“At the beginning of today’s Board meeting we did take a moment of silence in recognition of the tragic death of George Floyd and the persistent racialized violence against African-Americans.

“While the recent death of Mr. Floyd has awoken our nation’s collective conscience, this has been a moment long building toward that end.

“I believe this moment has highly and rightly provoked a conversation around how we invest in community well-being and simultaneously reduce the harm caused by the agencies that are sworn to protect and serve us.

It has provoked a conversation about how we expand alternatives to law enforcement, how we shift our approach to public safety so that we are yielding the greatest return for the lives of those in the same communities our officers are sworn to protect.

We still have unmet needs, such as:

“Now is the moment to revisit and double down on our intention to invest in what we know works.