January 25^th City of Culver City Council Meeting
Talking Points

For Agenda Item A-1 –  UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE RELATED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW; (2) DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY REVIEW CONSULTANTS; AND (3) DIRECTION TO THE CITY MANAGER AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE

• Support Solidarity Consulting Report, including its three pathways to reimagine public safety, assurances of accountability, and labor force and costs analysis.
• Build capacity outside of Culver City Police Department (CCPD), no new money, authority, or officers for the PD.
• Commit to forming a Public Safety committee to oversee implementation of recommendations.
• Oppose expansion of Mental Evaluation Team (MET) police co-response embedded within CCPD, move towards a CAHOOTS non-police crisis response model in collaboration with adjacent areas.  Mobile crisis dispatch should be through Fire Department, not PD.
  • CAHOOTS in Eugene, Oregon: https://whitebirdclinic.org/cahoots/
• Develop relationship with LA County Alternatives To Incarceration (ATI) and become a pilot program using Measure J funds.
  • LA AIT https://ceo.lacounty.gov/ati/
• Require all affected departments: Police, Fire, Parks & Recreation, Public Works to include these recommendations in their 2021-22 work plans, to be presented in March.