Public Safety and diversity are hot topics across the nation. Recently, City Manager Erik Tungate filmed a version of his monthly Meeting with the Manager program which featured a panel of active community members and Public Safety Department team members. This clip is a segment taken from the full video on the topic of diversity. If you enjoy this video, follow us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel @CityOfOakPark for more of the City's up-and-coming video productions.

To view this video clip, visit Public Safety and Diversity.
To view the full video, visit Meeting with the Manager: Special Edition - Citizens' Panel.

We wish to thank our panel members, including Marty Babayov, Founder and Owner of The Suit Depot; Clo Fowler, longtime Oak Park resident and former block club president and current block club member; Steven Gold, longtime Oak Park resident and Chairman of the Oak Park Communications Commission; and Patrick Peteet, Founder and Owner of Peteet's Famous Cheesecakes. We would also like to thank the members of our Public Safety team, including Oak Park Public Safety Director Steve Cooper, Deputy Director of Public Safety Mike Pinkerton; Detective Bureau Lieutenant Sam Kretzschmar, and Community Resource Officer Devin Benson.