Incoming Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss announced this afternoon that he’s appointing a 17-member Reimagining Public Safety Committee.
Biss says the committee “will conduct a holistic, data-driven analysis of everything we do to provide for public safety and make community-informed recommendations in time to be incorporated into the 2022 City budget.”
He says the committee members “bring a broad variety of perspectives and experiences, and while I have no illusions that it will be easy (or necessary!) to establish a consensus on all issues, I’m confident that we’ll have significant and constructive discussions that will move our City forward.”
“I also have no illusions that even a group like this can fully represent all the views and knowledge in our community,” Biss added. “We’ll be working hard to incorporate public input into our work, and I hope you’ll reach out at any time with suggestions, questions, feedback and ideas.”
Biss named himself to chair the committee. The other members are:
- Sarah Bogan, Evanston Fight for Black Lives
- Betty Bogg, Connections for the Homeless
- Bobby Burns, 5th Ward Council Member
- Marcus Campbell, Evanston Township High School
- Betty Ester, Citizens’ Network of Protection
- Cicely Fleming, 9th Ward Council Member
- Alejandra L. Ibañez, Equity & Empowerment Commission Chair
- Patrick Keenan-Devlin, Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
- Nathan Norman, Youth and Young Adult Division, City of Evanston Health & Human Services Department
- Andrew Papachristos, Northwestern University
- Sean Peck-Collier, Community Activist
- Devon Reid, 8th Ward Council Member
- Melissa Sacluti, Evanston Police Department
- Evangeline Semark, Organizer Focused on Safety, Healing, and Agency for Survivors
- Kymberly Walton, Equity & Empowerment Commission
- Kristen White, YWCA Evanston/North Shore
