The City of Minneapolis is looking for applicants for a new committee that will advise leaders on a new community safety policy.
Community Safety Commissioner Todd Barnette says the goal is a fair and equitable plan.
"They would receive information from my office," Barnette explains. "They will give us feedback, give us their guidance on what they think from the perspective of the community, to hopefully to guide our work."
Barnette says the needs of the community can very from one end of the city to another.
"What we're trying to do, again, is to really dig down and say, 'hey, what do you think will work in your community?' Because Minneapolis is such a diverse community," he adds.
Much of the 21-member commission will be appointed, but at least six members will be required to have specific expertise with violence prevention or the criminal justice system.
Recommended by the Safe and Thriving Community report, the Safe and Thriving Community committee is a work group Barnette says will provide assistance to the City Council and Mayor.
"The plan is for this group to be able to monitor what we're doing as far as implementing the plan," says Barnette. "They're to provide biannual reports to the mayor and the city council to summarize their activity."
Applications will be accepted through May 4. Barnette says he hopes to have the group in place by July or August.