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City Council Meeting Minutes June 2, 2020 Page 3 of 13 Mayor Stolzmann asked City Manager Balser for a few comments. City Manager Balser stated she agreed strongly with the Mayor's comments. She noted the City and Police Department are committed and dedicated to providing police services for all without discrimination. She asked Chief Hayes for his comments. ` IX8111 Chief Hayes stated the Police Department is dedicated to providing excellent police services for all according the City's mission, vision, and values. Our officers are trained annually on a number of topics and exceed state training mandates on both explicit and implicit bias and use of force. He offered a future discussion with Council on this topic and to take community feedback. He noted their use of force policy requires officers to use only the amount of force that is objectionably reasonable to effect an arrest, prevent an escape, or defend themselves or another from bodily harm, or preserve the peace. The department has a policy requiring officers to intervene if another officer is using more force than is objectionably reasonable under the circumstances and report it to their superior. He noted it is the policy of the department to enforce the law equally, fairly, and without discrimination. Councilmember Fahey agreed with the earlier comments and stated this is a real concern nationally and every person is entitled to be treated like every other person and that should be the goal of all of us. Councilmember Dickinson noted he will be an ally with everyone standing up for human rights across the country. Everyone should stand up for ending racist policies locally and nationally. Councilmember Brown stated we should all strive to end systemic racism in our society. He is committed to making sure something like this would never happen in our community. Everyone is welcome and treated equally with respect in Louisville. Councilmember Leh stated he is committed to making sure everyone in the community is treated equally under the law and noted there is no place for racism, sexism, and hate in Louisville. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT City Manager Balser asked Director Pierce to update everyone on the downtown dining program. Director Pierce stated staff continues to work on the details of the Main Street closure for expanded dining. Staff hopes to have this underway by the end of next week. Staff is also working with those restaurants not on Main Street to see ways they can expand seating as well.