Public safety is about more than preventing crime. It’s about making sure Brooklyn Center is a place where everyone feels secure enough to live, work, and build a life.
That means fully supporting our first responders, addressing the root causes of crisis, and holding every part of our public safety system accountable for results.
Here’s what I’ll prioritize:
Brooklyn Center needs a fully staffed police department and a 24-hour duty crew for our fire department. Our first responders can’t protect the community if they’re stretched too thin — and we can’t ask them to be.
Brooklyn Center’s Expanded Response model — connecting people in crisis with mental health practitioners, social workers, and community paramedics — is a valuable addition to our public safety system. But a program without outcomes data isn’t a program we can stand behind. I’ll push for clear metrics, regular reporting, and honest evaluation of what’s working. Mental health and addiction are real drivers of crisis calls in our community. We need responses that actually address them.
The Brooklyn Center Transit Center has been a persistent safety challenge for riders, nearby businesses, and residents. Local businesses have seen rising theft and drug use drive up security costs and push customers away. I’ll support the active partnership between the Brooklyn Center Police Department and Metro Transit, hold Metro Transit to their commitment for consistent police coverage at the transit center, and make sure the impact on our local businesses stays part of that conversation.
Brooklyn Center already has programs that are making a difference — from BrookLynk’s paid internships connecting young people to real careers, to the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth’s out-of-school programming, to Rec on the Go bringing free activities directly into neighborhoods. A council member’s job is to make sure these programs stay funded, stay visible, and don’t get cut when budgets get tight. I’ll be that advocate.
Safety shows up in everyday ways — roads that are plowed, streets where traffic is calmed, and neighbors who know each other. I’ll use my voice on the council to make sure neighborhood-level concerns get heard and that city resources follow residents’ actual needs.
Brooklyn Center deserves a public safety approach that is honest about what’s working, willing to change what isn’t, and never uses budget pressure as an excuse to leave residents unprotected.
This is a community campaign. Your voice matters and your support makes a difference.
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