[0:28] Andrea Jenkins: GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANDREA JENKINS AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. AND I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THIS ADJOURNED MEETING FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 31st . AND I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. [0:45] Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> LaTrisha Vetaw: PRESENT. >> Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER -- PAYNE. >> Elliott Payne: PRESENT. >> Casey Carl: KOSKI IS ABSENT. [1:02] Casey Carl: CHUGHTAI. >> Aisha Chughtai: HERE. >> Casey Carl: VICE PRESIDENT PALMISANO. >> Linea Palmisano: PRESENT. >> Casey Carl: THERE ARE TEN MEMBERS PRESENT. >> Andrea Jenkins: LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. COUNCIL MEMBERS, YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE LITIGATION MATTER OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. BY REBECCA LUCERO, COMMISSIONER OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VERSUS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND I WILL CALL ON THE CITY ATTORNEY, KRISTYN ANDERSON, TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. GOOD MORNING. [1:43] Kristyn Anderson: THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. TODAY I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE COURT ENFORCEABLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND PRESENT IT TO YOU FOR A VOTE TODAY FOR APPROVAL. I WANT TO START MY PRESENTATION WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND I WANT TO ACTUALLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE SECTIONS OF THE AGREEMENT TO GIVE YOU A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S IN THE AGREEMENT. [2:24] Kristyn Anderson: SO AS YOU ALL KNOW AND WE HAD THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE. PATTERNS AND PRACTICE SUBCOMMITTEE ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. BUT I WILL GO BACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT FILED A CHARGE AND LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION INTO MINNEAPOLIS POLICING PRACTICES. [2:44] Kristyn Anderson: SOME OF THOSE PRACTICES DATING BACK TO 2010 WERE UNDER REVIEW. THE MDHR INVESTIGATION CONTINUED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITH FULL COOPERATION FROM THE CITY. THE CITY PRODUCING WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. AND THEN APRIL 27th, 2022, THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT ISSUED ITS PROBABLE CAUSE FINDINGS REPORT. [3:10] Kristyn Anderson: FINDING THAT THE CITY AND MPD ENGAGED IN A PATTERN AND PRACTICE OF RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY POLICING. SO BEGINNING THAT SUMMER, WE ENTERED—THE CITY AND MDHR ENTERED INTO A JOINT STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES THAT WAS SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER, MAYOR FREY, AND PRESIDENT JENKINS. THAT IS WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU HERE TODAY. AND WE TOOK GREAT PAINS TO DISTINGUISH IN THAT DOCUMENT BETWEEN THE COURT ENFORCEABLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE THIS AGREEMENT, IN [3:56] Kristyn Anderson: STATE COURT, VERSUS A FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE WHICH IS THE LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT IS POTENTIAL TO COME WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND ENSURE THAT THERE IS NOT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE STATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND A POTENTIAL FUTURE FEDERAL CONSENT DECREE. [4:14] Kristyn Anderson: AFTER THAT POINT IN TIME, THE CITY AND MDHR NEGOTIATED THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. SINCE AUGUST OF 2022, OVER 30 TIMES OF ALMOST ALL FULL DAY IN PERSON SESSIONS THE PARTIES NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH. OUR NEGOTIATIONS HAVE CONCLUDED WITH A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. I HAVE HEARD SOME CONCERNS RAISED THAT COMMUNITY HAS NOT GOTTEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT RESOLVES A LEGAL CLAIM FOR WHICH THE CITY IS THE DEFENDANT. [4:54] Kristyn Anderson: THESE ARE THE TERMS THAT MDHR NEGOTIATED WITH THE CITY IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO AVOID BEING SUED AND LITIGATING TAXPAYER LITIGATION AGAINST MDHR. SO TAXPAYER FUNDED LITIGATION. WHILE THE COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY COULD NOT BE AT THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE CONFIDENTIAL AS ALL LEGAL NEGOTIATIONS ARE AND WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO GO BACK TO MDHR AND RENEGOTIATE THE TERMS BASED ON PUBLIC FEEDBACK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT COMMUNITY INPUT WAS ABSOLUTELY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE AGREEMENT ITSELF. THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS WITH BOTH COMMUNITY AND OFFICERS AND COMMUNITY WILL SEE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT THAT REFLECT THEIR [5:39] Kristyn Anderson: FEEDBACK. THAT TERMS ARE COGNIZANT OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS OF THE OFFICERS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT MPD LEADERSHIP WAS ALSO PRESENT DURING MOST OF THE NEGOTIATION SESSIONS. IT WAS NEGOTIATED INTENTIONAL, THOUGHTFUL, AND RESPONSIVE ON THE PARTS OF BOTH THE CITY AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT. [6:00] Kristyn Anderson: ADDITIONALLY, COMMUNITY AND OFFICER ENGAGEMENT ARE REALLY BAKED INTO THE AGREEMENT'S REQUIREMENTS GOING FORWARD, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO MPD POLICY, WHICH I WILL TOUCH ON MORE LATER. ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IF THE COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TODAY, THE PARTIES WILL SIGN AND THE DOCUMENT WILL BE POSTED PUBLICLY ON THE LEGISLATIVE SITE. THE LIMS SITE. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL. [6:39] Kristyn Anderson: WE MAY BE THE FIRST CITY WHO WILL HAVE AN AGREEMENT BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. ALTHOUGH, THAT HAS NOT YET COME TO FRUITION. EXCUSE ME. WHILE THE CITY HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED MANY OF THE CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENT, THE AGREEMENT CODIFIES THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY TO BOTH SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO REFORM THE WAY WE DO POLICING. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, we WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE TO AN OUTSIDE ENTITY CALLED THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR IN THE AGREEMENT ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY. SO I WANT TO VERY BRIEFLY STEP THROUGH THE PROVISIONS IN THE AGREEMENT ITSELF. [7:20] Kristyn Anderson: THERE ARE 13 PARTS TO THE AGREEMENT. PART ONE IS THE INTRODUCTION. HAS LEGAL PROVISIONS THAT ARE FOUND IN EVERY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. ACKNOWLEDGES THAT MPD HAS UNDER TAKEN IMPORTANT CHANGES TO ITS POLICIES AND THE AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO BUILD ON THOSE CHANGES. THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT THE PARTIES DID NOT AGREE WHERE MPD'S CURRENT POLICIES OR PROCEDURES REFLECT THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AGREEMENT AND INCLUSION OF THE REQUIREMENT IN THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE MPD IS NOT CURRENTLY SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENT. THE PROVISIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ARE WIDE RANGING AND REFLECT THE CITY'S AND MPD'S BROAD APPROACH TO A STRONG PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM AND REFLECTING OUR GOALS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND [8:06] Kristyn Anderson: TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDING OFFICERS WITH THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. THE SECOND PART OF THE AGREEMENT IS THE PROCESS FOR REVIEWING AND UPDATING MPD POLICY. THIS IS WHERE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WILL BE SEEN IN A MAJOR PORTION OF THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED. [8:27] Kristyn Anderson: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL PART TO COMPLYING WITH THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AT THE BEGINNING, THERE WILL BE A REVIEW OF MPD POLICIES. MPD WILL HAVE A WEB PAGE THAT WILL TAKE IN COMMUNITY COMMENTS. AND MPD IS GOING TO CONSIDER COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON IMPORTANT POLICIES RELATING TO NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING, USE OF FORCE, AND STOPS, SEARCHES, AND ARRESTS. AND WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT THOSE POLICIES TO THE COMMUNITY IN THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF THE CITY. ANNUALLY, MPD WILL [9:12] Kristyn Anderson: CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE POLICIES AND ANY FUTURE POLICY CHANGES WILL REQUIRE A REPEAT OF THIS WEBSITE AND THROUGH COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY. PART THREE IS NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING. [9:31] Kristyn Anderson: PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION, PROHIBITS RETALIATION, AND PROTECTS ALL PROTECTED CLASSES UNDER THE LAW. THIS INVESTIGATION FROM MDHR WAS A RACIAL DISCRIMINATION PATTERNS AND PRACTICES INVESTIGATION. [9:47] Kristyn Anderson: BUT WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT ALL LEGALLY PROTECTED CLASSES ARE PROTECTED FROM DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION. PART FOUR OF THE AGREEMENT TALKS ABOUT USES OF FORCE. IT LIMITS THE TYPES OF FORCE THAT CAN BE USED. IT EMPHASIZES DE-ESCALATION TACTICS. IT REQUIRES A DUTY FOR ALL OFFICERS TO INTERVENE AND REPORT ON UNREASONABLE USES OF FORCE, WHICH OF COURSE IS ALREADY REQUIRED. [10:14] Kristyn Anderson: AND INSTITUTES A TWO-LAYER REVIEW PROCESS. FIRST BY THE FIRST LEVEL SUPERVISOR OUT IN THE FIELD. A LOT OF DATA WILL BE RECORDED WHEN USE OF FORCE HAS OCCURRED SO WE CAN CAPTURE THIS INFORMATION AND DO HIGH LEVEL DATA ANALYSIS TO BE ABLE TO SPOT TRENDS AND KNOW WHEN WE HAVE TO ADJUST TRAINING AND POLICIES. [10:45] Kristyn Anderson: PART FIVE DEALS WITH STOPS, SEARCHES, AND ARRESTS. PLACES LIMITATIONS ON THESE THINGS TO ENSURE CONSTITUTIONAL NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING. REQUIRES SUPERVISOR REVIEW, DATA COLLECTION AND DATA ANALYSIS, INCLUDING COLLECTING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SO NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING CAN BE ENFORCED. [11:06] Kristyn Anderson: PART SIX OF THE AGREEMENT TALKS ABOUT BODY WORN CAMERAS AND IN-CAR CAMERAS. REQUIRES FUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND REQUIRES USE OF THIS EQUIPMENT. PART SEVEN TALKS ABOUT TRAINING. REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PLAN TO BE DEVELOPED THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE REVIEWED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR. IT REQUIRES ENHANCED TRAINING, BOTH DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EVALUATION. REQUIRES TRAINING FOR OFFICERS, FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, FOR SUPERVISORS, FOR INVESTIGATORS, AND FOR 911 DISPATCH. AND EVEN PROVIDES FOR TRAINEES TO GIVE FEEDBACK EVALUATING THEIR TRAINERS. [11:52] Kristyn Anderson: PART EIGHT OF THE AGREEMENT TALKS ABOUT OFFICER SUPPORT AND WELLNESS. REQUIRES A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THE FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT OUR OFFICERS USE ARE UP-TO-SPEED AND TO PROVIDE A SCHEDULE AND PLAN FOR UPDATING AND INCREASING ANY EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS THAT ARE THERE, AS WELL AS, FACILITY NEEDS. AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR ENHANCED MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT FOR OUR OFFICERS. [12:26] Kristyn Anderson: PART NINE: MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS SUPPORT IN THE FIELD. THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES AN ADEQUATELY RESOURCED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM AND PROVIDES LIMITS ON HOURS WORKED BY OFFICERS. EXCUSE ME. [12:44] Kristyn Anderson: PART TEN WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION ON POLICE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE THAT THIS BODY PASSED VERY RECENTLY TO CREATE AN UPDATED FRAMEWORK FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT. THIS SECTION PROVIDES PROTOCOLS AND DEADLINES FOR INVESTIGATIONS DONE BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS, BY THE OFFICE OF POLICE CONDUCT REVIEW, AND ALSO HUMAN RESOURCES. [13:11] Kristyn Anderson: PART 11 TALKS ABOUT DATA SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND TRANSPARENCY. THE CITY WILL REQUIRE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN DATA SYSTEMS IN ORDER FOR US TO SHOW OUR WORK. TO SHOW THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE, IN FACT, ADHERING TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. MPD LEADERSHIP ALSO MUST CONSTITUTE A REVIEW PANEL THAT WILL REVIEW QUARTERLY ALL THE DATA THAT IS INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM AND BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY PUBLISH SUMMARY DATA ON A PUBLIC WEBSITE. PART 12 TALKS ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. REQUIRES MPD TO HAVE AN [13:58] Kristyn Anderson: IMPLEMENTATION UNIT AND THE KEY TO ALL OF THIS IS THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT PROVIDES THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, WHICH WILL INVOLVE A PRESENTATION BY THE FINALISTS TO THE COMMUNITY, AT LEAST AT TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS. THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR'S TERM UNDER THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS FOUR YEARS. CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE NOT ACHIEVED FULL COMPLIANCE IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND FRANKLY, IT WOULD BE HIGHLY ATYPICAL IF IT DID. [14:33] Kristyn Anderson: WE NEED A DEADLINE AND A GOAL TO STRIVE FOR. AT THE POINT OF FOUR YEARS, THERE WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION BY THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR WHO, OF COURSE, WILL BE EVALUATING US THROUGHOUT AND POSTING THAT INFORMATION ON THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR'S WEBSITE. BUT AT THE FOUR-YEAR MARK WE WILL BE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE ARE IN FULL AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE. IF WE ARE NOT, IF WE CAN SHOW WE ARE IN FULL AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH SOME THINGS, THEN THOSE PORTIONS OF THE AGREEMENT CAN BE TERMINATED. [15:03] Kristyn Anderson: BUT UNTIL WE ARE IN FULL AND SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE, WE WILL KEEP GOING WITH THIS WORK AND THIS WORK NEEDS TO LAST BEYOND THIS AGREEMENT. TO ACHIEVE FULL AND EFFECTIVE COMPLIANCE, NOT ONLY MUST WE SHOW THAT WE HAVE CHANGED OUR POLICIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO TRAIN RELEVANT PERSONNEL AND ALSO HOLD FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICE. THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING NECESSARY AND REASONABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO THE CITY'S DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT TO FULFILL MPD'S AND THE CITY'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE AGREEMENT. THIS SECTION ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE A CONSENT DECREE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. IF THAT [15:48] Kristyn Anderson: HAPPENS, THEN MDHR AND THE CITY HAVE AGREED TO MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT SO THERE ARE NOT CONFLICTING PROVISIONS BETWEEN THIS AGREEMENT AND DOJ CONSENT DECREE SO THE CITY CAN COMPLY WITH BOTH. IN ADDITION, MDHR AND THE CITY HAVE AGREED THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE PERSON OR ENTITY, ONE MONITOR, ONE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR, TO EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY DOJ CONSENT DECREE. [16:17] Kristyn Anderson: AND THE LAST SECTION IS DEFINITIONS, SIMPLY A GLOSSARY OF TERMS. SO I WANT TO SHIFT TO WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS WILL BE. SO THE FIRST, OF COURSE, IS TO PUT THIS AGREEMENT TO VOTE BY THIS BODY. IF THIS BODY DOES APPROVE OF THE AGREEMENT, THE SIGNATURES WILL HAPPEN, IT WILL BE FULLY EXECUTED, AND MDHR WILL ACTUALLY FILE A NEW LAWSUIT IN COURT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL FILE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND A JOINT MOTION BETWEEN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY FOR THE COURT TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THIS NEW LAWSUIT—IT WILL LOOK WEIRD. BUT IT IS SIMPLY A NECESSARY PART OF THE PROCESS FOR THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TO BE APPROVED BY THE [17:02] Kristyn Anderson: COURT MAKING IT THIS COURT ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT AS WE ALL AGREED TO IN THAT JOINT STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES THAT WE ENTERED INTO BACK IN JULY. THERE ARE NO NEW ALLEGATIONS IN THE LAWSUIT. IT CONTAINS ALLEGATIONS BASED ON MDHR'S PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION AND PROBABLE CAUSE DETERMINATION FROM APRIL OF 2022. ONCE ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE FILED, THE COURT PROCESS TAKES OVER. I ASSUME THAT THERE WILL BE A COURT HEARING. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE. THAT IS ALL IN THE HANDS OF THE COURT. IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON THE PROCESS AND THE TIMING WILL BE UP TO THE COURT. BUT ONCE -- IF THIS BODY APPROVES THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THAT IS WHEN THE COURT PROCESS WILL BEGIN. [17:54] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY. AND I WILL MOVE THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL CLAIMS ASSERTED IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA BY REBECCA LUCERO, COMMISSIONER OF THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS VERSUS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AS SET FORTH IN THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. FURTHER, THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE AND FILE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO THIS SETTLEMENT. MAY I HAVE A SECOND TO THIS MOTION? [18:29] Linea Palmisano: SECOND. >> Andrea Jenkins: THIS MOTION HAS BEEN SECONDED BY THE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. AND WE HAVE A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES IN QUEUE FOR COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. [18:45] Jamal Osman: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. GOOD MORNING. YESTERDAY WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN CLOSED SESSIONS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS SETTLEMENT IS. TO COMMUNICATE WITH MY RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS, THIS SETTLEMENT HIGHLIGHTS THAT HOW MPD HAS DISCRIMINATED MANY OF OUR CITIZENS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED. THIS UGLY PRACTICE THAT THE STATE HAS HIGHLIGHTED AND ALSO THIS -- I SEE THIS SETTLEMENT AS A LEARNING PROCESS AND MISTAKE THAT WE HAVE TO FIX. [19:31] Jamal Osman: THIS SHOWS US A WAY AND A PATH TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO CORRECT MISTAKES WE HAVE MADE. AND THE MPD HAVE MADE. I BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY AND FEEL THEY ARE A PART OF EVERY SOCIETY THAT LIVES IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THE WAY WE DO POLICING HAS BEEN WRONG. [20:01] Jamal Osman: HOPE A LESSON TO CORRECT AND SERVE RESIDENTS WITH DIGNITY. I DO BELIEVE THE PROCESS. I DO TRUST THE NEW LEADERSHIP. AND THE WAY WE HEAD INTO WHEN IT COMES TO POLICING. BUT IT'S GOING TO COST US A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY. BUT WHAT I RELY ON THE MOST IS THIS INDEPENDENT EVALUATION WE TALKED ABOUT. AND THIS MONITOR TO KEEP US CONTINUE WORKING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I THINK WE ARE HEADING INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I'M GLAD THE [20:46] Jamal Osman: STATE HAS STEPPED IN. I'M GLAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS ALSO WORKING TO CORRECT OUR MISTAKES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HOPE THAT WE EACH REASONABLE CITY EMPLOYEE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS AN OBLIGATION TO ITS CITIZENS. [21:09] Jamal Osman: THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SUFFERED THAT ARE FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN MISTREATED. ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR. MINORITIES. AND I HOPE THAT THIS SETTLEMENT SHOWS US THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. I WILL BE SUPPORTIVE IN THIS AND I WILL BE WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THE MISTAKES WE MADE, ADMITTING THE MISTAKES THAT WE MADE, AT THE SAME TIME, CONTINUING TO IMPROVE IN MANY YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. [21:45] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> Michael Rainville: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE DID HAVE A VERY LONG SESSION YESTERDAY. WE SPENT ABOUT SIX HOURS ASKING QUESTIONS, GETTING ANSWERS. AND IN PARTICULAR, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON WHO IS IN THE ROOM TODAY AND ASSISTANT CHIEF AMELIA HUFFMAN. IT'S CLEAR YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME. THIS IS A WELL THOUGHT OUT AGREEMENT. AND I THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY'S INTEREST AND THE CITIZENS' INTEREST AS THIS SETTLEMENT TOOK PLACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED. WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS ALLOWED US TO HAVE OUR [22:30] Michael Rainville: CITIZENS PROTECTED. AND THEN ALLOW FOR WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMES IN WITH THE CONSENT DECREE. AND WE CAN MERGE THOSE TWO. MOST OF ALL, WHAT YOU HAVE THROUGH YOUR HARD WORK AND WHAT I WILL VOTE ON TODAY, IS WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND WE ARE GOING TO HEAL THIS CITY. AND WE WILL HAVE POLICING THAT RESPECTS EVERYBODY THAT PROVIDES SAFETY FOR ALL. I'M SO PROUD OF YOUR WORK. I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS TODAY IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU. [23:01] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. THAT WAS A VERY GOOD QUESTION FOR THOSE AT HOME AND IN THE AUDIENCE: DID YOU READ THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT? AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IN A PRETTY SHORT TURN AROUND, OUR ATTORNEYS MADE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS BODY DID READ THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT. WHICH IS USUALLY THERE IS NOT SO MUCH HAND HOLDING, BUT OUR ATTORNEYS TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO SAY, HEY, LOOK, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. THIS BODY HAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS. AND SO I WANT TO THANK OUR ATTORNEYS FOR THAT. I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM FOR [23:47] Jeremiah Ellison: MAKING SURE THAT ENTIRE COUNCIL DOES HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT IS IN THIS DOCUMENT AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THIS. I WANT TO SAY THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF FOLKS REACHING OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SAYING, HEY, LOOK US, THIS THING IS MOVING REALLY FAST. THERE NEEDS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. I AGREE THERE NEEDS TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS BODY IS THE ONE TO HOLD THIS PUBLIC HEARING WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EFFECTUATE ANY INPUT. THIS IS LITIGATION. THIS IS -- WHILE I DO BELIEVE IN THIS WORK AND I DO THINK THIS WILL RESULT IN SOMETHING REALLY GOOD, THIS IS NOT THE RESULT OF -- THIS IS NOT SOMETHING GOOD THAT WE ARE DOING. THIS IS THE CULMINATION [24:33] Jeremiah Ellison: OF BAD THINGS THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE. THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY, I BELIEVE, AND MAYBE OUR ATTORNEYS CAN SPEAK TO THIS FOR THE PUBLIC. THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO GIVE SOME KIND OF INPUT TO THE COURTS, IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND SO IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO SPELL OUT WHAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE, I WOULD INVITE OUR ATTORNEYS TO SPELL THAT OUT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM KNOW THAT WE AGREE THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE INPUT, BUT SINCE THIS BODY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ADD OR CHANGE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT WOULD BE MISLEADING FOR US TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN SAY, THANKS. [25:18] Andrea Jenkins: CITY ATTORNEY ANDERSON. >> Kristyn Anderson: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THE COURT PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THAT REALLY IS IN THE HANDS OF WHICHEVER JUDGE IS ASSIGNED. WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH JUDGE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE MATTER. BUT ONCE WE SEE WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE WON'T HAVE A HEARING ON THIS. OBVIOUSLY, ALL COURT HEARINGS ARE PUBLIC, BUT WHAT KIND OF INPUT OTHER SORTS OF PROCESSES THE COURT MIGHT CALL FOR IS NOT KNOWN AND, FRANKLY, NOT IN OUR CONTROL. [25:58] Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU. >> Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. [26:19] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE, HOPEFULLY, A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY SO IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU TO HAVE HER COME UP. >> Andrea Jenkins: MS. ANDERSON, CAN YOU PLEASE APPROACH. >> Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP REALLY QUICK ON COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON'S QUESTION. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE -- AND NEITHER PARTY HAS ANY SAY OR ANY CONTROL OVER THE PROCESS THAT THE COURT SETS UP. IS THERE A WAY FOR US AS ONE OF THE PARTIES IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN ORDER FOR US TO REQUEST A PUBLIC HEARING BE HELD BY THE JUDGE THAT'S ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE? [27:03] Kristyn Anderson: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, I THINK THE PARTIES WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF JOINT MOTION. AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET THE JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENT AND WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IN THESE MATTERS, THERE IS A SCHEDULING CONFLICT. I WOULD WANT TO FEEL OUT WHICH JUDGE IS ASSIGNED AND WHAT KIND OF COURT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, THE JUDGE IS THINKING OF AND THINK ABOUT, IS THAT AN APPROPRIATE JOINT MESSAGE TO MAKE? [27:32] Aisha Chughtai: I APPRECIATE WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. I SEE THE COMMISSIONER FROM THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, LIEUTENANT LUCERO IS HERE, AND A LOT OF THE DECISION MAKING BODY IS HERE TOO. AND SO JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ALONG, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO ASK THE COURT TO HOLD SOME SORT OF PUBLIC HEARING TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I UNDERSTAND NEITHER PARTY RIGHT NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS DOCUMENT, BUT PERHAPS WHEN IT'S IN FRONT OF A JUDGE, THERE IS SOME ROOM FOR THE COURT TO, AS THEY ARE FINALIZING THIS ORDER... AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS LEGAL PROCESS CORRECTLY? THERE IS ROOM FOR THEM TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES? [28:19] Kristyn Anderson: SO COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS, I DON'T THINK THE COURT CAN MAKE CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT. THIS IS A NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES. SO I WOULD NOT ANTICIPATE THAT THE COURT WOULD BE MAKING CHANGES. [28:41] Aisha Chughtai: GOT IT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. AND JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. GOING BACK TO YOUR PRESENTATION EARLIER. AND I REALLY AGREE THAT THE CHANGES WE SEE IN THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WHERE WE ARE REQUIRING THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH EVERY POLICY CHANGE THEY MAKE TO DO AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. [29:10] Aisha Chughtai: EVERYTHING FROM ALLOWING 45 DAYS OF COMMENT PERIOD FOR ANY RESIDENT TO SHARE FEEDBACK. AND THEN TO HOLD COMMUNITY MEETINGS ACCESSIBLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, AT ACCESSIBLE TIMES OF DAY FOR RESIDENTS. THOSE ARE REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. AND IT'S A WAY OF DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE AT THE CITY DISCUSS AROUND. AND I THINK WE OFTEN RECEIVE CRITICISM FROM RESIDENTS IN THE CITY ON ALL -- FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES, TELLING US, YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOOD AT LISTENING TO PEOPLE. YOU ARE NOT REALLY GOOD AT DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. [29:53] Aisha Chughtai: WHETHER WE THINK IT'S FAIR OR NOT, THAT IS A FAIR WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO FEEL. SO I KNOW THAT WE AS A CITY DIDN'T CONDUCT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN A FORMALIZED SETTING BEFORE WE STARTED NEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. I DO UNDERSTAND THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DID. [30:13] Aisha Chughtai: I WENT TO ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT WAS HELD IN MY WARD AND FOUND IT TO BE VERY THOROUGH AND VERY, LIKE, A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP. WHAT IS THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF INFORMING OR ENSURING PROPER COMPLIANCE IS MET BY THE DEPARTMENT TO THE INTENT OF THIS AGREEMENT? [30:46] Kristyn Anderson: EXCUSE ME, COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. MDHR CONTINUES TO HAVE A ROLE WITH THE CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY REALLY THROUGHOUT THE TERM OF THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, POLICY CHANGES AND, TO BE CLEAR, THE POLICY CHANGES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE ON USE OF FORCE, NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICING, STOP SEARCH AND ARREST. AND ON THE MISSION, VISION, VALUE AND GOALS OF THE MPD. THOSE POLICIES WILL BE—WHENEVER WE MAKE POLICY CHANGES MDHR WILL GET TO WEIGH IN ON THOSE POLICY CHANGES. AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANTLY THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR IS AT THE END OF THE DAY THE ONE WHO WILL SAY YES OR NO ON WHETHER THE POLICY CHANGES COMPLY. SO [31:33] Kristyn Anderson: THAT'S TRUE WITH TRAINING PLAN THAT WE COME UP WITH. YOU KNOW TRAINING IS A HUGE PIECE OF THIS. AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT POLICY CHANGES, ABOUT TRAINING AND ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. SO THAT TRAINING PLAN THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE TO COME UP WITH, AGAIN, WILL BE WEIGHED IN UPON BY MDHR AND BY THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL SO MDHR WILL BE—WE WILL BE IN PARTNERSHIP AND WE REALLY HAVE ESTABLISHED A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL RESPECT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND I ASSUME AND BELIEVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WILL CONTINUE WE WILL BE WORKING, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. AND AGAIN, THAT INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR IS THE ARBITER OF COMPLIANCE. [32:21] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. >> Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. [32:36] Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. FOR DECADES THE RESIDENTS HAVE TOLD THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT MPD WAS ABUSIVE AND RACIST POLICE FORCE. LAST YEAR THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AFFIRMED THIS—THAT FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS MPD HAD COMMITTED BRUTAL AND SYSTEMIC ACTS OF RACISM, MISOGYNY AND VIOLENCE. A DECADE OF LEADERSHIP IN CITY HALL IGNORED RESIDENTS' PLEAS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS IS WHAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATION TELLS US. AND I DO NOT DENY THESE FINDINGS. AND IT'S QUITE SHAMEFUL THAT CITY LEADERSHIP WASN'T PROACTIVE ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING AND CORRECTING THIS REALITY UNTIL THE STATE LEGALLY MANDATED US TO DO SO. [33:23] Robin Wonsley: THIS LEGAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL TOOL THAT FORCES THE CITY TO FINALLY GET MPD INTO COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. THE LEGAL SETTLEMENT THAT IS BEFORE US THIS MORNING IS ALSO, AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY HIGHLIGHTED, UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE AN OVERHAUL OF MPD. WHICH FOR OVER TEN YEARS MPD AND CITY LEADERS HAVE DEFERRED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INHUMANE ACTIONS OF MPD. [33:51] Robin Wonsley: THE LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MPD IS WHY WE ARE IN THIS POSITION TODAY. THIS LEGAL SETTLEMENT FORMALLY AND LEGALLY PREVENTS CITY LEADERSHIP FROM DEFERRING THAT RESPONSIBILITY ANYMORE. [34:07] Robin Wonsley: AND I HOPE THIS SETTLEMENT IS A WAKE UP CALL FOR CITY LEADERS WHO THE PUBLIC HAS WATCHED RUBBER STAMP POOR LABOR CONTRACTS, HAS SIGNED OFF ON ENDLESS MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS, AND SHRUGGED THEIR SHOULDERS WHEN RESIDENTS ASK WHY WE HAVE A DYSFUNCTIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS LEGAL SETTLEMENT BECAUSE IT IS ONE, JUST ONE POWERFUL TOOL TO STOP MPD FROM OPERATING AS IF THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW. AND COMPLETING THE TERMS OF THIS SETTLEMENT WILL TAKE YEARS, BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S REALLY JUST TO GET US TO THE BARE MINIMUM. AND RESIDENTS DESERVE MORE THAN THE BARE MINIMUM IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. WHILE WE COMPLETE THIS [34:53] Robin Wonsley: SETTLEMENT, COUNCIL HAS A COUPLE THINGS THEY CAN DO. SUCH AS CONTINUING TO CREATE AND CHAMPION COMPREHENSIVE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS, TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, AND VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. AND THIS ALSO AFFIRMED THAT THESE EFFORTS HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED OUR CURRENT PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. COUNCIL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THESE PROGRAMS AND ASSURE THAT WE ARE REDUCING THE OUTSIZED ROLE THAT MPD HAS PLACED IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM. THE TERMS—BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF CONTENTION THAT THE PUBLIC HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THIS SETTLEMENT IN ITS FULL ENTIRETY—AND I'M HOPING, AS CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED, THAT IT WILL BE MADE [35:39] Robin Wonsley: READILY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ONCE WE TAKE THE VOTE ON THIS AND THE MAYOR PUTS HIS JOHN HANCOCK ON IT. I KNOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. ONE THING I WANT TO NAME CLEARLY, IS THAT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT MEAN A BLANK CHECK TO MPD. [35:56] Robin Wonsley: WORKING CLASS TAXPAYERS HAVE FOOTED THE BILL FOR $1.5 BILLION OF MPD'S BUDGET OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND THAT IS JUST THE BUDGET. WE HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MISCONDUCT SETTLEMENTS, IN ADDITION TO $25 MILLION IN PTSD SETTLEMENT CLAIMS BY OFFICERS. [36:16] Robin Wonsley: AND WHAT HAVE THESE DOLLARS GOTTEN RESIDENTS? A DEPARTMENT THAT SYSTEMATICALLY VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS. AND MPD HAS THUS DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY THAT MONEY ALONE CANNOT FIX SOMETHING THAT IS BROKEN. THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT MORE DOLLARS DO NOT CORRELATE TO MORE PUBLIC SAFETY. BY ALLOWING MPD TO OPERATE RECKLESSLY FOR OVER A DECADE, WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY ENABLED MPD TO, ESSENTIALLY, DEFUND THIS CITY. AND WE AS A CITY, NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT BY THE COST WHO WILL BEAR IT AND WHAT RESIDENTS SHOULD RECEIVE AS A BENEFIT. TAXPAYERS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THEY ARE FED UP WITH FOOTING THE BILL FOR MPD [37:03] Robin Wonsley: MISCONDUCT. THERE WILL BE A COST AGREEMENT, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MANAGING THOSE COSTS IN A WAY THAT MINIMIZES THE AMOUNT THAT WORKING CLASS PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY TO CORRECT THE CITY'S FAILURES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RESOURCES AND WHAT MPD WILL BE COMING TO US ASKING IN ORDER TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, we NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BODY IS DOING THIS IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY IN CONSIDERATION OF OUR RESIDENTS. [37:32] Robin Wonsley: SO FOR THESE REASONS, I'M LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW, I WILL BE BRINGING A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE TO THE APRIL 11th MEETING SO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC CAN HAVE THE CRUCIAL INFORMATION THEY NEED TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND ACTIONS AROUND THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY SHOULD TAKE THIS WORK EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. THE AGREEMENT THAT WE ARE VOTING FOR TODAY AS CITY ATTORNEY HIGHLIGHTED, WILL IMPACT THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS FOR YEARS TO COME SO I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS WITH SAYING THAT I DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. AND I AM COMMITTED, AS I DEMONSTRATED THROUGHOUT MY FIRST TERM, WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH OUR [38:17] Robin Wonsley: RESIDENTS, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY EXPERTS, GRASSROOT GROUPS AND CITY STAFF TO ENSURE WE DO COMPLETE EVERY SINGLE PROVISION IN THIS SETTLEMENT. >> Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. [38:35] LaTrisha Vetaw: THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO FIRST HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF GETTING US HERE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK ASSISTANT CHIEF HUFFMAN WHO HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. WHO HAS TAUGHT MY OFFICE A LOT. SHE HAS PUT A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN PLACE ALREADY. A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES FOLKS DON'T KNOW ABOUT, ASSISTANT CHIEF HUFFMAN HAD BEGUN LAST YEAR. I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER BRILLIANCE IN THIS PROCESS AND THE WORK SHE IS DOING TO GET THE DEPARTMENT ON THE RIGHT TRACK. [39:16] LaTrisha Vetaw: ALSO I WANT TO THANK THE UNITY COMMUNITY REMEDIATION TEAM THAT HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE CHIEF HUFFMAN AND HIGHLIGHTED THE CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE, YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO, AND HAVE BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE WE GET THERE. AND THEN OUR CITY STAFF. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS. YOU HAVE DONE GREAT WORK TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THERE ARE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT HAVE PROVIDED INPUT ON THIS PROCESS AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE TODAY. [39:48] LaTrisha Vetaw: SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY. I THINK THE CITIZENS OF MINNEAPOLIS DESERVE BETTER. A LOT OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE AND OUR DEPARTMENT IS ON BOARD FOR GETTING THIS WORK DONE. I TRUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TODAY WANT THIS. WE ALL WANT BETTER POLICING IN OUR CITY. WE ARE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS AND THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT MINNEAPOLIS. I HAVEN'T WITNESSED ANY RESISTANCE TO THIS. SO I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD. [40:24] LaTrisha Vetaw: WE WANT BETTER. WE WANT THIS. FOUR YEARS FROM NOW—WE ARE IN THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT FOR FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE DID BETTER. WE WERE IN A CHALLENGING TIME. WE WEREN'T DOING GREAT. NOW WE ARE. SO I'M GRATEFUL TO THE LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY AND AT THE MDHR WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO WORK ON THIS. [40:52] LaTrisha Vetaw: INCLUDING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING HEARD IN THIS PROCESS. THERE ARE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE HEARD IN THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD. THAT IS A PART OF THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ON BOARD WITH THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING. EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING—IT'S IN THE SPOTLIGHT. EVERY SINGLE STEP WE MAKE AFTER WE VOTE ON THIS, EVERY SINGLE STEP WE MAKE IS GOING TO BE OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. WE'RE HERE TODAY. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME FOR OUR CITY AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. [41:43] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON FOR THIS MEETING. AND NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> Elliott Payne: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MS. ANDERSON, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE NEXT STEPS IF THIS BODY WERE NOT TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT? [42:15] Kristyn Anderson: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. IF THIS BODY WERE NOT TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I IMAGINE THAT MDHR WILL MOVE IN ANY EVENT. AND WE WILL BE IN LITIGATION IN MDHR'S LAWSUIT AND/OR BACK TO THE BARGAINING TABLE. [42:40] Elliott Payne: SO THERE WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE THIS WOULD HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF A JURY TRIAL AND WOULD YOU SUSPECT WE WOULD GET A STRONGER SET OF PROVISIONS? WEAKER SET OF PROVISIONS? OR CAN'T SAY. [42:57] Kristyn Anderson: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS THE KNOWN AND HAVING A SAY, FRANKLY, IN OUR FUTURE. WHEN THE COURT PROCESS OCCURS, WE DON'T KNOW. THE COURT COULD DETERMINE THAT SOME OF THE CLAIMS DON'T HAVE MERIT AND WE WOULD WIND UP WITH SOMETHING LESS. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE COURT WOULD DECIDE SOMETHING MORE. IT'S AN UNKNOWN AND, AGAIN, THE REASON WHY ENTITIES SETTLE LEGAL CLAIMS IS TO GET THE KNOWN AND START THE WORK. [43:38] Kristyn Anderson: I MEAN, FRANKLY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE WORK HAS ALREADY STARTED. WE NEED TO START IN EARNEST. WE CAN'T GET THAT INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR UP AND RUNNING—THERE IS NO POINT TO IT UNLESS WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A PROCESS WITH THE DOJ THAT MAY BE COMING BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. [44:05] Elliott Payne: I SHARE YOUR CONCERN. THIS IS THE EASIEST PART OF THIS PROCESS. AND AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS READ ALL 100 PLUS PAGES OF IT, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME IMAGINING STRONGER PROVISIONS THAN WHAT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED TO THIS POINT. AND EVEN IF WE COULD, THEORETICALLY, TURN THIS AGREEMENT DOWN, SUE IT OUT IN COURT, HAVE A JUDGE THAT FELT MORE ALIGNED WITH STRONGER PROVISIONS AND A JURY THAT AGREED WITH THAT, WE STILL WOULD NEED TO GET TO WORK AND THAT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL TIME TO DOING THAT WORK. AND SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT CLARIFICATION. AND, LIKE I SAID, THIS DOCUMENT IS A STARTING POINT. BUT FOR US TO [44:51] Elliott Payne: REALLY DELIVER ON THIS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE NOT JUST THE COMMITMENT OF THIS BODY, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE COMMITMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND FRANKLY, THE ENTIRE CITY TO SUPPORT A BETTER FUTURE AROUND POLICING. SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY BECAUSE I THINK we REALLY DO NEED TO START PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE. [45:13] Andrea Jenkins: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. >> Jeremiah Ellison: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SORRY, I WILL KEEP MY NEXT REMARKS SHORT. JUST BECAUSE I SAID A COUPLE OF THANK YOUS, HAD A BIT OF A QUESTION. BUT I DID WANT TO THANK THE MDHR TEAM WHO IS HERE TODAY FOR INITIATING THIS. AND I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AS I'M SITTING HERE AND THIS DOCUMENT IS MAKING ME REFLECT ON HOW WE GOT HERE. [45:42] Jeremiah Ellison: OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A WHOLE DECADE'S WORTH OF INFORMATION OF HOW WE GOT HERE. BUT FOR ALL THE THANK YOUS THAT WE COULD GIVE, SHOULD GIVE TO OUR STAFF AND TO MDHR FOR FINALIZING THIS AGREEMENT, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR REASON THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF DEREK CHAUVIN. BECAUSE OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. AND I DON'T THINK THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED SO FAR IN THIS CHAMBER. AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MENTIONED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS. THIS DIDN'T -- THIS LITIGATION DID NOT MANIFEST OUT OF [46:30] Jeremiah Ellison: NOWHERE. IT CAME OUT OF THAT SPACE. AND TO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S POINT AND TO SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES' POINT, IT WAS A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDED TO START WELL BEFORE THAT. BUT THAT'S WHAT STARTED THIS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAVE DONE TO GET US HERE, I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE MDHR TEAM HAS DONE TO GET US HERE. AND WHILE I THINK THIS DOCUMENT WOULD DO A LOT OF GOOD, IT'S HARD TO SAY I'M PROUD OF THIS DOCUMENT. BECAUSE IT'S A REFLECTION OF JUST HOW WRONG THINGS HAVE BEEN IN OUR CITY FOR SO LONG. I JUST WANTED TO GROUND US IN THAT. REMIND MYSELF OF THAT. AND HOPEFULLY, AS WE THINK OF THIS, WE CAN THINK OF [47:20] Jeremiah Ellison: IT LESS AS A GOOD THING WE ARE DOING AND A NECESSARY THING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE REALLY STARTED A LONG TIME AGO. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT. >> Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. AND THANK YOU FOR LIFTING UP THE NAME AND THIS IS THE LEGACY OF GEORGE FLOYD AND HOPEFULLY MANY MORE TO COME. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. [47:50] Jason Chavez: I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE MDHR TEAM FOR PUSHING US TO BE A BETTER COMMUNITY. BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY FOR NEVER LETTING US GIVE UP. FOR DECADES, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR AN ACCOUNTABLE, RESPONSIBLE, AND DIGNIFIED POLICE DEPARTMENT. ONE THAT RESPECTS THE LIVES AND HUMANITY OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND ONE THAT IS MEANT TO TRULY PROTECT AND SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING OUR PAST AND ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS. PART OF THIS CONSENT DECREE STATES THE CITY AND MPD DID NOT ADMIT TO MDHR FINDINGS. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO AGREED WITH THAT? THE VICTIMS OF THOSE THAT WERE KILLED BY THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE [48:38] Jason Chavez: DEPARTMENT. GEORGE FLOYD, AMIR LOCKE AND THE COUNTLESS OTHERS. AS WE AS A BODY WILL NOT ADMIT GUILT, THE CITY SHOULD BE ON THEIR KNEES BEGGING FOR FORGIVENESS. [48:53] Jason Chavez: IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, THE WHOLE WORLD SAW THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. IT WAS FOLLOWED BY JOURNALISTS BEING ARRESTED. THE LARGEST DEPLOYMENT OF THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD SINCE WORLD WAR II. PROTESTORS BEING SHOT. AND THE CORRIDOR BEING BURNT TO FLAMES. THIS LED TO COMMISSIONER LUCERO FINDING A CHARGE OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE CITY AND MPD. [49:22] Jason Chavez: ON APRIL 27th, 2022 THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE THE CITY AND MPD ENGAGED IN A PATTERN OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION. HERE'S SOME FINDINGS THAT I WANT TO READ TO THE PUBLIC THAT THEY FOUND. RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HOW MPD OFFICERS USE FORCE, STOP, SEARCH, AND ARREST, AND CITE PEOPLE OF COLOR. MPD OFFICERS USE COVERT SOCIAL MEDIA -- CONSISTENT USE OF RACIST, MISOGYNIC USE OF LANGUAGE. [50:12] Jason Chavez: ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS THAT ARE INSUFFICIENT AND INEFFECTIVE AT HOLDING OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE OF MISCONDUCT. AND HAVE NOT COLLECTIVELY ACTED WITH URGENCY OR COORDINATION TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES IN POLICING. [50:31] Jason Chavez: THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FEW THINGS THAT WERE IN THE FINDINGS. IN JUNE OF 2023, THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS RETURNED TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AFTER SKIPPING OUT ON MEETINGS TO ADVANCE THIS CONSENT DECREE TODAY. I WANT TO LET MY CONSTITUENTS KNOW WHY I'M VOTING FOR THIS. I'M VOTING FOR THIS BECAUSE WE ARE GUILTY. WE ARE GUILTY OF HAVING A POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH A HISTORY OF RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES THAT LACKS DISCIPLINE. I'M VOTING FOR THIS SO WE CAN TAKE A STEP FORWARD SO WE CAN REIN IN THE DEPARTMENT. [51:06] Jason Chavez: BUT WE WILL NEED TO GO BEYOND THIS PIECE OF PAPER THAT WE HAVE TODAY TO ACTUALLY STRUCTURALLY CHANGE AND TRANSFORM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE SOME FEW KEY PROVISIONS THAT ARE VICTORY TO OUR COMMUNITY IN HERE. BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THAT WE NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT. THE LIMITATION OF STOPS, THE PROHIBITION OF QUESTIONING OR REQUIRING PASSENGERS TO PRODUCE IDENTIFICATION, THE PROHIBITION OF MPD FOR SEARCHING A CAR OR INDIVIDUAL BASED ON THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA. THOSE ARE BIG THINGS OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR DECADES AND CENTURIES. I WILL END IT WITH THIS. I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE FORCED TO ENACT CHANGE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS DOCUMENT TODAY, THERE WOULD BE NO REFORM AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SAY WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK OR [51:52] Jason Chavez: THAT THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WE WOULD NOT NEED TO ATTEND MORE FUNERALS. >> Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. [52:08] Michael Rainville: I WOULD BE REMISS. I NOTICE COMMISSIONER LUCERO IN THE ROOM I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD. I KNOW YOUR STAFF HAS WORKED VERY HARD. AND YOUR PRESENCE HERE IS VERY MEANINGFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US START THIS JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING OUR CITY. THANK YOU. [52:27] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. >> Andrew Johnson: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. WHEN CAN THE PUBLIC READ THE FINAL AGREEMENT IF THIS IS APPROVED TODAY? [52:45] Kristyn Anderson: COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, IT WILL BE AS SOON AS IT'S SIGNED IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE LIMS SITE. >> Andrew Johnson: GREAT, THANK YOU. AND THEN THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A QUESTION FOR COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. HOW LARGE OF A TEAM, AROUND HOW MANY FTE'S DO WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT THIS AGREEMENT? [53:01] Cedric Alexander: GOOD MORNING, MADAM PRESIDENT, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CHIEF IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING, WHICH HE SHOULD BE. BUT LET ME SAY THIS: IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S ABOUT 27 FTES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS WORK TO BE DONE. SO IT WILL BE QUITE [53:32] Cedric Alexander: INTENSIVE. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THAT'S THE CHARGE HE'S BEEN GIVEN: TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MOVE THIS PROCESS ALONG AND IN A WAY THAT WILL BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR TO THIS COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THIS ENTIRE ENTERPRISE. AND THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD FROM EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS MORNING, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID HAS BEEN HEARTFELT. [54:00] Cedric Alexander: AND WE ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING, CERTAINLY, THAT WE CAN, WITH SUPPORT OF COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PERSONNEL WITHIN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL, TOO. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL MOVE TOGETHER. TOGETHER. [54:20] Cedric Alexander: TO CORRECT THE WRONGS THAT CERTAINLY AND CLEARLY HAVE BEEN EVIDENCED IN THIS COMMUNITY OVER TIME. LONG BEFORE WE HAVE TAKEN THE POSITIONS WE ARE IN NOW. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND WHERE WE ARE GOING WITH IT. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, WITH THESE 27 FTE'S AND THE ENTHUSIASM THAT WE ARE ALL GOING TO PROCEED WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CITY GETS WHAT IT NEEDS AND WHAT IT DESERVES FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AS OUTLINED BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY AND CHAVEZ AND PAYNE AND MANY OF THE REST [55:08] Cedric Alexander: OF YOU AS WELL, TOO. >> Andrew Johnson: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO -- I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON IT. I KNOW IT WAS A MONUMENTAL EFFORT FROM THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE COORDINATOR'S OFFICE, STAFF THROUGHOUT THE ENTERPRISE. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALONG THE WAY AND ASKING COMMUNITY FOR THEIR THOUGHTS. [55:35] Andrew Johnson: AND SO MANY INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH CURRENT AND FORMER PERSONNEL, OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVES. IT WAS A MONUMENTAL EFFORT TO GET TO THIS TODAY. AROUND ANY SORT OF SUGGESTION OF A DELAY, I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING AND THE RATIONALE THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED. I DO, PERSONALLY, THINK THIS IS A PRETTY UNIQUE CASE. THIS IS JUST AN UP OR DOWN VOTE. GIVEN THE GOOD POLICY ON THIS, I DON'T IMAGINE ANYONE VOTING NO AGAINST THIS WHOLE POLICY. AND WE'VE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE CHECKS AND BALANCES ALONG THE WAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO AS WELL THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AS IT COMES TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SAID AROUND THIS 27 FTE TO IMPLEMENT [56:23] Andrew Johnson: THIS. I THINK THAT IS A GREAT THING. THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT ENSURE MPD IS CONSISTENT IN THEIR OPERATIONS, IS IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES, AND ALL PERSONNEL WITHIN MPD ARE PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL. I DO HAVE SOME REGRET THAT THOSE PERSONNEL DOING THAT WORK WAS NOT PUT IN PLACE YEARS AGO UNDER PREVIOUS POLICE ADMINISTRATIONS. BUT I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER AND CHIEF O'HARA FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AROUND THIS ISSUE OF CHANGING THE WAY THAT WE ARE MANAGING THE DEPARTMENT. [57:01] Andrew Johnson: BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE WILL NEED TO ULTIMATELY CHANGE MPD AND TRANSFORM IT INTO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE FOR OUR CITY. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY NOW IT'S ON US TO RESOURCE AND SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS IN THIS AGREEMENT. AND I'M COMMITTED TO DOING SO. I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LEADERSHIP IN IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES. [57:26] Andrew Johnson: BECAUSE TODAY WHILE IT IS THE END OF COMING TO A CONSENT DECREE, IT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK THAT IS ALL CONTAINED WITHIN IT. THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE THAT IS A PART OF THIS. I SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY AND I'M GLAD TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN VOTING FOR IT. [57:45] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. I DO WANT TO JUST CORRECT THE LAST STATEMENT. THIS IS AN ENFORCEABLE AGREEMENT, NOT CONSENT DECREE. AS YOU STATED, THE BEGINNING OF A JOURNEY THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE ON. COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI. [58:00] Aisha Chughtai: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. BEFORE THANKING ANY OF OUR STAFF OR PARTNERS, I WANT TO START WITH A SINCERE APOLOGY TO VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY AND POLICE VIOLENCE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEIR FAMILIES, AND OUR COMMUNITY BROADLY THAT HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED SO MUCH TRAUMA OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES AT THE HANDS OF OUR CITY AND OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'M REALLY, REALLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WE HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT HAS SOME TEETH TO IT. THAT IS GOING TO HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND NOT JUST OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT EVERYONE IN THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE. [59:05] Aisha Chughtai: I DO WANT TO TAKE A SECOND THOUGH TO THANK OUR CITY ATTORNEY KRISTYN ANDERSON. WHEN YOU CAME INTO THIS ROLE, YOU TOOK BRINGING US TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS REALLY SERIOUSLY. AND YOU KEPT US THERE AND KEPT PROGRESS. AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS MOMENT WITHOUT YOUR TIRELESS WORK. THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. [59:37] Aisha Chughtai: AND THEN TO OUR MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER REBECCA LUCERO FOR FIRST BELIEVING THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS WHEN THEY SAID THERE IS A PATTERN OF RACISM WITHIN THIS DEPARTMENT, AND THEN FOR INVESTIGATING IT, AND FOR PUBLISHING IT SO THOROUGHLY IN YOUR REPORT LAST YEAR. THE MOST COMMON PIECE OF FEEDBACK I HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS WAS, "YEAH, WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS." BUT FINALLY, SOMEONE IS BELIEVING US. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. [1:00:10] Aisha Chughtai: I'VE READ THIS ENTIRE 144 PAGE DOCUMENT. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG COUPLE OF DAYS. AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT AND, FRANKLY, LIFE-CHANGING, LIFE-SAVING THINGS IN THIS CONSENT DECREE—IN THIS COURT ENFORCEABLE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. FIRST, THERE IS AN END TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEARCHING A CAR, AN INDIVIDUAL, BASED ON THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA. AN END TO PRETEXT STOPS LIKE BROKEN TAILLIGHTS AND TINTED WINDOWS. AN END TO TRAINING ON EXCITED DELIRIUM. AND A REQUIREMENT TO DO COMMUNITY [1:00:56] Aisha Chughtai: ENGAGEMENT ON CHANGES TO POLICY IN THE AREAS THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY OUTLINED EARLIER. THE ABILITY FOR THE PEOPLE IN MINNEAPOLIS TO HAVE INPUT IN SELECTING THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR THAT IS GOING TO COME IN, WHICH INHERENTLY, I BELIEVE, BUILDS IN ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT MONITOR WITH RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY. AND FRANKLY, I THINK THIS DOCUMENT IS A SHIFT IN THE POWER DYNAMIC THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW WHERE WE HAVE JUST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY IN CHARGE AND HAVE DECISION MAKING POWER OVER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, INSTEAD, [1:01:42] Aisha Chughtai: BRINGING IN OTHER EXPERIENCED AND INDEPENDENT, AND EMPOWERED DECISION MAKERS WITH LEGITIMATE DECISION-MAKING POWER TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR CITY. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM TODAY. AND REALLY THANKFUL TO COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF OUR HARD WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I KNOW IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO REALLY, REALLY DIG IN AND MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING AND TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION WE CAN WITH THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IN THIS MOMENT. [1:02:20] Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. NEXT IN QUEUE IS COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> Robin Wonsley: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE FOLLOW UP THINGS. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON RAISED STAFFING AND COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER SPOKE TO IT. I WANTED TO NAME I KNOW CHIEF O'HARA STATED THAT HE WAS IN COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY THAT GETS UPDATED SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE WHAT STAFFING LEVELS WILL LOOK LIKE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM IN ALL THE DIVISIONS THAT FALL UNDER MPD. [1:02:55] Robin Wonsley: SO I'M HOPING THAT HE WILL FOLLOW UP AND GET THAT TO ALL OF US. AND ALSO, UPDATE WHAT IS ALREADY ON LIMS. I WANT TO NOTE AROUND FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON THIS BODY, AROUND THIS PROCESS I HAVE ASKED COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS AND COUNCILMEMBER JEREMIAH ELLISON WHO BOTH CO-CHAIR THE PATTERNS AND PRACTICE SUBCOMMITTEE. I'M ALSO GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO BE PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS. AGAIN, SO THE PUBLIC IS NOT EXED OUT IN [1:03:41] Robin Wonsley: HOW WE DO THOSE. I GOT SUPPORT FROM COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON THAT THE PATTERNS AND PRACTICE COMMITTEE IS VERY ROBUST IN HOW WE TALK ABOUT THIS AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS HOW THE COUNCIL WILL APPROACH THIS PROCESS IN MAKING SURE WE MEET THE PROVISIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. [1:03:59] Robin Wonsley: I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, THE FISCAL ANALYSIS PIECE. THAT IS SOMETHING I'M ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD. BECAUSE FOLKS DO NOT NEED TO -- we KEEP HEARING ABOUT YES, WE NEED TO FUND. IT'S LISTED IN THIS AGREEMENT. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BANKRUPT OUR CITY FOR JUST ONE DEPARTMENT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE APPROACHING THIS IN THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EVALUATING EXISTING RESOURCES AND IF THERE IS A WAY IN WHICH THIS PROCESS CAN FIT IN THOSE EXISTING RESOURCES. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE KEY FACTORS THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR BRIEFING YESTERDAY. AND THAT I WILL BE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW UP WITH OUR [1:04:45] Robin Wonsley: COLLEAGUES TO ASSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS ENGAGED. THERE IS BETTER TRANSPARENCY AROUND THIS IN MAKING SURE THAT YOUR POCKETS ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE BEING HURT BECAUSE OF POLICE MISCONDUCT. >> Andrea Jenkins: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE AND I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN ADD ANYMORE TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STATED. I WANT TO ECHO THE THANK YOUS TO ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO BRING THIS DOCUMENT TO FRUITION. [1:05:33] Andrea Jenkins: I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARMS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO OUR COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY IN THIS COMMUNITY HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS—WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE—BUT ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS WONSLEY, CHAVEZ, CHUGHTAI, ELLISON ARE ALL ACCURATE AND CORRECT. BUT THIS IS A ROADMAP TO CORRECTING SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS. AND IT'S A HISTORIC DAY. A HISTORIC VOTE. [1:06:18] Andrea Jenkins: AND I WILL NOW ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> Casey Carl: COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> LaTrisha Vetaw: AYE. >> Casey Carl: RAINVILLE. >> Michael Rainville: AYE. >> Casey Carl: WONSLEY. >> Robin Wonsley: AYE. >> Casey Carl: OSMAN. >> Jamal Osman: AYE. [1:06:34] Casey Carl: PAYNE. >> Elliott Payne: AYE. >> Casey Carl: CHUGHTAI. >> Aisha Chughtai: AYE. >> Casey Carl: ELLISON. >> Jeremiah Ellison: AYE. >> Casey Carl: PRESIDENT JENKINS. >> Andrea Jenkins: AYE. >> Casey Carl: THERE ARE 11 AYES. >> Andrea Jenkins: THAT ITEM PASSES. AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY. BEFORE I ADJOURN THIS MEETING, I DO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TODAY, MARCH 31st, IS INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY. [1:07:09] Andrea Jenkins: AND I'M PROUD AS THE PRESIDENT OF THIS BODY TO SAY THAT TRANSGENDER LIVES ARE AFFIRMED, RESPECTED, AND HONORED IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND WITH NOTHING FURTHER TO COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.