Re-Imagining Community Safety Task Force

In June 2020, Town Council adopted a resolution on developing new community approaches to improve racial equity and public safety in Chapel Hill. As part of the discussion, Council created the Re-Imagining Community Safety Task Force (Task Force) to consider best practices research and innovative ideas for identifying approaches to ensure public safety for everyone.

Read their Final Report

Drawing on community perspectives, Town department insights, and data from Chapel Hill and other jurisdictions, the mission of the Task Force was to bring forth concrete, actionable recommendations to the Council to achieve the following:

  • Increase public safety
  • Eliminate structural inequities in Town public safety systems, and
  • Enable all in the community to thrive.

Read the charge.

Read the charter.(PDF, 66KB)

The Meetings

The Task Force met multiple times in 2020 and 2021 before presenting their final report to Council in June 2021. 

June 14, 2021

June 7, 2021

May 26, 2021

May 17, 2021

May 3, 2021

April 19, 2021

April 5, 2021

March 29, 2021

March 22, 2021

March 8, 2021

February 22, 2021

December 14, 2020

November 30, 2020

November 9, 2020

October 26, 2020

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