOUR HOME, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. NOW IS THE TE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT TO THOSE LARGE SUMMER PLANNED EVENTS, CHECK THE WEATHER. TAKE THE ITEMS YOU NEED TO BE
PREPARED IN CASE SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES WHILE YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT THIS SUMMER. THAT IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU AND NEXT WE HAVE THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHAVEZ,
AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. THANKS FOR HAVING THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. WE ARE ALWAYS EAGER TO SHARE ALL OF THE GREAT RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES GOING ON IN OUR CITY. DIRECTOR SAYER HAD A GREAT ENTOD ENTO-- INTRODUCTION IS WHY COMMUNICATIONS ARE IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS OBVIOUSLY WHAT TO DO WHEN THOSE
SIRENS GO OFF OR WHEN TO GO BACK OR SEEK SHELTER. OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, WE AMPLIFIED THE SUMMER SAFETY WORK OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS DELIVERING TIMELY ACCURATE INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE CITY IS ENHANCING COMMUNITY SAFETY THROUGH
CROSS-DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE CAN'T GET OUR MESSAGE OUT. WE WILL HIGHLIGHT VISIBLE ACTION AND MEASURABLE PROGRESS THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EDUCATIONAL PSAs DURING OUR SUMMER SAFETY PLAN. WE'LL DO SOME STORYTELLING SUCH AS FEATURING OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND THE NEW
DISPATCHER WHO CAN COORDINATE THINGS LIKE SAFETY ESCORTS FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ON EAST LAKE STREET AND EAST FRANKLIN AVENUE. WE'LL HAVE UPDATES ON OUR POLICE EFFORTS INCLUDING HOW THEY ARE REDUCING CRIME AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE SPOTLIGHTING SUMMER SAFETY INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT
AND IMPAC COMMUNITY SAFET AND WE WANT OBVIOUSLY THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL RANGE OF SUMMER SAFETY INITIATIVES AS THEY CELEBRATE OF COURSE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS SUMMER FROM OUTDOOR BURNING SAFETY TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, THE MOBILE MEDICAL
UNIT, KNOWING WHEN TO CALL 9-1-1 VERSUS 3-1-1, AS DIRECTOR SAYER SAID ANYTHING RELATED TO SEVERE WEATHER. WE WANT TO HIGH LO LIGHT A NUMBER O KEY FOCUS AREAS, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND GOING TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS THROUGH
DA DRIVEN COMMUNICATION DECISIONS TO HIGHLIGHT OUR SAFER STREETS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND OUR COMMUNITIES. NOW WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE CRITICAL SAFETY INFORMATION, RESOURCES THAT YOU CAN USE AND HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SAFETY WITH THEIR FAMILY. SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THOSE
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THROUGH MANY OF OUR CITY CHANNELS, OUR EXTERNAL CHANNELS SUCH AS NEWS BITES WHERE Y GUYS CAN SHARE OBVIOUSLY OUR INFORMATION, OUR DIGITAL WITH THE WEB, AND OF COURSE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS ROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
ONE OF COURSE WILL BE THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, ANDHAT AWARENESS CAM CAMPAIGN WILL BE IN EXPWRIEWN HIGHLIGHTING SAFE GUN STORAGE AS WE DID LAST YEAR AT THE DIRECTION OF CHIEF O'HARA AND EDUCATION AND OF COURSE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND WE'LL WORK WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY ON THEIR INITIATIVES FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. FOURTH
OF JULY LAST YEAR WE HAD AN AMAZING EVENT WHERE WE HAD CITY, COUNTY, AND STATE PARTNERS WHERE WE LE HEL A NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE CHIEF O'HARA HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY VIOLENT ACTIONS IN THE 4th OF JULY CELEBRATION WHEREAS IN
THE PREVIOUS YEAR, WE'RE SHOOTING FIREWORKS I SHOULD SAY AT PEOPLE. AND THROUGH CHIEF'S WORDS LAST YEAR, THIS MESSAGING THAT WE HAD THAT NEWS CONFERENCE AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHERS HELPED REDUCE THE VIOLENCE DURING THE 4th OF JULY. AND ALSO WE HAD A GREAT MESSAGE ABOUT CALLING 9-11 VERSUS 3-1-1.
WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR CALLS TO 9-1-1 WHICH OPENED UP THOSE LINES FOR EMERGENCIES, INSTEADF A NOISE COMPLAINT. SO WE DIRECTED THEM TO 3-1-1 AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO TT AND WE'LL OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE RESPONSLY, FIND A DESIGNATED DRIVER, AND HELPING
THEIR NEIGHBORS. AND OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SUMMER DIGITAL CAMPAIGN THAT WILL BE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE HERE LISTENING ONLINE TO FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE SAFETY PROGRAMS, THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. AND FINALLY, WE ARE REALLY INVESTING IN HIGHLIGHTING
THE EAMAZING AND EVENT AND OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR CITY TO BRING PEOPLE TO MINNEAPOLIS. YOU KNOW WEAK RECENT ELA OBVIOUSLY SEE -- WE'VE RECENTLY OBVIOUSLY SEEN PEOPLE OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS IN OUROMMUNITIES THROUGH SEVERAL CHALLENGE AS WIEBE AND THROUGH OUR SEVERAL COMMUNITY CHANNELS WE ARE GOING TO REALLY EMFISHIZE AND HIGHLIGHT AND SHOW HOW THE CITY
HAS COME TOGETHER, HOW WE'RE HAVING FUN DURING THE SUMMER, ENJOYING THE PARKS, LAKES, STREET EVENTS, AND HAVE EVERYONE COME SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES AND WE WELCOME EVERYONE NOT OBVIOUSLY JUST IN MINNEAPOLIS BUT OWI OUTSIDE OF MINNEAPOLIS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO SHOW ALL THE GREAT EVENTS AND
PARKS AND LAKES THAT WE HAVE HERE. SO WITH THAT, I THINK I TURN IT OVER TO QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS. >> WE'LL FIRST HAVE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >>> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ. MINE ISN'T A QUESTION. IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT BECAUSE I'VE
GOT AN LOT OF QUESTIONS RECENTLY FROM CONSTITUENTS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. SO JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A PLAN OR SOME OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT WHAT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT DOES. I GOT A LOT OF QUTIONS DURING THE I.C.E. OCCUPATION AROUND LIKE ARE WE READY FOR THIS, HOW DO WE DO THIS, CAN I U MY CHURCH BUILDING TO DO, YOU KNOW, AND I EXPLAINED TO PEOPLE THAT NO, WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT, AND THEY WORK ON THINGS, BUT IT BECAME CLEAR
TO ME THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DEPARTMENT EXISTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, AND THAT WE ARE BEHIND THE SCENES PREPARING FOR THESE UNFORTUNATE EVENTS AND JUST WONDERING IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN TO
REALLY TALK THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHAVEZ, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. I CAN START AND HAPPY TO HAND OVER TO DIRECTOR WASSERMAN. SO FIRST OF
ALL, TO SAY I AM ALWAYS HAPPY TO COME AND ENGAGE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS IN SOME FORM IF HELPFUL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DO AS A DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE PREPARE AS A CITY. SECOND, I DO WANT TO MENTION A PRESENTATION I GAVE TO THIS COMMITTEE SOMETIME
AGO WAS ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE THREE Ws OR FIVE Ws, AND THAT IS A SERVICE MAPPING OF ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO THE WORK IN RESPONSES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE HAD TO PUT ON HOLD FOR MONTHS NOW BETWEEN THE ENUNCIATION RESPONSE AND OMS BUT IT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY HOPEFUL
WE CAN PICK BACK UP SOON. SO THERE IS A LOT WE'VE ENGAGED RECENTLY WITH THE NORTH SIDE RESILIENCE HUB, PARTNERS AS WELL, SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED NOW THAT WE'RE BACK AND HAVE TIME
HOPEFULLY TO PUT EFFORT IN THESE AREAS THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS A CITY IN PREPAREDNESS. BUT ALWAYS HAPPY TO COMMUNICATE WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AS HELPFUL. ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? >> THANK YOU. >> SO DIRECTOR SARA CARE --
SAYER AND I ACTUALLY HAD A ROBUST PLAN BEFORE WE GOT DERAILED BY ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE STARTING LAST SUMMER. HIGHLIGHTING HOW EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WORKS, HIGHLIGHTING SEVERE WEATHER, WHAT PEOE CAN DO, HOW THEY CAN TAKE ACTION, WE OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING -- WIL CONTINUE THAT DURING THE SUMMER. DIRECTOR
SAYER AND I HAVE TALKED LONG ABOUT THE SIREN CAMPAIGN ABOUT WHAT TO DO WHEN SIRENS GO OFF. AND WE ACTUALLY DID A NEWS ARTICLE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO I THINK IT WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF OPERATION METRO SURGE ABOUT WHAT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOES THAT
IS IN OUR OCS DISPATCH IF YOU ARE A SUBSCRIBED TO THAT. IF YOU ARE NOT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT AND WE CAN SEND THAT ARTIE TO YOU GUYS TO READ IT AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. SO WIEBE HIGHLIGHTED THAT AND WEILL CONTINUE TO LOOK OBVIOUSLY FOR COMMUNICATION WAYS TO HIGHLIGHT READY CAMP, TO HIGHLIGHT WAY
PEOPLE CAN TAKE ACTION DURING EXTREME HEAT WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS GOI TO COME UP. SO WE HAVE ALREADY NEWS RELEASES READY TO GO. WE HAVE RESOURCES READY TO GO. WE HAVE PAGES WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND SHELTER. COOLING STATIONS AND OF COURSE DURING THE WINTER HEATING LOCATIONS. SO WE DO AMPLIFY THOSE AND WE WILL HELP YOU GUYS AMPLIFY THOSE
WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AS YOU ASK. >> THANK YOU AND THE COMMUNICATIONS HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. I AM SURE I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT BEFORE, BUT I WR LOVE IT. IT MAKES MY JOB A LOT EASIE IT'S CLEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE VIDEOWISE DIRECTOR SAYER
THOUGH. SHE H A WAY WITH WORDS THAT IT JUST MAKES PEOPLE UNDERSTAND A LOT BETTER. THE NEWSLETTERS ARE GREAT. IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION SOMETIMES FOR SOME PEOPLE SO LIKE YOU KNOW THOSE OLD CLIP VIDEOS YOU DO, THOSE HELP OUT A LOT FOR PEOPLE THAT WE CAN JUST TEXT THEM TO
THEM OR YOU KNOW SEND IT TO THEM ATTACHED TO OUR NEWSLETTER. SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB, YOU REALLY ARE AT COMMUNICATING THE BOTH OF YOU. YOU N'T NEED TO LOOK BACK. YOU TOO, DIRECTOR. >> I WAS LOOKING FOR CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ADAM FETCHER TO SEE IF HE WAS HERE, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE A
ROBUST PLAN TO IMPROVE AND UPDATE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH INCLUDES MORE VIDEOS, SO LOOK FORWARD TO SENDING YOU MORE VIDEOS THAT YOU CAN LINK TO. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STAFF, FOR
BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION FORWARD. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AS YOU ALL CAN TELL, WE'RE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS WORK WHICH IS WHY WROAIVE L WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND SEEING NO MORE DISCUSSION, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT REPORT. AND BEFORE WE END COLLEAGUES, I
JU WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC THAT ITEM NUMBER 10, THE SHOOTING OF DAVIS MATUREI LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR WAS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON MAY 5th WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION. I ALSO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MR. MUTURI IS IN ATTENDANCE. I WILL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR JUSTICE IN YOUR CASE AND WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE IN THESE CHAMBERS. THAT BEING SAID, COLLEAGUES, SEEING NO ONE ELSE ON QUEUE, AND SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE US, I WOULD DECLARE THIS
MEETING ADJOURNED.