This election will certainly be a referendum. We will see new faces on
the Council so we can't know how anything will be implemented.
May Minneapolis be blessed with wise voters!
the Council so we can't know how anything will be implemented.
May Minneapolis be blessed with wise voters!
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 6:56 AM Karlie Cole <<email obscured>> wrote:
> OK, so can anybody tell me which vote will get those rape kits that the
> feds funded actually tested with results reported to victims? There are
> victims who don't even know anything, ANYTHING, about who raped them
> because of date rape drugs. Do you know what happens when the victim can't
> name who raped them? NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! That rapist is still out
> there, probably raping other people - and this city couldn't care less.
>
> Karlie Cole
> Kingfield
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 4:51 PM Sara Rothholz Weiner <
> <email obscured>> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Cam, please put estimated timelines next to each of these many
> > actions/initiatives so that we understand the true impact.
> >
> > > On Sep 20, 2021, at 2:35 PM, Cam Gordon <<email obscured>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Now that we know that the proposed charter change to create a new
> > Department of Public Safety will be on the ballot, more people are going
> to
> > be wondering, writing and talking about what it would look like in
> > Minneapolis.
> > >
> > > Naturally, and wisely I think, many of the details have not been worked
> > out. Before investing in the careful, inclusive, transparent, democratic
> > and thoughtful process such promising and serious work will require, I
> > believe the first step is to see if the will of the people is to change
> the
> > framework and create the department in the first place. Still, much of
> > what will follow is predictable and will be built from what has come
> before.
> > >
> > > So, let’s say that Ballot Question #2 is approved by the voters in
> > November.
> > >
> > > Here are some of my thoughts about what might happen next.
> > >
> > > The first action that would likely occur would be the appointment of a
> > new Commissioner of Public Safety and likely her or his first priority
> > would be to take the lead in developing a timeline and plan for studying,
> > engaging stakeholders and considering options for the new department. The
> > Council and Mayor may even choose to appoint an interim commission prior
> to
> > January in order to allow the newly elected group to do a more extensive
> > search and choose the appointee.
> > >
> > > That, and updated our documents to reflect the new charter language,
> > would likely be the only formal action taken during the 30 days following
> > election day.
> > >
> > > The other formal action that would follow, would be the drafting of
> > amendments to the appropriate ordinances, including the Police Department
> > Ordinance, and the creation of a new ordinance governing the new
> > department. The shape of that would be up to the newly elected Council
> and
> > Mayor. I think that the most obvious first things we might bring into
> the
> > new department would be all of our Police Department, 911 Emergency
> > Communications and our Office of Emergency Management staff and
> resources.
> > We might also consider including Traffic Control, Fire Inspections,
> Animal
> > Care and Control, our new Behavioral Crisis Response division and the
> > Office of Violence Prevention.
> > >
> > > To get a better understanding about what a Department of Public Safety
> > might look like, you might want to look at how some other cities,
> counties
> > and states have organized their Public Safety Departments. You can look
> at
> > our state Department of Public Safety here
> > https://dps.mn.gov/pages/default.aspx#<
> > https://dps.mn.gov/pages/default.aspx>
> > >
> > > You can get a feel for the general national picture of Departments of
> > Public Safety, (according to Wikipedia) at -
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_public_safety
> > >
> > > You can find two examples of other larger cities with Departments of
> > Public Safety at the following. First for Denver, Colorado at
> >
>
https://www.denvergov.org/Government/Departments/Department-of-Public-Safety/About-Us
> .
> > Second for St Louis, Missouri at
> >
> https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/index.cfm
> > >
> > > I suspect any reorganization and additional City functions would first
> > be agreed to in a new ordinance and then take months, and likely years to
> > accomplish and I know that there is a big interest right now at exploring
> > how to better prevent crime and violence and looking at safety from a
> > Public Health perspective as well as a Criminal Justice perspective.
> > >
> > > In Minneapolis, through our Health Department and with a lot of work
> > being done under the leadership of former Mayors Rybak and Hodges, we
> have
> > been taking a look at using a public health approach for many years. You
> > can learn a little about the history of Violence prevention in
> Minneapolis
> > at https://www.womenspress.com/a-public-health-approach-to-violence/.
> > You can learn more about Violence Prevention and the Public Health
> Approach
> > generally at these 2 links with information from two well-known and
> > credible organizations, the World Health Organization, and the United
> > States Center for Disease Control:
> > >
> > > https://www.who.int/violenceprevention/approach/en/
> > >
> > > https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/about/publichealthapproach.html
> > >
> > > You can also find some excellent resources at
> > https://citiesunited.org/#resources
> > >
> > > To get an idea of what this Council, in particular, might be interested
> > in, in terms of some of the safety initiatives in addition to or instead
> of
> > policing, you can also look back at the Safety for All Budget Amendment
> > that the Council passed last year:
> > https://www.aclu-mn.org/en/news/step-toward-safety-all-minneapolis. At
> > the same meeting where this was approved, we also approved funding to
> > support the training and hiring of 3 new classes of new licensed law
> > enforcement peace officers and a mental health professional to be part of
> > 911 to help identify calls that could be assigned to the new crisis
> > response teams.
> > >
> > > I also encourage people to see what one expert in the field has offered
> > as a possible framework for consideration of what a new department might
> > include. This was written several months ago by Michael Friedman.
> Michael
> > is the former executive director of the Legal Rights Center and served
> for
> > 3 years as chair of the Minneapolis Civilian Police Review Authority.
> >
>
https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/07/17/what-happens-when-we-dismantle-the-police-department-heres-a-plan/
> > >
> > > Finally, If this measure passes I am confident that there will be many
> > people standing up and coming forward to help ---- including community
> > members, professionals who work or study safety and health from academia,
> > other nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities from throughout
> > the country and even internationally. Hundreds, and likely thousands, of
> > people are ready and willing to offer their input, insights, best ideas
> and
> > guidance to help us develop, implement and evaluate our new Department of
> > Public Safety.
> > >
> > > We will make history and we will become a model for others to follow.
> I
> > am excited about the work to come. I hope you are too.
> > >
> > > Together, we will make our city safer for everyone.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cam Gordon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cam Gordon
> > > Seward, Minneapolis
> > > About/contact Cam Gordon: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/camgordon
> > >
> > >
> > > None
> > >
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