If youre interested in being recognized, raise your hand function. And if you have any technical issues, put them in the notes in the chat box. Im honored to be the chair this committee. And i recognize all those who are with us. And vice chair is here. In the vice chair from border policies. Also the vice chair, and vice chair for community policing. And vice chair for emergency management. Thank you all for being here. In the business of this committee is a core function of this role. The safety release communities. As although, as mayor, as the center of probably one of the Biggest Challenges we have faced not only is mayors, and communities but also as global communities. This year has been incredible roller coaster, the challenges and also opportunities. This many will take on the responses of the covid19. And since the date, our communities have changed. The aftermath of the murder of george floyd on may 25th. And the countries undergoing important conversations about the role of policing. Where permitted the u. S. Conference of mayors, and this committee and the working committee of the Police Reform for justice. I look forward to a robust discussion. And into a meaningful way to announce. Our communities must be able to have the responsibility and duty to represent their voices now more than ever. Look forward to our countries and this time. In the global, is paradox and i think our voices is mayors are critically important at this moment. Probably more so than ever. We are responsible and responding to the needs of our constituents. We are the ones, there is at this point i would like to turn it over to my son. [inaudible]. On behalf of the mayor myself, want to thank you for a few minutes to just a high rate this group. I think this is zoom meetings with we have had with our team and our committees. We want to thank you for your leadership. Specifically thank you into her members of mayors that omission in just a moment. We know about your community. Chicago is a brilliant light across the nation. I know that you must have the demands of your time. The way you have committed yourself. In your resources to this conference, certainly admirable. I want to make sure that i do everything i can to support you now. And also the so thank you for your leadership. So many great and familiar faces on this call. That were continuing to see each others faces, share ideas, it is an important part of making this organization thrive and continue to be something people value moving forward. We are very blessed to have incredible leadership. I will never tire of recognizing and thanking tom for his leadership personally and the teen that he has assembled at this particular time. We get to think someone like laura who is a quiet but steady, trusted voice in washington on all matters related to the policing and social justice that i have had so many questions to her for other mayors and i appreciate you laura and your attentiveness to mayors and the passion you have on this topic in so many others. We are blessed to have you as part of our team so thank you. Thank you mehr. About three weeks ago with the chance and every other Committee Meeting ive spoken, ive talked about the meeting of this group today and directed folks to attend i can see the participant numbers is about 120 right now which is about five times more than the other committees so maybe folks are turning in because of the work this committees doing and the presentation and report that will come out of this committee and just a few moments. Been bragging about the importance of your work to everybody. That work is really critical. So starting to say about three and half weeks ago, as i was sitting with tom cochran and trying to understand how he could support mayors and specifically support them during these times of social unrest when it was coming apart at the seams. Mayors do what we always do. We come together, find tangible solutions and lead. Walt washington and governors and so many other talking heads were pointing fingers. We put a group together, thank you, ive no idea how you found time in the last month with all the other things going on to vote, and to the product you will present today prove it the six principles you put forward in all of you will see shortly or maybe have seen recently, they are thoughtful, they are profound, they are contemporary and they are actionable. This is real things, a real roadmap that every community can apply in their community. So to jane, john, lori thank you for going above and beyond your traditional role in giving up some time and talent to produce something really the country is looking for. There is a lot of media about the working group in just a few moments. Finally, let me send my personal thanks to all of you. We appreciated with mentioned in just about every intro this is not necessarily the race we all signed up for. But is the race we are in. I would not choose to be with any other group of people than any other group of people thank you for your incredible support. For the emails the tax the calls theres a time i was talking with 20 mayors a day every other day, that relationship is something that is tangible sincerely we thank you for your support, thank you for your leadership when dick thank you for the resolution she will consider, june 30, next tuesday the executive committee will meet to consider the what they need with the nominating committee and then july 1, mark your calendars because greg and i arty have it will be giving to speed suspension speeches. One is repping up my year end then a sneak peek of what he hopes to really know will be in it may zinc year of leadership with greg. That will be noon at eastern time on wednesday july 1. Hopefully we will see you all there. Thank you mehr light fit for your leadership, thank you all for your friendship. Thank you mehr for being with us today for your service and leadership. Its a very interesting year as definitely now any of us anticipated. I personally want to say thank you for your friendship and support literally from the first day i was sworn in you or they are and i very much appreciate all of the awesome support youve given me. And given me this committee to work on some of the most important issues. We are fortunate to have also our incoming president art great mayor and i would advise you to enjoy this group as well. So thank you mehr, again my thanks to Brian Barnett at a great job him of this past year with tremendous dexterity and flexibility brian youre an amazing president thank you very much for all your good work and i also want to recognize chuck ramsey on this. Hes been a great counselor to so many of us in a managed somehow to fit us all in we appreciate stepping up each and every time i just want to thank the Committee Hears i go into my year end next year i will be focusing on a couple of Different Things that are topical to this moment among simard dismantling systemic racism, eliminating poverty and Police Reform. Im really looking forward to results here today and plan on integrating that obviously into the good work at the conferences next year. So mayor lightfoot, and others thank you for the time and attention you put into this. So thank you. Are working on report form and social justice. We called with a recommendation for reform and advance the to address Police Reform and accountability measures. The ongoing challenge of Racial Discrimination in our communities. The group will consist of myself chair entrench a castor cincinnati as well as. [inaudible] from baltimore. That is commissioner Michael Harrison and chief Jerry Williams. Also we would not have been able to support the work we have the support of time without support of many people including chuck ramsey, we know him obviously as this model with what a police chief is all about and youre in the Chicago Police department and that chief in washington d. C. , and philadelphia they cochairs on the toy First Century policing for thank you chuck also have an introduction with executive director of policing and for so many Police Apartment across the country and of course tom cochran the ceo and executive director mayor barnett asked us as a working group what we saw immediately on the executive committee was the mayors needed to stand up and be a part of this important narrative around the country we have worked diligently to create a roadmap to implement transparent and actionable reform which we could hold ourselves to as the mayor we are all on the front lines of their community on this issue there is a wealth of experience for what reform should look like what were facing in our community with the possible solutions should be. Were working through the meeting couple weeks ago we have the statements and principles of what we have before you, these principles are rooted in the goal of the practices that protect the sanctity of human life and upholds the law. I also want to acknowledge is been a champion and i really appreciate her contributions. I also want to as well recognize her colleagues at riverdale. They raised up their hands and said me how can we help and they had important support and guidance with the working group very much before you. Over the coming months we have a full set of recommendations that can be implemented nationwide and we can reassure our community theres a concrete path for the future. I now want to invite Police Performance of Racial Justice about their communities and what they believe are the critical priorities that we need to address. Well start with the mayor and ill have you call mayor of tampa. Thank you lori. Thank you very much president barnett to participate in this group. Before i make a few brief comments, i want to point out that mayor lightfoot has done the lions share of this work and this really is a brilliant work. And something we can all put into action in our communities. I thank you very much i think everyone else as well from the Law Enforcement side having been in Law Enforcement for 31 years, the beginning of the statement here are the principles we look at in Law Enforcement space for modern culture that was back in the 1800s if you read through those they apply today. So a lot of the answers ive been there for some time but difficulty in implementing those on a can tenuous basis. So first and foremost the redefining of local Police Safety is critically important. We are going to have to do that on a national level. In the trump legitimacy has no power in their community unless there is trust on the basis of the residents they serve. Do quality, due process, accountability, those are all critically important. I think we have to go back to the sanctity of life and then looking at who we are serving in Public Safety. And that is our community. Very proud of this set of principles i believe it is a guide for each and every mayor in each and every police chief in the united states. I thank you mayor lightfoot, and all and Law Enforcement adult went to embarrassed chuck but again very proud to have been a small part of this great i am looking forward to moving into the implementation of this. Not only in my community but nationwide to thank you all. Thank you thank you mehr first i want to reiterate what was just said it has been an honor and privilege to be involved ive been incredibly impressed by you, mayor lightfoot and your ability and right up what can be known as a new compact doesnt replace or repeal the principles becomes all too apparent specifically we will and are getting into real issues, use of force changes chokehold, moving vehicles, theres Real Transparency and accountability oversight, body worn cameras that have real teeth. And three moving the Paradigm Community policing and reducing crime its important we emphasize police are about preventing crime and disorder. The first principle in a way that maintains legitimacy with the community but is effective and reduces crime. In cincinnati we ratified 50 but we also reduced part one by 50 since we implemented our reforms on these basic three principles. The statement as written up by lori and adopted by her committee, i think it very eloquently states all of these ideas i come from cincinnati with an even better explanation of what we are trying to accomplish. So thank you mayor. And now i would like to return to our chief, i believe firmly that one of the most important relationships any mayor has with the chief of police. Public safety is one of the core responsibilities as a host of partners with the police chief. Ms. Been an honor with a wealth of experience and thrilling for community and country to call upon first the commissioner of baltimore. Good afternoon and thank you mayor lightfoot thank you all for your real leadership. Certainly honored to be working with this group to give some insight not just here in baltimore, certainly the most expansive Consent Decree and offer some insight of what is working and what we are compelled to do now is the country is demanding more from its an honor to be able to help with this initiative so that the country and world will see what are the Guiding Principles were what policing to go. This group has been charged to put that together its honored be a part of it. So thank you commissioner. Now we will call the chief from south carolina. Thank you mayor, president barnett thank you. Its an honor to be part of this distinguished Group Commissioner harrison said it best in a very first meeting when he said change the cultures watch whats difficult. We go back to the forefront, only created a broad focus on the six principles reestablishe reestablished, restated and i think it will help the culture for Law Enforcement with legitimacy. Many departments are already forward leaning, very innovative and have embraced 21t century which we all agree is one of most defining documents in our careers thus far. I hope we contribute even greater to that momentum alread already. I think this document is an opportunity for us to raise this theres 18000 Police Departments across this country, create true actionable items that each city can reach out and champion. I also thank mayor lightfoot for pointing out that relationship between the police chief and the mayor i think is absolutely critical. Not only strong Public Safety in the community, but how we create that culture and explain that culture i look forward to at the future has for us. Goes along with the mayors and the police report. Thank you. And. [inaudible] mayor and everyone thank you so much for the opportunity. It has been an honor and an opportunity so where there is adversity there is always opportunity for a positive change. What i see among this group is a willingness to take some weekend and nights to work through the process of really getting the world to buy into the fact we are serious about this. Were not serious in words or series and facts and actions. Were looking forward to what the next six months will bring, thank you very much mayor. So thank you and thank you chief. Ill be remiss of course if i did not call upon chuck, to offer a few words. You have a unique perspective on things across the country. So thank you very much mayor these are trying times for us. Also time of tremendous opportunity. In a ive been involved in policing for five decades. It seen a lot of change. This is the first time ive seen what looks like the entire country almost to take a serious look at the role of police. Sometimes you find the answer by looking back. Earlier it was mentioned i believe it was mayor castor had mentioned to robert peel some 90 odd years ago when he had the London Metropolitan police. Those principles formed the foundation for Building Police service in that city. I think these guiding principle principles, we can appeal that their val table be updated to make them relevant to todays challenges. But going back to basics, remembering what policing is all about. I think it is the way you start by building, the people around the country no matter the city have trust and have faith. I think in a lot of ways in policing weve lost our way we focus on reducing crime and disorder in the communities that is a good thing. But policing is far more than that. Weve also taken on a lot of responsibilities maybe we were not the right fit to lead on. We need to define that role i think with these Guiding Principles who believes of them very, very special policing son at the local level the majority of policing anyway youre not going to find a solution of the federal level it is the mayors, it is the governors, its those people who really understand the community that will need to get this done. I am honored to be a part of it to work with the police chief ive come to know and have a great deal of respect for. As well as the mayors ive come to know ive had the honor to work with all of you so thank you very much. I look forward to whats ahead. No over the discussion to any of the other mayors we have the raise your hand function. So or just raise your hand. You can do that as well. [inaudible] thank you mayor thank you chief ive a question in new jersey maybe some of the other states there is a move to have released disciplinary records going back 20 to 25 years. I am not so sure disciplinary records for wearing your cap are not being in full uniform is essential to this public discourse. I dont believe racial sensitivity or Even Stronger violence or Police Officers that the department should be Public Record and want to hear your thoughts on a blanket release for anyone as are suspended for five days or more. Chief ramsey . So was that to me im sorry. Anybody can answer it theres a couple of chiefs on the phone. I just want to get another states perspective