Committee refines public safety strategic goals, keeps procedural justice framing
Overland Park committee debated wording on strategic goals, agreed to separate modernized public safety language from community-policing language tied to procedural justice, and unanimously recommended the amended goals to council.
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Committee members reviewed a red-line of proposed 2027–28 strategic goals and debated language intended to broaden "safe and healthy neighborhoods" to "safe and healthy community." Laurie (speaker 9) presented the markup and stressed inclusivity for businesses, schools and parks. Members discussed whether to retain the term "procedural justice" and how to express the goal plainly for residents.
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