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POR 2023-23

Asked the City Manager to engage a third party, independent firm/consultant or university partner to review and examine the Cambridge Police Department’s policies and practices regarding de-escalation methods, mental health calls for service, training, and more

How it started
Feb 6, 2023 · Proposed by Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon, Councillor McGovern, and Vice Mayor Azeem: a formal request from the Council to the administration.
What happened
Feb 6, 2023 · ✅ Order adopted. The Council's request went to the City Manager. (unanimous · two absent)

Voted yes (7), unanimous

  • Alanna Mallon
  • Marc McGovern
  • Patty Nolan
  • E. Denise Simmons
  • Paul F. Toner
  • Quinton Zondervan
  • Sumbul Siddiqui

Absent (2)

  • Burhan Azeem
  • Dennis Carlone
Roll call of Feb 6, 2023 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge
What’s next
📨 Answered: the report came back as CMA 2023 #77 (Mar 20, 2023).
Order adopted, 7–0Feb 6, 2023
Referred for reportAR 2023-9Feb 13, 2023
Administration answeredCMA 2023-77Mar 20, 2023 · answered in 35 days

The item's path through the council, every recorded step. How the request pipeline works

🏛 This item on the city's site
🗓 The meeting where this was taken up: Feb 6, 2023

Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2023-04-10). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.