##VIDEO ID:hddpG39epW8## .  MY NAME IS BRIAN WORRELL.  CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BOSSIER CITY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 26, 2024. THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED . IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DOT GOV.  BACKSLASH CITY DAS COUNCILOR DAS TV AND BROADCAST AN EXPANDED CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 AND FILES CHANNEL 964 BRING COMMENT MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT IWM AT BOSTON.COM. IT WILL BE MAY PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO OUR COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING. INDIVIDUALS BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP WHO HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGN UP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON SHANE PAC ASHAMED DI PAC AS S H A N AS IN NANCY E THAT PAC A C AD BOSTON.COM FOR THE LINK. YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST TODAY.  TODAY'S HEARING IS ON DOCKET NUMBER 1335. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF 2,000,320 $22,200 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE COMMUNITY MITIGATION GRANT AWARDED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS GAMING COMMISSION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BUDGET MANAGER TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BUDGET MANAGEMENT. THE GRANT WILL BE THE GRANT FUNDING TO OFFSET COSTS RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WAS PRIOR TO THE COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 11, 2024. WE HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER OF ABSENCE FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE WHICH I WILL READ INTO THE RECORD AT SEPTEMBER 26 TO COUNCILOR BRIAN WELCH'S CHAIR WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE REGARDING THE HEARING ABSENCE FOR DOCKET NUMBER 1335. DEAR CHAIR ALL AROUND AND THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND TODAY'S HEARING ON DOCKET NUMBER 1335 A HEARING REGARDING COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MITIGATION GRANT. I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MITIGATION GRANT IN ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE ONGOING CONCERNS AND DEVELOPMENTS SPECIFICALLY ALONG THE SULLIVAN SQUARE AND WATFORD AVE CORRIDOR . WHILE I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON I WANT TO SHARE THAT THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS ARE HEARD AND WE USE THESE FUNDS TO ADDRESS ONGOING CHALLENGES OF TRAFFIC INGESTION, NOISE POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS IN AND AROUND SULLIVAN SQUARE AREA. I WOULD THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE HEARING MINUTES AND TESTIMONY AND I REMAIN COMMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY FOLLOW UP ACTIONS NECESSARY SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE DIRECTLY AT 6176254376 OR VIA EMAIL AT RUTHIE LOUIJEUNE BOSTON DOT GOV. SINCERELY RUTHIE LOUIJEUNE BOSSIER CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT BOSSES AND COUNCIL AT LARGE.  TODAY I'M JOINED BY THE ADMINISTRATION WHO WILL BE TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THIS DOCKET AND WE HAVE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING FOR THE STREET CABINET. DIRECTOR GUPTA DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR BOSTON FOR BPD BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CHIVERS.  DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND RESEARCH OF THE OFFICE OF HUMAN HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR WEIGHING IN ON THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE. DEPUTY WEBB AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT SERGEANT DETECTIVE SULLIVAN. AND OF AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DEPUTY JILL FC THE FLOOR IS NOW YOURS.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO START WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY PORTION OF THE MONEY? YES.  OKAY. SO OUT OF THE $2.3 MILLION THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED $539,500, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL BE SERVED WILL BE CITYWIDE BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY AREA A IN AREA 15 AS THOSE ARE THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CONTINGENT TO THE CASINO PROPERTIES. THE FUNDING PERIOD IS FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 AND GOES THREE YEARS OUT AND SO THEY GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN MOST GRANT PROGRAMS GIVE US TO SPEND DOWN OUR FUNDING WITHIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. THERE WILL BE A FULL TIME COORDINATOR THAT WILL COORDINATE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPRESENTED MOVES TO JOINTLY CREATE STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE IMPACT CRIME IMPACT IN THAT AREA. THERE WAS A NEED THAT WE IDENTIFIED OVER THREE YEARS WORKING IN THAT AREA TO BOTH COORDINATE INTERNALLY AND THEN EXTERNALLY WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT SERVE THE CORE COMMUNITY AND THAT INCLUDES THE STATE POLICE, EVERETT POLICE, OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND THE MASS GAMING POLICE BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THERE'S SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVING THAT COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE TO START WORKING MORE CONSISTENTLY ON JOINT PLANNING ON SOME OF THESE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE OUT OF THAT CASINO OR AROUND OR DO TOO. THERE WILL ALSO BE OVERTIME AND TRAINING FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT DETECTIVES AS THERE TO MITIGATE THE SEX TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN AND AROUND THE CASINO. OVERTIME FOR THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT AS WELL AS THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE AS WELL AS THE HOMICIDE UNIT'S FATAL COLLISION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR TEAM. AND OVER TIME SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO AREA A I WILL NOT GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THESE BECAUSE I HAVE SWORN OFFICERS HERE TODAY TO GO INTO THOSE DETAILS.  BUT I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM SAFETY COORDINATOR POSITION BECAUSE THAT POSITION WILL BE WORKING OUT OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS.  THAT POSITION WILL BE INVOLVED IN SOME OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE OUT OF THE MASS GAMING COMMISSION AROUND STUDYING THE IMPACT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT COMES OUT OF TYPICALLY CASINO ESTABLISHMENTS. THERE IS A BODY OF RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NATIONALLY AROUND THIS IMPACT AND SOME OF THOSE CASINOS THAT HAVE THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON A NOT LIKE SIZE AND THEY'RE NOT AS CLOSE TO URBAN AREAS. AND SO THE MASS GAMING COMMISSION WANTS TO DO A NUMBER OF RESEARCH STUDIES.  AND SO MY OFFICE WHICH IS THE RESEARCH OFFICE WILL BE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF THAT RESEARCH GETTING THEM THE DATA THAT THEY NEED AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT RESEARCH. SO WE NEEDED SOMEBODY IN THE OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO TO ADDRESS THAT ON A FULL TIME BASIS. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE ROLES THAT THIS POSITION WILL PLAY. ANOTHER ROLE WILL BE TO WORK INTERNALLY WITHIN THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZING COORDINATING INTERNAL MEETINGS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS INTERNAL DPD UNITS THAT I HAD ALREADY NOTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT, THE ANTI VIOLENCE UNIT, THE HOMICIDE UNIT. SO WE NEED TO SORT OF COORDINATE THOSE ACTIVITIES AS THEY IMPACT IT AND CALL CASINO BUT ALSO COORDINATE THOSE UNITS WITH EXTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER ROLE OF THIS POSITION. IT'S A HEAVY STAFFING POSITION IN A COORDINATOR POSITION SO NOT ONLY WILL THERE BE A RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITY WITH THIS JOB BUT THEY'LL ALSO BE AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COORDINATING ROLE. AND THEN FINALLY THAT POSITION WOULD MANAGE MASS GAMING COMMISSION GRANTS. MOVING FORWARD CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE GRANTS. THIS IS THE THIRD THIS IS THE ONE WE'RE HAVING APPROVED NOW. BUT WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE WRITING, ALL THE REPORTING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT IN AN APPROPRIATE AND STREAMLINED MANNER AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR BUDGETS AND HOW THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD ON GETTING THESE FUNDS SPENT DOWN IN THE IN THE PROPER WAY. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE ROLES I WILL. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MIKE WHAT WE COULD IF WE GO IN ORDER TO THIS DESCRIPTION I CAN TURN IT OVER TO SERGEANT DETECTIVE MARK SULLIVAN AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE TALK ABOUT ALL THE SUCCESSES WE'VE HAD TO DATE WITH THESE FUNDS AS WELL AS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING WITH THIS NEW MONEY THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE CASTLE. MY NAME IS MARK SULLIVAN AND A SERGEANT DETECTIVE WITH THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT.  I'M ALSO BEEN ASKED TO STEP IN FOR ALL OF THE BUREAU INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND DISCUSS THE DRUG UNIT, THE FUTURE APPREHENSION OF THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT AND THE FATAL COLLISION INVESTIGATION UNIT.  SO IF I CAN JUST READ FROM MY SUMMARY OF THE QUOTE PAST SUCCESSES IN BOSTON, WE OFTEN SEE LARGE CONFERENCES AND SPORTING EVENTS THAT DRAW AN INFLUX OF POPULATION TO OUR CITY AS IN ANY CITY WHEN WE LET WE SEE LARGE SPORTING EVENTS OCCURRING IN OUR CITY. WE EXPECT THE CASINO AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WILL ALSO SEE A RISE IN ACTIVITY.  SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE THE DEMAND FOR COMMERCIAL SEX INCREASE DRUG CRIMES AND PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE COLLISIONS. WE CAN WE CALMLY CONDUCT PROACTIVE OPERATIONS DURING THESE PEAK VOLUME PERIODS AND EFFORTS IDENTIFY PERPETRATORS IN THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IT WE COMMONLY CONDUCT DEMAND REDUCTION OPERATIONS. NEVER SAID IDENTIFY AND CHARGE THOSE THOSE PERSONS SEEKING TO BUY SEX MY MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.  OVER THE PAST YEAR THE BOSTON POLICE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT AND OUR PARTNERS THE STATE POLICE HIGH RISK VICTIMS UNIT THE FBI AND PARTNERING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE CONDUCTED DEMAND REDUCTION OPERATIONS IN THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS. WE HAVE CHARGE OF A 30 INDIVIDUALS. NINE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED RAPE OF A CHILD, ENTICEMENT OF A CHILD UNDER 16 AND SOLICITATION OF PROSTITUTION. DURING THESE OPERATIONS WE RECOVERED FIREARMS CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE AND GHB FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPECTED TO BE A CHILD FOR SEX.  NOW TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS TELLING ME VAGUE ON THE DETAILS OF ANY INVESTIGATION BUT WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH A GAMING ENFORCEMENT UNIT HEAD ON FOR THESE INVESTIGATIONS TO COME OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON AND WHERE A CLEAR NEXUS CAN BE MADE.  THE CASINO FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS WE'VE ALSO ROUGHLY COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AT ON QUOTE TO ASSIST WITH OUR INVESTIGATION. OUR INVESTIGATION TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ALSO ABOUT THE MASSAGE PARLORS GAMING UNIT RELATED TO THE POLICE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS AND CONDUCTED SURVEILLANCE OF THE CASINO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS ONE THAT WAS TRACKED BACK TO THE CASINO AND IDENTIFIED BY THE GAMING FORCE GIVEN THAT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR OUR DETECTIVES TO TRAVEL OUT OF STATE SEVERAL TIMES TO IDENTIFY AND INTERVIEW SEVERAL VICTIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CASE, PREVIOUS FUNDS FROM A PREVIOUS GRANT WERE SPENT TO ASSIST WITH OUR TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS.  THAT'S HOW WE VIEWS THAT PREVIOUS MONTHS. THANK YOU.  NOW I CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE FATAL COLLISION AND IF YOU LIKE. YES, THIS SO SERGEANT SAID THE THOMAS BOUT IS THE IS RUNNING THIS FATAL COLLISION UNIT AND I MET WITH HIM YESTERDAY SINCE THE OPENING OF THE ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR CASINO IN JUNE OF 2019.  MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FIELD COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS TEAM HAVE RESPONDED TO TWO FATALITIES THAT OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF OFFICE STREET ROUTE 99 AND DEXTER STREET IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS. THOSE LOCATIONS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CASINO ALONG THE MAIN ARTERY CONNECTING CHARLESTOWN TO THE CITY WHERE A PEDESTRIAN WAS FATALLY STRUCK IN JULY 24, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20 P.M. BY A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY FLED THE SCENE OF SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE IS LOCATED IN THIS OPERATING IS CHARGED ON DECEMBER 18, 2023 A PERSON OPERATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SCOOTER WAS FATALLY STRUCK IN THE INTERSECTION OF ALFRED STREET AND DEXTER STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 2:52 A.M. BY A MOTOR VEHICLE WHICH ALSO FLED THE SCENE. THE INCIDENT WAS CAPTURED ON MULTIPLE SECURITY CAMERAS OPERATED BY ONCOR, A BOSTON TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BOUNDARY WITH THE CITY OF EVERETT MEMBERS OF THE AIR POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED AT THE SCENE PROVIDING ALMOST REAL TIME INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSE PLATE READING INFORMATION AS WELL AS VIDEO FOOTAGE FOR THE SUSPECT MOTOR VEHICLE.  THE SUSPECT MOTOR VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AND A SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED.  THE SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM ENCORE CASINO ALONG WITH THE LPR IMAGE HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND THIS INCIDENT.  IN ADDITION, ON JANUARY 11, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 4 P.M. THERE WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION IN THE AREA OF 181 ALFRED STREET WHERE ONE OF THE OFFERINGS HAD JUST ACTUALLY A BLOSSOM AND WAS ON ON A WAY HOME WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED. THIS OPERATOR WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, SUFFERED PARALYSIS FROM MID CHEST DOWN ALL FOUR STREETS A HEAVILY TRAVELED FALLEN COMMUTER ROADWAY FROM BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING RUSH HOURS OFFICES OFTEN USED BY COMMUTERS SECONDARY ROUTE TO AVOID HEAVY TRAFFIC ALONG ROUTE 93 CORRIDOR NORTH OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ALONG WITH THE OPENING OF THE CASINO, THIS ROADWAY HAS SEEN TRAFFIC INCREASES DURING THE OFF PEAK WEEKDAY AND WEEKEND PERIODS DUE TO THE DESTINATION OF THE CASINO JUST THE DIRECT ROUTE FROM BOSTON LOGAN AIRPORT AND POINTS SOUTHWEST OF BOSTON WOULD BE THE EXIT ROUTE 93 NORTH AT EXIT 20 ONTO CAMBRIDGE STREET TOWARDS SULLIVAN SQUARE ON ALL FOUR STREET INTO EVERETT. ANY MAJOR INCIDENT AND OF COURSE CORNER OF ALTON STREET BETWEEN SULLIVAN SQUARE AND OFF OF BOSTON IS THAT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF ALFRED STREET TO BE CLOSED FOR THE FROM THE ROADWAY AND SULLIVAN SQUARE TO THE CITY EVERETT LINE AND ALL OF THE COLLISIONS SEEM TO BE THOROUGHLY PROCESSED AS A CRIME SCENE WITHIN INCREASING COMMUTER TRAFFIC INCLUDING BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC SCOOTER TRAFFIC ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AS WELL AN INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL IN THE AREA OF THE CASINO COLLISIONS INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLES BY SCHOOLS BOTH ELECTRIC MOTOR SCOOTER AND PEDESTRIANS HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TRAFFIC COLLISIONS HAVE A HAVE EFFECT ON THOSE LIVES INVOLVED THE LIVES OF WHO WHOSE BODILY INCIDENT AND LIVES INVESTIGATE THESE INCIDENTS.  THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE AT A COLLISION SCENE IS VERY IMPORTANT BUT THE EXPOSURE RESPONSE, THE DANGERS OF TRAFFIC INCREASES THE CHANCE OF A SECONDARY COLLISION OCCURRING.  THE EVIDENCE THAT IS IDENTIFIED AND DOCUMENTED ON THE ROADWAY INCLUDES TIRE MARKS, VEHICLE POSITIONS, POORLY POSITIONED MARKS IN THE PAVEMENT DEBRIS, ROADWAY GRADE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE.  THOSE OF THIS INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL IN DETERMINING A TRUE CAUSE OF A CRASH AND ACCURATE RECORDING IS ESSENTIAL SO THAT INVESTIGATION RESULTS ARE UNCOMPROMISED. THE RECALL INFORMATION IS A DETERMINING FACTOR THE LENGTH OF TIME NEEDED FOR THE CRASH INVESTIGATION.  TECHNOLOGY CAN INCREASE TECHNOLOGY CAN DECREASE DATA COLLECTION TIME AND IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA COLLECTED WHEN TECHNOLOGY IS EFFECTIVELY APPLIED TO TRAFFIC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND COLLISION INVESTIGATION FOR SAFETY IS INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS MINIMIZE THE USE OF TRAFFIC AND COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SAFETY OF OUR INVESTIGATORS. THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND THE OPERATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. DURING THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATORS ON THE ROADWAY CAN BE IMPACTED CLOSED OR CLOSED COMPLETELY FOR UPWARDS OF 4 HOURS WHILE THE EVIDENCE IS IDENTIFIED, DOCUMENTED AND COLLECTED AFTER THE INVESTIGATION OF THE SCENE IS COMPLETED, THE RECORDED INFORMATION MUST BE PROCESSED TO COMPLETE THE RECONSTRUCTION. MODERN TECHNOLOGY UTILIZES COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO COMPLETE SCALE DIAGRAMS MATHEMATIC CALCULATIONS TO DETERMINE SPEED AND OTHER FACTORS AS WELL AS DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF COLLISION DEPENDING ON THE SOFTWARE AND THE PROFICIENCY OF THE INVESTIGATOR IN ITS USE, THIS PROCESS CAN BE TIME CONSUMING.  THE VERIFICATION OF THE RESULTS IS ESSENTIAL EVEN WHEN THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE EVEN WITH THE USER'S COMPUTER SOFTWARE THE INVESTIGATOR MUST BE ABLE TO FIND THE RESULTS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION WHEN TESTIFYING IN COURT. THE TECHNOLOGY USED IN TRAFFIC COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS ASSIST THE INVESTIGATOR WITH THE RECORDING AND PROCESSING OF CRITICAL INFORMATION THE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEING QUESTIONED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON POLICE FATAL COLLISION INVESTIGATIVE TEAM SUPPORTS THE TIMELY REMOVAL OF COLLISION OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE RESPONSIVE AND CLEAR PHASES CLEARANCE PHASES AND MAINTAINS THE INTEGRITY OF THE COLLISION INVESTIGATIVE DATA COLLECTED AT THE SCENE AND CAN BE USED IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING.  THE FOLLOWING ITEMS BEING REQUEST ALL FURTHER EXPLORE FURTHER THE MISSION AT BOSTON FIELD MISSION WILL FURTHER THE MISSION OF BOSTON POLICE FIELD COLLISION INVESTIGATION TEAM IS ONCE A LEGAL GSD SEVEN ARTIK SHI AND SS SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND DOCUMENT EVIDENCE LOCATED AT THE COLLISION SCENE TO AN INTERACTIVE DRIVER RESPONSE RESEARCH SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS THE COLLISION RECONSTRUCTION IS TO INCORPORATE HUMAN FACTORS AND DRIVER RESPONSE RESEARCH IN A REAL LIFE CRASH SCENARIOS THE SOFTWARE ASSISTS IN DETERMINING ACCELERATION RATES ACCELERATION TIME DECELERATION RATE STAGE TIMES RESPONSE TO LEAD VEHICLES TRAFFIC SIGNALS STEERING AND BRAKING CLEAR BUILD CAPABILITIES RESPONSE AVOIDANCE DISCERN ABILITY DISTANCE FOR THOSE COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS.  THIRD LAPTOP COMPUTERS WILL ALLOW MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM TO UTILIZE THE MOST RECENT SOFTWARE TO DOCUMENT AND ANALYZE INFORMATION CAPTURED TO LEAKER G AND SS SYSTEM TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY SKILL DIAGRAMS WITH A COLLISION SCENE. IN ADDITION, THE UPGRADED COMPUTERS WILL ALLOW PLAYBACK OF VARIOUS SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE AND VIDEO PLAYS THAT ARE USED ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COLLISION. THANK YOU.  GOOD MORNING. I GUESS I'LL GO NEXT.  DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JOSEPH GILLESPIE MY ZONE IS ZONE ONE WHICH ENCOMPASSES DISTRICT A1 AND A50 AND AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW THE PRESENCE OF A CASINO IN AN AREA HAS DEMONSTRATED TO SHOW AN INCREASE IN VARIOUS CRIMES THAT ARE NOT ONLY IN THAT AREA BUT AREAS THAT SURROUND IT. A ONE AND A 15 WHICH IS A ONE IS DOWNTOWN BOSTON 15 IS CHARLESTOWN. THERE HAVE BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY INCREASED TRAFFIC FLOW IN AND AROUND THE ROADWAYS CONNECTED TO THE CASINO ITSELF INCLUDING MOTOR VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE COLLISIONS.  YOU JUST HEARD FROM SERGEANT SULLIVAN THAT WE HAD A FATAL LAST SUMMER VERY CLOSE TO THE CASINO. IN ADDITION, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN CAR THEFTS AND MOTOR VEHICLE LARCENIES.  SO TO COMBAT THE CONTINUATION OF THESE INCIDENTS, THIS GRANT WILL HELP US TO INCREASE OUR HEIGHT VISIBILITY PATROLS IN THE AREA BETWEEN 4 P.M. AND 4 A.M. DURING HIGH TRAFFIC WEEKEND DAYS AND EVENINGS ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. IN ADDITION, DETECTIVES IN THESE DISTRICTS WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES TO COMBAT THE INCREASE IN CAR THEFTS AND LARCENIES.  THESE STRATEGIES COULD INCLUDE UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS ABOUT TARGET HARDENING THEIR PROPERTY TO PREVENT THEIR CARS FROM THEFT AND LARCENY AND ADDITIONAL HOURS TO INVESTIGATE CAR THEFTS AND LARCENY INCIDENTS.  SO TO SUPPORT THAT THESE GRANT FUNDS FOR MY ZONE WILL BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE CAMERAS,  PORTABLE LIGHTS, RADAR SIGNS, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PICKUP TRUCKS, OVERTIME FUNDS WHICH WILL ALSO BE NEEDED TO FUND SOME OF THESE EXTRA PATROLS.  AND SO THAT THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE FOR DISTRICT A-1 AND F5. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MORNING.  MY NAME IS KEITH WEBB. I'M A DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE BOSTON POLICE.  I'M ASSIGNED TO THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE AFTER AN ESTABLISHMENT OF AN HOUR MORE YOU WILL UTILIZE OVERTIME FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN JOINT OPERATIONS OVER THE LIFE OF THE GRANT. WE WILL KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF O.T YOUTH SURVEILLANCE EFFORTS, INVESTIGATIONS, ARRESTS AND HOW THEY RELATED ACTIVITIES.  SO IN THE CASINOS WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUPS FROM BOSTON THAT OBVIOUSLY GO TO THE CASINOS ON A LOT OF IN A LOT OF INSTANCES THEY BECOME INVOLVED IN ALTERCATIONS. THAT WASN'T VACATIONS DOESN'T PAY AT THE CASINO. THEY COME BACK INTO THE STREETS OF BOSTON WHICH HAS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS SHOOTINGS, STABBINGS AND INDIVIDUALS BEING HURT. WE WILL UTILIZE THIS GRANT WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE POLICE EVERETT POLICE AND CASINO SECURITY TO INVESTIGATE THESE INCIDENTS AS THEY ARE AS THEY OCCUR.  THANK YOU. NOW GO TO DIRECTOR WANG.  GREAT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSELOR. WHERE L COUNSELOR AT COLOR AS A PARTNER. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND TO REPRESENT THE HUMAN SERVICES CABINET AND TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING UNDER THIS GRANT. MY NAME IS U.S. WANG. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND POLICY FOR THE HUMAN SERVICES CABINET AND OUR PORTION OF THE GRANT IS RELATIVELY SMALL.  IT'S ABOUT $177,000 BUT IT'S A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE THAT FUND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF CASINO GAMBLING ON THE YOUTH OF CHARLESTOWN.  AND SO BRIEFLY THIS FUNDING WILL SUPPORT A PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT IN CHARLESTOWN.  AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE YOUTH AND YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALLOWING THE YOUTH TO BE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS WHERE THEY CAN TAKE PART IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS CO-DESIGNING THAT PROCESS AND HELPING TO COLLECT AND ANALYZE THE DATA THAT WE GET. AND SO THROUGH THIS PROJECT WE HOPE TO ANSWER FIVE RESEARCH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE YOUTH IN CHARLESTOWN. THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT ARE YOUNG PEOPLE'S FIRST EXPOSURES TO GAMBLING OR LACK THEREOF AND HOW DOES THAT SHAPE THEIR PERCEPTION OF AN INTEREST TO GAMBLING? THE SECOND IS WHAT ARE THE DISCERNABLE TRENDS IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S GAMBLING EXPOSURES AND EXPERIENCES? SO WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL MEANS AND POINTS OF EXPOSURE TO GAMBLING IF ANY, AND TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THAT DIFFER BY RACE, AGE, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ETC.?  THIRD, WHAT ARE THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ENCORE BOSTON SPECIFICALLY?  AND FOURTH WHAT ARE EXISTING COMMUNITY FACTORS THAT SERVE EITHER AS RISK FACTORS OR PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF CHARLESTOWN? AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT ROLE CAN THE CITY PLAY IN MITIGATING AND PROTECTING YOUTH FROM BEING HARMED BY THE FALLOUT OF GAMBLING OR JUST GAMBLING HARMS IN GENERAL? AND SO THIS GRANT PROPOSAL IN BUDGET HAS BEEN BUILT REST ASSURED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE YOUTH ARE WELL COMPENSATED AS WELL AS THE YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PARTNER, ABOUT THIS ABILITY TO PARTNER DIRECTLY WITH THE YOUTH AND THE ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP THIS RESEARCH.  I'LL END BY SAYING THAT THIS PROJECT IS IMPORTANT TO US AND FOR THIS CITY FOR SEVERAL REASONS. FIRST, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GAMBLE IN MASSACHUSETTS NOW BECAUSE OF THE LEGAL LEGALIZATION OF ONLINE LOTTERY SYSTEMS AND JUST EXPANSION OF SPORTS WAGERING IN GENERAL IN THE STATE. SECOND, THE FIELD OF RESEARCH AROUND GAMBLING IS VERY NASCENT SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF GREAT DATA OUT THERE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF GAMBLING ESPECIALLY ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS ESPECIALLY BIPOC YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.  AND THEN FINALLY THIS STUDY IS HELPING US TO FILL IN SOME OF THAT INFORMATION THAT THE FIELD CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE OR HAVE ACCESS TO. AND THEN I'LL CLOSE BY SHARING WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. SO THE CITY PUBLISHED AN RFP TO IDENTIFY A RESEARCH PARTNER THAT WILL WORK WITH OVER THE COURSE OF THIS FUNDING THIS YEARLONG FUNDING PROJECT. THE RFP CLOSED LAST WEEK SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING OUR RESEARCH VENDOR BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING THE CITY COUNCILORS UPDATED ABOUT THE WORK AND THE PROCESS AND OF COURSE THE OUTCOMES AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR . AND THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE GRANTS THREE SEPARATE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE USING THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO TO IMPLEMENT SORRY THE FIRST OF THESE IS CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST VILLAGE SECTION OF CHARLESTOWN WHICH IS A SECTION SMALL RESIDENTIAL SECTION JUST TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF SULLIVAN SQUARE.  WE WILL BE USING THIS FUNDING IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE AND THEN ON WITH THE CITY FUNDING. SO THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS AREA IS $1.6 MILLION OF WHICH THE PORTION OF THE GRANT IS ABOUT A THIRD.  THE SECOND AREA WHERE WE USE THIS GRANT IS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO SOME COMPLETE STREET DESIGNS FOR A SPECIFIC STREET IN THE GEORGETOWN RESIDENTIAL AREA.  SO LIKE FOR STREET MAIN STREET AND BUNKER HILL STREET AND FOR THESE PROJECTS WILL BE STARTING FROM SCRATCH AND WILL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP SOME INITIAL CONCEPTS HERE.  THE THIRD PIECE IS ANOTHER $450,000 FOR EARLY ACTIONS IN THE SULLIVAN SQUARE AREA PARTICULARLY TO HELP ROAD AND TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT ALSO AS PART OF A LARGER CITY EFFORT OF $2.4 MILLION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. JUST ONE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILOR COLETTE ZAPATA AND ALSO COUNCILOR MURPHY. NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE IN ORDER ARRIVAL FOR QUESTIONS STARTING WITH COUNCILOR COLETTA. ZAPATA THANK YOU SO MUCH CHAIR AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS A LITTLE LATE BUT I WAS LISTENING IN AND HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOT OF NOTES. I REMEMBER REVIEWING THIS THIS MONEY LAST YEAR AND HAVING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE ANSWERED THEN SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION.  SO I REALLY TRULY THANK YOU TO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR WORK NOT ONLY WITH THAT WITH DRUG CONTROL AND PROTECTING OUR YOUTH AND JUST A GENERAL THANK YOU TO FOLKS WHO THEN A ONE IN ASIA TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO SEE FOLKS OUT THERE AT THE NORTH WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE AND IN SULLIVAN SQUARE ASSISTING WITH SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE SEE BECAUSE OF THE CASINO AND OBVIOUSLY OTHER FACTORS AS WELL. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE MONEY THAT IS TECHNICALLY BEING TAKEN OUT OF CHARLESTOWN EVEN THOUGH IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR CHARLESTOWN THROUGH THIS FUND WHICH IS AND FEEL FREE TO CLARIFY ON THIS THIS IS JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION FOR ME BUT THIS IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM COORDINATOR. I HAVE THE DESCRIPTION HERE AND I APOLOGIZE AS I WAS COMING IN YOU WERE DISCUSSING IT BUT IT WOULD HELP WITH GENERAL RESEARCH AS IT RELATES TO EFFECTS OF THE CASINO ON NOT JUST CHARLESTOWN BUT THE THE ENTIRE CITY. CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THAT FOR ME AGAIN? I APOLOGIZE THAT I WAS LATE BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS ROLE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE MONEY THAT IS COMING FROM THE GAMING COMMISSION BASED ON THE THE CASINO MITIGATION PACKAGE THAT FOLKS BEFORE ME MY PREDECESSORS HAD NEGOTIATED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS FOR CHARLESTOWN IT'S BEING PUT IT INTO HEADQUARTERS . SO CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY THIS FOR ME AND STAND ON IT? SO FIRST THERE ARE TWO POCKETS LIKE TWO BUCKETS OF MONEY AND SO I THINK YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSING THE MONEY THAT IT'S COMMUNITY BENEFITS MONEY THAT COMES THROUGH A DIFFERENT SOURCE.  I THINK THAT COMES OUT OF THE BPA AND SO THAT MONEY IS MONEY THAT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT AND DISCUSSING AND NEGOTIATING THAT HAS NOT YET COME OUT YET.  AND THEN SEPARATELY, THIS IS A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY MITIGATION MONEY THAT USED TO COME OUT IN A GRANT FORM BUT NOW IT'S COMING OUT IN A BLOCK GRANT FROM THE THE MASS GAMING COMMISSION DECIDED TO SORT OF REVISE THE STRATEGY BY WHICH THEY WANTED TO GET THAT MONEY OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MANDATES OF THAT MONEY IN THE PAST AND STILL TO SOME EXTENT NOW IS THAT WE LOOK AT OUR CRIME DATA AND WE FIGURE OUT LOT OF OUR CRIME DATA AND ALL CRIME CATEGORIES CAN BE DIRECTLY LINKED BACK TO ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF ACTIVE THE MASS GAMING I'M SORRY COMMUNITY AND CORE IN THEIR ACTIVITIES. AND SO IN SOME CRIME CATEGORIES IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DIRECT LIKE LIKE PEOPLE'S CARS GETTING BROKEN INTO IN THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA ARE COLLISION ACCIDENTS,  PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS, MOTIVE YOU KNOW OTHER TYPES OF ACCIDENTS.  SO THERE'S A CERTAIN SERIES OF CRIMES WHERE YOU CAN SAY IT'S A DIRECT IMPACT BUT THEN THERE ARE OTHER CRIMES THAT HAPPEN IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOSTON THAT ARE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DO A DIRECT LINK TO. SO FOR EXAMPLE, SAY SOMEBODY GOES TO THE CASINO WHEN HE'S IN AND HE SPENDS EVERY DIME OF HIS CHECK AND THEN HE GOES BACK TO ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON AND HAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT WITH HIS FAMILY.  THERE ARE AGAIN WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING BECAUSE HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO SOME EXTENT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS AND IN CASINOS THERE THAT THERE MAY BE SOMEBODY SITTING IN THE BACKGROUND AND YOU HAVE A YOUNG WOMAN THAT IS BEING SORT OF COERCED INTO A SITUATION WHERE THIS PERSON IS WATCHING WHAT SHE'S DOING THAT COULD BE A DIRECT LINK. BUT THEN LET'S SAY SOMETHING HAPPENS OFF SITE BECAUSE THIS WOMAN IS NOW OFFSITE WITH SOMETHING AND SOMETHING VERY VIOLENT HAPPENS TO HER AGAIN IF THAT HAPPENS IN SOUTH BOSTON, IT'S HARD TO BRING IT BACK INTO THE ORIGINATION WHICH HAPPENED AT THE CASINO AND SO YOU CAN GO INTO ALL THESE CRIME CATEGORIES WHERE YOU NEED TO HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION OR YOU HAVE AN INDIRECT AFTER EFFECT CONNECTION.  SO THE MASS GAMING COMMISSION STARTED RIGHTFULLY SO ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WERE GETTING FUNDING THAT SAT NICELY ALL OVER YOU KNOW, ALL OVER BOSTON BUT ALSO IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS WERE SAYING YOU'RE TELLING US YOU NEED A DIRECT CONNECTION AND THIS ISN'T A DIRECT CONNECTION ALL THE TIME.  THERE ARE DIFFERENT STORIES FOR DIFFERENT CRIME CATEGORIES SO THEY DECIDED TO DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND THEY ENGAGED US IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.  AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY AND SO THEN CONNECTED TO THAT IS NUMBERS. WHAT NUMBERS DO WE HAVE THAT THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST PART ONE AND PART TWO CRIMES AND HOW DO THESE NUMBERS TELL A STORY? AND SO SOMETIMES THERE'S LIMITS ON THAT UNLESS YOU CAN GO DEEPER INTO THESE INCIDENT REPORTS AND REALLY START LOOKING AT THE NARRATIVES AND THEY WEREN'T GETTING WHAT THEY NEEDED FROM ALL OF THESE JURISDICTION LINES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY IN THEIR RESEARCH TO BE ABLE TO ASSIGN SOMEBODY TO TO LOOK AT THE DATA IN THE WAY THAT THE MASS GAMING COMMISSION NEEDED THE DATA TO BE LOOKED AT. AND SO THIS WAS TURNING INTO AN ONGOING NEED AND THE FEAR WAS THEY WERE GOING TO STOP GIVING US MONEY UNLESS WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS BECAUSE BECAUSE IN THE RFP HAS A VERY CLEAR MANDATE IF WE HAVEN'T GOT MONEY IN THE PAST BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DIRECTLY LINK THAT CRIME CATEGORY TO WHAT HAD ORIGINATED AT THE CASINO. SO THERE WAS THIS THIS HAS BEEN THESE RESEARCH CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE MASS GAMING COMMISSION AND LOCAL JURISDICTION OVER TIME THAT HAVE NECESSITATED THE NEED FOR MORE RESEARCH IN THIS AREA AND YOU KNOW, I CAN GO ON FOREVER AND I WON'T BECAUSE I WANT TO SAVE YOUR TIME BUT JUST TO SAY IT IN A SUMMARY SENTENCE THE IMPACTS OF OF ACTIVE CASINO ACTIVITIES GO FAR AND WIDE INTO FAMILY UNITS IN WHICH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOMELESS YOU KNOW SOMEONE LOSES THEIR HOME YOU KNOW THERE'S VIOLENCE IN THE HOME, THERE'S ADDICTION IN THE HOME. SO THESE THESE IMPACT EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BOSTON. THEY DON'T JUST IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DIRECTLY SURROUNDING THE CASINO.  AND SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT MORE CLEARLY ALLOWS US TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO IMPACT THAT AND HELP FAMILIES TO MITIGATE THEIR HARM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES BASED ON CASINO ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT ROBUST ARTICULATION THAT CERTAINLY HELPS ME TO BE ABLE TO IT PAINTS A BROADER PICTURE AND EVEN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE GAMING COMMISSION HAS COME TO YOU AND SAID LOOK, WE WANT TO FUND THIS, WE NEED TO CONNECT THE DOTS A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT'S IT'S HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AND THEN ALSO THAT THE THE MAKE UP OF THE MONEY MIGHT BE SEPARATE FROM THE POT OF MONEY THAT I'M THINKING OF AND WE HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY. RIGHT. THAT THAT'S A GOOD PROBLEM IN IN CHARLESTOWN AND COMING FROM THE FROM THE COMMISSION I DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS BUT I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL TO CHAIR AND OF MY COLLEAGUES TIME SO FOR THE BACKGROUND THANK YOU COUNCILOR MURPHY THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.  I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING THE MONEY AND LIKE YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS MITIGATION ISN'T JUST FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL,  IT'S THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT THE GAMING INDUSTRY WE KNOW GOES FAR AND DEEP INTO OUR COMMUNITIES AND AND I DO LIKE THAT THE BREAKDOWN SHOWS THAT YOU ALREADY ARE THINKING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS EVEN LIKE YOU KNOW THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE AND OTHERS BUT ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ONE WE'RE A NUMBER SEVEN WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT A1A 15 CHARLESTOWN IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON.  DOES IT INCLUDE ANY PART OF CHINATOWN? I KNOW MANY ONCOR BUSSES COME OUT OF THE CHINATOWN AREA WHICH IS I KNOW RIGHT ON THE EDGE THERE BUT YOU'RE A-1 ENCOMPASSES CHURCH, RIGHT? BUT THAT JUST SPECIFICALLY ONLY SAID THE DOWNTOWN BOSTON AREA SO I WAS JUST MAKING SURE IT WAS INCLUDING ALL OF A-1 IT'S A TERM OKAY YEAH DOWNTOWN MEANS THE WHOLE AREA THE WHOLE AREA OF A-1 PERFECT. THAT WAS MY ONLY WONDER. SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW I SEE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE BUSSES AT A PARK THAT CAUSE OTHER SO NO NO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS JUST HERE TO SUPPORT THIS GRANT KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO TO BE DONE AND GOOD WORK WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS MONEY. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR WORK THAT YOU PUT AROUND THE CASINO AND JUST IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL, HOW HOW DOES THE I MEAN WE GET TO BE AT $2.3 MILLION FROM THE GAMING COMMISSION.  HOW DO WE DECIDE HOW TO SPLIT THAT UP LIKE IS IT A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE THREE GROUPS TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO SAY HERE GOES? SO AT THE TIME THAT THIS RFP CAME OUT THE BUDGET OFFICE HAD CONVENED A MEETING WITH ALL OF THE CITY AGENCIES NOT NOT PROBABLY ALL OF THEM BUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF THEM AND ALL THE CITY AGENCIES THAT COME TOGETHER AND THEY GO OVER WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB THE RFP AND BASED ON THE MANDATES OF THE RFP, THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC RULES FOR WHAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO TO PUT FORTH AND GIVE US FUNDING FOR BASED AGAIN ON THIS THIS THIS SORT OF IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE DIRECT LINKS TO THIS WHICH IS AGAIN WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESEARCH BECAUSE THERE ISN'T DIRECT LINKS OFTENTIMES WHICH LEAVES MONEY AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN'T APPLY FOR BECAUSE OF THAT MANDATE.  SO WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OF FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT EACH EACH AGENCY WAS THEN TOLD TO COME BACK TO THE TABLE WITH A SERIES OF IDEAS AND A SERIES OF STRATEGIES THAT WOULD MATCH THE MANDATES OF THE GRANTS. AND SO THEN THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP MEETING AND EVERYBODY SORT OF CAME BACK WITH THE FUNDING THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT. SO THERE WASN'T THERE WASN'T AN ATTEMPT TO SAY YOU GET MORE THAN YOU GET.  IT WAS IT WAS VERY FAIR IN THAT YOU KNOW PUBLIC HEALTH COULD HAVE APPLIED FOR RIGHT. YOU KNOW IS MUCH MONEY IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH COULD USE IN ORDER TO MEET THOSE MANDATES. AND THEN I SAW THAT WE HAVE A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PICKUP TRUCK AND THIS IS FROM MY JUST KNOWLEDGE DO WE HAVE A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT INSIDE OF DPD ? I MEAN I WOULDN'T GET THESE DIFFERENT UNITS MAP I THINK WOULD BE SOMEWHAT TERMED A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT THEY DO A LOT OF TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT . EACH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT DOES THEIR OWN TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT MAP.  SPECIAL OPERATIONS HAS TO PICK UP TRUCKS AT THIS TIME IS GOING TO GET TO MORE SO THIS WOULD BE ONE STRICTLY ASSIGNED TO DOWNTOWN INCLUDING CHINATOWN AND THEN LIKE WHY WHY A PICKUP TRUCK OPPOSED TO A CRUISER BECAUSE WHEN IT RESPONDS TO SOME OF THESE THESE ACCIDENTS THEY CAN TAKE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE AND SOME OF THESE LARGE PIECES OF EVIDENCE ALSO THEY CAN MOVE AROUND THE THE SPEED SIGNS, TRAFFIC SIGNS THEY CAN MOVE AROUND THE PRETTY HEAVY, PRETTY BULKY SO THEY CAN PUT THEM IN THE TRUCK AND MOVE INTO VARIOUS LOCATIONS UP THANKS. AND THEN IN THE QUICK QUESTION I KNOW WE HAVE A CAPITAL PLAN AND THEN WE SEE WE'RE ALLOCATING YOU KNOW, GRANT MONEY TOWARDS SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. ARE THESE ON LIKE A FASTER TIMELINE LIKE WHAT WAS THE TIMELINE FOR SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS? WHAT DO YOU PROJECT MOST OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND PROJECTS SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. OKAY. SO MANY OF THESE VERY SPECIFIC AMOUNTS ARE COMPLEMENTING EXISTING LINE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CAPITAL BUDGET JUST TO KIND OF BLOW SOME GAPS AND SOMETIMES CONTRACTUALLY WE ALREADY HAVE AN ORDER TO BE SIGNED FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEN WE NEED MORE AND SO IT JUST KIND OF EVENS THINGS OUT FOR US. AWESOME. AND THEN DO WE FEEL LIKE I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A BPD QUESTION IN TERMS OF INCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN AND AROUND ONCOR RELATED TO ONCOR DO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS SUFFICIENT FUNDING OR SHOULD WE BE PUSHING AND TRYING TO NEGOTIATE MORE?  I THINK THAT WHEN WE PULL TOGETHER THIS PUBLIC SAFETY OVERALL PLANNING COMMITTEE WHICH WILL INCLUDE BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BPT THAT WE START TO ENJOY JOINT OPERATIONS WE'LL GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT THE NEED IS. YOU KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE THAT OTHER TYPES OF CRIME ARE TAKING PLACE AS A AS ORIGINATION POINT FROM THE CASINO AND THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM MONEY LAUNDERING AND OTHER BIGGER PICTURE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS.  BUT WE WE HAVE TO START COORDINATING BETTER WITH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GET A DEEPER AND WIDER PICTURE OF WHAT THOSE ACTIVITIES LOOK LIKE AND WHAT OUR STRATEGIES COULD BE TO COMBAT THOSE. SO I THINK FOR A START RIGHT NOW THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD START BECAUSE IT SORT OF ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITIES COME TO THE TABLE AND REALLY START LOOKING AT THE DATA, LOOKING AT THE CRIME INCIDENTS, WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GETTING A BROADER, WIDER, DEEPER LOOK AT WHAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS TAKING PLACE. I THINK WE GOT A GOOD SNAPSHOT OF IT THROUGH ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT HAS DONE OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS AND THAT SORT OF OPENED UP OUR EYES AND THE DOORS A LITTLE TO LIKE OH WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON HERE? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?  AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THAT DOOR A LITTLE WIDER AND GET THAT VIEW A LITTLE CLEARER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.  AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL GO BACK NOW TO CLASSICAL IS ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU. AND MY QUESTIONS. SO I HAVE A COUPLE MORE FOR PPD AND THEN I'LL GO TO YOU VINNIE AND I SMILE BECAUSE YOU AND I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY IS WAITING FOR THIS AND HOPEFULLY JUST ECHOING COUNCILOR WORRELL QUESTION ON TIMELINE IF WE CAN GET THIS MOVING ESPECIALLY ON BEDFORD STREET BUT I'LL I'LL COME BACK TO THAT THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE I FORGET EXACTLY WHO SAID IT BUT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS, CAR THEFTS AND LARCENY. DO WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING HAPPENING AND THEN ALSO I UNDERSTAND IT'S VERY SENSITIVE INFORMATION AND THERE MAY BE ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS BUT AS IT RELATES TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING NUMBERS COMING OUT OF THE ONCOR CASINO, ANYTHING YOU COULD BROADLY SAY ABOUT THAT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR.  YES, WE DO. WE COLLECT GOOD DATA ON TRAFFIC COLLISION CAUSED BY BOTH PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AND MOTOR VEHICLES SO WE HAVE A PRETTY COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AROUND THE CASINO ACTIVITY WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC INCIDENTS.  SO IF YOU NEED LIKE A TRAFFIC SAFETY DATA REPORT PLEASE JUST LET INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS KNOW AND THEN I THEY'LL SEND IT TO MY OFFICE IN THE RECORD WILL GET YOU A TRAFFIC SAFETY REPORT OUT ON THOSE AREAS OKAY I JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW. SO THERE THREE INCREASE FROM IN 20 I THINK IT WAS 22 TO 23 WE JUST HAD IT GO FROM 201 TO 222 AND FROM LARGE TO OTHER LARCENIES FROM 1180 TO 1036. SO PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FOR THAT SMALL AN AREA THAT'S IN I-15 IN DOWNTOWN.  WOW. OKAY. YEAH I THINK THAT THAT'S HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND BUT I WILL THROUGH THE CHAIR REQUESTED INFORMATION THROUGH OCR AND SEND IT OVER TO YOU JUST WITH SPECIFIC POINTS BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION.  AND DEPUTY WEBB, YOU HAD ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS MAYBE AN INCREASE IN STABBINGS OR FIGHTS THAT SPILLED OVER TO THE STREET OR YOU WERE JUST GENERALLY SAYING THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT OCCURS.  FEEL FREE TO CLARIFY AFTER MY QUESTION BUT TALKING ABOUT THIS MONEY BEING UTILIZED TO INVESTIGATE THOSE INCIDENTS, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IN MY DISTRICT IN CHARLESTOWN?  DOES THAT DOES THAT HAPPEN NOW AND PARTICULARLY IN A ONE IN A 15? SO BASED ON WHAT GROUPS MAY BE INVOLVED THAT WOULD DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE WE ARE WE GO OUT AND DO THOSE INVESTIGATE ACTIONS IF THERE IS AN INCIDENT AT AT THE CASINO AND IT INVOLVES A GROUP FROM DORCHESTER AND A GROUP FROM LET'S SAY CHARLESTOWN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PUT OUT SUPPLEMENTAL PATROLS FROM MY UNIT IN CHARLESTOWN AND IN DORCHESTER BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE INCIDENTS DOESN'T END WHERE THEY START.  THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEGATIVE VIOLENT REVERBERATIONS OUT IN THE STREETS AND THOSE AREAS WHERE THOSE GROUPS ARE PREDOMINANTLY LOCATED.  SO WE WOULD TRY TO MITIGATE SOME OF THAT VIOLENCE BY PUTTING OFFICERS LIKE I SAID FROM MY UNIT AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE A-1 UNITS TO HAVE A PRESENCE AND AND KIND OF BEEF UP THE PATROLS TO MITIGATE ANY ANY THREAT OF VIOLENCE AS IT RELATES TO THAT INCIDENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD COUNCILOR . JUST TOUCH ON YOUR HUMAN TRAFFICKING QUESTION. WE'VE HAD A GRANT I THINK FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW WITH THE ENCORE BOSTON SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUT OF YOUR DESK HERE FOR A WHILE ON DEMAND REDUCTION OPERATIONS AND WE'VE DONE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF ARRESTS AND I CAN SPECIFICALLY DROP THE CHARLESTOWN AREA. BUT IN TERMS OF LOOKING LARGER BASE AN INVESTIGATION THAT WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT AND I CAN SAY NOW WE HAVE ACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON WHERE THE BASE OF IRELAND AS I SEE GENERALLY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A LARGE SCALE DRUG TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATION WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING BACK AND BEING CLEANED UP THE CASINO AND SO THIS LARGER SCALE STUFF STUFF GOING ON THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING WE STILL HAVE AN OPEN PROSECUTOR'S PLAN THAT INITIATED OUT OF ONCOR THAT REQUIRED US TO TRAVEL SEVERAL TIMES OUT OF STATE WHERE WE UTILIZED PREVIOUS ROUNDS THAT ASSIST WITH THE OVERTIME COST AND TRAVEL. THANK YOU.  ONE QUICK QUESTION IT'S OUR TO ASK QUESTIONS. I APOLOGIZE. SURE. IF I'M SO WITH THE THE YOUTH RESEARCH STUDY I'M GOING TO DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO YOU. SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THIS IS A GOOD THING. THIS WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE IMPACTS OF LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A GAMBLING INDUSTRY WHATEVER IT IS A CASINO JUST IN GENERAL. WHAT WOULD THAT MEANS FOR OUR YOUTH? IT IS A GOOD THING. I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.  WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT WILL DO, THE QUESTIONS THAT ALL THAT IT WILL ASK IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH WE'RE ALMOST LIKE EXPOSING FURTHER WHAT GAMBLING IS TO YOUTH ASKING THEM YOU KNOW WHAT HOW HAVE YOU BEEN EXPOSED TO GAMBLING?  HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR LIFE? LIKE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE CASINO? AND SO I FEAR THAT IT WILL FURTHER EXPOSE LIKE WHAT GAMBLING ACTUALLY IS TO TO THESE KIDS WITHOUT ANY SORT OF PREVENTATIVE OR EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION SAYING LIKE WHAT THE FINANCIAL RISKS ARE AND THE SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO GO INTO GAMBLING THAT ACTUALLY MEANS FOR THESE KIDS OR IS THAT A PART OF IT AS WELL TOO RATHER THAN JUST ASKING THESE QUESTIONS, ARE YOU ALSO PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION TO THEM AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE RISKS ARE?  YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I THINK THE BEAUTY OF PAS IS THAT BECAUSE IT IS SO YOUTH DRIVEN THEY GET TO SHAPE WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. AND SO IN ADDITION TO BEING RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND ALSO STUDY PARTICIPANTS IF THEY INDICATE A NEED OF LIKE HEY WE WOULD LOVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT IS ON US AND LIKE BREAKING DOWN SOME OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS OR JUST THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE AROUND GAMBLING. WE MORE THAN PREPARED TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR RESEARCH VENDOR AND ULTIMATELY THE THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO HELP US INFORM WHAT OTHER SUPPORT OR SERVICES OR EDUCATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE NOT ONLY TO CHARLESTOWN BUT TO ALL THE YOUTH, YOU KNOW. SO THAT IS EXACTLY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT IS BECAUSE I WAS A KID IN THE NINETIES JUST SAY NO THE DARE PROGRAM OFFICER DANNY LONG WAS HUGE IN MY LIFE. JUST REALLY INFORM MOTIVE AND MEANINGFUL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM BUT IT WAS YOU KNOW, JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS NOT HOW MANY DRUGS DO YOU SEE ON THE STREET.  RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE THERE'S THIS EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT'S NECESSARY TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH THIS SORT OF RESEARCH PROJECT. VINNY REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOU TALKING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LOSS OF KNOWLEDGE. I'M JUST HERE TO SAY THANK GOD THIS IS HAPPENING. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME.  I'M REALLY EXCITED THAT THIS WILL SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED FROM OUR FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS TO GET SULLIVAN SQUARE AND RUTHERFORD ARMS GOING IN PARTICULAR FOR THE LOST VILLAGE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD LOVE TO DRILL DOWN MORE AND WHAT THIS TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE MEDFORD STREET HAS ALREADY HAD INSANE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN IMPACTED OR HIT BY A CAR OR TRUCK. BUT FOLKS AND RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR THIS. SO I'M HERE TO ASK TO EXPEDITE WHATEVER PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT'S SUPPLEMENTING WHAT'S IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO HAPPY TO DO THAT. WELL, THANK YOU, TERRY. THANK YOU IT WAS A TESTIMONIAL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.  I JUST WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. JUST SUCH A STAFF IN THIS HEARING OUR DOCKET 1335 IS ADJOURNED