1 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:13,880 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:16,015 -- GOOD MORNING. THE. SEPTEMBER 3 00:00:16,015 --> 00:00:17,784 25th, 2026 SELECT BUDGET 4 00:00:17,784 --> 00:00:19,419 COMMITTEE MEETING WILL COME TO 5 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:20,086 ORDER. IT IS 9:30 A.M.. I'M DAN 6 00:00:20,086 --> 00:00:21,254 STRAUSS, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 7 00:00:21,254 --> 00:00:22,689 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 8 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:26,126 ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 9 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:30,130 -- PRESENT COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 10 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:30,430 -- PRESENT. 11 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:30,930 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 12 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:31,531 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. COUNCIL 13 00:00:31,531 --> 00:00:34,300 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 14 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:35,769 COUNCIL CHAMBER. COUNCILMEMBER 15 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:37,937 JUAREZ. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER 16 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:40,173 KETTLE. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 17 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:41,808 HERE. CHAIR STRAUSS SEVEN. 18 00:00:41,808 --> 00:00:42,075 PRESENT. 19 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:43,209 -- THANK YOU. THOSE NOT PRESENT 20 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:46,413 ARE EXCUSED UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. 21 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:48,148 WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO. 22 00:00:48,148 --> 00:00:50,683 WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 23 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:53,153 HERE NOW. WE'RE GOING TO GET 24 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:54,888 RIGHT INTO PRESENTATIONS. I 25 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,022 SHOULD FOLLOW THE ROBERT'S 26 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:57,223 RULES OF ORDER. SO WE WILL HAVE 27 00:00:57,223 --> 00:00:59,259 THREE BUDGET BRIEFINGS TODAY ON 28 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:03,296 THE AGENDA. SEATTLE POLICE 29 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:03,930 DEPARTMENT. COMMUNITY ASSISTED 30 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:04,431 RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT 31 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,298 DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE FIRE 32 00:01:05,298 --> 00:01:06,699 DEPARTMENT. I'LL CALL FOR A 33 00:01:06,699 --> 00:01:10,336 BREAK. THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN 34 00:01:10,336 --> 00:01:12,705 THE CARE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE 35 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:14,574 DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. 36 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:16,109 SO JUST TO BE AWARE, WE'RE GOING 37 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:18,378 TO TRY TO ROLL RIGHT THROUGH 38 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:20,513 TODAY. AND SO BEFORE WE BEGIN, 39 00:01:20,513 --> 00:01:22,015 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 40 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:24,584 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 41 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:26,419 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 42 00:01:26,419 --> 00:01:29,088 ADOPTED. JUST AS PEOPLE GET 43 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:29,722 SETTLED. I'LL GIVE A COUPLE 44 00:01:29,722 --> 00:01:30,690 POINTS, WHICH IS THAT WE WILL 45 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:34,627 ENDEAVOR TO TAKE 30 TO 1 HOUR 46 00:01:34,627 --> 00:01:36,863 BREAKS FOR THE DAYS THAT WE ARE 47 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:38,164 ONLY TAKING 30 MINUTE BREAKS. IF 48 00:01:38,164 --> 00:01:41,868 YOU NEED TO STEP OFF THE DAIS 49 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:43,136 FOR A MOMENT, YOU CAN SEE AS 50 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:46,172 WE'RE WRAPPING UP AN ITEM, I'LL 51 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,173 BE CALLING EASE BETWEEN EACH 52 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:48,308 ITEMS. BUT THAT EASE IS REALLY 53 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:50,877 ONLY GOING TO BE FOR 30s 45 54 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,879 SECONDS, HOWEVER LONG IT TAKES 55 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:54,414 THE NEXT DEPARTMENT TO PULL UP 56 00:01:54,414 --> 00:01:55,482 THEIR PRESENTATIONS. SO IF YOU 57 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:57,183 WANT TO LEAVE JUST BEFORE THAT, 58 00:01:57,183 --> 00:01:59,519 WE JUST NEED TO KEEP FIVE 59 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:02,655 COUNCILMEMBERS ON THE DAIS 60 00:02:02,655 --> 00:02:04,858 THAT'S THE HOUSEKEEPING FOR 61 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:05,859 THIS MORNING WITH THAT CLERK. 62 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,327 WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST 63 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:08,895 ITEM INTO THE RECORD? AS PER 64 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:10,930 USUAL, WE WILL HAVE THE 65 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:11,498 DEPARTMENT ROLL THROUGH THE 66 00:02:11,498 --> 00:02:14,567 SLIDES ON AND STOP. IF THERE IS 67 00:02:14,567 --> 00:02:15,335 A NATURAL STOPPING POINT. BUT 68 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:16,169 WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET GET 69 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:17,837 THROUGH THE SLIDES. AND THEN 70 00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:19,539 COLLEAGUES, YOU CAN ASK 71 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,007 QUESTIONS FOR AS MUCH TIME AS 72 00:02:21,007 --> 00:02:22,675 YOU WOULD LIKE. I'M TIME AND 73 00:02:22,675 --> 00:02:23,843 MYSELF, BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT 74 00:02:23,843 --> 00:02:26,145 FOR YOU TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS ON 75 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:28,481 THE RECORD. THANK YOU. CLERK. 76 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,549 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE SEATTLE 77 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:31,551 POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BRIEFING 78 00:02:31,551 --> 00:02:31,918 AND DISCUSSION. 79 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:34,187 -- THANK YOU. WITH THAT, CHIEF 80 00:02:34,187 --> 00:02:35,955 SALES. MR. ETTER, DIRECTOR 81 00:02:35,955 --> 00:02:37,757 PANUCCI. DIRECTOR. WHITSON. WE 82 00:02:37,757 --> 00:02:39,859 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WITH US. 83 00:02:39,859 --> 00:02:40,493 PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND 84 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:42,729 TAKE IT AWAY. GOOD MORNING. 85 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:45,632 -- ANDRE SAYLES INTERIM CHIEF OF 86 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:46,833 POLICE. 87 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:47,467 -- INTERIM BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR 88 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:49,636 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 89 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:51,971 -- ALY PENNUCCI CITY BUDGET 90 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:52,238 DIRECTOR. 91 00:02:52,238 --> 00:02:53,139 -- WHITSON COUNCIL CENTRAL 92 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:57,043 STAFF. DIRECTOR 93 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:59,212 -- ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU, 94 00:02:59,212 --> 00:02:59,846 EVERYONE, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY 95 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:01,781 THIS MORNING TO GO OVER OUR 96 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:06,386 PROPOSED 2027 2028 SEATTLE 97 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:07,820 POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. JUST 98 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:09,656 WANTED TO FIRST START OFF BY 99 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:10,223 READING OUR SEATTLE POLICE 100 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:11,191 DEPARTMENT. OUR MISSION. THE 101 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:12,392 MISSION OF THE SEATTLE POLICE 102 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:15,061 DEPARTMENT IS TO PREVENT CRIME, 103 00:03:15,061 --> 00:03:16,496 ENFORCE THE LAW, AND SUPPORT 104 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:18,631 QUALITY PUBLIC SAFETY BY 105 00:03:18,631 --> 00:03:19,132 DELIVERING RESPECTFUL, 106 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:20,900 PROFESSIONAL AND DEPENDABLE 107 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,734 POLICE SERVICE. AS YOU CAN SEE, 108 00:03:21,734 --> 00:03:23,970 SOME OF OUR PILLARS IS CRIME 109 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:27,440 PREVENTION, COMMUNITY 110 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,742 ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND 111 00:03:29,742 --> 00:03:30,210 WELLNESS. CONTINUOUS 112 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:34,614 IMPROVEMENT, RETENTION AND 113 00:03:34,614 --> 00:03:35,248 RECRUITMENT OUR BEST PRACTICES 114 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:37,817 IN POLICING. WE WOULD LIKE TO 115 00:03:37,817 --> 00:03:39,485 USE BEST PRACTICES THAT INCLUDES 116 00:03:39,485 --> 00:03:40,086 OFFICER SAFETY GUIDELINES AND 117 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:42,755 PERFORMANCE BASED ACCOUNTABILITY 118 00:03:42,755 --> 00:03:44,591 TO PROVIDE PROGRESSIVE AND 119 00:03:44,591 --> 00:03:45,191 RESPONSIVE POLICE SERVICE TO 120 00:03:45,191 --> 00:03:50,663 CRIME VICTIMS, WITNESSES AND ALL 121 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:51,297 MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WE ALSO 122 00:03:51,297 --> 00:03:54,000 BELIEVE IN ETHICS AND INTEGRITY. 123 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,136 FOSTER AND ORGANIZATIONAL 124 00:03:57,136 --> 00:03:57,770 CULTURE WHERE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES 125 00:03:57,770 --> 00:04:00,473 ARE INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, 126 00:04:00,473 --> 00:04:01,874 ETHICAL DECISION MAKING, AND 127 00:04:01,874 --> 00:04:04,711 RESPECT FOR CIVIL AND 128 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:07,547 CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OUR 129 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:08,047 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. 130 00:04:08,047 --> 00:04:09,983 STRENGTHENING LINKS WITHIN ALL 131 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:12,185 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND 132 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:12,719 ASSOCIATIONS THROUGH OPEN 133 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:14,854 COMMUNICATION, MUTUAL 134 00:04:14,854 --> 00:04:15,488 RESPONSIBILITY, AND A COMMITMENT 135 00:04:15,488 --> 00:04:17,357 TO SERVICE. THIS IS ALSO OUR 136 00:04:17,357 --> 00:04:21,094 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 137 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:24,063 POLICY. WE ALSO LIKE TO 138 00:04:24,063 --> 00:04:26,332 IDENTIFY, PRIORITIZE AND SOLVE 139 00:04:26,332 --> 00:04:28,301 PROBLEMS, IDENTIFY AND 140 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:28,935 PRIORITIZE CRIME PREVENTION AND 141 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,937 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR 142 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:33,006 CHALLENGES USING FLEXIBLE 143 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:35,274 PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACHES AND 144 00:04:35,274 --> 00:04:39,312 ACHIEVE THESE RESULTS BY 145 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:41,147 DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT. OUR 146 00:04:41,147 --> 00:04:41,781 STRUCTURE AND THE ORGANIZATION 147 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:43,916 IS TO SUPPORT THE SPD MISSION 148 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:47,587 AND FIELD A WELL TRAINED, SWORN 149 00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:49,822 AND NON-SWORN WORKFORCE THAT 150 00:04:49,822 --> 00:04:52,392 USES TECHNOLOGY, TRAINING, 151 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:52,892 EQUIPMENT AND RESEARCH 152 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:55,094 STRATEGICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY. 153 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:56,396 NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAN 154 00:04:56,396 --> 00:04:59,098 EDER 155 00:04:59,098 --> 00:05:01,034 -- THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND THANK 156 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:03,136 YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THE 157 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:07,807 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE SPD 158 00:05:07,807 --> 00:05:10,243 PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS FIRST 159 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:12,745 SLIDE PROVIDES THE HIGHEST LEVEL 160 00:05:12,745 --> 00:05:15,548 OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET 161 00:05:15,548 --> 00:05:17,050 FOR 27 AND 28. FOR MOST OF THESE 162 00:05:17,050 --> 00:05:20,053 SLIDES, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON 163 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:21,487 2027. JUST BECAUSE IT'S IT'S AN 164 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:23,056 ALREADY A LOT OF INFORMATION 165 00:05:23,056 --> 00:05:24,824 JUST FOR ONE YEAR. BUT OBVIOUSLY 166 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:29,796 IT IS A TWO YEAR BUDGET 167 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:32,665 PROPOSAL. SPD 2027 PROPOSED 168 00:05:32,665 --> 00:05:38,404 BUDGET IS ABOUT $557 MILLION IN 169 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:40,440 TOTAL. THAT'S $550 MILLION OF 170 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:42,709 GENERAL FUND AND NEARLY $7 171 00:05:42,709 --> 00:05:47,046 MILLION OF OTHER FUNDS THERE'S 172 00:05:47,046 --> 00:05:48,781 OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE MORE 173 00:05:48,781 --> 00:05:50,516 INFORMATION IN UPCOMING SLIDES, 174 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:51,718 BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS I WANT TO 175 00:05:51,718 --> 00:05:55,088 LEAVE YOU WITH ON THIS SLIDE IS 176 00:05:55,088 --> 00:05:58,024 THAT THE THE 2027 PROPOSED 177 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,093 BUDGET INCLUDES ABOUT $12.5 178 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:03,262 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDED 179 00:06:03,262 --> 00:06:05,631 POLICE OFFICERS, AND THE GENERAL 180 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:08,201 FUND GROWS BY A TOTAL OF ABOUT 181 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:11,270 $66 MILLION, THE LARGEST REASON 182 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:13,406 BEING ABOUT $58 MILLION OF 183 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:15,908 INCREASED LABOR COSTS. FROM THE 184 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:17,844 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS 185 00:06:17,844 --> 00:06:19,979 THAT HAVE BEEN ACTED UPON BY THE 186 00:06:19,979 --> 00:06:27,620 CITY 187 00:06:27,754 --> 00:06:30,890 THIS SLIDE BREAKS DOWN SPD'S 188 00:06:30,890 --> 00:06:33,826 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET. A TOTAL OF 189 00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:37,096 $557 MILLION INTO FOUR 190 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:38,398 CATEGORIES OF SPENDING 191 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:41,667 PERSONNEL, OVERTIME. INTERFUND 192 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:47,807 CHARGES AND A BROAD CATEGORY OF 193 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:50,877 OTHER. 80% OF SPD'S ANNUAL 194 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:53,212 BUDGET IS FOR STAFFING. THAT'S 195 00:06:53,212 --> 00:06:57,884 THE. THE BLUE. THE LARGEST WEDGE 196 00:06:57,884 --> 00:07:02,588 HERE IN BLUE FOR PERSONNEL AND 197 00:07:02,588 --> 00:07:05,591 IN ORANGE OVERTIME. TOGETHER, 198 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:08,761 THAT TOTALS $447 MILLION OUT OF 199 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:12,165 THE $557 MILLION BUDGET 200 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:14,033 PROPOSAL. AN ADDITIONAL 15% IS 201 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:17,170 SHOWN IN GREEN. THOSE ARE 202 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:19,572 CENTRALLY ALLOCATED AND 203 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:22,375 NONDISCRETIONARY COSTS THAT COME 204 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,110 TO SPD FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, 205 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,379 LIKE THE FINANCE AND 206 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:26,879 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 207 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:29,649 DEPARTMENT. THINGS LIKE FLEET 208 00:07:29,649 --> 00:07:35,388 RENT AND OTHER CENTRAL COSTS. IT 209 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:38,458 CHARGES US FOR BASIC COMPUTER 210 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:39,025 INFRASTRUCTURE AND AND AND 211 00:07:39,025 --> 00:07:42,128 SUPPORT. WE GET COSTS ALLOCATED 212 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,564 TO US FROM THE CENTRAL HR 213 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:46,799 DEPARTMENT AND OTHER SIMILAR 214 00:07:46,799 --> 00:07:52,605 COSTS. AS A RESULT, 95% OR $530 215 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:58,010 MILLION OF SPD'S $557 MILLION 216 00:07:58,010 --> 00:08:01,547 BUDGET IS FOR A COMBINATION OF 217 00:08:01,547 --> 00:08:02,181 STAFFING AND NON-DISCRETIONARY 218 00:08:02,181 --> 00:08:04,951 CENTRALLY ALLOCATED COSTS. THAT 219 00:08:04,951 --> 00:08:09,188 LEAVES $26 MILLION, OR ABOUT 5%, 220 00:08:09,188 --> 00:08:16,996 FOR OTHER COSTS MOST OF WHICH 221 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:17,630 ARE ALSO NON-DISCRETIONARY. HERE 222 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:18,197 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 223 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:21,367 BREAKOUT. ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN 224 00:08:21,367 --> 00:08:22,001 SEE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THE 225 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:25,238 LARGEST SHARE OF PROFESSIONAL 226 00:08:25,238 --> 00:08:29,609 SERVICES IS ABOUT $7 MILLION FOR 227 00:08:29,609 --> 00:08:32,645 THE CITY'S COSTS FOR AUTOMATED 228 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:34,480 TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA PAYMENTS 229 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,382 TO THE VENDOR WHO MANAGES THAT 230 00:08:36,382 --> 00:08:39,151 PROGRAM FOR THE CITY. THERE ARE 231 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:41,954 ALSO ANOTHER CATEGORY IS 232 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:42,488 TECHNOLOGY, UTILITIES AND 233 00:08:42,488 --> 00:08:44,490 INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHARGES, WHICH 234 00:08:44,490 --> 00:08:46,726 INCLUDES CHARGES TO TRAIN NEW 235 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:50,396 RECRUITS AT THE. THE ACADEMY AND 236 00:08:50,396 --> 00:08:53,132 THEN ALSO NECESSARY EQUIPMENT 237 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:55,635 AND SUPPLIES FOR POLICE 238 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:57,436 OFFICERS, INCLUDING BULLETS, 239 00:08:57,436 --> 00:09:01,841 BULLETPROOF VESTS, GAS MASKS, 240 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:04,510 HELMETS, TASERS AND THE LIKE. 241 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:07,613 THERE'S ALSO SMALL AMOUNTS OF 242 00:09:07,613 --> 00:09:09,448 BUDGET ABOUT $770,000 FOR TRAVEL 243 00:09:09,448 --> 00:09:11,684 AND TRAINING, AND A LITTLE OVER 244 00:09:11,684 --> 00:09:20,259 $100,000 FOR CAPITAL. OKAY, I 245 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:23,863 MENTIONED THAT STAFFING IS THE 246 00:09:23,863 --> 00:09:27,199 LARGEST SHARE OF OUR ANNUAL 247 00:09:27,199 --> 00:09:30,570 BUDGET. THAT INCLUDES OVERTIME 248 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,038 AND AND PERSONNEL COSTS. I'M 249 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:33,739 GOING TO THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES 250 00:09:33,739 --> 00:09:38,077 WILL ADDRESS THOSE TWO 251 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:41,747 CATEGORIES. SO THIS SLIDE ON 252 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:44,083 OVERTIME SHOWS THE BUDGET FOR 253 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:47,520 HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON OVERTIME IN 254 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,989 BLUE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE 255 00:09:49,989 --> 00:09:51,490 SCREEN. IN. ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK 256 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:54,126 AT THAT IS HOW MANY HOURS OF 257 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:56,963 OVERTIME DO THOSE DOLLARS 258 00:09:56,963 --> 00:09:58,030 PURCHASE? THAT'S SHOWN ON THE 259 00:09:58,030 --> 00:09:59,599 RIGHT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN 260 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:05,137 IN RED. IN BRIEF, THE I'M SORRY, 261 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:08,007 IN EACH OF THE SLIDES, THERE ARE 262 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:11,077 THREE DATA POINTS. THERE'S THE 263 00:10:11,077 --> 00:10:15,081 2025 ACTUALS ON THE LEFT OF EACH 264 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:17,616 SLIDE. THE 2026 ADOPTED LEVELS 265 00:10:17,616 --> 00:10:19,085 IN THE MIDDLE AND ON THE RIGHT 266 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:21,587 SIDE IS THE 2027 PROPOSED 267 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:24,490 BUDGET. SO WHAT I WANT TO LEAVE 268 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:27,460 YOU WITH IS THAT THE COST OF 269 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,996 OVERTIME DOLLARS HAS INCREASED 270 00:10:29,996 --> 00:10:32,164 FROM 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET TO THE 271 00:10:32,164 --> 00:10:33,933 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS IS 272 00:10:33,933 --> 00:10:36,602 DUE TO HIGHER LABOR COSTS, BUT 273 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:38,804 THE AMOUNT OF FUNDED OVERTIME 274 00:10:38,804 --> 00:10:40,973 SHOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE 275 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:43,576 REMAINS UNCHANGED FROM 2026. 276 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:46,045 ADOPTED BUDGET TO THE 2027 277 00:10:46,045 --> 00:10:47,813 PROPOSED BUDGET. YOU'LL SEE 278 00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:52,485 THAT'S AT 470 300 ZERO HOURS IN 279 00:10:52,485 --> 00:11:01,627 BOTH 26 AND THE PROPOSED 27. 280 00:11:01,627 --> 00:11:02,662 THIS IS ANOTHER LOOK AT 281 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:05,564 OVERTIME, AND IT ANSWERS THE 282 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:07,833 QUESTION WHAT WHAT DO WE USE 283 00:11:07,833 --> 00:11:11,904 OVERTIME FOR 70 I'M SORRY. AND 284 00:11:11,904 --> 00:11:14,540 THIS THIS IS TAKING A LOOK AT 285 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:16,942 THE YEAR TO DATE SPENDING FOR 286 00:11:16,942 --> 00:11:18,110 2026. WE THINK THIS IS A PRETTY 287 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:21,047 GOOD APPROXIMATION OF WHAT ALL 288 00:11:21,047 --> 00:11:24,283 OF 2026 CATEGORIES WILL LOOK 289 00:11:24,283 --> 00:11:26,018 LIKE ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS. AND 290 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:27,520 IT ALSO IS REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW 291 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,855 WE PLAN TO SPEND THE MONEY IN 27 292 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:36,796 AND 28. AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, 293 00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:38,964 ABOUT 70% OF OVERTIME IS SPENT 294 00:11:38,964 --> 00:11:41,167 FOR THE THREE CATEGORIES IN 295 00:11:41,167 --> 00:11:43,869 BLUE, RED, AND GREEN. I'LL GO 296 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:46,439 THROUGH THEM ONE AT A TIME. THE 297 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:48,374 SINGLE LARGEST USE OF OVERTIME 298 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:51,210 IS SPECIAL EVENTS. THIS IS SHOWN 299 00:11:51,210 --> 00:11:55,514 IN BLUE SPD IS REIMBURSED EITHER 300 00:11:55,514 --> 00:11:57,716 DIRECTLY OR THROUGH PAYMENTS TO 301 00:11:57,716 --> 00:11:59,151 THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND FOR 302 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:00,319 SOME OF THE OVERTIME WORK THAT 303 00:12:00,319 --> 00:12:04,490 IT DOES. THE SECOND LARGEST USE 304 00:12:04,490 --> 00:12:06,692 OF OVERTIME IS AUGMENTATION. 305 00:12:06,692 --> 00:12:08,394 THAT'S SHOWN IN RED IN THE PIE 306 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:13,132 CHART. AUGMENTATION IS WHAT WE 307 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:16,202 CALL ASSIGNING OVERTIME HOURS TO 308 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:19,572 MEET MINIMUM STAFFING 309 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:21,874 REQUIREMENTS. AS YOU KNOW, 310 00:12:21,874 --> 00:12:23,409 DEPLOYING DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS, 311 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:24,577 WHICH IS OUR THE NUMBER OF FULLY 312 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:28,347 TRAINED OFFICERS, LESS THOSE WHO 313 00:12:28,347 --> 00:12:30,216 ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK DUE TO LONG 314 00:12:30,216 --> 00:12:32,518 TERM DISABILITY OR ILLNESS, IS A 315 00:12:32,518 --> 00:12:34,887 KEY MEASURE FOR DETERMINING 316 00:12:34,887 --> 00:12:37,223 WHETHER SPD CAN MEET MINIMUM 317 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:42,094 STAFFING ON REGULAR TIME. SPD 318 00:12:42,094 --> 00:12:42,661 DEPLOYABLE OFFICER COUNT IS 319 00:12:42,661 --> 00:12:46,832 ABOUT 25% LOWER IN 2026 THAN IT 320 00:12:46,832 --> 00:12:53,105 WAS IN 2018. MEETING MINIMUM 321 00:12:53,105 --> 00:12:54,707 STAFFING IS NECESSARY FOR A 322 00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,108 NUMBER OF PURPOSES, NOT THE 323 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:59,111 LEAST OF WHICH IS ADDRESSING 324 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:02,948 OFFICER SAFETY NEEDS. IT'S ALSO 325 00:13:02,948 --> 00:13:03,549 AN EXPLICIT COMMITMENT IN THE 326 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:05,751 LABOR CONTRACTS, AND IT HELPS 327 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:08,154 SPD MEET GOALS FOR QUICK 328 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:09,588 RESPONSE TIMES ON PRIORITY NINE, 329 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:14,226 ONE ONE CALLS THE LAST CATEGORY 330 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:19,398 IN THIS 70% CHUNK OF THE PIE 331 00:13:19,398 --> 00:13:21,433 CHART IS IN GREEN. THAT'S 332 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:23,235 TRAINING, AND IT COVERS TRAINING 333 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:27,406 FOR NEW RECRUITS. THE COST OF 334 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:31,043 FIELD TRAINING OFFICER TRAINERS. 335 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:34,246 IT COVERS MANDATORY TRAINING FOR 336 00:13:34,246 --> 00:13:36,749 OFFICER CERTIFICATION, CROWD 337 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,684 CONTROL AND OTHER TYPES OF 338 00:13:38,684 --> 00:13:40,419 TRAINING CONSISTENT WITH 339 00:13:40,419 --> 00:13:44,190 COMMITMENTS FROM THE CONSENT 340 00:13:44,190 --> 00:13:44,790 DECREE AND BEST PRACTICES. I 341 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:46,058 NOTE THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN 342 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:47,259 TRAVEL AND TRAINING THAT I 343 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:50,830 MENTIONED IN THE EARLIER SLIDE, 344 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:51,597 WHICH WAS ABOUT CONFERENCES. 345 00:13:51,597 --> 00:13:54,233 THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONFERENCES. 346 00:13:54,233 --> 00:14:00,606 THAT LEAVES 30% IN DARK PURPLE 347 00:14:00,606 --> 00:14:02,841 FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT COVERS 348 00:14:02,841 --> 00:14:05,277 A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS, 349 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:09,114 INCLUDING SWAT RESPONSES, 350 00:14:09,114 --> 00:14:13,219 NARCOTICS, LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS 351 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:17,456 AND ARRESTS, COURT TIME AND 352 00:14:17,456 --> 00:14:24,897 EMPHASIS PATROLS. OKAY. EXCUSE 353 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:32,104 ME. THANK YOU AS A REMINDER, THE 354 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:34,206 SINGLE LARGEST CATEGORY OF SPD 355 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:36,709 SPENDING IS PERSONNEL AND 356 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:39,111 OFFICERS. THE COST OF HIRING AND 357 00:14:39,111 --> 00:14:41,447 AND HAVING OFFICERS IS BY FAR 358 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:43,515 THE BIGGEST SHARE OF OUR 359 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:45,684 PERSONNEL COSTS. THIS SLIDE IS 360 00:14:45,684 --> 00:14:49,021 LOOKING AT OFFICER HIRING IN 361 00:14:49,021 --> 00:14:52,491 2027 AND 2028. SPD USES A 362 00:14:52,491 --> 00:14:56,996 STAFFING PLAN TO HELP OUR LARGE, 363 00:14:56,996 --> 00:14:57,630 COMPLEX ORGANIZATION ESTABLISH 364 00:14:57,630 --> 00:15:00,299 GOALS FOR THE PACE OF HIRING. 365 00:15:00,299 --> 00:15:02,501 THE DATA ON THIS CHART COMES 366 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:04,570 FROM THE STAFFING PLAN. THE 367 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,839 STAFFING PLAN MAPS OUT MONTHLY 368 00:15:06,839 --> 00:15:10,676 HIRING, TRAINING AND ANTICIPATED 369 00:15:10,676 --> 00:15:11,944 SEPARATIONS BASED ON THE FUNDING 370 00:15:11,944 --> 00:15:14,346 THAT'S AVAILABLE IN THE 371 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:16,482 PROPOSED BUDGET. I JUST WANT TO 372 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:19,051 NOTE MAYBE THIS HAS BEEN NOTED 373 00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:20,886 IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS OF THIS 374 00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:23,055 PRESENTATION PAST YEARS, BUT 375 00:15:23,055 --> 00:15:25,090 YOUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYST, GREG 376 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:30,496 DOSS, IS IS IN LARGE PART 377 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:32,564 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STAFFING 378 00:15:32,564 --> 00:15:34,166 MODEL CREATION AND FINE TUNING. 379 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:37,403 I THINK THAT DATES BACK TO 380 00:15:37,403 --> 00:15:38,070 APPROXIMATELY 2012. WE STILL USE 381 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:40,606 IT. IT'S STILL VERY HELPFUL. IN 382 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:43,575 OUR INTERNAL PLANNING AND FOR 383 00:15:43,575 --> 00:15:45,678 COMMUNICATION SUCH AS THIS 384 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:49,682 PRESENTATION. SO THE PREDICTED 385 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:52,851 NUMBERS ARE NOT EXACTLY GOING TO 386 00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:55,521 MATCH WHAT ACTUAL HIRING LOOKS 387 00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:57,423 LIKE. IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A 388 00:15:57,423 --> 00:16:00,793 PERFECT CRYSTAL BALL. WE HAVE 389 00:16:00,793 --> 00:16:02,294 SOME CONTROL, SOME MORE CONTROL 390 00:16:02,294 --> 00:16:03,762 OVER SOME THINGS THAN OTHERS. 391 00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:05,998 FOR INSTANCE, HIRING AND 392 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:08,067 TRAINING IS UP TO US. AND WE 393 00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:10,135 MAKE PREDICTIONS ABOUT 394 00:16:10,135 --> 00:16:11,503 SEPARATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO 395 00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:13,739 HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE LESS CONTROL 396 00:16:13,739 --> 00:16:16,408 OVER THAT. WE FINE TUNE THE 397 00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:18,410 STAFFING PLAN THROUGHOUT THE 398 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:20,379 YEAR AS WE GET MORE DATA MONTH 399 00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:23,382 BY MONTH. AND, AND MAKE 400 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:26,018 ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY. SO I'M 401 00:16:26,018 --> 00:16:26,885 SORRY, THAT WAS A LOT OF DRUM 402 00:16:26,885 --> 00:16:30,723 ROLL TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S ON THIS 403 00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:33,258 SLIDE. THE LIGHT BLUE LINE THAT 404 00:16:33,258 --> 00:16:35,894 IS RISING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT 405 00:16:35,894 --> 00:16:38,864 SHOWS OUR PLAN FOR MONTHLY 406 00:16:38,864 --> 00:16:43,202 FILLED FTES THAT'S ALL 407 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:46,205 RECRUITS, ALL TRAINEES AND ALL 408 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:51,443 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS. IT'S 409 00:16:51,443 --> 00:16:52,010 AFTER ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT NEW 410 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:55,247 HIRES. THE TIME IT TAKES TO 411 00:16:55,247 --> 00:16:58,017 COMPLETE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF 412 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:01,587 TRAINING AND A, A AN 413 00:17:01,587 --> 00:17:03,455 APPROXIMATION OF WHAT WHAT 414 00:17:03,455 --> 00:17:04,990 SEPARATIONS WE WILL SEE. AND AS 415 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:06,825 YOU GET FARTHER AND FARTHER OUT 416 00:17:06,825 --> 00:17:10,529 TO THE RIGHT INTO 2028, I WOULD 417 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:13,799 SAY THAT THE DATA IS, YOU KNOW, 418 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,534 A, A, A, A GUIDELINE AND A 419 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:18,003 PROJECTION. BUT THEY'LL 420 00:17:18,003 --> 00:17:20,873 CERTAINLY BE CHANGES. THE BOTTOM 421 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:24,143 LINE IS THAT SPD IS FUNDED TO 422 00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:31,316 SUPPORT 1250 FTES IN BOTH 2027 423 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:34,053 AND 2028. THE HIRING MODEL 424 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:37,256 ANTICIPATES THAT AVERAGE FILLED 425 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:39,491 FTES THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE 426 00:17:39,491 --> 00:17:43,529 DASHED RED LINE FOR 2027 AND IN 427 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:47,399 THE DASHED BLACK LINE IN 2028 428 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:48,567 ARE. I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE 429 00:17:48,567 --> 00:17:52,938 SAID THE NUMBERS. IT'S 1229 430 00:17:52,938 --> 00:17:54,840 EFTS IN 2027, SHOWN IN THE 431 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:56,809 DASHED RED LINE, AND THEN IT 432 00:17:56,809 --> 00:18:03,215 RISES TO 1250 IN 2028. THE 433 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:04,349 DASHED BLACK LINE I IMAGINE 434 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:05,617 THERE MAY BE QUESTIONS ON A 435 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:06,952 NUMBER OF THESE SLIDES. I 436 00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:08,120 UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO BE 437 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,123 WAITING UNTIL THE END. 438 00:18:11,123 --> 00:18:13,058 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. I'M 439 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:14,793 SORRY. WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO THE 440 00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:19,431 KEY CHANGES IN THE 2027 PROPOSED 441 00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:22,334 BUDGET FOR SPD. THE FIRST 442 00:18:22,334 --> 00:18:24,837 CATEGORY IS RECRUITMENT. 443 00:18:24,837 --> 00:18:25,437 RETENTION CHANGES. THESE FALL 444 00:18:25,437 --> 00:18:27,272 INTO TWO BUCKETS MEDIA, 445 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:28,674 MARKETING AND HIRING INCENTIVES. 446 00:18:28,674 --> 00:18:32,711 I'LL TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME. 447 00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:33,245 THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL 448 00:18:33,245 --> 00:18:37,583 ELIMINATE $1.95 MILLION ANNUALLY 449 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:40,652 FOR SPD'S MEDIA MARKETING 450 00:18:40,652 --> 00:18:42,287 CONSULTANT. THIS CONTRACT 451 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:44,690 ALLOWED SPD TO CREATE RECRUITING 452 00:18:44,690 --> 00:18:47,359 VIDEOS AND PROMOTE THEM, WHERE 453 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,962 POTENTIAL APPLICANTS WOULD WOULD 454 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:52,831 SEE THEM. SPD'S OVERALL 455 00:18:52,831 --> 00:18:53,432 MARKETING BUDGET CONTINUES TO 456 00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:55,701 INCLUDE MULTIPLE INITIATIVES, 457 00:18:55,701 --> 00:18:57,336 EVEN WITHOUT THE. THE MEDIA 458 00:18:57,336 --> 00:19:00,005 MARKETING BUDGET. MEDIA 459 00:19:00,005 --> 00:19:03,041 MARKETING CONTRACT. I SHOULD SAY 460 00:19:03,041 --> 00:19:05,511 THOSE INCLUDE SOCIAL MEDIA, JOB 461 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:07,913 FAIRS, AND PROFESSIONAL 462 00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:10,082 NETWORKING. TO SPREAD THE WORD 463 00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:12,918 ABOUT BECOMING AN SPD OFFICER. 464 00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:13,452 CONTRACTS WITH FIRMS THAT 465 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:15,053 STREAMLINE CASE MANAGEMENT AND 466 00:19:15,053 --> 00:19:18,190 THE PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST AND 467 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:21,260 BACKGROUNDING BACKGROUND 468 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:21,860 SCREENING PROCESSES AND FIVE 469 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:25,531 FTES WHO MANAGE THIS WORK ATTEND 470 00:19:25,531 --> 00:19:26,698 JOB FAIRS AND GENERALLY DO WHAT 471 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:34,273 THEY CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT 472 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:34,840 ABOUT HIRING OPPORTUNITIES 473 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,441 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THE 474 00:19:36,441 --> 00:19:36,975 SECOND CATEGORY IS HIRING 475 00:19:36,975 --> 00:19:39,945 INCENTIVES. HIRING INCENTIVES 476 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:42,781 ARE FUNDED IN THE 2026 ADOPTED 477 00:19:42,781 --> 00:19:48,353 BUDGET AT ABOUT $1.6 MILLION. 478 00:19:48,353 --> 00:19:50,055 THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES 479 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:52,024 THIS AMOUNT BY NEARLY A HALF 480 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:54,092 MILLION DOLLARS. AND THE 2028 481 00:19:54,092 --> 00:19:56,929 PROPOSED BUDGET REMOVES THE 482 00:19:56,929 --> 00:20:00,265 REMAINING $1.1 MILLION. SPD HAS 483 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:02,401 ALREADY STOPPED OFFERING HIRING 484 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:04,169 INCENTIVES TO NEW RECRUITS AND 485 00:20:04,169 --> 00:20:06,338 LATERALS, WHO APPLIED AFTER 486 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:08,807 AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, 2026. 487 00:20:08,807 --> 00:20:12,044 HIRING INCENTIVES HAVE BEEN PAID 488 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,647 IN TWO INSTALLMENTS WHEN WE HIRE 489 00:20:15,647 --> 00:20:18,317 PEOPLE. THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IS 490 00:20:18,317 --> 00:20:21,386 PAID UPON BECOMING AN SPD 491 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:22,821 EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEE, AND THE 492 00:20:22,821 --> 00:20:24,556 SECOND INSTALLMENT IS PAID ONE 493 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:27,693 YEAR LATER. SPD WILL CONTINUE TO 494 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:29,861 PAY THE SECOND PAYMENTS TO ANY 495 00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:30,996 INDIVIDUAL WHO QUALIFIED FOR A 496 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:34,733 FIRST PAYMENT. BUT AS I SAID, WE 497 00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:36,468 HAVE STOPPED QUALIFYING PEOPLE 498 00:20:36,468 --> 00:20:38,003 FOR THE FIRST PAYMENT AS OF THE 499 00:20:38,003 --> 00:20:48,547 END OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR. THIS 500 00:20:49,581 --> 00:20:51,216 SLIDE COVERS A NUMBER OF 501 00:20:51,216 --> 00:20:54,152 STAFFING CHANGES AND ALSO IN TWO 502 00:20:54,152 --> 00:20:58,156 CATEGORIES VACANT POSITIONS AND 503 00:20:58,156 --> 00:21:00,325 REDUCED STAFFING. THE FIRST 504 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:02,894 CATEGORY VACANT POSITIONS. THE 505 00:21:02,894 --> 00:21:05,163 GENERAL FUND DEFICIT CAUSED SPD 506 00:21:05,163 --> 00:21:08,734 TO REDUCE PLANNED STAFFING BY 507 00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:10,802 NOT FILLING ABOUT FIVE NEARLY $6 508 00:21:10,802 --> 00:21:13,672 MILLION OF FUNDED POSITIONS, AND 509 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:16,341 THE PROPOSED BUDGET ELIMINATES 510 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:18,110 FUNDING FOR ALL OF THOSE 511 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:21,113 POSITIONS. I DO WANT TO MENTION 512 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:23,382 1 OR 2 THINGS ABOUT SOME OF 513 00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:25,751 THESE POSITIONS, AND THEN I'LL 514 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:31,023 EXPECT ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND 515 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:33,358 DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS THOSE. THE 516 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:39,831 2027. I'M SORRY, I'M JUST 517 00:21:39,831 --> 00:21:41,700 GOING TO SKIP AHEAD HERE. SO 518 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,435 I'LL TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME. 519 00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:46,004 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 520 00:21:46,004 --> 00:21:50,409 THE PROPOSED BUDGET DECREASES 521 00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:53,145 NINE FUNDED POSITIONS. AND 522 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,946 THAT'S ABOUT $3.1 MILLION FOR 523 00:21:54,946 --> 00:21:56,782 THE POSITIONS. AND SOME 524 00:21:56,782 --> 00:21:57,416 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM FUNDING THAT 525 00:21:57,416 --> 00:22:02,054 WAS ALSO ELIMINATED. THE REAL 526 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:04,656 TIME CRIME CENTER, WE WILL MOVE 527 00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:08,226 FORWARD WITH HIRING AN 528 00:22:08,226 --> 00:22:10,595 ADDITIONAL SIX FTES THAT WERE 529 00:22:10,595 --> 00:22:11,630 ORIGINALLY FUNDED IN THE 2026 530 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:13,465 ADOPTED BUDGET, BUT HAVE NOT TO 531 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:16,968 DATE BEEN FILLED. WE WILL 532 00:22:16,968 --> 00:22:19,204 ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR THREE 533 00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:20,839 POSITIONS, BUT THE POSITION 534 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:24,910 AUTHORITY REMAINS IN THE REAL 535 00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:27,045 TIME CRIME CENTER. THIS WOULD 536 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,613 ALLOW THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 537 00:22:28,613 --> 00:22:30,782 TO EXPAND TO 24/7. ALL OTHER 538 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:32,451 THINGS BEING EQUAL. AND I THINK 539 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:33,952 YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A STUDY 540 00:22:33,952 --> 00:22:35,520 THAT IS ONGOING. I DON'T KNOW IF 541 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,489 IT'S FRAMED AS AN AUDIT OR A 542 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:39,524 STUDY, BUT THERE'S SOME WORK 543 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:40,959 THAT IS STILL TO BE DONE BEFORE 544 00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:42,828 A DECISION IS MADE ABOUT WHETHER 545 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:47,599 AND WHEN TO GO TO 24/7. THE NEXT 546 00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:51,103 CATEGORY IS THE CIVILIAN 547 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:51,737 INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT POSITIONS. 548 00:22:51,737 --> 00:22:57,008 THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD REDUCE 549 00:22:57,008 --> 00:23:00,779 FUNDING BY $1.1 MILLION, AND AND 550 00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:04,483 UNFUND SEVEN FTE IN THAT IN THAT 551 00:23:04,483 --> 00:23:11,590 UNIT. WE USE RETIRED LAW 552 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:13,592 ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO ASSIST 553 00:23:13,592 --> 00:23:17,529 WITH INVESTIGATIONS. WE STILL 554 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:19,765 HAVE FUNDING FOR SEVEN SUCH 555 00:23:19,765 --> 00:23:22,934 FTES, AND ABOUT $1.1 MILLION OF 556 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:25,203 FUNDING FOR. FOR THESE 557 00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:26,204 POSITIONS. SO THAT WILL 558 00:23:26,204 --> 00:23:29,608 CONTINUE. WE JUST WON'T EXPAND 559 00:23:29,608 --> 00:23:35,080 TO AN ADDITIONAL 7 IN 2027. HR 560 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:36,348 POSITIONS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 561 00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:39,251 EACH OF THESE ONE AT A TIME. 562 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:45,257 THEY'RE THEY ARE A DEI OFFICER 563 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:47,592 THAT WAS FUNDED AT $207,000 IN 564 00:23:47,592 --> 00:23:49,094 THE ADOPT 26 ADOPTED BUDGET. 565 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:51,129 THAT FUNDING AND THE POSITION IS 566 00:23:51,129 --> 00:23:54,166 ELIMINATED IN THE. 27 PROPOSED. 567 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:58,937 THERE IS ALSO A 30 BY 30 568 00:23:58,937 --> 00:23:59,571 WORKGROUP SUPPORT POSITION THAT 569 00:23:59,571 --> 00:24:05,377 WAS ADDED BY COUNCIL, WITH THE 570 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:06,711 PROVISO TO FUND THE POSITION. WE 571 00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:08,580 HAVE NOT FILLED EITHER OF THOSE 572 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:09,281 POSITIONS AND THEY ARE BOTH 573 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:13,685 PROPOSED TO BE ELIMINATED. THE 574 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:16,154 CHIEF HAS TASKED SPD'S FULL HR 575 00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:19,858 TEAM TO ADDRESS HIS PRIORITIES, 576 00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:21,226 TO HAVE SPD HIRING REFLECT THE 577 00:24:21,226 --> 00:24:22,461 COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE AND 578 00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:23,795 CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD 579 00:24:23,795 --> 00:24:26,164 THE GOAL OF HAVING MORE WOMEN 580 00:24:26,164 --> 00:24:28,400 SERVE AT ALL LEVELS OF THE 581 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,136 POLICE FORCE. SOME EXAMPLES FROM 582 00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:33,705 2026 TO DATE, WE HAVE HAD A 30 583 00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:37,008 BY 30 MARKETING CAMPAIGN 584 00:24:37,008 --> 00:24:39,144 SPECIFICALLY GEARED TO 585 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,412 PROSPECTIVE WOMEN POLICE 586 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,747 OFFICERS THAT WAS THROUGH THE 587 00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:45,483 MEDIA MARKETING CONTRACT. AND WE 588 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:47,018 ALSO HAVE BUILT A PROCESS 589 00:24:47,018 --> 00:24:49,087 INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT SPD 590 00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:51,189 WOMEN OFFICERS ATTEND TRAINING 591 00:24:51,189 --> 00:24:54,025 AND CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE 592 00:24:54,025 --> 00:24:55,360 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN 593 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:59,764 LAW ENFORCEMENT THE LAST 594 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:01,266 CATEGORY IS IN VACANT POSITIONS, 595 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:05,103 IS LONG TERM POSITION VACANCIES. 596 00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:08,273 THERE ARE THREE FTES THAT ARE 597 00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:10,509 FUNDED BUT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR 598 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,879 OVER A YEAR. THERE ARE ALSO TWO 599 00:25:13,879 --> 00:25:16,414 FTES THAT WERE UNFUNDED AND 600 00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:18,216 SUNSETTING, THAT ARE THAT ARE 601 00:25:18,216 --> 00:25:20,185 INCLUDED HERE, BUT HAVE NO 602 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:21,286 FINANCIAL EFFECT BECAUSE THERE 603 00:25:21,286 --> 00:25:25,323 WAS NO BUDGET FOR THEM. MOVING 604 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:30,629 FORWARD. THE SECOND CATEGORY ON 605 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:33,031 THIS SLIDE IS STAFFING 606 00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:36,034 REDUCTIONS. SPD, OF COURSE, 607 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:36,968 VALUES ALL OF ITS EMPLOYEES AND 608 00:25:36,968 --> 00:25:39,504 THE WORK THAT THEY DO. HOWEVER, 609 00:25:39,504 --> 00:25:41,806 IN LIGHT OF THE VERY CHALLENGING 610 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:44,376 GENERAL FUND BUDGET DEFICIT, THE 611 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,878 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDED SOME 612 00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:48,914 VERY DIFFICULT CHOICES AND IT. 613 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:50,949 THE PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD REDUCE 614 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:52,284 STAFFING BY TWO POSITIONS THAT 615 00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:57,188 ARE CURRENTLY FILLED. I'M 616 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,357 SHOWING ON THIS SLIDE THREE 617 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:02,460 POSITIONS. THE TOP POSITION IN 618 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:04,362 DATA ANALYTICS IS SUBSEQUENT TO 619 00:26:04,362 --> 00:26:06,131 THIS DECK BEING FINALIZED IS 620 00:26:06,131 --> 00:26:07,532 ACTUALLY A. NOW A VACANT 621 00:26:07,532 --> 00:26:09,834 POSITION. SO THERE WOULD BE NO 622 00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:10,402 LAYOFF IN THAT POSITION. WE 623 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:13,271 WOULD JUST LIKE THE VACANT 624 00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:14,773 POSITIONS UP ABOVE. WE WOULD 625 00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:15,941 JUST CONTINUE NOT TO BE ABLE TO 626 00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:19,577 HIRE FOR THAT POSITION. THERE 627 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:21,379 ARE TWO POSITIONS THAT WILL LEAD 628 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:24,149 TO LAYOFFS. ONE IS A 629 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:26,217 WEYERHAEUSER, ONE POSITION. 630 00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:32,223 IT'S SHOWN AS RECORDS SUPPORT 631 00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:34,726 AND IT WOULD SAVE $126,000 IN 632 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:37,128 2027. THE OTHER POSITION IS AN 633 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:39,631 ADMIN SPECIALIST, ONE IN AUTO 634 00:26:39,631 --> 00:26:42,867 RECORDS. ANOTHER RECORDS 635 00:26:42,867 --> 00:26:44,069 POSITION. IN BOTH OF THESE 636 00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:48,139 CASES, THE WORK WILL BE ABSORBED 637 00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:54,379 BY EXISTING STAFF. THIS SLIDE IS 638 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:57,115 SHOWING THE PLANNED EXPANSION. 639 00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:58,550 THE. THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 640 00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:01,720 PLANNED PROGRAM. EXPANSION OF 641 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:07,258 THE AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY 642 00:27:07,258 --> 00:27:09,961 CAMERA PROGRAM. WE ARE 643 00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:11,796 ANTICIPATING INSTALLING SEVEN 644 00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:13,698 NEW FULL TIME SPEED CAMERAS IN 645 00:27:13,698 --> 00:27:15,967 2027, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO 646 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:18,336 DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF ANTICIPATED 647 00:27:18,336 --> 00:27:20,205 CITATIONS THAT NEED TO BE 648 00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:23,375 REVIEWED BY STAFF. SO AS A 649 00:27:23,375 --> 00:27:26,378 RESULT, WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD 650 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:29,748 BOTH VENDOR COSTS TO PROCESS 651 00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:34,419 THOSE THOSE CITATIONS AND ADD 652 00:27:34,419 --> 00:27:36,755 FOUR FULL TIME POSITIONS FOR THE 653 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:38,189 ADDED WORK, AND THAT BOTH OF 654 00:27:38,189 --> 00:27:40,759 THOSE CATEGORIES WOULD BE FUNDED 655 00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:43,328 BY THE AUTOMATED AUTOMATED 656 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:44,562 TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA FUND. IT 657 00:27:44,562 --> 00:27:46,831 WOULD ALSO MAKE SOME TECHNICAL 658 00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:48,533 CHANGES, SHIFTING COSTS, BOTH 659 00:27:48,533 --> 00:27:51,202 STAFFING AND THE CAMERA COSTS 660 00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:54,873 BETWEEN THE ATSC AND THE GENERAL 661 00:27:54,873 --> 00:28:00,712 FUND. AND THEN THE FINAL 662 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:01,646 SUBSTANTIVE SLIDE I HAVE TO 663 00:28:01,646 --> 00:28:04,382 SHARE WITH YOU IS BASELINE WAGE 664 00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:07,018 ADJUSTMENTS. THIS SLIDE IS 665 00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:08,753 SHOWING TWO TECHNICAL BASELINE 666 00:28:08,753 --> 00:28:11,523 ADJUSTMENTS THAT I THOUGHT WERE 667 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:13,825 NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE OF THE THE 668 00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:18,430 MAGNITUDE OF THE COSTS. THE 2027 669 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:18,963 PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES 670 00:28:18,963 --> 00:28:20,598 INCLUDES A NEARLY $58 MILLION 671 00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:22,734 BASELINE INCREASE TO PAY FOR 672 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:29,674 COSTS IN THE LABOR CONTRACTS, 673 00:28:29,674 --> 00:28:30,341 SPECIFICALLY, IT'S ABOUT $56.5 674 00:28:30,341 --> 00:28:32,644 MILLION FOR THE SEATTLE POLICE 675 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:34,913 OFFICERS GUILD, OR SPAR, AND THE 676 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:37,015 SEATTLE POLICE MANAGEMENT 677 00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:40,852 ASSOCIATION. SPMA. FOR THEIR 678 00:28:40,852 --> 00:28:44,389 ANNUAL WAGE INCREASE. AND ALSO 679 00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:46,524 FOR THE LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION 680 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:49,594 PREMIUMS. THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 681 00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:52,430 $1.2 MILLION FOR THE SEATTLE 682 00:28:52,430 --> 00:28:55,567 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 683 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,837 GUILD. SPIAGGE. AND TOGETHER 684 00:28:58,837 --> 00:29:01,506 THAT THAT'S ABOUT $58 MILLION. 685 00:29:01,506 --> 00:29:04,476 THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET ALSO 686 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:06,244 INCLUDES ABOUT $12.5 MILLION TO 687 00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,780 PAY FOR ADDITIONAL SWORN OFFICER 688 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:15,620 COSTS. THERE IS A HIGHER COST 689 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:16,788 FOR OFFICERS HIRED IN 2027 690 00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:18,523 BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST FULL 691 00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:21,092 YEAR. SORRY FOR THE I MISSPOKE. 692 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:22,393 THERE'S A HIGHER COST FOR 693 00:29:22,393 --> 00:29:26,097 OFFICERS HIRED IN 2026 BECAUSE 694 00:29:26,097 --> 00:29:27,232 THEY WORKED FOR LESS THAN A FULL 695 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:30,034 YEAR. IN 2027. IT WILL BE THEIR 696 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:31,870 FIRST FULL YEAR, AND IT WILL 697 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,037 COST MORE TO KEEP THEM EMPLOYED 698 00:29:33,037 --> 00:29:33,938 FOR A WHOLE YEAR, WHICH 699 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:35,540 OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO DO. THERE 700 00:29:35,540 --> 00:29:37,909 ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR 701 00:29:37,909 --> 00:29:39,844 NET NEW OFFICERS WHO WILL BE 702 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:41,012 HIRED IN 2027. AS I SHOWED IN AN 703 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:44,849 EARLIER SLIDE. THAT IS THE END 704 00:29:44,849 --> 00:29:46,484 OF MY PREPARED REMARKS AND 705 00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:47,752 SLIDES. HAPPY TO ADDRESS 706 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:48,052 QUESTIONS. 707 00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:50,355 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF SALES 708 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:51,923 DIRECTOR. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD 709 00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:55,026 AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU. 710 00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:56,261 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS CHAIR OF 711 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:56,861 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THIS 712 00:29:56,861 --> 00:29:57,962 DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 713 00:29:57,962 --> 00:29:59,097 AND COLLEAGUES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 714 00:29:59,097 --> 00:30:01,766 RAISE YOUR HANDS NOW, I WILL 715 00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:03,401 SPEAK SECOND TO LAST. I'LL GIVE 716 00:30:03,401 --> 00:30:04,736 THE COMMITTEE TABLE A CHANCE TO 717 00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:07,238 RESPOND AFTER I SPEAK, AND THEN 718 00:30:07,238 --> 00:30:07,872 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WILL HAVE 719 00:30:07,872 --> 00:30:09,874 LAST WORD. THANK YOU. 720 00:30:09,874 --> 00:30:11,543 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU. 721 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:14,679 WELCOME, DIRECTOR. BACK. CHIEF 722 00:30:14,679 --> 00:30:16,447 SALES, MR. ETTER AND OUR OWN 723 00:30:16,447 --> 00:30:19,884 CENTRAL STAFF. MR. WHITSON. YOU 724 00:30:19,884 --> 00:30:21,553 KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING GOING 725 00:30:21,553 --> 00:30:22,854 THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS. AND 726 00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:24,989 YESTERDAY WE HAD A LOT OF TALK 727 00:30:24,989 --> 00:30:26,491 ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS, 728 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:28,393 TALKING ABOUT MY AMENDMENT FROM 729 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:29,527 LAST YEAR, WHICH KIND OF, IN MY 730 00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:31,162 MIND CREATES SOME DISCIPLINE IN 731 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:33,031 TERMS OF THE OUT YEARS TO 2030 732 00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:35,133 AND SO FORTH. IT HELPS US FOCUS 733 00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:36,334 IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING ON 734 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:39,170 THE BUDGET FRONT. BUT I'M ALSO 735 00:30:39,170 --> 00:30:41,406 THOUGHT, AND THIS CAME UP 736 00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:41,940 YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF THE 737 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,541 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE AS A 738 00:30:43,541 --> 00:30:45,877 COUNCIL, WITH MY AMENDMENT, GOT 739 00:30:45,877 --> 00:30:49,013 IN PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT INTO 740 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,381 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND 741 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:51,849 THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND IN FACT, 742 00:30:51,849 --> 00:30:53,418 THE STATE. SO OCR SHOULD HAVE 743 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:56,087 THIS ON THEIR LIST. THE STATE 744 00:30:56,087 --> 00:30:57,956 SHOULD ADOPT A LAW THAT 745 00:30:57,956 --> 00:30:58,523 INCORPORATES PUBLIC SAFETY 746 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:00,725 ELEMENT PLANNING INTO THE 747 00:31:00,725 --> 00:31:01,292 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THE 748 00:31:01,292 --> 00:31:03,328 REASON WHY IS WE HAVE TO, WHEN 749 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:04,462 LOOKING AT PUBLIC SAFETY, LOOK 750 00:31:04,462 --> 00:31:05,964 TO THE FUTURE. IF WE HAD 120 751 00:31:05,964 --> 00:31:08,600 YEARS AGO, WE MIGHT HAVE A FIRE 752 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:10,134 STATION ON ON LAKE UNION. MAYBE 753 00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:11,169 WE WOULD HAVE A NEW NORTH 754 00:31:11,169 --> 00:31:12,303 PRECINCT, MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE A 755 00:31:12,303 --> 00:31:13,705 NORTHEAST AND THE NORTHWEST 756 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:14,873 PRECINCT. I MEAN, THERE'S 757 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:15,773 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT COULD HAVE 758 00:31:15,773 --> 00:31:17,175 HAPPENED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO 759 00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:20,178 LOOK TO THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF 760 00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:23,047 20, 30, 40 AND 50. AND I HAVE A 761 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:25,316 LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON THIS 762 00:31:25,316 --> 00:31:26,017 FRONT AND RECENTLY WON AN EXPERT 763 00:31:26,017 --> 00:31:28,553 IN THE AREA. AND WE'RE HAVING 764 00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:29,754 THIS DISCUSSION. AND I WAS TOLD 765 00:31:29,754 --> 00:31:33,558 IN 2050, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO 766 00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:35,126 HAVE TO HAVE 1800 OFFICERS IN 767 00:31:35,126 --> 00:31:36,661 OUR CITY. WITH THE POPULATION 768 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:38,062 GROWTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IF 769 00:31:38,062 --> 00:31:40,064 YOU LOOK AT OUR PEER CITIES, YOU 770 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,599 KNOW, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, 771 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:42,667 YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO THE 772 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,168 RATIOS, BOSTON, YOU KNOW, THESE 773 00:31:44,168 --> 00:31:45,169 DIFFERENT CITIES, YOU KNOW, IN 774 00:31:45,169 --> 00:31:47,438 TERMS OF NUMBER OF OFFICERS PER 775 00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:50,975 1000 PEOPLE, LIKE 1600 OFFICERS 776 00:31:50,975 --> 00:31:54,445 ON THE FORCE. OUR GOAL THE 777 00:31:54,445 --> 00:31:55,313 ENTIRE THREE YEARS THAT I'VE 778 00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:57,882 BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN 779 00:31:57,882 --> 00:32:01,586 OVER 1400 OFFICERS. THE NUMBER 780 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:02,854 1258 THAT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO 781 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:04,689 AGAIN AND AGAIN THIS YEAR IS 782 00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:06,124 INTERMEDIATE GOAL. AND IT'S A 783 00:32:06,124 --> 00:32:07,692 GOAL TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM MOVING 784 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:12,597 FORWARD IN TERMS OF POLICE 785 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:16,034 HIRING. UNFORTUNATELY THE 1250 786 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:17,935 NUMBER IS NOT GOING TO HELP US. 787 00:32:17,935 --> 00:32:20,071 I'M SAD TO SAY IT WAS A ROUND 788 00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:22,373 DOWN FROM 1258 INSTEAD OF 1260. 789 00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:24,342 BUT IN TERMS OF BUDGET SPEAK, 790 00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:25,877 OUR NUMBERS UP TO NOW WAS 1184. 791 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:27,512 AND WE HAVE THESE NUMBERS 792 00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,714 BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUDGET AND HAVE 793 00:32:29,714 --> 00:32:32,016 ALL THAT MONEY SITTING OUT THERE 794 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:32,850 FOR 1400 OFFICERS PLUS, YOU 795 00:32:32,850 --> 00:32:33,985 KNOW, 1184 IS THE BUDGET NUMBER. 796 00:32:33,985 --> 00:32:35,586 AND IT MAKES SENSE FROM A BUDGET 797 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:38,423 NUMBER. BUT THE ISSUE NOW, IF 798 00:32:38,423 --> 00:32:41,092 YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS FROM 799 00:32:41,092 --> 00:32:44,128 THE ADMINISTRATION AS IT RELATES 800 00:32:44,128 --> 00:32:48,466 TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, IS 801 00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:49,901 PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT SEEMS 802 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:50,668 LIKE WE'VE GIVEN UP ON THE GOAL 803 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:53,738 OF REACHING 1400 PLUS, WHICH IS 804 00:32:53,738 --> 00:32:54,539 REALLY THE MINIMUM THAT WE NEED 805 00:32:54,539 --> 00:32:59,544 TO HAVE FOR OFFICERS. IN FACT, 806 00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:01,379 THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2028 IS 807 00:33:01,379 --> 00:33:04,382 A BUDGET THAT HAS ZERO NEW NET 808 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:05,883 HIRES. AND SHOULD WE, AS A 809 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:07,118 COUNCIL, INTERPRET THIS TO MEAN 810 00:33:07,118 --> 00:33:08,519 THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE NO 811 00:33:08,519 --> 00:33:11,489 LONGER WISHES TO GROW THE SIZE 812 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:14,359 OF THE DEPARTMENT LONG TERM, IT 813 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:15,693 TAKES A YEAR TO TRAIN THE POLICE 814 00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:17,895 OFFICER. I SAY GROW A COP. IT 815 00:33:17,895 --> 00:33:19,597 TAKES A YEAR. THE STATEMENT 816 00:33:19,597 --> 00:33:21,099 BUDGET IN 28 WILL SERIOUSLY SET 817 00:33:21,099 --> 00:33:22,667 US BACK IN TERMS OF REACHING OUR 818 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,970 GOAL OF 1400 POLICE OFFICERS. SO 819 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:27,538 MY QUESTION, WE COULD START WITH 820 00:33:27,538 --> 00:33:28,606 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS DOES THE 821 00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:31,642 MAYOR SHARE WITH THE GOAL OF 822 00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:33,444 GETTING TO OVER 1400 OFFICERS? 823 00:33:33,444 --> 00:33:34,078 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ARTICULATED 824 00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:35,913 BY POLICE CHIEF'S FORMER 825 00:33:35,913 --> 00:33:38,983 ADMINISTRATIONS. AND THIS 826 00:33:38,983 --> 00:33:40,651 COUNCIL. IF NOT, HOW MANY 827 00:33:40,651 --> 00:33:41,686 OFFICERS DOES THE MAYOR THINK WE 828 00:33:41,686 --> 00:33:50,728 NEED IN SEATTLE? 829 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:52,563 -- I'M GOING TO DEFER THAT 830 00:33:52,563 --> 00:33:54,265 QUESTION FOR FURTHER FOLLOW UP 831 00:33:54,265 --> 00:33:55,466 FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORS. 832 00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:56,701 BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT 833 00:33:56,701 --> 00:34:00,004 WHILE THAT WAS A GOAL, IT WAS 834 00:34:00,004 --> 00:34:00,538 NOT GROUNDED IN FINANCIAL 835 00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:03,207 REALITY. SO IF THAT IS THE GOAL, 836 00:34:03,207 --> 00:34:05,343 THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRATEGY FOR 837 00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:07,745 HOW TO PAY FOR THOSE OFFICERS. 838 00:34:07,745 --> 00:34:09,647 AND WHAT THIS BUDGET DOES IS 839 00:34:09,647 --> 00:34:11,816 REFLECT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE 840 00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:16,454 NOW TO FUND TO 1250 OFFICERS. 841 00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:17,488 -- MY GOAL IS TO CREATE A SAFE 842 00:34:17,488 --> 00:34:20,158 BASE IN OUR CITY. MY GOAL IS TO 843 00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:21,626 CREATE A SAFER SEATTLE. YOU 844 00:34:21,626 --> 00:34:23,127 KNOW, THE MAYOR COMES OUT WITH A 845 00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:24,929 GUN VIOLENCE PLAN. THAT WAS 846 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:25,696 REALLY INTERESTING. THERE'S ONE 847 00:34:25,696 --> 00:34:26,597 AREA THAT WAS GREAT OF INTEREST 848 00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:27,665 TO ME, AND CHIEF BARDEN JUST 849 00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:28,666 LEFT, AND IT'S RELATED TO HER 850 00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:31,269 AND HER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 851 00:34:31,269 --> 00:34:32,270 COMMUNITY SAFETY FOLKS AS IT 852 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:33,771 RELATES TO GUN VIOLENCE. 853 00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:37,308 BUILDING ON WHAT SHE'S NOW DOING 854 00:34:37,308 --> 00:34:37,909 WITH DIVERSION. BUT WHEN THE 855 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:41,612 MAYOR COMES OUT WITH A GUN 856 00:34:41,612 --> 00:34:42,113 VIOLENCE PLAN THAT SAYS 857 00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:42,847 DIFFERENT PIECES, OH, WE'RE 858 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:43,748 GOING TO HIRE MORE. WE'RE GOING 859 00:34:43,748 --> 00:34:45,583 TO HAVE MORE BIKE COPS. YOU 860 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:48,085 CANNOT HAVE MORE BIKE COPS FOR 861 00:34:48,085 --> 00:34:49,187 GUN VIOLENCE. YOU CAN'T HAVE 862 00:34:49,187 --> 00:34:51,522 MORE BIKE COPS FOR BELLTOWN IN 863 00:34:51,522 --> 00:34:53,257 LITTLE SAIGON UNLESS YOU GROW 864 00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:56,160 THE OVERALL NUMBER. SO WE CANNOT 865 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,094 HAVE THIS ONE PIECE WHERE, OH, 866 00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:58,262 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRUST ME, 867 00:34:58,262 --> 00:34:59,263 HOW MANY GROUPS, HOW MANY 868 00:34:59,263 --> 00:35:00,198 MEETINGS HAVE I HAD? OH, WE'RE 869 00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:01,399 GOING TO HAVE MORE BIKE COPS IN 870 00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:03,468 BELLTOWN. THE DEAL WITH THE DRUG 871 00:35:03,468 --> 00:35:04,469 MARKET. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 872 00:35:04,469 --> 00:35:05,736 MORE BIKE COPS IN LITTLE SAIGON, 873 00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:07,438 90 DAYS. WE'RE GOING TO PRESS 874 00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:08,573 FORWARD. I CAN GO THROUGH AN 875 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:09,373 ENTIRE CITY. I CAN GO DOWN THIS 876 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:10,641 ROAD AND TALK ABOUT EVERY PART 877 00:35:10,641 --> 00:35:13,778 OF THE CITY WHERE PROMISES WERE 878 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:14,345 MADE TO NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH 879 00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:16,781 SEATTLE, NORTH AURORA, OH, WE'RE 880 00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,516 GOING TO HAVE MORE BIKE COPS. IT 881 00:35:18,516 --> 00:35:20,451 BECOMES AN EMPTY PROMISE IF WE 882 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:22,854 DON'T DO THE WORK ON THE BUDGET 883 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:23,488 SIDE AND MAKE THOSE HARD 884 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:25,056 DECISIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 885 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:26,023 YESTERDAY, IF WE DON'T MAKE 886 00:35:26,023 --> 00:35:27,291 THOSE HARD DECISIONS AS IT 887 00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:28,759 RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, 888 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:30,661 EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS APART. YOU 889 00:35:30,661 --> 00:35:32,497 KNOW, IN TERMS OF OPCD, THE 890 00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:33,564 GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE LOOKING 891 00:35:33,564 --> 00:35:35,666 TO DO, THAT'S NOT GOING TO 892 00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:37,001 HAPPEN IN TERMS IF WE DON'T HAVE 893 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:37,969 THE PUBLIC SAFETY, IF WE DO NOT 894 00:35:37,969 --> 00:35:42,673 HAVE A SAFE BASE IN THE CITY, IT 895 00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:43,908 DOES NOT HAPPEN. SO THIS COMES 896 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:45,510 THIS IS A BUDGET MEETING, BUT IT 897 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,111 ALSO HAS TO BE ROOTED IN THE 898 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:48,946 REALITIES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING 899 00:35:48,946 --> 00:35:51,349 ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT OUR 900 00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:51,716 CITY. DIRECTOR. 901 00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:52,917 -- COULD AYE. YEAH, I WOULD, YOU 902 00:35:52,917 --> 00:35:54,685 KNOW, I WILL JUST SAY AGAIN, THE 903 00:35:54,685 --> 00:35:56,687 THE PROPOSED BUDGET FUNDS, 1250 904 00:35:56,687 --> 00:35:58,923 SWORN OFFICERS. I HEAR YOU THAT 905 00:35:58,923 --> 00:35:59,590 YOU DON'T THINK THAT IS THE 906 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:01,659 RIGHT NUMBER, BUT IT'S LEAVING 907 00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:03,327 GROWTH OPEN ENDED. IT ENDS SOME 908 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:04,762 OF THE FUNDING, BUT IT ALSO THE 909 00:36:04,762 --> 00:36:06,797 BUDGET KEEPS MORE THAN $100 910 00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:09,300 MILLION A YEAR OF INVESTMENTS IN 911 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:09,934 OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS 912 00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:12,470 OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL POLICING. 913 00:36:12,470 --> 00:36:14,672 SO IF THERE IS A DIFFERENT 914 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:16,374 CHOICE, YOU NEED TO REDUCE 915 00:36:16,374 --> 00:36:18,976 SPENDING IN OTHER PLACES TO 916 00:36:18,976 --> 00:36:20,912 CONTINUE TO GROW BEYOND THAT 917 00:36:20,912 --> 00:36:21,145 NUMBER. 918 00:36:21,145 --> 00:36:22,880 -- WELL, YES, THERE'S CHOICES. 919 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:23,581 AND OBVIOUSLY THE MAYOR AND THE 920 00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:25,883 TEAM HAS MADE A CHOICE TO GO 921 00:36:25,883 --> 00:36:28,653 LOW. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE GOAL 922 00:36:28,653 --> 00:36:30,521 THIS NEW 1184 NUMBER, THE BUDGET 923 00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:32,256 GOAL, NOT A GOAL LIKE IN TERMS 924 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:33,824 OF GROWING THE NUMBERS, BUT A 925 00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:36,193 BUDGET GOAL OF 1250, BASICALLY 926 00:36:36,193 --> 00:36:42,400 IN 27 LEAVES US WITH ABOUT 1088 927 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,135 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS. THAT'S 928 00:36:44,135 --> 00:36:46,137 IT. AND IN 28 IT'S 1151. WE'LL 929 00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:47,772 ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, 930 00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:49,674 IN THE PIPELINE OFFICERS AND 931 00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:51,475 FIELD TRAINING RECRUITS AT THE 932 00:36:51,475 --> 00:36:52,243 ACADEMY. THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS 933 00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:53,277 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR 934 00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:56,314 OUR CITY AND THAT'S GOING TO 935 00:36:56,314 --> 00:36:59,350 MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THE GROUND 936 00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:02,219 IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT AND 937 00:37:02,219 --> 00:37:03,354 RETENTION TO, YOU KNOW, I LOOK 938 00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:04,855 AT THESE NUMBERS, I SUPPORT 939 00:37:04,855 --> 00:37:06,023 CHANGING UP WHAT WE'RE DOING IN 940 00:37:06,023 --> 00:37:08,092 RECRUITMENT. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE IN 941 00:37:08,092 --> 00:37:10,127 A CHANGE PLACE. WE NEED TO DO 942 00:37:10,127 --> 00:37:11,963 THINGS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 943 00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:13,064 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE 944 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:16,601 DONE TO OUR MOMENTUM. LIKE THE 945 00:37:16,601 --> 00:37:18,235 INCENTIVES PIECE, YES, WE SHOULD 946 00:37:18,235 --> 00:37:20,404 ADJUST IT, BUT LATERAL 947 00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:21,906 TRANSFERS, IF WE GET LATERAL 948 00:37:21,906 --> 00:37:24,008 TRANSFERS, ISN'T THAT A NET 949 00:37:24,008 --> 00:37:25,743 POSITIVE FOR US? CHIEF SALES, IF 950 00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:28,145 WE BRING IN LATERAL TRANSFERS 951 00:37:28,145 --> 00:37:29,146 USING AN INCENTIVE FOR THOSE NOT 952 00:37:29,146 --> 00:37:30,514 THE NEW HIRES, NOT SOMEBODY FROM 953 00:37:30,514 --> 00:37:32,383 THE STREET, BUT FROM ANOTHER 954 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:33,317 JURISDICTION WITH WASHINGTON 955 00:37:33,317 --> 00:37:34,952 STATE, DOES THAT MAKE A 956 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:36,020 DIFFERENCE, CHIEF? 957 00:37:36,020 --> 00:37:37,154 -- SO I'M GOING TO JUMP IN AND 958 00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:38,255 FACILITATE A LITTLE BIT MORE 959 00:37:38,255 --> 00:37:39,357 THAN I DID YESTERDAY. SO I'M 960 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,825 GOING TO BE DOING THE BACK AND 961 00:37:40,825 --> 00:37:41,459 FORTH CHIEF OR ANYONE ELSE FROM 962 00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:42,360 THE COMMITTEE TABLE. FEEL FREE 963 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,928 TO ANSWER THE COUNCILMEMBERS 964 00:37:43,928 --> 00:37:46,430 QUESTION. 965 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:48,633 -- YES, I BELIEVE LOOKING AT A 966 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:51,535 WAY TO PROVIDE THE INCENTIVE FOR 967 00:37:51,535 --> 00:37:52,436 LATERAL HIRES, SPECIFICALLY HERE 968 00:37:52,436 --> 00:37:54,905 IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WOULD 969 00:37:54,905 --> 00:37:58,175 BE IDEAL. WE TYPICALLY GET 970 00:37:58,175 --> 00:37:59,677 ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 971 00:37:59,677 --> 00:38:01,612 LATERAL HIRES A YEAR. THAT WOULD 972 00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:03,314 GIVE US POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE 973 00:38:03,314 --> 00:38:07,051 READY, THAT HAVE DONE THE JOB, 974 00:38:07,051 --> 00:38:08,786 THAT HAVE LEFT POLICE AGENCIES, 975 00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:10,288 HOPEFULLY, WITH GOOD STANDING, 976 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:11,422 AND WE WOULDN'T LOWER ANY 977 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:12,456 STANDARDS TO HIRE A PERSON THAT 978 00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:13,024 LEFT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 979 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:14,458 BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING FOR 980 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,394 SOMETHING. BUT WE WOULD GET 981 00:38:16,394 --> 00:38:17,528 GOOD, QUALIFIED OFFICERS FROM 982 00:38:17,528 --> 00:38:18,963 THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THAT ARE 983 00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:19,597 COMMISSIONED HERE IN THE STATE 984 00:38:19,597 --> 00:38:22,133 OF WASHINGTON, THAT ARE READILY 985 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,435 ABLE TO GO ON THE STREET AFTER A 986 00:38:24,435 --> 00:38:25,603 REDUCED FIELD TRAINING PERIOD 987 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:26,937 HERE WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE 988 00:38:26,937 --> 00:38:27,238 DEPARTMENT. 989 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:28,205 -- THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FROM 990 00:38:28,205 --> 00:38:29,740 THE COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS 991 00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:30,374 TIME? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU 992 00:38:30,374 --> 00:38:30,941 STILL HAVE THE FLOOR? 993 00:38:30,941 --> 00:38:33,377 -- THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, IN TERMS 994 00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:34,045 OF RECRUITMENT RETENTION, I JUST 995 00:38:34,045 --> 00:38:35,846 WANT TO NOTE, WE ESSENTIALLY HAD 996 00:38:35,846 --> 00:38:36,814 A WHISTLEBLOWER PIECE. I 997 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:37,882 RECOGNIZE THERE'S STILL PIECES 998 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:38,916 GOING ON IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT 999 00:38:38,916 --> 00:38:41,419 AND SO FORTH. BUT THEN THERE'S 1000 00:38:41,419 --> 00:38:42,086 ALSO SOME INDICATIONS THAT WE'RE 1001 00:38:42,086 --> 00:38:43,988 NOT DOING WHAT WE COULD IN 1002 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:45,556 CERTAIN AREAS. AND THIS GOES TO 1003 00:38:45,556 --> 00:38:47,058 MOMENTUM. THIS GOES TO WHAT 1004 00:38:47,058 --> 00:38:48,993 MESSAGE WE'RE SENDING. AND AS 1005 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:50,294 THE AS PEOPLE SAY, NOW, WHAT'S 1006 00:38:50,294 --> 00:38:53,030 THE VIBES? AND THAT THAT IS OF 1007 00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:55,099 CONCERN TO ME. SHIFTING OVER 1008 00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:57,234 JUST TWO MORE POINTS, CHAIR 1009 00:38:57,234 --> 00:39:01,539 SHIFTING OVER TO PARKING 1010 00:39:01,539 --> 00:39:03,040 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. WHY ARE WE 1011 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,342 ABROGATING PEOS? WHY ARE WE 1012 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:07,044 LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, DROP THIS 1013 00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:09,246 NUMBER WHEN WE BARGAINED WITH 1014 00:39:09,246 --> 00:39:10,715 SPVGG TO GET MORE FLEXIBILITY OF 1015 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:12,483 USING PEOS PARKING ENFORCEMENT 1016 00:39:12,483 --> 00:39:13,351 OFFICERS FOR THOSE IN THE 1017 00:39:13,351 --> 00:39:15,820 CHAMBER AND OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, 1018 00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:17,321 TO DO THAT, LIKE WHY ARE WE 1019 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:20,024 MAKING DECISIONS RELATED TO 1020 00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:20,224 PEOS. 1021 00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:24,562 -- DIRECTOR OR CHIEF SALES? 1022 00:39:24,562 --> 00:39:27,331 -- THIS IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES 1023 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:29,433 OF AREAS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN 1024 00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:31,335 PROPOSED EXPANSIONS OF LABOR 1025 00:39:31,335 --> 00:39:33,037 COSTS THAT ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE 1026 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:34,438 WITHIN OUR EXISTING RESOURCES. 1027 00:39:34,438 --> 00:39:35,639 IT WON'T IMPACT OUR REVENUE 1028 00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:37,608 PROJECTIONS OF WHAT THE PARKING 1029 00:39:37,608 --> 00:39:38,909 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL BRING 1030 00:39:38,909 --> 00:39:42,446 IN. AND SO THIS IS A ONE OF THE 1031 00:39:42,446 --> 00:39:44,648 STRATEGIES USED TO ADDRESS THE 1032 00:39:44,648 --> 00:39:45,015 BUDGET DEFICIT. 1033 00:39:45,015 --> 00:39:47,451 -- THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER, 1034 00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:47,818 DIRECTOR ETTER? 1035 00:39:47,818 --> 00:39:50,955 -- YEAH, WE HAVE CANDIDLY HAD 1036 00:39:50,955 --> 00:39:52,389 TROUBLE FILLING THESE POSITIONS. 1037 00:39:52,389 --> 00:39:56,694 THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDED FOR I 1038 00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:58,462 DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT MORE 1039 00:39:58,462 --> 00:40:00,765 THAN TWO YEARS. AND WE HAVE NOT 1040 00:40:00,765 --> 00:40:04,001 BEEN ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS 1041 00:40:04,001 --> 00:40:06,237 HIRING THE THE POSITIONS WE 1042 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:08,372 CURRENTLY HAVE 17 VACANCIES. 1043 00:40:08,372 --> 00:40:10,641 THAT'S IT'S HOVERED AROUND 1044 00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:12,409 THAT LEVEL FOR MANY MONTHS, IF 1045 00:40:12,409 --> 00:40:16,881 NOT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS. 1046 00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:20,084 WE DO EXPECT THAT WITH SOME 1047 00:40:20,084 --> 00:40:21,585 CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN THE 1048 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:24,155 LABOR CONTRACT THAT CAME THROUGH 1049 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:28,058 AND WAS APPROVED, I THINK LAST 1050 00:40:28,058 --> 00:40:28,692 WEEK THROUGH THE FULL COUNCIL, 1051 00:40:28,692 --> 00:40:31,295 THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL 1052 00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:32,663 ADDITIONAL PAY, WE MAY BE ABLE 1053 00:40:32,663 --> 00:40:36,434 TO ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE AND AND 1054 00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:40,171 RETAIN THE ONES WHO ARE THERE. 1055 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,540 WE EXPECT TO FILL SEVEN 1056 00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:46,277 POSITIONS BY. I THINK IT'S BY 1057 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,445 THE MIDDLE OF 2027. THERE ARE, 1058 00:40:48,445 --> 00:40:51,816 HOWEVER, NINE POSITIONS THAT WE 1059 00:40:51,816 --> 00:40:53,984 WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND WITH THE 1060 00:40:53,984 --> 00:40:55,986 CURRENT RESOURCES. 1061 00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:58,389 -- ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE 1062 00:40:58,389 --> 00:40:59,023 COMMITTEE? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 1063 00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:00,891 YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 1064 00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:01,926 -- SO ON THIS POINT, I 1065 00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:03,127 RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THE ISSUE 1066 00:41:03,127 --> 00:41:04,295 HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST 1067 00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:05,830 PASSED THE LABOR AGREEMENT. I 1068 00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:07,398 KNOW THERE'S BEEN CHALLENGES 1069 00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:09,567 THERE, CHIEF SALES, YOU'RE MY 1070 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:11,669 FOURTH CHIEF. AND TO BE BLUNT, 1071 00:41:11,669 --> 00:41:13,471 WORKING THE ISSUES RELATED TO 1072 00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:15,039 PARKING ENFORCEMENT, IT COMES 1073 00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:17,007 DOWN TO LEADERSHIP. AND I 1074 00:41:17,007 --> 00:41:18,943 RECOGNIZE IT'S LOWER AND LEVEL. 1075 00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:20,845 BUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE 1076 00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:22,313 EMPHASIS, THE LEADERSHIP, YOU 1077 00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:23,848 KNOW, SHOWING SOME LOVE TO THE 1078 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:26,750 UNIT TO BE FRANK, HASN'T BEEN 1079 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,619 THERE OVER THE THREE PREVIOUS 1080 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:29,753 CHIEFS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A 1081 00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:31,255 CHALLENGE. THAT'S JUST THE 1082 00:41:31,255 --> 00:41:33,724 BOTTOM LINE FACT IN TERMS OF 1083 00:41:33,724 --> 00:41:34,825 IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS 1084 00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:36,060 NOT GOTTEN THE ATTENTION THAT IT 1085 00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:37,094 NEEDS FROM A LEADERSHIP 1086 00:41:37,094 --> 00:41:38,062 PERSPECTIVE. I'M JUST SAYING 1087 00:41:38,062 --> 00:41:39,230 THIS OUT LOUD SO YOU CAN LOOK AT 1088 00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:41,432 IT AND MAYBE MAKE SOME 1089 00:41:41,432 --> 00:41:43,234 ADJUSTMENTS THERE. CHAIR, MY 1090 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,102 LAST QUESTION RELATES TO THE 1091 00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:48,372 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 1092 00:41:48,372 --> 00:41:50,040 COLLEAGUES AND FOR THE PEOPLE AT 1093 00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:52,543 THE TABLE AND EVERYONE HERE, WE 1094 00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:55,279 WORK THROUGH SO MANY BILLS 1095 00:41:55,279 --> 00:41:57,381 RELATED TO OUR TECH PROGRAM AND 1096 00:41:57,381 --> 00:41:59,216 TO INCLUDE THE REAL TIME CRIME 1097 00:41:59,216 --> 00:42:00,784 CENTER. WE WALKED THROUGH ALL 1098 00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:02,086 THE PIECES WE BUILT IN, ALL THE 1099 00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:03,988 PROTOCOLS WE BUILT IN THE 1100 00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:05,189 COMPUTER AUDITS, AND ALL THESE 1101 00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:05,856 DIFFERENT PIECES THAT GO TO THE 1102 00:42:05,856 --> 00:42:09,894 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, THE REAL 1103 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:12,062 TIME CRIME CENTER HELPS OFFICERS 1104 00:42:12,062 --> 00:42:15,432 BE BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT, MORE 1105 00:42:15,432 --> 00:42:16,534 EFFECTIVE TO REALLY GET MORE OUT 1106 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:17,601 OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING DAY TO 1107 00:42:17,601 --> 00:42:19,470 DAY, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE IN 1108 00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:23,107 THIS UNDERSTAFFED SENSE. AND TO 1109 00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:24,842 BE BLUNT, PEOPLE WONDER WHY WE 1110 00:42:24,842 --> 00:42:26,310 STILL HAVE THE ISSUES IN OUR 1111 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,611 CHRONIC PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. 1112 00:42:27,611 --> 00:42:28,913 BECAUSE I'VE SAID THIS IN 1113 00:42:28,913 --> 00:42:29,847 COMMITTEE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 1114 00:42:29,847 --> 00:42:31,315 COMMITTEE, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE A 1115 00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:32,816 CITY OF TWO MINDS. WE CAN'T MAKE 1116 00:42:32,816 --> 00:42:34,818 A DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD. WE 1117 00:42:34,818 --> 00:42:37,454 MADE A DECISION ON THE REAL TIME 1118 00:42:37,454 --> 00:42:39,490 CRIME CENTER 2026. THE LAW SAYS 1119 00:42:39,490 --> 00:42:40,958 THOSE NINE POSITIONS SHOULD HAVE 1120 00:42:40,958 --> 00:42:42,293 BEEN FILLED, AND THEY WEREN'T. 1121 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:43,694 AND THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME 1122 00:42:43,694 --> 00:42:45,362 PREROGATIVES GIVEN TO THE 1123 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:46,597 EXECUTIVE, BUT THAT WAS A 1124 00:42:46,597 --> 00:42:48,565 MISTAKE BECAUSE THE REAL TIME 1125 00:42:48,565 --> 00:42:51,602 CRIME CENTER MAKES A DIFFERENCE. 1126 00:42:51,602 --> 00:42:56,340 AND BEING 24/7 MAKES A 1127 00:42:56,340 --> 00:42:58,075 DIFFERENCE. THE REAL TIME CRIME 1128 00:42:58,075 --> 00:42:59,777 CENTER FROM A CIVILIAN LAW 1129 00:42:59,777 --> 00:43:00,344 ENFORCEMENT VIEW IS REALLY 1130 00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:01,145 NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I 1131 00:43:01,145 --> 00:43:03,147 DID IN MY CAREER. YOU KNOW, 92 1132 00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:03,847 WHEN I DEPLOYED ON THE CARRIER 1133 00:43:03,847 --> 00:43:07,351 OF BOSNIA AND YUGOSLAVIA AND THE 1134 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:08,852 WATCH THAT I STOOD ON, OR THE 1135 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:10,487 WATCH THAT I OVERSAW AS THE HEAD 1136 00:43:10,487 --> 00:43:12,256 OF THE INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT 1137 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:12,890 ON A CARRIER STENNIS. WHEN WE 1138 00:43:12,890 --> 00:43:14,124 DEPLOYED IN 2011 OUT OF 1139 00:43:14,124 --> 00:43:15,659 BREMERTON IN SUPPORT OF IRAQ AND 1140 00:43:15,659 --> 00:43:16,694 AFGHANISTAN. AND I HAD THREE 1141 00:43:16,694 --> 00:43:18,963 OTHER WATCH INSTANCES IN 1142 00:43:18,963 --> 00:43:20,297 BETWEEN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE 1143 00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:22,333 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. IT'S 1144 00:43:22,333 --> 00:43:24,535 ABOUT HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF 1145 00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:26,470 WHAT THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 1146 00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:27,438 BRINGS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 1147 00:43:27,438 --> 00:43:29,373 AND TO BE FRANK, THE SEVENTH 1148 00:43:29,373 --> 00:43:30,908 FLOOR DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT 1149 00:43:30,908 --> 00:43:31,942 THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER 1150 00:43:31,942 --> 00:43:33,777 BRINGS TO THE POLICE FORCE. THEY 1151 00:43:33,777 --> 00:43:35,913 DON'T HAVE THAT INTRINSIC 1152 00:43:35,913 --> 00:43:37,715 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS. 1153 00:43:37,715 --> 00:43:39,450 AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A LOST 1154 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:42,419 OPPORTUNITY. AND AND TO DO THIS 1155 00:43:42,419 --> 00:43:44,288 PIECE HERE WITH THE REAL TIME 1156 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:46,156 CRIME CENTER ON THE FTES IS A, 1157 00:43:46,156 --> 00:43:50,027 AGAIN, A, A AN UNFORTUNATE 1158 00:43:50,027 --> 00:43:51,662 DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY THE 1159 00:43:51,662 --> 00:43:53,197 ADMINISTRATION. AND IT MAKES A 1160 00:43:53,197 --> 00:43:55,132 DIFFERENCE. SO AGAIN, IF WE KEEP 1161 00:43:55,132 --> 00:43:56,567 WONDERING WHY WE HAVE THESE 1162 00:43:56,567 --> 00:43:57,201 CHRONIC PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES ON 1163 00:43:57,201 --> 00:43:58,502 OUR STREETS IS BECAUSE WE DON'T 1164 00:43:58,502 --> 00:44:00,204 HAVE THE FOLLOW THROUGH LAWS ARE 1165 00:44:00,204 --> 00:44:02,239 NOT IMPLEMENTED TO INCLUDE 1166 00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:03,707 BUDGET LAWS. AND THAT MAKES A 1167 00:44:03,707 --> 00:44:07,011 BIG DIFFERENCE. AND CHAIR, JUST 1168 00:44:07,011 --> 00:44:09,346 TO JUST TO CLOSE ON THIS, YOU 1169 00:44:09,346 --> 00:44:10,881 KNOW, I MENTIONED ABOUT BEING 1170 00:44:10,881 --> 00:44:13,951 INFLECTION POINTS, YOU KNOW, BY 1171 00:44:13,951 --> 00:44:14,551 THE SEATTLE BEING INFLECTION 1172 00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:17,087 POINT, YOU KNOW, THE REMOVAL, 1173 00:44:17,087 --> 00:44:18,355 THE OF CHIEF BARNES AS CHIEF OF 1174 00:44:18,355 --> 00:44:19,723 POLICE BEING AN INFLECTION 1175 00:44:19,723 --> 00:44:21,091 POINT. AND THE BUDGET IS THE 1176 00:44:21,091 --> 00:44:23,594 BIGGEST INFLECTION POINT. AND 1177 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:25,496 EACH TIME THERE WAS A BIT OF A 1178 00:44:25,496 --> 00:44:26,497 ROSY STORY BY THE SEATTLE. OH, 1179 00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:28,732 NO, NO, IT WAS OVER HERE. OH NO, 1180 00:44:28,732 --> 00:44:31,168 IT WAS A RESIGNATION. ACTUALLY, 1181 00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:33,237 IT WAS REMOVAL FORCED. AND, YOU 1182 00:44:33,237 --> 00:44:35,773 KNOW, ON TUESDAY, THE 1183 00:44:35,773 --> 00:44:37,141 PRESENTATION AT THE LIBRARY WAS 1184 00:44:37,141 --> 00:44:40,878 VERY POSITIVE. OH, WE'RE ADDING 1185 00:44:40,878 --> 00:44:42,980 POLICE OFFICERS. BUT THIS 1186 00:44:42,980 --> 00:44:43,580 INFLECTION POINT, THIS PIECE 1187 00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:50,988 RIGHT HERE SHOWS AGAIN THAT NOT 1188 00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:53,457 SO. AND SPD IS KEY IN THIS. IT 1189 00:44:53,457 --> 00:44:55,192 ALSO COMES UP, AS WE'LL SEE IN 1190 00:44:55,192 --> 00:44:56,860 FIRE TO. THANK YOU CHAIR. 1191 00:44:56,860 --> 00:44:58,495 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1192 00:44:58,495 --> 00:45:00,864 KETTLE COMMITTEE TABLE. ANYTHING 1193 00:45:00,864 --> 00:45:01,598 THERE. NOPE. WE'RE GOING TO GO 1194 00:45:01,598 --> 00:45:04,601 ON TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1195 00:45:04,601 --> 00:45:06,637 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YOU HAVE 1196 00:45:06,637 --> 00:45:06,937 THE FLOOR. 1197 00:45:06,937 --> 00:45:07,838 -- THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS. I 1198 00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:09,573 WANT TO BEGIN WITH JUST A 1199 00:45:09,573 --> 00:45:10,574 STATEMENT OF FACT THAT THE 1200 00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:13,143 MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET 1201 00:45:13,143 --> 00:45:15,479 INCLUDES RECORD SPENDING FOR 1202 00:45:15,479 --> 00:45:20,584 SPD, WITH A PROPOSED BUDGET OF 1203 00:45:20,584 --> 00:45:21,985 OVER HALF A BILLION 557 MILLION 1204 00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:24,288 TO BE EXACT, AND THE PERVASIVE 1205 00:45:24,288 --> 00:45:26,290 ISSUES THAT ARE WITHIN THE 1206 00:45:26,290 --> 00:45:27,391 POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WILL JUST 1207 00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:28,726 SAY I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS 1208 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:30,527 FOR TODAY, AND I THANK YOU IN 1209 00:45:30,527 --> 00:45:31,495 ADVANCE FOR THE ANSWERS YOU'LL 1210 00:45:31,495 --> 00:45:33,464 BE PROVIDING. AND TO KICK US 1211 00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:36,200 OFF, I WANT TO START WITH THE 1212 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:37,935 TRAINING BUDGET. AND SO COULD 1213 00:45:37,935 --> 00:45:39,837 YOU PLEASE WALK THROUGH THE 1214 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:42,806 TRAININGS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR 1215 00:45:42,806 --> 00:45:45,142 2027 WITH THESE FUNDS? I WANT TO 1216 00:45:45,142 --> 00:45:46,710 SPECIFICALLY UNDERSTAND, I KNOW 1217 00:45:46,710 --> 00:45:48,712 ABOUT EMPHASIS TRAININGS ON USE 1218 00:45:48,712 --> 00:45:50,881 OF FORCE, LESS LETHAL TOOLS, 1219 00:45:50,881 --> 00:45:52,449 CRISIS INTERVENTIONS, AND CROWD 1220 00:45:52,449 --> 00:45:56,053 MANAGEMENT 1221 00:45:56,053 --> 00:45:56,653 -- COMMITTEE TABLE CLOSURES. 1222 00:45:56,653 --> 00:45:58,388 -- SO THE TRAINING BUDGET AND 1223 00:45:58,388 --> 00:46:00,224 THE TRAININGS THAT WE PROVIDE 1224 00:46:00,224 --> 00:46:02,259 OUR OFFICERS WITH YEARLY ARE 1225 00:46:02,259 --> 00:46:03,494 STATE MANDATED TRAININGS. SO 1226 00:46:03,494 --> 00:46:05,229 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE OUR 1227 00:46:05,229 --> 00:46:07,030 QUALIFICATION OF FIREARMS, 1228 00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:10,300 MAKING SURE OUR OFFICERS ARE 1229 00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:12,035 CULTURALLY UNDERSTANDING OF THE 1230 00:46:12,035 --> 00:46:13,837 CITY THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK IN. 1231 00:46:13,837 --> 00:46:15,372 WE HAVE THOSE TRAININGS, 1232 00:46:15,372 --> 00:46:16,673 THERE'S TRAININGS THAT OFFICERS 1233 00:46:16,673 --> 00:46:19,343 GET SENT TO, LIKE OUR ICAT 1234 00:46:19,343 --> 00:46:19,843 INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST 1235 00:46:19,843 --> 00:46:20,511 CHILDREN, THOSE TRAININGS THAT 1236 00:46:20,511 --> 00:46:23,046 THEY GO TO ON A YEARLY BASIS. 1237 00:46:23,046 --> 00:46:24,982 OUR SWAT TEAM NEEDS TO BE 1238 00:46:24,982 --> 00:46:26,016 RECERTIFIED, AND THE TECHNIQUES 1239 00:46:26,016 --> 00:46:27,151 AND THE TOOLS THAT THEY USE ON A 1240 00:46:27,151 --> 00:46:30,187 YEARLY BASIS, GOING THROUGH WITH 1241 00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:32,723 OUR OFFICERS, WE HAVE GAS MASK 1242 00:46:32,723 --> 00:46:33,357 TRAINING THAT'S GOING TO BE 1243 00:46:33,357 --> 00:46:34,291 COMING UP THAT WE'RE GOING TO 1244 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:36,860 HAVE TO USE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF 1245 00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:37,961 TRAININGS THAT PROVIDE IN THERE. 1246 00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:39,763 THERE'S A LOT OF TRAININGS THAT 1247 00:46:39,763 --> 00:46:40,397 OFFICERS GO THROUGHOUT THE STATE 1248 00:46:40,397 --> 00:46:41,198 AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY 1249 00:46:41,198 --> 00:46:42,633 THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. WE 1250 00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:45,068 DO HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP FOR THAT 1251 00:46:45,068 --> 00:46:46,637 WHERE OUR 1.5 SYSTEM THAT WE DO 1252 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,205 LOOK THROUGH WITH A LOT OF THAT. 1253 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:50,073 SO THERE'S A LOT OF TRAININGS 1254 00:46:50,073 --> 00:46:50,908 THAT WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO GO 1255 00:46:50,908 --> 00:46:55,245 THROUGH YEARLY TO TRAIN THE 929 1256 00:46:55,245 --> 00:46:57,080 DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE 1257 00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,016 CURRENTLY, AND HOPEFULLY MOVING 1258 00:46:59,016 --> 00:47:01,552 FORWARD MORE WITH THAT. DOES 1259 00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:01,952 THAT ANSWER THAT? 1260 00:47:01,952 --> 00:47:03,420 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1261 00:47:03,420 --> 00:47:04,988 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS A 1262 00:47:04,988 --> 00:47:05,589 QUICK FOLLOW UP JUST TO THIS 1263 00:47:05,589 --> 00:47:08,458 POINT, THANK YOU FOR UNPACKING 1264 00:47:08,458 --> 00:47:11,595 THAT PIECE ON SLIDE SIX. IN THE 1265 00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:12,996 INFORMATION RELATED TO OVERTIME, 1266 00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:15,465 I'M SEEING HERE THAT THERE'S A 1267 00:47:15,465 --> 00:47:16,667 CHUNK OF OVERTIME SPENDING THAT 1268 00:47:16,667 --> 00:47:19,836 GOES TOWARDS TRAINING. CAN YOU 1269 00:47:19,836 --> 00:47:22,072 JUST UNPACK ARE ALL TRAININGS 1270 00:47:22,072 --> 00:47:22,706 CONDUCTED USING OVERTIME OR IS 1271 00:47:22,706 --> 00:47:25,709 THERE A PORTION THAT IS WHERE 1272 00:47:25,709 --> 00:47:26,276 TRAININGS ARE USED THROUGH 1273 00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:27,277 REGULAR STAFF TIME? 1274 00:47:27,277 --> 00:47:28,312 -- CHIEF. 1275 00:47:28,312 --> 00:47:30,180 -- IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE 1276 00:47:30,180 --> 00:47:31,548 OFFICER'S SCHEDULE. WITH SOME 1277 00:47:31,548 --> 00:47:32,716 OF THE TRAININGS THAT WE HAVE, 1278 00:47:32,716 --> 00:47:35,586 THEY DO RUN OVER. SO TAKE FOR 1279 00:47:35,586 --> 00:47:38,088 INSTANCE OUR FIELD TRAINING 1280 00:47:38,088 --> 00:47:39,423 PROGRAM. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 1281 00:47:39,423 --> 00:47:41,191 SOMEWHAT OF A BACKLOG IN OUR 1282 00:47:41,191 --> 00:47:42,392 POST. BAILEY. SO WE HAVE 1283 00:47:42,392 --> 00:47:43,894 OFFICERS THAT ARE, ARE TRAINERS 1284 00:47:43,894 --> 00:47:45,963 THAT ARE TRYING TO GET THE 1285 00:47:45,963 --> 00:47:47,030 STUDENT OFFICERS THROUGH THE 1286 00:47:47,030 --> 00:47:48,999 POST SO THEY CAN GO TO THE FTO 1287 00:47:48,999 --> 00:47:50,300 PROGRAM. SO TYPICALLY THEY WOULD 1288 00:47:50,300 --> 00:47:52,502 WORK ON MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 1289 00:47:52,502 --> 00:47:54,171 TEN HOUR SCHEDULE TO TRAIN AND 1290 00:47:54,171 --> 00:47:55,405 POST BALELA. BUT WITH THE 1291 00:47:55,405 --> 00:47:56,807 NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY 1292 00:47:56,807 --> 00:47:59,409 IN THE POST PROGRAM, WHICH I 1293 00:47:59,409 --> 00:48:01,745 THINK IS 61 RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO 1294 00:48:01,745 --> 00:48:03,146 GET THOSE OFFICERS READY FOR 1295 00:48:03,146 --> 00:48:07,851 FIELD TRAINING OFFICERS, IT IS 1296 00:48:07,851 --> 00:48:08,452 INCURRING OVERTIME ON LIKE A 1297 00:48:08,452 --> 00:48:09,052 FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. SO THOSE 1298 00:48:09,052 --> 00:48:09,686 OFFICERS THAT ARE TRAINERS ARE 1299 00:48:09,686 --> 00:48:11,088 COMING IN ON THEIR OFF DAYS TO 1300 00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:15,959 TRAIN. SO THAT'S CREATING SOME 1301 00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:16,326 OF THE OVERTIME 1302 00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:16,827 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1303 00:48:16,827 --> 00:48:18,729 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS. 1304 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:20,264 THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER. I'M 1305 00:48:20,264 --> 00:48:24,301 GOING TO KEEP US MOVING AND ALSO 1306 00:48:24,301 --> 00:48:26,470 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE IN THE 1307 00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:29,106 AFTERMATH OF A RECENT INCIDENT, 1308 00:48:29,106 --> 00:48:31,408 PARTICULARLY USE OF LETHAL FORCE 1309 00:48:31,408 --> 00:48:34,911 IN A CASE WHERE A WOMAN WAS SHOT 1310 00:48:34,911 --> 00:48:37,080 BY AN SPD OFFICER IN BEACON 1311 00:48:37,080 --> 00:48:39,383 HILL. THE BODY CAM FOOTAGE THAT 1312 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:41,151 WAS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT, 1313 00:48:41,151 --> 00:48:43,120 THERE WAS AN EXACT QUOTE FROM 1314 00:48:43,120 --> 00:48:45,389 THE OFFICER WHO WAS OUTSIDE THE 1315 00:48:45,389 --> 00:48:47,724 DOOR OF THE INCIDENT, ASKING, DO 1316 00:48:47,724 --> 00:48:49,826 WE HAVE LESS LETHAL OR TASER? 1317 00:48:49,826 --> 00:48:52,929 THE OFF SCREEN OFFICER ANSWERED, 1318 00:48:52,929 --> 00:48:55,966 YES, AND YET LETHAL FORCE WAS 1319 00:48:55,966 --> 00:48:57,367 USED. THERE'S A $4 MILLION 1320 00:48:57,367 --> 00:48:59,236 INCREASE IN THE SPECIAL 1321 00:48:59,236 --> 00:49:00,037 OPERATIONS BUCKET OF THE SPD 1322 00:49:00,037 --> 00:49:01,638 BUDGET, AND IT'S MY 1323 00:49:01,638 --> 00:49:03,040 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS THE 1324 00:49:03,040 --> 00:49:04,408 BUDGET THAT WOULD PROVIDE CROWD 1325 00:49:04,408 --> 00:49:06,143 CONTROL, SPECIAL EVENT AND 1326 00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:09,112 CRISIS SUPPORT FOR SPD. SO COULD 1327 00:49:09,112 --> 00:49:10,714 THE TABLE, WHOEVER IS MOST 1328 00:49:10,714 --> 00:49:12,883 APPROPRIATE AT THE TABLE, PLEASE 1329 00:49:12,883 --> 00:49:16,019 TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE 1330 00:49:16,019 --> 00:49:16,653 SUFFICIENT LESS LETHAL EQUIPMENT 1331 00:49:16,653 --> 00:49:18,055 FOR ALL CALL RESPONDERS, PATROL 1332 00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:20,190 AND SWAT. 1333 00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:21,224 -- CHIEF. 1334 00:49:21,224 --> 00:49:23,593 -- I DID CHECK THIS WEEK, WORKED 1335 00:49:23,593 --> 00:49:25,262 WITH DEPUTY CHIEF YVONNE 1336 00:49:25,262 --> 00:49:25,862 UNDERWOOD IN REGARDS TO THIS, 1337 00:49:25,862 --> 00:49:27,698 AND WE DO HAVE SUFFICIENT 1338 00:49:27,698 --> 00:49:30,100 EQUIPMENT FOR OUR OFFICERS. I 1339 00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:31,468 WOULD LIKE TO SAY MORE, BUT 1340 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:33,570 UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THIS CASE 1341 00:49:33,570 --> 00:49:35,539 BEING WITH THE KING COUNTY, I'M 1342 00:49:35,539 --> 00:49:36,540 LIMITED TO WHAT I CAN GO INTO 1343 00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:38,709 ANY FURTHER DETAILS IN REGARDS 1344 00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:40,978 TO THAT CASE. 1345 00:49:40,978 --> 00:49:42,512 -- THANK YOU. 1346 00:49:42,512 --> 00:49:43,714 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK THANK 1347 00:49:43,714 --> 00:49:45,115 YOU. UNDERSTANDING LIMITED 1348 00:49:45,115 --> 00:49:46,550 ABILITY TO SPEAK TO THIS 1349 00:49:46,550 --> 00:49:47,951 PARTICULAR CASE AT THIS TIME. 1350 00:49:47,951 --> 00:49:50,187 JUST A FOLLOW UP FOR THE PURPOSE 1351 00:49:50,187 --> 00:49:52,689 OF CLARIFICATION AND HAPPY TO 1352 00:49:52,689 --> 00:49:54,791 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION 1353 00:49:54,791 --> 00:49:55,392 OFFLINE. IF THIS INFORMATION 1354 00:49:55,392 --> 00:49:56,026 ISN'T AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 1355 00:49:56,026 --> 00:49:56,593 BUT I DO WANT TO GET THIS 1356 00:49:56,593 --> 00:49:59,229 QUESTION ON THE RECORD. IS SPD 1357 00:49:59,229 --> 00:50:01,198 ABLE TO SEND AND DEPLOY OFFICERS 1358 00:50:01,198 --> 00:50:02,265 AND ENSURE THAT EACH ONE OF THEM 1359 00:50:02,265 --> 00:50:04,501 IS EQUIPPED WITH A TASER AND TO 1360 00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:06,770 ENSURE ADEQUATE, LESS LETHAL 1361 00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:07,037 RESPONSE. 1362 00:50:07,037 --> 00:50:08,972 -- JUST TO GET AN ACCURATE 1363 00:50:08,972 --> 00:50:10,140 RESPONSE FOR YOU, I WOULD HAVE 1364 00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:11,742 TO ASK OUR TRAINERS AND THEN WE 1365 00:50:11,742 --> 00:50:14,845 CAN DO AN AUDIT TO ASSURE THAT 1366 00:50:14,845 --> 00:50:16,179 THE NUMBERS AND THE RESPONSE 1367 00:50:16,179 --> 00:50:17,214 I'M GIVING YOU IS ACCURATE. I 1368 00:50:17,214 --> 00:50:19,516 DON'T WANT TO GIVE 1369 00:50:19,516 --> 00:50:19,883 MISINFORMATION. 1370 00:50:19,883 --> 00:50:21,184 -- THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO 1371 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:24,421 THAT FOLLOW UP THIS COUNCIL HAS 1372 00:50:24,421 --> 00:50:26,690 HAD ROBUST DISCUSSION ON CROWD 1373 00:50:26,690 --> 00:50:29,426 MANAGEMENT TRAINING, AND I'M 1374 00:50:29,426 --> 00:50:30,727 SEEKING SOME CLARIFICATION ON 1375 00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:32,662 ONE POINT BECAUSE IN 2027, CROWD 1376 00:50:32,662 --> 00:50:34,431 MANAGEMENT TRAININGS WILL 1377 00:50:34,431 --> 00:50:36,566 CONSIST OF POLICY REVIEWS, SQUAD 1378 00:50:36,566 --> 00:50:38,602 FORMATIONS AND BATON USAGE. ARE 1379 00:50:38,602 --> 00:50:39,703 THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES AT ALL 1380 00:50:39,703 --> 00:50:41,038 FOR LIVE TRAININGS, ROLE PLAY, 1381 00:50:41,038 --> 00:50:42,272 AND TO ENSURE THAT SWORN STAFF 1382 00:50:42,272 --> 00:50:46,109 ARE UTILIZING ALL CMEK POLICIES? 1383 00:50:46,109 --> 00:50:48,378 -- YES, ACTUALLY, LEADING UP TO 1384 00:50:48,378 --> 00:50:50,080 FIFA THIS YEAR, WE DID DO SOME 1385 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:51,381 LIVE TRAINING, SO I'M NOT SURE 1386 00:50:51,381 --> 00:50:53,583 WHY THAT WASN'T PUT IN THERE. 1387 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:54,918 OUR OFFICERS DID DO SOME 1388 00:50:54,918 --> 00:50:56,286 TRAINING DOWN AT LUMEN FIELD IN 1389 00:50:56,286 --> 00:50:56,887 REGARDS TO CROWD CONTROL AND 1390 00:50:56,887 --> 00:50:59,623 CROWD MANAGEMENT. 1391 00:50:59,623 --> 00:51:00,490 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1392 00:51:00,490 --> 00:51:02,025 YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. AND 1393 00:51:02,025 --> 00:51:04,961 BUILDING ON THAT POINT, WHAT IS 1394 00:51:04,961 --> 00:51:06,530 SP DOING TO PARDON ME? WHAT IS 1395 00:51:06,530 --> 00:51:08,231 SPD DOING TO ENSURE THAT SWORN 1396 00:51:08,231 --> 00:51:10,400 OFFICERS THROUGH THESE TRAININGS 1397 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:11,034 ARE COMPREHENDING AND UTILIZING 1398 00:51:11,034 --> 00:51:12,068 LESS LETHAL OPTIONS WHEN 1399 00:51:12,068 --> 00:51:14,137 ENCOUNTERED WITH SITUATIONS 1400 00:51:14,137 --> 00:51:17,307 WHERE THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING 1401 00:51:17,307 --> 00:51:17,908 INDIVIDUALS WITH NON-FIREARM 1402 00:51:17,908 --> 00:51:19,443 MATERIALS. 1403 00:51:19,443 --> 00:51:21,144 -- SCENARIO BASED TRAINING? YES. 1404 00:51:21,144 --> 00:51:23,713 AND OUR OUR INSTRUCTORS ARE 1405 00:51:23,713 --> 00:51:24,281 PUTTING PEOPLE THROUGH LIVE 1406 00:51:24,281 --> 00:51:26,516 SITUATIONS. I KNOW WE DO A GOOD 1407 00:51:26,516 --> 00:51:27,117 JOB OF LOOKING THROUGHOUT THE 1408 00:51:27,117 --> 00:51:29,152 COUNTRY TO SEE SOME SCENARIOS 1409 00:51:29,152 --> 00:51:31,021 THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN DIFFERENT 1410 00:51:31,021 --> 00:51:32,322 AREAS AND DIFFERENT REGIONS, AND 1411 00:51:32,322 --> 00:51:34,157 WE PROVIDE SCENARIO BASED 1412 00:51:34,157 --> 00:51:35,659 TRAINING ON A PASS FAIL. AND IF 1413 00:51:35,659 --> 00:51:37,194 THE OFFICERS ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL, 1414 00:51:37,194 --> 00:51:38,728 THEY'RE PUT THROUGH A REMEDIAL 1415 00:51:38,728 --> 00:51:40,430 IN REGARDS TO THAT TRAINING. AND 1416 00:51:40,430 --> 00:51:41,932 WE'RE ASSURING THAT THEY'RE 1417 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:43,400 USING THE APPROPRIATE EQUIPMENT 1418 00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,936 THAT WE GIVE TO THEM AND THEIR 1419 00:51:45,936 --> 00:51:46,470 APPROPRIATE DE-ESCALATION 1420 00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:48,138 TACTICS 1421 00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:49,906 -- THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO 1422 00:51:49,906 --> 00:51:51,541 CHANGE TOPICS TO TAKE US TO 1423 00:51:51,541 --> 00:51:55,745 OVERTIME. SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE 1424 00:51:55,745 --> 00:51:56,947 OVERTIME SLIDE, WHICH I BELIEVE 1425 00:51:56,947 --> 00:51:59,683 IS SLIDE SIX, THAT WOULD BE 1426 00:51:59,683 --> 00:52:02,085 HELPFUL. I'M SEEING WE HAVE A 1427 00:52:02,085 --> 00:52:04,488 PROPOSED OVERTIME BUDGET OF $62 1428 00:52:04,488 --> 00:52:06,022 MILLION. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, 1429 00:52:06,022 --> 00:52:08,391 BASED ON PREVIOUS PRESENTATION 1430 00:52:08,391 --> 00:52:10,060 FOR THAT, OUR CENTRAL STAFF GAVE 1431 00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:11,128 IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 1432 00:52:11,128 --> 00:52:13,263 THIS YEAR. THAT WAS ON JUNE 1433 00:52:13,263 --> 00:52:16,600 23rd. THAT SPD, OVER TIME HAS 1434 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,536 INCREASED OVER 29 MILLION SINCE 1435 00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:22,706 2022, WHICH IS A 112% INCREASE. 1436 00:52:22,706 --> 00:52:24,574 NOW, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS 1437 00:52:24,574 --> 00:52:26,143 YEAR'S NUMBERS, AM I CORRECT IN 1438 00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:28,645 MY ASSESSMENT THAT THIS MEANS 1439 00:52:28,645 --> 00:52:30,013 THAT SINCE 2022, WE ARE LOOKING 1440 00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:33,383 AT, IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, A 1441 00:52:33,383 --> 00:52:36,486 138% INCREASE IN SPD'S OVERTIME 1442 00:52:36,486 --> 00:52:41,558 BUDGET 1443 00:52:41,558 --> 00:52:43,360 -- I DON'T HAVE THE HISTORICAL 1444 00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:43,960 INFORMATION AT MY FINGERTIPS. 1445 00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:45,829 I'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND 1446 00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:47,597 ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I WILL. I 1447 00:52:47,597 --> 00:52:52,536 DO THINK THAT. SLIDE FIVE TELLS 1448 00:52:52,536 --> 00:52:54,838 SOME OF THAT STORY, WHICH IS 1449 00:52:54,838 --> 00:52:55,572 THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. 1450 00:52:55,572 --> 00:52:57,374 WELL, I THINK I RECOMMEND 1451 00:52:57,374 --> 00:52:58,875 LOOKING AT IT FROM BOTH THE 1452 00:52:58,875 --> 00:53:00,744 PERSPECTIVE OF THE DOLLARS THAT 1453 00:53:00,744 --> 00:53:02,812 ARE BEING SPENT AND WHAT THOSE 1454 00:53:02,812 --> 00:53:04,080 DOLLARS PURCHASE IN TERMS OF THE 1455 00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:07,450 NUMBER OF HOURS THAT ARE FUNDED, 1456 00:53:07,450 --> 00:53:09,252 AT LEAST IN THE IN THE TIME 1457 00:53:09,252 --> 00:53:11,688 FRAME THAT'S LOOKED AT IN THIS 1458 00:53:11,688 --> 00:53:15,926 SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT 2026 TO 1459 00:53:15,926 --> 00:53:19,696 2027. THERE'S IT COSTS A GREAT 1460 00:53:19,696 --> 00:53:21,798 DEAL MORE TO FUND THE SAME 1461 00:53:21,798 --> 00:53:23,166 NUMBER OF HOURS. SO THE BUDGET 1462 00:53:23,166 --> 00:53:25,035 WENT UP. BUT THE FUNDED HOURS 1463 00:53:25,035 --> 00:53:28,538 STAYED THE SAME. AND THAT'S 1464 00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:29,072 BECAUSE LABOR COSTS HAVE 1465 00:53:29,072 --> 00:53:31,141 INCREASED THE COST PER HOUR OF 1466 00:53:31,141 --> 00:53:33,643 OVERTIME HAS INCREASED EVEN AS 1467 00:53:33,643 --> 00:53:36,646 THE SAME NUMBER OF HOURS ARE 1468 00:53:36,646 --> 00:53:36,880 FUNDED. 1469 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:38,949 -- THANK YOU FOR IMPACTING THAT. 1470 00:53:38,949 --> 00:53:40,917 DIRECTOR PETER. I HAVE TWO 1471 00:53:40,917 --> 00:53:42,352 ADDITIONAL QUICK QUESTIONS AND 1472 00:53:42,352 --> 00:53:43,987 HOPING THAT THESE HAVE SHORT 1473 00:53:43,987 --> 00:53:45,956 ANSWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. 1474 00:53:45,956 --> 00:53:49,092 COULD WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE 1475 00:53:49,092 --> 00:53:49,693 TECHNICAL SERVICES PORTION OF 1476 00:53:49,693 --> 00:53:52,796 SPD'S BUDGET? I'M NOTING THAT 1477 00:53:52,796 --> 00:53:54,531 THIS 34 MILLION OF TECHNICAL 1478 00:53:54,531 --> 00:53:55,131 SUPPORT INCLUDES DATA DRIVEN 1479 00:53:55,131 --> 00:53:57,500 POLICING AND TECHNOLOGY 1480 00:53:57,500 --> 00:53:58,868 PROGRAMS. I'M CURIOUS HOW MUCH 1481 00:53:58,868 --> 00:54:01,571 OF THIS IS GOING TOWARDS THE TCC 1482 00:54:01,571 --> 00:54:03,840 AND CCTV PROGRAMS. I'D LIKE THE 1483 00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:04,841 NUMBER OF HOW MUCH THIS PROGRAM 1484 00:54:04,841 --> 00:54:10,680 IS CURRENTLY COSTING THE CITY ON 1485 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:11,047 A YEARLY BASIS. 1486 00:54:11,047 --> 00:54:13,516 -- DIRECTOR CHIEF MINISTER, I'D. 1487 00:54:13,516 --> 00:54:15,418 -- BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH 1488 00:54:15,418 --> 00:54:15,819 THAT INFORMATION. 1489 00:54:15,819 --> 00:54:16,186 -- THANK YOU. 1490 00:54:16,186 --> 00:54:17,454 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND MY LAST 1491 00:54:17,454 --> 00:54:18,989 QUESTION FOR TODAY. AND THANK 1492 00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:21,391 YOU FOR INDULGING ME. I'M SEEING 1493 00:54:21,391 --> 00:54:23,159 THE REDUCTION OF 2.4 MILLION IN 1494 00:54:23,159 --> 00:54:25,729 RECRUITMENT, MARKETING AND 1495 00:54:25,729 --> 00:54:26,596 PAUSING HIRING INCENTIVES. JUST 1496 00:54:26,596 --> 00:54:27,464 TO BE CLEAR ON THE RECORD, HOW 1497 00:54:27,464 --> 00:54:29,432 MUCH MONEY IN RECRUITMENT AND 1498 00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:30,433 MARKETING IS IN THE MAYOR'S 1499 00:54:30,433 --> 00:54:36,206 BUDGET FOR SPD AFTER THIS 1500 00:54:36,206 --> 00:54:36,640 PROPOSED REDUCTION. 1501 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:37,574 -- UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SEE 1502 00:54:37,574 --> 00:54:45,415 THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE. THERE 1503 00:54:45,415 --> 00:54:46,016 IS $2.893 MILLION FOR 1504 00:54:46,016 --> 00:54:48,785 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN THE 1505 00:54:48,785 --> 00:54:54,524 27 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND $1.786 1506 00:54:54,524 --> 00:54:59,929 MILLION IN 2028. PROPOSED. 1507 00:54:59,929 --> 00:55:00,530 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK 1508 00:55:00,530 --> 00:55:01,331 YOU, CHAIR. I APPRECIATE YOUR 1509 00:55:01,331 --> 00:55:02,399 RESPONSES, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 1510 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:03,466 THOSE FOLLOW UPS. THANK YOU. 1511 00:55:03,466 --> 00:55:04,801 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1512 00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:06,102 RINCK. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 1513 00:55:06,102 --> 00:55:08,304 LIN. AND THEN I SAW ANOTHER 1514 00:55:08,304 --> 00:55:10,907 HAND, BUT NO LONGER. 1515 00:55:10,907 --> 00:55:11,341 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1516 00:55:11,341 --> 00:55:12,809 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 1517 00:55:12,809 --> 00:55:15,712 TO OUR PRESENTERS AND 1518 00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:18,782 COLLEAGUES. SORT OF A EASIER 1519 00:55:18,782 --> 00:55:21,818 QUICK QUESTION. THE THE FIRING 1520 00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:23,953 RANGE OR THE GUN RANGE, WHICH IS 1521 00:55:23,953 --> 00:55:26,256 TUKWILA ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET 1522 00:55:26,256 --> 00:55:29,793 THAT COULD HELP ADDRESS NOISE 1523 00:55:29,793 --> 00:55:31,528 MITIGATION CONCERNS. WE HEAR A 1524 00:55:31,528 --> 00:55:33,663 LOT FROM FOLKS IN RAINIER BEACH 1525 00:55:33,663 --> 00:55:36,433 WHO, DUE TO THE ONGOING, YOU 1526 00:55:36,433 --> 00:55:38,201 KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE DOWN THERE, 1527 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:40,603 HEAR THE FIRING RANGE, CAN'T IT 1528 00:55:40,603 --> 00:55:42,405 CAN BE TRAUMATIC. SO JUST 1529 00:55:42,405 --> 00:55:44,607 WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING IN 1530 00:55:44,607 --> 00:55:46,776 HERE THAT COULD HELP TO ADDRESS 1531 00:55:46,776 --> 00:55:49,646 THOSE NOISE CONCERNS. 1532 00:55:49,646 --> 00:55:51,147 -- CHIEF COMMITTEE TABLE. 1533 00:55:51,147 --> 00:55:52,148 -- LOOKING THROUGH THE BUDGET, I 1534 00:55:52,148 --> 00:55:53,516 DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYTHING 1535 00:55:53,516 --> 00:55:55,719 IN THERE CURRENTLY FOR THE 1536 00:55:55,719 --> 00:55:57,921 SUPPRESSION OF THOSE SOUNDS 1537 00:55:57,921 --> 00:56:00,223 AFFECTING THE SOUTH PRECINCT 1538 00:56:00,223 --> 00:56:01,624 AREA, PARTICULARLY RAINIER 1539 00:56:01,624 --> 00:56:01,858 BEACH. 1540 00:56:01,858 --> 00:56:03,026 -- YEAH, OKAY. 1541 00:56:03,026 --> 00:56:05,895 -- I CAN BACK THAT UP. THAT'S 1542 00:56:05,895 --> 00:56:06,162 CORRECT. 1543 00:56:06,162 --> 00:56:09,099 -- OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1544 00:56:09,099 --> 00:56:11,434 CERTAINLY IS A PRIORITY FOR FOR 1545 00:56:11,434 --> 00:56:12,635 MY DISTRICT TO TO BE ABLE TO 1546 00:56:12,635 --> 00:56:15,238 ADDRESS THAT. SO LOOK FORWARD TO 1547 00:56:15,238 --> 00:56:17,040 FOLLOWING UP ON IF THERE'S ANY 1548 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:20,176 WAY WE CAN GET THAT IN THERE. I 1549 00:56:20,176 --> 00:56:24,214 GUESS THINKING ABOUT HIRING. AND 1550 00:56:24,214 --> 00:56:26,616 I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TARGETS AND 1551 00:56:26,616 --> 00:56:28,551 GOALS IN TERMS OF OUR NUMBERS, 1552 00:56:28,551 --> 00:56:32,088 BUT JUST FROM A BIG PICTURE 1553 00:56:32,088 --> 00:56:35,225 PERSPECTIVE, AS WE THINK ABOUT 1554 00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:38,061 PUBLIC SAFETY MORE GENERALLY, 1555 00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:40,029 OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 1556 00:56:40,029 --> 00:56:42,665 MINIMUM AND AN IDEAL STAFFING 1557 00:56:42,665 --> 00:56:45,201 LEVEL. I GUESS MY ONE OF MY 1558 00:56:45,201 --> 00:56:48,138 QUESTIONS IS, HOW DO WE COMPARE 1559 00:56:48,138 --> 00:56:50,607 TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN OUR 1560 00:56:50,607 --> 00:56:53,643 SPENDING, WHETHER IT'S ITS 1561 00:56:53,643 --> 00:56:54,277 POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY 1562 00:56:54,277 --> 00:56:58,548 OR PUBLIC SAFETY MORE GENERALLY, 1563 00:56:58,548 --> 00:57:00,283 AND BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, HEAR 1564 00:57:00,283 --> 00:57:02,786 COMPARISONS TO EXAMPLE, TO 1565 00:57:02,786 --> 00:57:06,222 BOSTON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SPEND 1566 00:57:06,222 --> 00:57:07,590 A LOT MORE PER OFFICER. AND I'M 1567 00:57:07,590 --> 00:57:08,625 JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT SURE IF 1568 00:57:08,625 --> 00:57:09,893 THAT'S TRUE OR IF THERE'S A 1569 00:57:09,893 --> 00:57:12,896 REASON FOR THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, 1570 00:57:12,896 --> 00:57:13,563 THERE'S THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS, 1571 00:57:13,563 --> 00:57:15,899 BUT THEN THERE'S JUST SORT OF 1572 00:57:15,899 --> 00:57:17,600 THE BUDGET. CAN CAN YOU SPEAK TO 1573 00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:20,370 THAT GENERALLY? OR WE CAN DO 1574 00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:20,804 THIS OFFLINE LATER. 1575 00:57:20,804 --> 00:57:22,605 -- DIRECTOR CHIEF., 1576 00:57:22,605 --> 00:57:24,808 -- TO MAKE THE COMPARISON IN 1577 00:57:24,808 --> 00:57:26,042 REGARDS TO BOSTON, I THINK 1578 00:57:26,042 --> 00:57:26,709 THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE 1579 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:28,411 BIT OF TIME TO LOOK AT THAT. 1580 00:57:28,411 --> 00:57:29,145 JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT 1581 00:57:29,145 --> 00:57:30,647 WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THE REGION, 1582 00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:32,582 COST OF LIVING AND SO FORTH. BUT 1583 00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:34,984 I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS 1584 00:57:34,984 --> 00:57:37,620 PUTTING EYES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING 1585 00:57:37,620 --> 00:57:39,622 HERE REGIONALLY AND TRYING TO BE 1586 00:57:39,622 --> 00:57:42,258 COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS 1587 00:57:42,258 --> 00:57:44,994 AND REMOVING THE INCENTIVES 1588 00:57:44,994 --> 00:57:47,197 SPECIFICALLY FOR LATERAL 1589 00:57:47,197 --> 00:57:50,967 OFFICERS HAS A POTENTIAL TO PUT 1590 00:57:50,967 --> 00:57:52,268 US BEHIND. AND WE'RE COMPETING 1591 00:57:52,268 --> 00:57:54,771 FROM A VERY SMALL POOL OF 1592 00:57:54,771 --> 00:57:56,272 CANDIDATES IN THIS AREA. SO WE 1593 00:57:56,272 --> 00:57:57,807 HAVE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS WE 1594 00:57:57,807 --> 00:58:00,476 POSSIBLY CAN. AND I'M LOOKING 1595 00:58:00,476 --> 00:58:03,513 FORWARD TO LOOKING AT WAYS HOW 1596 00:58:03,513 --> 00:58:03,980 WE CAN CONTINUE THAT, 1597 00:58:03,980 --> 00:58:06,382 SPECIFICALLY FOR LATERAL HIRES. 1598 00:58:06,382 --> 00:58:08,585 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I 1599 00:58:08,585 --> 00:58:11,087 CERTAINLY BE INTERESTED IF 1600 00:58:11,087 --> 00:58:12,222 OBVIOUSLY SALARIES AND HIRING 1601 00:58:12,222 --> 00:58:13,523 BONUSES AND SO ON ARE ONE WAY TO 1602 00:58:13,523 --> 00:58:14,958 BE COMPETITIVE. CERTAINLY WOULD 1603 00:58:14,958 --> 00:58:16,526 BE CURIOUS IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS 1604 00:58:16,526 --> 00:58:19,362 THAT WE CAN ALSO EXPLORE TO BE 1605 00:58:19,362 --> 00:58:23,733 COMPETITIVE AS A REGION. KIND OF 1606 00:58:23,733 --> 00:58:25,001 FINAL QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WE 1607 00:58:25,001 --> 00:58:27,203 OFTEN TALK ABOUT SORT OF 1608 00:58:27,203 --> 00:58:29,539 OUTCOMES BASED SORT OF 1609 00:58:29,539 --> 00:58:30,306 BUDGETING. AND I'M JUST 1610 00:58:30,306 --> 00:58:33,109 WONDERING FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY 1611 00:58:33,109 --> 00:58:36,579 PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I 1612 00:58:36,579 --> 00:58:39,449 DO THINK WE NEED MORE OFFICERS, 1613 00:58:39,449 --> 00:58:42,185 BUT MY BIGGER CONCERN IS THE 1614 00:58:42,185 --> 00:58:43,419 OUTCOMES. YOU KNOW, WE 1615 00:58:43,419 --> 00:58:45,655 ESPECIALLY REPRESENTING DISTRICT 1616 00:58:45,655 --> 00:58:46,356 TWO SOUTH SEATTLE, WHERE WE HAVE 1617 00:58:46,356 --> 00:58:49,759 SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE ISSUES 1618 00:58:49,759 --> 00:58:51,928 IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, 1619 00:58:51,928 --> 00:58:53,463 WHETHER IT'S GUN VIOLENCE IN 1620 00:58:53,463 --> 00:58:55,431 MANY AREAS OF THE DISTRICT, 1621 00:58:55,431 --> 00:58:57,200 WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE 1622 00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,668 OPEN AIR DRUG MARKETS AND OTHER 1623 00:58:58,668 --> 00:59:00,637 SORT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES. 1624 00:59:00,637 --> 00:59:02,405 AND LITTLE SAIGON, NORTH BEACON 1625 00:59:02,405 --> 00:59:06,743 HILL, NORTH RAINIER. FOR ME, 1626 00:59:06,743 --> 00:59:08,745 I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING 1627 00:59:08,745 --> 00:59:10,413 A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO 1628 00:59:10,413 --> 00:59:12,715 PUBLIC SAFETY, THINKING ABOUT 1629 00:59:12,715 --> 00:59:13,349 COLLABORATION BETWEEN DIFFERENT 1630 00:59:13,349 --> 00:59:16,119 DEPARTMENTS, THE CARE 1631 00:59:16,119 --> 00:59:17,754 DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, STANDING 1632 00:59:17,754 --> 00:59:20,757 UP OUR OUR SHELTER AND 1633 00:59:20,757 --> 00:59:24,093 COLLABORATING WITH KING COUNTY 1634 00:59:24,093 --> 00:59:27,096 JAIL AND, YOU KNOW, THE COURTS. 1635 00:59:27,096 --> 00:59:30,667 BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, 1636 00:59:30,667 --> 00:59:32,502 LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET FOR SPD, 1637 00:59:32,502 --> 00:59:34,504 BUT ALSO JUST WONDERING FROM AN 1638 00:59:34,504 --> 00:59:35,138 OUTCOMES BASED PERSPECTIVE, IS 1639 00:59:35,138 --> 00:59:38,107 THERE SORT OF A STRATEGY, A 1640 00:59:38,107 --> 00:59:39,475 TARGETED WAY THAT WE CAN GET 1641 00:59:39,475 --> 00:59:41,911 BETTER OUTCOMES WITH OUR 1642 00:59:41,911 --> 00:59:42,178 SPENDING? 1643 00:59:42,178 --> 00:59:43,479 -- I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST 1644 00:59:43,479 --> 00:59:45,248 THINGS OVER THE LAST 8 TO 9 1645 00:59:45,248 --> 00:59:48,851 WEEKS IS BEING COLLABORATIVE 1646 00:59:48,851 --> 00:59:49,519 WITH OUR INTERNAL PARTNERS HERE 1647 00:59:49,519 --> 00:59:51,454 AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE. EVERYONE 1648 00:59:51,454 --> 00:59:53,556 COMING TO THE TABLE TALKING 1649 00:59:53,556 --> 00:59:55,291 ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT WE 1650 00:59:55,291 --> 00:59:56,793 HAVE, UNDERSTANDING THAT LAW 1651 00:59:56,793 --> 00:59:59,095 ENFORCEMENT IS NOT JUST ONLY THE 1652 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:00,797 POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WORKING 1653 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:03,132 WITH OUR CARE, WORKING WITH 1654 01:00:03,132 --> 01:00:04,267 OTHER PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE, 1655 01:00:04,267 --> 01:00:05,635 WORKING WITH THE KING COUNTY 1656 01:00:05,635 --> 01:00:07,937 SHERIFF'S OFFICE, POOLING OUR 1657 01:00:07,937 --> 01:00:08,504 RESOURCES TOGETHER, COMING 1658 01:00:08,504 --> 01:00:09,872 TOGETHER, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT 1659 01:00:09,872 --> 01:00:11,741 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHOSE NAME IS 1660 01:00:11,741 --> 01:00:12,342 IN THE HEADLINE, AS LONG AS 1661 01:00:12,342 --> 01:00:13,443 WE'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE FOR 1662 01:00:13,443 --> 01:00:15,345 THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF SEATTLE 1663 01:00:15,345 --> 01:00:16,913 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE 1664 01:00:16,913 --> 01:00:19,649 PROVIDING THAT SECURITY AND 1665 01:00:19,649 --> 01:00:21,551 SAFETY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF 1666 01:00:21,551 --> 01:00:22,151 SEATTLE AND OUR TOURISTS THAT 1667 01:00:22,151 --> 01:00:25,054 COME IN AND VISIT ON A DAILY 1668 01:00:25,054 --> 01:00:25,288 BASIS. 1669 01:00:25,288 --> 01:00:27,056 -- THANK YOU DIRECTOR. 1670 01:00:27,056 --> 01:00:29,025 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS 1671 01:00:29,025 --> 01:00:30,259 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I JUST WANT 1672 01:00:30,259 --> 01:00:32,829 TO ADD TO THAT THAT THAT IS THE 1673 01:00:32,829 --> 01:00:33,930 WORK THAT WE ARE HOPING TO 1674 01:00:33,930 --> 01:00:35,131 UNDERTAKE. IF WE CAN GET OUT OF 1675 01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:37,000 THIS KIND OF TRIAGE, BUDGETING 1676 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:39,102 APPROACH AND FOCUS MORE ON 1677 01:00:39,102 --> 01:00:42,338 OUTCOMES AND REALLY JUST WANT TO 1678 01:00:42,338 --> 01:00:43,773 EMPHASIZE THAT PART OF LOOKING 1679 01:00:43,773 --> 01:00:44,974 AT THE OUTCOMES, WE REALLY ARE 1680 01:00:44,974 --> 01:00:47,844 LOOKING AT A COMPREHENSIVE 1681 01:00:47,844 --> 01:00:48,945 APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY. AND 1682 01:00:48,945 --> 01:00:51,114 SO THAT INCLUDES, OF COURSE, 1683 01:00:51,114 --> 01:00:53,516 IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS IN LAW 1684 01:00:53,516 --> 01:00:54,584 ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES. AND, YOU 1685 01:00:54,584 --> 01:00:55,985 KNOW, FOCUS ON THAT FOR THE 1686 01:00:55,985 --> 01:00:57,920 PEOPLE AND PLACES EXPERIENCING 1687 01:00:57,920 --> 01:00:58,421 THE GREATEST THREATS OF 1688 01:00:58,421 --> 01:00:59,956 VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS INVESTING 1689 01:00:59,956 --> 01:01:01,824 IN THE UPSTREAM SERVICES AND 1690 01:01:01,824 --> 01:01:03,092 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO WE REALLY 1691 01:01:03,092 --> 01:01:04,994 NEED TO LOOK, LOOK AT THE ENTIRE 1692 01:01:04,994 --> 01:01:06,529 SYSTEM. AND I THINK PART OF THE 1693 01:01:06,529 --> 01:01:07,730 OUTCOME IS IDEALLY, WE CAN 1694 01:01:07,730 --> 01:01:10,800 PREVENT THE CRISES BEFORE THEY 1695 01:01:10,800 --> 01:01:12,702 OCCUR. AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE 1696 01:01:12,702 --> 01:01:13,369 LOOKING AT THAT COMPREHENSIVE 1697 01:01:13,369 --> 01:01:16,072 SYSTEM. AND THAT IS THE THE PART 1698 01:01:16,072 --> 01:01:18,574 OF THE GOAL OF THE EFFECTIVE 1699 01:01:18,574 --> 01:01:19,542 GOVERNMENT IS EXECUTIVE ORDER 1700 01:01:19,542 --> 01:01:21,844 ISSUED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO 1701 01:01:21,844 --> 01:01:23,913 TRY TO PIVOT TOWARDS MOVING 1702 01:01:23,913 --> 01:01:25,014 TOWARDS THAT THAT TYPE OF 1703 01:01:25,014 --> 01:01:27,784 APPROACH IN FUTURE BUDGET 1704 01:01:27,784 --> 01:01:28,084 PROCESSES. 1705 01:01:28,084 --> 01:01:29,352 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1706 01:01:29,352 --> 01:01:30,620 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU 1707 01:01:30,620 --> 01:01:33,089 KNOW, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO TO 1708 01:01:33,089 --> 01:01:35,124 SUPPORT SORT OF THE WORK OF SPD 1709 01:01:35,124 --> 01:01:37,693 AND THE OFFICERS AND SUPPORTING 1710 01:01:37,693 --> 01:01:38,461 THAT COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. YOU 1711 01:01:38,461 --> 01:01:40,163 KNOW, I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICERS 1712 01:01:40,163 --> 01:01:41,297 ARE STRETCHED THIN AND HAVE A 1713 01:01:41,297 --> 01:01:43,132 VERY HARD JOB. AND IF WE CAN 1714 01:01:43,132 --> 01:01:46,002 WORK COLLABORATIVELY, 1715 01:01:46,002 --> 01:01:46,569 COLLABORATIVELY TO MEET THE 1716 01:01:46,569 --> 01:01:48,671 NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO 1717 01:01:48,671 --> 01:01:50,206 TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER 1718 01:01:50,206 --> 01:01:51,507 FOR THAT HEAVY LIFT THAT OUR 1719 01:01:51,507 --> 01:01:52,608 OFFICERS ARE DOING. CERTAINLY 1720 01:01:52,608 --> 01:01:54,777 WANT TO SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU. 1721 01:01:54,777 --> 01:01:55,678 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1722 01:01:55,678 --> 01:01:56,312 COMMITTEE TABLE. ANYTHING ELSE 1723 01:01:56,312 --> 01:01:59,515 TO ADD? WE'LL GO ON TO 1724 01:01:59,515 --> 01:02:01,617 COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCIL. 1725 01:02:01,617 --> 01:02:03,019 PRESIDENT EMERITUS. JUAREZ AND 1726 01:02:03,019 --> 01:02:03,553 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 1727 01:02:03,553 --> 01:02:05,555 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR USING 1728 01:02:05,555 --> 01:02:07,156 MY NONVERBAL CUES AS A AS A 1729 01:02:07,156 --> 01:02:09,292 MEANS OF FACILITATION. OVER TO 1730 01:02:09,292 --> 01:02:09,892 YOU. 1731 01:02:09,892 --> 01:02:12,462 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. I'M 1732 01:02:12,462 --> 01:02:14,363 GOING TO MAKE JUST A FEW 1733 01:02:14,363 --> 01:02:15,565 COMMENTS AND HAVE A COUPLE 1734 01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:16,199 QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE 1735 01:02:16,199 --> 01:02:16,999 SURE I GET INTO THE RECORD. AND 1736 01:02:16,999 --> 01:02:18,101 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS 1737 01:02:18,101 --> 01:02:19,368 MORNING. IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL 1738 01:02:19,368 --> 01:02:23,239 OF YOU AGAIN I BELIEVE THAT WHAT 1739 01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:25,274 THE CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY IS 1740 01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:27,276 HAVING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT 1741 01:02:27,276 --> 01:02:27,910 THIS BUDGET DOESN'T PROPERLY 1742 01:02:27,910 --> 01:02:29,011 ADDRESS THE CURRENT AND FUTURE 1743 01:02:29,011 --> 01:02:32,615 NEEDS TO KEEP OUR CITIZENS SAFE. 1744 01:02:32,615 --> 01:02:33,883 ON JUNE 9th, 2026, CHIEF BARNES 1745 01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:34,917 STATED THAT THE CITY WAS ON 1746 01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:36,986 TRACK TO HAVE 1250 OFFICERS BY 1747 01:02:36,986 --> 01:02:39,989 THE END OF 2026, WITH AN OFFICER 1748 01:02:39,989 --> 01:02:44,894 GOAL OF 1400 BY 2029, WHICH IS 1749 01:02:44,894 --> 01:02:46,295 WHERE THE CITY WAS POST COVID. 1750 01:02:46,295 --> 01:02:49,332 BEFORE COVID, PRE COVID AGAIN, 1751 01:02:49,332 --> 01:02:53,302 BECAUSE I WAS THERE. SO WHY? 1752 01:02:53,302 --> 01:02:55,872 QUESTION ONE WHY IS 1250 THE 1753 01:02:55,872 --> 01:02:58,007 NUMBER CHOSEN TO CAP OFFICERS AT 1754 01:02:58,007 --> 01:03:04,647 FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS? WHY? 1755 01:03:04,647 --> 01:03:08,050 -- 1250 DIRECTOR. 1756 01:03:08,050 --> 01:03:09,118 -- THE BUDGET FUNDS THE NUMBER 1757 01:03:09,118 --> 01:03:09,819 AND THE STAFFING PLAN THAT WAS 1758 01:03:09,819 --> 01:03:13,055 SET OUT LAST YEAR, BUT WASN'T 1759 01:03:13,055 --> 01:03:14,557 FULLY FUNDED. RIGHT NOW WE ARE 1760 01:03:14,557 --> 01:03:15,158 TRYING TO PUT THE BUDGET ON A 1761 01:03:15,158 --> 01:03:17,994 MORE SUSTAINABLE PATH. SO IT 1762 01:03:17,994 --> 01:03:19,829 ISN'T TO SAY THAT IF THERE ARE 1763 01:03:19,829 --> 01:03:22,365 RESOURCES AVAILABLE, THAT THAT 1764 01:03:22,365 --> 01:03:23,065 WOULDN'T BE A DECISION THAT IS 1765 01:03:23,065 --> 01:03:24,267 REVISITED. BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE 1766 01:03:24,267 --> 01:03:27,637 TRYING TO FOCUS ON AND BE REAL. 1767 01:03:27,637 --> 01:03:29,305 LIKE BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT 1768 01:03:29,305 --> 01:03:31,073 THIS BUDGET CAN SUPPORT. 1769 01:03:31,073 --> 01:03:32,809 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. A FEW 1770 01:03:32,809 --> 01:03:34,243 STATISTICS THAT I THINK IS 1771 01:03:34,243 --> 01:03:36,979 IMPORTANT. FOR THE RECORD, FROM 1772 01:03:36,979 --> 01:03:41,484 2020 TO 2026, WE HAD A 10% 1773 01:03:41,484 --> 01:03:44,487 POPULATION GROWTH FROM 737 TO 1774 01:03:44,487 --> 01:03:48,257 816,000, ALMOST SIX 18,000 1775 01:03:48,257 --> 01:03:51,194 816,600 PEOPLE. YET FROM 20 TO 1776 01:03:51,194 --> 01:03:57,066 26, WE'VE HAD A 20% OFFICER 1777 01:03:57,066 --> 01:03:59,535 DECREASE 1424 TO 1120. SO I'M 1778 01:03:59,535 --> 01:04:00,670 I'M SHARING THESE FACTS BECAUSE 1779 01:04:00,670 --> 01:04:03,206 I WANT THE PUBLIC TO SEE THAT 1780 01:04:03,206 --> 01:04:04,473 THIS ISN'T AT LEAST I'M 1781 01:04:04,473 --> 01:04:06,008 SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. I DON'T 1782 01:04:06,008 --> 01:04:07,877 THINK THAT YOU CAN ARREST YOUR 1783 01:04:07,877 --> 01:04:09,679 ARREST, ARREST YOUR WAY OUT OF 1784 01:04:09,679 --> 01:04:11,948 WHAT WE'RE SEEING. BUT I DO 1785 01:04:11,948 --> 01:04:13,349 THINK THAT WE NEED MORE 1786 01:04:13,349 --> 01:04:14,984 OFFICERS. SO LET ME LEAVE YOU 1787 01:04:14,984 --> 01:04:16,519 WITH SOME FACTS AND JUST SOME 1788 01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:18,054 ADDITIONS. THESE ARE 1789 01:04:18,054 --> 01:04:19,455 APPROXIMATIONS THAT WE PULLED 1790 01:04:19,455 --> 01:04:21,157 UP. AND I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE 1791 01:04:21,157 --> 01:04:24,227 DETAIL ON THE NORTH PRECINCT. 1792 01:04:24,227 --> 01:04:25,661 SINCE THE CAMERAS WERE TURNED 1793 01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:30,333 OFF IN MARCH 2026. CITYWIDE, 1794 01:04:30,333 --> 01:04:32,134 WE'VE HAD 302 SHOTS FIRED AND 1795 01:04:32,134 --> 01:04:34,670 12 FATAL INJURIES, AND 61 1796 01:04:34,670 --> 01:04:36,105 NONFATAL INJURIES IN THE NORTH 1797 01:04:36,105 --> 01:04:40,076 PRECINCT. SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS 1798 01:04:40,076 --> 01:04:43,546 FIRED, 5722 FATALITIES AND 12 1799 01:04:43,546 --> 01:04:45,348 NONFATAL. IN THE SOUTH PRECINCT, 1800 01:04:45,348 --> 01:04:49,852 WE'VE HAD 67 SHOOTINGS, AND 1801 01:04:49,852 --> 01:04:52,054 WE'VE HAD FOUR FATALITIES AND 1802 01:04:52,054 --> 01:04:54,557 11 NONFATAL IN THE WEST 1803 01:04:54,557 --> 01:04:57,426 PRECINCT. WE'VE HAD 46 SHOTS 1804 01:04:57,426 --> 01:04:59,262 FIRED IN THE NONFATAL FIVE, OUR 1805 01:04:59,262 --> 01:05:06,102 FIVE FATAL AND NONFATAL 13. SO 1806 01:05:06,102 --> 01:05:07,069 THIS ISN'T ABOUT A POLITICAL 1807 01:05:07,069 --> 01:05:09,872 IDEOLOGY OF DEFUND OR INCREASE. 1808 01:05:09,872 --> 01:05:13,309 THIS IS ABOUT ON EARTH ONE IN 1809 01:05:13,309 --> 01:05:15,745 THE REAL WORLD THAT WE ARE 1810 01:05:15,745 --> 01:05:16,345 SEEING MORE CRIME BECAUSE WE 1811 01:05:16,345 --> 01:05:20,449 HAVE LESS OFFICERS TO GO OUT AND 1812 01:05:20,449 --> 01:05:22,118 KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. I 1813 01:05:22,118 --> 01:05:23,019 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING 1814 01:05:23,019 --> 01:05:26,922 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 1250 AND BEING 1815 01:05:26,922 --> 01:05:28,791 REALISTIC, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN 1816 01:05:28,791 --> 01:05:29,458 WE'RE REALISTIC AND WE LOOK HOW 1817 01:05:29,458 --> 01:05:32,495 OUR CITY IS GROWING, THAT WE 1818 01:05:32,495 --> 01:05:33,696 HAVE TO IF WE LOOK AT IF THE 1819 01:05:33,696 --> 01:05:38,367 CITY IS ONLY GROWS BY 1%, 1820 01:05:38,367 --> 01:05:39,001 APPROXIMATELY 8000 PEOPLE, THEN 1821 01:05:39,001 --> 01:05:40,069 TO KEEP A SIMILAR RATIO, WE 1822 01:05:40,069 --> 01:05:41,537 WOULD NEED AT LEAST 12 1823 01:05:41,537 --> 01:05:42,905 ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT WOULD 1824 01:05:42,905 --> 01:05:47,977 BE NEEDED. SO I THINK THAT, 1825 01:05:47,977 --> 01:05:48,945 QUITE FRANKLY, THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1826 01:05:48,945 --> 01:05:50,079 PLAN, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHAT 1827 01:05:50,079 --> 01:05:51,914 I THINK ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE 1828 01:05:51,914 --> 01:05:53,182 PREVENTION. I THINK WHAT WE'RE 1829 01:05:53,182 --> 01:05:54,150 LOOKING AT IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS 1830 01:05:54,150 --> 01:05:56,018 IS JUST SMOKE AND MIRRORS. I 1831 01:05:56,018 --> 01:05:57,486 DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GETTING 1832 01:05:57,486 --> 01:05:59,488 TO THE ISSUE. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT 1833 01:05:59,488 --> 01:06:00,723 SAYING THAT YOU NEED MORE 1834 01:06:00,723 --> 01:06:02,558 OFFICERS TO JUST ARREST MORE 1835 01:06:02,558 --> 01:06:03,659 PEOPLE. THOSE OF US THAT HAVE 1836 01:06:03,659 --> 01:06:05,194 BEEN AROUND AND READ THE CONSENT 1837 01:06:05,194 --> 01:06:07,029 DECREE AND HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 1838 01:06:07,029 --> 01:06:09,031 THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 1839 01:06:09,031 --> 01:06:11,300 AGREEMENTS WITH BOG AND 1840 01:06:11,300 --> 01:06:11,934 UNDERSTAND THE DEATHS THAT HAVE 1841 01:06:11,934 --> 01:06:13,102 OCCURRED. AND AGAIN, I WILL 1842 01:06:13,102 --> 01:06:14,203 SHARE THIS, AND I'M SURE THE 1843 01:06:14,203 --> 01:06:15,871 MAYOR'S OFFICE IS LISTENING. 1844 01:06:15,871 --> 01:06:17,106 I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS 1845 01:06:17,106 --> 01:06:18,674 POLITICAL. I'M TRYING TO MAKE 1846 01:06:18,674 --> 01:06:20,810 IT FACTUAL. PARTICULARLY FOR 1847 01:06:20,810 --> 01:06:22,144 THOSE FOLKS. AND I'M NOW 1848 01:06:22,144 --> 01:06:23,612 SPEAKING FOR THE DISTRICT UP IN 1849 01:06:23,612 --> 01:06:24,780 D FIVE ON AURORA. AND WHAT WE'VE 1850 01:06:24,780 --> 01:06:26,515 BEEN SEEING. AND THIS ISN'T 1851 01:06:26,515 --> 01:06:28,084 JUST. AND WHAT I'VE JUST SHARED 1852 01:06:28,084 --> 01:06:29,352 WITH YOU IS JUST THE SHOTS FIRED 1853 01:06:29,352 --> 01:06:31,420 AND FATALITIES AND NON-FATAL. I 1854 01:06:31,420 --> 01:06:34,290 HAVEN'T EVEN TALKED SPOKEN 1855 01:06:34,290 --> 01:06:35,925 ABOUT THE FELONIES AND THE 1856 01:06:35,925 --> 01:06:37,960 CRIMES REGARDING SEX 1857 01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:40,463 TRAFFICKING, ET CETERA., OR 1858 01:06:40,463 --> 01:06:41,030 ASSAULTS. I HAVEN'T EVEN 1859 01:06:41,030 --> 01:06:42,898 BROUGHT THOSE NUMBERS UP. SO I 1860 01:06:42,898 --> 01:06:43,666 JUST I WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD 1861 01:06:43,666 --> 01:06:46,535 WITH THAT, AND I WANT SPD TO 1862 01:06:46,535 --> 01:06:47,837 KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT YOU AND THE 1863 01:06:47,837 --> 01:06:49,638 WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I WANT 1864 01:06:49,638 --> 01:06:50,940 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO KNOW THAT 1865 01:06:50,940 --> 01:06:52,608 WE WANT TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY 1866 01:06:52,608 --> 01:06:54,777 WITH THEM TO BE AND NOT MAKE 1867 01:06:54,777 --> 01:06:55,845 THIS POLITICAL AND TALK ABOUT 1868 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:57,046 THE CRIME THAT WE'RE SEEING AND 1869 01:06:57,046 --> 01:06:58,647 HOW WE CAN ADDRESS IT. AND YES, 1870 01:06:58,647 --> 01:07:00,282 WE ALL INVESTED AND WILL 1871 01:07:00,282 --> 01:07:01,851 CONTINUE TO INVEST AND SUPPORT 1872 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:04,019 ALL UPSTREAM PROGRAMS. IS 1873 01:07:04,019 --> 01:07:08,391 DIVERSION. ABSOLUTELY. BUT 1874 01:07:08,391 --> 01:07:09,825 AGAIN, I HAVE A HARD TIME 1875 01:07:09,825 --> 01:07:12,094 BELIEVING, BECAUSE I WATCHED 1876 01:07:12,094 --> 01:07:12,695 THIS MAYOR DURING DEFUND COME 1877 01:07:12,695 --> 01:07:14,330 HERE AND HERE AND SCREAM, DEFUND 1878 01:07:14,330 --> 01:07:17,233 THE POLICE, ABOLISH THE POLICE. 1879 01:07:17,233 --> 01:07:20,669 SO I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING 1880 01:07:20,669 --> 01:07:23,105 THAT SOMEHOW SOME OF THIS ON THE 1881 01:07:23,105 --> 01:07:24,473 EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS NOT 1882 01:07:24,473 --> 01:07:26,442 POLITICAL. AND I THINK THAT'S 1883 01:07:26,442 --> 01:07:27,777 OFFENSIVE. AND IT'S NOT FAIR 1884 01:07:27,777 --> 01:07:28,644 AND IT AIN'T RIGHT. SO I'LL 1885 01:07:28,644 --> 01:07:30,713 LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU. 1886 01:07:30,713 --> 01:07:32,548 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1887 01:07:32,548 --> 01:07:33,682 EMERITUS. JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER 1888 01:07:33,682 --> 01:07:35,851 FOSTER. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. 1889 01:07:35,851 --> 01:07:37,019 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND 1890 01:07:37,019 --> 01:07:38,187 WE'LL JUST ALWAYS START OFF 1891 01:07:38,187 --> 01:07:40,389 WITH MY APPRECIATION. THANK YOU 1892 01:07:40,389 --> 01:07:42,625 SO MUCH, CHIEF SALES AND 1893 01:07:42,625 --> 01:07:43,192 DIRECTOR PANUCCI. I REALLY 1894 01:07:43,192 --> 01:07:44,260 APPRECIATE YOU BOTH AND BOTH OF 1895 01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:47,296 YOU BEING HERE. I WANTED TO TURN 1896 01:07:47,296 --> 01:07:49,465 TO ONE OF THE OVERTIME SLIDES 1897 01:07:49,465 --> 01:07:51,133 THAT YOU HAVE AND START THERE 1898 01:07:51,133 --> 01:07:53,936 FIRST. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME 1899 01:07:53,936 --> 01:07:55,604 QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PREVIOUSLY, 1900 01:07:55,604 --> 01:07:57,706 BUT ONE THING I HEARD YOU SAY, 1901 01:07:57,706 --> 01:07:59,942 MR. ETTER, WAS THAT WE HAVE A 1902 01:07:59,942 --> 01:08:02,044 CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF OUR 1903 01:08:02,044 --> 01:08:03,979 OVERTIME COSTS ARE REIMBURSED. 1904 01:08:03,979 --> 01:08:04,747 AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD SHED A 1905 01:08:04,747 --> 01:08:07,683 LITTLE BIT MORE LIGHT ON THAT IN 1906 01:08:07,683 --> 01:08:10,019 TERMS OF HOW MUCH OF OUR 1907 01:08:10,019 --> 01:08:10,519 OVERTIME IS REIMBURSED, 1908 01:08:10,519 --> 01:08:12,321 PARTICULARLY WHEN WE'RE COVERING 1909 01:08:12,321 --> 01:08:14,757 OTHER LARGE EVENTS IN THE CITY? 1910 01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:17,426 -- SURE. I, I WILL HAVE TO 1911 01:08:17,426 --> 01:08:18,994 FOLLOW UP WITH A PRECISE SORT OF 1912 01:08:18,994 --> 01:08:20,296 BOTTOM LINE PERCENT OF HOW MUCH 1913 01:08:20,296 --> 01:08:24,333 OF OUR OVERTIME IS REIMBURSED 1914 01:08:24,333 --> 01:08:26,535 THROUGH CONTRACTS, PERMITS, AND 1915 01:08:26,535 --> 01:08:29,205 SPECIAL EVENT ARRANGEMENTS. WE 1916 01:08:29,205 --> 01:08:32,441 HAVE DIFFERENT I KNOW WE HAVE A 1917 01:08:32,441 --> 01:08:35,177 RANGE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 1918 01:08:35,177 --> 01:08:38,080 REIMBURSEMENT LEVELS ALL THE WAY 1919 01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:40,316 FROM NOTHING FOR CERTAIN FREE 1920 01:08:40,316 --> 01:08:42,551 SPEECH EVENTS AND, AND SOME 1921 01:08:42,551 --> 01:08:44,687 PARADES ALL THE WAY UP TO FULL 1922 01:08:44,687 --> 01:08:47,389 REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME MAJOR 1923 01:08:47,389 --> 01:08:49,658 SPORTING EVENTS WHERE WE HAVE 1924 01:08:49,658 --> 01:08:50,259 CONTRACTS TO REIMBURSE US FOR 1925 01:08:50,259 --> 01:08:53,929 OUR FULL COSTS. THERE ARE MANY 1926 01:08:53,929 --> 01:08:57,132 IN THE MIDDLE WHERE WE HAVE 1927 01:08:57,132 --> 01:08:59,835 SOME. THE SMC TELLS US THAT WE 1928 01:08:59,835 --> 01:09:02,938 CAN SEEK REIMBURSEMENT AT 1929 01:09:02,938 --> 01:09:04,673 SPECIFIC LEVELS FOR DIFFERENT 1930 01:09:04,673 --> 01:09:06,075 KINDS OF EVENTS AT A, YOU KNOW, 1931 01:09:06,075 --> 01:09:07,710 IN THE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS 1932 01:09:07,710 --> 01:09:09,645 RANGE OF OUR FULL COSTS. AND 1933 01:09:09,645 --> 01:09:11,847 THEN THERE ARE OTHER TYPES STILL 1934 01:09:11,847 --> 01:09:16,118 THAT ARE TO BE NEGOTIATED YEAR 1935 01:09:16,118 --> 01:09:17,853 BY YEAR WITH WITH THE EVENT 1936 01:09:17,853 --> 01:09:20,689 COORDINATOR, EVENT ORGANIZERS. 1937 01:09:20,689 --> 01:09:22,358 SO THE BOTTOM LINE, I DON'T 1938 01:09:22,358 --> 01:09:24,527 KNOW, BUT WE CAN FOLLOW UP AND 1939 01:09:24,527 --> 01:09:25,194 GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. 1940 01:09:25,194 --> 01:09:26,362 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D 1941 01:09:26,362 --> 01:09:27,429 APPRECIATE THAT FOLLOW UP. I 1942 01:09:27,429 --> 01:09:28,264 THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 1943 01:09:28,264 --> 01:09:30,065 THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRACKING THAT 1944 01:09:30,065 --> 01:09:31,534 AND THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE 1945 01:09:31,534 --> 01:09:35,371 APPROACH THERE, GIVEN, YOU KNOW, 1946 01:09:35,371 --> 01:09:35,971 GIVEN INCREASED COSTS AND THE 1947 01:09:35,971 --> 01:09:37,006 IMPORTANT ROLE THAT OUR OFFICERS 1948 01:09:37,006 --> 01:09:38,941 PLAY COVERING THOSE EVENTS 1949 01:09:38,941 --> 01:09:39,942 OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR DUTIES. 1950 01:09:39,942 --> 01:09:42,111 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I 1951 01:09:42,111 --> 01:09:42,745 BELIEVE THE SLIDE I WAS LOOKING 1952 01:09:42,745 --> 01:09:44,947 AT WAS SLIDE SIX. BUT NEITHER 1953 01:09:44,947 --> 01:09:47,216 HERE NOR THERE. AND THEN I WANT 1954 01:09:47,216 --> 01:09:48,851 TO TURN TO SOME OF THE CHANGES 1955 01:09:48,851 --> 01:09:51,754 THAT ARE MADE IN THE BUDGET. AND 1956 01:09:51,754 --> 01:09:53,889 I KNOW ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT 1957 01:09:53,889 --> 01:09:56,792 IS SET TO BE REMOVED IS WHICH IS 1958 01:09:56,792 --> 01:09:57,560 CURRENTLY VACANT. AND THIS IS ON 1959 01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:01,764 SLIDE TEN, IS THE 30 BY 30 WORK 1960 01:10:01,764 --> 01:10:03,432 GROUP SUPPORT. AND THE DEI 1961 01:10:03,432 --> 01:10:04,166 OFFICER POSITION. AND I WILL 1962 01:10:04,166 --> 01:10:06,268 SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE 1963 01:10:06,268 --> 01:10:07,203 OVERALL, I KNOW ONE OF THE 1964 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:09,004 THINGS THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 1965 01:10:09,004 --> 01:10:11,807 WAS DOING WAS TRYING TO MINIMIZE 1966 01:10:11,807 --> 01:10:13,609 THE NUMBER OF FILLED POSITIONS 1967 01:10:13,609 --> 01:10:15,611 THAT YOU WERE REMOVING IN THE 1968 01:10:15,611 --> 01:10:16,979 BUDGET TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT 1969 01:10:16,979 --> 01:10:19,982 ON, ON LABOR AND PEOPLE AND 1970 01:10:19,982 --> 01:10:21,650 FAMILIES. AND I SINCERELY 1971 01:10:21,650 --> 01:10:23,986 APPRECIATE THAT. MY QUESTION IS 1972 01:10:23,986 --> 01:10:26,522 MORE ABOUT WHAT STRATEGIES WILL 1973 01:10:26,522 --> 01:10:28,157 THE DEPARTMENT BE UNDERTAKING TO 1974 01:10:28,157 --> 01:10:28,824 ENSURE THAT THIS IMPORTANT WORK 1975 01:10:28,824 --> 01:10:32,194 ON REACHING OUR 30 BY 30 GOALS 1976 01:10:32,194 --> 01:10:34,763 AND ENSURING THAT OUR WORKFORCE 1977 01:10:34,763 --> 01:10:36,065 REALLY REFLECTS OUR CITY. HOW 1978 01:10:36,065 --> 01:10:37,132 WILL YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE 1979 01:10:37,132 --> 01:10:39,201 THAT WE MAKE PROGRESS THERE AND 1980 01:10:39,201 --> 01:10:40,636 THAT WE HIT THIS GOAL? WITHOUT 1981 01:10:40,636 --> 01:10:44,239 THESE POSITIONS? 1982 01:10:44,239 --> 01:10:46,275 -- I KNOW PROBABLY SINCE LAST 1983 01:10:46,275 --> 01:10:49,578 DECEMBER OR SO, I'VE BEEN 1984 01:10:49,578 --> 01:10:51,580 PROBABLY QUARTERLY MEETING WITH 1985 01:10:51,580 --> 01:10:53,949 CAPTAIN HEIDI TUTTLE AND CAPTAIN 1986 01:10:53,949 --> 01:10:55,651 KRISTA BEYER IN REGARDS TO THESE 1987 01:10:55,651 --> 01:10:58,253 EFFORTS. IRONICALLY, YESTERDAY 1988 01:10:58,253 --> 01:10:59,088 SOMETHING CAME ACROSS MY EMAIL 1989 01:10:59,088 --> 01:11:01,457 FROM CALIBER PRESS IN REGARDS TO 1990 01:11:01,457 --> 01:11:03,792 PLACING WOMEN IN COMMAND 1991 01:11:03,792 --> 01:11:05,094 POSITIONS AND UPPING THAT 1992 01:11:05,094 --> 01:11:06,595 TRAINING. I SENT THAT TO BOTH. 1993 01:11:06,595 --> 01:11:08,530 WE HAD A BRIEF EMAIL EXCHANGE IN 1994 01:11:08,530 --> 01:11:09,298 REGARDS TO THAT, AND I KNOW NEXT 1995 01:11:09,298 --> 01:11:12,067 WEEK WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ON 1996 01:11:12,067 --> 01:11:13,836 IDENTIFYING PERSONNEL WITHIN OUR 1997 01:11:13,836 --> 01:11:14,470 POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WANT 1998 01:11:14,470 --> 01:11:15,571 TO SEND TO THOSE SPECIFIC 1999 01:11:15,571 --> 01:11:17,106 TRAININGS, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING 2000 01:11:17,106 --> 01:11:21,543 AT WAYS TO POTENTIALLY SEND OUR 2001 01:11:21,543 --> 01:11:22,077 RECRUITMENT TEAM OVER TO 2002 01:11:22,077 --> 01:11:24,546 HISTORICALLY, ONLY WOMEN SCHOOLS 2003 01:11:24,546 --> 01:11:29,385 TO DO THAT. RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. 2004 01:11:29,385 --> 01:11:31,587 I DO HAVE A FRIEND THAT IS THE 2005 01:11:31,587 --> 01:11:33,322 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH FOR 2006 01:11:33,322 --> 01:11:35,224 SACRAMENTO STATE, AND I'VE BEEN 2007 01:11:35,224 --> 01:11:37,426 TEXTING HIM IN REGARDS TO SOME 2008 01:11:37,426 --> 01:11:38,527 OF HIS PLAYERS ON HIS TEAM AND 2009 01:11:38,527 --> 01:11:40,195 SAYING IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THE 2010 01:11:40,195 --> 01:11:42,731 TEAM ATMOSPHERE, BEING AN EX 2011 01:11:42,731 --> 01:11:43,265 COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER 2012 01:11:43,265 --> 01:11:44,700 MYSELF, TRYING TO DO SOME LITTLE 2013 01:11:44,700 --> 01:11:46,602 FREE RECRUITING ON THAT END. BUT 2014 01:11:46,602 --> 01:11:47,870 WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT 2015 01:11:47,870 --> 01:11:50,005 DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THINGS. I 2016 01:11:50,005 --> 01:11:51,640 THINK YOU NEVER WANT TO DO MORE 2017 01:11:51,640 --> 01:11:52,608 WITH LESS. YOU WANT TO DO 2018 01:11:52,608 --> 01:11:53,876 DIFFERENT WITH LESS. SO WE'RE 2019 01:11:53,876 --> 01:11:55,244 TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME 2020 01:11:55,244 --> 01:11:57,680 IDEAS OF OUR OWN HERE AT THE 2021 01:11:57,680 --> 01:11:58,280 POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE 2022 01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:01,417 THAT EFFORT AND PUSH THAT EFFORT 2023 01:12:01,417 --> 01:12:01,684 FORWARD. 2024 01:12:01,684 --> 01:12:03,152 -- THANK YOU, CHIEF, I 2025 01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:04,219 APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK 2026 01:12:04,219 --> 01:12:05,587 THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I'LL 2027 01:12:05,587 --> 01:12:07,022 CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP, BECAUSE 2028 01:12:07,022 --> 01:12:10,059 TO ME, WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE 2029 01:12:10,059 --> 01:12:11,427 PROGRESS TOWARD THE GOAL. IT MAY 2030 01:12:11,427 --> 01:12:13,395 BE THAT THE STRATEGY HAS CHANGED 2031 01:12:13,395 --> 01:12:14,830 FROM HAVING ONE POSITION TO 2032 01:12:14,830 --> 01:12:16,699 HAVING A SET OF STRATEGIES 2033 01:12:16,699 --> 01:12:17,833 INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT, SOME OF 2034 01:12:17,833 --> 01:12:18,634 WHICH YOU JUST MENTIONED. BUT 2035 01:12:18,634 --> 01:12:20,269 WHAT I KNOW WE WANT TO LOOK FOR 2036 01:12:20,269 --> 01:12:21,870 IS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS TOWARDS 2037 01:12:21,870 --> 01:12:22,805 THAT GOAL AND KEEPING US ON 2038 01:12:22,805 --> 01:12:24,907 TRACK. AND SO IT MAY LOOK 2039 01:12:24,907 --> 01:12:25,574 DIFFERENT WITHOUT THESE 2040 01:12:25,574 --> 01:12:27,509 POSITIONS, BUT I AM LOOKING FOR 2041 01:12:27,509 --> 01:12:30,045 SOME CONCRETE, CLEAR STRATEGIES 2042 01:12:30,045 --> 01:12:31,747 AND FORWARD NEXT STEPS BECAUSE I 2043 01:12:31,747 --> 01:12:33,349 KNOW WE SHARE, AND I KNOW THAT 2044 01:12:33,349 --> 01:12:34,283 YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT 2045 01:12:34,283 --> 01:12:35,584 THIS. I KNOW WE SHARE THIS GOAL 2046 01:12:35,584 --> 01:12:37,052 FOR OUR FOR OUR POLICE 2047 01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:38,087 DEPARTMENT. SO I APPRECIATE 2048 01:12:38,087 --> 01:12:39,755 THAT. CHAIR. I'VE JUST GOT ONE 2049 01:12:39,755 --> 01:12:41,790 MORE, MAYBE TWO. WE'LL SEE IF. 2050 01:12:41,790 --> 01:12:44,560 SO IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 12 2051 01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:48,297 HERE, I JUST I APPRECIATE THE 2052 01:12:48,297 --> 01:12:50,032 CONVERSATION AND I, I WILL JUST. 2053 01:12:50,032 --> 01:12:52,501 SECOND, COUNCILMEMBER LIN'S 2054 01:12:52,501 --> 01:12:52,968 INTEREST AND SORT OF 2055 01:12:52,968 --> 01:12:54,670 UNDERSTANDING OUR OVERALL BUDGET 2056 01:12:54,670 --> 01:12:55,704 INVESTMENTS. I KNOW WE'VE HEARD 2057 01:12:55,704 --> 01:12:57,940 OTHER COMPARISON OF SEATTLE TO 2058 01:12:57,940 --> 01:12:58,974 BOSTON OR SEATTLE TO OTHER 2059 01:12:58,974 --> 01:13:00,042 CITIES. SO I THINK THOSE ARE 2060 01:13:00,042 --> 01:13:01,677 GREAT QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER 2061 01:13:01,677 --> 01:13:02,444 LIN I SECOND THOSE ONE. ONE 2062 01:13:02,444 --> 01:13:03,245 THING I JUST WANTED TO, YOU 2063 01:13:03,245 --> 01:13:04,847 KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I WASN'T HERE 2064 01:13:04,847 --> 01:13:06,215 LAST FALL. SO I WANT TO MAKE 2065 01:13:06,215 --> 01:13:07,382 SURE THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS 2066 01:13:07,382 --> 01:13:08,250 THAT WE'RE JUST GETTING CLARITY 2067 01:13:08,250 --> 01:13:09,318 ON, ON, ON THE RECORD HERE IN 2068 01:13:09,318 --> 01:13:11,587 TERMS OF THE OVERALL BUDGET AND 2069 01:13:11,587 --> 01:13:12,988 JUST REFLECTING ON THE 2070 01:13:12,988 --> 01:13:13,789 PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD 2071 01:13:13,789 --> 01:13:14,423 YESTERDAY AND LOOKING AT SOME OF 2072 01:13:14,423 --> 01:13:17,926 THE REDUCTIONS. SO I KNOW WHILE 2073 01:13:17,926 --> 01:13:20,295 THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE 2074 01:13:20,295 --> 01:13:21,430 REMOVED OR VACANT POSITIONS THAT 2075 01:13:21,430 --> 01:13:23,999 ARE MOVED IN, I THINK FOR FILLED 2076 01:13:23,999 --> 01:13:26,201 POSITIONS THAT ARE REMOVED, AND 2077 01:13:26,201 --> 01:13:28,303 I CAN YOU JUST WALK ME THROUGH 2078 01:13:28,303 --> 01:13:31,473 THE OVERALL CHANGE IN SPD'S 2079 01:13:31,473 --> 01:13:33,609 BUDGET AS A PERCENTAGE FROM THE 2080 01:13:33,609 --> 01:13:35,077 ADOPTED BUDGET LAST YEAR TO THE 2081 01:13:35,077 --> 01:13:38,280 PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR? 2082 01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:42,084 -- SURE. I THINK THIS THIS 2083 01:13:42,084 --> 01:13:44,319 SLIDE, THE FIRST SLIDE GIVES YOU 2084 01:13:44,319 --> 01:13:47,890 THAT KIND OF OVERVIEW I DON'T 2085 01:13:47,890 --> 01:13:49,925 HAVE THE PERCENTS SHOWN HERE, 2086 01:13:49,925 --> 01:13:52,494 BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST 2087 01:13:52,494 --> 01:13:53,495 LOOKING AT THE GENERAL FUND, 2088 01:13:53,495 --> 01:13:56,732 WHICH IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF 2089 01:13:56,732 --> 01:13:59,268 OUR FUNDING FROM 2026 ADOPTED TO 2090 01:13:59,268 --> 01:14:02,538 2027 PROPOSED, WE'VE INCREASED 2091 01:14:02,538 --> 01:14:09,611 ABOUT $66 MILLION. THE. THE BIG. 2092 01:14:09,611 --> 01:14:11,413 AS I SAID IN MY OPENING REMARKS, 2093 01:14:11,413 --> 01:14:13,015 THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THE CHANGE 2094 01:14:13,015 --> 01:14:14,650 FROM THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 2095 01:14:14,650 --> 01:14:18,187 AGREEMENTS. THAT'S ABOUT $58 2096 01:14:18,187 --> 01:14:19,788 MILLION. THERE ARE OTHER CHANGES 2097 01:14:19,788 --> 01:14:22,691 AS WELL, INCLUDING THE $12.5 2098 01:14:22,691 --> 01:14:25,227 MILLION FOR FUNDING ADDITIONAL 2099 01:14:25,227 --> 01:14:27,663 OFFICERS AND SOME SMALLER MOVES 2100 01:14:27,663 --> 01:14:35,871 THAT THAT HAVE INS AND OUTS 2101 01:14:35,871 --> 01:14:36,371 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 2102 01:14:36,371 --> 01:14:39,575 -- THANK YOU. I'LL JUST PUT THE 2103 01:14:39,575 --> 01:14:42,644 PERCENT ON IT. IT'S A OVERALL 2104 01:14:42,644 --> 01:14:44,980 SPD BUDGET COMPARED TO THE 2026 2105 01:14:44,980 --> 01:14:48,116 ADOPTED IS INCREASING BY 13.8%. 2106 01:14:48,116 --> 01:14:50,285 IT'S A 68 MILLION NET INCREASE 2107 01:14:50,285 --> 01:14:52,721 WHEN YOU INCLUDE ALL FUNDS AND 2108 01:14:52,721 --> 01:14:54,690 CONTINUES TO BE THE LARGEST AREA 2109 01:14:54,690 --> 01:14:56,492 OF INVESTMENT FROM THE GENERAL 2110 01:14:56,492 --> 01:14:56,692 FUND. 2111 01:14:56,692 --> 01:14:57,326 -- THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S 2112 01:14:57,326 --> 01:14:59,528 HELPFUL. AND I THINK AND I 2113 01:14:59,528 --> 01:15:02,397 APPRECIATE YOU, DIRECTOR, FOR 2114 01:15:02,397 --> 01:15:04,399 FOR POINTING ME TO THE DIFFERENT 2115 01:15:04,399 --> 01:15:05,167 SLIDE. I THINK FOR ME, I WAS 2116 01:15:05,167 --> 01:15:06,301 LOOKING AT SLIDE 12 BECAUSE I 2117 01:15:06,301 --> 01:15:08,303 KNOW OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WHEN 2118 01:15:08,303 --> 01:15:11,940 THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED THE BUDGET, 2119 01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:13,742 THE NEW CONTRACTS HAD NOT BEEN 2120 01:15:13,742 --> 01:15:14,776 COMPLETED. THEIR NEGOTIATION HAD 2121 01:15:14,776 --> 01:15:15,544 NOT BEEN COMPLETED AT THAT POINT 2122 01:15:15,544 --> 01:15:18,080 IN TIME. THEY WERE NEGOTIATED 2123 01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:20,182 AND THEN ADOPTED LATER. SO THE 2124 01:15:20,182 --> 01:15:22,651 THE THOSE THEN NECESSITATED 2125 01:15:22,651 --> 01:15:23,385 ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN THE SPD 2126 01:15:23,385 --> 01:15:24,620 BUDGET. AS PART OF MY 2127 01:15:24,620 --> 01:15:25,921 UNDERSTANDING, AND THAT THIS 2128 01:15:25,921 --> 01:15:28,490 BUDGET FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2129 01:15:28,490 --> 01:15:31,460 REFLECTS THOSE CHANGES. DID WE 2130 01:15:31,460 --> 01:15:32,728 MODEL JUST WHAT THE COST WOULD 2131 01:15:32,728 --> 01:15:34,830 BE? I KNOW OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS 2132 01:15:34,830 --> 01:15:36,431 WERE TALKING ABOUT SORT OF 2133 01:15:36,431 --> 01:15:38,500 DIFFERENT GOAL NUMBERS. DID WE 2134 01:15:38,500 --> 01:15:39,668 MODEL WHAT THAT WOULD BE IF WE 2135 01:15:39,668 --> 01:15:44,172 WERE TO TO MAINTAIN THAT GOAL? 2136 01:15:44,172 --> 01:15:46,542 -- DIRECTOR 2137 01:15:46,542 --> 01:15:48,143 -- THANK YOU. I THINK THERE HAVE 2138 01:15:48,143 --> 01:15:49,545 BEEN SOME DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT 2139 01:15:49,545 --> 01:15:51,813 MODELING I CAN OFFER AN EXAMPLE. 2140 01:15:51,813 --> 01:15:56,919 SO TO IT WOULD COST ABOUT $14 2141 01:15:56,919 --> 01:15:59,288 MILLION IN 2028 AND $26 MILLION 2142 01:15:59,288 --> 01:16:04,393 IN 2029 AND BEYOND TO FUND 1352 2143 01:16:04,393 --> 01:16:05,894 FULL TIME OFFICERS. SO THAT IS 2144 01:16:05,894 --> 01:16:07,829 ONE EXAMPLE. THERE CAN BE OTHER 2145 01:16:07,829 --> 01:16:13,468 MODELS RUN. AND AS. DAN 2146 01:16:13,468 --> 01:16:15,003 MENTIONED EARLIER, GREG, WHO 2147 01:16:15,003 --> 01:16:16,071 HELPED DEVELOP THE STAFFING 2148 01:16:16,071 --> 01:16:17,506 MODEL I'M SURE WILL BE RUNNING 2149 01:16:17,506 --> 01:16:20,309 LOTS OF MODELS FOR YOU. ALL. 2150 01:16:20,309 --> 01:16:21,610 -- I THANK HIM IN ADVANCE. OH 2151 01:16:21,610 --> 01:16:22,811 PLEASE. 2152 01:16:22,811 --> 01:16:25,047 -- I'M SORRY TO SPEAK OVER YOU. 2153 01:16:25,047 --> 01:16:26,915 AYE. IT COSTS ABOUT $200,000. 2154 01:16:26,915 --> 01:16:29,384 IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 2155 01:16:29,384 --> 01:16:31,353 THAT TO TO FUND AN AVERAGE 2156 01:16:31,353 --> 01:16:32,888 FILLED FTE OVER THE COURSE OF 2157 01:16:32,888 --> 01:16:36,892 THE YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, ADDING 2158 01:16:36,892 --> 01:16:38,026 TEN AVERAGE FILLED FTES OVER THE 2159 01:16:38,026 --> 01:16:39,161 COURSE OF THE YEAR IS ON THE 2160 01:16:39,161 --> 01:16:41,763 ORDER OF $2 MILLION. 2161 01:16:41,763 --> 01:16:42,898 -- THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK 2162 01:16:42,898 --> 01:16:45,500 YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN I'LL 2163 01:16:45,500 --> 01:16:46,902 JUST ASK YOU ON THIS LINE OF 2164 01:16:46,902 --> 01:16:47,502 QUESTIONING HERE BECAUSE, YOU 2165 01:16:47,502 --> 01:16:48,904 KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN OUR 2166 01:16:48,904 --> 01:16:50,105 BUDGET PROCESS AND WE'RE 2167 01:16:50,105 --> 01:16:51,440 THINKING ABOUT COST. BUT WHAT 2168 01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:52,541 AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING 2169 01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:54,376 TO DRIVE TOWARDS IS A CITY THAT 2170 01:16:54,376 --> 01:16:56,078 WORKS FOR ALL OF US, A CITY THAT 2171 01:16:56,078 --> 01:16:58,213 IS SAFE FOR ALL OF US. AND SO IF 2172 01:16:58,213 --> 01:17:00,782 YOU COULD ALSO JUST SPEAK TO HOW 2173 01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:02,651 YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT 2174 01:17:02,651 --> 01:17:04,553 METRICS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT 2175 01:17:04,553 --> 01:17:06,388 OF HIRING. SO I KNOW ONE THING I 2176 01:17:06,388 --> 01:17:07,556 HEAR A LOT ABOUT AND I CARE A 2177 01:17:07,556 --> 01:17:09,825 LOT ABOUT IS RESPONSE TIMES, YOU 2178 01:17:09,825 --> 01:17:12,427 KNOW, WHETHER THAT'S GETTING TO 2179 01:17:12,427 --> 01:17:12,995 THE SEVEN MINUTES OR OTHER 2180 01:17:12,995 --> 01:17:15,030 METRICS. SO CAN YOU JUST SPEAK 2181 01:17:15,030 --> 01:17:16,965 TO, AS YOU PROPOSE THE BUDGET 2182 01:17:16,965 --> 01:17:19,101 WITH THIS INCREASE IN OFFICERS, 2183 01:17:19,101 --> 01:17:21,136 HOW YOU'LL BE TRACKING THE 2184 01:17:21,136 --> 01:17:23,105 IMPACT OF THESE, THESE REALLY 2185 01:17:23,105 --> 01:17:25,640 IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS? 2186 01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:27,509 -- YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, 2187 01:17:27,509 --> 01:17:28,443 AT LEAST TO GET STARTED AT THE 2188 01:17:28,443 --> 01:17:31,947 TABLE HERE. AS I MENTIONED, WHEN 2189 01:17:31,947 --> 01:17:34,716 I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STAFFING 2190 01:17:34,716 --> 01:17:36,852 PLAN, WE DO SORT OF UPDATE THE 2191 01:17:36,852 --> 01:17:39,821 PLAN MONTHLY WITH ACTUAL 2192 01:17:39,821 --> 01:17:41,923 INFORMATION TO REPLACE OUR 2193 01:17:41,923 --> 01:17:42,524 PROJECTIONS, WHICH ARE, YOU 2194 01:17:42,524 --> 01:17:45,594 KNOW, IN THIS CASE, MORE THAN 2195 01:17:45,594 --> 01:17:46,762 TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE. SO WE WILL 2196 01:17:46,762 --> 01:17:48,730 HAVE MORE INFORMATION EVERY 2197 01:17:48,730 --> 01:17:49,931 MONTH ABOUT HOW MANY NEW HIRES 2198 01:17:49,931 --> 01:17:52,300 WE HAVE, HOW LONG IT'S TAKEN FOR 2199 01:17:52,300 --> 01:17:56,838 OFFICERS TO GET FROM THE ACADEMY 2200 01:17:56,838 --> 01:17:58,940 THROUGH TRAINING, TO BECOME 2201 01:17:58,940 --> 01:18:00,976 FULLY TRAINED, DEPLOYABLE 2202 01:18:00,976 --> 01:18:02,911 OFFICERS, AND THAT LAST 2203 01:18:02,911 --> 01:18:05,414 STATISTIC IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. 2204 01:18:05,414 --> 01:18:06,782 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE THE 2205 01:18:06,782 --> 01:18:08,316 NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WE CAN 2206 01:18:08,316 --> 01:18:10,385 ACTUALLY PUT ON THE STREET AND 2207 01:18:10,385 --> 01:18:11,286 DOING POLICE WORK, WHETHER 2208 01:18:11,286 --> 01:18:13,922 THEY'RE ON PATROL OR OTHERWISE, 2209 01:18:13,922 --> 01:18:17,592 IS WHAT DRIVES EVERYTHING ELSE. 2210 01:18:17,592 --> 01:18:20,695 WHAT WE CAN'T CONTROL, HOW MANY 2211 01:18:20,695 --> 01:18:22,397 OFFICERS ARE ON LONG TERM 2212 01:18:22,397 --> 01:18:24,099 DISABILITY AND ILLNESS. THAT'S 2213 01:18:24,099 --> 01:18:25,934 JUST A INFORMATION THAT WE 2214 01:18:25,934 --> 01:18:28,737 RECEIVE. WE CAN'T CONTROL HOW 2215 01:18:28,737 --> 01:18:29,371 MANY OFFICERS ULTIMATELY LEAVE 2216 01:18:29,371 --> 01:18:31,940 THE FORCE EITHER BECAUSE FOR ONE 2217 01:18:31,940 --> 01:18:34,009 REASON OR ANOTHER. SO WHAT WE 2218 01:18:34,009 --> 01:18:37,913 HAVE LEFT IS THE NUMBER OF 2219 01:18:37,913 --> 01:18:40,749 OFFICERS WHO ARE ABLE TO BE 2220 01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:41,283 DEPLOYED AS FULLY TRAINED 2221 01:18:41,283 --> 01:18:44,219 OFFICERS. THAT NUMBER IS 2222 01:18:44,219 --> 01:18:45,720 SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER ON A 2223 01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:48,023 PROJECTED BASIS AT THE END OF 2224 01:18:48,023 --> 01:18:50,659 2026, COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE 2225 01:18:50,659 --> 01:18:52,728 IN 2018. BUT IT'S A LAGGING 2226 01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:54,663 INDICATOR. IT TAKES MORE THAN A 2227 01:18:54,663 --> 01:18:58,567 YEAR TO TRAIN A NEW RECRUIT AND 2228 01:18:58,567 --> 01:18:59,468 GET THEM INTO THE POSITION OF 2229 01:18:59,468 --> 01:19:02,137 BEING A FULLY TRAINED, 2230 01:19:02,137 --> 01:19:04,139 DEPLOYABLE OFFICER. SO OUR 2231 01:19:04,139 --> 01:19:06,742 PROJECTION IS THAT WE WILL HAVE 2232 01:19:06,742 --> 01:19:09,044 MORE FULLY TRAINED, DEPLOYABLE 2233 01:19:09,044 --> 01:19:12,714 OFFICERS IN 2027 THAN WE HAD IN 2234 01:19:12,714 --> 01:19:14,583 26, AND STILL MORE IN 28 THAN WE 2235 01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:15,951 HAD, THAN WE WERE PROJECTING TO 2236 01:19:15,951 --> 01:19:20,622 HAVE IN 27. SO THAT THAT LINE IS 2237 01:19:20,622 --> 01:19:23,558 INCREASING, WHICH IS A GOOD 2238 01:19:23,558 --> 01:19:23,792 THING. 2239 01:19:23,792 --> 01:19:24,593 -- THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANTED 2240 01:19:24,593 --> 01:19:26,728 TO CLARIFY WHAT I'M ASKING, AND 2241 01:19:26,728 --> 01:19:28,296 THAT WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL. IT 2242 01:19:28,296 --> 01:19:29,931 WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT 2243 01:19:29,931 --> 01:19:31,366 I WAS TRYING TO ASK, WHICH IS AS 2244 01:19:31,366 --> 01:19:32,768 WE CONTINUE TO STAFF UP AND EVEN 2245 01:19:32,768 --> 01:19:34,569 THOUGH THIS IS A LAGGING 2246 01:19:34,569 --> 01:19:36,771 INDICATOR, HOW ARE WE TRACKING 2247 01:19:36,771 --> 01:19:39,674 OUR OUR DELIVERY HERE IN TERMS 2248 01:19:39,674 --> 01:19:41,143 OF THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING 2249 01:19:41,143 --> 01:19:42,010 ON PUBLIC SAFETY? SO TRACKING, 2250 01:19:42,010 --> 01:19:43,845 YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET TO THE OUR 2251 01:19:43,845 --> 01:19:46,181 NEXT GOAL OF OFFICERS, WHAT 2252 01:19:46,181 --> 01:19:47,616 IMPACT THAT'S HAVING ON OUR 2253 01:19:47,616 --> 01:19:49,117 RESPONSE TIMES, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE 2254 01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:51,052 SEEING IN TERMS OF OUTCOMES FOR 2255 01:19:51,052 --> 01:19:52,120 OUR RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THE 2256 01:19:52,120 --> 01:19:53,421 IMPORTANT THINGS THAT MY 2257 01:19:53,421 --> 01:19:53,922 COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY 2258 01:19:53,922 --> 01:19:55,056 MENTIONED TODAY. SO AND THAT 2259 01:19:55,056 --> 01:19:58,894 WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION, CHAIR. 2260 01:19:58,894 --> 01:20:00,195 -- THE WAYS THAT WE TRACK OUR 2261 01:20:00,195 --> 01:20:01,062 RESPONSE TIMES AND SO FORTH, WE 2262 01:20:01,062 --> 01:20:03,331 DO THAT DURING OUR C STAT 2263 01:20:03,331 --> 01:20:04,399 MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE ONCE A 2264 01:20:04,399 --> 01:20:07,469 MONTH WITH OUR CAPTAINS OF EACH 2265 01:20:07,469 --> 01:20:09,070 PRECINCT. WE LOOK AT THE 2266 01:20:09,070 --> 01:20:10,305 RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY ONE, 2267 01:20:10,305 --> 01:20:13,875 TWO AND THREE CALLS. AND I THINK 2268 01:20:13,875 --> 01:20:16,711 AS WE GO FORTH, WE CAN START 2269 01:20:16,711 --> 01:20:17,646 IMPLEMENTING THIS IS HOW MANY 2270 01:20:17,646 --> 01:20:19,814 OFFICERS YOU HAD AT THIS TIME, 2271 01:20:19,814 --> 01:20:22,083 MONTH THREE. YOU HAVE AN 2272 01:20:22,083 --> 01:20:24,119 ADDITIONAL 3 OR 4 OFFICERS THAT 2273 01:20:24,119 --> 01:20:25,554 HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE FTO 2274 01:20:25,554 --> 01:20:26,188 PROGRAM. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE 2275 01:20:26,188 --> 01:20:27,522 TIME LOOKING LIKE THAT? SO I 2276 01:20:27,522 --> 01:20:28,690 THINK THAT'S A TOOL THAT WE CAN 2277 01:20:28,690 --> 01:20:31,927 ADD INTO. PROBABLY NOT C STAT, 2278 01:20:31,927 --> 01:20:33,695 BUT OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING 2279 01:20:33,695 --> 01:20:36,131 TO START TRACKING THAT TO SEE 2280 01:20:36,131 --> 01:20:37,632 ONCE WE START PUTTING STUDENT 2281 01:20:37,632 --> 01:20:38,967 OFFICERS IN SEATS, NOT WITH 2282 01:20:38,967 --> 01:20:40,969 FTOS, HOW DOES THAT BRING DOWN 2283 01:20:40,969 --> 01:20:41,670 OUR RESPONSE TIME? SO WE CAN WE 2284 01:20:41,670 --> 01:20:43,104 CAN ADD THAT. 2285 01:20:43,104 --> 01:20:44,272 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 2286 01:20:44,272 --> 01:20:45,974 -- CHAIR THANK YOU, 2287 01:20:45,974 --> 01:20:46,441 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2288 01:20:46,441 --> 01:20:49,644 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. FOLLOWED 2289 01:20:49,644 --> 01:20:50,145 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2290 01:20:50,145 --> 01:20:52,948 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2291 01:20:52,948 --> 01:20:54,783 STRAUSS. I JUST WANT TO I HAVE A 2292 01:20:54,783 --> 01:20:56,384 FEW QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO 2293 01:20:56,384 --> 01:20:58,954 MAKE A FEW COMMENTS RELATED TO 2294 01:20:58,954 --> 01:21:01,323 OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET IN 2295 01:21:01,323 --> 01:21:06,061 GENERAL. FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT 2296 01:21:06,061 --> 01:21:07,462 TO SAY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I 2297 01:21:07,462 --> 01:21:08,296 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND I 2298 01:21:08,296 --> 01:21:10,298 AGREE WITH YOU. THIS ISN'T ABOUT 2299 01:21:10,298 --> 01:21:12,667 IDEOLOGY. THIS IS ABOUT POLITICS 2300 01:21:12,667 --> 01:21:14,469 AND RESPONDING TO OUR 2301 01:21:14,469 --> 01:21:15,070 CONSTITUENTS AND MAKING SURE 2302 01:21:15,070 --> 01:21:17,339 THAT WE HAVE A SAFE CITY FOR 2303 01:21:17,339 --> 01:21:19,541 EVERYONE THAT LIVES IN THIS 2304 01:21:19,541 --> 01:21:20,976 CITY, INCLUDING ALL OUR FAMILIES 2305 01:21:20,976 --> 01:21:22,844 AND ALL OUR KIDS. KIDS DESERVE 2306 01:21:22,844 --> 01:21:25,580 TO LIVE IN A SAFE CITY FULL 2307 01:21:25,580 --> 01:21:27,849 STOP. AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE 2308 01:21:27,849 --> 01:21:35,257 AFRAID TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE 2309 01:21:35,257 --> 01:21:37,025 THEY FEAR THEIR SAFETY. I WILL 2310 01:21:37,025 --> 01:21:40,695 SAY THIS IS POLICE FIRE AND 911 2311 01:21:40,695 --> 01:21:44,733 ARE CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITIES. 2312 01:21:44,733 --> 01:21:48,970 LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. FIRE, 2313 01:21:48,970 --> 01:21:52,807 POLICE AND 911 ARE CHARTERED 2314 01:21:52,807 --> 01:21:53,408 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY. 2315 01:21:53,408 --> 01:21:55,744 THEY NEED TO BE TREATED LIKE 2316 01:21:55,744 --> 01:21:58,980 THAT IN OUR BUDGET. BUT THIS 2317 01:21:58,980 --> 01:21:59,648 ISN'T A BUDGET THAT PRIORITIZES 2318 01:21:59,648 --> 01:22:06,154 OUR CHARTER RESPONSIBILITIES. I 2319 01:22:06,154 --> 01:22:08,556 WILL SAY BECOMING A FULLY 2320 01:22:08,556 --> 01:22:10,158 STAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT 2321 01:22:10,158 --> 01:22:11,693 COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES OF 2322 01:22:11,693 --> 01:22:13,762 OUR SIZE IN THE UNITED STATES 2323 01:22:13,762 --> 01:22:15,463 SHOULD NOT BE CONTROVERSIAL. 2324 01:22:15,463 --> 01:22:17,599 THIS SHOULD NOT BE 2325 01:22:17,599 --> 01:22:19,167 CONTROVERSIAL. TO HAVE ENOUGH 2326 01:22:19,167 --> 01:22:21,336 OFFICERS SO THAT OUR RESPONSE 2327 01:22:21,336 --> 01:22:22,904 TIMES SHOULD BE WHAT BEST 2328 01:22:22,904 --> 01:22:24,973 PRACTICES ARE, AND SO THAT OUR 2329 01:22:24,973 --> 01:22:27,242 CONSTITUENTS ON THE GROUND, ON 2330 01:22:27,242 --> 01:22:29,311 THE GROUND ARE FEELING. BECAUSE 2331 01:22:29,311 --> 01:22:31,846 WE HEAR ANECDOTALLY, THEY CALL 2332 01:22:31,846 --> 01:22:33,181 AND POLICE DON'T SHOW UP FOR 2333 01:22:33,181 --> 01:22:34,316 MANY HOURS LATER. AND I 2334 01:22:34,316 --> 01:22:36,618 UNDERSTAND WHY, BECAUSE I'VE SAT 2335 01:22:36,618 --> 01:22:39,721 AT THE 911 CALL CENTER TO SEE 2336 01:22:39,721 --> 01:22:41,923 FOR MYSELF WHAT IS HAPPENING. 2337 01:22:41,923 --> 01:22:42,524 AND AS CALLS ARE PRIORITIZED, 2338 01:22:42,524 --> 01:22:44,326 SOME OF THOSE LOWER PRIORITY. 2339 01:22:44,326 --> 01:22:46,027 QUOTE UNQUOTE, LOWER PRIORITY 2340 01:22:46,027 --> 01:22:47,495 CALLS, THEY DON'T FEEL LOWER 2341 01:22:47,495 --> 01:22:49,698 PRIORITY TO THE PERSON WHO'S 2342 01:22:49,698 --> 01:22:51,366 CALLED 911, BUT THOSE LOWER 2343 01:22:51,366 --> 01:22:53,568 PRIORITY CALLS GO UNANSWERED 2344 01:22:53,568 --> 01:22:55,737 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FULLY 2345 01:22:55,737 --> 01:22:57,772 STAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT 2346 01:22:57,772 --> 01:23:00,241 IS THE BOTTOM LINE AND WE CAN 2347 01:23:00,241 --> 01:23:04,112 MAKE ALL THE THE, YOU KNOW, 2348 01:23:04,112 --> 01:23:04,946 IDEOLOGICAL STATEMENTS THAT WE 2349 01:23:04,946 --> 01:23:06,214 WANT TO MAKE. BUT AT THE END OF 2350 01:23:06,214 --> 01:23:08,516 THE DAY, WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 911, 2351 01:23:08,516 --> 01:23:11,419 THEY WANT POLICE OFFICER TO SHOW 2352 01:23:11,419 --> 01:23:13,288 UP AND HELP THEM. AND WE CANNOT 2353 01:23:13,288 --> 01:23:15,423 PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TODAY IN 2354 01:23:15,423 --> 01:23:21,763 THE LEVEL THAT WE SHOULD. I WILL 2355 01:23:21,763 --> 01:23:26,501 SAY ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, I WAS 2356 01:23:26,501 --> 01:23:28,503 LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS PIECE OF 2357 01:23:28,503 --> 01:23:30,338 HIRING CONVERSATIONS, AND 2358 01:23:30,338 --> 01:23:31,940 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ALSO, YOU 2359 01:23:31,940 --> 01:23:32,574 MADE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT 2360 01:23:32,574 --> 01:23:38,079 I WAS GOING TO MAKE IN 2019. WE 2361 01:23:38,079 --> 01:23:40,648 HAD ABOUT 14 AND 24 SWORN 2362 01:23:40,648 --> 01:23:42,384 OFFICERS, OF WHICH 1281 ABOUT 2363 01:23:42,384 --> 01:23:43,651 WERE DEPLOYABLE, AND WE HAD 2364 01:23:43,651 --> 01:23:47,255 ABOUT 753 THOUSAND PEOPLE. IN 2365 01:23:47,255 --> 01:23:49,391 2026. WE NOW HAVE ALMOST I 2366 01:23:49,391 --> 01:23:53,628 BELIEVE IT'S CLOSE TO YOU, SAID 2367 01:23:53,628 --> 01:23:54,262 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 816. AND I 2368 01:23:54,262 --> 01:23:55,430 THINK IT MIGHT BE EVEN A LITTLE 2369 01:23:55,430 --> 01:24:01,403 MORE THAN THAT. AND WE HAVE AT 2370 01:24:01,403 --> 01:24:04,639 THIS POINT, ABOUT 1197 SWORN 2371 01:24:04,639 --> 01:24:05,140 OFFICERS WITH ONLY 927 2372 01:24:05,140 --> 01:24:07,342 DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS. SO AT THE 2373 01:24:07,342 --> 01:24:10,412 END OF THE DAY, WE DO NOT HAVE 2374 01:24:10,412 --> 01:24:11,646 SUFFICIENT OFFICERS TO MEET THE 2375 01:24:11,646 --> 01:24:14,616 NEEDS, EVEN THOUGH OUR 2376 01:24:14,616 --> 01:24:16,384 CONSTITUENCY HAS INCREASED BY 2377 01:24:16,384 --> 01:24:18,453 ABOUT 7000 PEOPLE. AND MY 2378 01:24:18,453 --> 01:24:20,522 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE 2379 01:24:20,522 --> 01:24:22,590 BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR 2380 01:24:22,590 --> 01:24:25,593 RATIOS OF POLICE TO RESIDENTS. 2381 01:24:25,593 --> 01:24:27,562 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, I BELIEVE, 2382 01:24:27,562 --> 01:24:29,898 IS 26.5 PER 10,000 RESIDENTS. 2383 01:24:29,898 --> 01:24:34,602 BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 18 PER 10,000 2384 01:24:34,602 --> 01:24:37,072 RESIDENTS. AND JUST QUICKLY 2385 01:24:37,072 --> 01:24:40,708 LOOKING UP, WASHINGTON, D.C. HAS 2386 01:24:40,708 --> 01:24:42,577 ABOUT 702,000 CONSTITUENTS OR 2387 01:24:42,577 --> 01:24:45,013 RESIDENTS, AND THEIR STAFFING 2388 01:24:45,013 --> 01:24:47,015 RATIO IS 54 PER 10,000. SO WHEN 2389 01:24:47,015 --> 01:24:48,583 WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES 2390 01:24:48,583 --> 01:24:51,686 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT OUR 2391 01:24:51,686 --> 01:24:53,755 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT LOOKS LIKE, 2392 01:24:53,755 --> 01:24:55,256 IT IS NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. 2393 01:24:55,256 --> 01:24:57,192 AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER 2394 01:24:57,192 --> 01:24:59,794 JUAREZ, I KEEP GOING TO YOU 2395 01:24:59,794 --> 01:25:02,263 MOSTLY BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH HERE 2396 01:25:02,263 --> 01:25:04,666 DURING COVID, WE BOTH UNDERSTAND 2397 01:25:04,666 --> 01:25:09,704 WHEN THERE WAS A WANT TO 2398 01:25:09,704 --> 01:25:12,874 DECREASE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 2399 01:25:12,874 --> 01:25:13,408 PEOPLE ARGUE ABOUT DEFUND 2400 01:25:13,408 --> 01:25:13,975 BECAUSE THEY SAY WE NEVER 2401 01:25:13,975 --> 01:25:15,343 ACTUALLY DEFUND IT. WE DID 2402 01:25:15,343 --> 01:25:19,981 DECREASE IT IN, IN, IN DOLLAR 2403 01:25:19,981 --> 01:25:21,549 AMOUNTS. AND ALSO A LOT OF 2404 01:25:21,549 --> 01:25:23,852 OFFICERS JUST LEFT BECAUSE THEY 2405 01:25:23,852 --> 01:25:25,653 FELT UNSUPPORTED. SO THAT'S JUST 2406 01:25:25,653 --> 01:25:26,554 THE BOTTOM LINE. THOSE ARE 2407 01:25:26,554 --> 01:25:28,656 FACTS, AS YOU LIKE TO SAY. 2408 01:25:28,656 --> 01:25:31,860 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THEN ON 2409 01:25:31,860 --> 01:25:34,529 SLIDE TEN, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS 2410 01:25:34,529 --> 01:25:37,098 ABOUT THE STAFFING CHANGES. ONE 2411 01:25:37,098 --> 01:25:39,734 THAT JUST STRUCK OUT ME STRUCK, 2412 01:25:39,734 --> 01:25:41,736 STRUCK, EXCUSE ME, STUCK OUT TO 2413 01:25:41,736 --> 01:25:44,372 ME WERE THIS RECORD SUPPORT AND 2414 01:25:44,372 --> 01:25:48,042 DECREASING THE ONE FTE, BECAUSE 2415 01:25:48,042 --> 01:25:48,643 I KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY THE 2416 01:25:48,643 --> 01:25:51,646 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 2417 01:25:51,646 --> 01:25:52,447 HAD DIFFICULTIES GETTING OUT. 2418 01:25:52,447 --> 01:25:54,382 THERE HAVE BEEN PUBLIC 2419 01:25:54,382 --> 01:25:55,950 DISCLOSURE REQUESTS AND GETTING 2420 01:25:55,950 --> 01:25:56,584 INFORMATION OUT AND WHETHER THEY 2421 01:25:56,584 --> 01:25:58,887 HAVE THE STAFFING AVAILABLE. 2422 01:25:58,887 --> 01:26:01,322 THERE'S JUST SO MANY PUBLIC 2423 01:26:01,322 --> 01:26:03,258 DISCLOSURE REQUESTS. SO WE 2424 01:26:03,258 --> 01:26:06,594 DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT 2425 01:26:06,594 --> 01:26:07,228 THAT HAMPERS THE DEPARTMENT'S 2426 01:26:07,228 --> 01:26:08,796 ABILITY TO RESPOND TO THOSE 2427 01:26:08,796 --> 01:26:10,231 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS. SO I 2428 01:26:10,231 --> 01:26:11,733 WANT TO MAKE SURE, WHAT IMPACT 2429 01:26:11,733 --> 01:26:16,838 IS THIS GOING TO HAVE ON THAT? 2430 01:26:16,838 --> 01:26:17,505 BECAUSE. DAN EDER, I KNOW THAT, 2431 01:26:17,505 --> 01:26:19,274 YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE 2432 01:26:19,274 --> 01:26:21,709 FOR THE DEPARTMENT HISTORICALLY. 2433 01:26:21,709 --> 01:26:23,578 -- SURE. I'D BE HAPPY TO. WOULD 2434 01:26:23,578 --> 01:26:24,546 YOU LIKE ME TO JUMP IN RIGHT 2435 01:26:24,546 --> 01:26:28,383 NOW? I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT 2436 01:26:28,383 --> 01:26:30,018 THE TWO, THE TWO POSITIONS THAT 2437 01:26:30,018 --> 01:26:31,653 WILL INVOLVE LAYOFFS, I DON'T 2438 01:26:31,653 --> 01:26:33,521 THINK EITHER OF THEM ARE 2439 01:26:33,521 --> 01:26:35,290 INVOLVED IN PUBLIC RECORDS 2440 01:26:35,290 --> 01:26:36,658 REQUESTS. ONE OF THEM IS A 2441 01:26:36,658 --> 01:26:38,660 WEYERHAEUSER ONE POSITION. THE 2442 01:26:38,660 --> 01:26:40,161 JOB DUTIES ARE TO SUPPORT THE 2443 01:26:40,161 --> 01:26:42,030 PHYSICAL TRANSFER OF RECORDS AND 2444 01:26:42,030 --> 01:26:44,566 RELATED SUPPLIES FROM ACROSS THE 2445 01:26:44,566 --> 01:26:47,635 DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE BEEN 2446 01:26:47,635 --> 01:26:49,304 TRANSITIONING TO A DIGITIZED 2447 01:26:49,304 --> 01:26:52,106 SYSTEM. AND SO THE NEED FOR THIS 2448 01:26:52,106 --> 01:26:56,077 WORK HAS CHANGED AND DIMINISHED. 2449 01:26:56,077 --> 01:26:57,879 THE OTHER RECORDS RELATED 2450 01:26:57,879 --> 01:27:00,081 POSITION IS AN ADMIN SPECIALIST. 2451 01:27:00,081 --> 01:27:02,116 ONE, THE JOB DUTIES, THE PRIMARY 2452 01:27:02,116 --> 01:27:04,919 JOB DUTIES ARE IN AUTO RECORDS 2453 01:27:04,919 --> 01:27:07,989 AND THEY WORK WITH POLICE 2454 01:27:07,989 --> 01:27:10,558 OFFICERS AND DATA TECHS FOR 2455 01:27:10,558 --> 01:27:12,460 TOWED STOLEN CARS. THEY 2456 01:27:12,460 --> 01:27:13,094 COORDINATE BETWEEN TOW COMPANIES 2457 01:27:13,094 --> 01:27:14,929 AND POLICE OFFICERS, AND THEY'RE 2458 01:27:14,929 --> 01:27:16,998 FOR THAT POSITION. THERE ARE 2459 01:27:16,998 --> 01:27:19,267 ABOUT 38 OTHER FOLKS WHO DO 2460 01:27:19,267 --> 01:27:20,835 SIMILAR WORK. SO THAT THAT THAT 2461 01:27:20,835 --> 01:27:23,037 WORK CAN BE ABSORBED BY THE 2462 01:27:23,037 --> 01:27:24,238 EXISTING STAFF. 2463 01:27:24,238 --> 01:27:25,974 -- WITHOUT IMPACT, YOU MEAN? 2464 01:27:25,974 --> 01:27:28,276 THANK YOU. MY OTHER QUESTION IS 2465 01:27:28,276 --> 01:27:29,911 ABOUT THE REAL TIME CRIME 2466 01:27:29,911 --> 01:27:32,780 CENTER. DOES THIS DECREASE 2467 01:27:32,780 --> 01:27:33,815 ELIMINATE THE REAL TIME CRIME 2468 01:27:33,815 --> 01:27:36,551 CENTER? I CAN'T TELL FROM FROM 2469 01:27:36,551 --> 01:27:39,354 THE BUDGET AND WHAT. AND THEN 2470 01:27:39,354 --> 01:27:42,190 I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM INTERIM 2471 01:27:42,190 --> 01:27:44,292 CHIEF SALES ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO 2472 01:27:44,292 --> 01:27:45,693 THIS REDUCTION TO THE REAL TIME 2473 01:27:45,693 --> 01:27:48,663 CRIME CENTER. IF IT'S NOT 2474 01:27:48,663 --> 01:27:49,030 ELIMINATING IT. 2475 01:27:49,030 --> 01:27:51,399 -- WHAT DO YOU WANT TO START, 2476 01:27:51,399 --> 01:27:53,034 -- CHIEF SALES OR, OR AND IF YOU 2477 01:27:53,034 --> 01:27:53,768 COULD JUST GIVE ME AN EYE 2478 01:27:53,768 --> 01:27:55,270 BECAUSE WE MISSED A STATEMENT 2479 01:27:55,270 --> 01:27:56,504 OVER HERE FROM DIRECTOR PANUCCI 2480 01:27:56,504 --> 01:27:57,405 A SECOND AGO, WE'LL COME BACK TO 2481 01:27:57,405 --> 01:28:00,508 YOU IN A MINUTE, THOUGH, CHIEF. 2482 01:28:00,508 --> 01:28:02,010 -- I'LL JUST KICK US OFF. SO 2483 01:28:02,010 --> 01:28:04,612 THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO HIRE SIX 2484 01:28:04,612 --> 01:28:06,881 FTES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY FUNDED 2485 01:28:06,881 --> 01:28:08,750 IN THE 2026 PROPOSED BUDGET. 2486 01:28:08,750 --> 01:28:11,319 SORRY, ADOPTED BUDGET. THEY ARE 2487 01:28:11,319 --> 01:28:13,888 ALSO TO BE FUNDED IN THE 2027 2488 01:28:13,888 --> 01:28:15,590 PROPOSED BUDGET. THAT WOULD GIVE 2489 01:28:15,590 --> 01:28:20,161 US A TOTAL OF 21 FTE IN THE REAL 2490 01:28:20,161 --> 01:28:21,462 TIME CRIME CENTER AND FUND US AT 2491 01:28:21,462 --> 01:28:24,232 A LEVEL OF ABOUT $3 MILLION. 2492 01:28:24,232 --> 01:28:29,137 -- AND WHAT ABOUT 2028? AND THEN 2493 01:28:29,137 --> 01:28:30,471 WHAT IMPACTS WILL THIS HAVE IN 2494 01:28:30,471 --> 01:28:32,907 TERMS OF THE THE WORK AND THE 2495 01:28:32,907 --> 01:28:34,275 ABILITY TO INVESTIGATE CRIME? 2496 01:28:34,275 --> 01:28:36,544 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A 2497 01:28:36,544 --> 01:28:37,645 HUGE REASON WHY WE HAVE THE REAL 2498 01:28:37,645 --> 01:28:39,314 TIME CRIME CENTER TO BEGIN WITH. 2499 01:28:39,314 --> 01:28:41,716 -- FUNDING CONTINUES INTO 2028 2500 01:28:41,716 --> 01:28:43,518 AT THE SAME. TO FUND THE SAME 2501 01:28:43,518 --> 01:28:47,522 NUMBER OF FTE 21 AS IN THE 2502 01:28:47,522 --> 01:28:51,693 PROPOSED 2027 BUDGET. AND AS I 2503 01:28:51,693 --> 01:28:53,861 MENTIONED IN MY REMARKS, WE 2504 01:28:53,861 --> 01:28:57,165 WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO 247. IF 2505 01:28:57,165 --> 01:28:58,933 THE DECISION IS MADE TO DO THAT. 2506 01:28:58,933 --> 01:29:00,134 -- DIRECTOR, DO YOU HAVE 2507 01:29:00,134 --> 01:29:01,669 ANYTHING TO ADD HERE? NO, THANK 2508 01:29:01,669 --> 01:29:04,138 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 2509 01:29:04,138 --> 01:29:06,474 FLOOR'S STILL YOURS. 2510 01:29:06,474 --> 01:29:09,110 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2511 01:29:09,110 --> 01:29:11,479 STRAUSS I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION 2512 01:29:11,479 --> 01:29:13,247 ABOUT THE POS. I KNOW THAT WE 2513 01:29:13,247 --> 01:29:14,549 HAVE HAD ISSUES BEING ABLE TO 2514 01:29:14,549 --> 01:29:18,019 FILL THESE POSITIONS, BUT WHAT 2515 01:29:18,019 --> 01:29:18,686 RECRUITMENT EFFORTS HAVE WE HAD 2516 01:29:18,686 --> 01:29:20,354 FOR P E Os THERE ARE AN 2517 01:29:20,354 --> 01:29:21,989 IMPORTANT PART OF THE POLICE 2518 01:29:21,989 --> 01:29:24,992 DEPARTMENT. WE KNOW WE'VE HAD 2519 01:29:24,992 --> 01:29:30,264 ISSUES DEALING WITH EVEN RVS 2520 01:29:30,264 --> 01:29:32,600 THAT ARE ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL 2521 01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:35,970 ACTIVITY AND THE ABILITY TO BE 2522 01:29:35,970 --> 01:29:38,806 ABLE TO ENFORCE. WE RELY ON 2523 01:29:38,806 --> 01:29:40,108 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR 2524 01:29:40,108 --> 01:29:41,376 THAT. SO WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS 2525 01:29:41,376 --> 01:29:43,211 HAVE AND WHAT RECRUITMENT 2526 01:29:43,211 --> 01:29:45,046 EFFORTS FIRST, WHAT RECRUITMENT 2527 01:29:45,046 --> 01:29:46,781 EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DONE? BECAUSE 2528 01:29:46,781 --> 01:29:47,982 WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE'RE NOT 2529 01:29:47,982 --> 01:29:49,417 ABLE TO HIRE THEM. SO WE WE 2530 01:29:49,417 --> 01:29:52,720 SHOULD ABROGATE THEM. AT THE 2531 01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:56,190 SAME TIME, WE NEED MORE PEOS. SO 2532 01:29:56,190 --> 01:29:58,326 WHAT HAVE THE RECRUITMENT 2533 01:29:58,326 --> 01:30:00,161 EFFORTS HAVE BEEN THAT WE NOW 2534 01:30:00,161 --> 01:30:01,462 HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO GIVE 2535 01:30:01,462 --> 01:30:02,997 UP ON HIRING THEM? 2536 01:30:02,997 --> 01:30:04,899 -- I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE 2537 01:30:04,899 --> 01:30:06,801 RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, BUT I KNOW 2538 01:30:06,801 --> 01:30:08,770 SPEAKING WITH C O SMITH AND I 2539 01:30:08,770 --> 01:30:12,607 OVER THE LAST WEEK, WE LOOKED AT 2540 01:30:12,607 --> 01:30:14,408 SOME WAYS TO FIX THAT PROBLEM 2541 01:30:14,408 --> 01:30:15,409 WITH THE PEOS. THERE ARE SOME 2542 01:30:15,409 --> 01:30:18,513 THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO 2543 01:30:18,513 --> 01:30:20,081 LOOK AT. HISTORICALLY. IF WE HAD 2544 01:30:20,081 --> 01:30:23,217 TEN VACANCIES, WE WOULD GIVE OUT 2545 01:30:23,217 --> 01:30:26,954 TEN OFFERS TO PEOPLE AND THEN 2546 01:30:26,954 --> 01:30:28,523 SAY FIVE OF THEM DIDN'T MAKE IT 2547 01:30:28,523 --> 01:30:29,323 THROUGH BACKGROUND. SO THERE'S 2548 01:30:29,323 --> 01:30:30,291 WAYS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO 2549 01:30:30,291 --> 01:30:32,093 INCREASE THAT IN REGARDS TO 2550 01:30:32,093 --> 01:30:33,828 GIVING OUT MORE CONDITIONAL 2551 01:30:33,828 --> 01:30:35,196 OFFERS. AND IF WE LOSE PEOPLE IN 2552 01:30:35,196 --> 01:30:36,297 THE BACKGROUND PROCESS, WE'RE 2553 01:30:36,297 --> 01:30:37,331 NOT JUST STARTING BACK OVER AND 2554 01:30:37,331 --> 01:30:38,966 TRYING TO RECRUIT MORE PEOPLE. 2555 01:30:38,966 --> 01:30:40,101 SO THAT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN 2556 01:30:40,101 --> 01:30:41,402 LOOK AT DOING THAT. BUT I WOULD 2557 01:30:41,402 --> 01:30:42,904 HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING 2558 01:30:42,904 --> 01:30:44,405 FOR THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO 2559 01:30:44,405 --> 01:30:45,907 SEE IF WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH 2560 01:30:45,907 --> 01:30:48,242 WHAT WE WANT TO DO AS A CITY. I 2561 01:30:48,242 --> 01:30:50,244 THINK IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT 2562 01:30:50,244 --> 01:30:51,345 WITH LOSING THOSE POSITIONS, BUT 2563 01:30:51,345 --> 01:30:53,214 A LOT OF THOSE POSITIONS HAVE 2564 01:30:53,214 --> 01:30:54,682 BEEN VACANT FOR YEARS, SO IT WAS 2565 01:30:54,682 --> 01:30:55,616 SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT WAS LIKE, 2566 01:30:55,616 --> 01:30:57,919 IF WE'RE NOT FILLING THOSE 2567 01:30:57,919 --> 01:30:59,287 SPOTS, WE'RE JUST MAINTAINING 2568 01:30:59,287 --> 01:31:00,655 THINGS AND HAVING THINGS IN OUR 2569 01:31:00,655 --> 01:31:04,358 BUDGET THAT APPEARS TO BE AN 2570 01:31:04,358 --> 01:31:04,625 EASY FIX. 2571 01:31:04,625 --> 01:31:06,093 -- THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. ANYTHING 2572 01:31:06,093 --> 01:31:09,897 TO ADD THERE? COUNCILMEMBER 2573 01:31:09,897 --> 01:31:10,131 RIVERA. 2574 01:31:10,131 --> 01:31:12,500 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2575 01:31:12,500 --> 01:31:13,501 STRAUSS. SO, INTERIM CHIEF 2576 01:31:13,501 --> 01:31:15,136 SAYLES, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT 2577 01:31:15,136 --> 01:31:16,504 THERE WILL BE AN IMPACT TO 2578 01:31:16,504 --> 01:31:17,872 LOSING THE POSITIONS, AND YOU'LL 2579 01:31:17,872 --> 01:31:19,974 HAVE TO GET BACK TO ME ON WHAT 2580 01:31:19,974 --> 01:31:20,575 THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS HAVE 2581 01:31:20,575 --> 01:31:22,910 BEEN, IF ANY. YES, I THINK 2582 01:31:22,910 --> 01:31:24,679 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 2583 01:31:24,679 --> 01:31:29,116 OBVIOUSLY WE NEED THIS FUNCTION 2584 01:31:29,116 --> 01:31:32,620 AT THE DEPARTMENT. THE DEI 2585 01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:34,822 OFFICER AND 30 BY 30 POSITIONS 2586 01:31:34,822 --> 01:31:36,757 THAT ARE BEING ABROGATED. 2587 01:31:36,757 --> 01:31:38,159 OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED A POLICE 2588 01:31:38,159 --> 01:31:39,093 DEPARTMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE THE 2589 01:31:39,093 --> 01:31:40,194 PEOPLE THEY ARE SERVING. SO I 2590 01:31:40,194 --> 01:31:41,929 WANT TO KNOW WHAT IMPACTS THIS 2591 01:31:41,929 --> 01:31:43,898 WILL HAVE, BECAUSE MY 2592 01:31:43,898 --> 01:31:44,966 UNDERSTANDING IS, DESPITE THE 2593 01:31:44,966 --> 01:31:48,769 FACT THAT THE THE POSITIONS WERE 2594 01:31:48,769 --> 01:31:50,371 IN THE PRIOR BUDGETS, THEY HAVE 2595 01:31:50,371 --> 01:31:51,706 NOT BEEN HIRED. I DO NOT KNOW 2596 01:31:51,706 --> 01:31:55,076 WHY THIS IS STILL AN IMPORTANT 2597 01:31:55,076 --> 01:31:58,412 BODY OF WORK. AND SO WITH 2598 01:31:58,412 --> 01:31:59,046 ABROGATING THESE TWO POSITIONS, 2599 01:31:59,046 --> 01:32:01,048 HOW IS THE DEPARTMENT GOING TO 2600 01:32:01,048 --> 01:32:04,218 ENGAGE IN THIS WORK TO ENSURE 2601 01:32:04,218 --> 01:32:07,655 THAT WE'RE RECRUITING FOLKS IN 2602 01:32:07,655 --> 01:32:08,122 BOTH THESE EFFORTS.? 2603 01:32:08,122 --> 01:32:10,992 -- AS A PERSON THAT TRULY 2604 01:32:10,992 --> 01:32:11,626 BELIEVES IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 2605 01:32:11,626 --> 01:32:12,894 LOOKING AND REPRESENTING THE 2606 01:32:12,894 --> 01:32:14,195 COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE, I 2607 01:32:14,195 --> 01:32:15,730 THINK THIS IS A GREAT 2608 01:32:15,730 --> 01:32:19,233 OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RECRUITMENT 2609 01:32:19,233 --> 01:32:21,736 TEAM TO READJUST SOME OF OUR 2610 01:32:21,736 --> 01:32:23,471 RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND WHERE WE 2611 01:32:23,471 --> 01:32:24,338 GO LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS 2612 01:32:24,338 --> 01:32:27,508 OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, GETTING IN 2613 01:32:27,508 --> 01:32:28,342 SPACES THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE NOT 2614 01:32:28,342 --> 01:32:30,711 BEEN IN BEFORE, AND REALLY 2615 01:32:30,711 --> 01:32:31,679 PUTTING FORTH THAT EFFORT AND 2616 01:32:31,679 --> 01:32:32,513 SAYING, LOOK AT SEATTLE, LOOK AT 2617 01:32:32,513 --> 01:32:35,249 WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AS A 2618 01:32:35,249 --> 01:32:36,183 POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING TO THESE 2619 01:32:36,183 --> 01:32:37,685 PLACES. LIKE I MENTIONED 2620 01:32:37,685 --> 01:32:39,153 EARLIER, I SPOKE WITH MY GOOD 2621 01:32:39,153 --> 01:32:41,355 FRIEND AARON KARLOFF, WHO'S THE 2622 01:32:41,355 --> 01:32:42,924 SACRAMENTO STATE WOMEN'S 2623 01:32:42,924 --> 01:32:44,592 BASKETBALL COACH. I'M PRETTY 2624 01:32:44,592 --> 01:32:46,127 SURE HE SAID HE'S NEVER BEEN 2625 01:32:46,127 --> 01:32:47,728 CONTACTED. BUT AS A QUICK TEXT 2626 01:32:47,728 --> 01:32:49,130 MESSAGE EXCHANGE FOR ME AND 2627 01:32:49,130 --> 01:32:52,433 HE'S WAS GOING TO ALASKA TO 2628 01:32:52,433 --> 01:32:54,168 RECRUIT, AND WE HAD DINNER LAST 2629 01:32:54,168 --> 01:32:55,870 SUNDAY NIGHT WHEN HE CAME BACK 2630 01:32:55,870 --> 01:32:57,038 AND TALKED ABOUT SOME STUFF AND 2631 01:32:57,038 --> 01:32:58,839 WANT TO DO A TEAMS MEETING OR 2632 01:32:58,839 --> 01:33:00,641 ZOOM MEETING WITH THAT GROUP. I 2633 01:33:00,641 --> 01:33:03,077 DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THERE 2634 01:33:03,077 --> 01:33:04,345 SPECIFICALLY, BUT NOW 2635 01:33:04,345 --> 01:33:06,013 TRANSITIONING THAT OVER TO OUR 2636 01:33:06,013 --> 01:33:06,614 RECRUITMENT TEAM AND GETTING 2637 01:33:06,614 --> 01:33:09,450 DOWN THERE AND RECRUITING THOSE 2638 01:33:09,450 --> 01:33:11,886 WOMEN WITH THE DEI STUFF GOING 2639 01:33:11,886 --> 01:33:12,520 TO DIFFERENT HISTORICALLY BLACK 2640 01:33:12,520 --> 01:33:14,355 COLLEGES, SPECIFICALLY GOING 2641 01:33:14,355 --> 01:33:15,790 INTO DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS THAT 2642 01:33:15,790 --> 01:33:17,391 WE PROBABLY HAVEN'T WENT INTO 2643 01:33:17,391 --> 01:33:18,726 BEFORE, BEING A RECRUITER AND 2644 01:33:18,726 --> 01:33:20,428 MYSELF IN THE PAST AT MY 2645 01:33:20,428 --> 01:33:21,963 PREVIOUS AGENCY, GOING TO SOME 2646 01:33:21,963 --> 01:33:24,198 OF OUR TWO YEAR COLLEGES AND 2647 01:33:24,198 --> 01:33:25,700 LOOKING AT INDIVIDUALS THAT ONLY 2648 01:33:25,700 --> 01:33:27,835 WANT AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, 2649 01:33:27,835 --> 01:33:30,905 GETTING THOSE SPACES, BUMPING UP 2650 01:33:30,905 --> 01:33:33,874 OUR EXPLORERS PROGRAM, WE MET 2651 01:33:33,874 --> 01:33:34,508 WITH THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY 2652 01:33:34,508 --> 01:33:35,076 YESTERDAY. WE SEEN THAT WE 2653 01:33:35,076 --> 01:33:36,210 DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EAST 2654 01:33:36,210 --> 01:33:37,645 AFRICAN STUDENTS AND OUR 2655 01:33:37,645 --> 01:33:40,348 EXPLORERS PROGRAM. SO GETTING TO 2656 01:33:40,348 --> 01:33:41,916 SOME OF OUR KIDS HERE IN THE 2657 01:33:41,916 --> 01:33:43,351 CITY AT AN EARLIER AGE AND 2658 01:33:43,351 --> 01:33:44,785 GETTING THEM THROUGH THE 2659 01:33:44,785 --> 01:33:45,753 PIPELINE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE 2660 01:33:45,753 --> 01:33:47,355 ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE CAN USE 2661 01:33:47,355 --> 01:33:49,490 FOR RECRUITMENT. BUT LOOKING AT 2662 01:33:49,490 --> 01:33:50,424 WAYS AND LOOKING AT PLACES WE 2663 01:33:50,424 --> 01:33:52,760 HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE AND PUTTING 2664 01:33:52,760 --> 01:33:54,829 OUR, OUR, OUR LOGO OUT THERE IN 2665 01:33:54,829 --> 01:33:57,631 THOSE SPACES AND HAVING OUR 2666 01:33:57,631 --> 01:33:57,999 OFFICERS TALK. 2667 01:33:57,999 --> 01:33:59,967 -- THANK YOU, INTERIM CHIEF 2668 01:33:59,967 --> 01:34:01,168 SAYLES. I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE 2669 01:34:01,168 --> 01:34:02,370 EFFORTS, I SUPPORT IT. I WILL 2670 01:34:02,370 --> 01:34:04,739 SAY THAT WE PUT THESE POSITIONS 2671 01:34:04,739 --> 01:34:06,907 IN HERE TO DO THE VERY THING 2672 01:34:06,907 --> 01:34:08,442 THAT YOU'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT. 2673 01:34:08,442 --> 01:34:10,578 SO WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE. I 2674 01:34:10,578 --> 01:34:12,179 DON'T KNOW HOW WHAT ABILITY YOU 2675 01:34:12,179 --> 01:34:13,280 WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT 2676 01:34:13,280 --> 01:34:15,950 YOU JUST SAID WITHOUT THESE TWO 2677 01:34:15,950 --> 01:34:18,486 POSITIONS, BECAUSE AS I SAID, 2678 01:34:18,486 --> 01:34:19,353 PRIOR CHIEFS HAD SAID SIMILAR TO 2679 01:34:19,353 --> 01:34:20,755 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND THAT'S 2680 01:34:20,755 --> 01:34:22,189 WHY THE POSITIONS WERE THERE TO 2681 01:34:22,189 --> 01:34:24,091 HELP DO THAT WORK, BECAUSE WE 2682 01:34:24,091 --> 01:34:26,627 UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T YOU CAN'T 2683 01:34:26,627 --> 01:34:28,929 BE DO ALL THAT WORK BY YOURSELF. 2684 01:34:28,929 --> 01:34:31,565 AND AND THAT'S WHY. SO JUST 2685 01:34:31,565 --> 01:34:34,168 WANT TO LEAVE THAT THERE AND 2686 01:34:34,168 --> 01:34:35,736 THEN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2687 01:34:35,736 --> 01:34:37,438 STRAUSS, FOR YOUR GRACE. I JUST 2688 01:34:37,438 --> 01:34:41,609 HAVE ONE LAST THING I WANT TO 2689 01:34:41,609 --> 01:34:43,177 SAY, WHICH IS WE CANNOT. IT IS 2690 01:34:43,177 --> 01:34:45,246 TRUE. I AGREE COUNCILMEMBER 2691 01:34:45,246 --> 01:34:46,247 JUAREZ WE CAN'T ARREST OUR WAY 2692 01:34:46,247 --> 01:34:47,748 OUT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE 2693 01:34:47,748 --> 01:34:49,583 SEEING, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO 2694 01:34:49,583 --> 01:34:51,085 GUN VIOLENCE. WE ALSO CANNOT 2695 01:34:51,085 --> 01:34:53,320 SERVICE OUR WAY RELATED TO THE 2696 01:34:53,320 --> 01:34:55,489 GUN VIOLENCE ISSUES EITHER. 2697 01:34:55,489 --> 01:34:58,059 IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH, AND 2698 01:34:58,059 --> 01:34:58,859 THIS IS WHY COLLEAGUES, YOU 2699 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:00,461 KNOW, I FELT SO STRONGLY I'VE 2700 01:35:00,461 --> 01:35:02,363 BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST YEAR 2701 01:35:02,363 --> 01:35:05,366 ON THIS NATIONAL NETWORK FOR 2702 01:35:05,366 --> 01:35:09,070 SAFE COMMUNITIES, GUN VIOLENCE 2703 01:35:09,070 --> 01:35:10,137 FOCUSED DETERRENCE EFFORT. AS I 2704 01:35:10,137 --> 01:35:12,807 KEEP SAYING, THEY'RE THE FOLKS 2705 01:35:12,807 --> 01:35:14,141 THAT THAT THE THE PERSON THAT 2706 01:35:14,141 --> 01:35:16,644 FOUNDED THAT ORGANIZATION 2707 01:35:16,644 --> 01:35:19,146 ACTUALLY CREATED THE FOCUSED 2708 01:35:19,146 --> 01:35:19,847 DETERRENCE STRATEGY. THAT'S WHY 2709 01:35:19,847 --> 01:35:21,482 I WANT TO BRING THEM TO SEATTLE. 2710 01:35:21,482 --> 01:35:24,385 I NOTICED THAT DESPITE THE FACT 2711 01:35:24,385 --> 01:35:27,455 THAT WE DID PASS, COUNCIL PASSED 2712 01:35:27,455 --> 01:35:30,357 A RESOLUTION WITH A HIGH SUPPORT 2713 01:35:30,357 --> 01:35:32,660 FOR BRINGING THIS EFFORT TO 2714 01:35:32,660 --> 01:35:36,497 SEATTLE. THE MAYOR DID NOT 2715 01:35:36,497 --> 01:35:37,398 INCLUDE THE $418,000 OVER THE 2716 01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:41,769 BIENNIUM, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER 2717 01:35:41,769 --> 01:35:43,771 200,000 EACH YEAR. IT'S A ONE 2718 01:35:43,771 --> 01:35:46,073 TIME AD TO BRING THIS EFFORT 2719 01:35:46,073 --> 01:35:47,108 HERE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2720 01:35:47,108 --> 01:35:49,143 BUDGET. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT 2721 01:35:49,143 --> 01:35:51,212 FOR THE FOR THE PUBLIC'S FOR 2722 01:35:51,212 --> 01:35:52,480 CONSTITUENTS WHO MAY BE 2723 01:35:52,480 --> 01:35:54,048 WATCHING. AND I ALSO WANT TO 2724 01:35:54,048 --> 01:35:55,616 LEVEL SET SOMETHING BECAUSE I 2725 01:35:55,616 --> 01:35:58,052 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I 2726 01:35:58,052 --> 01:36:00,788 UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR HAS A 2727 01:36:00,788 --> 01:36:05,092 GUN VIOLENCE PLAN THAT SHE'S 2728 01:36:05,092 --> 01:36:06,894 REVEALED. AND I KNOW THAT MY 2729 01:36:06,894 --> 01:36:08,262 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2730 01:36:08,262 --> 01:36:11,966 HAS SPOKEN TO IT TODAY. I WILL 2731 01:36:11,966 --> 01:36:14,335 SAY IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT NOT 2732 01:36:14,335 --> 01:36:17,138 TO KEEP USING THE TERM FOCUSED 2733 01:36:17,138 --> 01:36:19,073 DETERRENCE FOR EFFORTS THAT ARE 2734 01:36:19,073 --> 01:36:22,009 NOT ACTUALLY FOCUSED DETERRENCE. 2735 01:36:22,009 --> 01:36:23,811 AND THE REASON WHY IS THE 2736 01:36:23,811 --> 01:36:25,312 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2737 01:36:25,312 --> 01:36:27,815 COMMUNITIES HAS MADE IT VERY 2738 01:36:27,815 --> 01:36:30,317 CLEAR THAT IF YOU DO NOT 2739 01:36:30,317 --> 01:36:31,752 IMPLEMENT FOCUSED DETERRENCE, 2740 01:36:31,752 --> 01:36:32,920 THE THE WAY THAT IT WAS MEANT TO 2741 01:36:32,920 --> 01:36:37,992 BE IMPLEMENTED, SUCH AS THEIR 2742 01:36:37,992 --> 01:36:40,628 EFFORT, THEN IT ACTUALLY CAN 2743 01:36:40,628 --> 01:36:45,699 LEAD TO MORE HARM THAN GOOD. AND 2744 01:36:45,699 --> 01:36:47,401 SO I THINK, AND I, AND I 2745 01:36:47,401 --> 01:36:48,836 APPRECIATE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 2746 01:36:48,836 --> 01:36:53,474 FOLKS WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOCUSED 2747 01:36:53,474 --> 01:36:54,108 DETERRENCE AS THIS GENERIC THING 2748 01:36:54,108 --> 01:36:55,776 THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE THINGS 2749 01:36:55,776 --> 01:36:58,979 THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IT IS 2750 01:36:58,979 --> 01:37:00,648 NOT. IT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE AWAY 2751 01:37:00,648 --> 01:37:02,049 FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE 2752 01:37:02,049 --> 01:37:03,150 DOING. WE NEED ALL OF IT. WE 2753 01:37:03,150 --> 01:37:07,254 NEED MORE TOOLS. WE NEED EVERY 2754 01:37:07,254 --> 01:37:09,256 SINGLE TOOL, AND WE NEED THIS 2755 01:37:09,256 --> 01:37:12,193 SPECIFIC TYPE OF FOCUSED 2756 01:37:12,193 --> 01:37:14,728 DETERRENCE. SO IT IS, IN MY 2757 01:37:14,728 --> 01:37:19,967 OPINION, REALLY IT IS NOT THE 2758 01:37:19,967 --> 01:37:22,670 RIGHT APPROACH TO KEEP USING THE 2759 01:37:22,670 --> 01:37:24,638 TERM FOCUS DETERRENCE TO TALK 2760 01:37:24,638 --> 01:37:25,940 ABOUT OTHER GENERIC THINGS THAT 2761 01:37:25,940 --> 01:37:28,142 WE MIGHT BE DOING RELATED TO GUN 2762 01:37:28,142 --> 01:37:29,977 VIOLENCE. IT'S CONFUSING. AND 2763 01:37:29,977 --> 01:37:32,947 THEN WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK, THEN 2764 01:37:32,947 --> 01:37:34,715 FOLKS ARE GOING TO SAY, OH, THAT 2765 01:37:34,715 --> 01:37:37,952 FOCUS DETERRENCE THING DIDN'T 2766 01:37:37,952 --> 01:37:41,155 WORK. AND THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO 2767 01:37:41,155 --> 01:37:43,290 WE CAN SAY, WE CAN KEEP TALKING 2768 01:37:43,290 --> 01:37:44,625 ABOUT ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE 2769 01:37:44,625 --> 01:37:46,160 CURRENTLY DOING. FOR YEARS, THE 2770 01:37:46,160 --> 01:37:47,995 CITY HAS BEEN FUNDING COMMUNITY 2771 01:37:47,995 --> 01:37:51,532 SAFETY PROGRAMS. WE NEED THOSE. 2772 01:37:51,532 --> 01:37:53,767 BUT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE NOT 2773 01:37:53,767 --> 01:37:54,401 FOCUSED DETERRENCE. SO WE NEED 2774 01:37:54,401 --> 01:37:56,537 TO ADD SOMETHING THAT WE 2775 01:37:56,537 --> 01:37:57,938 HAVEN'T DONE. AND THAT'S WHY I 2776 01:37:57,938 --> 01:38:00,541 WAS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE 2777 01:38:00,541 --> 01:38:01,976 NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2778 01:38:01,976 --> 01:38:05,479 COMMUNITIES, FOCUSED DETERRENCE 2779 01:38:05,479 --> 01:38:06,847 STRATEGY. IF IF THE MAYOR 2780 01:38:06,847 --> 01:38:09,116 DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT AND SHE 2781 01:38:09,116 --> 01:38:11,785 SHE HAS NOT COMMITTED TO DOING 2782 01:38:11,785 --> 01:38:13,587 THIS, CLEARLY DIDN'T PUT IT IN 2783 01:38:13,587 --> 01:38:15,689 THE BUDGET. SHE'S NOT COMMITTED 2784 01:38:15,689 --> 01:38:16,523 TO DOING THIS. THEN SHE JUST 2785 01:38:16,523 --> 01:38:18,525 NEEDS TO SAY SO. BUT I DON'T 2786 01:38:18,525 --> 01:38:21,295 THINK IT'S OKAY FOR HER TO KEEP 2787 01:38:21,295 --> 01:38:23,163 USING THE TERM FOCUSED 2788 01:38:23,163 --> 01:38:25,099 DETERRENCE, WHEN THAT'S NOT 2789 01:38:25,099 --> 01:38:30,604 REALLY WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT 2790 01:38:30,604 --> 01:38:32,473 THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO IN THIS 2791 01:38:32,473 --> 01:38:34,675 BUDGET, THERE IS NO FOCUS 2792 01:38:34,675 --> 01:38:35,676 DETERRENCE STRATEGY. AND I WANT 2793 01:38:35,676 --> 01:38:39,613 TO SAY IT BECAUSE WE, I, I, I 2794 01:38:39,613 --> 01:38:40,281 TRIED AND I'VE BEEN WORKING 2795 01:38:40,281 --> 01:38:42,049 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SINCE 2796 01:38:42,049 --> 01:38:43,684 THEY GOT HERE TO TRY THIS 2797 01:38:43,684 --> 01:38:47,488 STRATEGY HERE. SHE HASN'T 2798 01:38:47,488 --> 01:38:49,189 WANTED TO DO IT, BUT I THINK THE 2799 01:38:49,189 --> 01:38:50,624 PUBLIC REALLY NEEDS TO KNOW AND 2800 01:38:50,624 --> 01:38:52,860 THEY NEED TO KNOW IT'S NOT IN 2801 01:38:52,860 --> 01:38:55,329 THE BUDGET. SO I WILL KEEP 2802 01:38:55,329 --> 01:38:57,264 TRYING TO MAKE THIS EFFORT HERE 2803 01:38:57,264 --> 01:38:58,299 IN SEATTLE HAPPEN BECAUSE I 2804 01:38:58,299 --> 01:38:59,633 THINK IT'S NEEDED. IT'S 2805 01:38:59,633 --> 01:39:01,268 IMPORTANT. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 2806 01:39:01,268 --> 01:39:02,403 TOOL. WE NEED ALL THE TOOLS. 2807 01:39:02,403 --> 01:39:03,671 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2808 01:39:03,671 --> 01:39:03,938 STRAUSS. 2809 01:39:03,938 --> 01:39:06,006 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2810 01:39:06,006 --> 01:39:07,007 RIVERA. DIRECTOR PANUCCI. 2811 01:39:07,007 --> 01:39:09,576 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. STRAUSS. I 2812 01:39:09,576 --> 01:39:10,177 JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE 2813 01:39:10,177 --> 01:39:10,778 RECORD, AND I THINK THIS 2814 01:39:10,778 --> 01:39:12,379 CONVERSATION IS PROBABLY BETTER 2815 01:39:12,379 --> 01:39:13,314 HAD WHEN CHIEF BARDEN IS AT THE 2816 01:39:13,314 --> 01:39:15,716 TABLE FOR THE CARE DEPARTMENT'S 2817 01:39:15,716 --> 01:39:16,951 PRESENTATION. BUT FOR THE 2818 01:39:16,951 --> 01:39:18,986 RECORD, THERE IS $1.2 MILLION 2819 01:39:18,986 --> 01:39:20,321 BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE HUMAN 2820 01:39:20,321 --> 01:39:21,622 SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT 2821 01:39:21,622 --> 01:39:23,123 THE MAYOR'S GUN VIOLENCE PLAN. 2822 01:39:23,123 --> 01:39:25,059 ABOUT HALF OF THAT IS TO FUND 2823 01:39:25,059 --> 01:39:27,561 THREE NEW POSITIONS TO SUPPORT 2824 01:39:27,561 --> 01:39:28,929 THAT WORK, $300,000 IS FOR CASE 2825 01:39:28,929 --> 01:39:30,264 MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL SYSTEM, 2826 01:39:30,264 --> 01:39:32,366 AND THERE'S A BALANCE OF ABOUT 2827 01:39:32,366 --> 01:39:34,335 $300,000 EACH YEAR FOR ONGOING 2828 01:39:34,335 --> 01:39:36,970 PROGRAM EVALUATION. FOCUSED 2829 01:39:36,970 --> 01:39:39,106 DETERRENCE PROGRAMS, DIRECT 2830 01:39:39,106 --> 01:39:39,606 INVESTMENTS IN FOCUSED 2831 01:39:39,606 --> 01:39:40,674 DETERRENCE STRATEGIES. SO THERE 2832 01:39:40,674 --> 01:39:42,876 IS FUNDING IN THE BUDGET. AND 2833 01:39:42,876 --> 01:39:45,546 ALSO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT 2834 01:39:45,546 --> 01:39:46,113 RESPECTFULLY, COUNCILMEMBER 2835 01:39:46,113 --> 01:39:46,914 RIVERA, THE RESOLUTION WAS 2836 01:39:46,914 --> 01:39:48,582 PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 15th. AND I 2837 01:39:48,582 --> 01:39:49,283 KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 2838 01:39:49,283 --> 01:39:50,751 THIS, YOU'VE BEEN ON THE 2839 01:39:50,751 --> 01:39:53,354 EXECUTIVE SIDE FROM AYE FOR THE 2840 01:39:53,354 --> 01:39:55,055 BUDGET OFFICE. THIS IS JUST 2841 01:39:55,055 --> 01:39:56,557 PURELY A TECHNICAL THING. WE ARE 2842 01:39:56,557 --> 01:39:58,492 NOT MAKING CHANGES TO THE BUDGET 2843 01:39:58,492 --> 01:40:00,027 AT THAT POINT, BUT BEING AWARE 2844 01:40:00,027 --> 01:40:02,229 OF THIS CONVERSATION THERE IS 2845 01:40:02,229 --> 01:40:03,697 THAT FUNDING IN THE BUDGET. 2846 01:40:03,697 --> 01:40:05,632 THANK YOU. 2847 01:40:05,632 --> 01:40:07,668 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ANY LAST 2848 01:40:07,668 --> 01:40:07,935 COMMENTS? 2849 01:40:07,935 --> 01:40:09,870 -- THANK YOU. SO ARE YOU SAYING 2850 01:40:09,870 --> 01:40:10,938 THAT THERE'S FUNDING IN THE 2851 01:40:10,938 --> 01:40:12,573 BUDGET FOR THE NATIONAL NETWORK 2852 01:40:12,573 --> 01:40:14,975 FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES PARTNERSHIP 2853 01:40:14,975 --> 01:40:17,845 FOR THEIR FOCUS DETERRENCE 2854 01:40:17,845 --> 01:40:18,112 STRATEGY? 2855 01:40:18,112 --> 01:40:19,580 -- NO, I'M NOT SAYING THERE'S 2856 01:40:19,580 --> 01:40:21,348 MONEY FOR A SPECIFIC EARMARKED 2857 01:40:21,348 --> 01:40:22,649 ORGANIZATION. I'M SAYING 2858 01:40:22,649 --> 01:40:23,417 THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE TO 2859 01:40:23,417 --> 01:40:25,085 MAKE THAT TYPE OF AN INVESTMENT 2860 01:40:25,085 --> 01:40:27,020 IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT COULD 2861 01:40:27,020 --> 01:40:27,588 PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT TO THE 2862 01:40:27,588 --> 01:40:30,057 CITY. IF THAT IS THE DECISION. 2863 01:40:30,057 --> 01:40:31,024 BUT I THINK THAT COUNCIL, I 2864 01:40:31,024 --> 01:40:32,126 WOULD LIKE CHIEF BARDEN TO TALK 2865 01:40:32,126 --> 01:40:33,727 MORE ON THE SUBSTANCE BECAUSE 2866 01:40:33,727 --> 01:40:35,596 THAT'S I'M TALKING THE BUDGET 2867 01:40:35,596 --> 01:40:36,196 HERE, THE NUMBERS PART, BUT I 2868 01:40:36,196 --> 01:40:38,065 THINK IT WOULD BE THE 2869 01:40:38,065 --> 01:40:38,999 SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATION ON. 2870 01:40:38,999 --> 01:40:42,236 THAT WOULD BE BETTER HELD WITH 2871 01:40:42,236 --> 01:40:42,569 CHIEF BARDEN. 2872 01:40:42,569 --> 01:40:45,839 -- THANK YOU. ALI. AGAIN, I WANT 2873 01:40:45,839 --> 01:40:47,875 TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR THAT 2874 01:40:47,875 --> 01:40:50,210 SAYING YOU'RE DOING FOCUSED 2875 01:40:50,210 --> 01:40:50,911 DETERRENCE DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE 2876 01:40:50,911 --> 01:40:51,745 ACTUALLY DOING FOCUSED 2877 01:40:51,745 --> 01:40:53,280 DETERRENCE. IT IS A STRATEGY. 2878 01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:56,683 IT'S A SPECIFIC STRATEGY. 2879 01:40:56,683 --> 01:40:59,319 AGAIN, CREATED BY THE FOUNDER OF 2880 01:40:59,319 --> 01:41:01,355 THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2881 01:41:01,355 --> 01:41:03,624 COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS WHY I 2882 01:41:03,624 --> 01:41:05,559 SPENT A YEAR WORKING ON THIS 2883 01:41:05,559 --> 01:41:06,260 EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE 2884 01:41:06,260 --> 01:41:09,229 GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT. AND 2885 01:41:09,229 --> 01:41:10,230 THAT'S WHY THAT IS WHAT I 2886 01:41:10,230 --> 01:41:12,166 WANTED TO SEE IN THE BUDGET. AND 2887 01:41:12,166 --> 01:41:13,867 I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE SAYING 2888 01:41:13,867 --> 01:41:17,237 THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN 2889 01:41:17,237 --> 01:41:17,905 TALKING TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2890 01:41:17,905 --> 01:41:19,807 ABOUT THIS EFFORT FOR MOST OF 2891 01:41:19,807 --> 01:41:22,142 THIS YEAR. SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN 2892 01:41:22,142 --> 01:41:22,676 INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET IF 2893 01:41:22,676 --> 01:41:24,678 THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED TO 2894 01:41:24,678 --> 01:41:25,312 PRIORITIZE. AND THE LAST THING I 2895 01:41:25,312 --> 01:41:29,249 WILL SAY IS, UP UNTIL THE MAYOR 2896 01:41:29,249 --> 01:41:30,150 SUBMITS, BECAUSE I DID WORK IN 2897 01:41:30,150 --> 01:41:31,952 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I WAS IN 2898 01:41:31,952 --> 01:41:34,455 OPERATIONS LEAD, I KNOW THAT UP 2899 01:41:34,455 --> 01:41:38,058 TO THE POINT THAT THE MAYOR 2900 01:41:38,058 --> 01:41:38,692 SUBMITS THE BUDGET TO COUNCIL, 2901 01:41:38,692 --> 01:41:39,960 THEY CAN MAKE CHANGES IF THAT'S 2902 01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:43,897 WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO, 2903 01:41:43,897 --> 01:41:44,465 PARTICULARLY FOR SOMETHING 2904 01:41:44,465 --> 01:41:45,799 SMALL, AS THIS TYPE OF 2905 01:41:45,799 --> 01:41:46,934 INVESTMENT. YOU COULD HAVE EVEN 2906 01:41:46,934 --> 01:41:50,304 PUT IT INTO THE THE CARE, IF 2907 01:41:50,304 --> 01:41:52,906 THAT'S WELL, REALLY YOU CAN'T 2908 01:41:52,906 --> 01:41:54,108 BECAUSE IT IS A A CONTRACT THAT 2909 01:41:54,108 --> 01:41:55,442 WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH THE 2910 01:41:55,442 --> 01:41:56,777 MAYOR'S OFFICE. THAT'S THE 2911 01:41:56,777 --> 01:41:58,912 EFFORT. BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE CAN 2912 01:41:58,912 --> 01:42:02,916 AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT. IF 2913 01:42:02,916 --> 01:42:03,817 SHE HAD WANTED TO DO THIS, SHE 2914 01:42:03,817 --> 01:42:06,520 COULD HAVE, BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT 2915 01:42:06,520 --> 01:42:07,654 LAST MINUTE. THAT IS WHAT I'M 2916 01:42:07,654 --> 01:42:08,789 TRYING TO SAY. I'VE BEEN TRYING 2917 01:42:08,789 --> 01:42:11,458 TO WORK WITH THEM ALL YEAR. SHE 2918 01:42:11,458 --> 01:42:13,293 CHOSE TO DO DIFFERENTLY. THAT IS 2919 01:42:13,293 --> 01:42:14,962 HER PREROGATIVE, BUT I THINK THE 2920 01:42:14,962 --> 01:42:16,296 PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW. THANK 2921 01:42:16,296 --> 01:42:16,497 YOU. 2922 01:42:16,497 --> 01:42:18,732 -- THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO KEEP 2923 01:42:18,732 --> 01:42:19,366 US MOVING. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2924 01:42:19,366 --> 01:42:20,067 AYE. SEE YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAND. 2925 01:42:20,067 --> 01:42:22,469 AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT AFTER. 2926 01:42:22,469 --> 01:42:23,337 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2927 01:42:23,337 --> 01:42:28,208 YOU, INTERIM CHIEF SALES. REALLY 2928 01:42:28,208 --> 01:42:28,842 APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND 2929 01:42:28,842 --> 01:42:33,113 OVERVIEW HERE ALSO APPRECIATE 2930 01:42:33,113 --> 01:42:34,348 THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SHOUT OUT 2931 01:42:34,348 --> 01:42:36,917 TO CAPTAIN BEYER AND CAPTAIN 2932 01:42:36,917 --> 01:42:40,821 HEIDI TUTTLE I TOO WANT TO SHOUT 2933 01:42:40,821 --> 01:42:42,589 OUT CAPTAIN BEYER AND CAPTAIN 2934 01:42:42,589 --> 01:42:43,557 TUTTLE. CAPTAIN BEYER IS A 2935 01:42:43,557 --> 01:42:46,226 SOUTHWEST PRECINCT COMMANDER. 2936 01:42:46,226 --> 01:42:49,796 AND HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY 2937 01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:51,265 HELPFUL PARTNER TO ME AND MY 2938 01:42:51,265 --> 01:42:54,801 OFFICE. AND ADDRESSING PUBLIC 2939 01:42:54,801 --> 01:42:56,537 SAFETY ISSUES, RESPONDING TO 2940 01:42:56,537 --> 01:42:58,805 CONSTITUENTS, HAVING CANDID 2941 01:42:58,805 --> 01:42:59,840 CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT'S 2942 01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:03,644 DOABLE IN SOME CASES, WHAT'S NOT 2943 01:43:03,644 --> 01:43:04,945 BECAUSE OF BECAUSE OF LACK OF 2944 01:43:04,945 --> 01:43:10,517 STAFFING, OFFICER STAFFING. BUT 2945 01:43:10,517 --> 01:43:13,854 BOTH ARE TERRIFIC LEADERS IN THE 2946 01:43:13,854 --> 01:43:16,723 DEPARTMENT. AND YOU, INTERIM 2947 01:43:16,723 --> 01:43:18,825 CHIEF AND EVERY CHIEF BEFORE AND 2948 01:43:18,825 --> 01:43:20,827 EVERY CHIEF AFTER ARE INCREDIBLY 2949 01:43:20,827 --> 01:43:22,930 LUCKY TO HAVE WOMEN LIKE CAPTAIN 2950 01:43:22,930 --> 01:43:25,299 BEYER AND CAPTAIN TUTTLE TO BE 2951 01:43:25,299 --> 01:43:27,367 ABLE TO WORK ALONGSIDE WOMEN 2952 01:43:27,367 --> 01:43:29,303 LIKE THAT. I ALSO WANT TO PLUS 2953 01:43:29,303 --> 01:43:36,276 ONE TO A FEW OF MY. WELL EVERY 2954 01:43:36,276 --> 01:43:37,644 EVERY LAST ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, 2955 01:43:37,644 --> 01:43:40,314 I'VE AGREED WITH KEY ELEMENTS 2956 01:43:40,314 --> 01:43:43,350 OF WHAT THEY'VE SAID. SO PLUS 2957 01:43:43,350 --> 01:43:44,518 ONE TO THE ESSENCE OF THAT, 2958 01:43:44,518 --> 01:43:45,886 HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE OF THINGS, 2959 01:43:45,886 --> 01:43:48,555 THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING 2960 01:43:48,555 --> 01:43:49,923 OFFICER RECRUITMENT AND HIRING, 2961 01:43:49,923 --> 01:43:52,759 MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL BUDGET 2962 01:43:52,759 --> 01:43:58,498 ACTIVITIES OUR OUR BUDGET AND 2963 01:43:58,498 --> 01:43:59,967 FORECASTING AND GOALS SHOULD BE, 2964 01:43:59,967 --> 01:44:00,667 AT LEAST INITIALLY IN NEXT 2965 01:44:00,667 --> 01:44:02,936 PHASE, SHOULD BE MORE MAPPED 2966 01:44:02,936 --> 01:44:05,872 TOWARDS A 1400 1450 TOTAL PLUS 2967 01:44:05,872 --> 01:44:08,108 OFFICER MINIMUM, RATHER THAN 2968 01:44:08,108 --> 01:44:10,010 1250. THE KEY IMPORTANCE OF THE 2969 01:44:10,010 --> 01:44:14,314 30 BY 30 POSITIONS AND DIE 2970 01:44:14,314 --> 01:44:17,384 POSITIONS. I MIGHT TAKE A. AS 2971 01:44:17,384 --> 01:44:19,286 ONE OF ONE OF THE COUNCIL 2972 01:44:19,286 --> 01:44:20,087 CHAMPIONS OVER THE LAST COUPLE 2973 01:44:20,087 --> 01:44:24,524 OF YEARS ON THAT ISSUE OF 2974 01:44:24,524 --> 01:44:25,158 ADDRESSING CULTURAL REFORM AND 2975 01:44:25,158 --> 01:44:28,862 30. BY 30. I HAPPEN TO THINK 2976 01:44:28,862 --> 01:44:33,400 THAT THOSE KEY POSITIONS ARE A 2977 01:44:33,400 --> 01:44:35,202 CRITICAL COMPONENT OF A BROADER 2978 01:44:35,202 --> 01:44:37,471 STRATEGY. THEY ARE AN EFFECTIVE 2979 01:44:37,471 --> 01:44:39,339 STRATEGY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE 2980 01:44:39,339 --> 01:44:40,907 SHARED CHALLENGES AND SHARED 2981 01:44:40,907 --> 01:44:42,776 GOALS THAT WE'RE ALL DRIVING 2982 01:44:42,776 --> 01:44:45,812 TOWARDS HERE BECAUSE I DON'T 2983 01:44:45,812 --> 01:44:47,381 THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE IN 2984 01:44:47,381 --> 01:44:48,915 COMPETITION WITH I DON'T THINK 2985 01:44:48,915 --> 01:44:51,051 THEY'RE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE WITH 2986 01:44:51,051 --> 01:44:53,720 ANY OTHER EFFORTS TO TO ADDRESS 2987 01:44:53,720 --> 01:44:54,888 THE THE SAME CHALLENGE. WHAT 2988 01:44:54,888 --> 01:44:55,722 I'VE HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT 2989 01:44:55,722 --> 01:44:57,691 SO FAR AND CHIEF, NOT A KNOCK ON 2990 01:44:57,691 --> 01:44:59,359 YOU PERSONALLY, BUT I'VE HEARD 2991 01:44:59,359 --> 01:45:01,461 IT FROM EFFECTIVELY FOUR CHIEFS. 2992 01:45:01,461 --> 01:45:04,331 NOW, I'VE HEARD WHEN WHEN 2993 01:45:04,331 --> 01:45:06,099 CONFRONTED DIRECTLY ABOUT THAT 2994 01:45:06,099 --> 01:45:11,104 QUESTION, I'VE HEARD A LIST OF 2995 01:45:11,104 --> 01:45:14,074 ACTIVITIES. I'VE HEARD A LIST 2996 01:45:14,074 --> 01:45:15,409 OF TACTICS, BUT WHAT I HAVEN'T 2997 01:45:15,409 --> 01:45:16,877 HEARD AND WHAT IS CRUCIALLY 2998 01:45:16,877 --> 01:45:24,551 MISSING IS A A COMPREHENSIVE 2999 01:45:24,551 --> 01:45:27,521 PLAN AND STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE 3000 01:45:27,521 --> 01:45:28,522 CULTURAL ISSUES THAT ARE WELL 3001 01:45:28,522 --> 01:45:31,158 KNOWN, WELL PUBLICIZED, WELL 3002 01:45:31,158 --> 01:45:32,125 DOCUMENTED, AND UNLESS AND UNTIL 3003 01:45:32,125 --> 01:45:38,131 I HEAR A CLEAR, CONSISTENT, 3004 01:45:38,131 --> 01:45:42,569 COHERENT, ARTICULABLE STRATEGY 3005 01:45:42,569 --> 01:45:43,937 THAT ADDRESSES THAT SAME THING. 3006 01:45:43,937 --> 01:45:45,539 I DO THINK THAT OUR COUNCIL 3007 01:45:45,539 --> 01:45:46,707 PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN 3008 01:45:46,707 --> 01:45:47,341 CLEAR ON AND CONSISTENT ON FOR 3009 01:45:47,341 --> 01:45:48,742 THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND 3010 01:45:48,742 --> 01:45:50,944 THESE CRITICAL 30 BY 30 3011 01:45:50,944 --> 01:45:53,246 POSITIONS ARE A NECESSARY 3012 01:45:53,246 --> 01:45:53,880 COMPONENT. SO STILL WAITING TO 3013 01:45:53,880 --> 01:45:58,652 HEAR FROM THAT. BUT WE'LL 3014 01:45:58,652 --> 01:45:59,219 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. 3015 01:45:59,219 --> 01:46:00,120 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, 3016 01:46:00,120 --> 01:46:05,225 YES. NEED MORE. QUICK QUESTIONS 3017 01:46:05,225 --> 01:46:08,829 FOR YOU, CHIEF. WOULD INSTALLING 3018 01:46:08,829 --> 01:46:10,397 AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 3019 01:46:10,397 --> 01:46:12,365 SECURITY CAMERAS YESTERDAY. CCTV 3020 01:46:12,365 --> 01:46:13,767 CAMERAS YESTERDAY AT THE SEATTLE 3021 01:46:13,767 --> 01:46:15,268 CENTER. BUT TRUTH BE TOLD THIS 3022 01:46:15,268 --> 01:46:16,636 IS ACTUALLY A BETTER FORUM FOR 3023 01:46:16,636 --> 01:46:20,907 THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE 3024 01:46:20,907 --> 01:46:23,577 HISTORICALLY, MAINTENANCE AND 3025 01:46:23,577 --> 01:46:26,346 DEPLOYMENT OF OF NEW CAMERA 3026 01:46:26,346 --> 01:46:28,882 EXPANSIONS, THAT IS SOMETHING 3027 01:46:28,882 --> 01:46:31,885 THAT COMES OUT OF SPD'S BUDGET. 3028 01:46:31,885 --> 01:46:33,587 AND SO I JUST WANT TO JUST WANT 3029 01:46:33,587 --> 01:46:37,157 TO ASK YOU, I'M REALLY CURIOUS 3030 01:46:37,157 --> 01:46:42,329 WHAT INSTALLING CCTV CAMERAS AT 3031 01:46:42,329 --> 01:46:44,798 SEATTLE CENTER BE HELPFUL TO SPD 3032 01:46:44,798 --> 01:46:47,467 IN DETERRING AND INVESTIGATING 3033 01:46:47,467 --> 01:46:48,835 CRIMES THAT OCCUR ON THE SEATTLE 3034 01:46:48,835 --> 01:46:50,337 CENTER CAMPUS, YES OR NO? 3035 01:46:50,337 --> 01:46:52,305 -- YES 3036 01:46:52,305 --> 01:46:57,778 -- THANK YOU. SO HAD RECENT 3037 01:46:57,778 --> 01:47:01,681 TRAGEDY AT THE BITE AND 3038 01:47:01,681 --> 01:47:04,284 INVESTIGATORS ARE HARD AT WORK 3039 01:47:04,284 --> 01:47:06,219 FOLLOWING UP ON LEADS, CHASING 3040 01:47:06,219 --> 01:47:09,456 DOWN EVIDENCE. BUT SECOND 3041 01:47:09,456 --> 01:47:11,425 QUESTION IS, FOLLOWING THE JULY 3042 01:47:11,425 --> 01:47:15,028 SHOOTING AT THE SEATTLE CENTER, 3043 01:47:15,028 --> 01:47:17,764 DID SPD HAVE ANY CITY OPERATED 3044 01:47:17,764 --> 01:47:20,467 CCTV FOOTAGE FROM THE IMMEDIATE 3045 01:47:20,467 --> 01:47:25,806 AREA, OR DID INVESTIGATORS HAVE 3046 01:47:25,806 --> 01:47:28,775 TO RELY ON VIDEO VOLUNTARILY 3047 01:47:28,775 --> 01:47:31,211 PROVIDED BY SEATTLE CENTER 3048 01:47:31,211 --> 01:47:33,447 TENANTS, BUSINESSES, EVENT 3049 01:47:33,447 --> 01:47:33,980 ATTENDEES AND OTHER THIRD 3050 01:47:33,980 --> 01:47:34,915 PARTIES? 3051 01:47:34,915 --> 01:47:36,750 -- YES, A LOT OF THOSE CAMERAS 3052 01:47:36,750 --> 01:47:37,918 IN THAT AREA ASSISTED US AT THAT 3053 01:47:37,918 --> 01:47:40,420 TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT IT REALLY 3054 01:47:40,420 --> 01:47:42,456 NATIONALLY AND STATISTICALLY, 3055 01:47:42,456 --> 01:47:43,390 WHEN YOU HAVE CAMERAS IN USE, IS 3056 01:47:43,390 --> 01:47:45,258 THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO 3057 01:47:45,258 --> 01:47:47,027 ASSIST US IN INVESTIGATION AND 3058 01:47:47,027 --> 01:47:49,596 SOLVE THOSE HEINOUS CRIMES 3059 01:47:49,596 --> 01:47:52,065 SOONER. 3060 01:47:52,065 --> 01:47:53,967 -- THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL 3061 01:47:53,967 --> 01:47:56,636 CHIEF, THAT BRINGS ME TO THE 3062 01:47:56,636 --> 01:48:01,141 PROPOSED BUDGET BEFORE US. SEE, 3063 01:48:01,141 --> 01:48:03,610 A BUDGET IS MORE THAN A 3064 01:48:03,610 --> 01:48:06,179 SPREADSHEET. HERE'S HERE'S THE 3065 01:48:06,179 --> 01:48:07,848 BUDGET RIGHT HERE. THAT'S THE 3066 01:48:07,848 --> 01:48:10,617 BUDGET RIGHT THERE. A BUDGET IS 3067 01:48:10,617 --> 01:48:12,619 MORE THAN A SPREADSHEET, A SET 3068 01:48:12,619 --> 01:48:14,221 OF BINDERS, DOCUMENTS. IT'S 3069 01:48:14,221 --> 01:48:19,693 HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG LINE 3070 01:48:19,693 --> 01:48:21,862 ITEMS. A BUDGET TELLS THE PUBLIC 3071 01:48:21,862 --> 01:48:25,031 WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, WHAT WE 3072 01:48:25,031 --> 01:48:29,135 VALUE AND WHICH SPECIFIC RISKS 3073 01:48:29,135 --> 01:48:32,072 WE ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT OR 3074 01:48:32,072 --> 01:48:34,007 NOT. AND AFTER THE TRAGEDY AT 3075 01:48:34,007 --> 01:48:37,244 THE BITE, I EXPECTED THIS 3076 01:48:37,244 --> 01:48:40,180 PROPOSED BUDGET TO INCLUDE 3077 01:48:40,180 --> 01:48:42,048 FUNDING FOR CCTV CAMERAS AT THE 3078 01:48:42,048 --> 01:48:46,887 SEATTLE CENTER. AS CURRENTLY 3079 01:48:46,887 --> 01:48:49,556 PROPOSED, IT DOES NOT. I FIND 3080 01:48:49,556 --> 01:48:55,028 THAT OMISSION EXTRAORDINARILY 3081 01:48:55,028 --> 01:48:55,595 DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND 3082 01:48:55,595 --> 01:49:00,233 INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING. IT'S 3083 01:49:00,233 --> 01:49:03,069 PAST TIME TO CENTER THE CRIME 3084 01:49:03,069 --> 01:49:03,703 VICTIMS, INCLUDING ASHLEY WHITE 3085 01:49:03,703 --> 01:49:09,576 AND HER FAMILY. THREE PEOPLE 3086 01:49:09,576 --> 01:49:10,377 TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIFE AT 3087 01:49:10,377 --> 01:49:11,978 THE SEATTLE CENTER SHOOTING IN 3088 01:49:11,978 --> 01:49:13,713 JULY, WITH FIVE ADDITIONAL 3089 01:49:13,713 --> 01:49:15,181 WOUNDED WOUNDED, INCLUDING A TWO 3090 01:49:15,181 --> 01:49:20,620 YEAR OLD ONE OF THOSE MURDER 3091 01:49:20,620 --> 01:49:21,221 VICTIMS WAS ASHLEY WHITEHEAD. 3092 01:49:21,221 --> 01:49:24,524 NOW ASHLEY WAS A 56 YEAR OLD. 3093 01:49:24,524 --> 01:49:28,228 SHE WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER 3094 01:49:28,228 --> 01:49:31,264 WHO WENT TO A BELOVED COMMUNITY 3095 01:49:31,264 --> 01:49:34,367 EVENT AND TRAGICALLY NEVER CAME 3096 01:49:34,367 --> 01:49:36,436 HOME. SHE WAS WAITING IN LINE 3097 01:49:36,436 --> 01:49:40,907 FOR COTTON CANDY. WHEN SHE WAS 3098 01:49:40,907 --> 01:49:49,049 STRUCK DOWN BY GUN VIOLENCE. HER 3099 01:49:49,049 --> 01:49:52,052 COUSIN, MICHELLE WHITEHEAD, HAS 3100 01:49:52,052 --> 01:49:54,521 PUBLICLY ASKED PLEADED WITH THE 3101 01:49:54,521 --> 01:49:55,989 CITY TO INSTALL CAMERAS, AMONG 3102 01:49:55,989 --> 01:50:01,995 OTHER SOLUTIONS. WE OWE IT TO 3103 01:50:01,995 --> 01:50:03,630 ASHLEY. HER FAMILY AND EVERY 3104 01:50:03,630 --> 01:50:06,066 PERSON WHO GATHERS AT THE 3105 01:50:06,066 --> 01:50:08,969 SEATTLE CENTER MORE THAN OUR 3106 01:50:08,969 --> 01:50:12,739 CONDOLENCES, MORE THAN THOUGHTS 3107 01:50:12,739 --> 01:50:15,508 AND PRAYERS, WE OWE THEM AN 3108 01:50:15,508 --> 01:50:18,178 HONEST EXAMINATION OF WHAT 3109 01:50:18,178 --> 01:50:21,247 FAILED, WHAT POTENTIALLY 3110 01:50:21,247 --> 01:50:21,915 HINDERED INVESTIGATIONS, AND 3111 01:50:21,915 --> 01:50:25,652 WHAT COULD HELP. THE NEXT TIME. 3112 01:50:25,652 --> 01:50:27,787 SOME BLATANT OPERATIONAL 3113 01:50:27,787 --> 01:50:29,789 CONTRADICTIONS AT PLAY HERE IS 3114 01:50:29,789 --> 01:50:34,627 THE KEY CONTRADICTION. AFTER A 3115 01:50:34,627 --> 01:50:36,896 DEADLY SHOOTING AT ONE OF THE 3116 01:50:36,896 --> 01:50:39,699 CITY'S MOST IMPORTANT CIVIC 3117 01:50:39,699 --> 01:50:42,335 CAMPUSES, THE SEATTLE POLICE 3118 01:50:42,335 --> 01:50:45,772 DEPARTMENT HAD TO TO SEEK VIDEO 3119 01:50:45,772 --> 01:50:47,607 EVIDENCE FOOTAGE FROM TENANTS, 3120 01:50:47,607 --> 01:50:49,376 BUSINESSES, VISITORS AND PEOPLE 3121 01:50:49,376 --> 01:50:54,280 HOLDING CELL PHONES. WE'RE 3122 01:50:54,280 --> 01:50:54,848 ASKING OUR INVESTIGATORS TO 3123 01:50:54,848 --> 01:50:57,017 ESSENTIALLY PASS THE HAT FOR 3124 01:50:57,017 --> 01:51:01,821 SIMPLE VIDEO EVIDENCE AFTER 3125 01:51:01,821 --> 01:51:04,357 TRAGEDY STRIKES, BEGGING, 3126 01:51:04,357 --> 01:51:06,526 BORROWING, PLEADING, PASSING THE 3127 01:51:06,526 --> 01:51:10,196 COLLECTION PLATE FOR SIMPLE, 3128 01:51:10,196 --> 01:51:13,299 SIMPLE EVIDENCE. APPARENTLY 3129 01:51:13,299 --> 01:51:17,103 EVERYONE CAN HAVE A CAMERA IN 3130 01:51:17,103 --> 01:51:17,937 THE CITY EXCEPT THE CITY ITSELF. 3131 01:51:17,937 --> 01:51:19,506 THE CITY GOVERNMENT ITSELF THAT 3132 01:51:19,506 --> 01:51:22,042 IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 3133 01:51:22,042 --> 01:51:24,277 PUBLIC SAFETY. EVERYBODY GETS A 3134 01:51:24,277 --> 01:51:26,513 CAMERA EXCEPT US. HOW IN THE 3135 01:51:26,513 --> 01:51:29,983 WORLD DOES THAT MAKE ANY SENSE 3136 01:51:29,983 --> 01:51:34,154 -- WHY DON'T YOU. 3137 01:51:34,154 --> 01:51:34,788 -- TOTAL HEAD SCRATCHER. THAT IS 3138 01:51:34,788 --> 01:51:39,659 NOT A STRATEGY. THAT IS A HUGE 3139 01:51:39,659 --> 01:51:42,562 AND GAPING VULNERABILITY AND WE 3140 01:51:42,562 --> 01:51:45,398 HAVE CHOSEN TO PRESERVE AND 3141 01:51:45,398 --> 01:51:49,402 ENSHRINE IN OUR BUDGET. WE NEED 3142 01:51:49,402 --> 01:51:54,240 A MORE BALANCED, SENSIBLE 3143 01:51:54,240 --> 01:51:55,308 APPROACH. TRUTH BE TOLD, CAMERAS 3144 01:51:55,308 --> 01:52:00,713 ARE NOT MAGIC. THEY ARE NOT 100% 3145 01:52:00,713 --> 01:52:04,084 RISK FREE. BY THE WAY, MEMBERS 3146 01:52:04,084 --> 01:52:06,720 OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD RIGHTFULLY 3147 01:52:06,720 --> 01:52:08,855 QUESTION ANY LEADER OR ELECTED 3148 01:52:08,855 --> 01:52:10,690 OFFICIAL OR POLITICIAN WHO HAS 3149 01:52:10,690 --> 01:52:13,526 STATED GOALS IS 100% RISK FREE. 3150 01:52:13,526 --> 01:52:15,829 GUARANTEED TO LOCK IN STATUS 3151 01:52:15,829 --> 01:52:19,566 QUO. GUARANTEED TO KEEP US IN 3152 01:52:19,566 --> 01:52:22,068 THE SUNKEN PLACE. GUARANTEED TO 3153 01:52:22,068 --> 01:52:27,107 KEEP US IN ANALYSIS PARALYSIS 3154 01:52:27,107 --> 01:52:29,142 AND GUARANTEED. TO PUT US IN A 3155 01:52:29,142 --> 01:52:32,579 PERPETUAL STATE OF STASIS. TIME 3156 01:52:32,579 --> 01:52:38,685 TO SNAP OUT OF IT CAMERAS DO NOT 3157 01:52:38,685 --> 01:52:40,854 REPLACE OFFICERS VIOLENCE 3158 01:52:40,854 --> 01:52:44,390 PREVENTION, GOOD LIGHTING, NITTY 3159 01:52:44,390 --> 01:52:46,359 GRITTY SEPTET DESIGN REVIEWS, 3160 01:52:46,359 --> 01:52:49,996 METAL DETECTORS AND WEAPONS 3161 01:52:49,996 --> 01:52:52,232 SCREENING EQUIPMENT, NON-POLICE 3162 01:52:52,232 --> 01:52:55,235 RESPONSES, EVENT SECURITY 3163 01:52:55,235 --> 01:52:59,105 TRAINING, PROSECUTION OR 3164 01:52:59,105 --> 01:52:59,739 RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT, PRIVACY 3165 01:52:59,739 --> 01:53:02,008 AND CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNS 3166 01:53:02,008 --> 01:53:04,544 DESERVE REAL SAFEGUARDS, 3167 01:53:04,544 --> 01:53:06,079 INCLUDING LIMITED ACCESS, 3168 01:53:06,079 --> 01:53:09,783 RETENTION RULES, AUDITING AND 3169 01:53:09,783 --> 01:53:12,452 ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT SIMPLY 3170 01:53:12,452 --> 01:53:17,157 REFUSING TO INSTALL CAMERAS 3171 01:53:17,157 --> 01:53:19,792 CARRIES SIGNIFICANT RISK TO THE 3172 01:53:19,792 --> 01:53:22,595 SECURITY BENEFITS AT A MAJOR 3173 01:53:22,595 --> 01:53:23,196 EVENT CAMPUS GREATLY OUTWEIGH 3174 01:53:23,196 --> 01:53:26,966 RISKS THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE 3175 01:53:26,966 --> 01:53:29,669 MANAGED. CAMERAS CAN DETER SOME 3176 01:53:29,669 --> 01:53:33,273 MISCONDUCT, IMPROVE SITUATIONAL 3177 01:53:33,273 --> 01:53:35,975 AWARENESS, PRESERVE EVIDENCE, 3178 01:53:35,975 --> 01:53:38,778 ACCELERATE INVESTIGATIONS AND 3179 01:53:38,778 --> 01:53:42,549 HELP IDENTIFY PEOPLE INVOLVED 3180 01:53:42,549 --> 01:53:44,450 BEFORE MORE HARM OCCURS. WE 3181 01:53:44,450 --> 01:53:45,118 CAN'T SAY WE'RE ADVANCING A 3182 01:53:45,118 --> 01:53:47,153 RESPONSIBLE BUDGET AND CARRYING 3183 01:53:47,153 --> 01:53:48,755 OUT OUR CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY 3184 01:53:48,755 --> 01:53:52,559 TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE WITHOUT 3185 01:53:52,559 --> 01:53:55,161 FUNDING FOR CRITICAL CCTV 3186 01:53:55,161 --> 01:53:57,163 CAMERAS AT THE SEATTLE CENTER. 3187 01:53:57,163 --> 01:53:59,032 WELL, AT LEAST WE CAN'T SAY 3188 01:53:59,032 --> 01:54:02,535 THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE WHEN 3189 01:54:02,535 --> 01:54:04,070 WE DO THAT, THE PUBLIC 3190 01:54:04,070 --> 01:54:05,538 UNDERSTANDABLY FEELS LIKE 3191 01:54:05,538 --> 01:54:07,574 THEY'VE BEEN HOODWINKED. THEY 3192 01:54:07,574 --> 01:54:11,144 FEEL LIKE THEY'VE BEEN 3193 01:54:11,144 --> 01:54:11,644 BAMBOOZLED, SNOOKERED, 3194 01:54:11,644 --> 01:54:13,913 HORNSWOGGLED, DUPED, SWINDLED, 3195 01:54:13,913 --> 01:54:16,049 PLAYED, HUSTLED, TRICKED, 3196 01:54:16,049 --> 01:54:20,453 FOOLED, MISINFORMED, LEAD 3197 01:54:20,453 --> 01:54:24,824 PUNKED. SOLD A BILL OF GOODS. SO 3198 01:54:24,824 --> 01:54:29,529 I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF 3199 01:54:29,529 --> 01:54:30,129 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS AT 3200 01:54:30,129 --> 01:54:33,333 PLAY. BUT MORE IMPORTANT, 3201 01:54:33,333 --> 01:54:35,568 PRACTICAL REALITIES SHOULD 3202 01:54:35,568 --> 01:54:38,872 SUPERSEDE AND GOVERN HERE. THIS 3203 01:54:38,872 --> 01:54:40,740 IS SOMETIMES PRESENTED AS THOUGH 3204 01:54:40,740 --> 01:54:42,108 CCTV AT THE SEATTLE CENTER, 3205 01:54:42,108 --> 01:54:43,977 WHERE A RADICAL IDEA. BUT A 3206 01:54:43,977 --> 01:54:47,480 RECENT CHAMBER POLL FOUND THAT 3207 01:54:47,480 --> 01:54:49,082 75% OF SURVEYED SEATTLE VOTERS 3208 01:54:49,082 --> 01:54:50,884 SUPPORTED CAMERAS AT THE SEATTLE 3209 01:54:50,884 --> 01:54:53,286 CENTER AND OTHER MAJOR EVENT 3210 01:54:53,286 --> 01:54:56,222 VENUES. IRONICALLY, THIS 3211 01:54:56,222 --> 01:54:56,756 SUPPOSEDLY CONTROVERSIAL 3212 01:54:56,756 --> 01:55:00,393 TECHNOLOGY HAS UNUSUALLY 3213 01:55:00,393 --> 01:55:02,662 LOPSIDED PUBLIC SUPPORT. THIS IS 3214 01:55:02,662 --> 01:55:07,000 NOT A FRINGE OR OR RADICAL 3215 01:55:07,000 --> 01:55:10,637 POSITION IN SEATTLE. EVEN IN THE 3216 01:55:10,637 --> 01:55:12,538 TRUMP 2.0 ERA, A MAJOR EVENT, 3217 01:55:12,538 --> 01:55:14,073 ORGANIZERS AND VENUE OPERATORS, 3218 01:55:14,073 --> 01:55:16,809 INCLUDING CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, 3219 01:55:16,809 --> 01:55:18,411 THE SEATTLE CENTER, SEAFAIR AND 3220 01:55:18,411 --> 01:55:21,047 OTHERS HAVE ALSO URGED THE CITY 3221 01:55:21,047 --> 01:55:22,181 TO RESTORE CAMERAS AND SOTO AND 3222 01:55:22,181 --> 01:55:25,418 EXPAND COVERAGE TO THE CENTER. 3223 01:55:25,418 --> 01:55:26,953 THE PEOPLE WHO HOST BIG CROWDS 3224 01:55:26,953 --> 01:55:29,589 ARE ASKING. THE PUBLIC IS 3225 01:55:29,589 --> 01:55:33,226 ASKING. A VICTIM'S FAMILY IS 3226 01:55:33,226 --> 01:55:35,962 ASKING. SPD EXPERTS HAVE 3227 01:55:35,962 --> 01:55:37,096 EXPLAINED THE OPERATIONAL AND 3228 01:55:37,096 --> 01:55:40,233 INVESTIGATIVE VALUE OF CAMERAS. 3229 01:55:40,233 --> 01:55:43,303 YET CONFUSINGLY, THE PROPOSED 3230 01:55:43,303 --> 01:55:45,338 BUDGET ANSWERS WITH SILENCE OR 3231 01:55:45,338 --> 01:55:50,510 AT A BARE MINIMUM, INDIFFERENCE 3232 01:55:50,510 --> 01:55:52,679 WE NEED TO STOP THINKING THAT 3233 01:55:52,679 --> 01:55:54,280 WE'RE SMARTER THAN THE PEOPLE 3234 01:55:54,280 --> 01:55:57,817 HOSTING BIG CROWDS. WE NEED TO 3235 01:55:57,817 --> 01:56:00,219 STOP THINKING WE'RE SMARTER THAN 3236 01:56:00,219 --> 01:56:02,522 THE PUBLIC, SMARTER THAN VICTIMS 3237 01:56:02,522 --> 01:56:05,825 AND IMPACTED FAMILIES, SMARTER 3238 01:56:05,825 --> 01:56:07,660 THAN EXPERTS, SMARTER THAN THE 3239 01:56:07,660 --> 01:56:11,431 PLAIN AND CLEAR COMMON SENSE. I 3240 01:56:11,431 --> 01:56:13,366 UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN THAT 3241 01:56:13,366 --> 01:56:13,933 SURVEILLANCE TOOLS COULD BE 3242 01:56:13,933 --> 01:56:15,168 MISUSED, INCLUDING BY THE 3243 01:56:15,168 --> 01:56:16,869 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT THE FEDS 3244 01:56:16,869 --> 01:56:19,339 HAVE VASTLY SUPERIOR RESOURCES 3245 01:56:19,339 --> 01:56:20,573 AND THE ABILITY TO ACQUIRE AND 3246 01:56:20,573 --> 01:56:25,311 DEPLOY ITS OWN TOOLS, CHOOSING 3247 01:56:25,311 --> 01:56:25,912 TO VOLUNTARILY BLIND SEATTLE 3248 01:56:25,912 --> 01:56:30,583 DOES NOT BLIND WASHINGTON, D.C., 3249 01:56:30,583 --> 01:56:31,150 THE RESPONSIBLE SOLUTION IS 3250 01:56:31,150 --> 01:56:34,020 STRONG LOCAL SAFEGUARDS, NOT 3251 01:56:34,020 --> 01:56:35,621 COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN AND 3252 01:56:35,621 --> 01:56:37,824 DENYING OUR OWN INVESTIGATORS 3253 01:56:37,824 --> 01:56:40,993 AND THE PUBLIC THE BASIC 3254 01:56:40,993 --> 01:56:42,695 INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDED AT A 3255 01:56:42,695 --> 01:56:45,298 MAJOR CIVIC CULTURAL HUB LIKE 3256 01:56:45,298 --> 01:56:47,667 THE CENTER, THE EXECUTIVE CLAIMS 3257 01:56:47,667 --> 01:56:49,736 THE PROPOSED BUDGET INVESTS IN 3258 01:56:49,736 --> 01:56:51,971 PUBLIC SAFETY. YET THE PROPOSED 3259 01:56:51,971 --> 01:56:55,375 BUDGET DOES NOT FUND A BASIC 3260 01:56:55,375 --> 01:56:56,009 INVESTIGATIVE CAPABILITY. AT ONE 3261 01:56:56,009 --> 01:56:58,277 OF THE CITY'S LARGEST GATHERING 3262 01:56:58,277 --> 01:57:02,982 SPACES AGAIN, CAMERAS ARE NOT 3263 01:57:02,982 --> 01:57:06,219 RISK FREE. NEITHER IS REFUSING 3264 01:57:06,219 --> 01:57:08,254 TO HAVE THEM. DOING NOTHING ON 3265 01:57:08,254 --> 01:57:10,957 CAMERAS IS ITSELF A PUBLIC 3266 01:57:10,957 --> 01:57:12,658 SAFETY DECISION. SO I HAVE A 3267 01:57:12,658 --> 01:57:15,228 FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION 3268 01:57:15,228 --> 01:57:18,431 FOR THE EXECUTIVE. AFTER JULY, 3269 01:57:18,431 --> 01:57:20,299 WHAT ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE ARE WE 3270 01:57:20,299 --> 01:57:25,938 WAITING FOR I'M OBVIOUSLY AN 3271 01:57:25,938 --> 01:57:26,472 UNAPOLOGETIC SUPPORTER OF 3272 01:57:26,472 --> 01:57:28,007 RESPONSIBLY GOVERNED CCTV AT THE 3273 01:57:28,007 --> 01:57:29,876 SEATTLE CENTER PRO CAMERA, IF 3274 01:57:29,876 --> 01:57:33,046 YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY IN BIG 3275 01:57:33,046 --> 01:57:35,381 EVENT SPACES. I'M ALSO PRO 3276 01:57:35,381 --> 01:57:38,317 PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS, PRO 3277 01:57:38,317 --> 01:57:41,754 ACCOUNTABILITY, PRO RESPONSIBLE 3278 01:57:41,754 --> 01:57:42,288 IMPLEMENTATION, PRO REAL 3279 01:57:42,288 --> 01:57:44,223 SOLUTIONS, AND I'LL ADD THAT 3280 01:57:44,223 --> 01:57:50,430 I'M ANTI HYPOCRISY ANTI-PURITAN 3281 01:57:50,430 --> 01:57:53,332 PROGRESSIVE POLITICS, ANTI 3282 01:57:53,332 --> 01:57:55,034 TOMFOOLERY AND ANTI STATUS QUO 3283 01:57:55,034 --> 01:57:57,937 THIS IS NOT ABOUT FEAR. IT IS 3284 01:57:57,937 --> 01:57:59,472 NOT ABOUT PRETENDING. ONE PROVEN 3285 01:57:59,472 --> 01:58:01,207 TOOL CAN SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM. IT 3286 01:58:01,207 --> 01:58:02,542 IS ABOUT REFUSING TO LEAVE A 3287 01:58:02,542 --> 01:58:05,445 KNOWN GAP IN PLACE WHERE 3288 01:58:05,445 --> 01:58:07,580 RESIDENTS, WORKERS, FAMILIES AND 3289 01:58:07,580 --> 01:58:11,584 VISITORS GATHER BY THE TENS OF 3290 01:58:11,584 --> 01:58:13,386 THOUSANDS. THE COUNCIL AND THE 3291 01:58:13,386 --> 01:58:14,787 EXECUTIVE SHARE THE SAME DUTY. 3292 01:58:14,787 --> 01:58:18,057 KEEP THE SEATTLE CENTER SAFE, 3293 01:58:18,057 --> 01:58:19,959 OPEN AND WELCOMING. WE NEED TO 3294 01:58:19,959 --> 01:58:23,996 START TAKING PUBLIC SAFETY 3295 01:58:23,996 --> 01:58:26,065 SERIOUSLY IN SEATTLE. THE GOOD 3296 01:58:26,065 --> 01:58:27,834 NEWS, GOOD NEWS IT'S NOT ALL 3297 01:58:27,834 --> 01:58:29,669 FIRE AND BRIMSTONE. THE GOOD 3298 01:58:29,669 --> 01:58:31,237 NEWS IS THAT THERE'S STILL TIME 3299 01:58:31,237 --> 01:58:33,439 TO CORRECT THIS OMISSION. FUND 3300 01:58:33,439 --> 01:58:35,842 THE CAMERAS, ADOPT STRONG 3301 01:58:35,842 --> 01:58:38,377 SAFEGUARDS, AND MAKE THE 3302 01:58:38,377 --> 01:58:43,082 RESPONSIBLE CHOICE TOGETHER. 3303 01:58:43,082 --> 01:58:45,051 I'M NOT ANGRY. I AM, HOWEVER, 3304 01:58:45,051 --> 01:58:48,754 TOTALLY CONFUSED AND UTTERLY 3305 01:58:48,754 --> 01:58:50,990 DISAPPOINTED. I'LL BE REVIEWING 3306 01:58:50,990 --> 01:58:54,727 THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECTS OF THE 3307 01:58:54,727 --> 01:58:57,830 PROPOSED BUDGET. WITH A SENSE OF 3308 01:58:57,830 --> 01:59:01,701 INCREDULOUS SKEPTICISM, I THINK 3309 01:59:01,701 --> 01:59:05,771 WE ALL SHOULD. THANK YOU AGAIN, 3310 01:59:05,771 --> 01:59:06,405 CHIEF. APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW. 3311 01:59:06,405 --> 01:59:08,140 MORE WORK FOR US TO DO TOGETHER. 3312 01:59:08,140 --> 01:59:08,541 THANK YOU CHAIR. 3313 01:59:08,541 --> 01:59:09,876 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3314 01:59:09,876 --> 01:59:13,613 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. AS 3315 01:59:13,613 --> 01:59:14,247 A REMINDER, VULGAR LANGUAGE IS 3316 01:59:14,247 --> 01:59:16,082 NOT ALLOWED AT OUR MEETINGS 3317 01:59:16,082 --> 01:59:17,250 COMMITTEE TABLE. DO YOU HAVE 3318 01:59:17,250 --> 01:59:19,452 ANYTHING TO SHARE AT THIS TIME? 3319 01:59:19,452 --> 01:59:20,653 SORRY, SORRY. NO. ALL RIGHT. 3320 01:59:20,653 --> 01:59:24,790 WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL. COUNCIL 3321 01:59:24,790 --> 01:59:25,324 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 3322 01:59:25,324 --> 01:59:27,360 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I WILL 3323 01:59:27,360 --> 01:59:28,594 I WILL BE QUICK. THANK YOU, 3324 01:59:28,594 --> 01:59:30,596 CHIEF SALES FOR BEING HERE. 3325 01:59:30,596 --> 01:59:32,665 APPRECIATE YOU. DAN EDER, ALI 3326 01:59:32,665 --> 01:59:34,200 AND LISH, YOU ALL WILL BE HERE 3327 01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:36,269 ALL DAY, SO I'LL. IT'S A 3328 01:59:36,269 --> 01:59:38,271 ROTATION RIGHT HERE. SO REAL 3329 01:59:38,271 --> 01:59:42,808 QUICK I REALLY APPRECIATE 3330 01:59:42,808 --> 01:59:43,476 APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. I 3331 01:59:43,476 --> 01:59:44,010 KNOW I APPRECIATE ALL THE 3332 01:59:44,010 --> 01:59:46,012 COMMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 3333 01:59:46,012 --> 01:59:49,282 MADE AS WELL. AND BECAUSE WE ALL 3334 01:59:49,282 --> 01:59:51,150 HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, ONE 3335 01:59:51,150 --> 01:59:52,485 OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD REALLY 3336 01:59:52,485 --> 01:59:53,653 HELP ME HELP FOR ME AND WE CAN 3337 01:59:53,653 --> 01:59:56,389 GO OFFLINE ON THIS, BUT I'LL 3338 01:59:56,389 --> 01:59:59,058 JUST STATE IT IS HAVING ACTUAL 3339 01:59:59,058 --> 02:00:01,127 DATA AND INFORMATION REGARDING 3340 02:00:01,127 --> 02:00:02,995 IF WE ARE INCREASING BUDGETS OR 3341 02:00:02,995 --> 02:00:05,097 DECREASING WHATEVER IT IS, HOW 3342 02:00:05,097 --> 02:00:08,067 -- HOW DOES THAT IMPACT RESPONSE 3343 02:00:08,067 --> 02:00:09,068 TIMES? OFFICERS KEEPING DRUGS 3344 02:00:09,068 --> 02:00:10,870 OFF THE STREETS. GUN. GUN. 3345 02:00:10,870 --> 02:00:13,940 RETRIEVALS. CRIME SOLVES THE HOT 3346 02:00:13,940 --> 02:00:15,107 SPOTS IN SEATTLE. ARE WE GOING 3347 02:00:15,107 --> 02:00:17,443 TO HAVE MORE OR LESS UNDERCOVER 3348 02:00:17,443 --> 02:00:19,579 GROCERY RETAIL THEFT OPERATIONS? 3349 02:00:19,579 --> 02:00:20,479 DOES THIS INCREASE OUR BIKE? 3350 02:00:20,479 --> 02:00:22,782 COPS. BEATS ON THE STREETS. 3351 02:00:22,782 --> 02:00:25,685 OFFICER. OUTREACH. WHATEVER. ALL 3352 02:00:25,685 --> 02:00:27,486 THOSE PIECES THAT I KNOW THAT WE 3353 02:00:27,486 --> 02:00:29,889 JUDGE HOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT 3354 02:00:29,889 --> 02:00:32,959 IS INTERACTING WITH OUR 3355 02:00:32,959 --> 02:00:33,593 COMMUNITY. HOW DOES THIS IMPACT 3356 02:00:33,593 --> 02:00:34,460 THAT? AND THAT WOULD BE SUPER 3357 02:00:34,460 --> 02:00:38,064 HELPFUL. SO HEY JOY, WE ONLY 3358 02:00:38,064 --> 02:00:39,799 HAVE THIS MANY OFFICERS ON 3359 02:00:39,799 --> 02:00:41,534 SECOND WATCH AT THE EAST 3360 02:00:41,534 --> 02:00:43,636 PRECINCT. THIS WOULD INCREASE OR 3361 02:00:43,636 --> 02:00:44,237 DECREASE THAT OPPORTUNITY OR 3362 02:00:44,237 --> 02:00:45,471 THIS WOULD INCREASE. YOU KNOW, 1 3363 02:00:45,471 --> 02:00:47,506 OR 2 OFFICERS THAT WE COULD BE 3364 02:00:47,506 --> 02:00:49,008 ABLE TO MOVE FROM WEST PRECINCT 3365 02:00:49,008 --> 02:00:50,676 TO EAST PRECINCT OR WHATEVER IT 3366 02:00:50,676 --> 02:00:52,945 IS THAT WOULD HELP ME GET AN 3367 02:00:52,945 --> 02:00:55,481 IDEA ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET 3368 02:00:55,481 --> 02:00:57,450 PROPOSAL THAT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN 3369 02:00:57,450 --> 02:00:59,919 US TODAY WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST 3370 02:00:59,919 --> 02:01:01,687 TO PUT AND LIKE COUNCILMEMBER 3371 02:01:01,687 --> 02:01:04,256 LIN SAID, SOME OF THE OUTCOMES 3372 02:01:04,256 --> 02:01:05,157 AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE 3373 02:01:05,157 --> 02:01:07,693 OUTCOMES THAT I'M LOOKING 3374 02:01:07,693 --> 02:01:10,096 LOOKING FOR. BECAUSE SINCE NINE 3375 02:01:10,096 --> 02:01:12,265 EIGHT, EXCUSE ME, SINCE 910, WE 3376 02:01:12,265 --> 02:01:15,234 HAD A SHOOTING AT WESTLAKE PARK, 3377 02:01:15,234 --> 02:01:16,469 ONE DEAD, NINE SIX BELLTOWN, ONE 3378 02:01:16,469 --> 02:01:19,238 DEAD, NINE FOUR ON THE BLOCK OF 3379 02:01:19,238 --> 02:01:20,673 AURORA, ONE INJURED, NINE ONE IN 3380 02:01:20,673 --> 02:01:23,542 DELRIDGE, ONE INJURED, 819. WE 3381 02:01:23,542 --> 02:01:25,711 HAD ONE INJURED, 819 THIS IS 3382 02:01:25,711 --> 02:01:27,246 JUST FROM SHOTS ONE DEAD IN 3383 02:01:27,246 --> 02:01:30,349 FIRST HILL. WE ALSO HAD IN 3384 02:01:30,349 --> 02:01:32,184 PIONEER SQUARE 817, ONE INJURED, 3385 02:01:32,184 --> 02:01:33,853 812 IN SOUTH SEATTLE, ONE 3386 02:01:33,853 --> 02:01:35,321 INJURED 810. HIGH POINT, ONE 3387 02:01:35,321 --> 02:01:38,257 DEAD. THOSE ARE ACTUAL DATA 3388 02:01:38,257 --> 02:01:40,793 POINTS THAT I CAN LOOK AT TO SEE 3389 02:01:40,793 --> 02:01:43,095 OKAY, HOW HOW ARE WE DOING IN 3390 02:01:43,095 --> 02:01:45,398 OUR CITY? SO. OH, AND THAT'S 3391 02:01:45,398 --> 02:01:46,666 JUST WHAT SHOTS FIRED. BECAUSE I 3392 02:01:46,666 --> 02:01:48,200 KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 3393 02:01:48,200 --> 02:01:49,001 LISTENING FROM OUR CARE TEAM TO 3394 02:01:49,001 --> 02:01:50,936 TALK ABOUT THE GUN VIOLENCE 3395 02:01:50,936 --> 02:01:52,571 PREVENTION PLAN. SO EXCITED TO 3396 02:01:52,571 --> 02:01:55,841 TALK ABOUT TALK ABOUT THAT. AND 3397 02:01:55,841 --> 02:01:57,143 THEN ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, US GOING 3398 02:01:57,143 --> 02:01:58,344 WELL. JOY THE TOP FIVE ARRESTS 3399 02:01:58,344 --> 02:02:01,147 IN OUR CITY, ARE ASSAULTS, 3400 02:02:01,147 --> 02:02:02,014 THEFT, VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC 3401 02:02:02,014 --> 02:02:03,115 CRIMES. WE HAVE WARRANTS AND 3402 02:02:03,115 --> 02:02:04,583 NARCOTICS. THOSE ARE THE TOP 3403 02:02:04,583 --> 02:02:06,285 FIVE. HOW WILL THAT IMPACT EAST 3404 02:02:06,285 --> 02:02:07,787 PRECINCT? BECAUSE OURS ARE 3405 02:02:07,787 --> 02:02:10,589 ASSAULTS, NARCOTICS, THEFT 3406 02:02:10,589 --> 02:02:12,258 WARRANTS, AND VEHICLE AND 3407 02:02:12,258 --> 02:02:14,994 TRAFFIC CRIMES IS NUMBER FIVE. 3408 02:02:14,994 --> 02:02:16,796 AND HOW WILL THE BUDGET AND 3409 02:02:16,796 --> 02:02:19,031 LIKE, YOU KNOW, IMPACT THOSE 3410 02:02:19,031 --> 02:02:20,866 PIECES WILL IMPACT ARRESTS? WILL 3411 02:02:20,866 --> 02:02:23,436 IT IMPACT OFFICERS ON BIKES? AND 3412 02:02:23,436 --> 02:02:26,572 HOW MANY OF THOSE ASSAULTS WERE, 3413 02:02:26,572 --> 02:02:27,973 YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW ARE 3414 02:02:27,973 --> 02:02:30,776 THEY RESPONDED TO? LIKE, THAT'S, 3415 02:02:30,776 --> 02:02:31,344 THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE 3416 02:02:31,344 --> 02:02:34,447 INFORMATION FOR ME. THAT'S SUPER 3417 02:02:34,447 --> 02:02:36,716 HELPFUL. SO WHEN I AM MAKING A 3418 02:02:36,716 --> 02:02:38,217 VOTE OR I AM TELLING THE 3419 02:02:38,217 --> 02:02:39,385 CITIZENS, OUR CONSTITUENTS, THIS 3420 02:02:39,385 --> 02:02:41,587 IS WHY I VOTED ON THIS. THIS IS 3421 02:02:41,587 --> 02:02:42,655 BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE 3422 02:02:42,655 --> 02:02:45,057 GOING TO GET FROM THAT. SO 3423 02:02:45,057 --> 02:02:46,559 THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL FOR, FOR, 3424 02:02:46,559 --> 02:02:47,760 FOR ME PERSONALLY. AND THEN REAL 3425 02:02:47,760 --> 02:02:50,296 QUICK, I KNOW THAT WE'VE TALKED 3426 02:02:50,296 --> 02:02:52,431 ABOUT BALTIMORE AND BOSTON IN 3427 02:02:52,431 --> 02:02:53,833 COMPARISON. I HAD THIS 3428 02:02:53,833 --> 02:02:54,900 INFORMATION FROM A MINUTE AGO. 3429 02:02:54,900 --> 02:02:57,136 SO I KNOW WE'RE ABOUT 800 000 3430 02:02:57,136 --> 02:03:00,306 POPULATION. WE HAVE 1.4 OFFICERS 3431 02:03:00,306 --> 02:03:03,142 TO 1000 PEOPLE. BALTIMORE HAS 3432 02:03:03,142 --> 02:03:07,313 3.6 TO 1000 PEOPLE. BOSTON HAS 3433 02:03:07,313 --> 02:03:08,314 3.15 TO 1000 PEOPLE. SO THOSE 3434 02:03:08,314 --> 02:03:10,449 ARE VERY I KNOW WE LIKE TO MAKE 3435 02:03:10,449 --> 02:03:12,251 COMPARISONS WITH OTHER CITIES. I 3436 02:03:12,251 --> 02:03:14,720 THINK SEATTLE IS VERY UNIQUE. WE 3437 02:03:14,720 --> 02:03:16,589 CHERRY PICK STUFF, BUT SEATTLE 3438 02:03:16,589 --> 02:03:17,790 IS VERY UNIQUE TO THINGS. AND 3439 02:03:17,790 --> 02:03:20,559 SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 3440 02:03:20,559 --> 02:03:22,628 THE SUCCESS OF BALTIMORE, IS IT 3441 02:03:22,628 --> 02:03:24,764 POLICE? IS IT THEIR CRIME 3442 02:03:24,764 --> 02:03:26,766 DETERRENCE? IS IT WHAT IS IT? 3443 02:03:26,766 --> 02:03:28,434 RIGHT. BUT IT'S HARD TO MAKE 3444 02:03:28,434 --> 02:03:31,003 THAT COMPARISON WHEN YOU'RE 3445 02:03:31,003 --> 02:03:32,638 LOOKING AT THE STATS, WHEN YOU 3446 02:03:32,638 --> 02:03:35,274 HAVE THINGS LIKE THE POLICE, YOU 3447 02:03:35,274 --> 02:03:37,643 HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY HAVE 3448 02:03:37,643 --> 02:03:39,044 DOUBLE MORE THE POLICE THAN WE 3449 02:03:39,044 --> 02:03:41,514 DO HERE IN THE IN THE CITY OF 3450 02:03:41,514 --> 02:03:43,416 SEATTLE. SO JUST WONDERING WHERE 3451 02:03:43,416 --> 02:03:44,450 THAT PLAYS INTO PART. AND LAST 3452 02:03:44,450 --> 02:03:46,552 BUT NOT LEAST, I KNOW WE CAN 3453 02:03:46,552 --> 02:03:49,155 TALK ABOUT CAMERAS ALL DAY. AND 3454 02:03:49,155 --> 02:03:51,791 YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY WORK OR 3455 02:03:51,791 --> 02:03:53,759 NOT. BUT HERE ARE THE FACTS. 3456 02:03:53,759 --> 02:03:58,164 OKAY COUNCIL ADDED 65 CAMERAS IN 3457 02:03:58,164 --> 02:04:02,501 2025 AND WE ALLOWED SP-D TO HAVE 3458 02:04:02,501 --> 02:04:05,538 ACCESS TO 145 TRAFFIC CAMERAS IN 3459 02:04:05,538 --> 02:04:08,174 IN THE CITY. OUR TCC SUPPORTED 3460 02:04:08,174 --> 02:04:09,775 17 HOMICIDES IN 2025. AND THIS 3461 02:04:09,775 --> 02:04:12,344 IS ALL ONLINE, LEADING TO TEN 3462 02:04:12,344 --> 02:04:14,980 ARRESTS, TEN ARRESTS, 17 3463 02:04:14,980 --> 02:04:17,483 HOMICIDES. AND I CAN TELL YOU, I 3464 02:04:17,483 --> 02:04:20,052 HAVE TALKED ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE 3465 02:04:20,052 --> 02:04:22,621 IN MY PERSONAL THING THIS MONTH. 3466 02:04:22,621 --> 02:04:24,690 FINALLY, TWO AND A HALF YEARS 3467 02:04:24,690 --> 02:04:25,391 LATER, I HAD A BROTHER IN LAW, 3468 02:04:25,391 --> 02:04:26,692 UNFORTUNATELY, WHO DIED OF OF 3469 02:04:26,692 --> 02:04:28,194 GUN VIOLENCE WAS SHOT IN THE 3470 02:04:28,194 --> 02:04:31,363 HEAD. AND THE TRIAL WILL GO THIS 3471 02:04:31,363 --> 02:04:32,998 MONTH TO KING COUNTY. IT WAS 3472 02:04:32,998 --> 02:04:34,500 CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THAT IS THE 3473 02:04:34,500 --> 02:04:37,636 ONLY WAY THAT WE THAT THEY WERE 3474 02:04:37,636 --> 02:04:39,038 ABLE TO ARREST THE ASSAILANT. 3475 02:04:39,038 --> 02:04:40,172 I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR I'M 3476 02:04:40,172 --> 02:04:43,108 TELLING YOU, THIS IS THE ACTUAL 3477 02:04:43,108 --> 02:04:44,677 THE ACTUAL FACTS. I HAD A COUSIN 3478 02:04:44,677 --> 02:04:49,381 WHO WAS SHOT THIS YEAR AND DIED. 3479 02:04:49,381 --> 02:04:50,549 HIS DAD WAS SHOT AS WELL. BEFORE 3480 02:04:50,549 --> 02:04:52,151 THAT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, 3481 02:04:52,151 --> 02:04:54,153 AND IS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST 3482 02:04:54,153 --> 02:04:55,921 DOWN. HE'S NOW WORKING IN 3483 02:04:55,921 --> 02:04:57,389 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HIS SON 3484 02:04:57,389 --> 02:04:59,425 WAS MURDERED THIS YEAR ON 3485 02:04:59,425 --> 02:05:00,526 RAINIER. THERE WAS NO CAMERA. HE 3486 02:05:00,526 --> 02:05:03,796 WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD AND DIED. 3487 02:05:03,796 --> 02:05:04,930 UNFORTUNATELY. AND THAT'S JUST 3488 02:05:04,930 --> 02:05:06,665 REALLY SAD THAT THAT TYPE OF GUN 3489 02:05:06,665 --> 02:05:09,268 VIOLENCE, NO ONE'S ADVOCATING, 3490 02:05:09,268 --> 02:05:10,903 I BELIEVE, FOR FOR CAMERAS TO 3491 02:05:10,903 --> 02:05:14,273 SAY, WILL THEY PREVENT CRIME? I 3492 02:05:14,273 --> 02:05:16,509 AM TALKING ABOUT CAN THEY HELP 3493 02:05:16,509 --> 02:05:18,410 GO AND SOLVE MURDERS, 3494 02:05:18,410 --> 02:05:20,212 INVESTIGATIONS TO LEAD TO 3495 02:05:20,212 --> 02:05:22,615 CLOSURES FOR THE FAMILY. I 3496 02:05:22,615 --> 02:05:24,783 BELIEVE THE CAMERA TALKING POINT 3497 02:05:24,783 --> 02:05:26,719 HAS BEEN VERY POLITICAL, AND WE 3498 02:05:26,719 --> 02:05:27,753 CAN'T EVEN GET PAST THE NOISE 3499 02:05:27,753 --> 02:05:33,392 TO LOOK AT THE FACTS. CHICAGO 3500 02:05:33,392 --> 02:05:37,763 PROGRESSIVE MAYOR, 4400 CAMERAS. 3501 02:05:37,763 --> 02:05:39,798 NEW YORK SOCIALIST MAYOR, 6600 3502 02:05:39,798 --> 02:05:43,602 CAMERAS. BALTIMORE 861 CCTV 3503 02:05:43,602 --> 02:05:45,437 CAMERAS. IF WE DON'T WANT 3504 02:05:45,437 --> 02:05:47,373 CAMERAS, FINE. TAKE OUT THE 3505 02:05:47,373 --> 02:05:49,842 POLICE CAMERAS, TAKE OUT TRAFFIC 3506 02:05:49,842 --> 02:05:51,277 CAMERAS, TAKE OUT CAMERAS IN OUR 3507 02:05:51,277 --> 02:05:52,845 CHAMBER. TAKE THEM ALL OUT. TAKE 3508 02:05:52,845 --> 02:05:54,880 OUT PARKS. DEPARTMENT HAS 3509 02:05:54,880 --> 02:05:57,950 CAMERAS FOR A LOT OF THEIR THEIR 3510 02:05:57,950 --> 02:05:59,685 THEIR PARKS. TAKE THEM OUT. 3511 02:05:59,685 --> 02:06:02,521 OKAY, BUT WE CAN'T CHERRY PICK. 3512 02:06:02,521 --> 02:06:04,423 I'M TELLING YOU, WE CAN'T 3513 02:06:04,423 --> 02:06:06,592 CHERRY PICK BASED ON POLITICAL 3514 02:06:06,592 --> 02:06:08,160 IDEOLOGY. AND I'M TIRED OF IT 3515 02:06:08,160 --> 02:06:10,162 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING 3516 02:06:10,162 --> 02:06:12,097 REALLY AFFECTED. SO WHILE I 3517 02:06:12,097 --> 02:06:14,667 AGREE WITH PEOPLE, I HAD A A 3518 02:06:14,667 --> 02:06:18,537 BUDGET ALLOCATION THAT REMOVED 3519 02:06:18,537 --> 02:06:20,906 CAMERA MONEY AND PUT IT INTO 3520 02:06:20,906 --> 02:06:24,977 PEOPLE THAT ARE GUN VIOLENCE 3521 02:06:24,977 --> 02:06:26,011 PREVENTION FOLKS, I DID THAT 3522 02:06:26,011 --> 02:06:26,845 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE 3523 02:06:26,845 --> 02:06:27,947 TIME THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. 3524 02:06:27,947 --> 02:06:29,148 AND I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE 3525 02:06:29,148 --> 02:06:30,816 AND ARGUE IF CAMERAS ARE GOOD OR 3526 02:06:30,816 --> 02:06:32,785 NOT. I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE 3527 02:06:32,785 --> 02:06:34,153 FACTS OF THE CRIMES THAT THEY 3528 02:06:34,153 --> 02:06:37,489 HAVE LED TO SOLVING. THE ONES 3529 02:06:37,489 --> 02:06:39,992 THAT ARE IN OTHER CITIES AS 3530 02:06:39,992 --> 02:06:42,094 WELL. AND NOW WE'RE AT A REALLY 3531 02:06:42,094 --> 02:06:43,295 CRITICAL POINT WHERE WE SEE THAT 3532 02:06:43,295 --> 02:06:45,397 WE DON'T WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH 3533 02:06:45,397 --> 02:06:46,799 OFFICERS THAT ARE IN COMPARISON 3534 02:06:46,799 --> 02:06:47,866 TO THE OTHER CITIES THAT PEOPLE 3535 02:06:47,866 --> 02:06:49,535 LIKE TO TALK ABOUT AND SAY, 3536 02:06:49,535 --> 02:06:50,736 WELL, THIS IS WORKING IN 3537 02:06:50,736 --> 02:06:52,671 BALTIMORE AND LOOK AT NEW YORK 3538 02:06:52,671 --> 02:06:54,239 AND LOOK HOW AMAZING CHICAGO IS. 3539 02:06:54,239 --> 02:06:57,876 FINE. BUT WE DO NEED TOOLS 3540 02:06:57,876 --> 02:07:02,314 HOLISTICALLY IN ADDITION TO NOT 3541 02:07:02,314 --> 02:07:05,784 ONLY CAMERAS, BUT ALSO THE GUN 3542 02:07:05,784 --> 02:07:06,385 VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, THE 3543 02:07:06,385 --> 02:07:08,187 NATIONAL, THE NETWORK OF, OF 3544 02:07:08,187 --> 02:07:10,923 SAFE COMMUNITIES. WE NEED IT 3545 02:07:10,923 --> 02:07:12,191 ALL. OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S 3546 02:07:12,191 --> 02:07:14,026 THE ONE THING THAT IS MISSING 3547 02:07:14,026 --> 02:07:15,227 BECAUSE WE JUST DRILL DOWN ON 3548 02:07:15,227 --> 02:07:17,196 ONE THING THAT IS SO POLITICALLY 3549 02:07:17,196 --> 02:07:18,831 HOT AND NOT THE WHOLE PICTURE. 3550 02:07:18,831 --> 02:07:21,166 WE LITERALLY NEED EVERYTHING. SO 3551 02:07:21,166 --> 02:07:23,969 I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT 3552 02:07:23,969 --> 02:07:25,270 BECAUSE AS I'M LOOKING THROUGH 3553 02:07:25,270 --> 02:07:27,373 THIS BUDGET AND WHAT WOULD HELP 3554 02:07:27,373 --> 02:07:28,974 ME AGAIN, WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT 3555 02:07:28,974 --> 02:07:31,677 POINTS IN WHICH THE SEATTLE 3556 02:07:31,677 --> 02:07:32,311 POLICE DEPARTMENT CHARACTERIZES 3557 02:07:32,311 --> 02:07:35,681 SUCCESS FOR OUR CITY. AND THEN 3558 02:07:35,681 --> 02:07:36,448 HOW DOES THIS BUDGET IMPACT 3559 02:07:36,448 --> 02:07:38,784 RESPONSE TIMES AND AND SO FORTH. 3560 02:07:38,784 --> 02:07:40,619 SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I 3561 02:07:40,619 --> 02:07:43,589 WILL I WILL BE LOOKING FOR. I 3562 02:07:43,589 --> 02:07:45,658 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND 3563 02:07:45,658 --> 02:07:47,059 HELP. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MY 3564 02:07:47,059 --> 02:07:47,993 COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS. I'M NOT 3565 02:07:47,993 --> 02:07:49,628 HERE TO ARGUE ABOUT CAMERAS IF 3566 02:07:49,628 --> 02:07:50,829 THEY WORK OR IF THEY DON'T WORK. 3567 02:07:50,829 --> 02:07:52,331 I'M JUST HERE TELLING EVERYONE 3568 02:07:52,331 --> 02:07:54,066 THE FACTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3569 02:07:54,066 --> 02:07:55,667 AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS. THIS 3570 02:07:55,667 --> 02:07:57,636 IS MY LAST THING. COUNCILMEMBER 3571 02:07:57,636 --> 02:07:59,204 STRAUSS, I APOLOGIZE, BUDGET 3572 02:07:59,204 --> 02:08:05,611 CHAIR, I REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN 3573 02:08:05,611 --> 02:08:06,412 WE HAVE FOLKS THAT CAN JUST 3574 02:08:06,412 --> 02:08:08,814 STRAIGHT JUST CAN ANSWER A 3575 02:08:08,814 --> 02:08:11,383 QUESTION AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3576 02:08:11,383 --> 02:08:14,219 ASKED YOU, HEY, WILL A CAMERA 3577 02:08:14,219 --> 02:08:15,888 HELP SOLVE A CRIME IF IT'S BEING 3578 02:08:15,888 --> 02:08:17,222 RECORDED, THAT IS A YES OR NO 3579 02:08:17,222 --> 02:08:20,659 QUESTION. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE 3580 02:08:20,659 --> 02:08:22,995 PEOPLE SILENCED ON TV WHEN THEY 3581 02:08:22,995 --> 02:08:23,996 ARE SITTING NEXT TO A 3582 02:08:23,996 --> 02:08:25,564 POLITICIAN. IF THEY CAN ANSWER A 3583 02:08:25,564 --> 02:08:27,666 STRAIGHT QUESTION, YES OR NO, 3584 02:08:27,666 --> 02:08:30,035 BECAUSE IT THEN GOES AGAINST 3585 02:08:30,035 --> 02:08:32,271 SOME OF THE CHARACTERS AND THE 3586 02:08:32,271 --> 02:08:35,174 PEOPLE THAT I KNOW THAT WANT TO 3587 02:08:35,174 --> 02:08:35,774 ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS BUT 3588 02:08:35,774 --> 02:08:37,076 CAN'T BECAUSE THEY FEEL 3589 02:08:37,076 --> 02:08:39,378 SILENCED. AND IT'S JUST SO 3590 02:08:39,378 --> 02:08:40,379 DISRESPECTFUL. SO I JUST WANT US 3591 02:08:40,379 --> 02:08:43,048 TO GET TO A PLACE OF COMMON 3592 02:08:43,048 --> 02:08:45,884 SENSE WHERE WE CAN JUST ANSWER 3593 02:08:45,884 --> 02:08:48,420 QUESTIONS VERY SIMPLY, OKAY, 3594 02:08:48,420 --> 02:08:50,055 REGARDING DOES THIS TOOL HELP 3595 02:08:50,055 --> 02:08:51,957 US? YES OR NO? THAT'S IT. I 3596 02:08:51,957 --> 02:08:55,160 DON'T WANT TO HEAR A SPEECH OR 3597 02:08:55,160 --> 02:08:58,564 A DISSERTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, 3598 02:08:58,564 --> 02:08:58,897 CHIEF SALES. 3599 02:08:58,897 --> 02:09:01,266 -- THANK YOU. CHIEF DIRECTOR 3600 02:09:01,266 --> 02:09:03,068 TABLE. ANYTHING TO RESPOND 3601 02:09:03,068 --> 02:09:05,137 THERE? NOPE. COUNCILMEMBER 3602 02:09:05,137 --> 02:09:05,804 RIVERA HAS HER HAND UP BECAUSE 3603 02:09:05,804 --> 02:09:07,606 EVERYONE OTHER THAN MYSELF HAS 3604 02:09:07,606 --> 02:09:09,274 ALREADY SPOKEN. WE'LL RECOGNIZE 3605 02:09:09,274 --> 02:09:10,642 YOU FOR A BRIEF COMMENT OR 3606 02:09:10,642 --> 02:09:10,909 QUESTION. 3607 02:09:10,909 --> 02:09:13,112 -- THANK YOU. I JUST REALLY 3608 02:09:13,112 --> 02:09:15,347 WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT MY 3609 02:09:15,347 --> 02:09:17,916 COLLEAGUES COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3610 02:09:17,916 --> 02:09:19,818 AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAVE SAID 3611 02:09:19,818 --> 02:09:21,220 ABOUT CAMERAS IS THAT ONE POINT 3612 02:09:21,220 --> 02:09:22,054 THAT HASN'T COME UP IS THE FACT 3613 02:09:22,054 --> 02:09:25,524 THAT WE'VE RELIED ON PERSONAL 3614 02:09:25,524 --> 02:09:26,692 CAMERAS WHEN SOMETHING HAS 3615 02:09:26,692 --> 02:09:28,994 HAPPENED, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE 3616 02:09:28,994 --> 02:09:30,295 IF THEY'VE RECORDED. EVERYONE 3617 02:09:30,295 --> 02:09:32,431 HAS A PHONE WITH A CAMERA ON IT, 3618 02:09:32,431 --> 02:09:35,000 AND WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, THEY'VE 3619 02:09:35,000 --> 02:09:36,335 RECORDED THINGS OR BUSINESSES 3620 02:09:36,335 --> 02:09:37,870 HAVE CAMERAS, AND THEN SPD IS 3621 02:09:37,870 --> 02:09:40,339 ASKING BUSINESSES OR THE PUBLIC 3622 02:09:40,339 --> 02:09:42,141 AT LARGE IF THEY'VE CAPTURED 3623 02:09:42,141 --> 02:09:43,775 ANYTHING ON THEIR CAMERAS. SO 3624 02:09:43,775 --> 02:09:45,644 THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT CAMERAS, 3625 02:09:45,644 --> 02:09:48,180 TO ME, THAT'S THAT'S 3626 02:09:48,180 --> 02:09:49,314 EMBARRASSING THAT WE HAVE TO ASK 3627 02:09:49,314 --> 02:09:52,117 THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR CAMERA 3628 02:09:52,117 --> 02:09:53,652 FOOTAGE BECAUSE WE'RE REFUSING 3629 02:09:53,652 --> 02:09:55,621 TO PUT CAMERAS IN PLACES WHERE 3630 02:09:55,621 --> 02:09:57,156 THEY NEED TO BE SO THAT WHEN 3631 02:09:57,156 --> 02:10:00,459 CRIME DOES HAPPEN, WE'RE ABLE 3632 02:10:00,459 --> 02:10:01,860 TO SOLVE CRIME AND PROVIDE 3633 02:10:01,860 --> 02:10:04,796 ANSWERS TO THE FOLKS THAT HAVE 3634 02:10:04,796 --> 02:10:07,533 BEEN HURT BY IN THESE CRIMES. SO 3635 02:10:07,533 --> 02:10:11,370 TO ME, THAT IS ANOTHER REASON 3636 02:10:11,370 --> 02:10:13,405 WHY THIS WHOLE CAMERA PIECE AND 3637 02:10:13,405 --> 02:10:13,906 COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCIL 3638 02:10:13,906 --> 02:10:16,308 PRESIDENT, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, 3639 02:10:16,308 --> 02:10:17,709 THIS ISN'T A POLITICAL, IT'S A 3640 02:10:17,709 --> 02:10:20,445 FACTS. WE DO ASK PEOPLE FOR 3641 02:10:20,445 --> 02:10:22,080 THEIR PERSONAL FOOTAGE IN ORDER 3642 02:10:22,080 --> 02:10:24,249 TO SOLVE CRIME. THAT DOES NOT 3643 02:10:24,249 --> 02:10:26,285 MAKE ANY SENSE. THANK YOU, 3644 02:10:26,285 --> 02:10:27,953 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3645 02:10:27,953 --> 02:10:29,087 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3646 02:10:29,087 --> 02:10:29,721 RIVERA. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY 3647 02:10:29,721 --> 02:10:30,956 QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS, AND 3648 02:10:30,956 --> 02:10:32,024 THEN WE WILL PASS IT BACK TO THE 3649 02:10:32,024 --> 02:10:33,392 COMMITTEE TABLE FOR FINAL 3650 02:10:33,392 --> 02:10:34,293 COMMENTS, AND THEN WE WILL PASS 3651 02:10:34,293 --> 02:10:36,228 IT BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3652 02:10:36,228 --> 02:10:37,162 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 3653 02:10:37,162 --> 02:10:38,964 OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT, WE 3654 02:10:38,964 --> 02:10:42,000 WILL THEN TAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF 3655 02:10:42,000 --> 02:10:44,102 IF WE WILL GO TO LUNCH OR IF 3656 02:10:44,102 --> 02:10:47,039 WE'LL JUST TAKE A BRIEF BREAK 3657 02:10:47,039 --> 02:10:49,808 BETWEEN CARE AND SPD. SO THAT'S 3658 02:10:49,808 --> 02:10:53,178 WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND I DON'T 3659 02:10:53,178 --> 02:10:54,980 HAVE THE CORRECT SLIDES IN FRONT 3660 02:10:54,980 --> 02:10:56,748 OF ME BECAUSE I TOOK SOME NOTES. 3661 02:10:56,748 --> 02:10:57,349 BUT CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME THE 3662 02:10:57,349 --> 02:10:59,151 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INTERFUND 3663 02:10:59,151 --> 02:11:00,419 CHARGES AND THE PROFESSIONAL 3664 02:11:00,419 --> 02:11:01,787 SERVICES? I KNOW THAT YOU 3665 02:11:01,787 --> 02:11:03,855 TOUCHED ON THE PROFESSIONAL 3666 02:11:03,855 --> 02:11:04,456 SERVICES. WHEN COUNCILMEMBER 3667 02:11:04,456 --> 02:11:06,058 RINCK ASKED ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT 3668 02:11:06,058 --> 02:11:11,430 WAS ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO 3669 02:11:11,430 --> 02:11:13,532 -- YEAH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO 3670 02:11:13,532 --> 02:11:17,369 THAT. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 3671 02:11:17,369 --> 02:11:19,571 INTERFUND CHARGES ARE THE KINDS 3672 02:11:19,571 --> 02:11:22,341 OF NON-DISCRETIONARY CENTRALLY 3673 02:11:22,341 --> 02:11:24,710 ALLOCATED COSTS THAT COME TO 3674 02:11:24,710 --> 02:11:27,246 MOST DEPARTMENTS FROM OUR 3675 02:11:27,246 --> 02:11:27,813 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 3676 02:11:27,813 --> 02:11:32,618 SERVICES, HR AND IT DEPARTMENTS, 3677 02:11:32,618 --> 02:11:35,621 THINGS LIKE RENT AND COMPUTERS 3678 02:11:35,621 --> 02:11:38,690 AND CENTRAL HR FUNCTIONS 3679 02:11:38,690 --> 02:11:40,225 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE MORE 3680 02:11:40,225 --> 02:11:42,294 THAN HALF OF THE. SO THE. ON 3681 02:11:42,294 --> 02:11:44,196 THIS SLIDE, INTERFUND CHARGES 3682 02:11:44,196 --> 02:11:49,134 ARE THE GREEN WEDGE PROFESSIONAL 3683 02:11:49,134 --> 02:11:50,602 SERVICES IS A SUBSET OF THE 3684 02:11:50,602 --> 02:11:53,538 OTHER. THAT BLACK WEDGE 3685 02:11:53,538 --> 02:11:55,874 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS ABOUT 3686 02:11:55,874 --> 02:11:58,477 $12 MILLION. IT FUNDS A VARIETY 3687 02:11:58,477 --> 02:12:02,547 OF THINGS. MORE THAN HALF OF IT 3688 02:12:02,547 --> 02:12:05,684 IS FOR THE ATSC FUND. OUR 3689 02:12:05,684 --> 02:12:07,819 CONTRACTOR VENDOR WHO. WHO 3690 02:12:07,819 --> 02:12:09,821 MANAGES THAT PROGRAM FOR THE 3691 02:12:09,821 --> 02:12:11,923 CITY. BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES A 3692 02:12:11,923 --> 02:12:15,327 VARIETY OF CONSULTANT SERVICES 3693 02:12:15,327 --> 02:12:18,397 THAT WE WE HIRE ON CONTRACT TO 3694 02:12:18,397 --> 02:12:19,498 SUPPLEMENT WHAT OUR STAFF DOES. 3695 02:12:19,498 --> 02:12:20,732 -- THANK YOU. YOU MAY HAVE JUST 3696 02:12:20,732 --> 02:12:22,734 WALKED INTO A TRAP 3697 02:12:22,734 --> 02:12:24,603 UNINTENTIONALLY. I WILL GO TO 3698 02:12:24,603 --> 02:12:26,004 DIRECTOR PANUCCI AND THEN WE'LL 3699 02:12:26,004 --> 02:12:28,006 TALK ABOUT THE AUTOMATED 3700 02:12:28,006 --> 02:12:29,574 AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY 3701 02:12:29,574 --> 02:12:31,643 CAMERAS. OH. 3702 02:12:31,643 --> 02:12:33,245 -- THAT TRAP. I'M NOT GOING TO 3703 02:12:33,245 --> 02:12:37,182 TOUCH THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO 3704 02:12:37,182 --> 02:12:38,550 ALSO HIGHLIGHT. FOR THE 3705 02:12:38,550 --> 02:12:40,786 INTERFUND CHARGES, BECAUSE 3706 02:12:40,786 --> 02:12:41,720 SOMETIMES IT ISN'T CLEAR THAT 3707 02:12:41,720 --> 02:12:44,056 WHERE THE BUDGET IS FOR LARGE 3708 02:12:44,056 --> 02:12:45,357 PURCHASES LIKE VEHICLES, 3709 02:12:45,357 --> 02:12:46,558 FACILITIES, MAINTENANCE, THAT 3710 02:12:46,558 --> 02:12:48,694 SORT OF THING THAT ARE IS 3711 02:12:48,694 --> 02:12:49,394 MANAGED THROUGH OUR FAS 3712 02:12:49,394 --> 02:12:50,262 DEPARTMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO, 3713 02:12:50,262 --> 02:12:51,663 TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE 3714 02:12:51,663 --> 02:12:54,700 OTHER VERY EXPENSIVE ITEMS THAT, 3715 02:12:54,700 --> 02:12:57,069 THAT DRIVE UP THAT, THAT COST 3716 02:12:57,069 --> 02:12:58,036 FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC. 3717 02:12:58,036 --> 02:12:59,738 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE SKIPPING TO 3718 02:12:59,738 --> 02:13:01,974 THE SPEED CAMERAS BECAUSE OF 3719 02:13:01,974 --> 02:13:02,841 THIS LAST QUESTION. ARE YOU 3720 02:13:02,841 --> 02:13:05,077 TELLING ME THAT WE ARE SPENDING 3721 02:13:05,077 --> 02:13:06,278 $12 MILLION A YEAR TO HAVE ZERO 3722 02:13:06,278 --> 02:13:09,114 SPEED CAMERAS ON OUR STREETS? 3723 02:13:09,114 --> 02:13:11,917 -- IT'S ABOUT $7 MILLION IN THE 3724 02:13:11,917 --> 02:13:14,519 PROPOSED BUDGET. SO SEVEN OF THE 3725 02:13:14,519 --> 02:13:16,955 $12 MILLION IS FOR THE VENDOR 3726 02:13:16,955 --> 02:13:18,724 COSTS FOR THE THE AUTOMATED 3727 02:13:18,724 --> 02:13:20,659 TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS. I DON'T 3728 02:13:20,659 --> 02:13:21,560 KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHARE OF THAT 3729 02:13:21,560 --> 02:13:24,296 IS FOR THE THE SEVEN NEW CAMERAS 3730 02:13:24,296 --> 02:13:28,100 THAT WILL BE INSTALLED IN 2027 3731 02:13:28,100 --> 02:13:31,436 FOR DEDICATED SPEED CAMERAS. BUT 3732 02:13:31,436 --> 02:13:33,171 IT ALSO INCLUDES THE BLOCK THE 3733 02:13:33,171 --> 02:13:34,706 BOX, TRANSIT LANES, RED LIGHT 3734 02:13:34,706 --> 02:13:36,608 CAMERAS, SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS, 3735 02:13:36,608 --> 02:13:36,942 AND THE LIKE. 3736 02:13:36,942 --> 02:13:38,744 -- OKAY, I MAKE THAT POINT 3737 02:13:38,744 --> 02:13:40,345 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR 3738 02:13:40,345 --> 02:13:42,080 TWO YEARS NOW FOR SPEED CAMERAS 3739 02:13:42,080 --> 02:13:43,815 TO BE ON THE STREETS. I HAVE 3740 02:13:43,815 --> 02:13:48,387 FOLLOWED UP WITH SDOT REGULARLY. 3741 02:13:48,387 --> 02:13:49,654 IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE WE TOOK 3742 02:13:49,654 --> 02:13:51,456 A WALKING TOUR ON EIGHTH AVENUE 3743 02:13:51,456 --> 02:13:53,492 NORTHWEST TWO YEARS AGO, AND 3744 02:13:53,492 --> 02:13:55,727 MADE THE REQUEST FOR A SPEED 3745 02:13:55,727 --> 02:13:57,262 CAMERA THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED 3746 02:13:57,262 --> 02:13:57,896 THROUGH THE POLICE OFFICER'S 3747 02:13:57,896 --> 02:13:58,997 GUILD CONTRACT THAT HAD ALREADY 3748 02:13:58,997 --> 02:14:01,333 PASSED THROUGH COUNCIL, THAT HAD 3749 02:14:01,333 --> 02:14:03,435 ALREADY PASSED THROUGH THE STATE 3750 02:14:03,435 --> 02:14:04,936 LEGISLATURE. THIS HAS BEEN FOR 3751 02:14:04,936 --> 02:14:06,638 SOME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. I 3752 02:14:06,638 --> 02:14:07,272 BELIEVE THEY THEY TESTIFIED TO 3753 02:14:07,272 --> 02:14:11,476 THIS POLICY IN 2014. I CAN TELL 3754 02:14:11,476 --> 02:14:13,045 YOU THAT IT WAS THAT SAME YEAR 3755 02:14:13,045 --> 02:14:15,814 AND BEFORE THAT, I WAS WORKING 3756 02:14:15,814 --> 02:14:19,051 ON IT FOR THE STATE SENATOR FROM 3757 02:14:19,051 --> 02:14:20,252 SEATTLE HERE IN OLYMPIA. THAT 3758 02:14:20,252 --> 02:14:23,955 IS. AND SO WE ARE 16 YEARS INTO 3759 02:14:23,955 --> 02:14:26,425 THIS DISCUSSION, WE'VE HAD TWO 3760 02:14:26,425 --> 02:14:29,494 YEARS OF BOTH UNION ALLOWANCES 3761 02:14:29,494 --> 02:14:31,296 AS WELL AS LEGISLATIVE 3762 02:14:31,296 --> 02:14:32,664 ALLOWANCES, AS WELL AS FUNDING 3763 02:14:32,664 --> 02:14:34,232 FOR THESE SPEED CAMERAS. AND TO 3764 02:14:34,232 --> 02:14:39,871 DATE, WE HAVE ZERO ON OUR 3765 02:14:39,871 --> 02:14:41,273 STREETS. AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS 3766 02:14:41,273 --> 02:14:46,578 THAT WE HAVE SEVEN IN THE WORKS. 3767 02:14:46,578 --> 02:14:49,214 AND WITH THAT'S JUST IT'S 3768 02:14:49,214 --> 02:14:49,848 FUNDAMENTALLY NOT OKAY WITH ME 3769 02:14:49,848 --> 02:14:51,049 THAT WE'RE SPENDING THIS MUCH 3770 02:14:51,049 --> 02:14:54,986 AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET TO ZERO. 3771 02:14:54,986 --> 02:14:56,955 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT SPEED 3772 02:14:56,955 --> 02:14:58,590 CAMERAS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN 3773 02:14:58,590 --> 02:15:01,860 SPEED HUMPS OR SPEED CUSHIONS. 3774 02:15:01,860 --> 02:15:03,962 WE KNOW THAT SPEED CAMERAS ARE 3775 02:15:03,962 --> 02:15:07,065 MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANY OF THE 3776 02:15:07,065 --> 02:15:07,699 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING OPTIONS THAT 3777 02:15:07,699 --> 02:15:09,701 HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE PAST, 3778 02:15:09,701 --> 02:15:10,368 WHETHER IT'S NARROWING OF LANES 3779 02:15:10,368 --> 02:15:12,971 OR WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SDOT 3780 02:15:12,971 --> 02:15:15,807 USING BIKE LANES TO TRY TO SLOW 3781 02:15:15,807 --> 02:15:17,275 DOWN TRAFFIC. NINE OUT OF TEN 3782 02:15:17,275 --> 02:15:18,643 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE A SPEED 3783 02:15:18,643 --> 02:15:20,212 TICKET OR RED LIGHT TICKET OR 3784 02:15:20,212 --> 02:15:21,613 SCHOOL ZONE TICKET. NINE OUT OF 3785 02:15:21,613 --> 02:15:23,815 TEN, DON'T DO IT AGAIN. THAT IS 3786 02:15:23,815 --> 02:15:28,153 MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE F ONE 3787 02:15:28,153 --> 02:15:30,422 50s THAT I SEE CAREENING OVER 3788 02:15:30,422 --> 02:15:31,656 THESE SPEED CUSHIONS IN OUR 3789 02:15:31,656 --> 02:15:32,924 STREETS. AND SO YOU'RE GETTING A 3790 02:15:32,924 --> 02:15:34,593 BIT OF SERIOUSNESS FROM ME IN A 3791 02:15:34,593 --> 02:15:36,561 DIFFERENT CAMERA TYPE THAN MY 3792 02:15:36,561 --> 02:15:39,097 COLLEAGUES, BUT IT'S BECAUSE WE 3793 02:15:39,097 --> 02:15:42,100 HAVE LITERALLY PAVED THE WAY. 3794 02:15:42,100 --> 02:15:43,335 TWO YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T SEE 3795 02:15:43,335 --> 02:15:47,005 ANY ON THE STREETS TODAY. SO IF 3796 02:15:47,005 --> 02:15:47,939 THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO 3797 02:15:47,939 --> 02:15:48,907 SHARE THERE, THERE WASN'T A 3798 02:15:48,907 --> 02:15:50,408 QUESTION, BUT I MADE A PRETTY 3799 02:15:50,408 --> 02:15:51,409 INTENSE STATEMENT RIGHT NOW. SO 3800 02:15:51,409 --> 02:15:53,044 IF YOU'D LIKE TO RESPOND, YOU 3801 02:15:53,044 --> 02:15:57,182 HAVE THE FLOOR 3802 02:15:57,182 --> 02:15:59,417 -- I'LL JUST SAY THE MAYOR 3803 02:15:59,417 --> 02:15:59,951 SHARES YOUR INTEREST AND 3804 02:15:59,951 --> 02:16:00,685 PRIORITIES IN MOVING THIS. AND 3805 02:16:00,685 --> 02:16:03,255 IT WAS NAMED IN THE EXECUTIVE 3806 02:16:03,255 --> 02:16:04,723 ORDER. THIS BUDGET IS TRYING TO 3807 02:16:04,723 --> 02:16:05,357 MOVE THESE THINGS QUICKLY. THERE 3808 02:16:05,357 --> 02:16:07,926 ARE SOME IMPLEMENTATION 3809 02:16:07,926 --> 02:16:10,228 CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO 3810 02:16:10,228 --> 02:16:11,329 ACCELERATE THAT WE INHERITED TO 3811 02:16:11,329 --> 02:16:12,330 SOME EXTENT. AND I'LL FOLLOW UP 3812 02:16:12,330 --> 02:16:13,198 WITH MORE INFORMATION, BECAUSE 3813 02:16:13,198 --> 02:16:14,666 IT'S A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS 3814 02:16:14,666 --> 02:16:15,734 THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS. BUT 3815 02:16:15,734 --> 02:16:17,269 WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON OFF. EXCUSE 3816 02:16:17,269 --> 02:16:20,105 ME. WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU 3817 02:16:20,105 --> 02:16:20,539 WITH MORE DETAILS. 3818 02:16:20,539 --> 02:16:22,707 -- THANK YOU FOR HISTORICAL 3819 02:16:22,707 --> 02:16:24,276 CONTEXT. I THINK IT WAS GREG 3820 02:16:24,276 --> 02:16:25,810 SPOTTS WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF 3821 02:16:25,810 --> 02:16:27,612 SDOT WHEN THIS WAS PASSED. IF 3822 02:16:27,612 --> 02:16:30,282 THAT PUTS ANY CLARITY INTO 3823 02:16:30,282 --> 02:16:30,949 PERSPECTIVE. CHIEF SALES, I BET 3824 02:16:30,949 --> 02:16:33,084 YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO GREG 3825 02:16:33,084 --> 02:16:34,586 SPOTTS IS. IT'S BEEN THAT LONG. 3826 02:16:34,586 --> 02:16:36,188 OH MY GOODNESS. WE'LL GET TO 3827 02:16:36,188 --> 02:16:41,026 SDOT NEXT WEEK. I WANT TO FOCUS 3828 02:16:41,026 --> 02:16:45,597 IN ON COMING BACK TO PAGE 345 OF 3829 02:16:45,597 --> 02:16:47,632 THE BUDGET BOOK. REFLECT CURRENT 3830 02:16:47,632 --> 02:16:50,168 STAFFING LEVELS OF CIVILIAN 3831 02:16:50,168 --> 02:16:51,970 INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT. I WANT TO 3832 02:16:51,970 --> 02:16:55,073 CHECK AND CONFIRM. IS THIS. 3833 02:16:55,073 --> 02:16:56,174 IT'S MY RECOLLECTION THAT IN 3834 02:16:56,174 --> 02:16:59,444 THE LAST POLICE OFFICER'S GUILD 3835 02:16:59,444 --> 02:17:02,113 CONTRACT, WE HAD AN ALLOWANCE 3836 02:17:02,113 --> 02:17:04,049 FOR FORMER OFFICERS TO COME OUT 3837 02:17:04,049 --> 02:17:05,383 OF RETIREMENT TO ASSIST IN 3838 02:17:05,383 --> 02:17:08,353 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS, BECAUSE 3839 02:17:08,353 --> 02:17:10,322 WE HAD A SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS, 3840 02:17:10,322 --> 02:17:12,090 WHICH MEANT THAT WE NEEDED TO 3841 02:17:12,090 --> 02:17:13,992 TAKE DETECTIVES AND PUT THEM 3842 02:17:13,992 --> 02:17:17,228 INTO PATROL. AND THIS MEANS WAS 3843 02:17:17,228 --> 02:17:20,799 A WAY OF EFFECTIVELY BOLSTERING 3844 02:17:20,799 --> 02:17:22,033 OUR ABILITY TO FOLLOW UP ON 3845 02:17:22,033 --> 02:17:25,370 POLICE REPORTS, INVESTIGATE 3846 02:17:25,370 --> 02:17:27,472 CRIMES AND MAKE THE CASE FOR 3847 02:17:27,472 --> 02:17:29,941 PROSECUTORS TO TAKE TO COURT 3848 02:17:29,941 --> 02:17:31,243 WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH. 3849 02:17:31,243 --> 02:17:32,043 AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THE 2 TO 3850 02:17:32,043 --> 02:17:33,478 3 YEAR PERIOD THAT IT TAKES TO 3851 02:17:33,478 --> 02:17:35,880 GET AN OFFICER FROM THE FROM 3852 02:17:35,880 --> 02:17:37,082 SUBMITTING THEIR APPLICATION OUT 3853 02:17:37,082 --> 02:17:39,317 TO THE STREET. BUT IS THIS THAT 3854 02:17:39,317 --> 02:17:43,455 GROUP IS IS THIS ITEM ON PAGE 3855 02:17:43,455 --> 02:17:46,925 345? IS THIS THAT GROUP? AND 3856 02:17:46,925 --> 02:17:50,528 ANYONE. YES. AND SO ARE WE 3857 02:17:50,528 --> 02:17:53,598 EFFECTIVELY SAYING THAT WE 3858 02:17:53,598 --> 02:17:55,700 BARGAINED FOR THIS ABILITY TO 3859 02:17:55,700 --> 02:17:57,168 HAVE BETTER INVESTIGATIONS? AND 3860 02:17:57,168 --> 02:17:58,770 NOW WE ARE WALKING AWAY FROM IT? 3861 02:17:58,770 --> 02:18:01,940 OR I GUESS, WHAT'S THE STATEMENT 3862 02:18:01,940 --> 02:18:02,807 HERE? 3863 02:18:02,807 --> 02:18:04,709 -- I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, 3864 02:18:04,709 --> 02:18:06,077 COUNCILMEMBER. WE WE HAVE SEVEN 3865 02:18:06,077 --> 02:18:09,180 FTES WHO HAVE BEEN HIRED TO DO 3866 02:18:09,180 --> 02:18:11,016 THIS WORK AND WILL CONTINUE 3867 02:18:11,016 --> 02:18:13,385 DOING THAT WORK. WE DID NOT HAVE 3868 02:18:13,385 --> 02:18:15,754 THE RESOURCES IN THE PROPOSED 3869 02:18:15,754 --> 02:18:19,224 BUDGET TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF 3870 02:18:19,224 --> 02:18:21,993 RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS, 3871 02:18:21,993 --> 02:18:23,728 CIVILIAN SUPPORT STAFF TO HELP 3872 02:18:23,728 --> 02:18:27,165 WITH INVESTIGATIONS. IT WOULD BE 3873 02:18:27,165 --> 02:18:29,701 GREAT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO 3874 02:18:29,701 --> 02:18:31,636 EXPAND THE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS 3875 02:18:31,636 --> 02:18:32,937 WHO ARE DOING THIS WORK, BUT 3876 02:18:32,937 --> 02:18:34,673 THERE WERE TRADE OFFS THAT HAD 3877 02:18:34,673 --> 02:18:36,675 TO HAPPEN IN THE GENERAL FUND. 3878 02:18:36,675 --> 02:18:39,778 -- SO FOR THE FOR THE RESIDENTS 3879 02:18:39,778 --> 02:18:41,046 OF MY DISTRICT AND THE ENTIRE 3880 02:18:41,046 --> 02:18:42,113 CITY WHO I WORK WITH ON A 3881 02:18:42,113 --> 02:18:43,748 REGULAR BASIS, WHO REPORT TO ME 3882 02:18:43,748 --> 02:18:46,418 THAT THEY'VE MADE POLICE 3883 02:18:46,418 --> 02:18:47,786 REPORTS ABOUT THE SAME 3884 02:18:47,786 --> 02:18:49,354 INDIVIDUAL, SAME GROUPS OF 3885 02:18:49,354 --> 02:18:51,156 INDIVIDUALS OR THE SAME TYPES OF 3886 02:18:51,156 --> 02:18:51,790 CRIMES HAPPENING REPEATEDLY, 3887 02:18:51,790 --> 02:18:53,158 WHETHER IT'S OUR SMALL 3888 02:18:53,158 --> 02:18:55,794 BUSINESSES BEING HIT WITH COPPER 3889 02:18:55,794 --> 02:18:58,363 THEFT, OUR RESTAURANTS ARE 3890 02:18:58,363 --> 02:19:01,166 EXPERIENCING THIS AS RECENTLY AS 3891 02:19:01,166 --> 02:19:02,000 THIS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, 3892 02:19:02,000 --> 02:19:03,968 WHERE THEY WERE GOING INTO THE 3893 02:19:03,968 --> 02:19:05,670 REFRIGERATION UNITS, PICKING THE 3894 02:19:05,670 --> 02:19:06,504 LOCKS, PUTTING THE LOCKS BACK ON 3895 02:19:06,504 --> 02:19:07,939 SO FOLKS WOULDN'T NOTICE. 3896 02:19:07,939 --> 02:19:10,141 THAT'S NOT A FLY BY NIGHT. 3897 02:19:10,141 --> 02:19:13,812 THAT'S A SOPHISTICATED CRIME. 3898 02:19:13,812 --> 02:19:15,980 ARE WE SAYING THAT WE HAVE 3899 02:19:15,980 --> 02:19:17,248 ENOUGH PEOPLE? BECAUSE WHAT I'M 3900 02:19:17,248 --> 02:19:19,351 HEARING FROM MY RESIDENTS IS 3901 02:19:19,351 --> 02:19:20,819 THAT THEY AREN'T HAVING THESE 3902 02:19:20,819 --> 02:19:22,987 CRIMES FOLLOWED UP UPON. AND SO 3903 02:19:22,987 --> 02:19:27,759 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SAY TO 3904 02:19:27,759 --> 02:19:28,393 MY RESIDENTS AT THIS TIME ABOUT 3905 02:19:28,393 --> 02:19:30,395 HOW WE ARE INVESTIGATING CRIMES? 3906 02:19:30,395 --> 02:19:33,598 -- I, AS A CHIEF OF POLICE, WE 3907 02:19:33,598 --> 02:19:35,400 UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. WE 3908 02:19:35,400 --> 02:19:36,301 CLEARLY DO. WE HEAR IT WHEN WE 3909 02:19:36,301 --> 02:19:39,704 SHOW UP TO THE CALLS A COUPLE 3910 02:19:39,704 --> 02:19:41,172 DAYS LATER, WHEN WE GET THE 3911 02:19:41,172 --> 02:19:43,508 VOICEMAILS AND EMAILS, WE 3912 02:19:43,508 --> 02:19:45,643 CLEARLY AND WE UNDERSTAND THE 3913 02:19:45,643 --> 02:19:47,379 FRUSTRATION OF THOSE COMMUNITY 3914 02:19:47,379 --> 02:19:48,813 MEMBERS. BUT IN A TIME WHERE WE 3915 02:19:48,813 --> 02:19:49,447 HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES RIGHT 3916 02:19:49,447 --> 02:19:51,316 NOW, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND 3917 02:19:51,316 --> 02:19:53,385 TRIAGE THESE CASES. WE HAVE TO 3918 02:19:53,385 --> 02:19:55,620 LOOK AT THE SEVERITY OF THE 3919 02:19:55,620 --> 02:19:57,088 CRIME, ALLEGED CRIME THAT 3920 02:19:57,088 --> 02:19:58,623 HAPPENED, THE SOLVABILITY RATE, 3921 02:19:58,623 --> 02:20:00,492 AND THEN PUT OUR RESOURCES WHERE 3922 02:20:00,492 --> 02:20:01,192 WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SOLVE 3923 02:20:01,192 --> 02:20:03,061 THIS. AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, 3924 02:20:03,061 --> 02:20:04,863 PUT SOME OF THESE CASES AND 3925 02:20:04,863 --> 02:20:05,797 CALLS ON THE BACK BURNER, AND WE 3926 02:20:05,797 --> 02:20:09,334 HAVE TO GET BACK TO THEM. IT'S 3927 02:20:09,334 --> 02:20:10,168 UNFORTUNATE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF 3928 02:20:10,168 --> 02:20:12,370 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT PAINS ME TO 3929 02:20:12,370 --> 02:20:14,339 SAY THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT 3930 02:20:14,339 --> 02:20:15,807 TO BE A PERSON THAT IS LOOKING 3931 02:20:15,807 --> 02:20:17,709 IN THE EYES OF A COMMUNITY 3932 02:20:17,709 --> 02:20:19,244 MEMBER AND SAYING, SORRY, BUT 3933 02:20:19,244 --> 02:20:20,912 YOUR CASE IS NOT IMPORTANT TO US 3934 02:20:20,912 --> 02:20:22,814 RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO GO ON TO 3935 02:20:22,814 --> 02:20:24,816 THIS NEXT ONE. I KNOW OUR POLICE 3936 02:20:24,816 --> 02:20:26,184 DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE 3937 02:20:26,184 --> 02:20:27,352 OFFICERS WORKING THE STREETS. 3938 02:20:27,352 --> 02:20:29,287 OUR FOLLOW UP UNITS COME IN 3939 02:20:29,287 --> 02:20:31,689 EVERY DAY. THEY'RE WORKING VERY 3940 02:20:31,689 --> 02:20:33,358 HARD, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE 3941 02:20:33,358 --> 02:20:34,459 BEST WE CAN. I KNOW NOBODY WANTS 3942 02:20:34,459 --> 02:20:35,693 TO HEAR THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING 3943 02:20:35,693 --> 02:20:37,562 AT WAYS TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS 3944 02:20:37,562 --> 02:20:39,164 OUT AND MOVE FORWARD 3945 02:20:39,164 --> 02:20:40,565 COLLECTIVELY AS A POLICE 3946 02:20:40,565 --> 02:20:41,966 DEPARTMENT AND PUT OUR BEST FOOT 3947 02:20:41,966 --> 02:20:42,500 FORWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY 3948 02:20:42,500 --> 02:20:43,601 MEMBERS HERE IN SEATTLE. 3949 02:20:43,601 --> 02:20:45,837 -- THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND I'LL 3950 02:20:45,837 --> 02:20:48,006 SAY THAT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, 3951 02:20:48,006 --> 02:20:50,708 THE LAST NINE MONTHS, THANKS TO 3952 02:20:50,708 --> 02:20:53,011 CHIEF BARNES AND YOURSELF, I 3953 02:20:53,011 --> 02:20:55,280 HAVE SEEN A HIGHER LEVEL OF 3954 02:20:55,280 --> 02:20:58,416 RESPONSIVENESS TO REPORTS BEING 3955 02:20:58,416 --> 02:21:01,386 FILED. THE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE 3956 02:21:01,386 --> 02:21:04,322 IS THAT IT HAS TAKEN YEARS OF 3957 02:21:04,322 --> 02:21:05,757 MOMENTUM BUILDING TO GET TO 3958 02:21:05,757 --> 02:21:08,159 THESE LAST NINE MONTHS, AND 3959 02:21:08,159 --> 02:21:08,726 THESE CIVILIAN POSITIONS IN 3960 02:21:08,726 --> 02:21:11,162 GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT HAVE 3961 02:21:11,162 --> 02:21:12,463 BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS ASSISTED 3962 02:21:12,463 --> 02:21:14,365 TO GET US HERE TODAY. AND SO 3963 02:21:14,365 --> 02:21:18,269 WHAT MY CONCERN IS, IS BY 3964 02:21:18,269 --> 02:21:18,837 ELIMINATING THESE POSITIONS 3965 02:21:18,837 --> 02:21:21,005 TODAY, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE 3966 02:21:21,005 --> 02:21:22,106 TO FOLLOW UP ON THE COPPER THEFT 3967 02:21:22,106 --> 02:21:24,409 THAT HAPPENED AT BOYLE HEIGHTS 3968 02:21:24,409 --> 02:21:26,845 COMMUNITY CENTER? WE'VE GOT KIDS 3969 02:21:26,845 --> 02:21:28,746 THAT ARE PLAYING SPORTS IN THE 3970 02:21:28,746 --> 02:21:32,484 DARK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE 3971 02:21:32,484 --> 02:21:33,785 ALLOWING COPPER THEFT TO GO ON. 3972 02:21:33,785 --> 02:21:36,821 AND SO, CHIEF, I'VE GOT I DON'T 3973 02:21:36,821 --> 02:21:38,223 HAVE AN ISSUE WITH HOW YOU'RE 3974 02:21:38,223 --> 02:21:38,823 RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT RIGHT 3975 02:21:38,823 --> 02:21:39,524 NOW, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE 3976 02:21:39,524 --> 02:21:41,593 DOING THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THE 3977 02:21:41,593 --> 02:21:42,360 RESOURCES YOU HAVE. AND I'M 3978 02:21:42,360 --> 02:21:44,629 SEEING IMPROVEMENT. BUT WHAT 3979 02:21:44,629 --> 02:21:46,431 I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS IF WE 3980 02:21:46,431 --> 02:21:49,567 DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DETECTIVES TO 3981 02:21:49,567 --> 02:21:52,437 FOLLOW UP ON THE COPPER THEFT AT 3982 02:21:52,437 --> 02:21:53,071 BOYLE HEIGHTS PARK PLAYGROUND, 3983 02:21:53,071 --> 02:21:55,840 THAT'S PUTTING SPORT REC 3984 02:21:55,840 --> 02:22:00,245 LEAGUES UNABLE TO PLAY. AND WHY 3985 02:22:00,245 --> 02:22:02,947 ARE WE REDUCING THIS TODAY? AND 3986 02:22:02,947 --> 02:22:04,582 SO IT'S NOT FOR YOU, CHIEF. I 3987 02:22:04,582 --> 02:22:05,683 SEE DIRECTOR PANUCCI IS TRYING 3988 02:22:05,683 --> 02:22:08,419 TO JUMP IN. SO, DIRECTOR, IF 3989 02:22:08,419 --> 02:22:09,888 YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING TO SHARE 3990 02:22:09,888 --> 02:22:10,088 HERE. 3991 02:22:10,088 --> 02:22:11,389 -- I WOULD JUST SHARE. I 3992 02:22:11,389 --> 02:22:12,924 APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE SEEN AN 3993 02:22:12,924 --> 02:22:14,826 IMPROVEMENT. THESE POSITIONS 3994 02:22:14,826 --> 02:22:15,994 HAVE NEVER BEEN FILLED. SO THE 3995 02:22:15,994 --> 02:22:17,996 CURRENT LEVEL OF SERVICE WILL BE 3996 02:22:17,996 --> 02:22:19,531 MAINTAINED. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT 3997 02:22:19,531 --> 02:22:22,467 IS NOT PERFECT OR MEETING ALL OF 3998 02:22:22,467 --> 02:22:24,569 THE NEEDS. THE MAYOR REALLY 3999 02:22:24,569 --> 02:22:25,203 PRIORITIZED WHERE SHE COULD IN 4000 02:22:25,203 --> 02:22:28,106 THIS BUDGET, DIRECT SERVICES TO 4001 02:22:28,106 --> 02:22:29,641 PEOPLE, IN THIS CASE IN THE 4002 02:22:29,641 --> 02:22:31,843 POLICE DEPARTMENT. GIVEN THE THE 4003 02:22:31,843 --> 02:22:34,546 COST OF MAINTAINING THE STAFFING 4004 02:22:34,546 --> 02:22:38,616 PLAN. AND THAT WAS SAID TO BE 4005 02:22:38,616 --> 02:22:39,817 FUNDED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, 4006 02:22:39,817 --> 02:22:41,386 BUT NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL 4007 02:22:41,386 --> 02:22:43,488 INCREASE. THE PRIORITY WAS 4008 02:22:43,488 --> 02:22:44,155 FUNDING OFFICERS TO HAVE OUT ON 4009 02:22:44,155 --> 02:22:48,293 THE STREET. AND SO I HEAR YOU 4010 02:22:48,293 --> 02:22:49,761 AND THIS BUDGET HAD TO MAKE SOME 4011 02:22:49,761 --> 02:22:51,996 SOME CHOICES. AND SO WE WORKING 4012 02:22:51,996 --> 02:22:53,898 WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 4013 02:22:53,898 --> 02:22:55,300 THEIR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS IS 4014 02:22:55,300 --> 02:22:56,701 WHERE WE LANDED IN THIS AREA. 4015 02:22:56,701 --> 02:22:57,802 -- THANK YOU. AND JUST TO 4016 02:22:57,802 --> 02:22:58,670 CLARIFY, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN 4017 02:22:58,670 --> 02:23:01,439 BETTER, BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET 4018 02:23:01,439 --> 02:23:02,407 MET MY LEVEL OF EXPECTATION OF 4019 02:23:02,407 --> 02:23:05,143 THE SERVICE THAT WE SHOULD BE 4020 02:23:05,143 --> 02:23:06,244 PROVIDING TO OUR RESTAURATEURS, 4021 02:23:06,244 --> 02:23:07,979 TO THE KIDS WHO ARE JUST TRYING 4022 02:23:07,979 --> 02:23:10,982 TO PLAY SOCCER, TO THE FAMILIES 4023 02:23:10,982 --> 02:23:12,584 ACROSS THE CITY. I'M GOING TO 4024 02:23:12,584 --> 02:23:15,453 QUICKLY MOVE ON. I FORGOT TO PUT 4025 02:23:15,453 --> 02:23:17,622 MY TIMER ON. SORRY GUYS. I'LL 4026 02:23:17,622 --> 02:23:18,823 LET THAT ROLL AN EXTRA TEN 4027 02:23:18,823 --> 02:23:22,894 MINUTES JUST TO JUST FOR IT WANT 4028 02:23:22,894 --> 02:23:26,064 TO COME BACK TO PARKING 4029 02:23:26,064 --> 02:23:27,198 ENFORCEMENT? I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 4030 02:23:27,198 --> 02:23:29,934 PARKING ENFORCEMENT. THE PARKING 4031 02:23:29,934 --> 02:23:32,136 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND OUR 4032 02:23:32,136 --> 02:23:34,839 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 4033 02:23:34,839 --> 02:23:35,340 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION 4034 02:23:35,340 --> 02:23:36,407 INSPECTORS HAVE THE HARDEST JOBS 4035 02:23:36,407 --> 02:23:40,411 IN OUR CITY. AND I SAY THAT 4036 02:23:40,411 --> 02:23:42,914 BECAUSE THEY BEAR BAD NEWS FOR 4037 02:23:42,914 --> 02:23:45,683 RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE NOT IN 4038 02:23:45,683 --> 02:23:50,221 COMPLIANCE OR THAT THEY ARE NOT, 4039 02:23:50,221 --> 02:23:52,557 IN SOME CASES THAT A 85 DEGREE 4040 02:23:52,557 --> 02:23:53,524 ANGLE IS NOT PERFECTLY 90, AND 4041 02:23:53,524 --> 02:23:56,527 THEREFORE YOU CAN'T PASS 4042 02:23:56,527 --> 02:23:57,228 INSPECTION. I NO MATTER WHAT I 4043 02:23:57,228 --> 02:23:59,330 MEAN, THAT'S THE LETTER OF THE 4044 02:23:59,330 --> 02:24:00,298 LAW, RIGHT? THAT'S THE LETTER 4045 02:24:00,298 --> 02:24:03,434 OF THE CODE, I SHOULD SAY. AND 4046 02:24:03,434 --> 02:24:04,068 SO PARKING ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT 4047 02:24:04,068 --> 02:24:05,303 THEM, WE'LL SEE PEOPLE OVER 4048 02:24:05,303 --> 02:24:07,538 PARKED IN PLACES LIKE UPTOWN 4049 02:24:07,538 --> 02:24:10,341 WHERE WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY SET 4050 02:24:10,341 --> 02:24:12,910 THE PARKING RATES TO ENSURE THAT 4051 02:24:12,910 --> 02:24:13,678 THE NEIGHBORS AND THE FOLKS 4052 02:24:13,678 --> 02:24:15,113 TRYING TO GO TO THE RESTAURANTS 4053 02:24:15,113 --> 02:24:16,647 HAVE A PLACE TO PARK. WE'VE WE 4054 02:24:16,647 --> 02:24:20,585 SEE THAT PARKING PAID PARKING IS 4055 02:24:20,585 --> 02:24:23,054 AN EFFECTIVE TOOL AT INCREASING 4056 02:24:23,054 --> 02:24:23,521 THE TURNOVER IN THAT 4057 02:24:23,521 --> 02:24:24,422 NEIGHBORHOOD. WE SAW IT EVEN IN 4058 02:24:24,422 --> 02:24:25,623 BALLARD AROUND BALLARD COMMONS 4059 02:24:25,623 --> 02:24:26,357 PARK. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO 4060 02:24:26,357 --> 02:24:28,192 BE A HORRIBLE IDEA TO PUT PAID 4061 02:24:28,192 --> 02:24:28,893 PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE 4062 02:24:28,893 --> 02:24:30,995 PARK, BECAUSE THERE'S A BUNCH OF 4063 02:24:30,995 --> 02:24:32,296 RESIDENTS AROUND THERE, AND IN 4064 02:24:32,296 --> 02:24:34,465 FACT, IT'S MADE THE PARK'S 4065 02:24:34,465 --> 02:24:35,033 SIGHTLINES MUCH BETTER. WE 4066 02:24:35,033 --> 02:24:36,601 DON'T HAVE PEOPLE PARKED THERE 4067 02:24:36,601 --> 02:24:42,173 FOR SEVEN DAYS IN A ROW AND 4068 02:24:42,173 --> 02:24:43,441 PARKING EVERYWHERE I CAN. 4069 02:24:43,441 --> 02:24:44,876 LOOKING AROUND THIS ROOM, I CAN 4070 02:24:44,876 --> 02:24:47,612 TELL EVERYONE LOVES GETTING A 4071 02:24:47,612 --> 02:24:50,782 PARKING TICKET. SO YOU KNOW, 4072 02:24:50,782 --> 02:24:52,417 THAT'S WHY I SAY PARKING 4073 02:24:52,417 --> 02:24:54,218 ENFORCEMENT HAS THE HARDEST. AND 4074 02:24:54,218 --> 02:24:55,486 OUR SDCI INSPECTORS HAVE SOME OF 4075 02:24:55,486 --> 02:24:57,655 THE HARDEST JOBS. I GUESS THE 4076 02:24:57,655 --> 02:24:58,990 NEWS DOESN'T EVEN THINK PARKING 4077 02:24:58,990 --> 02:25:00,324 ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, I SEE 4078 02:25:00,324 --> 02:25:03,294 WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. ALL THAT 4079 02:25:03,294 --> 02:25:06,764 TO SAY IS WHEN I SAW POLICE 4080 02:25:06,764 --> 02:25:11,302 RECRUITMENT START TO TAKE OFF, 4081 02:25:11,302 --> 02:25:13,071 IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE MAYOR'S 4082 02:25:13,071 --> 02:25:15,273 OFFICE HAD CHANGED. IT WASN'T 4083 02:25:15,273 --> 02:25:16,908 BECAUSE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS HAD 4084 02:25:16,908 --> 02:25:18,409 CHANGED. IT WASN'T BECAUSE WE 4085 02:25:18,409 --> 02:25:20,645 HAD GIVEN THEM HIRING BONUSES OR 4086 02:25:20,645 --> 02:25:22,947 LATERAL BONUSES OR MOVING 4087 02:25:22,947 --> 02:25:24,549 BONUSES. I SAW RECRUITMENT START 4088 02:25:24,549 --> 02:25:26,684 TO TAKE OFF ONCE WE HAD MADE 4089 02:25:26,684 --> 02:25:28,252 CONTRACT CHANGES TO TAKE THEM 4090 02:25:28,252 --> 02:25:30,555 FROM THE 20th BEST PAID 4091 02:25:30,555 --> 02:25:32,423 DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE TO THE 4092 02:25:32,423 --> 02:25:33,658 FIRST BEST PAID DEPARTMENT IN 4093 02:25:33,658 --> 02:25:35,460 THE STATE. THAT'S WHEN 4094 02:25:35,460 --> 02:25:37,528 RECRUITMENT STARTED TAKING OFF. 4095 02:25:37,528 --> 02:25:39,397 AND SO I'M CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW 4096 02:25:39,397 --> 02:25:41,399 BY WE'VE HAD THESE UNFILLED 4097 02:25:41,399 --> 02:25:41,999 POSITIONS, WE'VE BEEN GOING 4098 02:25:41,999 --> 02:25:44,001 THROUGH BARGAINING WITH THE 4099 02:25:44,001 --> 02:25:47,038 POLICE OFFICERS GUILD TO PAY 4100 02:25:47,038 --> 02:25:50,241 THEM WHAT THEIR WORK IS WORTH, 4101 02:25:50,241 --> 02:25:52,643 BECAUSE THEY DO INCREDIBLY HARD 4102 02:25:52,643 --> 02:25:55,012 WORK. I'VE FOUND PARKING 4103 02:25:55,012 --> 02:25:56,247 ENFORCEMENT FOLKS EATING THEIR 4104 02:25:56,247 --> 02:25:59,717 LUNCH IN THEIR SMALL LITTLE I 4105 02:25:59,717 --> 02:26:03,955 DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRICYCLE 4106 02:26:03,955 --> 02:26:05,790 PATROL VEHICLE. I MEAN, LIKE 4107 02:26:05,790 --> 02:26:06,991 THESE FOLKS DO SOME OF THE 4108 02:26:06,991 --> 02:26:12,063 HARDEST WORK AND. WE JUST PASSED 4109 02:26:12,063 --> 02:26:14,365 THEIR CONTRACT. AND SO MY 4110 02:26:14,365 --> 02:26:16,033 ASSUMPTION HERE FROM PAST 4111 02:26:16,033 --> 02:26:17,535 EXPERIENCE IS THAT WE WILL 4112 02:26:17,535 --> 02:26:21,172 FINALLY SEE AN INCREASE IN 4113 02:26:21,172 --> 02:26:23,508 PARKING ENFORCEMENT. APPLICANTS 4114 02:26:23,508 --> 02:26:26,177 CAN SOMEBODY FROM THE TABLE HELP 4115 02:26:26,177 --> 02:26:27,178 ME UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE 4116 02:26:27,178 --> 02:26:29,013 REDUCING? I MEAN, AND I KNOW 4117 02:26:29,013 --> 02:26:30,848 DIRECTOR PANUCCI, YOU'VE BEEN 4118 02:26:30,848 --> 02:26:32,250 YOU'VE BEEN SHARING THE LINE. IT 4119 02:26:32,250 --> 02:26:33,317 IS IT'S NOT FISCALLY WITHIN OUR 4120 02:26:33,317 --> 02:26:34,752 REALM. AND IF THAT'S THE ANSWER, 4121 02:26:34,752 --> 02:26:38,923 THAT'S FINE, BUT WHY ARE WE 4122 02:26:38,923 --> 02:26:40,224 REDUCING THESE POSITIONS JUST AS 4123 02:26:40,224 --> 02:26:40,992 WE ARE PASSING A CONTRACT IN 4124 02:26:40,992 --> 02:26:44,962 ORDER TO RECRUIT THEM? 4125 02:26:44,962 --> 02:26:45,897 -- I MEAN, YOU'LL GET SICK OF 4126 02:26:45,897 --> 02:26:46,864 ME SAYING THE SAME THING SO I 4127 02:26:46,864 --> 02:26:48,032 WON'T REPEAT THE SAME THING 4128 02:26:48,032 --> 02:26:49,500 I'VE BEEN SAYING, BUT IT IS 4129 02:26:49,500 --> 02:26:51,769 ABOUT HAVING TO MAKE CHOICES IN 4130 02:26:51,769 --> 02:26:53,271 A CONSTRAINED RESOURCE 4131 02:26:53,271 --> 02:26:54,572 ENVIRONMENT, AND THERE ARE 4132 02:26:54,572 --> 02:26:55,473 SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN EIGHT 4133 02:26:55,473 --> 02:26:57,975 VACANT POSITIONS, SO WE ARE NOT 4134 02:26:57,975 --> 02:26:59,510 ELIMINATING THE FUNDING FOR ALL 4135 02:26:59,510 --> 02:27:00,945 OF THE VACANCIES. AND WE HOPE 4136 02:27:00,945 --> 02:27:02,780 THAT THIS HELPS. BUT I WILL ALSO 4137 02:27:02,780 --> 02:27:04,482 KNOW AS YOU OR JUST HIGHLIGHT 4138 02:27:04,482 --> 02:27:06,250 WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH IS THESE 4139 02:27:06,250 --> 02:27:07,485 ARE VERY DIFFICULT JOBS. AND 4140 02:27:07,485 --> 02:27:08,553 EVEN WITH A PAY INCREASE, THEY 4141 02:27:08,553 --> 02:27:10,688 WILL BE DIFFICULT JOBS. SO WE 4142 02:27:10,688 --> 02:27:13,724 WILL SEE HOW THE THE CHANGING 4143 02:27:13,724 --> 02:27:15,359 CONTRACT CHANGES, RETENTION AND 4144 02:27:15,359 --> 02:27:16,928 RECRUITMENT. BUT WHAT I HAVE 4145 02:27:16,928 --> 02:27:17,762 HEARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OVER 4146 02:27:17,762 --> 02:27:18,796 THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BECAUSE WE 4147 02:27:18,796 --> 02:27:21,632 MEET AT LEAST MONTHLY, IT'S ONE 4148 02:27:21,632 --> 02:27:22,600 OF THEIR FAVORITE MEETINGS. I'M 4149 02:27:22,600 --> 02:27:25,803 CERTAIN IS THAT EVEN AS THEY 4150 02:27:25,803 --> 02:27:28,406 BRING PEOPLE IN, IT IS HARD TO 4151 02:27:28,406 --> 02:27:29,507 KEEP THE POSITIONS FILLED. SO 4152 02:27:29,507 --> 02:27:30,474 THERE IS HIGH TURNOVER. SO WE'LL 4153 02:27:30,474 --> 02:27:33,611 WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS. BUT 4154 02:27:33,611 --> 02:27:35,112 THIS IS REALLY A, A DECISION 4155 02:27:35,112 --> 02:27:37,582 THAT IS BASED ON AVAILABLE 4156 02:27:37,582 --> 02:27:39,116 RESOURCES AND LEAVING. STILL, I 4157 02:27:39,116 --> 02:27:40,751 THINK, YOU KNOW, 9 TO 10 4158 02:27:40,751 --> 02:27:42,086 VACANCIES. 4159 02:27:42,086 --> 02:27:44,055 -- THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO MOVE 4160 02:27:44,055 --> 02:27:45,289 ON TO THE AUTO RECORDS UNIT. AND 4161 02:27:45,289 --> 02:27:46,757 BUT I'M GOING TO KEEP TALKING 4162 02:27:46,757 --> 02:27:48,292 ABOUT PARKING ENFORCEMENT AS 4163 02:27:48,292 --> 02:27:51,362 WELL. IF I UNDERSTAND THE 4164 02:27:51,362 --> 02:27:52,930 CONVERSATION FROM SOME TIME AGO 4165 02:27:52,930 --> 02:27:55,499 DURING THIS COMMITTEE, IS THAT 4166 02:27:55,499 --> 02:27:57,535 THESE ARE THE AUTO RECORDS UNIT, 4167 02:27:57,535 --> 02:27:59,036 ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE FOLLOWING 4168 02:27:59,036 --> 02:28:02,440 UP ON STOLEN VEHICLES? ARE THEY 4169 02:28:02,440 --> 02:28:05,142 ALSO DOING JUNK VEHICLE 4170 02:28:05,142 --> 02:28:07,578 AFFIDAVITS? ARE THEY ENGAGED IN 4171 02:28:07,578 --> 02:28:08,246 ENFORCING OUR JUNK VEHICLE CODE 4172 02:28:08,246 --> 02:28:15,987 IN ANY SENSE OR FORM? 4173 02:28:15,987 --> 02:28:17,088 -- I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE 4174 02:28:17,088 --> 02:28:17,888 SPECIFICITY TO ANSWER THAT 4175 02:28:17,888 --> 02:28:19,957 QUESTION ON THE FLY. 4176 02:28:19,957 --> 02:28:22,627 -- EITHER. THAT WAS A POSITION 4177 02:28:22,627 --> 02:28:25,129 THAT I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD UNTIL 4178 02:28:25,129 --> 02:28:26,631 THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE 4179 02:28:26,631 --> 02:28:26,864 BUDGET. 4180 02:28:26,864 --> 02:28:28,699 -- NO PROBLEM. DON'T MIND ME. 4181 02:28:28,699 --> 02:28:29,867 I'VE JUST GOTTEN INTO THE WEEDS 4182 02:28:29,867 --> 02:28:33,604 OF OUR JUNK VEHICLE CODE AND ALL 4183 02:28:33,604 --> 02:28:35,573 OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE A SMALL 4184 02:28:35,573 --> 02:28:37,241 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HOARDING 4185 02:28:37,241 --> 02:28:38,643 VEHICLES ON OUR CITY STREETS. 4186 02:28:38,643 --> 02:28:41,712 YOU'LL SEE THEM WITH PALLETS, 4187 02:28:41,712 --> 02:28:44,415 THE FLATBEDS WITH THE THREE FLAT 4188 02:28:44,415 --> 02:28:45,583 TIRES AND THE AND RV'S FULL OF 4189 02:28:45,583 --> 02:28:48,853 PALLETS. I MEAN THIS WHEN I'M 4190 02:28:48,853 --> 02:28:50,588 GETTING TO THIS WORK OF SAYING 4191 02:28:50,588 --> 02:28:52,356 THAT PEOPLE ARE HOARDING THEIR 4192 02:28:52,356 --> 02:28:52,924 PERSONAL BELONGINGS ON OUR 4193 02:28:52,924 --> 02:28:53,624 STREETS, THIS IS WHAT I'M 4194 02:28:53,624 --> 02:28:56,093 TALKING ABOUT. AND SO WHAT I'M 4195 02:28:56,093 --> 02:28:57,862 WORRIED TO. SO I'D LIKE MORE 4196 02:28:57,862 --> 02:28:59,697 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS UNIT AND 4197 02:28:59,697 --> 02:29:01,565 SPECIFICALLY HOW THEY FORMED. 4198 02:29:01,565 --> 02:29:06,671 BUT MY WORRY HERE IS THAT WE ARE 4199 02:29:06,671 --> 02:29:08,739 REDUCING PARKING ENFORCEMENT 4200 02:29:08,739 --> 02:29:09,874 POSITIONS. AND MY WORRY IS THAT 4201 02:29:09,874 --> 02:29:12,677 WE ARE REDUCING THIS RECORDS 4202 02:29:12,677 --> 02:29:15,546 UNIT THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY 4203 02:29:15,546 --> 02:29:18,282 UNDERCUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE 4204 02:29:18,282 --> 02:29:19,450 ENDEAVORING TO DO TO TAKE 4205 02:29:19,450 --> 02:29:23,287 PRIVATE PROPERTY. THAT IS 4206 02:29:23,287 --> 02:29:23,888 INAPPROPRIATELY AND ILLEGALLY 4207 02:29:23,888 --> 02:29:25,957 STORED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OFF OF 4208 02:29:25,957 --> 02:29:29,994 OUR STREETS 4209 02:29:29,994 --> 02:29:30,995 -- THANK YOU. WE'LL GET BACK TO 4210 02:29:30,995 --> 02:29:31,195 YOU. 4211 02:29:31,195 --> 02:29:32,129 -- LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING 4212 02:29:32,129 --> 02:29:33,197 BACK TO YOU. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE 4213 02:29:33,197 --> 02:29:34,265 TOUCHED ON ALL OF THE OTHER 4214 02:29:34,265 --> 02:29:35,399 THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO TALK 4215 02:29:35,399 --> 02:29:36,200 ABOUT, BUT I WANT TO COME BACK 4216 02:29:36,200 --> 02:29:37,935 TO WHAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT WAS 4217 02:29:37,935 --> 02:29:39,603 SAYING. SHE WAS RUNNING DOWN THE 4218 02:29:39,603 --> 02:29:41,505 NUMBERS. SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH 4219 02:29:41,505 --> 02:29:44,909 THE STORIES AND I WANT TO BRING 4220 02:29:44,909 --> 02:29:46,577 US BACK TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 4221 02:29:46,577 --> 02:29:48,212 WE'RE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF 4222 02:29:48,212 --> 02:29:50,081 THE SEATTLE OF THE CITY OF 4223 02:29:50,081 --> 02:29:51,015 SEATTLE. IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE 4224 02:29:51,015 --> 02:29:53,484 JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN 4225 02:29:53,484 --> 02:29:55,519 DISTRICTS AND THE SEVEN HILLS OF 4226 02:29:55,519 --> 02:29:57,188 OUR CITY. IT SOMETIMES FEELS 4227 02:29:57,188 --> 02:30:00,024 LIKE WE ARE JUST FOCUSED 4228 02:30:00,024 --> 02:30:01,692 BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE BORDERS 4229 02:30:01,692 --> 02:30:06,630 OF OUR CITY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 4230 02:30:06,630 --> 02:30:08,466 AND I ATTENDED A ASSOCIATION OF 4231 02:30:08,466 --> 02:30:10,634 WASHINGTON CITIES BOARD OF 4232 02:30:10,634 --> 02:30:11,469 DIRECTORS MEETING YESTERDAY. I 4233 02:30:11,469 --> 02:30:12,703 SHOWED UP VERY LATE, BUT I STILL 4234 02:30:12,703 --> 02:30:15,873 SHOWED UP AND I WAS REMINDED 4235 02:30:15,873 --> 02:30:19,143 THAT THE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN 4236 02:30:19,143 --> 02:30:19,777 LEAVENWORTH AND WENATCHEE, THE 4237 02:30:19,777 --> 02:30:20,745 NEWS CAMERAS THAT ARE HERE 4238 02:30:20,745 --> 02:30:24,115 TODAY, ARE THEIR LOCAL NEWS AS 4239 02:30:24,115 --> 02:30:25,282 WELL. OUT OF THE BLUE, I GOT A 4240 02:30:25,282 --> 02:30:26,350 NOTE FROM SOMEBODY THAT I WENT 4241 02:30:26,350 --> 02:30:27,318 TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH THAT LIVES 4242 02:30:27,318 --> 02:30:30,955 IN NORTHERN SNOHOMISH COUNTY. SO 4243 02:30:30,955 --> 02:30:33,257 CLOSER TO SKAGIT THAN TO THAN TO 4244 02:30:33,257 --> 02:30:33,858 KING, WHO SHARED WITH ME THAT 4245 02:30:33,858 --> 02:30:35,826 THEIR KID, ONE OF THEIR KID'S 4246 02:30:35,826 --> 02:30:37,194 FRIENDS, WAS SHOT AND KILLED 4247 02:30:37,194 --> 02:30:40,097 HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AND 4248 02:30:40,097 --> 02:30:40,965 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT 4249 02:30:40,965 --> 02:30:45,903 THAT HAD ON THEIR LIFE. AND SO I 4250 02:30:45,903 --> 02:30:48,172 JUST SHARE WITH THE COMMITTEE 4251 02:30:48,172 --> 02:30:49,073 TABLE, WITH THE FOLKS IN 4252 02:30:49,073 --> 02:30:51,342 CHAMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC 4253 02:30:51,342 --> 02:30:52,410 THAT WHAT WE DO HERE IN THE CITY 4254 02:30:52,410 --> 02:30:56,247 OF SEATTLE IS NOT JUST ABOUT US. 4255 02:30:56,247 --> 02:31:00,050 IT HAS REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE 4256 02:31:00,050 --> 02:31:01,485 IMPACTS. AND IT'S OUR JOB TO 4257 02:31:01,485 --> 02:31:03,354 PROTECT OUR CITY, PROTECT OUR 4258 02:31:03,354 --> 02:31:05,022 STATE, PROTECT THE PEOPLE HERE, 4259 02:31:05,022 --> 02:31:06,057 BECAUSE THE DECISIONS THAT WE 4260 02:31:06,057 --> 02:31:08,859 MAKE IN THESE CHAMBERS RIPPLE 4261 02:31:08,859 --> 02:31:12,396 MUCH FARTHER THAN OUR CITY 4262 02:31:12,396 --> 02:31:13,030 BOUNDARIES. ANYTHING ELSE FROM 4263 02:31:13,030 --> 02:31:14,198 THE COMMITTEE TABLE? AND THEN 4264 02:31:14,198 --> 02:31:17,001 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO. I WAS 4265 02:31:17,001 --> 02:31:20,004 ABOUT TO CALL YOU CAPTAIN 4266 02:31:20,004 --> 02:31:20,638 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR FINAL 4267 02:31:20,638 --> 02:31:21,672 REMARKS, BUT ANYTHING ELSE FROM 4268 02:31:21,672 --> 02:31:26,410 THE TABLE SEEING NONE, 4269 02:31:26,410 --> 02:31:27,011 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FLOOR IS 4270 02:31:27,011 --> 02:31:28,579 YOURS. TAKE US HOME. 4271 02:31:28,579 --> 02:31:30,648 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. JUST I JUST 4272 02:31:30,648 --> 02:31:31,782 HAVE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I 4273 02:31:31,782 --> 02:31:34,385 DIDN'T SPEAK TO THIS. THE 4274 02:31:34,385 --> 02:31:36,887 AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC CAMERAS 4275 02:31:36,887 --> 02:31:38,088 COLLEAGUES, YOU SHOULD EVERYBODY 4276 02:31:38,088 --> 02:31:39,690 SHOULD KNOW THAT I GOT 4277 02:31:39,690 --> 02:31:41,625 INTRODUCED TO CITY BUDGETING 4278 02:31:41,625 --> 02:31:43,828 FROM THEN CENTRAL STAFF. DEPUTY 4279 02:31:43,828 --> 02:31:46,030 ALY PENNUCCI AND AND FOR THE 4280 02:31:46,030 --> 02:31:48,666 RECORD, I DEEPLY RESPECT HER IN 4281 02:31:48,666 --> 02:31:49,767 TERMS OF WHAT SHE'S DOING ON 4282 02:31:49,767 --> 02:31:50,868 THE BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT 4283 02:31:50,868 --> 02:31:52,570 IN SYNC WITH THE MAYOR'S HARD 4284 02:31:52,570 --> 02:31:54,772 CHOICES AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC 4285 02:31:54,772 --> 02:31:56,173 SAFETY, BUT I DID LEARN AT THE 4286 02:31:56,173 --> 02:31:57,108 FEET OF ALY PENNUCCI AS IT 4287 02:31:57,108 --> 02:31:59,009 RELATES TO BUDGET AND ALSO THE 4288 02:31:59,009 --> 02:32:00,511 STAKEHOLDER PIECE. SO THANK YOU 4289 02:32:00,511 --> 02:32:02,947 FOR BRINGING AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC 4290 02:32:02,947 --> 02:32:03,581 CAMERAS UP, BECAUSE I WASN'T 4291 02:32:03,581 --> 02:32:04,682 GOING TO SPEAK TO IT. BUT 4292 02:32:04,682 --> 02:32:07,418 HERE'S THE THING, AND THIS IS 4293 02:32:07,418 --> 02:32:08,953 TYPICAL IN CITY GOVERNMENT, THE 4294 02:32:08,953 --> 02:32:10,488 SPLASH IS, YOU KNOW, OH, WE'RE 4295 02:32:10,488 --> 02:32:12,423 GOING TO INSTALL THESE CAMERAS, 4296 02:32:12,423 --> 02:32:15,126 BUT YOU HAVE TO WORK THE ENTIRE 4297 02:32:15,126 --> 02:32:16,994 SYSTEM. AND SO I ENGAGE IN THE 4298 02:32:16,994 --> 02:32:18,529 ENTIRETY OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY 4299 02:32:18,529 --> 02:32:19,663 SYSTEM. I HAVE NINE ENTITIES 4300 02:32:19,663 --> 02:32:21,298 THAT REPORT TO MY COMMITTEE. I 4301 02:32:21,298 --> 02:32:23,134 SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS 4302 02:32:23,134 --> 02:32:24,835 CLEANING UP OEMS EMERGENCY 4303 02:32:24,835 --> 02:32:26,537 MANAGEMENT, BUDGET ISSUES AND 4304 02:32:26,537 --> 02:32:29,106 GETTING THEM RIGHT SHIP SHAPE, 4305 02:32:29,106 --> 02:32:30,674 IF YOU WILL, TO USE THE PARLANCE 4306 02:32:30,674 --> 02:32:33,811 OF THE DAY. AND BUT HERE WE GO 4307 02:32:33,811 --> 02:32:37,281 WITH AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC CAMERAS. 4308 02:32:37,281 --> 02:32:38,215 THIS IS ALL GREAT, BUT IF THE 4309 02:32:38,215 --> 02:32:40,117 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT IS NOT 4310 02:32:40,117 --> 02:32:43,888 SET, THEN THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND 4311 02:32:43,888 --> 02:32:45,489 SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A 1.2 4312 02:32:45,489 --> 02:32:46,690 MILLION GENERAL FUND OVER TO 4313 02:32:46,690 --> 02:32:49,560 THIS ATC. YOU KNOW, FOR CURRENT 4314 02:32:49,560 --> 02:32:51,061 OPERATIONS. BUT I THINK IN THOSE 4315 02:32:51,061 --> 02:32:52,429 EARLY LESSONS THAT I GOT ON 4316 02:32:52,429 --> 02:32:53,797 BUDGET, WE WOULD CALL THAT A 4317 02:32:53,797 --> 02:32:55,766 GIMMICK. AND THERE'S A CHALLENGE 4318 02:32:55,766 --> 02:32:58,102 WITH THIS BECAUSE THIS IS 4319 02:32:58,102 --> 02:32:59,403 VOLATILE. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE 4320 02:32:59,403 --> 02:33:02,039 WITH, YOU KNOW, PERMITS AT SDCI 4321 02:33:02,039 --> 02:33:02,940 BECAUSE USUALLY YOU HAVE A BIG 4322 02:33:02,940 --> 02:33:04,575 SURGE OF FUNDS COMING IN FROM 4323 02:33:04,575 --> 02:33:05,609 THESE CAMERAS, AND THEN PEOPLE 4324 02:33:05,609 --> 02:33:06,911 ADJUST AND THEN THERE'S LESS. 4325 02:33:06,911 --> 02:33:08,379 AND THIS COULD CREATE PROBLEMS 4326 02:33:08,379 --> 02:33:09,847 FOR THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT. 4327 02:33:09,847 --> 02:33:12,316 SO THIS IS A LESSON THAT WE HAVE 4328 02:33:12,316 --> 02:33:13,317 ISSUES LIKE THIS. WE HAVE TO 4329 02:33:13,317 --> 02:33:15,319 WORK IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO 4330 02:33:15,319 --> 02:33:16,620 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. 4331 02:33:16,620 --> 02:33:19,323 ALSO, THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING 4332 02:33:19,323 --> 02:33:21,191 THE ROLE OF THE LABOR AGREEMENTS 4333 02:33:21,191 --> 02:33:22,860 IN TERMS OF RECRUITMENT AND 4334 02:33:22,860 --> 02:33:24,762 RETENTION. ALTHOUGH I WILL START 4335 02:33:24,762 --> 02:33:26,630 AND I'LL ALWAYS SAY THIS, THE 4336 02:33:26,630 --> 02:33:28,566 NUMBER ONE THING IS LEADERSHIP. 4337 02:33:28,566 --> 02:33:30,100 AND I THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL, 4338 02:33:30,100 --> 02:33:31,669 FROM DAY ONE, AT LEAST FOR THOSE 4339 02:33:31,669 --> 02:33:33,237 I STARTED WORKING WITH ON 4340 02:33:33,237 --> 02:33:34,872 JANUARY 1st, 2024, SHOWED 4341 02:33:34,872 --> 02:33:36,907 LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGING WITH THE 4342 02:33:36,907 --> 02:33:38,609 POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS ALL 4343 02:33:38,609 --> 02:33:40,177 PRECINCTS. THE ROLL CALLS AND 4344 02:33:40,177 --> 02:33:42,346 ALL THE ABOVE. AND THAT REALLY 4345 02:33:42,346 --> 02:33:43,714 STARTED TO SET THE STAGE OF 4346 02:33:43,714 --> 02:33:45,182 WHICH OBVIOUSLY THE LABOR 4347 02:33:45,182 --> 02:33:47,484 AGREEMENTS HAVE A HUGE PIECE IN. 4348 02:33:47,484 --> 02:33:50,821 OKAY, JUST TO GO, I JUST QUICKLY 4349 02:33:50,821 --> 02:33:52,189 I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M CENTERED. 4350 02:33:52,189 --> 02:33:53,991 I THINK WE'RE CENTERED BOTH ON 4351 02:33:53,991 --> 02:33:55,859 OUR NEIGHBORS IN CRISIS, BUT 4352 02:33:55,859 --> 02:33:57,595 ALSO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN 4353 02:33:57,595 --> 02:33:58,696 CRISIS. AND FOR THOSE 4354 02:33:58,696 --> 02:34:00,097 NEIGHBORHOODS IN CRISIS, WE DO 4355 02:34:00,097 --> 02:34:02,032 NEED MORE OFFICERS. YOU KNOW, 4356 02:34:02,032 --> 02:34:03,033 ONE OF THE THINGS I KEEP 4357 02:34:03,033 --> 02:34:04,168 SPEAKING ABOUT IS THAT WE NEED 4358 02:34:04,168 --> 02:34:05,169 TO REPLENISH THIS KIND OF POPPED 4359 02:34:05,169 --> 02:34:06,770 UP HERE AND THERE. OUR SPECIALTY 4360 02:34:06,770 --> 02:34:08,172 UNITS, THE GUN VIOLENCE 4361 02:34:08,172 --> 02:34:10,407 REDUCTION UNIT, THE GANG UNIT, 4362 02:34:10,407 --> 02:34:12,243 COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICERS. I 4363 02:34:12,243 --> 02:34:14,445 USED TO WORK WITH THEM ALL THE 4364 02:34:14,445 --> 02:34:15,679 TIME BACK IN MY COMMUNITY DAYS, 4365 02:34:15,679 --> 02:34:17,781 AND THEY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 4366 02:34:17,781 --> 02:34:19,883 DETECTIVES, WE HAVE TO FILL ALL 4367 02:34:19,883 --> 02:34:20,851 THESE THESE UP. AND SO IT'S, 4368 02:34:20,851 --> 02:34:24,221 IT'S, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND 4369 02:34:24,221 --> 02:34:25,756 BUT I, AND I THINK ALL OF US 4370 02:34:25,756 --> 02:34:26,857 AGREE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS 4371 02:34:26,857 --> 02:34:29,360 ONE TYPE OF APPROACH, THE 4372 02:34:29,360 --> 02:34:30,694 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. AND 4373 02:34:30,694 --> 02:34:32,963 THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING 4374 02:34:32,963 --> 02:34:34,498 IN THIS COUNCIL AND IN THE 4375 02:34:34,498 --> 02:34:36,934 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. WE'VE 4376 02:34:36,934 --> 02:34:37,534 BEEN DOING THIS COMPREHENSIVE 4377 02:34:37,534 --> 02:34:39,837 APPROACH AS IT RELATES TO GUN 4378 02:34:39,837 --> 02:34:40,537 VIOLENCE. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AS 4379 02:34:40,537 --> 02:34:42,139 IT RELATES TO PUBLIC DRUG USE 4380 02:34:42,139 --> 02:34:43,007 AND POSSESSION. I WAS JUST ON 4381 02:34:43,007 --> 02:34:44,208 THE PHONE THIS MORNING WITH LISA 4382 02:34:44,208 --> 02:34:46,610 DUGARD FROM PDA, YOU KNOW, 4383 02:34:46,610 --> 02:34:48,012 WORKING THOSE ISSUES, WORKING 4384 02:34:48,012 --> 02:34:48,879 THE ISSUES WITH KCJ HEALTH, YOU 4385 02:34:48,879 --> 02:34:51,281 KNOW, ALL THOSE KINDS OF PIECES. 4386 02:34:51,281 --> 02:34:52,449 ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE. I THINK 4387 02:34:52,449 --> 02:34:54,585 CHIEF BARDEN WILL SPEAK TO THAT 4388 02:34:54,585 --> 02:34:55,352 AND ALL THE ISSUES RELATED TO 4389 02:34:55,352 --> 02:34:56,754 THAT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON 4390 02:34:56,754 --> 02:34:59,456 THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, BECAUSE 4391 02:34:59,456 --> 02:35:01,358 IT'S ABOUT ADDRESSING THE SCENE 4392 02:35:01,358 --> 02:35:02,793 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC 4393 02:35:02,793 --> 02:35:04,194 HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUMAN 4394 02:35:04,194 --> 02:35:06,397 SERVICES. NOW, I SEE IN THE 4395 02:35:06,397 --> 02:35:07,564 BRIEFINGS BOTH SIDES ARE 4396 02:35:07,564 --> 02:35:09,199 BECOMING PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS 4397 02:35:09,199 --> 02:35:10,467 FINE UNLESS WE USE IT AS A MEANS 4398 02:35:10,467 --> 02:35:13,570 TO CUT TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY 4399 02:35:13,570 --> 02:35:15,306 OR NOT RESOURCE PROPERLY. 4400 02:35:15,306 --> 02:35:17,374 TRADITIONAL PARTS OF PUBLIC 4401 02:35:17,374 --> 02:35:18,909 SAFETY. COLLEAGUES, JUST TO THE 4402 02:35:18,909 --> 02:35:21,211 OTHER CITY'S POINT, BOSTON 4403 02:35:21,211 --> 02:35:23,080 COMES UP SIMILAR SIZE. WE SHARE 4404 02:35:23,080 --> 02:35:24,214 I90, BUT I SHOULD ADD EAST COAST 4405 02:35:24,214 --> 02:35:26,550 WEST COAST POLICING IS DIFFERENT 4406 02:35:26,550 --> 02:35:28,986 IN TERMS OF STAFFING AND SO 4407 02:35:28,986 --> 02:35:30,421 FORTH. AND LOOKING AT OTHER 4408 02:35:30,421 --> 02:35:32,056 CITIES PORTLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, 4409 02:35:32,056 --> 02:35:33,624 DENVER, AND SOMETIMES DEPENDING 4410 02:35:33,624 --> 02:35:34,725 ON THE TOPIC, VANCOUVER, BC IS 4411 02:35:34,725 --> 02:35:36,460 LIKE OUR KIND OF NATURAL ONES 4412 02:35:36,460 --> 02:35:37,861 WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR 4413 02:35:37,861 --> 02:35:39,363 RELATIONS. IT'S THE WEST COAST 4414 02:35:39,363 --> 02:35:41,332 SEVEN AS WE TALK ABOUT. BUT AT 4415 02:35:41,332 --> 02:35:42,966 THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO 4416 02:35:42,966 --> 02:35:45,202 LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE 4417 02:35:45,202 --> 02:35:46,236 LOCALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM A 4418 02:35:46,236 --> 02:35:47,838 BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, THIS 4419 02:35:47,838 --> 02:35:50,808 AGREEMENT HURTS FROM BUDGETING. 4420 02:35:50,808 --> 02:35:53,043 JUST LIKE WHEN THE TRUMP 4421 02:35:53,043 --> 02:35:54,912 ADMINISTRATION DOES DIFFERENT 4422 02:35:54,912 --> 02:35:56,513 THINGS THAT IMPACT INFLATION, 4423 02:35:56,513 --> 02:35:58,482 THAT HURTS FROM A BUDGET 4424 02:35:58,482 --> 02:36:00,684 PERSPECTIVE. THIS AGREEMENT AND 4425 02:36:00,684 --> 02:36:02,052 THE FEMA AGREEMENT HURT. IT'S 4426 02:36:02,052 --> 02:36:04,722 NEEDED. I SUPPORT IT, BUT 4427 02:36:04,722 --> 02:36:05,856 THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THESE 4428 02:36:05,856 --> 02:36:07,624 NUMBERS. SO THESE NUMBERS ARE 4429 02:36:07,624 --> 02:36:09,560 USED DIFFERENT WAYS. CLEARLY THE 4430 02:36:09,560 --> 02:36:10,594 LABOR AGREEMENTS ARE ARE DRIVING 4431 02:36:10,594 --> 02:36:12,696 THOSE. AND I SAY THAT JUST IN A 4432 02:36:12,696 --> 02:36:14,431 MATTER OF FACT WAY. BUT, YOU 4433 02:36:14,431 --> 02:36:16,266 KNOW, WE WERE NOT SET UP FOR 4434 02:36:16,266 --> 02:36:18,369 SUCCESS IN THOSE AGREEMENTS 4435 02:36:18,369 --> 02:36:19,470 BECAUSE OF THE BAD DECISIONS AND 4436 02:36:19,470 --> 02:36:21,472 THE LEGACY OF DECISIONS MADE A 4437 02:36:21,472 --> 02:36:24,808 HALF DECADE AGO. PLUS IN THIS 4438 02:36:24,808 --> 02:36:27,678 CHAMBER, NOT INCLUDING MY 4439 02:36:27,678 --> 02:36:28,712 COUNCIL PRESIDENT EMERITUS, OF 4440 02:36:28,712 --> 02:36:30,347 COURSE. AND, AND I DO SUPPORT MY 4441 02:36:30,347 --> 02:36:33,150 COLLEAGUE, MY CHAIR HERE, TOO, 4442 02:36:33,150 --> 02:36:34,284 BUT THEY HAD IMPACTS. AND WE'RE 4443 02:36:34,284 --> 02:36:35,986 LIVING WITH THOSE IMPACTS TODAY. 4444 02:36:35,986 --> 02:36:37,087 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE 4445 02:36:37,087 --> 02:36:39,490 AT AN INFLECTION POINT RIGHT 4446 02:36:39,490 --> 02:36:40,457 HERE AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC 4447 02:36:40,457 --> 02:36:42,326 SAFETY. AND BUDGET IS GROUND 4448 02:36:42,326 --> 02:36:44,628 ZERO IN THIS. AND WE NEED TO BE 4449 02:36:44,628 --> 02:36:46,697 LOOKING AT THIS VERY AND DEFTLY. 4450 02:36:46,697 --> 02:36:51,068 SO THANK YOU, COLLEAGUE CHIEF 4451 02:36:51,068 --> 02:36:52,936 CHAIR STRAUSS, THE REST OF MY 4452 02:36:52,936 --> 02:36:54,671 COLLEAGUES. BUT CHIEF SALES 4453 02:36:54,671 --> 02:36:55,773 REALLY APPRECIATE. GREAT. YES. 4454 02:36:55,773 --> 02:36:57,875 NO ANSWER TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 4455 02:36:57,875 --> 02:36:58,976 LOVE IT. MR. EATON, WE'VE BEEN 4456 02:36:58,976 --> 02:37:00,010 WORKING TOGETHER FOR A FEW 4457 02:37:00,010 --> 02:37:02,546 YEARS. AGAIN, I LEARNED AT THE 4458 02:37:02,546 --> 02:37:03,814 FEET OF NOW DIRECTOR PANUCCI, 4459 02:37:03,814 --> 02:37:05,182 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR 4460 02:37:05,182 --> 02:37:06,984 THIS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY MR. 4461 02:37:06,984 --> 02:37:08,352 WOODSON, WHO'S TAKEN ON THE 4462 02:37:08,352 --> 02:37:10,187 REINS HERE AT CENTRAL STAFF 4463 02:37:10,187 --> 02:37:12,289 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 4464 02:37:12,289 --> 02:37:14,091 CONTINUED SUPPORT ON PUBLIC 4465 02:37:14,091 --> 02:37:16,727 SAFETY ISSUES 4466 02:37:16,727 --> 02:37:17,528 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4467 02:37:17,528 --> 02:37:19,196 KETTLE. I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME 4468 02:37:19,196 --> 02:37:20,631 FACTS ABOUT BOSTON AND SEATTLE 4469 02:37:20,631 --> 02:37:21,765 AND AN OPINION. FACTS. THE HAWKS 4470 02:37:21,765 --> 02:37:24,101 ARE BETTER THAN THE PATS SHOWN 4471 02:37:24,101 --> 02:37:25,469 AT A COUPLE TIMES. IN MY 4472 02:37:25,469 --> 02:37:26,737 OPINION, THAT CRAFT GUY'S OUT OF 4473 02:37:26,737 --> 02:37:28,572 HIS MIND THOUGH. LET'S KEEP 4474 02:37:28,572 --> 02:37:29,606 WINNING. LET'S KEEP WINNING. 4475 02:37:29,606 --> 02:37:34,444 LET'S GO HAWKS WITH THAT. THAT 4476 02:37:34,444 --> 02:37:36,113 DOES COME TO THE END OF THE 4477 02:37:36,113 --> 02:37:38,916 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 4478 02:37:38,916 --> 02:37:41,118 PRESENTATION. DURING OUR BUDGET 4479 02:37:41,118 --> 02:37:43,187 PROCESS. HERE IT IS BEEN NEARLY 4480 02:37:43,187 --> 02:37:46,089 THREE. IT'S BEEN 2.5 HOURS. 4481 02:37:46,089 --> 02:37:47,524 THIS IS LONGER THAN A TYPICAL 4482 02:37:47,524 --> 02:37:49,459 COMMITTEE MEETING. I REALLY 4483 02:37:49,459 --> 02:37:51,161 APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND 4484 02:37:51,161 --> 02:37:53,263 ATTENTION EVERYONE'S PAID HERE. 4485 02:37:53,263 --> 02:37:54,131 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I WANT TO 4486 02:37:54,131 --> 02:37:56,133 CHECK WITH YOU. WOULD YOU PREFER 4487 02:37:56,133 --> 02:37:58,902 A 1250 START? A 1:01 P.M. START? 4488 02:37:58,902 --> 02:38:01,338 DOES IT MATTER? 4489 02:38:01,338 --> 02:38:01,738 -- GIVE ME FIRST. 4490 02:38:01,738 --> 02:38:03,707 -- FANTASTIC WE'RE GOING TO 4491 02:38:03,707 --> 02:38:05,008 WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT 1 4492 02:38:05,008 --> 02:38:07,044 P.M. BECAUSE IT'S NOON RIGHT 4493 02:38:07,044 --> 02:38:08,445 NOW. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE 4494 02:38:08,445 --> 02:38:10,280 LUNCH. WE'RE GOING TO. AND 4495 02:38:10,280 --> 02:38:11,348 THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE CARE 4496 02:38:11,348 --> 02:38:13,484 DEPARTMENT THAT HAS BEEN HERE 4497 02:38:13,484 --> 02:38:14,952 SINCE 9:30 A.M. WATCHING AND 4498 02:38:14,952 --> 02:38:15,619 WAITING IN THE BACKGROUND, READY 4499 02:38:15,619 --> 02:38:17,788 TO GO RIGHT ON TIME. I 4500 02:38:17,788 --> 02:38:19,056 APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. NOW 4501 02:38:19,056 --> 02:38:20,457 YOU HAVE THE CONTEXT FOR THE 4502 02:38:20,457 --> 02:38:22,559 NEXT PART OF THE CONVERSATION 4503 02:38:22,559 --> 02:38:24,561 AND SO WE WILL START BACK UP AT 4504 02:38:24,561 --> 02:38:28,098 AT 1 P.M. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE 4505 02:38:28,098 --> 02:38:30,601 MAYBE A TEN MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN 4506 02:38:30,601 --> 02:38:32,603 CARE AND SEATTLE FIRE 4507 02:38:32,603 --> 02:38:34,171 DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WE'LL BE 4508 02:38:34,171 --> 02:38:35,239 DONE FOR THE DAY. I HAVE BEEN 4509 02:38:35,239 --> 02:38:36,807 TIMING MYSELF. I'M UP TO 20 4510 02:38:36,807 --> 02:38:38,308 MINUTES TODAY. THANK YOU 4511 02:38:38,308 --> 02:38:40,077 COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S NO 4512 02:38:40,077 --> 02:38:41,545 OBJECTION, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE 4513 02:38:41,545 --> 02:38:44,748 ADJOURNED UNTIL 1 P.M.. HEARING 4514 02:38:44,748 --> 02:38:46,516 NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ON