From: Erika von Kampen To: Palmisano, Linea; Jenkins, Andrea Cc: Cano, Alondra (External); Kesti, Dylan; Faulkner, Graham R; Pennington, D"Ana M.; Hans, Dani; Ellison, Jeremiah; Bender, Lisa; Cunningham, Phillipe M; Moua, MaiTeng; Johnson, Andrew; Nelson, Kate R.; Goodman, Lisa R.; Sadler, Patrick A.; Reich, Kevin A.; McDonough, Shannon; Sirdar, Deebaa; Osman, Jamal; SanCartier, Ryan J; Gordon, Cam A.; Garwood, Robin D.; Schroeder, Jeremy; Gangelhoff, Sara; Fletcher, Steve; Zaffrann, David; Freude, John Subject: $5 million is not sufficient for Safety for All Date: Saturday, December 5, 2020 4:22:24 PM Dear Councilmembers Palmisano and Jenkins, I was disappointed to read that you proposed paring down the Safety for All budget plan to $5 million in one-time funds. It's my understanding that would result in the new staff being hired on one-year temporary contracts and being ineligible for vacation or paid time off. That isn't compatible with building a sustainable public safety and wellness program, and it doesn't reflect the fair hiring practices that our city should provide all its employees, let alone those in positions as critical and demanding as this. I urge you to reconsider and support the original Safety for All plan points 1 and 2, as proposed by CMs Bender, Fletcher, and Cunningham. Thank you, Erika von Kampen 4519 Bryant Ave S, Apt 2 (Ward 13) Minneapolis, MN 55419 From: Chantra Hok To: Council Comment Subject: [EXTERNAL] #203 City Council Meeting 12-9-20 Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:41:10 PM Good evening, Here is the rest of my message from today's city council meeting: My name is Chantra Hok. I am in full support of the People’s Budget and Safety for All Proposal. My mother lives near Lake and Portland in Ward 9, near where I grew up attending elementary school. I do not trust the police nor have I ever felt safe around the police. That means we are doing something wrong. I worked with people without homes at Hennepin County. Police were handling calls that someone with expertise in mental health or someone with housing resources should have dealt with. People do not need police. People need additional funding in our education system, youth and senior services, infectious disease prevention, affordable housing, mental health support, all of which would get at the root of the problem- in preventing violence and crime. The funding for the MPD is $193 million compared to the health department which has $24 million. Only a third- $66 million is being demanded to be divested. I am insulted by the Mayor’s veto to keep the same amount of funding for the police department, during a pandemic where health care providers do not have proper protective equipment. For Frey and anyone else supporting the mayor’s veto, I am calling you out on your hypocrisy. Saying you care about your community and your neighbors, but acting differently, making decisions that are selfish and uphold white supremacy. We look down upon other countries for committing acts of genocide, but here, in our home, we look the other way when there is state sanctioned violence against black and brown people. We demand other solutions to public safety. -- Chantra Hok St. Paul Public Housing CHSP Supervisor NAPAWF St Cloud Chapter Member | LinkedIn Profile | Phone: 612-839-4535 | Email: [email protected] | 'When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.' ~Dalai Lama [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Dawn Olson To: Council Comment Subject: [EXTERNAL] Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:15:12 AM I think that the council members should be the ones to go on calls with domestic violence and try to talk them into submission. If you refund the police then you become the problem and you all should be refunded. Not once has a council member spoken with me. Cam Gorden .I don't think I'll trust anyone from the council maybe you should be fired. [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Dean Peterson To: Council Comment Subject: [EXTERNAL] Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 11:15:06 AM VETO! Less cops, more crimes. Cops lives matter! [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Jessie To: Council Comment Subject: [EXTERNAL] 12/9 budget hearing Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 9:17:07 PM I live in Ward 8, represented by Andrea Jenkins. I strongly support the People’s Budget and want to encourage active change in how we support and keep our community safe. I believe that the Safety for All plan is a step in the right direction and I believe we can do more. I have lived in Minneapolis for 17 years and I live in south Minneapolis, just 6 blocks from Chicago and 38th St, where George Floyd was murdered. I support the People’s Budget because business as usual is not enough and reform has proven to not be enough. Our community needs support and the resources to pull people out of trouble — not to arrest, inflict violence against and to incarcerate them. Please adopt and move forward with the People’s Budget. Thank you. Jessie Sent from my iPhone [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Jeffrey Meehan To: Council Comment Subject: [EXTERNAL] 2021 Budget - Public Hearing 12/9 Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12:24:24 PM I am writing in support of Mayor Frey’s 2021 Budget. While it is clear that Minneapolis should have crime prevention and social programs, it is just plain irresponsible to fund them at the expense of a depleted MPD. While the Council talks about programs, the Mayor wants to expand an actual program beyond fundamental policing – the Mental Health Co-Responder Program. So, please get your priorities straight, and provide the funding the Mayor and Chief want, so we can get the rampant crime under control. Then, let’s see if you can come up with actual common sense crime prevention plans. Thank you, Jeffrey Meehan 221 First Avenue NE Minneapolis 55413 [EXTERNAL] This email originated from outside of the City of Minneapolis. Please exercise caution when opening links or attachments. From: Jena Scurry To: Council Comment Subject: [EXTERNAL] 2021 Budget Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2020 6:54:01 PM Dear Council Members and Mayor Currently I am sitting at home watching the news about the Minneapolis 2021 budget being presented and finalized. I don’t know how many persons of the Minneapolis community are LIMS subscribers, but I am. I watch you budget changes and A few other committees you’ve put together. What I fail to understand is why the weight of the public is taken in consideration for changes that haven’t been portrayed correctly. How many public members know what is going on with the MPLS police department? What is the total of active duty officers you have right now? What is the estimated loss within the next year? How many priority calls get answered as quickly as they should? I’m listening to the people who want you to take from the department and put the money other places, (insert laugh) what money? You attempted to take 500k from them earlier this year and then had to give it back in order to pay for Henn Co deputies and Metro Transit officers -that worked well Mental health crisis is REAL. However you have put the burden of mental health response on police officers, fire fighters and paramedics. YOU ALL HAVE DONE THAT, just in case that wasn’t seen. Who is answering mental health calls right now, Cope?! Do your homework, Cope hasn’t responded to a scene since covid started and before that they responded with POLICE. Before responding with police they would respond on their own and wait for hours for a police response. Let me break that down, Cope would respond to an address where there was a person in crisis and then call for a police officer to assist them due to aggressive behaviors and/or weapons inside the home. Lets move to another topic, shelters or places to live. A person or many have spoke about people needing a place to stay. Many people who come to MPLS and have no place to go. Shelters are so full the park board made parks open to tents that are now riddled with needles and people having sex in public. People think it’s inappropriate for people to call for help and have a police officer responder for a person who doesn’t have a place to sleep. Ok. Who will respond? Your shelters are not 24/7 and Catholic charities just closed one of the most capable juvenile shelters in the city, St. Joe’s. You’ll never hear the stories because they don’t do it for applause, but those police who “shouldn’t” respond anymore many times buy hotel rooms, at their cost, for families to get through a night. They transport people from one location clear across multiple cities to get home. Provide food for those who are hungry. Next. One female caller who spoke out of turn and shamed the Mayor said, communities are protecting themselves. Honestly. AS THEY SHOULD! Where were people raised that they don’t know their neighbors? Why don’t people knock on the door next door to ask them what the party is about, because they want the music turned down? Why doesn’t the kid down the street know the family on the corner? I still live in a block where we protect each other, love each other, support each other and share meals or desserts we made during the day.