Good morning, everyone On April 26, Shortly after I became the attorney general, I announced that the Justice Department had opened *** civil investigation into the Louisville Jefferson County Metro Government and the Louisville Metro Police Department. Our investigations sought to determine whether those entities engaged in *** pattern or practice of violations of the constitution or federal law. I'm here today to announce the findings of that investigation. I am also announcing that the Justice Department, Louisville Metro and L M P D have agreed in principle to negotiate toward *** consent decree here with me from the justice department are Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, an assistant Attorney General Kristin Clark, who is in charge of our civil rights division. I also want to acknowledge Mayor Greenberg Council President Winkler and interim chief of police Gwen Villa Royal. Thank you for joining us today. In 2020 LMPD officers shot and killed Brianna Taylor in her own home in the middle of the night. The officers were executing *** search warrant but found no evidence of any crime in *** separate criminal case. We have charged that officers involved in obtaining the warrant knew that the affidavit that supported the warrant contained false and misleading information. Miss Taylor's death brought immeasurable pain both to her family and to this community. In April 2021, our civil rights division opened the pattern or practice investigation that I've just referenced shortly after we opened the investigation. And L M P D leader told the department, Brianna Taylor was *** symptom of problems that we have had for years. The justice department's findings in the report that we are releasing today bear that out. The department has concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that Louisville Metro and L M P D engaged in *** pattern or practice of conduct that violates the 1st and 4th amendments of the constitution. There is also reasonable cause to believe that they engage in conduct that violates title six of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 for the Safe Streets Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Specifically, the report finds that L M P D uses excessive force including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers conduct searches based on invalid warrants, unlawfully executes warrants without knocking and announcing unlawfully stops, searches detains and arrests, people unlawfully discriminates against black people and enforcement activities violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech, critical of policing and along with Louisville Metro discriminates against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to them in crisis. The justice department has also identified deficiencies in LM P D s response to an investigation of domestic violence and sexual assault. L M P D has relied heavily on pretextual traffic stops in black neighborhoods in these stops. Officers used the pretense of making *** stop from minor traffic offense in order to investigate for other crimes. Some officers have demonstrated disrespect for the people. They are sworn to protect. Some have videotaped themselves, throwing drinks at protest pedestrians from their cars, insulted people with disabilities and called black people, monkeys, animal and boy. This conduct is unacceptable. It's heartbreaking. It erodes the community trust necessary for effective policing and it is an affront to the vast majority of officers who put their lives on the line every day to serve Louisville with honor and it is an affront to the people of Louisville who deserve better. As the report states most metro employees and L M P D officers are dedicated public servants who work hard to promote public safety. But Louisville Metro and L M P D have failed to ensure that all employees uphold the constitutional and statutory rights of the people of Louisville, Louisville Metro and L M P D have also failed to provide police officers and other employees with the support and resources that they need to do their jobs effectively and lawfully. Our investigation uncovered division training, substandard facilities and equipment, inadequate support for officer mental health and wellness. Police officers already have difficult jobs. These inadequacies have made those jobs even harder and less safe. Our report also describes unlawful law enforcement practices by L M P D patrol officers and by members of *** specialized unit that was first called the Viper Unit. The unit was later rebranded as 9th Mobile Division and the Criminal Interdiction Division officers in this specialized unit frequently made pretextual traffic stops in black neighborhoods. Federal and state courts have found that officers in the unit violated residents 4th amendment rights. The report concludes that the unit's activities were part of an overall enforcement approach that resulted in significant and unlawful racial disparities. L M P D s conduct has undermined its public safety mission and strained its relationship with the community. It's meant to protect and serve in an important step toward reform. I am pleased to announce that the city of Louisville has signed an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice. This agreement commits the city and L M P D to work with the justice department, the community police officers and other stakeholders to address the problems that we have identified. And this agreement commits us to negotiate *** legally binding consent decree with an independent monitor, Louisville Metro and L M P D have already instituted *** number of changes through that settlement with the family of Brianna Taylor, as well as through other measures. The city enacted *** law that prohibits LMP D from seeking no knock warrants. *** limited pilot program has started sending behavioral health professionals to certain 911 calls and the city has expanded community based violence prevention services. L M P D has also announced plans to revamp its training, support for officers, health and wellness and internal auditing. These efforts. Efforts are commendable and we credit Louisville Metro and L M P D for acknowledging the change is necessary but more must be done. The Justice Department recommends 36 remedial measures that provide *** starting framework for changes that are necessary to improve public safety, build community trust and comply with the constitution and federal law to the officers of L M P D. The justice department is acutely aware of the integral role that law enforcement officers play in our society and the dangers you face to keep your community safe. So it is imperative that your police department sets you up for success. Your department needs to provide you with clear policies and consistent training to explain constitutional boundaries and responsibilities. You need equipment and facilities that help you meet those responsibilities and you need supervisors and *** chain of command that enables you to achieve the highest standards of your profession to the people of Louisville. You have shown meaningful engagement on issues of reform during the investigation. The department met with many community members including people who had encounters with the police, religious leaders, advocates, criminal defense, attorneys, prosecutors, judges, and service providers. I want to thank you for sharing your experiences with us, we could not have completed this investigation without your contributions. And I ask that you continue to engage with these issues in the months ahead. Your involvement is critical to our success together, we can make true progress and ensure the durability of reforms together, we can ensure that constitutional policing also results in safer communities. Finally, to the career staff of the civil rights division of the U S Attorney's Office for the western district of Kentucky who conducted this investigation. Thank you for your extraordinary hard work which will make Louisville *** better place and *** safer place for all of its residents. As I mentioned, when I announced the opening of this investigation, the justice department is charged with ensuring that the constitutional and federal statutory rights of the people are protected. Congress authorized the department to conduct pattern or practice investigations to help it fulfill this responsibility. But those investigations and the recommendations that ensue do not only protect individual civil rights, they also assist police departments in developing measures to increase transparency and accountability. Those qualities are necessary to building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve and community trust is essential to making both communities and policing safer. The justice department looks forward to working with Louisville Metro and L M P D to achieve these ends. I'm now pleased to turn the podium over to Associate Attorney General Vinita Gupta. Thank you, Attorney General Garland. I want to thank Mayor Greenberg Council President Winkler, Interim Chief of Police, Jacqueline Gwen via Royal Louisville Metro and L M P D for their cooperation with the justice department's investigation. I also want to thank the outstanding team led by the civil rights division for their tireless efforts on this matter. And I want to especially thank the many, many community members who shared their experiences with our team during the investigation. As the attorney general announced, our investigation has revealed *** pattern of practice of conduct that violates the United States Constitution and Federal law, L M P D s ability to serve and protect the people of Louisville has been compromised and the findings are deeply troubling and sobering, but we are committed to working with Louisville on *** path forward to constitutional policing and stronger police community trust. And that is why I am pleased that the justice department in Louisville have entered into an agreement in principle. In that agreement, we commit to negotiating *** court enforceable consent decree to ensure sustainable constitutional and effective public safety and emergency response services in Louisville. By entering into this agreement. The city and Police department have taken *** critical step forward and shown their commitment to moving expeditiously to implement reforms aimed at remedying the problems that we have identified in the investigation. And I want to commend them for taking this step. I also want to acknowledge that Louisville did not wait for us to issue findings to start instituting change in the wake of Brianna Taylor's tragic and terrible death. The city made changes through its settlement with her family. In addition to other measures, the agreement in principle only represents *** framework. And in the coming months, we will use the framework to negotiate *** comprehensive consent decree with the city that will be filed in Federal Court. And we will soon be meeting with and reaching out to community members and law enforcement to hear your ideas about the kind of police department and policing you want to see in your community in negotiating and developing *** consent decree. We will lean on the lessons we have learned from consent decrees in other cities across the country. We have learned and I have seen firsthand that consent decrees can lead to lasting and real change across the country. The justice department has worked collaboratively with not only city and police officials but also members of the public who are invested in finding better ways for their cities to meet public safety challenges. Our approach has led to significant improvements in Seattle. For example, the independent monitor reported *** 60% decrease in the use of serious force since 2014. In Albuquerque, the independent monitor recently reported serious uses of force had dropped by *** third from previous years. And in Baltimore, the independent monitor recently found that officers are using force less often. We will apply these lessons in Louisville and the consent decree we negotiate and implement here will address the specific context of the Louisville metro government and L M P D and this community's needs the agreement in principle, commits us to including mechanisms in the consent decree that will facilitate ongoing participation of community members as well as police officers in the implementation of reform. We need this entire community to help us craft solutions that will result in real and lasting change in Louisville. The agreement in principle also commits us to selecting *** third party independent monitor who will assist the court and parties in determining whether *** consent decree is being implemented. In 2021, I reviewed the department's use of monitors in these contexts and recommended and the attorney general agreed to actions that ensure that policing consent decrees minimize costs, enhanced transparency, involved voices from the community and move *** community as efficiently as possible to lasting change that we all desire and that the people of Louisville deserve. As we know as we move forward, we know that we can achieve constitutional policing only by using every available tool in that vein. Just this morning, the Justice Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services announced that it will produce *** guide for police chiefs and mayors across the country to help them assess the appropriateness of the use of specialized units like the unit formerly known as the Viper Unit here in Louisville, as well as how to ensure necessary management oversight and accountability of such units. The justice department also supports correspond er and community responder models that pair law enforcement and behavioral health professionals to attend to people experiencing *** crisis which will free up law enforcement officers to address more serious violent offenses and save lives. These resources will be available to L M P D as they are to police agencies across the nation, to the men and women of the L M P D. We recognize the many challenges faced by police officers in Louisville and in communities across the country. And we know that police officers every day risk their lives in the line of duty. And we know also that you need the public's trust to do your jobs effectively and to keep communities safe to the people of Louisville, whether here or around the country, police reform won't happen overnight or by chance, it will take time along with focused effort and sustained commitment in communities across America, even in communities where that trust has been broken. We have seen transformative reform, rebuild relationships, advanced public safety and bring us closer to the nation's promise of justice and equality under the law and in the months ahead because of the proactive leadership in the city, because of the energy and vibrancy of this community. And because of the police department's commitment for reform together, we can shape the same progress right here in Louisville. Together, we can build *** stronger Louisville, Louisville that protects the safety rights and dignity of all. I will now turn things over to Assistant Attorney General Kristin Clark who will discuss the findings of our investigation in greater detail. Good morning. Three years ago in the wake of Brianna Taylor and George Floyd's tragic and brutal deaths. The nation once again turned its eye to the state of policing in America. People across the country came together to demand action from their leaders accountability from the police departments that protect and serve them and reforms that can ensure public safety while restoring public trust at the heart of the many demonstrations that unfolded in this city and across the country was *** call for constitutional policing and respect for people's civil rights. People in Louisville deserve constitutional policing. They deserve policing that is fair and nondiscriminatory. Our investigation found that the police department and city government failed to adequately protect and serve the people of Louisville, breached the public's trust and discriminated against black people through unjustified stops, searches and arrest. The police used excessive force subjecting people to unlawful strikes, Tae Zings and canine bites. The police sought search warrants without justification and carried out no knock warrants unlawfully evading the constitution defying federal law and putting ordinary citizens in harm's way. Today marks *** new day and *** new chapter for the people of Louisville for the last two years. The justice department has led an exhaustive investigation in Louisville to determine whether Louisville metro government and the Louisville Police Department engaged in *** pattern or practice of conduct that violated the constitution or federal law. We left no stone unturned and we found that L M P D routinely seeks search warrants for residences without establishing legal justification for invading someone's home. Officers regularly seek warrants that are overly broad sweeping in people who have at most *** remote connection to the investigation who have committed no crime, harbor no evidence and have *** constitutional right to be not be subject to unreasonable search and seizure. Officers also violated the law when they act on these warrants by unjustifiably barging into people's homes without knocking and announcing their presence and they often serve these warrants at night. These tactics are dangerous. Officers can be misidentified as intruders and they may interpret misinterpret, shock and surprise as *** threat. All of this puts the public at risk and officers too. Officers also routinely conduct stops, searches and arrest without the required constitutional justification. These tools are essential to enhance public safety but when used without restraint, they turn into weapons of oppression, submission and fear. We found that L M P D officers use excessive and dangerous tactics such as neck restraints, canines and tasers even against people who pose no imminent threat to the officer or others. We also found that officers misdirect their resources and violate fundamental principles of equal justice by selectively targeting and disproportionately subjecting black residents to unlawful policing. L M P D disproportionately stops and cites black drivers for minor traffic offenses. In fact, black drivers were nearly twice as likely as white drivers to be cited for having one headlight out. Black drivers were nearly four times as likely as white drivers to be cited for improperly tinted windows and black drivers were nearly five times as likely as white drivers to be cited for improper tags. L M P D also disproportionately searches black drivers who are stopped and cited Even when comparing traffic stops where black and white drivers were engaged in similar behavior before the stop. Black drivers were almost 50% more likely to be searched than whites. L M P D charges black people at higher rates than white people for the same misdemeanor offenses. For example, L M P D charges black people for loitering at more than four times the rate of white people for disorderly conduct conduct at 2.5 times the rate of white people and for littering at three times the rate of white people, this pattern of racial discrimination fuels distrust and impedes the community's confidence in the LMP D and their law enforcement operations. LMPDS improper activity extends beyond use of force, street enforcement and search warrants. We also found that LMPD often responds aggressively to people criticizing the police both in routine day to day police encounters and during lawful demonstrations and both before and after the racial justice protests that occurred in 2020. We saw unnecessarily aggressive behavior against people experiencing behavioral health crises. One person, *** black man with an apparent behavioral health disability had more than 25 encounters with LMPD in less than two years and in some of these interactions, LMPD officers needlessly escalated the situation and used unreasonable force at times. They even mocked him. The man ultimately died in *** Louisville Metro detention Center after he had once again been arrested by L M P D. Such unnecessary escalation of encounters that could have and should have remained nonviolent was far too common. These findings are not based on any one incident or event. They turn on evidence showing longstanding dysfunction at L M P D. The pattern or practice of unlawful conduct, compromises L M P D s ability to serve and protect safely constitutionally and effectively. Instead, L M P D has practiced an extreme misdirected and counterproductive style of policing and as Attorney General Garland noted these findings give us reasonable cause to believe that Louisville Metro and L M P D engaged in *** pattern or practice of conduct that violates both the constitution and federal law together. Our findings have at their core, *** lack of effective management training and accountability. The Louisville Police Department can do better and will do better better at respecting the civil rights of this community and better at working with the community to fight crime. Our investigation here was guided by *** few core principles first policing in America and particularly here in Louisville is complex. We know that interactions with members of the public don't happen in *** vacuum dynamics like racial segregation, poverty and violence all affect how officers do their job. Second being *** police officer is hard and dangerous work. Officers are often faced with complex fast paced situations which at times threaten their lives and the lives of others. And third members of the public may see the police in different ways. Some see the police as pillars of the social order who get us through the worst days of their lives. Others view the police with skepticism and worry that any encounter poses the risk of being unfairly targeted and victimized with all of these realities in mind. Again, our efforts were exhaustive. We talked to hundreds of people across the city. We rode with officers in their cars on patrol. We spoke with city and union officials, judges and attorneys, advocacy groups, religious leaders and community members from different walks of life. And along with our experts, we reviewed thousands of documents regarding L M P D s enforcement activities and we watched thousands of hours of body worn camera footage. We know sustainable police reform requires going beyond mere surface level changes. It requires digging deep into the root causes of systemic problems. It requires creative ideas from many sources that can help L M P D and Louisville Metro achieve their public safety mission in line with the constitution, federal law and the community's values. It also requires an optimism that change is possible and *** hard nosed realism about the solutions that can achieve that change. So to the people of Louisville, I say let your voice be *** part of the change. Louisville residents have *** rich history of community organizing and demanding better from your leaders, leaders. And we want your activism and engagement to energize and advance this reform process in the road ahead. As we focus on creating solutions that will drive real lasting change in the city. The justice department will be reaching out to community members and law enforcement to hear about the kind of police department that people want for their city. We are relying on the diverse communities of this vibrant city to stay engaged, to push us to advocate and to work with us to create *** safer, more just Louisville. As I close, I want to extend my gratitude to Mayor Greenberg Council President Winkler and interim chief of police, Jacqueline Guinn V R L for joining us today. In addition, I want to recognize former mayor Greg Fischer and former Chief of Police Erika Shields for their cooperation and leadership throughout our investigation. And I also want to extend gratitude to the hundreds of people across Louisville who worked with us throughout this investigation. Thanks to the police officers, the civil rights advocates, leaders and many others for exercising your voice in this process, law enforcement works when the community is engaged and we at the justice department, thank you all. Finally, as we prepare to embark on *** path towards reform, we want the citizens of Louisville to hear us loudly and clearly that we will stand with you every step of the way. I'd now like to invite Mayor Greenberg to the podium. Thank you. Our city has been through *** lot these past few years and hearing the details of this report brings back *** lot of painful memories, Especially from 2020. Though for too many in our community, the memories this brings back are much older than that. Our cities, our city has wounds that have not yet healed. And that's why this report, this moment are so important and so necessary. We have to understand and come to terms with where we've been so we can get to where we wanna be Chief Jacqueline Gwinn Villaroel and I were both sworn in two months ago. We took our oaths of office on January two knowing this investigation was reaching its conclusion but not knowing what these findings would be. We both understood from the beginning that we would inherit and embrace this opportunity to reform and improve L M P D. The work is essential to reducing violent crime and strengthening public safety, which is our top responsibility at city government and it's equally as important to acknowledge the infuriating examples of abuse cited in this report, particularly cases against black and brown members of our community and women and Children abuses by the same people who were supposed to protect them. The chief and I and our entire teams will do everything possible and everything necessary to correct the mistakes of the past and heal the wounds they've left in our community as the Department of Justice has noted, this work has begun, but we have *** lot more to do what we just heard from the attorney general, from the Associate Attorney General, from the assistant attorney General, the descriptions of police misconduct and people looking the other way. All of that is unacceptable. It's inexcusable and it's *** betrayal of the public's trust and it's *** betrayal of the integrity and professionalism that the overwhelming majority of our officers bring to their job every day and every night. I want to address some of the reactions that I expect different people in our city will have to this report and some of the details of the findings. I know some people are surprised and horrified to hear stories about certain officers operating in ways that are so counter to our values as *** community. All of this is really hard to hear and hard to accept. It's infuriating. I understand that I also know there are people who are not surprised to hear the findings in this report because they see this report as confirmation of complaints they've made about their own interactions with law enforcement. Sometimes for years, many of those spoke out and felt dismissed or devalued. And now the United States Department of Justice is essentially saying yes. In many cases you were right and you deserved better. That's *** powerful thing. I understand that too. And I know there are people who will look at this report and they'll be eager to find some way to minimize it or dismiss it. They'll say it's all politics or that you could find examples like this in any city. No, this is not about politics or other places. This is about Louisville, this is about our city, our neighbors and how we serve them. We will not make excuses, we will make changes, we will make progress, continued progress towards improvement and reform towards making sure that LMP de deliver services that respect the constitution, increase trust and promote public safety and officer safety. The United States Department of Justice is demanding that we take action. The people of Louisville are demanding that we take action. Chief Gwinn Villaroel and I are taking action to reform and improve how our police department operates. Over the past few days, the Department of Justice in my office have reached an agreement in principle that will help us guide us as we implement next steps. We will continue to provide updates as we go through this process. There will be many more announcements to come and community input will absolutely be critical part of the ongoing part of police reform. We will reform how we recruit, train equip support, supervise and deploy the more than 1000 public servants whose job it is to serve as guardians of the public safety every day, and every night. I talked to and work with L M P D officers every day. And as the Department of Justice has said, the vast majority of our officers are good and honorable people who are doing this work because they want to serve, they want to help and they're willing to put their lives on the line. They frequently go into dangerous traumatizing and heartbreaking situations to keep us safe. None of that excuses anything in the Department of Justice Report. But it is something we need to understand as we carry out police reform because it's our job to provide every officer with the support, training structure, leadership resources and accountability they need so they can do their job and do it right. We need our officers to prevent and solve crimes while treating people with dignity and respect because everyone from every community and every background deserves that. And as we just heard too many people who deserved respect and dignity didn't get it from officers of the law sworn to protect them. Instead they received contempt and abuse to those people who have been harmed on behalf of our city government. I'm sorry, you deserved better we can and will do better. We are committed to putting reforms in place that will raise the department's standards and ensure constitutional and effective policing that reduce crime and improve public safety. We all understand this will take time and sustained effort. It will also take conversation and collaboration with our officers and staff with their representatives and union and with the individuals, businesses and communities throughout the city that we all serve. This report paints *** painful picture of L M P D s past but it helps point us in the right direction for our future and to the next phase in the process of police reform in Louisville. That phase begins. Now, our goal is to make L M P D the most trusted trained and transparent police department in America. We have *** lot of hard work ahead. It's good and important work and we will make our city safer, stronger and healthier. So let's get to work and now ask Chief Gwinn Villaroel to share *** few remarks. Chief Good morning. This is an extremely challenging and pivotal point for our city, our department and for our officers. Now that the DOJ has concluded their investigation and presented their findings. We will continue our efforts in improving public safety in this beautiful city called Louisville and making L M P D the premier police department in the country, the men and women of L M P D R, L M P D s greatest resource. Our officers are committed to upholding the constitution with honor and distinction while carrying out their important duties to ensure public safety. We will not falter in this effort. We are committed to ensuring police practices not only reflect constitutional principles but the values of the community served by L M P D. We recognize that the process of reform is complex and will require sustained effort. Prior to and during this investigation, L M P D took significant and important action to support officers and to find solutions to ensure constitutional policing and build trust within this community. Improvement will not occur as we've heard before overnight and require clear goals and objectives to this end. We are committed to work collaboratively and earnestly with all necessary parties. I want to rest on the words of Dr Martin Luther King Jr and I think it's very fitting today. I will have *** choice whether I'm able to stand and ultimate measure of *** man is not when he stands, when he stands in moments of comfort or convenience, but when he stands at times of challenge and controversy. So I am asking the L M P D and this community that we two together that we stand as we navigate this process and as we move forward for all of us to make change. Thank you very much. We will now take some questions from the media. I'll be calling on various media outlets and if you could, um, please say to whom you're question is specifically directed. Uh, first associated press you mentioned early on first police department, you hear *** lot about you elaborate. Okay. Why? So I'll say *** few things and then I'm gonna turn it over to our assistant attorney general. This is laid out pretty deeply in *** pretty long report. Um, the things that we found our have been listed and we've ticked them off already. Um They've uh arranged everything from uh improper use of uh, of force and of lethal force. Uh, two search warrants, um uh not based on probable cause, um to uh disparate policing practices in different parts of the city, uh to pretextual searches and stops uh in parts of the city. These are the things I think that the leader of the L M P D who was quoted was referring to. I'll also add that in some instances, there were no policies to prevent the misconduct that we saw in some instances. We saw policies but no training in other instances, we found no accountability. I'll also underscore that our investigation was not focused on isolated incidents. What we uncovered was *** pattern and practices that run afoul of the constitution and federal law and the consent decree that we will now negotiate with the city will help put the police department and the city on *** needed path to reform policies, training accountability appropriate systems to prevent the kind of problems that we identified will all be part and parcel of that consent decree. Thank you, representative from the Courier Journal. This is there remedies and the reporters. Yeah, with that. So there's two different things going on here before we completed this investigation, the city already put into effect and inspector general and an enhanced uh civilian review board and our proposed in our remedy, it's, it's more support for those operations. Um Maybe what you're referring to is the monitor, um which is *** relatively common factor in these consent agreements. We expect that person will be uh an expert in this field. Um We hope to reach an agreement with the city and the police department as to who that will be. In the end, that determination will be made by the judge in charge of the consent decree and that monitor will ensure that the elements of the consent decree carried forward. Thank you W spl radio having better. Yeah. So, I mean, the facilities are part of, you know, one long list of the kind of resources that police officers need. Um I think the Assistant Attorney General was just referring to this better training, um better understanding of what the boundaries of constitutional policing are. Better support for officers, health and wellness, all of the better supervision. Um All of this goes into the um the way in which officers are then able to carry out their jobs and ensure that they follow the constitution. That they protect the community and that they're able to protect themselves. Thank you W H S T V. Uh I'm not sure if this is to you, the chief or the attorney general of what you guys sorted out, but in the findings of the investigation here that seems to implicate *** number of officers doing *** number of different things that were against protocol. Will those officers be investigated in any way reprimanded? And if so by what agents I'll start and then whoever else wants to take that can um we have just received the details of the findings late yesterday. Uh Two members of our administration have read the report in confidence and so we will be the chief and myself and our teams will be reviewing the details of the findings that we were made aware of and some of these um incidents have already been reported and are known and have gone through an investigation process process. Others may not have and we will be looking at each one of those incidents as we review the findings report and the incidents they cite in further detail, the statutes used by the Justice department here, 34 U S C 12 601, the Safe Streets Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act and Title six of the Civil Rights Act. Give us civil authority to identify whether or not there were pattern of practices of misconduct. Here, there is this investigation, excuse me. Did not involve criminal investigating, *** criminal inquiry to any individual officers. We want to underscore that this investigation did not focus on isolated incidents. It was focused on uncovering systems that were broken and patterns of misconduct. Thank you. W L K Y T V. Uh I'm not sure who to address this to Mr Garland said that changes but said that more needs to be done out of the 36 recommendations. Do we know how much of that we've achieved so far? And how much is left study or evaluation? Yeah, the 36, our new additional remedies that are required but some of them build on uh some of the quite commendable changes that have already been made. W D R B T V. Um How much responsibility directly and did he cooperate and talk to you guys? Uh The justice department wants to recognize the current mayor and the current chief and the former mayor and the former chief for their cooperation at every stage of our investigation. Uh What you see here now are us standing with the current leadership of this great city and we are all committed to working together to put this police department on *** path to instituting reforms that are long overdue. Again, we are focused on no particular individual. This is *** civil investigation that is focused on improving and strengthening the L M P D. Thank you. Wave three TV. I'm sorry, issue. Well, I think as you just heard Chief Gwinn Villaroel and I are focused on the future. Uh This investigation was for *** period that led up to the fall of late 2021. We are aware of some of the reforms that had begun to start with L M P D, but we are now been working collaboratively with the Department of Justice on ways that we can move forward on ways that we can continue to improve policing in Louisville so that everyone is treated with the fairness with the equity with the justice that they deserve. And so that is what we will be working with the Department of Justice with over the coming months and if necessary years ahead until we get it right until we can have *** police department that everyone up here today that all of us in the community are, are looking for. We had an option when I first took office and understood *** little bit about what the Department of Justice was doing. And then in the more recent days, when we were notified that the Department of Justice had completed their report as to how the city, how our city government would react. Even before reading the report, when we heard about what the findings were and were confidentially briefed on that. We immediately decided we wanted to collaborate, we wanted to cooperate, we want to work with the Department of Justice to reform and improve L M P D. And that's what Chief Gwinn Villaroel and I are committed to is working with the Department of Justice. One final note, before we conclude, there will be *** virtual community meeting tonight that the Department of Justice is hosting. It will be at seven p.m. tonight. And again, that's *** virtual community meeting. I believe the details about how to sign on to that meeting were included in the press release and we will post that as well on our various city government um social media channels so that the entire community can participate. This is just the beginning of community participation in this process as we move forward together. So, thank you very much to the Department of Justice. Thank you very much to everyone who's here today. We have *** lot of work ahead, but all of us are committed to moving forward. Thank you all.