Portland racial equity committee recommends oversight changes for police department
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Updated: 6:09 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021
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Updated: 6:09 PM EDT Jul 1, 2021
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MANNION REPORTS ON WHAT IT'S RECOMMENDING R FO CHANGES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. :21 LAST YEAR AFTER THE MURD OF GEORGE FLOYD A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE ORGANIZED PROTTSES PORTLAND CITY COUNCILOR PIOUS ALI IS THE COCHAIRF O THE RACIAL EQUITY STEERING COMMITTEE, CREAT ED FOLLOWING PROTESTS LAST SUMMER FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. :55 MAKE SUGGESTIONS ON WH AT NEEDS TO BE OFFLOADED OM FR POLICE PLATE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THGS TINHAT WE ASK THEM TDO O ON MONDAY THE COUNCIL HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE WITH 13 MEMBERS. T 6HE5 PAGE REPORT PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY LIKE 5:03 THAT THE CITY SHOU LLDOOK INTO HOW COMMUNITY POLICING COULD WORK AND MEDIATE TO CREATE A COMMUNITY POLICING THAT THE COMMUNITY TRUSTS (( TAKE FULLSCREEN)) AN ALTERNATIVE RPOESNSE TO MENTALEA HLTH CRISES, TO CREATE A SEPARATE RESPONSE TEAM FROM THE PORTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT. SUGGESTED OVERSIT GHAND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OFFICERS INCLUDING SCREENING TOOLS FOR PERSON PALREJUDICES THAT WOULD INCLUDE THEIR ONLINE MEDIA PRESENCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES. PORTLAND'S MAYOR KATE SNYDER SAYS THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THIS WORK: 7:01 WE INTENTIONALLY SLOWED THE PROCESS AND I THINK THAT IS AN OK THI NG THE COUNCIL WILL HD OL ANOTHER WORKSHOP ON JULY 27TH GIVING WITH STAFF MEMBERS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. :57 BECAUSE THERE ARE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE REPORT HAG WILL BE WELL INFORMED BY THIS YEARS' FY21 BUDGET ARE THERE RESOURCES AVAILAE BL FOR SOME OF THE WORKERS THAT IS BEING RECOMMEED ND THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO TAKE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONAND S DIRECT THEM TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WOULD BEST ADDRESS IT. 1:28 THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO BE DEEPER INTO ALL THE QUESTIONS D AN CONSIDERATIO