I'm working really closely with the city attorney's office because we are anticipating the next semi-annual Elifa report for the settlement agreement implementation, where there would be really valuable information in that report as it relates to how we're doing on the implementation of the settlement agreement. I think it would be extraordinarily important for us as decision-makers, but almost more importantly the public to be able to see the contents of that report before we do take that final determination of a vote.

This contract demonstrates that we can rent a gun range and meet that need for about 100,000 dollars per year, which is truly a tiny fraction of the astronomical amount that we're talking about paying for the mayor's proposed Cop City.

It's it's pretty extensive overall what the police department provides handgun and as well as rifle... related to um just in general, we do handgun qualifications once a year... It's more of a um an exam. We examine their firearms, their equipment that is uh securing the firearms... We don't We don't really consider it a training. We consider that an assessment or um their qualifications to meet the state standards.

This program won't have a financial impact on the city and it in fact won't use any city resources as a part of this program. This is a community-centric approach that will bolster community support for the growing number of animals in our need.

I know this is one piece of of many needs that our animal control facility has and for me um I know our in our capital um, or in our capital program, a big piece too is making sure you all can have a a new home, um, to accommodate not only, you know, increased numbers of animals, but also having a 21st century, um, facility space to carry out the services that you're doing at a very high quality level.

One of the main concerns that I have is what protocols do we have in place in the police department in the city of Minneapolis when our law enforcement gets deputized by the federal government, what rules they have to follow, who is enforcing our city separation laws regardless. I think I hear the concerns from the constituents that I represent that when you deputize our law enforcement with the federal government, we need to make sure that there are strong protections in place to make sure that there isn't a violation of human rights.

Residents have made it clear that they want to see no collaboration whatsoever or coordination whatsoever happen between our police department and our federal um agents as it pertains to de- detaining, kidnapping, terrorizing not only our immigrant neighbors, but as we've known, our the targeting of our immigration uh neighbors then become becomes a catch-all for terrorizing um non-immigrant neighbors as well as shown throughout the recent federal occupation.

One other thing that would be good for us to know is what kind of um transparency measures uh our officers are um when they're in collaboration with HSI, what's what's going on in terms of transparency measures? I'm thinking back to previous task force where officers weren't required to wear body cam um devices uh and that that caused troubles in our city uh particularly around the the uh killing of Winston Smith.

It It was me against this terrorist, this racist terrorist. And I I I deluded myself into thinking that the officers who showed up to my house eventually would get the message and and try to do something. And it wasn't until I was attacked by my neighbor and the responding officer told me to just move that it really struck me that they they don't care about my life.

I remember being in the hospital and thinking to myself, 'Great. Finally, I woke up.' I was thinking, 'Great. Finally, he's going to be arrested.' And that didn't happen for 5 days. You know, I was forced to watch the police chief and then the mayor throw dirt on my name and blame me for getting shot. That press conference was insane.

One thing that I just want to amplify that you shared um in making sure that we're not reducing what transpired in your situation. It was not a neighbor-to-neighbor conflict. This was a hate crime committed against you and your family. And I think that is also critical piece of work that needs to be uplifted um at the city of not only just with the police department. How are we neglecting to recognize hate crimes when they're being enacted against black residents?

I wrote down a quote that you said that I'll be keeping with me and that's I hope one day to be a fraction of who I used to be. That is devastating to hear. Absolutely devastating. I'll be keeping that quote with me. Um I have one question for you. You mentioned that what what you said was there had been no accountability and I was wondering it doesn't have to be the fullness of your thoughts and we can have future conversations but just in this moment what does accountability look like to you?

It is important that as the body of the Public Health, Safety, and Equity Committee that we are tracking any of the proposed changes to policies, procedures, training protocol, um staffing issues, 911 emergency response dispatch policies and procedures, and other recommendations uh to make sure that uh we address the concerns that were highlighted in the after-action review.

We know that our tiering system is not working the way it is intended. So, I think it's also important to remember that tiering doesn't tell the whole story of what is happening at the property and while some code violations might feel very impactful to renters, they're not always life safety issues. So, the way we're weighting tiering right now, they have less of an impact.

I think this body, of course, wants to make sure that we are upholding a standard of quality housing for every resident across um the city and even seeing that those dotted lines are concentrated in certain pockets of the city that are largely more diverse, usually low income, and your zip code, your economic background, or your racial identity shouldn't dictate if you have access to quality housing or not.

Drones as first responders are drones that launch immediately to certain 911 calls, arrive before officers or firefighters, and provide live video so first responders uh know what they're responding to before they get there.

Another really important piece that this can be used for is if we have a missing person, we have to contact the state patrol and ask them to get the helicopter up into flight for us to help look in certain locations for them. That can take an hour or longer to get that helicopter fly up and flying where a drone can be over an area, as he said, in just a matter of moments to be able to look and see.

I have a lot of concern from a governance perspective on how um we don't end up having a technology platform that is ultimately managed by a vendor who also has direct relationships with the federal government. How do we like protect our residents from, you know, under this telling almost every resident of the city of Minneapolis could be categorized as a terrorist in the way that the rhetoric is used by this federal government.

Considering y'all are already running or MPD is running into a $23 million deficit, I think any cost analysis proactively is helpful if you're talking about bringing this in as a operational like line item.

I just wanted to remind the Council of its own ordinance requiring a public hearing before um, acquiring any surveillance technology um, or um, signing a contract to to procure anything like that.

I personally found myself oscillating between wow, this could be extremely useful and oh my god, this is Big Brother coming to uh, ruin our lives.