* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] MY NAME IS JENNY CHUNG, AND I'VE BEEN A CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS, FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON CIVICS EDUCATION. I'M A PORT RESIDENT AND A PARENT, AND I AM HONORED TO BE THE LEAD FACILITATOR OF THIS FIR VERY FIRST EVER CIVIC ASSEMBLY. UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING FOUR SATURDAYS, YOU, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO VERY IMPORTANT WORK TOGETHER, AND I'M GONNA SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT WORK. BUT FIRST, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, YOU WILL TAKE AN OATH AT THE START OF YOUR SERVICE. AND THIS OATH, HANG ON ONE SECOND, I JUST, HERE WE GO. IT'S, THE OATH IS GIVEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF PUBLIC BODIES. AND GUESS WHAT? YOU ARE NOW ABOUT TO BECOME A PUBLIC BODY. SO HERE, JUST SWEAR US ALL IN. IS THE CITY CLERK PAULA CRANE, I HAVE A THANK YOU. I'M GONNA ASK YOU ALL TO RISE IF YOU CAN, AND YOU'RE GONNA RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS AND REPEAT AFTER ME. YOU, UM, IF YOU NOTICE ON YOUR OATH, IT DOES SAY SO. HELP ME, GOD, YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO SAY THAT. FEEL FREE TO OMIT IT. IF YOU ALL JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS, PLEASE. I, I INSERT YOUR NAME, PLEASE. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH IN ALLEGIANCE TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION THEREOF, WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION THEREOF. SO HELP ME GOD. SO I, I INSERT YOUR NAMELY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY BASICALLY IMPARTIALLY DISCHARGE AND PERFORM, DISCHARGE AND PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON ME, ALL THE DUTIES INCUMBENT UPON ME AS A MEMBER OF THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY, AS A MEMBER OF THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY FOR THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, FOR CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES AND UNDERSTANDING, AGREE TO THE REST OF MY ABILITIES AND UNDERSTANDING AGREEABLY, AGREEABLY TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION, TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH AND THE LAWS OFM, I I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION, THAT I'LL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO HELP ME GOD. SO HELP. I AM GONNA ASK IN ALL OF YOUR PACKETS, THERE IS AN OATH OF OFFICE. I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO SIGN IT AND PUT IT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE TABLE WHERE THERE BE, WHERE THEY WILL BE COLLECTED BY NICOLE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GIVE YOU ALL A MOMENT TO FIND THAT PAPER AND FILL THAT UP. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY FOUND THEIR OATHS. NICE WORK. I WANNA FIRST INTRODUCE SOMEBODY WHO I'M SURE IS FAMILIAR. MAYOR SEBEL SIDIKI, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING INITIATED THIS PROCESS. AND IT IS ULTIMATELY YOUR ADVICE AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL INFORM COUNCIL'S DECISIONS ON THE USE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE CONSIDERING. SO TO BRING GREETINGS FROM THE CITY, LEMME FIRST TURN TO MADAM MAYOR SAMAL. SIDIKI, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU JENNY. AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS, UH, SAMAL SIDIKI, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. IT'S SO WONDERFUL TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU HERE AT KING OPEN AND CAMBRIDGE STREET UPPER SCHOOL. AS WELL AS EVERYONE JOINING US ONLINE. WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL COUNSELOR SABRINA WHEELER. SO I WANNA WELCOME HIM AS WELL. TODAY'S A REALLY EXCITING DAY FOR US IN CAMBRIDGE. FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR CITY'S CONVENING A CIVIC ASSEMBLY, BRINGING TOGETHER A GROUP OF RESIDENTS SELECTED THROUGH A DEMOCRATIC LOTTERY PROCESS TO HELP SHAPE AN [00:05:01] IMPORTANT PUBLIC CONVERSATION IN MANY WAYS, TODAY MARKS A NEW CHAPTER IN HOW WE ENGAGE RESIDENTS IN LOCAL DECISION MAKING. I WANNA BEGIN BY OFFERING A SPECIAL WELCOME TO YOU, THE 40 INAUGURAL MEMBERS OF THE CAMBRIDGE CIVIC ASSEMBLY. THANK YOU FOR SAYING YES TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SELECTION PROCESS, AND THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY AND THOUGHTFULNESS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. WE KNOW THAT PARTICIPATION REQUIRES REAL COMMITMENT. YOU'RE CHOOSING TO SPEND MULTIPLE SATURDAY SATURDAYS LEARNING, DISCUSSING, DELIBERATING, AND SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT COMMITMENT SAYS SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT YOUR DEDICATION TO CAMBRIDGE, AND WE'RE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR IT. EACH OF YOU BRINGS A UNIQUE SET OF EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES, AND IDEAS TO THIS PROCESS. TOGETHER YOU REFLECT THE DIVERSITY AND RICHNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT MAKES THIS ASSEMBLY SO VALUABLE. YOU'RE NOT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE EXPERTS. YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE RESIDENTS WHOSE VOICES, VALUES, AND JUDGMENT MATTER THIS MOMENT DID NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, COUNTLESS PEOPLE HAVE DEVOTED LONG HOURS TO DESIGNING AND BUILDING THIS PROCESS FROM THE GROUND UP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE A STRONG VOICE IN SHAPING IMPORTANT PUBLIC DECISIONS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS. WHILE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS ASSEMBLY WORK ARE ADVISORY, I WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS SERIOUSLY AND CAREFULLY CONSIDER THEM AS WE DETERMINE NEXT POLICY STEPS. AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. WE'RE SO EXCITED TO LEARN FROM YOU. WE'RE SO INSPIRED BY YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND SO EAGER TO SEE WHAT EMERGES FROM YOUR WORK TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN THIS PROCESS AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CAMBRIDGE. AND WITH THAT, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TURN THINGS OVER TO CITY MANAGER EON WONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MAYOR SADIKI. UM, THANK YOU JENNY FOR OPENING US AND FOR ALL OF THE AMAZING FACILITATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. UM, YOU KNOW, IN CAMBRIDGE, UM, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE REALLY ARE EXCITED ABOUT LIVING OUT, UH, IN THESE COMING SESSIONS. UM, ONE IS OUR EMBRACE OF INNOVATION AND NEW IDEAS AND TRYING NEW THINGS. AND THE OTHER IS A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DEMOCRACY. AND ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME, WE NEED THAT MORE THAN EVER. WE NEED MODELS OF WHAT IT MEANS FOR PEOPLE TO TRULY BE REPRESENTED IN IMPORTANT DECISIONS. AND WE NEED TO BE INTERROGATING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, AND WE ARE DOING THAT. WE SEE THAT IN SO MUCH OF THE WAY THAT WE RUN OUR CITY. WE HAVE HAD A RANKED CHOICE VOTING SYSTEM SINCE 1941. SO WE'RE NOW IN YEAR 80 OF RANKED 85 AND RANKED CHOICE VOTING. AND THAT'S AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM THAT BETTER REPRESENTS VOTERS PREFERENCES AND RESULTS IN A MORE DIVERSE AND COMPETITIVE ELECTION. AND YOU SEE THAT ON THE CITY COUNCIL. I SEE IT IN TERMS OF THE DEBATES THAT WE HAVE, THE DISCUSSIONS AND HOW REPRESENTATIVE THE CITY COUNCIL IS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE NOW IN THE 13TH YEAR OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, WHICH WE'RE SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. UM, AND THAT IS A PROJECT THAT ALLOWS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS TO DIRECTLY DECIDE WHERE SOME OF THE CITY BUDGET GOES. UM, AND WE NOW HAVE MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE VOTING IN PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, AND WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY AND PUTTING PROJECTS INTO OUR COMMUNITY. AND TODAY, CAMBRIDGE IS TRYING SOMETHING NEW AND IMPORTANT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING, SEEING THAT POSTCARD, ANSWERING IT AND BEING PART OF THIS PROCESS. UH, AND WHY IS THIS MODEL IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING? UM, I THINK IT'S THAT DEMOCRACY ISN'T JUST ABOUT GETTING ONE PART OF THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW WE ENGAGE OR SET UP A SYSTEM, THERE'S GOING TO BE STRENGTHS AND ALSO WEAKNESSES AND FLAWS. UM, WE HAVE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLY ENGAGED COMMUNITY. UH, WE DO THIS RESIDENT SURVEY EVERY YEAR, AND ACTUALLY 40% OF RESIDENTS IN THE LAST YEAR SAY THAT THEY HAVE CONTACTED A CITY COUNSELOR, WHICH IS AN AMAZING NUMBER. SO, [00:10:01] YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TELL THAT OUR COUNSELORS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD BECAUSE SO MANY RESIDENTS, SO MANY DIVERSE VOICES ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM. WE ACTUALLY RANK IN THE TOP FIVE OF CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITY, CONTACTING CITY COUNCILORS, HAVING THEIR VOICES BE HEARD. UM, WE HAVE INCREDIBLY ROBUST PARTICIP PARTICIPATION ON MONDAY NIGHTS AT CITY COUNCIL. JUST LAST MONDAY, WE HAD MORE THAN 350 PEOPLE SPEAKING AT PUBLIC COMMENT, HAVING THEIR VOICES HEARD. AND THIS MODEL ADDS TO THAT ECOSYSTEM, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY HOPE THAT THIS ADDS TO HOW ALL OF YOU AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ARE REPRESENTED. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS DIRECTLY REPRESENTATIVE, IT IS INFORMED, IT IS DELIBERATIVE, UH, IT'S CREATING THE SPACE FOR ALL OF YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, UH, TO LEARN ABOUT AN ISSUE AND TO TACKLE SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, REALLY COMPLEX AND REALLY CONTENTIOUS. UM, SO WE'RE SO EXCITED. WE'RE REALLY, UH, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK JUST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE IDEAS, THESE THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF INTENTION. UM, SO THIS IDEA REALLY STARTED IN THE CHARTER REVIEW PROCESS THAT BEGAN ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO. AND DURING THAT PROCESS, ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, ANOTHER BODY OF RESIDENTS WAS HAVING, WAS HOW DO WE HAVE A MORE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, WAY OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY INTO DECISION MAKING? AND THAT IDEA WAS REALLY AN EMBER THAT, YOU KNOW, JACKSON PRICE, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PICKED UP. AND IT'S THE INTENTIONALITY OF EXPLORING THESE IDEAS. AND SO ACTUALLY THIS PAST SPRING WE HAD A WORKSHOP WITH FIDE, WITH A BUNCH OF DEPARTMENT HEADS JUST TO EXPLORE THE IDEA AND SAY, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? HOW IS, HOW ARE CIVIC ASSEMBLIES BEING USED AROUND THE WORLD? UM, WHAT KIND OF ISSUES HAVE THEY BEEN USED FOR? AND I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT BUILDING OF A FOUNDATION REALLY HELPED US BECAUSE WHEN THIS ISSUE CAME UP, THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR US TO SAY, MAYBE THIS COULD WORK. UM, AND MAYBE WE COULD BRING THIS PRACTICE, UH, INTO CAMBRIDGE. UM, SO I'M SO EXCITED. AND ALSO JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THERE ARE MORE THAN 30 CITY STAFF WHO ARE HERE TODAY SUPPORTING ALL OF THIS FROM THE LOGISTICS AND THE OPERATIONS, THE IT, THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK PREPARING ALL OF THIS, THE POSTCARDS, THE WEBSITE. I JUST WANNA GIVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY. UH, THE 30 PEOPLE HERE TODAY AND BEYOND WHO HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE AND WHO ARE, WHO ARE HELPING TO SUPPORT THIS. SO THANK YOU ALL. UM, AND THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT FEED A AND, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING US FROM OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES TO PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE SERVING ON AN ADVISORY BOARD, UM, THAT ARE JUST HELPING US MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING THIS ALONE. WE ARE DOING THIS TOGETHER. UM, SO I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU JENNY. AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO THE REST OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TODAY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THE BATHROOMS ARE. THAT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT. AND THE WATER. SO I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE THE WATER WAS IS JUST RIGHT HERE, HERE. AND THERE'S A BATHROOM WAY IN THE BACK THERE. THERE'S A TOILET SIGN, RIGHT, KIND OF BY THE LADYBUG. SO THERE ARE BATHROOMS THERE. AND THEN JUST AROUND THIS CORNER HERE, THERE ARE BATHROOMS THERE. AND IF YOU NEED A GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOM, THERE'S ALSO ONE GOING THROUGH THIS HALL AND UP THE STAIRS. AND STAFF CAN HELP DIRECT YOU TO THAT. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND EVERYBODY'S, I THINK FIGURED OUT WHERE BREAKFAST IS TOO. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT, LEMME SWITCH OUR SLIDES HERE. UM, OKAY, SO YOU RECEIVED YOUR WELCOME KIT. YOU MAY BE SPOKEN TO MEMBERS OF THE CIVIC CONCIERGE TEAM AND I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND YOUR FAMILY SPECULATING EXACTLY WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ON THIS ASSEMBLY AND HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? SO I WANNA TAKE SOME TIME OFF THE TOP TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUNCTION, HOW TODAY'S GONNA FUNCTION, AND PUT IT INTO THE CONTEXT OF THE COMING FOUR SATURDAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TOGETHER. BECAUSE ONE THING THAT IS VERY TRUE IS THAT NONE OF US HAS EVER BEEN PART OF THIS ASSEMBLY BEFORE. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST CIVIC ASSEMBLY IN CAMBRIDGE AND IN MASSACHUSETTS. BUT FORTUNATELY AS I'LL DESCRIBE THIS APPROACH AND THIS WAY OF WORKING AND FINDING COMMUNITY CONSENSUS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS VERY FAMILIAR TO OUR ORGANIZERS AND IT'S TAKEN ROOT IN CITIES AND STATES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. OKAY, SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME TIME TOGETHER TO UNPACK HOW WE'LL WORK TOGETHER. WE'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO ONE ANOTHER. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A NUMBER OF PRESENTATIONS. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE WONDERFUL PASTOR JEREMY BATTLE. [00:15:02] WE'RE GONNA GET A BRIEFING ON RATES OF CRIME AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE CITY. WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING ABOUT THE RISE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES. AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW YOU EXPERIENCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN CAMBRIDGE BEFORE HEARING FROM COLLEAGUES AT THE A CLU WHO WILL EXPLAIN SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THESE TECHNOLOGIES. AND ALSO HEARING FROM THE INTERIM POLICE COMMISSIONER WHO WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE POLICE HAVE USED THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SAFEGUARDS THEY BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT. ALL OF THAT WILL LEAD US INTO A DISCUSSION THAT WILL TAKE UP ABOUT THE LAST 90 MINUTES OF THE DAY. UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST INITIALLY WHAT WE THINK ARE THE RIGHT VALUES THAT MIGHT GUIDE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT USING THE TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD? OKAY. ALRIGHT. TRUST ME, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT TO ABSORB TODAY. IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE YOU'RE DRINKING OUT OF A FIRE HOSE. UM, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU'LL FIND IT A VERY SATISFYING AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCE. OKAY, SO WANNA QUICKLY INTRODUCE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EXPERIENCE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE JACKSON PRICE, WHO'S THE CITY MANAGER WHO'S STANDING OVER THERE. JACKSON, WE'RE SAYING HI TO YOU, . THIS IS JACKSON AND EVERYBODY FROM THE CITY. IF YOU COULD WAVE THIS TO SEE ALL THE FOLKS FROM THE CITY THAT ARE HERE AND I SPECIFICALLY WANNA, UM, CALL OUT THE CONCIERGE TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE FOLKS WHO HAVE CALLED YOU AND YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH THEM. SO CRYSTAL. OH, PERFECT TIMING. CRYSTAL, THANK YOU. THERE'S CRYSTAL AND VICENTE. VICENTE, WHERE ARE YOU? WE'RE SAYING HI. ALL RIGHT. AND HANNAH AND SIERRA. I SEE SIERRA. YOU DON'T SEE HANNAH BUT, OKAY. AND HANNAH, AS YOU HAVE ALSO SPOKEN WITH HANNAH IS BUSY. SO WE'LL SAY HI TO HANNAH LATER. ALL RIGHT. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO ALERT YOU TO THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY SAFETY TEAM IS HERE. SO IF AT ANY TIME ANYONE FEELS LIKE THEY NEED TO HAVE A CHAT, THE TOPIC, ANYTHING, UM, WE DO HAVE FOLKS FROM THE CITY'S UM, COMMUNITY SAFETY TEAM. UM, OKAY, I'M SWITCHING. UM, THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT A GROUP CALLED FEE DAY NORTH AMERICA, SITTING AT THE BACK TABLE IF YOU COULD WAVE FEE DAY STANDS FOR THE FEDERATION FOR INNOVATION IN DEMOCRACY. THEY ARE THE LEADING PROPONENTS AND EXPERTS IN THE USE OF CIVIC ASSEMBLIES IN THE UNITED STATES. SO THEIR JOB HAS BEEN TO HELP US DESIGN, ORGANIZE, AND ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS FACILITATED. WELL, THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO SOME OF THESE NAMES MAY BE FAMILIAR TO YOU 'CAUSE THEY ARE PROMINENT AND INFORMED PEOPLE IN CAMBRIDGE AND THEY GET TO SCRUTINIZE THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE IT IS NEUTRAL AND EVIDENCE-BASED AND THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM A RANGE OF VOICES. AND SO WHILE YOU MAY NOT INTERACT DIRECTLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IF YOU EVER HAVE CONCERNS THAT YOU FEEL THAT WE HAVEN'T SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE TO DISCUSS THOSE CONCERNS AS WELL. SEATED AMONGST YOU ARE MEMBERS OF MY FACILITATION TEAM AND I'M GONNA INVITE THEM TO QUICKLY STAND UP AND WAIVE WHEN I SAY THEIR NAME. SO WE HAVE BETSY BOWMAN, MATT BYRNE, WHERE'D MATT GO? MAYBE NOT HERE. MATT IS. YEAH. ALRIGHT. MATT BY IS ALSO IN THE ROOM. VINCENT GIVENS, HARRY HARDING, MAX PAUL, ANGELIQUE SANTIAGO, AND CLOVIS WESTLAND. OKAY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF YOU, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF US IN THIS ROOM AND WE'RE ALL HERE VERY COMMITTED TO WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS A SUCCESS. OKAY. OKAY. SO NOW LET'S TURN TO JUST WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY? YOU ALL RECEIVE THAT GIANT BLUE POSTCARD IN THE MAIL AND I EXPECT THAT SOME OF YOU WENT, IS THIS FOR REAL? AND I EXPECT MAYBE YOU TURNED TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS AND YOU DISCUSSED THE OPPORTUNITY. MAYBE YOU WENT ON THE WEBSITE, YOU CALLED, MAYBE SOMEBODY KNOCKED ON YOUR DOOR TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE PART OF A CIVIC ASSEMBLY. DID ANYBODY HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE? KIND OF GOING LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? YEAH. OKAY. UM, ANYBODY HAVE SOMEBODY VOLUNT TELL YOU TO BE HERE TODAY? NO. OKAY. . AND HERE'S THE THING. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THOSE BLUE POSTCARDS AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE THE ONES THAT WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED. SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SELECTION PROCESS, BUT LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ON A CIVIC ASSEMBLY. ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S HOW IT'S DEFINED AND IT'S A BIG COMPLICATED MESS OF WORDS AND WE'RE GONNA SLOWLY UNPACK THAT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CIVIC ASSEMBLY, FIRST OF ALL WE CALL IT A LONG FORM DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. IT'S A LOT. SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN. [00:20:01] LONG FORM JUST MEANS IT'S MORE THAN AN AFTERNOON, IT'S MORE THAN AN EVENING. WE'RE COMMITTING ABOUT 30 HOURS OF OUR TIME AS MEMBERS OF THIS PROCESS. THEN WE HAVE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. WHAT IS A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS? IT'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR PROBLEM SOLVING. SO THE WAY THOUGH THAT WE'RE GONNA SOLVE THE PROBLEM IS REALLY KEY. 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T JUST FALL TO ANY ONE OF US TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT IDEA OR THIS BRAND NEW SOLUTION. ALL OF US THROUGH THIS PROCESS COME TO SOMETHING WHICH IS A FAR HIGHER BAR THAN WE WOULD EVEN EXPECT OF OUR ELECTED POLITICIANS. THEY GET TO VOTE AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, A SIMPLE MAJORITY WINS. HERE WE'RE NOT GONNA FIND NECESSARILY UNANIMITY, BUT OUR JOB IS TO TRY TO FIND CONSENSUS. AND WHAT CONSENSUS MEANS IS THAT WE MORE OR LESS AGREE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PERFECTLY AGREE. AND ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT WE HOPE THAT ON THE LAST DAY YOU ALL LEAVE FEELING EQUALLY SATISFIED AND EQUALLY DISSATISFIED. SO WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO, IT'S A PRACTICE, A GROWNUP KIND OF POLITICS IN THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY. AND BEING A GROWNUP MEANS THAT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ALWAYS TELLING MY 9-YEAR-OLD SON. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT THERE WILL BE TRADE OFFS THAT WE MAKE WITH ONE ANOTHER. BUT ONE THING THAT I'M ADAMANT ABOUT IS THAT WHEN WE LEAVE, WE ALL FEEL GREAT PRIDE IN WHAT WE DID TOGETHER AND HOW WE DID THIS WORK TOGETHER AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE PRODUCED. OKAY, SO THE NEXT PART IS A LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD. AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CIVIC LOTTERY AND YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED AGAINST SOME CRITERIA TO BE DEMOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIVE PULLED OUT A PART IN A MOMENT. NOBODY HERE WAS SCREENED, NOBODY WAS INTERVIEWED. YOU WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED. AND IN A SENSE IT'S LIKE A GIANT JURY. OKAY? SO I JUST TALKED NOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, BUT HERE'S THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND. SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL STUCK UP YOUR HAND AND SAID I'M VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS. BUT WE HAVE TO GO INTO THIS WORK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DEGREE OF HUMILITY. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT BEING SELECTED BY LOTTERY, RATHER THAN SAY GOING THROUGH A MERIT BASED SYSTEM OR BEING ELECTED, IS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ONLY HERE BECAUSE YOUR NUMBER CAME UP. AND THAT MEANS IN SERVING ON THIS ASSEMBLY, YOU NEED TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO THE FACT AND USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND THINK ABOUT THE OTHER 40 OR 50 PEOPLE WHO WISH THAT THEY WERE SITTING IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW, OKAY, WHO WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS BUT THEIR NUMBER DIDN'T COME UP. SO PART OF DOING THIS WORK WELL IS NOT ONLY ADVOCATING FOR YOUR INTERESTS AND WHAT YOU THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY HAVING THE HUMILITY TO TRY AS IMPERFECTLY AND IMPOSSIBLE AS IT IS TO ACTUALLY PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES, BUT TO USE YOUR VOICE AS A PROXY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SEATED AT YOUR TABLE AND WHOSE EXPERIENCE MAY BE FOREIGN TO YOU. AND SO WE HAVE TO USE OUR EMPATHETIC IMAGINATION TO THINK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT IS BEYOND THESE FOUR WALLS. OKAY? SO I WANNA SAY THAT YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL. WE'RE THE FIRST IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT WERE NOT THE FIRST IN THE WORLD. THERE HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLIES THAT HAVE TACKLED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, POLICING, MUNICIPAL PLANNING, INFRASTRUCTURE, AIRPORT DESIGN, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. SO THE GOOD PEOPLE AT FEE DAY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ME TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS INFORMED BY THE VERY BEST PRACTICES. OKAY, LET'S TURN TO OUR TASK. I IMAGINE YOU'VE PROBABLY READ THIS PARAGRAPH SEVERAL TIMES. IT WAS ON THE BLUE CARD, IT WAS IN THE WELCOME KIT AND IT'S ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP RETURNING TO IT. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE SCIENCE HERE. AND IF YOU LIKE TEACHER WRITING, I ALSO WROTE IT AN ANCHOR CHART OVER THERE JUST TO HAVE THAT THERE. THERE'S 40 OF US IN THE ROOM. AND SO WE ALL HOLD DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA ENRICH OUR CONVERSATIONS IMMENSELY. BUT I THINK WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT SOMETIMES DANGERS OF GROUP WORK. OH WAIT, DID I? YEAH, THE DANGERS OF GROUP WORK. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU GET FOCUSED WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE FOLLOWING SOMEONE'S TRAIN OF THOUGHT AND THEN IT CONNECTS TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S AND IT REMINDS YOU OF SOMETHING ELSE. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE OFF ON A TANGENT AND A TANGENT CAN BECOME A DIGRESSION AND THE DIGRESSION BECOMES, WELL, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD. SO YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT BY THAT POINT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY RELATED TO WHAT IT IS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. OKAY? SO IN A NUTSHELL, OUR JOB IS TO CONSIDER WHEN TWO TECHNOLOGIES ARE USED. OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY OTHER KINDS OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE USE OF SYSTEMS LIKE SHOT SPOTTER AS WELL AS OVERNIGHT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN PUBLIC PARKS. AND OUR JOB ISN'T JUST TO SAY YES OR NO, IT'S ALSO TO SAY IF YES, THEN UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS AND IF NO, [00:25:01] THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPELL OUT WHY IT IS THAT WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE A PERMANENT BAN ON THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND TO JUSTIFY OUR DECISION AND TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING. SO NOW OF COURSE OVER THIS WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING A LOT. WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING A LOT FROM EACH OTHER. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING FROM MORE THAN 24 GUESTS WHO ARE GOING TO JOIN US, BRINGING A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN CAMBRIDGE, THE EXPERIENCES AND CONCERNS OF RESIDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON EFFECTIVENESS. SO I JUST WANNA SAY IF THIS WERE EASY, WE WOULDN'T NEED A CIVIC ASSEMBLY, RIGHT? SO THIS IS GONNA BE VERY COMPLEX AND IF YOU'RE COMING IN BELIEVING THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND GOOD ON YOU, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE A CREDIT TO THE PROCESS IF EACH OF US FINDS OURSELVES CHANGING OUR MIND AND CHANGING OUR MIND AND CHANGING OUR MIND. AGAIN, OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROCESS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT FRAMEWORKS THAT GOVERN THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES SO THAT WE APPRECIATE THE EQUITY EFFECTS AND HOW THESE SYSTEMS MAY OR MAY NOT BE MADE MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND BUILD PUBLIC TRUST. AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE MAKE ANY DECISION WHAT SOME APPROPRIATE RULES OR SAFEGUARDS OR OVERSIGHT COULD LOOK LIKE. AND IF WE DO ALL THIS AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL THEN AFTER OUR FOUR SATURDAYS TOGETHER, WE WILL HAVE CLEARLY DESCRIBED OUR THINKING AND MADE A THOUGHTFUL SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL. HERE'S THE THING, WE'RE HERE TO ADVISE, NOT DECIDE. WE WILL BE PUBLISHING OUR REPORT, MAKING IT PUBLIC AND PRESENTING OUR BEST ADVICE. OKAY? SO AS WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER, I WANT US TO BEAR IN MIND SEVEN PRINCIPLES. THEY SHAPE THE DESIGN OF THIS ASSEMBLY AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA SHAPE HOW WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER. SO ONE IS YOU NOTICE THERE ARE VIDEO CAMERAS. THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY IS SUBJECT TO THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS OPEN MEETINGS POLICIES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE NEED TO RECORD WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. WE NEED TO MAKE OUR MATERIALS AVAILABLE AND WE WILL HAVE GUESTS IN THE ROOM AND WE WANT THEM TO FEEL VERY MUCH WELCOME. BUT WE ALSO ASK THAT THEY FOCUS ON BEING GOOD GUESTS AND RESPECTFUL OF THE FACT THAT ALL OF US ARE LEARNING. AND ALL OF US ARE GONNA SAY, INCLUDING MAYBE ESPECIALLY ME, SOME SILLY THINGS. AND SOMETIMES SOMETHING MAY COME OUT WRONG AND WE CAN'T ALWAYS BE ARTICULATE. AND WHAT SHOULD SPEAK FOR THIS PROCESS IS NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING MINUTE BY MINUTE IN THE ROOM, BUT ULTIMATELY WHERE WE LAND AND WHERE WE LAND AT THE END OF THIS VERY COMPLEX DELIBERATIVE PROCESS. SO THESE ASSEMBLIES WORK WILL SPEAK FOR ITSELF IN THE REPORT THAT WE WILL CREATE. REPRESENTATION IS ALSO OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT. THAT'S WHY WE'VE GONE TO SUCH LENGTHS TO PUT A MINI CAMBRIDGE IN THIS ROOM IN A WAY THAT IS DEMOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIVE. IT IS IMPORTANT ALSO THAT WE HAVE INDEPENDENCE. SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. IT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE EXPERTISE GROUPS LIKE FEE DAY AND OTHERS WELL-INFORMED. IT'S VERY EASY TO HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT ANY NUMBER OF ISSUES IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, BUT HOW OFTEN DO WE EVER GET TO A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE THINK, TAKE ON NEW INFORMATION AND THEN CHANGE OUR MIND? WHAT WE WANNA DO IS ALSO ENSURE THAT THERE'S BALANCE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE SIMILAR AMOUNTS OF TIME AND SPACE TO VARYING PERSPECTIVES. I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT CONSENSUS, BUT THE LAST WORD OF COURSE, RESPECT IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE STRANGERS TO EACH OTHER. WE DON'T KNOW ONE ANOTHER'S EXPERIENCES, OUR BACKGROUNDS, OUR BELIEFS. AND SO WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL. INEVITABLY WE ARE GOING TO DISAGREE. AND THE CHALLENGE, AND I THINK THE OBLIGATION FOR ALL OF US IS HOW ARE WE TOO, WHEREVER POSSIBLE, DISAGREE, AGREEABLY. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE I'M PUTTING BEFORE ALL OF US. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS SOMETIMES THE BASICS, SOMETIMES IT'S SIMPLY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE UP AT THE TABLE AND RECOGNIZING THAT IF THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE AT THE TABLE, THEN MAYBE YOU'RE ONLY TALKING ONE SIX OF THE TIME, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE THE SORT OF PERSON THAT LEADS INTO A CONVERSATION, OCCASIONALLY YOU'RE GONNA HOLD BACK AND YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ROOM FOR OTHERS. AND IF YOU'RE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO HOLDS BACK, MAYBE YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THAT RISK TO MAYBE BE A CREDIT TO TRY TO SPEAK UP. SO SOMETIMES I CALL IT STEP UP, STEP UP. YOU CAN STEP UP INTO A PLACE OF SPEAKING UP OR STEP UP INTO A PLACE OF LISTENING, EVEN IF YOU FIND THAT HARD. AND I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE CREATING A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT WHERE RISK IS GOING TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND APPRECIATED. AND ON THE TABLES YOU SEE, EITHER THERE'S GREEN OR YELLOW, BRIGHT GREEN, UH, SHEETS THAT COME FROM YOUR WELCOME PACKET. BUT JUST AS THEIR REMINDER ABOUT THE WAYS THAT WE WANNA PRACTICE RESPECT WITH EACH OTHER. SO RESPECT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I HOPE YOU SEE ME AND MY TEAM MODEL. AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE USE CARE WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL DOING SOMETHING VERY NEW AND WE'RE ALL [00:30:01] TALKING ABOUT SOME PRETTY CONSEQUENTIAL ISSUES. OKAY, SO VERY QUICKLY, HOW DID YOU GET HERE? I MENTIONED THE BLUE CARD, RIGHT, THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED AND HERE ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED. OKAY? AND HERE'S THE BREAKDOWN. SO THIS IS THIS FANCY PROCESS. 15,000 BLUE CARDS WERE SENT OUT. YOU ANSWERED IF YOU, WHEN YOU, YOU ALL RESPONDED. AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO RESPONDED ANSWERED BASED ON THESE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPONENTS. AND THEN MANY PANELS THAT WERE DEMOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENTATIVE WERE CREATED AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF MINI PANELS WERE CREATED. AND THEN IF YOU SAW AT CITY HALL, THE MAYOR SPUN AND PICKED THE BALLS AND PANEL 6, 2 8 I BELIEVE IS THE ONE THAT WAS PICKED. SO 6 2 8 CAME UP, WE PULLED UP 6, 2 8. AND GUESS WHAT? THAT'S YOU, YOUR PANEL. 6, 2 8 OF THE 40 WHO ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED. OKAY. AND JUST TO SEE HERE, HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE AS A PANEL BREAK DOWN DEMOGRAPHICALLY YOU SEE GENDER, AGE, NEIGHBORHOOD, HOUSING AND ALSO BY RACE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE WITH GUN VIOLENCE. THIS IS YOU, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. OKAY? ALRIGHT, SO THE LAST STUFF THAT I'M GONNA SAY, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE HEARD, THIS IS THE MOST YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME THIS ENTIRE TIME. SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS ITSELF BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE AN INCREDIBLE THING. WE LIVE IN A REALLY POLARIZED WORLD AND THINKING ABOUT COMING TO A CONSENSUS IS SOMETHING THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. IF YOU LOOK AT MY FAMILY OF FOUR AND WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TO HAVE FOR TAKEOUT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, A FAMILY OF FOUR, IT'S REALLY HARD TO COME TO CONSENSUS. UM, SO HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE GOING TO COME TOGETHER OVER FOUR DAYS? WE CAN DO THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE BY BEING SO INTENTIONAL. SO I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE ASSEMBLY IS GONNA WORK IN PRACTICE. SO HERE ARE THE FOUR BOXES THAT REPRESENT THE FOUR FULL DAYS. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM OVERALL, WE'RE GONNA SPEND ABOUT HALF OF OUR TIME TAKING ON NEW INFORMATION. SO THAT'S GONNA COME FROM EACH OTHER. IT'S GONNA ALSO COME FROM OUR GUESTS. AND THEN HERE'S THAT WORD DELIBERATION. AND SO THAT MEANS THE PROBLEM SOLVING THE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS. AND BY THE END OF IT, WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING OUR TIME WORKING TOGETHER AND TALKING TOGETHER ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. IT'S ABOUT 50 50, RIGHT? SO IF YOU LEAVE TODAY THINKING, WOW, ALL I DID WAS LISTEN, I DIDN'T DO AS MUCH TALKING AS I THOUGHT. JUST THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S NORMAL ON DAY ONE AND DAY TWO IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER BALANCE. AND BY DAY THREE IT'S GONNA ALMOST FLIP ENTIRELY AND YOU WILL HAVE A FULL DAY OF DISCUSSING STUFF. AND SO BY THE END OF DAY THREE, LEMME TELL YOU, YOU'RE GONNA BE FEEL REALLY RUNG OUT AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE GOOD PROGRESS TOGETHER. OKAY? SO NOW IF I ACTUALLY ZOOM OUT, THIS IS THE PROGRAM WITH FOUR DAYS. YOU SEE THE BLUE AND THE GREEN, THOSE ARE PRESENTATIONS. AND THE YELLOW, THIS IS WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH EACH OTHER. SO IF YOU KIND OF SQUINT YOUR EYES, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT DIAGONAL LINE, SEE ABOUT HOW WE ARE PLANNING THESE FOUR DAYS. SO IT'S MORE ON THE FIRST DAYS YELLOW STUFF. AND I'M GOING ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE GREENS BECAUSE THAT'S DAY ONE AND DAY TWO. SO SOME OF THE FOLKS WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM IN A MOMENT, PASTOR JEREMY BATTLE, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT CRIME STATS, SURVEILLANCE TRENDS, EC, U'S PERSPECTIVE, POLICING PERSPECTIVES. THAT'S TODAY. AND THEN WHEN WE GET TOGETHER IN TWO WEEKS TIME, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES AND THE KINDS OF FRAMEWORKS THAT EXIST TO ASSESS THEIR EFFICACY. WE'RE GONNA DO A DEEP DIVE ON GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. WE'RE GONNA HEAR DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES EXPLAINING THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE AS WELL AS THEIR SOLUTIONS. PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC SAFETY. AND FOR THEM, WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME FOCUSING ON OVERNIGHT PARK SURVEILLANCE. SO I'M GONNA SPREAD OUT THESE FOUR DAYS AND DRAW ANOTHER SHAPE ON TOP. OFTENTIMES WHEN WE DO GROUP WORK, WE THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS RIGHT AWAY, COME FORWARD, TELL ME WHAT ARE YOUR BEST IDEAS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LET'S BUILD ON THAT. YOU HAVE ONE BETTER THAN THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. IF YOU'RE COMING IN TODAY WITH A BUNCH OF GOOD IDEAS, GOOD HANG ON TO THEM 'CAUSE WE'LL GET THERE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT TODAY IS FOR. WE'RE GONNA START WITH THIS VALUES, TALKING ABOUT VALUES, AND THEN ON DAY TWO, WE'RE GONNA GET TO ISSUES AND CONCERNS. WE IDENTIFY SOME PRIORITIES, AND THEN WE START TO BUILD CONSENSUS. IT'LL BECOME EASIER FOR US TO PULL OUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN ALL SUPPORT. SOMETIMES WE CALL THIS VIPER. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FROM THAT HIGH ABSTRACTION. SO AGAIN, IF YOU LEAVE TODAY GOING, OH GOSH, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THESE HAPPY WORDS, LIKE FAIRNESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO AGAIN. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 'CAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE PLENTY OF TIME ON DAYS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR TO BE GETTING INTO THE DETAILS. TODAY IS ORIENTATION AND [00:35:01] THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SHAPE. INEVITABLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, IT'S HARD WORK. AND SO AT VARIOUS POINTS YOU MAY FEEL FRUSTRATED AND YOU MAY FEEL AS THOUGH WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE. YOU'RE IN A SMALL GROUP, YOU'RE SPINNING YOUR WHEELS. AND IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER DONE ANY KIND OF GROUP PROCESS, YOU KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE GROAN ZONE, RIGHT? SO WE LIKE TO CALL IT THE DIAMOND OF DESPAIR, OKAY? SO THAT KIND OF PEAK MOMENT WHERE IT FEELS LIKE THINGS ARE GONNA PULL APART. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE HERE, WE'RE ON THE FIRST DAY, EVERYBODY SHOWED UP ON TIME. I I I CHOSE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE, BIT NICER TO WEAR. MAYBE YOU DID TOO. AND WE'RE ALL COMMITTED TO THIS PROCESS. AND THEN INEVITABLY THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE CRISIS OF FAITH AND A MOMENT OF DOUBT. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT'S NORMAL. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, COME TALK TO ME, COME TALK TO ANOTHER COLLEAGUE, COME TALK TO ANY OF THE FACILITATORS. KNOW THAT IT IS NORMAL AND PREDICTABLE IN ANY KIND OF PROCESS LIKE THIS. AND IF YOU ARE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND WITH US THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT, THEN AT LEAST WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FEEL IT TOGETHER AND THEN MAYBE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT TOGETHER. BUT I PROMISE THAT IF YOU BEAR DOWN IN THESE TOUGH MOMENTS AND MAYBE TAKE A STEP AWAY FROM THE TABLE FOR FIVE MINUTES, GO FOR A WALK, GET SOME FRESH AIR, COME BACK, SIT BACK DOWN AT THE TABLE, TRUST THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET OVER THIS HUMP AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE END OF THIS PROCESS AND IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL THING. OKAY? FINAL WORD ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS IN YOUR WELCOME KIT, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS SAFE AND RESPECTED, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A FEW SIMPLE GUIDELINES. SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THAT YOU'RE PART OF THE ASSEMBLY AND YOU CAN POST ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. BUT PLEASE DO NOT SHARE ANYTHING THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ASSEMBLY AS A WHOLE. PLEASE REFRAIN WITH ENGAGING WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA UNTIL THE WORK HAS CONCLUDED. SO THIS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT YOU DON'T INADVERTENTLY VIOLATE THE MASSACHUSETTS OPEN MEETING LAW AND ALWAYS ASK FOR CONSENT BEFORE POSTING PHOTOS, VIDEOS, QUOTES OF OTHERS. OKAY? PHEW. THAT WAS A LOT, RIGHT? OKAY, SO THIS ONE AGAINST EVERY TEACHER BONE IN MY BODY TO STAND UP HERE AND TALK AT YOU FOR 20 MINUTES STRAIGHT. OKAY? SO, BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON, ANY QUE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY BURNING QUESTIONS? YES. OKAY. ONCE IT'S, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS, WE'VE MADE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, FINALLY WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? DOES THE CITY MAKE DECISIONS OR WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? SO WE ARE SERVING IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, RIGHT? SO THE CITY, AND WE JUST HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY, RIGHT? SO THIS PUBLIC BODY WILL DISSOLVE AT THE END OF OUR TIME TOGETHER, RIGHT? WE JUST SWORE THE OATH COME IN AND THEN, UM, WE WILL SEE. YEAH. SO WE HOPE THAT WILL THE CITY COUNCIL BE VOTING ON THINGS? AND I THEY WILL, THEY WILL DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE, YES. SO ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY WILL BE HAVING TO VOTE ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND I THINK THEY WILL BE TAKING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER ADVISEMENT. VERY GOOD QUESTION. YES. YES. UM, WHAT FORMS ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WANNA TAKE? ARE WE DOING REPORTS? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION. WE WILL BE HAVING A REPORT AND SO WHAT WE WILL BE HAVING AT A RESOURCE TABLE, WE'LL HAVE SAMPLES OF REPORTS FROM OTHER ASSEMBLIES. SO WE WILL, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, WE'LL BE LIKE AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE PROCESS, WHO WE ARE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW WE CAME TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. YEAH. SO IT WILL BE IN A WRITTEN FORM. SO WE'LL HAVE EXAMPLES OF OTHER REPORTS OUT THERE. YEAH. GREAT. YES, OLIVIA, WE BE ABLE TO, ONCE WE FINISH, WILL WE BE ABLE ? ABSOLUTELY. YOU PARTICIPATED, YOU DID THIS, YOU ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY. YES. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD. YES. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THING IN TEACHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT WAIT TIME AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME IS SUPPOSED TO BE? 30 SECONDS. AND DO YOU KNOW THAT 30 SECONDS IS A REALLY LONG TIME WE SIT AND THINK ABOUT IT, RIGHT? SO JUST TRYING TO GIVE US WAIT TIME BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE ARE SLOW PROCESSORS AND WE MIGHT NEED TO GO, WAIT, THAT WAS A LOT, THAT WAS THAT FIRE HOSE COMING AT ME. SO, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. AND THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS, JUST TO SAY, IS THERE A WAY TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING? BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE ASKING. OH, OF COURSE. SO I CAN JUST, CAN I SUMMARIZE REALLY QUICKLY WHAT JUST WAS ASKED BUT WAS ASKED WAS WHAT DOES THE FORM OF THE REPORT LOOK LIKE AT THE END? SO AT THE END WE WILL HAVE A WRITTEN REPORT FROM ALL OF US TOGETHER, WE'RE GONNA WRITE TOGETHER. OKAY? SO THAT'S AT THE END OF DAY FOUR. AND THEN LIVIA ASKED, WELL, CAN WE ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT AND SAY LIKE, WE WERE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, WRITE THIS, UM, DOWN LIKE A CREDENTIAL AND ABSOLUTELY TO SAY THAT YOU SERVE THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MISSED. WHEN WE, AS PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN YES. SO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YES. THANK YOU. I JUST SUMMARIZED THAT. BUT IF YOU NOTICE AT [00:40:01] YOUR TABLE, EVERYBODY HAS A MICROPHONE. AND SO IF EVER YOU ARE SPEAKING, WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR IS YOU CAN TAKE THAT AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND TURN IT ON AND ASK THE QUESTION THAT WAY. AND SO IT DOES COME UP. YES. A WORD ON SOUND. UH, MICROPHONES ARE ALREADY ON. OH, RAISE YOUR HAND WHEN YOU WANNA SPEAK ON A MICROPHONE. TURN YOUR MICROPHONE. GREAT. PERFECT. THEY'RE ALL PRIMED AND READY TO GO. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND THEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF, AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM HERE TO SUPPORT US. THERE'S, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE GOING, JENNY STEPPED AWAY FROM THE PODIUM. TURN OFF THAT MIC. TURN ON THIS MIC SO THEY'RE READY FOR US. SO WHENEVER YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND AND GIVE 'EM A LITTLE HEADS UP ABOUT THAT. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. AND NOW, YES, ERIN. OH, RIGHT, GOOD. I LOVE THE WAITING. . ARE WE GOING TO BE, UM, IN THESE TABLES FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR SESSIONS OR ARE WE GOING TO BE SPLITTING UP OR LIKE REARRANGING AT ALL? GREAT QUESTION. SO DID, YOU'RE IN THIS, ON THESE, IN THESE TABLES THIS MORNING AND THEN I AM ALREADY, BY THE TIME WE GO TO LUNCH, I'M GOING TO MIX YOU ALL UP AGAIN. AND SO YOU'LL BE MIXED UP MANY TIMES, SO, SO DON'T GET TOO COMFY. , THAT WAS A GREAT USE OF THE TABLE MIC AARON, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER, OKAY, SO HERE'S THE RESEARCH. WHEN YOU'RE SITTING DOWN FOR 37 MINUTES, YOU GOTTA MOVE YOUR BODY. 90 SECONDS. OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THAT NOW AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN A, IN A MOMENT, NOT NOW. SO I MISSPOKE. WE'RE GOING TO GET UP IN A MOMENT AND WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND WE'RE GONNA PRACTICE AND MAYBE WE WILL TAKE VINCE ON. MAYBE WE COULD TAKE YOUR TABLE MIC OUT AND THEN THIS EMPTY SPACE. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA MOVE YOU DON'T MOVE YET. OKAY. THIS EMPTY SPACE OVER HERE IS A SPACE THAT WE ARE GOING TO IMAGINE A MAP OF CAMBRIDGE. IT'S HERE AND THIS IS NORTH AND THIS IS WEST, AND THIS IS EAST, AND THIS IS SOUTH. AND YOU'RE GOING TO POSITION YOURSELF AND YOU'RE GONNA TALK WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT KIND OF WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU CALL HOME IN CAMBRIDGE AND TRY TO STAND IN THAT SPOT. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PASS A MIC AROUND AND WE'RE GONNA SAY OUR NAME, OUR PRONOUNS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE AND WHY YOU VOLUNTEER TO BE HERE ON THE ASSEMBLY. AND THERE'S A LOT OF US, SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MAYBE ABOUT 20 SECONDS A PERSON WHEN WE DO THAT. OKAY? SO ANY QUESTIONS THOUGH ABOUT THE TASK BEFORE WE GET UP? ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GET UP AND TRY TO FIND A SPOT WHERE YOU CALL HOME IN CAMBRIDGE. THIS IS NORTH, THIS IS EAST, AND THAT'S WEST, THAT'S SOUTH. SO I'M NORTH, EAST, WEST. AM I GETTING THE RIGHT SQUARE? ARE YOU NORTH? CAMBRIDGE. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE YOUR MICROPHONE. WE'RE TAKING THIS MICROPHONE TO BE LIVE. UH, SEVEN . OKAY, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? OKAY, I'M HERE. FOODS RIVER STREET. OKAY, I'M RIVER. ARE YOU IN THE BY CITY HALL? ARE YOU IN THE PORT? I LIVE BY CITY HALL. OH, CENTRAL, LIKE NEXT TO THE Y. YEAH, IN CENTRAL. WHERE? NORTH, NORTH IS THIS WAY. OH, NORTH IS THIS WAY. WHERE ARE YOU LIVING? OKAY, EAST. SORRY, WHICH ONE? EAST. EAST IS THIS WAY. COULD YOU TURN THIS ONE OFF FOR ME? AND THEN I'M ONLY YEAH, MUTE THIS AND I'M ONLY GONNA USE THIS. OKAY. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE A LITTLE BIT. WHERE IS THIS LOCATION? MID CAMBRIDGE, HARVARD SQUARE. I'M H SMART. OH, NICE. I THINK I KNOW TO CENTRAL. YEAH, CENTRAL CENTRAL'S THIS WAY. OKAY, WE GO RIGHT HERE. ARE WE IN CENTRAL? IS THIS CENTRAL? CENTRAL? CENTRAL THE PORT? YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S ME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. ALL I'M, I'M LIKE H MART. NEAR H MART. YEAH. I GONNA SAY COLUMBIA PARK. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WESTERN END AREA. OKAY. NICE WASHINGTON. NOW ON THIS NEW TEMPLE? YEAH. OKAY. I'M A FEW BLOCKS THERE. SO THIS IS LIKE WEST CAMBRIDGE AND THEY'RE NORTH OVER THERE. OKAY. I THINK THIS OVER WHERE? THE FLOOR. THIS LOOKS GREAT. SO SOMEWHERE RIGHT IN HERE, I SUPPOSE. CAMBRIDGE? YEAH. YEAH, I THINK EAST CAMBRIDGE IS DEFINITELY OVER THERE. OKAY. AND OUR GOAL IS TO INTRODUCE THAT? YEAH, [00:45:01] YOU CAN CHAT. WELL WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN A WHOLE GROUP. OKAY. SO, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW WE CAN CHAT WITH EACH OTHER. I CITY HALL. WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? CITY HALL, CENTRAL SQUARE, COLUMBIA STREET. OH YES, I'M COLUMBIA. I'M COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON. YES. NICE. I LOVE RIGHT NEAR, I THINK WE'RE LIKE NORTH. YOU'RE PROBABLY LIKE MAXWELL. ARE YOU? MAXWELL? SO NICE TO MEET YOU MISS SEAN. NICE TO SEE YOU. HOW ARE YOU FEELING? OKAY, GOOD. BECAUSE I HEARD YOU WEREN'T FEELING TOO THOUGH. I HEARD YOU WEREN'T FEELING TOO WELL. YEAH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. OKAY, LOOKS HERE. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE KIND OF SETTLED INTO ROUGH GEOGRAPHIC AREA. OKAY, GREAT. AND YES, AND I SEE ALSO WHAT IS GREAT IS WE'RE KIND OF TURNING INTO THE CENTER AND KIND OF FORMING LIKE A SORT OF GOAL SO WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER. AND NOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA PASS THE MIC AND WE'RE GONNA GO AROUND AND WE'RE GONNA JUST KIND OF SAY WHERE WE ARE, RIGHT? SO NAME, PRONOUNS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LOVE BEST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, AND WHY IS IT THAT YOU VOLUNTEERED TO BE HERE TO IN ON THIS ASSEMBLY? OKAY? SO NAME, PRONOUNS, WHAT YOU LOVE BEST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE AND WHY YOU VOLUNTEERED. BRAVE VOLUNTEER TO GO FIRST. OLIVIA, HERE WE GO. HI, MY NAME'S OLIVIA. UM, I LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE, LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET, SO DIDN'T TAKE TOO MUCH TO GET HERE. UM, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS IT'S ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO THIS SCHOOL BEFORE IT WAS BUILT, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. SO I'M KINDA LIKE, WOW, IT LOOKS SO DIFFERENT. UM, AND WHY I VOLUNTEERED IS 'CAUSE SOMEDAY I HOPE TO GO TO LAW SCHOOL. SO I FIGURED WHY NOT GET INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, PASS IT AROUND. OH, AROUND JAMES. I'M JIM. AND UH, WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THE DIVERSITY, UM, AND SIZE AND DIVERSITY IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. ALL RIGHT. UM, MY NAME IS BRITTANY. UM, MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS KIND OF THE WALKABILITY. SO I'VE BEEN LUCKY IN THAT MY PAST, MY CURRENT JOB AND MY PAST JOB ARE BOTH IN CAMBRIDGE AND I COULD WALK TO BOTH. MY LAST JOB WAS IN BOSTON AND IF I WANTED TO, I COULD EITHER TAKE THE TEA OR WALK. UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A VERY GREAT WAY OF TRANSPORTATION. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I JOINED THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'VE HAD TO WALK LATE AT NIGHT, EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND SAFETY IS A BIG ISSUE OF, YOU KNOW, IF I'M WALKING HOME AT MIDNIGHT WHEN I AM 2:00 AM UM, THESE TYPE OF DETECTION THINGS WILL IMPACT ME. AND ALSO I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE KIND OF A FUN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY. HI, UH, MY NAME'S MARK. UH, I LIVE IN WELLINGTON, HARRINGTON AREA, ALSO PRETTY CLOSE BY. I USE HE HIM PRONOUNS. UH, I LOVE CAMBRIDGE. SIMILAR TO BRITTANY. I LOVE HOW WALKABLE KIND OF CLOSE EVERYTHING IS. IT'S A GREAT CITY, BUT LIKE, IT'S NOT MASSIVE. UH, AND YEAH, I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE I, I, I THINK KIND OF, UH, ALSO THAT, UH, DEMOCRACY IS IMPORTANT. I THINK IT'S KIND OF BEEN A DIFFICULT TIME AND I THINK I, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS, EVEN PEOPLE YOU DISAGREE WITH, AND HOPEFULLY TRY TO CONTRIBUTE AND KIND OF MAKE SOMETHING GOOD, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOMETHING BETTER COME OUT OF THAT. SO JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. HI, I AM DANNY. UH, THEY THEM, UM, I LIVE ALSO ACROSS THE STREET. UM, I LIKE THE, LIKE DIVERSITY AND ALL THE LIKE LITTLE BUSINESSES AND STUFF IN CAMBRIDGE. THERE'S ALWAYS LIKE LITTLE NICHES YOU CAN FIND. UM, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE PARTICIPATING IN DEMOCRATIC STUFF AND I WANNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY COMMUNITY. HI, I AM RO SHE HER PRONOUNS. I LIVE, UM, IN EAST CAMBRIDGE. UM, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THAT IT HAS A REALLY CUTE VIBE AND IT'S VERY WALKABLE AND YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT PARTS VERY QUICKLY. AND THE SEASONS HERE ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL. UM, WHAT I LIKE, WHAT I, WHY I WANTED TO DO THIS WAS BECAUSE I USED TO PREVIOUSLY VOLUNTEER AT THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN SAN FRANCISCO AND I SAW HOW PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE A LOCAL IMPACT AND, UM, HOW UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE, UM, HELPED. SO I'M KIND OF EXCITED TO DO THE SAME. UH, HERE. HI, MY NAME IS HIAB. UM, I LIVE OVER BY LECHMERE AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY IS JUST HOW INVESTED EVERYONE IS IN THE COMMUNITY AND CREATING THAT. SO, HI, I AM AUBREY, UH, SHE HER PRONOUNS. I ALSO LIVE IN EAST CAMBRIDGE NEAR LEMER. AND UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SERVICES AND CULTURE [00:50:01] AND, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPACT OF A BIG CITY, BUT IT'S ALSO A SMALLER FEEL. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY. EVERYONE ISN'T REALLY INVESTED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND PARTICIPATING IN GOVERNMENT AND DEMOCRACY. AND THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I DECIDED TO JOIN THIS IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON KEEPING CAMBRIDGE A SAFE AND WELCOMING PLACE FOR EVERYONE. HI, MY NAME IS MARIAN. I LIVE BEHIND , THE SCHOOL. UM, I GO BY SHE HER. UM, I REALLY LOVE CAMBRIDGE. I'VE BEEN IN CAMBRIDGE FOR LIKE MAYBE 18, 19 YEARS SINCE I CAME FROM CHICAGO, WHICH THE CITY'S MUCH QUIETER AND CALMER . UM, MY KIDS ARE SAFE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET. I USUALLY GO FOR WALKS SOMETIMES AT 12, 1:00 AM AND THERE'S ALWAYS LIGHTNING AROUND THE SCHOOL. I'M ALWAYS SAFE. SO I LIKE THAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. I AM A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN AND I DO, I DID A LOT OF WORK FOR LIKE NINE YEARS IN A THERAPEUTIC SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGE, WHICH POLICE OFFICERS KNOW US, UH, KNOW WHAT WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S, UH, IT'S AMAZING TO BE PART OF, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY THAT KEEPS US TOGETHER. I LIKE SERVING MY COMMUNITY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. HELLO EVERYONE. I'M AARON. UH, HE, HIM PRONOUNS. I LIVE DOWN THE STREET ON CAMBRIDGE STREET. UM, WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THAT I'M SURROUNDED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LOT LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE. UM, AND KIND OF THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS 'CAUSE I FIGURE AS SOMEONE THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW TO CAMBRIDGE, IT'S GOOD TO BE A TRANSPLANT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY CARES FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TRIES TO BECOME A PART OF IT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. SO, HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME'S CLOVOS. I AM A, UH, RECENTLY MOVED TO CAMBRIDGE, SO I'M EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I HAVE BEEN REALLY LOVING ALL THE BIKE PATHS AND THE BLUE BIKES. THAT HAS BEEN A BIG JOY FOR ME. . GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS MAX. I USE HE HIM PRONOUNS. UH, WHEN I WAS A BABY, MY PARENTS LIVED IN INMAN SQUARE, THEN WE MOVED TO MEDFORD. NOW I LIVE IN INMAN SQUARE AGAIN. UH, MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, OTHER THAN THE PEOPLE OR SPECIFICALLY HOW TIGHT-KNIT THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGE ARE, ONCE YOU MEET ONE PERSON WHO WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN CAMBRIDGE, IT'S LIKE YOU'VE MET ALL OF 'EM. IT'S INCREDIBLE. UH, AND THE TREE COVER, UH, THE WHY I VOLUNTEERED. UH, I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL. I BELIEVE IN PEOPLE AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB. HI EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS ANA. UH, I LIVE IN THE HARVARD SQUARE AREA NEAR THE MAIN LIBRARY. I TOOK A BLUE BIKE HERE TODAY. UH, AND YEAH, I'M, I REALLY LOVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIZING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. UH, I ACTUALLY READ AN ARTICLE, UH, YEARS AGO ABOUT A FORM OF LIKE, UH, ANARCHIST POLITICAL ORGANIZATION WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE EXECUTIVE DECISIONS, ALMOST LIKE JURY DUTY, LIKE THEIR LITTLE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE HAVE TO COME AND MAKE DECISIONS. SO WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, THAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT. THAT'S GREAT. SO I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO, TO TRY TO JOIN. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ORI. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 22 YEARS. IN MID CAMBRIDGE I USED TO HAVE GOOD CARB DISCIPLINE, BUT THEN A SORO CAFE OPENED UP NOT FAR FROM ME, . UM, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THE DIVERSITY AND THE INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION. THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WE HAVE HERE MEAN THAT THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING INTERESTING TO GO TO. AND THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY, THE REASON I VOLUNTEERED WHEN I GOT THE POSTCARD IS BECAUSE I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING AFTER THE DPW EMPLOYEE WAS MURDERED. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE SUBOPTIMALLY SO AWESOME. HI EVERYONE. I'M TOBY. HE, HIM PRONOUNS. I LIVE IN MID CAMBRIDGE ALSO. UH, MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS ITS DIVERSITY. THE PEOPLE IT BRINGS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THE INCREDIBLE CONVERSATIONS I GET TO HAVE WITH THEM. AND I VOLUNTEERED WHEN I SAW THE POSTCARD BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT WAS MY DUTY TO HELP OUT IN THE CITY THAT I LOVE. HI EVERYONE. I'M CAROLINA. UH, I ALSO LIVE IN MID CAMBRIDGE. UM, WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THE PEOPLE. UM, I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY HERE LIKES COMMUNITY, ENJOYS BEING A PART OF LIKE, LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER, WHICH, UM, AS SOMEBODY WHO GREW UP IN SAO PAULO, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THAT MUCH. UM, AND I SIGNED UP 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S EASY TO CRITICIZE OUR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THE POLICIES THAT ARE OUT THERE WHEN WE DON'T GET TO LIKE, TAKE A STAKE ON IT. AND SO I'M LIKE, WELL, LET'S GO BE A PART OF IT. I AM SURE IT'S NOT EASY WORK, SO LET'S FIGURE IT OUT. MY NAME'S DAVID. UH, HE, HIM I LIKE OLIVIA ALSO, UH, WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND GREW UP IN CAMBRIDGE, WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [00:55:01] SO I HAVE A BIG APPRECIATION FOR WHAT CAMBRIDGE GAVE ME. UM, YEAH, AND I GUESS I FEEL LIKE WE ALL HAVE A DUTY TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY, OUR CITY. LET'S PASS IT TO THE PEOPLE BEHIND US HERE FIRST. ALRIGHT. HI, I AM STEPHANIE. SHE, HER WHOLE PRONOUNS. I LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE PORT, WHICH IS NOT THE PORT, UM, OVER BY TRADER JOE'S. AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, I WOULD SAY THE VALUE SYSTEM, WHICH UNDERLIES THE DIVERSITY AND THE LESS MATERIALISM AND ALL THAT. AND I WANTED TO GIVE BACK 'CAUSE MY SON WENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE AND HAD A FABULOUS EDUCATION AND I'M SO GRATEFUL. SO I WANTED TO GIVE BACK IN THAT WAY AS WELL AS OTHERS. UM, I'M ARI, SHE HER. I'VE LIVED IN CAMBRIDGE MY WHOLE LIFE. I SPENT HALF THE TIME IN CAMBRIDGEPORT AND HALF THE TIME BETWEEN PORTER AND HARVARD. UM, I, THE THING I LOVE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS PORTER SQUARE BOOKS. UM, AND I WANTED TO BE HERE BECAUSE, UH, I'M A STUDENT AT CRS AND THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT A LOT OF US ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW. SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE THOUGHTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING AND THE, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERNS AS A SMALLER COMMUNITY. HI, MY NAME IS JOELLA. I LIVE IN CAMBRIDGEPORT. I'M A LIFELONG CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT. UM, I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS AND I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS BECAUSE OF A LOT OF RECENT THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME INPUT AND SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON IT. UH, I'M REMINGTON. UM, I'VE LIVED IN CAMBRIDGE SINCE I WAS TWO. UH, THE THING I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT IT IS HOW MUCH THERE IS ACCESSIBLE BY WALKING AND BIKING. AND SO IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF, UH, INDEPENDENCE TO LIVE MY LIFE, UM, JUST WITHIN THE CITY. UH, I WAS EXCITED TO JOIN THIS BECAUSE I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT CRS AND YOU DON'T USUALLY GET MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ACTIVE IN THIS SORT OF THING AT THIS AGE. UM, I'M MAXWELL AND I'VE, UH, HE HIM PRONOUNS AND I LOVE CAMBRIDGE BECAUSE, UH, I FIND THIS, THE TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY REALLY EASY. AND, UH, MY REASON FOR JOINING IS BECAUSE I'M ALSO A STUDENT AT CLS AND I'M INTERESTED IN HOW THE COMMUNITY RUNS. OKAY. MY NAME IS BINYAM. UH, I LIVE AROUND, UH, CENTRAL SQUARE. SO I LIKE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE. UH, IT IS SAFE AND GOOD FOR KIDS. UH, HE, UH, HIM PRONOUNS. UH, I'VE BEEN LIVING CAMBRIDGE, UH, SINCE 2015. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TROY. WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THE DIFFERENT WALK OF LIVES THAT YOU ENCOUNTER. LIKE LOOK AT THIS ROOM, LIKE TO GET THIS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TO THIS EVENT IS SO AWESOME. AND LIKE, I REALLY WANT TO, I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS EVENT. IS THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY? GOOD MORNING. HI, MY NAME IS JOSH. I LIVE IN THE PORT. I'VE ALSO LIVED IN EAST CAMBRIDGE. UM, MY PRONOUNS ARE HE, HIM, HIS, UM, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, SOME OF IT'S ALREADY BEEN ARTICULATED, THE NATURE, LOTS OF TREES AND BRICK. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL FROM AN AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW. AND THEN ALSO THE COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN ALL FORMS, RIGHT? THIS ASSEMBLY IS PART OF LIKE THE MASSACHUSETTS AND CAMBRIDGE SPECIFIC ETHOS OF CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT AND REEVALUATION. SO THAT'S WHAT I, I VALUE. AND THEN, UH, WHY I WANTED TO SERVE, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF ADVISORY WORK IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, LOOKING AT SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND SO THIS OPPORTUNITY FELT VERY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT WORK AND A WAY FOR ME TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BENEFITED FROM OVER THE YEARS. SO, THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS JOAQUIN IN CHELSEA. UM, I'VE BEEN IN CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT SINCE 1992. UH, I AM HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE ALUM CLASS OF 2007. I, UH, 2019. I SPOKE IN CAMBRIDGE CITY HALL REGARDING THE HISTORY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE FLAG AND SEAL. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT CAMBRIDGE PUT THIS, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SPEAK ABOUT ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'M A TRUE BELIEVER THAT THE PEOPLE'S INPUT ARE THE BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVING ANY PROBLEM. THANK YOU. [01:00:02] THANK YOU. HI, GOOD MORNING. UH, EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS FATIMA HUSSEIN. UM, I MOVED TO HERE CAMBRIDGE SINCE 2016, UH, PORTLAND, MAINE. UM, MY SON GRADUATED IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND MY KIDS GROW AND MY SON LOVES CAMBRIDGE. HE, HE, HE'S COLLEGE NOW IN, UH, NEW YORK AND, AND HE PLAYS FOOTBALL. AND ONE THINGS I LOVE CAMBRIDGE IS HOW MY, MY SON PASSIONATE, LOVE THE CITY. THANK YOU, . HI, I AM ALANA. UM, I LIVE IN, AROUND CENTRAL SQUARE. I USED TO LIVE IN WEST CAMBRIDGE. UM, I FEEL LIKE LIVING HERE IS A VERY ENRICHING EXPERIENCE, UH, WITH PEOPLE AND KNOWLEDGE AND ENTERTAINMENT. AND I CHOSE TO SHOW UP TODAY BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, HOW THEY FEEL AND SAFETY AND EVERYTHING. HI, MY NAME IS EMILY, UH, . I LIVE RIGHT BY CITY HALL. I'VE LIVED IN CAMBRIDGE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND I LOVE, UH, RUNNING INTO PEOPLE ON THE STREET. MY FRIENDS, OTHER PEOPLE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN THOUGH I, I GREW UP IN PHILADELPHIA, THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE HERE SOMETIMES IT'S, UH, SURPRISING TO ME. UM, AND I WANTED TO JOIN BECAUSE I GREW UP IN PHILADELPHIA AND MOVING TO CAMBRIDGE, I FELT IT WAS, UM, A LOT SAFER. WE HAVE A LOT LESS GUN VIOLENCE IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT IT'S STILL A IMPORTANT ISSUE. UM, AND, UH, I, I HOPE TO IMAGINE A DAY WHERE NOBODY IS AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE ANYWHERE, AND I THINK IT'S GOOD TO START LOCAL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I'M ALEX. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CAMBRIDGE PRODUCT OF CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. I'D LIKE TO REPRESENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF NORTH CAMBRIDGE AND WEST CAMBRIDGE, AND REPRESENT PEOPLE AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, MANY DECADES. UM, THAT BEING SAID, PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAKES CAMBRIDGE BEAUTIFUL IS THE TALENT AND THE, THE, UH, EXPERIENCES FROM PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT COME HERE TO EXCEL AT ALL THE INDUSTRIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN CAMBRIDGE THAT PROVIDE SUCH A RICH, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND. UM, I WANTED TO TAKE PART TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF CONCERN WITH EXCESSIVE SURVEILLANCE. SO I WANTED TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THOUGHT IF THEY WERE IN LINE WITH MY OWN AND WHAT I CAN LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ISSUES. HI, MY NAME IS KATE. NEXT MONTH I'LL BE 80 YEARS YOUNG AND THANK YOU. AND WHEN I WENT TO A HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SIXTIES, I WENT TO A SCHOOL IN BRIGHTON AND THE BUS CHANGES WAS IN HARVARD SQUARE. AND I JUST FOUND IT. I WAS VERY CURIOUS, EXCUSE ME, VERY CURIOUS. AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AFTER, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I'D TAKE THE BUS HOME. AND NOT THAT LONG AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I DID MOVE TO CAMBRIDGE INTO THE PORT NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING EXCEPT FIELDS AND NO, NO BUILDINGS PAST WHERE I LIVED. AND I'VE LIVED IN THE BUILDING THAT I'M IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE PORT, UH, FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS. AND, UM, I WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE THAT LIVED AND WE WOULD GATHER TOGETHER AND ON MANY ISSUES, WORK WITH THE CITY, UH, FOR SCHOOLING, CRIME, UH, SAFETY AND OTHER ISSUES. AND, UM, WE CAME TO CONCLUSIONS. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN COMING WITH THIS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL THING FOR PEOPLE TO GET TOGETHER AND TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO IMPROVE WHAT'S GOING ON IN CAMBRIDGE. OH, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. HI, GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS BEVERLY AND I, UM, LIVE IN WEST CAMBRIDGE AND I DON'T KNOW, THIRD GENERATION CAMBRIDGE. I, MY MOTHER AND HER SIBLINGS WERE ALL BORN HERE IN THE PORT. AND, UM, I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE NOW. EITHER PEOPLE PASSED ON, WENT TO HEAVEN, OR THEY MOVED ON. I HAVE SOME RELATIVES WHO WENT TO RIN AND LATIN AND EVERYTHING, AND THEY NOW LIVE ON THE SOUTH SHORE OR LOWELL, WORCESTER, YOU KNOW, THEY LEFT CAMBRIDGE AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I LOVE CAMBRIDGE. IT'S, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT CAMBRIDGE THAT I LIKE A LOT. MY MOTHER ACTUALLY MARRIED SOMEONE YEARS AGO, AND THEY LIVED IN NEW YORK. SO I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK AND I'M AFTER, RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, A MONTH OR TWO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I MOVED HERE. I USED TO COME HERE ALMOST EVERY SUMMER, HUNG OUT WITH MY COUSINS 'CAUSE I WAS AN ONLY CHILD AND THEY WERE, SOME OF THEM WERE ONLY CHILDREN TOO, SO WE WERE LIKE RAISED LIKE SISTERS AND BROTHERS, AND CAMBRIDGE WAS VERY IMPORTANT. UM, I'M VERY INVOLVED OR I WAS VERY INVOLVED. I JUST RETIRED [01:05:01] LAST YEAR, UM, AND I'M GETTING USED TO IT. I'M KIND OF SORRY, I RETIRED. I KINDA WISH I DIDN'T, BUT I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE. I WAS HOPING TO TRAVEL A LOT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I STARTED HAVING TO USE THIS. SO I DON'T TRAVEL AS MUCH AS I USED TO. UM, BUT I AM INVOLVED TO SOME EXTENT. I WAS INVOLVED ON THE, THE POLICE REVIEW BOARD AND, UM, REVIEW POLICE WHO WERE CHARGED WITH OFFENSES. UM, I, I'VE SERVED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND I'VE WORKED, UM, OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY AT CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL, UH, CAMBRIDGE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S. I USED TO ADOPTION PEOPLE WHO WANNA ADOPT KIDS. I WOULD WORK ON THAT DOING INVESTMENTS, ASSESSMENTS AND STUFF TO MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED TO ADOPT KIDS, AND PARTICULARLY KIDS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND STUFF. AND I'VE, I'VE, UM, REALLY FELT A SENSE OF COMMITMENT WHEN THIS, UM, CALL CAME TO BEING. I WAS LIKE, OH, I, I HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. I THINK, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S FRIGHTENING. I'M AT THE POINT NOW WHERE, UM, I DON'T WANNA BE OUT AFTER NINE AT NIGHT, . IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON I USED TO LOVE TO PARTY AND HANG OUT AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND, UM, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S DARK OUT AND STUFF. SO I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT CAMBRIDGE, UM, HAVE DECIDED TO ORGANIZE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER, UM, AND OTHERS PEOPLE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND HAVING A VOICE IN THE PROCESS. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I FORGOT ABOUT MY PRONOUN IS HE OR SHE. THANK YOU. HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS FRANK. I LIVE OVER BY ALEWIFE STATION. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS JUST HOW INVOLVED IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE. THEY'RE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE RENOVATION GOING IN AT THIS PARK OR THE ZONING CHANGES ON THIS VACANT LOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. UM, AND WHY I AM HERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T DRIVE, SO I RELY ON BIKING THE RED LINE BUS LINES, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY SAFE PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT RELYING ON. THANKS, FRANK. I'M JENNY. SHE HER PRONOUNS. I THINK I'VE MOVED THE MAP BECAUSE I REALLY LIVE IN THE PORT, SO I'M GONNA COME BACK OVER HERE. AND, UM, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS THE DIVERSITY, UM, PEOPLE AND THE WALKABILITY, BECAUSE I ALSO WALK AND BIKE AND TRAIN AND, UM, I VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS AND BE PART OF THIS PROCESS BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE DECISIONS. SO THANK YOU. I'M MARGARET, SHE HER. UM, I LOVE THE PARKS AND THE LIBRARY AND MY KIND NEIGHBORS. AND I LIKED THE SENSE OF HISTORY. MY GRANDFATHER BUILT HIS MILL OUTSIDE CENTRAL SQUARE BY THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THE MADE LADIES VICTORIAN SILK SHIRT, WAISTS. SO , I THINK ABOUT THAT. HI, MY NAME'S ALFRED. UH, I GREW UP IN, UH, WEST CAMBRIDGE. UM, AND IN MY JOURNEYS I LIVED IN THE NORTHWEST, SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA. AND, UM, MY ASSESSMENT THAT THIS IS THE BEST AREA IN THE COUNTRY TO LIVE, UH, IN CAMBRIDGE, ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, THINGS I NOTICED WAS THE INVESTMENT IN THE LIBRARY SYSTEM, WHICH IS EXTRAORDINARY. UH, THE ONLY THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, THEY TORE DOWN MY HIGH SCHOOL AFTER I MOVED BACK FROM CALIFORNIA. 'CAUSE I WENT TO CAMBRIDGE LATIN AND IT USED TO BE CAMBRIDGE, LATIN AND RANGE TECH, BUT THEN THEY REPLACED IT WITH A WONDERFUL LIBRARY. UH, AND THE REASON WHY I JOINED THIS PROCESS IS THAT, UH, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AND, AND ALL THE EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE IN THIS AREA, THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO INVEST, UH, YOU KNOW, SAFETY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTRY DO NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT TO MENTION THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. AND I THINK WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT LIVING IN THIS AREA IS THE PROXIMITY TO NEW ENGLAND AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT OFFERS. BUT STILL, CAMBRIDGE IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE OF ALL THE CITIES THAT I THINK ANYBODY CAN LIVE IN, THAT IF THEY WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE WITH THEM. HI, UM, MY [01:10:01] NAME'S AARON. I, I'M A LIFELONG, UH, CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT. I'M TURNING 50 NEXT YEAR. AND, UM, I I, I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH, UM, PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUYS. UH, EVERYBODY HERE LOOKS, UM, PRETTY UNIQUE. YOU GUYS ARE ALL VERY, UM, INDIVIDUALISTIC AS, AS I'D LIKE TO CALL CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS. YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR OWN OPINIONS AND, AND, AND YOU STAND BY THOSE. AND I'M PROUD TO BE, UM, STANDING NEXT TO YOU BASICALLY. SO, HI. THANK YOU. UM, HELLO. MY NAME IS AMARA. I GO BY SHE, HER PRONOUNS. UM, I WENT TO THE OLD AND NEW, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL HERE, AND NOW I'M A SENIOR AT CRS. UM, I LIVE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE. AND, UM, I GUESS WHY I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ASSEMBLY WAS BECAUSE HOW RELEVANT IT IS TO HOW MY LIFE AND OTHERS AROUND ME. UM, I GUESS SOMETHING I LIKE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE IS BEING A SENIOR, IT'S, IT'S VERY BUSY FOR ME, SO I LIKE HOW, UM, RESOURCEFUL CAMBRIDGE IS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, UM, ME AND MY FRIENDS HAVE ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY IN LIKE SMITH CENTER, SO I LIKE TO WALK IN A LOT. HELLO, MY NAME IS PHOEBE. UM, I'VE LIVED IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, SO THIS IS CAMBRIDGE FOR ME. UM, THE THING I LOVE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, AS PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED, ARE THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW ALL MY NEIGHBORS. IT'S JUST A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY. UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW LIKE, SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN MY AREA, SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT CAMBRIDGE IS DOING TO TRY AND HELP. THANKS. HI, MY NAME IS TED MCKEE. I LIVE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE. I'VE BEEN THERE 25 YEARS. UH, I'M HERE FOR SEVERAL REASONS. UH, DURING MY LIFE I'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PLACES I'VE BEEN VERY CLOSE TO, UH, THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN DECIDED IN AFRICA. I SPENT A COUPLE MONTHS IN AFRICA. I'VE WORKED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND HOW DECISION MAKING HAS BEEN AND THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. OUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE ELECT ARE GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEY NEED HELP IN MAKING DECISIONS AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF DECISIONS BEING MADE WITHOUT, UH, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. AND SO I WANT TO BE THERE. I'M HERE PARTICULARLY FOR THIS. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN TECHNOLOGY ALL MY LIFE. UH, I'M PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN AI, IN APPLICATION OF AI NOW. AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF THINGS THAT THE DATA THAT IS BEING OBSERVED FOR US IS INCREDIBLE AND WE NEED TO SET THE EXAMPLE OF HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE OF THE USE OF THE DATA OF OUR LIVES. AND, UH, WE'RE ONE OF THE ADVANCED COMMUNITIES AND WE'VE GOTTA SET THE EXAMPLE ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING GETTING ME INVOLVED IN ALL OF YOU PUTTING YOUR TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KAIN BUR AND I LIVE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. WHEN I MOVED FROM MY COUNTRY WITH MY FAMILY, CAMBRIDGE, WELCOME ME AND GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE MY TWO KIDS THAT ARE LIKE A, UH, FINISH AND HAVE THEIR MASTER. AND, UH, CAMBRIDGE IS A DIVERSE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR IMMIGRANT. UM, AND WHY I'M PART OF THIS, UM, IT'S A WAY FOR ME TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW. AND ALSO I WORK WITH A LOT WITH, UH, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM, UM, FEEL WELCOME AND BE COMFORTABLE. SO AS I'M LEARNING SOMETHING AND I CAN EXPLAIN AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHY THE PROCESS IS AND WHY THEY ARE DOING IT, THEY CAN FEEL MORE SECURE AND BETTER. THANK YOU. I AM CURTIS. UH, HE, HIM AND I LIVE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE, UH, A WIFE AREA. AND I LIKE THE, UH, I LIKE IT BECAUSE OF THE TRAILS THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF NATURE OUT THERE. IT'S REALLY NICE. UH, IT'S RELAXING, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO BOSTON. SO, UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY, START SMALL, YOU KNOW? UM, IT'S A GOOD COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE TOO, SO I'M GLAD TO BE HERE. I'M EXCITED. I, UH, HI, MY NAME IS ALKA. I LIVE IN NORTH CAMBRIDGE, UH, NEAR DAVIS SQUARE, SO I SEE A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT, OR I SEE MORE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOMERVILLE AND ARLINGTON THAN MAYBE SOME PEOPLE MAY. UM, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, SO I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2008. UH, I GREW UP IN THE, IN THE MIDWEST, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I CAME HERE FOR, FOR WORK LIKE MANY PEOPLE, AND I LIKE HOW WALKABLE IT IS, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID. UM, I LIKE HOW CIVICALLY CL HOW CIVICALLY ENGAGED PEOPLE ARE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS A LITTLE SURPRISING CONSIDERING WHAT A TRANSIENT POPULATION IT CAN BE WITH ALL THOSE STUDENTS COMING IN AND OUT. UM, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU LOOK AT THE BALLOT AND [01:15:01] THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TENS OF CANDIDATES FOR CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT. I MEAN, IT MAKES IT HARD TO MAKE A CHOICE, BUT IT'S, IT'S GOOD. SO MANY PEOPLE WANNA DO IT. UM, AND, UM, I I, I DECIDED TO BE ON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN VERY POLARIZED TIMES. UH, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS BETTER AND BE INVOLVED. PEOPLE I THINK HAVE REALIZED HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO BE INVOLVED LOCALLY MORE THAN EVER, I THINK. AND, UM, I'VE BEEN, UM, I WAS A DELICATE ONE FOR THE, THE, THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, THE PUBLIC, UH, PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS. I'VE BEEN AN ELECTION WORKER AND, UM, YEAH, AND THIS IN PARTICULAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A, I'VE, I'VE BEEN READING THE NEWS ABOUT THE SHOT SPOTTER, YOU KNOW, CONTROVERSY AND SURVEILLANCE IS OBVIOUS IN THE NEWS, SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD APPLY AND I THOUGHT, GIVEN THAT IT WAS A RANDOM PROCESS, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE CHOSEN . BUT SINCE I WAS, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I GET TO, I GUESS I BETTER DO IT. THAT'S IT OVER HERE. OH, OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS ANGELIQUE. I'M ONE OF THE TABLE FACILITATORS. I LIVE, I'VE LIVED IN NORTHERN CAMBRIDGE MY WHOLE TIME. UH, I LIVED IN PORTER SQUARE AND NOW I LIVE IN ALEWIFE. UM, I WOULD SAY WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT CAMBRIDGE ARE THE BIKE LANES. AND THE FACT THAT THE BIKES ACTUALLY HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS MAKES ME FEEL . IT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY SAFE. UM, I LOVE THAT THE PEOPLE AT MY TRADER JOE'S KNOW WHO I AM AND I KNOW WHO THEY ARE. YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW, I, YEAH, SO BETWEEN, AND WHEN I FELL OFF MY BIKE, THERE WERE A FEW GIRLS THAT HELPED ME AND GOT ME ICE PACKS FROM CVS. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE GENERALLY VERY INTEGRATED INTO, UH, MY COMMUNITY WHERE I LIVE. UM, AND I USED TO COME, I USED TO GO TO VERMONT TO GO CAMPING IN NEW ENGLAND GROWING UP. SO, UM, I DEFINITELY LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE GREATER BOSTON AREA AND THE NEW ENGLAND AREA IN GENERAL. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING, UH, FACILITATIONS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, UH, WITH GREATER BOSTON AREA RESIDENTS, AND I LOVE IT, YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. DO YOU WANNA CHECK? YEAH, MY NAME'S EMMANUEL. I'M HERE FOR, I'M A TRANSLATOR, SO I DON'T LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE, BUT I REMEMBER MY GRANDMA LIVED IN CAMBRIDGE BACK IN 2005. I LIVE IN ROSENDALE, BUT COMING HERE I NOTICED A LOT HAS CHANGED. IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE BACK IN 2005 AT ALL. SO I'M READY TO LEARN AND SEE. YEAH. NOPE, I BRING HARRY. IT'S FUNNY, WHEN I, WHEN WE STARTED THIS EXERCISE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE 'CAUSE I'M A, I'M A WALHAM RESIDENT, SO DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY CARTOGRAPHERS HERE? WHERE'S WALHAM? WHERE, WHERE WOULD I BE ANYWAY? YEAH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU. I'LL BE, NO, UH, I'M, I'M HARRY, UM, , HE SERIES, UH, I THINK ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO I WAS A METCO STUDENT, GREW UP IN DORCHESTER, WENT TO SCHOOL IN BELMONT AND PASSED BY CAMBRIDGE EVERY DAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN HIGH SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL ON THE WAY HOME WAS TAKEN TO 73, GOING IN HARVARD SQUARE, GETTING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS AND JUST BEING IN HARVARD SQUARE, LIKE THE ENERGY, THE VIBE, THE ART, THE CHESS, EVERYTHING WAS JUST, IT WAS CAMBRIDGE. IT WAS DOPE. AND, UM, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT CAMBRIDGE, THAT ENERGY AND KIND OF WHAT WAS TROY WAS SAYING, LIKE, LOOK AT CAMBRIDGE, LIKE THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE. AND SO ALL THESE SHADES OF PERSONALITIES AND EXPERIENCES, UM, IS, IS WHY I APPRECIATE CAMBRIDGE. AND, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY ACCIDENT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST CIVIC ASSEMBLY TO TAKE PLACE IN THIS, IN THIS, IN THIS HERE. MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE. UH, I'M VINCE ON, AND I AM A FORMER CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT. UH, BEEN HERE 25 YEARS, BUT I'M A POOR GUY, SO I'M OVER HERE AS WELL. UM, AND, UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, I THINK WHAT MAKES CAMBRIDGE SO UNIQUE IS KIND OF IN MY BACKSTORY. MY DAD WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, CAME HERE, SO I'M A FIRST GENERATION ON THAT SIDE, BUT MY MOM THROUGH MY MOM, I'M A FIFTH GENERATION CANCER BRIDGET. SO BEING ABLE TO HARNESS THAT IMMIGRANT STATUS WHILE ALSO BEING A HOMEGROWN, HOMEGROWN GUY MADE ME A LOT. UH, IT, IT, IT ALLOWED ME TO IMMERSE MYSELF IN THE CULTURE IN, IN MANY WAYS. SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. GRADUATED, UH, CRLS IN 2008. SO ALL MY CRLS PEOPLE, HE'S GRATEFUL TO SEE Y'ALL HERE. UM, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE, AND I'M GONNA HEAD BACK OUT. HI EVERYONE, I'M BETSY. I'M ALSO ONE OF THE TABLE FACILITATORS AND ALSO A LITTLE OUTSIDE. BECAUSE I LIVE IN SOMERVILLE. I IDENTIFY VERY MUCH WITH, UM, CVILLE AS AN ENTITY, UM, BECAUSE I GREW UP IN ARLINGTON, LIVE IN SOMERVILLE MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE, AND HAVE WORKED IN CAMBRIDGE MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE. SO LIKE THE 77 BUS IS MY JAM. UM, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I WORK IN THE SCHOOLS AND I LOVE THE COMMUNITY, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE EDUCATORS, THE FAMILIES THAT I GET TO WORK WITH. AND SO TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN MY CONNECTION WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND TO SUPPORT THIS [01:20:01] BEAUTIFUL WORK AS A FACILITATOR IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I COULDN'T PASS UP. THANKS, EVERYBODY. WE'RE PROBABLY, I ACTUALLY CAN'T SEE A CLOCK, SO I HAVE NO IDEA. I'M NOT GONNA LOOK. BUT LET US, UM, NOW I THINK WE'RE TAKING A BREAK, SO LET'S TAKE A BREAK. WE'LL COME BACK IN 10 MINUTES. SO IT IS AT 10 35. PLEASE RETURN 10 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA BRING US BACK TOGETHER. I LOVE TO HEAR THE BUZZ OF EVERYBODY GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE YOU'RE CONNECTING DURING THE BREAKS. UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR FIRST SPEAKER, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE SUI LLAMA, WHO'S FROM MIT, WHO'S CONDUCTING OUR INDEPENDENT EVALUATION ABOUT THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PROCESSES LIKE THIS. OKAY, SO, UM, COME ON UP, SUFI, AND THEN THIS IS THE THREE. HI EVERYONE, I'M SUI AND I'M WITH MIT MEDIA LABS CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION. WE'RE STUDYING HOW THIS ASSEMBLY WORKS AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DECIDING. VERY EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROCESS AS A WHOLE AND AS A CENTER. WE DEFINITELY LIKE VALUE HOW PEOPLE TALK TOGETHER AND DELIBERATE AND COME TO A DECISION TOGETHER. UM, OH, SORRY. BUT YES, AND, UM, I'LL BE HERE OBSERVING, TAKING NOTES, AND WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING SURVEYS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED EARLIER. SOME OF YOU HAVE ALREADY FILLED OUT THE SURVEYS AND REACH OUT TO YOU. AGAIN, I HAVE SOME PAPER COPIES FOR YOU. AND YES, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE PROCESS. ESSENTIALLY WE'RE STUDYING HOW THE ASSEMBLY WORKS AND, UH, WE'LL BE EVALUATING BOTH TAKING NOTES, INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS THE SURVEYS. AND YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALREADY DOING YOUR SURVEYS. UH, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. PLEASE COME TO CHAT TO ME ANYTIME THAT YOU WANT TO. I'LL BE AROUND THE CORNER AND, UM, I'LL JUST LEAVE SOME QR CODES IF YOU'VE NOT FILLED OUT THE SURVEY YET. AND I ALSO HAVE PAPER COPIES IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO SO. YES, GREAT, THANKS, SUBY. OKAY, SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE REVEREND DR. JEREMY BATTLE, WHO WILL INVITE US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, LISTEN ACROSS DIFFERENCES, AND TAKE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. DRAWING ON HIS EXPERIENCE IN CAMBRIDGE, HE'LL REFLECT ON THE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING SAFE, AND HOW COMING TOGETHER CAN HELP COMMUNITIES HEAL WITH DIGNITY AND CARE. PROFESSOR, UH, PASTOR BATTLE, WE'RE READY FOR YOU. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. UH, I THINK WE CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT. LET'S SAY GOOD MORNING. MORNING. Y'ALL GOT UP, UH, ON A SATURDAY MORNING TO DEVOTE YOUR TIME. UH, AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH CELEBRATING. CAN WE CELEBRATE EACH OTHER FOR, I MEAN, LITERALLY IT'S SATURDAY MORNING, AND, UH, THERE ARE MANY PLACES THAT YOU, UH, COULD HAVE BEEN ON A SATURDAY MORNING, BUT YOU HAVE NOT THOUGHT IT ROBBERY TO SPEND TIME, UH, UH, DOING WHAT I, UH, HOPE TO CONVEY, UH, IS, UH, A COURAGE TO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. UH, LET ME FIRST, UH, BEGIN BY THANKING EACH OF YOU, UH, FOR DEDICATING, UH, YOUR SACRED TIME, UH, FOR THIS REALLY, UH, DELIBERATE, UH, AND SERIOUS TIME TOGETHER TO THINK ABOUT WHAT CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY LOOKS LIKE. UH, BUT I WANNA START BY ACKNOWLEDGING SOME OF MY ADVISORY, UM, UM, UH, LEADERS WHO ARE WITH US TODAY, WHO ARE IN THE REAR, WHO ARE PART OF THE ADVISORY TEAM, GIVING SUPPORT TO, UM, UH, THE OVERALL, UH, CONVERSATION AND DIRECTION ALONG WITH MARJO AND OTHERS, COLE AND OTHERS WE'VE MET. UM, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PRESENCE AS WELL. UM, LISTEN, UM, YOU COULD BE DOING A NUMBER OF THINGS, UH, THIS MORNING. UH, I I'M A CAMBRIDGE, UH, RESIDENT, UH, AS WELL AND GOT KIDDOS WHO HAVE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. UH, YOU'VE AGREED TO GIVE, UH, FOUR OR SO SATURDAYS, UH, TO DEDICATE YOUR TIME TO THIS CONVERSATION. UH, WHO AM I? I'M A PASTOR WHO SERVES, UH, IN OUR CITY. UH, I'VE BEEN DOING SO FOR THE LAST, UH, ABOUT 16 YEARS, WHICH MEANS IN REGULAR TIME ABOUT 30 YEARS. UH, 'CAUSE CAMBRIDGE TIME IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHERE I'M FROM, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. [01:25:01] UM, AND SO IT'S A PLEASURE, UH, TO HAVE COME TO THE CITY, UH, TO CERTAINLY, UH, ENJOY ITS REACH, UH, ITS RICH, UH, ASSETS AND ITS RESOURCES TO BE HERE WITH YOU. I WANT YOU TO HEAR, UM, THIS REALLY AT, UH, THE VERY OUTSET OF OUR TIME TOGETHER, UH, THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE, QUOTE UNQUOTE EXPERTS IN GOVERNMENT OR POLICING, THAT THAT'S NOT THE REASON WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TODAY, OR TECHNOLOGY TO HAVE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL PER SE, TO CONTRIBUTE. WE'RE HERE ALTOGETHER, YOU, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCES AND THE JUDGMENT OF RESIDENTS, CAN I SAY THAT AGAIN? OF RESIDENTS MATTERS. YOUR PRESIDENT, YOUR, YOUR PRESENCE HERE THIS MORNING IS ALREADY AN ACT OF CARE. AND AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU AT THE OUTSET FOR DOING SO, FOR BEING HERE. LET ME, UH, SORT OF BE, UM, UH, LIKE I SORT OF, UH, TRY TO BE, UH, AS, AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER AND SORT OF GIVE A COUPLE OF POINTS. FIRST, I WANT TO SUGGEST THIS MORNING THAT YOUR PRESENCE HERE, LITERALLY THE, THE CULTURE, THE THE SPIRIT OF PRESENCE IS AN ACT OF CARE. UM, THIS HAS TO BE CAREFUL. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DON'T MAKE THIS A DEBATE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, NOT EVEN WITH A PROPOSAL PER SE. WANT US TO BEGIN WITH A SIMPLE WORD OF CARE AND THANKS FOR ONE ANOTHER. AND I WANT, UM, EACH OF US TO, TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT WITH FAMILIES IN MIND, WITH WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THAT, THAT WHAT YOU'VE AGREED TO IS TO REALLY, UH, DO THE ACT OF CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER. I WANT YOU TO KNOW ALSO THAT EACH OF YOUR VOICES MATTER. UM, EACH OF YOU COME WITH VERY DIVERSE VOICES COME FROM DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, GENERATIONS, BACKGROUNDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. AND YOU MAY HAVE HAD VERY DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY. UM, AND, AND I CAN HONESTLY, UH, SAY THAT DEPENDING ON WHAT COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD YOU'RE FROM, UH, THAT COULD BE, UH, WITH SOME TRAUMA, UH, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT POLICE AND YOU THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, IT MAY NOT BE, UH, A, HOW COULD I SAY IT? A KIND VIEW. UM, BUT HOW DO WE HOLD THAT, UM, THOSE DIFFERENCES? HOW DO WE HOLD THOSE, UH, PRINCIPLE IDENTITIES IN CONVERSATION WITH ONE ANOTHER SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR VOICE STANDS? BUT HOW DO YOU ALSO RECOGNIZE THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO MAY NOT PER SE AGREE WITH YOU OR HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCES, UM, UH, THAT, THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED? SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT FEAR THAT FOLLOWS A VIOLENT INCIDENT, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR CITY. IT'S, IT'S CLOSE TO HOME. OTHERS MAY FEEL RELATIVELY SECURE IN PLACES WHERE WE LIVE, A ACROSS , THE REPUBLIC OF CAMBRIDGE, SOME MAY HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF CONFIDENCE IN, IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND OTHERS MAY HAVE REASONS TO QUESTION THOSE. NONE OF THOSE EXPERIENCES SHOULD BE DISMISSED AND NONE OF THEM BY THEMSELVES TELLS THE ENTIRE STORY OF CAMBRIDGE, MOST CERTAINLY. SO I'D ENCOURAGE EACH OF YOU TO PRACTICE WITH COURAGE. IT'S A REAL GOOD HABITS. DON'T ASSUME THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SPECIALISTS OF TECHNOLOGY, SO ON AND SO FORTH, THAT YOUR ARE, THAT, THAT YOUR OBSERVATIONS, FORGIVE ME, ARE UNIMPORTANT. SO WE'VE GOT TO LISTEN WITH HUMILITY. WHEN SOMEONE DESCRIBES A REALITY THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN OURS, RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO EXPLAIN IT AWAY. EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE, WE CAN DISAGREE WITH DIGNITY, WE CAN CHALLENGE IDEAS SERIOUSLY WITHOUT DIS DISMISSING OR DIMINISHING THE PERSON WHO HOLDS THEM DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THIS PROCESS THINKING ALIKE. IN FACT, IF EVERYONE SIMPLY REPEATED WHAT THEY BELIEVED ON THE FIRST MORNING, WE WOULD HAVE MISSED AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY OF GATHERING AND SHARING. THE HOPE THEN IS THAT YOU LEAVE UNDERSTANDING MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE EVIDENCE, MORE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND PERHAPS MORE ABOUT THE LIMITS OF YOUR OWN ASSUMPTIONS AS YOU LISTEN IN THE COMING WEEKS. I WANNA INVITE EACH OF US TO ASK YOURSELF, WHOSE [01:30:01] EXPERIENCE HAVE I NOT YET CONSIDERED? WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION, BUT MAY NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK IN THIS ROOM? WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO TAKE THAT PERSON SERIOUS SERIOUSLY? AND AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE TO TO NAME THEM, TO BRING THEM INTO THIS SPACE? LET ME ALSO SAY THAT SAFETY IN OUR CONVERSATIONS REALLY ARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND NOT SIMPLY ABOUT POLICY. THE SUBJECT THAT'S BEFORE US, UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEMS AND OVERNIGHT SURVEILLANCE IN PUBLIC PARKS AND ENCOUNTER INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS, PRIVACY, RIGHTS, COST, PUBLIC TRUST. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU WHICH RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE, BUT I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO KEEP THE HUMAN BEINGS AT THE CENTER OF EVERY ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS. CENTRAL VIOLENCE IS OFTEN DESCRIBED IN NUMBERS, INCIDENTS, REPORTS, TRENDS, MAPS, DATA. YOU NEED GOOD INFORMATION, BUT A NUMBER CANNOT FULLY TELL WHAT HAPPENS IN A HOME AFTER A FRIGHTENING NIGHT. WHAT A PARENT WORRIES ABOUT WHEN A CHILD ACTS TO WALK INTO THE PARK, OR HOW A YOUNG PERSON'S SENSE OF POSSIBILITY CAN NARROW WHEN FEAR BECOMES ORDINARY. NOW, MY COMMUNITY AND PASTORAL WORK, YOU SEE THE EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE AND THEY DON'T END WHEN AN INCIDENT ENDS. THAT SAME FEAR AND TROUBLE, IT CAN TRAVEL THROUGH FAMILY, IT CAN LINGER. AND THE PLACES WHERE WE ARRIVE, NEIGHBORS CAN WITHDRAW FROM ONE ANOTHER. PLACES THAT OUGHT TO INVITE CONNECTION CAN FEEL A BIT UNCERTAIN. THERE'S ANOTHER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT DESERVES CARE. RESIDENTS DON'T ALL EXPERIENCE SAFETY POLICING OR SURVEILLANCE THE SAME WAY. MEASURE THAT REASSURES ONE NEIGHBOR MAY CAUSE ANOTHER TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR OWN PRIVACY, FAIRNESS, OR BEING WATCHED. TAKING THOSE CONCERNS SERIOUSLY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CARE ANY LESS ABOUT PREVENTING VIOLENCE MEANS THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SAFETY MUST BE LARGE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WE HOPE TO PROTECT. TO ME, SAFETY IS MORE THAN THE ABSENCE OF VIOLENCE. IT'S THE PRESENCE OF DIGNITY, TRUST, FREEDOM AND BELONGING. AND IT MEANS THE CHILD CAN ENJOY THEIR PUBLIC SPACE. AN OLDER ADULT CAN WALK THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A FAMILY CAN FEEL ITS CONCERNS, WILL BE HEARD. IT ALSO MEANS RESIDENTS CAN TRUST THAT PUBLIC DECISIONS ARE MADE CAREFUL CAREFULLY, AND THEY'RE MADE WITH A HIGH SENSE OF INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SO AS YOU WEIGH PROPOSALS, ACTS NOT, COULD THIS HELP ASK ALSO FOR WHOM DOES THIS HELP? UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS, WITH WHAT SAFEGUARDS, WHAT MIGHT WE GAIN AND WHAT MIGHT WE RISK? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT DON'T HAVE PREDETERMINED ANSWERS PER SE. THEY ARE QUESTIONS WORTHY OF A COMMUNITY THAT CARES. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHARGE, UH, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, TO ALMOST DEPUTIZE YOU THIS MORNING, THESE COMING WEEKS, YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO SPECIALISTS AND OTHER EXPERTS, BUT YOUR TASK IS TO DEVELOP A THOUGHTFUL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL'S GONNA MAKE AN ULTIMATE DECISION, BUT DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORK, THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THE TRUST THAT'S BEEN ENTRUSTED TO YOU. YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL THE ELECTED LEADERS NOT ONLY WHAT, WHAT A REPORT OR [01:35:01] TECHNICAL PRESENTATION SAYS, BUT WHAT RESIDENTS TOGETHER HAVE LEARNED TOGETHER. BY LISTENING CAREFULLY, CAREFULLY TO ONE ANOTHER, YOU CAN LIFT UP CONCERNS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE MISSED. YOU CAN SHOW THAT PUBLIC JUDGMENT IS THE STRONGEST ASSET THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER. WHEN IT TAKES THE EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENCES OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND DIFFERENCES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, DIFFERENCES OF OUR FOLK WHO LIVE AROUND US, WE TAKE 'EM ALL SERIOUSLY. LET ME OFFER FINALLY FOUR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU CAN CARRY HONOR TO THIS WORK. FIRST, REPRESENT MORE THAN YOURSELF. BRING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES HONESTLY. BUT REMEMBER THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE NOT SEATED IN THE ROOM. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES WE MAY OVERLOOK IS THE PRIVILEGE OF TIME TO BE IN SPACE. THAT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THIS ROOM. THINK ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN THE ROOM WHOM WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR. DO NOT CONFUSE THE LIMITS OF WHAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH THE LIMITS OF WHAT IS REAL. THIRD, DELIBERATE WITH INTEGRITY. FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE, ACKNOWLEDGE UNCERTAINTY, AND BE WILLING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND FORTH ADVOCATE FOR THE COMMON GOOD. ASK HOW YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY, OUR SAFETY, OUR RIGHTS, OUR DIGNITY AND THE WELLBEING OF OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND REMEMBER, ACKNOWLEDGING A REAL DISAGREEMENT. IT'S NOT A FAILURE TO DISAGREE SOMETIMES IT'S ACTUALLY A MARK OF INTEGRITY. TO HAVE HEALTHY DISAGREEMENT, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TAKE THE WORK SERIOUSLY, NOT TO MANUFACTURE AGREEMENT WHERE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES REMAIN. I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. YOU MAY HAVE ARRIVED TODAY THINKING YOU WERE SELECTED SIMPLY TO SIT ON AN ASSEMBLY. AND I HOPE YOU LEAVE RECOGNIZING THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVITED TO AN ACT OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP, OF RESPONSIBILITY, NOT LEADERSHIP THAT SPEAKS OVER OTHERS, BUT LEADERSHIP THAT MAKES ROOM FOR OTHERS. NOT LEADERSHIP THAT ASSURES IT KNOWS EVERYTHING BUT LEADERSHIP THAT LISTENS, LEARNS AND TAKES RESPONSIBILITY. YOUR VOICE MATTERS, YOUR NEIGHBOR'S VOICES MATTER. AND THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY MATTERS. WHEN THIS PROCESS IS FINISHED, I HOPE YOU HAVE DONE MORE THAN JUST MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE STRENGTHENED THE WAY THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE LISTENS TO ITSELF FROM THIS INAUGURAL MOMENT. BECAUSE SOMETIMES Y'ALL KNOW IT BETTER THAN I DO. SOMETIMES WE CAN HAVE A HARD TIME LISTENING TO EACH OTHER. SPEAK COURAGEOUSLY, LISTEN GENEROUSLY, DISAGREE, RESPECTFULLY, DELIBERATE THOUGHTFULLY, AND CARRY THE PEOPLE OF CAMBRIDGE WITH YOU IN EVERY DECISION YOU CONSIDER. THANK YOU FOR SACRIFICING YOUR TIME, CARING ENOUGH TO BE HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU PASTOR BATTLE. UM, JUST TO NOTE THAT YOUR BINDERS THAT YOU HAVE, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ALL THE SLIDES THAT YOU SEE UP HERE ARE PRINTED IN YOUR BINDER AND YOU ALSO HAVE LINE PAPERS. SO AS YOU'RE TAKING NOTES, BECAUSE I THINK YOU MIGHT WANNA BE STARTING TO TAKE NOTES AS WE WELCOME OUR NEXT SPEAKERS, REBECCA LEONARD. LET ME ADVANCE THIS. OKAY, HANG ON. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. REBECCA LEONARD AND MEGAN LAMONICA ARE WITH THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S CIVILIAN CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT, AND THEY WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND LOCAL CRIME PATTERNS AND THE GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT FOR TODAY'S DECISIONS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PRESENT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION FOR SOME QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. SO AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, YOU ARE WELCOME. THAT'S YOUR, [01:40:12] THERE WE GO. OKAY. HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MEGAN LAMONICA AND THIS IS REBECCA LEONARD. UH, WE'VE BOTH BEEN CRIME ANALYSTS WITH THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING ON 20 YEARS IN THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT. WE TAKE A LOOK AT A LOT OF DATA IN ORDER TO HELP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHARE INFORMATION, MAINTAIN STATISTICS, AND DEPLOY OFFICERS MORE EFFECTIVELY. TODAY WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE OVERALL PICTURE OF CRIME IN CAMBRIDGE, DATING BACK A FEW YEARS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARKS AND GUN VIOLENCE AND SHOT SPOTTER DATA. NEXT FIRST WE'LL START WITH AN OVERALL MAP OF THE CITY, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO 13 NEIGHBORHOODS. THE POPULATION ESTIMATE FOR 2025 WAS 102,588. HOWEVER, THAT NUMBER SWELLS TO 197,000 DURING THE DAY WITH AN INFLUX OF EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS. POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE AVERAGED 103,000 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS WITH A SPREAD OF ONLY ABOUT 10,500. SO THERE REALLY ARE NO HIGHS AND LOWS. THE CITY IS PRETTY CONSISTENT. CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE HANDLED BY THE CITY'S EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND ARE ANY EVENT THAT REQUIRES POLICE, FIRE OR EMS TO GO TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE OR TAKE ACTION. THIS PRESENTATION ONLY COVERS POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE RESULT IN THE POLICE REPORT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2025, WE HAD CLOSE TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND CALLS FOR SERVICE, BUT ONLY 12,000 INCIDENT REPORTS WERE WRITTEN. PART OF THIS PRESENTATION DISCUSSES INCIDENT REPORTS AND ANOTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE. ALSO, ONE MORE THING PERTAINING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAP IS THAT ONE OF THE WAYS WE LOOK AT THE CITY IS BY DIVIDING IT IN HALF AND CALLING NEIGHBORHOODS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. THE LOWER HALF LIKE BELOW HARVARD SQUARE AND NEIGHBORHOODS EIGHT THROUGH 13 ABOVE HARVARD SQUARE. SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT LATER ON, YOU CAN VISUALIZE WHAT WE MEAN NEXT. THIS GRAPH SHOWS PART ONE CRIME IN CAMBRIDGE FOR 55 YEARS. PART ONE CRIMES ARE THE SEVEN SERIOUS CRIMES THAT THE FBI COLLECTS STATISTICS ON. THEY'RE COMPRISED OF MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, LARCENY, BURGLARY, AND AUTO THEFT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT PART TWO CRIMES IN A FEW SLIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE, BACK IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NUMBER OF PART ONE CRIMES REPORTED WITH VIOLENT CRIME PEAKING IN 1990. SINCE THEN, THINGS HAVE THANKFULLY COOLED OFF A BIT. WITH A 55 YEAR LOW REPORTED IN 2019 THE PAST TWO YEARS, PART ONE CRIME HAS REMAINED LEVEL WITH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 3,600 CRIMES REPORTED. THIS CHART COVERS PART ONE CRIMES FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S BEEN AN OVERALL INCREASE IN PART ONE CRIME DURING THIS TIME. THE MOST NOTABLE INCREASES ARE THOSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, WHICH DROVE THE 2% INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME OVER 2024 AND CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A RISE IN DOMESTIC ASSAULTS. THOSE AGAINST POLICE OFFICERS AND UNPROVOKED ASSAULTS. SHOPLIFTING HAS BEEN THE KEY REASON FOR THE LARGE JUMP IN PROPERTY CRIME THE PAST FEW YEARS. THIS WAS UP 88% FROM 2023 TO 2024 AND ANOTHER 8% FROM 24 TO 25 CRIME. THE PAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN LEVEL. HOWEVER, WE'RE CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO FINISH 2026 BELOW THE NUMBERS OF 24 AND 25. THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THE PART ONE VIOLENT PROPERTY CRIME MAPPED OUT ACROSS THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, 60% OF PART ONE CRIME TOOK PLACE BELOW HARVARD SQUARE, WHICH MAKES SENSE SINCE THE LOWER HALF OF THE CITY IS MORE DENSELY POPULATED. CAMBRIDGEPORT AND NORTH CAMBRIDGE WERE THE LEADING NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PART ONE INCIDENTS IN 2025. ACCOUNTING FOR 39% OF ALL CRIME CRIME IN CAMBRIDGE IS TYPICALLY CONCENTRATED IN MAJOR BUSINESS AREAS WHERE THERE'S ALSO AMPLE TRANSPORTATION SUCH AS CENTRAL SQUARE, HARVARD SQUARE AND PORTER SQUARE. THIS CHART COVERS FIVE YEARS OF PART TWO CRIMES. PART TWO CRIMES ARE EVERYTHING NOT COVERED BY PART ONE AND ARE TYPICALLY REGARDED AS LESS SERIOUS AND LESS LIKELY TO RESULT IN A PATTERN. PART TWO CRIMES ACCOUNTED FOR 40% OF CRIME IN 2025. IF YOU WERE TO MAP THE PART TWO CRIMES, 70% WOULD TAKE PLACE BELOW HARVARD SQUARE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT COMBINING PART ONE AND PART TWO CRIMES RESULTS IN CLOSE TO 6,000 INCIDENTS INCIDENT REPORTS, BUT THIS IS NOT INCLUSIVE OF ALL POLICE REPORTS AS IT ACTUALLY ONLY REPRESENTS ABOUT HALF OF THE REPORTS FILED, WHAT ISN'T INCLUDED OR NON-CRIMINAL REPORTS. AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT WOULD BE MENTAL HEALTH INTERACTIONS, OVERDOSES, MISSING PERSONS WARRANT, ARRESTS, DOMESTIC DISPUTES. THERE ARE OTHERS. UH, NOW THAT WE'VE COVERED CRIME IN CAMBRIDGE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT HOW CAMBRIDGE COMPARES REGIONALLY TO OTHER CITIES IN MASSACHUSETTS. CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE WERE LOOKED AT. WORCESTER IS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE DATA FOR 2025 AND SOMERVILLE, WHILE UNDER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IS INCLUDED SINCE CAMBRIDGE IS OFTEN COMPARED TO SOMERVILLE, THIS CHART SHOWS THE CRIME RATE PER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. WE USE RATES FOR THIS CHART INSTEAD OF RAW DATA BECAUSE [01:45:01] IT ALLOWS US TO MORE ACCURATELY COMPARE CITIES OF DIFFERENT POPULATION SIZES. THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM THIS IS THAT OUR VIOLENT CRIME RATE IS BELOW THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES ON THIS CHART, INCLUDING LOWELL, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST IN SIZE TO US. HOWEVER, CONVERSELY, CAMBRIDGE HAS THE HIGHEST PROPERTY CRIME RATE, MAINLY DUE TO THE LARGE INCREASE IN SHOPLIFTING. NOW WE'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT PARKS AND CRIME WITHIN PARKS. THIS IS A MAP BY CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH SHOWS ALL OF THE PUBLIC PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PARKS IN CAMBRIDGE FOR ONLY BEING SEVEN SQUARE MILES. I BELIEVE THE MAP LISTS 84 SEPARATE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY, NOT INCLUDING SCHOOL PLAY YARDS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA TO DIGEST. IN OUR PARK ANALYSIS, WE LOOKED AT TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF CALLS FOR SERVICE TO SEE WHICH LOCATIONS RESULTED IN THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUME. THIS WAS TIME CONSUMING BECAUSE MANY OF THE PARKS HAVE MORE THAN ONE ENTRANCE OR THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY INTERSECTIONS. WE TOOK ALL OF THIS INTO ACCOUNT AND TRIED TO CATCH ALL CALLS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE PARK, BE IT INSIDE IT OR AT AN INTERSECTION. ON THIS CHART, YOU CAN SEE THE TOP PARK LOCATIONS FOLLOWED BY THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AS WELL AS PROACTIVE PATROLS. PROACTIVE PATROLS ARE WHEN OFFICERS TAKE INITIATIVE TO TRY TO PREVENT CRIME OR DISORDER. PRIOR TO RECEIVING A CALL FOR SERVICE, UH, OFFICERS CALL OFF ON PROACTIVE PATROLS. QUITE OFTEN, HOWEVER, THESE CALLS WERE REMOVED WHEN DETERMINING WHICH PARKS HAD THE HIGHEST CALL VOLUME BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE THE POTENTIAL ISSUES WITHOUT SKEWING THE VOLUME. THE NEXT THREE SLIDES GIVES A BRIEF SNAPSHOT OF THE TOP THREE PARK LOCATIONS BASED ON CALL VOLUME, ALL OF WHICH ARE IRONICALLY UP NORTH OF THE CITY AND OUTSIDE OF THE SHOT SPOTTER COVERAGE AREA. PIGEON PARK IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT HAS PARK IN ITS NAME, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A TRADITIONAL PARK. IT'S NOT ON THE PARK MAP. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, IT IS THE LEADING LOCATION FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE WITH 370 CALLS. THIS LOCATION HAPPENS TO BE A HOTSPOT FOR UNHOUSED ACTIVITY AS IT IS NEAR THE PORT OF SQUARE TT STATION AND NUMEROUS SHOPPING LOCATIONS. WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO SHOOTINGS AT THIS LOCATION, A FIREARM WAS RECOVERED NEARBY IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. DANEE PARK IS THE LARGEST ACTIVE RECREATION PARK IN THE CITY AT ABOUT 50 ACRES. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH A LOCATION THIS SIZE, FIGURING OUT WHAT CALLS BELONG TO THE PARK CAN BE TRICKY. QUALITY OF LIFE CONCERNS WERE THE LEADING CALL TYPE HERE WITH ANIMAL COMPLAINTS, FIREWORKS, NOISE AND NEEDLE PICKUP TO NAME A FEW. THIS PARK DID HAVE TWO SHOTS FIRED INCIDENTS IN 2024. THE LAST EXAMPLE WE WILL DISCUSS IS RUSSELL FIELD, WHERE AGAIN, QUALITY OF LIFE CALLS ARE THE MOST PREVALENT QUALITY OF LIFE AND CITIZEN ASSIST CALLS ACCOUNTED FOR 67% OF THE CALLS IN RUSSELL FIELD IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THIS AREA, ALTHOUGH NOT DIRECTLY INSIDE THE PARK, HAS ALSO BEEN THE SITE OF THREE SHOOTINGS, ONE EACH YEAR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE FIRST IN 2024 WAS A SHOTS FIRED INCIDENT. HOWEVER, IN 2025 THERE WAS A FATAL SHOOTING A STREET OVER FROM THE FIELD. AND JUST THIS MONTH THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL SHOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON NEAR THE MBTA BUS STOP. AND NOW WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO CCA FOR SHOTS FIRED. THANKS. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA NOT REALLY SWITCH GEARS 'CAUSE SHE FINISHED OFF WITH SOME GUNSHOT DATA. UM, WE'RE GONNA LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND SHOT SPOTTER DATA IN CAMBRIDGE. UM, FIRST WE BE IN WITH THE OVERALL PICTURE OF GUN VIOLENCE. THIS FIRST SLIDE SHOWS A MAP OF EVERY CONFIRMED GUNFIRE INCIDENT IN CAMBRIDGE FROM 2014 TO THE PRESENT. BY CONFIRMED WE MEAN THAT EITHER BALLISTIC EVIDENCE LIKE SHELL CASINGS OR OR BULLET DAMAGE OR VICTIMS WITH GUNSHOT INJURIES WERE LOCATED ON SCENE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR GUNSHOT INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST 12 YEARS HAVE BEEN IN THE LOWER HALF OF CAMBRIDGE OR BELOW HARVARD SQUARE, AS MEGAN DESCRIBED EARLIER IN HER SLIDES. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE IN OUR NEXT SLIDE, THIS CONSISTENT DATA IS WHY OUR SHOT SPOTTER COVERAGE AREA WAS PLACED WHERE IT WAS. SO THIS YELLOW SHADED AREA THAT NOW SHOWS UP ON THE MAP IS THE GENERAL COVERAGE AREA OF OUR SHOT SPOTTER SYSTEM. I WON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO THE SPECIFICS OF SHOT SPOTTER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE COMMISSIONER WELLS WILL BE DESCRIBING THIS MORE IN HER PRESENTATION LATER. UM, BUT AT THE BASIC LEVEL, SHOT SPOTTER IS AN ACOUSTIC GUNSHOT DETECTION SYSTEM USED BY POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO MORE QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY RESPOND TO INCIDENTS OF GUNFIRE. OUR SHOT SPOTTER SYSTEM WENT LIVE IN JULY OF 2014 AND AND IT COVERS APPROXIMATELY 1.25 SQUARE MILES OF THE CITY AND INCLUDES SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS. UM, IN THE 12 YEARS SINCE THE SYSTEM WENT LIVE, APPROXIMATELY 74% OF THE CONFIRMED GUNSHOT INCIDENTS CITYWIDE HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHIN THIS COVERAGE AREA. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR SLIDES. UM, [01:50:01] IT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE CONFIRMED GUNSHOT INCIDENTS FROM THAT SAME TIME PERIOD BREAKS, IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO ALL THE DATA FROM THE PREVIOUS MAP IS HERE ON THE CHART AND RIGHT AWAY YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PORT HAS SEEN BY FAR THE MOST GUNFIRE ACTIVITY IN CAMBRIDGE OVER THE 12 YEARS. HALF OF THE SHOOTINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PORT WAS INCLUDED IN OUR SHOT SPOTTER COVERAGE AREA. IN FACT, THE TOP THREE NEIGHBORHOODS ON THIS CHART, THE PORT CAMBRIDGE PORT AND INMAN HARRINGTON ARE ALL WITHIN THE SHOT SPOTTER AREA. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS, OOPS, SORRY. THIS NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A CHART OF THE GUNSHOT INSTANCE NOW BROKEN DOWN BY YEAR. UM, WHAT WE SEE FROM THIS CHART IS THAT OUR GUN VIOLENCE REALLY VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE TRENDS OF UPWARD OR DOWNWARD DATA, REALLY, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN ANY PARTICULAR YEAR. THIS CHART IS ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT SAME DATA, UM, WITH SHOTS FIRED, BROKEN DOWN BY YEAR. AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE, UM, BUT WHAT THIS CHART ALSO INCLUDES IS THE BREAKDOWN BY TYPE. SO WE HAVE THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE BREAKDOWN BY, UM, INCIDENTS WHERE THERE ARE NO VICTIMS, BUT JUST GUNSHOT EVIDENCE. THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE NON-FATAL INJURIES THAT RESULT FROM SHOOTINGS. AND THE THIRD COLUMN IS OUR FATAL SHOOTINGS. SO THANKFULLY THE MAJORITY OF OUR GUNFIRE INCIDENTS IN CAMBRIDGE OR ABOUT 60% ARE SHOTS FIRED WITHOUT INCIDENTS, UM, WITHOUT VICTIMS. I'M SORRY. NOW THAT YOU HAVE AN UH, IDEA OF OUR OVERALL GUNFIRE ACTIVITY, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER DATA. NOW THIS IS REALLY COMPLICATED AND SO IF YOU DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, IT'S OKAY. IT'S, IT'S A HARD DATA TO TO EXPLAIN, UM, BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET OUR BEST THROUGH IT. UM, THE FIRST COLUMN IN THIS CHART IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF GUNSHOT INCIDENTS CITYWIDE BY YEAR, STARTING IN JULY OF 2014 WHEN SHOT SPOTTER WENT LIVE. THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE NUMBER OF GUNSHOT INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE SHOT SPOTTER AREA. SO SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT YELLOW SHADED AREA ON THE MAP. THE THIRD COLUMN IS THE NUMBER OF GUNSHOT INCIDENTS IN THE SHOT SPOTTER AREA THAT RESULTED IN A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT. AND THEN THE LAST COLUMN IS THE NUMBER OF GUNSHOT INCIDENTS IN THE SHOT SPOTTER AREA THAT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ALERT. SO OF THE 96 SHOOTINGS THAT WE HAD IN THE 12 YEAR PERIOD. UM, SO THE 96 INCIDENTS THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN THAT SHOT SPOTTER COVERAGE AREA, THE YELLOW SHADED AREA, 60% RESULTED IN SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS. UM, AS FOR THE 40% THAT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ALERT. UM, THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS WHY SHOOTINGS IN THE COVERAGE AREA MIGHT NOT TRIGGER INACTIVATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF SHOTS FIRED, IF SHOTS ARE FIRED FROM INSIDE A BUILDING OR INSIDE A VEHICLE, BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS CAN BLOCK THE SOUND FROM BEING LOUD ENOUGH TO TRIGGER ENOUGH SENSORS TO SET OFF THAT ALERT. SO WE HAVE THAT IN THE MO IN RECENT YEARS THAT WAS THE CASE IN AT LEAST SEVEN OF OUR GUNFIRE INCIDENTS. THEY ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IN BUILDINGS OR IN VEHICLES. THIS CHART LOOKS AT THE SHOTS SPOTTER DATA IN A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT WAY. UM, THIS IS WHERE WE START WITH THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS EACH YEAR IN THE FIRST COLUMN. THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE NUMBER OF SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS THAT MATCH UP TO CONFIRM GUNSHOT INCIDENTS. AND THE THIRD COLUMN SHOWS THE NUMBER OF UNFOUNDED SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS OR THOSE THAT DID NOT RESULT IN THE LOCATION OF EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. SO NO BALLISTICS, NO VICTIMS. UM, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS TO NOTE ON THIS SLIDE THAT ARE IMPORTANT. FIRST, JUST BECAUSE AN ALERT IS UNFOUNDED, IT DOES NOT DEFINITIVELY MEAN THAT A SHOT A SHOOTING DID NOT OCCUR. IT JUST MEANS THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE LOCATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SHOOTING. CONVERSELY, THERE'S ALSO DOCUMENTED EXPLANATIONS FOR SOME OF THOSE UNFOUNDED SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS THAT WERE IN FACT NOT GUNFIRE. SO THERE'S CONSTRUCTION NOISE, FIREWORKS, A CAR BACKFIRING, UM, OR A TRANSFORMER EXPLODING. THESE ACTIONS ALL POTENTIALLY MAKE THE SIMILAR SHARP, LOUD NOISES, GUNSHOTS, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES TRIGGER AN ALERT. THE OTHER NOTE ABOUT THIS DATA AND UM, IT'LL HELP TO LOOK AT YOUR CHART IN YOUR POWERPOINT 'CAUSE IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE THE NUMBERS, BUT, UM, THIS CHART. UH, SO THE OTHER POINT ABOUT THIS CHART IS SHOWS HOW SHOT SPOTTER IS CONSTANTLY WORKING TO IMPROVE ITS ACCURACY. UH, WE WERE INFORMED THAT IN 2020 TO 21 SHOT SPOTTER MADE NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR SYSTEM, INCLUDING SENSOR AND NETWORK UPGRADES AND OTHER ENHANCEMENTS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE UPGRADES IN THE DATA. WE WENT FROM DOUBLE DIGIT SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH 2021 AND ONCE THE UPGRADES WERE COMPLETED, WE DROPPED TO [01:55:01] UNDER 10 ALERTS PER YEAR AND HAVE REMAINED THERE EVER SINCE. THIS IS PARTICULARLY NOTICEABLE IN THE UNFOUNDED ALERTS COLUMN, RIGHT? SO THIS SLIDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN UNFOUNDED ALERT THAT RESULTED IN NO EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE, BUT WE BELIEVE MAY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN A SHOOTING, BUT WE CAN'T COUNT IT AS SUCH BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE EVIDENCE FOUND AT THE SCENE. SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS ON JULY 28TH AND 2024, THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE RECEIVED A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT FOR EIGHT ROUNDS NEAR THE PARKING LOT OPPOSITE RIVERSIDE PRESS PARK. THERE WERE ALSO FIVE SEPARATE 9 1 1 CALLS FROM RESIDENTS STATING THAT THEY HEARD BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT GUNSHOTS. ALTHOUGH THEIR LOCATIONS REPORTS ON THE LOCATIONS VARIED FROM BEING UNSURE OF THE LOCATION TO MAYBE NEAR HOYT FIELD TO THE AREA OF PUTNAM AVEN RIVER STREET. UM, SO ON THIS SLIDE, THE MAP TO THE LEFT, UH, SHOWS THE WIDE COVERAGE AREA THAT OFFICERS WOULD HAVE TO SPREAD OUT TO SEARCH IN ORDER TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SHOOTING WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF SHOT SPOTTER. WHILE THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT WAS PROVIDED BY SHOT SPOTTER. SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE LITTLE CIRCLES RIGHT THERE. THAT'S WHERE THE ALERTS, THEY PINPOINTED THE, UM, SHOTS TO. UM, SO EIGHT SUCCINCT SHOTS IN A VERY DEFINED AREA. UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS SITUATION, NO EVIDENCE WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED EVEN AFTER WE EXPANDED THE SEARCH AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LOCATIONS FROM THOSE 9 1 1 CALLS. SO WE WERE FORCED TO COUNT IT AS UNFOUNDED. BUT WITH ALL THE 9 1 1 CALLS AND THE SHOT SPOTTER ALERT FROM MULTIPLE ROUNDS, THIS SEEMS MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN GUNFIRE THAN AN INCIDENT WHERE A SHOT SPOTTER CAME THROUGH WITH A SINGLE GUNSHOT AND NO 9 1 1 CALLS. OKAY, JUST A COUPLE MORE SLIDES I PROMISE. UM, ONE ASPECT THAT WE LOOK AT WHEN EVALUATING SHOT SPOTTER DATA IS HOW ITS ACCURACY COMPARES TO THE ACCURACY OF 9 1 1 CALLS FOR GUNSHOTS FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF 2015 TO 2025. SO THOSE ARE THE FULL YEARS OF DATA THAT WE HAVE. APPROXIMATELY 18% OF THE 9 1 1 CALLS WE RECEIVED FOR GUNSHOTS WERE CONFIRMED TO BE INCIDENTS OF GUNFIRE IN CAMBRIDGE. SO IN RAW NUMBERS, WE HAD 645 9 1 1 CALLS THAT WE RESPONDED TO ACROSS THE CITY IN THOSE 11 YEARS AND 114 OF THEM ENDED UP BEING ACTUAL SHOOTINGS. MEANWHILE, APPROXIMATELY 35% OF OUR SHOT SPOTTER ACTIVATIONS DURING THAT TIME WERE CONFIRMED TO BE INCIDENTS OF GUNFIRE. AND AGAIN, FOR RAW NUMBERS, THERE WERE 158 SHOT SPOTTER ACTIVATIONS DURING THAT TIME AND 56 OF THEM ENDED UP BEING SHOOTINGS. THIS DIFFERENCE BECOMES EVEN MORE APPARENT IF WE NARROW DOWN THE TIMEFRAME TO 2022 TO 2025. SO THAT'S THE TIMEFRAME. AFTER THE SYSTEM UPGRADES WERE COMPLETED BY SHOT SPOTTER IN 21. DURING THIS MOST RECENT TIMEFRAME, THE PERCENTAGE OF SHOT SPOTTER ACTIVATIONS THAT WERE CONFIRMED TO BE GUNFIRE ROSE EVEN HIGHER TO 53%. MEANWHILE, THE PERCENTAGE OF 9 1 1 CALLS CITYWIDE THAT WERE CONFIRMED TO BE GUNFIRE ROSE TO JUST 20% DURING THE SAME SMALLER TIMEFRAME. SO THE SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE THE RESULT OF ACTUAL GUNFIRE THAN THE 9 1 1 CALLS WERE THIS CHART, I'M GONNA JUST THIS PAGE, I'M JUST GONNA GO BRIEFLY BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO USE SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES IN HER PRESENTATION AS WELL. UM, BUT THESE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME SHOT SPOTTER SUCCESS STORIES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UM, IN ONE. SO FIRST OF ALL, SHOT SPOTTER ALLOWS FOR QUICKER NOTIFICATION OF POTENTIALLY DEADLY INCIDENTS. IN JULY OF 2024, A SHOOTING WAS REPORTED ON HARVARD STREET IN THE PORT INVOLVING, INVOLVING A VERY SERIOUS GUNSHOT WOUND TO A VICTIM SHOT SPOTTER ALERTED OFFICERS TO THE EXACT LOCATIONS AND OFFICERS WERE ALREADY ARRIVING ON SCENE RIGHT AS THE FIRST NINE ONE ONE CALL WAS RECEIVED BY THE MUNI EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER. THANKS TO THE MORE IMMEDIATE SHOT SPOTTER ALERT OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO RESPOND MORE QUICKLY AND SAVE THE VICTIM'S LIFE. UM, SECOND SHOT SPOTTER HAS HAS ALERTED THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE TO GUNFIRE WHEN 9 1 1 CALLS WERE ABSENT OR SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED. IN THE 12 YEARS THAT SHOT SPOTTER HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN CAMBRIDGE, THERE HAVE BEEN 11 CONFIRMED GUNSHOT INCIDENTS THAT RESULTED IN SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS, BUT NO 9 1 1 CALLS AT ALL. THIS INCLUDES AN INCIDENT WITH A GUNSHOT INJURY, ONE THAT RESULTED IN AN ARREST AND ONE THAT RESULTED IN THE RECOVERY OF AN ABANDONED LOADED FIREARM IN THE PARK JUST BEHIND THE SCHOOL. WE'VE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OVER THE YEARS IN WHICH SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS WERE RECEIVED IMMEDIATELY, BUT 9 1 1 CALLS WERE DELAYED. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS IN 2022, WHERE THERE WAS A HIGH RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GUNSHOT INCIDENT IN WHICH A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT WAS RECEIVED AT 12:34 AM NO 9 1 1 CALLS WERE EVER RECEIVED AND ONLY ONE EMAIL TIP ABOUT GUNSHOTS WAS RECEIVED 14 MINUTES LATER AT 1248. UM, THAT'S THE END OF OUR DATA PORTION. I WILL [02:00:01] OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. SO IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THAT MICROPHONE. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF YOUR MICROPHONE. LET'S SEE. TO SAY THE QUESTIONS. MICROPHONE FIVE. HI. THANKS. UM, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF, IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO AT SOME POINT PUT SOME OF YOUR DATA INTO A LITTLE MORE CONTEXT. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WAS A QUESTION FOR MEGAN AT THE VERY BEGINNING. YOU GAVE US SOME STATISTICS ABOUT RATES OF CRIME AND RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME IN CAMBRIDGE, AND YOU SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE. UM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF IT WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, WHICH IS TO SAY IF IT'S NOT DUE TO RANDOM VARIATION. I HAVE A DEGREE IN STATISTICS, SO I FEEL SOMEWHAT INFORMED TO ASK THIS KIND OF QUESTION, BUT I THINK FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I'M NOT DOING CALCULATIONS ON THE FLY, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP AND GIVE US, UM, THIS KIND OF CONTEXT SO THAT WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, THIS DATA. I WOULD FIND THAT, UH, VERY HELPFUL. OKAY. UM, AND I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION, BUT I'M HAPPY TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE, UM, ASK FIRST. THANKS. THANKS. SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? MM-HMM. UM, YOU HAD APPROPRIATELY LIKE MENTIONED THAT DE PARK IS 50 ACRES AND THAT KIND OF TOUCHES ON THE POINT THAT WINTHROP PARK IS 0.3 ACRES. SO MAYBE AHEAD OF THE NEXT MEETING, TO THE EXTENT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SURVEILLANCE IN PARKS. OKAY. WE WANT TO NORMALIZE THE DATA FOR THE SIZE OF THE PARK. OKAY. HELLO JOSH HERE. UM, TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED SORT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTH CAMBRIDGE AND, UH, LOWER CAMBRIDGE AND NORTH CAMBRIDGE. NOT HAVING, LIKE, BEING OUTSIDE OF THE SHOT SPOTTER AREA, BUT PIGEON PARK, UH, STILL HAVING A LOT OF, UM, ACTIVITY. SO I'M WONDERING, I JUST WANNA GET CLARIFICATION AROUND, SO THE PORT HAS SHOT SPOTTER, IT'S SHOWING MORE SHOT SPOTTER OR GUNSHOT VIOLENCE DATA AND WE'RE, BUT THE NORTH STILL HAS ITS OWN TYPE OF, UH, SORT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, UH, AND VIOLENCE. MM-HMM . BUT SHOT SPOTTER ISN'T THERE YET. SO IS THE CITY TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT SHOT SPOTTER IN THAT AREA? AND THEN HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE DATA? SO I DON'T KNOW THE PLANS FOR WHETHER, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH THE SHOT SPOTTER AREA WHERE IT IS CURRENTLY. UM, IF THAT ENDS UP BEING APPROVED, I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE PLANS FOR EXPANDING IT. UM, THE DATA FOR PIGEON PARK, I THINK WE'RE PRESENTING MORE IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERA DATA, UM, WHERE CAMERAS WOULD POSSIBLY BE PLACED IN THE CITY. UM, NOT IN TERMS OF THE SHOT SPOTTER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM BEING, UH, EXPANDED OUT TO THAT AREA. SO IT'S KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES AT ONE POINT. GRAB THE MICROPHONE. YEAH. SORRY. AT, AT ONE POINT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE, UH, PRESENTATION I HAD, YOU WERE SHOWING A DEMOGRAPHIC AND YOU SAID BELOW HARVARD SQUARE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEANT BY BELOW HARVARD SQUARE. SURE. YEAH. SO NEIGHBORHOOD ONE THROUGH SEVEN, SO BELOW SQUARE, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD? I CAN'T HEAR. OKAY. EAST CAMBRIDGE. JOHN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MOVE THIS THING. UH, EAST CAMBRIDGE IS NUMBER ONE. UH, THANK YOU. EAST CAMBRIDGE, MIT, INMAN HARRINGTON, THE PORT, CAMBRIDGE PORT MID CAMBRIDGE AND RIVERSIDE WOULD BE CONSIDERED. YEAH, HARVARD SQUARE IS LIKE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE, YEAH. OH, UH, YEAH. I I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY, UM, OFFICER INVOLVED FATAL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DATA. DO YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? I DON'T ACTUALLY. ISN'T A DEPUTY. DO YOU HAVE ANSWER? NO, I, IT HAS TO DO WITH NUMBERS. I MEAN, IT'S TECHNICALLY, WE DON'T COUNT IT AS IN THE SHOOTING DATA BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE DATA WE REPORT TO THE STATE AS OUR SHOOTINGS. IT'S INVESTIGATED AS A, AS A JUSTIFIED SHOOTING. I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF I HAVE THE BEST ANSWER FOR THAT. I CAN GET A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU [02:05:01] ON THAT. UM, I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THOSE SHOOTINGS WERE LOCATED. ONE WAS IN THE PORT AND ONE WAS IN CAMBRIDGE PORT THAT LAST YEAR. THE ONE, THE ONE THIS YEAR WAS IN, OH, I'M SORRY. WAS IT THE PORT? OR, I'M SORRY. IT MIGHT'VE BEEN ACTUALLY MID CAMBRIDGE. TECHNICALLY IT WAS MID CAMBRIDGE, THE ONE THIS YEAR. AND THEN 2023 WAS IN CAMBRIDGE PORT. YEAH, SO WE HAVE A, SO WE HAVE A DATA ON THE ACCURACY RATE OF REPORTS FROM 9 1 1 CALLS AND FROM SHOTSPOTTER. BUT I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE THAT DATA, UH, ADJUSTED FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, REPORTS. 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY SHOTSPOTTER HAD A HIGHER RATE, BUT LOWER NUMBER OF REPORTS. UM, SO I WAS WONDERING IF IT COULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET DATA ON LIKE, UM, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN WHICH ONES WERE ACCURATE AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT WERE, UM, COVERED BY SHOTSPOTTER, LIKE VERSUS CALLS. UM, I'M NOT REALLY SURE I UNDERSTAND. LIKE, UM, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE WHAT PERCENT OF TOTAL INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED. BECAUSE LIKE THERE, THE, THE POSITIVE RATE DOESN'T REALLY ACCOUNT FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTS BY EACH. SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS, UH, YES. CONFIRMED INCIDENT. THE, THE, THE TOTAL COVERAGE BY 9 1 1 CALLS MM-HMM . OF, UM, OF INCIDENTS AND THE TOTAL COVERAGE OF, UH, OF REPORTED INSTANCE BY SHOTSPOTTER. I JUST, OKAY. BECAUSE I, I CAN'T DO THE MATH BASED JUST BASED OFF THE, UH, OKAY. POSITIVE RATE. YEAH. I DUNNO. NEXT, UH, IS SHOTSPOTTER CURRENTLY ACTIVE NOW OR IS IT DIS ACTIVATED NOW? IT'S CURRENTLY ACTIVE NOW. IT WAS REINSTATED IN SEPTEMBER. AUGUST. AUGUST. SO FOR WHAT PERIOD OF TIME? WASN'T IT ACTIVE LATE MAY TO MID AUGUST OR OF THIS YEAR? YES. HELLO. UM, SO I'M INTERESTED IN THIS POINT OF POLICE CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE AVERAGED 103,000 OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS MM-HMM . HOW DO THE POLICE RESPOND EXACTLY. AND ARE THERE JURISDICTION LIMITATIONS TO HOW THEY RESPOND? WHAT ARE THE NUANCES TO OFFICERS SHOW UP TO THESE SERVICE CALLS? UM, SO THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IS THE ONES THAT WOULD DISPATCH OFFICERS TO THE CALLS. UH, I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW THEY RESPOND. THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT OUR UNIT HAS TO DO WITH THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR A SWORN OFFICER. DEPENDING, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CALL AND THE SEVERITY. SO IF IT WAS A, IF WE GET A CALL FOR STABBING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE MAY BE, IT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF RESPONSE. I, I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AN OFFICER, SO I'M NOT ON THE STREET EITHER, BUT IF, IF IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A DISTURBANCE CALL IN THE SQUARE, IT MIGHT NOT BE AS IMMEDIATE OF A RESPONSE OR AS MANY PEOPLE, WHEREAS A STABBING, YOU'RE GOING TO SEND, UM, AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE RESPONSE TO. SO THEY ALSO DETERMINE WHO NEEDS TO GO BASED ON WHAT TYPE OF CALL IT IS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SEVERITY, IF THAT HELPS. THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE FEEL LIKE ALL THE QUESTIONS WE'RE GONNA GATHER. SO IF THERE ARE ONES THAT WE FEEL WE NEED ANSWERED, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THEM AND WE'LL GET THE ANSWERS. OKAY. SO GO AHEAD AARON. I'M WAITING. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD FIND THE STATISTICS FOR THE AMOUNT OF SHOOTING INCIDENTS THAT ARE TARGETED VERSUS RANDOM, UH, SHOOTINGS. UM, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE PER INCIDENT OR IF IT COULD BE GOTTEN FOR US. UM, AND THEN AN AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION, IF I MAY. UM, YOU HAVE IN YOUR STATISTICS FOR THE PARKS, UH, THE DIFFERENCES OF THE NUMBER OF CALLS WITHOUT PROACTIVE PATROLS VERSUS WITH PROACTIVE PATROLS AND THE TIMEFRAME OF WITHOUT PROACTIVE PATROLS IS GIVEN. UM, I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE, WITH PROACTIVE PATROLS IS. UM, THE TOP OF THE SLIDE HAS THE DATE RANGE, SO ALL OF THOSE SHOULD BE THAT SAME DATE RANGE. IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN? IT'S TWO AND A HALF YEAR TIME SPAN. SO HOW DO YOU HAVE BOTH OF THOSE STATISTICS FOR WITHOUT PROACTIVE PATROLS AND WITH PROACTIVE PATROLS FOR THE SAME PARK DURING THE SAME TIMEFRAME? THAT'S WHAT THE COLUMNS ARE. [02:10:02] I CAN, IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES. YEAH. SO FOR EACH PARK, YOU ARE EITHER DOING PROACTIVE PATROLS OR NOT DOING PROACTIVE PATROLS FOR THAT TIMEFRAME? NO. SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHOUT THE PROACTIVE PATROL NUMBER INCLUDED. AND THEN THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE, EXCUSE ME, THE NUMBER OF PROACTIVE PATROLS. BUT THE TIMEFRAME IS THAT TWO AND A HALF YEAR TIME SPAN LISTED AT THE TOP FOR BOTH COLUMNS. SO IF YOU WERE TO COMBINE PIGEON PARK, UH, I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBERS, YOU'D HAVE A LITTLE OVER A LITTLE OVER 500 CALLS FOR SERVICE. SO WE SPLIT OUT THE OFFICER ONES BECAUSE THAT'S THEM LIKE GETTING OUT, WALKING THROUGH THE PARK, THAT'S, IT'S NOT A RESIDENT CALLING AND SAYING THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE. SO WE SPLIT THE OFFICER ONES OUT SO THAT WE COULD SEE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, DANAY PARK, LIKE WE HAD SAID, HOW THE SIZE OF IT, THERE'S SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PROACTIVE PATROL IN THAT LOCATION. UM, SO TAKING THE OFFICER PRO PROACTIVE PATROL OUT ALLOWED US TO BETTER SEE WHICH PARKS HAVE LIKE AN ISSUE THAT RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THAT DOES. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, I WAS, UH, WONDERING HOW MUCH DOES SHOTSPOTTER COST TO HAVE AND MAINTAIN, AND IS IT, IS IT MAINTAINED BY MOSTLY CITY WORKERS OR BY, UH, LIKE A THIRD PARTY FOR-PROFIT COMPANY? THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE PART OF COMMISSIONER WELLS PRESENTATION LATER. THANK SO SHE, YOU SHE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT. COME ON. I WAS WONDERING HOW THE CITY USES THE SHOT SPOTTER SYSTEM ON DAYS LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY OR NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHEN THERE ARE MANY FIREWORKS GOING OFF IN THE CITY. DOES IT NEED TO BE TURNED OFF OR CAN IT STILL WORK? UM, THAT IS ALSO GONNA BE ADDRESSED BY THE COMMISSIONER LATER. IT DOES MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT. THAT'S INTERESTING LOOKING, I WAS NOT AWARE THAT, UH, DURING MAY TO SEPTEMBER THAT THE SHUT SPOTTER WAS DEACTIVATED. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY. WAS IT A TECHNICAL GLITCH OR WAS IT SOMETHING FROM THE PUBLIC THAT DIDN'T WANT IT? UH, WHAT WAS THE REASON? UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA STICK WITH THE DATA PART ON THIS ONE. WE'RE GONNA REFER THAT TO THE COMMISSIONER LATER AS WELL. ? UH, I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. SO YOU, YOU HAD A SLIDE WHERE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EVIDENCE OF POTENTIAL LIFE SAVING FROM SHOTSPOTTER BECAUSE IT HAD A QUICKER RESPONSE RATE. UM, I WAS WONDERING, I THIS TWO PART QUESTION. ONE IS, UM, DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC, UM, RESEARCH THAT'S THAT, THAT SUPPORTS THIS LIFESAVING CLAIM BECAUSE OF A FASTER RESPONSE RATE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND A FASTER RESPONSE RATE CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT. UM, AND AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF YOU HAD STATISTICS ON THE TIME DIFFERENCE FOR CALLS THAT WERE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED AS SHOTSPOTTER ACTIVATIONS VERSUS 9 1 1 CALLS. UM, WHAT'S THE, THE AVERAGE AND THE SPREAD OF THOSE DIFFERENCES? AND IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE TO US AT SOME POINT? SO RESPONSE TIME IS A VERY COMPLICATED DATA SET FOR THIS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT SHOT SPOTTER WORKS. SO WHEN WE HAVE A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT, IT'S A RESPONSE TO THE ACTUAL SOUND OF GUNSHOTS. WHEN WE HAVE A REPORT FOR GUNFIRE FROM A 9 1 1 CALL, IT'S THE RESPONSE TO THE CALL FOR THE GUNSHOTS. IT'S A CALL, NOT THE ACTUAL GUNSHOTS. SO YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE THAT HEARS GUNSHOTS AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WAS THAT GUNSHOTS OR WAS THAT FIREWORKS? I'M GONNA LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE IF SOMEONE'S RUNNING AWAY OR SOMETHING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'LL CALL THE POLICE. SO THAT COULD TAKE, OR YOU COULD CALL IMMEDIATELY AND IT BE 30 SECONDS. WE HAVE GUNSHOTS INCIDENTS THAT PEOPLE RES ACTUALLY DO CALL BEFORE SHOT SPOTTER. I, THAT'S, IT'S, THAT HAPPENS TOO. BUT WE ALSO HAVE INCIDENTS WHERE WE GET A BUNCH OF CALLS AND THEY'RE FIVE MINUTES LATER AFTER A PERSON DECIDES WHETHER TO CALL. SO WE HAVE RESPONSE TIMES TO WHEN A PERSON CALLS. BUT UNLESS WE HAVE THAT SHOT SPOT OR ALERT THAT SAYS EXACTLY WHEN THAT INCIDENT ACTUALLY WENT OFF, RESPONSE TIMES, WE ONLY, WE CAN'T COMPARE RESPONSE TIMES TO A SOMEONE'S CALL VERSUS WHEN THE ACTUAL INCIDENT HAPPENED. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE. BUT, UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE MM-HMM . I WAS WONDERING, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO COMPARE WHEN SHOTSPOTTER REPORTS VERSUS WHEN SOMEONE CALLS MM-HMM . AND IF YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION TO US ABOUT THAT TIME DIFFERENCE? JUST ONE SECOND. YES. YEAH. MM-HMM . WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO I'M GOING, JOAQUIN, LAST QUESTION AND THEN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LATER IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CHART PAPER. AND SO PLEASE WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT AND I CAN TELL THAT THIS ROOM IS BUZZING WITH QUESTIONS. OKAY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE MANY OTHER SPEAKERS AND THINGS TO DO TODAY. SO, LAST QUESTION, JOAQUIN, AND THEN THINK ABOUT [02:15:01] YOUR QUESTION, WRITE IT DOWN AND YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. HI. UH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY WE COULD FIND OUT FROM OTHER SHOOTINGS, INCIDENTS WHICH ARE FROM CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS AND WHICH ARE NOT FROM CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS. 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE CAMBRIDGE HAS BEEN DEALING WITH CRIME FROM OTHER PLACES, ESPECIALLY DURING, UH, AFTER THE PANDEMIC. AND I GUESS AN EXAMPLE FOR THAT WOULD BE, UH, BIKE THEFT. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A ISSUE THAT CAMBRIDGE IS DEALING WITH, AND I FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES THAT ARE NOT FROM CAMBRIDGE. YEAH. YEP. WE CAN DO THAT. YOU WANT VICTIMS, ALL CRIME AND GEN. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR THE CRIMES. I MEAN, FOR THIS PARTICULAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SHOOTING INCIDENTS IN CAMBRIDGE. LIKE HOW MANY OF THOSE SHOOTINGS, INCIDENTS ARE FROM CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS. OKAY. AND HOW MUCH ARE FROM NON CAMBRIDGE RESIDENTS. OKAY. MM-HMM . GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. SEE, WE'RE, LET ME, LET ME ADVANCE OUR MANY SLIDES HERE SO WE GET TO THE, OUR VERY NEXT. OKAY. SO NEXT, GOING TO INVITE PROFESSOR IRMA ST. LOUIS, WHO JOINS US FROM NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY TO PLACE PUBLIC SAFETY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES IN A WIDER US CONTEXT, INCLUDING HOW CITIES ADOPT AND ASSESS THEM. YES. SO WE'LL DO, AGAIN, PRESENTATION WITH 10 MINUTES OF Q AND A AFTER. OKAY. SO PLEASE. AND I SEE LOTS OF WRITING AND EVERYTHING. WELCOME PROFESSOR ST. LOUIS. AND HERE, HERE'S THE CLICKER FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. LEMME KNOW, YOU CAN HEAR ME WELL. THUMBS UP? YES. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE WARM, UH, INTRODUCTION. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THE ASSEMBLY AND I APPRECIATE THE INVITE. UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS IMAN ST. LOUIS. IMAN IS FINE. UM, UM, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW AMERICAN CITIES HAVE APPROACHED GUNSHOT DETECTION AND CAMERAS, UH, IN PUBLIC SPACES, ALSO INCLUDING IN PARKS. UH, MY GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, UM, AND TO HELP YOU, UH, DEVELOP INFORMED QUESTIONS AS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND, UM, IN YOUR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, UM, ISSUE RIGHT HERE. SO WE'LL BEGIN WITH WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY SURVEILLANCE. RIGHT? SURVEILLANCE, UH, BASICALLY MEANS PAYING PURPOSEFUL ATTENTION TO PEOPLE AND THEIR INFORMATION, UM, TO HELP, TO PROTECT OR TO CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS. RIGHT NOW WHEN CITIES USE, UH, TECHNOLOGY SURVEILLANCE, THOSE TOOLS CAN HAVE, UM, VARIOUS, UH, FUNCTIONS, RIGHT? A GUNSHOT SENSOR, UH, DETECT POSSIBLE GUN, UH, GUNFIRE, UH, CAMERA RECORDS, ACTIVITIES. UM, A LICENSE PLATE READER HELPS IDENTIFY VEHICLES, UH, ANALYSIS TOOLS, HELP PEOPLE SEARCH AND CONNECT INFORMATION. RIGHT NOW, THOSE FUNCTIONS TELL US, UH, WHAT A SYSTEM DOES, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO ASK WHAT THE SYSTEM CAN'T ACCOMPLISH. RIGHT? OR WORKS FOR WHAT? RIGHT. PREVENTING A SHOOTING, REACHING AN INJURED PERSON SOONER. INVESTIGATING INCIDENT, OR FEELING SAFER ARE ALL DIFFERENT OUTCOMES, RIGHT? SO A SYSTEM MIGHT HELP WITH ONE WITHOUT IMPROVING THE OTHER SHOULD BEEN, I WAS IN THE WRONG SLIDE HERE. SORRY. SLIDE WITH TWO SLIDE OVER HERE. ALRIGHT. MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE HERE. AM I GOING BACKWARDS OR FORWARD? OKAY. OKAY. THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY. WHICH WAY? OKAY. THIS WAY. THERE YOU GO. YEAH, ALL THE RECORDS. . LITTLE PREVIEW. OKAY. LUNCH IS OVER. . ALRIGHT, HERE WE GO. HERE. BOOM. ALRIGHT, SO WE TALKED ABOUT SURVEILLANCE. UH, TRYING TO GET MY SLIDE MESSED UP HERE [02:20:02] AND MY COMPUTER'S NOT WORKING. INTERESTING. GIMME A SECOND HERE. SORRY. I JUST DROPPED SOME WATER ON MY COMPUTER AND IT'S ME FUNCTIONING. YEAH, FUN TIMES. ALL RIGHT. SO WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT SURVEILLANCE, UH, IS, RIGHT? UM, SO NOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW COMMON SURVEILLANCE IS. UM, LET'S GO BACK HERE. SORRY. THERE YOU GO. I'M CAUGHT UP NOW. SO NOW WE WANNA TALK ABOUT HOW COMMON SURVEILLANCE IS IN AMERICAN CITIES. UH, ONE SOURCE THAT GIVES US LIKE A NATIONAL PICTURE IS THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS, WHICH SURVEYS, UH, LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS. AND THESE FIGURES YOU SEE HERE, DESCRIBED A SHARE OF LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS USING THESE TECHNOLOGIES, RIGHT? SO IN 2020, ABOUT 43% USED FIXED, UM, SITE CAMERAS IN PUBLIC SPACES, 22% REGULARLY USED, UH, LICENSE PLATE READERS, AND JUST ABOVE 2%, UH, REGULARLY U USE, UM, GUNSHOT DETECTION. NOW, THOSE FIGURES TELL US, UM, HOW COMMON OR HOW SPREAD OR WIDESPREAD THESE CAMERAS ARE IN PUBLIC SPACES, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY IN PUBLIC PARKS. ALL RIGHT? AM I IN THE RIGHT PLACE HERE? OTHER WAY THIS WAY. BOOM. I, I GOT BOOM. ALL RIGHT. SO, ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, GUNSHOT DETECTION REAL QUICK, RIGHT? SO THESE SYSTEMS ESSENTIALLY ARE SENSORS THAT DETECT SOUNDS THAT MAY SOUND LIKE GUNFIRE, RIGHT? AND IT DOES A JOB, A GOOD JOB TO SOME DEGREE, VARIOUS OCCASIONS, UH, ESTIMATING WHERE THE SOUND COME FROM, RIGHT? UM, SHOT SPOTTER, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, HIGH WORKS IS THAT THE SOFTWARE FLAGS THE POSSIBLE GUN SOUND AND THEN THE SHOT SPOTTER REVIEWER WILL, UM, YOU KNOW, ASSESS THE SOUND AND DECIDE WHETHER AN ALERT SHOULD BE SENT OUT TO THE POLICE, RIGHT? SO A QUESTION TO ASK IS, WHY MIGHT A CITY CONSIDER NO SHOT SPOTTER OR GUNSHOT DETECTION? RIGHT? SO ONE REASON IS THAT GUNFIRE MAY GO UNREPORTED TO 9 1 1, RIGHT? UM, SO THE SYSTEM CAN ALERT AN OFFICER, UM, AND DIRECT AN OFFICER TO LOOK FOR LIKE AN INJURED PERSON OR EVEN COLLECT EVIDENCE RIGHT? NOW THAT MATTERS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OR COMMUNITIES WHERE, UH, RESIDENTS FEEL THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, TOO LITTLE PROTECTION. UH, HOWEVER, ONE ALERT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE AN ALERT REACHES THE POLICE, UM, PEOPLE STILL PLAY A ROLE IN IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE, UH, DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE, RIGHT? SO DISPATCHERS AND THE OFFICERS NEED TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO HOW TO APPROACH AND HOW TO RESPOND TO THE INCIDENT, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT AN ALERT DOES NOT IDENTIFY A SHOOTER, UM, AND BY ITSELF IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH WHETHER SOMEONE THAT'S NEARBY THE SPACE IS A SUSPECT. AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. LET'S MAKE SURE I'M GOING THE RIGHT WAY HERE. CHICAGO AND DURHAM. PERFECT. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, WHAT HAVE CITIES EXPERIENCED RIGHT, WITH THESE SYSTEMS? SO WE'LL LOOK AT REAL QUICK AT CHICAGO AND DURHAM IN NORTH CAROLINA. SO CHICAGO STOPPED THE SHOTSPOTTER, UM, PROGRAM IN, UH, SEPTEMBER, 2024. UM, AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PRO, UM, SHOTSPOTTER ARGUED THAT, UM, POLICE COULD USE IT, YOU KNOW, TO REACH INJURED PEOPLE MUCH SOONER AND RESPOND TO AND HELP 9 1 1 CALL, UM, RESPONSE, RIGHT? BUT CHICAGO'S INSPECTOR GENERAL CONDUCTED, UH, AN AUDIT AND FOUND THAT OFFICERS RESPONDING TO THESE, UM, TO THESE ALERTS RARELY DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF GUN RELATED CRIME, RIGHT? UM, SOME OFFICERS OFTEN CITED, YOU KNOW, THE HISTORY OF ALERTS IN THE SPACE WILL MAKE THEM MORE LIKELY TO STOP AND FRISK PEOPLE IN THOSE SPACES, RIGHT? SO IN A WAY, IT CRIMINALIZES THOSE SPACES. UM, THE REPORT DID DESCRIBE, UM, TWO EXAMPLES WHERE NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND ON PEOPLE. UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NO FINDING OF WEAPONS DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY MEAN AN ALERT IS WRONG, RIGHT? UM, THE REPORT DID NOT DIRECTLY TEST FOR LIKE SENSOR ACCURACY OR CRIME REDUCTION. UM, AND ANOTHER, UM, STUDY, WHICH MAY BE DISCUSSED WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE SESSION IS, UM, BY ERIC PIZA, WHO FOUND IN CHICAGO, WHO FOUND GUN VIOLENCE, UM, ACTUALLY INCREASED GUN [02:25:01] RECOVERIES. HOWEVER, IT HAD NO STATIST STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION ON, UM, ON, UH, ON SHOOTINGS OR OTHER NO SERIOUS GUN RELATED, UM, OFFENSES. NOW, LOOKING AT DURHAM RESEARCHERS EVALUATED A, UH, PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH LESSED FOR ONE YEAR. AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT POLICE RECEIVED MORE GUNFIRE NOTIFICATIONS, UM, AND THEY ALSO ARRIVED ON SCENE SOONER, RIGHT? SOME ALERTS WITHOUT A MATCHING NINE ONE ONE CALL DID LEAD TO SOME EVIDENCE AND SOME ARREST. UM, AND IN ONE INCIDENT THAT THEY DESCRIBED, OFFICERS ACTUALLY GAVE SOME AID TO A PERSON WHO WAS SHOT. AND THIS PERSON EVENTUALLY, UM, UM, KNOW SURVIVED. UH, HOWEVER, UM, THEY DID SAY THAT THE SHOT SPOTTER HELPED WITH A SPEEDY, UM, RESPONSE TO THE, TO THE, UM, TO THE SCENE. HOWEVER, THEY CANNOT CONFIRM THAT IT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED TO SAVING THE LIFE OF THAT PERSON. UM, AND ALSO FOR INCIDENTS, THAT'S AL THAT WAS, UH, ALREADY REPORTED THROUGH 9 1 1, THE RESEARCHERS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF IMPROVED EVIDENCE COLLECTION, UH, ARREST, OR EVEN, UM, UM, WITNESS INTERVIEWS. ALRIGHT? SO OVERALL, UH, THEY FOUND, UM, NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY COULD USE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SYSTEM REDUCED, UM, GUN VIOLENCE. SO EVENTUALLY, DURHAM CITY COUNCIL, UM, VOTED AGAINST A THREE YEAR CONTINUATION OF THAT SHOTS BY PROGRAM IN MARCH, 2024. NOW, THESE EXAMPLES BRING US TO BACK TO, YOU KNOW, WORKS FOR WHAT, RIGHT? UM, ARRIVING SOONER AND REDUCING SHOOTINGS ARE TWO DIFFERENT OUTCOMES, MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALL RIGHT? SO PHILADELPHIA AND PHOENIX. SO NOW THIS IS ABOUT CAMERAS AROUND PARKS AND RECREATIONAL, UM, SPACES, RIGHT? UM, SO QUESTION TO, TO BEGIN WITH WILL BE, WILL SOMEONE BE WATCHING THESE CAMERAS LIVE? UM, WILL SOMEONE BE RE REVIEWING RECORDINGS LATER, OR WILL BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME? RIGHT? SO PHILADELPHIA BEGIN INSTALLING THESE CAMERAS, UH, AROUND RECREATIONAL SITES IN 2023. UM, AND OFFICIALS SAY THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND PARK WORKERS SAFE, RIGHT? SO IT WAS, IM IMPLEMENTED FOR SAFETY REASONS. UM, THE CITY DESCRIBED POLICE OFFICERS OR POLICE PERSONNEL, I SHOULD SAY, UM, WATCHING THESE CAMERAS 24 7 AROUND THE CLOCK, RIGHT? FROM LIKE A CENTRAL FACILITY. NOW IN PHOENIX, THIS THEY TESTED, UM, UM, UM, CAMERAS MOUNTED ON MOBILE, UM, TRAILERS, IF YOU WILL. AND THAT WAS LIKE IN 2024 AND FEW SELECTED PARKS. AND IN 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR UP TO EIGHT UNITS, UM, DEPENDING ON FUNDING, RIGHT? AND SO THESE SERVICES, THEY DESCRIBED THEIR SERVICE AS BEING A 24 HOUR RECORDING, UH, APPROACH, WHERE THEN A COMPANY, UH, STAFF WOULD WATCH THESE CAMERAS OVERNIGHT. SO STILL THOUGH, UM, SOMEONE STILL NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, NOTICE THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? UH, SOMEBODY STILL NEEDS TO CONTACT THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET SOMEONE TO THE SCENE, RIGHT? SO RECORDING ALONE DOES NOT MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. AND SO THESE EXAMPLES DESCRIBE CAMERA ARRANGEMENTS, RIGHT? BUT THEY DO NOT SHOW THAT CAMERAS ACTUALLY REDUCE CRIME. UM, SO FOR CAMBRIDGE RICH, UM, QUESTIONS WILL BE WHO WILL NOTICE A PROBLEM, RIGHT? WHO WILL RESPOND AND HOW WILL RECORDINGS BE STORED? HOW WILL THEY BE USED? AND HOW WILL THE INFORMATION BE SHARED? ALL RIGHT? SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR CAMBRIDGE PARK, UM, CAMERA DISCUSSION. SO TO BEGIN WITH, I THINK IT HELPS, UH, YOU KNOW, TO SEPARATE THE RULES, UM, THAT POLICE ALREADY HAVE FOR CAMERAS, UH, FROM THE PROPOSAL FOR THE OVERNIGHT PARKS. SO AS YOU SEE THE EXISTING POLICY, AS YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ALREADY, UH, THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2025, THEY DESCRIBED THE CAMERAS AS RECORDING 24 HOURS A DAY. AND THE POLICY ALSO SAYS THAT CAMERAS ARE ROUTINELY WATCHED, ARE NOT ROUTINELY WATCHED. HOWEVER, DURING EMERGENCIES, THEY ARE MONITORED BY A PERSON. UM, AND RECORDINGS ARE NORMALLY KEPT FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS. [02:30:01] UM, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES, UH, IT MAY BE, UM, KEPT FOR LATER FOR LEGAL REASONS, RIGHT? AND SO THE PARK PROPOSAL THOUGH IS A BIT DIFFERENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE CITY ASKS, UM, BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL ASKED THE CITY TO LOOK INTO INSTALLING CAMERAS THAT WOULD OPERATE FROM WHAT, 8:00 PM TO 8:00 AM RIGHT? IT ALSO PROPOSED LIMITS ON WHO CAN ACCESS, UM, AND ALSO, UM, HOW, UM, RECORDINGS OR HOW THE DATA WILL BE SHARED, RIGHT? IT ALSO ASKED THE CITY'S, UM, LAW DEPARTMENT, UM, TO RECOMMEND WAYS TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, WHICH I KNOW IS A, IS AN IMPORTANT, UM, FEATURE IN THIS, RIGHT? AND SO THE DOCUMENTS THAT I GOT TO REVIEW, UM, THEY DO NOT DETAIL LIKE A FINAL PLAN FOR HOW, UM, PARK CAMERAS WILL ACTUALLY OPERATE, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, WE SHOULD ASSUME, I MEAN, WE SHOULD NOT ASSUME THAT, UM, THE EXISTING POLICE POLICY FOR CAMERAS ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE MAY HAVE FOR PARK CAMERAS, RIGHT? AND SO, AS YOU CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL, UM, THREE THINGS, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UH, KEEP SEPARATE, UM, WITH ONE BEING WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY CAN DO, RIGHT? WHAT THE CITY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO DO WITH THE, UM, WITH THE DATA AND WHAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO IN PRACTICE WITHIN THAT SYSTEM. SO, REAL QUICK, SO WHAT CAN TECHNOLOGY HELP? UM, WHAT CAN TECHNOLOGY HELP WITH? AND WHAT DOES IT LEAVE UNRESOLVED, RIGHT? A SENSOR, OF COURSE, MAY HELP POLICE OFFICERS KNOW LOCATE POSSIBLE GUNFIRE, BUT A SENSOR ALONG CANNOT, UM, ADDRESS THE REASONS FOR VIOLENCE, RIGHT? UM, IT CANNOT HELP REBUILD TRUST BETWEEN POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND. AND STILL THOUGH, THAT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THESE CAMERAS OR THESE SYSTEMS DO NOT HAVE ANY VALUE, RIGHT? IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THESE SYSTEMS TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH. UM, ALSO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS, OF COURSE CALL FOR DIFFERENT RESPONSES, RIGHT? SOME, UM, ALTERNATIVE IDEAS, UM, OUTSIDE OF TECHNOLOGY OR CAMERAS COULD BE BETTER LIGHTING, UM, BETTER MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? UM, MORE PARK STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SOME VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS. I THINK THOSE MIGHT BE HELPFUL. UM, SO THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT ELSE, UM, COULD HELP ACHIEVE THE GOAL, RIGHT? AND HOW DO THE COST AND THE BENEFITS COMPARE TO THESE ALTERNATIVES COMPARED TO CAMERAS? FINALLY, UM, CITIES NEED TO, UM, HAVE SOME CLEAR RULES ABOUT WHERE WILL THESE SYSTEMS OPERATE, RIGHT? UM, WHAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR, UM, WHO CAN ACCESS AND WHO CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND HOW LONG, UM, THE DATA WILL BE KEPT, RIGHT? AND SO ALSO SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK THE RULES, UM, ENSURE THAT THE RULES ARE BEING FOLLOWED, RIGHT? SO OVERSIGHT. UM, SO AT THE REVIEW POINT, OF COURSE, THAT SOME'S GONNA GET THERE AT SOME POINT. UM, QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, UM, CONSIDERED WOULD BE, UH, WHAT RESULTS SUPPORT KEEPING THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? WHAT PROBLEMS REQUIRE CHANGES AND WHO CAN STOP? I MEAN, OR WHO CAN STOP ITS USE, RIGHT? WHEN WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME EVIDENCE THAT IT IS NOT WORKING IN A WAY THAT WE WISH THAT IT WOULD WORK. AND LASTLY, I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THESE QUESTIONS, UM, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD INTO YOUR FUTURE DISCUSSIONS IN THIS PROCESS, RIGHT? WITH ONE BEING, WHAT PROBLEMS ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? UH, WHAT EVIDENCE WOULD SHOW THAT THE APPROACH IS ACTUALLY WORKING, RIGHT? UM, HOW SHOULD THESE TECHNOLOGIES BE USED? AND WHAT LIMITS WOULD THE PEOPLE WHO THESE SPACE, WHO, UM, WHO THESE SPACES WHO OPERATE IN THESE SPACES ACTUALLY WANT? AND WHAT WOULD LEAD US TO KEEP A SYSTEM CHANGE HOW IT'S USED OR STOP IT ALL TOGETHER? ALRIGHT? SO I HOPE THAT THE INFORMATION I'VE SHARED WITH YOU RIGHT NOW WILL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS TO DEVELOP SOME QUESTIONS AS YOU MOVE [02:35:01] FORWARD. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY SUPER IMPORTANT AND CONSIDERING HELPING US THINK ABOUT THE KINDS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING MOVING FORWARD. UM, WE HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS, SO I'M GONNA REALLY ACTUALLY MODERATE THIS. SO JUST TO KNOW, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE ALL JUST KIND OF JUMPED ON THE MIC, WHICH WAS GREAT, I WAS KIND OF FEELING THIS OUT. SO IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE SURE I'LL HELP SO THAT I CAN HELP WITH OUR MIC. SO WE'LL START UP WITH THIS FRONT TABLE HERE. OLIVIA, GO AHEAD. OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, GO HUSKIES. 'CAUSE I GO TO NORTHEASTERN TOO. OKAY. UM, I ACTUALLY FOUND IT KIND OF FUNNY THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ERIC PIZZA, BECAUSE I JUST TR SUBMITTED A PAPER ON HIM YESTERDAY, AND HE ACTUALLY CAME TO MY CLASS TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT, UM, SO HE WORKED WITH THE NEW JERSEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY LIKE FOCUSED ON A SPECIFIC STRIP OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HIGH CRIME RATES MM-HMM . AND THEY DID A, UM, RESEARCH BASICALLY TO SHOW THAT LIKE THE HEIGHTENED, UM, POLICE MONITORING ACTUALLY, UM, HELPED DECREASE ARRESTS. THEY WEREN'T SO MUCH FOCUSED ON ARRESTING, BUT MORE LIKE MONITOR MONITORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. AND I GUESS A LITTLE QUESTION I HAVE WOULD BE, UM, HOW CAN CAMBRIDGE USE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY WHILE STILL PROTECTING RESIDENT PRIVACY AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY ISN'T BEING MISUSED? CERTAINLY. UH, GOOD QUESTION. WELL, I THINK FIRST, RIGHT? UM, WHEN WE ARE DOING THESE THINGS, WE ARE DOING IT TO, UM, HELP THE COMMUNITY OUT. AND SO I THINK OFF TOP IS THAT WE NEED TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THROUGHOUT ALL THE PROCESSES, RIGHT? UM, NOT JUST A ONE OFF, BUT, UM, A CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP WHERE COMMUNITIES ARE INVOLVED IN A DECISION MAKING, RIGHT? FROM THE PILOT PROGRAM, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE DECISIONS, WHETHER WE KEEP IT, WHAT DO WE CHANGE AND, UM, WHERE DO WE STOP IT, RIGHT? AND SO I THINK ALSO TO HAVE SOME OVERSIGHT AND TO FIELD, UM, SOME RESPONSES FROM THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HAVE THE SYSTEM THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WANT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM OR ADDRESS THEIR PROBLEMS. UM, THUS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE GROUND, FROM THEM AS OPPOSED TO US, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH OUR OWN IDEAS OF WHAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM. PLEASE GO AHEAD, STEPHANIE. UM, THE FIRST IS JUST A QUICK COMMENT THAT WHEN WE SAY THESE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES TO ME, UH, SHOT SPOTTER AND CAMERAS HAVE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS FOR PERSONAL PRIVACY. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HELP TO LUMP THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE CATEGORY. AND THAT'S JUST A COMMENT. THE OTHER QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE FROM THESE, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO STOP FUNDING EITHER ONE OF THOSE, WHETHER IT MIGHT'VE BEEN BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL OR POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS AS OPPOSED TO ACTUAL EVIDENCE-BASED DECISION MAKING? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THESE, UH, TECHNOLOGIES, UM, AND THEIR USE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE POLICE INVOLVED AND CITIES INVOLVED, UH, YOU CAN'T REALLY, UH, REMOVE POLITICS, RIGHT? UM, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT IN CHICAGO, THE DECISION, I MEAN, IT WAS IN PART, UH, POLITICAL, BUT IT WAS STRONG EVIDENCE THAT THE SYSTEM WAS JUST NOT WORKING. IT WAS NOT COST EFFECTIVE. UM, AND SO, UM, OTHER OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED. AND ALSO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE OFTEN TRY TO SOLVE, UH, RELATIONAL PROBLEMS WITH TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? AND IT'S JUST A QUICK FIX. IT'S NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT'S CAUSING PROBLEMS, RIGHT? SO POLICE ARE JUST RESPONDING TO CALLS OR SHOTS FIRED. THEY JUST, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE CONTINUE DOING, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING ISSUES, RIGHT? SO I SEE ALL OF THESE ISSUES AS RELATIONAL ISSUES, AND I, UH, I AM RETICENT TO, UH, WHOLLY THINK THAT TECHNOLOGY CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, AT CORE RELATIONAL. PLEASE GO AHEAD, AUBREY, IS THIS ON? HELLO? HI. OKAY. UM, SO, SO YOU OH, OH, HI. HI, . UM, SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO REALLY QUICKLY, UH, COMMENT LISTENING TO EVERYTHING ALREADY. TRYING TO THINK THROUGH. UM, I'M WONDERING ABOUT, UM, LIKE CO-GOVERNANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY, SORT OF HOW IN THIS SPACE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FOUR MEETINGS, CAN WE THINK NOT [02:40:01] JUST ABOUT THE DATA, NOT JUST ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT ABOUT, UH, REINFORCING, UH, CULTURAL NORMS, IDENTITY, EDUCATION AND EXPECTATIONS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AS SORT OF A, A COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONAL NET, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF AN ETHOS, IF YOU WILL, AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THEN, UM, LOOKING AT THAT AS RELATES TO, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMATIC COSTS AND THEN, UH, CO-GOVERNANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY. SO NOT, NOT JUST HANDING IT OFF TO THE CITY, BUT THINKING ABOUT, OKAY, WHERE DOES THIS LIVE? HOW IS IT EMBEDDED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ITSELF? UH, YEAH, THAT WAS A A LOT TO KIND OF LIKE DIGEST, IF YOU CAN, MAYBE, UH, YOU MADE SOME REALLY GREAT POINTS IF YOU CAN, UH, MAYBE LIKE SUMMARIZE IT TO LIKE ONE YEAH. LIKE, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH, UM, HOW MUCH THOUGHT OR FOCUS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, ENERGY OR ATTENTION HAS GONE INTO THINKING ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND THIS WORK IN THAT WAY? YEAH, WELL, I THINK, UH, OFF TOP RIGHT, THE FACT THAT THERE IS THIS ASSEMBLY OCCURRING, HIGHLIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME INTENTIONAL, UM, UH, APPROACHES TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND AGAIN, UH, THESE THINGS WILL NOT WORK WELL WITHOUT OVERSIGHT WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MEANINGFUL GOVERNANCE AND CONTINUED, UM, EVALUATION, I WOULD SAY. AND ALSO TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THESE STRATEGIES WILL, UM, DISTRIBUTE ACROSS COMMUNITIES AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY MAY MEAN, UH, TO ONE COMMUNITY MAY NOT MEAN THE SAME THING TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK TAKING A ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH MAY BE, UH, MAY NOT BE THE MOST, UM, BENEFICIAL WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. RIGHT? AGAIN, I ALWAYS COME BACK DOWN TO HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY WANT AND TO HAVE CONTINUED EVALUATION, RIGHT? WHILE A SYSTEM MAY WORK FOR ONE YEAR, RIGHT, IT MAY END UP NOT WORKING FOR ANOTHER YEAR, RIGHT? AND SO, AGAIN, CONTINUED EVALUATION AND MAKING DECISION BASED OFF LIGHT EVIDENCE AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE THINK WORKS. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO I'M GONNA GO TO AUBREY AND THEN I'M GONNA GO OVER TO YOU, ALEX. OKAY. SO JUST KNOW GO AHEAD. HI. SO YOU HAVE A SLIDE ON CAMBRIDGE'S EXISTING POLICY AND THEN THE PROPOSAL. AND SO I WAS WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO GET MORE DETAILS ON WHAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW AND THE, AND WHAT THE ACTUAL PROPOSAL IS? UH, THAT I, I WOULD ASSUME SO, RIGHT? SO I HAD TO DIG, DIG UP THE KITCHEN, GOING TO, UH, WE CAN, WE WILL MAKE SURE, YEAH. OKAY. , YEAH. THIS IS THE, JUST THE POLICE, UH, POLICY AND I'LL JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, YEAH. HANG UP THERE TO TEASE OUT THAT THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME WITH THE POLICIES THAT MAY BE, UM, IMPLEMENTED FOR, UH, THE PARK CAMERAS. YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, SIMILAR TO HOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DATA FROM THE SHOT SPOTTER, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND, YOU KNOW, THE POLICIES AROUND THAT DATA AND WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS, UM, IN ORDER TO HELP US MAKE THAT, THAT DETERMINATION. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, THIS CAMERAS ARE, ARE REALLY DIFFERENT BEAST WHEN IT COMES TO A LOT OF THE PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. AND, UM, ONE THING THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW IS HOW WOULD THE DATA THAT IS COLLECTED BY CAMERA SYSTEMS INTERACT WITH OTHER SYSTEMS AND DATABASES, YOU KNOW, IN PARTICULAR THE DATA THAT'S COLLECTED BY FLOCK, YOU KNOW, ALPS, AND, UM, 'CAUSE THAT HAS MAJOR IMPLICATIONS FOR PRIVACY. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND AS WE'RE CONSIDERING THESE POLICIES, BECAUSE IT CAN PRESENT A MAJOR DOWNSIDE, UM, TO THESE, TO THESE POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGIES. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE OUT OF YOUR AREA. I MEAN, THE CAMBRIDGE SPOTS SHOTS SPOTTER. YEAH. ZONE IS ONE POINT SOMETHING MILES RELATIVELY SMALL. DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON THE SIZE OF THE SHOT SPOTTERS, UH, ZONES THAT WERE USED IN CHICAGO AND DURHAM? NO, I DID NOT LOOK INTO THAT. UH, OKAY, THAT'S FINE. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING CONCEPTS. ERIC, YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING CHICAGO OR DURHAM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT ERIC, PETER WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. I ALSO WANTED TO, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, BUT POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SOME PRIVACY CONCERNS WITH THE SHOT SPOTTER. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ONLY RECORDING GUNSHOTS. UH, AND THAT SEEMS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN CAMERA [02:45:01] RECORDING, BUT I THINK WE'LL ALL PROBABLY LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, AND THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS, PRIVACY WISE, WITH JUST SHOT SPOTTER. YEAH. AND ON THAT TOO, I WANT TO LIKE NOTE THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SURVEILLANCE, I KNOW OFTENTIMES WE THINK ABOUT SURVEILLANCE, WE THINK ABOUT CAMERAS, AND WE THINK ABOUT THE CAMERAS WATCHING THE BODY, BUT SURVEILLANCE IS BROADER THAN THAT, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT JUST THE COLLECTION OF DATA, RIGHT? WHATEVER PIECE OF DATA YOU LEAP BEHIND, RIGHT? IN FACT, THE, THE, THE, THE COLLECTIVE DATA IS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE SYSTEMS THAN IT IS LIKE YOUR ACTUAL VISUAL BODY. GREAT. KATE, I SEE AARON, LEMME SAY THE, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THE CAMERA, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE SHOT SHOT SPOTTER WAS, UH, DETECTING SOUND MM-HMM . AND YET, NOW I'M HEARING THAT IT'S ALSO VERY CAMERA ORIENTED. WHAT IS THE, THE, UH, PERCENTAGE IS, UH, BETWEEN THE SOUND ALERTS AND CAMERA ALERTS? ARE THEY JUST CONTINUOUS, CONTINUOUSLY WORK TOGETHER? YEAH. SORRY IF I MISSPOKE. YEAH, SO THE CAMERAS AND THE SHOTS FIGHTERS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. OH, I THINK MAYBE WHAT I SHOULD SAY IS THAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE NOT PLUG AND PLAY TECHNOLOGIES. YOU DON'T JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THEM AND THEY KINDA JUST DO WHAT THEY DO, RIGHT? THERE ARE PEOPLE INVOLVED MAKING THESE DECISIONS, RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE SHOT SPOTTERS, LIKE WHEN THEY IDENTIFY SOUND, SOMEBODY HAS TO ASSESS THE SOUND AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS AN ACTUAL GUN SOUND AND THEN DECIDE TO ALERT THE POLICE, AND THEN THE POLICE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW THEY'RE GONNA APPROACH IT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM CAMERAS, UH, FROM CAMERAS. I WOULD THINK ABOUT IS THERE LIKE LIVE MONITORING, RIGHT? AND IF YOU ARE LIVE MONITORING, UM, UM, AND YOU OBSERVE, LET'S SAY A TYPE OF VICTIMIZATION OCCURRING, WHO DO YOU ALERT? DO YOU ALERT THE POLICE? OR IS THERE A DIFFERENT, UH, SYSTEM TO LIKE POLICE RESPOND? AND WHERE DO THE CAMERA COME INTO, UH, USE? SAY TO USE IN WHAT? IN WHAT? YES, IN WHAT REGARD ARE WE USING CAMERAS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY? YEAH. SO THE CAMERAS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ARE BEING, UH, BEING PROPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE PARKS, UM, FOR SAFETY REASONS, UH, WHICH WILL BE MONITORED FROM 8:00 PM OR THE PROPOSALS FROM 8:00 PM TO ABOUT, UM, 8:00 AM OKAY. AARON? SORRY, IS THIS, YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF, UM, EITHER OPINION OR INFORMATION REGARDING HOW POLICY IS AFFECTED BY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT IS LIKE OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY? LIKE THE CAMERAS? I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY WOULD BE, VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S OWNED AND OPERATED BY A THIRD PARTY LIKE SHOTSPOTTER, UM, I CAN MAYBE DRAW FROM THE POLICE, RIGHT? THE POLICE CONTROL, LIKE, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED POLICY. UH, OFTENTIMES THE POLICY MAY BE WRITTEN TO SOME DEGREE IN FAVOR OF, UH, I WOULDN'T, NOT SAY IN FAVOR, BUT TO, UH, LEAN A BIT MORE TOWARDS THE STATE AGENDA, UH, COMPARED TO, UH, THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA, IF YOU WILL. RIGHT? UM, SO THAT'S WHY I ADVOCATE FOR, UM, FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE NOT JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THESE ACTIVITIES, BUT ALSO HOW THE POLICIES ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED, RIGHT? UM, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, UH, SOME SECTIONS OF THE POLICY THAT MAY BE ALERTING TO, UM, SOME COMMUNITIES. OKAY. SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE IS SUPER HELPFUL. REAL GOOD. ALRIGHT, ALBA, AND THEN ARI, AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST QUESTION FOR THIS IS THIS, I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT PRIVACY. UM, SO GIVEN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE ARE ALL MONITORING PUBLIC SPACES, WHAT EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY SHOULD WE HAVE IN PUBLIC SPACES? SHOULD WE EXPECT? YEAH, I MEAN, HOW MUCH SHOULD WE EXPECT? YEAH. UM, I THINK ONE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? UM, SOMETIMES THESE DATAS MAY BE STORED AND DATA THAT'S CAPTURED, YOU KNOW, MAYBE OF MUNDANE ACTIVITIES, UNREMARKABLE ACTIVITIES MAY SEEM LIKE IT'S NOTHING, RIGHT? UH, BUT THEN LATER ON WHEN THEY ARE CONNECTED WITH OTHER SYSTEMS, RIGHT? THAT MAY RAISE THAT KIND OF RAISE THAT, UH, DATA FROM BEING REMARKABLE TO BEING SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY HOLDS SOME CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU, RIGHT? SO THESE DATAS NOWADAYS DO NOT JUST OPERATE IN OR EXIST IN SILO. LIKE THEY, THEY MERGE WITH OTHER PIECES OF DATA, RIGHT? YOU CAN, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS NOT, NOT SAYING THIS HAPPENED AT CAMBRIDGE, BUT, UM, LET'S SAY, UH, YOUR LOG OF LIKE, UM, UH, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, RIGHT? UM, CONNECT THAT TO, LET'S JUST SAY YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY, RIGHT? AND LET'S JUST SAY THE LOG FROM YOUR VEHICLE MOVEMENT SHOWED THAT YOU WERE OFTEN GOING TO LIKE A BAR, BUT THEN YOU TOLD YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY THAT YOU DON'T DRINK, RIGHT? THAT MAY RAISE SOME CONCERNS, [02:50:01] RIGHT? SO I'M JUST KIND OF JUST GIVING LIKE, BASIC IDEAS OF HOW, UM, ONE PIECE OF DATA CAN MEAN LITTLE TO NOTHING, BUT WHEN IT'S TRAVELED AND CONNECTED WITH OTHER PIECES OF DATA, IT BECOMES SOMETHING. SO I CALL THAT, OR SCHOLARS CALL THAT, LIKE YOUR DATA DOUBLE. THAT'S WHY I SAID THAT THE SURVEILLANCE IS MORE ABOUT THE INFORMATION OR THE DATA YOU LEAVE BEHIND AND LESS ABOUT YOUR ACTUAL PHYSICAL BODY. GREAT. AND OUR FINAL QUESTION, ARI, GO AHEAD. UM, YOU MENTIONED THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE AND WHAT POSSIBLE ALL, UM, ALTERNATIVE AL ALTERNATIVES THERE ARE OR OTHER SOLUTIONS TO GET THERE. AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY MORE SPECIFICS ON WHAT THOSE COULD LOOK LIKE SLASH WHAT THE, UM, EFFICACY OF THAT OR THE DIFFERENCE IN EFFECTIVENESS? YEAH, SO I TRY TO DRAW FROM NO EVIDENCE. UM, I TRY NOT TO LIKE, MAKE TOO MANY LIKE ASSUMPTIONS. UM, ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE LIGHTING, UH, THE INCREASED LIGHTING, UH, EXAMPLE THAT I SHARED, UH, WAS A RECENT EXPERIMENT IN NEW YORK AT A PUBLIC HOUSING COMPLEX, UM, WHERE THEY INCREASED THE LIGHTING DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND NIGHT CRIME, UM, UM, WAS REDUCED, RIGHT? UM, WITHOUT CAMERAS. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE JUST HOW ONE PIECE, UH, ONE STRATEGY CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN IMPACT. UM, YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR ST. LOUIS. AND AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM, THERE WILL BE A PLACE WHERE WE WILL TAKE IT AND JUST WANNA TAKE A SECOND TO REALLY NAME, I THINK SOME THAT'S COMING UP IS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TWO TECHNOLOGIES, RIGHT? SO THE GUNSHOT DETECTIONS SYSTEMS THAT ARE AUDITORY, RIGHT? THAT DO NOT INVOLVE A CAMERA, RIGHT? VERSUS OVERNIGHT CAMERAS IN PUBLIC PARKS, RIGHT? SO AS WE'RE NAMING THAT, AND I THINK AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT PROBLEMS ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE AND SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, AND THE FACT THAT THE ROLE OF HUMANS WHO ARE INVOLVED AT DIFFERENT POINTS, OKAY? SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT, OKAY, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THIS. ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT, TAKEN IN A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK MORE DIRECTLY ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. SO THIS IS WHY YOU'RE GONNA TAKE AT YOUR TABLES, WE'RE GONNA DO A FIRST TABLE TASK TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'D LIKE TO DESCRIBE YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE AND HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN SAFETY. OKAY? AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA CONSIDER WHAT'S SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT ABOUT THEM. BUT BEFORE I THINK WE DO THAT, I AM GOING TO DO ONE CHANGE OF SOME TABLING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, ALL ACCOMMODATIONS MET. SO AARON, WHO'S I THINK OVER HERE AT VINCENT'S TABLE. AARON, CAN I HAVE YOU COME AND SWITCH IN REMINGTON? WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SWITCH OVER? AND I'M GONNA HAVE YOU COME JOIN HERE WITH BETSY. OKAY. JUST BECAUSE OF THE MICROPHONE USE AS WE DO AT THE SMALL TABLE. SO REMINGTON, YOU CAN SWITCH OVER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AWESOME. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO DESCRIBE YOUR EXPERIENCE OF LIVING IN CAMBRIDGE AND HOW YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR SAFETY, WHAT'S SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT 20 MINUTES TO DO THIS, HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND TO JOT DOWN SOME LEVEL IDEAS ON THE 11 BY 17 PAPER. OKAY. SO WE WANT US PROVIDE HERE, NOT JUST LIKE FOR OUR OWN NOTES. FIRST SHARE, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA, WE'LL GET DOWN. SO, SO HARRY'S. GOT YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GIDEON TU, WHO WORKS WITH THE A CLU OF MASSACHUSETTS TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. GIDEON WILL HELP US THINK THROUGH SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR PRIVACY, HOW CAN IT, HOW IT CAN AFFECT DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT RULES WE MIGHT WANT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE USED FAIRLY AND RESPONSIBLY. PLEASE WELCOME. HI EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GIDEON AB STEIN, AND I'M A POLICY COUNCIL WITH THE A CLU OF MASSACHUSETTS AND OUR TECHNOLOGY FOR LIBERTY PROGRAM. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR TEAM'S RECENT ADVOCACY, UH, AROUND THIS SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY MORE BROADLY HERE IN CAMBRIDGE AND ACROSS THE [02:55:01] STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. UM, JUST TO SHARE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT I'M HOPING TO COVER TODAY, UM, WE'RE FIRST GONNA TALK ABOUT WHY OUR TEAM IS ENGAGING WITH LOCAL LAWMAKERS ON SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, UM, OUR CONCERNS WITH SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS ABOUT SHOTS SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, BOTH HERE IN CAMBRIDGE AND FROM INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS, UH, FROM, UH, SHOTS SPOTTER DEPLOYMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF AUDIO MONITORING AND AI POWERED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY LOOKS LIKE, UM, AS THE REALITY IS THAT, UH, SHOTS SPOTTER IS BEING DEPLOYED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE CONTINUALLY ADVANCING, ADDING NEW CAPABILITIES, AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR THIS CIVIC ASSEMBLY. UM, FINALLY WE'LL CLOSE BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S AT STAKE AND HOW WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS CIVIC ASSEMBLY MAKE A DECISION, UH, WITH RESPECT TO RECOMMENDATION TO THE ASSEMBLY AND OUR SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO BOTH SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, UM, AND HOW YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT, UH, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT THIS ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN TASKED WITH IN, UH, VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN PARKS, UM, OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT. SO JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TEAM AND, UH, WHY, UM, WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO, UH, ADDRESS THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY TODAY. THE A CLU IS A CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION, AND OUR TECHNOLOGY FOR LIBERTY PROGRAM, UH, THAT I'M PART OF, WORKS WITH LOCAL LAWMAKERS, MEANING CITY COUNSELORS, MEMBERS OF, OF SELECT BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE TO INFORM KEY DECISIONS ABOUT, UH, DEPLOYMENT OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOT SPOTTER, BUT ALSO OTHER SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE FLOCK CAMERAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH HAS BEEN A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FOR OUR TEAM OVER THE PAST YEAR. UM, THE REALITY IS THAT, UH, CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS ARE MAKING VERY CHALLENGING AND CONSEQUENTIAL DECISIONS ABOUT USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES, UM, LIKE SHOT SPOTTER AND FLOCK CAMERAS, AND A HOST OF OTHER AI POWERED SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL. AND, UH, THAT'S WHY OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, UH, TRUE DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL OF ANY SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES BEFORE THEY'RE DEPLOYED IN MASSACHUSETTS COMMUNITIES. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, UH, HERE IN CAMBRIDGE IS HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, IS BY WORKING WITH, UH, CITY COUNCILORS TO ENACT A SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE THAT REQUIRES ANNUAL REPORTING ABOUT THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOTSPOTTER. AND IMPORTANTLY REQUIRES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL VOTE TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE, UH, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOT SPOTTER BEFORE THEY GO INTO EFFECT. SO I'LL TALK ABOUT WHY THAT ORDINANCE IS SO IMPORTANT, UM, AND HOW IT'S PLAYED OUT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE AS, UH, THIS SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY WAS ACTUALLY DEPLOYED BEFORE, UH, BEFORE THE, UH, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED, MEANING THAT, UM, LOCAL APPROVAL IS ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS BECAUSE IT IS LACKING IN THIS CASE. UM, FINALLY, I JUST WANNA ADDRESS OUR GOALS IN BEING HERE TODAY, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, YOU'LL FIND THAT OUR GOALS ARE ALIGNED WITH THE CIVIC ASSEMBLIES GOALS, WHICH IS TO PRESERVE PUBLIC SAFETY HERE IN CAMBRIDGE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SACRIFICING OUR FREEDOMS AT THE SAME TIME. SO I'M HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR US TO HAVE A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY AS WE MOVE ABOUT IN PUBLIC PLACES, UM, AS WE GO ABOUT OUR LIVES AND OUR PRIVATE RESIDENCES TOO, AND HOW THAT, THOSE KINDS OF QUESTIONS, UH, INTERPLAY WITH, UH, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOTSPOTTER AND OTHER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TOOLS THAT, UM, ARE, ARE AT ISSUE FOR THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY. SO HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF WHY OUR TEAM OPPOSES SHOT SPOTTER IN CAMBRIDGE. AND BEFORE I, UH, SHARE THIS OVERVIEW, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT OUR TEAM GOT ENGAGED IN, UH, IN, IN THIS ISSUE IN CAMBRIDGE AFTER SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE BLACK RESPONSE, UH, REACHED OUT TO US AND ASKED, ASKED US TO ATTEND A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HEARING IN APRIL OF THIS PAST YEAR. UM, PRIOR TO THAT POINT, OUR TEAM HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON SHOTSPOTTER TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING IN BOSTON AND SOMERVILLE. UM, SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE ENGAGED LOCAL LAWMAKERS, UH, ON THIS, ON THIS SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CONCERNS WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY, THE FIRST IS THAT THERE WAS NO LOCAL APPROVAL FOR SHOT SPOTTER WHEN IT WAS FIRST DEPLOYED OVER A DECADE AGO. SECONDLY, I'LL ADDRESS HOW, UH, CAMBRIDGE IS ACTUALLY NOT PARTY TO ANY CONTRACT WITH SHOT SPOTTER'S PARENT COMPANY SOUND THINKING. THE CONTRACT THAT FACILITATES DEPLOYMENT OF SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY HERE IN CAMBRIDGE IS, UH, THROUGH A FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FACILITATED THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON. AND, UH, THAT IS THE BASIS FOR MANY OF OUR CONCERNS WITH, UH, CAMBRIDGE'S LACK OF CONTROL OVER THE DATA. SO I'LL GET MUCH MORE INTO THE DETAILS ON THAT AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT [03:00:01] THAT MUNICIPALITIES RETAIN FULL CONTROL OVER OUR DATA, ESPECIALLY IN A TIME, UH, WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TRACKING DOWN IMMIGRANTS, UM, SURVEILLING OTHER COMMUNITIES. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LOCAL LEADERS UNDERSTAND HOW THIS DATA IS BEING SHARED. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT THIS CONTRACT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE CITY OF BOSTON, UM, FACILITATING SHOT SPOT OR DEPLOYMENT ACROSS THE REGION, IT LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN FOR THIS KIND OF WIDESPREAD DATA SHARING OR POSSIBLE DATA SHARING THAT WE'RE JUST NOT AWARE OF. UM, FINALLY, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE RISK OF OVER-POLICING AND WHAT THE EVIDENCE ACTUALLY SAYS ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER. I'LL, I'LL, UH, TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT TO SHOTS SPOTTER IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. UM, AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE DATA AND EVIDENCE SAYS ABOUT SHOTSPOTTER DEPLOYMENT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS. SO LET'S START BY TALKING ABOUT CAMBRIDGE'S SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE, WHICH AS I MENTIONED WAS ENACTED IN 2018, JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER SHOTSPOTTER WAS FIRST DEPLOYED HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. AND WHAT, UH, THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE CALLS FOR IS A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE RESIDENTS AND CITY COUNSELORS CAN SPEAK ABOUT PERCEIVED BENEFITS OR ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE WITH, UH, THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDE, UM, THIS KIND OF AUDIO MONITORING OR GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO EXTENDS TO OTHER SORTS OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, AS I'VE MENTIONED. UH, IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT THE, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HOPING TO DEPLOY THESE TECHNOLOGIES SUBMIT AN IMPACT REPORT, UM, AND ANY USE POLICIES THAT WILL GOVERN, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S USE OF TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOT SPOTTER FOLLOWING THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT, THE COUNCIL IS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE TO HOLD A VOTE TO EITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE CONTINUED USE OF SHOT SPOTTER, UH, OR OTHER SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. AND, UH, IF THE COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE DEPLOYMENT, UM, THEN THE, THE CITY DEPARTMENT, UM, THAT SUBMITTED THE REQUEST IS ABLE TO CONTINUE, UH, WITH THEIR PLANNED DEPLOYMENT. AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOR A MOMENT, UM, HOW THIS HAS PLAYED OUT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE WITH RESPECT TO SHOT SPOTTER. SO, SHOTSPOTTER WAS FIRST DEPLOYED, UH, IN 2014, A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY WAS ENACTED. AND BECAUSE OF THIS, IT MEANT THAT, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL NEVER VOTED AT THAT TIME TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE DEPLOYMENT OF SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY. AND FOR OUR TEAM, THAT'S A KEY CONCERN. WE THINK ANYTIME SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES LIKE SHOT SPOTTER OR LIKE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE DEPLOYED IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THERE SHOULD BE TRUE DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS AND LOCAL LEADERS, UH, ARE ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS TECHNOLOGY AND TO ENSURE THAT THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS ITS DEPLOYMENT. BUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, UH, IS DOING THE PROCESS LAID OUT BY THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY A BIT BACKWARDS. SO WE FIRST HAD DEPLOYMENT, AND THEN OVER A DECADE LATER, UH, RESIDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M A RESIDENT OF CAMBRIDGE, OUR PARTNERS WITH THE BLACK RESPONSE, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE DIGITAL FOURTH, MANY OF US RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THIS SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY HERE IN CAMBRIDGE STARTING IN 2014. BUT THESE HEARINGS AND CONVERSATIONS HAVE CONTINUED, UH, THROUGH LAST SPRING AND INTO THIS CALENDAR YEAR AS WELL. SO, UM, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE HAVE DEMOCRATIC APPROVAL BEFORE THESE KINDS OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES ARE ARE ENACTED. UM, AND I, I THINK THE REALITY IS, UM, THE LACK OF PROTECTIONS FOR OUR DATA HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, UM, ARE, ARE LARGELY A RESULT OF THIS LACKING PROCESS. HAD WE HAD THIS PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT OF SHOTSPOTTER, WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE LESSER CONCERNS, UH, WITH LOCAL CONTROL OF OUR DATA, UM, BECAUSE COUNSELORS MAY HAVE NOT CHOSEN TO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FACILITATED THROUGH AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CITY. UM, SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT ISSUE OF LOCAL CONTROL OVER THE DATA. FIRST OF ALL, UM, A PRIVATE COMPANY CONTROLS THE UNDERLYING DATA. I'VE PERSONALLY SPENT TIME REVIEWING, UH, THE CITY OF BOSTON'S CONTRACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, UM, AND SOUND THINKING. AND THE REALITY IS THAT CONTRACT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT, UH, CAMBRIDGE'S RIGHTS TO AUDIT, UH, OR OTHERWISE CONTROL THE SHARING OF ITS DATA. IT GIVES, UH, SOUND THINKING SHOTSPOTTER'S PARENT COMPANY THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE, UH, ON ISSUES LIKE DATA RETENTION. AND, UH, THE CONTRACT ACTUALLY SAYS NOTHING ABOUT HOW LONG DATA WILL BE RETAINED. SO THESE ARE SOME KEY QUESTIONS THAT I'D ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AS THIS PROCESS CONTINUES. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THIS DATA CAN BE SHARED EXTERNALLY? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HOW THE DATA CAN BE RETAINED AND WHAT RIGHTS DO THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE WITH RESPECT TO AUDITING OR OVERSEEING, UM, THE RETENTION AND SHARING OF THE UNDERLYING DATA COLLECTED BY THESE SENSORS AND MICROPHONES? [03:05:04] NEXT THING I'M GONNA MOVE ALONG TO TALK ABOUT OUR CONCERNS WITH FALSE POSITIVES. AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR, UM, A FEW DIFFERENT TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE, UH, THESE ERROR RATES. YOU MIGHT HEAR SOME FOLKS DESCRIBE THEM AS FALSE ALARMS AS I HAVE HERE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN. YOU MIGHT HEAR OTHERS DESCRIBE THEM AS FALSE POSITIVES, UM, AND OTHERS MIGHT USE OTHER TERMS. BUT THE REALITY IS, UH, WITH SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF ALERTS SENT TO LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS DO NOT RESULT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFYING ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE DATA POINTS FROM A NUMBER OF CITIES HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE DEPLOYED SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY IN CITIES LIKE DAYTON AND CHICAGO. THERE ARE FALSE, UH, FALSE ALARM OR FALSE FALSE POSITIVE RATES OF OVER 90%, MEANING THAT NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES, UM, WHEN POLICE RECEIVE A SHOT SPOT OR ALERT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO THE SCENE AND ENDS UP NOT FINDING EV ANY EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL GUNFIRE, UM, WHICH COMES WITH REAL CONSEQUENCES HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. THE DATA VARIES A BIT. SO IN A 2021 REPORT, THE FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER, UM, WROTE THAT THERE WAS A 65% FALSE POSITIVE RATE. SO OVER SIX OUT OF 10 TIMES WHEN CAMBRIDGE POLICE RECEIVED AN ALERT, THEY SENT RESPONDING OFFICERS INTO THE SCENE AND THEY DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. MORE RECENT DATA SUGGESTS AN EVEN HIGHER FALSE POSITIVE RATE OF OVER 80%, UM, WHICH, UH, FROM LOOKING AT THE WHOLE, UH, SET OF DATA, IT DOES APPEAR THAT THAT FIGURE HAS, UH, DECREASED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. BUT WHAT HAS NOT CHANGED IS THAT A MAJORITY OF ALERTS DO NOT RESULT IN POLICE FINDING EVIDENCE OF ANY EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. UM, AND THESE KINDS OF FALSE, FALSE ALARMS OR FALSE POSITIVES, UH, THEY HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT DEPLOY THIS TECHNOLOGY. SO HERE'S HOW IT ACTUALLY WORKS. SHOT SPOTTER SENSORS AND MICROPHONES, WHICH ARE PLACED ON BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THEY RECOGNIZE A LOUD NOISE, A BANG OF SOME SORT, AND THAT COULD BE GUNFIRE, IT COULD BE A FIREWORK, IT COULD BE A CAR BACKFIRING, OR IT COULD BE ANOTHER LOUD NOISE. UM, AND THEN AFTER AN ALERT COMES IN, WHICH, UH, UH, SHOT SPOTTERS, PRO PROPRIETARY MACHINE LEARNING AND AI ALGORITHMS, UM, IDENTIFY, UH, FOLLOWED BY HUMANS SUPPOSEDLY CORROBORATING THAT IDENTIFICATION. UH, ONCE AN ALERT IS SENT TO A LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS OFFICERS TO THE AREA, UM, OF THAT LOUD NOISE, AND THEY EXPECT THAT THERE MAY BE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER IN THAT AREA. UM, AND, UH, AS I'VE SHARED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WITH THESE SIGNIFICANT FALSE POSITIVE RATES, OFTENTIMES, UH, THERE'S ACTUAL, NO, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO, UM, SHOOTER, THERE'S NO ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, BUT THERE ARE POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING AS IF THERE WERE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. AND THIS OFF, THIS OFTEN RESULTS, UM, IN ILLEGAL STOPS, UNLAWFUL STOPS, UNLAWFUL SEARCHES, UM, AND IT HAS RESULTED, UH, IN EVEN MORE STARK CONSEQUENCES, UH, FOR, UM, RESIDENTS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES. AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ALL A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE CASES. UM, SO THESE THREE CASES ARE FROM OTHER CITIES TO BE CLEAR, BUT THEY REPRESENT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE CONTINUE DEPLOYMENT OF SHOT SPOTTER HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST A COUPLE CASES WHERE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE, UH, ERRONEOUSLY STOPPED, DETAINED AND SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED INDIVIDUALS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, DESPITE THOSE INDIVIDUALS HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH, UH, ANY POSSIBLE SHOOTING THAT, UH, THE SHOT SPOTTER ALERT IDENTIFIED. SO THOSE TWO CASES ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND ON THE LEFT SIDE. UH, THERE'S, UH, UH, A TRAGIC CASE IN CHICAGO WHERE, UH, A YOUNG BOY, AGE 13, WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE WHO WERE RESPONDING TO A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT. AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO INDICATION THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH GUN VIOLENCE. IT'S SIMPLY BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE IN THE WRONG TIME WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT MIS IDENTIFIES GUNFIRE. A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THE TIME DEPLOYING OFFICERS TO SCENES WHEN THAT DEPLOYMENT IS ACTUALLY NOT NECESSARY. SO, UH, THE REALITY IS SHOT SPOTTER CAN HAVE DEVASTATING IMPACTS FOR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DEPLOYED. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER, UM, BECAUSE REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE FALSE POSITIVE RATES OR FALSE NEGATIVE RATES ARE, AND I'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST DESCRIBE FALSE POSITIVES, AS I'VE EXPLAINED, UH, THEY REFER TO THE NUMBER OF ALERTS SENT TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T RESULT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFYING ACTUAL EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE, UM, LIKE BALLISTIC EVIDENCE OR, UH, UH, A SHOOTING VICTIM, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, FALSE NEGATIVES, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE CONFIRMED CASES OF, OF, UH, ACTUAL GUNFIRE THAT SHOT SPOTTER HAS NOT IDENTIFIED. SO, I BELIEVE, UH, SOME OF THE PREVIOUS AND SPEAK PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AND SPEAKERS AFTER ME WILL DISCUSS FURTHER WHAT THE DATA SAYS ABOUT FALSE NEGATIVES, WHICH IS ALSO, ALSO AN IMPORTANT PIECE [03:10:01] OF THE EQUATION, WHICH IS BASICALLY HOW ACCURATE IS SHOT SPOTTER AT IDENTIFYING ACTUAL GUNFIRE WHEN IT DOES OCCUR? AND THE REALITY IS IT'S NOT TERRIBLY ACCURATE. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, BEYOND THE FALSE POSITIVES AND THE FALSE NEGATIVES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BIG PICTURE. ALL OF THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH RESPECT TO SHOT SPOTTER HAS NOT CONCLUDED ANY DROP IN OVERALL SHOOTINGS OR GUN RELATED HOMICIDES. AND THERE ALSO HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE, UH, AN INCREASE IN CASE CLEARANCE RATES. BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS CLOSE CASES, UH, WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL GUNFIRE INCIDENTS, UM, IN, WITHIN DEPARTMENTS THAT USE THE SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY. FINALLY, I'LL SAY ON OFFICER RESPONSE TIMES, UH, WE WANT TO BE CANDID AND UPFRONT AND PROVIDE THIS ASSEMBLY WITH ACCURATE INFORMATION, AND WE WILL SAY THE EVIDENCE IS MIXED ON, UH, OFFICER RESPONSE TIMES IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO, FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STOPPED USING SHOT SPOTTER, UM, RESPONSE TIMES TO HIGH PRIORITY CALLS ACTUALLY, UH, GOT FASTER, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU'D EXPECT THE OPPOSITE. UM, YOU'D EXPECT THAT, UH, SHOT SPOTTER THEORETICALLY WOULD IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES. AND TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF THE DATA IN OTHER COMMUNITIES DOES SAY. SO THE, THE EVIDENCE IS MIXED ON THIS POINT. YOU ALL ARE GONNA HEAR FROM A VARIETY OF OTHER EXPERTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS ASSEMBLY PROCESS. BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW, UH, SOME OF THE EMPIRICAL DATA THAT OUR TEAM HAS STUDIED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND THE THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT, UH, THERE MAY BE, UH, BENEFITS TO USE OF SHOT SPOTTER IN TERMS OF BALLISTIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION. BUT THE REALITY IS, DESPITE THOSE POTENTIAL BENEFITS, UH, THIS KIND OF GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, IT DOES NOT INFLUENCE ANY GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION CATEGORIES, UM, INCLUDING CONFIRMED VICTIMS LIKE NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS AND FATAL SHOOTINGS. IT ALSO DOES NOT DETER VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO UNDERSTAND. UH, IN CONTRAST TO SOME OF THE, UH, VIDEO CAMERA PROPOSALS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE FOR THIS ASSEMBLY, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SHOT SPOTTER DE DETERS CRIME DETERS GUN VIOLENCE WHATSOEVER. UM, SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND. UM, AND I ALSO JUST WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL, UM, SPEND SOME TIME, UH, LOOKING AT THESE STUDIES SO THAT YOU CAN GET, UM, A BETTER EMPIRICAL PICTURE OF, UH, BOTH OF OUR ADVOCACY. AND FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PROPONENTS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, SPOKE ABOUT THIS DATA IN CHICAGO, UM, THAT SPEAKS TO IMPROVED RESPONSE TIMES AFTER SHOT SPOTTER WAS REMOVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. UM, THIS IS ANOTHER STUDY THAT OUR TEAM HAS, UH, EXAMINED ALSO FROM ERIC PIZA. UM, THE REALITY IS, AS I SHARED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, THERE IS NO EFFECT, UH, IN TERMS OF CASE CLEARANCE RATES. SHOT SPOTTER DOES NOT HELP POLICE SOLVE FATAL OR NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS IN A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MANNER. AND I'LL DISTINGUISH THAT FROM ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE. THERE MAY BE ANECDOTES, INDIVIDUAL CASES WHERE SHOT SPOTTER HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN ASSISTING POLICE WITH COLLECTING BALLISTIC EVIDENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR POSSIBLY IN VERY RARE CASES WITH IDENTIFYING, UH, A POSSIBLE VICTIM OR A PERPETRATOR. BUT THOSE CASES ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE. BUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON IS WHETHER THERE IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE THAT, UH, THIS TECHNOLOGY EITHER DETERS CRIME OR OTHERWISE PREVENTS CRIME, OR ACTUALLY HELPS, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO CLOSE MORE CASES AS IN HOLD, UH, PERPETRATORS OF GUN VIOLENCE ACCOUNTABLE FOR BREAKING THE LAW. UM, AND JUST GOING BACK TO THIS POINT ABOUT RESPONSE TIMES, UH, YES, SOME OF THE DATA DOES SUGGEST THAT RESPONSE TIMES MAY IMPROVE WITH SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY. BUT EVEN IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE ARE FASTER RESPONSE TIMES FROM THIS TECHNOLOGY, IT HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN TO SAVE LIVES IN ANY STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MANNER. UM, AND THIS IS ANOTHER STUDY FROM MICHELLE DOUCETTE. RESULTS SUGGEST THAT IMPLEMENTING SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY HAS NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON FIREARM RELATED HOMICIDES OR ARREST OUTCOMES. SO IF OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE ACTUALLY SAFE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT SHOT SPOTTER ACTUALLY HELPS US ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. SO LET'S TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT OTHER SORTS OF SOLUTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT IMPLEMENT, UM, INSTEAD OF SHOT SPOTTER. AND FOR, FOR OUR TEAM, UH, THOSE INTERVENTIONS LOOK LIKE PEOPLE AND PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, SIMPLY, UH, BETTER LIGHTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, MORE, MORE STREET LAMPS, UH, IN PUBLIC PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE. THOSE ARE PLACE-BASED INTERVENTIONS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SHOWN, UH, BY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE TO REDUCE IN, TO REDUCE INSTANCES OF GUN VIOLENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, WE ALSO NEED TO INVEST IN MENTAL HEALTH, UH, PROGRAMS, REENTRY PROGRAMS FOR FOLKS WHO ARE PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS [03:15:01] THAT CAMBRIDGE COULD DO, UH, TO INVEST IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AND THAT'S ONE POINT THAT I'D REALLY HONE IN ON. UH, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE BEFORE IT HAPPENS. AND AT BEST, THIS TECHNOLOGY, UM, MAY OFFER SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS AFTER THE HARM HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. BUT FROM OUR TEAM'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT. WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE BEFORE IT OCCURS. AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND OUR TEAM IS GONNA BE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH CITY COUNSELORS AROUND SOME OF THESE PROPOSALS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY IS HEADED IN THE FUTURE AND WHERE WE'RE ALREADY AT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THE REALITY IS SOUND THINKING SHOTSPOTTER'S PARENT COMPANY IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY VENDORS THAT OFFERS THIS KIND OF AUDIO MONITORING AND GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. FLOCK IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A COMPANY THAT OFFERS THIS EXACT SAME KIND OF PRODUCT. THE SAME IS TRUE ABOUT COMPANIES LIKE AXON AND MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPLIFT THAT THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, IT CAN DO MORE THAN JUST LISTEN FOR GUNSHOTS. AND THAT'S UNDERSCORED BY THIS RECENT, UH, ARTICLE IN TECHCRUNCH, UM, WHERE FLOCK, CEO, UH, BASICALLY SAID IT ONLY LISTENS FOR GUNSHOTS, BUT IN FACT, THEIR WEBSITE MAKES CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT IT LISTENS FOR OTHER SORTS OF LOUD NOISES AS WELL. UM, THE OTHER THING YOU MIGHT HEAR IS THAT SHOT SPOTTER IN PARTICULAR NEVER RECORDS HUMAN VOICES OR CONVERSATIONS. AND THE REALITY IS THAT'S NOT TRUE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN ACTUAL CASES, UH, HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS AND IN STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA, WHERE SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY HAS IN FACT RECORDED HUMAN CONVERSATIONS. SO A COUPLE OF THOSE CASES, JUST TO MENTION, SO YOU ALL CAN DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS, THERE WAS A CASE CALLED COMMONWEALTH V DENISON, UH, WHERE OUR COURT SAID THAT SHOT SPOTTERS RECORDING OF HUMAN VOICES AMOUNTED TO A VIOLATION OF OUR STATE'S WIRE TAP ACT. UM, AND IN THAT CASE, THAT MEANT SUPPRESSING THE EVIDENCE INTRODUCED, UH, THE EVIDENCE OF THOSE HUMAN CONVERSATIONS. THERE WAS ALSO A SIMILAR CASE IN CALIFORNIA, UH, CALLED PEOPLE V JOHNSON. SO THESE ARE A COUPLE OF REAL WORLD CASES WHERE SOUND THINKINGS PRODUCT SHOT SPOTTER HAS RECORDED HUMAN CONVERSATIONS. TO BE CLEAR, I WOULD NOT SAY THAT'S ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY. OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE WHAT I JUST LAID OUT, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO RECOGNIZE ABOUT WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY MAY BE GOING FROM HERE, WHICH IS NOT JUST LISTENING TO GUNSHOTS, BUT ALSO, UH, LISTENING TO OTHER SORTS OF, UH, LOUD NOISES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE OR SEE HERE IN THE INTERVIEW, UH, FLOCK'S, PREVIOUS GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, AUDIO, AUDIO MONITORING TECHNOLOGY, UH, IT STATED THAT IT WOULD LISTEN OUT FOR SOUNDS OF SCREAMING AS IN HUMAN VOICES. AND SINCE THEN, UH, THE REPORTING SUGGESTS THAT FLOCK HAS ROLLED BACK THAT FEATURE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT ROLLED BACK, UH, OTHER, OTHER ASPECTS OF AUDIO MONITORING TECHNOLOGY THAT LISTENED FOR MORE THAN JUST GUNSHOTS. SO, UH, MOVING ON FROM GUNSHOT, UH, FROM SHOT SPOTTER FOR A MOMENT AND GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THIS OTHER QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ABOUT, UH, CCTV CAMERAS IN CAMBRIDGE PARKS. UM, FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IN CONTRAST TO SHOT SPOTTER, WHERE THERE IS REALLY NO EVIDENCE THAT IT REDUCES IN INSTANCES OF, OF GUN VIOLENCE, THAT IT DETERS GUN VIOLENCE, THAT IT ACTUALLY SAVES VICTIMS' LIVES IN A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MANNER. UH, WE ACTUALLY DON'T SEE CCTV CAMERAS THE EXACT SAME WAY. UM, IN SOME INSTANCES IN PUBLIC PLACES, THERE CAN BE DETERRENCE VALUE IN PLACING THESE KINDS OF CAMERAS, UH, IN PUBLIC PLACES. I THINK THERE ARE OTHER KEY QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER, SOME OF WHICH I'VE LAID OUT HERE ON THE SCREEN, UH, ABOUT WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY VALUE IN TERMS OF A REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY IN PLACES LIKE PUBLIC PARKS, UM, AS WE GO ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES AS WE MOVE ABOUT IN PUBLIC. THOSE QUESTIONS ALSO RELATE TO TECHNOLOGIES LIKE FLOCK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED OVER THE PAST YEAR. UH, BUT I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. IT'S NOT ONE WHERE WE HAVE TO END WITH EITHER, UH, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE TOOLS, UM, NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED, UH, OR THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO NEW TOOLS THAT MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED TO HELP THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO THEIR JOBS. UM, AND, UH, I I ALSO THINK THERE ARE OTHER OPERATIONAL DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THESE CCTV CAMERAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHETHER THE CAMERA FOOTAGE IS ACTIVELY MONITORED OR IF IT'S ONLY REVIEWED AFTER THE FACT. UM, MUCH OF THE, THE DATA HAS SUGGESTED THAT WHEN THIS KIND OF, UH, CCTV FOOTAGE IS REVIEWED IN REAL TIME BY REAL HUMAN BEINGS, IT HAS MORE, MORE DETERRENCE VALUE. UM, SO THOSE ARE OTHER THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WITH RESPECT TO THIS QUESTION OF WHAT ABOUT, UH, SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN CAMBRIDGE PARKS OVERNIGHT, WHICH IS THE PROPOSAL THAT, UH, IS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW. SO, BIG PICTURE, WHAT'S AT STAKE, AND, [03:20:01] UH, I WANT TO WRAP UP SO I CAN GET TO ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY, WHAT'S AT STAKE IS OUR PRIVACY AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF BIASED ENFORCEMENT THAT CAN HAVE REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR RESIDENTS HERE IN CAMBRIDGE AND IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DEPLOYED. THE REALITY THAT, UH, THIS TECHNOLOGY MAY BE USED FOR ONE PURPOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT MAY BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT UNDERSCORES THIS CONCERN OF MISSION CREEP. THE CONCERN THAT, UH, VENDORS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, UM, UH, THAT, UH, COME FROM OTHER COMPANIES, UM, THEY MAY DO MORE THAN JUST LISTEN FOR GUNFIRE. AND IN FACT, EVEN WITH SHOT SPOTTERS TECHNOLOGY, UM, IT'S NOT ALWAYS TRUE THAT IT JUST LISTENS FOR GUNSHOTS. AND FINALLY, UH, ONE POINT THAT I REALLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS, UH, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES AND CAMBRIDGE'S LACK OF CONTROL OVER THE DATA. UM, AND IN TERMS OF HOW I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THIS CIVIC ASSEMBLY DECIDE, UM, RESIDENTS AND THE CIVIC, UH, RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY AND THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD MAKE THESE DECISIONS BEFORE DEPLOYMENT. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED WITH SHOT SPOTTER HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. THE TECHNOLOGY WAS DEPLOYED BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL HAD A REAL OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO HAVE A SAY IN THIS KIND OF DEPLOYMENT. WE ALSO SHOULD BE VERY FOCUSED ON WHETHER THE TECHNOLOGY ACTUALLY WORKS. AND THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT NOW DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT IT MAKES ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. UM, AND, UH, THE MAIN POINT I WANNA DRIVE HOME IS THAT WE DO NOT NEED A PRIVATE COMPANY LIKE SOUND THINKING OR FLOCK OR MOTOROLA OR AXON DEPLOYING THIS KIND OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. TO THE EXTENT CAMBRIDGE DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE KINDS OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES, WE NEED PROTECTIONS BUILT INTO CONTRACTS, UH, THAT, UH, FOR TECHNOLOGY THAT'S DEPLOYED HERE, INCLUDING, UM, ANY TECHNOLOGY WITH PRIVATE VENDORS, BUT ALSO ALSO SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, UH, COULD BE DEPLOYED BY THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. OF COURSE, THAT MIGHT INVOLVE SOME THIRD PARTY INVOLVEMENT PROVIDING THE TE UH, PROVIDING THE ACTUAL TECHNOLOGY. UM, BUT WHAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO MEAN IS THAT CAMBRIDGE IS SACRIFICING OUR CONTROL OF OUR DATA TO A PRIVATE COMPANY BASED IN CALIFORNIA, LIKE SOUND THINKING. UM, SO OUR QUESTION TO THIS COUNTS, UH, TO THIS CIVIC ASSEMBLY RATHER, WOULD BE WHY DEPLOY THIS CONTROVERSIAL SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS NOT PROVEN TO REDUCE VIOLENCE, BUT IT DOES RAISE SIGNIFICANT PRIVACY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNS AND OVER-POLICING RISKS. THOSE RISKS ARE REAL. THEY'RE NOT HYPOTHETICAL. THEY'VE ALREADY COME TO FRUITION IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND THAT'S WHY OUR TEAM IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT IT. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION AND OUR ASK FOR THIS ASSEMBLY IS THAT YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DISCONTINUE SHOT SPOTTER DEPLOYMENT, AND TO THE EXTENT RESIDENTS BELIEVE THAT WE NEED THIS KIND OF AUDIO MONITORING OR GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, LET'S START FROM SQUARE ONE. LET'S FOLLOW WHAT THE SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE CALLS FOR, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING IMPACT ASSESSMENTS AND A VOTE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE ANY DEPLOYMENT HAPPENS. ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE SHOULD CONTROL OUR OWN CONTRACT WITH ANY VENDORS WE WORK WITH. INSTEAD OF ENGAGING IN, UH, SURVEILLANCE DEPLOYMENTS FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH OTHER CITIES LIKE THE CITY OF BOSTON, WE CAN AND SHOULD ENTER OUR OWN CONTRACTS, UM, WITH ANY THIRD PARTY VENDORS. WE DO NOT NEED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO BE FUNDING THIS KIND OF DEPLOYMENT AND FACILITATING IT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT IS, UH, LEAVING OPEN QUESTIONS FOR US ABOUT HOW THIS DATA COULD BE MISUSED OR SHARED EXTERNALLY. SO RIGHT BEFORE I GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS, HERE ARE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS. UH, IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE SENT A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASK THEM ABOUT WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE SAY, UH, HERE IN CAMBRIDGE WITH RESPECT TO THE EFFECTIVENESS, EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. UM, SO I KNOW THAT ACTING COMMISSIONER WELLIS IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES AND MAYBE MAYBE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. UH, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING FOR US. AND UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE SUBMITTING THIS RECORDS REQUEST, UH, NEARLY THREE MONTHS AGO, WE HAVE STILL NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. I'LL JUST NOTE VERY BRIEFLY, WE INITIALLY SENT THIS REQUEST TO THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY RESPONDED AND SAID, WE DON'T RESPOND TO REQUESTS LIKE THIS. WE DON'T HAVE THIS DATA IN OUR CONTROL. WE MOSTLY ONLY RESPOND TO REQUESTS, UH, WITH POLICE REPORTS, AND YOUR REQUEST IS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THAT. SO THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE SEND THIS REQUEST TO THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. INSTEAD, ALL OF THIS UNDERSCORES THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF OUR OWN DATA WHEN IT COMES TO THIS CONTRACT WITH RESPECT TO THIS KIND OF DEPLOYMENT. UM, AND WE NEED ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CONTINUE. UH, WE, WE CONSIDER ANY CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. UM, SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE. [03:25:01] YOU GUYS, YOU ONE BACK HERE FIRST. THANK YOU, GIDEON. I JUST, UM, OH, YOU'RE CALLING A QUESTION. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NO, THAT'S OKAY. I WILL, YEAH, JUST TO SAY THAT WE'RE GONNA RAISE OUR HAND AND WE'RE GONNA SPEAK. OH, WE DON'T HAVE MICROPHONES. WE DO, WE DO HAVE MICROPHONES. WE DO HAVE MICROPHONES. THEY'RE JUST NOT SITTING IN THE STANDS. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A MICROPHONE. WE DON'T HAVE A MICROPHONE AT TABLE ONE. WE ARE MISSING ONE FOR TABLE ONE. OKAY. BUT SORRY, COULD I SEE THE HANDS AGAIN? PLEASE. SEE, OKAY. I'M JUST SAYING, UM, LET'S START WITH YOU ORI. SO, AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, THIS IS KIND OF A HARD ONE. UM, YOU MENTIONED IN EARLIER IN YOUR CONVERSATION SOMETHING THAT PUZZLED ME IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS AND MAKES ME THINK ABOUT THE ACADEMIC RIGOR, IF YOU WILL, OF THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION. YOU MENTIONED THE BLACK RESPONSE TWICE, AND THAT ALLUDES OR INVOKES EQUITY ISSUES. BUT WHAT WAS MISSING IS THAT ON CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL, THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN WE HAVE WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF SHOTSPOTTER. SHE SPOKE ABOUT THIS VOCALLY, BOTH AT CITY COUNCIL AND IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING. AND SHE ALSO HAD SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE BLACK RESPONSE IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT AIMS TO ABOLISH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THAT'S NOT AN INTERPRETATION THAT'S ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THEIR WEBSITE. SO IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, IT DOESN'T REALLY SURPRISE OR SAY ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO DENY THE POLICE ANOTHER TOOL. AND YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT, SO I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU RESPOND TO THAT. AND TYING IT BACK TO THE FIRST THING, IF YOUR POSITION OR THE ACLU'S POSITION IS THAT DENISE SIMMONS DOES NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR OF CAMBRIDGE, THEN YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE. I'M NOT GONNA REPRESENT WHAT, WHAT THE BLACK RESPONSE ADVOCATES FOR OR DOESN'T ADVOCATE FOR OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS CONVERSATION. UM, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY MAY BE PRESENTING TO THE CIVIC ASSEMBLY IN, IN THE, THE COMING MEETING. SO I'LL LET YOU ALL ADDRESS CON UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THEIR ORGANIZATION TO THEIR OWN LEADERS. UM, I WILL SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER, UM, AND ON THIS ISSUE, WE ARE PERFECTLY ALIGNED. WE THINK THAT THIS CARRIES OVER POLICING RISKS FOR NEIGHBORHOODS HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. TO THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN THAT IT UNDERSCORES THAT, UH, MAJORITY BLACK COMMUNITIES HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, THEY ARE NOT A MONOLITH, AND THAT MANY RESIDENTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES DO SHIP, DO SUPPORT ONGOING DEPLOYMENT OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE NOT DENYING THAT IN ANY WAY. UM, BUT THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE IS THAT THE MEDIA HAS PAINTED, UH, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AS A MONOLITH, UM, IN THE REPORTING. THEY HAVE SUGGESTED, UH, THAT, UM, THAT RESIDENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE THE PORT, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORT SHOT SPOTTER, WHEN THAT'S SIMPLY NOT THE CASE. THE REPORTING HAS ALSO OMITTED THE INVOLVEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BLACK RESPONSE, UM, WHEN EXPLAINING OPPOSITION TO SHOT SPOTTER HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. SO I, I, THE MAIN THING I WOULD WANNA DRIVE HOME FOR THIS ASSEMBLY IS THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT A MONOLITH, AND THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS ASSEMBLY PROCESS TO TRY TO HEAR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, UM, AND IN CERTAIN NUANCE IN, INTO THE CONVERSATION, UH, RATHER THAN, UM, YOU KNOW, COMING TO EXTREMES ON OTHER SIDE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I MEAN, THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT POINT, KIAN, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE POSITION AND PART OF, REMEMBER HERE, PART OF OUR GETTING WELL INFORMED IS HAVING THE BALANCE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MULTIPLE POSITIONS. OKAY. SO JUST TO NOTE THAT ANOTHER QUESTION, STEPHANIE, PLEASE. SO YOU'VE MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT YOUR PRESENTATION THAT IT'S NOT BEEN PROVEN, SHOT SPOT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME. BUT MY QUESTION THAT FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON RESPONSE TIME MM-HMM . 'CAUSE RESPONSE TIME COULD PREVENT SOMEONE FROM BLEEDING OUT. WHAT WOULDN'T YOU NEED A MUCH LARGER SAMPLE SIZE IN ORDER TO PROVE THAT THERE'S ANY IMPACT ON THAT THAN YOU HAVE? SO JUST LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE EVIDENCE I, I, I PRESENTED, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM SOME OF SOME OF THE AUTHORS OF, OF THESE, UH, THESE META ANALYSES, BUT THEY DO ACTUALLY CONSIDER VERY SIGNIFICANT DATA SETS. UH, I THINK THAT THE GOOD THING HERE IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA TO SUPPORT THE DECISION WE'VE GOTTA MAKE HERE AS A CIVIC ASSEMBLY. UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, ERIC PIZA, HE'S ANALYZED SHOT SPOTTER DEPLOYMENTS IN CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY, AND HAS IDENTIFIED WHERE THERE MAY BE POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPONSE, UH, IN POLICE RESPONSE TIME, AND WHERE THERE ARE ACTUALLY NOT IMPROVEMENTS. SO I, I DO THINK WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF, UH, DATA ON THE TABLE TO COME TO A CONCLUSION AT THAT, ON THAT POINT. UM, BUT AS I PRESENTED, I THINK THAT THE MOST ACCURATE REPRESENTATION IS THAT THE DATA IS MIXED WITH RESPECT TO RESPONSE TIMES. WHAT'S NOT MIXED IS WHETHER THOSE RESPONSE TIMES, UH, REPRESENT A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN SAVING LIVES. UM, AND THE REALITY IS, UH, THE, THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT PROVEN [03:30:01] TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FATAL, UH, UH, GUNSHOT VICTIMS. OKAY, THANK YOU. MARK, I SAW YOUR HAND EARLIER. YES, PASS IT OVER. THANK YOU. YEAH, SORRY, I WAS A LITTLE HESITANT AFTERWARD BECAUSE YOU ACTUALLY TOUCHED ON ONE OF MY QUESTIONS OR, UH, WITH THAT LAST RESPONSE. BUT I GUESS I, I GUESS TO KIND OF MAYBE PUT, PUT A LITTLE FINER POINT ON IT, UH, I MEAN, I GUESS THE, A SLIDE ON KIND OF NO DROP IN SHOOTINGS OR SOLVING CRIMES, BUT ALSO THE RESPONSE TIMES IN PARTICULAR. I MEAN, YOU PRESENTED A COUPLE OF PAPERS TALKING ABOUT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI AND, AND SO ON, AND I, I'M SURE SOME OF THESE ARE META-ANALYSES, BUT I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER THESE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN KIND OF MORE OR LESS UNIVERSAL AND KIND OF DEFINITIVE, OR IF, IF THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AUTHORS HAVE MAYBE FOUND KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS. LIKE IS THIS KIND OF MORE OF A, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY LIKE, KIND OF MORE OF A CHERRY PICKING OR MORE OF A CONSENSUS TYPE OF, UH, KIND OF, UH, INTERPRETATION OF, UH, THE LITERATURE SO FAR? THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I, I HOPE YOU, YOU HEARD WHEN I, WHEN I SHARED, UH, THE DATA ON RESPONSE TIMES, I DIDN'T TRY TO PRESENT YOU ALL WITH ONE SIDE OF THE STORY. I SAID THE EVIDENCE IS MIXED. UM, I COULD HAVE PRESENTED ONLY THAT STUDY FROM CHICAGO THAT SAID THAT RESPONSE TIMES ACTUALLY GOT FASTER AFTER SHOTSPOTTER WAS REMOVED. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DID IN OUR PRESENT IN OUR PRESENTATION HERE TODAY. UM, WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE CONSENSUS AND THE DATA IS MIXED WITH RESPECT TO RESPONSE TIMES. AND I THINK MORE BROADLY, YOUR QUESTION GETS AT IS THE DATA WE'RE PRESENTING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WHOLE BODY OF, UH, RESEARCH INTO, INTO THIS TECHNOLOGY? AND FROM OUR TEAM'S PERSPECTIVE, IT ABSOLUTELY IS. WE, WE COULD HAVE CHERRY-PICKED, BUT WE DIDN'T. UM, WE CHOSE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY, UM, THAT STANDS IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE KINDS OF, UH, SOUND THINKING FUNDED RESEARCH THAT, UM, SUPPORTS THEIR VENDOR CLAIMS. CLAIMS, LIKE, UH, THAT SHOT SPOTTER IDENTIFIES GUNSHOTS, 90%, 97% OF THE TIME ACCURATELY WHEN THAT SORT OF CLAIM IS JUST NOT SUPPORTED BY THE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS AT ALL. UM, SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I DID MY BEST TO PRESENT YOU ALL WITH, UH, A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE, UM, ON WHAT THE DATA SAYS ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY. AND I THINK WITH RESPECT TO SAVING LIVES, UH, THE DATA DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT SHOT SPOTTER, UM, HELPS WHETHER IT BE TO DETER CRIME, TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE, OR TO ACTUALLY SAVE, UH, UM, GUNSHOT VICTIMS' LIVES. OKAY. UM, LET'S SEE. UM, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LATER, I THINK FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL HEAR ABOUT, UM, BUDGET AND HOW THESE THINGS ARE PAID FOR, BUT I'M CURIOUS FROM BOTH YOUR RESEARCH AND MAYBE WITH EXAMPLES FROM OTHER CITIES, UH, UH, IS THERE EVER EXAMPLES OF, UH, LIKE TAKING THESE CONTRACTS ON THROUGH SOUND THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, THE CITY'S BUDGET? LIKE, I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, IF THESE THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE, WHAT IS, WHY ARE, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE, WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE FOR FOR CITY GOVERNMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THEM? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO COVER IN MY PRESENTATION. I MENTIONED THAT, UH, THIS SHOT SPOTTER DEPLOYMENT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE IS FACILITATED THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON. UM, THE REALITY IS WITH THIS COMPANY, SOUND THINKING, UH, OVER A DECADE AGO, THEY APPROACHED LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TRIED TO MARKET THEIR PRODUCT TO THEM, TRIED TO CONVINCE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO PAY FOR THIS SHOT SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY OUT OF LOCAL BUDGETS. AND THEY HAD A VERY TOUGH, TOUGH TIME WITH THAT. UH, MANY LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE NOT CONVINCED BY THESE VENDOR MARKETING CLAIMS, AND THAT'S WHY SOUND THINKING SHOT SPOTTER'S PARENT COMPANY ACTUALLY WENT TO CONGRESS AND ACT ASKED THEM, WILL YOU PROVIDE FUNDING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO DEPLOY THIS TECHNOLOGY ACROSS CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY? SO THAT'S WHAT THIS FUNDING LOOKS LIKE. I THINK THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THIS IS THAT, UH, YES, THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE DOES NOT HAVE, UH, A HUGE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT INTO THIS TECHNOLOGY. THERE ARE OPERATIONAL COSTS, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE SENDING OFFICERS OUT TO SCENES WHERE THERE'S A STRONG LIKELIHOOD THEY'RE NOT GONNA FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF GUNFIRE. THERE ALSO ARE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, RELATIVELY SMALL FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS THAT THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE HAS TO MAKE TO KEEP THE SYSTEM OPERATIONAL. BUT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, THIS PROGRAM IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THROUGH THE CITY OF BOSTON CONTRACT. OKAY, THAT'S GONNA BE OUR LAST QUESTION. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT IF YOU NOTICE THERE ARE TWO CHART PAPER EASELS AT THE FRONT ENDS. SO PLEASE, PLEASE RECORD QUESTIONS AND, AND ASK FOR YOU TO NAME WHICH SPEAKER YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE RESPONSE FROM SO THAT WE CAN, WE WILL GET THOSE AND WE'LL GET THEM OUT TO [03:35:01] THE SPEAKERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL, EVERYONE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RESPONDING TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS AS FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS INTERIM POLICE COMMISSIONER PAULINE WELLS, WHO IS CURRENTLY LEADING THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW THE POLICE THINK ABOUT KEEPING CAMBRIDGE SAFE, WHAT EXPERIENCE THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD WITH SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES AND WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY. SHE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES CAN AND CAN'T DO, WHAT OTHER APPROACHES ARE AVAILABLE, AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT THINKS ABOUT SAFEGUARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. PLEASE WELCOME INTERIM COMMISSIONER WELLS. HI. HI. HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAULINE WELLS AND I SERVE AS THE ACTING POLICE COMMISSIONER HERE FOR THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU ARE UNDERTAKING AS MEMBERS OF THIS CIVIC ASSEMBLY. PUBLIC SAFETY IS ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL, A MENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AS POLICE COMMISSIONER, MY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO HELP KEEP EVERYONE WHO LIVES, WORKS, STUDIES, AND VISITS CAMBRIDGE SAFE. BEFORE I EXPLAIN HOW WE APPROACH THAT RESPONSIBILITY, I WANNA SHARE THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION STATEMENT. THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A DEDICATED AND DIVERSE GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE A SAFE AND DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, OR VISIT. OUR MISSION IS TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN A MANNER THAT IS FAIR, IMPARTIAL, TRANSPARENT, AND CONSISTENT. SO, HOW DOES CAMBRIDGE WORK TO KEEP ITS COMMUNITIES SAFE? AND HOW DO WE PUT OUR MISSION INTO PRACTICE? THERE IS NO SINGLE ANSWER. AND KEEPING CAMBRIDGE SAFE REQUIRES A CO COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH BUILT ON SEVERAL INTER INTERCONNECTED STRATEGIES. I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FIVE OF THEM. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. EFFECTIVE POLICING BEGINS WITH RELATIONSHIPS. OUR OFFICES CANNOT DO THEIR JOBS EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT THE TRUST AND COOPERATION OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. THAT MEANS BEING PRESENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, LISTENING TO RESIDENTS, UNDERSTANDING THEIR CONCERNS, AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXTEND BEYOND EMERGENCY CALLS. ONE EXAMPLE IS OUR BICYCLE PATROL PROGRAM. BICY BICYCLE PATROL ALLOWS OFFICERS TO BE MORE VISIBLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND APPROACHABLE THAN THEY MIGHT BE IN TRADITIONAL POLICE CARS. WHILE THE PROGRAM IS CITYWIDE, WE PRIORITIZE PROACTIVE PATROLS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN AREAS INCLUDING THE PORT, CENTRAL SQUARE, HARVARD SQUARE, RUSSELL FIELD, AND PORTER SQUARE. BUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GOES WELL BEYOND PATROLS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATES IN AND HOSTS NUMEROUS COMMUNITY, UM, EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO BRING OFFICERS AND RESIDENTS TOGETHER. THESE INTERACTIONS MATTER BECAUSE WE WANT RESIDENTS TO KNOW THE OFFICES SERVING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, FEEL COMFORTABLE APPROACHING THEM, AND SEE THEM AS PARTNERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY. THESE INTERACTIONS MATTER. ULTIMATELY, TRUST ISN'T BILLED DURING BUILT DURING AN EMERGENCY. IT'S BUILT DURING THE RELATIONSHIPS WE ESTABLISH LONG BEFORE ONE OCCURS. PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION IS THE NEXT EXAMPLE, AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST OF THIS APPROACH IS OUR SAFETY NET COLLABORATIVE, ESTABLISHED IN 2008, WHICH FOCUSES ON SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE BEFORE THEY BECOME MORE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE PROGRAM INVOLVES MULTIPLE AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES UNIT, THE CAMBRIDGE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH OUTREACH TO FAMILIES TO, TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN THAT IS TAILORED TO MEET EACH INDIVIDUAL CHILD. THIS PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE. WHEN WE IDENTIFY CHALLENGES EARLY AND CONNECT TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITH APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE OUTCOMES. AND WE HAVE SEEN MEANINGFUL RESULTS FROM THIS. SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAFETY NET, CAMBRIDGE HAS EXPERIENCED AN ALMOST 80% REDUCTION IN JUVENILE ARRESTS. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DIVERTED THROUGH THE SAFETY NET RATHER THAN PROCESSED THROUGH THE COURT, ALSO FACED A SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER RISK OF RE-OFFENDING. THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT CREATES LONG LASTING PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFITS. AND THIS IS WHY WE BELIEVE PREVENTION IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR GOAL ISN'T TO SIMPLY RESPOND TO CRIME, IT'S TO HELP TO PREVENT IT FROM [03:40:01] HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE THIRD ONE IS PROACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE POLICING. WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCE A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT FROM VIOLENCE, PARTICULARLY GUN VIOLENCE. WE TAKE THOSE CONCERNS VERY SERIOUSLY. EVERY MAY THROUGH OCTOBER, THE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS A DEDICATED GUN VIOLENCE PATROL IN THE PORT, WHICH OPERATES SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. FROM 7:00 PM TO 3:00 AM WE HAVE ALSO JUST ONBOARDED 19 ADDITIONAL OFFICES TO PATROL OPERATIONS. AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE OUT IN THE PATROL CARS AND ON THE BIKES, AND ON THE MOTORCYCLES. THAT'S GONNA STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A VISIBLE PRESENCE, RESPOND TO INCIDENTS, AND ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS. OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO DETER VIOLENCE AND PROVIDE A GREATER SENSE OF SAFETY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WORK IS REMOVING ILLEGAL FIREARMS FROM OUR STREETS. TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, IN 2025, WE REMOVED 16 ILLEGAL FIREARMS OFF THE STREET. IN 2026, WE HAVE REMOVED 31 ILLEGAL FIREARMS. TO DATE. EACH ILLEGAL FIREARM REPRESENTS A POTENTIAL THREAT REMOVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY. THE FOURTH STRATEGY I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND INVESTIGATIONS. EVEN WITH THE STRONGEST, UM, EVEN WITH THE STRONGEST PREVENTION EFFORTS, GUN VIOLENCE WILL HAPPEN. AND WHEN IT DOES SECONDS MATTER, OUR OFFICES OF FIRST PEOPLE TO ARRIVE ON SCENES INVOLVING GUN VIOLENCE, SERIOUS INJURIES, AND OTHER LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCIES, THEY ARE TRAINED NOT ONLY TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATE THREATS, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. ONE EXAMPLE IS THE ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENT ON MEMORIAL DRIVE. THIS PAST MAY, WITHIN SECONDS OF THE SHOOTING, CAMBRIDGE POLICE OFFICERS AND MASSACHUSETTS STATE TROOPER BEGAN PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL CARE TO THE VICTIMS AND THE SHOOTER. THAT INCIDENT DEMONSTRATED SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT. EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEPENDS ON PREPARATION, TRAINING, COORDINATION, AND ACCESS TO TIMELY, ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHERE ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED AND WHAT RESOURCES SHOULD BE DEPLOYED CAN MAKE A CRITICAL DIFFERENCE. THE LAST ONE, THE FIFTH STRATEGY IS THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY. TECHNOLOGY IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY APPROACH. IT CAN HELP US LOCATE GUNSHOT VICTIMS, IDENTIFY SUSPECTS, COLLECT EVIDENCE, AND PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS WITH INFORMATION THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE UNAVAILABLE. TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT REPLACE GOOD POLICING. IT ENHANCES IT. IT DOESN'T REPLACE THE RELATIONSHIPS WE BUILD WITH RESIDENTS, THE INVESTMENTS WE MAKE IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OR THE OFFICERS WHO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE CALLS FOR HELP. AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN COMMUNITY POLICE POLICING AND POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE SAFETY IS NOT AN EITHER OR. IN THE 21ST CENTURY, WE HAVE ACCESS TO TOOLS THAT PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME. UM, SOME OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES ARE EVEN AVAILABLE TO CAMBRIDGE AT NO COST. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO EVALUATE THESE TOOLS CAREFULLY AND DETERMINE HOW AND WHETHER THEY CAN HELP US KEEP CAMBRIDGE SAFE. AND THAT LEADS DIRECTLY INTO THE NEXT QUESTION YOU'VE ASKED US TO ADDRESS. WHAT HAS CAMBRIDGE'S EXPERIENCE BEEN WITH SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY? CAMBRIDGE HAS EXPERIENCE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THEM. NOT ALL TECHNOLOGIES COLLECT THE SAME INFORMATION, NOT ALL SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE, AND NOT ALL RAISE THE SAME CONCERNS. I WANT TO FOCUS ON TWO TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE RECENT DISCUSSIONS HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS AND ACOUSTIC GUNSHOT DETECTION. IN 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED AND AUTHORIZED THE USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS IN PUBLIC SPACES. THESE ARE VISIBLE CAMERAS INTENDED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. THEY RECORD VIDEO ONLY, NO SOUND. THE INITIAL DEPLOYMENT INCLUDED SIX CAM CAMERAS IN CENTRAL SQUARE. I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT THESE CAMERAS ARE NOT ACTIVELY MONITORED. NO ONE IS SITTING BEHIND A SCREEN WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. INSTEAD, THE FOOTAGE IS VIEWED ONLY WHEN A CRIME HAS OCCURRED AND INVESTIGATORS NEED TO GATHER EVIDENCE. ADDITIONALLY, ACCESS TO THIS VIDEO FOOTAGE IS TIGHTLY CONTROLLED AND AUDITED AND REQUIRES MULTIPLE STEPS AND APPROVALS BY SUPERVISORS. THERE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT PRIVACY. THE FOOTAGE IS AUTOMATICALLY OVERWRITTEN EVERY 30 DAYS, AND ALL VIDEO AND DATA BELONG TO THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE EXCLUSIVELY. THE CAMERAS HAVE ALREADY PROVEN VALUABLE IN HELPING US INVESTIGATE SERIOUS CRIME. SINCE JUNE OF 2025, CAMERA FOOTAGE HAS HELPED US WITH 35 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS, 12 ARRESTS, AND ONE SUMMONS. THESE INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDE SERIOUS OFFENSES SUCH AS ARMED ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER, KIDNAPPING, [03:45:01] AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND BATTERY WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND HOME INVASION. BASED ON THESE RESULTS, WE ARE EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND THE USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS TO ADDITIONAL PARKS AND SQUARES THROUGHOUT CAMBRIDGE. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE TO USE TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS US INVESTIGATE CRIMES AND KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WHILE RESPECTING THE PRIVACY OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS OBVIOUSLY GENERATED A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. SHOTSPOTTER SHOT SPOTTER IS A SYSTEM DESIGNED TO DETECT THE SOUND OF POSSIBLE GUNFIRE AND ALERT POLICE TO WHERE IT MAY HAVE OCCURRED. IT'S NOT A CAMERA AND IT'S NOT CAPABLE OF LISTENING OR MONITORING PEOPLE'S CONVERSATIONS. ITS PURPOSE IS TO DETECT POSSIBLE GUNSHOTS SO OFFICERS CAN RESPOND QUICKLY WHEN SOMEONE MAY BE IN DANGER. I WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS, WHAT INFORMATION OUR OFFICES RECEIVE, AND WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN HERE IN CAMBRIDGE, SHOTS BODY USES ACOUSTIC SENSES THAT DETECT LOUD, SHARP, PERCUSSIVE SOUNDS THAT REACH AT LEAST 120 DECIBELS, SUCH AS GUNFIRE. WHEN THE SYSTEM DETECTS A SOUND THAT MEETS THE VOLUME REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE GUNFIRE, IT CAPTURES A SHORT AUDIO RECORDING, LASTING A FEW SECONDS AROUND THE EVENT TRAINED REVIEWERS. THEN CHECK THE AUDIO TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE SOUND IS GUNFIRE BEFORE SENDING ANY DATA TO THE CAMBRIDGE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS THAT THEN WOULD DISPATCH POLICE. THE SENSORS ARE DESIGNED TO DETECT OUTDOOR GUNFIRE. THEY CANNOT DETECT SOUNDS INSIDE HOMES, CARS, OR OTHER BUILDINGS. SOME HAVE RAISED CONCERNS THAT SHOTSPOTTER MAY BE USED AS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL AND THAT IT COULD BE LISTENING TO AND RECORDING CONVERSATIONS. ACCORDING TO AN NYU LAW STUDY, THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE RISK OF VOICE SURVEILLANCE IS EXTREMELY LOW IN PRACTICE. THE REASON FOR THIS IS BECAUSE THE SYSTEM HAS WHAT'S, HAS WHAT IT'S CALLED A ROLLING MEMORY, WHICH MEANS AUDIO IS RECORDED FOR 24 HOURS AT A TIME BEFORE IT IS AUTOMATICALLY OVERWRITTEN AND NO LONGER CAN BE RECOVERED. THAT AUDIO REMAINS ON THE INDIVIDUAL SENSOR THAT PICKED IT UP. IT IS NEVER SENT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION OR SHARED WITH ANYONE INCLUDING SHOTSPOTTER. THE ONLY TIME, THE ONLY TIME AN AUDIO CLIP IS AUTOMATICALLY SAVED BEYOND THE 24 HOUR PERIOD IS WHEN THE SYSTEM IDENTIFIES A POSSIBLE GUNSHOT THAT IS DETECTED, THAT IS DETECTED BY AT LEAST THREE SENSORS AND GENERATES AN ALERT. THAT SHORT LIMITED AUDIO CLIP IS THEN SAVED AND SENT TO SHOTS SPOTTED FOR REVIEW. OTHERWISE, ALL THE OTHER AUDIO IS AUTOMATICALLY OVERWRITTEN AFTER 24 HOURS. RATHER THAN THAT, JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THE SYSTEM RECORDS. I'M GOING TO PLAY A REAL LIFE CAMBRIDGE EXAMPLE SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR FOR YOURSELVES WHAT A SHORT SPOTTER RECORDING OF WHAT GUNFIRE SOUNDS LIKE. BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF TRIGGER WARNING. THESE, THESE RECORDING, THIS RECORDING CONTAINS ACTUAL SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE, WHICH MAY BE LOUD, STARTLING, OR DISTRESSING. PARTICULARLY FOR ANYONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME PEOPLE TO HEAR. WHAT YOU HEARD IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE AUDIO ASSOCIATED WITH A GUNFIRE ALERT. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO HEAR THAT FIRSTHAND BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFORMATION THE SYSTEM IS DELINE DESIGNED TO COLLECT THIS INSTANT. THIS INSTANCE IN THIS INSTANCE, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST HEARD, THE CLIP CAPTURED VOICES DURING THE INCIDENT. DID IT TELL YOU WHO SOMEONE WAS, WHERE THEY WERE FROM, OR ANYTHING PERSONAL ABOUT THEM? DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING THAT MAY BE AN INVASION OF PRIVACY? THAT'S NOT THE INFORMATION SHOTS SPOTTER IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE. THE SYSTEM ONLY SENDS ONE OR TWO SECONDS BEFORE AND AFTER THE DETECTED GUNFIRE. THAT IS THE ONLY AUDIO THAT IS SAVED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS RECORDING IS TO HELP IDENTIFY THE SOUND AND LOCATION OF POSSIBLE GUNFIRE SO OFFICERS KNOW WHERE TO RESPOND. IT IS NOT TO IDENTIFY OR MONITOR PEOPLE. HUMAN VOICES DO NOT PRODUCE THE SHARP HIGH INTENSITY PERCUSSIVE SOUND REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE THE SENSORS SHOT. SPOTTY USES SOMETHING CALLED TRIANGULATION TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE SOUND CAME FROM. WHEN A LOUD SOUND LIKE A GUNSHOT IS PICKED UP BY AT LEAST THREE SENSORS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, THE SYSTEM CAN PAY US HOW LONG IT TOOK THE SOUND TO REACH EACH ONE. USING THAT INFORMATION, IT CAN PINPOINT WHERE THE SOUND CAME FROM. HELPING OFFICES GET TO THE RIGHT LOCATION QUICKLY INSTEAD OF SPENDING VALUABLE TIME SEARCHING THE AREA AND WHEN [03:50:01] SOMEONE HAS BEEN SHOT. KNOWING WHERE TO GO QUICKLY CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. THINK ABOUT IT THAT IF IT WERE YOUR SON, DAUGHTER, BROTHER, OR MOTHER, WOULDN'T YOU WANT THEM TO GET HELP IN MINUTES INSTEAD OF HOURS? CAMBRIDGE USED SHOT SPOTTER FIRST FOR APPROXIMATELY 12 YEARS UNTIL THE MAY, UNTIL MAY OF 2026. DURING THAT TIME, WE SAW SITUATIONS WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY HELPED OFFICERS FIND PEOPLE WHO NEEDED EMERGENCY CARE, RECOVERED FIREARMS, AND GATHER EVIDENCE. I WANNA SHARE THREE OF THOSE EXAMPLES. FIRST IN JULY 1ST, IN JULY OF 2024, THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON HARVARD STREET. A 48-YEAR-OLD FATHER WAS CRITICALLY INJURED. A SHOT SPOT OR ALERT HELPED NEARBY OFFICERS LOCATE THE SHOOTING AND BEGIN PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE. ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS IDENTIFIED A SERIOUS GUNSHOT WOUND AND USED SPECIALIZED CLOTTING MATERIAL TO HELP CONTROL THE BLEEDING UNTIL ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE COULD ARRIVE. THAT SAVED HIS LIFE. THERE'S NO DOUBT THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF SITUATION WHERE OFFICERS GETTING TO THE RIGHT LOCATION QUICKLY MATTERS. SECOND, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 SEC, 2022 SHOTS SPOTTER ALERTED OFFICERS TO POSSIBLE GUNFIRE. NEAR DONNELLEY FAILED. SHORTLY AFTER FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, NO ONE HAD CALLED 9 1 1 TO REPORT THE GUNFIRE OFFICERS SEARCHED THE AREA AND RECOVERED A LOADED FIREARM IN THE PARK BEHIND THE KING OPEN SCHOOL, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND WHERE WE ARE TODAY. THE GUN CONTAINED CONTAINED 14 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION AND STUDENTS WOULD BE ARRIVING AT THE SCHOOL JUST IN A FEW HOURS. WE CAN'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT GUN HAD REMAINED THERE, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT OFFICES FOUND AND RECOVERED IT BECAUSE THEY RESPONDED TO A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT. THIRD IN 20, IN AUGUST OF 2022 OFFICES RECEIVED A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT AT PUTNAM GARDENS. THE ALERT CAME APPROXIMATELY 14 MINUTES BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED AN EMAIL TO THE TIP LINE, NOT A 9 1 1. OFFICERS RECOVERED SHELL CASINGS AND THE INVESTIGATION HELPED THEM INTERVENE IN A HIGH RISK DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION THAT CULMINATED IN AN ARREST. REST. THESE ARE REAL EXAMPLES OF HOW THE TECHNOLOGY HELPED OUR OFFICES RESPOND TO SERIOUS INCIDENTS AND SAVE LIVES. I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS A CONCERN ABOUT, UH, THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT SHOTS BARTER THAT RESPONDING TO THESE ALERTS. CAN YOU HEAR FINE? NO. OKAY. UM, THAT RESPONDING TO THESE ALERTS COULD LEAD TO UNNECESSARY OR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE PUBLIC. I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO EXAMINE THAT CONCERN, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN HERE IN CAMBRIDGE. DURING THE 12 YEARS CAMBRIDGE USED SHOT SPOTTER, THE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ZERO CITIZEN COMPLAINTS AND ZERO USES OF FORCE INCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPONDING TO SHOT SPOTTER ALERTS. I ALSO WANNA BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING. OUR OFFICES DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY RESPOND TO A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT WITH THEIR GUNS DRAWN. THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. THAT IS NOT HOW WE TRAIN OUR OFFICES, AND IT IS NOT OUR POLICY AND PROTOCOL. A SHOT SPOTTER ALERT TELLS US THERE MAY HAVE BEEN GUNFIRE. IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN A CRIME HAS OCCURRED, AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYONE IN THE AREA IS A SUSPECT. OUR OFFICES ARE TRAINED TO ASSESS THE SITUATION, DETERMINE WHAT'S HAPPENING, AND RESPOND APPROPRIATELY. THE GOAL IS TO FIND OUT WHETHER SOMEONE NEEDS HELP, MAKE SURE THE AREA IS SAFE, AND GATHER EVIDENCE IF A SHOOTING HAS OCCURRED. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP IS WHETHER SHOTS SPOTTER IS SCIENTIFICALLY RELIABLE. SHOTSPOTTER HAS BEEN USED AS EVIDENCE IN MORE THAN 400 COURT CASES ACROSS 25 STATES AND WASHINGTON. DC ITS RELIABILITY HAS ALSO BEEN CHALLENGED AND REVIEWED BY JUDGES USING ESTABLISHED LEGAL STANDARDS FOR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. ONE EXAMPLE HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN CAMBRIDGE CASES, COMMONWEALTH VERSUS PRESTON, DURING WHAT IS KNOWN AS A DAUBERT LANNIGAN HEARING, WHERE JUDGE HAGAN REVIEWED THE SCIENCE BEHIND SHOTS BUTTER AND FOUND THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WAS SCIENTIFICALLY RELIABLE AND ACCEPTED WITHIN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. SO THIS DIS THIS ISN'T JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOME COMPANY TELLING YOU THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS RELIABLE. IT'S SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND ACCEPTED BY THE COURTS. OF COURSE, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THIS SYSTEM IS PERFECT, NO TECHNOLOGY IS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT ITS SCIENTIFIC RELIABILITY HAS BEEN SUBJECT OF STATE AND FEDERAL JUDICIAL REVIEW. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COST TO CAMBRIDGE 'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SHOTS SPOTTER IS FUNDED THROUGH THE URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE, OR UC AS IT'S CALLED A FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM. THAT MEANS THE TECHNOLOGY WAS PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE OR ITS RESIDENTS. YOU'VE NOW HEARD SOME REAL EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS HELPED OFFICERS REACH SHOOTING VICTIMS, PROVIDE LIFE SAVING CARE, AND RECOVERED DANGEROUS WEAPONS. SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK IF WE HAVE [03:55:01] ACCESS TO A TOOL THAT COULD HELP SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE, AND IT COMES AT NO COST TO THE CITY, WHY WOULDN'T WE USE IT? IF THIS TECHNOLOGY HELPS US SAVE EVEN ONE LIFE, THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. UM, FINALLY, I WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT SHOTS SPOTTER IS AND IS NOT DESIGNED TO DO. IT DOES NOT PREDICT SHOOTINGS, AND IT DOES NOT PREVENT SOMEONE FROM FIRING A GUN. ITS PURPOSE IS TO HELP RESPOND WHEN GUNFIRE MAY HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. LOCATE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT NEED HELP AND GATHER EVIDENCE THAT DISTINCTION MATTERS. WHEN WE EVALUATE WHETHER THE TECHNOLOGY IS DOING WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO, IT IS NOT A PREVENTION TOOL. WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES HERE IN CAMBRIDGE WHERE THAT INFORMATION MADE A REAL DIFFERENCE. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE SYSTEM IS NOT PERFECT AND, BUT A POTENTIALLY LIFESAVING TOOL DESIGNED TO ENHANCE OUR RESPONSE WITH NO NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS. I HAD LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT THIS WAY. IN MEDICINE, NOT EVERY TREATMENT WORKS FOR EVERY PATIENT. A MEDICAL TREATMENT MIGHT SAVE ONE PERSON'S LIFE, BUT NOT WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THAT DOESN'T MEAN DOCTORS STOP USING IT. THEY LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE, THEY UNDERSTAND ITS LIMITATIONS AND CONTINUE USING IT WHEN THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY THE SAME WAY SHOT SPOTTER MAY NOT DETECT EVERY SHOOTING, BUT WE'VE SEEN SITUATIONS HERE IN CAMBRIDGE WHERE IT HAS HELPED OFFICES RESPOND FASTER, LIFESAVING CARE, AND RECOVER DANGEROUS WEAPONS. JUST BECAUSE A TOOL DOESN'T WORK A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TIME DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. FOR US AT THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO JUST KEEP CAMBRIDGE SAFE WHILE MAINTAINING THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND LASTLY, WHY DO POLICE DEPARTMENTS ADVOCATE FOR THESE TECHNOLOGIES? FIRST, AGAIN, I WANNA STATE THAT I CANNOT SPEAK FOR OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS. I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR CAMBRIDGE, NOR AM I ADVOCATING, ADVOCATING FOR ANY SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES. HAVING SAID THAT, THE ANSWER BEGINS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES POLICE OFFICERS FACE WHEN RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES AND INVESTIGATING SERIOUS CRIMES. IN MANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS, OFFICES MUST MAKE DECISIONS WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION. A 9 1 1 CALLER MAY HEAR GUNSHOTS. THEY MAY, THEY, BUT NOT KNOW PRECISELY WHERE THEY CAME FROM. A WITNESS MAY SEE PART OF AN IN INCIDENT OR A CRIMINAL ACT, BUT NOT HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE SUSPECT. A VICTIM MAY BE UNABLE TO CALL FOR HELP, SUCH AS XAVIER BATISTI ON THE MORNING OF JULY 4TH. EVIDENCE CAN DISAPPEAR QUICKLY, PARTICULARLY WHEN AN INCIDENT OCCURS OUTDOORS OR INVOLVES A VEHICLE. TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP FILL, FILL IN SOME OF THOSE INFORMATION GAPS. I WOULD SAY THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY REASONS POLICE DEPARTMENTS SUPPORT SOME OF THESE TOOLS. SOME OF THESE TOOLS. FIRST, HELPING POLICE OFFICERS RESPOND FASTER AND GET TO THE RIGHT LOCATION. WHEN SHOTS ARE FIRED, THEY KNOW OFFICERS NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO. SOMETIMES A 9 1 1 CALL, IT CAN ONLY GIVE A GENERAL LOCATION, WHICH MEANS OFFICES MAY HAVE TO SEARCH SEV SEVERAL BLOCKS TO FIND WHERE THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. TECHNOLOGY LIKE SHOTS SPOT, IT CAN HELP PINPOINT THE LOCATION SO OFFICES KNOW WHERE TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE IS INJURED. THOSE EXTRA MINUTES CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. SECONDLY, HELP IS IN HELPING US INVESTIGATE CRIMES AND THOSE, AND FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE. TECHNOLOGY CAN GIVE US IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT WITNESSES MAY NOT HAVE OR MAY NOT REMEMBER. FOR EXAMPLE, TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP US SEE WHAT HAPPENED, ESTABLISH A TIMELINE, IDENTIFY SUSPECTS OR VEHICLES, AND PIECE TOGETHER THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE CRIME SHOTS. BODY CAN HELP OFFICERS FIND EVIDENCE SUCH AS SHELL, SHELL CASINGS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE MISSED. TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT REPLACE GOOD POLICE WORK. IT GIVES OUR INVESTIGATORS MORE INFORMATION TO HELP, TO HELP THEM SOLVE CRIMES AND HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE. THIRD, HELPING POLICE OFFICERS MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. WHEN OFFICERS RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY, THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE WALKING INTO. TECHNOLOGY CAN GIVE THEM IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE THEY ARRIVE, HELPING THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL DANGERS, AND DECIDE HOW BEST TO RESPOND TO THAT. TECHNOLOGY IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR GOOD TRAINING OR AN OFFICER'S JUDGMENT. IT GIVES THEM MORE INFORMATION TO MAKE A SAFER, BETTER INFORMED DECISION. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE SUPPORT THESE TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN HOW THEY CAN HELP OUR OFFICES DO THEIR JOBS BETTER, SOLVE CRIMES, AND KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE. IN CLOSING, CAMBRIDGE'S NEEDS WELL-TRAINED OFFICES WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TOOLS TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS HELP. TECHNOLOGY IS JUST ONE OF THOSE TOOLS, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS CONVERSATION SHOULD BE SIMPLY ABOUT WHETHER TECHNOLOGY IS GOOD OR BAD OR WHETHER WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY OR PRIVACY. INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BE ASKING, WHAT ARE WE TRYING, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? CAN THIS TECHNOLOGY HELP US DO THAT? WHAT ARE ITS LIMITATIONS? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE IT'S IT IT'S USED RESPONSIBLY? AND HOW DO WE KNOW [04:00:01] IF IT'S WORKING? THESE ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE WORTH DISCUSSING THIS CIVIC ASSEMBLY IS THIS. CIVIC ASSEMBLY IS AN IMPORTANT TO HEAR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND HAVE AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE KEEP OUR CITY SAFE. AS POLICE COMMISSIONER, MY COMMITMENT TO YOU AND TO EVERY CAMBRIDGE RESIDENT IS TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, PREVENT VIOLENCE WHENEVER POSSIBLE, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE READY TO RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS HELP. JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THAT IN A WAY THAT EARNS AND MAINTAINS THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR BEING PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. DO I JUST SO NOW WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE. OKAY. LET'S START OFF WITH YOU, REMINGTON. SO YOU, UM, MADE THE CLAIM THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE THAT IT COULD RECORD, UM, UH, HUMAN VOICES AND THEN LATER SAID, UH, THAT EVEN IF IT WERE TO, IT WOULDN'T POTENTIALLY REVEAL ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PERSON. CAN YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS TO WHETHER THIS IS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN YOUR USE OF THE TECHNOLOGY OR WHETHER THAT'S SIMPLY, UM, A, UH, LIKE AFFIRMATION OF IT? LIKE IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT THAT IS A TRUE STATEMENT WHEN DECIDING TO USE IT OR NOT? WELL, AND JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR, UM, THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY PICKED THAT PARTICULAR ONE TO, FOR HAVE EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO THE, THE COULD HEAR THE VOICES. NO, NO, NO. YES. BECAUSE YOU COULD HEAR THE VOICES, UM, SAME ONES THAT YOU SAY ARE NOT CAPABLE OF BEING LISTENED TO. NO. WHAT I, MY APOLOGIES. OKAY. YEP, IT IS. UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE ONLY TIME YOU COULD HEAR ANYTHING, UM, IF YOU WERE, THERE'S ONLY TIME THAT YOU CAN HEAR A VOICE AT ALL WOULD BE DURING AN ALERT, NOT BEFORE OR AFTER ANY OTHER TIME. BUT I STILL ALSO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T TELL, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO HEAR A VOICE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. SO, AND WHAT WAS THE REST OF THE, DID I ANSWER THE WHOLE QUESTION OR, UH, YEAH, I WAS GONNA ASK LIKE WHETHER IT, UM, YOU CAN SPEAK AS TO WHETHER THAT IS, IF THAT WERE TO BE PROVEN TO NOT BE TRUE, THAT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN WHETHER IT'S OKAY TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY OR IF THAT'S JUST A GENERAL REAS REASSURANCE, LIKE YEAH. YES. ON BOTH. IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR US TO KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT. SO JUST, AND I JUST THANK YOU AND I, I JUST WANNA, I'M STARTING TO FEEL THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME EMOTIONS. AND REMEMBER WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? THAT THIS IS GONNA, THAT'S GONNA BE MOMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA FEEL THIS. AND SO WE'RE REMEMBERING, RIGHT? WE'RE REMEMBERING THAT WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL. AND, AND SO LET'S KEEP, WE'RE KEEPING OUR QUESTIONS EXPLORATORY. SO WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE ADVERSARIAL ON OUR QUESTIONS. BEVERLY, I WANTED TO GO TO YOU NEXT WITH YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. UM, I HAD A QUESTION. AS YOU WERE TALKING AND HEARING OTHER VOICES, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THOSE WHO ARE SHOOTING GUNS, WHO HAVE POSSESSION OF GUNS, AND THOSE WHO ARE CAUGHT, AND I SEE PR AS BEING PART OF TECHNOLOGY. WHAT ROLE, WHAT PURPOSE DOES PR HAVE PARTICULARLY NOW, AND HOW VALUABLE ARE THEY? THANK YOU. UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS, I CAN GET YOU, I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FIND THAT FOR YOU AS FAR AS PR, UM, PR IS, UH, UH, WORKS FOR THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE, UH, CITI CITIZENS COMPLAINTS AND ALSO, UM, INVESTIGATE THEM AND GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NATURE OF THE COMPLAINTS FROM THE CITIZENS? UH, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM RUDE AND DISCOURTEOUS TO, UM, REALLY RUN. IT WOULD, IT COULD RUN THE GAMUT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S RUDE AND DISCOURTEOUS. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT PR IS, BUT THE POLICE REVIEW AND ADVISORY BOARD. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE MY QUESTION, . THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER HERE TO THIS YEAR. YEAH, GO AHEAD JOE. GO. HI. SO I, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST ONE IS, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, THE SPOT SHOTTER IS NOT RECORDING ALL THE TIME. IT ONLY GETS ACTIVATED AFTER IT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WERE SHOTS OR SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES A GUNFIRE. THEN IT RECORDS A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THAT AND AFTER THAT IT IS LISTENING. THAT'S, IT IS LISTENING AND RECORDING, BUT ONLY SOMETHING THAT'S OVER 120 DECIBELS. OKAY. UM, SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY STATISTICS [04:05:01] ON THE AMOUNT OF CALLS THAT COME IN FROM PEOPLE? 9 1 1 CALLS ABOUT GUNFIRE AND YOU GET THERE IN, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS ANY GUNFIRE BECAUSE YES, I MEAN THEY, THE POINT KEEPS BEING BROUGHT UP. THAT SPOT SHOT IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT IN HOW FAULTY IT IS, BUT WE'RE ALL FLAWED, WE'RE HUMANS. SO WHEN WE CALL, WE MAY THINK IT IS AND IT COULD BE FIREWORKS OR IT COULD BE A CAR BACK FIRING. SO HOW MANY TIMES DO HUMANS CALL IN AND IT ENDS UP, YOU GO THERE AND YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT THERE WAS ANY GUNFIRE? WELL, I THINK THEY COVERED THAT THIS MORNING, AND I WANNA SAY THE PERCENTAGE WAS 19. I'M NOT POSITIVE, BUT I THINK THE 20%, LIKE 20% FOR 9 1 1 CALLS AND LIKE 35% FOR SHOTS SPOTTER, THE SHOTS SPOTTER. OKAY. 35. KATE, GO AHEAD KATE. YES. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROS AND CONS, UH, BUT MY INQUIRY, UM, THE CON IS THAT OF COURSE THAT SHOP SHOT SPOTTER DOES NOT PREVENT CORRECT , BUT MY, THE PRO IS THAT IT CAN SAVE LIVES. SO MY QUESTION IS OVER A HARRIET OF TIME, NOT JUST ONE YEAR, MAYBE AS MUCH AS FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, HOW MANY, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, UH, SHOT AND WHAT THEIR NUMBERS ARE AND HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED OR, UH, I GUESS THAT'S IT HAVE BEEN SAVED. OKAY. AGAIN, I THINK THEY COVERED A LOT OF THAT THIS MORNING, BUT I CAN GET ANSWER TO THAT EXACT QUESTION FOR YOU. SURE. OKAY, BRITTANY, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. UM, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE CORE VALUES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST. HOW ARE YOU MEASURING THE COMMUNITY TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? UM, SO YOU MENTIONED LIKE YOU WITH THE SHOT SPOTTER AND IT'S COVERING ABOUT LIKE A 1.25 MILE SQUARE MILE RADIUS. DOES THAT COMMUNITY THAT'S COVERED BY SHOT SPOTTER, HAVE THEY TOLD YOU OR SHOWN AN INCREASED TRUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE SHOT SPOTTER DETECTION? AND ALSO YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S, UM, INCREASED, UM, PATROLS IN SPECIFIC AREAS. DO THOSE COMMUNITIES FEEL MORE SAFE WITH THAT INCREASED PATROLS, OR ARE THERE INCREASED, UM, LIKE UNLAWFUL SEARCHES OR SUSPICION, OR DO THEY FEEL MORE WORRIED WITH THE INCREASED PATROL? SO I GUESS I'M MORE CURIOUS OF HOW ARE YOU MEASURING THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE POLICE YEP. AND THE SHOT SPOTTER. YEP. WELL, THE, THE, THE AREA THAT SHOT SPOTTER IS IN IS THE SAME AREA AS WE DO THE EXTRA PATROLS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE GO TO A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. AND ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE FEEDBACK, I WOULD SAY 90% OF THE FEEDBACK WOULD BE IN, IN, UM, THAT THEY WANT SHOT A SPOTTER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY WANT MORE POLICE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND, AND THEY ALSO WANT MORE CAMERAS. THAT'S THE, WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AT COMMUNITY MEETINGS. OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD MATT. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT HOW SHOTSPOTTER WORKS OR DOESN'T WORK DURING THE 4TH OF JULY AND NEW YEAR'S EVE WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY FIREWORKS GOING OFF. SURE, I CAN TRY. UM, SO SHOTS SPOTTER DURING TIMES OF, UH, THE 4TH OF JULY TIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING A LOT OF FIREWORKS, THEY REVERT TO THE SYSTEM VERSUS HUMAN HEARING, UM, UH, BECAUSE IT'S JUST, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY, TOO MANY, UM, ALERTS FOR THEM TO DECIPHER AS A MACHINE CAN DO IT MUCH FASTER. UM, AND WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES, UM, DURING JULY 4TH WHERE WE HAVE HAD SHOOTINGS WHERE WE'VE BEEN ALERTED AND WE'VE HAD SHOOTINGS WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ALERTED. AGAIN, IT'S A, THE SOUND THAT'S OVER 120 DECIBELS HAS TO REACH THREE SENSORS BEFORE WE GET ALERTED BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE THE TRIANGULATION COMES IN, WHERE THEY CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT HAPPENED. UM, SO WE'VE HAD BOTH, BOTH INSTANCES HAPPEN. JOAQUIN, HI. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, OUT OF ALL THE STUDENTS IN CAMBRIDGE, HOW MANY OF THEM ARE DRUG RELATED? I DON'T HAVE THE DATA FOR THAT, BUT I TEND TO BELIEVE MOST OF THESE SHOOTINGS ARE DRUG RELATED. THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOME DATA THAT WE CAN GET TO YOU. I DON'T HAVE IT AGAIN OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN SURELY FIND THAT, UH, FOR ANY PARTICULAR TIME RANGE OR JUST OVERALL. UH, I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, TO GET DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PROBLEM OF SHOOTINGS IN CAMBRIDGE, AND I DO FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A HISTORY OF, UH, SHOOTINGS IN CAMBRIDGE, PEOPLE DEALING DRUGS AND GETTING SHOT AND BEING CONNECTED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT. ABSOLUTELY. I CAN GET THAT. I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. DANNY, GO AHEAD. UM, ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS FROM A COMMUNITY TRUST POINT OF VIEW WITH THE, UH, FACT THAT THE SHOT SPOTTER WAS PASSED BEFORE [04:10:01] THE 2018 ORDINANCE, OR THAT SHOT SPOTTER'S CONTRACT ISN'T WITH CAMBRIDGE SPECIFICALLY? UH, YES. SO SHOTS SPOTTED WAS BROUGHT ON, UM, IN 2014, I BELIEVE, AND THAT WAS IN 2018. UH, IT'S BEEN ON THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE EVERY YEAR THAT THE SUR SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE GETS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART? I'M SORRY? UM, THE FACT THAT THE CONTRACT IS THROUGH BOSTON AND THE DHS INSTEAD OF CAMBRIDGE. YES. UM, I MEAN, IT'S A GRANT THAT THE REGION APPLIES AND GETS, UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE JUST THE FIDUCIARY. BOSTON IS JUST THE FIDUCIARY TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS, AND IT'S NOT JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IT'S FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO THE BARRIERS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AT, AT, UM, DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THOSE WERE PAID FOR BY THE SAME KIND OF MONEY. SO IT'S, IT'S FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR SHOT SPOTTER, BUT THEY'RE JUST THE FIDUCIARY. OKAY. AARON, GO AHEAD. UM, WE, WE ALL KEEP COMING BACK AROUND TO HOW THE RESPONSE TIMES WITH SHOT SPOTTER ARE FASTER PER SE, IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS, AND HOW THAT LENDS TO LIFESAVING MEDICAL CARE. MM-HMM . UM, LIKE THIS ONE INCIDENT IN HARVARD STREET, UH, JULY, 2024, MY QUESTION IS, IF THE BIGGEST BENEFIT OF THIS SYSTEM IS THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE PEOPLE LIFESAVING CARE, WHY DO YOU AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPOND TO THESE CALLS AND NOT EMS SERVICES? WELL, EMS IS NOT GOING TO GO TO A GUNSHOT CALL UNLESS THE POLICE GO FIRST AND DEEM IT SAFE, NUMBER ONE. HAVE ANY OF THESE BEEN UNSAFE SITUATIONS? WELL, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL, WE WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL WE GOT THERE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SURE. SO HISTORICALLY, I MEAN, HISTORICALLY WE'RE GONNA BE SENT AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THEY'RE GONNA WAIT OUTSIDE A LITTLE UNTIL WE GO IN AND INVESTIGATE. OR A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST GET THERE FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT IT IS, WHETHER PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH TRAFFIC OR NOT. SO IT'S USUALLY BECAUSE WE DEPLOY OUR PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY, SO THEY'RE NOT LIKE IN THE NORTH CAMBRIDGE AND HAVING TO RESPOND TO THE PORT. THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE PORT. SO THAT'S TO EMILY. THANKS. I HAVE ONE VERY QUICK QUESTION ON SHOT SPOTTER, AND THEN A QUESTION ON THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. UM, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHOT SPOTTER, YOU MENTIONED AN ACOUSTIC SENSOR. I JUST WANNA CONFIRM. YOU MEAN A MICROPHONE? I'M, I'M SURE IF IT'S A, AN ACOUSTIC SENSOR, IT MIGHT, IT MUST BE A MICROPHONE ON IT, SO, SURE. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN ON THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PROPOSAL WAS FOR PARKS AND SQUARES THIS MORNING WE HEARD THAT IT WAS FOR PARKS. SO I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE POLICE PROPOSAL TO BE PARKS AND SQUARES. WE HAVE, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, BUT YES, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT SQUARES AS WELL, SO, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL TO TURN ON VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN SQUARES AS WELL? WE WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE WILL, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL READY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT. YES. OKAY. AND THEN I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION, UM, FOR YOU OR FOR OTHER EXPERTS WHO FEEL THAT THEY, UM, WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT RULES AND REQUIREMENTS CAMBRIDGE WOULD HAVE, UM, ON SUBPOENAS, LIKE LEGAL REQUESTS FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE? UH, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THERE'S CONCERN IN CAMBRIDGE, UM, AMONG IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED, UM, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE REQUESTED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ON PARTICULAR PEOPLE. SO YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS? YEAH. SO, YEAH. YES. WELL, WELL, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, DEALINGS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES LIKE ICE, ET CETERA. BUT IF THE COURTS ISSUE A SUBPOENA, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE SUBPOENA. I'M SURE THE LAW DEPARTMENT IS GONNA HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HOW, HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE SHOULD DO THAT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. BUT WE, WE WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER A SUBPOENA. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S GONNA BE OUR LAST QUESTION, AND I KNOW, UM, AND AGAIN, I SEE ALREADY LOTS OF QUESTIONS POPULATING, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER WELLS FOR THAT WITH SUCH A LOTS OF THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUZZING TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET'S TAKE A BREAK. LET'S RETURN AT 2 45. RIGHT BACK HERE. OKAY, SO 2 45, THERE'S CANDY, THERE'S DRINKS. [04:15:04] IS IT BECAUSE I GO OVER THERE? YEAH, DON'T GO OVER THERE IS THE QUESTION. DELICIOUS. RIGHT? OKAY. SO WELCOME BACK. WAIT, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SPOT WHERE I'M NOT GONNA TRIGGER THE, THE SPEAKER FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO WHERE I CAN SEE YOU. HOW ABOUT IF I'M OVER HERE? I CAN DO IT FROM OVER HERE. GOOD. THIS, I DON'T GET TO SEE THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM. OKAY. IF THAT'S OKAY, YOU HAVE TO STAND OVER HERE AND SEE ME. UM, OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS, WE'RE GONNA SPEND PLENTY OF TIME GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE TECHNOLOGIES AND WHAT CAMBRIDGE SHOULD DO ABOUT THEM. BUT THIS AFTERNOON I'D LIKE US TO START WITH SOMETHING WAY MORE FUNDAMENTAL, WHICH ARE THE VALUES THAT WE THINK SHOULD GUIDE THESE DECISIONS. THINGS LIKE SAFETY, PRIVACY, FAIRNESS, TRUST, ACCOUNTABILITY. THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN PULL US IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO HERE'S YOUR TASK, YOUR SMALL TABLE GROUPS AT EACH TABLE, YOU'RE GONNA START BY MAKING A LIST OF ALL THE VALUES YOU THINK MATTER WHEN CONSIDERING PUBLIC SAFETY AND SURVEILLANCE. TALK THEM THROUGH TOGETHER, WHICH FEEL THE MOST IMPORTANT. ARE THERE ANY THAT YOU'VE MISSED? AND YOU'RE GOING TO AGREE ON SIX TO EIGHT VALUES THAT YOU THINK SHOULD GUIDE YOUR WORK. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TOGETHER AND WE'LL HEAR THEM OUT. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE, YOU HAVE A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME, YOU GET 30 MINUTES TO TALK AT YOUR TABLE GROUPS ABOUT THE VALUES. ANY QUESTIONS? DID ANYONE WRITE ANYTHING DOWN? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO TABLE ONE SHOULD BE SET TO DO THE MIC. YOU CAN CUT ME. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD AND GO. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA ANSWER THIS QUESTION [04:22:10] AND LOVE TO HEAR, UM, TAKE NOTE OF WHAT ARE YOU NOTICING? ARE WE, ARE WE, ARE THERE SOME THAT ARE SIMILAR ACROSS TABLE? WHAT ARE, IS THAT A NEW WAY? NO. SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST AND REMEMBER? THIS IS GOOD. YOU GOT IT. AND THE MICROPHONE, YOU PUT IT ON THE DESK. . OKAY. UM, LET, TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF. UM, I DON'T THINK WE DID SUPER GREAT AT THAT . UM, THE VALUES THAT CAME UP TO US, NUMBER ONE, WE HAD TRANSPARENCY, RESIDENT SAFETY, UM, ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED LOCAL OVERSIGHT AND CONTROL OF THE DATA AND THE PROCESS THROUGH WHICH IT'S USED AND REVIEW. UM, WE HAD SAFEGUARDS TO MITIGATE MISUSE OF TECHNOLOGY, UM, IN ORDER TO PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS. UM, WE HAD EQUITY AND INCLUSION, BOTH OF HOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS USED AND WHO IS INVOLVED IN DECIDING HOW IT'S USED. UM, AND THEN WE KIND OF SAID THAT THE FINAL VALUE THAT ALL OF THESE PRODUCES IS TRUST. LIKE, HAVING THESE IN PLACE ALLOW US TO TRUST HOW OUR GOVERNMENT, UM, HELPS US OUT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE CAN GIVE, WE CAN GIVE THOSE SNAPS. I SAW LOTS OF NODDING HEADS TOO. UM, WHICH DIRECT DO YOU LIKE? CLOCKWISE OR COUNTERCLOCKWISE CAROLINA. WHICH WAY SHOULD WE GO? OKAY. WE'RE GONNA COME THIS WAY THEN. SO JUST TO KNOW NOW, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING NEXT, IF YOU'RE THE REPORTER, SO WE'RE GONNA GO THIS WAY, SO THERE'S NO SURPRISES. ALRIGHTY. ALRIGHTY. SO WE GOT ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF LIKE ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF HOW THIS IS GONNA BE USED, COST IN TERMS OF WHO'S PAYING FOR IT, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, TRADE-OFFS, WHAT ARE LIKE, BASICALLY TAKING CONSIDERATION OF LIKE, OTHER ELEMENTS OF HOW IT CAN BE USED. EFFECTIVENESS, ARE WE WILLING TO LIKE, CHECK TO SEE IF IT'S, HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS? UH, CONSIDERATION OF ALL POPULATIONS, INCLUDING THE VULNERABLE, BASICALLY INCLUSION OF EVERYBODY. UH, TRUST IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY TRUST, ALSO POWER, BASICALLY LIKE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION. AND COMMUNITY, UH, DOESN'T GIVE AWAY THEIR POWER. THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T GIVE AWAY THEIR POWER. AND THEN EMPHASIS ON PREVENTION, BECAUSE AS WE CAN TELL, THIS IS LIKE A, THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SOLUTION, BUT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A ROOT CAUSE FOR WHY THESE THINGS ARE OCCURRING. MM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TROY. WHO IS OUR, ALL RIGHT, TOBY, THAT BRINGS IT TO ME. OKAY. WE TALKED ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, PRIVACY, ADAPTABILITY, LOCAL OVERSIGHT, LONG-TERMISM AND EQUITY. OKAY. [04:25:02] WE'RE HEARING, I'M HEARING LOTS OF, I'M ALREADY HEARING THINGS. I HEARD EQUITY AT ALL THREE TABLES HERE. WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY. YEAH. WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE VALUES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN COMMON. ALRIGHT. OVER HERE. UH, SO WE HAVE PEOPLE FIRST, LIKE WE DON'T WANT THE TECHNOLOGY TO GET IN THE WAY OF, OR REPLACE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. MM-HMM . UH, FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES, TRUST, AND A FOCUS ON OUTCOMES AND PREVENTION. GREAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU DANNY. ALRIGHT. RIGHT OVER TO HERE. OH, IS IT SAMARA? UM, OKAY. WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW THIS DATA IS GONNA BE USED BY THE CAMBRIDGE PO UM, POLICE. UM, TRANSPARENCY, NOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DATA, BUT FOR THE RULES AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE USED. UM, PRIVACY. WE HAVE JUSTICE AND DIGNITY. JUSTICE, THANK YOU. UH, SO WE HAD, UH, TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE SYSTEM WILL IS MY MIC? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THE MIC HAS SWITCHED FROM BACK TO A WHOLE ROOM. YEAH. GO UP TO THE PODIUM. REMINGTON, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STAND THERE. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. SO, UH, WE HAVE TRANSPARENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE SYSTEM WILL BE USED. ANYONE THAT, UH, IS AFFECTED BY IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS. UM, WE HAVE EFFICACY AND, UH, CON AND YES, EFFECTIVENESS AND HOW MAKING SURE THAT IT, THIS EFFICACY IS CONTINUALLY MAINTAINED AND REVIEWED IT. IF IT STOPS BEING EFFECTIVE, THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN UNDER CONSIDERATION. WE HAVE INCLUSIVITY THAT MEANS THAT, UH, EVERYONE THAT IS AFFECTED BY IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DECISION PROCESS SOMEHOW, SOMEHOW REPRESENTED. UH, THEN WE HAVE BASICALLY, SO, SO, UH, SOVEREIGNTY, SOVEREIGNTY OF THE, UH, DATA, THE, THAT CAMBRIDGE SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OF DATA COLLECTED IN CAMBRIDGE AND SHOULD NOT BE OUTSOURCED THEN, UH, FISCAL OR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND RESPONSIBLE TRAINING ON EFFECTIVE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. . WHAT, ANYBODY HERE AS YOU'RE LISTENING, THINGS THAT WE, THAT YOU HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES. YEAH. SAY MORE. ANYONE WANNA SAY MORE? YEAH, GO AHEAD. EVERYONE LOVES TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. YES. THANK YOU. OTHERS THAT WE HEARD? YEAH. AARON ALSO HEARD, UH, EFFECTIVENESS A LOT. YEAH. YEAH, PLEASE. THANK YOU. YES. THE MICROPHONE. I'M SORRY. EFFECTIVENESS. YES. EFFECTIVENESS. TRUST AND TRUST. WE HEARD TRUST. THANK YOU KAREN. YEAH. UM, JUST THE, THE WISH TO KEEP IT CENTERED ON HUMAN AND COMMUNITY WAYS OF INTERACTION AND NOT COME TO OVER RELY OR BE REPLACED BY AUTOMATED SOLUTIONS. RIGHT. COULD YOU SAY THAT INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? YEAH, NO, 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA YEAH, OF COURSE YOU SHOULD SAY IT. YEAH. JUST, UH, TO NOT, TO NOT RELY ON AUTOMATION AND TECH, UH, AT THE EXPENSE OF HUMAN SOLUTIONS OF COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS. I HEARD A FEW TIMES. GREAT. OKAY. KATE, PLEASE SHARE IF IT NEEDS TO BE TO BE EFFECT. IT'S NOT WORKING. OH, RIGHT. , LOOK AT THIS. GETTING OUR MOVEMENT BREAKS IN THIS IS GREAT. UH, TO BE EFFECTIVE. I REALLY THINK THAT IT NEEDS THAT, NOT JUST SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OR THAT ARE INVOLVED IN COMMITTEE MEETINGS, BUT THAT SOMEHOW THE INFORMATION GETS OUT TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SOMEHOW. AND, UM, THAT SO THEY CAN BE INVOLVED AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THANK YOU KATE. JOSH? YEAH. SO, UM, THE TWO OF THESE WORDS THAT, UM, I WROTE DOWN LIKE SOVEREIGNTY FROM THE LAST GROUP, LOVE THAT WORD. GOVERNANCE AND POWER. SO THIS IDEA OF LIKE COMMUNITY AUTONOMY AROUND THE TECHNOLOGY, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PROPRIETARY OR, YOU KNOW, SOURCED FROM A THIRD PARTY. WOW. GREAT. THANK YOU. JOSH, ARE THERE OTHER OH YES. OH, WE'RE CLAP. I LOVE THIS. I LOVE THIS GROUP. WE'RE WE GOTTA, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE HEARD? ALSO, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP THE SPACE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING INTERESTING THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT YOUR TABLE. I KNOW YOU, THE REPORTERS YOU JUST LISTED RIGHT. THE, THE NAMES OF THE VALUES, BUT ANYTHING THAT CAME UP AT YOUR TABLE, THAT CONVERSATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING INTO THIS LARGER SPACE THAT WE HAVE SOME TIME FOR THAT? YES, PLEASE. UM, AS SOMEBODY WHO WORKS IN HEALTHCARE, I TALKED ABOUT LIKE THE, THE EPIC SYSTEM FOR LIKE TRACKING WHO ACCESS LIKE CHARTS AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S [04:30:01] PRIVATE HEALTH INFORMATION IS QUITE WELL DONE. AND HOW YOU HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE A REASON FOR ACCESSING CERTAIN PIECES OF DATA, UM, FOR ANY PARTICULAR PERSON. UM, AND SO TO HAVE A, A TRACKING SYSTEM SO THAT AUDITING IS POSSIBLE OF WHO IS ACCESSING DATA WHEN, UM, FEELS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BEVERLY, PLEASE. I BROUGHT THIS BOOK WITH ME BECAUSE I THOUGHT , DO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE. BEVERLY FOR VOTING. THE NINE QUESTIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE BALLOT COMING UP. UH, JUSTICE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PRIVATE INFORMATION IF THE VOTE GOES THROUGH. UM, LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT VOTE, WHAT NUMBER IT WAS. UM, OH, BALLOT. NO, I'M SORRY. UH, EXPANDING THE PUBLIC RECORDS LAW. SO THERE MAY NOT BE ANY PRIVACY TO A LOT OF PUBLIC RECORDS SOON. THAT'S I THINK NUMBER TWO. OKAY. SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PRIVACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. ACCOUNTABILITY AS A THROUGH LINE HERE. OTHER THINGS THAT CAME UP AT TABLES? YES, PLEASE, EMILY. UH, WE ENDED UP IN A LITTLE BIT OF A TANGENT, BUT BROUGHT US BACK TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH IS WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES THAT, UM, I THINK IN GENERAL WE AGREE ON. ONE OF THEM IS, UH, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. UM, AND HEARING ALL OF THE VALUES THAT CAME UP AT OUR TABLE AND OTHER TABLES, I THINK THAT MOST OF THEM OR ALL OF THEM ALIGN WITH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. IT'S NOT PERFECT. IT DOES PREVENT A LOT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS. I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I DON'T PURPORT TO BE LEC AN ELECTRICIAN, BUT I HAVE A, AN IDEA I COULD EXPLAIN IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, FAIRLY EFFECTIVE. UM, AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN APPLY THE SAME FRAMEWORK OF THINKING ABOUT OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THE WAY THAT WE DO TO THIS ONE THAT WE ACCEPT AS, AS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL FAIRLY HAPPY WITH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SEE YOUR HAND AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS NOT YET SPOKEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. YEAH, I SEE BOTH. I SEE YOUR HAND TOO, BETSY . I JUST DON'T WANNA LOSE. WE'RE USING THE LANGUAGE OF EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICACY, BUT ACTUALLY UNDERNEATH THAT IS A DESIRE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO BE SAFE FOR EVERYBODY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN A SORT OF TECHNICAL TERM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT LIKE, SAFETY IS UNDERNEATH EVERYTHING THAT I THINK MOST OF US ARE SAYING. THANK YOU. AND JOSH, YOU, I SAW YOU NODDING, BUT GO AHEAD. YEAH, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, COST AND, AND EFFECTIVENESS RIGHT IN, IN SORT OF THE ROLLOUT OR OPERATIONAL, UM, REALITY OF, OF USING THIS TECHNOLOGY. AND I WANTED TO FOLD IN WHAT, UM, ALANA TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF LIKE, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING, UH, IS INFORMING A POLICY THAT LEADS TO OUTCOMES, RIGHT? THAT, UH, SPEAK TO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MANAGING NOT JUST COST, BUT EFFECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF THIS, UH, LIVED EXPERIENCE AROUND SAFETY. SO NOT JUST HAVING A TECHNOLOGY, NOT JUST SPENDING MONEY ON A TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT'S LEADING TO, UH, THE OUTCOMES THAT POINT TO A, A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE EXPERIENCE AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK YOU, BEVERLY. LAST AND THEN, YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD, UM, POINT AND CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND LIGHTS. LATELY I'VE BEEN BECOMING VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT DRIVING AROUND CAMBRIDGE. I, I HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT AND PEOPLE RUN ACROSS THE STREET IN FRONT OF ME. UM, AND I SEE THAT A LOT, NOT JUST PEDESTRIANS BUT BICYCLISTS. UM, I SEE PEOPLE PUSHING THEIR BABY CARRIAGE AND TEXTING AT THE SAME TIME AND DON'T HAVE THE LIGHT TO CROSS THE STREET. A LOT OF THAT SCENE TO BE GOING ON, MAYBE I'M TOO REALISTIC, BUT IT IS BECOMING INITIAL FROM, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND WHAT I'M SEEING. THANK YOU. THANKS BEVERLY. ALRIGHT. YEAH, [04:35:02] I, UM, SO WE, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I HEARD, YOU KNOW, ACROSS EVERYWHERE, BUT SOMETHING ALSO THAT, UM, I THINK IS JUST LIKE LONG-TERM VISION. WE HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND GROWING, BUT HOW DOES THAT FIT INTO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF WHERE, LIKE, WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH OUR DATA AND LIKE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS? SO, UM, JUST REALLY LIKE THINKING ABOUT THE NOW, BUT ALSO JUST THE CONTEXT OF HOW THIS FITS IN WITH LIKE, WHERE WE ARE WITH TECHNOLOGY IN OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. SO I JUST HOPE THAT WE, WE STARTED WITH VALUES AND WE SAID, REMEMBER WE'RE GONNA START WITH THESE BIGGER IDEAS. AND I HOPE YOU HEARD ALL THE SIMILARITIES THAT AS WE GO THROUGH AND WE MIGHT BE IN OUR DIAMOND OF DESPAIR AT SOME POINT, RIGHT? THAT WE REMEMBER THAT ACTUALLY ACROSS ALL THE TABLES WE HAD A LOT OF VERY SIMILAR VALUES, RIGHT, RIGHT. AROUND SAFETY, AROUND ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY, RIGHT? SO JUST WE'RE GONNA HOLD THAT. WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE ALL THE TABLE PAPERS AND WE'RE GONNA PUT 'EM TOGETHER AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM. OKAY. UM, I'M JUST LOOKING AT MY TIME HERE. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NOT DO THIS ACTIVITY THAT, BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA THINK ABOUT OUR QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN GENERATING SO MANY QUESTIONS. SO WE WERE GONNA DO AN ACTIVITY IF WE HAD TIME TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO NO NEED TO GENERATE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. UM, SO, UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA BRING US HOME ON THE HOME STRETCH HERE. ALL RIGHT. SO I WANNA JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UM, ATTENTION, YOUR CURIOSITY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE CARE THAT YOU'VE SHOWN EACH OTHER. I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE REVIEW OF OUR DAY, TALK ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT. WE'RE GOING TO DO A QUICK SURVEY AROUND FACILITATION SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU HOW TODAY WENT SO WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE. UM, AND WE'LL DO SOME LITTLE WRAP UP LIKE LITTLE THINGS HERE BEFORE WE TAKE OFF FOR THE DAY. OKAY. SO WE'VE HEARD, WE HEARD FROM PASTOR BATTLE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN CAMBRIDGE, THE GROWING USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES, THE IMPORTANCE OF QUESTIONS THAT THESE RAISE ABOUT PRIVACY, CIVIL LIBERTIES AND TRUST. AND WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE ALSO STARTED TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, TALKING ABOUT WHAT SAFETY MEANS TO US AND IDENTIFYING THE VALUES THAT WE THINK SHOULD GUIDE OUR WORK. THIS IS A GREAT START. IT'S A GREAT START. NEXT TIME WE'RE GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE ASSESS WHETHER THESE TECHNOLOGIES WORK. WE'RE GONNA GET REALLY INTO THE SPECIFICS OF GUN DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES. WE'RE GONNA HEAR LIVED EXPERIENCE FROM FOLKS, UM, AROUND GUN VIOLENCE. AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE OVERNIGHT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. OKAY? SO THAT'S NEXT TIME THERE'S MORE TIME TO TALK TO CHALLENGE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TO BE SORTING THROUGH ALL THESE ISSUES TOGETHER. SO REALLY IMPORTANT NOTE IS THAT I HOPE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ANY ANSWERS YET ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THAT IS ACTUALLY THE POINT. SO OUR JOB IS TO LISTEN AND TO LEARN AND TO ASK GOOD QUESTIONS AND TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING UP YOUR SATURDAY TO DO SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT FOR CAMBRIDGE. UM, HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED MEETING EACH OTHER. IT WAS SO NICE TO LIKE, GO FROM SEEING NAMES ON A PAPER TO ACTUALLY SEEING ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM. AND I HOPE THAT YOU'RE LEAVING WITH LOTS TO THINK ABOUT. IT IS REALLY INTENTIONAL. AND WE ARE MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING NEXT WEEK. 'CAUSE WE DO NEED TIME TO TAKE IN THIS INFORMATION. WE NEED TIME TO ALSO RESPOND TO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT NEED AROUND THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT AND MAYBE WHAT KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO HELP GET THE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF YOU. UM, SO I HOPE THAT YOU, MY NUMBER WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL FEW WEEKS YOU HA SHOULD HAVE ON THE TABLE. IS THAT TRUE? ON THE TABLE? IF YOU SHOULD SEE THERE IS FROM FEE DAY. AND THIS IS, YOU NEED A PEN PA SO IT'S ON PAPER PEN. SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS RIGHT NOW. SEVEN QUESTIONS. YOU GET THOSE? YEAH. APOLOGIES FOR THE LINES. THEY WERE PRINTED HERE IN THIS SCHOOL BUILDING. AND I'LL TELL YOU A TRICK IF THE, IF THE LITTLE LINE, THE LITTLE, UH, CLEAR THING IS NOT CLEANED UP ON THE THING, IT, IT GETS, IT RUINS THE COPY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, HAPPENS SOMETIMES TO ALL OF OUR HANDOUTS. SO I'M GONNA GIVE US A FEW MINUTES FOR THAT AND THEN I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I WILL BE QUIET FOR NOW. [04:40:45] OKAY? GET THIS BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. YES. HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE RECORDINGS OF UM, IF I WANT TO USE, IF IN THE REPORT I WANT TO USE SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID. OKAY, COOL. ALRIGHT. JUST LEAVE IT HERE. RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. YEAH, BUT I FELT LIKE, I FELT LIKE BEING ABLE TO REFERENCE THE SPECIFIC QUESTION I ASKED IS NOW I'M ASSUMING THE SAME FACILITATORS WILL BE HERE NEXT TIME. . OKAY. I CAN TELL BY CONVERSATIONS THAT MAYBE WE MIGHT BE READY WITH THIS SURVEY. GUESS WHAT? THERE'S MORE SURVEYS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT. JUST KIDDING. UM, SO WHEN SUEY WAS HERE EARLIER, SOME FOLKS TOOK SOME HARD COPIES OF THE SURVEY. SO IF YOU DID TAKE A HARD COPY OF A SURVEY FROM SUEY, IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE SHE'S HERE STILL. SO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THOSE TO SUI. AND IF YOU HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE PRE-SURVEY, ANYBODY WITH A HARD COPY FOR SUI? ONLY IF IT'S DONE. DON IF IT'S HAVE, IS THIS WHAT SHE MEANS? THE PAPER COPY? IF IT'S DONE, IF IT'S, I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET, IT'S OKAY, I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN. OKAY. I TALK TO HER FIRST. YOU DON'T NEED IT TODAY. IT IS OKAY. IT'S NOT YET FINISHED. OH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE IT TODAY KATE. OR PEOPLE CAN DO IT ONLINE VERSION OR DO IT ONLINE PACKET. AND, AND THERE'S THERE'S ALSO QR CODES TO THE PRE-SURVEY. YES. RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE QR CODE ON THE TABLE IS THE PRE-SURVEY. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT, THAT IS, WHAT IS THIS THAT IS CALLED TO DO? WHAT IS THIS ONE? IT'S THE SAME THING. THE SAME THING. SO IF YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE IF YOU WANNA DO IT. NO, I DON'T HAVE THAT. YOU WANNA DO IT ON PAPER? I HAVE TO. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ONLINE. THAT'S FOR SUBIE. MIT SURVEY. I HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT SURVEY. NOW THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SURVEY YOU'RE GONNA TAKE TODAY BECAUSE AS YOU NOTICE TODAY WE WERE DOWNSTAIRS IN THE CAFETERIA, THEN WE MOVED AND WE CAME UP HERE. THIS IS CALLED THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM FOR NEXT TIME. WE HAVE THREE OPTIONS. , WE COULD BE JUST IN THE [04:45:01] CAFETERIA LIKE WE WERE THIS MORNING. WE COULD BE JUST IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM HERE. WE COULD, I'M GONNA TAKE A VOTE AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE CONFIRMATION, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE THE DATA ANYWAY. WE COULD DO THE MOVEMENT LIKE WE DID TODAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED IN ONE PLACE AND WE MOVED TO ANOTHER. SO THINK ABOUT THOSE THREE OPTIONS. WE'RE GONNA DO A SHOW OF HANDS IF THAT'S OKAY AND SOMEBODY, CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME COUNT? YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW THE THREE OPTIONS. WAIT, WHAT WAS IT BEVERLY, I DIDN'T HEAR. START UP HERE AND THEN MOVE DOWN THERE IF THAT'S AN OPTION. SO, SO ONE OPTION IS THE MOVEMENT IDEA. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO THAT, BUT IT'S LIKE THE TAKE ALL OUR STUFF AND ACTUALLY MOVE, BUT IF IT IS MOVEMENT IN GENERAL THAT WE NEED THAT YOU CAN TELL ME BECAUSE THAT, THAT I CAN BUILD IN. THAT'S NO PROBLEM. THAT'S ON ME. BUT IT'S, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY THE PHYSICAL SPACE IN WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BE AND ASSEMBLE. OKAY. SO YES. QUESTION SEVEN. IT WAS COLD DOWNSTAIRS THIS MORNING. IT WAS COLD DOWNSTAIRS, RIGHT? TOASTY UP HERE, CORRECT. THAT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S THE AFTERNOON. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS LIKE THAT IT IS WARMER HERE, RIGHT? IT IS A LOWER CEILING PLACE HERE. RIGHT? SO THERE'S NOT AS MUCH LIGHT HERE, THERE, IT'S AN OPEN SPACE. WE WERE, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE SOUND MIGHT BE SO RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS. SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE, SHOULD GO INTO YOUR VOTE IN YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE VOTE. BUT DID I SEE ANOTHER QUESTION JO? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I THINK DOWNSTAIRS WAS COLD 'CAUSE THE DOORS WERE OPEN FOR THAT HALLWAY, SO IT DIDN'T REALLY LET THE FIELD UP. I SEE. YEAH, WELL I CAN, I CAN SAY AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN IN THIS ROOM FOR MANY MEETINGS, IT IS ALSO WARM IN THE MORNING HERE. SO WHETHER, I THINK IT'S NO MATTER THE TIME OF DAY, IT'S JUST THE SPACE ITSELF. WE HAVE THE LIGHT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT ANYTHING THAT CAN VENTILATE . THEY ARE INTERIOR WINDOWS JUST TO NOTE. SO, SO THOSE, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPACE CONSIDERATIONS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THREE OPTIONS? DOWNSTAIRS? ONLY UPSTAIRS. ONLY MOVE BETWEEN BOTH. OKAY. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD PREFER DOWNSTAIRS? OKAY, KEEP, KEEP, KEEP 'EM UP AND HIGH. COLE IS, AND WE'LL WAIT TILL COLE TELLS ME HE'S COUNTED. YEAH, GONNA DOUBLE. I'M GONNA DO IT AGAIN. SORRY. . YEP. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE WAIT WE SAID STARTED WITH DOWNSTAIRS. HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD PREFER UPSTAIRS? HERE WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY, OH, ARE YOU COUNTING COLE? YES. UPSTAIRS. . IS THAT OKAY? I ONLY COUNT FIVE. DID SOMEBODY PUT THEIR HAND DOWN? OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE THE MOVEMENT AND THE CHANGE OF SCENERY? SCENERY? THERE IT IS. THERE'S THE WINNER. SORRY. FA FACILITIES FOLKS. GIVE THEM HIGH. GIVE HIGH PEOPLE. . THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I KNOW WHAT, OKAY. YEAH, GRAB THE MICROPHONE. JOSH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? WHAT DO YOU WANNA ADD? YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY IS EVERYONE'S HAVING THEIR VOTES COUNTED IS THAT, UM, WHAT I APPRECIATED ABOUT DOWNSTAIRS WAS THE MULTIPLE SCREENS THAT ALLOWED YOU TO VIEW THE PRESENTATIONS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED IN SPACE HERE. SO THAT WAS A PLUS FROM DOWNSTAIRS. THE OTHER THING THAT I'M ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IS I'D RATHER NOT HAVE MY BACK TO PEOPLE PRESENTING. SO, UM, WE HAVE TABLES, BUT MAYBE LIKE A FEW MORE TABLES, LIKE MAYBE ONE OR TWO MORE TABLES THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO SIT WITH THEIR BACK TO DURING PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. UM, I I DO WANNA ADD, I'M GONNA HAVE ADDENDUM SURVEY READY BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE MOVEMENT, RIGHT? SO NOW I'M GONNA ASK MOVEMENT FOLKS BECAUSE IN CASE I GET TOLD, UH, JENNY, PLEASE DO NOT HAVE US GET ALL TWO SETUPS AGAIN. UM, IF YOU HAD TO JUST CHOOSE ONE NOW I'M GOING TO, I'M GONNA DO IT RIGHT, I'M GONNA ACTUALLY, I WANNA GATHER THIS DATA SO THAT WE ARE WELL INFORMED WHEN WE GET TOLD OF ALL OUR VOTING. YOU'RE DOING YOUTUBE. SO NOW YOU ONLY GET TWO OPTIONS STILL CAMBRIDGE TWO OP. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE IN CAMBRIDGE. UM, TWO OPTIONS DOWNSTAIRS OR UPSTAIRS ONLY. SO EVERYONE'S GOTTA VOTE FOR ONE OVER THE OTHER, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOW ELIMINATING DOWN. OKAY, SO IF IT WAS JUST DOWNSTAIRS, HOW MANY PEOPLE PREFER JUST DOWNSTAIRS? YEAH, THIS IS HOW THE ELECTION WORKS ISN'T CHOICE PARTICIPATORY. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD PREFER JUST UPSTAIRS HERE [04:50:01] GIVEN ? . WOW, THAT TABLE IS BIG UPSTAIRS. YEAH. I SEE. OKAY, THANK YOU. LISTEN, THAT'S LIKE THE ONLY VOTING YOU'RE GONNA DO FOR A FEW, FEW TIMES BECAUSE THIS IS NOT HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO CONSENSUS. SO IF YOU, IF YOU ALL THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GONNA BE VOTING LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. SO GOOD. GET ALL YOUR VOTING OUT OF YOURSELF. OKAY? NOW THE NEXT FINAL THING EVERYONE'S GOT, WE'VE FINISHED THE FEE DAY SURVEY. WE'VE GOT STUFF FOR VIE MAKING SURE THAT YOU EITHER DO IT ONLINE OR YOU HAVE THE PAPER. UM, THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE EASIER. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY GONNA KEEP, WE WANNA HAVE YOUR NAME TAGS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOUR BINDERS SO THAT WE CAN STUFF THEM WITH THE PRESENTATIONS FOR NEXT TIME NAMING, KNOWING THAT ALL THE PRESENTATIONS FROM TODAY WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE STRONG FEELINGS AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOUR BINDER, I DEFINITELY WANT YOUR NAME TAG. OKAY? SO JUST TO SAY THE NAME TAG, WE'RE GONNA TAKE 'EM OFF AND IF YOU COULD RIGHT NOW PUT THEM INTO THE FOLDER OF YOUR, OR THE, THE SLIPS THANK YOU OF YOUR BINDER. AND THEN AS WE, AS YOU EXIT, THERE ARE TABLES RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE THEY WILL, THE CITY WILL COME AND COLLECT YOUR BINDERS. IF YOU ARE, IF YOU REALLY DO WANNA KEEP YOUR BINDER OR YOU CAN JUST LEAVE THEM HERE. WE'LL GET 'EM. JUST LEAVE THEM HERE. YOU DON'T NEED TO, YOU'RE RIGHT. JUST LEAVE THEM HERE. CAN I STACK UP WITH YOU? OH, THANK YOU. SO JUST LEAVE THEM ON THE TABLE. WE WILL GET THEM, BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOUR NAME TAGS IN THERE. HAVE A WONDERFUL FEW WEEKS, GET SOME REST. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL BACK HERE NOVEMBER 7TH, EITHER UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS. THANKS EVERYBODY. NOW BETSY, MEET YOU ALL, IS THIS CONSIDERED THE PRE ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR UH, YEAH, I AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.