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.
Agenda
Agenda not read; see Sources.
Sources
- Video: https://archive.org/details/14261020-psql
- Agenda: https://cincinnatioh.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1448863&GUID=9DA693A2-C681-49D3-A352-71CD38539E50
Video
Transcript
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Transcript
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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