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CityCouncil | 2020-06-29 | 10 | of the force; he will not make policy by hashtag; Alameda has done a good job in terms of diversity in hiring, which is lost if blanket percent cuts are made; he has not met a racist cop in Alameda, but others say they have, which everyone should remain cognizant of; what Council needs to do is talk about building authentic, lasting relationships; what that means to him is that everyone has to put in the hard work to build partnerships and have some empathy in trying to understand what it is like to be in the other person's shoes; he sat in with dispatch and saw how much is asked of the Police Department; the onus is on the Council to make changes; empathy is important; the Council are everyday human beings; the same goes for the Police Officers; they are diverse and have families; a broad brush should not be painted against every single Police Officer who works in Alameda or against every Councilmember; on the flip side, Alameda's Officers need to do a better job of empathizing; there has to be a willingness to change culture; there are a lot of systemic race issues in the country and the City; gave an example of when his children were in school at Bay Farm; stated the school was able to raise $64,000 through the Parent Teacher Association; Paden School could not even raise 10% of that and Bay Farm did not want to share with Paden; there are new schools on one side of town and crumbling schools on the other side; there are constant battles over the homeless; there are zoning issues; attitudes need to change; there are things in the Charter that have racial impacts; the entire criminal justice system outside the Police Department needs a lot of reform. Councilmember Daysog thanked the residents for participating in tonight's meeting, an indication of democracy clearly at work; discussed his experience with the Alameda Police as a youth in Alameda; stated the Police are here because they serve the residents; described a March 2016 break-in incident at his significant other's house; stated he was impressed by the responding Officers who put their lives at risk at a moment's notice in order to protect and serve all; when he looks at reforming the Police, he sees it as an opportunity to institutionalize new ways of doing things in light of what has happened in the past and also the recent May 23, 2020 incident; he looks forward to the conversation of improving the Alameda Police force; it is his opinion that there is no need to frame the discussion in rhetoric where there is no reconciliation or middle ground; he sees the Alameda Police force as people who will put their lives on the line in time of emergency; he also sees the Police force that has always been a vital part of the community's social fabric, as coaches or members of the rotary; Council should seize the opportunity to improve the Alameda Police force; as he discusses the ways he thinks the Police force could be improved, he wants to be clear to the citizens what he is for and what he is not for' he is not in favor of a 50% defunding of the Police Department; his sense is that the Council will not defund by 50% and will look at ways to generate some efficiencies to provide the new level of services needed; he is not in favor of removing the use of the armored vehicle and would like Council to reconsider the matter; he agrees with the Police Chief and Officer Horvath that the armored vehicle may be the type of civilian vehicle needed in times of emergency; he agrees with the rest of the Council not to militarize the Police; he is in favor of three items in the staff report: 1) unbundling Police services, which should be more specific; he likes the Eugene, Oregon CAHOOTS (Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets) program which could be a solution to changing the way the Police deal with mental health issues; Special Meeting Alameda City Council 10 June 29, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-06-29.pdf |