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Council Member Stevens on community policing and her role
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Council Member Althea V. Stevens expresses her perspective on community policing and her commitment to finding solutions that benefit everyone. She emphasizes her experience in youth work and her willingness to collaborate with the NYPD while also questioning the effectiveness of certain practices.
- Stevens highlights her 20 years of experience in youth development and conflict resolution
- She stresses the importance of community involvement in policing efforts
- Stevens positions herself as an advocate for effective solutions, not an adversary of the NYPD
Althea V. Stevens
2:54:42
Hi guys.
2:54:42
I'm back.
2:54:43
Did you guys miss me?
2:54:46
No.
2:54:47
Mean, think one, I know our colleagues have said that some of this is like being in La La Land.
2:54:52
I am in La La Land because I actually do believe that community policing takes two sets of people and it's not saying that NYPD is not part of the conversation, which is why I'm always open to meeting and talking and thinking about solutions and that is who I really am.
2:55:06
Nobody cares and fights harder for young people than me and no one in this council could say that because I'm always on the front line.
2:55:12
I've worked in new development for twenty years, I've worked in this work and did the actual work, I've stopped gang fights, I've actually stopped beef and so I know some of the answers and so it's for me it's just thinking about how do we work together to get to the solution.
2:55:27
I am not your enemy and I say that all the time.
2:55:30
My yes.
2:55:30
People in my community ask for more cops because they don't know other solutions and so for me, I am about how do we come together and think about solutions that benefit everyone and not just some.
2:55:40
I am not trying to handcuff you and take your work away because even in your testimony, you keep saying that this is one part of multiple things that you're doing and the reality is I believe the other things that you're doing are actually much more effective.
2:55:53
That that's all I'm saying.
Michael LiPetri
2:55:55
I I just I I I wanna be crystal clear crystal clear on this.