City Of Louisville: Mayor Fischer Releases Update On Substantive Changes Made In Wake Of Breonna Taylor's Tragic Death

Press release from the City of Louisville:

March 11, 2022

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As the second anniversary of the tragic death of Breonna Taylor approaches, Mayor Greg Fischer today released an update on the many substantive changes initiated over the past two years, and the work still ahead to build a city of true equity and justice.

“When I took office in 2011, one of three core values I set for our community was to become a city of even greater compassion, which for us, means creating the opportunities for every person, in every neighborhood, to reach their full potential,” the Mayor said. “And while we had made great strides on that commitment – really, a commitment to equity – the events of 2020 showed us we must do more, must invest more and move more quickly. And that’s what we’ve been doing ever since.”

Among changes made over the past two years, specific to the Louisville Metro Police Department:

In addition, the city has fundamentally changed the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the FOP to enhance accountability and documentation, including:

Also, as a result of their conduct in the Breonna Taylor case, LMPD Officer Brett Hankison was fired in 2020, and Officers Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes were fired in 2021. The city will continue to defend these terminations on appeal.  

The Mayor has described all this work as critical to reach the goal of LMPD becoming the best police department in the nation, and noted that more changes are coming as the city continues working with the Department of Justice on its review of the department.

The Mayor also reminds residents that “reimagining public safety requires broader reform, across our city and our nation. Just like public health, public safety is too big for any one entity to be responsible for – and it’s something we all have a role in creating.”

To that end, the city’s budget for Fiscal Year 2021-22 invests in a public safety system based a “whole of government” and “whole of city” approach, including: community mobilization, prevention, intervention, enforcement, organizational change and development, and re-entry.

And recognizing that crime is often driven by poverty and lack of opportunity and hope, the city has made significant investments in affordable housing ($40 million this year, bringing the total to more than $100 million since 2011), eviction prevention ($89 million in rental assistance this year), supporting small businesses, especially Black-owned small businesses, as well as support for programs like Evolve502, SummerWorks, Tech Louisville and the Future of Work initiative.

In closing, the Mayor urges residents to get involved in the “whole of city” approach to public safety, using the pain of 2020 to fuel the work necessary to create a stronger, more unified, more equitable and just city: “That is how we ensure this type of tragedy never happens again. That is the way forward.”

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