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3 <br />WORKING GROUP POLICE-INVOLVED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS <br />MEETINGS HELD <br />July 22, 2019 <br />Press Conference Announcement of Working Group <br />Department of Public Safety, Saint Paul, MN <br />Aug. 17, 2019 <br />Public Hearing 1 <br />State Capitol, Saint Paul <br />Sept. 9, 2019 <br />Working Group Discussion 1 <br />Wilder Foundation, Saint Paul <br />Sept. 28, 2019 <br />Public Hearing 2 <br />Minnesota State University, Mankato <br />Oct. 9, 2019 <br />Working Group Discussion 2 <br />Wilder Foundation, Saint Paul <br />Oct. 17, 2019 <br />Public Hearing 3 <br />Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Cloquet <br />Each all-day public hearing was broadly organized <br />around one of four themes: 1) Investigation, Over- <br />sight and Accountability; 2) Prevention, Training, and <br />Officer Wellness; 3) Policy and Legal Implications; <br />4) Community Healing and Mental Health. During <br />the public hearings, working group members had <br />the opportunity to ask questions of testifiers, includ- <br />ing affected families and the general public. Their <br />focus in questioning was to get at the concrete <br />actions that they could recommend to reduce or <br />mitigate police-involved deadly force encounters. <br />Working group members early on came to consensus <br />on the five pillars of their mandate: <br />1) Community healing and engagement; <br />2) Prevention and training; <br />3) Investigations and accountability; <br />4) Policy and legal implications; <br />5) Officer wellness. <br />They also established four criteria for developing <br />recommendations: <br />1) It falls within the mandate of the working group; <br />2) It is likely to have an impact on reducing deadly <br /> force encounters; <br />3) It is actionable, with identifiable steps; <br />4) It addresses community and law-enforcement <br /> concerns. <br />PUBLIC HEARING AND DELIBER ATION FORMAT <br />Note: The Working Group developed the recommen dations and action steps between August 2019 and <br />February 2020. The Working Group as a whole neither supports nor opposes any pending legislation that <br />may be related to the recommendations and action steps. <br />Nov. 7, 2019 <br />Working Group Discussion 3 <br />The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis <br />Dec. 5, 2019 <br />Listening Session 1 <br />Sabathani Community Center, Minneapolis <br />Dec. 17, 2019 <br />Listening Session 2 <br />Bemidji State University, Bemidji <br />Dec. 19, 2019 <br />Listening Session 3 <br />Worthington High School, Worthington <br />Jan. 6, 2020 <br />Public Hearing 4 <br />North Hennepin Community College, Brooklyn Park <br />Jan. 9, 2020 <br />Working Group Discussion 4 <br />The Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis