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CityCouncil | 2021-05-08 | 5 | management is needed to move the City where it needs to be; discussed the Brown VS. Board of Education case; urged actions be with all deliberate speed: Jonathan Soglin, Unbundling Police Services Subcommittee. Echoed the demands of the Gonzales family; discussed liability; stated policing is about control and violence, not safety; Council is upholding Alameda's racist legacy; urged APD be defunded in the upcoming budget process: Is Sullivan, Alameda. Echoed the demands of Mario Gonzales's family; urged a program similar to MACRO be implemented and Alameda Police be defunded in the upcoming budget cycle; stated Black and Brown people do not feel safe in Alameda: Jam C. Stated the City needs a non-Police response to mental health crises calls; encouraged working to implement something similar to MACRO; expressed concern about the Police labor agreement: Lorin Salem, Alameda. Outlined steps that should be taken: meet the demands of Mario Gonzales's family, immediately implement community oversight of the Police Department, start a community directed comprehensive policy and practices review and create a non-Police response for all non-criminal matters, especially mental health, intoxication and homelessness calls; suggested hiring an outside consultant; discussed funding: Beth Kenny, Alameda. Urged funds be reallocated to mental health services; expressed concern about having to call a number different than 911: Sharon Golden, Alameda. Stated the killing of Mario Gonzales was horrific; discussed 911 calls and the job of Police Officers; urged defunding of APD and funding of services that will help all people: Brandon Svec, Alameda. Stated that her first lessons in racism came from growing up in Alameda; urged the demands of Mario Gonzales's family be met; stated training will not eliminate racism; urged following the solutions proposed by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community members: Claire Valderama-Wallace Stated Mario Gonzales might have lived if Alameda's Police violence emergency, which has been endured for decades, had been treated as an emergency; discussed being complicit; urged using Police Department funding; discussed racism in Alameda: Savanna Cheer, Alameda. Urged mental health and similar incident responses be separate from the Police Department; encouraged the responses be within the 911 system; stated Dispatch and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) could be removed from the Police Department, which has been done in other cities: Lucy Gigli, Alameda. Stated that she is saddened and outraged; the demands from the community and Mario Gonzales's family are echoed in a letter she submitted along with 40 other Alameda moms; questioned what is the hold up: Meredith Hoskin, Alameda. Special Meeting Alameda City Council 5 May 8, 2021 | CityCouncil/2021-05-08.pdf |