Speak Out to Improve Police Community Relations
Implement the Federal Mediation Agreement
Where: Mpls City Council Chambers, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 350 South 5th Street
(City Council Public Safety & Regulatory Services Committee meeting)
When: Wednesday, October 12, 1:30 p.m.
The City Council already voted unanimously to support this agreement.
Hold the City Accountable for these promises:
Diversify the Minneapolis Police Department, MPD :
The MPD will exercise its best efforts to meet its own stated goals for
recruitment, hiring, and promotion for protected classes, to include people of
color, African Americans, American Indians, women, and people of disability.
As part of the official recruitment strategy, the Minneapolis Police
Department and the PCRC will establish partnerships with community based
organizations. And, the MPD will consult with the Police-Community Relations
Council (PCRC) to identify potential barriers to effective recruitment; to
identify community based organizations willing to enter into a partnership with
the MPD to assist in recruiting from within the members of these communities.
Foster Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity:
To recognize and to acknowledge the diversity within the community and within
the
MPD, the MPD will work with the Police Community Relations Council and other
community leaders, and will recruit community contacts and experts for
consultation.
Because language differences can be a barrier to effective communication, is
one
indication of cultural affiliation, the MPD agrees to:
use officers and
contract with
community members of different cultures or ethnic backgrounds to assist in
training
regarding topics involving interacting with people from other cultures, races,
ethnicities, or sexual orientations.
End All Racially Biased Policing:
Racially biased policing is the act of making law enforcement decisions solely
on the basis of race. Often called racial profiling, racially biased
policing is not only wrong, it is illegal. The MPD agrees to
provide its
employees with training:
regarding undoing racism, ethnic stereotypes, prejudice and white privilege;
regarding the inappropriate conduct that fosters perceptions of biased
policing; regarding human rights.
For more information please contact:
Farheen Hakeem 612-395-5559 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or Angel Morales 612-724-7457 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Barb Lickness
Whittier
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