2026-10-20 - Public Safety & Quality of Life Committee

Summary

Built from the closed captions of the recording (62 minutes, all-caps broadcast captions that may garble names and figures); the agenda was not read.

  • The chronic nuisance ordinance item was held without objection; the chair said conversations were continuing and no vote was taken. The item title is not stated clearly in the captions.
  • Public comment asked for an engineering feasibility study and quiet-zone designation for four railroad crossings near Lunken Airport, citing flashing lights but no gates and frequent train horns. See Railroad Crossings near Lunken Airport.
  • Summer Safety presentation by the outreach partners, covering prevention and youth engagement, de-escalation, presence at parks and transit centers, training, and food and water distribution (over 800 young people served, more than 800 lunches and snacks and more than 850 bottles of water over two days in one report). See Summer Safety Youth Outreach.
  • Preliminary police data presented for the downtown and Mt. Adams area: violent crime down 26.9% (67 to 49), aggravated assaults down 33% (24 to 16), shooting incidents down 36.4% (11 to 7), shooting victims down 28.6% (14 to 10).
  • At Government Square a presenter cited an 85% reduction in youth-related crime; a second youth arrest figure is garbled in the captions.
  • A council member recalled the $200,000 allocated last fall for youth outreach and asked what it enabled; the answer about added staffing is garbled in the captions.
  • In questions, presenters said the partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools had been difficult, though school security is present at some transit locations.
  • The presentation was filed and the meeting adjourned.

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00:10>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

00:11GRAND RISING AND WELCOME TO

00:14PUBLIC SAFETY & QUALITY OF LIFE,

00:16I'M YOUR CHAIR SCOTTY JOHNSON,

00:18I'M JOINED BY ANNA ALBI, JEFF

00:20CRAMERDING, MR. RYAN JAMES AND

00:23EVAN NOLAN.

00:24I DO BELIEVE MR. MARK JEFFREYS

00:26AND THE VICE MAYOR ARE EXCUSED

00:29THIS MORNING.

00:32WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT

00:34AND I WANT TO THANK CINCINNATI

00:37POLICE, SOLICITOR'S OFFICE AND

00:38OF COURSE THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR

00:41YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING THIS

00:44HAPPEN. IT IS -- I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT

00:46IT.

00:47WE'LL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT

00:48WITH MR. ADAM PHRASER, YOU HAVE

00:52THE PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR FOR

00:53TWO MINUTES.

00:54THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS

00:57MORNING.

01:04>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR JOHNSON

01:07MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

01:10THERE WE GO, THANK YOU MUCH.

01:12SO GOOD MORNING CHAIR JOHNSON,

01:14MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE I'M

01:16ADAM FRAIZER, A MEMBER OF

01:19COLUMBIA TUSCULUM AND I'M HERE

01:21TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 4 BACK TO

01:24BACK WHERE ARE CROSSINGS NEAR

01:26LUNKEN AIRPORT.

01:27THEY HAVE FLASHING LIGHTS BUT NO

01:30SECURITY BARRIERS, NO GATES. SO

01:32SAFETY FIRST, THIS CORRIDOR IS

01:34ABOUT TO GET A LOT BUSIER.

01:36WE HAVE THE LUNKEN AIRPORT

01:41TERMINAL PROJECT, A NEW

01:42COMMUNITY FROM TOWNE PROPERTIES

01:43AND WE HAVE THE OASIS BIKE

01:45TRAIL. SO WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A

01:47LOT MORE PEDESTRIANS, BIKE WILL

01:49I WAS AND VEHICLES CROSSING

01:51RAILROAD TRACKS WITH NO GATES.

01:53IF WE DO ADD GATES AND OTHER

01:56SAFETY UPGRADES THE CORRIDOR

01:58WOULD ALSO QUALIFIES A FEDERAL

02:00QUIET ZONE.

02:02WITHOUT THAT DESIGNATION TRAIN

02:03OPERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO SOUND

02:05THEIR HORN FOUR TIMES WHEN THEY

02:06CROSS EACH INTERSECTION, SO WITH

02:08FOUR INTERSECTIONS IN A ROW WE

02:11GET 16 HORN BLASTS EVERY TIME A

02:14TRAIN COMES BY. THE TRAINS ARE

02:15THE HORNS ARE BUILT TO BE QUITE

02:18LOUD. IT IS MADE SO THAT CAN YOU HEAR

02:20IT LOUDLY INSIDE OF A MOVING

02:22ENCLOSED CAR.

02:23THAT SOUND DOES CARRY VERY

02:24EASILY IN HOMES, BUILDINGS,

02:26APARTMENTS OR FUTURE HOTEL

02:28ROOMS. FOR SOME CONTEXT OR SENSE OF

02:30SCALE, I I KEPT A LOG FOR TWO

02:31WEEKS IN MARCH AND COUNTED OVER

02:34300 HORN BLASTS IN THAT TWO WEEK

02:36TIME PERIOD, MANY AS LATE AT

02:403:45 IN THE MORNING.

02:41THAT'S HARD ON RESIDENTS BUT A

02:42REAL CONCERN FOR NEW APARTMENTS

02:44OR FOR A NEW HOTEL THE CITY HAS

02:47HELPED TO FUND.

02:48A QUIET ZONE PROTECTS BOTH THE

02:51RESIDENT'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND

02:52THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING

02:53MADE PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY IN

02:55THAT CORRIDOR.

02:56ALL THE WHILE IMPROVING SAFETY

02:58FOR OUR PEOPLE.

02:59SO THE FIRST STEP IN THIS

03:01PROJECT WOULD BE AN ENGINEERING

03:04FEASIBILITY SURVEY AND I HAD A

03:06MEETING WITH COUNCILMEMBER WALSH

03:08AND DIRECTOR LONG YESTERDAY TO

03:09TALK ABOUT -- [INDISCERNIBLE]

03:17>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

03:18ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

03:19VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE,

03:20GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

03:24MR. STEPHAN PRYOR.

03:35>> GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.

03:40PUBLIC SAFETY, A COUPLE MONTHS

03:42AGO I CAME DOWN HERE AND SPOKE

03:46ABOUT AN OFFICER PUTTING CRACK

03:48IN THE SUSPECT'S A HANDS.

03:52AND I PUT A REQUEST OF THE BODY

03:55WORN CAMERAS IN AND STILL

03:56HAVEN'T RECEIVED A RESPONSE

03:58THROUGH E-MAIL.

04:00MY TRACKING NUMBER WAG AND IT

04:09SHOWS THEM PUTTING CRACK IN THE

04:11SUSPECT HAND IN THE BACK OFLY

04:12POLICE CAR, OUTSIDE OF THE

04:14POLICE CAR AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED

04:16TO BE THE EVIDENCE IN THE YELLOW

04:19ENVELOPE. I'M ASKING TO SEE THE BODY WORN

04:20CAMERA AND SEE IF I WAS RIGHT

04:22WHAT I SAW BECAUSE I RECORDED IT

04:25AND PLACE IT HAD ON THE INTERNET

04:27AND STILL DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE.

04:29SO IT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION

04:31THAT LONG, WE NEED TO SEE THAT

04:34EXPEDIENTLY, PLEASE.

04:35THIS CHRONIC NUISANCE I THOUGHT

04:36IT WAS ON HOLD FOR FOUR MONTHS.

04:38ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT IS BACK ON

04:40THE AGENDA ONCE AGAIN.

04:42THEY CLOSED DOWN 42 BARS BEING

04:45BLACK BARS AND RESTAURANTS TOTAL

04:47IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS AND WE

04:49KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH

04:52THIS CHRONIC NUISANCE THAT MADE

04:54UP OF THE LOBBYIST PUTTING IT

04:55TOGETHER AND PUTTING IT TO THE

04:57FISCAL RECOVERY FRONT OF Y'ALL

04:58SO CAN VOTE ON THIS.

05:00SO, WE UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND

05:01WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE

05:03COMMUNITY, BUT CHRONIC NUISANCE,

05:04WE DON'T NEED THAT.

05:05THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THE IN

05:07BLACK COMMUNITY THAT'S GETTING

05:08PLAYED LEFT AND RIGHT.

05:09SO Y'ALL SHOULD GO BACK TO THIS

05:13CHRONIC NUISANCE AND ACTUALLY

05:14DISMANTLE IT.

05:15YOU HAVE NUISANCE LAWS ON

05:17BUILDINGS AND APARTMENTS AND

05:20COMPLEX, SO, I'M THINKING THAT

05:21Y'ALL SHOULD JUST DIS MAN THAT

05:23THIS CHRONIC NUISANCE BECAUSE IT

05:24IS SUPER WRONG.

05:25I JUST ASKING FOR THE BODY WORN

05:27CAMERA FOR THE OFFICER PUTTING

05:29CRACK IN A SUSPECT HANDS WHILE

05:31HE'S HANDCUFFED AND SEE WHAT'S

05:32GOING ON BECAUSE IT IS WRONG.

05:34HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

05:35FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE BY PUTTING

05:37DOPE IN HIS HAND T. COULD HAVE

05:40BEEN TENT NOLAN THE OTHER

05:41OFFICER COULD HAVE PASSES E

05:42PASSED OUT.

05:43SO PLEASE LOOK INTO IT.

05:45>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

05:46THANK YOU THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

05:47NOBODY IS ON ZOOM FOR PUBLIC

05:49COMMENT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

05:51WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE DO

05:54HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM 1, IF

05:56HEARING NO OBJECTION WE'LL

05:57CONTINUE TO HOLD.

05:58THERE ARE CONVERSATION THAT IS

06:00ARE TAKING PLACE THAT I DO

06:03BELIEVE THAT ARE MOVING THIS

06:06VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO

06:09WHERE THERE IS A KHRAB RATION IN

06:12ADDRESSING THIS CHRONIC NUISANCE

06:17AGENDA. SO IF I DON'T HERE ANY OBJECTION

06:19WE'LL CONTINUE TO HOLD THIS.

06:21HEARING NO OBJECTION WE'LL HOLD

06:23ITEM NUMBER 1.

06:24WE'LL MOVE TO THE PRESENTATION.

06:30SUMMER SAFETY NUMBERS AND THAT'S

06:31LED BY NO STRANGER TO THIS

06:36CHAMBER, AND THIS BUILDING IS IN

06:39IRIS ROLEY, PRESIDENT CINCINNATI

06:41COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION AND I

06:42THINK SHE'S GOT A GROUP OF

06:45PEOPLE WITH HER TODAY.

06:49HAVING SAID THAT, DOES TAKE A

06:53COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO MAKE

06:54SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS

06:58THESE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY

07:01AND MISS ROSE ROLELY HAS BEEN

07:05THERE 25 YEARS PLUS.

07:06WE HAD A GREAT CELEBRATION THIS

07:08SUMMER OF THE 25 YEARS OF THE

07:11THE LUANNABELLE WIESMAN,

07:13COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT, AND

07:14CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY

07:15THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND

07:17THAT HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARD

07:21MOVING CINCINNATI TO THE LEADER

07:23ACROSS THE NATION FOR MORE THAN

07:2525 YEARS.

07:26THERE IS SOME OF US THAT HAVE

07:27BEEN AT IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

07:29I SEE FORMER LIEUTENANT ISAAC

07:32BACK THERE. I THINK THAT THE CHAIR, I

07:35THINK -- I'M GOING TO USE A

07:36TOOTH WILL IF IT IS

07:38INAPPROPRIATE, PRESIDENT OF THE

07:39SAFETY AT METRO NOW MAYBE, I

07:41DON'T KNOW, OR THE FOREMAN OF

07:43SAFETY, OR THE CZAR OF SAFETY AT

07:46MET YES NOW. THAT SOUNDS BETTER.

07:47BUT I KNOW THERE ARE A GROUP OF

07:49PEOPLE HERE THAT WILL ASSIST

07:52IRIS ROLEY IN THIS PRESENTATION

07:54SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THE

07:55FLOOR IS YOURS, IRIS ROLEY.

07:58>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT JOHNSON,

08:00TO THE COMMITTEE AND FOLKS WHO

08:01ARE LISTENING TO THE CITY AND

08:04FOLKS WHO MAY BE LISTENING ON

08:07THE INTERNET.

08:09I'M IRIS ROLEY AND YES I AM VERY

08:11PROUD MEMBER OF THE CINCINNATI

08:13BLACK UNITED FRONT AND ALSO

08:15PRESIDENT OF THE CINCINNATI

08:17COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION.

08:18I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE

08:20ONE FOR ASKING TO US COME IN AND

08:22TALK ABOUT SUMMER SAFETY.

08:24THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN

08:26MULTITUDE OF FOLKS.

08:27I WANT THE FOLKS TO COME UP,

08:28COME ON, 311 WE JUST NEED TO

08:31PULL CHAIRS UP BECAUSE THERE IS

08:33NOTHING THAT WE DO INDIVIDUALLY.

08:36WE ALL WORK COLLECTIVELY.

08:37EVEN IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND

08:39SOMETIMES WHAT OUR ROLES ARE WE

08:40STILL HAVE, COME ON UP.

08:43AND I DO BELIEVE CAPTAIN

08:46SCHOFIELD IS ON ZOOM BECAUSE

08:48THERE IS THIS VERY BILLING

08:50MITIGATE THAT THE COLLABORATIVE

08:51WORK IS NOT WORKING WITH POLICE

08:52AND WE DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY

08:55ALMOST.

08:56THERE IS THIS MITIGATE OUT THERE

08:58THAT, PULL SOME CHAIRS UP, THAT

09:00SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE

09:03MONITORS AND 311 OUTREACH WORK

09:05THERE'S WE DON'T WORK WELL

09:06TOGETHER.

09:07THAT IS A MITIGATE.

09:08AND SO PRESIDENT JOHNSON, WE

09:10WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOU AND

09:13THE COMMITTEE THAT COLLABORATION

09:17AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY IS WELL AND

09:18ALIVE IN THE YEAR 2026 AND THAT

09:22THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THIS IS

09:23JUST A SMALL SEGMENT OF FOLKS

09:26WHO MEET ALMOST TWICE A WEEK AND

09:28HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THE

09:30PAST YEAR OR SO.

09:32I KNOW I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO

09:34BRETT MOORE NOW THAT HE WORKS

09:36FOR SORTA MET ROW THAN WHEN HE

09:39WORKED FOR CINCINNATI POLICE

09:40DEPARTMENT. AND SO THE COMMITMENT FROM THE

09:44INSTITUTIONS IS REAL AND IT IS

09:46THERE. THE HARD CONVERSATIONS THAT WE

09:49NEED 20 HAVE AROUND PROBLEM

09:51SOLVING, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHO

09:52IS ON FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, WHO

09:55IS TRYING TO BRING IT HOME IS

09:58REAL.

09:59THE COMMITMENT, THE BEING OUT

10:00AND PRESENT IS REAL.

10:03SO THERE IS SEVERAL

10:04PRESENTATIONS THAT WE PREPARED

10:06FOR YOU, PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND

10:08TO THE COMMITTEE, BECAUSE WE

10:10WANTED YOU ALL TO OVER STAND

10:13SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TAKE

10:15PLACE FOLKS ARE OUTSIDE AND

10:18DEALING WITH SOCIAL ISSUES, THE

10:21SOCIETAL ILLS THAT CAN HELP

10:24PLAGUE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES

10:26FOR CRIME AND DISORDER. AND

10:28ALSO THAT OUR EYES ARE WIDE OPEN

10:31AND THAT WE POSSIBLY SEE A LOT

10:34THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE.

10:36THAT IS HORRIBLY WRONG, THAT CAN

10:38BE PART OF THE EQUATION TO DO

10:41WRONG.

10:42AND WE HAVE THESE VERY VERY HARD

10:45CONVERSATIONS ALL THE TIME

10:46BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

10:48SURROUNDING ME, AND THEY ARE NOT

10:50SHORT ON WORDS OR DESCRIPTIONS,

10:52BUT WE ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS AND

10:54WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT

10:56ALWAYS ABOUT POLICE.

10:57AM I CORRECT, CAPTAIN SCHOFIELD,

11:00I HE THEREWITH US?

11:05>>, I HEAR YOU YES, MA'AM, YES,

11:07MA'AM I HEAR YOU AND THANK YOU.

11:10>> GO AHEAD.

11:12>> YES, MA'AM I HEAR YOU AND WE

11:13DO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER

11:16ESPECIALLY AT GOVERNMENT SQUARE WHERE I THINK THE NEED HAS BEEN

11:20FOR HAVING ADULTS THAT ARE

11:22ENGAGED, THAT ARE HELPING TO

11:24SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT

11:26WE'RE LOOKING AT AT GOVERNMENT

11:27SQUARE. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS FALL,

11:31THIS SUMMER AND FALL HAS GONE

11:33VERY, VERY WELL AT GOVERNMENT

11:34SQUARE AND I THINK IT IS LARGELY

11:37IN PART TO HAVING THE

11:38STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE THAT

11:39ARE THERE, ENGAGED ON A DAILY

11:42BASIS AT GOVERNMENT SQUARE THAT

11:43ARE ASSISTING WITH THE PROBLEMS

11:45THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

11:46AND WE'RE SEEING MUCH IMPROVED

11:48CONDITIONS IN THAT AREA OF

11:49DOWNTOWN RIGHT NOW.

11:51>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND DON'T

11:53GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE'RE GOING

11:54TO NEED YOU TO SOLIDIFY THE

11:57NUMBERS BECAUSE I WANT

11:58CINCINNATI TO LOOK AT THE

12:00REDUCTION IN CRIME AND IN THE

12:03AREAS WHERE IT MAY INTEREST

12:06PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'M

12:07SEEING A LOT OF INTERNET STUFF

12:09ABOUT CRIME GOING DOWN.

12:10IT IS CERTAINLY GOING DOWN IN

12:12THE CITY OF CINCINNATI AND THAT

12:13IS A CONTRIBUTION OF NOT JUST

12:15THE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE HERE BUT

12:17A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT

12:19THERE DOING WORK.

12:20PRESIDENT JOHNSON IF I MAY I

12:21WANT TO STEP OUTSIDE THIS

12:23PARTICULAR LANE AND ADDRESS

12:24SOMETHING THAT I OUR DEAR

12:26BROTHER STEPHAN PRYOR SAID ABOUT

12:28A INCIDENT. I WANT THE CITY TO KNOW THAT THE

12:30CITIZENS COMPLAINT AUTHORITY IS

12:32ALIVE AND WELL ALSO.

12:33IT IS THERE FOR YOU IF YOU HAVE

12:36A COME PLAINT, POLICE AND

12:40CITIZEN COMPLAINT. IF YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE IN

12:42FILING A COMPLAINT OR

12:44UNDERSTANDING OR YOU MIGHT WANT

12:45TO FILE A FAVORABLE COMMENT LIKE

12:48I MIGHT DO FOR CAPTAIN

12:50SCHOFIELD, PLEASE GIVE US A

12:52CALL. GIVE ME A CALL AT 513-8 #

12:570-6925. DON'T DELAY THE PROCESS BY GOING

12:58OUT HERE INDIVIDUALLY AND DO

13:00SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE

13:01SINCE THE YEAR OF 2003.

13:04WE TAKE COMPLAINTS AGAINST

13:06POLICE VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE

13:07WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT CITIZENS

13:10ARE NOT IN HARM'S WAY.

13:11LET ME GET BACK ON THIS.

13:13THAT'S FOR YOU STEPHAN PRYOR.

13:16SO, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE

13:20THE -- YOU GOOD YOU GOOD?

13:23SO HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE THE

13:26EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE

13:27HAVE BEEN DOING AROUND THE

13:30SUMMER.

13:31AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE DATA THAT

13:34WE RECEIVED FROM OUR SENIOR DATA

13:37ANALYST DR. DESMOND A COUPLE

13:39DAYS AGO.

13:40I DON'T KNOW IF CAN YOU READ

13:42THIS PARTICULAR SLIDES BUT THEY

13:43ARE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN

13:46TRANSLATED INSIDE OF THIS

13:48REPORT.

13:49I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY GO

13:50THROUGH AND THEN I BELIEVE CARLY

13:52HAS SOMETHING TO SAY AND FOLKS

13:55CAN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES MAYBE

13:57BEFORE HE GET STARTED.

13:59INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

14:00>> I'M ASHLEY HARP COMMUNITY

14:01CARE MONITOR AND PART OF THE CC

14:04F TEAM.

14:07>> STEVE SHAREMAN, I'M SORRY,

14:12STEVE SHERMAN, MONITOR COMMUNITY

14:17ACTIVIST.

14:19>> ERIN, FORMERLY WITH THE HUMAN

14:22RELATIONS AND TO REDUCE GUN

14:24VIOLENCE WE'RE WORKING ON 3

14:27DIFFERENT SITES HERE IN THE

14:29CITY.

14:30>> WHO DO YOU WORK WITH.

14:33>> COLLABORATIVETIVE AGREEMENT.

14:34>> GOOD MORNING I'M BRED ISAAC,

14:37DIRECTOR OF THE SAFETY SECURITY

14:38AND TRAINING WITH METRO.

14:40YES, THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME A

14:42CZAR, I LIKE THAT.

14:45>> GOOD MORNING I'M MARISSA READ

14:47WITH 3CDC ON THE OPERATIONS

14:51TEAM. >> GOOD MORNING SO FEE LONG WITH

14:53THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS

14:56CENTER. >> GOOD MORNING I'M CARLY PIPER

14:59INTERIM DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY

15:00COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

15:01>> SOS AWE SEE PRESIDENT JOHNSON

15:03AND TO YOUR COMMITTEE, THAT

15:05THERE IS A BROADBAND OF US.

15:06AND THIS ISN'T ALL OF US.

15:09TWICE A WEEK THERE IS A

15:11LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING THAT WE

15:13MEET ON ZOOM OR TEAMS.

15:15AND THEN WE MEET AGAIN DURING

15:17THE WEEK WITH THE FIRSTHAND

15:20PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON

15:21THE STREET AND LEADING SO THAT

15:23WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING.

15:24BUT I WANT TO BRIEFLY GO THROAT

15:27EXECUTIVE SUMMARY JUST SO THAT

15:28YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN

15:30THROUGH BECAUSE IT IS I BELIEVE

15:32OUR MONITORS REALLY DON'T GET A

15:34CHANCE TO STOP.

15:35THEY GO THROUGHOUT SCHOOL YEAR

15:37AND I THINK MAYBE ONE OR TWO

15:38WEEKS, IF THERE IS A WEEK OF

15:41SHUT DOWN FOR THEM, THEN THEY

15:43ARE RIGHT BACK INTO SUMMERTIME.

15:47SUMMER IN CITY OF CINCINNATI.

15:48SO THE FOUNDATION ADVANCEED THE

15:52COMMUNITY SENT ERR PROP TO

15:53PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT WAS FOLK

15:54YOU USED ON SEVERAL THINGS,

15:56PREVENTION, YOUTH ENGAGEMENT,

15:58VISIBILITY AND COMMUNITY PRESS

15:59HE HAS BEEN, RELATIONSHIP

16:01BUILDING, POSITIVE ACTIVITIES,

16:04RESOURCES, AND DEESCALATION.

16:06AND HOPEFULLY SOME OF OUR

16:08MONITORS CAN TALK ABOUT IT OR IF

16:11CARLY OR SOME OF WHY I WANT TO

16:13SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THE OUTREACH

16:15WORKERS SEE EVERY DAY THEY CAN

16:16DO THAT AS WELL.

16:18THIS STRATEGY WAS GROUNDED IN A

16:20SIMPLE PRINCIPAL, IMPROVING

16:24SAFETY REQUIRES NOT ONLY

16:26RESPONDING WHEN SOMETHING GOES

16:27WRONG BUT INTENTIONALLY CREATING

16:29CONDITIONS THAT HELP PREVENT

16:31HARM BEFORE IT OCCURS.

16:33THERE IS SOME WORDS MISSING

16:35THERE BECAUSE IT IS CALLED

16:36PROBLEM SOLVING.

16:37SOMETHING THAT IS WRITTEN

16:39THROUGHOUT THE COLLABORATIVE

16:41AGREEMENT FROM PARAGRAPH 13 ALL

16:42A THE WAY BACK TO THE PAGES

16:47WHERE THERE IS BENCHMARKS AND

16:49WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN

16:51THINGS DONE. BUT THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER CC F

16:53MONITORS MAINTAIN PRESENCE IN

16:55PARKS, RECREATION CENTERS,

16:58DOWNTOWN GATHERING AREAS,

16:59COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OTHER

17:01LOCATIONS WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE

17:02CONGREGATED.

17:03AND IT JUST WASN'T THOSE EVENTS,

17:05IT WAS THE MUSIC FESTIVAL, IT

17:09WAS HUGHES, IT WAS, WE WERE

17:12EVERYWHERE.

17:13THE 311 BASKETBALL, WHATEVER

17:16NEEDED TO GET DONE TO ENSURE

17:17YOU, ONE, THAT FOLKS KNEW THAT

17:19CINCINNATI WAS SAFE AND THEN,

17:21TWO, THAT WE COULD ENSURE YOUNG

17:23FOLKS WERE ACTING IN A WAY THAT

17:24THEY NEEDED TO AND BEING

17:26PROVIDED THE RESOURCE THAT IS

17:28THEY NEEDED AND THE LOVE AND

17:32HOPE AND DIRECTION THAT IT

17:36TAKES.

17:38SO, PROGRAMMING INCLUDINGS

17:40EVENING, STRUCTURED

17:42OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT YOUNG

17:43PEOPLE WITH POSITIVE ACTIVITIES

17:44AND TRUSTED ADULTS.

17:45AND THAT'S SIMPLY REC@NITE.

17:51QUESTION KENT WENT THERE HAD

17:53PRACTICE OFT JUDGING WITH YOUNG

17:54FOLKS WITH RECREATION PEOPLE WE

17:58WERE THERE TO ROW PROVIDE

17:59SUPPORT TO THEM AND LEAN WHEN

18:00YOUNG FOLKS NEED IT HAD BECAUSE

18:02SOMETIMES THEY DO.

18:03SOMETIMES LIFE IS REALLY HARD

18:06FOR THEM.

18:08SOMETIMES SCHOOL IS HARD FOR

18:10THEM. SOMETIMES THINGS THEY DIDN'T

18:11HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH GETS IN

18:13THE WAY.

18:14SO AT ACTIVITY PATTERNS CHANGE

18:16MONITORS WE CHANGE THE SCHEDULES

18:21CAN HE ADJUSTED TO BETTER ALIGN

18:22WITH WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE

18:24GATHERING. IF YOU EVER WORKED WITH CAPTAIN

18:26SCHOFIELD HE WILL CALL YOU IN A

18:29HEART BEAT.

18:31WHEN THINGS APPEAR TO BE GOING

18:33AWRY TO ADJUST OUR SCHEDULE., TO

18:37REALLY WORK WITH YOUNG FOLKS SO

18:39THAT THEY DIDN'T GO DOWN THE

18:40PATH OF DESTRUCTION.

18:43OR HAVE POLICE INTERVENTION ON

18:44BE TRAUMATIZED BY THAT

18:46INTERVENTION FOR LACK OF

18:48UNDERSTANDING, A LACK OF

18:49ARTICULATION, A LACK OF A LOT OF

18:52SKILLS.

18:53SO WE WERE ADJUSTING OURSELVES

18:55ALL SUMMER LONG AND EVEN THROUGH

18:57THE SCHOOL YEAR.

18:58THE CINCINNATI COLLABORATIVE

19:00FOUNDATION MONITORS ARE CRITICAL

19:01PART OF THE CHANGING CHANGE

19:03TOGETHER AND THIS IS

19:05CINCINNATI'S ACT FOR CINCY

19:07MODEL.

19:08IT IMPROVE YOUTH SUPPORT FOR

19:10POLICING INNOVATION AND THAT

19:12CREATE SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR

19:14YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGHOUT TRUST

19:15THE WRIST, POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT

19:18AND EARLY INTERVENTION.

19:19THEIR CONSISTENCY, OUR

19:20CONSISTENCY ALL OF OUR

19:23CONSISTENCY CONSISTS IN PRESENCE

19:24AND NEIGHBORHOODS, RECREATION

19:25CENTERS AND OTHER AREAS WHERE

19:27YOUTH GATHER STRENGTHEN OUR

19:28BROADER VIOLENCE REDUCTION

19:29STRATEGY BY CONNECTING YOUNG

19:31PEOPLE TO SUPPORT I HAVE ADULTS

19:36WE SOURCES WHILE DATA INFORMED

19:39PROBLEM ORIENTED POLICING

19:40EFFORTS TO PROACTIVELY ADJUST

19:42SAFETY CONCERNS AND DEESCALATING

19:44CONFLICTS BEFORE THEY BECOME

19:47CRISIS. IT IS CRITICAL FOR THIS

19:48COMMITTEE TO HEAR THAT FROM ACT

19:50FOR CINCY SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT

19:52WE'RE CONNECTED TO THEM AS WELL

19:54AND FOR THE ACT FOR CINCY

19:56OFFICE. AND BY THE WAY, THAT WAS ONE OF

19:59MY IDEAS, TO CITY MANAGER.

20:00Y'ALL REMEMBER WHEN WENT TO LIVE

20:01ON GREEN AND REPUBLIC, THAT CAME

20:04OUT OF THAT PROCESS.

20:07SO LET'S PUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN

20:09CONTEXT. WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES

20:10ITS STARS AND PROVIDES AN

20:13IMPORTANT KAHN TAIL AT THIS TIME

20:15BACKGROUND FOR THIS COMMUNITY

20:16BASED WORK.

20:18IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND

20:20THANK GOODNESS CAPTAIN SCHOFIELD

20:23IS HOTLINE HE'S THE CATCH

20:24CONTINUE THERE, DOWNTOWN AND MT.

20:26ADAMS. YEAR TO DATE VIOLENT CRIME

20:28DECREASED FROM 67 IN 2025 TO 49

20:31IN 2026, A 26.9 REDUCTION.

20:34SEVERAL VIOLENT CRIME CATEGORIES

20:36ALSO DECLINED YEAR AFTER YEAR,

20:39ROBBERY DOWN 37.5% FROM HOW TO

20:4325. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS DOWN

20:4533% FROM 24 TO 16.

20:48SHOOTING INCIDENTS DOWN 36.4%

20:53FROM 11 TO 7 AND SHOOTING

20:54VICTIMS DOWN 28.6% FROM 14 TO

21:0010.

21:01SHOOTING INCIDENTS DOWN 36.4.

21:04SHOOTING VICTIMS DOWN 28.6.

21:06THAT'S CRITICAL.

21:07AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT ENGAGED

21:09IN THAT, SOME OF THE

21:10CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE

21:12WITH YOUNG FOLKS COULD

21:14POTENTIALLY LEAD TO THAT.

21:15AND I WILL GET TO THAT AND I'M

21:16GOING TO LAWYER I UP BECAUSE

21:17THERE IS A CRITICAL POINT I WANT

21:19TO MAKE HERE.

21:21S YOU ALL SEE WHERE THE PROPERTY

21:23CRIMES TREND DOWN AND EACH THROW

21:25THERE IS SOME GREATNESS HERE

21:27THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF CONCERN.

21:30HOWEVER THESE STATS SHOULD NOT

21:31BE INTERPRETED AS EVIDENCE THAT

21:35CINCINNATI COLLABORATIVE

21:36FOUNDATION PROGRAMMING CALLS THE

21:38REDUCTION IN CRIME.

21:39RATHER THEY PROVIDE A MEASURABLE

21:42PUBLIC SAFETY CONTEXT FOR A

21:44SUMMER IN WHICH COMMUNITY

21:47ORGANIZATIONS WRECK CRAIGS

21:48PROGRAMS, OUTREACH INITIATIVES,

21:50LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC AGENCIES

21:52AND OTHER PARTNERS SIMULTANEOUS

21:56ENGAGED IN SAFETY AND PREVENTION

22:00ACTIVITIES. THE CPD DATA IS PRELIMINARIES

22:02AND SUBJECT TO FURTHER A

22:03ANALYSIS AND REVISION.

22:05THAT IS CRITICAL.

22:09THIS REPORT AND I WILL STOP

22:10RIGHT HERE, WHAT WE CAN NEVER

22:14MEASURE PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO

22:15YOU'RE COMMITTEE, ARE THINGS

22:16THAT NEVER OCCUR.

22:19THE THINGS THAT NEVER OCCUR.

22:22THE ESCALATED FIGHT, A SITUATION

22:25WHERE MAYBE CPD HELPED YOUNG

22:26FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS

22:28NOT THE WAY TO GO.

22:30FIB WE GOT TO THEM IN TIME

22:32APPARENT GONE FOOD OR A WAY

22:33HOME.

22:34MAYBE IT WAS JUST A CONVERSATION

22:35FROM ONE OF THE MONITORS OF THE

22:37311 FOLKS OR MAYBE ONE OF THE

22:403CDC TODAY WHETHER IT IS THE

22:41PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE PICKING

22:43UP TRASH AND HELPING US BECAUSE

22:45THEY DO.

22:46WHEN WE FEED THE CHILDREN

22:47SOMETIMES THEY LITTER, IT IS

22:493CDC FOLKS WHO ARE OUT THERE

22:51CLEANING UP THE PUBLIC TRANSIT

22:53SITES TO MAKE IT ACCOMMODATIONS

22:55FOR EVERYONE.

22:56BUT YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE BACK

22:58THERE, WE'RE BACK AT THE TRANSIT

22:59SITES NOW.

23:00WE ALL ARE, YOU SEE FROM SUMMER

23:01TO BACK TO SCHOOL YOU SEE WHAT

23:03WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE'RE

23:05DOING AROUND STILL FEEDING KIDS.

23:07WE'RE GETTING READY TO START OUR

23:10HAT AND GLOVES DRIVE AS SCAR OF

23:12DRIVES.

23:13THESE FOLKS BACK HERE DO WAY

23:15MORE THAN WHAT IS EVEN WRITTEN.

23:17WE HAVE FOLLOW KIDS TO COURT,

23:20HOME, TO SCHOOL, WE HAVE

23:22ORGANIZED WITH THE HAMILTON

23:23COUNTY JUVENILE COURT THAT WHEN

23:25KIDS GET ARRESTED OR IN TROUBLE

23:27AT ANY OF TRANSIT SITES IF IT IS

23:29THEIR FIRST TIME THEY CAN COME

23:31TO THE OFFICIAL DOCKET, THE

23:34UNOFFICIAL DOCKET IT DEAL WITH

23:35THOSE OF US OUT HERE WITH

23:39UNOFFICIAL APPARATUS TO DEAL

23:40WITH PASTE AND THAT CAN WORK

23:41WITH THEM FOR 30 DAYS AND THEIR

23:43FAMILIES WE CAN GO A LITTLE

23:46DEEPER BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE

23:49SURE THAT YOU SAW WHAT WE WERE

23:51SEEING DURING THE SUMMER AND

23:54THAT YOU SEE SOME OF

23:56RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE CITY

23:57MANAGER HAS ALL OF THIS

24:01INFORMATION YOU WILL ALTHOUGH I

24:02WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND ALL OF US

24:03SITTING HERE HAVE HAD VERY HARD

24:06CONVERSATIONS AROUND HUGHES HIGH

24:07SCHOOL WHICH IS MY ALMA MATER.

24:10A HIGH SCHOOL THAT I HAVE BEEN

24:11TRYING TO GET INTO TO WORK WITH

24:13AND PROBLEM SOLVE WITH THE

24:15LEADERSHIP OF CPS, IT HAS NOT

24:16BEEN EASY AT ALL.

24:18WE SAW THE UP TICK IN FIGHTING

24:20AND WE SAW COUNCILMEMBER ANNA

24:22ALBI COME UP TO SEE WHAT IS

24:24HAPPENING, TO WATCH AS WE FEED

24:27THE YOUTH.

24:28ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID NOT

24:30ANTICIPATE WAS THE NEED FOR SO

24:32MANY CHILDREN WHO HAVE SPECIAL

24:35NEEDS TO EAT AFTER SCHOOL.

24:37WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING TO

24:40DEAL WITH CPS, NOT ALLOWING KIDS

24:42BACK INTO THE SCHOOL.

24:43BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT.

24:49THESE HAVE BEEN TOUGH AND HARD

24:50CONVERSATIONS I WANT TO THANK

24:51THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND THE

24:52FOLKS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT I

24:53WANT TO THANK CAPTAIN SCHOFIELD

24:57OF SCHOFIELD FOR GETTING ON

24:59THIS, TO DIALOGUE WITH US.

25:00THANK YOU.

25:10>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

25:11ANYBODY ELSE?

25:21>> I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY

25:23TO BE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL

25:24HERE TODAY.

25:25I JUST LIKE TO SHARE THAT IT IS

25:28PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR OUR

25:30COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT IT IS

25:31SOMETHING THAT THIS TEAM IS

25:33PARTICULARLY PROUD OF AND

25:34SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD

25:37BE PROUD OF IS IF YOU LOOK AT

25:39THOSE STATISTICS IT IS A 85%

25:43REDUCTION IN CRIME, YOUTH

25:45RELATED CRIME ON GOVERNMENT

25:47SQUARE.

25:48AND YET THERE WAS NEAR A 06%

25:51REDUCTION IN YOUTH ARRESTS.

25:53I THAT JUST SHOWS THE

25:55EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGAGEMENT OF

25:58GUARDIANSHIP AND COMMUNE

26:02INDICATION WERE THE YOUTH AND

26:04WITH INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENT

26:06INSTITUTIONS WORKING TOGETHER

26:08COLLABORATIVELY. I THINK THAT THIS IS 25TH YEAR

26:13OF THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT,

26:15HAVING THAT SORT OF NUMBERS ARE

26:16SOME FOR OUR CITY TO BE

26:18PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THANK YOU.

26:21>> I WILL JUST BRIEFLY TALK WITH

26:24THE RESOURCES THAT WE GET.

26:27CITY GOSPEL HELPS PROVIDE US

26:29LUNCH I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL

26:31THEM, SNACKS FOR OUR CHILDREN

26:33AND I THINK THOUGH THOSE ARE

26:35EFFECTIVE A LOT OF TIMES

26:36ESPECIALLY IN OR OAKLEY STATION

26:41WE'LL SEE CHILDREN KIND OF GET

26:43IN TROUBLE A LITTLE BIT FROM

26:45GOING INTO KROGER AND THE

26:48LUNCHES OR SNACK USUALLY HELP

26:49PREVENT THEM FROM NEEDING TO GO

26:51AND TAKE SOUL, RIGHT?

26:53SEW WITH WANT TO THANK CITY

26:55GOSPEL AND METRO JUST HAVING

26:57THOSE EXTRA BUS CARDS AND THINGS

27:00LIKE THAT BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN,

27:02KIDS MISS THEIR BUSES OR THEY

27:04ARE PLAYING TOO MUCH.

27:05WHATEVER THEY ARE BEING

27:06CHILDREN. AND THOSE RESOURCES HELP US

27:10START THE CONVERSATION BUT ALSO

27:11HELP US BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH

27:13THESE CHILDREN GAUZE ULTIMATELY

27:15THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

27:16THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN FAN WE

27:19CONTINUE TO TREAT THEM LIKE THAT

27:20THEY WILL FEEL SOME SENSE OF

27:23STABILITY AND FEEL A SENSE OF

27:25HOME.

27:26AND THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHY I SHOW

27:28UP EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT

27:29THEY SEE US AND MAKE SURE THAT

27:31WE HELP THEM SEE THEMSELVES IN

27:34THIS SPACE.

27:37>> GOOD MORNING I'LL ECHO

27:39EVERYONE IN SAYING THANK YOU FOR

27:40THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE

27:44TODAY. PBB HAD ENJOYED A PARTNERSHIP

27:46WITH METRO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS

27:47TO HAVE DOWNTOWN AMBASSADORS

27:51DOWNTOWN.

27:52IT HAS BEEN FULFILLING TO SEE

27:54THAT EXPAND OFFER THE PAST

27:55COUPLE YEARS WITH THE CINCINNATI

27:56COLLABORATIVE FOUNDATION AND THE

27:57COMMUNITY RESPONDERS WITH 311

28:00AND HAVING OTHER PARTNERS

28:01PARTICIPATE IN THESE

28:04CONVERSATIONS YOU CAN SEE THE

28:06IMPACT IN THE DATA AND THE

28:07EXPERIENCE IN BEING AT

28:10GOVERNMENT SQUARE EVERY DAY.

28:11I KNOW IRIS ROLEY USED THE WORD

28:12CONSISTENCY AND THAT'S BEEN VERY

28:13KEY IN THIS COLLABORATIVE.

28:16THESE PARTNERS MEET EVERY SINGLE

28:18WEEK, THERE IS A TON OF

28:20COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION

28:21AROUND YOUTH AT GOVERNMENT

28:22SQUARE AND HOW WE CAN CREATE

28:24DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR

28:25EVERYONE THAT IS USING THAT

28:26SPACE AND USING OUR METRO BUS

28:29SYSTEM. SO, EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS

28:31CONTINUES TO GO BUT I THINK IT

28:32HAS BEEN METRO AND THE CITY.

28:34I KNOW HAVE MADE A HUGE

28:36INVESTMENT IN MAKING SURE THAT

28:37GOVERNMENT SQUARE AND OUR

28:39TRANSIT CENTERS THAN OUR CITY

28:41MORE BROADLY ARE SAFE FOR YOUTH

28:43IN OUR CITY AND CAN YOU SEE THAT

28:45PAYING OFF, THANK YOU.

28:58>> TO THE CHAIR AND COMMITTEE.

28:59JUST TO CONTINUE TO ECHO THAT

29:02THOUGHT.

29:03THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION

29:05CENTER HOSTS THE 311 RESPONDER

29:07TEAM AND OUR ARK CLINICIANS AND

29:10THEORY RESPOND YEAR ROUND WITH

29:11THESE PARTNERS TO THESE SPECIFIC

29:15LOCATIONS WHEN YOU TRANSIT

29:17CENTERS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR,

29:19REC@NITE AND OUR TEAMS HAVE SEEN

29:21THE DIFFERENCE THAT THAT

29:23CONTRIBUTION HAS MADE AND THE

29:25IMPORTANCE ALL OF THIS WORK AND

29:27HOW MUCH WORK IT TAKES TO MAKE

29:31THAT DIFFERENCE.

29:34>> I'M SORRY, STEVEN?

29:36, COME ON UP.

29:43>> THANK YOU AGAIN IT IS A

29:44PLEASE IRRELEVANT WORKING FOR

29:47THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT AND

29:48WE HAVE DOES A MONITORS WE

29:50UNDERSTAND AND WE WANT SOCIETY

29:52TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A

29:54DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADOLESCENT

29:57BEHAVIOR AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

29:58AND WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT

29:59TYPE OF BEHAVIOR TO MAKE SURE

30:01THAT WE ARE LINING UP THE RIGHT

30:03INFORMATION, RIGHT RESOURCES TO

30:04BE ABLE TO HELP THOSE CHILDREN

30:06AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOME.

30:10SO AGAIN, WE ENGAGED THESE

30:12YOUTH.

30:13THERE IS A NARRATIVE BEHIND A

30:14LOT OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE MAY NOT

30:17SEE IN SOCIETY THAT LINE UP WITH

30:19THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE SEE.

30:20AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE

30:22THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN BETWEEN

30:24ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR AND CRIMINAL

30:26BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE LINING THEM

30:27UP WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO

30:28MOVE THEM FOLDER IN A POSITIVE

30:31WAY. THANK YOU.

30:33>> I WANT TO END WITH WE HAVE

30:37WORKED COLLECTIVELY AND

30:39COLLABORATIVELY WITH ALL THE

30:40PARTNERS AND THAT DOES INCLUDE

30:42CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEIR

30:44SECURITY IS NOW AT SOME OF OUR

30:46TRANSIT CENTERS I WANT TO MAKE

30:47THAT VERY CLEAR.

30:48WE ARE ALL ON CALLS.

30:51BUT PUBLIC SAFETIES NOT ONLY

30:53ABOUT HOW CINCINNATI RESPONSE

30:55RESPONDS WHEN SOMETHING GOES

30:56WRONG, IT IS ABOUT WHAT

30:57CINCINNATI INTENTIONALLY PUTS IN

30:59PLACE TO HELP THINGS GO RIGHT.

31:01AND IN THAT PARTICULAR PRINCIPLE

31:03IT CAPTURES AND YOU WILL SEE

31:04THIS ON THE BACK.

31:06THE ESSENTIAL LESSON OF

31:08CINCINNATI SUMMER 2026 AND OUR

31:10EXPERIENCE AND IT PROVIDED A

31:13STRONG FOUND TAKES FOR BUILDING

31:14STRONGER YEAR ROUND STRATEGIES

31:17CENTERED ON PREVENTION,

31:19PRESENCE, PARTNERSHIP, RESOURCES

31:21A AND HUMAN CONNECTION.

31:22THANK YOU, SIR.

31:27>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

31:28WELL, LET ME JUST BE VERY FRANK.

31:31THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WORDS THAT

31:34WERE USED THAT CAPTURE

31:37EVERYTHING THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE

31:40OVER THE LAST 25 PLUS YEARS.

31:45ACHIEVING CHANGE TOGETHER.

31:49ACHIEVING CHANGE TOGETHER.

31:51WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMITTED GROUP

31:55OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AT IT

32:00FOR 25 PLUS YEARS, AND THEY HAVE

32:04MADE SURE THAT THEY BROUGHT IN

32:09EVERYBODY POSSIBLE TO ASSIST IN

32:12MAKING CINCINNATI WHAT IT HAS

32:14THE POTENTIAL TO BE, THAT IS

32:18TOGETHERNESS, THAT'S

32:20COLLABORATIVE. AND I SEE ACROSS SECTION OF

32:23GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING

32:27TO SACRIFICE AND SHOW UP

32:30CONSISTENCY IS THAT OTHER WORD,

32:32SHOW UP CONSISTENTLY TO MAKE

32:36SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR

32:40PART. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN AND WE

32:43MISSED IT BEFORE WE GOT TO THE

32:45COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT.

32:46I CAN SAY IT, I WAS THERE AS A

32:48CINCINNATI POLICE OFFICER.

32:49WE MISSED IT BECAUSE WE BELIEVED

32:52THAT IT WAS ABOUT THE POLICE

32:55MAKING EVERYTHING RIGHT.

32:56IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK FOR THE

32:58POLICE TO MAKE EVERYTHING RIGHT.

33:01AND BECAUSE OF THE BLACK UNITED

33:03FRONT, BECAUSE OF THE

33:07CONSISTENCY OF SAYING WE CAN GET

33:09THIS RIGHT, NOBODY IS WALKING ON

33:11WATER EVEN NOW BECAUSE THERE IS

33:13STILL WORK TO DO, BUT WITH CAN

33:16BE CONSISTENT AND MAKING SURE

33:19CINCINNATI IS BETTER THAN IT WAS

33:23IN 2001, BEFORE AND WHEN ME AND

33:26MR. ISAAC WERE THERE IN THE 80'S

33:28AND 90'S WE CAN MAKE THAT

33:30BETTER.

33:31AND THAT TYPE OF COLLABORATION

33:33YOU DO NOT SEE ACROSS THIS

33:37COUNTRY. YOU HEAR ME SAY THIS AND I MEAN

33:40IT AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT,

33:42THESE ARE THE TIMES YOU NEED TO

33:44CHECK, YOU NEED TO STICK YOUR

33:46CHEST OUT.

33:47EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU AND BE

33:50VERY PROUD OF WHAT PART AND WHAT

33:53ROLE YOU ARE PLAYING IN MAKING

33:56SURE THAT CINCINNATI REACHES ITS

34:00POTENTIAL.

34:01YOU NEED TO STICK YOUR CHEST OUT

34:02AND SAY I DID PLAY A ROLE IN

34:04THAT. I KNOW THE HUMILITY OF

34:07CINCINNATI, WE DON'T LIKE TO

34:09BRAG, WE DON'T LIKE TO WHATEVER.

34:11BUT THERE ARE TIMES THAT PEOPLE

34:14NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT

34:20IS BEING DONE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

34:22ANOTHER THING THAT YOU SAID IRIS

34:24ROLEY, THE FACT THAT WHAT DIDN'T

34:27HAPPEN.

34:28I WAS A MEMBER OF THE CINCINNATI

34:31POLICE SWAT TEAM FOR ALMOST 25

34:33YEARS. AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT

34:37HAPPENED DURING THOSE

34:39NEGOTIATIONS AND THOSE

34:41SITUATIONS, WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

34:43AND THAT AMAZING SWAT TEAM TO

34:45THIS DAY JUST KEEPS ONGOING.

34:47YOU DON'T SEE THEM IN THE MEDIA,

34:50YOU DON'T SEE YOU GUYS IN THE

34:51MEDIA, BUT THE PREVENTION PART

34:54OF WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, YOU CAN'T

34:57MEASURE THAT.

34:59BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORDS TO

35:01SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE

35:04CITY OF CINCINNATI FOR WHAT IS

35:06HAPPENING EVERY DAY.

35:08WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT THIS AS A

35:10MATTER OF FACT, OAF A MATTER OF

35:14FACT, THOSE TIE OF NUMBERS,

35:16THOSE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT

35:18DIDN'T FALL OUT THE SKY.

35:22THAT'S WORK.

35:23THAT'S COMMITMENT TO SAYING WE

35:25CAN MAKE THIS BETTER, WE CAN GET

35:27TO A POINT WHERE EVERYBODY PLAYS

35:31THEIR ROLE.

35:32AND EVEN TO THE POINT OF

35:34AMBASSADORS PICKING UP TRASH

35:38DOWNTOWN, PEOPLE DON'T

35:39UNDERSTAND IT IS THE BROKEN

35:41WINDOWS THEORY.

35:43THAT PLAYS A ROLE, SEEING A

35:47YOUNG PERSON THAT HAD A BAD

35:49MONTH THAT'S LEAVING EVERY DAY

35:51TO HEAR SOMEBODY SAY, HOW ARE

35:54YOU DOING? YOU CAN'T MEASURE THAT.

35:57AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR

36:00WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

36:02HERE IS SOME ELSE TOO I'M GLAD

36:04TO SEE THE NEW GENERATION, IRIS

36:08ROLEY IRIS ROLEY COMING UP TO

36:10MAKE SURE THE CONSISTENCY STAYS

36:12AFTER WE'RE NO LONGER IN THESE

36:13CHAIRS, WE'RE JUST TOO TIRED AND

36:15OLD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

36:19LIFE DOES HAPPEN BUT THE NEW

36:21GENERATION THAT IS COME UP TO

36:24MAKE SURE CINCINNATI REACHES ITS

36:27POTENTIAL.

36:28THANK YOU ALL AND I'M GOING TO

36:29TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES.

36:32BUT ANOTHER THING, THE TEAM

36:36WORK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO

36:37PLAY THE RAVENS THE BENGALS ARE

36:39GOING TO PLAY THE RAVENS SUNDAY.

36:44JAMAR CHASE HAS SOMETHING HE HAS

36:45TO DO, BUT SO DOES JOE BURROW,

36:49EVERY TEAM MEMBER PLAYING THEIR

36:51ROLE, STAYING IN THEIR LANE.

36:54LET'S JUST BE FRANK BECAUSE

36:55THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT GET

36:56OUT OF THEIR LANE AND YOU MESS

36:58UP THE WHOLE SITUATION.

37:00BUT EVERYBODY PLAYING THEIR ROLE

37:02AS A TEAM.

37:03LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T THANK YOU

37:06ENOUGH.

37:08PREVENTION, WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN,

37:09THAT'S WHAT'S RESONATING WITH

37:12ME.

37:13BECAUSE THE MEDIA IS HERE AND

37:14KNOW I'M NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK MY

37:16MIND WHEN THINGS DO HAPPEN,

37:18BOOM, THEY ARE ZEROED IN ON WHAT

37:21DID HAPPEN.

37:25BUT WHAT DIDN'T HATCH IS

37:26SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY

37:27ATTENTION TO. I THANK EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU

37:29FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR

37:30WHAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE IT

37:32DOESN'T, IT KIND OF JUST GETS

37:35CLASS GLASSED OVER.

37:37OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

37:38THIS TYPE OF CONSISTENCY IS

37:39WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO

37:43ACHIEVE THE POTENTIAL POTENTIAL

37:45THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CITY.

37:48>> Councilmember Albi: HARD ACT

37:49TO FOLLOW, I CAN'T PRIOR LEAK

37:52THE CHAIR. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE

37:53WORK I DID GO UP TO HUGHES AND

37:55THANK YOU TO THE TEAM AND 311

37:58WAS OUT AND I WENT WITH BOARD

38:01MEMBER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ARM

38:03BREWSTER AND WE WERE PART OF THE

38:05HANDING OUT FOOD TO THE KIDS,

38:06WALK AROUND THE BLOCKS AND

38:08WHATNOT AND THE WORK IS REALLY

38:10TRULY TREMENDOUS AND THE

38:11RELATIONSHIPS YOU ALL HAVE I

38:13MEAN I REALLY I'M GOING TO DO A

38:16POOR JOB SHARING THIS BUT YOU

38:19KNOW WATCHES OUR COLLABORATIVE

38:21TEAM OUT AND 311 RESPONDERS OUT

38:24AND FIST BUMPING THE KIDS,

38:25HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND

38:28BEING CALLED, YOU KNOW, AND ALL

38:29THAT JUST REALLY, I KNEW I WAS

38:31GOING TO SAY I HEARD

38:34COMANAGEMENTS JAMES TEASE ME FOR

38:35THAT. IT SHOWS THE TRUE AUTHENTICITY

38:38OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND WHAT

38:40IT MEANS TO THE KIDS.

38:42WE TALK A LOT ABOUT KIDS SAFE

38:45SPACES BUT ALSO THOSE SAFE

38:46ADULTS.

38:47AND ARE YOU THOSE SAFE ADULTS

38:48WHO ARE GIVING THOSE KIDS A

38:50PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DAY,

38:51TO CHECK IN ON THEM, SEE HOW

38:54THINGS ARE GOING.

38:55AND I JUST TRULY TREMENDOUS SO I

38:58WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALL SHARE

39:00A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAINING

39:02THAT GOES INTO THIS AND WHAT'S

39:03ACTUALLY NEEDED TO BE PART OF

39:05THESE TEAMS BOTH ON THE

39:06COLLABORATIVE SIDE AND THE

39:10PEDESTRIAN SIDE AND ROLL OUT OF

39:11BED WHICH HAPPY FOR PEOPLE TO DO

39:13THAT BUT THESE ARE TRAINED

39:15TRAINED INDIVIDUALS WHO

39:16UNDERSTAND THESE.

39:17SO IF SOMEONE DO SHARE THE

39:19TRAINING.

39:20>> SURE, PRESIDENT JOHNSON, TO

39:22THE COUNCIL WOMAN I WANT TO IF I

39:24MAY ADDRESS SOME THAT PRESIDENT

39:26JOHNSON SAID.

39:27YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK

39:30PARTICULARLY MY TEAM BECAUSE

39:32IRIS ROLEY PERSONALLY HAS BEEN

39:33UNDER AN ATTACK.

39:35AND SO THE WORK STAYS UNDER

39:37ATTACK AND THESE FOLKS CONTINUE

39:39TO WORK ANYWAY.

39:40AND TO MY PARTNERS WHO ARE NOT,

39:42SO COMING TO THOSE ATTACKS AND

39:44BEING RESPECTFUL AND

39:46UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME PEOPLE

39:48JUST DON'T SEE IT AND DON'T GET

39:49IT. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUOUSLY

39:52WORKING BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A

39:53NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE

39:54THAT ARE WORKING WITH YOU.

39:55SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR

39:58THAT. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THE WORDS

39:59THAT YOU DID AND THAT RESONATED

40:01WITH ME.

40:02TO THE TRAINING, I AM IN DEEP

40:05TROUBLE BECAUSE THE PROJECT

40:06MANAGER SAID I FORGOT TO REMIND

40:08HIM TO BE HERE.

40:09AND THIS IS TRULY HIS PARTICULAR

40:14PASSION IN LIFE TO ENSURE THAT

40:17WE ALL ARE TRAINED COLLECTIVELY

40:19TOGETHER. WE ALL HAVE COME TOGETHER EVEN

40:22WITH SORTA METRO TO TALK ABOUT

40:24TRAINING, EVEN WITH 3CDC TO TALK

40:26ABOUT TRAINING, THE

40:29DEESCALATION, PROBLEM SOLVING,

40:30STEVEN CAN TALK ABOUT THE

40:34SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT TED

40:35TRAINING AND ALL THOSE AND THAT

40:37INDIVIDUALS GET.

40:39FROM 311 SIDE AS WELL.

40:40ANYTHING I'M MISSING FROM YOU

40:42GUYS SIDE OF TRAINING?

40:47SO WITH ALL ARE TRYING TO MAKE

40:49SURE THAT WE STAY AS UP TO DATE

40:52AS POSSIBLE ON THE TYPES OF

40:54TRAINING THAT ARE ROOTED IN

40:56PROBLEM SOLVING, DEESCALATION,

41:01TRAUMA INFORMED AND AS THINGS

41:02CONTINUE TO GO, WE WILL STAY

41:04THERE.

41:05I THINK WE KEEP OUR EYES OPEN

41:07FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND

41:08THINGS THAT WE NEED TO ADD.

41:10WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME SELF

41:12DEFENSE BECAUSE YOU KNOW I'M

41:13IRIS ROLEY, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO

41:15PUT A KID IN IN A HEAD LOCK, BUT

41:17I WON'T DO IT.

41:19ANYTHING I'M MISSING?

41:21>> IT TERMS OF TRAINING WE ALL

41:24HAVE YEARS OF TRAINING.

41:28WE HAVE HAD YEARS EVER TRAINING.

41:30WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A

41:32VERY LONG TIME AND SO WE

41:36UNDERSTAND MENTAL HEALTH, WE

41:37UNDERSTAND TRAUMA, WE UNDERSTAND

41:38THE FAMILY STRUCTURE BECAUSE A

41:40LOT OF BEHAVIORS COME OUT OF

41:42POVERTY, WHAT WE SEE IN POVERTY,

41:43WHAT WE SEE IN MENTAL HEALTH

41:45ISSUES, WHAT WE SEE IN TRAUMA.

41:46A AND A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE

41:48THOSE BEHAVIORS IN COMMUNITIES

41:49AND WE DON'T NOTE NARRATIVE

41:51WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HOUSE.

41:52SO WE'RE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE

41:56CONDITIONS BECAUSE THEY COME TO

41:58US, THEY COME TO TALK, THEY COME

42:00WHEN WE GIVE AWAY LUNCHES THEY

42:02POUR OFT BUSES SOME ARE HUNGRY

42:04AND SOME COME LOOKING FOR THE

42:05FOOD ON MONDAYS AND DISAPPOINTED

42:07BECAUSE WE COME ON WEDNESDAY WE

42:09KNOW AND FRIDAY. SO THERE IS A LOT OF

42:11CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO WHAT'S

42:13HAPPENED AT HOME IN THE HOME

42:15THAT WE ARE SKILLED TO KNOW HOW

42:16TO DO HOME VISITS, FOLLOW-UP

42:19WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES,

42:21WHETHER IT IS MENTAL HEALTH,

42:23WHEN IS TRAUMA, OR WHETHER IT IS

42:25THERAPY. SO YES, WE ALSO TRAIN PHYSICALLY

42:28AND WE HE HAVE DEESCALATION

42:31SKILLS.

42:32AND SO, YES WE'RE VERY TRAINED

42:34AND SKILLED FOR THIS POPULATION.

42:37>> HELLO, STEVE SHERMAN

42:40COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT

42:41FOUNDATION. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BASICALLY

42:43WHEN WE'RE UP IN THE AREAS I'M

42:46MAINLY UP AT HUGHES MOST OF THE

42:48TIME TO SEE YOUNG KID'S FACE

42:50WHEN THEY TELL ME ALL THE TIME I

42:52FEEL SAFE BECAUSE ARE YOU HERE.

42:55THE U UNCSS THE HIGH FIVES

43:01FITNESS WE DO ALL TYPE OF THE

43:02TRAINING. HAVE YOU TO HAVE THE RIGHT BAIT

43:04TO CATCH THE RIGHT FISH SO AGAIN

43:06YOU PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE

43:07POSITION TO TALK TO THESE YOUNG

43:09PEOPLE, SO I MEAN WHEN I'M

43:11AROUND THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ANY

43:13AND EVERYTHING THAT COME AND

43:14TELL ME EVERY SINGLE THING.

43:16SO AGAIN, I MEAN YOU KNOW LIKE

43:18AP SAID, THE YEARS OF TRAINING

43:21WE HAD THROUGH DOING THIS WORK

43:23AGAIN WE THANK YOU GUYS, WE

43:25APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, THE

43:26PARTNERSHIP FROM YOU GUYS WE

43:27TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS

43:29DO WITH US UP THERE IN ALL THE

43:31AREAS WE'RE IN.

43:32BUT AGAIN WHEN YOU SEE THESE

43:34YOUNG PEOPLE'S EYES LIGHT UP

43:37WHEN THEY SEE US UNC, THEY WILL

43:40TELL YOU A STORY, THEY WILL TELL

43:42YOU ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS THEY

43:44ARE GOING THROUGH.

43:45SOME KIDS AUNT, UNCLE AND THANK

43:47YOU, I'M GLAD THAT ARE YOU UP

43:49HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS SAFE

43:50NOW. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,

43:52THANK YOU TO IRIS ROLEY, TRULY

43:53APPRECIATE YOU.

43:54>> YOU ARE SO WELCOME.

43:56AS PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO THE

43:58COUNCIL A WE WILL ADD THAT TO

43:59OUR REPORT AS WELL.

44:00SORRY THAT WE MISS THAT HAD AS A

44:02CRITICAL PIECE.

44:03AND WE LEAN IN HEAVILY ON

44:06TRAINING FOR OUR MONITORS AND

44:08311.

44:09AND EVEN WITH CPD WE GO TO THE

44:12DISTRICTS, WE MEET FOLKS, SORT,

44:16AGAIN WE ARE 311, WE ARE THE

44:18LAST 3 AND A HALF, FOUR YEARS

44:19HAVE BEEN TALKING QUITE

44:21FREQUENTLY ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS

44:23BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER.

44:28>> Councilmember Albi: YEAH.

44:29>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

44:30ALL RIGHT,. >> Councilmember Albi: SORRY, I

44:31WANT TO SAY I SAW IT LIVE AND

44:34LIVING COLOR AND THE KIDS LOVE

44:36YOU AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE

44:37THAT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO

44:40FOLLOW-UP ABOUT SO LAST FALL WE

44:43LOOTED $200,000 FOR YOUTH

44:45OUTREACH. CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THAT ENABLED

44:47TO YOU DOOFER THE SUMMER?

44:49>> OVER THE SUMMER IT ALLOWED US

44:51TO INCREASE OUR STAFF, TO 12.

44:54SO WE STARTED OUT WITH 4 IN 2024

44:57AND THEN I THINK WE INCREASED AT

44:59SUMMER CAME TO 7 WHERE WE ARE,

45:02WE'RE AT A 8 NOW.

45:03SO IN THE SUMMERTIME IT ALLOWED

45:06US TO BROADEN THE PRESENCE OF

45:08FOLKS TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO BE

45:10THERE, IT ALLOWED TO US PROVIDE

45:12MORE RESOURCES AND ADDITIONAL

45:16TRAINING. THAT'S WHAT IT DID.

45:17WE NEEDED PEOPLE I THINK WE WERE

45:21EVEN AT BLINK, SO WE NEEDED

45:24FOLKS BECAUSE THE LANDSCAPE

45:26GROWS.

45:27YOU ARE AT HUGHES SO YOU KNOW

45:30SOME OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES

45:34FROM AUGUST 1-19 IS SCHOOL YEAR,

45:37RIGHT? SO SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES GO TO

45:39THAT. YOU SEE THE LANDSCAPE FROM

45:41HUGHES HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY

45:43DOWN TO VINE STREET, THAT'S A

45:45HUGE LANDSCAPE.

45:47IF IT WERE NOT FOR 311, CPD, THE

45:53MONITORS FROM THE COLLABORATIVE

45:55FOUNDATION, WE COUNT COVER THAT

45:57LARGE LANDSCAPE.

45:58WE COULD NOT ASSIST KIDS.

46:00WE COULD NOT BEGIN TO PROBLEM

46:01SOLVE TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO

46:02SEE.

46:03SO THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS HELPED

46:05US WITH ALL OF THAT.

46:06THANK YOU SO MUCH.

46:07>> THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE

46:09SOMETIMES WE ALLOCATE MONEY AND

46:10WE DON'T GET IT HEAR WHAT THE

46:12END RESULT IS. SO TO SAY HEY, WE COUNCIL

46:15INVESTED THIS $200,000 FOR YOUTH

46:17OUTREACH, ENABLED US TO HIRE 12

46:19MORE FOLKS OVER THE SUMMER AND

46:20WE'RE SEEING THESE TREMENDOUS

46:21RESULTS IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.

46:23SO I JUST WANTED TO LIFT THAT UP

46:25BECAUSE I HOPE WE AS A COUNCIL

46:26WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS

46:28WORK. I THINK WE HAVE SEEN AMAZING

46:30RESULTS OUT OF THIS AND REALLY

46:32LONG TERM IMPACTS OF EVERYTHING

46:33FROM THIS TO REC@NITE, WE SEE

46:36THAT IN THE NUMBERS.

46:37AND I ALSO WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER

46:38SHOUT OUT TO CITY GOSPEL

46:40PROVIDING THOSE MEALS.

46:41WE KNOW THE FOOD IS IMPORTANT,

46:44FEEDING KIDS MAKE A WORLD OF

46:45DIFFERENCE.

46:46SO I HOPE WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE

46:47ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT WORK AS

46:49WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

46:50THIS IS AMAZING WORK.

46:51THANK YOU.

46:52>> IN ADDITION, I'M SORRY, OUR

46:54TEAM GOES AND HEADS PREPARE THE

46:56MEALS AT CITY GOSPEL MISSION.

46:57SO THAT IS PART OF THE WORK TOO.

47:02>> Councilmember Nolan: THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING

47:04MISS IRIS ROLEY AND THE TEAM

47:05HERE TODAY TO SHARE AND THANK

47:07YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALL

47:09YOUR GREAT WORK.

47:10I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IN YOUR

47:12REPORT THE FOCUS ON THE NEED TO

47:15THINK ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE

47:18RESULTS BECAUSE WHEN WE SPEND

47:20HARD EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS WE

47:22NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE ROI AND

47:26I APPRECIATE THE PREVAILING WAGE

47:27THAT HAVE FOR US.

47:28IT IS VERY HELPFUL.

47:30I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

47:33I'LL GO ONE AND THEN THE OTHER.

47:34YOU NAMED A NUMBER OF PARTNERS

47:36WHO HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN THIS

47:39COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.

47:40I MAY HAVE MISS IT HAD BUT I

47:42HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT CPS.

47:44CAN YOU SPEAK TO THEIR

47:47INVOLVEMENT OR THE EFFORTS TO

47:49INVOLVE CPS AND HOW THAT

47:51RELATIONSHIP HAS WORKED?

48:03>> YES, CPS HAS BEEN INVOLVED.

48:05THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND ON

48:08A DAILY BAITS IS WITH THE TEAMS

48:10WORKING WITH US.

48:12AND IN ADDITION TO THAT WHEN

48:14THERE IS A NEED TO FOLLOW-UP,

48:17YOU FOLLOW-UP [INDISCERNIBLE] --

48:19AND GET TO ROOT CAUSES OF

48:22PARTICULAR PROBLEMS IF WE HAVE

48:24SOMETHING, IF WE HAVE A

48:26SITUATION WHERE WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A PARTICULAR

48:28SCHOOL, THERE IS FOLLOW-UP WITH

48:30THE PRINCIPALS AND

48:32ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF TO BE ABLE

48:33TO ADDRESS A PARTICULAR

48:35SITUATION APPROPRIATELY.

48:39>> WE COULD USE ADDITIONAL HELP

48:42WORKING WITH CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS DIFFICULT, THEY HAVE

48:44THEIR BOUNDARIES AND SOMETIMES

48:45IT IS DIFFICULT THINKING ABOUT

48:49WHOSE CHILDREN BELONGS TO WHOM.

48:51WE HAVE HEARD THAT LANGUAGE,

48:52THESE ARE NOT OUR KIDS.

48:54WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT SCHOOL

48:57A CHILD GOES TO, WHETHER IT

48:59COULD BE A TROTTER, IT COULD BE

49:01A CATHOLIC SCHOOL, A CINCINNATI

49:03PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

49:04IF THEY ARE MORNING THE CHILDREN

49:05WHERE WE ARE, WE ASSISTING THEM.

49:07SO SOMETIMES THAT CONVERSATION

49:09CAN GET IN THE WAY.

49:11BUT WE SEE IT AS ALL CHILDREN

49:13ARE OUR CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE

49:14IN OUR SPACES.

49:16SO, IT IS JUST ADDITIONAL LARD

49:21CONVERSATION.

49:22HARD CONVERSATION.

49:23>> Councilmember Nolan: THANK

49:24YOU. I KNOW I HAVE HEARD ABOUT SOME

49:26OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSING

49:29THEIR DOORS OR LOCKING THEIR

49:30DOORS AT SOME POINT IN THE

49:32AVERAGE AND WHICH IS CERTAINLY

49:34NOT TRULY OF ALL SCHOOLS AND

49:36SCHOOL GROUNDS SHOULD BE AN

49:37OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO ENJOY

49:40EACH OTHER COMPANY, ENJOY THE

49:41COMPANY OF TRUSTED ADULTS AND TO

49:44FLOURISH. IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR

49:45THAT'S NOT HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.

49:47BUT LET'S BE CLEAR, CPS IS VERY

49:49LIMITED ON THEIR RESOURCES AND I

49:51UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE DOING

49:53THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY

49:54HAVE.

49:56SO, I HOPE THAT COLLABORATION

49:59CONTINUES. THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE, I

50:01HAVE HEARD FROM HIGH SCHOOL

50:03STUDENTS WHO CHANGE BUSES AT THE

50:08OAKLEY TRANSIT STOP AND THERE IS

50:10A REFERENCE EARLIER TO WHAT

50:12HAPPENS AT KROGER.

50:13AND WHAT I HEARD FROM THE

50:15CHILDREN, AND LIKE I REMEMBER AS

50:17A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHEN YOU

50:18GET OUT THE SCHOOL AT 3-3:30 AND

50:22YOU EATEN A EARLY LUNCH THAT

50:24DAY, ARE YOU HUNGRY, LOOKING FOR

50:26FOOD.

50:27THAT CHICK-FIL-A AND RAISING

50:28CANES ARE LOCKING THEIR DOORS AT

50:30THAT TIME TO PREVENT OUR

50:33CHILDREN FROM GOING IN AND

50:35PATRONIZING THOSE BUSINESSES.

50:37HAVE YOU HEARD THAT?

50:38HAS FROM BEEN ANY INTERACTION

50:40WITH THOSE BUSINESSES AND IF IT

50:42IS TRUE I GUESS I UNDERSTAND WHY

50:44THE KIDS ALL END UP AT KROGER.

50:48>> I WILL SAY THIS AND THEN

50:49CARLY WOULD WANT TO ADDRESS IT

50:51AS WELL.

50:52THERE HAS BEEN THEFT A ROUND THE

50:57OAKLEY TRANSIT SITE IN SOME OF

51:00THE STORES.

51:01AND I CAN SPEAK TO IT BECAUSE WE

51:02SEE THE KIDS IN OUR EVEN

51:06OFFICIAL JUVENILE COURT. WHEN THIS ARE WALKING A I HAD A

51:09KID THAT TALKED OAKLEY STATION,

51:10WASN'T PART OF AFTER SCHOOL THAT

51:13WAS STEALING.

51:14I DON'T -- I DO KNOW THAT CANES

51:17HAS A SHERIFF TO HELP CONTROL

51:21THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS AND WHAT

51:23HAPPENS IN THERE BUT HAVE I NOT

51:25HEARD THAT ANYBODY HAS SHUT

51:27THEIR DOORS.

51:28IS THAT TRUE?

51:30>> THANK YOU, I'M NOT AWARE OF

51:32THOSE BUSINESSES CLOSING THEIR

51:33DOORS IN THAT OAKLEY AREA.

51:35THE BUSINESS OWNERS ARE, THE

51:38PEOPLE WORKING IN THOSE

51:39BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN WORKING

51:40REALLY CLOSELY WITH CPD AND THEY

51:43PROACTIVELY REACHED OUT TO CPD

51:44WHEN THERE IS YOUTH IN THERE

51:45THAT ARE STARTING TO CAUSE

51:47PROBLEMS SO THAT CPD CAN GO A

51:48LED AND INTERVENE PROACTIVELY.

51:50THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE SEEN.

51:51I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE

51:54ANYTHING?

51:55>> WE MAINTAIN A PRESENCE MAINLY

51:57IN THAT TRANSIT CENTER SPACE BUT

51:58IT IS ADJACENT TO THOSE

52:01BUSINESSES AND SO OUR 311

52:03RESPONDERS DO MAKE SURE THAT WE

52:04HAVE AWARENESS OF WHAT IS GOING

52:06ON IN THOSE AREAS AND DO

52:08ENCOURAGE KIDS TO RETURN BACK TO

52:10THE TRANSIT AREA.

52:11THERE IS A CUTOFF FOR THEIR BUS

52:13PASSES AND SO WE DO A LITTLE BIT

52:15OF ENCOURAGING TO GET THEM BACK

52:18TO THAT AREA AFTER PATRONIZING

52:20IF THAT IS THEY HAVE GONE INTO

52:21THE BUSINESS TO GET FOOD.

52:23SO WE DO A BIT OF THAT.

52:24BUT I HAVE ALSO NOT HEARD THAT

52:26THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE SHOULD

52:28THEIR DOORS.

52:29>> A LOT OF KIDS GO TO THE

52:30DOLLAR GENERAL TO THE

52:31COUNCILMEMBER, GO TO THE DOLLAR

52:32GENERAL AND WE HAVE ESTABLISHED

52:34SOME WHEN THEY GO THERE SOME OF

52:37THE MONITORS AND OUTREACH WORKER

52:39WILL BE THERE TO MAKE SURE THE

52:40CHILDREN ARE BEHAVING

52:42ACCORDINGLY BUT WE HAVE NOT

52:43HEARD THAT.

52:44I DON'T KNOW IF CAPTAIN, ARE YOU

52:45STILL WITH US?

52:49I DON'T KNOW IF IT RAISED TO

52:50THAT LEVEL BUT WE HAVE NOT HEARD

52:52THAT.

52:53>> Councilmember Nolan:

52:54COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AN

52:56EXPO AT SHRODER HIGH SCHOOL AND

52:58A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM

52:59THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND HEAR

53:01ABOUT WHAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR

53:02THEM.

53:03AND THIS WAS ON THE LIST OF

53:05THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM A FEW

53:07STUDENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT

53:09OUT.

53:10THANK YOU.

53:11>> THANK YOU.

53:13>> Councilmember Ryan James: I

53:14JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR

53:15EVERYTHING HAVE YOU DONE.

53:16THIS HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.

53:19I DON'T HAVE 30 YEARS OF

53:20EXPERIENCE HERE BUT DO I HAVE

53:21ONE VERY LONG YEAR IN CITY HALL

53:23THAT I WILL SAY AND YOU KNOW IN

53:26COMING THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY

53:28CIRCUMSTANCE THAT IS HAVE LED

53:29YOUS TO MAKING PUBLIC SAFETY NOT

53:32JUST ONE OF THE ISSUES BUT THE

53:35ISSUE. I MEAN NOT EVEN JUST LOCALLY,

53:37NOT JUST OUR RESIDENTS.

53:38WE HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH FROM THE

53:40OHIO LEVEL, WE HAVE GOTTEN

53:42ATTENTION AND NEGATIVE FROM THE

53:43NATIONAL LEVEL.

53:44WE GOT ATTENTION AND NEGATIVE

53:46SOCIAL MEDIA WAS BOOMING I CAN'T

53:48IMAGINE WHAT IT IS LIKE TO

53:50OPERATE IN THAT LANDSCAPE WITH

53:51SO MUCH ATTENTION AND JUST

53:53WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR

53:54TAKING THAT PRESSURE AND WHAT IS

53:57PRESSURE MAKES DIAMONDS.

53:59FOR YOU ALL TO TURN THAT ITEM

54:02SUM NEAR POSITIVE PROGRESS FOR

54:03OUR COMMUNITIES.

54:04THE BIG QUESTION, THE BIG

54:05QUESTION WAS ARE WE GOING TO BE

54:07TOUGH ON CRIME, ARE WE GOING TO

54:08BE TOUGH ON CRIME?

54:10SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF A

54:13NATIONAL MODEL NOW THAT DOESN'T

54:15JUST GET TOUGH ON CRIME, IF GETS

54:17SMART ON CRIME, GETS HUMAN OUT

54:19OF CRIME, UNDERSTANDS THAT CRIME

54:21IS A DECISION MADE BY OUR

54:23RESIDENTS THAT OR SOMETIMES IN

54:25THE MOST OF NEED AND YOUNG

54:26PEOPLE THAT ARE SOMETIMES IN THE

54:27MOST NEED OF LOVE HERE.

54:29SO, THE FACT THAT WE GOT AROUND

54:31THIS ISSUE, WE GOT AHEAD OF THIS

54:33ISSUE AND WE HAVE PROGRESS TO

54:35SHOW FOR IT WITH SO MUCH

54:38ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO

54:39AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN

54:41DO TO CONTINUE TO UP LIFT YOUR

54:43WORK LET US KNOW BECAUSE FROM

54:44OUR PERSPECTIVE THERE IS STILL

54:45GROWTH WE WANT TO MAKE BUT WE'RE

54:46ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND IT IS

54:48FULL SPEED AHEAD.

54:49THANK YOU.

54:53>> Councilmember Owens: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

54:54FIRST AND FOREMOST IT TAKES

54:55REALLY PASSIONATE FOLKS THAT

54:56WANT TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE

54:58TRULY.

54:59SO A APPLAUD YOU ALL FOR

55:00SPENDING YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENT,

55:03YOUR TREASURE WITH OUR MOST

55:06PRECIOUS RESIDENTS IN THIS

55:09COMMUNITY.

55:10AND, YOU KNOW, DATA WOULD

55:11SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE

55:13ARE AROUND PRO SOCIAL ADULTS TO

55:15MY COLLEAGUE'S EARLIER POINT IT

55:16GOES FURTHER UM EXTREME AND

55:19STREAM AND THERE IS LESS

55:23INCARCERATION RATES AND

55:24DEPENDENCY ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

55:26AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND WE

55:30WOULD LOVE TO PULL THIS THREAD A

55:32LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF

55:33YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE YOU

55:34IMPACTING AND HOW THEY ARE DOING

55:35IN SCHOOL. AND SO I WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT,

55:38YES, WORKING WITH CPS WOULD BE

55:40QUITE CRITICAL. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ENGAGING WITH

55:43CPS PARENT COORDINATOR IF YOU

55:45ALL HAVE NOT REACHED OUT.

55:47BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT SHE,

55:50MISS THOMAS WOULD BE QUITE

55:52INTERESTED IN BEING MORE ALIGNED

55:53WITH YOU ALL.

55:55SO, FROM IS THAT.

55:56AND THEN ULTIMATELY HOW MANY

55:58STUDENTS HAVE WE SERVED THUS

56:01FAR?

56:02>> THUS FAR WE FEED THE SECOND,

56:05THE FRONT, THE BACK OF THE FRONT

56:07PAGE YOU WILL SEE WE SERVES OVER

56:13800 KIDS, WE FEED OVER 800 KIDS

56:15I'M TRYING TO FIND THE

56:21TIMEFRAME, 800 LUNCH SNAKES AND

56:23850 BOTTLES OF WATER IN OVER TWO

56:25DAYS.

56:26SO, PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO THE

56:28COUNCIL WOMAN WE HIT ALL FOUR

56:31TRANSIT SITES EXCEPT FOR GLENWAY

56:34CROSSING. WE HAVE REPLACE THAT HAD WITH

56:36HUGHES. AND SO WE ARE SPLITTING THE

56:39COUNT BECAUSE WE WERE INITIALLY

56:41PUTTING FOOD AT TRANSIT SITES

56:44UNTIL DR. DESMOND CALLED US I

56:45WANT TO SAY IN 2025 AND WE WERE

56:48SEEING REAL TIME FIGHTS BREAKING

56:50OUT WHEN KIDS WERE COMING OUT

56:52HUGHES DOORS ALL AROUND.

56:54SO WE MADE IT AN INTENTIONAL

56:58PIVOT TO GO TO HUGHES.

56:59SO WE ARE THERE AS WELL.

57:01SO ACROSS THOSE SITES IS HOW WE

57:04FEED AT THE TRANSIT SITE AND

57:06THEN HUGHES AND THOSE ARE THE

57:07NUMBERS. AND WE GET OUR NUMBERS FROM

57:09SORTA. SO WE DON'T MAKE THE NUMBERS UP,

57:11WE GET THE NUMBERS BY THE NUMBER

57:12OF BUS PASSES THAT ARE ISSUED

57:15BECAUSE AGAIN WE ARE USING

57:17TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO FEED

57:18CHILDREN.

57:19SO WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE

57:21HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER.

57:22TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FEEDING

57:23ENOUGH NOW.

57:24WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS

57:26BECAUSE WE STARTED IN 2024, MORE

57:31CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY MORE OFTEN.

57:35>> Councilmember Owens:

57:36CERTAINLY, AND IT TAKES ALL OF TO US DO THIS WORK.

57:38SO AGAIN THE COLLABORATION IS SO

57:39KEY TO THIS.

57:40AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD SAY THE

57:43MORE DATA INFORMED THAT WE ARE

57:45AS A CITY, THE BETTER WE CAN

57:47UNDERSTAND HOW TO APPLY

57:48RESOURCES SO I WOULD EVEN LOVE

57:49TO KNOW WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS THESE

57:52YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE IN IF THAT IS

57:54POSSIBLE TO GET.

57:56>> PRESIDENT JOHNSON, I WANT TO

57:58ADDRESS ONE THING COUNCILMEMBER

58:01OWENS ASKED ABOUT GRADES.

58:02SO WE KIND OF DO THINGS JUST A

58:04LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THANK YOU

58:05FOR YOUR SUGGESTION.

58:06BUT WHEN KIDS COME TO US

58:08INDIVIDUALLY AND ARE NEEDING

58:10THINGS, WE ASK ABOUT GRADES ALL

58:11THE TIME AND ASK FOR PROOF.

58:13HAD TO DO IT THIS WEEKEND.

58:15THE KIDS WHEN THEY ARE IN NEED

58:16IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS A

58:18WEEK DAY IF THEY SEE YOU, IF

58:20THEY HAVE YOUR NUMBER THEY ARE

58:21GOING TO CALL.

58:22SO I OFTEN ASK FOR GRADES BEFORE

58:24I WILL ASSIST IN TRANSPORTATION,

58:28EVEN FOOD AND EVEN AND THIS IS

58:30CPI FOR ME TO SAY BUT PERIOD

58:32PRODUCTS. I NEED TO KNOW WHERE FOLKS R

58:34WHERE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE.

58:36AND OFTEN TIMES THAT IS OUTSIDE.

58:38I KNOW PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IRIS

58:40ROLEY IS TO WORK 24 HOURS A DAY,

58:42GUESS WHAT?

58:43I DO.

58:45SO, WE GET THE GRADES AND CAN I

58:47SHARE SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU

58:49COUNCIL WOMAN OWENS, ANYTIME YOU

58:54NEED.

58:55>> President Pro Tem Johnson:

58:56MR. CREATING CRAMERDING ARE YOU GOOD?

58:57>> Councilmember Albi: I JUST

58:58WANT TO RESPOND, I KNOW HAVE I

59:00HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE

59:01TEAM AROUND ENGAGING WITH CPS

59:02AND I KNOW HAVE YOU DONE AMAZING

59:04WORK REACHING OUT IN FACT EVEN

59:07THROUGH OUR YOUTH AND HUMAN

59:08SERVICES SERVICES COMMITTEE

59:10EARLIER THIS YEAR WE TALKED WITH

59:11THEM SPECIFICALLY AROUND

59:13ADDITIONAL AFTER SCHOOL SUPPORTS

59:16AT HUGHES AT THE TIME THAT

59:17DIDN'T WORK DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD.

59:18THE OFFER TO ME IS STILL ON THE

59:22TABLE AGAIN TO PROVIDE KIDS SAFE

59:24SPACES AND FOOD AFTER SCHOOL.

59:26SO, I HOPE AS WE CONTINUE TO

59:27WORK TOGETHER THAT IS SOMETHING

59:28WE CAN COME BACK TO.

59:30AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A JOINT

59:33CPS MEETING WITH YOUTH AND HUMAN

59:35SERVICES, WE HAD TO TO

59:36RESCHEDULE BECAUSE THE STATE OF

59:37THE CITY IS THE SAME NIGHT.

59:39I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE COMMA

59:42DRESS THE CPS SCHOOL BOARD TO

59:43HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OF HOW DO

59:46WE BRING THESE TWO AMAZING

59:49GROUPS WHO ARE WORKING WITH KIDS

59:50TOGETHER SO WE CAN KIND OF

59:52PROVIDE A HOLISTIC SOLUTION

59:53HERE. SO I HAVE HOPE THAT WE CAN

59:55CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH CPS

59:57AND I THINK THERE IS POTENTIAL

59:59AT HUGHES SPECIFICALLY.

1:00:01THANK YOU.

1:00:02>> President Pro Tem Johnson: LET ME SAY THIS, WE'LL WRAP THIS

1:00:07UP AND CONCLUDING KNOWLEDGE

1:00:09THANK YOU AGAIN, WHETHER HE WE TALK ABOUT TRAINING THERE IS ONE

1:00:11THING WE CANNOT TRAIN AND THAT'S

1:00:14PEOPLE'S HEARTS GOOD I SEA A

1:00:19HEART TEMPT EFFORT FROM THIS

1:00:23GROUP, SOCIETY DOESN'T ALWAYS

1:00:28PREPARE US FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S

1:00:32COMING.

1:00:33YOU CAN NEVER SUBSTITUTE TAUGHT

1:00:35PEOPLE'S HEARTS, DESPITE THE

1:00:37CRITICISM, THE ECONOMIC AND

1:00:38CULTURAL OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE THAT GET THROWN AT PARTICULAR

1:00:39PEOPLE TRYING TO DO DIFFERENT

1:00:41THINGS.

1:00:42CONTINUE TO KEEP A HEART FOR

1:00:47PEOPLE, CONTINUE TO KEEP A HEART

1:00:49FOR OUR CHILDREN THAN I THANK

1:00:55YOU AND SALUTE YOU FOR YOUR

1:00:56EFFORTS AND WHAT YOU DO.

1:00:59THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAN I HAVE

1:01:01TO ALSO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER,

1:01:05OUR AMAZING CITY MANAGER SHERYL

1:01:08LONG, SHERYL LONG THAT HAS

1:01:11OPENED HER HEART TO HEAR A

1:01:13DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SO WE CAN

1:01:15CONTINUE TO DO WHAT'S NECESSARY

1:01:23ONCE AGAIN, CRITICISM EGGS BEING

1:01:26LOAN AT HER BUT SHE HAS A HEART

1:01:29FOR PEOPLE AND THAT'S SOMETHING

1:01:31THAT YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE.

1:01:33AND MY PRAIRIES THAT WE CONTINUE

1:01:36TO HAVE A HEART, MR. JAMES POINT

1:01:38IT HAD OUT, I'M TOUGH ON CRIME,

1:01:40TOUGHER ON CRIME, THERE ARE

1:01:42TIMES WE HAVE TO BE BUT IF YOU

1:01:45HAVE A HEART FOR PEOPLE I

1:01:47GUARANTEE YOU CUT THE NUMBERS

1:01:48DOWN ON THOSE THAT NEED TO BE

1:01:50TOUGH ON CRIME.

1:01:52SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1:01:54WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO

1:01:56FILE THE COMMUNICATION THAT CAME

1:02:00AND THE PRESENTATION WE WILL

1:02:02FILE THIS COMMUNICATION.

1:02:03AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY

1:02:05OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE.

1:02:06WE ARE ADJOURNED.

1:02:07THANK YOU.

1:02:08>> THANK YOU.

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