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Committee refines public safety strategic goals, keeps procedural justice framing
Summary
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.
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.
After discussion committee members settled on separating priorities: one objective to "advance, modernize public safety by integrating national standards and best practices and leveraging advancements in technology," and another to "expand education and trust through fire prevention and community policing" with an explicit reference to the four pillars of procedural justice (neutrality, voice, respect and trustworthiness). The committee moved to recommend City Council approval of the 2027 and 2028 proposed strategic goals as presented and amended in committee; the motion passed by voice vote.
