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Implementation manager: 23 of 39 public-safety recommendations have been implemented
Summary
Andrea Grayson, the public safety partnership implementation manager, said the city has implemented 23 of 39 reform recommendations focused on de-escalation, mental-health response and accountability, highlighted mobile integrated health and crisis intervention advisory group milestones, and said several "heavy-lift" items remain.
Andrea Grayson, the public safety partnership implementation manager, said the city has moved to implement a majority of the reform recommendations that resulted from the partnership's work to modernize policing. "Right now, we have 23 of the 39 recommendations implemented," she said, and described mobile integrated health and an expanded crisis intervention advisory group as major milestones.
Grayson said the partnership's work covers eight broad areas including de-escalation, accountability, mental-health response, officer mental-health care and community-violence interruption. She said implementation has proceeded with cross-organizational steering committees and working groups and with the support of the city manager and assistant city managers.
Asked about next steps, Grayson said the coming year will focus on fewer but more complex items: "Last year we implemented nine recommendations. This year is probably going to be about four, maybe five, maybe three, but they're really heavy lifts." She emphasized the collaborative nature of the work and said she does not make unilateral decisions.
The update offers a progress snapshot for the council and staff; Grayson said the program still has outstanding recommendations and will continue to integrate community and professional input as it moves forward.
