James Mitchell

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Charlotte City Council · City Council Business Meeting on 2026-02-09 5:00 PM - Feb 09, 2026 · 9 Feb 2026 meeting

Over the past few months, we have really dug into these issues, particularly public safety, specifically what we need from Raleigh, which is the centerpiece of our overall legislative agenda.

With that in mind, I want to focus on one thing, public safety, because that's what residents expect.

And this is where we need strong partnership from Raleigh.

And I want to acknowledge that this conversation is also timely.

I had an opportunity to virtually watch today's hearing and state lawmakers certainly

are laser focused on public safety here.

I think the chief did an excellent job today talking about the progress we have made, talking about the facts where violent crime is down 21%.

That shows the progress that CMPD is making.

But then also, she was honest about the challenges that we face and what support we need from Raleigh.

And that's what this state legislative agenda does.

And I think we need to be clear about the support that we need from the state to succeed.

So first, you will see, if you can flip to the second page,

In the first portion of our state legislative agenda, you will see that first we need more investments in mental health resources.

This was something that the Chief Patterson talked about at the hearing, where we are getting a lot of calls related to mental health crisis.

Law enforcement alone cannot solve that, and we need investments in mental health services.

so that we prevent crime before it happens.

Second, we need state support for recruiting and retaining law enforcement officers.

This is also something the chief talked about earlier today.

Departments across the state are facing staffing shortages.

We are not alone.

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