Description

Trigger Warning/Content Warning for this episode- issues and reference to police violence, involuntary restraint, and white supremacy are all mentioned in this episode.



This is an audio recording of the Key Findings and Recommendations found in the Final Report on the Community Safety Review Process (full 223 page report can be found here).



This audio recording was recorded by four Out in the Open community members (HB Lozito, Jo Lum, Eli Coughlin-Galbraithand, and one anonymous community member) to support accessibility of the report. The Key Findings and Recommendations is a 22 page excerpt of the final report. Feel free to read/follow along here: https://bit.ly/BCSfindings.



Community Updates as of 1/21/21

• At the 1/19/21 Selectboard Meeting the Selectboard voted 3-2 to not increase the BPD training budget from the already existing budget. (The BPD had a %40 increase in the training budget requested).
• At the 1/19/21 Selectboard Meeting the Selecboard passed the motion 5-0, that "The SB gratefully accepts the Community Safety Report and directs staff to provide additional info regarding the recommendations in that report to help the SB make decision in Town actions to move forward in this work."

A couple of show notes:

• Min 21 sec 26, should be the word "for" instead of "or"
• Min 25 sec 51, should be the word "often" instead of "have"