evidence: Somerville to Officially Declare Systemic Racism a Public Safety and Health Emergency Mayor Curtatone Announces Next Steps in Ongoing Efforts to Provide Just, Unbiased, and Compassionate Community Policing "These initiatives are neither the beginning nor the end of this vital effort. They are an intensification, one that every city, town, and state––as well as our nation––must commit to." –Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone [...] Declaration of a local state of emergency officially deeming systemic racism a threat to public health and safety.