##VIDEO ID:xThSqiMmMSY##  FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS HENRY SANTANA, CITY COUNCILOR AT LARGE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOSTON CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.  TODAY IS OCTOBER 8TH, 2020 FOR THIS HEARING IS BEING RECORDED. IT IS ALSO BEING LIVESTREAMED AT BOSTON DOT GOV SLASH CITY COUNCIL DASH TV AND BROADCASTED ON INFINITY CHANNEL EIGHT RCN CHANNEL 82 FILES CHANNEL 964 RATING COMMENTS MAY BE SENT TO THE COMMITTEE EMAIL AT KEY STOPS BOSTON DOT GOV AND WILL BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD AND AVAILABLE TO ALL COUNCILORS. PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THIS HEARING.  INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED ON IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY SIGNED UP AND WILL HAVE 2 MINUTES TO TESTIFY. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING IN PERSON PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE SIGNUP SHEET NEAR THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHAMBER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO TESTIFY VIRTUALLY PLEASE EMAIL OUR CENTRAL STAFF LIAISON JANE PACK SHANE DART PAC AT BOSTON DOT GOV FOR THE LINK AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST.  TODAY'S HEARING IS ON EIGHT PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS ALL ADMINISTERED BY THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. DOCKET NUMBER 0911. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 24 EARMARKED FOR FAIRMONT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AWARDED BY THE I AM A EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRAND WILL FUND THE SUPPORT OF POLICE OVERTIME FOR VISIBLE PATROLS AND THE FAIR AMOUNT DEVELOPMENT.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUNE 5TH 2024. DOCKET NUMBER 1166. MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT THE NEXT BAND OF $4 MILLION 125 FOR A $4,125,000 GRANT FOR THE FBI 2525 PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS SUPPORT OF INCENTIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ENHANCED 911 SERVICES. DOCKET NUMBER 116A MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $850 MILLION OF $850,000 TO EXCUSE ME IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 24 BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER EARMARK AWARDED BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND UPGRADING AND EXPANDING AND INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY AND PROTOCOLS RELATED TO ANTI-TERRORISM,  ANTI-CRIME, ANTI-GANG AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.  DOCKET NUMBER 1170 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $445,865.77 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI A 25 STATE 911 TRAINING GRANT AWARDED BY THE AMA EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND THE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF ENHANCE NINE ON ONE TELECOMMUNICATION STAFF.  DOCKET NUMBER 1175 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $87,427 AND THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PASS THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND THE PURCHASE OF NEEDED EQUIPMENT,  SOFTWARE AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY ITEMS CONSIDERED VITAL ITEMS CONSIDERED VITAL FOR PREVENTING OR REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME.  DOCKET NUMBER 1177 MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 23 NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM AWARDED BY THE AMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.  THE GRANT WILL FUND DATA COLLECTION BY THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES AND THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT.  THESE FIVE MATTERS WERE SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 27TH, 2024.  DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 SIX. MESSAGE IN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXTEND $11,200 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 23 SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH INITIATIVE AWARDED BY THE AMA EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANT WILL FUND TO SUPPORT THE INVOLVEMENT AND A CERTIFICATE OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR THE AS Y BOSTON CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM.  THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 28TH 2020 FOR AND LASTLY DOCKET NUMBER 143 TO MESSAGE AN ORDER AUTHORIZE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO ACCEPT AND EXPAND A $175,000 IN THE FORM OF A GRANT FOR THE FBI 24 POLICE REFORM AND EQUITABLE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED BY THE TARGET CORPORATION TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE GRANDMA FUND, THE YOUTH AND POLICE INITIATIVE WHICH PROVIDES POLICE WITH THE SKILLS AND TOOLS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND AND DEAL WITH TROUBLED YOUTH AND GIVE TROUBLED YOUTH NEW WAYS TO UNDERSTAND, PERCEIVE AND DEAL WITH POLICE AUTHORITY. THIS MATTER WAS SPONSORED BY MAYOR MICHELLE WU AND WAS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2020 FOR. TODAY I AM JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF REVIVAL COUNCILOR ED FLYNN. COUNCILOR ERIN MURPHY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROSIE LOUIJEUNE.  BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO JUST OUR FOLKS TO PLEASE CALENDAR PHONES AND DEVICES.  I'M SURE ALL MY COLLEAGUES ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THESE EIGHT GRANTS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER AND PANELS TO HEAR FROM. SO I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO WAIVE OPENING REMARKS AND JUMP RIGHT INTO OPENING REMARKS FROM OUR PANELISTS ON EACH OF THESE GRANTS SO WE CAN SERVE MORE TIME FOR QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO REDUCE CONFUSION AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION.  WE'LL COVER THE EIGHT GRANTS AND TWO GROUPS OF FOUR INCLUDING OPENING REMARKS FROM OUR PANELISTS AND TWO ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES. AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OTHER WITH THE OTHER FOUR DOCKETS. THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT SUPERINTENDENT JULIANNA AND DIRECTOR WAJ HAVE HEART STOPPED AT 12 P.M.. I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE BUT JUST TO BE SAFE OUR FIRST GROUP OF DOCKETS WILL INCLUDE THOSE THOUGH THOSE THAT THEY'LL SPEAK ON. OUR FIRST PANEL WILL BE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1168. NUMBER DOCKET NUMBER 1432. DOCKET NUMBER 1175. AND DOCKET NUMBER 1 TO 8 SIX. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PANELISTS THE COMMITTEE INVITED FOR OUR FIRST PANEL AND PLEASE BE SEATED AT THE PANEL TABLE IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY RYAN WALSH WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER.  ANITA COLEMAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF BUREAU FIELD SERVICES.  JAY PEREZ FOUNDER YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE. SEAN ROMANOWSKI DIRECTOR OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERGEANT DETECTIVE PHILIP BETTS AND THAT FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT AND FRANK DE LUCA PROGRAM COORDINATOR SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL USE AND SORT OF FOR THE PANELISTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, I LIKE TO EACH I'LL ASK EACH OF YOU TO JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THEN PLEASE PROCEED WITH OPENING REMARKS.  I JUST KINDLY ASK THAT IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME FOR A OF QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION YOU PLEASE LIMIT YOUR OPENING STATEMENTS TO 5 MINUTES PER GRAM AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMIND EVERYONE ON THE DOCKET NUMBER AND DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AS YOU BEGIN YOUR REMARKS WITH THAT PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR OPENING REMARKS FOR THE FOLLOWING DOCKETS. THANK YOU.  ANYONE ANYONE CAN SERVE.  GOOD MORNING COUNSELOR. NO REAL OPENING REMARKS FOR THE GRANT. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE USING MOSTLY FOR PERSONNEL TO KIND OF ENHANCE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OFFICE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.  GOOD MORNING, COUNSELOR.  MORNING. SO IN TERMS OF THE I'M SORRY CAN WE IS JUST INTRODUCE ARE YOU JUST FOR THE RECORD AS WELL YOU KNOW ANITA CULLINANE SUPERINTENDENT BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT THANK YOU. AND THIS IS RELATIVE TO THE YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN FAMILY INSTITUTE AND I WILL START BY SAYING THAT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL WORK WITH NAFI WHICH IS THE NORTH AMERICAN FAMILY INSTITUTE TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT WYPR WHICH IS THE YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE AND FOR BOSTON'S MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND ONE IN YEAR ONE BY VULNERABLE WE ARE REFERRING TO THOSE AREAS THAT HAVE GANG VIOLENCE OR THEIR EXISTING CONDITIONS OF POVERTY, GANG ACTIVITY, HOUSING INSTABILITY, FOOD, FOOD INSECURITY AND OTHER RISK FACTORS. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS INCLUDE AREAS IN EAST BOSTON WHICH IS DISTRICT SEVEN THREE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ORCHARD GARDENS AND ROXBURY WHICH IS HIS DISTRICT TO FRANKLIN FIELD WHICH IS A MATTAPAN DISTRICT THREE AND THEN THE MILDRED HEADLEY DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS IN JAMAICA PLAIN DISTRICT 13. I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY TURN IT OVER TO JAY SO THAT HE CAN SPEAK SOME MORE TO THIS INITIATIVE AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JAY PARIS AND WITH THE YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE PROGRAM BASICALLY THE PROGRAM IS A TWO WEEK INTERACTIVE SCENARIO BASED TRAINING THAT BRINGS TOGETHER 15 TEENAGERS AT A TIME AS AN AFTER SCHOOL PREVENTION PROGRAM AND IN THE COURSE OF THE TWO WEEKS THEY HAVE SIX MEETINGS, TWO AND A HALF HOURS EACH AND THREE OF THOSE MEETINGS THEY'RE JOINED BY PATROL OFFICERS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY LIVE IN AND THE IDEA IS THAT THEY GET A CHANCE TO BREAK DOWN THE STEREOTYPES THEY HAVE THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT THEY GET TO A POINT AND IS HIGHLY STRUCTURED TO DO THIS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO SOME DEEPER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE KINDS OF CHALLENGES THE TEENAGERS ARE FACING BUT ALSO THE POLICE ARE FACING AND THEY ALSO GET A CHANCE TO HEAR EACH OTHER'S STORIES ABOUT SOME CHOICES THEY'VE MADE THE KIDS ARE PREPARING THAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND PRACTICING IT AND WHEN THE POLICE OFFICERS JOIN THEM FOR THE LAST THREE SESSIONS THERE'S A POINT WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE HOW THEY WENT FROM BEING TEENAGERS TO BECOMING POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE OF THE KIND OF SECRET SOURCES OF THIS THING IS THAT THE KIDS HAVE THIS DRAMATIC AWARENESS OF HOW MUCH THEY HAVE IN COMMON WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND WHAT THEY CAN SHARE. AND SO IT REALLY GETS MORE DOWN TO THE SORT OF HUMANITY THAT EXISTS OUT THERE AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE AND NOT ONLY BREAKING DOWN THESE STEREOTYPES BUT BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME OF THE DEEPER DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT ABOUT THINGS LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA ,WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE IN THE WAYS THAT POLICE PATROL AND AND AND AND I THINK THROUGH EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS WE'VE FOUND THAT THERE'S A REAL SHIFT IN IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS TOWARDS EACH OTHER.  AND ALSO WE'VE SEEN THAT PLAY OUT IN BEHAVIOR OVER A PERIOD OF TIME SO SO THE OTHER THE ONLY OTHER COMPONENT I WOULD ADD IS THAT THIS IS MEANT TO BE A TRAIN THE TRAINER PROGRAM THAT'S DONE OVER TWO YEARS. SO IN THE FIRST YEAR BESIDES OPERATING FOUR OF THESE COHORTS SO 60 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ABOUT 30 OFFICERS PARTICIPATING AND IN YEAR ONE WILL BE TRAINING 6 TO 8 FOLKS TO BECOME TRAINERS TO CONTINUE THE TRAINING AND IN YEAR TWO THEY WILL THEN IMPLEMENT SIX MORE TRAININGS AND WE'LL MONITOR THAT AND AND DO SOME QUALITY ASSURANCE STUDY OF OF HOW THEY'RE DOING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S IT'S WORKING OUT WELL. SO ALL TOGETHER THERE'LL BE 150 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL GO THROUGH THE TRAINING AND SOMETHING LIKE 70 TO 80 OFFICERS WE FIGURE AND THEY'LL BE A NICE CADRE OF TRAINERS IN BOSTON TO CONTINUE THIS AND I THINK THAT THE BEDROCK OR THE FOUNDATION OF THIS IS TRUST AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND TWO WAY COMMUNICATION WHICH IS OFTEN SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T SEE WITH THESE TWO GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS. SO OFFICERS OFTEN THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUTH ARE NOT LISTENING TO THEM AND VICE VERSA AND SO IT JUST CREATES THAT ABILITY TO HAVE A FORUM IN WHICH WE CAN KIND OF BREAK DOWN BARRIERS, HAVE SOME REAL CONVERSATIONS AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO CREATING AND FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OFFICERS AND THE YOUTH THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.  I THINK I THINK THAT'S IT WAS SUPERB AND THAT COVERS ALL FOUR OF THOSE TARGETS.  SO THERE'S ONLY ONE OFFICER THINK GOOD MORNING COUNSELORS.  THANK YOU. MY NAME IS FRANK DELUCA. I'M WORK IN THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AT THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I AM THE ASSOCIATE EYE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND OUR ENFORCEMENT LEAD ASSIST WISE FOR YOUTH PREVENTION YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM IS EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY THE STATES EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.  THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON YOUNG ADULTS AGES 17 TO 24 WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS PROVEN RISK MEANING THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE PERPETRATORS OR VICTIMS OF SHOOTING OR STARVING AND VIOLENCE SINCE 2011.  BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTING THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ACTING AS GRANTEE HAS PARTNERED WITH THE PROGRAM LEAD AGENCY THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION TO PROVIDE A COMBINED PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO ELIMINATE YOUTH VIOLENCE IN THE CITY.  ASSIST WHY A CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH COMMISSION COORDINATES WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO OFFER PARTICIPANTS A CONTINUUM OF INTERVENTION SERVICES INCLUDING OUTREACH INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATION TRAINING AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING THROUGH THESE SERVICES AS THIS WAY INTRODUCES PARTICIPANTS TO AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL LIFESTYLE HELPING THEM TO ABANDON THAT OF CONTINUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO STREET VIOLENCE. SO NOW BOSTON HAS BEEN AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL $11,200 FROM THE STATE TO PAY FOR ENROLLMENT IN THEIR CERTIFICATE OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING OFTEN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR OUR ASSIST Y CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM THE COST OF THE TRAINING 1600 DOLLARS PER PERSON AND ALL SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL ENROLL IN THE EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM. I HOPE AND I STRONGLY URGE THE COUNCIL WILL ACCEPT THESE FUNDS IN AN EFFORT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENT OF OUR CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THANK YOU.  WE DO HAVE A READING SO I WANT TO SPEAK ON 1175. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE THE NUMBER BUT THIS IS PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM THE FUNDING AGENCY IS.  U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE CORRECT FOR THE BOSTON THANK YOU SO THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE BUREAU FIELD SERVICES AND THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNOLOGY IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TO OPERATE WITHIN OUR EXISTING CAMERA NETWORK TO PLACE IN OUR TOP THREE HIGHEST VIOLENT CRIME POLICE DISTRICTS WHICH ARE AREA B DISTRICT TWO AND THREE WHICH INCLUDE ROXBURY AND MATTAPAN AND AREA C WHICH IS DISTRICT 11, DORCHESTER CENTER. THESE CAMERAS WILL HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT PREVENT PROPERTY AND VIOLENT CRIMES AS WELL AS INVESTIGATE CRIMES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.  IN ADDITION, THE BUREAU FIELD SERVICES IS LOOKING TO PROVIDE DISTRICTS WITH TACTICAL PROTECTIVE SHIELDS TO ASSIST WITH DE-ESCALATION SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BOSTON.  DE-ESCALATION IS A SKILL AND A TECHNIQUE THAT WE USE ON A DAILY BASIS. SOMETIMES THESE SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES NEED TO BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH EQUIPMENT AND WE FEEL THAT TACTICAL SHIELD WILL BOTH SERVE AS A DE-ESCALATION TO AS WELL AS A PROTECTIVE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT. FINALLY, OUR BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES IS LOOKING TO SUPPORT THE FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT WHICH NEEDS SOFTWARE DATABASE SUBSCRIPTIONS ,NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT SUCH AS IPADS AND BODY ARMOR UPGRADES IN ORDER TO WORK WITH BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO APPREHEND MASSACHUSETTS AND BOSTON'S MOST DANGEROUS OFFENDERS. THESE ITEMS WILL ENABLE THE FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT TO ASSIST WITH COORDINATED EFFORTS THAT FOCUS ON CRIMINAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN HIGH LEVELS OF VIOLENCE FIREARM OFFENSES, SEX TRAFFICKING AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. AND THERE ARE OTHER INDIVIDUALS ON THE PANEL THAT WILL BE ABLE TO ASK ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THIS THE REQUEST FOR THESE GRANT FUNDS THANK YOU. THOSE OTHER PANELISTS WERE FULL OF FOR THIS SPECIFIC ONE. YES. OKAY.  OKAY, GREAT. I WAS JUST SO I'M GOING TO MOVE NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE.  RIGHT TO KIND OF FORWARD OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL BEFORE YOU DO THAT IS ONE OF FOUR THOSE FOUR DOGS THAT WE JUST OVERVIEWS ARE EVERYONE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ON THIS OR IF YOU IF YOU DO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER A QUESTION THIS IS FOR DAUGHERTY IS ASKING IF YOU CAN GET STUFF BACK TO YOU SO THAT WAY WE KNOW FOR THE COUNSELORS TO KNOW WHO WHO TO DIRECT QUESTIONS TO AND JUST BEFORE THAT IS I KNOW WE HAD FOUR INDIVIDUALS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES CAN WE JUST HAVE THE OTHER FOUR INDIVIDUALS AS INTRODUCED AS I WAS ENTITLED? SURE. GOOD MORNING,  COUNCILOR SERGEANT DETECTIVE PHILIP BISSONNETTE I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE BOSTON POLICE FUGITIVE UNIT.  THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. CARMEN CURRY, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT COMMANDER OF THE OPERATIONS DIVISION.  GOOD MORNING. SHAWN ROMANOWSKI BOSTON POLICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR GOOD MORNING CHRISTOPHER MYKONOS, DIRECTOR OF THE OPERATIONS DIVISION BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE LIKE I SAID, I'D LIKE TO HAND THE FLOOR OVER DOWN TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL.  I'D LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO LIMIT THE TIME OF YOUR INITIAL QUESTIONS TO 7 MINUTES PER COUNSELOR INCLUDING PANELISTS RESPONSES WITH THAT I BELIEVE COUNSELOR FLYNN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  THANK YOU TO THE PANEL FOR BEING HERE FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU ARE DOING IN THIS CITY. SUPERINTENDENT I WAS TRYING TO GET CAMERAS IN MARY ELLEN MCCORMICK PROJECT PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT I KNOW THAT WAS NOT LISTED BUT THAT WAS A PRIORITY I HAD I WAS WORKING WITH SUPERINTENDENT CEE-LO.  I WE ABLE TO FACTOR THAT DEVELOPMENT IN WHEN YOU DO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR THE CAMERAS SO WE DO HAVE A LIST OF REQUESTS FROM THE DISTRICTS REGARDING CAMERAS AND THEIR PLACEMENT. I KNOW THAT JOHN ROMANOWSKI IS HERE FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SO HE SPEAKS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DISTRICT CAPTAINS ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE CAMERAS.  SO HE MAY BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE MORE TO THAT EXCELLENT.  GOOD MORNING, COUNSELOR. COME ON, SEAN, WE'RE ASKING BOSTON POLICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS. WE HAVE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SINCE 2011 TO INCREASE THE COVERAGE AROUND THE CITY.  HOWEVER, WITH LIMITED FUNDING WE TAKE THE WE WORK WITH A BRICK AND THE DISTRICTS AND WE IDENTIFY THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS AND WE USUALLY USE THAT AS THE AS THE CRITERIA FOR WHERE THE CAMERAS GO NEXT. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT WHERE THE CAMERAS ARE PAID FOR LOCALLY BY AN ENTITY AND IF WE RECEIVE A LETTER OF GRANT OR REWARD THEY GO IN AS SPECIFIED BUT TYPICALLY IT'S A NEEDS BASE FOR CRIME BASED INITIATIVE THAT DETERMINES WHERE EACH CAMERA IS PLACED. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON STRESS IF I CAN ON MARYANN MCCORMACK BUT ALSO ON ANDREW SQUARE AREA AS WELL. ANDREW SQUARE IS THE CLOSEST AND BETTER STOP TO THE MASS AND CASE AREA.  I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN INCREASE IN DRUG TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENCE IN THAT AREA BUT THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE TALKED TO CAPTAIN BOYLE I HAVE TALKED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT SUPERINTENDEN CEE-LO BUT IS THIS SOMETHING SUPERINTENDENT WE CAN HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION LATER THIS WEEK. YES, MOST DEFINITELY.  OKAY.  THANK YOU.  MY OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE RELATING TO THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE DOING TO YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY. I KNOW I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT PLAN BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT COMMUNICATION YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE HOW THIS FUNDS HOW HOW THE FUNDING WILL BE USED TO KIND OF ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT HEALTHY LIFESTYLES I GUESS THIS IS THIS IS A SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND I CAN LET MR PARRIS TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE MORE. BUT THIS IS A SPECIFIC PROGRAM BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THROUGH THE CSO OFFICES, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICES AS WELL AS THE BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ADDITIONALLY OFFICERS THAT ARE JUST IN THE DISTRICT. SO WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE. I CAN GET YOU A LIST OF THOSE PROGRAMS IF YOU'D LIKE BUT THIS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON THE PARTNERSHIP WITH NAFI AND I WILL TALK LET MR PARRISH JUST TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT. YES, COUNSELOR.  SO THE IDEA IS TO TO ENGAGE 15 TEENAGERS WHO ARE MORE ON THE MARGIN OR ON SORT OF ON THE BUBBLE OF BEING AT RISK FOR GANG INVOLVEMENT OR NEGATIVE INTERACTIONS WITH WITH AUTHORITY POLICE IN PARTICULAR . THEY ARE THREE OF THE FOUR AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN TARGETED ARE IN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS MILDRED HAILEY, FRANKLIN FIELD AND ORCHARD GARDENS. THE FOURTH IS AS IS BOSTON AND I THINK THAT DECISION WAS JUST BASED ON NEED.  OUR OUR APPROACH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE 15 KIDS AT A TIME 150 TOTAL OVER TWO YEARS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL MEASURE THE OUTCOMES TO SEE HOW WELL THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARDS POLICE CHANGE AND TO SERVE AUTHORITY AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TRUST THESE ADULTS IN THE SENSE GO TO THEM IF IF THEY FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO DO THAT AND AND HAVE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS.  SO IT REALLY IS AROUND THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN STUDYING THIS THAT THERE'S KIND OF AN INTERESTING RIPPLE EFFECT BECAUSE IN THE YOUTH CULTURE YOU KNOW THE WORD TRAVELS LIKE FIRE AND THAT WE FOUND THAT WHEN YOU GET 15, 20, 30 KIDS FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE THAT YOU KNOW IN THE FAMILIES AND THE SIBLINGS AND THEIR FRIENDS, IT REALLY CAN HAVE AN IMPACT.  SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THANK YOU.  I REPRESENT THE SOUTH END AND ACTIVE WITH THIS GROUP CALLED ST STEPHEN'S YOUTH GROUP AS YOU AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS YOUTH GROUP DOES A LOT OF WORK AND VICTORIA ACROSS THE STREET IS A CATHEDRAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING DOWN THE ROAD NOT TOO FAR AS ROXBURY.  BUT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS YOUTH GROUP INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS? I THINK THE GOAL IS ALWAYS TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN EXPAND PROGRAMS.  YOU GENERALLY START WITH A PILOT FOR MOST TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND YOU FIGURE OUT IN THOSE TIMES WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK AND THEN YOU TRY TO FASHION IT AND THEN MAKE IT MUCH BROADER. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S ALL WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. SO I WOULD SAY YES, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY BUT I HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL. IF I COULD JUST ADD COUNCILOR FLYNN THAT IN THE SECOND YEAR THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SIX ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO ANY PLACE AND THAT MIGHT BE A GREAT TIME TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT THOUGH VICTORIA IN PARTICULAR I THINK YOU HAVE VICTORIA CATHEDRAL AND DOWN THE ROAD OBVIOUSLY ROXBURY BUT CASTLE SQUARE IS NOT TOO FAR SO THERE'S A LOT OF MORE KIDS IN NEED THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT. BUT ALSO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S AT ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME WORK AND THE PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN SOUTH BOSTON ALSO REPRESENT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING OF ANY DISTRICT COUNCIL . SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ALSO CAN BENEFIT FROM FROM FROM THESE PROGRAMS.  THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR COUNCILOR MURPHY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.  THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CAREY I GUESS ON THE NEXT ROUND BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE IS MONEY COMING TO 911 SERVICES BUT WE HAVEN'T SPOKE ABOUT THEM YET SO BUT WITH THE PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COUNCILOR FLYNN WAS TALKING ABOUT EXCITED ABOUT THESE YOUTH PARTNERSHIPS AND WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OFFICES I MEAN I THINK OF JOSHUA DELA ROSA WHO YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT HIS UPBRINGING. I KNOW THAT GOD REST HIS SOUL, RICHIE LITO HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP IN THE SOUTH END AND WOULD OFTEN TALK TO KIDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HIS UPBRINGING LIVING IN THE PROJECTS KIND OF CONNECTING SO EXCITED AND HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THAT IS THERE A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOUTH CONNECT AND KEVIN BARTON OR WHAT IS YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BEPS LIKE HOW DO WE FIND AND CHOOSE THE CHILDREN, THE YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE PART IN THESE PROGRAMS? I THINK WE'RE STILL IN THE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE OF THIS. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE BOSTON POLICE ACADEMY AND THE BUREAU OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEY WILL ASSIST US IN IDENTIFYING YOUTH THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS PROGRAM. OKAY. SO WE HAVEN'T CHOSEN THEM YET, RIGHT? SO NO. OKAY. OKAY. BUT THAT THAT'S GOOD AND I DO JUST ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COUNCILOR FLYNN SAID ABOUT THE MARY ELLEN MCCORMACK AND THE ANDREW SQUARE SINCE THE TENT ENCAMPMENTS CAME DOWN. I KNOW WE SEE OTHER POCKETS GROWING ALSO BUT DEFINITELY THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THAT AREA IN THE MARY ELLEN MCCORMACK HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND DEFINITELY IN ANDREW SQUARE. SO IF WE COULD FOCUS ON THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT HAPPY ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN THERE'S GRANTS COMING IN AND ANY TIME WE CAN YOU KNOW, DO TRAINING AND EXPAND WITH OUR YOUTH IT'S GREAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILOR THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY DISTRICT COUNCILOR O'BRIEN, WORLD COUNCIL PRESIDENT ROSALIE GENTLY OUT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. I ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SELECTED AND I TAKE THE ANSWER FROM YOU . BUT J. PARRIS AND FROM SUPERINTENDENT THAT THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE ALONGSIDE. I'M SURE NORA WILL DO A GREAT JOB. SUPERINTENDENT BASSETT WILL DO A GREAT JOB AT HELPING IDENTIFY SO WHY IS MORE OF A PROVEN AND ESTABLISHED PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IF WE COULD SPEAK TO HOW WE IDENTIFY THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE PROVEN REST AND THAT 17 TO 24 AGE RANGE I'M CURIOUS TO LEARN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.  IT'S JUST WHY I RECEIVED ADVICE AND POLICE AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSEER HERE RECEIVES REFERRALS FROM OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.  FOR INSTANCE THE SUFFOLK COUNTY HOUSE OF CORRECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS NASHUA STREET JAIL, MASSACHUSETTS PROBATION BUT ALSO WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE OR THE DISTRICT CAPTAINS. SO SO REFERRALS WILL COME IN TO ME AND I WILL FORWARD THEM TO OUR DATA ANALYST WHO WILL REVIEW THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM.  AND HOW LONG IS THE PROGRAM AND WHAT DOES IT IT'S AN ONGOING PROGRAM BUT THERE ARE AGE LIMITS 17 TO 24 YEAR OLDS SO MANY AGE OUT AND WHAT DO THE WHAT DO THEY DO? PARTICIPANTS OR ENROLLEES WHAT DO THEY RECEIVE AS PART OF THE PROGRAM INTERVENTION SERVICES THOSE BEING INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION SERVICES ,BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND EMPLOYMENT AND OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING WHO DOES AN INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT?  THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION WE HAVE A TEAM OF YEAH YEAH AWESOME. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT MODEL SO THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE FURTHER INVESTMENTS OF 911 OPERATIONS. CHRIS I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM OVER THERE IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I KNOW THAT ROB CONSALVO HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF ADVOCACY AROUND THE FAMILY ISSUES IN THE FAIRMONT SO I KNOW THAT HE'S FOR THAT AS WELL. MY NEXT QUESTIONS ARE FOR DIRECTOR WALSH. I THANK YOU FOR MY TEAM AND I HAD A GREAT VISIT A FEW WEEKS AGO TO THE BRICK AND I TALKED ABOUT BRAD TALKED ABOUT SHOTSPOTTER. IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOW YOU WERE ALWAYS PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ALWAYS I THINK CLEAR WHEN THINGS AREN'T WHAT ISN'T ISN'T POSSIBLE. YOU STATED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MONEY FOR THIS GRANT 850,000 IS FOR PERSONNEL IN THE IN THE WRITE UP THAT WE HAVE IT SAYS THAT IT'S FOR DATA AND TECHNOLOGY CAN YOU JUST TRANSPARENCY CAN YOU LAY OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE CERTAINLY SORT OF HAPPY TO HOST YOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THANK YOU FOR COMING SIR. RYAN WALSH, DIRECTOR OF THE BOSTON REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER. SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WORKED WITH THE STATE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH US KIND OF SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF THE GRANT TO OUR BEEN EARMARKED TO MORE PERSONNEL FUNDING AND THEY'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. THEY DIDN'T FOR TECHNICAL REASONS WE DIDN'T WANT TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE. THAT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BUDGET LINE THERE FROM THE STATE PERSPECTIVE. BUT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT OVERALL THIS WAS BACK IN PROBABLY 2021 AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING UNDER THAT UNDERSTANDING SINCE THAT TIME. OKAY. SO BASICALLY THE LANGUAGE IN THE GRANT ORDER IS NOT ALIGNED WITH THE ACTUAL PURPOSE FOR WHAT YOU SEE IS SO SO THE PERSONNEL SUPPORT THOSE GOALS. I WOULD SAY IN THERE SORT OF ANTI-TERRORISM, ANTI-GANG, BOTH THOSE KIND OF THINGS.  SO IN THAT WAY IT DOES THAT TECHNICALLY NOT YOU KNOW TECHNOLOGY NO FOCUS AND HOW LONG HAVE HAS THE BEEN RECEIVING THIS GRANT SINCE 2017. OKAY. SAY HOW MANY PERSONNEL POSITIONS.  YEAH, IT'S CURRENTLY FUNDING EIGHT AND A HALF POSITIONS. OKAY.  WHEN IT'S FULLY STAFFED OUT IT WILL BE EIGHT AND A HALF POSITIONS AND WE'RE WORRIED WHERE NOW IN TERMS OF ARE FILLED FOUR AND A HALF CURRENTLY THE OTHERS ARE IN THE INTERVIEW BACKGROUND CHECK VARIOUS STAGES OF THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS HOW DO WE MOVE SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING FEDERALLY FUNDED IN A WAY THAT MIGHT HAVE MORE UNCERTAINTY, MOVE THAT TOWARDS EITHER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT OPERATING AND THIS IS STATE FUNDING. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT?  CERTAINLY AS OUR U.S. GRANT FUNDING HAS STARTED TO DECLINE A LITTLE BIT SORRY THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STARTED TO DECLINE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO. WE'VE BEEN TAKING SOME STRATEGIC LOOK YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE FUND 12 POSITIONS UNDER THAT GRANT CURRENTLY. AND SO WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE YOU KNOW, LOOK TO OTHER OPTIONS FOR SUSTAINMENT OF SOME OF THOSE MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, THIS THIS MIGHT BE AN OPTION I WOULD SAY CURRENTLY THOUGH WE'RE NOT REALLY USING THIS MONEY FOR THAT PURPOSE. SO THERE ARE THOSE 12 POSITIONS THAT ARE FUNDED BY UIC AND THERE ARE THESE EIGHT AND A HALF POSITIONS THAT WE'RE FUNDING VIA THE STATE GRANT AND FOUR AND A HALF OF THOSE ARE FILLED AND FOUR OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY NOT FILLED, CORRECT? OKAY YEAH.  LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THIS YEAR WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE INHERENT WITH THE GANG DATABASE WITH THE FEDERAL COURTS AND STATE COURTS TALKING ABOUT THE POINT ALLOCATION SYSTEM BEING ERRATIC AND IT BEING DISCRIMINATORY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CASE SOMEONE'S DEPORTATION WAS TIED TO THEIR EXISTENCE IN THE GANG DATABASE AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES THAT YOU'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING.  CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE POINT SYSTEM? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHERE YOU STAND WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED? WHERE ARE YOU IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THAT WHY YOU'RE CHANGING THE NAME AND THE TRANSPARENCY INVOLVED AND HOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO REMOVE THEMSELVES FROM THE DATABASE? CERTAINLY SO THE FIRST ROUND OF MAJOR CHANGES TO THE GANG DATABASE RULE OUR DEPARTMENT RULE 335 OCCURRED IN 2021 AND WE CHANGED SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIFFERENT FACTORS.  ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OR THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE WOULD BE REMOVING ABILITY TO USE JUST FIELD INTERVIEW REPORTS. SO IF YOU'RE INTERVIEWS IN THE SYSTEM GET TWO POINTS PER PER INTERACTION WITH ANOTHER VERIFIED GANG ASSOCIATE.  WE PREVIOUSLY COULD USE THAT TO BUILD UP THE TEN POINTS.  NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME OTHER TYPE OF VERIFICATION CRITERIA IN THERE FOR THAT. WE ALSO DECREASE THE OTHER MAJOR CHANGE WAS PREVIOUSLY WE HAD AN INACTIVE STATUS SO YOU WERE COULD BE IN THE DATABASE FOR FIVE YEARS UNDER SORT OF ACTIVE STATUS AND THEN IF WE REVIEWED YOU ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS AND YOU WERE DETERMINED TO NOT BE CONTINUED HAVE EVIDENCE OF GANG ACTIVITY, WE WOULD SET THAT PERSON INACTIVE FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS. THAT SECOND FIVE YEAR PERIOD HAS BEEN REMOVED TO BETTER ALIGN US WITH OUR FEDERAL INTELLIGENCE REGULATIONS UNDER 28 CFR PART 23 AND SO ON. NOW AFTER YEARS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS IT'S GENERALLY MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY WE REVIEW EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE CONTINUED EVIDENCE OF GANG ACTIVITY.  OKAY AND THERE WAS A QUESTION IN TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO REMOVE LIKE HOW THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO KNOW WHETHER THE CANDIDATE WAS YOU KNOW, THAT YOU WERE THERE WERE CHANGES COMING TO THAT. WHY ARE WE ARE WE THERE? CERTAINLY SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL UPDATE TO THE RULE THAT'S IN THE FINAL STAGES OF REVIEW BY THE COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO RESPECT HIS PERMISSION, HIS ABILITY TO MAKE THE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS THERE. SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BUT IT IS IN THE VERY FINAL STAGES OF REVIEW BY THE COMMISSIONER AT THIS POINT THERE IS IN TERMS OF ABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO INQUIRE ABOUT THEIR PRESENCE AND ANY SYSTEM OR DATABASE THERE'S A REDRESS POLICY AS PART OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY THAT'S POSTED ON THE WEBSITE LAYS OUT THE EXACT PROCEDURE THERE TO REQUEST THAT OF THE DEPARTMENT AND GO THROUGH THAT SORT OF REVIEW PROCESS AND THAT INCLUDES THE GANG DATA AND THAT WILL THAT BE UPDATED? IS THAT PART OF I BELIEVE WE HAD TALKED ABOUT? YEAH. I THINK CURRENTLY IT SAYS YOU HAVE TO SORT OF SEND A LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT AND MAKE IT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ADD AN EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR FOLKS. IT WAS THE TIMELINE ON THAT.  IT SHOULD BE WEEKS I WOULD SAY THE COMMISSIONER IS IT'S IN THE FINAL REVIEW BY THE COMMISSIONER. OKAY. I WILL AWAIT SECOND ROUND I'M BEING TOLD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNSELOR WE'RE OUT OF THE ELEMENTS. THANK YOU CHAIR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE ASKS A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME HE WAS HERE RYAN WAS THE DIVERSITY OVER AT THE BURKE CAN YOU SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THE DIVERSITY NUMBERS AT THE BREAK ? CERTAINLY SO I WILL ADMIT I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS ON HAND CURRENTLY.  WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT. WE'VE MADE SEVERAL DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE DIVERSITY AMONG THE ANALYTIC TEAM. OUR SWORN OFFICER STAFF IS QUITE DIVERSE I WILL SAY I KNOW THAT FOR SURE.  YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY IT'S A VERY, VERY CHALLENGING HIRING ENVIRONMENT.  WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CANDIDATES FOR THESE POSITIONS DROP OUT. UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE LENGTHY HIRING PROCESS THAT THE CITY HAS AND OTHER DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT HAVE COME UP INCLUDING THE RESIDENCY AND THE PAY SCALE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT TOUGH. WE CONTINUE OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGH OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND THROUGH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS INCLUDING WORKING WITH DR. DIABLO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POSITION POSTINGS ARE GETTING TO THE RIGHT PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE AWARE OF THEM AND AND KIND OF APPLY IN THAT REGARD. WE'VE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REMOVING ANY INTRINSIC BIAS IN OUR INTERVIEW PROCESS.  SO WE ARE REDACTING THE NAMES OF ALL THE APPLICANTS BEFORE WE DO OUR INITIAL REVIEW OF THEIR RESUMES, THE NAME AND ADDRESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT AS OUR STAFF AND MY TEAM DOES THAT REVIEW WORK REALLY STARTED FROM THAT JUST LOOKING AT THE QUALIFICATIONS PERSPECTIVE FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I THANK YOU THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I COULD REQUEST JUST A DIVERSITY NUMBER THE WORKFORCE FOR FABRIC AND SPEAKING OF IMPLICIT BIAS WHEN IT COMES TO CHECKS AND BALANCES TO OVERSEE THE BRICS ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY THIS GANG DATABASE, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW ARE ISSUES LIKE IMPLICIT BIAS BEING ADDRESSED?  SO SEVERAL OF THE THINGS WE HAVE A TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR ALL THE ANALYSTS WHERE WE TRAIN EVERYONE FOR 40 HOURS OF TRAINING EVERY YEAR SOME OF THAT TRAINING IS TYPICALLY IN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIAS AND THAT FROM OUR ANALYTIC PROCESSES FOR SURE ALSO WE HAVE A FULL TIME PRIVACY OFFICER THAT WE HIRED UNDER THE UAC GRANT FUNDING WHO IS REVIEWING ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS AND DATABASES TO ENSURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT RULES,  REGULATIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE AND OBVIOUSLY CITY ORDINANCES AS WELL.  SHE ALSO REVIEWS ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT GO OUT TO ENSURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT AS WELL AS WELL AS WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INSTITUTING A QUARTERLY AUDIT OF THE DATABASE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 10% OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE DATABASE AND HAVE OUR PRIVACY OFFICER KIND OF REVIEW THOSE FOR COMPLIANCE AND FOR ALL ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULE. SO ALL OF THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NEW RULE THAT WILL BE RELEASED. AND THEN HOW DO YOU WORK WITH DIVERGENT PROGRAMS OR PREVENTION PROGRAMS AND IS ANYONE IN YOUR YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON YOUR TEAM THAT'S THE POINT PERSON FOR DIVERGENT PROGRAMS CERTAINLY. SO WE HAVE ONE DATA ANALYST WHO'S 50% FUNDED BY THE SS Y PROGRAM THAT FRANK JUST TALKED ABOUT. SHE IS ENGAGED IN THAT SORT OF PROCESS SO ENSURING THAT THAT YOU KNOW PROPOSED CLIENTS ARE MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS OR THAT YOU KNOW SOME DIFFERENT THINGS AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE PROGRAM YOU KNOW STAFF WITH KIND OF OVERALL DATA AND THE PICTURE OF VIOLENT CRIME IN BOSTON TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE PROGRAMS CLIENTS ARE BEING ADJUSTED TO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENT TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE CITY. ADDITIONALLY, MYSELF AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE STAFF HAVE BEEN ENGAGED ON REALLY A DAILY BASIS WITH DR. ABLOW IN ALL OF HIS EFFORTS MEETING WITH HIM AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S WELL INFORMED AS TO THE TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE CITY WHERE PARTICIPATING IN THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM PROCESS THAT HE HAS SET UP THERE.  AND THEN THE ANALYSTS ARE ALSO FULLY AWARE, YOU KNOW,  PARTICULARLY FOR YOUTH BUT REALLY ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT COME ACROSS OUR RADAR PUTTING THEM IN FOR REFERRAL TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT WHETHER THAT'S THE BEST TEAM PROCESS OR YOUTH CONNECT OR THROUGH ISAAC'S WORK OR AS IS I YOU KNOW WE'RE CONSTANTLY KIND OF INVOLVED IN THAT ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PARTNERS. AND I ALSO KNOW LAST YEAR THERE WAS A PUSH FOR AS WE SAW LIKE THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES. ARE WE STARTING COLLECT AND TRACK AND CREATE A DATABASE AROUND HATE CRIMES?  SO WE'RE CERTAINLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN WE WORK DAILY WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT OUT OF OUR BUREAU INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT DATA TRACKING PROCESSES AND WE DECONFLICT OUT OUR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORTING FROM A COUNTERTERRORISM PERSPECTIVE WITH THEM AND SOMETIMES WILL CO INVESTIGATE SOMETHING IN THAT REALM TO SEE WHETHER IT'S MORE OF A BIAS MOTIVATION OR WHETHER IT IS, YOU KNOW, INDICATIVE OF A COUNTERTERRORISM ISSUE. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF CONSISTENTLY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS WITH THAT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WE WHO WE ARE MONITORING WHO HAVE OR HAVE GO BY COMMIT A HATE CRIME OR HAVE COMMITTED A HATE CRIME I WOULD SAY NOT NECESSARILY A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WE DO HAVE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE CITY AND SORT OF WHERE THEY ARE THE TYPES OF CRIME AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIAS WE WORK WITH THE CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT DATA IS CURRENT AND THAT'S ALL REPORTED THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS, THROUGH NEIGHBORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT AND SO HAVE TIME SO WELL TWO MINUTE OR 2 MINUTES SO NICE ANSWER.  I AM A BIG FAN OF COMMUNITY POLICING.  I WAS WONDERING I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION YOU RYAN AND DEPUTY CULLINANE ON HOW DO WE USE THE DATA TO SEE WHERE WE NEED A DEDICATED WALK IN BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT? WE POINT TO A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ON ADDRESSING SOME OF THE VIOLENT PARTS OF OF OUR AREA AND SOMETIMES I YOU KNOW I HEAR MORE OFTEN IT'S TOO TECHNOLOGY BUT WHEN DO WE WHEN DO WE SEE THE LEVEL OF CRIME THAT DATA TELLS US INSTEAD OF TECHNOLOGY RIGHT. LET'S PUT A DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL JUST TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'RE SEEKING OUT IN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WERE ADVOCATED FOR IN SOME OF THESE GRANTS. RIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TARGETED YOUTH INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE DOING IN FRANKLIN FIELD AND HOW HOW HOW CAN WE GET THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY OPPOSED TO JUST YOU KNOW, FOR A TARGETED YOUTH OR AN AGE GROUP? AND I DO BELIEVE ALSO THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN JUST TALKING TO THE YOUTH. IT'S GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, SEEING PATTERNS IN THE COMMUNITY, UNDERSTANDING THE WHOLE FAMILY DYNAMIC AND THE COMMUNITY DYNAMIC TO REALLY COME UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO DO PREVENTION. SO HOW DOES THE DATA INFLOW IT NOT ONLY THAT TECHNOLOGY TAKE TECHNOLOGY DISPERSED ME BUT ALSO THE THE MANPOWER DISBURSEMENT.  SO I'LL CERTAINLY LET THE SUPERINTENDENT TALK ABOUT SORT OF THE CAPTAINS DECISION MAKING PROCESS ON EXACTLY WHERE THEY PLACE THOSE DIRECTED PATROL RESOURCES ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. I WILL SAY FROM THE ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CAPTAINS AND VARIOUS PERSONNEL IN THE DISTRICTS REALLY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO HELP THEM MONITOR TRENDS AND THE GEOGRAPHY OF CRIME IN THEIR JURISDICTION. WE PROVIDE SOME TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO ALLOW THEM TO VISUALIZE CRIME JUST SPATIALLY AS WELL AS WE'RE BRIEFING OUT THE TWO MAJOR DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS WHICH ARE BASICALLY ONCE A WEEK IS A DEPLOYMENT MEETING AND THEN THE OPPOSING WEEK IS COMPSTAT WHERE THE ANALYSTS ARE BRIEFING OUT THOSE MAJOR CRIME ISSUES TO THE CAPTAINS MOST OF THE TIME THEY OF COURSE SORT OF ALREADY KNOW THESE SORT OF THINGS BUT IF WE ENCOUNTER SOMETHING ON A DISTRICT BORDER OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE CROSSING, YOU KNOW, OUR ADMINISTRATE OF BOUNDARIES, THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE ANALYSTS ARE FOCUSED AND SO MY QUESTION IS MORE SO OF NOT ON THE CAPTAIN SIDE BUT MORE SO LIKE ON THE HEADQUARTERS SIDE IN TERMS OF IF WE SEE A CONCENTRATION OF GUN VIOLENCE, ARE WE TAKING A BIRD'S EYE VIEW ON HOW TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES TO SPECIFIC AREAS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING A HIGHER RISK OF OF GUN VIOLENCE? I WOULD SAY WE DO AND THAT GOES TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RYAN WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THAT COMPSTAT MEETING WHERE WE ALL COME TOGETHER.  SO THIS IS COMMAND STAFF MEMBERS AS WELL AS DISTRICT CAPTAINS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND DOING THE WORK AND WE HAVE REALLY POINTED CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND WHAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF RESOURCES WILL LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF INCIDENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE OR A CONCENTRATION OF SPECIFIC TYPE OF INCIDENT OUTS THAT ARE HAPPENING CITYWIDE. SO YES, WE WE HAVE SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT AND THEY'RE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE LAST REQUEST TO YOU, THE CHAIR, IF WE COULD GET THE DATA ON 911 CALLS BY PRECINCT A GUN FIREARM ARREST BY PRECINCT HOMICIDES BY PRECINCT AND THEN STAFF AND ALLOCATION BY PRECINCT STAFFING ALLOCATION. SO THAT'S ONE SECTION OF THE CASE OF MY PRECINCT. GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . I JUST HAVE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.  I'LL I'LL TURN AROUND FOR FOR SECOND ROUNDS. MY COLLEAGUE IS REALLY ASKING ME SOME QUESTIONS AND I MEAN YOU GET YOU KNOW, YOU PROVIDED SOME GREAT RESPONSES. I THINK I JUST HAVE A COUPLE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR FRANK DELUCA.  IF YOU MEAN I THINK IS THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU KNOW YOU YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE AGE RANGE FOR THE YOUTH 17 TO 24. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROGRAM SO THERE'S NO RIGHT I THINK IF SOMEONE ENTERS AT THE AGE OF 17 AS THE EXPECTATION THEY'LL STAY THERE FOR THE FOUR YEARS OR THE I MEAN FROM 17 TO 24 TO ARE LIKE BENCHMARKS FOR PEOPLE TO LIKE LEAVE THE PROGRAM LIKE WHAT WHAT'S THE PROCESS THERE? NO THE WAY TO EXIT THE PROGRAM IS IF YOU AGE OUT OR YOU RELOCATE OR YOU'RE INCARCERATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO BEYOND THE AGE RANGE AND GOD FORBID YOU'RE KILLED. SO IT'S A CONTINUING PROCESS WITH WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THE CASE MANAGERS WILL IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS AND TRY TO WORK WITH THEM WITH THE PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETIMES ALSO THAT THEY WILL LEAVE THE CITY. THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY LEAVE THE PROGRAM AND THEN AT THE AGE OF 24 AFTER 24 THERE'S JUST NO OUTREACH OR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. IT WELL FORTUNATELY THE BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION HAS A TWO SHOULDERING PROGRAMS ONE BEFORE THE THE SIGNING AGE FOR SSI AND AFTER AND SO IT'S ALMOST A CONTINUATION SO THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 24 CAN CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SERVICES THROUGH THE HEALTH COMMISSION. GREAT. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT QUESTION IS TO DR. PARIS. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 15 YOUTH THAT YOU'LL BE THAT HAVE NOW BEEN SELECTED THAT WILL BE SELECTED CORRECT IN YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE, YOU KNOW, ATTITUDE LIKE I MEAN HOW HOW'S THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MEASURED BY SUCCESS OF HOW DO YOU MEASURE ATTITUDE ? HOW DO YOU MEASURE, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT?  SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JOHN JAY SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE OUT OF NEW YORK AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED PRE AND POST SURVEYS THAT ALL THE THE KIDS AND ALL THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY TAKE AND THEN THEY CRUNCH THE DATA ON THOSE TWO TO MEASURE CHANGES.  AND SO THEY'RE I THINK SOMETHING LIKE 25 QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY THAT THEY USE.  ALL RIGHT, GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.  I WILL NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS STARTING WITH COUNCILOR MURPHY . I DON'T HAVE A SECOND ROUND. I'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT ROUND OF GRANTS THAT WE SPEAK ABOUT.  THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE.  THANK YOU.  JUST TO TALK TO THIS IS A QUESTION FOR FRANK DELUCA. IT'S ONE THAT I MISSED AND THAT'S WHY I PROGRAM IS THAT WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. LIKE I SAID, DR. YOBO AND HIS TEAM DO IN TERMS OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF 17 AND 24. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T CATCH THE QUESTION. IF YOUR OFFICE IS IN IDENTIFYING THE YOUTH BETWEEN 17 AND 24, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY WHICH IS LED BY DR. ISAAC YOVEL. OH, WE'VE HAD REFERRALS FROM DR. YABUKI. OH, OKAY CERTAINLY.  THANK YOU.  BACK TO DIRECTOR WALSH. I WANT TO UPLIFT SORT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CASTRO WAS ASKING WITH RESPECT TO THE CONNECTION BETWEEN IMPLICIT BIAS AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE BRICK BEING IMPORTANT. SOME OF THAT I AM CONCERNED WITH AND THAT I KNOW THE MEMBERS COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED WITH LAST YEAR AND I REMAIN CONCERNED WITH IS OVER IDENTIFICATION OF FOLKS AS GANG AFFILIATED AND THE THAT IMPLICIT BIAS PLAYS IN THAT. I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE CHANGES FORTHCOMING AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE ENCOURAGING BUT IN THE HERE AND NOW I AS RECENTLY AS LIKE A MONTH AGO I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY WHO WORKS IN THE DEPARTMENT WHO TALKS ABOUT CONCERNS STILL ABOUT THAT OVER IDENTIFICATION IF SOMEONE'S COUSIN WAS IN A GANG OR IF SOMEONE IF THERE'S A YOUNG KID ESPECIALLY A BLACK BROWN YOUNG BOY WHO'S HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND LIVING IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD BEING IDENTIFIED AS BEING A GANG AFFILIATED SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE STILL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PREVENT THE OVERLAP OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY WITH PEOPLE BEING IDENTIFIED AS GANG MEMBERS WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AT PLAY, COMMUNITIES BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES EVEN MORE AND BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN KNOW PRECEDENT THAT HAS BEEN CALLED OUT BY COURTS. I STILL WANT TO SEE US DOING MORE IN THAT AREA AND HEAR MORE FROM THE BREAK IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THE IMPLICIT IMPLICIT BIAS. DIVERSITY IS ONE OF THOSE BUT WHAT WHAT IS THE TRAINING THAT THE ANALYSTS HAVE TO REALLY IDENTIFY AND NOT JUST THE NOT JUST THE ANALYST FRANKLY I'M TALKING ABOUT OFFICERS WHO ARE DOING THE BIT WHO ARE SAYING WE THINK THAT THIS PERSON WHERE I WAS IDENTIFYING THEM THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SO-AND-SO PERSON I KNOW IT'S I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE NOT JUST RELYING ON OFFICIALS BUT THERE ARE BOTH QUANTITY AND QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE RELYING ON. AND SO THE TARGETED TRAINING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GIVEN THE LACK OF DIVERSITY TO NOT CONFUSE FAMILIAR RELATIONSHIPS OR NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITIES WITH GANG ASSOCIATION CERTAINLY SO I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD SAY FIRST IS THAT IT IS CERTAINLY A MULTILAYERED APPROACH SO THAT THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF REVIEW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE REVIEW PROCESS SO THAT ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL'S BIAS IS HOPEFULLY KIND OF AMELIORATED THROUGH THAT SORT OF A PROCESS. SO YOU KNOW, THE OFFICER WHO MAYBE SUGGESTS SOMEONE FOR ENTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE IS NOT THE ONE WHO GETS TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION AS TO WHETHER THAT PERSON GOES IN OR NOT AND IS NOT EVEN THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT BACKGROUND ANALYSIS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE SORT OF BOTH THE QUANTITATIVE POINT SYSTEM AND THE QUALITATIVE AND ANALYTIC PROCESS THAT OUR TEAM GOES THROUGH WITH EVERY PERSON WHO YOU KNOW, WE CONSIDER BECAUSE OF THEIR BEHAVIORS THAT THEY'RE EXHIBITING. SO I THINK THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, ENABLES US TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THINGS LIKE FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS DIFFERENT DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT THE PERSON OBVIOUSLY CAN'T CONTROL FROM A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE AND WE DEFINITELY TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. SOME OF THAT IS DIRECT INPUT FROM THE OFFICERS AND SO THERE'S SORT OF A WIDE RANGING PROCESS GOING ON BEFORE SOMEONE IS IS ENTERED INTO THE DATABASE AND THEN EVEN ONCE THEY'RE IN WE HAVE SORT OF THE FORMAL FIVE YEAR REVIEW PROCESS FOR JUVENILES UNDER THE NEW ROLE WE PROPOSE A ONE YEAR REVIEW PROCESS SO TAKING JUVENILES VERY EVEN MORE SERIOUSLY AND FOCUSING ON CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT IN THERE FOR AN EXTENDED TIME IF THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SERVICES IN AND CHANGE THEIR PATHWAY. AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY KIND OF SENSITIVE TO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT,  ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO JUVENILES. THE CASE THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS A YOUNG 14 YEAR OLD BOY AND SO I CERTAINLY WAS VERY DISHEARTENED TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. I THINK THAT THERE'S A MARCHING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT I STILL HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY THAT I KNOW THAT THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC ARE DEMANDING WHEN WE'RE USING THINGS LIKE THE GANG DATABASE THAT I ALSO KNOW IS GOING UNDER ITS OWN TRANSFORMATION TERMS OF WHAT WE CALL IT AND HOW WE IDENTIFY AND HOW WE USE IT. AND SO I KNOW THOSE ARE ALL THINGS IN THE FUTURE AND SO I'M WAITING TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY.  THANK YOU, COUNCILOR . PRESIDENT CASTRO EARLIER BEFORE WELCOME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.  ONE OF THE OTHER ADVOCACIES THAT WAS A PUSH LAST YEAR THAT I AM A BIG FAN OF IS OPERATION EXIT. IT WAS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM THAT CONNECTED THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ON THE GANG DATABASE TO JOBS IN THE TRADE. I'M STILL PUSHING FOR A REBOOT OF THAT PROGRAM BUT CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT ANY OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN STOOD UP TO CONNECT AT RISK YOUTH OR PEOPLE ON THE GANG DATABASE TO, YOU KNOW, NEW OPPORTUNITIES? SO I THINK DR. AYALA IS PROBABLY THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK TO THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY IS OFFERING.  I KNOW THAT HIS OFFICE HAS SET UP A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO OPERATION EXIT FOR YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS WHO MAYBE DON'T QUALIFY FOR THAT PROGRAM THAT IS KIND OF ALMOST LIKE ALMOST LIKE A PREPARATORY PROGRAM FOR THAT THAT THE FIRST COHORT OF THAT RAN THIS PAST YEAR AND I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO CONTINUE THAT CERTAINLY.  SO THOSE ARE TWO PROGRAMS. AND THEN I WOULD JUST SAY FROM THE BRICK PERSPECTIVE WE CERTAINLY PARTICIPATE IN THE REFERRAL PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE YOUTH CONNECT PROGRAMS CERTAINLY AS A Y AND THEN AS PART OF THE VIOLENCE REDUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAM THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT ARE PRESENT AT THE TABLE THAT PROCESS AS WELL. GOT IT. AND WHEN OPERATION EXIT WAS IN EXISTENCE, DID IT WOULD IT WHERE DID IT LIVE? WAS IT UNDER BRICK? WAS IT UNDER THE MAYOR'S CABINET? COMMUNITY SAFETY.  IT WAS NEVER UNDER THE BRICK. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BIGGER PART OF BPD AT ONE POINT BUT I HONESTLY DON'T RECALL.  OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION.  AWESOME. AND THEN I GUESS THIS IS FOR FRANK AND THAT'S WHY I KNOWING THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INVOLVED AND THEY'RE PRETTY ACTIVE. IS RELOCATION PART OF YOUR STRATEGY AS WELL OR IS IT.  THAT WOULD BE ANSWERED BY THE CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM I BELIEVE. BUT I KNOW THAT HAS HAPPENED AND IN A BENEFICIAL WAY.  RIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT'S THE WAY I'M THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE INDIVIDUAL FOR SURE. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE PANEL FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.  I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  COUNCILOR MORROW AND I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR FIRST PANEL. I WANT TO ECHO COUNCILMAN REMARKS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.  I WAS THINKING PANEL. SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON DOWN TO THE SECOND PANEL. A SECOND PANEL WILL BE ON DOCKET NUMBER 1166 DOCKET NUMBER 1170. DOCKET NUMBER 11277 AND DOCKET NUMBER 0911. AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PANEL AS THE COMMITTEE INVITED FOR A SECOND PANEL. AND PLEASE BE SEATED AT THE PANEL TABLE IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY STARTING WITH CARMEN DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT OF OPERATIONS DIVISION.  CHRISTOPHER MIKE MAGNUS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DIVISION. I'M LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE DANIEL DUFF, COMMANDER OF THE HOMICIDE UNIT AND CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON, COMMANDER 18. AGAIN FOR THE PANELISTS WHO ARE HERE TODAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK EACH OF YOU TO JUST SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THEN PLEASE PROCEED WITH THE OPENING REMARKS. I'D JUST KINDLY ASK THAT IN ORDER TO ALLOW TIME TO CONSIDER QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION THAT YOU PLEASE LIMIT YOUR OPENING REMARKS TO 5 MINUTES PER GRANT AND I ASK YOU TO PLEASE REMIND EVERYONE ON THE DOCKET NUMBER IF YOU KNOW IT AND AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AS YOU BEGIN YOUR REMARKS. WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR PANELISTS TO PLEASE PROCEED WITH OPENING REMARKS. THANK YOU.  I.  GOOD MORNING COUNSELOR'S CHRISTOPHER MACINNIS I'M A DIRECTOR OF THE OPERATIONS DIVISION FOR THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE OPERATIONS DIVISION IS THE NAVAL ONE CALL AND DISPATCH CENTER AT BOSTON POLICE HEADQUARTERS.  I'LL BE TESTIFYING ALONG WITH MY COUNTERPART DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CARMAN CURRIE ON DOCKETS 1166 WHICH IS THE FIRST GRANT TO SUPPORT THE NINE WILL ONE CALL CENTER AT BOSTON POLICE OPERATIONS.  IT ALSO IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE CALL CENTER AT BOSTON POLICE OPERATIONS, A PORTION OF THIS GRANT HELP SUPPORT THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR FIRE ALARM DIVISION OVER 59 FENWAY WHERE THEY DISPATCH FIRE APPARATUS IN AND IN HANDLE NINE ONE CALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT. IT ALSO SUPPORTS OPERATIONS THAT THE BOSTON EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES OR EMS CALL CENTER WHICH IS JOINTLY LOCATED AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH US FORTH FOR ONE SHORT PLAZA. THIS FIRST GRANT IS A SUPPORT INCENTIVE GRANT AWARDED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND STATE NINE ONE DEPARTMENT. IT'S IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,125,000. IT'S DARK AT 1166. THE SECOND GRANT THAT WE'LL BE TESTIFYING ON IS DARK AT 1170. THAT GRANT IS A TRAINING GRANT FOR NINE ONE CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS IN ALL THREE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AS WELL.  THE BOSTON POLICE NO ONE CALL CENTER AND DISPATCH CENTER BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEIR FIRE ALARM DIVISION AND THE BOSTON EMS CALL CENTER AS WELL AT ONE SHORT A PLAZA. THAT GRANT IS THE AMOUNT OF $445,865.77.  THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT DETECTIVE DANIEL DUFF, COMMANDER OF THE HOMICIDE UNIT. I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT DOCKET NUMBER 1177 $10,000 GRANT GIVEN TO US BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE NATIONAL VIOLENT DEATH REPORTING SYSTEM.  WE MEET WITH THEM ONCE A YEAR AND GO OVER OUR STATS AND THEY COMPILE DATA TO SEE TRENDS AND THEY ALSO THE MASSACHUSETTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ENDS UP SENDING THIS DATA TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SO THAT THEY CAN COMPILE DATA NATIONALLY.  THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. MOST OF HAMILTON ARE FROM THE BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT A GRANT FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SECURITY TO PROVIDE DIRECT PATROLS WITHIN THE FAIRMOUNT DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOOD OF HYDE PARK. THE FUNDS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL POLICE PATROLS OF THE FORMER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITH THESE FUNDS THE VPD WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PATROLS TO COMBAT THE FEAR OF CRIME BY RESIDENTS TO MONITOR, INTERVENE AND SUPPRESS VIOLENT CRIME THAT MAY OTHERWISE TAKE PLACE IN THE FAIRMOUNT DEVELOPMENT. A POLICE PRESENCE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO PREVENT GUN RELATED CRIME OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF FIREARM RELATED INCIDENTS IN AND AROUND DEVELOPMENT. THE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE A DIFFERENT DETERRENT EFFECT OVER TIME AND WILL SUPPRESS THE FEAR OF CRIME AMONG THE RESIDENTS. WE BPD WILL UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO PROVIDE EXTRA TO OUR PATROLS ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 11:45 P.M. TO ZERO 3:45 A.M. AND THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT IS $10,000 AND IT COVERS ROUGHLY FIVE WEEKS OF THOSE PATROLS.  GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH CAPTAIN AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR BEING HERE WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER OF ARRIVAL AND WE'LL HAVE 7 MINUTES PER ROUND OR 7 MINUTES FOR COUNSELOR FOR THIS ROUND SO SORRY I WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON MY FEET AT THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST HAPPY THAT WE HAVE MONEY FOR BOTH THE SERVICES AND THE TRAINING AT 911. I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON THE COUNCIL AND I HAVE VISITED YOU BEFORE, YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A NEED TO REALLY GET MORE STAFF, GET MORE MORALE LIKE COULD YOU SPEAK TO HOW YOU THINK THE THIS MONEY AND WHAT OTHER YOU MAY NEED TO KIND OF GET TO A GOOD PLACE OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN A BETTER PLACE SINCE WHEN I FIRST HAVE STARTED HERE?  THANK YOU COUNSELOR. AND APPRECIATE YOU COME UP TO VISIT ALSO I KNOW COUNCIL LOUIJEUNE PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE HAD COME UP AND VISIT THE OPERATIONS CENTER AS WELL AND I WELCOME ALL COUNSELS TO COME UP AND VISIT THE NINTH ONE OPERATIONS CENTER AT HEADQUARTERS. YEAH THIS THIS FUNDING IT'S AN ANNUAL GRANT. IT CERTAINLY GOES TO A LOT OF IT GOES TO DEFRAY THE PERSONNEL COSTS AND THE SALARIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES UP IN THE OPERATIONS CENTER. YOU KNOW, OUR STAFFING HAS BEEN DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD CURRENTLY WE ARE DOING BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. I THINK WHEN WE MET BUT WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO ON NINE OVER ONE CALL TAKERS ASSEMBLY AND NOW ONE CALL TAKERS. WE HAVE A 23% VACANCY RATE RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER PRIOR YOU KNOW UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE HAVE A VACANCY RATE THAT IS HIGH OUR EMPLOYEES BECOME MORE STRESSED BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING MANDATED ON OVERTIME AND THEY'RE BEING MANDATED TO WORK 16 HOUR SHIFTS WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEIR FAMILY LIVES IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE STRESS CONCERNS UP THERE AS WELL.  WE HAVE THE PEER SUPPORT TEAM. WE HAVE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT CURRY'S WHO HAS INITIATED A QUIET ROOM UP THERE WHICH ALLOWS THE EMPLOYEES TO KIND OF GO AND TAKE A MOMENT TO HAVE A BREATHER AND YOU KNOW, DECOMPRESS AFTER A TOUGH CALL OR IF THEY'RE WORKING AN EXTENDED SHIFT.  BUT 23% IS STILL, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE TOO HIGH FOR NO I TO CALL TAKE A VACANCY ON THE POLICE DISPATCHER SIDE.  IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. THAT IS A SMALLER GROUP WHEN WE'RE FULLY STAFF WE WOULD HAVE 40 EMPLOYEES UP THERE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A VACANCY RATE OF 33% THERE. WE ARE FORTUNATE HOWEVER WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS STARTING IN THE COMING WEEKS THAT WE HAVE INTERVIEWED AND ONE I THINK IS STARTING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.  WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL CALL TAKERS IN THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK SO IT'S GETTING BETTER. IT'S BEEN SLOW BUT IT HAS IMPROVED. OKAY. AND I'LL COME VISIT AGAIN SOON AND ANY WAY WE CAN TO ADVOCATE BECAUSE 33% THAT'S A LOT. YEAH 23 EVEN THOUGH IT'S BETTER IT'S STILL NOT IN A GOOD PLACE. IT'S NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND AS YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW I DO WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD HOW IMPORTANT YOU KNOW THAT FIRST CALL THE 911 CALL TAKERS NEED TO BE ALERT. THEY NEED TO BE IN A GOOD HEADSPACE. THEY GET A LOT OF STRESSFUL CALLS LIKE MOST PEOPLE KNOW IF YOU EVER DO HAVE TO CALL 911 IT'S NOT A GOOD DAY. RIGHT? AND IT COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. SO ANY WAY YOU KNOW WE CAN SUPPORT THAT GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU.  ABOUT THE OVERTIME IN FAIRMONT WHICH I'M HAPPY YOU HAVE IT LIMITED WHERE IT IS FOR FIVE WEEKS $10,000 AND DOESN'T IT'S GREAT BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO THAT FAR.  HOW DID THAT GET CHOSEN AND ARE THERE OTHER GRANTS THAT OTHER CAPTAINS ARE ABLE TO PICK AND KIND OF TRY LIGHT OR A PICTURE? SO THIS WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE CANCELO WORK WITH US HE I WORK WITH HIM VERY CLOSELY. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THIS GRANT FOR US FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVED GUN VIOLENCE UP THERE.  THERE WAS A PARTICULAR INCIDENT THAT WAS ON CHILLAG ROAD. WELL IT ENDED ON SILK ROAD. IT'S NOT IN DEVELOPMENT. THE FIREARM WAS RECOVERED ON CHILLAG ROAD WHICH IS WHERE A REPRESENTATIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE REPRESENTATIVES HOME. AND SO HE HAD ASKED IF WE COULD MAKE USE OF FUNDS IF THEY BECAME AVAILABLE AND THAT'S HOW THAT WAS CHOSEN. AWESOME. WELL YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN YOUR DISTRICT. YES. THANK YOU.  THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU, COUNSELOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR.  JUST WANT TO ECHO THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT FOLKS ARE DOING UNDER DURESS IN THE OPERATIONS CENTER AT 9112 TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WAS WORK UNDER WORK UNDERGOING TO CIVILIAN EYES THE OPERATIONS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? I KNOW THAT THAT WAS A BIG IT'S A BIG WIN SOMETHING THAT THE EMPLOYEES WANTED. WE THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH MORALE AS WELL WHERE WHERE DO WE STAND IN THAT PROCESS? SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR RIGHT NOW. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE DIVISION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SETTLED WITH THE BOSTON POLICE OFFICERS FEDERATION WHICH IS THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS THE CURRENT SUPERVISORS UP THERE.  WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE IN AND ALSO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION AND DEVELOPING JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THOSE CIVILIAN SUPERVISOR POSITIONS AND MANAGEMENT POSITIONS THAT WILL BE NEEDED IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION TO FULFILL THAT PROMISE. GREAT. THANK YOU. I I FROM MY VISIT I JUST LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS AND ALSO I HOPE I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE STAFFING ISSUES WERE IN PART BECAUSE OF SUCH BACKLOG OR DELAY WITH AGE ARE HOPEFULLY THAT SOMETHING THAT'S IMPROVING AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN ABLE TO GET THE 33 DOWN TO THE 23%. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE OFF A DAY WORK FOR THEIR KID'S BIRTHDAY OR FOR THEMSELVES OR FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. IT SOUNDS IT JUST SOUNDS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TOUGH AND I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF OFFICERS DEAL WITH AS WELL.  BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HOW THEY SPOKE ABOUT IT AND ABOUT HOW LIKE THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION AND SOMETIMES WE'RE JUST LIKE WORKING BACK TO BACK THAT WAS REALLY HARD TO TO REALLY TAKE IN. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND JUST KNOW THAT I KNOW JUST NOT MYSELF. THE COUNSELORS WERE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HERE REALLY HERE THE ADVOCACY OF THE AND I ONE OPERATORS AND DISPATCHERS AND HERE TO SUPPORT THEM IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN. SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.  I MEAN, CAPTAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AGAIN FOR HAVING US.  YES. I KNOW THAT REVEREND ZAVOS ADVOCACY HERE REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE AS I HOPE OUR PRESIDENT I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SOME RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE OVERTIME IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE? IS IT GOING TO ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE SIGNING UP FOR THE OVERTIME? ARE YOU GOING TO BE FORCING SO IT'S OFTEN A LOT OF THIS IS COVERED BY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BUT IT'S OFFERED ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND WHERE WE HAVE THE GRANT IT'S DIRECTED JUST FOR THAT. RIGHT. SO WHAT WE DID WAS PUT A TWO MAN UNIT TWO PERSON UNIT UP THERE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY OVERNIGHT WHEN THE DURING THE BUSIEST TIME AND IF WE WERE NOT ABLE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS AND I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE THE DATA ON EXACTLY HOW MANY SPOTS WE FILLED ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS LAST YEAR BUT WE DID MANDATE THAT THAT OVERTIME BE FILLED. I HAD WE WERE FORTUNATE WHEN THIS WHEN THE MONEY LAST YEAR WORKED ITS WAY TOWARDS PROCESS IT WAS LATE IN THE FISCAL YEAR AND ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE FORTUNATE FOR US. ISAAC AND I HAD A MEETING DOWN IN HYDE PARK ABOUT CLOSE TO THE 4TH OF JULY AND SO THE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON CLOSE TO THE 4TH OF JULY IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND WE WERE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY TO DIRECT THOSE PATROLS IN THE WEEKENDS IN THE WEEK AND LEADING UP TO THE 4TH OF JULY LAST YEAR AND IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE FOR US.  WAS IT MONEY? WAS IT WAS IT THIS GRANT? YES, EXACTLY. AND SO THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT THE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED THIS GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR THIS PURPOSE, CORRECT. SECOND TIME. SECOND TIME. OKAY. SO FIRST TIME I'VE APPEARED HERE FOR WELL, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB, CAPTAIN. YEAH, TRUST ME . OKAY. GETTING TO BE A LOT IT CAN IT COULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. NOT AS BAD AS IT WASN'T A FIRE TODAY. HOPEFULLY SO. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS OF THIS AS A MODEL AND I KNOW COUNCIL MORALE IS AS WELL FOR WHEN WE HAVE AREAS AND POCKETS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS OF GUN VIOLENCE OF SORT OF GETTING AN ALLOCATION RIGHT. BUT IT'S JUST SO SINCE PARENTS WE STRUGGLE WITH LIKE YOU KNOW ,OR OVERTIME COSTS ARE WAY TOO HIGH AND THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THIS PARTICULAR GRANT. THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK OF MONEY IS COMING FROM THE STATE.  I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS WITH THE FOLKS ON THE COUNCIL BUT IT DOESN'T IMPACT ON THE BUDGET. SO THAT KIND OF HELPS US A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW IT WAS ASKED EARLIER BELIEVE COUNCILOR WELL ASK A QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO THE CAPTAINS DECIDE WHERE AND WHAT CAN BE GOES SO WE TRY TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES FOR EXAMPLE COUNCIL I HAVE A PROBLEM WHAT MOSTLY ARE FROM COMMUNITY MEETINGS I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT DIRT BIKES AND THREE WHEELS AND THAT NATURE DOWN ON AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY. SO OUT OF MY BUDGET I HIRE EVERY WEEKEND CARS DOWN ON AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY JUST TO DEAL WITH WE CALL THEM REFERRED TO IT AS THE REBELS, THE DIRT BIKES, THE ATVS AND ALL THAT THING. AND WHAT WE DO IS A WALK BEAT WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE ON A MIDNIGHT SHIFT DOWN ON AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY AND WE USE OTHER RESOURCES. SO I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE BUREAU OF MEDITATION TECHNOLOGY ON THE WEEKENDS ON ALL OF YOU YOU MIGHT NOT BE OUT THAT LATE ON THE WEEKENDS DOWN THERE BUT I MEAN I PUT BARRIERS UP AROUND THAT ENTIRE SHOPPING PLAZA AT 650 AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY STRAIGHT FROM MCDONALD'S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE SIMCOE USED TO BE. AND I CAN AND I CAN THEN COVER THAT WITH ONE POLICE OFFICER AND THAT'S PRETTY EFFECTIVE. IT'S WE HAVE NOT HAD A COMPLAINT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE DONE THAT AND THEN WHEN WE HAD INFORMATION FROM THAT CAME TO THE INTELLIGENCE CENTER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TARGET THE TOLL PLAZA OVER BY SHOP STOP AND SHOP ON THE WEEKEND OF THE PUERTO RICAN FESTIVAL THAT'S THE NEXT NO THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S GOING UP THAT'S UP THE OTHER END OF AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY TOWARDS HYDE PARK. YEAH. YOU KNOW I WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLES TRUCKS AND BLOCKED ENTRANCES OVER THAT WEEKEND TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THERE SO THE WALKING BEAT I TRY TO DIRECT I HAVE ONE WALKING BEAT THAT'S IN CLEARY SQUARE I TRY TO DIRECT IT WHERE THERE'S THE MOST FOOT TRAFFIC WHERE THE BUSINESSES ARE, WHERE THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE MOST OF OF THE CITIZENS RIGHT THAT LIVE AND DO THEIR BUSINESS AND WORK OUT IN HIGH PARK I GENERALLY DON'T ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE WITH WALKING BEAT AND THE REASON IS THE WALKING BEAT IS ALWAYS A SINGLE OFFICER AND IT'S DANGEROUS TO PUT THAT SINGLE OFFICER OUT THERE IN AN AREA TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE.  SO WHEN I GET MONEY IN I CAN PUT TWO OFFICERS IN A CAR AND PUT THEM IN A SPECIFIC AREA AND HAVE VISIBILITY AND HAVE QUICK RESPONSE AND DETER THAT VIOLENCE. THAT'S THE WAY THAT I ADDRESS IT IN MY SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE OTHER TEN CAPTAINS BUT I THINK PRETTY MUCH A WALK WOULD BE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE WITH A WALK IN BE SORRY I TOOK SOME OF YOUR TIME TO THE CAUSES GREAT GREAT CAN I CAN I ASK ONE MORE ONE MORE QUESTION SO AS A HIGH PARK RESIDENT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE BALANCE, JUST WHEN ARE WE TALKING ABOUT PLACES LIKE ROSS FIELD FAIRMONT LIKE WHERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO I LIKE THAT YOU TRADED ON THE INCIDENTS IN FAIRMONT TO COME AND ADDRESS THIS GRANT TODAY. WE ALWAYS GO TO THE PLACES WHERE THAT IS ONE OF THE PLACES WE ARE. WE HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE INCIDENT OF GUN VIOLENCE IN ANY OTHER AREA THAT'S BEEN OF CONCERN IS THE LOWER END ARE TWO AREAS BOTH ON THE LOWER END OF RIVER STREET WOULD HAVE IS IS AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR US AND WE HAD A PROBLEM PROPERTY OF 565 RIVER STREET WE WORKED IT WAS IN FORECLOSURE SQUATTERS HAD MOVED IN IT WAS VERY I HAVE VIDEO ON MY CELL PHONE AND GLAD TO SHOW YOU I I'M 4TH OF JULY OVER THERE WHERE WE HAD I HAD 20 POLICE OFFICERS DOWN THERE ON THE 4TH OF JULY AND WE WERE JUST BARELY ABLE TO CONTAIN IT . WE WORKED WITH INSPECTIONAL SERVICES. WE WORKED THROUGH THE HOUSING COURT.  THE PROPERTY WAS BLOCKED, BOUGHT OUT OF FORECLOSURE BY A WELL KNOWN LANDLORD IN CITY.  WE WORKED WITH HIM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT PROPERTY, GET THE FOLKS OUT OF THERE THAT DIDN'T BELONG THERE AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY REHABBING THE WHOLE BUILDING. I'M NOT SURE HOW HE'S GOING TO WHAT HE'S GOING TO RENT OUT FOR THAT UNIT BUT THOSE SO THAT ONE AREA OF LAW IS G WHICH 565 RIVER STREET IS THE LAST HOUSE AND I PARTNER AND THEN 555 WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR GOES ON THREE BUT I COULDN'T PUSH THE LINE FAR ENOUGH. OH BUT WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT SO IN FIVE 555 AS WELL. YES ALSO MATTAPAN AS WELL IF I WAS TO BUY RIVER IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE HOUSES I LIKE THE NAME OF THOSE SMALL DIDN'T ST ESCAPES YOU BUT THERE'S A STREET RIGHT THERE IN THE HOUSES ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THE STREET IS NOT THE RIGHT LINE BUT EITHER HERE OR THERE.  SO FAIRMOUNT AND WATER ARE BASICALLY THE TWO AREAS OF MOST CONCERN TO US AS FAR AS ANY GUN VIOLENCE. I'M NOT SAYING THERE HASN'T BEEN ANOTHER INCIDENT OF GUNFIRE.  IT'S BECAUSE WE HAD ONE OF THE TOYOTA UP ON HIGH PARK OUT WHEN SOMEONE DIDN'T APPRECIATE IT GOT INTO ALL RIGHT. BUT THOSE OTHER TWO AREAS THAT ARE MOST CONCERN.  OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH CAPTAIN AND THANK YOU CHAIR FOR INDULGING MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CONSUL PRESIDENT. HOW'S THE WORLD FOR THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN. AND THANK YOU TO THE NOT ONE ONE CALLERS FOR ALL THE WORK AND ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED I'M HERE TO DEFINITELY SUPPORT CAPTAIN I THINK IT WAS YOU KNOW SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE I I DO BELIEVE IN EVERY BUSINESS DISTRICT THERE SHOULD BE A WALK CAN BE TO ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS NOT ONLY WITH THE COMMUNITY BUT WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING IN THOSE BUSINESS DISTRICTS.  UNFORTUNATELY IN MY DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT GUN VIOLENCE HAS ENTERED INTO OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR CORNERS, THE WASHINGTON STREET AREA I'M VOTING IN GENEVA ASHMONT STATION BUT THESE ARE ALSO AREAS WHERE THERE'S HIGH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE HAVE ASHMONT STATION, WE HAVE THE COMMUTER RAIL IN THESE AREAS. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, EVERY BUSINESS DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE A DEDICATED WALKING BEE BUT IN CERTAIN AREAS YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IF THERE'S A CONCENTRATION OF GUN VIOLENCE IN THOSE AREAS, MAYBE IT SHOULD BE TOO. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I AM CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR. SO THERE ARE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE AND I THINK WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. FOR EXAMPLE.  BUT ASHMONT I KNOW THE TRANSIT POLICE HAVE A DEDICATED UNIT UP THERE NOW THAT WORKS WITH OUR UNITS AND DISTRICT AND I DON'T WANT TO TALK FOR CAPTAIN BURNS . WE WORK WITH OUR UNITS. WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, USE MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH VIOLENCE STRIKE FORCE, USE THE MEMBERS OF THE DRUG CONTROL UNIT IN THOSE AREAS THAT OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS WHERE THEY'RE SEEING GUN VIOLENCE IT'S JUST A THE WALKING BEAT IDEA OF THE WALKING BEAT IS TO WALK AND NOT BE IN A CAR. RIGHT RIGHT. SIT DOWN RIGHT AND THAT'S THE WAY THEY GET THE MOST INTERACTION OUT OF IT. YEAH, I DO KNOW AND I DO AGREE THAT THERE ARE THAT THAT GUN VIOLENCE UNFORTUNATELY HAS INFILTRATE AIDED SOME OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS BUT I I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR OTHER CAPTAINS I KNOW BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE PLENTY OF TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SO PEOPLE CAN LOOK.  MY MOM PASSED AWAY BUT MY WHOLE FAMILY LIVES IN THE CITY. I LIVE IN THE CITY RIGHT AND I DON'T WANT MY NIECE OR MY SISTER OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, GONNA GET HIT BY A STRAY BULLET GOING TO THE STORE SHOP AND WRITE OR FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO GO TO QUINCY TO DO MY SHOPPING BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE IN DORCHESTER. RIGHT? I DON'T WANT THAT RIGHT. SO I DO THINK WE ADDRESS IT'S JUST THE WALK OF LIFE IS KIND OF UNIQUE AND A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, RIGHT? NO, I HEAR YOU AND TO YOUR POINT OF HELPING THE PUBLIC WITH THE FEAR OF CRIME, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THOSE WALKING BEAT HELPS ADDRESS THAT FEAR OF CRIME IN CERTAIN BUSINESS DISTRICTS.  I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION I THINK ALL OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED, YOU KNOW, BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LOUIJEUNE IT WAS BASICALLY ON THE $10,000 AND ON HOW THAT WAS BEING USED. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNSELOR.  RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GREAT.  WELL, I WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS AGAIN FOR FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR CITY. UM, I HAVE CHECKED WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS NO MOBILE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY.  SO WE WILL GO THROUGH THAT. I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS AGAIN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER ATTENDEES AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TODAY'S HEARING. THIS HEARING ON DOCKETS NUMBER 0911116611681170117511771286 IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU I