Summary of meetings

Between January and May, 2022, there were five full group meetings, five sub-group meetings. The two subgroups focused on:

• Police and public safety reform
• Community safety and violence prevention and intervention

We also held an in-person community engagement forum on May 11.

Guiding questions

As directed by the mayor, we explored these questions.

• What mechanisms or systems should be put in place to inform the community on the progress of the work group?
• How frequently should information be sent to community?
• At what points, if any, should the group solicit community feedback?
• How should the group process and handle work group-driven or community-driven ideas that are not advanced?

Focus of recommendations

As directed by the mayor, we developed recommendations that:

• Enhance existing public safety programming
• Increase community trust and accountability
• Offer an equivalent or better impact on public safety compared to current police effectiveness
• Center on the people and communities most impacted