The meeting was called to order at 4:15 PM with a roll call. Councilmembers King, Morel, Harris, Green, and Hughes were present. The meeting covered crime trends, technology upgrades, health department violence prevention programs, a contract for the independent police monitor, and funding for the Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) court program. Public testimony was heard on multiple items, including emotional appeals from families affected by violence and mental illness.
Crime Overview by Neighborhood (Deputy Mayor Michael Harrison, Daniel Shanks, Nathaniel Weaver)
Health Department's Office of Violence Prevention (OVP) – Dr. Jordan Bond, Roberta Dubuque, Jocelyn Pinkerton
Contract for Independent Police Monitor (Office of Independent Police Monitor)
Healing Minds NOLA and Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Court Program
Good morning everyone. We're going to call the criminal justice meeting to order. We mister Nita, start with you with a roll call, please. Sure. See, roll call. Councilmember King. Here. Councilmember Morel. Councilmember Harris. Uh Councilmember Green. And Councilmember Hughes sent. We have three members when Councilmember Harris returns for our quorum. All right. Thank you. We'll wait for Councilmember Harris if we go to minutes. Right. There's one, there's two voting items on there and cover it right at the pool. I want to have a very good factory. All right. So you have your quorum if you want to vote on your minutes. All right, make a motion to uh approve the minutes for the twenty September 30th, 2025 meeting. Second green. Say aye. Aye, aye. All right. Um, I've been informed that we may be quorum challenged a little earlier, a little later, so can we take the voting items? Sure. The only other voting items you have if you're planning on voting on the ordinance and then the contract. Well, Councilmember Hughes is here. Okay. All right. So uh if you want to go in order, your first presentation is an overview of the crime in the city by neighborhood. Um presented by, let's see, uh Michael Harrison, our deputy mayor of public safety, Daniel Shanks, Director of Special Projects with Homeland Security, and Nathaniel Weaver, Justice Tech Modernization Program Director. Yeah, so those individuals who come to the desk in the front, we can start our presentation. But while they're coming, I want to give an opening statement to kind of set the tone for this um in future criminal justice meetings. I want to acknowledge the seriousness and difficulty of the criminal justice work being done in this city, crime prevention and responses to crime represent complex deeply human work that often unfolds in challenging circumstances. We recognize that many of you are working directly with individuals and families during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. If improvements are needed, we want to identify them together. Today's conversation is about clarity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. All in service of safer communities and better outcomes for the people affected by violence, and that's truly anyone in this city at any given time. With that, we look forward to today's meeting, and we will have our first set of presentation presenters come to the table. Thank you. We also have Councilmember Hughes and Councilmember Morrell joining us. I believe that does work. Huh? Yeah. Yes. Good morning to the chair. Good morning to the members of the council. Um Deputy Mayor Michael Harrison of Public Safety.