The Task Force was appointed with an eye toward ensuring a diversity of views, perspectives, and experiences including: (1) Representation from impacted communities including formerly incarcerated individuals, victims/family members of violent crimes, our immigrant community, (2) reflecting a wide-range of relevant expertise in areas such as violence prevention, youth services, mental health, public health, crisis intervention and restorative or transformative justice, law enforcement operations, city budget operations, and (3) commitment to the goals of the Task Force.

Fourteen Task Force members were appointed by elected officials, select City Commissions, and community stakeholder organizations. This group then selected three additional "at-large" members from a pool of applicants, looking specifically to fill gaps in representation or knowledge among appointed members, and other criteria identified by the City Council.