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The committee approved consent items described on the agenda by voice vote. The consent agenda included authorization for (1) a joint powers agreement with the Minnesota State Fair for additional enforcement during the fair (item 2), (2) submittal of a grant application to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for the Minnesota automobile theft prevention program (item 3), (3) a contract with the BCA for a Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigation Task Force full-time analyst (item 4), and (4) a contract with the BCA for police investigator participation on the Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigations Task Force (item 5). The record also shows scheduling a public comment period for April 9 on autonomous food delivery technology and its impact on workers (item 6).

During discussion of the State Fair joint-powers agreement (mounted patrol component), MPD staff explained the department absorbed a $150,000 ongoing reduction and chose to reduce property-services projects—items such as painting, sidewalk repair and lockers—rather than mounted patrol. “MPD did take a $150,000 ongoing reduction, in lieu of the mounted patrol reduction,” an MPD representative told the committee, explaining the city will require property-service projects to meet assessment criteria tied to the facilities assessment in the settlement agreement.

The committee also voted to postpone a public filing and presentation on the city’s response to the opioid epidemic to the May 7 meeting because of a scheduling conflict with presenters. Chair Jason Chavez moved the postponement; the motion carried by voice vote.

Finally, after presentations from the Office of Community Safety and other departments, the committee directed the clerk to receive and file the quarterly update.

Votes recorded in the transcript were by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were included in the public hearing transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","March 19, 2025 Public Health & Safety Committee","oneSentenceSummary","The committee approved consent-agenda items including multiple interagency contracts and scheduled public comment on autonomous delivery; it postponed an opioid response filing to May 7 and received and filed the quarterly OCS update.","taxTitle","Minneapolis City, Hennepin County, Minnesota","taxId",3498,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":42,"_43":77,"_45":77,"_46":78,"_48":79,"_50":80,"_52":81,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":82,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":83,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6082176,"Office of Community Safety presents quarterly update; police report declines in several violent crimes",704000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2939088-4f47f11529d80192a9892ed033169e61&start=704&end=704","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2939088-4f47f11529d80192a9892ed033169e61/thumbnail_704000.jpg","/articles/6082176/Minneapolis-City/Hennepin-County/Minnesota/Office-of-Community-Safety-presents-quarterly-update-police-report-declines-in-several-violent-crimes","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6082176-36a5f723a50e4a48600a5f5dc6464c03/orig.mp4?Expires=1770453072&Signature=oO5obqWkLz89SKMKBUB8eePZDXk1SYGOcMxBQLu7YzK75AY-Bf5z9HH4RIgfLduRxDageLW4L2nMrqTEeah2oluakxcC2R61ht-UpdHtojeeSs71xUTAFT~t1fZ~TDiVolIEacXg4D19i0te6UPzs1odxHqDgnI7mSJXUq3rgPb4pXDBr6z7X1p2BE-mxS6oaVwOjP114Z0FiZtokptUQxEuu6IMllwlXVXPbFpEXt7ldpa6gWwxfPnpGjY57PnQutmNVxvCrUjIql3aB9QUUMAG6E6LaHzPvk5ML4rRl2vpUrctOn1RCjrShyYI4t2fGlVvzHsp8qCL267FAW0VEw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Office of Community Safety delivered its quarterly Q1 update to the Public Health and Safety Committee on March 19, outlining progress on settlement-agreement work, pilot programs and personnel changes across public safety departments.

Todd Barnard, Commissioner of Community Safety, told the committee the enterprise continues work to implement the settlement agreement and that an independent evaluator published a biannual progress report crediting the city with movement toward compliance. “We continue and plan to continue to do the work, even without that consent decree being finalized,” Barnard said, referring to materials submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice and under review in federal court.

Assistant Chief Christopher Gaters of the Minneapolis Police Department reported year-to-date reductions in several violent-crime categories: robberies down 47 percent, carjackings down 40 percent, gunshot wound victims down 32 percent, auto thefts down 24 percent and aggravated assaults down 11 percent compared with the prior comparative period, according to his slides. Gaters attributed improvements to data-driven deployment, targeted crime-pattern response protocols and partnerships with community groups. “These strategies are showing that they’re working,” he said.

Gaters said MPD has hired 42 officers so far this year across recruits, laterals and cadets and noted a recent hiring event that welcomed 18 officers (nine recruits and nine laterals). He said recruiting gains have, for the first time since February 2019, left the department with more officers than it started the year with, despite ongoing attrition.

Other departments reported Q1 activity and near-term priorities. Amanda Harrington, Director of Community Safety Design and Implementation, said New York University’s Policing Project is conducting ride-alongs and producing draft policies to expand alternatives to arrest and examine first-responder data processes. Harrington also said the city has completed 46 recommendations from the Safe and Thriving Communities report and the NYU asset-and-gaps analysis and is forming a Safe and Thriving Communities Advisory Work Group to begin July 2025.

Rachel Sayer, Director of Emergency Management, said Emergency Management is fully staffed and is revising ReadyCamp materials to a shorter, more accessible format. Sayer noted a lower-than-normal spring flood outlook but flagged summer air-quality and wildfire smoke risks and ongoing monitoring of H5N1 (avian influenza).

Fire Chief Brian Tyner said the Minneapolis Fire Department launched the 2025 MFD EMS Pathways Academy on March 10 with 20 interns (one subsequently left, Tyner said), and completed hiring for a class of 21 fire cadets set to begin training in April. Tyner also said the department transferred the behavioral-crisis response contract to Fire and is implementing ImageTrend software for upgraded incident reporting.

Joanie Houdney, Director of Minneapolis Emergency Communications Services (MECC), said MECC received roughly 84,000 calls in January–February 2025 (a 3.3 percent decline from the same period last year) and reported improved staffing and radio-shop integration; she described an upcoming CAD upgrade planned for the fall.

Deputy Director Leah Lakes of the Neighborhood Safety Department outlined hiring and procurement progress for violence-prevention contracts, new contractor procedures, invoice training and the planned master contract to speed procurement of community providers.

Committee members asked for more detail on backlogged investigative caseloads, timelines for neighborhood-safety partnerships on the curfew task force, and staffing details for the behavioral-crisis/behavioral-crisis-response integration. Staff said some numbers would be provided in follow-up memos. Chair Jason Chavez then directed the clerk to receive and file the update.","The Office of Community Safety reported progress on settlement-agreement work, staffing and pilot programs; Minneapolis Police Department reported declines in robberies, carjackings and other violent crimes and described recruitment gains and new response strategies.",{"_33":85,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":86,"_41":87,"_43":88,"_45":89,"_46":90,"_48":91,"_50":92,"_52":93,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":94,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":95,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6082183,"Council committee approves temporary expansion of civilian pool for police review panels",434,275000,709000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2939088-4f47f11529d80192a9892ed033169e61&start=275&end=709","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2939088-4f47f11529d80192a9892ed033169e61/thumbnail_275000.jpg","/articles/6082183/Minneapolis-City/Hennepin-County/Minnesota/Council-committee-approves-temporary-expansion-of-civilian-pool-for-police-review-panels","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6082183-894ae7f2d812a7dd171bc691e666805d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770453072&Signature=iW0i540CDY9LE4ANwtJgKuOR32nJjJhaS3l2MoWZyBHs3TEAF7-8AZz~~KHAbHZ-A7uup6epZdZwxNJMs8ePhu-ArpTH1ML1VLnaqkL2ryZY-rV0Z2yCta58-SnLr9vVGWy4829E7EBYSVBDGlBzSPlFFrHU6QXxw69XGbiLCqBGZ5UHQ8meAuQvPbIJ7C691LeKpX6kS-H-IijC1uFGu~E~YeZ1GwFgTbwUQiX-4h4ZIloti1XGvxYRzwmor44V9lloOSzO0RzmiM2bsaNLgy-rMRiB8OCAVbvEuW7JVkHAQDNqj6vdjkG2dNidPQYKWqqpgGFGNhxB6hsRQeXltQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Public Health and Safety Committee on March 19 approved an ordinance amendment to allow trained civil rights commissioners to serve temporarily on the Community Commission on Police Oversight’s (CCPO) review panels, a change officials said is intended to help clear a backlog of complaints.

City Clerk Casey Carl told the committee the amendment would temporarily expand the pool of eligible civilians assigned to the five-member review panels that make recommendations on alleged police misconduct. “This proposal . . . provides for a temporary expansion in the pool of eligible civilians to serve on the review panels,” Carl said.

The change authorizes assigning trained civil rights commissioners to panels alongside CCPO commissioners and sworn officers, Carl said, provided the civil rights commissioners complete required training and meet the ordinance qualifications. Carl said the city currently has about 202 backlog cases that must be processed through review panels. “That requires more qualified and trained civilians to be available to serve on these review panels beyond the 15 commissioners on the CCPO today,” Carl said.

Council President Andrea Payne said the amendment is intended as a temporary, targeted fix while the council develops broader reforms. “The main goal is to work through the backlog,” Payne said, adding that longer-term amendments are forthcoming to change panel membership and staffing so the CCPO can manage case throughput without the temporary expansion.

Chair Jason Chavez moved approval of the ordinance amendment; the committee approved the motion by voice vote. The ordinance includes an automatic expiration provision that ends the temporary assignment authority on Dec. 31, 2025.

Committee discussion focused on the need to accelerate panel scheduling and training to process older complaints while staff continue work to redesign permanent panel membership and scheduling. Clerk Carl said the civil rights department supports the temporary expansion and will manage cross-assignment with the CCPO to increase the number of monthly review panels through the remainder of the fiscal year.

The committee closed the public hearing after no members of the public signed up to comment and then voted to adopt the amendment. The clerk and staff said they expect additional, more comprehensive legislative amendments later this year to address panel capacity and membership on a longer-term basis.","The Public Health and Safety Committee approved an ordinance amendment allowing trained civil rights commissioners to serve temporarily on Community Commission on Police Oversight review panels to speed processing of a backlog of cases; the expansion expires Dec. 31, 2025.","actionData","errors"]

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