Safety ambassadors will begin patrolling the E. Lake Street and E. Franklin Ave. areas.

• See a map of the patrol areas

• Dedicated program manager is hired.
• Safety ambassadors are trained.
• Final technology systems are set up.

The city selected the program's contracted vendor.

• The contract was introduced and approved at the Feb. 18 City Council Administration and Enterprise Oversight Committee meeting.
  • View the meeting's marked agenda.
• The contract will be presented to the full City Council on March 5.

A diverse panel of community members and city staff reviewed the proposals.

The City hosted a pre-proposal meeting for interested vendors on Dec. 5.

The City of Minneapolis sent out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to find vendors for the Community Safety Ambassador pilot program.

We created space for the pilot program to be dispatched from the Lake Street Safety Center.

We started setting up the program's structure and data collection system.

• After working with stakeholders, we set clear goals and created a plan for the program.
• We decided on key ways to measure success.
• We finalized the budget and secured funding for the pilot program.
• We started informing the community about the pilot program.

The City of Minneapolis looked at similar programs and proven methods.

• We talked to key groups, including the Downtown Improvement District (DID), to gather information on how they run their program.
• We researched Community Safety Ambassador programs in similar cities.
• We talked to local business owners in the E. Lake Street and E. Franklin Ave. area.