Public Safety

I believe that with the right training, encouragement, support, and resources, our law enforcement officers can both enforce the law, and be among our greatest advocates for human rights. Our communities deserve that. In recent years that belief has been challenged for many of us. We in Brooklyn Park know that many of our neighbors have difficulty trusting the police. This community, like many others, is demanding change.

I would like to see, and contribute to, growing relationships of reconciliation, accountability, trust, and health between all of our law enforcement officers and all of the communities present in our city. I would like to support our police and fire services in building the most physically, emotionally, culturally, and intellectually healthy staff possible. I want a police department and city government as a whole that is actively anti-racist and is constantly proactive in both culture and policy to keep every resident safe.

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Our local law enforcement has made significant strides in building strong relationships with residents and opening themselves up to a new kind of public oversight and relationship. The state is an important parter in creating policies that support this vital work.