Gary Craig

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Responding to the controversial citizen-created videotaped police arrest of a Rochester woman, the city police Tuesday released its own extensive video of the incident.

Mayor Lovely Warren also announced that she will have her police department embark on outreach to the community over the next two months.

That outreach is scheduled to culminate in a "strategic community plan" in early 2017 designed to better the relations between city police and residents, Warren said at a news conference Tuesday.

"Has trust been broken?" Warren said. "Absolutely. None of us would deny that."

City Council also may soon consider a proposal that has been resurrected occasionally over the past three decades at times of strained relationships between law enforcement and residents: Subpoena power for civilian investigators looking into allegations of police misconduct.

Now, an internal affairs police section largely handles the misconduct investigations — a process that has long been under attack by citizen activists. City Councilman Adam McFadden said Tuesday that he plans to propose greater strength for civilian investigators, and he may have the support in City Council for the legislation to pass.

"When we talk about the discipline and investigations, the community has totally lost trust in what we do now," he said.

Sparking some recent community outrage is a citizen-made video of a police arrest that went viral.

In the incident, police were called to 18 Hollenbeck St. for reports of drug sales and gambling.

The video shows an officer rush to an unidentified woman, grab her from behind and force her to the ground. At least two other officers assist during the altercation. Ciminelli said two drug-related arrests were made before the video begins and three arrests after.

On Monday, Mike Mazzeo, the president of the city police Locust Club union, said the video did not show the breadth of the incident and the police reacted properly.

Mazzeo also said some officers have received threats because of the video, a claim that Police Chief Michael Ciminelli confirmed Tuesday.

The city Tuesday posted on Youtube.com extensive video of the area of the arrest and the arrest itself. Much of the footage is from a so-called "blue-light" camera at the intersection of Hollenbeck Street and Avenue A. Portions of the videos have been obscured.

(Look for updates to this story later at DemocratandChronicle.com)

GCRAIG@Gannett.com

(Includes reporting by staff writers Jon Hand, Sean Lahman and Will Cleveland.)